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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-12-19, Page 2E41;("dsitor SINCE 1$*O. SERVING TNI COEIIMUNiTY FIRST hisarpereting The Brei Pew 'mei he Seefe rtNr, owt.r% Every aFeditestiey Alkerni g am -0 t 001111A. Neel eargir >rsawr NAL rnar..ails W.w masa@ a►+aatarri1ft Ysarekly flogoismislIms MAI= saarrrer. rive 0110 NAM Imo O lord aaa.taaa tMW101,1010 r000ewlrirae ttir Amos mn■r timed ems rive s were/.r C medic- Crepwwwery Newspaper Mee Omens Coes wrw tp Newspaper A..ec.eeMaw Overarm Pries Coursed Pries Wiliest InteenoNow.i Press Iwsnw.. Sebsun-rear Mores Canada 'n.00 • weer. .e advance Senior Crnsen• 611.10 0 roar an aevence Oens+dis Coana/414.00 s year w revenue Smgb Cotner *0 cams week Secerd cruse raven canon Number 0440 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1990 srlNrial and ttlr.iw.r °Howe - 10 Main Street. s..s...A Teel pA.ra am s27-0240 Pow 1127-20410 11110•1Nw0 Anon P. 0 So& 44. iepafuiIA„ OMa t., NM 1 w0 Peace on Earth Peace is not an illusion, an unattainable, centuries-old dream of mankind. Peace and joy exist as surely as love and compassion live within the hearts of men of good will. War, prejudice, oppression and evil; these are as old as the history of the world. They feed upon greed and ignorance; they persist because some of us are too weak or too indifferent to care about what happens to our fellow man. But there is peace in this world. There is peace and joy in the character of men and women who pursue that goodness of life which elevates mankind above the level of the primitive animals with which he shares this planet. Love, compassion -- and faith -- these are the God-given gifts that make mankind stand tall among his earthly contemporaries. Because God so love the world, and with compassion for the sins of mankind, God gave forth His only Son, to live upon earth a life of highest example. The life of Christ was lived in a spirit of love and compassion, and was faithfully dedicated to the will of God. Because the Holy Child was bom at Bethlehem, and so lived among God's people, every man can final an open door to peace and contentment, in this world and in the next. Because Christ came, the Christmas comes once each year to fill our hearts and our minds with inspiration and with hope. This Christmas, let love, compassion, and faith guide you to a meaningful awareness of the spirit of Christmas. Food drive is a success To the editor. 3rd ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE The organizers of the third annual food drive would like to thank all those who helped to make our campaign a success. The residents of Seaforth and surrounding areas have continued to show a genuine spirit of sharing at this special time of year. A special thank you goes out to the merchants of Seaforth for their help in promoting this annual cam- paign and for the space they gladly donated to us in their stores for the food boxes and posters. This year was especially heart warming to see -Letters an increased number of groups and clubs organizing a collection of articles to help the needy. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all who helped to organize this food drive and to those who donated items, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Because without you the success we have experienced this year and in the past would not have been possible. Dave Staffen. Hospital like resort Uear Editor 1 have just returned from a holiday in Seaforth Hospital which i truly appreciated. I found many differences from 1966 which greatly add to comfort of the patient, par- ticularly male. Firstly were those skimpy aprons tied around the neck. Now, Oh Joy, pyjamas. Then the beds - three rubber sheets and sheets of consistency and thickness of Grain bags. This in 90% weather. Now the sheets and air conditioning are heaven on earth and meals from a menu! As a han- dicapped bachelor I as impressed with the welcome. A pretty girl pushing a wheelchair transported me the length of the hospital to Turn to page 18• -Rural Roots °"""'"""" Quebec farmers at GATT Following the ill-fated GATT talks in Belgium last week, I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the Toronto Star's report of Quebec fanners in the streets, demonstrating with the Europeans. This was confirmed by later news stories of Jacques Proulx leading a Quebec farm delegation that represented the Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UPA). They were right in the thick of the melee when the European farmers and the Belgium police collided outside GATT headquarters in Brussels. The well -funded UPA probably sponsored these farmers' trip to Belgium. There arc many types of farmers in Canada. To compare them for GATT purposes, they can be considered ars those who work under sup- ply management systems and those that compete in the open market. Products such as eggs, milk, chicken are mainly produced under supply management - meaning Canadian consumers' needs are estimated, production quota is issued to meet that need and thus production is managed so that surpluses are avoided. Commodities such as grain and oil seeds compete on the open market, with surpluses for sale on the world market. Supply managed produce is usually that which cannot be stored and is sold mainly for use in the nearby regions. Theoretically, grains and oil seeds can be stored to wait until the market Prices improve. in prractux, grams and oil seed prices are in free -fall because they face compet, on from rich countries like the USA with larger populations and the nateleid revalue 10 ruthlessly subsidize to capture the world trade for their f ,inners. Remeseba all those times when you had to clean up your plate because of the starving children in Europe? Grain price competition from Europe is a result of their experiencing hunger after the last great war, and their determination never to face starvation again. it is also a social situation in that without the subsidies, many small farms would disappear and their agricultural workers would swell the ranks of the Tura to page 11. As days get ‘, h ( ) rt nToy them h hardly seems Woe a year tonging 1 wrote my lam CltriamM meow. Tigre redly dexo fly by —Sweits 'ks Ac...,, 1 had ameldod to writs ua an aatrrely drt' etent subfoc t than CivilMas this week. However, OM the tact that the opportunity a its itself once a year, and I naris yet to talar advantage of u, I've chisged my mind. Accord* w cam, this column will Carty a Christmas theme of sorts. Let's see...bow about the way the Robineta decked the halls this year. Well, despite the fact that tune ins d encu: ions cutni nudity at our house this year. we did manage to deck our halls once again. But in the ptuc css we also managed to dock the floors, deck the counters, deck the tables, deck the..whatever else there u that can be decked. How come Christmas dectxaung is such an unudy procedure? Chace we carted a half dozen or so boom down from the aux, peeled art the pt sow MUM primed s� sue protecting plasm ba=s off of others, and determined where each man would be best shown off, we were left only with a house that COULD look suitably attired for the season - if you looked past ail the clutter. And sirncx the time we found to decorate the huse, and true the tree, was tune stolen troth the Wince/Licking dealt!, the resulung chaos has been felt even into this week. And 1 thought my backlog of laundry was bad last week. But, since things do look relatively festive, 1 don't suppose we mind all that much that we are toy ticathct RobMDet forced to wade throb Rebecca's toys very ion. WNW cardboard boxes (and Weary bas- kets), rernuve knuwR waft and wool from the hauled wilting areas to our living route, and/or con- tinually pick unscl off our clothes, or pine conies and mettles out of our socks. That's what C hnsuuas is all about, nigh[? Right! if things were organized - ileal and tidy - somehow 1 doubt a would have the same ef'f'ect on me. Without my cluucr (my disor- ganilatx)n) 1'd be lost. As things stand now, my house looks like a rniniature version of Santa's workshop, except that there are as yet 110 elves running artsund to help cwt. Certainly the days get shorter around Chnssrrastinmc. But as shun as they get, and as heck as they become, they arc 811 special. And whatever we can pact 1010 them becomes special as well. Enjoy your individual Chnatmases. Hear the joyful can*. the laughter of children as the holiday excittcruent builds, and the ringing of bells. All are reminders of the season's pleasures - the season's spirit. And for the true Christmas spirit, remember to look no farther than family and friends. That's what 1 intend to do. Merry Christmas everyone! r.�RY FELL, 11B517UJEE1% HarnAl& STARS .ALES d� s9iL CUT - - - 7011 • Secrets can be life threatening Some friends of mine are going through a crisis right now, and have been for the past year or so. Their crisis is made worse by agonizing suspense and people who believe the best way to deal with a crisis is to cover it up. In Kitchener a couple of years ago there was a horrible fire in a building housing horticultural chemicals to make a product called oasis. The fire was so serious, firefighters from all across the city, and Waterloo, were called. Two firefighters I know were called to the fire and worked putting it out. I remember the fire happened on a weekend, and as far as I know there was nobody in the building. Nobody to tell the firefighters what kind of chemicals were on fire, and what these chemicals become when heated. A manager, or the owner, or someone was finally reached and told firefighters what the chemicals were, but couldn't say how to extin- guish the burning chemicals. Recently, I read in the London -Just Thinking Free Press that to date tour firefighters who fought that fire have died of cancers. It also said quite a few other firefighters who fought that fire had come down with cancers. When I went to Kitchener I talked about what I had read and asked people about it. Nobody knew anything and hadn't read anything about it in the Kitchener newspapers. Friday night I ran into a couple I know and he is a firefighter and was at that fire. Lately he's been developing a thyroid problem. He reported our other firefighter friend is lying low and not feeling well. Most other firefighters who were at that fire are pretty scared these days. His wife told me the problems by Susan Oxford they're having gettmg information about the fire, chemicals, cancers and deaths. She gets no help from fire officials, the City or the hor- ticultural supply company. Only recently has anyone started to link the cancers and deaths to that par- ticular fire, and the information has been locked up. The people who should know what's going on are being denied any access to infor- mation. The guys themselves don't talk about it. They could lose their jobs if it was known they were sick with cancer, he told me. Also there's the macho image they feel they have to keep up. Something that still has not been done is for businesses and com- panies to list all chemicals in their buildings, although it was suggested after the fire. As it stands now firefighters put out fires and have no information about what it is that's on fire. It's important to have these lists complete and available to fire departments. But, very little has been done. Someone's covering up something here. Is the city full of chemicals, lots of them illegal? Does the fire department really not care about its firefighters? (This is a possibility due to one of the Chiefs being in Florida during a memorial service of the first firefighter in a very long time to be killed while fighting a house fire, and the guys have been Slow to forgive that Chief). Why ire the newspapers not putting more !ffort into this story? Cheery pansies thriving in Seaforth DECEMBER 19, 1890 W.;t-Jones, Birchall's brother-in- law, is said to have been mixed up with farm pupil operations in Win- nipeg in 1886. He left there for California. William Wallace Blanchard was hanged at Sherbrooke, Quebec, last Friday morning for the murder of Charles A. Calkins, on the 18th of November 1889. The execution was performed by Radclive, who of- ficiated at the Birchall execution. A Montreal reporter who witnessed the execution says "I was permitted a few minutes talk with Remi Lamontagne, who will be hanged on Friday next. He is very downcast and utterly devoid of hope. He has neither the natural fortitude of Birchall nor the courage which religion inspired in Blanchard, among whose last words were: "Death has no pains for him whose heart is right." Judge Muir, at the Hamilton General Sessions, tried Patrick O'Brien for an assault upon his wife. In sending O'Brien to the Central for one year he regretted the opportunity of punishing him -Years Agone was so slim. Sarah Hunter, a 12 -year-old girl employed in the household of Mr. Smith, of Winona, near Hamilton, tried to poison her employer and his family, and afterwards succeeded in destroying her own life with "rough on rats." DECEMBER 18, 1911 Fifty Austrian prisoners from the detention camp at Stanley Barracks left last night for the military camp at Petawawa, where they will be interned for the winter months, with others of their nationality from different parts of the country. The Austrians will be at the work of road making and clearing off the underbrush in different parts of the cam y, and it has been stated that they will he paid a small sum for their labours. The company of prisoners left under guard, the men being marched from Stanley Barracks from the Archives under the escort of a force of thirty men from the 48th Highlanders, while twenty of these, under the command of Lieutenant Turnbull, accompanied the prisoners to Petawawa. At the station the prisoners were placed in a colonist car, and while the train was being made up members of the guard patrolled the station platform beside the car. The prisoners have proved quite docile, however, the Austrians were found to give very little trouble, though the Germans are difficult to deal with. The remaining prisoners at Stan- ley Barracks, some forty Germans, will be taken to Kingston, where they will be interned in the military prison there. DECEMBER 20, 1940 A fox and a groinndhog, contrary to usual procedure at this time of year, both made their appearance in the district this week.. While William and Art Leybourne and Jock Doig were cutting wood in Sproat's bush on Monday the dog raised a groundhog which it soon killed. "It is a most unusual thing for a groundhog to be out at this time of year," W.M. Sproat commented. Hunting near Hillsgreen on Friday Reeve R. E. Shaddick, Hensall, and Edward Berry and Ross Riddle, K.C. of Windsor, secured 17 jack rabbits. But the unusual feature of the trip was a red fox which Mr. Berry shot. Red foxes are rarely seen in this district, according to Reeve Shad - dick. "In eleven years of hunting, this is the first i have ever seen." Santa Claus arrives in Seaforth Friday afternoon. December 20th, the guest of the Lion's Club. Ac- companied by the Seaforth High- landers Band he will proceed to the big tree on Main Street where he will distribute R00 stockings to the children of Seaforth and district. Following this the children will be guests of the Club at free shows in the Regent Theatre Turn to page !•