The Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-07-21, Page 6PAOtp VIGURTIODN
Bank of Montreal History
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The faith .1114' bank 1,1:1„41 iu 1":111. ill Septe i ir1. 1.* 44 \Ir, ,
the town and its peei'i4 (Vas 41,11 -14'4(4.1 ruts;:. • born is ltrureti,•I,i, ‘0,.. 14 :Is :4 Id 2(1rtcr 4f sir.
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iginal "treatises. a t44.4.-.141'\ l r:111,1 -' 11','11 :11 -44)41'11, '4 4111:11-':,, .1':111. 11'1
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ing at the (:t!rller of % st and 1.!•11',4• reeeieing 1,1• 11161 "1'1'1'l11'
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Fight
bank'4 agI4144 1n 1i,".u, the 'office 1 194':. 1n 1!1411 he look 44(41. 114 (Milts 1'1(16 11'11A called one of the 1141161 1
was granted full bra 414 11 status, ' of 141:111age!' a1 Ferie1'11 11',111. 4411,,4' bitter elections ever fought 444 West
acid a 111' 4' 44a lna(14' to larger tie_ st *4'*.I until ills "I'lloint41o'(41- :'•s 'Huron, Peronalitit' r(ln over -1114
quarters. '1'11„4' were located in :1 'head ad of the local branch. 4.
two-story brick building, just Itlu ! ,. •, - � darn ; neighbors passed hell;.bol s
Pioneer Ranking !without speaking. There was lois'
yards wv4t of the present -premises,' The progressive spirit of 1114' local{of whisky and beer, mostly freR. 1'1('11 after fifth' rears, the sherd}' 44,:11( spokes of thio aindl'as�:, now in 1114' Huron County
This edInee not may houAed the b:u1k , i1 l et 4
but served 111s a residence+ as well. 1•, 4!f. il._ottilt V (e111s Lrou1 _1 It l3otli political parties. 4,144' 11.4e' 1111 1►tl_ .s Kin St1LLt. still (1(1 1 1.14x. -- 111e, e4 in411.!„s was useel 4(1 1 h 1. t.1I , ennui ill the
In 14yo5, the present structure., pioneer character of the parent drinks, and paid the pipet,, and, as /avid ill:Alain I1 uelllne situp in' Goderich. Til c w nidlass is probably about 100 years old.
built expressly' for thy' ft: of Jt by ' 111'11", Founded it, Montreal in there was lots of iron in the Air. 1'lerftel•t \er;il, 4.414 -0.0. -/►f the \11tscugu is shown,. testing it out. --Visitors to (i•oderie ll (dur-
a 181 �(':tnad:l's first bank iutrodu. ed pioneer voters'blood, When if 4(:t. d �" p
tree late George Acheson, wax 4)e I the a;mulch banking s(slenl into, (11 i4. 1 warmed tip with whisky therelw,•re ill;: f'It`r1 11 11Fe ' � illi 11'111 (1(111 (14 (((4" lil4('((''1 eX hllriis�4►1 Illrl1'4IIil interest at the Inlllti411111
cupied. 1t has served the 421'0441(4 ; : eountrw .. by opening' r
bunking needs of' its customers y 1 4, :t .ranch in plenty of fist fights. •It was 111'1 _- +- - °—_4_a__
!Quebec City within two weeks of 4i111ed a polti4- i•l meeting iy West;
since that time, but has been en' I its own establishment. :1,1nle,-t Huron ((1114ss there was a tight. mane 104411 of the Grit cat141i41flte, �Tm �j �T �(�
!urged and altered from time to front the start, the bank also issued 1 Dungannon :end Port Albert were (",11114.1"44. '' OUT-OF-TOWN l -Ol"'TOWlj VISITURS
time to keep purr with the progress I Canada's first real currency, and � Tory strongholds i L4•eburn, Kintail, Kemps Promise
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of the etniiwunity. It 64,,,41 n.,ii ie th, colorti:ll govern. Kingsbridge and Ilenmiller were In My home village there was a
The First Bank Here 1Iue•1tt'$ tirlt duu►e-ti, blinker.t•rit. 2'h� tittle village of Saltturil young who who, like myself, was BEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR. OLD HOME TOWN BY
The establishment of the It. it. LI The book -al•o tri 4yed an import- had only four Grit vote's at this 1 casting his first vote.
in GoderiHe, w:1s.4c'u TAKING OUT A SUBSCRIPTION 'TO THE SIGNAL -STAR
brought permanenr'�;(441 part in financing Canada's first Election. Goderich 'Township 41'114; I gaged to be slurried to a daughterA STAR
blinking facilities to the district
for the first time. T. Mercer .Jones
was the batik's pioneer agent here.
'He occupied the post for four year-,
leaving in 1857. He was followed
by Henry McCutcheon, and (alter,
by 1. H. Finlay, who was a Iso
'Mayor of Goderich for a time.
Mr. Findlay was succeeded by C.
R. Dunsford, who was both last
agent and first manager. During
tiff tenure cif office. the agency Was
raised to the; status of a branch,
"rHNUOl)VKICH SIGNAi —s"rAK
THURSDAY, J ULT 31st. 1111.:
Ancient Windlass at Huron Museum
transcontinental railway, the ('au strongly 'Tory, but Goderich town of one of these old Scotch Bonnet
salmi 1'11'4 itis. And !tank o}' \ion- 1 was a 100 -in -the -shade hotbed 4,f Grits. The pxospeetive father -4n•
law kept at pix prospectiv4.r sort=1114
law until he prorlrised :to -vote for;-
Cameron, but a dyed -in -the -44001
uncle -of the youth kept at•hix
nephew until be prolni.sed to vote
for Porter. . Well, .he ,was honorable
to his promises and he. voted for
both Cameros and 'Porter.
I rememla r there was a big
hullabaloo at this poll as to who
spoiled his ballot; suspicion pointed
to several, but not -Abe right one.
Many years afterwards, Iny friend
told in how he was ,caught be-
tween two political parties lied cast
his first ballot for {414th eandidates
as he had promised.
The "Boodle" !tag
In those days they could- tell
within a. few votes bow the poll
would tally at the close, for a Grit
was a Grit :old a 'tory was a Tory,
and if the Count didn't tally, some-
one was supposed to have bought
over a voter. As there was; buying
and selling by both parties, each
party had :t.lua11 w'ho was supposed
to carry- the "boodle"- bag. - -I my-
self was too tickled to be old enough
to vote without looking for the Wan
who carried the bag.
Cameron was defeated by about
12 votes, 1(441 I lost my first vote.
Next election, in 1891, Cameron
defeated Porter and was rewarded
by being appointed Lieutenant -
Governor of , the North-West Terri-
t&rlek; an office he field until his
death. , For a healing balm, Porter
gent The Clinton post office.
I voted for Cameron because my
father was one of the .old Scotch
Bonnet Grits. As to political issues
I knew nothing, I was .more inter-
ested in a big colored poster at the
'village store of John A. Macdonald,
bolding up a big bar of soap with
a big .1.1'." on it, "Vote for Hie
National Policy.” I. still have ,a
colored picture of John - A. „Mac-
donald on a soap pox„_ holding up
a big bar of soap, with "N.i'.” on
It a relic of the old election dais.
treat branches pioneered, in runny tooth Grit and 'Cory, with the latter
frontier settlements that devC•loped in the Majority, r;oclerieh''wnb the
with the opening of the (',I':R.
. Today, there :ire over 575 R. of
M. offices strategically, situated in
every settled part of Canada, with
2019 of 'there in :Ontario. This net-
work, combined with -the hank's'
1onl,=established business connec-
tions �1(roilnd the world, enables
the °Goderich branch to provide its
cnst4lnlers with a complete !sinking
service for both personal rind busi-
ness needs. Thus, Mr. Armstrong
('lin call immediately on the bank's
head office departments for any
specialized information that is re-
quired.
Not One Of the Real Old Timers
....But A More Recent Newcomer To Town
Since 1924 SCHAEFER'S
haveserved the people of Goderich and vicinity
OLD TIMERS WILL
RECALL OUR LOCA.
TION AS THE MILLER
STORE, KNOWN AS
THE SCOTCH STORE,
WHOSE FINE GOODS
MADE MANY A GODE-
RICH FAMILY PROUD
AND PLEASED IN BY-
GONE DAYS.
RADIO BEACON
GODERICH HARBOR
The Dominion Salt
Company Limited.
DIVISION OF
Dominion Tar & Chemical
company, Limited
Coderich's oldest industry
salutes Goderich
on its 125th birthday
-'ib-day the corporation of the town of Goderich 'and its citizens cele-
brate •their Oh , Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary. -
As the (,lelr•si .ind1l tr•y in town, we wish to extend our he'artie,rt• eon-
r!r'1(ttllati(ruti on this atfala uee}it4ion.
,We :(re proud of our association with the town and itb4 sY►I(•ndid e•itizenh
and 14'(• ioeok forward, with thclri, to a greater future of !'('ac(- and Prosperity.
Today this store provides the finest
of materials at prices that will com-
pare anywhere.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU VISIT ' US DURING OLD HOME WEEK
YOUR -
STORE
Geo. W. Schaefer & Son
OF
VALUE
EAST SIDE, OF SQUARE PHONE 56