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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-01-10, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 10, 1996 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager PAVE SCOTT - Editor & Advertising Manager GREGOR CAMPBELL MARY MELLOR - Sales t.�tReporter .PAT ARMES - Office Manager JOAN MELLEN DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions - typesetter, proofreader & Classifieds BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 28.00 a year, in advance; plus 1 96 G S T SENIOR. 25 00 a year, in advance, plus 1 75 G 5 T Goderich. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Communiy Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association • - - and the Ontario Preis Council 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 -