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prize horses at delivery stable where Bill• McLaughlin otors Ltd: is now
• MINERMW
Complimentary suppers were
folmost a nightly entertainment at
the various Seaforth hotels. They'
are usually reported in The-
Expositor as being given by one
or more of the "prominent men
of the town" to celebrate some
achievement of other "prominent
men of the town". Any occasion
was sufficient excuse for the men
to,gather for an evening of "song,
lOasts.and merriment."
omen were ' apprently never
present at these events - but from
all reports they didn't miss too
much. - _
• On. Thursday, June 30 a supper
-2 was held at Sharp's Hotel when
50 gueits (male, of course)
gathered to hondfir Drs. Coleman
and Gouinlock and celebrated the
-finding of salt.
The, report of the evening in
'The Expositor follows -
"The tables were tastefully
arranged with all the substantials
as well as the delicacies of the
season. (The writer is talking
about FOOD! ed.) It was after- ten
when the• Cloth was removed and
the chairman rose to commenee
the business of the evening."
The chairman, Lt. Col. -M.P.
Hayes read several telegrams of •
Congratulation • and the real
business of the meeting
commenced.
A toast to "The. Queen, God
Bless Her" was "drunk in the
• usual hearty manner". A toast to
"The Army, the Navy and the
Volunteers" was greeted by the
guests with "helr, hear and loud
cheers".
The cheers- got even louder as
the third toast-of the evening - to
the guests, Drs. Coleman and
Gouinlock, was drunk. It was
followed by a toast to the health of
the contractor at the, salt works.
The "leading men of Seaktth
and vicinity" then drank toasts to
"The Corporation of Seafigth"
"The Ag ricultural Interests",
"The Manufacturing ' and
Mechanical Interests of Seaforth"
and "The ' Cdmmercial Interests
of Seaforth".
Following the nine• above
toasts, numerous others were
to drunk, but The Eipositor says
"the excessive, pressure upon our
spare precludes the possibility of
even a passing notice to each".
The Expositor fails to mention
5ti the type of beverage used in all
the toasts.
The news account concludes:
"Shortly after 'daylight did
appear' on the morning of
Dominion Day, the part,
dispersed."
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-FIRE INSURANdt COMPANY
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Clinton; Donald , McKercher, R.R.1,
Du, il n; Ross Leonhardt, R.R.1,
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Kenneth Carnohan, R.R.4, Seaforth, vice president.
Mrs. Margaret Sharp,' secretary-treasurer.
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Agents: James Keys, R.R.1,
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 17, 1975.-61
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