The Huron Expositor, 1975-04-17, Page 48hall.
Other features were an old
timers ball game, a band concert,
a street frolic, birthday ball and
monster parade. Reunions were
held at all the schools in town and
the oldest student who "went
back" to SDHS was Mrs. Frank
Devereaux, the former Mary
Daly, of Toronto, who was 88.'.
1,000 people attended a
chicken barbecue at the Lions
Park, where dinner tickets were
$1.75 for adults.
Faye Munro was crowned 100th
Birthday Queen and Cheri Scott
and Darlene Vincent of Ayr were
princesses.
FIREMEN AT 1914 OLDJWYS — Delegates to the Firemen's Convention that was
a big part of the 1914 Old Boys lined up to have their picture taken outside the gaily
bannered and lighted town hall. Andy Sutherland, a mayor of Seaforth and
secretary of the 1914 reunion is sitting with his straw boater on the platform at rear,
at right. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 17, 1975 —33
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SEAFORTH FIRE BRIGADE — The local fire brigade were all
spruced up in their uniforms,• ready to show their speed at unrolling
the hoses--- one event that was part of the Firemen's Convention at .
the 1914 Old Boys. They were a pretty solemn crew in those days, by
the looks on, the faces of mos in the picture. But who wouldn't be,
having to pull the hose re I contraptism over the cobblestone
pavement at record speeds? The big door behind the firemen, used
to be the fire hall and is now the town clerk's "office.
15,000 at Seaforth's 1914 reunion
Day and a log cabin decorated
with pioneer furnishings at' Vic-
toria Park. CBC's Neighbourly
News was broadcast from the
SDHS auditorium.
Marion Hemingway, 15,' of RR
3 Brussels was crowned Miss
Centennial 1955 and won an
• expense paid trip to New York
City.
Over 3,000 people registered
with the Centennial Committee
and a headline in the, August 5
Expositor said "Old Boys, Girls
Take over Town in spite of the
Heat that Slows Some Down."
Before the reunion, one mer-
chant was reported as being
worried about price gouging on
Main Street. "Rumour has it that
everyone who handles pop is
going to sell it at 10 cents during
the Old Boys... I think the
Chamber of Commerce should
suggest keeping the regular
price." The regular price in 1955
being perhaps 4 cents or 7 cents
per bottle.
In 1955 Seaforth's reunion
committee included E. A. Mc-
Master, A. Y. McLean, J. C.
Crich, Frank Kling, W. E.
Southgate, B. F. Christie, W. M.
Hart, Scott Habkirk, Der Sills, J.
A. Stewart, A. W. Sillery, Hazel
Reid, James_Scott_and Gordon
A/le-Gavin.
The 1968 reunion, billed as a
100th birthday party, was held on
the Dominion Day weekend. A
plaque in honour of the village of
Seaforth was installed at the town
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which you could have sailed from
Steven's Corner (the Queen's
Hotel) to the station."
The Expositor reported an
attendance of 7,000 at a band
tattoo and 15,000' on firemen's
day. "Hundreds repeated the
same story", the paper said, "I
never had such a good time in my
life."
A Monday, August 1 parade
labelled "The Parade of the
Century" was to be the highlight
of the 1955 Old Boys Reunion. A
• heat wave that' followed the worst
drought in central Canada since
-1914 curtailed plans 'somewhat,
but there were still over 100
entries and the parade took over
an hour to pass any point on its
route:
"Aircraft roared overhead, •
bands played, horns honked and
crowds clapped," the Expositor
records. But throughout part of"
the long weekend celebrations
people were dropping from
heat prostration and "only the
most hardy ventured far during
the day."
There was a street frolic every
night starting at 12:30 a.m. when
things had-cooled off a little, With
dances at five cents each and
music by Doris Johnson, Queen of
the Marimbas and the Three
Larks. .There were Highland
a Games, band tattoo, Children's