Times-Advocate, 1999-01-27, Page 7Wednesday. January 27. 1999
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I 0 YEARS AGO
January 25, 1989 - Chelsea
Leanne Roteau was the first
baby born at South Huron
Hospital in Exeter in 1989.
Chelsea Leanne, the daughter of
Shawn and .Brenda Roteau of
73 Mill Street in Exeter first saw
the light of day at 10:17 p.m.
on Thursday, January 19,
Roshana Barr, 12, of Lucan
and Ryan Good, 16 and his sis-
ter Rachona, 14 of Exeter are leaving this week for
Bangladesh to attend the official opening of a new
children's village. Ryan Good was in the first group
of children brought from a Third World country to
adopting parents in Ontario after Dale and Doreen
Good had read a magazine article about Families
for Children, and applied for a baby.
20 YEARS AGO
January 25, 1979 - South Huron Hospital has
been given two years to cut the number of their
active care beds to 26 from 36. The hospital has to
move from four beds per thousand population to
3.5 beds per thousand.
Exeter OPP Constable Frank Giffin found the
lights on the roof of his cruiser had been stolen
overnight in front of his home. The light rack was
later recovered, abandoned on campus at the
University of Western Ontario.
30YEARS AGO
January 24, 1969 - James Hayter, reeve of
Stephen Township and Dashwood garage operator
was acclaimed Warden of Huron County. Hayter
was the third Stephen reeve in succession to take
the county seat.
35YEARS AGO
January 23, 1964 - South Huron Hospital
received a $2,000 bequest from the late Mrs.. R.N.
Creech, who died last fall.
Mrs. Ernest Koehler was reappointed librarian
of the Dashwood Library -at the annual meeeting
held Saturday.
Syd Sanders, his son AJjoe, Herb Ford and his
son Irwin have served on Exeter's volunteer fire
department for almost a century and a half in
terms of actual years of participation.
40YEARS AGO
January 23, 1959 - Plans for the new central
school in McGillivray township were presented to
the school area board at its inaugural meeting last
week.
Dr. Walter H. Johns, a native of Usborne and
graduate of area schools has been appointed presi-
dent of the University of Alberta by Premier E.C.
Manning.
Exeter council gave approval to the Swimming
Pool committee to proceed with a fund raising
campaign but it took pains not to obligate itself
financially toward the project.
Peter McNaughton, a native of Hibbert will take
over his new duties as clerk of the village of
Hensall on February 2.
Robert E. Aitken of Palmerston has joined the
Exeter police detachment to bring it to full stength.
50YEARS AGO
Janaury 23, 1949 - Over $18,760 is on hand in
the building fund for a proposed community hall
and Memorial arena in Lucan with the site proper-
ty purchased.
Mrs. Jack Doerr was chosen Chapter Sweetheart
for 1949 of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.
H.H. Sherwood has purchased from Lorne
Johnston two lots of land just off Main Street and
intends erecting an up-to-date showroom for his
Massey Harris implements.
J.M. Southcott has received official notice that he
has been appointed returning officer for the
Huron -Perth riding in the next federal election.
65 YEARS AGO
January 24, 1934 - Local Dairyman William
Hatter has bought out the dairy business of Mr.
Ben Case.
A real old-fashioned blizzard visited this section
Sunday and Monday. The wind blowing a gale and
the driving snow made driving almost impossible.
The storm came up suddenly following a week of
mild weather.
The banquet of the men's club of the Trivitt
Memorial Church on Wednesday evening of last
week was put on by the losing side in the member-
ship contest and was catered to by the U -Go -1 -Go
class.
ROSS
HAUGH
SACK IN TIME
Thank you for your
generous donations
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the board of directors of The Lung
Association, Huron -Perth Counties, I would like to
thank all those who have so generously donated to
our 1998 Christmas Seal Campaign. Their support
will truly make a difference in the lives of the one
in five Canadians who suffer some type of breathing
problem.
Funds raised from the Christmas Seal Campaign
support vital medical research across the province
as well as the many health education programs
offered.dght here in Huron and Perth Counties,
such as ` eathe Easy' and the 'Air Force Family
Asthma Program'. As someone living successfully
with a rather rare lung disease, I can attest to the
support I received from The Lung Association when
first diagnosed with my condition and to the value
of their programs which have helped me learn
more about living with lung disease. As well, my
case has been used in research for a study conduct-
ed by doctors at the University of Western Ontario
t appreciate the importance of research projects
supported by The Lung Association.
Canadians have a long tradition of supporting The
Lung Association. Together we successfully battled
tuberculosis, once the number one killer of
Canadians. Today we must work together to fight
all lung disease. Every 20 minutes, each day,
another Canadian dies from some form of respira-
tory disease, the third leading cause of death in this
country.
Although we are still short of our financial goal
for the Christmas Seal Campaign, we are optimistic
that we will reach our target because of the people
in Perth and Huron counties have generously sup-
ported this campaign for many years. Together we
can help the one in five Canadians with some type
of respiratory problem breathe a little more easily.
Sincerely, TRISH MACGREGOR, Volunteer
Chairperson,
The Lung. Association, Huron -Perth. Counties
Writer wants to
warn all readers
Dear Editor:
Let us hope that this message will reach all of the
peoples of the world so that they maybe fore-
warned. The first of the four horsemen of the
Apocalypse has been riding for the last two decades
"as a conqueror bent on conquest" (Rev. 6:2). A
much acclaimed spiritual leader is busily trying to
form a one -world religion under his leadership.
Once this leader- ends or completes his mission, the
next three horsemen will ride out in painfully swift
sequence and the effect of their missions will leave
fifteen hundred million people dead or dying..
Neither our religious, nor our civil leaders are
warning our people of these upcoming tragedies of
world war, world famine, and world pestilence, so
that they will not be caught by total surprise. The
Scripture reveals that 25 percent of the earth's
population will be killed and this would mean that
over fifty million Americans will be killed or die of
starvation and disease. The war between the
nations is not the only war that is looming in the
near future, for when this spiritual leader com-
pletes his mission of a one -world religion, under his
leadership, he will bring those who oppose his doc-
trine under persecution just asthe case during the
dark and middle ages. He will also be powerful
enough to exercise a high level of control over the
one -world government already existing — the
United Nations. Since the final countdown for our
Lord's return is obviously beginning, I pray that
those who are following any leadership other than
Christ, the Scriptures, and the Holy Spirit will burn
the billions of books, magazines and newspapers
that keep them in bondage to the "Synagogue of
Satan" (Rev. 2:9 & 3:0) and the churches of those
who are of the spirit of the antichrist. (1 Jn. 2:18,
2:22, 4:3, and 2 Jn. 1:7). Please contact the editor
of your paper who has printed this article and
thank him or her for they have become one of the
workers of the final harvest. (Mat. 9:38).
Sincerely,
BRO. RAYMONT SENN
1141 8th Ave., Pleasant Grove, AL 35127
(205) 744-6581
Arrangement possible?
TORONTO -- Some of Premier
Mike Harris's opponents are try-
ing to patch together an
arrangement in which they can
combine to prevent him being
re-elected, but they will have
problems making it work.
The benefits of uniting to stop
the Progressive Conservative
premier obtaining a second term
have been underlined by his
party's rise in the most recent
poll to 43 per cent, which nor-
mally has been enough to win a majority.
The Liberals are at 41 per cent and New
Democrats at only 14 per cent. Critics look longingly
at these figures combined and the fact Harris,
although popular among many because of his tax
cuts, is resented by more because of his cuts in ser-
vices, and how they can unify those against him to
defeat him.
Such dreams of opposition parties uniting in an
election to throw out a government are nothing
new. Recognizing the appeal of Harris as a tax -cut-
ter and the deep antipathy he also stirs, NDP pre-
mier Bob Rae, whom Harris defeated in 1995,
raised the idea within weeks of losing office.
Rae said he would not rule out the possibility of
the opposition parties realigning, because they had
to do everything within their power to ensure that
Harris with his "harsh cuts" was not elected for
another term.
Pointing out that 55 per cent of votes in 1995
were against the Tories, Rae said the Conservatives
should not be allowed to return to "the divide -and -
conquer politics that helped them in the past."
Tories more moderate than Harris governed from
1943 to 1985 without once receiving a majority of
votes cast.
However, calls for a common front during this
earlier Tory reign came to nothing. In 1963, Liberal
leader John Wintermeyer held talks with some New
Democrats trying to persuade them to join forces,
after he lost an election and his seat. That prompt-
ed the NDP leader of the day, Donald MacDonald, to
respond that its members "will not betray the sacri-
fices we made to get where we are."
An NDP MPP in the 1970s, George Samis, made
an annual rite of telling his party joining with the
Liberals was the sure way to get the Tories out.
But the last time parties joined in an election was
as far back as 1955, when the Liberals did not run
a candidate in Cochrane South to allow the Tories
to push out Bill Grummett, a thorn in their flesh .
who was House leader of the Cooperative
Commonwealth Federation;- the NDP's predecess-
sor. No wonder New Democrats are wary of joining
Liberals.
Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty, whose party led
polls through the past two years until now, has felt
strong enough not to negotiate any alliance with the
NDP and urged its supporters to vote for him as the
best chance to oust Harris.
Among other retorts, NDP leader Howard
Hampton has said the two parties' policies are too
divergent. The Liberals would maintain Harris's
income tax cuts and movement toward a balanced
budget, for example, while the NDP would with-
draw cuts from the better -off to restore some ser-
vices and see deficits as a still useful tool.
The Canadian Auto Workers union, which tradi-
tionally helped the NDP, has proposed at a late
stage those who normally support the NDP should
vote for it in ridings where it has a chance, but vote
for Liberals where this is the only way to defeat a
Tory, and McGuinty naturally has welcomed this
notion.
Others on the left are studying it. But supporting
the Liberals on the basis of polls would be foolish,
because they are notorious for leading in polls
before elections and then lesing, as they did in 1990
and 1995.
There are difficulties identifying ridings where
one opposition party has a better chance, particu-
larly since most boundaries have been redrawn
because Harris has reduced the number of ridings.
Many areas where the NDP did poorly in 1995 are
those they swept when they won government in
1990 and they can cling to the hope they will do
better there than the Liberals if the latter trip dra-
matically again.
There also is no suggestion that Liberals should
reciprocate by supporting New Democrats where
they have the better chance -- this arrangement
seems a little one-sided.
ERIC
DOWD
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