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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-06-27, Page 10SINCE 160 SERVING' THE• COMMUNITY FIRST Incarporoting lfie ricins pent ED aYRSKI Gti ,Oral Manager HEATHER warranty, Editor HEWS STAFFl..Paula !Utah[ published In swan g*Inrd, Ssofortb, Ontario Every Wednssd®y Morning ADVERTISING: Terri tynn:Date CLASSIFIEDS SUBSCRIPTIONS ACCOUNTING: Pat Ar111491 Dianne McGrath Linda Pullman Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Coundl Commonwealth Press Union Intemalional Press Institute Subscription Rates: Canada '22.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens - *19.00 a year in advance Outside Canada '65.00 o year, in advance Single Copies - .60 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 521-0240 Fax 521.0242 Mailing Address .P.O. Box 69, Seaforih, Ontario, NOK IMO A Bitter Pill Meech understood ',Chis week as:1 waded through the :process of -official plans, amendments and hied a Understand 1x uc atrc shop [elle I fmall •ire aware of_ what the Meech rttotional aniendrnent was an alnendmcin, The amendment was .created: to put the issue into .the constttuiioti The most farm! arexample to Inc of what. this is about is the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United • States , Constitution. Far almost two . decades many Americans have been nein$ tp adopt the ' ERA which will make women equal ander the American • constitution When the American . Constitu• tions._ Teas .penned .._Iwo hundred years ago it was written that 'au men shall be .free and equal.' Unfortunately, many Americans think those words include white heterosexual men only and excludes women and non- white males. Instead of changing the words in question to 'all people', which will upset some Americans, an amendment to the There's no doubt that Finance Minister Michael Wilson is a very good businessman, solid speaker and highly personable fellow but the fact remains that the Goods and Services Tax, will be a bitter pill to swallow for the Canadian Tax Payer. During his visit to the area last week, Wilson outlined how much money a farmer would save It he bought a new truck. He told people how tourism would not be effected because foreign travellers would receive a rebate on the GST tax after filling out a form. He failed to mention that everything else people would buy, services which were not taxed previously, will now be taxed. As for tourism, every Canadian tourist travelling in the country will have seven percent less to spend on their vacation. However, the darkest cloud of all, which barely got a mention, is the next step in the Progressive Conservative plan to tax the Canadian public to death. That being a national tax. in principle, it sounds quite palatable. One overall tax combining the provincial and federal governments. Quick and easy. The catch came when, during his speech, Wilson pointed out that to implement a national taxation system, the two bodies of government would need to establish a common tax base. What are the chances of the federal government reducing their tax base to accommodate the provinces after it swelled to record proportions under the GST. Chances are that the provinces will be all too happy to expand their tax base. That means that a seven percent GST and an eight percent Provincial Sales Tax (PST) will be combined. That translates to a 15 percent sales tax. In Ontario, as it stands now, the PST will be calculated after the GST has been added, so even the tax is taxed. Can you say 'tax revolt'? (Goderich Signal Star) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR constitution . has to be drawn up,' passed bye--larSe number of states by Congress.: It's atiag thatar two decades the. ERA Is still an isslteand sWI m adopted. t hher groups that sought amendments . le the American constitution ,based Oil race, ages relig on, sexual preference ;and disabi ittes so their rights, Me, could be protected` The nonsense.is endless. Cgnsatutions; are written by governments 1a protect who- they want to protect, of course this being themselves. In South Africa it 'is conititatronally correct to deny the vole to 'black people. Despite the terrible, example of these flawed constitutions and the awful process people must go through to be recognized as equals; Canada wrote a constitution that is also flawed. As pan of a ploy to have all the premiers ratify the Meech Lake amendment, at the latest first ministers' conference certain groups were identified to be included in the process of amending the after its defeat constitution ill the future.ara . These :040NativedCwtadiaAs.. If this women and aNalive large umber of Canadians have been left out of the constitution, then who is being protected under the constitution? From my readings of our constitution those being protected are white, bilingual in English and French, males. That excludes a lot of. Canadians. Now, I understand that the Meech Lake amendment is different in that Quebec was not looking for e- quality like the women of the United States are, or the black people of South Africa are. Quebec is different in that they were looking for recognition as a distinct society, thereby possibly receiving special attention in the future. The real stopper to' the Meech ' •Labe' amendment was Elijah IIarpets Manitoba's legislature's only Native Canadian. He stalled rapes on the ' amendment from being carried on in the Manitoba legislature because he felt that if Quebec should get distinct society status, then why not Native Canadians. I look at the failure of the Meech Lake amendment not as a sugges- tion of racial intolerance of Quebec by the rest of Canada, but rather as a show of disgust with a constitution that is flawed and does not include all Canadians. This can be an opportunity to change the wording of the Canadian constitution, and all our other government documents, to include all Canadians. Flag owner is well aware of heritage flags (Swiss, Canadian, & Dutch) were unfriendly Canadians. But it did dawn on me that I had a Duty to point out their error. To that end I made it my business to call on the people. Their names were on the mail box. Hans and Ellie Von Euw. The couple welcomed me to their well ordered, five acre hobby farm. Treated me Royally. Introduced me to their family. Set me down to the festive board, where we got into some very intelligent discussion on the current political topic of the day (Meech lake). I found my hosts to be better informed about Canadian affairs, and express better loyalty to Canada, than some of my own folk, and our Canadian Ancestory dates back to the 1700's. In fact the Von Euw's son Rob had just been Turn to page 4A • Dear Editor, I wish to respond to,"Fly the flag proud and proper", by Mrs. Linda Pullman, in your letters to the Editor Column, June 20, 1990. I too, noticed the three flags flying from a single Staff, with the Maple Leaf betwixt the Swiss and Holland Emblems. I immediately deduced the people flying the emblems had misunderstood the official order of protocol, when flying three flags is, "the Maple Leaf will be flown in the centre." Since the people flying the flags were only using one staff, they understood the order of etiquette to mean the Maple Leaf Flag would be properly Located in second place on the pole. Unlike Linda, it never dawned on me to think the people flying the RURAL ROOTS by Jeanne Kirkby Quebecriculture When this article hits the presses, Meech Lake will be a done thing, and whichever way the chips fall the country will have to cope with the result of the whole fiasco. The people in Quebec are basically people like us; they are hurt and unhappy because they feel we reject them just as we are disappointed when we hear that English cannot be spoken in some Montreal schoolyards. It's a misunderstanding that could be corrected if our political leaders would stop accentuating the alienation and instead, focus on programs to get us to meet and understand each other. I've been thinking a lot about Quebec lately, and coming upon an eircellent book in the library, I've expanded my understanding of the agricultural situation in "la belle province". For the readers among you, the book is called Farming the System by Barry K. Wilson. I wondered why agriculture in Quebec always seemed to be more stable and competitive than the rest of Canada. They seem to be so strong that sometimes we resent their power. From what I Teamed, I start to ask myself why we aren't more ready to learn from their example instead of always crying that they get the lion's share. Maybe they worked as a province to get benefits for themselves. Anyway, this is what I learned. After the FLQ crisis, the Parti Quebecois came into power in 1977 and their agricultural minister, Jean Caron, announced to the Canadian Grains Council that the Quebec government intended to spend $120 million over the next 5 years to expand the farm sector and make Quebec self- sustaining in food production. The idea of strong government support for agriculture was not new to the province, as in the 1960's the Union Nationale and Liberal governments Trim[ t;o page tilt The Sausage Council Call your friends and family! Break out the balloons and bunting! Send out some seasonal cards! July is National Hot Dog month! I'll bet you didn,'t know that I'll bet your life is a lot richer now, isn't it? I get dozens of these little gems of knowledge across my desk daily, and If I wanted an easy out, I could fill this space every week with nothing but account of all of the silly, silly press releases I receive. I'm sure a few of you at least deeply wish that I would. Well, things haven't gotten that bad yet, but a little entertainment never huts. What cracks me up is that the yahoos who write these press releases probably take their jobs very seriously. Take the characters at Langdon Starr promotions, for instance. Theses are the clowns who sent me an envelope - dare I say,a veritable media package - bursting with a good ten sheets of trivia and folk lore on the humble weinie, along with four or five eight by ten glossies depicting the many mouth-watering ways that a tube -steak can be served to your waiting ' family,. This is nothing new. Canned Vegetable Month sparked the same frenzy in the promotions industry, and my kitchen walls are festooned with eight by ten glossies of creamed corn and canned carrot variations. At least decorating is never a problem. National Hot Dog month is a pretty exciting thing, big news. and I somehow knew that a higher power had to be involved. Sure enough, as I read on in Langdon Star's perky little info letter, printed m nifty italic print on Classic Laid white bond, there it was: the Big Wheel behind the happening, the International Sausage Council. "This can't be true," I thought at first. "This is too much for even a deeply bent mind like mine to grasp." But then I started to mull it over. Gosh, there's a Council for darn near everything else. Why not reigns ROUGH NOTES by Paula Elliott sausages? This led to further puzzling. How do they elect their chairmen? Is there a Board of Directors? Do they hold leadership conventions? ':Is there tension and ugly mutterings between the sausage purists groups and frankfurter factions within the council? Do they lobbY? if so, what for? Andhow do I join? I wonder how much money it costs to run the International Sausage Council. I can fust picture their annual convention ("Leave the wives at home for this one, boys, it could get a little rough, ya know what I mean?") I have a clear mental picture of a Shriner sort of thing, with guys trotting around with sausage-shaped hats perched on their heads, making revelry in the hall and terrorizing other hotel guests with flying links of Knackwurst And the dollars. Oh, the dollars. I jest, but just think. If there's an International Council for every food group, that makes for a scary amount of ridiculous and useless governing bodies. For instance, is there an International Pez Council? What about an International Mock Macaroni Sandwich Board governing council? Where do they have their offices? Say, if you have a spare office in your building, keep It under your hat. These guys have ears everywhere, and the last thing we need to be known as is the Mock Macaroni Sandwich Loaf capital of Ontario. Small tornado JUNE 27, 1890 A man has been going through Hallett for a few weeks past, wanting to purchase a farm. He has stopped with several respectable farmers. One night lately he • took some 18 or 20 dollars out of the pocket of one of the proprietors at whose place he stopped and then left. NEWS OF THE WORLD - All the players of the Brooklyn and Rochester baseball clubs were arrested in Elmira, New York for playing ball on Sunday. A startling occurrence took place at the lawn social in Seaforth last week. While a bunch of bananas was being taken apart, a good-sized tarantula was discovered peacefully ensconced within. The dangerous spider was hastily captured alive without dangerous results and is being preserved by Mr. Van Egmond. Seaforth Junior Lacrosse club defeated the club at Clinton last, week. About the only objectionable feature of this was the extraordinary jubilation of the boys on their return, .making the night hideous with the,f ,alleatiblly yelling peat gni& ht. wreaks Tuckersmith JUNE 25, 1915 The Wingham Advance of last week says: "A number of our citizens saw a very large and distinct rainbow in the sky on Saturday night about f2 o'clock. The stars were twinkling brightly on either side of it. No, the gentlemen who saw it are among our best citizens and do not indulge in spirituous liquors." - It was cold enough in the area on Wednesday to be a day in the end of October, and fires and overcoats were in fashion. Ripe strawberries are being brought into the market in Hensall, and while of good quality the yield is not as large as was expected. The congregation of St. James' have just had installed in their church a handsome new pipe organ which will be formally opened next Sunday evening. JUNE 28, 1940 Mumps and holidays arrived almost simultaneously in Seaforth this year and as a result five students and one Teacher of the IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Expositor Archives Seaforth Public School will spend the fust week or so of their holidays under the doctor's care. Teeming rain failed to discourage thousands of Huron citizens who gathered on Sunday at Clinton for the county -wide patriotic rally sponsored by the Huron County Council. Jas. A. Stewart was elected president of the Seaforth Lions Club at the club's final meeting of the year on Monday evening. He succeeds A.Y. McLean. Twenty-two girlfriends from Seaforth met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Williams, Goderich St. E., on Monday evening to honour their daughter, Madeline Anne, bride -elect of the week and present her with a pantry shower. JULY 1,1965 There was little to salvage after a bait' : tornado struck the 80 b 48 havoc foot barn on the farm of Bert Walters of Brucefield on Monday. Loss to the steel structure is estimated in excess of $20,000. Bradley Littleton, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Littleton of Kippen, was in good condition in South Huron District Hospital after a narrow escape from drowning. He was pulled unconscious from a pool on the farm of Lloyd Lovell, north of Hensall, by swimming companions Don Littleton and Garry Deitz. Flags, bunting and welcome signs decked Dublin streets and buildings on Saturday when the 50th anniversary of the arrival of We Ursuline sisters to Dublin school was celebrated by former students, teachers and residents. Larry McGrath of the First Egmondville Cub Pack was presented with his Religion and Life emblem by Father Larragh. Larry is the first Cub of St. James to receive such an award.