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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-11-02, Page 44—THE 111/110111 'EXPOSITOR, November 2, 1994 4) Expositor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - 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 year, in odvonce, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS - 25.00 a yeor, in odvonce, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 28.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Chit -Of -Area addresses 28.00 o year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA & foreign: 28.00 a year in advance, plus S76.00 postoge, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main 5t., Seaforth. Publication mail registra- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising spoce occupied by the erroneous item, together with o rea- sonoble allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the bolance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the event of o typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely on offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time.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, November 2, 1994. Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone 1519) 527-0240 Fax 1519) 527-2858 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspoper Association, Ontario Community Newspopers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Voting is your duty There are two important events approaching. One is Remem- brance Day on November 11. The other is the municipal election on November 14. The two days may seem unrelated. The first day recalls those who served in wartime decades ago. The second day determines our local political leadership for the next three years. Both events, however, are closely intertwined. Remembrance Day is a day when we remember the incredible price paid by those who defended our nations from a foreign tyranny so we could preserve our democratic institutions. Election Day is that time when we play our small part in making those same democratic institutions vibrant and relevant. To ignore our duty to go and vote would be to show disrespect for the memories of those who fought for this great country. Please, show that you are willing to do your part. Vote. In comparison to the sacrifice made by our soldiers we're not asking too much. - (TBC). Letters to the Editor s --Adults making alcohol, drugs available to teens Dear Editor, Seaforth is a nice town to live in, nice people, nice kids (some) but we have a big problem that must be stopped. The use of drugs and alcohol by the teenagers has to end. There are certain people in town who will buy them booze, let them drink in their homes, give them pot to smoke or whatever drugs they want, all for a price. I know one home allowed my boy to stay there until 4 a.m. drinking. I was looking for him but it's difficult when he is in someone's home. Last Saturday's dance at the bowling alley, half the kids were smoking pot and high on something. it's terrible when 16, 17, 18 year olds intimidate 13 years old to smoke up. Saturday after- noon there was a fight in front of the Iaundrymat...two young men beating each other. No one does anything to stop it but stand and watch. Isn't that great for small children to see. Nearly every Friday after school someone has beer in their truck, having a few to start the weekend. Now I hear an 8th grader is taking it to school. A piece of blotter 1/ inch square with some acid on it would easily be given to an unsuspecting child. It's frightening and must be stopped. The same group can be seen around Main Street in thc park anytime. The language was bad enough; now this. One person made the comment if they are drinking in her house at least they aren't on the street. It is illegal for anyone under 19 to drink anywhere, in a park, a house, even your own home. Your own children drinking in you home is against the law and charges can be laid. We need to stop this before someone dies. I realize it's difficult. I know the excuse they give; they'll say 'I'll leave home, run away,' but we are the adults. We must some- how put a stop to it and save our young people. Anything, whether booze or drugs, that alters your mind or thinking is bad for you. It's wrong for the adults to be selling it and letting the kids use it in their home. Every child is worth saving. Let's get rid of these vultures and save our kids and town. A. Robson Seaforth Anti -pornography stand could put town on map Dear Editor, Thanks for your excellent article against pornography in last week's newspaper, Tim. 1 am one of those people who has been sitting back watching idly while pornography has gotten from bad to worse. We are becoming more desensitized to what is normal, so now there is no normal. "if it's okay for you, it's okay." Well, I for one have had enough and 'yes' 1 have signed petitions that were sent on to the government and wear a white rib- bon. But why can't we do some- thing in Seaforth that's more hands- on? No, by myself 1 won't have any impact, but if enough of us get together maybe in some way we can have some influence. Pornogra- phy is the root to a lot of evil: sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, etc. What are we waiting for? Let's show our children that we can still stand up for what we believe in. Let's put Seaforth on the map, as being the town that made the differ- ence. Canada used to be a country with decent morals and values. Let's try to instill some of those back in to Seaforth and maybe it will branch out. Thank you, Tim, for getting me motivated and I pray I'm not the coly_ene_who feela.tihia- way. 13rigit Nobel Seaforth Opinion Health council site suggests bias The new Health Council for this district is off to a shaky start. In the list of three possible office sites for the Huron -Perth body there is not one site from Huron. First choice is Mitchell, fol- lowed by Dublin and Stratford. While this column advocated Seaforth as home to the new District Health Council, there did not appear to be any vocal lobbying for the town as a poss- ible site. (There was some behind -the -scenes lobbying, but obviously not enough). The omission of a Huron site is unfortunate. This is not just sour grapes that Seaforth never received serious consideration. Even the Hibbert Township site would be more acceptable than Mitchell...which lives in the shadow of Stratford. There is, of course, nothing wrong with the Town of Mitchell. The municipality should be congratulated for its good fortune in having the important body within its bor- ders. However, the District Health Council threatens to be a lackey for the interests of Stratford General Hospital. Even in the selection process Stratford was not afraid to throw its weight around. Advocates of the large hospital were clear that they did not want the more numerous Huron insti- tutions telling them what to do. What happens, however, if a District Health Council advo- cates less hospital beds for Stratford? Will Stratford then throw its considerable political weight around to affect health care planning? Will Stratford and Perth mem- bers fight for reductions in the size and numbers of Huron hospitals? Will the interests of Seaforth Community Hospital be squeezed out by the vocal pro- ponents of Stratford's interests? The selection of a site for the District Health Council (DHC) office may be largely sym- bolic...however, health care consumers in this area should watch that council's action very closely in the future. The DHC will be a very powerful institution which will have the ear of the province on health care matters. The DHC may decide what services are provided at which hospitals and even which hospitals will close (if it comes to that). There are going to be some tough decisions about health care in this area. The District Health Council will be making some of these decisions. Let's hope the council doesn't show the Stratford -Perth bias which seems evident in the selection of a site. * * * Serial killers are no longer restricted to the United States. Although more than 75 per cent of the world's serial killers come from the United States the phe- nomenon has spread to Canada and is now spreading to other countries. The world has always had killers...but in recent years viol- ence has escalated to the point that we regularly hear of cases which make Jack the Ripper seem tame. There is a brand of violence developing in our society which the world has almost never seen before. As a society we must find a way to scale back the violence. Perhaps the answer is a stricter Justice system, a stronger moral base, a better education sys- tem...perhaps the answer is pull- ing out our shotguns and blow- ing up all the television sets. 1 don't know. I do know that the violence on our streets can't be separated from the violence on our cinema and television screens. Oliver Stone has a new film called Natural Born Killers. In the movie he 'satirizes' the -. media's obssession with serial` killers. Apparently, somebody didn't get the joke and emulated the on-screen violence with their own crime spree. Hollywood makes its millions from violent excess hiding behind the noble -sounding 'free- dom of speech.' That's no longer good enough. We can no longer tolerate the moral excess which society, condo146s. We must stop the new brands of depravity which seem to be growing around us. • I appreciate the calls of encouragement I have received from readers who agree that something must be done about society's acceptance of por- nography. Best of luck in your efforts to treat women as people, not marketable commodities. GODERICH STREET - The house in the foreground is one of the few examples of concrete block construction in Seaforth. Currently, it is home to the Gerald Dillon family. To the west is the house which is the current site of the Whitney-Ribey Funeral Horne. This view comes from the Don Morton collection which has been loaned to the Seaforth Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). CHuMS indicates town as office site Dear Editor, The Central Huron Mobility Ser- vice Inc. (CHuMS) is now incor- porated and will be holding its inaugural meeting on Nov. 23 to elect the Board of Directors. Many members of the steering committee are planning to stand for election to the board. We have a potential chairperson, vice -chair and treasurer but what we are lacking is a secretary. This will be an important and respected •_ position on our board and you will not be asked to make the coffee. Is there a retired secretary or a person who is experienced at taking .i; minutes who would like .to-join.a.t dynast ic gmap.whi¢11UaiifeurtockgbeT ly to plan for the startup and Oak, ation of a specialized transportation service in central Huron? You would need to have access to typewriter or computer, although eventually we will have an IBM computer in our office in Seaforth, ' If you would like to further explore this interesting volunteer position, please call either Ron Latham at 482-7366 or Bev Brown at 482-5666. Bev. Blown, on behalf of thc CHuMS Steering Committee Hallowe'en pranksters lack In the Years Agone) FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 9, 1894 EGMONDVILLE - Hallowe'en pranks were not numerous with us, but one or two very foolish ones were played, especially with school property. The guilty parties must have been sadly lacking in brains. • ** Mr. William Copp has returned home from New York. He says it is impossible to do any business in New York at present in pressed hay. * * * The first ice of the season formed on Tuesday morning. • ** Miss Pollock, a Spiritualistic Medium, who has been sojourning at the Royal Hotel for a couple of weeks, has been so thronged with visitors desiring to have their 'for- tunes told' that some have been unable to procure an audience with the 'medium,' all of which goes to prove that the very foolish people arc not all dead yet. * * * Mr. R. Dennie, of Tuckcrsmith, has started a milk wagon and is now supplying the people of Seaforth with the lacteal fluid. There are now four milk vendors who make their rounds daily, viz.: Mr. Joseph Brown, Mr. Eberhardt, Mr. Ireland and Mr. Dennie. * ** The Toronto papers state that the Black -Routledge gang of burglars and safe blowers is supposed to be operating in Huron County. * * * Messrs. Hugh Grieve and George Murray the other day shipped from this station two thousand live ducks and geese to a firm in New York State, where they will he fattened _Conk, Thanksgiving market. NOVEMBER 14, 1919 Mr. Walter Robinson, who has been conducting a most successful barber shop in the Commercial Hotel building, is moving to more central and spacious quarters in the store formerly occupied by Mr. W. T. Hays, druggist. * ** The town bylaw to provide for the borrowing of the sum of $13,000 for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial to the soldiers who lost their lives in the Great War, and to purchase, alter and equip a suitable building for the use of the Seaforth branch of the War Veterans' Association was voted on Tuesday and defeated by a majority of 56. It is unfortunate that the two schemes were incorporated in the one bylaw as there is absolutely no doubt that had the memorial been a separate issue it would have carried almost unanimously. On the other hand there is no reason why the town should not provide a club house for the soldiers. * ** Mr. Aubrey Crich, of the Toronto Dental College, spent a few days at his home here this week, * ** Mr. James Scott, of Roxboro, is home from Montreal, where he was undergoing treatment at the Military hospital. ▪ ** A small blaze at the residence of Mrs. Hannah Laidlaw, John Street, brought out the fire brigade about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night. The fire, however, was quickly extinguished without any damage resulting. NOVEMBER 10, 1944 Pte. Stephen Holland, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland, St. Cortimban, who was recently reported wounded in action in the Netherlands, has suffered a trau- matic amputation of his left foot, a multiple shell fracture and wounds to both legs and thighs. A St. Columban non-commis- sioned offer, Sgt. John Joseph Hol- land, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Holland, has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry and bravery in action overseas. • ** H. H. Kerr, of the Ontario Depart- ment of Education, is rehabilitation director for Ontario and the reconversion of the Toronto Normal School into the rehabilitation centre for that city occupies a lot of his time these days. He is a practical educationist, able to take the stuff ( that dreams arc made of and tum 1 them into realities. * ** it is not often that the weekly papers of Ontario towns have the opportunity of publishing an account of a diamond wedding anniversary that has been celebrated by two of its citizens. Even a Golden Wedding anniversary is an outstanding event in any of the smaller communities. But when both of. these events occur within two days of each other, as happened in Seaforth this week, when Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Govenlock celebrated their Dia- mond Anniversary on Sunday, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Gillespie their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday, such an event is outstand- ing news. * ** About 70 friends and neighbours gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William McClure in honour of their son, Bert, who is home on furlough from Victoria, WC., and presented him with a beautiful wrist watch and an address, read by Mr. brains Arthur Anderson. NOVEMBER 13, 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Eric Ross received their Bachelor of Arts Degree from Waterloo Lutheran University at a Convocation held November 2nd at Memorial Auditorium. They both graduated with majors in English. Mrs. Ross was the former Linda Somerville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Somerville, RR 4 Walton,. Mr. Ross is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ross, RR 2 Staffa. * * * Provincial honour presentations were made to area girls during achievement day at Seaforth District High School Saturday afternoon who have completed 12 projects. Receiving the awards were Mary Elliott, RR 5 Seaforth, Marie Veitch, RR 2 Brussels and Gwen McLean, RR 2 Hensall. * * * The Seaforth Beavers opened their 1969-70 season Tuesday night in Listowel with a 16-4 rout of the home team. A six -goal performance by Jack McLlwain enabled the Beavers to grab an early lead and not look back. Murray Henderson, Tom Dick and Bob Beuttenmiller each counted two goals. Singles wcnt to Paul Rau, Wayne Rau, Don Morton, Ray Anstett, Jim Dick and Jim Sills. Before an audience that filled thc auditorium graduates of Seaforth District High School on Friday evening received their diplomas and awards and bursaries valued in oxcess of $13,000. Top student awards went to William Perris, who also delivered the Valedictory address. He received the C. M. Smith Memorial trophy emblematic of the highest marks in the school, the Teen Twenty award of $100 -fee- highest 1 highest average and the O. A. Whitney prize. ,l1 1•