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Whitney South, Huron Expositor
Seaforth TD branch donates
The Seaforth Foodbank received some much-needed assistance last week from the Seaforth branch of TD Canada Trust. The bank donated $850 to
help get food to those in need. Pictured here are Barb Horne, manager of customer service; along with staff members Mary Reynolds and Teresa
Baan, presenting the donation to foodbank coordinator, Herb McGowan.
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IN THE YEARS AGONE
Dial phone service comes to Seaforth in November of 1964
Nov. 8, 1889
• The boys of Kippen seemed to have been quite busy on
Halloween, moving gates from their hinges and carrying
them away a distance.
• John Zubrig, who was sent up from Brussels, charged with
stealing some underclothing from Alex McLennan, pleaded
guilty before Judge Toms, but he was acquitted on the
charge of stealing a watch from another party. Zubrig had
served eight months in the Central Prison for forgery, and in
view of his bad record he will likely go down again.
• The death of Mrs. J. Anderson, near Belgrave, was very
sudden last week. She went to the pump for water and
there expired.
• Mrs. Page, who has kept the hotel at Staffa for a number
of years, left recently for Exeter where she has purchased
the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Frank Carlin, of Mitchell,
succeeds her at Staffa.
Nov. 13,1914
• In Huron County in the year 1913 there were 5,434
phones in use, using 1932 miles of poles.
• Mr. A.W. Sloan and his son, Robert, have shipped this
year from their farms near Blyth over four thousand bar-
rels of apples. Some have gone to the West but the most
of them to the Old Country.
• The Grand Trunk railway have decided to maintain a
watchman at the Main Street railway crossing in Seaforth
and have engaged Mr. John Finch for the position.
• Seaforth Company of the 33rd Regiment, 32 strong, who
have been drilling two nights a week in the skating rink
under Lieutenant H.J. Hodgins, are rapidly rounding into
shape and their appearance is a credit to them.
Nov. 10,1939
• Over two thousand fans gathered to welcome former Sea -
forth resident Cooney Weilands and former Dublin resident
Jack Crawford when they came to town with their team, the
Boston Bruins to play an exhibition game against the Sea -
forth Beavers during their Western Ontario tour. Cooney
Weilands donned a Seaforth sweater once again to play
against Boston. Playing for Seaforth were Harold Stade, Tom
Sills, Archie Hubert, Cooney Weilands, Ralph and Alvin
McFadden, George Kruse, Al Hildebrand, Bon McCallum,
Frank Sills, Gordon Muir and Cyril Flannery.
• A sale of lands for taxes in Huron County was conducted
this past week. Of 46 properties on the list, 20 were sold
involving $2,534.
• Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Govenlock, well-known residents of
Seaforth and district, celebrated their 55th wedding anni-
versary. Also this week, Mr. and Mrs. George Bell of Sea -
forth celebrated their 50th anniversary at the home of
their daughter, Mrs. Andrew Houston, of Tuckersmith.
Nov. 12,1964
• Seaforth will enter a new era in telephone communications this
weekend, when the community telephone system will be
changed from manual to dial operation. The dial tone will
replace the "number please" of the local telephone operators
and the old manual switchboards will cease operation. Each
telephone user will have a unique, seven -figure number made
up of a three -digit prefix and four other figures.
Nov. 8,1989
• The cause of a fire at 31 Main St. which destroyed the garage
and car belonging to Jessie Bennewies has not been deter-
mined. Meanwhile, firefighters were called to the farm of Dan
Murray at noon on Tuesday, Oct 31 when burning grain began
to flare up in the granary. What's more, a car fire broke out on
the Staffa Road early Friday afternoon, completely destroying a
vehicle belonging to Doug Poulton of Egmondville.
• Preparations are underway for the Midwestern Ontario
Farm Toy, Doll, Craft and Quilt Show, set to take place in
Seaforth on Sunday, Dec. 3.
• Soon there may be no smoking Huron County schools and
other buildings used by the board of education. The Huron
board, at its Monday meeting, considered the provincial gov-
ernment's Bill 194, an act to restrict smoking in workplaces. The
act allows for employers to consider policies of their own, and
the board is consultingwith its school staff on the subject.