The Huron Expositor, 1985-07-03, Page 10A8 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 3, 1985
UP AND AWAY—One way area children
celebrated the birthday of Tuckersmith
Township was to sent up a kaleidoscope of
balloons in conjunction with the opening
ceremonies of the celebration. Sandy Ryan
was one of the students who added her
balloons to those sent up. (Mclwraith photo)
A HEARTY BREAKFAST was served up by members of the local fire department Saturday.
The breakfast was served in conjunction with Tuckersmith Sesquicentennial celebrations
held in the area over the weekend. Bill Slavin, a native of Tuckersmith, returned to the area
with his family to partake In the festivities surrounding its 150th birthday.
PARADE PROBLEMS-Not, everyone had a banner weekend, despite the joviality
surrounding the Tuckersmith Sesquicentennial celebration. During Saturday's parade Bill
Brown Jr. experienced some difficulty with his 1963 Buick Riviera and was forced to pull to
the side of the parade route just blocks before the finish, Dan O'Rourke tried to help him
combat the problem—overheating. (Mcliwraith photo)
Birthday celebration
Despite being 150 years old Tuckersmith
Township threw a party on the weekend that
appealed to people of all ages.
In keeping with their theme the township
instilled a desire in local residents to "revive
and come alive" and celebrate the prestigous
event.
While the majority of Canadians cele-
brated the 118th birthday of Canada area
residents participated in a number of
scheduled activities in celebration of the
birthday of Tuckersmith Township.
Such things as tours of the township's
historical sites, school reunions, barbecues,
variety and craft shows, Kub Kar Races,
antique car displays and a balloon release
were only some of the events that kept people
hopping on the weekend.
And although a brief 'thunderstorm threat-
ened to make Saturday's parade a wash out, it
didn't, and for the most part sunny skies
prevailed throughout the weekend. Approx-
imately 188 floats and bands participated in
the birthday parade
Float contest winners included the Kippen
East Women's Institute, the Hensall Horti-
culture Society, a family entry by Jim
McGregor, of Kippen, and antique car of Bob
Caldwell of Hensall and a horse-drawn rig
entered by Robert McLachlan of Kippen.
Tom Phillips was the over-all winner in the
beard contest,
In addition more than 600 tickets were sold
before Sunday's chicken barbecue and over a
thousand feasted at Saturday's beef barbe-
cue. Approximately 1,300were in attendance
Sunday morning for the inter-denominational
church service at the Seaforth Community
Centres.
Results of Isuckeismith's Saturday after-
noon events were;
PONY RIDE—Included among the events In the celebration of Tuckersmith Township's
150th birthday was a petting yard on the grounds across from the Van Fernand House in
Egmondville. Not only were children allowed to pet various animals but in this case were
allowed to ride some of them as well. Jim Parsons takes Dana Edwards, 8, of TuckersmIth,
for a ride on Patches,
STEPPING INTO THE PAST—Many area residents reverted to the ways and means of their
ancestors over the weekend when they gathered to celebrate the 150th birthday of
Tuckersmith Township, One hUndred and eighty-eight floats travelled down Seaforth's Main
Street en route to Van Egmond House Saturday where festivities marking the event were
held. Among those in the parade were Tuckersmith reeve Bob Bell and his wife Marlene.
TUCK ERSM ITH I4 UB K AR
Races: 1, Steven Lostell, 2. Erin Lobb, 3.
Scott Lobb, 4, Kelly Rau, 5. Murray
Workman, 6, Darren Coleman.
Best Paint Job: 1. Heather Ketchabaw, 2.
Bill Schenck, 3. Kelly Workman, 4. Michael
Cooper, Honorable mention, Charlen‘ Town-
send, Chris Ketchabaw.
Best Design: I . Chris Ketchabaw, 2. Tyler
Papple, 3. Murray.-Workman, 4. Darren
Coleman.
Most like Antique: 1. Kate Papple, 2.
Cheryl Workman, 3. Charlene Townsend, 4.
Patrick DeJong.
CUBS OW N CARS
Best Paint: 1, Kristen Crawford. 2. Tanya
Peters, 3. Greg Crawford, 4. Chris March).
Best Design: 1. Michael Thiel. 2. Chris
March!, 3. Greg Crawford, 4. Danny Dalton.
Races: I . Chris Marthl, 2. Greg Crawford,
3. Kristen Crawford, 4. Michael '111iel.
SOAPBOX
1st, Bruce Smith's entry of Vanastra.
BED RACES
1st. - Clinton High School Curling Team:
runners - Mark Cantelon, Scott Cooper, Scott
Townsend, Murray Townsend; driver -
William Fotheringham.
2nd. - Van Miltenburg Farms: Linda. Ed.
Tony, Ben and Jack Van Miltenburg.
• 3rd. - Vanastra Curling Club: Matt Haney,
John Browriridge, Stan Johns, David Town-
send and Jack McLachlan.
On the dunking machine John Brownridge,
Bill Brown Sr., Jack McLachlan, George
Cantelon, Matt Haney, David Miller, George
Townsend, Kent Bothwell and David Town-
' send all went for a cool dip, clothes and
The people in charge of the animal yard.
popcorn and lemonade were kept busy with
younger people.
Jim Papple, in charge of the balloon
release was afraid the balloons would land in
Kling's gravel pit, but they went a lot farther.
Sesquicentennial celebrations. They were assisted In the cooking by Francis Hunt. EASY OVER--Brian Barry and Doug McClure ware flipping chickens Sunday afternoon In
preparation for a barbecue held In conjunction with Tuckersmith Township's Approximately 600 half chickens were prepared for the barbecue.