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The Huron Expositor • September 5, 2007 Page 5
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Frank Phillips photo
Baldwin Hardware in the 1960s.
NAPA auto parts now sits in the same building.
Twisters tear roofs off of barns, uproot
trees in the Hensall area in 1957
September 1882
The Messrs. Scott Brothers, deal-
ers in musical instruments in
Seaforth have sold two pianos
which were shipped to Manitoba.
One sold for $650 and the second
for $900.
While building an oat shack,
John Dixon of Roxboro, McKillop
fell to the ground. His shoulder was
dislocated and collar bone frac-
tured.
Last spring, the Expositor print-
ed a statement to the effect that
bugs could be excluded from peas
by soaking the seed in coal oil
before sowing. Despite neighbours
saying the seed would never grow,
Robert Charters of Mill Road tried
it and has a splendid crop, free of
bugs. His neighbour, Gordon
McAdam, sowed unsoaked seed
and found the crop, upon harvest,
full of bugs.
Messrs. Houghton and Kyle
shipped a, car load of horses for
Winniyeg recently. Although a
large number of horses have been
sent out of Huron County in the
last six months, statistics show
there are still over 22,000 horses
remaining.
September 6, 1907
An exceedingly sad accident in
which a mother and daughter lost
their lives in the Osgoode House in
Toronto. Mrs. John McEwing of
Hullett and Mrs. John Shannon, of
McKillop were suffocated by gas
while sleeping in their room at the
hotel. The two were attending the
Exhibition with Mr. McEwing and
an uncle John Watt.
The corner stone of the new
Presbyterian Church in Winthrop
is to be laid in an afternoon cere-
mony. Following a program, tea is
to be served on the lawn at the
home of Mrs. A. Govenlock.
Milton McArter of Brussels has
secured a situation in a dry good
store in Orillia. He and his wife
have left for that town.
Robert Thuell of Brussels, now
employed in a foundry in Berlin
was in town recently. He plans to
move with his wife and family to
Berlin in October.
As a special meeting of Seaforth
town council, it was decided to offer
a $300 reward for the detection and
conviction of those responsible for
recent late night s.
August 1932
In the Canada r book of 1931
recently issued, ` e learns that
Seaforth has 15 ustries. They
represent a capi 1 of $555,481;
employ 141. persons; pay annual
wages of $135,423; use materials
costing $662,782 annually; and
gross value of their products
amounts to $855,027. Where have
they gone?
Strange sights were noticed by
Mr. E. Adams of Hullett when he
was going to the bush for cows. He
noticed a deer and fawn grazing in
the pasture for about 10 minutes
before the deer took flight.
While plastering at the new the-
atre, John Frost, Harry
Waterhouse and James Blair were
thrown to the floor a distance of
eight feet when the scaffold gave
way. Ankle sprains and fractures
resulted%
Albert Venius, aged 9, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Venius fell a dis-
tance of 20 feet in a bin at the
Walverton Flour mill. As a result,
both legs were broken.
September 20, 1957
A $50,000 fire destroyed the
Cromarty Feed and Chopping Mill
and left one family homeless.
Owned by the Great Star Flour
Mills Limited, the mill was man-
aged by Archie Cooper of Mitchell.
The fire damaged the home of
Norman Harburn and ignited the
roof of the Presbyterian Church.
A twister in the Hensall area
damaged barns and uprooted trees.
A roof was torn off a barn owned by
Donald Hulbert of RR3, Zurich. A
roof of a barn owned by Dr. James
W. Bell, south of Hensall was also
destroyed.
Over $7,000 in prize money is
being offered at the 112th annual
Seaforth Fall Fair.
Directors of the Seaforth
Agricultural Society have erected a
new booth for the Seaforth W.I.
They are continuing their policy of
adding to the permanent structures
of the agricultural' park.
September 8, 1982
Early morning motorists on
Tuesday, September 7, realized the
first day of school had begun, notic-
ing the yellow school buses making
their stops. Following a two month
"vacation" on the highways, com-
muters were quick to comprehend
that to contend with the school bus
traffic, an earlier departure time is
necessary.
The committee charged with
managing the new Seaforth and
District Community Centres build-
ing has a new chairman. In a way.
Ken Campbell, of RR1 Dublin,
who's been chairman of the build-
ing committee was selected head of
the management committee at a
meeting last week. After discussion
by the five municipalities involved
last month, it was decided to have
the present building committee,
which has citizen and council rep-
resentatives, stay on to manage the
new building.