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Opinion
► The Huron Expositor • November 18, 2009 Page
Huron United Way continues to need county's support
To the Editor,
A significant event, occurred re-
cently in Huron County that bears
another mention.
Huron United Way has been
struggling the past three years with
steadily declining campaign contri-
butions and then lost their executive
director in February of this year.
In short, United Way of Perth
County stepped in and loaned our
executive director, Ellen Balmain,
to help. Ellen's 10 years of experi-
ence helped in sorting out the prob-
lem. •
The end result is the amalgama.-
tion of both United Ways into one
unit, but with contributions raised
in both counties to stay in those re-
spective counties.
Paralympian to speak at meeting
To the Editor,
The Hensall South Huron Agricultural Society will be holding its Annual
General Meeting Wednesday, Nov 18 at the Hensall community centre.
We are inviting the community to attend our pot luck supper at 6 pm.
Our special guest speaker this year will be Ms.Darda Geiger Sales. She is
a two time gold and silver medal winner on the Canadian National Para-
lympic Swim Team and we are sure you will be inspired as well as enter-
tained by her story.
Ms. Sales heard her first paralympian athletes when she was only nine
years old and this led her to begin swimming competitively a year later.
If you would like to see and hold a gold medal, this is your opportunity to
do so. Families are encouraged to bring their children at 7:30 p.m. to meet
Ms Sales and hear her speak.
For more information please call 519- 263-3505.
Peter Bisback
board member
A campaign chair for this year is
in place and he is eager to bring this
year's campaign back to where it
once was a few years ago.
Local citizens will also be recruit-
ed to do citizen reviews of agencies
under United Way's umbrella. Agen-
cies from the Huron Women's Shel-
ter to Big Brothers and Sisters to
Epilepsy will benefit from increased
contributions as the campaign un-
folds.
All told there are eight agencies
that have been suffering from less-
ening dollars as Huron United Way
struggled.
With the combined expertise and
cooperation of board of directors
from both United Ways, Huron
County agencies will once again
have stable funding to continue the
wonderful and necessary work they
do.
This year's goal will remain at last
year's level of $207,000 and I feel
confident that the people of Huron
County, with their caring and com-
passionate ways, will help realize
this goal.
Regards,
Jack Groothius
Stratford, Ont.
Remembrance Day brings thoughts
of my veteran father-in-law
From Page 4
We can only imagine what sorts
of experiences he must have had
since he spent most of the war in the
thick of the action in Europe. Those
stories would have been a precious
family treasure and I urge any sur-
viving veterans who haven't done so
already to share their stories with
their families while they still can.
While we wish now that we'd
asked more questions when we had
the chance, we don't need the details
to know the price he (and his family)
paid both during and after the war.
Stamp vending machine from post office found
smashed in Bayfield River with $20 stolen in 1959
November 14, 1884
Mr. E. McKenzie has been engaged
as principal of the Winthrop public
school for the next year at a salary of
$450, and Miss Maggie Govenlock,
daughter of Andrew Govenlock, as
assistant at a salary of $225. They
are both excellent teachers. Mr.
Dorrance, the present efficient and
popular teacher intends spending a
term at the Normal School.
Mr. Elcoat of Tuckersmith whose
barns were burned last week had
insurance of $1,100 in the McKil-
lop Company, but as he neglected
to procure a permit to have a steam
thresher on his premises he will not
receive any of the insurance.
November 12, 1909
Tuesday was a heavy day around
the Brucefield Station. Mr. Can-
telon was loading apples and Mr.
Hyatt, fowl. The chickens had the
best of it as they seemed to enjoy be-
ing stored away in the palace fowl
car, while tumbling around apple
barrels was anything but pleasant
in a drenching cold rain.
Mr. A. Mustard of Brucefield is
making repairs to his mill, by put-
ting on a new iron roof.
Messrs. Thos Dickson of Seaforth
and D. McIntosh, V.S. of Brucefield
received a fine shipment of Clyde
horses from the old land on Satur-
day last. The shipment consisted of
ten fillies from two to three years
old, one two year old Clyde stallion
and a Welsh pony, three years old.
November 16, 1934
Fred S. Savauge, local jeweller fol-
lowing experiments covering a num-
ber of years, has evolved a watch
cleaning fluid that is said to be the
most effective now on the market.
The committee in charge of the re-
cent dispatch of two cars to Canadi-
an West has received the following
letter:
"May I at this time, on behalf of
the Council of the Village of Wood-
row, express to you our deepest
thanks for the carload of fruit and
vegetables sent from your district.
Everything arrived in perfect condi-
tion and was received with a great
deal of pleasure. All the people of
the community join in thanking you
for your most generous help.
Adam Stewart, Secretary Trea-
surer of the Relief Committee of
Woodrow Sask.
November 13, 1959
An automatic stamp vending ma-
chine torn from the wall of Seaforth
Post Office two weeks ago was re-
covered Friday in the Bayfield river
at Clinton. It had been smashed
open and postage stamps and cash
totalling $20.50 had been taken.
The Huron County team for judg-
inglivestock at the Royal Win-
ter Fair will be made up of Rob-
' ert Broadfoot, Brucefield; Ronald
Smith, Brussels and Arnold Camp-
bell, Seaforth. They went to Zbronto
on Wednesday and competed on
Thursday and Friday of this week.
November 14, 1984
A fire that started in the basement
in a house owned by Nick Whyte, lot
33, concession four, McKillop town-
ship resulted in fire, smoke and wa-
ter damage on Monday night.
The fire travelled up the walls into
the attic of the house. The east wall
was gutted as was the bathroom
and one bedroom, says Harry Hak,
fire chief. The rest of the house sus-
tained water and smoke damage.
The four day deer season ended in
Huron County on Thursday. And so
far 176 deer have been checked at
five check stations throughout the
county.
Thursday was the best day for
hunters with 83 deer taken.
This is a special week for local
youth as the town and local Opti-
mist Club have proclaimed it Youth
Appreciation Week.
Over the next few days the Sea -
forth Optimist Club, who are
"Friends of Youth", are doing extra
things for the youth in town, in their
efforts to proclaim that they recog-
nize the youth as Canada's future.
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