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A2 -- THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 29, 1987
SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST •'
Incorporating.
Brussels Post
10 Main Street 527-0240
,Published in
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
Every Wednesday morning
ED BY,RSKI,'. General Manager
HEATHER McILWR.AITH., Editor
OPINION
wpriflgCIea n
Lhave been teiljng.with.the ritual of spring
cleaning, but only toiling. I can't seem to
find enough time or energy to do the job
right
I did manage to start the job - several
weeks ago to fact. put,that's as far as I get.
Now it appears I'm i>7 a worse mess than
when I started out. .
NOW, not only does the apartment need a
thorough going over, with dust rag and vac -
cum, but I have; 'tosort' through. :the
menagerie of .have;
clothes and keepsakes that
were unearthed diming the initial stages of
my cleaning spree; My apartment was
cleaner before I started.
Clothes—They-are-the,wor-stoffender-s,-and
the hardest items to part with. Even if they.
are hopelessly out of fashion, don't fit, or are
only fit for the garbage, it's hard to dismiss
the feeling that someday 'they might be,
needed.
Clothes that I wore.' when I was several:
pounds heftier are•absolutely useless"to me
now, and even if I' did put on weight in the
future, I have no doubt they'd be desperate-
ly out of style. Yet I find it difficult to give
them up. Even those clothes too small.. for
even an anorexic me are stored ,away •in
boxes, lust in case: '
:mss
ig mess
SWEATSOCKSb
y Heather. Me lwraith
I never realized I was such a packrat. And
as my clothes collection groves with each
passing day I am finding it more and more
difficult to seethe logic in my thinking.
Why, I.have to ask myself; keep a flannel
shirtwhich' time and many washings has
stripped of its flannel and that is missing
• halfits buttons and at least half of 'a sleeve?
The -al. -aliment -that -Ws
a comfortable one at that, isn't all that con
vincing'anymore.
Why, too, keen clothes' that are not even-
, mine, but were hand-me-downs from my
brother or sister? '•
Even those paper -thin overalls,: worn
• every Friday of my Grade 9 year, should
. realistically be tossed. But to do so would
show a certain disrespeet for sentiment, and -
certainly for the Friday tradition upheld by
other students of my, high school..
I have t -shirts you could spit , through,
sweat' pants. you need to, wear suspenders.
The Expositor. is ,brought to you each week, b;y the`e.f"forts of
• Pat Armes, Bessle. Broome, Marlene Charters, Joan: Guichelaar,
'Dlann,e McGrath, Lots McLlwain, Bob McMillan and Cathy, Melady
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Bike S�fe..Iy.
It's spring and with 'the weather a lot warmer than in.the past old and
young enthusiasts are'getting out their bicycles.
As 'always there are a number of rules that should be followed when.
' riding a. bicycle and the Ontario Safety League offers a few- tips �to' help
make biking safer and more enjoyable.
Ride a bicycle that fits you. The size of your bike affects your balance and
ability to reach the steering and braking controls and pedals. You should be
able to reach the, ground comfortably with the ball of your foot while sitting
upright on the seat. . , >
Parents should supervise the selection of a bicycle for a child and
• periodically inspect the bike to see that it is in good working order, until the
child is responsible enough to maintain his or her own safety inspections.
Check the tires for wear and tear. Also check the wheel spokes, chain,
tights and horn. Make sure the bike is well oiled and tighten any loose nuts
and bolts.
Check braking ability on both wet and dry surfaces before taking the bike
onto the street. 'Your bicycle also should be in good alignment. If it veers to
oneside when pushed forward, it is out of line and needs adjustment.
No child should be permitted to ride on roadways until he or she has
mastered all aspects of the bicycle and this mastery has been. observed by
a parent on the roadway the child will travel. Bicycle skills that must be
taught to children include safe starting, the ability, to ride in a straight line
near the curb, rules about right-of-way, turning corners and rapid stopping.
Remember that bicyclists are considered drivers under the law and that.. -
traffic rules. signs and signals apply to the cyclist just as they do to the
motorist.
You're travelling on one of the smallest vehicles on the road and it's not
always easy for motorists to see you. High -flying flags are a good idea at
any time, and at night you should have lights, reflective tape and reflectors.
. Wear light-colored clothing and, a helmet.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Jr Farmers an example
Letter To The Editor iy of their time, They are an example to all
The Junior Farmers invaded Seaforth of us.
• Saturday morning. - At my house we're Kathy Pryce, Cathy
They came armed with garden rakes, and Detre Vanneste, Lynda Feagati, Paul
shovels and stepladders, Hoggarth, Andrew Duthie, Marion and San -
They brought with them their youthful ex- dra hunt and Warden Wray.
nberance, their friendly smiles and caring Junior partners, SVE LOVE you!
hearts.
of them appeared at my house. And Wilma Oke
to tvork they went, For me they raked my
lawn and cleared it of the "beach -like^ piles
of gravel and sand thrown up with the snow
during the sandings this past winter.
They washed my windows of the winters
grime and soon had them sparkling clean. Special Thank You to Dixie Lee and Terry
It kept a,smile on my face ail day and I Taylor and ail the people who catne out to
know many other seniors enjoyed their good help make our car wash on Sunday after -
deeds throughout the day as well, noon the 226 of April, such a stieeess.
Such a hardworking group to give so frets- Seaforth Junior Farmers
Junior Farmers
sa... - thanks
ul erratic Postadeliveryrr t +
A survey. conducted by a Burtingtoit resi-
dent who receives both The Huron Expositor
and The Exeter Tiines-Advocate in the mail,
has shown postal service to be lax when it
comes to delivering the newspapers to peo-
ple outside of Huron County.
By keeping track of the number of days it
has taken for delivery of both newspapers
over a seven month period, Mr. A.C. Ar-
chibald has conriuded the average clays it
takes for the newspapers to arrive at his
home are, I11.52 for The Times -Advocate,
a'nd 10.53 for The Expositor. The Ex-
po'sftor arrives before the T' 4.3.75 per cent
of the time. The T -A is the first to arrive 37.5
per cent of the time. Six per cent of the time
they arrive at the' smile time.
Poring the seven months Mr. Archibald
failed to received The T A twice, and The
Expositor three times.
I find both of the papers of interest but as
you can. see the delivery is often erratic,
most always slow and a number never do ar-
rive," he said. '
"I fully intend to continue rrty subscrip-
tions but perhaps yourselves, or your Week-
ly n•ewspapers association could approach
Canada Post on the quality of their serince.
in the m'e'antime I will enjoy my papers
when they show u'p.""
CO 'MO ITY A �VDAR
if you're' Organizing a n'on-prom event Of trteresi to other .'S'e'aforth area residenf5. phone the
rebreatidn office at 527.0882 or the Expositor at S2y-0240'. Ot tail the information to ComfnUni-
fy Caten'dar. The Huron Expositor, tole 89: Seafortti. C7nt'ario. t'1'OK 1VJO' Well to adva'noe Of the
scheduled date Space for the Community Calendar to donated by The Fluron Exposit&
Wednesday, A • ril 29
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1:30 - 4 p.m. Senior Shuffleboard
7 - 8:30' p.ni. Ladies r5'ance
8 - wI 0,th. Fitness rs' F'u'n
Thursday April 30
8':30 a.m- Fitness is Pea
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a'Ati 8.fii'. Bo�vting Banquet and Dance.
-aII Leagd'e
Monday,. May 4
8:30 edit Ladies Opening Oo f, et the
doff Course
l�uesda t May 5
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8:30 a.rn. Fitnet's is Fun.
Wednesday
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1:$0 4 pati. S"enior Shuffleboard
7 = 8 pit Ladiies Dance
$' 9
lift !iffiest is Fun
with and work clothes coated so heavily with
paint they could stand on their own. •
I have commandeered outrageous plaid
pants, several sizes.too' large, old suit
jackets, shirts emblazoned` with gold and
silver and fedora hats.
I have a collection of odd socks, odd shoes
and shoes without tops and/or bottoms. And
TI reu'se o the any of -them up.
I have clothes that I hate and clothes that I
like. But the truth of the matter is that there
are only a select few that get worn.
Because inevitably my preference ;is for
those clothes that never need to be ironed.
Much es I dislike spring cleaning, I dislike
ironing a whole lot more. And unfortunately, ..
with the exception of my apartment,where
the clothes needing to be pressed hang for
several weeks, before beingattended to,
ironing is not a seasonal task, but rather an
ongoing process. •
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Capital punishment... dead
abolish.v. to do away with (a law, institu-
tion or custom) completely; put an end to:
"to abolish slavery", (F aboliss-, stem df
abolir, fusion of two verbs, L abolere
"destroy", and L abolescere "die old").
Sounds kind of final, doesn't it?
thought capital punishment in this
country had been "abolished" a while
back, but apparently it hasn't, else .the
Regressive I'tegurgative federal govern-
ment led by Brian Mulroney wouldn't be
bringing up the debate on state -sanctioned
snuffing once again:
Frankly, why bother?
Oh, I know -- Mulroney promised a free
vote on capital punishment during the Last
election campaign. But is that any reason
to actually do it? Everyone knows that
election promises'are made to be spoken,
not kept.
After all, David Peterson's provincial
Liberals promised us we would be able to
buy beer acid Wine down at the corner store
just like the grownups outside Ontario,
but we still have to buy it from him. Judg-
ing by the public opinion polis, nobody is
holding Peterson's lack of action against
his government. So, why would we treat
the feds any different?
Anyway, I thought government's were
supposed to refleeb theeoncerns of the
general populace in their choice of sub-
jects for deliberation?
ub-jectsfordeliberation? It's been a long time
since 1 heard any of the boys knocking
around the idea of a return to the death
FROM THIS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftis
penalty between periods of the hockey
game.
Inflation, gasoline prices, free trade,
world peace, who shot J.R.? These are the
kind of things the average Canadian is
sweating his brain cells over.
Capital punishment, so to speak, is
largely a dead issue.
Nobody has proven any great statistical
link between the death penalty and
declines (or rises) in the murder rate. in
fact, latest stats show murders are becom-
ing fewer and further between in recent
years, despite the lack of the noose.
Even though the occasional inevitable
exception occurs, most killers in this coun-
try are amply punished for their crimes.
Life imprisonment, even if it means only
10 or 15 years in reality, is still a terrible,
and frightening fate. Most murderers are
not the type to sit down and weight the
need to commit their crime against the
potential punishment anyway. They tend
to make spontaneous decisions while in the
midst of holding up a convenience store, or
going a few rounds with their spouse.
The most compelling arguement against
execution remains the possibility, however
remote, of executing an innocent person.
There is no margin for error when it comes
to taking a human life.
"Sorry, we were -wrong," just does not
cut it once someone is dead and buried.
Still, the most irritating aspect of this.
renewed debate is it's pointlessness. While
the impending'vote aledgedly leaves MPs
free to cast their ballot according to their
own consience, few among the Tory ma-
jority in the house will completely
overlook Mulroney's own position (oppos-
ed
opposed to the death penalty) when it comes
time to chant heads.
Mulroney believes he will look like an
extra -swell guy, having kept his'promise
to hold a free vote, while at the same time
helping to insure Canadian's don't end up
with aft unwanted return to the uncivilized
practice of state -sanctioned killing.
Meanwhile, he has managed for a short
time attyway, to divert public attention
from Such things as the myraid scandals
involving his cabinet members and the
&estie reduction of his once -record per-
sonal popularity levels.
Ma'1 ju n'p lumps from
APRIl29, I88'7
Mr. Hobert Willis has commenced the ex-
cavation of a foundation preparatory to the
erection of a nein brick residence. -
Mr, Thomas Fell, of Ribbert, has the
blessing of our office employees for a pre=
sent in the shape of a basketful of beautiful
apples. They were as fresh and welt
flavored as when taken from the trees, and
they Were a real treat to "the boys". .
The Seaferth and Londesbore dreaineries
tvrl cohinfetl a bri'siness oh Monday, 9th
May, when the cream drawers Will •be on
their routes as usual. Mr. George Brown-
ing, of Ripley, who for one season managed
the Seaforth crea r e"ry, has been appointed'
Creamery Instruc'tor by the Ontario
Creamery Association:
Mr. 0. C. Willson is having the front of his
implement emporite i improved by paint.
Mr. Hawkshaw is having his hotel building
similarly Ornamented. •
The health officer of the Own should bete-
gaited to Make a thorough investigation at
once and have all back yards and ebrioxtotts
ces's polls cleaned out, ft is these pest holes
that cause diphtheria, typhoid feller and kin-
dred should beiin'sisted on at afid ee'. e cleaning np
Mr d. E Ke'frt,head cierlf in Mr, E.
Me aulfs store and Mrs. (rent celebrated
the fiftieth year of their marriage gefierally
ltiioWh es the `wooden wedding' ein We'dnes'
110. evening last by entertaining a•nuiriber
Off their friends find acquamtences.
ueen's Hotel
IN THE YEARS ALOE
frSni the Archives
MAY 3,1912
Eddie, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Harvey, of Kipper', met with a pain-
, fel accident. He was up in an apple tree, and
falling, broke his arm. •
t fr, Andrew Currie, of Brussels, is the
Champion egg grower of this district. He
has a Back Minorca hen which lays eggs
weighing a quarter of a pound. These are
the kind of eggs it would pay best to sell 1iy
weight:
Mr, Bruce Berry, • of Brucefield, has
rented Mrs. Turner's farm• adjoining the
Village for three y'ears•and•will work, it this
summer.
On Friday evening 1st the friends and
neighbors'of Mr, and Mrs. Archibald Soler- •
Ville, to the number of about 60, gathered at
their home to bid th'ern farewell before their
rebioval to Seaforth During the evening
Mr. and Mrs. Somerville were presented
With an address accompanied by two handy
S'orne leather upholstered easy chairs. The
d
a cess was read by Mr. Alex Cuthill and
the presentation was.made. by Mr. Robert
Archibald and Mrs. George i3abkirk.
Although taken completely by surprise Mr.
Sodiefwilie thanked his guests for their
beautiful gifts and the balance of the even-
ing was spent in games and social converse
after which the substantial lunch the guests
had come provided with Was enjoyed. Mt.
and Mrs. Semer"vtlIe ha* long beeii
residents of Winthrop, arid their netghliora
took this tangible form to express their folie
and esteem of therh and their sincere regret
at their removal.
APRIL 30, 193?
"Donkey ball,'" a new type of baseball,
will be introduced into Seafotth, Saturday,
.1nne 12, under the sponsorship of the
Seaforth Athletic Association
A further saving for Seafetth Hydro con=
semen will result front the reduction of $2
per HP announced thi'$ week, for •
municipalities on the Niagara sy"steiri.'The
.reduction will beim effeetasof Atigirst 1, thia
year,
rs. Herb Sutherland, her datghterss
Mrs Earl Ernst and Miss Jean S0tlier"iand
and Mr: Sutherland's sister, Mrs: (Dr.) .
• Catirpb'ell arrived home the first of the week
from a m'o'st enjoyable Seven weeks' holiday
in California. Mr. and Mrs. $utherfand owit.
and operate the Regent Theatre fit Seaforth. •"
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