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Editorial
It's time
to celebrate
two of our
local service
clubs
During an age when volunteerism is
on the decline as two -income families
scramble to find time in their lives, it's
important to recognize local service
clubs as they celebrate their
contributions to the community, both
past and present.
The Seaforth Lions Club is celebrating
its 80th anniversary this weekend and
the Seaforth Legion is celebrating its
75th anniversary this summer and fall.
Both groups have made innumerable
contributions to Seaforth over the years
and continue to make their best effort,
despite a common difficulty recruiting
volunteers into the next generation.
Along with donating to a number of
charities, including the Easter Seals
and the Canadian National Institute for
the Blind, the Seaforth Lions Club
makes financial . assistance available to
any local group or individual in need.
And, the Lions Club's most lasting and
obvious addition to Seaforth is the Lions
Park and Pool. There, several
generations of local children have
caught their first fish during the annual
fishing derby, learned to swim, enjoyed
family picnics and reunions, played
baseball and just met with friends on a
hot summer day.
The Legion's list of contributions to
the community is equally long with area
veterans, local sports teams, school
children and various charitable groups
as the recipients.
Local residents can express their
appreciation and maybe even consider
signing up as members at upcoming
celebrations in town.
This weekend, the Lions are holding a
family day at the park while the Legion
is holding a drumhead service in
September.
Take the opportunity to shake the
hand of one of your local service club
members - Seaforth would be a much
less vibrant community without them.
Susan Hundertmark
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Tall stands of corn cause unsafe
conditions every year on rural corners
To the editor,
As our country crops are maturing and the summer days
are fading away, an issue that seems to plague us every year
resurfaces.
Tall stands of corn on numerous roadside corners continue
to cause unsafe, obstructed conditions. Yield or stop signs
are to be abided by, but as we all know, mistakes can
happen.
If a tree obstructs a corner, we cut it down. If a building
obstructs a corner, we put up four-way stops, flashing red
lights, or tear it down. If corn obstructs corners, we
somehow sit placidly by.
As a municipality and agricultural community, perhaps we
should become more proactive and initiate safeguards into
the situation.
Whether it be angled crop clearances, municipal bylaws,
increased public awareness, slowing down, common sense,
whatever it takes, it may be you or your loved ones' life you
save.
Mary Kreutzwiser
RR 4
Walton
After seven fantastic weeks digging
in Jordan, I'm reluctant to go home
Well, it's been seven weeks.
Seven weeks since I've worn a
seatbelt.
Seven weeks since I've shivered
with cold. Seven weeks since I've
flushed paper down the toilet.
Seven weeks since I've seen
clouds or rain or brown bread and
peanut butter.
Last Sunday we went to the hot springs and when we got out
of the cab, I thought to myself "What on Earth is that noise?"
only to remember just in time to prevent myself from voicing
the question out loud that it was a waterfall.
It was a quiet week. I spent most of it shackled to a computer
that only spoke German, which was fine except that none of the
shortcuts worked and when I accidently hit CAPlock, it took
me almost five minutes to figure out how to turn it off.
The end result of my misery was a backache like you can't
imagine, and a report which holds the distinction of being the
longest thing (non-fiction) I have ever written.
Then I spent several years polishing my notebook until
Michael Weigl prised it from my cold dead hands and told me
that I had done enough for one year.
On Friday night we had our end of season party. It coincided
with the night here when the exam marks from high school
came out.
Basically, if you pass, you go to the University of Jordan for
practically nothing and if you don't, you do nothing.
Anyway, there's a big party across the whole country when
the marks come out. Forty people die every year from stray
bullets, and the fireworks go on for hours. We were on the roof
at Lulu's, and it was fantastic.
The fireworks were so close and the bullets were not, so we
were fine. And we had shortbread cookies, so it was even
better.
I went to say good-bye to Yusef yesterday and I was there for
Diggin' the Middle East
two and a half hours. I had five
cups of tea.
We talked about everything
from politics to finance to
theoretical physics. He brought
extra teacups that day, and by the
time I got there, he had used all 30
of them and was washing them for
" the 15 people who came after me.
I am going to miss that store, but I have this feeling I will
own a gradually increasing collection of Jordanian textiles as
the years go by.
We checked our bags today because Royal Jordanian has a
nasty habit of giving seats away if you are foreign and
someone's cousin wants to get on your plane.
I would rather know in advance if I was going to spend more
time in this country, and the Egypt fiasco was enough for me
this trip. I did feel vaguely uncomfortable knowing that I will
not see my bags until very early on Tuesday morning, but at
least I will be in Pearson on Tuesday morning to pick them up!
I am excited to fly, but reluctant to go home. Michael Weigl
left last night and the Bishops people left this morning.
It's all kind of depressing. I keep chanting "Almost Tims,
almost Tims" which is helping. I've had such a fantastic time
this summer. I learned things about the way I look at the world,
and the way the world looks at me.
I learned about the profession I have chosen, and met the
people whom I hope will help me get through it.
I saw things I never thought about, and found commonalities
in places I never would have even thought to look.
I visited the sites I've dreamed about, and some that I want to
learn more about when I get home.
I moved 16 square metres of dirt, and cleaned almost 200
bones. 1 cried and laughed and threw up and ...well, you get the
picture.
I can't wait until next year!
First annual Vanastra-Tuckersmith
County Fair held in 1979 a success
August 22, 1879
The driving mare "Topsy"
formerly owned by Thos. Bell
and M.Y. McLean, Seaforth,
has been sold by James
McPhail of Mitchell to a party
in Guelph, at a good figure.
The residence of Wm.
Ballintyne, liquor license
inspector for South Huron
was destroyed by fire. Mr.
Ballintyne found a pile of
straw which had been
saturated in coal oil. It was
impossible to save the
building.
John Cameron of
Tuckersmith sowed a field of
fall wheat. This is the earliest
we have heard of this year.
Thos. McMichael of Hulka
has this year a yield of 115
bushels of wheat from two
acres.
August 19,1904
Fred Cardno of town left
for Winnipeg and intends
trying his fortune in the west.
Seaforth was visited by a
severe electrical and rain
storm on Saturday afternoon.
James Dick has presented
to the bowling club, a
handsome silver tankard to be
completed for by the
members of the club.
One night recently while
R.S. Hays was away from
home, some persons gained
an entrance to the cellar and
carried off some edibles. Mrs.
Hays heard them and she
lighted the lamps and this
frightened them away,
although they prowled around
for some time.
Geo. Stewart of the
Yours Agora
Seaforth Milling Co. has
purchased the residence on
Main Street belonging to Dr.
Campbell. The price paid was
$1,600.
Old wheat bids fair to reach
the dollar mark again.
John Walker of the Mill
Road, Tuckersmith has one of
the best fields of ensilage corn
that we have seen this year.
G. Reeves has erected
lightning conductors on the
barn and dwelling house of
John Archibald.
Carrie M. Knight for the
past three years a student at
the Seaforth Collegiate
Institute has been winning
glory for herself and for the
Institute. Miss Knight wrote
the junior mathematics exam
and has taken the highest
standing of any pupil in the
province.
August 23,1929
Mr. Andrew Bell of
Tuckersmith, purchased a
new tractor which he is now
using for ploughing fall
wheat.
John C. Doig of
Tuckersmith and now of the
Detroit College of Law
received word that he had
successfully passed his law
examinations. He also passed
his civil service examinations.
The fine showers of the last
week at Kippen have helped
the corn and the beans while
the harvesters are busy
finishing the cutting and
hauling of grain.
The work on the Township
Hall at Staffa is progressing
nicely under the management
of George 'Puffin.
Mrs. G. T. Turnbull, who
has been spending the past
two weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. J.R. Hillis has left on a
trip to the coast.
Messrs. W. Box and Co. are
making extensive
improvements to the
appearance of the front of
their furniture store on Main
Street.
August 27,1954
Tenders were called last
week for the erection of a new
Huron County Court house in
Goderich.
The death occurred in St.
Marys Hospital London
following a lengthy illness of
Thos. J. Moylon, life long and
widely know resident of
McKillop Township. He was
in his 90th year.
Mrs. Joseph McConnel,
Seaforth, will preside at the
seventh convention of the
Ontario Provincial Catholic
Women's League.
Fire struck twice within
three days in Hullett
Township, resulting in
damage of $20,000. Large
steel roofed barns, a new pig
pen and a new laying pen
were destroyed on the faun of
Clifford Addison. An early
morning blaze on Sunday
destroyed a large 60 by 40
frame barn on the farm of
James Handy, also of Hullett.
Miss Beth boyd of
McKillop, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Boyd, has
been awarded a scholarship at
the University of Western
Ontario. It is valued at $200.
Miss Catherine Campbell
of McKillop has been
awarded a Provincial Honours
certificate and selected for an
Eastern Ontario bus trip.
Dr. E.A. McMaster, Paul
McMaster, James Scott and
John Scott left for a weeks
fishing in Northern Ontario.
August 23,1979
Clive Buist, Seaforth's
recreation director for the past
six years, has accepted the
position of parks and
recreation director for the
town of Fergus and area.
Tuckersmith Township
council will be required to
pay an extra $43,000 to the
Huron County board of
education and $12,000 levy to
the Country of Huron based
on new educational and
government factors revealed
this month in an
announcement on the effect of
the 1979 provinicial
equalizing factors.
Seaforth Firemen were
called out last Wednesday
night to assist the Mitchell fire
department in battling a
$75,000 blaze at Spanier
Welding, RR 3 Mitchell.
The first annual Vanastra-
Tuckersmith County Fair was
held at the former Air Force
base over the weekend and
according to the sponsoring
Lions Club it was a great
success.
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