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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-12-18, Page 7• d�1 1111110111111.54. Welcome to To1aid'! it And see our collection of Toys, Mec '�s 4dn► Air - pHR+' E 'rlrH'TS � -EXTRA BULBS :EL►EOTRXO ,IRONS ELECTRIC TOASTER'S, • " • •j h, r •haam• • — D • tits LWe. ofPyrex, 41 Ovenware,Cutleryand Carving Sets. YfiALTS KINDS] O SPO Tx i'G GOODS 'LASIZxGHTs, SLEIGHS, TOBOGGANS, 'SKIS HOCKEY STICKS jim Naftel , V HARDWARE AND PAINTS - a P• West Street- WE BUY AND SELL GUNS, RIFLES AND AMMUNfl ON Goderich wa ttttr giirnings of settlement at the Menesetung River over 100 'Years Ago (By' VV. 1(I, Aohnoton tri The Loudon Free Preit0) When... !we who have passed Initttlle life and are 'now sliding down the hill.' towards the rich ^alley$ of hope and beauty, Sit down to rest On the benches by the roadside and ruriainate orae t'be climbing to' the 3uznmdt, we may, well •wish that marryMetre had taken to heart the old Sedtehman.'f -saying of, «.f3e aye writing a bulk on the days ,0 -sic. those .l. w 11 made tQ a be Haat are ane. who come al5ter." Surely that is what ' we can say of the boob "in the DA.Y.fi or ''the dariadli o, ..olid. i•v� w tat t h ,Company," ,13 tor know aught of the pioneers' of the Jiut'on'it'raet'b This :boob preserves for }is and will /or 'the .people of :one huhundred1'ear,s hence the, names and characteristics of those pioneers,, In writing «of the county town of Huron, ' beautiful Goderich,_ we are, vela. of strength with logs and stores.. happy -to leaia that the first white zn4u .A really large company in more ways to visit the, site of the town was the thou one occupied the Castle and were (creat and Chi�ralro 'Samuel de''Cha°m- a hapliy and congenial 'household. plain, he who named the ''boundless. ••in 1828, J;o'hn Gait, the commissioner ,Lake Huron., Mier Deuce, meaning the of the Canada; aonlllany,,,following the Frc>, 1iw'ater Sea, and in•rern,lsing around same• course taken by, UIia aplain around the 'Bruce Peninsula, •came in a vessel loaned him by the Government, but did not become a permanent citizen; `and- who was so• interested he landed Soon afterwards chine Sproat,. Mac -1, and f aVii. reor fsom'lrza Donald .ro to e:ipiore. . •P" •, : one dcG The first„real settlers were Trader bringing a yoke of oxen, the latter +Gooding and Frank Deschaznp, a dieing useful in clearing ' of the -,Frenchman, Who had established a 'land. Others follawed, them and pre - 1,1 trading post and erected a log cabin sently'there was a rather .lively settle - near the water's edge. He had come ment "•on the hilltop above and below from 'the mouth o1` the Grand River on the •harbor. • I. Lake Erie with a ,small vessel laden (Tootling, coming originally from with supplies. for the Indian trade: Onondaga, N.Y., was a British subject Previous to this time, about 1826, and United Empire Loyalist. His • tr.; 'a • calling place for the three sons, William, Jasper and Edwin, Jesuit missionaries ;and 'Hudson's Bay Ty4,ndinaga the Jcndeph ,Brant of _,his tOryr The last two were.4nelt splendid, looking specimens Of Manhood' that Major !Strickland. said he could. well believe that when I3eujanrin West first Saw the staiUQ of Apollo Belvedere lie atd that it•'eOi11d best be eornloa d• to. a,. Mohawk chief. ,- ,When y Wen �itnl � 'bileis hoose on: seep Homesickness, perhaps, had brought u, Peter of, the lea la, alio-at feet above the him '�ttacl�: ()Id I ett.z} d trlaaraan, but Water's' ,ed .e,, Which was afterwards ..toned, his threadbare ovt�rcoata . hie* a1Waya tenon as *Vii astle,', it was •warna breath tin his rough hands- and these men who carried the logo' to jumped, to the ground. There was no build' it and laid; them' in place ixr the railroad det ctivc to grab him for rid - walls. • •a ing, that freight train, bt cause' this Then when the roof vvas ono and It ;elms the day •beforelehristrilas, AB but. was ready, -for eceupa'tion - someone them bnnit;•less} illie �hin elf, seemed busy asi ed, bow•they were to get their supply Ineparing for the 1)ay of I)ays. of barrels of salt pork unci dour in 'Forty' ' years, Peter reilecrte,d, since Gooding's store 'brought up thesteep he last set foot in ('lark (pity, ' It had hillside. "Aeb, said i+•i•acDontald, "a' been ,i year after Phe big earthquake; ., „ kill broke. loorse I lel ro t z all hell b , ear fte . l�ezi'telz.one up. ��.his he dm. In Pack, a � i after lie carried all the barrels -up. Dogfish, in, his parent- and si.rmtor'a they slat equally' big and, strong, performedi mar- at. dinner' 'ii).....at little, house on Vine .street. • ,„n • I'eter r S eml:eretl : TIow he 'had come hdine late .t'llat'evening; tow the earth began qui'v'c•rint ,,like+ a beast possessed' how he had .-ealrelk4 like a madman the Georgian 'Ba, and Lake 'Iluron spied the opening in the forest where the Menesetung..emptiedr into- t`iie lake, ,r '�� Goderioh 11 Shirt and pajama manufacturers now complain they, can't get as many pins as they require to stick _into new garments,,, Now isn't :that just too bad, !•--Ori.t. "Doctor, you told me to show you my tongue, but you haven.'t„even looked at, it yet.,” "No; it was o%iy to keep you quiet while I. wrote- out the pre- scription. . - ° • • • HELP THE RED CROSS TORONTO Hotel Waverley SPADINA. AYE, AT COLL:oS ST. RATE. SINGLE 1, 040 f l$�3.00 DOUBLE - - $Z50 to $6.00 -- special- Weekhand Monthly n 'Rates A MODERN QUIRT .... -WILL CONDUCT= • -• . CONVENIIINTLY 1l`�;CAEq• HOTEL, .. • Closo`to Parliament Buildings; ,.....m.. University of Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens; • FAshiofabble, Shopping District, Wholesale " _: Ho Theatres, Churches of very-Denomnnation.• u A. 1''x. Powieu., President employee's on ;their way to end' from HE BOY WHO GOES TO WAR Detroit - In 1827 name D.: Dunlop, Warden, of God bless the grown-up boy who goes the Forests, and hzS following of nearly ' to war, thirty men, among whom were a Mint- bet' and neatbet like himself, Milt in gigantic pro - ,His uniforzi•so new, so snu g .portions and capable of ..performing With . I"IeS ■ a� rChristmras is in the air"• at - CLEVELAND'S Christmas Cakes (`IiRIT.'V111S PUDDII 'CTS SHCRT1 EAD fi . They are 'a real treat. Try. one. All special orders receive Prompt and Personal attention. . WE 'DELIVER ' • 'Phone 114•. h head held high and eyes so clear feats -of great strength %and endurance, and bright Among there, were ,MacDonald, sur - He ;marches ,off, fresh conquests now to ,meet. I watched -him go, as years ago when small;: To battle still'against an unseen foe. This time it is his country' that does call And son to -lo his duty lie will ,go ' To fight,':to win, to die, no mattes` which, He left' 'his home, his all that he'held e '�irA That he might in the °muse for freedom • fight To break the Nazi yoke of hate and fear, He little knows just what the future hol'tls, Or how for him our prayers and -hopes • we send To One Above, Who guarded him .when. small-- And now he's grown, 'to Him we still commend. - W1l`en he goes out to fight and maybe kill An • '.unseen "foe ' whom he " must •now destroy, We- who -are left behind , to wait and bale r, Can only .pray that -God May .bless our boy. , -'- As in the past, `when.,be marched "off to school, - We witch hi rogress-sti11 with loving pride And ask that though he no`vc must ,go to war, • Our Heavenly Father still his feet will guide. . And when upon the- world a peace descends, Please bring him 'Safely back k ain n o g his friends. 0 , • yey ori and draftsman, called, Stout Mac, a Highlander ; John Cameron; a .Mo- hawk chief, Dogfish ; ,an Indian, Louis Cadotte, and John : Brant, a son of IfYour ...... ,i ' atches . CoId...List�n- to millions of expericnc ck . mothers art relicv'e miseries with e" IMPROVED Vicks treatment that takes onty 3 minutes and makes good old Vicks VapoRtigive BETTER THAN EVER RESULTS! IT AoTS 2 WAYS AT ()NCE to b'r'ing telae% , • ItiAYiI AT ONCE A# *PENETRATES to nipper a4. • breathing pas ages • with coothg ieinai v p©s mea r } I'IMUTATESclientalncd f E• back surfaces like a arming voultice •, ' o TO RRIM4 Ramo ,. ---..• WORVS FOR HOURS toease coughs, relieve 'niusculalr ; etre-s or tightness', and 1ringreal,lionc tmta=goocinesscorfg t. TO got this iiuitrovcd treatnlerlt . °. just Iaatsagc 'Va olula for 3 rninut ON 13A(1( as well tiS throat and chest, Fdt 0 ih:uttu ,..then spread thick layer ons and OFeM cover kvztltwanted dot! it The hepr n d Wt • —ANON. GODERICH: OPERATORS .MEET Ask Thais} .Gasoline Sale Be ,.Allowed to 9_=o'clock on .Saturday Nights Only , - Twenty members of the Huron county • branch of, the Ontario' Garage Operators'. Assdciation meeting in ,Goderieh passed a resolution favoring the present hours of sale° for gasoline, 7except that the closing time .in rural sections be ex- tended to S' •o'clock on Saturday nights only. This resolution will be- = for- warded to the 'Provincial organization .to ' meet in St. 'Catharines shortly. This was the only business before the meeting: joined' him later -in business. Ronald Goode, from Ayrshire, was an early settler and had four daughters. The three Gooding young' men madrfove to these Slaughters, Williaii)� married Jane, Jasper won Mary and ° Edwin Nannie. Some years. afterwards two of these brothers` were drowned from the same •canoe, Theif's. Was not the first death:in the community, as James Hales, who had arrived with his bro- ther, 'Benjamin, before 1833, • fell through ;the ice on, , the river while skating and was drowned. •,LC.,n 404tecti.tectirwn,r� r 7'he discussion brought out that' many farmers. reach their shoppingcentres , too late on _iS,aftirday night' to buy gasoline and that' the present law is working a hardship on them. The Association has had several meetings in Huron. county but this was the first . to ` be, held here. ' It was formed at the solicitation of the Gov- ernment. and its -,co-operation has so far proved;,a valuable aid in helping ' to draft `regulations and iii ascertaining how *they ..are working out in practice. WHEN YOU 'SAY-- Greeoslade's • You can rest assured you are getting, the : best in Pies_ read Cakes Our Christmas Cakes Are made with .scrupulous at- `• tention to the Quality of every ingredient. .• We ask ottr customers to order early. PHONE 184 r • II 1 irat - i401111 trookoper • 0j _ice___iastwee,",e+'• to T .„that Keep On Giving Complete stock of all J1eetricaI appliances. • �L o q . 11° ts for, very Member of ,,the Family The Square .. T'ho 586 OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHEIST %%AS, hur ring ell a voice that somehow had failed to grow old. But he held himself back, for'Peter was ashamed at himself. She didn't notice him shuffle off after awhile, for Linda was stills;" watching ""the star. ' In. the -freight yards he found an empty boxcar and -bedded down under .some straw in a corner. After a while he felt the car move,• and siiitnehow he was glad. • • "Yes, it "was Linda," • he sobbed to Peter stood alone for a long timer` himself, '''but 1 just' couldn't tell her. watching' the' star appear." , Thank }God she's alive and happy' And through the _runts of • that shock _thank' +God. She remembers me on wraelced, tire -wept bungalow. Then, ' Christmas eve as I was,. not as I am." as 'C'lark -City began. rebuilding, he .Ater awhile•.he fell asleep. had --drifted cif in' a Size to r"ohm up (Rel sed by Western Newspaper -and' down the earth-s'`a' neer-do-well, a • Union) - y hobo'' - . ' But always he remembered, 'Linda, HASTINGS FAVORS dear little inter^ Linda.. In 40 years FIAT HYDRO RATE iter memory alwitvs carie- back stronger ,•; than ever oil Christmas Eire, for it Was Huron County' Council's Resolution on• then that they used to, °limb 'Lookout 13ULLMVXJ1jE, Dec: 5,—A. flat hydra the evening star rise -in the heavens, " rate should -fix -established throughout That, perhaps', was why -be was back • Ontario, the IlaStings• County Council this Christmas Eve. ' •agreed, at itS ann'u'al session.,he today. `.Almost: dusk now," he; reflected, Aresolutit}n • urging a _fat 'rate. lovas Trudging along•Clark City's. 'busy thoroughfare.. C•h_ristm,as crowdg jos= sled him, for he was a-hapleSs wanderer with no place- to°'go. " QI • :. NO place, to go ? Not Peter !Sbon• he, found his way to the old residential 1 all fit 'cord district where .'Lockout" Iliil nose illi° ingto Gep ge A Reid, Belleville Public the Subject Endorsed Hilt hand-in-hand at dusk, watching • drawn up by the Huron County Council and sent -here .for the opinion of :this uneil. ° - The-establish'men•t of a fiat rate hout" the Province would weana' great -deal to smaller ce res, ac a• -sentinel •''The•same old hill," be told himself} • . Little Linda! . 'I1°°`you were only here now to..see your :big brother!: No'*- thaiik , (rod you're 'not here, for yiou .big brother is ashamed 'of himself ! ,"- At the -creat Peter stood alone for a long ilne, watching the •star appear as I, .it had singe•':that ° first _ni ht over Bethlehem. He didn't notice - ithe 'til , lady until she spoke:- ! R;Beantiful, that star, isn't zit?" l ' Peter•-fu'mbled" with his grease -stained t cap. ';Y'es'm, it is. ,Especially from "Lookout HiIl." • 4 , "Many .)'-years ago, she. continued, almost in . trance, "my little brother and 1 us,to watch that star rise in the heavens each Qhrisnias • Bile, until= " (she wiped a-_• tear -_away)-, "we were separated somehow during the big earthquake. Ile ` was killed, `they found out 'later. - :Tech Christmas Eve ever since I've •come. back here, just to rerpember hint- I hope hers happy up there -in' Heaven." Peter was staring at her, fairly ready' to shriek, for it was .Linda! -No doubt about it. -.now ! Ile recognized the tilt of hhr nose, unchanged by tite•r•ears; the,'familiar ?tiiities' mmission, speaking on the resolutio :en invitation of, the County Cctun'cii»" e pointed out that if there were;,.. rtte, industries might locate In, smal r nt:res. instead oat he larger cities. d -"W,ai to -Ulan§ now tlo not make it Ltdv4s role ;Por(, the.., -rate • att.:thh present Minae, ' Said ._, mmissuolter-R? 1. Ile god -the.--r.Vamping, ',,1) the whole ydro business:: Fiat rate. f,ydro costs It is easy to identify the owner of ma, tt, a mt"� ,,. the car.-, He is the one who, after• you pull the door, Shut, always opens ,it again and slamsit harder. HELP THE RED CROSS Mabel says that.,,an intelligent girl is one who knows how to refuse a kiss tvitbollt being 'deprived of it. •. Laurier Home Becomes National Historic' Site tl� .r. .m z • • p-•_ ,- "0 ' •a i6 J... tr M. . 0f • /J 5: •.iJJJ, J tf a lJ! Iraoide and out, the home of Sir !, Wilfrid -I.a.urier." at St. Lin, • Qtle., has been restored as closely as possible to the condition in which it stood on the day 100 years ago when the -great Cana- dian atatesniaf was 'born within its humble walls. Decorated and furnished in the best possible t re 'urniu ate with f to h authentic, avid materials belongingto the period and typical of i rench Canadian- handicraft, the house is a memorial to French Canada of a century ago` as well as to its great leader, Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier. "•Dedicated as a 'National ]Elia- torte Shrine in ,the presence of Primo Minister Mackenzie Dint; • and other national figures, the Laurier house contains many treasures of Ii'rench-Cani4dlan art and handicraft. Old .furniture of the periodwas taken there froln several parts 4d the province; tex- tiles from Isle-aux-Coudres, Char- levol'x County; other articles, made about the time Sir Wilfrid was Aon, from the Isle' of Or- leans. The interior walls, cov- ered with hand -made linen woven 'in Quebec, .make an admirable background for the furnishings and pictures. ji.mong .tlje vans, typical itima is are- ,clr grandfather clock with wooden mover3;ent, cast iron stove''vrith two decks, large loom for ` weaving, n two apdol beds, t "table.bascul0 with sever aiblc top :ziid brightly colors ed h,ndrnade rugs and represen- tative paintings by Arthur- Lis - men The exterior of the house has been, renovated and the build- ing has been moved bacjt into the Centre ‘of the property which has been levelled and beautified. A large boulder bearing a bronze tablet serves as a monument to Sirilfeid. Tl ese pictures of the Laurier Y , home al St, Din, which is less than 37 miles from Montreal by Canadian Pacific Railway, show: Tite front of the house, top left; 13t11°Century-sofa, in living room, "top right;, old furniture cin grdund-floor bedroonii, IOWer left, and, lower ,right, old-time butter churn, shinning wheel and spool holder. a - would eliminate the ,bizsine .''chisel err° who roam -the country' looking for -. the best price they can, • get for power. lie pointed out there were variousrates ft/J.. 'hydro in the town's" in: this hoot- mediate d:iistrict. ' CARLOW (Intended for last week) CARLOW, Dec. 10, --The Bed Crass unit, with Mr`s. Wm., Watson•eeuvef+.eer, turned in 2 quilts, 1 blanket, 12 ladies' nightgowns, - 6 pairs long seamen's• stookings, a Pairs so+tks for November. : We are sorry to hear that Mr. Roy Linklater is quite ill.. We hole for a Speedy recovery. .� M. V. Fisher, is.improving¢°,slowly and :we hope he may soon 'be around. Cl _agaixt For the Newlyweds. ---A. 1arge,,,ninn-.,..�- .M . ber of friends and relatives gathered in the Township 'Hall. in 'honor; et Mr. and Mrs.. Keith Arthur, newlyweds., During the evening a meek wedding - a° *was staged with, Arnold Allan as•bgide, Ruby Errington as bridegroom, Frank-, _ . Mcllwain-as bridesmaid, Donna ; Fisher .T;` as best man, Mrs, D. Bean as ring- bearer, Mrs. Robert Beau as. pianist, Helen Young; as- llowergirl, Fordyce Clark' and - Mrs. F. McIlwain as. `bride's parents, . Elmer 'Robertson as parson, Mrs. Chester +k'eagai ^ais usher.' The bride was presentezi' `with a large wed- ding cake decorated in white, which ' disclosed a set of 'wbite and, red - enamelware. Lunch was served and community • singing enjoyed. Small eastern town has a female - volunteer fire department. Wonder if they -insist on silk hose. • Pretty Camp Visitor—Major, did you get that scar during an engagement? Major—No ; the +first week of our • honeymoon, •„y4 illothett,.Not -to .Blame for - ?� the, Children's Colds •¢J°f r: $, Despite ail the mother can do the kiddies will run )trt of dooms nett' properly wrapped up; have on too much clothing.; get overheated and_ cool off too'sud- aenly; get their feet wet; kick off the bed -clothes, and . r Yom_. .• ' Jo a - dozen thidgs the mother cannot, help. • Half the battle in treating chilclren)s tiolds is to give therm something • they will like; something they will take without any fuss, and this the mother will find in Dr. Wood's:Norway Pine Syrup, a remedy used by Canadian mothers, for the past 48 years. a ••• Price 3. r-- a bottle; the large family size, about: 3 times as much," 60c, •at 1 , all drug counters. The 1'. biilturn Co:, Limited, Toronto, Ont. ri •r! '►A LAS' _.. For Enduring Joy cGIFTS LES LAMPS ...BED 7 TABLEt , BRIDGE TRILIGHT END - CARD COFFEE GATELEG OTTOMANS - SMOKERS ' MI1 ORSe • ' OCCASIONAL CHAIRS FOOT STOOLS 1VtAGAZ NE STANDS A, Walnut Ced .Chest will prove toy be' the most•thrillingo•. eft' She has ever received, heeler "The House of Good Furniture ° Phone 33t - Hamilton. -St. n u , ` 1 wMAPP III - c1 l ,s • "Alt Oc ittittr lldR Whig' i* a Dia 44", Madam ONO. with htatthed OttatttIit Wald and Agr+Rica Walnut." 1-4 Ago VIP • •