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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JUNE 7, 1979
A
nice downtow
Seaforth has .an exceptionally nice downtown core.
There are few who would argue that, from the merchants who invest
more time, money, and energy there every year to people who are
interested inthe beauty of old buildings from all over the province who
cite Seaforth as a fine example of a Main streetscape that Is pretty well
still intact. ,;
That in these days of progress equals plastic, is pretty rare, folks,
and it's something ,to be proud of.
But what we all should be concerned about is making sure it stays
that way, with successful businesses, good looking buildings s and all
the services that members of the co m
e . , h . m unit who shophere want.
How to do
y
that is something that all •businesspeople, town council,
the chamber of commerce, infact everyone who's interested in
Seaforth'sfuture want to know.
At least three
other Huron County towns have takenpositive steps
.to
find
Exeter,Go
out. ; der. ich and Clinton are' each at varyingstages of
making
itheir s
ak ,n g h r downtowns into something called a .• Business
Improvement Area. •
A BIA means planning, ' workingtogether for the good: of the entire
P gr 9
downtoWn It is finnanced by merchants themselves who can designato
a percentage of theirassessmentto the BIA and bygrants from various
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levels of gOyernMent.
A good Business Improvement Area plan wouldinvolve
contributionsfrom existing groups which work for Seaforth. .the C
of C, theHorticulural• Society., perha s the service clubs and .the
LACAC. •
T e province has people.who will explain the B A idea at local
1.
meetings. The Exeter BIA got going after:just such a meeting about
two years ago.
Since thenClinton and Goderich have moved to takeadvantagegof
what the plan offers for small town downtowns. .,. .
Some group Sea forth, of`councilor an inbe it the C C town - o an ads hoc
,
mmiof concerned
oa ittee merchants ought to call an information.
meeting :on a Business. Improvement Area for here;
All those who care about Main SC's future will be there in the front
seat.
overs are welcome
a,r
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Rice fields in: Chine, 1979', by Frances Bali
In the years agone
J ll NE 6,.1879;
A melancholy accident occured on the
Huron Road', west of Seaforth as. Daniel;
McGreggor of Hullett was going down the
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hill opposite Mr. Hug ill's farm, A Mr.
McCune. fell back over the side of the wagon.
The horses, were snipped `ed and' the in'Ju r
,ed
titan was taken, to Alma Hotel. Helingered
until Saturday evening whenhe died;
Julius Duncan has awarded to J.H.
liroadfoot the contract for g_ large
erecting a ar e.
I
t», o storey brick, ,residence on Goderich
Street.
The recentti showers timely � howers: of last week
k
have ladened 'he hearts of all classes.
John. Gove nlock of McKillop- returned
from the old country, He had been over with
a .• --
cargo'of sheep.' p�
The streets committee has commencedthe
work of gravelling the. streets..
The Presbvteriancongregation in: town are.
.
talking about building ,a new manse on their
church property.
h r pe cy
.
Mr, Bryons wWo has been station agent at
Kippen, since the London, Huron and Bruce,
railway was oened. has been promoted b •
P P y4,
the company and previous to his departure a
number of his mane friends treated him to a
farewell and complimentary supper P PP at
Schaffer's Hotel. •
JUNE 10,;1904
A. very distressing and painful' accident
Wagon:: accident kills man in 1879
happened to Hugh J. Ramsay while assisting
to shingle a barn on the farm of .lost ph
Bennett when in some manner he s"ipp,d
falling headlong off the roof. He alighted on
his feet and both ankles were dislocated,
The Methodist congregation on the Wel-
ton circuit will have a garden party at. David
Boyd's on the15th-June:
Thos. McQuaid of the London Medical
College has returned from Toronto where he
pasted 'with:honours in all subjects,
car o - were
Several a loads: of hay •hipped
from Londesboro this week.
Miss J.G. Dickson and , Miss C.B.
McKinley have both' passed their graduation
examinations at Toronto University and are
entitled to the degree of Bachelor of 'Arts.
Mr. E.R. Killoran has passed his final
examination in medicine : and Miss Mabel
Govenlock has passed her junior exam at the
Lillian Masseyschool of Household S r'ience
and Art.
\4,H.' tills is having.to fronto his store'
repainted.
The members of the Presbyterian church,
hate given the contract for new pewsto. a
;Walkerville. company and for leaded `glass. •
windows to the Hobbs Compan} of London.
W,F. Koehler. of McKillop intends leaving
for Milverton where he has secured, employ-
ment in a furniture factory.
:._Behind the scenes
They were installed finally onMonday,.and as of press:time
Wednesday, . they were still in place.
We're talking about the big wooden flower boxes that. the
Horticultural Society,the Chamber of Commerce ad Grade 7 at SPS
veryhave "kindlyprovided t Several' Faces along of
a
... raa
P g both sides
Seaforth's Main Sty •
The boxes were
the subject f a fair t bit of comment
when.approval
for them was requested': at a council Meetihg a couple of months ago.
Itwas a bit of looking; a' gift horse in the thou th situation at the time'.
we thought, with several council members 'making dire' predictions of •
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vandalism, traffic con estion andotherproblems the flower boxes
might cause.
Still it'scouncil's
ob to th
i
hk ahead and look atproposals for change
carefully d after consideration
a n members did agree the boxes should
go ahead..'
Now they're place, adding welcomecolourand beauty to our Main
St:, And we urge all citizens to make sure they stay that way, whole
and intact, 'until the flower season is past,- '
What teaching is all about
A tif . _ ...r
p o the figurative hat should go to Huron County s:elementary
hoof t each r i i it ion
sc t e s and the local board for contrlbultng,•to the production
of :commercials promoting child safety.
TFie commercials the first on bus safety, with others to follow over
two or three years, will be Oh local TV this summer,
At the same time of course teachers are promoting their own image
and there's nothing at all wrong with that,
What better way for Huron teachers to show that they are,
responsible and involved mernbers of the community than by
promoting; child safety? •
Theeac rs
t he ,• should be commended for deciding against a pro"g rarn�
to promote their own profession with a rather hard ,sell approach,
though that approach is perhaps understandablein these' y
nick:
tim
es of decliningr.
.en enrollment.
•• Instead Huron teachers are gOing to the publiC with their concerns
s
• about children . Isn't that what i
t t teach ng,.,is ail about?
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by KeithRoulston
Around the world this weekend, thous-
ands of people, were out protesting "''the
continued use and ' growth : of nuclear
power.
" t"o
They were the biggest demonstrations
ns
since the days of the anti -war protests
when' the United States was involved in
Vietnam, and many. people. noted the
similarities, Even some of the old slogan''
were . revamped to serve the new
ca
use.
Hell no won't or,bacame Heil no,
we won't glow "' and so on.
Are we in for another turbulent time like
the Vietnam protest years? Well it's
perhaps too :early to tell. The current.
protests may swell as they did in the
Vietnam years or they.; may slowly die out
y
as the; memos • of Pennsylvania nuclear • 1
accident recedes and the film, the China
Syndrome dies at the box office, The
potential for growth is , certainly. there,
perhaps even more so than with the
Vietnam years because it's a worldwide
problem. During the Vietnam years Can
adian activists felt left on the sidelines
because we really weren't involved in the
fight, We:are in this :one as are the British
and the Japanese and the people of nearly
every industrialized Country in the world.
This protest though is different. The
fatalities of the Vietnam War were very
real, People Could see the bodies every
night on the television news. The issue this
time is much trickier, There are -no bodies
to be seen, only the fear that someday
there may be more bodies than inVietnam.
As usual the protests bring a polarization
of opinion that leaver many ordinary
citizens left not knowing what to 'believe.
There's ' a certain distrust on one hand a
the overt aetivsts,people who seem to be
waiting for some Cause or other so they can
get out their plac cards and march in a,
picket line. 'On the other hand there's a
huge distract of governrttent and utility
officials. One would be hard pressed to find
anyone around here who believes that
Ontario Hydro tell the whole truth about its
activities. According to Hydro officials,
everything is always hunky dory even when
it appears anything but. Two men get an
'Overdose of radiation at the Bruce plant
and hydro assures us that everything is ail'
right. Heavy 'water is released into nubile
waterways and Hydto assures us there is
no danger. It's that kind of "assurances"
that eould make the$
rotests "row and
p
grow.,
Behind' all' the protests 1 thirds is the fear
on the part of ordinary people that the
world has been seized by a technology that
is Out Of control. This isn't just involved in
the feint Of nuclear power but in the use ''of
Many visitors were in Bayfield during -the
meeting of the Lutheran synod,; Autos
began arriving early: andthe street were
crowded well into the night. No accidents of
any kind occurred to mar the proceedings.
The builders and contractors of Hensell
report lots of work and considerable building.
and repairing will be the order of the
summer months.
Mrs. Duffy of Dublin met"with a painful
accident lastweek when she fell while trying
to walk across the floor,
G.H. Elliott, thewell known auctioneer
and insurance agent of Clinton leaves for a
five day holiday to be spent at the. Royal.
Muskokee Hotel in Montreal as a guest of
the. Canada Life Insurance Co. Mr.: Elliott
sold over $1.00,000' worth of insurance for the
company this year.
The executive of the bowling club thank
the citizens of Seaforth for the generous way.
in which they have responded -.to the call of
the canvassers collecting funds for the new
club house.. '
andMiss
Smith . Abbie Seip
Miss Jean
were in Gerrieattending. the Strangway
Ahston wedding.
Reid Edmunds has successfully passed his
third year in Dentistry and has left for Fort
McNichol and will spend the summer as a
m.:mberof the ere of a lake. boat.
Messrs. B.O. Muir, W.C. Bennett and.
Chas. Neely are attending a reunion of the
3$th Ottawa Battalion being held in. Toronto.
Harold Dale has purchased the residence
of the late Geo. Murdie'.on Goderich St.
West.
Josh Dennison of town has sold his
residence on James Street to Wm;
McDonald ofar; Ki pen.
JUNE ,11-1954
Widely known Seaforth residents Dr.
Foster Harburn and Mrs. Harburn 'cele-
brated the. 50th wedding anniversaryo
of their.',
marriage at their home North Main Street:
Prior to his retirement in 1945;: he was a
veterinary surgeon for 53 years.
Miss Mary Lou Sills has received her B.R.
in .home economics; and has accepted a
position with the Union Gas company; at
Chatham.
Something unusualin tulipsisbeing
grown by. J.K. Cornish atBrucefield, Instead, •
of the usual single bloom' from a stem, Mr.
Cornish has a number of tulips which have
three perfectly formed blooms_ all originally
from a single. stem.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Smith havemoved into.
'their new home which they recently built,:
There is much building activity in Seaforth
Six residences are under construction; new,
feed mill is being erected by Topnotch and.
the: 5100.000 addition to-' the District High
School is well under way:
ie nuclear protests
additives in foods, the use of chemicals t9.
control every kind of pest whetherinsect,
animal or vegetable and a dozen other.
areas where people are concerned today.
There's a whole new industry in•catering to
those fears from natural food -stores to
magazines like Harrowsmith that cater to
the:people who want an alternate lifestyle.
Somewhere along the way our view of
technology has changed, People who came
out as' 'natural a
to this: country lived a6 r
lifestyle as there wasThe had to struggle
, Y gg
against nature• with very few aids. For
them the coming of technology was a
blessing, A. scythe was an improvement
over a sickle, a binder a huge Stepover the
scythe;the world a and so on. The inventions that
revolutionizedo a t :the- end of the
last century were looked on as blessing'.,
from. God.
Probably there were those in that age
Probably B
To the editor:•
Students
who -shook their heads and wondered what
the world was coming to a but for the most
part, people looked forward to the changes,
changes that freed them from the drugery
of their work. While . the mechanical
chwere'coming research in ch em- •
istry'. was also' goingon, research that
provided, new drugs to save lives.
.'People came to accept all these,changes,
as progress.:: For a long time ttwasprogress,
something that really improved the lives'of`
the people.: Through the 1950's and into•
the 1960's there were few doubts that each
new scientific breakthrough was of benefit
toussall. .
It was in the 1960's and 1970's however,
when some people began to realize that
every change wasn't necessarily progress:
We, gtit so hooked on; change that we got
carried away. Science was the :.. glamour
'subject of education, particularly after the:•
learn ea
Quebec City and Montreal were invaded'.
again this year. No, not like the last time
with bullets and dressed in red coats, but,
by a herd of students in garbage bags
(which were used to keep us: dry during the
rain.)
he success of the. trip
T was based on the
co-operation and: consideration of both
students and chaperones, It was a learning
experience of our Canadian history, the.
understanding of our second culture and:
language and how to get along with others,,
As a lot of adults have said, the time to
travel and to get along withothers whose
language differs is when you are. young for'
s l�
it's easier to adapt to, the changes,
We saw such sights as the Olympic'
Stadium, the Citadel, some of the oldest
buildings in. Canada, the Plains of Abra-
ham,the walled city and millions of other
sights: Although we couldn't get into the
Parliament Buildings, itgave us time to
Visit places our groups and individuals.
were interested in,
But no matter how much we 'saint, *e
learned the most from the people. They
were really helpful and friendly', riot what
some 'people expected. They really helped,
us :rith our bad Frznch and excused us of
if. Ween' leavi'tig We have picked up quite a
bit of the dialogue and found ourseh°es
continuously 'using it. If 1 hadn't gone on
this Trip, 1 doubt 1 would have as 'much
respect for the French or realize the need
Russians launched their first satellite and,
the race to the ' moon was on. We
constructed huge: research facilities filled
with scientists bent on inventing, ° even if
we didn't really need the inventions. And
of course once the inventions were made,
,
there were executives and salesmen dedi-.
cated on selling the., invention even if
people didn't really need it and public
relations men whose goal was to explain •
away any doubts might be developed.
Hopefully what will come out of the
current doubts is a new 'realistic age, an
age where we realize that technology is not
a bad thing but must be used carefully. It
must once again be made the servant of the
people, not the master. We must' get to the
stage of saying "Well, do we really need
that new chemical or electronic gadget? If
through all these protests and fears we can::.
reach that age of common, sense 'then. :its
1.
will all have been worth it.:
to respect French
for the knowledge, of French in the future,
We understand the concern of some of
the parents and the Board of Education,
who were opposed to such trips, but they
are worthwhile and should be supported.
Generalization of students and student
behaviour is not always valid and if this trip
proves anything it should prove we can.
handle ourselves maturely without
embarrassment to the community.
We would also like to thank Dorothy
Williams, who was one of otir chaperones,
for being a main supporter of the trip to the:
Board.
I do hope for future students this
privilege will -be available but not one to
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abuse. Pam Carnochan,
SDH$ student
ALPHA supports is curb cuts
Editor's Notes A copy of the following
letter to Seaforth's Town council was sent
to the Expositor for publication
Alpha Huron (Awareness League of
Physically Handicapped Adults in Huron
County) would like to support the request
of Mr. Alfie Dale that council' consider the
installation of curb cuts in doivntown
sidewalks in Seaforth.
We understand at least four residents of
Seaforth are ins'wheelchairs. Curb cuts
Allow wheelchair Wets to manouevre
Sidewalks independently.
Curb cuts are also beneficial to senior
citizens and persons ' with arthritis,
emphysema and other mobility problems.
Mothers pushing baby buggies and women
pulling shopping carts also find them
helpful.
Neighouring towns that have instituted
curb cuts are G'oderi°h W g in ham, Clinton,
and Kincardine Two sightless members of
Alpha Huron have fotind' the curb cuts' in
,Wingham and Kincardine to be most
serviceable. The Wingham sidewalks
combine cuts with conventionalcurbs,•.
while the Kincardine cuts contain ti slip;"
which allows the sightless pedestrians to
detect the end of the sidewalk.
Alpha Huron hopes you will recognize
the needs and rights of physically
handicapped persons to be able to travel on
Seaforth: sidewalks. If We can assist in any
`wan cont. ctat h •.
Way, na uss the e
address or calx
our president, •Mrs. Pat Watson, at
Brussels 887.6236.
Sinte ety yours
Phyllis Cox, Sectetaty
Alpha HMS