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The Huron Expositor, 1996-08-07, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 7, 1119* Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager . & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR • Soles PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH • Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution • A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SYBSCRIPTION RATES. LOCAL 32 50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28G S.T SENIORS. 30 00 o year, in advance, plus 2-10 G. S T. USA ,ii Foreign `32 50 a year in advance, plus $78 00 postage, G 5 T exempt SUBSCRIPTION - Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing ot 100 Main St , Seoforth. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and -the Ontario Press Council /- Letters to the Editor Subdivision will cost all taxpayers in Seaforth Dear Editor: IVI•y husband and i arc tax- payers of Seaforth, we sup- port Mr. fieorge Ring and object to the town. council - calling this taxpayer's appeal_ "frivolous" in ref*,arils. to the subdivision northwest Of Seaforth. . Our concerns are for all tax- payers of Seaforth, if this subdivision proceeds as now planned this design will cost all taxpayers of Seaforth. More consultation and planning is needed. Anne Kling Furry and Lyle Furry Thanks for support at Moonlight Madness Dear, Editor: -1 would Iikc tit thank every- one for their support at our first annual basketball toss at Moonlight Madness..Our thanks go to Cathy Willis who Icnt us her basketball net and made it possible ,to raise a little money and have a lot of fun. - - Our group is taking .the .,,,:;,th of August off..hut will meet again in Sept. to plan our next weekly activity nights and our main fundrais- ers - our dances (Adult coun- try video dance Nov. 2 and teen Much Music video dance Nov. 8.) Watch for our posters in the Fall. K. Ferguson Seaforth & District Youth Group Seeking descendants of Josiah Booth of Hullett Dear Editor: 1 am seeking descendants of Josiah Booth, farmer in Hullett Township, Huron Co. • in the 1891 Census. and his %vile Priscilla, My great grandfather was Francis Booth. farmer in Stanley Township in 1891, We know that he had a brother Josiah. His parents were James Booth and Elizabeth Crow. The family was in Rawdon. north of Montreal in 1831. ' Francis and his wife. Sarah Cassidy. and three daughters moved to (iarafraxa near :Fergus around 1856 where the rest of their family was horn. They then moved to Harpurhey in Tuckersmith Township where they are list- ed in the Census of 1871 and 1881. 1 would like to exchange information on. family histo- ry. I shall be grateful for any information and will refund airmail postage. With thanks. Dr. Alan J. Booth - 46 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness, Scotland IV23PG County's credibility cannot be regained until investigation ikar Editor: The reluctance of the majority of county council- lors to investigate the many allegations against the pre- sent administration of the county is dangerous fur the employees of the county and • the people whom they serve. I understand from several sources. that the morale of county employees is at an all time low. When morale is low pro- ductivity and commitment to high standards suffer. Do wc, the citizens of Huron County. want the quality ot our ser- vices reduced, because coun- cil refuses to investigate a broad range of very serious allegations? Likc.countless others, have received copies of Huron County's Fast Facts. Like many others. I regret that this information was cir- culated anonymously. And Yet. 1 understand that .the likely •reason for the anonymity, is that the author (or authors) is/are still employed by the county, where original and creative thinking is about as welcome as a leper at a beauty spa. What matters more than the issue of anonymity is the long list of concerns and issues which the Fast Facts contained. Until these issues are fully investigated, the credibility of the present council and administration cannot be regained. The longer council delays such an investigation, the longer the employees of the county and the people of Huron County CONTINUED on page 5 Originally appeared In the April 13, 1934 Huron Expositor • • • Do You Remember • • • When the villages of Carronbrook and Spring Hill were important? So impor- tant, in fact, writes John Mactavish, in a recent issue of the London Free Press, it was decided to change their names. Dublin was the new name given to Carronbrook, while Spring Hill was to be. known as Staffa. Dublin was made a police village the day it assumed its present name. It is supposed to have been the first village of that rank in the Province of Ontario. But while Dublin was important and pretentious Staff was likewise ambitious. . It could boast about being. the place near which the first divine services within the township were held; it also was proud about having a doctor, a couple of hotels, steam grist mill, town hall. erected at a cost of $700, a blacksmith shop, a carriage shop, two stores, one of them known as the post office. The village was served with a daily mail off Dublin and perhaps no name was more familiar to everyone than that of the mail -carrier, always called the main -man. Every week -day persons about the village might he heard saying, "The mail -man is slow in getting in to -day," or "it's time the mail was here"; or perhaps. it would be By Keith McPhail McLean L in the form of a question, such as, "Is the mail -man in sight?" or "Will you see if the mail is coming?" Once when this question was asked, two . little boys scampered to the post office to get their uncle's new telescope. Then they hurried home, climbed to the hoose -top. leaned the tele- scope against the chimney, and were delighted to observe the mail -man cording over Gallagher's Hill. The mail -man made his journey every lawful day from Dublin to Cromarty and back; and then later the dis- tance was extended to Farquhar, township of Usborne. • The first person honoured by the position of mail -man was Patrick Kelly. He was a • tall, angular Irishman, fond of a five -cent cigar, a five - cent swallow of rye or malt whiskey, taken neat. of course; likewise on occasions he was fond of a free-for-all fight. It was not in disrespect that everybody called him "Paddy. Paddy lived between two and three miles south of Dublin, from where he start- ed his official trip. Often- times, especially when the roads were had, he made the journey on horseback. In time James Cantelon succeeded Paddy to the position, and in turn was replaced by Wm. Patrick. The next -person to assume the important task was John Bray. The buggy tracks made by him were later'followed by John Pollen and after him came Robert • Gardiner. it is not the intention of this article to deal with the mail- men in general, hut rather with Wm. Patrick in particu- lar. The first time we saw him, he was leading a lame .horse from the stahle at the hotel to drink at a spring hard by. It was noticed that he. too, was lame - much lamer - than the horse. Curiosity caused us to follow him to the stable where it was learned that he was to he the hostler. He was short in stature, gruff in voice, irrita- ble in disposition; hut back of it all lurked a kindly spirit, and he was honest. His com- ing was veiled in mystery, perhaps because Al we learned was that he came - from somewhere hack beyond the boundary. He soon became known to the villagers as "Old Bill." The first episode of impor- - tance in the stable happened one day when Fiddler John in a fit of rage tried to punish his disobedient son. The lad - seeing the stable doors ajar, made a dash for safety towards the open space.. Old Bill, who for some rea- son dislike Fiddler John, see- ing the two beading for the stable stepped from view. .The boy whizzed by. A sec- ond later came the father, now sure of his prey.. No sooner, however, had he • entered the doorway then Old Bill pounced upon him with the agility of a panther, shouting: "Ye pull hup. right 'ere, 'II do; 'n yo' stay put till hoi free 'ee. ' Then forcing him•to the wall, he fairly roared: "Don't 'ec touch the. boy, durn 'ce, 'cause you' be worse 'n the lad be, yo'. he!" Strangeto relate, Fiddler John. who was ever ready to boast about what he would do to any person that tramped on what he'considered his rights, took the tongue lash-. ing meekly, and when free. cowed in spirit, slowly wend- ed his way up the hill to his home beyond the post office. The incident caused excite- ment in the village. it even created more respect and a greater liking for the hostler than had existed before. 'Continued next week. Abstinence is teens' best choice Dear Editor: It is remarkable to me that in an' age in which we use all our resources, to communi- cate to our teenagers that they must say no to drugs, drink- ing and driving, racism, peer pressure and countless other hazards we send them out into the world -thinking that 1/32 of an inch of latex is sufficient protection against the dangers of sex. In these other areas we want our chil dren to behave with restraint. we want it to become socially irresponsible to participate in certain activities. But when it comes to sexuality we say. "well they are going to do it anyway." Is that really all the confidence we have. in Generation X? Yes, there are teenagers who defiantly go against all the warning signs and partici- pate in destructive behavior. But there are also a large number of teenagers who - want to he told it is not alright to -engage in sexual intercourse before marriage. _We fail them as parents, teachers, community leaders and pastors. if we tell them that -sex as long as it is "safer" is alright and not that abstinence is their best choice. - - Even. the experts agree, that safe sex is a myth. It can only he called safer sex this is because of the high failure rate of allbirth control meth- ods. STD, HiV. unwanted pregnancies are only a part of - the legacy we are creating. We also need to acknowledge the damage that can be done mentally. socially. emotional- ly and spiritually to this future generation. - Yours truly, -• •Rick Lucas Married men win over single guys FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 14, 1896 THE MARRIED MEN VICTORIOUS - Despite the oppressive heat of Friday afternoon last, quite a large number, of whom a reason- able proportion were ladies, turned out to witness the baseball match between the married and single men. Shortly after three o'clock Umpire R.S. Hays called the game, and the 'old fellows" went to the field. and from then on till six o'clock the game rolled merrily on. It took some time for the teams to steady down to, work, and, despite a number of costly errors. the game bristled with good plays, which were heartily applaud- ed bythe spectators. who very often enthused to a con- siderable degree. We can hardly afford space to partic- ularize the good plays, nor yet the poor ones, or to tell of numbers who ran short of wind andflagged as they made' desperate efforts to canter around the diamond. But it was a hot day, and. to untrained players, it was any- thing but sport to chase the ball to the faraway corners of the field. During the progress of the game it was decided to call it off at the end of the fifth innings. When the bene- dicts were retired in the fourth they had 17 runs. and "the colts" went to bat in their fifth with a score of 11. In this inning they got seven more to their credit, so that this left Captain Sills' nine with one run to tie and two to win the game. At this juncture about fifty degrees of excitement were added to the heat of this hot day. These combined ele- ments were too much for "the colts," and they allowed three men to cross the plate with none out. And thus it was that our married friends have since smiled so broadly despite sore and tired limbs. In the Years Agone The bachelors are not satis- fied, however, and think that with a little shaking up of their team. they arc sure win- ners. The foundry men are after the scalps of the victori- ous benedicts too, and we hope soon to mention the date when these two aggrega- tions of ball twirlers will meet in deadly combat. The following is a score of the runs of last Friday's match: MARRIED MEN Inning 1 2345 M. Broderick 1 0 1 10 T. F. Coleman H. Stevenson George Sills Wm. Ireland J.O. Rose W.G. Willis James Reid J.C. Greig Totals 1 0 1. 10 O 0 0 1 0 O 0100 0 101 1 O 1 0 11 O 0 0 0 I O 1 1 1 0 9III0 23663 SINGLE MEN . 12 3 4 5 James Crozier 10 0 1 1 George Stogdill 10 0 1 1 R.J. Macdonald 00 0 0 1 John Smith 10 0 1 I A. Currie 0 0 1 0 1 John Lamb 0 0 0 10 John Beattie 0 0 0 1 0 A. Barton 0 1 0 0 T. Stephens 0 0 0 I 1 Totals 3 1 1 6 7 AUGUST 12, 1921 DUBLIN - Congratulations to Miss Annie Dalton, of Hibbert; Miss Mary Dempsey, of McKillop; Master Geo. and Charles Malone, of St. Columban, who successfully passed their Lower school examinations at the Continuation school, Dublin. These faithful stu- dents will continue their stud- ies when the school re -opens on Sept. 6th. RELEASED ON BAIL - Bail has been arranged for Mrs. Catherine Hastings, of the Huron Road. near here, who has been in jail since early spring charged with the murder.,.of her husband, Daniel Hastings, by adminis- tering poison to him. She is now awaiting arrangements for removal to a hospital at London as she is not in good health. She will appear before the grand jury at the fall assizes. Application for hail was made at the time she was committed for trial in the spring with the consent of the Crown Attorney. hut the Attorney General's depart- ment opposed and the appli- cation was refused. This time there was apparently no opposition and Mr. Justice Orde ordered the bail to be granted,a$4,000. $2,000 of her own and $1,000 each for two securities. AUGUST 16, 1946 Seaforth council. at its meeting Monday night. endorsed the proposed Legion Memorial Hall and authorized a grant of $5,000 to the building fund. payable when construction com- mences. The amount is included in the 1946 esti- mates, which were passed by council and is subject to Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs approval. Mayor J.J. Cluff presided at the meeting and all members were present except Councillor Archie Hubert. still confined to his home as a result of an accident suffered soma weeks ago. Council in a resolution expressed its sym- pathy to Councillor Hubert. ST. COLUMBAN TAKES STEPHENSON TROPHY - St. Columban defeated Walton 1-0 on Friday night in St. Columban, to win the championship of the Huron Football Association and the Stephenson Cup. Played before the largest crowd of the season. the game was close from start.to finish, with the goaltending the - standout feature of the game. • Both teams had plenty of play around the nets. J. Roach scored for - St. Columhan on a perfect .p'ass from J. Delaney. in the first half. This game was the best of the season with F.W. Kemp officiating. - Appointment of John F.. Ross, former principal of the 'Seaforth Collegiate. institute. as..judge of a juvenile and family court hcing set up in - Guelph. . was announced this week. Mr. Ross for 22 years was principal of the Guelph Collegiate . Vocational Institute. • •AUGUST 19, 1971 St. Joseph's Convent which has been in existence here -for nearly 60 -years is being closed. -The Convent at the corner of Gouinlock and Chalk Streets was brought into use at' the beginning of 1913. The building. is being rented as a private dwelling. Reference to the closing was contained in a report of a meeting of the Board of Advisors of St. James Parish. * * * It may be coincidence hut at a time when area councils consider action to 'renovate the Van Egmond property in Egmondvillc, the North York Historical Society is acting to preserve a building which was the hiding place of Col. Van Egmond following his participation in the 1837 rebellion. It is the Joseph Shepard frame house on Burndale Ave., Willowdale, which dates from 1812. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Benson and was the hid- ing place of. William Lyon Mackenzie's commander, Colonel Van Egmond, after the. 1837 Battle of Montgomery's Tavern.