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The Huron Expositor, 1978-08-17, Page 3hici the seneg! By Keith Roulston ere has all the summer gon? ie O"gitor, What do you think about test tube babies? By Debbie Ranney With'the recent birth of the world's first test-tube baby Expositor Asks this week thought it would 'be interesting to find out local people's reaction to the event. 1` Mrs. Bruce Coleman of R,R.4, Seaforth said. don't see anything wrong with it. For some childless couple. probably it's a real accomplishment. Ron Hansen of 23 Sparling Street in Seaforth said. "I'm rather neutral about it. Nothing's either good or badAt's what you do with it that makes it so." ' When asked if she thought the test-tube baby was a good idea Mary-Lynn Pryde of Hensall 'said, "Not really, it's not nature." Mrs. Donald Diegel of 12.8.4. Walton said. "I don't like the idea of it at all. 1 think it should he natural rather than in h lab, To' me, they'll try and make it an all-nerfect society mid I don't think that's the way God intended it to be," she said. Kenneth Curry of R.R.1. Dublin said, "No, why change nature?" . John Chappel of R.R.2, Staffa said, "I think maybe its a good out fit. Some people whocan'thave any, other way can have a baby of their own."„ Mrs. Raymond Coombs of Egmondville said, No, I don't. I think if you were meant to have a baby you'd have it. You wouldn't 'need to have it like that." "it's better left in the hands of God • really." she said. Mrs. RobertWalters of R.R.1 Kipper said "Basically it just ends up the same for the mother who receives it." She thought it was okay for someone who didn't have children. "I don't think there's anything mdrally wrong with it." she said. What does it cost? It is refreshing to see that the town council has decided to go along with Heritage Renfrew suggestions and not make any major changes in the old bell tower of the fire hall. In this case council discovered that the repairs can be done at little or no cost, but in other cases, this might not work out nearly so well. Then the council has to make a decision. What price do you put on Heritage? There is the one viewpoint--that our Heritageds an irreplaceable asset, and should be retained at all costs. Once it is lost it can never be regained. On the other hand are the economics of the situation. A town council -must decide if the building is worth saving, and if the town Can afford to save it. In some cases there will be buildings that have historical significance to the town, but can't be kept merely because repairs and maintenance costs could bankrupt the town. In the case of the fire hall, the decision was easy. When our heritage can be retained at little or no cost all agree that it should be saved. But there will be other times in the future when the decision won't be so easy to make. One case that will come up is the town hall, which will probably be replaced by a new municipal building in a few years time. In this •case, does the town keep the old building for its heritage value, or do they take the economical way out and allow it to be torn :down or otherwise destroyed? It won't be an easy deOision to make, but we feel that unless the town financial Situation changes, one that will have to be made the more economical way. (The Renfrew Mercury) West Branch 'says congratulations Please extend congratulations to those participants that ''ante to "West Branch for the First International Games bow cell Seaforth and West Branch. It is im feeling, that both our parents that housed xour youngsters and your youngsters realiN rrtjm ed their weekend toii.'t her. It is this kind of interaction that w ill further deN clop the Sister Program. 1 ‘‘.is impressed with the sportsmanship by "huh teams. While planing 11:Ird, it i\ never forgotten that friendship w as also important. ' The dates fm- next rear's games haVe been set. (hi Jul:, 28. 29. and 30„. West Branch Will n;nc1 to fwAll'01111. I hope that ourteams mot:duet thimsek es as w ell as your teams. - did -here. Sincerely. Jim Gray Director. Cc-immunity Education, West Branch. Michigan Where_ are the parents,? For the past five months the g 'its on the "B" Soccer Team haze conic Out for one practice a week. There ma ere onl‘ it few times that I didn't have a full team• rain or shine. Os er the past 12 weeks these 9.iris haVe • played one tollrn a illeht game a week . The furthest they had to tra‘ el w as Naion, • Although they won their first and last games, tied three more. and lost ten games. I never heard them complain. c er lost interest amid kept on playing their best. All btu one !J:11111` us as •lost by 1 goal. Isom the . , , ,"ship girlship" that they shared i tadak them. 111 of this was done Vkith a 1111111M11111 of support. Where were the parents to cheer them on? The parent interest in the way their ow n daughters played is amazing. The same three on four parents showed up each week. At times 1 felt they were parents to a lot of girls. ( mild not the parents make a little s,terifice next year and come out. Who know s? With, the extra "cheers" they could hi greater things. Thanks again "B". Brain Ginty R .R .2. Scaforth at% liuron Since 1860. Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD. reasons for my own particular slow start on the summer work. There were revisions to be written for a play and rehearsals to go to and work generally associated with getting a made up an optomistie list of things that production on stage. That helped cook May Ncould be done around this rambling antique and June but the play went on stage July 11 we call home before the winter winds blev.: so I've, got to come up with some othei Well I can hear those winds just around the excuse for the rest of the summer. I can't , corner and that list is just about as long as it even use the garden, for instance, because was the day it was drawn up. by now I've- abandoned the garden to the If it hadn't been for the bitter experience weeds anyway. So there's nothing left but to •of last year, I wouldn't be so, worried these get at the work. • . days 11 l'in-one of those people who like old lot of work I. figured on getting- done- in the warm days .of September last houses. I know it doesn't make much sense. year but there were .no warm days. In fact It's much smarter to choose a nice new there wasn't much you could do 'outside last' house but then people have been telling me September unless it was to fill a newly-dug for years Fm. stupid. When lt, comes time for farm pond with water. That was easy since work around- the house I'm inclined to everything else got filled with water too 'believe theM. Old houses somehow don't including bean fields and basements. look quite so beautiful when there's miles of I spent that month trying to find a few dry old woodwork to be scraped and painted. moments to take an old roof off and put a .When the old gingerbread on the sagging iLew one on, It was finally accomplished one porch is broken and had to be repaired it ''fold and blustery day in late September or doesn't seem quite so precious. And when it early October when it was all one could do to:, , -comes to climbing•to the end of .a 30-foot standup o44 theyool. Only an idiot' would be ladder to paint the eaves, the tall stateliness taking on shell a job on such a day but then Alf the old house isn't at all to be loved after those weeks of •wet weather and anyMore. I'm a chicken at heart when it knowing how much work had to be done conies to' height. before winter there were a lot of us idiots The thing that really Makes one have doing things we should have left alone. second thotights about the old house. This cold work was of course followed by a however, is when one tackles what appears case of near-pnemminia and of course was ' to he a simple repair job. and three days also followed by a week of beautiful avtuni later has to call in professional help, To solve -fall 'weather:- • • ' t hin g' Sometimes means uncovering Now a lbgical person remembering all' this five big things. Even the simplest of th ngs from last year would' get an early start this takes atictiormotivinciunt of time. Scraping year. but then I'm 'not a logical - 'person. -L the paint •of one 'windoW can take as long as Them are so many good reasons in 'May, painting five. Fitting in one new window June and July not to get out the paint pin' can take as long as building a whole set scraper and start taking the old paint off the of steps from scratch. You work for about 10 window sills. Just about anything seems minutes. then have the overwhelming urge more iniportant than building the new porch to sneak into the house and lie down for a steps. Afterall. nobody's broken his leg yet while. Only the thought of a raging winter on the old steps: twisted an ankle maybe-but wind (or a raging 'wife) keeps you going,;_,. not broken anything. • Ah well. you say as the paint goes on ever BcSid6S, it's hard enough to keep up with skiWly, at lePst you won't have to do thiS the garden with all those weeds that are - next year.. Yell, yOurinner voice says, but -glowing 30 times faster than th.e,plants that ' there'll be 10,000 other little things to do. are supposed to be there. And they talk about a woman's. work never .01' course there are also some good solid being done! )'don't know about you, but about this time every year panic starts to set in around our place. Where has all the summer gone? )Jack in the bright early days of spring I ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE, Editor SINGLE COPIES — 25 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 17, 1978 Who's responsible? Huron County can be excused if its reaction to the current polio scare is one of confusion. Immunize, no matter what, we hear on the one hand. Polio vaccine isn't necessary for those over 30, we're told the next day. And anyway; there'spo. need for all this fuss...the polio cases are in Oxford County; which iS not-exactly-on our doorstep.-- - • There seems to be province wide confusion about the extent of the polio risk and the precautions, if any, all of us should take. There is little co-ordination in the statements from public health people at province, county and local levels. Is it logical to have special .advertised polio ciinics in the ncrthern part of Perth County while south Huron people, geographically much closer to affected Oxford County get the shots only if they call the . health unit or their dOCtor? T. An emergency like the polio share in OxIord shows that Ontario lacks a united voice, consensus on an issue„, thars crucial to everyone's health: We think, that's something to be concerned about. The polio outbreak is a complicated subject and we realize that out of necessity the media or those who talk to them over-simplify in the interests of being understood. • . But the multitude.of conflicting instructions the public has been getting hasn't helped anyone. Weneed public health authorities at all levels saying approximately the same thing. • They've got time, we hope, before the next communicable disease L.----outbreak to get together and do just that. Meanwhile, we the public have to take some of the blame for the current confusion. Public health people have been hammering away for years telling us to keep our immunization levels up.. • • But hardly anyone, unless they're travelling to. Europe or have just stepped on a rusty nail, bothers. Parents have" even been lax about making sure babies get their first vital polio, diptheria, tetanus etc: shots. • How many family doctors include a• round of booster shots in patients•occasional health check ups? Would it be feasible to do so? Former Huron MOH Dr. Frank Mills has been quoted in the Globe badly. R.N. Hayes of. Chicago. is spending his and Mail as saying the province ought to ,Make imMunization For several dayS past, the bill boards and holidays here. Mr. HayeS is now manager of compulsory. But 'is legislation the answer rather than individual' various walls in town have been decorated a large wholesale and book publishing responsibility? with showy bills announcing the coming of business. Certainly we need to understand that communicable diseases like Hillard's Circus Company. 25 tickets were sold at Seaforth .to the It is rurnored, neve building, now in Course Hamilton Summer Carnival this vreek„ polio don't disappear just because there aren't any cases for 'a few of erection, and will open a banking and John Habkirk who had his leg fraptured Years. They--are-heid-in-chedkibrily. bY 'a. high level of immunization -ickii,g-offi~c. - — _ - • couple of weeks kigo, is getting on nicely-anti-- among the -population. Thos. Vine of Stanley township bound 2 1/2 ' 'we hope he recovers soon Some people•object to immunization on religious grounds and they acres of heavy wheat on the second Se'afortit Milling Company is having a have ev,ery right to their beliefs 7 But do' they put the rest of us at risk? concession in half a day. well drilled at their mill. Some of us are lazy or forgetful about .keeping our immunities up. AUGUST 21, 1903 . George Chesney and John Galbraith have A large number of people left the station returned from Manitoba. They bad been_out Polio will happen to the other guy, never to us.: on Tuesday morning on\ a harvester's with a carload of horses each. Perhaps both the confusion about what to do about polio shots and excursion. The following were ticketed by There were 95 tickets sold at Seaforth for our laxness in keeping our' booster shots up to date stem partly from Greg and Stewart CPR agents: Maggie V. the special cxcusion to Brantford to Witiiems the same source. and Minnie R. Martin; Joseph Morclin; the Lacrosse match there. • • Henry MacIntosli: Thomas and' Henry Isaac Modeland and family have returned We're looking for someone to tell us what to do, to spoon feed iiithe Thomspon; J.W. Grieve; all of Seaforth. fiuun Lohdon and Mr. Moclelancl xxill take his absolutely correct answer. We don't want to inform ourselves and take Miss Minnie Pearson and Miss Stoddard of old place as engineer at the oatmeal mill. personal respcinSibility for informed decisions. ' Egmondville. Hugh McDcinald. Albert H., 8 'carloads of cattle were shipped from We don't really want to have to Make choices, to know details, even )(co, Duncan MacDonald, Thomas Connolly, Seaforth station f'or the old country market. ,about somethirig as important as our own health. W. Davis. of Staffa:. .1.m. Dennison 18 that it? Leadbury. H.D. Cameron and Miss Anna Cameron, Kippen, Mrs. William Simpson. Brucefield, Jerry O'Hara, Beachwood. Scott Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates; Canada advance) SQ.00 a Year. Outside Canada (in advance) $20.00 a Year The last post In the years agone Al.fGUST 16, 1878 game, the score would have been very much The contract for painting the new church larger. at Zurich was.let to Henry Weseloh for $118. . As a well drilling machine . waS' being A spirited bidding brought it down ,from: ' driven 'on Goderich Street, opposite Steven what was considered a low. figure--$160, Lamb's lumber yard, one of the axles of the One day while engaged in threshing, D. • wagon broke and the machine was upset: the Shanohan of Hullett received a severe kick in driver, Rube Saunders of Mitchell was the breast from one of the horses.. thrown off and•.his foot severely injured. . The fine imported carriage- . stallion D.. Me.Laren' of' Hibbert was ...in tOwn. "Pride'' of England, the property of . delivering a very fine four year old gelding Jonithan Carter of Tuckermsith, passecK which he had sold to.Mr.'Hill of Snrnmerhill, . away last week. . • Goderich Township. He got $175 for the ' A few days ago, a young lad,..8•years old, • ; horse. . , .. son of Theo.. Holland,• met with a. vary ,. ... Thomas Ward of Egmondville has quite a painful accident.' He was riding on the horse curiosity .in his garden. In the. spring .he Power used for pumping water into the planted some beets for seed and one of then street watering tank when his foot slipped has now reached the unusual height of 8 ' and one of the cogs passed over it crushing it feet, and is, still growing. AUGUST'21, 1953 Doctors were puzzled over the case of th two year old Exeter boy admitted to War Memorial Children's Hospital at London in a coma. Not believed to have,polio, two year Danny Laing, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Laing was reported by hospital attendants Sunday to be much better. Donald Joint, a ,young Hensall business- man, was released from South Huron. Hospital at Exeter following treatment for minor injuries suffered in a car accident on the Zurich Raod. The car skidded on loose gravel, ran into the north ditch and rolled over landing on its wheels on the center of the road. A passing motorist. S. Greb, Exeter. found him unconscious in the back scat of the car 'where the was apparently thrown by ,the,,impaet. Production began this week in the boiler division of Robert Bell Industries on a new type of domestic furnace capable of providing heat for the home through combustion -of oil, coke or wood.. The versatile furnaces are being manufactured by the Seaforth firm. for a large English construction company which is erecting-- housing units in suburban Toronto. Milling soft wheat to production,, to the tune of 700 barrels of flour per day, the Seaforth branch of Topnotch Feeds Limited, are purchasing wheat from the Huron Farmers through the Clinton, Exeter, Hensall and Lucan areas, according to: Lee Oraves the local manager. The Mill was formerly owned by Excellence Flour Mills Limited and was ,purchased earlier this summer by the present occupants, A benefit night featuring a review program is being held in the Goderich arena for Harold Carroll formerly of Scaforth who was painfully injured last month when a power shovel cable broke and struck him across the head and face. 'New teachers at the Seaforth District High School include: W. Alvin Harding,' Petrolia; Angus Pegg. Bolton; George Allison, Toronto; J.L. Greene of Newhamburg, and Miss Nan Taylor of Armprior.'The teachers leaving are: F.A. Litt, R.H.McLeod, R.V. Rudd, and Miss Mary Page. Miss R. Fennell is 'Oil a year's leave of absence. Howard Scane, an employee in Thompson's grain mill in Hensall had the thumb of his left hand amputated in South Huron Hospital in Exeter following an accident as he was moving box cars when this thumb caught between the post and fender of a truck. New combine was the talk in 1928 . Holdall so closely resembles the fire whistle at Seaforth • in„„itS,.-tone, that the people - sometimes rush out and declare that there is a big fire at Seaforth. AUGUST 17, 1928' , A wonderful crowd.greeted the Lions Club in its community effort last Thursday evening at the Lions Park. fbe sight of so . many young people taking part in the; swimming events was favourably • corn- ' mented on, especially the fact,thatall these ...youngsters, residents' in , Seaforth; were • priviledged in having the opportunity to swim and of having. the Lions Club provide . such 'a lovely spot for their enjoyment. Miss Pearl Douglas, of Brueefield, and a. few of her girlfriends at Blake are spending a . week in Bayfield. • The township of McKillop sustained a loss through the.death of 'Reeve Francis James • McQuaid on August 11 Which will be felt for a long time to come . . . For 22 years, he sat on the.township board and for the past eight years time had been Reeve. • nelw-its full swing and threshing fall wheat commence's this week.; Death removed one of Tuckermsmith's oldest residents on Thursday -of last week. when Peter McKay passed away in his home --inTuckesMith in his 80th year. He came to. Canada with his parentS. from Scotland and. settled on Concession 8 in Tuckersmith. A numbcrof the fartncritintli,e community ' of Kippen have thrashed their fall wheat and report the yield is very 'good. Quite p large number of the Villagers of Hensall motored out to one of the farms of George W.W. Rena of Hibbert about five the shipper • were Robert Winter„ W. miles cast of Hensall, to see the working of PeVerea 11 John T. Dixon, W. Dunlop, ."the new • combine machine, that both cuts Seaforth. and threshes standing grain. It was the first • The regular pay sheets of the Bell Engine , of its kind to be used in this locality. Works now amount to $3,000 a- month. Flax pulling is. now the order of the day • John Crosby has sold his far , m in Hullett to and Messrs. Owen'Geiger have a large froce John' Wyatt of McKillop for $4,000, an of Indians and others busily engaged. intends coining to Seaforth to reside. The council of Hensall arc deserving much The I.:IA*111CM in the vicinity of' Farquhar,. for:: the park fitted up with liax started plowing for fall wheat. A good ' nvoro wiring at very little expense. shower would do a lot of good. About 4 o'clock on Saturday anfil`ti-Mrthe The threshing machines are all doing good barn at the residence of Albert Edlarm,,,East works, the grain being well filled and in good William Street, was discovered to be on fire. ' condition The whistle on the outfit of John 'e.G, Scott has been awarded the contract of painting the outside of the Post Office and • redecorating the interior. McLaren. Cromarty, Miss M. and C'ampbel'l and W. and A. Taylor. Harlock . „Thomas Stephenson. Varna. W.A. Johnson. Winthrop , and Leo Flannery of Walton, The Beavers put it all over St. Marys players in the locross game here last n eck. The score was 4.1 in fax our of ;Seaforth but that is by no means' a fair indication of the play is, had it not been for the St. Mans goalkeeper who played an ext ram-dinar To the editor: t