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The Huron Expositor, 1982-08-04, Page 3I __ T411Pfxpositor­ Since 1860, Serving the Community first lax here m '07 Incorporating 2 Bru%%eL l% PO4t - Pounded 1872, 12 Main St. 527-0240 J Published at SEAFOHTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon , Yilg2 � ® ® ed When a fire broke ®9tH in a tensa➢I grain JULY 26 by Signal -Star Publishing Limited elevator owned by `E.L. Mickle and Son. Plans are being made by Walter Thompson Prompt action by the Hensall, Exeter, Zurich Jocelyn n Shite, Publisher �A off Seaforth to reopen the ostmeal'mill. He Susan White, Editor expects to have the machinery and the mill .AUGUST 2, Y JULY 22, Y932 and Seaforth Etre departments, controlled nearby H.W. (Herb) Turkh'eisn, Advertlsing Manger o erational b the time the new c.o comes Mrs. Agar, Hensall's oldest residents will blaze. saving lite elevator and nearb P Y p The lawn party held ands Hhe auspices off g buildings. Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association, in. the Foresters off Seaforth on the celebrate her 101st birthday with relatives Anne Morris. Staffffa, daughter of Mr. and Ontario Community Newspaper Association and Audit William Murray, the veteran thresher, commodious grounds of Mr. P. Walsh was a near Clinton. -In the best of health and in Mrs. Thomas Morris was Infformed by the Bureau of Circulation returned from Stratford with a new Separator most successful affair. Over I0 gallons of ice possession of all her faculties, she has been Toronto Conservatory of Music that she A m6mber of the Ontario Press Council Threshing machine and horse power, manu- cream were consumed by the guests. living with her son-in-law Dr. Fletcher at would obtain a silver medal for obtaining 1100 factured by the firth of McDonald, McPher- The.gcneral impression now is that oats in Thames Road. marks in her theory, music exam. Subscription rates: ® son be Co. Engaged in the business for 32 this vicinity iehll not-be'much over halff a crop. The Goderich Star in a column of notes on Canada $t 7 a year (in advance) years, he is one of the oldest threshers in the Fall wheat and barley are good ae c�peas the glorious Twelfth Celebration said: Catherine Campbell and Lardy Wheatley, 0--i outside Canada $50. a year (In advance) county. The new machine which will'be "Among the old-timers noticed was Tours both of RRI, Dublin were each awarded the Promise well. Hay has been' well saved and is Single Copies - 50 cents each worked by horse power, he lass procured a of splendid quality. "Dad" Stevens, of Seaforth who for many United Nations Junior Farmer Rus 'four, new, improved and powerful. stream engine years conducted the Queen's Hotel. Now in which is the top annual award for Huron Second class mail registration number 0696 with which to run his steam thresher. Isaac McGavin of McKillop township, near his nineties, is still hale -,and hearty. In his County Junior Farmer and Junior institute John D. Sills has accepted a position as Leadbury, has just completed the erection of hey -day, he was widely known as a man of members. bookkeeper and shipping clerk with a large a new bank barn, 40'xIOO', 22 foot posts on a almost superhuman strength." SEAFOR7M ONTARIO AUGUST 4, 1982 furniture and manuffactuging firm in Toronto. nine foot cement wall. Adjoining the.barn, he . A bargain -For sale, five acres, one mile Modern in every respect, the new Seaforth ' ` . He intends removing his family to that city has erected a 50 foot steel tower windmill to from Seaforth, modern house with furnace, Sunoco Service, which officially opened, is shortly. - supply water to the barn. When completed, bath and toilet; small barn, good orchard. located at Goderich Street at the corner of The thermometer registered 92 in the the $2,000 barn will feature the latest and Splendid chance to start chicken farm, bees, East William Street. Under the management {� shade on Tuesday afternoon and 90 the most up-to-date appliances. etc. Taxes $15. Apply to R.S. Mays, Seaforth. of .lack Dallas, the station occupies the it i i , anyone? following day. Residents of 1882 said the A consignment off Munceytown Indians AUGUST R6, 11957 former location of a lumber yard and a "weather was just hot enough for comfort." arrived in Seaforth to pull flax. Officials estimated $20,000 damage result-. planing mill. The lazy dog days of summer are not, we agree, the best time to think about it. In fact, we've got a lot of nerve disturbing your peaceful rest in that hammock to even suggest Such a thing. But we're going to anyway. How about running for council In November? Now, while you've got a couple of months to carefully weigh the commitment, get advice (end maybe permission) from close relatives and friends, is the perfect tome to consider this big step. Don't assume Somebody Else whose Ideas and intestinal fortitude you admire will do it. As a neighbouring newspaper editorialized recently, Somebody Else is dead. if you've got ideas for Seaforth, or for your township, if you're dissatisfied with the way local government's been conducted, or if you've often thought: "why, I could be better than that!", your chance is coming up oh :Nov. 8. , And if, after.careful consideration, you're forced to rule out being a candidate yourself, look around and persuade a friend to run. Or if you fear you'd be bored by local government but you have some strong notions about how our educational system should operate, why not take a stab at the school board? The pay, in Huron County anyway, is an attraction there, although it could be reduced If a reform slate, irked at the 100 per cent raise trustees gave themselves this winter, gets elected. Those who are elected to area councils this November face some awesome challenges. Operating the new community centres complex for one; a now firehall for another. " We'd like •to head into 1983 (and likely a three year term) with the confidence we've got the best possible people to meet them. That means na,acclamatIons, but instead rousing election contests in all area municipalities, with a large number of good people to vote for. How about being one of them? p' e' o r1`le Let the- isomikeak alp The ordinary person tends to feel powerless and without any voice when it'comes to settling the big issues of the day. An Ontario group set out to change lbptt this year, with an attempt to put a referendum on nuclear disarmament on the ballot In every town, city and township In the province, come November. Seaforth council, to its credit, voted at Its last meeting to put the question to voters here. In conversation, a couple of councillors said It was only fair to give the voters a choice. "We know how we feel, but we can't speak for everyone," Is how one expressed It. We contrast that open, progressive attitude with the village of Lucknow, ,where councillors unanimously voted against putting the nuclear question on the ballot. As a letter to the editor of the Lucknow Sentinel said this week: "Five people in our community -our Councillors -had the opportunity to express their opinion about this most Important question. Don't the rest of us have the same right?"' That's what the disarmament referendum Is all about, giving ordinary people a choice in what surely Is the overwhelming Issue of our times: the cloud of possible nuclear extinction that hangs over us all. Thanks, Seaforth council for putting the question on the ballot. It will be Interesting to see what loli voters decide. U!O �Ih@ @dk@q Hydro set® the record straight In recent weeks Ontario Hydro has been what problems lie ahead. and what adjust - the target of criticism over rate increases ments Hydro might make in the best allegedly amounting to 54 per cent over the' long-term interests of our customers. before next three years ("Town PUC opposed to it comes time to propose an increase. Hydro 54% rate hike" June 23). Please let me Sincerely. set the record straight. Dr. David A. Drinkwalter The widely publicized 54 per cent repre- Director - Western Region, sents the possible impact of such factors as Ontario Hydro high inflation, a weak Canadian dollar, and unprecedented interest rates on Hydro rates over the next three years. For example, the underlying forecast foresees inflation in- Smiley ��� Srn�le2� creasing by approximately 40 per cent in this period, went wrong All we've proposed so far is 13.9 per cent b for 1983 - that's as far into the future as we With reference to Bill Smiley's column can look now with any certainty, and even "Who says grandchild a blessing?" This is that figure isn't cast in concrete. The Ontario the first of his columns i• have read Energy Board is reviewing it, and then completely. Usually 1 get frustrated after the Hydro's Board of Directors has to approve it. first few lines. and just glare over them What's more, new provincial and federal quickly and continue reading the newspaper. regulations related to the recent federal 1 hope Mr. Smiley never lets his grand - budget may affect it. children read the column he wrote because of As for projected increases of 16.4 per cent its composition. grammar, sentence struc- in 19$4 and 16.2 per cent in 1985, they were ture and his hurting their ego. uncertain even before the budget. if the rate 1 have never seen children from the city of inflation is less than we anticipate, these that aren't thrilled to be in the country for a forecast values will decline. But, what is more 'week — playing in the haymow, fishing, important is that we at Ontario Hydro are swimming in a river, going to the bush. searching for ways to reduce the possible' hunting or playing baseball. There are so increases. We afe determined to be al least many activities for children to do on a farm. i partially successful. have never seen children who aren't With or without the federal budget, overjoyed with their own tree house. Don't however. projected increases two and three forget, it is not the children's fault that they years down the road are never more than that are brought up in that type of environment. - educated guesses based on the best Are children not a reflection of thein parents information available at the time they're — perhaps Mr. Smiley should look back to made. where he raised his own children and where These projections ;give us a glimpse into he went wrong. th,c future; so that *Hydro and the OEB can see Signed: A Reader I l',j i— �i . I )1. I Ji I �I _� �, publ*Qh - - I I seem to have been writing quite a bit' about community newspapers lately, Out it hasn't been deliberate. So, if you'll forgive me. I'll write one more. Unless you want me to tackle, once,again, Jim Rossoff Exeter, who is furious at me because he pays more in income tax than l receive in salary, if you can figure that one out. Recently received a monthly statement from the syndicate that carries my column coast to coast. Started looking over the old familiar names that have been running this column for 20 years or more, and got a bit sentimental. They run from Nova,Scotia to Hay River, NWT, and if I ran a quiz, I'll bet half my readers couldn't spot,'by province, half the newspapers. But my personal relations with many of their publishers go back a long way. Never hear from most of them, but bump into them at the odd convention, and renew the old bonds. I'll just mention some of the real old-timers, who have stuck with the thin gruel and thick porridge of this column for more than two decades. Dutton Advance. Hello, Herb Campbell. I know you're semi -retired but hope you're still stroking a golf ball. John and Randy, Neepawa Press; George and Sandy, Estevan Mercury; remember that fishing trip in North Saskatchewan? Are you all alive and as well as can be expected? Remember the big fish dinner in my three-bedroom cabin, when the rest of you, including Barry Wenger of Wingham, were crowded into little cabins? Little did l know that Irwin Macintosh and wife Barbara, when we saw them courting at a convention about 30 years ago, would wt{nd up as Lieutenant -Governor and His Lady of Saskatchewan. Irwin was with the North Battleford News and Barbara's father was with the Creemore Star if memory holds. And they wind up entertaining the Queen! The Blenheim News Tribune, the Bolton Enterprise and the Bowmanville Statesman are old custom'ers', and 1 knew well their owners at that time: Russ S .hearer, Werden Leavens, and John James. Where are you guys? attendance. Where Is Gene Macdonald of than Alexan- dria News, who could get a party going in a b}`% ©BUO �IN�iI QOQ� mausoleum? Not a . word for years. I know Don McCuaig of the Renfrew Port Perry Star. i know Harry Stemp is still Norweigan good humor and common sense'! Mercury is out to- pasture, cutting wood, around, but where is Peter, the fluteplaying . Say the word Pete, and we'll have another catching trout, but let's have a word, old lino operator with a vast amount of round of golf, with an ambulance in close buddy, from the depths of the Ottawa Valley. I've never 'seen a copy of the Creston Review, the Parkhill Gazette or the Glenco Transcript, but they've been old friends for decades. And what's this about you, Andy Mclean, selling out the Seaforth Expositor to a young upstart, after 112 years in the business? Andy was a man who looked middle-aged when he was young, young when he was middle-aged, and 'almost juvenile as he grew older. Last time I met him and his charming wife and their daughter, Susan White who is going to carry on as editor, I thought the McLeans were indestructible. 1 suppose that any day now, I'll hear that Mac and Val• of the Tilbury Times will be hanging up their hats while still in their prime. (In fact, Mac, I think you're already slipping. Had a letter sent along by your son Terry, who said he'd found it on your desk but you obviously hadn't dealt with it.) Perth Courier, Winchester Press, Meaford Express, Wheatley Journal, Yorkton Enter- prise, Swift Current Sun, Lacombe Globe, Lachute Watchman, Exeter Times -Advocate, Atikokan Progress, Glencoe Transcript, .Oxbow Herald, Weyburn Review (hi, Ernie), Westport Mirror (hi, Your TV Repair Man), Orangeville Banner, Hanover Post. And all the rest of you guys who have put up for years with the bleatings and blurtings of this writer. Thanks. You represent something i admire and respect. You work under continual stress to produce a product that is valuable rather than sensational, controversial rather than merely inflammatory, optimistic rather than de- pressing, You may not be the New York Times, but you are probably more important to your community than it is to the world. Last note: George and Elda Cadogan, veterans both, hope to see you again before we hit the wheelchairs. Bannockburn hill The world on a holiday. weekend it's a lazy holiday weekend too taxing to think long enough for a whole column on one subject so random thoughts will have to do. One of the last remnants of "Toronto the Good" was put to rest Friday night down in the big city when they poured the first glass of beer to be served at a baseball game at that city. The event was such big news that it made the front pages of newspapers and both TV networks had it on their national news. The whole thing about beer in the ball park has been a bit silly as if all those other cities in North America could be depraved and debaunched but Ontario was going to stay pure. it was a remnant of the kind of thinking that saw a law in Toronto as late as the 1940's that you couldn't do any public activity on Sunday. They even locked up the swings, in playgrounds and policemen chased kids away who were trying to have a neighbourhood ball game. On the other hand if all the fuss about not having beer at the ball park was a bit silly, isn't all the commotion'about getting it just as silly? Do people go to the stadium to watch a ball game or drink beer? To listen to some of the proponents of beer in the ball park you might think it was'one big beer garden that just happened to have a ball game as incidental entertainment. 1 remember the old dry days as a youngster when the whole community used to gather for wedding receptions at the township hall and not a drop could be sold legally. it meant a good number of the men disappeared regularly out to the car where they drank too much too fast before they came back in and often fights and skirmishes broke out as a result. -1'd hate to go back to those old days but at the same time isn't it a bit sad that you can't draw a crowd to a dance these days unless you have a bar. Any activity without booze present stands a good risk of being a washout. We may bg a little more civilized about our alcohol these days but we don't seem to be any smarter. maoa®00o There aren't many opportunities in this neck of the woods fol Canada's too official Mhowd �[ by cultures to meet but they are these nights at the Blyth Summer Festival where Viola Leger is performing her one -woman show The Scrubwoman or La Sagouine. The warm, often hilarious story of an old Acadian scrubwoman from New Brunswick is one of the few plays, books, television shows or movies to cross the language barrier successfully, having been performed more than 600 times in French and reaching its 100th English performance during the run at Blyth. Viola herself pointed outihWobiem of our two cultures one day last week when she said that we are afraid of what we don't know; that English Canadians don't know French Canadians and so distrust them and vice - versa. The problem in recent years is that instead of breaking down the barriers we 'those fnnn In today's magazines, we're accustomed to seeing adsbn almost any type of product, but in the 1950's, advertisements were more limited. A glance through a 1950 Canadian Geographical Journal tells us a lot about the times, just by reading the ads. For example, The Ontario Department of Mines announced "Gold Has Rival...with the advent of the atomic age, gold and other precious metals which beckon so strongly, have a rival in the form of uranium - a rival created by scientific developments in the field of atomic or nuclear, energy..." "It is to the location of deposits of radioactive minerals that the attention of the prospector is now, in ever increasing degree. directed, and it will be largely due to his efforts that Ontario's position as a, source of uranium ore will be determined..." "The Ontario Department of Mines stands ready at all times to give every assistance g40W seem to be putting them up, particularly on the Quebec side of the border. Indeed, Viola has been looked on as a bit of a traiter by some nationalistic French Canadians for perform- ing La Sagouine before English audiences at SII. Viola is from a different French experience however, being an Acadian growing up in Massachusetts, seeing French and English live side by side for generations, When we can see the richness it brings, putting the two cultures close together as in La Sagouine, how foolish it is to rob ourselves by building walls. bb0l6.9 lt's ironic that surrounded and trapped as it is in Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organization seems closer to victory today than al any time since its inception. y old ads from. Oo ddo by �Do6nca 4o�tta�iQnd possible through the medium of comprehen- sive reports, maps and literature pertaining to this all important element." Meanwhile, General Electric was touting a better way to sell the light bulb. �" Here's the new and better way to buy lamps - 4 G.E. lamps in one strong carton, easy to carry home, handy to store. You'll never again have to rob one socket to fill another - because you'll always have a replacement on hand when a lamp burns out..." "It pays to ask for G.E. lamps by name - they stay brighter longer." The Westinghouse Savoy was a "modern, compact radio: phonograph combination with exclusive 'Polyphonic' Reproduction and Love, Bill It is equally ironic that Israel, never in such a strong position militarilly against the PLO before, should actually be facing a great international defeat. For once the pen (and the television camera) does indeed seem to be mightier than the sword. While Western sympathy was certainly with the Israelies in the beginning in their wish to strike back at the perpetrators of bombings and other terrorist activities, as the seige of Beruit has gone on the public opinion in the West, seeing nightly pictures of destruction and despair in Lebanon, has turned against Israel. Certainly there still isn't a lot of support for the PLO yet but Israel's actions are a little like the police driving thieves ou4 of your house by burning it down. And as Israel's stock goes down, the PLO's goes up. The Israelis are defeating themselves. -the fifties fully automatic -'record changer...." "Has convenient album storage compart- ment at chair level.... easy -to -read Vertical Dial ... built-in Loop Antennal Choice of three hand -rubbed finishes: Walnut, Limed Oak, Red Mahoganyl" The price was $194.50 with single speed changer and $214.50 with three -speed -changer. McGill University offered a Geography Summer School at Stanstead College, Stan-. stead, Quebec. "Plan now to enroll in this already popular six weeks' vacation summer school which is of Increasing significance to teachers, students, members of the armed forces, civil servants and the general public...."' "The school is situated in a region of unusual geographical interest and beauty on Please turn fb"page 3 0 I ■