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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-05-27, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 27, 1996 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Dale - General Manager/Ad Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Gregor Campbell - Reporter Larry Dalrymple - Sales Pat Armes - Office Manager Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL - 3250 a year, in advonce, plus 2 28 G 5-T SENIORS - 30.00 o year, in advance, plus 2 10 G 5 T. USA & Fareian 28 44 o year in odvance, plus 578 00 postage, G-S.T exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Published weekly by Signol-Stor Publishing at 100 Mom 5t., Seaforth. Publicoeon mod regismotionNa 04961etd-as.Seaforth,Ontono_Ad ertising it accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising spoke occupied by the erroneous item, together with o reosonoble ollowonce for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate In the event of o typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at ony time The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or domoge of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes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, May 27, 1998 Editorial sad Business Offices - 100 Main Streaf.,fealarfb Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax 1519) 527.2055 Mailing Address - P -O, Box 69, foulard', Ontario, NOK 1W0 Member o1 the Canodion Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association • and the Ontario Press Council Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Police have responsibility to look for Mistie beyond Lake Huron OPP began testing equipment last week to search Lake Huron for the body of Mistie Murray. The -came girl whose missing person poster was unveiled on- the back of Cuddy Transportation trucks in London on Monday. Despite offering absolutely no concrete proof during a second degree murder trial one year ago, police are convinced Mistie's body is in the lake. They are using sonar equipment capable of locating the tiniest of objects in the bottom of the lake. They had better find 'a body because those same officers are tasked with finding a missing person. Regardless of the strong beliefs from police that her body is in the lake, the results of last year's trial indicated possible sightings of Mistie in Clinton, London and Toronto. But can they take the role of finding her alive seriously after telling the public last week they have no reason to doubt she is dead? Because of the circumstances, perhaps there should be two, separate teams conducting what are distinctly two different investigations: the search for a body and the search for a missing person. It also seems like an interesting coincidence that the week before Child Find begins a large exposure campaign for Mistie, the police launch their renewed search for a body. If a body isn't found this time, an officer or two not familiar or tied to the case should be assigned to provide an unbiased perspective in the event the truck campaign results in any potential sightings of Mistie somewhere in Canada. Whether any ever prove to be'concrete, there is a responsibility to follow them up seriously. STH Toronto produces some darn big pigs A friend of a friend wanted to know how I could have gone to living in a small town•after spending a few years in Toronto. It was more than eight years ago that I started three years in that city while I was going to school. Sure it has everything from endless entertainment opportunities to every imaginable specialty store. Multiculturalism abounds, exposing newcomers to a range of beliefs and lifestyles. I still visit my friend, Gillian, who I've known since my school day. We often debate the merits of small town _Iife versus city life. - A spot we visit once in awhile is Riverdale farm. It's a real farm of sorts made into a park in the heart of one of Toronto's downtown neighborhoods. (You could see the CN Tower from the horse barns except there are other buildings in the way.) Gillian had heard one of the pigs was giving birth and thought it would be neat to go down and see the cute little piglets. The only time I laughed harder in relation to that farm and city folk was when a woman tried to take a picture of her little boy next to the baby geese (with one angry mother nearby). Well, I also laughed pretty hard when another friend with us on one of these treks was shocked to see how big a pig really is. Until then, I think Babe or Wilbur from Charlotte's Web had been her only exposure. But Gillian finds equal opportunity to mock Me when I complainihat Titanic was held over at the only movie theatre in Goderich for more than six weeks. Some of the choices in entertainment options can be limited but what difference is there between going to a dance club in Toronto on Friday night or going to someone's stag and doe. The entertainment value is the same. On her first visit to a small town, she was surprised that it was possible to recognize several people by their cars as you drive from one part of town to another. , I can hardly wait for her to.see Seaforth where people you don't even know will say "Hello." In Toronto, it's almost an unwritten rule to never even make eye contact with someone as you walk down Yonge Street, let alone talk to them. Gillian, at least, isn't uncomfortable with small town life and has travelled and explored Ontario more than many Toronton i an s. She was a little surprised by a coworker's reaction to a weekend seminar they were taking out of Toronto. in a much less populated region. She said the coworker made jokes about not seeing a mall for more than 20 minutes once they got outside the urban sprawl of the city. Gillian said despite the joking nature, the comments didn't cover the fact the woman was nervous and uncomfortable about being away from access to everything. • But that's only a perception. We have a hospital. We have police and fire departments. We have virtually everything we need. Proportionately. there is no difference in what the communities have. There is just more in a large city because there are more people. In small-town Ontario, access is actually easier. -In Toronto, I spent almost four hours trying to find mouse traps: going from store to store and department to department in Eatons until I finally found one. CONTINUED on Page 5 We're online! Want to e-mail your Letters to the Editor?The Huron Expositor has gone high-tech and online, Our e-mail address is: huronexp@odyssey.owes,; Remember, ALL Letters to the Edit signed and have a telephone number for tenets may be edited for both lengt ► 3 DonV fioget tet check out our www.bowesnet cOl Cat using flower box for kitty litter To the Editor: I live on the west side of Goderich Street near Anne Street. I have two little dogs that I pay $45 a year for licences. My dogs are never off their chain. One is deaf and would get killed if he ran loose. But I pay for tags for my dogs. Cats roam all over the place. One rips open my garbage, kills the cardinals that ee ' at my ee . er and now, the latest trick is it uses my flower boxes for kitty litter. My plants were dug out this morning and after it is used as a litter box, I don't feel much like putting my, plants or hands back in the dirt. No one is allowed to put out anything to keep the cats away. Owners don't have to . buy tags for them. People would complain if we put down something to keep them away. Cats should be kept with a rope and harness so it becomes a pct. not a neighborhowl pest. There are two cats down Goderich Street. sweet little pets, always on a ripe, tied to the steps. They bother no one. Cat. owners should be made responsible for their pets the same as dog owners are. We have to scoop after our dogs. Cat owners do nothing. Audrey Robson Sills may own offspring of the last great elm away but there was more interference of • buildings to impede a blowing seed. Sometime when an expert is in town. we could ask him to render an opinion. The bowling green, when Bill Duncan was president, had hired a tree doctor to look at the elm and he had a great array of small pipes draining something from the trunk but I have no idea what they had found. I believe Bill paid the shot for the whole operation. He was always a great supporter for the town and howling in particular was a passion of his. Frank Sills To the Editor: Today, I was very interested in reading (in The Years Agone, May 20) that in 1973, the last great elm in Seaforth was taken down at the Bowling Green. That may be true but I have a feeling that I have one of its offspring growing in my back field. At the time of my wife, Dinah's death in 1979, I came home with a small elm tree that I found growing in the back alley behind the store, right up against the wall of our storehouse and the asphalt coating on the road. It was about two feet high and at the time, I looked and figured it was right in line with the one that had been down at the greens and could have been the result of the wind blowing a seed up to the north. I planted the sapling and now it is about 75 to 80 feet high and its girth, three feet above the ground level is approximately four feet. My eye sight isn't too good now but that is what it appears to me. None of my other tress have grown this high or so big and they are all about the same age. There had been two big elm trees behind Wescott's house on the east side of High Street, just a block Cannon literally blown to pieces but no one was hurt May 27, 1898. On the Queen's Birthday as the employees of. R. Bell's Machine Shops, Hensall, were in the act of celebrating the day in the way of firing off a small cannon, the packing wedged in the barrel making it very tight and it was literally blown to pieces. No one was hurt. Messrs. McEwan and Geiger of Hensall recently have made large shipments of flax seed. The grocery store of W.C. Davis, Hensall, was visited by burglars who took what little change there happened to be left in the till. Mr. Harvey, second concession of Stanley met with a heavy loss. He has had part of his Shropshire sheep pasturing on the back part of his farm. One of the neighbors heard two dogs and it was discovered that two sheep and one Iamb were killed. A very pleasant social event took place at the residence of Thos. Dodds in McKillop, where Mr. and Mrs. Dodds celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage. John Taylor, 10th concession of Tuckersmith, sold a fine three-year-old horse to Mr. Hackney for a large figure. John Maudson of Chiselhurst, is erecting a new barn this summer which will add greatly to the appearance of his farm. John Scott of McKillop, met with a very serious and painful accident. He was on top of a load of hay and when passing on a hill, the load upset. As he jumped, his foot caught in the wheel of the wagon and his right leg was broken. James Hastie, of McKillop, In the Years Agone met with a serious accident. He was in an apple tree when he missed his footing, falling to the ground and received painful and serious injuries. Dr. Donald Ross, son of Finlay Ross of town, who was practicing medicine in New York State, has now been appointed junior physician on the staff of Willard State Hospital. Thos. Pryce of Winthrop, who had his barns destroyed by fire last"spring, purposes rebuilding and has commenced hauling material for the new barn. A young son of Mr. Ellis, of Zurich met with a nasty accident. He attempted to jump off a train, when he cut his leg below the knee. It was a narrow escape from death. May 25, 1923. The convention of the Liberals of South Huron held in the Town Hall, Hensall, was the largest and most representative of any convention in this historic riding in many years. Thomas Welsh of Hensall is cutting up a large quantity of logs into lumber for shipping. Robert Porterfield field of town has just finished for T. S. Smith, at his residence at the corner of Louisa and John Streets the prettiest garage in town. W. A. Crich is tapping the water main on Main Street in order to provide water for his new bakery extension. The frequent rains of the past few weeks at Hensall, have assured a good crop of hay, which means well for the stock. May 28, 1948. Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a large garage on the barn of Peter McCowan, Roxboro. Only the quick work of neighbors prevented the flames from spreading to the nearby barn. Mr. McCowan managed to remove his car and tractor from the the blazing building and a cutter and other valuable implements were lost. While a group of boys were playing with fire crackers on Main Street, Dublin. Bobbie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Stapleton, sustained severe burns on his leg, when a fire cracker was inadvertently thrown. Mrs. Chas. Friend hastily removed his burning clothes and administered first aid. About 35 neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Brown of Staffa, gathered to honor them prior to their departure for Seaforth. When a dog ran loose among poultry owned by Melvin Dale, Coleman Street, 121 pullets were killed before it could be chased away: Messrs. W. T. Tcall., R. R. McKindsey James M. Scott, M. Reid, Dr. F. J. Beckley, and Dr. E. A. McMaster arc on a fishing trip to Algonquin Park. The old bridge at Egmondville is gradually being torn down and one new abutment is already placed. May 24, 1973. Tuckersmith Council was told at a meeting Tuesday night that the Ontario Geographic Names Board had given official sanction to the name Vanastra for the former CFB Clinton complex. Seaforth recently approved a grant of $500 to assist the Van Egmond Foundation. Mayor Sills presented the cheque to Mrs. Edith Baker. Foundation treasurer at the annual meeting on Tuesday. South of Seaforth on the edge of Egmondville's Main Street, an old building is being demolished, It was erected in 1884 by August Geiser Van Egmond, youngest son of Col. Van Egmond, to house Van Egmond's Woolen and Carding Mill. Gifts totalling $2.740 have been received by the Seaforth 'district cancer campaign 'committee according to the chairman, R. J. Spittal. Mr. Spittal said the campaign books remain open and any who had omitted snaking a gift could do so. Elizabeth Ruth. McDowell received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Waterloo Lutheran University at the Spring Convocation held at Kitchener . Memorial Auditorium. A graduate of Stratford Teacher's College. she is employed by the Waterloo County hoard of Education. The former Elizabeth Steward, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David R. Steward of Seaforth. Mrs. James Keys, R.R. # l , Seaforth has been elected president of the South Huron District Women's Institute. She succeeds Ruth Skinner of R.R. #3, Exeter. Langside Star Candy "Ex," a two-year-old cow with 15,941 lbs. milk, 661 lbs. fat ' in 305 days at three years was purchased for 51,200 by John '' H. Oldfield of Seaforth.