HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-09-02, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.1992.
The Other Side
Letter to the editor
Fascinating
people a perk
of the job
There are days in this job, as
there are in most jobs, when you
hate to get out of bed in the morn
ing. There are other times when
there are rewards far beyond what
money can buy. The past week has
been full of the latter times.
This is a job, when you've got to
report on the heartbreak of people
being killed or injured, when you
see people lose their homes or
bams in a fire, when you see crime
hurt the victim and the family of
the perpetrator, when you get
embroiled in endless political
squabbling, that sometimes makes
you wish you did something else
for a living. Then you get a week
when you get a chance to met a
series of remarkable people as I
have in the last week.
That's always been the main perk
of this job, the people you meet.
I've met premiers and cabinet min
isters, stars of stage and screen and
fabulous musicians, but the most
remarkable people I've had a
chance to meet are usually less well
known. Take this last week for
example.
A week ago Tuesday night I cov
ered a presentation in Brussels by
the University of Guelph's George
Morris Centre. George Morris him
self was there. Here's a man, now, I
would guess, in his late 70s or early
80s, who has been such an innova-
KENNETH (BUCK) STEPHEN
SON
Kenneth (Buck) Stephenson, for
merly of Brussels, passed away on
Friday, Aug. 28, 1992 at Freeport
Health Care Village. He was 52.
Mr. Stephenson was the dear
brother of William, Gordon,
Doreen Dale and Liz Sholdice, all
of Brussels, Isabel Heimpel and
Jean Schmidt, both of Stratford and
Shirley Wilkins of Elmira. He was
predeceased by his parents Fred
and Margaret Stephenson and a
brother Mac (Dick).
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. on Saturday afternoon from
Betts Funeral Home, Brussels
Chapel. Rev. Cam McMillan offici
ated. Cremation has taken place.
Donations to the Canadian Can
cer Society or Freeport Hospital
would be appreciated.
ISABELLE R. AIRDRIE
Isabelle R. Airdrie of Londesboro
passed away at Clinton Public Hos
pital on Aug. 28, 1992. She was 80.
Born in Bradford on Nov. 9,
1911, Mrs. Airdrie was a daughter
of the late Albert Scanlon and Bella
Fennel. On June 18, 1948 in Hullett
Township she married Thomas W.
Airdrie, who predeceased her in
1972. The couple farmed in Hullett
until moving to Londesboro in
1966. Mrs. Airdrie was a member
of the Londesboro United Church.
She will be remembered by her
children Pauline and Keith Siemon
of RR4, Walton and Arthur and
Dorothy Airdrie of Londesboro.
She was the dear sister of Florence
(Mrs. William) Green of Hamilton
and James Scanlon of Kitchener.
Seven grandchildren will also
mourn her passing. A brother,
Charles Scanlon predeceased her.
By Keith Roufston
tor on the farm that a think tank in
agriculture has been named after
him. He's a man who took over the
family farm at age 14. It was no
hardship for him in the long run,
nor did lack of schooling stop his
education. He initiated changes in
cropping that universities and
chemical suppliers said couldn't be
done. He initiated changes in the
beef grading system to better suit
the needs of consumers. Far from
looking back he says that "tradition
is the way of dead men". He pro
motes more competition in farm
ing, innovation into new ways.
Whether you agree with him or not,
you have to be inspired by what he
has done and continues to do.
Thursday it was down to the Soil
and Water Conservation Day at the
farm of Don and Alison Lobb in
Goderich township. Here is a cou
ple who again have been leaders
not followers. The Lobbs' farm is a
model for those seeking to farm
profitably but conserve the environ
ment. They have been experiment
ing for years in no-till cropping and
other conservation techniques.
With a handful of other people like
Bruce Shillinglaw and Laurence
Taylor of the Londesboro area, they
have proven their ideas worked.
It was the 10th Conservation
Day, an event that returned to its
original location on the Lobb farm.
No doubt the hundreds who
showed up at this event were a lot
more than would have been at the
first Conservation Day when the
Lobbs must have been seen as
slightly wacky by other farmers.
Rev. Paul Ross officiated at the
funeral service at Londesboro Unit
ed Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
Aug. 30. Carrying floral tributes
were Joe Airdrie and Chris Siemon.
Pallbearers were Stan Airdrie, Gor
don Radford, Jack Lee, David
Overboe and grandsons Tim Air
drie and Stanley Airdrie. A grave
side service was held at Blyth
Union Cemetery.
GEORGE TAYLOR
George Earl Taylor, 76, of Wal
ton, died Wednesday, Aug. 12,
1992, at the Seaforth Community
Hospital.
Bom in Seaforth November 24,
1915, he was a son of the late Percy
Taylor and the former Louise Bell.
He had farmed prior to his retire
ment to Walton in 1978. He was a
member of the Walton United
Church. Surviving are his wife, the
former Junita Martinez and sons,
Danny and Manny, both at home.
Friends were received at the
Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home,
Seaforth, on Aug. 13 where a
funeral service was held Aug. 14.
Burial was at Maitland Cemetery.
CLARENCE BENNETT
Clarence Russell Bennett of
Huronview, Clinton died at his resi
dence on Monday, Aug. 17, 1992.
He was 86 years old.
Mr. Bennett, a horse groomer,
was born in Goderich Twp. on
April 6, 1906. His parents were
Andrew and Caroline (Love) Ben
nett. <
He is survived by his nieces and
nephews, Patricia Breitbarth, of
Mattawan, N.J.; Edwin Bennett, of
Goderich; Elmer Hunter, of
Kingsville; Edna Reynolds, of
Southfield, Mich., Thelma Man
ning of Blyth; Verna Moore, of
Goderich; Carolyn Thompson, of
Bayfield; Charles Bennett, of Livo
nia, Mich.; Terence Bennett, of
Naubinway, Mich.
Then Monday it was off to a farm
south of Centralia for a story for
our sister publication The Rural
Voice. This time it was another old-
timer with a mind younger than
most people I know. Andy Dixon is
in his 80s but has taken on projects
that will take 60 years to complete.
He lives with his son and daughter-
in-law on the farm he first bought
in 1936 as a sideline to his teaching
job. He planted an orchard back
then and the orchard operation still
supports the Dixon family.
But for the last nearly 20 years,
Andy Dixon has been planting
another kind of tree. He's done
thinking and figuring and he sees
trees for lumber as an excellent
cash crop for farmers. He has set
out to prove it.
He has planted a large part of the
farm to walnut, oak, poplar, white
pine and red cedar, all carefully
spaced and pruned to create large,
knotless trunks desired by sawmills
and companies using veneer for
building materials.
He's still thinking and figuring,
looking at a future where farmers
can get a good return with an alter
nate crop, with very little yearly
work; a future he will never live to
see no matter how much life he has
left.
These are people who could take
the easy way, the comfortable path
followed by 99 per cent of the peo
ple around them. They chose a dif
ferent path and because they did,
there are now wider paths that oth
ers can follow if they choose to.
They also made this job more fasci
nating;
He was predeceased by nephews
Melvin Bennett, Harold Armstrong,
Clarence H. Bennett, Cecil Ashton,
William Millian, five sisters and
four brothers.
A funeral service was held at
McCallum and Palla Funeral
Home, Goderich on Thursday,
Aug. 20. Rev. Kathi Urbasik-Hind-
ley of North Street United Church
in Goderich officiated. Interment
Maitland Cemetery.
HAROLD N. CUNNINGHAM
Harold N. Cunningham of RR 6,
Woodstock and formerly of Kitch
ener, passed away on Sunday, Aug.
9, 1992, at Woodstock General
Hospital. He was in his 81st year.
A son of the late William and
Elizabeth (Nivens) Cunningham, he
was bom in Morris township. Mr.
Cunningham was a member of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America for 30
years.
Mr. Cunningham was the
beloved husband of Ruth (nee
Quast) Cunningham. He was the
loving father of Glenn and his wife
June of Kitchener, Doreen and her
husband Mike Kapshey of Kitchen
er, Marjorie and her husband Ken
Weber of Shallow Lake, and Jean
and her husband Karl Heidi of
Acton. He was the dear brother of
Rosella Rooney of Blyth and
Isabelle Hunt of Seaforth. He will
also be lovingly remembered by his
18 grandchildren and 25 great
grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his sister
Mae Robertson, and his brothers,
Charles and George.
Rev. Richard Holm was the offi
ciating clergy at the funeral service
on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 2:30
p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel,
Kitchener.
Interment was at Parkview
Cemetery, Waterloo.
Continued from page 4
This childhood mind rape leads
otherwise intelligent men and
women who lead professional and
social lives rationally and
scientifically, to grovel on their
knees in one way or another before
the throne of the mythical “Big
Daddy” in the sky.
Fourthly, the truth about
Christianity, and the other big
religions for that matter, is that they
are all ancient cults. Christianity
,was derived from Judaism and
didn't come into existence until
sometime between 60 and 100 A.D. i
The Christian bible scriptures are
nothing more than a collection of
myths and stories drawn from all
early religions. It was a spring rite
to gain favour from the gods or god
for plentiful harvest. A man would
pass through the village and people
would confess or literally throw
their sins, according to their
religion on this man, who would
then leave the Village to commit
suicide or in some religions stoned
to death or even crucified on a
cross, etc. Some religions used
animals such as goats or sheep to
cast off their sins following which
Yju can lose a lot
more than your licence
drinking and driving.
Form 9
Sale of Land By Public Auction
Municipal Tax Sales Act, 1984
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF HURON
Take notice that the land(s) described below will be offered for sale by
public auction at 10:00 o'clock In the fore noon on the 6th day of October,
1992 at Huron County Court House, 1 Court House Square, Goderich,
Ontario N7A 1M2
1 onH. Minimum Bid $Description of Lands (Set out the cancellation pr|ce
as of the first day of advertising)
1. Lot 18; Plan 326
Village of Zurich, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
as In Instrument Numbers
262925;244482;154423 $2,144.58
2. Lot 12; Plan 582
Township of Ashfield, County of Huron
Province of Ontario
as in Instrument Number
151493 $7,487.56
3. Part Lot 40; Bayfield Concession
Lying to the South of the High Water Mark
of the Bayfield River.
SAVE AND EXCEPT the Easterly 4 rods
of 66 feet of the hereinbefore described strip
lands conveyed to the Township of
Goderich by Instrument Number 127894.
as in Instrument Number 144543
Township of Goderich, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $2,313.25
4. East Half of Lot 18; Concession 2
Township of Hullett, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $7,568.38
5. West Half of Lot 18; Concession 2
Township of Hullett, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $13,269.40
6. North Part of Lot 19; Concession 2
as in Instrument Number 128038
Township of Hullett, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $10,439.76
7. Southerly 44 feet of Lot 145; Plan 276
In even width thereof
as In Instrument Number 244221
Township of Howick, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $13,434.28
8. Part of Lot 32, Part of Lot 33; Concession 3
Township of Stanley, County of Huron
Province of Ontario $6,577.81
All amounts payable by the successful purchaser shall be payable In full
at the time of the sale by cash or money order or by a bank draft or
cheque certified by a bank, trust company or Province of Ontario Savings
Office.
The municipality makes no representation regarding the title to or any
other matters relating to the land to be sold. Responsibility for
ascertaining these matters rest with the potential purchasers.
This sale is governed by the Municipal Tax Sales Act, 1984, and the
Municipal Tax Sales Rules. The successful purchaser will be required to
pay the amount bid plus accumulated taxes and relevant land transfer
tax.
For further information regarding this sale, contact:
THE TREASURER OF
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF HURON
1 Courthouse Square
Goderich, Ontario
N7A 1M2
they were chased out of the village
into the desert to perish or were
even slaughtered. In reality, there
was more than one christ, probably
more than 1,000 men went to their
deaths in this human sacrificial rite.
Lastly, to quote Robert Ingersol,
“Each nation created a god, and the
god has always resembled his
creators. He hated and loved what
they hated and loved. Each god was
intensely patriotic and detested all
nations but his own.”
D. Trollope
CHRYSLER W
All you have to do
is drive one.
414 Huron Rd., Goderich. 524-7383