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CAR FIRE—Arthur Grunert, of RR/ Londes-
boro pulled over to the side of Hwy. 8, east
of Lion's Park when he noticed smoke In the
dashboard last Tuesday evening"' His 1975
Grand Prix was gutted by fire, says Seaforth
;D FEATURE
deputy fire chief Tom 'Phillips. Cost of
damages is unknown. (Hundertmark photo)
liberal determined to unseat Cardiff
Elected at the largest federal nomination
meeting in Huron -Bruce, 30 -year-old Liberal
candidate Bruce McDonald is no stranger to
politics.
He has been committed to the Liberal Party
for 12 years, and when commenting on the
issues off the cuff, he follows party policy.
He is past president of the Huron -Bruce
Liberal Association and in 1979 and 1980
elections, he acted as campaign chairman for
then candidate, Graeme Craig.
He said he's determined to win the
election, however noting it isn't easy to
unseat an incumbent. To win, Mr. McDonald
will have to defeat incumbent MP Murray
Cardiff.
"Nothing worth achieving is easy," said
Mr. McDonald.
ISSUES
The Liberal candidate responded to several
questions under three basic topics • economy,
women's issues and farming.
On the economy, he says there is "no
question" that the national debt cannot
continue to grow.
"The deficit has to be reduced, but we
can't forget the social system," said the
30 -year-old reiterating comments about a
"safety netted societya phrase used by
Prime Minister John Turner.
He emphasized that 'the "biggest chal-
lenge" facing society is the balancing of the
needs of society with the ability of the
econom to pay 1 lose needs.
As for changing . deficit picture, he said
his leader, Mr. Turner. inspires confidence in
investors. He said he doesn't expect anything
dramatic to change the deficit picture though.
On job creation. the Liberal candidate
pointed to Mr. Turner's' newly -announced
First Chance program. Although he knew
only what he had read in newspapers. he
praised the concept that is geared to enabling
young people to get experience on their
resumes.
Apprenticeship programs would also be
beneficial for youth said Mr. McDonald
noting the federal government partially funds
post secondary education.
He also said he supports the idea of equal
pay for work of equal value for women. He
said that as long as women are competent for
specific jobs, they should be able to fulfill
them and expect the same pay as a man.
The problem, he said is that people's
attitudes can't be changed overnight. The
government should provide the lead in equal
pay for work of equal value.
On the question of non -working women
contributing to the Canada Pension Plan, he
said it would have to be instituted properly.
He added that such an addition to the CPP
would have to be properly funded.
"1 don't believe any government can offer
carte blanche," said Mr. McDonald reiterat-
Bruce McDonald
ELECTIONS /FROM PAGE TWO
full page ad just before the vote that featured
a bad photo of the Great Man. and a headline
askine "who needs him?"
Labour won with 56 seats, and 43 Per cent
of the vote National forms the opposition with
37 seats, 36 per cent, and is pretty well wiped
out in the cities. Jones' New Zealand party
probably tipped many seats to Labour
through Sir Robert says the New Zealand
party took votes from Social Credit, protest
votes. not from his mob,
But the election results turned out to be the
least of it. We had a constitutional crisis as
the defeated PM refused to take advice from
the incoming government and treasury and
reserve bank officials to devalue the dollar.
His caucus reportedly threaten mass resigna-
tion to get Sir Robert to change his mind.
Does he realize he's lost the election. people
ask.
Bob Jones says New Zealanders have been
released from serfdom. The influential
British business magazine comes down
hard. .."Sir Robert didn't like inflation so he
decided to ban it...When trade unionists
went on strike, Sir Robert passed laws that
forced them back to work and said that in
other countries the troublemakers would be
shot"....and adds if New Zealand hadn't
been rich to begin with. "the Muldoon
treatment would have made it one of the
world's disasters." Critics become so loud
that his supporters take out a quarter page
ad that says "Treat Sir Robert With
Dignity."
MUCKED UP
The latest development has Sir Robert.
relishing a good offense fight in opposition
playing it coy on calls from most segments of
his own party and of the country to step down.
A cartoon in the Wellington morning daily
has a bulldozer pulline him from National
party headquarters. Cartoonist -columnist
Toni Scott has Muldoon in sailor Suit playing
with toys amongst the wreckage of the PM's
office and telling Lange "Alright. you can
play in here But i don't want the place
mucked up "
"The old fox has outsmarted them again."
says one commentator when Sir Robert
emerges from caucus saying leadership
would be reviewed at the end of the year "and
it's unlikely 1'11 be a candidate". A fey, days
later he heartily denies reports he will not be
in the running.
Repeatedly during our stay here we've
been struck by the former prime minister's
abrasive, almost bullying style. The man
sticks nut his jaw and cuts down interviewers'
colleagues. whoever gets in his u•av He
tough. he's macho. he's rude.
Lange seemed more polite. to favor/
dialogue over confrontation. So we were
bemused to see the new PM shortly after the
election deal with a ,journalist's pressing
question in good old short and snarly
Muldoon style.
Some New Zealand friends who'd seen the
same TV exchange say their reaction to the
unLange-like beligerence was: "Good on
him, he's learning fast."
is it a case ofower corrupts or of New
Zealanders and Canadians having different
ideas of how a leader ought to behave? 1 don't
know, but we'll be watching politics here and
what we can of the campaign at home with
interest So far about the only coverage of
your election campaign has been a story
about Turner's fancy for bum la no -no word in
New Zealand. we say bottom) patting. is
anything else going on?
SIDEWALK /FROM PAGE ONE
thing before '88." said councillor Irwin
Johnston.
"We've talked to the residents and they
are satisfied to have a sidewalk on one side of
the street if it's done in the near future." said
Reeve. Bill Campbell.
Two other options considered by council
were buying the chipper, constructing 560
feet of sidewalk on North MiI1 St. and deleting
500 to 600 feet of other sidewalk on the 1984
schedule and buying the chipper ',and
completing only the sidewalk construction on
the 1984 schedule.
Town council had budgeted $5000 in 1984
for the purchase of a chipper. a machine
which chops up branches into wood chips,
"Is it good business to buy a chipper at
S4000 or rent one for $15 an hour when we
need it. in the past winter we used one for
nine and a half days." said reeve Campbell.
"it would be more convenient to own a
chipper but if we have the opportunity to rent
one. I'd be in favor of forgetting the
chipper," said councillor Ellis.
After determining that construction of the
sidewalk would be about $7 a foot. councillor
Henry Mero said the cost of the sidewalk
would be approximately the same as the cost
of a chipper.
ing the statement on balancing society's
needs with society's ability to pay. •
On legislating restricting pornographic
material, Mr. McDonald said he supports the
concept in principle, while acknowledging
that the definition of pornography is different
for each individual.
He said Liberal generally believe in the
freedom of individuals but that freedom can
be abused.
Abortions should not be allowed on
demand, said Mr. McDonald in response to a
question on the subject. He said abortions
should not be treated as birth control.
The candidate doesn't favor any loosening
of the current laws on the subject and'
suggests that the current laws be enforced
more stringently.
Raised on a beef, hog and cash crop farm,
he said he recognizes the problems facing the
farm community.
"There is no question that there has to be
made available better long and short term
financing in agriculture." he said.
He said he supports the concept of
agprriibonds in principle. Federal agriculture
minister Ralph Ferguson is looking into the
concept.
As for voluntary tri-partitle stabilitetibn;
he said its what the majority of prddt1tfefi
want then it should be 'set 'up.
When ciuestloned on financial institutions
dealing with farmers in financial difficulty,
Mr. McDonald suggested each casettes to be
treated individually.
Admitting that in some cases farmers were
encouraged by financial institutions to get
bigger thus having to borrow money, he said
it Isn't fair that at the first sign of trouble the
financial institutions close in.
However, he added that he grew up
learning that if a dollar is borrowed it is
supposed to be paid back.
In general, Mr. McDonald said he is
committing himself 100 per cent to be an
MP. He speaks about being accountable to
the people of Huron -Bruce and said if
elected he would have open meetings with
constituents on a regular basis.
Speaking on the national election cam•
paign, particularly the patronage appoint-
ments, Mr. McDonald said the appointments
aren't the result of new jobs. He added the
people appointed were originally elected by
their constituents.
The Liberal candidate pointed a finger at
the Ontario Tories. "Mr. Davis has it
(patronage appointments) down to a fine
art," he said.
Although a young candidate, he sees his
age as a strength because of the energy and
ability he could bring to the MP Position,
"it's not a 40 hour a week job, ' he said.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 22, 1984 A3.
reat_stailion races. in 1884
I IN THE YEARS AGONE
AUGUST 21,19c9 J
•
First appointment In the New Ontario
Department of Energy Resources involves a"
formerSeafortis man, Clare H. Westeott was
named to the post of executive assistant to
the minister on Wednesday. Organizer for
the Young Progressive Conservative Asso-
dation, Mr. Westcott is the only member of
the new department, except for the minister.
A special tournament was held last week
m Seaforth when prizes were given to the
best district "snooker players." Larry
Berger won over a field of 24 contestants.
Harold O. Free, life long resident of
Seaforth, who with Mrs. Free and daughter
Dianne, leaves this week for California
where they will reside.
AUGUST 24,1934
While threshing operations were in
progress on the farm of Ross McGregor,
Hulett Township, a bottle of gasoline and a
.bundle of matches were found cleverly
hidden in a sheaf by John McCowan a
neighbor who was assisting in the threshing.
Police at Goderich were notified. On
Sunday morning Mr. McGregor and a
neighbor Will Jewitt were walking over the
McGregor farm when they noticed a
stranger.
The man refused any information and in
*stew of what had happened previously, Mr.
McGregor called Constable McCoy who
took the man into custody.
Robert Armstrong, address unknown, was.
charged with vagrancy and a charge of
attempted arson may be laid.
AUGUST 20,1909
The annual fall fair of the Seaforth
Agriculture Society will be held on their
grounds here on Thursday and Friday, Sept.
23 and 24. The prize lists will be ready for
distribution shortly.
The public library and reading room will
be, closed from Aug. 16 to Aug. 31 for
librarian's holidays.
Russell, the five-year-old son of Mr.
James Young of Egmondville met with a
painful accident on Monday afternoon last.
He was riding on a wagon loaded with four
or five telephone poles, when in some
manner he was thrown off and the hind
wheel of the wagon passed over his body.
The little fellow was very severely
bruised, but fortunately no bones were
broken and he is now doing as well as can be
expected.
AUGUST 22,1884
John Kelly of Morris Township has leased
his farm, 125 acres to John Boldrow of West
Wawanosh. -
The great stallion races to take place on
Fairview Park, in Seaforth, on the 4th
September are attracting a good deal of
interest all over and the indications are that
there will be a larger crowd here on that day
then ever attended on any previous similar
occasion. �.._
Mr. and Mrs. James Carnochan arrived
home from the old country this past week.
Public schools re -opened in Hensall on
Monday, but the attendance thus far is
reported to be ,very small.
One day last week Mr. R. Paterson of the
Hensall planing mills was engaged in using
his steam rip saw, his hand slipped and
coming in contact with the saw, cut off the
first finger joint of his left hand,
Egnondvifle boy enjoys Quebec exchange
, Danny Dalton has had a sample of
French immersion and in his mind he is ready
to try it again.
Danny, son of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Dalton,
Egmondville, went on an exchange visit with
Pascal Charbonneau, St. Jerome, Quebec.
The whole trip was arranged through
SEVEC, Society for Educational Visits and
Exchanges in Canada.
Danny's French teacher Madame Walton
brought to the attention of her classes the
availability of the exchange program and the
Daltons filled out a form in April and were
notified of their acceptance in 'June.
Both Danny and Pascal have only had one
year of French and English respectively and
.managed quite nicely conversing in their
second language.
Once the applications were processed the
students and their families were interviewed
so that an exchange visitor would be
comfortable and familiar with the family
chosen for them to visit.
Mrs. Dalton remarked about the similari-•
ties between Pascal, who is 10, and Danny,
who will be nine Sept. 2. Both boys enjoy golf,
swimming, horses and foods. Both boys were
well matched according to bedtimes, likes
and dislikes.
While in St. Jerome, Dannydid a lot of bike
riding, swimming and fishing.
e ate fish for two days afterwards."
said Danny of his fishing trip with the
Charbonneau fancily it the mountains north
of Montreal.
The Dalton. family took• Pascal camping at
Pine Lake and a tour around London.
Both boys conversed in their host's
language and both are interested in taking
part in another exchange in the future.
French is a compulsory subject for Danny
and while he knows a little more of the
language now than his fellow classmates he
says he will still be nervous conversing in
French when he gets back to school this fall.
The exchange costs $85 for the 10 days the
students are away and transportation to and
from the hosts is arranged by SEVEC.
Youngsters are limited to 8 to 18 years old)
and applicants should be involved in local
activities and receptive to travelling.
Danny's mom said she missed Danny more
than he missed being home, Homesickness
was not a problem with either of the boys who
agreed 10 days was not nearly long enough
for a visit.
"I wouldn't mind spending a whole year
there", said Danny. Mr. Charbonneau spoke
English so when Danny had trouble making
himself understood in French he could get
some help.
The Daltons found that they had to refer to
their French•English Dictionary a lot to help
converse with Pascal.
Danny received a t -shirt with the SEVEC
logo on it as well as group song book and an
identification button. Youngsters were en-
couraged to weal their shirts and buttons
TO THE EDITOR
Deaf children need help
The Ministry of Education proposes to
transfer the Secondary School program for
hearing impaired children at the Roberts
School. London to the E.C. Drury School in
Milton • as early as September 1985!
We are strongly opposed to this move.
We want our children close to home.
Children need their families, friends and
communities.
We know it a)1 boils down to money • the
Government wants to on costs and it seems
handicapped benefits (and rights) arc
always first to go. We believe that the
child's well-being and right to a family life
are far more valuable than dollars and
cents.
We are urging everyone (parents. stu•
dents. relatives, friends, neighbors, con-
cerned citizens, graduates and their fami-
lies, service group members, churches and
their members, etc.) to write to the Minister
of Education, Bette Stephenson, with
copies to your Member of Provincial
Parliament and to our group.
The Honourable Bette Stephenson, M.D.
Minister of Education, 22nd Floor,'Mowat
Block, 900 Bay Street, torunio, Ontario
M6A 1 L2 (416) 965-5277. Carbon copy to:
Your MPP and to: Robarts School Parents.
P.O. Box 191, 166 Queen Street, Hensall,
Ontario, NOM 1X0 (519) 262.2021 or
652-5006.
Your letter should express your opposi-
tion to the Government's proposal (i.e. you
don't want the High School closed at the
Robart's School). And give your reasons
why!
Ask questions • ask for explanations • ask
anything so that your letter requires a reply.
You need a reply. (We would be most
interested in having copies of such replies if
at all possible.)
If you do not hear anything within two
weeks - write again. Even if you do get a
reply. try picking another question and
write again. The more letters, the better!
We need awareness and support.
For any help you can give us. we thank
you - and our children thank you.
Yours sincerely
Marlene Taylor
Robarts School Parents
Hensall, Ontario
Agricrew says thanks
Dear Sir:
As Agricrew co-ordinator for Huron
County this summer, 1 would like to extend
my gratitude for helping me promote the
Agricrew program in the 1984 season. I'm
sure many of my bookings were a result of
articles that you printed for toe.
This summer has proved another success
for the program in Huron County, and I'm
sure that with your help, it will again be able
to help Huron farmers through the cropping
season in future years.
Once again, thank you for your help.
Sincerely
Chris Robson
Agricrew Co-ordinator
Huron County
when travelling to their hosts to make
when travelling to their hosts to make it
when enroute. .
Danny boarded a chartered bus in
Kitchener which had already picked up
another group from the Sarnia area which.
were taking part in the exchange:
For an eight-year-old, Danny has proven
that nothing is impossible like travelling and
surviving in a culture somewhat different
from your own.
His enthusiasm for future adventures has
been whetted and his family,expects to see
him off on another exchange'next year.
FISHING /S GREAT In any language. Danny Program sponsored by SEVEC. The ex-
• Dalton (right) of Egmondville and Pascal change helps youngsters learn more about
Charbonneau, Sil. Jerome, Quebec enjoy a their French and English counterparts.
bit of flahing athe Seaforth Lions Park. (Photo by Wasslnk)
Pascal and Danny took part In an exchange
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
1f you're organizing a non profit event of Interest to other Seaforth area residents,
phone the redreatlon office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mall the
Information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario
NOK IWO well In advance of the scheduled date.
Wednesday, August 22
7 p.m. • Mainstreet vs Firemen
8:30 p.m. • Villagers vs Queens
7 p,m. Singles Encounter meet every
second Wednesday night at the Optimist
building, main floor. For further informa•
tion call 527-1479 or 345-2596.
12-1 p.m. Business Swim
1:30-4 & 6-8:30 p.m. Public Swim
5-6 p.m. Family Swim
7 p.m. Firemen vs Mainstreet (Lion's
Park)
8:30 Villagers vs Queens, (Lion's Park)
7 p.m. Govianstown vs Pee Wee Girls.
Optimist Park.
Thursday, August 23
12-1 p.m. Business Swim
1:30-4 & 6-8:30 p.m. Public Swim
5-6 p.m. Family Swim
6:30 p.m. Girls House League (Lion's
Park)
9 p.m. Eagles Games, (Optimist Park)
7:30 Boiler Makers vs Beechwood
Devils (Arena)
8:30 Nationals vs Queens (Arena)
9:30 Boars vs Brewers (Arena)
Friday, August 24
Space for the Community
Calendar is donated by
The Huron Expositor.
Saturday,
August 25
1-4:30 & 6-8:30 p.m. Public Swim
Minor Baseball (Lions Park)
9 a.m. Tykes vs Pee Wees
10:15 a.m. Pee Wee Girls `vs Bantam Girls
11:15 a.m. T -Ball
12:30 Jr. Girls House League
1:30 Sr. Girls House League
2:45 Blue Jays vs Red Sox
4:00 Expos vs Tigers
5 p.m. Tottenham vs Midgets
7 p.m. Bantams vs Midgets
5-7 p.m. Pork Chop Barbeque
Sunday, August 26
1-4:30 & Ti -8:30 Publi, Suim
7& 8:30 p.m. Mens Ball
League (Lions Park)
Monday, August 27
- 12.1 p.m. Business Swim
1:30-4 & 6-8:30 Public Swim
5-6 p.m. Family Swim
Tuesday, August 28
12.1 p.m. Business Swim
1:30-4 & 6-8:30 Public Swim
S-6 p.m. Family Swim
12-1 p.m. Business Swim
1:30-4 & 6-8:30 p.m. Public Swim
5-6 p.m. Family Swim
9 p.m. River Rat game (Optimist Park)
8-10:30 p.m. Roller Skating
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