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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-10-27, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, October 27, 1999 Ex"140""ilitor e�iTae sl:.�olrn+ Altf.� Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Hart - Publisher Pot Armes - Office Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor . Dionne McGrath - Subscriptions/Cbssifieds Susan Hundertmark - Reporter Bowes Publishers Limited %fp (.4•:.4.r:r. _,Queen,to.�., E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL - 32 50 o year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS - 30 00 a year. in odvance, plus 2 10 G S T. USA &Foreign 28 44 o yeor in advance. plus 57890 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signal -Styr Publishing at 100 Main St , Seoforth. Publication mail registration No 0696 held at Seaforth. Ontario Advertising is accepted on condnion that .n the event of o typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a -reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services of a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold Advertising is merely an offer lo sell and moy be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts. photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliverable copes ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, October 27, 1999 Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Street.,faaforfis Telephone (319) 527-0240 Fax (319) 537-4838 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Ontario Communly Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Editorial Rules of the Highway Traffic Act seem overlooked The Highway Traffic Act contains Tots of nifty little laws that guide how we drive our vehicles and share the road with others. They tell us that we can't run through stop signs or red Lights and that an amber light (the yellow one in the middle) is there to allow an intersection to clear, not as a warning to go faster to get as many cars through the intersection as possible. They tell us not to pass when the yellow lines on the road indicate it isn't safe and they tell us to turn our headlights on in fog or a half-hour before the sun goes down and a half-hour after it comes back up again. They tell us to clean the snow off our windshields before we drive away. All of these laws are punishable with fines issued by the police and many of these laws prevent accidents from happening. , Unfortunately, it's not until there's been an accident that it seems like these laws exist. Accident reports from the O.PP often indicate a person has been charged with violations like failing to yield to traffic or not stopping at a stop sign. Yet more and more people are violating these little Traffic Act rules all the time. it's quite common to see someone come to what's called a "rolling stop" at an intersection and when there's a traffic light, the opposite light has turned green before the intersection is cleared at almost any busy intersection you find. Outside of impaired driving spot checks and the use of moveable radar, it doesn't seem like the basic rules are enforced anymore unless it's lo have a reason to pull a suspicious vehicle over. Without the threat of being fined, people don't feel it's necessary to follow the rules anymore. We need to get back to the basics and see the Traffic Act used for more than following up the cause of an accident. Maybe it can prevent some. STH How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be made to us by noon on Mondays at seaforth @ bowesnetecom All letters and submissions must be signed and accompanied by a day -time telephone number. All submissions are subject to editing for both length and content. Don't forget to check out our homepage at: www.bowesnet.com/expositor/ Opinion Letter Legal satellites not targetted To the Editor: 1 am writing to you in response to the numerous written and telephone inquiries that have been made with my offices concerning the -recently announced RCMP crackdown on illegal satellite television systems. Given the expressed interest within Huron -Bruce, 1 felt that it would be appropriate for me to clarify this matter publicly. As reported in the media, the RCMP publicly announced their intentions to begin a campaign against individuals and businesses that have opted to make use of illegal satellite systems. This would include businesses that sell the aforementioned product to consumers and individuals who possess the contraband systems and/or programming. It should be stressed that Canadians who currently have a legal satellite system operating in their homes do not need to be concerned with this issue. Legal systems are not the intended targeteof the said RCMP and Government of Canada campaign. Consequently, any individual who participates in activities such as, receiving programming in Canada while being billed at a US address and/or purchasing programming at a discount from an unauthorized third party, may be in violation of Canadian law and, as such, could be subjected to RCMP action. The reason for the above is simple; a flourishing underground trade hurts the legitimate market. The RCMP is moving to ensure that this doesnot occur. If your readers,. would like more specific information on anything contained herein, 1 would encourage you to contact my office. Sincerely, Paul Steckle Paul Steckle, MP Huron -Bruce While many deadly diseases are controlled people still must be immunized against them An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Although an old adage, when if comes to infectious disease, nothing could be closer to the truth. While many of the most common infectious diseases are well controlled in Canada, we must still ensure that infant, child and adult vaccinations are on, time and up-to-date. The benefits are enormous. Canadians cannot become complacent about the lurking danger of some of these vaccine -preventable diseases. While we may not see them very often, diseases like whooping cough and diphtheria are still present in Canada. When people travel they may get a disease and not know it. Back home, they can pass the disease on to others who might not have been immunized. "I'm concerned about the public perception that vaccine -preventable diseases are gone forever, "said Dr. Ron Gold, infection control specialist. Epidemics of polio, measles and diphtheria touched tens of thousands of children in the early decades of this century, but "the public no longer has direct experience with these diseases," he noted. Periodically we hear of localized outbreaks; proof that these diseases are not eliminated. Children and adults end up in hospital, some with serious consequences. Dr. Roy West, Chair of the Canadian Immunization Awareness Program, recalled the 1997 measles epidemic in British Columbia among students attending Simon Fraser University, and the 1996 outbreak of rubella (German - measles) in Manitoba. • "We can prevent these outbreaks if everyone is immunized against these See Page 5 More than 5,00o apples barrels turned out. OCTOBER 27, 1899 James Armstrong, of Varna, has been a busy man for several weeks. He has turned out from his cooperage over 5000 apple barrels since the season commenced. Thos. Oliver of Staffa was called to the great beyond. Ferguson and McDonald of Walton shipped a carload of Iambs. Thos. Dickson, north Main St., Seaforth was assisting in tying down a binding pole on a load of hay. The chain, which was being tied to the pole slipped off, throwing him to the ground. He fell on his hands, braking his right arm and spraining his left. The famous Guy Bros. Minstrel troop will appear in Cardno's Hall next week. Major Anderson of town carried off all honors in the hunting field on Thanksgiving Day. He went to Holmesville with Otto Wilson, and they bagged 3 coons before retiring. Next day they got 2 foxes, 2 black squirrels, and a rabbit. Quite a number of the Brucefield citizens were down to the station to see Wilfred Laurier who passed through on the 5 o'clock train. W.E. Schwalm of Zurich met with a painful accident. He was in the bush cutting a log. When the log was cut in two, a sapling flew up and struck him in the jaw Messrs. John Shepherd and John Willis of Hensall, have paid out over $40,000 since last March for hogs which they have purchased and shipped from his station. Numbers from the towns and villages near Hensall, have been visiting from the country in search of beech nuts and hickory nuts. Seaforth was represented at the Laurier demonstration in Wingam by D.D. Wilson, Robert Willis, M.Y. Mclean, S.B. Arton, James Watson, A. Stobie, James L. Killoran, Peter Dill, and J.P. Henderson. OCTOBER 31, 1924 Messrs. H Leslie and A. McLellan of Staffa, have had telephones installed. 4.D. Sutehrland of town has opened an office in the rooms over W.J. Walker's furniture store on Main St. and will carry on a general In the Years Agone insurance real estate business. Mr, Sutherland is widely and favorably known in both town and country The play "All on Account of Polly", given in Cardno's Hall under the auspices of the Young People of the Methodist Church and under the direction of Miss Ila Johnson was quite a success. The principle parts were taken by Misses Gladys McPhee, Beatrice Seip, Gladys Holland and Frank Cudmore, Oliver Elliot and Ross Savauge. Between acts Miss Beth Willis sang a solo and Miss Annie Hanna a piano solo. Master Lloyd Hoggarth, son of Henry Hoggarth, Cromarty, who has been suffering with an attack of bronchitis; is improving. Adam Doddshas purchased the. garage business of Bruce Phillips. Mr. Dodds is the son of Thos. Dodds of McKillop. The Bowlers of town had a very successful euchre tournament. The prize winners were, Messrs. Albert Edler and M. Davis: C. Aberhart and .1. Beattie: Harry Stewart, E.J. Box. John L. Kerr and Thos. Grieve of McKillop left for Rutten, New Ontario. Jack Ross, accountant of the Molson's Bank in Brucefield has been transferred to Drumho. John G. Grieve's auction sale of farm stock and implements, which was held on his farm, was one of the most largely attended and successful sales ever held in this township. One gelding brought $228.00: another $190.00: one mare was knocked-- down at $200.00 and her colt at $72.00. G.H. Elliot of Clinton was the auctioneer. OCTOBER 28,1949 Flames seen ten miles away destroyed a frame stable which belonged to Mrs. Alice Ham and Miss Mary Ellen Swan of Brucefield. It was believed to have been caused by defective wiring. There was only a few pieces of furniture destroyed. A cement foundation has been placed under the parish hall of Si. Thomas anglican Church and the cedar posts on which the building rested have been removed. The work was done by Stewart Dolmage. A Grey township farmer, Wm. W Smith, was the proud possessor of a 31 pound timber wolf, which measured more than four feet in length and is believed to be one of the largest female species killed in that district. Miss Joan Devereaux, teller in the Canadian, Bank of Commerce, has been transferred to a Toronto branch of that bank. Prior to her leaving, the staff of the bank presented her with • a suitable piece of luggage. G.C. Brightrall spoke a few words of appreciation while Miss Lenore Habkirk made the presentation. Mrs. Harold Sellars of Walton, was host to a gathering of 85 friends when they met to honor Miss Marie Bennett, bride elect of this week. During the evening a mock trial took place and the following took part: Minister, Mrs. W.C. HATS OFF to all Coffee Break Hosts and participants for their generous support during our 1999 Coffee Break for the Alzheimer Society, The County raised $2700.00 for this event. This Fundraiser would not have been a success without the participation of the residents of Huron County. - Bennett, bride Annie. Gordon, groom Mrs. Doug. Ennis, and Mrs. Holman tied the knot. Previously Miss. Shirley Bennett entertained for her cousin when 16 girls were in attendance and Mrs. Emmerson Mitchell entertained at the home of Mrs. Wihner Cuthill. Miss Magda Mueller of town is the new president of ' the Badminton Club, Her officers were, Vice Pres. J.B. Southgate; Sec. Treas. Mrs. R.S. Box: .social convener, Margaret Carter: , membership•chnuniuee, G. Earle, W.E. Southgate, Dorothy Parke: property • conunittee, J.C. Mackenzie. Cement work at the memorial centre in town is now completed and the truss construction gang has commenced work. OCTOBER 31, 1974 t An official from the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office in Windsor and a specialist front the OPP in Toronto, were looking over the site of a $22,000 fire on the western outskirts of Seaforth t•Ve dnesda' afternoon. The fire Sunday evening partially destroyed a nearly finished new house belonging to ,Seaforth police Constable Ronald Lauzon. Sometime Saturday night Seaforth'r water tower was painted with obscene slogans. Constable John Cairns of the Seaforth Police Department .said the matter is under investigation. "we have some names", he .said, "hut enquiries are .still going on". Secretaries in the 20 schools operated by the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic ,Separate ,School Board were granted an increase of 25 cents per hour, retroactive to September I of this year, and a further increase, effective February 1, 1975, at the hoard's regular meeting in Seaforth, Monday night. The raise brings • the school secretaries' salaries hp from $2.80 to $3.05 per hour and to $3.30 per hour in February. MPP for Huron Jack Riddell announced last week that the proposed day care centre at Vanastra has been approved for a grant from the ministry of Social Community Services. •