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SEAFO1 TH, ONTARIO, JUNE 29, 1967
Canada's Birthday in Seaforth
-In a few days the anniversary for
which Canadians have been planning
for years will be- at •hand. Saturday is
July 1, 1967 -- the 100th anniversary
of Confederation.
Across Canada in most villages,'
towns and cities, citizens are coming
together to mark the event on a day
of. pride and rejoicing.
In `Seaforth as in a number of other
centres the official recognition of the
Centennial- is being postponed for two
Months - until ,Labor Day, September
4.
Centennial planning in Seaforth for
two years was characterized by confu-
sion and hesitation and this resulted
in a particularly heavy load being plac-
ed on the chairman ' and members of,
the Centennial Committee which fin
ally,• came ,into ..being near the close of
last ,year. -
Despite the limitations of time, the
-Centennial, events which have been de-
veloped and encouraged in the interval
by the committee have been both, imag-
in'ati've and popular. There has been no
doubt .concerning the interest which
the Seaforth cotninunity has in Can-
ada's birthday.
The September celebration too makes
possible the. completion' of the town's
Centennial project which it is planned
to open officially at, that time. While
the new entrance to the. Arena is al-
most completed as far- as the building
is- concerned, -the landscaping has
not been started: True nothing exten-
sive is contemplated but plans did pro-
vide for a green area to provide a set-
ting for the new entrance and without
which much of the benefits of the pro-
ject are lost. Fortunately time will per-
mit .completion of 'the entire project
before the September opening date pro-
viding work is put in hand now.
While Seaforth's official celebration
is in September there is no lack of oc-
casions` at which to..mark the birthday
,event in Seaforth, this week:
The Lions Centennial carnival opens
Thursday night and -continues through-
out Dominion Day with full programs
afternoon and evening of the holiday.
A dazzling fireworks display at mid-
night Friday... -will welco a Canada's
birthday. On Saturdayernoon - the
Tuckersmith Centennial - project . new entrance gates to the Lions :Park
-- which has .been erected jointly by
the township and Lions Club will be
opened officially.
' .• Not only will area citizen and visit-
ors be- able -to mark the Centennial oc-
casion at the carnival but their atten-
dance there will contribute to the'fac-
ilities which the park provides for 'the
enjoyment of the community. Proceeds
aid in .the maintenance of the park and
pool.
Later in the year we hope to pub-
lish an anniversary issue which , not
only will reflect - Canada's Centennial
but also the 100th birthday of • . this.
newspaper. The Expositor in .itsspresent
form vvas established. in • the fall of
X867 and was the successor to the Ex-,
press which .had -its beginning seven'
years earlier. '
in the Years Agone
From Tlie,•,Huron Expositor
July 3, 1942
Richard Dawson, former well
known resident, retires after 43
years .with the Detroit Street
Railways, He was assistant gen-
eral superintendent.
dress and Joan Ryan and Fran-
ces McGavin presented her with
a° silver tray, butter dish and' a
bon bon dish.
Mrs. WinstonWorkman of
Kippen had the misfortune , to
break her left artan when she
Mr. and Mrs. • G. C.. Petty, well fellfrern the ladder from
known . and highly esteemed which she was picking cherries.
Mrs. John Campbell, Winthrop
entertained at a trousseau tea
in honor • of her daughter, Eve-
lyn, bride -elect. -
Mr. William Campbell left for
Montreal where he has been,ap-
pointed second engineer on the
P. P. Banda. ,
From The Huron Expositor
July 6," 1917 •
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citizens of Hensall, •observed
• their 65th wedding anniversary
very quietly at their • home.
Mrs. petty is the former Han-
nah Dinsdale and is very smart
and active for•her years.
Friends and neighbors honor-
ed Mr:- and Mrs. A. G. Pepper
at their residence on the Mill
'Road. A hhndiome chest of
drawers was -presented, the ad-
dress being read by Edwin P.
Chesney.
A brief and simple ceremony
opened the new bathing pavil-
ion at the Lions Park. Presid-
ing over the program was presi-
dent M. A. Reid; Rev. R. P. D.
Hurford told the gathering of
the Work of the club and a
temporary plaque was unveiled
by J. F. Daly.
Mayor J. J. Cluff brought
greetings from Seaforth and A.
Y. McLean, chairman of the
park committee spoke briefly.
Seaforth's Dominion Day pro-
gram `attracted a good crowd
throughout the day. The Sea -
forth Junior Band in their,smart
new- uniform's,` marched to the
'park. Jitney dancing in the
Armouries concluded the day.
Thirty-six bowlers took part
in the local mixed twilight tour-
ney, The winners were: ladies
first, Mrs. Homer Mellon; sec-
ond, Mrs. Harry Stewart; third,
Mrs. jack Keiser and Mrs.
liatri Vert, tied; gentlemen, first,
Charles Batten' second, C. is
Sills and third W. G. Willis:
tonitiliinenting • Miss ' Mary
Coleman whose marriage to Ar-
their James Finlayson vias, of. struction in.- hi , stomach at
wide interes't,. 75 neighbor's 'arid Mayo Bros.Hos tel, Rochester, '
friends " presented her with a Minnesota.'
kneelers shower arid red and Rev. Mr., Love and family are
witlte' enamelware." settled in the parsonage at, Stat -
before the closing -of the 'fa.
seliob1 term ' a gathering wvas .Mr. William 1`t. Viriripltries,
held at• the honte :.:of Mr.. and one of the oldest businessmen •
Mta� tk)nierr McGavin. of Mme« at• Walton, died. Ile had carried
lop.'In 'honor of ,Miss' Ma rgaretwon a •awago n ig business
'octer, who osis been` teaching.end was Maar-known.
at.4ir LeailOnt, for the past; sial 444 Allan . , McLean .aid.
ye w 4040*orgy 1,0414 an ado; two'Wona, left for, Toronto where
The girl's club of Hullett held
a successful lawn social at the
Harlock.school house when $85
was taken in at the gate; This
was to be used for ' providing
comforts for soldiers.
The weather report for June
shows that the rainfall this
year is nearly double that of
last year.
Mr. "Thomas ' O'Laughlin of"
Manley has sold his fine hun-
dred acre farm to Mr. Henry
Dietz for $7,000. Mr. Dietz now
has •200. acres.
During' the thunderstorm, the
barn on the farm of Mr. Edward
Jarmain, Huron Road West, was
struck by lightning.,
Messrs. J f ilwthorne, 0. Dick,
H. Weiland, R. Grieve and A.
Ether, motored to Detroit on
Sunday and spent the holiday
there.
Ten tons of buttermilk for the
feeding of hogs were weighed, at
the Seaforth market scales dik-
ing the .last week in June.
Mr. Thomas McMillan, Hul-
lett, Liberal candidate for South
Huron, underwent an opera-
tion for the removal of an ob-
they intend to make their home.
The outstanding feature of the'
ware situation is the come back
of Russia, whose army seems
to have been reborn again."
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• From The Huron Expositor
July .1, 1892
Mr, George T. Turnbull of Mc-
Killop, shipped from Seaforth
station, nine of the finest
draught horses that have ever
left this 'section of the country.
Ms. James Leiper went with, the
horses. •
'Mr. Isaac Longstrath, of this
town, 'is the champion , straw-
beily grower for this season.
He showed us a berry which
measured six inches one way
and four inches the other.
One of the largest barns in
the county was, raised last
week at the home farm of Mr.
John McMillan, MP of Hullett.
It 'has extensive stone stabling
underneath and will have every
convenience.
There were 87 candidates
writing for entrance to the Col-
legiate Institute -here this week.
About 30 were from' the Sea -
forth Public School; . r
Mr. Andrew Archibald of the
5th, concession of Tuekersmith
has erected a' large new bank
bent with stone stabling und-
erneath. Mr. Anthony Tyndall
of the same line has had his
barn raised and is having stone
stabling underneath. - • -
Mr. John Dodds' new pop
-wagon looks -splendid with the
smiling faee.of John on the side.
The ladies of St. Thomas
Church Guild, held • an open air
meeting on the beautiful lawn
of Mrs. F. Case which was
Iargely attended. The lawn was
illuminated with- torch lights
and Chiiiiese lanterns.
Thera{ is only one store doing
business in Leadbury at pre-
sent, that owned and occupied
by' the amiable arid efficient
Mistress, Mrs. lifeEwing.
14th. Michael Klein of ,Irish •-
Town fhet with an accident the
other; day while raising a bard
on the farm of Mr. James Len-
non on the Huron nand, •near
Seaforth. ,11e ,had occasion to
ttse sn sore and it glarteed at
JJt,he 'wend
sttpriiiiYV���o•%/{j ;itis. leg .and
nutting intLk e"YKV ,
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TE$NIAL
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Sugar and Spice
By Bill Smiley —
IT'S.A GREAT COUNTRY
Since we are 100 -years old
this week, -I should be grinding
out -an Ode to Canada. But .it's
so hot, the very thought of it
makes me feel about 100 years
ode. (Come on, Smiley, it ain't
that 'hot):. •
Instead, let's have , an honest
look at ourselves, to find out
what `kind of a tribe those ten
decades 'produced.
Trying to pin down the. Ca-
nadian national character is
like trying to .thread a needle
in the dark,• blind -folded and
half -stoned. Trouble is, any
way you add up the individual
characteristics, they come out
spelling schizophrenic.
For example, the experts 'tell
us that we ' are an extremely
inarticulate people, That means
we don't tack much. Maybe it's
because we haven't anything
worth saying and are too proud
to short Mir. ignorance. But at
the same time, we are the
world's champion yakkers. Ac-
cording'to the telephone eom-
,panles, Canadians spend more
time on the blower than, any
other ' nation; proportionately.
Yes, Jack, 'my wife. doh" -too.
Undoubtedly this is a backlash
from pioneer days, when wo-
men often went for weeks with-
out a chance for a good talk
with another woman. They're
trying to catch up. . '•
Another contradiction. In
pioneering, •exploring, wa''r's, we
have shown ourselves bold, ed -
venturesome, brave. Yet we
are timid about investing our
money in Canada, and we also
buy more insurance, per capi-.
ta, ' than - any other country.
Why this cautioe, this, desire
for security- There's something
Freudian about it: mother=
country; breast-fed too long; •
return to the womb or some-
thing, But we haven't time to
figure"that'one out today.
We are as materialistic as we
could be, and with some rea-
son. It takes more than a cen-
tury to get front sod shanty to
sonata, from barn -raising to bal-
let. At the .same time we are
extremely culture -conscious and
are secretly delighted with the
Stratford Festival and the Na-
tional Ballet and our sprinkling
of symphony orchestras. As
long as we don't have to attend.
Despite our reverence for
culture, we refuse to read. The.
quickest way to lose, your shirt
in Canada is to open -a book
store. In a population of 20
million, a new book that sells
10,000 copies is a runaway Best-
seller. It must be a hangover
from the pioneer attitude that
a person should be "doing some-
thing" and that reading doesn't
come in this category. Or . is it
because we have too. much mon-
ey and too many toys?
Something else we refuse to
do • is walk. Europeans enjoy
walking. - Englishmen love- it.
Why' won't we? . 'Our trouble
probably is,.in equal parts: too
far to anywhere; wanting to
get there in a hurry; carwor-
ship; and plain laziness.
We are heavy boozers, as the
statistics ,show, and can't hold
our liquor, as a glance around
at the next party • will show.
Why? Do we drink so- much
happen to be a Black. Muslim.
Or getting a teaching job in a '
French convent school iL.you're
a Jewish Eskimo.
We have a few other Iittle
quirks, but I wouldn't -trade
my Canadian citizenship for
four million in gold bullion.
How "about you?
There's • a topic - for your
guest column, in our Centen-
nial Save -Smiley Contest. Prize.
is now $50 cash. Get cracking•
because we are so dull we can't
• HTBBERT TOWNSHIP
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATIONS
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
CHURCH SERVICE
AT
IIBBERT: TOSHITP SHED
SUNDAY -JULY 9
at 2:30 Pan:
Township Choir, in Attendance
stand each other without the
grape? Or is it because drink
has always been associated
with sin in this country, and
man is born to sin?
- Yes, we play hard, and most
of us work hard. The sad thing
is that the only reason •we
work hard is toenable us to
get the-.thitigs with which tot
play hard: • boats 'an4 Barbecues
and built-in bars; cottages and
cars and curling memberships.
Are we a religious people?
Well we have vast numbers of
chortles of every conceivable
denomination, most of them
tottering on the brink of bank-
ruptcy. But we are decent
enough to leave God in church,
where he belongs. He is rarely
'mentioned -on weekdays, and
usually then' only as a pf'efix
for another word.,
• We are without prejudice
and have laws to prove it. But
let'sgo• on being honest, and
admit ,the nation is .riddled
with prejudice " based on race,
religion, language, color; poli-
tics and money. Don't agree?
Just try joining one of those
exclusive Jewish 'clubs - if you
FRIDAY, JULY. 14
commenci' at 2 o'clock
WINTHROP RECREATION PARK
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A parade with band leading will form at the
Township -Garage. Prizes for best entries.
' PROGRAM
The afternoon program with prizes for win-
ners will' include contests, .for oldest lady,
oldest gentleman, person from farthest dis-
tance, best liar, hog call, dinner call and a tug
of war and football game.
CHICKEN BARBECUE
At Winthrop-- United Church
EVENING . -
7:30 -- Girls Softball, Winthrop vs Blyth
7:30 to 8:30 --- program of locaixtalent
DANCE
In the Township Garage with _music by
Royce Riehl's Orchestra
Prizes for best Centennial Costume
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Admissioni. 3. Cards for $5—Includes All Games
Extra Cards: $1.00 each ... Also Good for All Games
CLIN
AND DISTRICT
NEW „COMMUNITY CENTRE
onday, July 3
Doors Open 7:30 p.m.
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GameS Start 9:00 p.
for $
for
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rize
SATURDAY, JULY 15
at DUBLIN
PARADE, FLOATS and BANDS start at Cromarty 1 p.mo
'SPECIAL SPEAkERS -- BALL GAMES ' -
'TOWNSHIP CHOIR • ..— HORSE SHOE
TOURNAMENT CENTENNIAL
COSTUME PARADE'
Booth on the •Geounds
-CHICKEN BARBECUE
PROGRAMME etANCE FIREWORKS
SwC COWMAN. Anyone Wishing JOL Oldie floe*, 004
Cotifacf Garold HOW, Dublin.
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