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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-09-18, Page 2, $0100 1800, "Serving ther•gp!Onl.unity Molt pubjtglaed:at SEAFORTItt ONTARiO'aveu Thursday moi by MOAN OROS. PYBOSIIERS'1,,TD, ANDREW Y,414E04PublIsher • SUSAN MOTE, gfuto; • ALICE GI3)13, News Editor Nientl,w Canadian Community Newaliapar,Assoclation 'Ontario Weekly Newspaper AssoctsitiPn' aili#Audit'Aureau'of Circulation • • !'*:, Satiacrlipiioaltafps: Canada ial,vanell $14;00 a Year'. Outslde tanadii(la advance) $30.00 a Year SINGLE c(PIES7-35 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 06% Telephone 527-0240 , SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980 re you running? - • November 1980 could see one of the most interesting municipal elections in this area in many many years. •Why? Well, simply because here in town, and in many of the townships, it looks as if there will be elections, not boring, automatic acciaimations. A good deal of the election activity in the townships seems to stem ' from the fact that deputy reeves are being dropped from county douncil. Some of them are taking a stab at the reeve's job, and when •the reeve intends to stay on, that means an election. Here In Seaforth, while there are rumours, no one has expressed public interest in the top Job except present mayor, John Sinnamon. The present reeve and deputy reeve are unsure about running again and several council members are either delaying a -decision or thinking about moving up, (which may mean a try for the mayor's, the reeve's or the deputy reeve's Job). That, and the fact there's already a vacancy on council, caused by the resignation of Bruce Hoelscher, should encouragT newcomers to enter the race and try their hand at governing Sedforth. - Oftentimes serving on council is a thankless job. Ttie hours are long, • the pay isn't overwhelming, you're blamed when anything goes wrong but the credit goes elsewhere when something good happens. Anyone who thinks about running for town or township council should know these facts. But, there's a lot of satisfaction in making a contribution to your community, in making this little corner of the world just a tiny bit better for. ourselves and the next generation. There's also a sense of excitement and purpose in making changes and improvements, cleaning up and planning for your community's future. You've got about a month to think it over, and to approach others who you think would do an excellent Job as a councillor. Nominations must be In by 5 p.m. on Monday, October 20. Responsible people who care about where they live have a duty to act on their concerns. Lively elections, with a number of qualified candidates to choose from In all our local communities will be One of the best ways of ensuring things here are only going to get better. To the editor: • Thanks, Mr. Jackson In this day and age of fast paced life. one seldom gets the opportunity to properly thank the people. special petiole. who go out o their way e and give unselfishly of therrisel;:es that others may benefit from their krorreetedge. Rainfetd Jaekeon ie such a psreon in, hos work with the retarded and handicappcd.he is a real credit to the people he wr.rks se oth at the Bluewater Centre m Goderieh The resuite he gets where others have faded can only reflect on Community and Social Services. 1 speak for the people he works with and from experience. as 1 run a group home for emotionally handicapped boys and these were lads many agencies had given up on. He took the time. gave of himself. hos tome. worked out means to help these lads function in the community in a teceftil attel prrlduclivc manner They h elp the elderly cut grass, garden. rake leaees. shoed snow. run errands and other jobs the elderly find •too hard for them to do themselves. They are accepted and liked in our area and pope depend on them far these thongs. Without Mr. Jackson, these boys would have been unable to devetap and fit into society as well as they do now. The- outd have had no chance to develop thernselees as they are new. 1. as a person helping to rehabilitat these type of boys, would like to see MOTE' of Mr Jackson's methods and ideas used in the system. He would be an asset to the Ministry of Community and Social Service% where his experience and knowledge would. 1 feel. be put to good use. !wrote this letter for the boys in the group home to .thank him for his efforts on their behalf and on behalf of the graup home. Our heartfelt thanks Mr. Jackson Preen Betty Gauthier and the Seaforth Group Home Expositor asks: Should ri bill of rights be part of the constitution? by Debbie Ranney Canada's Constitution is a maior topic in the news these days and among the things that the Prime Mimister and prerniers have been arguing about is whether the bill of right should be a part of the constitution or controlled by the provinces. This week Expositor Asks asked local and are people, "Do you think a bill of rights should be one of the basic parts of Canada's contitutionr Arnold Stinissen of 117 Goderich St E. in Seafarth said, "Yes, because the federal government represents all Canadians, not east the provinces. The provinces want out • if doesn't suit, and in if it does suit them. 'Il,ey say work with you if I like it and if •I don't like it. then I won't work with you. They dance like a dog around a hot potato. It's Snow White and the ten dwarfs." Mr. Stinissen said. "Well, yes 1 do," said Adrienne Hutchinson of Egmondville. "I think that to stay together as a country, it should be federal." Brenda Wilkinson of R.R. 2, Seaforth thought it would be befter if the provinces controiled their own rights each in their own way. Denise Schroeder of 1-6 Orford St. Hansen who is currently studying the bill of rights in school also thought it would be better if rights were controlled by the provinces because there wouldn't be too many people people trying to control too many things at one time. "I haven't studied upon it veey much." said Mrs. Vina Berry of Brucefleld but added that she thought "it would be better if it was ormtrofied by ourselved. under- neath the provinces. "1 think it's better for the country. In a s:rroallee area you can control things better." Colleen Smith of Brodhagen said, "1 think eaeh province should have control because all people are different in each province sol think each province should be 'abte to control its own." Wayne Love of R.R. 2 Varna said he thought the bill of rights should be part ofi the constitution because he thought it should be equal across Canada. "And I think our language should be besi'cally the same." he added. THE–STUDENTS OF S.S. NO. 1, McKILLOP AND LOGAN—The; students who attended Separate School S.S. No. 1, McKillop and Logan were (back row, lett to right) Wilfred O'Rourke, Harvey Dantzer, Philip Flanagan, Charles Malone, Harold Maloney, Fergus Kelly, Fergus Horan, Leo Hicknell, Wm. Maloney and Frank Dantzer and (third row) Joe L. Ryan, George Holland, Pat Maloney, Emmet Malone, Joseph F. Ryan, Wm. Kelly,,Teresa Flanagan, Grace Moylan, Mary Malone, Nellie O'Rourke, Marguerite Horan, Esther Ryan, Elizabeth 'Hicknell, Mary O'Rourke, Pat 'Flanagan and teacher Miss Loretta Young and (second row) Jim Shea, Jim Kelly, Joe Sheal,Mary O'Reilly, 'Ruth O'Reilly, Angela Mulligan, Rose Krauskopf, Mary Mulligan, Pearl Horan, Annie Ryan, Mary Ryan, Helen Dantzer, Ellen Mulligan, Joe O'Rourke and (front row) Frank Maloney, Joe O'Reilly,' Hubert O'Reilly, Tom Ryan, John Moylan • , Jack Rim, Tom Dantzer, Dan O'Rourke and John O'Rourke. The school is now Ken Ryan's driving shed. (Picture owned.by Joseph Shea) Top violinist at Cardno's Hall SEPTEMBER 17, 1880 The Seaforth fair opened yesterday and the secretary, Gordon McAdam, and his assistants were as busy as nailers the whole day receiving entries. The hall was visited and the articles much admired by a large crowd last 'night. Alexander Wilson, Seaforth, is one of the fortunate marksmen whose skill en- titles him to membership in the Wimble- . eon team for 1881. Remenyi, the greatest living violinist with his company of talented artists, is billed to appear in Cardno's Hall next week. Mrs. John Killoran of Seaforth with her sister and daughter, _were returning from Clinton with a horse and covered buggy they met with rather an unpleasant accident. While ascending the hill opposite the Stapleton salt works, the fastening attaching the shafts to thc buggy at one side came loose. allowing the shafts to fall upon the horses heels. The animal gave a spring forward pulling the buggy around In the years agone sideways, upsetting it and throwing the ladies out. .SEPTEMBER 15, 1905 At a meeting of those interested in the matterof a skating and curling rink held at Dick's hotel, a committee was appointed to make some alterations in the previous plans and to advertise for tenders for a building at once. W.D. Van Egmond, now of Toronto, but formerly of Seaforth, is in town this week. Mr. Van Egmond is engaged in introducing what seems to be a simple and useful device called the "Park Tire Tightening Machine." It is intended for the tightening of tires on all kinds of vehicles. pie first separator threshing machine manufactured at the Robert Bell Engine and Thresher Works, Seaforth, was turned out of the shops Saturday. The machine is Behincrth'e se*(!ii,:, es by Keith Roulston Despite the platitudes of many of, the politicians that the open discussion at last week's constitutional conference showed what a wonderful country Canada wasithere was little to take pride in for ordinary Canadians. The summit meeting of thc 11 top government leaders in Canada showed remarkable results: these great men manag- ed to come away from their week long meetings agreeing on less than they did when they went to the meeting. Now there will be some who sce an easv reason for all this. As some of the premiers tried to say in their closing remarks, there was. only one stumbling biock to agreement., Potpourri by Jeanne Kirkby This morning. I was out to inspect the jungie that grows behind our garage. No machete. just a small tracking dog accompanied rrie on my rounds. Under the towering bush of asparagus fern. past the tall lettuce spikes and the blooming white taddieh flowers m the raised beds we trailed, to the main part of the vegetabie garden Experienced gardeners know that .you jus : don't quit hoeing and cleaning up when your crop starts to produce. They keep chopping away and trimming, as the varieus sectians ripen. adding to their compeet and rnakirg more room kr the oneximeng veggies to floorish. Not 1 this year! 1 accidentaliy ieft my hoe standing against the back cif the picket fence LIT a few days. and when 1 whero mat to get it. I found that it was bound tightly to the fence by sines and flows of the biue rr.orning glory. 1 just don't have the heart to wreck that arrangement so weeds have had to he poCed out by hand ever since. This year I have approached gardening with all the exuberance of a Si. Bernard - all feel and no manners. Early in the spring. when the snows were still upon the ground. 1 bought a book; Complete Guide to Gardening. fioni Better Homes and Gardens. From that point on. I alternated between drooling over the lush California - type coiour photos. and reinning mut fiat To the editor: of.neat appearance and runs like a smooth running sewing machine. SEPTEMBER 19, 1930 The care of crippled children located in the eastern half of Huron County which has been undertaken by the Lions Club is well underway and two cases are now at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto for operation and treatment. J.C. Scott. son of James Scott, both former residents of Seaforth, was recently appointed Dominion Fishery Inspector for Victoria District. The Avon Chests Limited of Stratford have purchased the Sandford factory at the corner of Crombic and Main Streets from the Seaforth Holding Syndicate. composed of businessmen of Seaforth, and as soon as alterations and improvements are made in The great debate a rigid Pierre Trudeau. That is fantasy time. the same kind of fantasy that says that all we have to do is change the constitution to give more power to thc provinces and all that ails the country will be magically cured. To any -one who listened to the debate it is obvious that things would have been easier if the provinces could simply have set the rules by themselves and not have had to deal with Trudeau and the federal government....eas- ier for about 10 minutes. About the only thing the provinces were united in was their displeasure with the federal government. Listen to how people actually spoke on various issues and you'll see that the pnasinces were far from being as united as they would like us to believe. Take away the common enemy of the federal government and they'd have been at each other% throat in a matter of minutes. Take a sampling of issues and see how people stood. Entrenchment of language and basic human rights saw people like New Brunswick's Richard Hatfield and Ontario's Bill Davis in favour but many others bitterly opposed, led by Quebec's Levesque. Even something as simpie as family law which the federal government was willing to give up was net unarnimously actepted by the prosinces. Manitoba's Sterling Lyon was adaeoantly opposed to turning this power ever to the provinces. The garden packets of seeds and potting soil. Soon the entire southern side of our living room took on a greenhouse appearance, as more that ISO little plants got their head start on the growing season. W7hen I finally got these plants se i Out het° the garden, the labels were so faded that they could be identified only by leaf structure. Consequently, we have two rows of cabbages. cauliflower, broccoli and brussels sprouts all mixed together closely. (I jammed a11 the plants in at six inch intervals because I didn't want to kill any of them). In the row of tomatoes, we are now a.ble to distinguish the Thy Tims from the Beefsteak as they ripen. And for some strange reason. all of this is capped off by one single red zinnia A MANIA FOR VEGGIES Vegetables are almost a mania with me. 1 tend to believe that any family illness or health problem could be soived by eating mare carrots. When 1 started to boil up great amounts of spinach, the chorus of protests from less dedicated vegetarians in cur family made me turn devious. Did you /mow that a delicious salad can be made with equal parts of fresh lettuce and raw spbtach? Just toss with oil vinegar, add a sprinkle of sugar. salt and pepper. and garnish with tomatoe wedges. They'll never see the spinach. Also, there is always good old lasagne, which really Thanks to the band Once again the girls of the Seaforth District High School Band have given their willing assistance to the Van Egmond foundation. About 20 of the band members participated in a yard clearing and post -con- struction clean-up on the Ilth. Their help was needed and very much appreciated. A special note of thanks goes to Jack Eisler who organized cleaning equipment for as Citizens who "burn wood" can show a gesture of appreciation to the band? We have an ample supply of firewood at the Van Egmond site. It's free for the asking --you cut it and halal it away before September 2..! th exchange, you might wish to forward a small donation to the girls' band (and the Foundation if you see fit!). Call 527-1860 to arrange details. Sincerely. Paul Carroll Chairman V.E.F. the building, will commence the manufac- ture of red cedar chests and other furniture.. SEPTEMBER 16, 1955 Seaforth received wide publicity as the result of the entry of two Seaforth Beauty Queens in a beaiity contest held in Windsor last week by Windsor Firemen. While the two entries -top girls in the Centennial . pagent here. Marion Hemingway and Pamela Sadler, didn't finieh in the money. they were in the final selection. With the construction of the new swimming pool at the Seaforth Lions Park well advanced.' steps are being taken to complete the canvass for funds which was commenced throughout the district in May, according to Dr. J.O. Turnbull. general chairman of the campaign committee. Next week Seaforth Agricultural Society will sponsor the annual Fall Fair. This year the occasion is a particularly important one for the Fair is the 110th in the history of the • Seaforth Society. But even if all the province were united in their opposition to the federal government on one issue does that make it, as Mr. Trudeau said, necessary for the federal government to give in and say "Aye aye sir?" It would appear so to a television audience. Here are ten men iigrecing and one stubborn man refusing to go along. That is the dangerous nature of such conferences. The set-up makes it look like the federal government is the stubborn one at all times because there are ten spekesmen for the rights of provinces and only one for the position of the central government. Who Please turn to page 17 overfloweth needs a substantial green layer to set off the cottage cheese. Some interesting ideas from the Guide to Gardening seem to work better in theory than they do in practice. For instance, I combined corn and pepper squash in the same row: the idea being that one growa tip into the air. while the other grows along the ground. Not so! In real life, the corn struggles its way upward, while the squash grows anywhere and all over the place. Squash vines grow hardily rip the corn stalk, leaving you will two large green globes dangling from where the corn tassel used to be, shading' small but determined colas of sweet table corn. It tries to encircle nearby carrot -tops, potatoes. and even sends feeiers out of the garden toward my neighbour's clothesline pale. I'm expecting a bumper crap of squash this year, and I'm sure that the family will acquire a taste for it, even if I have to stuff it into the Thanksgiving turkey to use it up. BUG CONTROL Another idea that I used was to plant rows of marigolds (the smelly kind) frequently among rows of vegetables. This is supposed to deter the insects so that you can cut down on your use of bug powder. Disappointiugly enough, the marigolds have grown in a very spotty pattern, and the bugs seemed to find them tasty. I checked the book on this, arid when I cliscovered that they didn't even list earwigs in their index, my faith in their whole prograrn was a mite shaken. But the scattered ciumpsof marigolds add colour to the garden anyway. The most attractive and beneficial idea that I used from the book was a straw mulch. About two bales of straw were placed by hand closely around the tomato and pepper plants, to a depth of three inches. Not only was the colour contrast pteasieg to the eye, but his mulch kept the fruit off the ground, held the moisture in the soil, and even reduced weed growth. It seems the weed seedlings just can't get enough light to get started when they're buried underneath this cover. And, when the straw decays, it will add fibre to the soil for next spring. I wai really pleased with the results of using this. Now, as I poke through the garden, I hear the peppers screaming "Freeze mei Freeze me!" The tomatoes whisper "Chili sauce. Chili sauce", and when 1 approach that big double row of cabbage, cauliflower broccoli and sprouts all mired ogether. they shout "Fool! Y ^u can't pess;bly eat all of us before the snow flies!" Looks as though the next few weeks will be kind of busy! But, by Thanksgiving weekend, all the potatoes will be bagged and in the root Eat.„ the earn stalks will be removed, the onions braided to dry and hanging beside bouquets of sage. We will spread fallen leaves over the garden, and chop up all n debris with the lawn mower, ready for we 'low. 7 In the meantime, would anyone lake some pepper squash? Sug' cir and spice By Bill Smiley is caught up in.the post office ,probierns