The Huron Expositor, 1981-11-11, Page 3A number of errors in fact
appeared in-lastiVeek's issue
ot"l'he Huron EXtrositor,
Helen and Ruisell Dallas
were incorrectly identified in
a Photo which ran with the
You're
invited
Concerned citizens will
__meet Thursday Am. 12 at 8
p.m. at Wesley Willis United
,Church, Clinton. One or more
parents from each family
must attend, All others most
welcome: Topic of discussion
is Pediculosis (Head nee). No
media coverage.
Sugar and spice '.4
By Bill Smiley
won't invade us physically. Unless they had.
to, and there's not much we could do about
that.
If you can't afford your mortgage'increase.
you were probably over-extended in the first
place. Get rid, of that monster, with its
swimming pool and rec. room and pitch a
tent. Preferably in the local cemetery. to suit
your mood. -
Pull in your belts. Dump that extra car, the
boat and cottage. If you look at it objectively,
they're just a big pain in the arm anyway.
Walk to Work. Take a bus to the city instead
of your gas-gobbler plus parking fees. Learn
to do your Own elementary plumbing and
electric work at night school.
Ladies. Get the knitting needles out and
make lots of shawls, sweaters. scarves and
wool socks. You did it for the troops overseas.
And godawful itchy and ill fitting some of
them were, but they kept us warm.
Stop ,spoiling your children. with allowan-
ces. Let them earn their own Money through
odd jobs, or rib without.
Let's stop grumbling, and get back to the
Spartan, rewarding life, where ideas are more
important than physical comfort. After you.
he said.
Continued from page 2.
been, going-through this miasma ever since
1867, and before. Maybe the guy at the helm
1011nd-folded, and maybe we hive scraped a
few rocks, but the ship's bottom is Still sound.
and we haven't hit the big reef yet. If we do.
we can always scramble• into the boats and
become the new Boat People of North
Ainerica.
We've had the French-Canadian separa-
tism thing with us for generations, John A.
MacDonald almost pit the country onlfre
rocks, Brunicially. an politically. but he dared
to take a chance, and hadvision.,We survived
a terrible depression, and came out smelling
of roses (and the stench of out dead young
men). in two world *ars.
Cheer *'p, you dour, gloomy Canucks.
When OW have tO Sate for one meal of
ground wheat a day. and ahve to huddle
around 1~ charcoal brazier to keep warm,
when you can whine.though few will listen.
just as few of us listen to the people of the
world who are doing just that, right now.
Forget about the Yanks. If you don't like
their culture invidingus. turn off your TV set
and get out your eskimo carvings. The Yanks
ACID RAIN PLANE This strange looking craft, which Is bright orange;
has been flying in the vicinity recently, The airplane belongs to
Environment Canada and has been'collecling data for an acid rain study.
It files out of Toronto- A spokesman at Environment Canada'S •weather
office In London says the plane collects droplets of rain which are then
analyzed for their acidity. He' says the study is almott trashed and the
plane won't be in thiS area much longer.
(Photo by Cartipboil)
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
A Mental Health Resource Centre serving
south and central Huron County opened ,in
the old nurses' residence at 105 'Shipley St.
across front Clinton Public Hospital Oct. 7.
"We had a good first month, we are here
and our services are available, but we're not
expecting miracles to happen overnight„”
says -Kate ivtorieriy: Mrs.- Moriarty is a
registered nurse and director of the new
mental health centre. which is affiliated with
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital at
Goderich. !intim 's psychiatrist. Mr. Michael
Francis Conlon of Goderich. had much to do
with the establishment of the centre.
TheClinton Mental Health Resource Cen • -
tre is spacious, with craft; group therapy and
kitchen -dining rooms. Jerome Sweeney is a
psychiatric nursing assistant• and the other
fult-time staff member. Social worker Mary
Gregg works.part-time. three days per week
at the centre. It is open Monday through
Friday, &cm 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. and can be
reached at 482-3961 or 3962.
The initial services of the centre include:
day treatment, crisis intervention, an out
patients clinic; out reach services and„ home
visiting, consultation with other agencies.
Daily programs consist ot planning and
participation in daily life skills, group
discussions and group therapy. 'activity
recreation and involvement. community
outings and involvement, and individual and,
family _counselling. _ _
Future plans for the centre include: getting
the community involved in its programs,
volunteer training and involvement. evening
treatment groups. inservice training of local
health professionals, apd providing psychiat-
ric services to the Seaforth area.
The Clinton mental health centre is the
third such day care centre to open in the
County since the psychiatric hospital, closed
at Goderich in the late 1970s. The others are
at Wingham' and Goderich.
Mrs. Moriarty feels there is still a stigma
attached to mental illness, which the centre
may help to overcome by, 'among other• -
things. forestalling hospitalization and facili-
tating the community readjustment of
patients. •
it's Lady Di's nursery
Tuckersmith Township council officially
named the special day nursery for handicap-
ped children in Vanastra the Lady Diana
Nursery School ants regular meeting Nov...3,
Council is applying for a grant. and
endorsed a recreation centre proposal, that
might result in the creation of a day care
centre for handicapped adults at' Vanasta.
By-laws were passed restricting the load
limit to fives, tonnes for three area bridges,
which the Ministry of Transportation has
determined are unsafe for greaterloads.
Council-withheld a-decision until' its-next
meeting Nov. 17 on a request from Seaforth
that Tuckersrnith become involved in an area
arena board. Councillor Alf Ross and clerk
Jim Crocker of Seaforth presented the
proposal.
Cord Rimmer heads SCH board
Continued froiti page I .
Management: Gorden Rlintnet - Chair-
man, Eluting Friend Vice-Chairperson Jud
Walker, Marie fiickttbll, Dr. 'Ken Rodney.
Joint -Conference: cordon Elinmer -
Chair:mai. Emma Friend - Nice-Chair/in%
son, Dr. Ken Rodney, Or. Ed Malkin, Marie
Hickneil, administrator.
Polity k IlyrtswIteview: Ken Devereaux -
Clutirriistn, Roy Williamson • Vice•Chairman.
ti Kiithrnitn, Chief of Medical Stiff.
Huttian%Satinets: Betty Canino - Chair-
petson, Paul Ross • Vice.Cliairman. Prances
Tatter*, Yvonne Kitchen.
THE HURON EX „TORtAIOVEMa, 'l 1t
diet a loos P , n
And, just as into every life a
little rain must fall, so must
the occasional ray of sun-
1 haven't had a chance to
consult the almanac or the
orange' back caterpillars
about what sort of winter
we're going to have.
But if what's happettin4 in
our family lately is any
iwngr'Sedasttruns.11.'vYeesrtlucititi'll a ton%
ed sour "fOr us at the White'
house and I've got absolutely
no ressokto believt tbat our
wipter weather wont torn out
the same
It a}I started awhile bad
when. the better half began
agonizing over the ptirehaSe
of a new car. He nuts"1 lot of
miles on his little buggy at
work (our daughter has al-
ways thought it looks like a
taxi, a salesman when he
bought it referred to the
absolutely stripped down,
basic. vehicle as a pizza
delivery wagon). For
months, conversations at
home went like this "if I
borrow to buy it at 20 per cent
that'll be S800interest if I Pay
it back over two years. I'm
almost sure I'll have to put
that much into repairs if I
keep the old car. And then I'd•
end up with an old. repaired
car. What do you think?"
Well, I didn't think much
except that it sure seems a
shame to borronrforanything
at these days' interest rates.
"But it's your money, your
car, do what you think is
best," says I.
And after much delibera-
tjan h_e did. And last Tuesday
became the proud owner of a
new car. Another basic, card-
board interior, pizza delivery
wagon, but still.
We all know what, happen-
ed two days later, on Thurs-
day. Our provincial govern-
ment, in its wisdom. dropped
the sales tax on 1981 cars.
"$400, we've just lost
about $400." my husband
groaned. And then he tried
everything, got down on his
knees to the ministry of
revenue and to the car dealer.
"No dice, nothing we can
do." vor .thoy.
He 0040 hard about
taking; this obvious grievous
injOACe.-- .10 Our local hIPP -
. Thonght hottor of it, Sea.
forth'syery own .mover 4.404'
*Op* Pt
0*0„ Care .Westcott; ewe
very *Sete:being ben:barn-
OW a delegation of one,
• All I could say as I mused
on the itrtteness of it all Was
"my. that $400 would have
gone a long way towards a
'week away somewhere." (As
a Canadian winter approac-
hes I'm always thinking about.
a week away somewhere.)
The next blow fell after I
spent good money to get my
hftir '1-clone. A permanent, a
curly one. As I sat in my
hairdresser's chair, clutching ,
a glamourous picture from a
newspaper and telling Piet
"that's exactly how I want
• my hair to look", he replied
"we do a good job here but
can't do miracles." (The
model also had a beautiful
face, sleek figure and 'about
$1,000 in clothes on her
back.)
The hairdresser did pretty
well though I thought, until I
picked my daughter • up at
namely _school,. new hairdo in
place. "I didn't think 'you
were my. mom until I heard
you talking," says Gaby after
I got her somewhat reluctant-
ly out the car.
That night when I picked
her up at the bahysittera -she
told the whole family there,
.with a bemused expression
on her face "see my mom's
new curly wig?'" And then
she giggled uproariously.
Now a permanent leaves a
certain scent behind in the
hair for the first couple of
days.. And my rorkOsou 4444
child constantly reminded Me
of it. He with a thrOot to go •
and sleep in. tbeVeat room
because of what 'be called
"noxious, chemical Arnett*"
watipxover fro*. my. Pillow
to his."IferVatli an'eX0InIoll-
tiott,'Of "phew, . that stinks"
every time Igave her a hug,
AtteXile ray own house. I
turned my mind - to other
things. Like what we could
have done with that '$400 if
the government hadn't col-
lected it as sales tax.
But lest you think all is
gloom and dorm at our house
these days, I want to tell you
that the hair is settling down
and smelling better and the
memory oteer• poorly-timed
car purchase is fading. (Mind
you if Ontario treasurer Frank
Miller had a flat tire outside
our house, I'm not at all sure
we would give him any
help...we'd likely hold him
hostage.)
Man dies
in farm
accident
--- A Fullarton-area man was
killed Saturday morning
when hauling logs by tractors
across a freshly plowed field.
Dead is Cornelis Driesse, 68,
of R.R. 1, Fullarton.
Provincial police at Seb-
ringville say the fatal accident
occurred- sometime between
10:30 a.m. and noon at lot 23,
concession 8 of Fullarton
Township. The tractor appar-
ently reared up and fell
backwards pinning Mr.
Driesse beneath it.
Storiething to say
by Susan White
r.• •
LEST WE FORGET— Sergeant at Arms Jim Brown led the colour Party
as Legion members paraded to the cenotaph Wednesday morning to
mark Remembrance Day, the day set aside to honour those killed during
the World Wars. (Photo by Ellis)
Mental Health Centre open --
1F, I lit
THE PROPER WAY TO EAT A-TURKEY DINNER? — Little Laura
Herman of Blyth was one person who really enjoyed her meal at the.
turkey Supper at Duff's United Church, Walton last Wednesday. Laura
was all shines as she fiddled with her food, poured gravy on her potatoes
and entertained the photographer.
prez tells Lions
Society, as we know it
today is a product of the
agricultural revolution of a
century and a half ,ago Sea-
forth Lions and their area'
farmer guests Were told at the
clubs 'annual farmers' night
on Monday.
The life we live today
became- possible only as a
result of the agricultural
revolution and because now
so few can feed so many
Charles J. Munro president
of International Harvester
Canada of Hamilton told the
meeting.
•ThiS is one of the good
things about life in Canada
today despite the fact the
whole World is in an uneasy
situation. Were it not for the
social programs advanced by
governments' we might well
be looking at 1929 an# the
dirty thirties all over riain,
Mr. Munro said.
Despite the-fact-.nothing is
more important than food
little attention is paid the
agricultural industry that
makes it possible. '
As One of four basic factors
research sufficiency, techno-
logy, manpower and agricul-
ture - on which the future of
our nation or any successful
industrial nation. depends.
agriculture too often is taken
for granted.
Planned many weeks ago.
the Lions Farmers Night was
booked in the arena before it
was condemned. By this time
the Legion wpsn't available
Aso Lions club past president
Bill McLaughlin' cleared the
cars from his main street
show room, Valma Miller set
up her catering facilities and
the event was under way.
Arrangements were in charge
of a committee headed by
Harvey Verburg who chaired
the event.
In acknowledging this in-
troduction by club president
Marten Vincent, Mr. Munro
recalled the several occasions
he had been in the Brea and
his long, associations with the
Vincent firms which he refer-
red-to as one of the tnree
. largest dealers in Ontario and
one of the ten largest in
Canada.
The thange in agriculture -
the first basic .change in the
recorded history came about'
with the invention of the
McCormick reaper in 1831.
Mr. Munro said as he recalls
the hack breaking labour
which had been necessary"
until then' to harvest an acre
of crop. With the reaper it
was possible to harvest sever-
al acres and with less labour.
The new reaper led to an
explosion of new inventions
concerned with every aspect
of agriculture and the result-
ing agricultural revolution
changed the life of the farm
beyond recognition. A
century ago 70 per cent of
Canadians lived and worked
on the landaoday only 4.6 per
cent. Instead of living on the
farms-most-people-now live irle
the cities and are fed by the
few remaining' on the land.
The development con-
tinues. Mr, Munro said,
adding that bigness. such as
in tractors, is not for the sake
of bigness but 'rather for
productivity.
It's part of an ongoing
process that has made Canad-
ian agriculture among the
most efficient and productive
in the world." he said.
It means fewer but larger
farms, fewer •but larger mac-
hines, fewer but more expert
'skills
with management
skills to match their farming
know how. their hard work
and their free enterprise
spirit.
We must produce in suffic-
ient abundance to meet our
own needs and fulfill our
responsibility to an increas-
ingly hungry world. Main-
taining reasonable food
prices is another priority. But
a strategy for low price food
that puts farmers put of
business would be a blueprint
for disaster.
I'm convinced the first
_
priority must be a reasonable
return for the farmer. With-
out that he simply cannot
keep on farming. A farm, like
any other business operation,.
must earn a reasonable 'pro-
fit." he said. •
Answering his question as
to' whether agriculture was
healthy and dynamic Mr.
Munro said it depended on
whether you were a consumer
or a producer.
As Canadians we have one
of the lowest priced food
baskets in the aro:it'd and in
1979 spent ,but 17.3 per cent
of our disposable income on
food, second only to the U.S.
Farmers at the same time
are faced with world trade
problems over which they
hive no control, must out
guess weather .and market
demands and are experienc-
ing rapidly escalating produc-
tion costs.
Eriiphasizingthe extent to
which Canadian as a whole
depend on a sound farm
economy, Mr. ,Munro told of
the manufacturing jobs in
steel, in rubber •chemi-
cals that depend on agricul-
ture.
The speaker saw agricul-
ture and those engaged in it
as making a contribution in
easing political differences
across Canada. Agriculture
and its problems are common
in every province and those
engaged in it will continue to
meet the challenge of
change and continue to con-
tribute to and ensure that
agriculture continues as a
strong factor in Canada's
future-
Appreciation was express-
ed by Lion Shaukat Mangold
and John-Broadfoot on behalf
of the guests said how the
`evening had been enjoyed.
James A. Stewart led in
singing and in a series of
draws, prizes which werewon
by Mike Connolly, Grant
Little, Earl Papple, Ken Mc
Clure, Ross Smile. Ken Car-
norhan. Toni ...Whyte and
Murray McCall.
We're sorry - corrections
story of the couple's 60th
wedding anniversary'.in last
week's Expositor. The Expos-
itor apologizes for the error
and any inconvenience it may
' have caused.
It was Ken Campbell. not
councillor Art Anderson, who
Suggested at McKillop
Township council Nov. 2 that
a public meeting be held on
the Seafortharena isaue, and
that a possible area arena
board be composed '6f rate,
payers and councillors from
Seaforth and affected adja-
cent townships.
The construction fault in
the ramp for the disabled at
Seafoith's post office is 100
mm short, not mm, of the
Minimum width stipidated in
specifications then in effect.
Don Williamson, captain
of Seaforth's Centenaires in
the Western Junior D Hock-
ey League, is 20 years old,
not 29 as stated.
Chimney fire
A chimney fire at the Joe
. Nigh residence at 55 Louisa
St. had Seaforth's firefighters
up early Saturday morning.
Chief Harry Flak says the
alarm sounded at 3 a.m. Nov.
7. The fire, emanating from a
wood stove, caused "no real
damage" and firefighters
were at the scene for about 20
mintues.
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