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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-10-31, Page 27.4 • 1 , , . . ''ar, • thi • 4 4 • ' • • • ; Woolen Mills Burned in .1883 414'. • ,r• r •T,r' , „ -•,' q 7 ,,i, • ea: —--2 .., , • IId korog, 5 -4444 t - Muin - Street Store now Hildebrand's 13EST WISHES Seaforth and The Huron Expositor on your 100 Years of Progress We have served the community for over 60 Years GRAVE'S .1%)7ALLPAPtR and 'PAINT Benjamin Moore Paints — Sunworthy Wallpaper Phone 527-6550 Seaforth Ijlicit Distillery Seaforth residents have al- ways been ingenius and ready to go into any line of business. Take for example thelollowing, "For some weeks strong sus- picions existed in town that Monsieur Frank had again em- barked in the business of man- ufacturing pure Scotch within the limits of the town.- This rumor having reached Inspector Caven at Goderich, he came to town on Monday of last Week to search out the illicit manufact- .ory. He searched industrioUsly , " in several suspected places, but to the great joy of Frank he did not succeed in discovering the whereabouts of his mine of liquid wealth. There is little doubt but that such an establish- ment is now in operation in town, but those interested have this time secured as a base o f ,operations a place less easy of discovery than they had on the former occasion. It might be well for the revenue officials to keep an open eye on Seaforth for awhile at least". The Expositor, Ju1y28, 1876. Former Headmaster. Recalls, SDHS Days ( Dr. Rogers is a former principal of the Seaforth Colleg- iate Institute who wrote in the S. C. I. Alumni Year Book for ° 1933. Dr. Rogers taught at S. C. I. from 1900 to 1914 and later was director of education for Ontario.) Looking backward o r the day's work is not an unple arm -chair oceupation when evening's tasks are not too ex- acting; and so although Iiseem to have -earned no leisure', yet I feel constrained by your kind invitation and my own inclin- ation to think back over the years between 1909 and ,1.9.14, when my chief interest fri life was the Seaforth Colleciate In- stitute. I su'ppose there were knotty problems to solve, indifferent students to energize, and re- fractory pupils to discipline, during those years, but somehow or other the° memory of all the difficulties and the unpleasant- nesses hag faded and little re- mains buta warm afterglow. The picture is there but t h e • details are dim and their out- , lines softened, and what,stands out is an impression suffused with the light of kindly remem- brance. In this picture I see the best staff of assistants a princip- al ewer had. The one who serv- ed longest was the late Geo. F. Coiling, a brilliant scholar, an inspiring teacher and a loyal col- league; much of the success of Seaforth candidates at the Uni- versity scholarship examinations was due to his efforts. Death has claimed another wonderful teacher in the person of Mrs. Urquhart, known to us gis Flor- ence E. Kirkwood. Space does not permit qf more than a pass- ing reference to bfarry W. Brown, now head of his department in Oal&ood Collegiate; Dr. Norm- an Miller, who on his return from the war, was aPpointed , Professor of Mathematics a t Queen's University; Miss Steele': who now, the mistress of a manse, is a member faf the Win- dson-Board of Education; Norma " Dafoe, now Mrs. Rochaf and head of the Moderns depart- ment in a Toronto Collegiate; Carrie N1. Knight, perhaps our most brilliant pupil, who pass- ed with incredible speed through the forms of the S. C. I. and who after graduation taught in her home school hefore be- coming the head of the Class- ics department in the Harbord Collegiate. These and other sterling teachers made'possible the fine record of the S. C.1. during my regime as head- master. ' But teachers alone do n o t make aschcol. Perhaps I am not entirely unbiased but it does appear to me that the percellitage of gifted pupils • was unusually high in those • days. Candidates passed ex- aminations with honour stand- ing and won University And Carter Scholarships as a mat- ter of course. Education was in the air, distractions such as radios, motor -cars, and "mov- ies," had not flooded the land. Success bred success, and pu- pils came from a wide area to • a scriool which had acquired something of a reputation. I hesitate tO give names, for memory plays tricks with one and I'm sure to omit names (Continued to page 32) Expand Implement Business • . • • • • The success story of. Warren and his brother, Marlen Vincent of Vincent Farm Equip -bent is fascinating to the point where you really wonder how to begin, to tell it according to a recent story in the Canadian6Farm „ Equipment Dealer. The Vincent -s Internation- al Harvester.dealership will soon be 50 years.old. It was started by Warrents father, Leslie Vincent, who first sold implements in the small streets of Ayr with a wheelbarrow full 461 of farm implements. "My brother and I Were . steeped in the business from the time we could talk," Said War; ten. "Our father would come home after each day out selling implements and tell us about his sales. We -would be fascin- ated and we got every encourag- ement to come into the bus- iness. " In 1955, Warren and Mar- ten took over the business from their father and'kept up the tra- • dition of moving with the times and expanding sales and profit. Warren was one of the first deal- ers in the province te install a Dynamqme ter. 1965 saw the real expans- ion of the Vincent operations. They took over the Galt Lawn & Garden Supply dealership and turned it into another IH oper- ation. The same year, Warren and- Marlen incorpotated , with . Marten running the Galt oper- ation. "The business owes much of its success to Marlen. He is a good salesman and a very far- seeing businessman, " said War - ten, adding laughingly, "so far- ;eeing that he owns more of the business than I dot" Recently the brothers start- ed a third Ili dealership in Sea- fosth, when they purchaied the business of the late John Bach. " This is being run by Marten. "The expansion is in ltne with our policy of steaay growth," said Warren, "We think Seaforth has an excellent potential. It's very mixed farm- ing country with a lot of cash crops, which helps vary the machinery needed, which in turns lessens the chances of us having to rely on one type of equipment. " This year Warren is pres- ident of the Ontario Retail Farm Equipment Dealers Association. THE Atfiletict 'NuRoN ExPosir vro, StAFogrif, rwrq oct 31, • .„, Trapic and field ha alWayk been regarded as a high sChP01 sport in thiS area, Bali spring the high slICO01.5 nbid ncinpetit. tom but little interest has been shown by the general public. Nevertheless the area has pro- duce4 some great stars as wit- ness this article in The Eltposit- or, Sept. 3, 1886. "Mr, G. Perry, who by the way is a resident of this county, and of whose feats as an athlete we have frequently made men- tion before, has again been dis- tinguishing himself. At the Irisk Games at Boston, on the 5th August, Mr, Perry, in throw- ing 56 pounds vieight height attained the neight of 14 feet 2 inches, beating the record by 1 foot 3 inches, and defeating West, the American champion, and other eminent athletes. At Lawrence, Massachusetts, last Saturday he threw the 16 lbs. shot, 45 feet 9 inches,. while the -record is 4.4 feet 4 inches. At this competition hkcarried off three other prizes, and there was the keenest competition. • CONGRATVL To The guron lExpOsitor ATION entering its Second Cvntury of service to the Seaforth Conin3,unity _The Brussels Post Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kennedy • 1 4 Vincent Farm Equipment, Ayr — New building 'under construction PART OF VINCENT'S EXPANSION PRO6RAM Looking to the Future Over 44 Years Experience In The Farm Equipment Business • 1924 — Les Vincent founded Busi- ness • 1927 — He sold first IH No. 8 Har- vester in Ontario • 1948 — Moved to new quarters in Ayr • 1955 L. Marlen and Warren took over father's business .• 1959 — Expanded Operation in Ayr • 1964 — Opened Drive -In Showrooth at Ayr • 1965 — Took over Galt Lawn & • Garden Supply in Galt • 1967- -- Topped $1,000,000 in sales volume fourth. largest farm im- plemeht business in Ontario • 1968 — Took over John Bach's IH Dealership in Seaforth, an establish- ed operation with over 30 years ex- perience a • TODAY — Vincent's n,ow emptoy 30 men in three operations • TOMORROW ? ? ? Marlen Vincent • Warren Vincent (left) Clarence Dale, Elgin Schade, Jack Malcolm, Glen Coleman McClure, Dennis Nolan, Ken "THE BUSINESS RELIABILITY BUILT" 4418414114111111444141144440411414'