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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-03-23, Page 3xw ui • ROASTING RIDDELL—Over 300 area people attended a roast to mock Jack Riddell's 10 yearsasHuron Middlesex MPP. From left are Mr. Riddell, Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross, Joy Ross and Peggy Menzies of Clinton. The event was held at the Seaforth and District Community Centres. (Photo by Wilma Oke) Skating carnival in 1883 [In naio cg©w@ MARCH 23, 1883 .The suit brought by A. G. Van Egmond of the Seaforth Woollen Mills, against the Town of Scaforth.was tried at the Chancery sittings at Goderich, and was decided adversty to the town. The carnival in the skating rink Friday was fairly attended, but there were few costumes. The Clinton Band was present and gave several musical selections at intervals during the evening. MARCH 27, 1908 At a very enthusiastic well attended meeting in St. C'olumban. i football club was organized. The following officers were elected: Honorary president -Rev. A. Mc- Keon: Honorary vice president-G.K. Hol- land; President -Thomas Melady; Secretary - .1.J. Holland; •I'rcasurcr•D.J. O'Connor; Manager-J.A. Downey, Captain-.I.F. Carlin; Committee -John Devereaux, M.A. Darling., M. McQuaid. Gussie Gormley. James Patterson of the London Road dciivered to Mr. Fitzsimmons of Clinton. the other day a Berkshire pig which weighed 610 pounds. A meeting will be held in Seaforth shortly when it is expected that all those interested in rural telephones will be present. This is a matter of very considerable interest 10 the ptotcssion.0 and business men of Seaforth. The annual meeting of the ladies bowling club will be held in the Commercial Hotel. Saturday afternoon. MARCH 24,1933 Chiselhurst United Church held a splendid concert in the auditorium of the church which was filled for the occasion on Friday evening. Rev. A. Sinclair was in charge. A duet was sung by Pearl Ross and brother Roy. A three part play "Henry's Mail Order Wife" was presented. Mrs. Thomas Dick, of Hensall, one of their oldest and most respected residents. recently quietly celebrated her 90th birthday. Mrs. Dick did not want a large celebration, but a few of her family and friends called to wish her congratulations and all kinds of good wishes.' Bert Williams. formerly of the Hotel London barber shop, has taken over the ,barbering and bowling business which has been conducted by John Pullman. MARCH 28, 1958 Hensall Co-op had the biggest year in its history in 1957, it was revealed at the annual meting in Zurich. The new, supervising manager is Garnet Mousseau. .lane Horton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Horton of Hensall was presented with her gold cord, the highest award in guiding. Ric presentation was made by Mrs. E.F. FIligen of Stratford, camp advisor for Huronia arca. She also pinned a corsage of ruses on Mrs. Horton as Mother of the Year. The congregation of First Presbyterian Church at a meeting here Monday evening. extended a call to Rev. (b. Leslie Elder of Vernon. Ont.. to become minister of the church. The pulpit has been vacant since Rev. D. Glenn Campbell' left in January for Hamilton. t good sense No to budge © tG))@ @dogOQ In response to Mar. 16/83 Huronxposi- t;ir. inside front page, "We're Still To- gether". 1 for one am certainly glad Tuckcrsmith and Hullett Council members turned down the '83 budget for our Community Centres in Scaforth. I detest the fact it was called "but that's nitpicking" - to nic. they turned the budget down by being smart and reasonable. 1 have seen very good roller skates and they only cost $50. a pair. What bothers me the most is all the talk about office curtains costing over 5300. the curtains I saw in one office. could have been bought for Tess than 5150. tax included and lined. (Hope all the talk and cost were a mistake). Tuck ersmith Council members and rate - pavers have three arenas, a recreation complex, and a day care centre 10 support. They did pot make a comment las above) when they asked other niunicipalitics for a bit of money support for their deficit -they gracefully bowed out. and hoped someone would conte forth with a little help. Hullo( Council? I am not sure why they turned down the budget. except they too are using good common sense about something in it. The four municipalities do have a very beautiful and lovely arena and community hall in Seaforth. but it is not built for the elderly. or disabled in mind (oversight I am sure on no one's part). Nice ice surface. loss of room to sit out there; for those aho cannot go out to ice surface to sit --where do they sit in the lobby to watch sports being played? The windows in the lobby arc too high for normal benches or wheelchairs. In fact there is nothing for anybody to sit on (thanks to the young guy at arena for the tall bar stool I used for five hours) no window sill to sit a coffee cup on. the lovely tile floor in the lobby is deplorable. already with skate marks. cigar- ette igarette butts etc. ash trass•Yep-so far up the wall -so small and not marked, they have been mistaken for serviette holders. Of course we can go upstairs to sec out the window's there, if you had sonic way to get wheelchairs etc_ up the steps and then steps arc easy to go up if you have a bad heart. stiff legs or are elderly: The main dance hall is nice just what ae needed -except for the hand nicnihers. after setting up (heir instruments etc. they have to change into their good clothes in a w ash room An unspoken Dear R. W Yes. unfortunatcl, that was hockcs' And anyone who is a follower of the sport rcali,cs that on rare occasions. an exhibition of this type w ill happen. We don't condone it. but it happens. . Fiink ,s Wagnell's Standard Desk Diction ars (Revised Fdition) defines an unqualified ohscrscr (your term) as "one who secs or perceives 's about the proper qualifications" Indeed, in this instance. this would appear to he the case How mans times during the season have y"u entered Brussels Arena R.W :' That Thursdas night game was the mils time I se se.'1 se-, there Had you seers a -is of thi other four games in that series. or am nthei game; ill sear. roar .riter w,.nld Ica.. hanged 1 m suer the game You ss 'messed s a, the first gamy 111 rho A You are intiited to an evening of poetry 'at the Clinton Branch Library on March 29. At 7:30 p.m. George Amabile, a Canadian poet. will be giving a reading of his work. As well as being a poet Mr. Amabile is an Associate Professor of Eng- lish and Creative Writing at the University of Manitoba. His work has appeared in 65 periodicals and magazines and a dozen anthologies. Mr. Amabile is a gifted performet whose resonant voice pre- sents his poetry very effect- tively in a public reading. He has given readings of his work •throughout North America. on the CBC and public television. Admission is free. Everyone Welcome: Gen- eral meeting. Seaforth and District Preschool Learning Centre, Wednesday. March 30 at 8 p.m. at the Nursery School. TMS HURON 'EXPOSITOR, MARCH 0, 1883 — .A3 Keith Ruston named driver of the year To many people the thought of having to drive long distances is enough to warrant an official licence burning in the backyard with a few favourite neighbours on hand to celebrate. However, for Keith Ruston of Seaforth. a tour driver for United Trails Inc.. long distance driving is all in a day's work. It alsp carries with it a number of other benefits. Mr. Ruston,' a 12 -year employee with the company enjoys his work. He. enjoys the variety of travelling to different parts of North America, seeing new sights and meeting new people. In Mr. Ruston's case his contribution has not gone unnoticed. Besides his perfect driving, Mr. Ruston can boast of yet another achievement. He has been named "Driver of the Year, 1982", by the company. According to Harry Watts, public rela- tions and safety director for United. Mr. Ruston has all the qualifications for the award.. They include a five-year consecutive safe driving record. no loss of licence points and outstanding service to his customers, among other criteria. Besides receiving a plaque for his achievements he also received a bonus cheque of $300 and a I0 -year safe driving pin. Keith and hiswife Elsa of 66 North Main Street in Seaforth. have three children. Brian. Sandra and Rick, who is presently attending the University of Saskatoon. Mr. Ruston explains that the bonus money will be used to,- finance a trip to - Rick's raduation in mid-May. He explained jokingly that he will fl out to the graduation, but quickly added that the only reason is because United does not have any buses scheduled to go west at that time. His trips have taken him to many destinations around North America, keep- ing him away for long periods. On one trip he spent 42 days taking a tour to Florida. On another occasion he took another trip to California for 23 days. He explains that he enjoys his job because of the variety in - destinations and the number of interesting people he has an opportunity W meet. Before taking the Job with United, Mr. Ruston worked for both the Seaforth and Mitchell police forces. However. he does not regret his choice of a job on the road. 11 also gives him the opportunity to work as many hours as he wants. although he does manage to squeeze in some time off between trips. "If you want. you can work every day," he said. jokingly. Mr. Ruston could see yet another achievement for his work with United and as a part of the large network of tour drivers. The company has nominated Mr. Ruston as their representative to kg Ontario Motor Coach Association's Driver of the Year competition, to be held in Kingston in September. He will compete against an estimated 50 drivers from tour companies across Canada. A WARD—Keith. Ruston (left) a tour driver with United Trails Inc. receives the company's "Driver of the Year, 190" plaque from public relations and safety. director, Harry Watts. Mr. Ruston will go on to represent the company at the Ontario Motor Coach Association's driver of the year competition. (Photo by Svela) '1. o(l u Credit religf act has pitfalls ion BY RON WASSiNK The business of agriculture i ecoming more complicated each year. specially as in farmers try to figure out how toaketheir operations viable in an uncertain economic period. • The latest news agriculture, financial institutions. and the federal government have to deal with is the proposed Bill C-653, an act to amend the farmers -creditors arrangement act. The act was first- intro- duced in 1934 and has not been used since 1959. Bill C-653 was given first reading on April 22, 1982 and has recently been read a second time. Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff ex- plained the 1934 act in part meant that rather facing foreclosure, farmers were given the opportunity to have a court-ap- pointed mediator to direct the lender to take a Toss on his loan: or allow more time to establish terms of repayment: or arrange a method of liquidating assets in an orderly manner. Mr. Cardiff noted one of the pitfalls of the act was that while farmers syrvived, the lender could face financial hardship and possibly go broke. "The new act would basically do the same thing but farmers shouldn't have intent that they would he free of financial obligations." He noted that many people think of a lender as the chartered banks but said farm' suppliers. such as feed companies and machinery dealers, are in a sense lenders when they extend credit. "They could be affected." If the act was passed in its present form, "any lender would be more cautious," says Mr. Cardiff. "I doubt if the bill would be passed in its present form without opposi- tion. These include the Canadian Cattlemen and the Canadian Bankers Association. , "Personally, it is a way of bringing the lender and farmer together. We need lending institutions and farmers and they both have to be viable." Mr. Cardiff explained the bill has been passed on to the agricultural committee for discussion and debate. "There is, always the possibility it will not be, passed." Bank spokespeople, have said if the bill is passed, banks may get out of investing to farmers because of unfavourable legisla- tion. There is also the possibility there will not be a further decrease in interest rates, but an increase due to the added risk to financial institutions. "The act did mean a tightening of credit in the 30s," says Mr. Cardiff. He agreed the act would benefit the last resort farmer. "But for the farmer who is struggling but still getting by, it would mean a tightening Please turn to page 18 Out of these five municipalities-Seaforth 53.3 per cent; McKillop 25.0 per cent; Tuckcrsmith 11.5 per cent; Hibbert 5.8 per cent, Hullctt 2.4 per cent. 1 have heard many times, four have niet (some way over) their raising in the fund to start the new arena. When do we the public get to see these figures. to sec how our municipalities made ' out? I understand only one municipality did not reach its quota as of yet. If ice rentals were all the same price, hall rentals were all the sante price for everyone, the deficit for our new arena would be very small, and there would be "No Nitpicking" by anyone. I sure hope our representatives on the arena committees look a little harder at where Bard earned dollars are being spent. After all my complaints, I hope our municipalities take a close look at every budget, and realize where every penny goes to help support this lovely building. Yes, I know we need this complex. but reasonable and common sense has to be taken, when the spending of other peoples' monies is involved, to avoid unnecessary spending. The old saying is "Money does not grow on trees," and the economy is not getting any honer, even if you do read in the papers that it is. Mrs. Clara Brown Egmondville Beginner's night Genealogy is becoming more and more popular of late and during the past few years the number of people tracing their family has grown tremendously. Mc nbers of the Huron County Genealogical Society are frequently asked for information on "how to get started." We have therefore decided to hold a "Beginner's Night" in an attempt to assist those who want to start, have just begun or those who don't know where to look next. It will he held on April 6th al 7:30 in the board room of theessment Office, 57 Napier St., Goderich. Entrance and parking are at the rear. Thcrc is no charge for this workshop and an excellent program has been prepared. Anyone at all interested in finding their "roots" is most welcome to attend. Further information is available from Alison Lobb, Chairman. 482-7167: Carole Robinson Press Secretary apology Ilderton Brussels series. The remaining four games were not such exhibitions. Before the second game. the teams lined up along their blur lines and shook hands before the game started an apology to each other for their behaviour. Fans from both sides agreed heartily with this display of sportsmanship and lent their support by a standing ovation - an unspoken apology to each other. Back to Thursday night game under discussion. Any follower of hockey. or any parent who has ever dealt with a teenager rcalires that this is one of the hardest age groups 10 discipline or teach. When you've accumulated a number of bruises and scrapes is hether Ilderton or Brussels) and someone comes ready to lay another one on you. you tend to retaliate. It's not right, but it happens m a hods contact sport. With maturity. the 1 boys will learn.. They also have to learn t6' accept both winning and losing with a smile on their faces. As you are aware. Brussels lost that game minus one player. He took a stick across the throat and was taken to the hospital. The loss. the concern about a team member and friend was compounded when Ilderton refused to shake hands after the game and gave Trudeau's middle finger sign to the Brussels team. Events went from bad to worse w r e after that. I know the man you were referring to who held the Ilderton player dbwn and to know him is to avoid him. It's unfortunate you two met up with each other. He's been at as many games as you have over Uxzfortunatebut i would like to add my thoughts to the write-ups about Brussels hockey fans which have been in your last two papers. By your report, it sounded like you did not believe there was a Brussels player in the opponents dressing room. Well, as the mother of the Brussels player who was physically dragged into the Ilderton dressing room, and punched by four or five players, until he was knocked to the floor, 1 would like to say 1 am glad that some people saw fit to come to his rescue. Too many times we hear of people standing - by watching, while someone is beaten up, or attacked in some way. Perhaps more people got involved than was neces- sary, but it was certainly not an unprovoked episode as you made it sound like, the year. I'm not -saying anyone was right or wrong in this display, but I'm sure the Brussels Arena management have taken steps to ensure as far as possible, that this will not happen again. They don't want it or need it. As a final comment. let me say one more thing. We in Brussels have known you, R.W. for quite some time. You have a Junior team in Seaforth and 1 sincerely hope that nothing of this kind ever happens in your arena. But if it does, 1 would wager next week's pay cheque that you won't come down as hard on them as you did on us. Just sign me A Fan not unprovoked Personally 1 feel the other team showed very poor sportsmanship as they refused to shake hands at the end of the game they had just won, then made some uncalled-for signals as they left the ice. The opposing team left the ice first, so everything could have been avoided, if they had gone straight to their dressing room. Did the reporter also see that the Brussels player had to be helped by his coach and a referee, to get back to his own dressing mom? This was a most unfortunate incident, but 1 feel your remarks were unfair to the Brussels hockey fans. One-sided reporting is not needed. A concerned hockey parent Mrs. K. Johnston Let's hear the good news When 1 purchased the Expositor on March 9, 1983 to read the review 1 had sent in on the Midget games, 1 was quite relieved to see you had not added any comments to it. 1 was more than upset when it was brought 10 my attention that you had written an editorial entitled "This Is Hockey?" I was convinced that it was an incident that was better off forgotten and we should carry on as usual. When I has given the next week's issue with the condeming comments made by a lady sitting in her living room armchair and has I'm sure• never witnessed a hockey game in our new complex. I felt the other side of the story should be reported. This was the third round of playoffs for the midgets, who had already eliminated Teeswater and Paisley to gain the W.O.A.A. Championship and make them eligible for the O.M.H.A. playoffs. Yes. the game you witnessed was heavily marred with penal- ties. but if had inquired a little further you would have found the majority of those penalties went to the visiting team of Ilderton, not Brussels. if you were still present in the stands at the end of the game• you would have noticed the visiting team would not line up to shake hands after their victory, but instead gave us, the spectators. the now famous "Trudeau finger." It was only then that the spectators told the visiting players what they thought of their actions. You should also be informed the Brussels fans did no follow the teams down the hall. They went to the aid of a Brussels man (opening the dressing room door) who was trying to rescue. a Brussels player who had been dragged into the opposing dressing room by the visitors as he came down the hall. Needless to say coaches from both teams and referees were still on the ice talking and unaware of the situation. Granted some. of the spectator involve - Tax change gives choices T© til@ @dOlt©i? Recently, at the request of the Ontario Federation . of Agriculture (F.A. the O ) Ontario Government again offered a new farm property tax proposal. Basically, the new proposal is this. farm land and buildings will be assessed and taxed as they are now. farm homes will be assessed and taxed equitably with other homes in the commun- ity, the lot on which the farm house sits will be assessed and taxed at 50% of the value the lot would have if it could be severed. The program will be legistlated, therefore more permanent and secure than the present rebate program which must be approved each year by Order in Council. Farmers will continue to pay their entire property taxes as they do now. Those farmers who wish to, will receive a grant equal to the sum of the taxes on their land and farm buildings. There will be no grant on the farm house and lot. The farm property tax grants will be in the same category as many, other government payments. For example, grants for farm ponds and water systems, milk houses, stables. barns, implement sheds, drains, manure storage, fruit and vegetable storage, grain storage, deficiency payments on farm products, improving homes on and off farms, building and rebuilding factories, painting and sprucing up farm buildings, modernizing machinery and equipment, assisting Massey Ferguson, Chrysler and other corporations to remain solvent as wellas many other purposes. Some farmers oppose the new plan. They mistakenly 'equate, paytttent oft taxes , with maintenance 9f prope(,ty rightsr,.Tlle.right, .to, own, hold and enjoy property are ensured by ment was unwarranted but when our Brussels player was rescued from the floor of the opposing dressing, he was barely aware of his surroundings and in a stunned condition. If some of those spectators had not stepped in, 1 dread to think of what the end result would have been. Yes. the O.P.P. were called in but not because' "the whole thing was out of control." They were requested by the referees for the safety of everyone in the building. Cooler heads prevailed and everything was in order when they arrived. We do not consider ourselves 'hoodlums" and yes we are loyal home town fans. We stand behind our minor hockey teams and their players and with little help from you. we will manage to survive. If you made a habit of being a spectator at any of the area arenas. you would find us no different than anyone else, given the same set of circumstances. Those same loyal fans stood behind us two years ago when my oldest son ended up in a wheelchair because of this game called hockey and without them 1 don t know how we would have made it through. 1 still have two boys in hockey who thoroughly enjoy the game and after having completed this particular hockey series, you have yourself asking why? With four members of our hockey team taken to hospital for x-rays from stick abuse, during a five game series, you begin to wonder why you are involved in the sport at all. In the future please remember, it takes more than one bad apple to spoil a basket and if you can't promote the good news in our village. don't bother blowing the bad news out of proportion. I'm sure the Wingham Advance Times would be interest- ed in our business if you are not. A Brussels Booster, Lois McArter Editorial a document called a "Deed", registered through the legal system and enforced by. law, not by payment of taxes. Farm property rights were strengthened recently by the Government passing new laws to reduce and control trespassing. Of course. farmers will continue to pay property taxes too and receive a receipt from the municipal tax collector. However, man people securely own property without the property being taxed. Expensive paintings held as an investment. bonds, travel trailers. sail and motor boats are among the items of property not assessed for property tax, try borrowing one without the owner's consent. Many senior citizens receive property- tax grants, but uninvited public use of their home is not permitted. The O.F.A. continues to believe that an equitable tax system should be based on tour points: j. People taxed for services to people; 2. Property taxed for services to property: 3. Land assessed according to productivity; 4. Taxes based on' ability to pay. The Ontario Government and their staff in the Property Assessment Branch have sincerely tried for many years to find such a system for taxing farm property. They have been unsuccessful: Government decided three years ago not to continue the search because, probably, the funds generated would not justify the hassle. Farmers now have a choice. They can oppose the new proposal and Government will retain the present insecure system.Or they can accept the new proposal with' its legislated security and the additional twenty million dollars ittivould annually provide the farmcommunity.. r Gordon Hill, Varna one - sided We would like to answer an article in the paper dated March 2, "is This Hockey." The editorial was very one sided and if the rest of the series had been watched in Brussels and Ilderton,opinion of maybe the writer may have changed. As parents of one of the players, we attended all five games. It was a very rough series with players from Brussels being roughed up or injured in each game. The writer failed to mention a high stick accross the throat of a Brussels player. Thank goodness after a visit to the emergency department of the Wingham Hospital, he was able to return to see the end of the game, with a badly bruised. swollen throat. The player who had been dragged into the. opposition's dressing room had skate marks on his sweater and red welts on his body. The fans and parents who knew about the player's abduction in' the opposition's dressing room went to his aid. The Ilderton ,lavers, had won the game quite handily. but refused to shake hands with the Brussels players'. The police were called in by Brussels because of the dressing mom incident. Whelp we returned to Ilderton the following evening to play, the OPP in Wingham had notified the detachrhent in the area and they were in attendance, plus representatives from the O.M.H.A. A good game was played after they shook hands to start. They continued this procedure before the start of the rest of the series. The fans were a different matter. The languange was foul, the calling for blood of their Brussels players. or cheering when a Brussels player was roughed -up and ended up laying on the ice. did not add to the enjoyment of the game. One of the OPP officers had to come out to tell the young Ilderton fans to stop. Brussels won the game. We had a player hit with a high stick to the throat ancf'anothetSone with an arm injury. The next game was back in Brussels with the OPP in attendance. This game won by Brussels. had a high stick accross the back of the neck of a Brussels player. Thanks to good refereeing, the sticks were lowered. We were back to Ilderton for the fourth, game which was won by Ilderton and the OPP had to come out to speak to the Ilderton fans because of the language 'and' things being thro_„n at the Brussels fans, One young fan came up an apologized to me after the game. There was good refereeing and hockey was played. Except for a few minor happenings, we managed to return home intact. The fifth game was played at home. The OPP came in, looked around and left. Brussels won this game and the series with the team of "13 ' players. One of the Brussels players was taken heavily into the boards at the end of the second period to the cheers of Ilderton. He was helped off the ice to the dressing room by team-mates and coaches. He was able to return to play the third period. A Brussels player was also taken heavily into the boards by two Ilderton players and laid on the ice for quite a while. Two nurses were called out to examine him and after much concern he was helped to the players box. He had taken a knee in the back. There was no Ilderton player injured or needed to be helped off the ice in the series due to rough or dirty play by Brussels. When the game was just finished an 'Merton player received a spearing penalty, the same player who had been so handy with his stick during the entire series. He is a good player if he would keep his stick in the proper place. Our son has played all his minor hockey in the Brussels system and we have seen rough play within our own schedgle but this series with Ilderton was something we do not wish to meet again. The refereeing really improved after the first game when they knew what to expect. They all must be commended for their good work. We like to see hockey played as it should be and the hockey stick kept on the ice to shoot the puck with. not used as a weapon against the opposition. Bill and Shirley Cossitt R. R. 2 Bluevale Disappointed Our UCW press reporter was told in February that unless we have a special speaker or a very important meeting that the Huron Expositor would not accept the monthly reports in the future. Since that time we have heard people from other organizations stating the sante thing. If this is the case. what good is a local newspaper? There are many any interested people who look forwar o ilIceiving their paper so they can learn what is going on in our community. There are people who find it impossible to get out to local happenings and I'm sure it is a real let -down when nothing is reported. 1 know there are many other people sharing this same concern. - Lois Moore President Egmondville United Church Women P.S. 1 was very disappointed to pick up the local newspaper, The Huron Expositor. on March io, and see that there was not one picture featuri g the "Fantasticks" (taken by our paper). Tills was an excellent production that was put on in our Seaforth & District Community Centres on March 10 and 11. 1 realize that pictures with flash bulbs can not be taken during the performance. However. they could have been taken following the production either Thursday or Friday eve- ning. When you count up all the hours that went into this fantastic production and see very little reported after its completion it is a real disappointment, because it was super. It seems to me that our paper is letting the community down. Editor's note: The Huron Expositor con tinues to be happy to print the major news events of church and other groups in the community. because our readership surveys indicate this is what Expositor readers are interested in reading.