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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-10-19, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, October 19, 1994 E-4 Expositor Huron • Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELIOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 a yeor, in odvonce, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS - 25.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postoge, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -Of -Area oddresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA & Foreign: 28.00 o year in odvance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signol-Star Publishing of 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registra- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of •o typogrophical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a rea- sonoble ollowonce for signature, will not be charged, but the bolonce of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services oto wrong price, goods or services moy not be sold. Advertising is merely on offer to sell and moy be withdrawn at any time.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 undeliverable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, October 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 Associotion, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Thanks for your service 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... ***- 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 fes/�6a�� 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. 11.