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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-02-01, Page 2• 1LU 0 • Since •Di00. Serving the Comrnunity irst Puhfished t SEAFORTH, Q4TAR1O every ThorsilAtYltioming by MeLEAN BROS, PIJIMISHERS LTD. ANDREW Y, MeLEAM Publisher SUSAN WHITE,1Editor ALICE GIBE1. News Editor 7 Member Canadian COMPtunity Newspaper Associaton, Ontt ado, Weekly:Newapa per A saeclaten, and Audit Bureau of Circulation SubscriPtion, Rates: Canada (in adVance) $12,00 a Year -09t4k4e Canada (;n advance) S20,00 a Year SINGLE CQPiES 25 CENTS EACH Sawed Class Mail RegittratioaNalmber 0696 Telephone 527-0240 a s,AFoRTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 1, 1970 In the years agone • Do yotl Want to escape the -routine of that morning coffee break? Afternoons With the soap operas starting to lose their appeal? Well, the answer Might be to dombine some music and some eXcercise. The rhythmics program, now being used in four area public schools, offers students a chance to exercise enjoyably. It's the same premise TV exercise Shows have used for years. Decreasing your heart beat, getting rid of tensions and maybe taking off a few excess pounds in the rirodess Ooesn't have to be a painful process, at • . It's an exOerience that shouldn, t be restricted to kids. Hens (i• Public School and other fitness conscious local schools deserve credit for the results described in last week's Expositor. We could all learn from their ,experience, • . • • Some of us already exerciae by jogging, cross-country skiing or just taking long walks'inthe outdoors. But many more of us spend most of our days in the sitting position. • , One particular advantage of the rhythmics program is it takes only a few m inutesi a day, Business people can substitute 12 minute programs for either their morning or afternoon coffee breaks. Exercise is a more permanent perk -me -up than any cup of coffee. Housewives or men who work at home can also spare a few minutes each day to do some toe touches, kicks and the other basic exercises which should result in - a healthier body and a more relaxed attitude to life. . Some industries in London have already instituted regular exercise sessions for l their employees. Why don't more of us do the same - either at wcirk or at home? • '• We re sure participating school principals would help individuals or businesses get started. • • ' • • We dare po.uL Better late than... • 1$6 in House of Refuge in 1904 JANUARY 31, 1879 Messrs. James Dick, Wm, McDougall, John Calvin Campbell of Tuckersmith present Beattie and Ament were at Harnston ed the Expositor with a pansy in full bloom and got snow bound. 1, - which had grown in his garden. Andrew Scott who resides .in town and At a ,meeting of the congregation of the drives to his school near Brucefield has not First Presbyterian Church it was resolved to missed a school day this yeardespite the extend a call to Rev, A.D. McDonald of storms and blocked roads. L lora. The salary was set at 81400 and a free Rev, Mr, Hodgins and Dr. Cooper are in manse. •.• Toronto attending the Grand Chapter of The second fancy dress carnival of the Royal ih Masons. season was held on the New Dominton There is almost a wood and coal famine in • skating rink. •town. Rev. M. Graham preaeltedthe lastsermon John Hablcirk met with a misfortune which in the old church in Egmenclidlle to a large .will lay himaip for a while. He was helping to • congregation. • take a load of wood to a yard in town when On Tuesday evening a large ntimber of the the sleigh upset, falling �n hik,"hich assembled at the residence of herfather and Mr, and Mrs. John Fintayson entertained friends of Miss Sparks of Tuckersmith resulted in breaking two of his ribs. presented that lady with an address accomp- a number of the employees of the Bell anted by a set of silver ware in acknosviedge- - Engine works with their wives and lady ment of her valuable services as organist at friends. the Brucefield church. • The ScotchsupperCardra'SHalr under The An•etnek reSidente of John Malone of the' AtISPices of the Ladies Aid of First McKillop was burned. The fire originated in 4 preSbyterian Church was a splendid sue - h bed room and is supposed to have been cess. Taking part in the program were Piper ,caused by children going into the bed room Kennedy, Misses Rathwall and Weir, ,Mag- vith.a candle. gie McLean, John and Roy Scott and LT. - • • • DeL acey. Miss Hazel Reid and Miss G. ' JANUARY 29, '1904 Laidlaw. There are 86- inmates in the House of The need of a Grand Trunk water tank at • St. Columban is becomin more apparent Refuge. Clinton. • • • Harry Edge has sold his new residence on every day, No. I express became exhausted ' Market Street to John A. Stewart for the sum for want of Water and had to wait an hour, of 81500. ' . • number four express carrying passengers All the stages made their regular trips on got tired fighting snow and both her engines — Monday, but there were no trains on that died for want of water. day. The clerk of the weather out did himself on FEBRUARY 8,1929 'Sunday and favoured us with the coldest and The farmers in the vicinity of Tuckersmithstormiest day of the season. • are taking advantage of the sleighting and Our kids know all the American sports heros, but there's a man A rink of Seaforth curlers. composed of are getting their teaming done. in The entire neighborhood of the Huron Road was grieved to learn of the death of Abraham Hugill which occurecl February 2 in his 70th year. Albert Kramers of Dublin is quite busy loading tile at his farm in Hibbert Township. ' Thos. P. Voisen who has conducted the Dominion House in Zurich has sold the land and buildings to Everat Hoist. H.G. Hess of Zurich has purchased the vacant lot adjoining his electrical and radio shop. The hardware store of Messrs. G.A. Sills - and Sons was broken into early Saturday morning, entry being effected through a door in the rear. Two shotguns, several rifles and a large quantity of ammunition and. a pair of skates were taken, Miss Mary Turner of in on has takena • position in the Geo. A. Sills hardware store. Mrs. Hugh Chesney of Egmondville had ' the nusfortunele fall on the icy road near her• house and fracture her arm at the mist. Quite a largc job o gravelling has been• , done on the boundary line west of Walton. In the death of PeterHawthorne, Hullett has lost one of the most highly respected residents of this township. • Avery enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Medd in McKillop by the midnight Revellers. A fine programm was given by Robert and Edith McMillan, Lorn Webb, Doreen and Viola Clark and Thos McMillan. . • FEBRUARY 5,1954 The Seaforth Public school board met to form the 1954 committees. Cliff Broadfoot was chosen as chairman and other commit- tees are Finance Dr. P.L. Brady and Willis. Property. Cliff Broadfoot and W.T. Tealk sUPPIY J,A Westentt aid J. C. Stevens. Miss S. McLean was re appointed as representative to the public library board and C.A. Barber to the High. School Board, RobertJoynt was re -appointed as custodian; ' Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Sproat were hosts to a large number of neighbours ancfrnends awp nrhFemr testi nvere sed:ttsF.harrer ye:en:a nt warwk theiriede re 'rf,.ullaticipkuepoei:r:S:m5 Witeei tnaht homemratdae. dgi nnaggt Donna Jean when about 75 guests were a trousseau tea in the honour of her daughter • , . Director and General manager of Seaforth Shoes Ltdat the annual meeting held recently in Preston. • Concern has been elitiressed thata decision of Huron County Coluncil to erect a new' courthouse. Will result in tearing down the old building now serving the.county4 • • Mr. and Mrs. M. Elliott of Varna marked their 50th wedding anniversarY:- The appointment has been announced Of Miss Helen McKercher a native of McKillop • Township, to the post of chief. of the Dominion Department of Fisheries of the Home Economics Service:''' • • Earl McSpadden and Miss Lorraine Smith spoke 'to the young people of Cavan Church, Winthrop and talked on their trips to Chicago and Florida. H.E. Smith Of town had the misfortune to • burn his left arm while extinguishing a small blaze in lii the hockey hall of fame who carne from Seaforth and they've never New York times editOr says •, •• heard of him." - committee member Charlie Campbell, one of the people spearheading . Tinies are Th . ptirnistic tho-u_gh we don't recognize ose Words' came over the phone from Seaforth recreatiori " ., ,plans to reCognize hockey great Cooney Weiland in his hometown..: • _: •• . I • The rec committee hopes to build a trophy case in honour of Weiland at the arena and perhaps stock it with some momentos of his career in the NHL. Lately Seaforth has been holding official receptions to honour atheletes or others who bring special honours to the town. It's a great idea. But a couple of generations ,have grown up hearing very little about Egmondville and Seaforth's hockey great Cooney Weiland, He's a contemporary of Howie Morenz but Mitchell has recognized their famous son nore recently and more widely than Seaforth has. The Expositor -ds working now on a feature about Mr. Weiland's career. News editor reporter Alice Gibb would like to hear from anyone who renembers playing with Cooney when he lived here, or anyone • with other anecdotes. . Recognizing one of our own and making sure new generations know about him is something that this newspaper and this town could have done before now. But it's better late than never and we applaud the rec committee's efforts to get something honouring Cooney Weiland • underway. • •The straw hctt rink • They showed 'ern, • ' •• By the sotinds of a story in the daily press, there Were a few snickers at the un -co-ordinated uniforms and non -slick Wiling style exhibited by Seaforth:s entry in the demi-finals of all Ontario competition in Kitchener over the Weekend. The local lads, apparently some city curlers felt, did not show quite the polish that's common in competition at that exalted level. Jokes were flying that overalls and straw hats would make terrific uniforms for the rink from the Seaforth curling club. (Editor's Note: The following account of comparatiVely optimistic time but don't journalist James Reston's talk at -11VVO last seem to recognize it • Thursday was written exclusively for the The speaker pointed out one gets a Expositor by Bruce Baker, the son of Duff.s '• distorted . view of the • world through United Church Walton minister Rev. Ed newspaper headlines. He said to get an , . • Baker. Broce is a Grade 12 student at accurate look at the state of the sworld. the million.. in . the 1940's has a present population around' 65 million. Me.' Reston, speaking :act. former Mexican President Echeverria, referred to estimateS that their pepulation was expected to become 100 miUion by the end of the century, to which government expects it will be 128 million by' then. •• Finally: the journalist said, current life is •som ambiguous that now sports is as popular as it is' because it has a recognizable ,beginning, middle and end, and when it's Montcalrn Secondary School in London whhistorical view is in order. Mr. Reston said •Eeheverria replied that • the Mexican over, you know who won. hopes to study journalism it university. there is little danger'of the Somiets starting h: celebrated journalists, and twice Winner of sasid that just before Christmas, British . the Pulitzer Prize recently spoke on The rime minister James Callaghan told him World at the end of the 1970's" at the that Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev yp James Reston, one of America's most nuclear war yet,• for example. The journalist 0-1 e editor: annual Gillett Lecture at 6the Univers ity o firemembers m how an cop le died in the last Western Ontario. 4—war. It will be osier to avoid nuclear war The New York Times editor told the with him than with those who replace him, • • audience there is hope for the future and according o Mr. Reston. • that hope lies in unity and co.operation-r.-Mr. One of Mr. • Reston's concerns was the Re,ston said he thought everyone involved possibility of occupation of the oil producing would be harmed by the separation of countries by an unfriendly power, which, Quebec And said he had learned at an could put a stronghold on the industrial economic conference several yearS ago that vvorld. ' I even the American business community Mr. Reston said, "Saudia Arabia is the shudders at the thought of an independent world's biggest bank and it has ho gnards." kT1OWS little about the situation:,the general thought they might not believe it, the United Quebec. He added •the American me '1.1 The journalist also told his audience public knows even less. States would rather not be an imperial While ' commenting on some of the power. He Said that president Jimmy Carter disasters of our time, Mr. Reston also has' become more realistic since his pointed out the good things which have come installation in the White House and Mr. about: the birth of 80 new nations, the Reston predieted President Carter will be equality gained by minorities, and the fart around until 1985. • We haven t had a major war in almost 40 The journalist also predicted relations years, whereas the period between the First among the United States, Canada and and Second World Wars was only 20 scats Mexico will become much more iniportant in Mr. Reston • said, "We are living in a the future. Mexico, with a population of,19'/2 • . • But curlers Gerry Walter, Don Trerneer, Bob Wilson - and Bob E X•positor Jarmuth had the last laugh. .•••• The men placed second in overall competition, losing top spot in • • . . some. agonizingly 'close play They surprised Most of their city How do you keep fit in winter. - competitors but the men themselves all along expected to do pretty Well, thank you. Th, rumour now on the Ontario Men's curling circuit is that a num r of Pity rinks are shedding their Matching sweaters and putting • in Or erS for seviceatile overallS. ••• that thought in mind. Expositor Asks this Star article "' neith flattering n •A week ago, the Toronto Star printed a ' story concerning attitudes and life in general in Huron County with particular leniphasis on Seaforth. The article, in my opinion, was neither flatterieg nor honest. Because I was involved in the article, I wrote the attached copy of a letter to the Star protesting the lack of objectivity of the reporter, My situation is no doubt similar to that of the • others who were interviewed, and it is interesting to note in retrospect that much of :the 45 minute discussion eentred on contrasting life styles of those who. live in cities and those who live in rural areas; we talked of the problem with our economy, unemployment, the declining population of Huron, the increase of the average age in Huron; in short, we talked about all the problems facing any and every community in Ontario. We both expressed some interesting ideas, and with all' due modesty, I liked some of the things we both said1 was really surprised, as you can imagine, to see, • , the•Article which emphasized a fifteen second comment and virtually ignored everything else in reply to his question: 'What five problems do you see facing people in rural Ontario?' I replied that the economy (and not bilingualism), was the primary concern, but there were othe problerris as well: 1 added that none of us likes to set teen-agers drieking as much as they do, and personally 1 Wish young people were stronger 'morally' or were more careful, because it is disturbing to see young -girls pregnant before they have decided they want families, and it seems, Brussels thanks Optimists • by Debbie Ravines' • Itt art effort to make the. best of the Wittier months. People have taken to Sitowmobiling, hockey, ie Skating. and lately there has beep a Upsurge ie the ,pepularitv of cross country skiing. With ,week asked local people, "What do,von and ',our family de to keep in good'physicil tondition during the winterr •' , Mrs, Helen Been of R. Walton said that she goes toboganning entside with the kids. She said they try and get out every other day and go tobogatteitig and that they had, She and het husband had •• 'made ati igloo with the kids. Mts. Prank botmage or R. R. lit. Seaforth said she and her daughter go out leigtralong, for her daughter to ride in,. DjiIt KCnedy of 74 Market St. in seatorth said tc hugband Dale plays On hernial of the parents, fans and players Optimists for the supper Sunday night.' f the gtossei Atom's hockey 'team, • Sincerely, Jack Vaden, Manager Carnival committee for a successful hockeyCBill Kieffer, Coach tournament. AH special thanks to the ••Brussels totigratulittionS to, the 'Seiforth Wider— for a Walk Mostly each morning, taking the breomelli liaLke, and that •she plays 1 pun lephell of 106 Richmond St., Walsall said her family goes skating ‘trid• ski.dooing, Mrs. John Diet/ of R R #3. Kippeo said . that berm( Christmas she took a physical fattest, veurse at VanaNtra. Nos 'he -bowls notating a week. and her daughter coos and participates at sports in high' SCheel., ' • Mrs, Lawrepee Cook of Mill 'Street in Dublin' said her family has a skittilig rink hi thc backyard aod that they also ‘silk h bit, Mrs. Kenneth PuilMan of I. J. #2, Staffa said her fancily goes for walks, Mrs. Robert Sallows of Eginendville said her husband played hockey a tOttpie of , times a Nveek and that she had' taken yoga for four years but that's soniething Mitetices all year round, not just ittth6 whiter. • . •perhaps because we are a small school, and. • lint* each other fairly well and are somewhat removed from the distracting pleas tires of cities, that we have disproportionate number of girls who find themselves in this position. The statement, as printed, seems callous and damning, while in effeet, 1 don't believe there is another school administ trator who feels niore deeply and cares more sineettly for all his students dint!. or itoriest trust that your readers are discrimin- ating enough to realize that the article in the Star was a piece of biased reporting, it appears that Mr. Jones had a perspective established before arriving in the county' and looked for reinforcement where, he could. , • Yours truly, B p • Shaw, Principal Editor's Note: A copy of Mr. Shaw's letter to the Star follows: I enjoyed my conversation with Mr. Jones as we discussed Huron County, its people and its problems, 1 also was amused by the subsequent article - we really are a different lot! But I am not convinced that what the. report portrays is the whole truth. From a detached perspective, I can read the article and conclude that the students who attend Seaforth D.H.S. are drunks, promiscuous and boors when they avack.the.big city (of London). Certainly my comments were more positives than negative concerning the student, and 1 suspect that others who were • interviewed presented a somewhat more 'balanced! picture of the cenimun= ity as well. 1 also appreciate the fact that time and space are limiting factors to ,any ' article. article: / is The well and the reporter certainly perceptive, but just half the story. is told. Eittring the course Of the interview, I also said that Huron County is no different than other parta. of •the province and iS, indeed, a micreeostri Of the , whole conntry. Mr. Jones' report, for the • first three columns, tends to reinforce the diStorted impression that many have of Huron: a red.necked bastion of the reactionary Races determined trt 'bring liberalism to its kneel' 1 suppose that a whipletely impartial 'view; of any ,municipality in Ontario would be tedious to read and not arouse much ,reaetion, but it wouldbe perhaps A little • more fair. .• Yours truly, B.F. Shaw, • t •