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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-06-15, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 15, 1514 � Expositor Huron • Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - Generol Monoger & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES • Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING • Editor DAVID SCOTT • Reporter UNDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY • Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS 25.00 o yeor, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford oddresses: 28.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -Of -Area addresses: 28.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 11.44 postage s 2.76 G.S.T USA & Foreign: 28.00 a year in odvonce, plus 576.00 pos age, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Scor Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registra- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Oratorio. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Associotion, Ontario Community Newspopers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Many faces of fathers There has been a lot of rhetoric flying around about the glorious nuclear family. 'Pro -family' advocates paint a picture of a secure Leave it to Beaver Dad, who always has an answer for every- thing. Real life is not always such a pretty picture. Most families don't have a Bill Cosby -like father with an ever-present supply of understanding, humour and wisdom. Many families have fathers who are physically or psychologically abusive, quick to criticize and slow to show affection. Many people have part-time fathers who have left a marital union because of the breakdown of a marriage or due to their own infidelity. Some children will never know their fathers and some children who know their fathers wish they didn't. For many young people tragedy will take their father away. On Father's Day those of us who have loving, caring fathers can take the opportunity to thank them for what they have given us. For those of us who have fathers who fall short of the Hallmark yardstick for fatherhood perhaps we can have a little empathy or understanding. There is no school for fathers, no license is given and no examinations are taken. Many fathers are victims of their own upbringing...if their father was unable to show them affection how will they learn to show affection to their own daughters and sons? Fatherhood is a frightening, daunting task for any man. It holds an awesome responsibility. Too many people aren't up to the challenge...but there are a few Dads out there who have lived up to the role admirably. To all fathers who have tried their best, Happy Father's Dayl - (TBC). Letters to the Editor uoi Opinion Mobility bus service needs push There is no reason Seaforth and area could not have a mobil- ity bus. The province, for the time being at least, is providing half the funding. Some of the service clubs, like the Seaforth and District Lions Club, have committed significant funding for the initial year and other clubs may soon follow. The question remains, is it too late to make the mobility bus a reality? After an initial surge of public- ity and momentum, the service seemed to be a victim of too many false starts. While Seaforth Council showed true leadership in agreeing to host the service, backers of the service allowed township resistance to the plan to stiffen. Township councils debated the issue in a vacuum with no sup- porters of the transit proposal at council meetings to defend the plan. Councils repeatedly asked questions of the financing and how many people could use the system. The township councillors were never given firm answers. These councillors reasonably asked, if none of my ratepayers are phoning me or writing to me in support of this service, is it truly needed? When someone did approach council it was a paid worker and the townships, shafted by the province one too many times, wondered if it was a pie -in -the - sky provincial scheme. Is this province -driven or com- munity -driven?, they asked. Certainly, the committee behind the mobility bus appeared face- less at times. Although starting out with a bang, committee meetings soon appeared to be an exercise in travelling in circles. Deadlines came and went and there still seemed to be no prog- ress. When a news story announced Tuckersmith Township's deci- sion to withdraw support not a single letter -to -the -editor was written to oppose council's move. While press releases portrayed a rosy picture of support for the bus and pretended that every- thing was looking up...the truth was that the service appeared doomed. Finally, last week, prominent local citizens appeared at a meeting of McKillop Township Council to defend the proposal. In sometimes emotional testi- mony, they explained that if senior citizens are kept mobile they will also be kept healthy. "Do you want to force an elderly McKillop resident to move out of the township?" they asked. The implication was obvious. Elderly and physically - challenged residents could waste away in their homes, get sick and die...or they could improve their mental and physical health and achieve some independence through a mobility bus. The truth is that the people who need the service, the elderly and the physically -challenged, may not be comfortable aggress- ively seeking a mobility bus. The people who need a service like this most are probably the least likely to appear at a council meeting in support of it. Some older people may even be reluctant to use the service when it first starts...but if it gets off the ground, it will eventually be used and it will fill a need. You are already paying for a mobility bus service through your provincial taxes...but not for a mobility bus in Seaforth. You are paying for mobility buses in St. Marys, Wingham and Mitchell. Hopes for the mobility bus may still be alive...but only if the community shows it's behind the transit service. ••• Is there a cure for dogs who bark late at night? A local resi- dent asked me to look into this problem and after some research I've still been unable to find an answer. What I have ascertained beyond doubt is that it's annoy- ing for neighbours when your dog howls all night. Do any of our readers have a solution to this problem? IN APOLOGY A report published last week was felt to be indelicately writ- ten by the relative of an accident victim. While the report was technically accurate I realize that what something actually says and what some people infer are often two different things. I apologize for adding further to your trauma at a very difficult time. Let me assure you we would never intentionally add to someone's pain. F&%Iacl An antique post card view depicts a Seaforth-area pasture scene 'where the river twineth.' The picture was lent to the Huron Expositor by Frank Sills. Seaforth will be celebrating its Homecoming next year from August 3-6 and many of these old-time views will be shared. Allies unite on D -Day invasion A few days before the Western invasion (D -Day) a reporter asked General Eisenhower this question: "What will be the big story of the invasion?" And this was the General's answer: "The great story that will come out of the operations ahead of us will be something like this: It will be, say, the story of a U.S. escort_ plane flying protection to a Brifb i warship which is giving support to Canadian soldiers. That, or any other combination of the three, and if every man in a particular action has forgotten that he is American, or British, or Canadian, and fights like they are all brothers, as they are, and with the same cause, that will be the great story." -Taken from The Huron Expo- sitor, June 16, 1944... . ' What we do with our freedom Huron MPP states position on issue Dear Editor, After all the attention paid to Bill 167: Equality Rights Legislation for Same Sex Couples I would like to take a moment to talk about events surrounding this legislation. As you know this bill was defeated at second reading last night (June 9). After two weeks of discussing this bill and listening to my constituents, I decided that I could not support this bill in its present form. I made it very clear that I would not support any bill that would allow the adoption of children by same sex couples or change the definition of spouse. In our Legislative process proposed legislation must pass three readings and receive Royal Assent before becoming law. Passing first reading allows a bill to be introduced and opens the issue to discussion in the Legislature. From the time 1 was a member of Hay council, 1 have felt that any issue deserved debate despite my personal feelings. I voted 'yes' on first reading simply to maintain that important freedom we have. Thursday aftemoon, Attorney General Marion Boyd gave both verbal and written assurances that the bill would be amended -adoption would not be allowed and the definition of spouse would not be changed. With that promise, I agreed to support the bill for second reading. If either of these amendments were not included in the fmal legislation, I would have stuck by my position and voted against it. Since the bill was defeated at second reading, it does not proceed further. I hope this make my position clear and also helps to explain the legislative process. Sincerely yours, Paul Klopp MPP Huron Transportation system needed in Seaforth and area Dear Editor, Seafonh and arca have always shown themselves to be a commun- ity of caring people. A concern that has come to Tight is transportation needs of the disabled, seniors and temporarily -disabled. We have asked the question of seniors in Seaforth Manor Retire- ment Home, 'What docs a Mobility bus mean to me?' "It is very much needed." "I'm all for it." "It is difficult to take a walker everywhere with you." "It would be good to have for special outings as I have to have someone with me." "It would be a lot better than always calling family to take you to appointments." "If I want to go someplace I could give a call and get there. It would be just like having your own vehicle. It would also help out because often when we go uptown the parking spots for the handi- capped arca being occupied by able bodied people." Remember this will not affect your taxes! But it would do alot for us." We now have a chance to do something. Let's show our support for this much needed service. From the staff and Residents at the Seaforth Manor Retirement Home Cindy DeGroof Retirement Home Director BY HARRY PALIN World War I Veteran We have fought a war to keep our freedom and the world is a better place for it. Most of us can remember one war and what it was like before it. A few of us can remember two wars. I am one of them. What have we done with the freedom we have won? Here is a list firstly. We have done away with capital punishment. We have taken the stick out of schools. We have taken the people out of the country and they now live in towns or cities. We have a Con- stitution where everybody has rights but no one has responsibil- ity. We have TV and radio and nobody has to think. You can write a book, put a few swear words in and a bit of sex so somebody will complain about it and it gets free advertising and so more sales. I could think of more but that will do for a start. Take capital punishment for instance. If we catch a murderer, what do we do with him? We start to spend money on him. First we get him a lawyer so his rights won't be abused. Nobody thinks of the victim. Then we sentence him to 25 years in jail. Then we parole him after 10 years. Is it because he is reha- bilitated or is he costing us too much money, or is it because the jails are full and we must make room for others coming in? Take your choice. Take the case of the stick in schools. There are so many people telling us if we spank kids it will injure their psyche, whatever that is. My wife told me all you needed to raise kids was love. When I told her even love needs to be administered with brains I was told she knew more about it than I did. I won't say how. When I went to school in England and before the First World War, there were 65 children in there. They were not 65 peas out of a pod as some people try to tell us. They were 65 individuals. Some were little bitches not to mention any names. But most were ordinary human beings representative of the homes they came from. But there were quite a few little bitches who needed their psyche warmed with the stick everyday practically before you live with them. When I was driving home back in Manitoba back in the dark ages when horses were the only mode of power found on the farm. I had a four -horse team. There was one horse that would not keep his end up no matter what you did. One day I was taking a load of wheat to town and he got my goat worse than usual so I pulled off the mad by a piece of bush and cut a stick. And believe it or not I never used that stick. I just stuck it up in the wagon and I had no more trouble with that horse as long as I carried it. There might be a lot of non- sense in this writing but I think there is a lot of sense too. It used to be that you could make a living in the country on 100 or 200 acres and be happy. In those days 50 per cent of people lived in the rural areas and we had our own school and church. Now only 10 or 15 per cent live in the country and you have to have a thousand acres and no debt and a wife who has a good job in town to bring in a bit of lunch money. People nowadays hate to spend money on food but spend mil- lions on entertainment. Sgt. Fortune receives wings FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 22, 1894 EGMONDVILLE - Mr. McGee, energetic roadmaster, has about completed his work for the season, and from the improved appearance of Main Street, he must have made good use of the means at his dis- posal. • • • Mr. Crich, artist, has on display in his window, a very well -executed portrait of the late Mr. William Sproat. JUNE 20, 1919 -Lieut. Pearson Grieve and Ptes. Harold Deem, Bert Muir, Gordon McKay and John Brunner arrived home from overseas this week. •• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Habkirk arrived home from overseas last week. Mr. Habkirk, who is a son of Mr. John Habkirk, of town, enlisted with the St. John Ambulance Corps at Winnipeg and saw three years' In the Years Agone i service in Mesopotannia and France. JUNE 23, 1944 Sgt. J. J. Fortune, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fortune, Huron Highway East, received his wings as an air bomber at the graduation exercises held at No. 4 A. O. S., Crumlin, on Friday last, by Sqdn. Ldr. E. R. Pounder, acting chief supervising officer. ••• Word was received on Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs. David Papple, of Tuckersmith, that their son, Rifle- man Robert Pearson Papple, had been killed in action on June 6th. On the same day Mr. and Mrs. John McClure, of Winthrop, were notified from Ottawa that Mr. Arthur McClure had been wounded while fighting with the Canadian forces invading France. A group of friends and neigh- bours gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland, St. Columban, to honour their youngest son, Stephen, who was home on leave. Gerald Holland, in a few well- chosen words, spoke of Stephen rendering his services to his coun- try, being the third son of the Hol- land family in the service. His oldest brother, Sgt. John Holland, R.C.B., has been serving his coun- try overseas for years, and Sgt. Kale Holland, who is in the RCAF, stationed at Guelph, for two years. • • • Squadron leader Robert Morrison Aldwinckle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aldwinckle, of Varna, had his name recently appear in the King's Birthday Honour List, as having been awarded the Distin- guished Flying Cross. JUNE 19, 1969 At the Hensall Spring Show calf club winners were Brad and Darlene Carnochan of RR 3 Seaforth and John Coleman, of Kippen. Bob Kinsmen, Staffa, won the grand championship in the Cattle Class. ••• Among the competitors in the Canadian Legion public speaking contest held recently in Mitchell District High School were four Dublin Continuation High School pupils. Joanne Murray, speaking on Life' placed first in the senior girls, Thomas Burke, speaking on 'Sight' placed first in the Senior Boys, Larry Murray speaking on 'Communication' placed first in the Junior Boys and Mary Jayne Looby, speaking on 'United Nations' placed second in the Jun- ior Girls.