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1 OYEA'kS AGO
May 24, 1989 - The most valu-
able players on the Ontario
Senior "B" hockey champion
Exeter Mohawks are Dave
Randerson and Bill Glover for the
regular season and Rick Pikul for
the playoffs.
Three regular services cele-
brated the anniversary of the
Lucan Revival Centre and the
mortgage on the new building
was burned.
London Free Press reporter John Miner of R.R. 1,
Centralia is on assignment in Cuba with a trade
development mission from London.
Stephen township council has been asked by offi-
cials of the Oakwood Park subdivision to fight any
proposed annexation by the village of Grand Bend.
20YEARS AGO
May 22, 1979 - The Snell Brothers General
Motors dealership has emerged under the new
name of Frayn e's.
Progressive Conservative Robert McKinley swept
to his' fifth straight victory In they :recent federal elec-
tion in the new riding of Huron -Bruce. He defeated
Liberal Graeme Craig by a majority of 8,988 votes.
3OYEARS AGO
May 23, 1969 - A scare was thrown into local
farmers when' a Hay Township farmer' found five
cattle infected with rabies.
Joseph Wooden, guest speaker at , an AOTS meet-
ing, told the audience that laws limiting .households
to two or less children were necessary to curb popu-
lation growth, calling overpopulation the root of cur-
rent environmental problems. '
35YEARS AGO.
May 23, 1964: Ideal weather, conditions are
resulting in above average crops in Huron County. It
is possible that farmers may be cutting hay this
week. , ,
Don "Chub" McCurdy, a barber ineter for the
past five years announced this week he was moving
to Hensall to the shop of the Late Clair Deneau,
Damage was high in, a Pre which completely
destroyed a huge L-shaped barn on the farm of
Horton McDougall, about six miles east of Hensall.
Two Crediton Scout patrols under the leadership
of Scout Master Glen Northcott and troop leader
Alan Browning along with two Centralia patrols -
spent the weekend in Hay Swampcleaning up a site,
on the farm of William Northcott to ready for a July
Camporee of Huron District.
i4OYEARS AGO
May 23, 1959 - Convinced that rabies continues to
be a real threat to the safety of citizens, Exeter coun-
.. cil Monday night, agreed to secure a tranquilizer
gun to assist in the enforcement of the town's
bylaws.
A new,. commercial service for the district
'Superior .Maintenance" has been announced this
week. The firm will specialize in maintenance of
floors, walls, ceilings and windows of commercial
and residential buildings.
50YEARSAGO
April 22, 1949. - Nurses graduating., from Victoria
Hospital School. of Nursing are Laurene Zurbrigg,
Exeter; Eva Fullerton, formerly of Exeter and Jean
Krueger, Zurich.
The CNR freight office at Hensall broke a record of
30 years standing last month when bean shipments
from the town reached 45,800 bags.
On Saturday, June 4, Eunice Oestreicher of
Dashwood will receive the degree of Doctor of
Medicine at the spring UWO convocation.
60YEARS AGO
May 24, 1939 - Leavitt's Theatre was showing
Kentucky, a special technicolored feature with
Loretta Young and Richard Greene showing the
actual running of the Kentucky Derby.
75 YEARS AGO
May 24, 1924 - -The London to Granton stage
route which has been in operation for about half a
century was discontinued on Monday last.
Miss Edna Follick and Miss May Jones of town
are leaving this week for a pleasant visit in Great
Britain on the S.S. Marlock and will attend the
World's Sunday School convention.
80 YEARS AGO
May 25, 1919 Exeter council sold Brock Street,
north of Wellington Street to the Exeter Canning and
Preserving Company. Council is also petitioning
Huron County Council to make Exeter a High School
District.
ROSS
HAUGH
BACK IN TME
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Stand up for what is right
The letter was send to Mr. Paul Steckle, MP
Dear Editor:
How does Canada's participation in NATO's illegal
"morally right?" killer bombing of the Yugoslavian peo-
ple and the mindless attack on the People's Republic of
China's Embassy help Albanian refugees, world peace
and Canada's good name?
We urge you to stand up for what is right and tell
Prime Minister Chretien not to involve Canadians in any
ground war and to stop the bombing. Diplomatic negoti-
ations and not ultimatums must be given a chance to
resolve this crisis and achieve a lasting peace.
Yours for Peace
THE SUNSHINE COAST PEACE GROUP
Box 39, Southwood Site, RR #1 Halfmoon Bay
B.C. VON 1Y0
Apologies for letter
Dear Editor:
Re letter from Kevin Love May 19, 1999
As Kevin indicates In his letter, the Roman Catholic
and Anglicans have shared the same church building for
25 years, and we would add that great harmony has
existed throughout.
Recently the Roman Catholic community has decided
to build their own church building, and we as Anglicans
understand and respect their decision and wish them
well.
Free speech is still allowed in this country and Kevin
has this privilege as an individual, but the Board of
Management wish to make it very clear to Father Paul
and the Roman Catholic Community that the contents of
Kevin's . letter are his (Kevin's) personal thoughts.
His letter has beendistressing to many Anglicans and
we sure to the Roman Catholics even more.
We wish to apologize to Father Paul and the Roman
Catholic members for any stress his letter, which was
not. authorized by our Board of Management,play have
caused.
Sincerely, SALLY GREEN, BOB LuxroN WARDENS
Trivitt Memorial Church
More apologies fofr . letter
Dear Editor:
The purpose of this letter is to respond to the letter
written to you last week by Kevin Love.
I- wish the people of Exeter and especially the mem-
bers of Precious Blood Mission . to know that Kevin Love
does not speak for me nor for the congregation of Trivitt
nor was he given any authority to do sa.
On behalf of the Wardens, Board of Management and
congregation of Trivitt I apologize for Kevin's judgmen-
tal attitude toward. our Roman Catholic brothers and sis-
ters iri Christ.
Over the past 25 years we have enjoyed the joint shar-
ing of the church building with the Roman Catholic con-
gregation of Precious Blood Mission. God has now seen
fit for the Roman Catholics to pursue a new direction.
We, at Trivitt wish them every success in their plans to
build a new house of worship.
Once again, I apologize for any upset or concerns any-
one may have suffered as a result of Kevin's letter.
Most sincerely, THE REV. FAY M. WIUSIE,
Rector - Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church
Beware of whom
you
blame
Dear Editor:
On Sunday, May 16 we, the Exeter Saddle Club had
our first show of the season. It was a great success, with
some new members and a great deal of spirit.
We were very happy with the turnout and the weath-
er, until the newspaper came out and rained on our
parade. As the president I am writing to let Exeter know
that the horse poop found on the back streets and thru
town was not that of any ones on the Exeter Saddle
Club. All of our members trailered their horses to the
show and home. None of our members left the show
grounds to ride around town. Our first show back in
town was to bring out spectators to watch our shows
and see what we do, not to upset anyone and be asked
to leave town again. We have no control what other ped-
ple do in town that own horses. Please beware of whom
you blame and not ruin all of our hard work that we did,
to try and bring some spirit back to Exeter for all of
those horse riders and fans.
Yours truly, PATTY MAsIvtcA - President -
Exeter Saddle Club
Another broken promise
TORONTO -- When• Premier
Mike Harris said in the TV
debate between leaders "we
have done what we said we
would do," it is to be hoped he
found his way home without
getting lost.
The Progressive Conservative
premier's memory is not as
sharp as it might be. He has
kept substantial promises A VIEW FROM
including one to cut income tax QUEEN'S PARK
by 30 per cent, but it is a myth
subscribed to by many that he keeps them all.
In the 1995 election Harris won, for example,
he said he did not want more casino gambling
because it fosters crime and prostitution and par-
ticularly because the Ontario government already
collects enough money from people.
Harris said flatly, "I don't want more money.
The government doesn't need more money. We
don't have a revenue problem — we have a
spending problem."
But as premier, Harris has rearranged his cards
and decided he needs more revenue from gam-
bling to help pay for his tax cuts and has expand-
ed casinos and moved into slot machines and dice,
games and made Ontario a Las Vegas without the
heat.
Harris said also in the 1995 campaign "it is not
my plan to close hospitals," but has closed maiTr
through a commission he set up trying to make it
appear others and not his government ordered
the closings.
Harris promised in 1995 to provide quickly a
law that would require a government to obtain
approval in a referendum before increasing
taxes.
But he dithered over the wording before intro-
ducing it at the last minute and then called the
current election so quickly it still is not law.
Harris said in 1995 "I think it would make
sense" to allow beer to be sold in corner stores,
which is not a major issue for most but brewed
up a lot of votes for the Liberals led by David
Peterson when he promised it in 1985.
It helped Peterson seem innovative and contem-
porary and oust Tory premier Frank Miller. But
Peterson never pushed it and Harris is now more
interested in promoting family values and has put
it on a back shelf and ignored it.
Harris suggested before the 1995 vote he would
keep municipalities small rather than merge
them to form bigger jurisdictions. ,He said "I dis-
agree with restructuring because it believes_ that
bigger is better. Services• always cost more in
larger communities."
But as premier Harris has gone on a restructur-
ing binge, merging; municipalities in several areas
including the ,former Metropolitan Toronto, and
justified it particularly by saying it will save
money.
Harris before becoming premier opposed taxing
homes on market value, one consequence of
which would make many in central Toronto,
whose values are higher solely because of their
location, pay twice as much taxes as identical
homes in the suburbs for the same services..
Tory candidates in the Toronto core in the 1995
election even distributed leaflets pledging their
party would never tax homes at market value,
which they would not have done without Harris's
approval.
But since the election Harris and his MPPs have
voted to tax at market value, although they re-
named it current value trying to make it sound
different, partly as a payoff to suburban residents
who voted for Harris.
Before the 1995 vote. Harris made out he would
push for more open government, a popular
cause, particularly for giving the public access to
federal -provincial conferences.
He said the 'public should see what goes on and
"the days of big decisions and grand schemes
behind closed doors have gone," but as premier
he has never even raised the matter.
As one more example of many; Harris suggest-
ed he would get tougher with states which abuse
human rights by castigating New Democrat pre-
mier Bob Rae for not protesting enough at the
massacre of students in Tiananmen Square.
But when Chinese premier Zhu Rongji came last
month Harris wined and dined him and never
mentioned human rights -- it was just another
broken promise Harris cannot remember.
ERIC
DOVWD