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The Huron Expositor, 1987-07-29, Page 2A2 •- •'TH.E HURON'EXPOSITQR, JULY•29„ 1987' Huron xpositor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE .COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating The Brussels Post Published in Seaforth, Ontario Every .Wednesday Morning .The t'xposItor Is brought to you •' each week by the efforts of: Pat Armes, Nellie Blake, Karen Gordnor, Joan Gulchellar and ` . Bob.MaMIIIan, BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1987 ED BYRSKI, General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor Meni'ber Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc, Ontario Commurilty Newspaper Association Ontario PresseauncI • 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 Coples .50 cents each , Second class mall registration Number 0696 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1987 Edltorlatand Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (5-19)5274240 Mailing Address , P.O.-Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Talking things out The recent meeting between Huron County council's executive commit- tee and the mayors of the five county towns was a step in the right direction in establishing goodrelations between county and municipal governments. • To his credit, Warden -Brian McBurney, called the meeting to air concerns before they appeared in the press. The - two groups discussed a number of concerns 'including; urban representation on county council, planning matters, the pursuit of economic development and opening the lines of communication. The mayors, who have been meeting as an ad hoc committee for the past several months, talked openly about their concerns, aspirations and hopes While addresing council's executive committee in a sensible, intelligent and open manner. ' ' It is premature'to speculate on the ultimate success of the meeting, but any time two parties speak frankly on issues of mutual concern, it is bound to lead, at the least, to some understanding. Open discussions will at least serve to illustrate each other's problems, needs and limitations. Ot helps each council understand the other guy's problems.• Hopefully the twp groups will meet again because the mayors have a dif- ferent perspective to offer county council on issues of mutual interest. Open diaglogue is a healthy approach to any conflict or adversarial situa- tion and it can lead to resolution and understanding. Without it animosity and distrust tends to creep into the relationship. The two groups can help each other and the dispensation of government in the county, which, will help the residents and taxpayers of Huron' in the end. Signal -Star. Services for elderly Statistics based on a 1985 enumeration indicate that in a little over two years Huron County will have a population of 8,060 residents over the age of 65, or 14.75 percent of the total population. Those figures, of course, are in line with statistics for the entire nation. The ever-increasing percentage of older people in our society is certainly good news for those who are blessed with longer life - but they also pose new needs for planning by the younger generation who will be responsible for the care of the people who can no longer provide for their own personal needs. Fortunately, in Huron County many services have already been developed to meet the changing needs of society. One might imagine that hospital and nursing home services would be the prime requirements, but that is not so. What is more important is the provision of those services which will, permit older people to remain in their own homes. Not only are they more likely to be happy among familiar surrounding, but it has been proven that the physical health of the elderly benefits from the familiar tasks and hobbies which usually can be enjoyed at home. We now have housekeeping assistance available on a part-time basis, as well as in-home nursing services where required. Meals -on -wheels have been a boon to those who are no longer able to provide fully for their own nutritional needs. The day centre for the homebound and transportation for the disabled permit many older people to enjoy contact with friends and ac- tivities which would otherwise be denied them. As the years go on other and more varied needs will arise, so it is well that the problems of the aging are being met by so many interested organiza- tions and their members, both paid and volunteer. WAT Fergie's picture . is nice change I see in the paper Patrick Raftin finds Royalty a Titanic Bore. I remember he wrote a column once before on his antipathy to Royalty. 1 hesitate to write this letter in case he thinks I read the damm thing. It would however be too boring. I think Patrick Raftin is in the minority of Canadians. The Royal Tour is a pleasant change from Wars and rumor of War we get so much of nowadays and anyway Fabulous TO THE EDITOR Neonate Fergie's Picture is a nice change from Ed Broadbent wagging his finger at the Government or same from Bob White. W. H. Patio Kitchenunder faise pretenses 1 do ,not spend a lot of time being domestic. But I'd have a hand time, proving' that to anyone who took a look around niy kitchen, It is ridiculously full. . Oh, I don't mean of food, If the'truth were known I'm a veritable Mother Hubbard When' it comes to filling the cupboards with anything edible, although I do have all.the ingredients (such as flour, sugar, oatmeal etc,,,) to create something of that description. What fills my kitchen are all those things which one deems as incredibly necessary to have in quantity, but which are impractical to store in a small apartment kitchen. I am positive I must have at least one, if not two, of every tupperware•container ever invented. My collection seems to be `blossoming; • If that weren't enough I've managed to collect enough sour cream, cottage -cheese and/or yogourt containers to supply an ar- my. And you know, once 'you've taken the trouble to wash them, those containers are hard to part with. You'd think I used them or something, I rarely do and on the occasion they are needed. I find it takes too long to locate the appropriately sized container, and even longer to replace all•the others that fell out SWEATSOCKS by heather Mcllwraith of the cupboard when I opened the door,. I usually opt for a piece of saran wrap stret- ched across a plate or ceramic bowl. My utensil drawer is another sight to behold. It's packed -so -full -I can -bat ely-get it open, and often I bend many of the utensils. while attempting to do so. Let's see I've got shish -kabob prongs, • honey twirlers, ice cream scoops, soup scoops, meat mallets, cake decorating tools, garlic presses, nut crackers,•, pizza cutters, cheese cutters and an assortment of other utensils that I never have occasion to use. I guess I've just become too comfor- table and too accustomed to making a sim- ple spoon, knife and fork do the job whatever it may be. , What gets me is the fact that I'felt I had to purchase these utensils, Not only do I have an extensive collection of tupperware and utensils, but my recipe file seems to be growing quite large as well. For whatever reason I feel compelled to clip every recipe I ever come' across,• no matter if I intend to try it or not. I've even clipped and kept recipes for things I know I will detest. • —ly °have I filled two files with 'recipes, but I've filled a shelf with recipe books, and my refrigerator is overflowing with loose papers, all containing recipes I've to date not had either the time or desire to file pr. My kitchenoperly, to all appearances, looks like it must be my favorite:room of the apart- ment. I've certainlyfilled it well, I think the . only modern day convenience Im without is a microwave. Even so, I'm managing to do quite well neglecting my toaster oven; blender, frying pan and crock pot. Perhaps the only indication that my kit then is stocked under false pretenses is the sewing machine that has been in evidence on the kitchen table for several months. And that too, is regrettably neglected - another of my false impressions, Ca. oda bit player in stakes game EDITOR'S NOTE - Some weeks ago The Huron Expositor offered its readers the op- portunity to take a more active role in the newspaper. Readers were invited to be guest columnists and express their view- point on any given topic. The following is one of the columns we got in response to our invitation. Anyone Who wishes to be featured in this spot should contact The Ex- positor, Columns should be tastefully writ- ten and The Expositor reserves the right to refuse any It feels does not fit that criteria. It seems to me that in Defence Minister Perrin Beatty's proposal for the creation of a three ocean navy he has, as my mother us- ed to say, "eyes that are bigger than his stomach". In other words his knowledge of what is practical is overwhelmed by a blissful vision of the ideal. Certainly it would be nice to be able to say the northern waters are ours, and to be able to enforce that fact, but in my opinion it is not practical and none of the measures he proposes will make it so. Even neutral Sweden, with only the Baltic shoreline to protect and much modern equipment, has only been able to deal effectively with one submarine incursion but readily admits that many of them occur each year. They are able to detect them but cannot even protest their presence because they cannot identify them. We would be in exactly the same situation if we instituted nuclear submarine, under -ice, patrols or spent millions of GENERAL DELIVERY by Ernie Williams tdollars in -Mgt -ailing -and maintaining a fixed- the other sur [ace fleet syateitis proposed under -ice surveillance system. The only would make possible a more practical and thing it would give us would be the uneasy affordable underwater surveillance knowledge that someone was there but no capability than submarines. The develop - knowledge of who they were not any ability ment of new sonar systems and the aequisi- to do anything about it. tion of detection array towing vessels for It seems to mo that we alreddy know as underwater surveillance would add nothing much er we need to know about our nortlierrl to the defence of Canada, nor would the ne- waters.What we need to do is to make them shipborne anti anti-suort of ore bmarine and more navigable by surface shipping so that we can use them ourselves which would helieopters unless we can make them useful in the Arctic Ocean. send a clear signal to the rest of the world If we cannot make that that we were serious in our claim of sovereignty. possible then the only use of these anti- submarine, anti -mine capabilities would be It seems to me that if we were able to in the defence of shipping convoys hi the maintain navigability in our northern Atlantic and/or Pacific oceans. Surely the ocean, for even part of the year, it would events of the Falklands war, our farcical at- enhance our claim to those waters and our tempt to fulfill our commitment to the enlarged surface fleet would be able to defence of northern Norway, and recent carry out patrols. Thus we would have the events in the Persian Gulf, should show us means to. back up our claim of sovereignty that we would be but a bit player in a high- by being able to insist that all ships using the stakes game where the other players hold shipping channels obey our laws and all the high cards. regulations, So if we are going to spend the money to It seems to me, also, that if we could obtain the equipment let us also make sure maintain navigability in the Arctic Ocean that it is useful to Canada itself. Country markets receive shipment of Seaforth beef JULY 29,188'7 A large number of excellent beef cattle have been shipped from Seaforth station to the old country markets this season. Mr. D. D. Wilson is erecting a large bank barn on the Adams farm, the frame of which was raised on Saturday. Mr. Jas. Kyle has the work in hand. The horse race which was to have taken place on Saturday laslt, did not come off. The owners of St. Thomas Boy, after seeing Duf- feria• at his exercise, concluded they had given him too much odds, and paid the forfeit, A team from the Seaforth lacrosse club went to Goderich on Tuesday to play a Match with the Goderich club. The Seaforth ieys Caine out victorious in four straight dances. This is the third match of the series that has been won by the Seaforth club, and they have not been beaten this season; Me. David Charlesworth has purchased a lot in Beattie's grove, and is preparing to erect a residence thereon this season. AUGUST 2, 1912 Mrs. George Hamilton and two children of Saskatoon are in Walton and vicinity renew- ing friendships, Mrs. Hamilton is greatly pleased with the west. Miss Annie Shanahan, of Hullett, was the winner of the gold cross donated. by Rev. Father Dunn, of Clinton, to the pupil of the separate sehool obtaining the highest marks in the recent entrance examinations. The morning train east from Walton now runs direct to Hamilton and the afternoon train direct to Toronto. Rev. Mr. Etcher, an old Zurich boy, who is home from India on furlough, conducted the Services in the Methodist church last Sab- bath. Mr. Elcher's sermon was highly spoken of by the people. On appeal Judge Doyle has reduced the t on the' electric light company's plant n building from $2,000 to $1,000. JULY 30,1937 Chief Snell received a telephone call late Wednesday evening advisinghim that the IN THE YEARS AGONE man found wandering at the C.N.R. station Monday evening was Edward Bearrard and that he had escaped from the Ontario Hospital, London, on Sunday. The charge of Vagrancy that had been preferred against hint will he withdrawn, Chief Snell stated: Playing the annual lathes' tournament of the Maitland Golf club, Goderich, on Fri- "day, a team of Seaforth ladies won first. prize for low gross. The players were -Mrs. F. Sills, Mrs. H. G. Meir,' Mrs, J. D. B. Brown and Miss Florence Laidlaw. Twenty-one children in 27 years: That is the record of Mr. and Mrs. Onetime Masse of 'futon County near St, Joseph, says the Toronto Star, Sunday the faintly celebrated the most exciting thing that has happened to them since they ware incorporated into a company this spring. More than 1,000 persons attended the im- pressive ceremony where they were presented with a signed picture of His Holiness, Pope Piuic X1 by the Bishop of London, John Thomas Kidd, and a letter and picture from Britain's Queen Mother Mary. Onezime Masse, his wife, Bertha Charette,10 girlsand 10 boys were called in turn. AU Members of the fatality with the ex- ception of Therese, 21, now working fn Detroit were presented. AUGUST 2, 1962 A dream of area Scooter's for some years became a reality Thursday evening when Camp Glen Mac was opened officially. Located on the McLeod farm in Tuckersmith on a wooded site, made available by Harry McLeod, the trim camp provides permanent accommodation for up' to 100 boys. Arnold R. Turnbull has been elected presi- dent of the London, England, Lions Club. He has been active in the Lions organization since it was first established in England. Mr. Turnbull, a native of Seaforth, is a brother of Miss M. E. Turnbull of town. He has been a resident of England for a number of years, where he represents the Imperial Life Assurance Co. When the Ontario Department of Agriculture participates in the United kingdom Food Fair this year, Marjorie Popple, Seaforth area Junior Institute workers, will be among a number of Ontario girls who will staff the exhibit and help boost the sales of Ontario food products abroad.