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The Huron Expositor, 1982-10-06, Page 3r Z!ht' Duron fxpositor Since 1860, Serving the Community first Incorporating xBrussels Post founded 1872 '12 Main St. 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Jocelyn A. Shrler, Publisher Susan White, Editor H.W. (Herb)Turkhelm, Advertising Manager Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association end Audit Bureau of Circulation A member of the Ontario Press Council Subscription rates: Canada $17 a year (in advance) outside Canada $50. a year (In advance) Single Copies - 50 cents each Second class mail registration number 0696 SEAF:•,RTH, ONTAROO, OCTOBER 6, 1982 Y.. Drivers mst pi's ver You're driving sedately down the highway, of course observing the speed limit, One of your occasional glances in the rear view mirror reveals an ambulance, lights flashing, coming up quickly behind you. What do you do now? if your answer is, pull over onto the road's shoulder and l'et the ambulance speed by, and if you actually do just that In a•similar situation, you're correct and you're acting according to Ontario law. But you're also in the minority. For in an actual incident on Highway 4 one night last week, four out of five drivers continued merrily ,on their way, ignoring the ambulance driver's frantic attempts to get by them, ignoring his flashing lights and even ignoring the siren the ambulance driver turned on when he was immediately behind them. It happens all the time, says Seaforth's chief of police, Hal Claus. And because any police officers on the scene are usually on their way to an ernergency.too, these unlawful driverd get away with their careless and possibly life threatening behavior. The law in Ontario (section 137 of the Highway Traffic Act) requires drivers topull over "as near as is practicable" to the right hand side of the roadway upon the approach of an emergency vehicle with lights flashing or sirens wailing. The act defines four types of emergency vehicles: a fire truck on the way to a fire or emergency call; a police vehicle; an ambulance on an emergency or a cardiac arrest vehicle operating under the authority of a hospital. Oncoming traffic is required to pull over too, and if the emergency vehicle is travelling on a four lane highway, all other drivers are required to move into the curb lanes. That didn't happen near Elginfield the other night and we watched in horror as an ambulance driver weaved in and out of traffic, dodging cars which, should have been pulled over to give him a clear road. Maybe people don't know the law. Maybe drivers don't check their rear view mirrors very often, Maybe they don't hear sirens because the car radio Is turned up high or they've got an earphone plugged into one of those high powered portable radios or ghetto blasters. But that's not enough excuse for endangering the life of whoever's In that ambulance, of the ambulance driver and attendants and of whoever. else is on the road when an emergency vehicle must make a run for it. This is a plea for a little more attention and care. And for all drivers to ask themselves, what if a friend or relative of mine were In that ambulance? And then to pull over and let that emergency vehicle take care of Its emergency unimpeded. S.W. Program should be extended The Ontario government's new five per cent wage restraint program placed on public sector employees has received broad support from various groups and individuals in the Seaforth area and across the province. However, in an unofficial poll conducted by the Expositor the general concensus is that the program should be extended to cover the private sector and a wide range of consumer goods, such as food, energy and utlilties. By singling out one group. the Davis government has acknowledged Its belief that wages are the major contributor to our current economic woes. The government has taken a stab In the dark if it feels that only by limiting wage settlements, Ontario will work Its way out of the current recession. Exempt from the program are Ontario's doctors who have already negotiated a hefty 13 per cent Increase for the coming year. Although the program may score political points, it is unwise and foolish to push all of the blame onto one sector of the economy. The current recession is not caused by wages alone. Banks, businesses and wage earners have all contributed through higher spending and over -extending themselves with loans, profits, expansion and high wage settlements over the past several years. The individuals polled by the Expositor are a step ahead of the provincial government In realizing that a combined effort by all groups is needed to break the back of the recession. It is evident through their responses that the people of this province are willing to pull together in an overall restraint program. That program would not exempt any individual group and would have to put a ceiling on hydro, OHIP, liquor and other costs. It is up to the provincial government to show its willingness and political strength in a massive, across-the-board assault, on the economy. K.S. dy @nwe frresponsible re ortinreporting Now that the 1982 international Plowing Match is history I feel it necessary to comment on what appears to be the irresponsible reporting practices of the London Free Press. While we recognize that sensationalizing mud at an event sells newspapers it does not help pay Plowing Match bills and return funds back to the community. It is felt that the constant stories of mud, which by the way had virtually dried up by Wednesday, had the effect of reducing total abundance by 100,000 approximately. in terms of real dollars this equates to S400,000 to the match and more to area business enterprises which didn't sell gasoline, food, accomodations etc. It is felt that any responsible community corporate citizen would do its utmost to improve the community. We would suggest that newspapers would report in an honest arid fair manner which wasn't the case with the Free Press, particylarly in view of Saturday's story. tine situation which was never made clear to readers was the fact that the pedestrian streets were grassed and not driven on and only "service roads" were wet and muddy and visitors only had to cross these roads periodically. By Wednesday the site was dry and visitors could and were wearing normal recreational foot wear, As mentioned above revenue was down substantially and hence profits. The profits from such a match go towards community improvements. in as much as most of the reduced revenue can be attributed 10 the London Free Press, many are saying they will be cant^(lin•„ their subscriptions, an action which this plowing match executive member endorses along with many others. Although the paid attendance was greater than last year's Barrie match we wre disappointed that we could not have attracted a much larger crowd especially when one considers we were located in the heart of Ontario's agricultural community. In summary we wish to state that al t + gh numbers were down and as a res 'evenue, that all visitors enjoyed t selves and thank them for paying litt (aention to the bad publicity from the Free Press. Yours truly, Brian M. Hughes I.P.M. 1982 Treasurer 1 OpOnOon Black bear. shot in McKillop in 1907 SEPTEMBER 29,1882 The Exelsion Organ of which Mbssrs, Scott Brothers of Seaforth are part propriet- ors, was awarded first prize and diploma at the Toronto Exhibition. The instrument which was exhibited, is now in their Seaforth store and is a beauty. L.B1 Moore of Stratford, made the trip from London to Seaforth on his bicycle in five hours and a half. These animals bid fair to supercede the steam engine and railway carriages for passenger traffic. Brussels Company of Volunteers and Battalion Band arrived home from camp. They marched through town and played several selections. The newly erected ,Canada Methodist Church in Hensall was formally opened with Rev. J. Wakefield, director of the district condyctivg)the service. The church is completely free from debt. Workers were given a score at Broadfoot's planning mill, Seaforth, when a belt driving the governor of the engine slipped off the Pulley and the engine ran away. Eight feet of shaft and pulleys running through the mill, crashed to the floor below where men were 11 y©og awn* working. Nobody was injured. OCTOBER 4,1907 Last month 14 new members were added to the Seaforth lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. More new recruits are expected soon. W. Welsh of the 10th concession of McKillop recently shot a large black bear on his farm, Shot with a revolver, the animal weighed nearly 300 pounds. The carcass was brought to Kennedy Bros. meat store, where it was on display. The, old Cavan church and old school in Winthrop were sold with the church sold to John McCallum for $100. James Nicholson purchased the school for $100 and the woodshed was purchases by H. Ross for $20. John Kennedy Bros. meat store, broke his leg in two places. He was carrying a box full of sausage,into the cellar and slipped on the stairs, The moving picture show by Mr. Cady. in Carmichael's block is doing a good business. The admission is only five cents. $E1PPEMBEHt 23, 1932 In a closely contested game of softball, Seaforth eliminated Goderich in the semi- finals, scoring 15 runs against 11. A game followed in Clinton, and Seaforth won 11.7 in the finals, winning the Sills Cup. Many records were broken during the annual sports day of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute. The boys' senior championship was won by D'Orlean Sills, 48 points. intermediate boys winner was Evan Rennie, 51 points. Barbara Eberhart won the girls senior and Leola Nott won the girls junior. P.B. Moffatt, principal off the Seafforth public school has discovered a strange fruit which is round, yellowish and covered with numerous -small bumps. He said it is an Osage Orange and was found in Bayfield. ii is commonly planted for hedges. PERFECT WEATHER conditions have seen bean growers working late into the night, harvesting the 1982 bean crop. Area soil and crop specialists, Pat Lynch estimates that 75 per cent of the crop will be harvested by October 6, "Another good week should see the completion of harvesting. Bean acreage Is about the same as 1981 and the original yield estimate will be similar, This year could see the largest harvest with 8.8 million bags of white beans harvested in North America. Of the amolint, 1.6 million bags will come from Ontario. "There's a lot of beans which will definitely affect the price." Mr. Lynch said currently beans are selling for $14.50 In the U.S. When asked about spoilage, Mr. Lynch said there is a difference in each field. Spoilage, yield and quality will not be known until the complete crop is harvested. (Wassink Photo) ' Advertised was a Softball Dance on Fall Fair night to beheld in Cardno's Hall. Music by Snider's Kitchener Orchestra. Admission 50 cents and 25 cents. Don't miss it. NOVEIbH)IBER 1,1959 A Staffa family lost their home in a $7,000 blaze when a newly installed wood heater set a portion around the chimney ablaze. The two storey frame home belonged to Mr. and Mrs. John Templeman. Most off the furniture from the ground Boor was saved, but the balance was lost, including winter clothing. The newly formed Seaforth Kinsmen Club decided to hold their ' charter ,night on December 2. At special meeting, Seaforth council chose a police chief from nearly 50 applications. Edward Ebrhardt, 36, was hired at a salary of $3,600 per year. Appointed as constable was George Martin at a salary of $2,800. Council decided to dispense with the O.P.P. two months ago when it was decided costs to the town were prohibitive. Seaforth Boy Scouts realized $120 as a result of Apple Day. The proceeds will further scouting in town. ef th. se Pi excuse Oddg Endo by CC;D©BM lr©vnah@lid You know it's going to be one of those days, when the alarm clock doesn't go off in the morning because some dummy forgot to set it the night before. And, the dummy was you. You know it's going to be one of those days.. when you discover your only clean pair of slacks has the hem hanging on one pantleg. Thank goodness for safety pins. The only problem is it takes you fifteen minutes to find enough pins to repair the slacks. You probably could have sewn the hem faster. You know it's going to be one of those days. when the toast is burned; the poached egg, which you like firm, is running all over your plate; and the orange juice is frozen. You know it's going to be one of those days, when you slam the back door, dash to the car, ' drive halfway to the corner and remember • your lunch is still sitting on the kitchen counter. You turn the car around, run to the door, fumble with the keys, and the lock sticks. After a few unsuccessful turns of the key and under -the -breath mutterings, the door swings open. Finally you're on the road again knowing you'll probably be late for work again. As Peter Ustinov would say: "The number of delays will be directly proportionate to the importance of your journey." You know it's going to be one of those days. Ys my forgets when you stop at a cross walk to let a pedestrian pass and your car stalls. You try to look nonchalant, as your car rolls to the curb and you sit there for ten minutes coaxing the blankety-blank thing to go. At last, you get •back on the road and you reach your destination. You know it's going to be one of those days, when you have a car length and a half in which to parallel park, and you hit the curb. And everyone in town. who knows you, walks or rides by grinning. You know it's going to be one of those days, w hen your typewriter won't work properly. 1t spells every second word incorrectly. This usually happens on Fridays and Mondays and Wednesdays and Tuesdays and Thursdays. You know it's going to be one of those evenings, when you get home from work tired and hungry and you find your cupboards are bare. That's when you remember you intended to stop at the grocery store on your way home. You know it's going to be one of those evenings, when the washing machine over- flows because some dummy forgot to turn off the tap before she answered the telephone. And, the dummy was you. Ten o'clock at night. exhausted and tense, you switch on the TV and flop down on the couch to watch your favourite program. Two minutes later the screen goes black. A perfect ending to one of those days that makes a person really look forward to tomorrow, because tomorrow' can't be any worse than today...can it? Chicken is chicken, however tasteless All right, all right, everybody 1 apologize 11 seems that I've been getting people's hacks up all over the country: Small businessmen, bank managers. accountants. news editors. Jim Ross of Exeter, whom I kidded (1 thought gently) after he'd written some pretty fierce right-wing stuff in an original letter, sent off a veritable depth -charge of a second letter. this time with his husin"ss Ietter•heading, and raked me. the education. al system. welfare, and everybody in general who makes hint fork over taxes. user the coals. He's a self.madc man. and proud of it. and I admire that, but he's awfully angry about a lot of things, like a great many people in this countrs. including me. ('nol doss n.Jun The reit of us pas school taxes too. csen though our children arc long gone. And I'm sorrs the teachers and postal workers in tow n arc angrs with you. I hercbs order them io st,ip regularly at vour store I'll admit that you probably pay nearls as much in income tax as I make in salars but that's proportionate. About 2 of even four 1 make goes in taxes of one kind or another Bank managers are on my neck. tai lust bet ause I tailed them clueless I didadd that most of them wcrc nice chaps. but the dole t read that part. What I was getting at is asthrir extreme caution, their dependence on ht ad office. their general insistence on an arm ,,nil a leg for sccurtts, before going ,m roan. although that has changed since I's'nt t', the ugcp ©nd pose by OO $ndb / well and came away thirsty. Now they spot in another dreary week." practically force loans on people. No wonder. Ken, ex•Navy and now working on the at the interest rates they take, locks. would like to write a book. Why not. Apparently 1 had an unkind word to say Ken? Give it a whirl, even though author about accountants, too. for I got a gentle and Hugh Garner in a nice note suggested you even friendly letter from Paul F. Nind. stick at tying up ships. Any dam fool can write Yellowknife. NWT, who carefully pointed out a book nowadays. Not suggesting that you are the difference between Chartered Account• one. That's the first thing I'm going to do ants, the real villains. and Certified General when I quit teaching, and a great many Accountants or Registered Industrial Ac• people will testify that I'm a dam fool. countants. most of whom have to take a five or Let's go back for a moment to the people six year program of home study to earn their who arc down on me. h' mentioned news designations. editors. The Toronto Star's Saturday edition editor called. and in dulcet tones. wondered if I would write a column for the paper, as they were doing a feature story on me. I wasn't keen. but agreed. He thought they could manage, in these depressed times. a fee of 52(0. That's about half for MacEachin and half for Inc. throw us out with the garbage... I wrote the column. which turned out, Hc w as kind enough to send me a booklet purely by chance. to point nut the weaknesses about Certified General Accountants. I hale (tithe three Toronto daily newspapers. It was read it, and done my homework. but ton late. fairly trenchant. but right on the nose. He Sorry chaps. It's the C.A,'s who arc the called again, and this time. in aggrieved leeches. not you. tunes, said they couldn't run it, because. well But not cverybodv hates me. Ken Jackson vnu know. in these difficult times for of Port Colborne dashed off a breezy and ncssspapers....etc. friendly letter: "I find your letter in our No wonder dailies arc going broke across weekly Port Colborne News the only bright the country. They're chicken. And then the I quote from his letter "Dear Smiley: Ynu have a great writing style and I have enjoyed you. your grandchildren. your yard, home and sometimes golf game for many years. but please do your homework before you wrap all of us accountants up in the old newspaper and guy had the gall to run an old column of mine. transmitted by phone to a stenographer. He sent a cheque for 31(X1. I almost sent it hack and told hint what to cloysith it. but couldn't he bothered. Chicken is chicken, however tasteless. But all was not dark and bleak. David Crowther of Walters Falls wrote a letter congratulating me on my mention of new spapers not stepping on the toes of their biggest ads ertisers. He then launched into an attack on the large chain fond stores which is too instils cd to explain here. Then he congratulated me on my column entitled Pity the Pisir Banks. "Last year." he wrote. "I borrow rd only SP (100 Ion a good credit rating) as a mortgage n my small business. To do so I had to put a lien on my house and car and nn wife had to cn•sign the loan. 1 wonder what collateral Dome Petroleum Rase " I wonder, too Mr Crowther also suggested students should spend the fifth.�jjcar of high school, not there. but in trasellir{g it working. I thoroughly agree Answas. I came out about 1,0.40 on hate letters. Not had .lust a little worse than that six•fire abortion the 1 iberals arc trying to stiff down our threats. At am rale. maybe I should stop being nhrasisc in this column and attack only politicians and kids under five. who cant read vet. About the same thing. What do you think'' 4o ng. @,e)NoQ elected officials represent public Elected officials. whether they arc mem- bers of parliament or trustees of the Huron-perth Roman Catholic School Baird. hold office by virtue of one fact - they arc chosen to represent the interests of the majority of the people who placed them in their positions of authority. Therefore. all their actions should be known to those wham they represent; they should not use their o f exYftQ Ynu are to he commended on your editorial last week regarding the successful events in Seaforth. Certainly the members of various organizations deserve credit. But without the dedication of volunteers, who have contributed in many cases more positions of influence to further their own interests of those of their friends and families. and they should be dedicated to serving their constituents rather than allow- ing petty jealousies to influence them in their game of "who makes more money - the principal of the school or the Director of the Board of Education or superintendent." i1 appears that the majority of the trustees serving on the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic School Board have failed in fulfilling (heir obligations to the people who put (hem in. One of the most blatant and recent acts has been the recent 54000 raise in Septemt5er proceeded by a 53000 last February and another 52000 coming January. This makes a total of 89000 increase in one year for the director and the superintendent. Rule al To Trustees: If you desire to promote an unpopular issue. wait until those whom you represent are nut in the fields. As taxpayers, together, we should try to get some new last and changes, beginning at the roots of nor educational system. Alice Louwagie, R.R. 3, Mitchell Volunteers contribute to success than the Board Directors; this event would not have been as successful. The very core of this network is "The Volunteers", some from as far away as Wingham. Clinton. Stratford, Sarnia, who all so earnestly donated their time. mileage, vehicles. their animals, their talents and in so many ways contributed to make the yearly Ciderfest a success. None of us Van Egmond Foundation board members need the praise. 1t comes with this position. The praise goes to the volunteers. who have' worked and strengthened our cause, Without _these volunteers. Ciderfest 1 will not carry on If we do not sincerely acknowledge our volunteers for their volunteerism, we shall likely see volunteerism difficult to find at any level Sincerely. Irene Okahashi Ciderfest Co-ordinator