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Seaforth Legion Branch 156 celebrated its 70th anniversary
• Saturday night with a concert by Eddie ond•the Edsels
'bottom right) I9 honoyr of the event, Frank Philips, shown
with Eugene Jones, created, a memorial .in remembranceof
associate m?tubers who have died
Legion turns 7o
Associate members honoured with monument
dig the hole and Bill McLaughlin loaned -a
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
While World War One and Two Veterans
who lase lost their.li'es have a[cenotaph
and memorial board to honour them: as of
this Weekend. now -a»ckiate•members of.the
• Legion. are -honoured
ha.e 24 associate members who,Nave
passed on. • said Frank. Phillips. curator of
the Seafonh Legion Branch 156's enviable
t.olleciion of ^w a - ime artifacts that honour
this area's veteran,.•
"'I w anted to come• up with an idea for our
anniN..ersar',. . he Said. The Legion held 'a
{ith anntr:ersar' Celehration on Saturday
night and Phillips wanted to have something
• lare- or.that event
He name up with the idea.to build.a
• monument about a. month ago and quickly
found what he thought would be .a more
complicated project had lots of support:
Bill support:
of Staffa let Phillips take
. ; stones from an old barn foundation so they
could he turned into a foundation. for the
.monument and: W hen Phillips thought he•
would break his back lifting the rocks, Bill
Kerslake of Staff was.there to help. ' .
Next. Phillips asked PUC•manager Tom
Phillips if there was ¢.hackhoe that could be
wed to dig. a foundation for the monument
being constructed andwas referred to town
staff member Dennis Medd At 7 a.m. the
next morning. Medd'nlunteered his time to
truck to haul the`dirt•away.
And while the hole was being dug, Public
Works Superintendent John Forrest came by
to. see what was,going on. -After `learning
about the project. he did the cement work.for
the foundation. . • -
Meanwhilei Al Rei ger offered his machine
shop:arid he and Eugene Janesiused their
artistic abilities to create what Phillips. said is
a **masterpiece.- in the form of a cross- that
sits or1.topof the monument:
Janes .also -helped. mortar the stones in
place in an abstract shape that Phillips. said
gives the monument•a modern look:`
It'would have taken about 70 hours and
In g
with all that help. it was reduced• to about
20.•' he said. i
Since Saturdays .celebration. Phillips. said
there have been lots of gold comments about
•the.project including some from two mothers
of associate members who have died.. .
V►'ith associate members becoming' a larger
'part of the Legion membership..Phillips said
-if was time to have a monument for them.
Now that it is in place. he said it is up to
those.members to decide how else they
might use the monumeni:Member names are
currently kept in a'book in one of the Legion
displays but Phillips said they -might want to •
put those onto a plaque on the monument.
"1 feel seri proud of it and so do a lot -of --
people.' said Phillips..
OPP will be conducting
additional spot checks
for impaired drivers
By Scott Hf{pendorff
Expositor' Editor • .
Tv,en'ts-:eight RIDE
t Reduce Impaired Dti ing
Everywhere) programs are
set to begin in Clinton and
Seaforth starting Aug. 20.
The. . two OPP
detachments were awarded
grant money from the
Ministry 'of the Solicitor.
:. General Monday • allowing
the extra spot checks for
impaired driving to take
place.
•Seaforth has received
53.990 and Clinton has
received 54.500 allowing
13 extra checks in Seaforth
and 15 in Clinton.
The grant 'Money 'pays for
additional officers to be on
duty exclusively operating
RIDE checks. used to take
impaired drivers off the
road and deter others from
drinking and driving..
The checks can be held at
an time of day or night.
and are in addition to.any
RIDE 'checks police
conduct as part of their
regular duties.
These exira.checks will
take place until- Jan -15 at
which time all the grant
money must be used.
The grant, money. used to'
be incorporated into a
program known as "festive
RIDE" which concentrated
spot-checks in December
through the New Year's
holidays at times when
there are, many parties
taking place.
For the past couple years,
the grant money can be
used once it is awarded.
Police detachments must
apply for the additional
funding.
Several
bicycles
stolen
from town
Sc'eral bicycles were
stolen In Seaforth last
week.
. The reported thefts
included a • purple
ladies' 18 -speed
Triumph Challenger
from a• Louisa Street
residence, two bikes,
including a'purple
youth's 10 -speed
Venture, from a Jarvis
Street driveway and an
orange Raleigh from an
Ord Street house.
All the bikes were
recovered on Jarvis
Street and returned to
their owners.
The . Huron OPP
remind people to lock
up their bikes to
prevent them from
being stolen.
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Congratulations
and
Best Wishes to the
Royal Canadian Legion.
Seaforth Branch 156
for 70 Years of Service
to our community.
WHITNEY-RIBEY FUNERAL HOME
87 Goderich St., W. Seaforth 527-1390
LpGHER
RIS POwla ruta snr[Mf
and
Milton J. Dietz Limited
invite you to our
Electric Fence
Building Demonstration
at the Farm of
Ken & Marina Scott
RR#2 Seaforth, Ont.
Thursday Evening - August 26/99
.. 7:00-8:30 pm
Come and leam how to install, maintain and
keep your electric fence performing
Discount prices on items ordered
during the evening
Call 5.19-522-0608 to register
- Church
Services
You are invited to attend
these`ared.`churches- `
St. Thomas
Anglican Church
Jarvis St. Seaforth .
Rev Robert HisCox
482-7861 '
Sunday, August 22-'
Service of
MoMorning Prayer
n9 Y
at 9:30
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN .
CHoUR 9H
NORTHSIDE - CAVAN
UNITED CHURCHES
1116 a n' Worsnrc -
-Nursery aia%abie
you are invited to worship at F•'s•
P'esoytertan Church. Seaton++ to. the
month or August
'. +sae 8 Cava^ wye9a'<ra-+evr`_:
a• tit, -sae Mr A ; 23 a ` 3.: -
Bethel BibleChurch
An Associated Gospel Church.
. Now Meeting -at .
.-120 Main 'St. Seaforth
(tonne Canadian Tire)
(formerly
10:00 Worship •St.
'The Sours Quest For God'
Small Group Meetings Weeldy
PastorRev. Doug Comveau
527-0982
Catholic Church
• Masses
• ' Saturday'- 5-14•prn
St. James Parish. Seaforth
- Saturday - 7.15 pm •
Joseph's Sctioot gym
Sunday - 11•:00 am
St MPanSh. Blyth
Sunday • 900 am
St. James Pansh. Seaforth
Father Dino Salvador
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