The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-27, Page 3p:
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BROWNIE PACK ENROLMENT—The
Seaforth Brownie pack held their ne A he enrolment
ceremony Tuesday night at Seaforth Public
School.' The members of the Brownie pack are
(back row, left to right) Theresa Campbell,
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Pebble Melady, Janice Meat, Patricia Maloney
and, Shelly Nigh rand' (second row) Loretta Lynn
'Glanville Lisa Henderson Tracy
r r y .Roth, Sharon
Ginty, anal, (third row) Sheri " Kling, Karen
Murphy, Holly Reeves, Jessica Mennell. and
Sandra Mcl.nall , Ex ositor. hoto
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Somethingt
by,.`Susal i. WFijtg •
Well, whether We like it Or
,pot we're into another year,
And since l'rn the sen
.timental type: the, end of a
year always sets me to:'
reminiscing, to pondering, to.
making ail, sorts of promptly
broken resolutions. about my
future conduct
Now, since this issthe end
of a decade, yoy can just
imagine howmuch of that
I've been doing. About ten
times the usual amount.
W'heue • were you on
December 31, 1969, the last
time we went through this
exercise?.' •
• The better half and I were
in a cabin in Malaga, Spain.
Wewere on an extremely low
budget camping, and hitch-
hiking trip through Europe.
But it rained for about 30.
days straight .on the Costa
del Sol (Sun Coast, .hah!).
in Spain that year. (Look out
the window now )and you'll.
g�et a good idea of what it was
lite.only
0 , The consolation
about this year's Christmas
weather is at least you didn't
pay S1,000 to experience it in
Spain!)
We'd given un on our
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sodden tentand were
sharing a smali, Chilly cabin
with a couple from. Toronto
•wetravelled with for awhile,
Wine was cheap in Spain in
those daysand we toasted
the new Xear in gaily and.
entertained, each other with
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tr ,v l horror stories.
If anyone had asked.. me
my own case•
Seaforth! as in the grip
(no pun,intended) of a flu
.epidemic right after Christ-
mas,,„
hrist-
mas, 41969 with no visitorl
allowed at the hospital,
parties and , meetings being
a e cancelled, and as soon as it
was back .in session, high
then what the ' •;seventies
would , bring for me I'
wouldn't in my wildest
dreams have mentioned mest
of what'sactually occurred.
And, on the threshold of the
eighties, that . fact is
immensely reassuring.
aFor I';m not interested in
frknowing` ahead what's in o5•
store. I like surprises and
intend to continue taking one
day at a time. .
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MKEN 27,
• •;absenteeism from . the
schools.
A central ambulance dis-
' patch had just opened at
Seaforth C:ppfltunity
l;•osl Mrs. Vi
Hulleypitawas shownand operatingolet
it in a front page Expositor.
photo. An active Teen -
Twenty group, with Cindy
erth
FofA
raises $1 7
But, my personal recollec-
tions got me to wondering
what wast: happening in
Seaforth ten years ago as a
new decade dawned. Here,0'
a bit of what 1 found out, with
the proviso that trying to
predict the future for our
'area • in the eighties from.
what happened then is likely
as useless as it would, be in
Chri}s. as
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Editor's note Don Meta ` of S.
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Columban, who is studying his third year
of universitythein Fran "
in no : t France, to the city
of Besancon near' the Swiss border,send
Expositor readersadescription of
Chniscotasand
New Year's celebrations in
that country. D n will o . >,< h be returning o the
Universityof Western'Ontario in the fall to
complete his final year of a combined
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French and English'..:.A. Dori, is the son of
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Ted and Fran Meladv of St. Columban. ,
BY DON MELADY
Christmas in''a new country -what's it
like? It's not cutting your own tree in the
gently falling snow or carolling door- to
door,: in the nippy. cold. But it is a' child's
'wide eyed excitement and anticipation or
.the friendly greeting on thestreet and a
general feeling of peace on earth; good will -.
to fellow men, Yes, like most aspects of life
in a new country; it's the .differences that
first come to mind. But it's the sinriliarites,
across Linguistic, '`political, and cultural:.
boundaries, that stay in the mind with the
most lasting impression.
Here in Besancon, a small French cit
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near the Swiss border, theubhc . utilities
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men were on the -street in late November
putting up the Christmas decorations and
lights: New, just like in any Canadian city,
the downtown area glows every night -with
lights of green and red and garlands above
the sidewalks. The store windows are, of
course, full of Christmas specials and
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animated displays, And' thestreets and
storesare getting busier and busier as
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see how few sho ' in days are left
people W pp g y
until' Christmas.:
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
In all the homes. too•• ,re ars ions are
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beingmade. The Christmas tree,always a
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fir tree called the sapin, is bought and.put
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inplace the week before the, big day: It is
decorated just as we decorate ours,not
., surprising when you remember that. this
tradition began in Germany France. As
holly ' and mistletoe. both r naturally
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here. they 'also figure prominently in the
decorations: With a:holl tree right outside
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mywindow it's not had to:Let in thee.
Christmas spirit,
• And of course the creche, the
representation of the stable of Jesus' birth
with— all the figures, is :a'. particularly
important, part of the decorations: in this
country which created • the first creches in
the 'twelfth century:. Ea home has': one.
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often`liand-carved and handed dovtrn from
generation to. eneration. Traditionallythe
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Three • Wise Men: ' are placed on the
opposite side of the' room when the stable
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is first installed: then, each day; as;
Christmas draws nearer the children of the
family. move 'the 'Magi closer and closer. as.
though drawn by • the ' Shining :Star.' Of
course the figure= of the Child' Jesus is
never placed in the manger until' midnight
on December 24.
'Here in France Christmas Eve • is a
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very important 'part of the, celebrations.
The festivities 'start early in the evening
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when'the children ,of the house bringdown
their Shoes (not stockings) to place infront
of iheChristras. tree. Then it is up to the
children to provide the entertainment. This
'little concert consists of. Christmas songs,
special recitations memorized,just for, -the
event, and :.usually an enactment 'of the
Christmas stgry.
Around 9 :30 the familysits dow for the
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big holiday feast) u t a much a tradition as
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in Canada but with some differences. Here
.the,.main course in a. din de au. marrons
a , large ;,turkey stuffed with' a special.
mixture of rice; r -and chestnuts ,,and
garnished with' whole flamin chestnuts.
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father Christmas, who descends from the,'
;clouds, slides down the chimney, and fills
,the -shoes with fruit, chocolates and ifts.
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Those who: have seen. him 'say he's a
e 'chubby, jolly, man with a long white beard.
s However he'wears a floor 'length robe with.
hoed Arid of ourse, he •only comes to
children who have been very good. •
e', NEWS YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS
New Year's • Day in France is also a
very major celebration. For one thing it is
.traditional to send New Year's cards with
• best -wishes for the com' g year, instead -of
Christmas cards, The meal on January first
is even more exoticthan:a week earlier
with oysters and other shellfishbeing the
principal fare. Another special cake is
This:.is also the meal when the family ;,'served. at New Years:' Called, the ca1�n drier '
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brings. out its best wine-champange, the (calendar) it is a large, flat cake decorated
kingof wines, is the usual drink. The Meal
to represent the end of the old year and ' the
is topped off with another Christmas 'startofthe new. ,
tradition-la,buche de Noel or Yule 'Lo • a Taken
B'+•as a whole, a French Christmas is
rich, moist cake >rolled and, decorated " ,lot celebrated with the
same fervour
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rvour
and
look like a tog.,Th s=feast for the eyes hostof traditions' as in some
other
mouth usually ends by 1 f:30, intin a for then, 'Curepean countries-Geman or Spain,. for
whole family to'go to Midni •h '-"Mass exY P '
g t; ample. It seems'; though, that what is •
along, candle -lit service celebratin , Jesus' international, be it in a ada or.i
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birth. ° ... ,: is the desire to celebrate this festive
+•The celebrations start early again .op season with something out of the ordinary
Christmas morning when the children. as and with an extra helping of good will. and
they do the;, world over, wake* at the crack family togetherness.
of dawn to discover what` presents they So, whether it be Merry Christmas or
have received. Our Santa Claus must have: `.'Joyeux Noel', Happy New Year or
a European first cousin who looks after: the "Bonne Armee"; 1 hope everyoneenjoys
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giftgiving here in France is is Pere` Noel this • 1 t' f t th f 11
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Hope it'll Cbe one smooth o° o . °
sleigh -ride of a .year.. for ourp°a ° o •
loyal patrons. Best of luck in •
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Correction
Oh no, the Christmas
gremlins have been at ' it•
again!
Last week, thelpicture of a
school concert published on
page 3 of The Expositor,
under the cutline of the
Huron Centennial School
concert. was in fact a photo-
graph of the St. Patrick's
concert in Dublin, 'photo-
graphed last year. The
picture had been pulled -from
our files for use in our Year:.
in Review, and was mis-
takenly mixed in with photos
of this; year'sconcert at the
Brucefield school. Our only ..
defence is. the photograph :
was so appealing we`
thought it was worth running
a second time.
We apologize to ,students
at both Huron Centennial
and St. , Patrick's for the
mixup. _
THE HOUSE. MOVING Seaforth shoppers couldn't be blamed for
wondering if their eYes were playing tricks on them on Thursday morning
when this house passed by on Main Street. The former Eckert home was
being moved to a' new location by Jim Abra•I fuse Mover,'of Corunna,.
Ontario. The house is being moved to the lake between Bayfield and St.
Joseph's for use as'a summer cottage. (Expositor Photo)
Lifting. thecurtain•
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evvYear
Peeking In to -
welcome a
chance for
new hopes„
new joys, new
goals, and a
renewed
opportunity
to serve our
friends.
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Eisler as president, reviewed
a year in which it bad
donated over $1,110 to
worthy local projects. And
Grade 6 at SPS raised 323.
for theJunior Red Cross, In a
photo with the money were,
Tina Maidens,. Ruth and
Ross Gooier, Barbara
Chesney and Kevin 'Bennett;
The children of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Cronin of
R.R.1, Dublin were out en-
j4ytng apony ride behind the
miniature old time cutter
which' their uncle, Frank had:.
v v v built them. Meanwhle,
Hibbert reeve Ross McPhail, .
ford: sought the Perth warden's
be .matched with, provincial
funds then the $17,000would
n go to the grain bank and they
d would be ready to take any
flack from contributors. who
might be offended by the;
move,
"I .had a lot. of people
phone up wanting to be sure
that this money was going to
farmers . , ,.I don't think it's a
big threat," said Green.
Federation President Tony
VanKlooster said the,switch
might complicate: the'•mailing.
of receipts to' those who
• donated money; however,
ny, ,
Green said the UCO would
be handling the receipts and
doners could still' claim their
contributions for tax deduc-
tions.
The Huron CountyFeder-
ation .11f Agriculture found .
themselves facing, the same
problem a 'few ' weeks ago,
. accordingto `' MacFarlane.
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They had raised S24,000 but
decided: it; should go to the
•'general -fund' because that
was the original intent of
donations: -
"Huron reasoned that ar lot
of cities `and 'urban areas.'
gave money that was given to.
farmers..and if`? balanced -
out" said MacFarlane.
The directors for the Perth
• Federation also decided to
send letters of thanks to
those companies and drivers
who delivered hay and straw
from Perth to Oxford.
In other busine the dir
ectors made plans for the:
Annual meeting of ,the ,Perth
shortages • of grain among Federation slated foe Febru-
these.'farmers" he said... • arylath 1980.
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Green said he' has been
The Perth, County Feder-
ation of Agriculture has
raised more than $17,000 i
donations for, those in O'xfor.
Coun?y hit by last August's
devastating tornado but now
the Federation directdrs are
not sure•.if the money"should
go to the Tornado Relief
Fund, '
At their 'December meet-
ing the directors•were told by
fund raising chairman Ken
Green that' the money 'might
not be used to its best
advantage..in the general
fund.
Green said there has been
talk that, the province will
soon be withdrawing its'3 to
dollar matching program
because the 12 million dol,,
tars in claims to'the fund has'
nearly been met.
Officials at the'?Voodstock
office co•ordinating the dis-
aster fund have since said
they'are not aware of an.
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intentions of, the province to
terminate the funding.
Green said the money 'is
most needed for grain bank
which• would supply farmers
with -g rain feed for the rest. of
the winter. to . Crops, were not
covered; under ` the general
fund and some farmerspost
thousand o dollars s f dol ars worth of
feed..,. ,
"The farmers feed
whether stored or out in the
'field was not considered and
that could amount to more
thanthe'eost of'anY house in
town" said Green. -
"There's some awful
chair, and won it.
Keith Ruston: of Seaforth
picked up S232.66 in
groceries in the : ,Optimist
sponsored shopping spree.
Margie Eckert was Snow
Queen at SDHs.
Other winners: were John
B. Sinclair whose house Was
judged best decorated the
PUC's annual Christmas con-
test, in those power plentiful
days. `The Tom. Wilbee re-
' sidence "came second.
Winners of the Expositor's
• annual Christmas, colouring.
contest (yea, ' it's still going,
and this year's, winners will '
,be announced • next week)
were Lorraine McKay of
Dublin, Brett Finlayson, of
Harpurhey and Robbie Smith
of Egmondville.
- And:. Seaforth merchants
were offering' a. really big,
Christmasl? resent to
Seaforth shoppers. It: was a
draw, in which' over 400,000
tickets. were entered for a trip
for two . to 'Bermuda. The
winner, and it took a couple
of weeks' beforethe prize was
claimed, : was Mrs. Ken,
(Mary) Doig.
There's.- piles more • locale.
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history the the issues of the
Expositor s annin .the
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change of the last decade.
It's of Varying degrees es of
ry g ere Itt-- impo
rtance and interest. its�fun to look t .just
it's fun to review the last
year, or even the last decade '
of our. own lives.
May the next one, and the
next ten for, all , of us be as
fruitful. And to repeat/hat
old Chinese curse, ':really a
blessing,;. "May you live in
interesting times."
unofficially advised to hand
the money over tei the United
Co-opratives of Ontario
(UCO) k ho are managing the
grain ba k..:.
He'sai grain was the real
problem and that Perth
farmers were wonderful' in
their contributions of bay and
straw. "With, hay' and straw
we've , got all that's ever
going to be needed, there's a
lot in storage and . a lot
delivered too." -
The directors found them-
selves left with a difficult
decision.
The ' Perth Federation."
had canvassed for the funds
under the understanding that
the money would go to the
disaster fund not the grain.
bank. •
Federation fieldman Don.
MacFarlane said hewasn't
trying to sway their decision•
however they better be pre-
pared to deal with people
who may not have wanted
the money to go to the grain
bank: `
The directors agreed that
if the money wasn't going to
A toast to
one; and all
on 'this-,
festive
occasion.
HAVE A
GLORIOUS
GLOWING
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EN 3M�fiH
POOLS LIMITED
'Sea#arih
Looking forward r'
to clear skies and
happy days at we
start the snow -fresh .
year:, Thanks to all.
•
ay your
New Year be a
beautiful balloon
of bright and
wonderful
dreams come
Otte!
The horizon= looks bright
hope it's smooth.
sailing all year long!
SEAFORTH INSURANCE AGENCY
ARNOLD;
STINNISSEN
Sun Life Assurant
Company of Canada