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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-06-17, Page 2w w 4 Zf lit1wroui"OI Since 10W. Serving the Community first 12 Main St 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Thursday morning by McLean Bros Publishers Ltd Andrew Y Mclean, Publisherac A Susan White, Editor Mom mer Ganadtan Community N.e.wspapes Association. Pn.t'ardp Weekly f'er . cl on and Acct t 8ureau of Circulotogn �►.ewsXt�aR . Assxr. atf, 1 ' :" �u.tj,�cnpttirn rates ` . a�n#do �1@, yap► (in advance) _ e la e. 3.$ tt�li i .d ! a ) s n aT v t Ca a. � -Q a y, a , 0 ate. M. Q �/{ .{ p•' - 1. single Is Q pies . F,. ., Secon.0 cJass •SEAFORTH, OINTARl.Q, JUNE 17, 11981 How temporary? It was a valiant try but Reeve Bill Dale's attempt to oppose the use of the industrial building the town has bought on High St. as a temporary public works shed failed Monday night.. Motivated by common sense and conscience, the reeve and councillors who agreed with him protested that Seaforth councils had promised High St, residents for years that heavy industry didn't belong in the residential neighbourhood. After sensitive negotiations finally succeeded in relocating the industry, it would seem logical to return the site to residential or a more suitable use. Instead High St. residents will get, no matter how temporarily, a maintenance building for town equipment. Sceptics that we -are we 'must point o.ut that temporary, especially in government, has a way of becoming permanent. If a new home is needed 'for public works (and most at council agree it is) let's plan and budget for a propel- one. We urge council to reconsider the High St. decision. We imagine area residents, including those who live in the Market St. senior citizen's apartments, will be asking their elected reprdsentatives" to do so. TQ the editor: Rootsy 'letter Your publishi g of this "Rootsy" kind of letter could be 4great help in locating• some Roses in my faOily *ee. In 1797 the first Rose of my kine arrived in Northlake, P.E.I. His brother. Sampson, with his wife, joined him a few years later. Mr. and Mrs. Sampson Rose raised seven sons and five daughters. Since their sons and daughters were egiiallj± prolific- hun= deeds of their descendents live today in P.E.I., while others are scattered across Canada and the U.S.A. My grandfather (Sampson's grandson) moved to Vancouver to the early i900's and never went back. Other Roses and Rose relatives took part in the Prairie harvest excursions, and some stayed and presum- ably rriarried and raised families. As a result of a recent surge of interest in "who we are anti-WJtere we came from". the Roses are holding a reunion in P.E.I. August 7th and 8th. Any Rose descendents (what- ever their names) are welcome. More details are available by contacting - Mark Rose. M.P., House of 'Commons. Ottawa. Ont K1A OA6. Yours truly, Mark W. Rose. M.P. Mission -Port Moody New water works for Seaforth 1881 JUNE IT, 1881 the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ament of The Fire and Water Committee are having In the a one Seaforth. a tank erected convenient to Main Street, years � A.W.E. Hemphill of Hensall is repainting which will be kept filled from the water pipes all the woodwork of his dwelling, also his for street watering purposes, and when this garage, Mr. Shaddick skilfully wielding 'the work is completed Main street will be Westcort of Usborne for 56500. The farmbrush. Mr. Coleman of the Kippen road, whose w4tered with. the' sprinkling W. agog, the ,contains 100 acres, is in splendid condition fine barn was blown dawn and. smashed a JUNE 22, 1956 Sante as itt, former yetcs. In this way ':the art altAgether otte of'the best farms lSt tpe ootrple tzf• weeks ago, with comtrtgndable Prop'I'Tt' owners in.Hrigsall mill be given worTt Will be, better- dvueti th> hydrants will uawnshtp.. [t is within a mile, and, a italf of he in t e i dtentA .dl�Qrtg ` as .quickly as possible tq. iii red uRd the frijrtion an Brotl$e•.t `enroll: entetprrse, t .,gat r _ uP h lot � . ,1 , ... sold preparing to, rebuilt[. 'S Ui i Itt1 '. of ilcCIO the ,agtiitn fo be ta>4en colt cerntn6 a• . , 1l+tnlq •'s anttscl.es will.'be matkrialI dp-; •946 , s"hasrltt ',bricks tic►"+., stat-rtl0tn: pltblic .school. ,whicb .it' %s 01 � pi t the 'a a hbQ4rhood P s � l �. . B v .g e. it ' tht+ i peeasr�d; .- t: O:n ,T'hursday Masi. a �witflea:Y.was. s1).4t in ;��" k�ld`d�vn,foe the ecr*ctivtt'onhts farm. of a proposed ta-tr+rect to .B clas 'it T �. pilot in � X24 s i •the a ca r u ti m a 9 a I a'f h s p T Grind Tritnit. mP ! [onde tiorottBf; s bo on the thrid enn 95,. hon isptne pew. M040ttce p out o p n. n w W C. w k O last eG , s. r e esda � t ktewl t nk n a 's y1l dn. f he lw Wn a titto Y clip -t . � e n r re, f u it It • & e v o 'l;' ism h e rtt the: ct h� � � Ceti a r4 n � ti slot . & 4 1' vi ' c i i n h n •atYilp track, Th�y,hav„e'also.itiserted g�,•farttir �bours 'were dcaitt�rcha;d �QFk )Ust• a�' that . 9ut: Egtngndxtll'e.'.ne,gltb .i(rs a� .,a 1� . tie, 5�aforth• �ri'vittg �'�d4 fie .. . X . w erw.arita matt!. ao that anotHer Intl ' stash •of .Cettq+cOt stdewhlk Iatd' s fitvtwn•,aitir dra +cd; rhe spall: aceuF4eil . inch pipe into'the .at point, when the ,trtitt�al cane, 90 of .MXr � *e new tank coil be titled from the. tduwa Astttstr ►hg's 'orchard and, eros ed".the toad down. T1te work is being done 'by R, Frost as the horses ,were• gnteriri$ the fiptlt tum - waterworks, For this Service the cowl[ is to into th bush. Thr', -men saw t and gage who, is extQvisively '94gaged • in the• Cement Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 13piton ,of ;Seaforth, r receive $j per day• chase: Vey tpey realized what it was, business. weere Sunday guests with his p�ceats. Mc. Wm: Rudd of Egmondville has leased the Thomas Coleman• st9od guard. while Robert JUNE 19,1931 and M'rs -Russell T. Bolton of Winthrop. wagon' shop of Wm. Grassie on Me;Rlmt, t:arnochan went off fora gun. and with the Joshua Ashton has built a neat sidewalk A ishing,trip in the northern parts over street, and will run it hereafter. Mr. Rudd is first shot dispatched his catskip. K running from the street to his neat dwelling the weekend was enjoyed by the following; well known as a good workman and should John Archibald of the Silver Creek farm on Richmond Street, South, Hensall. Messrs. Wes Richardson, Campbell Eyre, do a large business. has four acres planted with sugar beets. Mr. Erma Workman of Stratford Normal spent Ed Morton, Emmerson Kyle, Ben Tinney, The Red Mill property in Seaforth has Archibald has been growing them for several the weekend with her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McLean, Merman Dayman, Allan been purchased by Messrs. Slater and y1ears and has increased his area each year. Wm. Workman of Tuckersmith. 'iiemeer, David Triebner. Wm. Bell and Jim Dolphin, for the sum of $2,000. They intend P. O'Sullivan will have an extensiveMcAllister of Kippen. putting it in a thorough state of repair, and auction sale of horses, cattle and pigs at Mrs. R.C. Anderson and little'daughter will do gristing and custom flouring. Betty of Hamilton were guests at the home Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jordan, Mr. and John Fitzgerald has sold his farm on the Dick's stockyards, tomorrow. --Saturday. of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell, Seaforth. Mrs. MacFeeney and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen third concession of L.R.S. to Christopher commencing at one_p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates are guests at Eckert of Dublin werein London. Book twenty years later more truth than fiction It's nearly a quarter century since Nevil Shute wrote On The Beach yet 1 couldn't have picked a much more timely boo to read when, 1 piled it out last week from a box full of books purchased 'at a second-hand book sale. Shute wrote the book about the aftermath of a nuclear war in the fifties when a throat of nuclear war hung over our heads. Remember the fall -out shelters people were building back then? Remember the paranoia in the press. the constant reminders that the world could end any minute, the stress we lived under during those cold war years? We couldn't of course. keep that kind of ,,fyar alive forever. Even if things hadn't improved internationally we would finally have shrugged -off the constant fear, learned to ignore it and gene back to our lives. " Canadians in particular. 'sandwiched be- tween the two super -powers with their atomic -tipped arsenals of missiles and bomber's, lived in fear. We had special courses on spotting enemy planes then saw the building of the Distant Early Warning radar line in the north. Then thankfully, after many years of stress we gradually -were able torelax as .the- Americans and Soviets seemed to realize the insanity' -of nuclear, conflict. BACK AGAIN But last week the prospect of nuclear war came to the headlines again. Israel attacked a nuclear power station in Iraq which the 5 Behind th by Keith R, Israelis claimed was intended to produce fuel for an atomic bomb to be aimed against Israel. It's fascinating -when reading On the Beach at this time that Nevil Shute's novel dealt with the extinguishing of human lift, on the planet caused by a nuclear 'war started. . not by the U.S. and Russia but by smaller nations -who used easy -access of nuclear technology to try to bully the superpowers. His mythical war took place in 1963, and was based on the alliances or misalliances of the period, but it's remarkable how many remain true today. The first bomb was dropped by Albania on Italy and the super powers were brought into the war when the Egyptians, using Russian planes, dropped rhe, bomb and retaliated and the whole world was at war. Today, of course. Egypt and the U.S..are allies and such a sneak attack would be spotted well in advance and who has even hr.ardof Abania lately, but other similarities ,remain. In the book the Arabs and Israelis used atomic bombs against each other. Russia and China went to war against each other, hoping to settle once and for all their old emnities. Special "cobalt” bombs.were used which produced large amount of e scenes DUIStOr1 radioactive falloiut designed to kill the people through radioacttive but, keep buildings intact. just the.,aim of the neutron bomb approved by the Jimmy Carter administra- tion in the U.S. FiNAL DAYS On the Beach tells about_ the final days of human life in the world: In Australia, far away from the scene of the wars in the northern hemisphere, the population waits while the waye of radiation slides southward to kill them too. Already everyone north of the equator is dead, some from the 4000 or so bombs that have fallen but most from the fallout. A nuclear submarine, the last of -the once-prou d U.S. Navy stationed now in Australia, makes one last trip north, submerged most of the time to protect it from the radiation inn the air and studying cities through the periscope. Nearly every- where things 'look normal, buildings are intact, even the lights work in some cases, but.there is not a living soul. Meanwhile in ,t#ustralia the radiation seeps southward and reports eome dailyof the latest -cases of radiation sickness and the slow; painful, deaths it brings. NOT OLD-FASHIONED Five years ago the book would hovel"', seemed old-fashioned. We were living with the contidence that no one would be crazy enough to start a nuclear war. Today, however, just as Shute predicted (although 20 years late), more and morg countries are capable of nuclear warfare. India has the bomb and probably, Pakistan. Israel and South Africa are rumoured to have it and Many of the oil rich Arab nations want it and are likely to get what they want. Countries With totally unstable governments. with histbries of racial or nationalistic hatreds will soon be in possession of the most powerful weapon in the history of warfare. As the number of fingers on the button increases, the likelihood of accident increas- es even if some of the fingers weren't ruled by the brains of unstable men. Even more frightening, as' the technology of atomic warfare becomes more and more widespread, as the access to enriched uranium to fuel a bomb , becomes easier, the chance of internatiobal terrorists etting hold of a nuclear bomb increases: if we can have attacks on the President of the United States. the Pope and a fake attack on the, Queen of England in a matter of weeks. why would we think terrorists are incapable of such an act? Unfortunately for our comfort;'N'evil Shute seems to be closer to writing of reality today than in the frightening Cold War two decades ago. Following father 1Wl0 indi*ng down the school yeAr, You may lose the comfort of having a dad. And once in awhile I Heart him. say but you'll never lose the comfort of having So encouraging like so gently "Come!" Winding down. The school year is • got home and done the post mortem. had a dad? 1 this touching this Come on Jim you're [►early home!'""'" And as then it helps me some winding down'to a close, and 1 occasionally Sugar and spice By Bill Sm i.ley Saturday, drive _1Z0 miles to see great,- 88, came acros poem. same feel that I'm winding down with it to a grandad, who was more concerned with morning. It was written anonymously (1 just And so I'm following home. permanent close. getting hold of some nice, rich manure for polished it up a little) Some things were •Father Last term is panic term. Back' in Septem- struck down by a tumour of the brain, and Family Studies, and done a fair job of it. his roses than he was about the 88 papers I meant to be shared so here it is. Nice, eh? ber everybody, students and teachers. -was has retired permanently' from this vale of Column written. hastily and not so hotly. had to mark. FOLLOWING FATHER HOME A thought just came to mind• of something optimistic, healthy. looking forward to a tears. Thursday, a.m. had to get' the car to the Sunday, play with great-nephew for two ' Years ago, when I ..�..-.._ _.. �.. ...,_..... I heard a nurse say about my, dad last solid of accomplishment, whether of Then, in the last term, the panic starts. dealer's to fix the„flicker lights, then go and hours while his mother, father, grand- __ . _...... 'Was lust a liitie lad. summer„t3nce a inan'fw.ice a cFiitd "`fi wish .., .year. learning or of teaching. "1 eachSers inu'sZ Tuve marks t`or` t1ie 'year`s get iiafteT scfiopl: "fivenrty=faurisncks, atn3 it mtititer;- =grandfather --and' great aunt- -busy ... -- And after school hours used to work I'd have met this poem before then. I'd have Second term is the grinder. It's cold, or work, and begin setting and marking tests isn't working. themselves at less strenuous pursuits. Around the farm with dad said to him "Take it easy dad, you're nearly stormy, of both. The days are short, the and essays like maniacs.' Students roll their 'emergency Friday, have to trot colleague off to the Monday, drive home. same mileage”, and I used to be so wearied out home.” nuts long.There are no long weekends to eyes and groan when they learn that they'll with chest pains.ah3 p.m., after find skunks have toku up half the lawn, 'That I got kind of anxious like b ak the monotony. Everybody is either at that they'll have four tests next Wednesday, missing "a class at 9 a.m. to have a filling searching for grubs. Tuesday, back to work About the journey home But dad, he- used to lead the way P.S.Last summer l wrote an article in the home in bed'with the 'flu, or sneezing and g The administration showers us with fixed (thirty four dollars.) Friday night, have friends in it. It with -no marking done, pants have big grease front, And here paper asking for prayers that dad would get snuffling all over the few teachers and memos, threats. warnings, and other assort- to go to a play with old was spot on and column to write. And once in awhile turn around and, say "Come! an early retirment from the cancer. You styd'ents who don't have it. ed garbage: Students who are not "highly excellent but 1 was whacked by time we'd 1 am.` So encouraging like, so gently Come on Jim you're nearly home!" must be powerful prayers up there. Thanks a Somehow we all struggle through, get a lift from the March break, and head into the motivated", in. educational jargon, feel the pull of sun and green grass and stirring of That always used to'help me some million. I meant to Out in, a thank you note I'd like home stretch, weary and short of wind, but to the loins, and drop out. One day at a And so I followed father home. sooner. to add an extra sincere . thanks to Lou O'Reilly. Bob Murray and With just enough stamina to make it to the Everybody decides to have a field trip for .time I'm old and and feeble now Sister Jean Moylan for their extra encour- " wire, not necessarily first, though even the his grades. The other day I had' 1"3' out of 34 on ' by Jim Hagarty grey . And -trembly at the knee-- agement at the time of dad's wake. "Never long shots manage to finish. Most of them. This year we had two who didn't finish. in a Grade 13 class. All the others were a field trip, or off with the track team. or off But life seems just the same today As then it seethed to me was a kind sincere, supportive. word or gesture wasted. never was one said One of them had enough sense .to quit, and drops in to rub his bronzed, with the concert band. or just spending oay a day in bed'because. "There'll be nobody • Large out of fashion in vain!" occasionally For while in still so wearied out Sincerely, healthy face into our pallid. twitching ones. anyway." When evening time has come , And still yet kind of anxious -like ilea Maloney -Fadden informing us with deliberate malice that, he's just completing his morning's four -mile 1 can stand all this: i've been doing it for 21 years. And it call comes out in the wash. y Large families are out of fashion today. their parents. About the journey home. 7589 Rock hill Rd.., Mississauga walk. .� The students who were doing well continue I don't know whether that's a good or a And as with every other tradition or But still my Father leads the way The other one, a super -active. ,exception- to do so; The students who were flunking bad thing - that's just the way it is. practice which falls by the wayside, there's ally outgoing guy. looki-+g forward to taking continue to do so. A few, around the squeaky People'attitudes toward family size an accompanying touch of sadness at its 1 early retirement in a couple of years, and line.' become extremely solicitous of the usually seem to stem from their own going. Though children today and to mor - following his true vocation -preaching -was health and welfare of their teachers. in the hope of a miracle. personal background. Someone raiser! in a family of 12 feels the house is empty if only tow may have every advantage society can offer, they might miss out on some of the e Wonders of wonderland down Sunday, intangible benefits of being Strange things happen in. the panic term. five or six• people sit to supper. good, part of a Just talked to a teacher today who still has a To an only child. the prospect of two extra big family.. Recently, my students spent a day at kind and courteous. It was a very good place "A 'o S 41 T '0 OR kid on his rolls, and hasn't seen him Mike Sept. 8th. =1980. Naturally. he thought the people for dinner is cause for a complete housecleaning, an expensive food -shopping Saturday night, .1 -attended the wedding reception for one of the dozens of cousins 1 "Wonderland." As part of their educational "Letters for our school trip.M Gr. ' RAA �/ E boy was tong gone; but he's still registered. spree and lots of panic. grew up with. My date for the evening was a assignment, the have written to B y St. Columban. H A t I a L A couple of years ago. a fairly good There are exceptions 1 know, but people girl who had been raised in a small family. the Editor" expressing their views on Ontario's newest attraction. R.R. 2. Dublin. Ont. „ 'Q A R' " A E N. N I f L• T C' d.. a student got into my marks book, acid raised his marks by, 20 per cent across, the board. from small .families often 'think there's something wrong with people who have She seemed a bit bewildered by the magnitude of the gathering and by all the We would appreciate your publishing any or Allo the enclosedpprtate youers. a§ -you are artir. On June 3 1 joined a group of people who 'b 0 L E. M A R 'F The forgery was so obvious that I let it go. his marks by 10 cent from large families, arbi vice versa. Small family sometimes silently accuse couples hugging and kissing that was going on. 1 finally asked her what was wrong. Thank you. ' went to Wonderland. It was great! The rides 'f N E E reducing per the original. people who insist on having lots of children of being SO MUCH LOVE Sincerely, Agnes Gaffney went good and the mountain huge. The Saltwater andcus is funny and exciting. The g N T +- ( y p 0 O Just the other day, a teacher caught a kid ignorant about birth control, of being "I've never seen so much love in one `said. "I'm and attendants' were kind and "helpful. The. attendants' A T C � cheating on a test. He had no need to. He ridiculously over -religious, of being unfair to place," she afraid 1 don't know 'to do it." yland of Hkind bre was chiefly Hapcharacter P 9 O 1. L •� o 'i Q• R E L was a top student, and now. because of cheating, must write all his finals. Guess the little ones who must learn to do without and even of viewing children as a steady what with It was gratifying to hear her say that about Wonderland. In your paper each day there but International ational Street was chatting. The roller coasters were fast and 1 L IJ o what the subject was? Canadian Law! blood source of cheap labour for the family business.. my family but what i didn't explain to her was this: the o joy of living may multiply along is some articai in disagreement about great, :NCO R But this is all normal. and all under Wondeland. On June 3, our class went to One of my complaints though was there H N the bridge. As i said. I can hack it. What •gets Large family people also look down their with the growing family but so too do the wonderland for a school trip. At Wondeland, `as not enough food stands particularly the O me are the extras. Everyday there's noses at couples who raise small families. opportunities for pp grief, for heartache and I had the time of m life. You can just ' y l ones which appeal to young ale. The PPe Y B Pe P L- A M I N some niggling choral to do that rubs the They accuse them of being too materialistic, it's fault loss. With all its rewards, raising a large family'is no easy imagine from. the top of the montain how beautiful it is to look down at the shops, place was always kept clean and neat sandpaper into Elie wounds. Take last week. Monday was. as usual, too selfish and too uncaring. their 'the country is flooded with immigrants from road., imagine the problems encountered by the rides and people. You can even go behind looping. They also should have more room in seat for the rider. The other people The Huron Expositor apologizes pull -yourself -together -day -after -the -week- 'exams other lands and if western civilization couple from Chile who are just now the falls and in the mountain a verythe hypnotic seemed to like it too. end. Had to write out twoafter school collapses, we all know who'll get the blame. expecting their 60th child. You read that site. There are slot of trees flowers plants Thins summer 1 hope to go back because s for not having the answers (to be written four weeks in the future). -Small families just aren't pulling their right n 55 -year-old South American woman shrubs and grasslawns. The facilities are priced perfectly af each entrance to one of now I know more about the scarey rides and will know what to expect when i on them. . + t0 the. crossword In lost Tuesday, column day. bad to sit in on interviews with two teachers for a job on my weight. But regardless of attitudes, R's.'the small has borne six sets of triplets, 14 sets of twins and 13 other children• all from the sante their reactions. There are pillars with go So really i think that to Wonderland. puzzle staff. An hour and a half down, the drain. family which is winning out. Economics, father and is pregnant once again. Forty of tellingabout ride's, games, shows .posters B and exciting grounds. Security guards were going was really worth it! week. Unfortunately, they were One Changed his mind: the other wasn't the fireball 1 need. No column written, women's libcratio'h, the case of modern birth control and the lure of the good life are the couple's children are still living. Gods been good to us." the woman walkingitll over the . lace. Peo le in P p for Anne Marie Malone Grade seven student misplaced in production. Wednesday. have to go up to emergency, ti causing even couples raised in Idrge families of daiftts. But according to news reports, her husbands not costome!s would gladly stop and pose School. StR.-R. w.rd at the hospital. to pick up a girl who to think twice before repeating the pattern so sure about that. a -picture" if asked -•and• -all the, workers. wero 2 Dublin, Rat: 2 Dublin,'Ont. hadtried.. to sew two fingers together inr, •—p�•�•—_ - ,