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The Huron Expositor • January 31, 2007 Page 5
Seaforth orphan patient
feels like a
second-rate citizen
To the Editor,
Second Rate Citizens -
that is how I feel those of us
who are orphan patients are
treated.
It is not our fault that doc-
tors move on for some rea-
son, whatever it may be,
that they aren't satisfied
with working here in rural
Ontario, here in Seaforth,
Ont.
I had a work-related
injury to my left hand last
May, but because there
showed no broken bones,
nothing was done. I have
been suffering from pain
ever since which is getting
worse.
I had to go to the hospital
emergency to get to see a
doctor on call. He had a
bone x-ray arranged and
done on Jan. 16.
I tried today to get an
appointment with this doc-
tor and was told he was only
on call when I saw him.
I was told he is too busy
with his own patients and
that I had to make an
appointment for Tuesday
night, but can only arrange
it by calling in right at 8
a.m. Tuesday or try to get in
Friday, the other day when
orphan patients are seen by
the regular doctors.
If this isn't a two-tiered
system what do you call it?
So, we orphaned patients
must rival each other to get
a Tuesday night appoint-
ment, or Friday appoint-
ment or wait until the fol-
lowing week, or the next.
How fair is it for those of
us who need medical care to
have to wait under these
conditions?
Please give us some real
answers.
Bob Litt
Seaforth, Ont.
MIEMEINIM
Parents have role
to play preventing
youth violence
From Page 4
And for those parents who do have guns in the house,
keep them locked up.
The government is doing their part by prohibiting the
sale of violent and explicit materials to minors. It's up
to parents to make sure those same limits are upheld at
home.
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Burst tire results in large quantity
of broken eggs in 1907 crash
JANUARY 27, 1882
Charles Routledge of the 4th
concession of Tuckersmith has
sold a span of three-year-old colts
to an American buyer for the sum
of $375. They were of average
size but good animals.
Edward Ryan has sold his fifty
acre farm on the 14th concession
of McKillop to John McKennon, a
near neighbour for the sum of
$2,500. Mr. Ryan intends remov-
ing to Dakota in the spring.
Wm. Grieve of McKillop has
purchased the property of the
late George Sparling which is sit-
uated on North Main street. The
property consists of a house and
one acre of land. The price paid
was $800.
JANUARY 29, 1907
Lloyd Dinnin of the Bank of
Commerce staff in Seaforth is
relieving at Milverton this week.
On Wednesday in the early
hours of the forenoon, as G.C.
Petty and Lloyd Vennor of
Hensall were going to Toronto on
the highway at Cooksville with a
truckload of eggs, one of the front
tires burst capsizing the load into
the ditch. Fortunately neither
man was injured and the truck
only slightly damaged, but a
large quantity of eggs were bro-
ken.
FEBRUARY 1, 1932
Walter Murray, son of John
Murray of the McKillop-Hullett
boundary is home from Manitoba
on a visit. Mr. Murray brought
with him the head of a moose
which he shot in the Riding
Mountains. The head is a large
one and the antlers are of
immense size.
The derrick and drilling appara-
tus for the testing of the oil well
in the big swamp east of Walton
is now on the ground and opera-
tions will commence at once and
we sincerely hope they will not
cease until they strike a gusher
as it would prove a great bonanza
to this vicinity.
Mrs. James Cumming, of
Egmondville, who is quite an
ardent florist, has an azalea,
which is out in full bloom.
The Messrs. Cudmore of Kippen
have shipped their hay pressing
outfit to the neighbourhood of
Chatham where hay is more plen-
tiful.
FEBRUARY 8, 1957
It was Jack McLlwain's night at
Seaforth arena on Tuesday and to
make the evening even more out-
standing, the Juniors won a 4-1
victory over Kitchener
Greenshirts. The win made cer-
tain Seaforth's top place in the
group. The largest crowd of the
season - nearly 650 - saw
Seaforth player Jack McLlwain
presented with a watch and a
purse containing $122 from dis-
trict fans and a traveling bag
from the Athletic Association. It
was his final scheduled home
game of the five years he has
played on Seaforth Junior teams.
Demand for books from
Seaforth Carnegie Library contin-
ued to rise during 1956, it was
revealed Monday as the board
considered the annual report of
Librarian Greta Thompson.
JANUARY 27, 1982
Seaforth council and its employ-
ees received raises Thursday
night when new remuneration
schedules and wage rates for
1982 were approved by resolution
at a special council meeting at
town hall. The increases for town
employees average 10.26 per
cent, according to town clerk Jim
Crocker.
High winds, snow and frigid
temperatures combined for the
third weekend in a row to isolate
this community, particularly on
Sunday, and less so at other
times during the weekend.
Highway 8 from Stratford to
Goderich was officially closed
from shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday
until about 11 p.m. Highway 4
from Exeter to Flesherton was
also closed Sunday, as was
Highway 21 from Port Elgin to
south of Goderich.
There are more than three
times as many households in
Seaforth with colour televisions
as opposed to black and white.
And more than one in four house-
holds has an automatic dish-
washer. These and other interest-
ing statistics are according to
Ontario Hydro's llth appliance
ownership and energy application
survey, conducted in Seaforth and
other municipalities in the
province.