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., • Susan White. Ed.itnr - gate in under .the weight of snoH upon it. • The McKillop Municipal Telephone Sy-
AficMGibb, News Editor ' ' and fell in with a fearful crash. The sides of better position: Tuckers!ith bids fair to higlt standard.
o stern marked a mite;ttone in its history on
. the bu ilding s read out and the roof split in become the banner township for shorthorns. 1ANUAttY 3[1,1931 Thursday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Willis ,.
Mem4tar Cana(;fian Corner snit Newspaper Association, Ontario Weeks 'the centre an(�the whole buildin& became John Campbell. of the sixth concession of Over 600 'residents of Scafoith and jlie Van E mond. on.,No. 4 Highway. in Hullett
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Newspaper• Associatian and Audit 13uree at Circulation levelled to the ground. Mr. Wilson ,himself McKillop had a evte which gave birth to a immediate vicinity availed thensselves of the .
u fine iamb pn the l'7t.#t of,Jativanr. It i dvtf& . o.. rtutti4•ytven by the Directors <tf Aaoii Township, when the first;new dial teleKhpne.
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1 " and' lite. timhers :.fallilt across ;the driving • steeNa;s• and had. our ,front. do5rs open to Quite ii large numiier, of .then and bclys of residents. will be held', in abeyance until an
wheel •saved him fro t fiot�c%bf the blow, admit. the beautiful balrray -alit ry wa[tott acrd vieftiity held a meeting, to the rttittlt has been rovided of discussing
.;..a a' :: n• Publtt Hal), on Tuesday -night for the �' , tr
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and nci .doubt saved his„life. tri' a veva shawl 'f'he tee In the t'n�aee' Ritti. was badly, th.emittter�v'tth the U:e.
, : ,,.ti tient ,a rrpwd of,'. a t'e con re Orad. and. he Tama edb the taecnt, thaw bttE..-tivith the. the ur ase of.tir, -organizing a football team,
part,ment.of Municipal
Ir I;+' C� p g g g Y It F $ g Affairs. it was rewetr#ed at a meeting' of
f d we the , it is ho ed to hove it Charles Sellers occupied the chair. Joseph
!, a was removed. from his unpleasant and° exisiirrg col a r, p Tuckersmith Council and EgmondviI rate-
”' • It used to be that most people laokad forward to a stay in a hot1':`1 perilous position. in good working order again soon. . Carter was elected president: Fred Rutledge payers on Monday evening. Reeve James
Whether on vacation or attending meetings, we looked forward to a bit As soon as it became known on Saturday Part of the Egmandville dam' gave way secretary -treasurer, Chas. Sellers, convener��ig expects to discuss the matter of the
of relative 'luxury and a rest from housekeeping chores.
that the roof e€ O.C. Wilson's wareroom trad before, the"force of water on 42nday night. of the grounds,committee. a;.'•, procedures to be -followed at a meeting with
J -fallen in. the citizens generally.. as with one We do not know how this will affect the The Hydro agent has been m St. departmental officials in the next two or
But a rash of -fires and fatalities in big hotels may send even dedicated accord, hied to the roofs of their buildings season's ice supply. as all the ice used in the• • Columban 7again and this time has been mt�. weeks, he said on Wednesday. '
� luxur addicts to investi ate cam in -_ and snow shovellin was a fa hionab town has been procured from the dam fdr succes ul r putting the line tjirough Work "
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Yes-, pe@ale are tttiniting twit;e about reserving rooms to tUttrYstorte� oecupatierr during -the -afternoon, several years: - - oe�+?mtr:ry i'be stari`e� at: an air ._ afe. 'J nonizatian was 'taken throughout London
modern hotels. industry spaltespeaRle in Toronto anti. Montreal Say Rotierr Carne ban, of Tuckersmith, has F.C. Broadjoot, ane of our Seafurth boys Margaret Habk►rk of Hensall is making .'Diocese on Sunday onpehalf of the late Rev.
purchased from M. McTaggart his thorough- who recentjy played. hockey at Pittsburgh good recovery from her accident of a few Father Stephen . Eckert a Capuchin priest. .
there ve been many requests for rooms below the -sixth floor, bred butt "Duke of Kent,:' paying therefore with the -Toronto Varsity Club, is Hated as " weeks ago when walking she stepped in 'a
g g PP who was born in ,St.. Colurriban . near
Most fire department ladders -can reach about 10 floors ,high. a good,round sum. This an is three past. the star plaver of the club, deep ryt made -by autos near Sherrit's gate Seafarth., •
It'1.s facetious to say conversion to camping is lite answer buLtravellers He was purchased by Mr. McTaggartrom John Mc6rath, the well -'know horse at the east end of our village, fracturing In alt Boman Catholic churches an,edict
sewell as people who live in high rise buildings d'o' have some questions, James Cowan of Clochmore near Gab. and is -breeder of Hibbert, recently purchased a banes wtftch had to be put 'tri a cast, from Bishop Cody of the London Diocese.
Perhaps a national inquiry into the recent• fixes would result in just from the celebrated herd of J,1.. Harrispn, very fine pair of geldi gs. three years oldi UNUARY 2j, 1956 , was read asking anyone who has any letters
_ tQ Qr Qpr. Q (� _ �. �r k p - •y.{ ' 1 Morlev N.Y. Mr. C,arnochan has already, from Michael Riehl of the Huron Road. Da gge, hkb,.Eirc Chief..Scott-esti.mated,--o"oottme�nt&-,%nitten-•by--the,--hate-" ther-4• ••-•••�•4 ~~~
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atrChfdd'Tgti61T*'ept'itati0na5•a croak breeder -ElltCe; t'oi-"wli'isti hetes; pair_V'45a. `Elie t;t SSpQ resulted when a roalst of meat Eckert, or any information either to his
we do need recommendations from some responsible t?ody likely in . , and feeder• and his new and valuable ' McGrath never has anything in'his horse line 'became, -overcooked in a stove in the credit or discredit to forward them to the '
Ontario the Fire. Marshall"s Office. addition to his herd will place him in even a but the best and this pair is well up to this apartment occdpied,by Junior Storey, in the Bishop.
The answers we want include : these: What is the. safest method of p I
bseape from a high Mise fire? (Contradictory advice abounds. ..stay in your. _ . .
I Iroom elevators lethal,:.the stairs are dangerous)..How Mn we be
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sure hotel employees have adequate training in whaf to do when'there's aAme''ricans,' ' must * , ,put a � asi - ,-. ,
fire? Do fire department'S,have special drills to get people out of a hotel _ .
fire?. .. - ...
Are fire'prieuenfion regulatfons,and• inspections tied closely enough to • Although probably few people in the ' his strange that -we have spent the last
world were sur ileac last week b "m " '1'd"ttlo7flttls�AW dQuliC'dii3 ie- ieligitiif f ' '
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I_ . hotef-l-Wencin r Whio's .in char- a and hoW do 'f __ s-€rLVOTIan -. f-'fl'om--ftre-- .
9 the stories of mistreatment told by the 52 the religious Iranian leadership. How can
officials to hotel personnel to guests?, �^ � .'y Americans freed from. captivity in Iran --__ _. __.__bY Keith ,_ :_ _ _-. _, __tltey be aS-'religious as~they-5a"y.; we have
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1f's tncam rehenst %; eertaltiT to survivors but t afro io tl"ie' ural (w-fio; can be su n'"sail' ai'"an rib n'- ifia� "' "" asked. and still act the way they do? Xet it
public, that Six people had to die in a relative) rnlnor fsfaze SUCK as the happens there anymore) a sense of outrage Prisoners that they didn't have to pump they see people in their stceetk every day is our religion, the religion preached by the
p P p Ystill gripped all of us who live in democratic themselves full ' of hate' at, this • mistreat- whq bore the suffering of the _Shah's new American president, that calls on, us to
recent one at Toronto's. l.nn on the Park. If they'd, -had proper Safety countries. , ,_„ - ment then he found it very sad. repression: - } turn ,the other cheek not seven times but
Information., perhaps something .,3s simple -as 's bighatef room 'notice He was right, of course., though it took. atired and,reven a are art of a vicious
I found it very strange hien. one night at $ P seventy times . seuen.- Strang' that our
------ titled what to-do -in case of-flre erha s--t-h would-b"urmui,vors too: me a few minutes to think about because I cit that° 'ust keeps- going round and -
P - the height of the outrage over, the stones 1 P g g Christians can always go back to the bid ,,.."�-
a too etas filled with revulsion at the. roup .causing more sin and suffering; a
, Lets have Some apswerS, and_ soon. -. . leaked to the press to hear an interview 1; P Testament, to find .some excuse, far their
Iranians. Nothing, of course, cati , excuse circ .can o on for centuries. We have o 1
Clarke in which he saner member. Ramsay g P•y hatred when Christ told us to forgive others
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y what the Iranians did. They acted beyond to ok at Northern Ireland or the Middle g
iYi Americans should that tare might be forgiven ourselves.
TO-thp edf►tur:1. the bounds of civilized rules when they l:asr to see how far hatred etc us.
. keep some perspective on this whole g Ramsa Clarke is ri ht. Our` onl chance
matter. No matter how Barbara'.'Frum on took the hostages in,the first place and the Everytime one side m those ancient Y g Y
Ramsay
term eae iiE..the )world is to
�„ � r . • treatment of the hostages during Their t4 hatreds er etra�s a crime ' a ainst the
-- - _ C -BC. Radio -s *s--It--Happens -ptogtam p 1? B forgive those who done. injustices �o_ Vis,..__.__.. -._ ___ .._..
e..avould. refuse -to_ months of captivity- only added to__th.___. other,--revenge'must be gained; -and theft - Tfiesein"tishc`es;)Fe the Iratiiian hosts e
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chilies revenge for the revenge and ~round and
•, express hatred for the Iranians. He won't And . et what god will it do to react in g g taking, have been taking place because the
.wan many friends among his countrymen Y B round they go, each side seeking justice for United States has been seen" by many
With refereage •to a couple of articles in.. . sided by th sign in this time o€.revision for his attitude but -then he's already in.the hat'r'ed and anger. What goodwill it -do to past crimes of the other wntil_the_original . smaller nation's in the worldas-apowerthat
I dee Expr�itQt issue of Jan. 15, -198L " .. similar tar tf 30's? • black books of many for. having broken �k revenge? The Americans could;" as injusticesre tottg since forgotten and only . wants to contxot them; even a«•the expense •
On page one, Council Gets Raise. $60.0.0 Sortie ' would', claim that history repeats President Carter's tvavel ban i(o Iran• to try some have advocated, send the, B52s 'to yesterdays .injustices remain. of the very freedoms espoused in_ the "
tot re til meetin s I itself, but. i amnot going -to to hold breath Iran to avenge this orrible deed but would `-' America's ride has been hurt. It is art
- B 9< 8 $ g' to talk' :to the Iranians last summer. He ,., P P American c nstitution: life, liberty add the
Pa a two; •The Years A one, sane 16 on this ane. it take away the pa n the hostages_felt? All of the American mythology, the m th - -,
Page g admitted'to them that the U..S. had done y oloev s�.t.'it o a [Hats itnmy-C-Ortel+ had ----
31. - Thank,yow.--- ul", '� Tri r lu � of a thousand western movies, that a man be un tof work to Tian a that ima a of
uncik_agreed. riot -to . --- tugs t s ou n ave'in ran. suffer. must be. a man.. 'he trust .accept the America: and it's ironicgthat it should d be
f scapi an,ysalary for the;year 1931. - „ Tax Payer, I found it hard to accept Clarke's p
Is our ancestor's dedication being super- , , S.eaforth message at' first. Americans,, he said, HATRED AND REVENGE challenge to his pride and fight. He who his government that was the victim of the
should
h areal vi timseof to urr what e often ture didn't lie 8 • g y ` . no a-.rnan-bu to -t oor--snivellin is somehow Iranian outrage.
Y Hatred and revenge only breed morechallenge
�, . hatred and seven a The Iranians stormed _ -
, •p �. The _.._ -- - _ _.. �.. - - - --- P g t Ing 7 his — BaYMrlarke rig rfit Amrcans, hurl -
11 R' F ',... f'�E � _..._ .._ _ _ w the E ibass- coni oun� because the
- - to talk about tt, he said: or try .were so 9 Y fear ofliscking down has gotten Americans pride and all, should turn the other, cheek
badly mutilated they couldn't talk, without were full of hatred at what the Shah had entangled in some costly wars. in the interests of their lon to ce.
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tongues or' fingernails or arms or" legs. done and sought revenge on the Americans
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I . O)n .Lieu". W • Rs Reid. who had supported. him• The attacked the Al
Hundreds of thousands of. people, he PP Y
reminded us, had suffered - chat kind of only American- thing they could, the • - •-'-
I wonder if I may tarn to your readers fair' • I am most anxious to obtain a photo of Lt. treatment at the -hands of the Shah. , What Embassy. The very reaction . to the treat- Advertising is accapled on the condition that in the event of A typoyraphieai error the advertising space occupied •
assistance? i am ' interested in Cana4ian -Reid, - preferably in uniform and would the 52 Americans had suffered was mild by ment of the hostages by the American' by this erroneous Item, together with reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for but the bal ince
media and so le (or should that be o1 the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. ,--
aviation; history aad'wi+ish to obtain informa- appreciate hearing from arty of your readers comparison. Further, he said that if the ' pe •p Whlle every effort will be made to ensue they are handled with care, the publishers cannot be resporlaibte for .
Son on' 2nd Lieutenant William Rexford who may be in; a position to assist. American people couldn't be so full of joy, overreaction (will make the Iranians hate) ' �he return of unsolicited rnsnuscripis or photos
Heid; Royal Air Force, who is reported to for at least two days after the release of the , the Americans more becausr,. like Clarke, .
have come from Seaforth. Lt'. Reid was killed '
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T11%S,, Sef Due tott►e vagaries (and i could think of //•��: /� y� /� Mine wasn't. And L received a fine tribute
I .11 l.(r tli� Rr d p �CG about it from a feacher, Burton Ford.
Seafurth Optimists would like to thank the Su I l d. and Dob Fischer of Pizxa Train system (system?'), this column has been "Your presentation to Honor students
Supply Y getting to readers at some peculiar seasonal.
people of Seaforth acid area for coming out for prizes,donated along with the 16 families . P ByBill Smiley belle -was datpti good. It was refreshing to an
d in king the 1981 • Winter Carnival• the • who' opened their homes' tpitake in .out of, - nnics° w I/ Id boy. like myself. to hear it acknowledged
uar •. A letter from m daughter, written on ' . m Valentine's Da job, for 1981, and ' that .the Bible .and Shakespeare are the
wccess. it was. town Atom hockey players. My Christmas column, .tritten in Novcm= S y g y y j P
Sacrist thanks to the non -Optimist mem "" bar. appeared after Nctt Year's Day in mann Dec. 10, reached me on Dec. 31'. First-class perhaps ygu'N get it by tate March break. models for ciirrect English. In a time when
Mets wito helped out•atthe Arena, Bruce and „ , Sincerely, ' papers. My New Year's column, written in something"cir other. Looking ahead at a ncty year.. is more • old values and ideas are constantly being
Sharon Wiliti�e of Seafurth Automotive and Seaforth Opfiglists early I)ccembet..has appestred in mid -Jan- So this one. written Dec. iNtlO, will be dispiritiryg, vcry'oftcn, than looking back at demeaned and even discarded, it was,very
. • � the. old one., At least you know than the'old, refreshing tome to hear•a teacher talk about
- one can't be any worse than the one that' -s Honor." Thank you, sir.
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r BY_AL[CE:GIBB i natians. Each year clic organization sends-
Canadian "Crossroads International is 135 carefully -selected volunteers to
working for the ideal of "one wuorld" - a developing nations to take, . part fit
world where ' different cultures come, to education, health care, community ,
.. X• : understand and•respect one another's way development , and construction projects.
,..I of life. • While the ' volunteers don't receive any A •
;` •r r .�,; Ray McNichol. ' formerly of R.R. 4. salary while overseas, they are provided'
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�,� . Walton, leaves next fall to spend `four with a basic living allowance towileet food,
months'.working in Nigeria, Vilest Africa. accommodation and (ravel needs.
one of 135 Canadian Crossroads yojunteers UNDERSTANDING
, , i'lt ' who hope to gain an insight into life in The goal of'Crossroads, which has. its ,
If- Third World cod .ntries. headquarters on the University of Western
}a 1 Mr. KeNichol, a registered nurse who ' Ontario carripus'in London, can be summed
i ' lives in London and wotks at St: Thomas up by a quote from Lestee°_Pearson " . , .. , . ,
Psychiatric Hospital. said= it was another How can there 'be peace without people
& I _, -: .,,_ fanner Seaforthyarea•- resident;- Margic understanding'•r zi�ch isther'.. olid boyo can -
Whyte, who's responske'fOr "putting fhe this be if they don't know each other?"
, bug rn my ear" about the Crossroads Ray, who s already taken part,in the first
i ' - program. Ms. Whyte, who teaches in orientation session for volunteers, knows
A BRI,DQ12 OR UIiIDSRSTI►OIMD'--Racy McNichol, whose parents Guelph, is -still involved'in the Crossroads "it's no Hilton" living in a developing
`' Ralph and Anna live at RR 4, Wanton, holds a,brochure which features a project ,as a volunteer recruiting officer.. country. Also; although he is a trained
reap showing the developing nations where Crossroads. volunteers can several years after she served in the ntirse, and hopes he might be involved in
serve for. fbl�lr or. 1Q,mohth periods. Other former 9eafotthr'residents Philltpines. with the organization. one of Nigeria's new nutritional
r _ The Canadian Crossroads• organization. cou culling program, he atlsd knoirrs_ ate
..1.1"volved� in the program include• -Margie Whytei l loft leer volunteer..w.fia fotittat~xd `itt i4slt, Is a nva e, non- tofu m't ht f ltd #timself diggingditches.
now recruits others, and Dr. -Rodger Whitman a falarr7.1 r local coim.rhittee, orjanimtion, devoted p to establis ing He ` said the countries receiving
rgprdsentative. (Photo by Gibb) respect ,,and,,..:understanding between volunteers through Crossroads look at the
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women.
Not all the letters were t e a . este
Stafford of St. Thomas rills me do a bit,
• Slime pretty darn nice things happened to
though ,she always sends along a poem at '
me in 1980. Generally speaking, it was aChristmas.
She claims i am influencing her
rotten year, but there were some bright
childrens`• thoughts about sex+ even though
moments that helped dispel the gloom. .
, they are -all out of hig school by now. Her
First of all, i read an article in the Toronto
•• letter ends. "My own writing is deteriorat- 1P
Star. with '4 headline: Teachers suffer
ing from reading your column each week."
h ighest burnouf tate. This%highest cheered
Me too; Cassie, and thanks for the poem. ,
me immensely, because it proved something
From The Coreier, Store in ,Newtonville
1'd known for years, and we're always
comes a note from Gwen McOuat: "This is
-ddieered -when we're proved right, V'VW"
`'t•a s —w, I --paper: It 19-6 T tiio'to: Mi ik -
though we prophesy that the world will come.
you are terrific and i love ya'." Thanks,
to an end trcxt Tuesday.. And it does.
I Gwen.'She encourages me to get on with
,,I Sonle of the statements in the article
putting a book together a1kd g.tarantees it
might be considered a bit alarming, but ifiey
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....W Tie on d3vs0Iay n tiic Corner More.
' made mc• feel kind of special. 1 quote: "Ort .
-.lust before. Christmas, an old- fr'lendy who '
average. teachers die four years younger
worked with me an a steambodt resort ship'
'than the rest of us. And next to air traffic
on the. Upper •Lakes back in the thirties, was, •
dintvollers and surgeons, teachers suffer,
ori the blowgr. He was the, head bell -hop, ,
' the most stress at 411 professions."._ '
and a consistent failure in,-,tn'edicind� and
and
You see the Cheery, note there? i could
at ,the 'U. of T-1 He is no'* e . .
have been , a surgeon or an air traffic
'successful dentist'ip Vancouver, which says '
controller. - - (
something about something.
The author of the book on which the artirlc
He niay be a good dentist, but"hirmern6o
was basad stated flatly that many parents.
is not so hot He claims we once went to a
•andaschaol••-boards -consider ;t�eaChLifg -x`19 —'
y
- vw6e- '}ioiWd1—Ti'Detroit 'l have`neveerlii en in "` "� -`
more - than glorified ' babysitters and are
a whorehouse in my life. KnowiQty. And I „ .
prepared to treat them as such bath through
'don't expett•'to be. Knowingly. _„, 11.
working. conditions and salaries.”
Then there's alwaysthe Christmas card
Did you, get the key word there'd
from. my old friend and- critic, from
"Glorified." Saints and martyrs are gloirl-
Westport, who invariably signs ,his Bard
fled, though I haven't heard;about too many
Your TV Repaik-Man.. and gives me a verbal \
babysitters reaching that status,, though
cuff on the ettr; slaji on the back and tells•me •
there are some who should be,,.And there,
to .go do sayl;g. it tike itis. ....
•isn't ii liabyOtter to •town who nt•ake_s as
`happy,
Bless you all, -and the npany others who . ,
' twupeh as: I dice So ILin
hdve 'written encoura$,enient, vitriol, and
And another nice thing happened to' -me in,
just good old,fashioned gossip about the
1980: l made a speech to honor students at a
good old days, when our hearts were young
.• high ithik'tbifi gUet. Honor Bight speeches
and Racy► jwd tr hamburger *As a dime. and it ,
are usually -abort' everything• excel$ bailor.
!boli �a ti-'triir _1..
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