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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Farmers paying 25 per cent interest in 1964
June 21,1889
• Two carriage loads of our townspeople
drive down to Exeter Tuesday evening to
attend the Evangelistic meetings of Messrs.
Hunter and Crossly.
• The lawn social held on Friday evening
last, under the auspices of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, for the
benefit of the poor of the town, was a
gratifying success in ever respect. The
social was held on the lawn of Dr. Smith
which was nicely lighted with Chinese
lanterns, and presented a most enchant-
ing appearance.
• An old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Okes,
had a narrow escape from serious
injury while driving into town on Mon-
day last. They reached the railway
crossing just as the train was coming in
and the horse became frightened. Mr.
Okes, having had his arm broken
recently, was unable to control the
excited animal. Mrs. Okes took hold of
the lines and showed considerable
dexterity as a horsewoman. She was
unable, however, to restrain the horse
from dashing across the track right in
front of the engine. They were fortu-
nate in getting across almost in the
nick of time, the engine striking one of
the wheels of the buddy, smashing it to
atoms. The buggy dropped on the axle
and Mr. Okes fell out but was not much
injured. Mrs. Okes kept her seat and
held on to the lines, bringing the horse
to a stop in front of McGinnis' Store.
They had a very narrow escape.
June 26, 1914
• The wheat growing record has been
twice broken since our last issue. On Fri-
day last Mr. William Chesney of Tucker -
smith came back with a number of stalks
taken from the same patch that established
the early record, measuring 65 inches, but
their glory was short-lived, for on Saturday
morning Mr. Ed. Horan, of Beechwood,
brought in several sample stalks measur-
ing 70 inches in length, and this up to date
is still holding the record.
• One of Mr. W. Govenlock's horses got
out of the stable on Saturday night and ran
up the railway track and was struck on the
head by the late train.
• The annual outing of the Huron Old
Boys of Toronto, is to take place on June
27th, Saturday, to Goderich and Wingham.
This will be the thirteenth summer holiday
of the association, and it is expected that
1,200 persons will participate. The old boys
and girls will be warmly welcomed by all.
June 23, 1939
• Mr. and Mrs. George C. Petty, widely
known residents of Hensall, will observe
the 62 anniversary of their wedding on
Thursday of next week.
• Mr. Robert Deveraux, Victoria Street,
established a record for gardeners this
week when on Monday he had new pota-
toes from his garden for dinner. The pota-
toes were quite large and of excellent
quality.
• The Seaforth football team is still hold-
ing its reputation up of not losing a game
in HFA this season.
• Since 1987 as esteemed resident of Sea -
forth, Mrs. Samuel Boyd on Wednesday
observed her 91st birthday at her resi-
dence on High Street.
June 18, 1964
• Farmers in Huron are paying up to 25
per cent interest on money borrowed for
farm equipment and other purposes, and
in the opinion of one member of county
council, is "too much for the farm budget!'
Young farmers especially are taking on
crushing burdens, it was felt. The maxi
mum obtainable by government loan has
been increased, but the time taken in pro-
cessing is said to be sending applicants to
the finance companies.
• Work began this week on the first stage
of the expansion program at the Seaforth
Farmers Co-operative, with the construc-
tion of a foundation for a warehouse which
is to be moved to a new location west of
the present mill. When the large ware-
house is moved, plans call for a new show-
room store, and office to rise in its place.
The 36 -foot by 32 -foot building will face
Railway Street.
• Huron Liberals elected William Elston,
RR 4 Wingham, as president of the annual
meeting and dinner held in Clinton Legion
Hall Friday evening. HE succeeds A.Y.
McLean of Seaforth.
• Crowding will be eliminated when a
new addition to Dublin Separate School is
completed this fall. Work is underway on
the new accommodation, which will pro-
vide two additional classrooms, a teachers'
room and a workroom. The school, which
was built in 1961, at that time provided two
classrooms but this was found to be inad-
equate for the 81 students now at the
school.
• Theieves were foiled in an attempted
robbery at the Hensall Post Office about
3:30 Monday morning. The shattering of
the glass door on the north side of the
building awakened residents, who live in
an apartment some 20 feet away from the
building.
June 21,1989
• Nobody was more surprised than Sea-
forth's Dave McLlwain when he was traded
by the Pittsburg Penguins to the Winnipeg
Jets. McLlwain and teammates, Randy
Cunnyworth and Rick Tabaracci, were part
of a three man exchange with the Jets Sat-
urday during pre -draft trade actions.
• Tuckersmith township has bought a
backhoe. In spite of a petition of 165 signa-
tures, a delegation of ratepayers opposed
to the purchase, and the general contro-
versy the backhoe purchase issue has
raised in recent weeks, a motion was
passed three votes to two in favour of buy-
ing what many in the township feel is an
unnecessary piece of machinery.
• Seaforth's Denise Morey was selected
St. Lawrence College's female athlete of
the year, for the second year in a row.
Morey, 21, who recently completed her
third and final year in the Behavioural
Science Technology program at the col-
lege, accumulated an impressive array of
credentials.
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It pays to
come home
Whitney South, Huron Expositor
Seaforth BIA Chair
Carolanne Doig presents
former Seaforth resident
Gayle Harrison with
$500 in Seaforth Smart
Money. Harrison won
the cash after entering a
draw during the annual
Shunpiker's Mystery Tour,
which took over Seaforth
May 11.
Harrison, who planned
on spending the loot on a
very specific list of items,
was excited to be able to
come back to support her
hometown.
"My friend and I have been
doing the Shunpiker tour
for years so it was great
to be able to visit," she
said. "It was really great to
come back home."
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