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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-09-25, Page 1I 121st Year „ ."Whole, No son, ' . ..tt)RsT • pETTIpN liqkGEO\1 - 20 SEAFORTR, ONTARIO,' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1980 28 'PAGES , 4'3 I A WILD RIDE—The four girls trying right) Darlene Eckel of RR2, Seaforth; Heather and Chris Eckel. The ride was 1, ' out this midway ride. are (left to Lori McBride of RFI2, Staffa, and called "the sizzler", , • THOSE BEAUTIFUL BABIES—These three beautiful babies were• chosen from the ten entries in the' six months old and under category in the baby contest at the Seaforth Fall Fair. The babies are (right) Kathleen, daughter of Don and Rita Moylan, who won first prize; Jason, on of Bill and Nancy Henderson, who won second place and Michelle . Lynn, daughter of Kevin and Marg Henderson. (Photo by Gibb) " GUARDING GROVER—Tara Flanagan, 16 months,. guards her stuffed friend Grover while her mother works in one of the Seaforth Fair booths on Friday. (Photo by Ellis) Fail Fair Faces Enthusiastic crowd at Seaforth 's fair 'Perfect fall fair weather. super exhibits, and an enthusiastie crowd. was the way President Ken Moore summed up the I34th annual Seaforth Fall Fair Saturday as the events concluded. Winners in competitions included: Baking. Beatrite Fletning, Brucefield; sewing Joyce Hugill and Anna Dolmage, both of Seaforth; arts and crafts, Marie Webster, R.R. 3, Auburn; floral exhibits, Helen 'Thompson. Seaforth. Perth -Huron Jersey breeder show, premiere exhibitor -Paul Robinson, R R 1. St. Marys; premiere breeder, Alec Ostrom. R.R 3. Clinton; gratin-- effiiiip-infa" female. Jack Armstrong and Sons. Auburn; reserve grand champion. George Pinkney. Listowel; junior and reser:Ye champion, Jack Armstrong an'd sons. Other dairy class results were: Emma Frnaken and family. Auburn. won the Holstein class, and Brian Mitchell of Thamesford the Ayrshire class. In beef cattle division, winners were. Shorthorn. Keith Wall. Ayr; Hereford. Beth McKay. Kincardine; Charolais. Don Moore Farms. Glencoe; and Angus. Mike McCart, Newbury. Alex Hart of Gadshill was the main winner in swine' classes. Horse event winners- -ikere: Clydesdale, Charles Hallfday . Chesley: Percheron, Omer Brooks. Lucknow; Belgian. Ross Young. Tiverton: and best commercial team, Bev Little, Primrose. In the light horse class, Jack Meadows. St, Paul. had ' the top pony and Pat Van of Wardsville had the best road horses. The tug-of-war compet- ition. a first for the Fall fair. drew six teams of strong- armed competitors on Satur- day afternoon, before the grandstand show. The winning team were the Tuckersmith Farmers', coached by Robert Pother- ingharn. who took home- a prize of 575. The runners-up were the Seaforth Hawks broorriball team, who won Inside this wioek,-- Non Nibblers Walkathon The Seaforth Non -Nibblers walked to St. Columban and back on Saturday in support of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope. The walkers gathered pledges. for their 15 kilometre trek, and collected more than 5730. Page . . . -12 Winter Attractions The Blyth Summer Festival has an extensive program set for the winter months, including a per- formance by the Family Brown, one of Canada's award-winaing country and western groups. And there is much more plannedSee Page 12 a_ 550. The four other teams were each given S25 conso- lation prizes. Seaforth fairgoers were treated to some exciting horse racing on Friday after- noon. The same horses raced in two heats in the matinee races, and their placing in each heat is given. Princess Penn, owned and driven by Les Campbell of Seaforth. placed fourth posi- tion in both heats. True Priscilla, also owned by Les Campbell of Seaforth, and driven by Bruce Lamont, placed third in the first race and first in the second heat. Alma's Prince. owned and driven by Jack MeLlwain of Seaforth. was first and third in the two heats. Black Tioto Fame, owned and driven by Meryl Glan- ville of Egmondville. placed fifth in both heats. Havago Adios A. owned by Ron Williamson and driven by Jim McLeod. placed second in both heats. The winning time for the first Ace was 2:13 A/5 and was 2:14 ' in the second heat Piease turn to page 6 More than 150 apply for 10 jobs at new Superior store Jobs. it seems, in the Seaforth area must be at a premium, but there is no Visiting Musician John McIntosh, at ac- complished organist who has played throughout Canada and Great Britain. ivill be coming to Seaforth to perform at St. Thomas Anglican Church. For Details. see Page 13 Space Problem Space is at a premium for the Perth County Archives and two weeks ago. members Of the Perth County Historical Board Thought they had the problems solved. But hopes they could move into the old registry office were dashed when council decided to let the social services department move into the building. Page. 3 A shortage in the number of people who want to work. ,That's what Ted Macdonald. manager of the Superior Food Market in Mitchell. found out on Saturday. rifle was in Seaforth accepting applications for a new addition to the Superior chain which is to open in town. To say Mr. MacDonald was swamped may be an understatement. over 150." he said. "No. I'm net kidding. ft got to the point where it was mass confusion Before he arrived Saturday. Mt. MacDonald said he had received " half a dozen applications". and since then he has accepted two more. The bulk came Saturday between 1 and 4 in the afternoon. The large number of interested workers means the Mitchell manager will be busy. He has to sort through the applications to oame up with 10 people to fill the available jobs. And he's still accepting applications. While he would not commit himself on when the Superior store will open in Seaforth, Mr. Macdonald noted the chain had hoped to be ready by October I. Me opening will be delayed. however, by what he describes as "standard problems. such as shelving." On Saturday a spokesman at the store said Please turn to page 3 , $14 a - year inadvanced Single Copy 35. penis comes stc)rmin in Although spring often arrives like a lion, this year fall also came in with a bang as thunderstorms, heavy rains and strong winds struck the Seaforth area, It was "lights out" for many area residents Monday night, as power was knocked out in McKillop, Tuckersmith, Hibbert, Logan lownahips and much of Seaforth. Len Arnston, Ontario Hydro- foreman in the Clinton office, said. power- was plso off -temporarily in Brussels,' and Colborne, Goderich and East and West Wawanosh townships. a Mr, Arnston, who wasn't on duty at the time'of the storm, said he believed the power 'outage" was caused by light ning, and heavy winds which brought trees down across power lines. Hydro crews worked until 4 a.m. Tuesday morning restoring power around the county. Tom Phillips, Seaforth PUC manager, said the feeder that comes into the substation on Welsh Street, in the north of Seaforth, was knocked out around 6:15 p.m. Monday. He said this meant half the town was without electricity for about 45 minutes. A TREE DOWN At almost the same time, a tree came down on East William Street. between Side and Franklin Streets, and took down one drcuit from the .MSI station on Victoria Street. The Seaforth fire department was called to - the scene when a neighbour spotted sparks flying near a wooden rail fence on the corner of the street. Firemen returned to the' station, and the Seaforth PUC crew worked until 11 p.m. to restore power. By isolating the damaged feeder, power was restored to all of Seaforth except a two block area near the damaged line within an hour. Mr. Phillips said the power was off until arnost 11 p.m. from the Sunoco corner to Franklin Street. He said five 'poles in the area were damaged, and wires were down. He said the Seaforth crew was slowed down by the adverse conditions, including the rain and darkness. Mr. Phillips said a resident of the area reported "quite a gust of wind"' went through that part of town, bringing down the tree. SMALL TWISTER In Stratford, a small twister passed through the south end of the city at about 7 p.m. tearing away part of the main roof of the Zimmer home at 529 Erie St. Mirror Press, a business operating next to the Zimmer home, had its contents badly damaged by water when the same twister ripped off part of the roof. Funnel clouds were also reported in the Parkhill area and in South London. Brad Finch ofdthe London weather office, said 16 mm of rain fell within a twi5 hour period. Most of southwestern Ontario was struck by the- thunderstorm on the first official day of fall. Rain or shine ifs Ciderfest time BY AUCE GIBS The Van Egmond Foundation is hoping for fair skies and thirsty visitors at the two-day Ciderfest this weekend. but rain or shine, the event gots on as planned. This year. the Ciderfest will open Saturday. with a Bavarian tent -on the Van Egmond grounds. musical entertainment and tours of the historic Van Egmond home. Also, for the first time. Ciderfest visitors will be shuttled back and forth to downtown Seaforth on hayrides operated by the Seaforth Junior Fanners. This ia •the first time the Ciderfest activities have been linked with the business (district of the town. Also. on Saturday. a number of antique motor vehicles will be on display al the Ciderfest. SIPPLY CIDER In the evening. the Van Egrnond Foundation is hosting a "Sippin' Cider Concert" in the SDHS auditorium at 8 p.m. Special guest at the concert is Ed Gyurki. 'seven time Canadian fiddle champion. Other guests include the New Canadian Club Kimura dancers, the McQuaid sisters . will stepdance and fiddle and the Ukuleles Unique. under the director' of Doris McKinley. On Sunday. the cilderfost will Meiotic craft displays. a flea matket, cider pressing and the sale of homemade cider, as well as an exhibit of dolls from around the world on show in the Van Egmood house. Ciderfest organizers are hoping the outbreak of a rare kidney disease among children in the Toronto area. which has been blamed on cider sold at a Pickering flea market. won't have arra significant effect on the Ciderfest Doctors and medical officials are working on a theory that the outbreak of hemolytic urenoc syndrome might have been caused by apple cider. which was consumed by many of the children affected with the disease. NEW CONTAINERS Mr. Carroll said cider sold at the local Ciderfest is pressed at a commercial mill the night before the event and "is just not around in a way that it can be contaminat- ed '• He said the cider is sold in new, sterilized, plastic containers. unless Cider - fest visitors bring their own containers when they buy cider. Mr. Carroll said there hasn't been any indication from the local health unit that any additional precautionary measures are re- quired. Mr. Carroll added eider pressed during the Ciderfest by Gerald Marlene and local helpers is sold immediately. The Van Egmond Foundation chairrnan said anyone buying a gallon or more of the juice often takes the cider home and boils it anyway. Boiling the cider presents it from fermenting and reduces the risk of any bacteria remaining in the drink. Cider vendours in the Toronto area are upset that suspicion is falling on all cider producers and have asked the Ministry of Health to release the narrivi of firms who had stands at the Pickering flea market. Dutch unveil plaque BY WILMA OKE A plaque was unveiled in Victoria Park Sunday afternoon in a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Holland from the German army during Walld War n. -rtzt plaque was a gift from the Dutch families who came to the Seaforth area and was an expression of their appreciation to the peopie of Canada for the part they played in the liberation. A parade of Legion members was heiki from the Legion Hall led by the Clinton Pipe Band to the Cenotaph at Victoria Park where Arnald Stinnissen laid a wreath. In a short service Rev. Jarr.es Vanslyke spoke briefly and dedicated the plaque which wai unveiled by Legibn president Bill Wilb-ee and Mrs. Stinnissen._ Please turn to page 3 •-DtD413iaz,-DistZisiDf2,47,-,,2-aFiarael-G2-DiY;qi`2.::,7s2,);Y-)0 6-1 It's cookbook time again Christmas is traditionally a special time for good cooks. The Expositor plans to Celebrate the festive season this year with a special Christmas cookbook. which all subscribers will • receive free. early in November. But we -need the help of our readers to make the cookbook a real treasury of festive recipes. Send our favourite receipe. whether it's for baking. poultry, meat or a casserole to the Expositor by Oct. 10. . niZikagika-32111i2VaZ;ZE4 ',.sotaladall's,a4trtaarsv4asiraarisaiiscaosessissia, Be sure to enclose your name and address and phone number. MI the good cooks who submit recipes have a chance to win a 52 prize. The first 23 recipes drawn from those received by Oct. 10 will win their creators a 52 prize., Bring or send your recipes to the Cookbook editor, The Huron -Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth. Readers are welcome to send more than one recipe each. `:e2,1,7231.Maz•')7,-Z3I;a:ZN,03-z`DarAtziE,2)