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Crowd of 8,000 Sees Orangemen
In `Glorious 12th' Parade, Here
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Orangemen from near and far,
over 8,000 of them, jammed the
streets at Goderich for the cele-
bration of the Battle of the Boyne
—"The Glorious Twelfth" --on Sat-
urday, with over 1,000 participat-
ing in the big parade which was
so long it circled the Square twice.
From about 10 o'clock in the
morning you could hear the fifes
and drums growing in intensity
until parade time at 2. pan. And
the music continued until late
evening.
Headed by Goderich Girls' Trum-
pet Band, the parade formed up at
Agricultural Park and moved off
via Britannia road and South
street.
And right at the front of the
,parade was "King Billy" on his
white horse, with Huron County
Marshal Ken Betties of Winthrop,
playing the part of the monarch.
Colorful Sight
Thousands of citizens and visit-
ors crowded every inch of space
around the Square to get a glimpse
of the big parade as it passed by.
The lodge members and the vari
ous bands, both large and small
made a colorful- sight. Severa
times as the various lodges passed
by, the crowd ,gave forth with
cheers and clapping.
Five women's LOBA groups par
tieipated in the parade besides
about 30 men's groups. The ladies
were from, Morning Star Lodge
Fordwich, Agnes Watson Memorial
Lodge, Woodham, Grace A. Riley
Lady Ester, Grand . Valley, Lottie
Thornton Lodge, Gorrie and Lady
Anne Lodge, Mitchell. -
Clinton presented the largest
lodge on parade and was awarded
the prize for its showing. Other
prize winners were: Best dressed
LOBA or LTB, Gorrie; largest LO
BA, Clintgg, best dressed lodge,
Amberley; -best LOBA or LTB ban-
ner, Fordwich; best LOL banner,
Winthrop; lodge coming the great-
est distance, Newbridge.
Prize for the 'oldest Orangeman
on parade went to 91 -year-old Wil-
liamMurray, of Seaforth, who
stepped along to the lively music
just as spryly as the younger
people.
Addresses Heard
After the "walk" had finished
and the bands and lodges had all
gathered in Court House Park, the
main addresses got underway.
Civic greetings were brought to
the Orangemen by Mayor J. E.
Huckins, who was introduced by
the chairman, Anson Coleman,
County Master.'
Mayor Huckins congratulated the
various lodges for the excellent
parade and complimented the Gode-
rich lodge for having arranged .a
gathering which . would, attract
suchsz-large-cro'wdsto-the"'thWit `
One of the main speakers was Rt.
Wor. Bro. W. John Moore, Past
Grand Master, of Toronto, who re-
presented the Grand Lodge of
Ontario.
Bringing greetings from the
Grand Lodge, Mr. Moore said that
this was a day "when all good
Orangemen should be happy;" He
reminded his audience that the
LOL had been formed to preserve
civil and religious liberties.
He noted also that the lodge,
as a British organization, was not
happy with Canada's immigration
policy. In 1951, he claimed, about
35,000 people from Britain came to
Canada, while about 149,000 came
from Continental 'Europe- "The faa-
t.ure of Canada," he said, "depends
on keeping her British and Pro-
High Standards
Rev. A. Glen Eagle, of Clinton,
spoke to the gathering reminding
Orangemen to remain loyal to the
high standards of their lodge. He
stressed also that Orangemen must
remain faithful to good govern-
ment and support Protestantism
Also speaking briefly were Bro.
, L. E. Cardiff, M.P. for North Huron.
1 and Rev. G. W. II:Medley, of Tor-
onto, and formerly of Goderich.
Lodges and bands that marched
in the order that they appeared
_ in the parade were: Goderich Girls'
Trumpet Band, Bethel, Amberley,
Ripley, Kiitlosa, Kincardine, Maple
Grove, Lucknow, Clinton Bannock-
burn' Pipe Band; Logan, Landes -
born, Auburn, Blyth, Riverston,
Gorrie, Newbridge, Brussels Legion
Pipe Band, Brussels, Belgrave,
Ethel, Wingham, Woodham Flute
Band, Woodham, Bluevale, Green-
way, Bayfield, Varna, Morning
Star Lodge of, Fordwich, Huron
Lodge of Clinton, Murphy Lodge of
Clinton, Seaforth, Winthrop,
Lucknow Pipe Band, Goderich and,
Dungannon.
Winners
Winners of the band and Fife
and drum contests were: best band,
Woodhull Flute Band, first; Clinton
Band, second; best fifer, Ird Rap-
son, best drummer, Emerson Hesk
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Londesboro; best lady drummer,
Gladys Collins, of Seaforth, accom-
panied by her father, William Col-
lins, playing the fife.
Big sports event of the day was
the playing of two softball games
between two girls' teams, Stratford
Police Kadettes and Goderich
Dodgers. The visitors beat the
Dodgers 4-1 in the afternoon en- t
counter, but the locals came back
strongly on the evening to take a
the Kadettes 8-1.
ALL SMOKE, NO DAMAGE
AT COURT HOUSE FIRE
'Did someone say something
about a new Court House?
It almost looked as if they
would have to build one here
Tuesday night, as smoke pour-
ed from ' the building when
Mrs. Mabel Gray, stenographer
for the Crown Attorney, open-
ed the door.
Firemen were hastily sum-
moned hnd found that the door
of the furnace, in which some
paper had been burning, had
come open sending smoke bil-
lowing up into the building.
No damage was caused but it
was some time before the old
structure was aired out.
Groups Talk
On Proposed
`Rec' Council
Further steps toward formation
of a recreation council in Goderich
were' taken Tuesday night at a
meeting between the arena coin -
mission and the town council, but
actual formation of .the. council
was not made.
The two bodies had met last
Thursday evening to discuss the
proposal, but decided to postpone
the meeting until this week.
Present at Tuesday's meeting
were Tim Leishman and" Robert
Secord, both of London, of the
recreation division of the depart-
ment of education.
Outlining the purpose of the
meeting, Mayor J. E. Huckins noted
that it was the proposal of town
council to set up the . arena com-
mission as the new recreation
council and have the arena man-
ager as recreation director.
"In several communities through-
out the province," the mayor said.,
"the' arena manager is also recrea-
tion director."
Mr. Leishman pointed out that
the recreation director could have
a full -tune secretary to assist him
with his duties. He said he felt
he duties of a recreation director
would be to organize groups, and
ssist in their administration and
would not necessarily mean that
he director would have to take
n active part in every activity.
Objection
Chief objection to .the appoin
ent of arena manager as recr
Iioiiic "irecfor came frail the chair
an of the arena • commission
eorge G. MacEwan •who said h
idn't think the.one man shoult
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Taken a few weeks ago, this scene is now "ehanged and will change even more so in the weeks
that lie ahead. The house and barn of Nelson Crich at the end of the Ianeway in the ic-
ture have -been razed to make way for the, new plant of W. -A.--Sheaffer Co:, of -{'antic p
The row of trees at right remain to make a beautiful entranc_•e to the newplant, groundsIrl Ltd.
of which will be attractively landscaped, the
Signal -Star photo by Henry
Home Building On Rapid Increase;
IssuePermjts For 55 Homes So Far
With construction of 55 ne
dwellings either completed o
started since the beginning of th
year, home-building in Goderi
appears to ne headed for .a liigh
not reached for many years, and
perhaps a record high -
Only comparable period in re-
cent years as far as house con-
struction is concerned was when
75 wartime houses were built here
in 1947-48.
Over $1,000,000?
And with construction of the
new Sheaffer Pen ,Company plant
scheduled to be completed this
.year at a cost of " about $500,000
town officials are confident the
value of building. in Goderich will
well surpass the $1,000,000 mark
this year.
A look back through the files
E- at Town Hall shows that seven
ca" years ago, in 1946,-,-the-town-suet
a total of 224" . building permits,
only 15 of which were for con-
e' struction of dwellings. The re-
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, TOWN NEGOTIATING FOR
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What,
No Esk!rnos Herd
A Chicago couple visiting the Huron County Museum
this week were disappointedly surprised to learn that Goderich
was so civilized and not "away up in Canada" as they had
expected, to find. They had felt that Eskimos, Indians and
big bush country would not be very far away from Goderich_
Obviously, the summer visitors from the "Windy City"
were not aware that Goderich was founded in 1827, even
before Chicago was founded.
They inquired about which road to take to get to "the
big bush country" and when they were told the Northern
Ontario bush cotintry was about 1,000 miles north they stated
they thought it was near Goderich. Next, they wanted to
see the Indians in their war paint but were told Indians lived
on reservations and dressed just the same as anybody else
today making it difficult to distinguish them, except for` their
facial features and darker complexions.
With these two "hopes" exploded, they next asked if
the Eskimos were nearby and were told that even after reach-
ing the end 'of the, railway line in far Northern Canada they
would have to travel beyond that to find settlements of
Eskimos.
Yes, Goderieh will have to import Eskimos, Indians
in full war dress and "big bush country" to cater to some
of our visitors.
ave the two duties. "He'd be in
of water all the time," commented
bIr.' MacEwan.
Mr. Leishman and Mr. Secord, in-
rmed the meeting that grants
om the Department of Education
ould be forthcoming if activities
ere carried out under a recrea-
on commission. He said the same
creation activities now held could
carried out under a commission
d that the same service clubs
d volunteer workers could carry
t their work.
Councillor Ken Pennington
inted' out that recreation was
irly well taken care of by several
rganizations, but that the activity
s not bound together.
At the close of the meeting, lir.
cord said he would be back in
derich later this week to confer
th the Mayor and Town Clerk
the recreation council proposal.
Term of office of the arena com-
ssion was to have ended yester-
y for the year, but it will be
tended until such time as de -
ion is made on the proposal.,
f)nngantion L.O.L. No. 324 was we'll -represented in the parade and celebration 'marking 1)av in Goderich on 'Saturday. - The big day attracted a ero«c(l of more than
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8,000 and there were over 1,000 lodge members participating in the parade. 'Dungannon
members shown above are, left to right, kneeling, Harold Culbert, (lcorge Errington and
Arnold Alton. Standing Cliff Hackett, Chester Hackett, Russell Alton, Walter Dickson,
Lloyd Craig, Tom H. Colbert., Trim Hallam, Tom Culbert, Benson Firrnigan, Gordon Finnigan,
Leonard Good and Nelson Culbert. - ---Signal-Star., Photo by Henry.
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ations and repairs.
In 1949, the town issued 151
permits with value of the projects
estimated at $385,956. But a major
item in, this year was the permit
for construction of the new Public
School, valved at "$270,000•-- well
over half the total value of all per-
mits•in the year.
Big Projects
Number of 'permits in 1950 went
up to 192, deereased
to $181,441.
Thh n,vine 1951, the
town experienced a great jump .in
construction value to $852,755 with
126 permits issued. But $520,000
of this was for the new collegiate
and $210,000 for the new Knox
Presbyterian Church.
Once again in 1952, there were
121 permits issued but` the value
was only $161,000.
Up to the end of last month,
Shipping was fairly heavy at the
watk rfront during the past week
with five boats arriving. ;