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The Huron Expositor, 1996-02-21, Page 44—THE HURON tXPOSITOR, February 21, 111$4 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manger & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Soles PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter JOAN MEIIEN - typesetter, proofreoder BARB STOREY • distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: IOCAI - 28.00 o year, in advonce, plus 1 96 G.S.T. $ENIOR,S: -• 25.00 a yeor, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. croderich. Stratford addresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 posioge, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -of Of -Argo' 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus' 2.76 G.S.T USA !t Foreion: 28.00 ° year in advance, plus $76.00 postage, G.S T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATE Published weekly by S' nal-Stor•Publishinngg of 100 Moin Sl., Scaforth. Publication • mail registration No. 0696 held o) Seolorih, Ontario: Advertising is occepted on condition that in the event of o typographical error, the advertising spore occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balonce of the odvertisement wilt be paid for at the applicable. rote. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services of wrong price, goods or services may no Ile sold. Advertising is merely on offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts; photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Chonges of address, orders for subscriptions and• undeliv- erable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, February 21, 1996 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 Conodion Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspopers Association and the Ontario Press Council . Letters to the Editor 4 Reader prefers British spellings to American - -Dear Editor, • - (1 ick! 1- ani 'again!),_Kudos to Anita Hansen - for aking- the initiative in her presentation to council - had known of it, ('dl have been there loo. And congratulations as well to council for • listening to reason and having - -the strength- to change its mind. 1 wish I could compliment . your proxti rca d%. r - 1 can only figura; •ilial she • must be • American in origin, -hut- cacti so. words for publication in C'anaida should he spelled according to custom, which is British, .• as evidenced by 'honour', 'labour', etc., as well as 'recognise', which was changed in my letter to the American 'recognize'. • :Surely school children arc sell being taught that - 'practice' is the noun and 'practise' the verb, as well as 'licence' the . noun and •'license'- the vcrh. Take -a look. at the front page- item, 14 . Feb., . concerning the Nevada licence. And, seeing that 14 Feb.', my '24 Jan.' was changed to 'Jan. 24'!.By what authority? I %vas taught many, many- years ago to show day, month, year - a natural -progression - and if everyone did so, there would be no question about 7/2/96 - 7 Feb. or July 21 But I thought dolt was a really picayune change, when more attention could he turned to the spelling. errors I have Mentioned. Take another look at -the fourth column in Gregor's treatise of 7 Eel)., aind note the heading 'devastating affect'! Not even Americans use the vcrh 'affect' in place of the noun 'effect'. "thanks for the space; I Ropy nothing else curies .up that 1. feel compelled to write about - I'm getting a reputation!' Yours very truly, Dorothy Bassett - i• ditor's :Note: The Iluron Expositor. -like most newspapers in Canada. follows the Canadian Press ((1').; Stylebook as a guide. For elates, with dens of the week mentioned, -it's written (1S ((R.) Tuesday, March 5. If no day 15 mentioned. it's written as ncontlt anal a figure . March S).. We have elecid: d as a newspaper to retain British spellings of words which is in contradiction to CI' style. As for recognize - the 1984 edition of the . Oxford dictionary, which i.s printed in Great -Britain at the University Press, Oxford, lists `recognize' as a • word. Recognise is not listed as a word or an alternative spelling of recognize. Congratulations for e e e saving Junior Dear Editor, i wish to extend my belated congratulation., 011 behalf of my federation, to the Huron County Board of Education for demonstrating its foresight and progressive spirit by continuing Junior Kindergarten for the years 1996-97! Huron County parents leave shown unexpected support for the Junior Kindergarten" program over the past two years, with approximately 370 JK students cnrolcd. In smaller schools, JK has • • helped to supplement SK . class sizes and to stake them more cost-effective in terms of stalling. Because of this only 5.51K teaching positions wcrc actually in jeopardy in Huron. By running all -day every -other (lay programs the hoard has also. been able to offer JK at a much lower transportation cost than other boards. JK/SK teachers within the system have related that students moving 011 to grade one classes will be much more ready to coli: with literacy. numeracy and social/behavioral expectations - and this will cost the system Tess over time. Thc education systems Premier Harris' government holds up for 'Ontario to emulate, such as Japan .and kindergarten Germany, all have strong early childhos (I 1irogranis. A government that iS looking at inaxint izing potential and Illaking maximum the of education• dollars should realize that Junior Kindergarten programs will fulfil both of these mandates. Cutting these- programmes would only result in short terns gains and Tung term losses. Accordine to John Snobelen, further government study to revisit the: concept of early years education is on- going. Cutting .11., within Ontario public schliril hoards will send- an . unfortunate message to this government. Our board, by waiting for the results of the Eckert study on Junior Kindergarten, is sending a different 4nessagc. To dale, only two boards of education, have elected to commit to Junior Kindergarten. Nine hoards have withdrawn it, and the others are on stand-by. Congratulations again to the Huron County Board for demonstrating their leadership in the province arid their conunitment to the young children of Huron County! Wilhelmina Laurie President, I luron Women Teachers' Association My cat. Weggie is my While watching Weggie in / his sleeping position ... tail and legs sticking straight out, head at a grotesque angle with . his tongue lolling out the side of his mouth ... i concluded that if he was a human I'd have no choice but to call the county coroner. The closest people come to experiencing the deep sleep state 'of a cat- is called rigor mortis. At any given' tone Weggie'' .utilizes six to eight favorite • sleeping spots around the house -depending upon which doors and drawers have not been properly closed. With this particularly cold wintcr.keep- ing-his indoors Most days. I'd .have to say Weggic's hcen sleeping around more'than Madonna. • - At least he was until he fell in love with a ease of Bacardi Runt.. (Yes, once you neuter a . cat with a strange and vivid - inlagination, there's no telling what kind of romances can William Thomas' blossom right before your eyes!) No, Weggieddes not have a -drinking problem, Cats, as you know, don't drink. They used to butahey discovered that in a drunken state they wagged their.tails and came when they were called, just like dogs.' So they quit: Tf zre is a celebrated case of `an alcoholic English cat docu- mented by pet. psychologist Peter Neville -in his hook -Car Bella viol- ..Explained. Apparently the cat. nicknamed Sloshcr, had a passion for Campari and soda ... I'm not snaking this up ... and after three years .of daily tippling. - his owner consulted the shrink to help end this habit in the liquor control board (cast traumatic way,. Thc doe - tor .advised Sloshcr's.owncr to wean the cat off the booze, by gradually adding.morc and more- soda to his cocktails. 41 believe that's what' eventually killed Dean Martin). Personally, •I'd•have recom- mended .Blosher quit cold turkey. Something like:. "Look stupid, quit breaking int() the - liquor cabinet or you won't get anymore cold turkey!" Apparently the owner real- ized his cat had a serious prob- lem with alcohol when -one night while -they were watch- ing- Born atch•ing-Barn Free on television. staggered staggeecl up the • screen and propositioned. Elsa. (okay.. that pari.1 made up). . Anyw.ay.-. just .before Chrislnias, I houghs 12 bottles. of wine. both whites and,reds at the Port Culhorne.L.C.B.O. outlet and -they put there in an empty Bacardi ho x for etc. Once (Tome and in a hurry. f put the hux.in the kitchen near the sliding glass door and went on to other things. • In the nit antime Weggie jumped up on the hox and has- n't moved, cr.ccpt. to go lot his dish and his liner hox. for 61 days straight. He loves if ;.. it's a- bed, a scratching _pos(, a lookout, a hideout. From this slightly exalted position. Weggie rules his world ... eat tering at birds, hissing al the • neighbor's beagle and ordering me to get his supper. I imagine Michael• Jackson runs' Ne►'erland that way, sitting on a Bacardi hox. with Bubbles The Chiipp at his side. translat- ing for all the o her animals. A couple day`k atter Weggie took possession of the Bacardi hox, i removed a tall bottle of Italian white, Soave_ to he exact. Well. you would have thought I'd spooned out the solid parts front his Chunks -0 - Chicken Delight! It wasn't quite .right, he couldn't get comfortahlc, it threw the whole suspension system out of . - CONTINUED on page 5 Girls marching band. off to Cam Am festival Dear Editor, The Scaforth and District High School All Girls Marching Band is off again to the Can -Ain Festival in . Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during the March Break. Sixty-eight hand_ members, seven chaperones and 20 adults will be boarding buses on • Friday, March 9 for the 22 -hour trip south. , This band trip is made possible by the hard work of 'the booster club who have worked tirelessly fund-raising • all year long. Our -biggest fund-raiser each year .is the giant harbcquc held in Lions Haulxlur Park, catch June -in Goderich. • Thc band prepares a program' each year that can be- presented. eprescnted in parks, -halls and shopping centres. Thc music is -modern and appeals -to the young and old and also has a - patriotic • flavour. Thc girls • begin 1;leir program with '0 Canada', followed by the 'Stars. and -Stripes'. We arc fortunate to . have an accomplished vocalist, Kristin Breen, - who sings the American national - anthem. - We arc in_ Myrtle Beach to promote the Canadian presence . in the Can -Ain Festival. Fifty -thousand Canadians travel to Myrtle Beach each year to take part in activities. Our performances arc organized by the Myrtle Beach South ,Carolina, Chamber of- Conuncrcc. The highlight of the hand -performances will-be the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday, March 16, in - North Myrtle Beach. - - Thc band is unique because it is the only high school marching band in South Western Ontario. Student captains of catch section arc appointed) by the band director, Char les Kalhl leisch. I'Ihese captains are given a - great deal of responsibility in the. day to day op:whorls ol- the - hand. -I;het help in recruiting and choice of music and in the general discipline of the (band. Our band members come from Seaford' High School,. Central Huron High School, (;dile kit District f 'ullrgnaie Institute and the s(1rlouitding feeder schools of these areas. • The hand begins each school year by praclisioe on the first Wednesday • night in Seplcniher. and continues ler practise and perform until July 1, each year. In the past year they have perfornled fou a live audience of 1.2 million and atelevisiin • -audience of 21X) million. • The highlight of our performances last year was performing at the (wning of - • . the C.N. tunnel in Sarnia. The hand was hired by a Toronto . entertainment company to entertain V1P's brought in by special trains from Toioiit()-at the Sarnia Railway Station. The. band was then transported to a large tent of VIP's from Washington- and Ottawa where it played' the - Canadian national anthem. We were the only band -hired for this jolt' to represent Canada. - Our success is based on • dedicated • hand members; a supportive school board, a hard-working booster club' executive, an excellent tour - co -ordinator and a great deal ofsupport from our local scrvicc-clubs, Royal Canadian Legions, and parents of hand members. Charles Kalblleisch Band Director Huron Old Boys. & Girls gather in Vancouver FROM 'I'HI: PAGES OF 'I'l1E HURON 1:XI'(KI7'OR FEBRUARY 28, 1896 FIRE REMOVES . AN ANTIQUITY - About half -past two o'clock -Monday morning fire was discovered in the. rear of the properly on Main street, known in its balmy clays as Foster's hotel. Lately it has hcen occupied on the ground floor by Mr. R. 1laxhy as a restaurant and barber shop, and by Mr. James Gillespie as a harness shop, while Mr. Haxby used parrot the upstairs a* -a dwelling. • The firc started in the rear of the building, but its origin 'is a mystery, as there had been no lire in that part ()I' the premises for some time. Mr. Gillespie save a little of his stock, but will also be a heavy loser. Thc building, which is now a total wreck, belonged •to the Coleman estate. There was an insurance on it of SHOO. Thc rope on the hell in Cardno's clock tower broke, so 'that a proper alarm could not be given by it, while the absence of steam at the Broadfsot & Box furniture factory, prevented the unearthly shrieks of their whistle front disturbing the peaceful slum- bers of the majority of the citizens. MARCH 4, 1921 HURON OLD BOYS' REUNION AT TORONTO - Several hundred guests were in • attendance Thursday night of last wcck at the 21st anniver- sary of the Huron Old Boys' Association of Toronto at the Oddfellows' Temple, 229 College Street, and participated in a very pleasant reunion of many old members of the Cln the Years Agone association. A feature of the occasion was the presentation to the oldest mender, Dr. Wm. Sloan, who was treasurer when the organi/al ion was .first formed. Among those on the platform- were. the president, Mr. F.T.W„.flodgson; the secretary, Mr. E. Moody; Mr. J. Robertson, past president; Mr. J. Joynt, MPP for West Huron; Mr. Govcnlock, MPP for Centre Huron:. Mr. Thos. Hayes, ex -warden of Huron County; Mr. J.A. McLaren and Dr. Sloan. HURON QI,D GIRLS AND BOYS IN VANCOUVER - Although we arc a long way from Huron, there arc still many loyal sons and daughters of the good old county who do not wish to lost connection with all Huron's history, tradi- tions and old friends. So we, in Vancouver, have formed a Huron Old Boys' Association. - President, D.T. Kendall, (Brussels); 1st Vice -Pres., Dr. Fcarc, (Seaforth);2nd Vice - Pres., G.B. Gordon, (Goderich); 3rd Vice -Pres:, T.G. Donaghy, (Fordwich); Rex:. Secy., F.J. Lawrence, (Seaforth); Cor. Secy., Miss Jean Cantclon, (Godcrich); Treas., Mr. Edwards, (Fordwich); Direc- tors, Mrs. Shoruced, William McQueen, Mrs. Humphreys, W.N. Gorby, T.B. Hill, Mrs. Donaghy, Mr, Day, A. Bowles, Mrs. Greig, G.F. Gibson. MARCH 1, 1945 The Scaforth Industrial Hockey League finals swung into action last week, with the two finalists, Bosharts and: Duncans, drawing one apiece. The first gani, on Thursday night was strictly a one -side affair, with Boshait incomplete control, with a final score of 12-2. • * * * The -pay, "Uncle Josh Perkins,” was greeted by an enthusiastic audience Friday rligla, when it was prescntcd in Cardno's Hall by • the Egnondvillc young people udder the sponsorship of the Red Cross. Mrs. E.H. Close, in her usual capable manner, gave the address of welcome and spoke of the blood donors service and the nnembcrship drive. The cast of this three -act comedy was as follows: Joshua Perkins, an aged .fanner, Robert.' Wallace; Susan Galloway, his niece, Shirley: Love; Essie Tobh4 his housekeeper, Betty Moore; .Bessie Todd, her daughter, Gladys- Forbes; Elx'nrecr Randall, financier and postmaster, Jack Boyce; Seth Higgins, RFD, Warden Haney; Martha Sniffins, a product of the village, Thelma Forbes; Marvin Duncan, a journalist, Douglas Love; Miss Goldie, a tourist, Anna Watson; Walter Perkins, Joshau's son, Jack Patrick. MARCH 4, 1971 Seaforth Council at a special meeting Monday night agreed to request the. Ontario Water • Resources ,Commission to prepare a proposal whereby the commission would undertake to extend -the present sanitary sewer system so that it would serve the entire town, No advance indication was given concerning the meeting and the press was not present but it is understood the move is further to action taken late last year when Mayor F.C. J. Sills asked the OWRC as to the possibility of extending the disposal plant project to include the balance of the distribution system. Thc town has been in pos- session since March 1969 of a report by MacLaren Associates detailing the proposed sewer arrangement. * * * Thc last two weeks has seen a series of thefts at Seaforth businesses. Isobel Bowling Lanes, Scaforth Motors and Kling's store were -all broken -into over recent weekends. In each case, entry was gained by smashing windows. • Point of historical interest A copy • of a team list I•rotn the 1880's Sealant' Beavers lacrosse team was recently brought into the. Huron Exposi- sor office by local sports enthusiast Frank Sills. Listed as a team nlctnber for Scaforth is John Aird, who at one time was the manager of the Bank of Commerce in • Seaforth. He was instrumental in the upstart of Gco. A. Sills & Sons Hardware store on Main St., Scaforth. Aird left Scaforth and later became Sir John Aird. His grandson was .•�` Lieutenant -Governor. of Ontario.