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DAN MALONEY CFP
In vestment Specialist
527-0100
- Investment Planning -
- Retirement Planning -
- Estate Planning -
Seaforth Agricultural Society's
TRACTOR
EUMINATION DRAW
July 5th, 1997
WENINIEE3
PHOTO BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
THERE WERE STRANGE THINGS DONE BY THIS PEPPY MOM - Frances Malady of
RR 2 Dublin, who says she's "still just a young thing," and some members of her merry
clan recently returned from a delightful trip into the family's past, a journey to the Klondike
where they retraced some of their fattier, or grandfather's, fascinating past. Jim Delaney
was there near the beginning of the original Yukon Gold Rush, exactly a century before.
That's Frances with the official prospecting pan. To her right is son Tom and his wife
Anne, who .live next door near St. Columban, and also went on the "Grand Excursion."
That's another son Tom, to her left, who is a doctor in Toronto and also trailed along, actu-
ally hiking the entire Chilkoot Trail, as his grandfather did in far different circumstances.
Mela • s retrace famil . t • A • ns
Reliving days of gold
"Y wanted the gold, and 1 sought it
1 scrabbled and mucked like a
slave.
i%us it famine or Jun - I fought U.
I hurled rnt youth Into a grave.
I wanted the gold and i got it
Come out with a fortune last fa1L
ler someItoK aid's not what I
thought 11
And somehow the gold isn't dl"
Robert H'. Service
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
Frances Melady's "get up
and go" gut up and went
early this July - to the
Yukon. in the footsteps of her
father who was there exactly
a century before in the
Klondike Gold Rush.
The peppy Dublin -area lady
got the trip as a birthday pre-
sent from her children but is
coy about her age.
"I'm not 80 yet," she says.
"1'm still just a young thing."
"She's been whining all her
life," says son Tom who lives
next door at the family farm
on Highway 8 slightly east of
St. Columban, so "with all
the nagging we decided to
give in."
The kids left some "fool's
• gravel" dipped in gold paint
in a bun basket on mom's
table for her last birthday.
She thought this a strange
sort of gift, but held her
tongue until she saw a trail of
"nuggets" around the house
and followed, sort.of like
Hansel.and Gretel, to find a
card with tickets to
Whitehorse and an itinerary.
Tam, along with wife
Joanne. and sisters - Anne
Melady Chapin of Ottawa
and Pat Ryan of London went
with her on the excursion
into the family's past. from
July 1 to July 12. Another
brother, Dr. Don Melady of
Toronto. met them in
Whitehorse.
"We laughed from the time
we lett Dublin," Frances
says. "they're a bunch of
nuts. except their mother."
Frances' father was Jim
Delaney. who was in the
thick of the original great
Klondike gold stampede,
which celebrates its official
centennial next year..
FASCINATING
Frances says her father
played it close to the vest and
didn't talk a lot about his
gold rush days when he was
younger. But in 1933 a niece,
Mary Gallagher, recorded his
story in fascinating detail.
The family heirloom is a
priceless historical document
of this colourful period of
Canadian history, chock to -
the brim with anecdote and
incident, every bit as enter-
taining as the ever -popular
tales of Jack London or
poems of Robert W. Service
about those times, or the
Klondike saga by Pierre
Berton, which topped the
Canadian best-seller charts in
1958.
if father Jim was a reticent
man, he doesn't come across
as such in these pages. He
had the "gift of gab" and
knew how to turn a phrase. a
born storyteller, so common a
trait among those of
Irish/Celtic descent.
For Frances, one of the
highlights of the family's
recent adventure was their
visit to the MacBride
Museum in Whitehorse and
finding some of the impres-
CONTINUED on page 3
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The winner of tbeSeatorth Ag Society's Tractor Elimination Draw. Thomas
Alhsun of Woodside, Ontario, wasn't on hand Saturday night to claim his prize but
his elated family took the stage for congratulations from Ag Society president
Paul Dodds.
1 \f.i l Biro) I'Kt/.i
FiRST PRIZE:
Seekorth 8.IA. Bucks 5250
DAN & DARIENE SMELTZER. Ripley
SECOND PI.
C.I.BA. Seeds 10 un. seed corn
RON & MARRLENE CLUrHE, Wellesley
THiRD PRIZE:
30 un. First Line Soybean Seed & 6 Hi -Stick
Inoculant, hat & cwt by Hill &Hill Farms. Varna
HANK & MARTHA VAN DIETEN, Seaforth
FOURTH NUM
5 unitsPrideSeed Corn. Seaforth Ca -Op
BOB & ROSE ROBINSON, Walton
METH PRIZE:
Northrup King Seed Corn
- Hat & Cwt Steve Flynn & Pat Melady
ROY SiNBICK. Paris
SIXTH PETE:
MyCugen Canada, Seed Corn
TONY & LENY AOAMCZYK. Cookstown
SEVENTH PRIZE:
Pioneer Reps. Don & Pal Dalton. Bi11 & Bruce Roy.
Huegy Farm Supply Ltd.. 5450 in Pioneer Products
.RALPH WIWAMS. Bradford
EIGHTH PRIZE:
W.G. Thompson &Sons Ltd.. Seaforth. 45x25 kg.
Units of Cert. Soft White Winter "Karen" Wheat Seed
FRED CORNWELL, Brantford
1 ). 11t 1.1 1`. 1)1< \it
P1RST nater OUT:
5200. Worth Boneless BBQ Steak - Veal's Market.
Exeter
11M MULDER., Moorefield
SECOND num our:
:100. Voucher, Western Fair Raceway
MARY KROEKENSTOEL, Whitby
THIRD TICKET OUT:
One Subscription & One Golf Shirt & Hat. Ontario
Farmer
JOHN VERWEY. Auburn
i ouuRT H Ticw OUT:
Sterling Model 510 Portable 813Q. Wilson Auto
Service
DON PIUONCTON. Mt. Brydges
WIN TICKET OUT:
Drill K.K.N. Builders Inc. Dublin
HARVEYHOUAND. Clinton
SIXTH TICKET OUT:
5125. Gift Certificate. Cardrto's Men's Wear Seaforth
BILL SCOTT. Ripley
sevo4 TICKET OUT:
4 Blue Jays Tickets - Stratford Memorials
CARD PARLIAMENT. Cannington
EIGHTH TICKET OUT:
Collector Plate. Buyer. Guide
DON OE'FTIER, Mitchell
5071 TICKET OUT:
3200 Cash, K.M.M. Farm Drainage, Walton
SCOTT WOODHOUSE, Meaford
•10lT111 TICKET OUT:
Electrk Fan• Sills Hardware. Sealorth
GARY GODKIN. Mississauga
160'01 IWJ(ET OUT: •
Wood Items, Hand Painted. Culligan Real Estate,
Seaforth
8 & K. Egmundvlilc
200TH TICKET OUT:
Power Tool, Maple Hill Electric. Randy Wilson
TOM STABLEFORD. Manilla
260TH TICKET OUT:
3100. Cash, ArdNe's UPI, Seaforth
DON REINHART, Mildmay
300TH TICKET OUT:
Husqvarna String Trimmer, VincgM Farm Equipment
Seaforth
JOHN SMITH, Shedden
360TH TICKET OUT:
Collector Coin. C.LB,C., Seaforth
JIM Wil KIESON, Caledonia
400TH TICKET OUT:
Five Bags While Bean Seed, Cook's Division of
Parrish & Heimbecker
GEORGE ZWEP, Brussels
45001 TICKET OUT:
Fertilizer Voucher, Cargill limited. Clinton
GORD MEREDITH, Dresden
600TH TraKET OUT:
2 Carved Ducks, Torn Shannon
GRANT CAMPBEU.. lona Station
MOTH T OUT:
Brief Case, se, Tremeer Commerical Printers, Seaforth
JOF VAN DEN BERG, Thedfurd
6.0111 TICKET OUT:
S200. Cash or Product. Roth Drainage
DAVE HARRY. Stirling
6507:1 TICKi"r 0151:
Socket Set & Two Hats. Becker Farm Equipment.
Exeter
TROY ST. ONGE. Sea(urth
TOOTH TICKET OUT:
Painting Alf Dale un behalf of Foot & Mouth Painting
COR DECORTE. Seaford)
751/711 TICKET OUT:
3250. Voucher. Steamatic. Jeff Tyndall.-Seaforth
OSWAU) BAXTER. Bolton •
0911114 TICKET OUT:
Prize by Huron County Federation of Agriculture
SHEILA MATTHEWS. Welland .
S50TI1 TICKET•OUT:
Framed Picture. Huron Expositor.
BOB NOWACK. Munkton
0.011 TICKET OUT:
John Deere 010 Utility Cart. 'Logan Farnt Equipment
(1988) Ltd.. Mitchell
WIWAM VANVUGHT. Oshawa
060TH TICKET OUT;
Prize by Seaforth UA.P.
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. Lucan
1000111 TICKET OUT:
I.A.C. Seatorth. 3100. Cash. Shirt & Hat
ALEC MACLENNAN. Guderich
1050T14 TICKET OUT: .
One Subscription & Gulf Shirt & Hat. Ontario Farmer
W. CLAASSE. Phelpstun •
1100114 TICKET OUT:
Macrame lawn Chair. Whitney - Wbey Furnerat
Home. Seaford]
RALPH MACKENZIE. Albalon
1150T14 TICKET OUT:
Pedal Toy 4020 Riding Tractor, L.M.S Equipment.
Ustowel
BILL TOTTENHAM. Owen Sound
1200TH TICKET OUT: •
4.5' Black & Decker Hand Grinder. Blake's Welding
Clinton
DUNNING UVESTOCK. St. Thomas •
125071 TICKET OUT:
Etee Roll Wagon. McCavin Farm Equipment. Walton
BRUCE WISEMAN. Mildmay
1300114 TICKET OUT:
3100. Voucher lar Products. Milton J. Dietz Limited.
Seaforth
WIRY MCNICHOL. Walton
1850114 TICKET OUT:
Prtie by John Elligsen Electric. Walton
AUDREY MCCABE. Goderich
140.'M TICKET OUT:
Polaris Coat. Middegaal Sports, Seaforth
AL SHELTON. Clinton •
1450Th TICKET OUT:
One Pair Front Tractor Tires, Huron Tire & Auto
Centre. Cllnttai
WILLOMENA & GIRLS. Egmundville
I AS I 111 I I( KI IS DRA1)
TENTH 1A&T:
Side of Beef by Norwich Packers/Ross McCall
Livestock
MURRAY STRAUS. Walton
NINTH LAST:
Electric Garage Door Opener by McDonald Home
Hardware & Lumber. Brussels
DENNIS HALLAM. BrucefieW
EIGHTH LAST:
Hearthstone Wooden Screen Door by D. & D. Glass
Vanastra
DAN GAGNIK Chatham
8EVBWT i LAST:
Nolan Pro Chain Saw, Model 365.6 Ice by Glut Saws.
Clinton
ALAN BORASKi, WftavnvtUe
SIXTH LAST:
4 Hankook Light Truck The. by Townsend Tire
KEN DORFORD, Coldwater
FIFTH LAST:
Norco-Sekine SL. 6 Speed Cruisers. His & tiers
Bicycles from Sealorth Bike Shop (Pete Kling)
PAUL TOITON•.Clliford
FOURTH MAST:
J.D. 440G. Generator. by Walsh Gentech 8 Electrical,'
Mitchell
HARRY GIFSEN, Denfield
THIRD LAST:
Royal Doulton Dishes from Seaford' Jewellers
JOHN FFAGAN. Guderic:h
$GOND LAST:
Choice -of Lawn Tractors. Cub Cadet, John Deere.
Ford New Holland
SHAWN ROWIANI), Sherkaton
LAST:
Choke of one of three Real Farm Tractors, Case W
5230, John Deere 6400. ford New Holland 7740
THOMAS A ALLISON. Woodslee
THANK YOU
Sealorth Agricultural Society wishes to thank all ticket holdexs, ail prize donor,.
volunteers and absolutely everyone who contributed to the success of our Annu,1
Tractor Elimination Draw.