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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-02-11, Page 21 SINCE 1860, SERVI.NG THE COMMUNITY FIRST • • Incorporating Brussels Post • . , . • . . . • . . . . . • ED BYRSKI, General Manager 10 Main Street 527-0240 . . Published in ' CE-ARC)RTH, ONTARIO. ' '' ' HEA_THER_Mni.087..R.Lta, Frlitor Every Wednesday morning e . . . • The Exposnoris. brought to yo li each Week by the effort's of:. , Pat Armes! Bessie Broorne. MarleneCharcers, Joan Guichelaar, Anne Fluff, Joanne JeWitt. Dianne Mc6ratn. Lois McLlwain. Bob McMillan and.• Cathy Melady " • • *CNA •• . • Member Cahadian, Community Newspaper Assoc., Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press 'Council,. Commonwealth Press Lliiion ' International Press Institute. .......- Subscription rates': • Canada $20.00 a year, iradv,ance Oillside Canada $60.00 a year, in advance r • Single -Copies. - 50 cents each WEDNESMW,' FEBRUARY. 11, 1987 :. Second class mail registration ' Number 0696 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 4.."*C...AP(FIS R..itre-1‘ Needs resolution While Huron County's libraries contain a vast assortment of good reading material to satisfy th'e interests -of all patrons, there is little doubt that business would increase tremendously if someone could author an account of the current situation surrounding ,the library board and its administration-. • • • Such a book Would rate right up.there with the best of the mystery • novels that now adorn the shelves. Or would it be more appropriately placed in the humor section? It would appear that•members-of county council would not be qualified to write the book because they would have. considerable difficulty in bringing it to any conclusion if -their current handling of board matters is any indiCation-. -• At the present timathere is some confusion over the status of the chief librarian as -Well as the number of members on the board. Even the status • of the board is. in limb.o. .. If all this was taking place at the provincial or federal level, there would be an immediate call for a full judicial inquiry in an attempt to sort out the mess. . Perhaps the .time has come for county council members to admit they'v.e lbst control over the „situation and to appoint some independent individual or group to -sort through the mess and make some 'recommendations for a plausible solution. The disconcerting aspect is that most of the current mysteries and conflicts stem fronricounty council and they are in the process of wresting more power unto themselves in relation to library matters. That's a rather foreboding glimpse of what may transpire in the future. (Exeter T -A) IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Archives Duo fells five cords FEBRUARY It; 887 On Thursday of last week, Messrs. John Scott and Archibald Bell felled trees, sawed, split and piled five cords and -a -half of wood in seven hours. This work was done on the farm of Mr. Frank Hamilton, Hibbert Townthip, and the boys want to larow who can beat it. Mr. John Coultes has already a very large stock of saw logs in his mill yard. He has rented a large quantity of first class pine which he is manufacturing into fine shingles and he has shipped several ear loads of lumber this wifiter. Ite has several first class men engaged in the swainps taking out logs. Tender foto-eating an addition to the I ligh School building will be received by the Seaforth High Schritil Beard, until Priday, the I gth of Pebruary. at 6 p.m. Tenders will be teeeived for the whole Or separate portions or the Work. The lowest or any tender hot necessarily accepted. „Dr. Weis Miller, of Remelt, shipped a carload o :Doric on Monday Test containing nea.riv 26 tons. to Nibiltreal. The heavymin fail of this week, freezing as it fell, tented widespread damage to trees of all kindsand rtidu1arIv Bo to d treea the weight dim on the branches become* so great as to break them down on all sides. The telegraph wires wherever neat the falling. Webs were broken doere. Mr. J. IVIeMillan, the nominee of the Retain convention held at BrucelieIci, addressed a very largelY attended meeting bf the electors of the South Riding of Huron in Hodgins' Hall on Monday evening, Mr. -McMilimr, who, by-tfie way is a very fluent and foteibletpeakee, reviewed in avtyab1e niatitierthe ending and burning- quedieris of the day, end that iti a way which gave unmistakeable eviderice that he made politics special study and was thoroughly posted. pgilktIARArri„ /9/2 Mr. Ire W. Jahns, Of the West tatkertritith. has purchased the Millard Townsend fatin fot $4,300. It contains 106 _ gra end:gives Mt. Johns a finer farina 206 acts: While driving in fton t Of W.C. Davis' store itt Hegel/ One day last week, Ark/tete 13a11 • liad'titerinigtOntine CO have& bad upset as the cutter struck a triete drift. Ile was dragged sothe distance but finally the hottegot away and ran three testes around 11,u block. Every available referi and be iii the Alla • elined the front street in a frantic effett to catch the Minna brit it seem d te have the h Wey. NO serious dairiage Was 'chine except to LU e paint en the drifter. Miss Julia.Shet„ a Reggie young lady, ia.dti a" tont around the World, and it now in India- • The. p "Year bell give by the idies of • Ottreetield and ditteitt W alket's 'Hail Orr Trre'sday eveningw5lalgely attended., and Was a ingt enjoyable affeitthe ladies . carrying' out their part 16 piledti�n. • Mr. John Mustard has purchased the saw mill and chopper from his father and will conduct it in the future. Mr. Mustard thoroughly understands the business from end to end, it popular with the public and will prove a competent successor to his worthy predecessor. PRBRUARY 12, 193/ Council took no action in regard to the resignation ot Mayor A.D. Sutherland,which was 'before it at the February 'meeting 011 Moriday night. Mayor Sutherland has been unwell for some time and has been confined to bed since returning from Toronto where he underwent an operation some Weeks ago. Mr. -E.L. Hox, chaitinan of the Seafertli Public Utilities ComMigioe, was re-elected a director of the Ontario Municipal Eleetrne Association at the aSSOtiatiint'S annual, Meeting in T0101160. Winthrop and Dublin will play hockey on Saturday evening. to decide the teanid place berth in the race for the McMillan trophy. A double schedule had been planned but sufficient tirrie is hot left to declare Winner's ut this way, s� a single schedule was decided upon. • . Seaforth pup shave $1,8 2 .64 on deposit with the penny batik as of Deterribet 91, 1936 according t0a statement lett issued. This, total represents a deceaseof $59.21 from the. eerie:speeding date of 1935 , FilOttrARY8, 1962 Gordan Papple, 11 5, Seaforth, was elected. president of Seaforth Agricidfirral-- Soriety et a director's meeting, fellowing the annual meeting at lgmondville petted Church. Mr. FappfesficceediEtribett MeMiI lan as die head' Of thesecietyl whieffsponsors the annual: Seaford., Fall Fair Ivan Forsyth „Wat named agettritent CrintirriatiOnet tot 'I'Utkertiriith at the Febrii- aryriteetirigef the teretrishilianiticg Trietdey. Penner reeve of the' toWithip end ex -Warden ofliutonCodnty, Mt. Forsyth weeded's:W.F. Roberta who died earlier this year, as' Corninittionet. Salary was set at SOO, plus $200 car allowance. -P•Out apPlitetitnit were received for the petition and coitsidered. A total of 70 paiidrig tickets have been handed out by Seaforth pohce three the first . of theMorith,Chief Hind -Marin taid Wedri• gdey.. cath instance the offence involved overnight Wring on a Seatottli street. MciIlop Mutu hire CortiParty experience' a good year in 1961 mentherS Merited this ;WeekWith the issuance of the g 4 th anneal Mport. Feattire of the report Was the iiitteate of truing' by 06.00.14; to total �f W6966O.6O When his hand 'O&M* eartgrit iremlieradf a Machine he Wel working CM at 'Robert Reit firrinstiits John Icre eSert had fere fingerSharilY-ditilied.,Ite lain Scott Mete'ral HOSPitat, OPINION ' - ' ' atitst time fi:,r'every . Since there's a first tirne for everything, I should have knowe that sooner or later, 11/3' FROM HANGLE time would come. However, in this case, I had . been hoping it would be later, rather than - TIS , 13y Patrick, Rafti sooner. At my rate, there was no putting it off s ' -- circumstances dictated that I must try my ,• hand at babysitting for the first time. Alright, I had babysat before, jast never for mothers use to quiet their 'Youngsters. immediately finds something else to. ay • a child young enough to actually be Bouncing my knee only seemed to agitate about - and so on. considered a baby. My previous experiences Whitney -to greater efforts in her attempts to Since I was doing such a good job of had all been with children old enough to talk, imitate a fire siren. I tried a few traditional entertaining Whitney, she obviously could • -walicand-practieallrtake-eare-ofihemselves—comfortingwords-in-bab3rtalleven-broke—not-be-crying-because-she--was-borsd with only minimal supervision. For some down and said "Goo, goo!" - a phrase I had Assuming she must be hungry, I fed her from reason, probably a good one, people just promised myself I would never utter under a bottle of brownish -Colored liquid'I had been don't -entrust their infants to-untrained—any-eireumstanees-All-to no-avaiL-Nothirig assured shewould drink. I must be old bachelors. This time it would be different, worked. Doctor Spock I was not' fashioned or something, because I h'a Like most front line 'soldiers, I hadn't Then I tried that old standby, singing, always assumed babies drank milk, and it actual ered for the assignment -- I Since my repertoire of lullabys is rather was white, not brown. had greatness thrust upon me, by -.my limited, I hummed the first tine that came te The feeding seemed to have a pacifying girlfriend. It was Peggy who had agreed to mind, which for,soree strange reason turned effect. I was even able to set her down for a take care of, Whitney, her niece who is out to be "I got the rockin' pneumonia and few minutes while I regrouped for the next roughly three -months -old. Unfortunately; the boogy-woogy blues." manoeuvre, it was not long coming. Thiatime she had also booked an' appointment with her Oddly enough, my offbeat (and off-key) Whitney began to cry in earnest, as if her hairdresser for the same day. (I'll never musical selection seemed to do the trick. heart was breaking. I am sure there is no understand why women can't get their hair Whitney not only stopped crying, she burst more unsettling sound in the world than a- - done at more opportune times -- like Super out laughing. This was not surprising, since Bowi Sunday or during the Stanley Cup continuous wailing from a tiny pair of lungs, playoffs). So, for an hour at least, I was on my laughter is the reaction I get from most This time, she didn't fall for any of the old people whom I choose to subject to the whims. tricks. No amount of bouncing. Singing, goo own. of my ill -trained- vocal cords. gooing, or brownish -colored liquid could At first, things went 'smoothly enough, . Of cotirse the soothingeffect of my voice console her: In desperation, I picked her up even a Int dull. After all, how does one amuse did not last long. The child soon realized I and tried pacing the floor. After about 15 a three -month-old child? I had a feeling none ' wasn't kidding around and this squawking minutes of pacing, she suddenly stopged of my normal methods of entertaining guests noise was really the closest I could come to crying at almost the exact millisecond that (usually a few risque stories told over a cold singing, so she began to sing a tune of her Peggy walked in the door. Thanks to this beer) would suffice in this case. So I set own again. ' . stroke of good timing, I was able to hand her a W hitney on my knee and tried to figure it out. I was beginning to see how the game perfectly contented child -: which' I did, in One look at my face,. and the poor child worked. l3abies it seems, not having much quite a hurry, burst into tears (an effect I've had on women else to do, simply enjoy the spectacle of 'Any problems?" for as long as I can remember). I quickly tried watching adultsscramble around. Child cries "Of course not," I scoffed. "Who do you all the tricks I could remember having seen e'er, -adult figures out why, corrects it, -- child think you're dealing with? Kids?" I 1110•01•••••••ftmenmsommo.•••• Setting an example demanding Setting an example is no doubt one of the most demanding and frustrating assign- ments we face in life, ft is also an assignment that neverends because as We go through life we are constantly being observed and imitated by friends, relatives; children, students, teammates and even less known acquaintances. Everyone is setting an example to someone but unfortunately setting a good example is becoming a lost art, Teachers, coaches, ministers, policemen, Prominent businessmen, politicianst and especially parents, play prime roles in the example setting network of a family and commiunity. It isnot an easy ro-W M. hog, but it can be a rewarding one, it just takes a little thought and good pianning, along with some self obtervation. As the oldest of,six childrden "setting an example.* was sometimes like the proverbial albabrias. Good sehool work. prompt:floss, nettneas, pod manners, even a neat and titlymorn, were ail important, not last to my parentt Nether's, but attending to them, More iinportarit to younger brothers and sisters. While I was having it drilled into ree that thesetypes of -things were going to affect the lives of my siblings 1 loeked to parents, teachers, coaches and others to set an example I could fellott Sometimes with' keen powers of Observation I could detect the odd flyin the bintment. NOW as an adult, trying tO HERE'S THE BEEF, by Carolanne Doig 11111111111111111NMINNIM set examples for the upcoming generation, I am beginning to realize what my parents and their generation have known for years. It is much easier to use the motto "Do as say, not as /de, than it is to go around setting a good example all the time, I find myself constantly exclaiming. "Don't do that" or "Do thir. Yet if take a moinent, step bad and observe myself soon re5i2e that 1 do, say, end evert thirtk, many of the things that Idiseourage itt others. tveri little things like crossing the ;street between parked eats is contrary to all the safety tips that were taught tb the by Earner the Safety Oephant, the same tips I pass on to youngsters today,: What and trirat adults forget at we pop ettf. from between parked cars is that somewhere Stunt little tyke is Watching d learning. love a polite loh, yet 1 inytelf often forget, my pleases end digit yens. I intetraptpeelileS tonversations, talk with my month crack gnm, show up late for meetings„ tell "little white lies", don't herig up my clothes, and "curse arid swearat drivers who don't use their blinkers. At the Same time I'm the first to blanche if I observe any of hate sante traits in the younger generation or indeed in any of my peers. In a sense it's hypocritical yet in another sense it is just so much work to go around behaving and living up to the Standards we admire .„ llow many times have you observed a fnittrated parent saying, "I don"( know where Johnnie picked up that annoying habit?" Or "Where did Stilie ever .hear languagelike that?" Ahybnewithhalfa brain knows exactly where Johnnie- and Suite, learned W! percent orthe things they do and say. Ovoy gerieratirm is Minty of leaving confusing messages about desired behevior, It's difficult to live up to the very tteridardt we dernanclie others. It is even more&Meta to constentlyset Mrexerriple frit tit oSe caning behind'. It is easier to give the bider*, get the rules for others, and ,thenge the rtiliis for otutelVet. "Dees Ito, not as do" is a cop out net only to ourselves, but to these about to Learning an ongoing process. Learningis an ongoing process in life. We sleeve to -I-gm melt otlieflet experienee, to gain Metre knoteledge arid SENSE AND NONSENSE understanding it circler to iftake Our day-to- day Ilk easier, Veit the blast -Irirried indiViduels never stop in their quest for knowledge. A relatively new concept in the weekly newspaper industry oil that feet with -Theirgh new ideals were itrifrortant for that the help of Others. For;, newspaper to paper, the most linpottent aspect is Ideal succeed 111 riantring the:life-in a contritinity, residents get to haVe: a 66i:tee to voice their knee& intrat aiiiignitiannetiontit's readers, Otiittidit fee the betterinetif of their tieWst, Though fieWSpaper *Mt tO Maintain high paper. standards arid to telt the news hapPent; NOW it'S The IteptititdS NM, it git't de that job atone:, WeVailt td kfieW what you think about your ICie*papets such as The fhirrel Dttfigitet • Weekly rieirspapet. We Want t� heat your need the help of 1dds teerik seiner oititetit'; ideas we carr /retie newspaper that bitsiiiesses, industries, and its Madera to telleers, the interests of this eeitiiiihnity. ff provide the best possible Service to the We'rsriiitsititnetektVettraritteheg abeetiL public r All this is: possible With the helper a . If you Mere Variety, fell Volunteer -tags adritotY &Meal - ?tett a'' Wady edatteig Sten't a new idea ilielddttatittied,OtWonliftheylike"ttitityite'd ' one of the Originators waswaS th6 1VIligigairga" tolintirifot thetraPerl Ate fliers 96p1eth the' Weft. The News has used the teriatriretive Corunity who' would like to write crtheishr, ideas and input itretervesfrom 116 �r neWa stories'? Perhapt thcts ping toiriteil to triake the MeWa �ne of the WOald. like tosi16tipthe treitritidrieWS beat deliintitinity fieWefiefiett ittdritatia, et the tifftter. ,•,• • r ClOkettefrortie, Welkeintirralte has a Oita§ Illetedeefit tif a tire& athriatity &Anita is couneil It was formed one year ago with good But to make it work, The ttumn fier,,at OfpfriYiding thofemdekitt of that,60-044 PfiandiriteedaiifildfiteetaWfidafe wilhng 10 • rfewsp5perlo serve their interests. tethat jai the Connell. The best etiehtil is one that year the Walkerton paper haS:11Steried'Ioiti§ has l'epteserititig Crota-tettioir;of IzadviSoryiterribera taken .fite'Cirthastriand the �thth16ity S�theone fronta•••: seMce *ilea andfoitt them fete eesititte tetelle. club,t &dor citizen housewife, businest tii.linet ithatietritregli .WOriteret hive Ate owner,someone active in the sperting c6rn11u11ity �r aitydiie ititeteitott ihtitiog their input td the hewspepet: • There ant terriirrierstlirti ior, being pars bt theisadvisorttricit TVs Ybliiiiieet Week hut it'§ easy, trete are .n� mote flaititieetiliga a year atittnieeting'Sate held lir the evettinga. Ali it Meant' is giving up fat* eights. .• press advisory councils have worked itt Other tOrtatillintiet. Otte dhiSt. hastol��k, at these ee4pe:pots hflthoW 'AV iyeethira chains Working together ter 'A en- littiortgoal„ If you are intet6Sted in beeriniinga theinhei, 'of Want More itifortriation,. 'please �ithts7-�24oAfrth11�tin,giveJ�an�r Bessie your bailie arid phone frintibet Mid ro ai Yod back. „ We Want Ur Make The /MOM &tetherOne Of the batt. in the county, ,We want gilt reetlers' newspaper that refleett life in Seger* and the stirrobriditig ores. 'mars ,why Werieed *int- help on the pis advisory • eenneil. • think of the council g Serivee Club -- lea toe the betterment of 011t terintitinity, - .