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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-08-09, Page 2.77 Since Ili80. Serving the Community Fir $ Published at SE,ti,FORTH, QNTARLQevery "T'hur'sdayta►o irl:: by M,eLEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS 1,11,1:. ANPREW 'ir. McLEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE, Editor ALICE GIBB. News Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Associaton Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associaton and Audit Bttreau.elCirculation Subscription Rates. Canacalin: advance/ s13.00 -a Year outside Canada lin adxance/,$25,00 a Year SINGLE COPIES -3Q -CENTS EACH second Class Mail Registration Number 069.6 Telephone 527.0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 9, 1979 Tough guidelines good The new federal Conservative government has announced tough conflict of interest guidelines for cabinet members and senior staff. And we say good for, them; The new rules that will govern the financial affairs; of Canada's top leaders are an attempt to give the public confidence that the public, not self, interest.. is the top priority with those who govern us. The rules are an attempt to cut public cynicism about wheeler dealing in high places and they ought .to; do just that. Those at the topin government have many chances, because of inside knowledge to putting it bluntly make a personal financial killing. Joe Clark's guidelines, tougher than those which were in force for then Trudeau cabinet, seek to prevent that, They also prohibit a minister from giving: preferential treatment on any official matter' to a relative, friend or organization in, which they have; an interest. Confli t at. interest legislation is always tough to enforce. It's especialltricky in a small town where council' members are 'also. people; who do business with the town :and may have close friends and: relatives who work for the municipality, Seaforth council hada discussion not long ago and concluded that' conflict of interest provisions in theOntarioMunicipal Act were almost impossible to understand, let alone enforce. - Council was probably rightand the Ontario provisions could do w%th a re -stating and simplifying. A concise and clear preferential treatment.. clause, like 'thee cabinet: ;one, Would be a good place to start. Seaforth councillors deservecredit for the careful way they try to indicate conflict of interest. Several al councillors have had conflicts and. t r announced` them. at recent'' meetings. it's now partof council procedure that council members with a conflict of interest leave the room durin . 9 discussion ofthe matter in which -theyare involved. That's good. + The public has to be assured, at the local level here in S aafor h as well as in the national government at Ottawa, that-publac good not privategain, is what thepeople we elect are Dworkin for around those 9 longmeeting tables. • Isworthit? Between the years 1967' and 1977,38 Ontario children were killed in w School bus accidents. In that same ten' earperiod,2,172 suffered Y 'personal. injuries mostly caused by poor bus design and faulty equipment, . • According din9 toa'spokesman for theOntario Association of School. Business Officia s plansof Officialt, the federal department' of transport to improve the ' safety of school buses..would be an expensive p Y and unnecessary'` change. Among; these proposals would be higher seatbacks with increased •,...back padding, stronger body.Ioints andprotective cages a and ` gasoline ro .n o netanks,, These alterations wouid cost $1 200 and'. $2,000 for each bus, Ottawa backed awafrom theimprovement program last fail and wrll likely e under similar pressure when this matter comes forward again:; It's ironic that in the Year Of The Child, we are prepared to trade a few dead and injured children for some questionable savingsin school. board :budgets, An official of the Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federation looks at a "''double standard", - one for the automobile and another for school. buses, as unacceptable and should not be tolerated. With each succeeding accident dent involving a school bus, the alibis for inaction become weaker, Over 600,000 children r yen travel.this.wa Iway dayof the school year. Whatis their safety worth? Y.. tYThe problems, are known and technologY for their solutionis availabe, 'St. Marys, Journal Argus o the editor: .. b � r. SDHS with S DHS Planliason aso This letter is to inform the parents of any highschool students at Seaforth; a small committee'•of interested pparents has been formed to be a iiaison between the school and parents. (have talked to various people who have. expressed a concern or commented on a suggestion for our high school. They have all thought that one person can accomplish. nothingbut a dedicated u who have group the best interest of our children at ,heart, can make their voice heard. We would like a few more inembers who will help in :this movement and also we would like inputinto our meetings. If you have a concern or some helpful comment or suggestion feel free to contact me at home, 527-0282, or write to me very .soon. We hope to have our first, meeting at the end of August or early September. I would like to acknowledge the late Mrs. Dinah Sills for giving me enough thoughts g about i this subject to make me take the action. Thank you. Mrs: Betty Beuttenmiller, Seaforth, 527-0282 Honk!! AUGUST 8, 1879 At a congregation meeting held in the Presbyterian church, it was decided to proceed with the•erection of a. new manse for the minister, as soon as practical. `Almost everyone is aware that D.D. Wilson's egg packing establishment Seaforth is the most extensive of the kind in Ontario, but very few have any eonception of the extent of the premises, the facilities employed, the'number of men engaged and the capital involved in the enterprise,: Seven wagons are kept constantly on the road during the gathering season. Rev. A: McDonald • and Messrs. J.C. Laidlaw and Hugh Root left for a trip on the lakes:. ' The old sidewalk leading;to Egniondville . is being torn up and a new one erected in its The spring wheat in this section will be about half a crop, The Midge and Hession fly have donemuch damage to the crop. The old station house has not yet been• Butter is: a drug on themarket and store keepers only ::buy it because they have to.. Henry Shaffer of Kip Pen ' as just erected a h:• J very comm.odius store. The Messrs. Hoff- , ,man: of Seaforth have leased the store. Seaforth police will S_uen; havei the ttse :t ;roadside :breathalizers. This, week ,the Expositor asked people if they th get drinking aed driving was a: problem I ttgally and if the new equipment might help, to alleviate such a problem.. These is "certainly a problem" accord, ing to John O'Leary of R.R. 2, Staffs, who thinks that drinking and driving is the cause of a large number of accidents but it isn't proven. Mr, O'Leary said that anything will help but he doesn't know if the roadside test is the answer. He thought that it might make ,a few drivers think, before they take that extra two: or three, drinks Mrs,. Reg Aubin of :R,R, 2, Seaforth, thinks the test is a good idea because we• "have to do something." Asked if drinking drivers were a problem, Mrs. Aubin said that anyone would doit on certain. occasions, but it is a problem,. . The problem is not badaround here, according to Mrs: Tom Barry of Seaforth who said "there are worse places." She does think that we need the roadside test because lives are in danger when people drink and drive. People have to learn . to handle their drinking at dances and parties according to Mrs, James knights of "Egmondville. She. says there is. a problem in some cases and that "it doesn't hurt" to take a breathalizer test. 747-77,7, and driving a local`pirobleaie? There is deanitely a drinking, and striving problem in the area Accordin. g to Mrs. Harry Rapson of R.R. 4, Walton who thinks: the test is a good idea, Mrs- Doug Wallace of R.R. 4, Seaforth. shared Mrs. Rapson's opinion and said, "if People are going to drink and drive we should have the roadside test." Although Mrs. L.J. Hunt- of Varna hall never had any problem with drinking drivers personally she said that there does; "seemto be a problem,'" She says the number of beer bottles littered on the side, of the ,road is a good indicator of the problem. She thinksdrnlunt:end driving: must contribute to people speeding, through Varna at all hours of the day and. night. She thinks the chances of having a roadside test might make drivers' "stop and think twice:" L1'rrinking and driving isdefinitely a, problem and is probably the cause of many accidents" commented Mrs. Charles, Roney of R.R. 2, Dublin. She says that; we need to do something but is not too sure of the value of the roadside test as it depends. what time checks are. made, She thinks that there is a tendency for the law to. "shut their eyes when the older folks are going, home from beverage houses" and that they "get the young people." Mrs. Roney does not think that the young people are always at fault because they are -"`just following examples." Advertising Is accepted on trio corditlon that in the event of a typographical error the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with reasonable allowance: for signature, will not: be charged for but the balance of the, advertisement will be paid. for at the applicablerate. While every effort will be mode to insure they are handled with care, the publisher cannot be responsible for, ;the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photos. • $ear spotted south of Winthrop in 19.04: The people of Bayfield now have a good prospect ect of railwa communication with P P Y the outer world. Mr. Wilkes ofthe fire of Waterous: & Co, 1.. was in town for the purpose of viewing the land, so •a s to be able to give an estimate of the cost of establishing here suitable fire protectibn using the Waterous systema T 'AU U 12,.1904 GS Isaac Jarrott of Kippen'who is always in the lead with farnjecs was the first to deliver wheat to the grain warehouse. . James, the yoking son of Isaac Jarrott met •with a painful accident. While riding on; a: i wagon he fell off with the result 'that one of, his arms..was broken: The cement foundations of lt. M, .cLean's new barn is now completed at ;Kippen.. Messrs.:Henry Taylor and McDonald have the contract for the brick work for the Queen's Hotel at .Hensall: . i a 'Harvest is pow in full Swing at Walton, and the steam whistle is again heard throughout 'flj , land. ,. I . is notof'' t ten in: hese days that we are Visited byany ofthe old time a ti e mon ,chs of the forest an.d the: appearance of` one in a neighbourhood, is an occasion.for quite an excitement. This was the case when a bear was seen in 'Winthrop. Chas: Dolmage saw Sug...rand spice - :By'BiIISmiley Almost every day in the summer I drop in at The Oasis, as 1 think of it. I know, I know. Nasty -minded readers are already thinking it's some kind of watering -hole for dry old Bill Sinilny. One Of those air-conditioned bars that are so dark you can't•sed a thing for five minutes and have to Count your change by the Braille: syste ri. Not so. 1 strongiydislike those joints.' vlost of them are dark and dirty and stink. They have a fewpoor, lonely souls who have nowhere else to go, and very oftena construction,,gang or a road gang, noisy and beer -swilling and profane,' sousing it up on the company's time. Nope. 1 avoid those places like the plague: The Oasis is nothirig like that. it doesn't have a braying television . set, foul-mouthed roisterers and cold -eyed •waitresses. gilt's PP just the opposite. True, it is air-conditioned, But not. the kind that makes you wish yogi were wearing a fur coat after five minutes: two a little distance south of the village. e is advertising for The Bank of Commerc , , rt g of t the new bank tenders. for the:erection. building: it is putting up .on the property it recently purchased on Main St. James .Dick has purchased hhe:lot on`Mainr• St:• north, of J.A. 'Stewarts blacksmith shop. Harry Gibb of town met with: a painful; accident. He was doing•,some work with an. ax when' it slipped ;and :cut his right foot, Finlay Ross has: sold his house on John. St. to Wm.:Burchill for 5900.00., AUGUST 9, 1929 Mrs. John Campbell of Winthrop fell Own and fractured her ribs. Wm. Fairburn who had been working with a threshing Machine had the misfortune to get his arm caught in the cutting box makiiing, a gash:: W. Rapier). of. Manle Y P has com ,leted, the two cement bridges at 'lots 1;0: and; 18, ., concession. 3 McKillop. W.H. Sholdice's mail route has been extended five miles more, to help the patrons get their mail, at their gate. 1 Miss Barbara Simpson of Tuckersmith has been appointed teacher of the School section No. 4 Hibbert. Miss: -:Eleanor Snider organist and choir leader of Egmondville church has completed her examinations for piano, , J.M. Eckert is busthreshing! fall Y wheat and reports the cropgood in this district. . pct Kenneth Ashton of Gorrie has been engaged: as Principal of Blyth Public School. • Mr. and Mrs W.A Crich; Mr VV.J., Beattie and Miss Ethel and, Miss Florence. Beattie have returnedfroma tt verypleasant boatripMackinaw.-. .. t to _ AUGUST '`13,..1954" I,iical•. Bell Telephone : employees . enter- tained Mrs. Evelyn Cardno 'in honor of 21 years of service as an operator with the company. The evening was spent in games and contests withMa iss Ruston M ry. winning the prize. ' Miss Camino .. was presented with apen and.pencil setb `e Pr y th chief operator Miss Margaret Hudson. Fire completely destroyed a. frame' imple- ment shop in Egmondville and: a few hours caused major 'damage -to an: adjoining;. residence owned by John Blue. Ed Hunt celebrated his 90th birthday. Born in: Exeter; heresided in Seaforth for a: number of, years before moving to his farm in• McKillop 51 years ago.- ' Construction began this week on the first` phase of the $15,000 construction `PB ro ram of the Seaforth Cooperative, when footings. were poured for a new feed mill. • Oasis in the desert of life And true, it is net brightly lighted. But thereis enough light to see what you are imbibing; count your change without using: your fingertips, and read - a book or •a newspaper. And that's. exactly what'I do there, and. why I think of •it as The Oasis.'' It's a charming little place to stop and refresh oneself,, to cool out and meditate a,bit, 'and gossip andjust plain, sip, beforre plunging back"Out into the desert of life. What. The: Oasis provides for the wandering bedouins who stop there is a little peace and quiet. It has none of the plastic jazz of the chain 'hamburger and submarine joints. But it has a number of the things those places can never offer: charm, friendliness,good manners, courtesy. The customers are not made to feel that the management is doing them a favour by Serving them. They are greeted warmly, they are. served quickly and efficiently,and they are thanked graciously when they leave, even though they've Spent only thirty cents and triften up a seat for half an hour. How many public places to eat and drink are there .like that in this country? You could count them without taking your socks. off. Sure, we have fancy restaurants in this country where you can pay 550 for a so-so dinner for two, and be patronized by the wine waiter. And we have eleventy-seven thousand snack bars and: lunch bars' and grills where everythig taStes the, same. But we have scarcely any P laced like The Oasis, it's not much sical .•Ju ,phy ly stahalf dozen or so tables'inhe back' to a store. Very much like the sort of tearoom you. can stilt find in England, if you get off the beaten track. The menu varies little, but there's a. good�P jour, soup du good coffee and hot tea, g fresh -made sandwiches, and a lot of .. goodies that arebaddies•for the many little old ladies and all the vulnerable young ladies who frequent it: home-made pies, P , butter tarts, muffins loaded with calories. Part of the fun,for me, is sitting there. Behind the scenes by Keith ROUlston' Pardon my ciil old . he but new cliches are gettingasscarce ashens' teeth. You hear a lot of talk these days about how difficult it is for oilmen' t o find new, supplies of oil to keep our energy hungry $rY world going. If -they think that's tough, they should be on the search writers have for something ., .new arid .different to say. There's no greater insult one can ive a writer than to say he or she fills their work with tired hackneyed cliches. It's , y t telling. the writer that there is li ' til tins nation in the Writing, that everything' is borrowed from somewhere else. The trouble. la it's getting harder and aider to find something eth ng new and: fresh to ,write about, There is only so much new under the sun. Most things in our world. take place in an endless cycle. People are born', grow up, fall in love, marry, have children and eventually die. There are times andbadi. good Umes, happiness and sadness, war and peace. Any one of those conditions has ;.been dealt with several millionimes bywriters from Shakespeare. to Arthur Hailey. Write about them again and you're either running the riskrof being told you have nothing new to say or you have to find some new to angle write about. g me Recently one writer desperate for originality created a novel about Siamese twins who g tea "ed to two, different men get along with appropriate ria e accounts s of their love lives. How about a love story about the worlds first two test tube babies, one Male New cliches are hardto find and one female who fall in_ love, settle down and start their'o'wn little: test tube? Coring up with somethings new to saY y in a world with a finite number' of new things has always been a problem of course. Every time somebody writes a story it means one less topic to deal with for the next writer who comes along. With each generation that passes the next generation is that much harder to find setnething fresh to write about. But •the 20tH' centuryhas s seceded up the process,' tO a dizzying. extent. New technology has increased the number of books in print. Radio and movies increased the t"ioimber• of stories being written and recorded. And today we have the hungry glint cif television which gobbles up as 'many stories in a week as were written and published in a century up until our own. If you want tO be an inventive writer these days you either have to find something: out of this world to write about like science fiction or you have to spend, about two yeats reseatching to find out if anybody else has tome up with your idea before you. Ifthey `haven't when you begin that research, chances are somebody'll have Written about it by the time you finish. I think that's why there`s be ' n so much attention paid tb thingS like gay liberation recently. It opened a new line of story telling and everybody rushed to get in on the action, to write something fresh, Of course only about the Story was fresh. Y After that we had the Same cliches about normal people being regenerated: about homosexuals. There was -love, rejection, jealousy and hate all played out again just • as in 'a 1940's movie, It's not just individual story situations that are now cliches but whole kinds of stories. Over the years 'every combination and permutation of story possibility has been so repeated .in western movies that now the Western movie is 9 cliche. live read or watched so many 'stories' about the loneliness of livingin an isolated farm- house on the prairies that if rl never see another one it will be too sdbn. z' An acquaintance on attending a perforin. (Continued on Page 3) • getting jolt from my coffee and. listening, in.. "Just: a pot of tea, thanks. Well, what are you going to have, Ida? You, are? ,Well, what kind do you have? Well; maybe just a. square of pineapple cake. And, justone butter tart to get started on." Arid half •an hour later, those the gentle ;ladies :are walking out with about six hundred calories .. they didn't need. Each.;, Even when The Oasis is busy, there is no sweat. harking n of orders.:. No : getting Bg 8. cross. There's time to laugh and joke with, old ne customers, bepleasant to : new ones, andk ma a sure 'nobody is y being neglected. I've watched tourists come in, a little uneasy because they're not used to such informality. They tentatively order soup • and a sandwich, find them excellent, wind up with a whacking eking great piece of pie, pay a modest' bill, and go out looking as though. • the couldn't n' t believe what had happened to 'them. It's a place that brings out the decency in people. Seating is limited. The other day, four people walked in and there wasn't a • table for four. A young couple, with a babe in arms, offered to move to a table for two that had just been vacated, transferring their food, utensils and baby. The new -comers were so shocked they could scarcely say thanks, • e Very often, The Ticket -Seller is there. He sells tickets on every lottery' you've ever heard of. He loves children and jokes and talks to the little u a in The 'Oasis. He drinks $ Y . .. a coffee, displays his tickets, usually selling; one or two, and hits the street. The Columnist observes. Two teenagers grab a:. table, The Columnist listens. "So, I said to him, not on your life." Giggles, "So, guess what he says?" Giggles, And so on. Despite what my wife thinks, I am not enamoured of the lady who runs The Oasts, thou h she does have a beautiful 13 ti face, figure and Welk, In fact, she doesn't Walk. She sashays.. I am i . . t n love with a littleie place of sanity, sense and serenity in this increasingly ugly votld� '