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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 16, 1976
Are women a sub caste?
Remember the birds
To the editor
Defends lotteries
In the years Ogone
Ship 42,070 bmtelq
of salt in 1876
You are
It's hard to believe, In the last
quarter of the twentieth century, but
there were a few pioneers elected to
councils and school boards in Huron
County last week.
The pioneers are women. Yes, one
half the human race and probably
more than half of the county's
population managed to get a tiny
handful of their sex elected to office.
More women weren't elected
probably, because very few of them
ran for anything.
The lack of representation of
women in political life in Huron is 'a
shame. Ah, but they are represented
by the men who were voted in to
office, you say.
Yes, they are....but and it's a big
but. The low proportion of women on
area councils gives believability to the
idea that women aren't really up to or
interested in the really big things in
life. Oh, they keep- our homes
together and our families functioning
srhoothly, they run offices and work in
stores, but there's really no need for
them in the big business of
government.
They don't really care about how
our towns, townships and schools are
run, the critics of women's equality
can say. Most women are quite
content td4eave that part of life to the
men who know best, the men who
recognize that, after all, it's a man's
world.
AO,
There have only been two women,
ever, on County Council; ,the. late
Helen Jermyn of Exeter and Minnie
Noakes of Hensall.
Tuckersmith, McKillop , Morris
and Brussels have never had even one
women on their councils. Seaforth has
a woman mayor, Betty Cardno and
had a woman councillor,
Jean Henderson several years ago,
but no, women except Mrs. Cardno
even sought local office here this
year. •
Grey Township had two women
, Once in awhile, a truly hare brained
scherhe , from some level of
government gets nipped in the bud.
That is what has happened partly, to
one of the silliest government ideas
we've heard in some time. It could
still use more nipping though. It
should be dropped entirely.
The idea came from provincial
natural resources minister L4o
Bernier. One day last week Mr.
Bernier said the province was
planning on turning all of the
campsites in its fine provincial parks
over to private operators.
The reason? Ontario's public
campgrounds lose about six million a
year and private operators, by
charging campers more to stay
overnight, by charging people for
firewood and other things that are
free at the provincial parks and by
operating stores and boutiques, could
make a profit and pay some of that
profit in long term ',eases to the
province, the minister said.
The turnover to private operators
might take 20 years, • the minister
estimated, and meanwhile no hew
campgrounds would- be built.
Campgrounds that aren't leased
Would be closed down, he said.
The reaction to Mr Bernierts bright
idea was stunned silence, followed by
a lot of sputtering outrage. The next
day he beaked down and said' no
CaMpsites would be Closed and that
the province would not allow private
:Operators to _charge campers more
than what the rates have been at
rovincial parka.
We think. Mr. Bernier shOuld back
:down further yet and give up the idea
cif leasing provincial Campgreurida to
..the private sector ; altogether.
The pkiblidally owned and operated
councillors, Barb Dunbar and Leona
Armstrong but Mrs. Dunbar didn't
run this year and Mrs. Armstrong will
be the lone woman there.
Goderich has two veteran women
on council, Elsa Haydon. and Eileen
Palmer who will be the only woman
on County Council, following her
election as deputy reeve. Exeter has
two women councillors, Lossy Fuller
and Barb Bell.
Hensell has no women on council
now but Minnie Noakes served there
for several years. Bayfield has
Milvena Erickson, a veteran
councillor.
Clinton's new council will have one
female member, Rosemary
Armstrong and two women served
there during the last term.
The Huron COunty Board of
Education gained a total of one
woman member in the December 6
elections. Veteran Seaforth trustee
Molly Kunder was defeated but two
new women, Dorothy Williams and
Shirley Hazlitt, were elected. They'll
join Marion Zinn 'and Dorothy
Wallace, both veteran trustees, who
were acclaimed to office, to make four
women on a 16 person board.
The Huron Perth Roman Catholic'
Separate School has no women
trustees and they have never had any.
All in all, it's a pretty short list of
pioneers and nothing for any of us to
be proud of.
A visitor from outer space, or even
from Sc,andanavia or England where
women have traditionally been quite
involved in, politics, looking over the
list would have trouble beli eying that
women make up more than fifty .per
cent of our population.
A visitor from ,outer space might
conclude that women were a sub caste
here in Huron County, allowed a few
token representatives, but certainly
not entitled to equal decision making
rights with men.....-_...
Sut thats not the way it is. Is it?
I
campgrounds in this province are one
of Ontario's finest resources. They
bring in tourists, they give Ontario
citizens a chance to get away from it
all on low cost holidays and they
perform an important role in
educating people about nature. They'
promote the idea that the wilderness
belongs to all of us ... let's take care
of it.
It is doubtful that private operators
could make a profit in provincial
campgrounds unless they change
them beyond recognition. If they
can't raise the overnight camping
fees, private operators would be
forced to install other money makers
in parks that are now a blessed
release from commercialism.
We can see it all now. Pay as you
swim Jellystone pools replacing
crystal clean lakes. Drive in movies
will replace nature talks. Instead of
guided nature walks by park
employees, private operators will
have to start motorcycle and
snowmobile races, with paid
admissions, in order to make a buck.
There's something about a
Wilderness Boutique that doesn't do
a whole lot for the back to nature
Ideal. Why, private operators would
undoubtedly have to install pay toilets
and showers.
There is surely a shortage of
qualified private operators who would
take on the risk anyway.
Six million dollars is not too high a
price to pay to keep our .provincial
parks publicatly operated. We're
sure Mr. aernier and his friends at
Queens. Park can find other ways to
trim the fat Oh government spending.
Ontario needs Its parks Just the way
they are now.
Your editorial which appeared 'in The
Huron Expositor on September 9, 1976
raising several questions concerning the
nature of lotteries has recently come to m y
attention. I would like to take this
opportunity to respond to these issues
since your theoretical arguments do not, in
fact, correspond to our experience with
Wintario.
• 1.. In Ontario,. Wintario has already
generated more than 870,000 winners and
evidence tends to show that rather than
encouraging or promoting "avarice or
greed", quite the opposite is the case with
the winners.
The Corporation's files and newpapers
are full of examples of winners who have
divided their winnings among their
children or assisted relatives or friends pay
off their mortgages or plan gifts for travel
and education, There was even one winner
who donated his entire $10,000 to charity.
As you know, even non-winners in our
lottery share by means of the allocation of
the net proceeds of Wintario (an average
of 43c of every dollar) to the thousands of
worthwhile community sports, cultural and
recreational activities and facilities across
the Province. Te date,,the Ministry of
Culture and Recreation has committed
almost 79 million dollars in the form of
Wintario grants to over 5400 projects and
groups across the Province.,
2. You argue that "lotteries are
immoral, wasteful and degrading ...in that
they legally tell people that their hopes for
material wealth are based on chance."
However, ,the purchase pattern of
participants seems to indicate that the level
of intelligence in Ontario is such that no
one abandons or changes his ethic or quits
his job. on .the chance that bp can win
$100,000 or even a million dollars. The fact
is, most of the major winners in Wintario
have, with the exception of a trip or other
brief fling, tended to operate on the basis
of "business as usual".
Mostparticipants play the lottery for fun
and entertainment. People made that
readily evident to the Ontario Lottery
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
You are what you eat.
That's why I've never got hung up on
vegetables. I mean, go all the way. Eat
only vegetables. Because who wants to
wind up a vegetable?
I must admit. I have flirted with
vegetables. I've skated around the.edges of
vegetarian possibilities.
Lately I've had all sorts of pushes in that
direction. Eugene Whelen says beef brings
out the beast in me. And then there's
tennis pro Peter Burwash. H e raves about
'his life with vegetables only. He calls
people like me "flesheaters".
When he puts it that way, he makes my
stomach start to roll.. And once it's
heaving, he goes on to insist that man's not
meant to eat meat. H e's not built for it.
We don't h aye fangs like lions,. do we?
Were our teeth meant for ripping and
tearing meat apart?
And besides. Think about all the things
we have to do to make meat fit to eat:
Tenderizing, curing, salting, grinding,
cooking. And then in the end, all we want
is only the softest parts -- the best parts of
the meat, as we call them.
And' if Peter Burwash doesn't convince
me, then statistics try. My government
tells me for every pound of beef 1sat, a
steer has to gobble up 20 pounds of grain.
That's quite a runaround. If I'd eat my
grain straight, and by-pass the•steer, think
how much more grain I'd make available to
this hungry and starving world.
And if those statistics don't do it, then
the health food people will. Some of those
folks say you don't deserve to eat meat
unless you appreciate what an animal goes -through before he arrives at your plate --
and palate.
" These people want none of thin neat and
tidy, meat all packaged and wrapped in
cellophane in the meat couritet4 WOO of
those pork chops and steaks staelced in a
rove on plastic tray snuggled next to parsley
and yummy garnishes.
If you want meat, then go back 'Where it
all Starts. To the feedlot arid barnyards Kill
Corporation very early in the game when
they insisted that the draw be televised and
that more number combinations be
selected.
More important is the fact that most
people do not spend either a great deal of
time or money on lotteries. Public surveys
indicate that 'most people purchase only
one Wintario ticket per draw and that
92.3% purchase five tickets or less.
Participation is general - 82% of all
households in Ontario - and it cuts across
all socio-economic levels. In fact, those in
the lower economic categories actually
participate to a lesser degree than those
with more money and thus, the lottery does_
not appear to be an "unfair burden on the
poor".
The purchase of a lottery ticket is
completely voluntary and thus is no
different from any other consumer
purchase. And, since profits are used to
support sports, cultural and recreational
projects and facilities across the Province
and the impetus for project assistance
originally derives from the local community
itself, it is the whole community and not
the rich or elite that benefitrfrom wintario
proceeds.
Finally, I would like to clarify the
approximate break-down of each Wintario
dollar. There are five areas into which
each dollar can be, divided: retailers'
commission (8c for every ticket sold);
prizes (between 38c and 40c of your dollar);
operating costs (including 2.3c for
advertising and promotion, 1.6c for ticket
printing, packaging and manufacturing
and 2.1c for administration) which totals 6
cents from every dollar; gross distribution
commissions (2'/2c on the first 100,000
tickets sold and 2c thereafter); and profits
(an average of 43 cents of every dollar). ,
We feel that it is very important to clarify
some of these 'assumptions about lotteries.
I would be more than pleased to discuss the
matter with you if I can be of any further
assistance.
J.E,Jesson, Manager
Draws and Community Relations.
what you eat
your own. Put yourself through the orgy of
butchering. -And then see how your meat
tastes.
They say thaes the ethical way to eat
meat. It's slightly immoral to chew
away-in reckless abandon -- blinding
yourself to everything that went on before.
Stop being a ... hypocrite. Take full
responsibility for the way you get your
meat.
On e woman described 'the scene -- her
first experience at murder in the barnyard.
A squawking hen. Turned upside down.
Held by the feet. The chopblock. A stump.
Two nails to put the head between. Axe
overhead. Chop. Oops1 Not hard enough.
Half job. Half death. One more try. Done.
Blood spatters. Chicken jerks. Put the
hen under a wooden box. Let her shake
herself out of the final death throws.
Hot water. Plung body. Pluck out
feathers. Singe off pin feathers and hairs.
•_Draw entrails. Clean off. Wash off. There.
An oven ready chicken.
Care to have, a chicken leg? It's good and
done now. Roasted real brown -- something
like Col. Saunders turns out. Now, this is
where I usually arrive on the scene?
At eating time. But with that new
start-to-finish job, I can feel my lust for
chicken fading fast.
But don't get me wrong. I'm not turning
bananas. Turning to bananas. I want you to
know I just...finished stocking my freezer
with a side of Rudolph Bauer'S black
Angus beef.
It's true. I let Rudolph do all the dirty
work, But he doesn't seem to mind. It's• all•
part of a day's work on the farm. Why,
Rudolph tells me he likes meat cutting. It's
quite an art, y Ou know.
can believe it.
I can believe another thing too. If
Rudolph stopped carving, Pd end up
starving, 'Cause deep down I know if I had
to do the slaying, I'd swear off beef for
sure. I`tf,becorne a vegetarian for life. I'd
become what I ate. A vegetable.
DECEMBER 15,1876 4 A number of the friends of James Landsborough,
Pres. of the Tuckersmith Agric. Society entertained
that gentleman at a supper at Ross's Hotel. Mr.
.Cresswell, reeve of Tuckersmith, occupied the chair
and the vice-chair was taken by Mr. Hayes, Reeve*of
McKillop, Messrs. W.Q.Reid, Robert Dickson and
others furnished the. music.
Messrs. Grey, Y oung & Sparling Eclipse salt works,
shipped for the 12 months ending Dec. 9th, 601 cars of
salt, or 42,070 barrels. ,
The readsrs of this paper regret to learn of the death
of Duncan Cainpbell, for many years a resident of
Usborne Twp. He was born in Scotland.
Thos,. Simpson of McKillop has lost four of his
children by diptheria.
T. J. Wilson of Hensall, is going to erect a new saw
mill h re. He is now prepared to purchase all kinds of
saw
DECEMBER 13th, 100I
A short time ago, Mr, Kern of the MolSon's Bank,
Hensall, disposed of his driver, for shipment to the Old
Country. It was purchased by the Duke of
Marlborough,
Master J. Copeland, of Londesboro, left for Toronto
where he has secured a positon as clerk in T. Eaton's
Store.
A. Elcoat of Tuckersmith has disposed of a very fine
bull to Mr. Thos. Livingston of Hullett.
R. Mellis of Kippen is having the interior of htshouse
put in repair. It was damaged by fire. John Patersen of
Hensall is doing the work.
Miss Minnie Cummings of W. Pickard & Co. Milling
establishment suffered a severe accident.. She was
working on a pair of gloves with gasoline when the
gasoline exploded and her hands were badly burned.
While coming into town, Rev. Mr. Musgrove of
Winthrop found a pair of spectacles and a case on the
road.
John Scott, who advertised a couple of stray colts,
has found them. They were taken in by a farmer west of
Varna.
Archibald, Sumerville of McKillop, near Winthrop,
delivered a load of lambs to Geo. Dorrance which
averaged 150 lbs. each.
JosephoNeber of town has moved his family from
Dublin and it if now located on Goderich St.
A. handsome, St. Bernard dog belonging to Pat
Mulcahy, was .poisoned last week.
The residence of John Dundas at Leadbury, had a
narrow escape from destruction by fire,
The cottages erected by P. McGregor in Brucefield
are now completed and ready for' occupation.
Alex Mustard of Brucefield has just completed the
purchase of a large quanitty of pine to be delivered at
the mill here.
Alexander and Wm. Turnbull of Farquhar are busily
engaged in getting material for the ebuilding of their
barns and stables.
DECEMBER 10, 1926
A gloom was cast over Manley village when the sad
news was flashed over the wires that of the sudden
death of Robert Kistner, Detroit, in his 24th year.
Last week, a large number of the young_ people of
McKillop gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
'Regele, to present their youngest daughter, Adeline,
with a Kitchen shower, on the, eve of her marriage.
Messrs, Arnold and Clifford Colclough of Constance,
shipped a fine baby beef to Toronto, with Chas.
McGregor, the U.F.O. Shipper. It was not quite a year
old and weighed 900 lbs. at Seaforth. Geo. Wheatley
also sold one bringing 9'/2 cents a pound.
Otto Walker of Cromarty left for Detroit, where he
intends staying for the winter months.
The pony contest closed on Saturday evening when
Miss Jean Dungey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Dungey, of the Commercial, w as found to have, the
greatest number of notes. Miss Dungey is now the
proud possessor of the pony..
A highly respected resident of Seaforth, and one of
the pioneer residents of Hullett, passed away at her
home in the person of Mrs. James D, McGill. The
deceased was born in Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs, Dan Shanahan of town left for the
Pines, North Carolina, where they will spend the
winter.
A, A, McLennan of town is installing a new hot water
heating syStem in the Memorial Hospital.
Robert Stewart of Hensall h as moved his family into
the residence he recently purchased on North Main St.
The many' friends of Robert Hogg, will be pleased to
learn he is recovering from an attack of pneumonia.
DECEMBER 14th , 1951
Mr. and Mrs. James Finlayson of Egmondville
celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary quietly at
their home.
Mrs. Wm. Church of Winthrop had her wrist
fractured while driving home from church, when the
car skidded into the ditch, She was taken to Scott
Memorial Hospital.
A Hullett farmer, 33 yea? old Leonard Youngblut was
almost instantly killed when he was crushed under an
overturned tractor. The accident occurred on the farm
of Alex Williams.
James T. Scott was returned to office as president of
Seaforth Legion.
A social evening sponsored by the Kirk Session of
First Presbyterian Church was held When 22 new
Canadians, adults and children were entertained. A
program was given when solos were sung by Mrs.
W.A.W right and F,E.Willis, accompanied by Mri. P.
Novak. Saarje and John Van Rooijin sang two duets in
their native tongue.
Mr. and Mrs. John McLachlin, Tuckersmith, were
pleasantly surprised on their 40th wedding
anniversary. The same afternoon their family surprised
them with a 3 tier wedding cake, and a sofa bed. On
Monday evening the neighbors presented them with a
lovely trilight.
The friends and neighbors of Mrs. J. Besso, formerly
Miss Ruth Wooley-; Brucefield, held a shower in
R.R.No.10 Stanley School. She was presented with
many lovely gifts.
Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hays, member of the
Men's Club of First Presbyterian Church was the great
guest speaker at their monthly meeting.
Howard Smale, employee of Hensall Co-operative,
while loading pigs into a truck slipped on the loading
chute, The X-Ray showed a badly bruited foot.
R. J. Wegg, of Toronto, former music merchant,
called' on friends in town.
H. H. Leslie and John Hotham Sr. of the Seaforth
creamery attended the Ontario butterr Makers
Convention in Torotto. Mr. Ifbtham has been a butter
maker for 40 yeati, 34 of:these at the Seaforth
Creamery.
MrS. Robes Kerr is leaving for Toronto where she
'will spend the holidays with her sons,Howard and Utile:
Keep our parks provincial