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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-07-18, Page 5The Huron Expositor • July 18, 2007 Page 5 Opinion Credit check leads to wild goose chase clearing up case of mistaken identity To the Editor, I am writing this letter as a warning to others who may fall prey to the misfortune of mistaken identity! Earlier this year I had a credit check done and was shocked to see an entry on my history for another person with the same name. And to clarify, the same as my maiden name, not my legal name. The entry itself was for an unpaid service on the 407 ETR, a stretch of highway I am not in the habit of travelling and certainly not to the dollar amount they were claiming! In any event, I took the informa- tion and contacted the 407 ETR myself to advise them of their error. After I waited on `hold' for 25 minutes, I was finally able to speak to a person who attempted to help me. She could not under- stand that they had made the error; therefore, they should cor- rect the error. She then referred me to a super- visor, who again, was not very resourceful or helpful. So, I hung up. I contacted them again and asked to speak directly to a super- visor and finally made some head- way into this mess. They told me that the person's credit rating this should have gone on has the same first name and last name as me. The middle initial is different as is the address. The supervisor then proceeded to give me four collections agencies to contact because they could not tell me `where' they, the ETR, had sent this particular unpaid account to. So, I had to call them one by one to see if I could get any information. Now, for those of you who are not familiar with this process, it is very labour intensive because while I was on hold I probably could have driven to Toronto and back in the time it took to actually speak to a person. And since we are a country now where English doesn't appear to be a necessity, I was fortunate enough to speak to someone who was, in my opinion, less than adequate in this area. Needless to say, I did not get very far at all with this process and language barrier aside, the Freedom of Information and MICE=110 Privacy Act would deter them from giving some lady on the phony any information about anyone she might be inquiring about. My next step was to contact the company itself. Again, I was on hold forever and since I have a life, I hung up and laid it to rest for another day. Well, that day came and I finally got some action, however, they rec- ommended that I contact two other credit agencies to ensure that they did not have this same error on their files. So, I called one. and spoke to a very nice gentleman who told me that since my credit check had not been done in the past 60 days, that he could not See ANNUAL, Page 7 Brothers raised in Hay Township reunited after 53 years in 1Q57 July 14, 1882 The public schools were dis- missed for their summer holidays last Monday. Wm. Murray of Harpurhey is entitled to the credit of being the champion rhubarb grower of America. He displayed a stalk at the Expositor office measuring two feet, seven inches in length with a circumference of five inches. The leaf was three feet, two inches across and two feet, seven inches in length. The new gravel now being laid on North Main Street is not as good as it should be for a thoroughfare on which there is so much travel. Like most other crops this year, flax is likely to produce an unusu- ally good yield. Thos. D. Ryan of the Seaforth flax mill said the mill has 310 acres under flax, George Sproat recently pur- chased the farm of Calvin Campbell of Tuckersmith. The price paid for the 100 acre farm was $6,000. Mr. Sproat now owns 500 acres of land in a block. His eldest son will assume responsibili- ty of the additional land. July 19, 1907 Howard Hartry has quite a curiosity in his garden, it being a cherry tree bearing both ripe fruit and blossoms at the same time. The sewers being constructed on Goderich Street are about complet- ed. The work has been carried out under the direction of George Murdie, chairman of the street committee. CO. Fuce, a civil engineer and land surveyor, intends to come to Seaforth from Galt to open an office and locate here permanently. A graduate of the Ontario School of Practical Science, he was connected with the well known firm of Davidson and Johnson of Berlin for several years. R.H. Peck & Co.;'the well known musical instrument dealers of Seaforth have made several impor- tant piano sales. They sold a high grade Bell piano to Robert Winter of Seaforth who purchased it for his daughter Hazel. She is delight- ed with the tone of the instrument. July 8, 1932 The Seaforth Lions club have erected two signs at the east and west approaches to the town on Highway 8. In addition to saying, "Welcome to Seaforth," the signs show the Lions insignia. Lettering was done by James A. Stewart and signs built by N. Cluff and Sons. Following a survey of Huron tim- ber, the Ontario Forestry Branch said there are more farms with woodlots in Huron than in other Western Ontario counties. Some farms have good woodland and I much seeding is done in Huron. John Broderick, caretaker of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling club, recently had a number of boys down on their hands and knees, pulling weeds from the greens. As a result the greens are in much better condition. Workmen have been engaged building a number of catchbasins on the streets in Seaforth. One has been installed in front of the Presbyterian church and one on John Street. July 26, 1957 Knocked over by waves, Joyce Margaret Dow, aged 11, of Cromarty was unconscious when pulled from Lake Huron. She was knocked over by a wave and dragged 150 feet off shore by an undertow in rough water. She was revived through artificial respira- tion. Serving 50 customers, a new water system for Egmondville was brought into use following negotia- tions by Tuckersmith council. Designed by engineer G. W. Archibald, cost of the project was about $10,000. Plans to organize a midget base- ball club were advanced further when a tentative executive took steps to provide necessary financ- ing. After 53 years, two brothers, Fred C. Kennings of Hensall and William S. Kennings of Oregon were reunited. The brothers were born in raised in Hay township on one of John Campbell's farms. William had not seen his brother Fred since he left Ontario in 1904. When they met at the station, William failed to recognize his brother, but Fred recognized him. July 21, 1982 A committee looking for a solu- tion to Seaforth's garbage disposal needs has seen about 15 sites with six miles of Seaforth, engineer Burns Ross said at a public meet- ing here Monday night. And a cou- ple of them are for sale. But, that's only one possible option, and he cautioned "the one with the least environmental impact will be selected... and that includes economic considerations." The existing Seaforth dump, locat- ed in Tuckersmith and shared with that township" has less than three quarters of an acre of its 3.6 acre area unfilled and the Ministry of the Environment wants a plan of closure by the end of the year. Despite illnesses and other set- backs, the Seaforth Girls Trumpet Band's trip to the Calgary Stampede was "on the whole, a very positive thing," says band leader Charles Kalbfleisch.