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Four generations of McLeans ran the Expositor
sly Pntriaa J. Griffiths
(NOTE: The .early histo-
ry ofThe Expositor has
been taken Jrom The 1944
Huron County Atlas).
The HurortExpo►sitor's
roots can bo►Q,tcxd back
over 100 ycan.mkhough
some of the facts lappear
tither vague. it seems the
town's first paper, The
Express, was established
by C:H. Cull in 1860.
Alexander Campbell is
shown as publishing The
Expositor in 1862, yet
1863 mortis shOw Cull to
be the publisherof the The
Hurn Express.
Up until 1867 little is
shown -about The Express,
which was published un an
irregular basis during this
period. In November of
that year Messrs. Penton
▪ and Colbourne established
The Expositor on the faun-
dation.of The Express.
with George W. Moss and
W.F. Luxton assuming the
position of publishers.
Brothers M.Y. and Alan
McLean purchased the
paper in 1870 and changed
. the name to The Huron
Expositor. In.1872 Alan
McLean retired for health
reason&aad M.Y. i:unun-
artd alone. When he died
in 1916 his son,Keith M.
McL ean:became editor
and retained this position
until his death in 1948.
The management of The
Huron Expositor remained
a family business sir►eedtrm►
position was lilted by his
sun, Andrew Y. McLean.
in 1972 McLean Bros.
Publishers Lid. purchased
The.Eirussets Post. and in
1975 Andrew's daughter
-Susan White became the
fourth generation of
Mt.Leans to publish the'
paper in Seaforth. In 1978
McLeans purchased The
Blyth Standard. In July
1982 Signal Star -
Publishing Limited pur-
chased The Hurn
Expositor along .with -sister
papers, The Brussels Post
and The Blyth Standard.
live years later The
Expositor, as pari of the
Signal Star Chain, bectttne
pari of St. Catherines
Standard Liinited.
Presently The -Huron
Expositor, at 100 Main St.
S. in Seaforth, publishes a
.weekly paper averaging 16
pages. The current staff
\\am.
XV)%tvt.
Are:
1--=-saliern-
L�rnn Dalelstn 1987
working pertain= in
advertising- sales. for the
Expositor. In 1990 Terri- '
Lynn.was promoted it)
Advertising Manager and
then promoted to General
Manager in 1992.
Responding tothe guts:-
bon
uos-lion of where the future
will take us, Terri -Lynn
says. "Technology is
changing.so fast, it's hard
to say. 1 believe we must
face the future.with a posi-
tive outlook, flexibility
and. work together when-
ever possible. When we all
work together as a team
the possibilities.are end-
less.'.
Editor David Scott who
worked as a reporter for
The Expositor in 1992-93
before leaving this paper
to work as a reporter in
Zurich and Goderich. He
ws •.aNn►LRY
returned to fill the editor's
position -herein 1995.
Dave has a degree in
applied radio and televi-
sion arts from Ryerson and
graduated with highest
honours from a corespon-
dent journaliam course at
ICS.
Scott has a play of his
running at the Blyth
Festival this summer
called "There's Nothing,in
the Paper."
Office Manager is Pat
Armes. She joined the
staff at The Expositor in
1974, working one.daya
week in subscriptions.
From there she .went onto
-proofreading thrce'days a
week. When the produc-
tion of the paper was
moved to Goderich in
1987, taking her proof-
reading job with it, Pat
became the full-time front
office manager.
_ Reporter Gregor
"Your
Community
Newspaper
Since 1860"
Campbell lust worked for
The Expositor in 1981 for
approximately.a year. He
left to centore other
options but returned in
1994 and has been with
the paper ever since.
Gregor graduated from .
The University of Western
Ontario in 1975 .with an
Honours Bachloor •ot Ails
in Journalism. He is a
self-taught photographer
who acquired valuable
knowledge appren-
tieing for local photogra-
pher Frank -Phillips, as
well -es taking -photogra-
phy courses at-Fanshawe.
iabeeriptianshed
t3ltads are handled by
Dianne McGrath. who
started in the -position of
typesetter .with The Huron
Expositor in 1973 while
still a student. She contin-
ued with the paper after
graduittiun.but quit .in -
1987 when the production
department moved to
Goderich Dianne
returned. as permanent
part-time staff in
September of the same
year and continues to work
two days a week.
Advertising Sales
son Kevin Canino
graduate ofSeat
District High
the -Advertising Program
at Georgian College in
Barrie. Kevin started with
The Expositor in Febtuaty
of this year and gently
works in advertising three
days a week.
These staff members
pride themselves in pro-
viding you with The
Huron Expositor which
has been 'Your
Community Newspaper
Since 1860.'
Thank You!
The Huron 'Expositor
would like to acknowledge
co-op student Patricia J.
Griffiths and advertising
representative Kevin
Cardno for the hours of
hard work they put into
,gathering -and formulating
the stories for this
Progress -Edition.
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