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You are invited to attend these area churches
St.Thomas
Anglican Church
A Congregrabon d the Parish d the Holy Split
Jarvis St. Seaforth 527-1522
Rector: The Rev'd Sue Malpus. M. Div
Sunday,November 26
WORSHAT 9:30 AM
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERY 9:30 AM
Books for Breakfast - Sat. Nov. 25
CaII 527-1522 for details
Rector's Coffee Hours - Tues. 9-11 am
St. Nick's Crafters Wed. 10 -noon
St. James Roman
Catholic Church
Welcomes you
14 Victoria Street, Seaforth
527-0142
Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm
Sun. 11:00 am
Fr. Chris Gillespie
Bethel Bible Church
An Associated Gospel Church
126 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982
Sunday School 9:45am
Sunday Worship 11:OOam
B&G Club Wed., 7- 8:15pm
Youth Activities Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Mark Kennedy
EVERYONE WELCOME
Egmondville
United Church
Sunday, November 26
Worship 11am
Sunday School 10 am
NORTHSIDE UNITED First Presbyterian
CHURCH
54 Goderich St. W.
Rev. John Gould
Sunday November 26th
Worship 11 am
Sermon: "Our Vulnerability
and the King of Truth"
Nursery During Worship
Church
Goderich St. W., Seaforth
Rev. Henry Huberts
Sunday November 26 11:15 am
Sunday School & Nursery Provided
Dec. 3 Communionaervice
Dec. 3 "Men of Note" Evening Concert
News
Municipality paying for removal
of two trees at cemetery
Susan Hundertmark
Huron East is paying for the removal of two
old maple trees threatening to come down
a utility shed and several tombstones
Maitland Bank Cemetery.
While the move was "some-
what precedent setting," admin-
istration recommended offering
at least 50 per cent of the cost to
remove the trees because of
financial difficulties being felt by
many small cemetery boards.
"We have a lot of cemeteries
throughout Huron East and we
better be prepared to help out
numerous cemeteries," warned
Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler.
Brussels Coun: David Blaney
said the municipality might need
to set aside a grants program to
help out local cemeteries, instead
on
at
"I'm rather concerned that the parkland
reserve is being used as a slush fund," he
said.
"I think council may have to develop a stan-
dard policy since if we continue on, we will
end up owning the cemeteries,"
said Blaney.
While Deputy -Clerk Brad
Knight suggested paying 50 per
cent of the costs of removing the
trees, Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan suggested paying the
whole amount, but added that
the cemetery board should keep
in mind that Huron East is fac-
ing a "major tax crunch" next
year.
Mayor Joe Seili guessed that
removing the trees will cost
somewhere around $5,000 to
$6,000 a tree.
Maitland Bank Cemetery
board member Don McKercher
told council that five big tombstones, at a cost
of about $500 each, will need some work next
year.
`I'm rather
concerned that
the parkland
reserve is
being used as a
slush fund,' --
Huron East Coun.
David Blaney
of drawing the money from the parkland
reserve budget.
with 61!! Shenk, the Old Car Detective.�--•,�\
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HAVING FUN WITH A 1931 DODGE
By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective"
The Dodge Charger is selling well these days, and the Dodge Challenger will
soon be resurrected. These cars are designed for having fun. Long before the
advent of muscle cars, the Dodge nameplate offered a different kind of fun.
The,1931 Dodge six -cylinder three -window coupe you see here was pho-
tographed around the summer of 1944 on the northeast side of Clarence
Square near Spadina and King in downtown Toronto.
The young man on the roof is Louis Harris, owner of the car. His frierid
in the front seat is Jack Morton, who donated the photo. Louis and Jack
had a lot of fun with this old Dodge. After every big rainstorm, they and a
couple of friends usually headed down to Unwin Avenue near Cherry Beach
to do some "aquaplaning" in the old coupe.
Low-lying parts of Unwin Ave. regularly became flooded to a depth of 18
inches and the Dodge would plough through at full throttle with water
blowing right over the fabric roof and onto the movers' blanket protecting
the two passengers in the rumble seat who were kneeling on the seat cush-
ions and looking back at the submerged tailpipe blowing water all over
behind the car.
The old Dodge usually stalled just after the floorboards began floating
around inside the passenger compartment. That's when the boys in the
rumble seat climbed over the roof onto the front fenders to open the hood
and dry off the spark plug wires.
Then they drove out of the water arid went at it again and again and
again... These fellows knew how to have fun.
The nameplate on Louie's 1931 Dodge, if it had not already fallen off
after 13 years on the road, would read "Dodge Brothers."
John and Horace Dodge were born in Michigan in the 186os, and as they
grew up, they quickly learned the machinist trade in their father's shop.
In 1899, they moved to Windsor, Ontario and were soon manufacturing
bicycles to cash in on the bicycle boom that began a decade earlier with the
invention of the pneumatic tire. They also began to manufacture parts such
as axles, crankcases, and steering components for some of the early automo-
bile makers, and they quickly earned a reputation for quality workmanship.
In 1901, they moved to Detroit and were soon building engines exclu-
sively for Henry Ford, who formed his company in 1903. At first, the
engines built by the Dodge brothers were transported to the Ford factory
on wagons hauled by teams of horses. By 1914, the Dodge brothers were
building cars bearing their name.
Both brothers died in 1920 during the influenza epidemic that swept around
the world following the end of World War One. In 1928, Walter P. Chrysler
bought the Dodge Company, and Dodge has been part of Chrysler ever since.
Do you have any car stories or photos to share with our readers?
Email: bill@carstory.com
"Our expenses are doubling
and our revenue is cut in half. It's
quite a struggle to keep up," he
said.
Seili warned that with the
province giving Huron East close to
100,000 less in funding next year,
council needs to be careful how it
spends money. •
"We can keep throwing money
away but there's $120,000 less next
year," he said, adding in additional
taxes to the county.
"I don't think it's throwing
money away, your worship," said
Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney.
Seili pointed out that Maitland
Bank's request is the third request
for funding from cemeteries Huron
East has received in the last year.
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