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The Huron Expositor, 1982-10-20, Page 2TIw3'iuron �; Q!xpositnr Since 1860, Serving the Community first • Incorporating eBrussels Post founded 1872 12 Main St. 527-0240 Published at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO every Wednesday afternoon by Signal -Star Publishing limited Jocelyn A. Shrier, Publisher Susan White; Editor N.W. '(Herb) Turkhelm, Advertising Manager Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association and 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 mall registration number 0696 $EAF'Of8TH, ONTAR9y;, ;ICT;+)(BIER 29. 1982 `Vnow The majority of the people in Ontario are lucky. That's because they are within receiving distance of TV Ontario transmitters and can see some of the most informative and irr'taginative television programs in the world. Those of us in Huron County, with the exception of trns which have Cable TV, are part of a minority in the province, a.minority who are unable to see the fine programming that our'tax dollars pays for. That could all change if a proposal to bring TVO into areas like ours can be sold to the provincial government. We hope the approach is successful. For years we've drooled over the interesting press releases announcing TVO shows that' come into the Expositor office every week. We haven't printed them in the paper because a majority of our readers don't have access to Ontario's educational channel . We know what we're missing though, and that's frustrating. In the nextfew weeks for example; TVO is showing a six part series on parenting, Wednesday nights at 9; a 70 minute special for kids entitled "The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls" (Friday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m.); and a two-part show about cultural activities in the north of the province (Nov. 16 and 23 at 10 p.m.). If you're a regular viewer at all you know about all the other good shows, from Polka Dot boor to old movies and you like TVO's policy of no commercials. TVO has gotten plenty of awards for excellence in programming; the network's shows have been sold in Europe and the US. Everybody in Ontario should be proud of TVO's accomplishments. And everybody in Ontario should be able to see the shows for themselves. The move to bring TVO to Huron is a start. If you'd like to see what you're missing in world-class television, write you local MPP, with a copy to TVO (the address is Box 200, Station Q, Toronto, M4T 2T1) asking for the same service most of the rest of the province enjoys now. We'll all be richer for the opportunity to see shows (sometimes they have a local slant as in a documentary on the Blyth Summer Festival that nobody in Blyth was ever able to see) that teach us about ourselves, our province • and our communities. S.W. The CBC's dilemma OpOritOcA Barn burnings in McKillop OCTOBER13,1882 • Another bear -A few days ago, William Menarey trapped a large black bear in the swamp in McKillop. near Downey's Mill. The animal was shot afterwards. Incredible. speed was shown when John and Hugh Grieve threshed 68 loads of peas in eight hours on the farm of Thomas Govenlock, They must have put it through pretty fast. Thomas Brown of Hallett recently received $10 for the fruit from one golden russet apple tree. The yield was seven barrels of first class fruit. McKillop township, usually orderly and peaceful, is gaining a reputation which will have a baneful effect upon the municipality. 'Two barns oyvned by Thomas Govenlock and • Mr. Cameron were lost by fire and an attempted barn burning of Mr, Dolinage. Now added to the list are the extensive barns and outbuildings owned by Samuel Scarlett which fell prey to the incendiary's torch. The auetiron sale of farm stock and implements off Robert Scott, Burnside, McKillop, realized SI,I40, a handsome sum. Cows averaged $32; spring calf, 528; sheep, $15 a pair and a driving mare for 5165. J.S. Roberts returned to Seaforth after spending five months in Manitoba. learning to plow and drive oxen. OCTOBER 18, 1 "' h7 Brussels residents David McCall has completed his apprenticeship in the furniture and undertaking with Leatherdale & Soo. He will leave for Calgary where he has accepted a situation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has come. under considerable fire in the past week after it granted Prime Minister 'Pierre Trudeau three -15 minute time slots. -on national television to discuss' the problems faced by all Canadians. Opposition members were quick to condemn the CBC for what they feel is an unfair advantage for the Liberal party. Both NDP Ieader,Ed Broadbent and Conservative leader Joe Clark have called for the resignation of CBC president, Pierre Juneau over the matter. At the heart of the controversy is the fact that Trudeau has been given free air time at a cost of approximately $100,000 to the taxpayers of Canada before anyone knows the content of his fireside chats. The opposition Is also angry over the fact that they will not be receiving equal time to comment on whatever Trudeau will have to tell the nation. It seems that Juneau has been too quick to grant the request from the prime minister without first considering that Canada operates in a three party system and that by granting free air time to the party in power it has overlooked how the whole political system operates with regards to democratic freedom of speechand equal opportunity. The CBC was created to gi3e as many Canadians as possible a chance to view programming with Canadian content. A forum for all three parties to give their opinions on how the economy and fiscal future of Canada should look is a valuable part of the domestic system and it allows Canadians to see where the parties stand on economic issues that affect us all. With the CBC estimating a $10 million deficit for this year and the question of program cutbacks, three free time slots for the ruling party and for the other two parties should be In question. A possible solution would be to give each party a free 15 minute time -slot to voice their opinions. After all, what could the prime minister have to say that would require a total of 45 minutes? K.S. l01 let@ ygan clig©n@ F. Kettle of the second concession of Mullett rented his farm to Frank Flannery for a term of five years for 5300 per year. The yarn consists of 100 acres and fine buildings. William Charters of the Mill Road, Tuckersmith, won the prize for the Seafforth Agricultural Society. he being the director who procured the largest membership list. Street watering tax on Main Street, Scaforth is twice what it was in former years. This is caused by the greater expense of keeping the dust down on the new pavement, as the water dries more rapidly than it did on the gravel street, The Scaforth Curling Club held their annual meeting. Elected Patron, James McMichael, president James Dick and secretary Wm. Ament. Ernest Dinnen was returning to his home from Chiselhurst,, running along the road. Read bent forward against the wind and rain, he failed to hear or see a rig approaching from the opposite direction in the darkness. He ran full tilt into the horse's nose with his head, and was thrown back with such force, that he hit his head on the road. The horse, driven by Mr. Norris, bolted into the ditch. Recovering from unconsciousness, Mr. Dinnen is getting well under medical care. OCTOBER 7, 1932 While attending the Baker's Convention in Toronto, W.A. - Crich was successful in guessing the nearest weight of a jai of powdered milk. As a result of his guess of 64 pounds, nine ounces. he received a cheque for 54. A poem "The Lure of Maya"tr, m the pen of Miss H. Isabel Graham, appeared in the book entitled "Principal Poets of the World'.' Miss Graham has received an invitation from the president off the Authors Association to read some of her poems at a meeting in 'Toronto. Cardno's Hall had one off the largest crowds ever seen at a dance when the Sports Dance took place. The biggest part f the attendance was made up of students fr m t e- local and other collegiates. A rink of Seaforth bowlers won the first event of the Merchants and Manufacturer's Tournament in Wingham. The prizes were four walnut secretary tables. The team included J.E. Willis, M . McKellar, M.R. Rennie and R.J. Sproat. James Carnochan, Tuckersmith received a scvcrly crushed arm when his sleeve was caught in a corn cutter, The accident happened at the farm of Carnochan Bros. We are paying .45 cents for new wheat. 7'i -ticking arranged for and bags supplied. Phone 51, Wolverton Flour, Mills Co., Ltd., Scaforth. NOVEMBER 15,1957 Seaforth and district experienced one of, reat A agIond or, onw the earliest snow storm... ,,n record when 10 inches off snow fell. The snow was accompa- nied by high winds. A large sign in front of Crich's Restaurant was blown down, smash- • ing through a plate glass window: Members of a local hunting party brought home three bucks and a doe from the Parry Sound district. The party .included Thomas and Robert McMillan, McKillop; Russell Marks, Walton and Eric Mgaroe, Seaforth. A new organ was' 'dedicated at the Egmondville Church for those members of the congregation who gave their lives in the two world wars. Reeve of Tuckersmith, Ivan Forsyth presented the organ and Legion president John Holland, replied. The Seaforth arena commission is faced with major repairs to its ice -making machine. A budget was presented of anticipated expenditures with the total being 52,845. Hensall residents, William Hyde, 94, captured first prize in his class of five for old time fiddling, and first for being the oldest " fiddler at the contest in Woodstock, This makes 62 first prizes Mr. Hyde has won in various contests. Morris township residents joined to unveil - and dedicate bronze memorial plaques honouring the township dead in the two wars and officials of the township during its first hundred years. The ceremony was made possible as a result of funds remaining from the Centennial celebrations and was planned by Richard Procter, Ralph Shaw and Walter Shortreed. r �1 Wars and rumours of war continue to dominate our news. As yet the United Nations Security Council has not been asked to intervene in the latest, and perhaps most nasty, conflict of all: The Great Burger War. The battle started down in the United States where the Burger King wanted to invade the sacred kingdom of McDonald's. Getting ambitious, he also decided to attack Wendy's territory. The battle is spreading now across the border to Canada where the three giants will fight it out for the hearts, minds and stomachs of Canadian hamburget addicts. What's going on is similar to the Great Cola War of a few years ago which is still going but all but forgotten by all but the combatants. In that one Pepsi-Cola started claiming that people who drank both colas blind -folded preferred Pepsi to Coke even 'though Coke had been 'way out front in sales for years. The next step was to claim that people were switching in record numbers from Coke to Pepsi. Coke. of course, fired back with claims of its own, 1 he newest world hot spot will be around Lire griddlk. or TSie'grill, depending on which chain you support. Burger King, you see, claims that at their outlets you get' a "flame broiled" hamburger while at McDonald's you get a "grilled" burger which is really just a fried burger. It also claims that the Burger G M/rft R©igilatxon King hamburger starts out 20 per cent larger than the McDonald's burger and that surveys show people prefer to put their own toppings on hamburgers rather than getting them pre-packaged like McDonald's provides. McDonald's has fought back with a law suit and attempts to get injunctions to prevent the ads from running in the U.S. Wendy's has launched a $25 million lawsuit, All this may be academic in Canada because none of the ads have run yet due to the strict codes for food advertising set up by he Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. Until the Burger King ads pass CRTC scrutiny, the uneasy peace will prevail That all this should make headlines is about as ridiculous as the clamour about Prince Andrew and his movie star companion holidaying together. Twenty years ago such a fuss couldn't have taken place because there sere no huge chains of burger restaurants (or muffler shops or pizza stands or any number o?other things). McDonald's, which literally ')-hanged our world. was still just getting started in the U.S. having been born seven years earlier. Competitors hadn't come to realize how successful this new trend would be. McDonald's truly accepted the idea that you sell the sizzle not the steak (or the hamburger). Its massive advertising has brainwashed entire generations. Next to female hygiene products.. hamburger chain advertisements are more dominant on television than any other product, by my reckoning, topping the old faithfuls of laundry soup and automobiles and right in there with beer. McDonald's also realized the way toa man's stomach is through his child's persistent demands and aimed its ads at the kids with Ronald McDonald and all the gang. The result is obvious any time you're out in a car with your kids. One' glimpse of the golden arches over the horizon and the clamour starts. I recall recently driving down one of these "fast food alleys" of a city with one of the kids and listening to the reaction as we passed each of the major food outlets. McDonald's was most in demand, followed by Burger King, and Wendy's. if I recall rightly. just about proportionate to the amount of money they spend on advertising. Harveys, which in my opinion has the best product by far, didn't even rate with the kids. They've bccn brainwashed but we all have. I know I've been guilty of supporting chains war even though I regard then as dangerous by taking the safe decision to eat in a McDonald's in a strange city rather than risk either better or worse fare at a locally owned restaurant. In doing so we have altered our way of life, the entire economic structure of our country. The chain mentality has been Ingrained in our psyches so much that we arc destroying our own small towns. People, clamour, for instance, for new shopping plazas on the edge of towns which will be filled with the same chain -owned stores that dominate city malls and city -based television advertising. and don't seen to care that they arc destroying their own local business structure and with it the very core of their community. People will drive miles to a supermarket . that's nationally advertised and ignore the local store .that may actually have better bargains but hasn't the budget to brainwash people into thinking they're getting the hest deal. We pay for it in the long run. Out west McDonald's is also making pews because it has just switched bun orders for' all its restaurants in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia from local bakeries to American bakeries. It's obvious that no matter who wins Ithc great burger war, we'll all end up being losers. I'll never go to another wedding If never go �a another wcdding in my If I never go to life, 1'11 feel that I have accomplished something. That's rather a negative ap• proach. but it's how 1 feel about weddings. / It's not the wedding itself. They are town, and a last•minute snatch at something harmless enough affairs. and give some nobody would give to the Salvation Army. people a chance to weep as copiously as they Then there's the problem of what to wear. do at funerals. it's the getting ready for it. For the men, it's simple—put on your hest Long before the event. there are lengthy suit. a clean shirt. a conservative tie, and discussions about the wedding gift. In the shine your shoes. good old days you could buy the happy couple For the woman. Js agony. What's the an electric iron, or a toaster. or a pair of weather going to be like? I've seen women sheets: something running around 25 bucks. freezing to death in summer dresses at a June Many a lucky couple wound up with four wedding and sweltering under a fur neck• irons. six toasters. four roasting pans. and piece at an October wedding, enough sheets to outfit a small hotel. Can I wear this dress? No. So•and Sos will Not any more. The gift has to have class or he there. and they saw me wearing it at the glamor. It must be unusual. or striking, last wedding. But it's almost brand new, and When you get into those adjectives, you're I have the bag and shoes to match perfectly. looking at S50 for a small ornament to 5150 for How about this one? No, it's a year out of something bizarre enough so that nobody style. This one? No. it's too dressy: I don't else will duplicate it. want to outshine the bride As a result. today's young couples Now if I just had something to match those sometimes emerge from the deluge of gifts ivory shoes and purse. I'd be all set. But the with enough artsy stuff to set up a store, but only dress that will go with them has a red without a frying pan. a casserole dish. or splotch on the skirt, where that boor spilled sheets and blankets. Art has become more wine on me at the wine and cheese party. important than utility. Eventually. Momma goes out and buss's a The buying of the gift is put off and put off, new dress to go with the shoes and purse. because it's a terrible time of decisidn-mak- There goes another hundred bucks, or near ing for thc woman of the couple invited to the enough, nuptuals. At last, just before the wedding. When the wedding is out of town, things there is a desperate foray to the shops. a are even more complicated. and the debate sinking feeling that there isn't a decent gift in rages on. Will Momma get dressed up at gugaf and 3*® by ©600 560©y/ cc' Eight carrots on Thompson !g;' a single stem, grown by Carolyn Maggie is just fine All of those kind people who inquired about the welfare of my puppy, "Maggie", after s she was rescued from the creek by the Fire Department in February, will be happy to ''-know that she suffered no ill effects from her ordeal and that she finished the requirements for her Championship (with two major t s) at the, Scarborough Kennel Club show $n September 26, at the age of 14 months. Again, my thanks to those great volunteer firefighters and a particular mention of Rick MacLean. my neighbour, who was good endugh to go out with me in the snow and was the one who actually spotted the puppy in a hole in the ice north of the bridge. You all rescued a champion, who will, no doubt, produce future champions. Dorothy Bassett Seaforth home. and drive a hundred miles to the wedding during whith lourncy her costume becomes wrinkled and shahby•looking. and her makeup steadily deteriorates. until she arrives at the church looking Tike "an absolute hag'" Out of thc question. Should we get a motel room near the site of the circus, so she can spend an hour getting ready before the service? Expensive, and hard to get. 'They're always booked to capacity when you call at the last minute. Besides, father can't stay overnight. He has to he at work in the morning. and doesn't relish getting up at five to drive hone, change his duds, and get into harness How do we deliver the present? Too late to mail it. can't deliver it to the house because there won't be time, ( an't lug i1 to the church. hccausc sitting at a wedding service w ith an eight foot square box is just not done. lust as awkward to lake it to the receptmn. Can't leave it in the car. It might he stolen Bs this time husband (eels like sending a wire sasing we're both down with a small case of leprosy, and taking an axc to thc wedding gift. But the show must go on Weddings are sacred occasions. and once you've accepted the invitation. it's like joining the Foreign Legion. You can't opt out without dying in tour hoots. Somehow, things usualls get sorted out, and the couple heading for the wedding drive off, the car full of vers. had vibes for some time The wife has forgotten her earrings. and thcv have to turn around and drive five miles home to gel thrni Or she's scuffed her shoe" Or it's cnher damp or windy and her hairdo is coming down Husbands seethe like one of the lower levels of Dante's Intern, I can hear the wedding service. and even get a kick out of it. remembering how spartan ours was. Bub then comes the blasted mtt•ption. uwa11 about 15 miles from the church. following a neap that was not designed bs a great cartographer Inc'known 'Semple who wound tip SO miles away from the reception. hctausc they took a wrong Ior right) turn. Wht don't vnung people, most of whom hose already hscd m sin for a spell, just go off and get married at ihi manse, with a couple of witnesses' 11 ssoufd sate their parents a great etnotional and (Manual stress, and they'd be fust as married Fiersnne who is Invited could send a cheque and sase them a lot of emotional and financial stress. and the near breakup of marriages that have lasted Ior of cr three dri,Idts I'd welcome answers to this problem. Vanastra a good museum site, reader Let's think about our Huron County Pioneer Museum. Ah, yes now! The former Clinton Radar Station lies adjacent to the east of Highway 4, approx- imately two miles south of Clinton, at the crossroads of Highway 4 and 8, known as the Hub of Huron. In this county we have the thriving town of Exeter, the exciting theatre town of Blyth with its own fine in- dustries, and as far north to Wingham, the CKNX-TV town, and many more in- teresting and vital com- munities. We are bordered east and west by the finest farmland in Canada. Good motels, restaurants and ac- commodations are found generously spread throughout the area. Vanastra is a sinaII village -like community that offers the services of an ex- cellent recreation centre, child daycare, a public school with an extension of Conestoga College, a new curling rink, a community church, Heather Gardens and a large arena used by Seaforth last year while building their own arena. The residential area con- tinues to assert itself as a comfortable friendly place to live- We have \paved streets and walk ways, street lights, three play parks, good Clinton water, sewage service and cable TV if so desired. Through hard work and dedication, several businesses prevail; despite gallant efforts, others have failed. From Highway 4 can be seen a large three wing, three storey red brick building. This building with a new roof and some general refurbishing could provide a fine home for Huron County Pioneer Museum. It would provide plenty of room tor excellent displays, both in- doors and outdoors and spacious visitor parking. As with every project there would be a cost involv- ed. Money would be well spent to create jobs, pro- viding the dignity of a pay cheque in place of charitable handouts. This project could result in the revitalization of the area. The artifacts in the museum come from all over the county. A bedspread, handmade by my husband's great aunt comes to mind, along with other contribu- tion ,of family and friends, ' Let's ponder some of the things we cherish; an old hand corn planter, a measur- ing stick to calculate the board feet of lumber in a log, a funny three -footed iron us- ed for family shoe repair, 'a jagged bay knife, a cast iron tea kettle' from the Orient, beautiful china biscuit jars, lovely glass and silver pieces sparked an awareness in the and so on. future of the Huron County I sincerely hope i have Pioneer Museum. stirred your memories and Yours truly, says Helen C. Rathwell, 4 Regina Street, Vanastra. Agricultural Society The Agricultural Society's 5'35,000 to the arena complex in Seaforth can be taken different ways. The Society raised $5.000 cash and donated it at the start of the fund raisigg„-the balance of 530,000 is coming in' the way of a grant to complete the 535.000. Each Ontario - based society has one lifetime grants amount with a total of 550,000. it is to be used in the promotion of agriculture for a capital expenditure. TheSociety, as now formed, has been operating since approximately 1900. The Society in the past has spent approxi- mately 54,000 of the total. Since this project was of great importance, and in uncertain times, the Society • really wanted it to go over the top, and provided 60 per cent of their lifetime grant towards the project. The Fall Fairs in Ontario are funded yearly b) grant, Tai 110.er part of the cost of prizes by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Small grants arc ret rived each year from the local municipalities and the county. Other i donations cdmc forward from local business' es. farms and c iti/ens. The balance of the approximate 3I c,000 that is needed each year comes from Society fundraising. Directors, Associate Directors, and others give much time towards making each fair a success. The Fall Fair is set up to provide competition for exhibitors of agricultural products in the community. In the promotion of agriculture in a basic farm community. it would be hoped that urban and rural people would be drawn closer together- If there was no community interest, one would wonder what would happen to the area; you and 1 making up the urban and rural people. Ken Coleman, President