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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-02-05, Page 2Pubilahett at SeiltFORTH. ONTARIO every Thursday morning by kichean Brea. Publishers Ltd. Andrew *tv • kolci,eah, Publisher Scitiao White, Editor Alice-Mb, News Edger absentee foreign buyers. W he more than a registry of foreign land sales, we need a ban. , Ontario spends very little n agricultural research, especially, for projeCts of -h p to the family fa m,lso perhaps-we-shouldn't be surprised when this of.-tip dump a dangerous', waste disposal site in the middle of a thriving agricultu al Commun ity.'We can applaud the retiring environment - minister's eff rts. to. treat, rather than bury, industrial Wastes; but jf the Cayuga pro ect's so safe, why,dOesn't it have to face the same:government's environmental hearings Unanswered queStions, inadequate response to the.presiing issues of 1980...jobs or lack of them, farm land or itsios§,....are the legacy of the current government. , • The alternatives, the opposit lull- parties who'vespent long years in the • wilderness, are unknOWn quantities. .'(Although Huron Middlesex and Huron Bruce have been magnificently served by smart and articUlate .Liberal MPPs Murray Gaunt and Jack Riddell) But one ,thing, we wager is".-that the known, that .TOry party that's geverned.tor 38 yealt, ispretty well bankrupt of solutions and leadership. Ontario needs a change , • Costs up and rising .theideficit of the Huron police communication system elicited some comments from Exeter council this weeko irie proposed increases in „., the operating budget for 1981 'd'rew only .passing interest,- " The prOposed budget increase is in the range of 10 percent, arid while that is almost becoming an accepted figurein today's escalating inflation, the total .cost of the service is reaching.alarming prciportions. When the system was instituted about three years ago, the total costs were expected to bearound $75,000 per annum. The proposed budget for 1981 has been listed at $103,-2t0end.obviously such an increase in that period time is Well above any inflationary factors. While the present councils of The five county towns can be faulted fir the fact the systdm- is:Oosting more than originally'expected, they must start to qUestion whether the cost involved is Warranted by' the service provided. When' the locai police answering. service was provided by-a private individual three years ago, the cost was around- $8,500 and the project cost for. Eketer in the current, year iS $19,919.53. 'Goderich could be paying $40,045.48. • • . There.are obvious advantages to p .county-wide dispatch system, but the five councils must keep a CIOSe eye On thecosts involved, because they appear to be considerably higher than those which were indicated when the system was approved.. In,Exeter's case, there appears to be a duplication of Services now that a fulktiMe secretary is availablelo answer the, phone during the day. If the other towns are 19 the same position, it may be that. the central. system cost could be reduced by having it In use only during non-office hours. There Is also the possibility that by bringing other emergency calls into the sygern (through a central emergency number as Used in ..most cities) tne cost CoU'id be apportioned over a wider base to reduce the growing drain on police budgets. - . It's a situation to which the local police committee should give some deliberation. The Exeter Times AdVocate To the editor: 1) d Mambor Canadian Community Newspaper AssOciation, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association anal. AUdit 8ureau. of Circulation .SubscEigtion rataa: partoo.00. a, year lin advancer - • nutairtoQnnada5.34,a-year lira advance) Coroiett-40 cents 'each Second clitsrmail registration. number 0896 . SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 5, 1501 We're off and running bUt 'it's pretty difficult to find anyone who's ,too excited aPout a March .provincial election. It's an election that's been called by the "if we sneak this one by people while it's still winter; maybe no one will notice" experts and They Might „turn Out to be right. For in spite of some pretty heavy evidence that Premier Davis and the Tories have bungled the job in Ontario of late, they obviously feel the Big Blue Macriine can win by waltzing us off to the polls on a blustery March day. (Oh, maybe the 4nowdrapsji Pe up, but we bet they hope not.) This Tory government, this ,38 year old habit with the people of Ontario, has bungled Most seriously in its approach to Ontario's skidding, almost stalled economy. On the one hand we've had grants of taxpayers' money ("incentives") to giant multi-national corporations like Ford to iteup new plants here. On the other hand we've seen these same industrial gianftt-lay off Ontario workers in other parts-ntethe prOvince,,br in some calts:close up and move south, sometimes taking equipment paid for by-the people of Canada. Publicly financed job creation, is One thing but companies who benefit from it should be. expected to show a net gain in Ontario'citizens hired. The Davis government has .insisted On no such thing.. While layoffs, shutdoWns,and the migration of. some of our best and brightest to the west continues, Premier Davis is in bed with the prime Minister on the constitution isSue. Bring it home from Britain, they both say, whether' all the people of-Canada agree om its terms or not. Mere details those ,elisagreemehts; they can be worked out later. Most Ontarians, we suspect, disagree with, both leaders on this. And we're ashamed of the deal they've struck which.,is that. Davis will support forcing the.constitution home aS' long as Trudeau doesn't insist that the French speaking citizens of Ontario have aright' to services in 'their own language. , On, the' local scene, most thipking:" people are worried by the government's slow'and inadequate.action to stop the sale of farm_ lanai°. I he centennial committee of St. Patrick's parish, Kinkora, would like to obtain the names and adresses of anyone interested in parachuting in our centennial celebration to be field July 3 and 4, 1982. Kindly tend any information to Mrs. Tom McDonnell, R.R. I GadshillyOntario-orMrs. Lyle Elliott, H.R. i Sebringville, Ont. Thank you, Mrs. Lyle Elliott, R.R. I Sebringville Faced with the obvious dangert of simple majority rule, we in Canada have for years now been concerned with the rights of 'minorities. Sometimes, it seems, we've got minorities so much on our brain they become more important than _majorities. ,Majority rule can, of course, lead to many evils. Prime example of hardship brought by the will of the majority are seen in what happened in Germany with Jews and what happened 'in the U.S. where the ,white majority conspired for many years to. keep blacks as close to slavery as_ they could: Thiso interest in minorities especially by the educated middle class liberal elements of ,our society. (exemplified by the media. the arts and the academics)-has often tended to have a reverse double standard. Somehow the minority becomes more important that the majority. • ' This can be evidenced' in as harmless an area as music. That thought came to me on the weekend as I was reading an article in a magazine about a 'Canadian 'composer and • performer who' had,struck it rich with a pop song. Now if this compoSer had written a rock piece or an opera that had been so internationally popular he would have been hailed by the Canadian intelligensia as a hero. But this poor fool decided to write something generally referred to as "middle Of the road - niuSic and thus his hitrsong was " referred to as "a harmless little tune and the whole article 'was full condescension Boy; she's been some mother of a winter this time around-4 'in these places. Six feet of snow before Christmas, three or four feet since, and temperatures that would freeze the brains of a brass• money. A r•onstant „Struggle with snow in the driveway, snow On the sidewalk,: snow piling deep on the roof and turning into icicles 'like' tree-trunks, and, worst , of all, snow coming in over the tops of your boots and turning your feet into .something, submarines around Iceland. Typical day this week. A guy was coming at & a.m. to whack the ice off my roof. That usually costs about fifty bucks, plus the shingles he removes with' the ice. asked him if he had some battery booster cables, as I knew niy car wouldn't start in the Morning. rd tried it the day before. He , had cabTei. Goody. Two birds. with one stone. Next morning, I waited until twenty to nine: He didn't show. It was below 24, and I mean Fahr4bbeit. Tried the car while I was waiting. Not even a grunt. Knew there wasn't a hope of getting a cab in -that weather. -Called the garage and whimpered for help. "Sure, Bill. Maybe in about two hours. There are forty thousand cars non-starting, all over the county." I abandoned hope, like all Who,enter this country in this kind of weather, and phoned a neighbor. blatantly, and without shame, asking for a ride to work. He played Good half-awakened citizens hurried to the scene. When discovered, however., the fire had gained such headway in this building that nothing could he''' done to ,save either the, PuudiP8 or the contents;. firemen •were promptly,, on *Po spOt. and as soon as they were re for work. the 'hoses, icra4iffixeri to the hydrants, 414 in shorter time than it takes to tell it 44ro itbwgiful streams' water, one in frOntandpeOthei id tlie• rear, were` king; '''poured °P.0 ° the beNning • , The adjoiotogiteros ot Messrs. Helly and from our writer who• wanted everyone to know that he wasn't one of those no-taste, "over 30 females" who made this composer a big success. The composer, aware of this view of his kind of people, spent the whole article alternately defending and• almost apologis- ing for his work. . The same can be seen in just about any area you want to look at. ;Canadian playwright Bernard Slade is a., huge inter- national hit so he is a hack, while some barely known writer Who writes plays only other writers, actors and drama professors understand, is a giant in Canadian literature. In the same magazine there was an article about a Canadian actress who is now an international movie star. She' recalled her girlhood where she was a bit of a rebel and the wild at .a very civilized private school. She, of c urse, being in the minority, was the real erson, the-other girls were the phonies. . This 'view of life fills nearly all aspects of life for the educated middle class sophistica- ted liberal. All intelligent people like themSelves, for instance, are either atheist or agnostic. The square majority which may not go to church 'as much as,it once did but Anderson on one side and C.W.. Popst on the other had also ignited, and were in imminent danger for a time, but the efficient working of the' Fire Brigade and the splendid water' supply soon brought *hp flames under' ,controttindalldangetof their spreading, Was, '9Yer. . • • Several Made Bereleerktelifaliq tiffr*Aationvotwailin-Rifort!i-oicre, burned and destrOyed by the 00. Had. there 0031 itoottOor InstOttd Oflt,*0040,or one tiOttleeett:.thts;!3014lirtgAmcftheberet one; the Ike would trot have imnetrated„ • and AnderPt4 building,and 'deal . Of erk ltbtrt, 1$ Abw uselels would have * • Samuel Titroer, near, Varna, sold to"liebdrp Tenter of StatileST,sPan of, one •Year.. old= colts which tipped* beam at 2.270 pounds. He realized the snug little sum of $220 for the span. Who says it don't pay to raiseg•ood- colts. The Turners of Stanley have long been noted for their good horses and these colts will not do any of them discredit. FEBRUARY 4,1906 , Chas. Wright of McKillop has rented the farm of Henry Monteith, concession .3 of Lat& TeAcrsmitth. familiarly known as. the.. Forsythe farm, for a term of five years and takes posession on the 1st of April. This farm contains 150 acres, has un- it good buildings and is one of the best in the township. Mr. Wright has get a good farm and Mr. Mont eith has secured a first! class tenant. 'Some of. the enthusiastic bbwlers in Seaforth had a game on. Saturday last. Bowling on the green on January 27th is something-new for this country. , Another Seaforth •boy who hai climbed well up the ladders of .fortune is John McNaughteldest son of David McNatioht of Rapid City, Manitoba but who is crow visiting in Seaforth. John IvieNaught his been, railroading with Jim Hill, . the celebrated ilway magnate, for 20.years. ' Mr. and Mrs. John. R. McDonald who have been residents of the second concess- ion of Tuckersmith for several years, last week reMoved.to Thames road where they, purpose remaining for a time until„they get their new residence in Exeter complete. A farewell oyster supper was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. Dale, Huron road, in honor of Mr., and' Mrs. R.N. Barber prior to their • still" believes in God is Somehow silly little people not worth consideringoYet, this view changes when it comes to other cultures. It is somehciw noble for the Canadian Indian, for instance, 'to believe in his ancient gods and ritual dances, These`are not to be ridiculed by right,-thinking people. Nor are the ancient religions of the Chinese, the Japanese or' he Africans. Event Roman ' Catholicism is somehow noble It' is atiidfig 'the people of Poland fighting , against oppressicin, even „though it's a joke here. in North America. An Eskimo who wants to pursue his lifestyle of hunting to make a meager livin, g is to be defended by these right. ,thinkers • from the horrible, money-grubbing' souther- ners. Even , a Newfoundland outporter is respected for clubbing seals for their pelts because it is part of the ancient lifestyle of the outports (although here there may be a certain division among right-thinkers.) But of course the southern Canadian who 'goes , out to shoot a moose or a wolf 'or a' rabbit, he's something' elSe again. He's little'better than a murderer. There Is something noble about the African-Or Asian peasant who-works his tiny plot' of land. The same can't be said, course, for the North American who works , He said he'd be back in a few minutes. She thought he'd One to hiS truck for extention• ladder, axe, and other implements for knocking off shingles, as well as ice. We haven't seen him.since. • ' 'She tone* back •te bed, 'and was barely warming Up','whin the doorbell rang again. Once : more ,into the breach; bless her -indemitible spirit and her rage at me about the iceman: Th is time it was a mice young fellow from the garage. with the tow ttitcL There had been a breakdown in ctiMmun- itation, and heliadn't 'received the word to come later in the day.'when I was home to flood the engine etc. 'All he wanted was some keys for- the car, and instructions on ,whether to just get the ding thing running, or to tow it away for a cheek-up. I, had the keys at work.' Another doorway encounter, with the tetitperitnit 'way below zero, her feet turning blue, .and her, near-pneumonia on the verge of turning into dOuble-pneuntonia. • The only thing that kept Iter going was the increasing heat of her Airy at me for not organithig anything except two young 'men who were kichig her to make detisiOns • FEBRUARY-6, 1931 Minnie Gibb. who has been a, very efficient clerk for brie for the number of moulks;relt on TfigSair -for Toronto where she hail been offered a splendid position with the firm she was with IiiTcim goring ta.,1-Ion$0. Mies..01bb will greatly rid,. not only Jo die *tete. but tW: a large number of trends 40 Will regret to hear her ftnrture, PtOYed spwk goes. in hp theatoreleeentir vacted; on. 1M1 hire Tite0ifix11, • PAM PrOs VerY,hemiiiY PP gouts', yet there are also those tlint Yetirs seem to' press very easily or lightly upon and this was evidenced to us in the'.last mentioned ,,way a few evenings ago by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sheffer, of Out village, and 'their sister-in- laW,Mrs. Sadie Robinson of Detroit, formerly well known as Mrs. Norman- Scheffer Sr., who is,visiting with them, attending a dance in ',Cliff Watson's Hall formerly 'know as Henry Shafer's where the three tripped the light' fantastic toe with the grace and, sprightliness which they did When they met there at a dance no less than 55 years ago. FEBRUAREI, 1956 - Alex McGregor, R.R. 2. Kippen was elected president of 'the Tuckersmith Feder- ation of Agriculture at thg annual meeting held in the Seaforth District High 'School on Tuesday evening. Hensel) ratepayers on Monday elected as reeve. Norman Henry Jones, to fill the vacancy created by the sudden death of Reeve W.G. Parke.., For the first time in more than 15 years, SeafOrth -will•play host to visiting Orange- men on July 12 if present plans materialize, it was indicated on Wednesday. „ A Women's Progressive Conservative 4ssociaton was, organized on a county level in Seaforth Wednesday evening, at an enthusiastic dinner . meeting held , in St.' Thomas? Anglican Church hall. Represent- atives of rural and urban centres of Huron Voted unanimously to-organize, with two womeh being named frOm each centre to form a general committee. The Canadian Girls in Training of Walton held a skating party in the Seaforth arena en ' Friday evening. Following the party; lunch was served at the home of the leader, Mrs. Ted McCreath. R T lt 'o11 f P 0Sitgr • Sinc.1860.. Serving the Community first 527-0240 am St. fire FEBRUARY 4,1881 At '7 o'clock on WednesdaY morning the thermometer registered 30 degrees below zero- This is the most severe weather experienced re for years, '— There is a lar ger attendance at the Seaforth High School this winter than there ever was fore, the average attendance being about Y About n`eloeir . Saturday morning l it was noticed.that the anterior of the' buildin , occuided by• the Montreal TelegraOh and Ainc*ito BOrV44,) and by George )ifiOrrITN shoe store. *A's 14 Pei*. The ofarrn Was seeedk Viand, and the Skiing's over Bettind the scenes by Keith Roulston Sugar and spice By Bill Smiley Samaritan, and I made it to the job with abbut forty seconds to spare. I'm not that conscientious, but dammit, I. can get just as stubborn as Old Man' Winter. Immediately _phoned the garage and told them not to send help until later in the day, when I'd tie home to flood ,the carb4eton reverse when I was 'supposedlo put her in , drive, get stuck in the snow-bank just after the tow truck had left, and all the other things people do that drive mechanics crazy. , Fine. My wife was-in bed, ill. and I'd told her not to worry 'about the iceman coming or the 'thunderous crashes as the icicles came down ince 1.1011glaS firs. Just twenty minutes after I'd got to work. ,the iceman cameth, rang the doorbell, and kept her standing in the frigid air in her dressinglgown while he discussed' a price for the job. It seemed his car would not start, either, thus his late appearance. She thought I'd arranged a price for the job. Finally,, in exhaustion, •desperation, and danger of losing some toes from frostbite.' she told hien) go, ahead with the Joh! at the ode* (Wily eitMMtant) that he Migrated. - In the years agone ,„.. at Snewflake Manitob ', a, fo departure on the leth of Februaty for their he, comfortable liberal_ minority his plot' of land (unless it's a roof garden in his downtown condommum). Alt there may be, something quaint about farming for a living but it's something only the uneducated would do. „ Fads are one of_ the most insidious 'elements of our culture. We have fads for clothing, fads for games, fads for, places to eat and places ndt to cat. The educated commonly like to make fun of the •fadists yet they too have , theii• fads. We. had it in the sixties when the educated' young generation 'rebelled against all their parents were tieing. : , They wanted to break away from the. fashion fads, for instance. so they all started wearing blue jeans and sweatshirts and promptly started a fashion craze that is making people millionaires two deeades later. Everybody rebelled to the point they were all back in a majority position but, they had the comfort- able feeling they were in the, minority. . , tiThat's how it • is today- among the wel cleated. middle-class liberal grotips. They have created their own majority within their minority. None of them would have the courage to say they went to church on Sunday' or that they liked that "harmless little tune." They're rebelling against .everybody' else by. Creating their own comfortable majority. So' hang in there dull, middle-of-the-road, churchgoing Canadians. They may be looking down on you but those guys are just as hypocritical as the rest of us. ' r A typical rotten Canadian winter day whin she had scarcely enough strength to decide whether to go to the bathroom or just curl up and die, . Again, she rose to the occasion, found another set of keys and told him to do whatever he wanted, though she felt like adding'a few other.suggestions. Naturally,' he towed it away. Know what they rap you for a towing charge these days? I can't bear - Mmention the figure. A ' By this time, in her weakened condition, She couldn't even go'back to bed. she was so. passionately angry with her slob- Of. a husband. . She called .me,at work, tracked me doom, and gave me a piece. of her mind: It was a fair-sized chunk, about half a glacier, I'd say, not hearing a word of my explanationof how Clever I had been. in my, morning arrangements. against impossible -odds,' It. ended in one of us hanging tip. Me. And instructing the girls in the office not to accept any more calls for me that day: It all blew over, of course. After work, I picked up the car, and when I got home, she had several errands for me to do. out in the . blizzard. . , - My whole and only point in this essay, or Attic story, is that a . good. old-fishinned Canadian winter can not only break you economically, spiritually, and erhotionaily, hitt even inaCitally. p.