HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-04-01, Page 3GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL lst, 1954
Death Of Auburn's' Oldest Native
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OBITUARY
MRS. ANDREW KIRK
Funeral 'service was held last
Thursday 1 -6I -Mrs. Andrew -Ki
who passed away on Tuesday of
last week after an illness of two
months at the home of her son-
in-law, J. D. Beecroft, u concession
12, East Wawanosh. She was in
her 90th year. Formerly Rachel
Bathe, she was one of six sons and
six daughters, the family of the
late John and Margatet....Bailie of
West Wawanosh. Only one son, Nor-
man of Los Angeles, now survives.
In 1888 she married"Andrew Kirk,
and they lived in West Wawanosh
for 32 years, then moved to Tucker -
smith Township, where they ,lived
for 20 'years. Since the passing of
her husband at.Seaforth, she made
her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Beecroft.
Always an, enthusiastic worker
in church and community affairs,
she was a life member of the
W.111.S.- of Dungannon United
Church, and served as president
of the Women's qnstitnte,, both at
Tinto -and- Diartgannon[
'grirviviiig' are two sons, Norman,
of Chicago, and Oliver, of Birming-
ham, Mich.; and two daughters,
Mrs. Laura Creighton, of Detroit,
and Mrs. Beecroft. Also seven
grandchildreh and six great-grand-
children.
Interment was in Wingham ceme-
tery, with Rev. R. A. Brook of
Bluevale and Whitechurch United
Churches, and Rev. W. J. Watt, of
P Ilbe
Whitechurch, officiating. a ar-
ers were: • Notman Kirk, Oliver
Ki Francis Creighton Ernest
rk ,
Beecroft, Bailie Parrott and John
McGee. Norman Kirk, jr., Donald
Kirk and Ronald Beecroft were
flower -bearers.
Those from a distance attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
man- Kirk and sons, of Chicago;
(By Charles E; Asquith, Chairman Auburn •Centenary Publicity
Committee)
The death Of 'Oliver Clark at his c.
home ' in Goderich on Saturday, 0 DO YOU REMEMBER?.
March 20, marks the passing of the , In the accompanying article,
oldest native son of Auburn. Oliver Charles E. Asquith of Auburn,
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'was 'born 92, years ago (just eight . chairman of the Centenary
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years after Mr. E. Elkin made the * PublicityCommittee, presents
first survey in the village. of "Man- an article on early days in
chester) in a long frame claw Auburn. The article pays
ASSOCIATION DECIDES
TO REPLACE LIBRARY
Decision to replace the Law Lib-
rary, which was 'destroyed when
fire razed Huron County Coin'
House, was made at the annual
meeting of Huron County Law As-
sociation held here last Thursday.
A committee was appointed to take
charge of the replacement.
R. C. Hays, Q.C., of Goderich, was
named president of the group. J.
W. Bushfield, q.C., of Wingham;
was named vice-president, and
Frank Fingland, Q.C., of Clinton,
secretary -treasurer.
boarded house which was torn.
down in 1901 by Chas. A. Howson,
to make w'ay, for a new home which
was one of the first concrete houses
built in this area. The old clap
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boarded house must have been
quWe, atria Istneratamong-the-eatly,
log houses. Being a double house
it 'had many different occupants
at various times., (Oliver spent, the
first of his school years in the old
log school, where Mr. M, Allin's
home is now situated. The founda-
tion logs must have been some-
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Kirk, of Birm-
ingham, Mich.; Mrs. Laura Creigh-
ton and Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Creighton, of Detroit; Mr. and ,Mrs.
Lorne Fear, of Toronto; Mr. and
Mrs. James .Carnochan and Mr. J.
Broadfoot, of Seaforth; Bailie Par-
rott and Mr. and Mrs: Bernard Hall
and Rhea, and Mr. and* Mrs. Cecil
Wheeler, of Blyth; Mrs. James
Wightman of Listowel; -ancrtIrs.
-John Kilpatrick, of Lucknow.
' He—"I like your form."
She—, "Must we go all over that
again?" .
what decayed at that time as he
used to reoall how, the boys often
crawled through a hole to outside
to get a drink.) When Oliver was
an infant his family moved to a
eeted lather
and Samuel Clark on the lot where
Mr. R. D. Munro's residence now
stands. The lower story was a
wood working shop with a resid-
ence above. In the shop he learn-
ed with his father, who was a
wheelright, The trade of a wood-
worker.
.Go West
In 1882 he was the youngest of
a group who went to Monmouth,
'Manitoba, to take out ties for the
construction of the C.P.R. railway.
The otherniembers 'of the group
were Geo. L. Sturdy, father of H. L.
Sturdy, President of the Centenary
Association, and Mr. Clark's cousin,
J. C. Clark. Also in the same
camp was John Phillips, brother of
Mr. E. Phillips. After spending
some time in the west all came
home., John Phillips after 12 years
returned to the west and now. the
only survivor resides at Yello.w-
grass, Sask. , Oliver Clark went
west again abopt 1910 and for some
years 'shared in the building boom
of Saskatoon. Later he took up
residence in Goderich.
After returning from Manitoba
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Now Playing--Thurs., Fri. and Sat.
tribute to the early residents
of the Auburn district in view
of the forthcoming centenary.
More such articles will follow
a't a later date. Former resi-
dents of Auburn who live in
VariQU 4tarts_ofca.ni_14a ad
the United States but who are
still- Signal -Star readers are
asked to send in to the Signal -
Star brief stories of thei-type
"Do you remember when?"
They will serve to create an
interest in the big reunion
planned for Auburn this sum-
mer, and wilt be published in
the Signal -Star from time to
time.
PitiSONAL MENTION Lions -Light Blab
Blitz Nets $50
.. Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hays,
Q.C., and Mrs. Hays, are on a
in 1882; Oliver Clark learned the
barn framing, -trade with Donald
Patterson, .who later beeame en-
gineer for the Countyof Huron.
When Donald Patterson and his
bride, Eliza_ Lawrence, came to
Auburn they, took up their resid-
ence in a log house situated near
where Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ament
now live. -A short time later he
built the house now owned by
James Medd. In June, 1885, when
the barn building season was nice-
ly started, Donald Patterson took
pheumonia and after careful' con-
sideration he chose Oliver Clark to
become foreman. His cousin, Wm.
Beverley Patterson, was also one
of the gang and much older than
Oliver but Beverley was ruled out
as he talked too much to the men
while at work. Oliver was a man
of few words.
First Job at Carlow
The first job of erection was that
of a barn for James McBride of
Carlow. and the start was made
early on.. a Monday Morning. Mr.
McBride did not know very much
of the new foreman and had some
doubts as to his ability. However,
on going up to Carlow on Monday
noon he met J,ames Attach whom',
he knew quite well and said to !
him, -What do you think of this
man (lark, do you think he can
[wild a 'barn? You know 1 have
a lot of splendid rock elrn timber
which cost me $8 per thousand and
4., don't want it spoiled." . im
Mutch replied, "Go home and don't
bother Oliver and I think he will
make a good job of your batrr."
Mr, McBride went home, doing as
he was told and kept ;,o aloof that
Giber Clark thdught he Was;. to use
;an expression -of today, "sore at '
him"
Wouldn't Cook on Sunday •
The weather continued fine and!
excellent progress was made in
'framing the barn. (In Thursday
Oliver called Mr. and' Mrs. McBride
together and told them he would
be ready to raise the barnon either
Saturday or Monday. The men
would have to work hard to be
ready by noon , Saturday but it
could be done but it wouldn't give
Mrs. McBride much time to do the
cooking. At first it was decided to
hold the raising on the next Mon-
day but Mrs. McBride said we can't
prepare the food on Sunday and
if we prepare it on Saturday we
have no place to store it except in
the Jog house,: so it was ticCid0 to
have the raising on Saturday,
Oliver's chief care now was the
actual raising of the barn 'and he
decided to get- some expert asSIst-
ance by going to see Bill Whitley
who was William ("tin") Whitely
(father of Dr. L. Whitely of Gorrie)
who ' had been perhaps the best
framer or builder of barns_in this
area and was then engaged in
house building. "Built by Bill
Whitely" was a trade mark of good
quality.,_„He. mai then erecting a
brickhotne for Alex. McNeil, father
,
of C. C. McNeil of Goderich. It is
now the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hume Clutton. Mr. Whitely pro-
mised Oliver that he ,would be on
liana SitUrday noon o attend the'
raising.
The Barn Raising
We. shall describe the rest of the
story in Oliver Clark's own words:
"After deciding to hold the raising
on Saturday, things went along
well but I. didn't sleep a wink
----Triday night_ as my mind kept
going oVer-bach detail of the.,whole.
structure. " BY, noon Saturday
everytning was in readiness and
Mr. McBride had sent his pony for.
Bill Whitely. When he. arrived I
said; 'It is all ready for you to
raise,' to which he replied, 'I am
I not going, to raise it, You, are
going to raise it but I am going
to stand by abd at the first false
TtlAVC I'll be'on your back.'
"Well there we
ilid-thelrarrie work soon .stood as
plumb and Irue as it is today.
After supper I asked Mr. McBride
if he!would lean me his pony and
buggy to take Bill Whitely to his
hOme In Londesboro as Whitely's
men ,working on the,McNea house
had already gone home bylvay of
Bill's Bridge. Mr. McBride, who
by thls.time was feerrng much bet-
ter than he was on Monday morn-
ing, rea..ily .consented. 1 took Bill
to the corner of the 13th concession
of Hullett, a mile north of Lades.
boro when he said; 'You are tired,
turn round, -here and walk the
rest of the way home.' .
"It .Was abeut..ten o'clock when
I goChInne, and after putting the
pony away, I went to bed expecting t•
a goocritift's rest. I was scarcely
in bed w en thd fire bell. soutided
and hiirrY fig.,up street learned that
PeterWei, llach's shoe store was on
fire. The building burned doNan
but we were able' to keef•the'. fire
'from ,apreadirig' to the "Churdft of
Englatid%iind ,r.106 'BroWn't,,$hOns:
After .the' Are was'. Oyer number
Of young' mar kotL hokeil to re-
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holiday trip to New Orleans.
1 ,More than $450 was realized
Among those attending the na-
from the blitz the Lions Club stag;
tional heating and air conditioning
show at the Coleseum, Toronto, ed -Friday • night selling electric
this week were: "Skip" MacDonald. !light bulbs. Several hundred bulbs
E. Weaver, Vic Crane, Harry n( 1 remained unsold but ninny of these
Bert Worsell.
Friends of Miss Norine 1.,AcCabe, have been sold in the meantime.
formerly of Goderich, honored her
at a birthday party On Friday
evening at the Commodore Marine
Room in Windsor: Miss McCabe
is the daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. C.
McCabe, of Goderich. ,She attend-
The proceeds will be used by the
Lions Club for welfare work. Chair-
man of the blitz was Lion Malcolm
Mathers.
The Lions Club meeting. which
followed the blitz was under the
ed schoeLliere andworked in Lon.chairmanship of .Lioh Mery
don before moving to WindsorStephens, chairman of the educa-
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She is employed in Detroit. At-
tending the party were Misses lier-
-n ire -4-orresd-Alice-Macke od7-of
Windsor, Miss Dee Hagen and P. J.
Higgins, of yetroit.
WSPENDED SENTENCE
Facing a charge of false pre-
tences which 'dated back to Novem-
ber, Edward Cook, of Goderich
Township, pleaded guilty in court
here last Thursday before Magis-
trate D. E. Holmes, Q.C. He was
placed on suspended sentence for
six months, on payment of costs,
when he told the court that re-
stitution had been 'made.
main up all night to guard 'against
any new outbreaks. I eras among
the number chosen. When I walk-
ed home the next morning, after
missing two nights' sleep and rais-
ing my first barn, I felt a very tired
man."
Peter. Wallace's shoe store stood
on the present site of Dr. Weir's
office and residence. Mr. Wallace
had a very heavy loss.- After the
fire he went to Toronto and estab-
lished a very successful wholesale
leather goods business."
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Cecil Parker, Joan Collins, and Godfrey Tear!.
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recent oratorical contest at the
fligia1es snsored hy-tiaeaions
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Kane and Jeanette Austin, Miss
Austin's address was recorded
earlier and replayed to the Lions
audience 'that evening., Both ad-
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appreciated also were several solos
by Bob Barwick, accompanied on
the piano by Miss Eleanor Lauder.
Lion John Berry outlined his
plans for the boys' softball league
for the summer. There will be ne,
outside competition'thisyear.
total, of 263 boys and girls have
expressed their desire to play soft-
ball in the league during a survey
made recently.
Lion Berry -pointed out the idea
was not to produce one good champ-
ionship team but rather- how to
teach all competitors "How to play
the game." 'He emphasized that the
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