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Huron Expositor, 2000-08-09, Page 44-TIle P AJUON IX P0lf101t, Aiwa w 2000 i Your Community Newspaper Since 1860, Terri -Lynn Hort - Publisher Pat Armes - Office Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Dianne McGrath - Subsaiplions/Cossiheds Susan Hundertmark - Reporter Katrina Dietz - Sales Anne Roden - Distribution %Bowes Publishers Limited s,.,..r„ .r sr w.... - .4 2vl ter t..,.., E-mail us of seaforthObowesnet.coin LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in °chance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS• • 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. U b Faai°n: 28.44 a year in !chance, plus 578.00podags, G.S.T exempt We5CRIPTlON RiTE�: Published weekly by Signal -Star Pi.blishing at 1 1 Main St.. Seaforth. Publication moil registration No 069d held at Seaforth. Ontario Advertising is accepted on condition that in Ilse event of a typographical error the advertising space occupied by rhe erroneous item, together with o reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable - rate In the event of o typographical erns advertising goods or services 04 a wrong price: goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn of any time. The Huron Expositor is not reasonable for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materialsused for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and ,ndelisvirable copies are to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, August 9, 2000 1140••••104 and 3esiaees Ogles - 11 Mala 3MN.,3esese10 Tstsphews (313) 327-0240 M: (3 f 3) 327.2450 MdMag Address - P.O. N: 00, Seellstrlr, O./wb, NOR 1 WO elk Member aF the Canadian Commun,y rsews}•,aper Association. Ontaro Community Newspapers Association Pubkcation Mata Registration No. 07605 Seaforth firefighters commended for efforts To the Editor. The residents of Seaforth and area owe a great show of appreciation to the Seaforth Fire Department. Congratulations on your successful FFAO convention, which encompassed over a year of planning and preparation for the training courses offered, the camping facilities and meals. • The parade was great. Even the weather co-operated. Volunteer firefighters are special people who give up hours of their family time for practice and training to help their community. whenever they are called, for fires or accidents. This weekend made you visible to all even though each of us hope to never need your service. .To the Seaforth Fire Department...great work guys. Barb MacLean Chair Seaforth Fire Board Opinion MEM Skateboarders deserve to be treated like other athletes in the community To the Editor: As a Seaforth skateboarder, I am grateful to Jack McLachlan, Cathy Garrick, Brian Nigh and the people at Rona Cashway and the Seaforth BIA - who supported our efforts on July 28 at Moonlight Madness. , • I am not sure .that all the people knew - exactly why rhe local skateboarders had their ramps set up during the BTA's "Moonlight Madness, so this' letter will hopefully let you understand. For as long 'as I can remember, skateboarding and skateboarders have had a bad name in this town, mostly because they are misunderstood. We are not just justsome punk kids riding around trying to cause mischief. We are just like every other kid who plays hockey, baseball. soccer or basketball, just, if not more, dedicated to what we love to do. Not many hockey players could play hockey 12 non-stop hours; but for a skateboarder. this is not uncommon at_ all. - I have had many people come up to me on the street and tell me that i am going to break my neck one of these ',days on my skateboard; but I have had more injuries from playing hockey and soccer than 1 have from skateboarding.. Skateboarding is like any other sport • and should get: the same respect and funding. - Many" people from Seaforth have excelled in their sports to a very elite level, Dave McLlwain (N.HL now playing pro hockey in Europe). Rem - Murray (NHL ). Mike Watt (-NHL), Boyd Devereaux .t ex -skateboarder) - (NHL). Sean Ludwig (varsity basketball at Laurentian University), and should be respected as people. We Carly Price ( varsity basketball at are just the same as hockey players, Ryerson). All these people had the soccer players, baseball players. or any opportunity to excel in their sports other person who has a love for a because they had access to proper sport, and should be treated in the facilities and funding to be able to do same manner. • so. - The arena board stated that we could Skateboarders do not have this not get a skateboard park unless there opportunity. was 'a skateboarder willing to donate All we have is.a very small area of his time to work with the town and the paveme>it; and some makeshift ramps, arena board To work out a plan. I wrote not nearly enough to excel on, never a letter telling, the arena board that I mind that it took two years and a lot of would more than gladly volunteer to hassles to get where we are now. - do so, and I didn't get a response for About two months ago, there was a almost a year, and then, only when small article in the Expositor .Doug Vock brought it ,up at an arena complaining about how the benches board meeting. uptown were being wrecked by local . I guess' that the letter just - skateboarders. [ am not about to tell disappeared during that time. you that we never skated on -the Some peopl'e might think we are benches. We skateboarded on the, crazy when they see us out in the benches, just. as the group of middle of February skateboarding. skateboarders did before us, and the Even though there is three feet of group . before . them. Skating . on ,snow on the ground, if the road is fury benches is one of my favourite things we will be there. to skate. We will skate with broken arms, We haven't skated there for quite a torn ligaments in, ankles and knees, while because we have a park now. busted up elbows, mind -numbing however. our park in inadequate. headaches. and bruised tail bones. ,• Soon we will get bored of it because . Why? everything that we can do on it will Because we have an unreal passion have been done, and we- will head for a great sport. Many people have back uptown. gotten up before the sun for before - .That is , why we need a better park. school hockey practises. Many people We do not want to be . uptown any have broken their arms but insisted on more than the people of Seaforth want getting a playing cast just so they can us uptown. We are skhtebdarders, we finish the last game of the series ' love to skate. and we' can't live against Durham. . without it so we will skate whatever ' We are no different than these we have to, but we would -much rather people, so 'please treat us with the_ be at our park than in your hair. same respect and dignity that you, Also, 1 would` just 'to like to remind would them.. people 'that skateboarders are people. Mike Del Vecchio New saw mill running full blast with lots oflumber August 13, 1875 The.new saw mill of Messrs: Armitage, Carter & Gray in Seaforth is now running full blast and an immense amount of lumber is being turned Messrs. Morrison and Co. of town have added to their extensive livery stock. -a veru handsome newcovered carriage: It was purchased in Brantford and is said tobe one of the handsomest ever brought into -the county.' J.S. Porter. of town has purchased Wm. Ault's cottage;' and lot for $800.00.: Property in Seaforth is advancing in price.' - • • The promenade concert. given under the auspices of the Seaforth Mechanics Institute .in' the drill she. was a grand success. The music was furnished by Messrs. Johnson,Campbell, Downey. Scott. Fisher. O'Donahue, H. Carmichael and Messrs. Routledge & Cline: Wm.- Robb. Ton. 2. Tuckersmith; showed the Expositor a specimen of spring wheat which was quite ripe and ready for cutting. James Landsborough, Con. 2, Tuckersmith, left the Expositor a •fine sample- of fall wheat in the ear. The seed was imported from New. York State. One day last week some men were repairing a well. on the farm of Wm. Chapman, Con. 3, Tuckersmith, an accident occurred. Mrs. Chapman was leaning on it when it suddenly went down and she went head foremost into the well. She was taken up as speedily as possible, and although badly injured is still living. The sawmill of Wm. McDougall of Stephen Twp. was burned. The fire wassupposed to: be the work of an incendiary. August 10, 1910 Threshing has again commence: taTiurner being one of the first T. McConnell threshed 600 bushels for him in a little over 5 hours. An old and respected resident of, Egnsondville- was removed by the hand of death in the person of Robert Henry Bristow. He was 66 years of age. Joseph Collie of Egmondville has secured a good situation as bookkeeper with a large How to access us Letters to the Editor tad Oho eek eiesivas can be made to us by *OM e. Udoetakys at seaforth@lbowesnet.com All letters and submissions must be 4.04 and accompanied by a-tiTllate tele number. All submissive* are subject to . for both length and caMest. Don't forget to check out our homepage www1bowes>nret.ce spedisst Years agone... wholesale house in London. The teaching staff at the Collegiate Institute has- been completed by. the .selection of G.F.. Rogers..B.A. of Orillia. as science master. He will receiving. $900 per .year. Fifty-eight tickers were sold at Seaforth for Gvderich on -the excursion from Stratford-- John McNabb had an accident` when the wheel came off his wagon and he was thrown off and a coupleof egg boxes fell on him. The Oddfel'lows are having' their hall redecorated. Artist Crich is dbing the work. The Messrs. Stewart. Bros.. Seaforth flour Mills.' have received so far over 1,000 bushels -of this season's wheat. Mr.. T Fowler is wheat averaged 34 bushels to the acre: - Wm. Sclater of 'town is in Hamilton:. attending the Grand Lodge of the Independent -Order of -Oddfellows. Wm. Cudmore left for the Old Countrv, •taking a shipment of horses with him. - - Master Thos. Hackwell of. "Leadburv, who had a severe attack of inflammation of the .lungs, is around again, as usual. Alex Stewart lost a -'valuable 2 year -old steer owing to sun stroke. " The beavers went to Mitcheh to'play their final game of Lacrosse and won by a score of 7-3. They now play the Alerts from 'St. Marys. Messrs John McMillan, M. P and son; Hallett, shipped over $7,000 worth of fat cattle from Seaforth Station. August 14, 1925 . A large. barn was raised on titelarm -af _Robert McLean, near Chiselhurst. • There were over .100 persons present and the work was in the hands of Wm. Doig. A slight accident occurred when the head of a sledge came off. striking Arch. Hodgert on the foot. During the storm the house of Wm. Dinnen was struck by lightning, coming down the chimney and killing the dog. , - Mrs. WT. Bright and Miss Doble of town left this week on a trip to the western provinces and the coast. Messrs. Ed. Daly, Jack Crich, Karl Ament, Arthur Edmund, Robert Willis and Andrew McLean are camping at Bruce Beach. - Fred Jackson has secured the teaching position at the Continuation School at Bobcaygen and will, teach there next year. The home of Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Pethick was the scene of a pretty wedding when Thelma was united in marriage to Francis Herman Bragger of Toronto. A very pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr Sam Harp. Aylmer, when Eva Biaron was united in marriage to Chas. Clark, son of Mn and - Mrs. R.K. Clark, of SEaforth. Mr. Geo. Israel of Seaforth supported the groom and sang during the signing' of the register. August 16, 1950 James J. Hugill: of gullets./ marked his .85th:; birthday-at,the home of his on Joseph T. Hugill in McKillop. Penmanship was Mr. Hugill's hobby and he still writes a good hand._ -- .Signs have been erected recently at the corner Of Main and :Govinlock Sts, pointing out to the motoring public that free parking space is- available at Victoria Park, one block east. Loss estimated at $12,000 when fire destroyed a large barn on the farm of Ed. Boyes, south of Brucefield. The Shell Service Station on Goderich Street West. has been reopened and is now: under the management of Fred Walsh. Authorized by council, some time ago, the decoration of the court room of the Town Hall' has now been completed. The work was done by John F Scott. - The draw was madefora corner cabinet at the" Seaforth Lawn ,Bowling tournament the lucky winner being Mrs. Helen K. - Scott. Andrew McLellan, Egmondville, Mrs. J. McElroy, Seaforth and Mrs. W. Klein, Mitchell, all . were victims of boating accidents at Springbank. Miss . Josephine Sterling of. Bayfield, suffered a bad fracture of her left -wrist, when she fell off a lawn seat while,picking cherries. An unusually large shipment of cattle left Dublin stockyards for Toronto. 150 cattle were shipped by the "U.F.O. and by Gardiner Bros. of Cromarty. They were. valued at: $400 each. des McKinds n -has arc pled -a position with the Imperial Bank of Canada, London branch. Following the illness of only three days, Wm. S. Hogg, well known and highly respected resident, passed away at his home in'McKillop. He was an elder of First Presbyterian Church. - Mrs. F. 'Novak. of Medicine Hat, Alta, presided at the organ in. First Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. - August 14, 1975 Some of the original potters' tools used at the Huron' Pottery, which operated from 1852 to 1910, were found in the backyard of Mr. and Mrs. William Huggett of Egmondville after a historical dig occurred. Seaforth and area resident are going to have a. unique opportunity to attend profession stage production of Hello Dolly, at 50118. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Whitmore returned home from New Brunswick where they visited with their son and daughter in law, Ken and Mary Beth Whitmore.