The Huron Expositor, 1979-01-18, Page 2.Sirtee 1,81 ,Serving the Community nit
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,: JANUARY 18, 1979•
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The; fact;the.Ministry of the Environment has warned Seaforth's
dttrnp-will Last only another two. years •or so isn't cause for alarm; Ott• f, .
i might be a ohance for the town t6 take leadership in the big problem cif "
'ne seventies,,.garbage disposal:l '",,'
/ Popular has been t adoandf illthat s tesiRl3•ke Seaforth scludes the environment .ministry, lately
quite adequate for
garbage d s .osa1 in Ontario aid that' the land, they take up can
eventually be recl'airried" for other uses, •.-i
"Recent, incident$ in the province Indicate otherwise: An Ottawa
subdivision` butt near a landfill site is getting seepage from that dump:
' Kitchener may have to p y Compensation to townhouse owners who
\ had ,to abando their ho fps. "built on a former' landfill siite when
�; ex losive -i y, s of )mettiarie•�;�gas, produced by rotting garbage;' were'-'"
0 `';fou [d lin `their ba ements, .:
school, built on former dump property in Kitchener also had to be....:..
emdtied three years ago,. The city and the province have been blaming
'each) other ever since for not enforcing provincial regulations..
' Although' there's no deed to panic about ;:methane seepage at the
:Seaforth landfill site, it's not very likely that, the land canbe used for
anyttillw other than dumping in the near future,
Bei-e.tie_,fninis ry and.dounoiLbegin-a�search for, new landfill•site
for thirduture tise'of Seaforth,and area, it might be time to look at the
'%ti(hole idea of landfill dumps. .....____.,h, .
i', They've been touted as 4`The'1 answer by the. environment ministry
`as it forced stopburning dumps to because of another sort' of pollution,
noxious srn:oke,' " .
Anothe� tchin" trY apRrove
d garbage' e' d
isposal' system
::.mo
dern
"n incerat s::thave becomeprohibitively ex expensive, several
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councillors 'Said at a recent
. meeting.
But certainly that expense has to be 'weighed against the cost of
l over Ontario
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leaving methane -producing . landfill sitesscattereda
as is beingP ` done at resent. And; against the Cost of filling up
productive and valuable land with more garbage.
potentially Arad 9 9
be the a swer to Ontario's garbage problem.
Incineration may not_n 9 , 9
isn't either. only long term: chef
Elul we re prefty" sure landfill' tsn t e t a y gcheap ..
'solution is for'all of us to waste and throw away away'Less to p roduce less
garbage.
But we don't expect the consumer society in Seaforth within the next
two -years. And while the environment people are looking at our
Y
e for his council we'd suggest they
Igo needs, at the request of S a t 99
look farther than an easily accessible empty fieldfor another landfill
site.
Creepy crawly t
It's creepy,crawlytime again, There's no other name for the type
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of driving that those of us who, livein Western Ontario have to do in
January, At. least if we want to stayalive and healthy.
Seaforth and area have already been hit by at least three school bus
stopping: storms since :1979 began: Traffic has continued to move
though,, but slowly, carefully.
That's the only way to drive on our roads during these months. All
the OPP warnings to stay off the roads and MTC descriptions saying
snow -packed and dangerous aren't going. 'to keepeveryone at home;
We know it's not worth risking' life and limb to drive 6n stormy days.
But we have jobs to get to, errands torun, appointments to make. And
so farthis winter drivinghasn'tbeen bad enough to make all of that
totals • u inecessar ••
As an alternativeto shutting Huron and Perth Counties down
et e
life
alto9 h r.and moving - south en masse for two or three months, l e i n.
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our area, andthat means driving, must go on.
Get out'there and druve if you must, (must is the key word...forget
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fri of s trips f b r -a bit)' but be very, ver . careful. If . we al
the v ou tip o Y,
remember tb creepand crawl we'llget through the stormyseason. in
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oneP iece.
The speedy types can slow down until April,,
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In the yaears ugane -- :. ;
The Maitland at. Brussels
rauders at woo
J. ANUARY 17, 1879
Last Monday Mr. Bennett who lives north
of Eseter, had a wood chopping bee -which
passed off pleasantly. While the fun was at
its 'height some maraiidcrs.'collected ' the
Buffalo -tribes, rugs and blankets and,
distributed there carefully about the :premi-I'
yes. In the morning
the lost.:robes, were
found in a hole;. in the 'straw stack,' and the
cushions on top of the bare.
On Monday as the Brussels stage; u'as,
going north it capsized,:' throwing the
occupants out.The stage a e'.turned out and on .•
• tneet#ng a team and on turning onto the track.
again .Mrs. Jackson. got her leg severely
„sprained. The: road between Seaforth and:
Walton is in a fearful condition.
About three. o'clock Thursday morning the
store on •Main and .Goderich ' streets was
discovered to be on :fire. Nothing could be
doneto save the contents,
Wm. Leitch :Kinburn,• fell from the loft in
his barn stepping on' a loose board. His arni •
was' ' broken and he was • stunned.
Jones of Brucefietd 'oened a
Professor .ons p
singing class: on Friday last,
JANUARY t5, 1904
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Police.
It 'makesone wonder indeed, to read ' having'to appear in court on tettain days.
such a headline as was printed in the. 4, lfthe lice Can not be updated in police
Expositor last week, January 11, 1979. methodsen there is strong possibility:
To read the comments at was stated by that charges could be . thrown out or
!' His Worship and.one• of his Councillors dismissed.
sill ,s ction"lints general•Ptiblic
.. �..�.; � ... ....,.:.... �: A sizable sectio» o lir
• •tegairdtrsg the overtime that. was. employed P •
Tis could assueie that they couldget awaywith.
b ,•the Towns .Pohle Force is difficult Y ,
y, , toff course ..could ceate.
"indeed to understand, 'particularly' m our
violations and ofnurse r
_ ' .. disrespect ect for the law, '
present da sand age when there is so much. P f
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6. Certainl , this ty e:tyf confrotttatiotl,and
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vandalism, abuse to good citizens,., fob Y
criticism is no settin the stage for future
beries, etc�'etc, taking)ace in racticallyt . g g
ne otiations. ,
every villa a town and city in our coCintcy, g
. is i ; u.....esti 1believeheProvince
] think It is wiseto mention a few facts'. •As, a� s gg st on. t
fot d` onsider ail costs of witnesses
fol~ those who are concerned about the shout c
a earn in court and should also 'include
overtime that our lice are' involved: with -appearing
the costs of our munici al lice a earin
—and the good this overtime does for the p lm Pl' g
flitat same. • •
comrrtunit .The "faits are .
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i Town of is descri'iin of our
1ti We have four constables and at.chief` The o Seaforth• g
rese t lie 'force, 'Coni ared to some
Ito a r Hill are 'w rkrn . as a ltarsttont- n c P
'w pas y � p
green)
. and- townsacross Canada,most of us I ant Sure,
ous group getting along well together.. _
iand o feel secure in the knowledge that we have a
2. They give a lot of their time. effort an g
and , •-._ to hard workin force, .'Who in my, opinion
giving lectures on. Safety citizenship 8 ,
our students, 46,ts its job well 'Anda should have the
-: i .._ . u rt of eve " eitlaen in Seaforth
3. The only way they can tpdtite overtime ;s f►im. tY ..
a -raft due o an o cel Y.C. pat,
is by not laying chat g , t ffi
The stormy weather at Farquhar has 'made
the roads very bad in this vicinity: The
worthy mail carrier: Mr. Riley has his trip
everyday. We wish the railway service was
Patrick Rowland of Walton has 'under
taken to cut • auantit of wood for'S.
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Geo. ' 'Merner of Dashwood .had a very
serious accident. He fell accidentally on
some hard object and, broke his knee cap.
The leading roads have been ploughed out
d . 'ell d and are now inpassable
an ley e p
condition. at ;Leadbury.
R.N. Brent of town has shown us the skins,
of two white foxes which he had tanned.;
They belonged to John Rartkin and were sent
him from. Siberia by his brother
Wm Cudmore has been in Sudbury for
several weeks disposing of a lot of horses:
Ther Ladies ` Aid of First : Presbyterian
Church will have a Septet' supper and all that
implies in. Cardno ,Hall, the anniversary of
Robert Burns:
Most of the farmers and villagers are
busily engaged .in the swamp getting out
c ping
ee in.
Presbyterian church had a. bee and fixed up
the stables which fell in two weeks ago.: •
JANUARY 18, 1929
J:J.'McGavin was in Toronto disposing of
some livestock that was ;shipped; from
Walton station on Saturday.
James Jordon, fore 30. years clerk of
Hibbert township, has resigned: Few men
serve the public so faithfully for such a long
The mornin8 train went down on time as
t:e snow plow went out before 5' a.m.
Messrs Glenn Love and; Fred • Watters', of
Hillsgreen have secured positions in Hamil-
ton. `Messrs. Harold Munn ' and John.
Passmore. of. Hensall•• hale secured positions
on the Seaforth O.H.A. Juniors..
The late storms' have made the roads
• impassable,for cars and .severalwere tied
up, but the sleighing was good.
Friends are glad to learn that Miss Mary
period.
Smith has been successfulin passing the
Provincial examinations in London and has
attained the degree of R.N.*
Messrs. J.F. Daly and W.A.• Crich, G.C.
Bell and W.A.. Wright were in ,.Toronto
ly of wood attending the motor show.
The congregation of the Thames ltd. ' Messrs. ,John and Casey Hudson expect to
ehnd the scenes
by ith Rouiston
have the skating rink in: good 'shape for
skating the first of next week.'
-Popularity of .Grano Bend as a :summer
p x in recent years that
• resort has so increased
the amount of Hydro ,power has gone up
300%. JANUARY;Z2,1954.
The inaugural meeting of the Tuckersmith
school area board was held in the Seaforth,
Town hall when members present were
ilmer roadfoot, R. Forrest. D. Dayman
C. Ned and M. Falconer, W. P. Roberts is the-
,, secretary treasurer: •
" Construction of a curling rink was mooted
at a meeting of the Seaforth Curling 'club
when members reviewed''thePd ssibilities of
erecting a building. No decision was reached:
but theg !. 'fleeting named.a committee to
explore the proposal from all angles.' The
committee was as follows—M.A. Reid, 3 E
Keating, Wm. Leyburn. Frank Kling and
Harry Bali:
W.J. Dale chose warden of Huron County
Council.
Mrs. Raymond Nott assistant manager of '
this 'district spent last week in Montreal ,
attending
-the. Ronald's Parties.Convention.
_Mr. and Mrs. Geo: Simonds have taken up ••
residence in Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eberhart's
apartments:
Canadians are living with winter
Back when we were contem ,iatin the
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purchase of the home we now call :Muddy
Lane Manor, we took one Zook at the 900. •
;foot laneway and said to ourselves; "Well.
its should he rivate."
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Alt but the times have overtaken' us. One
' recent sunny Sunday afternoon we had
about half the population of Huron County
troupe past our, back door: We are victims
of the return 'to enjoyment of winter.
MacLean`s magazine recently dealt with
the growing' trend of people to get back to
the land in niid-winters That .trend has
become very evident here too, particularly
,lust in the past year.
Oh ,the trend started a dozen years or so
ago :1 guess. That was when the snow-
mobile first arrived on the„ ..scene and
people began to buy it,There.are generally,
two kinds of people when it comes to
snowmobiles: those'. for them and those
against. •
"On the plus side, they started the trend
to get people outsidein winter, particularly.,
in this' neck of the woods where the
popula� i_•_rty of down ilL.skiing_,had never
ween large. They came in handy in tirnes
of emergencies. I remember the big blow
of '71 when people were ferried to
hospitals on them and food was taken to
school children: And teachers marooned, at
Country schools.,
On the other hand, they're expensivc to
bu ex ensive to Operate . and they
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. shattered the calm of rural areas. They also.
_.ave • another way for, an. •irres,-onsible
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minority get get in trouble, runningover
newly planted trees,. tunning down wild
a `mals cuttin fences etre.
animalt,
But the legacy that will perhaps be most
appreciated by mothers is the change in'.
emphasis they brought for winter clothing,
as a kid r
remember ebellin g aany
8 ainst , . ,.. 8 , .,
kind of proper winter' clothing. Thele were
snowsuits in those days but they were
hentxy• and uncomfortable and very
unfashionable with anybody but the
youngest of 'children. We also wore jeans
with a plaid lining' but since these were... -
considered to be something only the hicks
frgm the country wore ((Mrs was one of the
first Schools where town and countrypupils
wequickly ',rebelled.
were• mixed) quick y against ,
of
thoseose too.. Our last line pro tention•was
long winter. underwear, the' one= secs kind
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with the trap door. But when we were old
enough to discover that the town kids who
set the trend didn't wear those either, we
ended up -walking to catch the bus with
only the scanty protection of one pair of
pants. It's a Wonder we didn't freeze for.
•our stubborness. •
But when the snowmobile came into
fashion to did the
"
snowmobile suit and kids
Wanted to wear one to look like dad and
mom. Finally we had warm kids again,
• The snowmobile trend nnly got part of
the population however. xet+e ve halls'
snowmobiles buzzing bast our place since
we moved here. We quickly discovered
then that we were on the snowmobile
equivalent of highway 401, the high speed
freeway..l.eading from town-o-the*favourite—
country •,haunts•.•at- th`e„"sneWnlobilers.
Actually although the numbers were
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heavy, the machines and their owners
bothered us lessan when iv
t we lived in
town, Here the hazed through at high
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speed. 'Mete they were apt to sit and talk,
outside the livingroom: '
t . windo
w,
obliterating all programming on #eleviston
for the evening,
The big chance that became
. m evident that
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Sundayafternoon `however 'was the , t e new
swing to cross-country skiing. The sport
has ben growing at a veryrappi rate. Our
fataliiy and a good many of o'ur friends all
took it uplast ear: It appears, ' f
Y that
corn the
parade that went by that Sunday that a
good deal of the rest of the population: is
taking it up too.
Though the privacy of otic rural retreat
has perhaps suffered a bit" because'' of the...
rediscovery of the fact that Winter•nan;.be
fun, I think the upsurge in. winter sports is
perhaps s the best thing to happen tel the
, country in a long time Canadians
obsession with getting ettin away;from winter
weather has grown to the point of the.
',ridiculous in recent ears. Ou countryit in
r years. . c
ldeal
horrible. financial shape, a .good
_edi .o
the flood.of : eo e heading n #.
because of:g , pl t3 .
Southern climes each winter. It seems;
winter vacations are now as prominent as
summer vacations..•
When we can't,8 P o south,: people seem to
want to . get away from the weather by
becoming moles in underground warrens.
In Toronto and Montreal you can walk and
ride through half the downtown area:
daylight.
'without ever seeing
But people who continue to resist their
environment rather than learning to, live
withit can never be a very contented
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people. g
eo le.. Strangely, el , our rebellion against . •
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winter came at a time when we had more
thins . to matte outaetves - cumtortaure '►i►
the cold, thanever before. People ,of an
winter
earlier era had reason to hate w when
hornet were •draftier. and wood fires died
overnight and pipes frozen, if indeed there
.
was water in the house at, all. Trips were in
with buffalo rugs trying,often
cold sleighs 8
unsuccessfully, to keep the body heat in.
Yes, people of that generation had reason
to hate winter but they Made their piece:
with it, preparing to live with it' in summer
: and fall by puttingaway food. and fuel,
wearing proper clothing and managing; to
enjoy it with skating parties, and other
outdoor activities. Pethaps finality we're”
again ready to live with winter,. shotrun
away from it.
Weare into theannuallowvisibility, snow
coveted road torte of. the year again, People,
no Matter what the weather, have_to go
places risking life and limb, most times
unnecessarily. '
--During these Storm conditions people *ill
What
call the OPP Office and ask what the road
conditionsto like, If we have the infer-
s.
ration we telt the- people of the Severity of
the Storni, such as visibility •. poor, to nil,
'roads drifting badly, etc. The response is
usually, "Oh well, I have to go • anyway,
thanks,
Does this Mike Sense: We don't think S
Ode . � so,
.especially When We get another tail to
investigate the accident this person gets
involved hi due to the Weather after he has
been told,
In storms, Shied it IS Senseless to be en
the ruaos, tee tier' only go on the roans in"
the_OP
emergencies if we can getthrough. We don't
often know what the local conditions are, let
alone distant road cdnditlons. Otir telephone
lines are constantly busy ' with callers
wanting to know how poor the conditions are
even though they figure on going anyway. ,.
People who do need help find it difficult to
get through on the phone for those reasons.
Please do not Call the OPP for road and
weather conditions, Call Goderich Weather
Station 524,9331, of Ministry. of Transport-
ation and Communications, Stratford 271
3550, ,(MTC Stratford get updated ro'
weather .reports constantly from all over
Western Ontario.)'
• Zhankadyottand.
J.J. Donatis, Sgt., for
R.W. Witten, Prov. Const"
Community Services Officer,
Ooderich betachrnent