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Huron Expositor, 2013-12-11, Page 5letters to the editor Local artist's work featured at Foodland To the Editor; The phoenix has risen from the ashes. The new Seaforth Foodland is a wonderful example of modern building systems and heritage designs. The Delchi- aros deserve "two thumbs up" for the extra mile they went in blending their store into the historic streetscape. The appearance of Main Street is certainly enhanced by this new structure and this new structure is further enhanced by the historic murals on the south and east walls. The work of local photographer, Frank Phillips, is show- cased in two of the murals. Seaforth is indeed fortunate to have Frank's passion for preserving our history on film and his willingness to share these with its residents. Heritage is good for business and business is good for heritage. Sincerely, Cathy Elliott Wednesday, December 11, 2013 • Huron Expositor 5 www.seaforthhuronexpositorcom St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School Grade 8 students tour St. Anne's Claire Gordon Minster of Public Relations The students at St. Anne's wel- comed the grade eight students from St. Mary's, St. Boniface and Sacred Heart this week. The students got tours and information about the school and what it has to offer for them next year. It was a great experi- ence and the students enjoyed their visits. Our Evening of the Arts took place this week and featured performances by all of the music and arts student at St. Anne's. The evening included per- formances by: the concert band, the jazz band, the junior band, the rock band, the drama club and the arts SHSM students. Items from a Fair Christmas were being sold by the social justice club all evening to raise money and awareness for fair trade. The evening also featured work from the arts and photography students. It was a great celebration of the arts. The concert band also had another school performance this week, as they travelled to St. Joseph's to show off their incredible talents. Our Boys and Girls Hockey Teams took the ice while the Jr. and Sr. Boys Basketball and the Jr. and Sr. Girls Volleyball teams took to the courts. Our swimmers are preparing for another meet this week. This week was the last chance to bring in Christmas toys for teens and pre -teens for the Seaforth Christmas Bureau. However, there is still time to bring in baby clothes for Room 2 Grow and winter wear for the first nations community of Kashechewan and Blessings in Zurich. Please remember to bring in as much as pos- sible to help everyone this Advent season. Tomorrow is our big Indian Culture Night to help raise money for mission trip travellers. Call the school to reserve your ticket. IN THE YEARS AGONE Walton man joins hunt for Jack the Ripper Dec. 14,1888 MI The Seaforth arson case has been again postponed at the request of the prosecution, to Dec 17, due to two or three material witnesses being absent. Hodgins, whom the prisoner Haas says hired him to do the burning, is out on bail himself in $600, and Wm. Hawkshaw, of Seaforth, in a like amount. MI Over $4,000 has already been paid in duty for grain shipped this season by Mr. D. McLennan, grain buyer of this place. • At a meeting of the Council help on Tuesday evening several tenders were received for the establishment of electric light works in this town. The tenders were referred to a committee and the matter will be consid- ered at a meeting tomorrow evening. The cost of the plant will be about $3,500. IN Mr. P. McEwan, of Walton, is going to take Mr. Beirnes' blood hound to London, England, to hunt up Jack the Ripper, the Whitechapel murderer. Dec. 19, 1913 • Mr. Charles Finkbeiner has been appointed caretaker at the curling and skating rink for this season, but if it does not soon become colder Mr. Finkbeiner's labours will be light. • Miss Rose, Miss Everatt, Mr. Stewart Scott and Mr. Car- man have been added to the staff of Stewart Bros.' Store for the Christmas rush. • Messrs. McDougall and Case placed a new plate glass front in one of the show winders in Mr. James E. Wills' show store, replacing a glad that had been broken. • Mr. and Mrs. James McIntosh, lately of McKillop, are now comfortably settled in their handsome new home on John Street and it is the wish of their many friends that they have a well earned retirement. Dec. 9, 1938 • W.L. Whyte, Seaforth, President of the Stratford District Advanced registry Yorkshire Club, in competition at the Guelph Winter Fair, captured the coveted Sansbury tro- phy, bringing it to Huron County for the first time. • The New Year will be two days late arriving in Seaforth, according to D'Orlean Sills, Highlands Band President, as he explained that owing to Jan. 1 being on a Sunday, the band will not hold its annual New Year's Eve dance until Monday, Jan. 2. IN Ross J. Sproat was elected president of the Seaforth Curl- ing Club at the club's annual meeting held in the Town Hall Wednesday evening. The meeting was largely attended. • Many old friends and chums greeted Premier William Aberhart during his two-day visit with his mother and brothers here over the weekend. Dec. 13,1962 lection of sewer charges, it was revealed at council Mon- day night. • Robert S. McKercher, Dublin, was elected a director of the United Co-operatives of Ontario at the annual meet- ing in Toronto last week. Dec. 14, 1988 • • • Traffic ground almost to a standstill Wednesday, as driv- ing snow oiled to record heights across Huron County. School buses at SDHS left at noon Tuesday on their return trop to avoid stranding nearly 300 students in • town. There was no school Wednesday when buses were unable to make usual trips. • Fire losses totaled $53,00 in Seaforth in 1962, of which $48,000 was in one fire - that of Henderson Starter Chicks Ltd. council was told Monday, when Fire Chief John E Scott presented his annual report. • A difference of opinions have arisen between the town council and Public Utility Commission concerning col - Huron Centennial School in Brucefield was the recent victim of a burglary. Thieves made off with almost $6,000 in electronic equipment. Stolen were two PC 3 comput- ers and three VCRs from the library and staffroom. Police have not determined exactly how the thieves gained entry to the school. A search by the school's plant man- ager, of the entire outside of the building, revealed nothing. The bell in the tower at Seaforth Town Hall may soon be coming back down the earth. Phase one of the street- scaping program is going into the detailed planning stage, and construction will begin in spring. The first project is the Town Hall civi court, and one of the fea- tures of the civic court will be a cupola containing the town bell. The estimated cost of the first project is $80,780. Detailed sketches will be made for the civic court and tenders given to contractors. Construction will start when weather permits and early in the summer the civic court will be completed. Seaforth and Area Firefighters were called to a Mill Street home last Tuesday night when a fire erupted in its kitchen. The fire apparently originated on the stove and spread throughout the read of the kitchen. Dave McI- nally, who owns the house, was not home at the time of the fire, but a neighbour was summoned to help put out the flames. David Reynolds arrived on the scene with a fire extinguisher and had the fire out before the Seaforth firefighters arrived.