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Without a single vote being cast the municipal election of 1994
has had a profound effect on Seaforth's political life. Two
experienced public servants, Mayor Hazel Hildebrand and Deputy -
Reeve Garry Osborn, have announced they are not seeking re-
election.
Mayor Hildebrand has brought to her position a quiet dignity as
well as a great devotion of time to her many duties. Deputy -Reeve
Osborn has brought a willingness to ask tough questions at the
council table. The two elected representatives may have brought
different gifts to our municipal life but Seaforth should be proud to
have had both of them as representatives.
Political life is often thankless. Perhaps we can take this
moment to pause and say 'Thank you' for their work in the
interests of the town. - (TBC).
Groceries, not cash
MP Paul Steckle declared recently that no one has 'the God-
given right to live off of society.' ft's not hard to see what he
means, when a working person must earn $27,000 a year plus
benefits to achieve the living standards General Welfare Assist-
ance provides for a family of four.
One suggestion that comes up periodically is 'workfare.' It is
naive nonsense to believe those who refuse to work will be cut off
from benefits...it is an emotive fantasy that will have no effect on
welfare distribution except to make the program twice as costly
with inspectors and overseers and bureaucrats.
There is only one way to reduce welfare costs...deny welfare
recipients access to discretionary income. If welfare recipients
received food stamps, rent vouchers and bus tickets the great
attraction of welfare would be lost. It is liquid cash which keeps
people on welfare, not the benefits themselves. Welfare is not
attractive because society gives recipients corn flakes. It is
attractive because society gives them cash.
. We must revisit our definitions of what is need and what is
greed; what is wont, and what is want. The federal government
must choose the services to be cut and then cut them.
'Excerpted from an editorial In The Goderlch Signal -Star.
Opinion
War on crime begins at home
Canadians are hypocrites with
a capital H. We harp about ris-
ing crime rates and pine for
harsher criminal sentences...and
then we turn around and commit
crimes ourselves.
We want law and order...but
when the Ontario government
gives police photo radar to keep
us from speeding, we bitch about
it.
We feel, without any facts to
back us up, that politicians are
dishonest.
Then we turn around and cheat
our fellow Canadians out of
social service money by avoiding
paying GST. When we're
stopped for speeding we're quick
to make up some 'little' white
lie just to save us a few bucks.
Last month Huron County high
school teacher Randall Lobb had
an excellent article in the Lon-
don Free Press which showed
that 'criminals' aren't just some
breed which exists in prisons.
Criminals can be seen next door,
across the street, in your own
family or in your mirror every
morning.
The article discussed how tax
violation is close to our annual
budgetary deficit. 'Employee
theft' accounts for $10 billion.
Do you understand what that
means? If we didn't cheat our
government (and our companies)
we would have enough money to
eliminate the federal budgetary
deficit!
So, should we be blaming
governments for our problems or
our own dishonesty?
We feel our lies are fine
because they're not 'violent.'
I'm not so sure that our
'flexible' values don't lead to
acts of violence.
Perhaps violent criminals just
feel that if breaking tax and
highway laws are condoned by
society perhaps breaking other
laws is permissible as well.
This country has to restore
some moral order...and that starts
with you.
* * *
All this talk of an NHL lock-
out makes me think of my ice
hockey glory days.
I could have been in the NHL,
you know. Sure, there were a
few hurdles I would have to
overcome...like the fact I can't
skate, shoot a puck or stop one.
But, if I had worked harder I
might one day be playing in the
pros. The reason I say this is
that an old hockey opponent of
nine, Tim Taylor of' Stratford,
has made the Detroit Red Wings.
Those who know hockey, will
know that Tim has played pro in
the American Hockey League
for three years. When I met Tim
across the ice it wasn't in the
pros, however.
I believe we met in Brownie
C...a mish-mash league of tod-
dlers and kids who couldn't
skate. The fact they even
allowed me into the league sug-
gests they sorely needed the
registration money.
Tim was a slick forward even
at the age of eight or nine. I was
about 12 years old and playing
in a younger league because of
my atrocious skating. Mistaken-
ly, they figured because I
couldn't skate I should be in net.
(This has to be one of the great
fallacies of minor coaching).
In those days, my coaches
thought I was such an awful
hockey player they actually
encouraged me to cheat and push
the net off its moorings if it
looked like someone was going
to score.
It was always a matter of great
personal pride that I was the
only goalie in the league who
would get penalties and get into
fights. I was a die-hard New
York Islanders fan long before
that expansion team ever won
the Big One. My hero was Billy
Smith. Enough said.
My one and only *oat -stopping
technique was falling down in
front of any player coming near
my net.
As you might guess, this isn't
very effective after a while. I
vaguely remember stopping Tim
Taylor on a breakaway once.
This, however, could be selective
memory. More likely, he deked
the hockey pants right off my
overage butt.
Anyway, it just goes to show
that almost anybody can make
the Big Leagues with enough
work. While Tim Taylor per-
fected his hockey skills I *ot
kicked off the team for missing
a practice (in favour of attending
a birthday Party).
The moral of this story, kid-
dies, is don't skip practices,
work hard and you just might
end up in the NHL. If you don't,
you might end up writing news-
paper columns with nostalgic
thoughts of what could have
been...
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Last year this newspaper
printed an historical account of a
fatal plane crash on the farm of
Joseph Lane in McKillop in
April of 1943. Two RCAF friers
died in the crash.
One of our readers hopes to
obtain a picture of the crash. If
you know of anyone who has a
photo of this incident please
contact this newspaper at P.O.
Box 69, Seaforth, Ont.
Town is friendly
Dear Editor,
This is at least the second letter
about Seaforth not "Always a
friendly town" however the people
who have been gossipy, mosey,
rude, obnoxious etc. to you,
Monica, are also the same to
everyone they meet. Maybe they
are unhappy with themselves. I met
you years ago, Monica and am
proud to be one of your friends,
you always give me a big wave and
a 'how are you?' You indeed have
a heritage to be proud of.
I was going to say I am the great,
great granddaughter of Col. Vanl
Egmond and that's why I love-
Egmondville but that's not true. It's
because of the wonderful friends I
have acquired both in Egmondville
and Seaforth. Words cannot express
my feelings.
When attending the parade last
week a class of young people came
up to us with beautiful smiles on
their faces saying 'good morning,
good morning.' It sure made our
day.
At times we have all been hurt,
yes, and hurt other. Maybe its'
because we are human, which really
doesen't give us any excuse for
being unkind. We have to look on
the other side of us...there is also a
lot of good in all of us. WE have to
learn to forgive us we like to be
forgiven. Jesus said 'Father forgive
them they know not what they do.'
When we can do this we will be
winners. Betty MacLean
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This post card shows Seaforth Collegiate at the same site as the current high school. Next to it is an
agricultural building. The high school was demolished around 1967 and the present high school was
built. This post card comes from the collection of Don Morton which has been loaned to the Seaforth
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). The post card was addressed to Fred
McKay, 34 McGill Street, Toronto. It reads: "Dear Fred, Received your card. All O.K. Thought I had
forgotten. I am on my holiday here. I am on my third week. Have to be back sometime this week. Have
to go back to work soon." This is one of a string of historical memories being published to lead up to the
Seaforth Homecoming on August 3-6, 1995.
Seaforth man finds peculiar red -legged spider
CIn the Years Agone)
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
OCTOBER 26, 1894
Mr. Wm. Welsh, the contractor
for the woodwork of the new Meth-
odist Church, Hcnsall, has a good
staff of men busily engaged in
pushing on the work, and he
expects to have it all finished about
the specified time.
* * *
One day last week Mr. George
Cardno, of this town, met with what
might have proved a very serious
accident. He was out hunting black
squirrels, and while in the act of
firing the gun he was using, a
breach loader, it burst. His face was
badly blackened and burned with
thc powder, and one eye is pretty
sore, but he will not, unless some
complication sets in, lose the sight
of it. Under the circumstances, he
had an exceedingly fortunate
escape. The gun was a borrowed
one.
* * *
On Saturday evening last, Mr.
Wm. Fowler, of the Huron Road,
was returning from Brussels with a
horse and covered buggy. The night
was quite dark, and when a short
distance north of Leadbury he went
to pass a team. Another team,
which Mr. Fowler did not notice in
the darkness, was meeting that one,
and Mr. Fowler got his buggy
caught between the two vehicles.
The concussion threw him out on
the hard road, but although_ con- now.
sidcraaaaaW Jr—mtta-Jrfie'-wtiis * * *
not seriously injured, and is now We are pleased to notice that our
able to be around again. The horse old and worthy citizen, Mr. Alex
did not get away, but the buggy Cardno, is again able to be around,
was considerably wrecked. The two
men with the teams acted the part
of good Samaritans and helped Mr.
Fowler to fix up his rig, and he got
home all right that night. No person
was to blame, and Mr. Fowler is
well satisfied that he got off as well
as he did.
although he has still to use a crutch.
OCTOBER 31, 1919
* * * Mr. George Lowery, of the third
We are glad to learn that Miss concession of McKillop, who makes
Aggie McIntyre, daughter of Mr. a specialty of growing baby beef
John McIntyre, of this town, has has several very fine head this year.
been very successful in ,her final Two of these were weighed on
examination for trained nurse at the September 1st and tipped the scales
Toronto General Hospital. at 540 pounds each. When weighed
* * * again on October 25th they weighed
Mr. W. Elliott, of this town, played 655 pounds each, having made a
with the Gordon McKay & gain of two pounds per day.
Company's football team in
Toronto on Saturday last, the
Hurons being out of it for this
season.
e ec
Mr. Edward Cash, of this town,
captured a very peculiar spider in
his office the other day. It is a very
large one and has a yellow body on
which are very pretty longitudinal
black markings, which make it
resemble, somewhat, a tortoise
shell. The legs are bright red and
the eyes when the insect was alive,
were like little bright black beads.
*
*
We notice by the Toronto papers
that Mr. J. W. Livingstone secured
second prize in the one mile bicycle
race at the annual Varsity games.
He was beaten in fast time, only by
such a crack is F. A. Moore, of
• • •
Mr. Wm. Leitch, who recently
sold his farm (in Chiselhurst) to
Mr. T. Vennor, had an auction sale
on Tuesday last, and intends mov-
ing to Egmondville to reside.
• «•
Mr. Charles Regele wears a smile
since last Sunday, when his wife
presented him with a baby boy.
•••
Mr. Joe Eckart paid our burg a
flying visit last Sunday, before his
departure to Detroit, where he
intends to secure a position.
• * •
Mr. G. A. Sills has returned from
a week's visit with friends in Chi-
cago. He was accompanied home
by Mrs. Sills, who has been ,spend-
ing the past two months with her
daughter at Vermillion, Alberta, and
with other friends in the west.
•••
One of the pioneer business men
of Seaforth died at his home in
Toronto on Saturday last in the
person of Mr. Walter Scott. Mr.
Scott came to Canada in 1866 and
shortly after came to Seaforth
where he engaged in the cabinet
making business in a building
belonging to the late J. H.
Broadfoot and situated where thc
Canada Furniture Company's large
factory now stands.
NOVEMBER 3, 1944
The residence of Wm. Oke,
Goderich St. West, has been sold
through tho office of E. C. Cham-
berlain to Dr. E. A. McMaster, who
receives immediate possession.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Donnelly
have received official word from
Ottawa that their son, Pte. Leonard
Donnelly has been wounded in
action in France. Pte. Donnelly has
been overseas only one month. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Dorinelly of Hibbert Township, and
received his education at Dublin
separate school.
• *•
Thomas P. Mclvor, RCAF,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Mclvor, Hibbert Township,
was a recent graduate at
MacDonald, Manitoba and received
his commission as a pilot officer.
OCTOBER 30, 1969
It was a band of empty-handed
and frustrated thieves that left the
scene of their crime early Monday
morning at the UDPC building on
Lions Fred S. Savauge, Dr. F. J. South Main Street.
Burrows and G. A. Whitney were The thieves blasted their way into
the committee in charge of the 15th a small wall safe in the United
annual Hallowe'en Frolic of the Dairy Producers Co-operative
Seaforth Lions Club staged in the office, but the charge of dynamite
Palace Rink on Tuesday evening. was too much for the 10 -inch safe
The judges were Mrs. E. A. and the $1,100 in cash that was in
McMaster, Mrs. James A. Stewart it.
and Mrs. G. A. Whitney.
• **
What proved to be • a narrow
escape for Pte. Kenny Burns, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Burns,
occurred in Belgium recently. A
group of seven soldiers were sta-
tioned in front of a barn when a
bomb exploded in close proximity.
Two solders were killed; four were
injured and taken to the hospital—Abe Kootenay was taken following
and Pte. Burns was rendered uncon- the accident.
scious for an hour, but otherwise
escaped injury.
• * *.
• * •
Ron Hildebrand, 21, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Hildebrand,
Seaforth, was serving aboard the ill-
fated destroyer Kootenay when an
explosion and fire killed eight men.
Mrs. Hildebrand said Wednesday
that while they had not received
word from their son, she understood
he was in Plymouth, England where
«•*
Porting their way through an
emergency exit door, thieves broke
into Branch 156, Royal Canadian
Legion early Sunday morning.
Nothing was taken.
•**
Firemen fought flames for an
hour Monday morning and saved a
large frame residence on Church
Street, owned by the estate of the
late Fred Beattie. The residence,
although furnished, has had no
occupant since Mr. Beattie's death
several years ago. The fire had
gained considerable headway in an
attached shed at the rear of the
home before it was noticed by a
neighbour, Mr.s Lloyd Rowat. Loss
was set at $3,000 by Fire Chicf
John Scott, who could not indicate
how the fire started.
••*
Action of Seaforth and Provincial
Police in containing an outbreak of
rowdyism here early Sunday morn-
ing was endorsed by Seaforth coun-
cil at a special meeting Monday
night.
Adopting a motion advanced by
Councillors Robert Dinsmore and
Wm. Pinder, council directed that
"a letter of appreciation should be
sent to the divisional branch of the
OPP for their emergency assistance
to the Seaforth Police on the night
of Oct. 25th and that the members
of the Seaforth Police force be
congratulated for their manner of
handling the disturbance."
The outbreak which resulted in
province -wide publicity over the
weekend, sent Chief Gordon Hulley
to hospital and raised questions in
the legislature, began Saturday
evening with the arrival of members
of the London-based Apocalypse
motorcycle club.
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