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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Erection of new school buildings in
Egmondville and Harpurhey considered
Property complaints cause people
by township school board in 1887 to
decide not to live in small towns
June 24,1887
• Quite a large club known as "Th
e Jubilee Sporting Club, in Hensall
has been recently organized among
the sturdy yeomen and their sons of
the fi rst concession of the township
of Hay, for the purpose of engaging
in the manly sports such as running,
jumping, vaulting, throwing the
shoulder stone, etc.
• On Tuesday morning last,
about eight o'clock, a valuable
breeding mare and foal owned by
Mr. Angus McLeod of the third
concession of McKillop were
struck by lightning and killed.
• Mr. Clarkson has let the con-
tract for the erection of his new
brick residence to Mr. John
Lyons, and Mr, Copp does the
mason and brick work.
• At a meeting of the Township
School Board, held at the school-
house in Egmondville on Satur-
day, the question of the erection
of new school buildings at
Egmondville and in the Harpur-
hey section was fully considered.
• In the Guelph Mercury we
find the following complimen-
tary paragraph: "Mr. C.F. McBride
of Seaforth, Ont., who has just
graduated at the Guelph Business
College, leaves shortly for St.
Pauls, Minneapolis, where he is
about to engage in the wholesale
produce business."
• We have the pleasure of
noticing that Miss Mary Goven-
lock, daughter of Mr. Robert Gov-
enlock, of McKillop, has passed
her examination of the Toronto
Normal School, and received a
grade A certifi cate.
June 28,1912
• A very quiet but pretty wed-
ding took place at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. John McGill of
Galt on Wednesday, June 12, at
eleven o'clock a.m., when Mr.
James T. Grimoldby of McKillop
and Miss Dora E. Howes, eldest
daughter of Mrs. Henry Howes, of
the same township were united
in marriage by Rev. A.J. Johnston,
of the Methodist church. Th e
marriage of Miss Mary Alice
Cameron Bell, the youngest
daughter of the late Andrew and
Mrs. Bell, of Kippen, was solem-
nized at two o'clock on June 26 at
the home of the bride's mother
on the London Road.
• A football match was played
in Withrop on Wednesday even-
ing between the Egmondville
team and the local boys. Th e
teams were fairly well matched,
and the game resulted in a tie,
each team scoring one goal. Mr.
R. Hays of Seaforth acted as ref-
eree in an impartial manner.
• Miss Mary Brodie McWatt
has been left a legacy of $161,000
by the will of the late Mrs. Cook
who died in Toronto recently.
• An order has been issued by
the Railway Commission that
trains must not exceed a speed of
ten miles an hour crossing the
Main Street, Seaforth.
• Mr. John Dodds, of the Sea -
forth pop works, is now using his
auto truck, made specially for him
at the Clinton works. Mr. Dodds
intends using it for delivery pur-
poses throughout the district and
thus save time and horsefl esh.
June 25,1937
• The annual Huron County
achievement and program
planning day held Saturday in
offi ces of the department of
agriculture, Clinton, proved
successful. Forty-six girls from
all sections of the county,
together with 10 group leaders,
exhibited their work and partic-
ipated in the judging
competitions.
• Northside United Church,
Seaforth, will observe its 60th
anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 24,
according to Rev T.A. Carmi-
chael, the minister.
• Th e gaily decorated and spa-
cious Cardno Hall in Seaforth
was well fi lled on Friday evening
to see the pupils of Kaye Macken-
zie, Stratford, present the "Top
Hat School of Dancing's" fi rst
dance revue.
• Plans for elimination of poles
from Mains Street are progress-
ing, and on Wednesday an engi-
neer from the H.E.P.C. spent the
day in town going over the sys-
tem with local officials and map-
ping out the new lines.
• Miss H. Isabelle Graham is in
Toronto where she will attend the
National Covention of the Cana-
dian Authors' Association to be
held in the Royal York on June
28-30.
• Miss Edna Rivers of Alma
College, St. Th omas, is spending
the holidays at her home in
Seaforth.
June 28, 1962
• Area life insurance under-
writers were honored in London
recently by the national Under-
writer's Association. Arnold J.
Stinissen of McKillop and Gerald
Holland, of Dublin, received
national quality certificates,
which were presented
"in recognition of quality life
underwriting service to the pub-
lic as evidenced by an excellent
record of maintaining force and
extending the benefi is of life
insurance."
• McKillop voters rejected beer
outlets by a narrow margin on
two questions Wednesday. In a
vote that saw 71 per cent of the
eligible voters go to the polls,
55.68 per cent were in favour of
beverage rooms for men and
women, while 55.8 per cent
favoured beverage rooms for
men only. To be approved, the
questions required a 60 per cent
favourable vote.
• Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Lamont and family, of Galt,
brought Mrs. Margaret Lamont
home on the weekend. She had
spent over two weeks in Galt,
Delhi, Orillia and Hamilton with
her family.
June 24,1987
• Area residents are invited to
participate in an historic town
photograph as part of Seaforth's
Canada Day celebration
Wednesday, July 1. A similar
photograph of area residents
lined up and down the town's
main street was taken in the late
1880s. In addition to being a
historic record of the day, the
photograph will be used to pro-
mote the town of Seaforth and
attract much needed industry to
the town.
• Th e principal of Seaforth Dis-
trict High School and his wife, a
guidance counselor there, are retir-
ing for the more relaxing job of
traveling around the world. Harry
and Maureen Scott said they
decided to retire and do something
different with their lives other than
teaching, heading a school or giv-
ing advice to students.
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