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What is a
CREDIT I
UNION
"A credit union is not an ordinary
_financial concern, seeking, to enrich
its members at the expense of the
general pUblic. Neither is it a loan,
company, seeking to make a profit
at the expense of unfortunates....
the credit union is nothing of the kind,
it is the expression in the field of
economics of a high social ideal."
Alphonse Desjardins
CLINTON COMMUNITY
CREDIT UNION LTD.
Phone 482-3467
Box 310 CLINTON
ONTARIO
building that stood on the south
end of what is now the Bowling
Green is gone.
The creamery, which was
originally Scott " Bros. Electric
Light Plant, is still on the, south
side of the tracks and still running
altho' it is under new
management and making a new
product.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 17, 1975 —7
Main St.
with horses
(Continued from Page 2)
The corner store now the office
of the Huron-Perth Separate
School Board was variously
Richardson's shoe store, H. R.
Scott's shoe store, Marsh
Stewart's flour and feed store and
finally Thos. "Seeds" Dickson's
flour and feed store.
On the south side of Main and
John Streets was Pete Dills
general store. He moved to
"
Dublin and had a store there for
years. Chas. Aberhart had his
drug store there and at one time
had an ice cream parlour in the
back. Later Mr. McKindsey
carried on a drug store. It is now
Bob — Bettys Variety store.
Where the O.P.P. office and
the barber shop are, was Sill's &
Murdie's hardware Store. Mr.
Murdie left to open a hardware
store in Lucknow and G.A.Sils
carried on there for some time
until he moved down to the corner
of Main and Market Streets.
There was a clothing store there
later.
The next store was J.F.Daly's
bicycle and jewellery store.Jerry
Case worked there.
Different Girls
Then came the Bell Telephone
pffice. It would take up too much
space to try and name all the
different girls who worked there.
Cardno Bros. Jno. and Geo.
had a combined bakery and
grocery shop next. It was carried
on until World War II byNNson
and John, sons of Jno. Sr.
Jno. Beattie moved his Variety
Store there from farther down the
street and when he retired it was
run by Stedmans.
I. V. Fear had what was I think
a combined drug and china store,
where the Seaforth Jewellers is
now. He had the telephone
exchange in his store at one time
but I can't remember whether it
was in this store or in the south
store of where Larone's is now.
The entrance to. Cardno's
Hall comes next. in its hay day it
was something. Dances were held
there .1 believe they were called
balls then. Concerts were held
and plays put on. Some may
remember • the "Murless
Players". They were a group of
amateurs trained by Mrs.' Jones,
wife of the Dominion Bank
Manager.
1 cent Sponge
Where the Bank is I think ws J.
S. Roberts drug store. The one
thing I remember about that store
was the wire waste basket full of 1
cent sponges. At that time we
used slates in school so we were
the sponge customers. I am not
sure of the location of this store it
could have been where the shoe
store is now.
McFaul's and later McTiavish's
dry goods store was next. Some of
the women may, remember the
spring and fall millinery openings
that they used to have. The shoe
store was part of the McFaul store
Somebody
Wants What
You Don't Need!
SELL
Through
Huron
Expositor
Classified
Want Ads
at one time.
Alex, Winter had a book and
stationery store in the north store
of Larone's. Alex Winter had one
of the first automobiles in
Seaforth. Don't know who had the
very first.. The -first I remember
were owned by Alex Winter,
I. V.Fear,Wm. Box and Dr.
McKay. Wm. and Mabel Th
ompson ran this store later.
Se to $I
The south store of Larone's was
occupied at one time by LV.Fear
and later was Walker's Furniture
and undertaking parlour. After
Walkers, C. Ironside had a Sc to
$1.00 store there.
Greig and McDonald, Greig
and Stewart and finally Stewart
Bros (Charles and Harry) were in
the next two stores. It is still
Stewart Bros. Now run by Jim
and Dave, sons of Harry.
The grocery store in the next
building was Andrew Young's
when I first remember then it was
carriecfon by W.R.Smith, later by
W,D.Smith and finally as Smith's
Grocery with young Bill running
it. It is now Beckers.
The drug store next was run by
Lumsden and Wilson and later by
Alex Wilson. When he ran it we
used to pay our High School fees
there. We paid according to the
grades we were in. It amounted to
about twenty-five dollars a year
by the time you got to fourth form
which was equivalent to Grade
13. After Wilsons there was a
succession of owners and finally it
has been in the Keating family for
a great many years.
4th Generation
The two stores next were
occupied by Wm. Pickard and Son
who ran a dry goods store. After
Pickards moved to Calgary, Geo.
A. Sills bought the stores and
later moved into the corner one.
The Sills store is like the
Expositor. It has the fourth
generation on the staff. It is run
,now by D'Orlean and Frank,
grandsons of Geo. A. and Frank's
son Jim works there.
The province of Ontario
Savings Bank was in the one
second from the corner for years.
J. C.Greig had a clothing store in
the south store before Sills
moved.
sari M ain Street on the other
side of Market Street was the
Cady Block. It was burned down
yeArs ago. Walter Willis carried'
on a shoe store in the corner one
for years and Mike Broderick had
his harness shop in the next one.
After the demand for harness
waned, Mr.Seip had a shoe repair
in there.
I seem to remember a Mrs.
Laird having a candy store next.
At' the time the building was
burned it was occupied •by Geo.
Israel and Geo, Charters as a
tailor and dry cleaning shop.
Hop Sing had a laundry next
and 'Sam Shinen occupied it when
he first came to Seaforth but I am
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not sure whether it was the north
or south half. Where Flannery's
Dry Cleaning is, was Jas.
Gillespie's harness shop.
The post office occupied the next
building on the north side and
Charles Andrews grocery on the
south where Phillips have their
store. In the post office , the walls
the boxes were on, were in the
shape of a V with the wicket at the
point of the V.
Thinking back, the Phillips
family must h ave had their fruit
store over fifty, years.
The long brick building where
Regiers are was Turnbull and
McIntosh's livery. Wonder what
became of the cab that they had
for taking bridal parties to and
from the church.
South of that there-were several
frame stores that were eventually
burned. Before he moved up to
the old post office, Wm. Kerslake
occupied one with his flour and
feed store and Dan Shanahan had
an implement shop in the other.
In the vacant lot between these
stores and the next Watty
Andiewl used to have a shooting
gallery when there was a big day.
Blacksmith
Wheie Durst's machine shop is
was. Jno, Stewart's blacksmith
shop.
The two brick stores next were
occupied, the north one by
Beattie Bros. Grocery, the home
of 28c tea, according to the signs
scattered all over to countryside
and the south one by Colin
Kennedy's butcher shop. H.
Colquhoun followed Kennedy's
and Ross Sproat and then Gordon
Dick followed Beatties.
The Dick House is still owned
by members of the Dick family.
The McGinnis block which
stood on the south west corner of
Main and Huron Streets, housed
Jimmy McGinnis' store and later
the north end was us .ed by
Jimmy Dick for an ice house. This
corner is now occupied by the
Canadian Legion H all.
The little Board of Trade
Congratulations
To the Town of
Seaforth
On Their Centennial
THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS
OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HULLET