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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1986
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One born every minute
While most people will tell you there is no such thing as "easy
money," any lottery. winner will give you a different story. However,
there is a big difference between laying down a couple of bucks each
week to play a legally -sanctioned lottery and getting taken for a larger
sum in what is obviously an illegal scam.
So-called "pyramid" schemes are one type of scam which despite their
blatant shortcomings, have been inducing the unwary to part with their
hard-earned money for years. The schemes are based on the ability of the
instigators to entice others to invest, in the scheme, in the vain hope of
getting a large return on their "Investment." Most such schemes die out
quickly, with only those people involved from the beginning showing a
profit, while the latecomers invariably get burned.
"A Plane Ride to Prosperity," is the misleading title of one such
scheme, which according to local police, has infiltrated this area,
apparently after running it's course in and around the nearby town of
Listowel. Believe it or not, individuals have been convinced to part with
sums as large as $2,200 to get in on the "ride." Few, it any of these
people will ever realize any return on their Investment.
Stings like this, while illegal, are very difficult for police to investigate
successfully. Six weeks of investigation have not resulted in any charges
being laid in the Listowel leg of this game.
The best protection against pyramid scams, is good common sense. If
people would give the matter a little more thought before becoming
involved, it would be impossible for the unscrupulous Instigators to get
scams like "plane ride," off the ground. —P.R.
Two scoops ...
OPINION
Meetings a societal trend
After carefulsearch and much delibera-
tion, I believe I ave' uncovered a modern
societal trend WhiCh has already, led to a
numbeeof problems and has the potential to
ereate a great many more.
• The problemiseneetings, There seem to be
far too many of'them going on.
Anyone whose business or personal
activities put them in a position of contacting
other people frequently, as we must do in the
newspaper business, has experienced the
frustration of placing a telephone call to some
organization or other, only to discover the
person with whom you must converse is "in a
meeting."
These meetings, it seems, take place at any
hour of the night or day and one cannot get
around them by calling at unusual hours. If
you call at say, 8 a.m. or before, Mr. Big is
engaged in a pre -breakfast meeting,
g, from
his
which he - will inevitably proceed
breakfast meeting, followed immediately by
the ritual all -morning conclave.
if you try to reach him during the first two
hours after the morning session has ended,
you will undoubtedly learn that Mr. Big is
"out for lunch." As an aside, it might be
worth noting that Mr. Big's secretary is
always well-trained enough never to say Mr.
Big is "out TO lunch," he is always out "for"
it. This careful wording deprives the caller of
even the small consolation of making some
joke to the effect that the person in question
has always been "out to lunch," in your
humble opinion.
Some of these meetings, I suspect, are
hastily -convened affairs, often contrived
solely for the benefit of the caller, particularly
if that caller is associated in any way shape or
FROM THIS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftis
form with the media.
Often, my initial requests for the opportun-
ity to converse with the head honcho meet
with a cheerful, "Why certainly," followed
by the dreaded, whom may I say is calling?
When, in my honesty, I am forced to admit
to an association with the media, I am met
with,a brief pause, followed by "I'm sorry,
Mr. Big has just gone into a meeting. '
1 picture the big guy waving frantically to
the office boy, janitor, or even a passerby
from the street and engaging him in a
meeting of sorts on such topics as the price of
potatoes in Prince Edward Island, just to
avoid my call.
I have trouble understanding the recalci-
trance of some people when it comes to
answering a simple telephone call. I myself
love to get telephone calls of nearly any
nature (excepting of course the ones that
begin "If you sign up for our service, my
company is prepared to offer you....) and
almost never am I too busy to answer the
phone.
I have even (and I know Mr. Big will find
this hard to believe) been known to excuse
myself briefly from a meeting, in order to
field a call.
However, human nature being what it is, I
do get a kick out of attending as I very
occasionally do, a meeting in some far-flung
exotic location, such as Goderich or St.
Columban from which I am unable to answer
my calls.
Why just the other day, 1 sat comfortably
ensconced in a meeting of the editenjoyed ssafff of
this company. Smugly,
beautiful irony of the situation. At newspa-
pers across Huron, Bruce and Perth Counties
the phones would be madly ringing off the
hooks, as frustrated callers were informed
that reporters would be unavailable for
comment because they were "in a meeting."
"I' m sorry," I envisioned our receptionists
informing the deluge of callers, "Mr. Raftis
is IN A MEETING." So how do you like them
apples?
I almost brought a five -gallon pail into the ,
office the next day, in which the front office
staff could deposit the scores of messages
which undoubtedly came in for me.
"Any messages?" I asked with a knowing
grin firmly planted on my face.
"No. Nobody called,," came the reply.
"Think. Think hard." I pleaded. "Surely
someone called. My mother perhaps?"
"Sorry Pat. I didn't have to tell anyone you
were in a meeting."
Maybe it's just as well. Since I didn't have
to spend the entire day returning phone calls,
at least I got my column written.
TOGETHER NOW, PUTT — St. James School Grade 2 students Michael Janmaat, Chris Marlon, Bryan Derbyshire, Laurie
were treated to an afternoon of golfing lessons at the Seaforth Golf Janmaat, Derek Hunt, Boyd Devereaux, and teacher ancy
y
and Country Club on June 5. Here the class prepares for a lesson on Holmes.
the flno art of putting. From left: Danny Nott, Erin Derbyshire,
Some of the most profound revelations are said to come "out of the
mouths of babes." So It should come as no surprise that It took some
Investigating by the granddaughter of Conservative MP Lorne McCuish
to renew the focus of public attention on the touchy subject of truth In
advertising.
When McCuish revealed last week his granddaughter's discovery that
a brand of cereal promising In their ads their product contains two
"scoops" of raisins, actually delivered only enough to fill an egg cup, It
demonstrated once again that many advertisers take consumers for fools.
The company which markets the cereal in question, amazingly, Is safe
from prosecution under federal consumer taws, because the ad never
says how big the scoop is. The well-known television commercial does,
however, depict a scoop in such a way that, compared to the cereal box, it
looks considerably larger than an egg cup. This kind of loophole should
not exist In our marketplace regulations.
The raisin Incident, despite the wide media coverage it received, Is
only one exaggerated example of the way the public Is being duped by
the slick machine of big time mass -media advertising. Saturday morning
television is probably the worst offender, interrupted as it Is with
hard -sell commercials aimed at children, promoting as animated and
exciting, toys that are in reality lifeless and dull.
incidents such as this latest one, cast doubt ort the entire spectrum of
advertisers, many of whom are promoting their products In good faith. It
Ls time this country overhauled its advertising tegisiation to protect the
consumer from the proliferation of dishonesty that is allowable under
current regulations. —P.R.
IN THE YEARS ALOE
New sidewalk laid in 1886
Unions keep employers honest.
I don't know how you felt about watching
Sir Licius O'Trigger, or better known as
Peter Pocklington, last week, but I was
sickened by this ultra right wing conservative
creep and his blustering 5ngoism.
Strong words you say. Not as strong or as
powerful or as important words that others
have used to describe this anti union, scab
hiring bully.
As you are well aware, Pocklington has
hired other workers (scabs) to take the place
of legally striking employees at this Gainers
packing plant in Edmonton. Think about this.
You legally go on strike and discover that
someone hos taken the job you have worked
at for years • and at lower pay.
Pocklington had the hypocrisy to call the
strikers tennrists. The only terrorist here is
Pocklington and his ilk. Itis type, if they hod
their way, and you can thank the heavens
they don't, would have us all working et
poverty level wages while he reaps huge
profits and spends his spare time wintering ht
the sunny south.
I know many of you are applauding
Pocklington's position but (here Is one very
int tient point that is being ignored. That Is,
if t wasn't for the strong union movement
CORNUCOPIA
by Dave Broome
during the earl pari of this century, we
would not be enjoying the standard of living
we do now. Unions have given us higher
wages, better benefits, dignity, and helped
instill asense of pride in workers. 1 have had
first hand experience worldng in a non union
factory and with it, the low pay, lack of
benefits and ugly harrassment that were the
norm day in and day out. Pocidington and his
silmey slithering bunds would set the whole
labor movement back 50 years if they could.
He managed to get a court order to restrict
the numberof pieketsthat can walk the line at
his plant. Only the rich can do things like that,
you know. The workers, justifiably, were
angry about the stupid order, and have
showed up in mass in defiance of the court
ruling.
As a result, the police, decked out in full
riot rear, have marched lit to club, kick and
crack skulls of legally striking unarmed men
and women.
The whole spectacule Is a repulsive,.
disgusting mess and you have to be
concerned that this venomous situation will
eventually result In serious injury or oven the
death of someone.
We need a strong tabor movement to keep
the Pocklington's of this world honest. 11 is a
tough job considering they have to fight ultra.
right, ultra rids, ultra conservatives whose
philosophy is to make money al all costs.
Prank Janes said it best this past week and
I quote "ft is the fault of governments that
refuse to tadde one of the worst Imaginable
forms of thievery: the theft of a person s
livelihood.
I've heard that song before
SWEATSOCKS
My sister has always been melodramatic
and that melodrama has certainly made life,
for alt those who know her, interesting and
amusing to say the least.
I never cease to he amazed by my sister's —byy Heather Mcliwraith
target than life imagination. f mean she's the
kited of person who ovetreads to everything.
JUNE 1 t, lass and fifty mem beton g to the *relate of the Tell beryod buy a blame t to wea
elf in Tuckossmifh, for go
your
A fine new sidewalk is being laid down on late W.N. paid
> tell seine
the west side of Main Street, from T{idd's which mid h� mperty and haiss sod ala tionat sdioo!, and she's convinced there's a
comer a loran's. conspiracy against her; tell her you thought
There were Sir tickets sold at in-» tit reasonable price. _ football. tearn her boyfriend was very nice and she'S
station on Thursday for the Win s,.,rd The Sea r Cote game
to
excursion to Brantford. The Seafotth •., rd protested the recent they played in oonwimfied that means you hate him. And of
accompanied the party. When Passing here IUstowel for the Hough Cup. The protest was course there are always tears involved. She's
night, when it was decided that the Actually though funny.
there were sox cars well filled with excu ion- consideredby the W.P.A. e�reentive on hard to figure tsometimes but ff always 'y.
Tuesday 'ght,
tsts Kelly,years • nt, and
boysare to be itso'best If Alison b nem
ant, and the genie Wasworld go 'round
i.privilege
was
published to a ConsWednesday. le is nOW a ref1 game 'flee,the then her world must be spinning. Tye never
a town on Wednesday.
eeHe ,now a of n1 den fo`i he eup ago have .-to
nneciea with of playing for the cud ag8th, of which option seen aperson fain and out of love so quiet,
resident of Detroit, and >s co t to Mail and so often city my life. Arid now' there's a
PullmanPullmanand Co.'s cigars. He says he finds they are iunfortunately unable
a n out the scene, and orae again I'm
the show business a good deal more themselves, heating how, this time, "this guy's if," and
profitable than the newspaper
We understood that Mr. David Charles-
worth, who for many years occupied the
pesiticn of head miller m Egmondvi le mill,
has secured a situation in a mil] in or near
Brantford: Mr. Charlesworth is one of the
best millers in Canada, and whoever secures
his services will have a good and reliable
thiol.
A couple of youths .torn ,Mills Green,
before Mr. John Beater, JP
JUN`EY2,1936 '
Mr. Thomas Aiken,. Mr. and Mrs: John this "love" is the "botrere� thinOr g." I under the
Nigh and famiy, Miss Agree Priec�ell, R.N., real thing rant
and Miss Mare 'Me en attended the label, oras - his I'oe do e know,th t song
?t. _ .. Oen an o'l'd purine," "jived a
Liddon an Jtin��'e'3,Vuh ��r � �PrvPu�ll bairn "If",to .- . iy With nffatibn)
obtained his Baciielor df Arts Degree frons penny (or whatever it is no
Assumption College, gandwid . for every time l heard that line Pd be a rich
Mr and. Mrs. J.E. girl" - I would indeed be a rich girl.
Maw on Ifawthor arid
Heid ion and Mr Mis. helm ' Snell d And, since d ejte last eight sit hdds of the
Meter
raid Miss June attended the •or"dfnation and Ihave lived either in app .
circ e posdte ends of the reentry, I
appeared ,
here, on Wednesday last, to answer to the servieeset Metropolitanchurdi, tundorr, oh poo .- ce cove ipnissed a tat ()tepid fly by=night
'Who b o aneferitig to en ani a neighbor baro Me°SeelliSnes'artepinOf eiref relit rishi slmightotiienvosehrieeherie all
help -mate,
had ttiedt ly taken unto ythe i et; " . .
"and theybed eadi to pay the sutii Mia, iienderson and Nit, ilawthorne and •a oboe � iihi� air topnot what sygbing do and
thinglie he`teireei reitth ininetedthishyould b Mier of Be Of ll� Whale Meet f the trainee I read m her
. thediarlvantb'aYarmirtahon,althorigh 1GIrrJ.P.Beil,o£TorontoandMr. ,, .._.
bung been _._ tiro Manager of the letters are ancient history by the time those
it had beets continued for several nights in o Pabbelive Ca were " g oh friends hitovm same letters math ire, or she s no longer in
suocsfon' this week love" with hint, but rather simply toletatuig
JI.,- 'E9,1911 • JDNE 15,1061 him until she can find an easy method of
Mr. 4yiliia ,"Sleet, of the Pictbn ;, •At`the graduation exercises held in disposing of his attentions. ,s .sed of the
Visited, fneftds here the end of last week. Mr. . -- iivetsi y of Toronto, en • Yet ria sooner has she disposed , . .
� Convoratwn Ball, Un ty
s;>:eo: Steet, of Saginaw, Michigan,' it also
visiting friends here: The Messrs. Steet ares 1lnday, June 2, Miss Eleanor Alice Hendee "nursance" and declared an aversion
to
both radiates of The Expositor office, and seri,B.A., B. Ed., formerly:of Egmonuvthe, getting involved with some other unsuspece-
g d good . itions. • received her Master' of Education degree. ing creature, Hien there's therthet orie de the to her
nowhot g , Michael Iautndenbe and Mr. Paul line -reit anyWeeder the fanuly
Mrs am atrservi" . get too
ver e
hardware store in Ridgetewn. •
J es F ' ce of Hullett near Mrof p es a heartbreaker and refuses to
Ivndesboro, has purchased 'thee ,residence I41eMasterhave taken ooperationattached to one boyfnend or anoth
wedding is actually scheduled to take place.
They just come and go too quickly.
Buyn,aybe thisstime ell give my little sister
the benefit of the doubt. After all the
relationship actually shows promise - I mean
Mike has managed to stay in the picture for
three menthe now, as opposed to three
week's. And there's not meth he can do to
aggravate bee wiles) he's in Merida furthering
his careerend she's in Panff. Maybe the two
oftlrem Win prove that absence does rnake the
heart ow feeder,
Ancfalthough Allison is acting in muck the
juvenile manner she normally does when
she's in have, this time, there seems to be abit
more depth,
I Mean Fm tiled to her adorning her
bedroom with photographs of her man of the
hour;of hergoiiig around dayand night with
this guy's "photo clutched to her heart; of her
'Mug tilts saw photo whenever at all
possible without having the emn Mick to
her 1'f""s, and of her writing him love letter
after Ithe lettereand her wilting me letter
uponletter detailing whatthrs man has spent
er lest a
o TH
his entire life doing - hour by hour, minute by
minute.
So when she starts waiting on the guy hand
and foot, instead of the other way amend
dragging him to family gatherings, anffl
WEARING HIS RING, 1 teeny start to
wonder.
But, wiry speculate: I gu'es's I'll just follow
the lead of the rest of the farinly. reassure
Allison that I think this Mike is indeed
"wonderful" and Wait to see the outcome.
And, if the relationship dies at least eferr ry
it will be well represented n what is fast
changing from Allison's bedroom to Allison"s
Archives. There one cart find inriujtlerahle•
hockey and -or football shirts each emblazon-
ed with the named' some past flame, 'stuffed
animals that have been relegated :la some
beckshelf because they Catie from sortie past
flame, and mega photo albums Yoe (meld
say her room would be a gold mine for the
writers of "The FtndeisofLott leves" or, et
the very least, - a minor spoils organ, tion
lust starting up, and lacking the flim to
utfit a minimum of'two teams.
Ain't lore erandi ,., ...._
EDITOR
E °der Se I campaign a success
Seaforth Ilene Club Easter Seal Campaign
has proved to be meet successful. Our target
this year was $3400 and this has been
exceeded by over $400: Of the total, at least
50 per cent is forwarded to the Easter Seal
Society, for work at the pmvincial level and
the balance is retained to support children in
this area.
Helping physically disabled children to
progress in life has been the goal of the
Easter Seal Society for rnanyy'ears and of the
Seaforte Lions Club sinceinception in
1926. Ourcib is pined to be associated withi
this important work and we would' like to
extend our thanks to all those who; showed
theycared about the future of those children
Mequiruig assistance by generously donating
to the Ea'st'er Seal Campaign.
IloydHoggarth
Chairman
Seaforth•%ions Club
Easter Seal Committee