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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2015-05-06, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, May 6, 2015 I I I www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com iron Expositor PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 P.O. Box 69, 8 Main Street Seaforth Ontario NOK 1 WO phone: 519-527-0240 fax: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor [p] POSTMEDIA NEIL CLIFFORD Publisher neil.clifford@sunmedia.ca MAXWELL BICKFORD Advertising Rep. max.bickford@sunmedia.ca MARCO VIGLIOTTI Multimedia Journalist seaforth.news@sunmedia.ca DIANNE MCGRATH Front Office seaforth.classifieds@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Sun Media Group Publisher Grey Bruce Huron Division 519 376-2250 ext. 514301 or 510 364-2001 ext. 531024 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 YEAR $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GS1) 2 YEAR $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) SENIORS 60 WEEKS $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 120 WEEKS $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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Canada editorial Dutch -Canadian bond fortifies two nations From Afghanistan to the Mideast air war against ISIS, Canadians have lived through a generation of warfare in which the objectives are often ambiguous to the public and victories as difficult to divine. There was no such lack of clarity 70 years ago in the soggy lowlands of Western Europe. Canadian troops, punching above their weight, helped to pry the Nazi jackboot off a tiny country left shattered and starving after Hitler's brutal, five-year occupation. The Netherlands was on its knees and, as much as any one country can claim credit in what was an Allied fight against the Germans, it was the Canadians who lifted the desperate Dutch back on their feet with deadly sacrifices the grateful nation still honours. This past Tuesday marks the 70th anniver- sary of the capitulation of German forces in Holland, followed two days later by Germa- ny's unconditional surrender to end the Sec- ond World War in Europe. Hong Kong, Dunkirk, Normandy and Italy -- Canadians paid terrible prices in the fury and folly of the war's land campaigns. In the skies over Europe, and on the North Atlantic, they paid again. But when the Dutch commemorated their liberation this past Tuesday, they saluted not just the 7,600 Canadians who gave their lives to free them, or the country that sheltered members of their royal family during the war, but the enduring legacy of friendship the war forged between the two nations. That bond is renewed each spring at monu- ments in Canada and in Europe. But it finds its truest expression, quietly, in the lives of millions of Canadians linked to the decades of post-war Dutch immigration to this country, which peaked in the early 1950s with more than 20,000 arrivals a year. From across The Netherlands they came -- poor farmers with large families, their prospects bleak at home; professionals starting all over again; and the children of war - weary Dutch who, given a choice, made Canada their top destination when they could have gone to places like the U.S. and New Zealand. Arriving first at Halfax's Pier 21, and training across the country, they came in later by air when trans- Atlantic flight became affordable. They went to cities and towns and especially to Canada's vast rural reaches, making our country better. In freeing the Dutch, Canada also nurtured itself. IN THE YEARS AGONE Large Iamb draws attention in 1890 May 9,1890 • Mr. Michael Swarce of Colborne has a lamb which at birth weighed 23 pounds. Can a larger lamb at the age be found? If so, where? • WORLD NEWS - James Sevial, 101, and Mrs. Amy Terrence, 83, were married at Laurel Forks, West Vir- ginia last week. • Brucefield - business is very dull here right now, and news is scarce. • Mr. John Doig Sr., a well-known resident of Tuckersmith, having disposed of his farm and stock to his son, William Doig, teacher, left Kippen station on Friday last for Algoma. May7,1915 • Edward Robinson of the Huron Road, two miles west of Mitchell, has sold his 200 -acre farm to Mr. Forester of Newmarket for $20,000. There is a good brick house, fine barns and conveniences on the property. • Fifty-five babies were photo- graphed by R.R. Sallows of Goder- ich on Monday last week, the occa- sion of his annual baby day, when he presented a photograph to every baby under 18 months. May 10, 1940 • St. Patrick's Parish Hall was filled to capacity on Friday when a four -act drama, The Dust of the Earth, was presnted under the capable direc- tion of Rev. Dr. Ffoulkes. Special commendation goes to the cast, Dan O'Rourke, Helen Dantzer, Dorothy Molyneux, Ryan Jordan, Joe Ryan, Mary Woods, James Krauskopf, Leonard Nagle, William Hanley, Ursula Krauskopf. • Miss Alva Elford, daughther of Rev. and Mrs. James Elford of Egmond- ville, has won for the second time the Graduate Resident Fellowship in Classical Archaeology for 1940- 41 at Bryn Maur College, Pennsylvania. May 13,1965 • There are going to be no marathon council sessions in the future, if members can prevent it. In the dying hours of the Monday meeting, which ran on until nearly one o'clock in the morning, Coun- cillor Jas. Kelly made a motion for greater prepartory work and formal recommendations. • Seaforth's firework display, which in recent years has attracted increas- ingly larger crowds, is being spon- sored this year by the Merchants Committee and the Seaforth Fire- men. They plan a major event on the Main St. and fireworks will take place in Lion's Park at 10:30. • Huron Presbytery of the United Church of Canada met at Centralia elected Rev. Arthur Higgenbotham, Walton, as chairman for 1965-66. • In an action inititated by Constable E. MacNeil, the Supreme Court of Ontario has been asked to declare null and void a resoultion of Sea - forth council which terminated his employment. May 9, 1990 Learning by doing, learning by example, and the benefits of one- on-one situation are paying off for a group of Seaforth Public School students who are being tutored by Seaforth High School students in reading and language skill build- ing. The 18 students, ranging from Grade 3 to Grade 5, are meeting with their High School counter- parts for one hour a day over two weeks. Working with only one child for each two-week session, the S.D.H.S. tutors - senior grade Fam- ily Studies students - are giving the kids a helping hand with all-impor- tant reading and grammar founda- tions, in ways that a classroom structure is not always able to. With an eye to the waste manage- ment proposals being drawn up by municipalities involved with the Mid -Huron Landfill Site, Gerry Noble of the Seaforth's Nobel Sani- tation appeared before Tucker - smith Township council on Tues- day night to outline details of a recycling program for the township and specifically its two hamlets of Harpurhey and Egmondville. After five hours of cutting expendi- tures Monday night, the Huron County Board of Education passed a budget which allows for a 13.4 per cent increase in taxation, but no growth in the school system. 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