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SEAFORTK,, ONTARIO, .4,UNg 28. 1979 •
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We can argue all we want about whether aeaforth's decision to opt
Out of the Seaforth Fire Area board will mean better fire protection. or
worse, lower costs to tax payers or higher. That depends on whether
you live in Seaforth or one of the rural townships and on whether or not
you're satisfiedwith present fire fighting arrangements.
But the big loser in what may be the disintegration of the Seaforth
Fire Area Board is a stable and friendly rural -urban relationship', And
that hurts 14Sall„
Seaforth is Searching, diligently right now for more industry,. 'But
actions like pulling out of the FAB can't help but alienate, biggest and.
most stable and profitable industry we have now -agriculture.
Farmeriwere here when Seaforth was, founded and the town has
•prospered in the middle, of some of Canadasmost productive term
land. Perhaps it's time for the town to make more of an effort to
understand that farming is its biggest industry. -
• The townships in turn, should realize that. Seaforth does not collect
taxeson institutions that are used by rural -people too, making them in
effect subsidized by Seaforth taxpayers:
The ideal relationship between the town and the surroundin
townships is an interdependent one. We need to co -Operate on things
like fire protection, social ,services, schools, roads and,drains. Most of
all we have to acknowledge that we need, each other and seek
cornpromise rather than .cOnfrontation.
According to most members, things have been unsatisfactory at
FAB meetings' for some time. Seaforth says it's' unable 10 .get
straight answer ori.fire.hYdrant rentaeei.• Thetownshipsin effect
. have. been ,calling Seaforth unreasonable for insisting that all costs,
including rent on all hyrants in the town, be ,shared by the board,
We can't say who's right. Probably both factions are, partly.
But what s abiollitely. wrong is the titan 'versus township
atmosphere that's grown up around the isstie. An episode like this cari
leave scars that will effect the dealings of ,Seaforth and the'townshipS
with each other for years,
One of the saddest things you cansay about .ah.indivitittal'.is that he
oan't get along with his neighbours. is that the legacy Seaforth and the
rural fire area board members want to leave future 'generations?.
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Canada Day
July 1 is almost here, and with that Canada Day celebration should
go a spirit of patriotism, happiness and good will toward fellow men.
But, in a country that is increasingly divided, especially over the
issue of Quebec separation, it seems as if. Canada is splitting at the
seams instead of unifying its differences and becoming the peaceul,
neutral country it once was.
That spirit of patriotism seemed to be here in 1967 when Bobby
Girnby had little children singing Canada. We Love Thee bilingually..
And nobody seemed to mind the fact that the children spoke 'some
reach in the song. It was just a pleasant part of Canadian culture.
Today some parents rush to yank their children out of school" if they
think the poor things are going to be forced to learn French. And doing
so could be detrimental to that child's chances Of getting certain types
of jobs in the future. Do these parents think of the Consequences of
such an act ordo they care only about their animosity towards
Quebeckers?. • •
When Lee Trevino won the Canadian Open Golf Championship on •
Sunday the man presenting the award did the courtesy of speaking
both French and 5nglish and was booed for his efforts. And usually
when peOple speak both French and English in Quebec they are booed
as well
Whatever happened to that spirit that built thiS country as province
after province joined until the total of all the provinces became known
finally as the country of Canada? With the provinces bickering back
and forth that spirit seemingly has disappeared with the sentimentality
of 1967.
Just what does July 1, Canada Day, 1979 mean in Canada now?
To the editor:
Reader remembers
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ritten e' following' lines hi
memory of our friend and, neighbour Jeff
liackwell who lost his life • in a reeent
accident.
I WILL itgritemBER ALWAYS
• As I ride -down the road with the trees at
my side.
I remember when you once w•ere there
instead,
The water still runs, under the bridge
While tears fill my eyes and memories felt
trky head.
You were happy, yon were kind.
A friend to Me you always were.
When I needed someone, you were there.
Now that you've pine, evetythingYs a blur.
We, your friends, sit arid
Vkte never Will forget' you.
nt
We eabelieve ;volt went aWay.
We retnerOber the things, with you. We used
to de.
tvetybody says y•Oieve just gone Ori. a Op,
That you. oot friend, really didn t. So
suddenly die.
But. irk reality, yot did go on a trip.
Far away.tri the beautiful sky.
Time hat eottte and time has gone.:
But the emptinets is still there,
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Barn coming
In the years agone
Wheat 651/2 inches long grown here in 1879
down
JUNE27 1079
We notice by the Sporting Times of last
week that John Fleming of Toronto recently_
purchased frbm. Frank Smith a fine 4 year old
calf for which he paid the handsome price of
William Finlayson of Tuckersrnith brought
us a sample of some wheat grown at his farm
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which measured inches in length.
About 30 men and their ladies went from
• here to Port Huron via Goderich. They had a
very ' pleasant time and.' were given a
splendid reception. by the people of Port
The refreshing and ninety shower of rain
which fell on Wednesday had a most
beneficial effect upon vegetation and has
helped to purifs•-'and cool the air. .
On Monday afternoon of last week a horse
belonging to Benjamin Case of Osborne
dropped dead while being driven on Main
St, of Exeter. The horse was 21 years of age
and was in 'good condition.
One day last week while William Row-
cliffe was logging, a burnt stump eleven feet
high fell on him striking him on the back of
his head. He lay senseless for some time and
when he regained his consciousness. his
shirt; was covered with blood.
The contract for carrying the mail .betWeen
Cranbrook and Brussels has been awarded
to Valentine Gramme.
JULY 1,1904
R. Clark. of Constance has sold his black
horse and bought a nice little pair of ponies.
The Kinburn boys have purchased a
football and exercise nightly chasing the
p• k'
'Mrs, P. Ryan had the misfortune of falling
off a wagon and breaking her. collarbone,
Messrs. Jame $ and. Francts Evans have
purchased a hay leader.
his final eXartiinatioo at the College'
W.T, Gemmill of Ttickersmith has passed.
Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
John O'Keefe shipped several carloads of
fine cattle from Seaforth station, They are
destined for the old country market
F. Guttridge now has a large force of men,
engaged in laying down cement sidewalks. •
The Canadian Bank of Commerce here has
purchased the Coleman property on Main St.
opposite the Cardno place Thr a new building
for their banking purposes.
William Ilinn f Hullett recently sold a
very floe 3 year old driver to Mr. McGregor
for which he received 5165,00.
F. Holmestead, who is himself an enthu.t-
iastic bowler has presented to the Seaferth,
Bowling Club a life size portrait of James
McMichael. the veteran president of the
club: • . .
JUNE 28, 1929
Mss Pear Ross of Waken. sailed on the
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
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Antonia from Montreal for a weeks visit with
friends in Belfast, Ireland, before joining the,
University Travel. Club on a two month tour
of the British Isles and the Continent
Miss Bertha Beattie of R,R. 5, Tucker
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smith who has resigned as the recipient of
a beautiful mantel clock and two candlestickst.
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Miss Beattie has accepted a school in
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Thooiriodnatyos ,and will leave for there after her
The highway is now paved through
Brucefield and the dust is over.
J.B. McLean of Kippen, had the misfor-
tune to injure his arm last week.
Miss Rena Simpson of Chiselhurst has
been re-engaged by the trustees of No. 10
for the coming year.
Miss Gladys Way has procured a school at
Atwood at an increased salary.
Miss Mary Laing sailed from Montreal on
a 2 month trip to the Old Country and the
Continent.
There are 85 candidates writing the
entrance examinations at Seaforth.
Those who had the pleasure of attending
• the Chatauqua at Seaforth, report that it was
an ideal show.
The patrolmen of Manley are busy getting
gravel on the roads, as they have opened a
new pit which makes it possible to do
without crushing it.
On Tuesday night after the night train had
left Seaforth,, an elderly lady asked a
passenger the name of the station, and after
being told it was Seaforth she exclaimed, "1
Should have got off there!" She grabbed her
wrap and headed fpr the door, The conductor
backed up the train.
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Seafertb Lions Club, holding their annual
meeting for the season elected a new slate of
officers headed by W. Silley as president.
Believed to have gained entry through
storerootn, thieves removed a quantlty of
cigarettes and other merchandise from the
pavillion at Seaforth Lions Park.
A reunion of their family, which all but
one of their seven children attended was
followed a few days later by a reception
arranged by friends and neighbours and
marked the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Montgomery Patrickwell known
and highly esteemed Tuckersmith residents.
Miss Elsie Smith of Hensall has accepted
a position at South Huron Hospital, Exeter.
Marking 50 years of service to the
community. Brodhagen Brass Band held a
parade and garden party..
"'Neves stole 5295.00. and several valu-
able papers in a break-in at the W.G.
Thompson Grain and feed mill, Hensall.
A residence has been broken into in
Hensall, and a considerable amount of cash
taken.,
Do we have the will to change?
Thoe who study these things say thatin OUr government with one side being
the business through Special committees.
every system holds the seeds of its Own There are places where workers are also given the.title of the Loyal Opposition, It
often seems that if one part* in Parliament
destruction and one can't help wonder shareholders. There are places where
workers have taken over failing companies
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about the future of our Western ,society.
whicn periociicany seemsbent ong boardsing r P the • feet.
et despite e apparent attractivenesS'
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our western European and North Amer. of such arrangernentS most unionists, loOk
and b k h'
rt thettl tiOt as sbmeihing to 'work toward,
heen built in the last
w huhdred years on conflict. Our judicial
'e to the eicl adveriary systein
ss;sstteemrp.,oautre'poililtit cal designed around
economicoaurrounTheYrused
and they'd like to keep on these Mmiliar
adversary systemGiven these circumgrounds. Likewise they don't want to get
stances a onder we have survived and . .
into co-operative ventures like apprentice
prospered as long as we have -
w
ship programs to allaw Us to train more
,
C.B.C. television Sunday night present- skilled w°t'Iteia in Callada instead e'f having
ed a look at the labour situation that to import thetn, Unions, in short, were
explored this adversary system in labour
solution to a short-term problern that have
retatiorts, That labour and management become a long term institution.
should have grown, into enemies is only There danger in the farming commun.-
natural, The labour movetrient grew out of tty of this history being repeated. 'Farm
a. need for united action to fight appalling, . marketing boards were a very necessary
working conditions imposed by employers tool fer'farmers to get a decent break in the
ho had grown too big and too powerful, market place, Marketing boards 'however
These bosses didn't want to co-operate are not a long' term solution- They have
with their employees, They enjoyed their , problems not just for angry consumers
btit
pOWer and their huge incomes that allowed raPre imPortantlY for farmers Particularly
them the lifestyles preVioUsly enjoyed only Younger farmers trying to break into the
by rnyaity, The workers had to fight, often business but hathpered by not only high
physically, to get a decent break., • • land and equipment costS but rules that
' • f th t art a half make it necessary to buy quotas to be able
e g changed and to produce in many commodities. They also
might have expected 'Alvin 'relations to limit food production at a time when many
haw
ve changed with it. In Canada, however people in the world are going hungry
we're in a time wheou,t have more strikes Our ec°"Thie sYsttm is haSed on the
than ever in history and one of the oiSt
adversary •systetn, on the premise that the
w
th • id smartest bargainer will get the best deal
lean societies have
. but as something to run away fromfe,
labour re ns •
1 leave the btidge and feel the trees tit 'AY Labour leaders art never so happy as when and that we're all sharp bargainets. Thus
h we have the day Of huge sellers being niet
side.
And now rit tty to live tny life as thouyon
though yo,
were still there.
Cathy IklicOstvin,
Walton,
AirefoiltAng 100$044k1 ib. Catlin* fruit In the 'oyitrit 04 lytkOitiOnkol On* tho *or ,
tompiort by trio Ornift0001 non, tosoftho ortm n000nobto ottoyhinC040-14400oloro,wili not be chrtioid tor uot,
M of the artiririfirknont *it be bold for at rho SOW* rifiC
*Memo/ inert *II b• mods ti inito• ow.' It. Striditti with dirk *1* thitAlshors cOnnOttOrritibonotuut for
litir 04 aniakicitict many*** * gthetint: •
the!, get an opportunit) auch as
Strike at Centralia to prove that the bad old by powerful consumer groups and a
constant fight being waged betWeen the
days really haven't . gone and there's
justifitatiert for sticking .with the old tvv°*.
Thein against Us" thinking of the past, Our legaI system it also an adversary'
And many ddrdpady managers are just a systetn With each Side having lawyers
bad, • ready to go out and argue a point just for
liniekti-ritanagement "relations aren't that the sake of taking SideS, Often lawyers
WAy everywhere, it fact not even an ,don't even have to believe in the case
telatiunthips are like that in Canada, they're fighting, they do it ,because it`S the
There ate cases where union and manage* nature of MeltPraessiOit'
ment do to -operate. There are rases whete And of course Vvere all only toe familiar
the werkers have a say in the running of with the workings of the adversary system
said that the world was round the other
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side•would force ati emergency debate for
the next three days to argue it was flat,
All of which has been going on for
hundreds of years, of coursesso it's nothing
new. But in this age of mass contmuni-
cations all this hostility .is given a higher
profile. It often seems that we're sur,
rounded, submersed even, in conflict, It
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exerts a pressure on those of us in modern
society that can't help but affect our lives.
Given Jong years of this kind of confliet-
induced patssure things have got to start
going wrong in our societywo.ve seen
that to recent years with .;the "me
generation**, a generation that says "to
hell with everybody else, I'm going to look
• out for number one."
The solution, or course, is to change our
systems, slowly but,surely to involve less.:
conflict and more co-operation. The prob-
lem is, do we have the will to change?
To the editor:
Seaforth means a lot
to us, readers say
Seater* Meana lot to usl Since our
move to this community three years ago
this month, we have learned to 'appreciate
that Seiforth has several unique character-
isticslhat make it an unusual coitriOnity,
It's a town with a strong social fabrie.
Whether it has been my wife working With
yoc-1 parents to establish a viable
pre-school learning centre or Myself work-
ing to establish air active volunteer
pregranitne it the school, the citizens
never fail to exceed the usual expectations.
We WO note the strong community spirit
that SeentS to get behind Service. and Social
projects sponsored by one group �r
another. •
Seafortik has one significant Atset,
however, that needs increasing attention;
That is its heritage. The town has an
impressive collection of heritage bUildings,
Whether they be private retidetteest main
Street continereial buildings, public (aril,*
ities, or out -of -use special ptirpose Arne -
tures; the architectural heritage of Seaforth,
is a unique feature.
This visible heritage could become the
primary, economic selling point for our
town. '
Ever small town iri Ontario wants netv
industry and some form of "develeptnent"
to Strengthen its economic baSe, We judge
that Seaforth is in that tante category, ata
yet .• we have an existing resource that
makes las stand °tit from all the rest.
Our. architectural heritage should be-
come our major selling point! We have
received, yet ignored, international ac•
claim from knowledgeable heritage visi+-
ors.
The tninticipalitY, the btisiness totntininu
ity and the getietal citizenry should'
examine our heritage potential. There are
numerous economic benefits to be enjoyed.
Creative leadership can maximize this
;POtetttial* —Mary At 'Paul Carroll
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