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Whole No./5009
1D6th Year
S'EAH
FOR' , OlsITAR.TO P£iU7 ; pA , .FE33RUAR.
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Seaforth council early Tues-
day morning accepted with re-
rgret the resignation of .Clerk-
'Treasurer Lyle Hammond.
As the , meeting ,longest in
many months dragged• to a
close, Clerk Hammond advised
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Scouts Brave Winter Conditions
Seaforth Scouts proved they could take even the most severe winter conditions when
they started' on a day -long camping • trip on Saturday: The Scouts left in the morning and
spent the- day in the open; cooking noon dinner • in a protecting +bush 'north of town. Tak-
ing part in the hike, arranged by Scoutmaster Harry Cuming, were: Doug Dalrymple, Jinn
Rivers, Bill Mowat, Bill Boussey and Ricki McKenzie. (Photo -by Phillips).
Central School Proposal
Disturbs Egmondville
There was little agreement
that the solution to the Tucker -
smith •school • problem was a
new combined Tuckersmith-
Stanley school at Bromfield,
when nearly 80 Egmondville and.
Harptfthey residents 'net in
Egmondville School Wednesday
evening.
The joint school proposed by
the township area board receiv-
ed the blessing of the township
council at a meeting .•,on the
preceding Monday. Council's
approval was conditional on all
the townships being included,
and on Stanley agreeing to the-
proposal- • •
The meeting, described by
Cleave Coginbs, who was named. speakers • suggested was a clivi-
Digging Pays Dividends
BottleArea. Recall
chairman, as being designed to
"find out what we. can do, what
'We can't do, and what we want
to do," adjourned two' hours
later with a suggestion it be'
reconvened in ten days' time,
when moreinformation, as well
as Inspector.J. G. Burrows could
be available.
Objection to the area board
proposal armee- .front • the" fact`
that some 90, or •about •4Uper
cent of the 240 pupils' across
the township, Iive in or adjae:
ent to Egmondville and Harpur-
hey: Speakers claimed it was
nonsense to move' this number
of pupils 10 or 12 miles a day
to-Brueefield. One solution
sion "of the township, with
southern sections going to Hen-
salli the Seaforth area, includ-
ing flatrpurhey and Egmond-
ville; being accommodated at
•Seaforth. Some opinionfavored
a township school located' •in
Egmondville, • but parents of
Harpuhey students — . already
attending Seaforth public
'school --could not agree 'this
would be satisfactory.
Pressed for reasons •as to
why the board had proposed a•
joint :16 -room school ;,t Bruce -
field, board chairman `Verne
Aiderdice said it was the in-
spector.who had come up with
the larger unit: He- said origin-
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•Books
Members of the Public Librar'
Board paid tribute to the .inen�
ory of two former. librarians;
who died during the year,when
the annual meeting of the board
was held Tuesday evening. They
were. Miss Greta Thompson,. who
served more than 50 years, arid
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Names Omitted
In the• list of'.contributor te
the Christmas activities ' corn-
Inittee which appeared in ;toast
week's issue, ,the- -: name nof
Miller' Motors'and:. Huard's
vice *ere omitted in error :
of
. The costs providing ,th'e
feature parade attraction, Big Al
of. Kitchener TV fame, were
provided .by the - two firms
By WILLIAM M. HART •
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In our effort to gather a co
lection of bottles there seem
to be no beginning, and certai
ly no end. . Some folks save
coins, stamps, quilt patches, of
guns, Indian relics, or wh
have you. We are saving ol
bottles—any kind of a ballwith a cork or wooden sto
per—any . kind of a jug, an
kindof a jar. -
Small medicine bottles That
we have picked upreflect the
names of former drug stores—
J. S. Roberts, Ca i '• . - c . ck;
Lumsden & Wilson, Sco
Block,' Seaforth; Apothecarie
Hall, Seaforth- And then there
are others, like Combe, Drug-
gist, Clinton; Parker & Cattle
Pharmaceutical Chemists, God
rich.
Other bottles, jugs or crocks
carry names of Seaforth busi-
nessmen of some years ago.
Among them ,are A. Young,
grocer, Seaforth; John Dodds,
Soda Water Works; Frank Aro-
, old, Soda Water Works; H: R.
Jackson & Son (liquor store);
E. Dawson, Wine Merchant,
Seaforth; Egmondville Brewery
(Colbert); Franz Meyer (Sea -
forth Brewery); and a few more
Out-of-town merchants, such as
J. W. Orr, Wingham; Percy
Hill, Wingham, and Robt. Hill,
Walkerton.
'Beaver' fruit jars are very
• popular amongst collectors.
Not Much to look at, but they
hold a special place in any'
story concerning bottles. We
have a few of them; also a cou-
ple of fruit jars with T. Eaton
Co. imprinted in the glass. 011i
fruit jars of any descrfptidri
are scattered around the Cel-
lars of Most' residents of . this
area. There never„ has been a
demand for, them, - gut with
everyone buying more l and
more canned goods they might
"some day pass out of existence
Their true worth may not ,he,
'established for many, malty►
years. r
Begins With a Few,,
Yon, ask me, how I started
ortherinjars. g It just inttikelfised th'croat
had a few and wanted rto -get
a few more. I got to; thinking
that I might find some at tate
site of the old Egmondville
Brewery. For those with do not:
know where that is, it is just
over the Midge in Egmondville,
the second place on your right,
where Jim 'and Rex .McGregor
liveBeit• and his wife, Doro-
thy; Jat and his wife;', aJanet,
and their sioli, 13rian sharethey,
house that was Called' the {'Go%
Bert' house
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Set Plans
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For Lions
Carnival
council there was one further
item of business, and he read
his, resignation, effective March
19th.:
He said . her had accepted, a
position with the Department
Plans for the 30th annual.
Seaforth Lions summer carnival
were advanced Monday night
when committees were named
to handle details for the. big
event. '
This year, carnival dates are
advanced a month, with the
first night scheduled for Wed-
nesday, June 30. The carnival
will continue for three' Lights.
General chairman is A. J.
Wright.
Advance sale of admission
tickets • will -be underway
shortly, • according to John
Langstaff, and .Don' Stephenson,
Who are handling .this feature.
The main prize again will be a
$1,00000 certificate.
The meeting, in charge of
President Lee Learn, 'consider-
ed studies, of the Lions Park
area which 'are -contemplated; in
conjunction with the Township
of ;' Tuckersmith and conserva-
tion authorities. Details• outlin-
ed by parks committee chair-
man A. V. McLean, indicated
the studies could provide a
chart for not only greater wa-
ter storage,, but also •for long-
term development of, the area:
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History
!glad to get rid of some old
bottles or crocks. I -have dug
in every old dump in this whole
countryside and come up with
something to, add to those on
the shelf. I have asked people
with old houses if I could look
into the cellars. They have al-
ways been very nice about it
and have 'shown an interest.
Often they have looked around
and found an old crock or bot-
tle that was of interest.
From the Misses Florence and
Ethel Beattie and Miss Belle
Campbell, • I learned about the
brewerythat was bit Seaforth.
Apparently it moved into Sea -
forth from just west of Rox-
boro in the early 1860's. It
established in or around where
Ron. -Broome built .his new
home. I spent parts of two
afternoons digging to' find the
foundations or remains of this
brewery in its original loca-
tion. I met' with., no success.
Now I find out that I had been
digging , on the wrong side of
the , river. Old Huron County
atlases show it to have been
situated on the north side of
the . Maitland river, on the
farm owned by Billie McDowell.
I had been digging on the south
side. Miss Belle Campbell in-
formed me that it moved into
Seaforth and then was sold to
the Egmondville Brewery in
1876.
While there is not a great
deal of enthusiasm in this lo-
cality for. hoarding old bottles,
you, would be surprised how
many people show an eager-
ness to be told more about.
them. We wanted to get a
Frank Arnold bottle badly,. The
only place we could fine one
was in an . antique shop, and
the owners didn't want to part
with it. We finally came up
with a • trade. We also traded
with Pete Eisenbach, who owns
the museum in Grand Bend.
Five miles south of Seaforth,
on the road to Kippen, is the
`Red Tavern' corner. Apparent-
ly
pparently • it was' a stopping place of
great importance years • ago,
when travellers came and went'
by 'stage coach. Mrs. Ivan For-
syth Iived in it when she Was
a small girl, and showed us a
i§ture. It was' directly on the
corner across froth the school -
Ouse which bears the same
Warne. I am interested in ex-
avating to find the found&-
ion. Bob Gemmell, who owns
the far'tri on which it stood, was
more than pleased to let us
ave a go at it. Two efforts
yielded us nothing. I shall try
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a: farm he own* near' .his: home.
- I asked Jlatt:-Atilt , eit if I
• 'night dig for betties They both
'reed right f � rho start,
'.but Warnedi me sit e i u 1,
eir had• he
ledz theIgirotind j ittiy
evera �y$er tg'a: . Rd* w s. a
bit' skeptncal'.at ' Jf as
intt 'estetl aftci�Bri'
ib .'to g : mien t o"iie for:
a ' 'miraclso. We 'licked down
the Well that is on the pro-
perty and figured' if we didn't
ton* tip with anything of_,taltte
in ' digging we could always
drain tiid' well+. I wduld still
like to' drain the well. ,
Many dos . ,1 put down , test
hales, with only fragments of
glass -tit pMotteryrrewarding. me
far' my, efforts, l nthesfarsm is
hard to kill;. a IlttIe ,p, "� Of a
'bottle with a few ^ l' ' s
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day afternoon I hit the jack-
pot.
ackpot. I covered some' bottles
that had been buried for more
than '50. years. Time ran out
and ,my • energy also.' I simply
'hatho go home and report in
fbr'f'supper. When 1 got back
afte 'hurried meal,there was
,ffnand his son, Brian, dawn
deep Min• the hole uncovering
ineke bottles.
From then on Brian iand 1
went to work in earnest. When
I wasn't there, you could bet
your last dollar that Brian *as.
The urge to afnd something un-
:usuai' is ingrained and inherit-
ed
lnherited ih . all of us. We dug .up
several ' dose'n--including, glass,
stone or pottery; some with the
8.000401110 Brewery, name,
ant , cot ers ith another• Wana„.
dr h name at all. Are went
de it ae er
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sj„ oitn bottles
wet rains and sleet in early fall
were.. not handicaps — merely
challenges. Bitter cold and
darkness of early winter forced
us to postpone until spring our
search forselpaive varieties that
are lurking ' in, the mud and
clay of the river=bank.
From Father. to Son
I wrote' to Clen Colbert, who
lives at Burlington, in regards
to ,the ownership of the brew-
ery. Clen is the 'grandson of
the original owners. Apparent-
ly the brewery came into exist-
ence about 1850 or thereabouts.
Ownership • passed from father
to son: The last one of the
Colberts to have possession was
the late .Harry ..Colbert--Clen's
father. The brewery Ceased op -
orations in 1913; wl,ten the
agafrt• •
ntosrrdvill
ire a Pottery
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You mention the name
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Canada
eCanala Tenperance Act came
lute being. :. .
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LYLE HAMMOND
.in the Eastern Arctic, abou
strative. officer at Cape Dorse
in the Eastern Arctice, abou
1200 miles north' of Montreal
It had , not been possible t
give earlier notice because th
appointment had been confu`'m
ed only that afternoon by Alien
from Ottawa.
Councillors were quick
express regret at the decisio
Mr. Hammond had taken. The
emphasized the contribution h
had made -during the period'h
had served.
'1 knew there -would be lot
of. problems in being rnayor
but 1 never thought I'd face thi
one,” Mayor Flannery, corn
mented, as he heard the clerk
read his resignation.
Mr. Hammond, who became
clerk -treasurer in August, 1961,
said .he • expects to leave for
Montreal the end of March. He
and his family will proceed to
Frobisher, Eastern Arctic head•
quarters, and then on to Cape
Dorset.
Council instructed the genet=
al government .committee to'
advertise the position..
Number Properties '
Seaforth homes and places of
business may be numbered if
proposals presented by the
Chambeir of Commerce' are ac-
cepted by council.
President George Mcilwain•
and committee chairman Cliff
Broadfoot said the C of ,C had
been studying the question and
were of the opinion that since
the 'street naming program was
completed, the next stage
should be a numbering pro-
gram. It was important, that
the work be completed before
the influx of plowing match
visitors in 1966.
Preliminary estimates s e t
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Hospital Fund .
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'Anxioui to assist in the .fi-
nancing of the ndw Seaforth
Community Hospital in addition
to the gifts which each is mak-
ing, staff members at Scott
Memorial have been carrying
on a series of monthly draws.
Winners in the firsttwo ev-
ents were Mrs. Mary Coleman,
in . December, and R. S. Mac-
Donald, in January. Proceeds
amounting to $65.00 have been
turned over to the campaign.
fund.
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costs at $2.50 per- house or lot;
which would include necessary
survey and preparation of a
master plan. Some saving eosRld
result if Certain of -the work
was carried out on a voluntary
basis.
Speakers painted out similar
programs • had been completed
in neighboring towns and that
lack of numbers created .diffi-
culties for visitors to• town.
• "It's a good idea," Councillor
E. Donaldson agreed. "We must
sell it to the public and avoid
the appearance of forcing some-
thing:" -
Reeve Cardno'concurred and
suggested that most people
would like to have their houses:
numbered. Perhaps part of the
cost could be absorbed by the
householders purchasing num-
bers,
Councillor Walter, Murray re-
called some houses in town al-
ready had numbers. (These
numbers were sold about 60
years ago by persons who re-
presented themselves as agents
of the town. By the. time au-
thorities caught up, owners of
hames on a lu49 <bst of Seaforth
streets, had accepted • the- story
and paid their money).
Facilities Ready •
Alterations to the Town Hall
to provide access to facilities
which the Fish & Game Club
hope to use as a rifle range,
have been "completed,f Deputy -
Reeve Dalton said in• answer
to a. query--by-Goancillor-`P'lan:
nigan, as to ' when the' club
could .start using • the range:.
However,- until an agreement
covering liability is worked out,
the club was not lit. possession.
The general government com-
mittee was " instructed to meet
with the club and have an
agreement prepared.
Requests. from the Salvation
Army ,and St.Johns Annbuance
for 'grants ''were -turned down
by council.
While endorsing the objec-
tives, there was concern . that a
grant by' council' would in ef-
fect provide double assistance, -
since the organizations had car-
ried out public . appeals.
A planning workshop is plan-
ned for March 12-13, and coun-
eil expects to attend. Reeve
Cardno recalled planning pro-
posals 'in Seaforth' had been !
held in abeyance; pending de-
cisions concerning planning at
A DAY LATE
A combination of .mechanical
problems at ' press time and
missed connections because of
snow -clogged •roads and stormy
weather, resulted in a number
of subscribers' receiving their
copies of last week's Expositor
a day late.
thel county. level,
Tile Huron Sall & ,Gro' '
proyement As;•,socratiorl„twas
en a grant of $00,§2 C it tiin-
from last year, when the
show was held in ••Seafo
Members were concerned t
where the town had given
rural townships, whoabene.,
from the show,, give only $,25;
Councillor , Williams;, woiide,
ed what justiifeationx htleire was
for a grant when the 'Saivatioxr
Army 'had been refused, and' he
and Councillors Murray and:
Flannigan opposed the move.
Sewer Well Advances'
Good progress is being apace
on the sewer line to serve gip
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New Flag
Will Fly
M'or i'a�
The res P.:evir Canadian• flag will'
hY 'in Seaforth on Monday,• _
Mayor John F. Flannery,' sag
Wednesday, after he had :con-
sulted with the council's gen-
eraI government .committee'. •
Spurred on by 'announce-
ments that neighboring munici-
palities . were' plannii;Ig, cere-
monies to coincide with federal
and provincial ceremonies, tlje.
2tedawn. to fly the new•flag fol-
lowed
a •midnight revival of
the flag debate at the Monday
night council meeting.
No ceremony is planned here,
Mayor Flannery said. •
Mayor Flannery raised the
matter of the new flag near
the end of the , meeting and
noted that the flag wasti KK'lie::
flown officially_ across; Canada.:
on;'e11 uag a.§, ;
His 'request for, '.. b reetion
touched' off a ten minute ` de-
bate that revealed division as
to what, if anything, . should be
done :in Seaforth Concerning
the new flag. -
Councillors noted. the Ensign
now flying 'on the town build-
ing
uilding was in good shape and not
worn, and was it wise: to spend
money on a new flag, 'even
though there was agreement
that the; new ,flag would have.
to be accepted as time went on.
Councillor Flannigan didn't
agree. He pointed out the flag
had been approved by Parlia-
ment and the Queen.
"Surely we can affora fo buy
a new -Canadian flag. We should
accept it for what it is and get
it right 'away," he said.
Reeve Cardno and Councillors
Donaldson 'agre'ed the new flag
was a nice; flag, but had "little -
meaning". •
Department Clears
Hallett. School
The Department • of Educa-
tion has approved a .Hullett
School Area Board proposal to
construct an 11 -room central
school, with auditorium. The
board - will now approach the
municipal council for .approval,
There are 319 pupils .enrolled
in the township. Board chair-
man Glen Carter said no`deci-
sion had been' taken concern-
ing a site.
Decision to•., ,proceed with a
central school followed study of
the school accommodation prob-
lem in the township. The board
examined -steps taken in other
centres -and toured consolidat-
ed schools at-Holmesville, Zion,
North Ashfield, Turriberry and
Howick.
Since its organization last
month, the board has visited
the 13 one -room schools in Hul-
leitt 12 of which are in opera- ,
tion. In other business, Harry
Tebbutt was seleeted from eight.
applicants as , secretary -treasur-
er, at $790.00 per annum, and
five. 'supply teachers were ap-
pointed. . '
' Glen Carter, RR 1, Londes-
boro, serving a two-year term,
is board chairman. Other mem-
bers are: (two years) Eric An-
derson, RR 1, Ldisdesboro, vice-
chairman; Charles Scanlon, RR
1, Londesboro; (one year) Stan-
ley Lyon, RR 1, Auburn, and
Maurice Bean, RR 1, . Auburn.
I The board meets on the sec •
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and Monday evening of each
month at No. 8 School, north .•
•of Londesboro.
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