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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-11-01, Page 3A NEW BUSINESS IN CRICH BUILDING — Tom Papple sits at his desk at the rear of his new used furnititre store, The Tree Trunk, in front of the bake oven which was once an important part of the Crich Bakery. The • oven had been covered over since the 1920's, but Mr, Papple re -discovered it when making renovations for his new htfaineta. 4 op, , (Continued 'frcn IPage i .) 'training offiier. The recruit starts in a local, detachMeet, working With A training officer W manpower permits, and then spends 10 weeks on probatiox ! at the college,. if he's successful, he goes back to the local, detachment for more on-the-job training and, then back to the police college for the fipal five weeks- ' After an Pfficer has served five years, with, a force, he rehires to the college fee refresher training. Now while no police, officer can affordto become blase about his work, since that's, the very time the Unexpected can happen, the hazards of the job aren't all in -confrontation situations. After a few hclurs on patrol. I can understand when Censtable Akey points out _that "shortened hamstrings" are one of .the less Pleasant aspects of the job. Sitting in a car hour on end really isn't increasing anyone's fitness level. To compensate for this, many metro fOrces are already adding gymns in their' stations and providing regular exercise programs for staff. But in i j smaller clepartmen s, it's up to individual officers to stay in s ape for any situation. AT 12:30 a,m. onstable, Akey tickets a car parked illegally lacross the sidewalk, In a few more minutes, the hotels and dances will . start to empty, the time, pf night wbep police are most on guard., .About 35 minutes later, ;sitting on surveillance by the railroad track, a car goes by faster than necessary. We follow the rE,H1,1110,1414CP011110110 ti1MMINE* 1,0,1011 • "bigh flyer" through Egr4ndville, and the remarkably quiet ;night, ;although squealing, SAO atatien, and Constable NOY speed .pieks up. It looks as if the driver might tires sound in the distance *Vaal* leaving Just tutothor Saturday night • try to When, the 'police cruiser, but his tailpipe starts to drag And the highway iv coVered With mud from farm maChinery. tie Lionsgo, ignores the.lights, bet 4-5 soon, as., the .44,en pion 1980 carniva .spunds, he pulls over. His excuse for speeding -the female passengers should have been home half an hour ago. Constable Akey makes the usual, liceriSe number and name check and writes Out a speeding ticket After serne more patrolling, Constable, Akey checks in at the station with the other constable on doty, and completes the paperwork for the ticket. He admits it an unusually quiet night' "There's not even the level of activity we'd normally have." Later, when the car is back on the steets, :stolen pickup truck, without any plates, is repprted recovered in Gpderich. Since the car's mileage is low, and it's minus plates, it's obvious the truck is new, so Cpnstable Akey checks put both Ices of the local dealer selling that make of vehicle. Everything's in order and he radios back that the truck doesn't come from Seaforth. BY 2:a.m, most lights in, the town are out; and I find it's getting harder to keep up my end of the conVersationoostable Akey checks out another car, and pulls over to talk to a businessman closing up shop. By 3: am. I'm ready to call it a night. Constable Akey still has a few more hours of Patrol until the shift changes. It has been a To the editor: Special needs prograrn I have been conceifiedlecentlY .atiotit Oe, : negative attitudes of a few ratepayers of Tuckersmith TownShip regarding the new addition to the Recreation Complex at Vanastra, that appeared in our local ' II vl • ',-, 4:75'''' -'''' It is always^ most unfortunate whenfa new Nancy Martin and daughter Tracy sit behind the counter at Seatorttv's . project pertaining to the handicapped is rejected by a few pepple who I am sure dont ', new gift shop, This, That and The Other Thing at 77 Main Street, ' fidly understand thel curcemstances. Possibly MARTY'S PLACE Brian Flannigan, one of the partners in Marty's Place, shows some of the trophies and decals for the custom printing of T-shirts available in the store. (Expositor Photo) Beechwood School memories handicapped beyond the 12oun44ries.,:pf. Tuckersmitlevvnich brings me to the subject of ' Funding,' As an illustration lets look at ARC Industries which was built in the early 'Seventieswhen government funding was available for such projects. To day it is one of the best facilities of its kind. in Ontario. At that time it was funded through peop e wi in having worked as a board member and a the community, plus a lot of hard work and volunteer with handicapped persons- my public interest. At that time many people experience would be of some value to your said, "It couldn't be done". "It would never readers: • work." It did work because it was I would like to suggest to those in accomplished by people with a great concern opposition to this addition to consider for the handicapped and a great 'Faith.' themselves in a wheelchair at Vanastra Do we in Tuckersmith not , have this Recreation Centre any public building in concern and this Faith9 need of using washrooms only to find when i am sure this addition has been well you reach the door you and Your wheel chair researched by the Tuckersmith Council who can get no further. Consider the frustration. rve elected with confidence to run the affairs Or suppose you are a gentleman in a wheel of the township SO why in the name of chair. wanting to exercise in the pool (the common sense don't we let them go ahead only way to the pool in a wheelchair is with what they feel is best? through the ladies change room - so while The. complex at Vanastra has served its — the ladies hide you are rushed quickly purpose well, but like any growing business through this 'area. You would feel ern' a the present time isn't large enough to voluntary donations from the I •tlf Plans for the 1980 Seaforth Lions summer carnival were advanced last week when club rne,mberS met for their October dinner meeting in the gene. The carnival again will be based at Lions Park tar three nights, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 3, 4 and 5. On the following day Sunday, July 6 a tractor pull is scheduled for the agricultural park. Carnival •committee chairman Bill McLaughlin Said committees already are at work on program details to • ensure that the 1980 event will provide a program that will attract the many thousands who in former years have attended the Carnival. The Carnival will feature a parade on the, Saturday, July 5 he said. Making his official visit to the club district governor barassed wo Idn't ou ,Paddy Rumble of Palmerston paid tribute to efforts of the club during the 55 years, since it was founded- and for the contributions it had made to the community. He made particular reference to the Lions Park and Pool AO 'how It eontinued to sere succeeding generatione a.a result of the Lions effert4.- Introduced by past president Gordon Rimmet appreciation was expressed by Bill Hodgert. ,During the evening Keith Harmon, manager of the POSO! was introduced. by Elmer Larone who also won tbe dinner draw. • Reporting On the recent car club draw Stewart Coupland said net profits had ,amOunted to $3,708,18. Proceeds totalled $11,323.80 including ticket sales $8,750, bar $1,697.44, •illteresi $242.46 and bar tan& $633.90. Expenditures included Prizes $5,000.00, bar 51,634.20, lunch aid hall S484.0I and miscellaneous $197.41. • The Wintario draw which summer carnival netted w$ la545:.f5e2a.tulterw:f IlthisJoh yearsnst on, who headed the responsible committee told members. Admissions totalled 52290.70 and recciveries 5500.00. Expenses included entertainment $256, irio saWyd vnt eet an ir si 2111). oeSon2s4e3 95467 5., PA' John Cardno who heads the CNIB campaign committee said receipts were down S800 compared to last year at this time and urged members to participate. • • • N , faces• • . (Continued from Page 1) Although the couple certainy don't expect o get rich from the shop they hope business will gradually pick up as the Christmas season approaches. Ohand one Other advantage of This, That • and The Other Thing. Now Nancy Martin can go to the trade shows in Toronto, buy whatever catches her eye and then, according to her husband, "we can resell it in the stpre. MARTY'S PLACE Marty's Place, the third new Seaforth store, was opened on a part-time basis last spring by hairdresser Brian Flannigan, in the other half of the building ,which houses Brian's Hairstyling. The store sells custom printed T-shirts; team jackets and sweatert, sports trophies . and includes 'a pool table and pinball =chines. • Mr. Flannigan said he found himself with an empty Store on his hands and thought of offering something which would appeal to kids. He said despite the Opinion that pinball arcades cause problems, they. haven't had any trouble from customers using the machines. He said everyone from kids to adults comes in to play pinball. As the store becomes more established, Mr. Flannigan hopes to expand into u y . •• accommodate• all the needs. Any good• As a volunteer I haveseenthis happenbusiness person knows, you can't stand still These conditions wouldn't be tolerated by in business, You either go forwards or other members of our society andshouldn't backwards. • Ssig.isr &Spke • have to be tolerated by the handicapped for 1 feel sure if properly handled this addition • in the sight • of Goct an people are equal. It 'could be funded without going to the• by BM Stint y ain snorting gooas, annougn.ne points out a complete line Of sports equipment just isn't feasible in a town aforth's size. He is already carrying track suits, sweat shirts and other jogging equipment He • also stocks both men's and ladies' T-shirts, and will he adding T-dresseS to the Stock, The custom printing business will print anything the customer orders. "You name it, we'll • print it because you're going to have to wear it Mr Flannigan said, The store has both decals and letters in stock to be ironed on VS the shirts. Mr. Flannigan's partner in the business is Dennis McCauley, also of Seaforth. The store isn't open on a regular basis yet but eventually the owners hope to keep Marty's Place open from 10 a.m. to 8 or 9 p.m. at night • The re may stay Open until 10 or 41 p.m. on weekends. Mr. Flannigan said in addition to the T -Shirts and trophies, he would also like to establish an area for selling used sports equipment in •the store on a commission basis. Although he admits foot traffic in the area isn't as heavy as it is in the other end of town, Mr. Flannigan hopes construction of the new grocery store will bring more pedestrians to South Main Street • also upsets me to think there are people in taxpayers of Tuckersmith through taxes. At 1• • • • Tuckersmith who put the almighty dollar the present time priorty grants from the ahead of the needS of people, although I Province of Ontario are for the elderly and realize possibly this is due to lack of the handicapped because the government understandingrealizes that the most economical way to ... help these groups of people is to furnish I have learned several things while facilities to help themselves rather than volunteering during the recent Swinf-a-thon at Vanastra Recreation Pool. Firstly that institutions. which are extremely cost,. Because the needs of the handicapped are S430 of the S645 raised at the Swim-a-thon was raised by people who have taken part in shared by areas rather then small commune . ties, I don't see •fund raising as a great ' • d rin th I t ' Works grafi . These Peon e-ar-e -few Tuckersmith - residents •as appeared . . , . part in recently in our local papers. • the special needs program for the handl- problem providing the opportunity hasn't is offering to day to our school children. If we could have had Our winter roads plowed' and been bused to school, how comfortable - - • • (Continued from 'Page 2) • heart. She played , favourites and commanded the respect of every pupil in the school, She was the only lady that I ever saw wearing a hobble skirt. One day she wore such a skirt to school. When she came to the steps she could not make the - first step so she asked two of •the bigger girsl to assist her up. That was the last time she ever wore that kind of a skirt to schoOl. • Miss Pope was not a physically health y person and unfortunately she was among the first to succumb to the deadly onslaught of the 1918 flu. '• When we look back to our school days and consider now all that we were obliged to learn - lEnglish history we were expected to know the names ofevery king and queen of England, the dates of their reign, the battles fought during their life time etc., geography we had to know the continents of thei,voild the coUntries in each continent with then capital city and other large cities etc., the' industry of each country, its exports & imports, lakes, rivet, mountain ranges etc. There were seen or eight subjects that this teacher had to teach to eight different ctaSses. In Order to pass into • a higher class g pupil pass a Dept. of Education examination. I have in my pOssession a 1918 Entrance arithmetic examination paper. A couple of years ago I showed it to a university graduate and he said no way could he write that exaMination. Editor, what we were taillight has been quite beneficial to Us at tittles; may I ask you what is education? 1, personally think 'our school time tould have been used differently and put to better advantage instead of having to learn the geophysics of the countries in the world etc, Do you ever • a snow suit and a pair of skidoo boots would have felt instead of a pair of cow hide leather boots? The Flanagan kids had to walk three miles morning and evening to school and incidentally were almost the first there every day. To all of my school chums who are still living may I say we fought a good fight and came out of it with a geed strong physcially healthy body. To our deceased chums and their parents can we in the privacy of our homes say a few silent prayers for. the repose of their souls? Let us ask God in His Infinite Goodness to • be especially kind to them and may their think we ever cared who ruled Britain from souls and all the soult of the faithful departed rest in peace, •• Respectfully Leo L.Hicknell Box 11Z. New Liskeard cappedu g e as monthsfundedby a been destroyed by the comments of a very Canada willing and able to do their art in th financial support for these much needed Did you know that most common form of facilities. AU 22 employees from ARC handicap is aging which none of us escape? Industries who participated in Swim-a-thon It eould well be the ones who oppose the were able to partieipate for the full ten addition to the Recreation Centre at minutes. Vahastra 'most miglit be the ones who need it first.•••• • A few Years ago many' of these PeoPic In conclusion may I say I see no reason in • would have never even got in 'the water It faking a Tote as mentioned by some M our was interesting to me to learn that the top local papers. A vote is always costly, four Contestants raised $280 which represent,. achieves little and iS time consuming. That . a lot of sponsors and support. Most of them 250 people took part in the Special Needs had their sponsor sheets full which is 20 , program during the past months should be names. One had 30 names. all the answer that iS necessary. It might be interesting to you to know The need for the added facilities is there. 1 . these contestants were from Brussels, would presume mueh of the funds are r r es a were rom nice an longer will certainly be used in some other Lambton Counties as well as many other area which might not be in Huron County. areas of Huron Connty. . We have a good start in Tuckersmith I have special praise for all the children T w sh. qh the 1 d I • H Crediton, Grand Bend and Tuckersmith. availableth h d •f d 1 d e o t nts T th d't •• who swam so well.' One swimming 14 s...'ounty. Why riot be builders Mgether and o e e t or.• lenthS another 39 • widths and everyone show the • g v y • es . • ese c ren e • uy attending the ratepayers meeting on indeed must come from ca ring families. Monday, November 12, at 8 o'clock at where there is a concern for handicapped Vaiiastra Reereation Hall? ath een itmore • e handicapped people we really care Thank you ' • On behalf of the Red Cross and The Kinette Club of Clinton I would like to thank everyone in the area who came out to the Blood DOnor The res•onse to our lea- was over - e min as 229 units of blood were col- lected. . , • • wh 1 • ' Thank you to everyone who helped in anyway. Thank. y.ou to the Huron Expositor for your advertising. a k pV. Volunteer Chairperson booarty that eening , Wednesday, NoVeinber 7 is College Day. An oppor- tunity for all secondary people. The above information indicates to me that there is interest and concern for• Tuckersmith *W. 9 • • —11 ou re invite°. • You're invited to the 'November meeting of the Seaforth Nursery Schoui, on Tuesday Nov 6 at 8.00 rri M the lower library. There is the migration of nations to the 19th century? I wish to give great credit to our present Educaiton system but I think that the Dejit, of Education and our school boards are too lenient with our school teachers and should be more deManding. I started out Mentally visiting with my old school chums and ended up in a soliloquy on editcation. 1 could write muCh and compare the hardships that we had to endure to the many Utilities that the Dept. 4Noagarik, St. Clair, Centralia Agricultural college, Itidge, ;school students in Huron Some thing , , talon from participating col - County to get career inforni- kges. Location: Central Bur - 0 say„”' on SecondatySchoOl in Clin- ton. Time: 5.10 p.tn. Pres- by Susan White entations 7-10. Participants: Conestoga, VanshaWe. hi& haWk, Gedrge 'Brown, Hum, — bet% Georgian, Sir Sanford will appear next week Plenting, Sh,oidan, LambtoN • •"" town Agricultural and Un- iversity of Guelph (Diploma Agriculture Program.) Stud- entsparents teachers and cothiSellors weleoine, You're invited to Unit Meeting of Canadian Cancer Society, on Wed. NOv, 7th at 806 p m itt the library of Scaforth Public • School. Speaker to be Mts. Norienne MacDonald of St. Thomas, • Everyone welcome. ,The thitty-seeond annual Huron County 444 Achievement Night will be herd in the Central %iron Secondary School in Clinton, on Friday, November 9th4 commencing at 8:00 p.m, All Huron County 44f Agriettltural Club Mertibers 7:41&:1.7 ,q; who completed a pieject in 1979 will receiv their awards on thit otcasion, as *ell as those who have • reeented special trophies arid awards for their 1970 4- tlub work. c orrect • ion in the court report in last Week'S Huron Expositor a -name was isSed in error. The tOrtect name ni • Darlene • Simpson, The . positor regttts the error and any inconvenience it roily have Caused, What is so rare.as a day in October? Now that does not quite have the mellifluosity of poet JamesLowell 'Russell's famous. ' "What is so rare as a day in June?" But it •-• makes a lot more sense to a Canadian. A day in June? If s a zilch. Heat wave, , Mosquitoes, and the grass growing as though it ‘vere trying to reach the roOon. Twelve-hour day for the farmer. Water too cold for swimMing, except for kids. Wceding, the garden.' . Now a day in October is something eke. . Provided, of course; Ochiber-is-beitiVing. itself. Once in a decade, it becomes a little tired of being the finest month of the year and throws a tantrum, in the form of an early snowfall. But any month that combines Thanks- giving, Indian summer, duck shooting, last of the golf on lush fairway's, great rainbow trout fishing, and Northern Spy apples takea lot of beating ' Mornings are cool and often misty. By nine a.m., the high yellow sky is filtering, from an ineffably blue sky, through the madness of color, the breath taking palette that is this country's autumn foliage. „, There iS a sonnets on a fine October day that we get at no other time of the year, We can almost hear old Mother Earth grunt as she births the last of her bounty: squash and pumplcin and rich red apples that spurt with sweetness when you bite into their crisp. • Along with the sWeetnett and sunniness of October, there lurks a little sadness. We cling to each golden 'day, trying to forget what follows October, the ni1Mbness and dumbness and glumness of November, surely the lousiest month on the calendar. Thanksgiving is, in my mind, the finest holiday weekend of the vear, though it has lost much of its "holy clay" effete, and has become a bit of a gluttonous family minion, a last fling at the cottage, or a final go at the ducks, the fishing, and the golf. Perhaps we don't express it, ekcept in church and in editorials, but I honestly believe that. the, average Canadian . does give a taciturn "thanks God", at this time of year. Thanks for the bounty. Thanks for the freedom. Thanks for being alive in a great country at a great time of year. 1 know 1 do. October is so splendid, with its golden sun, its last brave flowers, its incredibly blue sky and water, its panorama of vivid ' colors in every patch of trees, its elear tit, • that every poor devil in t world Who has ir% never experienced it shod do SO once before he dies. Wt ettiadia s are the lucky ones, We see it iind smell and feel it every year, for a brid but glorious taste of the best in the world. , too 1 great Mare let the ittnirmet. Besides the traditional gut stuffing .of Wiley and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, there is a wealth of fresh produce that doesn't yet cost an arm and a leg, and hasn't degenerated into the sodden, artificially colored stuff we have to put up with in winter and early spring. Potatoes are firm and taste of the earth. . There are still a few golden peaches on the steeds. Apples are crisp and juicy, not like the wet tissue affairs we buy in January. • There are still lots of field tomatoes . -around, before the frost. Can anything be quite as delicious as an ice-cold tomato, right off the vine, eaten over the kitchen sink so you won't slobber all over yourself . in yeur greed? • Is there anything to beat a butternut Squash. halved and baked, with a big gob • of butter working its Way into the flesh? And there's always the chance of a Meal of fresh trout or roast duck. Though I Must admit that they are becoming scarcer all the time, thanks to that infernal invention,: the deep freezer, The sportsmen who used to drop around with the odd duck (the flying kind), or a fresh rainbow, are now socking them away in the freezer, and forgetting their old friends who has become a little too decrepit to crouch in a blind or wade to the bum in ice water. Sob. Hint. For the housewife, ' October is a re gearing for action, .The kids are out of the way, her summer tan is shot', so it's time for redecorating, joining organi- zations, buying some smart new clothes. And a great , chance,' With the earlier darkness, for hectoring the old Man, who can't escape to golf or sailing Or fishing, and is stuck with her evenings until the curling season begins. For the athlete. it's 'perhaps the finest time of year. The weather, is ideal for football, cross-country running, and still, fine enough for tennis and golf finals. Fer sport fans, thote adults who fantasize by watching large, strong, young men do the things they were never much good at themselves, WS a cornucopia of • goodies: football in full sWing, world series ditto, and the hockey season under way. Buttocks Will batten through October As millions of middle-aged males remain , firmly fixed before the idiot box most evenings and all weekend. You know, writing a eolumn like this it .freally asking for it. We had such glorious September We don't even need Indian' summer, By the time this appears in print, the: stearin! will probably be kiiee.deep fit snow, there won't be one ragged leaf left oro a tree, and the ducks and geese will have chosen a new flyway. octobeBut Irdo. n't care, Thset hi* 1 fed "heist '