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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-10-09, Page 2Once. 1060, Serving the ,COrrirnurlitY First Published at SE.Ai01111, ONTARIO ,eVell, Thaeritbly Meriting Lii LIE P!BBON Ao.",APD 1980 by iliktUADi*BRUS'. 01,1014SBEPSX,T1i, ANDREW Eablialter ^ SUSAN WHITE, EdItor • MACE Gintt.Newa Editor tOer'0.anaditin OnitnanIty NealinsPer Association , Ontario 'Weekly, Newspaper Association and Audit )tirean of ,pregi*tio.la SoltagriPtion Rates: Canada (In advance) s14.po a year Ontskle Canada (In advance) $30.00 a Year SINGLE CptilFs-35 CENTS EACH.. 4 Second Cass Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240' SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, OCTOBERIA 1980 uture.'a ea o . - ..The tutor° of Seaforth could ride on what happens during the.next‘ ten days. That's because those who are running, for election to town council :here have only until Monday, October 20 to make up their minds. Asof yerwe've seen nastampede of people announcing Candidacies. At t is writing, there are not even enough declared dandidatesto fill all the seats on council, by acclamation, let alone to cause,an 'election. • We believe that an active contest for councills a better way toseiect who's going to run Seaforth than is an automatic acclamation. Most politicians agree. Those who are elected have a mandate, those who are acclaimed sometimes feel they've been labelled better than nothing- but that's about alL , An election stirs discussion and thinking about what course Seaforth should take ever the next two years. It should ensure that those who are proposing to make policy for the town have clear cut plans. And that the voter has a chance to agree or disagree with those plans. Acclamation -gives no such sense of "we know where We're going •and we're working -together." Seaforth's next two years are crucial. A Business Improvement Area could be helping to revitalize our Main St.. An eagerness to attract light industry here, -and a search for more industrial land should be • continued, • The West Branch subdivision may get back on the rails if the economy improves. Seaforth citizens will be asked to help make important changes to zoning and to our official plan. We should bre considering our heritage architecture on Main St. and taking steps to ' preserve What could be a major attraction here. Then of course there are the per ennial, and important, questions of sewer back ups, sidewalk repairs, tree replanting and road paving. Whoever makes up the 1981 council will have a great deal on their plates. We -need the best representation we can get. That means an election. Will you and your friends give Seaforth and Its needs some serious thought? If you can't run for council, do you know someone who should? Behind the scenes by Keith Roulstort Who's the hypocrite? - It's such a tempting thing to say: -He's a hypotrite." "She's hypocritical—. We all do it now and then I'm sure. We can all see the contradictions in others. Calling someone a hypocrite has such a, nia holier than thou ring to it. The trap ofc., course is that every time we call someone a hypocrite we are aurselves being hypocriti- cal because we too are full of contradic- tions, chodsing to believe what we want to believe when it suits discarding it at others but being blind to the same needs in other people. Hypocrisy is evident in the news every day. We've been served with a platter full lately on various fronts. There has bean, for instance, the huge fuss over a television show *ailed "Playing fo Time." The show tells the true story of the experience of Jews in the concentration camps of Nazi , Germany. The horrible 15 year period of Nazi rule in Germany is sopnething Canadians of German extractidn have been complaining recently is being played up too much. Many claim they are being perse- tuted because of their German names even though their families may have been in Canada for a century. long before Hitler came along. Ironic. isn't it that this mistreatment of German -Canadians today is but a shadow of the mistreatment, the persecutions the Jews have felt all acr oss the world. but in Europe in particular for nearly 2000 years. But the irony of this telling of the story was the casting of the actress Vanessa Redgrave as the Jewish heroine. Ms. Redgrave made headlines a few years back because she had made a film on the mistreatment of the Palestinian people in the territory given to the Jews as their homeland of Israel after the mistreatment of the Jews in Gemiany at the end of the Second World War. Sher supported the Palestinian Liberatiol Organization, the hated terrorist organizalion responsible for hundreds of deaths. A certaiti number of Jews have always bad a hard time distinguishing betWeen the discrimitiation against Jews and legitimate critidsm of the state of israel. With some of these people„ any comment against a governmett policy of Israel is regarded as being against the whole Jewish people, including fifth -generation Canadians. So Ms. Redgrave's comments against Israel's treatment of the Palestinians were quickly called antisemitic by many Jews. The idea then of this hated woman playing a Jewish heroine was too much for them to take. The reaction has been astounding. • Jewish protesters have burned the actress in effigy. Rocks and bullets shattered the windows of television stations in the U.S.. which broadcast the program. There are • more letters to the editor in some Canadian newspapers over that movie than there were over the constitutional hassling. The irony again was that the more they protested the use of Ms. Redgrave in the movie, the more they prompted the watchng of the movie to see what the fuss was about. The double irony was that although the Jewish protesters thought they were doing a disservice to Ms. Redgrave because she was doing a disservice to them by playing a Jew. they were in actuality (as was Ms. Redgrave, whatever her political views) doing a service to the Jewish people. Because the more people who watched the show. the more would be reminded again of the horrible treatment of the Jews by the Nazis. Nearly all the reviews of the show spoke of what a tremendous job Vanessa Regrave did in the part.. The movie has been regarded as one of the best portraits ever of the Holocaust and M s. Redgrave was a leading factor in its success. What the Jewish protesters could not see was their own hypocrisy in the matter. Here they were. victims of thousands of years of diacrimination, discrim inating on the basis of political not religious beliefs. Here they were. victims of so many unjust laws over the centur ies. trying ,to deprive a woman both of her freedom of speech and her freedom to work at her profession no matter what she believes. Freedoms aren't easy things to live with. Everyone is quite willing to talk about freedom when it suits them but wants to turn off the freedom when it doesn't. Many Canadian liberals, for instance. get worked up about the lack of freedom for the opponents of the govertunent of ;Chile to get up and speak openly against the government. Yet these same Canadians get worked up in Canada because idiotic neo-Nazi groups of Klu Klux Klannmen claim the tier to have their say too. The liberal would often like to stop these people whose message they don't like, from having the freedom to give speeches or the freedorn. to work in the press. What each of us has tO do is to search in ourselves for our hypoocrisies. We must examine our own beliefs andour weakness- es so than when we see the hypocrisies in others we don't get too smug about it all. As Jesus said, "tet him who is without sin cast the firsf stone." Write a lettertothe editor . BY ALICE GIBB, Hikers On. the' Allaable-Bayfteld Conser- vation Arca didn't let SimditY afternoons dT'izzle d4thP0Ij their spirits. n -0,Tr hiym,•accOmplOpti*Gpso. N4.00tv Authority staff, wound their wav throughthe'Onaere site. watching fer'aigns Of Wildlife?, learning . about edible' plants flrat discovered by the pioneers and carefully avoiding the poison ivy .f•ottrid along trails. The hike wound ` through a transitional forest, open meadow and over a nutnber of swift -flowing creeks and the Bannockburn • River, swollen slightly. by recent rains. Steven-- Lane, corntimnity relations co- ordinator With the authprity, told hikers -when settlers-eame-to-the-area,-theY4ould— "smoke it, boil it, eat it, everything" to find uses for plants found in the area, One plant he pointed out was the ,delicate, white -flowered daisy fleabane, which settlers found would keep fleas away when put in mattresses or clothing. Another valuable plant was the touch -me lant with distinctive (manse and yellow looms, which proved valuable as an antidote to poison ivy. John Small the other guide on the colour tour, said the old, rotting forest 'found in some parts of Bannockburn is becoming scarcer in this part of the country. He said one of the few similar areas is the Hay swamp, located near Hensall. Mr. Sinail told hikers two extremely rare hirds which can be found in this decaying vegetation are barred owls and pileated woodpeckers. These woodpeckers, which have black bodies with some red and white markings, are almost as large as small crows. Their bills are the size of a man's finger and they., leave very large holes in 'trees where they've been feeding, ' Steve Lane ' said recent studies bave' shown Woodpeckers' brains are surround- gd"-1?-Y a iluid which acts as a cushion When the .birds are hitting theirhearlS, against tree ttatlka. Sincc this tluid preventsiniurY in birds, scientists are enolloitnif,tryietsnwsorinndup1kat it for use in . hy race car drivers. When hikers reached the transitional forest section of the site, John .Small pointed out a tall; black cherry tree. The guide said wood from these trees is second only to black walnut in ,hardwood ,value. He also pointed out a number of hemlock trees and told hikers Bannockburn is one of the most southern sites where they're One of the plants commonly found in the transitional area is the wild ginger, with its 'broad, heart -shaped leaves and strong, ginger-flavoured'roots, used by pioneers„as flavouring. Steven Land also pointed out 'the Solomon's Seal, with, its brilliant red berries, and asked hikers to guess why , settlers gave the plant that name. He explained in the spring, the pioneers found if they broke off a leaf, the mark it left resembled the ancient seal of King Solomon. - Another plant named by settlers was the white baneberry, whose white berries, with a black dot in the centre, are deadly poisonous to humans. Mr. Lane said the popular name for this plant among settlers was "dolls' eyes." At the end of the hour's walk, staff from the authority treated "hikers to steaming cups of hot chocolate and donuts. AN UPHILL CLIMB—The hour-long hike through, the Bannockburn ConserVatIon Area on Sunday afternoon had a few challenges for hikers, like this climb uphill in rather slipbery conditions. (Photo ISy Glob) THIS IS THE WAY TO END A HIKE—Jeanette, John Paul and Diane LONA of RFI3, Zurich, welcomed the steaming cups of hot chocolate and donuts provided by Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority staff at the end of Sunday afternoon's hike through the Bannockburn Conservation Area. • - (Photo By Gibb) ..**••••••••••••" STARTING OUT—Steve Lane and John Small, Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority staff, handed out walking sticks to assist hikers Bill McAsh of Varna, Eileen Rennie of Mensal!, Eleanor McAsh and Dorothy Klpfer of Varna on Sunday afternoon's annual fall colour tour of the Bannockburn Conservation Authority. (Photo by Gibb) 1880 man brought back to life OCTOBER 8,1880 For the fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 14. the published list of cxmvictions showed Goderich credited .with ..s4, Clinton with 15, Seaforth 14, 'Wingham 16, Brussels 11 and Exeter 1. In total there were 111 convictions, of which 29 were for drunks, 22 for assault. 6 for larceny, 6 for abusive language and 5 for violations of the Liquor License Act. A gentleman residing In Clinton who has been married twice, has had 19 children born to him, none of which has lived for any tength of time. Last Saturday a painful accident took place about two and half miles south of Dublin. i. Brimicbmbe, of Usborne, dug a 35 foot well and as he usually does at anon, he came out of the well for his dinner. The platform on the edge of the well gave way while he was standing on it, and he fell to the bottom of the well. When brought to the top of the well, Mr. Brimicombe was pronounced dead. but after some medical attention, he was revived. Besides severe internal injuries,' he has a broken arm and broken ribs. Readers will be pleased to note that Huron residents again fared well in the Provincial In the years agone Exhibition. Mr. Peter McGregor, of Bruce - field, won first prize for the best draught stallion of any age on the ground. Thomas J. Bell, of Londesboro, on first prize for the aged agricultural stallion. Henry Colbert, of the Egmondville Brewery, has had his residence in that village re -painted and otherwise improved in aPPearainnthe ce. ltpliascen.ow the handsomest re- sidence OCTOBER 6a 1905 Messrs. Greig and Stewart, who bave been carrying on a large clothing and furnishing business here, have dis,solved partnership. Harry Stewart, who has been a member of the firm for the past three years, has purchased the interest of J.C. Greig and will continue in the business. Mr. Stewart will have associated with him his brother, Charles Stewart, and the firm will be known as Stewart Bros. James Dunn, who has run the cigar store and barber shop in Seaforth for the past thred years, has sold this business to S. Jordan, who has been employed in the business. as a barber. Mr. Jordan is a good mechanic and a good fellow, and will no doubt do a good business. Rev. Joseph Eckert left here for Minneapolis an the No. 4 Express last Saturday, after a three week visit to Father McKeon and other St. Columban friends..He is about six feet tali and will be a good ad for St. Columban wher ever he goes. R.W. Scott, who for the past three years has been the very effitient manager of the Seaforth Electric Light Works, has retired from that position and will devote himself to electric repairing and_ wiring for the company. • Mai& Anderson was out on his first hunting expedition for the season and came -back with a full bag. He corralled three ' coons, four hares, and four partridges. This is pretty good for one day and will keep the .other fellows on the jump to beat his.recotd. OCTOBER 10, 1930 The post office which was operated in the late William Nears store of over 40 years, and later by W.J. Bernie, has been moved to Clarence Bennett's store on North Main St., Walton. The Seaforth Lions Club, at their regular meeting Monday night, were afforded the unusual opportunity of a moving picture ttip through the Hudson coal mine a of Scranton, Penn. The film was supported by a descriptive lecture by one of the repre- sentatives of the coal company. Pearson Chalets of Tuckerstnith had the misfortune of ranning a nail into his food. We are glad to itear he is improving. OCTOBER 7,1950 Care of the hair and soil testing high- liktited discussions held by • the Junior institute and Junior Farmers as the Seaforth District organization met Tuesday night. Construction of a new office to serve as headquarters for the Seaforth detachment of the OPP is almost compieted. Erected in the arta between the town hall and.the RegetT theatre. the one storey structure provides two cells, as well as office space. White driving on the Mill road Saturday evening. Ken Comb i saw three dexsunning into the path of his car. He at itrripted to avoid the animals. but was unsuccessful. In search of the best holiday As a Canadian: what is your favourite holiday in the year? Think carefully. now. (No objection to Yanks playing the game.) (YriTnally. our holidays had religious overtones. Hence. the term holy days: Christmas, Good Friday. Thanksgiving., Then we developed patriotic • or. if you prefer - political holidays. These include such stirring times as Dominion Day, now better know as the First of Ally: British Empire 'and Commonwealth and The Queen's Birthday; Armistice or Remem- brance Day. Finally. we have a few pure pagan holidays tossed in-. Labor Day; Civic Holiday and New Year's Day. Well, let's start at the bottom, and eliminate.' Civic Holiday has no signifi- cance whatever. It's the day on which everyone gets out of town for the weekend/ except the local merchants. who are supposed to get a civic holiday. but spend it working like mad at the service club carnival. raising money for some worthy cause. It isn't even a national holiday. Big city stores ignore it. Labor Day, as we "all blow, far from being a tribute to organized labor. 'it a' day ,Sugar and spice By Bill Smiley on which nobody does a tap of work. except for getting their kids ready for school. or ,closing up the cottage. The next in insignificance is difficult to I choose. We have Dominion Day. of coirrse . Once it was a day of horse races, picnics. boat excursions. and speeches in the park. Now it iS merely a day which, annoyingly, doesn't always fall on a Monday or Friday. And we have that what -ever -it -is Day int May. It used to be Queen Victoria's Birthday. In the morning trees were planted. For the rest of the day. and night, you burned your fingers on fire-crankers and your eyebrows on Roman Candles. I guess what we're supposed to do now is sit around and think of our Commonwealth brother in Zambia and Senegal. or the Queen, Whose birthday is in another month, or something? What we actually do is open the cottage or go fishing. And,then of course. there isNev. Year's Day. Hangovers and broken resolutions. Actually. New Year's depends on how fervently you first-footed it on the preced- ing eve. It can be as bleak as a beverage room, or as rambunctious as a rooster. lint ahead of it there lie three cold, dark, dreary and deadly months of winter. The two saddest holidays of the year are Rernerriberance Day and Good Friday. And, appropriately. they come at the.most dismal times of thi year. On Nov. 1 Ith the sky weeps, the ,wadows and mothers weep, the flags clfotp at half-mast arid the bells toil. The only joint in town that jumps is the LegioAall. After the solemn rites have ended, old cronies gather to exchange lies, enjoy good food and drink, and listen .to the inevitable speaker trying to convince them it was all worthwhile. Good Friday is gloom, darkness and bitter wind: remnants of snow drifts. A day of death. sacrifice and sorrow Cold,. cold. ' and.the earth is dead and frozen. Christmas is another thing. A season of peace and joy on earth with goodwill toward meta according to the ads and the interminable carols. But, let's be honest. By the time The Day has arrived, you are baffled. bushed and broke. That leaves nothing else but ThanksgiY- Ing. That's my choice, every year. It's the beat Canadian holiday. First, there are the physical delights. Weather is usually fine - brisk and bright. Scenery is magnificent: blue. bronze and crimson; blood bubblet in the veins. Fire feels good. Food tastes like never before. Lungs lap clean air. Sleep is sweet, smoith and as dreamless as whipped honey. And then there's the thanksgiving itself. Thanks for good health. Thanks Pm alive. Thanks for children. Thanks for a good harvest, or fat beef, or a steady job. Thanks for a chance to go Cm living through another year of those other holidays until I can say thanks again.