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IN THE YEARS AGONE
"Birdie" loses to a seven on Seaforth golf course 1939
July 12, 1889
• On Monday morning last, while a daughter
of Mr. John Raspien, of the 100th concession of
McKillop, was assisting in the hayfield, she was
seen by those at work with her to suddenly fall
to the ground. She was quickly carried to her
father's house and a physician, who arrived
soon afterward from Seaforth, gave his opinion
that the young woman was prostrated by sun-
stroke. The case was proved a serious one for
the patient and in spite of all that could be done
to restore her she remained in a completely
unconscious state until Wednesday aftemoon.
She was somewhat better on Thursday
morning.
• The nicest torchlight procession ever seen
in this town was that which escorted the fire-
men from the station on Friday night last.
The stores will be closed on Friday next from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m., during the great lacrosse
match between Stratford and Seaforth. This
promises to be the most exciting match ever
played here.
• The first meeting on the Board of Directors
of the Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company
of Ontario was held in this town on Tuesday
last.
• We have frequently urged upon the town
authorities the necessity of havig some effi-
cient system of inspection over the private
hydrants in use in town, and we once again
direct their attention to the matter. An official
should be appointed whose duty it would be
to make a daily round of these hydrants and
wherever one is found open the owner of, no
matter who he may be, should be deprived of
the use of the water for the remainder of the
season. One of the warmest and driest days
this week, there were three hydrants within
two blocks open while the noon pumping
was going on and they had all been open for
some time. Now, if a fire were to take while
these hydrants were open so much power
would be used as to render the works practi-
cally useless.
July 17,1914
• The fire brigade was called out early Friday
morning, the little house in the rear of Mr.
Byrnes livery barn being on fire. The fire was
stopped before any serious harm was done. Its
origin is a mystery, as the house has been
vacant for some time.
• The delightful rains during the early part of
this week just came in the nick of time and
have had a most beneficial influence on the
grain and root crops and although there is a
good deal of hay out yet it will not be injured.
Not for several years have the prospects for
an abundant crop of all kinds been so prom-
ising as at the present time.
• Kruse Brothers tile and brick plant, in
Egmondville, are now turning out one hundred
thousand tile and brick every month. The
Messrs. Kruse are steadily increasing their busi-
ness and now have one of the finest plants in
Westem Ontario.
July 14,1939
• More than 8,000 Orangemen of forty dis-
trict lodges from Perth, Huron and South
Bruce counties jammed into the Village of
Brussels for one of the country's greatest
Twelfth of July celebrations ever known in
the district.
• To have a birdie on a hole and still lose it to
your opponent, who took a seven, was the
unusual experience of G.D. Ferguson at the
Seaforth Golf and Country Club this week.
He was playing No. 5 hole with J.M. McMillan
and J.E. Keating, when after his second shot
the ball struck a bird, killing it instantly. Mr.
McMillan went on to win the hole, despite
Mr. Ferguson's birdie.
• Seaforth will cooperate with the other
municipalities of the county in upholding
the equalized assessment of the county,
which the Huron County Council has
dopted, Seaforth council decided Monday.
Two municipalities, Goderich Town and
Stephen Township, have appealed the
assessment, council learned.
• Hundreds of district children daily make
use of the Seaforth Lions Park and Pool. The
Lions Clubs annual Summer Carnival is
being held at the park this year on Wednes-
day, July 26, when the people of the district
will have an opportunity of showing their
appreciation of the facilities provided for
their use.
July 9, 1964
• Tuckersmith Council established a tax
rate of 11 mills for general purpose at the
July meeting Tuesday evening. The rate is
up two mills from last year.
• A Seaforth area student was one of eight
in Canada to earn a gold medal award pre-
sented by the Business Educators' Associa-
tion of Canada. She is Sandra Hugill,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugill, RR 2
Seaforth.
• Building permits issued since the first of
the year total $79,850, down slightly from a
total of $87,650 during the same period last
year. The total this year includes the new
Bell Telephone exchange, two residences
and a new store building.
• Announcement was made this week of
the sale of Smyth's Shoe Store Ltd. to Rob-
ert J. Read. Mr. Read has taken possession.
A number of SDHS Cadet Corps are attending a
cadet leaders' course at Ipperwash. Included in
the group are Cadet Sgt, William Morris, Cadet
Cpl. Fred Kentsch, and cadets William
McGrath, William Boshart and Fred Welland.
July 12, 1989
• One year after a study recommended
that Huron County's Huronview Home fo
the Aged in Clinton be rebuilt at three loca-
tions, both the province and the county
have agreed to go ahead with at least part
of the proposal. But there will be no
extended care home in the south of the
county, and consequently, no additional
extended care beds in the south, beyond
the private care now available there.
• Town council will soon be considering holi-
day openings for retail businesses in Seaforth. A
public meeting was held on Thursday, at which
some local businessmen requested council
pass a bylaw permitting retail businesses to
open on certain specific holidays.
• An accident north of Seaforth Thursday
morning resulted in injuries to two local young
men. Both were taken to Seaforth Community
Hospital where one was treated for a broken
collar bone and discharged, the other was taken
to a London hospital for treatment for a frac-
tured pelvis.
• A local man got a letter from the NHL
this week. Scott Driscoll of Seaforth
attended a referees' clinic recently, and
there he made contacts that will give him
consideration to be recruited as a National
Hockey League official. Recruiters will be
watching Scott over the next couple years.
Seaforth welcomes
internat• ional guests
Whitney South
Huron Expositor
Seaforth welcomed a group
of European visitors as part of
an exchange program with the
Junior Farmers.
The Huron County portion
came at the halfway point of their
trip, and the students carried on
to various destinations for a break
week including the Calgary Stam-
pede, Toronto and Montreal.
The group toured several
farms and communities during
their stay, and even got a
chance to visit some local
beaches and take in some Can-
ada Day celebrations.
"It was great getting to learn
about each community," said
Martina Reiberer, from Austria.
"The exchange is all about learn-
ing things and taking ideas back
home!"
For Reiberer, seeing the way
farmers work in Ontario was an
inspiring experience.
"Canadians are very open to
meeting people from all over the
world," she said. "I really like the
farming here because the people
are so motivated to start new
things and make things bigger
and better."
Harry Thompson, 22, from Northern Ireland; Martina Rieberer, 20, from
Austria; Libby Stewart, 25, from Scotland; and Ramona Hasteolt, 28, from
Germany, visited Seaforth as part of an exchange program with the Junior
Farmers.
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