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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-11-22, Page 41, *,774111E MTRO *XPOS. o ::SEAFORTH, ONT., NOV. 22, 1957 !Rearrangement Q# (Continued from Page 1) nar of the building and combined with the Public Utility office. Vu. der the .present arrangement, the two are divorced. The mcderniaation program"was initiated by the '1956 council and carried through by the present council. The work has.. been co- oraiaated by Frank Kling, chair- man of the Public Utility Commis - to sign. under the direction of the council's property committee, of which Scott Habkirk is the chair- man. In advancing the alterations, consideration had to be given to making facilities available so that the day-to-day operations, both of the Clerk's office and of the Pub- lic Utility, could be carried on. This meant that the work had to praceed._.int short stages Work on the second floor,'which remains to be completed, includes provision of a lounge room prom- ised the Women's Institute, and re- modelling of the court roam and judge's room. At present, access to the second floor is by a flight of narrow service stairs, and this requires to be replaced with stairs designed for public use and to open up the approach to the second floor. CONGRATULATIONS SEAFORTH PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION on having selected THE FAMOUS CASE 600 STATIONARY DIESEL ENGINE For Standing Power and Emergency Use The name CASE in stationary engines, as in farm machinery, is your guarantee of top quality and economical operation. ROWCLIFFE MOTORS Phone 267 Seaforth The hunter's bird dog came to a point looking straight at a strang- er. The hunter Iooked all around, but couldn't see a single bird. Fin- ' ally he said to the stranger: "That's odd. My dog never did that before." "Perhaps I can explain," said the stranger, "my name is Part - Partridge." PAINTING DECORATING At the Town Hall by JACK SCOTT FLOORS HAVE TO BE GOOD To Stand the Heavy Traffic of a Public Building That is why the floors in the modernized Town Hall are covered with attractive, long-lasting linoleum. SUPPLIED AND INSTALLED BY BOX FURNITURE FUNERAL SERVICE HOUSE FURNISHINGS FLOOR COVERINGS - Floor Sanding Westinghouse Appliances Phone 43 Seaforth CONGRATULATIONS To SEAFORTH PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION On the Opening of Their Newly- Renovated and Enlarged Accommodations. PEDLAR PEOPLE LIMITED PEDLAR'S "METAL = BUILT" PRODUCTS MONTREAL - OTTAWA - TORONTO - WINNIPEG EDMONTON - CALGARY - VANCOUVER vr'FICE ACCOMMODATION for the Public Utility Commission is in keeping with the vastly increased volume of. business done by the commission. Here commission secretary Mrs. Marie Hiusser is shown preparing monthly bills for mailing. To her right is the office manager, R. B. Holmes. Like the town clerk's office, the P.U.C. accommodation is also panelled in wood. NO E�rly Gr wth Le To incorporation (Frain tl'e Huron Atlas of 1879) With the building of new rail- ways into Bruce 2,id North Huron, a very great share of this trade has been withdrawn from Seaforth. and centred towards certain north- ern points and others of al- most equal imporunce. which have since then sprung into existence on all sides with the introduction of those highways of civilization and commerce. Still. the mercan- tile interests of the place have not been so adversely affected as might be supposed in consequence of the above causes. except with jobbing alone. which in those days was beginning to assume quite extensive proportions in some par- ticular lines. It is the opinion of those well informed on such mat- ters, than the retail trade has even kept on increasing, partly for the reason that the splendid stores and enterprise of the Seaforth mer- chants offer inducements which have attracted much local trade from neighboring towns and,villag- es. and partly because the tract of country to the north. immedi- ately tributary to the town in a • business point of view, has been aeveloped. Thus by 1367 Seaforth had ar- :iv2d at such a stage as warrant- ed its citizens meditating incorpor- ation as a separate municipality. '.This was accomplished under the general provisions of those clauses cf the Municipal Act r,ferring to iru:pendent incorporations. The b •-iaw was numbered 9. of the year 67. and after the usual preamble, stating that the census (taken by William M. Watson) showed a pop- ulation of 1.056 souls, it made pro- visions for carrying incorporation into force, by defining the terri- tory in the new municipality as being composed of "Lots 10 and 11 and the east half of Lot 12 in the Township of Tuckersmith, and southwest quarter of Lot 24. the south halves of Lots 25 and 26, and the southeast quarter of Lot 27, in the first Concession of Mc- Killop, covering an area of 400 acres"; and by appointing James G A. Benson, Returning Officer, for the ensuing elections. which were held in the old village schoolhouse. "known as Union School No. 5. Township of McKillop." MAINTENANCE of Seaforth streets is the responsibility of street superintendent Harold Maloney. He is assisted in his work by Alf Price (right) and Ernest Miller, • CIS The various details for the car- rying out of the object above set forth were duly perfected, and the Incorporated Village of Seaforth became an accomplished fact on the lst of January, 1868. the first Municipal Council being as fol- lows: Reeve, Dr. Coleman; Coun- cillors, Messrs. Beattie. Hatt, Mc- Dougall, Strong; Clerk. T. P. Bull. Next year. S. G. McCaughey was elected Reeve, continuing to fill the office the two succeeding years. being followed in 1873 by James H. Benson, who was re- elected for 1874. So great had been the progress of Seaforth during the above few years since its first incorporation. that in the year 1874 the necessary steps were taken to have it incor- porated as a town, and it entered upon its new municipal existence with the advent of the year 1875; for which year A. Armitage was the first Mayor, D. D. Wilson. Reeve. In 1876 Mr. Armitage and Mr. Wilson again filled the above posi- tions; when Dr. Coleman was Mayor for two years. M. Y. Mc- Lean being elected Reeve for 1877, and D. D. Wilson again in 1878. For the current year the munici- pal officers are as follows: Mayor, T. T. Coleman. M.D.; Reeve. D. D. Wilson; Councillors, Jas. Beat- tie, John Campbell, N. Cluff, John Dorsey, W. Grassie. L. Murphy, A. Stewart, A. Strong. G, William- son; Clerk and Treasurer, William Elliott; Auditors. James Cline, W. N. Watson; Assessor, Edward Cash; Collector and Chief Con- stable, C. M. Dunlop; Market Clerk. William Dorrance; Chief of Fire Brigade, James Cline. "Oh, dear, I've lost my umbrella somewhere," said absent minded Joe. "I reached up" to close it when the rain stopped, and the darn thing wasn't there." "When we first married I used to wake my husband every morn- ing with a kiss!" "And now?" • "After three months he bought himself an alarm clock." We Take Pride IN THE MODERN TOWN HALL which serves the citizens of Seaforth and appreciate the opportunity of having had a part in making possible the carrying out of the work. Ball -Macaulay Ltd, ,LUMBER - BUILDING SUPPLIES SEAFORTH—Phone 787 CLINTON—HU. 2-9514 It was our privilege to be responsible for certain of the work involved in the Modernization -of the Seaforth Town Hall JOHN LANSINK GENERAL CONTRACTING - Alterations Phone 79 Additions Seaforth SEAFORTH CITIZENS NOW HAVE A TOWN HALL OF WHICH THEY MAY WELL BE PROUD ! We are happy to have had a part in carrying out the remodelling program. The Remodelled SEAFORTH TOWN HALL will serve the citizens even better in the future than in the past. - It was our pleasure to have had a part in carrying out the 'mcid- ernization program. , FRANK KLING Plumbing - Electrical Contractor - . Heating PHONE 19 SEAFORTH ,4.