The Huron Expositor, 1980-12-31, Page 2045.
September -25
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE—The long arm of the
law intervened in the -tug of war 'competitions at,
the Fail Fair Saturday afternoon, as O.P.P.
'Constable Jim McLeod gives a bit of assistance
to the Seaforth Kids team In a pull against a
local girls squad. (Photo by Ellis)
October 16
NOW THAT'S A PUMPKIN YOU CAN BE
PROUD OF! —Pumpkins grow bigger and
better In the Andreassi garden at 51 Louisa
Street, Seaforth under the gardening expertise
of Angelo Andreassi. Shown with the gardener
r
are his son Martin, a visiting niece Kendra
Nichols and his dauhter Lisa Th t vital
statistics of this pu Sin squash, called
Atlantic Giant are that it weighed 220 bounds
and had a94 inch circumference. (Photo by Oke)
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Continuedfrom fitMe 7
in a heavy ritht storm TO",
d0;valich resulted in flotidO,
brelnents ati*nd tawit;
Seaforth firoloo adswerdd.
six .vidditdatf,,,4110 hicitOag,
three grain field fires at area
farms.
Joan Murray of St: Colum -
ban has accepted a teaching
position with •the 'Rankin Inlet
Board of Education. North
West Territories.
Bruce Wilbee is the ne,w
owner of theSeaforth Auto.
motive Store.
Local athletes are guests of
West Branch residents in the
-annual stArriOINkrnes with
Seafortfes' SiStet. town,
LiOLIST 14, 1980 -
A Superior market store
will open in the rmer
fall. •
Valeria Drive of Wyom-
ing, administrator of Scott
--Memorial Hospital for 20
years, dies in Petrolia.
Alcohol abuse hits one
Huron County- family
three, according to Grant
Ellison, chairman of the
Committe for A ction on Al-
cohol and Other Drugs in
Huron County.
The Life That, Jack Built,
about forrher Dumbells star
Jack McLaren of Benmiller,
opens at the Blyth Festival.
AUGUST 21, 1980
Constable Charles Akey of
the Seaforth police is com-
mended by town council for
his role in breaking up an
international drug ring
Tile Expositor's Bad News
Beavers go down to defeat at
the hands' of the powerful
Roth's baseball team.
Over 170 pigs were lost in
a fire which destroyed a barn
owned by Dennis Beuerrnan
of R.R. 4. Walton
AUGUST'28, 1980
The Farmers Market at
Victoria Park on Saturday is a
"credible success,"
Seaforth siibtlights are out
of commission after a car
driven by Gary Betties
knocks down the service
pole.
Connie Eton. a Cromarty
stained glass artist, con-
stucts windows and panels.
Morris Township residents
start planning liner 125th
anniversary in 1981.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1980
Bela McKinley, former
Huron:Brace MP for many
years, is honoured at a
dinner in the Clinton arca.
John Henderson. of R.R.
5. Seaforth. announces he
won't seek re-election to the
Huron County hoard of edu-
ction.
Dr. Tranit Voilgt
graduate of MO:.UW 0cal Clinic. -,
-
Johnny Nicitertres to the
thiiiera4 of 141cbiga*in
Ann' ''Arbor on a- partial
athletic scholarship. '
SE110ifigg 11,1980
Charles Smith, $105001101
for •Rob*. Belt IndaShiea• of
Seaforth, asks Airtty the board
of education it purchasing
American made boilers. •
, A storage shed • . on: the
farm of 'John ti3,0Veitt
Townsluti IS destroyed
in $10,000 fire.
Ted Melady of R.R. 1,
Dublin wing' the car in the
annual Seaforth Lions Club
draw.
Gertrude (Elliott) Lambert
of Edmonton, -Alberta donat-
es -artifacts of-the-areals-eari —a
history to the Van Egmond
Foundation.
_ Reeve 'Harold Knight of
Hens:all won't seek re-elect-
ion to council after 19 years
as a councillor.
Straw braiding
.at,Ciderfest
Van Egmond House grounds
-Veteran Setiforgt, politician, •
Reeve Min! Flant(rey, decick.
es- to, retire, • frontmunicipal
politcise •.
Chalk Street garage sale,with 14 booths,'proves super
success. '
Stanley Township girls
baseball tetiMS•}30 the lea -
foie championship. in ' their
divisions. .
Fate of Michael McCardle,
the Beechwood nlan, who
kidqapped John Labatt in the
1930's, isn't known. ' •
Ross McPhail, Hibbert
township reeve, and a 'mem-
ber of council for 14 years,
decides to step down.
Flora Anne McAllister of
Egmondville and Helen Gar-
rick of Seaforth plan to open
-yard--gods and -drape
store in former Roth's build-
ing.
Seaforth now has over 30
Block Parent signs in win-
dows as Seaforth Optimists
promote the program.
The 1970 SDHS graduates
reunited this 'summer and
readers learn what they've
done in the -decade since
graduation.
OCTOBER 16,1980
Seaforth realtor Henry
Mero decides to enter the
race for the mayor's job.
Huron Federation of Agri-
culture representatives ask
Ontario's minister of agricul-
ture for a freeze on the
purchase of Ontario farmland
by absentee owners.
The Ken Smith Pools team
members receive their troph-
ies as Ladies Recreational
Softball League champs.
Eager foxhounds searched
for a scent as members of the
Trollope Hunt Club rode to
the hounds in the Staffa area.
-OCTOBER 23,1980
The Clinton Hotel burns to
the ground and arson - IS
suspected in the 5500,000
blaze.
Junior volunteers at Sea- .
forth Community Hospital
are hbnoured for their work
by the Hospital Auxiliary. '
Karen Whitmore, of R.R.
4, Seaforth, successfully
completed 24 4-H projects
and received a special award
from the Huron County
Women's Institute. •
• The Seaforth° Pub* Utilit-
ies Commission opens the
new, Welsh Street Well;
, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980
McKillop Township farms
are being purchased by ab-
sentee owners, which con-
cerns McKillop Federation of
Agriculture.
The Ontario Municipal
Board will hold a hearing to
investigate who's respon-
sible for Vanastra Rec Centre
debenture debt.
Katie KersTake,• 14, of
R.R.2. Staffa has learned
straw braiding, an age..old
craft, which she'll demon-
strate at the Ciderfest.
Helmer and Margaret
Snell of Seaforth celebrate
their 50th wedding anniver-
sary.
SEPTEMBER 25,1980.
Area Dutch residents un -
,veil a plaque in Victoria Park
commemorating the liberat-
ion of Holland 35 years ago.
Fall comes "storming in,"
Which knocks out power in
McKillop, Tuckersmith, Hib-
bert and Logan Townships
and part of Seaforth.
Carolyn Wilson. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ewart
Wilson, is 1980 Seaforth Fall
Pair Queen.
Only 500 people attended
Saturday events at the 134th
annual Seaforth Fall Fair,
but the three-day event is a
success.
OCTOBER 2,1980
Over 3.500 visitors attend
the two-day Ciderfest on the
.s
whieh cost 5101,269.pnett.,T*Irttibtp*,
1981- OCTOBER 30, 1980 be re -assessed for
" The ratepayers (*Vinton -a • • '
MitSt contlnue to, pay off the NoVIIMPATt 27, 1980.
tioe 400*(4re, debt for gussell Bolton ofWinthrop-
the tinastra'Rec Centre, ta is hay champion at the 14,y4
•rules. , • • Winter Agricultural, Fair for
Cardno!S Hall is to be The ninth MISectitiye year. ,•
designated for its historical Brucefield an(1.0110490..
and architectural import- Bank Of Montreal branch9§,,'.
ance. • are to ' arose,
Van Egmond Foundation Lyle KinsMani,20ya, R.R.
raises $800 at the group's 2. Kippen, shows the chatrip-
second Fiddlers' Jamboree. ion Limousin steer in: the,
Seaforth Lions kick off Queen's Guineas event at the
their camp aign to raise Royal •
575,000 for renovations to Dianne Oldfield, is. Awned
the Lions Park -and pool, Huron County Dairy Princess
NOVEMBER 6,1980 DECEMBER 4,1980 •
The , Gjengeyvan Dam, Frank PilIips is ,named, -
regulations governing liquid Seaforth Citizen of the Year
manure tanks and questions for his volunteer work* the
,about the Tile Drainage Act community. ,
tr-'were--Taiseci 4 Hibbert ---
Ratepayers meeting. promises reconstruction of
Grade 13 students in Market Street in his address
Huron County will have 10 at the inaugural meeting of
•core subjects to choose from
in the future.
Tuekersrnith Townshipn
council approves a motion to
pay OMB hearing witnesses
550. each.
NOVEMBER 13,1980
Tom Consitt, reeve of
Stanley Township for eight
years, is defeated by deputy -
reeve Paul Steckle in election
upset.
John Sinnamon defeats
challenger Henry Mero by 81
votes to ,yetain his job as
Seaforth Mayor.
John Reid of Seaforth cele-
'brates his 92nd birthday and
recalls his homesteading
days in the West.
The SDHS Girls' Trumpet
Band is asked to participate
in the ,upcoming Grey Cup
parade in Toronto.
EiSler and Barer
win silver
NOVEMBER 20, 1980
John Flannery. retiring'
Seaforth reeve, honoured for
his contribution to municipal
'Town planning board and
citizens decide the town
needs new industry to stim-
ulate growth at official plan
meeting.
Tuckersmith council ho-
nours Lloyd Eisler Jr...17 of
Egmondvile, and Rick Kloss.
17 of Brucefield for their
sports achievements.
council.
Fire destroys a barn on a
Cromarty area farm, killing
134 pigs owned by , Ivan
Minis of R.R. 2, Staffa
Landesboro
bank closes
DECEMBER 11, 1980
Fred Haberer, Zurich
reeve, is elected Warden of
Huron County.
The SDHS Whippets, the
senior girls' basketball team,
win the Huron -Perth
Conference championship.
Rev. Stan MacDonald
challenges reeve " Paul
Neilands and Hensall council
to be "creative rebels".
Seaforth_Recreational
League donates a i4,000
pledge to Marlen Vincent for
the Lions Park, -renovation
fund.
DECEMBER 18,1980
Van Egmond Foundation
hires three people to promote
historic home as Museum
and community house.
Londestroro and Brucefield
residents are upset their
local bank branches have
been closed.
Lloyd Eisler Jr. and Lorri
Baler win the silver medal in
the junior worlds figure
skating competition.
The HPRCSS hoard backs
Hibbert council and Dublin
village ' trustees in
demanding traffic lights al
Dublin intersection.
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Mo -y8
JUNIOR MAD HATTERS—Cheri Taylor, 5, and her bother, Shane. 7.
k children of Edith and Lawrence Taylor of Londesboro leave* Northside
United Church after attending the Mad Hatter's tea as guests of their
grandmother, MrS. John (Jessie) Boyd. • (Photo by Oke)
July 17 A
COMING WN —Although the back addition to the former Whitman
residence was originally the only par* to be torn down, the new owner,
John Maloney. now says he will demolish the entire structure.
(Photo by Ellis)
of ‘S
lip yeAR/
Thanks for your patronage' in
1980. We took forwardo a great
year ahead!
LOIS' FASHIONS
Mitchell 348-9660
October 30
THE SEARCH OR TREASURES—Grade 13 SONS students Susan
Smith and EiM-Visscher are searching for artifacts, and old foundations
at this excavatiolite at the rear of the Van Egmond House. Students '
worked at the site for four mornings, assisting staff from the Museum of
Indian Archaeology. (Photo by Gibb)
Wishing yon_happy,
times today, tomorrow
and throughout the
welcome New Year!
Thanks all.
4
HOLLAND SHOESj'
clinfor, .
• .ts--10-
Ng 4
It's going to be
a bang-up year
ir
for all dgi;e-nds. Best wishes!
STAY SHARP
SALES AND SERVICE
Gordon Blanchard
R.R. 4, Walton 527-1806