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The Huron Expositor, 1983-07-27, Page 2tocit,li3B()t�,SQt'i(ii1Q,to poo monole foal.. litc,Qrp01.11114 4411,11eStliti V st founded 1872 527.02^.40 Published at SEAFORTh, ONTARIO every Wednesday morning Won SuaatlWhlte, Managing Editor Jocelyn A: Shrier., Publisher Member Canadian Cptppiunity Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspaper Association and Audit , . _ .. _. Bureau of Circulation A member of the Ontario Press Subscription rates: Canada $17.75'a year (In advance) outside Canada $50. a year (in advance) Single Coples - 50 cents each oun 11 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1983 " Second class mail registration number 0698 Good for these seniors Remember that 65 -year-old Swede who could out -exercise, out -run and was generally more fit than a 30 -year-old Canadian? The study that compared the two was instrumental in increasing our awareness of fitness. News of that fit 65 -year-old Swede put a bomb under us, launched the national fitness program, Participaction, and challenged smug and paunchy Canucks to get outside and get in shape. Several years later though, we've got an asset that is probably turning those 65 -year-old (maybe they are 73 or so now) Swedes green with envy. We've got a group gf,senfor citizens, some of them in their eighties, both men and women, biking their waly across Canada. It's an absolutely amazing story; another example of the sort of energy, determination and willpower that Terry Fox showed the rest of us in his historic run. Oh, they've had the odd injury, the group says. But nothing serious. The senior bike riders recuperate, and re -join the trips They've picked up at least one senior citizen en'route. The ride, and what it says about older peoples' ability and character, inspired a woman in the west to pack up, get on her bike and join them. With no gyant money to speak of, this group of seniors inspires every other senior citizen to think of the possibilities life still holds. And inspiring younger generations' awe and respect. Move over, 65 -year-old Swede, for cross-country Canadian bike riders who are older than you. - S.W. Carriages go to Bayfield lin t . nson agow® JULY 27, 1883 The new grist mill is now running and is giving general satisfaction.. It is a great convenience to the farmers in this vicinity. Mr. Wm. McKay, for some years engineer in the employ of Messrs. Oglivie & Co. of this • town has just been appointed engineer of the Seaforth waterworks. Mr. McKay is a competent and reliable man. The Sunday school teachers in connection with the Seaforth Presbyterian Church drove to Bayfield on Friday last and picnicked in Middleton's Grove overlooking the lake. The party consisted of five carriages. The day was a delightful one and all enjoyed the pure air and delightful view from the high grounds. JULY 31, 1908 Mr. G.A. Reeves of Seaforth, the lightning rod man, has been busy in the Dublin area putting lightning protection on buildings. We notice he has placed rods on the barn of Mr. Frank McConnell. Mr. McConnell knows who to get when he wants a good job done. Miss Agnes Dick of Hensall has been visiting the Missess McQueen and relatives in the vicinity of Chiselhurst. A boy by the name of Castle Knight, about fifteen years of age. who has been making his home with relatives near Cranbrook was brought before Reeve Leckie of Brussels on Monday of this week on a charge of being of unsound mind. He was committed to Goderichjail, where Constable Scott took hint on Tuesday. JULY 28, 1933 Jones, Thompson & Co. Toronto, have been retained by thc Seaforth Golf Holding THE SEAFORTH SWIM team practises three times per week and participates In swim meets every Saturday. The 25 swimmers hope to do well In competition. "They're a good group gt kids," says Sharon Wilson, instructor. "They have won a lot of ribbons so far," Kendra Papple does the chicken swim In the top photo; Trevor Fortune practices the front crawl, top rtght;,Tracey Fortune does the butterfly, bottom left; and Jason Papple, bottom right, relaxes after a hard swim. (Photos by Wasslnk) Company Limited for the purpose of laying out a course on the recently purchased site at the Case Farm. 701 former Seaforth people are subscribers to this newspaper. Why is it that a copy of the Huron Expositor goes every week to these Seaforth folk .. scattered in 'cities and towns from coast to coast with seven in England and one in Japan? Absence has taught them the inestimable value of their old associations. If you don't think there's drama and a real heart throb in home town news try going without it for a few years. Let the Huron Expositor do a little home missionary work with you and teach you the value and real interest of town happenings. AUGUST 1, 1958 On Friday evening a pleasant time was spent when Miss Blanche Westcott, bride elect of August was entertained. Miss Marion Laudenbach and Miss Marion Chamberlain were hostesses for the event. Scotch dancing featured the regular weekly concert of Seaforth Highlanders band. Held every Tuesday evening in Victoria Park a record crowd was in attendance this week to see students of Mrs. Clint Smith perform along with the band. Two Scottish numbers were danced by Kathy Phillips. Katy Scott -and Elaine Oke. The two numbers were the Sword Dance and Shean Trewse. Peter Malcolm played the bagpipes for the , accompaniment. The Highlanders, under Bandmaster Lyle Hammond played several march selections and waltzes. 20 - 15- 10 - 5- Canada's rural revival C Growth Rates Rural Population Total Population Urban Population • Let's tell all our boys and girls the truth Earlier this month 1 celebrated my 15th wedding anniversary. Not alone of course, with the man 1 married in 1968. It's been good and it's been bad, living, learning. enjoying and sorrowing together. Marriage has also been a tremendous source of strength, an oasis and a base from which we move out, together and separately, to do things in our worlds. But being married isn't an occupation. It doesn't sum up the total of what either of us is or does. That's why 1 had an immediate click of recognition when i heard Laura Sabia's remarks to a group of teenage girls recently. Many of the high school -aged girls, asked what they wanted to do when they graduated said "get married." "That takes 20 minutes." Mrs. Sabia replied. "W fiat are you going to do with thc rest of your lives?" WE'LL ALL WORK For the sad fact is, by letting our teenage girls believe that all they have to do to secure themselves a pleasant, rewarding and financially sound future is to "get married" we sell a lie. The fact is most Canadian American Every now and then some American comes out with a suggestion that Canada should stop playing around and join the United States. Nothing is more guaranteed to make Canadians united. We'll be outraged at the very suggestion. Yet how can you blame Americans for Setting the wrong idea. 1 mean Americans just naturally think that everyone in the world would love to be an American anyway but we also give them so much reason to think we're just being coy: like the girl who says no but really means yes. i've been most embarassed at being Canadian at some of our moments of so-called triumph. Remember the rescue of the American hostages in Iran by the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and his people? Now it was a first class story of heroism but the reaction of Canadians to the attention Americans gave us reminded me of a little puppy desperate for attention hurling himself in the air just hoping to reach the hand of his master and get a momentary pat on the head. We're downright sickening sometimes. ABC BASEBALL The latest example of that was when ABC television broadcast a baseball game from Toronto, the first time they had ever done it. You'd think the cure for cancer had been discovered Toronto made such a fuss. Now they're thinking of the possibility of a oimgi[long z©y by/ Swan Wil c' women can expect to work outside their homes for most of their lives. We might as well tell our kids this truth. Then we can encourage them to take courses and study seriously so that the jobs most of them will have to get can be as fulfilling as possible. And make good use oftheir talents. Your girl's talent is that she's terrific with kids? Great, maybe she can study the latest child development research and look after her own kids as well as those of other mothers who are better engineers or farmers than at childcare. A Jot of us, and many of our institutions, operate as if most families consisted of a father who's the lone breadwinner, a mother who does all the work and childcare at home but doesn't earn any money, and their two children. Like it or not, that stereotyped family is now the minority. Imagine a group of teenage boys asked about career plans overwhelmingly answer- ing "I'm going to get married." WHAT ELSE? Right, and what rise? It's that what else that boys have focussed on. We can do our girls a favor by pointing them in the same direction. They'll have marriages, yes, but marriages between equals. Surely that's more satisfactory than the old system where the man's work took priority and the woman's work was a stop gap to help pay for a dishwasher. A stop gap job where she spent 20 years of her life. it's not easy, as young boys have learned, preparing to support yourself and others for the rest of your life when you're 15 years old. The pull to abdicate that responsibility and just "get married" is strong. THE BIGGEST DAY Anger, then dread, flashed through my mind 15 ,ygars,;age; whoa. on older woman called the wedding date to come "the biggest day of your life." You mean it's all downhill from here. Vague career plans would evaporate rather than get more concrete? And the height of my personal accomplishment was snagging a man? Popular wisdom answered yes to all of the above. The reality of living in the 1970s led me otherwise. l was lucky. Don't get me wrong. Marriage is a heavy commitment. And for fortunate people, people who work at it. it is the source of tremendous satisfaction. But I don't think it works as well when it's all you've got. Anyway, when's the last time you congratulated a blushing young bridegroom on the biggest day of his life? Maybe it is. indirectly for both bride and groom. but only if their healthy blooming marriage gives them energy and nourishment to do Tots else. TV in Toronto and we're thrilled 13‘bOnd .emg, ZCGiw�20 by 4c*Bab RcygOzten Canadian World Series between Montreal and Toronto. i don't think Toronto especially and Canada in general could stand it. We'd die of ulcers worry about what the Americans would Say about us. For instance: We'd wonder if we should change the way we pronounce Toronto and Canada because Howard Cosseil and his friends pronounced it differently and being on a major American network, they must be richt. HOW CLEAN We _would, (especially Torontonians would) glow with pride everytime somebody mentioned how clean the streets were downtown, perhaps doing permanent dartl- age to our faces from grinning too much. Then we'd worry that perhaps there's something wrong with clean streets. We'd worry that we looked ridiculous in American eyes when they sang the national anthem in French in Montreal. In Toronto where the anthem was in English, we'd worry that because our anthem was shorter than the Ame can one it couldn't possibly be as good. To ontonians, especially, would worry a t comments on the stadium. Toronto would be afraid they looked too cheap. On the other hand we'd worry that we looked ridiculous in American eyes because we spend Si billion on Olympic Stadium in Montreal and still hadn't put the lid on it. We'd become furious the first time some American broadcaster talked about how cold it was in the "north." 1 mean is it our fault we're this far north? We've been trying our best to live like we're in California. We dress like it. We follow their fads (as soon as we can find out what they are). We'd roofed everything possible in Toronto so we can pretend it s California even in February and every restaurant in Toronto looks like California restaurants did five years ago. That snow, Mr. Cosseil, is a figment of your imagination WIN? Ah, but wouldn't it be wonderful if a Canadian team did win the World Series. Wouldn't that show those Americans that we were just as good as them. We'd still find something to worry about. We would, for instance, spend several months telling ourselves that, after all, why should we feel so good because all the players are American (even if many of them are from the Dominican Republic or Venezuela). We'd point out there isn't a single Canadian on either team. Moreover if there were all Canadians on both teams we'd play it down because they'd been taught ll6°r to play by Americans. (Y (When New York slanders won the Stanley Cup it didn't worry'Americans that there were only a couple of Yanks on the team. On the other hand Canadians spent huge a ount of time and newsprint talking about the fact that all the players weren't Canadian anymore and wondering if we were losing our touch at hockey). And finally, if the Blue Jays did play the Expos and guarantee a Canadian team would win the World Series, after we got finished wondering what it would do to national unity, we'd say it didn't really matter that a Canadian team won anyway. Should we celebrate a baseball team when unemploy- ment was still at 12 per cent? CAN B -C ALTA 0 U NWT N-8 PEI ON T N -S NFLO MAN SASK YUKON Only Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Yukon nicorded greater population growth In urban areas than In rural areas between 1976 and 1981. Census shows rural revival Small is beautiful, or so it seems, for more and more Canadians are making the switch from big -City life to the nation's small towns and rural areas. Whether it is a reflection of back -to -the -land. and attempt to escape the big -city population and pressures, or simply a function of urban spillover into the countryside, Canada is in the midst of a rural renaissance. In fact, the 1970s were the first decade in Canada's history to record a faster growth rate for rural areas than for urban areas. The most recent figures from the 1981 Census show that since 1976 the rural population has grown by 8.9 per cent - almost double the urban growth rate of 5 per cent. Of Canada's provinces and territories only four recorded greater population growth in urban areas than in rural areas - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Yukon. Canada's non -urban population now numbers some six million - 800,000 more than a decade ago - and it has meant big changes for Canada's small towns. Urban- ites may slip away from the nation's cities unnoticed, but their arrival in a small town can ijulckly change the social landscape, the local market place and the level of demand for municipal services. Understanding the nature and scope of changes on the local scene is vital for local businesses, citizens' groups and public officials. Statistics Canada has recently released a series of profile publications for every municipality in Canada - urban and rural. These include 1981 Census informa- tion on the population by age and sex, marital status, household and family size, dwellings and language. Asked to comment on the value of these profiles, Mr. James Knight, Executive Director of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, said that "without this information municipal officials could be seriously hampered in planning and deli- vering the municipal services expected by most Canadians ranging from choosing the best site and size of senior citizens' facilities, day care centres and fire and police stations, to mapping out transit routes, zoning and industrial parks." Mr. Knight went on to say: "These most recent data showing a renaissance in our rural areas will be invaluable to municipal officials in towns and villages across Canada who might be faced with a sudden influx of former city dwellers used to big -city services and conveniences. To meet their needs without disrupting local finan- ces. officials musfhave access to detailed information which Only census data can provide". 1