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The Huron Expositor, 1995-01-25, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January $E, 11110E Huron of 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 o year, in advance, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS • 25.00 o year, in odvonce, plus 1.75 G.5.T Goderich, Stratford oddresses 28 00 o yeor, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -Of -Area oddresses 28 00 o year, in advance, plus 11.44 postoge, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA 8 Foreign. 28.00 o yeor in odvonce, plus S76.00 postoge, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing of 100 Main St., Seaforth. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Clean up Airborne's act The Airborne Regiment soldiers involved in the sick initiation rites shown in an .amateur video on television have demeaned themselves and all their fellow Canadian servicemen. These disgraced people were shown in the shameful acts of racial denigration, eating vomit and urine and feces and forced drunkeness as part of a vicious 'hazing' ritual, What a shame that the almost perfect world service record of Canadian soldiers will be dragged into the mud as this video will sully intemational television screens. Years of selfless sacrifice by Canadian soldiers will be forgotten by many who will think of Canadians not as peacekeepers but as violent bigots. It would be irnpossible to imagine 'soldiers not having some form, of initiation, probably involving alcohol. -.but there are some lines we expect human beings n_gl to cross,„ pp platter what the organization and no Atter t the coskSotileone, preferably someone in command, should have preverrIZR 1fiis blight on' our national service record from ever occurring. The Dominion of Canada owes an apology to the black soldier who was treated with less respect than an animal as he was walked like a dog in a harness with the words "I love the KKK" smeared on his back. In the interest of those soldiers who have honourably served their country, Canada should find the guilty parties and punish them appropriately. Most of all, this nation must do whatever it takes to weed out this type of action in the future. The good name of Canada and Canadian service men and women are at stake. _ (TBC). Letters to theEditor Com farmers praise MP Dear Editor, On behalf of the corn farmers of Huron County, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Paul Stcckle, MP for Huron, for the major effort on his part which resulted in the major federal announcement of Dec. 21 concern- ing fuel ethanol. The announcement was of a con- tingency loan guarantee program which will come into effect only if an excise tax is imposed on fuel ethanol made from corn and other biological materials by a future government prior to the year 2005. This guarantee is expected to result in the construction of new, world - scale ethanol plants at Chatham and Cornwall in the near future. These plants will mean a new market for an estimated 20 million bushels of Ontario corn. This is about 10 per cent of total provincial production. Construction of these plants will also enable sales of ethanol -blended gasoline to continue to grow, using Ontario -produced ethanol, instead of imported product, as the blending ingredient. Expanded sales of ethanol -blended gasoline will mean major benefits for environmental quality, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced imports of off -shore crude oil, and the opportunity the use of toxic gasoline additives such as MMT and benzene. Support from Mr. Steckle was vital to this achievement. We express our appreciation. Sincerely, Bob Hallam, President Huron County Corn Producers' Association Hullett building debated Dear Editor, This letter is to let the residents of Hullett Township that on Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers, the new council will be discussing the building of a new township office and council cham- bers facility. Please understand that no decision has been made as of yet and your input can make a difference. Our tax dollars have gone into both the infrastructure money and municipal taxes to cover the construction and furnishing costs related to this building. The latest dollar figure is S300,000 for a building on the new lot. This meeting should let us know what was discussed with the Huron County Board of Education on Jan. 10. Some of our options are: 1. build. with uild- with the school and save building costs as well as have a 'buy back clause whereas if we go to Regional Municipal Government we would not have the upkeep of an unnec- essary building; 2. build on the new lot and incur all expenses and future upkeep of the. building; 3. renovate the present, office and chambers in the township building; 4. send the money back, and do nothing in regard to a new building. Council has already stated that they do not intend to have a public meeting on this matter so this could be your only chance to discuss this matter. The more people who attend this meeting the better council can make .a decision based on public opinion. Kittle MacGregor Opinion Seaforth must start soul-searching Seaforth has to do some soul- searching. As part of the strategic planning process the town will ask some sensitive questions about what kind of community Seaforth wants to be. Seaforth must ask, what kind of economic opportunities will we pursue? Do we want economic growth? What are we willing to do to achieve economic growth? First of all, Seaforth must ask itself if the status quo is good enough. No one will come right out and say "Sure, no -growth and stagnation sounds good to inc." Residents will show they are in favour of the status quo, however, by not voicing their approval of any alternatives. Perhaps an aircraft manufac- turer will build a multi-million dollar manufacturing site here creating thousands of high -pay- ing jobs for everyone...probably about the same time as a barnload of local pigs learns how to talk and forms a Hollywood dance revue. It's about time to get rid of pie -in -the -sky ideas that large-scale industry will descend upon Huron County. Growing, successful small indus- tries in Seaforth and Vanastra industrial parks are one key to a successful plan for-growth...but they aren't the entire answer. Industry is important...but it can't be the entire hope for our future. There are other more practical sources of growth such as tourism. Why could Seaforth 1101 develop an attractive sports museum which would bring thousands of visitors to our town? With our rich history Seaforth could be developed as a Ilistoryville theme destination. Seaforth attracts thousands of people to ball and hockey tour- naments, Homecomings, tractor draws and toy shows...but do we really keep people here once they've come? Seaforth could welcome retired persons and commuters to live in the borders of the town. But are we ready to welcome strangers into our midst? Are we prepared to withstand increased housing prices and assessments? Arc we ready to accept people's different colours, traditions and attitudes? Am we ready to accept one standard of citizenship for all...where first -generation and Iourth-generation citizens of town have equal say? "Change isn't easy to accept..." Unfortunately, many of those who lived through the boom years have no incentive to seek change. They aren't young people with bleak employment prospects, forced to leave their home town for a job. Growth might be necessary for young people and business owners but not for those who want every- thing the same, thank you very much. Change isn't easy to accept...but are we prepared to accept economic decline? I can scream 'til I'm blue in the face that people should shop locally. Not for one second do I believe that will stop residents from abandoning their home town in favour of the malls in Stratford and London. But how many stores are we going to allow to close? How much are we going to ask of our existing merchants? The team approach which has won Seaforth many hockey titles in the past is needed today to help create a winning economy. We need to work together. Perhaps the idea of Seaforth as a bedroom community or retire- ment community is threatening to you...if so, speak up and make your voice heard. Perhaps you think Seaforth doesn't need tourism to disrupt the town's quiet image...but if not, then what? To echo the words of Canadian cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy, it's not good enough to shoot proposals down without offering a realistic alternative. These are some of the hard questions Seaforth must ask. Let's hear some answers. * * * This year a very important anniversary will be commemor- ated. It was 50 years ago this May that the Allied Forces declared victory in Europe. This publication will try to do some- thing special to mark the most important occasion of V. E. Day. Former Iluron Expositor Editor Ron Wassink will be travelling to the Netherlands this spring to interview people about this momentous occasion. Do you know someone in Holland who has memories of the end of the war? If so, could you please contact us at The Huron Exposi- tor so Ron can perhaps make contact with them. * * * Thank you for your ideas for a grand finale to finish my 52 - event mini marathon for Seaforth Community Hospital. Ideas suggested for event number .52 include an old- fashioned Kissing Booth (I'm sure I'd have a cold by the end of that one!), a toboggan mara- thon (the lack of snow could make that difficult) and a Vol- leyball Serve:a-thon! Thanks for the ideas and we'll keep you posted! F�sl�dac� RAILWAY STATION - During the week of the Old Boys' Reunion in 1914, the G.T.R. station was the scene of many happy homecomings. Former residents retumed for the festivities on one of the four daily passenger trains. The railway was a boon to Seaforth commerce and a vital link with the rest of Southwestern Ontario. Letters 1 l Donations made Christmas bright Dear Editor, On behalf of the Huron County Christmas Bureau and Bethel Bible Church, we would like to congratu- late the Town of Seaforth and Egmondville and surrounding town- ships on a successfiil • 1994.. Your donations '.helped to brighten the Christmases of 71 families and 192 children. With the bureau being a week earlier and not as wintry as last year we were sell able to bless these families. It is a generous community we live in. For the next two years the Huron County Christmas Bureau will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Seaforth. The dates of drop-off next year will be Dec. 4-8, with donation boxes around town in November. We thank them for volunteering their time for this wonderful ser- vice. Laura and Brian Crawford Government can't make people better The essence of democracy is choice.. When citizens in a democ- racy choose, they assume responsi- bility for their choices and accept the consequences of, their actions. Democratic governments acknowl- edge that people are imperfect, and that it is not a function of democratic govemments to make people better. Only autocratic, authoritarian, undemocratic governments and organizations led ment parlour' in Seaforth "...is not an issue of individual rights...people are weak. Society (through govern- ments) should make rules that rec- ognize people's weakness. Adolf Hitler also believed that by intolerant, self-righteous zealots, people are weak and need a strong believe they can and should leader to tell them what to do. His improve people. effective promotion of intolerance According to a recent (Jan. 11, and hate resulted in the murders in 1995) Huron Expositor editorial, the death camps of 6,000,000 Jews and possibility of an 'adult entertain- 5,000,000 other people - many of Letters them mentally retarded, physically - handicapped, and homosexual.. Intolerance, which seems to me to be an, integral part of the human psyche, has been the greatest curse of the human race, the cause of more death, destruction and misery, . than anything else since the begin- ning of time, and will be with us, I believe, forever. Paul Copeland, Seaforth Record turnout greets snowmobile races FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 1, 1895 Mathew Scott, of Tuckersmith, who had his two barns burned by lightning last fall, has let the con- tract of building two large barns on to Patrick Keating of Seaforth. * * * A very happy and interesting event took place at the neighbour- ing village of Bayfield on Wednes- day last. This was the _ marriage of one our best known and most popu- lar bachelors, Mr. William Thirsk, to Miss Talbot of the Sauble line, one of Stanley's fairest daughters. * * * On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Joseph Dyson, one of Egmondville's most worthy citizens, was united in marriage to Miss Ward, of Seaforth. * ** There is a rumogr afloat that Mr. Edward McFaul is about to adopt the spot cash principle of doing business, and that it is his intention to make a lively stir in the dry goods and millinery business during the coming season. * * Mr. Wm. Westcott, of this town, played at the Forester's ball last Friday night ,at Bruccfield. Mr. Westcort is one of our best musi- cians. In the Years Agone i Mr. J. Ross Robertson, the genial proprietor of the Toronto Telegram, was in town this week. He is an energetic Free Mason, and is now engaged in visiting the various Chapters throughout the Province, and called here on his way to Wingham. * * * Mr. Peter Dallas, of the Canadian Pacific Railway train service, Winnipeg, is visiting at his home near Brucefteld. He says things are very dull in Manitoba and that the railway force is cut down to the lowest notch. JANUARY 30, 1920 On January 14th a quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at St. Patrick's church, Lucan, • by Rev. Father Hogan, when Miss Sadie Mcllhargey, youngest daughter of Zechariah Mcllharigey, became the bride of Mr. William Ryan of Seaforth. The bride was daintily attired hi travelling suit of navy blue with hat to match and Mara- bou ruff. ** The Huron County Council went into session at Ooderich at three o'clock Tuesday and the first order of business was the election of warden. In accordance with preced- ent it was a Conservative's turn to occupy the warden's chair. The contest was between Reeve Petty of Hensall, and Dr. Clark, deputy reeve for Goderich. The vote being a tie, the casting vote had to given by the chairman, who cast in favour of Reeve Petty, of Hensall. FEBRUARY 2, 1945 Mrs. Minnie Sangster, of Hensel,, has received this week a full written report from the R.C.A.F. casualty officer at Ottawa, regarding her son, Pilot Officer Douglas Sangster, prisoner of war in Germany since May 2, 1944. He has been repatri- ated and is on his way home. Pilot Officer Sangster is 23 years of age, bailed out of a plane over Belgium; enlisted August, 1942, went overseas in June 1943. *** The Farm Forum Four Square met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Henderson on Tuesday with a good attendance. Rev. W. J. Patton was in the chair and Mr. Harold Cousy had charge of the recreation period. JANUARY 29, 1970 Don McKercher, RR 1 Dublin, has been elected president of the Huron County 4-H club leaders. «** A record turnout of spectators, upwards of 5,000, jammed the Seaforth Fair Grounds on Sunday to watch the popular snowmobile races which dominated the final day of the Seaforth Winter Carnival. Taking part in the Mayors and Reeves' race were Reeve John Flannery, Seaforth; Mayor Frank Delbridge of Exeter; Mayor F. C. J. Sills, Seaforth and Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop. Mayor Sills won the event with Reeve Flannery in second place. **s Gerald Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norm Williamson, Walton, who started his career in the Toronto -Dominion Bank, Seaforth, in August, 1964, at the age of 18, has been transferred to, Orangeville. A Seaforth rink, skipped by John Pauerson, captured the honours on the second draw at the President's Trophy _ Men's Open Bonspicl curling competition in Seaforth. The rink included Phil Hoggarth, vice; Gord Bcuttenmillcr, second and Paul O'Reilly, lead.