The Huron Expositor, 1995-08-02, Page 1212-THI HURON II:XPO$ITOR, August 2, 1225
`Searing' heat scorches 1855
JULY 30 TO AUG. 3, 1955
It took more than three
decades, a generation, for
Seaforth to host its third
Homecoming.
"Searing -'heat... reduced at-
tendance at day -time reunion
activities to a minimum", an-
nounced the front page story in
The Huron Expositor when it
was all through.
That page is reproduced on
the last page of this week's
newspaper.
The biggest change in the
local newspaper's coverage of
the 1955 Reunion was lots of
photographs. Coverage of the
earlier Reunions had all been
in type and stories, the
photographic reproduction
process for newspapers had
been too new and costly.
Once again superlative adjec-
tives ruled the reporters' roost,
the parade during this latest
Old Boys' get together was
described in the following
week's newspaper report as the
"largest" ever - "the largest
parade in the history of Huron
County," to be exact.
The parade took two hours to
pass, an editorial noted.
Canadian . Senator W. H.
Golding, mayor of Seaforth
during the last local Old Boys'
reunion in 1924, officially
opened the 1955 celebration.
Canadian Liberal Prime
Minister Louis St. Laurent and
Ontario Premier Leslie Frost
sent letters of greeting to
Seaforth, through Expositor
publisher and editor A.Y.
(Andrew) McLean, as staunch.
a Liberal himself as ever was.
Reason to Strut
The Old Boys' Reunion and
Centennial celebration gave
Bar sales
JULY 1 WEEKEND 1968
Seaforth's 1969 Homecoming
was not as extensive as earlier
community get togethers and
tied in with the town's 100th
anniversary of achieving village
status.
That seenied a good enough
excuse fora big party and local
residents were certainly not
averse to the notion.
Seaforth reason to strut...and
gab, according to A.Y.'s
editorial headlined "Welcome
Home" in the July 29 edition
of the paper preceding the
event.
"We may talk about our new
modern schools; our neat trim
streets so comfortably tree -
lined; our progressive stores
and industries; our Lions Park
and swimming pool. And we
may even talk about out `flew
sewer system which, after
being faced with many
problems, commenced
operation this week, as if it
too, wished to take part in the
celebration."
***
It had been hot all that sum-
mer so that week's heat wave
was not out of character.
"High temperatures and high
humidity are establishing
records and indirectly
contributing to harvesting
records in Huron County,"
quoth a report earlier in July
by The Expositor.
"Harvesting is the earliest
district farmers can remember,"
it continued.
" A department of agriculture
official is quotedas saying
only 13.46 inches of rain has
fallen in Ontario and Quebec
so far this year, compared with
a 63 -year average of 21.33
inches."
A Scot's heritage
James Scott's column
"Crossroads" in The Expositor
prior to the 1955 Homecoming
talked about the wee Scot
organizers of the Reunion used
to ballyhoo the event in all its
advertizing.
"And by no means the least
unusual feature of this Scottish
chap is that he was created by
big at 1968
• 0• •••••••••••••
"Centennial weekend must
have been a liquid celebration
for a lot of people," reported
The Huron Expositor later that
summer. "The total revenue
from bar sales over the four
days was $13,765.44, not quite
$1,000 less than the revenue
from all the weekend's events
put together - $14, 470. After
expenses about $5,000 was
an Irishman - (local) fellow
name of George Daly," Scott's
column went:
"Now what Im', suggesting is
that this Scottish town, which
that Irish boyo Daly so happily
has given a Glengarry tam for
a symbol at homecoming time,
might keep right on being
proud of its Scottish ancestry."
"Regardless of our racial
ancestry, when you get right
down to it," Scott continued,"
the Scots are a' richt. Nae doot
they have their faults an' noo
an' then can be sair
troublesome. But it the main
they're nae sae bad."
One downtown display
during the 1955 Old Boys
reunion that caught the
newspaper's fancy was in the
north window of Keating's
Pharmacy.
It was a model of Seaforth
Lions Club Park, "altogether
with the proposed swimming
pool" **
Once again the local
celebration "continues to
receive good press, radio and
TV coverage," a story in The
Expositor noted.
"This week station CKOC ,
Kitchener took shots of reunion
features about the town and put
the show on the air Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the president A.Y.
McLean, was in Wingham and
discussed reunion and centen-
nial arrangements with Johnny
Brent • on his afternoon
program. Incidentally, Johnny
Brent will be master of
ceremonies for the Monday
afternoon show in Agricultural
Park. CFPL-TV plans TV
coverage this week."
weekend
raised from bar sales and about
$3,000 lost on programs:
"$51,393.18 was . spent on,
celebrating Seaforth's birthday
and $56,406.41 came back to
the Committee, leaving a profit
of $5,013.86."
S• tewart Bros. I Mail & Phone Orders Carefully Filled I
•
see PAJAMA page 18.
Stewart Bros.
Cool Summery Clothes
For Everybody
: Summer Suit, for Men
i1 lire` p:cce ..ml !w0 ponce
• .11,1- 01 gee,, r..k and p,:k.
1. frown, Ii,vnespun-ttreed
• iron n or 0100 with fines
.din .tr1(1...u,gle breasted.
• hong lapel., trousers have
. ills and holt loop.. S1res
a to 44.
fuse -15 to $ (5
j Men's Cool Underwear
i}• Men • I ndensear ,n gene`-
• ,1u. 0ariely halbnggans,
1„roux 1)1,11, 1,t;,I,c,, mens,,
n.nnso.c, light ovals, 1.7nyr Girls and Children's
or .lung sleeve. .ankle or
Underwear
• knee length Drawers, colors
•
.rcnn, 1.01, nh,tc and nalur- Ct„ IJrt s Vests. cotton. in
..1, Site, ;z to IN.. law neck. short sleeves, all
ages.
Girls urea.,
I..O11010111 01 hrcom-
utg sty 1s 1 .a humero,.. 10
"Nola •n. Sh,1r1 Or Ion,;
a•:,
high or low neck,
g.nghanas, print.. Ducks,
01 blur, pink, tau,, s1)), red.
anif plain while, all smartly
-made and stylishly cut. A
hill range of sires,
Prnc _.1 1 to $3
Chidren's Parasols
.,tlra.tive lint
. 1 these be.intiful little snn-
.1i.0.hs lin taocy designs.
t 25e to 50r
Women* D
Cool,summer street dress-
es in great variety. All
entirely new styles, beauti-
fully hnished in h,ndsome
designs. Lawns, foulards
ratines, repps, drills, bro-
cades, crepes, embroideries
chiffons, voiles and silks;
Price -13 to 110
{house Dresses in extra
good 190.40) of prints and
ginghams in all the want-
ed shades, short or long
sires -es low or high neck
111 a large assortment of
pleating sta res. All sires.
Price S. 1 to 63.50
New Waists
f he , ,l 0.1• arc more
attractive than ever, Doz•
ens of ay les are here That
are entirely different from
nh.it )o:I have seen be•
Wn,new crisp clean waists
in voiles. silks, lawns, em-
broideries, crepes, muslins
All sizes
Price --11 to 15
Women', Peruotu
Silk or silk mixed and em•
broidery m light or dark
and plain ar.J fancy colors
in all the new shades.
Price --75r to 13.50
1'1•:e-501. to 75c rna
Belts
\I••1,.: and h,.s s' sol,J le.rth-
,r bah. 111 black, tan, gee)
u,J green.
I'nc. 25. 1S 750
1 0.- 1o20r
Girls' Wash Skirts'
\Waite, Indian head, pique,
r•tine and repp, trimmed
n lith bmIons,buttons dorm
front. All Use nese Designs
lin all sires and lengths.
rose 11 1,112.50
Rompers
•
ChdJren s plat) rompers in
i Straw flats pont or gingham, plain or
Iane}t.01014
in all suns.
"sailors and snap front 01 f rice-5Oc to 75c
IA .in Or lough sv..ns. 1151
2 ro,”, hands 111 0'0 .•r 1..."" Intents and Children s
i„,:ors. \II 5110.. Bonnets
I', .c -25r ,012 Children's t•,nslin sap, and
: • 1COnm.•I s. .111 size..
: I•ncc 25r to 75c
5hitu
1 in. blue, grey..re. no, and
h, l•1• with ,Ira, stripes and
luny lf.uu,dcr:J or s011
III•, •ri• tee ,altars. .\
-1.,,,,1 1 u, of outr„q .In,t s.
I'...; alit` I•• 11.511
•
;Duringthe months
1 of July and Au�ust
this store will
close Wednesday
afternoons at one
}o'clock.
t
• ii It ID 1 Slifer` and
MOUT
Hosiery
Itt..sk .0 Ian m plain knit
.:ha,•l .lakntgs. All .ores
Prise -12%c
Ilt.nk or 1.111 ribbed stock•
tops. sslr., good q1, ,lits.
1'ns r —150
Children*. nate
111 t,it, 511.1*., Lnens, ra•
Im0',11 .11.0,10111.5 511191.1
Ir,mme.l w.t11 p6hn or fanvy
tyanJ.. All stns.
I•r,s,• _ 111` h• 11.25
Children's Apron
t „gr 11,11 prim Apron,.
1„w ,r.1) 111.1 short .lees`.
Prise -210.
Boys' Wash Suits
Boys' .sailor blouse or Rua-
5ian suits, in galateas per-
cale, gingh.hms and ducks.
Blnamee pants trimmed
with ctmtrzsting colors.
Well made of good fast
color male ills. 511 sires,
Price 50c to 1.2.51)
Boys' Blouoss
Light or dark colors, prints
wi b stripe or figured de-
signs. Sailor collar, tape
and waist, Sires .t l,1 11
yelr,.
Price 5Or and ?Sr
Boys' Bloomer Snits
Norfolk or plain (0o's,
bloomer trousers, greys,
navy, natty browns. A
great assortment. of hand-
some patterns. Doren. Ps
suits in every sire.
Price 12.09 to 17.091
Boys' Colton Knickers -
Just the thing for holidays.
made of navy, 21 tan striped'
duck, m 13111 lonelier with
little cuff. made for wear
and *Al wash well.
{'rice 'lOe
Boys' Pisy Suite
Baseball, Cowboy, Indian
or Boy Scout suus,the best
play suits ever put on the
market. Strong, clean
looking and will s%ani the
wear and tear.
Price 11.50
Boy: Hats
Straw hats with dip from
or sailor shape, fancy color.
ed bands. All sues.
Price...25. to 500
Boys' Stockings
Faw hI k riblro, cotton
limier), guaranteed to give
entire satisfaction. A 11
sites.
Price 15c to 250
Ws h Good.
All the season'. Imsl and
moat atlra,,ise w.,.h fab
uric, erre here.
Prints I00 Ire 13c
0ingban,'.,. :tic 1sc 33r
rnuf"Js .. 000 0... 204 3sc
Dress Linen—
...... .....ass
Crepes... ......... 1 I0 wr
Nu/lin.. iso 1.1311
Pique... a •. to ass
K •ppp z.•. l0 1st
Indian I le IJe10. 10 :St
1)1411. ... , ., I;.
Kitchen Apron.
Wocicn's our, at qa,•n• .•u
Jerk Or. 1.pf0 .11,1•.• ,ml
1,1111.111.11 I• tri.,n.
!'n.• •101.1.750
: I St
i'••1•, \%•:title ri
•1 i i:ale'.,I
ewart Bros•
1r4µ• %Valued
1 I41111'Ht
='I `dile• I'rit•f'S l3EAFORTH Trio(11/ 1'ricg'B
.uu,IIU Iia
This ad first appeared in 1924 and is republished today in celebration
Homecoming '95 (Prices do not apply) by
ANNA'S DRESS SHOPPE - SEAFORTH.
of
r
'Hell -hopping' misbehaving at reunion
coatiaued from page 11.
Evidently the weatherman
wasn't the only one who mis-
behaved, according to a letter
to the editor from William Rae
of Walton in the Friday August
15 edition of The Expositor,
after Seaforth's second Old
Boys Reunion was history.
"Generally speaking, it is not
a good plan to look back too
much, but there is something
about the Old• Boys' reunion
that endears and exalts the idea
of home, • and gives us a new
outlook on life for the future,
and we love to come home and
get a welcome when we do
come. We believe that boys
and girls who love their home
make good children; that men
and women who love home are
good citizens; and that nations
that love their homes are or
will be strong nations.”
At the risk "of being thought
unkind,” Mr. Rae wrote
however that he was offended
by some of the unofficial
goings-on around town that
week:
"The general tearing up and
down and around at night from
9 p.m. till three o'clock in the
morning. I am not going into
details, but I cannot imagine
this feature would appeal to
many of the visiting Old Boys.
"We are well aware that fun
and frolic are as necessary for
young and old as in the time of
Horace, but surely the effect of
all this jazzing, raz000ing, hell -
hopping and rough stuff must
lessen respect for law and
order and destroy the courtesy
and consideration with which
girls and women should be
treated and be generally
demoralizing to the rising
generation.”
"Push and energy"
Two real oldtimers spoke to
the 1924 Reunion at Victoria
Park on the Monday.
"With the exception of the
Great War and fire in 1876,
which ruined the greater part of
Seaforth's business section, no
• disastrous results of any kind
have visited our town," Mayor
Golding said.
D.D. Wilson, then 85 years
young and the only surviving
member of Seaforth's first
council then spoke.
In the old days on Main
Steet, Wilson said, "he fre-
quently had to cross the street
for a pail of water and the
mud, which was thin and
watery, took him over the
ankles."
"It was a brisk business town
in the early days with only one
manufacturer, Broadfoot's
Planing Mill," the pioneer
recounted, "and the merchants
were all young men full of
push and energy. There were
13 hotels and 13 grain buyers
on the market. About a million
bushels of wheat came in from
all directions."
Later, W. McLaren Doig,
who the newspaper described
as "an old Tuckersmith boy"
and now a Port Huron lawyer,
said in his boyhood days in
Seaforth his father "would take
a stick, measure the length of
each child's foot and take it to
the shoemaker.
"They got one pair in the
year and when it was done
they had to go without. In spite
of all that -they were happy."
Jllmost everyone
appreciates the best
Remember - have plenty
of Coke on hand for
Christmas. It's the one
drink you know
your guests will welcome.
Get Extra Coke
For The Holiday
This ad appeared in 1955 and is republished today in celebration
of Homecoming '95 by (Prices do not apply)
ARCHIE'S SERVICE CENTRE
lVby Ford predominates
Proof that Ford,predominates is to be found in the
fact that 50 per cent of all cars in Canada are Fords.
Ford predominates because it supplies the essen-
tials of .adequate, economical transportation.
•
Ford has been the pioneer in the automotive in;,
dustry; has blazed the trial in every fundamentally
sound transportation principle.
•
Ford service is an outstanding example of Ford
predominance. Authorized Ford serviaf is to be
found wherever motor. cars are used—always
capable, business -like and prompt.
More than 4,000 service staltioN ' iw Canada are
assurance of this.
See Any Authorized Ford Dealer
CARS • TRUCKS • TRACTORS
This ad appeared in 1924 and it is republished today
in celebration of the Homecoming '95 by your local dealer.
SEAFORTH
527-1010
HART FORD MERCURY
•
111