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EAFORTH ONTARIO, AUGUST 23,- 1979.)
Rethinking' E4.lt decision
It's , unfortunate that the lengthy. statement in. connection with
Seaforth's area fire board problems, which Seaforth council endorsed
unaimously and which appeared in last week's. issue, had not been
released when Seaforth's dispute with its neighbours began.
Had the statement been issued then it WoUld have been useful as a
basis for a rationaldisCusSion of the issues. Perhaps, much of the
confution, the secrecy, the animosity that unfortunately has developed
could have been avoided.
Despite the length of the• statement, many questions troubling
ratepayers, both in Seaforth and. in neighbouring municipalities,
remain unanswered.
What must come first is the degree of Protection that is provided by
each tax dollar. Ratepayers in Seaforth should know what it is going to
cost to establish and equip a new fire brigade in a manner that will
meet insurance underwriting standards and based on firm quotes:.
With steadily increasing costs it would be Wishful thinking to believe• '
that this amount could be much lesS lhan the valuethat has been
placed on the existing equipment, something over $100,000.
. While It may be said that the, town.' can easily absorb the costs
'Involved in establishing it'S own brigade without creating a lax
•burden;ls it common senselo spend tax dollars to duplicate an already
existing %service?' Perhaps the tax dollars could be better emplciyed in
other ways or evenas tax reductions, At the same :the added costs
which the rural municipalities inevitably would .face if Seaforth goes it
alone might piompt a further look, on their part, at some of the matters
in dispute.
Seaforth bases it's decision tocut it's ties with the FAB on what it
describes as four problem areas,
None of the four problem areas, While perhaps contentious and
troublesome at times, is basic to the board's prime resonsibility - that
, .of providing fire protection as economically as possible.
None of these problems would appear to be insurmountable to
reasonable people deterrnined to provirie an essential service to the
• . people they are elected to serve.
All should be negotiable but unfortunately Seaforth ha indicated it -
will not negotiate. -If members of the board, or some of them, refuse to
negotiate, surely the board could at least agree to name a mediator and
to accept his or her findings. Surely there still is time for corninon
sense to 'prevail. •
The tax dollar and .what needless duplicatiori can do it is important
but what seems to us even more important is the animosity and
resentment being dreated between town and country. The result of
'Seaforth 'sdecision to go it alone may well be a legacy of urban -rural ill
• feeling that will be -felt for years, and Which can have a costly effect
Seaforth's economy that will be many times the dollars that now are in
dispute. •
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Farewell to .a fighter
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Whatever your political beliefs, one can't deny that John George
Diefenbaker,was a very special Canadian. a man who helpedto'shape
the country we know today. . '
Whether or not we mourn the loss of John 'Diefenbaker the
politician, we can tritium the loss of a fighter -a man whose indomitable
spirit and an unfailing belief in Canadian unity prevailed throughout
the 39 years he seriied in Parliament. ''
If we, as Canadians, are to realize the goals that .John 'Diefenbaker
challenged us to rneet„, it will be with the samequalities that brought
him to the prime minister's office and which kept him in politi9s:109 Behind the scenes
after other men would have retired toi the Sidelines.
Whether or not we remernber John Diefenbaker as an outstanding • by Keith Rouiston
criminal lawyer; as the prime minister Who swept into office with the
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ANTIQUE AND ART—The work of the Central Ontario Artists'
Association is on display -at the Van Egmond home in Egmondville until
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How, wiii you remember John Piefenbakerl
John George Diefenbaker, affectionately
known sis "The Chief," Was a man who
devoted his life to his country and her
people. It deesn't Come as surprise, then,
that Seaforth and area residents have
expressed the ConvietiOn that be was
"geed Malt." This week, Our questiOn was,
"How tr411 you remerabet Jetin, rtiefen.
baker?"
"The only time / ever artW bilnlvas at
the plowing match in Sebringville" said
Mrs. John McCowntof 17 Ann, St,. "I think
he was a champion of the ordinary
person."'
*1 always liked him. I thought fla was
really friendly man," said Mrs. Owe
K.ing of 67 Ord St., "I'd say he Was a good
man for Canada.. ,he always finished what
he started."
-Well, you eoltidn't forget old John,
really," said Orval Cooper of R. R. #2,
Kippen, "All Ican say about him is that he
was eager for the future.'" He wanted to go
into the future rather than dwell on the
past andithe present, said Mr. Cooper.
"When you, read or look at his past, that
will tel you tbat he wit*9 .good-livittgl
man,"
Mrs. George Addison of 137 James St,
said that she would remember John
Diefenbaker "as Mart man. He was a
good man for the e9untrY, better than some
of them you can find now."
Mrs. Lewis Corte of 43 Ann St. said.,
think he was,a StrOng-willed Man, and yet
he was gentle.'
"I remember John as a strong politi.
don," said her hasharrd, "He was a
wonderful num to inquire into the
opposition, ,he always kept them on their
Oes. He was a good, tattiest mem"'
"He was just an all-round good man,"
said Mrs. Emmerson Coleman, of fi. R. #3,
Seaforth, 'We wasn't what some •of the
other ones, are. He was good for
everybody."
Mrs. Mel Brady of 6.5 James St. said, "I
think he's bad a good life. think the years
improved Mm. He kept a SenSe ofhumour
for a long time. I think he was all for
Canada," she said, "Maybe we need More
ofthat,"
To the editor:
A Tribute
• Sometimes in a lifetime, someone comes
into the world to make it a better place.
just a small bit of joy appears in the
knowledge of that person making one
•realize that it is after all, God's world. All
• the sweet. attributes were foldedinto that
personality. Here we came to know, love,
• honour and respect her. Seaforth was and
is such a place, that was enriched by such a
life. A noble gentlewoman, She lived
through hard times and •good, and her
ever ready ear and heart were even to all,
anytime, She- was a tremendous influenee
for good in our community, an example to
follow and cherish forever. All this
eombined with a ready laugh and a keen
sense of •humour. Outspoken and
courageous in defense ()flier beliefs, for
the under dog as well as. those more richly
• blessed. A tower Of .strength. for all of the
town, as well as her many friends+ She
loved everything and everyone, and truly
lived her life as Christ asks us to de. We
will miss her keenly, but know that she
went to her reward having lived the best
she could, each and every passing hour of
her life, which she enjoyed t6 the fullest.
We are all richer for having known her and
know that we will try to emulate her, and
. be sothankful that there are others like
her, still with us, which make this old
"Vale of Team" very much worthwhile.
We all :levet' her, and it is only the
separation which causes any sorrow. So
then we say "Au Revoir" to this great
lady, We will meet her again one day. Such
a woman was, 011ie MacDonald, •. •
A Harpurhey resident
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Fire strikes Hullett twice
AUGUST 22, 1879 away from home. some peratins gained an
The driving' mare "Topay".! formerly entrance to the cellar and carried ciff some
owned; by Thos. Bell and M.Y. McLean. edibles. Mrs, Hays heard them and she
• Seaforth. has been sold by James McPhail; of lighted the lamps and this frighteped them
Mitchell to a party in Guelph. at a good away, although they ,prowled around for
figure. " Some time. GeoteWatt of • the Seaforth
The residence of Wm, Ballintyne, liquor Milling.Co. has purchased the residence on.•
licence . inspector for South Huron was Main St. belonging to Dr. Campbell. The
destroyed by 'fire. Mr. Ballintyne found a price,paid was 51,600.00.,
pile of straw which had been saturated in Old Wheat bids fair , to reach the. dollar
. coal oil. It was impossible to save the- mark again.
building. . John Walker of the Mill road. Tuckersittith
John Cameron of Teckersmith sowed a has one of the best fields of ensilage corn
field of fall :Wheat. This is the earliest we, that we have seen this year.
have heard of this year. - • G. Reeves has erected lightning contluq.
• Thos. McMichael of ffullett had this year ors on the barns and -dwelling house ofjolin
a yield of 115 bushels of wheat from two *Archibald.: .
acres. . The new cement hridge on the side road in
A few days ago a young son ofGavin Ross Usborne is finished also two on the Thames
of Rodgerville. 'aged 41(2 years went to see Roadare passable. •
thethreshers coming in from. work, vvlien a . Carrie M. Knight for the past three years
gate fell down on him and fractured his thigh a student at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute
bone. • has been winning glory for herself and for
AUGUST 19, 1904 " the Institute, Miss Knight ,Wrote the junior
• Fred Cardno of town left for Winnipeg and mathematics exam andhas taken the highest
intends trying his fortune in the west: standing of any pupil in the Province. • .
Seaforth' was visited by a severe 'electrical
and rain storm on Saturday afternoon, AUGUST 23, 1929 •
•' James Dick has presented:to the bowling Mr. Andrew Bell of Tuckersmith, pur-
club, a. handsome silver tankard to be chased a new trattor which he is now using
completed for by the members of the club. for ploughing fall wheat,
One night 'recently. while R.S. Hays was John C. Doig Tuckersmith and :now of
•,largest Majority in history; as a politician brought loW in defeat or as an
Old Warrior, steeped in hisown history, we can, reniernber him as a man
who loved his country. '
When the thousands of people filed through the Diefenbaker funeral
train on its journey west, the words "good, Mail" and "respect" were
heard again and again, eulogies delivered by the ordinary men and
women who came to say farewell to the chief'.
• John Diefenbaker was sometimes wrong in his judgements, and he
could, be stubborn In his viewpoints. But he was stilt a rare man -and his
'concern for other men will stand in Canada'S Bill of Rights, a
permanent legacy of otel3th, prime Minister.
T the editor:
Thanks employers
llenv thrie ilital Already we're nearing the use their time cOnstructively,
end of another summer. • 1The Student Offices will be operating
At this time we Would like to- extend a again from februssy to September in 1980.
Sincere "Thank You" for Using the We invite ,you to continue to make use a
aervices of the Canada Employment Centre ' our sercritet at that time. In the Meantime,
for Students, the regular Employment Centre is aVait.
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The Wert that you Wert ahle to provide able tn "n1P. )141 with your student
for the Many high school' and post7s4kOnd,,
y students We had on flio wilt help ;out
edOratiOnal testa fern** in the ha, Fut
moat snide*" the JO*, you protilded give
*en entintrageonat and the Indentive to
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YAti for your support.,
Yours Very thily
Stash HFrernan •
Student Plicetnent Ctitnitteller
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Smuttier is not the time for a summer
vacation around our houselMld. There's an
old house that needs constant attention so
it won't fall down. There are Several acres
• of weeds interspersed with a few vegeta-
bles struggling to serrive. There's a
theatre that always seems to occupy more
time than I should let it.
Sumnter vacations in our family usually
end up being rather brief, much as they are
needed. So when friends offered the
opportunity to get away for a few days on a
boat cruise up north it sounded like a great
idea: a vacation; that would be thOtt btit
entirely different from the usual routine,
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We sittitild have rerneMbered our traek
record with vacations. The last tittle we
took the whole family to a relatives cottage
it rained all week. Three titian children
inside a small eintage for a week in the rain
is not anybody's idea of it relaxing time,
Our Welt hadn't changed. The closer we got
a') the place where we were going to dock
the boat the cirserelouds crowded together,
By the time the boat was in the water it was
overcast. Late in the day it was raining, :it
rained sporadically all night long, all the
nest day and * good portion of the third
day, about until we were in sight of the
ramp to take the boat: out of the water
again. •
the . Detroit College of Law. received word . GOderich.
that he . had successfully passed his law
examinations.. He. also passed his civil
service examinations.
• The flee showers of last week at Kippen
have helped thecorn and the beans while the
harvesters are busy finishing the cutting and
• hauling ofgraii.
The work of, Witiog the school at 'Zurich.
has been . completed and after school
re -opens the lights ean be used on dull days.
• The work op the Township Hall at Staffa is
• progressing nicely under the management of
George Ttiffirw
Mrs. G. T. turribUll, who has been
spending the past two weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. J.R. Hillis has left on a trip
to .the coast.
Jack Archibald, who has been on the staff
of the Dominion Bank here„ has been
transferred to the new branch of that bank in
Woodatoek,
Fred Jackson has accepted, a positiion as
principal of Merrickville Continuation school
Messrs. W. Boi and Co: are making
• extensive improvements to the appearance
• of the frontof their furniture store on Main
St.
AUGUST 27, 1954
Tenders were called last week for the
erection of a new Huron County Court fiouse
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The death occurred in St Marys Hospital
London following a lengthy illness of Thos.
J. Moylon. life long and widely known
resident of McKillop Township. He was in
his 90th year.
Mrs. Joseph McConnell, Seaforth, will
preside at the seventh convention of the
Ontario Provincial Catholic Women's
League.
Fire struck twice within 3 days in Hullett
• Township, resulting in damage fof $20,000.
Large steel roofed barns, a new pig pen and
a new laying pen were destroyed on the farm
of Clifford Addison. An early meriting blaze
on Sunday destroyed a large 60 by 40 frame
barn on the farm of James Handy, also of
Miss Beth lloycl of McKillop, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Boyd, has been
.awatded a scholarship at the university of
Western Ontario. It is valued at $200.N.
Miss Catherine Campbell of McKillop has
been awarded a Provincial Honor certificate
arid selected for Easternbus trip.
Dr. E.A. McMaster, Paul McMaster,
James Scott and John Scott left for a weeks
• fishing in northern ONtario.
Miss Marion L d b has commence
training in St. Michaels Hospital School of
Nursing.
The inevitable vacation
In between we did relatively little of the
cruising that had been ,planned. A trip to
Georgian Bay was abandoned, Even the
huge ferry boat wasn't braving the
treacherous Bay. The inland waterway a of
the Trent -Severn canal system Were much
more peaceful, however, and we managed
to see a fair stretch of the upper end of the
system.
If there's an energy crisis they certainly
haven't heard about it up there. The
watetway is populated with boats that
measure More gallons per mile than miles
per gallon. During the time we were there
we saw Very few American vessels but ,
Canadians certainly clidn t seem too
worried about a lack or tost of energy.
Neither ate hard times Very much in
;evidence in tourist country. 'Besides the
beats that often cost as Much as a house
there were Mika upon Miles of cottages,
!second residences that would look like
Meant palaces ta people in many parts of
the world. The shores of the Canals- and
'lakes were lined almost without interriip-
'lion with cOttages. Multiply what we saw
by hundreds of lakes iO the cottage.
country north of Toronto and the inveit.
Ment in these parttime homes is rnind,inig
Mks* the tndst itnpreuiVel things itiOng
the way was the fantastic system of locks
that allows the boats to at, from one lake
system to anther of different water
heights. It's amazing to watch how quickly
the system allows boats to be lifted forty or
fifty feet in the airto.emerge on a new body
Of water. Perhaps most impressive of Sllis
the new marine railway at Big Chute. It's a
huge beast of a machine that can carry four
large cruisers or houseboats or a larger
number of small boats at a time. They
simply float onto the machine, the car lifts
them from the water using the power of
huge winches and takes the boats up (or
&mit) the hill to the neat body at water,
Sitting on board your boat during the trip is
better than arty Tide the C.N.E. has ba
offer. When Out of the water the railway
carrier is 15 or 20 feet in the air and
watching the ground disappear below as
you climb the hill does amazing things to
your stomach.
Just as amazing however is the cost.
Lord knows (and perhaps the Auditor
General) how Much it costs the panidian
taxpayer to operate that system each year,
Tho new marine railway must have cost
millions to build. It takes a half dozen
people to run, Each of the locks had a crew
of three or for. Yet the bt* rs using the
system could buy leek ss for three
dollars a day or nine dollars for six days. It
doesn't take a mathematical genius to see
the system isn't going to make a prOfit. Yet
it is maintained to help people vacation on
their boats costing from 510,000.00 to
$60,00.00 or more. The irony to me is that
many of the people who were on these
boats are from the upper middle chits that
complains about too- much gOvernzitent
- taxation taking ;Way from private initiative,
Also giving some cause for thought
along the way was the number of Asower
dams we passed at these locks. One at •
Swift Rapids we noticed had been built in
1917. les tiower output by 'today,
standards is miniscule but it's Still .
tanning, providing pmver every day to help'
• keep the city of Orillia lit up more than 60
years after it was built. Thattnuat be pretty
cheappOwer over the years. When one
toMparet it to the huge nuclear stations .
built at a cost of billions which wftI lase'
• MilliOns of dollars worth of uranium a year
Which will be worn out in lest than the
number of years thit plant hat been
pumping out power already (unless. of
°aurae, there bt a horrible accident to:
shorten itt life and the lives Of humans whin
• 'Wein the area) they can tee Asa the days.
When we could hairnet* Water pewee to
provide electricity sally *tete the good old
day*.