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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MARCH 10, 1966
Centennial
Planning Under Way
After a lapse" of some months, Sea-
forth's Centennial Committee last week
resumed consideration of the part the
community will play in Canada's hun-
dredth birthday party.
With Centennary Year less than, a
year away, and with the opening inex-
orably set by the calendar for January
1, 1967, the consideration probably is
not any too soon. While it is true that
frequently those events that grow as
a matter of expediency and on the spur
of the moment are the most successful,
in this case there are too many matte*
requiring decision to leave planning),
until the last minute.
Of top priority, of course, is the Cen-
tennial project. Not only must deci-
sions be taken concerning details of
the project and . final provincial and
federal approvals obtained, but con-
struction too must be completed.
Equallyimportant- is the nature of
the 'birthday celebrations. How can
they be arranged to result in the -great-
est involvement of the community? How
can each group, each organization play
a part? To make it the kind of, `once
in a hundred yeirs" party such an oc-
casion deserves, takes time and a lot
of planning and consultation, not only
with local. groups, but also with the
neighboring townships of McKillop and
Tuckersmith, who quite properly should
be, invited to join in the celebration
arrangements.
Seaforth, perhaps, has more reason.
than most municipalities to kick up its
collective heels. Not only will the town
celebrate Canada's birthday, it will al-
so mark the 100th anniversary of the
decision to establish the village of Sea -
forth, which came into being on Janu-
ary lst of the following year.
Elsewhere in this issue appears a
series of suggestions advanced by pro-
vincial Centennial officials to assist in
municipal Centennial party planning.
Not all are applicable; some, in fact,
merit little consideration having re-
gard to Seaforth's location, but in the
List are many items that could well
form the basis of a program series that
would do the community proud. At the
very least, the suggestions should gen-
.erate some helpful discussion.
A New Slant To An
Everynow and then somebody ex-
presses a well known fact in a new
way, and this emphasizes something
that, perhaps through familiarity, we
sometimes ignore,
So it was that Reeve• Harold Her-
man, of Milverton, told a meeting .of
the Midwestern Development As°'socia-
tion at Brodhagen recently of the 'bene-
fits of newspaper "advertising.
As reported'in the daily press, Reeve
Herman said he thought advertising in
a proposed promotional campaign
should be in newspapers "where it's
always _there to see."
•
He asked if much money was being
allocated to television, or radio where
`it's. just a swish"—he demonstrated
with his hands what he meant by swish
Old Story
—"and then it's gone."
An advertisement in a newspaper,
he said, was always at hand. "Even if
you use the paper to pad the soles of
your shoes you can always read it later
when yowl change insoles, he said.
•
Reasonable?
(Fort William Times -Journal)
Civil servants in convention discuss-
ed the idea of giving a day off to men
who -have just become fathers. It' is
rather, a reasonable suggestion, . since
most of them are so busy passing out
cigars and talking about the news ar-
rival they don't' get much' work done
anyway.
A Macduff Ottawa. Report -
•Suggest Wider Base for Estate' Tax
OTTAWA—A few years- ago something for his old age and'
if the average wage and salary for his survivors, is only just
earner realized there was:,, such waking up to the fact that he
a thing 'as an Estates Tai Act may be building an estate that
(then Succession Duties Act) he will interest the tax collector.
viewed it as something out of The Canada Pension Plan • to -
his realm and ken. Even if he wards which- he• and his em -
were earning a' fair salary the ployer must contribute whe-
chances of his building up an ther they like' it or not has
estate of more than $60,000, brought this possibility much
the miirimum on which his wi- closer.
dow would -pay succession du- 11 he' is earning $5,000 a year
ties, were remote. er more his widow, after the
The Federal Government, for CPP comes to maturity will be
its part, put little importance entitled to a pension of $64,06
on the tax. If someone like Sir at age 45. This assumes no de -
James Dunn died — an event pendent children. The ,Depart -
which threatened 'for a while ment of National Revenue looks
an, American takeover of Al- at this pension and calculates
goma Steel as Lady Dunn sought its lump sum value on the basis
cash to pay the tax—govern- of the number of years he
ment revenues got a. real filip. may expect to receive it. This
Otherwise it was a minor is an actuarial figure of life
source. So little importance expectancy taken from the
has been put on it that Ottawa government annuity table. The
• has withdrawn from 75 per cent capital value of a CPP widow's
of this tax field in favor of pension at 45 is about $14;500
the provinces and retains the to which would be added the
rest only because the estates $500- death benefit.
tax 'returns supply valuable in- This $15,000, admittedly, is
formation on future income quite a way below the $60,000
tax. exemption she is allowed from
But suddenly a great.many federal tax. But suppose, af•
people have become aware of ter long years of participation •
the tax and are wondering whe- in a private plan the husband
ther it is going to follow them has also built up a sufvivor
into the grave. in a few years benefit of $200 a month. If the
the estates tax, the level of ex. widow, is 45 the value of this
emptione and its administra- benefit in the eyes of 'the Rev -
tion are likely to become of enue Department is $30,000.
priine political importance. 'Take another ease of a wi-
This year the Canadian Labor dow of 65 whose survivor bene -
Congress in its annual brief to fit is $500 a month. The value
the government ignored income for tax purposes of her pension
tax and concentrated its Wen.- is $47,600. If the Canada Pen.
tion on the Estates Tme Act, sion Plan survivor benefit is
calling for major amendments added to' this she is over the
and pointing to inequities. I-.$60,000 limit and pas, tax.
was so unusual 'that, the CLCEven in the case of pensions
itself mentioned that nail now of less value if there are other
it had had only an academie asadts such as a house, possibly
interest in the .estates tax but a ear, a substantial life insur-
that with the coming of tie once policy, the estate on this
Canada Whalen Plat it 1t .4 as- basis can noon build up to the
sunned practical importance for $60;000 level. The pension va-
the,,.wage earner. Group' pen- Iue has been commuted for tax
sign pians to which. employer: purposes over the period of life
'evict ,dnipjoyee paid ,•' centribtz- expectancy. There is no such
flans' '(sonletimes only the ettt- commutation in the ease no
the
ployerr ere, of reletivet recent tax,.. That mud be paid' Vvithin
x g'ni acid the. overage em; six -months.. The result Is that.
.00e%, aside from it.� 'ir g'ue r t' the henget. or ear tlitay. ' litele • to
�alizatieiif that he was wit* up be displosed of at the ptoeeeds
from the life insurance poliey
paid ever to the state in spite
of the fact -that, the husband's
premiums., through the years
have been subject to income
tax.
In addition to all this the wi-
dow has no certainty of last-
ing out her span of expectancy.
She may die within two or three
years of her husband, in_ which
case • the Revenue Department
shares the benefits with the in-
surance company since the an-
nuity can't be passed `on fur-
ther as an inheritance.
For illustration, take the, case
where the rest of the Widow's
estate is valued at exactly $60,-
000 and in addition'to this she
is drawing a survivor benefit
from the Canada Pension Plan.
If. she is aged 45 and dies a
year after her husband she will
have paid $1,800 in tax and re-
ceived. $769 in pension pay-
ments.
The Canadian Labour Con-
gress has a simple and appar-
ently equitable solution. It sug-
gests that if the pension is to
be valued on the basis of life
expectancy the tax should be
-paid in" instalments over the
same period. Ottawa officials
who have examined this pro-
posal before refuse to differen-
tiate between a pension and
any other asset left in an es-
tate, They will not concede
that if the widow dies soon af-
ter her husband thererhas been
any overpayment df estates tax.
One reason for this rigid ab
titude, is that civil servants are
probably the worst sufferers
from the present. system and
would be the greatest 'benefiei
aries of- any change. The civil
service pension plan provides a
widow with half her husband's
pension 'Which, in the case of
a number of senior•civil serv-
ants, could easily mean as
much as $500 a month. They
have been afraid of accusations
that they were discriminating
in their own favor, Now that
the ice has' been broken by
the CLC and applications of
the' estates tax widened by the
coming of the CPP they may
feel they can take a different
attitude,
In the Years Agone
From The• Huron Expositor .
March 14, 1941
Mr. Harold Jackson, well-
known auctioneer and farmer,
this week purchased the form-
er Devereaux property on No.
8 Highway, one mile east of
Seaforth, from J. G. Anderson
& Son. The farm which he is
now occupying has been pur-
chased by Peter McKenzie, of
Tuckersmith,
-A-special service of dedica-
tion and ordination of elders
was held in Northside United
Church when an appropriate
sermon was preached 'by Rev.
H. V. Workman. The following
are the elders: Dr. F. J. Bur-
rows, W. H. Golding, 11f.P,, Rev.
C. C. Kaine and Robert Scar-
lett; re-elected for a three-
year term, ` A. L. Porteous, J.
C. Greig, Joseph Scott, F. S.
Savauge, Wm. Morrison, Rev.
W. A. Breniher. Dr. F. Har-
burn and E. C. Chamberlain
were appointed to complete the
terms of the late. Wm. Black
and C. H. Holland.
Valentine M. Diehl, Stanley
Township -farmer, was instantly
killed while cutting trees in the
bush on his farm. He was in
his 75th year.
When he was knocked to the
-ground while opening a door on
a freight. car at the CNR sta-
tion, William J. Cleary, Sea -
forth, suffered a fractured right
leg and possible fracture of a
vertebrae of the neck. John
Burns, who was working with
the injured man, called help
and Dr. E. A. McMaster had him
,removed to. Scott Memorial Hos-
-pital where his injuries were
attended.
A quilting bee for the mis
sionary quilt for Blake was held
-at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Lamont and Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott, Goshen Line. All the
members were present . from
Blake Church ' and a farewell
parting for Mr: and Mrs. Robt.
McBride was held. They were
presented with a magazine rack
and floor lamp.
-James McNairn, who..has con-
ducted a bakery business in
Dublin during the past year,
has joined the RCAF.
The many friends el Mr. H.
C. Box, who 'has been confined
to his home for some weeks
from a heart condition, will be
glad to learn that he is im-
proving.
The Tuckersmith Ladies', Club
held their monthly meeting at
the hope of Mrs. Norris Sillery
with 2. ladies present, Miss
Florenc T'Whitlnore gave a piano
instrumental and .Mrs. Sillery
contributed a Poem, An article
on "Winston Churchill" by Flet-
cher Towneend was "`much en-
joyed. Six quilts were finished
during the month for the Red
Cross.
An enjoyable evening was
spent by friends and,'neighbors
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Crawford, of Walton, prior
to their leaving for their new
home in Brussels. The group
played erokinole with the fol -''lions.
lowing winning prizes: ladies,. Dr. Scott was driving down
Mrs. Duncan McNichol; consols- Goderich St. at a smart rate in
tion, Mrs. George Dundas gents, his road cart, the axle broke in
Earl Bolton; consolation, M. two, allowing the doctor ,4o
ray Mills. reach terra firma more sudden -
Mr. Harold Finlay' is conven- ly than he is accustomed to.
er for the United Church War Mr. Archibald McGregor, of
Savings campaign at Blake. He McKillop, has rented• his farm
is making his calls on the mem- on the 5th concession to Mr.
bers of Blake congregation, Alex McGregor for- six years.
The formation of a chamber The pupils of -Miss Mary
of commerce in`" Seaforth was Ketr's Sabbath school cuss, as;
discussed, a't a largely attended sembled, at her home "'in Mc -
meeting of Seaforth buaittess- -Hillop 'and presented her with
men. Harry Stewart was chair- a• beautiful •plush -covered- easel
man, while D. II. Wilson was album and an address,
secretary. Menibers of the cone ' Mr. and Mrs. John Elgie, Mr.
mittee are C. P. Sills, C. M. and Mrs. Win. Dayinan and fam-
Smith, ,;:or. E. A. McMaster, C. ily, Albert Plewes, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Barber and d. C...s3rightrall, John Chesney and Mr. 'and Mrs.
* * , Elam Butt, of Tuckersmith, in-
tend leavin ' with
Coates, Reg Kerslake; ,4 -mile Mr. T. E. Hays, returning of -
race, Edison Wright, Emmerson fider for South Huron, beat all
Wright; '4 -mile race, Vj Pat- his competitors in this district.
Pat-
terson, S. Nichol. The judges He had all his ballot boxes gath-
were Mrs. James Reid and Mr. ered in by. -moon. on Saturday
L. T. DeLacey. and concluded the official count
The. tea given at the home and made his declaration by 10
of Major R. S. Hays by Mrs. J. o'clock on' Monday.
A. Stewart's Sunday school class The following is a statement
realized the sum of $12.00 for 'of the • average attendance in
patriotic purposes. - each of the departments of Sea -
Mr.. John Beattie has sold his forth Public School for the
residence on Goderich St., at month of February:Mr.,_ Mc -
present occupied by 1VIr. Keith Faul;s, 39; 'Miss A. Cowan; 49; -
McLean, le Mr. John MacTav- Miss Kate Cowan„ 53; Miss El-
ish. der, 49; Miss Killoran, 55; Miss....
Miss Mary Gillespie, of Ayr; Annie 'Watson, 55; Mrs. Camp -
Miss Rena McKenzie; of Strat- bell, 50; Miss Bethune, 43; Mrs.
ford, Miss Florence Thompson, Counter, 50. Inspector -Robb said
of Grand Valley, and Miss�•a'an- that the teaching was excellent
ette Pethick spent. Sunday at •. and it was needless to say that
their homes here. Mr" McFaul was. an excellent
A number of the soldiers of principal,
the 161st Huron 'Battalion from
Hensall marched to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dins- TO THE EDITOR
dale in Stanley, where theywere Recollections
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supper, and to a other grand,
e is , Recollections of Hockey Greats
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4 By Bil
BATS and BUTTF:RFLIF'S
Life eau be a real drag, but
it has its moments. A couple
of them came to me this week
to convince me• that it's more
fun to be alive and suffering
than stone cold dead in the
cemetery.
The other night I took
three busloads of students to
see a play, "Murder in the
Cathedral," in a neighboring
town. I won't even mention
what a nightmare such an ex-
cursion is for the man in
charge , of a hundred -odd live-
ly teenagers.
We arrived in best clothes
and best manners, ready for an
evening, of culture. The house
lights dimmed; the stark set
was revealed; the chorus came
on with its brooding note of
doom and death. You could
have heard a feather drop as a
thousand youngsters sat en-
thralled. -
Suddenly a ripple of sound
went through the theatre.' The
ripple rapidly became a wave.
The chorus, in the best show
tradition, bravely pressed on,
its chant almost lost in the
swelling litter. The ghost of
the old opera house had taken
over.
He hed assumed the form of
a large bat. The noise and
lights had frightened him out
of his eyrie among the rafters,
And he put on a display of
aerobatics that stole the show.
He swooped- and swirled ov-
er, audience and actors. He flick-
ered through the shadows,. in
ever -descending circles that had
all the girls clutching their
hair. He peeled off and dive-
bombed the chorus, making it'
duck collectively and frantical-
ly fioorwards: — -
He, disappeared intermittent-
ly, but, a born scene -stealer was
right on cue for his entries.
Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of
Canterbury, intoned: "For a • lit-
tle time the hungry hawk will
only_soar .and hover, circling
- ." -
lower
And there was Mr.,.:._.Ba1,
1 Stt�RleY --
whistling around the actor's
ears. The chorus wailed,.- 9
have heard fluting in'the night-
time . - have seen scaly
wings slenting over." And guess
who was fluting aroend "'gaily
on his scaly wings, right past
their noses.
All in all, a diverting eve-
ning in the , theatre. I won't
speak for the players, but the
kids and the bat loved it.
My second revi'l'ing experi-
ence was not with a bat, but a
butterfly. I think that _term best
describes my 14 -year-old. She
flits. She can't quite decide
whether she's going to be a
writer, a folk singer, a concert
pianist, or a basketball player.
Last Saturday,' I took her to
the city, to compete i'n the
world's biggest music festival.
Competition is rough. Her teach-
er and ` her mother had both
told her she hadn't a chance,
"because you haven't worked
hard enough."
She was_pretty jittery. Teeth
chattering, great nervous
yawns', four trips to the bath-
room in 20 minutes. My heart
bled for her.
In her first class there were
12 competitors. Guess who
,-was last. It was for students
20 and under. They were all
good. Even though I've been
to a hundred festivals, -and am
pretty worldly, my spirits• sank,
for her sake.
The bell clanged. She went
on stage. And as I sat, turning
purple while holding my breath
through a Bach prelude and
fugue, she played like a tiger.
Second place we take.
We tottered out of the audi-
torium in a daze, lept into a
cab, rushed to meet her
Mom, and -_hurled her words
back in herr face. -
The kid. repeated twice dur-
ing the afternoon, and we ar-
rived home after - a 12 -hour day
and a 200 -mile trip, staggering
with exhaustion but flushed
with triumph.
Of bats and butterflies, 1
guess, is ,the essence of life.
-Although 1t seemed. last. week
that the German offensive. at
Verdun had been checked, fight-
ing has continued with inter-
mission: Germany has not made
any. real progress.
A successful wood -bee.... was
held on the farm of Wm. Aim -
man, Chiselhurst. It was organ-
ized by the .ladies of the Red
Cross and besides it being a
means of solving the labor prob-
lem it also netted the sum of
$19 towards the funds of this
society. -
Mr. George Carter, of Con-
stance, came out ahead in the
shooting contest,- hitting eight
birds out of 10.
.---The following is the - report,
of S.S. No. 1,' Tuckersmith, for
January and February: Sr. IV:
Sadie Clark, Ritchie .Taylor; Sr.
III: Nettie„ Pepper, Grace Pep-
per, John Pepper, Ernest 'Pep-
per, Susie Dalrymple, 'Stanley
,Mitchell; Jr. III: Mary Clark,
Beatrice Madge, George Van -
stone, Fred Fairbairn, R. Keyes;
Sr. I: May Fairbairn; Don Pep-
per, Lily Dalrymple, Garnet Dal-
rymple; Jr. I: Foster Pepper,
Mary Fairbairn, W;` Caldwell,,
Anne Caldwell, D. Taylor, Stan-
ley Bean: --Jessie J. Buchanan,
teacher.
From The Huron Expositor
• March 13, 1891
Mr. C. W. Papst has purchas-
ed the residence of Mr. F. Crich
in'' Seaforth and has rented it
to Mr. Joseph Atkinson.
Miss M. E.. McLean left for
Walsanburg, Southern- Colora-
do, to visit her brother, Mr.
Allan McLean, who. is seriously
ill.
Mr. Ralph Elliott, son of Mr.
Wm. Elliott, tenth clerk, left
'Ottawa where he has obtained
for the. Experimental Farm at
a'good situation. ` -
D, McEwen, J. Morrison and
W. Horton left for Bethgate,
N.D. They took with them a car
load of horses, mares and stal-
From The Huron Expositor
, March 10, 1916
The second carnival of -the
season' was held in the Palace
Rink. The ice , wa plendid
condition, and he cellent
music' by the Band added great-
ly to the enjoyment of the skat-
ers. Ladies' fancy costume was
won by Miss Hessle Hays; la
dies' national costtirne, Miss L.
Freeman; gent's character cos-
tume, Oliver Elliott; gent's com•
le, C. Crich; boys', .conic, Fred
Jackson; %guile race, .Prank
g the township
several carloads of household
effects, farm implements, stock,
,etc., for the great Northwest.
The teachers and officers of
Union Sabbath School, met at
the residence of Mr. Andrew
Swan, of Brumfield, for the pur-
pose of saying farewell to Mrs.
James Thompson, prior to her
I will be disappointed if your
"Years Agone Column for 50
Years" doesn't carry a mention
of perhaps one of ' the most
famous hockey gameS ever
played by a Seaforth .team. Fm
afraid the date might even
have- been passed over, already,
because my 'memory seems to
tell me it. occurred in Febru-
ary. The only person at home
who actually played on the
team' is "Mun" McGeoch, and I
believe if .,you have passed it
over in the column, some re-
cognition might still be • given
it. Here is what happened
We had a team in the OHA
Intermediate class. I myself
played on the team, though .I
was still eligible to play Junior
hockey. We won our district
and were then stacked tip
against Sarnia. They beat-- us
in Sarnia by five or six goals.
I actually didn't play the re-
turn game in Seaforth, -because
I had a heavy cold, but I was
allowed 'to watch the game from
the bandstand in the old 'rink, -
which was heated. I am asham-
ed to say that I can't even re -
.member who all played qn the
team that second game, but we
must have been playing seven -
man hockey, and I remember
Otto Dick, father of the pres-
ent boys who play at home, was
on the. team, but for some rea-
son which again I can't remem-
ber, it was decided after the
game was in progress, to have
Otto fake a trick knee he actu-
ally had, to go out on him, fore-
ing him to leave the game, al-
though actually it hadn't gone
out.
The strategy was to get them
to have to drop a man and thus
the teams, would have to- play
six men a side'. I think the game
was still rather close at the
time and our coaches figured
we might do better with six
men." Actually they • did us a
favor, by dropping a defence
player by the ' name of Gran -
nary, who was one of their best
men. Maybe he didn't feel too
well, but it was always a mys-
tery •why they dropped him.
The result of this strategy was
that .our team went on a scor-
ing bee. and the game ended
by our beating them by five or
six goals, thus tying them on
the round, and, as a matter of
-fact, our" team almost overcame
the' big lead. The scoring hero
of this game was Rus Hays; who
played defence with Dot Reid,
'and though being a good play-
er, was not particularly noted
for the goals he scared,, but he
surely was that night.
'Eieryone in town expected
the OITA would assign the play-
off game to some neutral ice,
so imagine their surprise when
they learned our managers,
headed by the president of the
team, Druggist Charles Aber -
hart, had agreed to go to Sar-
nia and play them on their own
ice. I ean't remember that I
had any feelings on the matter,
b'ecause for me in those days,
keying for the Northwest: • just playing on our team _was
Mr. 3. C. "Smith has.removed all .I cared about, regardless -
his banking office to, the store where we played. Years later,
adjoining Mr. M. Jordan's gro- Aberhart, who became a great
eery' and has a neat,, commodd''friend of mitre, told •mo what
lofts and nicely fitted up allow all happened.
•
•
It seemed our club had no
money and, was also 'in debt
and playing in 'a neutral town
wouldn't help wipe that out, but
we• would have done so but for
the fact the Sarnia manage
ment called Aberhart up and
made him. an • offer that if he
would bring the team to Sar
nia to play off, they would pay
the team's expenses„plus plus $200
He talked. it over with Henny
Smith and my brother, Charles,
who were on the management
and the result was Seaforth ac-
cepted their offer. He told me
that our fans were mad as hat-
ters and some of his best cus-
tomers threatened never to• pa-
tronize his store again. He
really took the full brunt of
their anger, because he was
president, but he also was a
shrewd businessmad and here
was the chanceto make the
team solvent, and even have
some money •for another year,
plus the• fact that he,. Henny
and my Makes arles figured.
we had .a better team and could
beat Sarnia anywhere.
Dot Reid and Tom Dick •were
in' London taking officers' train-
ing, and when they were called
and told to get home to meet
us on' a certain train, to go to
Sarnia, they were so mad they
at first refused to go with us,
but they finally did go with us,
though' I can remember how
mad they were -when they., got
on the train at London. Per-
haps all this anger helped, be-
cause we beat them good, right
in .Sarnia, thus justifying our
managers' confidence and good
judgment of our ability, but al-
so giving Aberhart a chance to
say "I told you so" to those
who were almost ready to tar
and feather him.
mondville, whom I brought
there with me. That was my
last year to play hockey, but it
was with a club that would hold
its own in the National League,
- even today. We had fourteen u
men on ,the team.
I quit in the spring of 1926
- and became associated with a
firm that in two years took me
. to the Greyhound Bus Co., from
which I retired in -1961,' but '11
of the 14 men went to the Na-
tional League,• and two of them,
plus our manager, , are in the
Hockey Hall of Fame in Toron- .
to. Some of our oldsters might
rememberOur
some of them: TOu._ ..
goalie, Tiny Thompson; and
Cooney Weiland went to Bos-
ton; Ching Johnson, "Taffy"
Abel and Bill Boyd (with whom
I alternated with at right wing)
to New York Rangers; Vic
Ripley,- who alternated with
Cooney at centre, John McKin-
non, brie of our' four defence
men, and Mickey Maguire, to .
Pittsburgh., which was then in
' the league, and Adams, who
alternated 'with McGuire at• left
wing, to . Chicago„, A pretty fair
country team, wouldn't you say!
However, our triumph was
short lived because the next
team we played was Wiarton,
and they had a really better
team than us, and beat .us, first
there and again at home, but
again they in turn were beaten
by Orillia for the championship.
,Another funny thing happen-
ed as a result. of our beating
Sarnia in their home town, phis
taking their money, their fans
accused their club, or ' some
members of it, of selling out to
us, why I will never know, but
again years later I met people
front Sarnia who remembered
the series, who- still believed
that. ,
The final sequel to this story
is that though Wiarton beat us
out, in the year following the
war we • had practically the
same team, again, and so did
they, but 'this time we turned
the tables and beat them, both
at home. and in Seaforth, but
also we then met Collingwood
and they gave us a bad beat-
ing, but they also won the In-
termediate Championship, so
we were not disgraced too bad-
ly.
Against them was the ,last
game I ever played for Sea -
forth, and I had to wait until
the,' winter of 1925.28' , to ever
play on a championship team.
Th1i was With. Minneapolis, when
we won the IJ:$,A. • Champion-
ship, and onthis club. with nie
was Comity Weiland; from Fg-
I almost forgot to mention
that my second reason for quit-
ing hockey—and my best one—
just reminded me' to be sure to
• remove all my writing material
from .the dining 'room table ••
where I am writing this, be-
cause our two grandchildren
would be hereomorrow with
their parents fof dinner, I don't
think their coming is so much
for a free meal, as it is that
the boys, eight (and five, can go
across the street and enjoy sled
riding down a long hill • on a
public school grounds, made
possible by the six or eight inch-
es of snow we just had in the
second of two heavy snows we
have had this year. There will
be a hundred kids on that hill,
and I will sit in a window and
watch then, and close my eyes
and remember IVIcMann's hill,
just beyond the Seaforth swim-
ming 'and athletic • park on the
East Huron Road, where we,
too, had fun on toboggans made
of cheeseboxes, which we got
from every grocery store from
Aggie Ault's to Smith's, or per-
haps the latter was stilt your
grandfathers, but we had. fun,.
even as these modern ypung=
sters.
•
Yours truly,
JOE, SILLS
P.S.-.-What started out as a
reminder became slightly his-
toric, but the folks might at
least be interested in our fam-
ous game, We did actually have
another famous game, which
Bob•MeKenzie could tell you of.
It was not in a league, but Hen-
sall challenged us to a game
and our betting colony bet the
Carlin Bros., then living in Hen -
sell, two to one that .we would
double the score on them, 'Bob'
was one of the bettors. nanny
Smith beat thett.holding the
clock until we won 24 to 11—but
they had .a ringer, Steve Veir,
front the Toronto pros, so It
made everything equal,. 1 nt
sure B,ob would oblige. It was,
funny; ,we played 2 hours.
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