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Huron Expositor, 2007-04-04, Page 5Opinion The Huron Expositor • April 4, 2007 Page 5 Our firefighters deserve the best equipment To the Editor, I feel that our volunteer fire department does a tremendous job and responds very speedily when those sirens start to ring. On a more comic note - you can almost smell the burning rubber when the guys are trying to get to the hall. We have a great bunch of firefighters and they deserve the best equipment when -they are out there. These men are risking their lives to save our homes, our barns, our businesses and yes our lives. Anything that improves the safety and effi- ciency of our fire department should be taken seriously by everyone. The equipment with the custom cab being used by Clinton Fire Department seems to be well appreciated by the firefighters. If it is proven to work better and be more efficient, then our guys deserve the same equipment. As a Seaforth resident, I would be willing to donate to any fund raising that would be done to fund this new equipment. I am certain that everyone who lives in the Seaforth fire depart- ment boundaries would be willing to donate something. Afterall, it is our fire department and we are the ones that may at some time require their services. Do we not want the best available equipment coming to our rescue? We all donate money to a lot of charities and fund raising events, but a well-equipped fire department should be a top priority, not only for our benefit, but to keep our firefighters as safe as possible. Linda Allin Seaforth, On. Seaforth resident wants George Street paved To the Editor, As a long -standing resident and taxpayer of Seaforth, I am very dis- turbed about the condition of my road, which is the east end of George Street east. I have been waiting 30 years to have this road paved. I thought it would have been done when George Street was paved, but was told that there wasn't enough funding at the time to go down to the end of the dead end street. I thought that maybe it would be paved at the time Coleman Street was paved, but again I have been told that this is not likely to happen. There may only be four homes on the street, but we are all tax- payers and deserve a fair shake. We happen to be the only street in Seaforth that has not been paved! I have been paying taxes for the last 30 years and there have been no improvements made to our road or our sidewalks. I feel that a few potholes being filled does not constitute road repair. I have a friend in a wheel chair who likes to come down to visit. See POTHOLES, Page 6 Two -headed calf with four eyes and two ears born in Hullett in 1882 March 24, 1882 Last Thursday, a cow belonging to Mr. W. Marris, lot 34, concession 11, Hullett, gave birth to a peculiar looking creature. It was a calf with two heads, in which were four eyes, but only two ears. In all other respects the calf was well formed. It was alive when born but died immediately after. An old man named John McLeod, died in Seaforth last Saturday at the unusual age of 104 years. He was tolerably active and able to go around and take care of himself until a few weeks previous to his death. The great March lion has been._ showing his teeth with a vengeance for the past few days. A "blizzard" set in on Tuesday morning and continued until Wednesday night. Although the frost was not severe, the wind was high and a consider- able depth of snow fell. Sleighs were out on Wednesday, but the bright sun has exposed Mother Earth once more. Hensall markets reported wheat, $1.21 to $1.23; barley, 73 cents to 77 cents; oats, 36 cents to 37 cents; eggs 15 cents; butter, $2.50 to $3.00 per cord; corn, 75 cents to 80 cents. March 29, 1907 Some of Seaforth's fast horses appear in the list of entries for the stake race at the Stratford meet. F.W. Boor has an entry in the 2.10 pace, Thomas Pinkney has one in the three year old pace and one in the 2.30 trot, and Frank Kling has one in the 2.30 trot. A horse belonging to Thomas M. Grieve of Egmondville, made a bold dash for liberty last Saturday afternoon. The animal became frightened at something in front of the town hall and bolted, landing up on the platform in front of the Commercial Hotel where it was stopped. Nothing more serious was done other than one of the buggy shafts breaking. The Clinton New Era of last week, referring to Seaforth's main street, says: "When the council undertook last summer to pave the main street with asphalt, brick and cement, there were not a few who entertained and expressed grave doubts as to the wisdom of the undertaking. It was costly, amount- ing to $25,000 and fears were expressed to see the street heaved with frost. IJp to the present time, there is not the slightest sign of' upheaval in any part. ()n the con- trary, the town can lay claim to a street equal to anything in Canada." March 18, 1932 Last Thursday, the town snow plow made its initial and belated appearance on the sidewalks of the town. This was made necessary by the heavy fall of snow of a few days previous. The regular meeting of the Seaforth town council was held last Monday evening. The auditors each be paid the sum of $25. A number of Seaforth McMillan Cup players, under the manage- ment of Crawford Smith, played in Clinton on Wednesday night and succeeded in tying the game 3-3. The Seaforth boys played good hockey, but were slack in the defense line. The players were: Reeves, Dale, Cudmore, Muir, Cluff, Parke, G. and A. Hildebrand and Nicholls. Started career in Seaforth: John Aird Jr., he of the mysterious $125, 000,000 whose uncanny financial transactions with the Beauharnois Corporation have aroused nation wide interest, is a native of Seaforth. He was born in the build- ing but lately occupied by the Seaforth Memorial hospital, which at that time was the Bank of Commerce 1 -louse. His father, now Sir .John Aird, was a manager of the local branch of the Bank of Commerce about 40 years ago. April 5, 1957 Seaforth firemen responded to a call when a chimney at the resi- dence of Thomas O'Reilly, second concession, McKillop, north of St. Columbian, caught fire. The blaze was quickly brought under control. A raccoon, treed near the resi- dence of Barney Hildebrand, South Main Street, was captured Monday by Earl Montgomery and Harvey Beuermann. Jake Broome, who now has the animal, plans to make a pet of it. Born Ireland, Mrs. Henry Welland celebrated her 90th birth- day on March 28th. Living all of her married life in Egmondville, she came to Canada in 1893, 73 years ago. March 31, 1982 The members of Seaforth council earned a total of $35,205 in 1981. That year they attended 12 regular council meetings, and about 17 spe- cial council meetings. As well coun- cil had anywhere from four to eight standing committee meetings a month. An estimated 14.5 per cent of the special education costs will be borne by the taxpayers over the next four years. the Huron -Perth Separate School Hoard wUs told March 22. "The canoes are coming." 'That'll he the call from bridges all along the Bayfield River Sunday when hardy paddlers set out on the llth annual Seaforth Optimists canoe race.