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The Huron Expositor, 1988-07-27, Page 24EHuron xpositor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Incordbratine The Brussels Post Published In Setrforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning Tho Expositor is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pet Arenas, Neil Corbett, Terri -Lynn Oaks, Dionne McGrath and Bob McMillan. ED BYRSKI, General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITII, Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription Rates: Canada '20.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens • '17.00 a year In advance Outside Canada '60.00 a'year, in advance Single Copies - .50 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 Wednesday, July 27, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seater*: Telephone (5 91 327.0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1I WO Grandparenting one up on parent This week's column is being written at the request of a certain Main Street mer- chant, whb last week accosted me on said Main Street, and insisted it's time an arti- cle .was written on babies - more par- ticularly - grandmothers and babies. Anyone who has walked down the east side of Main Street will have no doubt noticed by now the congratulatory messages in the windows of Flower Magic and All Styles II. While the first message ' merely congratulates Jean Wolfe on the birth of her child, the second, hung in the window of All Styles II, not only con- gratulates but proclaims to the world that Elza Ruston is now a grandmother. Now I'm not exactly sure how Elza feels about that proclamation, but proprietor Elsie Willems - a devil at the best of times - believes grandmotherhood should be flaunted - and I'm sure that would hold true even if it were her own grand - motherhood she was announcing to the public. Now, I may be entirely wrong - but then again maybe I'm not. Some women can hardly wait to become grandmothers - and don't care who knows it once they are. Others - well, they see the arrival of grand - 1 SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mcilwraith motherhood as an unwelcome reminder that they're aging. They have yet to chuck aside the stereotyped vision of the grey- haired, rocking chair bound woman as grandma. • Basically I've no real experience with grandmotherhpod. Oh, I have two of the best grandmothers in the world - but aside from that I've no personal knowledge of what it must be like to become a grand- mother. All I know is that my mother aspires to that goal - and will go to great lengths to ensure her children know it. (I mean, the woman once gave my brother and his wife a box of hand knit baby clothes as a Christmas present). • None -the -less, the way I see it there are plenty of advantages to being a grand- parent as opposed to a parent. I mean, as a grandparent, you are still afforded the opportunity to experience first hand the joys that can be brought into your life by a child - but you can avoid the less desirable aspects of parenting. For ex- ample, grandparents have the option of ' shipping a child back to its parents if, for instance, it erupts into a embarrassing or nerve wracking temper tantrum. They • don't have to change its dirty diapers or nurse it through the flu. They can limit their visits to the nursery to five or 10 minutes, and escape to a more peaceful , home when they've had enough. They can spoil their grandchild then leave it up to the parents to make sure that spoiling doesn't completely ruin its character. Grandparents can take pleasure in '' knowing their children, by having children ' of their own, will get paid back for every ' last heartache they caused them. They can take pleasure in uttering that well known, I told you so, phrase. Yes, undoubtedly being a grandparent has its definite advantages. Then again, so does being a grandchild. tt Splendid / Now HAVE ANOTHER GO --� MAYBE THERE/5 ,9 GU/?4/TEE YoeiZt 5'11LiCTO THE JOS f" One , in every crowd The Town of Seaforth is included in a province -wide search for young people who best exemplify the qualities of good citizenship. The Huron Expositor is the local sponsor for the Ontario Junior Citizens program, which each year recognizes youngsters from six to 18 for their courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, initiative, leadership, fortitude and community service. Since 1981, the Ontario Junior Citizens program has recognized close to 100 children from across the province for their citizenship qualities. The award recipients and their families will be honored at a testimonial luncheon in Toronto next March. They will be received by Or4tario Lieutenant -Governor Lincoln Alexander and each presented with a $200 cheque, a gold lapel pin and a family portrait with the Lieutenant -Governor. The Huron Expositor will accept nominations for the program until Oc- tober 31, 1988. The purpose is not necessarily to find a. "super kid", merely to recognize kids who just happen to be good citizens - the kind of people every` com- munity is proud to have. We know there are kids in the Seaforth area who have proved they're will- ing to go the extra mile, if for no other reason than for their own personal growth and pride. That's a lesson that shouldn't be lost on the rest of us, and The Huron Expositor wants to do its part to ensure these kids are recognized. The Ontario Junior Citizens program is coordinated province-wide%y the Ontario Community Newspapers Association, with the support of Canadian Airlines International. The theme for this year's program is "There's one in every crowd." Continue to watch The Expositor for a nomination form. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Canada needs nuclear submarines Dear Editor: NDP leader Ed Broadbent's opposition to the purchase of 12 nuclear -propelled sub- marines puts into doubt his commitment to defending Canada. Broadbent, in an attempt to offset the un- popular NDP pledge to pull Canada out of NATO, says he supports the purchase of 12 diesel -propelled submarines. Canada, which has the longest coastline in the world, is bounded in the north by an ocean covered by ice for most of the year. As only nuclear -propelled subs can patrol under the ice, the NDP is in effect commit- ted to leaving one of our three oceans undefended. Does the NDP suggest posting "no trespassing" signs? It's time we Canadians took seriously the responsibility we have as citizens of a sovereign country to defend ourselves. To do that effectively, we need nuclear - propelled submarines. Yours sincerely, David Somerville President NON- ORGANIC- FARMING ' THE SECRET 15 IN'JEcTtNG- OSTRtCN MENGRMNF E)(RACT MIYBD W(fl- A Lr .E EX -LAX INio THE C C.KEN FEED �r Need for senate reform apparent The Senate has reared its geriatric head again recently, and proven once again there is a need for Senate reform or abolishment. Actually the Liberal domionated Senate's head wasn't reared as much as it was shaken up by John Turner who has called for the "Upper House" to block passage of the free -trade bill until a federal election is called on the issue of free trade. The worst part is, the Senate has the power to hold back the legislation and possibly endanger tie deal. Now I'm not an advocate of free trade, like most people who are not aligned with a political party my mind is not yet made up on the issue, but I hate the idea that a house of non- representative fogeys can disrupt the will of the elected representatives of the peo- ple. At least one senator, George Van Rog - gen, is a Liberal and an advocate of free trade. He recently resigned as chairman of the Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee which is handling the free -trade bill now in MY TWO BITS by Neil Corbett the Senate. He says he objects to Turner trying to force a one issue election, and us- ing the Senate as the vehicle to apply pressure on the government. But if the Senate didn't have the power to block the legislation, Turner couldn't abuse it. That's where the Senate reform that has been talked about for years comes in. There are a lot of ways the Senate could be changed to make it a more effective in- stitution. Making senators elected, and therefore responsible to someone, is just one idea, (although it is an expensive idea). Outright abolishment seems a bit harsh, and the Senate could be useful as a chamber of "sober second thought" if that thought were not dominated by a loyalty to r a political party. It doesn't even seem logical to me that the Senators should need party loyalty since they have a guaranteed job and don't need party ties to keep it. I'm surprised there hasn't been more of an outcry about the Senate blocking the legislation. Maybe it's because most of the public is neutral toward the free trade issue that there hasn't been more noise made, but the basic principal that ap- pointed officials are tampering with the will of public's elected representatives should be of some concern. There's going to be a lot of eyes on the Senate in the near future to see if they halt the bill, and if an election really does get called on the issue of the Mulroney -Reagan trade deal as the Liberals are hoping. Fishinb expedition. departs Seaforth JULY 27, 1888 The following gentlemen left here on Tuesday evening last and compose the cam- ping and fishing party, who intend spending a couple of weeks on the Nippigon river, on the north shore of Lake Superior, camping and fishing: R.L. Sharp, Toronto; Mex Sli.nnnon, M.R. Counter, T.W. Duncan, S. Lounsbury, Thos. Coleman and Thos. Govenlock, of Seaforth; Robert Graham of Brussels; Henry Horton of Goderich, and Malcolm McFarlane and Mr. Greyson of Hamilton. The party took the United Em- piro'from Goderich for Port Arthur and will then come east by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Red Rock, within about eight miles of the fishing ground, and from there they will proceed in canoes. We wish them a pleasant time, a large catch and a safe return. Mrs. Counter accompanied her hus- band as far as Port Arthur. Mr. William Robb has commenced the erection of a brick residence on the Wilson lots near Goderich Street. Mr. Querengesser has three houses nearly completed in- Beattie's Grove and they are all neat, comfortable edifices. He has them all rented, and says he could rent as many more if he had them. At the Fireman's Tournament in Berlin, on Thursday, the Seaforth Fire Brigade took the first prize in the hose reel race, and Caledonia,second. The time was 55 seconds. The track was bad, but the Seaforth boys "got there" all the same. AUGUST 1, 1913 Fifty-five rural telephones have been in- stalled in the past nine months in connection with Brussels, Grey and Morris System. While the funeral of the late David McLaughlin of Fordwich was on its way to the Brussels cemetery on Saturday last, the procession was met by an automobile bet - IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Archives ween Jamestown and Brussels, and the team on the hearse became frightened and unmanageable, and turning quickly around upset the vehicle down a' steep embank- ment, but did not run away. The hearse was badly damaged and the casket thrown out and slightiy broken. Word was sent to Brussels and the undertaker from there met the procession and the re- mains were conveyed onward without fur- ther mishap. There is a rumor in circulation that the post office at Egmondvi.11e is to be done away with in view of the introduction of the rural mail system. We, of course, do not know what truth there may be in the rumor or what the intention of the postal authorities may be. But we do know it would be a very great mistake and a very short sighted policy on the part of the department to Close this post office. JULY 29, 1938 Seaforth Beavers will go to Clinton Thurs- day night with a two goal lead for the second and final game in the south section HFL semi-finals. MARKSMAN - If the children who use the Lions pool were old enough to vote, Coun- cillor M.A. Reid would have many more ballots with X opposite his name the next time he faces an election. Mr. Reid was down at Lions Park the other evening when he noticed a large turtle in the river that for some time had been making periodic forages into the pool and frightening the children. Securing a rifle, the councillor finished the turtle in two shots. Now, thanks to Mr. Reid, 'the children can swim without worrying over a turtle. Walter O'Brien, Staffa miller, narrowly escaped death Saturday morning when the gasoline engine in the chopping mill, owned by his father, Frank O'Brien, suddenly burst into flames. Only the fact that he was on the side of the engine nearest the door permitted him to escape with severe burns on his face. Work on the cellar excavation for the Col- legiate addition is rapidly being completed as H. Edge, contractor for the addition, has some thirty men at work. AUGUST 1,1963 Of the 120 trying Red Cross swimrningo tests at Lions Park Pool last week, 93 youngsters succeeded in passing after month long classes, Pool Supervisor Tom Dick announced Tuesday. Contract for re -construction and widening of Goderich Street - the connecting link of Highway 8 in Seaforth - was let to McHaffie- Birge Construction Lid. of Toronto, at a special meeting of council Monday night. The work which has been under discussion for several years should begin within two weeks. "Showboat" Buckner and his Harlem Comedy Kings will roll into town Monday, August 12, to take on the Seaforth In- termediates. The Comedy Kings are an all- star softball squad who have played in Rio de Janiero, Hong Kong and Canada. Plenty off laughs are expected when the kings hit T 9