HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-07-01, Page 27THE EDITOR,
On the eve of the 125th
anniversary of Confederation, it is
appropriate to look back at the first
Canada Day or as it was formerly
known, Dominion Day. The first
Canada Day was a very special day
for people in Ontario, Quebec,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
In Ontario, in communities small
and large, people gathered to
celebrate the creation of Canada.
In many larger cities such as
Toronto and Ottawa, crowds
gathered around bonfires the night
before. At midnight, the birth of
the new country was celebrated
with the pealing of bells and bands
playing patriotic songs such as
"Rule Britannia" and "Hurray for
Canada", the party continuing into
the wee hours of the morning.
By all accounts Monday, July 1,
1867 was a beautiful sunny day.
Many communities welcomed the
new Dominion at dawn with a 21
or 40 gun salute, the pealing of
bells and official flag-raising
ceremonies. Towns and cities were
decorated with bunting, streamers
and evergreens with many flags
prominently displayed including
the Union Jack and a special
Confederation flag. Patriotic
banners were also flown,
displaying such slogans as "All hail
the happy morn when the New
Dominion was born". Church
services were held and most major
towns featured a parade in the
morning. All of the local
organizations — the firemen, the
St. Andrew’s society, the Foresters,
etc. were represented in these
parades as well as local industries
and the militia. In some towns the
parade took the form of a
calathumpian where people dressed
in strange costumes and paraded
down the main street.
An important part of the 1867
celebrations was the reading of
Queen Victoria's official
proclamation announcing the
creation of Canada. Following the
proclamation, local dignitaries and
politicians gave nationalistic
speeches and addresses. The
ceremony usually ended with three
cheers for the Queen, the New
Dominion and the playing of "God
Save The Queen".
The afternoon was devoted to all
types of athletic games. These
ranged from team sports such as
baseball and lacrosse to individual
foot races and horse racing. One or
two towns also featured "sham
battles" between local militia
outfits while others hosted rifle
matches.
Band music seems to have been a
universal feature of Dominion Day
celebrations. In some towns this
entertainment started in the
morning and continued all day.
Special dinners were also held. In
Toronto for example, one ship's
crew roasted an entire ox for a local
orphanage, while in Goderich the
Good Templars held a Strawberry
Social. In the evening, theatrical
shows and illuminations were held
along with the continuous band
music. The final event of the day
in many communities was a grand
fireworks display.
Lynn Campbell
Researcher
Ontario Agricultural Museum
THE EDITOR,
Through the pages of your
newspaper, we would like to reach
past graduates of the Wingham
Hospital Registered Nursing
Assistants' training school and
anyone who, over the past half-
century, has had any association
with the school.
This year, the Wingham RNA
school, one of the few left in the
province, is celebrating its 50th
anniversary. We are very proud of
the school and the excellent quality
of nurses it produces year after
year. In honor of this special
occasion, we are planning an
anniversary party for the weekend
of Sept. 19. We want to include
everyone who began their nursing
careers after graduating from our
school and would appreciate if
anyone who is a graduate or knows
of someone who had association
with the school, would contact us
with names and present addresses
so they may be included on our list.
This promises to be a happy
reunion, with many memories
shared. We look back over 50
years and hope our grads can join
us for a time of reminiscing and
fun.
Sincerely,
Clayton Baird,
R.R. 2, Wingham, Ontario
THE EDITOR,
The catch basin in question
which was discussed at the last
Township of Morris meeting is on
the side of No. 4 highway at Lot 1,
Cone. 6. It is the property of MTO,
but in the maps of the
reconstruction of No. 4 highway it
shows the catch basin was not to be
taken out, but moved back to new
ditch levels. Gary Nicholson,
drainage superintendent told MTO
people to take it out, which he had
no right to do as MTO maps show
it was to stay there. MTO's Bob
Young who is in charge of the
highway project said that Mr.
Nicholson told them to take it out
so Mr. Nicholson of the Township
of Morris will have to put it back
in.
Mr. Nicholson had the catch
basin removed on May 5 and I told
him that night it had to go back in.
It takes a long time to get a
wrong made right by people, I
guess they think I like the water
running on top of the ground.
Tlenn Montgomery
THE EDITOR:
The Coordinating Committee
Against Woman Abuse — Huron
county is sponsoring a study of
community awareness of issues and
services related to woman abuse in
Huron County. The aim of this
research is to help the coordinating
committee develop a strong
network of accessible and
appropriate services for women
who are victims of abuse by their
partners.
We have recently completed the
initial part of this three-stage
project: 400 community interviews.
We are about to embark on the
second stage of the project, which
involves interviews with women
who have experienced abuse from
their partners.
The voices of women are critical
to the success of the project, since
women are the experts on their own
experience. In order to provide the
most accurate evaluation of
existing service, we need to hear
from women who have needed
these services. We are interested in
hearing what help women needed,
what help women found, and what
help was unavailable.
Similar projects in other areas of
the province have reached only a
very small proportion of the
women who experience abuse (for
instance, in London 50,000 flyers
were sent to households in the city:
six women responded to these
flyers). We are hoping to speak to
more women in Huron County.
We will have a telephone line
available from July 6 to July 10, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. The toll-free long
distance number is 1-800-267-
3861; the local number in Goderich
is 524-5072.
Jacquie Burkell
Project Coordinator
Community Awareness of Issues
and Services Related to Woman
Abuse — Huron County
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 , 1992. PAGE 27.
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