Huron Expositor, 2007-05-30, Page 5Opinion
The Huron Expositor • May 30, 2007 Page 5
I've had enough of moving
boxes, furniture for a lifetime
From Page 4
the three of us box carriers
gained another person -
Christa's friend Jack - and
Christa's parents went to pick
up the 16 foot cube van we'd
rented for the day. The only van
we could book in the city for
that day was for 4 p.m.
Christa was a dervish, every-
where at once, packing boxes,
giving special carrying direc-
tions for boxes she'd packed
while I was in Seaforth and
generally making sure that
everyone working in the apart-
ment was occupied.
We finished carting boxes and
then wandered around looking
for things to do until the van
came back. I lost track of how
many times I was asked what to
do.
The van arrived with
Christa's parents in it.
It was huge and I breathed a
sigh of relief because there was
no way we'd run out of room.
Christa's dad stayed with the
van to fit furniture and boxes
and everything else like enor-
mous puzzle pieces into the van.
We all took a break at some
point and I took a walk to clear
my head. I'm an introvert,
which means that I get drained
by being around people. So I
just left, forgetting to tell any-
body. I found out after I got
back that they'd joked about me
having left for Seaforth.
Somehow, we finished loading
everything into the van, my car
and Christa's parents' car. We
said bye to Ian and Jack and set
out for Seaforth. We got here at
dusk and unpacked for three
hours straight.
After a late dinner of pizza,
we saw our familes off and col-
lapsed.
If I ever move again in my life,
it will be too soon.
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Copperhead snake found in hedge
by students in Hensall in 1957
May 26, 1982
At the last meeting of Seaforth
council on Monday evening, the
contract for a ditch on Main Street
was awarded to Mr. Edge at $6 per
rod. The report of the street com-
mittee recommending improve-
ments to the amount of $2000.43
was presented and received and a
portion of the works were
approved.
Robert Winter and H. Chesney
shipped two carloads of splendid
cattle to the old country on
Wednesday. They were purchased
from John McMillan, Hullett; S.
Carnochan, Tuckersmith; and
Robert Garrow, McKillop; at a price
ranging from five and a half to six
cents per pound.
Hugh Robb has a cow which gives
30 pounds of milk at a milking and
is regularly milked twice a day.
This is a cow that is worth having.
Last week the Seaforth Woollen
Mills turned out on nine looms in
six days, 2,575 yds of checked flan-
nel. This speaks well for the mills,
their manager and also for the boss
weaver.
May 31, 1907
As if to make up for the beautiful
spring weather of Sunday morning.
Old Boreas gave Seaforth residents
a squall and thunderstorm Sunday
afternoon, followed by a flurry of
snow on Monday, May 27. Nice
weather has been favoured since
then.
The Mayor has, very properly,
issued a notice to the owners and
operators of traction engines that
they must not run their engines
over the pavement on Main Street
when they can just as well use a
side street, on which there is no
pavement.
The Queen's Hotel, Hensall,
owned by W. Coxworth and recent-
ly vacated by Mr. Bryce, burned to
the ground on Thursday morning.
The hotel had been vacant for some
time and the origin of the fire is
unknown. The loss will be consid-
erable, as there was no insurance.
Boys wanted - Parents desiring
their boys to learn a good trade and
have steady employment, would do
well to call at the Seaforth Shoe
Factory. Boys wanted from 14 to 20
years of age.
May 20, 1932
Wilson MacDonald, celebrated
Canadian poet gave an address on
poetry at the Collegiate Institute
with pupils and guests attending.
His published .works include
"Songs of the Prairie," "Out of the
Wilderness" and "The Caw Caw
Ballads."
It would appear that Seaforth is
at last to have a talk -picture show.
Negotiations which have been
going on during the past month,
culminated on Thursday when
final arrangements to acquire a
building and property were made.
Hearing screams in the early
hours last Saturday morning,
neighbours rushed to the house of
Miss A. Govenlock, to find that for
the third time in as many weeks,
her home had been broken into.
After some investigation, a young
boy of the neighbourhood was
arrested.
A war on slot machines was
launched in Seaforth when three
men face Magistrate Andrews,
charged with disposing of games of
chance etc., in which the contestant
paid money. Three weeks ago,
Constable A. Whitesides was in
Seaforth and ordered the machines
that were here, to be closed down.
June 7, 1957
Neil Broadfoot, Seaforth, received
the covered Queen's Scout award at
the Bluewater region Queen's
Scout ceremonies in Kincardine.
The Queen's Scout badge is consid-
ered Scouting's top award.
The Women's Missionary Society
of Duff's United Church, Walton,
will celebrate their 70th anniver-
sary on .June 8th. Guest speaker
for the occassion was Mrs. McVittie
of Blyth.
Seaforth 4-11 Baby Beef Calf Club
joined with the Brussels Club at
their May 31st meeting held at the
farm of Wm. Turnbull, Brussels.
Eric Anderson gave the official
placing of heifers and Robert W.
Campbell gave the placing of
mature cows.
High school students identified a
snake found under a hedge of a
Hensall resident, as a copperhead.
The students, who had studied the
snake in class, said the reptile had
every characteristic of a copper-
head, a poisonous snake found
chiefly in the eastern United
States. It is very rare in Ontario.
June 2, 1982
Seaforth had an accumulated net
deficit of $7,404 at the start of this
year, $43,419 less than at the end
of 1980 when it had an accumulat-
ed net revenue of $36,015.
The town's 1981 financial report
was presented by chartered
accountant Archie Leach of the
firm Atkinson, Leach and Neill at
Monday night's council meeting.
Canvassers who this week fanned
across the five municipalities sup-
porting the new Seaforth and dis-
trict community centres are being
well received as they seek to raise
over $520,000 for the project.
Rob Lane was one of about 400
players to have been drafted to the
Ontario Hockey Association, major
junior A league, last weekend. The
Guelph Platters picked the 16 -
year -old as their first choice in the
sixth round.