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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2014-05-14, Page 5Wednesday, May 14, 2014 • Huron Expositor 5 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com letters to the editor Have an opinion? Dear Editor, The Huron Expositor welcomes let- ters to the editor. They must be signed and accompanied by a phone number for information clarification. It is important to note, letters will not be able to be printed without the author's name attached. All letters are subject to editing due to possible space restriction. Letters can be dropped off at the office, mailed or emailed: The Huron Expositor 8 Main St. P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ont. NOK 1WO seaforth.news@sunmedia.ca Whitney South Huron Expositor TD makes big donation for Summerfest Seaforth TD branch manager Jason Baird presents a cheque to Seaforth BIA chair Carolanne Doig on May 5. The donation will be used to help fund Seaforth's Summerfest. Pictured here are TD branch manager Jason Baird, Teresa Baan, Mary Blake, Jackie Glanville and Carolanne Doig. IN THE YEARS AGONE Hungry pig chokes on chicken May 10,1889 The voting on the bylaw to raise $6,000 for the purpose of erecting a plants and establishing an electric light system in Seaforth, will take place one week from next Monday. As yet this matter seems to have created very little interest among the people and little seems to be known about it outside the council. If it be as some of the councilors explain when spo- ken to privately, that the works will yield a revenue sufficient not only to pay running expenses, but to provide interest on the capital invested as well, in addition to giving us a supe rior light, then certainly it is a scheme the people should accept as it will clearly be a great benefit to the town. But if, on the contrary, the outlay for working expenses and inter- esting will largely exceed the revenue, then, we think, it is a luxury which we cannot at the present time afford. Joseph Ardell, seventh concession, has fall wheat 14.5 in. long, growing on his farm. Old heads say they never saw the crop look better at this season of the year. The danger is now thought to be over until harvest. Mr. and Mrs William Sproat left here on Tuesday last for the Old Country. They expected to sail from New York on Thursday and will spend a couple of months visiting friends and relatives in Scotland. They were accompanied by Mrs. Boswell, of Seaforth, and Miss Cumming, of Egmondville. May 15,1914 The Public Library Board are constructing a cinder tennis court on the grounds at the rear of the library building. The sprightly village of Holmesville has taken on a build- ing boom. There are two kitchens and two verandahs in course of erection. Mr. Herman Albrecht of the second concession of How - ick, recently lost a valuable pig in an unusual manner. He was away from home and upon returning found the animal dead. He cut off the head and found a full-grown hen, which it had tried to swallow, stuck it its throat. The hen was also dead, of course. Mr. W.P. Thompson has leased the old agricultural grounds on Goderich Street and is having the land ploughed and will put in a crop on it. Mr. John Dodds has erected a neat metal garage at his res idence on Goderich Street for the storing of his Auto. The frame is of steel and the rood and siding of galvanized iron. The outfit was furnished by the big hardware store of Mr. H. Edge. May 12,1939 Needy Seaforth citizens will participate in the Dominion Government's distribution of free butter, the Seaforth town council decided. There will be approximately 150 pounds available for local distribution. Silver dollars, specifically minted to commemorate the visit of Their Majesties to Canada this month, were received in town on Thursday by the three local banks. On the face of the coin appears a likeness of King George and on the reverse are the Dominion Parliament buildings. Official Royal Visit medallions in bronze or silver will also be available. 89 -year-old John Foster on Friday made one of his regular trips on his bicycle from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Battier, Babylon Line, Hay Township, to Zurich, a dis- tance of two miles. Despite his age Mr. Foster enjoys noth- ing better than to climb aboard bicycle and pedal to the vil- lage. He is one of the oldest residents of Hay township. The management of the Seaforth rink has arranged a col- ourful card for the opening boxing night on Saturday evening, May 27th. Heading the list will be Gordon Messen- ger, a great favourite in last year's program, and who has yet to be defeated. Interest in Huron's first oil well is increasing as drillers on Wednesday reached 3, 020 feet. The drill is now in the oil bearing or Trenton formation, and there are already very evident signs of natural gas, according to J.F. Daly, Seaforth, vice-president of the company. Workmen are busy this week planting some 6,000 trees at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club. April 30,1964 For the first tie in many years, the Peewees, Bantams, Midges, and Juveniles will be unable to play minor baseball in Seaforth. Lack of interest by the public, especially by par- ents of these boys, is blamed. Rev. George James Perrie was ordained in Melville Pres- byterian Church, Brussels, Tuesday at a service conducted by the Presbytery of Huron -Maitland, with Rev. G.L. Royal, Goderich, moderator. "I've been waiting all my life for one like this;" was Lorne Dale's comment as he displayed a speckled trout he caught over the weekend. While he hesitated to give detailed direc- tions, he agreed it might have been caught at Grieve's bridge. The trout measure 18 inches and weighed 2.75 lbs. May 3,1989 Educators are making room for daycare. The Huron County Board of Education has an agreement to provide a day care committee with housing in Clinton. The Clinton Day Care Committee requested that childcare services be incorporated into Central Huron Secondary School. A local craftsman has been commissioned to build rep- lica cameras for a national museum. Bill Durst, of RR 4 Sea - forth, has constructed replicas of three of history's earliest cameras, to be used in an exhibit at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa. Eight Seaforth students returned home last week after a brief stay in West Branch, Michigan, where they attended school. The Turner Female Cousins Club met for their spring reunion at the home of cousin Anne Frances, Wellington Terrance in Mitchell. Cousin Marie Sutherland was co -host- ess with her sister Anne.