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The Huron Expositor • September 19, 2007 Page 5
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Politics and paranoia go hand in hand,
To the Editor,
I picked up the mail yesterday and along with
the other mail I really didn't need was a green
politicial pamphlet with the 0 in vote replaced
by a gaping mouth and the contortion of facial
features with overtones of paranoia either of
persecution or grandeur.
Politics is everywhere - on the TV, radio, in
the newspaper, in windows, on lawns and in the
mail People must think politics is very impor-
tant because they keep talking politics.
Perhaps they're using the words of the politi-
cian to control others, just as the politician has
been doing for thousands of years.
As a physician, I was concerned about indi-
viduals and even more concerned that they had
been exposed to an education system that did
not teach them to express themselves either
positively or negatively. Others have been
expressing the individual's feelings forever.
says retired Seaforth physician
Every other life form has learned to under-
stand itself, others of its own kinds and other
species. Man has spent all his time on earth
learning to understand systems which are all
man's invention.
Politics represent the history of all the nega-
tive feelings that each individual has and pro-
jects to others including distrust, cunning,
treachery and deceit.
Man has learned not to trust anyone and
everything with good reason unless what is
done is useful in the production of food, cloth-
ing, shelter and things that everyone needs.
Politics and paranoia are very expensive for
the taxpayer because the politician can never
feel safe or secure enough. Though politics has
grandiose ideas about a geographical area, they
still feel persecuted.
I agree that the individual should learn not to
let others speak for him and for that reason, I
don't vote.
Politics is not concerned about the land, air
and water or all of the life forms of any geo-
graphical area - politics is interested in politics.
The political system needs crime, poverty, ill-
ness, disease and economic success or failure.
John Underwood
Seaforth, Ont.
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Cars receive damages ranging from $10
to $50 in 1957 collision in Seaforth
September 22, 1882
A broker in Montreal named H.
James A. Dixon, was fined a few
days ago $50 for shooting at his
wife with a pistol. The wife had
him arrested with the following
result.
The jury seemed to take the
ground that he has a somewhat
aggravating helpmate, who pro-
voked him to wrath in a manner
such as few men are able to with-
stand.
Mr. William Grieve of McKillop
purchased a thoroughbred ram at
Mr. Davidson's sale on Monday
last, paying $20 for the animal. He
had before that a valuable animal
of the same description for $30.
On Monday night he took his new
purchase home, and during the
night the two sheep got together
and had a conflict for supremacy.
In the morning Mr. Grieve came
to look after his stock, he soon took
in the situation, and just got to the
pen in time to see his favourite
sheep give his last shiver. The
highest price animals are not
always the best fighters.
September 27, 1907
The annual fall fair of the
Seaforth Agricultural Society was
held on Thursday and Friday last,
and was one of the most successful
ever held. The weather on
Thursday was at times wet and
threatening, but that did not pre-
vent a large display of indoor
exhibits being brought out. The
hall was well filled, there being a
plentiful display of ladies' work, a
good array of roots and vegetables,
and the products of the field.
September 16, 1932
The council of the municipality of
the Town of Seaforth met for its
regular meeting in the council
chambers town hall, on Monday
evening with Mayor Daly in the
chair.
A widely -signed petition recently
sponsored by the Business Men's
Association for better lighting on
Main Street, was placed before
council, but did not meet with
much favor.
It was pointed out that the light-
ing of Main -Street was now very
costly and that when the lights
changed some years ago the num-
ber and size were increased.
Furthermore, the Public Utilities
Commission has no surplus of
funds on hand for such work.
Council therefore considered it
unwise to cause additional expense
and threw out the petition.
October 11, 1957
Three Seaforth area residents
escaped serious injury in two sepa-
rate one -car crashes over the week-
end.
Thomas S. Sloan, 24, escaped
without a scratch early Sunday
morning when a car he was driving
east on No. 84 Highway struck a
bridge three miles west of Hensall.
The car rolled into a 15 foot ditch,
and ended up in three feet of water.
A crash on No. 4 highway, south
of Birr, sent two Seaforth youths to
hospital, Larry Berger, 17, of
Seaforth and Kenneth McNairn,
Egmondville, both received facial
lacerations.
Damage was slight and no
injuries resulted in a four -car crash
Tuesday afternoon on Main Street,
opposite Carnegie Library. A car
driven by David Livingstone, R.R.
2, Seaforth, was almost stopped,
waiting for traffic, and was preced-
ing cars driven by Murray McLeod,
Seaforth, Elgin McNall, Goderich,
and Harold Dalrymple, Seaforth, in
that order.
The McLeod vehicle struck the
Livingstone car lightly causing neg-
ligible damage to either vehicle.
The McNall car came to a halt
directly behind these two and was
struck in the rear by the Dalrymple
car. The force moved the McNall
car ahead into the first two vehi-
cles.
Damage to the McLeod vehicle
was estimated at $10 by investigat-
ing OPP Constable A. Sheldon; to
the McNall car, $30 and $50 dam-
age to the Dalrymple car.
September 29, 1982
Each man, woman and child liv-
ing in the urban centres in Huron
and Perth counties pays an average
of $60.18 per year for police protec-
tion.
This figure represents an average
of the cost per capita of policing in
the towns of Exeter, Clinton,
Goderich, Seaforth, Wingham,
Listowel, Milverton, Mitchell and
St. Marys.
The town of Seaforth stands out
with the highest cost per capita of
the nine municipalities. It takes
$74.01 from each citizen to run the
four -man force.
Seaforth's 137th fall fair got off to
a booming start Thursday night as
hundreds crowded into the new
community centre hall to watch the
opening ceremonies. And to inspect
the partially completed new build-
ing.
Seaforth residents and represen-
tatives for several local groups sup-
port the provincial government's
five per cent wage restraint pro-
gram on public sector employees,
but feel that the program should be
extended to cover a large range of
consumer goods. In an unofficial
telephone poll conducted by the
Huron Expositor, many of those
contacted feel that the five per cent
ceiling should apply to utility costs,
liquor prices, OHIP and other con-
sumer goods as well.