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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-03-16, Page 47 4—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 16, 1994 � rxpositor Huron • Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manoger & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions eNA TIM CUMMING - Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 24.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.68 G.S.T. SENIORS - 21.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.47 G.S.T. Goderich, Stretford addresses: 24.00 o year, in advance, plus 7.28 posloge, plus 2.19 G.S.T Out Of -Area addresses. 24.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 11.44 postoge, plus 2.48 G.S.T USA & Foreign: 24.00 a year in ad. -once, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exemptSUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main St., Seoforth. Publicotion moil registra- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Conodion Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Worst is yet to come The recent federal budget was sprinkled with a few tough decisions to cut spending but tt's too Ilttle, too late. After a long period of low interest rates the cost of borrowing money may again be on the rise. Local govemments are keeping a lid on most employees' salaries but how long can wages be frozen? The increasing cost of borrowing money is not a good sign for Canada's economic prospects. The demon of inflation is lurking underneath the thin economic topsoil. Workers are becoming impatient with what they perceive as stagnant wage levels. The high -inflation, high -interest -rate economy we remember from the Trudeau era may retum before we know It. This time, however, Canada can't afford the cost of inflating its debt. Every time the interest rate rises money Is lost from Canadian pockets. Canadian governments and institutions must prepare for -the -- eruption of borrowing costs which is likely to happep In the near future. Government spending must be cut right away or this nation will face an economic crisis like it has not experienced since the Great Depression. Finance Minister Paul Martin must show more resolve, and bare more deficit -cutting teeth, if the Canadian govemment is. to prepare itself for the impending economic upheaval: • The irony is that workers who resent today's frozen wage levels may find the biggest threat to their spending power will be future wage increases. The inflationary spiral which will begin in about two years will eat away more of their discretionary income than wage freezes ever could. If the Canadian government doesn't act now Canadian workers may face more than wage freezes or ten per cent cuts...they may find themselves losing 20 per cent or more of their spending power. Canada must get its spending and borrowing down or this nation will lose its privileged -nation status. Instead of decisions made by a sovereign govemment economic policy in this country will be made by intemational bankers. Not only can it happen, but it will happen. (TBC). Letters to the Editor f Grandfather special friend for St. Patrick's ,student A fricnd is some special, someone you can play with, laugh with, and share secrets with. A friend is someone you admire. Most of my friends are 10 or 11 years old, but I've got another friend I'd like to tell you about...my Grandpa. My Grandpa's name is Jim Delaney. He was born in 1920 in the house I live in now. He was the youngest of nine children, seven sisters and one brother. Can you imagine having seven older sisters? My Grandpa didn't have too many jobs because he was in such a big family. But he did have some. For example, he had to bring in wood and had to pump water. Another one of his first responsibil- ities was raising his own calf. There was time for fun too. When he was young he played on a baseball team in Dublin. When the weather was cold, he and his brother went down into the basement and played ball soccer. It was a combination of soccer and baseball. Grandpa also had a dog. His name was Tiny. Tiny was a big dog. He went everywhere with Grandpa. Grandpa went to school in Dublin. He liked school and his favorite subject was Math. There were no buses then so he had to walk to school even on stormy days. He told me that he ran home. They didn't have school bags then so he used a satchel which is a leather bag with a strap. At recess he played winter ball in the snow and fastball when the weather was nice. When he was ten years old he started taking violin lessons from a nun at the school. His uncle Joe also taught him how to play. He had to practise every day and his sisters played along with him. When he got to high school he played in the school orchestra. It was a large orchestra of twenty people. He still plays at different gatherings today. Grandpa played soccer for the St. Columban team. His position was outside right. My Grandpa's team even won two championships! My Grandpa has worked hard all his life. When he was younger he milked cows and now he has cattle in our barn. No matter what job he started he would always finish it. One of his jobs he enjoys today is spending a day in his bush chop- ping wood. I've told you about my Grandpa but you're still probably wondering why I call him my friend. Well, my Grandpa and I have a lot in com- mon. We both like the Blue Jays and the Maple Leafs. He comes to cheer me on when 1 play hockey, soccer and baseball and he throws the ball around with me while I wait for the bus. We even like the same kinds of food. He likes meat and potatoes and so do I. Something else that we have in common is my house. My Grandpa lived in my house for 70 years before he moved out and we moved in. Not too many friends I know share the same house! My Grandpa has taught me to work hard, enjoy life and always do my best. When I get older I hope I can be just like my friend, Grand - pal Tim McClure Grade 5 Student St. Patrick's School, Dublin Opinion World War I veteran discusses ideas Facts of life are very interest- ing things. I went to school when I was five years old. The fust year I was in kindergarten. I think kindergarten then was not the kindergarten you have. I suppose I learned my ABCs and multiplication table but one thing sticks in my mind the most. I learned to sit still. After one year in kindergarten, I advanced to grade one still in the same room with my teacher, a Mrs. Tobey. In England in recess, the boys and girls went into two different yards. Being in Mrs. Tobey's room we were thought to be young and inno- cent so we were turned out with the girls. When I graduated into grade three I was seven years old and moved up into Mrs. Johnson's room who taught grades three, four and five. Then I was turfed out with the boys. It wasn't long before I was taken into a corner and told a story which brought out some facts of life. Living on a farm I knew quite a lot about the facts of life but 1 never con- nected it with my parents, and Letters 1 r Public review is needed Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen, I would like to know why neither the Gov- ernment or Ontario Hydro is willing to submit the Ontario Hydro restructuring to a public review before any more cutbacks, layoffs and closures take place. In the past year, Hydro has shed over 10,000 employees, but the ratio of Power Workers' Union members to the rest of Hydro is Less than 2 to 1. That means there is a manager, supervisor or professional for every 2 Power Worker Union members, virtually the same as before the restructuring. Now Maurice Strong is closing generating stations and, at the same time, arranging to buy povyer at more than twice the cost. It doesn't make sense to me, and I firmly believe that a public review should be held to make sure the loss of jobs from the restructuring and the recently announced closures are the right decisions. On a personal note, Clinton Area Office has lost over 10 jobs in the past 11/2 years. Sincerely, Lise-Anne Fournier Power Workers Union Representative Clinton Office FACTS OIF LIFE by Harry Palin, World War I veteran they never taught sex in school in those days. Queen Victoria would never have allowed it. That gets rid of that. There is another fact of life I want to talk about. There are some folks that grow older but they never grow up. Back in the dark ages when our ancestors jumped out of the trees, some jumped further than others. When a baby is born his or her fust thought is for him- self. He has wants and if his wants are not looked after he lets you know. As he grows up he should grow out of this. If he is well brought up (as I was) and takes his place in life but as I said there are some people who never grow up. Their one thought is `me.' He is never, happy even if he gets his own way. The only time he is happy is when he is making other people miserable and there are too many of them around. I have just finished reading Howard Spring's book, Shabby Tiger, for the third time. And it struck me for the first time that the whole thing depends on the actions of one girl, the heroine, who should be miserable but is not. She lives in a Manchester slum which is a long way from being in Heaven, especially in Manchester where it rains every- day. She is very much in love with her father who is killed on the final page. And with her illegit- imate son, she's left without any support by the death of her father. She is walking down the road, she does not know where, when she meets and falls in love with a penniless artist, who in her wads is "just a bag of bones covered with hair and skin" and badly needs somebody to look after him so she takes on the job. Her thoughts are sq much with other people, and not herself that on the laste, having made her way through the book from kitchen maid to Titled Lady, her first thought is her father, "If he had not been killed and saw me now wouldn't he have been proud of me." This book is not in print now unless it is in some library. It may be hard to get. There are people in this world who believe in love, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And there are others who say "---- you Jack, I'm all right." ThE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IS l'URNItJG 7'/- E PLACE INTO A WO 1 WELL, tJ)E COULDA eiFJ owA I -1E E , 13U7 1110 ----- You AN' YOUR 5/X /17ORf C!/FEKS OF e'/.✓rE-R ,/ The World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays should have been received by the U.S. Presi- dent, says a Seaforth man. "Sometimes Americans, with their obsessive pursuit of win- ning, lose gracelessly," said Paul Copeland, in a letter to the U.S. President, Bill Clinton. In his letter, Copeland noted that former President George Bush welcomed the Blue Jays to a reception at the White House after their first World Series victory. The Blue Jays' second World Series victory was the most exciting climax in 100 years of World Series competitions, said Copeland. "President Clinton has broken with tradition by refusing to congratulate the Blue Jays for their 1993 World Series win," said Copeland. "pin Clinton, the lawyer from Arkansas, seems to agree with those misguided Americans who are upset and Blue Jay, ; annoyed btxaus!lt`� esd Canadian team (85 per cent American at World Series time in 1993) has won two consecu- tive World Series." Copeland noted in his letter. which was 11190 sent to Canadian and U.S. media, that John F. • Kennedy was Clinton's idol. "If (Kennedy) were President today (he) would, I am positive, have been a gracious, witty and charming host." Rural services for elderly may erode Providing services to elderly in rural areas will become a chal- lenge as the Canadian population ages, says Alun Joseph, a geographer at the University of Guelph. Rural Canada is well served in terms of institutional facilities like hospitals and nurs- ing homes, he says, but less so in terms of services for elderly who wish to remain at home, such as Home Care and Meals on Wheels. Studies have shown a "distinc- tive concentration of elderly in villages and small towns across Rural communities attract urban elderly the country," says Joseph. Almost one in three elderly Canadians resides in commun- ities outside the typical cityscape. In 1981, settlements with 1,000 to 4,999 residents had 12.9 per cent of their population aged 65 or older, compared with 9.7 per cent for the country as a whole. At the same time, these communities had a high propor- tion of people aged 80 or older - 2.9 per cent - compared with the national figure of 1.9 per cent. Although comparable census data for 1991 are not available, these contrasts undoubtedly persist. Rural communities attract urban elderly for a variety of reasons, says Joseph. The quiet small-town atmosphere, people returning to their roots and lower housing costs may all play a role. Joseph, chair of Guelph's department of geography, has wriuen a number of research and planning papers on population aging and service provision, and has worked with various district health councils and Ontario ministries. In terms of Ontario's evolving long-term care policy, Joseph believes the challenge to small communities will be to juggle demands and services. To effec- tively meet the needs of their aging residents, communities will have to do more than just identify technical ways of delivering services. Determining people's preferences will be an important component, he says. Corporal receives award for bravery FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 16, 1894 Mr. J.C. Coultes, of Wawanosh, is the possessor of a calf that weighed at birth 103 pounds. The calf's mother is a Durham garde. ••• A cow belonging to Mr. S. Alton, near Belfast, gave birth to a calf a couple of weeks ago, which had two perfectly formed heads. The calf was alive when born, but wit killed shortly afterwards by the owner. it was a dark red in colour and was apparently all right in other respects, save having the two heads. Dr Tennant, of Lucknow, has secured the skin of the animal and intends having it stuffed. ••• A Lifetime For a Cent. - A man named De France has been sent to the Sioux Falls penitentiary to serve a life sentence for robbing a mail carrier of one cent. ••• The other day there was brought into Bayfield a large eagle, measur- ing seven feet from wing to wing; the bird was captured in a trap on the property of h4r. McEwen. He is an old malefactor that has baffled In the Years Agone the skill of several crack shots. MARCH 15, 1918 The ladies of St.Columban Red Cross Society assisted by the ladles of Auxiliary branch of Manley, sent fifteen boxes to soldier friends overseas. • • r. _----.. _ _ Miss Annie Carlile gave a humor- ous selection at the Patriotic con- cert, recently held here (Hensall), and which were much enjoyed. ••• Mr. Jas. Jays, Goderich street, last week received from overseas the modal awarded his son, Corporal Howard Hays, for bravery in the field. •«• Mr. and Mrs. T.C. McLeod and son, Murray, left on Tuesday morn- ing for Melacal, Sask., where Mr. McLeod will en:: g* in farming. Mr. Justice Masten at Goderich on Monday, sentenced James McCraken, the young Moms town- ship f*mer, tO 15 years in Kingston Penitentiary for the murder of his wife. MARCH 17, 1944 Seaforth Lions Club was host to thirty-five members of the Scouts and Cubs at their regular meeting in the Commercial Hotel on Monday evening. ••• Tuckersmith Concessions 2 and 3 Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Cooper on Monday, March 13th with an attendance of 23. After discussion period, the recreation time was spent in progressive euchre. • • • Included among the district air- men who graduated Monday last at No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, was Sgt. Jack Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith, of Hay, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Consill, of Hensel]. Jack, who is 18 years of age, was the youngest to graduate out of a class of 23. ••• MARCH 20, 1969 Seaforth was represented by Glen McLachlan of RR 3, Kippen in the St. Patrick's Day walk in London on Sunday. This walk from London City Hall to St. Thomas Hall, a distance of 6.4 miles, is an annual event. ••• Mr. Gordon Lang met with a serious loss when his barn contain- ing cattle, hogs and hens, on the 12 concession of Hibbert Township was destroyed by fire. ••• Unit 3, the Willing Workers, met at the Church, Wednesday evening with 20 present. Mrs. R. Seaman and Mrs. K. Ward were in charge of the Worship service and Mrs. R. Leppington of the business. ••• The Happy Citizens held their euchre in the Legion Hall Thursday afternoon. Winners were: Ladies' high, Mrs. Julia Flannigan; Lonc hands, Mrs. R. Campbell and Low, Mrs. McGregmr, Men's high, A. Houston; Lonc hands, Mr. Wengel and Low, John Tremeer.