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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-01-19, Page 2fTiuron x fxpOSitO.r Since 1860, Serving fhb Community first, lncot'porating Brussels Post founded 1872 12 Maln St, _ 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Jocelyn A. Shrter, Publisher Susan White, Editor H.W. (Herb)'rurkhelm, Advertleing 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) outside Canada $50. a year (In advance) Single Copies - 50 cents each Second class mall registration umber 0696 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 19, 1983. r' Taking; time Seaforth council's first meeting of the new year was a tough one for any reporter to cover. That's'because there was a large amount of discussion on almost every matter on the agenda. Questioning, prodding, even nit-picking was the order of the night, as councillors, the majority .of them new members, took their responsibilities seriously. • That's what they are there for and the citizens of Seaforth can be assured that any new project, and many old ones, will be examined carefully by the newly elected council. Members' cautious treatment of the new public works shed is a good example. The decision to send the whole matter back to the towns public works committee, is one we applaud. • We agree with those councillors who felt asking for tenders is not a fair or ethical way, to get a handle on the cost of a new building and -with councillor Paul Ross that asking for tenders before other decisions, like the building's size is "getting ahead of ourselves.". Council is starting to set budgets for Seaforth expenses over the next year. It's that•process that will tell members if we can afford a new public works,building. If they decide yes, and feel the construction IS of some urgency, the next step is to decide exactly what's needed and seek a professional estimate of its cost. If that cost if ddemed more than Seaforth can 'afford then it's time to compromise and trade off what's ideal with what we can reasonably be expected to pail for That process must go on in finance and public works committees befor any decision 10 call tenders is brought to a council meeting. And whil we don't deny that the need for a modern public works building is of some urgency, in the long run the public interest is better served by taking time and care instead of pushing full speed ahead. -SW o - OpOnOon Meat shot swarn JANUARY 19,188S The following is the result of the census of the Village of Brussels, taken for school purposes. Population, 1,400; ttetween the ages of five and 16 years, 400; between sev ed and 13 years, 235; between five and 21, 539. George Smith of McKillop shot an' , enormous wild cat in the big swamp on concession 13, The animal had killed a deer ✓ and had it half eaten when called upon to render an account by Mr. Smith. A son of Mr. James Hay, reeve of McKillop, was ,drawing wood from the bush, when this team got stuck with the load in deep snow. One of the horses jumped buck, causing the shiffletrees to strike the right leg r' tib@ y@cwo. won of the young man, fracturing it. A house owned by Mrs. Connors of Harpurhey was destroyed by fire and very few contents saved. No person had been in the house as Mrs. Connols had been away from home about two months. it is supposed the fire was caused by mice, or rats gettmg.at matches. JANUARY 17,1908 While assisting in driving some cattle to Seaforth. John Shannon hada narrow escape from serious injury. One of the animals i became enraged and charged at him. Mr. Shannon grabbed it by the horns and in this position was taken some distance, when the animal was overpowered and Mr. Shannon released from his periless position. The ice harvest in Seaforttl has com- menced. Although there has been no severe weather, the quality of the ice is good. We would again draw the attention to our United States subscribers to the fa . MR - owing to the increase in postage on al papers going to that country, our subscripts price for such is one dollar and a half. - cLean Bros. Smallpox in the town_3f'Goderich has simmered down to two cases. The patients > are under quarantine. but the isolation tent which was purchased for emergencies has never been used. The opening services in connection with the new church erected by the congregation of the Cavan United Church,was held in Winthrop. JANUARY 20,193 Manager Smith of the Seaforth Beavers will have reason to remember Friday. January 13. On the way home from Goderich, after losing the hockey game, the tire went flat on his car. He put on the spare and shortly after ran over two jack rabbits which were lying on the road. Two minutes later, he had . another flat which to his surprise was caused by a rabbit bone. Spring arrived early in Seaforth when Mrs. J. Patterson found a number of tulips in her garden measuring five to six inches in height. The recent rains have caused fine balmy, ai • r in 83 April -like weather. A large crowd witnessed a snappy exhibition of hockey in the Brussels arena. when Walton defeated the Brussels Nationals by a score of 9-6. The line-up for Walton was; goal. W.C. Bennett, Moody Holland. Lorne Steiss, George' Love, Ray Carter, Norman Rowland and Clarence Steiss. Farmers in the Hensall section have been able to do considerable plowing, particularly 1 weeks. of sod Iand, during the p The weather and lush conditions are most favourable for the securing of wood as there is -rick snow to hamper the work. A lot of wood should be secured. JANUARY 17,1958 Sandra Doig of RR1• Dublin was elected president of the Junior Institute at their annual meeting. Merton Keyes of RR3. Seaforth was the newly elected president of the Seaforth Junior Farmers. Miss Doig also received top honours when she was one of the .'top five contestants in the Provincial Junior Farmers public speaking contest. Damage was estimated at S20,000 in a fire that completely destroyed a large L -shape barn in Usborne Township. The barn owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry g. Mr. Strang is the clerk of the township. Lost was 25 head of cattle. 5,000 bushels of grain, a seed -cleaning machine and a quantity of hay. Seaforth council decided to pay off the balance of a S4,5001oan.for a new floor in the Seaforth Community Centre. The loan will be paid off in three installments of $1.500 in three years. At a recent meeting of the Seaforth branch of the Red Cross Society, Mrs. J.B. Russell was re-elected president. Last 'year, the Seaforth branch shipped to headquarters in Toronto, 11 large quilts, 46 pair men's socks, 137 pairs children's socks and vat -ions other clothing articles. We'd rather laugh than cry s dd°w Endo by LMain@ 4.awngh@nd During the 1981/82 Christmas and New Years season, the movie fare consisted of several stories with "heavy" themes - controversial story lines, topics to make audiences think. Attendance at movie theatres was down, and so, producers changed their strategy this year. The 1982/83 holiday season was comprised primarily of comedies - shows that made people laugh and shows that became box office smashes. - E.T. was still around, of course, and still laying to sell out crowds. Four of the other Reality distorts It's one of those good ideas that makes so much sense you just know it will never be adopted. Brilliant in its simplicity is the suggestion of a Harvard scientist at a symposium in Toronto to dispuss nuclear war. Roger Fisher says the codes which a US president can use to unleash nuclear missiles should' be put in a tiny capsule and implanted in the heart muscle of a volunteer. When he decides it's time to get a nuclear war underway, the president would have take a knife and slice into this man to get at the codes. "The President would -actually have to kill someone with his own hands...get blood on the White House carpet. It would remind him of what killing really is," Mr. Fisher says. And killing, of course is what a nuclear war is all abo , even if push-button technology and long range strikes serve to obscure that fact. The Pentagon's response to the idea however was something like "Oh how gruesome. The President might never be able to do it. It would distort his judgement." Exactly: reality has a way of doing That. - S.W. «„ tT3v THE RECENT MILD weather has brought on a rush of spring fever as ducks and 'geese began laying eggs' at the farm of Ken and Dorothy Williams of, R04, Clinton. Mrs -.Williams said the early eggs '.aren't unusual but it's early". Apparently, ducks will have nothing to do with their eggs until they finish laying. The problem of hatching the eggs was solved when a hen started to cluck. '.;She decided to cluck early too,' Mfrs. Williams exclaimed! When the eggs hatch in 28 days, the mother hen will look after the ducklings until they are full grown. (Wassink photo) Christmas Bureau helped 45 families 4E@ @d6Wai donate space from which we could distribute goods. In Seaforth, Anstett's Jewellers allowed us use of space which provided us with a convenient, central location, In addition, various stores and individuals continue to assist us by distributing wool to volunteers td -knit mitts, hats and slippers. We feel fortunate to have seen again so many examples of the kindness and generos- t of people in the community. Thank you for your continued support and ssisnce. Yout sincerely Peggy Rivers Coordinator Volunteer Services James S. Cargin Director We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the people of Huron County for their support of another successful Huron County Christmas Bureau project. This year the Bureau provided assistance to 292 families including 635 children in the County. This represents an increase�. f almost 30 per cent over I981. This would not have been possible without the support of the community. - The Huron County Christmas Bureau is operated as an annual project of Family and Children's Services and is designed to co-ordinate Chri'.tmas giving and ensure that no children ar. missed at Christmas. This project is operated totally with volunteer help and is financed by donations from the community. Family and Children's Services provides co-ordination and supervision and covers operating expenses as our contribu- tion-. Because of this, the support of the /community is essential. We continue to find that the people in Huron County help their neighbours in a kind and thoughtful way, and 2 he 1982 Christmas Bureau supports this point of view. The totalP roject was co-ordinated this year ' by Mrs. Audrey Royal of Go denth. Mrs. Royal began work in September and donated countless hours to ensure successful opera- tion of the Christmas Bureau. We are most grateful to Mrs. Royal for her generous and capable contribution. This year. under the fine supervision of Mrs. Catherine Hak and Mrs. Ann Van Dooren, volunteer co-ordinators of the Seaforth Bureau, 45 families (110 children) were able to enjoy a happier Christmas. Mrs. Hak, Mrs, Van Dooren, and other generous individuals spent many hours arranging space. co-ordinating donations and assisting families Without the capable assistance of people like this. we would he unable to conduct the Christmas Bureau. We also wish to express our appreciation to the various people who were kind enough to 5/ two people who had a very special relation- ship. The Toy received fewer favourable com- ments from reviewers. but it kept audiences laughing, anyway. Richard Pryor played the part of a down-and-out guy who, in desperation. took a job as the toy of a bratty nine-year-old aristocrat. Kiss Me Goodbye with Sally Field was the way-out story of a woman who had to choose between her live fiance and the ghost of her dead husband. Mixed with the comedies were a few tear jerkers. some horror flicks and some child- ren's classics, but the over-all winners were the films that made audiences laugh: There were several reasons. of course. One is that Christmas and New Years are supposed to be festive seasons. Logically people select movies that fit the mood or help top attractions were comedies. to create the mood. Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman, pulled Another reason is that during hard times, the best reviews frorh critics and the most such as the ones people have been dollars from theatre -goers. experiencing lately, it helps to be able to , it was the story of an actor posing as, a forget personal problems for an hour or two. woman in an attempt to win a television role. Laughing at a farcical story on the movie the the names of two favourites. screen is one way to do it. roc rugs such as Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn, and Q third reason is that, at the pintas peop e oofl ckoers te theecertain to be curious theatres, regardless of theh pay theheatre laughing than to see a show, come out of crying. storyline. , A good laugh is what people call Best Friends was described as the story of "entertainment. They don't know hard times &maQ awd Mc@ With 1983 newly arrived, this is the time for the goom and dloom merchants, and they're having a field -day. ,Inst read the other day in the Globe that the western provinces are in a cataclysmic state, bordering on that of The Great Depression of the Thirties. According to this garbage, the west is only about two jumps ahead of the millenium, the apocalypse. The learned professor who wrote it is obviously a product of the well-nourished post•Depression era. 1t seems that there are all sorts of people out of work in the west. They're having a terrible time existing on pogie and various welfare payments. Many of them scarcely know where the next twenty-four of beer is corning from. Despite the black smoke of the professor's' statistics, he doesn't know what he's talking about, as any survivor of The Depression in Western Canada will agree. Was listening to a couple of younger (around 40) colleagues of mine recently. They couldn't understand why their parents were so concerned with such things as bargains, and turning off the lights that weren't being used. "I guess it must have been the Depres- sion,' chortled one. "They haven't got over the hard times. and they're scared of being destitute when they're old.'• Homemakers agency raises $ 28,000 we would like to express our appreciation to your newspaper and to your readers, for supporting our fund-raising campaign in 1982 It may be of interest to you to know that. as of today. December 31, 1982. donations received total $28.001.45. Fven though the campaign itself is drawing to a close, donations are gratefully received at any tij11T. and are always recognized with a tax-deductible. charitable receipt Thank you again for your support. Sincerely Beverley A. Brown Board Chairman Town and Country Homemakers by ©°" $rrw60Qy "Yeah," smirked another, who makes a, about as many dollars in three years as his father made in fifty, "they seem to have this thing. They run all over, looking for bargains, and worry about keeping up the house." Neither of these chaps, or their wives, or their children, has ever missed a meal, unless by accident. Neither has ever lived under the humilating cloud of having to "go on relief," the ultimate in soul-destroying. "Yabbut, l paid unemployment for years," they chorus. Right. They paid in about $100 a year,,and the minute they're fired, they start to withdraw over 5100 a week, and there's no shame, no humiliation involved. The gum - mint "owes" it to them. They will never have to live in second-hand clothes. or eat potato -skin hash or pea soup bolstered by barley. They'll be horrified if they can't send out for a pizza, or Chinese. They will never have to ride the rods, looking for non-existent work. or depend on a good-hearted housewive to give them a meal, or sleep in jail. - in short, these youngish middle-aged men don't know what a real Depression is. They don't know what a world war is. They'll never know the searing reality of not knowing where the money is to come from to pay the fuel bill. It's hardly likely that they'll ever see their mothers weeping brokenly over the sewing machine at midnight. which 1 have. it's impossible that they'll miss a lot. if things get tighter, and they will. these chaps may have to curtail their daughters' dancing or skating or piano lessons. Inflation and the price of gas may forestall them frons driving their sons. with sixty dollars worth of hockey equipment. to the arena at 5:30 a.m., feeling all good, and a fatherly glow. after they've dumped. or picked up, the kids. But they'll miss the close-knit loyalty of a family in truly hard times, when everybody accepted the cold fact that there was no money. And everybody chipped in to help. They'll miss the warmth in the family circle that is playing parcheesi or monopoly or crokinole. instead of competing wildly in a TV pushbutton Bar Stars or outer Space Freaks game where nobody wins except the con men of• • who peddled it at 5299.00 They'll miss telling their kids stories. because the kids get a better story on TV. They'll miss the heartache of the children who want a doll and a pair.of skis and have to settle for suits of long underwear. They'll miss the thrill of children who look awed and exalted when they're given a dime for the matinee, instead of looking surly. when their allowance is cut to three bucks a week. They'll miss the often boring, but somehow tenuous experience of having cousins by the dozens (family connections are outre now.) And they'll miss perhaps the most important experience of all: the knowledge that somehow, despite all adversity. they have kept their pride. have swum against the stream. keeping their heads up and trailing their families safely behind them. 1 don't envy them too much, these youngish middle-aged men and women. many of whom arc friends of mine. They are good people. They have all the right ideas. They bring up their children right. They treat their parents (fairly) well. They are not vicious, or malicious. They have worked hard for the cocoons they have spun. But. dammit, they don't know what hard times are. Or they've forgotten. in some cases. I want them to suffer. And the trouble is. they won't. They just go on being happy, and comfortable. and complaisant. 1t isn't fair! The flu is fashionable but brutal It's almost fashionable these days to have the flu. Why. for the first timetn my life. did I have to get fashionable? - Oh I'm a good. loyal employee, though. waited until my annual two-week vacation to gel sick. I gather 1 had a brush with the A Bangkok strain although it didn't stop to introduce itself to before it knocked me out cold. (Too had the Prime Minister didn't mlakc his trip to Thailand months ago as planned Then we could blame this on him (00 1 I have never handled sickness well even though I had a good bit of practice. spending the biggest part of one winter recuperating _from one childhood disease. One of the reasons is good old Protestant Work Ethic Guilt. which in turn is a grown-up version of nine o'clock sickness which was so rampant when we were kids. I µas a disgustingly moral child. If I woke up in the morning. not quite feeling up to snuff 1 would immediately start analysing mvself• was there some pubconscious reason I didn't want to go to school today? Was this illness all in my head? 1 remember once or twice feeling suddenly better just about the time the school hell was ringing and being swept with enough guilt for a Clifford Olsen. Now there are certain remedies for any guilt over sickne'ss. These generally have to do with proving to yourself and everyone else that von are indeed sick. Most definitive of the a@hofid d)@ k4@2, by aQ141� acpuignow vacation. Probably because of all the work that's been piling up on my desk at home, the stuff 1 kept telling myself earlier that needed a good few days in a row to be worth tackling. So the holidays arc finally here and I'm feeling sick. Sounds like work avoidance. That kind of doubt lasted maybe two days. 1 a cough, h su nl on first symptom, tom. Y of the fr t B • Y P Sunday th r were evening. . ggNew Year's Day B a some plenty of aches and pains. Monday more. I comforted myself by being able to get at least a little work done while Tying in bed. By Tuesday it had come down to that part where you didn't worry about feeling guilty anymore; youust worried about surviving. It went on like that for five more days. It only ended. of course. when the vacation period had ended and it was time to go back to work. RESTED So 1 won't come back from vacation with a tan to show around the office but look on the bright side: I burn. but never tan anyway. There aren't any slides of sunny beaches. swaying palm trees or even glistening ski slopes but then whowants to bore their friend with vacation slides? At (east 1 can say I'm well rested. Illness does give a new perspective to your proofs is the good old upchuck but that is not a Int of fun and you'd almost as soon feel guilty all day about whether or not you're imagining illness as get that kind of proof. A mild fever is nice. A FEVER It's so nice and clinical: "1 was running a fever." You can even tell people how much you were sick: "I hada fever of 105" (W oop¢, pardon that's 40.5 C). Of course it doesn t really sound very impressive unless the temperature is above 100 so you may not want to be exact unless it passes that magic threshold. As a child. 1 used to even worry that I could. through subconcious effort, even raise my temperature a'degree or two. There was one way of being completely guilt free though. That was to be so sick that you didn't give a darn if anybody thought you were faking it or not, in fact so sick you didn't care if you survived or not. So you can see I have enough guilt for a dozen Wooden Allen movies. But why should 1 feel guilty about being sick on my vacation? Probablybecause the jobs doneon ve b een my promising myywife I'd get life. however. 1 think a lot of my life and personality has been shaped by that winter I spent in bed 25 years ago. During a shorter illness. you get insights. Fx r instance, 1 could never understand people who are so ill that they want to have someone end it all for them. I could never understand, at least when I was disgustingly healthy. But after a few days lying in bed. all thoughts turned inward, beginning to wonder if you're ever going to get better. you think "111 can feel this awful with just the flu, knowing I'm bound to get better in a few days. how horrible it must be to be in bed for months with cancer or some other disease, knowing you've got little but more pain and little hope to look forward to." In a way too you can understand what people go through. when they are tortured psychologically. You hear about people who are kept awake for days, even weeks on end. where lights are left burning at all times. After a few days of being awake as much at night as in the daytime, you can understand a tiny bit of the disorientation these people go through. how they're finally willing to do anything just to have that feeling go away. That even includes, in my case, being willing, no anxious, to go back to work. I mean it's hardly like you had to give up the beaches of Bermuda to go back to work. 'there's Inst one thing: I read the other --day somebody saying that A Bangkok is not a partecutarly virulent virus. 1'd like to gel my hands on the guy who said that.