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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-02-24, Page 2. Huron X 451L©r SINCE 1060, SERVING THE COMMOlNlTY IF 01257 Incorporating, ED BYI1SKI, General Manager The Brussels Post HEATHER McOLWRAITH, Editor Published in Seaforth. Ontario Member Canadian Commumly Newspaper Assoc Every Wednesday Morning Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Pr,: star• Subscription ru,,•s • Canada '20.0' ,civonce The Expositor is brought to you Senior Citizen. • It vi.; • ye ,' oi Jvan:,' each week by the efforts of: Pat Outside Can .!a '60.00 a . v n .:, i-ce Armes, Neil Corbett, Terri -Lynn Single Copies • 50 cents ea'.e Bale, Dianne McGrath and Bob McMiiian. Second class mail registration N,., u, , „ Wednesday, February 24, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (5191521-0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NM( MB Sports heros costly Sports is big business in this country and in the United States. Billions of bucks are spent each year on advertising rights, ticket sales and souvenirs. The armchair quarterback will sit through endless beer commercials to watch the World Series or the Stanley Cup finals. In return, these beer com- panies, for exmaple only, pay the ballclub or hockey team all kinds of money for the right to advertise during the event. Next in line is the club who then must pay the players on the team mega bucks to play so the beer companies will have something to advertise during. And what happens? The players demand more, the club demands more, and, surely, the beer company must increase its prices to -pay for it all. And the armchair quarterback ends up paying more for a six pack just so athletes like Andre Dawson can make more money in one season than the Gross National Product of Indonesia. Dawson recently lost... lost, mind you, a binding arbitatration which will see him make $1.8 million dollars (in U.S. funds) to play baseball next season. He lost because he had asked for just over $2 million. Come on now. How much is one man worth. Dawson will not solve the problems of the Middle East during the next baseball season. He won't discover a cure for cancer. He won't even, we imagine, free any hostages from Iran. But we'll pay him well over $2 million Canadian to play baseball. It doesn't seem right, especially when he complains that he actually wanted more than that. In a world beseiged with terrorism, racism and numerous wars, wouldn't it make more sense to pay guys like Dawson a mere 'living' like the rest of us and put the remainder of his wage towards a cure for AIDS?. Our priorities are all out of whack when kids are dying of malnutrition in Africa but baseball players can become instant millionaires overnight...and complain about it. - R.B. LETTERS TO TIFF MTOR Lucknow residents gather fo- o :,,urnAon To the Editor: meeting and visiting with old friends and The Reunion Committee for Lucknow's families, as well as participating in a ball Celebrate in 1988 would ask your assistance tournament, barbecue, beauty contest, in letting former residents of Lucknow and church services, da_n_ces, fireworks, pan - area know about our upcoming reunion, cake breakfasts, parades and much more. June 30 to July 3. For further information write to Box 572, All proceeds from this venture will go Lucknow, NOG 2H0, or call 519-528-3139. towards the reconstruction of the Lucknow Arena, which will of course be considerably expensive. Former residents are invited to come home to Lucknow for a fun -filled weekend, Yours very truly, Ian and Jean Montgomery, Chairpersons, Celebrate in 1988. Woman looking for lost relatives To the Editor: I have been working on my "Lamb" fami- ly history for a number of years and have narrowed it down to the Seaforth area. I am looking for descendants of Andrew Lamb and Jane (Aubrey) Lamb. Before they came to Canada, they lived on the Lord Romilly estate in CwuiCiddy, Wales. They arrived in Canada about 1859-1860 and lived in Hay Township and settled permanently in Har- phurey. The family consisted of: William, Mary Ann, Margaret, John, Thomas, Maria, Eliza and James. My great-grandmother, Mary Ann Lamb, married Alfred Watkinson in 1862 and lived in Egmondville, Harphurey and Seaforth. They immigrated to the US in 1871 and homesteaded in, the state of Kansas. As far as I cadetermine, the families lost contact around 1900. The Andrew Lamb family is mentioned on page 56 of Isabelle Campbell's book "From Forest to Thriving Hamlets" put out by the Huron Expositor. My husband and I are planning a trip to Seaforth this June and would be very in- terested in meeting some of the "Lambs". I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who can help me. Sincerely, Mrs. Mary E. Kukowski 2424 South 76th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53219 USA Seniors care a subject under study To the Editor: If you are over 45 years of age, please read this letter. Have you given any thought to where you would like to live if, in your senior years, you reach a point where you can no longer live in your own home? A group of community members has been appointed by Huron County Council in con- junction with the Ontario Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services to determine what care facilities (size, type and loca- tion(s)) will be needed, by seniors in Huron County in the future. We are called the "SENIORS CARE FACILITY COMMIT- TEE" and our report to the Ministry and Council is due in June 1988. ' a We believe it is important to hear from future seniors who will be 65 or older in the next 20 years. We need to know what type and size of facility(s) would appeal to you and where, ideally, these facilities should be located. Questionnaires regarding this sub- ject are available from Committee members or by writing to the Committee care of Huronview. They can also be picked up at The Huron Expositor Office. Members of the Committee are available to speak to interested groups. If you would like to have some influence on government decisions which could affect your future, please call one of the Commit- tee members listed below below or write to: SENIORS CARE FACILITY COMMITTEE, Patti Archibald, Huronview, Box 219, Clin- ton, Ontario NOM 1LO. . Corrine Van Miltenburg Clinton %' does not incite enthusiasm A certain part of the magic disappeared i,,r me, when organizers decided to allow nrofessional hockey players to participate n the 1988 Calgary Olympics. The patriotism is still there - I would like to ped L anada do well, but the enthusiasm I might have felt for a team made up of young players, as yet untouched by the pro- fessionalism of the sport, has vanished. As much as players on the Olympic Team Canada wr uld .e to win gold in Calgary, there seems to he a certain exuberance lacking among its members. Even sports c'mmentators are more subdued in their interviews with team players, perhaps recognizing as I do, that Canada has a team of professionals competing this year, and not a team of youths reaching for a dream. In all truth -Canada has stacked its team, and the outcome, whatever it may be, will not be near as exciting as it might have been, had the team been made up of fresh faces - players eager to prove themselves, and eager to represent their country. I might not have felt so strongly about this, had the Canadian Olympic Team not put winning so far above everything else. I might not even have felt so strongly had Canada chosen to "stack" its team at the next Winter Olympic Games, rather than this one. In my opinion Canadian hockey officials owed still ranked amature hockey players the opportunity, and the right, to represent SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mcllwraith Canada in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Canada had already chosen its Olympic hockey team, or most of it, well before organizers ruled professional hockey players would be allowed to ' compete. Coach Dave King had asked certain players to postpone thoughts of an NHL career three years ago, in order that they could make a full time commitment to the Olympic team_ Instead of basking in the limelight in the NHL these players dedicated themselves to three years of practice, travel and international competi- tion. They put their lives on hold because they knew, or thought they knew, that in 1988 they would represent Canada in the Olympic Games in Calgary. Most of these players were cut from the team at the last minute, and- replaced by their counterparts from the National Hockey League. That might not. have been so terrible had it not been evident there was not the lm I per cent commitment to Team Canada from the pros, that had been required from the rookies. I, for one, was disgusted when I realized one player, on loan from the Calgary Flames,. could not even make Canada's opening game because of his commitment to the Flames. I had ' to wonder then if allowing the professionals into the Olympic hockey tournament was such a good idea. At the time I'm writing this Canada has managed to make it into the medal rounds of the Olympic hockey tournament. And although a medal win could be construed as a repeat of a "miracle an ice", it won't be. Canada guaranteed its finish when its pick- ed up NHL players. Whatever the ruling of the Olympic com- mittee regarding professionals competing in the Games, .I doubt I'll ever be able to view it as right. There's no telling what kind of effort might have been put forth, or what kind of enthusiasm might have been generated, had Team Canada simply allow- ed the talents of its youthful hockey players 'to be pqt to the test in the Olympics. For now, the current team, peppered as it is with NHL veterans, does little at all to in- cite my enthusiasm. Future shocks are in store I thought I'd been scooped this week. Before I could get my creative juices flowing (and don't think that isn't messy) to produce either some ludicrous thoughts on a profound subject or some profound thoughts on a ludicrous matter, it seemed like the other columnists in this publica- tion had beat me to all the best material. Guest columnist William Thomas had already claimed National Condom Week for his space and fellower staffer Lou -Ann (why is her picture so much bigger than mine?) DeBruyn informed me she had Bibs on the latest scandal in the world of television evangelism (I refuse to dignify it with the term "religion" ). So, since I couldn't write about Jimmy Swaggart, condoms, or any combination thereof, I was thrilled to discover this silly piece on future scientific developments in the morning paper. Seems the Science Council of Canada have made some interesting predictions about what we will all be driving, eating and purchasing in the years to come. The traditional automobile is in for some "improvements" according to the council. The vehicles will be made from plastic and boast ceramic engines. There are positives and negatives to this development as far as I can see — which, given my niyopia is about three feet with any clarity. While the plastic body would finally free FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raftis Canadians from the curse of driving rusted out vehicles — it would be far more embar- rassing to have to drive around with melted quarter -panels during heat waves. The ceramic engines, however, might turn out to be a boon to everyone but auto mechanics. "Honey, the carburetor shattered when I drove through the garage door. Do you think you could get your Aunt Ethel to glaze us a new one?" Even more startling are the developments planned for the telephone. Our "instruments," as Lily Tomlin used to call them will be made "no bigger than a penny," through use of laser diodes. I fail to see any advantage at all in hav- ing my instrument shrunk to the size of a coin. When the darn thing starts ringing you will have to look under all the sofa cushions and go through all your pants pockets just to find out some goof has dial- ed a wrong number because the numerals are now the size of pinheads. Laser ampliphiers are going to allow the technocrats to make your home stereo on - 1 ly a few inches wide. While this will cer- tainly silence all those irritating audiophiles who like to claim they have the biggest "woofers" in town, there will also be drawbacks here. "Why isn't the stereo on the mantlepiece?" "The dog ate it, dear. He also ate your Frank Sinatra albums." And for the next few days you will have to put up with Rover playing a chorus of "I Did It My Way!" everytime the animal passes wind. This trend toward shrinking everything could turn out to be expensive, as the prices of items will likely grow in direct proportion to the amount of shrinkage. The whole idea just bothers me. Somehow, I just don't want to find myself stranded in a tiny plastic car, on a tiny plastic road, trying to dig a tiny plastic telephone out of my pocket so I can call a tiny plastic tow truck — only to find out I mistakenly spent the phone in a tiny plastic pop machine. But, maybe I'm just old fashioned? Brucefield organizes first fire brigade FEBRUARY 24, 1888 The new school house - The Public School Board met on Tuesday night last for the pur- pose of awarding the contract for the new building. There were three tenders for the whole work and several for various different parts. No contract has yet been awarded. Mrs. Sage and Miss Annie Sage, the well known musical glass performers, of Walton, have been engaged to give entertainments in the Horticultural gardens, Toronto, next month About half -past five Thursday evening the lumber in the dry kiln in connection with Mr. Broadfoot's handsome new factorywas discovered to be on fire and immense volumes of dense smoke burst from the building. The firemen were promptly on the spot and soon had 'two streams of water pouring into the building. In this way the fire was soon extinguished. The damage done was not serious. FEBRUARY 21, 1912 In a hockey match between Hensall and Egmondville op Monday last, in the Hensall rink, the home players won by a score of 7-3. The County Publicity Committee held a meeting in town on Monday to make final arrangmeetts for the publication of the book booming Huron which they have had in tion for some time. Mass Mitchell Vartatter, of the Goderich'Star, will have the work of getting the publication out. It is to be liberally illustrated and gotten up IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Archives t® in the most attractive form. FEBRUARY 21, 1963 Need for additional housing in Seaforth was revealed this week as a result of a survey of Seaforth industries. The -survey was undertaken by Elmer Goebles, manager of the Mid -Western Ontario Development Association. He was accom- panied by Mayor Daly. "A plan for survival against nuclear at- tack is nothing more than insurance. It is the same as the insurance we take against accident, or fire, at the same time hoping we won't need to use it," Major J. D. Harvey told the Home and School Association Tues- day evening. Major Harvey is second in command of the 21st Field Artillery Regi- ment of Wingham. F. C. Js'Sills was re-elected chairman at the inaughral 'meeting of the Seaforth District High School Board on Thursday, thus beginning his third term as board head. Vice-chairman is C. Edward Dearing, and W. E. Southgate is secretary treasurer. FEBRUARY 25, 1938 Seaforth occupies an enviable position as regards relief, in comparison with other towns of similar size in this district, actor, ding to figures just released by the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs. 1.0 per cent of tlfe population are on relief as com- pared to 1.7 per cent in Listowel, 2.4 der cent in Mitchell, and 2 per cent in Wingham. The • figures are for the year 1937. S Rae. J. Watson, London motorcyclist, was awarded $6,000 and costs by the Snorable Mr. Justice J. McFarland in Supreme Court in Stratford on Tuesday afternoon, as damages in a $20,000,suit brought as a result of a traffic crash at Brucefield last September. Watson was thrown from his motorcycle at the intersection of Highway No. 4 and the Bayfield Road, and he suffered loss of his left foot and part of his left leg. Setting an example which might pro- fitably be copied by other rrtrai com- munities, Brucefield residents have organized a voluntary fire brigade and pur- epased fire fighting equipetnent. Finances were raised by voluntary contributions, sup- plemented by the proceeds fromtwo euchres and dances.