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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-12-27, Page 44 -TMX ,WR0N IZPOSITO . O•O«Mae 27, 1211 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR • Soles PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions - & Classifieds PAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter JOAN MELLEN - typesetter, proofreader BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Community Newspaper sUBSCRIP 1ON RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.96 G.S.T. ,5E ; - 25.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. ich. Stratford addressed: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -of Of -Area: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.76 G;S.T USA & Foreian: 28.00 o year in advance, plus $76.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt ' RIPRATES: weekly Si nal Star Publish.ing of 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held of Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the odvertisement will be paid for of the applicable rote In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn of ony time.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 undeliv- erable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, December 27, 1995 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 Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Letters to the Editor We pay thousands per second just for interest Dear Editor, Your piece on statistics was of interest. 1 love playing with figures....and statistics. Especially since somebody invented the calculator. Somebody on the radio said recently that the cost to taxpayers to pay the interest on Canada's national debt (only the interest) is around $42,000 a second. Few people grasp the real - differentc bofwoen 4- million dollars and a billion and a trillion. If a million dollars in shiny new $100 bills is put in a pile it is said that it ‘vould be, four inches high. My (usually faulty) math then suggests that a billion dollars would reach up to something in excess of 300 feet high....and a trillion would push through the clouds to about 60 miles high. - The one I like best is an old Indian legend where a king wanted to reward his grand vizier for inventing the game of chess. When asked what gift he would like, die grand vizier modestly kneeled before ' his king and said, `Majesty, give me one grain of wheat to put on the first square of this chessboard and two grams to put on the second and four grains on the third and eight on the fourth and so on, oh king, doubling the number for each succeeding square until all the squares arc filled.' ` You do not ask for much, my faithful servant,' replied the king as he called for a bag of grain to be brought to the throne room. The bag was emptied before the 20th square was reached and it was soon clear that all the grain in India could not supply the grains of wheat required numbering 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. Assuming that a bushel of wheat contains about five million grains, it would take about 4000 billion bushels to fill the chessboard to the 64th square....or the total world production of wheat for 2000 years. Counting the star is difficult but not impossible. Those above the horizon can be seen on a clear moonless night and with patience can be counted. At. the rate of one a second, the 2000 visible to the naked eye could be counted in about half an hour....and from another hemisphere a different 2000 could be seen and counted. Move up to binoculars and ice 50,000 more and 100,000 if you can find a three-inch telescope. If you really feel ambitious and can spare the time to look through the telescope on Mount Wilson you can spot a half a billion and count them. At one a second it would take just a few days under 100 years. Although atoms can't be seen, if they could, and could be counted, the total number in the universe.written down would look something like this....300,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000. Space and time and velocity and all those wild and crazy things that Einstein fooled around with are, in his words, 'easy to understand but often hard for the layman to believe.' Like the guy off somewhere on one of our own milky way galaxy stars who invents a super new telescope and decides to have a look at what's happening on planet earth. Does he see you and I waving back at him? No, he sees the Battle of Hastings or maybe Hanibal crossing the Alps with a bunch of elephants....or 'Flinstones-like' cavemen from a million years before Christ cutting up a dinosaur for supper. Hotentot tribes in the jungle did not have numbers in their vocabulary beyond 3. It was no doubt a much less complicated and less stressful life than ours for if you ask the mother how many children she has and it is more than three site simply says' many.' Cheers, Clare Westcott Injury prevention plan in works for Huron/Perth Dear Editor, We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Janice I,.conhardt of , Seaforth Community Hospital for participating in the Huron/Perth Injury Prevention Planning Committee. Fifteen individuals have spent the last two months discussing what could be done to help prevent injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes, falls, cycling collisions and farm incidents in both Huron and Perth counties. They will spend the next two months formalising an injury prevention plan which is to be presented to the original committee and the District Health Council. The contributions by these individuals is greatly appreciated. If you have any ideas to assist us with recommendations to decrease injury in your community please contact the above individuals or myself. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a safe and injury free New Year. Brenda Edgar Injury Prevention Project Co-ordinAtor Close-up Frogs top town hall lire coverage ( NOTE: The week that Seaforth's Town Hull burned down on Market Street in 1891, with the town's fire department inside, the story didn't make the front page of that week's The Huron Ex- positor. Instead, among other things, that edition's front page had a scoop on a six - pound frog on exhibition in St. Catharines, captured at Garner's Pond in Fenwick by John H. Broderick of Louth. "The frog is said to be the great grandfather of all the frogs in the adjoining townships, The Expositor commented. News was defined dif- ferently back then, when Seaforth's paper even had a bureau in Michigan and regularly carried reports from Britain and the United States. Buried on the back page, near the bottom, of that week's Expositor was the report on the big lire. The new Town Hall Seaforth ended up building, is the one that now adorns our Main Street, now insured for a replacement value of more than a million dollars, which Seaforth Council is currently trying to figure out what to ao with in the future. We thought it would be interesting to browse through some of our old editions to see what we could find on our then -new -but -now -old Town Hall, and the following reports are reprinted ver- batim, with only the odd new paragraph started and sub- heads inserted, to break up the abundance of type.) Apg 28, 1891 THE TOWN HALL IN ASHES --About half past three o'clock on last Sunday mor- ning nl*st of the citizens of this town wcrc aroused from their peaceful slumbers by the unearthly strains 6f the steam fire alarm whistle. It did not take long to locate the fire as the flames wcrc bright and high by the time most people got out. The old town hall and market building were in flames, and the fire had gained such headway by the time assistance arrived that nothing could be saved, the building and entire contents falling a prey to the devouring element. The buil- ding was old and somewhat dilapidated, but it contained a considerable amount of valuable town property. There was stored in it the hose, hose carts, hook and ladder carriage and all the apparatus belonging to the lire department, also several electric light lamps, a lot of wire, tools and sundry other articles. The new street - watering tank, which had been erected this spring at the end of the building, and which cost about $150, was also destroyed. However, there is meat cause for thankfulness that we have not to deplore the destruction of a considerable portion of the town, including the magnificent pile of buil- dings and valuable machinery and stock belonging to the Broadfoot & Box Furniture Company. HOSE INSIDE The building was large and of very inflammable material and made a terribly hot fire, and the waterworks were rendered useless, and the citizens prac- tically helpless, as the hose and all the accompanying applian- ces were in the burning buil- ding and could not be got out. Stearn at the waterworks had been got up promptly and in short order, and had . the hose been got out the fire could easily have been drowned out of the building before it got to its worst. Mr. Broadfoot had some hose which he kept , for use in his factory, and with that his lumber piles near the bur ning building and the walls of his factory building were kept cooled. With this and the calmness of the aunostphere, and the heroic efforts of the firemen and others with buck- ets, the fire was kept from spreading, although cinders wcrc flying in every direction and alighting on the adjoining buildings, but these were closely watched and promptly extinguished. So that, further than a slight scorching .the buildings in the vicinity were not injured, although the owners of them were badly frightened, as they had good cause to bc. Had there been anything of a strong wind blowing in almost any direc- tion, in view of the helpless condition in which the people wcrc, it is difficult to say where the fire might have stopped, as it was surrounded on all sides by buildings, large and small and mostly of inflammable material. The fire was first noticed .by a young man named Edmonds who resides on the west side of the building. The light shining Continued on page 3 GREGOR CAMPBELL PHOTO ANOTHER ANGLE ON TOWN HALL - This slightly distorted photo of Seaforth's Town Hall shows the "new" structure that was built in 1891 after a fire destroyed the original town hall. The story above and on page 5 tells of the ordeal. Seaforth man to dog -sled to oil fields FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR JANUARY 3, 1896 CHRISTMAS TREE ENTERTAINMENT - The entertainment given by the pupils of St. James' church Sunday school, in Cardno's hall, on Friday evening last, was a great success. The plat- form was neatly arranged for the occasion. The opening chorus by the Sunday school children was well rendered, in fact no excep- tion could be taken to any of the numbers executed by the various performers, while the Scotch dancing by the McMann children was especially enjoyed. The boat scene was equally taking, and reflected great credit on the participants. The accompaniments during the evening were played by Miss Marie Kidd, and were executed with great taste and skill, while the piano used was furnished by Mr. John Downey, the local agent for the Kam Organ & Piano Company, Of Woodstock., * * * SHALL THE COWS RUN AT LARGE? - The rate -payers of McKillop arc invited to vote on this ever -important question at the municipal elections; in this township, on Monday next. Those who desire a by-law passed, prohibiting all animals from running at large. will be asked to signify their desire on that date, and those who do not will do the same. This vote is to be taken for the guidance of the council in the matter. * * * BULL PURCHASED - Mr. David Ross, cast of Winthrop, has purchased from Mr. William Ross, of Stanley, the superior thoroughbred bull, Perfections Heir," purchased as a yearling from Mr. David Milne, of Ethel; for $130. This . animal is now three In the Years Agone years old, is dark red in colour, and is one of the best of the kind in the county. As a 'year • old he took second prize at the Brucefield show, in a ring of six, and the following year won the same honours. JANUARY 7, 1921 FOR NORTHERN OIL FIELDS - An Edmonton paper of a recent date contains the following news item which will be of interest to many of our readers, as Mr. Ncis is a for- mer resident of Seaforth and is well known in this section. "Tony Neis, a well known and experienced trader and explorer in the north, will be the first adventurer to get under way for a winter trip to the Mackenzie river oil fields. He has had three big dog sleds specially built for the purpose, and is now getting his dog teams ready. The fact that Fort Norman is a long way off and will mean hard travelling has not discouraged Mr. Neis in his plans for an ovdrland journey this winter, for from past experience he knows exactly what is ahead of him, and he will make his prepara- tions accordingly. He has not yet definitely set a date for beginning the trip, but hopes to get away early in the season." * * * FIREMEN ELECT OFFICERS - At the annual meeting of the Seaforth Fire Brigade, held in their rooms on Tuesday evening. last, and which was very largely attended by menilsers, the following officers were elected for the coming year: Chief, A.R. Box; Captain, R.O. Parke; assistant Captain, John Cumming; Secretary, H.R. Scott; Treasurer, G.A. Sills. JANUARY 4, 1946 Hereditary hockey rivals, Clinton Colts and Seaforth Bosharts tangled in the opening game of the Intermediate "B" OHA here Thursday night of last week, but failed to reach a decision, when they battled to a 3-3 tie. Attended by a large crowd of enthusiastic fans, the game produced a nagged type of play, with 14 penalties being imposed, the homesters draw- ing eight of thein. Both teams scored two goals in the first period, and it was not until the third period, and it was not until the third period that each nicked another to wind up with three apiece. SEAFORTH - Goal, V.Hesse; defence, Nicholson Hubert; centre, McFadden; wings, Hay, O'Shea; alternates, F. Sills, T. Sills, Shantz, Morrison, Elwood, Yeandle. CLINTON - Goal, . Brush; defence, Cook, Cucquebom; centre, McEwan; wings, Cunter and McEwan; alternates, Schoenhals, Bartliff, Miller, Lockwood. ** Apparently well satisfied with the conduct of Seaforth town business, little interest .was shown in the nomination meet- ing held in the Town Hall on Monday evening last, as only a handful of ratepayers were in attendance, and all offices were filled by acclamation. At the close of the nomina- tion hour the following nomi- nations had been made for Mayor and Council, Reeve J.F. Daly's name being the single. name for the Reeveship: For Mayor - F.S. Sills, JJ. Cluff and M.A. Reid. For Council - Thc six former members of council: J.E. Keating, M.A. Reid, F.S. Sills, I. Hudson, R.D. Parke, N.Hubert, and William Edgar, Sidney Pullman and W.A. Wright. The three latter did not qualify, leaving the old council in by acclamation. For PUC Commission - Kenneth M. Campbell. JANUARY 7, 1971 Seaforth Community Hospital's first baby of 1971 was born at 12:32, Sunday, January 3. Thc first arrival was a 7 lb. 7 oz. boy, the first child of Bill and Katie Teal! of Godcrich St., Seaforth. The Tealls have named their son William Scott. The baby and his parents will receive an impressive array of gifts from area merchants including Mainstrcct Variety, Box Furniture, Hildebrand Paint and Paper, Canadian Tire, Read's Shoes and Luggage, Anstett Jewellers, Wilkinson's IGA, Geo. A. Sills and Sons, Keating's Pharmacy Ltd., Stedman's dealer and staff, Gingerich's Sales and Service, Smith's Superior Store, Seaforth Jewellers and Stewart Bros. *** The winners of the Expositor's annual Christmas colouring contest have been chosen by Miss Mable Tumbull who again acted as judge for the event. First prize went to Heather McPherson, aged 11, of Seaforth. Eleven -year-old Kim Anstett, of SFaforth was the second prize winner and Gayle Siemon, aged 5, of RR 1 Bornholm, placed third. Miss Turnbull said the judg- ing task was extremely hard this year as the winners had to be culled from almost a thou-' sand entries from as far away as Hamilton and Toronto.