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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-08-06, Page 44111161111fr1UI NIN , wiese a, $SS# Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRi•LYNN DALE - General Manger & Advertising Manager PAT ARMES • Office Manager DIANNE MCGRATH • Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT • Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL Reporter BARB STOREY • distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTON RATES LOCAs - 32.50 o yeor, in advance, plw 2.28 G S T SENIORS - 30.00 o roof, in advance, plus 2 10 G 5 T USA fti Foewe. 28.44 o year in advance, phis $78 00 passage. G 5.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Sgnol-Star Publishing at 100 Main Sr, Seoforth Pubhcahon mod registrotan No- 0¢96 held of Seofath, Ontario Advertising is accepted on condition thot in dee event of o typographical error, she advertising space occupied by the erroneous nem, together with a reasonable dlowonce kx signature, will not be clorged, but the balance of the advertisement wall be pad for at the applicable rob in the evert of a typographical error, advertising goods or services of a wrong price, goods o services moy not be sold Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time The Huron Expositor is rat responsible For the lass o damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos o other materials used for reproduction purposes Charges of oddness, orders for subscriptions orad unde ,v erobfe copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor Wednesday, August 6, 1997 Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Skeet.,Seaforth Telephone (519( 527-0240 Fax (S191527.2558 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member o) me ,onodian Community Newspaper Assooahon, Cinrorio Community Newspapers Association and me (_ntur,o Press Cauncd Views expressed on our opinion page(s) don't necessarily represent those of The Huron Expositor or Bowes Publishers. The Huron Expositor reserves the right to edit letters to the editor or to refuse publication. Editorial How to talk to aliens With all the media attention on NASA's Mars mission, it's interesting to speculate whether there is for was) life on Mars or any other planet light years away from Earth. Hollywood brings us images of aliens bent on destroying, assimilating and even eating humans for lunch. What if we're wrong and we are the violent ones? So remember, when you meet an alien for the first time don't say anything to upset it. (No talking religion -or politics just to be safe). Keep an open (WIDE OPEN) mind. And all us life forms will get along just fine.. -DWS P.S. Avoid feeding them chilli or beans prior to space flight. (Unless they really are bad aliens). FIRST MESSAGE FROM MARS? - Not likely received at this tower at the Seaforth Transformer Station east of town. • • 1, Letters to the Editor Hospital presence in Brussels parade Dear Editor: Congratulations to Doctors Edwards and Zettel, medical, clinic staff, hospital staff and nurses who made known the Seaforth Community Hospital by being in thc Homecoming Parade in BrusselsAugust3 - A great effort. Marge & Frank Phillips We're online! Want to e-mail your Letters to the Editor? Ther Huron Expositor has gone high-tech and online. 0 e-mail address is: huronexp @ odysseyeon.ca Remember, ALL:Letters to the Editor must be signed and have a telephone number for confirmation. Letters may be edited 'for both length and content. Don't forget to check out our homepage at: www.bowesnet.com/expositor/ Different light shed on my own past My job is done. - as far as the script for There's Nothing in the Paper. -Utero was nothing much 1 could do except claw at the arms of my seat and sweat bullets until the lights came up for intermission the first time I saw the play at the pre- view on July 22. 1 was hang- ing off of every word. (1t was a little more relaxing opening night. And sure a lot of fun at the reception afterwards!) 1 t was a great relief that the play had finally been brought to life but a better feeling that the audience had fun. The whole experience has been a wild roller coaster ride. It's great the critics like it but it means more to me to hear words of encouragement and enjoyment from the peo- ple of my own community. Thank you to everybody for all your support! (And it's still on until August 23!...Sorry, 1 couldn't help it. Hee, hee.) *** I have received comments - written, in person, over the phone and via other people - Scotts Thoughts by Dave Scott recently about the historical trilogy I researched and print- ed the past three weeks in the Expositor. Most were not entirely supportive, to put it mildly. However some positive comments came unexpected- ly in person from a relative of the subject of the articles. This family descendent was appreciative of the research and said the incident was known, but never discussed— so no details of the story were ever shared or passed on. There are things I have learned about my ancestors over the years but there is still plenty I know nothing about. A few months ago Frank Sills dropped off a photo- copied newspaper article (I think from the Beacon Herald) that gave me a total- ly different view of my pater- nal ancestors. (If I'm not mis- taken,l think Frank said one of the names mentioned was a branch of his family). Here are some excerpts from the article: "Ever suspected that your ancestors were robbers who , terrorized the border between England and Scotland? "Armstrong, Elliot, Graham, Irvine, Johnstone, Kerr, Maxwell, Nixon and Scott were among the fami- lies who feuded, fought and plundered over the border country for 350 years. "All the family names of the 'Border Reivers,' whose first allegiance was to their clan, are on a list kept in Carlisle, on the English side of the border. "From the 14th to the 17th centuries the border was a turbulent place. Raiders stole cattle and women, burned homes and tarms and killed rivals without mercy." The article goes on to say that the TUllic House Museum has made an audio visual show about the Reivers (from the word 'reive' - which means to plunder or rob, from the Scots dialect of the Scottish Lowlands and borders) as part of a SIO -million restora- tion. "Carlisle is a border city and changed hands between the English and Scots several times in the Middle Ages, so the museum took up the Reivers as a very interesting episode," said the curator. "Images of galloping horse- men, lookouts, panic-stricken settlers and the fires of torched homes and forts are projected on a nine -metre curved screen," And the article goes on... No doubt them will be rela- tives of mine and the other families mentioned who don't want that portion of their past 'glorified' as part of a 510 -million museum restoration and exhibit. But we can't change what happened in the past. It's history. HE CREATURE OF THE BLACK LAGOON?? - No, it's a rare Wood Turtle hidden in the woods of Huron County and in danger of extinction. Reporter Gregor Campbell recently captured first place for his feature story, which appeared in May 1996 in the Expositor, on wood turtles in the Canadian Community Newspapers Association's (CCNA) Environment Canada Award category as part of the 1997 Better Newspapers Competition. CONGRATULATIONS GREGOR!! (The turtles thank you, too). Nearly 1,000 watch soccer match in '47 FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 131897 THE BEAVERS AT HOME - The At Home of the Beaver Lacrosse Club, at the Recreation Grounds on Friday evening last, was a brilliant success. At about half -past six the Lornes, of Exeter, and the home team, lined up for a friendly game of lacrosse. From the first it was plainly evident that the visitors were no match for thc home team. Indeed.we do not suppose thc most sanguine anticipated any other result. However, an interesting hour's play was witnessed, at the end of which the result was, Beavers, 4; Lornes, 2. After the game an elaborate programme of vocal and instrumental music of about three hours' duration was presented, at which the home talent was assisted by Exeter band, ,also Messrs. Joseph Senior and S. Popplestone, from the. same town, and Misses F. Porter and A. Stevenson, of EgmQndvillc. The home contingent was made up of the 33rd Battalion band, Miss Maggie McQuade and Messrs. George . Trott, J.F. Daly, Willie Hays and J.W. Duncan, wiitih Miss B. Daly as mpan LOCAL BRIEFS - Mr. Wm. Copp, of Goderich street, has a, pear tree in his garden which has had on it this season two sets of blos- soms, and has now on it two sizes and growths of fruit, one set from each set of bloom. This is one of the most peculiar freaks of nature we have yet heard of. AUGUST 4,192x2 The Firemen's Garden Party - The garden party held in Victoria Park on Thursday evening last, under the aus- pices of the Seaforth Fire In the Years Agone Brigade was the most suc- cessful affair of the kind ever carried out here. The evening was ideal, and there was a tremendous attendance, not only from the town, but from the country for miles around, who thoroughly enjoyed the evening's programme, which consisted of a number of very fine selections by the Highlanders Band and the following talent: Two selec- tions by the Male Quartette, consisting of Messrs. John Beattie, George Israel, D.F. McGregor and J.G. Mullen; vocal solos by Master Fred Willis, E.W. Batman and R.E. Bright; duets by Messrs. R.E. Bright and Dot Reid and Miss Mona Sills and Master George Daly. The accompanists were Mrs. O'Connell, Mr. L.T. DeLacey and Miss Hazel Reid. Mr. Angus More, of McKillop, gave a selection on the bagpipes and also accompanied the Highland dancing given by Misses Beatrice Aberhart, Margaret Kerr, Helen Beattie and Frank Hogg, who were trained by Miss Mabel Hogg, and provided one of .the most pleasing features on the pro- gramme. The proceeds of the evening amounted to $475. AUGUST 8,1947 St. Columban and Walton battled to a one -all tic in thc opening game of the Huron Football League finals at St. Columban Wednesday night before nearly 1,000 soccer fans. The next game will be played in Walton Monday night, and since total goals count the rivals start from scratch. The game was another trilling, closely contested and hard -checking affair, with a brief fisticuff display crop- ping up in the second half, when Leo Ryan of the Saints was penalized for charging, and while he was off Walton knotted the count with Bob Bennett caging the pigskin. With about 20 minutes gone in the first half. Wilf McQuaid scored for the Irish, and when Leo Ryan received his penalty with about 10 minutes gone in the second half, Bennett tied it up. Si. Columban, as in previ- ous games, dribbled too much when within scoring range, thereby nullifying some nicc efforts, and on two occasions shots hit the goal post. Walton fired from longer range and most of their drives were right on the target. Walton - B. Coutts, S. Humphreys, G. Taylor, R. Dolmage, R. Coutts, W. Reid, N. Marks, G. Love, L. Dolmagc, L. McCall, R. Bennett, S. Travis, J. McCall. St. Columban - V. Murray, T. Murray, F. Murray, L. Ryan, C. Ryan, F. O'Connor, J. O'Connor,'J. Delaney, W. McQuaid, P. O'Sullivan, F. O'Rourke, McGrath, Malone. Referee - Frank "Fish" Kemp, of Listowel. SWARM - Women clutched their skirts and ducked into convenient doorways, while men not anxious to publicly portray their concern, attempted to keep their eyes turned in every direction .when a swarm of bees took control of Main Street. Thursday afternoon. Aftcr a series of passes at traffic on the street, the swarm settled on a chimney above the G.A. Whitney store. At press time the bees had settled down and appeared from the street as a solid mat, which almost com- pletely covered the chimney top. Mr. Whitney, however, was unable to settle down. He was busy seeking some hardy apiarist who would climb onto the roof and entice the swarm into a hive. P.S. - Clare Reith. Seaforth apiarist, did the job and the swarm is now safely in a hive. AUGUST 17,1972 Seaforth Council in their regular August meeting passed a by-law for the development and construc- tion of Birch Street bridge and road in the Seaforth Industrial Park. - Council was advised earlier that grants would be avail- able for this project, and. when engineers complete the design work can be proceed- ed with. Estimated cost of thc road and bridge is $62,000 of which approximately 50 per cent will be covered by grants. Miss Jane Sills, Seaforth, who last year was chosen "Queen of Seaforth Fair" will compete with 55 other rural fair queens from across Ontario .at the Canadian National Exhibition. It is the first time in the 94 year histo- ry of the Exhibition that a "Miss CNE - Sweetheart of the Fair" has been chosen. The winner; of the CNE event will fly to the ealgary Stampede next year and also will receive $1,000, as well as,many. other prizes. Miss Sills left on. Tuesday for Toronto and the contest judg- ing concludeson Thursday.