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Local children in district free-throw
CLINTON - Five girls and boys
from the towns of Clinton, Blyth,
Hotmesvitle, Brucefield and Lon-
deaboro, aged 10 to 14, were
named local champions of the
1995 Knights of Columbus Inter-
national Free Throw Champion-
ship and have earned the right to
compete at district level.
St. Joseph's Council 7645 in
Clinton sponsored the local com-
petition at St. Joseph's Roman
Sergeant
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
FEBRUARY 8, 1895
John Landsborough of Seaforth
has purchased over 5,000 fence
posts in the locality of Brussels.
* * *
On Monday evening, Mr. John
Short, who recently retired from
farming and became a resident of
Hensall, was very pleasantly sur-
prised on the occasion of his 74th
birthday, by having all his sons and
daughters, together with their wives
and husbands, who lived within
bounds, come in the way of a sur-
prise party, and spent the evening in
the old home.
* * *
Mr. Osbert H. Kerslake and his
bride have sealed down on their
farm on the 1 1 th concession.
* * *
On Tuesday morning, at SL
James' Catholic Church in this
town, Miss Kate Devereaux, daugh-
ter of Mr. Robert Devereaux, of
'Tuckersmith, and Mr. W. Burns, of
Logan township, Perth county, were
made man and wife by Rev. Father
Kennedy, in the presence of a large
concourse of friends.
* * *
A gentleman in Egmondville
possesses a bound volume of the
popular magazine, Leisure Hour, for
1891, which contains a picture
representing five generations. Noth-
ing perhaps,, uncommon, but the
peculiarity lies in the circumstance
that the group represents the grand-
mother, aunt and cousins of the
writer of these notes, who has a
good photograph of them taken
several years ago, the eldest at that
time being 94 and the youngest six
months, each named Mary.
JT' f lU')kt!;.q * * ' '
i of tIPSIt rs4aFid .that Mr., Andrew
Govenlock, of Winthrop, has leased
Catholic School. All youngsters
from ages 10 to 14 were eligible
to participate.
Andrea Vanderloo was the 10 -
year -old girls' champion with a
score of 3-15 and Stellios
Gougoulias was the winner of the
10 -year-old boys' division with a
score of 5-15.
In the 11 -year-old bracket of the
competition there was no girl
participant and Chris Kaastra was
the boys' champion with a score
of 10-15.
Twelve -year-old winners in the
girls' and boys' division were
Emily Slotegraaf with a score of
6-15 and Rick VanSteelandt with
a score of 9-15.
The 13 -year-old girls' division
was won by Colleen Renkema
with a score of 7-15 and the boys'
division was won by Mark Cox
with a score of 8-15.
The fourteen -year-old champion
in the boys' category was Mark
McLachlan with a score of 8-15.
Last year
more than 188,000 girls and boys
participated in 3,203 local com-
petitions. Local winners will com-
pete in the district competition to
be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at
10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Separate
School with the storm date set for
Feb. 18, at 10 a.m.
receives gallantry award
In the .Years Agone
his general store for a term of years
to Mr. Frank Willson, formerly
cheese maker at Winthrop.
* * *
Miss Ada Gray, the celebrated
New York actress, supported by an
excellent company, will appear in
the well-known play, East Lynne, in
Cardno's Hall.
* * *
The Kippen Hall Company intend
giving another concert when Miss
Grace McFaul of Seaforth and Wm.
McLeod, comic singer, Miss
McLean of Hensall and Thos.
Murdock will perform.
* * *
Thos. Daly of Egmondville has
purchased a splendid driver, one of
those stylish speedy animals full of
grit but gentle enough for the most
nervous to handle.
FEBRUARY 6, 1920
Mr. A. Hicks, MPP for South
Huron, has been appointed party
whip by the UFO members -elect of
the Ontario Legislature.
* * *
A rink of curlers composed of W.
E. Southgate, K. McLean, G. A.
Sills and T. Johnston were in St.
Thomas on Monday playing for the
Just Wright Challenge Trophy, but
did not succeed in lifting it.
* * *
Mr. Joseph Eckart, of Kitchener,
and Miss Bessie Jordan, of Dublin,
spent the weekend with friends in
town.
* * *
Mr. W. J. Finnigan has purchased
the old Collie property in
Egmondville.
* * *
R. McFadzean and J. McArthur
have gone to Guelph for a short
course on the management of trac-
tors.
FEBRUARY 9, 1945
Sgt. John Joseph Holland,
Seaforth, was awarded the Military
Medal for gallantry and distin-
guished conduct during the Caen
battle.
* * *
The Expositor is indebted to Mr.
David McConnell, of Dublin, for
two very interesting souvenirs of
Dublin activities of the long ago.
One is an invitation to the celebra-
tion that was held in the village on
the occasion of its incorporation,
when the name was changed from
Carronbrook to Dublin.
Mrs. T. W. Butt, of Kippen, has
received several letters recently
from her son, Lance -Cpl. (Curly)
Somers, who is with the Eighth
Army in Italy, and he wishes to
thank the Seaforth Branch of the
Canadian Legion, the Overseas Box
Committee and Northside United
Church for thesmokers and boxes
sent at Christmas time.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John Passmore, of
Hensall, received official word
Sunday that their youngest son,
Pilot Officer Gerald (Mike)
Passmore, was reported missing and
presumed killed in air activities
over enemy territory.
Pilot Officer Passmore is 21 years
of age, enlisted in 1941 and
received his wings at Uplands and
his training at Patricia Bay,
Vancouver Island and was stationed
at Alaska when he left for overseas
in June, 1944.
* * *
R. B. Holmes of the Public Utility
Commission staff had both bones of
his left leg broken. While doing
some electrical work at the home of
J. J. Cleary, he slipped and fell
while going downstairs.
FEBRUARY 5, 1970
Tuckersmith Township Council
members conducted their business
by the dim light of one lonely,
small, white candle on Tuesday
night. Their meeting at Huron Cen-
tennial School, Brucefield had only
begun at eight o'clock when the
school was plunged into darkness.
About ten minutes later a janitor
arrived with the candle.
* * *
Some 50 teenagers attended a
youth meeting Sunday afternoon in
the St. Patrick's School Auditorium.
Reverend Father Durand, Sister
Shirley, Mary Margaret Rowland
and Bonnie Krauskopf chaired the
meeting. Those nominated were
Mary Kelly, Jo -Ann Van Bergen,
Mary Ann O'Rourke, Lou Ann
Rowland, Christine Delaney, Danny
O'Rourke, Ron Feeney, Ed. Rene,
John Vogels and Casey Van Bakel.
* * *
Under the direction of Jim Rowat,
the cast of Fallen Angels is Tom
Burke, Gwen McLean, Joe Murray,
Nico Peters, Dawna Reynolds and
Pat Ryan.
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