HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-04-17, Page 38Know anyone? SCI Alumni orchestra and cast at Cardno's Hall.
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Housing was
scarce WO
years ago
If you have had trouble trying
to find a h ouse to rent or buy in
Seaforth this year, y our problem
is by no means new. Back in 1873
the shortage was acute as this
article from the April 11 issue
tells.
"If the lack of house
accommodation be a sign of the
properity of a place, Seaforth
must be prosperous indeed. We
doubt if there is a town in Ontario
where the house accommodation
is so meagre miserable as it is
here. It is impossible to rent a
decent house for anything like a
reasonable sum, and the great
majority of those which are
rented, even at high figures, are
mere shells, without either
comfort or .accommodation. And
no sooner is it known that a house
is likely to become vacant than
there are, a dozen applications for
it, no matter how miserable it
may, be. if some of our moneyed
men would build a few
respectable tenement houses they
would do the village a great
benefit, the residents a great
service, and make an investment
which could not but be profitable
to themselves,."
THE TRADITIONS BUILT UP
DURING NEARLY 100YEARS
OF BUSINESS IN SEAFORTH•
ARE YOUR GUARANTEE OF
SATISFACTION
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The furniture tore of M. Robertson which later became Box Furniture is shown in the
upper picture. The building on the right was demolished about twenty years ago and on the
site the present IGA store is located. The lower picture shows the original Broadfoot and Box
cabinet shop and furniture store at the corner of Jarvis and Market Streets.
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BOX FURNITURE
R•S• BOX FUNERAL CHAPEL
AND AMBULANCE SERVICE
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL- 17, 1975 —23
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