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Too • there was - a 20-foot • .14teti1C•:. ,SnAani!,kgg
affe; a six. footrsix kangaroo; - Denise Larle; Monkey
and ten little kanaroogers who • Michael Scott, Brian,. :Aft.'
cavorted all over the ice. There Brian Ritchie f t
was. a gorgeous,pccorn from Arnie
out of the past wit .,,.„,elve baby ....illa. Tigers; Nancy:: t2'
unicorns. As we..„ :there were_ ;•- Sandra •Raston, •Mar3t ;Was
zebras, tigers -"and', monkeYs• Stinnissen, Ann , HoSte, Dianne:
These .provided the theme Phillips, Mary HagWert,411
"Talk to- the Animals" for the Jayne Cardno.- TheSe girls
junior saters. , • also zebras in another--M040..
Local skaters in •this group - For the senior skaters, more
A, colorful show was Provided
for the 700 spectaters on Sun-
day _afternoon at the Seaforth
Community Centre by. the 92•
skaters 40E108 part in the 49th
tinAMil'aariltval of the $eaforth
Figure Skating, Club,
was au !Ater-Club show
fiat 0 participants from
clubs Goderich, Clinton, and
St.' Marys.. as well as all the
members; of the Seaforth club.
The ,youngest member of the
Seaforth club is two years- old.
Highlight of the• show was
the elaborate cositurning, esti-
.mated value abaft* $9,000. Es!-
PeclallY 'kelerftiliiiere'T'the ani-
mals Created by 111.r .I and Mrs.
WilliaM Craven of 004eriCh, all
made ,o-f woo& and „Wire, thin
paper, thiP15L,PaPer,,81lie,
,pasto and 'pain. IPA 'Joyce,
Goderich, assisted' with the
meehanization of these animals.
Work on the costumes was
begun last, April by Mrs. Cra-
ven. As an indication of their
beauty is that, in the Birds of
Paradike number the 14-foot
tail of the fabulous peacock-re-
quired two people working
cwt
'I Catherine -Ribey, Jamie Ritchie,
Scott, Mark iMeLlwain, Robbie
Smith, Bobby Espey, Lynn Mc-
Latighlin, Mark Pinder and Eli-
zabeth Scott. Kangaroos: Bar-
Were 'unicorns: -Jane Merton,
Bobbi Dale, John Dale, 'Jim
sophisticated numbers were
from scenes of the BroadwaY
productien, "Funny, Girl" and
a Chicago Fire Dance tiacte.
very realistic by bright red in
Wile dresses with flaming etint-
son chiffon capes and ,red and
bara Chesney, Ellen Stewart, yellow feathered headdresses.-
Lori Savauge, Joanne Schenck, . (Continued on Page -4)
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Legion Sponsors
Brothrhood -Night
(By Leo II{;gan) sistance programs—all this. is
The ,Legion sponsored Broth:-
erhood blight •was successful
when large representative
groups from the various 'ledges,
churches and service clubs met
at the Royal Canadian Legion
Hall, Wednesday evening to Asking what haS this to do
hear Frazer. George. Earle, Na- ,with Canada, Mr. Earle said he
• tional Program Director in On wondered •• whether we h a v e
tario for the Canadian Council been aroused as we should be
of Christians and JewS. by the continuing evidence of
true, but we' face the, appalling
prospect that we• Shall use our ,
new scientific knowledgeinend
all life On earth. It is possible
we are last-generation of the
human race". -
listed bin-in a Ptiinber: of cases, several properties were asses,'
sed to the same •ewner., The old records, carefully written' :In •
ink, are as 'legible as when Mr. Martin' inscribed them " 28
years ago. (Staff photo): -
Tuckersmith Taxes In 1841
Mrs, Jean Cairns is examining the tat roll for Tuckersmith
Township for the year 1841. Her grandfather James Martin
was the first tax collector in the township and continued in
that office for a number 'of years. There were 122 properties
'Help ..Minor Hockey • .k f Seaforth.OPtimists awing other activities•this year, have
assisted in'the minor-hockey program. Here president Alf Ross
presents minor hockey secretary Jack Eisler with a cheque .
for $100 as a contribution to the program. (Staff photo).
Few Tuckersmith Buildings
hen 1841 Taxes Collected
religious, radial and social dis-
crimination inCanada. Afr. Earle, introduced by Gor-
don • Wright, congratulated the
various.organizations on being "Canada is important today,"
present for the occasion. He he continued, "Not for material
' stressed the point of his topic reasons, but essentially because
"Canada the vast country with of the fact that her outlook, af --
the small population, everi_ATOffie and abroad is widely ap-
though it is in the Millions"-:'He predated. There is an apparent
.pointed out that, we live in a answer in history. Canada is not
world of fantastic, almost in- hampered in her presentation
credible, contradictions. of democracy.
"We have, in our history, nev-
er injured or attacked anyone.
We maintain a desire to be free
from' imperfections which crip-
(Continued on Page 4)
Grows
Better
Bulbs
Ontario Weeklies
Meet in Ottawa
There is a secret in grciwing
beautifully colored and sweet -
smelling hyacinths in the win-
, ter time according to John Tre-
meer. Its all a matter of keep-
ing the bulbs where its not too,
light and not tpo cold he says.
As an indication that he knows
how best to grow the flowers
he brought an example with
him which is om display in
the Expositor office,, It, is one
.of seven he has grown this
year.
Mr_ Tremeer gromls the bulbs
in glass jars of water which re»-
sults in long stringy roots but
lots of 'bloom.
' Weekly newspaper publishers
and their wives from across On-
tario attended the_ annual 'On-
tario Weekly-Newspapers Con-
vention at the Chateau Laurier
Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, last
week. Earl Morrison of the Nap-
anee Beaver was .Convention
chairman.
Official Welcome
Delegates were welcomed on
Thiirsday - evening by W. R.
Workman, publisher, of the Win-
chester Press .and president of
the association.
• Irwin McIntosh of North Bat-
tleford, Sask., president of the
Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association, addressed the dele-
gates. There were speakers on
all aspects of weekly newspaper
publishing during the business
cleared and were under some
form of cultivation.
Many of the names appering
on the list are those of families
who through the years have con-
tinued as residents of the town-
ship and who today continue to
be represented.
These include the family
names such as Moore, Carter,
Townsend, Carnochari, C5mpbell,
Breamont; Lcndesborough, finish
Wilson, Murray, Chesney, Bell,
McLean, C o op er, McKenzie,
Westcott, Nott,' Rattenbury, Mc-
Donald, Munroe, MeKay, McGre-
gor, Walker, Van Egmond, Dor-
sey, Chalk and McCann.
acres of which - on the average
less than 10 acres were cleared.
Few properties contained' build-
ings, there' being but nine build-
ings assessed in the township.
These included two timber
houses, 3 frame houses, a stone
house, two grist mills and a saw
mill. By the next year the total
had risen to 11 buildings includ-
ing a merchant shop opened by
George Worzley on cont. 1, lot 16.
In 1842 the assessment reveal-
ed there were 32 horses, 107
oxen, 186 ,milch cows and 145
horned catille in Tuckersmith.
There were no vehicles, no dis-
tilleries but 1661 acres had been_
Organize
V
ootball
"Never before have human
beings known so much about
or exerted such extensive con-
trol over the national forces a-
mong which we live," he said.
Continuing. he said, "The school
boy today knows more about
the world , than Plato ever
dreamed. We know about Our-
selves—our bodies—our minds
—mu relations to one another.
We have the knowledge and re-
sources to provide a good life
for all.
"We could end poverty, re-
dupe disease, abolish the grosser
forms of ignorance by' applying
knowledge and teehniques that
are already available. We live
at a time when there "is more •
kindness and charity in our re-
lations with one another..
"Our record of public and
private altruism .has no preced-
ent—never before has there
• been anything to equal the his-
tory of public decency and pri-
-vate kindness that marks social
welfare activities in many lands
— the Christian Missionary
movements --z• the work of the
great foundations—the national
and international technical as-
•
Toronto Exhibition t'•
Was Feature in '95
sessions.
Dorsey Biggs, Atlanta, Ga.,
foremost authority on newspap-
er make-up, was a guest speak-
er.
There was "keen competition
amongst all the newspapers,
particularly for the general ex-
cellence and photographic
awards. •
General Excellence
Ugder 2,500 circulation: 1,
Actdfu Free Press; 2, Durham
Chronicle; 3, Beamsville Ex-
prest. 2,500-5,000 circulation: 1,..
Renfrew Advance; 2, Fort Erie
Times Review; 3, Grimsby Inde-
pendent. Over 5,000 circulation:
1, Newmarket Era; 2, Stouffville
Tribune; 3, Tillsonburg News.
Tabloid under 3,500 circulation:
(Continued on Page 4)
Can you imagine the finest
hotel accommodation in Toron-
to for as little as $1.00 per day?
Well, that was the rate quoted
in the official progrIm of the
1895 Canadian National Exhi-
bition,.
The old program was recently
uncovered in a Brucefield house
• .The St. Columban fOotball
team held an organization meet-
ing for the coming season Sun
day afternoon with a good turn-
out of interested• fans.
Officers for the year are:
President, Jim Malady; secre-
tary, Kennejl Galloway; treas-
urer, John Moylan; publicity
director, James McQuaid. Hairy
Ryan and Dave Mclnally are co-
captains of the team.
Theteam will continue play-
ing in the London and District
League. Anyone interested in
playing soccer should contact
any of the officers or the co-
captains.
'Compared to rates today taxes
in Tuckersmith were a bargain
125 years ago, The rate then.
was one penny per pound of
assessment, which would lie the
equivalent of about two mills
today.
The 'authority for this is the
collector's roll for Tuckersmith
for 1841 and 1842. The rolls are
in the 'possession of Mrs. Jean
Cairns of Seaforth. Her grand-
father, James Martin, was the
tax collector and the rolls have
always been retained by mem-
befs of her family.
Mr. • Martin's commission in
1841 was issued by John Askin,
Clerk of the Peace, in dearly
legible „handwriting. It reads:
"You are directed to collect
the several sums of moray set
forth on the four preceding
pages being a true copy of the
assessment taken for said TOwn-
ship for the year 1841 amounting
in the whole to the sum of twen-
ty-five,poundS, eighteen shillings
and ran pence 2/5th and that
you pay the same into the hands
of the treasurer John Harris,
Esquire, on or before the first
day of October next. By order
of the Magistrate."
The. commission for 1842 is
in a similar form but is signed
by Dan. Lizars, as clerk of the
peace on behalf of "The Court
of General quarter sessions of
the Peace and - of the District
Council."
While the tax roll was rela-
tively small the trend towards
increased municipal.. costs al-
ready, was apparent.. In . 1842"
there was added "343 penny to-
wards the erection of a lunatic
astilifein TIC, as' directed, by
Act of Parliament" as well as a
penny per acre and an unspeci-
fied amount as may be "levied
by 'council". This. latter amount
totalled over 59 pounds and in
1842 represented nearly half of
the total taxes levied., In 1841
total taxes were £25.
The assessed value in 1841
was £5527 and this had increas-
ed to £6025 by the next year.
The records indicate that in
.1841 most of. the lots were 100
'Presents Budget
On Television'
A first in parliamentary pro-
cedures will be established on
Tuesday when TV' cameras re-
cord every moment as Huron
MP? and Provincial Treasurer
Charles 112acNaughton presents,
the Ontario budget. It is the
first time the actual presenta-
tion of a provincial budget has
been recorded by TV.
The,„program in color will be
carried -by CBC and cTv and
efts underway at 2:30. It is ex-
pected to' continue for approxi-
mately two hours.
SPS Students in
Speaking Honors 0'.
KAREN COUTTS
17. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Coutts, Walton, has
won the senior typing cham-
pionship for district 10, com-
prising 20 district secondary
schools. She attained a net
speed of 65 words a minute.
Miss Coutts and Janice Sil-
lery, also a SAS student,,, took
team honors at the meet
(Staff photo),
Naine .Public ,Speaking Champions .
;Winners in the Public speaking :centeSt at Seafertli Putb- are Joanne Bode, Suian MaxVielf, Dawn Woo& Jane Baker,
Sehonl received ilieh4 prizes from Mra. Don Ktinder,4 Mem- Barbara Brady, Anne Itibey; :can Hildebrand and Elizabeth
her of the Huron County. Board of 'Education. Shown (left) Johnston. (Expesitor photo by Phillips): •
Many 'of the parents with
Children attending Seaforth Pub`'
lie School took advantage of
the open house last Thursday
evening to see the displays of
work, arranged by the children
hi each classroom. After visit-
ing the rotims they were able to
hear the final round of the pub-
lic speaking contest conducted
throughout the school in re-
cent weeks.
Silsbee/11 speakers, form
groups took part and results
by Arthur Alexander, a former
McKillop Township farmer, who
now resides in Brucefield.
Two Toronto hotels, the
Queen's on Front St., 'and the
Rossin House at King and York.
Streets, must have been the
luxury hotels of the day as
they advertised rates as high
as $4.50 per day and could ac-
commodate up to 350 patrons.
Private boarding houses were
also available to accommodate"
the flock of visitors attending
the exhibition, They posted
rates from $300 to $5.00 .per
Week.
Admission to the fair grounds
in 1895 was only 25c and if you-
hid a five cent piece you could
ride the newly asphalted Tor-
onto streets all day on the elec-
tric street car, which the pro-
gram describes as equal to the
hest on the continent".
The ,program says that dur-
ing 1895, the 17th year for the
exhibition, attendance figures
were expected to near 300,000.
This represented an increase
fro rn Ow P0 000 visitors who at-
tended the initial exhibition in
1P79. Modern day attendance
exceeds 3.000,000 'visitors.
The program went on to say
that, the Exhibition had at this
time attained the position of
being the world's largest an-
nual fair and thgt visitors and'
°exhibitors alike came from all
across Canada and the United
States, as well 'as many from
Europe.
The grounds were described
as covering over 100 acres with
many buildings erected at a
total cost exceeding $600,000
The population of Toronto was
given as, almost 200,000 in 1895.
Metropolitan Toronto's popula-
tion today exceeds 2,000,000:
The highlight of the 1895 fair
was the "Grand Pyrotechnical
display entitled "The Belief of
Lucknow" ". The program des-
cribes .it as follows:
(Continued on Page 4)
were: Primary Jame Raker 1st
Anne Ribey, 2nd; Stephen Hilde-
brand, and Jeff McPherson.
Junior —Elizabeth Johnston,
1st; Susan Maxwell, 2nd; Hea-
ther McPherson' and Michelle
Savauge.
Intermediate —Joanne Bode,
1st; Dawn Wood, 2nd; BM O'-
Shea, and Barbara Chesney.
Senior —Barbara Brady, 1st;
Joan Hildebrand, 2nd; Cheryl
Benntwies and Ken Doig.