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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-01-05, Page 2t uhe s uron � (fxpastfior Since 1860, Set Wing the Community Nrst incorporating :!Brussels Post founded 1872 12 Main St. - 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTArt1O every Wednesday afternoon by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Jocelyn A. Shrler, Publisher Susan White, Editor H.W. (Herb) Turkhelm, Advertising 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 $17.75 a year (In advance) oiitalde Canada $50. a year (In advance) Single Copies - 50 cents each Second olass mall registration number 0696 4, Ito SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 5, 1983 Restoring; herskill decrease from 19 1 of 28. The depre}fiboln year, 10 fnarrisges were celebrated, a appears. to have been an unsurmoun e wall for Seaforth swain. ' Over 700 of the 1,005 persons who were eligible to vote in Seaforth turned out at the polis during the municipal elections. A.D. Sutherland was elected mayor, defeating J.P. Daly, Mayor of the past two years. J.M. Eckert will be McKillop's reeve for 1933 and William Archibald was re-elected reeve of Tuckersmith. A light car driven 'by Carl Aicheson and passenger Gordon Hildebrandt, crashed into a large telephone pole on North Road, on the outskirts of Seaforth. The pole was broken off at the base but the car was not seriously damaged. Aicheson was about to pass a buggy when he noticed a man on the middle of the road. Rather than hit him, he took to the ditch. "Old Jack," 29 year old beloved steed of Wesley McLean, Godorich, dropped send on Christmas Day .at a historic spot, at the Centennial pillars, entrance to the town of Goderich on the Huron Road. 'Interment was held at Joseph Brindley's farm when he and Mr. McLean and Roy Armstrong gathered for the obsequies. As the carcass was lowered into the grave, the trio sang "Shall We Gather at the River". • JANUARY 5,1883 As Mr. W.W. Hoffmman was driving around Seaforth with some ladies in a sleigh, he , turned rather short at the station, upsetting the sleigh. The occupants were- thrown out but not injured. The runaway horses were captured d Messrs. McEwen and Smithreturned was to. Seaforth from a hunting expedition to Muskoka with 31 deer and one bear. One of Mr. McEwen's greatest feats was to shoot three deer in one minute. - A fire occurred in Baker's Jewellery store, Cady's block, but was discovered and distinguished before any serious damage was done. The origin of the fire is not known. Some Winthrop boys who dannot control themselves or be controlled by their parents, 7j went a mile out of their way on Sunday Well, it's over. The annual orgy of celebratibn, family and friends, eating and drinking. If you''re like most people, that facts leaves you r, elieved, But just a tiny bit regretful too. If Christmas didn't exist (and many will argue, accurately we think that to much of western society, it no longer has much to do with Christ and his birth) we would have to invent it. The religious significance of Christmas aside, all cultures have invented their own festive times. For they are times when all human beings can set aside routine, work, hassles and cares and rejoice. Rejoice in Christ's birth and the difference that made to the world, in the case of believers. Rejoice in family, friends, the trees and the sunset in the'case of more secular stluls. For a few short hours or days, peace on earth seems possible, good will to all people is everyone's aim. it's good, it's healthy, but it's over. Still wasn't it restoring? Almost enough so to get you through the long months to come, and the worst, still to come, we're sure, that a Canadian winter can dish up. -S.W. Did you sit 1982 out? evening coming from church to pull a stake out of John Wright's sleigh. As he was turning, they gave the box a shove, upsetting the ladies and causing the team to run away with Mr. Wright. One young lady got her arm badly hurt. The little village of Benmiller boasts the possession of one of the heaviest men in the county in the person of Jonathon Miller who acs Ow y@©o ©gone turns the scale at 290 pounds. Although, so large, he is said to be one of the most nimble of men and there are very few who can beat him in a short foot race. JANUARY 3, 1908 Mr. Peter McKay of Tuckersmith sold a very nice two year old Shorthorn bull to Isaac McGavin of Leadbury. This is the second animal which Mr. McGavin has purchased from Mr. McKay. This speaks well for both buyer and seller. Mr. T. Corbert had added a new pleasure sleigh to his already well -equip ed livery in Seaforth, Mr. Carbert believe in having everything up-to-date and of the est. The Seaforth hockey team lays their first scheduled game on New ears night in Goderich. The team won s score ic red should goals to two. This is g d place the team well in the running for the championship: While learning to kate at the park rink in Brussels last week, Cora, daughter of P.J. McDonald, had the misfortun small bone in her leg just above the ankle. Mr. McDonald, who has spent the past nine months contracting in the west, had just returned home. He will return to the west in the spring. . A very successful Christmas entertainment was held at the Sunshine church with Rev. G.W. Rivers occupying the chair. After Santa Claus delivered gifts to young and old. Mr. H.D. Ainley and Miss M.L. Kerr were honoured for their assistance with their work athe church. (Editor's Note: The village of Sunshine was located in Morris Township. north-west of Brussels. The Sunshine cemetery is the only reminder of the village. JANUARY 6,1933 During 1932, 53 persons died in Seaforth and several babies were born, according to Clerk L.A. Wilson. making a net gain in the town's population of 17. Also during the past e to break a JANUARY 3,1958 Reeve Dan Beureman,, McKillop, and Reeve Ivan Forsythe, Tuckersmith, were both returned to municipal office by acclama- tion. Reeve Beuerman begins his 11th term and Reeve Forsythe is entering his second year. Seaforth's recently established police force" took over from a detachment of the Provincial Police, which has policed the town for the past eight years. Chief of Police Edward Ehrhardt and Constable George A. Martin were sworn in by W.F. Southgate, J.P., in the presence of Mayor -Elect B.F. Christie. Don Lobb, RR2, Clinton, won fust place in the Banner Ayrshire Competition with a score of 81 out of a possible 88. He wins a registered calf donated by Wilfred Barnes of Peters- burg. , A car slipping from a jack caused severe head and chest injuries to Ernest Falconer of RR2, Biuevale. He was pinned beneath an automobile he was repairing. Well-known Seaforth residents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Barber, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. Barber establish- ed the Seaforth Creamery in 1914 which he operated until he sold out in 1946. Prior to that, he was employed at the Palmerston cheese factory where he began his career in 1896. There's a short story on page one of this week's Expositor that ought to be of interest to anyone who has a business in Seaforth, or who likes to shop here. And it should be of special interest to the 70 businesses who are members of the town's Business Improvement Area (BIA). That's because, despite a generally successful first year in operation, the BIA is facing a crisis. And it's a simple one: there are not enough people activelynoo ved to share the considerable workload. Apparently a out 1 local businesspeople regularly help with BIA act`vities, activities lik last year's pring Fever, Canada Day, Ciderfest and Christmas Auction " romotio- That's despite the fact that these special activities benefit all bitsi'nesses in town. A BIA was established in Seaforth last year after a good deal of debate. Those who worked hard to organize it thought Seaforth should take advantage of the concept, which the province feels can help revitalize small town commercial cores. They also felt a bit naively it turns out, that when everyone was paying (the BIA budget comes from a special tax on businesses inside the area) everyone would get involved. While no one has complained much publicly, we can certainly understand that a handful of people can get tired out providing both the ideas and the leg work that benefit the entire downtown. In its first year the BIA hes made big strides In promoting Seaforth as a good place to live, to visit, to shop. All of us who live here, work here or operate businesses here have a stake in its continuing and its improvement. Wereyou one of the helpers or one of the "l'II sit this one out" group in 1982? Either way, perhaps you owe it to Seaforth to attend the BIA's meeting Monday (7:30 at the tow.n hall) and give the executive a vote of thanks, or even get involved helping out in '83. - S.W. Memories return, T3o cdot© i Happy 1983 Seaforth! As New Year bells are ringing and "Auld Lang Syne" we're singing, memories from the past come back to mind. Like the ones I well remember, in from Seaforth to that December when we stepped '49! The snow was deep that winter and Santa brought a sleigh, (and we jumped the "Devil's Dip" at Nixon's farm). We climbed the snow -hills made by ploughs and skated Silver Creek- We built snow -forts and dug snow -caves and shared our Christmas treatsl By horse -and -cutter, mail went out along the rural row, and "Shorty" drove "barky' oe'r the sparkling, glistening snow. lronside s store. (The Five and Dime) was a magic fairyland where children found it possible to purchase gifts so grand. -Keating's Drug Store window wad a wonderland of Joy, and Sills' Hardware Store displayed Christmas gifts galore. Our favourite ice-cream parlour was festive that new year, and in the "Queen's" and old "Town House" chaps drank a "cup READY FOR '83-'85—Seaforth's council_which will have its first 1983 meeting on Tuesday are, front left Irwin Johnstbf, Bill Campbell, Mayor Alf Ross, BIII Bennett, Hazel Hildebrand, back left, Paul Ross, Bill Martin, Luanne Phair, deputy clerk, Jim Crocker, clerk, Wayne Ellis and Henry Mero. (Photo by White) Retirement prospects bother writer ��gaQ and People keep on asking me, "But what'wilI you do when you retire?" it's always diked in the same, rather petulant way, suggesting that I will immediately become senile, die of sheer boredom, or succumb instantly to some unknown disease. These ideas are gross canards, implanted in people whose retirement is far in the future, often by Jewish writers who have an overwhelming sense of guilt because they put their old man in -a nursing home when he mterfered with their lifestyle. They didn't dare try to put their mothers away. in the first place, it's none of their business. Maybe 1'11 grow a beard, get drunk for three months, take a twenty -year-old mistress, never wear a tie again, and write dirty poetry. ,gaY Maybe i'll turn into a clay -footed pillar of the community, serving on committees, tuningg raffles, trying to teach young hoods that a past participle is more important than a pttst bank hold-up, and attempting to beat the toughest game in town - Death. Maybe 1'11 cultivate my own garden, as Voltaire suggested. Perhaps i'll do all the things my mother tried (tried is the key word) to prevent me from doing: swimming on Sunday, hanging around the poolroom, drinking anything but tea (she had a few drunken uncles). Maybe I'll kick up my heels entirely: go around »arefoot; use a lot of four-letter words; never change my underwear; leave of cheer"! Seaforth's small town theatre (where "Shows'" cost one wrote dime; held free Christmas shows for kid - a grand and glorious time) And in the centre of the town - towering 60 feet - the grandest Christmas tree of all 'lit up the town for weeks. And every store in Seaforth - post office, old town hall, homes and streets were oh, so bright withaily, coloured Christmas lights. And Seaforth'sg"Huron Expositor", our paper - super fine! Blazoned 'cross its pages - "Happy y '491" The Eckert farm was north of town, yet, dose enough to ride to Con and Clair's, by horseback, with a welcome warm, inside. Midnight mass at St. James' Church was Bethlehem once more, and we knelt in silence by the crib. the infant to adore. Yes, that was Christmas '48, and though I'm far away - my heart returns to Seaforth this Happy New Year's Day. Happy�1983 Judy Eckert -MacLean 222 Fournier Gardens Sudbury. NOTE: A native of Seaforth, Judy Eckert - MacLean is a teacher and free-lance writer in Sudbury" by DV 5m011@ y my wife in pitiable 'financial circumstances; buy a raincoat and go flashing in the park. Before you call in the Mounties, take a deep breath. I'm not likely to do any of those things, or only a few. It happens in novels, but not often in real life. i'll probably just go on being Bill Smiley: confused, angry, happy lazy, hopeful, pessimistic, sweet, sour, • greedy, generous, stupid about others, a good grandfather, a lousy husband, a so-so Whet , an illiterate scholar, an observer of the trivial - you name it; f've got it. The possibilities of retirement, of course, are boundless, and fascinating. My wife is scared stiff, because I'm difficult enough to dominate on weekends, let alone the forever that is retirement. On the very rare occasions when we exchange heated words (three or four times a week), 1 have the trump card. I merely say, "O.K. You take .your blank house and your blank car and your blank blank bank account (that requires a careful tongue) and I'll take my pension and move into a boarding house." That usually makes her trot out into the kitchen and start making a pumpkin pie or something. She knows the boarding-house is right across the street, and all I'd have to do is pack a bag and my typewriter, and there I'd be, fifty yards away, watching as she sank into genteel poverty, unable to pay the gas bill, the taxes, the plumbers and electricians and TV repairmen and all the other ghouls who haunt us. But 1 think she's planning counter- measures. It's a bit like the Russian KGB and the U.S. CIA. We respect each other, but we plot. She's been buying tools hand over fist, and can repair practically everything except her husband. She's talking about taking some music pupils again (a secret source of income?). Well, to go back to rehrhsg. When I look across the street at my neighbour, cutting grass or shovelling snow, or patching his roof, I don't worry about dropping dead three weeks after 1 retire. He suit teaching I'm going to write the messages on greeting about twenty years ago and would probably cards. I heat there's good money in it, and wrestle me to the ground with both hands an idiot could improve on what is now tied behind his back. offered. The difference is that mine will be Another neighbour climbs high ladders personalized. And they will be twenty bucks and fixes things while 1 cower at the foot, a throw. holding the ladder. He's retired. Another How about -this for a sympathy card, on plays golf while 1 sit on the back lawn. the death of a loved one? contemplating the birds and my arthritic Sorry 1 couldn't be with you when foot. He's retired. Another retired teacher, I knew you 1 a a special yen two blocks away, skis in the Alps for fou- FoWith rAbnernkswith igood gra Dave months in the winter while 1 plod throughcooling the snow tojeach, for the twenty-second time, that Macbeth would have been a pretty decent sort if his wife hadn't been so greedy. And, of course, what it all boils down to is that I'm not even retiring, which confounds mine enemies and friends alike. 1 am merely ceasing the teaching of school. When the war ended, i retired from being a fighter pilot. When I'd had enough, i retired from the weekly newspaper business. Now that I've had all the trivia that goes with it, 1 am not retiring, but beginning a new career. 1 plan to write. Not letters, which i never seem able to get around to. Not Harlequin romances, though i think 1 could rattle off some good ones, if my sense of humor didn't get in the way. Not great fiction, dealing with little people re -discovering great truths, sprinkled with symbolism and sensitivity. Not penetrating poetry, though I can rattle off a pretty dang good poem, on order. No. None of that derivative stuff for me. T. tdeo _ _ could salvage economy fantastic new project which allowed the miniaturization of nuclear bomb so that bombs could be made so small, a five -mega- ton warhead would fit in an object about the size of ajrockey puck. - - Harold Ballard. on hearing this. will say he had told people so. He will say the tour of Soviet hockey teams is a ploy to allow Soviet agents within blasting range of North American cities. "if World War Three is going to break out. it will,not be at Maple Leaf Gardens," Ballard will bluster. An unkind commentator will point out that at least it would wake up some of the fans who have been put to sleep by the play of his Maple Leafs. It's the time of year for predictions about the futures° here from the crystal ball are some sights to watch for in 1983. The electronic wizards of Silicon Valley North. the high tech industrial section near Ottawa he been said to have the future of Canada in their hands, helping us to get in the forefront of the new computerized age. They may just be able to salvage the economy with a new video game called Daggers which will sell like wildfire at least until February. The object of the game is to protect the English confusing to newcomers Oona°W E di Odd by Mkt* 7©vemhg.nd Newcomers must have a difficult time learning the English language. Sometimes it's confusing for those of us who have spoken the language all our lives. For example, many words have two, three or more different meanings. Most of the meanings are legitimate. but to top them off, we invent slang meanings. We can bounce a ball that's made of rubber. We can also bounce a cheque that's made of paper. We can 'have a ball" while bouncing a ball; that is, we can have a good time. There is the ball of our foot. and the ball diamond. The latter diamond is not the jewel but rather the field where baseball is played. There are threes bases in the game of baseball - four if ydu count home base which is more commonly referred to as home plate and must pot be confused with the plate we eat upon in our homes. Base is at the bottom of many things, and when considering morals. "base" means the lowest of low. An army has a base of operations: gossip is based on baseless information; and most houses have a basement - Changing t'he subject, let's look at the little word card. There are 52 cards in a deck, and a card game can be played almost anywhere - on the deck of a ship or on the deck of your house. If a game gets too serious, one angry player might deck another. A card can also mean a silly person - one who's a real cutup. A weaver card wool before spinning. Greeting cards are 4entt to friends and relatives on special nrsionse in ns. A score card keeps track of p several different games. A cardboard box holds many things. Returning to the gamy of cards, cutting the deck does not require a knife, and a jack knife cuts many things. hut not the truck that jack knifed on slippery pavement. A steak knife cuts a steak; a stake driver drives a stake into the ground. To drive a stake into the ground does not require steering; rather it requires strength to pound the stake down. Until recently nails were sold by the pound. The steering referred to above is what one, does when driving a vehicle and has no relationship to the steer from which the original steak came. A g. ambler can have a lot of money at stake in a horse race or a card game. A race horse can have a lot of money riding on it as well as the jockey. The jockey mounts his horse and then jockeys his mount into position among the other horses on the race track, which is not the same track that the train runs on. A train runs; a person runs; a refrigerator runs, water runs; and so does a stocking. Confused? Me, too. But, that's our English lesson for today. a@bond 2Q@fiGg by K*001 hcpuBaow back of a tiny video figure (which bears a startling resemblance to a well-known Canadian political leader) from a constant stream of daggers aimed at his back- These daggers can be headed off such defences as press conferences where former enemies pledge eternal allegiance and announce- ments of new popularity rises in the Gallu Poll. However, should your finger slip and it a button which says "1 am totally in contro f my party" the stream of daggers comes t such a rapid rate and with such velocity that there is no defence. The markers say that although demand for the game may be limited at first, they expect ,lt to have amazing staying power. U.S. President Ronald Reagan will an- nounce a new proposal for mutual disarma- ment with the Soviet Union. Mr. Reagan will ask the Soviet Unions to withdraw all its SS -20 missiles pointed at western Europe. In return. Mr. Reagan will promise not to attach nuclear warheads to missiles and aircraft in the Smithsonian Institute collect- ion, including the Wright Brothers flyer. As proof of his total dedication to peace. he will also pledge that his wife Nancy would never use her little revolver against Russia for an offensive first strike. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau will an- nounce the appointments of 'three more members to the Senate: Justin. Sacha and Michel Trudeau. They will sit as independ- ents. When the uproar from political opponents arises. Mr. Trudeau will reply that the Senate will benefit from the appointment of three individuals who have spent their whole lifetimes close to the political scene in Canada. Besides. he will say. critics of the Senate are always pointing to the advanced age of the upper house politicians so the appointment of "three young energetic mem- bers would do much to change the image of the Senate. Mr, Trudeau will deny that the three new Sena to,s will join with another independent Senator Michael Pitfield to form a new party called the Trudeau party. The appointments will bring renewed rumours that the Prime Minister is about to retire. This will do much to boost the sale of "Daggers" (not to mention real daggers). Soviet Unions leader Uri Andropov will announce a counter offer to Pre nident Meagan's earlier offer of a joint ar disarmament. Mr. Andropov will announce the Soviet Union will not deploy a stunning new weapon if the United States will cancel construction of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber. the Cruise missile and the Trident submarine. No details of the devastating new weapon system. have leaked from Moscow but a The surplus of large school buildings, the Weovieldit dssi lose henonee heardnofin meanwhile, will a government officebe used for provincial After seeing the popularity of Education Minister Bette Stephenson's "back to the basics announcement. Premier William Davis will decide that the public is ready to rethink the education system. He will announce a plan to re-estrak the one room school house. However. when criticism arises about making a backward step in education, Mr. Davis will announce that these will not be like the old one -room school houses of yore. These will not only have indoor plumbing hut will also have computer tet'minals. In fact, the schools will be so modern that the teachers will have little to do. Taking advantage of modern electronics, Mr. Davis himself will instruct students all across the province. using the same lecture technique he usually employs when speaking to opposition leaders in the Legislature.