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Sutan for: corn
Now there is a- safe, dependable, effective, economical
way to control the really tqugh annual grasses in sweet
and field corn . . . SUTAN, "the grass-getter". SUTAN
"gets"• yellow and 'rem foxtails, -crabgrass and barn-
yardgrass without leaving soil It is equally
effective in controlling yel-
low nutgrass (nutsedge)
And in some cases, SUTAN
oven controls reclrocit pig-
weed.
SUTAN, a liquid, applied
before planting and mixed
immediately into the soil,
•controls grasses when it
counts most . .. early in the
season. Simply follow label
directions. We have StrrAN
now. So mu° lied get it!
SELECTIVE II USICIDI.
25. In Memoriam
HEDDEN — In loving mem-
ory of Mrs, Margaret Hedden
who passed away May 24, 1967.
0 happy hours we once enjoyed,
How sweet their memory still,
But death has left a loneliness
The world can never fill. •
Sadly missed by Brian, Joan
and' Marty Flannigan. 25.80-1
27. Births
RYAN — In Stratford General
'Respite' on May 11, 1989 to
Mr, and Mrs. Ronald Ryan,
RR 1, Dublin, a daughter, Mar-
garet Rita.
SMITH — In Seaforth Commun-
ity Hospital to Mr, and Mrs.
Douglas Smith, RR 4, Sea-
forth, May 15th, a son,
HAMILTON'— To Mr. and. Mrs.
Laverne 'Hamilton, (nee Mar.
jorie Boyd), Exeter, a daugh-
ters Marilyn, Elizabeth, (2 lba.,
14 Dm). on May fah at Vie-
terie Hospital, London.
SEED CORN
STILL IN STOCK
FUNK G 4110
43
11A
4170
MILTON J. DIETZ
PURINA CHOWS
RR 3, Seaforth Phone 527-0608
50 THEY SAIr
until she realized he meant what
he said about the service and
quality at VINCENT'S.
Now she agrees wholeheartedly.
icf.• JUST AltIRIVED
INTEREST FREE ON ALL
FARM TRACTORS (New and- Used)
'COMBINES (New and Used)
SWATHERS. COMBINES
(And all' equipment bought with these
machines).
Yahnuaty 9.ohn Each"
AYR - GALT -SEAFORTH Piwiu2 527-0120
'0SCV,114C.
HaVing recently purchased the
STAFFEN GREEN HOUSE
we invite you to come in see our large stock of •'
flowers and 'vegetables.
We look forwarfl to serving you as Mr.' and
Mrs. Staffen did for so many years,
— open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during May and June —
MacLean's Greenhouse
KEITH 'AND WILMA MACLEAN
At the same location on
• Jarvis Street, between Goderlch mid John Streets
`*vis'ass'
SPRING
GARDEN
CENTER
8•--THE HURON, g*POSITOR, SEAFORTH, 9NT., MAY 22, 1969
CONSTANCE
114r,knd Lawrence
Hill, Mr. 'and-Mrs. Allan Pfaff
and family alj, of Crediton, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Preszcator, Billy
and Debbie, Mr, and Mrs. David
Pretzeator, Christine and Lisa
were Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Ken Preszcator and
girls.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Riley were Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Riley and Pat and
Mrs. Elizabeth Riley of Hensall,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Slater of
Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
McKay, Susan and Audra of
C, linten.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crozier,
Brian and Paul of Listowel visited
on Monday with yr. and Mrs.
George McIlwain and Mary. Kevin
and Lori returned home with their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Hunt-
er of Colborne Township visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
John Thompson and family-
.Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Pepper
Were on a fishing trip at Brace-
bridge over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas Paterson,
London, spent the holiday week
end with Mr, and Mrs. A. Pat-
erson. .
Mrs. A. Paterson attended
the funeral of her unc-le Alton
Sholdice, at Lucan on Saturday.
The Tuckersmith Group of
the U. C. W. Brucefield United
Church spent a pleasant evening
at the home of Mrs. Gordon'Rich
ardson, Clinton. Former mem-
bers were also invited and over
thirty attended.
' Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heaman
and children, London spent
Monday with their parents , Mr.
and Mrs. W.. Jackson. Mrs.Jack-
son received word that her father
Mr. Anger Belmont had suffered
a severe stroke and heart attack.
A Large crowd of ladies
attended the bridal shoWer for
Miss Kathy Hern on Friday even-
ing at ElinivilleOnited Chureh,
Miss. Susan Allen read the ad- ,
dress.
Nit, Pay Clarke of SL Niarys
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs, 'Wm- Walters and Danny.
Mr. and Mrs. George Frayne
of Sunshine Line,' visited on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs' Hal-bid
,Frayne and family of near St.
'Marys.
David Scott, Sharon and
Bobby Thompson had their tonsils
removed the past week. , We
wish them a-speedy recovery.
Mrs. Sam McClure took the
bus tour to Holland, Michigan
for the week end where she at-
tended the tulip festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Medd and
Kerri visited on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Harris of Paisley
and with Mr. and Mrs. Borden
Brown of flano‘er.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunter
and family of Colborne Township
visited on Monday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Thompson and family.
Mr. David Medd has com-
pleted his year at the Stratford
Teicher's College. He passed
on hid years work not having to
write final exams.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul McMaster,
'Carol and Mark, Miss Betty Hog-
gart, all of London, spent the
holiday week end with Mr. and
Mrs. George Hogeart and Harvey.
Misses Mary and Nancy Buch-
anan of Brampton spent the week
end with their parents Mr. and
PLAY FOR SEAFORTH STUDENTS
An orchestra made up of pupils from London Public Schools with
..their director, M. Telford; took a bus tour to Huron County Friday.
wellAs as visiting places of interest in the county they
stopped at several schools including Seaforth Public School where the
pupils enjoyed a concert.
Accompanying the orchestra was a triple trio from Clara Benton
Public School in London who sang four numbers. (Staff Photo)
'Plaque Commemorates
NEWS of
ST. COLUMBAN
The sudden death occurred-
at his Egmondville home Mon- '
day of Baden Powell. He was
6'7.
Mr. Powell was born in
Egmondville, the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Powell.
He attended Egmondville school
and the Seaforth Collegiate
Institute. lie was a valued
employee of Seaforth Creamery
for many years. For a time he
operated a delivery service and
in recent years was interested
in market gardening and flow-
ers.
He is survived by his wife,
the fernier Nellie Cooper, to
whom he was married in God-
each in 1920 and by two daught-
ers, Helen, Mrs. Ken Elliott,
London and Jean, Mrs, A. R.
Phillips of London and-two sons.
BADEN POWELL •
AREA FUNERAL.
.ta
CROMARTY
' Mr. and Mrs. Bob Graves,
Sta Thomas, Carol Graves,
nurse-in-training in Whitby
General Hospital were Sunday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Walker.
Mr. and Mrs; Douglas Eyre
and Richard of Shedden spent
the week.end with Mr: and Mrs.
Gordon Scott and Frances.
Mr. and-Mrs. Ernie Grahm,
St. Marys, Mrs. Mamie Young
and son John of Woodstock vis-
ited Cromarty friends on Friday
evening.
Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs, Otto Walker were .Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Currie, Linda'
and Jo Ann of Dorchester, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob H ulley and
family, Winthrop, Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Walker, London.
A crokinole party, sponsor-
ed by the C. G. L. T. girls was
held in the church schoolroom ,
on Friday night. Mrs, ,John,Terrl-
pleman was high 1st. , John
Templernan, low 2nd., Brian
Miller , high 1st., and Jo Ann
Ross, low 2nd.
Mr. Herb Walker and Mrs.
Lillian Sullivan of Markdale
visited on Thursday With Mra
Wand Mrs. Otto Walker.
,Mrs. Laverne Wallace visite,
ed with her sister in Kenora.
Miss Pamela Wallace was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin
Dow.
and,Mrs. Inn Ramsey
and Tracey, Kitchener, visited
on Nlondaywith Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Ramsey. •
The Ladies Aid of Cromarty
Presbyterian Church .met at the
home of Mrs..Gerald Carey with
Mrs. Eldon Allen presiding. Mrs.
'Allen opened the meeting with
,a poem. Hymn 088 was read by
Mrs. Charles Douglas. Mrs„' -1'.,.
L Scott. let in devotions. The
roll call was answered by each
member telling where she first
met her husband. L
Reports were given by Mrs.
Robert Laing and Mrs. Mervin
Dow. Lorraine Laing and Barri-
ela Wallace entertained with
tap dancing. The report of
the work committee was given
by Mrs. James Miller. Following
the business Mrs. Gerald Carey
read a hymn and lunch was
served by the hostess assisted by.
Mrs; James Miller and Mrs.
Grece Scott.
MILTON J. DIETZ
t. 'AR 3; Seaforth — Phone 527-0608
(Continued from rage 1•1
same letter he names Seebach
and Fryfogle, whose tavern, a
little east of the site of Shakes-
peare, was still being built on
December 18th, 1828. A fourth
tavernkeeper, Andrew Helmer,
near the Wilmot line, was the
only other settler on the Huron
Road when the contracts for
making the wagon road were
let about 1830.
Col. 'Van Egmond, who was a
man of considerable means, took
- a- contract for about 45 miles of
the road easterly from Goder-
ich. The Company insisted that
contractors take two-thirds of
their pay in land. Among the
many lots along the Huron
Road on which Anthony Van
Egmond's -name was -inscribed
-were seven in McKillop Town-
ship (lots 21-27 incl.) and seven
opposite to these in Tucker-
smith Township (lots 6-12 MO.
This block -contains the whole
area on which Seaforth was-later
laid out. InI addition, Van Eg-
mont!. obtained Lots 10 and 11
in both the Second and Third
Concessions of-Tuckersmith, in-
cluding, a mill site on which
saw and grist mills were soon
built: About 1835 the Canada
Company oPened . "The Mill
Road" across Tuckersmith as. an
'extension of the Bayfield. Road
from The London Road at
Brucefield -to "Van Egmond's
Mills" and up the sideroad be-
tween Lots .10 and 11 to the
Huron Road. This -established a
road junction of some impor-
tance, but certain circumstances
delayed the development of this
site.
By .1837 Col. Van Egmond had
become a severe critic of the
Canada Company and of the
ruling clique at Toronto. He
supported William Lyon Mac-
kenzie, whom he joined at
Montgomery's Tavern on the
morning before the defeat of
the insurgents. He was captured
and taken to Toronto, where he
died in custody before. --being
tried for treason. His affairs
were left in confusion and in
1841 a good part of his land was
sold by the Sheriff of. the Lon-
don District. Lots 10 and 11,
Con. 1 in Tuckersmith and Lots
25 and .26,- Con.- 1 in McKillop'
were bought, with- other lands,
by George J. Goodhue, merchant
and, postmaster at London-, Can-
ada WeSt. Goodhue sold Lot 25
in McKillop and Lot 11 n Tuck-
ersmith'in 1842 to other absen-
tees, but he was in 1850 the
registered Owner of Lots 26 arid
10. Meanwhile, one Andrew
Steen had-squatted on'•the south
end of Lot 26, Con. 1, McKillop,
built a house and made 'a clear-
ing. It is possible that another
squatter opened an inn on Lot
11 for a -time about 1845. A
tavern is marked on a map used
by the Canada Company. in an
advertisement, but does not ap-
pear on a' large map of the
Huron District 'published in
1846.
It was in October, 1850 that
George Sparling bought Lot 25,
Con. 1," 1VicKillop Township.
Snarling may have only been
looking for a farm at that time,
but rumours of the, proposed
Buffalo, Brantford and Goder-
ich Railway gave him a differ-
ent idea. Besides the road from
Egmondville had been extended
north of the" Huron Road and
was gravelled at about this
time. In March, 1853, Christo-
pher Sparling, merchant of Har-
purhey, bought Lot 11, Con. 1,
in Tuckersmith arid in August
sold a two-acre strip across this
lot to the B.B. & G. Railway
Company, which was acquiring
such strips in the other lots
south of the Huron Road, Chris-
topher Sparling sold an acre in
the south-east corner of Lot 11
to Andrew McKearnan, who may
have been keeping a store and
began to be called "merchant".
Some time in 1855 George Spar-
ling had.his first survey of vil-
lage lots laid out in the south-
erly part of Lot- 25 and in Nov-
ember, 1855, sold a quarter
acre farther east'to-Jamei Beat-
tie, blacksmith. On January 30,
1856, George Sparling obtainet
a release from mortgage far
five acres, intended •for his sec-
ond village survey.
It was not until February 23,
1856 that Christoper Sparling
made an agreement of sale of
the ren'raining 97 acres of Lot
11 with Hewitt Bernard, Henry
R. A, Boyes and James Patton,
all of Barrie. Bernard and Pat-
ton belonged to the law firm
of A rdagh„ 'Bernard and Patton
and Boyes was a merchant. Five
days later the sale was confirm-
ed by a deed to Bernard, George
Lefroy and, James Patton. Le-
froy is described as "of Innisfil
Tdwnship", but later deeds
•
as "of Barrie".
The gentlemen from Barrie
were simply speculators. It is
said that James Patton was res-
ponsible for obtaining a station
for Seaforth from the Buffalo,
Brantford and Lake Huron Rail-
way, which had replaced the
earlier company. Certainly the
syndicate sold land int. the sta-
tion to the B.B. & L.A. for a
modest price and when Seaforth
Post Office was opened in Dec-
ember, 1859, Adam Patton was
the first postmaster. However,
it appears that the Pattons did
not choose the 'name "Seaforth",
for George Sparling's surveys
"for the village-of Seaforth" are
mentioned in the releaSe refer-
red to above, dated January 30,
1856, After some edmplieated
transactions between the mem-
bers- of the Barrie syndicate,
control of Ulf 1,1 came into the
hands of James Patton, who
did not hold- it long. There are
few indications of subdivision
in this area before 1860 and the
chief layout is known as the
"Jarvis Survey" from a later
owner, Meanwhile, in 1856.59
George Sparling made a number
-of sales of' village lots, Seaforth
was growing in the fifties but
chiefly around .the crossroads.
An account of Seaforth in
1863-64 calls it "a rapidly pro-
gressing village". "Its, principal
trade consists in the buyllig and
forwarding of Wheat, which is
carried on extensively, In 1862
the grain- shipped in January
'and February, was 101,069
bushels." However, the list of
businesses shows that Seaforth
had a fair number of trades and
small industries, in addition to'
the various stores, hotel and so
forth. The writer remarks that
"Unfortunately for the., village,
part of the lands on which it
is situated, have, been, and are
still in trust for niinors, which
considerably retarded its pro-
gress. which, notwithstanding
.has been astonishing," This may
refer either to Lot 10,. Con. 1,
Tuckersmith, which had been
bought from the Hon. George J.
Goodhue in 1854 in trust for the
children of George Gouinlock of
Harpurhey, or to the fact that
a chancery-suit was still. pend-
ing to deterrnirre 'the fights of,
the widow and datighters of An-
drew Steen to the south half of_
Lot 26, Con. 1, McKillop.
The ,suit of Goodhue v. Steen
wwas settled in 1866. It had not
entirely stopped development,
for Mrs. Steen and her elder
daughter Mrs. Sparling, had
leased an area to James Beattie
who afterwards bought the
'whole fifty acres. They had even
released a lot to the Wesleyan
Methodist Congregation for a
church in. 1863. The Gouinlock
surveys were subsequent to 1860.
Seaforth grew fairly quickly
during the 1860's. Shipments of
grain increased to nearly a mil-
lion bushels a year and. the vil-
lage acquired' new, industries.
Seaforth was incorporated as' a
village in 1868 and became a
town in 1875. It was discovered
that there were deposits of salt
under the village and in the -
1870's these began to be ex-
ploited on a considerable scale.
The town has never been large,
but has maintained its poSitioft
as a centre for the surrounding
-area, outdistancing its older'
rivals, Egmondville and Harpur-
hey.
Sister Mary Delaney, Toron-
to, visited Mr. and Mrs, Steve
Murray.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Drager,
'London, with Mr. and MN. Tony
Poland,
N1r. and Mrs. Dan Moylan,
St. Marys, with kir. and Mrs.
Jack Nloylan arid Mr. ajid Mrs.
Angus Kennedy.
rop
Report
by
T. W. Clapp, Associate
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County
The wet cool weather is
still slowing down the 'Spring
seeding to the extent that
farmers are about two weeks
behind. Some farmers on light-
er, drained soil have completed
seedi •spring grains and corn,
with sonic of the spring grain up.
Recent s'torrns have caused a
lot of -flooding which may kill
some of the spring seeding.
GroWth is slow in the
pastureS, hay, spring grains and
winter wheat, although the
winter wheat on the average
looks good with relatively little
winter kill.
Subic cattle have been
turned out.
• and Mrs,,Ifarry Cole
of Lancion spent the holiday
with. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
Ftorne,
Mr; and Mrs. Ray Horne of
Kirkton and Mr, and Mrs.-Gerry
Grubb and NliChael'of Farquhar
visited on Smnday with Mr; and
Mrs. Freeman Horne.
Mrs. George Frayne visited
on Saturday with Mrs, William
Walters.
,Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Pehlke
of Moncton spent the week cod
with Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Hut-
ton,' Dennis and Diane. -,.••
Census Taker (to woman):
How many in your family?"
Woman "Five. Me, my
husband, the kid, &.ir cow,
and the cat."
Census Taker , "What are
the politics of your family?"
Woman "Mixed. I'm a
Republican, my husband's a
Demberat, the kid's wet, the
cow's dry, and the cat's on
the fence."
Too Late
USED CAR - 1962 Pontiac in
fair condition, phone 345-2543,
10-TL-80-1
COMING EVENT —
NORTHSIDR—t Uni ted Church,
Seaforth, Tuesday, May 27th,
8:00 p.m: Speakers and color
film about the work of London
- Rescue Mission,
1-TL-80-1
FOR SALE - Century spray, 21
ft. booms, 100 gal. tank design-
ed 'for, 3 point hitch. Only used
for 2 years, like new, price rea-
sonable, phone 527-1994.
wrt,-80-1
PROPERTY FOR RENT - Com-
pletely furnished apartment, gas
hated, on Railway St. Seaforth.
Apply Carl Dalton, phone 527-
0702. 15-m-8o-1
WANTED TO RENT — Three
bedroom house or apartment.
Apply Box 1838, The Huron
Expositor.,' 80-1
FOR SAL — Five Border Col-
lie pulps, about 7-8 weeks old;
010 yearling colt, -make good
horse. Paul. Murray, NS-
/2/0,140110, RR 6, 'Soaforth
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stapleton
and Paul, Kitchener, visited Mr.
and Mrs., Gilbert Murray.
Mx. and Mrs. Jack Morris
and family, 'London, visited
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Morris.
Miss PitSheppard, Kitchen-
er spent the holiday week end
with Miss Karen Kale.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McQuaid,
Kitchener, with Mr.- and Mrs.
James McOuaid.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacot., ,
Toronto, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Murray.
Mt, and Mrs. W. J. Piiln'-
sonault, Windsor, with Mr. and
Mrs, Jack McIver.
Gerald Sloan, Grafton, and
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gaffney
and family,, Peterborough"; visit-
ed Mt. and Mrs'. James Sloan,
James Sloan Sr. has returned
home from Seaforth,Community
Hospital.
Miss Rose Doyle, Cedar
Springs„ spent the week end at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Doyle.
Miss Hilda Ke nnedy,London,
spent the holiday with Mr. and
N1rs. Auguste Ducharrne.
Mr, and Mrs. Jim Doyle
and family, London., with Mr. -
and Mrs: Frank Maloney.
Mrs. Peter Van Drunen and
daughter, Jc5anne, are on a trip
to Holland, Mrs. Van Drunen's
parents are celebrating their
50th wedding anniversary.
Alec' Scott, Cromarty,
Dave Pridham, Mona, •Bob
Templeman, Staffa and Stev.
Thompson, Clinton, spent the '
holiday Week end with Rick •
Geislef,• North Bay.
Mrs.' Jim LYall, Nancy and
David, Toronto, visited for a
few days with Mrs, Sam Norris
and Mr. and Mrs. "Bbb Norris
and family.
Mrs. David Sebastain and
Michael, Listowel and Miss
Terry Illman, Monkton visited
Saturday with Miss Fay Temple-
man.
Miss, Pat Meir, windsor and
Mrs. Sherwood Simon, Beth,
Kim and Mary Lynn, Rusccin,
visited'Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Norris and family.
News of
Brucefield
Mrs. Don Buchanan and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Erik Fogt,
Carol and Jimmy of Street-Si/Ville
visited on Sunday with her par-
ents Mr. and Mrs.. Verne Dale.
Nir; and Mrs. Art NleVittie
•• of Kitchener, Mrs. Lillian At-
wood and Jim of Windsor visited
on Saturday with Mrs. Irene Grim
oldby and they all attended the ,
Bettles-Talbot wedding in Bruce-
field United Church.
Winchelsea
Donald J. , London an enne
-G., Englewood, Cal. He is
also survived by eight greed-
children and one great grand-
child as well as by a sister
Charlotte, Mrs. Cecil Pullman,
Seaforth 'and four brothers,
Wallace of Clinton, George,
Arthur and John of Seaforth.
A member of Egmondville
°United Church, funeral services
will be conducted by his minis-
ter Rev. Douglas Steven from
the R. S. Box Funeral Chapel on
Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m.
Interment will follow in Mait-
land Cemetery. Pallbearers
are'Gordon McGonigle, Wm.
Miller, John Eisler, Chas.,
Pinder, Ken Ritchie and Jack
Hotham. Flower bearers are
John Modeland, Hartman Hiu-
sser, Adin Forbes and Waldby
Bizton.
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Winchelsea STAFFA
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