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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-07-08, Page 5Wednesday, July 8, 2015 • Huron Expositor 5 opinion www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com Contributed photo RBC supports Seaforth Public School Seaforth Public School has had a recent boost in their Playground Renewal Project fundraising as a result of donations from the Clinton and Exeter branches of RBC Royal Bank totaling $2500.00. Shown at the recent cheque presentation are RBC Royal Bank representatives, Raj Chemra, Lorna McKercher, Lisa teBrinke and Cindy Hamather, Seaforth Public School principal. Sitting in front are kindergarten students Kylin Wilson, Lauryn Maloney, Grace Rastorfer and Mitchell Masse who are looking forward to the new equipment. IN THE YEARS AGONE Large covered grandstand was destroyed by fire in 1915 July 4, 1890 • Mr. B. Smillie of Kippen, who has been attending the Toronto Normal School, is home at pre- sent. He thinks Toronto is nice, but it hasn't attrac- tion Kippen has. • The electric lights on the commercial circuit here in town area still working in a very unsatisfactory way, are in fact practically useless, and if the council does not take immediate steps to secure a better service the merchants will have the lamps removed and will go back to the old system of coal oil lightning. • Mrs. Knox of Harpurphey has furnished us with a sample of the largest and most delicious strawber- ries we have ever seen. Some of them measured as much as five inches around the one way and five 3/4 inches the other and the flavour corre- sponds with the size. They were grown in their own garden and do their credit as a horticulturalist. ■ On Thursday of last week Mr. Archibald Scott, of the firm of Scott Brothers, musical instrument deal- ers of the town, sold four pianos and on the follow- ing day three organs, all to persons in this coun- try. This makes two pretty good days' work. July 2,1915 • The large covered grand- stand at the race trackwas completely destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon last week , together with considerable fencing along the track. The wooden stand burned like tinder and its quick col- lapse was all that saved the agricultural hall. The loss will be heavy one to the Turf Association, and doubly so, coming only two days before the annual race meet. • At a special meeting of the Brussels council last week, the contract of put- ting down four blocks of macadamized roadway to the south end of Main Street was let to Mr. Thomas McLean of Wing - ham, the council to fur- nish all the stone. • The Brucefield commu- nity is very proud of the young fellows who left here for England to fight for our King and country last week. They were Messrs. Nesbitt, Harry Smith and Stewart Knox. The cement walls at the new Brussels grist mill are completed and the work is being rushed ahead. July 5,1940 • While driving to his home in Constance on Thursday evening, Leo Stephenson struck and instantly killed a deer which suddenly jumped from the ditch in front of the car. • The almost continuous rain which featured the month of June was cli- maxed on Sunday by a cloudburst, which caused considerable damage to crops and gardens. The storm came up suddenly and within a few minutes roads and fields were cov- ered with water, while higher places were white with hail which, in a number of cases, covered the ground to a depth of nearly two inches. • Lance Corporal Ferg Bul- lard of Winthrop sent a cable from England on the 17th of June, saying that he had been back safely to England. Ferg has received a stripe since going to England. • The seventh annual Sea - forth Collegiate Institute scholarship has been awarded to Miss Alma Lawrence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Law- rence of McKillop. July 8,1965 • The competition was keen but Reeve Earl Dick of Hibbert sustained an early lead to come out on top of the first Lions Club log rolling contest at the Lions Pool this week. • Joan Coleman, Miss Topnotch, was selected Queen of the Lions Carni- val. Other contestants included Elsie Gosar, Wendry Fry, Joan Sinclair, Cheryl Moore, Elizabeth Smale, Linda Kennedy and Nancy Berger. ■ Work on a rebuilding pro- gram to include beverage rooms at Dublin Hotel will begin as soon as possible. The way was cleared on Wednesday when McKil- lop Township ratepayers approved beverage rooms for men and women. • Jack Chiphase of Hensall has signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. Leaf officials said he will probably be assigned to the Tulsa Oilers. July 4, 1990 • A plan to turn an empty Vanastra warehouse into either a chemical trans- port transfer station, a low-level PCB processing plant or a tire recycling industry has been put before Tuckersmith council. Robert Gibbings, representing 0' Bailey's Waste Management Ltd. out of London, appeared before council at their last meeting to go over a list of development proposals. • Former bus driver Tom Wilbee recalled 40 years behind the wheel. In 1949, Mr. Wilbee started driving a school bus with a com- pany owned by Scott Hab- kirk. He commented that winter storms were a lot tougher in the past.