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Editorial
Struggling
farmers still
generous
to local
food banks
Christmas is a traditional time of giving.
And, while it's an expected and affordable
process to give when you live in ease and
-plenty, it's far more difficult but
commendable to give when you're
struggling yourself.
Canada's beef and to a lesser extent,
dairy producers have been living under
economic seige since the U.S. borders
closed to Canadian cattle this summer.
Their livelihoods have been placed in
jeopardy since one cow in Alberta was
found to have mad cow disease.
And yet, like other farmers throughout
Ontario, Huron farmers are beginning to
organize a donate -a -cow program for local
food banks using the livestock that must be
slaughtered because it is older than 30
months.
Dairy farmers from the Seaforth and
Kippen area are spearheading the local
effort to provide at least one cow to each of
the county's food banks, which are
experiencing a greater demand this year.
Because beef prices have dropped
dramatically over the past six months, the
donation of culled cattle might be an easier
decision to make than if full market value
could be earned from their sale.
But, farmers might well be stocking their
own freezers to feed their own families if
the crisis continues much longer.
Local abattoirs, which have also suffered
under the BSE situation, are offering a
reduced rate to process the donated
animals and farmers are asking for local
support from businesses and organizations
to pay the butchering fees. With a bit of
community support, the food bank will have
some fresh Canadian beef to -add to the
canned goods already donated to local
Christmas Bureaus.
The generosity of local farmers shows a
strength of spirit and an optimism that
things are bound to tum around eventually
in their favour.
Susan Hundertmark
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Opinion
Letter
Thanks to Seaforth firefighters, the golf
course clubhouse is still a landmark
To the Editor:
This letter is to the Seaforth Volunteer Fire Department.
Dear Seaforth and Area Firemen:
As I write this letter of thanks to you, my knees are still
knocking and my lips still quivering. The good news is that I
am able to write this letter to you from the office of the
clubhouse - which thanks to you fellows is still a landmark
in our community.
I have grown up in Seaforth with the volunteer fire
department being a mainstay of the community. When I look
back I remember going to a ball game, Main Street versus
the Seaforth Firemen, and part way through the game the
fire alarm went off and the pitcher, basemen and fielders
were gone in an instant, leaving a bewildered crowd and
batting roster in their wake.
I remember Dad and the rest of the Seaforth Beavers
tearing around town on the fire truck in the middle of the
Soo FIREFIGHTERS, Pogo 5
Christmas memories help to remind
me of the many blessings in my life
Christmas Eve, 1968 - I was
here in Seaforth at my (maternal)
Grandma's house for the day.
My parents had taken my brother
to his orthodontist, several hours
away
As the day wore on, the
weather grew stormy, and I
remember hearing my
grandmother talking to my mother on the phone, (after my
parents had returned home to the Clinton air base.)
From the gist of the conversation, I was not going to be
picked up that night. I remember hearing my grandmother
telling my mother, not to worry, that they would find an old
sock for me to hang up for Santa.
I was worried, let me tell you. But then my dad came to
pick me up. I still remember the drive home along highway 8.
We were putting along in his Volkswagen Beetle, the only
car on the road. Good job too, because as I recall, we were on
the wrong side of the road for a lot of the time.
There was nothing but whiteness. I remember being really
scared, but at the same
time, I never felt safer,
because my dad had come
to get me
And you know
what? What makes it even
more special is that even
today, at 80 years old, I know
my dad would try his best to
do the same thing.
That's just one of the blessings that I have: good parents.
December, 2003 - I am, in my church; watching children
(mine included) perform a Christmas concert. The
piano/drum/recorder/voice solos. The poems and readings.
The choirs. And of course, the standard nativity scene.
There aren't as many children in Sunday school as there
were in my day, so everyone gets to have a part in the play.
As I look up at their smiling faces, I see them straining to
see if mom/dad or grandma/grandpa are watching . them
SN ACCEPTING, Page 5
Flags fly at halfmast in Seaforth
in 1953 to honour late Princess Alice
DECEMBER 27,1878
Commencing the first
week in January merchants
will close their offices and
stores at 6:30 p.m. on
Saturday night. That time
will remain in effect to the
end of March.
The December meeting of
the St. Columban CWL was
held .last week in the parish
hall. In an interesting letter
from Mrs. Joseph McConnell
the highlights of the National
Convention in Kitchener
were given.
Players' injuries and
ejection of London coach
Red Geddes from the game
combined to make Saturday
night's hockey's hassle in the
arena here an exciting affray
plus the fact the local juniors
ground the Lan Ball crew
into the ice with a 13-2
lacing.
Ms. Ernest Dinnen left for
Windsor where she will
spend Christmas with her son
Lloyd and daughter-in-law.
Rev. D. Glenn Campbell
took part in Church of the
Air at Wingham CKNX.
Mrs. Frank Kling was the
soloist accompanied by Mrs.
John Cardno.
Despite inclement weather
a large crowd attended the
Xmas Concert in Londesboro
Hall by the pupils and
teacher Miss Ruth Keys of
S.S. No. 5 Hullett Township.
December 23, 1903
A number of the farmers in
Tuckersmith are getting grain
ground at their farms.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurdy of
Chiselhurst and family have
moved to the farm of David
Leitch on the 10th
concession of Hibbert.
A number of the young
men motored to London to
the hockey match and
reported a fine game.
The local . hunters at
Chiselhurst are busy these
days and are bringing home
some reasonable furs.
Wm. Vale, butter maker at
Winchelsea creamery is to be
congratulated on receiving
first prize on three entries at
the Royal Winter Fair.
Years Agone...
W. G. Siemon of Manley,
met with a painful accident
while repairing Chass Dietz
water system when he
slopped on the ice and
fractured several ribs.
Mr. Darling and son of
Dublin have finished the
season for threshing.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Dilmage, Misses Velma and
Vea Haist and Miss Jean
Holland motored to Stratford
on Saturday.
Mr. J. E. Ferguson's sale
was most successful and one
of the most largely attended
ever held in the township.
John Dennison who spent
the summer in the West has
returned home.
Bill, the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Smith,
underwent an operation for
the removal of his tonsils.
The skating rink was
flooded for the first time and
ice making will not be very
fast this week.
Chas. Holmes who
purchased the rink has made
alterations to the interior and
all indications point to a very
successful season.
A pleasant evening was
spent in the town hall in
Hensall when Mr. and Mrs.
James McDougal entertained
neighbours and friends in the
neighbourhood of 200
persons.
DECEMBER 27,1928
One evening recently when
Wm. Rattenbury was retiring
he found a man lying under
his bed. He could give no
reason for his being there.
Harry East son of the late
Thos. East met with a
misfortune when about a
mile from home he got into a
drift and the horse in trying
to free itself upset the cutter
which later fell on Mr. East
and broke his arm.
We notice that the councils
of several municipalities
through which the proposed
extension of the Canadian
Pacific railway from Guelph
to Goderich is to pass are
submitted by laws for the
purposed of raising money to
pay for the rights of way for
the railway.
The good old summer
time. How far away it seems
today. Six weeks of steady
winter before Christmas are
something the people are not
accustomed to in this part of
the world.
Wm. Drager of Leadbury
who had his face injured at al
threshing some months ago
has recovered and carries no
marks.
John Murray, thresher of
Tuckersmith, met with an
accident when he took his
threshing outfit to the farm of
Robert Garrow in McKillop.
The gangway was narrow
and steep and the sleigh on
which the machine was
placed skewed around
crowding Mr. Murray who
had several ribs broken.
John R. Archibald of
Tuckersmih has purchased
the farm adjoining Seaforth
on the east belonging to the
estate of the late Chas.
Wilsen.
The roof of the skating rink
and curling rink on Seaforth
Main street gave way under
the weight of snow with a
crash about 8 p.m. on
Sunday.
All passenger trains on the
Buffalo, Stratford and
Goderich Line of the Grand
Trunk Railway are now
timed to stop at St.
Columban.
DECEMBER 23,1953
The temperance leaders in
Toronto have determined to
establish several new coffee
houses in the city.
Flags on public buildings
in all cities and towns were
at half mast out of respect to
the memory of the late
Princess Alice. She was the
third child of Queen Victoria.
A soiree was held in the
Westeyan Methodist Church
at Staffa.
Mr. James Dodds, of
Blyth, who lately returned
from Manitoba gives a
glowing description of the
country. He expects to return
in the course of a few weeks.
A young girl, 16, daughter
of Rev. Wm. Irwin, of
Markdale, eloped with and
married a youth about her
own age. Miss Irwin was
afterwards arrested for
appropriating her father's
property, consisting of
wearing apparel but was
acquitted.
DECEMBER 21,1978
Donald Howard, 36 of 1 A
Main Street in Seaforth is
dead as the result of an early
morning fire in the three
storey brick Royal
Apartments building at the
center of Goderich and Main
Streets.
Gordon Pullman, last
year's PUC chairman was
reelected to the position at
the first meeting of the new
Seaforth PUC commission.
Pullman is the only PUC
veteran with two new faces
on the commission, Mayor
John Sinnamon and
commissioner Doug Fryett.
The Fire Area Board has
decided to postpone making
a decision on the issue of
who pays for the
maintenance of Seaforth fire
hydrants until they have a
legal opinion from their
lawyer. Seaforth council who
also sought a legal opinion,
have stated the feel the FAB
should pay the entire $5,400
cost of fire hydrant
maintenance in the town,
since fire protection is the
responsibility of the board.
It's going to cost
Tuckersmith Township
resident more to own a dog
in 1979 if the bylaw for the
proposed new fees for dog
licenses in approved at the
next council meeting in
January.
Councillor Fran Falconer
proposed to raise the fees in
the hopes of discouraging
people from keeping more
than one dog in a household.
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Heh,heh, What can I say?
I was only ten years old
when this was taken. Kids
will be kids.
And you look
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too.
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