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The Huron Expositor, 1999-03-31, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 31, 1900 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Dole - Publisher Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Susan Hun4ertmark - Reporter Larry Dolrymple - Soles Pat Armes - Office Manager Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds A s"t'sia'ors' as svn me" Corporaan - a Ouebeca Com�ymy 111 . Bowes f�llbll,Sllp Limited E-mail us at Seaforth @bowenet.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.L USA & Foreign 28.44 a year in advance, plus 578.00 possoge, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPr10N RATES: . Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Sealerth, Ontario. 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Sex 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper 5•S, Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Board is treating its best jewels like tbey'r e trash What should be seen as major strengths of the Avon -Maitland District School. Board are being treated as trivial. - The" Seaforth. District High School All Girls Marching band faces losing board funding next year if administration deems it not worthy. Members of the community turned out to a March 23 board meeting.to plead theircase but received no response from trustees about what the band's fate might be. Instead, trustees decided to place the matter inadministration hands, allowing non- elected, hired staff to determine who should receive the funding despite a plea from past board chair Abby. Armstrong. She said it is, their job as elected officials to make those decisions. Others said it could lead to a situation where too man people would come to their meetings asking or money with the groups making the most noise receiving funding. They chose to let the decisions be made by staff, potentially cutting off the public from being able to turn to the board for support of their school children -supporting programs. At thesame time the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels school fair, the only one of its kinds in Ontario and possibly Canada, . faces the same fate as the band. Both are unique gems and should be treated as proud traditions by board staff and. trustees: The money spent on these groups is worth the pride and glory they can bring to a board that supposedly prides itself in being one of the strongest in Ontario. - It shouldn't threaten to separate itself from the groups that make it unique. It's also setting the stage to pit the two counties -against -each -other as a perception developsthat Huron County is giving up its assets in the still newly amalgamated board. By the way, despite the turmoil, the band still proudly carried the: school board's banner on this month's trip to DisneyWorld. where they were asked to perform based on their international success. STH How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be made to us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth@bowesnet.com All letters and submissions must be signed and accompanied by a da) • i me telephone number. All submissions are suuject to editing for both length and content. Don't forget to check out our homepage at: www.bowesnet.com/expositor/ Eisler's picture in school hall but where is All -Girls Band? I am writing in concern of what may happen to the Seaforth. All Girls Marching Band. First of all, I feel that the Avon -Maitland District SchoolBoard all too quiccFirst of all, I feel that the Avon -Maitland District School Board all too quickly _ decided to dump the best . PRthe school board has ever had. The band consists of girls from ages 12'to 18, who are responsible, well- behaved young ladies, who reside in Huron and Perth counties and attend Huron and Perth schools. They are highly recognized all over North America, but back home in Seaforth, the decision was made to end a 47 -year tradition. Entering the Seaforth High School, 1 notice a picture of .Lloyd Eisler proudly .. displayed in the hall. Where is the picture of the Seaforth District High School All - girls Marching Band? Is Seaforth not proud of their achievements? There is a sign when entering Seaforth stating, the home of Lloyd Eisler. Why can't that sign also say, the present .home of the SDHS All Girls Marching Band? This band has brought and continues to bring recognition and pride to the area. At the school board meeting, (tearing our girls play the Canadian National Anthem brought tears to my eyes. Imes so proud of our girls and what they do best - make music. In'Florida, they proudly flew the Avon Maitland board flag, not realizing that back home in Canada decisions were being made to end a 47 year tradition and their world as they know it. .1 would like to thank the trustees who do believe what we do and what we stand for matter. Charlie Kalbfleisch has put everything he has into this group of girls. The girls respect him and look to him for leadership and guidance. The. board seems untouched by our pleas of help. Imagine something you believe important and priceless ripped from you! Would you not fight and become irritated when your pleas -4010 not heard or answered.' The three ladies involved with our band give of their time freely. They were told coming in that the pay was poor but• the benefits were excellent; but they still volunteered and actually enjoy their work. They hai•e become mothers. friends and mentors to our girls. In closing, I would like to say that the school board • will lose far more than they will gain by not funding the small amount that the band needs to run day-to-day expenses. There are a lot of things less important than our, children. Kelly Brindley, Dungannon. Three hundred pounds of honey sent March 24,.1899 Mr. and Mrs. W. Thirsk of Stanley, left - for Edmonton, where .they intend to reside in the future. _.• Peter McGregor . of Brucefield has sold his young Clydesdale stallion "Prince of the. Border" to George Brown of Hullett. •Wm. Murdock of Stanley, who takes great interest in caring for the honey bee,.has made it good success in afinancial way. On -Monday he shipped 300 pounds to the Northwest,:and 100 pounds to British Columbia. - Saw logs have been moving :at a rapid rate the past few days at Kippen. The station is a scene Of great activity. The sawmill at Walton is running full blast and the farmers are busy drawing their lumber hone. James Broadfoot of Tuckersmith died on Tuesday last. The event was not entirely unexpected as he had been ill all winter. He was 64 years of age. Donald McKinnon, of L Tuckersmith delivered 'to James Archibald. one of the finest heavy draught geldings, which has been. sold. in Seaforth for some time. James Scott Sr. has purchased half an acre from Robert Scott in Harpurhey and intends erecting a residence thereon as soon as the weather permits, Hect or Reid of Stanley recently purchased from James Snell' of Hullett. a shorthorn bull, Stanley Prince. He took several prizes in the leading fall fairs in 1898. • The horse fair held in Seaforth was a decided success. March 21, 1914 �� '�berhart— of_ McKillop has sold his farm on the 3rd concession of the Township knows as the Henry Cash farm to James Scott of Roxboto.Mr. Aberhart intends coming to town to reside. Dr. Lloyd Moffatt In the Years Agone entertained a number of his friends at his country home near Varna. Forty -of the Brucefield young people me in the 'Sunday School room of the - church . when they presented . Rev. S. D. McIntosh with an electric reading lamp. . With the disappearance of nearly all the snow the cars are now -running in large numbers at Kippen.- Robert .J.• Paterson of Hensall has taken a position as bookkeeper with T. C. Joynt, merchant, of this village. - The choir Of St. Thomas Church were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Archibald in Tuckersmith. Athlone Mero left town for Port Colborne to take a position as government elevator man. Ernest Adams of Constance brought in to Isaac Hudson the largest rabbit or hare ever seen here. It weighed 10 pounds and they have produced two sets of twins, two sets of triplets'and -one single lamb this spring. John Earle suffered severe injuries to his foot when a hand -cart, loaded with lumber, ran; over his toes.. The accident occurred while he was at -work at John Boshart Sons. Mrs. Carrie McLean of f Kippen has sold her. 00 acre farm .near Chiselhurst to Ernie Whitehouse. • Seaforth Public School Board has accepted the resignation of P. B. Moffatt. Mr. Moffatt came to Seaforth.in 1931. from Port Arthur. Mrs. James A. MacDonald . has been taking his place since December, when Mr. Moffatt first took ill. About 40 children and great grand -children of Mr. and Mrs. John McLure of Winthrop gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLure, the occasion being the celebration of • the and-ha:s--has__ legs-like_a_greyrespective birthdays of Mr. hound. it was purchased. by J. W. Beattie. Charles'Holmes of town has decided to put in a stock of bathroom fixtures, piping and accessories and will be ready to show in a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jackson are now living in the village of Walton. They the hotel was run by her came here from the west. • parents. and Mrs- McLure. There are 37, grandchildren,- 27 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. Death came to Lillian R. Elliott, wife of Hugh McKay of Bayfield at her home at the Albion Hotel. She had lived in her late residence since 1890 when A sleigh load of young When the new Bayfield •people enjoyed themselves exchange of the at the home of Mr. and Tuckersmith Municipal Mrs. James Coutts, Walton, Telephone System was' last week. brought into operation the. Bruce Phillips of town staff in charge was, Miss intends opening a garage in . Ann Tait, Miss Ella McKay the building opposite and Mrs. H. Toms, Cluff's Mill, formerly used operator. by R. and F. Devereaux. - A successful euchre and dance was held in the Town _ March 25, 1949 Hall, Hensall, by the ucky winners of the Women's institute._.__ prizes offered by. the Of five gravelling Crown Hardware were tenders for crushing and Mrs. Les Dolmage and delivering 8,000 yards of. Wm. Rutledge. Harold gravel in Usborne Jackson acted as master of Township, the tender of C. ceremonies. Smith of London at the Harry Regele, of price of 56 cents per yard McKillop has eleven ewes was accepted. Shamrocks and green candles with a musical background of Irish Airs. was the setting of the 1Si Pt• k annua . arc s supper held in St. James Parish Hall, under•the sponsorship of the CWL. 'Mrs. T. D. Sills, President and Miss Alice Daly, convener of the affair, greeted the guests. March 21, 1974 A guideline for staffing of elementary schools is to go on the agenda of a special meeting of the Huron. County Board of Education called for next Monday: night. D. J. Cochrane, Director of Education, said the class 'size/Teacher-pupil •ratio was possibly - the most important item in the list of . ten recommendations resulting from the 'visitation to schools made by Board Chairman E. C. Hill and himself last Fall, and now his staff and he areready to discuss a number of these items'with the board members at . the special meeting next week. It's virtually certain that next year, 1975. for one night on y.- Seaforth 'will be dancing -and swinging to, the music of Guy Lombardo and his Royal -Canadians. 1975 is another Centennial year here and marks 100 years since Seaforth : was incorporated as:a town. For those who are confused - about the abundance of centennials in the last 20: years. in 1955 the Seaforth Old Boys marked. 100 years since Seaforth was incorporated as a village. The old 'argument of centralization versus decentralization of. Huron County's departments was revived at last Thursday's session of county council when it was learned the county public library board was considering building a new library headquarters building. It was reported the present rented facilities on Lighthouse Street in 'Goderich are only just adequate and the owners of the building have other tenants in mind. The lease expires in 1976. County stroke survivors no longer recover alone Perth and Huron County, stroke survivors no longer have to face the recovery from their condition alone. The Heart and Stroke Foundation's newest program, Stroke Connection, helps survivors and their families cope with Canada's most debilitating disease and fourth leading cause of death. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, nearly 300,000 Canadians are living with stroke. Further, nearly 80% of stroke survivors return to community living, where dealing with new lifestyle restrictions become a challenge for them, and their, caregivers. - The Foundation's Stroke Connection program provides information and support for stroke survivors and their families. The new program includes: help in finding or creating local support groups, a peer visit program, and a "listening line" that survivors and caregivers can call to talk to someone who has been through stroke. "A key feature of Stroke Connection is the Stroke Visit Program," says Coreen Duke, Regional Coordinator. "We have learned that when people are coping with stroke, they find it very helpful and encouraging to talk one-on-one with others who have had strokes. The . Heart and Stroke Foundation provides specially trained volunteer visitors who are available to visit survivors and/or their families. These visitors are themselves survivors or caregivers." To learn more about Stroke Connection in your area, call Stroke. Connection at 1-877-234-2220 or your local Heart and Stroke Foundation at 1-888-287-7775.