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The Huron Expositor, 1988-01-06, Page 1Walton - A5 Dublin - A5 Obituaries - A l l Sports - AG, A7, Al2 Classifieds - A8, A9 INDEX People - Al2 Weddings - All Births - All St. Columban - A5 - Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton ar \"\, .„\\ Local .rock band plays Queens See Page A3- a to O `\7 ` y t` .a. • 0 � � uron • xpositor HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1988 50 cents a copy Christmas saleLear in Se�forth(businesses While reports have been circulating of a poor Christmas season for merchants in larger cities, the consensus among Seaforth merchants seems to be that things were down only a fraction, or were the same as in past years. As far as customer volume in concerned, there were a few merchants who were pleasantly surprised with what they got this Christmas, some for whom the season went exactly as they foresaw, and some who were disappointed. Roger Adams of Canadian Tire said this year was pretty well identical to last year in his business. "The whole climate has not been that strong in retail anywhere," says Mr. Adams, adding, "business was as good as can be expected." As for competing with neighboring towns for business Mr. Adams says "Seaforth has maintained itself fairly well from what I can see." He added that the weather was nice enough for people to shop in other towns easily, but enough of them stayed here to make Seaforth's Christmas merry for businessmen. Mr. Adams shares the opinion of many merchants who believe the market crash this year has made a lot of people more. cautious with their money. WEATHER PLAYS ROLE Don Deighton of Stedmans said he thought business in Seaforth may have been down a fraction. Like many merchants, Mr. Deighton is of the belief that the weather may have had an ili effect on business in Seaforth. "The weather was too good, it gives peo- ple a chance to go out of town," explained Mr. Deighton. "I think we needed more snow," he added. Dave Stewart of Stewart Brothers said business there was upslightly over last year. "We were tickled to death with the way it turned out," is how he put it. He said they had a nice steady flow of customers, and were never too rushed but were always busy. Mr.. Stewart goes against what the other businessmen say concerning the weather, and would like to shoot down their pessimistic theory. He says the nice weather doesn't take business, away from Seaforth, it enables people from other towns,.a to come here. Although customer volume may change from year to year in -specific businesses, from what merchants have said it was business as usual in Seaforth this Christmas, with overall customer numbers much the same as last year or just slightly w+ down. Whether the blame for the slight decrease rests on the shoulders of the weatherman, or is the fault of the market crash is just conjecture. Industrial Training Committee revived The Huron Community Industrial Train- ing Committee, which was revived this past summer after being domant for several years, has invited over 400 area businesses to send representatives to a general information meeting, Jan. 8. The meeting, to be held at the Huron Board of Education Building, 103 Albert St., Clinton, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., will of- fer interested industries information on the HCITC's services and activities. The HCITC is made up of interested employers and individuals and will be of- fering cost-effective training programs in Huron County. The goal of the organization is to bring industrial training to Huron, in- stead of sending trainees elsewhere. The HCITC is designed to combine the training needs of businesses in Huron County, in order to best take advantage of govern- ment funding for training programs for employees, as well as the unemployed. NEW YEAR'S BABY - Seaforth has a New Years baby. Robert and Trudee McClure are the proud parents of their newborn son Troy William. Troy was born at 7:25 on Monday night, and weighs DON'T DRIVE DRUNK was the message the OPP and the Seaforth police were giving drivers this New Years weekend, as the RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program was in effect. Operating the program in Seaforth on Saturday night were Constables Wa ne Moulton and Paul Holmes of the Goderich OPP, and Constable Dave Dale and7Auxiliary Constable Norman East from Seaforth. Police feel the RIDE program was a suc- cessful deterant through the month of December, and. the pro- gram will continue into the new year. Corbett photo. The Carnochan Residence was well worth saving This month's featured heritage home is one that lacks some of the elegance of other heritage homes in paforth, but is attractive in its uniqueness. The Carnochan residence is located on 123 James Street and was built in 1873. This original home was likely built for a man who was financially secure, but whose upper lip was a little less stiff than those of his Vic- torian neighbors. Here is what LACAC, the Local Architec- tural Conservation Advisory Committee, had to say about this home: "This clapboard and frame house Is one of the `most fun and eclectic' homes In Seaforth. With its steeply pitched roof, tack- ed on dormers, asymeteical floor plan, nar• row vertical lines, fine trim details, stained glass window, and overall architectural playfulness, the Carnoghan residence pro- vides a fanciful example of Victorian 'cot- tage' architecture - quite a departure from the mora formal and traditional `house' of substance. It is interesting to note that this house was successfully saved from demoli- tion in an eleventh hour rescue." The house was built by James Graves who owned a paint and paper store on Seaforth's Main Street for many years. Mr. Graves built another house of a similar style in Seaforth, with gables on each corner, hand carved designs around the windows and or- nate woodwork throughout. All of the floors are hardwood, and the kit- chen sports a floor of wide pine boards. In the addle of the floor is a metal plate that was at one time a fixture for an electric bell used by an earlier owner to summon their maid with their toe. The doornobs in the building were of white marble and the light fixtures were those originally installed, but one of the building's temporary owners stripped it of these anti- ques, and now there is only one of the original light fixtures left in the home and none of the doornobs. Also stripped from the home were ceramic tiles which were on the floor m front of the narrow coal fireplace. Tiles qet- onto the fireplace itself are still there and it is an attractive feature, of the home. One feature which sets the building apart is the stained glass window facing James Street. The brightness of color in the win- dow's design makes it hard to believe that it is over a hundred years old. The window Was put in by the same man who did the stained glass in the Presbyterian Church. Lou Jackson, an electrician and the Master at the Britannia Lodge lived at the house for many years with his wife and three children. Tom Jackson of Egmohd- ville was the next owner of the building as he bought the house from his family estate. It was from Mr. Jackson that Bob Car- nochan obtained the residence and his fami- ly lived in it for 22 years. It is for this family that the house is named. Anne Mulholland, formerly Mrs. Car- nochan, says it is her sons who caused the house to come to be known as the Carnochan House. Her sons were very active in the community, and she says there- wasn't a chill in Seaforth their age who hadn't been in the house at some time. So it was the young people who gave this house its name. The Carnochans were the last people to Turn topage 5e 7 lbs. 15 oz. Troy has one sister, Tammy. who is four years old. Corbett photo. Drinking and driving was up 80 per cent Drinking and driving was up this year in Seaforth. According to Constable Dave Dale, there were 26 twelve hour suspensions in 1987 and 18 charges laid for impaired driving. Irv1986 there were only 10 people charged with im- paired driving. Statistics on the number of licence suspensions in 1988 were not available, but they were estimated to be lower than in the past year. Police can see no reason for the increase, bitt Chief Hal Claus says there are a lot more people calling in to report drunk drivers now than there were in the past. He said people are now more likely to phone in wherfthey see someone driving erratically, drivirtg too slow, or who are obviously im- paired and going to drive. Although they may be through the rest of the year, during the holidays people aren't driving drunk. The RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program was very successful this Christmas season as a deter- rent against driving drunk. There were 235 drivers stopped over Christmas and New Years this year in Seaforth as part of the RIDE program, and out of that there were issued five 12 hour suspensions and one li- quor charge. There were no impaired driv- ing charges. There were few charges of any serious nature over New Years, and Constable Dale says this is part of a trend. For the past four years people hay been well behaved on New Years. He says there are more people going to house parties, taking taxis, having designated drivers, and larger companies are hiring buses to ensure nobody drives home drunk. Police everywhere are getting results from anti -impaired driving programs. Toronto police reported having stopped 1700 drivers and not finding one to be impaired. The RIDE program has not yet been shut down, and police will continue their checks well into the new year. HERITAGE HOME .- Built by Mr. Graves, who used to own the paint and paper business in Seaforth, the Camochan residence is one of the most unique heritage homes in Seaforth in its'non-traditional architecture. Corbett photo. i Il s. d 0'r