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The Huron Expositor, 1979-07-26, Page 2Since:ll 4, Serving the Community' First iPub000' at SEAFORT.H, ONTARIO, ieirery ThursdaY :morning by lActEAN PRO, rUBLISH6RS. LTU.: NOREW Y. McLEAN. Publisher SUSAN WHITE, Editor ALICE GIB B, News Editor Member:Canadian Community; Newspaper Asa., iatoli Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associatort and. Audit Bureau of Circulation: Subscription Rates: Canada On advance) 513.00 a Year QgtstdeCanad4 ttn;advance) $25,00 a Year SINGLECOPIES;,,,,,3CICENTS BACK Second Class Mail Registration Number 06% Telephone 5274244 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 26, 1979 Wejcoine West Branch. TraVel is broadening. Just about everybody, even the most die-hard stay et home will admit_ that: it's especially stimulating and: thought provokin?Cj to really get inside. another community and try to understand its people and: their way of life. That's what makes, Seaforth's sister city program with West. Branch, .Michigan so valuable. Last summer a number' of Seaforth people, especially the kids who take part in our town's recreation program, had a chance to visit West Branchand get to know their hosts in a town that's, not unlike Seaforth except it is in another country. Just about all ofthem came back.with 9 v. from sic ter lowing stories about the hospitality' they received t city Seaforthites also came back with friendships among West Branch people who'd been complete strangers before the exchange visit. This weekend Seaforth people have a chance to return the favour. Recreation directorClive Buist expects about 100 young People and perhaps 30 adultsfrom West Branch; hera for the sec9nd.annual sister city games., • , . s .' A full' weekend is planned, and ;it needs the ,u, pp ort of Seaforth e as s �ctators as well as participants. A free dance Saturday people pe P P . no i. r 'f you're t night at the arena 'is a• great: way to meets sister city people, t . .9 directly involved in the. games; But we're sure. you'll meet West `Branch people aII over Seaforth. They'll be billeted 'at your neighbours, :And they'll be.walling in and. out of the stores' where you work, probably very sensibly taking, advantage of the hefty premium on the U.S. dollar. We're glad they are corning and we look forward to more exchange programs. and to lots of learning from each 'other in the future,: Let's go out of our way to, welcome West Branch visitors' this weekend and. ;show `them Seaforth' really is "the friendly town." Enjoy, enjoy it's not every area that can boast such a Viable form of entertainment' as live theatre but residents of Huron County are fortunate enough to have three theatres within a.close drivingrange. 9. Two- of the theatres, Blyth Bl th Summer Festival and the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend are right inHuron County and they provide different options of theatre. The Blyth Sommer Festival is a showcase for talented Canadian writers to show what they can doand• for, talented Canadian actors to put life . and meaning into those Canadian plays. The :Huron Country Playhouse' on the other hand gives one the ;opportunity to see well-known stage plays, some of which have .been ;made into movies,and not .even have to leave this county to do it: And then there's the Stratford'.Shakespearean .Festival, not to o far away in. Perth county, for those, who enjoy watching the plays of the Bard performed right in front of them. Having three live theatres so close at hand is a realtreat, especially` in a rural area, and one should be thankful that they are here and that people put so much work into making, them` o, The theatres are here fo,yourentertainment 9g ..r. .r and they deserve your support. To the editor: �V h 't'o o s o 'a for newe equipmen fire • (Editor's •.note: A copy .,of the following z. us. whysould they, as they still own the letter to Seaforth council was sent to The other equipment and can operate out• of Huron Expositor.) Harpurhey or Egmondville just .as handily Mayor & Councillors Seaforth, Ontario, What are you guys doing? By all outward appearances you are saddling the tax. payers of Seaforth with unneeded and unnecessary expense. At present Seaforth being part of the FAB has the use of the fire trucks and all the equipment 'and gives us adequate fire protection, if we pull out of the FAB we apparently lose all the equity in the equipment. This means it becomes neces- • sary to purchase a new truck and equipment. Who isto pay for all this? The only source of revenue is taxes because it is highly unlikely the other FAB members will wish to purchase fire protection from as Scaforth. If Seaforth -oes.this route and' spends all• g P this money for new equipment what do we end up with? The same protection we have now, a large debt, unfriendly neighbours and no doubt'. a tax' increase. It may be said. some Of our equipment may be dated and: require updating, and this no doubt is true; however; this can be done within the FAB structure and the cost distributed wider. Gentlemen i urge you to refrain from this nonsense and I encourage the taxpayers of Seaforth to voice their disapproval as well: Yours truly. Wm. Martin,. Seaforth Love thy new our Tossed around in deep sea water,. They lose a child, a son, a daughter, And huddle in their misery: Day after day they sadly wait, Give them thy hand 'ere it's too late To raise them from their misery. These are thy neighbours far away: And He said, on that far-off day, "Help them for th y love of Me." Be not like those whom Christ did chide, For passing on the other side ,Thy neighbour now hath need of thee. Grace F. Hussey, G.F.H. . D'Ottations '(cash or cheques) for the Boat. People will be accepted at any bank in Seaforth. 41.4 In the y vorrimmoliNIMININNimmiiiiimempionneromunierwriamiiimoirmimilimiiimillimemmereirftrominrumremermrommumwamisrrer Advactielogh accepted on tea eontiition 101 in th• rivint of a typogrirphkai otter the advertising space i occupied by the erroneous itern, together with reasonable allowance for signatuve, *111 not be charged for but the octan et the advarft..m ent well be paid tor at the applicable rate. While ovary emit will be made to insure they are handled with care, the publl$tiera cannot be responsible for the Maim N urteellolted nie ueoripts or photos. • JULY 25, 1879 The meeting of ratepayers held in the Seaforth Town Hall for the purpose of considering the best mode of procuring a sufficient water supply and efficient fire protection was not, so largely attended as so important a meeting should be. The mayor and town council think that asufficient water supply can be obtainedby conveying water in pipes from a spring on Mr: Turnbull't. farm at the head of Silver Creek, Recently a tramp visited the house of John; Taylor of the 1 lth concession of Hullett and carried aiyay a good pair ofboots. On Saturday last, Samuel, • son of James Keatingof Hullett met with .a painful accident. He was engaged in hauling stones and while unloading them his horse started throwing him anda large stone fell on his leg breaking it below the knee: OnMurray of',Thursday last W nt. M r y Tucker- smith ucke r s tth received from Stratford a new separ- ator Par- ator threshing machine. James Jamieson formerly of'Seaforth. has commenced the boot and shoe business in Kippen. ,JULY 29, 1904 Dominic Reynolds of Hullett, has just passed his 95th birthday. He has been a resident of Hullett for 62 years. The threshers are again at it in the Kippen district and most of the fall wheat will hardly pay for the threshing of: it, in Kippen: Scott McLaren of Cromarty drew the brick for his fine new houses from Mr. Sadler's yard at Dublin. Ed Jackson and Mrs. Henry Jackson of Egmondville left on Saturday for North Bay when he will engage in office work in connection with the survey of the Grand Trunk Pacific. w. Mrs. Da L d o. hasbeen.I id Dap eo h a up. for a couple of weeks from blood poisoning is • Moving day for Myth's train. Station • Agan Fire protection considered at 1879 meeting now better and expects,te be in. her old ;place in Sills and Murdie's. Ane of the severest storms of the season passed on Hibbert Twp, Buildings were struck and as far as we have learned not much damage was done, John Cairns was unfortunate in having a valuable yearling colt struck and killed,. The Zurich flax company have started pulling the flax. JULY , The many friends 26of M1929r. and Mrs. Wm, Kyle of Kippen: who were recently married met in Watson Hall .on Friday evening and presented them each with a beautiful' chair as a smallmark of the esteem in which they 'ate held. Music was furnished for dancing by Messrs. Cochrane and Hayter,.. W.M... Doig of Port Huron made the presentation address. A seriouss auto- accident occurred On Sunday night east of the village of Brucefield when a car struck the cement bridge opposite Mr. Murdock's, breakingthe three cement posts. The five occupants of the ear were all "injured; andthe tar was :demolished beyond repair. Haying is now finished at Chiselhurst and Whea'. cutting is general, 'and the crop shows every evidence of a good yield. • W. Manley of Manley, is busy helping to repair the threshing outfit for C. Eckert: Quite a large number are going up to 'Kippen; to witness the paving of the London road in that vicinity: The coal merchants have been delivering large quantities of coal during the past week at Hensall. Many friends regret to..learn of the death of Mrs; W.J.Moffatt which occurred at her home in Hamilton. Mr, Moffatt was Princ- ipal of Seaforth. Public School for some years. To the editor: FAB decision throws • bathwater baby out h thea ter with Many times during the past 14 years ;1 have. been bemused, amused, annoyed, angered and frustrated by and often directly opposed to policies advocated by and/or adopted• by our local governing bodies. For most of that time I was not only unable, ethically, to voice my position but i was committed to seeing that such policies were implemented. I am. fortunately; no longer bound by such 'restrictions and -Would appreciate space in your paper to. express my opinion concerning the.present imbroglio involving the Seaforth Town Council and the Seaforth Fire Area -Board. During the months immediately past l had hoped that the Seaforth Council would have the wisdom to take their dispute with the Fire Area Board to the courts for a judicial' review of the . terms of the agreement'and a binding, decision as to the responsibilities' imposed therein on' each party. It seems, however, that they have lacked the courage of the convictions and to spite of many brave words have decided to . - abandon their demand for payment front the Board of the costs of fire hydrant service. In addition, however, having decided to throw out the bathWater, they have decided to also'thr w out the baby.k The question of "fire hydrant costs was. avoided by the Seaforth councils' during most of the early years of the agreement at a small annual cost to the Seaforth ratepayers. Certainly 1 have no dispute with their decision to forego their demand tor reimbursement of the costs of the last few years. During the life of the present agreement, as well as during the previous arrangement, the Town. of Seaforth and the surrounding rural areas were. well served. by a good, well-equipped fire brigade.. That fire brigade still exists and will continue to exist unless the councils involved destroy it by childish squabbling. if Seaforth Town Council is unhappy about the terms of the present agreement, or any aspect of the Fire Area Board operations, why ;not' Sit- down with the other councils involved and work out new, mutually acceptable terms? Surely that would be a more mature and responsible approach than the unilateral, arbitrary decision that there will; be no discussion. e. all nonsense and Let's forget 1 the. gallimaufry 'which has resulted • in the present situation. Let's forget the non -facts which have been tossed around to obscure the real issues, such • as the supposed e' over the local brigade control exerted b g by the Fire Marshall and deal with the actual facts in the matter. Whatever sy'steni of fire protection the local councils decide: for, they have every right to se up such a system. in making such a decision; however, let us hope that a sensible one wilt be decided upon.. akin such a decision the ratepayers Inn g PY of the Town of Scaforth have the right to itwill riot be ale ridiculous expect that'hone of throwing away any rights to over $100,000.00 worth of equipment, the immediate expenditure cif over 5100,000`.00 to needlessly replace that which was so recklessly thrown away and the possible. disintegration of a :good, efficient fire brigade. Yours truly, Ernest M..Williams, Seaforth i .comme tt17 N n �1•Au The fact that the Town of Seaforth wishes to establish its. own Fire Depart - anent and sell fire protection has received considerable press in the past few weeks. The tosinships have been given until August 17th, 1979' to accept or reject Seaforth's proposal to sell fire :protection. The Councils of Seaforth', McKillop, Hallett, Hibbert and Tuckcrsmith met on. July 18, 1979, with an advisor from the Ontatio Fire Marshall's Office, Al that "time everyone was given an Opportunity to question and evaluate the proposal' pre- sented by Seaforth, It is my wish that, Seaforth Council will make no farther comments onthis matter until after August 17, when a full ' statement will be issued concerning the cost and benefits of establishing a fire department owned and operated by the • Town of Scaforth.. Yours truly, John Sinnamon, Mayor On Tuesday evening while Ed Jarmain was working, with, the haying on. the, farm of Geo. Leitch Constance he met with an Geo. h tax. accident. He was unloading hay with a hay fork when the trip rope caught and broke iw allowingt to come off the track and it flew k back and struck Mr: Jarmain in the. abdomen. JULY 23, 1954 The fever of the Klondike has hit the Lake Huron resort of,Grand Bend, following that • report that more'than 51,000,00 in hundred, fifty and ten dollar .bills had been found on the . beach recently. The money, about 53,000., is reported to have been lost Sunday afternoon when a London transport owner lost. -his wallet in the water at the main bea ch while bathing. '• A post -nuptial reception. honoring Mr, and Mrs. J. Malone of Dublin, recent newly weds was held in the Seaforth Community • Centre previous • to their leaving for their new house in Winnipeg. An address was read by Ronald Butters and a purse of money was presented by Frank Hicknell. Haying is almost finished at Winthro and the wheat is coming on fast. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chesney of Kippen have returned home after visiting ;friends. . . and relatives in the Canadian west, Mr. and Mrs, Grant Love, nee Olive Cooper of Caro Mich., entertained their relatives to a turkey dinner at the Clinton' Hotel. i F s n accompanied: b • Miss Jessie' play oY Mrs. Thelma Wright, Mrs. Elva Ellis:. and Miss Alberta Wildfong of Elmira, are on a motor tour. to Manitoba going as far as s Winnipeg. Flight Lieut: Frank Golding who has served with the R;C.A.F, in England for three years, has been posted to ,air force head quarters in Ottawa. q BeIiind.the scenes by Keith Ro;ulston Thegoodpeople of Canada �. p P They say there are two ways of looking at a half glass of water. The optimist will say it's half fell. The pessimist will say it's half empty. Much the same analogy can apply these days to the Vietnamese boat people situation. You can take Your choice.. whether you_,choose to see the good.things about mankind that have been brought out by the crisis, or the bad. ' • The good and bad start .right: here at home. A Toronto newspaper last week visited a small town northwest of the city and talked to people along main street about their feelings about the boat people situation and Canada's part in ,it all. The, reaction to the call of some Canadians to put forward a tremendous• rescue effort was almost totally negative. Some people said they weren't really refugees .at all.. Others said it was up to others, not us to do something. Nearly everyone was against the government's policy to bring as many of the boat people here as possible. They nearly all made the same claim: we should look after our own people_ first and now with unemployment so high was ne, time to be bleeding hearts. The exceptions; the people in favour of Canada doing something to help, were nearly all immigrants themselves. People: who have found Canada a place to escape P. the inequities and terror of other parts of. out, I'll bet it's ,a longtime since there were that many people at any other, meeting called by the mayor. Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver have all, been outdoing each other in pledging to take refugees. (Not Toronto you'll note.) People in small towns all over Canada have been organizing, raising money and bring- ing in ring-ing'in refugee families. Thechurcheshave been in the forefront of the activity, proving they are still an important moral force in our society. (This though many of the staunchest opponents of the rescue effort have been churchgoers). Former prime minister Trudeau has criticized the government for adopting a matching policy whereby it Will :support one refugee family for ,every one on a P P rivate sponsorship. He 'says the whole thing should be done by the government, l . think the ;government is right. Canadians need the challenge, Far better to have this rdscuc mission led' by the ordinary people than just another government program. There will be more support for the refugees if the strength of the grassroots, not the top. And at a time when Canadians' had . self-centred it has become frighteningly been a relief to seethe hearty response by to many, The good and bad of Course is evident elsewhere. The bad inherent in mankind .is shown by the Vietnamese authorities who the world.. These people feel the oppor- tunities should be given to others in trouble.. 1'd like to think that our own towns here in Huron county are different than ;that town. Unfortunately, I'm sure that, a visiting reporter could find plenty of negativism here too, 'And' it isn't limited to small townsby any means. Perhaps the most startling commentary on the bigotry under the. surface in Canada came in Toronto where a _ ' Liberal MP held a press conference to urge. the government to. increase 'its quota of refugees and received one congratulatory telegram, one abusive phone call and two death threats. When thef3 overnment didannounce it would up its quota of refugees a Conserv- ative MP in Toronto received 24 calls, all against the decision and many abusive and racist. One letter to the editor I read suggested the whole boat people situation was just a plan by the Chinese and. Vietnamese to spread oriental influence throughout the world,, How very, very sad! , But it's the positive side to the situation that I find more ,important. That is the; tremendous response ordinary. Canadians have made to helping save boat People. A meeting was called by the Mayor of Ottawa for people interested i `-` boat p n heti pngthebt people and more than 2000 people turned ai be e though they claimed to the persecuted duringlong the Vietnamese war, now are anxious to persecute others. But the will of mankind to survive, the bravery ofa PpeoPple is shown by the willingness of the boat ele to risk their lives against alt odds to Po P h:.. take the little boats and sail away from their homeland goodnesspeople 'of the.tat ho in o find' a new life: P Thep eop le is also shown by the fact that the boat people who have come ,hereave worked so hard' iii ckl h r dt to q c y be self sufficient. And` the goodness has g n been wi , ,.. b n sho n n to the number of people who have come to Canada in the last 30 Years: who quietly went out and sponsored, a family, not to be heroic but simply to repay the debt they felt they had for finding a: new life here. My own regard for American singer Joan Baez has grown 'tremendously through all this. She was an early opponent of the 11.6. involvement in Vietnam, long before it' became fashionable to protest the war. But. now she has come butstrongly against the Vietnamese governrtient for its inhuman actions while many of the others of the protest years are, still so 8 hun upin their . left-wing polities that they call her a traitor. They are the traitors td mankind just as the bigots who don't want Canada .to get involved are traitors to their own religion and the spirit of their country. Joan Baez is a symbol of the good, like the thousands of Canadians Workingto Save the boat ley Thank God for the