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Wednesday, Mach 8, 1998
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Union not in reality
Here's _a message for the .Ontario Public Service
Employees' Union: Get real.
Join the rest of us in.reality, the reality of living
with little or no job security. Big union big deais
are becoming- a thing of the past. Take' a look at
how the rest of us work and. live. -
Here's some advice: take whatever -you can get
and soon before there's an uprising and revolt in
-this province. Right now you've, got zero sympa-'
thy from most people.
It's absolutely disgusting that people have been
injured and killed- in accidents on roads that
w.eren't_.c1eare,d.o[snow because of a strike.
Where is the sense in that? Where -are our priori-
ties as a society? Money and jobs have become
more important than people's safety and lives.
No one has job security. Why don't we take it a
step further then and guarantee that everyone who
graduates from high school, college and university
is guaranteed a secure job too? In fact, why not
guarantee job security to people who quit school
at 1.6 to join the workforce?
Get real. - DWS -
Originally appeared March 8, 1946
Aging farmers look to next.
generation to take over
(How much has changed?)
Ontario farmers. all through the war, performed one of
the most stupendous efforts in the Allied cause. They pro-
duced. And they did it under conditions that hampered no
other war effort to anything like the same degree.
They are still doing it. but the Ontario farmer is getting
old. We need a new generation -on the land. We noticed
recently statistics that gave .the average age of farmers in
Saskatchewan .53 years. And there is every reason to
believe that the average of Ontario farmers is that, or
more. Saskatchewan reports 4.000 over 70 years of age.
and 1.00( over 68. Would not Ontario's record be very
similar? •
. These men May he said to.have reached the retiring' age,
but many of them are not retiring because they can not.
afford to. And many more were unable to retire because of
the war and the demands it made upon agriculture. But in
a very few years age will force all these men off the active
list.
The question is: Who will replace them? Farming is a
job requiring long hours and hard physical work. and
mostly through the war years, farming in Ontario had been
done by old Wren and women. That situation serves warn-
ing that we must bring hack to the land younger men who
are both practical and competent.
Many farmers' sons who have served in the different ser-
vices, both at home and overseas. are back, or soon will he
hack to replace their fathers on the farm. -But too many are
- looking for easier jobs that will pay much better wages.
The world has learned the hard way that there never can
he too much' food produced. andthe present world situa-
tion which has reached the starvation point in many coun-
tries of the world. is proof enough, if any is needed, of
what happens when men leave or are forced off the land.
Canada is one of the greatest producing nations in the
world, and Ontario one of its greatest producing
provinces, with thousands of acres of good rich soil.
- Consequently it has a duty and responsibility to all the
world to see that these acres do produce.
Ontario and Canada need a lot of young new farmers,
and they need them now.
As a business, we re
Editor's Note: The follow-
ing column originally
appeared in The Mitchell
Advocated Feb. 21 and
speaks volumes about the
present state of community
newspapers.
ick up any newspaper
these daysond the first
thing one notices has
nothing to do with what's
written in it. it's thinner. Not
as heavy. Not as many pages.
But that doesn't mean not
much was put into producing
it.
Your copy of The Mitchell.Advocate is no exception. -
One doesn't have to read
the ncws on those newspaper
pages—including The
Advocate= -to realize that
business is tough for every-
body. Joh security, economic
- downturn and consumer con-
fidence are three phrases
which immediately come to
mind which aptly describe
what we're all going through
these days. It may seem like
we've.heen going through
this for years, but those who
ran a business—any busi-
ness --in what were described
as the glory years remember
the good old day's and won -
struggling
Guest -
Column
by Andy Bader
(Mitchell
Advocate editor)
der if they'll ever return.
As we head into March and
what we all hope will be a -
spring fever of good news
economically. allow mc to
use this week's column to
further illustrate just how •
things work here at your
community newspaper—not
in a newspaper sense, but in a -
business sense. The Mitchell
Advocate, besides being your
voice to the community ncws
and events for the past 135
years, is a business just like
- any other. We have budgets.
targets and goals, and we're.
suffering right alongside
everybody else. It's perhaps
easy to forget that we arca
business and out to cam a
reasonable profit since we've
been so entrenched in your
daily and weekly lives for so
long. -
I'vc heard a few comments
the past few weeks from
faithful readers curious as to
why we're "so thin." Besides
informing them that e'd
love to he "thitke'r"., Iso
point (rut that t er of
page.. «c are ca and every
week is a direct result of; the
number of paid advertise-.
ments
dvertisc-
mcnts we have scheduled that
- particular week. Plain ,Ind
simple. -11' there are fcw.,ids,
there arc fewer pages: and
vice versa. Have you ever -
wondered wh) issues pub- -
fished in the spring and tali,
argl especially Chrikunas. are
so much Nigger thanihose
published in the winter and
summer' ft's due to the num-
her of ads: Retailers. as a
general rule: have nothing hig
to sell in January and -
February in.conrparison14)
' Christmas. and the same
holds true in the lean summer
months of July and Aligitst .
when nobody feels like skein-•
ping but instead head on a
well-deserved holiday. So
they don't advertise as heavi-
ly :is they might during. • -
_busier, more attractive-occa-_
siOfS.
Advertising revenue is our
greatest source of income—
almost 85 per cent. Contrary
16 popular belief. the sub -
like others
scriptions we sell to you.
your father-in-law down the
street and your neighbor are
not the biggest money-maker
for The Mitchell Advocate.
Those prices only basically
foot the hill kir us to mail "
your copy every week. and
not much else.'
It's not as if the news -or the
newsmakers everstop. We .
realise that. and we're work-
ing just as hard to -till the •
' pages we get. -it just doesn't
seem that way when your
paper arrives and some sto-
ries and photographs have
been scaled down to -the hare
• necessities. Believe me. as an
editor my toughest job is pri-
oritizing-and.deciding what
to putt rt the paper this week.
and holding this story or that.
photo until next week and
invariably run the risk of
upsetting someone who felt it
. should have been published
e.trlier. I'd•hc one happy man
if everything we received
• from contributors and every
story we wrote and every
photograph we took was able
to.he published the week.it -
was intended. •
" But times are tough for
everyone, and all we can do
is -keep plugging away. ❖
Local gossipers not `little old ladies'
Dear Editor,
I loved living in thc
Scaforth arca. It's a great
place to raise kids; but don't
be a little different you could
be a victim of -the rumor mill. -
L.Icft Seaforth _last -summer
and for the last few months
'have -been trying. to get a
Place. hack in this arca,. My
children wi'sh to return here.
i finally found a place for
my children and my horses.
The deal was done. I was
ecstatic. Then -the gossip
•
•
Letters to the Editor
started. I have always ignored
gossip. I don't care what peo-
'ple say about me. I know
who, and what I am, but now
it has affected my life. 1 4,1n
livid! •
Before I came to Seatirrth I ..
have -always had excellent
references and pepplc always -
spoke highly of;, me. I can't
-believe that a few Busybodies
can ruin a person's reputa-
tion. The man now rcfuscs•tu
rent lei me hecausle of these
tongue-waggcrs.. s
-I-used to think that gos-.
'.sipers were ;mean, little old
ladies behind net curtains
with nothing better to do than
talk about people—I now
know that gender and age has
nothing to do with this. i
have done nothing to any of
these people. I have spent -my.
life working hard and doing -
the hest i can to raise my
children. How dare. you few
judge me: -I will not let a few
had apples ruin my image of
'Seaforth. It is stili a great..
place and I will he back. '
Rosemary'Latham
• ' R.R. 1 Glanwortjt
,Emu congress being held at Monkton arena.
Those
congress
wondering w at
wondering w
,Emu tastes like can try the
low 'fat, low eholcstcrol red
meat later this month in
Monkton. -
- --Free admission .to an Emu
congress on Sunday. Mar. 2f
is. being offered by Perth
County producers, who say it
will hc ideal for anybody
•
interested in raising -the laege. ing or eggs.; bird -handling.
swift flightless bird related to facilities. nutrition : health
the Ostrich, once almost care ,aid•. whatever.
extinct. • Representatives of Encu co-'
A press -release from ,thc operative's will field quc-s-
organization notes producers _ tions on markt} dc%:clopment.•
and professionals. will ,he at and Elm' end products such
the -Monkton arena_ from .1 to ._as leather. pleat and oil will
4 p.m. to answer questions .he displayed and -available
about incubation and hatch- for purchase.•
. • -
.Per,th County Emu
Prodpccrs hold their meet=
ings the first Wednesday of
each month at the Rostock
Hall. The life and times of a
chick is this month's topic.'
All are welcome. The busi-
ness meeting begins at 7:30"
p:in. and.thc program at 8:15.
Disappearance of Harpurhey in 1896
FROM HE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
MARCH 13, 1896
AFTER THE COWS - Dear.
Expositor - I see by your paper
that the McKillop council have
passed a bylaw prohibiting live,
stock from running on the
roads. and i think that the
Morriscouncil would dowel! to
follow their example, and not
only prohibit livestock (horses
in particular) from pasturing on
the roads. hul also prohibit (and
enforce it•also) the piling of
Wood. which so many arc in the
habit of doing. causing the
snow to lodge al that place -and
making the roads impassable.
While attending Mr. Dalton's
sale in Hibbert. the other day.
Mr. John - A. Murray, of
Tuckcrsmith. received a kickon
the leg which might have
proved serious. Hc had put his
horse in Mr. Nolan's stahlc, and
while going past another horse
to his own. the animal -kicked.
striking mr. Murray on the side
of the leg. below the knee.
Although no hones were bro-
ken. the injury has caused con-
siderable pain.
* * *
WHERE iS HARPURHEY? -
in connection with some of the
affairs of the estate of the late
Mr.. B. F.den. of Harpurhey. Mr.
T.W. Anglin. Surrogate court
clerk, Osgoodc hall. Toronto.
addressed thc following note to
Mr.. D. McDonald. clerk of the
Surrogate court. Goderich. "i
hope there is no mistake in the
name of the residence of the
deceased. We could not find
such a name as Harpurhey in
any directory or almanac."
To this Mr. McDonald
replied: "There is no mistake
about this once important vil-
lage of Harpurhey. If Goldsmith
had not an original in his dear
Sissy for 'Sweet Auburn,'
Harpurhey could have supplied
In the Years Agone
thc material. Forty years ago it
was the second place in'.hlfsi-
ncss activity in this couniy. but
railroads. gravel roads and other
modern inventions ruptured its
arteries; most of the sturdy and
successful farmers of the north
eastern part of this county rest—
ed their last night within the
civilization of this burgh before
undertaking the vicissitudes and
hardships of hush life."
MARCH 11, 1921
POWER FARMING - On
Friday afternoon next. March
18th, a lecture with moving
pictures will he given in the
Strand Theatre. Cardno's
Hall. The subject lecture will
be on Power Farming and ,
will he delivered by Mr.
George Clark. a. graduate of
thc OAC. Guelph, Ont. Mr.
Clarke has made special
study of power farming and
the information hc will give
should not only prove of
interest hut he of great bene-
fit to every farmer in thc sur-
rounding country.
LOCAL BRIEFS - Mrs.
Jos. Dayman. who has hecn
spending several months with
het daughter in New Orleans.
has returned to her home in
McKillop.
Mr. G.F. Rogers. of
Toronto. Collegiate Institute
Inspector, and a former prin-
cipal of Scaforth Collegiate,
was a weekend guest at the
Queen's.
Mr. D. McDonald has sold
his property in McKillop and
intends removing to
Saskatchewan.
Mr. Thos. Broom has pur-
chased the farm of the late •
R.H. Govcnlock consisting of
225 acres. This. together with
his present farm two miles
west of Winthrop. makes Mr.
'Broo`rn the possessor -.of 375
.acres ofexccllent farm land.
• .MAJM'jl 15;19,15.
The Seaforth high School
Board has entered upi;n•a
.plan of great expansion of
cdu•_iitional taacilittes. Which
will he made available to"
high school students of the
Seaforth .arc.t.. Pupils now in
' attendance corse from the
Townships of 'Mullett.
McKillop. }lihhcrt.
Tuckersn►ith and .(;rcy. in
addition to the Town of
Seatirrth. .
To accommodate the
increased attendance. a large
addition was erected in 1938
at a cost of $58.000. of which
only 523.000 is mato out-
standing in debentures, Thus
the ratepayers ol• the Seaforth
High School -Area have but a
small debt to liquidate.
* * *
The March session of the
Seaforth town council was
held in the council chamber.
Town Hall. on "i'uesday
evening. \layor J.J. Clan -
presided. and others in nacre-
dance were Reeve J.F. Daly
and Councillors Keating.
Sills. Hudson. Parke and
Hubert.
Keith Sharpe. representing
the Highlanders Band. asked
for a grant of 5350. and also
that the small storeroom
under the stairs used by the
hand as a uniform room. he
cleaned out and put in proper
condition. •
Council asked kir a written
request for the Band grant
and an inventory of all equip-.
mcnt. and the matter of the
storeroom was left in the
• hands of the`prtticrty tom
rnittce with pow to act. . .
• MARCH 18, 1971
Seaforth Firemen were
called to the 10th Concession
,of McKillop Wednesday •
niyrning to hose down gaso-
line and fuel oil which spilled •
from an overturned tanker.
The truck. driven by Ron
Williamson, overturned when
it hit the hank trying.to get by
•an oncoming car driven by
Mrs. Marital Murray. Route
-I. Walton. No one was
injured in the mishap:which
was investigated by
Constable Bill Kreps of, the.
Godcrich Detachment. OPP.
The mishap blocked the road
from 9:30.a.m. until after
-noon while the gas and fuel
oil remaining in the tanks
was transferred to another
truck.
Dr. James Alexander Munn.
71. long time Seaforth den-
tist. died Friday in Stratford
General Hospital. He had suf-
fered a heart attack ten days
earlier at his home on Church
Street.
Dr. Munn was horn in Hay
Township of a pioneer family
on the faun near Ncnsall now
occupied by Donald Munn.
He was the son of thc late
Alex Munn and Margaret
Mahon.
• In 1917 shortly after he
began his dental studies hc
enlisted at the age of 17. Dr.
Munn went overseas with the
dental corps and later trans-
ferred to the Royal Naval Air
Service. Ile ticw twin engine
F3 flying boats and Shorts
sea planes from Malta while
escorting convoys and on
anti-submarine patrol. For a
time he. was in Lyhia with a
detached flight of tour air-
craft. He was awarded the
Croix de Guerre and was
-mentioned in dispatches.