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SEAFORTH ONTARIO,: JULY 12, 1979
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The people of Seaforth. and area are great at raising, money for good
. causes.
.And it's >money Well spent that we: fork out at the Lions Carnival, the
Optimist Spring Festival or any • church supper, because, after
expenses, it's plowed back into parks and, programs, trophies, ball and
hockey teams, that all of us and our kids enjoy;
Because we are very, very lucky and live in Canada rather than in
one of the war torn parts of the world, none of 'the money that;
community groups raise locally is, needed for life or death situations;
But maybe, in these days when boatloads of Vietnamese refugees
are being pushedout to sea by, countries which no longer have a room for
them, it should be.
Most of us would give up some of the recreational activities that are
good causes locally if the money could be used to bring a Vietnamese
family to Canada, a family facing the alternatives of .facing death or
starvation. Most of us would support special events to raise.money that
would help refugee kids, mothers and, fathers until they can standon
their own feet in Canada.
What we need is leadership—a service club, church group, br even
an ad hoc committee to organize helping and fund raising efforts
. locally.
There
are those who say sure; I sympathize with those refugees, but
there are no jobs. in Canadanow, what do we need another 12,009 or
'20,000 people„for?
• But there are jobs in Canada..Just ask the souther
nOntario farmer
who plowed under acres of strawberries because he couldn't get
Ppickers. There are Jobs but .we Canadians won't take them:
,
New immi.. r n
gats, who've come through fire andbrimstone to get
here, will. Canada is a huge, half -empty country. We haveneed for:
People, esPeciallY for. people with the guts and inventiveness it tk
es to
escape even. as
far as -a refugee camp Determined hard working
people like these will `trytheir da m
dest to start new businesses and..
services in Canada,.
keep' u
Their new blood and fresh. idea will' k : u
s s film getting. stale and
set in our ways.
Anyonewho-doubts'that immigration has helped this areajust
9 R has to
look around at the revitalizing influence of the people -from Holland
who came here in the fifties,
Estimated cost ofons ri f
sp o ng a refugee family for, ayear until it's
self-supporting, s
Pp 9, i $500 a month.
h
T eeo e I o f
Seaforth and area can raise, part ofor
P P o that, maybe all
of that, if we try:
Will some of that leadership, the clubs and groups who so expertly
raise funds for local causes and have a good time doing it, donate some
effort to help people who arent's really so different from us except that
we're comfortable and they're desperate?
for asks•
Are you worried about Skylabfalling •� alllin here.
BY JANE ALLAN
.y the ti a -'
m this is issued a chunk of
Skylab. which hick was. predicted to fall to earth
between Tuesdayand htursday.
, may have
l ndedyour backyard.
When. the
Expositor asked Seaforth and area residents
abou
t Skylab, however, there was not too
much concern._
Rick Budge of Brucefield B fi that;
the chances of being hit
h by a piece
of debris
were veryslim and didn't plan to
take any
eX_ ..e
pr cautions to protect herself. It does.
worryher somewhatto
think of all the crafts
in space because, "they have to come down
sometime.”
Although he all:
says ythe equipment in
space is a concern, it doesn't reap worry
Wayne Prest of R.R.4, Walton: He is not
ocncerned about Skylab itself elf but agrees that
there is a possibility that someone Might get'
hurt.
Mrs. David Broome of Seaforth laughed
and said the chances of being_ hit by Skylab
To the editor:
indnetrial
Re: For sale signs increasing.
Further to your article regarding the
above mentioned subject, I! feel that .to
criticize is one thing butto overcome and
correct a problem is another.
During our interview last week, I
commented on what a nice part of Ontario
Seaforth was Situated in andthe location
and people are ideal. However, I would like
to state here and no* that in order to
achieve hard work where success is the
achievement one bas to work at it.
An example of what 1 mean, is that to put
Seforth "on the map" and Make Seaforth 1t
place that would be desirous to live in, we
have to put bur heart arid' soul into it.
1 believe that with a tenceatrated effort
by the Torten Council, interested merchant&
debris were pretty slim. She added that the
overall concept
space wonte
P
one
S a
ce'.' a
P �P
to Doug: Sou
all concerne
'teres bf equipment.
q
Mrs: Roy
imagoes that
becu
a seofS
not worry
space debris
No recau
P,
Boyes of Egmondville
that
much,
"There's
anyway", ac
of" R.R.4, S
"'nice if it
$winkles els
:piece she
would let us knows
ConiMISOI.Oner
and serious minded citizens l
be happier,z
ens we would: ,all
proud and better off.
I would like to suggest', that an Industrial
Commissioner be appointed to make this a
full time job for a couple of .ears: A person
that would make s c''
once
Study
0
�` of
ltd
our skills, talents, land available and knock.
on the doors- of all the Government '
Ministries' to determine what they would.
do for Seaforth and its people.
The person 'selected for the job would
have to show courage and forthrightness,
and not be but off or told to "no away"..
1
Certainly believe t'ms would'alievia
most of our problems, encourage' our
young people and nd share the wealth across
city nation'
V.C. Fos*
LEADBURY .SCHOOL IN .1915 --Pupils who attended McKillop
Township's Concession 12, Leadbury school or S.S, No. 7 in 1915 were;
(back from. left): Delia Mceavin, Susie Holmes, Pearl Thamer, Miss
Brown (teacher) Ellie Archibald, Edna Reid, Joe Campbell.
P (2nd row)
Hugh Rinn; Lewis Storey, Bill Barwick, Joe Holmes; Charlie Boyd, John.
Jefferys. (3rd row) Jessie McCullough, Eva Scott, Bill. Thamer, Mabel
In the years agone
Cruelty to: animal
Campbell, Gordon .McGavin, Jim Campbell, Sid McCullough, Lindsa
• __ y
Stewart,.Wilbur Holmes,. Gertie Thamer, Anna Stewart. (Front .row )=
Gordon Holmes, Alex Clark, Tommie Constable, Edith Holmes Effie
Balfour, Margarite Balfour, Marjorie Reid, Janet Clark, Melissa Holmes.'
Charlie i eel
lie McGavin and Harry Rinn were absent. The photo was loaned to.
the Expositor by Hugh Rinn.
JULY 11,1879
Thos. Meil Hallett i'
Th on -of. s H l tt shipped 140
sheep :on Tuesdayof last•week.
A steam boat calls regularly at, Bayfield
harbour forpassengers and freight three
times a week.
'Thecrops .,ti
ro s look 11 atVarna. . p • e na The farmers.
saythey never had betterprospectspfor fall
._.-..
wheat:
A sermono n the sinof crueltyto animals.
was preached at the'Presbyterian Church at
Bayfield and ,Varna •, churches by Rev,
Moffatt;
Ther idents (of H' is ee
es it r n are glad: to
B
know that Hugh Love . whowa _ s.
v Jr.,,. ,v
s
seriously injured by. being thrown from a
buggy, is recovering', as rapidly as can ;be..
expected.
JULY ,15,1904;
William Hugill of Constance is very busy
turning out rubber tired buggies..`
John Galbraith of Varna suffered from a
y_
sun stroke on Monday.
The pork: of decoratingthe Methodist
i
M dst
Church. in Hensel) isbeing pushed on
rapidly. When completed it promises to
esent a very'pa appearance.
Prpretty ttY PP e
William Dixon. theP roprietor of the
burned corn er. in Brucefield has divided the
land into village lots and will offer them for
sale by auction:.
Frank Tuff n, Staffa met with a1? ainful
accident while assisting Geo,. Oliver' to saw
Wood. ; His handot:cau ht in the saw which
g B
severed the middle finger and split the
thuml :
William Wright of Tuckersmith had a
miraculous escape. from being killed by a
train at the Main' Street railways crossing
while driving across the track with a team
behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
A weakness
The recent embarassment over federal'
government's proposal to move the Cana-
dianbas
em sy in Israel from. Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem points out again the weaknesses
el our present system:: of government.
Prime Minister Clark under our voting
system could; quite easily say ' that the
Canadian people supported 'him in his
decision. After all, the move had been part
of the package of promises and policies he
had promised to implement if elected.
After all he had, just received a mandate
from the electorateonl a few da s before
y y,
•the volcano of controversy erupted
It was clear though that few .Canadians
'did su ort the newgovernment's
PP policy. -
As,ithe:controvers went ton support grew ,
• just because people didn'tlike the pressure:
being imposed through 'threats by Arab
countries, but on the whole people, just
didn't see that the gain for Israel was worth
all the fuss. for Canadians. Eventually the
government backed away from the decision
as much I think because of the reaction in
Canada as because of the pressure of the
Arabs..
But the problem remains. According to
our system the Clark government felt it had '
a mandate from the Canadian people toP ut
into action the policies it espoused when it
was elected. In this particular case,
however, probably most of the people who
voted for the government (and it was still
fewer than voted for the .Opposition
parties) voted because of the party's
proposals. They voted more against the
government in office than for the policies of
the man who wanted • to 'replace the
,government.
• Probably there are some policies that the
majority of, the voters supported. The idea
of being able to deduct mortgagcPaY ments
from. income tax Was probably appealing
even though many claim it will hurt the
poor and help the rich. Likewise the pled e
B
to cut 60,000 civil service jobs was probably
attractive to many voters. ,
But the more obscure policies likely did
not have such support, policies such as the
embassy move and the plan to sell
Petrocan to the pprivate sector. But how is
the voter to get all the messages he wants
over to the politicians.. The voters gave a
message that they didn't want' the Liberal
governmentbut i ..s a f
to doingso gave false
.
assurance to the Conservatives that they
ha8' the support of the people' for their
...
policies. Likewise its the 1974 election the
voters seht a'message apparently that they
didn't want the policy of the Conservatives'
•
m our system
for wage and price controls and were
willing to put up:' with . the Liberals for
another term to be rid of those policies
What happened of course Was that the
Liberal government discovered a year facer
that wage and price controls were neces
sary to break the inflation psychology and
brought in the policy they had won the
election by opposing,
The problem is; how do we get all our
messages across to the government? There
are those who tell of a brave new world
brought about by microelectronics'which
would allow instantaneous . P chinB ' of the.
voters on any particular' subjeet. Using
B.
home • computer terminals feeding into 'a
national communications system they'
Y say
the voters' would be able to flash their'
opinions to the legislators on any issue:
Now that would, be•true democracy.
But would it be good for the country? 1
guess I betray my true feelings when I say
I'm not sure it would. If we really have 'a
faith in democracy we should applaud such
a move to getgovernment by the. people,.•
But the potential for abuse is ' just as
strong: True democracy would depend on a
wise, well-informed voter for every decis-
ion to be. made. Are our voters' wise enough
. B
and truly el
r y , w I informed enough to make
those decisions, espee� Ily .in our very
complicated world today. If welled such a
system would we need politicians at alt and.
if we didn't have ,them then who would
present all the'various sides of every issue
so people could really exatnine the quest-
ion thoroughly? .
And then there are the times when what
the people want is not necessarily the best
for them or for the test of the world. Before
the Second World War the American`
People were in an isolationist mood and:
Wanted: to stay out of the wars already
going on in Europe and the Pacific: But
they couldn't escape those wars and
eventually got involved with a .good deal of
loss of life of their own w cifizens, if they had
'been involved earlier, perhaps the wat.
might have been shorter, .;fewer people
P
might have perished.
There is no perfect government system.
No matter what technological tie cont'mun,
ications miracles that may conte we Won't'
find a solution to all the ills of politics' We
OM only t to be as wise as we. ra . land
,rJ'n
elect legislators who are as wise as
possible. That means they will choose
poncies that are wise and be wise enough "
to know when they have chosen the wrong
policy and change their minds.
879 sermon topic
and wagon. The passenger train from the
west was standing in front of the station and
he did not notice nor hear a freight train.
Just as he got on the track the rear end of the
freight train struck the wagon in the middle.
He was taken to the Grip Hotel and several
doctors called, However, he wasn't seriously
.hurt.
Geo. Brownlee of town has sold his 50 acre
farm in Tuckersmith to his. son-in-law, Harry •
Little.,
The Bell Engine works. have in. course of
completion a very handsome tractor engine
for exhibition at the Winnipeg. Fair. •
John O'Keefe of Seaforth, h has shipped
. rt.out
fourteen car loads of grass cattle. They
averaged 1474 pounds each: '
Geo. Chesneyof town and J. McDougall of
Toronto made•a,very large shipment of fat
cattle from Seaforth. They shipped 273 head
4nd they were a magnificent lot.
William Edmunds has purchased the
Adams property on Goderich St: and is
tearing down the old house preparatory to
building a new residence for himself;
JULY 12, 1929•
A tournament marked -the opening cif the.
Bayfield Golf. and Country Club for ::the
season when the weather was ideal: ,
Mr, and. Mrs, Henry McGavin of Tucker-
smith will celebrate the 65th anniversary of
their wedding 'on Saturday .
t y , when the
members of the family will hold a reunion at
the old! home:
Miss Barbara Simpson of Tuekersmith` is
taking a Bourse at Toronto University.'
A very happy gathering took place at the
home of R.J. Cooper of Kippen, when the
choir and young people of the United church.
met to do honour to Miss Olive, who is a
bride elect.
Dr. A. Moir. of Hensall, is the
tins
t bersf '
o his fine new barn raised in
and:
position wi ill have a large and`' modern
barn to take the place of the onewhieh was,
destroyed oy by fire two years ago.
Miss Annie Consitt of Stanley Township
has been engaged teach'S.S; 5 Stanley for
the coming year.
Andrew
Archibald of town has sold the
coal business he has been conducting for
several years to W."Ament & Co.
In the recent entrance examinations,
Seaforth Public and Separate Schools made
an exceptionally good record. Nine pupils
from the Separate school wrote and nine
passed, six taking honors. In the Public
school, 18 wrote, 17 passed, six taking
honours. Miss Winnie Savage won the
scholarship having 671 marks out of a total of
0
750 + 1:
With the erectio n of the fine new club
house, the new Seaforth bowinis.
bowling green
rapidly approaching completion. The club
ub
houseitself
has been:>largely ,built
.,, by
volunPortertarfiey •
-tabor• under. the direction ofRobert
ld:;
A very happy time was spent, at the house
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henderson of
Egmondville when a large number of old
friends from . Duffs Church, McKillop
P
gathered to spend an evening with them -in
their new home. They were presented with
an electric: reading lamp, and a handsome
oak. table
William'Finla.son who has resigned the..
Y Bn
position ' of Principal of Milverton Public
School intends giving his full time to the
insurance business.
The. choir of Northside Church; Seaforth,
picnicked at . Port Albert when a delightful.
time was spent at the lake.
JULY 16.,.1954
Mrs. ' James Rivers; highly respected'
Seaforth citizen will observe her 'Nth
birthday at her home on Sunday. Despite her
years, Mrs. Rivers takes a keen interest in
everything that goes on.
According to an announcement of the
Salvation Army, two officers have been
appointed' to the Seaforth Corps.
Mr. and
Mrs. M s John
Gordon, for inany,
years highly respected residents of McKillop
were recently honoured at their home. A
program arranged by Mrs. James Keyes`. and:
Mrs. Kenneth Stewart included recitation,'
given by Mrs. Stewart McKenzie. Following,
the reading of an address by Geo. Wheatly
they were presented with a trilight lamp and;
a toaster by Kenneth Stewart and James
Keyes.
over.e
Lloyd B. Morrison will take the.
principalship of Mitchell District High
h
School;in September.
' Less than seven weeks rafter '
a disastrous.
S80,000 fire razed'" grain storage accom-
modation . Topnotch Feeds. Limited is ready
to go back into business+, according to the
manager of the local plant, Roy Gibb.
Mrs. W.B. Hawleyof ad an
WinthropP
unfortunate accident when she fell from a
car as it turned into the garage e
g g ocher er home. •
When she fell after being bunted by a ram
at her. home in McKillop, VIdrs. John
Byerman suffered a fractured. leg. •
A late model car was totally wrecked but
the driver was only shaken up on No.
Highway west of Seaforth. J. Aitenhead lost
control of the car when a tirei •
, blew and it
swerved into a tree',
the Pdttor:
It's back to school in Win ham.
g
The Wingham Centennial Reunion is
beinB held August .. 1-6, and as a art of it the
P
Wingham School Reunion is being', held on
Saturday morning, August 4th, from 9 to 12,
in the F.E. Madill' Secondary School.
We are welcoming back to the Wingham
School Reunion' all .former` andP resent
students,teachers, school trustees,school
inspectors boards and ins
from the Wingham
Public School, the Secondary School, the
Sacred Heart. Separate School, the Lower
Town School, the Golden Circle School and
the Business Colleges.
In trying to get addresses of former
students we used the Grade 9 class lists from
1907 on throughoutm
the years,'and.class-
mates in Wingham have Worked enthttsi-
astically .trying to get as many addresses,
possible, We also searched for, the names
mes
and addresses of the teachers., and other
involved in education. Theae'`?iundreds> of
iI,-,
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