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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-04-20, Page 54* i Salvation Army Ladies Dressed for Diamond Jubilee . \ 1 ':'V‘ . - ':A.'i' J > :•'/ ■ v '3* A ;ssi PR hirl I , i.2 Ik •;'B Toronto's "Padre To The Pubs" Speaking In Clinton On Sunday The name Rev. Goxdon Winch sounds much the same qs' any other clergyman’s nwe, but (the explan ation “Padre to the ' Pubs’’ and the name takes on a new meaning mediate Rev. Church .. ................................ said, “Religion'is as natural in a drinking place as it is in. church —. maybe more na tural” is the same .minister and stirs up jim- interest. Winch, a, United minister who once I Thurs<r April 1967,w-rClii»t<w who makes I'Ogulor visitswho regular visits to the taverns 'and bars in the Vicinity qf the University .pf Toronto. He is accepted in .those circles as a welcome visitor'' although he drunks only gingerale and wears clerical collar on each oc casion. “I tHinR the church needs , tp hear of the things that are being said fhiett-e/’ Rev. Winch once told a reporter, ''Maybe more urgently than these ■i!»^ people need tp W what the church js saying”. ’ This loxinTjaJtiiltau’iaji comes to Clinton pn Sunday, April 23 at 7:30 pm, to spetilc at Wesley-Willis United Church. Everyone is invited to hear this man who worlds with al coholics and problem drink ers every day and knows their troubles and some of the causes. On the same program, the Huron Centennial Youth Choir will ibe performing un der the direction Pf George Cull, Clinton. T 16 Young Public Speakers Compete at Clinton Hall Sixteen contestants in four classes completed in the Royal Canadian Leglion Dilsitricfc *‘C” public speaking finals at- Clin ton Legion Hall last Saturday afternoon, A •* On their way to the diamond jubilee celebra tions of the Home League of the Salvation Army, these Clinton and Goderich ladies stopped in Clin ton to have their picture taken in their Centennial costumes and older Salvation Army uniforms. From the left, Mrs, Frank McCullough, Holmesville; Mrs. Warner .McIntyre, Goderich; Miss Lily Blanchard, Goderich; Mrs. (Captain) Wambold, Goderich; Miss Mary Broome, Gloderieh; Mrs. Lou Ludlow, Clinton; Mrs. John Fisher and daughter Nancy; Clinton. (News-Record Photo) (By Mrs. Lloyd Bond) The first settlement outside .of toe-village of Goderich took place on the Huron road at toe junciton of toe Maitland con- . cession. This road was built soon after the Huron road and rah north to the Maitland river. The river was named after Sir Perigrinei Maitland', one of the very early settlers of Gode rich, who built a store on the flats' Where the Purity Flour Mills were later erected. Later ■ he ’ became Lt. Governor of Upper Canada, James Johnson . in ,183.0 took up the land Where Holmes ville is today. When the Maiiit- land concession was built it was only natural that a village would grow1 at thei junction. Later when the Lake Road’ or Cut Line (as it eventually was called) 'and the llto concession were' put* through, more people were encouraged to settle. An 1862 map' shows that toe Disneys, Robert 'and Elias, own ed the land in toe1 northwest corner between the Huron road and Maitland concession. The Trewartha name appears on a tract off land above toe Disney tract on the Maitland conces sion. . ( , ’ The Ford brothers, James, Thomas, John and George, came, out. from Ireland in 1832 and took up land1 between the Hur on Road and Dake Road, Peter Cantelon owned a wedge of: land between toe Cut Line and the llto concession. Jonas Cop owned toe land between the llto cone, and the Huron Road and John Hicks toe land north east of the village. John and Samuel Holmes who came from Ireland an 1832 also owned land on the Huron road to t'he west of the Disney property. The /village was nam ed after this family. Elias Disney who came from Ireland in 1848 operated' the first grist mill and first saw mill near Holmesville, and was to becorhetoegreat-grandfather of the famous Walt Disney, car toonist. Walt pisney -visited the graveyard op th,e hill in 1947 seeking the resting-place of his ancestors. The Hi,cks family built a hotel on theip land on toe Huron Road before there, was a Hol mesville and called it the “Bridgewater*’. Fnoin. an Old edition of the Clinton Herald (Clinton's first newspaper) we find dh h4V^^sea^hit of this hotel ds "‘a place off recreation, extensive gardens and & trout stream” here was 'also a race course where a fliree-day race was an annual eyent. Later the Hicks family mov ed to Mitchell and werp associ ated with the hotel business' in that town for many years._John Holmes ■'was'reeve of | — i.imi—i—' .............—■ ■ Goderich Township for toe years 1855-57 and a member of Parliament from 1857-61. The Holmes, Jo'hn and wife Deborah lived in a brick house on the hill west of toe village. John Holmes donated the land on which the first Methodist Church Was, built. Dr. J. B. Whitely who prac tised medicine in Goderich for over half, a ■- century and was medical officer for 51 years, was brought up near Holmes ville. Others associated with the Robert Proctor family who took up land next to toe Holmes property in 1832; Ache son, BodOur, Baker, Oolclough, Cook, Deeves. Jervis, Jbrdbn, Leithwaite, . Lobb,- Sheppard, Ste'ep, Sturdy, Tebbutt, Whitey head, Whitely .and Williams. ' First Industry The building of toe Buffalo- Brantford - Goderich railroad through the village in 1856 made it a place of real impor tance and led to an important industry, that of lumbering. Square timbers , were cut zalong toe Maitland river in to? winter and floated dhwn in toe spring to a point nearest the village. From this point they were taken by team to the Holmesville railway station. A special switch was built for loading these timbers onto the cars to be shipped to Mon treal for toe ship-building in dustry. On Jan. 6, 1836 the first township meeting (of Which there is-no record) was held at Valentine Fisher’s Inn on the flats of Goderich, Shortly after, the seat of government was moved to Holmesville. . In 1864 the council of Gode rich Township at '‘Holmesville passed a liquor prohibition law which is thought to be the first township in Canadla to pass such a law. (Maybe it was needed as the village was said to have had three saloons!) In 1942, the township and many of its records burned. The opened Holmes post office was closed in 1859 and reopened again in 1861 with Jonas Cop as postmaster. Other postmasters were Edward Kelly 1867-79; Edgar Hill, 1880-83; Andrew Duff, 1884-85; J. T. Courtice, 1885-1901; Andrew Cour.tice, 1902-1926; D. Glidden, 1926-2?. A telegraph office was alsp in the village where Gordon Steepe’s house now stands, and was run by Edgar Hill. ' Famous Corner Store There has long been a corner grocery store at Holmesville. Andrew Cpurtice owned top first post office in 1855 with as ' postmaster. Lea- ( Sunday, May 14 —- 5 to 8 p.m. RESERVATIONS, PLEASE -■--. ------ -................— ............................................................................:-L— BALLROOM AVAILABLE FOR DANCES, PARTIES AND MEETINGS % SUNSET DRIVE-IN THEATRE Highway 8 •—> Goderich At Concession Road 4 Largest Screen in Huron • County WEEKENDS ONLY Double Features years there was shop on the cor operated by Wm. Mrs. Mulholla'hd hall were was’ Wm. This store for 26 years “before the present owner. Mr. Courtice Was a staunch supporter of'the 'Methodist Church and often took the pulpit in the absence of the minister. Two of his sons, Thos. and William, were outstanding ministers of the gospel in the United States. The present Carnation Milk Company receiving station at Holmesville began nearly 70 years ago as the Holmesville Cheese and Butter factory, a joint stock company of nearly 100 members, mostly farm. The original board of direct ors included Byron Forster (Forster’s bridge on the Mait land'was'named for him), sec retary W. S. Lawrence and members John Jenkins and Geo. Holland. The first cheesemaker was Edward Johnston of Innerkip and the first load1 of milk was delivered to .the fatetory by W. H. Lobb who was a contributor until 1942. Fo r many a blacksmith ner and was Mulholland. had the distinction of being named for Florence Nightin gale. During the Criimetan war, ' Dr. James Peters was associ ated' With Florence Nightingale in the care of the sick and she asked him if he ever had an other little girl to name her Florence. The Peters family decided to come to Canada. At Buffalo .a second daughter Was bom which they named Flor ence May Ann Adelaide .Night ingale Peters'. Dr. Peters prac tised for many years at Brus sels and it was there that Flor ence married William Mulhol land and moved to Holmesville where the latter carried on the' blacksmith business. Mrs. Mulholland, like the fa mous nurse, loved caring for. the sick and in the horse and buggy days was. in great de mand -as a practical nurse. Many of us who were born in this community first saw the light of day with Mrsi ( Mul holland in attendance. Wedding Bells One of the first weddings in the township was that of Joseph Sparling who took up land from the Canada Company on the farm now owned by Frank Yeo. The father of David Canteion (who was known as the Apple King of Huron County) was best man at the wedding. What is' now our Goderich Township Hail -was the centre of learning for Holmesville community for well over 100 years. Pupils who learned their three R’s in the old school have gone out into the world as'd'oc- tors, nurses, ministers, teachers, politicians and most any vo cation you could name. Many stayed to till the land their fathers worked so hard to wrest from the wilderness. The birch rod was considered Standard equipment in the old days. Some of the early teach ers were Thos. Murch, Beverley Lawrence and Mr. MacRoberts. Nelson Trewartha who attended this school as a pupil also taught for a number, of years. Holmesville at one time had three churches; The Methodist which was situated on the site of the present United Church, the Anglican on the Hill and the Bible Christian which was Where Harry Cudmore’s house now stands. The Methodist Church and and Church of England were both responsible for the care of the cemetery'on the hill. The dates on the present stone go back to 1853 and no! doubt ear lier markers have been lost. Early pioneer names on- the stone are such familiar ones in pur township such as Wise, Cook, Deeves, Johnson, Cole, Sheppard, Trewartha, Jenkins, Connell, Lobb, Miller, and others. Even though Holmesville's old board sidleiwalks have dis appeared and - its picturesque little footbridge over the little stream that wanders through the village has gone, we are still grateful for those who struggled to make it such an in- . teresting place in which to live. Area Ladies Attend Army Jubilee Diamond Jubilee Home gue celebrations took place at the First Baptist Church in London on Tiiesday and ■ this rally was1 attended* by all toe Western, Ontario Home League ladies including toe Salvation Army, Goderich .Corp. As. this is a double celebra tion Diamond Jubilee and Can ada Centennial, many women, of course, wore Centennial Salvation .Army Uniform or Centennial dress. Tfie highlight of the activities was the award of toe Florence Booth silver tray, a prize pos session for all Salvatibn Army .Corps. This tray is awarded! an nually on a points system in volving many charitable works by toe women of toe Army. The guest of honor for toe day was Mrs. Commissioner Edgar Grinstead, wife of Territorial Commander Canada and Bermuda. -----------o----------- Dr. Floris King the for IB Speaker At Exeter Miss Floris E,_ King, Field Program Consultant and 'Nursing Consultant of the Canadian Tuberculosis Associ ation, Ottawa, will be guest, speaker at the annual meeting of the Huron County TB Associ ation in Exeter, Monday, April 24. Her subject will be “From Here To There”. Dr. King received her early education in Saskatchewan schools and chose a nursing career. She trained in Toronto East General Hospital and fol lowing graduation attended the University off Toronto where She specialized in Public Health Nursing. In 1955 she be came a member of the public health nursing staff of Etobi coke Health Unit 'Where she showed thfe initiative and en ergy far which she has since become well known in public health services. Dr. King while there became convinced of enormous poten tial of health education and went to tfie University of Michi gan, at Ann Apbojr, ^to learn more about is and received her Masters in Public Health. Fol lowing this she became a Field work Consultant With the Ont ario TB Association and conse quently her Work ranged all over Ontario. Later at the Uni versity of North Carolina, Chap el Hill, she received her Ph.D. and her present position. . Dr. King has taken on the program at an interesting point —When the Association is ex panding into the field of res piratory disease. Ph.D., Herman Young, Kmcardiine, chairman of the district's public speaking committee was chair man and William Chambers, president of Clinton Branch 140 welcomed the contestants and small crowd1 of approximately 40 persons', rpiany of whom were parents and teachers of the contestants. Robert Burke, chairman of the local Legion's public speak ing committee, assisted Mr. Young ip giving out prices and co-ordinating the .four-hour pro gram of • speeches. The top contestant in each class will compete in the Leg ion’s provincial public speaking finals in Toronto this coming Saturday. The top winner in each class received a Legion District cer tificate and a desk lamp as a prize; the second place winner received a prize only. Senior Secondary Ruth Ann Schnarr, Waterloo, won the senior, secondary class with her speech on “Peace.” Second place went to Arleata Pollock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pollock, Goderich, who spoke on “Canada’s Cen tennial of Canadian Indians”. The other two contestants were Cathy Schafer, Durham . and Tom Chisholm, Port Elgin. Junior' Secondary Another Waterloo 'girl, Karen Snyder, won the junior second ary claiss with her speech on “A Beauty Competition Royal Winter Fair”, place went to Brenda Wiarton, speaking op Juvenile Delinquency?” contestants were Alastair Pirie, Goderich, speaking on “Centen nial Apathy”, and Brian Hasitiie, Durham. Judges for the two secondary school classes were: Miss Jean Lovelock, a teacher at AM Hugh Campbell Public School, CFB Clinton; Rev. A. J. -Mowatt, D.D., minister of Webley-Willis United Church, Clinton and Ken Rapplp, a public school teacher from* Waterloo. Senior Elementary Lindia Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Idella WilisOn, Brussels, was. the only first prize winner from the immediate area; her subject was “Canada As I See It”. Second spot was taken by Ellen Pavanel, Waterloo, speak ing on “The Amazing Space Watchers”. Other speakers were Natasha LusOn, Wiarton and Iris Wilson, Durham. Junior Elementary Janice Johnson, Wiarton, with her speech, “A Family Who Visited Us”, won top marks in toe junior elementary class. Second place was won by Nan cy Burgen, Waterloo, speaking on “Water • Safety”. Other speakers were Mary Chute, Harriston and Karen Regier, Seaforth. Judges for the public school speeches were Mrs.. Eva Roor- da, a teacher at Hullett Town ship Central School, Londes- boro; Garnet Harland, principal of toe J. A. D. McCurdy Public School at CFB Centralia, and Don Miller, principal of toe Hallett Township Central Pub lic School; all are residents of Clinton. At the end of the speeches, awaiting toe judges’ decisions, toe ladies auxiliary to Clinton Legion served sandwiches and refreshments to contestants and spectators. Friday & Saturday Mgy 21r22 P^DHERTqiih "’erry-go-ro^ Adult Entertainment SECOND FEATURE M M.C.R Ftcdodixi ■ WCO Production TECHNICOLOR'/ TECHNISCOPE*. 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