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Lions Carniv ! h n ert fined thousandsa ase � a
since 193.5 in s •rte
While one of the earliest program, the Friday night
activities which the Seaforth4 performance of the annual Lions rn
Lions undertook was the, Club carnival was highly in
establishing of the Lions Park, It successful. Throughout the C
as not until the early thirties that evening the spacious grounds of p
an annual carnival. was planned as the Lions Park were thronged P
a means of providing funds, for with thousands of people anxious
the park program, to enjoy the carnival, and at the c
Following , an extensive same time assist the club in its H
construction program which work throughout the district. J.
involved improved change The,evening got underway with c
facilities and cleaning the river a parade of bands fr6m Main a
areas the club in 1935 announced Street to the park, and led by the d
the first of what was to become an Seaforth Highlariders Band under
annual summer carnival. Bandmaster E. H. Close. in
Unfortunately as has happened James M. Scott, president of
on a number of instances in the SeaforthLions Club, spoke t
succeeding years this first brief]v, thanking the crowd for e
carnival was rained out. their attendance and support. He
The *eather in 1944 was rt,.ninded them that the proceeds s
excellent and the Expositor of of the carnival would go towards
that year tells of the carnival Lions welfare work and continued e
event in these words: maintenance of the Lions scenic d
The annual summer carnival park and swimming pool.
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staged -by the Seaforth,, Lion's' The rain came• down again in w
Club, got away to a brilliant start 1956. the vear the Lions planned v,,
at the Lions Park on Wednesday. their grand opening of the s
"$40,000 pool.
The program was provided by a This time, the carnival carried T
band tattoo in which the bands of on the following day, and again s
Tavistock, Milverton , Stratford the Expositor tells the stoty: d
Boys Band . and Seaforth Steady rain forced the b
Highlanders took part. The cancellation of -the opening night
musical program was an excellent performance of- the two -night
one and delighted the throngs all Lions Summer Carnival, and cool f
evening. damp • weather reduced the c
A parade of bands from the attendance at the Thursday night
Town Hall to the Lions Park performance.
opened the proceedings, and until The opening of the new' Lions
long.after midnight the hundreds pool, scheduled for -Wednesday,
of people sat about enjoying the was '.postponed until Thursday.
band music under ideal weather Taking part in the ceremony were
in ' the beautiful park members of the Lions Club, who
surroundings. had been active 'in the club when
As .the second war ended and the park was first conceived in
area service people returned 1928, officials of the club ,and..
borne the Lions Summer " members of the ' club park
carnivals attrcted increasingly committee.
larger crowds. Appreciation of, the support
In 1947, skies were clouded, given the project was expressed
threatening rain, but thousands by A.Y.McLean, park committee
,of people braved the threats and chairman, who told of the growth
enjoyed themselves . at the of the park during its nearly 30
summer carnival. years history. He referred to the
Despite threatening ram which and
hont and assistance given, .,
The Expositor story of that year co-operation
sa s: b ..econtractors, Frank Kling'
Peter Christensen and the
at\ times almost forced the engineering consultants, Gen.
postpdnemens of the evening's Humphrey and Ken Clawson of
Lions funds oto
g .
many worthy causes
The Hallowe'en Frolic, enjoyed
Six years later, the Lions again
by young and old for many years
itemized their many services for
in Seaforth was sponsored by the
the public.
Lions to raise, money for their
Funds raised by the Seaforth
many services. , .
Lifts Club are considered as a
In part of a two-page spread by
trust and are used to:
the Expositor in 1933, President
' 1. Finance crippled children's
Dr, F. J. Burrows made an appeal
work throughout the district,
to the public.
including hospitalization and
As in former years, Dr.
appliances.
Burrows said, the Lions Club of
2. Remove tonsils, supply
Seaforth is making 'the
glasses where needed.
Hallowe'en Frolic the occasion .of
3. Maintain Seaforth Lions Park
an appeal to the ,public for
and Pool; pay life guard. The park,
assistance in carrying on, their
is known throughout Western
activities.
Ontario for its' beauty and
The Christmas Tree and
excellent facilities and is
Christmas Good Cheer, by which
patronized throughout the
comfort and happiness has been
summer by thousands of adults
brought to over 600 children and
and children.
shut-ins, the care of the
4. Provide nearly 10,000 pints
swimming pool and help given to
of milk each year, to needy
crippled children, each requires a
children of Seaforth and district.
considerable expenditure. The
S. Provide Christmas cheer for
recent crippled children's clinic
nearly 100 needy families
was attended by an increased
throughout• district.
number of crippled - and.
6. Sponsor visit of Santa Claus
handicapped children, who
and. distribute stockings to 600
require help that their own
children at Christmas.
`._.,circumstances will not permit;
7. Sponsor Seaforth troop of
some of them for an extended
Boy Scout's and Girl Guides.
period of time.
On October 27, 1933 writing in
We wish to thank most
the Expositor, Dr. F. J. Bechely,
sincerely and heartily the people
chairman of the Crippled
ofrour community and all others
Children's Committee said:
who r in the past have , so
Dgririj; the last few years the
generously assisted us, and we
Lions Club of Seaforth has been
earnestly request their continued
instrumental in bringing to light
co-operation and :assistance on
and providing treatment for a
this occasion,
large , number of crippled,
$a—'AM HURON EXPOSITOR,
SEAF'ORTH, ONT., JUNE 20, 1974
of rain - many times'�,�
M.M.Dillon Co., and introduced
embers of the park committee,
eluding ' Dr. J.O.Turnbull
M. Smith, A.W. Sillery, Past
Pr • M.E.Clarke, and
Pr Elect J.Scott Cluff.
J.E.Keating spoke on behalf of
barter members John Beattie,
.Stewart, C.A.Barber;
A•.Stewart and W.J.Duncan and
ailed on Mr. Barber, whq cutting
ribbon across the entrance,
eclared the pool opened.
Canada'marked its Centennial
1967 and the Lions expanded
heir activities in honor of the
vent.
Weather again tried to dampen
pirits but to no avail.
The Expositor recalled the
vent:
You can't keep a good thing
own, and that's the way it was
ith the Lions Carnival on the
eekend when despite the
eather an attendance record was
et.
The carnival kicked off on
hursday night under threatening
kies. It had rained earlier in the
ay and the sky was still overcast
ut the crowd came anyway. The
CFS Clinton Band provided the
music • for the evening which
eatured the beard growing
ontest and the talent hunt.
The beard growing contest sad,
arepeat appearance% George
Kruse who won the contest with a
marvelous f till beard.' It was not
his first victory for back in 1961 he
won a similar contest
The talent hunt contest -
preliminaries saw the Snell
Sisters trio, Barbara, Bonnie and
Betty from Londesboro take the
$15 prize with Diatre Henderson,
R.R.5, Seaforth, second and Vicki
Bennewies, R.R.1, Bornholm,
third. Judges for Thursday night
preliminaries were Miss Betty
Jermyn and, Mrs. Margaret Kemp
from Mitchell and Peter Hollinger
of CKNX Wingham.
Friday night was warm but
hum;d and about eleven o'clock a
fifteen minute, storm dumped
inches of rain on the carnival
grounds but the brave crowd
stuck it out. to usher in Centennial
at midnight.
At 7:30 the SDIJS Girls
Trumpet Band led a.parade.of the
Carnival Princesses to the .park.
In the judging of the contest at
the park, it was Miss Mary Ahara
of Wingham who was ,crowned
Centennial Queen by last year's
winner Bonnie Kerslake. The
judges must have chosen well for
the next day Miss Ahara,
representing Wingham Lions
Club went on to become the
Centennial Queen for 'Huron
County in competition at
Goderich. Judges for the contest
were Rev. Douglas Steven and his
Wife, Egmondville and 'Dr.
Morgan Smith of Bayfield: ,
Seaforth Junior Farmers dance
group took first place in the
,Friday night preliminaries of the
talent hunt. Murray, Bill and Jim
Henderson the Steppers Three,
took second. Third place went to
The Sand Pebbles, a rock and roll
group, made up of Rick Fortune,
Bill Boussey, Paul Southgate'and
Gordy Beuttenmiller.
Despite the rain the midway
and game booths were busy and
thece were plenty of people
around when at Midnight a giant
display of fireworks welcomed in
Canada's birthday.
Another old saying goes "All
things come to him who waits"
and it did on Saturday. After two
cloudy wet nights, the sun broke
through for the Centennial,
celebrations on Saturday.
Harold Knikht of the Hensall
council took first place in the log
rolling cdntest,by sticking on the
log for seven seconds. Mayor
Frank Kling of • Seaforth came
s•'econd and Reeve Ken Stewart,
McKillop was third. • '
The Bannockburn Pipe. Band'
led -the parade Saturday to begin
the final evening of celebrations.
SORTING EYEGLASSES —The Seaforth Lions Club for many years shipped used
eyeglasses, received from:,.Lions Clubs all over the,proyince, to Indian".,arl.d• other
eastern countries. Sorting, .packing and shipping was all done by Seaforth Lions.
Above packing glasses in March 1964 were left, the late W.D.St ephenson, John
Longstaff, the late Ross Savauge, the late''Len Ford and the late W. E. Southgate.
(Staff,. Photo)
children. This activity is at once �������������•�•r••••••���•��•••••••�••
the . most satisfying and most • ,
heartbreaking to be engaged in.
The sight of seeing a crippled • •
child walk again is perhaps the
greatest,.",_,joys that a person
engaged fir} this work can • t OX0=01•
experience and the
disappointment , when it, is • •
realized that nothing can be done'e",
to make the poor crippled limbs a .
straight again, is great beyond : SEAFORTH .... [10 Ns' 'CL, UV •
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words, There is not a member of .. •
the Lions Club that does not
experience a feeling of deeds well : O n •
done when they think back op the •
good accomplished with the
children in the past few years. •
The idea behind the whole work ; 50 years of •
community •
is one of service -to be of some • •
use to the community in which we
live •- to do our part in making the • service •
children healthier and happier 0
and so naturally, to build better . •
citizens for the future; to try and •
make self-respecting and
self-supporting citizens -- in short • •
to make this a better country by .
starting at the only point that this • •
is possible -- the children. - : FRANK KLING. LTD >r0
It it were not for the •
unselfishness of everyone ! •
connected with this work, it would
not be possible to carry on. All the • •
money raised" by our annual
appeal for funds, is used each year • •
and always present is thet fear : •527-1320 -- SFAFORTH 16•
that perhaps for lack of funds • i
some child might• be neglected.0,000....0.000•0000000es000•••••••••li••••,v
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