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The Times Advocate, 2008-11-19, Page 5Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Times -Advocate 5 OPINION FORUM&NEW S 10 YEARS AGO November 18, 1998 - Workers have installed the services along Riverside Drive for the Riverview Estates subdivision, just north of the curling rink. Developer Len Veri said there has been a good amount of interest in the 43 -lot subdivision in Exeter. What are the odds of having four people from the Exeter area winning $1 million in a Toronto hospital draw, driving to the city to claim their prize and discover- ing the person handing out the cheque is from Ex- eter? This happened last week as Bill and Darlene Van Bergen, Joan and Steve Sararas, Anita and Rick Da- vies and Bryan and Linda Lightfoot took a limo down the 401 to cash in their winning ticket in the Princess Margaret Hospital s annual lottery. Handing out the cheque was John MacNaughton. Rhoda Rohde of Thames Road is just completing 54 years of reporting community news to the Times Advocate. She started in 1944 reporting Woodham area news as Rhoda Thomson and in 1948 married Bill Rhode and took over providing the Thames Road news from Mrs. Jean Mair. 20 YEARS AGO November 16, 1988 - In Monday s municipal elec- tion in Exeter, Ben Hoogenboom led the six success- ful council candidates with 1,176 votes. Morley Hall was second with 1,133 votes. The others to make the grade were Dorothy Chapman, Dave Urlin, Ervin Sillery and Harry Klungel. Returned by acclamation were mayor Bruce Shaw, reeve Bill Mickle and depu- ty reeve Lossy Fuller. At Grand Bend, former reeve Bob Sharen was re- turned to that position defeating current deputy reeve Dennis Snyder. In Stephen Township, reeve Tom Tomes turned back a challenge from deputy reeve Ken McCann, winning by 795 to 379 votes. 45 YEARS AGO November 15, 1963 - Elmer Bell, QC, has been ap- pointed by county council to a three-year term on the South Huron District High School Board. He suc- ceeds Larry Snider who retires after nearly a decade on the board. Members reappointed were Kenneth Johns and Roy Morenz. 50 YEARS AGO November 16, 1958 - Mrs. Elmer Bell was elected president of the Women s Auxiliary to South Huron Hospital at the recent annual meeting. Immediate past president is Mrs. C.S. MacNaughton. James Dalton moved one step closer to the war- denship of Lambton County when he was re-elected reeve of Grand Bend. 60 YEARS AGO November 17, 1948 - Mr. Asa Penhale has sold his fine farm on Huron Street to Mr. Chester Dunn who will get possession in the spring. After serving his country for more than 25 years as Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Hon. William Mackenzie King relinquished his office last Monday. Friday November 26 will be a school holiday in Ontario to mark the birth of a royal prince to Queen Elizabeth. 70 YEARS AGO November 14, 1938 - John Vidt of Arkona has pur- chased an Exeter property to build a refrigeration plant to store perishable products. Plants of this type are generally in the United States and more and more of them are being introduced in Ontario. The South Huron Plowmen s Association held their annual banquet at the Thames Road United Church recently with federal minister of agriculture the Hon. James Gardiner as guest speaker. Gardiner spoke of his youth at Thames Road and how he made his first speech near the very spot he was speaking that night. 85 YEARS AGO November 15, 1923 - On Thursday morning of last week while Mr. Richard Davis was plowing Reeve Beavers garden, one of the horses stepped on the covering of an old well which gave way. Fortunately the well was not deep and the horse s head and front feet were above ground. A derrick from the marble shop was erected and the horse was rescued, little the worse for its experience. Brigadier General King and some of his staff mo- tored up from London Wednesday and inspected the recruits who have been training under the command ROSS HAUGH Back in Time Seniors' Perspective By Jim Bearss SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Out and about Riverview Estates, Exeter invite you to play in a Pepper Tournament on Nov 22 at 1 p.m. Please call Mildred at 235-2028 to register. Teams of three or if less players please call and teams can be arranged. Cost $5 per person, prizes and a very enjoyable lunch is available. Open House at the new Towerview Apartments, William Street, Exeter on Sat., Nov 22, and Sun., Nov 24 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and also the following Wed., J I M Nov 26 from 1 4 p.m. A model apartment will be on BEARSS show for your viewing. Exeter Legion Men s Euchre Night on Nov 26. Sign up at 7 p.m. and play at 7:30 p.m. Put a team in and call Sharon at 235-1299. Legion News Soup and Sandwich will be held from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Wed., Nov. 19. Everyone welcome. Senior Curling - mixed on Wednesday afternoons; men s se- nior curling on Friday afternoons. For more information, con- tact Kathleen Hodgert at 235-3250. The Flying Fiddles and Feet of the Ballagh Bunch from Tees - water will perform Sun., Nov 30 at 2 p.m. at the Exeter United Church. Come out to see Devon, Michael, Paige, Matthew, Gary and Janice. Janice along with her sisters used to perform on the Tommy Hunter show as the McMichael Sisters. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from Bill Brock 235-0323, Deb Campbell 235-1609, Darlene Lightfoot 235-1042, Dianne Shap - ton 263-2800, Peter Tgahrt 235-0037, Exeter United Church Of- fice 235-0860 or at MacLean s Home Hardware. All proceeds going to the United Church Restoration Projects. Annual Christmas Dinner The Exeter Oddfellows and Rebekhas are holding their an- nual Christmas Dinner on Tues., Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lodge Hall. All members and spouses are invited to attend. Please bring your donation of perishable goods for the Christ- mas Bureau. For more information, contact Bev W. Skinner. The Exeter Shuffleboard Club has elected the following peo- ple for the 2008/09 season; president Bernice Boogeman, vice president Don Overholt, secretary Marge McCurdy, treasurer Esther Hillman and public relations John Horn. New members are welcome, if interested contact Bernice at 235-4524 or Don at 235-1807 for more information. Come for the fun, fellowship and friendship. The Wingham Town Hall Heritage The- atre Stage Lights Entertainment has offered to do a show as a fund raiser for the theatre. This will be a Christmas show staring Dan Monroe who will do John Denver s Rocky Moun- tain Christmas. The show will be at 3 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Wingham Town Hall Heritage Theatre. Tickets are priced at $20. We would ask that you call the theatre at 519-357-4082 or toll free at 1-866-357-4082 Nov 17 to the 21 and Nov 24 to the 28 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and advise us of how many tickets you would like put aside. The box office will open at 9 a.m. the day of the show and if you advise us of how many you have we will ensure that all can sit together. Please be advised that Stage Lights Entertainment has offered to do this show regardless of the number of tickets sold and the show will not be cancelled. I thank you in advance for your time. Doug French, board chair. A time to remember: Back in 1931, after insistent representation by the Canadian Legion, Parliament enacted the Armistice Day Act which sets aside Nov. 11 as a day upon which the nation can remember those who gave their lives that freedom might prevail. And there are many to remember. During the First World War, 624,218 men and 4,518 women served. Of those, 66,573 died and 138,166 were wounded. Can- ada s population at the time was only eight million. In the Second World War, 1,031,902 men and 49,963 women out of a population of 12 million served their country. Of those 44,927 died. Another 26,971 served in the Korean War 516 died and 1558 were wounded. Those were the wars of the last century in which Canada played a major role. In 1990 1991, 4,074 served in the Gulf War and since 2006 in this country has played a major role in Afghanistan. About 2,500 troops are deployed there today; Their sacrifices should be remembered. Lest We Forget Meet Molly Meet Molly - she s a grey speckled pony who was aban- doned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana. She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected and her vet went to LSU for help but LSU was overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know how that goes. But after sur- geon Rustin Moore met Molly he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn t seem to get sores and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected her injured leg and constantly shifted her weight and didn t overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic. Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there. This was the right horse and the right owner Moore insists. Molly hap- pened to be a one -in -a -million patient. She s tough as nails but sweet and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvi- ous she understood that she was in trouble. The other impor- tant factor is having a truly committed and compliant owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care required over the lifetime of the horse. Molly s story turns into a parable for life in post -Katrina, Louisiana. The little pony gained weight and her mane finally felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg. The prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life, Allison Barca DVM, Molly s regular vet reports and she asks for it. She will put her little limb out and come to you and let you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes she wants you to take it off too and sometimes Molly gets away from Barca. It can be pretty bad when you can t catch a three- legged horse she laughs. Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shel- ters, hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. Any- where she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people and she had a good time doing it. It s obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life Moore said. She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury and now she is giv- ing hope to others. Barca concluded she s not back to normal but she s going to be better. To me, she could be a symbol for New Orleans itself. Duties for wives... Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives duties. The first man had married a woman from Africa and had told her that she was going to wash the dishes and do house cleaning. It took a couple days, but on the third day he came home to a clean house and dishes washed and put away. The second man had married a woman from America and had given his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes, and the cooking. The first day he didn t see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done, and there was a huge dinner on the table. The third man had married a girl from Canada. He told her that her duties were to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn t see anything, the second day he didn t see anything, but by the third day some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, enough to fix himself a bite to eat and load the dishwasher. more than 100 died there. War is hell, whether you are physically injured or not. Every- one who is in battle carries scars being in battle does some- thing to the human soul. Many Canadians who wore this country s uniform paid a big price some with their lives, some with sanity, some with terrible injury, some with their families. Life Memberships Honoured Shown receiving their Life Membership Honours are, from left, Comm. Betty Simmons, Comm. Iva Reid and Comm. Lillian Beer of the Hensall Legion, Branch 468.The women have been instrumental for over 20 years in helping with veterans, poppy campaigns and organizing dinners. (photo/submitted)