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SEAFORTH ONTARIO, JANUARY 29, 1976,
At least Huron elects
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Snow 'snake
n the Years Agone
FEBRUARY 4, 1876 •
The new License La will make a considerable thinning out
of the hotels in this tow Them are rjil. 13 hotels and under
the new iaw only seven a robably six can operate.
No better index of the prog ss Seaforth is making can be
given than the continuous rapid increase of the children in
attendance at the public school. Five years ago only three
teachers Were employed, this year there are seven, ,
A meeting was held in Lasham's hotel Londesboro for the
purpose of organizing a Granger Club. There is some talk of
building a Grange grist and saw mill.
A man named Abraharr -Broom in the employ of Andrew
Govenlock 'met with a painful accident. He was chopping a
tree which in its fall broke a dead limb off another tree and:it
struck him .on• the head and broke his arm.
Samuel Scarlett of McKillop, had a sow which last spring
gave birth to a litter Of ten pigs. fie sold two at six months old
for $16.00; he fed six and killed them this winter and they
ade 2500 poupds of pork for which he sold for $109.00. The
sot' was sold for $35.00.
Mrs. Annis, Huron Road, Hibbert,,was in Mitchell with a
span of horses attached to‘a cutter. The lady had occasion to
go into Mr. Thompson's weaver, and left the hOrses untied.
During her absence the animals became frightened and made
for home. The little child was frightened and cried loudly for
help. He was thrown from the cutter and was picked up in an
unconscious state.
The passenger traffic of the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway has increased so much that the company have been
compelled to place another coach on 'the regular train. •
FEBRUARY 1, 1901
While engaged in operating the buzz saw in Welsh's
planning mill, Harry Welsh had the misfortune to get the tops
of two fingers of his right hand Lutt off.
Alex Sinclair of the Kippen road disposed of a fine span of
heavy horses to John Fe.wn of aibliert for the sum.of $350.00.
The first carnival of the season was held in the skating rink.
The band was there and added materially to the skaters. The
following is the list of prize winners. Ladies-- Costume, 1st
eight young ladies, Mrs. Meredith and Reid, Misses Etta and
Linda Box, Annie' and Lily Roberts, Jessie McDougall and
Alma Reid; 2nd. Belle Soole. Gents costume 1st M. ,Bennett,
2nd. A. Archibald. Gent's comic costume J. Currie; 2nd. Geo.
Cardno and Angus Kennedy. Ladies comic, AliceCampbell,
special prize Charles Clarke.
Henry Reichert of Hillsgreen is being engaged in hauling
sand for the erection of a foundation under his barn.
After the departure of James Lockhart Of McKillop to the
County of Hastings the members of the Sunday School of
Duff's Church forwarded to him a piece of jewellry. For many
years he has been the faithful and efficient superintendent.
Miss Mamie McEwen of Leadbury purposes attending the
Conservatory of Music in Toronto for the spring term.
John Boyd of Leadbury joined the noble squad of Benedicts
and has taken .a lovely bride in the person of Bella Leeming.
A. M, Ross, village blacksmith has got in a number of
valuable skins recently.
There will be a great de oing on in the line of building in
the vicinity of Leadbury. Jot zier is putting up a bank
barn; Thos. Davidson'purposes buil • g a brick home; Wm.
McGavin Jr. will build a- 'brick reside ce. '
A man mp-med Milne, pattern make at the Seaforth
Foundry, while ).vorking.a lathe got his hand caught in the
machinery and had two fingers taken off. •
Messrs. -Kennedy Brath'ets of town have' had ayphone
, placed in, 'his shop. •
James Murray,. formerly of this town, has gone,to the Old
Country 'to purchase goods- for the firm, with which he is
employed. '
FEBRUARY 5, 1926
A quiet wedding took place at the manse of First Church,
Seaforth, when Wesley Agar, was united in marriage to Alice
R. Broome. Rev. F. H. Larkin psrformed the ceremony.
The skating rink at Berry's Cornelrucefield, is the center
of attraction these clear moonlightnights.
Dr. James Jarrott of Parry Sound spent a few days with Mr.
and Mrs . Isaac Jarrott.
The snow storms of last, week were the worst ones Henson/.
•has had. .
Mrs. A. R. Box, Mrs.' W. Finnegan, Adam McKay and Alex
MacKay were in Toronto attending the funeral of the late
Wm. Mackay.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Martin of Kruegerdorf, New Ontario,
were called here owing to the death of J. C. Mart in.
Miss Marjorie Nolan left this week for Toronto where she
has accepted' a position as teacher.
Messrs. John.and Wm. 'Holdan of Manley have the-contract
of cutting wood for Thos. MtKay.
Mr. Chas. Little of Manley has been busy quartining the
burg for measles.
FEBRUARY 9, 1951
A snow storm of polar proportions swept dawn upon
Seaforth and district. It was the worst storm of the season.
Motor traffic was. brought to a standstill. The town street
committee had crews and ploms working early Thursday
morning to clear, the streets orthe town.
"The Commodores", rousing male quartette and the Swiss
'Bell ringers rendered a concert in Frist Presbyterian Church.
• The many friendkof Peter Haugh of Brucefield will be
pleased to learn that he has been made head page boy for
theParliament 7buildings for 1951.
N • Despite• a very'cold night, there were 2Z tables for the
euchre sponsored by the Kippen East Women's Institute.
The prize winners were Ladies 1st. Mrs. Wilmer Broadfoot;
2nd. Marian Tinney;"Consolation Mrs. B. Smap; Gents first,
R. Upshall; second, W.D.Wilson; Consolation, 'Mac Wilson.
MiSs Mary, A. Smillie of Walton, died at the home of her
nephew, Joseph Taylor, Science Hill:
Mr. and Mrs. David McLean of Tuckersmith marked the
30th anniverssary of their wedding when a fowl dinner wa!
served.
To the editor
Seaforth Optimist Charlie Geddes,
has told us that the Optimists plan to
'keep their open air rink at their park
open for the- yvinter, or as long as
weather permits. That will be .good
news for a lot of peoOle and their kids
who can nowiskate for free there any
day of 'the. week.
out, just to 'prove that you can't
pleaSe all of the people any of the'
time, we reprint an editorial from the
St., Marys' Journal Argus. St. Marys
Kinsmen have :been operating an
outdoor, rink there all winter. The St.
Marys paper said:
Faintly reminiscent of those 'who sit
at a bar knocking back rum and cokes
at .around a dollar per gulp, while
complaining about the high:price of
- ....... steak is the fact local Kinsmen have
found a few people who are not even
happy about the present free open air
ice rink at the north end of the Flats..
Strrangely enough, not too many
beefs, have been heard' because of a
lack of a heated dressing room,
complete with showers. This type of
'criticism is' more or less old hat in
these days of grab all you can get.
One phone call on the subject, we
-hear,.concerned the fact that the rink
has been built on what the. Fair Board
usQs as a hOrse show ring during the
annual Fair.. Sort of discrimihation
_against the horse. Just why anybody
Interested in horseback riding •could
ribtride almost anY_pface as well as ,
through the three feet of 'snow that
would have covered the area by now If
Kinsmen had not converted the area
The recent election for Warden. of
Huron County was close and perhaps
painful for those who saw 'their
candidate lose by only one vote. But
at least there was an electio
warden in Huron ... an elec n that
got a lot of people inte sted in
'government at the' county level.
County government is alive and
well in Huron county. You could tell
that by looking at the crowd who
crammed in to hear the results of the
voice vote on the floor of the county
council chambers in Godbrich. Weeks
before the warden's election there
was discussion on the three
candidates and their abilities around
the county and _at most municipaL,
council meeting6.
It's too bad that the same can't be
said' for our neighbour to the east,
Perth County, where they haven't had
an election for warden since 1972. For
four years it .has. apparently just
happened that only one man' is
interested in seeking the top Perth
job. Every year noneof his colleagues
on county council see fit to oppose the
first who announces publically.
Now, we have no evidence that
Perth' hasn't had the best in wardens
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To the editor:
California letter brings answers '
To the Editor: ,
Thank you very much for publishing my
letter that I sent to Egmondville regarding
the David Manson family that resided near
Seaforth in the 1800's. I received a letter
from Dr. John McIntos13 of-Toionto who
liad received a copy of my letter to
Egmondville (from the letter you had
printed).,HiA grandmother was a sister of
my great grandinotlith and both were
daughters of the David Mansons.
WasSour pallet: in existence...in 1902 or
1906/ If it was not, vOs, ,there another
paper in Seaforth then? I am attempting, to.
locate an obityary.--for—my —giqat great
4!,artclproxeiiti, David and Mary, Leitch ,
Manson. If I can find"an obituary it may
give the names of their parents and where
in Scotland they David and Mary
over the past four years. But belief in
tile democratic process means
support for election, not acclamation
as the way to select our leaders.
We're not saying that the
"'acclamations in Perth . smack of
collusion and trade-offs. You find
horse trading even when there are
elections. 'But acclamation year after
year, in no matter _what level of
government, doesn't look good.
There should be more interest in
the Perth warden's job, by county
councillors and citizens than the quiet
acclamation of. members in turn.
would indieale.
Who runs county' count is
especiallY important now that the
province is cutting down on grant
money and the county will have to
make its own cuts.
An election contest is still the best
way to pick the best man 'for the job:—
The ratepayers of 'Perth will
probably let their reeves and deputy
reeves know that they prefer an open,
public, all cards,on the table election
for warden to the "I'll take it this
year and next year the job's yours,"'
atmosphere that builds up when there
are a string 'of acclamations.
to a rink, is hard to explain. That's
people!!
Another major squawk and'
complaint lies in the fact the Kinsmen
have drawn.up some ruleegOverning
the hours at which local youhgsters
may use the ice surface fbr the hot
pursuit of a hockey puck. Some kids
and ,poSsibly some parents,, seem to
think God has decreed that all ice
must be used , for hockey alone. It
,seems to come as a distinct sh.ock.to,
certain young fellows that' skating
alone is also fun. Not to rnention.'sgood
healthy exercise, especially in the
'open air. They have just never looked
at the use of skates -in. any context
other thanwith,a. hockeY``stick in their
hands. We sometimes suspect that
many lads• would fall on their faces
without .a hockey 'stick for support.
However, the only purpose of this
strip of prose is to commend the lodal
Kinsmen Club members for• coming
up with a real winning idea in the
Up'k'eep" and •maintenance .of this
open-air rink. No doubt; the project
will take time to develop to its full
public potential. Most of us have long
forgotten how much we used to enjoy
skating on natural ice, alohg ' the.
Creek, at the old rink, 9r whatever.
Next year the Kinsmen plan bigger"
and better rink activities so, .where
this corner is concerned, we wish'
them the best of luck, both with
ice-making and with public co-
operation. It is one of 'the best Club
efforts in some time. In•the opinion of
this particular writer at least. .
(The St.lvlarys Journal Argus.)
Manson) were born.
I have a picture of my great great
grandmother's tombstone that is in a
cemetery in Egmondville. so I know when
she died. I have been told that her husband
died in 1902.
Do you have an obituary for:
Mary., Leitch Manson, wife of David
Manson , died April 28, 1906. 'David
ManSon, died 1902?
If you find an obitUary I would very much
appreciate receiving a copy.
Thank you very muefiliii: and
effort on my behalf antl,Aank 'you for
priiiting my letter,
Siti&tely,
David CtOmbie
, 2221 Cumiskey Street,
Marysville; California 95901
Amen
by Karl Schuessler
Sorry. Kim
• .1 have to apologize to you, Kim•Leonharclt,
for themaytWo-girls in our ho.us'e we're acting.
It was rather silly, wasn't it? Making you
conic all the way back to our house and giving
back two quarters that we had given, to you. '.
You were good about it, though.. Never'
complained. Why you even took the time to
shine them up., Rub- them in baking soda.
That's how y orr clean old coins' you said.
Not that these coins were old, of course.,
But they were special -- very special coins.
•And that's what we-didn't know, when we
gave them to you. . ..•
It's all the snow's fault,,of course. here we
had a circle driveway blown full of snow. And
'there we , had you with your snow blower
hitched to a tractor: •
And when the time came to pay you, Out
pockets were empty.
My wife had an idea. She tf\Xight Laura had
some money in he'r dresser drawer.
What's a.daughter for? But to help out her
parents, in time of need. She wasn't hcime. But
she'd understand, We"d•payner back -- all in
• quarts, s if she wanted it that way.
JOS't this time. This, one time we'd take the
Money without asking.. We needed it, Kit-I-
needed it. '4. ' • .„
And she wouldn't have to help shovel out
the' citiveway 4 when • she- ;came home from .
school. Now that's worth a half a day's
interest on the loan, isn't it?
NO, it isn't. •
A day later - it took my Wife a day to-
remember to tell, her about the sneaky heist --
Laura roared, "Mother-r-r-rrrr. How could
you? How could you have done such a thing.
And without even asking?
"Didn't you notice?.• Couldn't you see?
Anyone could tell they were ord just by looking .
at them. Did'n't you look? See how dull and '
dirty they were?"
My wife shrugged. A quarter was a
quarter was a .quarter. Dull or cleatt -ff•~' was
only worth twenty-five cents. •
"And you gave away twelve of them? 01.4
Re- the bus driver's complaint.
From a snow plower's wife
If you haven't got the gumption
To sign your own real name
I'll sign mine here gladly
Wish you could do the same.
In regard to ,these schtiol buses
You haven't got a squeak- Ill
I'm tip At half past 3:00 A.M.
So you he does not meet!
Don't know if you're underpaid or not
But mine sure as hell is.
If you're not satisfied with roads
• Better get in another biz!
• They take their darn, old lunches
tfurry and gobble it down ••
Doing without a hot meal
So folks can get to town,
They worry about the children
_.„„,SO they can 'get to school
And anyone who says they don't
Is just a darned old fool.
Mother-rrrrr," she moaned.
And then she 'went oh. How she's been
saving them for eight years. From the time . •
she had a• newspaper route in Mississauga.
H'ow she always looks over every coin that •
goes through 'her fingers, How she doesn't
mind working at the . tuck • 'shop in school,,•••
because she can inspect all the coins in the.
cash register.. And how she likes to count all
the.trioney in the Sunday School collection. --
all to sec if she can find any Centennial coins
or older' silver coins. •
"Oh, mother-rrrt, how could you?" •
"Kim", niy wife phoned, " Do you haVe any
of those quarterS we ,gaVe yot'yesterday?"
Somerthing, eh, Kim? Women picking your
pockets at a two mile distance.
You fumbled around inside and brought out
your change.'
"I was at a restaurant today and paid for my
dinner with them," she said, "But I see I do
have two of them left.
"I 'don't like to: bring it .up,, but I think you •
only gave 1N-quarters, not twelve."
Something there too, Kim. The 'Bible talks
about unscrupulous men 'fleecing the widow
But ,sametimeS the . ladies -- 'widows or
otherwise-=can do pretty well •themselves.
You went on to corfoole ,her. The, coins
weren't worth much-,-except a ,quarterof
course. You're a collector yourself. 'But maybe
after 30 to 40 years they may be worth, a little •
more..
Well, no matter.
"Would you mind bringing the two quarters
around the next time you drive, by our place",
she said.
She baited you a bit.. Said slie'd pay you the
quar ter she owed you and for all your
trouble, another quarter:
.High finance, eh Kim?" .
But you played e ladies game. Good, man.
For a young fe w of twenty, your'ye vase, for
your age. Yo eemed to k w. Little things --
to a lady :- do Mean a lot, Little things,like two
lousy qu arters.'
' •
here's something about a snow plow
Sometimes they came get ,stuck
But a plow can pull out a school bus
When they are;in the muck.
shout your mouth off • sir - or mam
But get your head on right
For it's not much fun for a
In -the Middle of the night.
Ask any of the neighbours
Who live near a snow plow fair
Their houses, windows rattle and shake
With the start of that old mare. "
They're supposed to be dumb bunnies
These guys who drive a plow
You should be in the funnies
To these men take a bow • - '
Did you ever think God Wakes the snow
it comes from Heaven - didn't you know?
We don't ask for roads to be full
So please • my friend - no more of this bull!
Jean E. Kruse
Museums need
war souveniers
To the Editor:
The National Museums of Canada seek
to strengthen their' c lection of military
artifacts and at this tim especially wish to
acquire uniforms, capons, medals,
military. books, insignia and photographs
concerning. the military history of North
America from 1604 to the present. Artifacts
relating to the allied and enemy forces
from the First and Second World Wars are
also of interest, "
These are for display, 'future reference
and research in the Canadian War
Mtiscurn (National Museum of Man) in the
national capital. The Canadian War
Museum would he pleased to hear from.
any of your readers who may be able to
assist in" this reqttly4iFfentr •
Ml L:F.Murrq
Chief Curator
Canadian War. Museum
Ottawa, Ontario.
330 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, 'Ontario.
K1A 0M8 •
Even fun for free has critics
To the editor
Snow plower's wife answers
bus driver
snow plower •