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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-02-15, Page 2Since 1869•'5+ +?i+;=the Comimulnity.lti ir;st: :Pultlisbed at SEAFORT i, QIVTAItIQ every Thursday morning ;by McLEAN.'BROS. PUBLiSHERSi:.L ,, ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publishes SUSAN WHITE, Editor ALICE'GIBB. News Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Associaton. Ontario: Weekly Newspaper Associaton and Audit Bureau of Circulation. Subscription,:Rates: Catt,ada On advance) $ i2 : 'a Year R. Outsitle Canada (ins advance) $20.00 a.; Y.exr SINGLE COPIES Y. 25 CENTS EACH • Second Class Mail Registration Number 06% Telephone 527-Q240 SEAFORTH,: ONTARIO, 'FEBRUARY 15, 1979 Let's appreciate them We have a world class athlete in our midst. • Most people in Seaforth and area know; by now that our town is home. to Lloyd Eisler,d the15 yearolfigure skater who just won the Canadian Junior Pairs championshipwithpartner Lorre Baler of Mitchell. But it's too easy totake success for granted, Lloyd Eisler has been winning skating competitions for years and we in Seaforth have maybe become just a little complacent about the honours he is bringing our town. NoW, while Lloyd and Lorrie are skating ail day, nearly everyday for the six,. weeks or so before .they skate in world ctass competition in March is a great time to tell themhow proud -we are of their accomplishments. The Young Seaforth Mitchell skaters laced sixth: against the' T Y 9 rt andM1 pg world's top figure ure. skaters last year in "France, d. Think about that for a minute. Seaforth's. own Lloyd Eisler sixth in t theworld. And this year the, young pair hope to do better in world competitiony m " in German • An almost unbelievable amount of effort 'by the young skaters'; . support . and :sacrifice from their pirents and'tiineando on eY have gone into the making of these world class skaters:: These kids work so hard, bothat their skating and,at school and their other ordi.narYoblt ations that it's hard for.most of us who haven't g been involved with such a huge committment to take it all in. They've got drive, self-discipline'and perseverence that most adults have never achieved„ Think about that when you see Lloyd and Lorri skate in the world championships on T.V. next,, month.. Congratulate Lloyd andhis family • if you see them onthe street: Let's make sure our world class skaters know they have world class support from both their home towns, fair exchang We think tourists' deserve better treatment than one , hapless American me lean couple received. in Seaforth this week.' When theeoupIa ' paa dfora Purchase With a.'large denomination American bill, they weren't given the Current.exchange rate on the American dollar. Even after askinfor the exchange nge on the dollar, the cashier told the couple they t would have to ask the manager, , if they Y insisted on receiving the extra money. Seaforth isn't the only place 'that's not welcoming American money, Y A. recent -article in The Toronto Star said a d some stores in that cityare refusing accept American currenC : at a I due y I to the current. state of the devalued. Canadian ' dollar, Our lower d I ar should be ' rayl:' a boon n oo to the' Canadian P 9,..tourism Ind :.:. ;•, ustryby offering our American and European visitors -more for their money. More'tourists tour sts naturally mean more jobs for Canadians and more employment mpoyment means a healthier economy eventually. However, if stores and t 'businesses arena willing to honor the exchange on, other currencies then Canada certainlywon't prove a , popular 'lac won :..: P P place e f ..,or visitors to spend ,their money. For years, our Canadian dollar llar was,higherher than its' American , counterpart `and Canadian visitors expected p p ted to receive an >exchan9e on . their money when they shopped across the border. Its a simple matter to call your bank for the latest rate exchange beforei g t making change. Now it's our turn to return the favour. _Let's make an effort and be more .gracious hosts in the future. After allwe'rethe, oneswho will really benefit. American tourists should knoo wthe►r mo ey, at the roer rateof exchange, is w elcome here.. Hensal� �s e f f icien Hensall• council .deserves a x Y, pat on the back for its brief, orderly. council meetings. This month Reeve Harold Knight, ' 9 , thecouncillors and clerk Elizabeth Oke managed to tidyupthe months business in less than an hour and a half. Now we aren't sure if the short meeting may have been related to the fact night Thursdaywas the first game in the Soviet -NHL Challenge Cup series or not. But whatever the reason, He sail"councillors must be congratulated on conducting their business promptly, staying on topic and doing their homework o ewor,. k before the meeting. ting. We hope other councils might take a leaf from their book. To the. editor; Why criticize ... Vana$tra. In reply to your editorial on the'Vanastra Day Care Centre being in the wrong place,. I would like, to make a few comments. I believe I am qualified to do to as we Jived in Seaforth for 20 years, Clinton two and are our fourth'' ear in Vanastra, beginning' �' I am also a member of the Vanastra Day Care Board of Directors. It seems to Me that as far as the other communities, in the area are concerned. (Seaforth 'and dihton'in particular) any. thing that concerns Vanastra is bad. 1 have always felt that Seaforth Was' home and we would move hack wl' enl,w `. i reti e re, As we Weenie mere aquainted with the people and mote inV'olvcd in the Community of hVanastra itself: 1. wonder if this p'will' ap..,en. .' . _-.. I believe the other commuunities e `ust .a little 1 'ealo us and the relate it is very easy to criticise whenever the op- portunity' arrises. Where else in Huron County is there a Community _Centre such as the one here with indoor :pool, health spa and gym? Whets else, are• there industrial' . op pertunities sueh'as here? With only about one'third•of the industrial area ' . o eration there is mora~ in rY dust herd t n h` aforth or Clinton. • Care As to the Day 1 beiieVc When the (C'ontinu'ed on Page .3i MISS ANDERSON'S CLASS :- The year Was about 1890 when Miss be happy to hear from anyone who knows the names of anyof the chidreni Anderson, her class, the school's trustees and; their globe got together for ` or .adults or who remembers' school days. at Beechwood School; a portrait at Beechwood School, S,S.#5, McKillop. The Expositor would (Expositor• Photo}I • .Editors Rate.; Expositor readers li NV knoll•; readers oI The Huro:i Expositor are inter-. cstcdin history.' But we weren't prepared for the terrific response we got when e published an old group. • photo on this page about :a Month ago,: We thought" all we knew about the photo. loaned by Harry 'Thompson .Of Ciintan. was.that itwas taken'. in the Bcecliwood arca, abort I #ic)0, Thanks to ninny readers,: we now know a lot Mire. Mrs. .,lint M4:Qtiaid' of Sc,tt`r>rth told us the photo, was taken August 8, 1908 at ed- e. golden ul i14 'e or: .. sr the g o_ 4 n J ding anniversary of her grandparents. )oliui and Cunigunde Eckert, Mrs. McQuaid; 'the• :small, child third • frotir left in the- th'i'rd row. was four years old at the time. The' McQn:iids, can identify ' evcrrortc in: the photo. Calls expressing Interest .• and uS" bits it lite " sante information came front :is far away as E.lntira, where re4i(lcr Barbara Howcy.was h;lpp> to see the .photo. Last a eck the Expos- itor's editorittl pace carried a. letter from a. subscriber in Alberta: Mrs, Wafter Ennett identifying sone of those in the photo;' "including her grandparents, Mr, and ,Mrs, :Don Eckert, and father John M. . Eckert. Mere , in a iri' andinfor- mation i f - a.9 e__ elation came• ' from readers Peter Maloney, Jack Horan and George Coville, Mans readers, f e of •er d:' tq iv 1c 1 ag_d. nil g e t.t photo goo ho t c, hut rather than hold a lottery for; it; we wtlh if . Mr. Thompson agrees. donate it to the Horan County' Arcl - ivcs. Another photo'' 'used'' to illustrate: Die final section ,of 1_ stoical photos Bell Canpbell's story of the Huron road in the January 4 Expositor brought an inter- ested response from Expos- itor reader, and sometime contributor, Harry Hinchley; The photo is of the unveiling. of the cairn to_An C,of , Anthony Van Egmond and'. the early Y. pioneers of the Huron Tract — in -Ha rh rPu ems 1928.._. The woman standing in hindthe scenes by Keith Roulston What good is the NHL? I guess.' if you're a Canadian and your interested at all, in hockey you've got to talk about the outcome:of the Challenge Cup g Cup series on the Weekend. 1 think both Canadians and Russians have always looked at our confrontations as Something ' of a, competition between the two systems and in. that battlethe Soviets certainlycametinton. to I'm -not saying P our system • of democracy was found wanting; I'm saying our hockeysystem' was found wanting.. The Soviets goal in hockey 'is to present winners .in international play. Our system is designed to=niake money for g greedy little men all. over North, America .butParticularly in the United •States. • In the:: P • lay Les Canadiens playwright Rick Solution used •thehistory of the proud Montreal Canadien hockey 'team as a parallel to the history P rY of Quebec. I think hockey in, general can be used as parallel to Canadian. History just just as Canada has been the victim of foreign,economic • .domination in nearly 'every' natural' re- source from oil to iron ore, so we are.�the victims of foreign ownership of the thing that comes closest to the nationalPsY che, our game of hockey." The foreign multi- national company that owns hockey in this country is the National. Hockey League and we have' been ill served by it. Just what good have Canadians" gotten from the NHL? Not veramuch.' We have e three teams while the Americans have 14. Even:one of the teams we have got, the 'one Vancouver; one of the most -successful: fi;aneliises in the league was only admitted because the Canadian government and. the Canadian public put• the heat on because the city was left out; of the first round of expansionby greedy owners who sought, big "Markets" in the U.S. because they thought, it would bring a big television contract and plenty of riches: The contract didn't come and many of the cities picked. turned .out to be duds:• The owners, including Canadian owners like the greedy Harold Ballard, overlooked the real hockey cities in Canada reaching for the pot of gold in the 1.1,5. • The rival World Hockey Association ti T e r y a on was pretty stupid in many ways over the years' but, at least it had' the "sense to locate teams. in. Canadian cities and today of the six team left, three are in Canada If•:Canadians were really being served by the NHL the movo to amalgamate the leagues to give Canada six teams would be going: ahead quickly. Yet greedY little men Bile"Ballard are doing': everything possible to prevent that. Even, those in the league who support the merger want the WHA teams stripped of all their goodlayers before the merger p g takes place. Probably nothing illustrates the careless treatnient of the Canadian hockey fan by the NHL more than the Challenge Cup itself, The NHL 'didn't have anything to lose in that series, the Canadian Hockey fan did, It was lite pride r3fi Canada that was at stake not the pride of the NHL. They don't have any pride, -those owners, iust , big pockets. Just take a look at the way things were set •up for the series. The series was played in New York, once again • because, the owners hoped for bigtele vision : revenue and len of media P tY attention. In the long run, they didn't8 et it because that game meant nothing to most Americans while it meant a good deal to: Canadians who could :only watch on television. Moreover, in theirre and reed g. thegreed of men like Alan Ea8 ieson the millionaire director of the players association; the;g ame ' wasplayed by an all star, team of players who hadvirtually no time to play together P Y g before meeting;a top class team: Now if this had been a truely exhibition series would have been all right but by billing the games as The 'Series of .the Century (no dottbt for more media' hype in the U.S,) the NHL gave it more ' importance than it o P deserved.: Canadians •have• w shown themselvesg. ood losers (we've_ had lent s ( of practice): and plenty P ) haven't used. excuses. But let's face it, how can a team of players who've never worked together suddenly become a team that can fairly compete: against powerhouse like the Soviets? Ifla y in together for a time Y ge 8. long really doesn't matter, why did the Soviets spend more than a month preparing fol• the series as a team?.Our guys had two short p together: ether: It was sheer arrogance that made Eagleson and the others think k that we could hope to beat the Russians . under the circumstances. The all star team couldn't have beaten . the 'Montreal • Canadiens in a three game series either: Although the Canadian' hockey fan and the players suffered, When all is said and done the loss was - robablygood thingfor. P a Canadian hockey, because our system for training hockey players is not asgood, in many ways as it once was. Everything in g our hockey System is geared to pro- fessionalism today, even in the lowest reaches of minor hockey. It takes many dollars to outfit a youngster playthe gstcr to game today and then, he goes to play in a half -million' dollar arena where ice time must be rationed to make best use of the 24 monehours in a da Our ktds.have the best that Y can buy, But our best players weren't bought.. Gordie Howe and Rocket Richard and the likes developed their skills though hours of play on outdoor', ponds and rinks where, they were free to learn the basics of the game,• the skating', the stickhandling and passing , t hey veloped: these skills well n ecause' they had the chance to Send more time on the tee than they can in our expensive rinks, They had the priorities tight: lent of time and plenty of fun', not expensive uniforms and fancy dressing rooms, We've got to put More fun back into the game again. if we hope to keep up with the Russians. And we've got to get control of Out Dari game again away, front the greedy little men in Nei York and Hoskin; and an d Pittsburgh and Toronto. front of the .cairn is Mrs. W.E. (Ned) Hinehley, Harry's mother. She was a daughter of Ed Van Egmond, son of the colonel.: I - "I' well rein -ember her showing me this photograph and telling . of how the cairn had been, erected to rate, memorate' 'Grandfather' . writes Harry front Renfrew. ' athe risk of starting' And,t g My „ another run of people • with. historical information to share.' we're running this week another oldP hoto from Harry Thompson's .collet-, tion. it shows teachers, trus- tees and some pretty small. P Y pupils from RR 5, McKillop, Miss P,R. Anderson teacher. We welcome information and reminiscences on this_:;. one too. Please dropus a line. Tramp sawed four . cords of wood in 1879 FEBRUARY 14,1879 Thos. Govenlock has leased the merchants Salt Company works in this town for a term. of years.. • A stout heavy speciman s eciman of the ' wandering species- of travellers known as tramps carie to town last week. He did not seek money but .work at whatever consider ation the public might. give him.: We are told he sawed four cords of wood for one of our citizens on Saturday:.• A very pleasant and successful social was. -held in the First Presbyterian church recently under the auspices of the Wonicns. Missionary Society. The chair was occupied by ,Rev. Peter Musgrove, Addresseswere delivered by Rev. Graham of Seaforth.'and Rev. M. Coy of Egmondville and music by Professor Jones. Aour ntan y, g , the son of Simon Barrows.of McKillop got- .'a Very severe cut on his foot while cutting wood in the bush after the axe slipped., Messrs. Burnett and Dolphin p ofSeaforth have leased the Roxboro flour mill: J. Bulgcr•of McKillop has sold the 40 acre farm oil which he lived to Thos. McQuade for S2, 100'. The horse stolen from the stable of :Donald Ross. Bruccficld was found in a farm 'yard near Renntcs Mill at Brucefield. ," A tc:i meeting under the auspices of the Methodist church of Kippen was held recently', proving a 'grand success.' The proceeds of 560.00 lire to be applied to the parsonage fund. Thos: Ballantyne of Brussels has sold his cottage on Church Street to Thos. McCrack- en for 5500,00. FEBRUARY 19 1904 The January thaw came .'this year in February. The extremely cold weather of the past three weeks has been: 'succeeded by "a sv cicbmc. mild spall and on Saturday there was •a decided tliaw: The - country roads were impassable on Sunday but now areettin g g J, into decent shape. The Mayor called a •meetingof the Council on Friday afternoon :to. Consider the coal situation in town, The council had dstxfonsat the townhall arid the Bank of C ommcrce'had four tons to spare which Mr, :Parkes, the manager, very kindly offered for disposal by council. • The' d cck of the roof, of D.D. Wilson's targe brick stable fell in on Saturday night when it gave way under the weight of snow. A 25 horse power engine for saw mill purposes was shipped' from the Bell Engine works to Tillsonburg. At the annual congregational meeting of First Presbyterian church a resolution"w Yas unanimously passed increasing the salary of the pastor front $2,400 to 52,700, A.G. Ault of town has placed a cash register in his grocery to 'keep up with his largely 'increasing trade, , ' Snow shoeing and tobogganing are 'ver y popular amusements this winter. Some may think Zurich is under snow but it is not. They have plenty to eat and lots of coal. FEBRUARY 16, 1929 Mr. Thos. Purcell of Manley spent Sunday at his home in Manley and returned to Milton and expects to move thegas shover Milton p , which he operates, 'to Georgetown where P !; �. they have a contract of digging a large ditch. The businessmen in Hensall, with present pretty good sleighing, report business as quite and with' lots of roduee coming lP into market. - President'Livin ston and directors John g �. McIntosh, .'Jwesle J. _ .Beattie and Robert y Archibald Jr. of -the Seaforth Agricultural Society were In Stratford attending the:• convention of fall fairs. Mr. Archibald went on to Toronto as delegate to the provincial la convention. A lively game hockey took" lace in the .. g Y P Palace rink between two teams of girls, The • Pats and The Bunnies. The line-ups included Pats -' V. Hudson. B. Stevenson. H. Rankin and L. 'Crowell, and Bunnies M. Hildebrand, E. Grieve. B. Edgar, A. Edmunds and O. Nichol. - Miss. Turner of Clinton has taken a position as bookkeeper in the G.A. Sills and Sons Hardware store, Quite a large job of gravelling has been. tom to cd t on the bo ,t p -boundary line ".west of Walton, In the death of William Peter Hawthorne, Hullet lost one of its most respected and:. ioneer residents, p t5, Mr. and Mrs. Angus More of McKillop entertained the Merry Makers at their home: • The evening was spent in playing cards and dancing, ,FEBRH'ARY` 19 1954 . Mrs. Roy Lawson and Mrs, Evan Hoffman entertained in honour of Mrs. Phoebe Booth who on that: day celebrated her 90th. birthday, when old friends and neighbours gathered to spend the afternoon, The I ;highlights of the day were solos sung y an by . qld friend. 'Mrs, John M. Govenlock, Rising waters of Silver Creek flooded the Lions Park and the south section of town. Streets ;were Closed to traffic. Stewart Wigg :was elected `President of branch 56 Canadian ' C a n Legion He ucceecIs Leslie Beattie who served two years. Mr. and Mrs, J,J, Holland of St.• Cdluniban marked the 40th anniversary of their marriage when members of their family. were present. Mr. Holland has been post master and has conducted a general store at Ste Columban for 50 years, They were married' by the late Father , th cr Whoa:. Subscribers of the McKilibli Telephone system approved an increase in rates Of $4.00 per annum at the annual, 'meeting•he d in Carnegie Hall J.M. Eckert 'was r - 'laipnpemieatend. Secrc ar •Treasur r and 3. ee 1 n i :mow an " �oa tri. arroneeue haat, M wat itiem that in 1mt of a lyaopnptiicai error the iiAliertlitiiil iipltei id by him, tow bar with reasonable allow . Anes for signature, win not 611 clwr but till tialMtee M !fie adverftiernent will t» pifd for it the applleeble tall. �v5 ' While wary chart will be made le Insure Mir) are handfed with car .. ltii vatlirn::ot unsolicited main iscriptil or photos. e, fM publhhsn cannot ba nApeaiiblt►tar• 1