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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-04-19, Page 3Correspondents THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 19, 2000-3 A.Y. McLean collection added to town museum By Susan Hundertmark Expositor. Staff While she's only weeks into the job of cataloguing thc A.Y. McLean collection for the Seaforth and Arca 'Museum, Dianne Smith says perusing through century -old newspapers shows Seaforth as "quite a booming.] lace one hundred years ago. Smith has been hired by the town of Seaforth for the next four to five months to - catalogue the 'collection of A.Y. McLean; former publisher and editor of The Huron Expositor and Huron member of parliament from 1940-53, who died in 1988. She says old newspapers and maps of the town in the collection show that Main Street was filled with businesses from the railway tracks to Godcrich Street, both on the ground floor and the, second and third storeys of .buildings. The,y also show hotels around thc railway tracks along with carriage factories and planing ,mills and businesses along Goderich Street near the Queen's Hotel. "There were half a dozen groceries, half a dozen dry goods stores, a couple of - bank& drug stores and vets, ' four doctors and many lawyers in town back then," , she says. , • - "In some ways, Seaforth • Dianne Smith reads ihroughold copies of The Huron Expositor while cataloguing the A.Y. Mdlean collection for the Seaforth and District Museum. Street, a 1909 telephone directory and' old atlases of Huron and Perth Counties are- al! pail of the collection. "Many of the store owners lived above their shops. One was a much more interesting old picture of a.parade shows " says • petlnlc place 100 years ago,leaning out of their. windows above the,parade to Smith.watch, " she says. Old account books from ,. Because most of the'A:Y. some downtown stores, some McLean collection- is druggistsshow how they deeds and mortgages for "archival" or papers. Smith used to mixup the medicines downtown properties, order says it is a perfect partner to '.for patients right in their books from druggists. the Sills collection, which -shops. And, drugs used to he .'insurance surveys of the was' made up mostly of widely -used that aren't even original buildings on Main , Museum may sell Christmas ornaments of town's historic buildings as fundraiser pictures and objects: She says by joining the two together, the ,museum will be able to` create some interesting exhibits using, for example, • 'old medicine bottles from ,the Sills collection along with an old. newspaper advertisement of medications of a century ago. "The old order hooks from By,usan Hundertmark Eilfir ftaff Pewter Christmas decorations ofan historic building in Seaforth could be sold this year by the Seaforth and Area Museum as a fundraising project. Seaforth deputy clerk Cathy Garrick says that while the museum committee hasn't yet finalized which building. the first of a series of ornaments may feature, it is considering the 1879 Seaforth high school and the Queen's Hotel. - "Whenever you talk` to someone from outside of. Seaforth, they seem to know. the Queen's Hotel. Half of Ontario seems td have been there at some point of their lives Y says Garrick.. She says Queen's Hotel owner Betty Kittar has given permission to the museum committee for the-hotel•to be featured on the ornament but the high school might still be the first of the pewter decorations to be,released this year. - - Museum committee members have approached local businesses, who said they .would be willing to sell the decorations in their stores ; at a suggested price of $10. Garrick says thc ornament arc made by a Nova Scotia company which has-been- sending as been•sending a cata)ogue to the town for years. • "This is an idea we've had for long time' and the museum committee seems a good body to do it with." she says. • NOW OPEN!!! We'offer a complete line of new Go Peds and 74 The Courthouse Square Phone -(519)524-221 and used Performance parts:' Morell! Goderich, ON:N7A 1M6 1 Fax - 524-2201 vvvvvvvvvVvt. New Deadline The Huron Expositor has moved their deadline for news, letters, classifieds and advertising to - 12 NOON )_ MONDAYS (except for holidays) We appreciate your anticipated co-operation "Your Community Newspaper" 527-0240 Fax#: 527-2858 100 Main St. SeaforthVAAAAA"Alik p�. 9A legal anymore." she says. Smith says the A.Y. McLean collection is perfect 'research material for anyone wanting to research the history of Seaforth and its residents. "Town hall gets phone ASPHALT SEALING WHY GET DIRTY? "LET ME" * RENEW AND PROTECT ASPHALT SURFACES * DRIVEWAYS • APPROXIMATELY 15' x 50' - $50 RONALD W. RYAN RR 2 Dublin (519) 345-2560 calls from people doing family trees and if we could put this collection on -a computer data base, it would he very helpful," she says. The collection includes some personal papers, including letters to A.Y. McLean and his father Keith, concerning the family newspaper business - the McLeans owncd The Huron Expositor for three generations - and their involvement in politics. "1 haven't been through the personal papers yet so I don't really know what's there yet," says Smith. From the A.Y. McLean collection, Smith says the museum committee might be able to put together a walking tour of the town, detailing all the different businesses that used to be located in various buildings in Seaforth's downtown. NOTICE For the convenience of our clients EAFORTH VETERINARY CLINIC will be open WEDNESDAY EVENINGS by appointment only Please call for appointments 519-527-1760 @INSURANCEHROKERS INC. GRAY Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto • Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1-800-265-0959 Strathroy Church , - .-- YouYouweirarib3dioattend these areaduorlies SEAFO CHURCHMUNITY 38 Goderich St. E. 527.2253 Rev. Bill ti Rev. Mavis Hauser Sunday 10:45 Worship Wednesday: 7:30 pm -Study and Prayer Full Gospel with a pentecostal message. WARM WELCOME St. Thomas Anglican Church Jarvis St. Seaforth Rev. Robert Hiscox 482-7861 Sunday, April 23rd Easter Sunday Service of Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m. CAVAN & NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCHES 527.2635 ALL WELCOME! "Maundy Thursday" Worship Apr8 20th, 8 p.m., Cavan United Church. Winthrop. Refreshments to Iotlow "Easter Sunrise" Worship April 23rd, 7 a.m., Northside United , Church Breakfast to toHow "Service of Resurrection" April 23rd, 9:30 a.m., Cavan & 11 a.m., Northside • Bethel Bible Church Ah Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 10 AM, 9 AM COFFEE TIME Easter Worship at 11:00 a.m. "HAVE YOU TRIED ON YOUR EASTER SUiT? Pastor:Rev. 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