The Huron Expositor, 1974-11-28, Page 2A.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 28, 1974
l' Are they ' n u is , ?_
After all our warnings of gloom and
meRt, Sure, they can try to do thin. gs
doom it is good to see a fairly lively
that will make life better in a town like
interest in next week's, election in
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ours, but all too often they'll find that
Seaforth and area. There are lively
their, good ideas can't be put into
contests on for council here and. in
action because it will cost too much,
neighbouring towns. Tuckersmith
or It will take co-operation with other
and Hibbert Townships both face an
municipalities that they can't get, or
election. Only in McKillop was the
provincial government agencies are
entire council returned - by
involved that either quash the project
acclamation.
altogether or to stall It interminably in
In face "of the threat of regional
red tape.
government it is good to be assured
Through all this they'll have one
that our citizens care enough to fight
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group
rou of citizens after them because
an election in order to keep the right
they're not doing enough; another
to run their own affairs at the town
group of citizens after them,because
and township level.
they're doing too much and taxes are
wTher-e.'•are some good candidates,
going up; and of course a few.
running 'in Seaforth and area. While
individuals who are screaming that '
we are not going to endorse one
not enough is, being done and the
candidate or another, we urge all
taxes are too high all at the same
voters to talk to the candidates or at
time.
least read about what they have to
- Those , councillors who are
say, before voting.
businessmen, (or women) will be
Would you hire- someone to spend
accused of using their office to fatten
your paycheck or your business•'
their own wallets by catering /to
money without even ani interview?
business needs: Those who aren't
No, of course you wouldn't and „we
businessmen, of course, will be
should look on local government in
accused of not knowing enough about
the same light. Unfortunately, no one
business to run the local government
in the Seaforth area has sponsored an
properly.
all -candidates meeting, hopefully that
Some people will spend so much
will come at the next election.
time on their public duties that their
We salute all those who are
own businesses or jobs will be
running for . office for their
hindered and they'll 'be criticized for
enthusiasm and self-sacrifice. In a
that. Others, thinking of .their main
Behind the Scenes column ' in the
occupation fjr'st, will be accused of not
Blyth Standard, the editor of that
spending enough... time on public
paper, Keith Rouston, wrote a
business..
comment on those--running•-for -office
They' -Il get flack from the press,,
in his village. It cgi9;ld apply to any
and the,Y'II get flack from their
municipal candidafes'and we reOrint
neighb'our's, and they get telephone
it with thanks W Keith Roulston and
calls at ail hours of the day or night
to them.
complaining about .pot holes in the
The Column says. under the
streets -and plugged drains and poor
heading "They've got to be nuts":
sidewalks or .street lights.
Well, I see we have seven nuts
They`ve got to be nuts, I tell you,
running for council in Blyth this year.
but thank goodness we have a few
Oh, don't get me wrong. I think all
nuts. around. Where would we be if
seven persons seeking ' off.ice are
we didn't? These people undoubtedly
intelligent, mature persons: that's
don't know ,exactly what they're
why I think they_ .m.ust be a bit off their
getting into, ;abut they probably are
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smart enough to'know it isn't going to
Why, i ask myself, do these people,
be any bed of roses. They know there
among the smartest our town has to
will be times they wish they'd lost the
. offer, want to lei themselves -in for
election. But they are cone erned
two years of hell? Were they beaten
enough abaut •what's going on to run
..as children, or just what makes them
for office because they think .they
like punishment so much 'they'd run
have something tg offer: their ideas,
for political office?,
their energy and their time.At least .
Some might claim they are power
853 others in Blyth either didn't feel
hungry, that they just love to make
they had anything .to offer, or said:
'decisions that affect hundreds of
"Aw let George do it" (and we see at
people. The people who say that don't
least one George is trying).
know much about government,
Yup, they've got to be a little nuts,
° especially at the local level. Anyone
but we should be eternally grateful
who goes into politics thinking he's
we h ave a few nuts like these around.
going to change the course :of history
And if they aren't nuts now, they will
is in for a big helping of disappoint-
be after a two-year term.
Miss Jessie McGregor of Tuckersmith,
Jo the Editor
.Trustees reject
loaded questions
Sir:
candidate cannot answer on such a
Along with other candidates for election
restricted basis. which coulO be subject to
to the Perth County Boarf Education, we
differing interpretations. A signed
have recently received a &tter signed by D.
questionair•e of this nature in the hands of a
Pratley - Chairman of the Economic ,
special interest pressure group could be
Committee of the Ontario Secondary
used to unditiv influetice an elected
School Teachers Federation, District 22
trustee. who must be free to act openly and
(Perth County, asking us to answer atad
decisively. .
sign a list o loaded questions on an
• We are shocked to find that a
"Agree - no opinion - or disagree basis".
committee of Secondary School teachers '
Included in -the covering letter was.a threat
would be naive enough' to expect a
that refusal to respond would be published
candidate to respond to such ill conceived
in the locality there by placing a candidate
questions under the. guise of creating
in an unfavourable position in the eyes of
interest in the election.
the electorate.
For some time we have' been distressed
Exampies of these questions are as
by the tactics and disregard of ethics of
follows: -
O,S.S.T.F. Economic committees in- their
(A( Since our board refuses to spend as
in
attempts to further improve the. financial
much per pupil as surrounding counties are
position and working conditions their
spending, our students are not receiving
teachers. BEcause of this latest attempt
the high quality of education that they
co-erceuture trustees, our opinion of
deserve.
these' committees has just 'sunk to a new
(B) Teachers, like most other employees,
low. Surely the time has arrived when the
deserve the right to negotiate 'the
rank and file members of the O.S.S.T.F.
conditions under which they are required
must more closely scrutinize the action and
to work,
ethics of their committees and,set up guide
(C) The Board has been negligent in its ,
lines within which}they ought to work.
funding of elementary education in our
Otherwise the Educational system will- be
coutity and most be prepared in the future
in real trouble.
to allocate greater funds to this cri't'ical area '
We thank you for the space in your paper
j bf out children's total., education.
to present our views.
(D) It is the responsibility of trustees,
Messrs. Charles and Malcolm Toms of
elected to the, Board, to dirdet the
Earl M. Oppenhauser
Administ'ratlon. on certain issues rather
'oh
C.E.Dearing
than be directed by the latter all issues.
Trustees of the Perth County Board
Thhse are quettibu #' that a responsible,
of F�ltrctrtion'.
In the. Years Agone,
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NOVEMBER 24th, 1899
Dr. Hotham of Constance Intends to
remain in the village as he has purchased a
piece ' of land and intends erecting a
dwelling in the spring:#
The village of Blake has a population
between 60 and 70 and there is one large
store, one hotel, and -one,of the largest
factories in the -township.
Robert Allen Jr. of Blake has purchased
a new King Bec sausage machine and is
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doing a rushing business,
Robert Charters of the Mill Road has a
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very .prolific cow. She is ten years old acrid
has given .birth to ten calves all of which
are living. The cow is a thoroughbred
Durham.
MI
E. Cash of town has shown tis an
interesting business relic . It was his cash
book with the Bank of Commerce for the
year •1865. He did a banking business of
$11,000 a month.` .
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Miss Jessie McGregor of Tuckersmith,
has a chrysanthemum which has 140
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flowers.
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NOVEMBER 28th, 1924
John Decker Sr. of Zurich has disposed
of his fine roadster mare to Wm. Sinclair of
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Kippen for $185.00.
Leaves fall in the autumn because they
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lack moisture and not as a result of frost,
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we are told by Dr. Ernest Bode in the
Scientific American.
The fowl supper at Cromarty was a large
a
success. Miss Jessie Alexander of Toronto
was the entertainer.
Messrs. Charles and Malcolm Toms of
Bayfield left for Port Maitland to engage in
fishing.
Stanley School was the scene of a happy
gathering when a box social was held. Geo.
Elliott disposed of . the dainty boxes and
they realized $80.00 which will pay, for an
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Silhouette
instrument for the school. '
A number of the friends of Miss Heieri
Roweliffe, London Road, gathered at her
home to, shower her on the eve of her
departure for Detroit.
Robert Bell and John Passmore have
•returned
Sugar and Spice
from a hunting trip in Northern
Ontario.
A very' old resident of Seat'o4 passed.-
assed;away
awayat her home on North Main St. in the
By BIM
' SiillLey
person of Mrs. , Richard Reid,' whose
maiden name was Eliza Grimoldby and was
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born ih England. Mrs.Wm. Trott of
Seaforth was a daughter.
Had to make a speech the other night to
Third 'is a good place to be. You can't. be
Mrs. Samuel Wallace, one of the few
remaining pioneer residentsdistrict
thisness
the honour students at our school. I say
accused bf'being a teacher's pet, as' we
passed away foTl'owing_.an illill of only
"had to", because, the vice-principal, who
called it,. or a "brown", as today's
three days from pneumonia. She was 88
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is six feet twelve., told me I was going to be
youngsters so bluntly label it. On the other ;
,.;years. old.
the guest speaker. I am five feet eight and
hand, you have proved that you�rtaa
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Geo..Fergusdrr of .Toron ,rs here to
a half, °
dummy. I've been running a comfortable
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celebrate the wedding an ky sa',ry of Mr. '
b How can you be a "guest" speaker when
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third ever since,
'and Mrs. B. Ferguson's 50th anniversary:
you work in the joint?
I was the third member in our family of
Quite' a number of the Waltonites
However, I done my best, as we say in
five. It was rather pleasant. I didn't have to
motored to Brussels to help -in the grand
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the -E partrnent.-Itwasn't much of
compete with my older brother and sister,
celebration of the re -opening of the
a Spee J t}t+?' remuj3eration was not
and I could bully any youfiger brother and
Methodist' Church.
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exactly prittoely', either.p�Zero.
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sister: -
When it came time to take our lumps in
lyfr. and Mrs. Ernest Radford of Walton,
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I abhor eakers at honour • nights who
have rented Miss Coleman's house. Mr.
get up the and praise the kids. and tell
e tr. y
the war, still ran a comfortable M
hIill f
Radford has an interest in the chopping
them to stick in there and fight and be
older brother chose to have himself blown
mill.
competitive, because that's what the world
up, rather spectacularly. My. young .
The smoker held in the club rooms of the
is all about.
brothers in a desperate attempt to get some
G'.W.V.A. was quite successful. Joe Eckert
I took rather a different line. I told
recognition, won a decoration for bravery,
and Scot Hawthorne carried off first prize;
them that being an honour student is
after being shot down in the English
'Channel. (T don't see what's so brave about
D.F.Buck won lone hands; and 'James
chiefly a matter of birth.Either 'you- are
born with some intelligence, in which case
that.) I went' quietly off to a prison camp,
Kennedy won the consolation.
you can walk through our school system, or
and emerged with three thousand dollars
• . NOVEMBER 25th, 1949
you "are born to a mother or father who
in back pay. They were both broke.
Firemen poured streams of water.- on the
makes you get off your lazy butt and do
There's -nothing wrong with being a
�7 building owned,by LO.O.F. and occupied
some work: In either case, it was an
third-place runner. I don't mind getting a
by the J.A.Baldwin Harhware store. Fire
accident, not something to sit around and
little mud in my face, as long as I finish in
broke out at 6:45 Monday evenin,and'f
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feel self-satisfied, about.
the money.
swept quickly through the '1yuiiding.
Both my kids were honour students, in
Now let's be serious for a moment. I'd
Damage was estimated at $25,000.
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Grade 9. And the boy could almost tie his
like to take a closer look .at the word
"honour".
Is a cherry tree in full leaf a sign of an
own shoelaces when he was 14, and -the
It, one of those abstract words
'winter. If it is, Joseph Chapman,
openP Ps
girl was still knocking over her glass of
that you hear less and less these days, as
RXI, Walton predicts little snow and
milk at table when she was 14. From Grade
though it were embarrassing to utter them.
cold, because' he has such a tree on his,
9 they went straight down hill. But, I'm not
Words like compassiori and virtue and
chastity and loyalty and decency. People
farm.
Elzar Mousseau of Ki returned
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too worried about them.They both have a
sense of honour, and that's a lot more
almost blush when they use one of them. It
PPen . .
from the northern wilds with his allotted
important, to me, than honour standing in
seems that we all have to be tough and
uotwof venison.
qcallous.
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Harry J. Boyle, James Street, Seaforth,
Some of the rottenest people, physically,
From thi's "all", •1 would except our
young people, who are not afraid to talk of
has written the play "The Inheritance"
and it is now being run in Toronto.
morally and emotionally, whom I have ever
met, have been honour ''students. With no
love and compassion and tolerance and..
Miss Shirley Bennett, Donald Youngblut
sense of honour.
kindness and pity.
They see only too clearly through the
of Walton, Patsy •Abne Anderson
of'Belgrave, Elwin Merrill and Benson
1 was an honour student too, once, in
"plastic" wbrld they have 'been
Carter of Clinton, and Ross Cousins of
Grade 8. This was back about the time of
bequeathed: a world of false values, lip
Brussels were in Sault Ste Marie attending
the Boer War. I knew I was about the
service to ideals,,and violence.
a Young People's Convention.
smartest kid in the school, "- and was
No wonder there is a generation gap. We
The Fireside Farm Forum of Hullett met
confident of coming first in Grade 8, or the
worship the, golden calf, and are
at the home of Mrs. Geo. Hoggart withll
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Entrance, as we called it. Entrance to
flabbergasted when our kids see it for what
nineteen adults and eight children. The
what: I never did find out. Entrance to five
it is: a graven image.
following won at euchre: Ladies ist Mrs. .....
more stultifying years of .school, I guess.
We want to sweep everything under the
Harvey Taylor; Low Mrs. Art Colson; Lone
Unfortunately, though I was the
rug, so the neighbours won't see it. We
hands, June Dexter; Men's first Eric
.t smartest kid in school, 1 was also the
want' our kids to be "nice", and
"sensible",
Anderson; low, Wm. Dolmage; lone hands,
laziest. Eddie Kirkland, now a big
and "solid' while they see
James Jamieson.
corporation lawyer in Montreal, came first.
the joy and the pain that is real human life.
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A reception was held in the Community
I beat him up as soon as the results came
These are some of the thoughts I shared
Hall, Walton when Mr. and Mr s, Wm.
out. This didn't solve my. frustration.
with the students. In closing, I suggested,
"Don't
Coutts were honored and they were
MurielRobbins came second. I was going
just be an honour student. Be an
presented with a sum of money. Glen
to beat her up too, but she was bigger than
honour person."
Corlett read the address and.Harold Sellars
1, so I settled for third. C1
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Do you agree9
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made the presentation.
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To the Editor
`Student deteriorating,'
achievement
candidate
Sir:
examinations to test their skills, no longer
another is, forced to wait a further year
Over the past fifteen years we have
have class grading to challenge their
befdre entry, even if he is much more
spent a great many tax dollars to produce
performance, and there 'are. no more •
physically and mentally mature. He then
modern buildings and equipment for our
failures since all progress to the next
finds himself locked into a progression of
Pupils, and have increased the numbers of
grade,
yearly promotion, for there are no niore
teachers. Nevertheless , student
In order to learn, discipline is just as
failures or rewards. he starts his adult
achievement has deteriorated. The number
necessary• as- encouragement. The aim
work -life one year later. And all this is
of years in school has increased, yet the
should be to instill self discipline. Yet one
because of administrative convenience.
product of a well rounded entry into
trouble maker in a class can•'disrupt the
Morgan Smith
adulthood does not compare 'favourably
learning of the rest, and our schools are not
With his elders in the period of the baby
coping with this ptoblem. We are
Sir:
boom of the early post-war years, when all
expending our -efforts on the poorest one or
The Standard First Aid Course of St.
our resources were strained.
two percent, to the detriment of the
John's Ambulance in Seaforth ' has
Universities and colleges are all finding
majority who bust support them for the
completed it s sixth week. One week of
that freshmen are inadequately prepared
rest of their lives. This majority tiegds
revision,.then the exam.
in English. If this supposedly best trained
much higher skills if they are to continue
This Course was instigated by Clive
10% of the product of our schools. has a
the burden.
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Built, recreation -director for Seaforlh, The
large proportion incapable of satisfactory
We have failed to use our biological
. Mitchell instructor was approached and
oral.or verbal expressiott, what can be said
knowlege that all children are not equal.
having received permission from George
for the remainder who drop out Along the
We admit to kindergarten on a cut-off date;
line? They no longer have standard
so that one child who is a day younger than
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