The Huron Expositor, 1997-01-22, Page 3News and Views
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TRACKS IN THE SNOW - This eastbound Goderich-Exeter Railway locomotive crept slowly out of town on Thursday
during snowy conditions. Snow had to be cleared from the tracks before it could leave Seaforth.
Two adults
answer 35
charges
Ontario Provincial Police
say two adults, one of them
from Seaforth, have appeared
in Goderich court to answer
35 charges, of the more than
80 laid after a recent crime
spree.
Mark Keddy, 25, of
Seaforth was remanded in
custody until Jan. 20. Jim
Edward Sanders, 19, of
Clinton was also remanded in
custody, but until Feb. 3.
Police say two other adults
are to be summoned to court
later this month in connection
with the crimes, and a young
offender facing 26 charges is
also soon scheduled to appear
in court at Goderich.
Historical
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Editor
Even if history is given a
low rating on the Seaforth
and area residents survey,
Mayor Irwin Johnston says
that shouldn't discourage a
group of interested people
from forming some type of
local historical society, which
operates without money from
the town.
"If there's a group in town
interested, we shouldn't run
away from the idea," said
Johnston at a meeting of the
"CelebrateSeaforth's
History" committee held
Wednesday night at town
hall.
A small group of dedicated
people have met regularly
since last spring's first gath-
ering which attracted a full
house at the second floor
council chambers and fea--
turgid video clips of Frank
Sills' historical collection of
local memorabilia from thc
Homecoming '95 tape pro-
duced by former Expositor
editor Tim Cumming.
Information on forming a
historical society was sent by
Dorothy Duncan, Executive
Director of the Ontario
WiNTER IN THE SNOW BELT - Lots of snow then frigid temperatures last week slowed
down things considerably in Seaforth for a couple of days and left property owners with
numerous chores around the house. It was so cold Sunday the fuel lines on some snow -
blowers froze. The London newspaper didn't make it through for two days running.
group shouldn't be discouraged.
Historical Society, and for-
warded to committee mem-
hers..
She was unable to attend
the January 15 meeting but is
available in March or April
when the weather is better to
meet with the committee
before holding a public meet-
ing to see if there's interest
outside the core group in
forming a society in town.
Cathy Campbell of the
Ministry of Citizenship,
Culture and Recreation, who
has met regularly with the
committee, was unable to
attend Wednesday's meeting
because of weather condi-
tions.
Cathy Elliot, a past presi-
dent of LACAC, asked
Mayor Johnston if the local
architectural group would
fold if it showed up low on
the survey. Johnston said he
didn't think LACAC would
cease to exist.
(There actually isn't a
"LACAC" or a "history"
listing on the survey but there
is "Heritage Preservation."
There is, however, space to
write "most important" or
"least important" .services
and there's room for com-
ments on the back of the
form).
Seaforth native receives promotion
It was the general consen-
sus of those present that his-
tory would not likely score
high on the survey since most
people •arc probably more
concerned about roads, polic-
ing and other things that
direct!), affect them every
day.
"If (history is) low on the
totem pole, the people have
spoken in towr and we
would have to consider that,"
said Johnston. But the mayor
said when they talked,about
the idea of a historical com-
mittee in the first place, it •
was hoped that a group
would take an interest with-
out the town being directly
involved.
Committee member Dick
Bur' -"ss said the town may
change drastically over the
next couple of months and
years as the provincial gov-
ernment's measures take
affect.
"People arc going to have
to examine what they want to
keep. For example, if taxes
have to triple to support
police, roads, etc., the town
could easily die," said
Burgess.
Nancy Kale would like to
sec each member try to get
one other person out to a
Nesbitt named to top banking position
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
A Seaforth native has been
named president and chief
executive officer of the
investment banking arm of
Hongkong Bank of Canada,
this country's largest foreign-
owned bank and seventh-
largest overall.
Richard Nesbitt, 41,
assumes the helm of HSBC
James Capel Canada Inc. at
the start of February.
He was born in Seaforth
and received his elementary
education at S.S. No. 4
McKillop Township and in
Timmins, Ontario. He gradu-
ated from Stratford Central
Secondary School and later
obtained degrees from The
University of Western
Ontario at London, the
University of Toronto and the
London (England) School of
Economics.
He is the son of Harry and
',/
Richard Nesbitt
Mabel Nesbitt of Stratford
and McKillop Township.
Richard moves to Capel
from CIBC Wood Gundy
where he was head of global
bond trading and equity trad-
ing and sales. He moved back
to Canada last September
after spending two years in
New York helping set up the
firm's high -yield operation.
BUSINESS PAGES
A recent story in The
Financial Post notes "Clive
Bannister, deputy chief exec-
utive of New York -based
HSBC Securities Inc, ( a so-
called section 20 firm)....
whose father, Roger, was thc
first to break the four -minute
mile, said Nesbitt has been
given a mandate to create the
4lcading foreign investment
bank in Canada, a credit to
thc group and also to
Hongkong Bank of Canada'."
Another recent article, in
The Globe and Mail's Report
on Business, notes "over the
past four months, Hongkong
Bank CEO Bill Dalton has
worked on getting Mr.
Nesbitt to join James Capel
and raise its profile. It was a
seductive challenge for the
41 -year-old executive who
had a key role in building
CIBC Wood Gundy's opera-
tion in New York over the
past four years. And during
the Christmas holidays Mr.
Nesbitt decided to move."
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
"'This is a great opportuni-
CONTINUED on page 14
meeting and possibly set up a
chair and executive before
having another public meet-
ing.
Gord Rimmer suggested
each person bring along an
item of historical interest or a
story to the next meeting so
that the committee is actually
exploring history instead of
just talking every meeting.
The committee voted in
favour of having Dorothy
Duncan meet with the group
in a few month's time at a
date convenient to her to fur-
ther explain what's involved
in forming a local historical
society.
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