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The Huron Expositor, 1988-01-13, Page 2Huron xpositor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating The Brussels Post Published in Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning The Eitpositor is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pot Armes, Neil Corbett, Terri -Lynn Dale, Dianne McGrath and Bob McMillan. J ED BYRSKI, General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor Member Canadian.Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute. Subscription rates: Cano q,'20.00 o year. in advance °'r Senior Citizens • '17.00.a year in ocWance outside Canada '60.'00 a yeor. in advance Single Copies ..50 cents each Second clos% moil registration Number 0696 Wednesday, January 13, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street. Seaforth Telephone (519)527.0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO Non-smoking' week National Non -Smoking Week is coming up. From anuary 14 to 20 the Canadian Council on Smoking will be making the p blic more aware of the dangers inherent with smoking. But the council is going to be giving special attention to the issues related to women who smoke, and it has declared the theme of National Non -Smoking Week as "Women and Smoking." The reason for this year's theme is findings in recent years indicate smoking is a higher risk for women than for men. It wasn't long ago serious research first started on the effects of smoking, and new ground is, still be- ing broken and new dangers being discovered. Young women in articular pay a heavy price for the 'pritiilege' of smok- ing. There are of urse the long acknowledged problems of lung cancer and heart disease, ut findings also indicate women who smoke may have to endure: more difficulty conceiving, impaired fertility and early menopause, increased risk of strokes and heart attack when combined with birth control pills, higher incidence of osteoporosis, 5 per cent more peptic ulcers, 75 per cent more chronic sinusitis, and three times as much emphysema and chronic bronchitis. % • Mothers who smoke can inflict health problems upon young children as well. The baby ofa smoker who breastfeeds can absorb enough nicotine to cause irritability, poor sleeping habit$, and vomiting. Also, since babies breath much faster than adults and inhale more air and more pollution in comparison to their body weight they have a higher rate of ear infections, coughs, colds, pneumonia, and bronchitis if their mothers smoke at home in their first year. . Experts say women•sinoke for different reasons than men. Women are more likely to smae to relieve stress; or to cope with frustration or anger. There are others who still insanely say smoking keeps them slim and glamorous, and the tobacco industry spends $96 million annually to main- tain this association be"fweett,_.smoking 'and glamor, success and sophistication. - • The list of problems resultingfrom the use of tobacco is practically endless, and it is now a well cknowledged fact that if tobac i were discovered in modern times product controls would restrict it from being marketed. It is a product that offers a huge list of negative affects without conferring any advantage or giving anything useful back. If it does have any satisfying effects it's only because the user likely has a physical addiction. Dr. Andrew Pipe, Co -Chairman of the Physicians for A Smoke -Free Canada, is one of a growing group of physicians dedicated to encouraging Canadians to stop smoking. He says smokers have a much better chance of quitting smoking if they involve their family doctor in the process. Your doctor can put you on a personalized program to help deal with nicotine withdrawal and prescriptions are available to relieve discomfort. Dr. Pipe encourages smokers to not be discouraged if they give into temptation. It takes many people three or four times before they actually stop smoking for good, and he advises "The more you try the better your odds of quitting, so if at first you don's succeed, quit, quit again.-N.C. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Church should reveal its stand The Sunday shopping question raises many concerns, included in which would be that should Sunday become as any other day, family togetherness would indeed be adversely affected while store employees who oppose the accepted day of rest being part of the work week, would be expected to perform their regular duties then as well. While there may likewise be further logical reasons for opposing Sunday shopp- ing, more fervent objections on my part are those based on religious grounds among which would be that such is against that taught in the Bible, and also the fact that time now devoted to religious worship and church attendance would be still further diminished. With the entire issue of whether or not to permit Sunday shopping being thrust by the province on individual municipalities to decide, it remains a political issue, - but one with a very significant difference and implication. Churches, in general terms, have too often, by not speaking out, washed their hands on many issues, where a stand taken by the church could have brought in- estimable benefit in a Christmas sense to society at large. Their stock argument has been that they must not become involved in things political. The Sunday shopping debate by municipal councils across the province is not merely another political issue, - it is a Christian moral one as well. If ever the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy must speak out and take a tangible public stand, it is surely on the question of open shopping on Sundays, whose implementation flagrantly strikes out at one of the very foundations of the Bi- ble, whose teachings the churches are re- quired to uphold and protect. The same Bible asks that we be fearless in our endeavours to support its edicts, a mis- sion in which we all too frequently are found wanting. However, if the church clergy and church leaders themselves are fearful in coming forward to support such basic, pertinent and far-reaching Biblical teachings, by giving needed direction when the most opportune time has presented itself, what hope really exists for the advance of the Christian church! Reader still waiting for book To the Editor: I have never written a letter to the editor, but I have been provoked enough with an ad that was placed in your paper that I feel ,I have to say something. Last March there was an ad in the paper for the new book about Steven Truscott call- ed "The Silent Courtroom". I mailed my cheque for $11.95 to "Noram, Box 1047, Lambeth, Ontario" last March. The cheque was cashed in April, and after waiting for four months I decided to write a letter as I had not yet received the book. I received a letter from Don Erickson on June 8,1987 stating that they were still waiting for clarification on parts of the book, and if I didn't want to wait they would return my money. Expected delivery was to be within Natives happy despite conditions To say Thad a good time on my recent vacation would be an understatement. I think I had one of the best times of my life. But just exactly why this trip accounted for one of the best times of my life, I can't really say. The climate of course,- sunny and warm - was definitely a contributing factor. And the company I kept, well that too, was far more entertaining than I could ever have imagined. But there was • more, much more than that, contributing to the success of this vacation. It may have been the Dominican Republic itself, with its very laid back and slow paced way of life. Or, it may have been the natives, with their happy-go-lucky natures, their cheery dispositions and their positive outlook on life, despite in niany cases the ex- treme poverty and sadness that surrounded them. I saw a very different way of life from what I am accustomed, and I was moved by the way it failed to have a detrimental affect on the people who were living it. I can honestly say I was deeply affected. Too often as tourists we are painted only a rosy picture, of what life in other countries is .like. And admittedly a great part of my trip was spent enjoying the rosiness of the coun- try - the lifestyle I was treated to and pro - by Heather Mc.Ilwraith bably spoiled by in and around the resort; the tourist -type attractions I saw; and the contests and other western type activities I ' was a part of. I found the Dominicans treated Canadians like royalty, and the westernization of the country in the resort areas amazed me. Fortunately though I met some people who were able to show me the Dominican on a more realistic level. I visited one 'of the poorer districts of Puerto Plata, metsome-ofthe people who lived there, and was invited into one of the homes - in truth no more than a shack. And these shacks, some hundred in number, lin- , ed roads that were more like back alleys - overburdened with potholes and loose rub- ble. The shacks were lined up one beside another and the children and animals roam- ed freely. Pigs and cattle were scrawny and hardly, appeared capable of providing a meal for a hungry family. I was taken to a market, which to Cana- dian standards looked and smelt more like a potential landfill site, than a place to pur- chase the day's nutrition. u bew e►aerly women and men begging in the streets, and children trying to entice tourists to buy anything and everything, with the impoverished k in their eyes. But despite it all I w something in these people I met, that- y amazed me. They were happy, and probably much I happier than the average Canadian. Unlike us, I found they were able to rise above their problems and their poverty. They enjoyed life to its fullest, and passed on that enjoyment to the people visiting their country. Yes, I had a wonderful time when I was in 'the Dominican Republic. But although a lot of it can be contributed to the friends I took with me and the experiences we shared, more can be contributed to the Dominicans. You see, they allowed me the opportunity to escape from the pressures and expecta- tions of Canadian society. They taught me to relax, to laugh and most pf all, to have a more positive outlook on life. For that reason I hated to leave the Dominican Republic. I can only hope I learnt my lessons well. Parting of As often as not, when stitching together the vernacular collection which I pass off on unsuspecting readers each week as a column, I am literally pulling my hair out in efforts to come up with an interesting essay. Just recently, I came upon some in- formation which convinced me to halt this unproductive assault on the ever - diminishing group of strands which cover my scalp. When you work at a newspaper, you get all sorts of information sent to you from people and organizations who are certain you are so short of copy you would be glad to publish an eight -part series on such topical subjects as "Oriental Egg -Pricing Policies". While we are not about to displace local copy for such nebulous news items, occasionally something in the pile of mail destined for the infamous "File 13," will be intriguing enough that I will at least read it, before "filing" it. Such was the case with a five-part series on baldness, which I recently received from some pharmaceutical supplier's PR department. Ever since I first discovered a small "parting of the ways," among my follicles, the subect of hair -loss has been of some the way3�unsettling FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raftis passing interest. It's not that I really believe that my hair is getting noticibly thinner on top, you understand, but it never hurts to take such precautions as always being the last one in a crowd to go down the stairs. In any crowd, there is always at least one person insensitive enough to remark from this vantage point that a distinct chroming of your dome is in evidence. Apparently, remedies for treating baldness are nothing new. For example, archaeologists have unearthed an Egyp- tian hair tonic recipe that goes back to 4,000 B.C. The concoction includes: a dog's paw, an ass's hoof and dates. These ingre- dients were ground, cook in oil and then (no, they didn't drink it) rubbed vigorously on the head. While these ingredients can't really make hair, they can be used to make a valid point. One would indeed have to be an ass, to rub a doges paw on his head in an at- tempt ttempt to get more dates. Modem hair -loss prevention doesn't always make any more sense than the old "dog's paw delight". According to a staff dermatologist at the North York General Hospital, a well- balanced diet can help slow the embarass- big expansion of your forehead. While this sounds like reasonable ad- vice, consider what the good doctor con- siders a well-balanced diet. Apparently, protein, zinc and Vitamin A are necessary diet elements for healthy hair. Protein and Vitamin A, I can see, however I can't remember the last time I sat down to a big bowl of piping hot zinc. No wonder I'm losing it. Speaking of losing it, it seems almost criminal that certain members of the tren- dy generation are going around shaving off Turn to page ISA tour weeks from the date of his letter. Again in November I wrote another letter as I had still not received my cheque or my book. On December 15, 1987 I wrote my last letter stating that unless I received my che- que or the book, I would write a letter to the editor of every Huron County paper stating what steps I have taken to receive "The Silent Courtroom" or $11.95. Mr. Ericksoh of Noram obviously decided not to respond. I am curious to find out how many other people also sent money to this company, and what else could be done in order to receive the item for which I paid. Pat Taylor RR Brucefield, Ontario NOM 'JO Hospital JANUARY 13, 1888 The schedule of convictions issued the Clerk of the Peace for the quarter ending December 14, 1887, shows a total of 119 cases. Of these 52 were violations of the Canada Temperance Act, and in 11 of that number the fine for a second offence was imposed. This makes a total of $3,150 in fines. The remaining cases on the schedule are of the ordinary character. Goderich con- tributes 11 of these, Seaforth 10, Brussels 9, and the remainder are scattered over the rest of the county. On Wednesday afternoon of last week a sawing match took place at the Revere House, Brussels. The match started at three o'clock, J.H. Bowman and A. R. Sample, of Morris, sawing the first cut off a beech log 19% inches in diameter at the butt and 171 at the top, with a "Racer" cross cut saw. They did the work neatly in 34% and 28% seconds, respectively. They won the first prize of $5, and the second prize of $2 went to Mrssrs. Fraser and Logan. The flax mill in this town had a narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Mon- day evening last, but through the efforts of the mill hands, assisted by some citizens, it was put out before any serious damage had been done. The fire, it seems, originated somewhere above the boiler, and it was only discovered just as the hands were leaving at 6 o'clock. Had it been half an hour later the whole mill along with the season's crop would almost certainly have been destroyed. JANUARY 10,1913 Rev. Dr. Oaten, Methodist minister of Brussels, has baptized seventeen children and two adults in the past three weeks and he says still there are more to follow. tiding strong in 1963 IN THEY ARS AGONE from the Archives There are now 101 inmates in the House of Refuge, the greatest number on recd The Girls Club of Willis Church, Clinton, ook a little jaunt down to the House of Refuge New Years Eve, and gave a nice little program for the entertainment of the inmates, who thoroughly enjoyed it. After the program the girls treated the old folk to candy and bananas. The report from the Seaforth Collegiate Institute for the year 1912 says there were 211 pupils enrolled during the year. Of these 120 came from the county of Huron, 22 from other counties, and only 69 from the town of Seaforth. The Commercial department at the school deserves special mention. This branch of the school is developing rapidly, and full practical courses in Stenography, typewriting, book-keeping, office methods, banking, etc. are being taught. Everything that can be taken at the best business col- lege is given at a normal cost at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute. JANUARY 14, 1938 Seaforth's fire loss in 1937 was one of the lowest on record, according to Fire Chief E. J. Box, and did not exceed $50. Officers elected at the recent annual meeting were: Chief, E. J. Box; foreman A. W. Dick; assis- tant foreman, Allan Reid; treasurer, Funk Sills; secretary, John Cummings. One new member, Thos. Stills, -ars added to the' brigade. Seaforth Lions club will sponsor a juvenile team in the Lions League compromising Goderich, Clinton, Mitchell and Seaforth. H. E. Smith will be chairman of the committee in charge. The league was organized at a meeting held in Clinton on Monday evening. JANUARY 10, 1963 Seaforth Intermediate 'B' are attracting interested crowds this -year with their brand of hockey. Happy after defeating Phillipsburg at Seaforth arena Tuesday night, the team includes Ray Anstett, Bob Beuttenmiller, Cliff Petrie, Cam Doi (mascot), Ray Henderson, Jack McLlwai Doug Rowcliffe, Ken Doig, Jack Croziei¢, Charlie Ruston, Bob Whitelaw, B,11 McLaughlin, Harry Curring, Tom Dick, Jim Dick, and Bill Pinder. The Seaforth Community Hospital Cam- paign swung into high gear again this week following suspension of activities over the Christmas season. Active solicitation was under way in McKillop and Tuckersmith, of- ficials said, and would be stepped up in Seaforth. An increased emphasis on theproblems of local industry will be recommended to Seaforth council, Mayor -elect Earl Dinsmore said Wednesday. He was discuss- ing the work that will face council following the inaugural meeting on Monday. A S. 4