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The Huron Expositor, 1978-11-30, Page 2 011 Since 1860, Serving the Community First Tutlished at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS, PUBLISHERS LTD. ANDREW, Y. McLEAN, Publisher SUSAN WHITE, Editor , ALICE GIBE, News Editor Member Canadian Community NeWspaper Association Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associaten and'Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $12.00 a Year Outside Canada (in advance) S20.00 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 25 CENTS EACH Second Class Mail Registration Number 0696 Telephone 527-0240 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 65 and out 65 years old? Kiss goodbye to the" Job you've done for 45 years or more. Op, you're still doing good work maybe but that doesn't matter. That's the way companies react to employees, companies which have mandatory retirement rules. Many people feel an absolute rule requiring everyone td retire at-65 leads to a fantastic waste of talent. Some men and viisomen-are happy to: retire at 65. They'Id leave the regular work force at 45 it they could afford it. But many others resent flaying to stop working just because company rules say they're no longer valuable employees. Perhapa they"re bored or feel suddenly they're worth less because they're no longer employed. • Retirement age is something that shouldn't be legislated, 'or laid down in stone in company policy books at all. It should depend on the individual. Some people aren't capable at 40. Others are bright and busy at 80, to quote a woman who's working full time at age 70. We're, lucky in our rural area because few of us work, for big organizations with compulsory retirement, rules. We all know farmers in their seventies who are out on the land every day and loving it. And businets people whold fold up if they couldn't take an active part in 'life on MainSt. because they're over 65. nd we else-knew a few lucky ones are semi-retired or right out of th work force at:60 and happy about it. That's the way it Should be, arid goVernment is beginning to realize it: A step in the right direction was taken in the US last summer when became the mandatorY' retirement age in private industry and no ag= limit was set for public service, jobs. 0 federal government has shown support for the idea of older people using their work skills by funding a Toronto employment agency called over 55. • It has plabed a 70 year old woman as a' receptionist in a consulting firm, and lots of other Older people in jobs ranging from mechanic to eleotrician to accountant. The service is free to senior citizens seeking work and to companies looking for employees: • • • k :In Toronto at least, companies are learning that older people can be among the most experienced, productive and, reliable of employees.. The senior citizens employment agency is arrideathat should'be put into force across the country. The 65 th "birthday shouldn't automatically signal an end to-anyone's work life. Canada will be richer when we accept that. What if it were Goderich? Last week's drowning of 200 Vietnamese refugees in the rough waters off the Malaysian coast is a tragic'renninder that human lives are still being needlessly sacrificed., In Canada, we read reports of the 2,500 Vietnamese refugees slowly starving or dying of thirst or disease on a rusty old freighter, the Hai Hong, which has been prevented from landing in Malaysia, a country already overcrowded with refugees. While•it is easy from our vantage point to condemn the heartlessness of a country which will do nothing while people die on,their doorstep,. Malaysia, as a Third World country, no longer has the financial resources left to take in more of the homeless. Canada, one of the first Western nations to commit itself to helping some of the Hai Hong refugees, has started bring 450 refugees to our country. The province of Quebec has offered to, accept a number more of the homeless Vietnamese. Undoubtedly, many Canadians will deplore the government's action, using the fact there are thousands of unemployed citizens in the country already. This criticism was levelled both. When Czechslovakian and Ugandan• refugees were brought into Canada in the last decade. Many of the people who critisizeCanada's humanitarian efforts will watch news reports of the Hai 'Hong refugees on color television sets, in-carpeted living rooms, while eating a filling meal. There is no question bringing the Vietnamese refugees to Canada will' cost Jhe country some additional money until homes and jobs are , found for the new Canadians. But the world today is increasingly becoming a global village and we must take the responsibility of helping fellow villagers when they're in need. In Canada, animals are treated with more respect than human life in other parts of tthe world. The Hai Hong refugees cannot be allowed to perish while Western nations close their eyes. If the Hai Hong were anchored. in Goderich harbour, could we be as complacent as we are now, when the ship is stranded halfWay across the world? by Debbie Romney With Canada's recent acceptance ef the 159 Vietnamese refugees to this Country while even More refugees Wait for a countrtto accept them Expositor Asks this Week asked. local people, "DO you think Canada should have taken in 'more of Vietnamese refugees or do you think we shouldn't have taken in any? , Daniel Poldin of JO Jariii§ St. in .8 ettfetth 'raid he didn't 'think Canada should take hi any More refugees until the economy got DECEMBER 6, 1878 D. Elcoat and a young lady had a narrow escape from serious injury while returning home on Sunday. When passing over Broadfoot's Bridge the horse took fright upsetting the buggy and breaking the Shafts and dashboard. Neither of the occupants was injured. The roads in Seaforth area are still bad ( and consequently business is dull. Ross Stanley 'has been 'engaged for the year 1879 in school section no. 11 Twg, ofe. Stephen at a salary of $320. The McKillop Mutual Insuranee Co. continues to increase in popularity as a steady increase in membership .clearly indicates. It will be remembered about two years ago a shoemaker names James Watson was arrested on a charge of bigammy, but he escaped from the lock up during the night. Recently Mr. Dunlop, the constable, noticed him getting off the late train and promptly arrested him. DECEMBER 4, 1903 As Geo. Webb and Ernest Adams of Londesboro were on their way home from Clinton, they met with an accident. They were driving' in a covered rig when a couple of little girls with a sleigh causedthe horse to shy and bolt for the ditch. The occupants We live in a time of greater change than ever in history but it seems moreand more work is going into maintaining the status quo. Maintaining the status quo, that is in a way that benefits those who have the power' in our modern world. We see an example this this week where Ontario Finance Minister Frank M/Her is crying hard times for Ontario at the federal-provincial confer- ence. The province of Ontario has, for the biggest part of the 111 years since Confederation, been the fat cat of Canada. ' While-, some of us in some areas of the province might argue that the riches haven't exactly come our way, the province as a •whole has done well. We had the resources, the cheap power to manufaAnre the resources, the population base to provide ready markets and we were close to the American border to be able to take Kippen said. Mrs. Anne Maxwell of 54 Brock St,, Hensall said, "1 was in agreement with them taking refugees in anyway. I really haven't thought about whether we should have ,tairen in more or not." Mrs. John O'Leary of RR 2, Staffa said she thought it was all right that Canada took in some of the refugees but that she wasn't well-versed enough with the situ- ation to say whether or not we should have taken mote. were thrown out and Mr. Webb was stunned by his fall on the pavement. The buggy was a complete wreck., Gilbert Dick,, drover of Kippen, is buying up a large quantity of fowl. Father McKeon received , his first Xmas box for 1903 in the shape of an elegant top eigter that had carried off honours at the London and Toronto fairs. The continuing good sleighing is in the interest of business in Hensall. Large quantities of grain, wood, and logs are being daily brought into market. The curling club at Hensall is re- organizing and getting everything into good shape for, the winter sports". Miss Verne Adams of Constance.' had the nail torn from one of her fingers when 'her hand became caught in the cogs of a washing machine. Andrew Calder of town has been busy purchasing chickens for the Government experimental station in Holmsville. Cecil H odgins, son of Geo. J. 0. Hodgin's vho has been in the Dominion Bank here has been transferred to St. Thomas. John Robinson has finished his apple 'picking and 'is home again. " The citizens generally-and the customers particidarly of the Dominion Bank regret to learn that W.K. Pearce is about to severe his advantage of their large markets. Canada must have been thoug iretty hilarious down in Newfoundland d New Brunswick. We've still got enou advan- rages that we're not about to su too much. It isn't the first time that protecting the status quo has had such a high priority but it is the first time when the Ontario government • and the Toronto business community has seen the odds ,stacked against them. When the farm population in Ontario was being wiped out due to the increased industrialization of the province and the reduced returns to farmers for their goods gbvernment and big business leaders looked on it as a natural occurence. When costs for operating transportation systems such as the railways in rural areas mounted An anonymous person from RR I, Dublin thought Canada could have taken more refugees. "Canada is a large country. They have nowhere to go. We could all help out," she said. Tom Barry of 74 George St. E., in Seaforth said, "I think it's a good thing we took them in. I don't know if we're ping to be able to find jobs for therm " He didn't think however that Canada should take any more refugees. connections with• the 'agency here, for the purpose of going to St. Thomas where anew agency is being opened. DECEMBER 7, 1928 A number of sleighs and cutters were in evidence the early part of the week' as the sleighing was good. The snow has all disappeared now however. Messrs. Thos. McMillan, M.P., John Reink and Robert Archibald were in Toronto attending the Royal Winter Fair. Miss Bertha Chesney left this week for' St. Petersburg, Florida, where she will spend the winter. The Seaforth •Golf and Country Club held its annual dance in the G.W.V.A. Club rooms. W.A. Crich has received delivery of a handsome covered new Ford Truck. W.C. Bennett of Winthrop has purchased the' club store and stock at Walton and intedns moving the first of the month. The construction gang that has been putting in new bridges and culverts on the London Road have finished for the season. Gordon McGavin, Walton area farmer, has established an unique record in plough- ing matches in Ontario during the last four years. DECEMBER 4th, 1953' • Reeve Norman Scoins will again represent government leaders said we couldn't afford to subsidize these any lohger. The cost of transportation is one of the factors that has always helped build the industrial sections of Toronto, Kitchener-waterloo, Hamilton, and other cities in the highly industrialized Golden Horseshoe area of the province. No one has suggested trying to even out development by evening out the cost of. transportation across the province- -1- But take a look on the other hand at the cost of electricity. Electricity is an even more major factor in industrial costs these days than transportation. Yet nearly all electricity ,being developed these days is far away from the cities where is is eventually to be used. If electricity costs were judged on the same basis as transport- anon it would be far cheaper to have power for industry near hydro-electric generators in Northern Ontario or beside the Bruce nuclear plant in Kincardine or Port Elgin. But when it comes to power the rules are changed. Suddenly it is important that electricity costs are evened out across the province. Thus,industries can still locate in Toronto and be subsidized to stay there by '''..those people closer to the power plants who have to pay more than their true share of costs for electricity. The fact is that the rules of the game are constantly changed by the people in power, including the government, for the benefit of those in power. Fortunately for the country, the Toronto power brokers have come tip against art opponent that doesn't have to play by the rules of the power briokers, We in the rural areas of Ontario have never had the power to change the rules to our own benefit. Premier Loughe zd and the new business elite of Alberta cttr. Seaforth on Huron County Council iii .1953. Dr., E. A, McMaster was unopposed for IVfayor of Seaforth in 1953 and will begin his 4th term and his third by acclamation. Wm. Rennie aged 76 Zurich died in London hospital following injuries after he and Mrs. Rennie were struck by a car on She Goshen Line 2 miles, north of Zurich. Abont 50 friends and neighbors gathered,. at the Charters home on the Mill road for a. surprise farewell party prior to the departure of Mrs. Wm Charter and Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Charters to their new home on the 2nd concession of Tackersrnith. Bill Forrest read on address arid Wilson McCartney and Sandy Pepper presented the gifts. Many friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Joseph Miller had the misfortune to fall and break her hip. Thirty one members of the Canadian auxilary met in the Legion rooms to hold their annual Christmas Party. Betty Squires danced the Highland' fling much to the delight of all present. Reeve A. W. Kerslake and the entire 1953 coucil have been returned to office in Hensall. Councillor J.C. Crich was nominated for Public Utility Commission together with .Nelson Cardno and the present commis- sioner Frank Kling, has withdrawn his name. . Things are going to change no matter what Mr. Miller wants. What's more, and this is the thing that has badly divided the country, the people in control in Ontario set the rules for the rest of the country to make Ontario even richer than it would have been if it only, depended on its resources. The freight rate system, for instance, has been a thorn in the side of westerners for years, providing cheap rates to take raw materials out of the west to Ontario to be manufactured but charging high rates to take the manufac- tured goods back. But now the tide is starting to turn. The increased• cost of energy and the plentiful supply in the west, particularly Alberta is shifting the power base of the country, out_ of downtown Toronto into Calgary and Edmonton. Now. when the shift of power from Montreal to Toronto took place you didn't find the Ontario government complaining or saying that something should be done to keep things the same. That was looked on as a natural progression. Too bad perhaps for the poor people of Montreal but those were the breaks. But now, when the power is leaving Ontario for Alberta, well something must be done. Alberta should share the wealth by spreading the profits around. Alberta should stop giving tax incentives to lure petroleum refiners out of Ontario and into the West. Hog wash, Mr. Miller. The best thing that can happen to this country is a mote even distribution of power and riches. I don't think Ontario is going to become beggared in the near future. The idiot profeNserwho claimed the other day that Ontario is joining the have-not provinces in Foster Fowler was the teacher Who else do you know? Drop the Expositor a line in the years agorte Business dull as roads bad in 1878 back on its feet, "because there's lots of free space but there are just no jobs for them," he said. Kathleen Calder of RR 2, Seaforth said, "I don't think it would have hurt to have taken in some more when you see the condition they're in. They need somewhere" togo." Canada• would have spade offer the refugees and 'could help them but she didn't know whether we Should. have taken in More or hot, Mrs. David Brock- of-IIR Expositor agks. Should Canada take in more Vietnamese refugees? Behind the scenes by Keith Roulston Why protect the status quo?