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Have safe Hallowe'en
Hallowe'en is a time when children can enjoy a little make-
believe and become ghosts or goblins or ninja turtles...and fill
bags with tempting candy. AAs parents we can share the
enthusiasm of our young ones...but at the same time we must
exercise caution. Combine the enjoyment of Hallowe'en with
common-sense safety.
Here are some important safety tips from Stay Alert...Stay
Safe, the national streetproofing organization founded in 1987.
Parents and young people should discuss these tips to ensure a
safe and happy adventure on Halloween night.
1. Wear make-up instead of a mask so you can see properly!
2. Go trick or treating with family or friends. Let people know your
route!
3. An adult should'tI'eck the 'lreats you collect before you eat
them!
4. Like the old Ventures tune says: 'Walk, Don't run!' and look all
ways before crossing the street. Trick or treat on one side of the
street, then the other side!
5. Only go to homes with lights on!
6. Don't go anywhere with a stranger!
7. If someone invites you alone into a house say "No Thanks!"
8. A flashlight will help light your wayl
9. You'll walk more easily in a short costume!
10. Do you know where the Block Parent homes are in your area?
These tips should help make Hallowe'en safe and enjoyable.
Letters to the Editor'
Take back the vote: letter
Dear Editor,
I was very disappointed to see
that the majority of our Council
received their positions by acclama-
tion and very disturbed to see two
candidates withdraw their names.
Where is the young generation
who should have been trying for
some of these positions? They are
the people who could have made a
difference. They know we need
new business and industry.
Where are the women who are
eligible and just as knowledgable as
mcn to run a town? We fought for
women's lib - our ancestors fought
for the right to even give us a vote.
Are we in this town trying to 'turn
back the clock'? Believe me, ladies,
we must move forward in order to
keep up with a changing society.
I am writing because I have heard
two women have cast their names
for the one vacant position.
If this is the case stand behind
them when you cast your vote and
let's have at least one woman's
voice representing the rest of us, we
desperately need to be heard.
Maybe in the next election more
women will come forward and toss
their 'hat in the ring,' along with
the young people of the town.
Bev Eisler
Opinion
Male violence manifested in media
For the second or third time
this year, I find myself writing
angry diatribes against pomogra-
phy.
If you, the readers, are sick of
my sermons on this moral issue
you can simply ask me to
stop...and I will quietly seal my
lips white this society continues
its slippery slide into a moral
sewer.
Until I hear otherwise from
readers I will continue to use
this space to speak against the
exploitation of women which is
taking place on the glossy pages
of !fustier or the stages of sleazy
strip bars.
The Ontario government is
being pressed to ban underage
strippers. It is almost criminal
that the government hasn't done
anything before now on a prac-
tice that amounts to marketing
our children as sex slaves.
But that is a separate issue with
if
which I could fillanentire col-
umn. What I would like to ask is
how was stripping every legal-
ized in Canada in the first place?
What legal loophole permits an
act which is so degrading to
women?
Catholic Women's Leagues in
this area have rightfully targeted
the entire pornography industry
for attack with the WRAP
(White Ribbons Against Por-
nography) campaign.
The white ribbon has become
a symbol of the need for society
to eradicate violence against
women. Selling women's bodies
over a beer or rye is part and
parcel of the objectification of
women.
Motion pictures promote viol-
ence against women. In one
movie, film star Arnold
Schwarzenegger kills a woman
who looks like a wife and jokes,
"Consider that a divorce." In
another film (True Lies) the
allegedly -abusive Tom Arnold
makes this 'joke':
"Women...can't live with 'em,
can't kill 'em."
There is a movie on local
video and convenience store
shelves featuring one of my
favourite actors (Jeff Goldblum).
I believe the film is called
Shooting Elizabeth. I refuse to
rent it, because of the promo-
tional package. It has a picture
of Goldblum holding a gun and
his woman co-star saying 'He
won't do it, he hasn't got the
guts!'
The mass media suggest that
violence against women some-
how proves that men have
'guts.' What a lie. It takes no
'guts' to pull a trigger...in fact, it
takes the worst kind of coward-
ice.
I covered a trial in Bruce
County of a man who shot his
girl friend twice and then pro-
ceeded to shoot himself through
the head. (Miraculously, she and
he both lived).
He wasn't courageous. He
didn't have guts. Before his
pitiful act of violence he may
have been a man...but after the
act he was only a worm.
Don't believe for a minute that
children don't have access to the
violent and exploitative images
and writing which are available
in local stores.
My father was a United
Church minister who strictly
regulated our viewing of televi-
▪ sion. But that didn't stop me
from being exposed to unhealthy
material.
Before I was 16 I had already
seen numerous acts of rape on
television. When 1 was a young
child my buddies and I hid under
our back porch reading porno-
graphic magazines we had found
in the neighbourhood.
Some residents would laugh
and consider this an innocent
little picture...young boys finding
their first 'girlie' magazines.
I ask you this: do you want
your ten -year-old learning about
relationships through the pages
of Penthouse Forum?
I challenge any resident of
Seaforth, Hensall, Dublin or the
townships to start a campaign
against pornography in this
region.
Seaforth could be declared the
only 'pornography -free' munici-
pality in Canada. It can only
happen if the people make it so.
Or we can sit idly by...and
through our silence condone the
marketing of women's bodies in
the same way a butcher markets
beef.
* * *
On a lighter note...
Anyone who has not seen me
dance can count themselves
lucky! I may be a big fan of
Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly but
I've got all the dance moves of
a bean bag on valium...but that's
not stopping me from attempting
a four-hour dance marathon as
one of my 52 mini marathon
events for the hospital!
See you at the Harvest Dance
on Saturday! (And keep those
donations coming!).
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TOWN HALL - Would you pay $10,000 for this building? Seaforth
ratepayers did, in 1894, to replace the first town hall which was
destroyed by fire three years earlier. At one time, court was held
on the second floor and badminton enthusiasts occupied the third
floor. This post card comes from the collection of Don Morton
which has been loaned to Seaforth's Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). Don't forget to enjoy
historical buildings like this one during Seaforth's Homecoming,
Au•ust 3-6 1995.
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Letters to the Editor
Donations sought for Cuba
Dear Editor,
My wife and I, and members of
my family, are paying our sixth
visit to Cuba next Spring. We have
returned to Cuba annually to com-
bine a holiday visit with the oppor-
tunity to distribute humanitarian
assistance. We each take an extra
suitcase packed with clothing,
soaps. toiletries, and medical sup-
plies to assist the impoverish people
in the rural areas of this Caribbean
third world nation.
Our goal this year is to provide
medication, clothing, dressings and
diapers for a small hospital in
Chiva-rico, a village West of
Santiago de Cuba along the south-
ern shore.
In 1993 we happened upon the
Canada -Cuba Friendship Caravan,
an international venture sponsored
by Pastors -for Peace, a diverse
group supported by many religious
and political groups across Canada
and the United States, whose goal is
to collect and deliver humanitarian
aid to Cuba. Last year, in addition
to the goods we carried in our
suitcases, we delivered a very full
carload of clothing, shoes, toiletries,
pens, paper and books to join thc
Friendship Caravan in London, as it
passed through on its way, over-
land to Mexico, where many tons
of medical and school supplies
(including a school bus!), clothing
and toiletries were delivered via
container ship to Havana. Mary and
I, my sister and my parents happen
to arrive in Chiva-rico at the same
time as the caravan of supplies - so
we know first hand that the effort
was worthwhile - and that it
reached the people for whom the.
awas intended. •4 }
e arp. asking that your.:tiedlia
join with us in support of this ven-
ture. We will receive, store and
transport medications (vitamins,
analgesics, antacids and other ovet-
the counter items), clothing, school
supplies and non-perishable goods
until November 15. At that time we
will arrange to ship all such items
to Toronto to join the 4th annual
Friendship Caravan as it passes
through Toronto to Montreal to load
on a ship destined for Cuba. Your
contribution would be gratefully
received at 131 West Goderich
Street (on Highway 8) in Seaforth
or by calling 527-1860 where you
can leave a message if we are not
at home.
We know that your help will be
appreciated by some very desperate
and some very needy people.
Sincerely,
Mary and Paul Carroll,
Seaforth.
Homecoming names sought
Dear Editor,
Seaforth and District
Homecoming '95
August 3-6, 1995
The Invitation and Registration
Committee is now compiling a list
of people who we would like to
invite back for Homecoming '95.
If you know of anyone who lived
in the Seaforth area, attended
school or would like to receive
information about our Homecoming
'95, please PRINT their names and
addresses, complete with postal
codes, on a piece of paper and mail
it to Ken and Lois Moore, RR 2,
Seaforth, ON, NOK I WO. Perhaps
your Christmas card list, address
book or school year books would
help you obtain this information.
Ken Moore,
RR 2 Seaforth.
Men discover hidden money during local logging bee
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
NOVEMBER 2, 1894
One of the finest specimens of the
genuine grey squirrel ever seen in
the vicinity of Clinton, was shot by
Mr. W. Foster of that town. It is as
large as a good sized kitten, with a
tail nearly a foot long and several
inches broad. Mr. Foster will have
the skin mounted. Mr. Joseph
Rattenbury shot a similar one, evi-
dently its mate, a couple of weeks
ago.
* * *
Mr. Samuel McGeoch has moved
into the premises vacated by Mr. A.
C. VanEgmond, and Mr. Crich,
from town, will occupy the house
belonging to Mr. T. Hills, which
Mr. McGeoch vacated. Dwellings
do not long remain empty in this
village.
* **
Thc destitute arc so numerous this
fall that it looks as though a liberal= "
hailed charity would be needed to
supply the demands of the descry-
ing, but many arc not such, as they
are indigent not from necessity, but
because of their lazy, thriftless,
drunken habits.
NOVEMBER 7, 1919
At a recent meeting of the Boy
Scouts organization connected with
thc First Presbyterian Church, new
management was established, con-
sisting of: Mr. F. T. Fowler, Scout
Master; Mr. J. F. Ross and Mr.
Laing, Assistant Scout Masters,
with Mr. J. Beattie, Mr. J.G. Mullen
and Mr. L.T. De Lacey as financial
trustees. There are 36 members
enroled, making full troops. The
boys have taken up quarters in their
splendid new hall, which is being
equipped for both work and sport.
A junior btanch, already with a
membership of 14 boys, ages eight
to 12, will meet in the hall from
four to six every Monday afternoon.
A logging bee was held at Arthur
Ward's, lot 15, concesslQlt 17, -Grey
township a few weeks ago. To the
surprise of the party when a stump
was upset hidden money was dis-
In the Years Agone)
covered, mostly copper. In addition
to what was taken by members of
the company as souvenirs, Mr.
Ward counted $7.75. The hiding
place was near the CPR track and it
is supposed the money was put
there probably by an Italian navvy,
who possibly was none too sure of
the honesty of the fellow labourers.
NOVEMBER 10, 1944
Seaforth exceeded its ninth cam-
paign Victory War Loan quota of
$229,000, so set a new objective of
$325,000. Huron County also went
over the top with 118.01 per cern of
its quota subscribed.
Mr. Henry A. Bennewcis of the
13th concession of McKillop,
brought into The Expositor office
on Saturday a big cluster of rasp-
berry canes, loaded down with
delicious ripe berries.
The slaughter house owned by
Christie's Meat Market, east of the
old woollen mill in Egmondville,
was almost completely destroyed by
fire at noon on Tuesday.
* * *
More than 150 friends gathered at
the Kinburn Hall Tuesday evening
to welcome Sgt. I.W. Nesbitt, who
recently returned from overseas
after five years service with the
Canadian Forces.
Sgt. Nesbitt was attached to the
Third Canadian Infantry headquar-
ters. Ile enlisted in March 1940,
and after three months training at
Camp Borden underwent extensive
advanced training in England. Later
h4 wag atitilf0J1 -Sicily. Italy and
Northwest Europe.
NOVEMBER 6, 1969
Well-known arca teacher and the
former principal of Scaforth Public
School, Foster T. Fowler, died at
age 83 in Seaforth Community
Hospital. Born in McKillop, May
22, 1886, he began his teaching
career at SS No.4, McKillop when
he was 20 and during the next half
century taught at several schools in
that township as well as schools in
Scaforth, Mitchell and Monkton.
While teaching he spearheaded
the McKillop School Fair, which
became the largest school fair in thc
district. Retiring in 1962 he then
devoted himself to the study of area
history and collected items depict-
ing early days in the district.
**
Local police reported Hallowe'en
was just another day as far as the
Seaforth area was concerned. Hun-
dreds of children made their rounds
without incident, they said, adding
the little ghosts and &lins con-
cluded their all earlier than in
other years and were home in good
time.
It wasn't as quiet in Hibbert,
where Sebringville OPP were inves-
tigating an arson attempt at a vacant
farm house near Dublin, owned by
Anthony Poland. Scaforth Fire
Brigade responded to the alarm.
***
Minor hockey registration was
large enough that Scaforth will be
able to ice teams in the novice,
bantam and midget divisions of the
WOAA. About 18 signed up for the
midget team, which is expected to
be a strong entry because of many
returning players, that will be
coached by Don Stewart.
Bantam coach Jack Muir said he
has about 30 trying out, a number
that will have to be reduced to 15.
Tom Phillips is managing. The new
novice division under the direction
of Charles Geddes was swamped
with entries. * * *
Tuckersmith Reeve Elgin
Thompson has been named moi-.--.-.-.
dent of the Ontario Association of
Agricultural Societies, District 08
when organizations from Huron and
Perth met at Mitchell.
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