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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-01-12, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12,1994. I CitizenTheNorthHuron CNA P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1 HO Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Sales Representatives, Jeannette McNeil and Julie Mitchell P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont NOM1HO Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 The Citizen Is published weekly in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $20.50/year ($19.16 plus $1.34 G.S.T.) for local; $31.03/year ($29.00 plus $2.03 G.S.T.) for local letter carrier In Goderich, Hanover, Listowel, etc. and out-of-area (40 miles from Brussels); $60.00/year for U.S.A, and Foreign. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, only that portion of the advertisement will be credited. Advertising Deadlines: Monday, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth. We are not responsible for unsolicited newscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright. Publications Mall Registration No. 6968 Neither sleet nor snow... Editorial While most of us have (silently or otherwise) cursed the stormy weather that has gripped the region for nearly three weeks now, a small group of people have been forging ahead, trying to allow us to carry on, as much as possible, normally. Seldom do we even think to thank them. Huron County Engineer Denis Merrall took time to thank employees of the county highways department last week for the heroic efforts they have been making. Many gave up their Christmas and New Year holidays to keep the roads open so the rest of us could make it to our family get-togethers and parties. Mr. Merrall pointed out these workers don't actually get more money, just additional time off to make up for the extra time worked. Could extra time on a rainy day in March really make up for losing Christmas with your family? he wondered. Others also battle the storms to keep our lives as close as possible to normal. We grouch about Canada Post, but despite the weather most of us got our mail reasonably close to on time in recent weeks. The mail trucks kept rolling and most rural route carriers went out even in the most disgusting weather. When we went to the food store we still found fresh food available because truck drivers braved the weather to make their deliveries. Those full shelves were put in perspective by the panic buying that was pictured on TV newscasts when a snow storm hit Georgia and North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. Improved roads and improved snow-clearing machinery have made a huge difference in snowbelt Ontario in the past two decades. Conditions similar to what we've faced in the past few weeks would have held us hostage many times in the past. Perhaps worse is still ahead and we might face the kind of paralysis that was familiar just a decade ago. In the meantime, however, we should say thanks to all those people who have tried to keep us going no matter what. — KR When the cuts hurt More and more people are beginning to question just how savage businesses and governments should be in their efforts to cut costs. There comes a time when the cuts hurt the chopper as well as the chopped. "Downsizing" has become such a natural thing for companies to do, some business experts now say, that they find out they have laid off people they really needed in order to expand. Similarly, cutting government waste has become synonymous with cutting government at any cost. Sometimes one wonders what the cost may be. Take the example of cuts in grants from Huron County. After chopping many smaller grants, its only natural for the county to chop larger ones like die $15,000 subsidy to the Goderich Municipal Airport. The county is set to make the cut, pending a last minute appeal from airport officials. Perhaps the cut won't matter. If airport officials can pull their belts a little tighter and carry on without reducing services to the level that will drive business away, then the county's cost saving may pay off. But $15,000 in a budget for something like a municipal airport seems like a healthy chunk of money. If the cuts hurt the ability of the airport to attract business, the county may lose out in the long run. While other counties have been spending money recently to open new airports, Huron has been fortunate for years to have an up-to-date facility at little cost. Airports are one of the facilities needed for a modem economy, just like roads and ports. Here's hoping county officials are right and the proposed grant cut doesn't damage the future of this facility. If it does, saving $15,000 might seem like a bad bargain. — KR Surely someone's deserving It was somewhat frustrating to read the newspaper of a nearby town (The Lucknow Sentinel) last week and see no less than four local young people from that community were nominated for the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's Junior Citizens Award. Not only were no young people from the Blyth-Brussels area nominated in 1993, to the best of our knowledge no young people have been nominated in the eight years The Citizen has been serving the area. Surely we have some young people out there deserving of nominations for their work in the community. Hopefully when nominations are called for later this year some readers will remember the good deeds of some of our local young people. — KR Looking Back Through the Years Morris couple marked 66th From the files of The Brussels Post and The Blyth Standard 45 YEARS AGO Jan.12,1949 Mr. and Mrs Robert Nichol of Cone. 6 Morris Twp celebrated 66 years of marriage Both were bom on Cone. 6 and fanned there from the time of their marriage in 1882. Although nearly 90 years of age, Mr. Nichol rose at 6 a.m. every day to milk the cow then attended to his duties as care­ taker of the school which stands on a comer of his field. Neither he nor his wife expressed any desire to retire from the farm. A boxing instructor was at the Brussels Library to give lessons. Trustees of the Grey Twp. school board were Watson Brown, Harry Bolger, Wm. Ellacott, Wm. Smith and Ken McLean. Brussels Fire Brigade was one of several which went to a disastrous fire in Wroxeter. They were at the scene just 35 minutes after receiv­ ing the call. Credit was given to Chief M Thompson for the speed and efficiency of the men. Reeve R.B. Cousins said he and others were proud of the manner in which the men conducted them­ selves. New books at the Brussels Library were: "I Capture the Cas­ tle", "Young Mrs. Savage", "No Highway", "The Gathering Storm", "New Maggie Muggins" and "The Golden North." Playing at the Regent Theatre in Seaforth was The Pirate with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, A Date with Judy starring Jane Powell, Wallace Berry and Elizabeth Tay­ lor and The Green Grass of Wyoming with Peggy Cummings and Charles Coboum. At Listowel's Capitol Theatre Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner were in Singapore. Also appearing was Western Heritage, Seven Keys to Baldpate and Big City, starring Margaret O'Brien, Edward Arnold and Butch Jenkins. The latter was billed as "a swell family picture". One pound of sliced bacon at Grewars was 59 cents. Insurance rates were $2 per $1,000 or 20 cents per $100. William Stone Sons paid $5 for old, disabled or dead cows and horses. Men's black and brown calf oxfords were on sale for $6.95 a pair while women's wool gloves could be purchased for $1 at The Arcade Store. Feather flannel jumpers were $2.59 at A. Wood's. 25 YEARS AGO Jan.15,1969 Front page carried a story on the weather facts for the previous year. Highlights were the highest tem­ perature, 90°and the measured amount of snow, 90.7 inches. Snowfall for the winter to that point was 72.6 inches. Vera McVittie said she heard crows cawing somewhere in the vicinity of her home. She said this guaranteed an early spring. Under the coaching of Ron Henry and John Stewart, Blyth Bantams won their first game of the season defeating Brussels 8-7. The roster for the Blyth Mer­ chants team was: Lome Daer, Rick German, goal; Ken Daer, Robbie Lawrie, Ross Daer, Don Achilles, defence; Ken Lee and Robert Cook, centres; Larry Boyd, Don Aubin, Ed Daer, Murray Lowe, John Stew­ art, Ron Henry, Jim Fritz, Doug McDougall and Gordon Haggitt, forwards. A sink was ripped off the wall at Blyth Laundromat. Storms tied up traffic in the area while huge snowbanks created haz­ ards with young children playing in them. Blyth WI sponsored two 4-H clubs. A new 4-H program began in Huron geared to foods and nutri­ tion. Sweet pickle halves could be pur­ chased from Blyth butcher Ernie Button for 69 cents a pound. A tin of red sockeye salmon was 57 cents at Cook's Superior Food Market while fresh loin pork chops were 79 cents a pound at Snell's. Subscribers to Maitland Teleser­ vices received a letter in the mail containing information that Bell had taken over the company. The report stated, "Just what will happen in the telephone business locally remains to be seen. But one would quite probably not be too far wrong in predicting a substantial raise in telephone rates in the not too distant future."