HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-07-15, Page 6Attention All Farmers
The time for action is here! We must have a better policy
and prices for olur milk and pork.
HEAR
WALTER MILLER and BILL LANGDON
GUEST SPEAKERS AT
CLINTON HIGH' SCHOOL
,Thursday, July 15th at 8 p.m.
This meeting tt-iiime-ht—drill-must be liffendicrbji all fanners.
CENTRAL HURON LOCAL 300 FARMER'S UNION
„ TONY DE JONG, PRESIDENT'
C ANDLELITE
RESTAURANT and TAVERN
— FORMERLY PIZZA PATIO TAVERN —
NIGHTLY ENTERTAINMENT —
DOUG ROY and THE FOOTPRINTS
COMING NEXT WEEK —
THE CHEERIOS
CANDLELITE
RESTAURANT and- TAVERN
BAYFIELO ROAD IN GODERICH „ PHONE 524-7711
—LOCAL BRIEFS
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burns spent
the week end in Niagara Falls and
Hamilton.
Mr. David'Kem1, of Frobisher
Bay was a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burns.
Mrs. Pat Troutbeck left by
air Friday for Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia where she will join Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Gehan and two
children in a visit to Rustico,
P.E.I. where they will spend
two weeks at a cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. James G.
Taman, Lynn, Allan, Deborah,
Darlene and Dawn spent a few
days with Mrs. E. H. Close on
their way "Wine to Florida
after a trio to Nanaimo, B.C.
STAG
in honor of
Steve Murray
at the
Seaforth Arena
July 17, 1971
Sgt. Taman leaves in October
for a year in Thailand.
Mrs. Pearl McFarlane 18 a
patient in Seaforth Community
Hospital,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor
of Alexandria, Kentucky visited
her sister, Mrs. Cora Barrows.
Mr.and Mrs.Thad Musselman
and son Garry of Wilkie, Sask.
and Billy Pretty, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Pretty, Regina,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. James
McClure, Walton andother relat-
ives in this area for the first
time.
Miss Marilyn Hillis of Til-
lsonburg left last week for Italy
where she will spend three weeks
on tour.
Mr. D. J. Hillis left for Ottawa
where he will spend the summer
at Ottawa -University studying for
his M.A. in education.
Doctors advise that slouch-
ing position in a car prevents
full extension of the lungs; and
this leads to early fatigue. Sit
immediately behind the wheel,
with both shoulder blades touch-
ing the seat back, the Ontario
Safety League recommends.' .
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"DTH E IWPWW4EXPOSITOFt, .SEAFORTH, ONT., JULY 15, 1971
ROLLER SKATING
Wednesday and Saturday
Nights Only
•
8 —10:30
SEAFORTH COMMUNITY CENTRE
Attention -- Veterans
Ex-Service Men and Women and
Dependents.
The Royal Canadian Legion SetVice Bureau
Officer, MR. H. W. MOYER, Provincial Serv-
ice Officer, London, Ontario will be visiting
.SEAFORTH
on
July 20,1971 at 1 p.m.
ANYONE WISHING AN INTERVIEW PLEASE CONTACT:
T. F. Wilbee, Service Officer
Phone 527-1852, Seaforth
ondon- and
District Soccer
FAG STRATFORD
VS.
ST. COLUMBAN
on
Sat., July 17th
—Starting at 4 p.m.
Seaforth District. High School Field
ADMISSION 75c
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TUES. 20th, JULY — 8:45 p.m.
Gorgeous George Jr.
John L. Sullivan
LADY WRESTLERS ° --
TAG TEAM BOUT
Chief Little Meat.' vs. The Assassin
den:. $1.50'Ringside $2.00 ids , $1.00
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* SERVICE EQUAL OR 'ETTER
* PRICES • • • COMPETITIVE
let:. Personal and prompt attention - we're as close as the phone!
. Promotes local interests by helping to provide jobs and
increase buying power
.1usiness Forms Made by Canadians for Canadians
• No extra oil to yes
• REGISTER FOAMS , STANDARD BODY AND CUSTOM
CARBON PAPER IN ROLLS OR SH'EET'S
PORTABLE AND COUNTER MODEL REGISTERS
• OA RtioN "SNAP•our•FoRMS ”PAKSET S"
• FORMS WITH CONTINUOUS CARBON FOR TYPEWRITERS
' AND ACCOUNTING MACHINES •
• 'COUNTER CHECK BOOKS AND RESTAURANT PADS*
• MAGNETIC INK CHEQUES ("m I c.0.-) • SINGLES
AND MULTIPLE COPY StTS Etc Etc
at Aura xpositrot
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RECEPTION
AND DANCE
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By Geo. L. Ellis, former
Publisher of the Goderich
Signal Star Who has written
a history of every newspaper
ever published in Huron
County.
OUINELLA
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Harness Raies'Every Sunday
J posy IDAUNE 6 to OCT. 31 ,
vanaliprogra'm's will be available Saturday's at Pullman's
Barber Shop, Seaforth,,
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..V611AMILES,,MATE
C.O./ ENENiS $4.4. • Z1.7
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crooked
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SHOW TIMES
Friday and Saturdays at 7:30
and 9:15. All- other dayt, one
show at 8:00, except where
noted on the program.
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RACING
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WALT DISNEY
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nnent of Harpurhey, neighboring.
Seaforth, was a flourilhing v11- .
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SHIRLEY MACLAINE
EASTWOOD zeirr cuNT
"TWO MULES FOR SISTER SAR/k.
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DRIVEN THEATRE
27th Annual
GARDEN PARTY
FAIR GROUNDS
KIRKTON, ONTARIO
HIGHWAY 23
WEDNESDAY', JULY 21st, 1971
Adults '$1.50 — Children 25c
Softball. 6 i00 p.m.—Juvenile Contest 7:30p.m.
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME: 9:00 p.m.
(CBC Artists and Other National Performers)
lage with at least a dozenstores,
several hotels and numerous me-
chancis' establishments. It was
for a: time larger and more Kirkton Community Association important than Seaforth. With
the passing of time, Seaforth out-
distanced it and today Harpurhey
is but a ghost of the village it
once was.
As Seaforth grew it became
incorporated as a .village on Jan.
1,1968 with a population of 1,056
By 1875 it had 'been incorporated
as a town.
A disastrous fire on Sept.
4, 1877, laid in ashAS about 12
acres of the business section
of the town. But this was soon
replaced with modern brick
buildings.
In its, heydey, Seaforth flour- -
ished with Salt wells, flour mills,
foundries, cabinet factories,
planing mills, ten blact(smith
shops, etc.
On the death of Murdo Mc-
Lean in 1916, Keith M. Mc-
Lean, who had been associated'
with his father in the business
for many years, became editor. ,
Mr. Keith McLean continued as
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"'Bird
'Witchrnaket Lean in publishing The Expositor
Associated with Murdo Mc-
The
E. was his brother, Alan. In 1872,
TONY MUSANIE
starring
stai plus Anthony Sisley, ThordiS Brandt, Ali), Moore — -- - Mc-Leairre vied as a part-
umage "F: ner publisher due to ill health
and John Lodger as Luther the Berserk and Murdo McLean carried on as
SUZY KENDALi
Free Press, noW a member news-
klIllmnprouienf 1 9 r...20 1 paper of the great Sifton chain
Sun.18 Mon.
MO stator of newspapers in Canada.
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LOTS OF FUN IN '71 '
E.- editor. Launching several gener-
ations of the McLean family as
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8 p.m. E- politicians, 'Murdo McLean re-
FIRST SHOW AT DUSK presented Huron in the Provin-
cial Legislature and also in the Children Under 12 in Cars Free = House of Commons for several
terms.
• At one time the little settle-.
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1.10Y8'BRIDGESANE FRANCIS gi
A rsmosat P.C.1 • C01.04,
Once only a dense forest
where the only sounds to be heard
were the screams of wild fowl
and the croaking of reptiles,
Seaforth eventually made itself
heard on the farming, industrial,
political, business and journal-
istic forefronts of the early days
of Upper Canada.
Because of its location in
comparatively low lying land it
was at one time known as "Guide
Board Swamp." At its four
corners''' was a noted post and
fingerboard pointing the way and
the mileage to better known mun-
icipalities in the general area.
Seaforth was so named after
the birth place in Scotland of•
one of its first settlers.
One of a trio who surveyed
the Seaforth area and contributed
largely to its founding was James
Patton who later became a law
partner of Sir John A. Macdonald.
One of its earliest claims to
fame Was that of a centre which
handled more wheat grown by
pioneer farmers than any other
point in Ontario, including even
Toronto. "Seaforth merchants
purchased this--wheat from far-
mers who came from distances
as far as 50 miles away and
more. Often scores of teams
drawing loads of wheat lined the
streets of the village waiting to
be unloaded.
Ass -Seaforth -grewso ad-the'
need for a local newspaper. Con-
sequently, its first journal, The
Huron Express made its appear-
. ance in 1860 With C. H. Cullas
publisher. By 1862, Alexander
Campbell was recorded as pub-
lishing The Huron Express - -
but thiswas ..only for a few
months. M. r. Campbell died sud-
denly and C. H. Cull again be-
came its publisher.
The paper carried on “some-
what irregularly" until 186'7.
In November, 1867, Messrs.
Penton and Colbourne reorgan-
ized The Express and renamed it
The Expositor.
Soon after this, George W.
Ross and W., F. Luxton purchased
The Expositor and they installed
as its manager Miirdo Young
McLean who came to Seaforth
from Cornwall and Ayr.
The former manager, Murdo
McLean purchased the business
.in December, 1870' after its pre-
v,ious proprietors went afield to
other interests. One ;,cif the
partners became Sir George W.
Ross, Premier of Ontario. Mr.
Luxton answered the then popular,
call of "Go West, Young Man,
Go West." He went to Manitoba
where he founded The Winnipeg
trar Ponir ournP
OUR- GRR8/96(
Yo u R PRoPERTY„.. "
editor until his ci6ath in 1948
when the management was
assumed in turn by his son,
Andrew Y. McLean, the third
generation of the McLean family
to publish the paper. A former
member of the Hone of Commons
as a representative for Hurcm-
Perth, he is also a past presi-
dent of the Ontario' Weekly News-
-papers Association,
During its history, The
Expositor has occupied three
different locations in Seaforth,
including the present one on
Main Street.
Only other newspaper in
Seaforth was' The Seaforth Sun
founded in 1876 but the name of
the paper was changed to The
Seaforth News, in 1904. Last
issue of The News was miblished
on Nov. 15, 1962, when the
proprietors, Snowden Brothers,
decided to confine their work to
a commercial printing plant.
' When The Seaforth Sun was
founded in 1876, Mr. S. Clark
and a partner were owners be-
fore F. Neelin took it over
in 1879.
Mr. Neelin decided to devote
all his time from 1902 on to
custom work with the result that
the following men, from time to
time, were the editors: W. J.
Wescott, 'L.M. Appleford, J.W.
Duncan. •
In February, 1906, Duncan
sold his interest 'to Appleford,
who carried on alone. • 1
Next,, followed another group
of editors as follows: William
R. Veale, Mr. Willoughby and
Root. D. Croft.
From 1917 • , ffie Seaforth
News was puhlished by , Rev.
James F. Snowden and his three
sons, Cyril, Oswald and Gerald:
It ceased publication in 1962.
'The Seaforth News' and its
forbearer, The Sun, were located
in three different spots over the
years, including the last one on
Main Street. •
Between the two Seaforth news-
papers there have been a total
of 22 either full or part owners.
HENSALL
Hensali was laid .out in 1877
by George and James Petty who
came put from England in 1854.
It was , not until the early
1900's, howev-e-t, that the village
had its first newspaper. This
was the Hensall Observer estab-
lished by T. Neilands.I When
Mr.,Neilan,ds died, Frank Wick-
wire carried on the paper for a
few years.
In 1960, Don Spearman of
Dresden felt Hensall should again
be able to support a newspaper of
its own and started the publish-
ing of the Hensall Observer again.
But by 1962 Spearman decided to
sell the paper to Herb Turkheim,
who managed to keep it going for
another six months before it
folded.
CREDITON
F. .J. Wickwire started The
Crediton News and also The
Dashwood Pioneer. Both of these
papers were liter amalgamated
into the Exeter Times.
ZURICH
First settlers at Zurich were
mostly German although the very
first one was a Swiss, Fred Knell.
A Post Office was opened at
Zurich in 1857.
'In 1900, Edmund Zeller estab-
lished the village's first news-
paper, The Zurich Herald. Four
years later, Mr. Zeller sold his
newspaper to Andrew Hess and
Chester L. Smith. When Mr.
Hess retired some years later,
Mr. Smith carried on.
In 1958, The Exeter Times
Advocate bought the Zurich
Herald mailing list and the latter
became a part of the Exeter
paper.
Zurich merchants wanted a
-paper-of-their-own -and'persha-detr
A. L. Colquhonn of The Clinton
News Record to start a paper
at Zurich- This Mr. Colquhoun
dist on January 15, 1958 and Herb
Turkheim was its manager.
On January 1, 1960, Mr. Turk-
heim purchased the Zifrt'ch
Citizens!, News from Mr. Col-
qulioun.
DASH WOOD
The Dashwood Pioneer was
that village's only newspaper but
operated for only a few months
haqk in 1912. It was published
by Chester L. Smith who at that
time also published The Zurich
Herald. Mr. F. J. Wickwire
started The DashWood Pioneer.
for
Mack and Janet Webster
(nee Janet Shortreed)
—Zurich Community Centre—
July 24, from 9 to 1 p.m.
Music by thii Bluewater Playboys
Lunch Provided.
ss9 Everyone Welcome
An Expositor Classified will
pay you dividends. Have you
tried one? Dial 527-0240.
RECEPTION and
DANCE
for
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Crich
(nee Donna Bromley
Clinton Legion Hall
JULY 16th, 1971
9:30 till 12:30
Bluewater Playboys
Ladies please bring lunch
EVERYONE WELCOME
CASH BINGO
Legion Hall, Seaforth
Friday, July 16
8:15 p.m.
15 Regular Games for $10
THREE $25 GAMES
$75.00 Jackpot To Go
ADMISSION $1.00
Extra Cards 25c or 7 for $1.00
(CHILDREN UNDER 16 NOT
PERMITTED)
—Proceeds for Welfare Work—
Auspices Seaforth Branch 156
Royal Canadian Legion
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THIS WEEK
AT THE
ROYAL HOTEL
MITCHELL
Thursday, Friday
and Saturday
"THE
BAILAIDS'
In the Crown Room
Dining room open on Sundays
from 12 noon - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
to 8 p:m. in the evening.
* * ****** * **
BROWNIE'S
DRIVE-IN
CLINTON - ONTARIO
Beech Street
Next to Community Park
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 0:00 P.M.
FIRST SHOW AT DUSK
SUN. - MON. - TUES.
JULY 18 - 19 - 20
— DOUBLE FEATURE —
"COLD TURKEY"
(ADULT ENTERTAINMENT)
Dick Van Dyke - Bob Newham
In Color
An Iowa town decides to
give up smoking.
"THEY 'CALL ME
MR. TIBBS"
(ADULT ENTERTAINMENT)
Sidney Peltier
Color Cartoon
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WED. - THURS. - FRI.
JULY 21 -22-23
— DOUBLE FEATURE —
"LITTLE FAUSS AND
BIG HALSEY"
• MIITANCi Robert Redford
Il%TMC 10 0
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Michael J. Pollard
,WI Of rell On Or.
In Color
Two young daredevils and a girl fight
for love and recognition against a
background of professional "
Motorcycle Racing.
117W. U. S. A
ADMIT IAN
TO smart
MY/ O. &II di
Joann* Woodward
Paul Newmin
In Color
Cartoon
Bring, this coupon 'for
Free Admission (value
$1.50) for One Adult with
thelpurchase of one adult
ticket at regular price.
Valid only Monday Tim?
Thursday. Expires August
26,1971.
Writer Recalls History
Of Huron County Weeklies
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KIKKIKAGUIS.MENIZIONDfl
—Comfortable Grandstand
—Go4:1 Concession Booth
—Good' Parking Facilities
—NEW ELECTRONIC TOTE
BOARD "
—NEW ELECTRONIC MAXI
TOTE MACHINES
—SHELTERED BETTING • AREA
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