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The Huron Expositor, 1994-09-14, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Sroptombor 14, 194 Huron • xpositor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING - Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY • Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 a year, in odvance, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS - 25.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out -Of -Area addresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 1 1.44 postage, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA 8 Foreign: 28.00 a year in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main S1., Seoforth. Publication mail regiska- tion No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a . reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for of the applicable rote. In the event o a typographical error, advertising goods or services of a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and moy be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the toss or damage of unsolicited manuscriph, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliverable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, September 14, 1994. Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Street, Seaforth Tekphorse (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Moiling Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council J Violence hits home The sad, frightening truth is that this area is not immune to violence and crime. This fact became tragically clear last week following several incidents. The first is the arrest of a Goderich teen for possession of a firearm at a teen dance. The second incident is an alleged act of causing bodily harm while impaired when a woman was struck by a car in Seaforth. The third incident is the fatal stabbing of Bradly Newman, a 20 -year-old Harriston man, who was killed at a Palmerston house party. The accused in the stabbing is Benjamin Nicholas Robinson, a 19 -year-old RR 1 Moorefield man. This is potentially the first homicide in Palmerston's history. We in the Hensall-Seaforth-Dublin-Walton area could stick our heads in the sand and pretend criminal acts and acts of violence don't affect us. In fact, these events are evidence that even a small town can become the site of criminal action. Today the Palmerston-Harriston-Moorefield area is in mourning over the tragic events which transpired on Aug. 28. The Town of Goderich can breathe a short-lived sigh of relief that their incident did not turn into something worse. These events may inspire a feeling of fear. -.but perhaps we can take this opportunity to find ways to prevent a tragedy like what occurred in Palmerston from ever coming to our area. We must go to the roots of the violence. We must teach young people how to deal with anger, we must have vigilant taw enforcement, we must combat alcohol abuse and we must battle violence on television and films. These are just some areas which need to be addressed. There may be others. How do you think we can prevent violence? - (TBC). Letters to the Editor Do you want mobility bus? Dear Editor, To everyone in Scaforth and arca: Would you like to have a mobility bus service available in your community soon? Would you like to enjoy a delicious Sunday morning breakfast (cooked by someone else) and help a good cause at the same time? If your answers arc "ycs", then come to thc Scaforth Agricultural Exhibition Building on Sunday, September 18 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m and cat your fill - all cooked by members of the Scaforth Agricultural Society. Music provided by Gladys VanEgmond and thc Youngs. All proceeds arc for CHuMS - Central Huron Mobility Service - to finance the startup of a specialized transportation service. Almost 200 residents of central Huron have applied for this service_ We want to see them riding soon. Thanks to Overland Custom Coach, there will be a low -floor bus available on September 18 to take people to and from the breakfast. Just call 482-5666 before September 16 to book a ride. Bev Brown, Chair CHuMS Fundraising Committee Opinion Let's declare war on cancer scourge / will hope you pardon me the rest of this column. At the begin- ning it might appear self-indul- gent. 1 don't mean it to be. In fact, I hope to convey a message which is very important to all of you. This column is not about me. It is about cancer... I learned this past week that my sister-in-law had a lump in her breast which has turned out to be malignant. By the time you read this column at least one of her breasts will have been removed and my brother (and our family) will anxiously await further news to find if the cancer has spread or if it has been detected in time. For our family the cloud of cancer has blocked the sun from our hearts. I hesitate to trivialize my sister-in-law's suffering by recording her crisis in pale words on the printed page of a weekly newspaper. I cannot do justice to her pain or the pain my brother's family must endure. For God's sake, she's only 38...why the hell does this thing have to hit somebody in the prime of their life? Thirty-eight. She's closer to a teenager than a Senior Citizen. How do people deal with this thing when it strikes someone in their own family? They must be stronger than I am. I won't say I have been unaf- fected by cancer...my parents who never drank and never smoked in their lives were both struck down by cancer or a poor cousin of that sickness. But I would never for a minute try to TIM'S BIT by Tim Cumming claim I have been unfairly hurt. The pain I have seen is puny indeed compared to the experi- ence of most of you who are rcading this column. My parents were alive long enough for me to start out on my own. I, at least, was able to celebrate my 18th birthday before I saw the bony hands of cancer take my mother away. I was able to complete two years of university before my father left to meet his maker. I have been very lucky. But what about my young nieces? These two little girls aren't even teenagers yet and they must now wonder if Mommy is going to be all right. It is so terribly, terribly unjust. Why can't we destroy this thing, this awful ogre which takes away our sons and our daughters, our brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers? I have broken my promise to you and become self-indulgent. I will change the subject presently. But before I stop I would like to say a few last words. When our society has gone to war it has conveniently dis- covered new resources and money it could not find in peacetime. Our scientists made discoveries which seemed impossible in peacetime. Why did the impossible suddenly become possible? Because the political and mili- tary leaders demanded results and would accept nothing short of Total Victory. Because the people banded together for one cause. Why can't we do the same to cancer? Certainly it has claimed more lives than any war. Join the war on cancer. Please do your part. Support the Terry Fox Run for cancer research in Seaforth or Brussels. We have to destroy this thing. For those who read my last column I should confess that I was a little unfair to the early writers of the Expositor. What I took as a backhanded swipe at a competing business was actually a tongue-in-cheek tribute to two youngsters who put together their own little newspaper. One of those youngsters was Harry Scott, years before he returned to Seaforth to be princi- pal of Seaforth District High School. Just because a baseball strike delayed baseball activity doesn't mean you can't write to one of your favourite Blue Jay players. To contact Roberto or Joe or any other of the Blue Jays write: Skydome Blue Jays Way Suite 3200 Toronto, Ont. M5V 1JT * * Anyone who has been in or around Seaforth recently will likely have seen Jim Kelly up and down our streets selling tickets for the Homecoming '95 travel -the -world draw (now sold out). He sold 85 tickets for the district reunion which takes place August 3-6 next year. Not to be outdone, Garry Osborn sold about 150 on his own. Between these two com- munity -minded citizens they sold 50 per cent of the tickets. Con- gratulations to them and all the other people who are working to make next year's district celebra- tion a success. mini marathon UPDATE A woman in Bayfield actually mistook me for a buoy on Sun- day (I kid you not) when I was treading water in Lake Huron for one continuous hour as one of my 52 events for Seaforth Com- munity Hospital. Last week it was time to run -on -the -spot for one and a half hours continuous- ly...and I almost fell asleep. This brings my event total up to 30, with only 22 events to go. Pledges are always welcome until the end of the mini mara- thon in December of this year. F�sl�6ae�c In the Years Agone Cow breaks woman's arms The 1970 student's council of Seaforth District High School took part in a charitable walk to Bayfield and distributed cheques of $1,000 to Canairelief, $500 to Children's Aid Society and $300 to Salvation Army. Shown here are student's council members Karen Henderson, secretary; Neil McDonald, president; Gwen McLean, vice-president and Terry Kunz, treasurer. Almanac gives wild, wacky facts Who spends more time in rest rooms, women or men? What's the healthiest vegetable of all? What are the 'hot' collectibles for 1995? For answers, turn to: The 1995 Old Farmer's Almanac - Cana- dian Edition, which hit the news- stand yesterday (September 13) and is loaded with some interest- ing facts, predictions and trivia (Like there's a Canadian born cvcry 1.3 minutes, eh). The Old Farmer's Almanac claims to be "North America's oldest continuously published periodical," established in 1792. There's startling information on the cicada - you know, that humming giant -fly -like insect: "The adult cicada needs very little food, so it can concentrate on the really important things in lifc - singing and scx," states the 1995 farmer's almanac. This publication lives up to its Canadian billing including such interesting (and average) statis- tics as: A car or truck was reported stolen in Canada on-- average n=—average cvcry four minutes in 1991; on avcragc a person dies in Canada every 2.7 minutes; thc average stay in a Canadian hos- pital is 11.3 days for females, 11.7 days for males. For both Canadian males and females, the best province for longevity is Saskatchewan, where the lifo _expectancy, for, females is $1.28 years and the average for males is 74.7 years. The Canadian avcragc for life expectancy for women is 80.6 years and 73.97 for men. Tuming to farm news...You want to know what the crop of the future will be? - plastic, according to the Farmer's Alma- nac. "Bioengineers arc planning to make a plastic that will biodegrade as quickly as paper: In about six weeks, it will turn to dirt. To do this, the engineers will plant corn or potatoes and replace the gene that makes starch with a gene that makes 'PHB,' the crucial ingredient in the biodegradable plastic." And of course, there's always the weather predictions. Here's the weather for Southern Ontario from November, 1994 through to March, 1995: November will be cold, with above -normal snowfall in the southeast and normal elsewhere. December will be mild the first half, cold and stormy the second half. Season- able to mild weather will domi- nate most of January, with fre- quent cold fronts bringing above -normal snowfall, February__ through March will get progress- ively colder than normal, with above -normal precipitation and snow in the southeast and near normal elsewhere. For further details on temperature and pre- cipitation, you'll just have to pick up a copy. The almanac contains some interesting Canadian war -time statistics: • Tires and whiskey were among the top-selling items on the black market. • By 1944 over one million women were working full-time in Canada. • The war wasn't just a conflict raging far away across the ocean: German U-boats prowled the St. Lawrence River, sinking 20 merchant ships, two warships, and a ferry. On the west coast, a Japanese submarine fired at a lighthouse on Vancouver Island. Just as interesting as the stories and trivia are the ads that run in The Old Farmer's Almanac like the NSP -270 pill for men which will save marriages. It doesn't really say how but according to the testimonial by 'Laura' if her husband ever stopped using the NSP -270 pi!!, "I'd leave him in a minute! That pill has changed my life!" Any way you look at it the almanac is an interesting read. FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894 Lewis McDonald of Seaforth, has sold the farm formerly owned by Andrew Morrison, near Walton, to R. Reid of Hullett for $4,500. * * * • While Mrs. Gregor McGregor of Stanley was tying in the cows one of them backed up and crushed her against the wall, breaking her right arm a little above the wrist. Daniel McGregor Sr., lately of Harpurhey, died at the residence of his son, Daniel McGregor, Hullett. He had reached the good age of 82 years. He came to Canada in 1848, and took up the farm in Hullett. The Presbyterian Church choir held an entertainment which included as part of the program solos by Miss Grace McFaul of Scaforth. Miss McFaul has studied in New York and has sung in all the large cities of America. Richard Robinson has sold his farm in Tuckersmith, to Henry McGavin. The price was $6,000. SEPTEMBER 26, 1919 Robert Sillcry of Osborne Town- ship has purchased another farm, being Sandy Grey's 100 acres in Tuckcrsmith. * * * Louis A. McKay, a studcnt at Scaforth Collegiate and son of Wm. McKay, principal of licnsall Public School, has won the Prince Blake Scholarship in the junior of Wales and First Edward matriculation examination. * * * Messrs. Thomas McMichael and son, well-known breeders of Hullett Township, made a good show record at the recent Exhibitions in Toronto and London. * * * At the recent University of Toronto scholarship examinations, Miss Margarct Edge stood third in the province, winning the second Edward Blake Scholarship in Gen- eral Proficiency and the second Edward Blake Scholarship in clas- sics and mathematics. Mr. Edwin Miller won the first Edward Blake Scholarship in mathematics and science. Mrs. Samuel Camochan of Egmondvillc has sold her house in Egmondvillc to Alexander Grey of Tuckcrsmith. SEPTF:MBER 29, 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Johnston, well-known residents of McKillop Township marked the 50th anniver- sary of their wedding. Mrs. Elizabeth Nagle had the misfortune to fall when a rug slipped on the floor and she frac- tured her hip. * * * Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture for Ontario opened the Scaforth Fair. The result of a five- week rat killing campaigns Ed Matthews of Seaforth was declared the winner of the $50 grand prize. He produced 837 rat tails. Stanley Johns was second with 114, and Mac Bolton of McKillop was third with 80. SEPTEMBER 25, 1969 Bright, sunny weather aided in attracting a large attendance to the 124th annual . Seaforth Fall Fair Friday afternoon. - The fair was officially opened Thursday by Huron County's agri- cultural representative, Donald Pullen. * * * Among the 30 graduates of last year's grade 13 class at SDHS, more than half are now in attend- ance at universities throughout the province. Attending the University of West- ern Ontario at London, are Jane Cornish, Patti Etuc, faary Ilagan, Bonnie Kerslake and Carol Shortrced. Enrolled at the University of Waterloo are Joe Ball, Sharon Dietz, Bryan Hodgen, Murray Hulley and Mary Annc Kunz. Jane Boshart and Jeni Malene are enrolled at Waterloo Lutheran Uni- versity. William Hcllinga and William Perris arc at the University of Toronto and Jo -Anne Gocttier is enrolled at Carleton University in Ottawa. The University of Guelph has accepted Allan Butson and William Wallace for fall classes. * * * Induction services for Rev. Thomas C. Mulholland, who has been called as minister in First Presbyterian Church here, will be held in the church Thursday even- ing. * ** Walton 4-11 members met in the Walton Public School. Members of Walton 2 are Susan Humphries, Joan Bennett, Gail Traviss, Shirley Thamer, Karen Coutts, Connie Coutts, Sharon Marks, Janet Shortrecd, Marion McCallum and Sandra Watson. Officers are President, Karen Coutts; Vice-president, Shirley Thamcr; Secretary, Sandra Watson; Press Secretary, Joan Bennett and Susan Humphries. Women take back the night The fourth annual Huron County "Take Back the Night" activities will include not only area women, but also representatives of Pccr Mentor griaups from high schools throughout the county. "More than 130 women came out for last year's march, and we're hoping to see even more this year," says Cathy Armour, of Women Today, which is one of the groups organizing the Huron County march. The 1994 Take Back the Night March will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Court House in Goderich for a rally with announcements and speakers. Fol- lowing the rally, women will march on the streets around The Square.