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The Huron Expositor, 1987-12-30, Page 5It was in with new, out with • • from page 3A • the new.owners on June 16. They purchased ', • . it from Emile Iszacovics, who, decided a few , • months age that after 33 years in the clothing retail business he'd like to retire. JULY 1,.1987 Tuckersmith Township is experiencing a • real growth according to a building permit comparison to ' last 'year. Building in McKillop Township, on the other hand, is about the same, while in Seaforth it is up on- ly slightly in numbers, but significantly in • dollar figures. ° Mayors of the five towns in Huron County • economy will be the major issues in the pro - are giving , serious consideration to a pro-vincial election campaign, says Jack Rid- posal that could .eventually see localpolide-' dell; Liberal candidate in Huron County. focus in Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich, Ex- The election has been set for September 10, • eter, and Wingham disbanded and replaced 1987, with' one central OPP detachment. Two area recreation facilities in Blyth and - • The Seaforth branch of Canada Post has Brussels, are among 80 in Southwestern On- '• felt, the impact of the letter carrier's strike tario which will be ,receiving Capital Cower- . with its mail down 50 per cent in Volume, and vation Program grants fOr upgrading or revenue down considerably. remedial work this . year. The funding • is The fundraising golf tournament held raised through the Wintario Lottery,and ad - Saturday turned out out be a success despite ministered by the Ministry of Tourism and a few absentees and cancellations. The tour- Recreation. nament attracted 54 participants and raised • Described as a good entertainer, Doug • about $1000 for Seaforth Minor Hockey. and the Slugs and Bustin Loose proved to be • Among. local celebrities' participating were a tremendous success at a dance held Satin,- ' Dave McLlwain, David Akey, and Pat and day evening at the Seaforth and District . Greg -Murray. . • Community -Centres. • ' • THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 30, 1987 — 5 • , AUGUST 5, 1987 from big city life to country living relatively An old concept is coining back for easy. She arrived from Japan two weeks farmers, so says Barry Mahon of RR 2 Staf- ago and is already comfortable in her new fa, the owner of Hilton Farms, a new seed surroundings. She will be spending the next cleaning plant. year on the RR.5 Seaforth dairy farm of Jim Mahon began operation of his new seed and Janneke Murray and their daughters. cleaning plant this spring, and said the one Morgan and Michelle. big advantage he has is he can store the SEPTEMBER 9,1987 farmer's grain and seed until the fall or spr- An arbitrator appointed to settle the wage ing seeding, at which time it can be picked • dispute between the Town of Seaforth and up all cleaned, treated to your specificationthe Police Association has ruled in favor of ' and ready to plant. , . the town. Leadership and revitalization of .. the Peter G. Barton said taking into account all circumstances, including the financial situation of the town, a five percent increase retroactive to January 1, 1987 would be ap- propriate. The association had presented various requests for more than five per cent per annum - all based on a split year. Local quadriplegic Alf Dale is on his way to becomingselkufficient. On Friday he 'learned officially of his acceptance into the AsArtsiosctsia.tion of Mouth and Foot Painting Last Tuesday Bill Eisler of Seaforth celebrated his 25th anniversary with the Seaforth and Area Firefighters. • SEPTEMBER 16, 1987 • , Should the results of an employment survey of areas within a 30 minute drive of • Seaforth-prove-faverable'rehesireinc7of-St--- Louis Missouri, will 'establish a pant manufacturing company in Seaforth. In an agreement signed with Cheshire on Wednes day the town of Seaforth indicated it would undertake the survey. Jack Riddell was re-elected as the Huron • 'riding representative during the latest pro- , vincial election. .Mr. Riddell thanked all of his volunteers and family for their support ' during the campaign, adding it was them who helped him win. He gave his acceptance . speech at the Goderich Township Hall in Hoimesville Thursday night. The annual Terry Fox Run was a big suc- cess this year in Seaforth drawing 85 people on Sunday to run. 394 elementary school students participated on Monday 'when local schools sponsored their own runs. The Holmesville Landfill Site Committee is negotiating with current. owner George Levis to obtain ownership of the landfill site currently shared by six numicipalities. SEPTEMITER 23, 1987 Huron County Plowmen, particularly these in and around the Seaforth area, fared well at the International Plowing- Match held last week in Grey County, near Meaford. The new queen of the Seaforth Fall Fair is Elizabeth Stewart. The two runners up are Rhonda Farag and Kendra Papple. The three were chosen from among 12 con- testants last Saturday night in a very close contest. SEPTEMBER 30,1987 - The 142nd Annual Seaforth Fall Fair was a success again this year. Organizers say approximately 1,200 to 1,500 people attended the event. Despite some mid-afternoon showers Sun- day, the Van Egmgnd Foundation's 13th an- nual Ciderfest went over like mom's apple • pie. It was a big hit. The Seaforth busineas community will be enlarged by one this lweek, as a .new op- tometrist tomes to town. Louis LaPlante, a recent graduate 'of the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry, will set up practice with Dr. John Longstaff, effective October 5. OCTOBER 7, 1987 David McLiwain, youngest son of Jack and Audrey McLlwain of Seaforth, has been made an official member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. McLlwain is the first hockey player from Seaforth to make the NHL since Cooney Weiland. • Construction of the first phase of the enlarged Seaforth. Community Hospital Comp/ex could begin as early as November as a result of a building committee decision to ask for tenders. A Ideal youth has captured the Canadian Junior Plowman's Championship for the se- cond time, Patti Dodds, son of Don and Nlaja Dodds of RR 1 Seaforth, is now the first junior plowman ever to win the title two years consecutively. The Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications has notified Seaforth Mayor Alf Hess of its plans to extend the four Tailing of highways 7 and 8 from Kitchener teSUlt- ford. Mayor Ross and other Huron County Mayors had presented a report to MTC minister 'td Fulton earlier this spring detailing desired improvements to Highway JULY 8, 1987• • Topnotch Feed Mills was the scene of a 'fire Friday that caused $125,000 damage. • Dust combustion in the hammermill, • located in the basement, exploded at the top of a tower causing the tower to burn. Town officials were outraged by derogatory comments about •Seaforth, • which were made by.a London alderman and native of Seaforth, and appeared in the ' Saturday, July 4 issue of the London Free Press. Gary Williams, chairman of London's en- vironment and transportation committee, was commenting on a request by Stratford, '-gitchell, Seaforth, Exeter, Clinton and • Goderich to have an extension of the four lanes of highway eight iron' Kitchener to • Stratford. A watermain tee on the corner of Crombie and Chalk Streets broke at the most inoppor- • tune time Friday - just as the firemen finish- . edtheir battle with a fire at the Topnotch • Feed Mills. • . JULY 15, 1987. The Seaforth Meat•Market owned by Bill and Anne Laverty was sold June 27 to Don and Chris Kelly of London.. The men are longtime biisiness associates and friends. • As previously announced by the company, Agnew Group Inc. formerly known as Genesco Canada. Inc.; will cease the manufacture of shoes at its Seaforth plant • by , mid-August this year. The company however, said it is willing to Sublease the building and help in any way it can to keep the continuity of employment in the area. • A fire which erupted at 1:37 a.m. Monday totally destroyed a small building located in McLeod Bush, one mile south and V2 mile west of Seaforth in Tuckersmith Township. The Seaforth Public Utilities Commission has recently signed an agreement with the Brussels PUC to provide manpower, equip- ment, and material whenever requested. Reconstruction of the town hall's front porch is expected to start at the first of August and should be finished prior to the Seaforth fall fair. JULY 22, 1987 • Tornado-like winds tore the roof from a barn and knocked down several trees on a farm two miles west of Walton during the storm Sunday night. Damage is estimated • at $20,000. Fred McClure, his wife Heidi, and their two children, Darrell, 3, and Jennifer, 1, were in their home when the storm, ap- proached but it was over before they could take shelter in the cellar. An.$89,000 project to find out how many severely unemployed there are in Huron County and how to solve this problem was recently started by the federal government and the county. The office for the project is located in Seaforth. • An arbitrator has been appointed for the 1987 contract bargaining between the Seaforth Police Association and the Town of Seaforth. JULY 20,1987 A Seaforth man became an amateur movie actor -overnight when he played a bit part in the Canadian film, Blue City Stam- mers, filmed in Blyth the last week of May, to JUne 22, •'Fiddlers were invited to Fiddle Around at the first annual fiddlers picnic held at the Van Egmond House Sunday afternoon. AUGUST 12,1987 The Tuckersmith telephone system is go- ing high-tech. Work is underway at the Bayfield equip - "tient office to replace the existing telephone service with modern computeriz- ed equipment to serve the more than 900 customers of the independently owned telephone company. Possibility of a new industry to occupy the premises on West William St., being vacated by Genesco, was seen Tuesday when a pants manufacturer advanced a pro- posal to make use of the facilities. • Reconstruction of the Towns Hall's porch began Thursday by tearing out the sidewalk and steps leading to the building. Backhoes and loaders scooped gravel and large chunks of cement from the area and will eventually dig lower to acconunodate the foundation for the new porch. AUGUST 19, 1987 Madonna and Carol Anne McQuaid recently won a trophy for being the most entertaining.performers at the annual fiddl- ing contest held in Shelburne August 7 and 8. The award was started last year by the Master of Ceremonies for 35 years, Vince Mountford. Increased representation for towns on county council was the major reeommenda- tion of a brief recently submitted by the five mayors of Huron County, to the advisory committee on County Govenunent. The issue of free trade between Canada and the United States is "first and foremost", on the minds of vot,ers in the cur- rent provincial election campaign, says agriculture minister Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron -Middlesex and Liberal Candidate for the new Huron riding. A proposal from Chesire Inc. of St. Louis Missouri, to set up a pant manufacturing company in Seaforth is seen as a good idea by local businesspeople but some would like more information about the proposal before offering any support. AUGUST 26, 1987 Members of the Seaforth Recreation Com- mittee are looking for ways to attract more participants to the seventh annual Terry Fox Run, set for Sunday. September 13. Foreign land ownership, economic development, upgrading of highways 4 and 8 and the suitability of the existing Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF), office were a few of the topics debated by Surat' riding candidates at the all - candidates meeting held here on August 24. The Town of Seaforth is starting the development of a project that will eventual- ly result in the construction of major im- provements and expansion of the town's sanitary sewage facilities. The local Junior Fanner Club began a garden to help needy people in Huron Coun- ty as a part of a program called Plant a Seed for Need. They planned the garden in early summer on the farm of the Vaiineste faintly near Kippen. • SEPTEMBER 2,1987 Fondly and friends gathered at the Brucefield United Church on Saturday to honor Ross Scott on the occasion of his 90th birthday. • Mayuko Ito.shioka, an 18 -year -Old from Kobe, Japan - a city that houses over two million people - is finding the transition BEEF LIVER1 n BREAKFASTi LB•SAUSAGE LB • .2 STORE PACKED FOR THE FREEZER BEEF LOINS ,,2,59 CUT & WRAPPED DINNER HAMS LB. 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