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SEAFORTH', ONTARIO,, FEBRUARY $, 1979
A need for day care
No one in Huron County can .argue .that there i$ nota crying. need for
good day care facilities for our children. Whether' day care is provided
in private homes or in municipal centres, it's a fact that there aren't.
enough good quality places for all the children whoneed them.
That's why it's disturbing to learn that the, Vanastra Day Care
Centre faces a $6,000 deficit, And that, with room for 34 children, it-
has an average daily attendance of only 19.
The Vanastra centre, under the capable direction of Karen
McEwing, is an excellent place for children. Kids '
• n learn skills and. about.
living with each :other ina.Wa;m and • r stimulating atmosphere- front all
reports; parents: who use the centre are veryhappy with the' service • �y . i hrice it
provides. .
Why then isn't if full? We'•d guess the' problem. is its location. The
inconvenience of driving'` out to Vanastra .twice' a day isthe only
explanation,we•can think of for the factthat only one child: from near -by
Clinton is enrolled in the centre.
Perhaps we have to face the fact that this much needed' facility is
in the wrong'. place. With risky winter driving conditions: people who
have to travel to or near Vanastra .to ,work are likely'. to be the only
parents Tor whom "it's practical to use' the day- care thele.
We hae to flog a dead horse, but a survey in, Se of
.. v y e Orth' before the
Vanastra Day Care;Centr.-e was built -showed' a need for dayT"-
tie care in our
town.(There's. a.
need all over the cownt except Wn` "
y tip 1 9 am where
Seaforth native
Jane Lane runs Huron's only other municipal day
care centre). The bloo
ming parent runco.4operative`.iturser school`
here has filledit � Y
part of that need) but isn't extensive enou h to help
p.
parents who work' full time outside the home:
The daYy
care cen
toe at
Vanastra
was built in conjunction With �
t
recrea i
h the •
recreation `:'
e there• and. it's unlikelythe centre could
be moved
That leavesus with •a: need for good day care in somee parts of the
county and empty day care spaces': elsewhere.;
The Vanastra daycare board is launching a c
gcampaign to promote the
centre's facilities and attract more children. They* t don't
• Y have much:
money to spend, and given the insoluble: • roblem • of winter driving,.
they P 9�;
y ma. y not have a lot of of luck, Perhaps'some good. market research
th .0
o gh will come up with. new young charges. •
We hope so: It's not fair' to ratepayers in Van
asira, in,:Tuckersmith:
and.the r�'
In oven ,.... • .
. p. ce as a whole to,have to conti.nuallir.•pay a deficit while-,
the centre runs at less than capacity.
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But the real probleis that the centre was built in .the te wrong .Place;
The ast Supper'
It's all very well that our current crop of children have enough
religious knowledge"The
9 to� be" familiar with the•
9painting Last
Supper".
But it is
somewhat disapp intmg to those of us who think. the
Canadian nation.
important Por an
t
to am that school children who tour, the
Ontario Legislature think that's the that tat a'large painting of the
fathers ' of confederation ration represents..
Yup, " The Last Supper"they` chorus when a guide' asks what thepainting that marked the founding of. Canada is about. That's not all.
The kids variously Y identif '
past"premiers of the province as George
•g
•Washington, and Daniel Boone, guides report. or
pt
These aren't tiny tots but students from Grade 4 and up.•
A slight ray of hope for the future may be that they all know the
Queen. (Or is, that. just because there's no comparable American ' e
R figure . ,.
to get her mixed up with?)
The kids don't seem to have
much idea of "where.. thev' • '
pro inctal
government .t ` fits is •into the scheme 'of things
s 'or .what thelegislature
islature
actuallay
9g
y does,
Maybe that's okay too- Lot's of "adults fee
! exactly the same wall
If youre of .:radical or populist persuasionY you'll be
delighted to know that one politician..... i
, . has gotten through the confusion
and is well etched in the kids' minds:
"Is that where John Sewell sits? Toronto children ask when they
see the Speaker's chair: "Where's John Sewell?"
To the editor
Local� .hospital, raise
Once again 1 am asking for some space
in your, valuable paper to comment on a
subject 1' never thought I would have the
opportunity to do:
As you know (or may not 11 spent the
largest part 'of January in. our hos ital
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undergoing serious surgery and the last
week one of the nurses suggested I would
have a good' subject for my column: "What
goes on ,inside a hospital My reply was
that anyone who had never experienced this
would not be desir ous of finding out: and,
these that have had some experiences may
not agree with my observations+ •
Now that hospital cutbacks etc are the
topic of conversation I would only like to say
how fortunate we are to:hav'e (Right at our
door step so to speak) a hospital, that from
my observation is *ell equipped with thin •
best of nursing anddoctor care, and above
all good unity and co-operation. This I will
have to say includes all the staff, cleaners,
Janitors etc, wvhi'ch 1 think: you. will agree is
something very necessary to make a success
of any business.
I also wonder if the husband and
prospective husbands realize the great asset
they possessheti their wife is a R.N. or
R.N.A. to nit the greatest profession any girl
can own, and something she can ibake use of
in so many ways dining her lifetime.
1 also at this time want to thank all you
good people out there for your cards, flowers
and prayers and many good wishes also to,,,�
that ever smiling. Fr. Laragh, Fr, Oostveen
and I also had a call fromtwo young
clergymen from of her denominations that
were greatly appreciated. •
As any competition in sports, teams, or'
otherwise knows, you play harder when the -
crowd is cheeringforyou and had it
. not been.
. for thaf,_.F-lionestly think l would. hive lost
that game, Thiinks again and don't forget "a
tip of the hat" to those husbands whose
wife happens to be it nurse, Be good to them,
Vincent J. Lane
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'SORRY GUYS, BUT THE RACES, ARE CANCELLED Theowners of be out, and that day's carnival events were postponed until a, later date.
this car and van struggled throw h Sunday's white -outs to Saturday' went as planned however. More photos and results inside the
: 99 9 Y. Brodhagen in y
,the hope that novelty snowmobile races wouldbe run as scheduled'. But . Expositor, (Expositor Photo)
as the photographer can attest`;: Sunday wasn't a day for man or beast to
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
�'m sentimental
In the hard, cruel, cynical world of the
`A97Y I'm a hopeless case: I'm a
• sentimentalist,
' The sad truth Came to light again the other
night when the wife and 1 sat down to .ts
tg sten
the movie Rocky • on television.. It's a
warmhearted romantic story about
warm-hearted people. That's bad enough;
but it even has a happy eful
.P ending, It
sounds like so'rnething that cameout of the
thirties or forties not the seventies. You're
re
just not supposed to make that kind of
moviev or television 'show or book these
Yet there 1 was, all choked, up at the end.
And afterward 1 wondered -why: they don't
make more stories thatYuck.
t estike anymore.
How 0 old fashioned. Better to go out and blow
your brains out than admi• t such a wekness
these days. Happy endings are .out Nice
people are . to be distrusted or ,better yet,
ridiculed.• •
A week ago I'd read a newspaper column
in a Toronto newspaper which totaly panned
the new Osmond family .television show
apparently because the people were ;all too
types, arc boring and given the good guy
Versus bad guy situation, they'll cheer for
the bad guy every time,
Maybe I'm over sensitive on this whole
issue. l'veo ' a.
g t vested interest after all: in
MY own: plays and stores:.l tend P )n to feature
characters who; if notexactlyheroic in
demension, are at least nice honest people
who try to dotheir best for themselves and:,
toward those around them,"'1'
m Still a
believer in the ha ending a
happy g d' n I also like
to see people enjoying themselves, To ,:me:
One.ef the most beautiful sounds in the world
pis to be in a theatre full of people;all laughing
so hard they can hardly stop to catch their
breath,_
Now that. too is old fashioned.: The -
.judgement of
the '"
So his '
p locates comes
'down hard on writers like.me, Comedy,.
writers, are too' light. Somehothey're just
playing, at the game while the ".Real
writers are turning out heavy plays and.
novels a
bout hate and anger and deceit and
mayhem that send the audience away•in a fit,
of dispair. If your audience enjoyed
themselves, you've , obviously not done a
`very good job. You''re something of a hack
• nice. The writer called them the Nausrnond writer:
family.' Now I'm no fan of the show because.
I think all people who work at making
like too many other televisionshows these' people hopeful and happy sooner or later
days, the quality. of writing : involved is. so question whether they're reall y an good at.
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atrocious that it makes all the characters look
what they're. doing. .'1'vc read so many
idiotic because of the things the writers give stories about comic actors' who long to do
them to say. Such criticism of the, show. Shakespeare to ;prove that they've got ;as:.
much talent as the
would have been fair, but to criticize because , serious" actors. Writers
the Osmonds smile • so much and seem to• like ttoo I think get hung up on their feelings of.
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each other is getting carried awa a little too
Y made war. because the people who write
much:. •9 , .Y P P
sad. stories arc somehow taken as having .
But smilingand being happy is. .very ,more talent than those • who write funny
sus evt ;in the 1970's.
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A ,couple of years back another reviewer things.
There's a place for both kinds of writin of.
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knocked singergJohn' Denver .for being 'so' '''
g course.. When people are feeling. too
happy during a concert in Toronto. An bod
y .) self-satisfied, too oblivious to the realities of
who had been around the hard-nosed music the world then they need' to have their
business for as many years as Denver, the baboon of c omplacency by punctureda
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reviewer said. couldn't .be so , happy and gritty, realistic story. But in a world 'filled
thereforehe must be a fake.
with grim horrors, where you get ,enough
Our heroes in movies - these days are.;
depression in one• day' of listening, CO the
tough, no-nonsense guys who seldom sniffle •' •
or show any emotion' at all: Other people,. news every hour on `the hour to last a
men and women are either a nuisance •or a' lifetime. then we also need funny stories.
convenience to them. They invariably have a happy stories, suCCCSs stories. stories" to
cold, cynical mean streak in theist thatshow us there is still some hope for good
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somehow supposed to make them attractive people doing good things. '
.to •audiences. It ccrta'inl is attractive • The movie Rocke has'probably helped'.a
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woolen.• Our :cold-hearted hero invariably lot, of People during the run, cynical
.s
ably •,. P g g Y
':end up having to beat off women with a. stick seventies: Surrounded as we are by.
(sometimes literally). ' heartache,'war, c cnicism.and depression,. •
Critics love th is kind of hero. Somehow we need to see a hero who can be human and
he's supposed to be more read
than against the odds come out on top, We need a
smiling;: happy`heros! i`vc read many times heck of a lot more stories like that just to
of criticssaying that nice guys, real heroic keep us going.
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To the editor:
rRecognizeselatives
•
Please renew our subscription.enjoy We Eckert, his brothers `e
J Y , Fred', leather Stephen
reading your newspa er very much! Please Father Michael Peter
p , and his son,.. my
thank Mr, Harry Thompson for the groupfather, John M. Eckert: We think the
, ,. photo
photo on page 2 of the Jan 11th issue: I may have been taken later than
1890,
believe it is a family reunion of inY possibly ossibl 1905 or 1910,
,
great-grandparents, Mr': ' and Mrs, John We were delighted to see it, Thank.
Eckert. I recoY
y ou' gnize relative much!
g many s tnclud very much. Mrs, Walter Ennett
Ing my grandparents Mr'. and Mrs. Don • �.
B P From `Alberta :Deep l reeze
Dear Thief;
I' would gladly have :given you the none ' heart monitor At the intensive rare ward' in
for a lobo'` an if yeti had asked lite, but las Stratford because I haw over exerted myself
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dee snow 1 decided
night l found it very diffiCtitt to tatty illy load.. , to. P t dad to get a Small, fight
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of 'V3 bf a mile thr deeptoboggan to transport Inv groceries,
groceriesbitgh.ariit'�.,. •�, . ,� Inhaler y_�.--�
_._.Should- oti another tobo.an ' • .
to bur house beeattte I was tired, - ( toboggan tied to a
Your tracks ate still visible in' fence, please leave' it alone! It 'mi ht he a
the atter . f g
snow,banko• today: Maybe you needed the mattcr life or death,
ante:MIMj
little blue snow•surfdr more than did last Th von f"ir vett attepttbnl
night. Let: the tell you why l fastened the
toboggan th the in ;lde of our property ie i .. t
Pg P Pc y tic. Katmka Dorranc.e
3 R. 82, Seaforth
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14 months ago, when 1 was.connectcd to a
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Expositor asks:
What does valentine's Day'rnean to you?.
by Debbie Ranney ' that it is just an ordinary day. He said it
February' 14 is Valentines Day, that was a da) the for kid
s
special day when you giveextra special -Mrs,Doyle Collins -Of s—
of R. R. ffl, Varna
Consideration to your loved' ones. So. this;; said. "it's always been sweetheart's
,.) en s �cctheart s day. I •
week we asked local people, What does s alwa 'get a card, for an
Y d from my
Valentine's Day mean to you and 'are you husband.'
doing. anything special. John Knipe of Brodhagen said, T
o tell: .
Mrs. Stuart Boyce of R. R. #1, Bruceficidou the truth, it doesn't t
Y n t mean a thing to
"said they aren't doing anything special and, " me.:,
she :'pointed out . whatever you do for Mrs. Robert Gilbert of -Boo ha ; '
d gen said
people on Valentines Day you, could do for" she -gives a .ca
g rd toher husband and' the
them every `day kids send valentines to
•t t their cousins.
To Ken Stewart of Brucefield field it's• just e J . Kcn MrLl.wain
of. Main St. N. in Seaforth •
another day;. said; It means a happy occasion. , o i
on. VVc send
Glenn Swan of R. R', 111, Brucefield said valentines t each
0 other and (he kids send ••
his family isn't dosing anything special and• them to other kids
In the years ago
FEBRUARY 7, 1879 ' ?' attended. The music was furnished by
Hayton 'and
T.E. Hays'., warden. of Hereon Messrs:
n entertained andChochrane m. W
members of the .county, council', the county Workman was floor manager,'
officials and a number .of friendsat a E.13. Tyers of Chiselhurst is erecting a
compli e- ry supper at the British Hotel in Marge garage to holdthe trucks and autos
Goderich. The ,vice .chairmen at the event needed in his creamery business.
were D.D. Wilson, Seaforth, and Wm. Glegg . A.E. Erwin of Bayfield is at Goderich
of Blyth. assisting::in auditing::the o
-' • • . ,.' .. • : ,. , county books,.:.
The new Presbyterian church at Egmond- At the Ladies Aid . meeting of Cavan
villa was formally opened on Sunday last: Church ..Mrs. Cuthill, Mrs. McClure and
Rev. Mr. Graham preached in the afternoon Mrs. Johnston wereres
p tinted with • Life
and in the evening.' Rev. Thos. Musgrave of membership certificates.
McKillop delivered a happy and profitable A successful father and son s
address. banquet w held in the Brucefield church. was
Speaker :a
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Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Campbell' of McKillop Rev.
• W.P. Lane of.••Seaforth.
wetheirre prconveoceeydingance home from. MrsSeafo.rth whenCampbell' Seaforth visiting Miss Effie Balfour is spending a month in
was. thrown out and she fractured her arm.
Mr. and Mrs, Edler.'
H' Shannon has let'th.e contract for
drawing gravel forthe erection of a new
garage to J. 'Carter.
-C.B Bennet et of Winthrop and Ed. `-Miller of
John Henderson of McKillop while start-.
ing to cut straw with a power, machine had
his left hand, which had a mit on it, caught
by the knives: Thegreater partsof two of his
fingers and the third were entirely cut off: • Walton paid a: flying visit to London.
Charles Redmond of Ki en has ur- The' weather man has been handingo
PP Pout
chased from Mr. Mellis a part lot for the sum " . some real .snappy weather and it was
of S100. claimed that Ivtond
per acre. ay morning was one of ,the
coldest. .• .M
: FEBRUA1tYb .1904...' ... d st on record -'it barn 6
.. , g below zero.
The At Home"given bythe members of A successful skatin party washeld , : ; , g held on the
Britannia satin rink Ilan ia Lodge was a successful and skating kat Hensall arranged by ,Miss
enjoyable affair. There were .90 ladies, and Ellis, Miss Buchanan and Claude Biowes::
gentlemen " resent: Mr> and'Mrs. Chas. Holabein o
g P . f Seaforth
Dr: R.E; Cooper of town was appointed celebrated '
Grand' superintendent `of '.Huron District at marriage, Mtheirr. Holdbein64thannivisersa • in' hisof t 86ththeir,
the Grand Chapter of Royal Masons, held in birthday and Mrsi hloldbein is 83.
Toronto last month. There were thirteen_ deaths in the To
wn
Harry Chesney, son of Wm: Chesney of. 'ship of Tuckersmith during.the month of
Egmondville, who was engaged 'as a January.
brakesman on the C.P.R. has been promoted W.F.
Darrock of the Wolverton Mill,
to the position of Conductor on the same run.. Seaforth, has leasedtherresidence of Louis
The stormy weather and bad roads have Aberhart on Gbderieh Street.
completely paralyzed business:, y '
FEBRUARY 13, 1954
Wm. Smithers who has been here for Miss Mabel •Turnbull was re-elected
some time left for his home in Euderten, chairman of the Carnegie Library Board:
North Dakota, taking with him a life partner According, to Miss Turnbull circulation has
in the person of Miss Bennett, niece of Mrs.; increased during the past year to over 9000:
Jameison of the Huron road, F.l.. J. Sills was re -eye ted secretary-
,- • Peter Daley has resumed his position as ` treasurer and, Miss Greta Thompson was
head carver in J.W. Beattie's meat busi re -appointed Librarian: '
nes,.
�?`.•: 'Staffa 'Hall was filled: i
Several" families in• town who are out' of rto capacity for.a
presentatio of a misce lan
`coat and wood have been. convened tol eous hover to
P . Mr, and r -.
living Mrs:- Clarence McNau filo"
vacate their residences and Some are living , f • bl
Mr, and `Mrs. J. O'Rourke of -'Dublin will
at the hotels and others with friends. celebrate their of
g den anniversary on Feb-
Pathmaster Delaney of Dublin has made a ruary18th when hen they will be at home•to their
number of sidings on, the Beechwood side friends and neighbours.
where the ne bus,travelle wing illness
N travellers can switch off Following an .�
gof three weeks the
and alio% other travellers to passWithout the death occurred' in St,
Joseph's Hospital,
danger there formerly was of either one or ; London of Seaforth
postmaster Chas. P. Sills
the other going down out of sight in the and widely known Seaforth resident, Be had,.
immense banks of snow that this road has been postmaster for 30 years and ,was a
always been noted for..
veteran of World
War 1 when he served
in
FEBRUARY 15, 1929 France for 22 mo
The, annual meeting of the subscribers of
nth,, ..
The family LLnight party of the Seaforth...._.:..........
the Hay Municipal Telephone Systems was. .
W.I. ^was held i
held in the Town hall in Zurich: Auditors
n the Seaforth Community
Center, Jean Pa
pple favoured: with •
reported 708 subscribers and a cash balance i ,
recitation and `.Walker Hatt le'
of S1,436.15, din commgnitji
ofheaviest singing • Step dancing Hart
Mrs. Storey
One the av est snowfalls of the winter ... •,-aiii . _ . .
accompanied by Mrc ' Was much
came on Monday night when nearly two feet enjoyed.
of snow fell on the level, •
The old time dance at ICS n which .was Playing for •Hensall to ti hockey game
held in the new hall at K pen was' well against his Pooch, Bill O'Shea fractured a
bone in his foot.