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SEAFORTII ONTARIO FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 1955
The Seaforth Homecoming Boys
and Girls gathered -at Nurthside
United Chtircis Sunday, where they,
overshipped in the days gone by.
Su spite of the intense heat, the
ohl church was well filled with
folks who had grown,- up in the
Sunday School and :entered into
the church, and now had returned
from near and feeler this day of
Christian fellowship.
Rev. F. A. Carmichael, of Port
Dalhousie United Cliurch,led in
prayer and told the -childra'S
story. Mr. Sam J. Scott, on be-
half of the Session and congrega-
tiqn,, welcomed- heartily all the
homecoming folk. The anthem,
"9 God, Our Help in Ages Pat,"
under the leadership of Mr. and
Mrs. James A. Stewart, brought
rich memories to former choir
members. The prayer, • "Bless
This House," sung by Jim Stew-
art, was a benediction to all. Lat-
er• in the service, one of the home -
'coming giris, Mrs. Rhiet Toron-
to, formerly Cora Gilib, sang the
soprano solo, "The Lord is My
_Shepherd."
The minister, Rev. John W. Stin-
son, spoke !rem the theme, "This
Christian Heritage," using ashis
text, John 1:12: "To them gave
He' power to become .
"Our ancestors who made Sea -
forth possible, worked -with cour-
• ageous Christian purpose. The
emphasis they placed on attitude,
on outlook, and again - on faith,
virile Christian faith, has left the
Star of Hope ever shining for all
to see," said Rev. Stinson.
The special Sunday afternoon tea
for ."The Old Boys" was held in
the church school room. - .Great
was the chatting and greeting of
„former friends and acquaintances.
Letters and messages were receiv-
ed from former ministers and
friends:, Rev. H. V. Werkman,
, Tillsonburg; Rev. John Biitton, of
Atwood; Rev. D. A. MacMillan, of
London; Rev. Ernest Clarke, of
Courtwright; and W. 3. . Brownell,
• of Tampa, Florida.'
• At the conclusion of the day it
was found that some 200 had sign-
ed the visitor and guest book.
•Did You Register?
1161,7Phing 121
There were 1,048. registra- '
floes completed when the re-
ception rentre closed :Wednes-
day, afternoon, • according to
Miss Hazel Reid, who was in
charge of registratioes. While
this represents well oVer three
thousand visitors, it by no
means is a complete list of
all the returning Old Boys and
In order that reunion records
may be complete, Miss ,Reid
urges that any visit:ir who did
not register, call her at Phone
121 and give her their names,
to, be -entered on visitors' roll.
If visitors hive left town,
those with whom they stayed
are asked to phone Miss Reid.
"MISS SEAFORTH CENFENNIAL.-1955," Marion Hemingway, 15, R.R. 3, Brussels, is official-
ly crowned by Mrs. E. A. McMaster, wife. of Seaforth's Mayor. Miss Hemingway was picked
number one beauty out of a class of 11 contestants. -An expense -paid trip to New York
awaits the yciung beauy winner.
No Expositor;
Holidays Here
There will be no issue of
The Huron Expositor next
week; its' the mechanical staff
takes .its well-earned annual
holiday. The next issue of
the paper will be that dated
August 19.
Correspondents and adter-
Users are asked to forward
their copy as usual, so that it
may be included in the next
issue.
The office will be open for
business as ,usual.
HIGHLAND GAMES, SPORTS EVENTS.
FEATURE TUESDAY'S PROGRAM
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Highland games and children's
events attracted entries in the
Tuesday afternoon program from
all parts of the county. Although
the interest was'slack compared.tO
Monday, hundreds enjoyed the
colorful highland dancing which
was staged in -many different tar-
tans.
More than 75 entrants took' part
in the six different dancing groups.
Possibly one of the most colorful
dances orf the program wak. "The
Sailor's Hornpipe." _Although if
was only in two classes, the un-
ique and intriguing dance held the
complete interest of the crowd.
ExceSs energy of the younger
population was burned up hi the
sports events. Sizzling, heat did
not dampen The spirits of this en-
ergetic group. ai
Tuesday Night, Show
COmmunity singing and histori-
cal lantern slides of the early. pio-
neers in this area were the fea-
program in the Seaforth Mernor-
Inred events ou-the Tuesday night
' fel Arena. •, .
Master of -ceremonies, Eric
itlimroe, led the 300 people in sev-
eral sing -s ngs and introduced
those taking part in the program.
Along with :
- Moppets the Clown,
Walker Ha - Audrey, Blackwell,
Frank Sills, jr., W. J. Langstroth,
Diane King, Mrs. M. R. Rennie,
-aillr. , and Mrs. James A. Stewart
Mid Mrs. John Cardno, made the
• program a combined talent show
•sand historical review. -
Program chair= James R.
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Scott showed a se - es of -, slides
showing the early re 'dents of the
town. Many interes ' g tales ac.!'
rompanied the variety of pie
Tuesday's activity Was wo &up
with a street dance downtown
and a square dame in the Com-
anunity Centre.
*limits Results
Following are the results of the
infternioon sports events: Bieycle
trace PaUl Gerd Fer-
ris:Ray Scoirts,, girls' three-legged
race, Diane Hobert and Jean Nix.
in, Conde Smith and Marion Mer
1Aweib,' Indy Crich and Atm
$aeh; egg race, George Garrick,
Wayne Ithmigf Eruee,Miller; slow
jtcieyele ritee, ItaY,S4090•'.,itittetS
Miller, , Marion McLlwain; girls'
race, Penny Izatt, June Colleen,
Dixie Lee Pringle;- boys' race, Den-
nis Walsh.
nish Walsh; sack race, Borden Mc-
Rae, Elsie Doig, Roba Doig; need-
le -in -haystack, Mrs. Susan Lash,
Windsor. , •
Oldest lady, Mrs. Orpha Smith,
90; oldest man, William Murray,
92; largest family, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Bannon, six children; best
baby up to six months, Gary Pret-
ty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pret-
ty; best baby up to one year,
Cheryl Lynn Marks, Walton; hes./
baby up to 18 •months, Jimmy
Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Todd, Listow,01; best 4,aby of
show, Anne DeVissor.
Oldtimers Lose;
Former Zip Gone.
What might be classed as the
classic ball game in the history
of Seaforth, the 1932-83 'Intermedi-
ate Softball Champs, were nosed
out 8-7 by Seaforth's 1948 ball
squad which went_ te the Ontario
Intermediate finals.
As one of the featured events
on the Monday afternoon Centen-
nial program, the 1932 Old Boys
were shown that they didn't have
quite the'same punch they held 20
years ago. Although they gave
the Younger, Old Boys a close'
contest, it was in the fifth in-
ning that told the final tale.
The best decorated bicycles be-
longed to D'Orlean Sills, Elaine
Retie Scott, Margaret Hog-
ga K. tonna Pierce and Anne Mc -
Carmen.
Being far from a serious game,
players on both, teams had a lot
of laughs and fun.
However, memories are still
strong when the 1932 team was
second to none in this part of
the cbuntry.
1932 TRAM—Saul Rennie, Tam=
an, Muir, christie, McGregor,
art, Cudniore, Barber, Wright,
Ron Rennie, trownlee, N. 13eattie.
1948 TEAM—Kentiedy. Cameron,
Eisler,. Smith, Horton, Hubert,
O'Shea, D. 'Wood, C. Wood.
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DISTRICT LEGIONS PAY TRIBUTE
TO SEAFORTH IN REUNION PARADE
Thousands fined the Main Street
of Seaforth, Sunday afternoon to
watch the largest Legion Drum-
head parade the Seaforth Branch
of the Canadian Legion has held.
Featured among the eight bands
was -the Elgin Regiment Band
from St. Thomas. Known as one
of the best trumpet bands in On•
tario, tie red -coated group_headed
the large color party.
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Five, pipe bands participated, in-
cluding Bannockburn, Exeter, Kin-
cardine, Goderich and Brussels.
Returning from the ceremonies at
Seaforth Agricultural - Park; the
taft•a-n-clad groups gathered 'to
form "A Hundred Pipers." Echoes
of the pipe and drum music could
be heard for miles. '
The two brass bands in the par-
ade were from' -Brodhagen and
Seaforth.
• Ceremony
At the Drumhead Service, Mayor
E. A. McMaster commended the
work Of the Seaforth Branch of
the , Canadian Legion. Ile gave
special mention to the extensive
sports program the Seaforth Leg-
ion has for the children of the
town.
The Seaforth mayor introduced
the platform guests: Senator W.
H. Golding, Elston Cardiff, M.P.
for Huron; Thomas Pryde, M.L.A.
for Huron; Earl Campbell, War-
den of Huron County; district
reeves: Norman Scoins, Seaforth
Dan Beuermann, McKillop; Win.
Jewitt, Huilett; Edgar Butson,
Hibbert; James Doig, Tucker -
smith.
Old Boys' Reunion and Centen-
nial President A. Y. McLean, wel-
comed the 18 Legion branches re-
presented.: He termed the gather-
ing a tribute, not only to those
from this district who had paid
the supreme sacrifice, but also to
the standing the Legion had in
the community.
Rev. J. H. JaMes and Rev. W:
E. Milroy led the large group in
prayers. Rev: D. Glenn Camp/vll
read the scripture, followed by
tw'o hYmns played by the Seaforth
Highlanders.
Guest speaker for the afternoon
service Was Captain King Dock-
sey, Chaplain, of Londoij. The
theme of Captain Dock 's ad-
dress was "Brotherly ve." A
good illustration of `brotherly
love" was the Seaforth • celebra-
tions, he said.
"Everyone warits to do a little
bit more," he said. "But once it
is all over, the interest suddenly
drops off."
That is why there is discontent
in the world today, Captain Dock-
seY said. "We have forgotten the
price we had to pay for liberty.
For liberty, no sacrifice is too
great," he said, as he recalled
some 'of the large battles in
World War II, which took the lives
of many Canadian soldiers. "Spiri-
tual feeking is liberty, and God is
the way to that feeing," said the
Captain.
Legion branches represented in
the parade were from. Goderich,
Wingham,, Howick, Myth, Luck -
now, Clinton, Tiverton, Ripley,
Grand Bend, Exeter, Hensall,
Stratford, Mitchell, Kincardine,
St. Marys, New Hamburg, Brus-
sels and Seaforth.
EXPLODING GAS TRAPS CARL KNIGHT;
VICTIM SUFFERS SERIOUS BURNS
Exploding gasoline in the renair
pit of M. E. Clarke's garage left
second degree burns on' the body
of Carl Knight, who was trapped
in a combustion of flatnes last Fri-
day morning.
He was treated for serious burns
to the face, arms, legs, back and
mid section.
At present Mr. Knight's condi-
tion is reported to be improving.
"I had drained all the gas out
of the tank and had just' set it in ft
a container on the floor," said Mr. Determine Homes
Knight. "Just then my arm hit
the light bulb which Was hanging Best Decorated
on the brake line. Wheinit hit the
floor, it exploded and ignited all
the fumes and the gas in the pall."
Bob Scott, who had been working
on the same automobile above the
ground, was shaken by the explo-
sion. He rushed into the pit to
get Mr. Knight out of the wall of
fir.
Garage 'owner, Mel Clarke,
heard the explosion and ruehed
to the flash fire scene with an
extinguisher. Within secondsthe
fire was put out.
Dr. E. Malkus and Dr. P. L.
Brady arrived at the scene of the
accident and were able to take.
-the burned Mr. Knight to Scott
1VIemorial, Hospital immediately.
A contest, conducted by the Sea -
forth Chamber of Commerce to
determine the best decorated
home, contributed to a great ex-
tent in providing a colorful back-
ground for reunion activities, • as
dietrict home ontners vied with
each other for effeetive arrange-
ments.
Judging was catried out Mol -
day night by Mr. and Mr. Robt. C.
Barber, of Sovereign, Sask., and
Chamber of Commerce president
Bruce Gehan,
Prize winners were Frank Kling,
Godericht.;. Arthur Wright, John
SL; Frank Sdlq, Sr., john.St., end
John Attieltenare, Sotith Main St.
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. , '• - While the searing heat that fea- Ithe visitors to do their visiting un- erhead; bands played'
hertisho
during recent days reduced at- the homes of their .friends. It
was only the most hardy that ven-
tpred far during the day.
Spotlighted as the number one
feature of the Seaforth Old Boys'
Reunion and Centennial celebra-
tion, the gigantic Civic Holiday
parade has been termed as the
largest parade in the history of
Huron County.
• Crowds of thousands lined the
mile -long parade route. Over 100
entries of floats, old cars, decorat-
ed vehicles and seven hands took
more than one hour to pass.
single point on the parade route.
Floating -flags, streamers and
ribbons made the atmosphere fes-
tive and gay. Aircraft roared
ov-
.B.C. Broadcasts
eunion Story • -
ver Ontario, .Que.
"A Salute To Seaforth" and
zInsreighborly News" with Don
•tairbairti provided the highlights
ibf the Seaforth Old Boys' Reunion
--*nd Centennial celebrations for
p C.B.C. Sunday morning, listen -
audience all across Ontario
nd Quebec.
Arranged as a featured eventon
the reunion program by The Hur-
yn Expositor, more than 400 peo-
,re turned out to hear the Sunday
morning show in the Seaforth Dis-
trict High School auditorium. The
cheery voice of program commen-
iator Don Fairbairn is a "by -word"
many of the homes of Seaforth
?nd 'district' citizens each week.
Those who attended the broad-
ast appreciated the opportunity
Of seeing and meeting Mr. Fair-
bairn. They also found it a real
treat to witness an actual C.B.C.
production whichwas being broad-
cast over the air at the same time,
Reminisce
The first part of the half-hour
program came under the heading
of_"A Salute To Seaforth." For
thatfirst fifteen minute. Mr. Fair-
bairnand program producer, Reid
Force, reminisced with some of
Seaforth's Old Boys and Girls, a4
well as those Who .helped to make
the reunion a succe§s.
Seaforth's John Beattie recalled
the conditions found in Seaforth
more than 60 years ago when he
firt arrived here.. Although the
longtime resident said there had
been many changes in the appear-
ance •of the town, and that many
industries had come and gone, Mr.
Beattie thought the present Main
Street shopping centre "stands
retty well the same way today
a§ it did hen I first came to Sea-
Thforth."had eh nged, llurt buildings are /w q.he -businesses
' Most
still thesame familiar sight.
• Outlining the changes in thearea
during 'the last 90 years, Mrs. J.
M. Govenlock recalled the time
when Seaforth came second in
comparison to Egmondville 'and
Harpurheyl. Now both of these
villages are suburbs of the ton.
Mrs. Govenlock: is a member of
"lefghborly News Over Ninety
Birthday Club"• • ,
Mayqr• E. A. McMaster brought
greetings. fromSea forth, and smi:
lar greetings from -Ifbron were ex-
tended by Warden Earl Campbell.
Chairman of the Centennial pro-
gram committee, Frank Kling, out-
lined the ttlor.ful program which
was planned for those who were,
returning home. Emphasizing the
great amount of work involved in
making such an affair successful,
the hairman said the citizens of
Seaforth had gtven the Centennial
committee their full support.
• Second Half
During the "Neighborly Nws"
portion of the radio broadcast, A.
Y. McLean, editor of The Huon
Expositor, and president df the
Seaforth Old Boys' Reunion and
Centennial committee; intr9ducerl
and thanked Mr. Fairbeirn for his
co-operation and that of C.B.C.
tured Seaforth ,district weather der the nearest shade tree, or in
tendance at day -time reunion ac-
tivities to a minimum, it failed to
dampen the enthusiasm of the
thousands of Old Boys and Girls,
who returned home for the e-ele-
hration.
There were few idle moments
from noon on Saturday, when the
arrival of the 12:35 train intro-
duced a novel parade, until the
ea* hours of Thursday- morning,
when the last tired celebrant left
Main Street.
In-betwee ere packed event
after event, union after reunion,
and get-toge rs galore in every
corner of the town. The heat dur-
ing the daytime forced most of
CLOSE COMPETITION AS BEAUTIES VIE
FOR "MISS, CENTENNIAL" TITLE
Walking off with the crown of
"Miss Seaforth Centennial"- Mon-
day night, and gaining an all -ex-
pense 'paid trip to New York, was
Marion Hemingway, 15, daughter
of 'Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hemingway,
Brussels.
The mode A. Seaforth District
iligir School student was chosen
from a class of eleven. Previous-
ly, Miss Hemingway had been in
the Miss Cranbrook Centennial
beautY contest, where she and two
other girls wen top honors. All
three entered' the Seaforth con -
fest.
Runners-up ft:kr the Miss Seaforth
Centennial of 1955 were Pamela
Sadler, 27, of Clinton; and Susan
Bryant, 18, of Toronto. • •
Thea. girls (were judged in bath-
ing suits in -'the afternoon, and in
evening 'gowns at niht. Follow-
ing the band .concert.' in the A•gi
cultural Park on Monday night
Mrs. E. A. MeMaster 'crowned
Miss Hemingway. The Queen was
the centre "if attraction- at the
Centennial dance in the arena
Wednesday evening, when she
was presented with a cheque by
Mayor McMaster on Itehalf of the
Reunion Association, and a cor-
sage by Miss Brenda McFadden.
Others competing were: Ruth
McLarnon, 17,, of Kippen; Betty
McLarnon, 15, of Kippen; Edith
Rinn, 17, Brussels; Iris Byerman,
19, Seaforth; Beryl McFarlane, 15;
Brussels; Verda Watson, 16, Wal-
ton; Carole Glew, 16, Seaforth, and '••-!-
Lorna Hood, 17, of Atwood. •
Judges of the contest were Mr:3H-
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George Scofield, Detroit; Mrs. Gil,
christ Coppin, betroil and t Stan
Langford, Plattsville.
Seaforth merchants donated a •
large assortment of gifts for all •
entries in the contest. Roses for '?
the winning contestant were don-
atd-by Milner Flowers; cot:sages •
by G. A. Whitney and R. Box; •L
cups and saucert by Westcott's
and Savauge's; cosmetics by: Me-
Kindsey's Drug Store, 'Bautv
Counsellor, alid Keating's Pharm
acy; .nylons by Shiren's, Carol
Lyn Shop, Kiddies Sho0 and 'Stew-
art Bros.; choCrolates by -Elliotts
Lunch, Seaforth • Sdper Market,
Wright's Grocery, Smith's
eery, Crieli's Bakery and Oke':
Arrangements for the contest
were in the hands of a committee
named by the Chamber of C, m
merce, and which includeI Mrs.
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MARION HEMINGWAY
° R Boussey, Mrs. Ro.,,s Hmilton,
John Stevens.. and DougWhite
Eric Milner was secretary of iht:
'Committee.
ed, and crowds clapped arp.theliasq'
ade twisted its -way from the Q.15T.
R. tracks, up,Main Streetto
Street, clown John Street to $pan:',..-;
ling, over to Goderich Street
back to Main Street; and from
there to the agricultural
At the agricultural grounds
floats in the parade passed "Abe.,,,"
grandstand twice to allow .,,
thousands in the stands review,
them and give the judges a channe"'"-A
to select the winners. Johnr:7 v.1,k.ed
Bree0 Wingham, was master
ceremonies, and was able to'find.•_
most of the comical highlights of '
the passing fleet of floats. _
Adding to- the carnival spirit,
were the antics of Ray., Boussey
and. Frank Phillips. •
Included in' the parade were
several antique autos, some of ,,a•
which went back to 1912.' Dotted
here and there were old-fashion-
ed horse-drawn carriages, manY
of which were in a remarkable' •
state of preservation. One gaily •
-
garbed entrant shakily rode a pen-
ny-fafthing bicycle along the en-
tire, route without mishap.
Special applause was given float&
entered by the,,Chamber of Corn-
merce and Scott Memorial Hos-
pital. One represented a giant
100th birthday take and the other •
a modern oxygentent attended by -
local nurses.
Congratulating the reunion par-
ade committee on the "wonderful
job of'weparation7 Mr. Brent in-
troduced A. Y. McLean, who said
the' success- of the,celebration had
been madepossible through the
complete co-operation of all the
committees and the citizens of
Seafortb•
Also extending cohgratulalions
on the excellent job done by the
parade committee was Mayor. E.
A. McMaster. "It was the best.
parade I have ever seen," said the
Mayor. "I feel I am very fortun-
ate ,to be Mayor of Seaforth on
this centennial year." ..;
Huron , County Warden, Earl
Campbell, brought _congratulations
of the surrounding district to the
town. on its centennial year. He
complimented the reunion com•
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mittee on the fine program they
heti arranged, and said he enjoyed
meeting n.Lany old friends himself.
Best in Canada
Although he admitted he was
saying a "mouthful" Elston .Car-
dift, M.P, for Huron, said: "We
live in the best county in Canada."
Using the large agricultural de-
velopment' in the county to back
his statement, he 'said another
good example waS the -way Sea- • '
forth held such a successful Old
Bs' Reunion.
Let Spaforth Flourish- was the
suggested motto for the town made
by the Huron M.LA., Toni Pryde.
Taking the motto from another
enterprising Scotch town, in Scot.'
land, Mr. Pryde said he thought it
could be well Applied to Seaforth.
Senator W. E: Goldifig offiCially
opened the1955 Scatorth Old Boys'
Reunion and Centennial celebra-
tion. Senator Golding had been
mayor of Seaforth during the 1924
Old Boys' Reunion, He was assist-
ed by former Mayors Harry Stew-
art and Dr. F. S. Harburn.
The remaining part of Monday
aftevoon was, spent .watching dif-
ferent circus acts, listening to
blinds and enjoying the rides on
the small midWay.
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gigantic parade,
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