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TO 'T1U EBITQZ •
FORMER' EG ONDVILLE BRIDGE
RECALLS • -NARROW ESCAPE
Lapeer, Michigan,.
Editor.; 'The I3uron. Expositor:,
I read in the "Fifty'ears Agone'•':-
eoliimn in The Expositor that ;it was
wanted to drive me home to Bruce-
field, .but I said; no, .I'd walk the
six miles. •I ;lay for several months
in•,a Canadian hospital in 1937, with
severe- back and internal ;injuries,
50 years ago when. the new bridge result of an auto • accident near
- was erected at Egwohdville•. Niagara Falls' on No.p,$ Highway,
- During my lifetime, I have.had:a. And so on.
half-dozen .close brushes with death. °• But :there -was anetber one. It'
When a little boy, playing .. alone •I was: an ordinary Saturday:night 'at
around the house, Iseverely slash-
ed my arni .with a butcher `knife:
'Dave ,Reuatt was;^digging. a, ditch
near the barn. I ran to him—Uncle
:was plowing beyondthe' railroad
track. I was hurried to the doctor.
When • I was • about,eight years o
I Was' kicked hi the hbdomeeby+
horse -4a .foot' closer .,to the .horse
. and it would, have been the° end;
While a news-agent•on the London;
Huron and Bruce, for some -reason
Brucefield in:<1909 All was'. quiet.
A boy friend • and I: decided to drive
to Seaferth; perhaps pick up.. a cou-
ple of girl's. and:have: some •fun. By,
the' tizue• we reached Seaforth
seemed all girls and fellows were
already Paired',off, so we had some.
ice 'cream ad' prepared ,to go
$me:,
As •we •strolled over to Jimmy-
Dick's'to get our•horse and buggy,
we, met a nanwho, was 'visiting
I,caYne out of the txamn,a�t.Hensall the,•area from the West. Mie. had,;
one evening,' the- train, started up, bee11"'-gone -a:- few ',Years—.---"Ile-had
insome manner 'I ;missed the steps; been -born and raised; around ,Bruce=`
pf the moving train and fell under, field, in -fact was in business . in
between the old 'Platforms they
used to have.' Tom ]Viurdoeh; the
liveryman,• pulled me, aout: Tom Went on to. Win' hrm..om
train •wen g,
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Brusefield at : one- time before. goy.
ing 1Nast
He said he was staying
at; a farm • horns on tlie'Mill' Road;
but ,had met 'a friend in Seaforth
earlier °inthe ,evening and `went
over, to his.';house' and there they
'had :some drinks My, friend` and I
could see he was on "the tipsy
couldn't find -,",a ride
horns;; he said, would'We•give him.
a rideL We'.agreed.
was well unt<ii; well `some
Where „near:: t h.e' Eg'mondville
liiirch, as '•i •recall; it—1 was" driv
ing ;Our eager suddenly ;grab-
bed' hie whip.; and began • whipping
the -.horde=a:+horse 'that you just
mustn't .touch with; . a Whip:. He
started- to run away,, and 'did':he
gallop!' •Ahead of us' was the big
barricade at the old, Egmondville
bridge, -which was "already: torn
;down. and very little :of the new;
on etecl._: `It.-,e'oUld •;bean=lint
`one thing -death! I.:Confess I can't
remember very .much about it—it
was. all so -•sudden., But somehow
my friend ,got the,whip.,away, from
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t his ar
around•his neck andlifted his chin
high -,at the; same time •sort of
choking bim :with his Other, .hand.
•I steadily slowly, .dee sawed on
the lines (we` were gge'tting closer
and :closer. .to the .bridge), and -.I
tallied to that .'hors , as I had; never
talked before=he .came to a "trot,
like• a: miracle, to."„a- a' Walk,. • turned;
off. properly at the ,barricade .and
over;'..the river on the temporary
bridge By this time ote,wassen-
ger;w`as trying to,recover himself..
But':at the;top of;theAhill -there,`
let's see, . Aberhart's -hill-he. sud-
denly let out a. terrible shout,:'"Gid-
dap! "-he haltered, and offwe went
into, -another wild dash. A; mile
further on I insisted that one of•
xhe.:rear wheels was Wobbling and
managed, with the aid of• my'.friend,
tb • induce'our , passenger that he
should get out and take_a look. He
did :.'Ihaven't seen this, .felloW,
since. As a matter' o.I.act, he pass
on, I am told, oh 25 • years aga
OrdinarBy,: here •"vasa splendid
fellow; • but. bad',had too ' much
'Bang;Bang at his•friend's, home.
It...l1;d,,,bniled- within: until he lost
all reason„ •We' did not. talk about
t is inoident at'. at.Brucefield.
But -let fare •assure one and all, that;
my knees (and I think • my -ribs too)
kept shaking for 'Several: weeks
afterwards. `
Yes; yes, I well remember when•
they; werebuilding 'the •new Eg-:
mondville bridge !
Very •sincerely,
,TIM O'NEILL
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N E Unit a Canadian'
n er,S ciet was elected at
THI NEW E ECCJTIVE • of -the Huron U it f th Ca adiari° Canc o y
the society's—annual .meeting in Clinton; Friday.; Seated, left to right;` Mrs, H.• R. Hall; Gode-
rich, secretary; Mrs. Kenneth Johns, R.R. 1,, Woodham, , president; • Mrs: Harold Vodden,
'n the Reverend em E mondville•• • chairman- f...
-•'Bl Blyth, second)vice-president; stand; v J. Semple, o
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education and .Mrs. .A. M. Harper Goderich treasurer. "Photo b "Muriel -Trott):
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n'ew educational tonal slo an•~
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gested by: an official of•Huron unit,
has• been adopted by .Ontario,divi-
sion oaf • the Canadian Cancer. :So
cietyc•it was ,revealed-•. at the an
nual county, unit 'Meeting, in ' Clin-
tom I ridgy night:
Attractive new:' placards with the
theme, "Live-Withent Fear of Can-
cer. Through Early ;Diagnosis,
Were' diSplaYed by Dr. J:. Semple
•Seaforth; chairman of the unit edu
national -:;committee and, originator
of the slogan.
We have put'too much emphasis
in' the past:on'• the negative, side of
cancer.:Our new,,approach is a
positive. ; one; , assuring: people that,
cancer: can be :'cured 'if it is dis
covered -early enough '` The signs.
stress that•regular medical check:'
ups are:the .most effective type?: of
prevention.
`:The new placards will.be.placed
%on display by the various branches.
in the unit.' ,
Merrill, films Mr Baechler er-
• vice; rs. -J, G,: Dunlop,•, Exeter,
.sub -service; "
About 65 pe.rsons attended the:
annual meeting. All' five branches'
«ere; represented.
Charch Must
Stress, ', Program.
In the Conn • wait
y
The church.- must organize, vital-
ize and ,spiritualize "her' own _pro-
gram in the communityr,-Rev.. Dun-
can M,Guest; Centralia, told- the
Hiuron Presbytery of the "United
Church, of •Canada. Meeting in. Vic-
toria Street Church, Goderich the
group, heard the: president of the•
London •Conference speak on. -"The
Church." '• '
Mr. ,Guest paid tribute to• the jay -
Men .of the• church, who:.in;the;last.
five• years^have made the ministry
of the 'laymen <one :of ;the
fastest
growing movements iri the phurch,
Rev. Harold M 'Ballet, •superin
tendent;of home missions:for south
western. ,Ontario; aslted , that . • the
church people in Huron Presby-
tery accept Their responsibility to -
Ward the'$8,000,900 which the Unit-
ed
nited Church of Canada is raising,for
•missionary efforts.
Ministers who have recently,
moved ''into the;' Pres ytery ::were
•welcomed 'they' are.. Rev.D.,'M.'
Guest, -'of Centralia, .Rev 'W: Cur=
rie Winlaw, of Hensall; Rev. Henry
Funge, 'gf Londesbore; Rev. S.'. E.
Lewis; of Exeter; Rev. C,' E. Tay,-.
lor, retired supply 'at' Dungannon, •
.
and 3. W. J: •Patripk; lay supply` at.
Bayfield.
Rev. .11: of Blyth;•
was appointed. . secretary 'of ;the
Presbytery Rev.J, • L. G. `Brown,
of Brussels, chairman of .the Mis-
sionar3'„and''.; Maintenance commit;
tee, Rev S. Davison, of Bruce-
Field,. chairman •of the ~Home Vtf —.
sloes committee, and R;ev..W..;D.'
Clark, of Wingham,, chairman of
the =committeeon arct ives,.records
and obituaries Rev.:; Dz•, James
Sempl e of E mondd e : chairman
g 111 >
:Of Presbytery,;: presided for this
SEAIrORTH DISTRICT NATIVE,.
NIRS..,DAVID , KENNEDY, IS' 97
Mrs: David .Kennedy, of White-.
church, celebrated her '97th -birth-
day
birthday last Thursday. The celebration
took place quietly at her home
,Born. near Seaforth; the -former
Jane Fisher, daughtet of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fisher; • she
moved to the Whitechurch • com-
munity when _only- 12 years- old.
She married David Kennedy in.
1882. Her husband died, in. 19372
Seven of her eleven children are
living. They are: Alex,' of Winni-
peg; David, of, Victoria, B,C,;'
George, of; Whitechurch; 'Mrs. Har-
ry Tichborne(Agnes), of Goderich;.
Mrs, ,Lorne Durnin'(Jean), of Luck -
now; Peter and,Miss Annie Ken-
nedy, who live 'twill their mother:
Mrs. ,Kennedy has 11 grandchil--
dren, 22 great-grandchildren and
three great -great-grandchildren
•.-She has always been -active . in
church .and community affairs and.
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Seventy-six cancer. sufferers: in
Huron were assi steel : by Welfare
services`of the.snit= m 1 59, report
ed Service m
chairan Nits C:
Baechler, Goderich. Branch com-
mittees have ' supplied pain-reliev-
nag drugs, •housekeeping. and home
:nursing, 'services, transportation an
'nu r•s ing. services, • transportation.
,and .dressings to patients in
'sections, of. the ;county.
Miss. S: Bedard
Is 'Guest 'Of Honor
• Mrs. , William Wilbee, Misses
Lansink and Mrs:' Charles` Geddes
'were -hdstesses--Wednesday evening-
dt _ party ;tn honor of Miss Shirley
Beard, bride elect :of this month.
During the . evening a bridal book
was made and several contests en-
joyed,. , .
•
Later, a number• of miscellaneous:
gifts were presented to Miss Bed-
and for ' whish she expressed her
thanks ;Lunch was° Served at -the"
close • of the evening's program.
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• Total welfare expenditure exceed-
ed $2,000, according to a report
from Treasurer: Mrs. A.' M. Harper,
Goderich. Other costs ” included:
education ,$665; campaign expens-
es $660; overhead, $295. '
Remainder of the $17,750 raised
by the unit was forwarded topro-
vincial headquarters for research
and other projects.,
A campaign award, . recognizing ,
"the generous service, co -opera-
tion -and interest" in exceeding its
1959 -quota, was presentedto ;the.
unit bj` •provincial• headquarters.
Under chairmanE, Pooley,,Ex-
eter,, the unit ! raised over $16,0Q0
in its:April campaign, which had
an objective of, $13,000.
The award was presented to ;Mr
Pooley'`s` wife; in his absence, by
the unit president, Mrs,. Kennet.
Johns, R.R: 1,' ; Woodham,' who con-
ducted the annual meeting.
A report by Ross;Merrill,"Clin-
tQn, revealed cancer educational
films hacl been, shoWn close to 100
times in the county .'during the
past year., , -Other - educational, pro-
jects included; booths•.at fall fairs
and distributiore of . literature
through numerous depots.
Mrs; Johns was re-elected presi-
dent of. the unit Vice-presidents
are Mrs: Josep'hme Chisholm, God-
erich, Mrs Harold'Vodden, Blyth;;'.
Dewitt_ .:.;Miller, 'W gham. Secre
tart'. is 'Mrs 11:. R mHall, Goderich,
and Mrs Harper remains t'reasur-
ei'
Committee chairmen inelude: R.
E. Pooley, campaign; Dr. J. Sem-
ple, education Dr. -R. M. Aldis,
Goderich, medical advisory;. Jas.
Doig, Seaforth, ,extension; Ross
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