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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-07-04, Page 1ing the communities and areas of ;sets. Dublin, Hensall and Walton SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESQAY, JULY 4, 1984 — 18 PAGES 50c a copy HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENSALL—Clowns are had lots of them during Its centennial parade balloons but kisses were freel (Wasslnk always a favorite of any parade and Hensall on Monday. The clown wasn't giving away photo) Hensall celebrates birthday in style Planning the Centennial celebrations for says Mr. Knight. who is also the Centennial Hensall's Happy Hundredth was a lot of „ork chairman. for everyone involved but the thousands and "We all had a good time a d every thousands of people who attended made committee worked hard and did w 3t it was everything worthwhile. says Hensall's ani supposed to do. Even the committee on the bassadoress, Irene Davis. sgeathcr did a good job but 1 don't know how "It was very enjoyable and so gratifying they did it." he says, that people thought so much of Hensall and The Centennial parade on Monday after its people to come to the Centennial," she noon lasted about two hours and had says. People from all over Canada and the approximately 200 floats. Although the num- United States from places such as California, ber of entries in the parade was considerably Florida. British Columbia. Alberta, Bermuda less two or three weeks before the parade, and even Hensall in Yorkshire. England there were a lot of last minute entries, saes visited Hensall for the four day celebration. Bill Gibson. Both Irene Davis and Harold Knight. in the antique vehicles class, first prize Hensatt's ambassador received keys to the went to W.G. Thompson and sceond went to village at the opening ceremonies on Friday Charlie Grieves. First place in the school and evening. church class went to Hensall United Church "The keys were even made here in Hensall while second went to the He-nsall Public and that signified the solidarity we have in School. Hensall. The Centennial brought Hensall In the commercial and industrial class. Rob even closer together." says Mrs. Davis, and Bruce Antiques came first while Kyle's The budget for the celebrations was Shell Service Station came second and in the designed to break even and any profits will he horse or horse drawn class. first went to div;dedbetween community organisations so Elaine Workman and second to Mac Stewart. that the money will go hack into the town, Roy and Allison Straughan came first and Wintario ticket sales d o u 1 e d Sales of Wintario tickets almost doubled at most Seaforth and area stores last week when Wintario came to town. The show was televised live on Global from the Seaforth and District Community Centres last Thursday. "People thought it might be lucky buying tickets in Seaforth because the . show was in town. .Someone said, 'It must be- an omen'," says Judy Scarrow, of Mac's Convenience Store, At Mac's ticket sales were up 10 to 20 per cent and the store ran out of tickets. Running out is something that we don't usually do. We ran out at noon on Thursday and we could have sold tickets until 9 p.m." she says. At Bob and Betty's, ticket sales doubled. "More people were buying them because of the show," says Bob Beuttenmiller. Even though extra tickets came on Wednesday morning, most were sold at Triangle Discount. "They sure went well. Sales pretty pearly doubled," says Ann Wood, who watched the show on televi- sion, "We should have gone because one of the fellows who pushed the button went to school with my husband." Sales also doubled at the ,Winthrop General Store where Doug Schroeder ran • out of tickets twice. "We ran out Monday Night, got some again on Tuesday and ran out again by Thursday night. We got some calls from people who don't normally buy tickets and they were buying them by the book," he says. Dwayne Osborn says ticket sales also 4pubTdd'at Becker's, He went to the show but didn't win anything. The Ryans of Ryan's Roost in 'St. Columban didn't go to the show but sold all their Wintario tickets by Wednesday night. "And, that doesn't happen too often," says Mary Ryan. Though she doesn't know if any of her customers won anything the week of the Wintario show in Seaforth, she says she's noticed a lot of lucky tickets at Ryan's recently. "i think it's kind of interesting when it involves people in the area you know. Our family .watched Wintario on TV and we were having a chuckle wondering if they'd show Ryan s Roost on the slides," she says. At Kountry Korner in Dublin, 10 books more than the usual 25 were sold by Tuesday. "We could have sold more but we couldn't get any more," says Cecilia Maloney. Because it's closed on Wednesday afternoons, Seaforth Insurance only sold the same 30 books of tickets it usually sells, "It's just a sideline, but we sold what we had," says Marie Muir. Brussels celebrations superb The village of Brussels and Morris and Grey Townships worked together to pull off one of the best celebrations the three communities have held. And it was all for the bicentennial of Ontario. The holiday weekend was jammed packed with events including a parade, utter -denominational church service, talent show and a play for the thousands of visitors who attended. "We had total community participa- tion," says Max Watts, King of the bicentennial celebrations. "The weekend activities went smoothly, we had excellent weather and targe crowds. it was just 'marvellous." Over 80 entries participated in the parade which lasted almost an hour at any given point on Saturday. Best historical float was the Blyth Fire Department. Second was the Lawrence Machan entry. Atwood Lions won first in the Service Club category and Grey Township Council won second. • The Thames Valley Swiss Club won first for the best Ethnic Float. Second was the First People entry by the Frank Workman family. Brussels Stockyards had the best commercial float and second was a combined float entered by a group of Brussels businesses. West Wawanosh Township won first in the Best Horse Drawn category. Lorrie Campbell and his bride and groom entry won keconch on McNeil won first for best omeay. PIoat. 'FI'Shez Feeds was''secopd. Kelly, Elaine and Amy Workman took firth, second and third in the best Horse and Rider in Costume category. The Graber and Knight entry and their Canada Day attracts 500 second in the children's class. First in the service clubs class was the Hensall Horticultural Club and second was the Wellington County Plowmen. in the family or individual class. Gerry Rainey came first with Jim and Velma Robinson coming second. The five winners of the beard growing contest included Alphonse Grenier for the best all round beard, Harold Knight for the best moustache and beard, Dan McGlinchey for the best trimmed beard, Bob Baker For the most colorful beard and Gerry Neilands for the longest beard, The Zurich Has -Beans -won the tug-of-war contest against the Hensall Old-timers for the best two out of three pulls. in the baseball ,games. St. Regis Tavern. London beat the Varna Agrico team in girls' slowpitch, the Old Hensall bantam team heat the Dick Percy Bedard family and the Hensall Legionnaires beat the Hensall Centennials in a fastball game with a score of 4 to 0. "Everything was a super success.' 'says., Murray Baker, who was in charge of the sports events. Safety is priority of 4-H Kevin Semple of Brussels could have died when he was spun around a power take -off shaft four years ago. And despite almost losing an arm, he says he still isn't as safety conscious as he should be. Working on the family farm near Brussels, Kevin was 19 (Oct. 4, 1980), when he was unloading a Wagon load of corn into a bunker silo, "1 went around the front of the tractor to look in the silo. When 1 returned to the wagon, it was empty. 1 was going to shut the pto off. But instead of leaning between the tractor tires which were muddy, 1 went around behind the tractor and reached across the pto to shut it off." Kevin was wearing a new leather jacket over a pair of new coveralls. He was also wearing two shirts, a t -shirt, long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. "My coat got caught in the plastic guard of the pto, and dragged me in. It happened in less than 10 seconds. The button on my coat got caught on the guard. in 1983. there were 40 farm related injuries in Huron County. Most of these injuries occurred in Aug. and Sept. In Ontario. the dairy industry had the fourth highest numbet of injuries next to tommodi- ties such as vegetables. landscaping and tobacco. Cash crop and pork farm injuries had the lowest number of injuries of 14 farm commodities. The story Kevin told of his accident to 125 Huron -Perth 4-Her's and farmers recently emphasized the message of safety on the farm. "When he was telling what happened, it just about made me sick," said one woman. A farm safety meeting for 4-1-1 farm machinery clubs and the public was held at Vincent Farm Equipment. Kevin was joined m his message about farrn safety, by Wayne Moulton of the Goderich OPP and Stephen •Matisz, Farm Safety Consultant for the Farm Safety Association of Guelph. PULL DRAW BOLT "1 went around the pro shaft about nine times, but each time 1 went around, i tried to reach a baler twine which was tied to the draw bolt," says Kevin. "I was squeezing between the pto and draw bar each time 1 went around. 1 finally managed to pull the bolt and the draw bar dropped down. 1 could now get around easier --i was going around in free flight. 1 wasn't turning that fast, but the tractor was set at 1400 rpm's. It was moving right along. "About 10 minutes later, my brother found Me. My arms were around my back and my leather jacket was choking me. There were only a few pieces of clothing left on the top half of my body. My legs weren't wrapped around the shaft. Each time 1 went around, 1 sort of walked around the pto. And I ended up on the opposite side of the pto from where 1 started. "There was a point where 1 blacked out and for a while, I didn't think 1 would make it. My life did flash before me --i did remember my life history, right from day one. 'i think what saved my life was pulling the draw bolt and that my clothes were ripping from my body. When my brother found me, he set me up on the edge of the forage blower; shut everything off and went for the car. IN BAD SHAPE "He knew 1 was in pretty bad shape because a lot of my skin was removed and 1 was covered in blood. But I wasn't bleeding SAFETY/ ON PAGE 3 Canada Day celebrations in Seaforth were successful although they suffered a bit from celebrations in surrounding areas such as Brussels and Hensall, says recreation director, Bryan Peter. "Overall, 1 was pleased but it's getting harder to know what to do on a holiday weekend. Events going on in Hensall and Brussels hurt our event; they take away a few 100 people who might have stayed here," he says. Events all day Sunday went well with participation increasing as the day progress- ed. Approximately 150 people attended the talent show while 500 were on hand to watch the fireworks dis,lay. With S2 admission for adults and SI for children and a S1000 Bicentennial grant from the provincial government, the S2000 fireworks display wasn't quite paid for. "Another couple of 100 people really would have helped to pay for it,' he says. The remainder of the cost will be paid out of the general recreation budget. Volunteers from the Optimist Club, the Sportsmen's Club, the Fire Department, the Lion's Club, minor baseball and ringette helped to organize the celebrations. "it was a good effort by everyone. The volunteers always come through," says Mr. Peter. bicycle built for two, took first in the Best Decorated Bicycle category. Second was John Lowe, Barb Knight and Donna Knight won first and second for being the best clowns. "it was a very good parade. We had a lot of out-of-town people say the Brussels area always have a good parade --and this was one of them," says Ruth Sauve, Queen of the celebrations. The out -door church service was held at the community centre. Estimates range as high as 1000 of the number who attended. Five churches participated, including Anglican, United Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Mennonite. A joint choir of some 50 voices sang and were joined by the 75 voice public school choir. BRUSSELS/ ON PAGE 3 -INSIDE- KEVIN SEMPLE of Brussels shows the scars of hla arm and skin grafts. A muscle was taken from his back to replace the one In his arm which was damaged when he was caught In a pto shaft. (Wasslok photo) Brussels bicentennial, Seaforth Canada Day and Hensall centennial photos on page A10, 11 Optimist bike-a-thon ' winners/ A6 Wintario comes to Seaforth/ A3, 15, 18 Plaque erected by Broadfoot clan/ A15 -INDEX Births /A6 Brussels /Al2 Classified /A14, 15 Community Calendar M3 Dublin /A4 Entertainment /A18 Family /A6, 7 Farm /A9 Hensall /A8 Kids /AS Obituaries /A6 Sports /A 16, 17 Welton /A 13