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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-01-03, Page 741—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 3, /fes Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager 6 Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR . Sales 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 SU8 CRIPTON RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SEN - 25.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Sf_olford addresses: 28.00•o year, in advance, plus 7,28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Ovt-of Of -Arco: 28.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 11.44 postpge, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA & foreign: 28.00 o year in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt IJBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing of 100 Main S1.; Seoforth. Publication moil registration No. 0696 held at 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 advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote. In the event of o typggrophical error; odverlising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold.. Advertising is merely on offer to sett and may withdrawn al any.lime. T e Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss ar damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materiels used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliv- erable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. - - Wednesday, January 3, 1998 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 1W0 Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association' and the Ontario Press Council fetters to the Editor Concerns over cost of move of Home Care Dear Editor, To The Taxpayers of Huron. ' County: We are writing this letter. as •.oncerncd taxpayers of Huron . County and employees of the Huron County Alpine Care Program.. • In, January 1996 the, County • is planning to move the Home_ Care Program to the .newly renovated Health .and Library-. Complex, froma'•facility. in Clinton that will then be sitting, empty. The taxpayers will continue to pay the rent, and upkeep on this empty building until August -of 1997. -At the same time, rent will lxi.paidat the new_facility. Added to this, • will be the significant cost of moving, plus -computer -ancl .phone installations. The actual move over ap- proximately four business days will cause considerable disrup- tion to the people • Home Caro serves. We question -how this expcn• - • diturc at this time of cutbacks, • at all levels of•governnlcnt; can be justified. • If you share our -concerns _ please contact your local • Reeve. Sincerely, Concerned Case Managers, Therapists and Support Staff. Signed on behalf 'of: Clara Alexander Margaret Anderson Beverly Anstett, Hellen Beastly Me.rrilyn Black Jane Bromley Sheila Dolmagc Chris Etue Susan Fair Alisa Frayne Karen Fry Debbie Gable Pam Gordon - Joanne Hardy_ Donna Harris Laurie Henderson Fran Hook Jenny Huibcrs Lisa Lane Beverly Lecorntc Dianne Morris Faye Murray Joan Mowbray Linda Reid Louise Sloan Linda Suplat Marlene Thornton Nancy Walker Joanne Wareham Centenaires can make it all the way in 1996 Dear Editor, Recently,,, I attended' to a local, Jr. D hockey game. The game was entertaining but noticed thc change in hockey through the years. I could remember the great season had in 85-86. While watching the gaine it was as if time had, moved back. The calibre of tho 95-96 loam reminded me of 85-86, but something was different! The team looked frustrated!- I . couldn't believe the talent on the team but there was something missing. They. looked like the 85-86 team, but they sure were not playing like them. They .looked unor- ganized, confused and lost on the ice. • The 85-86 team had heart, determination, will power and organized skillsmanship. They never looked back. ' It was as if the wanted it so bad win or lose' that they could taste the champions. 1 think the players need a little reminder what ' winning is all about; deter- mination, fun and committed will -power. Scaforth should be the champions this year. They should remember they arc not playing for themselves, they are playing for the team. and the town we all love, Scaforth! I promise you, if you win, you not only win for Scaforth, you win for yourself and the 'team. Remember its -a team effort! You have t� feel the emouons of the crowds. when you're on the ice. Win for them, for yourself and the town of Scaforth. There isn't one team I've watched that the Cents should lose to: Sed you in the finals. A concerned fan, Kevin .Cardno • P.S. Champions - ' 95-96 - "Scaforth Centenaires:. This is the year you can do it! - Seaforth youth grqup to participate in 30 -hour famine Dear Editor, The embers of the Scaforth District'Youth Group arc pleased to say the "Much Music Dance" was a great success. Approximately 240 people showed up and we were only $97 under the expense of the dance. We would like to thank all parents and adult volunteer for helping us with this, and all of the youths for attending the dance. Other events that • the youth group has been involved with- ' were "The Santa Clause Parade", and other teen dances. We arc also going to be par- ticipating in the 30 -hour famine this year. Anyone • interested in . par- ticipating in the 30 -hour famine please contact Jen at 527-2659. Thankyou again for all your support towards the youth group. Jen Kaufman Don't blow up the planet yet!! You' be happy to know information in their story. aliens f m Venus arc watching They elaborate a little on the over pl t Earth so we don't claim of "Natural _ cores to destroy rselvcs. banish almost . all deadly dis- I was enlightened by this- cases." Supposedly they found amazing story- in the Ncw a large supply of seeds in a Year's ition of Sun, a close sealed metal chest on the Ark second the sold -out Weekly that cangrow many -or all of World News - for the best in these lost plants, according to a scientific and apocalyptic _ botanical- expert. So 1 guess breakthroughs. there's really nothing left to The real name for those worry about, except the end of extraterrestrials frim Venus the world: - who have been "guiding our evolution for millions of years" - Here's a run-down of how (even though humans haven't human beings will spend their been around for a million last days: years) is too hard to pronounce 'Although the coming Deluge according to the Sun report. So (floods, earthquakes, - hurri- -scientist Man Mosety calf canes, more constitutional them "Aetherians," which he debate) will wipe out most life .says is a Greek word meaning on. Earth, the scrolls. also say "one who travels through mankind will escapeEarth and ether." (Or one who sniffs too settle on distant planets. - much ether). Of -course the cover story for the Jan. 2 Sun is: Noah's Tomb Discovered. Sorry, that's not quite right. It's more like: "NOAH'S TOMB DISCOVERI Dlnittillim Although those -zany Sun reporters claim that scrolls discovered in the tomb reveal: - • How to make it to Heaven and - - _Secret of life after death (to name a few), they don't bother including any of this important Scott's Thoughts by Dave Scott angels had sex with humans and created a master race but they were destroyed in the first flood. And God intended us to "There, we will meet -the evil be vegetarians, according to angels who caused the first this exclusive - Sun report Deluge. That meeting will (something that beef, pork and result in a 'Star Wars' battle chicken producers won't be too between mankind and the evil thrilled to hear but will make angels, the long -predicted final the Tofu Marketing Board confrontation -between good happy).. and evil, or -Armageddon Just in .case you ., weren't (which will feature a fist -fight satisfied with any of the other between Pierre Trudeau and dozens of theories on how the Brian Mulroney) ' dinosaurs became extinct, Just a few of the other startl- here's a Sun newsflash: ing discoveries in Noah's "DINOSAURS DIED OUT Tomb include information that AFTER GOING GAY" - Herman Szymanski, a Texas geneticist, says radiation from the sun turned dinosaurs gay. He fears the same fate may be in store for. humans. (Time to get out the sun -screen). Turning to monster news... swamp monsters are roaming the Florida Everglades, accord- ing to the Sun. The monsters have been caused by toxic waste in water and have been described by eye -witnesses as: "weirdos_ who looked " like alligators with human heads and legs. Bigfoot has now been spotted' -in - a remote Tibetan valley (possibly on a spiritual journey). - And the Abominable Snowman, or Yeti, has been causing avalanches around the- world (probably because he was refused a -lift ticket on thc ski slopes). Back to -UFO's - a Californian - pilot, who was possibly kidnapped for five days by a UFO, recently reap- peared. . "He was .babbling, .acting craiy. We couldn't understand a word he said. Worst of all was his appearance - his beard and his disordered condition - It is possible this pilot was abducted, by 'a spacecraft from other. universes," (or went to the Centenaires' Ncw Year's dance). Farmer's. league hockey was fun in Depression l BY V.J. LANE • brick yard, Mill road and two subs. *The following article is Winthrop. The gameat that time was reprinted from - the Someone contracted me by . more often- interrupted by rule Centennial edition of the phone to know if I could put infractions, kicking the puck, Huron Expositor. The author • a team in from St. Columban, : offside passes, etc., and was is now deceased. . knowing I loved the game not as fast as today with the First let me explain this is and had played some in prior red line forward passing, but not my type of writing. C' years. 1 agreed to give it a in my opinion had more stick know there arc several who try, attended a meeting with handling and in some ways participated in this at that the arena manager; Mr. Chas. was . more ..interesting to time still living who could do Holmes, and he agreed to' let watch.' - - a mu'h better job than I but us play a double header' Strangely'enough when the. rather than risk the possibility Saturday nights for a fee of four teams were picked and of it going unnoticed, I am 25 cents each. He didn't think agreed_ upon;. there was no going to tell the story. After - of getting -any paying - - team that had any great all it does present a lessen for customers, but .alter the first advantage, two or three goals the younger generation and- Saturday's fan participation, - at the most. The lineups of brings back memories to the - Mr. Holmes was contacted the four teams -as they -Wear onesolder who participated in and agreed to charge 15 cents - in the. '30-'31 season' I am fan admission and- pay each. - listing here. The McMillan club five dollars. They could Cup was in competition for have some means of buying several years -after and games sticks, etc. He was -also to . became more and more pay the referees Russ Holmes - professional with different and Gordon. Muir. to handle teams entering and •different the games. players. The rules were strict. You '30-`31 LINE-UPS could not use a player from -Mill • Road: -Goal, Geo. outside your arca: Players McCartney; Def, W. Wright; could not be participating in - Wilson McCartney; Centre, other organized hockey and • Don . Dale; . Wings, Art must be farmers or belong to Nicholson, 'Lark' Coleman; a farm organization. - -subs, D. McIntosh, .Zape Now for the benefit of Elliott: those who are not familiar Winthrop: Goal, Bill with hockey as played in Montgomery; Def, Scott those days --first of all, this (Little; Centre , Neil was natural ice. The old arena Montgomery; Wings, Tim was purchased by Ball- Eaton; - Dorrance; Subs, - Macaulay about 1948. Scott, A. Montgomery. NO REDLINE Brick Yard: Goal, J. There was no red line in McMillan; Def, Paul and Jim those days, no forward Doig; Wings, R. Archibald, passing or body checking, G. Reynolds; Sub, - McKay, except behind the blue line, F. Reynolds. • it, and attended -most if not all Of the games in -those days. Perhaps it should he explained why the league was formed. In those days there was no work and no money. If you had a job cutting wood or choring for a farmer, SI a day was tops.. Factories in cities and towns, likewise had nothing to offer. Around Seaforth at that time we had. something to cat, you made your own fun and it had to be .cheap. I am told by some that 'young fellows' from Tuckersmith, Robert Archibald, Doigs, McCartneys, Art Nicholson, and perhaps more held a meeting in Ott Dick's Hotel for the purpose of forming a Jr. Farmers Hockey League. DONATES CUP Some of them contacted Thos. McMillan, M.P. for no -kicking the puck. You had St. Columban: Goal, H. Huron, 10 donate a ..cup, to stick handle the puck in Matthews; Def, V. -Lane, Leo which he did, . The teams centre ice much more than Hicknell; Ctre, J. Daly; involved were to be Sproat'S today. Each team was allowed Wings, J. Moms, J. Malone; • Safecrackers bust into creamer . y Subs, E. Malone, J. Moylan. Some of these players are now deceased. . - The final -playoffs were at St. Columban VS Mill Road. • Although the competition was keen with everyone _ giving his- best, there was never a display of poor sportsmanship or any temper flareup. Although the fans were from the surrounding townships, including a great part of the town cheering for - their favourite teams, to my knowledge there was never a flareup there. -• NO MONEY My answer for this is simple. As I have mentioned, at that - time no one had money. If 'a small minority had, it didn't appear that way. All we had was fricnds and - none would sacrifice that to settle arguments. Todays it's much different. Everyone has money, at least they appear to h&,e. Friends are not so important. I fyou have money, everything is so inflated that you cannot help but wonder when it will 'blow up" Are we not now wpndering why somewhere between the 30's and the present why someone did not invent a safety valve to protect an explosion? I trust that my description of one of the happenings of those days as related to you in my own awkward way, will serve as a remembrance to Centennial readers and perhaps as well be of some value to others who were only in blossom at that time. FROM TNF. PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR JANUARY 10, 1896 TUCKERSMITH ELEC- TIONS - There was a spirited contest in this township for the positions of deputy -reeve and councillors. The following is a statement of the votes cast: Deputy -Reeve, - John B. McLean - division No. 1, 77; 2, 29; 3, 67; 4, 52; total, 225; Peter McKay - division No. I, 39; 2, 21; 3, 30; 4, 52; total, 142; majority for Mr. McLean, 83. Councillors, - John McCloy, 227; Abncr Cosens, 224; James Gemmill, 193; James Patterson, 182; J. Aikenhcad, 60. The council for the current year will be composed as follows: John Shepherd, reeve; John B. McLean, deput- reeve; John McCloy, A. Cosens, and James Gemmill, councillors. The .cow by-law is to be retained, by a majority of 20. * * * LOCAL BRIEFS - We notice that the steamship "Dominion," on which Mr. George Abell; of this town, was a passenger, having in charge 160 sheep belonging to Mr. Robert Win- ter, for Bristol, .England, went ashore on the south coast of Ireland. All the passengers got off safe. Mr. Vervacke, who left here before Christmas with a cargo of valuable horses for the old •ountry, had the misfortune to lose six before landing. In the Years Agone JANUARY 14, 1921 At a public meeting of The citizens of Scaforth held last fall to discuss the matter of a hospital for the town, of F.G. Neelim, J.J. Meurer, M.P., M. Broderick, R.G. Parke, Jas. Cowan and A.D. Sutherland, Chairman, to secure informa- tion as to the probable cost and maintenance of such.an. institu- tion. The necessary information secured by this committee has been very fully embodied in their report to the town council. HENSALL BRIEFS - With the very mild weather of thc past week some of the farmers were plowing in this section, and some have also tapped their trees, which is something wonderful for this time of year and speaks for the mildness of the winter so far. JANUARY 11, 1946 - Seaforth Creamery was entered by safecrackers early Friday moming, for the second time in the past six months. A half -ton safe containing $600 in cash, was carried away and later found on the Staffa road, live miles south and two and a half mile cast of Scaforth, near the fann of Cecil Murray. Froin tire marks it is believed that the thugs used a half -text truck, as the safe was too large to be carried in a car, and there is every indication that three or four men wcrc engaged in conveying the safe from the office to the truck which was backed up to the front door. There was every indication, too, that the robbery was- the work of the same -gang who operated a few months ago, or a new gang that had been fully tipped off on the lay of the premises,and the dttficulty of getting ,fie strong box out of the safe. On the occasion of the first robbery the thugs suc- ceeded in getting the door of the safe open, but were unable to dist ge the. strongbox, which wa welded to the back of the safe, before they were frightened away. * * * Pte. J.A. McNab, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McNab, of Seaforth, returned recently from overseas, after sen ice with the Lorne Scots Regiment in Britain and in the Mcditerrean theatre. * * * Scaforth Bosharts chalked up their second victoa y in the Intel mediate "B" UHA race when they defeated the visiting WfCxodstock Legion team 9-2 here Thursday night last. R. McFadden, Boshart's centre, led the scoring spree with four goals and three assists. It was .a fairly cyan game with only one or two tnix-ups. In one of them, in front of the Scaforth goal, Goaltcnder Hesse was accidentally cut over the left eye in the first period. The game was delayed five minutes while he was temporarily patched up. During thc intermission duce stitches were needed to close the cut. JANUARY 14, 1971 Mrs. Kenneth McClure, RR 4, Walton, was appointed clerk -treasurer for the Town- ship of McKillop at the inaug- ural meeting of the council at Winthrop on' Monday. She has been temporary. clerk -treasurer sin.: December 8, succeeding* Wilson Little.' * *.* Plans and preparations for the 4th Annual Optimist sponsored Winter Carnival arc almost complete. The Carnival will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, January 22, 23 and 24. Club officials arc expecting up to 5,000 people for the three day event. - Work at Agricultural Park, where much of the activity will be based, has been underway for some time now. The track has been plowed and condi- tioned for a races, snowfcncc for ccontrol and safety has been erected and work on the buildings and booths is almost complete.