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Opinion
Letters to the Editor
Seaforth Legion's annual poppy drive
planned for Sunday, Nov. 6
To the Editor:
For many years the people of Seaforth and area have been most gener-
ous in contributing to the annual poppy campaign of Branch 156_of the
Royal Canadian Legion.
Funds which the public contribute are held in trust in a separate
account and do not form any part of branch finances. The amount collect-
ed in the 2004 campaign was $6010.01 with expenditures during the year
totalling $5807.75.
The poppy trust fund is a reserve from which assistance can be given to
needy veterans and their dependents and the widows and children of
deceased personnel.
We trust that local citizens will continue to lend their usual strong sup-
port
upport to the 2005 poppy campaign by wearing a poppy and being receptive
to the legion member knocking on your door during the poppy drive to be
held on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. Your donations will be appreciated.
In the Years Bone
Rick Fortune
Poppy Chairman
Legion Branch 156
Two men armed with revolvers and a sawed-off
shotgun rob the Brussels bank in 1930
OCTOBER 29,1880
G. and J. Petty of the Yorkshire
packing house in Hensall, are pur-
chasing a large number of hogs.
They intend going into the pork
business more extensively than
ever this season.
James Simpson of Grey Township
has done it now. He has tied a knot
with his tongue which he cannot
untie with his teeth, and that knot
was matrimony. His bride was Miss
Jessie Macdonald, also of Grey.
Robert Anderson, late of Stanley,
and Mr. W.T. Grieve, late of Hullett,
with their families have arrived
safely at their new home in Dakota
and have got comfortably settled.
They are located near New Buffalo.
Mrs. Robert Scott of Bankhead,
Roxboro, died at her home on
Sabbath last, in her 63rd year.
Deceased, who was a daughter of
the late Archibald Dickson, was
born in 1818, near Jedburgh,
Roxburghsire, Scotland and came to
Canada in 1834 with her mother
and younger members of the family
to join her father and brother
James, who had proceeded them,
and settled on the bank of the
Maitland. She leaves a family of
five sons and three daughters, who
with their father, mourn their
irreparable loss.
OCTOBER 27, 1905
T.J. Head of Nome, Alaska, a for-
mer Seaforth resident was in St.
Thomas recently where he exhibit-
ed a nugget weighing three and a
half ounces which he said was
worth two bite less than fifty dol-
lars. He also had a bottle of gold
dust from the placer mines, and
wore a chain of small nuggets in
the rough state, linked together,
and a charm with a kit of miner's
tools engraved thereon. Mr. Head,
who left Seaforth in 1898, travelled
first to Dawson City in the Yukon
by the Peace River route.
The Seaforth reed and brass band
is now in a flourishing condition.
Nearly all the old star players
attend the bi-weekly practices regu-
larly and the young reserve s are
progressing so rapidly that some of
them will be promoted to the stellar
ranks at an -early date.
John Maudson, of Hibbert
Township, Con. 13, has just
returned from an extended trip
through the provinces of Alberta
and Saskatchewan. He has taken
up a homestead on the proposed
new branch of the CPR near the vil-
lage of Daysland in Alberta. He is
having an auction sale of his stock
on Nov. 6 and will either sell or rent
his farm here.
OCTOBER 31, 1930
Armed with revolvers and a
sawed-off shotgun, two men,
believed to be Italians, entered the
Brussels Bank of Nova Scotia at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and 15
minutes later were speeding in a
couple cars towards London with
$5,840.04 in cash, leaving the bank
manager and two employees bound
and gagged in the vault.
The misses Cresswell left
Seaforth on Wednesday for
Pasadona California where they
will spend the winter.
Bean threshing in the Kippen
area is getting well on to comple-
tion for another year.
Mr. and Mr. Robert McLaren of
Hensall were recently in London
attending the convocation exercises
of the University, where their tal-
ented daughter Miss Margaret
received scholarships and a neat
sum of money connected therewith.
Miss Norma M.S. Rose, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rose
of McKillop, recently became the
bride of Henry J. Bode, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Bode of Logan.
The bride, given in marriage by her
father, was charmingly dressed in
ivory, duchess satin with pearl
trimmings and trailing veil caught
in orange blossoms and carried bou-
quet of yellow chrysanthemums
and ferns.
OCTOBER 28,1955
The Daily Motors block in
Seaforth was gutted by a $30,000
fire late Saturday afternoon. The
blaze spread from a flash fire which
enveloped a tractor undergoing
maintenance in the repair depart-
ment at the rear of the block.
Owned by Harvey McLlwain the
tractor was being serviced by his
son Jack. One fireman, Allan Reid,
was cut during the fire when falling
glass pierced his rubber boot. .
William Winter of Walkerton,
Warden of Bruce County and well-
known Seaforth native, was hon-
oured at Walkerton when 225
guests and county officials attended
a banquet at the Legion.
Seaforth Public School students
will be asking for pennies instead of
candy as they make their rounds to
neighboring homes this Halloween.
The pennies that are collected will
be given to the Lions Pool cam-
paign.
OCTOBER 30, 1980
About 25 merchants attended a
question and answer session on the
proposed Business Improvement
Area for downtown Seaforth at the
town hall Monday night. Unless
one third of those inside the pro-
posed BIA boundary, who also rep-
resent one third of the area's
assessment, sign a petition oppos-
ing it, Seaforth council will proba-
bly pass a by-law designating the
downtown core a BIA in December.
If Tuesday night's ratepayers'
meeting is any indication, the
major issue facing Seaforth voters
in the Nov. 10 election is what
should be done about Main St.
parking meters. Most public discus-
sion at the meeting, attended by
about 50 residents and candidates,
followed reports by Mayor John
Sinnamon and the Chairmen of
various council committees.