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Accord will divide
In an attempt to bring Quebec into the constitution Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney and the '10 provincial premiers, who agreed to constitutional ac -
'cord, have set in motion a move to divide Canada.
The agreement has received mixed reaction among -politicians and the
public. Nobody really said much about the accord, that is until former prime
minister Pierre Trudeau broke his vow of Silence and 'blasted the provincial
premiers, especially .the prime minister, because he feels it will divide
Canada as a nation. '
One only has to listen to Trudeau's arguments as to why he's against the
accord -to realize that -maybe the•man knows what he's talking about. His
concern is that Mulroney is transferring federal government power to the
provinces and in turn, weakening the federal government when it comes to
implementing social programs, or -giving the provinces money.
His second concern is that by transferring- the power, the provinces will
become more powerful thereby creating several small governments instead
of having one main government overseeing the provinces. It goes against
what every prime_minister since John A. MacDonald.has worked towards - a
united Canada, says Trudeau.
Sdme politicians say Trudeau is out of touch, that his old-fashioned think-
ing won't work today. Unfortunately it seems the same people that are mak-
ing these defensive statements are the ones who are out of touch. Former
prime minister, the late John Diefenbaker, was one of Canada's greatest
nationalists. There were other prime ministers before him that held the
same position on a united Canada with one strong voice.
To call Mulroney a weakling was perhaps unfair. But Trudeau had to get
people to listen to what he was saying, to warn the people of what could
happen should the accord be approved nary a whimper. To that end,
Trudeau has succeeded. And now people are starting to listen, ask ques-
tions, and -wondering if the prime minister and premiers are working in the
best interest of Canada.
It's easy to understand provincial premiers would agree with a constitu-
tional accord if it means they will get more power. Of course they'll agree if
it means getting federal money they can spend as they wish if used for pro-
grams similar to guidelines set by the federal government.
It's obvious that Prime Minsiter Mulroney has become 'blinded and has
thrown common sense to the wind as he tries to please everyone in his at-
tempt to be a nice guy. .
Perhaps one of Trudeau's gravest concerns is that Quebec will be given
special status in the accord as a "distinct society". One'can argue every
province in Canada is a distinct society, and that it's unfair to give special
treatment to one and not another. Maybe we should ask our native people
what they think about Quebec getting special status.
Quebec By saying Quebec is a special society is like saying shouldhave
special powers, should have'extra help, get more money, and in turn have
more representation, because it's special, at the federal and world govern-
ment levels. it will also tell foreign governments Quebec is more special
than the rest of Canada and should have first refusal at anything that in-
volves Canada as a nation, if it still exists.
Our former prime minister didn't mince words when he told the rest of
Canada what he thought about the Constitutional accord. He should be
respected for speaking his mind and not beating around the bush as is the
case of some politicians. Most importantly, he has made Canadians aware
of what the drawbacks really are if the accord is approved as initially agreed
upon by Mulroney and the premiers.
One wonders if our present governments really are working in the best in-
terest of Canada and Canadians. - R.W.
Outraged by delayed sentence
SWEATSOCKS
SENSE AND NONSENSE
by Ron Wassink
Sprays are c�eadl�
Driving home from work, I pitied the
farmer with his yellow hayfield. Grass w$s
being choked out by dandelions,.but only for
a couple of weeks until the bright flowers
turned to seed.
Needless to say the (armer's yellow field
was the butt of all jokes among urban, even
rural people when they went on Sunday
drives through the country. But the farmer
may have the last laugh.
Yellow is probably the most hated Spring -
tithe color. People first try digging it up.
After spending Hours on hands and knees
uprooting dandelions, they give up and call
a lawn care company.
Men driving pickup trucks, loaded with
tanks and rolls of hose, drive up. They lin-
Wind the hose, then go about the deadly task
of spraying the Most damned flower in On-
tario, the dandelion Often they're too late
as the flowers have turned to seed. But that
doe'sn't matter to thein. Their only concern
is to satisfy a property owner, who in turn
wants the nicest, greenest, carpet -soft lawn
in town.
We spend thousands of dollars on equip-
ment, weed spray, grass seed and fertiliser
for the perfect lawn First we plant it so
thick laW innOWers can hardly cut it. To top
it Off, We fertilize liberally fn the fall to give
us even a thicket lawn next year.
Usually there aren't too many Weeds in a
newly seeded lawn and spraying isn't done
until the second or third year. When that
decision is taken, watch out -nothing is safe,
not wildlife such as birds or bugs, or even
children.
This is only what the homeowner is doing
to his little patch of grass. Just think of what
farmers are doing to control weeds in corn,
grain and bean fields. Farmers aren't ‘Vag -
trig war on weeds to have a nice looking
field. Instead, they want to harvest what
they planted, and that's not weeds.
During the recent participaction day, We
took a bike tide atotind town. A comment
was made at several homes on the "nice
• lawn's". Yes, they were- nice, but if you
listened closely you couldn't hear' a thing,
net bird or bug could be found. I•took this
to m'e'an that the green, weed -free lawn wag
just that. It probably didn't have anything
for the birds, like the juicy worms birds are
always tugging out of the earth.
On the other hand, rye got lots of birds at
lay jilace=they love ft. Just yesterday I saw
the first chickadee It was company to no
less than fonr.robins, a host of black birds
and a couple of red -Winged black birds.
I May have dandelions on my lawn and
my lawn may look pretty disgusting for two
Weeks of the year, but at least I can enjoy
the sounds and sights of nature.
But I often wonder how long We can allow
it to continue. Each year we're putting more
stress. on the environment. Net only does
Turn to page
Not unlike other residents of Ontario I
was, outraged by the recent decision of
Judge Frank Dunlap to delay sentencing of
an impaired driver until October.- so the of-
fender could watch the Toronto Bine Jays if
they make the World Series.
Contrary to Dunlap's statement the
delayed sentencing "would not badly abuse
the interests of justice", I'd have to say it
does. What kind of respect can one have -for
a „system that puts a ball game ahead of a
human being's life? Does the fact this par-
ticular offender -admitted to impaired '
driv-
My Heather MoFIwraith
justice system which is already being ques- the pi ugi wri cacti year,
tionned by the general public. It's also got , "We want stiffer penalities; we don't
- to make the job of the province's police want to hurt anyone," said one .offender;:
corps even more difficult than before. "A 90 -day weekend sentence follgwing
What is ironic though, is thaton the same my third conviction, for impaired driving
day this delayed sentence was laid, a group was a mere slap on the wrist for me."
ing causing bodily harm and failing to re- „ .of men serving weekend sentencer for iun- If a weekend sentence is looked on as a
mainat the scene of-tlte-accideritT mean—paired-driviflg-and/or-other-alcohol/drug—slap-on_the_wrist, certainly sentence
nothing? • related charges; were presenting a brief to which is delayed until the finish of the
I have to agree with Solicitor -General the Government of Ontario asking for stif- baseball season and which does not deprive
Ken Keyes when he says this decision fer penalties.
undermines Ontario's anti -drinking and.
driving campaigns. Why make an effort to
curtail drunk driving if in the long run the .-
offender is' going to• go unpunished, or at
least, be allowed to take that • punishment .
only.whenit's convenient for him or her,
To my way of thinking it'll never be con-
venient. Certainly .if sentencing can be
delayed to allow someone the privilege, to
take in a- few ball games, then Christmas,
Thanksgiving and even birthdays and other
"noted" special occasions ought to be -taken
into consideration as well before sentenc-
ing' is handed down.
Dunlap's decision has been called. a
"frivolous" treatment of the law. But more -
than that, it makes further mockery of a
Written by the offenders themselves, the
brief is their attempt to share with the
Premier of Ontario the insights they have
developed while participating in a Mimico
Alcohol and Drug Education (MADE) pro-
gram, an educational -program developed
specifically for individuals whose crime
was influenced by a dependency on drugs
and/or alcohol.
Operative since 1985, MADE consists of a
six-weekcourse which _provides 'factual in-
formation about the psychological, social
and legal aspects of drug and alcohol'
misuse combined with opportunities for
participantsto discuss their own, behavior
and problems ,with others in the group. •Ap-
proximately 200 individuals are referred to
the offender of any of his "pleasures" in
life, can be considered even less than that.
Undoubtedly if my parents had delayed
grounding every time I disobedied them, I
would -never have learned to respect the
rules they set down. It was onlywhen my
actions led to deprivation that'I realized the
importance of those rules. Had I been
allowed to waive punishment until the com-
pletion of'a summer, or until I gone to some
event I really wanted to attend, it wouldn't
have been punishment at all.
I mean, with punishment so many mon-
ths away, it would take little -or no effort, to
simply rearrange your life around the.
punishment. You know, kind of like you do
when you're on holidays.
Watching Jays hard on psyche
Where have all the televised sports
gone?
It seems like only a couple of weeks ago,
sports fans from Sarnia to Sydney were
feasting
on broadcasts of every y form of
professional recreation imaginable, NHL
hockey, NBA basketball, major league
baseball, tennis, golf, nearly everything
but women's mud wrestling was on the
tube.
Now, here it is only mid-June, and peo-
ple are telling me the Staoley.Cup playoffs
are over already. How can that be? They
tell me I can't get any more televised
hockey until at least late August, when the
teams begin preparing for the 1987 Canada
Cup tournament. That's nearly two -and -
half months without hockey. What's the
world coming to?
With the NBA playoffs in their final
stages, one can't find even a semblance of
a game oh TV any more, not even CFL
football to semblance of a game if there
ever was one).
That leaves sports fans here in Ontario
with only one team to follow. The
American League baseball Toronto Blue
Jays. •
Watching the Jays can be very hard on
the psyche of Onterians. Accustomed as
they are to the Malting of the Leafs and the
sinking of the Argonauts, local sports buffs
have trouble getting adjusted to the Blue
Birds' winning attitude.
At this very moment, Toronto's finest sit
alone in first place in their division, haven
overtaken the mighty New York Yankees
FROM THIS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftis
on the strength of an 11-0 pounding of the
pin -stripers Monday night,
Oh sure, the Leafs and Agros have been
in first place from time to time over the
past few years. However, their followers
can always take comfort in knowing that
when the dust finally settles, the local
team will be the ones assigned to sweep it
up, while the victors celebrate.
What's even worse about the Jays, is
that not only are they winning now, but
things are starting to look even better for
than.
After all, newly -religious starting pit-
cher have Stieb has just attained his fifth
victory in as many starts. George Bell and
Jesse Hatfield are giving opposing hurlers
their usual nightmares and, for the first
time in years the team has found a second
catcher worth platoontng with veteran Er-
nie Whitt. The aequisition of versatfle
backstop Charlie Moore, could very well
be the final cog in what should be a World
Series bound machine.
No, the problem with the Jays public im-
age is not on the field, it's off. As a profes
sional sports franchise, they're kind of
boring.
"Yep, the Jays got pitching, defence and
hitting, Dick - don't Von. agree?"
„Yep," agrees Dick. L
And then it's on to another topic, tike
what unfortunate soul the. Leafs will ruin
this year by choosing him in the high
rounds of the amateur draft, or why do the
Arognauts, who had Condrege Holloway
and J. C. Watts Last year, have a "Quarter-
back needed. Apply within," sign on their
club house door?
The Jays management, owes it'slans a
few mistakes (I don't eount Bill Caudill,
because he looked good to me too when
they first signed him/, so they have
something to talk about.
When the Jays have a problem on the
field, their nianagrnent goes out and gets
the player they need to solve it. This is ef-
fective, but dull.
When the Leafs have a visible gap in
their line-up (which they do three games
out of four), Harold Ballard generally
complains about it, in his usual colorful
language, tothe media. This is ineffective,
but usually interesting.
When the Argonauts don't have a gap in
their line-up, their management releases
somebody to create one. This is just plain
weird.
After all, what's a sports team without ;
disention, incompetence and controversy?
The Toronto Blue Jays; I guess.
Residents to celebrate royally.
DONNE 10,18$7
The people of Seaforth intend celebrating
Her Majesty's Jubilee day, Tuesday, June
21, in a right royal manner. The Mayor hes
proclaimed the day a public holiday, and the
town has granted the Burn of $100 for the pur-
pose of procuring fire works, making arches
and in other ways beautifying the place,
while the Recreation Grounds Association
has issued a splendid programme of sports.
Rev. Mr. Howell, pastor of the Metho'di'st
Church of this town, was unanimously'
elected secretary of the Guelph Conference,
a position which the -gentleman is admirably
qualified to fill.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
will shortly open a . telegtapli office in
Seaforth. It will be under the care of Mr. A.
Strong, the agent of the company here, and
will be in his office. ,
Statute labor on roadwork is now the
order of the day,and we' expect that in the
Course of weeor two our streets and
sidewalks will present a very much improv-
ed appearance in Hensell.
N THE YEARS AG®NE
froth the Archives
Statute Labor began in Zurich last
Wednesday. Messrs. F. Hess and J. Wiliams
are the lucky men who have been selected to
boss the work in the interest of Her Majesty.
AXE 14,1912
The remarkably heavy freshets which
have recently caused so much damage on
Maitland River will probably have the effect
•of causing a revision in the Hydro•electtic
prices quoted to the mu'tiicipalities in the
northern counties Of Huron, Bruce and
Grey. A Hydro -electric Commission was in .
cdnference with the Government et the
Parliament Buildings a few days ago and
before leaving: Hon: Adam Beck stated that
at a result of the floe& and: freshets the
Coyrunisssion had decided to go over and
... ...._ . .
revise all its estimated ' for the counties in
question.
Two years ago a new iron bridge with ce-
meat abutments was built on the first line,
Morris, known as Cruickshank bridge. The
freshet that spring played havoc with the
abutin'ent so much that Charles Campbell
has the contract of bleating it so as to get it
out of the way:
-The annual strawberry festival willbe
held on the Carmel church lawn oh the even-
ing of June 28.
JUNE 11,1937
Seder -01's baseball team made a sixth in-
ning rally to put them' in the lead 54 in the
opening game of the Huron Perth League
here on Friday, June 4, where Exeter made
their bow at the recreation grounds. W. H.
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Accord will divide
In an attempt to bring Quebec into the constitution Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney and the '10 provincial premiers, who agreed to constitutional ac -
'cord, have set in motion a move to divide Canada.
The agreement has received mixed reaction among -politicians and the
public. Nobody really said much about the accord, that is until former prime
minister Pierre Trudeau broke his vow of Silence and 'blasted the provincial
premiers, especially .the prime minister, because he feels it will divide
Canada as a nation. '
One only has to listen to Trudeau's arguments as to why he's against the
accord -to realize that -maybe the•man knows what he's talking about. His
concern is that Mulroney is transferring federal government power to the
provinces and in turn, weakening the federal government when it comes to
implementing social programs, or -giving the provinces money.
His second concern is that by transferring- the power, the provinces will
become more powerful thereby creating several small governments instead
of having one main government overseeing the provinces. It goes against
what every prime_minister since John A. MacDonald.has worked towards - a
united Canada, says Trudeau.
Sdme politicians say Trudeau is out of touch, that his old-fashioned think-
ing won't work today. Unfortunately it seems the same people that are mak-
ing these defensive statements are the ones who are out of touch. Former
prime minister, the late John Diefenbaker, was one of Canada's greatest
nationalists. There were other prime ministers before him that held the
same position on a united Canada with one strong voice.
To call Mulroney a weakling was perhaps unfair. But Trudeau had to get
people to listen to what he was saying, to warn the people of what could
happen should the accord be approved nary a whimper. To that end,
Trudeau has succeeded. And now people are starting to listen, ask ques-
tions, and -wondering if the prime minister and premiers are working in the
best interest of Canada.
It's easy to understand provincial premiers would agree with a constitu-
tional accord if it means they will get more power. Of course they'll agree if
it means getting federal money they can spend as they wish if used for pro-
grams similar to guidelines set by the federal government.
It's obvious that Prime Minsiter Mulroney has become 'blinded and has
thrown common sense to the wind as he tries to please everyone in his at-
tempt to be a nice guy. .
Perhaps one of Trudeau's gravest concerns is that Quebec will be given
special status in the accord as a "distinct society". One'can argue every
province in Canada is a distinct society, and that it's unfair to give special
treatment to one and not another. Maybe we should ask our native people
what they think about Quebec getting special status.
Quebec By saying Quebec is a special society is like saying shouldhave
special powers, should have'extra help, get more money, and in turn have
more representation, because it's special, at the federal and world govern-
ment levels. it will also tell foreign governments Quebec is more special
than the rest of Canada and should have first refusal at anything that in-
volves Canada as a nation, if it still exists.
Our former prime minister didn't mince words when he told the rest of
Canada what he thought about the Constitutional accord. He should be
respected for speaking his mind and not beating around the bush as is the
case of some politicians. Most importantly, he has made Canadians aware
of what the drawbacks really are if the accord is approved as initially agreed
upon by Mulroney and the premiers.
One wonders if our present governments really are working in the best in-
terest of Canada and Canadians. - R.W.
Outraged by delayed sentence
SWEATSOCKS
SENSE AND NONSENSE
by Ron Wassink
Sprays are c�eadl�
Driving home from work, I pitied the
farmer with his yellow hayfield. Grass w$s
being choked out by dandelions,.but only for
a couple of weeks until the bright flowers
turned to seed.
Needless to say the (armer's yellow field
was the butt of all jokes among urban, even
rural people when they went on Sunday
drives through the country. But the farmer
may have the last laugh.
Yellow is probably the most hated Spring -
tithe color. People first try digging it up.
After spending Hours on hands and knees
uprooting dandelions, they give up and call
a lawn care company.
Men driving pickup trucks, loaded with
tanks and rolls of hose, drive up. They lin-
Wind the hose, then go about the deadly task
of spraying the Most damned flower in On-
tario, the dandelion Often they're too late
as the flowers have turned to seed. But that
doe'sn't matter to thein. Their only concern
is to satisfy a property owner, who in turn
wants the nicest, greenest, carpet -soft lawn
in town.
We spend thousands of dollars on equip-
ment, weed spray, grass seed and fertiliser
for the perfect lawn First we plant it so
thick laW innOWers can hardly cut it. To top
it Off, We fertilize liberally fn the fall to give
us even a thicket lawn next year.
Usually there aren't too many Weeds in a
newly seeded lawn and spraying isn't done
until the second or third year. When that
decision is taken, watch out -nothing is safe,
not wildlife such as birds or bugs, or even
children.
This is only what the homeowner is doing
to his little patch of grass. Just think of what
farmers are doing to control weeds in corn,
grain and bean fields. Farmers aren't ‘Vag -
trig war on weeds to have a nice looking
field. Instead, they want to harvest what
they planted, and that's not weeds.
During the recent participaction day, We
took a bike tide atotind town. A comment
was made at several homes on the "nice
• lawn's". Yes, they were- nice, but if you
listened closely you couldn't hear' a thing,
net bird or bug could be found. I•took this
to m'e'an that the green, weed -free lawn wag
just that. It probably didn't have anything
for the birds, like the juicy worms birds are
always tugging out of the earth.
On the other hand, rye got lots of birds at
lay jilace=they love ft. Just yesterday I saw
the first chickadee It was company to no
less than fonr.robins, a host of black birds
and a couple of red -Winged black birds.
I May have dandelions on my lawn and
my lawn may look pretty disgusting for two
Weeks of the year, but at least I can enjoy
the sounds and sights of nature.
But I often wonder how long We can allow
it to continue. Each year we're putting more
stress. on the environment. Net only does
Turn to page
Not unlike other residents of Ontario I
was, outraged by the recent decision of
Judge Frank Dunlap to delay sentencing of
an impaired driver until October.- so the of-
fender could watch the Toronto Bine Jays if
they make the World Series.
Contrary to Dunlap's statement the
delayed sentencing "would not badly abuse
the interests of justice", I'd have to say it
does. What kind of respect can one have -for
a „system that puts a ball game ahead of a
human being's life? Does the fact this par-
ticular offender -admitted to impaired '
driv-
My Heather MoFIwraith
justice system which is already being ques- the pi ugi wri cacti year,
tionned by the general public. It's also got , "We want stiffer penalities; we don't
- to make the job of the province's police want to hurt anyone," said one .offender;:
corps even more difficult than before. "A 90 -day weekend sentence follgwing
What is ironic though, is thaton the same my third conviction, for impaired driving
day this delayed sentence was laid, a group was a mere slap on the wrist for me."
ing causing bodily harm and failing to re- „ .of men serving weekend sentencer for iun- If a weekend sentence is looked on as a
mainat the scene of-tlte-accideritT mean—paired-driviflg-and/or-other-alcohol/drug—slap-on_the_wrist, certainly sentence
nothing? • related charges; were presenting a brief to which is delayed until the finish of the
I have to agree with Solicitor -General the Government of Ontario asking for stif- baseball season and which does not deprive
Ken Keyes when he says this decision fer penalties.
undermines Ontario's anti -drinking and.
driving campaigns. Why make an effort to
curtail drunk driving if in the long run the .-
offender is' going to• go unpunished, or at
least, be allowed to take that • punishment .
only.whenit's convenient for him or her,
To my way of thinking it'll never be con-
venient. Certainly .if sentencing can be
delayed to allow someone the privilege, to
take in a- few ball games, then Christmas,
Thanksgiving and even birthdays and other
"noted" special occasions ought to be -taken
into consideration as well before sentenc-
ing' is handed down.
Dunlap's decision has been called. a
"frivolous" treatment of the law. But more -
than that, it makes further mockery of a
Written by the offenders themselves, the
brief is their attempt to share with the
Premier of Ontario the insights they have
developed while participating in a Mimico
Alcohol and Drug Education (MADE) pro-
gram, an educational -program developed
specifically for individuals whose crime
was influenced by a dependency on drugs
and/or alcohol.
Operative since 1985, MADE consists of a
six-weekcourse which _provides 'factual in-
formation about the psychological, social
and legal aspects of drug and alcohol'
misuse combined with opportunities for
participantsto discuss their own, behavior
and problems ,with others in the group. •Ap-
proximately 200 individuals are referred to
the offender of any of his "pleasures" in
life, can be considered even less than that.
Undoubtedly if my parents had delayed
grounding every time I disobedied them, I
would -never have learned to respect the
rules they set down. It was onlywhen my
actions led to deprivation that'I realized the
importance of those rules. Had I been
allowed to waive punishment until the com-
pletion of'a summer, or until I gone to some
event I really wanted to attend, it wouldn't
have been punishment at all.
I mean, with punishment so many mon-
ths away, it would take little -or no effort, to
simply rearrange your life around the.
punishment. You know, kind of like you do
when you're on holidays.
Watching Jays hard on psyche
Where have all the televised sports
gone?
It seems like only a couple of weeks ago,
sports fans from Sarnia to Sydney were
feasting
on broadcasts of every y form of
professional recreation imaginable, NHL
hockey, NBA basketball, major league
baseball, tennis, golf, nearly everything
but women's mud wrestling was on the
tube.
Now, here it is only mid-June, and peo-
ple are telling me the Staoley.Cup playoffs
are over already. How can that be? They
tell me I can't get any more televised
hockey until at least late August, when the
teams begin preparing for the 1987 Canada
Cup tournament. That's nearly two -and -
half months without hockey. What's the
world coming to?
With the NBA playoffs in their final
stages, one can't find even a semblance of
a game oh TV any more, not even CFL
football to semblance of a game if there
ever was one).
That leaves sports fans here in Ontario
with only one team to follow. The
American League baseball Toronto Blue
Jays. •
Watching the Jays can be very hard on
the psyche of Onterians. Accustomed as
they are to the Malting of the Leafs and the
sinking of the Argonauts, local sports buffs
have trouble getting adjusted to the Blue
Birds' winning attitude.
At this very moment, Toronto's finest sit
alone in first place in their division, haven
overtaken the mighty New York Yankees
FROM THIS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftis
on the strength of an 11-0 pounding of the
pin -stripers Monday night,
Oh sure, the Leafs and Agros have been
in first place from time to time over the
past few years. However, their followers
can always take comfort in knowing that
when the dust finally settles, the local
team will be the ones assigned to sweep it
up, while the victors celebrate.
What's even worse about the Jays, is
that not only are they winning now, but
things are starting to look even better for
than.
After all, newly -religious starting pit-
cher have Stieb has just attained his fifth
victory in as many starts. George Bell and
Jesse Hatfield are giving opposing hurlers
their usual nightmares and, for the first
time in years the team has found a second
catcher worth platoontng with veteran Er-
nie Whitt. The aequisition of versatfle
backstop Charlie Moore, could very well
be the final cog in what should be a World
Series bound machine.
No, the problem with the Jays public im-
age is not on the field, it's off. As a profes
sional sports franchise, they're kind of
boring.
"Yep, the Jays got pitching, defence and
hitting, Dick - don't Von. agree?"
„Yep," agrees Dick. L
And then it's on to another topic, tike
what unfortunate soul the. Leafs will ruin
this year by choosing him in the high
rounds of the amateur draft, or why do the
Arognauts, who had Condrege Holloway
and J. C. Watts Last year, have a "Quarter-
back needed. Apply within," sign on their
club house door?
The Jays management, owes it'slans a
few mistakes (I don't eount Bill Caudill,
because he looked good to me too when
they first signed him/, so they have
something to talk about.
When the Jays have a problem on the
field, their nianagrnent goes out and gets
the player they need to solve it. This is ef-
fective, but dull.
When the Leafs have a visible gap in
their line-up (which they do three games
out of four), Harold Ballard generally
complains about it, in his usual colorful
language, tothe media. This is ineffective,
but usually interesting.
When the Argonauts don't have a gap in
their line-up, their management releases
somebody to create one. This is just plain
weird.
After all, what's a sports team without ;
disention, incompetence and controversy?
The Toronto Blue Jays; I guess.
Residents to celebrate royally.
DONNE 10,18$7
The people of Seaforth intend celebrating
Her Majesty's Jubilee day, Tuesday, June
21, in a right royal manner. The Mayor hes
proclaimed the day a public holiday, and the
town has granted the Burn of $100 for the pur-
pose of procuring fire works, making arches
and in other ways beautifying the place,
while the Recreation Grounds Association
has issued a splendid programme of sports.
Rev. Mr. Howell, pastor of the Metho'di'st
Church of this town, was unanimously'
elected secretary of the Guelph Conference,
a position which the -gentleman is admirably
qualified to fill.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
will shortly open a . telegtapli office in
Seaforth. It will be under the care of Mr. A.
Strong, the agent of the company here, and
will be in his office. ,
Statute labor on roadwork is now the
order of the day,and we' expect that in the
Course of weeor two our streets and
sidewalks will present a very much improv-
ed appearance in Hensell.
N THE YEARS AG®NE
froth the Archives
Statute Labor began in Zurich last
Wednesday. Messrs. F. Hess and J. Wiliams
are the lucky men who have been selected to
boss the work in the interest of Her Majesty.
AXE 14,1912
The remarkably heavy freshets which
have recently caused so much damage on
Maitland River will probably have the effect
•of causing a revision in the Hydro•electtic
prices quoted to the mu'tiicipalities in the
northern counties Of Huron, Bruce and
Grey. A Hydro -electric Commission was in .
cdnference with the Government et the
Parliament Buildings a few days ago and
before leaving: Hon: Adam Beck stated that
at a result of the floe& and: freshets the
Coyrunisssion had decided to go over and
... ...._ . .
revise all its estimated ' for the counties in
question.
Two years ago a new iron bridge with ce-
meat abutments was built on the first line,
Morris, known as Cruickshank bridge. The
freshet that spring played havoc with the
abutin'ent so much that Charles Campbell
has the contract of bleating it so as to get it
out of the way:
-The annual strawberry festival willbe
held on the Carmel church lawn oh the even-
ing of June 28.
JUNE 11,1937
Seder -01's baseball team made a sixth in-
ning rally to put them' in the lead 54 in the
opening game of the Huron Perth League
here on Friday, June 4, where Exeter made
their bow at the recreation grounds. W. H.
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