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The Huron Expositor, 1988-04-06, Page 2Huron XpOS1tOI' SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating The Brussels Post Published in Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning The Expositor is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pat Armes, Neil Corbett, Terri -Lynn Dale, Dianne McGrath and Bob McMillan. ED BYRSKI, General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITII, Editor Member Canadian Commv«dty Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newsi .per Association Ontario Press Cr unc,I Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription rates; Canada '20.00 o year, in advance Senior Citizens • '17.00 a,year In advance Outside Canada '60 00 a year, in advance Single Copies - .50 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 Wednesday, April 6, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0200 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IIWO No peace of mind with automobiles When will they invent a trouble free car? I mean, they've got trouble-free everything else - so why not extend the technology a little further - and do me a favor. Just when I think everything is going my way - suddenly it isn't. When the ear is runn- ing without hesitation - there's some heavy duty body work to be considered. When I decide to rule out the body work, the car stops running so smoothly. Oh, I don't mean my car troubles are anything major - they're just, well - more annoying and inconvenient than anything else. There are times I wish the automobile had never been invented. I'm living through one of those times right now. Despite the fact I've been told my car's ailment can be fixed without exboritant cost to myself - I'm getting little peace of mind. Waiting for the initial prognosis and now scaring up other cars to use while I wait for the necessary parts to come in, is driving me crazy. I feel restricted - caged in - as though I've lost my freedom. II hate relying on other people for. transportation. And sometimes 1 don't. With a lot of coax- SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mcllwraith ing (there seems to be something wrong with my fuel pump) my car will run-- a little noisily perhaps since I am forced to drive with my choke out and my car idling rather high - but it runs. • In fact - it ran me all the way to Hensall and back the other day. And what a day that was. There's nothing quite as stimulating as trying to coordinate operation of a clutch, a steering wheel, a sometimes functioning gas pedal and a choke all at the same time. You should have seen me gearing down for the stop sign at Kippen - while at the same time I tried to keep gas flowing into my car, so it wouldn't stall out. If there'd beep anybody in the car 'With me they would have died laughing., I worked that car like a profes- sional church organist - synchronizing the pushing down of the pedals, with a pumping action of the choke, and the turning of the wheel. All of which culminated in me reaching Hensall safely - and even more im- portant - making it back to Seaforth. However, I doubt I'd do It again - leave the town boundaries that is. With my luck the next time I do, the car'll stop dead just as soon as I get outside of walking distance. However the situation should be rectified shortly - perhaps even tits week. And 1 can hardly wait. It seems another part of my car is not cop- ing well with the stress of the current situa- tion, and an ulcer which was treated only months ago has resurfaced. Yes, my car seems to have developed a ferocious ap- petite for mufflers - so much so it insists on a new model every three to six months. So, with that in mind, I will when able, hit the road again (with guarantee in hand), and seek out peace of mind (and peace of car) at the nearest muffler shop. Oh, ,if only walking was always the most convenient mode of transportation. Equality in abeyance Once again Canadians are watching what amounts to a complete breakdown in this country's immigration system. Can anyone really believe the Turks in Quebec won't be granted with immigrant status, or amnesty&?. And following that, according to human rights as they are spelled out in the Constitution, does the government have any alternative to granting some 45,000 to 60,000 illigal entrants living elsewhere in the country immigrant status as well?& To be fair to Immigration Minister Benoit Bouchard, the man tried to be as tough as most Canadians would like the govenment to be. However, he was hung out to dry by not only his cabinet colleagues, but a 1977 agreement, the Cullen -Couture Agreement, signed between the province of Quebec and the liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. This agree- ment gives Quebec the right to select its own immigrants, a right which no other province in Canada has. That's an additional inequality that's come to light in this latest immigra- tion embarrassment. The Turks who arrived last year, some 2,000 in all, claimed to be refugees which they clearly are not. Throughout the past year, they have been advised at each of the four stages of the immigration process they would probably have to return to Turkey and if they want to return to Canada, reapply under normal immigration channels. The question most Canadians would like answered in why illegal entrants are allowed to stay in the country for even a month, let alone a year. The vast majority of Canadians are not opposed to the entry, anywhere, anytime, of true refugees. However, to allow queue jumpers, as they have come to be known, to remain here is an insult to all those legal immigrants who have established themselves and who have been trying for years, through the proper channels to bring out relatives. This country granted an amnesty in 1983, and another one in 1986. Where does it end?& If another amnesty is to be 'granted in this case, Cana- dian Immigration people around the world might as well throw in the towel. There could be a solution to the problem of queue jumpers. Allow them to remain but only on the condition they do not settle in any of the major cities. This country needs immigrants, many more immigrants than are now being allowed. However, Canada needs those immigrants in central and northern areas, not in that heavily populated corridor along the American border. Another inequality resulting from Canada's immigration mess is illegal entrants head for crowded cities, some ending up on welfare, while vast sections of the nation waiting to be developed go begging for people. The time for excuses is long past. The reputation Canada has around the world as being an easy mark for illegal immigrants is a detrimental one. Detrimental in that it holds any professed immigration policy up to ridicule and it also attracts undesirables. This country must have an immigration policy that is not only workable, but simple enough to be understood by all, and that is uniform across the nation. The present policy is not any of these things. It is a mess,. - Listowel Banner. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stars shone brightly Friday To the Editor: The Stars shone brightly in Seaforth Fri- day night - all of them. What a wonderful show in your recreation centre. Each and every young star was "super" and to be in the presence of Lloyd Eisler and Isabelle Brasseur is a thrill they shall always remember. My compliments to the committees, volunteers and all who helped make the event so memorable. Thank you each and every one. It is so refreshing in this day and age to hear and see something as happy as Friday night. I was one of many proud grand- parents in attendance. "Stars on Ice" I shall long remember. Sincerely Minnie Noakes _ AND 7/EN, 7NERE�TH5 PARfZEAU TREE Some don't like spiders and snakes What is it about bugs that turns grown adults into nervous wrecks? This week the busy sounds of The Ex- positor office were shattered by the cries of one of the female employees. "Oh no. Oh God!" she said in a voice full of concern and fear. Everyone else, thinking she had just am- putated a finger with scissors normally reserved for cutting out ads, looked up from whatever job they were doing to see what was the matter. "What's the matter?" they asked. "It's a bug. A big one," she said, concern written in deep lines across her face. She in- dicated with her hands something about the size of a small poodle. In seconds she had a shoe in hand and was raining blows down upon her desktop, and that failing to get the little beggar, she started with uppercuts to the underside of her desk. Still she saw no bug body, but she must have been satisfied she had put a scare into him because she brought herself to sit back down and get on with nine to five. I got kind of a chuckle about the way my fellow employee completely lost her mind when she first noticed the bug, but it started me thinking about why people have these bug phobias. The bug showed up again later on a stack of books on her desk, and this time the shoe was faster than the bug. It was a little brown MY TWO BITS by Neil Corbett one that looked something like a silverfish, and there was nothing particularly in- timidating about it. Still, I imagine if it showed up on just about anyone's desk it would give them an uneasy moment. Websters calls a phobia an "irrational, ex- cessive, and persistant fear..." That about sums up how a lot of people feel about bugs. I'm no expert on bugs, thankfully, but per- sonal experience tells me 99 per cent of the bugs we come across couldn't do you any real harm if they tried, and 99 per cent of them don't fry. So why do people lose it when they find an earwig under a mop? Of course there are those who don't mind bugs at all. 1 remember in elementary school our librarian was an insect freak who had a pet tarantula. He brought it to school once to try and open our young minds to new prospects for pet companions. It looked at "first like there were two taran- tulas in the fish tank the big bug came in, because it had recently shed its skin and grown back a new one. Why the librarian left the old skin in the tank was beyond me. Maybe he meant it to be a companion for his big dumb spider. He took the molt out of the tank and told the kids to pass it around the room, but that skin didn't get passed very far. No one wanted anything to do with it, even though it was just a tarantula's fur coat. So we come back to the question of why people have this bug phobia. They're undeniably ugly in almost every case, but we've always been told that's a poor way to judge. I think the only reason for this phobia is that many species of bugs around the world can carry disease, are venomous or just have a nasty bite, and early man likely learned to put his sandal to work on anything on eight legs that carne his way. This basic fear was maybe an important part of mankind's instinctive makeup which kept him alive, and we've just inherited the fear and maybe an initial shot of adrenalin that goes with it. Then again maybe we just don't like the company of those who show up uninvited in our bathtubs, land in our butter and get stuck, or hang out under mops. Diefenbaker visits Huron County during 1963 election campaign APRIL 6, 1868 Mr. John Kyle has disposed of his store property on Main Street to Mr. Richard Clark, for the sum of $1,200. We understand Mr. Clark intends to occupy it himself. A large number of new and handsome residences are in contemplation this sum- mer. Among them is a new brick by Mrs. Ar- mitage and one of the same material by Mr. James Graves. Mr. Annan Spring, of the Base Line, Hullett, has an ewe which gave birth to five lambs one day last week. Mr. James Cartwright, of Hullett, being badly troubled by rats around his pig pen, scattered strychnine about so as to poison them. A pig valued at $20 broke out of the pen, and finding some of the strychnine, was soon a very sick porker. The tigers were a little behind in India last year; 1,464 of them were killed by hunters, and they killed only about 1000 persons. The 33rd Battalion Band went to Mitchell on Tuesday afternoon to assist in a concert given by the band of that town. They favoured the citizens with a blast before leaving, and the boys looked real nice togg- ed out in military uniform. The usual annual horse races will be held on Fairview Park in this town on the Queen's birthday, when liberal prizes will be given. APRIL 4, 1912 Dr. John Grieve's hens sought to give him an April surprise. He found in the nest of one of them a monster egg which weighed ten ounces and measured 11 by 5 s/e inches. It is the largest specimen of hen fruit we have ever seen. Dr. Grieve has fowl of several breeds and he does not know which one presented him with this treasure, or he would take some steps to immortalize her as she deserves. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kling were in Drayton, Ohio, during the time of the flood there, hav- ing gone on their wedding trip to visit Mr. Kling's parents and other friends who reside there. Word has since been received that they were not in the flooded part. Mrs. Kling was Miss Adams, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Adams of town. The Canada Furniture Company have had a gang of men here from Woodstock rebuilding the walls of the building blown down by the wind storm. Work will likely commence in the factory neat week. APRIL 8,1938 To the tunes of old war songs, dear to the heart of every returned man, the members of the Seaforth Branch of the Royal Cana- dian Legion held their annual banquet in the Commercial Hotel on Thursday evening. President J. E. Keating presided over the program which followed the banquet. IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Archives Entries at the Seaforth Spring Show on Tuesday exceeded last year's by six, despite a decidedly disagreeable day. The event was an unqualified success and well up to the standard of previous years. Although the weather during the past few weeks has been anything but springlike, golfers have faith that before long this con- dition will be rectified and in anticipation have planned a full program of events for the season. Meeting Tuesday night, the golf committee of the Seaforth Golf and Country Club arranged dates for the major events at the club during the season, including a twilight tournament, a Lions tournament, and a mixed tournament. An open tourna- ment will be the big event of the season, and bankers and lawyers will play on August 3rd. Fred Harburn, of Cromarty, who for a number of years has held the Canadian horseshoe pitching championship, has prov- ed himself to be just as proficient with a fid- dle as he is with a horseshoe. At the fiddler's contest held in connection with the Agricultural Society dance Tuesday evening Harburn captured third prize. APRIL 4,1963 Prime Minister Diefenbaker will make a last minute visit to Huron riding on Satur- day, local Conservative Association officials announced Wednesday. Mr. Diefenbaker will speak in Goderich Collegiate Saturday afternoon en route to Sarnia. With only three days remaining in the campaign, Huron candidates are engaged in a busy last-minute approach to voters. June 26th has been tentatively set as voting day for Hensall village, as villagers go to the polls to decide the fate of beer sales in Hensall. Seaforth Towners and Milverton Topnot- chers are tied two games each in their best - of -seven finals in the OHA Intermediate "B" Big Eight League. One of the quietest political meetings of the 1963 campaign took place in Seaforth District High School Monday night. Spon- sored by the Huron Farmer's Union, the meeting was attended by both the Liberal and the Conservative candidates for the riding. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Box Funeral home here for E. H. (Al) Close, for more than 50 years well known Seaforth businessman, and for 10 years a member of Seaforth council. A combination of warm weather and heavier traffic than the roads were built to carry caused the trouble, officials said. In addition, contractor's trucks on some roads added to the problem. Council agreed to seek legal advice and investigate work car- ried out by the Seaforth sewer contractors. Young loafers jostling on the Main Street Saturday evening crashed through a $200 plate -glass window in Crich's Restaurant. Witnesses said the youths ran from the scene and climbed into a moving car across the street, which disappeared onto Goderich Street. Police obtained a description of the car and are investigating the identity of the youths. Mr. Grant Ryckman, of RR 1 Hensall, and who will celebrate his 89th birthday this month, is recovering at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ben Case, Exeter, from a harrowing experience at the hands of two thugs who entered his home Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and roughed him up before robb- ing him of $53 -his pension money- and ran- sacking his house. 1 1 Q,