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The Huron Expositor, 1994-07-27, Page 22-Tflt HURON EXPOSITOR, July 27, 11194 f Business Beat New hobby shop serves all ages BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff You're never too young or old for a hobby. It's with that all -ages philosophy that Bessie Broome and her husband, Ron, run The Hobby Shop at 53 Main St. South, Seaforth. There were a number of reasons owner Bessie Broome decided to open a store in Seaforth that offered hobby, art and craft supplies for sale. Having crocheted since the age of 8 or 9, she was always looking for the supplies necessary for her hobby and found that although she did the majority of her shopping in Seaforth, she had to venture to a city store to find what she needed. The Broomes also own the build- ing where their store is located. Being unable to rent the store out after the previous bakery closed, the couple decided to open a store that offered something not available in town and that they both had an interest in. Aside from crocheting, Bessie likes to embroider, quilt, do jigsaw puzzles, has always enjoyed games and also collects plates. Her husband Ron is interested in model trains and builds doll houses and does other woodworking in a small shop at the back of their store. He makes wooden crafts by order. "It's better to do something you have an interest in,'" said Bessie. "We try to stick with things that are hobbies, crafts and collectibles. We carry games, puzzles, models, electric trains, wool, cotton for knitting, crocheting and embroidery supplies, art supplies - water col- ours, oil paints, brushes, stencil paints, tole paint." DAVID SCOTT PHOTO NEW HOBBY STORE - Bessie Broome, owner of The Hobby Shop at 53 Main St. South, Seaforth, stands in front of her display of,games and puzzles. The store also carries plastic models, model train kits, and materials, supplies and patterns for macrame, embroidery and knitting. At Friday night's Moonlight Mad- ness, the Hobby Shop offered a workshop on tole painting for wood, glass and metal. They want to offer regular weekly classes in the fall. "We already have people signed up," said owner Bessie Broome. Other possibilities for classes include crocheting and knit- ting. The Broomes aren't strangers to business. They operated a floor covering business in Seaforth for 10 years. Bessie Broome has a strong background in bookkeeping in town having worked for Robert Bell Industries, The Town of Seaforth, The Huron Expositor and still keeps books for Seaforth Auto Sales. Since their official opening on April 29, the big -sellers at The Hobby Shop have been embroidery floss and tole paint. Young people buy the inexpensive, colourful embroidery floss to make braided bracelets. Business was slow at the begin- ning but word of mouth has helped sales, said Broome. The Hobby Shop also carries 'how to' and pattern books for crocheting, macrame and knitting. The store offers collector plates, craft dolls, latch -hook kits, wood plugs and doweling and quilting supplies as well. Another feature of the store is consignment shelves which display hand -made crafts and sweaters for sate by local people. New store offers used sports goods BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff How can you afford to fully -equip your whole family for their favour- ite sports? A new store on Main Street, Seaforth may be able to help. Second Period Sports on 94 Main St. South, Seaforth opened its doors to the public on July 9. The store specializes in used sporting equip- ment, collector's cards and sports video rentals. Owner Trent Ward sees a need for second-hand equipment. Children will wear skates one season and $row out of them. As well, the price of new equipment can become unaffordable to families with many children in sports, he said. Trading skates is something Ward wants to eventually get in to. Second Period Sports will also be carrying new hockey equipment from CCM including skates, sticks and tape. Used golf clubs have been a recent good seller at the store as well as children's baseball shoes. Both new sports cards and collectors' cards are available at Second Period Sports. The majority of the videos for rental or purchase are exercise tapes or sports bloopers. The new store offers T-shirts for sale and cresting on the premises, in addition to licensed sports apparel. "I hope to help people with team uniforms," said Ward. His inventory of used sporting equipment also includes exercise machines and roller blades, which have been a hot item lately, accord- ing to the owner. "We only have one pair left." Also available for sale in-store are ceramics made by Trent's wife. Custom-made sweaters by Lorraine McBride are on display as well. Ward is planning to offer equip- ment repair services in the near future, especially for children whose parents might be working or too busy to make repairs themselves - for example attaching plastic blades to sticks or repairing hel- mets. Currently the hours for Second Period Sports are: Monday to Thursday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5:50 p.m. Sunday: 12 to 4 p.m. DAVID SCOTT PHOTO SECOND PERIOD SPORTS - Trent Ward of Seaforth recently opened 2nd Period Sports on 94 Main St., Seaforth which specializes in used sporting equipment, collector cards, team uniforms and T-shirt printing. The store is open every day. Lots created at historic bush BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Seaforth will grow by 12 new homes because of a new subdivi- sion in an historic old bush which is known as Munn's Grove (or Munn's Bush). Local developer Marten Vincent, and Doctors Don and Bill Munn (both Seaforth natives, now living in Listowel) are creating 12 fully - serviced lots in the wooded area in the north-west corner of Seaforth. The tree -filled site of the new subdivision, which covers almost 10 acres, was purchased by the Munn family from the Hartreys (who were beekeepers) in the 1930's. Munn's Grove is full of memories for Dr. Don Munn, who remembers a group calling themselves 'The Grove Gang,' and recalls playing Cowboys and Indians on the prop- erty. Dr. Munn, who retired from his Listowel medical practice a year ago, grew up in Seaforth. The Munn brothers were Sons of Jim Munn, a Seaforth dentist, and Lois Munn. The 66 -year-old man, who still keeps active practising medicine part-time despite his retirement, recalls searching one summer for 'buried treasure' in the bush. The treasure, or 'gold mine,' was actual- ly a cache of toys and jack-knives buried by a group of older children. Work on the subdivision includes construction of a new road through the property as well as full services, which arc expected to be finished by the end of September. Sidewalks will be built after the last coat of asphalt is put on the road. There arc proposed extensions to North and West Streets. The developers have donated all TIM CUMMING PHOTO NEW SUBDIVISION - Dr. Don Munn, a Seaforth native, and Seaforth developer Marlen Vincent are turning Munn's Grove into a new 12 -lot development. land, except the house lots, to the town as preserved park land. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority is ensuring that many of the trees on the land arc preserved. "That's what we want to do here, is keep it as natural as possible with nature trails," said Marlen Vincent. Most of the trees will be in the large back yards of the lots. Most of the lots arc about 67 feet wide and 150 feet deep. There arc several standard restric- tions to preserve the integrity of the development. These standards include minimum -site requirements for homes, and rules to ensure outer structures conform to the look of the house. Homes must be single- family dwellings. Three Seaforth-arca real estate firms are working together to sell the lots at Munn's Grove Subdivi- sion. Dr. Don Munn said he is happy about the way the old Munn's hush is being developed. "We thought about it for a long time," he said. "My Dad was always interested in seeing it devel- oped." The development will help pro- vide more lots to Seaforth and bring new residents to town, said Vincent. He said the building of houses there will be "a shot in the arm" for the area. "It will bring in some retired people from the farms and hope- fully some new people into the community from other areas," he said. "It's a beautiful area to live, it's a wonderful retirement arca," said Dr. Munn. 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