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The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-12, Page 2011 •••la, • $inge.1860„ Serving the COMM/thy f irst SEAFOBTII. ONTARIO OverYTharadaY truniOn0 by McLE,M4 OROS,. PUBLISHERS iLTD. ANDREW Y. McLEAN. Publisher •§BSAN IOVIirfE, Editor • ALICE GIB% News Editor • Member Canadian Community NewsnaperWaSoCiatOn Ont arie Weekly Newspaper ASsOciaton. - and Audit Bureau of Circulation Subtcription ifes Canada (in advance) S13.00 a Year 0MaideCanatlatitt advaneet8 .00 a Yor . SINGLE COPIES —30 CENTS EACH, Second Class Mail Registration NuMber 069.6 Telephone 527-0240 „ SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL 12, 1979 A sensible comprdrnise APP..'I,18i9' Peter, McEweo ict Chas- DaVia, 'uttf MeKillopleft here with four fine stallions and eight working horses, for the Manitoba Market. They go tO _Emnieragn, Manitoba. It is intended te'have. At grand spelling match in C4rt/114's Hall in about two weeks 4/4 of the Mechanic's Institute. A car -load of salt was Shipped frOnt Seaforth to Winnipeg by Me$sra,, COlemao and Geninlock. The, services in connectiOn With the induction of Rev. A.P. *McPonald te. the pastoral charge of Seaforth. Preshyterian Church were held, Monday. A large number of the personal- friends of James O'Connor who has occaPied a position with Hickson and. fiteaSdell enter - wined him to an oyster iuPPer at Curry Brothers. Messrs, Geo. ,Murdie, Wm. Morrow, and Richard Sparlillg tawed, split and piled 18 cords of stove tvood in, 8t- holtra. The, saw used, was a "'Champion." APRIL 84,1904 M R McGavin and T. 'Williamson - 't gee lon, ot of media attenti. but a recent meeti g in It didnt a whol. . o the .clitor • T ...oder,. to discuss ecOnOmic deVelopment in Huron -County made , . . are Making preParations for enlarging and ternodelling their barns aed wilt have cement walla placed underneath. The recent. heavy rains and melting snow have been, overly hard on hridges in Grey Township. It it reported that four bridges across -the Maitland River have gone down ,witn the current. T. Ryan recently delivered to John Shannon. 4 tear t of year-oht Pelts for which he received the snug sum of $18,0.1:10. The fall wheat havome out from tinder its heavy blankett of snow and is looking, pretty' 'weTilhaetS;LeE.:4bEuynre'' of Hensall, who reeeritly. retiree frOm business in Chiselhurst has decided to lOcate in Detroit where he has good chances of aceptzng aOtt/Mien or engaging in business. J.W. Ortwein. of Hensalt ntatha a very large SttiPment of onions. Messrs. Rat. Charters and $ons o the Mill Road, TuCkersmith, have disposed of another goodShorthorn bull to James M„ Mcf..ean, • - Qood Friday passed over in town quietly. sOnne very important decisions. Its been popular wisdom for some time that What every commUnity -needs, even agricultural counti es like Huron, is more industry. . "Bigger is better" and "More lobs for our young people SG We Can keep them at home" are Pornmon Slogans that most of Os tend tO accept uncritically. Too uncritically. ' But repreSentatives of Huron County farmers, towns, toWriShipS and induStries sat down together at this meeting and decided that a county .like Huron, with its crucially irnpOrtarit agricultural economy needs industry but not at my price. ° • • -- Light non-polluting industry, located in county towns or other areas swhere it will not interfere with farming, is what Huron needs t he meeting decided. Not industry at any price whi4 could destroy the , 'agriculture that all of us in the county ultimately depend on. I t would have been easy for an economic development*Seminar to come up with the same old chestnut, . .Huron needs any in uS ry I can get. , , , and ignore its impact on farming and community life in the couhtYor for farmers at the meeting to flatly dismiss the need for an industry at all and insist tharagricultural and only agriculture _shOuld be the ,county's concern, . Neither of those thingi-hitiperied;Tristeacl;--farrners and-inCiuStrY, people worked out a compromise that recognized that there's a place for each in Huron and that some guidelines should be followed in attempts to attract industry here. Lend use should .be watchedclosely so that precious farm land, .Huron' rnoSt valuable resource, isn't lost, those at the meeting said. • Industry should be encouraged to locate in sites already available in Huron urban -areas. Municipalities should co-operate, not compete for indUstry, the meeting felt, probably because distance is small, enough that residents .irt one part of the county can and do already, drive to. • work at jobs in other parts. • , A and bank should be established so that we know jusfhow much land is available for industrial development in Huron and 'how much • just has to stay in food production, another recommendation said. The Gocierich seminar was people participation at its beSt. Sc Icing as agricultural and industrial interests in Huron keep talking to each • other and understand each other's commtttments we can't lose An irnportant principle was established, that we'd be biting the hand . that feeds us by ignoring the Impact on farrninwot any search for new industry. Congratulations to Huron's development officer, Spence Cummings, for organizing the seminar and to participants for their wisdom. Their decisions could have a wide impact on the direction growth in Huron takes for many years in the future. . • • • • . . Amen Kort.sch4es'i!.r •Repenting time • - services.1 really wanted • • Wanted* community support We are writing regarding the Seaforth neeessitiet above and beyond their budget. Hospital Auxiliary Annual Benefit Dance • However, if hospital staff or its board v.hich we attended Saturday eveningmembers aren't willing to attend the,only Frankly, we were shocked and dismayed, "benefit" dance of the year and offer their at the lack of public support for this dancefinancial assistance, how can they expect Understanding fully that other organiza- the community at large to show more • dons held functions on that particular night interest9 alsowe feel that the, attendance was We would like to thank all those who did indicative of the apathy in our community attend the dance and who have supported regarding their hospital. the Auxiliary over the years. Perhaps some people don't realize that However, if more people don't become ail monies made by the Auxiliary are involved, then we're afraid that we as a returned to the hospital itself in, the form of community i tly. equipment, furniture, etc. The hospital Sincerely depends on thes-e monies to acquire Brian & Elizabeth Ginty Last Saturday evening the Seaforth - -Hospital-Auxiliary held -a: dance to Tam atal moneyfor :ee raised go LH," BEgOoS P Y DIDN'T I knew most people 'realize that all improve thc needs hospital. A hospital, that I for one have alwaYs been proud of their high standards. The Auxiliary women have supported their hospital with time, ' energy\ and Monet!, The man hours in volunteer work both by auxiliary and teenage members are given freely and without renumeradon to any„ of them. It is hoped, therefore, that support woutd be given in our encleavz ' ours to assist the community: I realize that on some occasions there is riwre than one event which .people can 1 ' rnost distressiri - . • , . ' . ' • when you work so hard and receive very little support at a function that is thorough- ly enjoyable. , To all the people who attended our dance - "Thank you," As the chairman of the dance committee 1 appreciated your caring. To Dick ,Whitely ,for his work and ahoughtfulness - "Thanks Dick." Financial support is required to maintain our work in providing the best an equip- , ment and service to assist in the good Standards we presently have. Just remember, the Hospital Auxiliary ,._ needs you, as much as you need it. Mrs. F. R. Teatero Behincl the scenes by Keith Roulston Who can belteye? The near -tragedy at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harritburg, ,Pennsylvania brought home to many people the feeling of helpletsness we live with in the Modern technical world Just who can we believe? For years now we've been hearing critics of nuclear power on one side talking about the dangers of the power plants and on the Other tide out nuclear "experst" in government and with the utility companies have been telling us that everything is fine and the critics den't know what they're talking about. _ This sainekotting down of the critics was going th7; day before the accident running aroudn protesting anyt ng a moved. We got into the habit of protesting thins back in the sixties and some people still haven't gotten' out of it. How do you separate the genuine protesters from the kooks? Then too, how much of the protest is real and how much protest against change? We look back now and see many things that people were against that now are accepted as fact People were once persecuted because they had the nerve. to say the world was round. Remember too the hysfeillof the early 4950's when there was- . a ComMuntst hiding under eVerybody's bed and we were all Out building fallout e otect us when the Russians 8 . ' ' The weather and roads were such that indOor the, t*sunkke Kriel totally destroyed the past.timeS were the most agiteahk. stractore„ The Presbyterians have rented Card/1'4'4i Mex whahas been an employee ot Hall in which to hold their services While, W.R. Smith for several years has accepted a v, their own church is being repaired. position on the Kitchener poyce force. • Apga,12,19'n seeding, bas commenced In the Rearm* .Alfred Phelps of Zurich, Who has been in district, ! TOrotito haS be.en engaged'hy Wm. Harvey APP11,9,19$4, Bir the summer work', Mrs. Andrew lltichrian, 'the former Wm. Dougalt Hensall, has returned Elizabeth Cadite, oldest resident of llensall, home after undergoing a critical operation in and well-known pioneer of Hensall, will the Exeter Hospital. celebrate her 96th birthdaY. A very pleasant evening was spent at the John Williams of RR 1, Varna, was taken home of Mrs. Wm. Buchanan when Miss to South Huron Hospital, Exeter, after his Florence McDonald entertained a number of ear skidded into Errimerscires Store at old friends of Miss Marian' McKay who with Kippeo, He suffered. cuts and possible her parents is leaving fox her new home in broken shoulder. Hagersville. A large number Of friends of Mr. and:IvIrs# One of the largest batteries in Western Ed. Doirence MoKillop gathered at No, Z Ontario is owned rated by W.A. School, McKillop, to speed a social evening Crich. in Seaford). he daily ontput of hread with them in honorof their recent marriage. is 1,500 to 1,800 lo ve$ and on Saturday, Walter Scott read an. address and John 2,500 loaves. Mr. Crich s a staff of 20 Men Thompson, Stewart Dolmage and Walter rn alt ,McClure presented them with a set of dishes Last week John Hamilton romartY Sold and a number of other gifts. , a 12 month old sherthorn bull Clarence Mr. and Mrs, Angus KennetlY of Hibbeit Miller of Seaforth for 5200.00. celebrated 25 years of married life on April During the severe • storm on stinday. 3. Lou Rowland read an address. Albert afternoon, Russel ScOtt's barn at CrolnartY Cronin presented them. with a trilight laMP, was struck by lightning. ' • stnoker, and silver tea pot, Webster Turner of Hillsgreen Unloaded a An apprentice of the Huron, Expositor 75 or load of fertilizer at Kinlien. years age and believed to be oldest acdVe Puring the severe, electrical storm which printer in Canada, Charles C. Hart, 89 of the. pasted over Zurich lightning struck the large moor Press died at his home, 81 Pendrith barn on the farm of p. Deichert of Zurich and Street Toronto, He was born in Winthrop in To the editor: Nurses Aids are dedicated A, TRIBUTE TO THE NURSE'S AIDS AT - SEAFORTH MANOR NURSING HOME I feel a special tribute is in order for the ' Nurses Aids because of the dedicated work "these girls do for our sittior citizens and handicapped individuals who reside in the Nursing Home, I realize that lately, working conditions have been difficult and more work. od de onsibilities have been yours at the Manor. . - Evenahough-I haVen'tbeen there -personal- ly I instinctively know. from your past Performance that you have risen ft:0'0e heavy deniands and changes expected. in such short •order . psychologists would probably feel that too much was expected in too little time. ' The nursing home industry is a great private.business if ,financially well managed' our government phis.the resident. Manage- ment should hopefully realize the calibre of the Staff attthe Manor and that you are the back bone of the business. " Without your consistent concern and caring from the heart for the resident the future for this industry could be bleak. 1 sincerely hope that you will be rewarded not only by a job satisfaction feeling but also in a financial way that you can Meet adeqauatelY-YonrOwn personal responsibili- . ties and obligaticais. My advice girls it try to continue to giVe good care to the residents who depend on you for some of their needs and in some cases all of their needs. I warit to thank you at this time for your co-operation in the past when lwas Director of Nurses at the Manor. ' June Martene and is well provided for with monies from R. R, #4, Seaforth Lenten time is repenting time. That's midweek Len t se . t 11 the sto s co happened as representatives of the power sh lters to pr what I've always heard said about this six week period before Easter. And now teat is almost over. In Only a few dayi, we can turn in the sack cloth and ashes for the early morning sunrise and the empty ' tomb. ' Oh, come sweet Easter day of hope and promise, , But before that glorious day arrives. I - have a little -confessing of my own to do. Since it's going to be on national radio tomorrow, might as well tell you first. You won't have to wait for CBC's Morningside program with Don Harron to hear about my Good Friday capers when I was in the parish. , Every Good Friday the preacher tries to do something a little bit different thantast year. It's those high festival days that give him to much trouble. His audience knows the crucifixion story by heart. So the minister may get desperate and try to outdo himself from the year before. He tries some drama, even melodrama. in those days 1 knew the local funeral director. I wanted the ultintato in a G004 Friday service. Se I had the funeral director deliver to the church a casket, ad empty One, of course, and there On that Good Friday When the people walked into the church, 'they saw this casket right up front at, the altar. And cheeking around arming theratelvet to take a quick Count, they realized they Were all well and there- They could come to only one conclusion. This Was going to be a funeral Serviee fur Jesus. That Was it, On that Oood Friday afternoon, I conducted a tlessed casket funeral for Jesus. ‘, Heavenly Father, please forgive MC. Then there were other tithes at the poem called "Nails." What a. seating peen; that was! It was addressed,to Jesus as they spread him out on the cross to deliver' the ,hammer blowt to the nails In the dark church., rny voice split the air; "Hate is the hammer' nt pound it through. 'Strike! ,Ahat how's that for you? He don't wince now much, but he will Perhaps when his numb flesh feels, the chill Of the bitter metal's tearing bite. „ Strike! Do you flinch to hear him groan? , Hark! How it crunched the brittle bone." Dear Father, forgive nte. What a way to drive your people to their knees in despair, It s only these several years after, de I see the folly o all It • hymnologist like Erik Routley to remind me that the crass Of Christ should Stress a note of 'victory and triumph. h shouldn't induce pity and "poor Jesus" feelings. It takes a thedlegitan like Prof, Joanne Dewart of St. Michaels, University of • Toronto. to remind irie-the Gospel writers never played up the physical sufferings Of Christ. In retelling the story they told it in a ' direct and straightforward manner. It takes Joanne Dewart to- remind me that suffering for suffering'S take, isn't enough. It's the , obedience of Jesus to the will pf the Father that redeems. That's the Wets, and I shouldn't tevel in all His suffering. Forgive Me gracious Father. Perish all ' My sins in the parish. And dspecially rriy final siri • when on that Easter Morning left the casket at the Churelt altar. Only this time, it was open - empty. Sestis had risen from the dead, hadn't ho? GOod bard, deliVer FrOrn Met arivartietne hi icateted Ott, hie Oanditien Hilt in ate avant it a tataaareatiletil error the' Advailistiai Setice . ' iiiktunkiii ta, the errontione Iteiric teriether with tiOnt.tioliblo itikiirano ior tionalata, *at Mt tio thiraed tor but the Went* et the atteenttitiat wiii lie pew tor at the **obi. Ott, . teitattitiverrattett vett heal/dote laser* they are hinateci mai coot the eiibititiarii oanitat lab roapoesible for' the. Maim et urateletted nitititaioripts er ahetic . , . . . .4 companies in the U.S. tried to discredit the rnovie,The China Syndrinnewhich has predicted the possibility of a nuclear accidnet. It couldn't hapPen, they .said. And the next day when it did happen, they it1V d d If we followed the advice of the protesters in many of these things we probably end up looking pretty foolith a hundred year from now, maybe even 10 - years &Om now. were trying to tell. us that it really didn't - happen and generally downplay what was going on. If it hadn't been for U.S. goVerninent officials, who were More, honest and contradicted the representa7 tives of the company with their bland, reassuring Statements, we still might not MOW what happened. Yet we're still getting the Same reassurance. The ether day on a Toronto radio intervievv show ON* "Experts" on nuclear power in Ontario said that it couldn't happen here. Yet the protest groups like CANTDU have even more ammunitien now than before. The problem with being an ordinary citizen in these times is in trying to make a weil informed derision. Because of my job in journalisin the past decade, I think I'm probably a little better informed on most of these subjects than the ordinazry man in the street. Yet I still feel totally Inadequate when it cornet to the know - edges oecessxary to really make a decision for or against something like atomic power plants. I can Make a common sense' derision such as the fact that such plants shouldn't be built in the heart of Canada's foodlands when they could he built on the rock of northern and eastern Ontario, but as to thc actual safety of the plants. I'm over my depth. Na matter what the activity these days, there it somebody who's aga.itist it. We have prOtetters against haricot, plants and against seal hunting and against chemicals in feeds and against Spraying of spruce budworms. For eVery atgtiernent against, there Is a rote:Wring indkistry or government VeiCe saying that eVerything hunky dory and, the. protesters are just misinformed htitybodies. In the severities I think there probably are a lot Of Misinformed busybOdieS 1 • Anil yet just like the China Spar often enough the protesters have prelim' to be right So many times int he past decade the impossible has turned out to, be true. Ralph Nader showed the labk Of safety in cars over the protest Of industry officials who told us everything was safe and Nader was son* kind of nut. ' NeWs a er reporters told us Richard Nixon was a crook for so long that we started thinking they were paranoid about him, but suddenly the facts came out and we knew they had been right. The RCMP kept protesting their inno- cense until it was proven thay they had been doing all kinds of illegal things in the name of law and order. So not only do we net know whit) to believe, but we have little chance of finding out the real' facts, Everything is se complicated today. We 'might.- through intensive study, acme. to grips with one Small area suth as atomic power stations, bat What about all the other areas of concern stith as chetitital additives in foods and overuse at chemical sprays, It can take long training in universities to tome up with a comprehensive linovvIedge of just one of these subjetts. Who has the time?, Most of us have our own jobs to carry on. . And again the problem of Who to believe. WeVe become super Cynical in the sevefitiet. We can't believe the, politicans and the industry people. We often don't believe the media 'anymore. Even the university professors Who Could provide us With the knowledge needed to understand ,tlitheei•eroinin.:Ititelacttelodn7, bjetts likely have their OWitepinions for or against that may tolour l'he tanning of a dennicratie soOety depentIS on a thoughtful, informed public and that become Mae diffidtilt alt the time orite Sti ar'6n spice By Bill Srniley - One of those days logic, I reckoned one more minor disaster y1Rsihgoodht fraomstotodhe fiinrsbteldk;raws itawtahsiraddraayte, would occur, and Pa be home free for a pugilist, Kingfish Levinsky, once said after while. If it didn't, the car would be a lemon, to complete the trio, and 1 wouldn't being flattened by the great heavyweight Joe Louis, in round one. ' ' buy it It did, The minor disaster. I sailed Out of • Got up, took a tug at the strap of my the house, figuring I'd slip and break on wristwatch to take it off and wash; broke elbow, or the car wouldn't start. Nothing of . the strap. Nothing serious. Cheap plastic junk.. But it turned out to be applied to the No keys. No ear keys. No house keys. And ; the tort. Stuck my hand in my coat pocket • watch by one of those unseen geniuses who ' lose one of your socks in the wash, and I'd left the latch on, Stood at the back door, produce four extra beer bottles when every ding-tionging like crazy for five minutes. case of empdes is full. . Blasted if I was going to climb in the cellar I'll probably never be able to wear the woirlditly, wandthe wreck Old mildsyecaopnped faarierdo.f PSI s, .watch again, unless I glue it to my wrist ed Serves me rightI hadnt a watch for 30 been in the bath tub. She was not ecstatic . '' years, and never felt the need for one, But with out marital State- Grease all over the my wife dutywhifebfegroteinshcipatLondonethisooeiatairportsuroer,,. kilehen, My watch busted, and the second last set Of plates also busted. She felt like And now I find myself neurotically flipping busting me. . up my cuff and glaring at the hair on my heAartn7Thaye., Ihrfi:lbikadsdlet soffhadwihthapapinigehdt„ , left wrist, like all the other anxiety hounds in the country who are not going anywhere, tanned thectahreirezitncifner, anddayevweoryultdhihneg ggoloirideonus, don't need to know the time, but are constantly flipping , up their arms "like Well, You:ProbahlY.know the rest. Late trained seals and looking at their watchesfor vi;ork. Thirteen decisiOns to 'Wake at ' Who needs a watch: Life is going quickly statrilw nArinhaicrniffn erne ! Bankerr Iedcheese who baidt ipilrnoemh enough, withoutlthe- evidence on a little dial. The very word has nothing but ised me the loan out to lunch for two hours - unpleasant connotations. "Watch what TairliterdgytOsShnoetsal,atId4higeutiockrgvoitslit.wtoadttetcirer ffoort you're doing there. Watch Out. Watch your step. Watch the late movie. Watch your an hour. A wife, Watch that guy hanging around your Late for my appointment to meet ear dcoamugphatneyr:"Watch what you say in mixedscalleetry, cWheec'kd bceortthififortargtepttReunsthoedpicoktrothe 0 the 4. , I shrugged the watch,. Wentfgoarramgee,atteililcienngscinagr bureau toast wife to wait down and got my breakfast. Usually, toast and tea. This particalar Morning, 1 Arri. Nobodyendbnrittity garage butragebnspumptegathle ssjockeyb utsI, • had more time, so I fixed the works: real time lidetlianict out jogging, Jogging! Phoned coffee, bacen, fried bread and a nice slOPPY fried egg on top of the bread. A drool), license bargee to tell short, ill-tempered. great breakfast. ' sseelelner hwimith sbineac6rd'Itolehfta,ngwoanii T2511 emy ihnsiudtensl. Thought I'd eat in my favorite chair in the living rootit, and read my morning Sweaty; gasping mechanics arrive, sign wpainpderowiri.tshoe tIppriuntgmsuyngsrhuitibeopon uthriengkiitnehthene certifitates. R counter and started cutting the fried bread. of car ssellera,cikristiolinedecoeroeutb.uOitoitlia'llNosignpapers and egg intO bite sized pieces, so that rd ready. Waiting, 'filming, inside, then need only One hand to eat outtide "Turkey'S probably gone to the Something skidded. The plate slipped off bank or something,' . the counter, sprayed grease all over the At five to five, phoned his apartment He front . of My: pants, . and smashed to was there. He and his wife had waited tmithereent ori the Boot. I emitted a most OUTSIDE the license bureau (not enough ' unlady-like few words, salvaged the bacon :brains to stay in and keep warm), had front under the sink and started cleaning bdeecibdaecloit,l'adnedhwanegreedatmtyhe,mitundomanedrawpoauclkditin'gt; up. Haft you ever•tried to wipe up just one to go to the city for a week, With, my car. lousy Sethi -fried egg from a kitchen floor? And the license bureau closed sit fiVe. It reminded me of the old days, when rd Tottered home in a daze, expecting thei drop a quart milk bottle and spongeli..houseo to. her eversa,bvuicrneddowthenanwdayrnythwinigfes what seemed like gallon of milk, And g pregnant was the first time I'd had to change my vil.eAnred igaoulitnhg: A1 nhda hteon be es t aaar tine di n itsotelratudg pants since 1 was about two. Well, 1 should have stopped tight there, 'StrOtig dine of cougititiedicitte to 061 Inc Stripped to the skin, and gone back to bed, out for the day. But, as faithful readers knew, 5SonehttonCetidtiat theLord worksbltthatbadtitlscicnthme'ainmystctiswsys!mestretoes.voner geytuhavet,tostreak, What He had against me that cold Mara As it happened; 1 was going to buy a tar dity?Mtayberit a lousy car, and He was front a chap that day. With impeccable trying owitn • i•