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Editorial
Faxes keep dowing
in election fever
Political Paper Race Update - Week ?? (We're not sure
what week it is. We're just sure this election is hopefully over
soon ).
In startling, startling news, the Liberal party has CEASED,
sending faxes! They have sent not ONE since the last update.
The last totals were: .
Reform - 66 pages of faxes
Liberal - 43'
NDP -12
P.C. - 0
New Totals:
Reform - 120 -
NDP -51
Liberal 43
PC - f)
So Reform is running away with the largest telephone bill
for faxes while the NDP sneaks by the dormant Liberals and
the PC uses its fax budget for Jean Charest's hairspray. •
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has sent a four-part (so
tar) Voters Guide - but here's a synopsis - Go behind the par-
tition. pick up the pencil and put an "X" on the ballot in the •
circle beside one of the names. Here's a helpful hint - you
should know who your voting for because they don't put the
political party beside the candidate's name.
Elections Canada has also gone from its mere 13 pages of
election "news" to a total of 51 faxed pages and a separate
media information folder. sent by Priority-Courier.'which con-
tains a I4 -page "catalogue" of election materials, including 72
items available to this newspaper "free of charge" (except
maybe to the taxpayer) and seven videos, also "free."
As well in the media package is a' 12 -page fact sheet about
electoral districts. (And for all the cost of producing this mate-
rial, the most current information on the populations.of ALL
the ridings in Canada is from 1991. At that time Huron•Bruce
was inhabited by 94,731). Also included is a 24 -page "Media
Guide" with a pull-out map of Canada and all the numbered
electoral districts. (We're number 33).
One has to wonder if there was a nuclear war whether we'd
get as many press releases. - DWS
Letters to the Editor
All lose from sexual asatutt
Dear Editor:
Many people continue to
view acts of violence against
women as small, isolated
incidents. Yet there is nothing
small. or isolated .shout the
estimated -$4.2 billion
Canadians pay annually in
hospital costs, treatment
costs, missed work hours ;and
lost wages as a result of the
high incidence of domestic
assault, sexual assault and
harassment of women.
In order to raise public
awareness of this issue, May
is designated as Sexual
Assault Prevention Month in
Ontario.
Women represent more than
half of this province'spopu-
lation; are significant contrib-
utors to Ontario's econoy
and continue to cagy the -pri-
mary responsibility fgi'thc
care of our chi !then ,0fa
elders.
Women who arc victims, pf
sexual assault or long-term
abuse too often suffer
irreparable emotional damage
- a part of themselves is lost.
In addition children who
view sexual assault against
women, also lose. We, as a
society lose.
The government, in an
effort to draw .attention to this
issue, has provided funds to
link 34 rape crisis and sexual
assault centres via the
Internet. This technology will
provide shared information in
an effort to consolidate edu-
cational initiatives, thereby
enhancing service delivery
across the province. The
Ontario WQflai0l4irectoratc
will lq.0 , awcbade lo.kecp
piblic. tpfp('titud of it ir-
ttppi wotlaop'>+,oves•
,Mit#ttne ,CunnEM lam,
inister ,Reippnstthflle for
lllyp Len's lssu4s, will bc vis-
itjt seconder schools in
t, Om1Page 5
First Rocky III, then media fishing day ffl
to the history of sports,
there are major events that
laap out - the Blue Jays'
back-to-back World Scrims
wins, the Edmonton Oilers'
Stanley Cup winning streak,
Muhammad Ali - Joe Frazier
epic boxing matebes,
Canada -Russia hockey series
- and the Grand Bend Salmon
& Trout Derby media day -
(The only non•te&evised avant
of the aforementiooesi clas-
sics).
For the third year in a mw, I
was a member of the media
pseudo -anglers trying to end
our shameful two-year record
of not catching a single fish
amongst us.
The day was off to a good
start as we intriduved our-
selves to fellow participants.
"Seaforth? Didn't a repuner
1rorn your paper write some-
thing really bads about
Sarnia'! Yeah. I remember -
the mayor wrote a letter,"
said the guy from the Sarnia
Observer, 1 explained that
was the 'other Seaforth" in
the parallel universe where
everything goes wrong. I told
him everyone in the "good"
Seaford] now owns shares of
DuPont and has season tick-
ets to the Sarnia Sting.
Normally a fleet of three
cruisers takes to the waters
but for "technical difiicul-
ties" (a typical media excuse)
only two vessels launched
last Wednesday morning. So
we had about eight people on
our boat - the luxury liner
Scott's
Thoughts
by Dave Scott
piloted by Grand Bend
Harbour Master Bob Roney -
also known as the Candyman
- (not the monstrous slasher
from horror movie fame).
The other boat was captained
by a Bob. too. Bob Green (no
relation to Lome)- whose ..
boat is named "Tanqueray"
after the gin - so needless to
say, not much fishing hap-
pened on that boat. (But just
in case they did catch any-
. thing, there was plenty of ice
to, keep the fish fresh).
For those interested in actu-
al fishing terms. we wen:.
"downrigging" - sinking lines
down to cuntrolkd depths
with "cannonballs" - (not the •
kind Bugs Bunny shoots at
Yosemite Sam in one of those
classic violent Warner Bros.
cartoons where he says, "You
know. this meatus war.") --
How do I ger on to these
things
But since antic only had four
rods. we had to fish in shifts.
'No rods wore•downrig,gsrs
and two were'flat-lining" -
(nothingto do with the movie
vireo Keifer Sutherland
injects himself with heart -
slowing drugs so he can have
a near -death expsrienue).
Sorry, we were just fishing.
(let, by the way, we didn't
Batch any fish. (Oups, I
wasn't supposed to say that).
1 was present, though, when
a rare three-foot, wet -bark
stick was.pulled from the
cold, hellish waters ofLake
Huron. Heck, it.mighthave
even bean four feet. We
didn't have a tape measure .
though (or oven very good
depth perception).
We could see Kettle Point
in the distance and someone
claimed to see lightning on
the hurizon..1 saw a flash tow.
It was either lightning or one
of those chemical plants
exploding in Sarnia. NO, I'M
SORRY. 1 DIDN'T MEAN
THAT. (I sincerely apologize
to anybody from Samia who
took offense to that uhvious
attempt at a cheap laugh at
the expense of a beautiful .
blucwater community. 1 have
visited Sarnia several times
over the years and have
enjoyed myself on each occ a-
sion and don't carry any
long-lasting effects other than
• the ones 1 already experi-
enced from notwearing gog-
glen as a kid when I watched
my dad weld).
But one of the most memo-
rable
amarable things about to media
fishing day (aside from the
usual free barbecued fish
courtesy of Forbes Fresh Fish
and quantities of brown pops
courtesy of somebody from
the derby who bought them)
for the second year in a row,
there was a coincidental
"mystery fisherman .from
Seaforth" aboard my boat.
Last year it was Ron. Muir.
This year it was Bruce.
Madden, son of the infa-
mous Ralph "Farmer"
McFadden of Seaforth hock-
ey fame, and brother of
Sheila (nee McFadden)
Morton of teaching fame.
Bruce must have .picked •up
the interests of both his father
and sister aince he once
played both junior A and B
hockey, had a chance to play
.pro and to.ref in -the NHL but
chose a career path of teach-
ing and "never looked back."
He's now retired from the
education profession and is
pursuing other business inter-
ests with his wife.
He fundis remembers his
father taking him fishing on
every creek, river and fishing
hole in Hurn County when
he was younger - some of the
same ones my grandfather
took me, my brothers and
Bruce's nephew, Bruce
Morton, on when we were all
kids.
In those days, we actually.
caught fish when we went
fishing. (...really!)
More than 1,000 Bowily recordings done in 1930s -
The iegacyof RayNoble and Al Bowily
Ray Noble was born
December 17, 1903, near
London. England. In July
1929. after he won a musical
contest in London, he was
awarded the prestigious post
of director of Tight music for
His Master's Voice (HMV).
His duties consisted of pro-
ducing a series of dance
music recordings to be issued
under the name of the New
Mayfair Dance Orchestra
(NMDO) and to supply
appropriate music for singers
for HMV such as Gracie
Fields and Paul Robeson.
Ray Noble was 25.
The NMDO existed only
within tlx: studios of HMV.
The musicians who played in
this orchestra were recruited
for the recording sessions
from the fine orchestras
which played publicly in
London, among them bands
led by Ambrose. Roy' Fox,,
Jack Hylton and Lew Stone.
Noble, who died in London .
on April 2. 1978, was a bril-
liant arranger and songwriter.
HMV's house band led by
Noble generally consisted of
two two trumpets, two trom-
bones, four saxophones (dou-
bling on clarinet and includ-
• ing a baritone sax which
CO€41.40(4c
by Pau Copeland
-added a great "bottonf'-to•the
sound of the band), two vio-
lins. one viola, piano, guitar,
bass and drums.
Among the orchestra's reg-
ular players were some of the
finest musicians in London:
trumpeters Max Goldberg
and Nat Gonella, trombonist
Lew Davis, and the late great
also sax star, Freddy Gardner.
Some of Noble's best known
songs (he wrote most of his
lyrics, too) are Goodnight.
Sweetheart, Love iocked
Out, The Very Thought of •
You.B•v the Fireside. What
More Can I Ask, Love is the
Sweetest Thing, I'll Be Good
Because of You. 1'11 Do M_1
Best to Make You Happe. the
.Touch of Your Lips. It's All
Forgotten Now, and I Hadn't
Anyone 'Tit You.
When the NMDO recorded,
Noble rarely played piano
with the band but supervised
the sound recording. The
musicians were seated, nut in
rows as on a dance: hall band-
stand, but in a circle around a
single microphone superior
to any in Canada or the
U.S.A. at the time in captur-
ing the rich. full mid-range
sound. The records the
NMDO made under Noble's
direetion=_etapeoially those
featuring the marvellous.
unforgettable singing of Al
Bowlly - attracted world-
wide attention. Many afi-
cionados claim that the HMV
Ray Noble/Al Bowlly record-
ings were the greatest dance
(nut jar,-) music - band and
singer - Of the 1930s.
In 1951 RCA Victor reis-
sued eight Ray Noble HMV
titles on a 10 -inch LP. During
1957-59 Australian HMV
released 43 Noble/Bowily
titles on four LPs. In 1962
Capitol (USA) issued a two -
LP Ray Noble set (24 titles).
During 1969-75 Monmouth -
Evergreen (USA) issued a
series of seven LPs. about
half of the Noble/Bowlly
HM V s. In 1979 EMI
(England) issued a boxed set
of 14 LPs which included
every recording Al Bowlly
made with Ray Noble for
HMV (1930-34). The origi-
nal 78s were extremely well
recorded - the splendid sound
of those rare old forever -
young records so skillfully
transferred to LP is astonish-
ing.
Long -play reissues of Ray
Noble and the NMDO have
Wen almost,entirely .restfiet-
ed,tu those recording which
feature Al Bowlly (about 37
per cent of the total). Superb
as Bowlly is. the unfortunate
result of this policy has been
to diminish the importance of
Ray Noble who was a greaser
talent than Bowlly.
Noble produced a remark-
able total of 422 10 -inch and
106 12 -inch records (the
equivalent of 581 iO-_inch
sides) by the NMDO plus the
music for solo singers such
as Gracie Fields (122), Paul
Robeson (46), Jack
Buchanan, Peter Dawson,
OW. It seems likely that Noble
made over 1,000 records for
HMV in little more than Live
years. Amazing'.
For his many fans, Al
Bowily was the greatest pop-
ular singer of the 1930s. His
extraordinary voice was easi-
ly recognizable. He sang Love
songs with deep emotion: and
.CONTINUED on page 5
Lacrosse revived with new club in Seaforth
♦ ` $UNE 8,1972
Seaforth council at a special
meeting Tuesday evening
acted to facilitate the reloca-
tion of a Seaforth business in
life of Seaforth one who had the fanner Boshart factory en
been active and prominent in Squib Main Street.
the town's affairs for. nearly The area involving six lots
half a century. Mr. Cluff had •had been coned as light
been in excellent health and industrial and council inoved
active bot town until to amend the zoning by-law
stricken a week before his to community commercial.
death and his sudden:passing This will permit use of the
came with a great sense ,of building as a retail outlet by
shock, not only to his family, Canadian Tire.
but to the citi4ens of Seaforth Fred Tilly of .Canadian Tire
where he had been .so long said his company had made
and intimatoly ,k(town, and an :offer to purchase the
where his integrity a sl pith isbtiildin and this had been
spirit heti »'gn :hitn -the a pIcP .by owner, Wm.
respect and tlllgpec of.(b f • �44kilss
"As a gen4ral Policy,
�'Aced p -Mins 811940
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FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
JUNE 4, 1897
RIFLE MATCH - The
twenty-first annual prize
meeting of the 33rd Battalion
Rifle Association, was held
on the range in Seaforth, on
Thursday of last week. The
weather was all that could be
desired, but, owing to the act
that the range had only been
open for practice for three
days previously, our boys
were not in as good shape as
they ought to have been, to
compete with the crack nfle-
men of .Guelph, London,
Woodstock and other points,
where the season, had opened
so much earlier.
A GOOD )3U1.L SO4Q -
the Years Agone 4,10
with the following officers:
Hon. President. Dr. C.
MacKay; ,President, E.H.
Close; Secretary and
Treasurer, D.F. Buck;
Committee, C. Stewart,
McKenzie, E. Umbach; offi-
cial referee, T. Johnston. It
was decided to enter a team
in the junior series of the
the group consisting
of Mitchell, ;Clinton, and
Searcath.
Contract .for School ;Let -
T{he ;Trustee ;Board ,of the
,Egmondville School
have let the contract for the
Mr. Herbert Crich hasdis- new school buildins teibe
.reeted,this summer. ` jtertetlf
der ;of Mr. H. Edge, Q
:-c fpitO, .was ae - , $ icor
1,iKf + ' ' e - t,gf
P. ,Pf•
posed of a line yourig
Durham bull to r. pias
Miler, gfdCiPPPn•• I
is 29 months.ol and,*
of the finestgf its br*.•
price wiid was a goof/. ope,As
txs go attbe,Presenttlime.
r, tRldcr hslslgot a Ors 00.1
,animal and ,a{e hope he mill
,fie rpcccssf tin his venture.
220,1542
tI,ACRO E - Lacrosse is J. C .
to bc revived in Seaforth. At of only a week, w
a largely attended and enthu- in the death of
siastic meeting, recently held, Aphn J. Glut( on
a new club was 99 1,4;40 , frowtkal i(rafP 1
t t
mmcrcia
evening. ';Ir
the speaker,
only after cartakp ' ,
eant �
n well vottay f
a �Je
1ada, we 9httN1 ;1111 tqf
Ai ,g,it;tlrc *AYARO ttAck011
etpe
tons
iIhe
iof
Ire
is 0
hatzing Alm ne,cAssity
Ing a start, ,IJonald
ay. i14;,141p t�t
tildicncc
t •$eaforth Public School,
Monday evening, while we
often sec an attractive goal, it
ibc ;4 11841 wilt upcer-
gntl diffigylty
"The
!thing was to gEt started
.qvt ; f ,in a small wav and
,91u,Qb, cctivc wit,' ibc
aohkeyed. Ale s.0 as he
addressed p,cyp ty a idi-
,e,nco attep{1t�1 , e official
(wooingof a 152 addi-
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