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The Huron Expositor, 1978-02-16, Page 2• hasn't exactly brought crowds out to view the proceedings. • Perhaps that's beCause Seaforth citizens have no complaints about how council conducts their business: Perhaps- taxpayers have other ways they'd 'rather spend Monday night once a month., Perhaps .council attendance tiasn' caught on yelmd .wort until tber an -issue that everyone gets hot out. spent. • • • . • This paper hopes that eventually some Seaforth people will accept I council's invitation and exercise• a democratic right and go have 'a look at a council meeting: • They're increasingly efficient and interesting. We think you'll find even a short visit to one of Seaforth's , murt611's .regular sessions time well r ities straight?. Are our prio To the editor: Objects to working mothers jobs and educate their children, themselves, . instead of leaving them to a. babysitter or strange person to look after them, Because it is they that educate your children, cuddle and kiss them, adn spend more time with. them than most mothers do, as a rule,. The mothers see their babies only a few hours a day and they don 7 t get the education you want'them to be given. • Women's lib and women's equalization is alright for them who lake up their minds and don't want to get martie- ,and have a family. For those I would say, yes; goaltead, put your nose in everything like :teen do. Learn a trade, any `trade,. become a politician, fine with me and you can give all the time and energy to reach that goal. You can de.only one good thing, one way or , the other, but not both. A man should make enough money to look after his fainily, so that the mother does not have to hunt for a'job, to look after their family. So money is , not important, education and good families is __more important-and - GO has given thOse women the'power and they are the real creators of new life for, a better world. Men cannot give new life, only women can, and, they are always a step forward compared with men. As long as we see this in-this light, we are going to be on the , right path of happiness of a new world of a better Canada, and of better; citizens. John Van Geffen Snoivarama Where are the women? In this article of last week's paper; I was kind of disappointed. Well everybody is entitled to express their own opinion, about important questions. Here is mine. Knowing you as an -intelligent woman, and just recently became I presume a very happy mother too of a good looking baby girl Gabrielle, I thought you would enceura3e teenagers and women of your age, to get the same happiness and family life , as you are enduring. The most important thing God ever , has done, is , to create a beautiful world 'with everything in it, he also, created beautiful, women as companions to men. • And .what,God created was wonderful; so He gave .women the •power and ability to create newlife in this world. You people don't realize that enough so • understand, that' women can create a much better world to live in by givingbirth to new life, new people, new Canadians and by educating them the right way, so that in about 10 or 15 years. from ,now, -we-don't have to —fight vandalism, alcoholics and seii maniacs. ThrOugh yotir good education given to those yogi ngstera we' would oveconie all this. If every young girl or woman would do the same, - roost of the problems would be solved. To me, the mothers play a very most important role in , this. I don't Oink you will deny that. All mothers should stay home from their Constable • thanks Would 'you 'travel in Canada if•it were cheaper? Lately the fe eral government has been r a big push on lowering tourism costs in .Canada so that more tourist money will be spent here than has been the case in th,e past. Expositor Asks' decided to find out if more people would be willing to travel in their own country first if costs were lowered so we asked: "Would you be willing to tour Canada more than hi 'other countries on your holidays if the Costs of doing so were lowered? Mt g.- John Boyd of 130.James Street, Seafottli, 'said, "Oh; yes sure. We Went to Florida four years ago and two years ago -we went to. the West Coast and enjoyed it More. "I Aike the scenery ank everything. rthirkwe should visit our own country more," she said. Mrs. Brian Kennedy of R.R.2, Seaforth said, "Sure, why not. After all, you have to see your own country besides`seeing other people's, The thing is I wasn't born here so I'd rather see Canada first." Mrs. Gary Lawrence of 154 Richmond St., Hensall said, "Yes4-- probably would. There's many places that we haven't seen in Canada yet and I'd like to See them before we twit. *around the other countties." She added that she had-several itlativeN living across Canada that she'd like to visit. ' Jerry Moffatt of R.R.3, Kippen said, "I definitely would. I think our expense traVetling here is 4., greater' that in the Would like to see Canada and I think if the prices were right I would do more of it (travelling)" he id Heealso thought people would do more flying if they could book tafleight at iiigoliet xatnd.be able to go h day. The cost of touring Canada' didn't seem to bother Mrs. Florence' McPhail' of R.R.2, Staffa. 'Really it isn't the cost factor. .I would tour Canada anyway as my preference is Canada. I have very little desire to travel anywhere else. I have an interest to in ni see yoi,h own aihtstyadtd would like Mrs. Kenneth Ryan agreed about the cost. She said she had heard from a program on television-that the cost Of visiting other countriesiesowtjaysalowe 3er)than in o A years ag FEB10101(15,1878 0,4srk. A, O. McDougal. WtIC company • are , omfortablyiecAted in their handsomeAtelv-Store on the Cardnrfr BloCk. The whole establishment is lighted by soline and is one of the most complete in this section , co the country. A large number of the pupils of the Senior Division of Seaforth Public• School surprised thejr teacher, Mr.. L. ,L. McFaul who; for the past five fears, 'has been connected With the schoOl. Afferrarrival, and exchange of the usual form of civility* Miss M. Mabee, on behalf `of the pupils read an address. ' Mr. Longrove of near Dunville has started a new Blacksmith's shop in Hillsgreen. Two new schools have been built in• Stanley this year. Sin 18.60. Se ing the Community PiiSt 'NI • • • Published at SEAFORTH. ONTARIO, every -Thursday morning,by McLEAN BROS. PUBLISHE• RS LTD. A SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 16, 1978 Attend a meeting • Exposito - classified bring results, That's 'what this newspaper. sincerely believes. And we'd like to applaud an effort by r Seaforth's town council to let taxpayers know; via Expositor classified ads, that theysare welcome every month at -town council meetings: 'Meetings are now held upstairs the newly renovated court room and counci•Ilors say there's more rCom for spectators than there was , in 'the old ground floor chambers.• -• Seaforth's present council' too is interested in doing business In the Open and in attracting local. peoples' ; interest in local government • So far, according* to. clerk-, Jim Crocker, the small classified ad -which invited citizens last month and this"to meetings on the sebond Monday, • Behind the scenes By Keith Rotilston socialism is the cure to all the ills of the •world but sometimes one has to weeder about some though $9 million is just pocket change for horse, selling some 36 shares. at $250 of the priorities of our 'society. him. He syndicated the breeding rights for the each That's a lot of money to pay for a stallion to breed: 36 mares .a year,/ actually 40 since Taylor kept four more shares for himself) and there was worry that Taylor' would hav,e a . tough time selling the shares, Within one day weekend when I picked 'up one of the whole amount for. The Minstrel even after they were put'on the market,' all newspaper 'supplement magazines and saw how E.P.Taylor had bought a race horse for $9 million. Mr.. Taylor',-"of course; didn't put up begging to a share. • , shares were sold and more people were past few years Taylor has been making a 2. million a year from his 'horse Northern Dancer'__s breeding of some 40 mares:..._,The_ "' I'm not one Of those pe6ple who think -t ' Once again, Taylor's success has been built One of' those occasions came on the Not that thin is a foolish gamble. For bout .000 the ' the the . .____that city_ _people—not just millionaires__Iike_ Canada which struggle stay alive. We see • $9. million far a horse. But-through the betting • pari-mutuel window to lay down money on the "commercial on television-than they're likely to • on the pleasures (some Alight say weaknesses) of the ordinary citizen. If racing was really just get • paid more for a 30 second perfume earn in two month s at any of the theatres in races before Taylor decided he wanted him. ack. That works out to more than $70,000 cock-eyed priorities of Our society. The richest patrons, with a slot mach* everywhere,there • off-chance their horse might win, racing has , become big business. The Minstrel, • a Northern Dancer-c6lt, was sold by Taylor to a every time the horse raced, hotels in the world' are those in Los Vegas where they cater to the gambling urge of their of ordinary people willing to lineup at the British owner, earned .$650.000 in just nine isn't a roulette m.wel..We see that,actors can a rich marita .h.obby, no one would be paying.. There are other examples of course of the Dancer and The Minstrel live in a luxurious Taylor, but ordinary doctors, lawyers, accommodation at Taylor's 2000-acre farm in ' teachers and factory ,workers, can afford to ' Maryland (Taylor also haS a huge farm near come out to the cbentry, b,uy a farm and keep OshaWa, just for horses). it just as a weekend retreat. while the farmer There's something exciting abbut next door couldn't afford to pay the sameprice and make the farm pay for itself through what racehorses but I must admit I find the whole • - Minstrel story a little mind-numbing. Here we • it would produce: We see land worth more as are When 'a - third of the world is unable to a golf course or a trailer park than as a farnt„e obtain Proper , food. where farmers in our part At 77 years of age E.P.Taylor is one of that ' of the world find it hard to find enough Money small group of People that have more money to stay in business and this mail can devote than you and I could everiinagine. One would thousands of acres and millions.of dollars to' • think, he'd be satisfied..One would think that ""tacehorses and actually make money at it. To he'd be just a little thankful to the country that me it says something pretty sad about our gave him that kind of riches, to a country judgment of what is really important in life. whose drinkers, gamblers and other pleasure- Taylor got his money through his holdings' "'"seekers had made him one of the richest men in Argus Corp. One of the largest conglomer- - in the world. ates in Canada.' A good deal of the money for Such is not the cake. A couple of years back the corporation came from the breweries it Taylor renounced his Canadian citizenship owns like •Carlings and O'Keefe, One of the and moved to the Bahamas. His goal was to surest ways of making money,in Canada is to get away from Canadian taxes, to retreat to provide such esse .ntials as beer, whiskey and the tax haven of the Carribean Islands while cigarettes. Producing „food your farmer his money still earns big dividends in Canada. neighbours will tell you is, (the consumer Just his little way of saying thanks to the advocates will insist, should be ) a non-profit venture. , system that made him what, he is today. --He hought his first race horse back in 1936 • at a cost of, $4000. Racing was a rich maits hobby back then. Youtweren'A supposed to make a lot of money at it and indeed Taylor put in a lot of money before his horses began to make money. To be fair, he• has done a lot for the racing business in Cana through his -efforts.-He had apolicy, for inst ace that all' his yearling, horses were for ale. 'Anyone could have bought .Northern Dancer, for instance, for a 'mere $25,000 back in 1962, but everyone overlooked him in the effort to buy jr---------.„,,, other Taylor horses. That horse went on to earn $586.806 in racing purses before becoming the most successful .and expensive sturdPorse in history meantime,. In thmeantime, he also ' -helped ' Canadian . pride - by s . winning - the • Kentucky Derby and The the first two legi of the American Triple Crown, the first time a Canadian horse- had ever done that. , . So -one shouldn't paint Taylor all blatt for his efforts in horse raging. Yet the fact restrains that Taylor has Managed to high even. •-a,tich mates hobby into a good business. H e has had a huge control on the Canadian racing busitiess not only through his !leadership in breeding of 'Mites, but his effotta With the • Ontario Jockey 'Club Whitt) omens all-the big 4, race tracks add throwi its Shaddvir eeet all the small tracks in the Province. .., ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher , SUSAN WHITE, Editor DAVE. ROBB; Advertising Manager Member Canacuan Community Newspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newsp er Association and Audit Burea Circulation '5ubseription, ates; Cana4 (in advance) $12.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) $20.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 25 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 52?.0240 'Trees at SPS FEBRUARY 13, 1903 ,„ Mr. W. C. Sproat of Kippen, one of our progressive young farmers, is the lover of good horse flesh. He sold a very . snug 6 'year old mare-go David Donovan and received a sum of $190. Mr. John McNevin of Kippen has a number of teams getting in a supply 'of logs. • An important business, change has been madd in Exeter where two law firms have united. Messrs. F. W. Gladman and J. T. .Stanbury 'have formed a, partnership, George G. Monroe of Brucefield has a number of teams employed drawing ice from the Kippen dam. It is' ., of excellent quality.- Mr. Robert McCartney Sr. halbeen appointed by the government to go, to the old country., as one of a -delegation sent over to induce immigrants to settle in the .Northwest. Mr, Robert Bell of Seaforth Engine Works 'closed a contract for the construction of 120 of his engines:for delivery" in the Northwest,. The contract extends for three years and will amount to over $160,000. The eontraset will not interfere in any way with, Mr. Bell's Ontario business. J. A. Wilson has gone to Winnipeg with a carload of eggs. • George Murray has left for Manitoba taking with him a carload of horses for . Messrs. Fowler and Chesney. While there, Mr. Murray will look aver the country to see if he can find anything better there than he can find here: Sunday was one of the-.'most blustery days of the ' season. An immense depth of snow has fallen and it is difficult to get about. The Public Library •Board at a meeting on Tuesday appointed John Thompson• as successor to Mias WIright. Mr. Thompson 'will make a good and attentive librarian. Mr. Nelson Glew has removed his family • from Egmondville to Seaforth and intends starting in the restaurant business. Mr. Isaac McGavin of Leadbury has a team of horses which weight 3,228- pounds. They are ,jet black with white faces and four white legs. He has refused an offer; On Sunday January 29, the Whipper Watson Annual. Snowarama for Crippled Children was held in Huron County. The Snowarama was co-ordinated „, by Randy Collins, owner and operator of Hully-Gully Sno-Sports. near Varna. This 85 smile showthobile marathon started at either Huily Gully or the Pine Ridge Chalet whichever the 'sponsored riders preferred. These, riders carried pledges they had obtained from private citizens or businesses who pledged so much money per mile run by. the contestant in th'e marathon. There were 326 entrants iwho '• collected or had pledge' for-approximately $30,000.00. This• money goes for Crippled Children all over the Province of Ontario with half of it staying in this area. 'The marathon started at 7:40 a.,m. and the last rider came in about 7;00 p.m .in . the dark. Prov. Const. Bob Roberts and myself of -... Gilderich O.P.P. Detachment were asked to escort the V.I.P's through the course -as some of them ,had Sever ridden a snowmobile before. In this way we got to view every aspect of the trail and took particular note of the highway crossings and how 'safe they were to -the motoring public and the snowmobilers. The sate guards used by the Snowarama people were excellent. There 'Was at least one petson at road crossings who, law that there was no interference to highway traffic by showmobilers.„, ' The organization of a fund raising scheme of this nature was tremendous -and much. praise must be bestOWed Upon the organizing, agencies and .participants. The organizing agencies were as follows: Snowmobile Clubs - HullyGully, Clinton and • district Snowmobile Club, the Sunsest Strip, The Pine Ridge Chalet, The Athena Hill Clittibers, and the Ailsa Craig SnoWmobile Clubs. Service Clubs involved were the- Clinton, • Goderich, , Bayfield, Seaforth, Exeter and Zurich "Lima Clubs; the Clinton Kinsmen Club and the London downtown Rotary Club. • Looking at the Mice Safety point of view I feel the event was a tremendous success due to the safety involved, as well as the money raised for a good cause. Vonerattilations to ill involved - Safe .snolvmobiling to All. • R.W.Wilson, 3629, Provincial Constable xpositor as s: of $430 for the team. Mr. :Robert Charter ,of the Mill Road, has recently made several important sales from his thoroughbred • herd. Mr. Thomas Leeming of Leadbury had a number of teams hauling cord wood to the tile yard of Joliii Govenlock in Winthrop. . N. Neeb of Zurich has sawed a lot of wood with a ' eircularsaw" for L. Shoe aker which he got out of the big swamp. FEBRUARY 17, 1928 A pleasant feature at the regular meeting of Seaforth Town Council, was the presentation of a gold headed cane_ and a cheque for, a month's salary to William Gillespie, who .is retiring from the position of Chief Constable after a faithful service of 33 yeais. W. H. Golding made the presentation and an address was read by Re6e J. W. • Beattie. C, Tuckey of Exeter, while cutting 'wood in the bush, was injured whewastick flew up and struck hirrrin the throat. He talks 'with great 'difficulty'. . • The boys of Constance and- some from Seaforth put on a big rabbit drive. They centered the territory from Kittburn to Winthrop and bagged about 50 jacks. Mr. Agar of Swiff Current unloade'd two carloads of young cattle at the Walton' CT.:R. stockyards. . Walton Public School re-opened this--week7- It- was 'closed for ten days owing to. an outbreak of .scarlet . fever. • , The snow plough has again made its appearance on thehighway but the weatherman at St. Columban does not seem to favoUr travel. • Many, in Kippen were surprised to learn of the death of Henry Schafer. He was one of the oldest residents and was well and favourably known. • • Many friends joined the ,Expositor in wishing many happy returns to Charles Holbein who will celebrate, his 81st birthday. He was born in Prussia, Germany: Weather' conditions interfered . materially , with the attendance at the Seaforth Carnival. Prize winners were: Ladies character--Bessie Phillips; Girls comic-- Doreen Hudson, Men's character--D. Reid; Men's comic--Carl Knight, Allan Reid; National--R. Reid; Mabel Hildebrand. A. R. Box has purchased an air cooling system forhis restaurant in Seaforth. FEBRUARY 20, 1953 Cavan United Church Young People, Winthrop, held a social evening kt the hotee of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Bolton to honour the newly weds, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnston. During the evening a spelling match was held and the bride and groom, were called upon and presented with a hreart and_buttee dish. . Fires levelled a barn in McKillop and destrdyed a framed dwelling in Hay Township resulted in lossea estimated at nearly $20,009., A large barn, seasonal crops, shed and implementa of Murray Dalton' were. , destroyed as was a frame house owned by Albert Keys in flay Township. • James,T. :Scott retiring president of the Local Branch of the Canadian Legion was commended for two years faithful service at the Branch's Annual meeting. The .0 address' of thanka was •presented by Charles' P. McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance held its- annual meeting when John L. Malone introduced J. Anderson who discussed causes of fires and ways' of prevention. S. H. Whitmore thanked hint. • P. J. Dorsey and Harvey MeLlwalt of town were involved in a collision on #8 highway near Dublin - during a heavy snowstorm but, neither driver was - seriously hurt. , Mrs. R. J. Cameron was hostess at heillensall Mitt- last week for a meeting of the Ladies Aid, of Carmel Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mts. A, Y. McLean and daughter, Miss Susan, attended the Oldfield-McLeod wedding Preston. -- MeSsrs. Charles Barber.. W, J. Duncan, Frank Kling, and .1. E. Keating were in Toronto participating in the Ontario Bonspiel. MO. David Netzske,had the misfortfine to fall at her home. She is in Scott Mettiorial Hospital With "it broken arm.