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Editorial
Women Today
plays vital role
in Huron
County
A group that dared to speak'of issues of
gender equality in rural Ontario and
politicized the women of Huron County is
turning 25 this year.
Back before the words "rural" and
"feminism" would ever be heard in the
same sentence, a dozen or so local
women came together to discuss the
issuesaffecting their lives and Women
Today of Huron County was born.
In the early days, the group organized
public forums that spoke about what was
then unspeakable - the fact that women
and children in small town communities
were victims of family violence, the fact
that women were being sexually harrassed
in their workplaces, the fact that rural
women were disadvantaged by their
isolation, a lack of childcare and lower
wages than their male counterparts.
The group went on to become
incorporated as a non-profit charity, form a
board of directors and launch research
and education projects on almost every
issue that affects the lives of Huron
County women.
"You have to realize that Women Today
was really on the cutting edge of raising
awareness of women's issues within the
county in a way that nobody else was
doing," says Women Today's executive
director Pam Hanington, of the history of
the organization.
Numerous social services arose from
discussions by Women Today, including
Huron Women's Shelter, Second Stage
Housing and Counselling Services,
Sheatre, Goderich Greeters, Stop Women
Abuse Now (SWAN) and Rural Response
for Healthy Children.
While political and academic pundits
discuss from time to time whether
feminism is still relevant in 2005,
Hanington points out that women still only
earn 70 per cent of the male dollar.
As an organization that seeks to ensure
that the voice of rural women continues to
be heard, Women Today will most
certainly have a role in Huron County's
future.
Susan Hundertmark
()pinion
Letters
Maureen Agar puts energizer
bunny to shame organizing festival
To the Editor,
To all the "Come Home to
the Country" participants
and organizers,
congratulations on a job well
done.
The weekend events were
well attended and everyone
seemed to be having a great
time.
It takes a lot of work to
pull together something like
this and it takes a lot of co-
operation too. It was nice to
take part in the festivities
from a non-committe point
of view this time, but I do
remember the amount of
work it takes and appreciate
everyone's efforts.
A special thanks to
Maureen Agar who would
put the energizer bunny to
shame with her ongoing
energy and enthusiasm.
The whole town looked
lovely in particular the Main
Street all decked out with
green and yellow.
Even though Eddie and
the Edsels. were 10 years
older than last time - as we
all were - they still
entertained the crowd with
their great 50s and 60s style.
All the food was great -
breakfast - lunch - or dinner
and young and old had lots
to see and do.
I liked having the kid's
carnival right in the heart of
the shopping district as it
made everything handy.
We were busy at the golf
course too and were happy
with the enthusiastic golfers
who brought in their old
yearbooks to take advantage
of two for one golf.
Our junior golfers raised
over $250 for their program
with the Beat the Pro
Contest. Our staff made a
special effort in the
scarecrow competition and
we had "golfing" scarecrows
all around the course.
They were well rewarded
when Seaforth Golf Course
won the competition among
the businesses and we thank
the judges for our lovely
trophy.
I hope that everyone's
business benefitted from the
weekend and I think it would
be great if Seaforth had an
annual event like this just as
some of the other area towns
have an annual festival.
We at the golf course are
looking forward to next
time.
Yours truly,
Carolanne Doig
Seaforth Golf Club
Historical roots of area's settlement
are key to yearly Seaforth festival
To the Editor,
Seems The Come Home to the Country festival was a
great success - I'm sorry I didn't make it, for a few weeks
ago I told a few local friends that I would be there.
But, I agree with your editorial comment about a yearly
festival. Finding the right hook, that has a Seaforth flavour
and will attract visitors on a yearly basis is a bit of a
challenge.
Milton has a Renaissance Festival, Perth has a Garlic
Festival, Celtic history in Goderich, and Beeton has a Honey
Festival.
I'm sure people in communities across Ontario are
scurrying to find events to bring out the history and flavour
of their area - and attract tourist dollars.
The Collingwood Elvis gathering started out small - now
they get thousands from all over North America.
The anecdotal history of the settlement of the area that is
Seaforth, Egmondville and Harpurhey might hold a key to
the marketing of an annual festival - not the dry school text
book history, but the stuff like Tiger Dunlop's Last Will and
See CANADA, Page 5
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As I leave, I'll always remember
being the 'guy from the newspaper'
I'll admit it now, in my first
column I wrote for the Huron
Expositor, it was a really bad
analogy to compare living in a
small town to seeing a cow
close up for the first time.
In the column I wrote a little
over a year ago, I mentioned
that my girlfriend had never
seen a cow up close until a couple weeks before and was
amazed by how big they were.
I countered her discovery with one of my own - that small
towns are bigger than they seem.
Today, I still realize small towns are big in stature, but small
in size and many people might already know that I'm moving
on from my post of reporter at both The Expositor and The
M
iddle Ground
Mitchell Advocate.
In my year and four
months that I've been
working here, I've had a
chance to learn a lot of
things, meet a lot of people
and see things I'll never forget.
In Seaforth, I learned a lot
about agriculture, visited my
first motocross event and went up in a hot air balloon.
For the first month I lived in Seaforth, I had to deal with a
bit of a culture shock.
Grocery stores closing at 6 p.m. on a week day, a deserted
downtown after 7 p.m. and fire alarms going off in the middle
of the night were all things I had to get used to as I adjusted to
See AFTER, Page 5
Hensall considers a town curfew bell
for local youngsters in 1930
AUGUST 20, 1880
About 25 years ago, Mrs.
Aitcheson, of McKillop, lost a
brass thimble. One day last
week, her grandson Mr. Durie
was plowing and found he
couldn't keep the plow in the
ground. Closer inspection
revealed the thimble on the
plow point.
John Thompson, Blyth, had
one of his most valuable
horses stolen on Tuesday
night. Diligent search is being
made both personally and by
the aid of constables, but as
yet no trace of its whereabouts
has been discovered.
Some evil disposed person
or persons entered the school
yard last week and amused
himself (we do not for a
moment suppose it was any of
the fair sex) in breaking
windows of the school house.
AUGUST 18, 1905
A very sad accident
happened in the vicinity of
Blyth last week, which
resulted in death. George
Rouse was riding in the front
of the binder while his father
was driving it, when he fell,
catching his foot in the knives
nearly severing it. A doctor
stitched up the let but the boy
In the Years Agone
grew steadily worse.
Gangrene set in and
amputation of the limb was
necessary, but the boy did not
survive the shock of the
operation.
John Wise of the Huron
Road, Tuckersmith Twp. had
the misfortune to lose his barn
and contents by burning on
Monday afternoon.
AUGUST 22,1930
New wheat is being
marketed at the local mill and
fanners who are members of
the wheat pool are receiving
an initial payment of sixty
cents per bushel.
The dry weather has ripened
the beans and growers have
started to harvest the crop.
The average yield is eight
bushels per acre. Some
farmers are short of water on
account of the drought and
have to haul it for miles.
Hensall town council is
considering issuing a by-law
of a town curfew bell. This
would ensure that all the
children under a certain age
will have to be off the streets
by 9 p.m.
Friday is the official
opening of Seaforth's "Tiny
Tim" 18 hole miniature golf
course on North Main Street
two blocks from Goderich
Street.
AUGUST 26,1955
The quiet beauty of Seaforth
Lions Park has attracted
thousands of district residents
to the cool green areas during
recent weeks. On Wednesday
the annual swimming meet
was held, when district
swimmers competed in a
series of events. It is the last
time the swimming meet will
be held in the river pool, since
the new pool will have been
brought into use before
swimming meet time next
year.
A ten acre grass fire on the
farm of Manuel Beuermann,
McKillop Township, was
extinguished by the Seaforth
Fire Department at the noon
hour Wednesday, when fire
threatened to spread to a
nearby clover field.
To promote the major
product of the area and at the
same time to encourage the
public to eat beans, Hensall
Kinsmen have completed
plans for their giant Labour
Day bean festival. Hensall is
the centre of the most
concentrated bean area in
Canada.
AUGUST 21, 1980
Seaforth police Const.
Charles Akey received a
commendation from town
council at their Thursday night
meeting for his work in
uncovering an international
drug ring.
It looked like Seaforth was
about to get a big pinball
palace as several of the
machines were moved into a
vacant store on Main Street
last week, but there are no
plans in the works for an
amusement arcade.
Representatives of the
Seaforth Nursery School,
concerned they will soon be -
asked to vacate their facility in
the basement of the town's
branch of the Huron County
Library, received assurance of
assistance in finding an
alternative site at council's
meeting Thursday night.
Ron & bow
I wish we could ' °' Do you mean the fifties of
racial segregation & violence,
go back to the
fifties....Life was McCarthyism, blacklisting,
so much simpler . payola, oppression of
then.,� women, Cold War,
v► atmospheric nuclear
testing, and the House
. Committee on Un-American
i . lit Activities?
...or do you
mean the
Leave it to
Beaver"
Fifties?
by David Lacey