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Huron Expositor, 2002-09-18, Page 14Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Tom Williscraft - Publisher Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds Bernie Pugh Office/Sales Susan Hundertmark - Reporter Anne R - Distribution 1115414161111 •J Su Maks C•'1•'•tr' - A (Nava Co f•a, F-rilnn tit nt ‘petirsrtitall-brAmeatnAt rr+m Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositorcom SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 33.50 a year, in odvonce, plus 2.35 G.S.T. SENIORS: • 31.00 a year, in advonce, plus 2.17 G.S.T. USA & foreign: 29.44 a year in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Slur Publishing at 11 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a 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 odvertisement 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 Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at ony time.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 copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Wednesday, October 10, 2001 I dlteeiel sad Bestrews Offices - 11 Mese SMet.,fenfertb Alepbeee 1519) 527.0240 Pax (519) 537-3656 Menlo. Address - P.O. Mx 69, Seefertb, Ontario, 11011( 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association Bowes Publishers Limited "We acnode the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs." Editorial Council wise for using caution before hiring economic development officer Huron East Council is making a wise choice to take its time hiring an economic development officer. It had set aside $25,000 to be used between June through December for an economic development officer following appeals from the Business Retention and Expansion Committee IBR and E) for help. That committee, made up largely of self- appointed membership from the community s elite, formed more than three years ago when a group of citizens came together looking for ways to help prevent the loss of more businesses after two major businesses closed. That group of people fit the mandate of an experimental program being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture to help with business retention and development. The group became the BR and E and proved to be one of the most successful of the programs set up by the government. However, as volunteers, they believed they could only do so much with no active budget. Unsuccessful in obtaining a grant to help carry out identified needs in the community and unable to convince the former Seaforth council to give them an operating budget, they appealed to the newly formed Huron East council this year with the idea of hiring an economic development officer. After some debate, that appeal worked and the group managed to get council to set aside $25,000 for a six-month budget --not the $100,000 per year the group was requesting. Part of the hesitation and indecision in granting funding is that no one is giving council a clear picture of what the economic development officer would do. The BR and E, even in its latest appeal to now form an economic development committee for Huron East, is not giving council a clear picture of what would occur. They said they were waiting for council to initiate a dialogue. Council has asked them several times for more details. The group s preferred candidate for the position of economic development officer, Selena Anderson, was asked to present the economic development committee concept to council at its Oct. 2 meeting. She suggested council advertise for proposals from people outlining how they would proceed to form the committee. While council is wise in taking its time until there is a clearer plan, Coun. Bill Teall offered the best solution to finding one which is to proceed with seeking proposals. The request for proposals could be designed, seeking someone to be an economic development officer with very specific ideas of what would be done at what approximate costs. That would give council the information it needs and allow the process to move forward. Scott Hilgendorff Opinion Farmers needing help as weather continues to have negative effect By Jack Wilkinson, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Harvest has started in Ontario and expectations are being revealed — this year's drought and extreme heat will result in a major reduction in yield right across Ontario. On top of this, world prices are not improving and our farmers can expect one of the lowest financial returns in recent history. Continuing to produce food in this economic and environmental climate is a challenge we at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture don't believe our farmers should be expected to face alone. Our provincial government has acknowledged the likelihood of farmers needing additional funding for their safety net programs if they are to survive. OFA and the province's other farm organizations have been working with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the preparation of a 'Made In Ontario' safety nets package that will work equally well for all sectors in this province. We hope this package will be finalized soon so our farmers can see what to expect at the provincial level. Getting the federal government's involvement in an improved safety nets scheme is an ongoing effort. Prompted by opposition members in the House of Commons, an emergency debate on circumstances created by the national drought was held last week in the House. A spokesperson for the opposition acknowledged `Canadians understand that the crisis on the farm has been caused by factors outside of farmers' controls' and the `overwhelming majority of Canada supports helping farmers survive.' Political acknowledgment of the plight of farmers in Ontario and across Canada is vital as we go to the federal government asking for its involvement in the package being developed in Ontario. OFA is actively working with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to ensure this message is understood by all Members. of Parliamelit, and that action is taken. This is the third consecutive year that weather conditions have damaged crops and ruined yields in Ontario. It is also the third consecutive year that increasingly high agricultural subsidies to farmers in the United States and Europe, paid by their respective governments, have forced world commodity prices lower and lower. Many farmers are running out of patience and equity. They can't afford to carry on the battle with nature and world market conditions without greater support from their provincial and national governments. Our major competitors in the production of food recognize the importance of helping their farmers survive. They demonstrate this with the huge subsidies provided to their farmers. We intend to mount a strong lobby effort to gain the same recognition from our government in Ottawa. Ontario farmers, through the food they produce, contribute more than 25 billion dollars to the province's economy when you factor in the impacts of the 600,000 plus agri-food jobs our industry triggers. OFA knows how important agriculture is to the provincial and national economy and we will do everything possible to bring this point home to the politicians and bureaucrats responsible for making the decisions at Queen's Park in Toronto and Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Our farmers are counting on us, and the businesses that depend on their success in farming are also counting on us. We intend to see the needs of our farmers are met. Barrow breaks leg picking apples October 6th, 1876 Alex Barrow of McKillop met with a serious accident. Being up in a tree picking apples, he fell to the ground, breaking his leg. James Montgomery of McKillop, was committed to jail, charged by John Hargon with poisoning his cattle. The new Canadian Methodist Church known as Curry's Church was dedicated to service on Sunday last by Rev. Charles Lavell, M. A. October llth, 1901 After a long and painful illness, Hugh McCartney passed away. He was 61 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ronnie, Hensall, attended the funeral of Mr. Rannie's brother-in-law, Mr. Hayrack of near St. Joseph. Messrs. Crossley and Hunter, visited the far- famed St. Joseph. Robert McDole of Walton, has made important purchase of Hereford cattle. He has bought from L. Farnham two heifer calves. As a result of the severe thunderstorm, Jos. Fisher of Tuckersmith met with a heavy loss in the destruction of one of his barns. A strange feature was that it didn't break out until after the storm had passed. Judge Doyle has given his award in the case of McGinnis V.S. Seaforth, for damages on account of the new sidewalk having been erected higher then his store door. He awarded him the sum of $221.25. For the forth time in his many years Frank Sills carried off the honors at the annual field day sports of the students of Assumption College, Sandwich. Robert Turnbull, of this town, who is 81 years of age is blessed with such good eye sightthat he scarcely ever needs glasses and can read the Huron Years agone... Expositor from end to end. The farms on the Kippen road, owned by Mrs. W. J. Chesney, are to be offered for sale. Geo. Whiteley took first money with his horse "Sidneer" in the 2.45 trot at the Goderich Fair. Robert Wilson of town has disposed of a very fine breeding mare to Thos. Hills of Egmondville. W H. Willis of town has leased the Fitzgerald cottage. October 8th, 1926 Armour Dundas, of Walton, held an auction sale of stock and implements. He has sold his farm to Mr. Johnston of Blyth. At Brussels Fair the Walton Public School carried off first prize for drill and second for costume. Congratulations are due C. Sellers and Mrs. Dora Holmes. The beautiful woods on the west side of the drive over the mountain at Cromarty has the appearance of autumn. The trees are nearly bare owing to an army of worms that are stripping the trees of their foliage. W C. Bennett of Winthrop sold a car load of peaches this week. R. J. Cooper of Kippen, had a very successful barn raising on his farm in Tuckersmith and it is in good shape to have the foundation erected. H. H. Neeb, road superintendent of Zurich has completed the work of improving the Bronson Line from Zurich north road to Blake. Ken McLeod of Hensall left this week for Detroitwhere he has secured a good position. The cottage of Jack Forbes, Dublin, was completely burned on Saturday last when a coal oil stove exploded A very well known and familiar figure of two generations of this district passed to the great beyond, when Wm. McDougall died at his home in Egmondville. He had reached the age of 92 years. The council have placed signs on all streets leading onto the Goderich St. pavement. Mr. Warden of town has had a handsome verandah erectedin front of his residence on Goderich St. West. Cement work was done by R. Frost and the carpentry work by R. Porterfield. J. G. Grieve has purchased the residence on North Main St. at present occupied by G. D. Ferguson. A rink of Seaforth Bowlers composed of R. Winters, H. Stewart, R. E. Brightand Dr. F J. Bechley attended the Snowbird Tournament at Woodstock. About four o' clock on Saturday morning the large barn on the farm of George Bell was discovered to be on fire. The origin of the fire was unknown but it was supposed to be caused by lightning. At the recent fair held at Zurich, Dr. A. R. Campbell received a couple of prizes both in the single carriage and in the span of entries in the same class. J. Elligson, who recently purchased the new Commercial Hotel is having improvements made to the interior. Mr. Richard Robertson of Stanley loaded a car of apples at Brucefield this week. October 5th, 1951 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith, of town, marked their twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage when about 35 relatives met at their home. Mrs. Smith was the former Miss Georgine Zimmerman of Milverton. Miss Mary Elizabeth Boswell is teaching at Burlington and was May Queen at Stratford Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Eaton, well known citizens of Seaforth, marked their 45th anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Eaton was employed at the Govenlock brick yards for many years. In 1916 he enlisted with the 161st battalion and served in France. Taking part in races at Palmerston Fair, Joseph Burns, Seaforth, received several fractured ribs in a spill. Mr. Henry Weiland well known Egmondville resident celebrated his 94th birthday and is in good health. Joseph Malone, a graduate of Dublin High School teaches at Waterloo. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Malone, R. R. 5, Seaforth. J. G. Mullen of town was in Windsor, attending the funeral of the late F. R. Larkin of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Cleave Coombs have moved into the home recently erected by Norman McLean. October 14, 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doyle, were honored here Saturday by their brothers and sisters and close neighbors on the occasion of their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Mass was celebrated at 3 p.m. by Rev. Fr. P. Oostveen and a get together was held afterwards at the home of his brother Mike, before dinner at Zurich Hotel. The number of channels available to citizen's band radio users will be expanded to 40 fmm 22 on April 1. Letters SSeaforth To the Editor: beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean. eaforth) I just found your website and wanted to There are still a few farms there, but let you know I was raised in Seaforth, most of the population travel to Halifax Nova Scotian Nova Scotia. or Dartmouth to work. Some of my family still live there. 1 I hope your students will be interested discovers now live in Dartmouth, NS which is to learn this. It would be nice to hear about 20 km. away. from them. Expositor "My Seaforth" is a small community Patricia Francis with a population of 100 or so. It has a Farmers needing help as weather continues to have negative effect By Jack Wilkinson, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Harvest has started in Ontario and expectations are being revealed — this year's drought and extreme heat will result in a major reduction in yield right across Ontario. On top of this, world prices are not improving and our farmers can expect one of the lowest financial returns in recent history. Continuing to produce food in this economic and environmental climate is a challenge we at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture don't believe our farmers should be expected to face alone. Our provincial government has acknowledged the likelihood of farmers needing additional funding for their safety net programs if they are to survive. OFA and the province's other farm organizations have been working with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the preparation of a 'Made In Ontario' safety nets package that will work equally well for all sectors in this province. We hope this package will be finalized soon so our farmers can see what to expect at the provincial level. Getting the federal government's involvement in an improved safety nets scheme is an ongoing effort. Prompted by opposition members in the House of Commons, an emergency debate on circumstances created by the national drought was held last week in the House. A spokesperson for the opposition acknowledged `Canadians understand that the crisis on the farm has been caused by factors outside of farmers' controls' and the `overwhelming majority of Canada supports helping farmers survive.' Political acknowledgment of the plight of farmers in Ontario and across Canada is vital as we go to the federal government asking for its involvement in the package being developed in Ontario. OFA is actively working with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to ensure this message is understood by all Members. of Parliamelit, and that action is taken. This is the third consecutive year that weather conditions have damaged crops and ruined yields in Ontario. It is also the third consecutive year that increasingly high agricultural subsidies to farmers in the United States and Europe, paid by their respective governments, have forced world commodity prices lower and lower. Many farmers are running out of patience and equity. They can't afford to carry on the battle with nature and world market conditions without greater support from their provincial and national governments. Our major competitors in the production of food recognize the importance of helping their farmers survive. They demonstrate this with the huge subsidies provided to their farmers. We intend to mount a strong lobby effort to gain the same recognition from our government in Ottawa. Ontario farmers, through the food they produce, contribute more than 25 billion dollars to the province's economy when you factor in the impacts of the 600,000 plus agri-food jobs our industry triggers. OFA knows how important agriculture is to the provincial and national economy and we will do everything possible to bring this point home to the politicians and bureaucrats responsible for making the decisions at Queen's Park in Toronto and Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Our farmers are counting on us, and the businesses that depend on their success in farming are also counting on us. We intend to see the needs of our farmers are met. Barrow breaks leg picking apples October 6th, 1876 Alex Barrow of McKillop met with a serious accident. Being up in a tree picking apples, he fell to the ground, breaking his leg. James Montgomery of McKillop, was committed to jail, charged by John Hargon with poisoning his cattle. The new Canadian Methodist Church known as Curry's Church was dedicated to service on Sunday last by Rev. Charles Lavell, M. A. October llth, 1901 After a long and painful illness, Hugh McCartney passed away. He was 61 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ronnie, Hensall, attended the funeral of Mr. Rannie's brother-in-law, Mr. Hayrack of near St. Joseph. Messrs. Crossley and Hunter, visited the far- famed St. Joseph. Robert McDole of Walton, has made important purchase of Hereford cattle. He has bought from L. Farnham two heifer calves. As a result of the severe thunderstorm, Jos. Fisher of Tuckersmith met with a heavy loss in the destruction of one of his barns. A strange feature was that it didn't break out until after the storm had passed. Judge Doyle has given his award in the case of McGinnis V.S. Seaforth, for damages on account of the new sidewalk having been erected higher then his store door. He awarded him the sum of $221.25. For the forth time in his many years Frank Sills carried off the honors at the annual field day sports of the students of Assumption College, Sandwich. Robert Turnbull, of this town, who is 81 years of age is blessed with such good eye sightthat he scarcely ever needs glasses and can read the Huron Years agone... Expositor from end to end. The farms on the Kippen road, owned by Mrs. W. J. Chesney, are to be offered for sale. Geo. Whiteley took first money with his horse "Sidneer" in the 2.45 trot at the Goderich Fair. Robert Wilson of town has disposed of a very fine breeding mare to Thos. Hills of Egmondville. W H. Willis of town has leased the Fitzgerald cottage. October 8th, 1926 Armour Dundas, of Walton, held an auction sale of stock and implements. He has sold his farm to Mr. Johnston of Blyth. At Brussels Fair the Walton Public School carried off first prize for drill and second for costume. Congratulations are due C. Sellers and Mrs. Dora Holmes. The beautiful woods on the west side of the drive over the mountain at Cromarty has the appearance of autumn. The trees are nearly bare owing to an army of worms that are stripping the trees of their foliage. W C. Bennett of Winthrop sold a car load of peaches this week. R. J. Cooper of Kippen, had a very successful barn raising on his farm in Tuckersmith and it is in good shape to have the foundation erected. H. H. Neeb, road superintendent of Zurich has completed the work of improving the Bronson Line from Zurich north road to Blake. Ken McLeod of Hensall left this week for Detroitwhere he has secured a good position. The cottage of Jack Forbes, Dublin, was completely burned on Saturday last when a coal oil stove exploded A very well known and familiar figure of two generations of this district passed to the great beyond, when Wm. McDougall died at his home in Egmondville. He had reached the age of 92 years. The council have placed signs on all streets leading onto the Goderich St. pavement. Mr. Warden of town has had a handsome verandah erectedin front of his residence on Goderich St. West. Cement work was done by R. Frost and the carpentry work by R. Porterfield. J. G. Grieve has purchased the residence on North Main St. at present occupied by G. D. Ferguson. A rink of Seaforth Bowlers composed of R. Winters, H. Stewart, R. E. Brightand Dr. F J. Bechley attended the Snowbird Tournament at Woodstock. About four o' clock on Saturday morning the large barn on the farm of George Bell was discovered to be on fire. The origin of the fire was unknown but it was supposed to be caused by lightning. At the recent fair held at Zurich, Dr. A. R. Campbell received a couple of prizes both in the single carriage and in the span of entries in the same class. J. Elligson, who recently purchased the new Commercial Hotel is having improvements made to the interior. Mr. Richard Robertson of Stanley loaded a car of apples at Brucefield this week. October 5th, 1951 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith, of town, marked their twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage when about 35 relatives met at their home. Mrs. Smith was the former Miss Georgine Zimmerman of Milverton. Miss Mary Elizabeth Boswell is teaching at Burlington and was May Queen at Stratford Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Eaton, well known citizens of Seaforth, marked their 45th anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Eaton was employed at the Govenlock brick yards for many years. In 1916 he enlisted with the 161st battalion and served in France. Taking part in races at Palmerston Fair, Joseph Burns, Seaforth, received several fractured ribs in a spill. Mr. Henry Weiland well known Egmondville resident celebrated his 94th birthday and is in good health. Joseph Malone, a graduate of Dublin High School teaches at Waterloo. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Malone, R. R. 5, Seaforth. J. G. Mullen of town was in Windsor, attending the funeral of the late F. R. Larkin of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Cleave Coombs have moved into the home recently erected by Norman McLean. October 14, 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doyle, were honored here Saturday by their brothers and sisters and close neighbors on the occasion of their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Mass was celebrated at 3 p.m. by Rev. Fr. P. Oostveen and a get together was held afterwards at the home of his brother Mike, before dinner at Zurich Hotel. The number of channels available to citizen's band radio users will be expanded to 40 fmm 22 on April 1.