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The Huron Expositor, 1997-12-24, Page 44$ -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, D.c•rnb.e 24, 1917 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - Generol Monoger & Advertising Monoger LARRY DALRYMPLE - Soles PAT ARMES Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH Subscriptions & Classifieds JACKIE FITTO.: - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 32 SO a year, .n odronce. plus 2 28 G S T ;€MORS - 30 00 a year, m odvome. plus 2 I0 G S T VSA d Fore.gn 28 41 o yeor .n advance, plus S78 00 postage GST exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signal -Sar Publishing of 100 Main St . Seaforth Publication mod regtstraton No 0696 held of Seaforth. 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Box 69, SeafoAh, °Ma io, NOK I Wo Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc,anon, Onsoro Commun.y Newspapers A.ssoc,at:or and the Ontario Press Council Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 In the Years Agone FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR DECEMBER 31, 1897 THE NOMINATIONS - The town nominations were held in the town hall. on Monday night last. and the interest which the ratepayers take in the affairs of the town was evinced by the large turn out. Nominations were received from half -past seven until half -past eight. when Mayor Scott was voted to the chair. and the various nomi- nees had an opportunity of airing their grievances or opinions on the questions at issue in the town. The mayor. in his address. gave a lucid and comprehensive report of the. finances of the town. and of the work done by the council during the past year. and the record is one to he proud of. Mr. B.B. Gunn was also nominated for the may- oralty. but resigned in favor of Mr. Scott.leaving him elected for a second term by acclamation. Three candi- dates were nominated for the reeveship: Messrs. James Beattie. Robert Wilson. and James Watson. but the two latter basing resigned. Mr. Beattie gets the position by acclamation. The chief con- test -this year will he for the deputy-reeveship. The pre- sent deputy -rtes e. ,Mr. Wm. Smith. will he opposed by Mr. Noble Cluff. LOCAL BRIEFS - Mr. George Kidd. son of the late Mr. John Kidd. of this town. spent Christmas with friends in Seaforth. Mr. Kidd is a res- ident of Winnipeg. and is doing well there. DECEMBER 22. 1922 Christmas Beef - Mr. J.W Beattie has an exceptionally good display of Christmas beef and poultry in his butch- er shop for the Christmas. trade. Heading the list was a seven months old calf. fed by Mr Peter O'Sullivan. the well known•huvcr. This calf. although less than seven months old. weighed 7 Zo pounds. dressed 4211 pounds. and cost Mr. Beattie S73. It is said to he the ftnest ever delivered in Seaforth and the hest seen on any of the city markets this .cason Among the other choice beef were. a steer and heifer I and a half years old. fed by Mr. John Mclean; Riverside Farm. Tuckersmith: tow baby heaves, fed by Mr Alex. Wnght. Mill Road. lour hogs fed by Mr. Malcolm Beaton. Roxboro. and three lambs fed by Mr. Hugh Ross. of McKillop, all purchased through Mr. O'Sullivan. and a beautiful M) -pound turkey raised by Mr. Earnest Adams. of Hullett. JANUARY 2, 1948 More than 60,(I0d pieces of outgoing one -cent mail were handled by the Seaforth post office in the pre -Christmas mailing rush. according to Postmaster C.P. Sills. incoming mail was equally heavy -- [t was the heaviest Christmas mail by far. in my twenty-four years as Postmaster." Mr. Sills stated. as he expressed appreciation of the manner in which the public had cooperated in mailing early and in prepar- ing Christmas cards in bun- dles. Neil Broadfoot. son of Mr. and Mn. Clifford Broadtoot. was awarded a gold wrist 'watch !ast week. to mark his having been chosen as the member of the •Eaton Hamilton Good Deeds Club. who carried out the hest good deed during the Christmas season. The good deed which won him the award was the .end- ing of a Christmas parcel to a little hov in Britain JANUARY 4. 1973 Seaforth council held its inaugural meetin_r Tuesday morning when members were .worn Into office by Clerk E.W. Williams. Rey. H.J. Laragh asked dying blessing on council deliberations Pointing out that while election to council was a great honor. Father Laragh .aid at the same time it imposed a great responsi- bility. It is most difficult in the art of politics to he honest he said and recalled the fall of Ontario cabinet ministers who after so many years had become careless This recognition of honesty must he the great principal which must underlay and guide your every decision. he told councillors as he referred to Mayor Sills who he said he made his reputation on hon- esty Sworn in were Mayor F.C.J Sills. Reese John Flannery. Deputy Reeve WiImer ("triton and Councillors Wayne Ellis. George Hildebrand. Betty ('ardno. James Crocker. John Smnamon and Wm Bennett Charitable efforts In `Virtual America' Chicken being sued by dinosaur (Honest!) The real America is now. officially a memento of our immediate past, be thankful you saw some of the highlights. Today's virtual American -- fuelled by fantasy. dressed up by Disney. hyped by Hollywood. made over by millionaires and grounded in greed -- has now become a cartoon of itself. The San Diego Chicken is being sued by Barney The Dinosaur. Honest. The red - and -yellow chicken mascot Ted Giannoulas, originally from London, Ontario) has been slapped.with a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit by Texas-based Lyon Partnerships who own the world's most famous dinosaur. It seems the famous chicken created a Barney -like character of his own and during hundreds of appearances at major league sporting events, he would suddenly snap and proceed to beat the living hell out of the purple dinosaur ... "punch. flip. stand on and otherwise assault..." as the lawsuit claims. Lyons Partnership wants a permanent injunction against use of the dinosaur costume and a minimum of 5100.000 1 U.S.I for -each time the Barney -like character sot beat up. Lawyers for the Chicken claim the skit is a parody protected by the Copyright .Act. trademark laws and the First. Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Do you know 'what this means' According to C..S. trial law where it applies to assault cases in which the William Thomas perpetrator dresses up in funny clothes -- Barney versus the Famous San Diego Chicken could attract more media attention than Mary Albert. Yes this could_ be yet another in a series of "trials of this century." Court clerk: "Hear-ype! Hear-yee! All rise. The Second District Court of Los Angeles is now in session. Judge Lance Ito presiding., Outbursts of applause for celebrities will not be tolerated. And need I remind you. this is one tough judge. The last man who appeared before him murdered two people and eventually had,to give up his Heissman Trophy. Also: please do not feed either the plaintiff or the defendant in the courtroom." Judge: "Would the defendant please rise and state his - full name?" Chicken: ""BOW K! Bov k: bowl. bowk. book." Judge: "That's fine for turkeys like Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden who get S50.000 for a speaking appearance in which they explain how they blew the "trial of the century." But for the rest of us, English please. Chicken: "I'm the Famous San Diego Chicken." Judge: "And that woman standing beside you? Chicken: "That's Heather Faulkner, my. fiancee who will hold my claw throughout the trial." Judge: "I thought she was Mary Albert's fiancee? Chicken: "That trial's over. Besides. I'm more of a pecker than a biter." Judge: "And where are you from... may I call you "Famous?" Chicken: "Certainly. I'm originally from Canada." Judge: "That certainly explains a lot of this. And what do you,do for a living?" Chicken: "[ attend professional sporting events." Judge: "And ... " Chicken: "And that's it. I go to a major league baseball park put on my outfit and you know, joke, around. have some fun. take my uniform off and go home.•' Judge: "Besides you and Mike Timlin.• does anybody else do this for a living?" Chicken: "Yeah. that fat and stupid. purple dinosaur over there!" Judge: "Let the record show the defendant is referring to that fat and stupid purple dinosaur over there." Barney: "I love you. you love me. we're a happy family." Judge: "First let me say Bamey. that the hundreds of times the defendant admits to beating you up are not nearly -enough for those of us .who've seen your show." Plaintiff's Attorney: "Objection.• your honour. Your judicial conduct is blatantly unfair, wholly biased and completely prejudicial against my client." Judge: "Sit down Mr. Bailey. And what kind of a stupid name is Flea... Flea Bailey? Bailey: "The prosecution would like to - call Philadelphia Phil as a character witness." Defence Attorney: "Your honour. we are prepared to have an expert fowl psychologist testify that both the San Diego Chicken and Philadelphia Phil. a dodo bird, suffer from flightless anxiety and hence hate kind and gentle children's cartoon heroes like Barney." Judge: "Why are you wearing khat black toque' Who are you anyway' Bailey: "I hate to interrupt your honour. but at this time we'd like to call Colonel Sanders to the stand... Chicken: "No. not The Colonel. Holy ----!" Barney: "Broasted. baked. fried and roasted ..." Attorney wearing toque (scooping up something from the floor): "If it's chicken ----! You must acquit! Judge Ito calls for order but not before the deranged but still Famous San Diego Chicken has laid a beating on Barney. Flea Bailey. Johnny Cochrane and. Cato Caitlan who just happened to he sleeping on an empty bench at the back of the court room. Judge: "Finally. justice in America! Case dismissed." Court clerk: "Nice work Lance. maybe someday they'll let you try people again.' Avon MiOOLT • BOARD Maitland Learning for a Lifetime The new logo for the Avon Maitland District School Board, unveiled at last Tuesday's inaugural meeting. was designed to combine aspects from both the old Perth and Huron logos. In a press release from the new board. it is stated that the open book. originally from Perth County, represents a universal symbol of knowledge and teaming. a window of opportunity that is available to each and every student. The apple, from Huron, is also a universal symbol that implies health and wellness as well as representing the continual process of leaming. Time to end debate on war museum expansion Re: Canadian War Museum Dear Editor:, Perhaps it is time to bung closure to the public debate regarding the plans to expand the Canadian War Museum. The misunderstanding which has arisen was pre- dictable. The veterans of this country had been promised an expanded Canadian War Museum based on the recom- mendations of a S250.000 Task Force which carried out an extensive study and pre- sented Its report in 1991. The major recommendation. was that the Canadian War Museum should stand alone rather than he subject to the dictates of the Board cif Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Hats off to students BY JACKIE FITTON Expositor Editor Hats oft to the students at the Seaforth District High School who have raised 743 cans of goods for two promi- nent charities. The canned goods for the Huron Chnstmas Bureau and the Seaforth and Distnct Foodbank was raised through the efforts of the schools' Angel Tree Campaign. "It boosted school spirit." president of the students council said. Students who had hats con- fiscated could purchase them hack with a can donation.. Other students with . lunchtime detentions for being late could also buy their way out with a dona- tion. Teachers matched the students donations. In todays society all teenagers get tarred with the same brush as violence and cnme escalate amongst the younger crowds. It's refreshing to see so many students lending a hand to help the Tess fortunate this Christmas. Letters to the Editor A second recommendation was that additional funding be available for exhibit space. This was partly due to the loss of the War Trophies Building - a two-storey struc- ture -which stood beside the present War Museum on Sussex Drive in Ottawa. it was torn down to make way for the National Gallery. Hence the expectation of Canada's veterans and those interested in our military his- tory was that the additional exhibit space would be made available to Meet the mandate of the War Museum. That mandate. in simple terms. is to preserve Canada's military •hentage. Enter several other factors. One: the world-renowned Imperial War Museum in London, England. -was installing a Holocaust gallery. Two: the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Civilization seemed anxious to expand its own mandate, which is to present cultural and historical displays. depicting events within and beyond the borders of Canada. The Board of Trustees thought (perhaps understand- ably) that the logical place for a Holocaust gallery would he in the War Museum. in putting forward this proposal. they obviously failed to real- ize that it would create a major controversy based - not on the inclusion of a Holocaust gallery - but on whether the Holocaust was part of Canada's military his- tory. I became involved as Chairman of the National Council of Veteran Associations an umbrella group representing some 33 organizations). We applauded the proposal for a Holocaust gallery land perhaps other exhibits to memorialize the killing of civilians by our other World War II enemy - Japan ). We did not feel. how- ever. 'that the War Museum was the proper place for exhibits depicting the horror -of the mass murder of civil- ians dictated by the govern- ments of countries which were our'cnemies at•the time. Probably unwittingly. the proponents of the Holocaust 'gallery in the War Museum were precipitating a very serious -division between two segments of -the Canadian population who had long admired and supported each other. ie. veterans and Canadian Jews. In any event. the plans were announced - without consultation. In an attempt to deflect a major confrontation. Rabbi Jordan Pearlson, founder of the Sinai Temple in Toronto, contacted me. We both agreed that we had to act in a decisive manner to head off the misunderstandings which were bound to arise. We thought we had reached a compromise which would see a freestanding Holocaust'. gallery. possibly in the same location but not part of the Canadian War Museum. In fact. we had agreed 10 write a joint letter to The Toronto Star and I had con- veyed this information to Bernie Farber of the Canadian Jewish Congress. who agreed, in writing. that the proposition would he acceptable. Unfortunately. this did not come to pass. There was certainly opposi- tion to it from both veterans and the Jewish community. My experience in Ottawa with matters affecting veter- ans had allowed me to deal with two previous con- tentious issues. The first arose out of a film by the National Film Board which was critical of the late Billy Bishop VC. The second con- cerned a television series pro- duced privately and aired on the CBC under the title of The Valour and the Horror. In both instances. the presti- gious Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs had pro- vided an arena where all par- ties could air their views. with the possibility of a Parliamentary report which could resolve the basic issues. In fact that happened. Both films were re -issued as docu-dramas. containing introductory "riders" to the effect that the contents were, in part. fictional. Canada has some interest- ing democratic processes. i have found through more CONTINUED on Page 6B.