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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2007-04-25, Page 6Page 6 April 25, 2007 • The Huron Expositor Opinion Paying for sewers now is cheaper than being forced to install them later To the Editor, Doesn't it always seem that you think of something you want to say after the meeting is over. For instance on Wednesday night after the Egmondville sewer meeting I remembered what Larry McGrath taught me about plumbing. "There are only two things you need to know Bob. Thursday is payday and stuff runs down hill." How does this relate to the meeting? Sooner or later I think, the provincial government will force us to put in sewers. Pay day will be cheaper now, than later. Also, since my wife Sandy started hiding the Vd!'Keyson me, I am out walking daily. That perfume I was smelling on wet March and April mornings wasn't from the crocuses. Please turn in your forms to Town Hall by April 30. If you missed the meeting, forms are available at the Town Hall. Bob Fisher Egmondville, On. Marching band invites members to join reunion To the Editor, Everyone is invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band on Saturday June 9 at Se forth Public School. Countless area elementary and high school girls have belonged to the band since George Hildebrand began directing in 1953. Charles Kalbfleisch began directing in 1978 and is still leading the band along with assistant director Shauna Breen Belleville. Bring your family and friends and come out to a day of fun and memories of 50 years of travels, friendships and music. Free registration for band alum- ni begins at 11 a.m. There will be a silent auction from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch will be available to purchase. Come and enjoy a piece of cake (free) with us. A day of fun is planned, with games and face painting for kids. There will be a parade for all present and past members at 2 p.m. Come see the memory wall. For more information please email: seaforthgirlsband@hot- mail.com or call Sharon 519 525- 3924 or Penny 519 524-9306 Hope to see you there. Penny Breen Seaforth and District All Girls Marching Band Church Services You are invited to attend these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church A Cengregabar d The Parish of The HO Spm Jarvis St. Seaforth 519-527-1522 Rector: The Rev'd Sue Malpus. M Div Sunday, April 29 WORSHIP AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH. CLINTON AT 11:15 AM SERVICE OF CONFIRMATION WiTH BISHOP BOB BENNETT Followed by Pot Luck Meet Everyone Welcome Coe 519-521.1522 N you need a ride. t mo.W lr,lcs for Eve Mown • Set A. 211 • 1:20 pen Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 519-527-0982 Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH 54 Goderich St. W. Rev. John Gould Sunday April 29th Worship at 11:OOam Sermon: 'Etemal Life Insurance" All Welcome Sunday School & Nursery During Worship St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 519-527-0142 Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm Sun. 11:00 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Egmondville United Church Pastor Steve Hildebrand Sunday, April 29 WORSHIP 11AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 10AM First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Sunday April 29 11:15 am service Creative Movement wil perform during the seance May 5 -plant & garage sale - 8am May 13 - Mother's Day Breakfast Sunday School & Nursery Provided. CarSt wart, ,?,':. herk. are OC eCti: "`>-t�!'n, H EARTLAN D CRF DIT JNION1 BOB OMSTEAD'S 1949 FORD COUPE By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective" Bob Omstead of Wheatley, Ont., purchased a light grey 1949 Ford coupe in 1950 from his brother, Leonard Omstead, who bought it new from Jackson Motors, the local Ford -Monarch dealer. it was Bob's first car. He spiffed it up with a windshield sun visor and whitewall tires to take his new wife, Marion, on their honeymoon to Florida in February 1951. They drove all the way to Miami with no car trouble at all. In fact, the car made two trips to Florida during the four years they owned it. They eventually traded it in at .Jackson Motors for a 1954 Ford. In the photo with Bob leaning against the driver's door, the car already had a radio, after -market headlight eyebrows, and after -mar- ket portholes on the front fenders inspired by the 1949 Buicks. Those portholes were available at Canadian "fire and were all the rage in the early '50s for anyone wanting to add some flash and dash to their car. The 1949 Buick Special and Super had three portholes and the Buick Roadmaster had four. Most after -market applications uti- lized three instead of four. Bob Omstead's '49 Ford coupe could have been built as early as June 1948, when the full line of 1949 Fords went on sale. All car com- panies were scrambling to deliver newly -designed vehicles to replace the face -lifted pre-war cars available following the end of World War Two. The 1949 Ford was three inches lower than the '48 models and totally different in style with a new slab -sided body, bold new grille, new dashboard, new bumpers, new taillights, and new door handles. It's interesting to note that Bob has his hand on the driver's door handle in his photo. These were pull-out door handles similar in design to refrigerator door handles popular back then. Ford used this pull-out design for one year only. The '48 Ford handles had to be pulled down, and the 195o Fords had push-button door handles, per- haps inspired by push-button car radios. The new 1949 Fords featured many mechanical improvements. The faithful flathead V-8 was still under the hood (a six -cylinder was avail- able in the U.S.) but power was now transmitted via an open driveshaft to a rear axle held in place by parallel longitudinal rear springs. Up front, the '49 Ford boasted an independent front suspension, finally replacing the old transverse "buggy spring" and solid front axle. When Bob and Marion drove their '49 Ford to Florida, it was right up-to-date with everything else on the road. Do you have any car stories or photos to share with our readers? Email: bill@carstory.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3. Wrapping kids in cotton batten is no solution From Page 4 exist - are all addressed in the class- room and in public education cam- paigns. For all our illusions that we have things under control, there remains the uncontrollable elements like the random, unexplainable violence - sometimes the result of mental ill- ness - that seem to becoming more common every year. There are days when you want to wrap your kids in cotton batten and lock them in their rooms so nothing bad will ever happen. Then, you realize that there is no risk-free solution and that common sense and faith go a long way when facing fear. ASPHALT SEALING WHY GET DIRTY? "LET ME!" * RENEW AND PROTECT ASPHALT SURFACES * DRIVEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 15' x 50' s60 RONALD W. RYAN RR 2 Dublin (519) 345-2560