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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-07-26, Page 44-7116 HURON 6XPOSrTow. Jody 20, 2000 L 911,41101114 .4ek ... Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Hort - Publisher Pot Armes - Office Monoger Scott Hilgendorff - Editor 7..anne McGrath $utlYcnolionsi C:asstlieds Suson Hundertmork - Reporter Karina Dietz Soles 3 Distrbution loBowes Publishers Limited iJn/,.n 4 a. Air '.,Mr+r - :t (Ammar rawly.", E-mail us at seoforth@6owesnet.com 518SCRJPTON RATE$: I.00A! - 32.50 a year. ;n advance. plus 2.28 G 5 T g-4ORS,. - 30 00 a year, m adwnce: plus 2.10 G Sir -- USA & Foreipp: 28 44 o year M odtw.ce, plus -578.00 passage, G.S T exempt suesatIPTiCGN RATES. Published *eddy by Signa -Star Publishing at 100 Man St.. Seaforth. Publication mal registration No 0696 held of Seoforth. 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Ontario Communis Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Editorial Just one squirt gun can ruin all the fun The Business improvement Area is about to host its largest community event of the season. . Moonlight Madness is set to. take place Friday night and will see Main Street closed all evening in the downtown core so people can roam around freely, shopping, playing and being entertained. There will be mifsical entertainment, a host of games for children and a host of games for the children in all of us. The business community comes together for this- evening to create a full-scale. family event. But all it takes is one -squirt gun to put a damper on the whole evening. Just one gun quickly leads into water wars that see innocent people harassed and merchandise. wrecked. It's somehow become a tradition to bring water guns to the event no matter what the BIA has done to .discourage it. But young people who get caught up in the fun of running around a.closed Main Street, squirting each other, don't usually: even notice when they miss their target and strike a senior looking through a sales rack or hit sorineorieelse: in the face who's trying to have a conversation with a'friend. on the street. And with today's squirt -gun technology, kids can carry around gallons of water and shoot hundreds of feet, not realizing how many people -get targeted or how much merchandise might get damaged in the process as electronics and paper matter are put on the street to be sold. For some, it isn't even an occident; it's just fun to walk around squirting people whether theyre-in the game or not. But it's not fun to be On the receiving end when -you're not ,there to get wet. This year, let's leave all the squirt guns and super soakers at home. Scott Hilgendorff. How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be made to us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth @ bowesnet.com All utters 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 hornepage at: w ww,bowesnet.celml/expesitolr/ Opinion 11111=11 Farmers need sign there is government support By Jack Wilkinson, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculttu+e Ontario fanners, faced with not only low commodity prices but weather conditions that threaten any chance of a meaningful harvest for many this year, need some ligns from their elected representatives in government that they won't be left short of support. Last week's meeting of ministers 'of agriculture from across the country in Fredericton, New Brunswick, produced some good results for farmers and some that we have to doubt. On the positive side. a memorandum of agreement was finally signed putting in place a cost-sharing formula that would see provinces share federal funds based on the relative size of their respective agricultural output.. . For Ontario farmers. that 'about 30 million dollars more from federal and provincial assistance programs. . On the negative side. we see the federal government moving towards a reduction. itl spending- on disaster assistance. It makes one wonder what. :the rationale could be for this when we hear continuing reports of flooding of fields. some that . were never evenplanted this spring because of wet conditions. The National Safety Nets Advisory m Comittee presented a proposal to the federal government almost a year ago that would not penalize fanners with a Net Income Stabilization Account when they qualified for disaster assistance funding. instead, federal bureaucrats presented the Fredericton meeting with a complicated formula linking NISA and the new disaster program, CFIP(Canadian Farm Income Program) and many farmers would face a financial penalty with this linkage. Farmers can't afford any more financial penalties, and they certainly don't need the frustration that attempting to understand the linkage formula would cause. This decision by the federal bureaucrats to ignore the work and. recommendations of the National Safety Nets Advisory Committee mill throws their credibility into question or those of us in the farming industry. These same bureaucratsmust be held responsible for changes to the. disaster assistance program that would not recognize negative margins; especially in a 'year when Ontario farmers are sure to face negative margins because their input costs are going to be greater than their returns from sales. - :The 1999 , Agricultural Income Disaster Assistance program included negative margins and we havent’t seen any reasonable explanation of why that component of last year's program should be removed; other than •to reduce the government's expenditure on assistance to Canadian fanners. Every effort possible .will be made to ` meet with MPs over the next few months to make certain they understand the seriousness of the economic situation in Canadian agriculture; Ontario in particular. Our farmers suffered through the lowest net. farm income in 1999 since 1973, .and prospects of improved returns this year are slim.. •- . Canadians, I hope. understand -the importance of having farmers in Canada to produce the food they need for their families. If our federal government isn't prepared to put forth reasonable programs to help our farmers survive, one must believe a.lot of today's farmers won't be here to farm tomorrow. . The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is not satisfied with this possibility; and will do everything within its power to make our senior government -understand the extreme financial needs our farmers are . experiencing, and what they have to do ._ to ensure Canadians have a domestic - source of nutritious. safe food. Campbell gets contract to take mail from Seaforth to Wroxeter July 30, 1875 John Campbell of town has been awardedthe contract of carrying the 'mail between Seaforth and Wroxeter for the next four r years, The street. committee of the .:town of Seaforth advertised for tenders for material for the streets. 36,000 feet of 21 planking 12 feet long and 1,2 inches wide and 8,000 feet .of 2" plank 16 feet long and 200 cords -.of gravel .were required . Chas. Routledge 'of Tuckersm•ith has on his farm a -herry tree, wlac/r had on it cherries and blossoms at the same time: ' Geo: Sproat of Tuckersmith cut fall wheat .on: is farm last week. Ir was sown 'on the 28th of August. 1874 • • - . A few ditys ago a son of J. • Manning of Lvndesboro received an odd fracture of the elbow. The horse stopped suddenly throwing the boy to the ground. The congregation:of the Pressbyterian Church at Walton have 'erected a comfortable and convenient stable for about 30 teams. ' .. 11. • McCann,- hotel keeper of. Bayfield discovered the loss of his pocket, book which contained $200. He also found that a man,• 35 veers old with a shaven chin and mustache- was also gone. - July 27, 1900 Mrs. Anna Ross, formerly of Brucefteld jtas been again engaged as principal, of • . the Prei yterian C liege in Ottawa. Alexander Monteith, of the London Rd., Tuckersmith, is making a reputation as a -bleeder of Hereford cattle. He recently sold two .very fine bull calves to Messrs. Stone, Guelph. Messrs. McKay and McGregor of Tuckersmith, Dinsmore and sons, STanley and Thompson and brothers of Hay are the big threshers of this vicinity. D.C. McLean of Kippen, made a sale of 22 head of steers, Robert Hawthorne Jr, Egmondville, has returned to Winnipeg where he has a good situation. Years agone... James Thoprpson of..town has been engaged .as caretaker of the Seaforth Public School:. r - -' Mr. S.A. Dickson and family of town moved to `.Bayfield where they will. oecupy,a cottage in .the cedars •' • Wm. Sclater of town has rhe contract of supplying the coal for the pyblic school. It takes about: 30 tons. 4'liss Maggie Wilson, and Jennie Moore of Seaforth have i}ery successfully passed the mid -summer, examination in the piano department. Messrs: Emigle and Watson of Blyth purcrhased from • Geo. Murdie of McKillop: 47 cattle whose aggregate weight was 66:675. pounds. The: public school board let the contract for painting and kalsoming the public vc•/tool to James Graves. C. - Clarkson.` , -late. headmaster of the Worth Collegiate institute Inas received "an appointment from.the Gage. Publishing Co., _of Toronto. Emanuel ;Speare who is in the tailoring business in Toronto. is rusticating at his brother's home in Cromarty. ' D. Urquhart and R.D. Bell of Hensall are each .shipping large quantities of lumber. Building operations in Hensall promise to be quite brisk here this fall. Among the buildings to be erected n we - learn.- of - the;. -Davis block, H.Jacobie's dwelling and Mr McPhenson's . block • ' The evangelical choir has been engaged to take part in a festival on the Goshen Line, Stanley. A. Coates of Constance is the first to thresh this .season. He threshed some of his Lemocrat wheat and the sample isa good one. Mrs. John Beattie and son of Egmondville have gone to Bayfield to enjoy the refreshing breezes of Lake Kw»n. Jail 34 1925 The trustees of the cemetery at Constance had a bee last week levelling and fixing the grounds.. 4 Considerable work is to be done which will add greatly to its appearance. •!saac :McGavin 'of Walton. purchased an -8 • months old bull calf from • Messrs: McAllister and Sons of Zurich. James - Sholdice, McKillop. and John McNaughton. Tuckersmith,- were on a trip to Formosa com,binng business and pleasure. • Wm.. McSpadden of . Winthrop has returned home after visiting his. sisters in the west, Quite a' nunlbe'r from Winthrop attended the Fon-I picnic at Bayfield.. W.GBennett was in charge of a booth for the day. • 0. Phillips of Alma had rhe' misfortune to fall from a load of hay and fracture . a bone in his foot' Miss Edna Jamieson of Alma has been laid up with blood -poisoning in the hand. Miss. Jean Murdock. Brucefteld a pupil of Pki f. Anderton has passed her exams in both vocal and instrumental music.. Mr. Hunkins of Londesboro, was severely .hurt when one of the horses knocked hint down and • broke one of his legs. Norman :Cook of Hensall, is. converting what has been a stable into.a fine up-to-date garage. " Miller Adams of Constance brought into town a curious looking bird which he had captured in --the bush at. Percy McMichael. Some one suggested it is a turkey, buzzan- - . Wm. Manson of. Los Angeles. Calif. stubbed his toe and later had to have the toe amputated. Gangarine set in and thea leg had to come off below the knee. Miss Belle Campbelle of town left on a trip down the St. Lawrence River. .Miss Jean Hays of town and Miss Louise Allen of Brucefleld leave on a trip up the lakes to Fort William. Messrs. Jacfron Bros. of Montreal have secured a contracl for e.ctensive harbour improvements at ' Goderich. .Miss .Haze!- Elcoat,of town is taking a .summer course at Queen's. - University. Kingston. Louis Devereaux has completed the erection of a fine new garage, on his .' farm. Huron Rd. East. - - iWith between 3,000 and 4.000 persons present and ideal weather, the annual Ford picnic at Bayfield was a big success. - July 28, 1950 'John Hillebrecht of the `Huron Rd. East, is in Sarnia. General Hospital, -.• d severe stroke which he .sufferer!.' They... werevisiting friends in the city. -Nearly sixty children assembled -at First . Presbyterian. Church to attend daily Vacation - school,. being sponsored by the churches: - Rev; :D. • Glenn. Campbell was in " charge', o f the devotional parr. Teachers in charge were Mrs. J.B. • Russell, • Ethel McKay, Grace Hoggarth, Mrs.' J W Thompson. Mrs. D.G. Campbell, Mrs. Jason Ellis. Mrs. Gordon McGonigle,, Mrs. Roy McGonigle and Sheila McFadden. - • - Robert Archibald was the winner of :the: Lions Carnival car. John Elder of Hensall . renewed his Expositor for rhe 59th time. He took out his.first subscription - almst six decades ago.' The home of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Blanchard was the scene of a wedding when their daughter Edith Melba was united in marriage to Benjamin Chester Gibson of Fordwich. Rev. R. G. Hazelwood officiated. - Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bennett of Walton vacationed Huntsville and Bobcaygen. Members and guests of" the , • Huron - Crop - Improvement Association - held their twilight meeting on two farms near Exeten-- R. G; Bennett, representative for Huron Co. was master of ceremonies. The historic committee of Huron Co. Council agreed to lease central school building in Goderich to be used as a museum.