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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JANUARY 5, 1967
Centennial Year is an
The New Year has a particular sig-
nificance for Seaforth. Not only is it
the Centennial of Canada; it also will
mark the hundredth' anniversary of
" the taking of those initial steps which
led on January 1, 1868 to Seaforth be-
ing incorporated as a village.
Both events were recognized on Sun-
day as area citizens gathered in the
Seaforth District High School auditor-
ium for a service of thanksgiving and
later to unfurl the Centennial flag at a
short ceremony at the Town Hall.
And again on Monday at the inaug-
ural meeting of Seaforth's Council add-
ed emphasis was placed on the impor-
tance of the Centennial and the oppor-
tunity it provided to carry forward
programs of long lasting importance
to the town and community.
Decision of council to obtain a study
ofse:tyer collection . needs so that the
Ontario Water Resources Commission
could jn tr}rn prepare a recommendation
concerning .sewage disposal facilities
-sit in motion a program that should
shortly result ; in the entire town beim
aerved Wits sanitary sewers; _--
Likewise reference by council to its
public works and sanitation colrimittee
,of a request . froth Huron County for
action on a joint storm sewer program
should initiate ' early action in imple-
nienting recommendations of the Mac -
Laren storm sewer study of two years
Opportunity
ago. Coupled with this of course is the
rebuilding project for Main Street to
be under taken jointly with the County.
Other matters involving decisions
the results of which would be fitting
recognitions of Seaforth's, as well as
Canada's, Centennary include action to
provide long term protection which on-
ly zoning can make possible; need to
establish priority for the provision of
properly engineered and permanent TO THE EDITOR
streets and a study in detail of the role The Beaut
Seaforth should play in co-operation y
NOW' THAT DIDN'T.
HURT YOU WRY
MUCH, DID IT
with neighboring municipalities in pro-
viding common sense primary school
education facilities for the. children
within the area.
All of these matters as we have point-
ed out before are important in terms of
the kind of Seaforth which the people
of the area it serves are to enjoy, not
especially next year, but in five or ten
years from now.
In view of the time necessary. to plan
and bring into being major projects,
what is important is that a positive
start be made at the earliest moment.
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These all areprojwhich while
costly, are well withineets
the capabilities:
of Seaforth, proyiding proper planning
is carried out and priorities established.
With. the leadership which council can
provide, 'and with , the wholehearted
support Sof the community, to which
council is entitled, they can become
realities. -
In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Jan. 9th, 1942
Seaforth' firemen elected Al-
lan Reid as chief of the brigade.
He succeeds A. W.•Dick. Other
appointments include: foreman,
D'Orlean Sills; assistant, Gor-
don Muir; .secretary, John Muir;
and treasurer, Frank Sills.
• Miss •.Josephine Edge
enter-
tained a dumber of friends in
honor 'of a recent. bride, Mrs.
William. Campbell, nee Verna
Storey. Mrs; Campbell was the
recipient of many useful gifts.
The Seaforth curlers com-
menced its 69th season with a
local bonspiei.'. Perfect ice at=
tracted fa Iarge entry, honors
finally going to a rink which in-
cluded K. I. McLean, C. M.
Smith, J:' E. 'Keating, K. M. Mc-
Lean and R. J. Sproat„ (skip).
At the annual meeting of thes' Sep-
arate
,payers of SL' Jame p
-
arate. School, the board elected
includes, chairman H. J. Mellen,
secretary J. M. McMillan, tre--
surer C.'P. Sills, Members L. H.
De La Franier, J. J. Cleary . and
Gordon Reynolds. -
The contract for plowing Sea -
forth streets during the present
winter has been awarded to
Alex Boyce of- Tuckersmith.
Those citizens who as a re-
sult of spring like weather in
December and into the new
year looked forward to a win-
ter without snow or cold, were
sadly disillusioned when the
•theremometer dropped almost
td' tkie zero mark. The cold con-
tintlp, today, the temperature
wais". a blow and. on Thursday
fd114,elow.
Mr. and Mrs, William Koeh-
ler celebrated their silver wed-
• din . by, entertaining their 'sir.
terinand hrothers to a turkey
roast. The program of the eve -
nig consisted of a mock wedding
with Mr. Dan Beuermapn as,
preacher, Leib flftiOpreividP
potting the the' ooii 'fit." Wil-
liani' and Mrs. Charles Eggert
assisting the., bride ''i�,yetirs.
Was Bella ' gent' t esfd e "'ad-
dre8s and 'Miss Mildred Ben-
newies prese : °yl th m witlt7an
electric tri -11
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<z" J ,qtr 1, xposlti r
'l !'r• Or a Yaing man
froz Bi e, met: with a painful
tcc dent at the Kippen station,
•while. ,issist•in loading a ear
lir oats' H , went to the top of '
the car to loosen the brakes and
slipped;'arid• fell to' the, ground,
breaking his: leg and receiving
other injuries,
J'ohi'x Moffatt of Kippen,
whd' intends remodelling some
Of his out buildings next Stlm-
tiser is now birsy getting the
Material for the work. a
Merrs. Wesley ' Harvey an
Jamel Smillie, Kippen are bus
these days' buying horses fo
the army. They find the kin
of horses they want are no
plentiful.
Over twenty men gathered a
Mr. Joseph Speare's bush a
Cromarty and sawed and. spli
a year's supply of wood. Mr
Speare was laid . aside '.for
months from the effects of
fall.
Mr. Robert' McGonigle; wh
recently held ,• an auction sal
of his' stock and implements o
' his farm in Tuckersmith, h
moved into Mr.` John 'Sproat'
house in Egmondville.
Mr. Thomas Consitt who re
cently sold his fine farm in Hay
Township has 'purchased th
residence of Miss Jessie Thomp
son on Sperling St., and wit
occupy it in the spring.
At g pleasant gathering a
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
i, Sproat, Egmondville, a number
of the old time employees of
Sproat's brick yard gathered to
spend a • social evening and to
recall old memories. Among
those present were John Nichol-
son, Charles Parker of Bayfield
William Manson, Duncan. Mc-
Pheeter, John and James Sproat
d by the members of the Forres-
y ters of Zurich lodge. 1
r Seaforth is favored -with, ex
d cellent sleighing and 'cordwood; a
grain, pork and logs are fairly
pouring into market.
t Master Willie Elder, who has
been attending the collegiate in
t Goderich for" some time past,
• left this week for Toronto where 41
he intends prosecuting his s
(Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hanunon
moved further north immediately 'cover the land. For children whose shining eyes of -
from Gape Dorset to Resolute many days afterwards the whole ten peer over the sill when the
erwar
Bay N.W.T. Mr. Hammond drapes are pulled back.'
JUST THE TOP THIRD...
of the Arctic Night
SugaiH
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— By Bill
WHAT A YEAR • • UGH
The beginning of a new year
is a sort of "hello -and -farewell"
effort, It's a bit like having a
party. You are fresh, bathed
and charming. Your "Hello" to
the first guests radiates warmth,
affection and vitality. But your
"Goodbye, goodbye" as the last
guests totter off into the snow
is a combination of exhaustion,
relief and cold horror as you
realize what time it is.
Arid that's -pretty much the
way we feel about the year
that's ahead and the year that
has passed.
It's a sign of the indomitable
human spirit that. we can look
back on a year athat was nothing
but an unadulterated mess; and
yet look forward with the
greatest cheer and optimism to
12 months of what will proba-
bly be exactly the same.
Or is it plain stupidity, the
irrationality of man, the only
rational species?
For most of us normal hu-
man beings, each year, like life
itself, is a mixture of pitfalls
and pratfalls and victories and
conquests and frustrations and
accomplishments. It's a good
drink, but it has more than a
nd Complete darkness did not light to the friendly Eskimo dash of bitters in it.
Maybe your husband had a
heart attack. But your daughter
produced a .beautiful grand-
child. Maybe your teenage
daughter became pregnant. But
your old man finally went on
the wagon. • .
You lost some old friends,
but gained some new ones,
Your hair grew whiter and
your teeth blacker. But your
arthritis improved and your
Aunt Gerty died and left you
$284,
You worried, for approxi-
mately four hours, about the
state ' of the world, and the
starving in India, and the war
in Vietnam.
And you worried, depending.
on your age, anywhere froXii
two_tc-3,.oixa ,017r aboat_!our
hair, your . complexion, your
constipation; your job, you
boss, your bills; your wife, your -
husband, your children; your
roof, your basement; your ina-
bilityto sleep, your inability. to
hold your liquor as you used to;
your mother-in-law, your
former town clerk in Seaforth, southern sky was absolutely
is an area administrator of -the beautiful at midday. We were And now it is December 20
Department of Northern Affairs. reminded that . though the and tomorrow is the longest
In this • letter Mrs. Hammond earth continued to rotate daily, night of the year. Gradually the
describes the beginning of the the tilt of its axis was such that light will return. The month of
long Arctic night.) we were continuing to move February will herald the return
' of the sun itself.
farther from the sun. Even now
Words cannot describe the there is a barely perceptible
glories of the Arctic. It is neces- difference in the density of
,sary for one to actually visit the darkness at the noon hour
this part of the country and to and on clear days a certain
come into personal contact with rosiness is visible in the ,south.
the elements and the native But the only guaranteed way Sir: ,
people in order to know the to know the correct time is to Agdin a year has passed into
emotions that result from such resort to the clock. history and we at Huronview
an encounter r— emotions in-
capable of being transmitted t
Thanks!
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others. But because so few per
sons_ are able to_make such
trip perhaps we could lie • fpr
given for attempting to share
with others just a part of th
feelings we ourselves have ek
perienced as we have witnessed
such things as natural phen mu
omena, the most outstand'
one being the 'disappearance of
the sun for a period of three
months.
Activities do not cease dur-
ing the "dark' period" though
it is more difficult to rouse
a -oneself--from one's 1cl jn e th
morning and to .get started on
the, day's work. The children
still • love tq play and to play,
outside. It is not unusual to see
. youngsters playing under the
- street light on the school's slide
tg at ten o'clock at night and in
sub -zero temperatures.
During the month of October
as the daylight. hours grew
shorter, it .was possible; on a
daily basis, to clock a differ
ence in the' time oa sunrise and
sunset and each day t14e ar<
traced by the sun' slipped far
they' and farther south. Gradual
y the colorful morning sky
blended with the colors of the
fternoon sunset. By the end' of
October the rays of the noon-
day. sun were shining horizon -
all theough the south win -
do
a studies at the university. c
Mrs. J. Russell of McKillop s
° has 'sold her farm on the 10th
e concession to her neighbor, Mr. a
n George Henderson for $2,400. a
as Mrs. •Russell intends moving to
s Minnesota in the summer,
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'November' 6th fell on a Sun
ay. As we walked 'to morning
ervice in the little Eskimo
hureh it was apparent that the
un was,.just preparing to rise.
When we came put of church
glorious red ball • hovered just
Bove the horizon. By the time
we had finished lunch it had
The most destructive fire Sea,
forth has had for several years
broke out in the large dry goods
e store of Mr. John Beattie on
Main St. The fire is thought to
be the work of an incendiary as
the safe door was open and the
t back door of the building was
also open. The fire bell was
rung promptly but the previous
day being a holiday, the fires
were out at Broadfoot's factory
and the whistle could not be
Sounded. The Lire got'into the
workrooms of Messrs. Jackson
Brothers tailoring establishment.
It also got into the tin shop at-
, taehed to Johnson's Brothers
hardware store on the south.
Considerable damage was done -
in Fear's drug store and E. Mc-
Faul's dry goods store. There
was nothing saved in the Beat-
tie store and the block will have
to be rebuilt. .
Henry Thornton of Leadbury,
the blacksmith, has had men en-
gaged moving the house which
he bought from Mr. William
Kerr.
Seaforth played their first
game of hockey in the northern
league at St. Marys on Tuesday
night and proved too much for
the boys of the stone town.
Mr. T. S. Smith shipped a car
load' of heavy horses to Montreal
by a c4ress this week.
Many car loads of oats from
the west are being delivered at
the Kippen. Station for the farm-
ers wlia are Scarce of grain
fdt seeding and feeding.
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From t H ran Expositor
11,
7' 4Qiih
s1 . t with ize . f er
tf,n t it why+ ihathe they
t i, " +, ac„ctcl=eitt The horse
¢► ,tads"ddenlyt n-
een i• a ,threw t Oinuall
1 Jae a el' with his ace-
:11g
ce
ac osis tie; t'op st . ilii of 'a` b b-
wrge fe>}i p_And curt •l is ee
and neck badly.
Mr. J. E. McDonnell of Hen-
sall has recently purchased a
fine. span of matched blacks for
his hearse.
Mr. ]Cobert Lamour the pop,
alar and obliging stage and
mail carrier between Hensall
and Zurich, was presented with
beautiful and costly fur cap
Two young men, Messrs.
Jas. Snell of Hullett and Jas.,
-Dallas of Tuckersmith have.
been elected to the councils of
their respective municipalities
and in which their respeetty
fathers" in former Years h l#
prominent positions..
Mr. Geer a Hain hill of ,,town,
and '`Mil TIij* 'd�iub r
Jai es len of, ci ail ial!t`: due
suc'e�
inti n at h ,
gy and a novo.
a a
hi•
4 M
J.
disappeared.,
On November 7th lunch was
forgotten as ' each of us stood
silently at the south, window.
Lest we should never again
spend a• winter at this latitude
we wanted to miss nothing con-
nected with this annual spec-
tacle. We wished to have it im-
pressed forever on our mem-
ory. For. just fifteen .minutes a
shimmering sun' floated, half
submerged, on the horizon. We
recalled beautiful summer sun-
sets Over Lake Huron. This was
differnt. It was a winter sun-
set over frozen Barrow Strait.
There would be another sunset
the next night over Lake Huron.
But here reality told us • there
would be no sunset tomorrow.
Tomorrow there would be no
sun!
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Mite iii tits, o
Messrs, iivingskoae an4,�
ctileir'dt~rf'ri rni have O n
tip achoipili .nil t' ii ,the ,W
smith shop• lady occupied'I,, b
Ji* Ri adsonni
Bev. A. D. McDonald of town
has been laid- up far some time
with lagrippe and was unable
to condtief the ,serv'icesin his
own church last sabbath.
Messrs. ,lackson Eros. vety
generously presented the fire
brigade with a cheque for $20.00
in recognition of their services
in saving their stock on the
occasion of the recent fire.
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"Avoid ldoking directh
that diamond unkss ye::':e
wearing sun ;Marries!"
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It is almost unbelieveable
that as yet there have been no
major storms this winter. There
have been days when strong
• winds and blowing snow have
made a trip outside seem un-
desirable but not impossible.
However, generally skies are
clear and the temperature
ranges anywhere from zero to
thirty below. But we know that
stormy days must come and
when they do we will just
snuggle clown in the comfort of ,
our lovely home. We were
pleasantly surprised to arrive
in Resolute Bay and find a
house identical to the one in
which, we had been living . in
Cape Dorset. The living room
of our northern 'home looks
much the same as the Iiving
room of a southern home but
We have added a few personal
touches — a soapstone carving
of a woman, from' Dorset, sits
on one table, a carving of a
walrus, from Resolute, sits on
another, . a sealskin adorns one
wall, on another is displayed
the six-foot tusk 'of a narwhal.
And in front of our big front
windows is our decorated Christ- Harvey C. Johnston,
mas tree — artificial, but a de- Superintendent.
have enjoyed another Merry
Christmas. As usual our resi-
dents had the pleasure of being
entertained by the Glee Club
from itlie giergeant'seMess o€ -the
Canadian Forces Base and. the
Seaforth Lions Club. The pup-
ils of Walton Public School
were here, as well as pupils
from five of the schools of Mc-
Killop Township, and each
group put on a very enjoyable
program. The Christian Re-
form Church of Clinton were
faithful in presenting an hour
of fellowship.
The groups from the differ-
ent churches he the County, cm':
tainly did not forget the people
who came from their locality,
but remembered them with
many parcels. The Exeter Leg-
ion treated all former .residents
of their area.
All this combined with the
gifts of many individuals, friends
and relatives made this Christ-
mas one. long to be remember-
ed. The personal calls and
cards make our residents feel
they are not forgotten ,and that
they are still a part of the com-
munity.
My personal thanks for the
many floral tributes sent to
the Home during the past year.
They were appreciated by the
residents andehelped to, add a
little beauty to . the surround-
ings.
A Happy New Year to all
from the residents and staff of
Huronview.
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'This r011ese. dgesu't• subSldize„at igf>esa„ bu; .it d ;,.try t
1100jabs. for them atpu td,„the c silk ti ,
Smiley! —
daughter-in-law; your smug-
ness, your lack of security;
your brain tumour; your'stom-
ach cancer; your waist -line,
your bust -line. And eleventy-
seyen thousand other things of
equal importance. Yes, Jack or
Jill, you worried. Silly, wasn't
it?
But this year. Wow! Things
are going to be different. Your
children are going to do what
you want them to. Your wife
(or husband) is going to real-
ize, • finally, that you were
right all the time.
You're going to be a Better
Person. That's it. A Better Per-
son. And no goll-dang fooling
about it. ,You ares going to stop
nagging. You 'are going to be
more tolerant of your nutty
' children (or nutty parents).
You are going to go to church
every Sunday. You are going to
get more sleep, more exercise.'
You are going, to haye_a_baby,
write a book, join a club.
That's the stuff,_ chaps.
Well, good luck, Mac and Ma:
bel. You may need it. I have
the utmost faith in the human
spirit, but •you can't kill a dino-
saur with a pea -shooter. And
that's about all we have to fight
with when we enter the jungle
of another year of life.
However,this is a . different
New Year• It's the 100th anniv-
ersary of the Fathers of Con-
federation, or something. I
know how that stirs every Can-
adian to the marrow.
There's no doubt that every
one of us feels a thrill of pride
as we enter this particular year.
One hundred years ago, we
were: a patched -together, un-
easy, suspicious, resentful
amalgamation of distinct areas,
worrying only about local
rights and how much it was
going to cost us.
But what a change in a IA
years! Today we are a proud
glgrius nation. Worrying abmit
how much it's going to coat. Os,
Ipcal rights; resentful, envious,
vuspieious, uneasy and -patched -, .
together.
One cannot help but think, as
one looks with shining eyes
into the shining new year, our
centennial year, that we have
made tremendous strides. Side-
ways.
Pupils Write
Annual Poems
Each year at the Christmas
Season pupils of Ron Eyre's at
Seaforth Public School are en-
couraged to' write poetry. Here
are the top poems .as selected
by the staff..
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— The Christ -Child
The Wise Men seek for the
stable,
Hoping to fine the baby there.
They find the babe with Mary,
Ile the manger below the stair.
Joseph Stands beside her,
Donkeys stand there too,
Little lambs are looking,
Cows are crying, 'Moo'.
Bringing gifts the wise men
Through the doorway small,
they tread,
Shepherds kneel in wonder,
Angels bow their head.
When they all leave the man-
ger,
Wandering to and fro;
They tell their Napper greet-
ings, •
Everywhere they go.
' Lynn MacDonald
Four Wishes at Christmas
If I had four wishes,
For Christmas they'd be,
I'd wish for some dishes,
For mommy from me.
My, second for sister,
So pretty and sweet
I conk want. to kiss her,
A.pictur..e. of, Pete,
Next for nip two ,fiE9ttiers
.Fran iMiars., a .tey',,g; t}„
p'`or J iin some less,;
I hQ,i?e +tljlIvx
"Jack Prost
has waved his magic wand
batteryl” �,,,
mr, lateip,,z.5t ,ituth�.sfield
tit%oughr.thd ht : ,
A star th�e�rre was seeiir.;ot u h
p idilrai igllt, .
AD: h• f'fhe nfghii's snore
dila
sham: '
aw.eeti. of me
bl'lrtlti 7df rte' kinrg„
A King, of stub beautfr was
nbtreaf. before .seen",
Aird aryk his rb; otliee,,was•, so
like queenf
Blessed bea'tbe hour, welcome
the meitrfii
For • Christ our saviour, on.
earth was Worn.
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Jesus our 'Saviour, kind - and
goody
,The friendly animals around
him stdocL
1 art► a donkey a shaggy and
brown,
That carrief1 them safely to
Bethlehem town,
Doug Hildebrand
Christmas
At the North Pole,
Sae to isn't ready„
He is such a haonv old soul
He really should be ready:
The elves are working hard,
Making up the toys,
• Santa's waiting in the yard,
Full of Christmas joy.
The elves are'packing toys, •
The reindeer are ready,
With cries of wonderous joy,
Santa now is ,ready.
Joan Wilbee
The Jewels of Christmas
The ring of the bells and the
songs of joy,
Fill the hearts of each little
gird and boy;
The greetings, the cards, the
presents, the food,
We're all in a joyful and hap-
py mood.
The wood in the fireplace is
all aglow,
And outside the world is all
covered with snow;
The chimneys all filled with
dirty bt k soot, - filled
Nye mud' get it cleaned be -
fora, Satita's afoot.:
$o long ..have we veafted for
Soutar tbe.dear,t•,.
To bring . uS, spnj<e, otiA. ipeg 4i
good, joy, and cheer, -
a = aoarl1ng
TM) pr,94Tke
PrismChristmas ,
fdl1<gt r 9'0 4,
fit
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TKO'reo' b f iii oitierf r ilii
idPids'& alai;t. '
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Aa�hos X i'a%off withtpk
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Jesus was t• a ba_ jay' rge„s . •
Told, os;1Vfgry, W ett tie arfedg
Ie Was born, on Christi tas
Now it it time to pray,
C1 isttnes will soon be-
gin,
he ,saved its all. fromtiny.-
'` Ann Ottinejidt'd
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