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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTBER 2, ino
Independence
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The entertaiement given by Retnenyi,
the celebrated violinist, in this town on
Saturday evening last was very largely
attended, considering the evening and the :John Reedy, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. ,
unusually high price for admission. The lianiel Woo*hodlea ft -den -fly illiendeSh
•entertainment was very fair although we at the age of 83 years.
have had many better for less• money, The United Church in Varna is °now
David McLennan and John Young Jra nearing eempletionn
have leased the company storehouse at the The Seaforth fire brigade was called to
Brucefield station and are now producing the Bell. Fpundry on Saturday afternoon
all kinds of produce. when a spark from the cupola blew into the
The trustees of Walton Public School
have engaged Kenneth McKenzie s their.
teacher for next year. Mr. McKenzie is
now attending the Clinton High School and
is highlyrecommended as a clever student.
John McIntosh of Brucefield has been
In the years ; the tie hognie fof the
Someteillle girla ,
/le
Saturday night,
upper storey of the building, igniting a ,
number of patterns and papers that were
on file. The brigade, with the assistance of
employees, succeeded in extinguishing the
limes before a great deal of damage had
been done.
engaged as teacher for next year in School Mona Sills, of St. Joseph's Hospital,
sedion No. 1, Li 11t+ The salary is $350 London, spent a few holidays last week at
-marid-thbie were 14 applicants for the job. -----the—h-airie of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
In Stanley Township last Friday, on the
farm of Mr. Wm. Rathwell, Mr. Samuel
Paithwell threshed 748 bushels of fall,wheet
in 5 hours and 45 minutes. The machine
used was a "Michigan Warrior", driven by
a Watrous engine. Mr. RathweIl would like
to know if any other thresher has the
conceit to think he can beat this.
•
.11nPortalit
The town of Tillsonburg has been getting a lot of bad press
recently. The only thing everyone concerned seems to agree on is that sS
there are problems inside the Own's police force and that outside
intervention...by the OPP and the Ontario Police Commission...is
-needed to solve them.
There are problems in lots of small town police forces. Seaforth has a
not very rosy record in handling its own over the past few years when
disputes, mostly of a personnel nature, seemed to be undermining the
effectiveness of the force.
• But we're pretty sure that the solution that Attorney General Roy
McMurty and much of the media seem to be proposing, the,take over
of independent small town poiice forc'es by the OPP, is not the right
way to go.
Grantee, it is -tough for a small town forcee which esften has to
struggle without enough manpower. Training is expensive and every
policeman on course Is badly missed on the streets. Bquipment is
minimal and the political pressure from a smell town council can feel
enormous.
But, Bel we've learned in spades In recent years in many fields.
bigger Is not necessarily better. In fact, a large centralized police force
can have worse personnel problems Just because it's so far flung and
superior officers aren't at. all close.to-the local-comMunity, Its needs'
and its atmosphere. ,
Bringing small towns under OPP jurisdiction, or at least under big
• regionalized police forces would give the cops access to more
manpower and equipment. But local taxpayers will still pay for all this,
and when decisions about what to buy and how many to hire are made
far away from the community, will they be any more sensible than they •
• are now? More likely less, so, we're afraid.
And in the matter of political pressure, a bigger force can feel that
too. The difference is it would be more likely to cope from Queen's
Park or from Huron -Perth -Middlesex Region than from little Seaforth..
We'd be afraid In fact that once small town-pollce departments are
traded in for OPP or* regional police dOechments, Seaforth and its
electors would have very, very little ray in any policing decisions.
The system we have now is tar from perfect. We'd like to see the
education and effectiveness level of local police departments raised.
But those who Join the general outcry that the only' way out is to get rid
of the small town police force don't give a darn about small towns and
their Independence.
It's one case where the cure proposed so far is, we're afraid,worse
than the disease.
Setting the
record straight
In a July Editorial, this newspaper suggested members of the Huron
County board of education deserved an apology for having aspersions
cast against their integrity.
• The suggestion was made on the heels of a rumor that the board had
reversed an earlier decision to reduce their salaries from $36 to
3,003 per annum. The rumor indicated the move had been made
behind closed doors and our editorial was intended to drscount the
rumor oh the basis that no responsible group of people Would take such
action in secret, particularly after their move to reduce salaries had
been given so muen ballyhoo end appfause for their effort to reduce
education costs.
The defence of the board rnembers was apparently ill-founded. They
did in fact rescind their earlier motion to reduce salaries and they did
on fact perpetrate the deed behind closed doors in an apparent move to
iceeplhe situation from tax -payers.
Their actions are appalling.
The Times -Advocate. Exeter
• SEPTEMBER 29, 1905
Nearly 200 buggies, carts and carry-alls
accompanied John Carlin's casket to the
church last Thursday, St. Columban is
noted for its large funerals; but young
Carlin's was one of the largest ever seen
here. All the Seaforth football players and
some of the • lacrosse players were in
attendance. The Hurons and Beavers had
many warm friends here before young
Carlin's death, but by this last act of
kindness for their conapanion in games
they have made a complete conquest of St.
Columban.
Mrs.. Arthur Forbes of Seaforth received
a box of Scottish heather, which had been
picked in Augusta when it was in full
bloom, on the Moorefoot Hills in the south
of Scotland. The gift was frorn Mrs.
Charles Lowery, for several years a worthy
and much respected resident of Seaforth,
who now resides in Muselhorough,
Scotland.
, John Archibald of Silver Creek Farm has
returned from a trip up north. He has
brought home 40 head of two and three
year old heifers and steers, purchased from
farmers on Manitoulin Island.
W.F. Moffatt, principal of Seaforth
Public School, has beep granted the degree
Bachelor o Arts from Queen's Uhiversity,
Kingston.
Wm. Duggan of Seaforth, whose house
was burned recently, has purchased from
J.Hinchley, the house at present occupied
.by Harry Spear for 5.300 and will move it to
Ida own property.
• OCTOBER 3,1930
The first child born in Staffa was Mrs.
Frank Sills.
•
Stewart Keys of Stanley returned to
Toronto this week to resume his studies at
the University.
William Cooper, Jr. of Kippen area .,
who purchased a bean machine thisyear, is
at present very busy threshing beans for
the farmers around here. The yield is not
as heavy as some years, owing to the long
spell of dry weather but the sample is
good. At present the price is $2 per bushel.
Rev. Smith of Duff's Church, McKillop,
gave a very inspiring sermon on Sunday
afternoon in the Hillsgreen Church.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1955
George Mark Drysdale, prominent Hen -
sail resident and popular businessman,
died in Soutlelluron Hospital, Exeter. Mr.
Drysdale, who was in his 66th -year, has
been in business in Hensel' for 44 years.
Something unique in the vegetable world
was a carrot that- measured- 32—inches in- --
length, taken frOm the garden of Mrs.
Thomas Bannon, Louisa Street, Seaforth.
Brought to the Expositor office by George
De Jong, the carrot is on display in the
office window.
The weatherman paid no attention to the
fact that Seaforth was holding the 110th
Fall Fair here, or that the Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor of Ontario was on hand to open the
event.
The ram began as the parade was
'preparing to move off, and continued to
pour down throughout the remainder of the
afternoon.
Murray Gaunt of Lucknow was the
winner of the Huron Beef Calf Club Show.
grand champion steer at the Seaforth Fall
Fair. Murray also won the Senator Golding
trophy• for beef calf showmanship, while
reserv champion showman was Carl
Peppf of Seaforth.
Aaltjey Godkin was elected president at
the first meeting of the Winthrop C.G.I.T.,
Maria 13ruiter , daughter al*. and Mrs
Louis Bruer of Dublin and CiarepceWhite,
son of MiW. Witte iineWora and the late
George Whiteereeently exchangedmati-
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vows in St. Patriek's Chu els DUblin
The couple will reside in
Preparations for Ciderfest at Van Egmond Howie
Struggling through life together
One of my father's favorite jokes. before
the word "corny" had been invented. was
"It's a long time to be married to a strange
woman." He repeated it once a year, on hia
wedding anniverser4, and I can still
remember my mother's eyes rolling up. thc
way women's eyes roil up when their
husbands are telling a story they've heard
eleventmn titlICS before
But it pops into my head every time I
think ae my awe wedding annivereary.
which is usualle about two week a after the
event.
This year. I remembered it about two
weeks before the event. but by the time
this appears in peint. I'll probably have
forgotten completely •
My wife is no better She can be so
sentimental it's downright disgusting. over
such trivia as her children. her grandchild-
ren. her father. her house, a particular
party twenty years ago. a friend who is in
trouble. and, very occasionally, about me
But when it comes to really important
things. she cates not a whit. The first
indication of this was when I gave her a
Sower on Mother's Day rnany years ago
She said. curtly. "1' rn not your mother."
Birthdays. -same deal. She was born on
Feb. 28, surely easy enough to, remember.
with es connotations of I cap Year rforget
She does too. though I'm not' l'ure hers
isn't psychological- - a year older
This attitude permeated our family. Our
kids ceetainla knew What Chide -Imes was,
Sugar and spice
By Bill Smiley
Uttle greedy -guts. And Easter: church with
)ayous music, bunt fat Baster eggs.
probably a visit with grandparents.
But Ten quite sure they don't know why
the first of July is a holiday. have only the
vaguest idea what Remembrance Day and
Thanksgiving ore all about. and exactly
which day is their birthday. though they
know the month they were born in, because
that ties in with astrology. in which they
fairly firmly believe.
But my Dad was right, even though
repetitious. "It's a long time to be married.
to a strange woman." Especially one you
ctrin't even know before you met her. if you
follow me.
met this strange woman at university.
when I came home from the wars. I thought
she was demure, beautiful, and shy. And
she was. She thought I was brash,
swaggering and far too unheeding of the
university's rules. which I was
After many years of tc4ethettiess. we've
each retained only one of the adjectives.
She is totally lacking in demure. she is still
beautiful, and she is about as shy as
Muhammed Ab.
I have completely lost my brash. have
nothing to swagger about, but am still far
The funny workings of our system
There is a tot of concern and converea•
tion these days about sickness of the system
that is supposed to keep Canadians from
being sick.
Just atieueeverybody is unhappy with the
was the medical system is being SIM these
days. Doctors are epting out of the regular
billing system or in.sorne instances. right out
of the ceuntry. because they feel they aren't
being compensated mough for the wntlr they
are doing. Patients are unhappy with the
treatment they're getting from dortors.
Government is unhappy that one of the
biggest areas of expense in their budgets
just isn't wotking
It's hard for ordmary people to feel too
sffiley for doctors who complain that they are
ffiling behind in income. or rather that they
are losing ground to- other professionals
After all figures show that in 1977 the .
average doctor in Canada earned more than
550,000. On the other hand. who can blame
the doctors -foe getting edgy when they see
deottats, lawyers. accountants and other
professionals earning closer and closer to
what the dtktorkearn, without many ot tne
liabilities doctors muse deal with.
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
rimi of all there k of course the litiie
matter of educate -in for a doctor Only
students with the tops m marks gel a chance
to invest many years of their life in medical
school and the internship training that
follows. it means you have given close to ore
half of your fife expectancy to study before
you're allowed to practice -what you've been
taught. Yeei've also invested a good chunk of
money (so has the taxpayers but we'll leayt
that aside for now.)
Buy beyond the schooling it's the life that
a doctor is expected to live that makes most
people not begrudge the doctor a good living
when it comes right down to it. One of the
occupational hazards of the profession is
overwork. There are perhaps -some doctors
who can close up the office at 5 o'clock like
an insurance office and go home for a
relaxing evening. hut they are few and far
between: Most doctors got into the profes-
sion because they felt some desire to serve
and (MCC initis bard to turn that desire eff
at the end of rinrmal ofra e hours An
emergency call comes in at 2 a.mand few
doetors will say "call somebody else"
There is too the stress a doctor carries of
having people's lives in his (or her) handa.
It's a feeting few of us knov.. Few lawyers.
who are nearly as well rewarded financiallee
as doctors. know that feeling unless they
practice criminal law. Teachers dentists.
farmers. writers. none of these tarry the
burden of knowing that if they do something
°Ting it could cost someone their life Its a
burden that has literally driven many doctors
to drink or drugs. In fact doctors as a
profession need a lot of help w ith their own
health problems.
The straw that broke the camels hack for
many physicians was medicare. There is
little doubt that the country as a a hole has
benefi ted from the system. For doctors.
however. used to being independent, it ha
been a pain. Suddenly they were told w hat
they cfauld charge. even if they didn't feel
this was enough. They lost the flexibility o
charging a fee commen.urate with the time
involved in treatment. It a patient needed
only five minutes of a doctors time he coukt
charge 5.8.00 but if the patient had somesort
of emotional problem that required the
doctor to talk with him for half an hour. the
charge was still only 58.00.
Figures published recently in Macleans
magazine. however. lead to some interesting
questioes about the whole medicare system
in Canada. The figures lead some credeoce
to doctors complaints in Ontario. For an
ordinary office visit, for instance, OHIP pays
a doctor 58.30 in Ontario Only Quebec
doctors are paid legs. In British Columbia
the doctor gets 512.50. In Alberta is is 5.9.70.
In nearly all other areas Ontario doctors are
near the bottom of the pav scale.
And yet to listen to the Ontario govern-
ment you'd think that we in Ontarie, were
waStrels with our health money. The
government has been on a cut hack program
for years now. Remember the battle to close
down many of our hospitals? Rememb.Zrfte
Please turn to page 3
too unheeding of the rules of the
establishment.
An odd combination. you'll say. to get
married. And it was. She thought me
boorish and uncouth, especially after 1 fell
sound asleep in the middle of a lecture by
i the late, gteat poet, E.S. Pratt. She didn't
realize that I had been at a lunch-time
reunion with some old Air Force pals who'd
just arrived back from overseas, and that it
was only great gallantry and iron will that
had forced me to make the lecture.
I thought she was prissy, prudish. and
damb.'because she never missed a lecture,
wouldn't even throw one inviting look at
the dashing young ex -fighter pilot in her
class. and ventured no opinions on
anything.
Oh, well. Chemistry. I guess. 1 won't go
into the details, but a few months later we
were exchanging furtive kisses in the
library stacks. groping embraces in
doorways. and skipping lectures right and
kft.
And a year later. we were married, with
no pomp and fettle circumstance. poor as
chureesmice, but head over heels. It was
better to marry than to bum as Paul told
the Ephesians or somebody. And about ten
months later, we had a little stranger inout
midst, and were poorer that churchmiee.
But still head over heels.
That little stranger is now thirty-three.
Now. I'm not going to tell you which
anniversary this is, I don't want a Med of
trenk mats and gold bars and ten -cent
ceirds coming in.
Suffice to say that we won't celebrate it
together, but we'll be together. There's
nothing quite so disgusting as the married
ample who can't stand each othet'e guts,
but go out for a big dinner, or throw a big
party, on their anniversary.
Like most couples, we've grieved and
wept together. laughed together. 'helped
each other over some rocky roads, loved
together. fought with mutual futy, taken
great joy and great heart -aches from our
children. idolized and spoiled and manag-
ed to muddle along. day to day, in this
peculiar life that throws up road -blocks and
rainbows. groans and guffaws, tea_rs and
terrors, death and taxes.
We still constantly worry about the
welfare. state of mind and health, and golf
score of the other.
We still fight ftequently. although I have
called and asked thai my wife be taken off
the list of "Husband -beaters." She hasn't
thrown anything, bigger than a glass of
water at inc irs months.
Ny dad was right. "It's a tong time to be
married to a strange woman." And may
jours be as tong. and as strange. riot your
wife: your marriage
Expositor asks:
Are_r interested in the
International Plowing Match
By: DEBBIE RANNEY
The International Plowing Match opened
in Woodstock on Tuesday. so this week
Expositor Asks decided to find out if local
area lieople planned to attend.
Frances Breen said she. wasn't going
because she didn't drive.
Ms. Breen added that it's too bad the
plowing match isn:t on during hours that
some working people could go to it.
Barb Watt of Egmoodville said she
wasn't planning on attending bee that she
wouldn't mind going to a plowing match. If
she went to one, she said she wauld like to
watch the plowing and look at tVe exhibits.
Anne Griffith of 53 London Road, she's
not sure if she's going this year yet, but if
she went she would like to see everything.
Wendy Rowan of R.R. 1, Brucefield said
she wasn't going this year but she had
been to an IPM when she went to school.
"I'd like to go. I liked it when I was
there," she said.
Pat Hulley of R.R. 2. Staffa said, "I'd
Rite to. ft depends cm -how everything
She said she had only been to a match
once before and that was when it was le
Wingham.
Mrs. Rita Brosens of Ragland 5t. ie
Dublin said, she wasn't going this year but
that they had gone to one or two before.
' If you've seen one, you've seen theni
she added.
Barb Hunt of R.R. 4, Walton said she
wasn't going but that her husband and the
two boys were down on Tuesday.
She said she was workirig or she would
have gone too.