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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-11-07, Page 2Huron Expositor SINCE 1660, SERVING TME COMMUNITY FIRST .corporottt. Tho nr viola Post PublIdied la Sealer*, Owt.rlo wry W*du ssdsy Morning 40• IS $assert Swan d ..sa - 1S4.nrM1 Ow. Adowi ing Irtw■mp AMOS 0/W AS'S& AAsw.tillwg Impronaletios ISSN'S 1101111111. tuiw Wall RAM bowl Omilord aAalrrIIs. aUWvNasS .s Amos Moths ,M..Mt Undo Palma menthes Canadian Community learerspeper Asset Ontario Community Newspaper Assoctotton Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Prsss union ►ns.rnot,onol Ness institute Subscription Rates Cando '22.00 a year in advance Senor Citizens '11.00 o year in advance Outside Canada '85.00 a year to advance Stogie Copes 60 cents each Second class moll reolstratton Number 0610 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990 Whorled and ausinttww ONlt.s - 10 Main atro.t. $Mlorth Telephone (S111) 527-0240 ha 527-211311 Melling Address P.O. b: SO. SaaOorth. Ontario. NOS 1 WO Please remember On November 11 we Canadians will stand in silent tribute to the men and women who forfeited their lives for our sake. Three times this century Canadians have gone to fight on distant continents. They did not go in search of territorial con- quest. Our country has never sought a single inch of another country's land, nor have we retained any ground once victory was attained. instead, these men and women risked their futures so those at home could enjoy peace and freedom. Remembrance Day is our chance to count our blessings that Canada has such representatives, especially the 110,000 who did not return from the two World Wars and Korea. On November 11 - take time from your normal schedules and recall the many sacrifices that have been made on our behalf. Such observance is not a duty, but a very special privilege. Fattening off public purse To the Editor. The Mulroney Conservative government is going to give away up to $1.04 billion to the big oil companies which control the Hiber- nia oil megaproject. The $1.04 billion gift amounts to $40 dollars for every man, women and child in Canada. Remember this when you start paying the GST in January. Your first $40 worth of GST paid - and it'll take you $570 worth of pur- chases to get there - will go straight to Mobil Oil and other Hibernia partners. The law that lets them do that passed the House of Commons in early October. The same law allows the Mulroney government to make loans and loan guarantees for the project of up to another $2.1 billion - another $80 for every Canadian woman, man and child. And the Liberals voted for it. Why? Because, they say, the Hibernia project will be the sal- vation of Newfoundland, and a tremendous boost to business and employment throughout eastern Canada. Maybe so. But when the New Democrats tried to force the government to submit an annual report to Parliament showing -Letters exactly where the industrial benefits were happening, where the jobs were being created, what kinds of jobs they were, and where the oil was going, the Liberals joined the Conservatives to defeat the motion. Why did they do that? If they're so sure Hibernia is a good idea, that it will bring all kinds of business and employment benefits to New- foundland, and eastern Canada, whey did they vote against an an- nual reporting of the good news? Could it be that maybe they don't actually believe all their rosy predictions? Could it be they're afraid an honest annual reporting of Hibernia's real effects will show the benefits to be much less then promised? Could it be they're afraid the people of Canada- including the people of Newfoundland and Labrador - would quickly come to see that Hibernia is just another scheme to allow big corporations to get fat off the public purse? Maybe so. Sincerely, Ross Harvey, M.P. NDP Federal Energy Critic Goal of $5,000 surpassed Dear Editor. The Arthritis Society has once again held a very successful can- vass of the residents of Seaforth, Egmondville, Harpurhey and the surrounding rural areas. Our objec- tive this year was $5000 and with the generous support received we have surpassed our goal. We especially thank the many people who took the time to carry out the canvass to help the Society further their program of research and education. We were grateful for the response to the Arthritis Information Night sponsored by the Physiotherapy Department of the Seaforth Com- munity Hospital. Yours truly Jeanette B. Golding for The Seaforth Arthritis Society Rural Roots by Jeanne Cooperative farms back? it wasn't uncommon for rural groups of the early 1900s to join together and cooperate for the benefit of participating members. One good example of this trend was the Beef Rings formed in the years before refrigeration. This is how they worked. Approximately 20 farm families would organize into a Beef Ring group. Each of these families would donate a cattle beast into the ring as its entrance fee. A butcher would be designated for the group, with his services providing the fee for his family. His responsibilities included inspecting the quality of the different animals, butchering them and fairly distributing the cuts of meat to the participating families. At regular intervals, an animal would be butchered and the cuts and =s of meat would then be given out to each member family of the mg. in each cycle. fair turns were taken by the members with regard to the number of roasts and soup bones that they received. it would have caused massive disruption if one family got all the steaks week after week! Thus a supply of fresh meat was ensured regularly to each family and this system worked well for our forefathers until it was replaced when lame cold storage facilities became available in most communities. As always, the success of these groups proved that people working together Tann to prigs t+s • Callingaifarmers - all country folk! Wirt would you like to road about yourselves it the newspaper ? The Ezposuor is making a legitimate effort to Include inure fano-related news on Us pages. After all, agncu tsse does play kin integral rale in this oommunuy That is, however, a slant problem. There's only one lonely soul un The Expositor staff who has any farming back round at all, and while she's c:onssdaed a valuable asset around here, she's bound to tut of the relentless questioxuung she's been undergoing of late. Calling all farmers... -Sweatsocks —T—meanew how anon can one explain that brown cows don't give chocolate milk, or that soybeans and white beans arc not the sans or that an oversized carrot really shouldn't be mistaken for a turnip. the fust to admit that my knowledge of agricultural mattes is limited. I'm not up on all the lingo, or is current market prices, or for that Alts, which crops arc planted rn iii , and wtuch are planned by Heather Rtuiet m the mu But 1 am willing to barn. In fact, I've already learned quite a bit, gnat us die few weeks I've been back on the job. I now know, for instance, that those red wagons one often groes sitting et the sides of the rood, or trailing along train style behind a tractor, are called gravity bits. And 1 even know why they're called gravity bins. I've found out that all that glitters is not gold, and that water is not necessarily the , - ingredmut you can give a pram I've also learned that taliung to your planus docs not Solve all ui their ailments. (Besides, one could get quite a case of laryn- gitis talking to 100 acres of corn!) So, please, take pity on an ill unformed town girl. Let me know what is happening outside the con- fines of Seaforth. 1 promise I'll do my best to cover it. ReEC SS/O/V IS JUS' A NICKNAME , NoNE/, AKYD tkoNE5TLY, 61AKE HE'S NOT PLANNING 10 STAY LONG " Line Holy soya burgers and avocado shakes, Seaforth seniors have caught on to the latest, and most enduring, California dance craze. Seniors want to do the line dance. At a recent meeting to find out what seniors want, I wasn't surprised to hear the request for access to line dancing. Hey, I know what line dancing is. I've line danced plenty of times. I can see why Seaforth seniors want line dancing. It's fun. The fust time I'd heard of line dancing was at my parent's house in Los Angeles. It was a Tuesday night and my little sister warned me, "Stay out of their way. It's Tuesday night." "What's happens Tuesday nights?" I asked. "Line dancing." "What's line dancing?" "It's stupid." My parents showed up in the living room. I couldn't believe how they looked. I was reeling from seeing my dad earlier in the day wearing blue jeans, but now I was really reeling because he was wearing cowboy boots, a cowboy belt with big buckle, a western shirt with a little tie and a cowboy hat. dancing not for squares ,Just Thinking "Dad? Is that you?" My mom was wearing a feminine version of the same outfit. She looked almost like a square dancer but her full skirt was much softer, more fashionable and certainly didn't stick out like a square dan- cer's. She had a beautiful pair of cowboy boots on. "It's Tuesday night and we're off to line dancing," my dad an- nounced. "Want to come with us tonight, Susan?" "Just say 'No'," my little sister instructed me. "What's line dancing?" I wanted to know first. "Just a bunch of us getting together at the bowling alley and doing some good dancing," my morn explained. I couldn't imagine this at all. I had a picture of all these people dressed up funny and dancing over the bowling lanes and gutters. There was something wrong with the picture. I had to see this. I said yes. by Susan Oxford "You'll be sorry," my little sister told me as I quickly teased my hair to look like I fit in with this crowd. My parents and I arrived at the bowling alley and I found there were no dancers on the bowling lanes. They were dancing in another room with a bar and dance floor. There were people of all ages. I stood out because I wasn't wearing a western outfit, not because my hair was teased high. When the music started, the latest country and western hits, people got up and danced and they could really dance. They danced in couples in dances that were more upbeat than ballroom dancing. The women's skirts flowed along with their moves, exposing lace and legs above the cowboy boots. After a few songs a couple on the dance floor gave a lesson on one of the latest moves. Another song was played and everybody got up and practised the new step. Yet another song and another dance with the new steps, but this time people weren't dancing alone in couples, but as a group with and around each other making line patterns. This was the line dancing part. My father taught me some basic steps and danced a few songs with me. A friend of his danced with me. I'm a lousy line dancer, but I still keep trying everytime I visit my parents. My parents have moved on from the bowling alley to dancing at some of the biggest and best line dancing bars in the state. 1 can see why this very social dancing is so popular and why people in Seaforth would like to have line dancing here. I've seen line dancing in Kitchener and those people are really into it. One night a week lessons are taught. The place is packed with dancers dressed in their western finery. And they're great to watch. Someone in Seaforth should pick up on this craze. The demand is here. Mild November forces raspberries out NOVEMBER 7, 1890 Among the communications received by Mrs. Birchall is one from a fellow who declares his willingness to take Birchall's place at the hanging for the sum of $1,000. It is evident that the man estimates his usefulness to his family at less than the sum for which he offers his life. An Exchange says: Robert Don- nely visited Biddulph a day or two ago and sold 20 tons of hay off the Donnely homestead. He could not help noticing that the old log house, in which the gang accused of mur- dering his parents and brothers represented they played cards on the night of the tragedy. was a total wreck, and that the late occupant, who was one of those accused, had left bag and baggage to endeavour to build upa new home in Michigan. ortune, on the other hand, has smiled upon the remaining members of the family who were so cruelly dealt with, and Robert says he will be prepared to pay the last dollar owing on the old homestead when it falls due December 3rd next. An athletic -looking man, over six feet in height. wearing long hair, a fur -lined overcoat and an immense oombr+ero, arrived in town last week and immediately created a sen- sation. However, he was not Buf- falo Bill, as moat people thought, but 'Buck' Taylor, king of the cowboys. He has been travelling with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show for several years, and, having made a snug sum of money, has concluded to retire. He will not start a show of his own, but will probably embark in some other business. He says the stories about the ill-treatment of the Indians by Buffalo Bill are false. The Indians will soon arrive here and will be sent home to their reservations. The Wild West Show will be laid up in Strasburg for the winter, and Buf- falo Bill will probably engage a new force of Indians in the spring. NOVEMBER 6, 1914 Warning the farmers of the province against a shortage of farm help in the spring, Mr. MacDonald, Director of Colonization and im- migration, is urging them to respond now to the appeal being sent out to relieve unemployment in the industrial centres. Applications are coming in at the rate of 15 to 2O a day, but they are away short of meeting the demand for unemployment. Mr. MacDonald points out that while there are lots of men now, the absolute stoppage of immigration to Canada and the withdrawing of thousands of men for the Canadian contingents will make it lens easy to secure help next spring, just when the farmer will be planning to take advantage of the widened and profitable mallet the war has opened up. The Six Nations Indians, near 5 -Years Agone Brantford, will furnish a company of 120 men, all red skins, for the second contingent. They will mobilize at Cayuga at once. Captain George Smith will assume com- mand. The company is being formed at the instigation of Major- General Lessard, of Toronto, who asked that the Indians, on account of their relation to the crown, should send a separate and distinct unit. NOVEMBER 8, 1940 Tuckersmith council on Saturday approved the appointment of R. McGeorge of Chatham. as acting township engineer, pending the return from overseas of Major S.W. Archibald. The clerk was instructed to secure information in regard to patients admitted to Ontario Hospital. S.W. Archibald was ordered to be paid S40 fees on the Crozier Award Drain on the completion of the examination of the drain. Council decided to secure the services of Cecil B. Cox, of O.A.C. drainage department, to investigate the trouble on the Sinclair Drain on lot 15, cm. 3. The council decided to contribute $10.00 to the treasurer of the Legion to supply a wreath for Remembrance Day. The from the Archives township's portion of the cost of the hospital fee for Luke Suther- land, $9.60, was paid. The relief officer was authorized to reduce the amount of relief where members of the family were working or capable of earning a wage. When the 200 foot steel bridge on No. 4 Highway, at the north of Exeter collapsed on Saturday mor- ning as a large transport was cros- sing it, the resulting wreckage was viewed by thousands of interested spectators who drove to the spot on Sunday and watched workmen cut their way through the tangled gir- ders. Police have charged the driver of the automobile transport, Ernest Loomis, of Oshawa, with careless driving. It is suggested the truck struck a portion of the bridge which led to its collapse. With the driver in the cab was Charles Rine*, of the R.C.A.F., Trenton. Despite the fact the bridge with the truck on it fell nearly 15 feet, neither were hurt. The bridge was erected in 1888. NOVEMBER 5, 1964 With one exception, Seaforth court of revisions sitting Thursday evening, sustained assessments as made by assessor Donald Haines. Of nine appeals. the one ad - Turn tn page .