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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-10-19, Page 4Page 4 October 19, 2005 • The Huron Expositor Editorial Seaf stars shine once more Twenty minutes or so in the life of Seaforth and its Main Street in 1949 was discovered recently on a reel of eight millimetre film donated to the University of Western Ontario's archives. Shot by a university student paying his way through school by filming small towns and villages and showing the results to the "stars of the town" for a 45 cent admission, the reel from Seaforth is one of close to 100 similar reels of 85 towns in Southwestern Ontario. Media specialists at UWO are particularly - impressed by the footage from Seaforth, which they say provides a rich slice of life from the post Second World War era locally. And, since the filmmaker's aim seems to have been capturing as many of the local citizens as pos- sible on film, a large number of Seaforth residents from 1949 can be seen going about their business on Main Street and inside local stores. "A lot of people will recognize their grandparents or parents on them," enthuses UWO media special- ist Alan Noon. He says the plan is to provide the towns featured on the film with DVD copies sometime in the com- ing spring. What a great opportunity to celebrate Seaforth's heritage and have some fun at the same time. We can imagine a red carpet opening night gala - ideal- ly at Cardno's Hall where the archivists guess the first showing was held - when the DVD is received. Proceeds from admission could go towards her- itage preservation. And, what fun for Seaforth's oldtimers to pick out recognizable faces - maybe even themselves - from close to 60 years ago. This spring could be a good,opportunity to let the stars of the town shine once more. Susan Hundertmark Opinion Revealed documents from tobacco industry are shocking Last week I covered a presentation at the Mitchell High School by international anti-smok- ing speaker Georgina Lovell. Parts of her presenta- tion were what you'd expect - stories from those affected by cancer, and images of lungs and brains tobacco abuse. But what I wasn't expecting, and wasn't prepared for was the excerpts from docu- ments, major tobacco companies were forced to hand over not too long ago. Lovell spent four years examining the 38 million pages of secret documents tobacco companies had in their hands since the `70s, '80s, and `90s, that they never wanted us to see. Naturally, they fully understood the conse- quences of tobacco use. They knew it was addictive, and they hid that incriminating evidence from the public for years. What shocked, and offended me the most, was the blatant disregard for our health they openly discussed among themselves, like it was one big game. 1-1111111111 by Jeff Heuchert after years of In one document to PhilipMorris, the United States' largest cigarette manufacturer, from a study performed in 1972 by a number of doctors, it says, "Cigarettes are addicting and the reaction of the inveterate cigarette smoker is like that of any drug addict." . Yet, it would be over 20 years before any major tobacco company would admit ciga- rettes are addictive. The comment that upset me the most came in a public relations strategy from the Tobacco Advisory Council in 1978. While trying to downplay the effects of smoking they stated, "...with a general lengthening of the expectation of life we real- ly need something for people to die of." They went on to say the mortality rate from smoking would replace that of war, poverty, and starvation, and although their point was valid, obviously was one they could not use with the public. The absurdity of this statement almost makes it hard to write about. See HIDDEN, Page 6 Ron & bave YOU BOUGHT A MOTORCYCLE ? I ••• erit too,. . I wont to feel the thrill of the open rood.... I WANT TO FEEL THE WIND IN MY HAIR! by David Lacey It's a figure of speech. Ex�'i' itor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com OI EB COR MEDIA GU ki( SUN MFaA "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs." SV1C$1PI1QN RATES: LOCAL - 35.85 a year. in advance, plus G.S.T. SENECAS, - 33.85 a year. in advance, plus G.S.T. USA$ fOreiQn: 35.85 a year in advance, plus $83.20 postage. 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