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The Huron Expositor, 1980-12-31, Page 2, &nee 106 t'oriting the CemmenitY publiOkiiick At, SONFORTH-i 9NTAft1Q fivpry Thtiroday, morning Lcian-;fitr95,:f.'4,1,,118,h01:3 LW. • AnOrowY:.1vIol.:00n# Pottlisher ,rtka.14t) Whifo, aciltqr News Editor `t-02416 Momper Canadian Community NaWaPaPor Association, OntarlO VVe0k1i Neyopaper Assoc/01On and Audit 13ureau of Circulotion, Subscription rates: Canada $10.a year (in advance) cultsiale Canada $33 a year (in advance) . Sln9le Qoples -40 cents each Second e'en mailregistration number 0696 -SEAFORTH, ONTARIO: DECEMBER 31, 1980 - --The-year-that was- - Some periodS of time are like calm, untroubled seas....serene, relaxed and perhaps just a trifle boring. In 1980, in Seaforth, and area, there was no such. problem. For 1980 here as we look back a bit, was a year of conflict. A year that started with the suspension of the town's police chief, saw the mayor charged by police, and ended with the announcement. of an Ontario Police Commission investigation of the same chief has been anything but calm. Then there were hassles about a BIA. In the townships too there were conflicts, with an OMB hearing to sort out who pays for recreation at Vanastra, an attempt by Walton and Londesboro people to keep Seaforth and Clinton phone exchanges, and unhappiness at the closing of bank branches in BrUcefield and Londesboro. In Hibbert township the Dublin area, and both Perth school boards, got behind a campaign to have stop lights instalfed at the busy Highway 8 intersection, after another fatal accident there this fall. On the farm scene harvests were in most cases good but some local egg producers lost money when a grading company went into receivership. History buffs were delighted with progress at the Van Egmond house but disappointed when the 115 year old Whitman house was demolished. It wasn't easy, the year we've just passed through, but a year full of conflict is hot a bad thing. It shows we're alive and kicking, thinking growing and acting...not passively sitting back and nodding In reaction to whatever fate throws our way. And before we get overcome with gloom and doom here, a great many positive things happened in the.area in 1980. We had almost unprecedented numbers of candidates for office in nearly all municipalities. Sidewalks were repaired, and streets paved In town, according to council's long range planning. Tax increases weren't sky high and the town ended its year with.a surplus. The PUC opened a new well that will serve the town's water needs for the forseeable future. A modern new grocery store was built on Main St. and several new businesses brightened the -street and gave shoppers other reasons to buy in Seaforth. But probably the best.things about 1980, arid those we'll remember years after the conflicts and the rest are forgotten are the contributions that ordinary people made to life here. We're thinking about the Thank You Canada plaque the area's Dutch community put up in Victoria Park; the new farmersmarket; the wins of talented young people like Johnny Nielsen and Gail Beuermann, Lloyd Eisler Jr; the scores of local residents who worked hard welcoming families of Asian refugees into the area and volunteers who serve month after month for Meals on Wheels, the Huron Centre for the Homebound, Telephone Reassurance and scores of other groups. They. you. us. as a letter to the editor on this page also mentions. are what make Seaforth and area, all in all, a good place to live We don't predict a conflict -free 1981 but we do say it•Il be interesting. and that's healthier To the editor: Valma, Frank make life good here WeL.I.,tsh to commend the Huron Expositor staff who work so doligentla week after week to bring is up to ohe monute news and information weeneeer anvone onniments about not much in\the paper we're quick to reply we lust Bappen 10 think its one of the hest Wats we'ac read thireughnet Ontario The F roponsator has helped imports such as us disarmer whs who and %hats e hat cn Seaforth and surrounding area We especially like to read year human interest stmes. Tonf the nine! ['metes:Eng artiales written recently concerned two very differ- ent choler% We admire teeth aed think haw eery vera nare ia is to sing praases where praoses are due and to sing them now Those two people really got to knew these two alerat the sante time h was aterat the tune of Seaforth's centennial and we were %oder big What colloid two people offer eh() realla had to no family ties web the communits We ofrered nur sersices at the eAarorroun- ity centre far a buffet being served there Several days later we were at 'Velma' e She insisted on paying and presented quite a Icrigthy list of dates to keep in mind. And so it went- whether in the basement nr upstairs. kitchen. on the road, in a plivate heme or large reeepthyn hall- we have had good tirres together. We all SOCM learned that we "better take good care of Bill. too because she'd raever gat another one like him". and that Bill Res his biscuits on the "brown side." We've shared a lot of laughs and maybe a tear, but everyone knows if you spilled the milk you poured it again. If someone accidentally broke a dish. we all knew what Bill's reply would be "Smash it ail to...(smoithereens)" before he started. Frank Phillips the photographer. was always at the receptions and you can count on Frank to co-ordinate events and keep thing's relining srauxithly. He has the ability to keep everybody smiling through a Picture taking session. The person who nominated Ftank and the committee who chose him certainly make Seaforth's first Citieen of the Year outstanding The display La hiah Frank set up at the Inca; legion win hecome invaluable as tinie goes on. Incidentalls. Frank and his wife Mari spend a ice of time with then mini fire etas etc Oh petadea and nith disabled children How do peeple lake Frank and Vairna de o9 Sheer determination. to keep bus e and give ofhernseives and the Coed given gift of health Whenever anyone asks hew des that "Ehtle giant" do We say we know. we'c-e helped do it. She is able to to because river the years many "kindred Ntildred, Agnes. Mary. Verda. Hazel. Betty. Doreen, Wanda. Arnie. Gladys. Jean. Ethel. and many young girls, B. Jim. Roy aed even Frank have gotten behind her and helped her do it. Besides it's so fulfilling. right Velma? consider it a privilege n hase winked %lab teeth and will centinue %hen pcscsiNe . We kelex what the real estate iadv. Carolyn Thompson meant when she said "Ti couldn't do any better for ' neighbzurs if yon were picking them." Seaforth and area is_a friendly community af citizens with worthaeile contritonians to make toward the quality of life here. Keith arid Shirley Steil • R.R. I Dub:in • Her 50th renewal of the Expositor Enclosed is My fiftieth cheque for renewal of Huron Expositor. It is fifty years sirce 1 left Seaforth to live at Albany. New York. Each week I watch for the mailnean to deliver the Expositor. 1 admit many of the names are not familiar to me. Every summer 1 look forward to my visit to Seaforth to sic Ild friends or relatives. Sincerely. (Srnith)Griffin Alba*, New York PUMP TANK WORKS EMPLOYEES — The staff of J.S. Welsh Pump Mr. Maloney is able to identify Is his great grandfather, William Reidy, Tank Works, located where the Sunoco station now stands, posed for this who is outlined in the photo, taken in the pre -1914 era. picture, brought into the Expositor by Peter Maloney Jr. The only man Woolen DECEMBER 31, 1880 We have bccn informed that ihe Messrs. Jackson. of Egmondville. intend erecting a woolen factory in that Wage next season. We hope the report may prove true. Thc Messrs. Jackson arc enterprising business men. and having ample means they would. no doubt. very shortly have a large business and an extensive establishment. Christmas day passed over very quietly in Seaforth. The weather was ple3S3111. ing was good. and every perso. n who could. "CM out sleigh rtding. n hate those s ho could not no doubt spent the time pleasantly at home. The skating and curling rinks nem evil patronaard. and fur a oink: in :he afternoon the local Muria niade aport tooth their nags on main street The storm of the ;cacao' set in on Monday bst. and continued %oh inareaceng violence until the time of writing and how much longer it will last deponent satth not. The reads and railnaae are all Winked up. the trains and stag's are elank in the VIM; tfilSt-rteSA CS atoenet pended. the house, plants haae been nearla all frozen. and dune ca, weeping and gmat lamentations ea. che port of the remit -me pen= �T the commune,. The water tank at the met= in Seaforth was froaen nn Tuesday . and were then the eneinee have teem) supplied with water from the con oo w a tete, oaks A grand Christmas tree and eratprtalnirnen: was held in the Methodist h mWahon on Christmas Fee Must a as furnished be the children. led he Mr "Said Mrs. Baugh. and w as e ell appreciated. Sc. -ace -al redia nos. and a dialegue were gen hs the coot:cher: of the Sabbath SChT109 and an eacellent re( otatere Ms Mr Wood Addresses nere goaen in Meaera Andren Mi1,74VAIF, CallFsin ami Baugh %IT Morrison. Siiperin factory pl In the years agone ned 1880 tendent of the Sabbath School. in his address urged parents to taLe more interest in the salvation of the souls of their children. DECEMBER 29, 1905 There k o hot contest on in Hensall for the rreveship. the candidates being Mr. ()nen Geiger and Mr. G.C. Petty. They are bath god and strong men. The following have been elected councillors by acclamation. D.A. Cantelon. Thomas Hudson. Hugh McDonald and David Nichol. Dan Henderson, of the 4th concession. tafeKillop. recently sold a fine two year old filly to John ll.tchlaup,hton of Stanley for Which he receieed the handsome Milli of 5220. This la it big price for so young an animal. and it must have been a particularly good one to bring such a figure. This filly was sired by Mr Pins Dickson'a Imported home. Fleahoned's Last. Me Henderson hss anceher colt the came age and from the same ?terse nlaish he onnaterre just as gond d mine better than the one he seed. and for which he has been offered and refused ciancideesible over the two hundred mark Mr. 'and Mrs William Archibald ni Fgroondsilie. were each the recipient of a liatielseme Christniaa present from their son Walter. hardware merchant of Firchohn. North Dakota in the form of two beautiful large easy chairs ye hich have been on exhibition in the show windows of Breadfient. fko and Co The chairs were valued at 525 each inseph Campbell. with his mother and meat. of Walton. are visiting at the home of Mee George Humeri of Staffa Clegg of I onalon had his ( larietrnas dinner with his parents at the station in Kippen. JANUARY 2, 1931 On Monday evening last nt thc Seaforth nomination meeting J.F. Daly was elected mayor for 1931 by acclamation and J. Wesley Beattie received the same honor by being elected reeve without opposition. Twelve names however. were put in nomination for counciltors. but when thc time for finishing qualifications had expired Tuesday evening it was found that only six of the =Mecca had qualified. Thia means there will he no election this year and the comical for the corning year will be compo sed as follows: Mayor. J.F. Daly. Recece. J W. Beattie. and Councillors Robert Smith. C Farkert. 1 Hudson. A.D. Suther• bold. t Bolion and T.J. Steven;. Fred Kennings al Hemel' is recovering recela from the effects of the fall from a Chalk' tree that he was trimming a few weeks ago. He broke hoth of has wrists. as well as uijaannghis bath. hut he is doing nicely and has been &rein the street a number of times. A large number of deceits met in Walker's Hall. Brucefield for the purpose of nerninating candidates for the position of Reeve Old councillors for the Township of Tucketsmith for the ensuing year. And T.F. McGregor. Clerk, received the following nomination. For Reeve, William M. Doig. William Thompson and Robert Watson; for nriltors Charles McKay. William Archibald, Angus Brown. Ira Johns and Matthew Clark. DECEMBER 30,1955 The congregation cif Northside United Church in Scaforth paid tribute to Rev. I.W.A. Stinson, Mrs. Stinson and family at a ceremony following the morning service Sunday. Mr. Stinson leaves this week to assume a new charge in London. Ratepayers of S.S. No. 13. McKillop, at the annual meeting of the section Wednes- day afternoon, by a majority of one, again turned down a proposal to renovate Roxboro School, so that it could be reopened. The vote was 10 to 11. The school has bee n closed for a number of ycars, and pupils in the section are being accomodated in neighbouring schools. Tuckersmith Council was returned to office by acclamation at a nomination meeting in Seaforth Town Hall on Monday afternoon. These members are: Reeve James Doig, nominated by John R. McKay and George Blake: Councillor Ivan Forsyth. by Stanley Jackson and Wilfred Tremeer. Councillor Bert Garen by Angus Brown and James Landsbarough: Councillor Victor Lee by Ivan Forsyth and Bert Garett; Councillor Frank Falconer by Arnold Lobb and Wm. PePP-er- McKillop electors will ghole for a reeve and four cauncillers as a result of nominations held Monthly afternoon in Winthrop Hall. Opposing Daniel Helmsman. Reeve foe the past eight years. is Albert Siernon. who has served on the council fiats eight years. Three present members pf council, Jerry Doers. Earl Mills and Wilson Little, are seeking re-election. while two newcomers. William s Ryan and Herbert Williamson are also in the field. Misses Bess Grieve and Margaret Grieve, of Chatham, are spending the holidays at their home in Egmondville. Margaret Grieve Jus accepted a position at the R.C.A.F. Schonl. Centralia and will commence her new duties after the holidays. Too bad we couldn't shut down for two weeks Th:s is a reugh tirr,e cif Fear to riol a business It's a tirne ef year when custemers expen business as crauat but empleeees expect holidays and a mare leisurely pace when they are at averk. 1mean efficierev leaf.% at most races af hostess this holiday time ,ef year must be enough to give an efficiency exert ap eplezy. And for the businessman. who has to face certain eprating cast ne matter whether any business is done oe nee the heldiaF period can be a problem unless the rest of the year has been so successful that a slack week or two can be taken as a rest period Tt %amid be wenderful if we could jest shut .,igs down far the week betweet Christmas aed New Years every year. The time prior to Christmas has become so hectic newadays that there needs to be some tirne to just sit Behind the scenes by Keith Roulston back and env life I know arannd Laos pace what with wart( and shapping and paepar- attans and awaiting visitors there wast any relaxatian to be found until the day after Christmas The Gast maple of year, I ve taken a week af niv hailidaes in the Christmas -New Years period and just stayed arnund harne. There's a nice lazy feeling to things at this tirne nf the year. a feeling that playing with the kids ar reading a baok is as impartant a thing as there is to da in tee ceeate. If we cauld ciase dawn the errantry between Christmas and New Years every year 1 think it might be one of the most bt neficial things that could happen. Wautdn't it be hice to have a week without the worries of weak. a week withnut having to worry about what they're up to in Iran, a week withaut worrying about Alberta's threats to break away from the rest of the '041'13n -try? Instead it would be a week nf playing with the kids. reading good books that yau don't have tirne to read other times of the year, of laming year wife er husband. all surreunded by the good feelings af the lealiday period. Ali well. it's a nice thought anyway. I've ,never been one to envy the thought of going snuth for Christmas, of trading Christmas for palm trees and white snow for brown beaches. but this year was nearly Good response to breast screening study To the editor: toarsomograpny involves only the breast tissue there is liftle^possibility of adverse affects. Previnns Chest X -Ray etc. do not interfere with the study. There will be extra seats on the bus available if you have a friend or relative who would like to go to Toronto, to shop for a day. The Eaton's Centre is within walking distance of the Clinic. The Art Gallery of Ontario and serrounding area of boutique shopping are aso within walking distance. Please telephone 527-0754 to volunteer or fet further infarmatiot. Joyce Schenck I wish to express appreciatien to yeta as the editor of the Huron Expositer for yew willingness to help to obtain volunteers for the National Breast Screening Study at Mount Sinai Hospital. Toronto. Your cotmortents appeared in the first edition following my contact witfeyou. The paper is published Thursday morning and I received my first telephone response at 10:45 a.m. 1 have relayed my expression of appreciatiot for this co-operation to Mrs, Johnston Reg. N. at the Breast Screening Centre. My objective is to have 35 ladies available for screening an Tuesday. February at 9 a.m. in Torento. A Habkirk bus will have at 6 a.m. that morning. Appointments start at 9 a.m. Half the ladies will be screened in the Morning and the balance in the aRernoon. Each lady who has contacted me will receive confirmation of her appointment from Mount Sinai along with a study questionnaire which she will complete in the privacy of her own bonne. She will return it to the Clinic at the tittle of her appaintment. Previous information stated "she must riot have had and X -Ray in the previous year." This means only a breast X -Ray. Since enough to bring a change of mind. All day Christmas eve they carried radio bulletins warning about the frightful weath- er expected. It meant Ma Bell got rich as we phoned back and farth to relatia. es due to conte up from the city for he holiday to try to figure out what to do. At one time they decided to come by train, then wondered about hot coming at all and finally ignored the weather farecasts and drove. Of crane doing just the oppesite to what the weather rnen say is often the safest course to take and this time it proved right. The visitors had no trouble at all once they left a stormy Toronto until they pet to our townahip tencession where- the snow removal crews scented to have taken an early Christmas vacation. Somehow these citydrivers. unaocustomed . to fighting through snowbeit roads, managed to make it through the first rnile and a half of nearly -blocked roads only to get stuck a quarter mile from their destination. Luckily a friendly neighbour came to their rescue. Christmas Day the weather men were telling us the storm was over arid in early moroing it looked like it. The windy weather of the da,' before had even failed to fill our long lane with snow by 9 in the morning. By about II when we had to leave to visit other relatives for Christmas all that had changed. The wind had shifted and the lane was nearly blocked. The highways were snow-covered and the wind and snow made visibility poor. We had to take two cars to fit everybody and all the presents in. One of the cars didn't work properly in the cold we4ther. Please turn to page 3