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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-12-06, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, December S, 19106 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE • General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MEUOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH • Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL • Reporter JOAN MELLEN • typesetter, proofreader BARB STOREY • distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper ):t1BSCRIPT)ON RATE: LOCAL - 28.00 o year, in odvonce, plus 1.96 G.S.T. 25.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. sr�i . Stratford oddresses: 28.00 o yeor, in odvonce, plus 7.28 posksgo, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out-af Of-Areo: 28.00 o year, in odvonce, plus 11.44 postoge, plus 2.76 G.S.T : ,: 28.00 o year in advonce, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt y Signol-Sku Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registration No. 0696 held ot Seatodh, Ontario. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Conodinn Community Newsfxiper Association, Ontario Community Newspopers Association and the Ontario Press Council Letters to the Editor Teachers against violence Dear Editor, On December 6, Huron women elementary teachers will be wearing rose button pins on their lapels to commemorate Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence Against Women. This marks the sixth anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. Fourteen young female engineering students were gunned down by a jealous, misguided young man who blamed their aspirations to a traditional male career for his own lack of success. Student organizations in several local high schools have also been active in promoting awareness 'of this tragic anniversary. Seaforth and Exeter high school students arc selling rose button lapel pins, while Central Huron students arc wearing white ribbons to protest violence against women. At South Huron in Exeter a special assembly program will be held with the same theme. The Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario has been actively involved in anti -violence work on behalf of women and children for many years and has lobbied the government repeatedly over related issues. In the recent debate over gun control legislation the Federation presented a brief to the government which said that teachers see 'younger and younger children behaving more aggressively. We see more severe forms of violent behaviour among children. Most devastating and most relevant to our concern for serious gun control measures, we see more incidents involving weapons, even among elementary school children. There is debate about the causes of increased violence among the young, but whatever the degree of culpability of television or rock videos, one thing we know: a society which tolerates and even glorifies the unrestricted ownership and use of weapons does not need to look further for the causes of violence.' On another front, women teachers have also been shocked by the Tory government's apparent insensitivity to violence against women. FWTAO has provided funding to women's crisis, counselling and referral centres since a study on Women in Crisis was done in 1978. The Huron Women Teacher's Association has also supported our own Survival House through an annual auction and through donations of consumable supplies. FWTAO has consistently lobbied the government concerning the importance of . these initiatives. They believe that cutting funding to related services is a callous act which leaves women without a safe haven when they and their children are most in need. While organizations such as FWTAO continue in their anti -violence efforts, it is important to remcinber that violence against women is not just a women's issue. It is a societal issue that affects women, men and children alike. We can all contribute to making our society a healthy one by supporting anti- violence work in our communities. On Dec. 6, wear a rose button or a white ribbon and show others you care. After Dec. 6, do something to show you mean it! Wilhelmina Laurie President, Huron Women Teachers' Association Ontario Agricultural Museum to be closed soon Dear Editor, I doubt if many of you have heard yet that the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton is closing and maybe not,rnany of you care. But I think you should have a closer look at this closing, because it's more than people losing their jobs. Agriculture is one of the cornerstones which not only built this province, but built this country. Over 90% of the farm machinery built in Canada and shipped around the world was made within a 200 mile radius of the Museum. It's a long and proud heritage worthy of preservation. People like Bill Stewart, former Tory Minister of Agriculture understood the need to preserve our changing agricultural evolution. Thousands of people across the province donated artifacts in trust to the museum. I believe this is the largest public museum closing in Canadian history. The museum is on an 80 acre site with over 30 buildings. It houses a collection of more than 15,000 artifacts, and it ranks among the best of its kind in North America. You may not have ever heard of the museum, the Milton arca is referred to as Ontario's. best kept secret. The museum is more than just artifacts, it also houses the best agricultural archives in Canada, When the assistant deputy minister was asked what would happen to the collection, her response was '1 don't know'. Ontario is the heart of Canada and very little of its heritage is taught or revealed to the citizens. This is not budget cuts or a mothballing of the facility, this is closure, lost forever with a good chance the collection will be auctioned off, with likely the best of the Continued on page 6 The great Canadian movie - not yet How is it that other countries, particularly Australia and Ireland, can produce such beau- tiful and enlightening movies about their nation and their peo- ple and Canada makes films that depict us as a bunch of drug -addled, sex -crazed, mind - bent, morally -corrupt psy- chotics? Huh? On celluloid, Australia cele- brates its rugged, pioneer past, its wars, its triumphs, its tragedies. -See Gallipoli or Breaker Moran: or even Ballroom Dancing and you know the hard -but -huge heart that beats in the body of an Australian. Sweeping past the splendid vistas of an Irish landscape and into the tough and complicated lives of its people, you need only to see The Commitments, The Snapper or My Left Foot to know the humour and heart- break of a country imprisoned by its own social structure. On the other hand, almost every Canadian movie in the last 10 years could star Peewee Herman wearing garters and a raincoat in the male lead. And the female lead, as well. Erotica, Whale Music, The White Room, Black Robe, Roadkill, Highway 61, Johnny Mnemonic — all darkly psy- chological, emotionally brood- ing, humanly haunting, gender - blurring, sexually -depressing, artsy-fartsy pop cult droppings! The critics, of course, fawn over these films because if they wrote the truth and said they are not motion pictures but cine- matic nightmares that the direc- tor has been having lately, then they would be banned from the free galas and premiers and have their uniforms of black suits with black T-shirts taken away. Hence all the above men- tioned Canadian films are "criti- NEW TOWN SIGN? - No, in case you were wonder- ing if we simplified our town sign, - this photo comes from Lavern Hoegy of Seaforth, Ontario who recently visited Seaforth, Australia.Even Down Under they have good names for towns, eh mate? tally acclaimed." Gee, 1 have a swell idea: let's stop making movies for critics. There's 26 million other peo- ple in this country who'd like to team something about them- selves and their culture while licking butter off their fingers at the show. David Cronenberg, one of Canada's best makers of movies, is right now shooting his next film in Toronto, called Cra h. Ili last film was Naked Lunch, a movie in which the hero, a writer, mainlines rat poi- son into his veins, frolics with discharging mugwumps and frequently communicates with his typewriter, which talks back to him through an anal -like ori- fice. And after that, the story gets really weird. The film is adapted from a William Burroughs novel. An American, Burroughs in real life lost his wife in a — and this proves how little adventure there seems to be in marriages today — a "William Tell -type accident." I know what you're thinking. In Canada, like minedisas- ters and tragedies in the wilder- ness, there arc so many goofed - up guys having meaningful conversations with their type- writer, I'm glad somebody finally examined this phenome- non in a multi-million dollar movie, a lot of it funded with your tax dollars. I have no idea what kind of a film Crash will be, but the premise of this story is a man who derives sexual pleasure from car accidents. I know, your immediate reac- tion is to think back to that last accident where the guy rear- ended you and then stood around with his hands in his pockets and a stupid grin on his face. Don't jump to conclusions. It may not have been his fault. Perhaps his typewriter told him to do it. Maybe photo radar isn't dead after all, it's just been converted to cinematic purposes. And if they start issuing demerit points for distractions due to horniness on the high- way, there's going to be a lot of guys taking public transit in the not -too -distant future. What a novel idea — car accidents in and around the city of Toronto and people hanging around gawking! Note: Crash is not based on the newspaper headline that somebody sent me last week: "Women Testifies She Saw Sexual Intercourse Taking Place Between Two Parked Cars." This would, however, make a good story on Canadian multi- culturalism. Hero: "Yup, just - like I was sayin' — you let them foreign cars into this country and they'll be nailin' our domestics every chance they git!" I hope this doesn't seem like lin picking on David Cronenberg because I'm not. The photography and perfor- mance he got out of Peter Weller in Naked Luneli is clas- sic by any standards. He's a brilliant director hut his subject matter seems to come from Sigmund Freud's waste paper basket. My question is: if Cronenberg's counterpart, John Sayles, can produce Matewan, Eight Men Out and The Secaucus Seven, beautifully rendered films about the suc- cess and the shame of America, how come we have to try and relate to The FI ? We make a lot of movies in this country, we just don't make any about Canada; In all honesty, I can't recall seeing a Canadian movie that had anything relevant to say about us or our nation since Richard Farnsworth starred in The Grey Fox back in 1983. 1 know this kind of crotchety harangue makes me sound like I'm 71 years of age and plagued by irregularity hut just once couldn't somebody make a Canadian movie that has some- thing to do with Canada? Open with a wide shot of the Rockies, end with a fight on the Halifax docks, throw a bilingual biker war in between. A good-looking Mountie and dark-skinned beauty with a heaving chest that keeps taking you back to the opening shot of • the Rockies wouldn't hurt nei- ther. Man mows his lawn in December FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR DECEMBER 13, 1895 NEW HOUSE OF REFUGE - The formal opening of the new House of Refuge, recently completed by the county, and which is situated in the township of Tuckersmith, near Clinton, took place on Thursday of last week: Although the institution has been open for the reception of inmates for a month, the formal opening was deferred until the December meeting of the county council. *** QUICK WORK - On the morning of the 13th of Septem- ber, the barns and outbuildings on the farm of Mr. William Fotheringham were destroyed by fire, and on the 19th of November his stock was all comfortably stabled in his new barn. Mr. Alexander McBeath had the contract, and did not start to work at it for two weeks after the fire. The work was mostly done by four men. Besides being quick work, it is a well finished barn, which goes to show that Mr. McBeath thoroughly understands his business. Mr. Fotheringham says that he is well pleased with the work done by Mr. McBeath and his men; he says that they are hustlers, and if he had another barn to build Mr. McBcath would be his man every time. DECEMBER 10, 1920 Mr. James Beattie mowed his lawn on Friday, December 3rd. This is just about a record for Western Ontario and indicates the kind of weather we have been favoured with this fall. In the Years Agone Although Mr. Beattie has reached the four score mark, this is the first time he has ever had to cut his lawn in Decem- ber. * * * Mr. L. Aberhart has moved to Roxboro on the farm he recently purchased from Mr. Henry Cash, and Mr. Cash and family 'have got comfortably settled in their new home on James Street. DECEMBER 14, 1945 Committees of the Seaforth Lions Club arc at work com- pleting arrangements for Santa's visit here on Friday afternoon, Dec. 21st. Over 800 stockings will be given to school children of the district by Santa, and then the children will be guests of the club at the Regent Theatre. In charge of the Christmas tree arc Harold Jackson and Ed Chesney, and the small tree decorations will be looked after by Ed Smith and Frail Kling. The committee in charge of the picture show include M.A. Reid and N.C. Cardno, and the distribution of tickets will be made by W.J. Duncan, C.M. Smith and J. Beattie. Supplies and stockings will be in charge of J. Beattie and J.E. Keating, A large transfer of Seaforth real estate was completed last week when Mr. W.G. Gill purchased the Royal Apart- ments Block from the estate of the late H.B. Edge. The large three-storey brick dtlock, situated on the corner on Main and Goderich Streets houses on the ground floor the hardware store, tin shop and warehouse of Mr. G.D. Ferguson and the law office of K.I. McLean, while the second and third stories have been converted into apartments. * * * C.P. Sills was elected presi- dent of the, Bowling Club for 1945-46, and Rufus J. Winter was re-elected president of the Curlers at a joint meeting held in the Town Hall on Monday evening. The following bowling officers were elected for 1945- 46: President, C.P. Sills; vice- president, George Johnston; secretary, R.J. Sproat; treasurer, B.F. Christie; executive com- mittee, H.E. Smith, N.O. Free, John Hotham, Jr., Fred Johnston, R.J. Winter, Jack Kaiser; tournament secretary, M.A. Reid; chaplain, Rev. R.N. Williams; official referee, John Beattie; auditors, R.J. Winter, H.E. Smith; press reporter, W.M. Hart. Curling officers for the coming season are: President, R.J. Winter; vice-president, George Johnston; secretary - treasurer, E.C. Boswell; execu- tive committee, J.L. Slattery, Harold Jackson, Charles Bar- ber, Fred Johnston, Nelson Cardno, Jas. A. Stewart; audi- tors, D.H. Wilson, Charles Barber; official umpire, W.E. Southgate. DECEMBER 10, 1970 Few changes resulted in area municipalities as voters went to the polls on Monday to elect council and school board repre- sentatives. In Dublin, 145 voters out of 149 eligible cast ballots in an election for village trustees. Joc Cronin was returned to head the polls with 82 votes. The remaining positions went to Ken Whctham and Don MacRae who tied with 73 each. John Henderson of McKillop headed the polls as he was returned as one of two trustees to represent McKillop, Hullett, Blyth and Clinton on the Huron Board of Education. Dr. A. Addison of Clinton was the second trustee elected. Present trustees John Broadfoot of Brucefield and Mrs. Molly Kunder of Seaforth were returned to the Huron Board representing Scaforth, Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield while Michael Connolly was returned from the same area to the Huron - Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Mrs. Betty Cardno headed the polls in Scaforth with 527 votes repeating her election of two years ago when she also headed the polls. All members of the present council who sought office were re-elected. A new member, Dave Tremecr, received strong support with 400 votes polled. In Stanley Township in an election for council, Paul Steckle, a newcomer, headed the polls with 423 votes. In Tuckersmith, voters returned Cleave Coombs and Erwin Sillcry of the present council and newcomer Bert Branderhorst. ,4,