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Park Gifts
Additional gifts contributed to
the Lions Park and Pool
Maintenance Fund include the fol-
lowing:
Dave Stewart $10; Alex Boyes $10;
Len Ford $5; Jas. Slattery $10;
Mrs. Lou Sills $5;, McConnell Si
'Stewart $20; Mrs, E. Ellis $5;
W. L. Whyte $5; MacLean Flow-
ers $5; Mrs. -Tillie Dunn $2;Gar-
ry Osborne $2; Ball & Macaulay
$25; J.J.Oleary $5; Bill O'Shea
$10; Gordon Heard $5; Jack Case
$5; W.R.Bryans $10; Emile Isza-
covics $5; Habkirk Transit $20;
Jim Dapple $5.
Gifts may be forwarded to the
treasurer, W. D. Stephenson,' or
left at any Seaforth bank.
JOAN ANNIS
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Annis, R.R.#3, Mitchell graduated
from Stratford Teacher's College.
Joan has accepted a position at
Upper Thames ElemeatarySchool,
Mitchell. She will, be teaching
Grade 4. ' •
GLENDA MARGARET JOHNSTON
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Johnston, R.R.01,,,Varna, gradua-
ted from the St. Thomas-Elgin
General Hospital School of Nurs-
ing on June 17, 1970. Sheobtained
her elementary edudation ,at S.S.
#7,, Stanley Township and corn-
pleted high school at Central Huron
• Secondary Schobl in Clinton. She
has accepted a position at Lake of
the WoOds Hospital, Kenora.
earth merchants will combine in rides, games and a. parade. The
featuring a sidewalk sale. • Carnival theme will be em-
A street carnival in which phksized throughout the two day
local orgattizations will be asked sale event, a committee spokes-
to assist, will get underway on man said.
the Friday night as soon as the The Chamber of Commerce
stores close. Suggestions which committee includes Ken Linget-
the committee is considering in- bath, ,Marlen Vincent, Walter
elude .a street dance, kiddies Westerhof and Robert Read.
For the first time in the 40 year history of Seaforth Legion
Branch 156, the Legion and Auxiliary are headed by a husband
and wife team. Cleave Coombs was installed as President
Saturday night and his wife, Peggy 'Coombs, had been installed
previously as President of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
(Phillips Photo)
Rec. Committee
Rebuilds, .Diatnond
Increased interest in local
ball involving several minor • „
Assessment office enumer-
ators are working their way
across Huron and Perth calling
on,eyery family as part of a new.
program introduced by the prov-
ince following the takeover of
assessment responsibility.
E. F. .Halt of the regional
assessment office at Goderich,
who is in charge of the pi-oject,
said the enumerators were selec-
ted from lists which the office had
available and with the help of
Canada Manpower. In some areas
it 'was necessary to search out
people who would act "he said.
Those enumerating in this
area are: -
Hibbert:
Mrs. Jean Armstrong, Mrs.
Margie Moore.
McKillop:
Mrs. Greta Hoegy, Mrs, Marie
Johnston.
Hullett:
Herbert Beacom, Win. Dale.
Seaforth:
Melvin Acheson, , Mrs. Shirley
Dinsmore.
Tuckersmith:
Mrs. Doris Cantelon, Mrs. Alice.
Boyes.
teams and an industrial league
' has resulted in the rehabilitation
of the diamond at the Main Street
South Recreation grounds:.
The Seaforth Recreational
Committee at a meeting Monday
A re at Work
evening agreed to the installation
• of new back stop plates and bases.
Enumerators
as well as additional drainage
and levelling. Details were dis-
cussed with Ken Cardno, who re-
presented the Optimists at the
meeting.'
Ed.Taylor, who headed a
committee' which sponsored a
recent skateorama at the Arena
on behalf of local boy and girl
activities suggested a nunib'er
of roller skates in stock should .,
be replaced. He indicated lack
of proper skates could have a
bad effect on attendance,. The
committee agreed and approved
purchase of a maximum of 10
•pairs.
Reporting for the recentparty
honorinWhe Beaver•Hockey Club,
trea.silreY WY D. 'Stephenson said
the total cost of the dinner and
dance would be about $150. •
The meeting agreed to accept
installation of an illuminated
sign board on which advertising
is being sold by 'representatives
of a bulletin board company.
In other business a grant of
$100 was approved towards cost -
of a bus tour fort'senior citizens
being organized by the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary.,
It seems that the recent an-
nouncement of the shut-down of
the Sherlock-Manning plant in
Clinton signals the end of an era
in the town's history as a manu-
facturing centre for musical in-
stru ments. This fact comes to
light as a result of an ad In the
Christmas Number of The Globe
from Toronto, published in 1885.
The ad claims that the organs of
W. Doherty & Co. of Clinton, Ont.
"are superior to all others".
The old paper, along with a
copy of "The Weekly Globe and
Canadian Farmer" dated July 8,
1881 (and a Huron Expositor Al-
manac for the year 1889) were
Brought into the Expositor office
by Ceeil Bowman of Staffa.
The Christmas Globe Was
printed as' a Supplement and in-
chides stories, articles, edi-
torials, songs and trivia related
to the holiday season. The pub-
lication also featured a short
story competition for amateur
authors and the entries in this
contest are very enlightening as
to the way of life in all levels
of society in Canada almost a
hundred, years ago.
"The Weekly Globe and Ca-
nada Farmer" of July 8, 1881,
devotes much of its space to the
assassination of U.S, President
Garfield of which it says "Not
even when the martyred Lincoln
fell by the assassin's bullet did
a more intense thrill cif horror
pass through-this continent than
on Saturday morning . . it was
Flowers for the Town Hall
' For some years Seaforth Brownies -have made use of accommodation in the Town Hall.
Anxious to, show their appreciation the Brownies turned out in strength Monday evening to
plant flowers in the new flower boxes in front of the Hall. The members took their task
seriously as the determined expressions in the picture indicate. (staff Photo)
Youth Skates 28 Hours
To Aid Boys', Girls' Work
uron
Plans are underway for the
official opening of the new Sea-
forth Egmendville link and of
the new Silver Creek Bridge.
Mayor F. C. J. Sills, on be-
of council and the Chamber
of Commerce, has extended in-
vitations to Huron M.P.P. Hon.
Chas. MacNaughton and to Hon.
George Gomme, Minister of • Highways, to officiate. A choice
of three dates in mid July and
early August has been given the
ministers and it is expected a
firm date will be agreed on within
a day or two.
Preliminary plans worked out
by a Chamber of Commerce com-
mittee provide for the official
°petting on a Thurday afternoon
or evening. During the next two
days, Friday and Saturday, Sea-
As Street Program Ends
rT First Section, Pages 1-8 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970
Dancing .and•Sale Event Province Proceeds
Whole No. 5336
111th tear
With Hufiett Project
4
Creation of a wild life sanc-
tuary northwest of Seaforth in
Hullett Township is being pro-
ceeded with according to Hullett
Reeve Hugh Flynn.
The project, announced orig-
inally last winter, resulted .in
area wide debate as to, the merit
of converting township land into
a sanctuary.
The provincial government
has exercised options on the land
of eight Hullett Township farmers
as the first step In the develop-,
merit\ of a 5,000-acre wild-life
sanctuary along the banks of the ,
Maitland River, Hullett Reeve
Hugh Flynn told the Expositor
Wednesday,
Mr. Flynn said according to
a letter he received Saturday,
the province has decided to go
ahead with the project aimed at
promoting tourism and attract-
ing thousands of Canada geese
to the marshy area.
The letter, signed by Prov-
incial Treasurer Charles Mac-
Naughton, read in part: "The
department of public works is
proceeding to complete trans-
actions with eight of the prop-
erty owners who have signed
options. The other owners will
be contacted in succeeding
Conestoga° Names
New Secretary
Miss Deborah Miller of Sea-
forth has been appointed
Secretary to 'Ross Milton, Ad-
ministrator, in Huron County for
Conestoga College of Applied
Arts and Technology.
Miss Miller will be located at
the Huron Information Centre in
the 'Federal Building in Seaforth
which is open each day from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Part of her
function will be the disseminat-
ion of information to interested
persons.
Miss Miller graduated from
Grade 12 at the Seaforth District
High School and froto ,Special
Commercial at the CentralHuron
Secondary School in Clinton.
Papers Late
From Strike
A number of area subscribers
to the Huron Expositor received,
their papers a day late last week
when copies became involved in
one of the rotating one day. strikes
which postal workers have been
featuring. "
Papers left,Seaforth as•usual
early Wednesday evening and
when the 'strike' began at mid-
night were either in Stratford
or London offices ready for for-
ward dispatch. The 24-hour
strike meant that instead of going
forward as usual Wednesday night
they were delayed a •day thus
reaching subscribers Friday ra-
ther than Thursday.
weeks."
Farmers in the area, whose
land makes up the 5,000-acre
package and owners of adjoin-
ing farms, expressed fears "ar-
tier this year they would lose
their properties through expro-
priation. They were assured at
a March 5 public meeting the
project would not be undertaken
without their consent.
In the letter, Mr. Mac Naugh-
ton said: "I have now been in-
formed by the, department of
public marks that 36 property
owners have been contacted. Of
these 34 have expressed an in-
terest in selling. This indicates
that, more than 90 per .cent are
in favor of the government pro-
ceeding with the project."
"Nobody seems overly upset
about the decision," Reeve Flynn
said. "It all depends if they get
the good buck."
He maid he talked to one of
the farmers who has optioned his
land. "He's getting over $135 an
acre - it's averaging between
$135 and $150. He feels he's
received a good offer."
Reeve Flynn recalled 'pro-
blems which the township raised
with the province when the pro-
ject was first announced. "We
are continuing to discuss details
as to how the sanctuary will
affect, the township so that their
interests will be protected", he
said.
Mr. Flynn said because there
is very little cash cropping in the
area, the land sale won't be too
hard on the farmers. He said
most of them have beef or dairy
herds.
"Most of them have decided'
to either cut down or change
over. The cattlemen will still
have enough pasture but they'll
have to' get their feed in from
somewhere else."
Mr. Flynn said plans call for
the development of the sanctuary
over three or four years with
land that is now water-covered to
be putchaSed first.
The • area involved begins 3 3/4
miles west of Seaforth and two
concessions north of highway 8.
A dam will be located at the
Clinton end of the area.
He said some land would, be
flooded in 1970, some in 1971 and
the rest in 1972 and 1973.
Smiles .
A truck driver went into a
restaurant and ordered a steak
and coffee. Shortly, a gang of
eight motorcyclists roared up,
parked,. and went inside. The
leader. walked over to the truck
driArtr and put a cigar into the
driver's steak. Another gang
member put his cigarette in the
coffee. The driver got up, paid
his bill' and drove off. "Not much
of a man, that truck driver,"•
said the leader. "Not much of a
truck driver, either," com-
mented the waitress, "he just
. ran over eight motorcycles."
the papers, however, is the ad-
vertisements. Classified Ads ap-
pear on.the front page of the
Weekly Globe rather than in the
middle or at the end of the paper
as is common - today. The help
wanted 'column offers a: teaching
position in Madoc at-$400 per an-
num. The Properties fdr Sale
lists a 100-acre good loam farm
available for $1,300. The regular
ads concentrate mostly on Patent
.medicines, with tonic guaranteed
to cure all chronic disease being
offered for $1.00 per bottle from
various manufacturers.
The advertising froni the
Christmas Globe has much more
variation and is equally interes-
ting.' In addition to all makes 'of
pianos and organs, there are ads
Proceeds from the ,roller-
skate-a-thon held in Seaforth
arena over the week-end will not
be known until all pledges have
been tabulated according to Ed.
Taylor who was in charge of the
event. About 140 skaters took
part.
Sponsored , by the Seaforth
boys and girls committee, the
money raised is to be used to
continue the renovation of the
Scout Hall purchased by the Lions
Club three years ago.
The Hall provides quarters
for Boy Scouts and other youth
groups,.
The 'marathon started at 10
a.m. Saturday with 36 skaters.
Others joined during the day:
Originally the skatexa-thon
was to have terminated at 11p.m.
Sunday but ended at 3 p.m. as the
number of beginning skaters
Police Check
Park Breaks
Police are continuing inves-
tigations into a series of incid- •
ents at Seaforth Lions park which
resulted in damage to the picnic
pavilion.
On a recent week end lighting
units were torn from the pavilion
and sixteen florescent 8 ft. units
were smashed. During the prey--
ious week end several boards on
the side of the building were sma-
shed.
by machinists, grocers, clothiers,
jewellers, distillers, printers
and the makers of patent medi-
cines. One very noticeable dif-
ference between the advertising
in the 1895 Christmas Globe and
today's Christmas advertising is
that there is little' reference to
the season itself in the old ads,
Perhaps the most noticeable
quality which makes the ads so
interesting is the fact that they
are the only part of the papers in
which Illustration is used to any
degree. In the body of.the news-
paper s pictures are non-existent.
and drawings are rare. This is
due to the fact that newspapers
did not have the technology which
makes reproduction of pictures
-so easy today.
dwindled down to one. Lorne . prize, $50, went to Ken Doig,16,
Whittakel, 24, of Seaforth. of Seaforth, who skated 28 hours,
He skated for 29. hours win- 40 minutes. Ron DeWitt, 14, of
ning the $75 first prize. Second Seaforth, skated 28 hours, 10
minutes winning the $25 . third
prize.
Elizabeth Ball, 15, Seaforth
and Sally Everett,
• spent 20 hours .on,-their roller
skates stopping at 7 a..'na.
Gary Eisler, a grade 9 stu-
dent skated 16 hours studying for
his math exam while circling the
rink.
Frank Reynolds, 58, -R.R.2,
„Seaforth won the prize as the
oldest skater after two hours on
wheels,
Ralph Bremner, 8, Seaforth,
who skated six hours, won the.
prize for the youngest to par-
ticipate.
His family all joined in with
his father Frank- Bremner skat-
ing 17 hours, his mother 6 1/2
hours, brother Charles 11 hours
and sister • Patty Ann, 7 hours.-
Still anxious to skate alter a ;total of 29 hours .on roller
skates, Lorne Whittaker of Seaforth is congratulated by Ed.
Taylor, who was chairman of the Skate-a-thou committee
which sponsored the endurance ,contest Saturday and Sunday.
Looking on is Ralph Bremner, 8 , Seaforth, the youngeSt
contestant in the event. He skated 6 hours: (Staff Photo)
Dalrymple, Past President; Jack Eisler, Secretary anti S. P.
Flannery, Sgt.at arms (rear) Cordon Watt, 2nd. Vide, Lea.
Leofthardf, Property; Neil Bell, House; Ebner River,' Sidlt
and Visiting ; pert McClure, Ways &- Means; Chas. Wood,
Sports; Toni Wilbee and J, C. Cornish, Service.
(Photo by Phillips)
Peter Stinnissen graduated
and received a baChelor of arts
degree of the faculty of science
at the University of Western On-
tario at last week's convocation
• ceremonies. He is a graduate of
Seaforth District High Sdhool.
JOANNE MtIIMNGER
daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Del-
mer Meidinger, John Street,
Seaforth, graduated from .Strat-
ford's Teachers College. She
has been .ernployed by the Wel-
lington County R. C. S. S,Board.
PAUL HAGAN
son of Mr. Leo Hagan, recently
graduated from Sheridan College
of Applied Arts and Technology,
Brampton. He, is a graduate of
St. James' Separate 'School and
Seaforth District High School.
soon recognized that one of the
blackest crimes in history hid
been perpetrated - a crime re-
lieved only by the circumstances
that the' murderer seems to be
undeniably insane." The story
goes on to explain the circum-
stances surrounding the event,
a summary of reaction around the
world, and an analysis of the
character of the assassin and his
motives which were readily con-
strued from a series of letters he
had sent to government officials.
In other stories the paper reports
on an unusual wave of suicides
sweeping the country, one of
which took place in Grand Bend
where a man shot himself in the
head with a revolver.
The phenomenal growth of
railroads which took place in the
1880's is also evident. The paper
reports on the planning of many
of the small lines which eventual-
ly Made up the Canadian National'
system, It is interesting to note
that today, less than 100 years
later, much of the service on
these same lines is being discon-
tinued.
At, the Toronto Farmers'
Market according to the "Weekly
Globe", fall wheat was selling for
$1,18 to $1.21 per bushel, 'Spring
wheat sold from 11.20 to $1.23
and oats went for 404 a bushel.
Fresh eggs sold for 15/-164 a
dozen and butter brought 10 to
181 a pound. In comparison, last
Thursday's prices at Winnipeg
for wheat for export 'ranged
around $1.70 per bushel while
oats sold from 701 to 761. The
, wholesale to. retail price for
Grade A large eggs at Toronto
was 39.8/ while the Canadian
Dairy Commission selling price
for butter was 850.
• The mat interesting aspect of
Early Paper Recalls Advantages of Living in 1885
Officers of Seaforth Branch 156, Royal Canadian Legion
were installed at an impressive ceremony Saturday evening
by the installation team from the Exeter Branch. ShOvh,
following the installation are (left) (front) Mel' Melanson, Isl.
Vice; Morley Storey, Treas., Cleave Coombs, President, Wm.
Recover Car
In Dublin'
A car stolen in Goderich
Township Satiirday night turned
up in Dublin Sunday morning.
Constable John. Phillips of
the Goderich OPP said the owner
of the car, Peter Wierenga,
2, Goderich, reported the car
stolen late Saturday night. It was
about three miles east of Goder-
ich when taken.,
About 8 a.m. it was -found
behind the playground at the se-
parate school here, unharmed;
Const. Phillips said.
No charges have been laid as
the investigation is still under-
way,
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