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The Huron Expositor, 1981-08-12, Page 3, °' A quick port of the hard working. (and a few holiday- ing) residents of Seaforth and area this week would reveal that most think summertime is the best time to be out and about in Western Ontario. I agree. We can pick gorgeous beans and cukes in the garden and consume them fresh. If we're energetic and the saving kind we can freeze, can, put up or put down enough of nature's bounty to allow our families to feast 'all winter long. We can be at the lake a half hour after work on a week night or spend long languid weekends with our feet in the Lions Park wading pool. After a half hour's• drive, east or northwest we can see some of the best live theatre on the continent. Any night of the week and tribst •weekends we can walk to the neighbour- hood diamond-and watch our friends or their kids play North America's favourite Pork chops. core-on-the- cob. "Daybreak" and two- pitch baseball will be featur- ed at the. Seaforth Junior Farmers' barbecue, dance and tournament Saturday. All proceeds from the barbecue and dance will 'be donated to the new arena fund and other community projects. Junior Farmer vice- president. Steve Steinman, said thit event will be the first held for the new arena. He is hoping they will raise $2,000. The baseball tournament will begin at 9:00 a.m., and will involve 12 teams. It's mined tournament, with four girls and five guys on the field. The games will be held at the Optimist Park and the KO school. 'A' and '0' diVision, champs will be de- clared. During the day and early evening the CFPL Radio's FM 96 action van will be present. A station persima- lity will discuss various as- pects of the Junior Farmers' dub and the town of Seaforth over the air. The pork chop barbecue Please turn to page 10 Correction hi the Fall Fair prize list included _with last week's Expositor the list of donors of prizes for the Queen of the Fair competition was in- correct.. A fell list of the 1981 donors will appear in the second printing. of the prize liSt, prior to the fair in September. The Expositor apologizes for the error. Junior farmer shindig D weather aids growth BY GREGOR CAMPBELL The five-week drought 'which -ended a. coulple of Tuesdays ago'had a silver lining as fieas this seagoesThiran Coenty corn crop is concerned. John Heard, an assistant agricultural representative of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food at Clinton, says the dry period meant root systems had to search for water and develop. This sho old prevent lodging, when plants topple over because their roots won't 'support them., The drought was spotty in the county, some areas were more affected than others. but Mr. Heard says the rainfall that signalled its end happened during•pollination and the corn crop is looking pretty good in general'. Some corn root worm damage showed with the recent. rain. This can cause goose-necking or curved stalks, but the ag rep terms it a minor problem. Mr. Heard says some European corn borers are in evidence now but it is too early to predict a problem. Most offluron'-s wheat has been harvested to the north, and all of it in the south, with good quality yields averaging about 65 bushels per acre. The sprouts that caused problems with the crop last summer haven't developed because of the general lack of moisture. Mu ch barley 'remains to be harvested north of aintop but. most of it is to the south. The yields and quality of harvested malting barley have been good. Mr. Heard say dry conditions caused the second cut of alfa Ili to be a variable quality with a lower yield than normal. Several fields were sprayed for potato leaf hopper. which sucks the juices out of the plant. Many acres of white .beans have also been sprayed Local men receive OPP bravery aw Tennis courts Seaforth's tennis courts at the high school won't be re.staaced this year. That's the decision.of town council Monday night after ii heard Lavis Contracting had estimated the job pride at $3975. The work was not included in this year's rec committee budget. Rec committee member councillor Bob Dinsmore told council the group planned to approach the SD.HS student council and the board of education to contribute to the project. "I don't think the student council has that much motley," said 'councillor Hazel Hildebrand. "It's late in the year and not budgetted for.- said deputy reeve Bill Bennett. The matter was dropped for this year. St. Marys arena on my twice yearly visits. But torrential downpours, and all things considered, we did okay, the kid and I in our jaunts around Toronto. (So did the better half; his team won its first two games before the tournament was called due to flooding, muddy play- ing fields.) We sampled all forms of rapid transit Toronto has to offer., and Concluded the TTC is so efficient that a car is almost a liability. Not the case in Detroit, the other city I've spent a little time in recently. We both went a little gaga at the variety of people on -the streets. "Mom, do men 'wear earrings?" my little darling. inquired loudly as she gazed around our st reetcar. "Yeah. some do. some times," says I and that made sense to her. SMALLTOWN TORONTO ,,„ We concluded Toronto is still a little bit of a small town after we discovered the per- cavorte.d in both pools. This WaSn't the raucous githering the immediate McLean family hold each year but an extended elan meeting ofi descendants of two, pioneer families who settled ROxboro and a lot of, McKillop back in future. The electrical ex- penses have been high.. Comissioner Jim Sills men- tioned to the commission'that the water hydrant at the corner of -Goderich and Vic- toria streets is in need of attention. Mr. Phillips agreed the hydrant is in a bad -spot. because it could be hit by a car, and it was suggested the hydrant be placed on the east side of Victoria street. Mr. Sills suggested approaching the town to get permission to install a new hydrant in the new location. A letter from Stewart Huyck. co-ordinator of a summer works project res- onsible for assembling a handicapped accessibility guide for Huron County, informed the PUC of its accessibility for the handi- capped. The letter mentioned the curb ramp, the four steps to the building and described the door widths. Mr. Phillips mentioned a handicapped customer has easy access to the office through the back entrance, and one customer uses this was regularly. The commission will inform Mr. Huyck of the accessibility of the rear entrance. Mr. Phillips informed the commission the beeper system purchased recently is operating well. The hospital checks with the man on duty on weekends at noon to be sure the beeper is operating properly. The PUC will be sending out..stickers to be placed on the telephone with the PUC's emergency number. Mr. Sills suggested sharing the cost with the fire and police departments-and putting all three numbers on the sticker, Mr. Phillips argued this would clutter the sticker and make the numbers, hard to read. The commission agreed to send the stickers with the PUC number to all customers: Mr. Sills suggested the commission develop a policy in the near future concerning the status of commissioners, if they help in an emergency. He wondered if they would be paid and if they were expect- ed to help. NEW NEWS EDITOR -- Gregor Cannpbelk recently ,replaced 'Herb Shoveller in the newsroom of the Huron Expositor. Mr. Campbell, who dislikes being called Mr., comes to Seaforth from Stratford where he has worked for the Weekly News, the Beacon Herald and CJCS radio. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario. in London with an honours B.A. (journalism) in 1975. Campbell, 32, is still single so ,able to fritter away most of his spare time sailing or teaching his cat how to play volleyball. He plans to move to Seaforth in the near future. Mr. Shoveller has taken a job with Western Ontaribausiness irt London. (Photo by Rimier) THE HURON EXPOSITOR' AUGUST I 1 Area native. dies. boom A ,40-year-old Brodhagen °` native was killed when his eight-metre cruiser rammed a concretepier near Belle River earl Friday morning. Warren, Sholdice, who live0 in: Stoney; Point and WOrked. for Chrysler in Windsor. Was , ax the helm of his boat %ten the 'fatalities acetified, pt • lr i kleObier..F. of Stoney Poirp alto, died bolipsu,1 later as result of the accident. A third passeper from . Lon- don receiaed minor injuries. The 401 detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police says si aility on Lake St. Clair v. as excellent and the water, calm when the accident hap- pened. The pier. which ex- tends out into the water, was marked by a light. Damage to the fiherglass hull was se- vere. as the boat waswedged 19to ,pier .101911 Alfrwers Arrived.. There -was one neaa-,W 4hilitljee's•tapr hitri heck tetntr4tfrixixt Detroit 4), a Stoney, Point :140;0' . . .Ije-is sarviV44y,lits,wifc,, thoforx*,B#044:14.40*01. Who is a„.hatiVe. of $eafOrthe and Sans.- Sant. and St.ven: Also snrvMngare his parents. Mr. and Mrs, Rus- sell Sholdiee, who ran • the fitrodhageo general store for many years and now live in Stratford. Two brothers and a sister also SurVive. Mr. and Mrs.. Larry PlikMsteel of Sea- forth are his wife's parents. Mr. Plumsteel is ilie.rotired PrifiFiPat trIFr ost service 'was • •:i'p canAtterAtInn4Y.: 13,4041'§v,41„* in. kttaKleiMAPV Cemetery Tuesdays with Rev. 4710.5.. VituSlyie of1101‘040,00,4 CilutOrio kafo0:•cOgi#1 ing WhituON-RibeY Funeral Aurae Was in charge,, of the , arrangements. Palibeirets were all.members of the staff at Seaforth District High School: Harry Scott, Don Morton. John Ball and Ali Farag. Seaforth council still standing 1 . ' • -v tk. • 4.6.,* • NOSE INVE — This unusual sight was the result of an early morning accident Saturday in which Ronnie Coalman of R.R.1, Centralia failed to negbliate the Curve immediately north of the bridge in Tuckersmith. The S. mishap, wnich occurred just west of Seaforth, resulted in approximately $2,000 damage, but no injuries to the three occupants of the vehicle. (Photo by Ellis) Despite the efforts of one councillor. Seaforth council members are still getting to their feet every time they've got something to say at meetings. Gerald Groothuis' motion to leave the decision on whether to stand or not to each councillor Was defeated. The councillor said he wanted to make it easier. for "questions and answers. back and forth. Every time I want to say 'yes' I have to get up." Mayor John Sinnamon, who as council chairman is the only member who does not stand, said the procedure helps control a meeting and makes it easier for press and the public to see who's talking. Informal . discussion has no place at a council meeting, added councillor Irwin Johnston and press and council members can't hear the mumbling that goes on if councillors are seated when they talk- Councillor Groothuis' motion.lost on a 6-2 vote. "Sorry, Gerald," said councillor Paul Ross, standing. Council' did approve a change to its procedural bylaw which will not limit people presenting "petitions and communications" at council meetings to 15 minutes. -S. Summertime is summer game. We can gorge on sweet corn on the cob, go for . a hamburger or a sundae at midnight, barbecue supper most nights and even eat outside if we stay ahead of those shiny black bugs. Parks, river banks, friends' backyards beckon as terrific BY JOANNE RIMMER The water budget of the Public .. Utilities Company ( PUC) was reviewed at the monthly meeting and things look good. PUC manager Tom Phillips reviewed the PUC's financial situation at Wednesday's meeting for the first six months of 1981. The water situation "looks pretty good right now" said Mr. Phillips. They have used Material in stack for any water workst so have avoided extra casts. The PUC has been concent- rating their efforts on electri- cal work this summer. so most expenses have 'been there, said Mr. Phillips. He added there is not much more electrical work in the near house. Mrs. Bissett was semi-conscious and suffering from smoke inhalation. Her husband Philmore died in the fire. Constable Gary Galer of Mount Forest OPP said the 'courageous action of Aldwinkle and Howard was directly. responsible for saving the life of Mrs. Bissett. Their actions are highly commended." The two men were honoured at a banquet in Guelph. August 5. Mr. ' Hooper was honoured the same day at a. banquet in London, They received the Ontario Provincial Police, Force awards for bravery. This award is given to a person who displays courage in the protection of life and 'property, action that constitutes a risk to the safety of the recipient. Deputy Commissioner J,L. Erskine presented the awards. Behind the, scenes by Keith R Continued frotn pagi: 2 sometimes seems the adult are afraid to let the 'kids think for themselves for a while in ease they plan a revolution. 1 guess for urban kids there is some need of this because left on their own with nothing to do they will invent trouble. But rural and small town kids have the world's biggest playpen at their' bade door. fhere are trees to climb, rivers to fish and swim in and build rafts on and camp beside, endless fields to wander collecting endless varieties of insect to go home and unleash on screaming mothers. And while educational technicians in their, fancy offices in Clinton or Toronto may not like it. a lot ofthemost, importantreducation a child receives goes on out there in the freedom of field and bush. Our manmade education system. for instance, has been so busy convincing mankind of his own supreme importance in the scheme of things that he thinks the whole world can be reshaped to whatever rules he wants. So today we have a world being poi ,soned by acid rain, paved over by concrete, in danger of ending in a cloud of nuclear fall-out if someone put his finger on the wrong button. Out there in the fields kids learn that they are not superior to nature but are part of it, part of an intricate system of balances that out of whack can bring the whole system to a stop. They learn too that what others say about you, whether your shoes are the right kind or ' your hair is in place, whether you get good marks or can play the piano or run the 50-yard dash faster than anyone else your age, that none of these other things really matter. They get a chance to develop as an individual, not as a pre-packaged. colour-coded product an educational machine. (whether that machine be a school, a television set ready to turn all children into clones of some ideal child, or parents who have some perfect offspring in mind that they want to model their child after). I suppose I'm talking about a childhood some people never experienced and if so I am sorry for them. Some, I suppose never had a' chance. Many more just didn't take a chance. Despite the fact we have millions of acres of ,0 field and stream and bush few people, even children in our smaller towns and villageS. get out and enjoy it. It is as if there was a barbed wired fence 12 feet high around the urban boundaries cutting Otte off froM the tither. It's that way for adults too, I ihink. Even people lucky enough to have a second home in the country or at a lake quickly turn ft into a ' second-hand version of the urban home they the right time, son at the table next to us in a tiny restaurant was an ac- quaintance-Who used to live in Hufon County and has just come back from two years in France. "I don't believe it," my city companion said as she listened to us compare bio- graphies and who's had what popsicles to `eat: kids in real Huron County • PARADISEPALES fashion. • But even a paradise like — The kid and '1 found a used this pales after awhile and. it book store where I stocked up was with great anticipation on enough second 'hand my- that the better •half, our steries to keep me contented daughter and I headed out to for some .time. That place Toronto on the weekend. The alone was worth the price of reason(excuse?) was a ball gas to the city and we didn't tournament Andy was involv-pven get to the children's ed in but I was looking book section at the back of the forward to seeing city room. "Next time", I soothed streets. doing city things and , her, like a typical unselfish members do of course to this introducing my daughter to mother. day. Family hiStorian Sam some of my favourite places. The weekend ended Sea- Scott le d the descendants They're not easy to keep track forth sty le; at a , family who attended Sunday in sing- of in a city that changes daily. reunion• back At our town's- ing Auld Lang Syne and we all Places I liked when 1 was a beautiful Lions Park. We paid a bit of a tribute to those Toronto resident eight_years don't appreciate this place.-1- tough. pioneersAn-4.983- 4he ago • don't necessarily exist mused as ,visitors from as far picnic will be held at the Scott any more and city traffic now away as Scotland and Edmon-, farm in Roxboro, special tends to intimidate the Mc ton relaxed under trees by occasion because it'll be 150 Kiilop-Seaforth commuter, Silver Creek and their kids'„ years since the Scotts and the Dicksons came here, And all in all, thinking about the good people and the blessings we've' all got,, the towns, the farms, the cities, the choices we all enjoy, I conclude: they picked a good place to come. Because they saved the life of a Goderich woman this winter, local men received bravery awards at a recent OPP presentation ceremony. On January 31, at 11 p.m.. John Wayne Howard. Clinton and Paul Dean AldWinkle. It .R. I, Varna. Were 'driving by- Philmore Bissett's house in Goderich. They noticed, flames coming,from the house and rushed to investigate. When they tried to enter by. the kitchen door. they couldn't see because of the dense smoke. They heard a person moaning inside, so borrowed a neighbour's flashlight and attempted to go into the kitchen. A passer-by, Richard Hooper. of London, assisted them. They discovered 58-year-old Edith Bissett on the kitchen floor and, removed her from the bulston left behind. They don't leave the worries 01 their urban adult life behind at all but bring the mortgage payments and the electrical breakdowns and the worries about how their place, compares with the one owned by the 'chartered accountant next door just like they bring their extra bedding. Would that we all could be 10 years old again for a few weeks every year, free of adult worries about keeping up .With the Jones, about office politics, about troubles in Poland and chaoF, in Ottawa, about crab grass in our Manicured lawns. Perhaps it would give us the perspective we need when we go back to our cluttered, complicated adult lives. Continued from page I $91,000 for an arena in St. Marys. and Downie. West Nissouri and Zorra town- ships each got grants of $34.500 for the same facility. Under the terms of its grant eligibility the area had to come up with about $465,000 on its own. It did. Raising the money brought out what's best about St. Marys says Mr. Love. "It showed what this community is all about, all the way down the line." A dance, with entertainment that played for free, raised about $8,000. Each service club chipped in a minimum of $20,000 to the cause. Loeal businesses and individuals alsodug deep and meant it. There was a big door-to-door blitz. AlmoSt every pledge was honoured says Mr. Love. Something to' say by Susan White picnic sites and to the kids the wholeworld is full of places to climb, swings to swing on and 1833. They were ,Scotts and they wereDicksons andprolr- ably half of Seaforth'is related to those original settlers. The connections are way, way back. Just to give you an idea: my great-great-great- grandmother was Margaret Govenlock ('Mrs. John) the eldest daughter of the origi- nal Scotts who emigrated in 1833. She died of 'cholera three days after she arrived at her parents' new home and was probably the first white person buried in the area. • NOT A GOOD START Not a very good start but her husband and family. brothers and sisters and their families persevered, as clan PUC meeting reviews water budget -,'