The Huron Expositor, 1978-08-31, Page 3',Sonzithing to .say
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$1000 RICHER—LeOna Bedard of Seaforth received the $low bill she
won ina Knights of Columbus draw Saturday night from past Grand
Knight Leo Hagan. Mrs. Bedard said she forgot all about .the ticket,
bought, early in the Spring and when her husband Lloyd told her of the
win all sh-e remembered having tickets on was a quilt. The mother-of six,
who has 15 "and any day 16" grandchildren, says she hasn't decided yet
what she'll do with her winnings. (Expositor Photo)
Mrs. BOdard wins "$1,000.;
gone, my eating out plans is the
Even father taking over baby.. :What do we do with
the cooking for awhile her? I'm pretty sure places
doesn't offer the same break I'd like to patronize for a
that going out to eat does. I once a year b'
get sick of meat loaf, boiled have hig
potatoes and stewed feally
tomatoes, the better half's all '
time. favourite gour
menu.
So, for sure going out
to eat when I m on holiday
and I'm packing the cldthes
to prove it.
I may get funny, looks
when I arrive on the door
step at The Church or The
Mill with my uncombed,
muscle shirtedhusband, but
who cares? 'They're only
going to see us once,
The Baby.
The other thing that I tena
to forget about when I make
chairs, pd we•
n't ask her to sit out-
e car; ',where we've
traditionally-}' put—the dog
during an evening out: ,
Local ritzy restaurants ap-.-
parently get pretty desperate
for customers after Labour
Day but I'm not sure they'd
.stoop to letting our motley
party in, wedding dress,
muscle shirt, high chair and
all. (The dog can still stay in ,
the car.)
It's likely obvions, dear
reader, that I've been so
carried away getting ready
for our holidays at home that
I haven't,given a whelelot of
Second prize of $200 went
to Earl. Bondy, RR 7,
hatham,and the third prize
of $100 went of Bev. Brown,
RR 1, Bluevale.
Jack Eckel, Chairman of
the. Bean Festival, assited by
Grand, Knight, Seamus
Doherty and Past Grand
Knight, Philip Durand, made
the draws.
The draw ehairman was
Past Grand Knight, John
Paul Rau Who said the
proceeds are for the various
charity prOjects sponsored by
the Seaforth and District
Knights Of Columbus Council.
It's a catch up week for
me, . .a mad scramble as I
run around here at work and
at home, letting ready to
take off' on two weeks
holidays,
At home I've discovered
that'the'small recent addition
to our family makes a heck of
a difference in excess bag-
gage.
It's quite 'possible in fact
that we'll have no room in
our car for anything except a
two week supply of dis-
pasable diapers. I don't
intend to do laundry unless I
absolutely have to while
we're away, so we likely
should take a two
supply of the baby's chithes,
too.
Except we don't have SO or
so changes' of clothes for our
little dear. The way I hope I'll
get around that is not to
dress poor little Gaby in the
same four or 'five grubby
outfits for 14 days, but to
dress her in as little as
possible.
We'regeing to the beach.
ToTcTiir vaciIion and if our
beautiful summer extends
into SepteMber (and if it
doesn't I'm going to borrow
money and fly to Florida)
we're going to keep Gaby in
a diaper or ,in her bikini,
minus ,a,,rdiaper; —all day, ,
every day..
That leaves toys to Tack
and we,, don't really' need
many of them either. The
baby's favourite playthings
are kleenex box, a spoon and
an emptymargarine tub . .
things that are handy any-
where.
Her dad doesn't need to
pack much for his holidays.
His idea of a vacation is not
having to dressup . ever.
I know right now that- he's'
going to spend the next two
weeks alternating between a
couple of pairs of threadbare
shortS, ditto jeans, a muscle
shirt and, his' 'wind'power
T-shirt, and his bathing suit
if the weather's what
we:rp hoping' it'll,be,he too
can live in his baihingsuit‘
And he won't Comb hair.
True lib_e_ration to.. Andy_ is
never having to comb , his
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hair.
That leaves mother, who
traditionallytakes way more
clothes she needs, ' on
any holiday. You never knew
is my philosophy and I want
to have cloth for every
possibility,
-Bored
It could be that we'll get
bored sitting at , the lake, I
reason, and decide to take in
a play or two at Stratford. For
that need my wedding
dress. (Note: After ten hard
eating year I, couldn't begin
to get into my actual wedding
dress. The above is a special
stress I bought this summer,
Several weddings .we were
invited to being the excuse.)
Then too I never plan a
holiday (and let me tell ypu I
get really excited abont
them) without anticipating
that we'll be going out for
dinner two or three times. I
like life at the cottage but '
cooking and cleaning up after
a meal every' night is some-
thing I can do during my
work-a-day life-for the rest of
the year. I mean, the thrill is
Erosion ., expert: will
be at plowing motc.
DV, for two weeks
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.,thought to getting organized
to leave the office. Not only,
haven't I made myeustoimary
list of "things to watch for
while I'm away": I haven't
thrown out any suggested
editorial topics, or. ' given
anybody little talks that start
"what ' I usually do on
Tuesday is . . . or "how
you lay out a front page is .
No, if the chaos on the
homefront continues as we
get ready for our first holiday
with baby, I'm going to leave
them high and dry here
, at the office. But they won't
know about that see until (a)
they read this 'column or())
I'm far away on my two week
break.
See you (and them) in
mid-September.
Concerned parents say
book campaign not over
group, told the board that it should listen to
its electors when deciding bn the use of the
books. He •said the group could prove to
the board that as many as "80 percent of the
taxpaying parents in Huron County wish to
haye the three books deleted from the list of
approved books".
Very Immoral
Mr. Barth said The Diviners was a 'very
immoral book' and that if trustees had not
read it they should so they would know what
is taught in county classrooms". He said Of
Mee and Men is "One step worse".
"Of Mice and Me is a book of
blasphemey," he said'"I went to the
ttouble,of going through the book and 'in the
first 40 pages I counted 40 examples of
straighteursing and taking God's name in
vain."
"Taking God's name in vain is not
acceptable at any time or any place much
less in the teaching profession," he added.
• Mr. Barth asked the board what the group
should do in its next move to have the
remaining two books removed from the
approved list. He 'asked that if the group
could, show the board that 80 percent of the
ratepayers in the county were. in fiver of
• having it deleted would the board feel
responsible for meeting the request.
"As our representatives would yoU not
almost have to meet our request?" he asked.
Board chairman John Elliott pointed out to
Barth that the trustees are elected to make
decisions they feel are in the best interest of
tie people they represent and if that
decision was to remove the books, that
would be the decision made. He added that
the banning may .not necessarily be the
decision made.
'That decision would be up to each
individual trustee," said Mr. Elliott.
Mrs. Lloyd Bedard, 46
George Street, Seaforth, Was
the winner of a $1,000 bill,
Saturday, at the Zurich Bean
Festival. The draw was spon-
sored by the Father Stephen
Eckert Coucil, no. 5289, of
the Knights Of Columbus of
Seaforth and District. '
By Roger Bell
(Writing for Bill Smiley, who is touring relics
older than him.).
For the past 'three years. I've been
fighting (and losing) a war which I call the
Great Battle of Necktie. I believe in a neck
unfettered by the choking confinement of a
chunk of silk or polyester. These useless
cloth appendages cramp my style. not to
mention my fragile esophagus. They drag in
my goulash at dinner. flap in my face while
I'm humming along on my ten-speed, and
offer an open invitation to whichever one of
my 6'S" students watts to garrotte me for
the Eeterrn test just returned to him.
Unfortunately, my employer and ' his
superiors don't agree with My Views on the
liberated neck. I walked naively into work on
the first day, collar open, spirits high, and
was promptly informed of the Eleventh
Coniniurid ent -Thou shalt not offend mine
eyes by allowing thy throat to appear
ungarnished in m.presence; nor shalt thou
sport. turtlenecks. Ahich vex me sorely; and
lest thou wish to feel the fiery lash of
Unemployment, thou shalt not allow the
blashemous blue denira to adorn thy person.
This accompanied by the roar of thunder, the
slash of lightning and a horrifying vision of
my lovely, contract in flames. The score after
the first skirmish: Haberdashers-1, Roger
(bloodied champion of human rights)-0.
This whole thing smacks of the
re-appearance of the great god and teller of
falsehoods, Outwardshow. I thought that the
kluejeaned, longhaird troops of the Youth-
andtruth Army had laid hisliideous corpse to
rest after the hard-fought Battle of Hippie
Junction, in the late 1960's. But it appears
that he has risen, phoenixlike, and is
slinking about the land, appealing to the
conservative and the normal in all men. His
insidious message is simply this: Clothes
make the man. He of the neatly miffed head
and the smartly-tailored-for-taday's-man-
on-the-go-three-piee vested suit is superior
and preferable to he of/the unkempt Mane
and tieless torso. The tnultititdet will resoed
said could cost $100,000 a year.
A staff of six, five dispatchers , and a
secretary, is proposed, the deputy reeve said
and he questioned if that number could ru-i
the round the clock service, especially at the
wages suggested.. . .$8,000 a year per
dispatcher.
He was critical of the dispatch organizing
committee for letting a $128,000 contract
for a headquarter when there's been no
indication yet of when the 75 per cent
'provincial grant will be received.
It is hoped the system will be operating by
next February. Mayor Betty Cardno said.
Council treated the matter as information
only and did not name anyone to the
management committee.
the former, and he shall rise to diziying
heights; the latter will be as loved as a pint of
prune juice in a dyscntry ward and he will go
nowhere fast in the world of Big Business.,
Pardon me. but-hunk!
Let's follow that line of reasoning for
awhile. Imagine the following scene:
Adolphe Hitler and Jesus Christ show up
one night at' your house, uninvited, for
dinner. Adolphe is handsomely -attired in a
new.$300 pinstripe wool-worsted suit, a pair
of neat suede shoes, and an expensive tie
with a tidy Windsor knot. Jesus. in contrast:"`
sports only a simple cotton caftan, has dusty
feet and open-toed sandals, arid has
(gasp-call the cops!) long hair and a beard,
With me so far? If you adhere to.
Outwardshow's diet umornament is every-
thing, character nothing--Jesus will end tip
eating. burgers -M-cDonald's and you
have a dinner guest who admires your
lampshades and seems ungriiteful when you
tell him you don't like pork.
Can you conceive the idiotic situations the
Appearance Is' Reality belief might spawn?
To be considered a worthy cleaning lady.
Mrs. Magoo would' have to do your
hardwood floors in an evening gown. Local
sanitary engineers would sling festering
piles of refuse into the back of their Rolls
Royce, being very careful no to get any on
their tropical-weight leisure suits. The,
mechanic at your favority garage might be
adverse to fixing the transmission in your
jaunty jalopy for fear he might sully his
velvet tuxedo. (A positive offshoot—schools
which were troubled by vandalism would
have only. to hand a tie in every window and
not only would vandals not destroy the place.
they'd rake the 'lawns and trim the hedges.)
Yes, folks, as much as 1 hate to admit it--it
brings a Ittinp to my throat • .to say it--old
Outty is alive and well. I do however have a
new battle plan for the upcoming round of
friend Chenier, the artist, is
going to siikscreen a tie on my hairy chest.
No problem really, I'll just pretend it's
Mohair.
Seaforth police force investigated a break
and entry on the weekend at the apartment
of Marian Coutts, .15 Main Street South,
Seaforth. '
Entry to the apartment was gained
through a rear Window.
The articles which were stolen included 'a
set of wine goblets and a number of copper
Do you find yourself puffing after climbing
a few stairs or experiencing aching muscles
after a short walk downtown? -
On October 12, Seaforthites can test their
level of physical fitness when the Fitness
Assessment Van comes"to town for the day.
The van is jointly operated by the London
Y.M. -Y.W.C.A, and the ministry of culture
and recreation as part of the Fitness Ontario
program.
Clive Buist, Seaforth recreation director,
said he hopes a number of clubs,
organizations and businesses will consider
turning out to try the fitness test in.full force..
The van offers two services to the towns it
visits under the program.
Through presentations and de-
monstrations. individuals are educated
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long, and drivers can buy a poker hand and•
try their luck at cards as well. The
registration fee for entering the rally will be
13 per car. .
At 2:30 p.m.. there will be an earth ball
competition in Optimist Park. An earth bail,
approxirliately 15 feet in diameter, is being
borrowed for the. occasion. 'Two large teams
will be chosen and the object of the game is
to push the hefty ball across your opponents'
line.
Later in the afternoon, tliPre will be more
excitrnent with bed race. The tentative route
for the race is along South Main Street
ending at the Optimist Park.
Anyone who decides to enter a'-hed in,-the
challenge must preregister. The entryf e is
$1.0 per bed and cash prizes will be aw rded
to the first three finishers. The first, place
team will win half of the total entry Teits, the
second place teams wins one-quarter of the
entry fees''aticl the third place team 4ins to-
per cent of the fees.
On Saturday, the regular match will start
at 9:30 a.m. with 10 , classes in the
competition including the Queen of the
Furrow class for prizes in cash, goods and
trophies worth $3;500.
Special contests during the match include
a horse shoe pitching contest with a class for
Huron County players arid -orie—Ti3r all
corners; a nail driving contest, 'for both
ladies and men and log sawing contests.
Norman Alexander, the self-taught
erosion expert from Londesboro, will
demonstrate erosion control technique,s
during the match.
Another demonstrator will be George
Smyth, an Auburn area farmer who has
invented a new type of bean puller.
This year's match is the 51st annual match
sponsored by the Huron County Plowmens'
Association,
The Junior Farmers will be operating a
food booth on the farm during the match.
items. The total value of the stolen items was'
$295.
On Tuesday mornifigAhe Seaforth police
executed a search warrant in London and
recovered the articles.
A man has been charged with break and
enter and will appear in provinical court in
Goderich on Sept. 11,
about the importance of physical fitness in
the total health picture.
But the real aim of the program is to
motivate people to become more physically
active by assessing their fitness levels.
Following the testing, each individual will be
given an exercise prescription which is
geared to their ability and fitness level. It's
hoped individuals will follow the fitness,
program to maintain a better level of health.
The fitness assessment program is aimed,
at the adult population between the ages of
18 and 65 years old. Cost is $12 and a
complete assessment consists of seven
different tests which take one hour to
complete.
Individuals interested in taking the test
may register by calling the Seaforth
recreation office at 527-0882,
Registration forms ' for the race are
available at the Seaforth recreation office.
Later in the afternoon, the strorigarrned
residents of Seaforth are invited to take part
in tug of war competitions.
Organizers are hoping to have three
divisions - mens', womens' and teens', and
participants care asked to 'form teams of
eleven players and register at the recreation
office.
Younger residents' of the town 'haven't
been forgotten either.
At 4 p.m., there will be a program of
chidrens' Lames and races for youngsters
ten years old and under,
Clive Buist, recreation director, said
organizers are expecting a few beds will be
coming from West Branch, Michigan to
challenge local teams for the Wilma Oke bed
race trophy.
In May, Jim Cardno's raring daredevils
captures ldh e t hienbmedircahcige
Michigan,
Seaforth at
races
By Jeff Seddon
The Group of Concerned Parents in
HuronCounty seeking the removal of three
„English literatere textbooks from county
high school classrooms does not intend to
drop its campaign just because :one' of the
three books was banned by the county board
of ',education.
The group is seeking the remoyal of three
books -- The Diviners by Margaret Laurence,
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and of
Mice and Men by John Steiebeck---fromIthe
list of ,pproved 'texts for Huron County
schools. Monday night the board of
education satisfied part of the grOup's aims
when it banned' The Diviner's. •
The group attended last Monday night's
board meeting abotit 40 strong and made a
presentation to trustees outlining its con-
cerns and requesting that the board do its
part by taking the three 'books off its
approved list.
In a prepated statement for the board,
group spokesman Art Haverkamg said
trustees should lef "their conscience bp their
guide and remove the .three books from
the list".
Mr. Haverkamp said the books 'didn't
instruct students or improve their character
which is what education is all about. He said
education is an exchange of ideas between
parents, children and teachers to equip
students with broader views that in later life
would give them a broader ability to• cope
with decisions in life.
He said the books were "clearly immoral
and poor English and repeatedly take the
• lord's name in vain." He said the problem
runs much deeper than just the three books
adding .that "man often forgets that the
beginning of all wisdom is fear of the Lord".,
Lloyd Barth, another member' Of - the
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Hey, all you people out there. Look up.
Look up in the sky. Those balloons you see
floating in the blue come with greetings from
Mitchell's new tennis club.
At 6:00 last Friday the ribbon cutting.,
committee let loose a big bouquet of balloons
filled with helium. And those balloons took
off in two seconds. Up and away. Most of
them escaped the jumps and grabs of the
youngsters who wanted one.
The balloons were last seen heading south
toward Fullarton and London way. They
carried 'on them in black ink the club name
and the date of the official opening.
It's not that the courts weren't open this
summer. They were. Since June the new
black asphalt that stretched out over two
courts took a good ppunding. Ail summer
long, racing feet and yellow tennis balls
bounced off its surface.
The big treat of' the opening celebrations
was to watch the exhibition tennis match of
four players. Of course everyone wished he
were young again, when he saw 16 year old
Joe Kleinhinz , a rising tennis star, move the
ball across the net-so fleet of foot and
smooth of style. Oh, to have his youth and
grace.- But all the bench sitters knew this
could never be.
And then to watch Ray Cornish, the
maturer player controlled and experienced.
His kind of tennis was too, good for all of us,
but we liked him. He claimed his wife was
away on vacation. And since she was the
only one around the house who knew how to
work the washing machine, he had to make
the crowd suffer his greys, and hot the usual
white dress of the tennis court.
But the real winners of the evening were
the other two players. Seniors they were,
Senior Citizens and their play on the court
was- enough to inspire us all,
Bob Favacho came from St.. Marys. And
would you believe? He's 89 years old and
still playing strong. Without a pair. of
glasses. Without an extra pound of flab or
fat. Bob puts anyone w ith a paunchy
middle to shame. There's no excuse for it,
ack, claims. When the tennis season gives
(WC Bob goes onto badminton, jogging,
handball • and hunting. That man is no
slacker, that one..
The biggest hit of the evening was little
Rebecca Miskin. She barely bits five feet
tall, but her sturdy frame with trim legs --
just you take a look at that grandma in shorts
those firm legs moved her across the court in
top speed.
And speaking of speed, Rebecca can
wallop that ball in a serve. She's as good as
one of those tennis ball machines that spits
out balls in steady rythm and time. In
lightening speed, Rebecca swings that
racket around her head in an arc and then
down. Wham. She smashes the ball and
drives it :across the net.
- Her grey hair is pulled back into a single
braid in back. And she pins it to the top of
her head. Not p single hair flies out of place
as she runs for the ball. _
Rehecels secret weapon is Tier flop spin.
What she may lose in speed, she make up in
her spin. That.makes the ball a bit dizzy, and
puts off any player. •
I thought I was beinggenerous when I
asked her if she played tennis a couple of
tithes a week.
Silly, Anyone knows you have to practice
as least every day Rebecca said. And she
does. Two times a day. Early in the 'morning
and late at night. Avoiding the hot sun is
Rebecca's only concession to her 68 years.
I,liked watching the turntables as those
senior citizens played on the court. No
longer were the young and the middle agers
performing for them. Doing things for them.
Instead, they were giving us their own show.
They were showing us what the 70's and 80's
could do.
Those two deserved the roar and the clap
they got when they finished the match. For
they showed us seniors don't just rocking
chair, play cards and talk about the good old
days. They reminded us that tennis - that
.vigorous game of tennis--is for people of all
ages.
And if you don't believe it, take a walk
down to the tennis courts in St. Marys and
Stratford. And watch Little Rebecca and Big
Bob in action.
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THE HunoN ExpossToR
Some Seaforth councillors expressed
ocincerri at how much Huron's new central
police dispatch system is going to cost at a
recent council meeting. ' •
At a meeting of paiticipating
municipalities to set up the system; Deputy
Reeve Bill Dale said two• committees were
proposed to, operate the system. A-manage-
ment committee to which each town would
appoint a member would look after budgets.,
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hiring, policies and wages negotiations. 'The
day toddy running of the systeni would be
left in the hands of an operating committee,
with each town's police chief' as members.
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"If we name a member tonight we
commit ourselves to .this setup," Mr. Dale
said, which-ewe mayor at the meeting had
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Town council worries
about dispatch cost
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
A guest column
Local plowmen and plowomen 'have a
chance. to practise turning a furrow at this
weekend's Huron County Plowing Match on
the Ken Campbell farm, Lot 14, Con. 6,
McKillop 'township. •
The extra practice should stand compet-
itors in good stead if they plan to compete in
the Inernational Plowing Match, to be held
outside. Witrgham later this month.
The two day Huron County Plowing Match
opens on Friday. Sept. 1, with a competition
for plow boys and girls. .
. The day's events start with. coaching
sessions at 9:36 a.m. when Ray Montague,
the chief judge of the Ontario Plowmen's
Association and his assistant will be' on hand
to give advice on the fine points of match
plowing for .younger competitors. .
After the morning's coaching session, the
Junior Plowmen's Match will be held 'in the
afternoon and competitors will be judged on
the proper ,way to adjust a plow and turning
the best furrow.
Man charged in break
at your neighbour
Attotamontwaitspbaristirmstatimmimagnattom
Fitness test
coming here
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
Tennis balloons