The Huron Expositor, 1975-06-26, Page 96tr
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We are pr ud of (our associatioh with
the Town (of Seaforth and Welc, me
this pportunity to Extend Best Wishes
on the occitsion of their 1100th Birthday
ERIE St HURON BEVERAGES LIMITED
STRATFORD
Authorized Bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca -Cola Ltd.
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Do you remember
Show cases full Si
one cent candy?
The candy , stores had show
cases of one cent candy and you
spent at least ten minutes of the
sales girl's time picking out a
cents worth of this and a cents
worth of that. No candy since has
ever tasted like those cubes of
sponge taffy.
You could get a scoop of ice
cream, a vanilla wafer and a glass
of water for a nickel.
The candy stores had grab bags
for a cent. When the candy got
stale they made up bags of a
mixture and you could buy one
'unseen for one cent.
Crich's "White Clover" bread
cost five cents a loaf and was
delivered to your door for that.
The butcher would give you a
.piece of liver for the cat.
The yearly "Promenades" at
the S.C.I. that were the highlight
of the year. Dances were not
allowed then. You paraded, on
the arm of your partner, up one
stair, around and down the other
to music from the old square
piano.
How drafty the old first form of
the S.C.I. was? You wore long
johns, a heavy dress and a
alt
sweater if you sat near a window
you still shivered. There were
windows facing north, south and
east.
The time the S.C.I. caught fire
in school hours and Cliff Bell, his
father being fire chief, grabbed a
leaky pail and by the time he
reached the fire it was almost
empty.
HoW disappointed we were that
we only had one day's holiday.
The delicious spicy smells that
came from each house as you
passed going to or from school in
the fall of the year.
When riding a bicycle on the
sid4;alk was against the law and
fines were imposed.
When there were signs up all
over "no spitting" and some
New
bandshell
at Vic t o r ia
Park
open1921
Mrs. J. E. MacLean of R.R.4,
Seaforth brought a copy of the
Seaforth News from June 9, 1921
11, with a story on the opening
concert at the new bandshell at
Victoria Park. The issue has been
saved for all these years because
it also contains a story ab out the
wedding of Mrs. MacLean's
parents, Malcolm and Gertrude
(Storey) McLeod.
Many who previously criticized
the building reversed their
judgment and expressed pleasure
at the result when they heard the
band and saw the building aglow
with lights on Thursday night",
the story in the News said.
Mrs. MacLean also brought in
a program from the unveiling of
the monument to those killed in
the first world war at Victoria
Park. There is no year printed on
the program, but among those
speaking were Mayor Golding,
Rev. T.H. Brown, Rev. S.
McLean, Rev. Father Goetz,
R_ ev. F.H. Larkin and Rev.
Father White.
places of business provided
spitoons for the convenience of
their customers.
When the curfew rang at 9 p.m.
When the Presbyterian Church
had a Christmas Tree and the
Methodists an Easter Anniver-
sary supper for the kids and how
the Sunday School attendance
soared as those times of the year
neared.
When people went for a walk
for recreation and one of the
favourite walks was to Harpurhey
and how popular the stile over the
fence at the cemetery was for a
resting place..
In ' the old public school, how
even on the coldest day in winter
Miss McKay would throw the
window up sky high and exclaim
"The air in this room is foul,"
and maybe ,it was.
The snowmobiles that Doctor's
McKay and Burrows had for
making country calls in the
winter, They weren't like modern'
ones either. They were Model T
Fords with a caterpillar arrange-
ment on the back axle.
en the' public library and
ading room was on the second
floor of the town hall.
In the summer there used to be
a medicine show, selling a
cure-all for every ailment, on
Market Street across from where
the senior citizens' apartment is
now.
The droves of fat cattle that
were, driven through town on foot
to the yards at the station for
shipment. The kids were scared
of the cattle and the mothers were
afraid their lawns might be
trampled up.
The cars were •parked in the
centre of Main Street.
The silent policeman that stood
at the corner of Main and
Goderich Streets and Tobias Nash
tied his team to it.
the Spring Horse Show that
was held on Main Street.
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Best Wishes
to
Seaforth
jj
on your
it
r.
100th Anniversary
We are happy to have had c
part in our town's growth
over the past 20 years and
look forward to the future
TUE INSURANCE
AGENCY
32 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH
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THIS HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 23, 1975 —23