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Letters to the Editor:
Is the taxpayer paying
legal costs for lawsuit?
Dear Editor:
This letter is in response to
the "story'- written by Mr.
Charlie Smith. which was
printed in the .Expositor July
2. i would like 10 know why.
Mr. Smith paid $2,500 to the
town of Seaforth towards the
cost of the lawsuit mentioned
in his letter.
if -Mr. Smith was its the
wrong. as this seems to indi-
cate. then why did he not pay
ALL legal costs. If he is not
paying all costs then who is -
me the taxpayer? And if so:
why". I have no problem with
this nice new building being
built. as a matter of fact I
welcome the use of the new
car wash as docs my husband
with the large bay for trucks.
If you were to walk the
main street of Seaforth Mr.
Smith will find a few empty
stores, indicating that not all
is well in the town of
Seaforth. So why would we
hinder a business person who
is trying to keep their busi-
. ness in this town, 'paying
business tax and helping to
make the entrance from the
south end a pleasant sight?
Mr. Smith speaks of by
laws not enforced -but does
not indicated which by-law is
being broken. i understand
that his next step should have
been the OMB for an impar-
tial hearing. Or did he skip
this step thinking he would
have to put up some money
to register his complaint opt-
ing for the taxpayers to pay
instead?
if this business person has
complied with all the build-
ing codes and obtained the
permits necessary, as 1
assume since construction
has been started they have.
then why is Mr. Smith wast-
ing my tax dollars on lawyers
in the first place? If Mr.
Smith started legal proceed-
ing against the town. and
then withdrew on his own
should he nut be held respon-
- Bible for cost incurred? If not.
:then what is to stop other
people tying up the court's
time and the taxpayers' dol-
lars. Maybe Mr. Smith should
have researched his claim
before taking it to court and
avoided this expense in the
first place.
Mr. Smith indicated that the
town is holding $10,000 of
this business's money. It
would seem to me that the
person who started this in the
first place is the only one get-
ting off cheap at $2,500. As
for the chain link fence. what
do you think that all drivers
in Seaforth arc so bad they"
can't turn a corner to get in
the car wash without driving
on your lawn? I. for one,
think I can handle it.
Thelast thing 1 would like
to question is the name of his
company. i had been under
the understanding that his
company name was known as
"Boilersmith", previously
known as Robert Bell
Industries. Mr. Smith may I
suggest putting a few flowers
in front of your business to
enhance its appearance and
leave the rest of the business
people to attend their own
affairs.
401. concerned citizen and
taxpayer
Shirley Bragger
Annoyed at people
who abandon animals
Dear Editor:
Thanks to an ad in thc
Expositor, "Smokcy", the
abandoned cat and her family
have been given a hotnc .on ,a
farm with a kind man. A hope
they are all happy. The other
cat that was with "Smokcy"
is happy at Maplewood.
She's a mom -now too, so
wgp't;be,retiring for awhile. ,
But ;I'm still annexed at,tthe
people who drop off these
animals. -My neighbor called
me at 7:30 on .a Sunday
morning a few weeks ago to
see if 1'd reeognizeu ,;1 grey
pickup, whose occupy is
were attempting to drop of.a
young ,dog ;on .the ,county
(bad. ,It was ,igltfetant Ito the
loft +douse and OW to;fgl
:tl)c�tru4k• The), finally; f
own a%hc sidcroad c* f
Chautauqua - a dangerous place to be funny
Vineents and loft it in a field.
What kind of people are
these, who droptheir animals
off on the side ,of ,the road
like an empty ;beer bottle?
They definitoly got out of
line when ,God Was giving
,outbrains and are waiting for
theirs:to come in the,mail•
a[;dAke to spggeat if we,cau
;toed up these ,culpcits wee
1pptIthem nn nooks in front,gf
,town hall on a Saturday night
and let all the abandoned ani-
ma s .az And hiss1100
rindi1irn Acq Ahow off
uttf iKttliar t �ltorY Ito And
for,tictttsglvcp. I Mega ?
Sorry ;19 sgtuld .off at you,
Mr. Fditgr• A ;know Jtµ ,take
cart ,Rf XQ40 >K pU
thrice at Ithed,ipe' 's y`w and
were 1{ r1C•
IMO Atoa.
Here 1 sit, once again, on
Canada Day surrounded
entirely by Americans who
art standing, applauding and
singing along The Stars and
Stripes Forever in a massive
outdoor amphitheatre with
the United States Army Field
Band on stage.
It sounds rather unpatriotic
of me, but the fact of the
metier is, I'm a spy for
CiSSLS and my assignment is
to send back to Canada the
underwear sizes -of U.S.
soldiers, so in thc.evont of a
cross-border war, we can run
up behind them and give
them all "weggies". (You
don't think we're going to go
weapon -to -weapon with these
guys, do you? Their crossing
guards are better armed than
our navy!)
OK, the truth is I teach
humour writing courses at the
Chautauqua Institute near
Erie, Pennsylvania for two
weeks each sununer.
Chautauqua is an amazing
retreat, a one -of -a -kind
working town where -
enlightenment and
entertainment burst forth in a
nine -week growing season
that sees Tony Bennett
singing and sweating under
the lights of the same stage
Garrison Keillor read from
that morning.
Chautauqua is deeply
religious. highly intellectual
and very much against
alcoholic beverages. In short.
it's everything I'm not.
In fact, they'd probably kick
me out if they knew who 1
was, which they don't,
because down here I wear a
slick, black toupee and go by
the name of Ricky Ricardo.
I'm constantly harping to
the students in my class to get
off their duffs and go looking
for the comic opportunities in
their daily routines. Listen to
your kids, eavesdrop on other
people's conversations,
interview your grandmother
after you put two shuts of
Tequila in her tea.
Chautauqua can be a
strange place.
Just ask a tour guide how
they managed to get 10.000
Maniacs in a theatre that
scats 5,000? And is Normal
Hall really the best place to
stage "The Three Faces of
Ever Yes, I tell them.
Chautauqua is rich in quittcs
and eccentricities. That's why
they call it an institution. Go
forth and search and ye shall
find the humour, I tell them.
It must have been four years
ago, I had given my class just
such a pep talk and, as was
my rpt ine after class. I
retreated to the patio of the
Hot Rocks cafe when it was
located in The Refectory on
Bestor Plaza. I had my
toffee, my Danish and my
Daily laid out on the
wrought -iron table. I was
facing Jim Rosselli in his
radio booth and behind me.
Kirsten Engstrom,
C autauqua's sculptress in
residence, was turning gobs
of wet clay into things of
ceramic beauty. Molly.
Kirsten's big bright Macaw,
was prancing around inside
her cage and spitting
sunflower seeds on the
ground.
A Chautauquan morning
was unfolding as it should.
That's when I heard the
slapping of shoes on
pavement and turned to my
right to see a large, short
woman, dripping with sweat
and struggling with a half
dozen plastic bags of -
grocenes as she padded
heavily up. the sidewalk. As
she passed in front of me, a
shrill wolf whistle erupted
behind me. She stopped dead.
let the bottoms of the bass
test on the sidewalk, and
turned, staring directly at me.
Quickly, I snapped up my
paper. pretended to read a .
hne or two and peered over
the top to see if she was still
looking my way. She was,
only now with eyes steeled
with contempt.
1 cleared my throat and
went back to my paper.
peeked around it and finally
laid it down. I was beat.
Whoever had whistled was
not about to do it again and
this woman was not budging.
"Lady." I said. conjuring up
the innocence of lob. "i was
not the one who whistled at
you!"
"Oh, I know it wasn't you."
she said, "it was.that damn .
bird!" she continued, anger
ever rising in her voice.
Then she tuned, hoisted her
groceries off the ground;
' looked back at me and said:
"It's always that damn bird.
Just once, why.couldn't it -be
a man?" Then she stomped
off down Bestor Plaza, in
even more of a noisy flap
than when she had arrived.
Now I tell my writing
students they have two
options in capturing comic
opportunities: they can either
make a concerted effort to go
humour hunting or put their
feet up, relax, mind their own
business.- and the comedy
will come looking for them.
Volunteers needed for local. blood donor clinic
components, one unit has the
potential of saving four lives.
Seaforth clinics have
saved/enriched 5,944 lives
since 1986.
We never know when our'
mother, father, brother, sister
or our children will need the
service of the 'Red Cross.
Let's keep this vital service in
Seaforth. Help us to help,
you. Please call 527-2177
after 6 p.m. if you wish To;
volunteer your time, or
donate money.
Jinn McNichol
Dear Editor: but due to cutbacks they will
The Red Cross Blood no longer donate the pop. We
Donor clinic is fast approach- must now ,go out to the Ben-
ing again this year. Aug. 21. . eras public for financial assis-
Once again the clinic is in tance to buy pop, juice and
need of volunteers to phone cookies. I hope from this let -
people to remind the donors ter we might receive cash
of the time and place of the donations from people or
clinic, also people to work businesses in the area, so we
don't have to ask for dona-
tions. I know the businesses
are being hit all the time to
donate to one thing or anoth-
er, this plea is going out to
the general public for sup
the evening of the clinic.
more important we need
sponsors to donate pop. juice
and cookies for the donors to
have after they give'blood . I '
have contacted Coke -Cola
and Pepsi, our usual sponsor,
port -
- Our small group of volun-
teers is desperately trying to
keep the clinic in Seaforth,
but if we don't get enough
support from the community,'
we will lose it. Let's not let
this, ,happen, Seaforth clinic
has always had a good turn
out in regard to the number
of donors that give blood.
The Red Cross has records
showing that Seaforth has
been having clinics since
.1986. They have collected
1486 units of blood. Since
blood can be separated into
Disappointing -when hard work destroyed for no reason
. Dear Editor: ' looking good for the growing who are not, members of our Street. planted by the Hprt
Now that "spring" has season. You can understand society antherefore don't I grow a nig red flower,
passed us by and summer is how disappointing it is when receive our year book. pretty as can be.,
- upon us, your local hurticul- our hard work is destroyed Perhaps it will "ring a 'bell" I'm proud to live on Main
tural society has been busy for no reason.- the next time you see flowers Street, for everyone to see..
planting the baskets, boxes The following is a poem, , uprooted or picked from our . People stop and look at
and flower beds that beautify written by our president boxes or beds: me: it snakes them feel real
our Main Street. Eleanor Horst and published A POSY PARODY glad;
Our volunteers are few and in our year book. We thought' I am a Pelargonium, gerani- And I was doing pretty
n stretches our resources to it might be of benefit to have urn for short. good. but now it's getting
get these all planted and kept it ,published .for those of you And I live • on the Main CONTINUED on page 5
Ed Daly installs first radio in Seaforth in 1922
Johnson, publicity chairman
for the carnival. Carrying
thousands of dodgers. the air-
craft will visit each of the
towns and villages in the dis-
trict, dropping dodgers,
including dodgers that will
colitic the holder to free
admission and other prizes if
presented at the carnival. The
air trips will be made on
Tuesday and Thursday pre-
ceding the two carnival days.
• JULY 20,1972
Douglas Anstctt. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Anstcu and Jim
Nash. sun of Mr. and Mrs.
James Nash, returned Sunday
from a week as the Davey
Keon and Billy Harris hock-
ey school in St. Catharines.
Doug Ansteu won the trip at
a Pee Wee hockey puma -
:Dent in. Mitchell held last
March.
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
JULY 16, I897
THE ROAD RACE - The
second in the series of handi-
cap road .races held by the
Victoria bicycle club was run
on Wednesday evening.
There were eight starters and
good time was made consid-
ering that thc roads were not
in first class condition. The
course was from the Royal
out the Huron road to Mr.
Angus McDermid's and
return. George Baldwin fin-
ished first with Fred Crich at
his hind wheel, but as Crich
was allowed a handicap of
one minute he will score first
place.
CM. Whitney of the stook
exchange, who was looked
upon as a winner, collided
with a farmer's rig about a
mile from the town, break
his wheel and was unable to
go all the way. The sc9te Ps
follows: F. Crich, G. 0401, .G.
Baldwin and G. Chesney,
equal; ,1. - Aberhart, D.
Campbell, A. Forbes. The
best tithe was made by ,¢.
;Baldwin, being 32 minutets.
TAW GIRL'S AMAPA -
.The air1s'
direction of lMr• harm r
willfrve an cnteitain{kgpt,i
Mr. D.D. Wilson's lawn Ao
{1flonday event The $g t4
w,illl ;be ,bt attest ete frAdMin
adljtioo ,to a ntptts,te
gramme ,the dhrigade
4cYR,r , f 44Y• 4 SAP
adnw 'o Ace ,Pf IN ,cents
NW* c ,. ed. The brigade
A+Qo 4 J81rJ' geuer-
ous encouragement from our picks up daily the market
citizens, as they have on Bev- reports, baseball scores and
eras .occasions given their ser- many other interesting things.
vices, cheerfully and gratu- The other evening he listened
itousty in aid of worthy and to a concert being given in
patriotic objects, and it is Madison, Wisconsin, and on
now the turn of the citizens to July 4th heard the addresses
rctuns the compliment and to of a number of prominent
give the girl's a "bumper American speakers. It seems
house." 'almost unbelievable that such
JVJJY 7,1922 things can be true, but that
Bell Company Sell they are, is being daily
Threahine .Outfit - The Robt- demonstrated by put yqung
Belt langine .& Thresher Co. friend, who deserves a great
Ltd., Seaforth, havb just sold deal of credit for his enter -
one of their large 40 H.P- prise and ingenuity.
Tractors, together with straw JlujiX 13,1947
cutting separator .to Williano Dublin Creamery and
McGregor, of Kipper►. Poultry packers, since the
Farmers and -threshers are disastrous fire in May, 1946,
beginning to Aetna the great have enlarged their plant 4nd
e,o>(rveniente of having their have installed the nog up-Lo-
Akueshin$• done ,with. ,kerosene date Machinery and mci44ern
.t,rgctor instead of steam. facilities for the handling of
'Acre ?s ,no 194tOwl Laid alb tboir preduce. The plant has
**Ong ,w ,l be Ague by this frontage of 40 feet wi0o
the Pea ktttge• 4eptb of 130 feet 4n4 21
Fuf t Radio in Wog)) cOoyees AKe ; *MO.
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Pttly, the 05 olfTl1e # ,N 1 -i?0 On Section
44 A1lc ! r p Jt0.t eked riP fac i;t ' r the
16. R4 Apt lktJ gi
�1$tre4t, The ,tyglrc Af biles o� of 1.9 .
and ins /he
J6! all one b►
sol' , ,an while he met .with
many discouragements, be is
now ettjoyi the fruits of his
laws, kelps able to hear
sow 4 I�te finest musical
eatel4tg4p elats given in Web
cities as Detroit, Pittsburg/0
Alrl- lllioatv4• l ,ides Altese
A
to a
+blgqfuu s per .dayr Age for Ap.Pr+t-
BAerial Bombardment - An
atrial botnbardmeAgt of #i�vrwo
County and pants Af eltlt
and �rucc will rece4e .b sloe
wand
IWednesday stud
Kt
accolr4jl to George
Huron C runty parents will
have to accept more responsi-
bility for their children while
taking part in certain outdoor
activities offered through the
schools.
Vilherc swimming is a pos-
sibility or where participation
involves use or a boat, cap
pr'OIber small water .craft;
yr erc fraesportation is by
other A (or in addition to)
regoiar transportation provid-
ed icy the board; where stu-
deots are transported out of
the yiti,ce; or where there
js any otcntially hat-
fr o 's" $ tuation, parents
,1AY + e �F`d� 4ired to sign a
y+jtreX +P'*$ '„- the board of
in case of