The Huron Expositor, 1977-02-03, Page 27
Why write a letter if you know that
the nail isn't going to get anywhere?
It's sort 9f. like talking. on a . deed
-phone line: And tharitte_preblerri
that most of us have, trying to go on.
with our normal work lives when a •
blizzard rages oUtsideandwe've been
snowed in. for five days, straight.
If you work in an Vice, the phones
don't. ring. There's no mail; some of
.The'Staff haven't made it in at all and
tlitite'Whoare in have been away from
their own: homes and families for
-several days and don't feel much "like
• working. •
If 'you work in a store, there are no
customers, except for the odd hardy
soul who wanders in' in a snowmobile
suit: •
- If you're a snowplow. ,operator y ou
areconsumed by•frustration, betause
you knew your plow can't go
anywhere but people Are depending
on4ou• to set their roads„open.
Hospital and, -- nursing home
employees have their-.„work cut out for
them,- looking after patients', needs;'
under'' short staffed conditicens.
Maybe you commute to' work in
Stratford, London, Mitchell or
Hensel] and you are stuck at home
while things go. On, normally there.
That can bug you ,a lot, along ,with the
thought of a lost pay 'cheque. You're
only consolation is that you're luckier
Jhan - your fellow workers who are
storm stayed at their office or factory
or maybe at a h ouse.between their
job and home.
Everyone who- has a member of
theirjamily storm stayed--awayfrom
home has,extra worries,.-Their only
consolation is that 'they are off the
rbads,:and safe and warm. -----
A terrible feeling of something like
panic hits most of us-when we realize
that all the i'oads in and out Of town-'
: are clbsed., it's, 'darn. hard to...stop
looking out the Window,_ sighing • at
every weather report.that tells us that
• "It's 'only going to get worse out
there.
It's harder 'to 'focus on getting
• things done when' the future seems
indefinite and regularity' scheduled
things are. 'postponed from minute Jo,
minute. Our nicely regulated lives'are
out-of kilter for a feW days, and many
of us find that hard to take.
By the fifth- day of closed' in
conditions tempers get frazzled: The
worry and the claustrophobia is" just
too much for most of 'us.,
WS a terrible storm but it's not all
bad.
Peopleyork together and help, each
other., Residents along main roads
welcome total strangers—into their
homes-and feed theqaritl keep .them
Neighbours make an all, out effort , so
that an ambulance :el- fire-track can
get through the snow drifts to
where- they -are heeded .
We ''can survive this storm: We're
-warm and dry and have all the food
We need. Maybe it helps to remember„
thatinany pe9plelin other partS of the
world live our their • lives An
uncertainty 'and anxiety that's- far
worse' that what we've had while
we've- been Snowed,ln..
That's true but:it doesn't help a -Int.
It's human nature tb think 'that: our
darticular crisis 'is the worst one
around.'
But ..by Working '',together, like
families, businesses — and total
strangers are doing this' week we' Can. .„
Fick anything, even this •Winter.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, February 3, 1977
The storm panic.
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Published at SEAFORTH,ONTA:210, eVery Thursday morning by (*LEAN BROS. PUBLISHERS LTD7
ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher
SUSAN WHITE; Edito4-
DAVE R0,1)0, Advertising Manager
Member Canadian Ceiti,munity Newspaper Association
' • Ontario WeeklY)NespaPer Associatjton. ••, ' and Audit Bureau of Circulation
Since 1860, Serving the Community First
positor
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I am writing in regard to the current, past
and re-occuring stray dog Problem in tbe,
Town'of Seaforth. Having spoken with the "
__Town Cldrk, I understand that" it lies only
within your authority to institute any
iinmediate rneasnres to stop thiS fncreasing
hazard:: •
Though aware of the Council tneeting on
February 14th, I find this insufficient action in
response to a very immediate threat.-I realize
that financial measures are in question; but
that the lack of such means, which should
have been enacted long 'age should result in
the terror or injury of a child; I find •
outrageous. r .
tnts very real threat is avoided
reasonable bylaws enacted by Connell, I feel
• we must "all give thanks to a Vigilant.police
force. 1 also feel that the elected- officials
Should .boW their heads •shaine that their
negligence did not-result in a maimed or ,
terrified child. .
. Today January 31, 1 walked downtownto
shop. for groceries. bue to the storm,
condi'tion's, was. ,on, foot instead of inside a —
car. I started froth my hoirfe' at 168 Jarvii
. Streets South, and by the tithe I had reached
the Optimist Park to turn up Main-Street, four'
dogs-were4t -my heels. '
•-Although this was not at first. allarmingc as I.-
, am a pet owner and otaitimals; it quickly
became dear that this was not a normal case
of canine at-teeth:in. these dbga were definitely
aggreisive and'ebviously intent on anything
" that -they could grab.
However.-as-1 reached the Topnotch Feeds
1,)td building I begaik4o resent a possible
unwarrented fear. Remaining absOlutely•still, -
as taught iii childhood, I stared directly at the
dogs showing no fear. Rather than-turti tail •
and 'edit, these dogs 'begat to circle, Using
the TOphotch building as a rear guard -lpicked-
pp a hardened clump of`snow and flunk it at'
the lead 'dog, The response Was it uril f ti 9
To the editor:This is a copy of a letter I've
sent to .Mayor Betty Cardno,
71 6 the
toun:01 meeting• tOo'
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low growls. '
I decided to outwait their interest and they
finally proceeded along Main Street.
Thoroughly enraged and left with no rIO-Ubt as
to 'the ownership of the 'town streets, .1
preceeded.always aware of,the Whereabouts of
these dogS, first to the office of :the Town
Clerk and thence to the Police Office. Insofar
,.•as Jattle Crocker-Town Clerk - WaS absent at
the• time, the full 'brunt of my fury waS left
with. Chief Cairns. -
I had inquired into the packing .prOblem of
• degs:in-town, the previous week, and found•
that arifiOngh .emergency measures. could be
instituted by the Mayor, no exiSting.bylaWs ,
were sufficient to solve the problem.
Consider this, I grew up in a farming -
community and often clea th with dogs in rural
areas.rell m--TaTfrightenedWith-TYliati believe
to be darn' goods re-aFotr -
My children, accompanied byxgrade one
student walk the same streets every school-
day. Although 'educated itrthe the..:. of
Strange animals, I believe this' problem-6) be
beyond their scope. My children will be driven
•to -and from, school, but what about. other ' •
children?
• ;. Council meets in two weeks with this very. ' •
• old problem On their, agenda but thiS.is of no '
•• inunediatehelp to a very irrimediate 'problem,'
Can the Town put a price .tag on a terrifies1,,
bitten-or-even-mauled child? -It-Thaa, been
knoWn to happen before. SenSible Jaws with
`authority .enforce, them need to be
instituted. • .
Meanwhile, I give credit to the Polideforce,
who are willing to at 'or the people.; but who
do so in the full„linWedge that they do not
have adequate tiy'laws .in force to substantiate
their. actions. •-• "
' I. trust that this letter will have .enough
impact to'hring this matter to the forefront
and hopefully result in aetion'being taken• to
alleviate this problem and guard:againat its
-reoccurrence. '
-,, Yours Sincerely
Mrs. tllenitetirOttild
old mare.'Th at seems fair enough; missing
some teetnfssing sal-he-hair, and getting
a, bit stiff. and arthritic: But there are old
•dogs and old 'dogs,.-Of both species,
• I 'don't know' the, ratio for cars and ,
humans. but I'd guessrwould be about
. eight to one. So, 'my 10-YeaRld car would
• t . ' be about.80 in ruman 'terms
To some of you'young people";"-80 might
__seem a great age. But to my personal
knowledge .for some people -life begins at
SO. And many an old girl in a home for the
--aged Will back me up, they. know;. from_
personal experience,- Altar' some Of the
guys, 'at 80, 82.. 84 are ainong ,the MoSt
.,.. dangerous men they'ye ever met:in-their -•
lives --socially and sexually. '
W-e'ye all been reading lately abOut the..
Male Menopause.. At least I have. I think'I
:came through jt all riet, but you never
really know. Only last SuadaY aft ernoOnl
' was giving my Wife a big blast because she
didnIt'vi,ant me 'to join the pokeeclub, and
go to the Legion Hall and play sliiiffleboard—
With the boys. after work on Friday. .
'She was a bit taken aback for about one-,
minute. Then, site•snappecithat she" didn't
care what I did. I could go and stand on my
, -- head in a sn.oWbank. could go out and, play:
poker six nights a week; as long as I didn't
take- -:,--more than a dollar.Witli me, and:
• didn4.!.'„expect-thetolerVe lunch to alot of
Apen who'd leave a 'dirty mess to clean _up
4nd burn holes, in theitig.",' -
—4..don't know howl got away over 'here
beind the„barn When • 1' started• out talking
,:about-the horrors of being a two-car family,
Anyway, . • , ,
People made disparaging remarks about
my -old Dodge. A mechanic wanted, to buy
_ it. Cheap, -When I.SuggeSted 1,3oo as a
fair price, he, laughed so hard he ;bad a
mild heart attask, yOu've run that
.old wreck into every tree in [Rank County'
- --- This was a gross canard- That car has hit
only one tree. I'll admit that it has hit the
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-Boy, am I glad I'm not rich`! There is
- Roping wrong with. money in. itself. th
ough the love of it is repined to be the root
of ,all evil. les,what money__bridgs in its
wake that can; hiakelife a nightMare, '
For the paSt four days we've-been a
tw6-car family. •ayid it's been a real .brute.
We need two. cars about • as much. as we
'need two houses, and I still, don't know how
, I got into,:thislandango.fbut I'm in it, and
wish .1 weren't. •
- There Wasn't-a thing wrong with our old
e.t,t,,,exe"e."Ortfiats it was getting-a hit' long' in
the tooth. Or so everybody said.. I didn't
think a 1967 Dodge, with only 48,000 miles •
• on it, that ran like a bbmb, was something
same tree the, one- at the end of my
driveway three times, once by my wife,
once by- my daughter. once by my
son-in-law, but never by me. That shows
you how rumors spread.
It did have a,Wew in the Irdnt bumper
from 'the-titt I hit alight • standard, The
back bumper was;-, Somewhat like' • 4 -
--b'oo'merang,because l'bombed throdeitWO
feet of snow in My driveway last winter,
skidded across the sIreet , and hit a
telephone pole. backwards. But, only one
tree.
On One side, the Chrome was stripped off
and the door caved in, when the•Old Lady
has an argument • with the side of the
to be-ashamed of. garage. But the other side, until today,
- bogs are said to age-about seven to one, looked like a new car, except for the rust,
in comparison with '':11 Urban s. Thus, a which had batcn a bare 12 inches up into
nine-year-old-dog would.:be like a 63qear- the fenders.
s unavailable this week because Of the weather.
ugar and Spice
'by Kcfri Schuessfer
Think Spring
Amen
Key words they are "Until today." After
today I have m atching doors, both without
chrome, -.both lOoking" as though Paul
Bunyan had taken' a grievance and a kick 'at
the door; 'in that order. ,
Inside; the;car is like ti"e-W,. if you &int
mind a bit of foam spillin g out; of the
sea ts. You can tell it has' been a-:One-owner .
car. The two inches-i5f Cigarette ashes on
the floor are all of the same brand.
- You can understatidAew sentimental a
chap cOuldiet about such -a car. Like an-
80-ye.ar-ojd_ancle :With' a • feW scars_ancl •
wrinkels but a lot , of zip still in the old
bawd;
Peoplehavemade love. in that'car. People
"have been taken to hospital in that car:
- Rabies • have been :brought hOme from
,hospital pri their fifth or sixth day in the
world, in that 'cat. ,
loved that cat.- But"it was too,randy for.
me.lf was M ale Menopause No. Z the one
that. comes at • .
:Sol bought a newetie. -Not really ti ew,
Anybody who buys a new car today, is-
either rich' or ripped-offiumped all the •
' way tip to a '72.- • '
But still have the old one. My wife loves
it now, too, after asking me fot five years if
I expected her to be seen in p ublic in
"that old Wreck." '
So 1 have two cars, I juggle di-6M in .and
out of •tt one-cari,garage and a one-car
driveway. Today I hacrthe iieW one off to
wink.
Although I have told her 7000 times that,
she Can't back the car otit.of the garage, _
' she triect. 1t.;I don't know what her
technique is:I think she looks oVer'ber left •
shoulder and tvvisttthe 'wheel to-the right.
Or vice versa, • •
Anyway. she creamed+ right unagainSt_
the post of garage; could Theither
forward go. nor hack, and I ,novv have
-Matching dented doors, Sans chrome, At
the nett'` tiVe-year-old one.
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n the dear s Agorte
: 1144VAti. .?,1-071 ' -'' .•.,-F-red-SegmillerfotInarifFiars--arresideritof-Seaforth , , •
and a menibei of thelown Councilhas been elected to - —
represent-St. DAvid's ward in the Goderich' Tovvjr`
.1)C rao
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upnoesi l oMessrs. sG ri nr ka Y a,
salt
Y o u P
well
g- - it1 andi mScpawinganocif frS'gertafsortathe,
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being made: to secure...for' them 'a bOriva of $500 on
boring to aqiepth of 500 feet and $500 more`' when the
first 100 barrels 'ire made, •
Mrs, Laidlaw of ScifOith haS just cotnpelted a rag •
mat in which there are 19,076 pieces'. Each piece. was
cut and sewed by itself. --•-•. - ------ .
&feasts. Love and Browni of Ha; have sold' their fine'';
imported heatry draft stallion .!Welli ngton" to Wm.'
Russel of the County. of Rusiell, hear Ottawa.
• A deputation of the' Scotch Church', Hayfield paid a
visit to the leader Of 'the choir, Miss Hacicie;! at the
residence of her father. A purse of-mdney, was given
her.4 ' so' • , . .. i
Rev. Mr: Th ompsen of Duff'a:Church,
s
...Mckillop
accepted the call tendered him by the Presbytery' of •
-Huron to preach at Bo:ice-field: - -
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' . James Snell of Hayden-Barton steck farm Hullett, '
reontly sold to H. Colelough eitnear Constance, avery
••••supprior young. Durham' bull. ..
-It is very Seldom we ever hear of a horse having any
teeth filled. Dr.. Freeman•filled a front tooth with silver' -
'of one of IlvliddletOn's horses". •• - .-. . - . - , -•
A number of farmers, from :Stephen. ,.and Hay •
TownShips held a bee last Week and hauled the brick
and -Material for then ew residence to be erected in
,connection with the-Exeter. Cernetery-greurids. •
'Joseph Bolger of McKillOp has sold his farm on the
' 2nd concession - to 'Thos. McQuade.
met ' Geo. Stogdill of town with-4 painful accident at
the furniture factory: While working with the Shaper his
hand slipped and, came,,, in contact with the knives. •
Harry Bullard 'and his son, left, here for Brandon,
Manitoba where they have secured a position in the
kundrY. ' ,._ . :• •
The. many:friends of Mrs: John' Scott of -Roxboro '
regret to learn that she is dangerously ill.
S.A.Dickson, son of Postmaster Dickson his passed
his final examination before the Law Sbciety. ,
Hugh Chesney or.Egmondville has sold his Old
'reliable'black mare, which he drove for so many years
' and has inirdhasdd a young -driver from a farm in
Usborne Twp. -- ' , • - ,
• The 'new Music Hall over the Catholic School; '
Seaforth, .has been furnished this week, with a full •
compliment of'chairs, bythe Broadfoot, Box Furniture '
Co. ^t - . ,
. Adam Dodds Of, Lea-cibury,is busy moving hay 'and
tnachineay..to his new het-neat' Seathrth. ,..4
D. Urquhart of Hensaft, purChased 10,000 bushels of
oats from' one party, and has' been „engaged .
Manufacturing, 'them iritcLeatmeal. ' .
Charles- MarkaofEayfield is hauling timber for the
harbour. .. •" '
,, ' . • JANUARY 28th, 1927 .
• 'A reception was held at, the hOme of Mr.'and Mrs.
' • Wm:', Wright in Tuckeksmith ,.'when 50 friends and
neighbors..gathereci. Geo; Bell was .chairman.for -the .
program:arid called on ,peter McKay, Harry Tyndall and
Alex Simpso 'n• Or 'short speeches:• Robert Doig's
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selection's n the accordion were enjoyed. Mts.- Mont.
Patrick r ad and Mi. and Mrs. Wilson Allen presented •
them w:th a wicker rocker and arm chair,. Music was •
furnished' by John -MeLachlin, Syd.Gerninell, Sandy
Doig, Thos. Hodgert and Ivan Forsyth. .
W.J.Stuart Knox of Brueefield was called tattle Bar
. at 0,SgOOde Hall'. Mr. Knox . headed the class of -
twenty-fotir. • , . ' ' . !
Miss Gertie,:.Principal of Bayfield school treated-the • •
mipils of her room, to a sleigh:tide to Clinton.,414,1oOlt in
.. the movies. Supper was served at the. LakOieq‘frofel,•
Robert Daymond of 'Kipper!, is making preparation ..
'for fixing his barn during -the corninestimmer.
'Quite a nubricerfii5irT-KipPen attended the euchre '
and 'dance :held in the town hall when Mrs. Edgar' Butt
carried% off the ladies' prize.
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'The, Fiteineri of Hensall held their second ball and
. , euchre, when the spacious hall was filled.
- Mrs. Geo.--Case of Hensall had the misfortune to slip
on some ice on ,the step and fracture her•aym. '
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Mr. Thos Murdock and, Miss Ethel land grandson,
, left forTorpfito where Mr. Murdock intends competing
in '." the, Old Times' , Fiddlers Contest.
- The-Rebekah Lodge held a most successful euchre
'and dance in the G.W.y.A. Forty, tables of euchre. The ,
' prize winners 'Ladies istilvirs. N_Jil-lopper; LOne
hands; Mrs. ‘ Roy McGeOch; consolation, !Mrs_
W.A.' Crieh• Men's first Ed. Chamberlain.; Fond handS,
Rox McGeoch;• consolation, Dr. Grie*. -Music- by
.Hoggs Orchestra: - „ • - • . .•
Francist Holitisted . of town, passed away: in. his,
law
ei
here.
Wednesday
5, 8 years he lived and practieed'
- Wednesday was the coldest day of the- year.: The
therinometer registered--28- degrees below zero. • . .•
Prank Tuffin of Staffa, had a very successful wood-
bee cutting 25 cords of _wood..
.. ' IANUARY4th,1952 •
Mrs. Margaret-Wright-celebrated het' 92nd birthday
on New Year's Dv. Sheiresides.with her niece,' Mrs.
M. 'White. ' • kr
Elmer Webster, Varna, of Stanley, will commence...-:
hiS'fifth consecutive term as reeve of the-township. The ,'
,acclamation was hig'13th and he has served on the
council litr-15 years. ••
*.Lloyd'' Eisler,' son of Mr. and Mrs. Sohn isl,er, of
Egmendville, has joined the Royal,ganadian Navy and .
h-as reported..for....duty sat Cornwallis N.S. '
MCKillep- -ratepayers at the nomination meeting
" returned 'Reeve Dan Beuerman by adclaniation His was-
the only one proposed — , . .
., ,ReeVe: Arthur Nicholson was.re-elected Reeve' of
Tuckersinith when the only other nominee RoyBell did
not ,qualify. , .: ,, ,
Edward P. Lennon„ former resident of McKillop and
Seaforth, pa ssed away in Montreal: He was born on the
farm n ow occupied by JOhn gillebreet and was 70 years
. of .age,. '
tries,. J.D.Hinehley was taken to, Scott-, Memorial •
Hospital where she is receiving' treatment. • ••- • ..
1Swedish-boy: My grandfather
is tougher,than your father. -
Cana'dian-I;oy: Yeah, I know
Pan Tit/ill/el?
ti ? the Ototpaditin thovarnent for pordriaihthess. •
Fitnesoslit'ouilleart yqu,know
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