The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2007-10-24, Page 3a News Persistence made Seaforth unstoppable in 1951 The Huron Expositor • October 24, 2007 Page 3 From Page 2 the colours that we wave." Johnston says that while Seaforth high school only won two games the year before, in 1951 they were unstoppable, win- ning all their games against . Huron County schools before moving into the WOSSA semi- finals and finals. Both men were in Grade 13 in 1951 with Johnston playing defensive inside guard and Baker playing right end both offen- sively and defensively. "We were a persis- tent team, determined. We won because we never gave up," remembers Baker. He says football was a slower game in the 50s, with fewer long passes and less running. Instead, he says it was a game of slow gains down the field. "We crept down the field. One game it took us three downs to make one yard. It was all about plunging through the line, not throwing," he says. Johnston remembers that the "quarterback sneak" was a favourite and effective play of the day. "Our quarterback Harry Jacobi was a very clever individual who could get the ball up behind his back and slip through the line," he says. Stories in the Huron Expositor in 1951 say Seaforth's high school "captured its group title with little difficulty" in the Huron Secondary School Association. Student the Schoo Shirley Frieday wrote in 1 News that at the end of one of the games leading up to the champi- onship, the players were up to their necks in mud. "It was almost impos- sible to recognize our players till they thawed out and washed some of the mud off; then, this was unable to dampen their spirits," she says. In the WOSSA final against Sarnia at J.W. Little Stadium at the University of Western Ontario in London, Seaforth won 6-5 with Dan MacMillan's con- vert of Doug Stewart's touchdown in the third quarter winning the game. "Sarnia had two chances to tie the `Sarnia f had two chances to tie the score or go ahead in the latter stages of the game, but each time they were stopped by Seaforth defences,'. Huron Expositor, Nov. 30,1951 AMMER McTaggart Wettlaufer INSURANCE BROKERS INC. • AUTO • HOME • FARM • TRAVEL COMMERCIAL • LIFE INSURANCE BROKERS Paul Wettlaufer • Amy Siemon Suzanne Zehr • Leigh Crawford Ken Hutchison • Bill Siemon 68 Ontario Rd. 348-9150 Mitchell 1-800-561-0183 Carla Nicholson, RMT massage therapy MON., TUES., WED., & FRIDAYS SEAFORTH CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE 519=527-1242 score or go ahead in the latter stages of the game, but each time they were stopped by Seaforth defences. St.. Patrick's (Sarnia) marched to the Seaforth four only to be stopped short of pay dirt," says the Expositor of Nov 30, 1951. And, after the game Stewart and MacMillan "were carried on the shoulders of several of the players in the wild, noisy but victorious snake dance, which was led by the Bugle Band on the return of the team and specta- tors to Seaforth," reports Frieday. During the reunion, the team members also plan to rec- ognize the team of 1952, which ended up losing the WOSSA championship to Wallaceburg in two overtime with BiN Sherk, the Old Car Detective TBOROUGHTYOUBY HEARTLAND CREDIT UNION CUSTOMIZED 196o METEOR CONVERTIBLE By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective" The second annual Fort York Armoury Autorama was held in Toronto on the weekend of October 15-16, 196o. Over 5o hot rods, customs, antiques, and special interest vehicles were on display, ranging from a 1927 Model T Ford coupe to the dazzling 196o Meteor convertible. This car was almost brand new at the time of the show, and its owner had already dressed it up with fender skirts, striped upholstery, a shaved rear deck, extra taillights across the back, fancy wheel covers, and chrome lakes pipes running the full length of the rocker panels. Those pipes were known as 'lakes' pipes because )lot rodders in California often raced their street machines across the many dry beds of ancient lakes within a day's drive from Los Angeles. Just before racing, they would remove the caps from the end of their 'lakes' pipes, thus bypassing their mufflers for extra horsepower (and a whole lot of extra noise!). The original lakes pipes usually were very short and came out just behind the front wheels. The custom car craze quickly adopted this feature with chrome pipes running the full length of the rocker panels, as we see with this 1960 Meteor convertible. If you look closely at the photo, you can see a cap at the end of the pipe, which the driver can quickly remove if the need arises. The tailfin craze of the late 195os was beginning to taper off by 196o. This Meteor convertible has horizontal tailfins beautifully integrated into the overall style of the car. These fins actually begin just above the front bumper, where they curve gracefully up to the beltline, then sweep straight as an arrow to the rear of the car. The Meteor first appeared at the beginning of the 1949 model year and was built only in Canada. Its roots go back to the end of World War Two, when Ford of Canada dramatically increased the number of its dealerships across the country by creating two separate divisions. Ford dealers were given the made -only -in -Canada Monarch, new for 1946 and patterned after the Mercury so that Ford dealers would have cars to sell in the medium price range. The other dealerships sold the Mercury and Lincoln, including the new smaller Mercury 114, built only in Canada and based on the Ford to give those dealers a car to sell in the low price field. The new 1949 Mercury shared its body with the Lincoln, thereby eliminating the Mercury 114. Its replacement was the Meteor, essentially a Ford but with its own trim and name. And that's when new dealership signs appeared across Canada: Mercury -Lincoln -Meteor. You can visit CarStory online at www.CarStory.com. Email: bill@carsto- ry.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3. periods. Former players are travelling from as far away as Thunder Bay and Bracebridge to the reunion while those further away in Regina, Saskatchewan and North Carolina might be only sending e-mail mes- sages. "The last time we got together as a team was in 1976 but we saw a lot of them at Homecoming in 1995. A lot are scattered everywhere," says Baker. GET YOUR FREE FLU SHOT! AsNUNiawanesh Brookside Public School, 36937 Belgrave Rd, R.R. #7 Lucknow Tuesday November 13 from 3:30 to 7:00 PM Clinton Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 140, 95 Kirk Street, Clinton Monday October 29 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday November 22 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Ethel Grey Central Public School, 84925 Ethel Line, Ethel Thursday November 15 from 3:30 to 7:00 PM Exeter Royal Canadian Legion, 316 William Street South, Exeter Tuesday October 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM 6oderich Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 109, 56 Kingston Street, Goderich Friday November 2 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Monday November 26 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Howick Howick Central Public School, 45010 Harriston Rd, R.R. #1 Gorrie Tuesday November 20 from 3:30 to 7:00 PM Stephen Stephen Central Public School, 70042 Goshen Line, Stephen TWP Saturday November 10 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM Sabra Seaforth and District Community Centre, 122 Duke Street, Seaforth Thursday November 1 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday November 21 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM Milani and Area Wingham & District Hospital, 270 Carling Terrace, Wingham Tuesday November 6 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Wednesday November 7 from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM Thursday November 8 from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM For mora hdsn a tlee shout the 1111, the flu Met, and the cesemeltv slides, please meted the Moe ONO lima Melt - Telephone: 519.482-3416 Toll free: 1-877-837-6143 Website: www.huroncounty.ca/heafh