The Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-07-21, Page 4Viii
THE GODERICR SIGNAL' -STAR
Early Memories of The Huron Signal
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By Mark% 11r441 , 1't►'+" with a ,►utbttflP "`1'hittgs that lu thine days we wet down the 1:arils:neat ,sat on the same
are happening around 84." to which paper from sprinkling can be- furor. Iu (,hila view. Each would
(Nie. ul my et 'r'ir►t.ed keepsakes he was wont to de a tt'a nt►aue►►tal term lift* of paper, anti turner( the [told forth within a few feet of the
to the 1,tP'1e 1 a{w;ay» keel" Oat any bit .about the •°)111-titee•rs wilt) used druid cylinder press by hand, using other. The - great M. C. Cameron
Oak. It bear* on ttte flyleaf : to list: off lb,.,Lriver breakwater,. aminute candle. full get
ghalt Elting a used to thothefo t pea ilut tpz►rtyealu
'Presented to Charles'. llralr, ►,y and ��Is, b { ,
rertu►u t.or,uctituett about tb.•tr ttturtetl,, then stereo revolutions of ••Nlattltobaw." The way he rolled out
ttrt en4';r,)rr '40-1 t'iniriuyrr* of Cl" liat►,4liu4if cirie affairs. .1 thiol( the lu. tV y • ily wheel fur ouc lite Lite -haw" was thrilling.
1t►trut. A•411.1I tor.
' ^1u,1 'e kind he loved frlltli114 for be 'kept n{, pression. John 1'anatter fell In one:. 0 little Mutt named j'ut•ter
words of esteem :►144 4,,,,,,i vitt 1, !t ! perw.,nal attjclro,1 •,u Mr Ett►bury. the sheets, hulutuiug byuans the wurst•Ikrir�l uroutntt 1{. ('. ('Sterno out1
all ,dAfed Mal ::-.`0. 1..•i+iM, the *lay l,rtneitral •,f the Central School. wttile. As each nue of 114 young- tlbec1 he birtue14 M. C. had
Il left. _ for such .a time- that talr. .F;uibury steno did his bit •ot 2.4-iftspresslous presumed to hove, and then rapidly
1 DAN+l ntattlr.l :u a rat fur's dvvtl g;111'autly,
p 1 walk*.1 in one day' ,1ud he, let iso anti' hollered -next". and walked around to the other to (le-
tt: the Ort preservutsve three. year'•'. insured On Ituryltt» the hatchet. up )utupett another lad to grab :lie scribe thtt real Cameron. The
before. ily Nage* were. ,361.€$) r ; „ 1►:111 „lice espoused annexation long handl., while ntuweutuw was 'Tories shrieked. It was dratirtttic.
week for the, fir*t month ; if 1 w ith the 1; ti. 'rhea, after, u hit, on. 11 'e made our own rollers '1t Anyway, the Torips [von the ri.l_
foarliwed ,n the,first fir41 tt,ont!►, 1 1loll t tie +ltstlarrd bravely that the ('au- one time. It was an Seidl cher... lug that year and a large now blue
fere ted 11,:,1) a stark for Ole lirxt adlaus would fight "till the last -'- In diose tunes it took all 'day and gold sign, "The Huron Signal,"
year, $2,1fl a week, the 4er4,811 year, :nap tiled in that last direr*" at;3tlns1 ? Friday. to deliver the Signal. 'There that had just been erected over toe
$2� 1 a vc«,t-jt the third year. any attempt to force it. were two routes—tile bit; one portal -uf the North street 'Units..
• • • 'tow wrote a 14,144 iseo t in the around the west ant( south end of was torn dower and pitched into
'rum Anel Iran 311'(.i.11s'uddy were .t Iliawatha, ,style for a 915,141 bootie. town, the- smaller around the the 1►oi►Ilre w1t1I ' those terrible
the editor, and owners thea. 'They ! 1 recall.. Two 'Sisters of the Mc- S,luare and up to the northeast 'Tories Kang and danced.
both had ability of to high Order. i (lillieuddy brothers also helped ot► 40C11014. It _Way quite a chore 1 1 The old Signal had a notable con -
Tom Peri* 4uperintendent of Knox d that lnslde pastes of The Signal with winter. lint there were the earrtrr tributor, I). F. McConnell, ' who
ebtreb Sunday School.' Later, 1 household _ hints, posers' corner boys' addresses that we personally wrote from many parts Of the world
• think, JIu* Mit.ebell, rtjjtur ut The " pieces and , alway'! -- a continued presented to each subscriber. `I tinder ills own name. '1'Ite rest of
0041et/en Star- .,ur deadly rival--} story. - (►uta w 3 "I1elrr► Intone: gathered in some $=6 on our good the contributors used such Ci 1I*011
W4 superintendent ler ;t time of er the Foes of Jt household." I Christmas sea4011, $141 0tt auot11er tinge :1s Veritas, Pro lion) Publico,
the iau►e Sunday School. It may used 10 set it u(► In teur4..'4o typ•• occasion. Onlooker, etc.
bays veru ttiat he 4ut,>rtitu1011 for and was quite thrilled by It. • • • With these rambling but nost-
•sornet,ne elite, but 1 certainly do • • • - These were the days of • M. 0. Altaic notes I wish to folieitate The
r.'rner).t,s+r his curly leek* at Sunday- 1n the prig►tstt.,p and werw' Dick Cameron, Liberal member for the :signal -Star for its position as the
School, an he talked to un kids. llridget, Charlie Greer, Alae riding of West "Huron. P remember worthy ehronieler of the" life of guy
I)ar/ often (_'fault Into the I'ompo4- Moller, Billy 1 •'Skitu►y" r Eldiut, the bonfires at North 'Street awl native town on the 125th, atluivers-
• boss. and good the Square with boxes and barrels ars of Ito founding.
hart room and wet op, ittu,ut copy, Mr. 1'anatrtr, the , ., 1 UIiAIt1.F:S IIF'AI.b'..
the eiLterl;:l,+. lite 4140 wrote a old Mr, tieorge 4'1,x, a kindly man gathered from all ever town. In
•101(i►t11. .•at•t'i w'.•k„_Eu' *'i1 "N ttat', , who 11+ed 11, keep friss rye 4111 1.14. those days rival candidates for New York, .lune d, 1952.
GC)t.F UNKS
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GODERICH
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Away Back When...
This Young Lady
ADMIRED
Menwho were dressed in sup#s
smartly tailored by
TO -DAY -
THE MODERN YOUNG MISS
Eyes With Approval
the distinctive clothing
sold by Pridh.t.m's because
they know Pridha.m's re -
potation 13
A Distinctive Style Centre
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GREET
-CUSTOMERS OLD, AND NEW
DURING OLD HOME WEEK.
Pridham'sMen'sear
SERVING GODERICH AND DISTRICT F010 52 YEARS
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Cenotaph
n Court House Park
Huron County Held Centennial In 1941
T11Uii$Ddttt, JULY 31*t, 1032
pof Iluron and lletrul)ulit in of ()a,.
tario: M. C. Cameron, Lieut. (lover
"
11,4rr of Noltth14'est '1'errltortee, ata,[
('lllet J u,+tIce Itul)erteou. ilenlsat!
contributed alulxl Mo(.eau, auttt,,r.
and trout Clinton ealue tate " first
('.au1ttliau to attain to the rank ,t
major -general, t41r William Otter
('tarn - Moul►teu'stle, poetess awl at.
List, and Sir Ernest Copper.
41r the slender toper of the tree,
loved to the wylurl on the site wht•r.'
I'it;er" U1u/1t►1► lupi envisioned tie.
fabulous community of (111lrt,rui.l,
Ilurou County • guards 1111t. opt,.
stories of Its past with pride
Iluron has completed the f,►„, -
tunlau►('iltul phareos of eolotar.,
s 1t411 • expluratleu, fur tradta„
,•Ir:IriiDt;• rile forests, ural ciultty►
*Ion.
111xet1' Farming
'l'ht• seal of the cuUuty is ilutr•i
1Nt1, lout there were e:trllrr tu•1;
cutiuus of Inked farthing, stoclt aa•)
apple growing;.
When the 11)111 century was new-
ly half goo. the Canada ('4)111p,anv
brought out Uhousands of peopl•'
to Upper- Canada. Because of t'h.'
ul►r<•nc'e 'of bridges and roads, ttt..
Jluron 'Tart was not Invlti►tg, tet'
,fo'hu Gilt, au agent, of the e•,1 -
pony .who was not very much Ito
their favor. decided to ptus!t til••
frontier northward from Lake Fare•
The tu^reutrie settler, Dunlop, lia-1
outstanding ability to 1lrlspire :14.1.
van, In others. Setting tht.cxt
rt) ►,
himself. he Icy! In the growth .,r
(lodtrt'I(1k' and try 1852 there wer-
over 1,:310 people there. 'l't1,.r..
were 15 religious sects in the town.
There were then 214 bltihlitic;,
made of stone, brtek and l.r4.4
Mount,, the 411011.4. courthouse' 'Ind
school were seven hotels. awl t
tempera ncr hall which had he •
built to eslrl) tht' unrestrained .1,
tributtou of )'local► whiskey 1ltrot►;h.
u111 the eollrtty.
The rbarooter and . industry ,r
the re:4414.1t:s of Ijron who'll;,a••
41 seended from those early setti.•r.
(eau be seen today In their list:-
tutio►}s and In their support .11'
the university wt111ch servos their
young people, I'►ilverslty of 11'4',t"
ern Ontario, In their schemes t•,
protect the forest and the anlnt.,..,
lti their highways. their h%`•tr-o
facilities, and their pollee sytill•ta
A man standing on Auburn
Avenue was ,talking' to an• <'Idoe•! y
da rky.
"What kind of., work do you -1 t
Rost us?"
"1 owns o hand iuundry, 1-• res
„Whore Is It located?"
"Dere she comes 'Tow!"
4)41 a high plot of land, al'l'ows supply town for a nearby It.l'.A.I'. va,ations in, Huron. The broad
the. Maitland 111ver from 4;oderiult, flying station,- the new residential and deep valley •)f the braided
the restless breezes from Luke streets that have 'appeal -kit since JlutUuattl 1liver is of particular
livrou play quietly among the the war is ,svx*tIs lit' of wdlat has 'interest to the traveler who t)1,
braucher4 of ,s•,Ver:tl hundred y4)1* 44 been dune all over the rowity. s,.t.ves the results of early glaetal
tri+i•s.
Near by, ou lhlulul► 1III. The school :11 4tlintou hu. also, :let 011 whh,ll :ire apparent in the
are the graves of Itr. \V1111ant followed the current Ir'ud through- 'valley.
1)uulo(► and his- loretIter, Bohol, out Western Ontario) to) provideFirst 1layoc
who together carved a - eivilizatiou an effective education. for everyone Goth'rirh w':19 invorpojeated ►
out of the wikleruess and founded wilt° wishes to he edneatetl. l,' ;0, Willl Itrujutuiu 1'urss;t4: as
Rerun County. 1n W1111;119111 the -nt,vv house,. first mayor, Today. .t11('re are
The trees were planter( in 1x)41 the low hydro rates, 'and it tine 5,000 (x'oplr, and it k the only
as
0 !miliaria'. to the Dunlop.; on hospital carries on the progress harbor en the cast shore of Lake
the ocx asiun of . Huron ('4►tutty'* which 19 charat•teri'r,ird in Sea forth Idn`rott. It IS capable of acconi-
ceuterhtry, which was °hservt•d in by f11)11r tuilis, knitting mills. furni- u►odatiilg all sized lake vt•+.sels.011d
titre and !;let' uiautrfacturing lrlauts. has savoring berths for 30 carriers.
that year,
Today, 'the 1txlustrr", the corn- and oil storage tanid. 1. k' Huron's Golden (:ate elevators
u►erce and• aortal life of the county The people of Moron County tilt handle 22,11(W1,1N00 bushels of grain,
revolvew around the county seat, not mind admitting that Goderirh over 5,000,000 gallons of gas, 30,000
Goderieh, the port of entry' nn epitomizes what they have worked tutu- of veal. and tons of lash, Goode
Lake Ilurou, and the t.raleport:1- toward. The town t.s the source rich Serves 200 smiles of t', sl and
tion terminal for the 16 townships of their ineon►e and their ambition. nine cunnties with 'an approximate
which have during the 100 ,years as the formproduct• and the salt of 710.0(0 people;
of their existence reached a stand- from the whole roltttty I)nsr - into Froin the* -Htirou Tyrtt t l►.1vr
acrd of living aslnitl* uta that- found. It for distribnti 411, and the' port cone some olrtst:lnding Canadian
anywhere in the I)otuinl°n., serves as an entry and :11t.rarl1011 per:o►►ar'litie .. Goticrieh has given
Arrulss the Country to the many people from (':!nada to the public life ,of the nation
lu (".Tinton, w'hielt, serves as the and ('toted States who 'spend tht•ir Host Rev. ('. .Ji Seager, ar'chhishol)
Saluting. Goderich's 125th Anniversary
Welcome
Home
Old Boys
and Girls
We'll be glad to see you WHETHER YOU'RE A CUSTOMER OLD OR NEW
REG. McGEE & SONS
invite you to visit their new, modern garage on
Hamilton. Street.'
Reg. McGee and Sons are now nearing
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF SERV/CE
TO CODER/CH APvD DISTRICT
Dodge & DeSoto Sales and Service
GOODYEAR TIRES BLUE SUNOCO PRODUCTS
..... J. I. Case Tractors and Machinery
If It's a Used Car or Truck - Reg:McGee's the Man ' to See. •