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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-05-24, Page 741111 • HALL. GUDERIOH LEGION �. . • ;VERY: SATURDAY NIGIT CASH RquZB& JACKPOT- PRIZES 5C PINGO YOUNG RILL P.T T. OTT' • RANKS AS A .SINGER The Bill Elliott mentioned In the following extract from a Tulsa (Oklahoma) paper ,a nephew, of Reg. 1liott (son of the late Mr. andAir's. G. M. Elliott of:. Gede-' rich ), who now lives at Bartles- ville, Oklahoma. 13111 attended school 'in Goderich when lie ,was a young lad and must have,„`become quite a singer to be included in. a MRINIIMmaissrawando Cernetery. Memorials T. PRIME & SON Cllxlton, Exeter, Seaforthr Write Bo$ 150, or phone 41J, . Exeter and we shall .be pleased to call, touring University char; -9B111 Elliott, a member of the •University of Tu1sa•choir, Will leave on a two-week concert tour in the east Wednesday, May 2. Ile is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Elliott of I3artlvi1 e. ' " es ii The tour to ,the east rill include seven engagements. The first' stop will be at Fort Bragg, N:O., where they will give a concert for • the entire camp plus singing for the Korean war, veterans in the hos- pital r wards, ' The ,army will , then liy them to their New York City engagement, "The New York City concert will be 'broadcast from- coast to coast over the facilit1e. 'of the American Broadcasting Company. .The rest of the engagements include concerts in Pennsylvania; Maryland and other points in the east." • Is your -subscription to The Signal - Star. paid for 1951?. If in doubt, read the date on your address label. DRINX Cerg: ICE COLD 7 A new and different blend with Q mild and pleasing, flavour. Firm and smoofh to chew.Never crumbles. On,. 1[ighgate Dili; in •London'la.a milestone , bearing .the inscription, "ir 'Richard Whittington. Thrice Lord 'Mayor of London,"- 'Stanley, LIDS d, who talked about Dick Whit*. tingtoa and his cat Biu - a B:13,0. broadcast, said, that this inscription -wae inaceurate,,.for Richard 1)i/hit, Wigton was never knighted, nor was he Lord mayor, t title net given to every London mayor until some. years later. if the".. inscription re- ferred to Dick Whittington of pan- tonli#ne tame, why was a stone erected to a fictional character, and haw d�d�the -real' Dick Whittington compare with his legendary name- sake?. The legend, said Lloyd, had many versions • but it was generally ac- copied that Dick Whittington, a poor country boy, went to London • .gnu to seek his fortune,H:o f d a job in Alderman: Fitzwarren's shop, and was very badly t.reate0. iby the cook. But Fitzwarren'S -da righter Alice was kind to him and she "and Dick Yell in love. Dick's garret was infested wi,tli rats and mice and he bought a cast to keep them down. When merchants sent a ship abroad in 'those days, each servant was allowed to venture something in' it for luck and Dick gave his cat. The ship put• in a -t" an unknown Port, where the King's palace was overrun by rats. Dick's: cat made short work of them and the king was so delighted that he bought the beast for a fabulous still. At home Dick ran away from the tormenting cook and by nightfall reached High- gate Hill, when he 'head the bells of Bow telling him to• turn back. He did so and when the ship re- turned to London, bringing the for - Vine pain ,for the cat, Dick became a Wealthy man. He married Alice, was elected Lord Mayor of London and they -all lived happily ever after. • -_ The real Dick Whittington. cisme 'from a good; .middle-class Glou- cestershire family, • his father, Sir William. Whibt ngton;. being ,,squir of a Small estate. Dick was ,born ` %nom 1338" anal` t Cha t tebn ` was -- emit to London, where.' he was appren- ticed to Sir Jeinn--;ytzwarren, a' mercer.. In eight years Dick be- came ,a full 'citizen of London, a member of the Mercers' Guild, and married Sir, John's daughter. Alice. As "hies business' prospered he began Tto take an interest in civic affairs and. vas elected to the Common Council in 1384. 'Three years later .the Mayor of London died and, Whittington filled .his office tempor- arily. Next year he was .officially elected Mayor, as he was in 1407 and ,again in 1420. ' When he died in 142,3 he,directed that his wealth should be spent. in charity and for the' advancement of learning. People today ` still 'benefit .from :his good (works., ' bHe was the first man to introduce drinking fountains In the City of London, •he• established the first. Public Library, gave largely , towards the cost of restoring and enlarging • Londo'n's Guildhall; and gave money 'for overcrowded New- gate gaol to be. .ens rely rebuilt, while Whittington College,' in A•rch- 'rvay Road, Highgate, is a lasting. memorial to his name. But in -all., the historical records of Dick :Whit- tington there is no mention of a cat: how did it creep into the pantomime% Story?: "For many' cen- turies," said Lloyd, "Paar'ticuI r1 r the East, a• cat• has been .asit'ted with fortunate turning frrom' had' to good:" ThiS sujerstition 'is ,trat:e 1 in many European Ountries• and it, is ..not surprising that it wove it* way into the legend, , Bat in 1.869 !sum*Lyson :wrote that workmen excavating beneath We house found a sculptured atone ' of ,the Middle Ages. showing WO) 'neon; as a_bpy with -a cat.uuder i ltl arm; enquiries proved that the Whittingtons, had lived inn that house iii ,1460. How and when did Richard Wriittington change into the pantomime figure? "To •wbiet Dick Whittington dA we owe the most?" Said Lloyd, "the one whose "charity, and _henevelence did iso much to .ease the lot of Wife less fortunate--thdn 'himself'.or the one' who, year by year, brings„ to the stage the glamorous story of a poor boy who rose to be Lord Mayor Of London? One' thing is certain, however . long the name of •Dick Whittington' may survive, his faith - NI cast will survive. with . it." • . ONE AT 4t Tt1VIE, Sergeant.. . (palling roll) , Priyute Jones Voice=—Absent! %Sergeant— Quiet! ' Let Jones answer for himself.. DAWN MOWER� SEgVICE Sharpen mower .... $1.00 Sharpen, lap and adjust.. $1.50 Leaye at residence of J. V. Thomas, 64 Elgin Ave. Phone . D. Harman, 820W. 14tf Max STAMM - xES, ,& rF ,ST• , CAT:1W NE0 nd°ge• 3'. G. 'Stuart Stahl rya`IIx Linc Tit .%panty judge . for twelve years before Ids' retirement in 419, and 'father of . thee Canadian Red, Crossnational director, Dr. W. .Stuart Stanbury, died on May 13th at St. Catharinis: tin in 134)i -field, he .'graduated do 1 from the University' of Toronto; where he was pre idept; of the Literary and Scientak c Society'., then the University _student govern. 111g botly. He began' a practice in B'xeter, wherehe was president ;of, the ix Liberal Association and for teen s years secretary of the.,Exeter Hort"- 'Cultural,Soeiety, After leis appoint, ment as Lincoln, County ..judge In p1936,eople he Inandterorgestanized .al "` ed hilaselt inbig• youngbra-, •cher" movement. Dr. Stansbury, one of five eonii,' no `tt evaSwitzerland,' at w z G �:. .en , a meeting ofthe executive council of the League of Red. Dross ' So. .cieties. 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