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The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-26, Page 2Since 1860, Serving the con1M 11 t► Firg Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO eK ThPr Y Ornip , spy McLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS t1'>p• ANDREW Y. McIEAN, Publishers SUSAN WHITE, Editor ALICE GIBB, News Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper,Assoctatan: Ontario Weekly NewspaperASsociaton: and Audit Bureau of Circulation. Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $13,00 a Tear Outside Canada tinadvance) $2,5•00 aYea* SINGLE COPIES — 30 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-Q240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, APRIL126, 1979 1 We: need each other The longstanding controversy :over who's responsible for paying, the major share of the rental fee for Seaforth fire hydrants 1s threatening to. seriously weaken ,perhaps, to the point of collapse, the Seaforth. Fire. Area Board.% (FABa At recent meetings, of the board, township representatives and the two town appointees to the board are.taking opposing stands on issues. Since this year's chairman of the board; is Irwin Johnston, one of the representatives from Seaforth town council, this, division could, have serious repercussions in future meetings. if. the FAB is, to be an effectivemeans'; of providing adequate fire protection to all of us in the area, then members cannot, allow the board to be divided on the lines of urban versus rural 'representation.' The same division, surfaced at this week's meeting over the question of using the Seaforth pumper truck to pump water out of the basement of a Seaforth .home during the recent wet period., Township representatives on the board questioned Seaforth fire: ' chief Harry Hak's. decision to use the pumper truck, even though the chief assured the board that in his judgement it was an emergency situation which merited quick action. One of the township representatives even called the fire chief at home after hearing of the • incident to register his disapproval of sing the piirnper truck in the case of a flooded basement;. If the Seaforth Fire: Area. Board, as a pubi)cly•. elected body, had • reached ad : a consensus in- deciding that fire! chief. Harry: Hak h_ 9 overste ed his: resp onsibility,then a reprimand .may have been in • PPP P,. order: However, in the future • it seems oni • fain that decisions on the. , Y chief's duties should be.discussed openly with him in a Ppublic meeting .ofthe board; rather than in phone calls fromindividual board members prior to meeting times The fire chief must have the guidance of the entire board,and since T 9 this board in thepast hasgiven him the re nsibilit of making hi Po Y, •-nFAB members should not `be judgements in. , an emergency, _,.. , 1 9 1. i individuallyabout his: judgements• eals questionin • him a It would,,be more than unfortunate if thedisute on fire hydrants be. tween town and townshp FAB members is allowed to destroy the smooth operationsof the board The difficulties seem to have their root in who is going to pay for water but surely some compromise's possible. If firemen are"going:to fight fires one thing both sides must agree on is that they must have water and; to get water costs money. Certainly .the, fact there . is water is hydrants across town .means, Seaforth has water' more readily available in quan y that hav. e rural residents who must depend on trucksand open rOads for their s uPP Y in the event of fire. On 'the_basis then of availability, perhaps this suggests Seaforth should paya.somewhat largerproportion'`of the total 99 . costs than its rural neighbours. - Instead of arguing about the total bill the FAB A might consider what w f ,, bu d be a fair avai(ablttty .premium for Seaforth to assume with the bebalanceing . charged against the area as a whole. After all, the rural area requires es wtiter just as much as ,does the itown. . What is:important is' that some solution •be found. Litigation p can only lead to addiional expense whic h ratepayers across the areacan ill afford. an Nor c • the neighbours that make up the Seaforth Community afford the animosities, the hostilities, the suspicious pt ions and the strains which, litigation inevitably breed x asks: os to Was Tersjustified?chair BY DEBBIE RANNEY Expositor Asks wasn't .getting *many 'results this week as people must have either been outside taking advantage of Tuesday's sunnyweather or they were unable tooanswer the question "Did' you feel that the penalty in overtime to Tiger Williams on Sunday night was justified?" because they hadn't watched: the hockey game. • We did manage however to capture:four g people who had seen the game. William Pepper of Brucefield said, •"1 really think it was, He had his 'stick too was -justified. hi h.:1 think it ustified. g ) They have to stick by the rules. "•lf they let one guy away with it, the next guy might be worse. They have to draw the line someplace," he said, Frank Bruxer of Ontario Street in Dublin said he deserved it and "that's they type of hockey he s played all year. He had been, making a fool of himself and got his team:. down."• ' He •added that the fact that the •penalty, was in ' overtime made "no difference whatever and, that Tiger Williams had gotten' what he .deserved, Mrs. John Price of 58 Ord Street in Seaforth said, "Yes I did." She didn't think it should have been a high sticking penalty but one for roughing or boarding. "He did something he shouldn't. - have done," she said, but then added that she felt sorry for him and that she thought if it had been anyone else the • wouldn't, have called it. Brad Glanville of B mondville said it shouldn't have been called as high sticking - and that he (Williams) was just going after the puck.. He didn't: think the. 'penalty p should have been called in overtime. Amen by Korl Schuessler If a` reacher's sermon is twenty minutes: to raise the dead, then a Toronto minister did justi u that w the t saying a word. • ih W t but uttering a. syllable, hebrought his people to life. Henot only made them _ o _. . .allve but some of them downright angry. It didn't raise. .temperatures all that much wen an artist deposited her piece of sculpture in the back ofahichurch. A quiet corner for her startling work didn't stir too many whispers. Butwhen the worship committee decided to stake his 8 ft. high; sculpture of a crucified woman up front behind the altar, that did it. And if this crucified woman didn t make enough hair stand tall, then the fact that.' she. was naked raised even More dander. Once the storyhit the Toronto newspapers .. and the wire service, the crucified woman took on mass circulation proportions. There was no end to the blood letting, "'This -is the most excruciating Holy Week. ever spent, said the clergyman, He • (Continued o nt n Page 3) Adv.rtI.Mg ii aaaapba en 'tfn akrdt9•n that in the avant of a tyPrOgrIbp/lkit tin adwrUllni .para oasookia by alio' *roam* now, i•4ItiolivAth r.a.onabta aitowsu s for signatara, wlft not ba efiarg,d for bun Nis balsam of no adr•ftl.amnlrt wal ba paid for at flto applicable rata, VIM* ovary Mort rdh be mode to Mauro nolo aro h.iidl.d with ear*, tfra putiitWierti cannot be. roitioniiblo' for lb* robin, at un coated m.rtenwipta er pblii, A SURE SIGN QF SPRING—The delicate hepaticas, oneof the first of the springcwildflowers, are already in bloom in McKillop; Township, a sure Ire �e yea�s ago�e APRIL 25,1879 On Sunday night some persons or person. g entered the post office at Lcadburyandtook several pairs of mens and wontens shoes. The iceis all gone on the `lake at Stanley Township and now and then vessels can be seen passing up and down. , sawing Samuel Bothwell has been with his his steam engine'in the Pinery., He outs. about 4,000 feet of lumber every day. Rev. Jon Logic of .Rod erville has h g g accepted a call from the" eongregatien 'at Tilburyand was inducted into his pastorate on the first of April.. • APRIL 1.9,1904 At a meeting of the "Methodist.: congr gation of thistown, it was decided to proceed with the election of a new; parsonage The new building Will be two storey brick and Will be erected on , the site of the ;present parsonage which is occupied by the care- taker. This will be torn ,down and the building next to it now occupied by L. Shade will be removed to the Tear ofthe lot and - fitted fitted;u for a residence for the caretaker. The Beavers Minstrels were greeted with a bumper, house..In fact, Cardno's hall was packed to the door. Geo, Habkirk of McKillop was• in town on' Saturday and he had a shot un' which was 1i' father 69 -*might from the old Country by is g n'. Years ago. Years g The .egg wagonson'.:s areagain ontheroad s. gathering uphe hen fruit, g g 'the The Presbyterian congregation will: wor- ship in the present church next, sabbath for the last time before.. construction begins on to the church. ° ns an additions alfrtt alterations d Plowing is now; general among farmers" but :the land is still too wet to permit much seedin . g " v for Vancouver;C. 13 IVtorley Habkrrk lea es APRIL 26,:1929 Fishing is the order of the day at Beechwood and some big catches have been reported. Reuben Buuck of:ManleY has installed' the. sign that s run is here. Wild leek fanciers can also start harvesting.fthe i9 P 9 annual crop anytime; (Expositor photo) Shoes' stolen from Lealdb'ury post; ..offico-..107M McKillop, Logan : and Hibbert telephone system in his .new hone here. Seeding operations are in full swing and a' few more. days of fine .weather will finish 50111C of the 'hustlers.. student Laird Joytt't• of Hensall, s erit at: the University of Western: Ontario has been awarded a scholarship in'btisiness adminis- tration at, the University ofChiea o„ g Some of the, fanners at Winthrop will be finished seeding this week.: J.E. Willis of town has bean appointed manager ol`a large store in Listowel. , • Jaynes J. Johnston who :has, .made a success of fox terrier breeding had four healthy black ups bornthis week. The puns are all coal black withthe exception of a white tip on the end of each tail. -Mr. at . $250.00 . Johnston values the new arrivals APRIL 30, '1954 Members of the . Seaforth Driving Club have been hard at work during the past two weeks getting their construction under' way. Some time ago the club arranged with the. agricultural society to rebuild "the horse barns at the race track. Ithidihe=. scenes When she slipped as she was corning;:. down stairs from her main street apartment. Miss'Margurite Dunn fractured a bone in her ankle; Past Grant's. .night. was as observed by Edelweiss eiss ' Lodge. Mrs: Mary ;• McElroy presided and on behalf of the pastgrands. Mrs. Leslie McClure M e was presented with a gift, Mrs. J. Moylan was elected president of St Columban C.W.L. Austin.D Im o a e is.havin well..drilled at g ga his store at Winthrop, byKeith Roulston There a••re oodreason f r Arbour Day y • Although. I grew; ,tip on a farin 'in the '1950"s`and early '60's, I never went to the old one -room sclieols that were the normal place of education for farmchildren of the era.: As •consequence there was one holiday of the year that I always missed • and it seemed a little exotic to me. " It was calleed:Arbour Dayand it occured about this time every year at the. one -room .school houses' that dotted' our township:. On that day while those of us Who attended. school' in town had to sit in stuffy classrooms:, dreaming ofbeing out of doors in the fine spring weather, our counter- • parts insthe country schools were using shovels and:other<.equipment and planting trees. I; Bess'"Arbour Dayi ill: being s, still celebrated sporadically these days. 1 don't .think it has anyy , here near the acceptance it once did when those, country schools were in operation. I imagine there were many parents who looked on :Arbour, ..fay as just another excuse for, the teacher to get out of her ugar acarid spice B,y Bill Smiley Don't ever 'try to telt lite that teaching a dull life.. .-h itan be pretty school is i e 0 t: •n gruesome, gruelling, not to nrc.tin' g n o in Jan. and Feb. Out once. we et. that March n t• 13 t g break behind us. the whole scene blooms like a riotous gtirden in May., '• , F'or one thin •it"s spring: -And as you walk around the halls' of a hig. h sch ool + trying to pry itptrt couples who arese tightsve grooved that ygu,.r a afraidthey're going to cave its a row of lockers, you can't help thinking, you were been 20 to 30 years • tooF.00ror another. the cursed, snowy and ire have gone or almost. andyou known there arc only 10. or II weeks of martyrdom left. until you wcallt out of that shoe factory' (which most modern scoeis resemble) and �i.. kiss it goodbye for eight weeks. cck s "Tien, in the;spring. all kinds of; things 'pop' o, up . `i'he drama festival. The teachers vs, students hockey :game, in which: •an assortment of pedants, from nearl 60 • down to' th trite 20s in age, pit 'their • long •$ g one skills against ;a group of kids in � their prinie. who would dearly love, to cream the math tcawhet who failed them in the March cxan,s, Cif the English feather Who' objected gently to' their use of fourletter words in essays. As 1 write, our school is bubbling with. exeitornt'nt First of all, our custodians aro on strike', TJ'iseets the kids all 'excited, and rumours fry •lyetttt the school being 'dosed, and a free holiday. Then their faces drop a . work, just as ;niany parents today look on. professional development days as a chance ' for teachers to get paid :holidays,1 11 bet the. teachers didn't exactly think of Arbour Day as a holiday as.they tried to keep, assorted; ages of young hellions from amputating toes or heads with the tools they had for the occasion. Looking back, though, .i suspect the lessons`learned on Arbour Dray were as important to the 'children as what was ; learned in days when the three R's were on. ' the 'timetable. And 1 suspeet we're in need.. of learning those lessons ,again today. In rural Western Ontario we've` long had • ambivalent feelings toward trees. This part of Canada was covered a century and a half ago with forest as thick as:the famous rain forests of the southern climates The deep soil, the heavy precipitation brought about by the proximity to Lake Huron provided a climate that grew huge trees. When the first pioneers moved into the territory they had to hacktheir way through the forrest that was almost dark at ground level, People `suffered from ague, a kindof malaria caused by living constantly in the dampness of .the deep ,forest. ' hardy These T a dy settlers, had to hack down. the forest with nothing but axes,. and pull g . the stumps to make fields: so they could grow enough food to live through the winter. In a good year they could clear five ' or ten acres on their farm,, It's -little wonder then that Y. grew rewv to hate~ .trees. A tree was an enemy and they wanted to banish every tree from sight. g f. In a matter of a few decades we went -from having millions bf acres of trees to having great :a • lack :of. 'trees. Farm houses were baked by sun in summer and blasted by icy gales in winter because there were no windbreaks to protect them: Our #owns: were barren places "because no trees had. • , been lethe streets left shade A few people in the late 1800's began to ' realize the .mistakes: They realized that : trees had their •.place, even in the new settled land. They realized too that some of " the country which had been cleared, should' (Continual on Page 3) • Teaching:: foot'when they're told they may be going to school in July, to make up . r for lost Mime, And they start cleaning ep after. them- ' 'selves.' hem`'selves.' :instead of leaving it all to ,the janitors, as they usually do, and hope the strike will be over tomorrow. They don't give a diddle about the issues in the strike., They are practieal:'They wvatit to be out of. hu ros he a on the first sibla dayin June. r l . Don't blanic'thern It"s man nature: For .the teachers. who generally respect the caretakers" it is an object lesson in how important are the latter the guys who sweep the floors, sacuuni. the rugs, wash the windows, and generally do thehard and dirty work of keeping the school spruce and .. sparkling. As. .it' t old,tlr>rrr scrubber and lavat v•cleaner, frtr the first job -ever had, I perhaps respect theist more than anyone.. Unlike other countries, like England, . „ 'sslitre unions-artyr ,lost'1 knitted. we cress, the picket 'lilts and 1.:0 to work, however, 'much we respect and sympathize, 'lf we. don't. we'..refired. Simple as that. But the forbidden, i are. forb dt cit„ I y our union, to d0' any of i thy. r work. i k, t try it.as emptying, 'a , waste- basket, sweeping it Hoot Sort of fu n p g But the really big excitement ioneng our staff„. at leant *the maks on it, ,is the. shuffleboard tour'n;rnte'nt• Oh, I o d •n' f man Iltti outdoor kith-, where elderly people push with a, pronged stick a plate-like txhjett. No this is the kind vett findi i;n ti.vCrns • not.a dull life across the land: guys with a beer in one hand and a two'dollar bill in• .the other shouting theirbets through the smoke. • We don't have beer in our staff froom, • but we do have a shuffle -board table, lt's no frill froni the school board. A staff member built it, and the rest of us bought. it from him. It's thereatest relaxer 'th +e g world, after teaching four Glasses in a row the truths of the world kids, g ldto 120 r kids, 96 per cent of whom are about as interested as anaardvark. .Shuffle -board is to curling 'what dirty pool is to English billiards. Curling, is a gentleman's game, theoretically, where you shake hands with the wi nners, and both teams sit'down for a drink and discuss thi'-fide' points of the game. The spectators are either behind glass or up in the stands, ivherc they politely applaud a good shot and groan with .sympathy when someone: makes a near miss. Something like a cricket match, with good milliners .a's • important as winning, • Shuffle.board is a g m..e where you walk away after losing, .face red with th rage at your 'stupid partner, who missed .a key shot. l have never', seen any handshaking but have heard a lot of muttering, The• spectatorsconstantly heckle and offer coaching 'tips designed to destroy the player's concentration. "1'ut a guard on it. draw around i Nota r• t Tap yours up, draw • deep. Play safe and cut them down," etc, There is universal delight 'among 'the” watchers when a great player misses' an easy shot, and reluctant grunts of ap- preciation p- recia p i ton when a poor player makes a brilliant shot. Out psyching the opponent is a vital part. of the game. Just as he is about to shoot', you lean far over to blow away an imaginary speck of dust, hiding the rockhe is shooting at with your tie, You always blurt, "Don't miss it now," just as he is about to make game shot. And he frequently does, It sounds like foal play, and it..tts. But it can be hilarious. Shufflo.board brings s, out the: absolute worst in' characters who are normally 'con idcred s r to be people of intergrity. As played u - plaay in our staff room, it is -not a game for those who believe e in wtnnin in a'. . g gentlemanly fashion. They windup with ulcers and don't , . e n on t ;deep• nights: IM... ....i n our type shuffle board, the mighty can fall and the turkeys become eagles... I teamed up w ``t another venerable ticnn Be n an, both ,f us former prisoners of• (on oppos war ,y ., .stiles), .and we showed:::. .some of those young unks who were in' their diapers whilewe were trying to make a better' world :for titetiti:. We came Mit of of games ver h eightf g k our, wins, .500, the best I`ve ever hit' In m' ' if, . yl r. And if that dummy 11ackstetter hadn't MS missed _.s draw iny . d ,the fifth game and bumped the opposition „ ' u for five,we'd have won the tournament.