The Huron Expositor, 1989-11-15, Page 2SINCE 186C, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST!
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I find history fascinating. Years ago, I
learned that fact is much stranger than
fiction, and ten times more interesting.
Non-fiction books are by far the best
reading around, and these include history
books. But whenever 1 leafed through one,
I always felt a little gypped that I wasn't
around to witness any events of great
historical significance.
Not any more.
This past week, I've sat on the edge of
my couch and watched the news, slack -
jawed in amazement. It has been one thing
after another. To begin with, the world is
witnessing the crumbling of the Berlin
Wall, one of the ugliest edifices to blemish
the face of the earth. New York City has
elected the 'first black mayor in the history
of the city, and Virginia has put into office
the first black governor in the history of
the United States. Notelong ago, the South
African government permitted the largest
gathering of native South Africans ever in
the capital; they came in from the pro-
vinces by the tens of thousands, many
travelling by bus for days. And imprison-
ed South African leaders are being freed,
far too slowly, but they are being freed.
All of this has happened within the last
month. It's wonderful, but it still gives me
a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach.
It's difficult to explain, but I'll give it a
shot,
Every once in a while something will
ROUGH N O TES
by Paula Elliott
happen, either locally or internationally,
that throws life into perspective. A Terry
Fox or a Rick Hanson travels down the
Main Street of Anytown, Canada and
changes lives in the seconds that it takes
for them to pass by. A fault opens in the
West Coast and makes the whole world
stop and think. A basically foul-mouthed,
scruffy Irish rock star galvanizes millions
into action to save the people of Ethiopia,
and makes those same millions feel utter-
ly ashamed of themselves in the bargain.
And an East German man, helped up by
his West German neighbour, stands on top
of the Berlin Wall and whacks a chunk of
it off with a sledgehammer.
Events of international significance hap-
pen all of the time, but rarely do they oc-
cur all at once like they have been lately.
I've sat back and watched all of it happen
in the past couple of weeks, and there's a
creepy little voice in the back of my head
that keeps saying, "What does this mean?
What does this mean?" I'm trying to
maintain a certain levity about the whole
situation. If all of these fantastic,
monumental events are th,' tla of this
iceberg, if the world as 'we have known it
for the past 25 years is tilting on its axis
and this is just the beginning of much big-
ger things to come, 'will it really matter if
1 have my Visa paid off by Christmas?
But I can't help but feel a little bit
reassured about life, in spite of that woozy
feeling in my gut. Having spent the past 10
years facing the possibility of a nuclear
war and listening to hatemongers, the idea
of glasnost makes me smile. The
'greenhouse effect' is a frightening reality,
but Maritimers still travel to the shore to
save beached Pilot Whales. I'm glad that
I'm around to watch the Wall come down,
and not see it go up.
And I can't wait until I'm old. God will-
ing, I'll look through my great-
grandchildrens' history books with them,
and show them pictures of Bob Geldof and
the 1985 Live -Aid concert, and Rick Han-
son, and holes being punched in the Berlin
Wall. And I'll tell them, "I remember
when that happened."
Watching history in the making is a
pretty heady feeling.
A few weeks ago Canadian scientist and geneticist, David Suzuki, warn-
ed Canadians that planet Earth would suffer irreversible damage within 10
years if strict measures were not undertaken to clean up the environment,
He said it wasn't just a matter of cutting back on waste production, but
that people around the world had to put a halt to robbing our world of
its ecosystem.
Suzuki's "stop it now before it's too late" hit Canadians in the gullet
with such force it took our breath away. It was his two by four over the
head that made us take notice. Since that initial blow Suzuki has ham-
mered home the environment issue, non-stop.
Anyone watching his CBC show, The Nature of Things, should have felt
sick knowing that we are allowing the human race to destroy the world.
The show centered on the destruction of the rain forest in Brazil's Amazon
region. An expert on agriculture in that country explained in detail how the
rain forest is self-sustaining. Though the forest is lush with greenery and
wildlife its display of good soil and good growing conditions is but an illu-
sion tor anyone thinking the soil is good for commercial crops. In fact,
once cleared, the soil of the rain forest cannot sustain crops grown on it,
nor the people who did the clearing. Instead, all that remains atter three
years is a desert -like land.
The destruction must be stopped, despite the arguments of "look who's
talking". Of course Canadians, Americans, in fact, people in developed
countries can plead guilty to taking habitat from the wild in order to pro-
mote their selfish economic goals. The difference between Brazil's jungle -
clearing and say Canada's swamp reclamation is our swamps continued
to sustain life, though in a different form (wildlife to crops), whereas Brazil's
example does not.
James Lovelock, a well-known British environmentalist, maintains this
planet=nshouid•;be a perceived las ;,being one, .giant living .organism. The rain
forest of the Amazon, he said, ,does the breathing for the planet; ff that
forest is destroyed, the planet is doomed.
The people of this world should be concerned. Suzuki said it is
estimated 10 per cent of the Amazon's rain forest has been cut and burn-.
ed. Sadly, the cleared land does not sustain life and as a result, Brazil's
misplaced and poor burn more forest in hopes of scratching. a living from--,
the parched land.
The destruction, not just in Brazil, but in other areas of our world, must
be stopped. We can't afford to wait 10 years, or wait for politicians to
make promises, but must do something now. Suzuki advised viewers to
write to his show, but mark letters attention to: The Amazon, The Nature
of Things, CBC, Box 500 Station A, Toronto, Ontario, M5W 1E6, to find
out what we can do to help save the environment. Write to Suzuki, give
him your support. Go one step further and write to your Member of Parlia-
ment, and tell him your concerns.
We have an obligation to do our part. We must for the sake of our
planet. To do any less seems almost criminal. Walkerton Herald -Times.
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THE YEARS AGONE
from the Expositor Archives
Local ' 8sp�eed i ngI't7 over 1.5 °mph
NOVEMBER 15, 1889
The Wingham people are talking about
establishing gas works in their town, as
they think that gas will be more general-
ly serviceable than electric light.
Mr. George Hess of Zurich has received
a patent for his electric clock, in which
there should be thousands of dollars. The
clock will be in great demand, as such an
article has for years been sought. Frost
will not affect it, neither can it vary as to
time.
At a meeting of the town council held on
Monday night the street committee was
authorized to open up the drain on William
St. and to have a two -plank sidewalk laid
to the residence of Mr. R. Hogg on North
Main St. and also one to the residence of
Mr. Adam Kline.
Armstrong Kerr of Brussels was last
week committed to jail for six months ow-
ing to his having no visible means of sup-
port. Kerr is in poor health and without
friends, and is a fit subject for the House
of Refuge if the members of the County
Council would only do their duty .and pro-
vide this very necessary structure.
NOVEMBER .20, .1914
For travelling faster than 15 miles en
hour is his auto, W. Nimick of Stratford
appeared ..before Police Magistrate Davis
and pleaded guilty. Ile ,was .fined $10,94.
Goderich is suffering from .an epidemic
of measles.
The cold ,weather of this .week has stop-
ped the plastering of the new Hensel]
Town Hall, .which has received nearly ,all
the first coat, but ,there .wlll be no doubt a
few fine, ,soft :days in (which ,to .,complete
the plastering.
The .muster-role.of:the,•:secopd Canadian
contingent which is now being mobilized
will „be .15;272. officers ,and,menawith 4,.65
horses, ,58 ,field .and ,heavy IBMs, And X16
machine glias•
INOYEiNi>BER;x70o.39
During ,the;pas fewr,weeltsa,an-y pide.inte
of ;;thiellipg ., root t •41fitties. sas Men
prevalent in Seaforth. On some days, ac-
cording to W.C. Barber of Maple Leal
Dairy, as much -as four dollars has been
stolen from milk bottles. Householders are
urged to discontinue leaving money in bot-
tles overnight in order to discourage the
thieves.
Council adopted a resolution asking that
Sky Harbour airport in Goderich be con-
sidered as one of the aviation training
centres.
Another milestone has been, reached by
Mrs. Mary Avery, Mitchell's oldest citizen,
who has just reached her 106th birthday. A
year ago, a message of congratulations
was received from Their Majesties King
George and Queen Elizabeth,
Seaforth's 1939-1940 hockey program ad-
vanced another step on Thursday when
players a d,fans met to name committees
to run tf� teams. The meeting unanimous-
ly ,approved entering an Intermediate
O.H.A. team and, with the intention of
developing young players, the meeting also
approved entering an O.H.A. Junior team.
NOVEMBER 19, 1964
The lives of three young ,McKillop
Township residents were claimed in a
tragic one -car crash. on County Road ,15. A
joint funeral,; service ,was,held,at Northside
United Church ,for .Patrice cMeCluslde, Don-
na ,J,ean ,Gordon :and ,Gordon Driscoll.
,Boyd Taylor, who represents ,Morris
Township .at Huron County Council
meetings, constructively criticized the
Board's lengthy .!meetings. The .sessions
startz,at 8 p,m.,,afnd„1nost,ofzthem,.conclude
around ..39,,or 3 „Aim. ;; fie ,:ordered if
,more;-w,,orkeepilld; be'.done, in •the eemmit-
tee •;meetings.
.Seaforth ,':Ftarmer's Co -Operative .will
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Reader recalls 'historic hockey game
Dear Editor:
Over the years I have never missed
reading your column "In the years agone”
because it is always interesting to read
about what other generations have done. It
is a thumb -nail sketch of history that is very
informative as well as a churning up of
memories of past events and people. This
week was no exception for me when you
mention about the Exhibition game of
hockey between the Boston Bruins and the
Seaforth Beaver Intermediate team.
It hardly seems possible that it took place
50 years ago because the event is very vivid.
Jack Walker was the manager and his
faithful assistant was Lorne Dale. Some
other players involved at various times
were Lindy Leppard, Gord Hildebrand and
Von Bell. Fraser (Chirp) Sevin was the
mascot.
The game itself was played in Stratford
since our rink was a natural ice one and we
couldn't expect to play much before the first
of January. Furthermore, it was very small.
We used to find a difference going from
natural ice to artificial and it took about 2
periods before your legs and skates become
adjusted. There seemed to be a subtle
difference.
We really enjoyed playing the Bruins
especially as they were such a nice group of
fellows and also because they had our home
town hero in the person of Cooney Weiland.
Somewhere along the line we ended up with
Brimsik in goal playing for us and Stade,
our goaltender playing for, them. Al
Hildebrand told me that he overheard the
Boston players saying that they were quite
impressed with Arnold Stade's capabilities.
Harold came from Zurich and used to
diligently come over every year to play for
Seaforth starting from his early Junior
years.
The Seaforth team went on that winter to
win their group and then eliminated Point
Edward, Durham, Niagara Falls before be-
ing beaten by Whitby in the O.H.A. In-
termediate B Ontario finals in the spring of
1940. The only ones still living from that
team ,are Al Hildebrand, Ralph McFaddin,
Tom Sills and myself. A ;great bunch of
fellows and.:we had a lot.of fun _together.
Cooney Weiland was .the ,catalyst that
made,.the exhibition: gamepossible. As most
people know, Cooney was,born -and raised
in Egmondville in the house .on :the .east
side opposite Van Egmonds :and ..nearest
the .bridge. ,Incidentally my mother was
also raised. in,that,ouse but .in a:previous
generation .when it was owned by ,our
.grandfather, Tom Daly.
Cooney played his ,hockey ,in ;S Orth
,.before ,going ,:to .the Owen ,Sound Ai.,
Juniors. •trom'.there,he,,w,as,, ersiladed.by
our Uncle Joe Siils,to turnprofeysio al, ,with
the Minneapolis ,team,besppse aloe .rneelf
was,already, lay_ gg for them, Joe;also,,per-
sliaded Wredw(iio�ttiof', tnn„to; mnkeethe
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dit Clapper, Brimsik, and Jack Portland on
defense. I remember Portland in particular
because of a certain incident. Jack was a big
man, well over 6 ft. tall and a little over 200
pounds in weight.
Before the game I said to my brother Der
"I'll bet you a quarter that I can knock over
Jack Portland.” He took the bet likely figur-
ing that I didn't have a chance since I was
only 5'7" and weighed 140 lbs. soaking wet.
However I saw my opportunity when he
came around the corner of their goal lugg-
Mg the puck out. I quickly crossed in front of
their goal and nailed him with my shoulder
just as he came into the clear. Whether he
was on an off stride or not I'm not sure but in
any case down he went. When he got up he
Turn to page 4A
Seaforth has coast connection
To the Editor:
The name Seaforth on the West Coast of
Canada does have a connection with
Seaforth Ontario.
While researching the family of my bus -
band's grandmother, Mary Modeland
McLean, I was given the following informa-
tion by the late John Modeland of
Tuckersmith.
In 1883 Ursula Modeland, sister of Mary,
married Duncan McBeath of Stanley
Township and they went to Victoria B.C. to
homestead. When names were being re-
quested for streets in this growing com-
munity they suggested Seaforth. It was
accepted.
Recently, replying to a lady in Victoria
B.C. researching her family in this area I
asked if the street Seaforth still exists. It
does - it is on the current map of Victoria
(Esquimalt).
This lady went the second mile for me. In
her telephone directory she found seven
McBeaths. The first one she called was a
grandson of Duncan and Ursula McBeath.
He lives in the second home built by his
grandfather, on the corner of Seaforth
Street, now designated a heritage building.
Margaret E. MacLean
Show hosted by two groups
Dear Editor,
I am writing to your newspaper to cor-
rect some misleading information about
the Mid -Western Ontario Show and Sale
which will be held in Seaforth on Sunday,
December 3.
Through a lack of communication, the
columnist who wrote a story about the
show in last week's paper, failed to credit
the Van Egmond Society for their share of
responsibility in hosting the big show.
The success of the shows in the past two
years has been largely due to the fact that
the Agricultural Society and the Van Eg-
mond Society work together so well with
one common goal - running a show that ,an
entire ,family can enjoy and afford.
The ,Dhow has also bad the support of
our own .;BIA to contribute to its ,success.
There was definitely no intention to
antler Cate the role the Van Egmond
members play in hosting the show.
This year the Van Egmond Foundation is
responsible for running both the�!ntique
S
Aa(the ,. oral ,;tegion,.and the huge
clr ft ,show ;a the , i�$h .school. As „well it
writ :serve lunch.,at�the high school.
The Seaforth „Agricultural Society is
responsible for,:,the d ,arm Toy Show in its
Aewitthawell difigatile •Doll .and 14hllature
-4-Umt chnflge,: r - dsrg! s;t q13# 14v th ,ttShu in a.
:.tile (irey�
J l ori'€ ren°le ?er111 4e' players oh �tiie
Kr9s dm ;.t€nm bat 2 ere .+, .ns ',the CL ou
rW41;.g1 f SOlvirllit,,Duntar,ank$a er:
My apologies to, first of all, the Van Eg-
mond Society, the BIA and to the colum-
nist for the lack of information leading to
this oversight.
It has taken the enthusiastic support of
so many people to build the show to where
it is today. Our thanks to all who have
provided support in the past and if you
' haven't been asked to help this year,
please offer - both groups would be ap-
preciative of any extra help available.
Sincerely,
Joyce Ribsy
Quote incorrect
To the Editor,
I read with interest your article on
"Junior KCiinndergarten To Start". I would
like to take•this opportunity to inform you of
the correct ratio of staff per child in nursery
schools and day care centres as laid out by
the Day Nurseries Act. Children aged 23/2 to
4 reqwre an 8:1 ratio, not 18:1, as quoted in
the ,article. The ratio .for ,five -year-olds js
1.2:1.ancl,;tioth ;age;groups have a ,maximum •
class size .of 24.
Nursery Sehools and day care centres
nave to meet all requirements of the Day
Nursery ;Aet in,order to obtain and meirdain
Coi?Mnuunity 0,4 . ►1operat ng;-llcerise. •
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