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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2001-05-30, Page 4Opinion Letters Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Tom Williscraft - Publisher Pat Armes - Office Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Dionne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds Susan Hundertmark - Reporter Bernie Pugh - Sales Anne Roden - Distribution Bowes Publishers Limited sW,r..,, cis. md. c q...n.. - A Qom.. C.. $.) E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 32.50 a yeor, in odvance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 28.44 o yeor in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 11 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seoforth, Ontario. Advertising is occepted on condition that in the event of o typogrophicol 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 rate. In the event of a 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 Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damoge of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliverable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, May 30, 2001 Editorial and deslness Offices - 11 Maio Stroot.,Seafortth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2555 Manias Address - RO. Sox 69, Sealer*, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through a Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs." Editorial Firefighters, mayor and police deserve some credit The Seaforth Fire Department deserves a great deal of thanks from the community. As volunteers, they have now been. called to 10 fires in the past eight weeks due to an arsonist and have continued to respond to the regular calls from accidents and other situations. It has to be wearing on them knowing they will be called out at least once every second weekend to fires that seem to be growing in severity. Many people connected with the downtown core are finding their stomach clench in fear every time they hear the town -wide fire siren sound at the same time our firefighters' pages are going off, alerting them to the next incident. None of them can be sleeping well, anticipating the next call and wondering how severe it will be each time. Some of them have homes and b; sinesses in the core affected by the situation, adding to the stress of the problem. And Mayor Lin Steffler deserves some credit for the role she has played, coming out in the middle of the night to see what is happening in this community when the fire siren sounds. Alongside The Expositor, she has been aggressively pushing for an ever -stronger police presence in the community. And to the OPP's credit, there was an immediate presence available for Monday morning's fire offering the reassurance that they are trying harder to get the problem under control. Unfortunately, they cannot be everywhere at once as more fires seems inevitable unless someone comes forward to turn in the culprit or culprits. Someone's clothes must smell like smoke or someone must know a family member is keeping strange hours. It is frustrating to continue making the same pleas week after week but someone really must know what is going on and is needed to come forward and bring this to an end before lives are lost. It's that serious folks and for those who know what's going on, the community can only hope it is beginning to weigh on their consciences enough that they might come forward with information. It's a free and anonymous call to Crimestoppers and could put this whole community at ease, saving lives and property. Scott Hilgendorff Scalds a severe injury for children More than 500 Canadian children are hospitalized every year for severe scalds from liquids. Many of these children are scalded when their parents are preparing hot food or drinks, says Safe Kids Canada, a national child safety program. "The kitchen can be a dangerous place for young children," says Sonya Corkum, Executive Director of Safe Kids Canada. "There are hot dishes and appliances within easy reach, while parents are often busy and distracted." Safe Kids Canada recommends these tips to help keep children safe: 1. Keep children safely out of the way when you are cooking or making hot drinks. Put a baby or toddler in a high chair or playpen. Make sure a pre-schooler stays seated at the table. A safety gate will also help keep young children out of the kitchen. 2. Is your tap water too hot? Many Canadian homes have hot water that is 60 degrees celsius (14.0 degrees Fahrenheit). This could burn a child's skin in just one second! The water from your hot water tap should be 49 degrees celsius (120 degrees fahrenheit) . 3. Cook on the back burners of your stove whenever possible. Turn the pot handles to the back of the stove. If a pot handle sticks out over the edge of the stove, the pot could get knocked onto the floor or on your child. 4. Make sure the cords from your kettle and other appliances are safely away from the edge of the counter. If your child pulls on a dangling cord, he could pull a kettle of hot water down on himself. 5. Make sure food and drinks have cooled off before you serve them to your child. If you have hot dishes on the table, keep them out of reach of your child. 6. If you have a microwave, stir the heated food or drink to get rid of the hot spots. Test the temperature before you give it to your child. 7. Keep hot coffee or tea away from your child. Keep a lid on hot drinks, even at home. Safe Kids Canada is running a national campaign on scald and burns prevention during Safe Kids Week, May 28th to June 3rd, 2001. Safe Kids Canada is a program of The Hospital for Sick Children. For more information, call the Huron County Health Unit, Family Health Team or Safe Kids Canada at 1 -888 -SAFE - TIPS or visit www.safekidscanada.ca After ahnost 27Pat retires centralized a lot of jobs - it's no longer necessary to drag information around the office in a wagon - and the days of family - run newspapers have given way to large corporations owning chains of papers, the people remain the backbone of each newspaper. And, Pat has been a very dependable, sturdy piece of that backbone. In close to 27 years, she never missed one day of work because of sickness. She's been one of the constant faces on Main Street, present each day to greet customers with a smile and pleasant conversation. Pat adapted and thrived through employment with four different owners of The Expositor, experiencing the changes that occurred as the newspaper industry went from manual typewriters to computers to interne web pages. She began work at The Expositor when her daughter Diane was in Kindergarten and it seems fitting that as she retires, her daughter will soon become a mother herself. I hope you have a wonderful time becoming a grandmother again, Pat. And, I hope you have a wonderful retirement filled with as much fun and excitement and/or peace and contentment as you want. You've worked hard and well and you've earned it. When Pat Armes began working at The Huron Expositor almost 27 years ago, she spent one day a week updating the subscriptions list. She used the old Underwood manual typewriters in use by everyone at the office at the time to cut cardboard stencils of the names and addresses of each of the 3,000 subscribers of The Expositor and the now defunct Brussels Post and Blyth Standard. It was a labor-intensive process. Stencils were easily ruined by the old machine that printed the addresses on each newspaper, and along with new subscribers, an envelope full of stencils usually had to be made each week. When the stencils were made Pat had to store them in a miniature steel filing cabinet that, too heavy to carry, was transported on a child's wagon from the front of the building to the back where the mailing machine - an old-fashioned gestetner - was used. "Here comes Pat and her little red wagon," teased her co-workers at the time. With Pat's retirement this week - and everyone is invited to come into the office Thursday afternoon for an open house to visit with Pat - it's tithe for a bit of reminiscing. Those were the days when The Expositor was still owned by its founding family. A.Y. McLean was 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 letters and submissions must be sig and accompanied by a day -time telep number. All submissions are subject to for both length and content. Don't forget to check out ow hotnepage at. www.seatorthimisimpositor. 1 By Susan Hundertmark Seeding finished May 26, 1876 Tuckersmith: Mr. John Robinson has sold his farm on the 2nd Con. of Tuckersmith to Mr. Dale, son of C. Dale of the Huron Road for the sum of $6,200. This includes the crop the ground Mr. John Hannah has purchased from the Messrs. Govinlock the rear 100 acres of the Chalk farm. This property is south of the Railway Track and lies behind the farms of Messrs. Dickson and Creswell and frontson the side road. Local Brief: Messrs. M. R. Counter, D.D. Rose, A. Slemmon and Robert Fulton of town returned on Friday evening from a most successful fishing excursion to Herring's Mills on the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway. Mr. Wm. Anderson for several years clerk in A. G. McDougall & Cos store left on Tuesday to visit Scotland. During the absence of Lieutenant - Colonel Ross in England, Lieutenant - Colonal Coleman has been placed in command of the 3rd in Huron Battalion. Hullett: Mr. A. Tyerman of Hullett has an Ayrshire bull calf which when 9 months old weighed 622 pounds. Hensall: On the morning of the twenty-fourth things looked lively in and about Hensall before the Excursion train arrived. The very large number of 127 excursion tickets were sold at Hensall to go and see The Falls. Birth: McGregor: In McKillop on May 20, the wife of Mr. Duncan McGregor, of a daughter. Married: Mulholland - Peters. At the resiidince of publisher, his daughter Susan White was editor and a staff of about 15 employees worked together to put out the paper each week. Because the staff was quite a bit larger than our current staff of six, the pace was a bit slower and there was more time for some joking and getting to know each other. During my first period of employment with The Expositor in 1983 and 1984, when I was a young graduate of Ryerson University's journalism program, the staff had a daily routine of breaking every morning at 10:30 sharp. for a coffee break. Everyone in the building, except for one person in the front office, would stop working, grab a mug of coffee and a donut or muffin from Tasty -Nu and troop down into the dingy basement to gather around a large table where we'd laugh and gossip for 15 minutes before getting back to work. With our current skeleton staff at The Expositor, it's a rare occasion when we're all in the office the same day. But, I've still enjoyed lots of conversations with Pat, when we discuss current events and shake our heads over the problems of the day. While computers have simplified and as 1926 grain crop begins to grow Years agone... the bride's father on May 24 by Rev. C. E. Stafford, Mr. William Mulholland of McKillop to Miss Florence Peters of Brussels. May 28, 1926 Notes - Seeding is now finished and although the season is late, grain is growing rapidly. Rev. Mr. Irwin of Seaforth, preached a very able sermon in the United Church on Sunday evening. The C. W. L. met in the Parish Hall on Sunday, May 16th with the president, Mrs. Moylan, in the chair. Mr. and Mrs. W. Sproat, of Tuckersmith, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wright, of Egmondville, spent Sunday with Or and Mrs. Nelson Govenlock. Miss Margaret Flannery and Miss Mary McGraith are attending business college in Stratford. The teacher and pupils of S.S.#1. gave an excellent Empire Day programme last Friday afternoon, quite a number attending. Lions Club - The Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club have very generously offered all the privileges of their green to the Lions Club for a tournament to take place on a Wednesday afternoon in June. Egmondville -- On Monday afternoon the Canadian Girls in Training went on a hike to McLean:s bridge. Mrs. Margaret McGregor, formerly of Seaforth suffered a paralytic stroke. Mrs. J. E. Keating and two children and Miss Irene Patterson left on Tuesday morning to spend some weeks in Toronto. Mr. Con Eckert and son Mr. J. M. Eckert were in London this week on business. Mr. M. McKellar has purchased the residence of Mr. H. Edge on Goderich Street West and Mr. J. G. Grieve of McKillop, has purchased Mr. McKellar's cottage on Jarvis Street. May 25, 1951 A new telephone directory for Seaforth has been mailed to subscribers and delivery is expected to be completed by May 26. C. B. Symonds, Bell Telephone manager, said this week. The board of management of St. Thomas Anglican Church, Seaforth has begun the second phase in the renovation of the church buildings. Many parents and visitors took advantage of the "Open House" held by Seaforth Public School Friday evening to see examples of children's achievements which were on display. Efforts of members of the Seaforth Fire Brigade were sabotaged Thursday evening when fire broke out in a small barn located at the rear of the Lion's house which is situated at the eastern limits of the town. A. shower was held Friday night for Miss Grace Jackson, bride -elect of this week, at the home of Mrs. Robert McClure. Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. James Nash, Newlyweds, of McKillop, gathered at the Seaforth Community Centre Monday night to honor them and present them with a purse of money. Brucefield intersection was the scene of another fatal accident Monday evening when a car driven by Jack Cross, Welland, was in a collision with one driven by Elmer D. Bell, K.C., Exeter. Miss Mary Costello, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello, Dublin, whose marriage to Mr. Kenneth Wickens, London will take place June 2, was honored by her sisters, Misses Bridget and Dorothy Ann Costello on Saturday. On Sunday at the morning service at Duff's United Church, Rev. R.G. Hazlewood christened eight babies and received them into the membership of the church. May 27, 1976 Alfred Malone of R.R.2 Dublin was killed in a crash Friday noon when the pickup truck he was driving collided with a CNR train on the Tuckersmith-Hibbert town line near the Ontario Bean Grower's Co-operative. The impact threw the truck up into the air. Seaforth Coroner Dr. Paul Brady says an inquest may be held. J. A. Mullen, 52, of Ottawa has been appointed to replace Robert James Cudney as county court judge for Perth. The appointment was announced Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Patterson attended the International Square Dance Convention at McMaster University last week.