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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 23, 1967
Scout Program Worthy of Help
It is --fitting that. Brotherhood. and
Scouting should•share,the same week in
Which to emphasize the work each is
doing.
"For after all Scouting is Brother-
hood in action.
There is a special significance at-
tached to Scout Week in Seaforth this
year. For the first time in many years,
Scouts and Guides and Cubs and
Brownies are about to.have _Cubs
of their own. The Lions Club in
arranging to )S"urchase a suitable prop-
erty to be 'converted into Scott quar-
ters, is seeking the assistance of the
comm -unity to• provide some of the
funds necessary to complete the pro-
ject.
While already -there has been a broad
response to the. appeal for gifts, there
are. many who for one reason. or anoth-
er have deferred:taking action and as
a result but a quarter of the required
amount is on hand. Now in Scout Week
is a most fitting time for those- inter-
ested in the continuation of the Scout
program in Seaforth to show that in-
terest by making a gift to the, accom
modatiort fund. Parents of the boys
and • girls who are or have benefited
from the program will be particularly
interested:
Donations may be forwarded to the
campaign chairman, W. D. Stephenson,
Seaforth, or left at any Seaforth bank.
Why was it Called Seaforth?
`_ While illness ' has mado necessary -a
glowing up of the activities that have
been so characteristic of her years in
Seaforth, Miss Mabel Turnbull's in-
, terest in "" the community has -by no
means lessened.
And so it is that she has undertaken
to determine where the name Seaforth
originated.
• When research in • The Huron Atlas -
aiid correspondence to various centres
as well as studies by her brother, the
late. Arnold Turnbull in the old country,
failed , to produce the answer, Miss
Turnbull . wrote to Edinburgh, Scot-
land.
The ' reply she received confirms cer-
tain information already at hand and
in addition 'provides detail not previous-
ly available. • . , . '
This is the information Miss Turn-
bull has received from O. S. Minto„ city
librarian and curator, -CentraL_Public
Library Edinburgh:
"According to the • Encyclopedia
Canadiana (Vol: 9) published in 1958,
Seaforth the town was Maidout as a
township in 1855 by three - men, one of
. whom .— later John A. MacDonald's
law partner — was James Patton, who
named it after the Scottish- Earl of
Seaforth. The family name of the Sea-
forths was Mackenzie and they held
estates in various parts of the High-
lands including Loch Seaforth on the
Brotherhood as a
Everyone should have some personal
projects in this Centennial year, pro-
jests that add to our .well-being and
that may serve to enhance Canada on
its 100th birthday.
Painting the fence or cleaning up. an
untidy yard are good as far as they. go.
'They- certainly contribute to a more
• attractive' comYhunity..But perhaps on
this birthday occasion we should delve
a little deeper for a" personal project.
We may well Consider that out Per-
sonal projects should have to do with
our relations with our fellow Cana-
dians. And what better time to make
such a resolution than Brotherhood
' Week, which now is being observed
across Canada. -
Of course by legislation our govern-
ments have determined that all men
are equal and that ' each regardless of
their religion, their background, their
color -- are entitled to the same rights
and priviledges as the other. But in
practice of course 'there are differ-
ences and it is to the elimination of
' these differences, thee prejudices that
we may well apply ourselves. Merely
suppreSSing hate is not. enough. Let us
xesolve to foster <a warm of tgoing feel.
a i - Taff all Canadians -. every human >i
ttet pt otk•
�'a� an' beels. ° .: a e, rit
�te~ y � . . W
t man- ,
ale' to f11t OrIVitte oreh>idi t',,6 ati
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i1/4igt*ligsgt of hill o
rot.erho'+ad.
East -coast -of the Island of Lewis. The
earldom was ...cheated in 1623 and be-
came extinct in 1815. ,
"Loch Seaforth • is . a . beautiful stretch
of water 15 miles long, 31/4, miles broad
at one end and diminishing to 1 mile
at the other. It has an island called
Seaforth Island. This name does not
appear elsewhere in Scotland. It is of
Gaelic and •Norse origin meaning a sea
firth.
"James Patton (1824-1888) . was the
son of a Major Andrew Patton, a na-
tive of St. Andrews, County of Fife
(on. the East coast of Scotland).. Most
of the Pattons lived in:Aberdeenshire
and along the eastern coast of Scot-
land. Unfortunately, there is no sep-
arate history of the Patton family and
none of our histories. of St. Andrews •
or of the County of nig "mentions this
Major Andrew Patton. In .Burke's
Landed Gentry for 1882, under Patton
of Clayton Priory there is an entry for
Col.4lenry Patton,- 6th Royal Regiment
of Clatto, County Fife,eldest surviving.
son of Andrew Patton esquire of Spring-.
field, Donegal, freland, married in 1747
Mary, only surviving child and heiress
of Henry Bethune, of Clatto and Nydie,
County. Fife. The lands of Blebo were
in 1781 left by Henry Bethune of Clatto
to his sister, Mrs. Patton. There might
be a link here, but we can trace noth-
ing to, substantiate this possibility."
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Centennial Project
individual -to -individual level. Why'
then does hateyersist among groups: of
people simply because of differences of
race or creed or ethnic background?
The ielimination of prejudice, the de-
vrelopment .oft tolerance in each of, us
would- be a 4lihday gift that would
indicate in' a positive way- that. we are
worthy of . our Canadian heritage.
Lack of -iiderstandin> and lack of
b+�dileatiair certainly' are.:two major
causes. T'iis Brotherhood ::Week .the
National Conference of Christians land.
Jews dells on `all Canadians to join
them in their nationwide educational
program to combat group prejudice
and to make a living reality of our
pledge of allegiances of "one nation 'un-
der God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all."
Quote of the Month
TO THE EDITOR
Added Support for the
Toronto, Ontario
Sir:
In the February 2nd issue of
The ' Huron Expositor, James.
Scott proposes, as an alternative
to the Centennial Beard -Grow-
ing Competition, that the men
of Seaforth wear the kilt at ap-
propriate times throughout the
corning year to help focus at-
tention on our . 100th birthday.
This is• a commendable sugges-
tion, and, as he, notes, one that
is not without historicaljusti:
fication. I take it. that Mr. Scott
would not want to exclude from
this project those. men who al-
though not presently residing
in Seaforth, are still very close-
ly affiliated with the town, and
whoon:.sisits_ to_.Seaforth might
also like to "sport the kilt
I am happy to say, that I al-
ready possess a handsome kilt
•
of the "01d Stewart" tartan and
I anticipate the occasions,' on
which I might wear it. In fact 1
have now had the kilt three
years. It was originally a gift
from my wife who admits that
the purchase was not due to
any foresight. on her part about
centennial celebrations, but be-
cause she was rather intrigued
by the thought of a pair of bare
Stewart knees. I find this ad-
mission difficult to believe.
Mr. Scott also. points, out that
while a Canadian Tartan has
been created, it would be some-
what improper for a person of,
Scottish extraction to wear any-
thing other than his clan tar-
tan. Ironically, the Stewarts of
Seaforth have always been more
than slightly+'embarrassed when
'asked to ellplait' nr-justify--their-
Scottish connections. The fact.
is that the Scottish line runs
In t ► a Years
Kilt
very thinly in our "clan" —
much more,so than some of our
members would care to admit!
However, given this lack of
"good connection" on the
Stewart side, and then counter
it with the' .blood -line of the
Beatties who have clearly trac-
ed their Scottish ancestry to
Highland country, I feel justi-
fied (and proud) in wearing a
kilt. On each' visit to Seaforth
throughout this Centennial year
I shall remember to tiring the
tartan! ,r
Finally, with reference to the
editor's note, we can hardly
accept a claim of "unsightly
knees" as a reason for a McLean
clansman to evade the wearing
'of the kilt.
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Douglas J. "Stewart
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Sugar and...,.
— By Bill Smiley —
GOODBYE OLD FRPfND
It was quite a blow to me to
read recently that the Wiarton
Town 'Hall had been destroyed
by fire. Admittedly, the catas-
trophe didn't rank with Hirosh-
ima, or the San Francisco
earthquake, or even Hurricane
Hazel, but it hit me pretty
hard. •
It was rather like reading of
the sudden, death of an old girl
friend. You knew she had gone
to fat and drink. But you could
remember when, at her best,
she was the heart of ° your life.
A lot of -personal memories
came crowding. back when I
read about it. That ugly old
building' with the shaky bell
tower Skil, top . was one .of the
hubs of my existence for more
than• a decade at, a special time
in my lie.
It Was when I was young and
my family was young and I was
learning the newspaper busi-
ness. pidid+n't have a mistress. I
didn't hang' around the pubs. I
didn't take part in all-night
poker sessions. I just went to
the town hall. I spent more
nights in its council chamber,
crouched over the rickety press
table, than I did with my fami-
ly.
On more than one occasion,
my spouse, a tender young wife
and • mother,, displayed psy-
choneurotic tendencies toward
the old town hall. At least
twice she suggested I move a
cot into the council chambers,
and not bother darkening her
bedroom door.
I'll 'bet I ' attended more than
a, 'thousand meetings in that
town hall. It was the only non-
denominational meeting -place
in town, and it was there that
great causes were launched and
collapsed; that 'Political careers
were begun and ended; that hu-
' man triumps and tragedies
were recorded. And I was in on
all of it. •
It was . a regular breeding -
ground for lost causes and last-
ditch, Battlesr-.We •fought -such_
behernoths as the 'CNR 'and the
overnment; ' we 'I0,st We:,,, bat -
tied ;tO: salvage„norib'und indus-
-tries wi h -heavy transfusions of
local- eash, and some of us are
still anemic, t .
From The Huron Expositor when neighbors and friends met goes on duty. at 11 and comes Ork a` 'lot e' thee, postiveT
work• was done 'there, too. The
Feb. 27th, 1942 . for' a social evening with them. off at four.
commercial fishermen, ' the
Stratford - Goderich' Coach before they removed to their Mr. D. Devereaux, who has farmers, .the resort owners 'and
the merchants met there,
fought with eaeh other, but
emerged, united in eaeh case,
to fight for their existence, and
the betterment of the area.
Another function of the
council chamber was that of
court -room, This was one that I
didn't mind seeing go , up in
smoke. It's the only time the
council chamber smelled bad —
on court day..Most of tite time
it smelled dusty, waxy, and ci-
gar-smokey and just plain old.
But on court days it stank:
hangovers, puke, fear, shame,
curiosity and the law.
But that was only
part of
the Old town hall..A.cross from
the council. chamber, was the
.auditorium. And what memo-
ries that brings back. Conegrts,
plays, recitals, dances anti: aolit-
ical meetings. It even hid a
balcony where elderly ladies
could watch the Sailors 'are -
well Dance in comparative safe-
ty.
Our children made theit';ub-
lic debuts there. • I'll neve•+ for, •
get the night Kim, age -three,
dressed in a bunny cosftune,
spotted me in the audience,
burst out of the dance line, and.
hurtled herself into my. arms.
Or the night Hugh, about
nine, won the grand prize in
the music festival, even though
two of the notes on the piano
did not sound.
Or the night I was an•unwit-
ting sucker in an elaborate
practical joke, at a concert: I
was to pretend I was playing a
trumpet solo, while a real
trumpeter played the piece off-
stage. He double-crossed me.
Warned the audience what was
going to happen, and when I
went into my routine, no sound:
Felt a fool.
Or the nights the old girl and
I stumbled through our lines
with the local little -theatre
group. Or the. great New Year's
Eve dances, when the whole
town was out, flying. Got a sock
in, the eye at one of them when
I . •'Auld Lang-Syned a pretty
young matron in • the usual
-fashion. _.Not from- her. _.sono.
my wife.
Town halls, those great, ugly,
draughty, chapters in our histo-
" ry, are -burning down, falling
'_down or being torn 'down. They
are being replaced by modern,
efficient "municipal offices,"
which have about as mtich'tra-
dation, humanity and warmth as
a filing cabinet.
Lines have completed arrange- new home on the 10th of Tuck- been salesman in the hardware
merits for a new bus depot in ersmith. Mr: and Mrs. Way were store of Messrs. Johnson Bros.,
Seaforth at Crich's Restaurant, presented withan -address and for over six years, leaves for
where tickets and information were made recipients of a hand- the west.
will be available. .,- some clock .and jardiniere. The We understand that Mr. Sam -
Alex Boyes, well known Mill address was read by Miss E. uel -Landsborough, one of the
Road farmer, who -has the . snow McMichael. - pioneer .residents of :Tucker -
.plowing contract in Seaforth, A box social under the aus- smith, intends removing to Da-
suffered serious'• injuries when pices of the Varna LOL was well kota shortly where most of his
his foot was crushed between attended. The boxes were num- family are now located and do-
his tractor and a tree. Subse- Brous,. some of which were -ing well. •
quently x-rays showed nine sep- very beautiful. A gold lined- • NIr. W. J. Shannon, secretary
arate fractures in has foot and apron was given to Miss Edith of ,the McKillop Mutual Fire In -
ankle. Rathwell fox having the box surance Company, is represent -
The Farm Forum met at the which went for the highest bid, ing .his coi?ipany at the annual
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mc- which was $4.00. meeting of the underwriters as-
•
Gregor. Mr. Owen Geiger, Hensall, is sociation, being held in Toron--
Miss Mildred Forrest, R.N., getting material on the ground to.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Wil- for the erection of a fine dwell Mr. John McMillan, MP, left
liam Forrest of Tuckersnmith; -ilk for Ottawa, to attend his par'-,
left for Petrolia where she has " The largest number of . saw iamentary duffel thery.
accepted :a position. logs in many years. „have this Mr. William MacKay of .Mc -
Roy Hedden, son of. Mr. and winter been brought to the Hen- Killop, was in. town with the
Mrs. Lloyd Hedden, of St. Cath- sail mill for shipment. carcass of . an immense black
. 'erines, formerly of Hensall., had The• anniversary services in bear, which he shot in one of
the misfortune to have the' mid- connection with the Eginond- the McKillop swamps. Mayor'
dle finger of his right hand ;vine Presbyterian Church, were Holtnsted purchased the skin
caught in a . door, losing about largely attended and most suc for' $12.00 and intends having it
an inch of the finger. cessful. Rev. Dr. MacCrae or .made into a sleigh robe.
The Department of Highways Mitchell, was the guest speaker. Mr. Charles McNamara, the
is making arrangements for The music for the occasion was well known hunter of Egmond-
• the construction of a new cul- furnished by the Seaforth Pres- vine, has shot and bagged, 23
vert in the big. swamp at Zur- byterian choir members, name foxes this winter besides rib
ich. The foundation on the old name-
ly Mr. John Scott, Miss Isobel bits and other game.
ane had *given away. Mr. Fin- Scott and Messrs. John Beattie, The officers and directors of
nigan has charge of the work. George Israel and James Sleeth. the McKillop, Mutual Fire In -
Messrs, Kalbfleisch and J. W. Pte. Emmett • Kelly, son of surance Co., and a number of
Haberer of Zurich spent a few Mrs. P. J. Kelly, arrived home friends entertained Mr. Thos.
days at Toronto on business. from England. He was tendered E. Hoys, the retiring president.
Mr. Foster Bennett has pur- a most enthusiastic reception. A pleasant feature of the eve-
chased the- residence of Mr. W. He was in the machine gun sec- ning was the 'presentation to
D. Hopper on North Main St., tion and went through the bat Mr. Hoy by Mr. W. J. Shannon,
at present occupied by Mr. tley.of Ypres and the Somme and of a handsome morocco cigar
Lorne Dale, was wounded fit Courcelett. He case and murscham. cigar hold -
Two rinks of Seaforth curlers suffered from his knee cap be- er. During the evening, •toasts
composed of G. C.' Brightrall, ing injured, which, is stiff and were responded to by Mr. Hoy,
W. J. Duncan, C. A. Barber and he uses a cane. D. Boss, W. J. Shannon, Thos.
J. Beattie, skip, and • W. A. Mr.Louis Eberlhart, secretary Kidd, 13r Bittlriin&t Joseph
Wright, C. M. tyinith, J -'E. Keit- of 'the Provincial:' Brotherhood, EX ns, igjeorge,. att, John Han-
ing •; and R' aJ.' ,S. pr'oat • were in of Th?esi ermen,' l'ef't' for gar ,nah 4antt It Y. cl e�i. I
London;' "pis "'�•t a London nia to attend thep,,anntial con,.;. � 4,r1r, tWf liam mith',.iif 4Lead'
Curling :914 ' bonnpleI> ventioii. g ;ei. ',' t,r ;buryci•has;the.cop ract;;for' draw=
Abut' l ap e . thered•fat ,young;.so�}} 'bi n 33n�1d 8, Ing mIllt from their'section of
.the 'll to/do Ghon- Robert Wr, ht; of ; 'll 1►, fel r C'llo .the .al�- • heese
V�[yY� iit� .,. ,� �, p bO � toll-�C
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o�°'tr!•' -� �ndt�1V[t°9•£�afrald Bol bn the ice, and cut �u� f'ace.-w:�aatii i�e'�e�rt ` .csfi;rl;r's ��; t�'F+r" .
ger'', ,, prittlitO *'rea0 a suit. Seven stitches were required John McLean anti i,riJohh' mitts
able -• addross . stud rt; eot ge Poi- to close the would. oErhiseihutstt+are n. tittitig down
lard,. Bert! hilani�i bind Stewart Quite' Vutiinber riff bathe i`at7n�' considerable Lash this. eat.'
.IeCalll;;presentecl tliem with a ers neartLeadbuiry htfve bought,, The tea <lnedtitik held ini'the
studio couch and, mirror. timber limits the Gaifada 'Blake Presbyterian' Church last
The Red Cross meeting was Company Bind, and"are getting week was''a' grand" success:" "
held in the-ehurch. The presid- the 'wood home for fuel; We W. J,. Biggins of Elmhurst '
ent Mrs. George • Eaton was in are informed that Mr.. Charles Parma, Stanley, sold' one of his
the chair. The report of the Regele is agent for the Canada, fine Durham bulls.•He also sold
last meeting was given by Mrs: Company. one of .his grade heifers to Mr.
Robert. McFarlane. The ladies Another pioneer passed away Wiltre of McKillop.
have quilted, 12 quilts in Janu= in the person of Conrad Dietz, Mr. William Brunsden of Lon-
ary; two quilt taps and one at the -age of 84 years. He emi- desboro, left for the Prairie
quilt were donated; four quilt- grated to Canada in 1857 and provinces, He took with him a
ed, were done that day. from the dense wilderness matte car load of horses, buggies, tic.,
Wits Mr. Henry Schilbe,• whose ''a home. He was a consistent which he es to dispose of
farni on the 15th concession, of member of the Lutheran Church there and return, with their
Hay; -has been taken as part of and was an honest and upright equivalent in cash.'
the St°Joseph's Air Port, is ar- man. Mr. Whitely of'i.oftdeslioro,
• "We are constantly testing advertis-
ing to make sure we are not wasting
money. We have even tried withdraw-
ing support from .certain •prodficts and
i ,virtuall • , ever case s le volume
�,, copped.=,tiltst d ofr"saving }mo'ne ti we
is. s;; fresid Yet
t�rr�e� o
Vitt it, .. �`u,#les `'�' � :fit r~
ranging to move onto the 160- * * * • has the contract for building a
acre farm, eat 14, con. 15, Hay, new house for Thomas Nott, of
which he has purchased from From The Huron ,Expositor the - 8th concession of Hullett,.
Mr. Dennis Corriveau, who is ' Feb. 26th, 1892 also ane for Mr. J. Garrett . on
giving ase, the A lftf 4th nc ion ofd Me thThe'young ,nen•of the :corr. Mr. Haase, the mill rnan�.. at , 'Of the„' e ffSeco.-
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Winthrop, received 8 bad gash.Kfllofi(' had' the misfortune to gallon of Urnioil' church, Br
on the side of his head, caused fgll• off 'the •Boor' and 'Break his field, took aifosseaslon of,
by weever slipping.
'Ann between the elbow. and flip#b'a�fi~,at the;�t!itartse �an'd ,�; an •
:•. * wrist „..w, , ,. '• ,* int`bt'1►i> 1 bttf',>%indly� wat -'lift
;r4stAt,� a1. eetltig� bf�', the town '.1 fuels o oats for the.abene-
Prom' The k:Huirtiii:Expositor iinon t d 'Idaho : Wig' a. .it of the §tax' ;kh"o' a ,,
o:' ,. , ”- ' M c'hri!2ndii'1417 ,. . iiitedriMarke olio, 'rdnd ght f � `o on 1tt of flBgreeri
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1t. � :tpiolfaleflt evenitt,g avail tnxtChfna t. � . � , �.. �', � ..
' !ret feel and of Mr. William' flcbards n for.
, Liis ittit a`tt• the°;hairle of � 1�'rY and Me the: pier' a ,.. a ._ r
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