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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-10-19, Page 31 The Huron Expositor • October 19, 2005 Page 3 News UWO donation includes footage of 1949 Sudan H a n d e r t m a r k 411111112.111. Twenty minutes of footage of Seaforth's Main Street in 1949 is "a wonderful piece of film" discovered in 100 reels of eight millimetre film donated recently to the University of Western Ontario. "Seaforth's is one of the good ones. It takes up one reel and it's not Cecil B. DeMille but it'll show a lot of neat stuff," says UWO media specialist Alan Noon. Noon is helping to trans- fer the film depicting 84 small towns and villages in post -Second World War southwestern Ontario onto DVD. The film, called the "Stars of the Town" collection, was donated to Western's Archives ,and Research Collections Centre by Rev. Marion Massecar, 87, whose late husband Leroy (Roy) travelled throughout south- western Ontario for two years filming as many peo- ple as he could. Massecar filmed towns, including people shopping inside stores and walking and driving 1920s and `30s cars and horse-drawn wag- ons on Main Streets, and An unidentified man pumps gas in Seaforth in 1949 on a film reel devoted to life In Seaforth as part of a Stars of the Town collection donated recently to the University of Western Ontario. ' then rented a local hall and charged the townspeople 45 cents to view the footage. Massecar made a living for two years by creating films, paying his way through university with the project before he became an ordained minister and moved to the United States. "It's a real slice of life. People seem very relaxed and to be relying on their neighbours. It was a time when people shopped every day on Main Street," says Noon. Noon says footage includes school chil- dren lined up in classrooms with several seconds devoted to each child and trips through gro- cery stores, barbershops and gas sta- Bridges to Better Business L'entraide, une solution d'affaires Featured Events 10 Share ideas on making Huron better for business El Discuss pressing concerns with your business peers 0 HearJeffrey Simpson discuss global trends affecting your business Help recognize Huron's young entrepreneurs COQv Huron Small Business Enterprise Centre Summit on Small Business in Huron • Thursday October 27, 2005 • Holmesville Community Centre (just off Highway #8) • 4:O0pm start (arrive early) • Closing dinner at 7:OOpm • Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Simpson, Globe & Mail $30.00 per person including dinner. Contact (519) 527-0305 for information and to reserve your spot (required). Huron Business • Development Corporation A 'Bridges to Better Business' event! Seaforth tions. "The films take you back further than you'd think because the cars are mostly older than the 1940s. There seems to be no line between old and new," says Noon. One noticeable difference between now and then is the prevalence of smokers in the footage. "Everyone is smoking. That got to me right away. Even the shopkeeper is shown putting down a ciga- rette to slice a piece of cheese. But, that was the standard of the times. People were tougher and had a tolerance level for that," he says. See SEAFORTH, Page 6 BUY AN ELIGIBLE 2008 SKI -000' SNOWMOBILE' (EXCLUDING MACH r) AND GET: 1 FREEI Year Engine Coverage' 4 OR of Racing Gear ,. and Accessories OR 1 Money Down, Payments, Interest until March 2006" WIG era awrmR I M }nir arawr ow% wads. Oaf ••••w .w r 4 Buy an eligible 2004 or 2005 Ski -Doo snowmobile and get a robots up to $500:- Just 500: Just North of Seaforth on County Rd. 12 (519) 527-0120 HURRY, nils 0i ER al0SMI TIE rwa+i 1171E PIIM IKV 30. 200S. [ryrer•r.ww Mir SIMS •M WWI ••• 4•f► r THERE'S NOTMIM URO IT. •w.•-►.u..rr W -D IY.. M. .w.r �.I�r.•. 7•M/01117r7SS 11/Mr p•.r.1.6r �'.....•. �.�.�.r,�w•�1 i0�1•irM.^i�M ....A..rI.Meau.M•6•�w�•1.M.iWr�wrrrr�•�..1MYr•7r}•w.�r•r.r.�rII�Zr 1Mr110'r•1�r4+,�.N.WM7y 1•�`�•w.•'.r• i/.V.V...+M•�«+••.•o/Wr'.11r.•rw.M•r.�.•r.w.••••••••�sr •rtirt..Y.Nero/rMO.nr rWArr1�1Mry••'�yMw�M•.Mr.MWMrrr6�lM�lW ••I.r� rrrryM.Wwr-Muw�.w• Mrrar•pl.b•�.rrow rr••.b AIM A. ••••11• 7016 4••n••• r•.••..• •.•.a4PIPV . MrMrr•.l�11rrIN�r.�►r+M.k.0~ .•.