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SEAFQRT4I, ONTARIO, JUICE 14r 1.979
Looking for co.spram
Seaforth Gouncila indicated; an appreciation of what an . attractive
entrance to the town can mean when it expressed concern about a
proposal the town into a
ro osal to'convert Silver Creole atthe easterly limits of
Municipal
Involveddiisthedredging out of an open ditch
that will speed up the
flow of waters from the McKillop portion of the Silver Creek drainiage
area to its final_ outlet at the Egmondville RiVer.• Theproposed plan
alters Silver Creek as it flows across lots in McKillop into Seaforth,
across a corner of the hospital property and under the highway bridge
at the tions Park. •
There always is a conflict between what the owner of a property is
entitled to do with his land and what are the benefits to the public as a
whole, Certainly there can be no argument about th owners of land
having the right to, make the most effective use of their lands as is
possible. They should not be called on to subsidize :something that'
serves the public as a whole.
in this case a direct water route which would result from a new drain,
would make available additional acres of private lands for production.
At.the•same time substituting a -naked drainage ditch for a meandering,
creek at the edge of Seaforth would: seriously detract from what has
been 'one of the: most 'pleasing entrances to any town along No. 8
Highway"•..., r
The'coMbination of Silver Creek, the',Lions Park and the hospital
grounds has created an entrance that is unique to Seaforth -- and
s_i increasing ' comments..,Throu h the years it;
which each: year: excite n g 9
was an arrangement that those involved with work at the Park, in the
of the hospital and in - construction. of the highway bridge,
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were careful to ,preserve. p
Surely,there must be 'a compromise ,solution that will_ permit
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property ,owners to gain the advantages which a drain would ould bringand
d thatof the same time would
recognize how
to which they are:eintitle , 9
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` desirable . it is :that nothing be done that would detract from the •
attractive present eastern' entrance t
o Seaforth.orth.
The action b Seaforth. council 'should have the effect of at least
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another, and hopefully sympathetic; 'look at the proposal.
The old school
The fate of the old Seaforth ',public School on Church ,Streetis
hanging in balance with the recent expansion at the Genesco factory.
The school, a beautiful example of the early architecture which
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makes Seaforth.so attractive to heritage groups, deserve a second
chance before it is'sold for demolition.
The school has potential either as a commercial property, possible
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as a future senior citizens home or'for development as a museum.
lou as' the Genesco company was using the buildingas a warehouse,
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its future seemed safe and local residents abandoned• any campaign camp ai n to
have the buildingpermanentlypreserved.
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It's hoped; the Genesco company, perhaps with the urging of
Seaforth s council, will give local residents a chance to try andfind
a
feasible use for the old school which can at least ;preserve' the exterior
architecture.
The first step would be a public meeting to, see if there
is enough
community support to launch a more intensive campaign save : PPtohe t e,
school. important uses have been found for buildings with historical'
and sentimental significance in other Huron and Perth. county towns,
Perhapsthe old school can become
the draw'ug cardthat will
persuade ,people tostop inSeaforth rather
than passing through on
their way to other towns
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xpostor asks::
A re you going to the Wintario draw.*?'
Wintario night is coating soon and it's,
corning to Seaforth. So we decided to find
outfox Expositor Asks v
hetherloea1people
in the arca planned to :cone and: their
reasons for coming,
:Mrs: Cathy Bezaire of R.R.
Seaforth
said she ,never actually thought about it.
She say's she doesn't buy Wintario tickets
herself because her husband buys them.
Mrs, Deb Janmaat of Egmond.ville said
she didn't know yet but thought they would:
likely , go just to watch althou'`h she says'
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they usually do get tickets on Wintario.
Mrs, Eveylyn Willis of 49 George St. in,
Seaforth said "Yes. I am. 1 have a ticket."'
She said she'd like to go to the: show to see'
if she won.
Mrs. Donna Bosnian of said
she' didn't know it wason but now that she..
knew she just might go,
"1 might just be our lucky night`," she
said.
Mrs, Lloyd Heard of Varna said she
didn't think she was, • as she had already.
gone to see the show when it was in.
Goderich. She added that she did have a
ticket for the draw.,
Mrs. Cattier MeKaig of R.R. 2, Staffa
said, "Well« t'11 be $0 on n1 next birthdat
so I dont go to many of those things.
"We might possibly go just to see it,"
she added.
Mrs, Harold . chiattman . of Matilda
Street : Dublin said t t i `n bus she's not able to go
butshe and her husband bu • W''`'
} tntaria
tickets all the time, •
And she said they will be watching the
draw on television, 'They've been lucky
with Wintario as her •husband won $25. on
one occasion. 5100. another time and they
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have even won a free book of Wintario
tickets.
Advertiding is accepted On the cOnditton that In the event of a typographical error the adver Istng Spate
occupied by the erroneous Item, together with reasonable Allowance for signature. win not be charged for but
the belehtle of the advertlsemett will be paid for at the applicable rate.
While emery effort will be made to insure the' ire handled With Carethe .. Is cannot 'kis
. « publhen not be tespondible to
the return of unsolicited riiaoustarlpts of 'photos.
Silver Creek north of Highway 8
In the Years "agone --
Belden working
.11 NE13, 1$79
- On Wednesday evening « while Mr.
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Schmidt of E, niondville was cutting grass
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with a sicklehe cut his hand badly. -
Last
adly.-Last' Saturday, Robert Govenlock of
McKillop brought to the Expositor a sample.
of Senicn ww'heat which.measures 42 inches;
Negotiations are now. in proress for the
union ofSea fort h Presby"tserian and °Harpur-
he e.hurehes.. Rey. M ,Barr;. pastor •of the
latter church having become aged and infirm
is desirous of retiring from active ministerial
duties.'
Seaforth, this season, is thebest wool
market in this part of the'province, .higher.
prices having been paid here than in either
• Toronto or London.
'JUNE 17,1904
James Hagan of Hillsgreen has purchased
a new rubber tired -buggy from F. Hess.
Jacob McGeehas leased; his residence in•
• Egmondville to Mr. Williams' and intends
making his home with his granddaughter.
• Mrs. Eberhart.
H. Jeffrey has purchased the residence of
the.late. John Weir for 52,500.
As most: of the readers of the Expositor are .:Messrs. Donovan and Robins were award-
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awarea work of the neer historical atlas hijs' I third prize for their: splendid draft team at.
been in preparation for Huron County by';;'the Guelph horse show.
Messrs. H. Beldon and Co. of Toronto. • Harry Willis has purchased the residence
The recent genial, showers :have•had amost of D.C. Willson on Goderich St.
invigorating effect on vegetation. .. There were 176 tickets sold at Seaforth
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Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
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One e s
Strange, 'isn't it, how soonthe crises of
today fade in the trhan in world of
g. g.
tomorrow. ••
lt'seems only a short time ago that we
were in the midst of one of the most violent
eriods of Nottli American history, artic-
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ularly ' south of the border. Rioting was
►v tiein h o g h the black ghettos of the
spgt,rug h
U.S.1...It seemed the country was on .a verge
of Collapse. The violence came frighten-
ingly( p g
ingly close for us herd in southern Ontario
in the summer of 1967 when the tales of
Detroit hung aflame came northward.
Detroit: that was almost Canada.
1 remembered. asI'heard those stories,
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h vin Y visited. �ela five � inWindsor
a � r t s Windsor
Huron
the Farmers Excursion to Guelph • on
Saturday.
Picnic :parties to the lake and strawberry
festivals will soon be the order of the day,
The road grader:atas been doing some
good woak'un the roads in. Hensall,
Thos. "Welsh of Hensall is taking advan-
tagerof the long evenings to get. his 'electric
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light plant retouched. Boilers are .:being
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cleaned -and everything put in first class
shape.
Some of the farmers around 'Winthrop
have not finished seeding on account of the
wet weather.
Wm. Schawlna of the ;Blind line, Zurich
and Moses Geiger have raised their barns
and built foundations underneath.
Mr. Bennett is one of the tenders for the.
' new post office building at Wingham. •
the 'future of the
citythat
semi dynamic
symbol of faith in the city was :needed.
Ford decided to spearhead that act of faith
and; put his money, and his influence behind
the, building of the Renaissance Center..
• There were many who said the attempt was
doomed' to failure. Just building i '
f buildings:
wasn't enough, they said. The, Center
would have to be an armed camp in the
Middle of enemy. territory. People would.
have to work there perhaps, s, but they'd
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escape as soon as possible back to the safe
suburbs:
But the faith shown by Ford and the
others seems to have been justified. The
Center • has inspired others to reconsider
ha' in r one . downto the riverfro ' t andd .
b n , n downtown Detroit. By this act of faith in
looked across the 'narrow strip of water at. M their city, Henry Ford and the • others.
ancither country. Now it; seemed like 'around him may have saved their city. ,
another world. And yet it:was uncomfort• In a place as big as Detroit only a Henry
able too. Would -that river be a wide • Ford can make that kind of impact on his
enough moat ;to stop'. the violence from community:.. Ordinary people in cities. can't
crossing the border as so many other have much effect on the, future• of. their
American trends had" community. All they can hope to do is vote
I remember too visiting other relatives a on election day and not throw their gum
couple of years later and driving' through wrappers on the street. •
Det cit from the Windsor tunnel heading The " thing I've always found exciting
for a green suburbs beyond the blight of about' small town life however is Or ou
downtown, The signs of the riot were still don't have to be a Henry 'Ford to have a
there, burned buildings and empty, weedy real effect on your community: In a small
lots in the:the city middle 'of ci .y where town or village any citizen with goodideas
and a reasonable : o
am uni of drive .can
accomplish good things.' We've seen it in
recent years where school teachers and;
plumbers and Other ordinary people have
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seen things that'need to be done and
organized and. got thosethings done.
We've seen historic buildings saved frotn.
the wreckers hammer and restored to let 'us
see a bit of history. We've seen fanners
markets started, We've seen day care
centres or centres for 13 hel in the elderlYy. «
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We've seen parks bunt or funds started to
help the unfortunate or the hand
icapped:
The opportunity its there in a small town
:for each of us to contribute, The responsib-
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lity. is there, for each of us ; to make our
contribution, We * can't sit back like we
would in a city and Say that there's nothing
we can do to make our community a better
place. We know there is a way we can
contribute. We can have an idea and
organize others Who support that idea to
get things done, or we can join a service
:group or a church group or other
community organizations,
buildings had, stood only a couple of years'.
later. What storeswere life wexe shuttered
this Sunday morning with huge iron p grates
to keep out intruders.'
That's the image many ofus have held of
Detroit n the last decade: the Detroit . in h t troi
t of the
riots; the Detroit of Murder City where two
people died every day atthe hands of
Others.
What brought all this to. mind for me
recently was a spate of stories on the new
image of Detroit, The new Detroitis a cit}
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with a downtown area that is once again
becoming an exciting place, not a place
abandoned by all but those too poor to
Move out to the suburbs.. It's a city where
the crime 'rate has been dropping dramat-
ically. t
The new Detroit 'i:. st+mbolized by
Renaissance Centre. a huge downtown
redevelopment with an apt name. it was
hoped that the net of faith of building a
huge new dow mown development would
being a renaissance to downtown. That is
tvtactly what it has done,
The man generally credited for the
building of the centre is HenryPor
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Mart at the top of the industry that made
,Detroit well known around the world, Ford
was persuaded by those concerned about
Etta of us has the potential to bring
changes. We may never even' have a small
portion of Henry Ford's money, butwe can
have just as much influence in our own
community.
James McMichael, 'Seaforth : veteran
bowler was in Mitchell and brought back the
scaip of Fred Burritt." It is a good one that
can defeat the "Wee Boots."
JUNE 14 1929
John Doig of Tuckersmith and Detroit
College of Law successfully passed the
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Dean's examinations having obtained a full
mark, 100%
If one took a drive from the centre of the
County to the boundaries in any direction
that person could. not help but come ro the
conclusion that Huron has been wonderfully
blessed in crops this year:
At last, Saturday's meeting of the McKil-
lop Council, John Reid was- awarded the
'contract for the Hoegy drain and W. Papien
was awarded the contract for two bridges.
over the Woods drain.
The frame work of the new barn being
erected on the farm of P. Deichert of the
Blind line has been put up and work is being
done on the roof and siding.
D.M. "Beattie, • B.S,C. son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Edeattie of Seaforth, who has been in
the employment: of the Ontario Government
for the past three years as Instructor : and
Inspector for the <Belleville district has been
appointed a Dominion Department of Agri•
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culture Inspector with:. headquarters ' in
Toronto.
Mrs. Ivey • Henderson who has resided in
Seaforth for several years has moved to his
father's farm in McKillop.
Mangold friends here will regret to learn
of the death of John Daley who passedaway
at his home. in Kennedy, Sask. He was born
in
'En land but spent the greater part of. his
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life in Seaforth..
A very serious accident occurred on the
highway west of Seaforth: Mr. and Mrs. J F:
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Henderson of Seaforth had just come' south
on the McKillop Hullet boundary when, a car
occupied by two commercial men • collided
with 'them head on,
JUNE 18,1954 w
Some weeks ago a Clinton organization, in
Order to advertise a bingo, had dodgers
scattered on the district from an 'aircraft.
One of the lucky dodgers turned up a few
days ago when Miss Olive Laidlaw found it
in a fireplace in the Laidlaw residence. • While Huron Junior Farmers. and Junior.
Institutes were not successfut,in their bid for
the J.S. Whyte trophy at the inter county
field meet, many of the Huron entries gave
outstanding performances. Such was the
case in the relay race won by the Seaforth
team: The team. included Catherine Carni-
bell,
ampbell, Laura Johnston, Margaret Stevens and
Ruth Keyes,
Seaforth Lions entertained their ladies at a
dinner and social evening at 'Menard's in.
Exeter..,Some'so. Lions and guests took part
in the affair which was arranged by Lions
A.W. Sillery, John Turnbull. and M.E.
Clarke,
Mrs. Nettie Sampson of Toronto, who is,
well known in town, 'had the misfortune to
fall and break her hiPrecently. She is a
patient in Toronto General Hospital.
The death occurred' in• Hamilton,.foliowing
a long illness)of Sarah Ann Sproat, widow of
the late Robert Bell of Seaforth.
The sudden death of Mrs; Wm. Ament
occurred at the home of her daughter. She
was in her 78th year.
o the editor.
Calls for using the school.
It is with a sense of urgency that this
letter is: directed to His Worship, the
Mayor, and the Council for the Town of
Seaforth.;The subject :natter concerns one
of our earlier buildings which, in its
present form, is probably an eyesore for
neighbours as well as a potential hazard for
youngsters - should it be vacated in the
near future.
The building is the old Seaforth Public School. Despite its ts cu
nen
t appearance,.
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and despite its potential for becoming
an
unoccupied derelict, it is ib fact, a fine
example of . 19th Century institutional
architecture in this part of Ontario, Jt is
Also a buildingwith special meaning . and
Sentiment for hundreds of Seaforth „linty
Wes.
As such, it has:particular p r heritage
significance.,
Using Festival Square, Stratford, as an
example of how a neglected building can
be structurally and aesthetically converted
to become a community asset with a new
use, the following proposal is made:
1. THAT the Town; on behalf of the
comiiit pity, initiate immediate enquiries to
the owners of the building to determine; the
school's current status and expected
dispositibn,
2. THAT the Town encourage or spon-
sor some form • of public discussion
regarding the fate of this B buildin as, a
means' ofdeterminin8 general eneral Public.
attitude towards this building.
3. THAT the Town consider the offer of
a token subsidy of $50, to S100. as; the
means of initiating the necessary engineer-
ing
g study to examine whether the best
course' of acton would be to demolish the
building; the .'balance of the ahtit i ated'
$500. cost to be raised privately from
citizens and community -Minded : groups, if
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interest exists;
In this manner, the question of the
future« t1
of the old Seaforth Public School and
its property could be assessed in a positive
and constructive manner before final
decisions aretaken by Genesco. Contro-
versy could be minimized and the best
decision for all concerned could be
reached'. There may well be some
possibilities about using this location for
future senior citizens' accommodation. An.
examination of the various °possibilities
about using this Ioeation for future senior
citizens accorrintodation,• An examination'
of :the various possibilites would help the
Town set a fruitful course of action.
Respectfully,
P. Carroll, Nancy Larone,
Frank Sills & Bill 'resit
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