The Huron Expositor, 1957-11-22, Page 2V. 22, 1457
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SAVINGS OFFICES
are owned and controlled by
The Government of the Province
of Ontario
SAFETY OF PRINCIPAL --
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SAVINGS OFFICE
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YOU TO -DAY
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BRANCHES IN THE FOLLOWING
CITIES AND TOWNS:
Aylmer, Brantford, Guelph, Hamilton
(36 James St. S.), Hamilton East End
(318 Ottawa St. N.), London, Ottawa,
Owen Sound, Pembroke, SEAFORTH,
St. Catharines, St. Marys, Walkerton,
Windsor, Woodstock.
TORONTO BRANCHES:
Bay & Adelaide, Danforth & Fenwick,
Danforth & Woodbine,, Parliament.
Buildings, University & Dundas, 1556
' Yonge Street.
HEAD OFFICE:
Parliament Buildings, Toronto
HONOURABLE DANA PORTER
Treasurer of Ontario
The modernized town building,
which today serves the citizens of
Seaforth, is a far cry from the
conditions that existed a hundred
yearsago when Seaforth had its
beginning.
The story of that beginning is
told in the Huron Atlas of 1879.
Referring to Seaforth, the Atlas
says:
This flourishing incorporated
town may be justly described as
one of the most prosperous and
progressive of 'a section of coup-
try where prosperity and progress
have been the order of the day.
Not many years agog and within
the memory of even the "rising
generation," the spot which now
marks the existence of this centre
of trade and industry—now one of
the most important 'places, in a
commercial point of view in
Western Ontario—was a dense and
almost impenetrable forest, echo-
ing back the scream of wild fowl
and the croak of reptile, the only
inhabitants of what has since then
been transformed into the beauti-
ful embryo Seaforth we now see it.
Without any natural advantages
of position, and with the actual
disadvantages of what was in the
early days considered an inferior
tract of land—from being compar-
atively low, and` therefore more
difficult to bring under the subjec-
tion of the husbandman—this spot
was passed by unheeded by thou-
sands who, to use a common ex-
pression, "went further to fire
worse." Its lowness constituted a
serious impediment also to any
approach to a "settlement" at this
point; and other " places grew
apace, and prospered too, on all
sides, and within such easy dis-
ances, that none ever dreamed bf
a great future' in store for th'e
"Guide Board Swamp," as the
place was familiarly known, from
the fact that there them stood for
many years at the "four corners"
a post and fingerboard, pointing
towards Egmondville, Aitileyville
(now Brussels), and Goderich,
showing the direction and number
of miles to each place.
The first who ever had the cour-
age to settle in "the swamp" was
Andrew Statue, who located on
Lot 26, Con. 1, . McKillop, at an
early day in the history 'of that
township. He made a clearing and
built a log -house on the southeast
corner of the lot, which was the
first and for a great many years
the only- human habitation on
what now comprises the Town of
Seaforth.
At a very early day, Lot 11, Con.
1, in Tuckersmith, was purchased
from the Canada Company by .one
McGregor, who took up his resi-
dence further west on the Huron
{Road, beyond Harpurhey, clearing
some. 10 'acres, however, on the'
corner . where Carmichael's hotel
now stands; and after this amount
of improvement was made upon
the place, he offered the whole
hundred acres for $450, without a
purchaser for a long time.,
Shortly after this, Andrew Mc-
Kearnan, an Irishman, purchased
three acres on the northeast cor-
ner of the lot, 'and erected a log
tavernon the very spot now occu-
pied by Carmichael's hotel. This
was the second habitation and the
first public -house in the 'place. The
above two houses were the only
ones ,here till the inauguration of
Buffalo, uffalo, Brantford and Gode-
rich Railway, afterwards the Buf-
falo and Lake Huron. About this
time great activity was evinced
in speculation in lands in the vi-
cinity of the supposed line of the
proposed railway. Under this ex-
citement, the balance of ,1VcGre-
gor's lot was purchased frofn Mr.
Sparling by Messrs. Patton, Ber-
nard and LeFroy, professional men
from the east, who at once sur-
veyed .the whole lotinto a town
plot, and through whose enterprise
Seaforth received its first impulse.
ONTARIO TURNIPS PROVIDE
GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMINS
As each season arrives it brings
its own particular food delicacies,
and with the coming of autumn
there is once again an excellent
supply of Ontario yellow turnips
or rutabagas which the fall frosts
have mellowed and brought to full
flavor. The turnip is an economi-
cal food and when properly cook-
ed contains large quantities of-Vit-
amin
f Vit-
amin C, as well as other vitamins
and minerals.
The Nutrition Section,. • Home
Economics Service, Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture, advises
that the best method is to pre-
pare the vegetable immediately.
before cooking, cut into half-inch
cubes, drop into a small amount
of rapidly boiling water, cover
closely and boil gently only until
crisp tender — to 12 minutes. Use
any liquid that remains in soup or
gravy, season the turnips, add a
bit of butter and a little brown
sugar. if desired, and serve at
once. This method ensures fine
flavor, pleasing texture and the
retention of much of their Vitamin
C content.
Since 1941 the number of horses
on Canadian farms has decreased
from 2,789,000 to about 800,000.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
TO
Seaforth
Public Utility Commission
ON THE OPENING OF
NEW, ENLARGED ACCOMMODATIONS
Your Water Supply
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On the occasion of the
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