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Opinion
The Huron Expositor • May 6, 2009 Pogo 5
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Breath. of Spring a great way to enjoy good food, fun
and fellowship during volunteer week and Earth Day
To the Editor,
What better way to spend Earth
Day and Volunteer Week than hav-
ing attended the "Breath of Spring"
event held at the Seaforth Agriplex
last Wednesday, April 22.
Hosts of the event were Seaforth
Homecraft Ladies and the Huron
Perth Lung Association. There was
good food, fellowship and fun by the
emcee Bob Heywood.
It's great to be a volunteer in a
small but very caring community
with businesses who are always
there to help in any way they can
and for you, the public,- who come
out and give your support to us the
volunteers who put it all together.
It really does mean a lot to all the
organizations and if you feel you
have something to offer to us, such
as ideas or speakers you would like
to hear or how you can get involved,
please give us a call as we are al -
Avid reader congratulates Expositor staff for
winning OCNA award, urges local support
To the Editor,
Congratulations to the all the staff at ' the Seaforth
Huron Expositor for winning second place for general
excellence in the Ontario Community Newspapers As-
sociation award category.
As an avid reader of The Huron Expositor and want-
ing to be able to read the news about our community,
I am in constant fear that we will lose our local paper
with the economy the way it is.
And, like I say to people....you don't know what
you've lost till it's gone! So support the Seaforth Huron
Expositor paper!
Maureen Agar
Egmondville
ways open to new ideas.
Congratulations to all who won a
prize or made a special purchase.
We hope to do it again next year.
Kind regards,
Betty Glanville and Deedee
Herrman
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New weekly newspaper the `Seaforth Herald'
gives the Expositor some competition in 1934
April 25, 1884
Peter Mitchell had his left hand
severely injured by coming in con-
tact with the machinery in connec-
tion with the saw in Coleman's saw
mill on Friday last.
James Scott of the firm of Scott
Bros. leaves here today for Mani-
toba. He takes with him a carload
of horses and farming utensils and
intends spending the summer culti-
vating his homestead.
Mr. and Mrs. James Carnochan of
Tuckersmith left here for Scotland
on Thursday of last week. They
sailed from New York on Saturday
and intend spending the summer in
the land of hills and heather.
The Post Bros. of Wroxeter have
taken possession of the foundry and
are now busy placing their machin-
ery and putting things in order gen-
erally.
The members of the Methodist
Episcopal Congregation will have
a sugar social in the town hall on
Monday evening next.
April 23, 1909
Mr. W.J. Devereaux of the second
concession Tuckersmith, had a nar-
row escape from serious injury on
Saturday morning last, by being at-
tacked by a bull which belonged to
L.G. Van Egmond, which was in the
G.T.R. stockyards: here. It was about
to gore him when L.G. Van Egmond
and Robert Winter Jr. came to his
rescue and drove the animal off.
Mr. R.R. White of Tuckersmith
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has purchased from Mr. Biggins,
the well-known stock man, a fine
young bull.
The Seaforth Turf Club has fixed
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
June, 15, 16 and 17 as the days for
their meet this year. There will be
two trotting and one running race
on each day's programme, for which
liberal prizes are being offered.
Herbert Johnston, son of Mr. Rob-
ert Johnston, North Main Street,
underwent an operation for the re-
moval of a decayed bone in the side
of his head last week. The operation
was performed by Dr. Ross and al-
though a dangerous one, was most
successful.
April 27, 1934
Ralph (Cooney) Weiland and Mrs.
Weiland are visiting at the home
of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Weiland in Egmondville. Cooney
the unassuming but international-
ly known speed flash of the hockey
world has just finished one of his
most successful seasons with De-
troit Red Wings.
The Huron Expositor welcomes
to Seaforth the Seaforth Herald,
a new weekly which has recently
made its appearance. The editors,
publishers and everything else of
the Herald are Harry Scott, son of
Mrs. H. Scott and Oban MacTavish,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacTav-
ish.
Two motorcars parked at separate
sections of the spacious grounds of
St. Columban church were com-
pletely burned almost at the same
time while the owners were within
attending services at the church
Sunday morning.
The MacDonald Thresher Co.,
Stratford has sold out to the Rob-
ert Bell Engine and Thresher Co.
Ltd. of Seaforth, Ontario. The sale
includes patterns and repair parts
for the "Decker" threshers and en-
gines.
April 24, 1959
Building of the Community Cen-
tre in Brodhagen is in full swing.
The building is being constructed
by voluntary help from the commu-
nity.
Mrs. Robert Norris of Staffa has
been appointed to the staff of Sea -
forth Public School.
The 11 unit display of General
Coach Works of Canada at Hensall
was an outstanding feature of the
sixth annual Mobile Home Show in
Toronto.
Fire late Wednesday afternoon
completely gutted a large driving
she on the farm of James Malone,
lot 15, concession four, McKillop
Township.
Resignation of Irvin Trewartha as
secretary treasurer of the Mitchell
Concentrated. Milk Producers was
accepted at the regular meeting on
Saturday. Earl M. Oppenhauser,
Monkton was named to succeed Mr.
Trewartha.
April 25, 1984
Hensall Public School should
stay open, the Accomodation Re-
view Committee announced as the
final recommendation for the Hu-
ron County Board .of Education at a
public meeting on April 10.
Almost all of the 168 replies to a
questionaire sent home with .. stu-
dents of the school by the commit-
tee said the school should continue
to operate.
A preliminary report on the Tuck-
ersmith 'ibwnship history was pre-
sented to Tuckersmith Township
council Tuesday by Mary McLeod,
R.R.4, Seaforth, who has prepared
the history for the new edition of
the Huron County Atlas. She asked
for additional information that she
may include in the history.
After 50 years of curling, 96 -year-
old Ned Boswell has decided to hang
up his broom this year. And, during
his years on the ice, he's had "one
hell of a good time," he told mem-
bers of the Seaforth Curling Club
recently.
Seaforth property taxes will
rise 6.1 per cent as a result of
a $1,252,900 budget set Tues-
day night at a special meeting of
town council. Of the total budget,
$419,660 is to be raised through
municipal taxes, with the rest com-
ing from provincial funds.
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