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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-01-19, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 19, 1994 (1) E Huron sitor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI•LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager TOM WILUSCRAFT - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING • Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper eNA C CNA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 24.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.68 G.S.T. SENIORS 21.00 o year, in odvance, plus 1.47 G.S.T. Goderich, Stretford oddresses: 24.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, pkrs 2.19 G.S.T Out-Of-Areo oddresses: 24.00 a year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.48 G.S.T USA & Foreign: 24.00 a year in odvonce, plus 376.00 postage, G.S.T. exemptSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signol-Stor Publishing of 100 Main St., Seoforth. Publication moil regi0ra- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontorio. Advertising is accepted on condition shot in the event of a typographical error, the advertising .spoce occupied by the erroneous item, together with a r3asonoble allowance for signature, will not be char, but the balance of the odvertisenent will be paid for of the applicable rote. In the event o o lypogrophico) error, odvertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely on offer to sell and may be withdrawn of any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliveroble copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, January 19, 1994. Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Mailing Address • P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Oratorio Press Council 1 Editorial Midgets true champions A team of young hockey players travelled to the North American Silver Stick Championship this month and they proved themselves to be champions. The Seaforth Midgets proved they could not only win on the ice but that they could win with class. In the final game, against Port Hope, there was only one penalty taken in the entire match. That says a lot when many believe violence and competitive hockey must go hand in hand. The Seaforth Midgets chose to win with their skates and sticks, not their fists. The Huron Expositor would like to congratulate the team not only on its skilled hockey ptaymaking but the respect they bring to Seaforth through their good behaviour. The newspaper would also like to congratulate the parents and coaches who have instilled such positive ethics and good work habits. Long after this team hangs up its skates the individual young people will have learned great lessons about team work, pride, excellence and hard work. It should also be said that Seaforth's excellent performance was even more of an accomplishment when the size of the town is considered. Just like mariy of the great Seaforth athletes before them, like Eisler, Weiland and Dawson, these young people show that living in a small town doesn't mean having small dreams and small goals. Congratulations on your achievement and good luck in your future endeavours on or off the ice. (TBC). Letters to the Editor Province must address on-call issue in Ontario Letter to Hon. Ruth Grier Minister of Health Dear Mrs. Grier: The representatives of eight Hos- pital in Huron and Perth Counties meet regularly to discuss shared issues, concerns and opportunites. In recent months, the meetings of the Huron -Perth Hospital Liaison Committee have focused on the critical issue of payment of phys- icians for on-call emergency room coverage. We are dismayed at the lack of progress that has been made by your Ministry in resolving this problem. On call services are funded on a fee-for-service basis. Due to the low volume in emergency depart- ments in rural areas, physicians feel that the effort required to provide the service is inadequately reim- bursed. This attitude affects the provision of on call services in our arca and directly impacts on the retention and recruitment of phys- icians for our hospitals. Emergency departments play a crucial role in servicerovision in smaller communities. Fee for ser- vice payments are determined by the Ontario Medical Association. Hospitals do not have the ability to ensure equitable reimbursement to physicians in low volume emerg- ency departments, particularly In severe financial restraints due to the Social Contract Act and other cost pressures. At the same time, more and more hospitals with low-vol- ume emergency departments are being faced with demands for "top - up" of remuneration for on-call coverage. One of the hospitals in our area has already entered into an extreme- ly costly arrangement to pay its physicians for on-call coverage from hospital funds. Two more face deadlines of January 31, 1994 from their doctors to pay for these ser- vices or else on call emergency coverage will cease. Letters to you from hospitals in our arca appealing for action to resolve this issue have gone unan- swered. At our January 12, 1994 meeting, the Huron -Perth Hospital Liaison Committee passed the fol- lowing motion unanimously: "In as much as the payment of physicians is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health and not of hospitals, the Huron -Perth Hospital Liaison Committee demands that the Minister of Health personally intervene to resolve the issue of Physician on-call remuneration before the January 31 threatened withdrawal of emergency on-call services in the affected communities in Huron -Perth". We look forward to your early and effective resolution of this pressing problem. Yours respectfully, Huron -Perth Hospital Liaison Committee (Chairs, Vice -Chairs and Chief Executive Officers of Huron and Perth Hospitals) EDITOR'S NOTE: Seaforth's hospital is not one of the Huron hospitals facing a deadline for resolving the on-call issue. Calling Hibbert veterans Dear Editor: The history book of Hibbert Township which is being compiled for the 150th anniversary will have a chapter about residents or former residents who served with the Armed Forces during World War I and World War II, the Korean War, or anyone who has or is currently serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. We arc interested in pictures in uniform, and/or information con- cerning what branch of the forces served, their rank, and any dates or places connected to their time of service. We would appreciate having this information no later than March of 1994, either left at the township office in Dublin, or contact Florence McPhail at RR 2 Staffs, Ont., NOK 1YO. Sincerely, Florence McPhail, eo-ordinator of Veterans Chapter 1 Don't ignore safety during winter One of our Seaforth firefighters reminds local prop- erty owners to keep the snow cleared away from all entrances and exits. It's easy to forget about safety and stay warm inside when there is work to be done outside...but those doorways could be import- ant if, in an emergency, you need out or someone needs in. Anythingyou can do to help safety is important...like keeping snow cleared away from a fire hydrant or keeping snow and ice from building up on a roof. Some of our older residents may need help with the snow around their homes. If there is something you can do to make things easier for a neighbour, please do. This bad weather creates extra nuisances for everybody but anything we can do for safety should be done. Do you have a safety tip which TIM'S BIT by Tim Cumming should be shared with our readers? Please drop me a line if you do. *** I'm beginning to thaw out from my little dip in the Bayfield river on Sunday. Out- door swimming is not something I'd recommend at this time of year. Kids, don't try this at home! This week I'm doing an event at which I should have no trouble. It's a 'Talkathon,' two straight hours of famous (or not - so -famous) speeches. (There's people at work who will tell you I talk non-stop anyway). If you want to support this, or any of my other 52 mini mara- thon events, send a donation marked 'mini marathon' to the Seaforth Community Hospital. Donations of $10 or more are eligible for an income tax receipt when requested. Things have certainly changed when it comes to smoking. I remember a time when smoke- filled restaurants and arenas were the norm. Today you're more apt to rind someone smok- ing in their car than next to you. We are just now beginning to understand the real impact of second-hand smoke and busi- nesses are beginning to make changes to benefit non-smokers. A grade eight class at Seaforth Public School had a novel approach to National Non -Smok- ing Week. The children each figuredout what they could purchase all the money they would save by not smoking. For instance Jason Hayes felt he could buy a new stereo by the year 1997 with the money he would save.' Other students felt they could buy cars, motorcycles or take trips. around the world. What could you do with the money you save by not smoking? Good question. Letters Hibbert Levee was successful Dear Editor: Last Sunday, thanks to the efforts of Hibbert Council and their many helpers, there was an excellent display of school history at their Levee in Dublin. I am currently collecting informa- tion on the organizations in Hibbert for the history book that is "in the making." I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has stories or pictures of the early organizations in the township. I am also looking for ideas, articles and pictures depicting the English, Irish and Scottish settlers in Hibbert to be displayed at Mitchell's Heritage Day on Feb. 19. This year's theme is based on settlement from the British Isles. If you can help, please call me at 348-8586. Sincerely, Ruth Laing,. Mitchell .�. it'bUZZ OFF, $U-rER Y'EVER HEARD OF THE 8088i7415YNDRO/ 9 ? " t 41/1f l i'- 1 •....t,. •,,,f.,, Farming no road to riches The following are some thoughts from Seaforth World War 1 veteran, Harry Palin. Third in a series of three. Another peculiar thing about this world is the people in Town who are always complaining about the price of food, especial- ly now with this GATT and Free Trade. They will pay thousands for entertainment without com- plaint at all. In 1926 I was living in a boarding house on King Street in Toronto. I was working in the stock yards gathering a load of cattle to take to England. One day at breakfast a woman asked me what I did for a living. Being simple I told her I was a farmer. She said, with all the joy going out of her face, "you are one of those people who grind the faces of the poor." When I was farming in the 1930s, I don't think I ground the faces of the poor, in fact I had to give them 10 cents every time they bought a pound of butter. I nearly went broke doing it. I know there are some farmers who made money but I wasn't one of them. Then there are men who can start uR with a handful of stones and finish up with money. I wasn't one of them either. I was a good farmer but I wasn't a good businessman. I used to look at my income at tax time and wonder if I should charge it as wages, or an interest on my investment. I think I should have been a financier when I read in the paper that.. a business that is losing $50 million a year buys up another business also losing $50 million and can still keep going. I know farming was the wrong business. I guess I did not go to school long enough. Few women exercise vote 'privilege' FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JANUARY 19, 1894 The female vote on the plebiscite, all over the province, has been a surprise, as so few have accepted the privilege of casting their influ- ence on the side of morality and domestic happiness. In this ward, which includes all of the village of Egmondville, part of Harpurhey and east two miles and a half to Hibbert town line, we have seventeen female voters, only two of whom voted. Of the fifteen absentees, six live at considerable distance from the poll and five are aged and infirmed. The two who voted marked a plain 'yes.' The male vote was a peculiar one, several return- ing a blank yellow ballot paper, several others casting a vote for but one candidate for council, while others voted for none. • ** We learn that a young man has been calling on several parties in this vicinity and representing him- self as a brother of Mr. J. 11. Pyper, of the firm of Duncan & Duncan, of this town. Mr. Pyper wishes us to say that he has no brother in this part of the country. Mr. A. Cardno says it is not his fault that the town clock is not wound. The neglect is due to the lack of muscle on the part of the person whom the town employs to do the work. • *• The entertainment given by the Mohawk Indian Poetess, Miss Pauline Johnston, and Miss Edith J. Miller, of the Toronto Ladies' Quartette, under the Auspices of the In the Years Agone Women's Christian Temperance Union, proved to be a most enjoy- able affair. Miss Johnston, in addi- tion to being a charming writer, is an accomplished elocutionist. She became a favourite with the audi- ence from the first; in fact, nothing more clever than her acting in 'Beyond the blue,' has ever been seen on a Seaforth platform. Good as she is, however, in ordinary work, one has to see and hear her in Indian costume to appreciate her genius. The selection which seemed to please the audience most was "the Pilot of the Prairies," which is a beautiful poem and was recited in the most finished style. Miss Miller made a most pleasing impression on this, her first, visit to Seaforth. JANUARY 17, 1919 The following members elected to Town Council, having made the required declaration of office, took their seats: Foster Harburn, V.S., Mayor; John Grieve, V.S., Reeve; Charles Aberhart, William Golding, R. Parke, John J. Cluff, J. W. Beattie and Charles Barber, Coun- cillors. * * * The first robin of the season has made his appearance. In fact, Mr. John Gemmell reports having seen two in Egmondville on January 7th, and they were not 'Globe' Robins either. *•* Mr. S. T. Holmes received a telegram on Thursday morning A announcing the safe arrival at St. Johns, from overseas, of his son, Pte. Ray Holmes. Pte. Holmes went overseas with the first draft from the 33rd Battalion in June 1915 and has been through all the hard fight- ing with the Canadian troops since then. * ** Mr. Robt. Boyd has sold his farm in McKillop just north of town, to Mr. Stewart, of Hensall, and will move to Seaforth to reside. * * * Bob Reid, of the Royal Navy, who has been stationed at Halifax for some months, spent the week- end at his home here. * *• Kruse vs. Jones was a charge under the War Measures Act laid by Richard Kruse of Egmondville against Robert Jones, of Seaforth, formerly seed merchant, alleging that Mr. Jones in December, 1917, stated Victory Loan Bonds were not worth the paper they were written on. The charge was brought on an order -in -council of the Dominion Government forbidding statements or expressions of opinion tending to weaken the united effort of the people in the prosecution of the war. The case was triad before Police Magistrate J. C. Greig at Seaforth on the 6th and 13th inst. The Crown was firstprocccrding for a summary triad, but the Defendant's Counsel objected that as the charge was not laid within six months from the time of the alleged offense, it could not proceed as a summary trial, and the Crown then changed the procedure to a preliminary investigation for an indictment. It was shown, however, that the Order in Council was not passed until April 16th, 1918, and was therefore, not in force at the time of the alleged offence in November, 1917. The charge was dismissed and the costs of Mr. Jones were ordered to be paid by the prosecution. Crown Attorney Seager conducted the prosecution and Mr. J. L. Killoran acted for the defendant. JANUARY 21, 1944 Fred Watson, for the past seven years reeve of the Township of Stanley, was elected Warden of Huron County at the opening of the January session of Huron County Council on Tuesday afternoon. * * * Two members of the R.C.A.F., from No. 13 Service Flying Train- ing School, Centralia, were instantly killed Friday, when their twin - engined Anson trainer crashed near Staffa. The instructor and pupil, only occupants of the plane, were on a routine training flight when the crash occurred. JANUARY 16,4969 The Seaforth Optimist Club's second annual Winter Carnival will be held this year on Saturday and Sunday, January 25 and 26th at the Seaforth Fairgrounds. • • • McKillop Reeve Allan Campbell and members of McKillop council were sworn into office for a two- year term by Clerk Wilson Little at the inaugural meeting.