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The Huron Expositor, 1982-08-11, Page 2-�kjle Tluron, (if xpos to Since 1860, Serving the Community first Incorporating-Brus--els Post founded 1872 12 Main St. 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon by Sfgnal-Star Publishing Limited Jocelyn A, Shrier, Publisher " Susan White, Editor u H.W. (Herb) Turkheim, Advertising Manager 44 Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation A member of the Ontario Press Council Subscription rates: Canada $17 a year (in advance) /' outside Canada $50. a year (In aclldrice) 'ABC, Single Copies - 50 cents each i Second class mail registration number 0696 SEAFORTH, ONTAROO, AUGUST 11, 1982 It's in.excbusahl y Beating someone up is always a crime, right? Not necessarily, a committee of the Ontario' Legislature has been learning lately, much to their horror. For, when a husband beats his own wife, it's only a crime in most police jurisdictions in the province if the wife agrees to lay charges. . And many wives will not, because they are so financially and/or emotionally dependent on the man.that they must continue to live with him. Realistically, because shelters for an abused wife are rare in Ontario and crowned where,they do exist, mostly in cities, she has no other place to go. Attorney -General Roy McMurtry, who has the power to insist that police lay charges against husbands who beat their wives, as police In London have been doing for some time, seemed reluctant to take that step when he appeared before the legislative committee. "He exhibited all the stereotypes we've heard about there," one committeemember said, stereotypes that insist what happens at home, even if it's brutality, is a private affair. Then there's that other stereotype that blames the victim, the wife, for somehow "asking for it" or at least not helping herself and the sick notion that's common in our society that a wife Is quite close to being a chattel of her husband ... a sort of possession that he can treat as badly as he chooses. Battered women, for various reasons; including the fact that very light sentences often result, are not apt to start charging their husbands in great numbers. In many jurisdictions police encourage them not to. But what's happened in London, where police have been Instructed to lay charges themselves when wives who are beaten will or can not is instructive. The numbers of repeat offenders have dropped drastically. When people learn Society will punish their behavior, they change that behaviour,'aided in London's case by a self-help group for men who have abused their wives. But women in Seaforth and Kingston and Kincardine deserve the same protection -that women in London. have. Along„with government action'to providamnresbeltera,for abused Wgmen yee need.a strong statement from the attorney -general that yes, Indeed, wife beating is a real crime in Ontario. And that the men who commit it can expect charges to be laid, right down the line. When statistics show that one in, ten married women is a victim of abuse by her husband, at the lowest estimates; Mr. McMurtry's inaction is not excusable. Start with other guy Ask anyone if she or he thinks wage restraints are a good idea, to help make Canadian industry competitive again and to bring Inflation to heel. It's pretty certain he or she will say yes, but in the next breath will add "as long as it's not my raise that's being cut." In Ontario now we've got a classic case of "not me, though" going on that would be hilarious if it weren't so illustrative of the tendency of each of us to see no farther than the nose on our face. The Ontario Nurses Association LONA), the same Ontario Nurses Association that is asking for a 25 to 34 per cent wage increase for its members this year, Is refusing its own employees' demands for a 15 per cent plus a 5 percent pay hike. Its employees, who handle grievances and othef member services, have been on strike for a month. ONA now says it will hire new employees, non-members of the ONA Staff Union, scabs unionists call them, so that services to nurses, who pay S20 a month to belong to ONA, can continue. Things are now at an impasse with some ONA Local executives saying they won't work with scabs, while others insist services to members must continue. It's a classic. ONA staffers are only asking for what their employers the DNA nurses are insisting on. .parity with similar .workers in British Columbia. If that's what nurses deserve, their reasoning must run, that's What their employees should get too. And while DNA wants 34 per cent (although local`Tembers in Clinton admit the figure is "a little ridiculous''), who can Mime the DNA staff association's attempt to make a grab for a mere total of 20 per cent? Lost in the shuffle of course is our federal government's suggestion that wage hikes for everyone be no higher than 6. per cent. And it'll be continually ignored by other groups too until we see leadership from the more highly paid people in our society, and an end to this incessant ''y'es, but not my salary." Just imagine for a moment if ONA dropped its requests to that 6 per cent figure. Once they recovered from the shock, the ONA staff association would have to do likewise, and so on down the line. Health care costs would plummet. Doctors would be morally obliged to cut their salaries. All concerned would get a tremendous boost from benefiting the the common good. Is it going to happen? Well, if the moon's made of green cheese.... Former ea Orth resident The following is a letter received by Marlen ..Vincent. chairman of the arena fund raising drive from a former Seaforth resident. We agree with Marlen that Seaforth and area folk will be interested in sharing Paul Patrick's thoughts, Dear Mr. Chairman and Friends: Today I received your letter outlining the histol'c of the old Seaforth Community Centre and an invitation to participate in Tomorrow's Community Heart. Your letter had a very special message for me, and as I r.r here writing this letterof response. many pleasant memories of the Seaforth Community entre come t, mind. I was one of the f,,rtunate residents who. having very dedicated parenis..,promot inxolvement in both inter-murdI and I hockey. Many stormy, cold drives t Arena from the farm are still as vivid to they were some 20 years ago as 1 beg play pee wee hockey for my home to Seaforth. How many times have I said Morning" or "Good Night" to Roy and McGonigle as I arrived from hockey Seaforth Teen Town dances after the had departed the building. The gam broomball. the 4-H exhibits and the pleasant social events that I have atte all bring a smile, a chuckle or a tear. a 1 'Eggs 1 1 882 ALIGad several p� Mr. Wilson has had several teams and men ppy�9Jl busily engaged shipping eggs during the past two days. Eggs have been unusually plentiful this season and Mr. Wilson has done an AUGUST9,1907 immense and profitable business. SeafgfIths- veLran lightning rod man, Thc.Winnipeg papers say that the new Gabriel Reeves, has -rodded many buildings council of that city have decided to order in this vicinity recently. Included was a barn another large size fire engine, two hose reels and house on the farm of .Games. Berry, south and 2,000 feet of hose from the Ronald of Egmondville. Mr. Reeves said people Engine Works at Brussels. appreciate the benefit of the rods more and Mrs: James Chesney has sold her farm, lot, more. If properly maintained they are a great seven, concession four, H.R.S, Tuckersmith protection. to James F. Elliott of Westminster for the Well known cattle shipper, Robert Winter, sum of $6,000. The farm contains 100 acres, made a large shipment of 223 cattle from 90 of which are cleared. There is a brick house Seaforth.' The lot weighing .306,412 pounds and fair outbuildings. w,ere�gll fed in the immediate vicinity. The The Beaver Lacrosse Club of Seaforth and price was not known, but averaging the price " other friends, entertained Douglas MCDon= ' '' t'five^cents per pound, it would figure up to $1x5.300. old prior to his departure for Manitoba. One over of the leading members of the club and one of ' FrarirScott, eldest son of Mrs. R. A. Scott of the most expert players, he was presented Harpurhey, has been engaged to teach in a with a gold locket as a mark of friendship and school near Barrie in Simcoe County, at a esteem. salary of $450 per year. Avery clever student, A severe thunder storm caused a, fire he is sure to matte a successful teacher. , destroying ii barn of Wm. Wren of Hibbert Next Friday, August 16, is the day of the near Chiselhurst. Insured; at $1,000, all big Sons of Scotland demonstration in outbuildings and contents, were lost except a Seaforth. All stores, with the exception of reaping and mowing machine. restaurants, will be closed part of the day. + W- Am AIM am t Well, 1 hope you're having a nice, peaceful summer, taking it a little easier in ,the hot spells, sitting on the front porch or the back lawn in the evenings, contemplating the folly of man's world and the joys of the natural world. Or, if you're two,' or three, or four generations younger, 1 hope that you are lying on the beach, brown as chocolate, every eye on the three inches of your bikini. Ladies first. If, you're the same age, and male, 1 hope you spend your days at the same beach. the sweat glistening on your virile body, as you and a buddy flex every bronzed muscle, one eye on the bikinis, as.you toss a frisbee back and forth, making incredible one -foot leaps to catch it, orthrowing it between your legs. or whatever turns,your crank. Or 1 hope you have a job, when so many don't. Or that your new baby doesn't have the colic and cry all night. Or that your husband leaves the golf course in time for dinner that is completely dried out. Or that you don't come home from the golf course or the bass fishing and find a note from your wife: "TV dinner in the fridge. Am over at the Blanks for cocktails and skinny-dipping." See how unselfish 1 am. 1 want for you all the things 1 don't have. True. I'm on holidays as most teachers are. Roll on, September! We have had visitors for four solid weeks. Daughter. then son-in-law, then son. But at least they've only stayed a few days each. The really formidable guests are the two grand - boys who have been here every day. And night. And morning. Let me say at the outset that they are lovable, smart, articulate, and a delight to the heart of the most hardened sinner. Well. Von beginning to think of myself as one of the latter. I've known it all along. of course, but I fear I might drop into the next category below that. In some benighted, sentimental moment last winter. I told my daughter we'd take the boys for July. as she had a chance to take a special course at university. Have you any idea how long July is? The promise was the equivalent of saying. on some New Year's Eve. full of good, or cheap spirits. that you'd take Aunt Mabel, who had already been thrown out of three homes for the aged owning to obstreperous- ness, mope and gawkery. for` a month. My wife knew better, but she gets sentimental too, once in a while. That is. everything sinks to the bottom and becomes muddy. So they are here. "No problem," I assured her, when she became unsettled and unsedimental. "We'll put them in the YMCA camp for four weeks. It runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. and we'll luno w and $no k@ by ©651 5MMpy have time to shop, play some golf, enjoy ourselves." It didn't sound too bad, if you didn't think about it. And we didn't. I went on: "They'll be so tuckered out after six or seven hours of games and crafts and stuff that they'll.come home and fall asleep . like babies." Well, I was partly right. But. they ain't babies any more. They are 6"and 8. And the Lord. in his intimate wisdom. chose to endow kids that age with enough energy to keep them going, full tilt. for about 19 hours a day, and still. want not one, but three stories at bedtime. by which time 1 can scarcely talk, let alone make up gory stories, their favorite. Just to help things along, my wife did something I've warned her about for years. Coming downstairs, with a big basket of laundry, she slipped and put her arm through a window on the landing. That wasn't so bad. She'd only severed an artery. But instead of leaving her arm out the window and letting the blood drip on the grggnd, she pulled it in, and spurted it all o0er the carpet on the stairs. Doctor. stitches. carpet cleaner. possible new carpet. OK. We can cope with that. Accidents happen. But ever since, she's been prac- tically useless, with one arm bandaged. So. My routine now is to get up at seven, sort out what the boys are going to wear to day (nothing ever seems clean), make them wash and brush their teeth, make their breakfast, make and pack their lunch, break up a couple of fights about which wears the dry swim suit, drive them over to the camp, and pick them up about five. They arc always the last out of the showers and somebody has lost his towel) drive them home, get dinner (usually fish and chips or a pizza), play soccer with them until the mosquitoes drive us in, and try to wrangle them off to bed by 9:30, when storytime commences. it's a good life, but an active one. as some idiot once said, somewhere. imagine what the weekends are like, with no day camp. In many ways, they've improved since last time we "had" them. So far, only one aluminum back door smashed by a well - aimed soccer shot, the clothes -line broken by a bit of Tarzan climbing, the polished wood floors looking like a wino's spectacles, and most of the door -knobs missing in the house. 1 can recall when they were destructive. as little boys. And only three weeks to go. E ,GULP 29,1932 Theatregoers will soon be able to see talkies without 'driving to Stratford or Goderich. Work on the new theatre is being rushed. The floor of the auditorium, proscen- ium arch, the entrance and lobby have been poured. Electricians began the wiring and G, A, Sills and Sons have men at work doing the plumbing, , Seaforth people were quite successful at the drawing held in connection with the garden party at St. Columban. The hope chest went to Annie Harc Kenwood blankets to J.W. Beattie and china tea set to Dr. H.H. Ross, The unsightly snow fence surrounding the soldier's monument in Victoria Park has been removed and the grass on the mound neatly cut. The Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Legion have arranged the permanent wreaths about the base of the monument. F,D. Hutchison, Palmolive Soap, ?' calces for .15c (with coupons). China cups and saucers, 2 for .25c, Onions, new crop. 8 pounds. .25c. Brooms. regular .50c, sale price .39c, AUGUST23,1957 Over 80 youngsters turned out for the first v. of two swim meets at the Lions pool. Ron Ennis, pool supervisor, directed the meet with Ivlyrray Xir, y, a lifeguard, and Joan Dick, judging and scoring events. High point winners were Jack WFiitely, beginners; Cheryl Moore,.Junior and Ken Devereaux; Connie Eckert and Bob Dinsmore, Gnter- mediate; Gene Nixon and Bob Dinsmore, Senior and Marion McLlwain, adult. Approximately I80.11ensall children wily start school in September in a new building and new location. The $120,000 structure is located on the south sine of Hensall, The principal is Robert Reaburn. Russell Bolton, RRI Dublin, topped 15 competitors in a field crop competition in Garry Oats with a high score of 95 points. Other close winners were R.S. McKercher, RRI, Dublin, 94; Robert M. Scott, RRI, Seaforth, 93; and John E. Henderson, RRS, Seaforth, 92. Miss Faye Love, Walton, has been awarded a silver medal for earning highest marks in Ontario (86) in intermediate vocal examinations; held by the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. This is the third silver medal within three months for Faye: Take o back 1 you With the current mess the economy is in, there's a tcndancy on the part of many to say if w c could just get .hack to the good old free cnicrprisc systcm. all our troubles would gn Bw ax Perhaps we should take a look back at how good the old system xc'as before we get too carried away. Like most things nostalgic, looking hack on free wheeling capitalism of that kind practiced, say, a century ago. tends to give it a more roses hue than it had. It was. after all. the excesses of capitalism in the late 1900'% that led us to the supposed excesses of socialism today. It xtas. for instance, the utter lack of htnnanity of employers in that cra that ied tea, the formation of unions, those scapegoats for at (cast half of everything that's wrong today Ig(xcrnrpent get the blame for the other half). Let's try to remember what being a worker was like in those days. You were likely sends) cheque an, ed my In 1969, 1 was introduced to a young lady le from Clinton in the lobby of the Seaforth o the Community Centre. Six years later, we- day as married and today have a lovely home and an to two little girls in Toronto. I wonder how many wn - other friendships or families have begun within the walls of the Seaforth Community Centre? Good Hazel In March of this year, i was able to attend or left and participate in the Seaforth Industrial bands Hockey League Tournament in Hensall. How es of disappointed I was in not being able to show many my fnrnds from Toronto my birthplace and to nded, play in,the Seaforth Arena for the first time in nearly 10 years. to work six days a heck. 12 hours a day for irareiy enough to feed your family and if somebody else came along who would take less just so he could put at least a little food on his family's table, you'd be likely to not have a job at all. It was free enterprise, competitive system in the marketplace. Remember that the owners of mines were sending children 10 vears old down into the mines with no proper safety precautions. Children were also working incredible hours in textile mills and being badly maimed because proper safety equipment ate into the profit of the free enterprising plant owner, Let's remember that those conditions had to be pretty bad to bring about the unions we know today. Today's unionist may have to memories 1 shall return again this year and look forward to utilizing our new Community Centre. I too am proud of Lloyd Eisler as you people are. 1 have no hesitation in saying "i'm from Seaforth" and have countless time pointed it out on the map. By getting the Expositor every week, i have kept in touch and congratulate all of you who are involved with the campaign to create the Seaforth and District Community Centres..... Tomorrow's Community Heart. 1 am a believer; now I am a supporter! Paul Patrick A former resident lose a little money and man a strike picket line. The unionist of early in this century was almost certain of losing his job if he struck and might lose his life too when the company. often with the tacit support of government, brought in goons to beat up strikers. Yet it is those unions that gave us the middle class we have today. Winning those hloodk battles the unions brought better working condition% end better pay to their Members, When the workers in the plant got better pay the white collar office staff benefited too. Without those battles being fought cin you really think that company bosses would be sharing profits with the people who helped make them instead of with the shareholders° The other half of the twin evils of today's society also sprang from those days of hucennecring capitalism in the latter part of the last century. Big government had its first seeds planted in attempts to curb the execs%" of big businessmen who took the free enterprise system to its logical conclu- sion. ht Britain, the government began its growth when it began to pass laws to prevent ruthless people from exploiting children in the workplace. In the U.S. it was a great free enterpriser himself Teddy Roosevelt who took action during his presidency to put some hounds on the power of massive free enterprise empires being run by families like the DuPont% and Rockefeller's from the princely splendour of their huge mansions 'built on the profits made by working others to early graves, Small businessmen today complain about government hot how would they like to try to go back exist in those days of free entcrpri%c when a handfuil of families in the U.S. controlled nearly every arca of business. where you either agreed to bux or sell at their price or you didn't buy or sell at all. Roosevelt through his anti-trust legislation put the limits of this kind consolidation of power in the hands of ton fcw people. And despite all that free enterprise, the economy got out of whack naw and then ton. Pierre Burton in the National Dream reported that the building of the railway to the Pacific in the late 18-0'% was virtually impossible hecauseofa dcpres%ion that saw same 10,000 businesses go bankrupt in Canada, the tiny Canasta of those early clay%. The National Dream also provides an idea of why government ha% so large a part in Canadian business life today. It was gm ern. mcnt that had to prod businessmen to take on the Pacific railway, goJcrnntcnt who had to sweeten the deal with huge land grants and government who ,tilt had to come to the assistance of the free enterprises when they nearly went broke. From the beginning only a few businessmen in Canada were willing to take real risks without government guaran- tees. Something in the Canadian psyche. even then, didn't create the kind of risk-taking businessman that ahouncaed south of the border. Once it was established that free enterpris- ing capitalism wasn't ail it was cracked up to he the problem was to bring checks and balances to the system. As with all balancing acts. sometimes too much weight gets added to the other side of the halanc•c. Perhaps todav we do have too much government and union power balancing off business power. The trick will be taking away just enough of that power to make the system balance. 11