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THURSDAY, JUNE 11th, 1959
JUNE -MONTH OF WEDDIN'G'S!,
June is the traditional month for weddings,
but in recent decades there, has been sozneWhat
of a departure from this, tradition. j In keeping
with the modern trend of young people not to,
be hide -bound by convention, madly couples
marry now in outer than the month of June.
Nevertheless, this month will see a great
many brides in our district and across the
country sweeping down the aisle with all the
self-sati,,,faetion ,of, a modern Diana returning
from the hunt with a. stag slung over her
shoulder.
This spring" ritual wasn't-galways' the vic-
tory celebration of the female. And every-
thing about the wedding -including the w,ord
itself—is designed to remind her that she once;
was, at best, a Mmarketable commodity—and
act worst,. ,fair ,game for any strong-armed
ma auder. •
be a relic of the days when '.a man simpl-
earried - off agirl who ; had wandered•" too
-fag from harne,}T'he husband -to -he usually
brought along a 'muscular Field to ,fight off
pursuers:
The bridegroom- had to hide out for a
r
while until 'the.: girl's fam4" y ''go't tired. of
swains for them,, This was the 'beginning
of the 'honeymoon.
Qf course, these_, tactics didn't• foster to-
getherness—and may have started the con-
tinning battle between a husband aid' his
mot hey -in-law.
.The, betrothal of children was common
among early Anglo-Saxons. The tbridsgroom's
pledge of marriage was, ac.eom anied by, a
" wed "--.secu iity _for the purchase price • of the
bride. From this 'comes our word "wedding."
"Giving the bride away" merely 'repre-
sents the time when • the, gather delivered his
daughter to her fiance, who paid pp. Among
some modern tribes, however, notions of ro-
mance have Persuaded the„ father to renounce
his loot, and tide bride gets the traditional
gifts.
An. old belief has it • t,hat theAwedding'
TildSPiAY, JUNE nth, ',1069
their annual bus trip to Detroit
on Thursday this week.
e an►t,tt'Vag
siveirMr.a d.. ,..
Charles Crossett and family at
their cottage in Grand Bend.
Visitors 'during the week -end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dicksbnc
yore; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Dyer
Mnd Larry, .of Guelph; . Mr. and
r's.. Robert Zimmer. and two child-
ren, of Sumnmerside, P.Q.I., and
asee.ateid Mrst.�...Hamte!T ..$
London
Bride •- de• -
spent part of, last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter
Tigert.
Mr. Dale Iloldenby and spupils,
of Port Albert school will go on
BUSINESS CHANGE
Mr .Donald, Bert MactAdahn has •
purchased sole ownership, of- Mac_
Marine at the Harbor, ef-
Reid. The ' ' usi ess' was o n
by the late Bert MacDonald:
ed
Nearly 2,000 ..plants are engaged
in furniture making in Canada.
t,
`t'= 4,77,1rvi ` 'tv"t t7'' '' t°.' hiT41 74,.er-pirkthf , tykfanC ,.u..-
because a vein runs directly from this 'finger
to the heart: ,
-But enough . of the early history of wed -
clings.. Too ritueli of It might discourage too
many, June brides this year. And that just
wouldn't be rightl-
AFTER 142 YEARS
• In 18.17-t en years- before-'-Goderich NN'as
founded in 1827—Canada and U.S.A. entered
into the Rush-Bagot Convention. Purpose of
the agreement was to insure the disarmament
of the U,S.-Canadian border. Among other
provisions was one forbidding any naval ves-
sels on the Great Lakes beyond four gunboats
each; not to exceed 100 tons. ,
By the time Queen Elizabeth' sails up the
Great Lak ; this summer- the, aforermentioned
century -and -a -half -old agrement will be' sus-
pended so that 'there wilt:1)e both U.S. and
Canadian warships in the shared waters. The
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oecasi-on:; f -or -_,thy InCust a<1---depar-tur-e; is- tlaa
both the United Sates and Canada wish- to 'be
able, to fire,, suitable salutes at a momentous
event. This will be the meeting" of Queen
Elizabeth .and President' Eiie,nhower at" cere-
monies dedicating the great • new St. Lawrence
Seaway
And so this ag-reement on corridors will
.be su.pende.d ..-._. H.Q..e..ver, the., true corridors
for''both nations lies in the hearts of each other
--in their mutual respect and affection, That-
is worth .a thousand times any treaty ever
'written. „w...• ., ...�
DON'T QUIT .•SCHOOL "TOO ~ SOON
With jobs less plentiful than they were a
couple of 'years®,ago, there's less temptation
for teenagers to quit school midwac= "through
their ..courses to seek'. employment. Sometimes
. it has been _enip"Yoyment of a type that doesn't
offer. ,too promising a future and for whic h
they haven't always 'been too well trained.
Conditions.- are a ;bit . different now, ac-
cording to the NationalEni'ployment Service,
which advises' young people to 'ontihue their
studies. The better one's education the better
are his chances of getting and keeping a lv--
uanent job: Tt's much more difficult td place
pupils ,who leave school in raid -course because
they may not be well trained for anything
particular, Moreover, they .have. to compete
with experienced labor°.and .are often too young
for work they .might 'otherwise do.
This problem has a national . application,
too,' -because in. the long run the better the
education of a people, practical as well as
,.academie, the more rapidly can the nation
prosper by development of its •human and
mate-rial resources:
• If one has.an aptitude for study,it's only
wise 'for him to get all •the 'schooling' he can,
while he can. —Port ,Elgin Times.
Reminiscences
(By R. Henry Leishman)
Since my . articles on : pioneer
days appeared in print I have had
so many requests for more of the
early history of Huron that I have
been encouraged to -again put down
a few thoughts. It is not intended
that any of my meanderings even
approach a history of, Huron; it
is hoped, however, that sortie of
the. facts which I have narrated
.may be used by someone with
more literary skill than I to \ ice
a snore' complete history of the
country .in which we live.
At an early age in public school
Of Early Days
I learned that in 1535 Jacques Car-
tier sailed from St. Malo in France
and landed at the Indian village
of Stadacona. There he raised the
fleur de lis and Cross. Then in
the year 1608, Champlain sailed up
he St. Lawrence river and found-
ed the city of Quebec where a
small colony of settlers grew up.
It seems that from: there, as the
"years went by, the fur traders and
adventurers penetrated farther and
farther into the forest and event-
ually into what is now •Ontario:
As far as I can learn, it wasn't
until the passing. pf Canada to, the
at 'NI"ontal. From there, they
treked on and. eventually.. -pitched
their tent on lot 42, concession 5
East Wawanosh._,-_ Therex_ thea'•.; ex-;
perienced all the hardships . of
pioneer life and grew up with the
country. " When the first council
was formed in East Wawanosh, in
1860, Lancelot Nethery served on
the board. He was Hollowed by a
Mr. Lewted. • The first township
clerk of 'East Wawanosh was a at a big meeting on Monday night,
George Tisdale, the first reeve was prior to his departure for St. Marys.
•.__.__._._..�!._-__....._._The _presentation was made :by. Dr.
Most of the records of the early. W. F, ,Clark. '
days in Huron from which J have•. Business was brisk at the Gode
drawn these facts were obtained rich Planing Mill Co„ more 'Com-
from the second generation plus monly known as Buchanan's. plan -
what 'these eyes have, seen an4 ing mill, at the corner of Cambria
thesee ears have. heard .during the road and Nelson street. James
Pak. threescore and ten years: A Buchanan was president and treas-
urer, and his son, W. J. Buchanan,,
was secretary. About 30 nien were
' employed. ,
"If you would see Behmiller at
its best,: come now," urged the
Benmiller correspondent of The
Signal. "The blossom, the foliage,
the lilacs, the green,- green grass
and . the smiling river with its
prettty -cedar and pine, crowned
banks are a sight to •see and be
glad."
One, of the main topics of cori-
Versati•on was the sinking of the
CPR liner Empress of Ireland, with
'the loss of x,002• Lives. She went
to -the bottom of the St.' Lawrence
River after a collision with the
,collier Storstadt, near Father Point,
at 1.45 Friday morning. About 465
passengers were saved. Later, the
Storstadt was, held under arrest at
M o n tr eta 1 under a writ. for
$2,000,000 damages issue d, by the
after the county was settled the CPR.
farmers sowed wheat 'on the,ir Because of. the loss of so many,
clearings year after year but reap- magazines that lay upon the,tables
ed very little. It would show great I in' the Gnderioh Public Library, 'the
promise for a. 'w'hi'le then the rust remaining ones were 'put away.
would strike. 'Naturally, flour- was Anyone interested in the magazines
scarce, and if anyone got a bag now had .to ask the librarian to
or two it 'was always shared with get them same.
CUE' FOR 4tJ1.1E'T'
45 Years Ago ' ,t
' Harry Tichborne, recording sec-
retary of Huron Locge of Odd -
fellows, was presented with a jewel r
ti
handled with care as a stream of.
water from the fire .hose would
have conducted the electrical cur-
ent to the men holding the hose.
After same delay, firemen arrived
rom Clinton with a special liquid
used to extinguish such, _blazes ,
10 Years Ago
After a total of 33 years' service
in Goderich bands• at various per-
iods,
eriods, George James retired as
drummer of the Blue Water Band.
During his lohg and colorful career
as a bandsman, he served under
thee. • following leaders: Joseph
.Schade, Reg. Blackstone, Frank
Smith, Mf Scott, a Mr. Davis,
Thomas Walters Mr. Davies, H. E.
Jenner, C. A. R. Wilkinson, J. E.
Huokitis, John L. Taylor, Charles
Black, Peter ' Weir and Charles
Woods, the present leader.
Miss Patricia Clark was hired by
Goderich District Collegiate • In-
stitute Board to replace Miss E.
Lewis. who resigned as teacher of
girls' health and physical educa-
tien. Miss Clark had taught two
years at Schumacher High School.
Alex, Clark was engaged as teach-
er ofimusic at GDOI for the coming
school year.
A beautiful scarlet lily was in
bloom at the home of Mrs. John
Clark, Nelson street. The plant
had been a possession of the fam-
ily for 90 years.
Teen-age gang problems are
overrated, Goderich Lions Club was
told by Murray Hamilton, a retired
Toronto ` policeman. "These kids
are really not bad," he said. "They
have plenty of energy and it simply
has to .come out some way,"
lot orthe land in the Bounty ' at
that time belonged to the Canada
Company and ' was sold to the,
settlers at from three to ten dol-
lars an acre. This may seem a
very. low price compared with land
prices of today, but where was the
money to come from? To show
how scarce money was I heard of
an Indian who offered the whale
'carcass " of a • deer which he had
shot fora dollar, but there wasn't
a dollar in the neighborhood to
buy it. A man in the southern
part Q f. the „county, when his 'tax
bill came due; although it' was only
a few dollars, had not the money
to meet it, so he took a load of
hay by ox team to London, a dis-
tance of 30 -"game miles. He was
two days making the. trip and.
sold the hay for just the amount
of his taxes.
For the first ten or twelve years
' the neighbors., All supplies had 25 Years Ayo
English in 1763 that anyone gave
much thought to agriculture. It
is%a mystery how the people lived
in that period of time, but after
the War of 1812; when the Yankee
speculators were conquered by the
British, Ontario began to progress,
slowly of course. In 1850. my
grandparents, Alexander. Nethery
and his wife, Elizabeth Cooper,
sailed from Northern Ireland with
their eleven. children. Tb,ey were
nine • weeks on the waiter where
three of •their children died of
fever and were buried at sea. With
the remaining eight they landed
to be carted, in by way of Clinton, Leopold MaoAliley, minister of
mostly by ax cart over corduroy, highways in the Henry Govern -
roads. Let no one tell you that ment, captured Goderich with a
we Canadians are ' not a great speech full of youthful vigor and
people; none but men of strong fight, according . to The Goderich
Star. With the provincial election
only 10 days away, Mr. MacAuley
was heard by an audience of about
1,500 people sitting on improvised
benches in Court House Square
'and in their motor cars. He. spoke
in support •of George H. Elliott,
Conservative candidate in Huron
lading, and • Foister 'Moffatt, the
party's candidate in Huron Bruce
riding.
A few days later, -reported -The
arms and brave hearts could have.
I accomplished the% work that was
I done by the pioneers of old On -
I tario! The women, too, although
sometimes frail' in 'body, were
strong in spirit. Personally, I
have. recellections of working in
the fields with my mother, ..gather-
ing roots and stones from the
ground before the land could be
seeded; but of course life In those
days was not without. its compen-
sations. The people for the most'
part lived a humble but satisfac;
tory life:, they had Many things
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INVITATIgNS
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LE+ AssisT ,ypu wiTt-1 YOUR WEDDING PLANS
. 7 . You may selea your Wedding invitations, Announcements and
Acknowledgm'ents with compiefe confidence as to quality and correctness al forth.
WE ALSO'HAYE PERSONALIZED 'WEbDING NAPIAS, MATCHES AND, CAKE BOXES
in common and worked very hard,
but had the thought with 'them
always that they were building for
the future. In- this day of lauStle
and confusion ft might be well
to reflect back. and copY some -
pose in life was a high one, As
Moses was not privileged to enter
the Promised Land so many of our
ancesters, too, had to lay down
their trophies before the countrY'
w,as developed, but we khow that
they,are today enjoying .a better.
place Is •it worthwhile? This
question was asked bY a settler
with a feeling .of pessimism after
he had walked from London to
epburnian style." W. H. Robert-
son was chajirman of the gathering.
`Witch" spoke in support of James
Sallarityne, Liberal candidate,
tiding; and- "Clia-fler Ttdb:
ertson, Liberal candidate in Huron -
Bruce.
Polly; the 72 -year-old parrot be-
longing to Mrs. Robert Young, ot
Elgin aven-ue, died suddenly, oh
lVfonday and the family was mourn -
.Polly was practically
a member of the family;. eating 'at
the table, taking part in- the con-
versation, and generally conducting
Clinton, and nearly 40 miles of :hetself as b.efitted -a lady of her
.the trip was over muddy trails in
one day. But that question was
well and truly, ansWered a few
feats, later,- that same toak-
?Ir. rand. arld-b#ealte• a --very pros-
perous farmer.
We 'of the present generation can
form but the faintest Chneeption
of all that- was involved in the.
coming to, this tounty of those
who arrived here from the British
Isles in the 30's, 40`s, and 50's of
the last century. Their experi-
,ences after, arriving were even
mere trying than those borne dur-
ing the journey aeross the sea.
They must surely have been stal-
wart and firtm of purpose, with
p,atience inexhaustible, otherwise
,they would have fallen by the
wayside or perished in the lone-
liness of the ferest.
'In these ramblings of mihe
have touched bri only a very few
incidents in the lives of the people
of Huron County. There is much
More ,thaVeould be told if space
permitted arid I had the ebility td
The average of weekly wages
and Ma -ries paid in Canadian
11159, corn ared to $70.02 a yea
earlier an $58318 five ydars
411
years and, respectability. Many
Goderich pear:0e knew the bird
and sympathize with her owners.
She Was bratight, toqiit§.-tAw-joht-tiy
years ago by H. V. Attrill,,
formerly lived on what is now the
jaleming estate in Colborne. He,
left her to William Aldous, sexton '
a the cemetery, wIto ifi turn hand -
history' was well knoWn and her
age not disputed.
15 Years Akic;
everyone was- talking about the
invasion of enemyoecupied France
by the liberating armies of the
Due to the warthne scarcity of
help, an appeal was made to towns-
people to volunteer to help farm-
ers in the hayht and harvesting.
A 'local soldier, Trooper Jolan
MeGraw, wrote from Sunny Itafy,
In his off dutY hours, he hedvnan-
aged, to :see some of the country's
historic Sites, including Mount
Vesuvius.
Gus Kinahan was elected presi-
dent or the West *awanosh Pod -
When a hydro pole near the-
hrto ,flames, "salt 'erosion" was
blamed. The situatzoti .ha4. to iv
The weather station on Alert,
Ellesmere Island, is the most north-
erly permanent, htiman habitation
in the world.
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Goderirch Branch:
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