HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-12-31, Page 6HURON EXPOSITOR0 DECEMBER
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SDHS 0014611 ifit's senior
boys' basketball is on a
four Runic Wjtillitig,srrcak'4S"
the team hears end of season
play. ;
nnni,Pgrilt RonanCntil-
.010,SePatnte School board
trustees apprOve a motion
aHowing the 17 Vietnamese
'rftigee children in their
systemio attend 'school free
er a year,
FEliwkin280.980
Seaforth Puhlie School is
0050 ,orid students are ev-
acuated after a noon hour
bomb scare. Rural students
rom SPS and the high school
ere bus ed home early.
Police Chief John Cairns
returns to the job •after a
two-month suspension with
ay-by-tOwn-couneil, ,
Huron Federation of Ag-
riculture members warn high
interest rates are making it
difficult for yoqng farmers to
enter agriculture at the fed-
eration's annual members of
parliameqt meeting.
Elizabeth Murray. a St.
Columban native, Ccleorates
her -92nd birthday at het
home in Marian Villa, Lon-
don.
MARCO 6, 1980 -
Tuckersmith township
council decides to oppose a
petition circulated earlier
this year asking for a ward
system for Vanastra.
Seaforth businessmen are
invited to attend a meeting to
discuss formation of.a Busi-
ness Improvement Area for
the downtown.
A century -old Wilding,
formerly the location of
Luke's Machine Shop on
Main Street, once a black-
smith and carriage shopiwas
demolished to make room for
a new store planned for the
site.
Area teenagers form the
Seaforth Leo Club, and.pre-
sident Dennis Nielsen ac-
cepts the club's charter from
Harold Turnbull, Seaforth
Lions Club president.
MARCH 13, 1980
Mr. and Mrs. David Papp-
le who farmed in Tucker -
smith Township for many
years, celebrated their 70th
wedding anniversary in Hu-
ronview, where they now
reside.
Seaforth native Gary Wil-
liams. Ward 5 alderman in
London, is honoured as one
of five outstanding young
Londoners by the West Lon-
don Jaycees.
All town employees, ex-
cept Seaforth's police depart-
ment. accept a 10 per cent
raise for .1980 in contract
negotiations with the town.
A nine-year-old Mitchell
area student, who contacted
Reye's Syndrome. is in im-
proved conditibn in London's
Victoria Hospital.
MARCH 20, 1980
Alec and Gail Glanville
and family of R.R. 4, Walton
are pulling up slakes td try
farming near Melfort. Sask.
atchewan.
Trudy Broome is appoint-
ed librarian at Seaforth Pub -
tic Library, following the
retirement of Stella Beattie.
Mayor John Sinnamon
gives strong support to the
ideda of a Business Im-
provement Area (B1A) at a
public meeting Tuesday.
Jane Badley. of Brussels.
was recently awarded half of
her family's farm business in
a divorce settlement. a first
under Ontario's Family Law
Reform Act.
MARCH 27. 1980
Local egg producers suffer
financial loss when C B
Whoe and Sons Ltd . a
May 15
CONGRATULATIONS, JOHNNY—Mayor John
Sinpamon„ of S„eaforth congratulates Johnny
Nielsen and presents him with one of the
distinctive meet plaques, featuring the town
crest, at the end. of Saturday's event. The
plaques presented to winning athletes were
donated by the Town of Seaforth. (Photo by
Gibb)
et sereni
adness brig, your days
ughoit this New Year, \
always. Our sincerqhank
for your continuingtu
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'Burlington egg grading sta•
tioni$oes int() receivership.
Residents of Heritage Es-
tates. east of Seaforth were.
without electricity' for 24
hours as a result Friday
and Saturday's high winds.
' Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roger'.
sett of Hensall, who were
marled. in Londesboro sp
years ago, celebrated their
golden anniversary Satur-
-day.
t the dawn of
o bright New Year,
we wish you fresh
horizons, and the
fulfillment of
your fondest
hopes and dreams.
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• Brussels
The McQuaid sisters of
Seaforth took top honours in
the junior amateur contest at
the London Seed Fair recent-
ly.
Kevin Melady scored the
winning goal as the Seaforth
PeeWees won the Young
Canada Week hockey tourn-
ament in Goderich.
• Dr. Whitman
"roasted"
APRIL 3, 1980
Dr. Rodger Whitman and
his family were, honoured at a
"roast" sponsored by the
Seaforth H iricultural Society.
The family are moving to
Texas later this spring..
kith Bell, the former Ruth
Van Egmond, member of a
Huron County pioneer family,
dies in Beamsville.
The Nielsen Field Meet,
scheduled for May 10, was
given the go -ahead -when the
Legion sports committee re-
ceived a 3750 donation from
Labatt's.
Jeanette Finnigan of Sea -
forth is appointed assistant
librarian at Seaforth Public
Library.
Rick Kloss of Brucefield
and his partner Tony Gibb-
ings took the men's advanc-
cd amateur honors/ in the
Seaforth Optimist Club's
eighth annual canoe race on
the Hayfield River.
APRIL 10, 1980
Huron County farmers will
join other, farmers going to
Ottawa to protest the high
interest rates.
Tracy Schrader. 9 of R.R. 2
Staffa returns home after
winning her battle against
Reye's Snydrome.
Howard Kerr, 80. recalls
his schooldays at S.S. No. 2.
McKillop in 1910 when Is -
°belle Anderson was teach-
er.
Central Huron District Se-
condary School. Clinton re-
quires a Pied Piper after
three-quarters of the stud -
dents walk --out due to an
The cloie of one
chapter means the
beginning of the
next. Here's to a
storybook year!
RYAN
BULLDOZING
R.R. No. 3• ,
Brussels
infestation'�f
Seafoith's BP Dumpers do
it again - the brembali team'
makes a clean sweep of the
local league, '
APRIL lit 1980,
Seaforth I.G.A., owned by
Bruce Hoelscher, a town
councillor, Will be 'closing
this fall and Mr. Hoelscher
will be opening a Knetchtel
Foods store in-'Orent
Johnny Nielsen of Seaforth
wins a gold medal in the
Mansfield, Ohio Relays in
the simtput event.
Midnight Madness, spoil-
sored by Seaforth merchants,
proves a success as shoppers
make purchases until almost
midnight.
Goderich OPP report there
are no suspects in the rob-
bery of the Londesboro Bank
of Montreal on Thursday by a
Ione bandit.
Isabelle Shortreed of Wal-
ton wins a trip for two to the
Barbados through a draw at
Keating's pharmacy.
A peak audience of 8 00
attends the Van Egmond
Foundation's Fiddlers' Jam-
boree which featured "old
tyme music" and stepdanc-
ing.
APRIL 24, 1980
Walton area subscribers
to the Bell Telephone ex -
'change are waging a fight
with the telephone company
to keep their Seaforth num-
bers.
Ken Doig of Seaforth was
on the team which won the
gold medal in a World Wide
Oldtimers hockey tourna-
ment held in Scotland.
The town of Seaforth pre-
sents SDHS teacher Terry
Johnson with an S800 grant
for'the Nielsbn Field Meet in
May.
Perth County board of
education proposes collect-
ing education " s from
municipalities Jar times 4
year to solve ' bbronic cash
flow problems.
Ruth Harburn -of the Staf-
fa #1 Club received her
INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY—International
HoCkey came' to Seaforth New Year's Day, as
Vojens, a Danish midget squad, played the local
team and tied 8-8 in th
advanced honours for comp-
leting 18 4-H, homemaking
clubs.
MAY 1, 1980
• Seaforth Optimists are
looking for volunteers to
establish a Block 'Parent pro-
gram In Seafortii.
A local juvenile steals a
truck, valued at approxi-
mately 860,000 from the
McNichol Trucking lot on
Birch Street but was appre-
hended when the truck slid
into a nearby ditch.
Area youngsters spent- at
least part of Saturday fishing
for 350 rainbow and speckled
trout in the Seaforth Sports=
msn's Club fishing derby
held in the Lions Park.
Local news comes first
with newspaper readers, eor-
respondeLnts from Huron,
Perth and Bruce newspapers
heard at a seminar led by
Bob Trotter of Conestoga
College. Correspondents
were advised to stress local
news and names.
MAY 8, 1980
A freak windstorm "roars'
through Hensall, blowing off
part of a tin roof and leaving
part of the town without
power for several hours.
The Seaforth Horticultural
Society members tour Mary
McLeod's woods, identifying
variety of interesting wild
plants.
Mable Rennie, a well-
known local piano teacher
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exciting contest. , A large crOwd at1encled the
match, More pictures and a story will 'appear
next weelc, •
(Exposicor photo)
January 30
• 50 YEARS. A LEGION MEMBER—E.C. (Ned) Boswell who's almost 93
received a pin marking 50 years membership In Seaforth's LeglOn,
Saturday night. Making the presentation is Bob Chapman, Goderich,
deputy zone commander.
•
- (Photo by Oke)
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