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W11910 NO. 5886
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDOESDAY,
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DECEMBER 31, 1980 • 20 PAG6
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BY: WILMA, 9ItE
Another fatal accident Marked ihe Christ-.
*ntas holidays tvilieDitblin area.
Joseph Peter Maloney, 20; of Main Street
Dublin was killed 'friday in a sttownininie
acerdeni on ighiery IL, the wesfetti Fiiiutsof
Nfitchell. '
Mt. Maloney vvas eastbound on the south
--Shoulder-when=he-00113116d-With a Parked -car -
parked On the:side of the road. He was
pronounced ,dead on airlyal, at Stratford
General Hospital, by Perth County coroner,
Dr. Larsen of Mitchell. ,
The accident' wag investigated by Const -
able Clyde Dyck of Sebr* 'gVille detachrnent
of O.P.P.
The victim is the son of folds Maloney and
'the fornier Teresa Etue, of Dublin. Ile is also
survived by twb sisters Mrs. Ray (Susan)
Heffernan of Lucan and Mary .Lou at home,
, and his grandparents, Mrs, and Mrs. Peter
Maloney of Dublin ,and, Mr, and Mrs.
___Mattrice_Etue_of_Seafortb. ,
He was a member of St. Patrick's Roman
Catholic Church, Dublin. He Worked for his
father at the Dublin Feed MM.
The body rested at the Whitney,Ribey
Funeral Horne, 87 Goderich Street W.
Seaforth until Tuesday when Requiem Mass
Snow piled up as
grader broke down
The steady snowfall Monday gradually
piled up on Seaforth roadways while the
toWn's public works crew looked on
helplessly.
The problem was with the town's grader
which is suffering from old age.
."There were a lot of things wrong with
it," explained Seaforth town clerk James
No date set y
No date has been set yet for the Ontario
Police Commission (OPC) investigation into
the conduct and performance of duties of
Seaforth police chief John Cairns.
The town has sent a letter to the OPC -
requesting the investigation, which will
include public hearings likely to be held in
Crocker. "It was in pretty bad shape." The
grader was finally repaired and on the roads
by 4 p.m.
The public works committee, at its
meeting Tuesday night, planned to look at
the situation. The clerk said the town may
consider leasing a grader for the remainder
of the years then make a firm decision for
next year.
et for OPC
"The letter went out last week," said
town Clerk James Crocker,. ''so the rest is
totally up to them (OPC) now".
The investigation of chief Cairns is
subsequent to an informal investigation of
the Seaforth force by the commission. A
report of their findings in the initial inquiry
expected in early December has not yet been
Seaforth. released.
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was celebrated at St, Patricks Church.; / Temporary entombment was at Pioneer
Dublin at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Gorden DiU Memorial IvlausOleurn, Seaforth, with budal
officiated. to follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Pa.-11bearers were: Jim Van Bakel, Arthur
Grunert, Henry an Besgan, Bradley
Ruston, SW Reyner and Tom Maloney.
Flower bearers were Bob Van Der Pryt;
Lenny Morrison, Rick Maloney, DAnnv
Raptly, Paul Anderson and Jamie Brown,
Photo of the year - May 15: 1980
COOLDOWN —Tanya Taylor of Seaforth, one of the spectators a t
Saturday's first annual Nielsen Field Meet, takes a pause for refreshment
at the SDI -4S fountain. Tanya and her friends were watching the mens'
high jump event at the'rneet. (Photo by Gibb)
r—Ins.ide this week.
The winter holidays and the
Christmas season brought a
lot of snow to our part of
Huron County, and it was put
to good use. Skis and
toboggans came out of the
cupboards and arrived at
local trails and hills. See
picture, page 3
A Soft Tumble
Looking back
The Expositor's regular year
in review begins on page 1
and is continued on page 5.
For flashbacks on all the local
happenings which shaped
Seaforth and area over 1980,
read on.,
cow.
A QUIET SKI — Healthy snowfalls recently and a pleasant afternoon
brought Joe Aubin out to the local golf course for some cross-country
skiing during the holidays. A lot of Seaforth people took advantage of
. ,%1".0c,
sunny skies and snow and cross country skiers were out on str2ets all over
town. (Photo brAlexander)
980 the year in review
JANUARY3, 1980
Orville Oke, Seaforth's
postmaster for the past 20
years is treated to a parade
down Main Street on has
last day on the job.
Haroid Bauer of Bornholm
and his business partner
Linda Goffar open a new
business. Bauer Travel Ser-
vice on Main Street.
Murray Cardiff of R.R. 1.
Ethel announces he'll seek
the PC party nomination for
- the riding of Huron -Bruce.
Seafnrth police warn mo-
torists to lock their cars
following thefts of two veh-
icles in the past week.
Seafotth Atoms win the
A-Chetrapionship in Air,_ with
Pat Murray scoring eight
goals in the series.
JANUARY 10,1980
tkGraerne Craig. a Walton
h farmer, was acclaimed
as Liberal candidate for the
Hurore-Bruce
Councillor Bill BTOW11 of
Egmondville questions why
he was dropped from the
Tuckersmith Day Care Cent-
re board.
Murray Cardiff. cash crop
farmer and Ontario Bean
Prnducers' Marketing Board
chairman. wins twice as
fnanly votes as nearest rival
Bruce Shaw of Exeter, at PC'
nomination meeting. •
S.D.H.S. Girls Trumpet
Band are holding a bake sale
to raise funds for their trip to
the Edison Pageant of Light
parade in Fort Mevers. Flor-
ida.
Constable Dave Dale is
appointed acting police chief
of Seaforth
JANUARY 17, 1980
Tony Mcctuail. 27. a West
Wawanosh farmer is nom-
inated as NDP candidate for
the Huron -Bruce riding.
Liz Watson and daughter
Sadye. formerly of Egrnond-
ville. tell abeut life in Cairo.
Egypt where ,he standar' of
living is lower than here. but
clirriate is mom pleasant.
East Hdran Produce. Dub-
lin expands its storage area
at the plant
Seaforth Centenaires, by
virtue of the team's three
New officer
Neal Newman is the new
police constable in Seaforth.
He joined the force Monday
as a replacement for Peter
Van Meekeren who took a
post in Woodstock a month
ago. See picture. p,ge . .13
A year's difference
This year, 1980, we really
were able to celebrate a
white Christmas. But if you
think back one year you may
remember we weren't as
fortunate. If you can't
remember, and need a
reminder of what Christmas
1979 was like, see the picture
on page 17
wins last week, are now in a
race for the final playoff
berth in their league.
' JANUARY 24, 1980
Lloyd Eisler Jr. of Eg•
rnondville. arid partner Lorri
'Baler of Mitchell, win two
medals at Canadian Figure
Skating Championships.
Mary Murray was chosen
Snow Queen for the Seaforth
Optimist's successful Winter
Carnival last weekend.
Dr. W.A. Young. former
minister of Carmel Presbyt-
erian Church. Hensall. dies
in Fergus.
The Seaforth Atoms take
first place on home ice in the
Seaforth Optimist Club's
Atom Tournament.
JANUARY 30,1980
Jack Muir, a 25 -year fire
department veteran and Rob-
ert Dinsmore. eight-year vet.
are honoured on retiring as
firemen.
SIMS Girls' Trumpet
Band still needs to raise
32500 to attend the Pageant
of Light parade in Florida
next month.
William Edmund El -
Van rolls on
Kippen
'man intured
An accident on County Road 12, south of
Seaforth on Monday night. resulted in
S2.000 damage to a van driven by John
McGregor of R.R. 2. Kippen.
Mr. McGregor, 40, was southbound on the
highway when his van skidded on the icy
road and rolled into the east ditch. The grill,
windshield, roof and lett side 01 Inc vehicle
were damaged when it overturned in the
-ditch.
Mr. McGregor received only minimal
injuries in the accident which was in-
vestigated by Constable T. Jansen of the
Goderich OPP.
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96. a noted Huron
County historian and veteran
newspaper repos -tete dies in
Goderich.
Margaret Case, of 78 Main
Street North. Seaforth cele-
brates her 90th birthday at
an open house held for
neighbours and relatives.
Ned Boswell. a Legion
member for 50 years and
45 -year members Jim Racho
and Dr. E.C. Toll were
honoured by Branch 156,
Seaforth Legion members for
their long service.
Please turn to page 5
Agriculture spokesman,
Robert McKercher dies
In the forefront of farm.
industry development and a
voice for agriculture: not only
m Huron but across Ontario.
for nearly half a century.
Robert Sparling Mckercher
of McKillop died in Seaforth
Community Hospital on
Tuesday. December 23 He
was 72
While Mr McKercher had
not been in the hest of health
for some time o was only in
the last few months that his
illness has prevented full
participation in his usual
activities.
Born in Mekillop he w as
the son of the late Robert
Finlay McK ember and
Agnes Spading. He attended
Seaforth Collegiate Institute
and in 1931, upon graduation
from the Ontario Agriculture
College. Guelph. joined the
staff of Canada Packers In
the late thirties .following
earlier this Year when he was
presented with an engraved
book set.
His Seaforth (oop akin,
ties led to area and pros incial
involvement which continued
until recent years
Mr Mckercher's abilities
were recogniyed by his
election. first as president of
the United Dairv and Poultry
Cooperative. then of the
Cooperators Insurance
Association (Guelph) arid
later of the United Coopera-
tive of Ontario from which he
'retired five years ago
Active in the Federation of
Agriculture. he served as
president of the Huron F of
A. He was a member of
Northside United Church and
was active on the session and
on committees of the church.
Mr. McK etcher is sur-
vived by his widow. the
former Greta Polterd. to
some time.. with the then, whom he was married an
Ontario Department of Agri- 1942 and also a son Donald.
culture. he returned flume. on the family farm. two
the third generation 'f411 daughters, Janet Schreiber
McKerchers to farm the of London and Mary Hay of
McKillop property.
An early student of the
cooperative movement as it
concerned the agricultural
industry. Mr. McK ercher
was active in the foundation
of the Seaforth Farmers
Cooperative and served as its
first president. That organi-
zation , recognized Mr.
McKerch s contribution
Thorndale. one sister Helen
M. MeKercher. 73 Hillcrest
Dr.. Stratford and six grand-
children. The remains rested
at the Whitney-Ribey Fun-
eral Home. Seaforth.
A largely attended funeral
service was held in Northside
United Church on Saturday.
conducted by his minister
Rev. James Vanslyke and a
former minister Rev. M.E.
Reuber
Temporary entombment
was in Pioneer Mausoleum
with burial to follow in
Ma itlandbank Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Larry
Wheatley. Ken Campbell.
Arthur Bolton. Michael
C nolly . Francis Hicknell
and Ferg Jantzi. ROWelf
bearers were J.C. Crich.
.1 M Scott. R.T. Bolton.
Aaron Jantzi. Gordan Papple
and A Y. McLean.
R. S. MeKERCIIER