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Looking Back Through the Years
Blyth rallies in victory loan race
From the files of the Blyth Stan-
dard, Brussels Post and the
North Huron Citizen
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 2 , 1945
The village of Blyth made a
strong rally in the Eighth Victory
Loan race, topping the $30,000
mark.
Students at Blyth Public School
received awards from field day, to
which the board generously allots
$10 each year. The winners were
Donald Johnston, Bill Johnston,
Murray Hamm, Irma Wallace, Iso-
bel Thuell, Jean Streeter, Carmen
McDonald, Carl Whitfield, Dou-
glas Kilpatrick, Gloria Sibthorpe,
Rhea McNall, Mary Morritt, Billy
Foster, Bobby Barwick, Betty
McDonald Bernice Johnston and
June McNall.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Scrimgeour
were given the gift of a son, Dou-
glas Graham.
Kent Hatchery in Chatham
advertised 100 Leghorn pullets for
$22.95 and 100 White Rock pullets
for $24.95.
Home-rendered lard could be
purchased for 15 cents per pound.
Items for sale at Stuart Robin-
son's included four lbs. of macaroni
for 25 cents, two lbs. of rice for 25
cents and one lb. of Red Rose cof-
fee for 45 cents.
19 YEARS AGO
MAY 5, 1976
Blytt: Clerk-Treasurer Larry
Walsh announced a 36 per cent
increase in the education levy for
the Village, rising from $32,924 to
$44,784.
The Huron-Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
brought in an increase of 13 per
cent.
County council considered reduc-
ing their numbers from 45 to 29.
Scenic and rustic Ball's Bridge
near Auburn received protection for
another three to five years with the
extension of the six ton load limit.
Hamilton Trust was paying 10
per cent on five year GICs.
The operating budget for Morris
Twp. was $180,606.
McGee's were selling a 1972
Ford LTD for $2,500 and a 1972
Torino for $2,195.
Snell's Grocery offered two tins
of beans for 89 cents, beef roast for
99 cents per lb., cherry pie filling
for 69 cents and one lb. of bacon
for $1.39.
From Grand View Lunch, two
pieces of chicken with fries could
be enjoyed for $1.35 and a rib din-
ner with fries, roll and coleslaw
could be bought for $3.40.
ONE YEAR AGO
MAY 4, 1994
Eleven locations were named for
the process of determining a county
landfill site.
Education taxes rose 6.09 per
cent even though trustees were able
to trim more than $400,000 from
the budget while increasing rev-
enues by $630,000, in the elemen-
tary and secondary panels. The
total reduction in transfer payments
from the province was $3.7 million.
County councillors agreed to
reduce their numbers after the fall
election, resulting in just reeves sit-
ting on council. Large municipali-
ties such as Goderich will have
multiple votes.
Brussels new fire hall drew clos-
er to reality as an engineer was
hired and an application for fund-
ing under the infrastructure grants
was filed.
Greg McNevan was awarded the
MVP trophy and the Leading Scor-
er Award at the Brussels Bulls'
year-end banquet. Other winners at
the banquet were: Pete Mulder,
Mike Vincent Memorial Award;
Scott Walls, playoff MVP and
rookie of the year; Greg Fritz and
Greg Brow, Coach's Award; Jere-
my Beimes, most improved; Darrin
Alviano, Jason Kraemer Memorial
Award and Jamie Williams, best
defensive player.
J.C. Hewitt was selected MVP
for the regular season for the Brus-
sels Crusaders.
A team of dart throwers from the
Blyth Legion advanced to the
national championships. The mem-
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Finding right 'against' target
Faced with bleak prospects for re-election, Premier Bob Rae has
decided on an old tactic: run against the federal government. Why not?
Everybody seems to have noticed that people vote against candidates
and parties, not for them.
Jean Chretien, after all, got
elected because he wasn't
Brian Mulroney (or anyone
associated with him as Kim
Campbell was). Premier Rae
won the 1990 election because people were upset with David Peterson.
Lyn McLeod, leader of the Liberal party in Ontario, is sitting as leader
as the parties enter the campaign for the June 8 election, because she's
not Bob Rae and her party is not the NDP. Conservative leader Mike
Harris is busy running against McLeod because he realizes his one
chance of success is to bring down her popularity.
Given the unpopularity of his government Premier Rae had a hard
time finding some bad guy to run against. He finally settled on Paul
Martin, though it may be a hard sell. Certainly there's an honourable
tradition of running against Ottawa in provincial politics. In Quebec
and the west it's been done for years. Bill Davis used to run against the
Liberals in Ottawa whenever he got in trouble. Besides, the premier is
right in saying that Ontario has been badly hurt by federal cutbacks.
But he's on dangerous ground by drawing attention to the federal
budget because people tend to agree with Mr. Martin's efforts to cut
spending and they draw uncomplimentary comparisons with the
ballooning deficit of the NDP in Ontario.
Wouldn't it be nice, just once, however, to be offered a choice of
reasons why you should vote for a party and leader? Wouldn't it be
nice to have a choice of policies, an idea where the party will take us?
Right now it would seem that people might mark their ballot "none of
the above" if given the chance. — KR
A slap heard round the country
The trial is over; the debate goes on: should parents be allowed to
spank their children?
The acquittal of a Chicago-area tourist charged with assault after
spanking his daughter in a London-area parking lot hasn't quieted the
debate over spanking. While many parents were relieved, anti-spanking
opponents are preparing their next, you'll pardon the expression,
assault. Svend Robinson, the NDP MP from British Columbia, plans to
introduce a private members bill to outlaw spanking.
Those against spanking say it sends the wrong message. It shows
children that the way to make people do what you want is to be violent,
they say. True. But one and one doesn't always make two. There is
probably less spanking done now than at any time in history, yet we are
concerned with an outbreak of violence. Most of us were spanked a
few times when we were young and weren't bruised either mentally or
physically by the experience. Most us respected our parents for being
firm. Even Dr. Spock, known as the father of the permissive society,
bemoans how people have misinterpreted his message to let kids run
wild.
You wouldn't be allowed to throw your wife on the trunk of the car,
pull down her pants and spank her so why should you be able to do it
with your young daughter, said the woman who reported the spanker to
police. True. You're not allowed to send you wife (or husband) to
his/her room without supper either, so where's the comparison? We
can't force adults to go to school. We don't ban them from driving. We
don't prevent them from buying cigarettes. The rules are different for
kids and Lord help us if we expect kids to have every adult right (we
have enough problems with childish adults insisting on their rights).
Spanking is a failure on the part of parents, some psychologists
claim. True. But parents are people too and we can't be perfect every
moment. Sometimes kids just outsmart us. We aren't all psychologists
(interestingly, the spanker and his wife were highly educated).
Sometimes we react in anger, even if we shouldn't. Are we going to
make it impossible to be a parent if we're not perfect?
The judge's decision in the London case is a victory for common
sense, an increasingly rare commodity these days. There is spanking,
and there is beating. None of us who weren't present will know if the
father in question crossed the line, but medical evidence was that there
wasn't even a sign of redness, let alone bruising. It's disturbing that we
can't have a nice flat, black and white line between a spanking and a
beating, which is why opponents want all spanking banned. There are,
however, areas of judgement, and there always will be.
Imperfect as we are, parents are doing their best. Making them feel
guilty and fear jail because they spank a child is wrong. — KR
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