Huron Expositor, 2006-03-01, Page 5Opinion
The Huron Expositor • March 1, 2006 Page 5
Fair ambassador asks for public inpii
to help create `exhilarating' fall fair
To the Editor,
It is that time of year again when your caring
fair board is trying to organize an exciting and
exhilarating fall fair for the -citizens of Seaforth
and surrounding area.
While the smoke was rising during a brain
storming session, a member suggested that per-
haps we should ask individuals in the communi-
ty what they would like to see at this year's fair.
So, I would like to put forth the question to all
of you, ."What would you like to have at your
fair?" What events or activities would you like
to have on all four days that would make you
want to spend the entire weekend at the fall
fair?
What current events or activities would you
like to see changed or discontinued?
Now of course we will not be able to accommo-
date all suggestions, but we will try our best to
make your fair the greatest one yet.
Feel free to contact me at kebennet@arts-
mail.uwaterloo.ca. Please put "fall fair" in the
subject line. 1
I would also like to take the time to encourage
any young women or men who would be inter-
ested in participatingin the Ambassador of the
Fair competition to contact me at the above e-
mail address or Gwen Good at 522-1300.
If you know a young lady or man who would
make a great ambassador feel free to put his or
her name forth as well.
We are also trying to start a Jr. Ambassador
Competition, which would be from . ages 12-17.
Contact me or Gwen for more information.
I hope that everyone is enjoying 2006 so far. I
know that the Seaforth ,Agricultural Society has
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many events to fill your social calendar.
We look forward to seeing all of you at the
17th Annual Elimination Draw on July 1 (tick-
ets are still available), as well as the 161st
Seaforth Fall Fair.
All the Best,
Kora Bennett
• 2005/2006 Seaforth Fair Ambassador
Canada's health system only a dream
for the rest of the world
To the Editor,
When you gotta go, you gotta
go! And when you gotta go to
the emergency department of a
hospital in Canada, think for a
moment of how fortunate we
Canadians are to have a pub-
licly -funded health care system
that is only a dream for most
of the rest of the .world.
In a Canadian. hospital
nobody asks: "Have you any
money?" Or "Who's going to
pay for this?" No:' Everyone has
only one concern; to relieve dis-
comfort, pain and anxiety.
Whether you're the richest
man in town,or unemployed
since last April, is, of no rele-
vance to the men and women
who work morning, noon and
night, every day of the year, to
care for us when we need
them.
On two occasions recently,
the first early on the morning
of Mozart's 250th birthday, and
more recently in the middle of
the night, all the staff we met
at our Seaforth hospital --
receptionist, nurses and doc-
tors, were professional and -
friendly.
During the recent federal
election campaign Stephen
Harper said: "all taxes are
bad." Prime Minister Harper is
entitled to his opinion.
We prefer. to agree with a
great American, Oliver
Wendell Holmes,_ who said:
"Taxes are the price we pay to
live as a civilized society."
Paul and Anne Copeland
Seaforth, On.
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Public meeting calledto•consider paving
Seaforth's Main Street in 1906
FEBRUARY 25, 1881
Thomas Govenlock of Seaforth
has bought up most of the fat cat-
tle in this county for shipment to
the old country. He has paid from 5
cents to 6 cents per pound live
weight.
F. Holmested of Seaforth now
owns Stark's Brick Block on Main
Street. Mr. Stark has removed to
his own house in the southwest
part of the town.
The store and dwelling together
with 43 acres in Walton, the prop-
erty of R. Pattison, has been sold
for the sum of $2,920. James
McDonald of Morris is the purchas-
er.
R.W. Murray, son of James
Murray of Tuckersmith, left
Hensall on Thursday morning for
Picton Prince Edward County
where he has accepted the position
of head teacher in the Model
School.
FEBRUARY 23, 1906
Lilly Ortwein of Hensall was in
London this week attending the
millinery openings.
The mayor of Seaforth has called
a public meeting to be held in the
town hall on Monday evening next
at eight o'clock for the purpose of
considering and discussing the pro-
posed scheme for the paving of
Main Street from Goderich Street
to the railway station. This is one
of the most important propositions
that has ever come before the peo-
ple of Seaforth for their determina-
tion and there should be a very
large attendance at this meeting.
A good driving horse belonging to
J.W. Beattle died on Sunday last
from lockjaw.
FEBRUARY 27, 1931
Roy Pepper of Tuckersmith was
in Goderich for a couple of days
last week, being called as a jury-
man.
On Saturday afternoon last,
Russell Busch of London, who
spent his early boyhood life in
Hensall, planned to fly up to our
village in one .of the fine planes of
the London Air Service. Reaching
here in fine time and about the
middle of the afternoon and after
flying for some time over our vil-
lage and that part in which Russell
lived, he decided to land for a short
time in one of the fields of Henry
Soldan.
Elmer Fowler and sister Florence
Fowler, who recently sold their
farm on the Huron Highway have
moved into the Bethune apart-
ments in Seaforth.
FEBRUARY 24, 1956
A landmark in Seaforth for near-
ly 90 years, the frame building
located at the corner of East
William St. and Side St. collapsed
as a result of the weight of snow on
the roof on Wednesday morning.
During recent years the building
has served as a garage for Crich's
bakery here.
Gar Baker, former goalie of sever-
al Seaforth hockey clubs was
awarded the Gerry Smith
Goaltender's trophy for top perfor-
mance in the W.O.A.A. major group
this year with Exeter Mohawks.
FEBRUARY 26, 1981
If the number of building permits
issued is any+indicating, there's a
definite slump in housing construc-
tion in the Seaforth area. But
that's hardly surprising, as build-
ing inspector Herman Van Wieren
points out, since the number of
building permits issued in 1980
was down across Ontario.
Parents of children who attend
Seaforth's Co-op nursery school
agreed last week that the best site
for a portable classroom' it hopes to
buy is at Seaforth Public School.
Ther parents agreed to keep looking
for a suitable portable for the 62
students who must vacate the
library basement by the end of this
term.