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Ra ilYREKA, ,Genre Manager
HEATHER -TURBOJET, Editor
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Things have 'been a trifle chaotic at
The Expositor this past week, 'helped
along by a variety of factors, least of
which was the departure of seasoned
reporter Neil Corbett.
Although Neil has been replaced with a
capable reporter in the personage of
Paula Elliott, I must say that Paula has
not exactly had the easiest start to her
new job.
Just a few short days after Paula ar-
rived in Seaforth, and just a day after
Neil left our environs for the great
beyond, I was struck down by a nasty
bout of the flu, and forced to remain
under wraps at home, with my own per-
sonal "water closet" close by
My absence from the workplace meant
that Paula was left to fend for herself,
forced to pick up potential news stories
and photo ideas without help, about a
community she had yet to get to know
For my own part I too, was in a bit of
dilemma, since suddenly I was left with
only one .day (Tuesday ) in which' to ac-
complish the tasks 1 had previously
allowed myself a week to complete.
To top things off some kind of strange
chemical reaction in our darkroom
resulted in the destruction of the majority
of the week's film leaving us not only
short of photographs for this week's edi-
tion, but without a record of certain
events for the annals of history
With this knowledge before you it
hoped that this week's Expositor will he
viewed with some compassion Hopefully
next week things will progress a litth
smoother., and without half the mishaps
sae..
Despite my health I was able like th,
majority of people around the provinr,
this holiday weekend, to partake in som,
of the festivities surrounding. Thanksgi'
mg, and I must say it was an interesting
experience this veer - and one that ren
thinly kept the members of my family it
particular. hopping
For one thing. we had some new face:
around the Thanksgiving table - face,
that prompted a lot of talk and specula
tion about the events that might unfnl,
during the festivities
On, n! those fares belonged ti• m
Sister'. newest man someone whon. I'
has heeome ver\ obvious she i -
enamored wit), and someone we will prn
babl\ find ourselves sitting down with fn.
man\ dinners to come
The other fares and the ones that pre
mpted all the speculation. belonged to th,
parents n! this newest beau Sin-,
thanksgiving this year also happened 1
coincide with m\ sister's hirthda\ an,
boti, sets of parents were together fn the
occasion we were all halt expecting 1,
see ;, diamond ring make its appearance
Despite all the hints dropped thougi,
500 the opportunities given it didn't
although at several key points it. th,
evening them was more than one pier, n'
jewelry being flashes in our midst
I guess that can only meat, tha: w
stil, have something_ to look fnrwarc 1,
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Mrs. O'Leary s cow really started something.
Most people know she started the Great Chicago Fire when she kicked
over a lantern and ignited a pile of straw. The resulting fire burned down
much of the Iliinos capital. and took many lives
Wnat most people don't know however, is that Fire Prevention Week is a
direct result of that fire, This year October 9 to 15 has been designated as
Fire Prevention Week in Canada and the United States, and the concept is
a good one
It really only takes a TOW minutes to check your home tor fire hazards.
Ana, eliminating them could save your family's lives
Fire hazards in the form of clutter and flammable materials such as paint
thinner can accumulate in the cleanest of homes, and can, be lethal.
Electrical wiring can wear out and become dangerous, heating equip-
ment - particularly wood stoves - require regular satety,checks.
Fire officials at the Ministry of the Solicitor General 'recommend regular
checks of your home for fire hazards.
Start in the kitchen - kitchen fires are the most frequent type of home
fires. Can winnow curtains graze your stove top, toaster or other hot sur-
face? Is the stove and the hood above it collecting grease? Do you keep a
parr of tat on the back burner? Don't — if you tum on the wrong burner by
mistake, you could have a bad fire
The kitchen is an excellent place to keep a multi-purpose fire ex-
tinguisher. Be sure it's bracketed to the wall at an exit, and make sure
everyone in the family knows how to use it. .
Faulty wiring and electrical equipment are the second major cause, of
fatal home fires. Frayed or damaged electrical cords, extension cords usee
as permanent wiring or draped over nails or hidden under the rug, damag-
. eo or spliced appliance cords, bare wires, appliance plugs that heat up -
these are examples of fires waiting to happen
II you regularly use "octopus plugs", or extension cords; or if you fre-
quently blow fuses, or the lights dim when the fridge kicks in, your
household wiring may be overloaded. It's time to have it checked and
upgraded by a qualified electrician
Check the basement, particularly around the furnace, for clutter and
flammables such as floor wax, paint thinner and tins of varnish, Do not store
combustibles under the stairs. Be especially careful with oily rags, which
• can ignite by thesmelves. Have the furnance serviced regularly by an ex-
pert, and keep the air filter clean.
If you have a woodstove or fireplace, make sure the chimney is cleaned
frequently - at least once a year. Creosote - the gummy, tar -like material
that builds up in chimneys - can be set on fire by heat.
Make sure all the doors are free from obstructions, and that windows
open easily. 11 you need to escape during a fire, that isn't the time to unstick
the window you painted shut last summer. Children must be taught that it is
okay to smash a window or screen with a suitable object if the window is
stuck
During your Inspection tour, check the smoke alarms - make sure they
are free of dust, and test them by holding a lighted incense stick or a bit of
smoldering string under them
Regualr fire inspections don't take long, but if a fire kills you, you're dead
tor a long time °
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LETTERE TOLE EMTi
Not 400 kite 4for piJblic input
To The Editor,
Mr- Frank Phillip's letter of September
20, 1989 has prompted me to write, not a
rebuttal. but a corrunendation for his
efforts
He has put in writing what I have been
muttering to myself for some ,period :of
time. He was able to provide more
statistics re: costs, and to chronicle ,the,ac-
tivities,better than I. It. eves..wuith,uoting
the CHED Coordinator .was xto,attend, a
course for,Main,Street Coordinators in Ut-
.tawa. Most, if,not,all,,of the topics offered
in ,this course should, 1,e. ect,_,have,been
prerequisite -education fore; , ition. -The
total cost ,to the town is• d ,to e:$920. if
the „enrollment .tee.;is:$ ,.as,stated; ,{�en
:expensesouchees,,travel, als,,and try
for ,the,.week.rat a ;cost fo •-• o ,indeed
co titnte. a,arCggain. . , y '1,+
itslr• Cott, 5, uurfeel uustr`. rightlyzasks
where ,we ;;were .,,when .the ,1nee,tirigs ,and
.aarly.rdecisions.,were -nude, rkle4(iggests
that the time for our input is now past,
Because ;the opportunity, for .whatever
mason, .was not „taken at that time does
not,preclude.any citizen .from voicing her
opinion ,at this time. I .believe this to be
one of ,the benefits of living in a
,democracy.
If TOW) Council i;an <be asked to recon-
,sider the eeaterial,.of .the , -statue, by chapg-
-ing .frompest..iron to Fbrooree, ..they ;should
�o consider ,the :option .of reverting :the
,decision,;toiplace,any'statue. Tile building
blocks .frons ;the „giant's ,playroom .will
-obacure; itranyway.
Once
„Again, congratulations to Mr.
BPhil' ips net's ,bear .frons .amore .of ,the
,town's ,taxpayers, The ,silver .will .come
,from .your•'poekeets,to ,pay for ;this adorn-
ment, mitellter .cast-iron „or „bronze, .of 'the
•civic -court" •
X.ours , y,
rShirlfY . ' 11g
I honestly don't know why 1 even bother
anymore.
I went home for Thanksgiving this past
weekend, and as has become our custom.
my family and I went and spent a relax-
ing afternoon at Colassanti's, a nearby
greenhouse. In fact, I was the twit who
suggested that we go there and although
it's a pleasant place to spend an afternoon.
I knew deep in my heart of hearts that it
was an unwise move. '
I luiew that I'd buy more plants.
My parents' home is a riot of lush, green
growing things and I've always nursed the
notion that maybe the greenness of my
mother's thumb had rubbed off. My first
crack at plant rearing was a dismal failure
- the poor blighted thing couldn't have
lasted more than a week - but I convinc-
ed myself that the plant had been sickly to
begin with, All I had to do was go out and
buy a pile of healthy young plants, I
reasoned, and my house would look like
my parents' house in no time.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
In the past year and a half, eny plants
have put me through an emotional
wringer. Much as a parent •ertperaences the
joy and pain of raising a child, I too have
suffered the highs and lows of raising - or,
in my case, maintaining - my plants. I've
rejoiced in every new shoot and leaf. I've
been deapondant over every scorched tip
mignwaymman way
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and. mouldy root. I've lam awake at rught,
fretting over the stringiness of my hanging
plants.. And still I buy more plants
One 01 my greatest triumphs has been
the Perseverance of the Pepperomia. This
gutsy little rubber -leafed soul was a freebie
from the Welcome Wagon lady, and
although I've always; suspected that the
plant was a cutting destined for the gar-
bage bin, I've never said so to its face.
Stuffed into a wee clay pot barely big
enough for a miniature cactus, this cartoon
of a plant consisted of one waxy leaf about
two inches across balanced on a three inch
stem. I was dubious. I was already it the
process of killing three plants, and I didn't
need any more blood on my hands. But
blind optimism won out, and Pepperorma
was given the sunny spot on my kitchen
sill.
Grudgingly, he grew. In fact, there were
times when I swore I could actually see
him straining to pop out a leaf. I found
that the leas attention I paid to hurt. the
better be seemed to grow. In fact, I found
this to be the case with most of my belea-
OCTOBEIR. 11, 1889
The Huron Expositor announced that, as
part of a drive to .enlist .at least 400 new
subscibers, they would be offering the
newspaper "..from now until the first of
January, 1891, to all new subscribers for
the ,price of one year, viz. $1.50. New
subscribers will get THREE MONTHS
FOR NOTHING. This is a splendid chalice
which should .be taken advantage of at
once."
Mr. Peter Cameron was passing over the
:bridge ,on the 4th Concession .when the
weight: of his:steam threshing .machine pro-
ved too much for the bridge. If not for two
new planks that had .been laid .down
several days before, the ,whole establish-
ment would have gone through ,and held -
.ed ,several feet ,below, undoubtedly knifing
both ler. Cameron and his :foam ,of ,horses.
Fortunately, the threshing - engine. remain-
ed ,suspended ;on these two,planks until it
was removed, and Mr. Cameron recieved
minimal Injuries and bruises ,and his ..,earn
..was unhurt.
,Mr•.:Porter,.a ;St. Mary's resident, .was
riding ;his borne ,back from :Stratford after
dark ,.when be „,vias waylaid by, a „would be
bighwa ao, a four mules .from itis
borne. -The ,stepped;Mr. -Porter
,.awl„o them, ' :et his horse .and
:unload ;thus gt ti's. -Mr. '.Porter, it was
repotted, ".ethunkdpg'>th iseeather .hnpeett-
quered plants Se I ignored hilt. and 11'' u
turn presented me with a new lea! ever
month or so. Not exactly the arrangement
that 1 had been hoping for. but at least it !-
a
a truce M} Pepperouua now stands a.
statuesque ten inches high. but I vc always
wondered why he doesn't resemble ever
vaguely the fat. flourishing Pepperurno
plants that I've seen pictures of Mayb,
he's just small -boned.
Monday evening saw the addition of tui,
new refugees to Paula's Plant Purgatory
It•s not quite a certain dead, • my nifty
self -watering planters keep their, f run
completely throwing in the towel - but
neither is it a chance fur new life I now
have twelve plants hanging in limbo
waiting for - what'? Who knows Maybe
move 10 Florida. where they can have
their own suriuon, and automatic waterug'
sustein In the ineantune. they should b,
thankful that they have a mother who
cares about then,
Maybe that's it ...niayb,' its not iily laulI
after all'
Maybe 1111 plants have an attituu,
problem
ys St. Marysmart
from the Expositor Archives
nent, declined to do so and was fired upon
by the daring highwayman." The horse
shied and Mr. :Porter was able to make a
getaway, hut on the following day ex-
hibited "...the mire on his clothes and the
(.musket ball) holes in his hat as con-
clusive proof that there is no humbug in
this, but that it was a bona fide attempt at
highway r,,obbery."
Annie Louise Cushing, aged 24, organist
in St. George's Episcopal Church, Utica,
has just married a 14 -year-old boy reamed
Edward Gray.
OCTOBER 1651914
A .good samaritan, in the person of ear.
E.C. Collis of ,Benfren, last ,week .gave to
the -editor of the 43
Post a ball ,dozen
potatoes that ,wejghed ,ten .and ,a half
;puundseend nine others .that .wejghed six-
teen pgtuels. -The .editor will now ,be ,,able
.•to.,getthr'oughAbe Ranter, ,whether the ,war
ecfatinues Or ,not.
Over Foned , aopjictitions have
n, repievei'n.d.c� ator.niembership in
roe ,Pee eeeed ,second CA4&d. •.x!u1itarY
•contingent.:iHundreds ,of .nsem art Also
ferung their services in all other centres ui
the Western Provinces
The pricipal event of interest in the war
zone during the past week was the siege
and capture of Antwerp, in Belgium Ant-
werp, one of the world's greatest seaports.
was supposedly impregnable but could not
strand up to the immense seige of the Ger
roan guns
Autos belonging to Mayor Reid and Ur
Heileman of Goderich were badly smash-
ed .when the doctor. who only got his car
the day before and was our for a trial
spin, lost control. Mayor Reid, behind hint.
saw .what happened, swerved his vehicle to
the right to avoid hitting the doctor, and
wound up in a five foot ditch. The doctor's
car finally landed in the ditch also
OCTOBER 13, 1939
Provincial traffic officers and local police
continue to ,search for -the deriver of a truck
or car which struck and fatally injured
Benedict Holland, 20, of St. Columban and
drove .away, ,leaving him lying in the
highway. The scene of the accident was a
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