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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-03-05, Page 9THURSDAY, MARCH Ott, IMO Don't take chances with Fuel or Weather ORDER A TON 101 OF 'blue coal' Don't be fooled! There's plenty of winter ahead ! Replenish your bin NOW with 'blue coal'. Finish up the winter with the finest heating, the greatest comfort, the utmost economy that money can buy! Remember, with 'blue coal', you KNOW what you're getting! No gamble. No risk. The BLUE color identifies it—guarantees the quality! F.rt.w Cost Astons.* Heating C'it down basement tripe .. - save fuel, money, time, trouble ... with the •'blue coal' TempMaster. "Electric Eye" ther- mostat regulates dampers from living room ... gives you simples inexpensive, autothatic heating day and night. Phone for 'blue eoar now EDWARD COAL Codericb, Ont. CO. Phone 98 Huron 4- 11Club Leaders Elect Officers for Year The Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Association annual meet- ing at Clinton on Monday elected Charles Coultes of Belgrave as its president to succeed Harry Sturdy of Auburn. who was the lint presidents when the association wax formed a year ago. Other officers include, Robert Cambell, Dublin, vice-president; Maurice Hallahaa, BIyth, secre- tary; directors are, Bill Turnbull, Brussels, (Beet Club); JohnsWheei- er, Brussels, (Swine Club); James Stoner, Goderich, (Forestry Club); Don Bray, R.R. 1, Kirkton, ((rain Club); George Adams, Currie, (Tractor and Maintenance Club); Simon Holahan, Blyth (Dairy Club); and Wallace Bell, $lyth, (Forage Club). In recognition of their co-opera- tion during the year, the Ontario Department of Agriculture gave some 30' club leaders a dinner at the .' Commercial Hotel. G. W. Montgomery and John Butler, ag- ricultural representative for Huron County and his assistant, were hosts. Forage Clubs Of special interest was the an- nouncement of a new 4-11 Forage Club which will be organized this year and sponsored by Blyth Agri- cultural Society. Mr. Butler out- i. ' lined rules and regulations of the new club- and said its object will be to demonstrate the value of recommended hay pasture mixtur- es; proper seeding methods, for- age crop mixtures and good cultur- al practices. • Reviewing the rules regarding 19 4-11 clubs in ..the county, Mr. Butler said the one important change was that each calf in the' Calf Club must belong to the farm ion which the boy or girl resides. !The 1952 ruling was that the calf must be the property of the calf club- member. Funds Mr. Montgomery said that due to the exPected Increase in mem- bership .the association will be foced with its first challenge in this year's program—raising funds to provide 441 club members in the county with club sweaters. Nearly 400 members now have sweaters but new members have to be provided with them. Mr. Montgomery suggested in- stead of applying to service clubs or other agricultural organizations which formerly financially assist- ed the association. that members themselves stage a variety show or some entertainment. The ex- ecutive was then 'appdinted to make plans to follow the suggestion. Displays 1 Mr. Montgomery further sugges- ted clubs present educational dis- j plays af county fall. fairs. ! William Turnbull, of Brussels. !moved that alt secondary school i teachers in the county be reminded !that 4-H club proiects apply on the high school agricultural course , and that all agricultural students be informed of this. f Past President Sturdy was chair- man. Alvin Kerslake. warden of !Huron County, brought greetings 'from county. counenil. KINGSBRIDGE KINGSBRIDGE, March 3.—Mrs. Martha O'Neill ' returned home from Detroit during the week, where she has been visiting Mrs. Ed Sinnett for a month. Miss Patricia Sinnett of Detroit and brother, James spent the week, end with their relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Desmond O'Don- nell are having their cottage re- modelled. They purchased it from John Devereaux on what is known as the George Gilchrist farm. Our . young- entertainers are de- voting much time to preparing for a play. It promises to be a full evening of laughs and thrills. The Imperial Oil Co. are leasing most of the farms in this district. Ashfield Township has all been surveyed. Mr. and 'Mrs. T. J. Lannon of London . spent the week -end visit- ing their friends here. "You know where to Aet me, Janie" You can go out with an easier mind when you know the telephone is "right there". So many times, in so mtrly ways, your telephone contributes to your sense of security... to easier and more pleasant living for you and your family. No price can measure its usefulness THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA MARCH 25, 26 in order to maintain pin -point aeeuracy, fre<l uent gun -cheeks are held ou Rf'A.F aireraft,, similar to thi,, *held at RCAF Station. Uplands. Here, the inky darkness of the night gi•es dramatic iutpaet to -the tiring power of an F -h& Satre, as treeer bullets from its six :>(i calibre machine guns punetuate the blackness in flawing- liner of light. The ('auaelian-built Sabre, the Western world's fastest anel . deaeilic t fighter plane. is equipped to curry botulin and rockets in addition to its regular armament. CHATHAM COLUMNIST REVIEWS I CARLOW HOLMESVILLE CEMETERY CASE'CARLOW, March 3.—The W.M. =S. of Smith's Hill met at the home The- problem facing Goderich Township Council with respect to the care of the abandoned ceme tery at Holmesville,• an account of which appeared in the--Signal- Star of the issue of February 12, has, come to the attention of Victor Lauriston, columnist of the Chath- am Daily News, and a former Gode- rich resident. He does a bit of reviewing and reminiscing in the ,following ar- ticle_ in the Chatham Daily News: Still straying aside from the beaten path, . I rediscover Holmes- ville. I first discovered it, a clus- ter of yellow lights in the far ruching dark, when, a good many years ago, I peered curiously from the windows ofa train crawling north from Clinton to Goderich. Holmesville lies between the two larger places.. -It is the nearest approach to an urban community within the confines of Goderich Township. , A century ago, under the name of Bridgewater, it throve, and confidently expected to be- come a city. John Holmes was the first store- keeper and postmaster, and later an M.P. It was not in his honor, but an honor of his brother, Wil= Liam, that, when the post -office was opened, Bridgewater was rechrist-, ened Holmesville. It had every right to the name, for, through the years, whoever else came and went; 'the Holmes family dominated the place atld sent forth its scions to win distinc- tion of one sort ''and another in far communities. Dr. Thomas Holmes was a well known army surgeon' in Detroit. Dr. W. J. R. Holmes, after long practice, was for 33 years treas- urer of H,urpn, and., according to tradition, was` never a penny out in his accounting: jiis son was a judge at Barrie; his grandson, Dudley Holmes, was crown attor- ney at Goderich. When John R. Holmes died, about 1925, the wan- ing village was Left without a Holmes for the first time in its history. Holmesville Hits News Holmesville got into the news recently by reason of a weed -grown and neglected cemetery on the village outskirts. Many old-timers lie buried there. forgotten by de-:- cendants who have moved else- where. , 'So the gravestones lean at all angles, and in season weeds run riot. Tradition has it that the Holmes- ville United Church and the Church ,. of England are each re- snonsihle for the care of one-half 1 the cemetery. The Anglicans have -fns--set--aside- In- care .for their part; the United Church. lacking records to show ownershin and verify its responsibility, has, so far. done nothing to clean up its portion. Anyway, the township council is taking the matter in hand. Back in 1947. the old cemetery had a distinmished visitor. En route to Goderich in June. 1947. Walt Disney -lingered a while to examine the gravestones and take photographs of some which mark- ed the graves of his ancestors. Walt Disney's great-grandfather onerated the first rristmill in the Hnlmesville district. .Elias Disney came to Huron County from Northern Ireland in 1848. settled pt Holmesville_ and operated the first grist mill and the first saw -mill. He raihe'rt in nhildren. Among them was Keppel Disney. Walt's grandfather. Kenpel Disney was Orono' ind sturdy. and handsome n^enr.tinq to the masculine standar-ds of hhi day and generation. Stan-lineweit over six fenthe had the fined crop of black hair and s*Miskrrs in all Huron County. With these natural advantages in which he took keen nride. Kennel Disney dressed in the heirtht of fashion. Tradition recalls him ss a fine Settler and a gond neighbor. At 25. Kennel Disney married Mary Richardson;- and. felinwine his .marriage. moved north into Morris Tnwnshln to make a new home for himself and his bride. That" first hotter' was tr inc cabin. In this cabin Flies Disney I1 was born about. 1R341. This toennd Elias must have been a bit disappointing to his grand- father and namesake, the first Elias. Nor was he at all like his handsome, swaggering father, Kerr pel Disney.. A shy little fellow, according to Huron tradition, he was "forever playing with animals." Drills for Oil Keppel Disney cleared his Mor- ris Township homestead and was progressing', handsomely at the time the Oil Springs gushers hit the headlines., Responding to the dictates of an ilehing foot, he left his family with his wife's kinfolk, the .Cantelons, 'and set out to drill for oiL In an absence of two years. Kep- pel learned the drilier's trade pret- ty thoroughly, but amassed no for- tune. (le returned to Morris Town- ship, but after two years of prosaic farming, another golden opportun- ity. .beckoned. This time, again leaving his family with the Cante- lons. he went to Goderich, to help Peter MacEwan drill for salt. That• lasted 11 months. Keppel ' returned to find a tenant occupying the log house. So•he built a frame house in which to settle down. "He -stayed settled till 1879, when booming Kansas beckoned. With his fainily of seven, he "took ..up wheat -farming there. W h ee n drought killed the wheat crop, -Keppel turned . to cattle raising. He died in 1881. EIias Disney II. nineteen when the family moved to Kansas, went on to Dakota after his father's death, and thence to Florida where he tried to raise oranges. Event- ually he landed in Chicago, where he married. Walt Disney was his first-born. The tale of Walt Disney is fam- iliar. In the First World War he served overseas. After his return. -be took up cartooning. it was then the shy. timid father's love of animals shaped the career of the son. Walt Disney evolved Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck --- created the animated cartoon—al rt the rest is history. A while back the environs ,of the frame house in Morris Township. the boyhood home• of the second Elias Disney. and then occur""d I,v Sandy McEwen. mirrored or 3 of Mrs. Percy McBride with an splendid, attendance of members !and visitors. The day was lovely 'l with sunshine streaming through the windows snaking a beautiful ;setting for the Day of Prayer ser- jvice. Mrs. Bill Clark was leader for the day and gave the "drum call" to worship and the ladies fol - ,lowed the service program. It is a comforting thought in this time of unrest to think that thousands upon thousands of women meet and follow the same service all over the globe. Women have such a power.for good that will help in the bringing of World Pea& In- stead of a speaker a chapter on the study book, "Along African Trails" was taken by Mrs. Tait Clark. The quilt blocks were re- ceived and will be ready to be quilted the next meeting at Mrs. Mitchell's home. After the ben- ediction Mrs. McBride. assisted by Mrs. Dave Bean, served a delicious lunch and a happy time was en- joyed by all., School Concert.—:On Friday ev- ening, a concert. the Spring Fan- tasy. put on by the school children of Colborne Township under the -direction -of --Mrs. ° Dustow.. and.-thf teachers, will be given in the hall at Carlow starting at 8 , o'clock. This concert is sponsored by the Women's Institute under the new name of "Tiger Dunlop Institute" carrying out the Colborne Town- ship tradition. Iodized salt for brood sows is cheap insurance against iodine de- ficient rations, echtsed ‘‘'alt Disney's animated cartoons. The dog harked' in eager answer to the name of Pluto. A bit down the road, a neighbor kept,a live Donald Duck as a pet. flis Majesty's Mail was drawn by an equine known as Horace Not• -e -- collar. 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