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Frank Phillips photo
The Seaforth Co-op Egg Grading Station at the comer of Main and John Street
is pictured during the 1940s.
Tucker's Meat Shop is now located where the Seaforth Co-op Egg Grading
Station was once located.
Twister levels barns, damages trees in
Tuckersmith and McKillop in 1956
MAY 13, 1881
James Weir has purchased
Carmichael's Hotel. For the hotel
and stables, without the stores, he
paid $7,000. Mr. Weir is a gentle-
manly, obliging man and a very
popular landlord and will do well
in this fine hotel.
Thomas Lapslie has now com-
pleted his new driving park. He
has named it "Fairview," which is a
very appropriate cognomen. The
track is now in splendid condition
to drive on and we have no doubt it
will be well patronized by the own-
ers of "good stock" in town.
Roderick Grey of the second con-
cession of McKillop, has the best
field of fall wheat in this section of
the county. It looks about as well
as the best pieces last year.
MAY 18, 1906
Messrs. Kennedy Brothers of
Seaforth have sold their team of
ponies to Thomas Rands, who was
looking for a fancy pair and got
just what he wanted. The price
paid was $210.'
Robert Garrow's sale of stock
steers on Wednesday of last week
was largely attended and all were
sold. The 58 head realized nearly
$3,500 or an average of $60 each.
The were pretty widely distributed.
Thomas E. Hays has seventy-
three head of cattle on his farm in
McKillop. They were all bought for
the grass. This is quite a bunch of
cattle, but Mr. Hays will be able to
handle them all and profitably too.
Fred C. Broadfoot of Seaforth left
on Thursday for Cuba where he
will be engaged professionally by a
New York syndicate of capitalists.
MAY 15, 1931
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Bonthron of
Hensall are getting their grounds
very hastily arranged around their
dwelling property on the corner of
King and Nelson Streets, and are
having what is termed a rock gar-
den, which will make a nice variety
among. the surrounding neat gar-
dens and premises as our village
has long been noted for its well
kept garden, lawns, etc.
Mr. Bender, a late merchant of
Blyth has opened up a ladies ready
to wear stock in Hensall in the
premises in past years occupied by
the late Alex Murdock on the south
side of King Street, and is display-
ing quite an attractive assortment.
Robert O. Willis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W.G. Willis of Seaforth, has
graduated as a chemical engineer
from the School of Science
University of Toronto, taking hon-
ours in his class.
Dr. H.H. Ross has erected a new
verandah at his residence on
Victoria Street in Seaforth.
MAY 18, 1956
Lashing rain and tornado-like
winds cut a swath across the
Seaforth area over the weekend
leaving a trail of destruction and
damage totalling many thousands
of dollars.
Rain late Tuesday night that
raised the level of creeks to over-
flowing and flooded fields in a mat-
ter of minutes was followed Friday
by more rain. The rains were fol-
lowed by a twister coming in from
the west, that levelled barns along
the Mill Road in Tuckersmith,
damaged buildings and trees in
Egmondville and wrecked more
barns in McKillop.
A massive machine for the manu-
facture of concrete sewer tile
arrived here Wednesday from
Denmark. The machine -was
imported by Seaforth Sewer Tile
Co. Limited and is being installed
in the large building being erected
by the company in Harpurhey.
MAY 13,1981
It took a second special meeting
Tuesday before Seaforth council
decided to buy a new police cruiser
from Seaforth Motors, one of two
firms which submitted tenders to
supply the vehicle.
Seaforth Community Hospital's
Day for the Disabled Tuesday
brought satisfaction to organizers.
Following the inspection of the
electrical system at Seaforth
arena, Ontario Hydro has outlined
11 defects which "must be correct-
ed in order to ensure there are no
possible electrical hazards to life or
property."