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Fordwich Personals
'Mrs Duman Bride of Port
t visited on Saturday with
mother, Mrs. Edna Bride of
'the Fordwich Nursing Home.
Mt, Jack Doig of St. Cath •
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arines spent the week -end with
his parents.
Mrs. Iia. the Sullivan was
confined last week for a couple
of days in.Listowel Memorial
Hospital,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Millar
and family visited on Sunday
with Mrs. Drew Aitcheson in
Elora. Miss Sharon Millar re-
mained for a week with he r
grandmother.
Sunday guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bride
were Mr. and Mrs. Austin Zoel-
ler of New Hamburg and Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Bride of Condon.
The Fordwich Library will
only be open on Saturday's from
3 p. m. to 4:30 p. m, and from
8 p•. m. to 9:30 p. rn, , by or -
WHAT TO DO WHEN
YOU RUN OUT OF ° GAS
A recent study of a mayor •
Ontario highway indicated that
almost a third of all ,.break -
downs on this road near Toronto
are caused by the running out
of gas.
If you run out of gas and you're
driving a standard transmission
car'you are reminded that it is
always possible to move a car
with standard transmission off
, the highway should it stall in
the traffic lanes by use of .the
battery alone. Put your car in
low gear and holding the start-
er in "On" position steer your
car toa safe resting place.
The Garage Operators As-
sociation remind motorists. that
it is as inexpensive to drive on
the top half of a tank of gas as
it is an the bottom half,
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ders from Huron County Library
Association,
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan vis-
ited on Sunday with the formers
mother, Mts. Margaret Allan
in Fergus.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Villumson
and two children of Bolton spent
the week -end with Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Cardinal.
Messrs. John and Bill Cars-
well of Kitchener spent the
week -end with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cars -
Mrs. Pettypiace of Teeswa-
ter spent several days last week
with her daughter and son-in-
law , • Mr. a`hd Mrs: Gerry Mart-
in.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bellamy
and family of London spent the
wee k- end with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack King.
Bill Millar and Gary Klas- .
sen, who are employed on con-
, struction at Thessalon , spent
the week -end at their respec-
tive homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Allan at-
tended the Huron County picnic
held in Goderich last week. •
Mrs. Jeannette Lindsay of
Toronto spent two weeks with
her sister, Miss Ruth Johnston.
Mrs. Elsie Strong and Mr.
• Dave Dinsmore visited one day
last week with Mrs: Verba Gal-
braith at St. Joseph's Hospital,
London.
Friends of Mis. William Mc-
Cann will be, sorry to hear. she
is confined at present to Listo- .
wel Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brgidet
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vittie and
Miss Doris Leonard . attended the
40th anniversary in Galt of Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Aldrich o n e
night last week.
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regularly for top performance. Well
do the job right.
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IN THE NINE to twelve-vear-old class at the United Church
vacation school are, left: Stephanie Rae, Debbie Rawn,
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Jay MacLaurin, Jimmy Rawn, Billy Rawn, Lorie Purdon,
Sharon McKee, David Reid and Bernard Wehmeyer: A -T..
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Historical plaque at Goderich to
commemorate great storm of 1913
On Sunday. August 3, an concern by nightfall, when it
historical plaque will be un- was located' about Alpena, Mich,
veiled at Cobourg and Light- having swung southeastward dur-
house Streets, Goderich, coin- ing the day, but that night it
memorating the Great Storm • struck Lake Huron with unpre-
of 1913. .
cedented savagery. The wind
This plaque is one of a ser- was now coupled with a bliz-
ies being erected throughout zard, and together they caused
the province by the Depart- widespread havoc, notably in
ment of Public Records and Milwaukee, Chicago and Cleve -
Archives, acting on the advice land. This, however, w a s
of the Archaeological and His- nothing compared with what
toric Sites Board of Ontario.
The ceremony, which will
commence at 2:30 p. m. , is
being arranged and sponsored •
by the Goderich Lions Club.
was happening on the Lakes.
The first reported marine•
casualty was the old wooden
steamer " Louisiana", of Cleve -
and, which was driven ashore
near Green Bay, Wisconsin, and
the Community Betterment 'immediately destroyed by fire. What actually happened to
Committee, will act as pro- Like those of other ships driven the eight ships sunk on Lake
gram chairman. Others who • aground, .her crew were later to Huron will likely never be.
have been invited, to take part consider themselves fortunate,. known_- With wind velocities
in the ceremony include: His . Few "fakers" of the time had in the vicinity of 60 m. p.h. ,
Worship Dr. G. F. Mills, May- radio equipment, hence their waves. were running .as high as
or of Goderich; the Honourable owners and the relatives of their thirty feet -or more, sufficient
C. S. MacNaughton, Treasurer crews could only conjecture to tear off hatch covers and
of Ontario and Minister o f I how they had fared. The worst fill a laden ship in a few min -
Economics; Murray Gaunt,MPP imaginings fell short of reality, utes. Some may even have
(Huron -Bruce); Harold Baird,
president of the Goderich Lions
Club; Prof. W. S. Goulding,
representing the Historic Sites
Board of Ontario; James Scott,
historian; and the Rev. G. L.
Royal, of Knox Presbyterian
Church, Goderich. Theplaque
will be unveiled by Harold
Turner, president of .the Huron
Comity Historical Society.
• WORST IN HISTORYY
A storm centred over Min-
nesota on Friday. November 7,
1913, caused the U.S. Weather
Bureau to, order storm warnings
hoisted, that morning in Great
Lakes ports. Southwesttgales,
however, are not unusual at
that time of year; and only the "Price" were being con -
routine precautions Were taken. • firmed as bodies and wreckage
The decision of many Great • were washed ashore, particular -
Lakes skippers to proceed with • ly along the coast of Hu r o n . •
sailing plans proved disastrous, County. Incredible though it
for what was being forecast seetned, it now gradually be -
proved to be the most destruc- carne certain that seven other
rive storm in the history of the frei ters had simply vanished
Lakes. the "James Carruthers " , " W ex -
That night the storm -centre ford" and "Regina" of Toronto,
was over Marquette, Michigan, and the " Isaac, Nt, Scott ; "John
and on Saturday' morning it A. McLean" " Argus " a n d
moved eastward to Sault Ste. i "Hydro$ "., all of Cleveland. No
Marie. There was still no great f trace has ever since been fo •Lnt
of any of them.
Not a soul survived from any
of their crews, which totalled
some 187. The work of recov-
ering and identifying their
bodies was undertaken by the
welfare Plan Committee. of the
Lake Carriers' Association. The
committee, headed by Capt.
E. O. Whitney of Ashtabula;
Ohio, made its headquarters
at the Bedford Hotel in Goder-
ich. Fewer than one-third of
the missing men were ever
found, and not all of those were
identified. Five unidentified
bodies were buried at Goderich
Clayton Edwards, chairman of . and three at Kincardine.
particularly as concerned ships,,
on Lake Huron. The first inti
mation of disaster was the re-
port of a vessel upside. down, Ai
dozen• miles northeast :of Pmt
Heron, Michigan. The report
carne on November 10, yet,it-
was
twas the first confirmatioa of a
vessel totally lost among the
many missing on Lake Huron.
Her identity remained a mys -
tery' until the ,following Satur-
day, when a diver established
her to be the "Charles S. Price;
of Cleveland, one of the largest
and newest•ships.on the Lakes. '
She sank two days later.
FREIGHTERS VANISHED
Meanwhile the forebodings
occasioned by the discovery of
collided in the blinding snow.
How the "Price" turned turtle
rather .than foundering like the
others, has been a ma - for ,.
•1 conjecture -ever since.
best guess may be that . er car -
go of coal shifted as . e rolled,
carrying her all the way over
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Bluevale Personals
. .Mr. and Mrs. Percy Vincent
were Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert S t e war t of
Teeswater.
Mrs, Alan White and daugh-
ter,..of Springfield, are visiting
Mr: and Mrs. ' George Lowis.
Mr. and *Mrs, J. J. Elliott
' ttended the celebration of Mr.
Henry Mathers' 90th birthday
at the home of his son,* Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mathers, in Mor-
ris, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Griffith,
of Guelph, spent the week -end
at the horde of Mr. and Mrs..
Charles Bosman.
Mrs. John Corcoran and Miss
Celia, of Toronto, were week-
end visitors with Mrs. Ross
Douglas and Mrs_ M. L. Aitken.
Ross M a n n and Miss Con-
nie attended the Mus i cians '
Union meeting at Stratford on
Sunday.
Mas. Hugh Berry, of B r.;,c e -
field, and Joe Smith, of ',';i:.z-
harn, were visitors on Sunda;
at the horne of their brcthe: ,
A. D. Smith and Ctrs. c
Harvey Mann is en jo wink a
two weeks' holiday at ; autl
Beach.
Miss Sylvia Hawkes is at a
summer camp raear Kingston..
Rev. E. R. Hawkes ecrd'_ct-
ed union services at Knox
Presbyterian Church on c enc: a y.
Miss Joyce Coultes, of Be z: i•. e,
was the guest soloist. '
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Lakelet Personals
Mrs. Robert Allan is still a
patient at Brace County Hospi-
tal, Walkerton. Her friends
hope she continues to improve.
Mr. Norman Harper was able
to leave Centennial Hospital at
Toronto on Friday and returned
home: on Saturday. His friends
wish him continued improve -
rLent.
Mr. and Mrs. Del Hidding.
Sia, Debra and Glean spent
the week -end with Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Harper. Sandra and
Debra remained to spend sc: - .e
time with their grandparec s .
Judith Anne Murray an
Susan Bridge spent East a ee w a:
the united Church Camp at aT a-
ver Lake.
Mrs. Sam Webber and fa -.-
By
a- -
B,y visited one day this eel.
with Mr. aired'Mrs. Jim Pr'.:c :-
aid at Palmerston.
sea, and Mss. Levi Byer and
family have mored into :he
former No. 1 School.
back to the corrnr•rt2nni' y.
Th
s
and smashing its way through
her hatches as she went. There
would thus be sufficient air
trapped in her bottom to keep
her afloat.
The storm played no favor-
ites as regards to age or size.
The "James Carruthers", 550
feet long, had been. launched
at Collingwood only that spring,
and had been built with a par-
ticular eye to strength and sea-
worthiness. The "Wexford " ,
on the other hand, was the old-
est of all those lost, having
been built in Britain in 1883,
and was only half the length of
the "Carruthers".
There have been other gales
since, that of November 11-12,
1940-, being- part;,icularly violent,
but then only two ships were
lost, and a total of 67 lives.
The main reason.for the dispar-
ity may be found. in the im -
proved methods of weather pre-
diction, the radio direction -
finding equipment by then car-
ried in most ships, and the
greatly improved system of
hatch covers installed in most •
of them. Add war -developed
adar to these irnprovemenits;•
d the likelilyood of a 1913
style catastrophe ever happen-
ing again is very small.
1. Look both ways,, be-
fore you cross ,the
street.
2. Keep from between
parked cars.
3. Ride your. bike 'safely
and obey aR-signs and .
signals.
4. Play Your games in a
safe place away from
the street.
5. Walk when you leave
the curb.
6. Where, there .a r c no
sidewalks walk on'the
left side of the road
facing traffic.
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Winn.rs
Regular !l ales: Mrs. Drurnrn,
l rriston; Mn. (Care Strauss,
Mildmay; Mrs. McLennan.
Lochalsh; Mrs. Eugene Weber,
WaU ert U ,and Mrs. Schmaltz,
Mildmay; Mrs. Sproule, Luck -
Dow; Mrs. Ed. Detzler, Mild-
may and Mas. Bob Montgomery,
Wingham; Mrs. Buchanan, Lis -
rowel; Mrs. 1. Finnigan and Mrs.
Bob Montgomery, MIs. Gord
Simmons, all of Wingham;
Tony Ste,Marie, Bluevale, and
Mis. A. Wheeler. Wroxeter;
Nick Lang, Mildmay, Mrs .
Riehl and Mrs. L. Montgomery,
of Wingham; Mrs. Bill Austin,
Seaforth; Mrs. Paul Hruska, Lis-
towel.
Share the Wealth: 1. Mrs.
Austin Ste. Marie, Wingham;
2. Mrs. Dodldn, Listowel and
Mrs. William Elliott, Bluevale.
V25 Special: Mrs. McLennan.
TA.y, late 15.
00r PrIltatt Mrs, 4404
Wroxster, Mis. hUl MO ..
Seaforth. Miss Battle Wylie,
Wingham and Mrs. Drumm, .
H,arriston. Lucky .Draws: elm
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Corni h, rcatdtnt. Mn. F
alga. Washita, Mit, Dolly
Felker, Listowel and Mr,.
Sproule. Lucknow.
W. R, AM1LTON
OPTOMETRIST
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Teeswater - Culross
RE -UNION
AUGUST 1s1, 2nd, 3rd and 41h
4 FUN -FILLED and EXCITING DAYS in
TEESWATER
With such highlights as --
AUG. 1-8:30 p.m., Concert and Dance by Carlton Band
direct from "PIG & WHISTLE" TV SHOW.
AUG: 2 -Horse Races, pari-mutuel betting. Official Open-
ing. Chicken Barbecue. 2 Big Dances.
AUG. 3 -Special church, cemetery and cenotaph .services.
Local and added talent concert in arena at 8:30.
AUG. 4 -MONSTER CALITHUMPIAN PARADE at 1 p.m.
11 Classes - Cash' Prizes: (1) Comic vehicle or
float, $25, $20, $15, $10; (2) Best decorated and
attractive float, $25, $20, $15, $10; (3) Float, any
other descrjption, $25, $20 $15, $10 (4) Any
horse drawn vehicle, $15 $1b, $5, $5; (5) Antique
ear, truck or tractor, $1�5, $10, $5, $5; (6) Best
Western saddie outfit, $10, $7, $5, $5; (7) Best
decorated bicycle or tricycle, $5, $4, $3, $2, $1;
(8) Best Drum Majorette, $5, $4, $3; (9) Any
other. self-propelled vehicle, $25, $20, $15,' $10;
(10) Best performance by an old boy or girl in
costume, $10, $7, $5, $5; (11) Commercial veh-
icles welcome, no prize. IMPERIAL .HELL
DRIVERS -Thrills galore! Bands. Lacrosse
Games. Big Dance in Arena.
Every Day. --
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