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THE GMERICH SIGNAL -Sr,
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Recollections of hotiEarbr.
Scl Days ,11. Goderich
By Ate*, Melfier.0 1,Y1.4011,00)• not - yetbeeome a real-
Here T. go agOn,, iyith r:a few.
more recellectionS Of' early school
4fttSTS. My 111'84 Central 'Clie'01
teacher was Mss 111/11rgaret (?)
would .le • when X Was about
AiRe old. The tewnwater,
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ity and, 1 Jecall the pump in the
pts where YOU . squid get
a drink dip hard 'Itiqty some:
bigker iadti,Were not 'tUere to Sql-tirt
Yell, Out of it, Uttet,o,t.Oonrse the
town. water was installed with.
Water linSide, Seine: of the older
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, ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH'
• - SUNDAY,' MAY 7th, A954
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-2- 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION,
10 .aan,,,--MAIN SUNDAY SOHOOI4,
11 'aati. HOLY COMMUNION AND•SERMON:
3 pan. PRIMARY DEPARTIVIEMr. • ,• •
7.'p.m. EVENING PRAYER AND SERMON:- -
REST:REND °BEVERLY
A. W. ANDERTON; Organist and Choirmaster •
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Mirth St. .United Church
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ALEX: CLARK. Orranist and Choir Master
10 a.m. THE CHURCH SCHOOL. *.
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Metropolitan-Ciiiteit-Church,London
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11 a.m. "FOR 'Steil A TIME, AS.THIS."
• 7 p.m. ' "VICTIMS .ORVICTORS?! *„
Mr. William POsno-Guest Soloist :
The Ctutrelt-AVith-T-Ite-S-inging Tca'ver Weleontes you.
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Knox Presbyterian
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INVITES, YOU THIS SUNDAY.
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Sunday School for children over 8 years at 10 a.m. -
• Junior Congregation and Nursery at 11 aan.
• 11...a.m. • MORNING WORSHIP,_
Sermon -"In the Midst of the Church."
The evening service is „withdrawn in recognition of
North Street United &vett -AnniVersary. '
Infant Baptism Sunday May 14th. '• - • •
REV. R. G. Mae,MILIAN; W, H. BISHOP, F.R.C.O., A.R.C:M."
Minister. , Director of Praise.
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Victoria St. 'United Church
• • IVIINISTER--RE'V..LAWRENcE TURNER,
ORGANIST and CHOIR LEADER -Miss Mary Joy9e •Strachan
• 10 a.m... SABBATIL SCHOOL -ADULT BIBLE CLAS.
11 an. :PUBLIC WORSHIP. EVenhigiService withdrawn.
.Monday 8 p.m. Ypiung People's Union.
• UNION' CHURCH-7-•GODERICH TOWIsiSHIP
• 1.30 1.., Sabbath' School -Adult Bible Class. •
2.36-1 n. Publre Worship. • °
VICTORIA -UNION WELCOMES YOU
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• Organist -'-Miss Verna Miller
-YOtriceed-CHIZISV-THRIST-Iveedr-YOU-.------
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REL- F. C. ELLIOTT," OF TORONTO
at mornini and evening 'gerices.
B.Y11.11. at 8 p,m., Monday, Prayer meeting at 8 p.m.
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pupils of, that Mrlod would Includo
Greg „McLean, Alf Secordi Edgio.
Armstrong, GOO. Cressman„ Mb 14e.:
bean'Claude Munro, BO. ThO4*
'Son, W.' PasMore,, Jim Stokes and
nikl4Y Others .• Their prinelpal recess rtS; 'included baseball .or
variouS jumps, OS we yOUngsters •,,
gazgd On in .admirtition, at WO,
proweSs. We were till in the, ,
marble period, .and marble ..gameS
Were in ,pregreSS, 411 overr the. yard.
Another sport w0,.$ Swinging'on the .;
crossbeamS„,' 'ftf the; Verandaltlike
shed. in the yard'', Oceasionally a
scrapwould develop toy _infeal..L.the
maaffoilY: '.:',AfOiStil tliTY didii jet
past the “1 •cjare yon., stage, „but
p, do recall Soine real danclieS.•,,Of,
course. win 'spotted' the prjnelPar "
SoOnv on 1 -he 'sCene 'and ,the''
scrappers take lito eaStotlY to Old
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principal'is roo . What; happened,
there. of. courSe vas SoMething else'
again: ' '
- Piipils.-as a ;ule Were quite clan-
nish. That, is, there' was •4 ,flurott
read gang who knew 'their rightS,
'ay.well as St.' Andrew', 'St, Pat-
rick's, $t. GeOrge%s outfits, all pre-
pared tOdefend their rights, Some
• Aupils were great' book ,readerp of
a certain type of, literature.. In
class they would apparentlx, be, in-
tently studying •a book on their
desk, but below the desk wOnld be
their real objective. • This book
would probably be •of the thriller
type where "A volley rang out and:
forty more Itedskins bit the dust,"
Eventually the teacher waurd , Us-
ually "get wise" -and the result was
gotifiscation of that book and any
• others in sight. Who .reiliembers
the marble scramble Fraser sit
Porter used to put on toward thz
nd Of the marble season? After
hoot •-,•-from- -an miTstaWitti Ow
at, the ,corner of North til.,et and
the Square tli?,y would to -o t- hy
the handful' 'all , their' • ino•
stoek •to the bundreds of bos gath! .
Tred below for the -big event.: It
•stirely was a scramble. '
Time koes on and atter n 'year
in the, first, room I managed . to
pais. hag room _2._ I,_ believe a ,--.114ss-- -
.11`letelier hadbeen , the previous
teacher, but Miss •Annie Campbell
was taking over then. AVe 'did not .
.get result.s of examinations for
some • weeks after' and this period
of 'waiting was an anxious time,
and otLeourse there-were-disapi .„.. , ..., _ ..
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pointment.s. when The. Signal and
The Star ^ published • results. • •My
n lag " totrail ' in -The-re *Wel*" Of 0
course alktypes, some -frankly bored
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by it' all, many , not up on .. their
homework. No doubt • many after -
Wards regretted their lack 'of inter -
et:' Friday afternoon Wiis usually ..,
tween
The Counity. Mouse Down' T 6 wn al Night
given over to a• ttle ' ncert be- ,
3 and 4 andlipupils,co,boys' and
girls; were all slicked up' for tbe ' . . .• . .
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ArrRACTIVE474 001401t»
CUPS and SAUCERS.
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FOUR PATTERNS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE
• 66 Pieee.Sets..'Orked 'at:
23.75.
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8 bread and butter plates
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occasion, especially -those who were • Dear Priends,,Recently •.was coming' find going all" day,. are coin -
going to "say pieces." "Casablanca" pletely desertedat night and where
hundreds of people -pass to and fro
in the'daytitlie, there are only a fes
loiterers and the policeman .on • his
beat, walking, along at night.It
very easy te--.:•iniagine any of'
those, streets the -scene • of a blood -
Curdling "who • klotie it" at' night.
And, as a matter of fact Many of
the Cipimes do °deur on those Very'
etreeti Years ago • I. could , not
•understauct., how one street -in
crime- novel --could be the. eSsence
-of ''-respectitbility-and •a -block -or -
and The Wreck of the Hesperus'
, really caught it. • Occasionally stage
fright would overcome some of them
and the. would get balled •up, but
the teachers, would help them °At'
'Chainriion among the girrs' I think
would be Brnekie,Mitehell,•and she
clown town at night, and wondering
about a letter to you I wag' Struck
by the, contrast between • day. and
night 'on the. downtown .s•treets.
the • daytime, 'I sometimes wonder
where all 'the people come, fedm,
and; •late- in „the evening, again,. 1
Wonder -where the have gone.,
never Missed' out. Among the bqys
I believe. smiling- George „Cord wasi
1 1.3y 8 o'clock in the morning, traffie
the king. George had a. -big vari is at its height.. - (Heavy street car
in • his ' repertoire, but his .w, hit ft iac tffioci. yb ewgionrSk. eb:sf olirtieN,7e,eg'ocltoetkhe:Vizt
•.was._'‘The'.- Charge_ of _ tlie.•••Liglit 1 well
Brigade.....ge. _could ,. really ----go- 4 started, but not -rally faetories
at brie. And George W4.16 an -in --the ',heart- of the city; they
town on tb
always willing' "to,coblige. . are -spread out to the east andwest,-
. Well, we arenow' up to the third it the store and office-wre
,orkers -a
again. ', -This third. Tomb teacher 'by 9. However, going -to traf-.
inanaged to pass t
beginning to arrive,'down. town A
hat time. and are mostly at Work
• room, haVing
was, • I think-, a Miss Cionk.
son's were of ,course ,gettirig stiffer
Les- tie on the street cars has* tOrbte,rSeen
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all the' time: ,Tbe readers of that. i)(t)101,,eed, believed; iliken
the Passers'proenrgbei il, saaii!e:
period were quite'ilnteregfing • as din es*;. - and to get out ' SN' hell, you
well 'instrrictive, 1 still remein- i•each 'your dealnation--,-1vel4 T can't
bet. portions Of '''Abo.4 Ben Adbem describe it to you. For 'the. next
and the Angel," 'Edinburgh after few hours shoppers. are' going: ,to
Trodden," "Bruce and the ;Spider,".
"The Soot of the Shirt,'- "Barefoot.
Rof,'",!John-Gilpin's famous ride' to
Lonclon Town," 'and many others.
History, too, was 'very interesting.
From. tt Wegained the .
that some of the earlier -age kings
were, quite -a gay lot, n nd that .what
tbev said went. And • heads were
dropping 1I der Europe. • About.
thistime.,.,• espeeiallY during 'May
-and. jurre,---'qnite. a lot -of „I'lloore-P'
was played. ' It was. hard - for. some
of the boys to get interested in
studies. when the perch nnd. herring
Were :bitingioor t1U water 'in ;the
river ..and lake was warm enough
for swimining. • •Everittuilly, these
boys NYould. ulsuallY 'be found out
(Pentec,ostal AsEiemblies Canada)- •••
"ire, ittV: J. A.,PEARSON, Pastor • ,
10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL. ••
'11 a.m.. PASTQR 'PREAtHING.
7.30 pan. REV. MR. VOLD: • ,
Tuesday 8 p.m. *Christ Ambis4adors.
JEilday 8 p.m.. Prayer anti Praise.
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The Free IVIethodist Church
Corner Victoria and Park Str
REV, %V. CRAVVEORD COW1ERD,
10 am. SUN DAV SCHOOL.
• 11" i1,101{1V1N **WRSHIP... ,
7p.m. ME OOSPEL THROU(1IX SERNVON
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fellowship.
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11/tonally at 8 pa, Y.P.M.
VVethiestlaiit 8 pin44VerneOtiOprai0 5001.
• Volt will enjoy die friendly Christian
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*a away. be the haunt cif all sorts
of underWorld ,characters.,
J1.14 - walking' or driving on some
downtown. streets. at liight makeS
seein quite possible. . . •. ' •
Daring the ,da "the „stores and
offices, are nil' open And. full of
'people. At, night, of coarse,, this
is changed. • They are- nearly all
closed. Window shopping IS, still
Possible, but flint. is .all ; and, of
course the windows right now are"
and fro, and. at noon and in the very interesting and beautiful.' A
•early, 'hours . of thiA.afternoon, side- glance through, the glass-• deors of
walks are 'very Crowded and so. the stores shows only darkness or
are the -stores. For •some years the a few ,dim ,and 'probably
T.T.C. has '.been eneouraging shop- .,:lettners at "work. Smile „. of ' the
vers to .go home before the, rush tiig stores do. a lot . of :decorating
hoursi, but even then the* street cars ot . Offcce buildings 'are
are -more crawded than: evei; with' almost deserted,. but when see
one light going out and anbther
going on , t•can picture° the cleaning
women of the. story -books *at Work.
Toronto_ employs. thouSands * of.
j.$)oeloteesi.n .such but essential.
. The doWntown the • atres.' are us -
'many •getting on and off ,at the
chief transfer points.
_lint -a1.1 ,thi.s, is changed 'in the
'art:ming. rip g street and- Bay
street have , constant ..streamS of
.traffic during 'he day--b9th cars.
and • trucks'. as well as people. . At
night, there.'• are ' practicallY no
trucks' and few cars, except those
of people who are 'going to.cencert's
, and theatres. For the last year or
and the long arm of the law would Ise parking has been'. forbidden on
gather t1m-4in0Ifwepassedour many ,downtown streets during the
exams maybe we -would be re- day, but is ralloWed at night. Right
warded with a pair of 75c spring nOw, work •on the subway continues
*Ow. You pupils of today . who day and night, but I think there is
are,rewarded with_bicycles or wrist- more activity during, the day. Some
etc.4 take 'notice, . _ side streets_which_ha-ve. Tines -
Well, as this article is now prob.' of debyery trucks, large and smile
Warseamo.sah
ably long enough ,and I am just
about tbr gradUatevto grand Miss
Isobel, Sharman's on, :I •will. be
-birek agfflff tdrTflil one gets
past the wastepaper basket.
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NTERPRISS
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Laundry and Dry Clean-
ing Service •
'Picked untl'aelivered
gor inorination
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A' Musical Thrlll'
We bring fo• Your enjoyment
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• Detroit's 6111e,d 19 year old
Piano Aectirdianst, in a re-
turn engagement.
' tie mitt also bring a Vital
messitgel,
Plan to be present and bring
your friends.
CLINTON AREA 'YOUTII
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High 'Shoot-LSt. May 6
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Gabardine and Tropical Pants
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McLean ros.
TIIE SQUARE
aally busy places at night; and
when there *Is Wdely publicized
movIe on, tliere• ften a line-up
a block. of Or course, •I
cannot ' un de rstand,a n `• ne ' ncling
in line ref, an lour ' :'/see anY
movie from either. sid f' the
•Atlantic;, ;tint they !tell rae that
people _ w1.0' are alone,. in the, 'city
.or • who live. • in very crowded or
inadeqnate• quarters glad • t�
do anytbin "to 'get away 'loin it
all." --The eating plaees are.nearly
tilI open. at -night Lind of' coarse
the many 'cocktail lounges, ete,. They
look' very. glamorous with their diin
lithts, mysterious •blinds and 'exotic'
anaes! .
I suppose- the busiest place in
Toronto- Ls -Uollege • and Yonge
Church On Saturday nght, because
as you 'all knoW that the scene Of
"Hockey Night in Canada," ' the
Maplt Leaf ,Gardeus. Before' and
after the games,' yon just go ere*
„you a re • pushed a it fr hope,,,:it
'be ',•the right direction. • Traffic
1,officers are on duty.' every half -
Week to keep •trahic Moving, and in
A •cOmparatively few miltute.s there
is no n.ne to be seen, • That His An-
other' thing_ 1 '• marvel at in ,the,.,
y --the gJeat withwhic h. the
'crowds disappear. •- There is • a
,siendy Strea al .0f t.ltreet car 19,1n1
motor 4rallic and, in half an itour
it. is deserted ..40 the middle of
the ,country ---almost.'
$ervice.4 iike•palee, firemen,''post-
al, etc., function day and•
A• street. may lookt CoMpletely de-
serted-, there is a segneal bilikets
and a. scream of -fear or .pain, and
immediately' the representative of
the laW is ,at band. as if from. the
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very ground. The same ' if a fire Sales 'Canadian , deparbnent *.
breaks out --one minate a silent stbres• reached a new. nionthlY•• peak
and d-eserted. street "and the next
our protectors- right where'they are
needed. Postal •, enbloyees sort
;letters all night-so•the•eitizens rhay
receive their mail as speedily as
possible.' Railway office men •.are
on cinty day'and night. also. • And
the. runs street': -cars 'and
hues on many of 'the main . streets
all • •• ••
suppot3e. there •are' -'many 'more
things 1 conitt say about .torontii
at night, hal I think this is en•ongh
for this .tirne. '„
in becember',.1949,. with a .value of *
more .than $114,000,000. Quick .
Canadian. Facts. • • . ' •
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Canadian railways have "been,'
eominendd by the Mayor of ,Mon-
etrireocirltst'.for;•their • smoke abatem•ent .
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. • Holland'w tulip bulb indttStry : •
the outgrowth of centuries; of -in-
.atetnaioniv.e cult,i•Tation and experiment-
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Sincerely, •*, ' • Eeter's tax rate for l•ow is. 40•'
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aT.Thrpwr _Aroust, Danis; * • :
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Your 'Furs Are Sate!
yes, in our scientifically &died fur stor-
• age vault's your precious furs'are kept ailisb-
lutly safe fronfire, thft, moths and lieat
damage. Doiftdlay this important pre-.
caution. •
Bring yourfurs: into -us today .anewe
look after them.
If your coat needs repairing or remodel:. *,
linrwe will lOok after that. too.
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OPFIRATINd RECETE'11
ollerokll!qpionalAref47,
From March 18th 'thAptif 240. Aetual opratin-scherlufe 31 days.
ItECEIPT5
skating • . ..,..e ,...,
Ittlwy.-
1.0 Fu1ii0s
Carnivals . ; -
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Light. Ireat••Oild Water • • $. 216.50
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385,247
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• 932.75
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937,87
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Advertbang, Prizes, Maintenance
Prizes • 4 4 I
iunday'Sound System
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• $ • 425.50
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108.00
7447.67
Wilson' 810E4' • • •"
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• Hlileellidkeernst(:ildf"gs 7,30
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NorSell's .
hmloyibeifft-filsiurafitre 'Com. ' • . 18.12
Miss Keeler (Hotel and Sanction) ..... ... ' 26.1,-
, Pest: Office, Telegrams, Phone . •• . 560
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Wiggins Tra la SpOrt 1'1.00
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• Craigis'Ys' ••
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Culberts leakery ,..!
Andrew Dairy
()brih's feats ,
MeMrt wok Da try. •
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