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The Huron Expositor, 1983-07-27, Page 11I St „It,. tri • LOST IS FOUND—Danny Primeau, right and Kevin Cooper, left, presented a Perth Regiment medal to Frank Phillips, Seaforth kegion historian. The pair found the medal while on a late night treasure hunt in the Primeau backyard. Owner of the medal, valued at $25, is unknown. . (Wassink photo) $01 01ThE ©g J Onob@tw@@no Treasure hunters find Perth regiment medal Ricking dew -worms late into the night is not the only thing Danny Primeau of God,erich St. W., delights in. Late Thursday evening around 10 Danny and a friend, Kevin Cooer, decided to look ,for lost treasure, coins and other metal objects'in the Primeau backyard, Using a flashlight and Kevin's metal detector, the pair were surprised when the detector signaled a find. "We had gone over the area before and never found anything. We probably didn't go over it as well, says Danny. Upon further investigation, the treasure hunters found a Perth Regiment hat medal, a medal presented to regimedt members in the second world war. It was found eight inches below the surface. The owner of the medal is unknown. •m "My dad thinks the medal either fell off when somebody was walking along the sidewalk or was moved when a new house was built nearby. The topsoil was moved around and maybe the medal was dumped there.” sass panne. .. ( •, t. *THE HURON E PO81YC?R 93. -All The Primeau family have lived at the property for 17 years, "It only took us 15 mintttes to find it," says Kevin. The pair -approached neighbour George Hays for help. He suggested contacting the Legion. "He also suggested we donate it to the Legion," says Danny. Value of the medal is approximately $25. The medal is only the second of its kind to be given to the local Legion. "We have well over 300 badges and medals," says Frank Phillips, Legion member, historian, and war memorabilia collector. "People are donating more all the time. It's a shame to see medals being lost or sold to a coin collector." Much time and effort has been spent building and filling over 25 showcases in the Legion with one of the best oollections in Ontario. "The public is always welcome to view them," Mr. Phillips said. "It's part of the history of Seaforth." After being treated to complimentary soft • drinks and given a tour of the collection, Danny and Kevin left to continue their search for treasure. Maybe they'll get lucky and find another medal. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT....—Robbie Van Loon was helping Bruce Hoelscher organize a yard sale Thursday. One lob was to set up the yard sale sign, directing customers to the location oh Victoria Street. The sale was Actually In the opposite direction the arrow was pointing wheri Robbie was seen carrying the sign. (Wassink photo) Refreshment stand story brings back memories kAvocIi© Ga3Bhm@e Last week in the Huron Expositor was a feature on two little girls who had a freshie stand. Boy, did that. get me thinking. I remember days when 1 was younger when we would sit for the whole afternoon by our stand just for the 75 c profit we would fork in. In those days, a glass of freshie sold for five cents. In last week's article the girls mentioned their private club, "The Bandits." How I remember the many hours spent planning clubs and organizations. We were so sure then that our club would become world-wide such as brownies or cub scouts. We always took up a collection at every meeting to be put towards the club's funds. 1 still don't know exactly what happened to the money brought in by club members but I can guarantee you that it didn't buy us a new club house as we had once anticipated it would. Our club house was a little playhouse my father built in our backyard. It. wasn't any bigger than an average closet but it served its purpose very well. We painted pictures to tape,on the walls, decorated it with flowers we had picked throughout the neighbour- hood and even tried to wall- paper and carpet it! Passwords were a neces- sity for our clubs, even :hough most members forgot them anyway .'Usually a pass- word such as "Bibidee Bobi- dee Boo" would allow en- trance to the club house or even perhaps a secret knock- ing combination. We had to check everything by the rules of our constitution. Not just anyone could join our secret society. A new member had to be a friend of at least two m@mbers of the dub and had to pass an initiation. Being a friend of two members was difficult because there was usually only two or three members to begin with. Picking an execu- tive was always a real strug- gle and usually resulted in the loss of a few members. Naturally, boys were a no -no and often had a rival club which we would have "wars" with (water fights). Of course our club had to have a name such as the "Bandits." 1 remember one of our club names originated from my teddy bear "Cleo." We called it the Cleodat Club (original. eh?) Another club was named the Waterbombs because that's what we did best. Other names were chos- en by the president and were usually named after them. Just like the "Bandits" we also had freshie stands on the sidewalk for passers by. We didn't make a whole lot but it kept us entertained for an afternoon. In last week's article, Ron Wassipk made a comment about getting a vendor's permit. Not funny. I recall my father once almost talked us into getting one! Another money-maker was holding a car wash and it was even more fun and refreshing than a freshie stand. We would put up a sign, put on our bathing suits and wait for cars. Then when a car would come, we would giggle, get soaked and pretend like we knew what we wer do' . Then 20 minutes and 2 cents later, the car would drive away looking worse than it did when we began! Ah, the memories. Time has flown by and all of the • Cleodats and Waterbombs have grown up and have changed their interests. The water fights and freshte stands have been replaced by boyfriends - and part-time jobs. Oh well, the memories still five on and the neigh- bourhood is still full of private clubs and kids with neat ideas. Boy, what (,wouldn't do to be young again! wappY briAhcky Billy Schenck, 6, July 29. If you know of anyone who will be celebrating their birth- day soon, please send their name, age and birthday to Box 69, Seaforth, Ont. or phone 527-0240. Save at Wuerth's in Clinton Want to Learn a useful skill? Want to be an independent? Learn the Alzner Method of Reflexology and deep Muscle Therapy. "The natural way to better health." The most successful method used today, not to be confused with other forms of reflexology, acupressure or rolling. 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