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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, June 20, 1974
Thanks
Lions
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1 try again. ",No, I mean what day of
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sweeping down onta,lamb his�ttttte, there •,
w.hat month of what -year? How old are
The busiest place in Seaforth one
seekers. We hope not. Perhaps some
Seaforth' Lions Club is marking its
needy.'
night this week was theback lot of a
viewers were personally involved with
fiftieth anniver6ary.this weekend. We
` Support for the Panadian
Silver, Creek
40 years ago
join the citizens of town and district
Institute for the Blind.
mangled car had been hauled
wanted to see the wrecked car:_
and thank the club for fifty years of
Support for the Easter Seal
following a serious auto accident.Without
being flippant about a, very
hard work, -good times and service to
campaign.
Cars pulled up in a st eady stream.
serious subject, It now seems that a
Yet ,five years later, in her mid -Fifties,
-forgot my fat0r's birthday.. Let's see. i can
the community.
` Annual visits to Huronview.
` Sponsoring annual visit of Santa
=
Sugar and
Spice
People who join service clubs are a
it'November 3rd. Anyway, i,•always sent
,
back into their cars and drove off. In
card -in town.
or hying by a pool in Florida, holding in her
�convinccd
him a card, even,if f didn't remember until
'after
one half hour, early in the evening, at
We just hope that every driver who”
special breed, perhaps a little less
Claus.
least 12 car loads of people came to
looked at that crumpled and twisted
•oursc, Sixty is IT. The old man with
this year. It was from my big brother. After
selfish than the 'rest of us. What do
Gifts to Seaforth Community
the scythe is lurking everywhere. There's
By BIII
Smile'y
cautiously, much sobered by the
they get out of it --- as the phrase
Hospital building fund:
the afternoon and later in- -the
experience. If the crowds who iooked
wrinkles an&the wattles. At 62, she gets a
the real purpose of his call. He wanted to
goes? Well, they don't make much
Support for Seaforth' Girl Guides
-
knowlf I had my little brother's address in
We stent sure what this
anything,. a, good proportion of
maybes, even has the jowls tucked up
Germany. I didn't. Some birthday
money..by spending their'spare time
and Boy Scouts.
Had a birthday recently.,Some people,
in,a house with the mortgage paid, and
roofing .park pavilions or painting
`Collection of used eye for
lasses Y g
especially women, are rather daunted by
jaunting off to Europe or California, where
swings and slides, -They get very little
distribution in underdeveloped
certain birthdays.
shg picks up her second husband, a well-off
fame by.-- suparvising the pool
countries.
For a young, attractive.,yQman, having
widower. She's never had it so good.
supervisor or working on fund raising
` Assistance to area welfare
her thirtieth birthday is almost as horrible
At $0, widowed again, she's a swinger in
ti
projects.
A a prospect as having all her teeth out.
Sunset Haven, playing bingo and the
campaigns.
Fame and money aren't the
While. the Lions provided the,
After a couple 'of years in the early
piano, and giving the eye to every fresh
motivation. Public , service and a
initiative and spearheaded all their
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thirties, she realizes that she is really just
coming, into her 'best period, that of a
octogenarian who enters the.place.
And that's how women are daunted by
desire to improve tho community are.
good works, nothing would have been
mature woman, still mighty attretive, and
birthdays. Personally; I am never daunted.
Other service club$,,j,n.. Seaforth have
possible without the support of the
with a new emotional maturity; she didn't
I have'a lot of dents, but not a single daunt,
the• same goals but it's the Lions
people of Seaforth and area.
have in the Gay Twenties. She s to the
Things have changed a lot around here.
anniversary this weekend.
Tuckertsmith Township Counpil
Flirty Thirties, and enjoying it thoroughly.
Mybirthday used to be a small something.
Major activities of the Seaforth
deserves a special mention. The Lions
But with the fortieth milestone looming, t
Carefully coached by their mother, the kids
Lions Club during the fifty years. since
Park is in the Townsh-i and the
p
panic sets in anew. She suddenly is
convinced that anyone in the forties is over
used to come up with gifts which I - aw,
shucks, you shouldn't have done it - '
„ It `.ass formed include:
council there has always co-operated'
'Lions
the hump, headed into a wizened old age.
accepted gratefully and gracefully.
' Cleaning andfilling long standing
in making possible projects
Strangely enough, after a couple of years
Nothing great. Maybe a fishing -rod or
town dump on No. 9 Highway east of
such as the Silver Creek dam- and the
in her early forties, she admits to herself
some golf balls. And the old lady would
LionsEstablishin
Centennial es.
entrance sense,
and anyone else who will
llwhistle
Establishing Lyons Park and
he best these
n the f
can a of
they werefrom home,
lon ,away
playing field and continuing
anniversary celebrations are for all.ofoccasion,
She draw whenthebhe`yhen
I (collect) wish
development and `maintenance.
us, AS citizens we've all been
light is right, get her bum ,pinched' if the
me Happy Birthday, and suggest that they
' Assis�nce to 'area crippled
generous and appreciative supporters
party is rowdy enough. She's. probably•a
grandmother, but she's a "young"
could use a little financial aid.
'Now, 1 call them up, and after the usual
children.
of the Lions work and this weekend
gramma. With a good dentist and contact
exchange of amenities, asky coyly, "Know
`Provision of eye glasses to area
we can all bask in a little of the glory.,
9 y
lenses, she can disguise the fact, that her
what day this is?" '
teeth are still there only through sheer will
"YeahSunday. Why?"
power, and that she's. blind as the
1 t ry again:'"No, I mean what day of the
proverbial bat.
month?"
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Th 4, t h
Not real) wait'll 1 heck th 1 d
Wreck
♦ ewer / s
viewers
en a grim reaper, t e gaunt visage
of Fifty, corrjes over the ho izon like a wolf
y, c e ca en ar.
1 try again. ",No, I mean what day of
on a daily basis, com- part, of next week,
i
sweeping down onta,lamb his�ttttte, there •,
w.hat month of what -year? How old are
The busiest place in Seaforth one
seekers. We hope not. Perhaps some
is no panic. Just sheer desf� r. the knpw%s,
you9 Hove do you know how old you'
night this week was theback lot of a
viewers were personally involved with
with a tittle mathematics, t, at,�i�tyone in
the fifties is *away past Middle Age, and
What day reminds you?"
"Oh„golly, Dad. Why didn't you tell me
local car dealer where a ' badly
those injured in the accident and
has one foot in the grave and 'the other on a
it was your birthday? i would have sent a
mangled car had been hauled
wanted to see the wrecked car:_
piece of dog defecation. She is OLD, and
care+. Or something.'
following a serious auto accident.Without
being flippant about a, very
"~—there's no hiding the fact.
No, 1 am not daunted. But I never, ever
Cars pulled up in a st eady stream.
serious subject, It now seems that a
Yet ,five years later, in her mid -Fifties,
-forgot my fat0r's birthday.. Let's see. i can
Their occupants got out, looked over �
wrecked car is the- biggest drawing
g
she's stridinggolf course, or'
abo•.ut a g
"Sweep.,
It was
still remember it. April 3rd. Or was
�
the wrecked automobile climbed
Screaming at the curling club,
it'November 3rd. Anyway, i,•always sent
,
back into their cars and drove off. In
card -in town.
or hying by a pool in Florida, holding in her
�convinccd
him a card, even,if f didn't remember until
'after
one half hour, early in the evening, at
We just hope that every driver who”
gut and she's in the Golden
age.
a month the occasion.
Anyway, i got one call qn my birthday
least 12 car loads of people came to
looked at that crumpled and twisted
•oursc, Sixty is IT. The old man with
this year. It was from my big brother. After
look over the,wreek- Traffic past the.
wreck drove away., -slowly and
the scythe is lurking everywhere. There's
grumpily asking me -what I Was doing in
grim relic was just as heavy earlier in
cautiously, much sobered by the
no longer any way of disguising the
bed at r�oodon my birthday, he revealed
the afternoon and later in- -the
experience. If the crowds who iooked
wrinkles an&the wattles. At 62, she gets a
the real purpose of his call. He wanted to
evening.
over that . wrecked car learned
good tang hides the eves with shades, and
knowlf I had my little brother's address in
We stent sure what this
anything,. a, good proportion of
maybes, even has the jowls tucked up
Germany. I didn't. Some birthday
interesting sociological phenomena
Seaforth's drivers will be more
beneath the
wonders. ears. And a good girdle does
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greeting.
But I did receive one birthday card which
means. Were those who made special
careful in the future: At -least until the
At 65, she's collecting the did age
.touched me deeply, It was from my
trips to see the wreck just sensation
shock wear' off.
pension, her late husband's pension, living
insurance agent. He never misses.
ADULT SWIM91NG PERIQD�
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Adult swimmers interested in having an eve-
JUNE 23, 1899
Twenty years ago John Murray of Tuckersmith and
his father Wm. Murray, -now of Algoma, brought .the
first steam threshing engine into this part of the
country.
A picnic will be held in the grove of Mr. Dennis. north
of Bethel church on Dominjon Day,
A few days ago a valuable colt belonging to Jonathan
Merrier of Zurich died . it was vaiued at $100. 00.
Isaac Jarrott of Kippen, has disposed of his farm on
the London Road to Chris. Wessman for $6,200.00• Mr.
Jarrott has bought the north 100 acre farm of the late
Wm. Doig for $4,000.
Wm. M. Doig of Tuckersmith has received the
appointment of Justice of the peace.
After the football game on Friday evening last. some
small boys procured some bad eggs from the rear of
.D.D,Witson's emporium. and threw these unsavory
missiles at the visitors, damaging a number of hats and
coats. To prevent a re -occurrence of such conduct, the
services of Constable Gillespie were enlisted and 16
boys, ranging in age from 12 to IS years had to appear
before the Magistrate and receive a severe lecture.
JUNE 20, 1924
Many persons are glad to know that Dr. Garnet
Atkinson of Bayfield will resume his dental practice
here. having his office at his cottage here.
John Jowett of Bayfield, is making extensive
improvements to the picnic grounds, adding a number
of tables, having cement steps down the hill' and
erecting a humbet,of swings.
In they Years A..gone
Clarence Shepherd, of Chiselhurst, who heio a good
position in the 'Molson's Bank at Hensall, has' been
promoted to the bank in Amherstburg.
J. C. Greig of town was one of the unfortunate
passengers on the C.N.R. train which was wrecked at
Cambray last iveek. He suffered serious injuries to his
head and back and %vas taken to the Lindsay Hospital.
Lachlan R. Mactavish, a student at University School
won the John Tory prize for the best one -act play in
Toronto. Mr. MacTavish is the son of Newton
MacTavish, editor of the Canadian magazine and .a
new•phew Qf John Mactavish of Seaforth, '
Chas. Holmes has purchased the frame cottage on
North Main St. owned by the late Postmaster Williams.
Miss Mabel Bullard of Winthrop has been appointed
head nurse of the Tarrytown N.Y. Hospital.
J. B. Hendersoh recently paid his 49th subscription to
the Huron Expositor.
Mrs. Wm..Ament and Miss Hazel Winter, were in
Detroit attending the graduation exercises of the
University of Detroit where Warren Atnent received his
degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science.
John Warcless of Varna, father of Mrs. t.T.Turnbull,
died in St. Joseph's Hospital. London,.in his 79th year.
Mr. W. Trcwartha of Winthrop had a very successful
barn raising last Wednesday. about 140 men being
present.
C. H. Broadfoot, of Moose Jaw, has presented a
number of markers with the I.O.O.F. emblem in meial
to Fidelity Lodge. Seaforth.
Jas, Wallace, of Egmondville,-fritends' leaving for
Wallaceburg where he intendf making his home with
hie tiattphter Mrt, r A Harrienr+
JUNE 23, 1949
Alexander Rutherford Lowery, passed .away at his
home as a result of a heart attack. He was born in Little
Scotland 74 years ago. With the exception of two or
three years his life's employment was,spent with the
Huron Expositor.
Duff's Church, Walton, held its annual gardearty
on the church lawn where there w'as a large attend nee.
The Davies family -presented a varied program of both
old and new songs.
A tea and reception was held at the home of
Mrs,Frank Sills Sr. to honor Miss AliceDaly, newly
elected President London Diocesan Council. The
presentatioq took place in the lovely garden when Mrs.
T.D.Sills welcomed the guests and REv. T. P. Hussey
made the presentation of a suitably_ engraved silver
tray.
The Liberal Party under the chairmanship of Lloyd
Edighoffer held a meeting in the Town Hall, Bayfield.
The -speakers were ,lames Scot, A.Y, McLean .Liberal
candidate in -this riding and the former member
W.H.Golding..
Archie Parsons of Kippen is erecting a new driving
shed to replace the one that the wind destroyed during
the windstorms.
Donald Hillis of town has been successful in passing
his first year in Mathematics and Physics at tl:e
University of Toronto.
Miss Harrief Russell, graduated from the University
of Toronto in Occupational Therapy.
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SWIMMIN G
POOL
OPENS'SOON
ON WEEKENDS
The Pool will operate mencing the - latter
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on a daily basis, com- part, of next week,
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Open — Weather Permitting
1:30 to 5 and 7:00 to 9:00
SWIMMING INSTRUCTION
SWIMMING Instruction, for school
°
children by qualified instructors
available each morning.
Each student will be required to, pay a registration
_.
fee for each swimming instruction session of approx-
imately 20 lessons 'to assist in defraying the steadily
increasing costs of providing instruction. In addit-
ion each studezlt ,will be required to hold a season's
ticket providing admission to the -pool.
Two Instructibn Periods -- Swinatl'ning ins'true-
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tion this year will'be provided in two periods:
First Periond — July 2 to July 25 _
Second Period --'August 2 to'August 28
Itegistra'tion for July Glasses closses June 24th
Registration for August Classes closes July 26th
Classes are being arranged for. July and stu-
dents are asked to report at the •tulles indicated in
a story which will appear in anjs'sue of this paper.
of
Red .Cross Tests will be conducted at the conclusion
of each,period, and will be preceded by pre -testing
carried out by the instruction staff.
instruction Charges
Additional registration -fees for each swimming in-
struction session of approximately 20 lessons are,,,
payable as follows:
Children ......... .. each $4.00
Children (ad"ditional to' the first two
in one family) each $2.00
,ADULT S-'AgMMING INSTRUCTION
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Till ay, an!�ur ayEvenings
7 to 8 palm.
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Learn to swilm with qu'al'fied instructors. A
minimum of 10 lessons—$.00 plus admission.
Make application in Orson --or phone
the Park — Phone 527-0950
ADULT SWIM91NG PERIQD�
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Adult swimmers interested in having an eve-
ning or two a week reserved for adults only are
asked to register at the parr.
AWARD OF MERIT:
Applicants must be 16 and hold bronze medallion
and senior resucitation award,;
--- ADMISSIONS ---
Children under High School Age:
25 Cents, or $6.00 for Season's Ticket. Fourth
and Additional Child's Season's Ticket it ,one
family -- FREE
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(Note—Seawn's Ticket good dyeing July and August onlv.)
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(Children residing more than 10 miles from Sea -
forth, $4.00)
High School Students:
50 Cents, or $8.00.for Season's Ticket
Adults:
50 Cents, or $8.00 for Season's Ticket. Family, .`
2 adults and children, $20.00
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is includedl)
tZn eaoh case,, a c�h�e�ckingPICS
Arrange to hold your annual picnic amid the
pleasant surroundings :of the Lions Park!
'Complete facilities. A nominal charge is made
for the rental of tables.
PRONE 527-0950 FOR OPEN DATES
.The Booth in the Park Pavilion carries x cam-
Wete 9fock of Ice Cream,.Pop, Hot Water
PICNIC PAVILION
The Picnic Pavilion is available until 7:00 p.m. each
day, without charge, for the use of picnic groups on
a first-come, first-served basis. In the event of bad
weather, it will be expected that groups will. co-op-
erate .to permit maximum use being mede of the
pavilion protection. 1
-The Pavilion may be reserved each
evening , after 7 o'clock for special
gatherings or , meeti3tgs.
Reservations may be made at the Park""Rental fees
are related to the nature of the event, and will be
advised on request.
For further information e
Call the Seaforth Lions Park
Phone S27-0950ONE
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