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This famous. ineorporated town
.08,y be justly described as one of the
most; progressive in the County of
l:lurgn. Not many years ago, and
within th,e mnemory of even the rising
generation, the spot which now marks
the existence.ofthis centre of trade
and industry was known as Guide
Board Swamp, later the Town of Sea-
forth.
eaforth.
The first who ever had the courage
to settle in the swamp was Andrew
Steene, who made a clearing and built
a, log house, which was the first, and
for a great many years, the only
human habitation on what now com-
prises the Town of Seaforth. In 1861
a Mr Patton was the first Postmaster,
and he, in company with a Mr. Torr,
were among the earliest businessmen.
Later on Dr. Coleman, of Coleman &
Gouinlock, was the first physician in
the place. Others at this time includ-
ed William Ballantyne, inspector of
licenses; James Hatt, shoe dealer;,
William Grassie; Thomas Knox, woo
built the Commercial Hotel.
At this time the Huron•Road was
very primitive and inferior from the
western limits of the County of Perth,
which had macadamised it as far as
the Hibbert and Tuckersmith town
line. but its extension westwards, to-
gether with the adoption of Seaforth
as the southern terminal of the "Grey
turnpike," instead of Harpurhey, as
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was originally intended, added still
further to .the prosperity of the Waco
by a fresh stimulation of its develop-
ment and progress. When the Buffalo
& Lake Huron road was first. built
through, Harpurhey was many times
the extent of Seaforth. 'Neither place
was considered of sufficient import-
ance by the railway to require a sta-
tion. The people of the former place,
however, built a flag station them-
selves, and the people of Egmondville
built a like station on the Eigmond-
ville and Seaforth road, now the
Main Street of Seaforth, even before
the establishment of a permanent
railway station here. Egmondville
was for some time by far the most
populous place, containing nearly a
dozen stores with local manufactures
of various kinds to correspond with
the extent of its then population and
mercantile trade. Soon people start-
ed moving from Egmondville and Har-
purhey to Seaforth, which was fast
becomingbusyrailroad a little rail cad town.
'Among the first was James Dickson,
later registrar of the County, then
the leading ,merchant of Egmondville
and M.P. for the County of Huron.
He built the first brick building in
Seaforth on the west side of Main St.
The new town continued to develop
with unchecked growth and the loca-
tion here of some enterprising pro-
duce dealers soon gave it an enviable
reputation as a grain market, which
it continued to sustain till the amount
of wheat handled at this point was
estimated as greater (from first pro-
ducers) than any - other point in On-
tario. .This is something surely in
those days. There were firms here
which .handled over a million dollars'
worth of wheat in one year, and it
was an everyday occurrence to see
tb a ;Streets:: lled With tear fa'ol�Gu '.till
poil0.'ta ta the Mirth for a distalace Of
fifty miles At- mgrs-•-3101e6e1•a, *We%
Paisley, Wal.kedto?} finding an . aulk�
let for the olliief 'staple of the country
through Seaforth merchants.
So great had- been the progress of
Seaforth during the above few yearn
that in the year 1874 the necessary
steps were taken to have it incoaipar
ated into a town and in the year 1875
A. Armitage was Mayor; D. D. Wil:
son, Reeve, and Mr. Elliott, Clerk. In
1876 Mr. Armitage and Mr. Wilson
again :filled the above positions.. In
1877 Dr. Coleman was Mayor; M, Y.
McLean, Reeve; Councillors, James
Beattie, John Campbell, N. Cluff, John
Dorsey, W. Grassie, L. Murphy and
A. 'Stewart and A. Strong; clerk and
treasurer, Wm. Elliott; chief of po-
lice, C. M. Dunlop; market clerk, Wm.
Dorrance; chief of fire brigade, Jas.
Cline.
There were a large number of
churches in the town, at least three
of which cost between $12,000 and
$20,000 each. The Roman Catholic,
built by Rev. Father Murphy, was the
largest. Among the best business
blocks were Meyers, Scotts, Kydds,
Robertson, Starks, Campbells, Whit-
neys, D. D. Wilson's, Consolidated.
Bank. The very large number of
business places may be faintly judg-
ed from the following showing eoupled
with the fact that many of them are
the most complete and extensive. in
their respective lines: it dry good
stores, some of which were also gen-
eral; 2 merchant tailor stores; 1
fancy goods; 1 stationery; j other
book stores; 2 'music stores; 3 drug
stores; 3 jewellery stores; 3 sewing
machine stores; 3 furniture; 3 hard-
wares; 3 tin and stove stores; 11
grocers. (exclusively); 3 shoe stores;
3 butchers; 3 bake shops; 4 confec-
tioners; 6 flour and feed stores, and
27houses
where someg r•oceries were
sold (besides the 11 grocery stores);
3 liquor stores; 7 hotels; 3 billiard
shops; 2 livery stables; 2 foundries;
2 cabinet factories; 2 stave factories;
2 pump factories; 2 planning mills; 2
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The 1947 edition ' of the 'Canada
Year Book is now available and is
authorized by the iron, Jamea 'A,.
MacKinnon, M.P., Minister of Trade
and Col:amerce.. It. is a pualication
-of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics,
Department of Trade and Commerce.
The ebapters themselves show
changes that have taken place so far
as data.were available when the vari-
ous sections were sent to press. In
the editions published 'between 1939
and 1946 a• considerable amount of
standard, textual analysis was either
usually condensed or eliminatedin
order to provide the necessary space
for special material on the War Ef-
fort. This condition is now being
gradually remedied and the peacetime
balance restored. To facilitate this.
end the' chapters in the present vol-
ume have been re -arranged; related
subjects are now brought together so
that the treatment is more togLleal and
permits of more convenie cross
reference—a very dmportant ; C �nsider-
ation in a publication of tins xtVi e. .
The substitution of a Directory of
Sources of Official Information° for
the detaileyd, lists of publications pre-
viously g1Yelt. in the Sources of Of-
ficial Infoamation Chapter will, it is
hoped, prove useful to the reader.
The regular statistical and: textual
data contained in each chapter have
been carefully revised or brought up
to date to reflect changing^ conditions.
—ION
Mrs. Alexia Malcolm returned to
the home of her 'brother, Mr. Will
Hodge, on Thursday after her recent
illness.
Miss Jean Wright, Cromarty, visit-
ed over the week -end with Mr. and
Mrs. George Pepper.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roney visited
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Lealess, Munro, • on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Malcolm and
Mr. and 'Mrs. Dalton Malcolm and
Keith visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Gor-
don. McKillop, on Sunday.
steam sawmills; 6 carriage factories;
10 blacksmith shops; 3 pork packing
plants, and 3 salt plants, and last
but not least, Seaforth Flax Mills, who
employed about 25 steady and as high
a,s one hundred and fifty in the sum -
Mer:
This was Seaforth many years ago.
The population at'that time was 2,200
people (no housing shortage either),
all business being done with horse-
drawn wagons and light wagons or
democrats as they were called in
those days. These were the people
who laid. the •foundation of our 1948
prosperous town. Great credit is due
to our forefathers for their long hours
of work—six days a week, and the
seventh day was the Lord's Day (the
Sabbath)—an honest, hard-working,
honorable people.
A great more could be told from
that time to the present time, but I
have already taken up a lot of space
through the kindness of The Huron
Expositor.
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"Tears ago la ;>Iongllllu, at a:-,"iery
impressive Blaster sunrise service, 1
heard .a speaker, a ,laYmala of A rather
fundamentalistie type of thought, ut-
ter these challenging words:. ' feeus•
Christ is risen! He is ripen load'eed:
Have you seen Him?' ,4t the time I
was shocked. It seemed too crassly
literalistic; but, as the years have
gone by, I have been more and more
impressed. The resurrection experi-
ence, I now believe, was not just for
the disciples in ancient Palestine;
Something akin to it has been. the
heritage of 'Christian believers all
across the centuries. St. Francis of
Assissi, St. Catherine of Siena, Bro-
ther Lawrence, John Fox, John Bun-
yan, William Blake, and an innumer-
able company of others have found
Christ walking beside them on some
Emmaus Road or standing o n the
beach of their little Lake of Galilee
and have•gone forth from the experi-
ence qenc inaouick d ul and reassured
in spirit. If the resurrection is to
any great abiding havei n value,it
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must n94,Th something to us." Albert
W. ;Palmer,—(Contributed).
HENSALL
Union Holy Week services will be
held in Hensall during Easter week
as follows: Tuesday, March 23, at St.
Paul's Anglican Church: speaker,
Rev. P. A. Ferguson; Wednesday,
March 24, United- Church: speaker,
Rev. Langford; Thursday, March 25,
Presbyterian Church; speaker, Rev.
E. A. Hinton. Arrangements for Good
Friday services are left with the min-
isters. Services commence at 8 p.m.
and concludes at 9 p.m. -
Evening Auxiliary Meets
The monthly meeting of the Eve-
ning Auxiliary was held at the home
of 'Miss Ellis on Monday, evening,
with Mrs. P. McNaughton assisting.
Mrs. Shortt presided. Following the
theme song, "There is a Green Hill
Far Away," was sung. The Scripture
lesson was read by Mrs. L. Chapman.
Mrs. McNaughton presented an in-
spiring Easter message. The Lord's
Prayer was repeated by Mrs. C. Pass-
more, and the hymn, "Christ the Lord
is Risen Today" was sung. Edna
Saundercock gave an interesting mis-
sionary item on Korea, followed by
a reading by Miss Michie. In connec-
tion with the ann tial fall bazaar, a
collection of tea towels was receiv-
ed. Members were asked to bring to
the next meeting an assortment of
wash cloths, face cloths, dusters, dish
cloths and pot holders. On motion of.
Miss Michie and Miss Mary Goodwin-,
it was decided- to give a $10 donation
to aid the Save the Children Fund.
Miss Ann Tate dealt with a continua-
tion of the study book. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Miss M. Goodwin with Margaret
Glenn assisting. The hymn, "Low in
the Grave He Lay" and the Mizpah
benediction closed the meeting. Lunch
was served under the direction of
Miss Ellis, Mrs. McNaughton and the
social committee. The event was
greatly enjoyed.
BAYFIELD
The regular dinner meeting of the
Bayfield Lions Club was held of the
Little Inn on Wednesday evening and
proved that the attendance commit-
tee
ommittee had been working, as some who
had been absent (for reasons of their
own) from dinner meetings for some
time, were on hand to take part in
the discussions and other activities
of the evening. The entertainment
committee, under the able leadership
of its chairman, Lion Grant Turner,
has offered to prepare a celebration
for the anniversary of the club's
charter night on May 14. Two Bay-
field Lions and their wives, Grafton
Weston and Maynard Corrie, attend-
ed the London Lions Club banquet
r.nd dance in the Cobblestone Inn,
London, on Friday evening, March 5.
Mrs. Galton Weston was the winner
of the door prize at this event.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Edwards, of
London, spent the week -end with Mr.
and Mrs. T. Bailey.
John McLeod returned to Erieau
last Friday after spending the past
few weeks with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. McLeod-.
George Bell, who has been working
hi Kitchener for the past two months,
is at his home here prior to joioing
his boat for the summer.
Edwin Apfelbeck, of Kitchener,
spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs.
C. Bell.
Miss Melvena Sturgeon, of London,
spent the week -end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Sturgeon.
Keith Brandon, of Stratf6,i-d, spent
the week -end at his home in the vil-
lage.
Mrs. L. Smith and daughter, Max-
ine, Miss Lyons and Glen Smith, of
London, were guests of Mrs. C. Par-
ker, Sr., on Sunday.
POLISH VETERANS MA -KING GOOD
The 4,500 Polish veterans who were
brought to Canada in 1947 have giv-
en good service, according to an art-
icle in the latest issue of the Current
Review of Agricultural Conditions in
Canada.
'iPracticaliy all of 'these men," says
the Review, "now speak a certain
amount of English and have become
skilled in farming activities. Agree-
ments for the second year of opera-
tion are now being entered into by
the Polish veterans and farmers. A
e° high percentage of these men will
continue on their original farms.
"Fear was expressed a year ago
that the advent of the Polish veterans
would tend to depress wages for farm
workers. ft Is the definite opinion
no that the eointietitian Of thee
With other workers has not reduced
farm wages. It is believed that the
minimum wage set in the agreement
had the effect in many areas of rais-
ing the wages of farm workers,
'iRelatively few of ,these workers
are now, engaged at the minimum
wage 01445 45 li`er itionth and board.- The
current wage varies from $50 to $60
per month-, with a few as high &s $75
to $90 a month." •
As a farther incentiire to .leaps ag•
rieulture 'their permanent,odettpation
in Canada, the Polish ' Veterans have
been given permission by the Ikwiidin•
lob;. Gipyertanent recently to, pu)"cl see
their o'iM ileums, or tO relit karate
WIfIcli hie' intend' to ' opel`ate• ` ein-
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On Friday evening the teaehei' and
Mile of S.S. No. 5. Tuehersmitb, ea-
tertained ,t lie section to a euchre in
the schoolhouse. The prize winners
were: Mat, ladies, Mrs, Clem Stet-
fier; men, Arthur McNaughton: eon,
solation, ladies, Mrs. William Camer•
on; men, James Doig; lone bands,
Mrs. Cecil Oke. -
A delicious lunch was served, after.
which the junior pupils sang two
songs and the senior pupils sang a
three-part song, accompanied by Mrs.
Beryl Nicholson, their teacher.
Proeeeda go for school furnishings.
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much from .the tourist
business as from the
gold mining industrjr, It's
'up tosurto keep this
business growing.
Every tourist dollar in
shared this" way . . .
1. hotels; 2. Stores;
S. Restaurants; 4. Ta.#ee,
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6. Garages.
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