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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-12-11, Page 44-TNE HURON EXPOSITOR, Doo mbar 11, 1NS Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI•LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S'T. USA & Foreign: 32.50 a year in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signol-Star Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontorio Advertising is occepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the odveft sing space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonoble allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold Advertising is merely on offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time.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 damoge of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliv- erable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, December 11, 1996 Editorial and Business Offices • 100 Main Street.,Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fox (519) 527-2858 Mailing Address • P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Views expressed on our opinion page(s) don't necessarily represent those of The Huron Expositor or Bowes Publishers. The Huron Expositor reserves to right to edit letters 'to the edi- tor or to refuse publication. Editorial Give them a call It would just take a phone call. If you're feeling frustrated about decisions that seem beyond your control, you still have a chance to be heard. One local resident, who had concerns about Seaforth losing its Canadian Tire store, tried calling the 1-800 number in the ad in last week's paper. After a fairly lengthy chat with the customer relations representative on the other end of the line, it seemed to him that if enough people called, it might make a difference and Canadian Tire may take our concerns into consideration. (If the big business actually acts on those suggestions is another thing). But, as they say, there's no harm in trying. And to pull out another appropriate cliche, "nothing ventured, nothing gained." If you're feeling burned over this latest slap in the face to Seaforth, call 1-800-387-8803 and tell Canadian Tire how you feel. Speak and you will be heard. - DWS Letters to the Editor When are we going to. get empty stores filled? Dear Editor: ANOTHER business in Seaforth CLOSING -- how very, very sad for all the employees (full and part time) of the Canadian Tire store, who weft, given MINI- MUM notice of the .closure of the store, and how sad to get such news before Christmas. Never thought Canadian Tire could he so callous. GOOD LUCK to all the employees who will he out of work hcginning the 1997 year. Jobs in Seaforth are nbt to he. Wonder when the elected officials of Seaforth arc going to try and get some of these EMPTY stores and EMPTY spaces occupied again? Can you imagine how happy thc members of the heritage group will he now, they will he able to paint the Canadian Tirc store (after Jan/97) the EXACT colors they and Scaforth wants, as it wi!! he a big "empty" build- ing then I'm quite sure no one will care what color it is then. Sorry to sec the stores in Scaforth who arc still open. arc not hcing patronized by the people in and around Scaforth. Have been told many, many people from Seaforth (including your Seaforth town employees also) have been seen shop- ping (lots of times) at thc new larger stores in Godcrich, how nice !!!! Scaforth, a ghost town??? when you take a drive up (or down) Main Street it's sure hcginning to look like one. I congratulate the stores we do have open for trying and doing their very hest to stay open, with little or no help from elected officials or few patrons helping out. 1 think-thc town has too many rules and regulations, that arc really not needed, and that makes a person not want to open a store in Seaforth. I get MORE than EXCELLENT service from Egmondvillc store, and Scaforth stores. Why can't more people try their own stores here in Seaforth? It will help keep Seaforth on the map. 1 hope. Mcrry Christmas everyone. C.B. Brown Encouraged by response Dear Editor: With regard to our hospital, 1 would like to say how encouraged I am by the response of Seaforth's citi- zens, their comments and let- ters. Thc human interest sto- ries by Dave Scott gives our hospital a fact and an identi- ty, and shows its importance to the community. 1 was especially touched by the children's letters. Closing any part of our hos- pital's functions will affect us all in one way or another, from the very young to the very old. We refer to the hospital as CONTINUED on page 5 b Surviving is easy, do-gooding is tough I am just back from a wonderful week of walking through the mountainous villages of the Azores. A secret to most North Americans, the Azores consist of nine lush lumps of lava in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean; a tranquil archipelago which is home to more cattle than people; farms that stretch forever with no factories defacing them; white -washed villages surrounded by orange and pineapple plantations. Isolated and several decades behind the times, the Azores are a Portuguese paradise of exotic proportions. As the most resourceful people on this planet, the Azoreans need very little. Certainly not smoke stacks or suburbs or shopping malls or any more Germans buying up the best properties to erect garish glass villas. But what the Azores really need are escalators. Not for any practical purpose mind you, but to practise on in case Azoreans should ever travel to other countries which do use escalators. I survived the truck drivers of San Miguel who occasionally like to reach out and touch a hiker with their sideview mirrors. (The Azoreans are every bit as fast and furious behind the wheel as mainland Portuguese but on the islands they throw cows and horses into the mix to make it just a little more exciting. I survived a tumble at the edge of the Atlantic when a particularlypowerful wave first sent me ass over tea kettle into shoreline rocks and then tried to take me back to sea with it. I survived the steep and slippery trail that takes a hiker to the top of Mount Picomen down into Lagoa do Fogo in the mouth of the island's largest volcano. I even survived Canada Customs when suddenly, ominously, there I was, face to face with an evil escalator and two Azorean women. . The small crowd behind them indicated they'd been standing there staring at the escalator when I hear: "Uma, dois, tits." Then both of them leap onto the fast moving steps. The larger, older women dressed all in black falls down first, the younger women, perhaps her middle- aged daughter goes down trying to reach her. In one of those comic tragic situations, about ten of us stand staring at two women going up an escalator flat on their backs with arms and legs flailing in the air. Only Lucy and Ethel could have done it better. Skirting the crowd I jump over the rail, drop my shoulder bag on the escalator, step over the younger woman and grab the arms of the older lady who is now halfway to the top. I start pulling and lifting, but it seems the centre of gravity of this panicked and gasping woman is still in her homeland. In sailing terms she had "turtled." • Finally, 1 wrestle her to her feet, facing the wrong way. She reaches out for the younger woman who is also upright at this point but I clutch her arms and wheel her around like an illegal allemande left in the sport of full contact square dancing. As we both face the floor coming at us, it occurs to me if this woman has never stepped onto an escalator - before in her life, chances are she has never stepped off one either. She screams as the one safe. step she has come to trust begins disappearing under the floor and with a mighty heave I lift and thrust this woman onto the floor at which point we both go down in a heap. Needless to say the younger woman, those that had helped her up and everybody's carry -on luggage piles into us from behind. With everybody alive, a sense of relief almost swept over the crowd -- and that's when it happened. The sudden death of Senor Macieira from Portugal. Another Canadian at the top of the escalator who had CONTINUED on page 5 t+>1 I wY-NI-r �,4-1 sTt1 y OP N Bev, -5. DRAWING TO THE EDITOR - Ben Shepherd, son of Drs. Carolin and Robert Shepherd of Seaforth sent in his thoughts on why we should keep Seaforth Community Hospital open in the form of a drawing of the heliport and a helicopter landing. It's particularly timely since a local resident was just air -lifted to London on Friday following an accident. Tornado damage exceeds $100,000 in Hibbert. FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR DECEMBER 25, 18% A hockey club was orga- nized at a meeting in thc Queen's hotel, Scaforth, on monday evening, with the following officers: Hon. pres., W.O. Reid; hon vice- pres., R.C. Chcswright; sec.- tres., W. H.Willis; captain. Brown Jackson; committcc; H.W. Cresswell, Allan Bond, and Geo. Baldwin. Arrangements arc hcing made with the Fipk authori- tics for use of the ice for practice. While overhauling ' a bureau, the property of Dr. Coleman, at the Broadfoot & Box factory an old paper was found at the hack of the mir- ,,ror which is an interesting relic of bygone days. It was "Thc Excelsior .Mills Journal," and was printed in Thc Expositor office in January, 1878, for M. Charlesworth & Co., Egmondvillc, when the Excelsior Flour Mills at that place was in full blast. ** Thc carload of apples shipped from Kippcn station to the Old Country market by Messrs. R. B. McLean, Jas. Cooper, R. McMordic, John McNevin, Andrew Bell, Jas. Mustard and Peter Grant real- ized a profit of 86 cents a . barrel after all expenses were met. DECEMBER 19, 1921 A serious fire occurred early Saturday morning last when- the large hank Karn of Mr. A.P. Joynt, just outside the corporation in Egmondvillc, wa s complete- ly destroyed by fire. The Karn was leased by Messrs. Mcrner and Fee and they had in it at the time two teams of working horses, a valuable driving, marc and colt, a car load of finished flax fibre and much more. The flax was insured but there was no insurance on the contents, and thc loss will he a very heavy one to the owners. Mr Mcrner refused $ I ,000 for the driving marc and colt only a few weeks ago. * * * Mr. John Rankin has received word from the President of of the Canadian Fire Underwriter's Association that a reduction of tcn cents has been granted to thc town of Scaforth on buildings and dwellings, the same to come into effect as soon as the new rates can he published. The reduction is not general throughout the Province, hut owing to the fact_ that Seaforth has such a good record. and maintains a splendid fire department, the town has merited this reduc- tion at the hands of the CFUA and also through the representations of the Ontario Fire Agents' Association. DECEMBER 20, 1946 A preliminary survey of farms affected by Thursday's tornado indicates damage to property in thc Dublin arca will exceed $100,0(0 accord- ing to thc Hibbert and Logan Tornado Relief Fund Committee. Thc committcc was organized at a meeting in Dublin Monday night, and is endeavoring not only to col- lect funds for thc relief of the tornado victims, but also to prepare an estimate of the storm damage in order that representations may be made to Government authorities for priority in obtaining materi- als urgently needed for rebuilding damaged build- ings. * * * Sentences of five months, three months and one month in the Ontario Reformatory to run concurrently were handed out by Magistrate A.F. Cook Thursday to W. George Welsh, Seaforth, when Welsh pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretenses by issuing worthless cheques and to a third charge of uttering a forged document. DECEMBER 23, 1971 Fire early Sunday morning razed the A.J. Wright Transport depot on Goderich Strcct at Coleman. Loss is set a more then $100,0)0. Fanned by strong south winds the flames of the fire spread across No. 8 highway and sparks were blown for several blocks cast and west. Police closed the highway to traffic. A series of explosions resulted as the fire reached gas tanks and tires on trucks and trailers in the burning structure. * * * Thc old railway station was well enough attached to it's location in Dublin that it refused to be moved, at least in one piece. As a result, Leo Kroonen, who Nought the station has takcn it apart, piece by piece, and moved it to his farm where it will retire to a life of sheltering farm machinery.