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• Wednesday, January1O, 1996
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Editorial
Money istown's
second biggest export
Some people might say Scaforth's biggest export is famous
people, with hockey players taking the lead (as we've recently
w,itnessed with Mike Watt as a member ol''the world champion
Canadian National Junior Team). You could also say thin just
"people," regardless of their fame, is the town's biggest export.
It's nosecret Seal -twill is ,considered a retirement town in an
agricultural community, There .has been. a trend for many years
for young people to move away to both go to schobl and to work.
Some rctum after a fcvv years in the city. Many don't. What we
have to ensure is lhal.thcrc is a town left kir young single people
and young. families to return to. , -
Unfortunately with Seaforth's biggest erixirt beirig people, it's
'other biggest export seems Bilis money. And that's not just from
former Seaforth residents who now'live in other places. It's' the
• money of our presentipopulatioa that leaves town and ends.up in
the pockets and bank accounts of out-of-town businesses. -
With a fairly slow Christmas season lir IH, IIy downtown
merchants and the appearance of Wal-Mart on the .cine, it is
once again time to remind our resident~ of the il.Iportancc of
shopping locally. C'arolannc Doig made some c.,. client poin`ls
during her speech at .the Seaforth BIA Christmas party about
shopping locally: Like many of us, she had- travelled out of town
to find things she didn't know she could buy locally, Some at du
same or lower price here. - .
But it's not just the savings in time or gasoline, shopping locally
has a lot of hidden benefits, too. To borrow from a recent
editorial by Blyth publisher Keith Rouf sloe when your child's
hockey, ringcttc , or baseball team is look lag for ,support and
sponsors, it's not going to bc the out-of-town walls or store., like
Wal-Mart that arc going to give you money to put their nap,- on
the back of'a jersey. It's going to be local businesses that donate
their hard-earned cash to help out' your children. -
In many ways the economy of a small town is like hoose of
cards. And with empty stores becoming a common site on Main-
Street, its structure is collapsing. Our businesses are our founda-
lion. We're the mortar that holds them together.
It's time for honk- renovations 'in your home town. - DVl'S•,
Letters to the Editor
Hay Days this year
Dear Editor,
I lay Township, Huron
County, will be celebrating its
sesquicentennial during 1996
using the 'Hay Days '96'
logo. An invitation is
extended to all those with an
interest or roots in the
township • to attend • the
planned festivities: '
A book detailing the
townships 150 years of
progress including its'
incorporation in 1846 and the
purchase of an official Hay
Township seal is aptly titled
'Hay Township Nij,hlights'.
Many township - family
histories have been included
making this vol;nnc - a
wonderful historical addition
to any- personal library. The
book will be for sale in
January. Anyone purchasing a
copy will also receive a 'Way
Days '96' Schedule of
Events.
We know there aie many
more people who - should
know about the festivities and
are not on our mailing list.
Please help us to contact
the.sc m i sscd'
fani'lies/persons by sending
us their names and addresses.
Homecoming. Weekend will
be held, June 28 - July 1,
1996 in Zurich, Ontario.
Thanks to those w ho have
already responded and if you
think of anyone else, please
send their names and
addresses to Dale and Marie
Dignan, 19 Daniel Street,
hie:Estill, ON, -NSC I X -S, See
your at the Hay Days '96
celebrations!
Dale and Mari: Dignan
Ilay Days '96
Steering 'ommittec
Hall to be restored
Dear Editor,
Thc Londesboro Hall is
being restored by , the
Londesboro Lions Club and
thc people of the community.
Thc hall was built in 1922,
destroyed by fire in 1932, and
rebuilt and opened again in
September 1932.
If anyone has pictures or
stories of the parade that was
held on Scpt. 1, 1932, we
would be interested in
obtaining these and would
return. them.
An' official opening and
dedication of the hall is
planned for May 1996. Please
send pictures or stories to the
undersigned.
Ilelen Lee
2 Victoria St.
Londesboro, ON NOM 21-10
Opinion
1995 was a good year for quotes
1995 was a good year for
quotes, but not a great year.
Nothing really profound like
Pierre Berton's often repeated
line: "A Canadian is somebody
who knows how to make love
IU . i-Iloe.'
I t,.-. cr I. new if Pierre was
cnhci/t'tg our careful style of
love -making or praising -our
Moat -building expertise.
Nothing really stinging like. -
director Billy Wilder's words
upon seeing the huge crowd
that showed up for•Lows B.
Meyer's funeral: "It just goes to
show, give the public whatit
wants and they'll show up!"
My favorite quotes from the
past year were things. people
said and then kindawished they
hadn't. •
Like Joseph VanWart, Robert
White and John O'Brien who,
while travelling west from Ncw
York, stropped and picked up a
dog. later identified as Buddy,
as hcdug through trash on a
highway near Central Islip,
Ncw York. • -
Thc boys were quite pleased
they'd saved a dog from poverty
and perhaps being hit by a car. •
Thc four of thein travelled
through Ncw-Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West
Virginia, Kentucky; Missouri,
Kansas and -finally to their •
home town of Fori ('ollins,
Colorado.
And then came the words that
make all guys proud: "That's
when we discovered," said one
of the young men who wished
to remain anonymous, "that •
Buddy had tags."
Buddy hails from Central
Islip, Ncw York and has since
been returned there safely. •
• ,
Soptetunes the first words
oul of your mouth make for a
most memorahle.answcr and
one a prosecutor can often build
a case around..
When police investigators in
Wausau, Wisconsin asked John
Sadogierski, whom they
accused of killing and eating a
trumpeter swan and a sandhill
crane, what exactly crane tastes
likerthe alleged poacher's
immediate answer was: "Bald
eagle." (Chicken was the cor-
rect answer.) The protest sign which said it
- all for mein 1995 was carried
by -a meek little guy sitting
across from the. courthouse in
Los Angeles during jury delib-
erations, across from O.J.
Simpson supporters carrying •
signs that Said: "If it doesn't fit,
you must acquit!" .
Amid all the- madness, this
man's sign read: "If they acquit,
they're full of
Some quotes in 1995 were
uniquely Canadian.
Said Master Corporal John
Tescione, of Toronto, the
peacekeeper who was shot six
times by Serbs and survived: "D
. actually had an'awesomc time
there and would go hack -again.
Define "awesome," Johnny.
A Canadian soldier accused
of sexual assault in Croatia, ,
after consuming a litre of red
wine, some brandy and between
12 and 14 ounces of Samhuca
described himself as "fairly
drunk."
Fairlv-drunk'' I looked it -up
and, according to the Official
Peacekeepers Conduct Manual,
this kind of consumption, when
accompanied by eggs. is known
William
Phomas
as the Canadian Airh(xne
"Grand Slain Breakfast."
Said a Canadian immigration
adjudicator about a former
Somali diplomat fighting
deportation: "He's a liar with no
L dibility, but he can stay in
('a • (la..
Ok v, hul if he runs for and
- wins( leadership of the feder-
al Prog •sive Conservative
Party. I fo one don't -think -
wc'rc uncle : ny obligation to.
vote for him.
Sometimes you don't have to
actually,understand a quote to
get the message. Like
when Judge Eutene Chambers,
of Houston. told the guard who'
kepi asking hits for his photo
badge every time he entered his
own court: "Up your (deleted;
with a bucket of red paint 1
believe that's how the artist
Chrism got started.
• Two quotes that say some-
thing about..the difference
between being a Canadian and
being an American. -
About thc marriage of his
mother Sonia, 88. to Harry
Blechman, 95, after They court-
ed for 50 years, Toronto's Harry
-Live said: "I wouldn't call this a
whirlwind romance,'
• Abut strange goings-on in
their home in (bsta.Mcsa,
California which prompted
neighbours to call police. 71 -
ycar-old "Wild" Bill Goodwin
explained: "We're not just tak-
ing offour clothes and having
sex. We also got •karaoke'"
By year's end.l got tired of -
receiving requests from men
who read in this column about a
Hubble Space Telescope siory - _
and photographs of. a new -star_
formation called Eagle Nebula., ' 4 -
I'm only.going-to say this
once - -- there is -nothing to get
-excited about - the -word was
tips. alrightt.' The quote: ".... a-
new -shape With tips larger than
our solar system." I can't come
to your house: you have to get
over this on your own.
And .ports fans. yes, when
asked if he saw a story about
Beirut in the morning paper,
Yinka Dare. of the,NBA's New
JaNets, nd: "Yoou '
meanssy the greatdid homeresporun hit
ter!"
And finally. the words of a ,
true believer at Christmas time,
the woman who called a pet ,
specialty shop in Buffalo, New
York to order a sweater fox her •'
poodle and when told she must
.measure the dog to determine
the correct sue replied; "Oh no, ,
f wouldn't do that' I want this to '-
he a surprise!"
SANDRA DALE PHOTO
HORNS OF HIBBERT - Christie brothers Murray ,and Roger entertained the crowd at the Hibbert Township New Year:
Levee. -held Sunday in Dublin with the help of Mary F.-Dowe on piano. Many were on hand for the annual celebration. - -
moves to-Brookl n
Seaforth d�ctor,y
Reese of Hcnsall, v ts elected
- FROM THE PAGES OF f . Warden of Huron county for
THE HURON EXI'OSI"1'OR t
— + :�• ' :, 19-16. He was 'c Coo in r
JANUARYr 17, 1896 , 111 he Yeal s Ago ne, = ! caucus of II Conservative.
members. Reeve.• Flugh Berry,,
. of Usbome, runner-up for the
number • of years. H: is offering ' honour, was unanimously
his dwelling house and lot for . appointed later in the; session to
sal.. It will be a nice little the •Criminal Audit Board for -
honte for someone v. ho -Wishes one year.
to retire. • JANUARY 21, 1971
JANUARY 18, 1946 . Principals in Huron County
Messrs. J.J. and \.F. Cluff,' have :been. advised that
sura Suing memtkrs of the firm students' - lockers shall .not be
of N: Cluff & Sons. one of the opened without out the knowl-
oldest established and most edge of the student .involved
suc:cssful business.- firms .in and. his being present at:the '
Seaforth.. or - Huron County, time of opening thc`locker.
has; disposed of their lumber Thc ruling was made follow -
mill:, yards and coal business ing a complaint to the board by
to Seaforth Supply and -Fuel Charles H. Thomas, reeye of
Limited, the new fi: in taking Grey Township that 18 students
over on Tuesday of this week. and • several ratepayers have
The firm wits established by approached him • to • indicate
the late Noble Clubb well over their annoyance at..choot staff
60 years ago, when he pur- openjng students' lockers with -
chased a small frame mill on --.rut their knowledge. •
North `lain St. from the late In future, if it becomes
Joseph Williams. aad started necessary to open a locker and'
the manufacture of wooden the student is not available, it-
ptilups, cisterns aid water shall be the responsibility of
tants, using horses its motive . the principal only to open it in
plower. company with one other staff
Some years later the mill was member.
enlarged and convened into a , * « *
planing mill, %herr \1r, Cluff The 1971 Warden of the
took into pairtnership the late County of Huron is Jack
. Samuel Bennett. Forty years Alexander, reeve of the Town
ago Mr. Cluff pun Rased the of Wingham.
interest of Mr. Boma and Warden Alexander was
• CHANGE OF DOCTORS
As, will bc seen by a card
elsewhere in this issue, , Dr.
M.C. Dewar, has 'purchased the
medical practice of Dr.
•Campbell; of Sealgph, and has
leased the doctor's residence
and 'office, and is coining to
locate amongst us.
Dr. Dewar is a nephew of the
late Archibald Dewar, public
school inspector for East Huron
and-gi once highly respected
resident of this town. •
Dr. Campbell', we understand,
has purchased a medical prac-
tise in Brooklyn. Ncw York,
and will shortly Move there.
The doctdr is the oldest rncdi-
cal practitioner in Scalorth •and
one of thc.00ldest in the county.
He has resided in this vicinity
from boyhood and - has prac-
tised in Scaliorth for nearly
thirty years. He has .many
friends here, who will regret
his departure, and who will
join The Expositor in wishing
him, the• greatest pleasure of
success in his new .1,,r1
enlarged field oflabour.
« : •
THE AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY - The annual meet-
ing of the members of the
Tuckersmith Branch .Agricul-
tulal soCicty was .held in this
town on Wednesday, last week,
when the following officers
and directors- were appointed:
John G. - Grieve, McKillop,
president; George Dale,
Tuckersmith, vice-president; D.
Johnson and KG. Ncelin, audi-
tors. Directors, - John McKay
and Simon Hunter,
Tuckersmith; James Hinchley,
John Knox and John, Dale,
Hullett; Richard Common and
Thomas Govcnlock, McKillop:
lames Dick and Thomas
Stephens, Seaford'.
JANUARY 21, 1921
SEAFORTH AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY -The
annual meeting of the Seaforth
Agricultural Society was held
in the Carnegie Library Hall on
Wednesday afternoon and was
fairly well attended. The finan-
cial statement showed the past
year had been a successful one
and in spite of heavy expendi-
tures on the Siociety' i building,
there still remains 'a consider-
able balance in the treasury.
It is the intention of ,the
Society to hold a spring fair on
Friday, April, 1st.- and the
annual fall fair on the first
Thursday and Friday following
the London Fair. J1 is also the
inanition of the Society this
year to ,enter "The Combined
Standing Field and - Threshed
Grain Competition." In this
competition severs liberal
prin s, the first, of which will
be S75, will be awarded on the
basis of the combined score on
the crop in 'the field and the
threshed grain. .
« « « •
BRUCEFIELD NOTES - Mr.
R. Storey is now i,t Clinton
driving a delivery wagon for ,
his brother, who is in the,
grocery business there. Rcub,
has he is familiarly called, was
quite an old resident of -the
village, having ,worked for
Alex, Mustard and others for a
took his two sons, J.J and A.F.
Cluft, into panncrship with him
under the tirni name of N.Cluff
& St)ns.
«.* •
Mlembers of th; Huron municipality in Huion"County
County Couneil plot in the with the highest asseSsment
Court House, God:rich, on • casts the deciding ballot.
Tuesday aftcrno n,`lo open the Goderich Reeve Paul Carroll
January session of the council, voted for Mr. Alexander, giv-
when Richard Ernest Shaddick, ing hila the once -vote win. , . .
elected on the second ballot - a
20-20 tic vote between him and
Reeve Elmer Naylor.. Stanley
,Township. In the event of a tie,
the representative of the -