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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 15,, 1979
Let'splant tree
When the settler first came to the Huron Tract, one of the sight$
which most impressed:tnemwas the area's abundant for sts. Over the.
years, trees have: been one of the first of our natual resdurces to be
sacrificed when towns and villages expanded, as roads were widened
or when storm and sanitary sewers were installed more and mere in
the rural parts of the county, farm: woodlots have been sacrificed to,
,provide more acreage for crops and farm_ windbreaks have become the
' exception, rather than the rule,
Now local councils are agreeing with conservationists, and some
private landowners that it's tune to: start replanting the trees so future
will be able to'eri•a both the shade and wind and erosion
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protection provided by trees. • '• .
Hensafi Council, has decided to participate in a Ministry of
.Transportation and Communications (Mn -Cy program which will pay.
half thecosts of replanting trees on town property which: were removed
when sanitary sewers4 ere installed.
Both Tuckersmith . and McKillop township councils recently
approved motions to pay part of the tree planting costs incurred by
private citizens� under a Huron County .scheme, implemented by the
Ministry of Natural Resources.
Under this program, individuals can have a ministry -worker from the
Wi h rn ' office come out to. their �roerpty and : recom-•
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mend what species of trees'. would grow best on' the site. Then the
ministrY will supply the trees at a•minirnal cost to the landowner and
and townships s share the costs of planting .the trees....
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As Bob ,Hulleysays-in this week's Winthropolumn; we will suffer
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from' their absence;
.:Now, for 'only a few cents a tree, we can be our :own Johnny
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A leseeds.. Hats Off to the;. councils" and to individuals ividuals who are
farsighted enough to appreicate that future generations will appreciate
our tree planting efforts today:
Anyone interested in learningmore about: future Hydro needs in
southwestern Ontario is invited to attend the Porter Commission
hearings which will be held; in Wnghamsnext week.
smore formally known as the Royal Commission. on
The commission, m r m Y y
will b holding three clays of
Electric Power Planning, e h ng ays Public hearings
Tuesday and •
at Madill SecondarySchool,Win ham "on Monday, ues a
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Wednsedayof next" week. A number of. countyorganizations are
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expected to present briefs during the three-day session and the public
is also: invited to air their views duringthe hearings, which are being
held around; fie. province.
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Ontario Hydro'spower plant plans are of vital' concern to Huron
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County. We urge e readers :.to attend.
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arents in
tats
It was interesting to learn" Sunday on a TV interview that a least
London's War Memorial Children's Hospital believes child patients
heir mothers are withthem.
recover faster.when t •
What a departure from the past and from other hospitals.
Not so manyyears a o hospital person I couldn't get rid of mothers
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Sign the child in,assign a bed and get.parents out as fast -aspossible
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attitude, because'hos 'hospital, personnel were convinced once they
was thea , P ,•
theywould get'their own way with
got rid of the mother,.. particularly,
children sooner. They did. Then they let children cry Being, with
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strap9 erg. was bad. enough. Being; in a strange place compounded the
situation,, Being sick and unable tohelp themselves, or understand
their dilemma, or were in pain from operations, they needed mothers —
love and security,
Nearly every mother has gone through, the trial of having to leave a
youngster in the hospital, knowing the consequences,
For some reason or other, it seemed the youngest and possibly the
least capable nurses were given the duty, ail of which left much to be
desired.
Some mothers have: tried to remain overnightwiththeir Children only
to be told'te leave, on the assurance their chidlren would be perfectly
alright all night. Those who refused on the basis of . what they
children's ward Sometimes were
witnessed in the . permitted to stay,
No nurse without' theetperiendeof motherhood should be given that
. cot f rtin to learn net Only has hospital personnel come
duty. But it is coli o g Y p
Mothers are with
' realizing ren recover faster when their mothert
around to reef zing d
them, but it; is less expensive to let mothers remain. With their
..children: With the Ministry of Health", s economy drive, the situation is
nOW more than satisfactory;.
O, the question really is did hospital personnel finally admit they
are really not good as fairing for youngsters as their mothers, or is
economy the reason for the change?
(The Rodney, Mercury)
THE CLASS OF 1917-- This photo pictures the 1917' class of S.S, No. .3
Stanley Township in front of the school. The class includes .(baok row)
Fred Reid,. Nelson Heard, Maggie Parsons, Margaret Peck, . Miss .' •
Jennison, Alice Peck, G.E. Johnston, Emmerson Heard and Morris:
Inthe,yeargagone
Sleighing all
MARCH! 14th 1879'
The first thunderstorm of the season took.
place on Sunday evening. The lightning was:..
Very ,vivid and the rain fell -heavily for a short:
:time.
Henry Town has started in the printing
business on his own account:
The sleighing is :all gone but the snow
driftsstill remain . making:. travel almost
- impossible as the snow is so soft the horses'.
sink through :it;
We learn ;that the title transferring
Victoria Square to the town- has been it
prepared and • is ready for signature. RR
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Business has been slowed up considerably l / e f i i d the scenes
,on account of the thaw. The road run lig
east and west of Hensen has the least by Keith ROulStor1 .•
appearance of winter. It§ all mud.
Jackson, Bros. of Hensall, merchant, s have
done quite a :business. in •wood. They have.
just closed a contract with the Great Western
just
Railway for 200 cords:
JohnGarrott sawed for Maurice Rife of
Hilisgreen 40 cords of beech . and maple
wood in 4 hours. .
Nearly all the conversation one hears
•abotnow . about o ,
Manitoba. There are
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quite a few families leaving Hensall and
aih,ong them some of our best farmers.
infull' The :,bending factory in. T4ensall is
blast manufacturing wooden handd rakes for
the comity season:
i s r en plowed on his
James Hagan of Ha 1 g e
farm .Lot 12.. con. 7,: Hay. township on the
end blown in, Lorne McNaughton had 45
feet- f his barn roof taken off. .
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of townis busy repairing roofs
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that were: damaged in the big storm.
Mr Dawson Reid who has been collector of
customs in Seaforth for some time, owing to
the dosing of the Seaforth .office,has: been
transferred to- Guelph.
Dr, W.C. Sproat • has purchased:the
residence of Mrs. Jahn. Robb on the;corner of
James and Helen Strees:, .
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Johnston (row)
and `centre: Wilbert: Johnston, Mable Clark,; Pearl Taylor,
Myrtle: Johnston and Ruth Reid and (front row) Leonard Reid, Sam
Lawrason,: Milton Johnston, Earl Johnston, . Arthur Nicholson and
Leonard; Heard: The photo was submitted' by Fred Reid of Clinton, _
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Public` school auditorium was
Seaforth
crowded for the finals in .a' public speaking.
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contest conducted by the schdol.
The hospital auxiliary to Scott Memorial
Hospital met in the 'nur'ses'residence. Plans;
for. the annual Penny sale were announced.
17res of euchre in .lav
There were,tab f ..
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when the'Rebecca `Lodge sponsored an
evenings entertainment. Mrs.: Leslie Mc
g.
• following won the prizes: Ladies first,. Mrs.
Chas Reeves; - lone • hands, " Mrs. Alex
Bethune; consolation, solation Mrs. Mae Dorrance;
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. mens. first, John Bach; lone hands, Donald
°' :McLean; luck cup.Mrs. Ed:McLeod.
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Proceeds` were $25.50.
James T. Scott has purchased the
residence on James Street owned ,by Lou'
Bailey, Exeter and occupied; by F.A.
Clure was mistress of ceremonies and the' Dobson.
llilWitNMn1: k 1eeMtltid 00 tthe airidltlert (tilt th the i4e4 41 i' 009044401.
atredeerttting eft* the the-
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a ,1M ]tai ter 0140 moble rite:
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12th of . March.
'MARCH 11, 1904
The revival meetings which have been
carried' on at . the' Evangelical Church.
•Dashwood for the last few weeks closed. last
Thursday.
We understand that Messrs. , S. Ireland
and ft. Hamilton of Dashwood have bought
the Hoffman planing ill and the factory and
Will soon be running again. .
Messrs. R.13. McLean 'and Robert Mc-
Mordie of Kippen addressed ,arlarge meeting
of farmers and others inthe Ki eti hall.'
Kipp
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's steam press has been running in
the. vicinity 'bf .McKillop, for the past two
.weeks. -with Peter Gardiner in charge.
Pest master Kuklman has resigend ':as
leader of the Seaford band.
John Moffat, grain buyer of Kipped, has
sold his , 50 acre farm in.- Tuckersmith to
David Workman for the sum of .$3,100.
Wheat has now reached the 51:00' notch-
and the farmers are smiling.
The most severest)rm of this Severe winter
' struck on Monday and completely paralyzed
railway traffic.
Messrs, Sant. Barton and son have In`
course of Manufacture a fine egg wagon for
John :McNab, of Dungannon.
The contract for :the remodelling of Sea -
Rath Presbyterian church, has been `let to F
Gutterige, The contact price is 59,000, which
does not include scatin5t or leaded 'glass, •
C. Stelck of Hillsp. e,en .las been busy all
winter 1 -king nine tt,iiour out of the swamp
for A' e ..Mc Beath.
MARCH 15, 1929
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The T high ale of wind which swe t o et'
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the vicinity last Thursday did considerable
damage. Ma iy roofs, were partially wrecked
and ehimiicvs" brawn away.
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The Glee Club met at the home of Mists.
Almira Shannon of Winthrop.
Harold Tomlinson and Wilmer Cuthill of
Winthrop treated their friends" to a dance in
the hall.
We are sorry to hear that 3ames Simpson
had the misfortune totals out of the mow and
'fracture his hip. •
`T'hos. Purcell of Manley h billed to go to
'St, Louis to bring home one of the ,silt truelta
that the Kiii Construction have boar ht.
Mrs. David Tough and daughter have
complete it quilt which has 975 pieces in it.
The heavy wind storm of last 'week 'dirk
damage to sever a,buildings: at Chisethurst.
The targe shed of the United Church had th9
One of the things :that .has made Canada: .
different from other countries is that'• we
have chosen to accentuate -our differences
rather than adopt a meltinggof theory.
R rias .
That same kind of,thinkin - grown from
the beginning here in Huron Countywhere
each town and village fiercely. guards 'its.
independence and its individual identity..
We have in recentY ears seen' both. the
good side and. the bad side:of this policyon
a natto�9al and local level. It's impossible in
a country so big for people to think the.
same, to have . the same successes and
problems all across the 3,1100 .plus miles.
Our common exper ien e is small compared.
to our differences: differences of historical
background, differences of distance, dif-
ferences of climate, differences oftemper-
merit.
in that• has always
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fascinated me is the ability.) of communities
to iakt:, on a at ni tied personality, .We've seen
that right here in Our own area where
' two towns of about the sante size
only 10 miles away from each other cart
have completely different personalities.
Somehow the suit total Of all the per-
sonalities " of the people in the comtnun ty
and the historic background of .the cont-
ain nity ,blend together to forma corn
munity personality'. One town` can • be -
aggressive and "modern" while a town
just down the road canbe concerned more
with preserving its past, If communities so
closely situwed can have marked dif-
ferences. how much more likely is itfor
regions or provinces to have differences.
Canadians have clung strongly to the
idea of "vivo la dirk, cm.e. when it comes
cent our
fought hard' against provincial government
attempts to homogenize us into huge.
r gional•governments and at least for the',
most we seem to
have won.
, This concern with individualism :in
`ca add much to
communities. and regions n
'tite interesting composition of our
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but it can also add problems. Locally we
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can get too_ . carried away . with the
independence of each of our communities
to the point' where there is a, : hopeless
duplication of -services and resources. We
are in danger of building; city states of•the
kind-- that were, "evidenced in ancient
Greece. Our towns and villages have,been
Obsessed' with having every facility pos-
sible so they won't have to depend on other
Communities fir . any service. The recent
rebuilding of arenas, forinstance, has left
uswith some facilities that will alwaysss
be
under used and runningun costs. How many
dance halls and banquet halls seating
+1400-500 peopie, tan we really support in
Huron County?
And in . Clinton right now they're
planning, to build an expensivenew
swimming pool; one that will obviously lOse •
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taxpayers when in Vanastra which is
almost asuburb of Clinton; there is already
inindoor swimming pool which is also
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losingtons of money.Yet the people of
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Clihtpn are so.independent that they don't
want to have anything.to do with the
sharing of facilities. Oh people claim that;
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transportation is a problem but if they were
really:interested in a Common sense
approach' the transportation issue could be
solved., Well. that's they're problem,
going to pay; for what, with towns and
villages arguing'with their surrounding
a for facilities
townships over helping to pay o facilities
used by everyone.
1. we're involved in the same:
Nationally
kind of arguments. Quebec and Ontario are '
fighting over whether workers front one,:
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ce should be allowed to;work: in; the
province
other province. Ontario and Alberta are
r in
fighting over oil. rices: Alberta is guarding
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its old. wealth like an old lady holdingonto
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her. purse straps in the middle of a;, park
muggers. Premier Lou heed at
filled with mu m $
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this upbeat time of his province's history.
would like to build walls around the
province to keep the. wealth' in and fend off
the restofgreedy Canada.
Self sufficiency has; if anything, ibeen,
overlooked. in the last few.decades as we
We have
'have rushed to specialization.
people who would like Canada .to forget
about manufacturing many things we can't
mune 'and have to' be su orted b. the
to such things. The ttgtic for provincial' except that through senior government
rights has been one of the toughest battles graTh 'n nts w;ewe'il' allhave be chisppinguabbles somethingwho' in.
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fought jn this ccfuntry, C.ocally we have e a o
To theediior:
do "efficiently" and to Specialize ,in what
we can do best. This sante trend has found
its way to provinces, towns and , even to'
family . farms .which are often"totally
dependent on one product: Diversification
p
h wihtin reason. Self sufficiency is
is healthy Y
health within reas
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healthy.).
The robelm is that we have to put more
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of that reas.;n.into ourself sufficiency. We.
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have to learn to co=operate to share those.
services or resources that'cannot possibily
be provided' everywhere: When this
country Was being built the pioneers strove
for self-sufficiency because they-, had to.
They . -also, , however, worked co-
operatively, again -because they had too.
How 'much stronger, happier and better
our communities and our country would be
today if they could bring back those
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principles of the early :pioneers.
Driver in a rush: kills, f amly
This letter is addressed to anyone Who
has run over some domesticated animal
and never stopped hit and run:
Last Wednesday evening our beautiful,
dog was killed, run ovr by sot'ne vehicle
whose driver did' not have the decency to
stop and tell us what he 1.14td done. It is a
good thing she was noticed before morning
and the Mess, Which the driver'left, was
cleaned up before the children went out to
catch the bus and found her.
Granted, you will probably say she Was
only a dog, butour family loved her, and
.felt secure *hen she was here to watch and
atdard the place. We had tried to keep .her
ott the road, and she wash t on it often, batt
ince atthe .....on . 1. . :o.U.
Once he wr ng tittle was et►ough.
The speed limit past our place p p o is 60 kith
or 37.S mph.it this what you were
travelling: at? 1 think not because of the
damage you did. Just think what would
have happened if that had been a person,
Say an elderly .petsott or child? 1 realize a
tttat t that tittle of
Child is unlikely to be o
night, youalwaysP but do.traVel the speed
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ntit at other times of the'day? There did
not appear to be any skid or brake marks so
it is assumed no attmept was made to stop,
it seems in these fast moving times that
ver , few have time to slow down for.
a his . We are in such a iiu to get
g rry
places that we do not have the time or
patience to wait or slow down for
something or someone Who is slower or as
in the ease of our dogin the way.-
Ruth Campbell
Winthrop
leadExpos,
tor froiiin rover to cover
Eneiosing:eoupon plus cheque for 12'.00
for I year renewal to your paper' •
finjoy the .paper as usual some special
parts of course among them Something to
Say" Iry Susan. People - in fact Tread It - as
does 't t►' from eover to eever. Good Lucia
Sincerely •
Atte Hamilton
Whitby+ Clot.
Beat wishes for 1979. We enjoy getting the
Ettpositer as it brings us up to date on the
Seaforth and area people and what is taking.
place in the town where once we were a part.
We don't missy our snow storms and this
winter has been cold but hardly any snow,
'Looking forward to the paper coming for
another year. Sincrely,
Ether and Olen Piste.
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