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The Huron Expositor, 1994-02-23, Page 44—THE HURON *XPO*NTOR, February 23, 19ta4 - Huron Exoc sitor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI•LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager TOM WIWSCRAFT - Soles PAT ARMES • Office Manager DiANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING • Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper eiA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL • 24.00 a year, in advonce, plus 1.68 G.S.T. SENIORS - 21.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.47 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 24.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.19 G.S.T Out -Of -Area addresses: 24.00 o year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.48 G.S.T USA & Foreign; 24.00 a yeor in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exemptSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published by Signal -Star Publishing of 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registra- tion No. 0696 h 4d at Seaforth Ontario. Advertising is occepled on condi i wl in the event of a y�Yp(�o9rophicol error, the o4'ertising space occupied by the erroneous item, with a reosonobb allowance 6r signature, will not be charged but the balance of the odvertiseent will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the event of a charged, merror, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely on offer lo sell and may be withdrawn at any. time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other ma$eriols used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliverable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, February 23, 1994. Editoriol and Business Offices • 100 Main Street, Sederth Tshpisorw (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Mo ' Address • P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Go, Cents, go! Seaforth is a lucky town to have a junior hockey team. Even Goderich, almost three times the size of Seaforth, has lost its Juniors. Seaforth has a junior hockey team because local businesses have been strong financial supporters and active volunteers put in many hours to keep the outfit strong. Perhaps we could show more fan support for such a hard-working enterprise. Critics will charge that fan support is lacking because there aren't enough local players. This Ray be a fair comment but there are other things to consider. First of all, the Seaforth Junior Development Centenaires are a victim of their own success. More local players would undoubtedly be In the tine -up if it weren't for the fact so many pia ors in the Seaforth and Walton area have gone on to higher leve s o competition, such as Junior B hockey. ' Secondly,no one is apt to show much interest in a team which consistently loses. Perhaps more can be done to put local talent on a local team but we can't forget there are already many players from this area lacing up their skates for the Cents. Players from Seaforth, Walton and area shouldn't automatically expect a spot on a team because of local preference. They should eam their place on the bench. This is pot to say there aren't Individual mistakes made by coaches or management in selecting players. This team is not the Maple Leafs. It's not run by professional hockey pundits earning six -figure incomes. It's an often -thankless labour of love by volunteers. Perhaps there are one or two hundred people out there who think they could do a better job of running the team. Perhaps there are ten or twenty who could run the team better, It's hard to say. It's easy to criticize from the sidelines. Are these armchair critics prepared to devote the long hours currently given by volunteers who are doing the best job they know how? If so, put your name forward. Junior Hockey is an excellent form of entertainment for young people. It helps keep them in the stands and off the streets. It is also a great experience for those young players poised for greater things and for those older players who will never make the NHL but would like to achieve hockey excellence at the Junior level. Congratulations to those fans who continue to support our team. Good luck to the Seaforth Centenaires in the upcoming playoffs and thanks to the volunteers and businesses who have continued to bring Junior Hockey to Seaforth. (TBC). In the Years Agone � Scarlet fever hits area FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 23, 1894 NOTES -- A little daughter of Mr. C. Cann has been seriously i11 with la grippe, but is much better at present. -- Mr. E. Stone and family have been afflicted with scarlet fever, which is very prevalent in this neighbourhood. The children have recovered, and Mr. Stone is improving, although still very poorly. -- The annual tea -meeting of the Presbyterian church, Thames road, was held Monday last. IMPORTANT NOTICE All our sheet music reduced to 5 cents, by mail 6 cents. Catalogue free. Marvin's Music House, Detroit, Michigan. FEBRUARY 22, 1918 "A very clever Tory lawyer, a rising hope of his party, and not at all a bad fellow," is Lord Morley's description of Sir F. E. Smith, Attorney -General of England, who recently paid a fling visit to Canada. Special Notice. -- The Woman's War Auxiliary will make their next mailing of socks to the boys overseas on Saturday, February 23rd, and specially request parents, relatives or friends of the boys to hand in any change of address as soon as possible. The socks are mailed to all the boys overseas whether at the front or in England, provided the Auxiliary are kept supplied with the correct addresses. A FEBRUARY 25, 1944 The Arts Club dance at the High School on Friday evening last turned out to be the most enjoyable social event of the year, and over three hundred participated. The auditorium and stage were beautifully decorated in four colours, and music was furnished by the Centralia Air School band. M « « Miss Mary Halpin met with a secious accident at her home on Goderich Street East, on Monday night. She was moving a Targe pot of boiling water on the stove, when it up -set into the firepot, and the cloud of steam immediately raised, badly scalded ha face. FEBRUARY 27, 1969 Members of the Seaforth Curling Club held a one -game -spiel on Saturday evening with dinner and dancing followmg. Winners at Curling were, first, a rink skipped by Laurie Slade of Clinton with Sharon Wilson -vice, Rod Doig -2nd and Louise Sloan -lead. Second prize went to a rink ski r by Norman Scoins with Betty no - vice, Steward McCall -second and Joyce Story -lead. ««« A progressive Euchre Party sponsored by the Walton Women's Institute was held last Friday evening in the Community Hall with the following committee in charge: Mrs. James Axtrnann, Mrs. Laverne Godkin, Mrs. Edward Godkin, Mrs. David Watson. - Opinion Yell at your child today...for sport Berating your children will improve athletic performance. Really, it's true. Just ask some of the parents in the stands dur- ing a ringette game. "What kind of a shot is that?" yelled one Hamilton parent to a 12 or 13 -year-old ringeue player in Seaforth on Saturday. "Will you skate?" yelled another, and yet another, "You're not out there for a Sunday skate." Boy, I think back to my hockey -playing days and I sure wish my Dad had been in the stands yelling those confidence - builders. I can just imagine what he might have said to spur me on: "Hey, fatso, this is your Dad speaking, you'd better stop that next shot or forget about coming home for dinner." Yessiree, I bet that would have helped my performance. Seaforth parents weren't necessarily much better but the,Tween coaching staff must be congratulated. No matter what was happening on - the ice the coaches told players that, "You're playing just excellent...keep it up." Some parents seem to forget their children aren't competing in the Olympics. They're playing the game for fun. When the game ceases being fun there's no chance at all the young players will improve their skills. Seaforth once again proved it's a sports centre as the town hosted not only a ringette tourna- ment but an interclub figure skating competition as well. Congratulations to the organ- izers of these events and to the young athletes who took part. In closing, here's a lunt for parents: say something positive, your child will remember it and probably do better anyway. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank should be commended for its help in aiding the world's poor. This organization, which had a successful corn crop of 114 acres in Seaforth, has just ended its February fundraising drive. On Sunday the Egmondville United Church hosted a Hunger Awareness Meal in which people were separated into the privi- leged First World diners, .who dined on a luxurious breakfast of ham, 'eggs and juice, or the needy Third World people who had a small bowl of porridge. What a poignant reminder of how lucky we are. If you were not part of the fundraising activities during Feb. 6-20 I'm sure your donations or support to this worthwhile pro- ject are still welcome. Please contact Don McKercher, the Perth -Huron Coordinator, at RR 1 Dublin, 527-1837. Milton Dietz also has videos available for loan on, the good work of the Foodgrains Bank. He can be contacted at RR 4 Seaforth, 522- 0608. As part of the work of this group Ontario grain has been sent to Bosnia, India and Africa. It should be stressed that this isn't government -to -government aid which can lead to misappro- priated donations. This is church -to -church aid where grain shipments can be monitored from source to destination. In fact, administration costs for this program are less than three per cent. "The Canadian government has been so impressed by the track record of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank that its Cana- dian International Development Agency matches each dollar raised four to one," said McKercher. Last year the program shipped 450 tonnes of corn from this area, bagged at the Hensall Dis- trict Cooperative, trucked to Hamilton, railed to Montreal and loaded on a ship to Africa. The Huron -Perth area raised more than $28,000 for the Foodgrains Bank. It's heartening to see this local effort. Letters School thanks owners of Dublin rink Dear Editor, The students and staff of St. Patrick's School, Dublin would like to thank Art and Cindy Larivee from the Dublin General Store for letting us use their outdoor ice rink for skating over the past few weeks. Special thanks for the delicious hot chocolate and cookies on our final day. We really enjoyed the invigorat- ing exercise and the special thrill of skating outdoors. Thanks again for your generosity, it was greatly appreciated. Sincerely, D. Farwell Principal St. Patrick's School • • Ey, -ME RECE. /ON 5 JLJ 7' OU7OVER --- 8V INE5 f 5 LOOKING UP j/ " Sheep's skin off socialist wolf Dear Premier Rae: Congratulations! You have just about completed most of the predictions I felt you and your colleagues would have done at this point in your mandate. Predicting massive unemployment in what was the best province of opportunity was easy. However that won't be that hard to fix. The massive explosion of debt and huge tax grabs, these too can be corrected albeit with some pain. But Mr. Premier, you have gone to far, for someone who is supposedly a champion of people's Ratepayer objects to closing of Catholic school Dear Editor, As a Catholic tax rate payer, I am compelled to write my personal views of the proposal of the Cath- olic School board to close St. Joseph's School. In the past our Huron and Perth Catholic board has served us well. Their accomplishment of building our new St. Michael Secondary School is one of them. The thought of the closing of St. Joseph' School disturbs me. This will cause the remaining two ele- mentary schools to its maximum enrolment capacity. I do not con- sider portable classrooms an answer to an already crowded school. My question directed to the board is, why do we not have a Stratford trustee on the Bar committee which will give their recommendations to the board. These trustees are from Goderich, Zurich, Embro, and Wingham. I was told by one of these trustees that they will be open-minded, but I wonder if this is actually true, since they do not live in our community. I have to thank trustee, Ben Brown from Sebringville, who took time to drive in our Queensland neighbourhood and saw for himself our future expansion. I invite alt out-of-town trustees to do the same. On April 6, I hope that the four- teen trustees make an informed decision to keep St. Joseph School OPEN! Beverly Morgan Vice -President, Parent Advisory Committee St. Jospeh School Stratford. Letters to the Editor rights. Radar photo, just lend your car to a friend...they speed, you get the ticket. Bingo. Instant money grab. Let's not worry about being innocent until proven guilty. And now Mr. Premier, a universal card to deal with the government. All because people are ripping off the over -generous welfare system. And the gall of one of your own party, Will Ferguson MPP from Kitchener area, said "Well, it's too bad that you have to give up some of your rights but we have to do that to get welfare fraud under control". (Nice excuse isn't it.) Nice going, Mr. Premier. Population control, excellent, just what a good socialist needs. Well, well, well, the sheep's skin is finally off the wolf. Power grabs are nice, I hope you pull it off before the general population wakes up. "And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead, and he provides that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name." Rev. 13, vs 16,17. Sincerely, Bruce Bennett RR 2 Seaforth, Ontario Hay township prepares history Dear Editor, Your readers may be wondering how to organize their family history for submission to the Hay Town- ship history book. It seems like a very large taskl The best way to do it is to split your family tree into individual families. Begin by writing the story of the latest family that resides (or resided) in the township. 1t may be yourself and your children. Tell your story. You have one and -a -half to two double-spaced hand or type- written pages m which to do it. Find one or two photos which illus- trate your account. Having finished that, move back ono generation to your parents. Tell their story. Talk to them. Ask them about life in the township; school memories, church functions, recre- ational activities, holiday celebra- Letters tions, etc. This is a separate sub- mission so you can provide one or two more photos. Now prepare the story of your grandparents. Find out when owner- ship was taken of their property, why they chose Hay Township if they immigrated here, any political or business involvement, recollec- tions of special events, etc. Again, photos will add to the article. Move on to great-grandparents, etc. By organizing your thoughts in this way, it makes the writing of submissions seem less cumbersome. Each individual family who lived in the township is documented; children and spouses are named (include maiden name), and the greater picture emerges. When delving into the past, other photographs, clippings and stories may emerge regarding life in Hay Township. These will be of general interest and we encourage sub- mission of them. The deadline for submission is July 1, 1994. Please contact one of the committee members after com- pletion or if you have any ques- tions. We thank the many people who have contributed to date. Ian & Shirley McAllister 236-4034 Nap & Velma Cantin 236-4641 Glen & Donna Thiel 236-4060 Heather Klopp 236-4291 Claire & Marg Deichert 236-4130 Elaine Coxon 227-4069 Trust fund aids heritage homes Are you an owner of a property Heritage Trust Fund program are to in Seaforth designated under the encourage local initiative in archi- Ontario Heritage Act? if so, you tectural conservation and to pro - may be eligible for a loan under the mote the conservation and stabiliz- Seaforth Heritage Trust Fund. ation of properties and areas of The fund, which was started in architectural and historical value," 1985, was started to provide loans according to guidelines for town to properties designated under parts administration. IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Funds may only be used for work Act. Any property owner wishing to ,,which restores or reconstructs orig- apply for a loan under the program inal heritage resources. 'Look-alike' id contact Cathy Garrick, work is not eligible. Applicants may Coordinator of LACAC (Local be eligible for both a loan and grant Architectural Conservation Advis- depending on individual circum- ory Committee) at the Seaforth stances. municipal office prior to April 1, Loans arc limited to one-third of 1994. the present balance of the trust "The objectives of the Seaforth fund. An interest rate of one-half of the prime interest rate is fixed for the entire term of the loan. Loan interest will be due annually and the principal portion of the loan will be due at the end of the term of the loan. Grants are limited to one third of the interest earned on the fund in the previous year and are only permitted in emergency situations. Loan applications will be reviewed and awarded based on individual circumstances, merits and public benefit. The Heritage Trust Fund may only be used for work which stabilizes, maintains, restores or reconstructs original heritage features or resources.