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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2004-02-18, Page 5Wednesday,February 18, 2004 Exeter Times—Advocate 5 Opinion Forum News ROSS HAUGH BACK IN TIME I OYEARS AGO February 16, 1994 - John Boyacheck is the first assistant pastor at Exeter's Emmanuel Baptist Church. He comes from West Park Baptist Church in London. John Blackwell of the Hensall area has received his Master of Library degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. Blackwell also holds degrees from Western and Queens and has taught history at Queens. 25 YEARS AGO February 14, 1979 - The Exeter Senior Citizens Club is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. The Exeter Rebekahs and the Exeter recreational council were the main forces behind organizing the club. Mrs. Dr. Steiner and Mrs. Harry Beavers of the Rebekahs and rec director Doug Smith were responsible for much of the planning. 35 YEARS AGO February 18, 1969 - For the first time an Ontario office for issuing motor vehicle licences and per- mits is open in Grand Bend. Issuer Orval Wassmann sold the first licence plate to Eric Mcllroy. Exeter mayor Jack Delbridge mockingly chas- tised fellow councillors for giving themselves a 33 percent raise in pay while he was on holidays in Florida. They upped the mayor's salary by only 27 percent. Tom Russell of Shipka shot a 45 pound wolf in Stephen township, south of Shipka this week. Sliced bread sells for 21 cents a loaf at Darling's IGA in Exeter and Betty and Art's IGA in Grand Bend. Sockeye salmon goes for 59 cents a half pound tin. 40YEARS AGO February 17, 1964 - Ruth Anne Salmon, a musi- cally minded Dashwood grade 13 student was crowned Queen of the SHDHS At Home dance Friday night. Two Guenther -Tuckey truck operators received eight-year accident free awards at the annual staff banquet. They are Anton Hanson and Kenneth Weber. Mrs. Norman Amos serving her second term as president of Beta Sigma Phi was crowned Sweetheart at the Sorority's annual ball. 45 YEARS AGO February 17, 1959 - Rev. Harold Snell who has served 12 years at James Street United Church has accepted a call to Oakridge Acres United Church in London. Popular Hensall student Jane Horton was crowned Queen of SHDHS at the annual dance this week. Misses Jean Taylor and Maxine Reeder were invested as leaders for the Exeter Cub Pack "A" Tuesday night. 55YEARS AGO February 20, 1949 - Tom Coates has disposed of his garage and service business at the Blue Sunoco gas station to Fred Dobbs. Banking service will be available for the people of Crediton and surrounding district next Tuesday with a branch of the Bank of Montreal in the vil- lage. 60YEARS AGO February 16, 1944 - The previously postponed Kirkton skating carnival was held Friday night with a large crowd in attendance. Some of the win- ners were Lois Sawyer, Jack Urquhart, Ray Morrison, Donna Massey, Grant Mills, Georgia Burgin and Harold Burgin. Zurich suffered a severe fire Wednesday when the large Kalbfleisch planing mill was completely wiped out and large piles of lumber were destroyed. Loss was listed at close to $75,000. The Exeter Flyers defeated the Seaforth Beavers 12-8 Friday night with George Shaw scoring four goals. Shaw now has 12 goals in his last four games. 80YEARS AGO February 18, 1924 - In the Exeter council min- utes we read that Mr. Nelson Wells was offered the position of bell ringer for 1924 at a salary of $75 per year. Mr. Paul Coates left last week for England with a large shipment of cattle. Mr. Wes Simmons who has returned recently from Filmore, Saskatchewan has purchased the blacksmith business from Mr. D. Russell. Seniors' Perspective By Jim Bearss ADULT ACTIVITIES CO-ORDINATOR Harry Hardy Trip: The 127th Gala Celebration of ST. PATRICKS DAY, 2004 The CAROUSEL ROOM, Western Fair London, Wed. MARCH 17 th.2004 Always a Memorable Affair!! Festive Irish Buffet Luncheon, Continuous Irish Entertainment, featuring the talented Tony Nother with the Fearon Butler, School of Dancing, Door Prizes, Admission by Pre -sold Tickets $35.00 PP includes Bus, meal, and entertainment. Bus leaves Lucan Arena at 10:45 a.m. Phone early for reservations Harry Hardy 227 4887 or 227 4641 PO Box 249, Lucan, On. NOM 2J0 harry@cruis- eselloffs.com Zurich Bowling Lanes: Men & Women Bowling. Get away from home and the winter blahs and enjoy some fellowship with your friends and neighbours at the lanes. Thursday afternoons at 1:00 FAMOUS CANADIAN WOMEN: Nellie McClung helped Canada: Nellie contributed so much to Canada by letting peo- ple know that women are people too. Until the 1920's women were not considered "persons". At that time, a voter was defined as, "A male person, including an Indian, excluding a Mongolian or Chinese... No woman, idiot, lunatic or criminal shall vote." For women to be compared to lunatics and criminals shows how discriminated and undermined women were then. In addition to helping women to become legitimate voters, Nellie became the first woman to join the CBC board of directors, Manitoba became the first province to give women the right to vote, thanks to Nellie McClung's hard work. There was a postage stamp issued on Aug., 29, 1973 to honour her hard work for the women's movement, and by example, let everyone know that one person's actions can make a difference. Nellie was a great woman who stood up for what she believed in and stood strong by her opinions even when times were tough! "The whole race is suffering from masculinity and man and woman are alike to blame for tolerating it." Nellie McClung 1915 Nellie McClung was born in 1873 in Chatsworth, Ontario. Her family moved to Manitoba in 1880. She was a teacher in the prairie province. She started the following groups: Women Christian Union, Women's Institute of Edmonton and Calgary Women's Literary Club. People like Sheila Copps, Roberta Bondar and Silken Lauman and many more girls would not have been able to follow their dreams and achieve them without women's rights being achieved by Nellie and others like her. She was a ground -breaker paving the way for all women. Rent a Grandpa/Grandma: South Huron Seniors Group wants to help you. Services we can provide are: • For your special event, you want to supply a meal and you need to entertain at home give Rent a Grandpa/Grandma a call to help you. • Will make real cooked foods in your home with your advice and your recipes for hot or frozen meals. • Help with preserving, pickling or freezing food. • Yard work, gardening, painting and repairing fences etc. • Rubbish removed from your basement. • Help you in preparing walls for painting, papering etc. • House sit, or pet sit. • Help you fill out forms or contact government ser- vices, • Car wash. Car waxing, or car cleanup. • Help you grocery shop • Changing light bulbs, minor plumbing repairs etc. • Buyer -seller finder. • Elderly employment. • Small farm jobs If you are interested in providing or want any of the above services, within the Municipality of South Huron, contact Jim Bearss, South Huron Seniors Group @ (519) 235-0310 ext. 239 or home @ 235-4243 or Donna Clarke (519) 228-6800 j.bearss@town.south- huron.on.ca If you are looking for work, please give me a resume or tell me about you so we can keep it on file to help you find a job. February is Heart & Stroke Month in Canada: Fruits and vegetables Jim Bearss Regular consumption of fruits, berries and vegetables reduces deaths from stroke and coronary disease. Substances called phytochemicals, namely flavonoids, sterols, phenol and sulphur containing compounds are particularly helpful. They are generally found in dark fruits and vegetables. Sulphur compounds are found in root vegetables, like onions and garlic. Fruit and veg- etables also provide a good source of dietary fibre Fibre Fibre passes through the intestines undigested. It draws water with it and is eliminated as part of feces content. It is believed that soluble fibre also removes bile acids and may also reduce fat absorption. Fibre is found in plants like peas and beans, nut, oats, grains, and fruit and vegetable peels. Noah's Woes! The Lord said to Noah, "In six months, I'm going to make it rain until the earth is covered with water and all the evil is destroyed. I want you to build an ark and save two of each animal species. Here are the blue- prints for the ark." Six months passed. The skies began to cloud and the rain began to fall. Noah sat in his front yard, weeping. "Why haven't you built the ark?" asked the Lord. "Oh, forgive me," said Noah. "I did my best, but so many things happened." "The blueprints you gave me didn't meet the city's code and I had to change them. Then the city said I was violating the zoning ordinance by building an ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance." "The municipality required tree -cutting permits, and I was sued by an animal rights group when I tried to gather up animals." "The environment ministry required an environmen- tal impact statement concerning the flood. The conser- vation authority wanted a map of the proposed flood plain." "Revenue Canada seized all my assets, claiming I was trying to avoid paying taxes by leaving the country, and the Human Rights Commission said I wasn't hiring enough Croatians." "I'm sorry Lord, but I can't finish the ark for at least five years." Suddenly the rain stopped, the skies cleared and the sun began to shine. Noah looked up and said, "Lord, does this mean you're not going to devastate the earth?" "Right," said the Lord. "The government already has." Flu vaccine—correction Dear Editor: Thank you for printing my letter in the paper. The only thing was, in the first paragraph they printed, the first time getting your flu shots you need two and a half doses. It should have read two half -doses of the vac- cine. This really makes a difference in the article. If you could print a correction notice that would be great. TAMMIE MCVEENEY, Exeter Standing up for working families Dear Editor: Recently I found myself in a well-known Canadian store staring at something I could not believe. On dis- play was a sweatshirt with the word Canada embla- zoned upon it. What had caught my eye was the label - a label that clearly identified that this "Canada" sweat- shirt, on sale in a store that is a Canadian icon was made in China. How has our country come to this? Do we really want a country where the clothes we wear to announce our national pride are made by workers mired in abject poverty; workers that do not have basic human rights like the ability to fight for better work- ing conditions and pay? We must stop electing governments that care more about corporate profits than our own workers and our communities. It is time for all people worried about growing corporate control to come together and work for real change. It is clear with the Reform/Alliance take-over of the Progressive Conservative Party all but over that many long time supporters of the Tory party are no longer wanted. Recent moves by Martin henchmen to force out Liberals like Sheila Copps and others show Paul Martin is doing something simular with the Liberals. It was our parents and grandparents and their par- ents and grandparents that built and shaped this coun- try to become the envy of much of the world. They realized that working people, whether they are farm- ers or factory workers, small business owners or child care workers, could only prosper by using government See FAMILIES page 6