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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-07-20, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 20, 1994 Expositor Huron • Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Monoger 8r Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR • Soles 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 year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 28.00 o yeor, in odvonce, plus 7.28 postoge, 2.76plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -Of -Area addresses: 28-00 o yeor, in odvonce, plus 11.44 posloge plus G.S.T USA & Foreign: 28.00 a yeor in advance, plus 576.00 posloge, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by 1:gnol-Slur Publishing of 100 Main St., Seoforlh. Publication mail registra- tion No. 0696 held of Seaforth, Ontario. 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Box 69, Seoforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Associotion, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council • Editorial Good luck to enterprise Out of the ashes of the closing of Centralia's agriculture school something good may come. The Ontario government recently announced the opening of a private college which may attract people from as tar away as Vietnam, Mexico, Pakistan and China. Stephen Township has already expressed its pleasure at the news of the Centralia International College's opening. It is excellent news for the Huron economy that the new Centralia may offer some of the old school's non-agricultural programs. Its projected opening in January of 1995 will be very welcome news indeed. The school has the potential to bring hundreds of people into Huron to live and can only help publicize Huron's image abroad. It's unfortufiato'Centralia ever had to be closed. The act was done in such haste that it's impossible to determine now whether it was necessary or not. The government of Ontario is fortunate another tenant has been found for the school. For the sake of the people of this area, the school is wished the best of luck. This new venture may not replace the old Centralia but as a private -sector enterprise if it succeeds it will do so on its old merit...and should prove to be sustainable. - (TBC). Letters to the Editor Reader congratulates veteran on historical war article Dear Editor, Congratulations on Frank Phillips' article on the veterans of the Second World War, Huron Expositor, July 13, 1994. Frank has, once again, done a superb job, and we are reminded of the cost of our freedom. Some of us know or knew these veterans. We think they are so special. They were so young when they, as volunteers, fought for their country. They are a national treasure. Thanks, Frank for this tribute to our veterans. You have done so much to keep their memory alive. Yours truly, Jessie Cameron Kinat Young people need park, recreational activities Dear Editor, We are writing in response to the report printed in The Huron Expositor, on Wednesday, July 13, about the Victoria Park complaints. We feel that many of the points in this report are exaggerated. Our parents always make sure they know where we are and most of our curfews are between ten and eleven p.m. Also the average amount of people at the park, at a time, is fifteen. We have respect for the park's neighbours and try to keep the noise level down. We have respect for the park as well and keep it in good shape. We've spent many hours cleaning and fixing up the park. We have raked and picked litter up off the lawn. We tried our best to replace broken poles on the band shell, and repair other damage. Since we are at the park often we try to keep it pleasant looking, not destroy it. The Victoria Park is one of the only public places in Seaforth that teens can go to socialize with friends. However, if people don't want us there there should be somewhere else to go. For example, town businesses could donate money to go towards an arcade or some other kind of place for teens. Or the town could have daily or weekly activities, such as roller- skating, or there could be monthly dances, there are many possibilities. If people are willing to supervise these activities they could at least be tried to see if they're successful. We have been talking to an adult, who lives near the park, who would be willing to supervise such an activity. She also says she feels comfortable bringing her toddler to the park when we're there, she wouldn't if we were using foul language or being bad role models. In her opinion we are all polite even when we're together. We would like to thank her and others who would support teen events. We would also like to add a special thank -you to neighbours who lent us rakes and other tools that we needed to clean up the park. From, "The youths who gather in Victoria Park" --Michelle Cook, Tereasa Boniface, Cathy and Tracy Jessome, Barb Kenney, Natalie Dale, Dean Price, Robb Williams, Kelly Hughes, Tina Overholt, Lincoln Miller, Curtis Costello, Laura Small, and Kevin Gridzak. Opinion r Soccer tales never heard at World Cu The exciting World Cup Soc- cer action this past week brought back memories of my short-lived pathetic soccer career one sum- mer in the early seventies when I was about eight years old. I tried out for the Seaforth team. No one told me they divided you into either an 'A' (superior, elite) or 'B' (bad, genetically inferior) team. It took about 30 seconds on the field to undoubtedly prove to the coaches beyond a shadow of a doubt that I, David Scott, being of sound mind and body, would be...a member of the 'B' team. Our team did have a perfect record that summer, though. We lost every game we played. But it was even more of holy perfec- tion - we didn't score a single goal on our opponents the entire summer. Yes, I did help contrib- ute to our perfect record. Standirig at our impenetrable line of defence, I would be thinking of ways to spend my $2 allowance or telling jokes to the other defenceman when this towering body from the land of soccer giants (probably the St. Columban team) would blow by me like a tornado late for a typhoon. I swear every team we faced had players twice our size. If we were a 'B' team, then we were playing `AAAAAAAAAA' teams. I thick our entire summer schedule was actually just prac- tice games for 'A' teams. We faced Goderich, SL Columban, Clinton, Brazil, Italy. When I was having a day -dream on the field about owning the entire Mattel Hot Wheel collection, some eight -foot tall centre from Argentina would deke by me and start the endless cycle of goals. Yes, we went on from defeat to defeat. It was kind of dishearten- ing to lose every game we played but I don't want to fie a whiner about it. We were out there givin' our total 15 per cent of 'B ' -grade, go -team -go, when's -this -game -gonna -end spirit. Well, if the opposition was eight -feet tall, our coach must hl +e been 20 -feet tall with hands "They've got to design a better cage..." as big as Cecil Fielder's glove. Your head would fit inside his palm like a grape. lie could pick you off the field with one hand and send in a substitute with the other. I still hear his solitary soccer command echoing in my ears - "HUSTLE...HUSTLEI!" It always amazed me how some players had this inborn knowl- edge of all the world's sports rules like it was pan of their genetic make-up. Too bad I was born with the Monty Python rules of life tattooed on my brain. I still have trouble with that whole offside thing. My soccer career ended during the first minutes of a home game near the end of that winless summer. One of those eight or ten -foot guys from St. Columban or Dublin stepped over me and magically scored in about 'the first 15 seconds of the game. I think the entire team was called to the sidelines and substituted. (Kids, don't try this at home) I walked to the sidelines with the rest of the team but then I didn't stop walking. I probably went home and turned on the car- toons, anyway I didn't come back. Although that's no way to ever become a member of the professional sports world, I don't think it was much of an option for me or a big loss to ou sports or minor spats. It probably just made me a better sports fan. Some of the players on my team actually went on to lead normal lives. I still attend soccer therapy camp every . summer. (There were so many of us this year though, they had to put me in the 'B' group). • -sr * Well the response to the cat/dog issue column has been completely overwhelming. The totals so far. DOGS -1, CATS -1. We've had to let go our 24-hour operator who was counting on the extra minimum, wage to support her 17 . • *hen and 23 cats. No one seems :to want to take cat or dog sides, they just want to make comments on the issue: "I have two cats that won't come unless you call their names." "All the traits we like about dogs - unconditional love, obedi- ence, etc., we loathe in humans. All the traits of cats -indepen- dent, clean, etc., are seen as strong human traits. If we were animals, we'd be like cats." "Dogs are better outside pets. Cats make better house pets." "They've got to design a better i cage to take your cat to the vet Keep those cat -calls coming dog -gone -it. Flae4laci Ecological farm talk planned Seaforth is shown in this 1924 photo, graciously lent to this newspaper, of the downtown. It was the year of Seaforth's second homecoming celebration. Seaforth again celebrates a reunion in Homecoming '95, August 3-6. On July 21 the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario is sponsoring a talk by Noel McNaughton on 'Planning for Profit on the Family Farm.' The EFAO is known for its farm tours and introductory courses on Ecological Agriculture. He said "If quality of life and sustainability are important to you, Holistic Management will show you how to achieve both. Profit is essential in running a business, but it isn't enough by itself to provide a fulfilling life for the people involved. It is also clear that a profit made at the expense of the ecosystem is false economy. Holistic Management includes both these critical issues, and still allows you to plan a profit." The meeting which is being held at the Maitland Vl)tley Consavadon-Authority office in ,- Wroxeter starts at 7 p.m. and is t open to the public. Water main installed One hundred feet of 10 -inch water.main has been installed on Church Street for new homes and future development. A new hydrant was installed on the corner of Lloyd Eisler St. and Jarvis st. Flags and banners were installed on Main St. for July 1 celebrations. New houses were connected :Withhydro 41 Mi!! SL and So Main St. New underground ae was installed on Coleman and Centre Streets. .. The Seaforth PUC recently assisted the community of Dublin with work. one day, and worked in Blyth for three days. 1 • Parliament harder than field work FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 27, 1894 Addie Stevenson, Odie Kennedy, Maggie Charlesworth, Aggie Kyle and Frank Jackson have succeeded in passing the Entrance examination from Egmondville school. ••• Mr. Charles Aberhart, of Buffalo, is rusticating at his old home, just west of the village of Egmondville. ••• Mr. J. A. Stewart has disposed of his store property and business in Kinburn to Mr. Andrew, of Usborne. Mr. Stewart has come to reside in Egmondville. • • • Mr. Will Smithson, who left Seaforth 14 years ago, as a boy, and who has been pushing his for- tune in other lands since then, has been in town for the past week. He left for his home in Kansas on Wednesday. ••« Mr. John S. Paul, the energetic foreman of the Seaforth Flax mill, who has had over 150 hands employed pulling flax for several weeks, has completed that part of the operations, and will soon com- mence drawing in and threshing. • • • Mr. John McMillan returned home from his Parliamentary duties at Ottawa on Saturday. Mr. McMillan says that sweltering in the Legislative Chamber at Ottawa during the hot weather is a good deal more disagreeable than work- ing in the harvest field. ••• Messrs. Reid and Wilson are having the interior of their hardware store painted, kalsomined and other- wise improved. ••• Miss Mary Devereaux, daughter of Mr. Robert Devereaux, of Tuckersmith, east of Seaforth, is home from Chicago at present on a visit. JULY 2S, 1919 Sgt. Milton Racho returned from France to visit his uncle, William Racho. He left Canada with the 54th Battalion and was wounded twice. On Saturday evening a joyful In the Years Agone message was sent over the wires when Lance Corporal Louis O'Reilly sent word that he was in London. A motor left immediately and he reached home early morn- ing. He left with the depot but only reached England. ••« Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and family motored to Stratford on Sunday last to meet their nephew, Corporal Robert Drake, who has spent over two years in France. ••« Mr. Lorne Hutchinson, of the Royal Flying Corps, had arrived in Mitchell from overseas. Forty or fifty people went to Mr. F. D. Hutchinson's home to welcome back Lorne. ••• A meeting for the purpose of having the prohibition forces of the township of McKillop fully organ- ized for the coming referendum votes was held in the Presbyterian church, Winthrop, on Tuesday evening, July 22nd, at 8 P.M. ••• A sample of flax this week grown on the farm of Alex H. Ross, Ilth concession, is just a little better than the Nutlet variety. It measured 46 inches in length and was a beau- tiful sample. • • • Mrs. C. E. Smith arid daughter, of Seaforth, visited the home of S. J. Bell. • • • Hay council met for its regular session on Saturday, July 5th. All members were present. The tender of Alex Foster for building the bridges and retaining walls was accepted. Mr. Alex Sprout, of Toronto, who had been visiting _i... brother William, of Kippen, hY rebound to his home in Toronto, Mr. pout enjoys city life, but does not forget his old Kippen friends. ••• Rev. R. M. Geiger, of Zurich, has been called as pastor to one of the Woodstock churches and will assume his duties shortly. • • • Hensall council intended to oil the side of Main or King for which they had not enough oil in the fust place, and if done well would make Hensall's front street very good as the oil put on has given fine results. Mr. Henry Horton, of the town- ship of Tuckersmith, has been appointed Enumerator for this sec- tion for the prohibition referendum. ••• Sgt. W. T. Hays and Mrs. Hays, both of whom have recently returned from overseas, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hays. JULY 28, 1944 A member of the First Active Battalion of the Perth Regiment in Italy and a native of Seaforth whose home was in Winnipeg has been in despatches, according to announce- ments made by Col. the Hon. J. L. Ralston, senior minister of national defence at Ottawa. He is included in the 100 such distinctions. He is LL Col. Roy Walter Richardson, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was born in Seaforth and whose wife lived in Winnipeg. Col. Richardson was a practising surgeon in Winnipeg when he enlisted with the medical corps upon the outbreak of war, joining the service as a major. He was born in Seaforth on July 13, 1902, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richardson. His father was for some years connected with the retail shoe establishment of Richardson and McGinnis which was sold by Mr. Richardson to Harry R. Scott about 1912 or 1914, when the Richardson family moved to the West. Col. Richardson has a brother and a sister, the former's name being Wilfred 'i y' Richardson. A married man Col, Richardson's wife lives in Winnipeg. ••• Pte. Harold Arthur Nicholson and Officer Steward Allan Albert Nicholson were the sons of Reeve and Mrs. A. Nicholson of Seaforth. The former was born on April 5, 1918 and attended S,S.7. Tuckersmith and Seaforth Colle- giate Institute. He enlisted at Lon- don Ontario, on July 6, 1943 and trained in that city and Kingston: His favourite sports are hockey and football. Pte. Nicholson is a married man, his wife being the former Miss Beryl Wilson, of Auburn. They have a daughter, Karen. Allan was born on August 17, 1920, and enlisted at Sudbury on January 23, 1941. He trained at Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax and was stationed in Eastern Canada. He was a single man. ••• Mrs. H. Wilbee has received word that her sons, Pte. William and Lac. Thomas Wilbee have arrived at their destinations. JULY 24, 1969 A Seaforth-area girl, Margaret Van Dyke, 13, has been successful in winning one of the top prizes in the Elmer Summer Safety contest which is in progress in the Huron Expositor this month, She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Van Dyke, RR 3 Seaforth. •«• Mrs. Donald Diehl, who has been appppoointed postmaster at the Sebnngville Post Office, has had nearly eight years experience. She worked for that length of time in the post office at Seaforth. ,. Mary Lannin, daughter of Iii. and Mrs. Fergus Lannin, RR 2 Dublin, is a graduate of Mitchell High School. Following attendance at Ryerson in Toronto she graduated this year from the Stratford Teachers' College. ••• John Molyneaux has recently completed a Post -Graduate Course at Sorbonne University in Parish. He and his wife, Monica have just returned from a month's tour of Europe. A graduate of Dublin Corr tinuation School, he received his BA from U.W.O. and his MA from Waterloo University. He is a brother of Mrs. Ken Etuc, Seaforth and Mrs. Fcrg Stapleton, Dublin. ••• •