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Come Home
to the Country
another
successful
homecoming
They came home to the country. They met
old friends. They reminisced. And, they
parted, vowing to get together again the next
time.
Another successful homecoming was held
over the weekend and close to 1,000 former
Seaforth residents returned to remember their
formative years in the greatest small town
ever.
Blue skies and warm breezes cooperated
with beautifully -run events from start to finish.
Packed dance floors, good food, nostalgic
music and festive Main Street decorations
were all backdrops to reunion as people
hugged, chatted and caught up with a
decade's worth of news since the last
homecoming.
Maureen Agar deserves a lot of credit for
spearheading the effort to organize the latest
homecoming but the volunteers who made the
weekend happen are numerous.
If her aim was to raise spirits in town, the
smiling faces everywhere throughout the
weekend showed how she exceeded her goal.
And, we have to agree with her - there was
so much to do over the weekend that if you
didn't have fun, it was your own fault.
But, she raised another good point. Seaforth
should start thinking about a yearly festival it
can host.
While homecoming is always a good reason
to celebrate, it probably loses something if
offered too often. And, it narrows the scope to
those who already know what Seaforth has to
offer.
Seaforth has all the raw ingredients to hold
a festival that extends that small town feeling
to those who haven't experienced it before.
Gems like Cardno's Hall and the third floor
of town hall could be buffed up to their former
glory. Actors could be hired to reenact periods
of history, especially those pertaining to the
Van Egmond family.
Heritage is truly Seaforth's treasure but as
visitors to the Doors Open program pointed
out over the weekend, we need to interpret it
for tourists to understand its value.
With some brainstorming, some funding
from government or heritage foundations and
a lot of work, Seaforth could become
everyone's quintessential small town.
Susan Hundertmark
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O' MALLEY!
ALL THE PRISONERS
HAVE ESCAPED!
Don't worry Sorge.
It's all part of
Seaforth's
boors Open
event.
MEM
Church
service
organizers
thank
willing
workers for
their help
To the Editor,
We are so fortunate to
have a mosaic of
talented and willing
workers in the Seaforth
community which all
came together to offer an
uplifting worship service
to visitors and locals
alike on Sunday, July 31.
Special thanks to Lisa
Hilvers, Allan Carter,
Wayne and Joyce Hugill
for working behind the
scenes, as well as
volunteer ushers from
various churches who
were on hand to greet
those coming to the
service.
First, it was an
inspiration to see eight
young people from area
See COME, Page 5
Gravol could only do so much
to soothe anxiety during balloon ride
From Page I
Although she knew I was
joking, it was a little nerve-
racking flying 20 feet over her
head as we took off.
As we launched, we started
floating southwest. We passed
over trop of Seaforth Public
School, (where janitors, you'll be happy to know, there are
no balls on the roof) past St. James school (again, no balls
on the roof) and over Main Street.
The further we travelled the higher we went and the more
comfortable I got. By the time we reached the Seaforth
Lawn Bowling Club, the lights over top of the greens
looked like tiny Lego pieces.
Egmondville seemed miniature as we passed it and then
we hit the most magnificent part of the whole trip - the
country.
As we looked out into Huron County, thc fields seemed as
if they formed a giant quilt with each farmer's field
representing a tiny square.
The roads almost seemed like tiny strings of black
licorice, surrounded by squares of brown or green fields
depending on what the crops were.
While there were no scary moments in the balloon, 1 have
to admit I was a little scared in the hours leading up to the
balloon ride.
Even though I'm not prone to motion sickness, I packed a
Gravol just in case my stomach started to turn while we
were in the air.
We asked the pilot how high we were.
"Two -thousand, three hundred feet," he replied.
I gulped and took half of a Gravol out of my pocket and
swallowed it, thinking it would make my fear of heights go
away.
Gradually my fear disappeared, but not because of
medication. I realized that the experience wasn't scary. In
Jason Middleton
Middle Ground
fact, it was quite
peaceful.
There was no
wind at 2,000 feet or any
bugs. All there was was me
and my thoughts, which were
directed at staying in my
corner of the balloon and not
moving an inch.
I completely calmed down after seeing what we thought
was a deer, running through a field of corn.
As we flew closer it turned out to be a coyote running
through the rows of corn to fjnd cover in a nearby bush.
One of the funnier moments in the balloon was passing a
farm southwest of Seaforth, where an inquisitive cow
looked up at the air balloon and "mooed" almost as though
she was asking a question.
I'm sure it would be odd for a farm animal to see
something that big flying in the sky.
I'm pretty sure there were some farmers who looked up in
the sky, still drinking their morning coffee, and rubbed their
cycs to make sure they really saw a hot air balloon flying
1000 feet over their property.
When it was time to land, our pilot chose three acres of
grass beside a farmhouse as our landing strip.
As we got close to the grass, we were getting lower in the
field.
We could not only sec individual ears of corn, but I saw
the dew on the leaves of corn. Right before we landed, our
basket bottomed out on the tops of the the corn.
The basket hit the grass with a huge bump, followed by
four more forceful bumps where I hit my knee against the
basket each time.
And after a 49 -minute ride, it was over. What do 1 have to
show for it? A few pictures, a bruised knee and an open
mind.
Sounds great to me.
Automobile has miraculous
escape from train collision in 1930
AUGUST 13, 1880
One night last week some
person or persons entered
the pasture and cut all the
hair off and otherwise
lacerated the tail of a two-
year-old heifer belonging to
John McLauchlan, Grey
Twp. Mr. McLauchlan has
his eye on certain parties
and if he can secure
sufficient evidence, he will
give them the full benefit of
the law.
John S. Wagner of
Wawanosh had one of his
best cows killed by
lightning during the great
storm on Tuesday night.
The fall crops around this
part of the country promise
a splendid yield this season.
It does one good to see the
smiling faces of the farmers
coming into town.
Thc clothing store of
Messrs. T. Jackson. and Son,
Clinton was broken into on
Saturday night and goods to
the value of about $300
carried off. Entrance was
made by forcing a back
window.
AUGUST 11, 1905
A number of our young
people are talking of going
out west.
YearS Ago tie ...
Wednesday was a civic
holiday in Seaforth and the
town was deserted. After 8
o'clock the streets were
quieter than on a Sunday.
A young son of Robert
Steele, who was working for
Kennedy Bros., was
severely kicked in the face
by a horse on Tuesday. Thc
lad was going into the stall
to feed the animal when it
kicked him.
Picnic parties to the lake
still continue the order of
the day.
The wheat is not turning
out as well as was expected.
About 20 bushels to the acre
are reported.
The toot -toot of the
threshing whistle is again
heard throughout the land.
AUGUST 15, 1930
The weather is somewhat
cooler after ,the long heat
wave. We had a nice shower
of rain Saturday night, but
need a lot more.
George .Spotton was re-
elected to the Federal House
for North Huron in the
rdcent election.
An automobile party of
seven from Kippen had a
miraculous escape from
collision with a C.P.R.
freight train on Tuesday. As
soon as thc driver sighted
the approaching train he
rapidly applied the breaks
but the car went about three
rods from the tracks, turned
to the right, crashed through
a fence of the embankment
and landed upside down in a
ditch. None of the occupants
were injured.
Miss Ethel Murdock has
been assisting at the Hensall
post office for the past week
owing to the continued
illness of Mrs. lieddcn,
assistant.
AUGUST 19, 1955
Lieutenant -governor Louis
0. Brcithaupt will open the
110th Seaforth Agricultural
Society Fall Fair on Sept.
23. '
Seaforth raised its tax rate
to 79.1 mills, the highest in
the history of the town. The
meeting of the council was
held on August 8.
Like so many Seaforth and
district young people, Lynda
Savauge, Ann Troutbeck
and Phyllis Bryans are
looking eagerly to the day
when the Seaforth Lions
Pool will be opened. They
have held a series of sales
and bazaars to raise money.
They raised $5.30 which
they donated to the pool
fund to speed up its opening.
Chairmen of the Old
Boys' Reunion committees
wish to extend appreciation
to all who worked so hard to
make the celebration a
success.'
AUGUST 14, 1980
Plans are in the works to
bring a second grocery store
to Seaforth, perhaps within
the next two months.
The severe storm which
struck Tuesday afternoon
was restricted to Seaforth
and the immediate area and
left crop damage and
flooding in its wake.
One out of every three
homes in Huron County is
affected by alcohol abuse,
said Gran Ellson,,chairn'tan
of the Committee for
Action on Alcohol and
Other Drugs in Huron
County.