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Balifax Where I lived for a . short:
time .nMO . or 04' YOrs •489,,
cno.Pged, mostly', or •the better,c
,1934 was.'Odd 0 Nee .
still build OideWalks around` the.
frees there. ' '
!s‘ Maybe I'll report ln more !Ser. •
later, when recover,
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-0m-•••,',"Thcrita-a,a, of to .felt. as we headed li"Ottle in huge_
week, but not tO0'1410.h tlide'W`T'Mane it had four rooms or
say if in. The better half 041 got sections and sat ,M'people, from
back late Sunday' night, aftef a. Halifax. There were movies for
flying trip to theCanadian,,' free, galley downstairs and about
Community Newspapers. - ten flight,attendants..It was. really
Association convention in .. something to hear one of them
Halifax. • tell us he'd send "downstairs"
' Oteourse, alot of work waited '(this is at 38,000 feet) for some
at botne,and regular jobs, like the ice, for believe it or not, my
writing of this column got. pushed gingerale.
ahead4rom Friday to Wednesday. The flight was' noteworthy for
morning. If-I'm going to meet theanother reason-, . . •
deadline that Pm always bugging -" Gerald Regan, the premier of
Nova Scotia, was scheduled to be
closing night speaker at the
newspaper convention, He
couldn't make it, the cabinet
.iiiinister who stood in for him at
Saturday night's 'dinner
'explained, because.he had had to
'go to Edmonton for . the first
minister's meeting that, .Alberta
premier Lougheed was
,!-eonvening.
The newspaper people in
attendance-accepted that, but the'
convention ended on rather a dull
note.
rind ft.* sane, Pr Abler" Regan and at $ M. had to start 01 0
sitting across the aisle from us on agaitl,r11011F,!!!Oech:ScheltIlect
'Sunday night's Toronto bound f!,#'13'..p.m.-
Might. Yes, in economy. wife,-.- Maureen, MeTeer;
had better luck and conducted
That must •have been a pretty_herself very Well at a question and
fast Edmonton-Halifax-Torpatoanswer sesSion that' was ably
trip for the luckless premier. I say chaired by mrowu mother, Win,n
luckless because there were lots McLean. ; -
One of the convention
highlights fOt me was meeting
Bill Smiley, who's just as witty,
droll and interesting as his
column indicates. Smiley was in
good form, still planning his, trip
to Nicaragua on the 747.,that he
thinks his friend, the newspaper
baron of Renfrew Coutny, is
going to pay for. 53 seats left on
the November 15 trip, Smiley told
me, and he's looking for takers.
He's also looking forward to the •
time, perhaps a few short years,
when he can bring his grandson
Pokey to a convention, No, Mrs.
Smiley (did you meet the
everyone else about, some things
are going to have to wait for next
week.
The night before we left we
joined members of the local
Womens Institute who had the
well known sooth sayer or fortune
teller, Vera McNichol of Millhank
as their guest. Vera told a lot of
interesting stories about her
predictions and her work as' an
advice giver arid missing persOng
finder. A feature story will appear
next week.
We finally jOined the jet set, we .
ofothernewspaperpeople on that_
flight and word is bound to get
back that premiers aren't always
where they say they are.
Premier Regan was still getting
flack at home for the Queen's visit
there. It seems he invited no
Torte MPP's to official Royal
functions and eSeil had the Queen
"open" a hospital in his home •
town„-Windsor . S. , that had
been 'open for sometime.
Ab, the joys of politics.
Joe Clark, soh of a former
weekly newspaper publisher, got
himself in trouble at the
convention too. He"d dictated his
convention speech to a tape LET US MAKE YOUR OLD FURNITURE
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OLD FASHIONED BARGAIN DAYS — Seaforth's Old Fashioned Bargain Days
could have been called Old Fashioned Rainy Days as the three day event for
merchants to-disOlay their products on the sidewalk almost got a lot of rain. Some
merchants like Bill O'Shea were able tck take advantage, of the brief 'periods
sunshine
of-
and, shoppers were the're to:browse. (Staff Photo)
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- I COOK UPHOLSTERY
• „ She.",wasV4iintit atSt:
diem as nob le,„grangstia,the
there and on completion dflte ,,
term of of fice was presented with
a necklace made of gold nuggets.
She gave her necklace to the
government near the end of the
first World War when the•
government,..4 was short of the-
precionS metal.
Mrs. B amilton hasn son'TOM,
seven grandchildren, 19 great
grandchildren and two,,great;
great grandchildren.
One of her great-grarid-
children, Rhea is an employee of
_the Huron Expositor.
"Why not drill a very deep
hole and tap the Mid-east oil
fields from the bottom?"
Earl Gray visited DawSori-City!*
,,<.AngliCana,,„chnrch in, Auburn for
many years d .was a megiber of
the Rebekah Lodge. In the. Yukon,
Shivamon pointed
out that council had no say
whether the PUC .bought the
equipment or not.
"When we had no say in the
matter of buying, I don't see
where it is any of our business to
bail them out," he said:.. •
Council split three in' favour
and three against approving the
loan with May'ar.Cardn0•!breaking •
the tie by voting in favour.
On sale
Seaforth Women's Institute
International Plowing MOO,
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--A, ••••• ' (by Wilma Oke) ta w,
/ Mrs., George Hamilton ' of
Auburn marked her 102nd
birthday Wednesday with a quiet
family'. gathering at Huronview,
Clinton where -she has been a
resident for six years.
Blind and partially deaf for
about a year she is confined to her
,-bed most of the time.
_Born Auburn on August 18,
1874, she is the former Isabel
Wilson, a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Drummond
Wilson, the oldest of nine
children. Mrs. Arthur (Marion)
Rutledge, 84, of Egmondville is
the. only other ,stirviving,„rnernber
of her family. ' • .
• • , Isabel liamilton went to the
Yukon in '1900 as the 'bride of
Geroge Hamilton 'of' Auburn who
had joined the Yukon Gold Rush
in 1898. He had returned south
for his wedding. The couple lived
in Dawson City there for ten
years.
While her husband did,-Some.
prospecting, carpentry work and
blacksmithing, Isabel busied
herself selling real estate. She
b ought and sold cabins, often for,
the back taxes, fixed them up and
sold them. •.
She was organist of. the
Anglican Church there and
played at local dances.
She and her husband were
friends of Pierre Berton's late
parents and poet Robert Service.
' Mrs. Berton taught in the
school which the couple's only
. child , Tom attended, and Robert
Service was his Sunday School
teacher.
Tom Hamilton, who now lives
in Goderich, told in a 'telephone
conversation with him, of the time
• .,!?' fils mother killed one of their
chickens attii found a gold nugget
in its gizzard.
He spoke .Of the occasion when
the 'Governor General of Canada;
and' he- attended. -t he, reception
with his mother afid father when a
large block ofice was carved out
for use as-'a punchAo,W)•
In a previous, interview Mrs.
Hamilton told of the time one of
her neighbours arrived home
after (night of drinking,, leaned
against his door and was found
frozen the next day, still in an
upright position in the--72-degree
weather. - -
Isobel and George Hamilton
returned in 1911 to Auburn to
farm on the outskirts .of .the
village. They lived there Until
George died at the age of 85. Mrs.
"HatillIti:g.,•sActe4the farm and
moved to the 'Village.
(Continued froM 'Page 1)
they would- be able to, pay fet,the
eitiipment, hut'artieir council
that if the loan wasn't approved,
new services would have to be
postponed.
"If they sold that backhoe they
would have enpugh money" with-
out borrowing,7 ' said, Wayne
Ellis. "I think council 'should
entertain rejecting-this request."
"If the PUC has to come to
council to borrow, I' think,, they:'
shOuld take council into consider-
ation when they decide to make
these purchases," he. said.
Councillors Charles Campbell
and John ,-Sinnamon were con-
cerned over the PUC's miscalcu-
lation of revenue.
"I think that is damn poor
management," said councillor
Sinnamon.
"I thought they would have
some kind of budget. It is just
amazing to me that they could get
themselves into this 'position,"
said councillor Campbell.
own counci
John Barringer was appointed
to the Public Works department
effectivd July 29 at a salary of
$3.75 per hour for three proba-
tionary months and $4. per hour
thereafter.
Council passed a lengthy bylaw
outlining the exact parking regu-
lations throughout Seaforth. A
copy of the bylaw will be passed
for an increase- froth $35 to $40. on to the police chief _and. any
-Va,,sto"Censtruction Ltd. to pave changed. „
portions of John .§i..';.-SparlingoStro",-'Gouticil decided. to ask Viggo
Market St., and, Jarvis 4i.; in Casperied and his staff to look at
return -for -the town taking over the other side of the town hall
:0,Worisibility for the restoration„„whilethey..are,repairing the north
Of all sidZW'aTkiTri-lhe town side and do whate-fiailiting*
affected by sewer construction. necessary, .
Connell decided to offer to do all At the.„.recemniendation of the
the sidewalk disturbed by private 'protections .of,per'Sons and, pro-
drain . contw etions, but not e „aliy,,,,-;,lierty committee, council
damaged. • eavy cornMended the police depart-
machinery. . ment for their efficiency during
Bylaw 1032 which set the sewer the month' of July.
Connection fee permit-at';.$2.was,,., A, resolution by the ;Association
amended to. $5: ' of- Municipalities of Ontario ask-
"7A-''SylaW 'to tax Seaforth ing that interim emergency
Comfnunity Hospital on a rate of proCedures be set up' so that
$50 a bed was passed. The mayor arena repair applications . be
assured, council that this taxation processed quicker than the OMB
was budgeted by the, hospital and is now doing, was. endorsed by
would not represent .any council. .
unexpected burden. ' Members 'of ..council learned
riefs
that Exeter and Goderich as well
as Seaforth had endorsed the idea
of arferecreation but Clinton and
Wingham are undecided as of
yet.
Mayor Cardno was instructed
to look into the possibility of
applying for a LIP grant, for
renovations in the upstairs of the
town hall.
Approval was given for the
installation of a fire hydrant on
Jarvis Street north of Brantford
street:
God Wouldn't have
given us feet if he
didn't mean for us to
use them.
Walk.
PUC tptoi sq(ipok
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$2.75
25 4 for mailing 'charge
Seaforth town council at their
regular meeting Monday night
dealth with a number of
questions: They turned down an
application by the Public Utilities
Commission for an increase in the
per diem rate paid to Commis=
I stoners wheh they are out of town .
• • on PU,C business. .
Mrs....Hamilton. it 1-0.2 • The PUC applied last -February
Council received an offer, from signs that need to be will
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