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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1982-09-15, Page 2hi' 3inrot xpositor Since 1860, Serving the Community first Incorporating � Brussels .Pot founded 1872 12 Main St, 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Jocelyn A. Shrier, Publisher Susan White, Editor H.W. (Herb) Turkheim, Advertlsing Manager 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 advance) Single Copies - 50 cents each Second class mail registration numbe?,0696 SEAPORTI)=U, ONTAi'100, SEPTIEMI;ER 15, 1982 Co ncil esery IS s crei'�' it Anyone who's ever run a business, even a small one, knows how hard it can be to' handle things like vacations, employee evaluation, expense accounts, purchasing and keeping track of equipment. Often, because there's no time or expertise, they're handled on an off-the-cuff basis. And it's hard to remember what thepolicy was last year, when this year's decision making time roils around. When you're running a municipality it can be even more complicated. For one thing, you're using pubtlic funds, which mustbe accounted for to the last cent. You have elected people as well as employees to consider when things like_mileage, and convention allowance's are set. And the town owns a great deal of equipment which should be. kept in tip top ,shape so it's there and ready when citizens require it. (Snow plow equipment for example, in this neck of the woods, needs to be ready to go ° almost from late September until early April.) And you have councillors who have served for varying lengths of time and may have quite different ideas about exactly what the town's unwritten policy on all these matters is. Therefore, Seaforth council deserves a great deal of credit for taking time to mull present policies over, update them where necessary, invent them where they are needed and have not existed in the past, and get them down in writing for the convenience of all. A committee under councillor -Paul Ross put in a lot of effort this summer doing just that and all the citizens of Seaforth will benefit indirectly from their work. As councillor Ross explains it, the new policy will save councillors and others from embarrassment when they are claiming mileage or other expenses. The manual sets down the procedures to be followed and that's it. That should eliminate problems that have cropped up in the past when members of council all in good faith, followed different guidelines. The employee evaluation sections of the manual are valuable too. Perhaps some small business people in Seaforth would like to look them over and adopt them to their own use. And one of the most Important and new sections of new town policy sets down a procedure for keeping track of town equipment, and In councillor Ross' words, making sure It's regularly maintained and ready when needed. Anyone who owns a variety of expensive machinery which is operated by a variety of people can appreciate the value of that. The Expositor will be doing an article on the town policy manual In more detail in a future issue. Meanwhile, echoing mayor John Sinnamon, congratulations to a forward looking council who saw a need and filled it. 1! O ifilt @ gcMc Q Reader voices opinion I am a former subscriber to the Brussels Post which you recently purchased. I have been notified that my subscription is up for renewal. Last week's paper arrived in Belgrave Sat. Sept. 4. one other week it was Friday when it got here. The Brussels Post was always in on Wednesday. The Huron Expositor has 20 pages and only 2 pages at the most are given to Brussels news and this will no doubt get - lcss. Our local news from Belgrave is always included in the Wingham Advance Times. So I see no point in subscribing to a paper of which 18 pages are of no interest to me. 1 am sorry to see the small town papers disappearing but 1 guess that is considered progress in this money hungry world. Big may be beautiful but it is not best. Yours truly. George Michie, Belgrave Deer season near Applications for participation in the controlled deer hunt in Huron County and Minto Township of Wellington County are now available at the Wingham District Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources. All persons wishing to participate in the hunt must complete an application and submit by September 25. 1982. Anyone who wants an application may request one by phoning the Wingham office. The four day season will be held from NON ember 140 November 4. 1982. Shotguns and muzzleloaders are the only weapons which ata+ he used. Successful applicants are entitled to hunt. antlered or anterless deer. A maximum of 720 hunters will be permitted m participate in the hunt in Zone 85 1220 'n Zone 85A; 300 in Zone 85B; 200 in Zone 85C). Should the number of applicants exceed thi.. limit, a computerized draw will be held in early October. Successful oOpaggat Seaforth rate is 18 mills in 1882 SEPTEMBER 8, 1882 The, assessed value of village property in Brussels is nearly $16,000 Iess than last year. Last year the amount was 5335,800. This year it is $320,075, A new bridge is to be erected over the Maitland River at Blyth. Operations com- menced with the laying of stone abutments, Being built by the county, the structure will cost 51,800. A barn on the farm of Thomas Govenlock, on the gravel road, three miles north of Seaforth, was completely destroyed by fire. Over 100 tons of hay was also lost. It is presumed tramps had taken lodging in the barn, and while smoking, set fire to the hay. The barn was not insured. The rate of assessment in Seaforth has been set at 18 mills on the dollar. This is one mill higher than last year. A.G. Van Egmond of Seaforth Woolen Mills is making a Targe exhibit of his wares at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. Thus far, he has been awarded four silver medals. The Canada Methodist congregation of Brussels held their annual picnic i Hing- ston's Grove. The picnic was for the Sunday School classes. at c It makes me a little happy and a little sad to be going back to teaching English this September for the last time. Happy because September is the •golden month. The students are bored after a long summer of working or looking for work, and are lively, excited, keen, as they pack into the classrooms. exchanging wild anecdotes about their summer adventures, back into some sort of structured life after goofing around aimlessly, interested in new girls, new boys, new teachers. Teachers. too. head into September with a new spirit, their minds restless, their bodies fit. .their idealism about teaching renewed. They are full of new plans for exciting courses, reinvested with dedication, and ready to man the barricades with enthusiasm. Back in the lurky ponds of their minds, of course, the experienced teachers know that long. cold, deadly January and February lie ahead. complete with the 'flu, the snow, apathetic students, irritating administrators, personality clashes with their peers, and all the detritus of the second term. But in September, they close off that nightmare, just as we all ignore such things as cancer, heart attacks, and death, until we are into them. , We feel a proper reetttude, and joke about it, concerning our social rote in taking off the hands of their mothers those bored, whining teenagers who have been driving their parents crazy in the last few weeks of summer; staying out too late; getting into minor scrapes; wanting things their folks can't afford; and perpetually claiming, "What is there to do?" Personally, 1 enjoy meeting new students, evaluating them with subtlety, implanting them with new ideas, telling them ancient jokes. becoming aware of their personalities. good. bad. or indifferent, and trying to form some sort of a learning unit from 30 -odd bodies whose minds and likes and dislikes and aggressions and inhibitions are as disparate as the stars in the heavens. It's a good time, September. Usually lots of sun. grass still green. leaves still on the trees; new asperations, new hopes, new friend- ships. Football practices starting. Cheer- leaders being chosen. Golf course beckoning after school. Everybody tanned, freckled, friendly. And best of all, the meetings. Statt meetings, department meetings, department heads' meetings, meetings to establish committees to accomplish this or that, all forgotten by next March. There's a wonderful atmosphere at these applicants will be notified by mail shortly thereafter. Any person who qualifies for a farmer deer licence, or who owns or rents and resides on a parcel of land of at least 20.2 hectares (50 acres) is eligible fon a validation sticker without entering the draw. Eligible landowners and farmers must apply to the Wingham officeto receive that sticker, however, they may apply at any time. Hunters are advised that only one application may be submitted for any controlled deer hunt in Southern Ontario. As in 1981. all persons receiving a validation sticker must complete and submit a report to the Ministry of Natural Resources on their deer hunting activities, whether they hunted or not. These reports must be received by November 18. 1982. For additional information: Michael W. Malhiot. District Biologist. Questionnaire enclosed Fnclosed with the Octo P.U.C. bill residents of Seaforth will find a q tionnaire hich will be used to set up an up to date i mergertcy Plan for the Town of Seaforth. wc• would urge you all to fill in the quo tiontfaiire and return it to the P. U.C., the Jerk's Office of drop it off at the police department- Wliat constitutes an emergency or a disa+t<r' In the recent past we have become aware of ;moo, disasters in Mississauga and near Barri W^ al o must be prepared to react to possible , mrrgencies-in the Seaforth area. We lila, owde major tires. train derail mints oiemical spills. power failures. severe winter snow conditions. etc. We have many elderly citizens living on their own and two nursing homes. We must be prepared to have an orderly plan of evacuation and accommodation. All our neighbouring towns have or are developing their own emergency plans. Should a disaster occur in Clinton or Mitchell we may be called on to assist. Should the disaster strike here then we will have to rely on our neighbours to assist u.s. ' Remember we can save lives or injury by tieing ;organized. 1 will be reminding you again in October prior to receiving your questionnaire. H. Claus Chief of Police Steering Eft y@a111, agora@ , ' SEPTEMBER 113, 1907 The Messrs. Storey and Van Egmond, architects of Regina, have been selected as one of seven firms -of architects for the New Provincial executive and administrative buildings at Regina. Cost is about 51,250,000, Mr, Van Egmond is a son of Mr, W.D. Van Egmond, formerly off Seaforth, Robert Willis has purchased the store on Seaforth main street owned and occupied by W. Talbot. The price paid was 52.500, R.J. Dunsmore, an old Tuckersmith boy replied to recent letters in tl1te Expositor, written by Robert Govenlock. He said Mr. Govenlock gave him the first 10 cents he ever earned. The monetary reward was received for picking carrots for one day. Seaforth poultry winners at the Industrial Fair in Toronto were P. Dill who won a silver cup and bronze medal. Miss Bona Case won a silver cup for best pair. Alexander McKenzie of Kippen travelled to Blyth looking up rye straw for his collar making,, business. (Note: presumably horse collars). ill It's hard to argue against the need for the new Charter of Rights in our new constitution but probably a few will after that interpreta- tion last week by a judge. The decision by the judge that a man should be freed because the police. in taking his finger prints on arresting him, violated his right not to incriminate himself. was exactly the kind of thing many of the opponents to the Charter claimed would happen when they were battling against it months ago. They, at that point, gave example after example of ludicrous judicial decisions made in the U.S., all in the name of civil rights, where guilty persons were turned back on the street. Supporters of civil rights. however. can show you many more cases where innocent people have been victims of laws that were much too stringent. We in Canada have seen few examples of violations of civil rights. We live in a secure, safe world protected by things like the Charter. One has only to see a movie like "Missing". about a young American who is arrested and killed by the Chilean govern• • ment during the revolution there, whose very existence was denied by both the Chileans and his own embassy. to realize how terrifying life can be in countries without proper protection of civil rights. Here in Canada wen ye seen a couple of massive examples of this kind of civil rights denial: the round up of Japanese during World War 11 and the October Crisis of 1970. In both cases the majority of the public supported the government:.The"y saw the people picked up as being dangerous, obviously guilty by the very fact they were arrested. But' how would you like to have been one of those people who heard a knock on the door in the middle of the night and were rushed out in your bedclothes to some jail when you hadn't done anything more than attended a few meetings, in the Quebec case, or had the wrong colour of skin in the case of the Japanese. SEPTEMBER 2, 1932 The Seaforth Business Men's Association have circulated a petition, asking town council to provide better street lighting on Main Street, It was suggested that large lights be installed at each intersection. A peculiar thing happened near Brussels during an electrical storm. Some grain stooks were struck by lightening and set afire on ,the farm of George Bishop. The fire spread rapidly but a heavy downpour of rain suddenly put the fire out. In 1907, when the Star Theatre opened in Seaforth. citizens were introduced to moving pictures. The Star, a few years later became the Princess. During the war, the Strand was opened and ran for some time. Today, 1932, Seaforth has the Regent, the fourth theatre in the town's history. The opening picture off the new theatre will be "Palmy Days" a musical comedy featuring Eddie Cantor. Workmen have been engaged installing a disposal system between the Seaforth town hall and the new Regent Theatre, which will be used jointly by the"two buildings. The work tsisify kuga i ©IA opkG, by ONO 5cilit011oy meetin Ifhey're full of wit and thrust, reparteand aphorism. as though they had been written by Oscar Wilde or G.B. Shaw. Or Edgar.Giuest. Or Ann Landers. Nobody in his/her right mind would miss one of these meetings on a golden September afternoon, the conversation sparkling like Pablum. But I mentioned a certain sadness in seeing my last September in the halls of the shoe factory. I'll miss it. I'll miss the novice teachers asking me, "What'll 1 do tomorrow?" 1'11 miss veteran teachers binding away about other veteran teachers sneaking in before school opening and stashing away all the books that the former wanted on opening day. I'll miss whupping into shape a gaggle of 1 cocky. ill-mannered, blasphemous Grade Niners who have to learn that they are now on the bottom of the ladder not the top. i'll miss scaring the, senior grades with horror stories about the amount of reading and writing they'll have to do in the next 10 months. Some of them turn livid with fear. Most just roll their ayes. I'll miss the camaraderie of the staff room, where the women gossip in little groups about the other women on the staff, the men exchange rauchy jokes loud enough for the gossiping women to hear. and, especially. the shuffleboard table, where the motto is to reverse and old ethic. "It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose." . I'll miss having a science teacher, an art is. under the direction of Chief of Police, James V. Ryan. SEPTEMBER 27, 1957 Ernie Geddes of John Street, Seaforth, dug up a champion spud, measuring 15 Inches by 121/i inches. The monster weighed one pound, 10 ounces and was a meal in itself. Four Seaforth high school students have each been awarded $500 scholarships. This has brought the total win in awards by ,the school to 54,500. The winning scholars. include Ronald Ennis. Ronald Scoins, Donald Dearing and Ruth Silas. Seaforth employees of Topnotch Flour Mills Limited joined fellow employees at a dinner in Stratford to mark the 100th anniversary of James Richardson and,.Sons Limited. ' Mrs. L. Carter was the grand champion in the baking, canning and dairy section at the Seaforth fair. She was presented with a prize of pots and pans by Mrs, A. Hildebrand. Fat cows sold up to $11.80 a cWt, at the Hensel) community sale. Holstein cows sold from 5151 to $140. Weanling pigs, 512.50 to $16.75 and sows, 584 to 593. 1 s teacher. a French teacher, or a jock, on my English staff. They have so much to add to the teaching of English. I've also had tech -teach- ers, history teachers, and non -teachers in my department. I'll miss them all. Gratefully but sincerely. I'll miss the surly kids who turn out to be quite decent when you treat them decently. I'll even missthe problem kids, who keep you on your toes, like a private eye, waiting for their next con job. And I'll miss the genuinely decent kids, most of them, who roll along through the system, and greet you five years after graduation and force you to admire their twins. I'll miss the members of my own department. who stuck with me through thin and thinner, offering to take non-existent loads off my shoulders and replacing them with boulders. • In fact, 1'II miss so much, September.1983 that I'm getting all misted up, and can't finish this column. Aren't you glad? SS812 GREY AND McKILLOP — The year was 1924 when this school gathered for the photographer. The photo has been loaned by Olive Williamson Clarke of -Atwood. Back, from left, are teacher Louise Mills, now Louise Buttel of Blyth; Jim Williamson, Jim Ritchie, Norman Williamson (deceased), Della McNab, Charlie Williamson, Nora Hoegy (deceased), Herbert Williamson, Olive Williamson and Ken Ritchie. On front from left are, Marie Coutts, Olda Williamson, Ruth'Engler, Myrtle McCallum, Gertie Pride and Isobel Coutts. right course is a problem a@[ gid Im@ w@o [Dv KrA t G3ouRpmfi SENSIBLE COURSE The problem for our society is to try to steer a sensible course between the people who see any civil rights legislation as a hindrance to our police in keeping social stability and the other side who think a policeman handing out a ticket for driving over the speed limit is a sign of a police state. Civil rights extremists will make you think we already live in a virtual 'Nazi state. Canadians. you'll hear them say with regularity. are apathetic about their civil rights. Nothing could be much farther from the truth. Canadians in th€ last generation have become obsessed with their rights. The greatest underlying problem in the country right now could he the fact that the majority of Canadians spend most of their time worrying about their rights. I have a right to a meaningful, exciting job and a guarantee that my standard of living is going to increase every year. 1 have a right to be able to own a home of my own. I have a right to have my food produced at cheap enough prices that 1 can turn the bulk of my income to luxury goods. 1 remember running into this attitude most clearly first when I was back in university studying journalism and listening to profes- sional journalists. members of the News- paper Guild. speak to a class. Talking about this or that newspaper management they decried paternalism. In their viewpoint if the employer gave you something like an extra week's vacation, that was paternalism and wasn't ,to ,be enjoyed. If, however. the company wzas unionized, and the union won an extra week's vacation perhaps after a vicious strike, that was a "right" and therefore was proper. This example is oversimplified perhaps but it illustrates our society of today. Our concern with our rights has brought a greater labour unrest than ever before as both workers and \ management try to protect their rights. It has , brought more lawsuits than ever before as people try to protect their rights. 0 has brought more discontent with government than ever before as people claim big government is trampling on their rights. It's brought marriages where both part- ners arc so concerned with their rights that • thti relationship which must he based on trust and sharing, flounders. It has brought consumer movements. neighbourhood asso- ciations, parent associations in the schools. all fighting for rights. But has 0 brought more happiness? What we have here is a society with a chip on its shoulder the size of a'Douglas fir tree. We seem to spend so much time looking for someone who's stepping on our rights that we can't relax and enjoy life. At the same time we've forgotten that for every "right" there is a responsibility. Responsibility. to our spouse. our family, our boss. our community. our country. our planet. is something we don't want to have to deal with. In our case in Canada. too many "rights" may make a wrong. We are X11 slow OO ddo. °n Endo. by [EO@Ili® 7©wno.Git@nd The Word, The Label, The Stigma To retard is "to make slow or late, to delay progress, development, arrival, accomplish- ment or happening of..." Hence, retardation is the state of being retarded or slow. Someone pointed out to me the other day that we afe all slow in one way or another. Some of us are slow at figuring out mathematical problems; many of us are slowly converting to the metric system of measurement. Some people are slow at making conversa- tions or forming friendships; others are slow at developing the co-ordination to learn to ride a bike or drive a car. These types of retardation are generally accepted as "normal" by society. Yet, a section of our population is labelled "mentally retarded", and along with the label, comes a stigma that makes their lives even more handicapped. in 1981, TV Ontario produced file programs dealing with a variety of handi- caps. One of these was mental retardation. A written synopsis of the program explains that some people (earn, but at a slower pace. and there may be some things they cannot learn- or that no one has yet been able to teach them. Intellectual• functioning traditionally has been assessed by an individual standardized test of intelligence- the 10 test. Adaptive Please turn to page 3 1