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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-07-28, Page 7Wednesday, July 28, 1999 1 OYEARS AGO July 26, 1989 - Though Exeter Villa resident Ben Scott will be 90 on October 9, his 22 -year-old self is immortalized. The veteran of World War 1 was the model for the life-size Riflemen's War Memorial that stands outside the west entrance of Winchester Cathedral in London, England. Miss Exeter Fair, Lori Lynn Wagner will soon be travelling to Toronto to compete in the Miss C.N.E. Pageant. Roxanne Martin of Bayfield was chosen Friday night as the 1989 Zurich Fall Fair Queen. She was crowned by CNE Fair Queen Kathy McNaughton of Ilderton and last year's Zurich Fair Queen Tracy Fisher. 20 YEARS AGO July 28, 1979 - A strike among Bell Canada tech- nical workers continued with no end in sight at the bargaining table. 30 YEARS AGO July 27, 1969 - The Times Advocate estimated roughly 93.7 percent of area residents watched the live televised event of the Apollo moon landing. Some surveyed local people were concerned about whether the astronauts would be able to blast off from the moon's surface for their return home. Safe crackers made off with more than $2,000 in cash after they broke into the safe at Tuckey Beverages in Exeter. ROSS HAUGH BACK IN T*4E 35 YEARS AGO ``l= July 26, 1964 - Officials of the Exeter Industrial Development Corporation and members of council were on hand Wednesday to welcome Exeter's newest industry, Custom Trailers Ltd. The Corporation executive spearheaded a drive to raise funds for the building which will be located on the Keller property on Highway 83. Between 25 and 30 interested citizens using donated machinery, money and materials erected a new ball screen at the girl's ball diamond in Exeter Community Park over the weekend. RAP refused to fix the dilapidated structure, although at their meeting Monday, they passed a,nriotion authorizing interested citizens to do. it, Workmen completed construction of sanitary sewers on Sanders and Andrew streets yesterday and the pouring has also been finished by Hammond Construction on William from Huron to Sanders: 40 YEARS AGO July 27, 1959 - The hot summer weather has given Tuckey Beverages Ltd. in Exeter its "biggest season to date," according to manager Ross Tuckey. The 11 -year-old firm has . increased its staff? 30 persons to handle the demand. A new church, the town's eighth will be built in Exeter soon. Tentative approval was given to the local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses to erect a hall in the north-west section, near Highway 83. Blaring of the plant whistle Saturday marked the end of the pea pack at Canadian Canners Ltd. here. The corn pack is expected to start August 24. 50YEARS AGO July 27, 1959 - Calvin Fahner, Sarnia; Bob Pryde, London; Mel Gaiser, Shipka and Ray Wuerth and Douglas Pryde of Exeter motored to Washington last week. B.W. Tuckey, former reeve of the village of Exeter, christened the new pumping system at the Moodie well Thursday by using a well known soft drink which, by coincidence is distributed by Tuckey Beverages. 60YEARS AGO July 27, 1939 - The store on Main Street occu- pied by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell who conducted the Exeter Tea Room and owned by Mr. W.E. Middleton has been sold to A.E. Wuerth. Mr. Wuerth intends remodeling the front part of the building for his shoe repair business and the living quarters will be occupied by the family. In another real estate deal the McKnight broth- ers who ran the Massey Harris dealership in Exeter, bought a building formerly known as the "Exeter Opera House Block" from Mr. Arthur Jones. 75YEARSAGO July 24,1924 • Mr. J. Passmore of Hensall has recently installed a large radio receiving set in his store. You are invited to drop In and hear this out - ft. Exttar tidos.-Advocate pinion&Forum 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR & OPINIONS Rocleo timeagain! Dear Editor: Let's Rodeo! It's that time of year again...Mark Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8 on your calendar and plan to attend the Third Annual Exeter Rodeo. A Bar K Rodeo Company will be in town on Saturday and Sunday for a show each day from 2 to 4 p.m. and will be wheelchair accessible. The show goes rain or shine so throw in an umbrella, just in case. Admission is $10 for adults, child $5.00 and under 5 years free. The show will take place at the South Huron Recreation Centre horse ring. - Exeter has, for the second year, been selected ass one of the eight top rodeos in Ontario to be part of the Dodge Truck Rodeo Series. Dodge Rodeo Series spon- sors are Bulls Eye, Budweiser, Jamco Trailers, Koolah and Alberta Premium Rye. The Dodge series is designed to be a fully sanctioned Ontario Rodeo Association event allowing over 300 cowboys and cowgirls to compete for the Association year end finals. Dodge Rodeo Series also hosts their own finals offering the competitors additional opportunities to win and showcase their skills. Exeter will attract some of the top cowboys and cowgirls to the rodeo events. Other features are in the ,works to make this a Community Festival weekend. Friday evening was designed with the entire family in mind. The evening will kick-off with the Exeter Saddle Club strutting their stuff, followed by mutton bustin' for all area youngsters ages three to seven years. Mutton Bustin' is the event where the youngest competitors are found. They are let out of the chute on the back of a sheep and try to ride for at least eight seconds. All the contestant has to hold on with is their hands dug into the sheep's wool. These small competitors are begin- ning they rodeo career, so let's cheer them on! Following this event will be the calf roundup. This event is geared to the public 15 years and over. Three competitors, male, female or mixed, will enter the ring, on foot and will be required to segregate one calf out of the group and convince it to go into the area provided before your competing team. Register for the Mutton Bustin' and the Calf Round -up at the tent just outside the rodeo ring. Drop in and have a cold one at the Bud Big Rig which will be on site for the weekend. The Hartman Family will provide live entertainment in the tent. All activities taking place on Friday .night are free of charge. Join Buckles, Boots and Spurs for a linedancing demonstration on Main Street at 7 p.m: Shop 'til ya drop in beautiful downtown Exeter as merchants remain open until 9 p.m. A vendor area, complete with retailers and conces- sion 'and a refreshment garden will be open for the weekend. For vendor information or to reserve a spot call Pauline at 519-235-6184. Competitors not in the show will compete for points in the Slack which will run Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. A western style Parade will take place on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to participate in the parade, please call Pete at 519-235-0367 or the Recreation Centre at 235-2833. Everyone is welcome to participate. New for '99 is the appearance of the OPP Golden Helmets Precision Motorcycle Team. They will lead the parade and then at 12:30 p.m. will entertain the public with a free demonstration in the parking lot at the Recreation Centre. The South Huron Recreation Centre, arena floor, will be the spot to be on Saturday evening featuring a BX 93 Video Dance. Admission is $10 at the door. To kick off Sunday's festivities, the Exeter & Area Firefighters will be hosting a Country Style Brunch from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Recreation Centre Hall. Come hungry...leave happy. Everyone welcome! Camping is available at Elliott Park for $5 a night. All campers are welcome. Reservations...call Dan of the Exeter Camping Club at 519-235-2766. As you can see, for a faun -filled good time, Exeter is the place to be on August 6, 7 and 8. For more infor- mation on Exeter Rodeo '99, please call the South Huron Recreation Centre at 519-235-2833. See ya all there! Thanks, Exmte RODEO Co urrRB '99. Defection in politics TORONTO -- Annamarie Castrilli and . Alex Cullen dropped in to clear out their for- mer offices in the legislature a few days ago, a reminder that politicians who switch to other parties seldom prosper. Castrilli, until then a Liberal MPP, made history when she announced in May -- the same day Premier Mike Harris called an election -- that she would run for his Progressive Conservatives. MPPs have changed sides before, but only rarely and never at the precise moment an election was being called. Castrilli forced Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty to start his campaign on the defensive, because her departure suggested he was having trouble hold- ing his party together, which is exactly what Harris aimed for when he negotiated with her to join him. But in the end Castrilli did not hurt her old party - much. She switched after a messy falling out with it when her Toronto riding was merged with one held by a senior Liberal and was bitter when she lost the party nomination. Castrilli claimed she was converted to Conservatism by reading Harris's election plat- form and felt only he could put the province on the right track, but few believed her. They recalled that only weeks earlier Castrilli had charged that Harris cut essential programs and valued money over people. Voters, who tradi- tionally have not looked kindly on those who change political views lightly, took her as switch- ing in a fit of pique and refused her another term. She probably will surface in politics again, if only as the recipient of some public post from Harris as a reward for her effort to embarrass her old party. Cullen left the Liberals for the New Democrats because he was independent and prickly, the only MPP who voted against the Calgary declaration that Quebec is unique, and his riding association in Ottawa short-sightedly replaced him as candi- date with someone with whom it felt more com- fortable. McGuinty could have saved and used him, but put more thought into waving him goodbye with the sneer that he resembled disgraced Olympic runner Ben Johnson in being willing to run any time, anywhere, against anybody. (Johnson's last race was against a car and two horses.) Voters in the end wished a plague on both their parties and elected a Tory. . Tony Lupusella, a New Democrat who crossed to the Liberals in the 1980s, fared better than most who defect. He switched after his Toronto riding was merged with that of his party's effective House leader, Ross McClellan, who won the nomi- nation. F. Lupusella had been absent often and twice hos- pitalized because of depression and some of McClellan's supporters used this against him, hyp- ocritically because they constantly demand more help for the mentally ill. Lupusella ran for the Liberals in the 1987 elec- tion and with delicious irony defeated McClellan, although he could not hold the seat next time. Liberal J. Earl McEwen, who defected to the gov- erning Tories in 1984, was Ontario's champion switcher, changing parties like others change their socks. He twice ran unsuccessfully for the federal Tories, could not win a provincial Tory nomination so ran as an independent and lost, then won as a Liberal before becoming a Tory again and would clearly run for any party that could help him get elected, but votera felt his last switch was too much. Marvin Shore, a defector in the 1970s, won as a Liberal in traditionally Tory London, but the Tories, trying to strengthen their minority govern- ment, tempted him over with a promise of a public service post in the future. Shore claimed he had not been comfortable with Liberal policies, but few believed him and he could not win as a Tory, but got his post. The only defector who has reasonably succeeded is' David Ramsay, who -won in Timiskaming for the .New Democrats in 1985, but was lured to the gov- erning Liberals and was briefly a minister. Ramsay has won four elections as a Liberal, a rare example of a politician who can win, no mat- ter what party he runs for. ERIC DOWD A VIEW FROM QUEEN'S PARK