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1NEUNESDAY, JANUARY 28; 1987
• .Spon,q8 class mail regiStration Number '0696
BLUE
RIBBON
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L LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1
....Christmas bureau Says thinks:.:.
We are: wiiting to you on behalf of the
Beare of Directors, staff, and clients of
Family and Children's Services of Huron
('ounty the Children's Aid SocietyPto thank
you for your expressions of care and concern
' (his Christmas time. •
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, Many ,of you contributed to our annual
Christmas Bureau. which our Agency admin,
isters,and coordinates throughout the county.
This yearwe assisted about 275 families and
• (125 children with -food, clothing and toys.
This is. a major effort of cooidination,
matchingthe needs of families With the
resources available. It is truly a community.
Resident writes
. NOTE:This poem, written by
E. Melean of Seaforth was submitted to The
Expositor last week. it reflects one reader's
feelings on smoking.
"BUTT -OUT"
Its "Butt -Out" week, I've been told
But smokers. on this. have not been sold.
Of me and others have no fear,,
And look on us as if we're queer.
in hockey rinks, the air is blue,
In this place our ehilthen's grew.
Puffinparents in chorustoar,'
IMOdearie me. can't see the score.
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effort, funded entirely . by donations and
staffed by the many volunteers. throughout
the Owns.
To all of those people who contributed to
this program, the Board, staff, and clients
thank you. The generous expression °tearing
demonstrated bylocal residents at this time
of year is most encouraging and appreciated.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs. Audrey M. Royal
President
Board of Directors
Michael Park
Board Member
smoking poem
Of emphysema. they don't know, .
As our lads skate into the foe, •
But: someday they'll wonder why,
Their eyes blood -shot and mouth so dry.
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• Publiceducation surely lacks,
• .The average guy don't look for facts,
' Though the smoke is second hand,
My throat. she feels. I've swallowed sand.
But if this irritant were less,
- • And we find, teams goons, fighting less,.
How much happier we would be,. *'
To -come on down. and see..aird see!
• E. McLean
from the Archives
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Mare dies of diphtheria
JANUARY28, 1087
A splendid three-year-old mare belonging
tb Mr.' James McClusky, of the 4th
Concession of IdeEillop. died of diphtheria.
en Thursday Iasi week. The animal was
valued at $250.
Mr. Varivalkeribtirg, whir has been working
Mr, MeTaggart's farm iri Hulled during the
past year, has rented the Proctor farnr on the
!toren road. just west of HoltnetVille fora
terra of six yeats. ltcontains 135 acres. and he
gets it for $200 for the first .year.
last fall when' packing apples, Mr. R.B.
itleGewrin, of East Wawanosb, happened to
wonder lino whose hands the fruit would
eventually fall, and acting on the impritse,
plated dilate in one of the bartek, asking the
purchaser to return information as to the
•tentlitiori of the trait whin opened. Werd was
-received frorrilleriryW, AMA!, fruit and pea
• salesman. Spitalfields Market, London,
England, stating he had opened the frilit
becember 31; and that about one bushel of it
was rotteri, but that the remainder ot it bore.
tuunittakable proof they were good sound
apples when peeked.
Two or three diagrteeful rows have
occurred on Main Stteet ithin the past
week. Our authorities should' stainjroutthis
to-wdyiSm and punish the effenderselse our
town Will be getting an Unenviable teprita-
deo..
At the lest meeting of town Outten, Mr. P.
llolmested was appointed High Sehool.
Trustee. ifie right man in the right,plare:
MNUstRi2, 19(1
The Hibbert ligan and McKillop Rural
Telephone Conipariy is a good payitig
institution. One Of the beg This Of* OT the
• Orin -try. , 47trit heaSt M. The. dapital Medi
" -hire-SIM in S1.1006. and this bag earned
84.500 after paying all eXpergeS, Or a
" divided in 2212 pet. cent. The centtrtrefiell
• Wert is proceeding rapidly arid the WO* is
being paid forent Of the earnings Of the brie.
The company is managed by Mt •JPhn
• .1:ferule:vas. of Drothiagen, which in &rine
measureno doubt gamut& tot its pretprality. •
The annual meeting Of the tett Huron
Agrittiltirtal Soidety was held in Dross& on
Wearies- day Of last week TheanditOrt' *OS
thoWed the total reedipta for1910 to be
81.509.19 and the ditlitimetirents S1,410,40
leaving a balance Ort hand of $30.80, A
membership of 10 hat lYeed . eatited ever to
A speal Meeting of the tOwricoun
Ciwas
held on Monday night. The HO -Mee toriinit-,
tee's report mei:Milne- iiding the payment of
accounts to the anrinnit 61566.0'5 Was-..fiaSteit
Mt. j.P. MelAren Was re -appointed Markel
eleilt and caretaker -Of the tiivirit hall at $3.33.
per month.
Mr. Janet Mc.Leatr, Of the Mill Re' ad,
Trickermindi and another' rah; had anatntiki
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escape being killed by.the one o`c.todt
trainWedrieSday. they Were (kering info
town' in a Otter and wean leading a beaky
horse behind. When they CariM t� the
track theyweiewatddrigatreight, whidr•Wat
standing oh Ike siding •itt front et theatatidir
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• house. and failed to hear the one o'clock
express approaching, and just as they got on
the track the train was upon them:
Fortunately the horse they were driving shied
and went up the side of the track. The heavy
horse they were leading becoming frighten-
ed, jumped inte the cutter and upset them,
and they fell out on the side away from the .
wheels of the train. Nevertheless, the train
came Uncomfortably close to their heads.
• JANUARY29. 1937
Edward Powell, aged 56. Tuckeismith; was
instantly killed at noon Thursday when the
truidt in which he wa &Whig Was struck hy a
CNlttrain at the intersection of No. 8 highway
and the Stratford-Ooderich line of the CNR,
near Coderich.
M its Concluding session Unita County
Council .refused to increase the salaries of.
County Engineer T.R. Patterson $200,
Treasurer A.H.. Erskine $200 and County
Clerk J.M. Roberta $100.
Miss Mabel Turnbull was re-elected
president of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute
Alumni Association at its annual meeting
held in the Yining Liberaltdub rooms • on
-Tuesday. •
Whitcskatingon a pond near his resident*
one evening recently, Mr. James Fetgustai
Ecu heavily, Manning in a freetared cheek
bone and seriously ertithing the antrum. Ile
was immediately taken to Victoria Hospital,
London. by. D. Donald Steer, for an
emergency operation,
The Many :friends of Mr. and Mts.. J.
Cairns. of Btireefield, *Meted the* With a
reception in Wathert Hall on Thursday
evening, sianualy 21. 'Die evening was goat
in darichigAirith 11 30 when Mr, and MM.
Cairns Were calleiltO the front Aacl.f00ent00„.
ratk
JANUAllY25,, 1962
Heed for additional housing in Seaforth'
was revealed this week as a *Suit 01A-S-OrtY4
Of Seaforth indtrattieS. .
Stott* weather diming the past week,
whidiredtreed visibility on area mads to heat
tettrited in a rash of minor articleMa,
according WOW Constable Al Dowering:
Huron County has been certified as a
brucellosis free atta. with effect to Septem-
ber L 1964„ it was announced this week by
Dr, J.C. MacLeannan, Health Anititak,.
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$illawaeletiettedlehiiari. at the
niangutal meeting of the Seaforth District
High School float& on Thar -Way; thdi
beginning his third 'Writ as board tread,
Vite,Chairinan 18 C. Edward Dearing, and
W.D. Sirtitligate,itaticletteatritet.„
LEittortlICarditt•rliginbe7 forPairliarrierit
for .11tireri, was riarried. gatittarit 'ter health
Minister I. Waldo Monteith,:
A..brithday party at (he Queensway
Nursing Hen*, Ifeasall, will celebrate the
'birthday of Mrs. AgrieS Baird, a patient. A
placiil dispositionand kinglived antecedents
are the best recipes for a ripe old age, if Mis.
Agnes Baini, Of Itensall iS any indication.
Mit ROM will be 102 years of age. -
ROM THIS ANGLE.
snaps back to hi' actual size, causing your 7
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personal cheques to behave like ru141s
bber 7 by. Patrick Raffia
Clieer'up! coulr:I be %verse. You could he rich
and (amorist
From all eVideriee, the lifestyles of theitch • chronicle the anguished response of Joe's
and farticius have been over -glorified, partly family.
' due to such ' things as the creation of ' • "Unemployment Insurance wpn't last.
television programs such as "Lifestyles,of the forever, says Joe's wife.".: "1 knew. be
Rch and Fainous,in&partly-clue,to-the-,---eeulithe-muitard,proclai • '
average person's desire to hold onto the • boss ' "Itold. him 'Joey, be smart, become a
fantasy that all our problems would clear up ; doctor,' reveals Joe's distraught mother.
—Instantly • 1 out hands on a j kind of headache the avera e .erson
few million bucks. • just does not need.
Toclear up these misconeeptiens, one need Life is net alt flash and glitter, even for
look no further than the many wejl-known and non -royal celebrities. Prime Minister Brian ,
wealthy people who ate. constantlY. popping :I' Mulroney could no doubt be considered rich
up in the news. In fact, that's one of the and at least sena-famous. But, when was the
pitfalls, of being a celebrity, you , are last time you saw his Irish Eyes displaying a
constantly popping up in the news. • truly sincere shine, He would no doubt trade
When Britain's Prince Andrew zecently . a goodly portion of his fame and fortune just
decided' to resign from the armed forcesof. , tO hear a: good •word about him, or his
that country, the' media pounced on it. government, by anyone but his own public
Headlines proclaimed that pacifist prince a relations people.
wimp and •a crybaby and detailed the ' Hock musiestar Michael Jackson may well
, reactions of .friends and family members to be the richest and most famous person oh the
his decision. planet, but does he appear to'enjoy it? When
How Would you like that kind of attention to not performing, the man is afraid to go out in
be placed on your every career move? "Joe public eXcept in disguise. When Jackson's
Blow resigns from factory!" the headlines presence in'a crowd is discovered, he must
would screarn. "Claims he's tired of,9 to 5rat promptly "Beat It!' or face a mobbing that,
race!" Lengthy follow up stories'. would could take several hours to disperse: •
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• Modem history isfull of examples of the
well-to-do who, in the end. did net do tow t
well. Elvis Presley, Marilyn *intik, John Ig ,
DeLorean, to name only a few.: The only • V. •
II •• • • • • ••1 imicand sobial elite that
appearto be aving any fun wit I 'Air wealth .1
and status are Bill Cosby and Harold Ballard, in
and even the latter does seem to have his off rr
•ays.
" Wealthy peoplewill never know the simple': • ,
thrills that Most .people exPerience, like
making the last in a long series of payments, '"
or finding a long -lost $20 bill in a seldom worn •
jacket. It would be enough to make them cry
in their champagne, if only they knevi, what, '7'1 -
they wergmissing. •
What bazar* circumstances; you might
ask, would inspire this occasionally -lucid "..; • I
columnist to string together a $eries of ,k • ,
paragraphs denouncing the' hazardsf
opulent liking? '
Well, the bills are piling up,. I've got no
moneyand my paycheque has been stretched '
so fat it no liangersnaps back, but merely las
limply On my desk, refusing to do anything.
Oh:well, at least l'in not rich! -c!
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Abu! alE CaeLP 0A/Zy5ir7Le akiRLD u/Afl WAY'
• Still checking out the cookie jar
!don't know about you, but the first thing 1
do when I viSit Mum and Dads place is check
out the fridge.. the. cookie jar and the TiERE'S THE BEEF
by Carohume Doig
A Herat Ispentmangyears in their home and
cupboards. guess it's just tome -of habit.
a goodly portion of t at time was passed with
my head stuck in the refrigerator and my
lingers in the cookie jar. could never be too ingenious when it came to
making the goodies last until the nexfgrueery
day. Sometimes the old „hiding 'trick
backfired on her though. Once shed
forgotten the bananas were hidden in the
oven arid when Hedy Colder said ' 'preheat"
...well you can imagine the mess! Other
times one of the infamous sniffer etifer$
would discover a cache and keep it to
thernserves. Many a fin* 1 would find the
ehaneei. -That"Storthebakesaler Haliould
a .00lues in some ncliculous place purely by
have known) or 'ttvere
A hriught you
iterrientherdistinetly how I would try to get
the fridge,door opened arid shut aS silent as
possible. Oh it was easy to get the cookie jar
lid off qUietly, but not so easy to get that
darned ceramic lid back in place without
someoneone discovering My weakness. I wau
forever' getting caught and reprimanded.
"rot ruin your appetite for sapper!" (Fat
(brie that Mum invited the neighbors over for
tea and you.guessed it, cookies! The same
thing used to happen with cartons of lee
cream. bags of oranges and those wonder/01
Varieties of Christmas tookies....so web
hidden, but so worth the search!
Itwas frustrating to be constantly hcrunded
in
everytime the unchies hit, Someday I'd
have my very owe kitchen with my very own
fridge afid'W very own cookie lar. then rd
diet!" (That one was the killeo. "accident, Once they were hiddon irt the spare - eat as numb ice aearn and as m any trioldet as
suitcase underThe stairs. just have One; t wanted. Nobody would tell me what and
It wasn't easy with font brothers and a after all who's going to mitt jutt one cookie? when to eat. Well that day hat Arrived. My
sistir making sill* that aa-alla got 4$ the days went by the cookies finally cupboards and my fridge are boring! To be
anything more than anyone else. Mum would diminished until groping around in the 'perfectly honest I like nothing better than
hide e0okiei, bandies:aid fruit in all kinds Of suitcase I tealiZe that an that weskit was the beading over to Mum's and checking the
strange places. Atter all with six kids you empty box. This was usually about the same cookie jar!
Things have been moving ahead
Hi. rm bat*. •
Str*hat'srlew, 1.et'ssee. 0hye, theresa
newlittle Wassink running &Mind. He's to
mirtitliteld and his bailie it fan. A goad Dutch
nanie don't you thbIld
Eitougb of this personal Stirff. How's life
been irtSeaforthl It lOokS 111W -it's been' pietty
good judging by the Activity On Main Street'
and theneiks reports Fire been reading 10 the
paper
irriayliate left Seder* two years ago to
pursue otherintetests, but that dneSn't Mean
1 Irak-aft been keeping in touch with the
goings on in this 'community. On the most
044 1 must say things have been moving
ahead Sure,tirei e's 4ilitheceresticiit
of g dump. But who's ebtriihng anymore?
'think rte. lest traelt of the ritiiiibet et sites
that hive been investigated 8:.1 potential
daft* (Wan) aiteS. 1. thought things We'M
looking UP When I heard ifitat kooglin
Site. but afinarelitly that avenue haS been
Closed.
Menden landfill siteS, and you're opening
up a whale eari of worms. I Ana AMUR, I
wouldn't w8t1t�ne of the Suck -eft in my
badtrard either But what are we going to der
abrint out garbage - start dumping it back in
the swamp mrd bush like We Used tO do? Will
everyone have their inthiptirtatesinindgenOt
in their backyard? I'd hatillythink St1.
The Seafortir-Tackeratnith landIlil invetti-
gation has been ongoing ever since the town
Was toldit had tO.Cloteita Sitebehfiai
the golf dilute. That was five go, fe
been Ohe sbus ling bt�bk alto another, itsOOflkIliti ,
br08kd�wn-of costs a fed, weeks ago,
was i agree With Mayor Hitia..
A new landfill Site Would bankrupt the itictit
BM+ Often wonder how cities like. New'
'ori, tended tEnglarid) and Anitterdairt
handle their garbage. Surely they doe' t *Mid
it into the Atlantie Ocean or the North Sea
If realize ineirieration Seerrit tobe a bad
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AND NONSENSE
by Aoli Artitgsb*
around here. But 1 wohde4 is that: the
ultiiiMtedriSWet. I alsortilestion the future of
IandEill titet, as they pertain to individual
Perhapt Huron County
should be doing what Wellington County did
a couple of years ago - leek at a county wide
system, whether it be laridfillirig. Separation
ttirr„_:paper, glass) or a coinbinatinit iff
landfilling, separation mid Melt -reran -Oil, Just
think of the energy created tirch
SyStern. *Mild be griecl competition
for the trete Energy Park uses -waste
Stearn from the three Nuclear Power
Developtrient, •
In the Mearifirrit, we Still have a garbage
problem. We. have garbage mid really
nowhere toput it-ekcept in a landfili site that'
is basting the seams.
Perhaps the Dbiga. *Mild like an added
attraction tit their golf Coritse. We could
Create a ski hill at the present site. All we'd
have piling up garbage,cOvering
tiVer with a layer Of dirt when- it got tobe feet high we would' install a. cefieleof
Chair lifts, You know, cloWrihill skiing IS the
pits in Miran County, Just-
Mink of the
tourism Vie torrid Create, OncerWe get the
tourists,dried go' gatigbiistets with the
doWritown heritage revitalization programand Atte* sortie new birtinetses. FeoPle like
attsperaftsy type stores. That and the Van.
renettafirili.
After speaking with people in town, they
Said that project once again ago. ,
As for the rest or mato ttiett Fin
impressed. The eobtlieteim Hotel WIN
graati,- as does tire Bank of Cenurierte. Of
course, ken Oardrio has &lite wonders with
Caitina'S;1141, gut ttitideratatid fie'S bavhig
A piebleirrwitii-those-bfastedilagaieVeSAt
BOMB they want his Onion Jack dap, blIt
dOtileateted much about the Canadian flag,
t WO bad ten* periple dont TeSPeet
arietter:s prepetty. Maybe we could Start a
fend -raising campaign, buy Sortie nogg, and
donate Mein to the petit arreker Who drift
afford to buy hit
Egitiond IforiSeo, We'd be bristling' to keep tip:
With the den*
Speaking of heritage, I'm kind ofis"
OW- "What to see me perm on we town haii..Pi
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thought when 1 left. that issue had bee'rt
Settled and. the town was going te set air
errairiple by piing eireartvkith that heritage
" The gas stations now tilted of theti4liave
alt completed Maier renovations. 1 dirn't
recognize the buildings and must say they
sure improve. the town. 1 only have one •
reqlreSt, 1 need diesel fitei fermylittle ear.
Impressed is an understatement When it
saw fidtV the oki &Me school had: been
hanSktrined WO a senior citizens consptex
Fran Hoak, ailiiiirtiattatorr, of Maplewood
Manor, should be thrilled to Work hi a
Wilding that looks unbelievable
haik-tlintlidiffererit a building can look ifterit
has been teniikated.
;riot say rni pleased -to be
Se:alert& I' rir tore Readier wili appreciate an ,
extra pair of hands in the fre!:$•departriiiii‘
hopefully See -many --fatinhat faceS, as .• •
urIcethe rounds to the arena, find
streets.
%the*, week, have4 Rik doh* winter.
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