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The Huron Expositor • November 14, 2007 Page 5
Heart and Stroke Foundation prepares to fight
the staggering facts of heart disease
To the Editor,
Six of our community members are hospital-
ized due to heart disease every day.
Last year, 800 area residents suffered from
stroke.
And, every year heart disease kills more
women than all types of cancer combined.
Please help us combat these staggering facts.
Heart and Stroke Foundation's annual Heart
Month planning is underway and during the
month of February, volunteers will be organiz-
ing local fundraisers and coming door to door to
collect donations, raise awareness and thank
our donors.
The money raised supports the Heart and
Stroke Foundation's efforts to provide life-sav-
ing heart and stroke research to all Canadians,
including your friends, family and neighbours.
Please join the thousands of volunteers across
the country to make February's campaign a suc-
cess.
You may receive a call from us in the next
month asking for your help as a volunteer and
we would encourage you to say yes!
You can also register to volunteer in your
community on-line or to canvass on-line, just
visitwww.PutYourHeartIntoIt.ca or contact
your local coordinator, Rachel Smith, toll free at
1-888-287-7775.
Put your heart into it. Volunteer today!
To find out more about the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario visitwww.heartand-
stroke.ca.
Sincerely,
Rachel Smith
Huron, Perth, Ingersoll and Woodstock
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Construction of new arena complex in
Seaforth right on schedule in 1982
November 10, 1882
Recently, Messrs. Pillman and
Co., the well-known carriage
builders of Seaforth, sent their first
car load of vehicles to Manitoba.
Thejoad was composed of several
light and heavy sleighs and about
30 cutters of various designs.
It was learned with regret that
the snug little craft known as the
Josephine Kidd, owned by Joseph
Kidd, Dublin, was burned in
Georgian Bay. It was a favourite of
excursionists at Goderich the sum-
mer before last. The vessel was
taken to Georgian Bay last spring
and was used to transport supplies
to saw mills and lumbering camps
worked by Mr. Kidd.
Thomas Kidd has had plate glass
placed in his front store windows.
The glass was imported directly
from the old country.
A new covering has been erected
over the new stairway leading to
the old Town Hall.
The quantity of salt to be fur-
nished by the Brussels salt workers
to the Association for the second
year is 12,000 barrels. This is an
increase of 3,000 barrels over last
year.
All the plows used at the Hibbert
Plowing Match and eight out of 12
used at the Stanley Match, were
manufactured by Messrs. Monroe
and Hogan of Seaforth. They were
also more largely represented at
the Morris and Grey matches than
any other manufacturer.
November 15, 1907
A young lad named Andrews had
his arm badly hurt at the shoe fac-
tory recently. While attending to
his work, he got too close to a belt,
his arm was caught in it and before
he could be extracted, the limb was
badly hurt.
There is a price war on among the
Seaforth clothing stores in conse-
quence of which the people should
get their winter's clothing at "hard
times" prices.
Seaforth has this year put down
cement sidewalks to the amount of
$9,134. From now on, improve-
ments for the annual expenditure
on the streets and sidewalks should
be very light.
One early morning recently, the
Grand Trunk Station and freight
sheds in Londesboro were com-
pletely destroyed by fire. Mr. Steep
lost about one carload of apples,
and Mr. Elliott will lose two or
more which were stored in the
freight shed at the time of the fire.
Cause is unknown.
The Seaforth poultry men made a
splendid record at the poultry show
held in the Berlin -Waterloo fair,
Waterloo county. Out of the 29
birds pent by Seaforth exhibitors,
they took 21 prizes. F.L. Willis won
three firsts; J.F. Daly, a second and
third for White Wyandottes; and
J.L. Brown, three firsts and two
seconds for White Rock's, to name a
few. •
November 4, 1932
Over 1,000 people attended the
annual Seaforth Lions Club annual
Hallowe'en Frolic. Approximately
$1,000 was raised for crippled chil-
dren and general welfare work in
Seaforth and Huron County. The
draw for a V-8 Ford Tudor Sedan
was won by Mrs. Charles A. Adams
of Seaforth.
A small outbuilding to the rear of
F.G. Scott's store was destroyed by
fire on the night of Hallowe'en. The
building had been overturned earli-
er in the evening by Hallowe'en cel-
ebrants.
A car driven by J.J. Ralston of
Detroit, crashed into a truck driven
by Richard Sandford of Seaforth,
on the Egmondville Road. Both
vehicles were extensively damaged
but the drivers escaped with only
minor injuries.
"Prince," a fine Russian wolf
hound, owned by R. McLaughlin of
Brussels was found dead recently.
The cause is said to be from some
unknown poison.
December 13, 1957
In a light vote that saw only
44.28 per cent of eligible voters cast
a ballot, Seaforth electors named
the same two councillors to top
position as they had done in the
1956 election. These were William
Ball with 439 votes and Dr. J.O.
Turnbull with 387 votes.
After parking his car near the
Scott Memorial hospital, little did
Ken Willis know he had innocently
taken the first step in a bizzare
series of events that would bring
tingles of embarassment to
Kincardine police.
Finding his car missing after
stepping out of the hospital, Mr.
Willis reported the theft to O.P.P.
headquarters. A short time later
Kincardine police called in to say
the stolen vehicle had been recov-
ered in that town and at the time
reported that a car owned by the
Kincardine chief of police had been
stolen.
On the strength of the Kincardine
report, O.P.P. Seaforth detachments
were advised the Seaforth car was
recovered. But not for long. A while
later Kincardine came back on the
air to say that while police had
been out looking for their chief's
car, the Seaforth car had been
restolen. However, they had recov-
ered their chief's car.
It was not until a while later that
police in Port Elgin reported the
recovery of the Seaforth car and
along with it two youths in
Bowmanville and Oshawa.
November 17, 1982
There'll be ice in the new
Seaforth and District Community
Centre a little more than three
weeks from today, in time for the
opening event, a hockey game
between Seaforth's own oldtimers
club, the Beavers and the NHL
Oldtimers. Arena management
chairman Ken Campbell says con-
struction at the complex is right on
schedule, with the lights and
boards going up this week.
Seaforth merchants are preparing
for Christmas and the increase in
business related to the season with
special promotions and featured
items. According to a random sur-
vey conducted by the Expositor,
local merchants hope Christmas
shopping dollars will help boost
sagging sales in 1982.
The Seaforth Public Utilities
Commission's four outside employ-
ees have received union recertifica-
tion. The group is represented by
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Local 636.
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