Huron Expositor, 2009-06-24, Page 5Opinion
Frank Phillips photo
The McKillop Squarettes, taught by Lila Storey, were the top amateur square
dancers in the early 1960s when they competed in the first Canadian Inter-
national Sqare Dance event In Kitchener. From left. were Glen Doimage, Don-
na (Storey) McElwain, Murray Henderson, Gall (Storey) Glanville, caller Larry
Scott, Patsy (Storey) Francis, Bill Henderson, Marie (Scott) Little and Jim Hen-
derson. They also came third in the open event at the same competition.
The Huron Expositor • Jun. 24,2009 Pop 5
Poverty awareness campaign
ives foodbanks good exposure
To the Editor, Seaforth Foodbank is so fortu-
Thank you for being part of the nate to have supporters who give
Poverty Awareness Campaign; the from both their wallets and their
exposure for our local foodbanks hearts. Our successful Spring
was wonderful. Food Drive is a wonderful exam-
Seaforth Foodbank contribu- ple of this kindness as hundreds
tions allow us to give our clients of dollars of food and cash were
fresh eggs, milk, meat, potatoes donated.
and apples in addition. to dried Because many more families in
and canned goods. As you experi- our region are depending on the
enced for yourself, it is basic fare,
but healthy eating.
Habitat for Humanity project an
See MEMBERS, Page 6
exciting opportunity for young people
To the Editor,
When I go away to somewhere
as close as Kitchener or London,
few people know where Seaforth
is. So then I try to elaborate that I
am from Huron County and imme-
diately people recognize the name
and link it to Lake Huron.
I am so very proud to call Huron
County myhome and for the next
Habitat for Humanity home to be
built in Seaforth, only minutes
away from my own home, is excit-
ing. .
The reason I write this letter is
to move the youth of Huron
County to step up and volunteer!
Be proud to say that you are from
Huron County and helped with a
program that has provided afford-
able housing for hundreds of
Canadians and thousands of .peo-
ple worldwide.
For more information please call
519-262-5222 or go to the website
at www.habitathuroncounty.com
Thank you for giving me a com-
munity to be.proud of.
Rachel Haney
RR 4
Seaforth, On.
Huge voter turnout in 1934 election, including
two oldest residents of Seaforth and Egmondvillle
June 20,1884
. Mr. F. Homesteel, barrister of
this town has shown us a stalk of
fall wheat grown on his lot in Har-
purhey which measures -five feet six
inches in length. He has an. acre of
this grain of which this stalk is a
fair example.
John Govenlock, son of Thomas
Govenlock fell into a cellar on Tues-
day last and received such injuries
as to render medical aid necessary,
but he is now recovering.
The senior football club of the Sea -
forth High School went to Berlin on
Saturday to play the final match for
the championship of Ontario with
the senior club of Dundas Collegiate
Institute. After playing the allotted
time neither club had scored and an
additional match was arranged for
between these clubs to be played in
Galt next Saturday.
June 18,1909
The concert in Calders hall in
Winthrop on Tuesday evening was
a grand success.
Richard Robinson of the 18th con-
cession of McKillop recently pulled
down a log stable which had stood
on his farm for over 50 years and
had been in constant use until three
years ago. It was built of rock elm
logs and they were just as sound,
Mr. Robinson says, "as the day they
were cut."
The Seaforth furniture factory
received their first order for office
furniture from Prince Rupert last
week. They also shipped a carload
of office furniture to Dawson City,
the capital of the Yukon last week.
June 22, 1934
Mayor Sutherland received word
on Wednesday that 17 Seaforth
men would be required for work
on No. 4 Highway north of Clinton.
Work began Thursday morning.
On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday the hours are from 7
a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Fridays, eight
hours. The scale of pay is 25 cents
an hour, the men providing their
own meals and transportation.
One of the largest votes ever
polled, was the record set up in Sea -
forth on Tuesday. Electors old and
young turned out in large numbers
throughout the day and cast 1005
votes. Thomas "Dad" Stephens, 93
cast his ballot as did Thomas Daly,
now in his 86th year, the oldest na-
tive residents of Seaforth and Eg•
-
mondville.
June 19, 1959
William Kleinhaar, RR4 won top
honors at the Hensall Feeder Calf
Club competition at Hensall Show
on Friday. He was declared Junior
Showman as well as winning the
grand championship.
Burns Church, Hullett, was
crowded to overflowing Sunday
for the first of a two week centen-
nial celebration. An estimated
300 persons attended the church,
and flowed into the vestibule and
churchyard for the services.
June 20, 1984
A former resident of Hensall, Gor-
don Moir was killed when the light
plane he was piloting crashed into
a car on Highway 87 east of Gorrie
on Saturday.
A Fergus couple, William Miller,
70, and his wife Helen, 65, died in
the car. A passenger in the plane,
Warren Ball, of Etobicoke,, a son-in-
law of the 56 -year-old pilot is in se-
rious condition in University Hos-
pital, London.
The Seaforth Community Hospi-
tal is hoping to expand its out-pa-
tient services. And to do this, the
hospital board hopes to receive ap-
proval from the Ministry of Health
for an addition and the necessary
funding to offset costs estimated at
$1,750,000.
Seaforth's Public Utilities Com-
mission agreed with the collective
agreement between the commission
and members of Local 636 of the In-
ternational Brotherhood of Electri-
cal Workers which was presented to
their June 13 meeting.
The one year agreement granted
a five per cent raise to the outside
workers, a raise in the annual cloth-
ing allowance from $60 to $80 and
a raise in the UIC maximum of the
weekly indemnity plan from $210
to $255.
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