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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-08-10, Page 1s 114th Year—No. '31 sos • FIRST .CANINE -PRISONER ""It's a tough Iife", this dog seems to be saying irroin be- hind, the bars in the Town Dog Pound at 362 Huron Road. He was the first dog •to be caught and put in one of 'the five "cells'.' in the Dog Pound. He arrived on Friday • and was joined by a second dogs' on Monday. So, total number of canine prisoners to date is -two. Both dogs are fed regularly and are well looked atter until they are claimed. Failing that, their fate is unknown. Photo by R.H. -BANK PLANS ADDITION Building Permits Keep. Pace With A Year Ag� Building permits issuedby the Town of Goderich to the • nd of July indicate the value o rff aT ngs erecteC °'•here"""for °•the "first seven months of this`p year is only about $12,000 be- hind that for the correspond- ing Periodof &year ago. lip to the end of -July, 1961, • there has been a total of 74 building permits issued for a Town Thanked for -Past -Honors- The family of the late John Graham, former mayor and reeve Graham, Goderich, sent a letter of thanks and appreciation to the Goderich Town Council. A daughter, Mrs. Margaret total value of $328,640. Forte had been 89 permits issued e samesperiod in•196.0 there For a total vallueQof For the month of July of this year, 14 building permits were issued for a total value -of_$24,640:: These include one - far a $25,000 -renovation and addition, at the rear, to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on The Square. ,Among permits issued for crew' dwellings are the follow - in Mrs. Robert Clarke, Ben- nett street, $1'4,000; Wm. Han- s_sly s____,Britann--ia--r°ad.,----$1-0,000-;- W. J. Mills, Cameron street, $18,000; P. Hutchins, Eliza- beth street. $9.500. Among the additions is that of an office -waiting room at the residence of Dr. R. W. Hughes, Wellington stree ,. e obevtc Tenders For f6sclftaulay=•et: 2,3141-sthswas set for the opening of the tenders: in connection with the new waterworks for the Town of Goderich, The Signal -Star phoned Toronto several times Wednesday afternoon in an effort to Apcure the lowest tender and hew many -lend- ers there were for the job, No contact, however, could be made but the results should be made 'public some time today. Gilbert Headss un Shoot Handicap scores for the trophy in the Goderich Gun Club shoot this week were as follows, the number shown being the score out of a possible 50: Manifred Dierolf, 40; Francis Prouse, 33; Charles Prouse, 32; Dave Wilson, 40; Hedley Prouse, 40; Jack Gilbert, 42; Arley Gil- bert, 39; Ted Horton, 39; Ernie Horton, 27; Helmut Krohmer, 32. A shoot will be held on Sat- urday, August 12th, at 6 p.m. At Sky Harbour Owing to the cloudy, rainy weather this oast week -end, ac- tivities were few at Sky Harbour Airport. With an average of 20 planes a week calling at this point of entry, many planes from the U.S.A. clear customs here before going on to North- ern Ontario points, as do" also C.anad.ian._Wa_nes returnin home._ Plans are underway now for the annual Fly -In to be held early this •fall when about 150 planes will take part. This an- nual event is planned by the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association. Many kinds of Can- adian craft will take part, GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10Th, 1961 LOST HOUSE KEYS ARE FOUND ,AFTER VACATION lt_LtGO4.1'r •.+"iSI 'F «..s41ht l i' x:10 •oil resident very 'happy on Tuesday by producing a ring which con- tained her two house keys. In preparing for a six-week holi- day, she had mislaid thein. Later they had been picked up by a 13 -year-old girl and turned into the police station. After advertising in The Sig- nal -Star and leaving word at the Post Office, she went on her trip. Although friends continued the search, no one had found them when she returned home. On the advice of a friend she tele- phoned the local police station who returned the keys to their owner. A reward is tp be given to the little 'girl who turned the keys in to the police station. a • ers Single' Copies 100 J or Sept.. Mrs. Thomas Pryde, Exeter,To Officiate CHILDREN'' AID TAG DAY OF THE C. P. T. The . Cancer, Polio and Tuber- culosis Committee of the Odd - fellows and Rebekahs had a very successful tag day on Saturday. Twenty-eight children canvassed the town selling tags. The prizes for the highest amount of money brought in • was won by: lst, Judy Chamney; 2nd,'Bob Durnin Mr. and Mfs, James Vldean, and: Jerry Chamney; 3rd, Janet Detroit, were in Goderich last Jerry. The help of the children week -end: was very much appreciated. Visiting Mayor Sympathetic To Police And Job They Have To 'Do A }holiday visitor at the meet- ing of Town Council Friday evening was Mayor Ross Few- ster, of Ingersoll. ---He stated he cleared- out of Ingersoll and headed for Har- bor Park at Goderich where he is relaxing in the Trailer Camp. No one in Ingersoll has been told 'where he went to—except the Ingersoll police. This plan - was followed, he said, "to keep~ away from being bothered while on holidays." Only in case of a real emergency are the Ingers soli police to contact him via the Goderich police. And the latter have -already been in- formed of his whereabouts. Speaking of his visit with Goderich police, Mayor Fewster said, "I have a soft spot in my heart for policemen, They have quite a job to do and I don't think the average citizen fully appreciates just what a job they NEW VOCATIONAL 'SCHOOL Peter MacEwan And John Durnin Appointed Reps. ByGDCI Board An emergency meeting Of the Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute Board was held last week with, ChairmansW. Is.. Craig pre- siding. - Peter MacEwan and John Dur- nin were appointed to represent the District on the Advisory committ`e'e bf'the New Vocation= al School to be built in Cfuiton. Mr. MacEwan will represent the G.D.C.I. Board afid Mr. Durnin, of_.. West Wawanosh.-Township, a former reeve and warden of Huron County, will be the non - board member. This committee will be com- posed of nine members with one board member from each school and one non -board mem- ber with the exception of Clin ton here---the-ne--selmol--w•ill .•e built. Clinton will have three members. Seaforth, Exeter and Goderich will all have two mem- bers. • - This new School Board Advis- ory Committee will work in con- junction with the Clinton SchooL PETER MactWAN * Board who will handle all the finances of the Vocational School. have to do. Frankly, I just don't know What we would do with- out policemen." Mayor E. C. Fisher, of Gode- rich, tharikedAlayctrwFew"stair" for his remarks. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mayor Fisher started making plans himself to set off for a well-earned three weeks' holidays the following. day . to • an undisclosed destin- ation. ."I"ri}'ybr'iiiging -greetings from. Ingersoll to Goderich, Mayor Fewster said he had been com- ing to Goderich for holidays for the past 10 or 12` years, WATERLOO CUBS CAMP AT KINTAIL The 6th Waterloo Cub „Pack consisting of 19 cubs is again camped on the farm of .Marx Dalton just off hignway 21. This will be the 5th year in success, ion that theirs- leader, Joe Strubb, ' has picked this spot for his cub pack. • Sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Waterloo, tire pack carries out a full program of athletics and camping skills. Morning activities include ° a hike to the lake for wash-up, hoisting the flag, breakfast; then comes- Inspection of tents and uniforms. • The cubs are .judged on the ,standard of their housekeeping and persona l grooming. Another trip to the lake, this time for the solepurpose of swimming starts the after- noon schedule. An instructor from the Y.M.C.A. in Kitchener is with them to teach the boys the fundamentals of this sport. On their return to camp, the cubs may carry out some other hiking assignment. On one afternoon, they hiked the five -mile round trip to Port Albert grid spent the afternoon there. Baseball and volleyball are two other favourite pastimes Tor the cub- pat . 'They are aLso taught such skills as apply- ing first aid and artificial res- piration. Mr. Douglas Harrison, of Wes- ton, spent the week -end at his home in Saltford. 'Charles S. MacNaughton,' MPP for Huron, who will be chairman of the ceremonies in connection with the lay- 'Thg of the cornerstone for the Ontario Government Hospital. ARTHUR SCH1/LTZ' DIARY A promise made several years ago by Premier Leslie Frost was be carried out in Goderich "On Wednesday, September 6th. That promise was . that. Mrs Thomas Pryde, of Exeter, widow . of the late M.P.N. for Huron, who was instrumental in hav- ing the $3,500,000 Ontario Hos- pital built in Huron County, would lay the cornerstone 01 the new building. This she will do. And she will be assisted in the ceremony by Premier Leslie Frost and C. S. MacNauglltun, M.P.P.` for Huron. Present at the• ceremony also will be Hon. Dr. M. B. Dymond, Ontario Minister of Health, and Hon. -T. Ray Connell, Ontario Minister of Public Works. • • The ceremony will be preced- ed by a luncheon at Harbourlite Inn at 12.30 p.m., on September 6th, arranged jointly by the County of Huron, the Town of Goderich and the. Township of Goderich. - The chairman will be Charles xorl, M.Y.Y. for 'Huron- • r:. . Reason for the laying of the - cornerstone in September rather than next fall when the .,build- ings are completed may be for the purpose of permitting Pre- mier Leslie-Froststa -carry- out his promise. Premier Frost has announced his `retirement as leader of the Progressive -Con- servative party -of Ontario and Gloomy Cigarniaker Despised Life In "Slabtown"_ Cen#ury,-Ago -,regards the diary as a literary curiosity which ought to see the light. j According to what the diary reveals of its authdr, Arthur.. Schultz was born in Germany and came to Canada about 1853. He ..corresponded with various persons in Germany and the U.S After -living in Goderich for a time he removed to Maitland ville (Saltford) where he had a house and garden immediate- ly south of where the highway is now about to ascend Saltford hill." Some orchard trees re- main. Mr. Green estimates that he died between 1900 and 1904. "Contemptible Life” "Born with a weak constitu- tion, bent in spine," Schultz re- corded, "irregular in hips. At home -I was early in life dis- 4couraged. Arrived__in__.the-_Ar r erican shore I had no one to consult, no friends, and even the language was almost un- known to me. I happened to he dropped into cigarmaking. It afforded me a living and that was all I -cared for at that time. Six long years I have wasted in my ill -chosen trade This contemptible, miserable cigar maker's life is loathsome to me. It is such a nasty job I could not attend to it without a few stiff horns." Elsewhere, the writer sets down that "immoderate drinking is a very nasty habit, and a growing evil." Farther on: "How happy did . feel in former days when I could enjoy my pipe and , glass of beer and a merry talk among friends." This is in park an allusion to the fact that Schultz had a tongue_ complaint which made speech at times painful, so that he "turned neighbors atvay by apparent rudeness." ' When in- toxicated, he became loquacious and this prevented the -tongue Only the older residents of Goderich and district can have any clear recollection of Arthur Schultz, the crippled cigarmak- erof. '"Slabtown," for he died about 6Q years ago. Even they may not know that he detested his trade, followed it for lack of a better one, and mourned throughput most of his life the denial of -opportunity to use his excellent education. In a diary written just over a . cen- tur3 ago, he bared his soul in agonized sentences set down from time to time among re- ports of his business, current events in Goderich and Salt - ford, and- bitter self -recrimin- ation for immoderate use of intoxicants. Schultz' da i ,__January11- February 16. 1859, and October,* 1860 to January 1, 1861, came into possession of Gavin Green. who took the trouble to .have the quaint script rewritten for better perusal. Mr. Green, of course, remembers the hunch - Hall, of Mitchell,, wrote the fol _ back better than most, and he lowing: 'On behalf of my broth • SEVENTEEN. ers and myself I would like to convey our heartfelt thanks to - - - - - the Town of Goderich for the many hoors bestowed upon ddduring his lifetime and also for• the lovely flowers sent in re- - membrance of him at the time of his passing." Iiomrnent, Ma -E•Fisher said, "He will certainly COVER +1 be missed around Goderich and district where he served rriany years on municipal councils in •Golborne Township and the 'Town of Goderich.' •, _ Children Visit The Detroit-Zc�o Thirty-seven children 'o•v e tenoyears of age from the Jud- . ith Gooderham Memorial Park PIayground, with their super- :`'visers, visited the Detroit Zoo on Tuesday. The supervisers who accompanied the children were Wayne Rumig,- Pat ,Dout- ilier, Donna Dockstader, Jbil+'ar- son,s, Nancy Hughes and Margo Grange. GRAVES CENTURY OLD s EMETERY. 73ig, modern bulldozers, evel- i•of Susan Shannon'M hum ling ground approaching the 1 1864.-' All the coffins had in new million dollar Jllridge at them the old hand made iron Saltford, turned back the clock cut nails. almost a century last Friday Present when the remains of teraoon, were -being -dug up -was -Leo -chis - While uY-was;L:, cT.a- While grading the': hillside a holm, 76, of Gloucester Terrace, few stone's throws north-east Goderich. 11e stated he ',had of the "Tiger" Dunlop cairn, the often heard his father, Alex bulldozers unearthed a cerne- ,Chisholm, spear of this ceme- tery from which remains have tery where his father's •two bro- been taken from 10 of the 17 thers were buried. The remains graves found. These remains, of these two brothers, David under the direction of Floyd and' John Chisholm, were later Lodge, undertaker, have been removed to Colborne cemetery, removed to the Colborne Roman Mr. Chisholm said that one Catholic cemetery. of the brothers died of what The spot from which the re- was known then as "galloping mains were taken is designated consumption," now known as in the Historical Huron Atlas ef pneumonia. The other one -died 1879 as a Roman Catholic Cenie- of "a knelt, in the bowl," or -what tery at ' Bridgend in Colborne is known as appendicitis today. Township. It is' known that When one of the graves was quite some years ago some of dug - up an extremely strong 'the bodies were removed from odor came up as the bones were this cemetery "arid taken to the removed which was not the case in all of the excavations. • Mr. Lodge stated that while the wooden caskets were dug up from some of the graves, there were no remains whatever inside of the old boxes. One grav'c proved .a mystery in that the casket was only about four feet long yet insisS:e it were the bones of an adult, which would require a casket considerably longer than four feet. -A recent visitor to Goderich Mrs, Edward Sennett, of Detroit, recalled her forebears telling of this adman, Catholic ceme tery. Her husband's people were from Kingsbridge and het parents were from Goderich. She recalled that her great - great -grandfather, Christie Shan- non, built the store at Saltford- now vecupted- altford*nowcupmd- by-- Tom :'Morris. All of this Shannon family were buried in' the aforementioned cemetery, she stated. They left Goderich at 6.30 a.m. Colborne cemetery. The reason? by bus and went directly to It was found that the soil was the Detroit .Zofo where they •hafd I of such a clay nature that it their lundh. The children were held the water after heavy rains then divided into groups and with the result that caskets were asgned their Ieaders, Among found Hosting in the graves interesting things they saw ahe Chimp Show and a fight iYi-t le lions' pen. ,Some visit- ing child had thrown in her sweater and two lions were fighting over it. The keepers Iliad to use the hose to quiet the animals. The children also went through the new Ape House called the Holden Aniphi- theatre, the new reptile building as well as seeing many animals from Africa, Asia, Soufh Amer- ica' and Canada.`" 'On their return trip, ,the "bus stopped at Sarnia where they when they were dug up. It • is believed that there are other cemeteries in lakeside Colborne and Ashfield areas where the same condition exists to this day. he first remains to be brought up were from a casket six feet long and about 1 �z feet' wides. at the centre, but tapering to each end. First to be dug up was the skull, then the body bones and lai~er on the jaw bones vl'ith all the teeth in a reinarkabie state of preserva- tion. The wood of they casket - was quite rotten and felrafiart, -had their supper end -the ild- r'most _on touching ---it with -the ren played on the trampolines shovel. and tike miniature golf links,1 In 'another grave was found arriving home about 9 p.m. a metal cross bearing the name •+ * * 4 from healing.. "Haw can a man be happy without being healthy?" ne wrote in the diary: Schultz was ay no means feeble, however. -fie tried driv- ing a team and hauling wood. On Octooer 2u, 1860, he "walk- ed to lsaytield to collevt a note for $4.5u and sell 250 cigars, but pains in my --back dreadlui. Ride part way home with Cap- tain Cayley. Two months later: "Walked 14 miles in Colborne on a ., bad sleigh road," On January 30,- 1859: "Crosse(' Maitland ,on ice and climbed steep bank near Saults' dwell- ing; enjoyed beautiful view over' the river, with picturesque._ is lands, the romantic sight of Lake Huron, the harbor with' a good many ships, an above all, t..he towTri itself.... Catharine re- galed me with an excellent beefsteak. Strength of the man is one thing recalled by George Sillib, Napier street. Schultz at one time applied to Henry Attrill. of Ridgewood Park, for a job. Attrill, to get rid of him, told him - to paint,, his windmill. Schultz, cripple as he was, did just that, climbing to top of the tower. - Son Worked For Doty In the 1859 diary, Schultz being then 27, mention is made of his child, born in that year. Mr. Sillib has preserved a card presented 27 years later to Rudolph Schultz "in fond re - mer brance-- of -your 27th birth- day' from your most affectionate father and mother. Saltford, 29th March, 1886.” Rudolph Schultz 'married a -gir'.1---named--Devine,. workedat the Doty foundry here, and died many years agog A souvenir of Schultz; senior, (Continued on page 7) will likely be in retirement bar this time next year. He has been' quite interested in the hos- pital project at Goderich and also in carrying out his pro- mise—that 01 seeing Mrs. Thom- as,Pryde laying the cornerstone while he is Premier of tile `° Province. _ To Unveil Plaque In addition to the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone there will be the unveiling of a plaque. This plaque will later be placed in the reception area of a building yet to be built. Although completion of the building of the entire hospital is scheduled for January, 1963, .it iso- believed that thp, hospital..,.,. will be ready for occupancy late in the fall of 1962. At the moment, the working force is running at about peak employment. 'I here is a total of 150 Men working • on the hospital Site. Of this number about 75 •are working. on sub trades.' This number keeps fair- ly constant since as men on. some sub trades complete their work, men on other sub trades move in. -- A pipe is being laid 720 feet out into the lake to be used as an --outfall from the lagoon inland where the sewage will be treated before being put into the lake: Living in a tent at the lakeside a diver keeps a 124 -hour vigil. for calm weather during which he can go out 'on the lake bottom and hook up - the pipes. Wet Grounds Grading of the hospital grounds is progressing well al- though the, unusually.-.wet'n -„ la_, fiat "'the area has- caused •some difficulty. This will be correct- ed when the entire draining system is in operation. ' People' passing along Highway 21 may observe that the number of buildings up or in the course of being erected is small .irt• comparison to the number plan- ned on completion of the pro- • ject. However, much work has been done which does not ap- pear on the surface. This in- cludes underground work in con-. nection with plumbingselec.trical conduits, sanitary and water and storm sewers, heating lines, etc. When work turns more to the actual laying of brick over these completed areas the' work will appear to be making more pro- gress than it is at present. At the moment, the trades, laundry and power house build- ing is in the most advanced ge of construction:The- ac- • - tive treatment and administra- tion buildings will be the' next to go up. Missing Geri is Found Here Missing from her home since noon Monday, a 14 -year-old girl i from RCAF Station*, Clinton; was located near Harbor Park trailer camp, Goderich, on Tuesday. Jeannette Anne' Hall, daugh- ter of W.U. and Mrs. A. W. Hall was found about 6 p.m., Tues- day by • Sgt. Fred, Burns, of Clinton, who was camping at • Harbor Park. Police said the girl slept' in the back of a truck overnight and went to Goderich by bicycle Tuesday. About 50 air force base per- sonnel and provincial pollee were organizing a search of the area for the missing girl about the time she was located. NEXT MEET IN NEW SPOT F,r A six-foot long casket, seen in immediate foreground, was the first of 17 to be un- earthed, Friday afternoon at the old Ro- iilaiialIiolic Oeinetery near Tiger Dun- lop's Tomb. From left to right, in back- ground, are: Harold Arbour and Harold McGee, own To Advertise For _each Patrol Officer Town Council, meeting Friday night, decided to postpone until the first meeting in September any discussion about Goderich's relation to the proposed Mait- land Valley Conservation Auth- ority. The chairman of the Author- ity, Mr. Robert Wenger, of Wing - ham, was present to answer any questions regarding the pro- posed Conservation Authority. Several questions were asked Mr. Wenger and then further discussion on the matter was postponed until ,the next meet- ingM. r, Wenger stated he was at first skeptical of the idea but since learning more about it has become sold on the proposed -!Maitland Valley Conservation I Authority. He added that Brig, who volunteered for digging oper- l tidier G. M. Ross in his column boons; Bill Snazel; Floyd Lodge, under- "For A Greener Thumb" in Tile taker in charge 'of, the e I Goderich Signal -Star recently, b' removal of the summed up the situation very well, Earlier in the meeting, Count cillor C. M. Robertson advised Yein-ains Ito Colborne Cemetery; Leo Chis- holm; M. Cantelon, London Free Press newsman. Photo by R.H. Council to approach the pro - 121 q. posal with caution. Yarrow said "In a few years, if The resignation of Jim Magie a .frequency is still available, a , each Patrol, Officer at Har- we plan to re=apply." b`: '` Beach, efrective, August 4th, Mr. John T. Walsh, ef Strat- was accepted. Town Council is ford, sought permission to oper- to send him a letter of thanks ate the mobile Lunch wagon now r his services. Mr. Magie, in operated by• James Wilson, of his letter of resignation, stated, Goderich. This was, granted;, "More supervision is needed provided he takes out a license,. than I am qualified to give. A Town Council plans to seek qualified life guard and patrol• having the Car License, Issuer man is needed for this import- for the district, now °locate►d at ant and necessary. undertaking." Clinton, come to Goderich t0 Letters were read from the test motorists for one day a' following four seeking to fill the week. vacancy: Joan Davis, Gwenda The Goderich Trotting and Jean Eckmier, Mike Vrooman, Agricultural • Association is to Jo Anne Burrows. NI informed that they are to Town Council finally decided look after selling tickets on the to advertise for a Beach Patrol grandstand at future •harness Officer and the decision to make racing meets herist and to remit an appointment was left to the 50 per cent tthe sales to the Water, Light and Harbor Com- Corporation. mittee wit ..power to act. Fridy. ght A letter from James Yarrow, robabaly bnithe's lastmeetit ang be heldwvill Oakville, thanked council for' ` in the County Court House. The support given the Bluewater new..On* Chanib z- i Broadcasting Company's aiipli - old Post Office have . w ation fora radio station license,' beautiful'�. .,appointed d . been, Pointing out that theBBG. turn- 'pleted t R'ta e enle• nE4,1't��Irili,, ed down the application, .1?It Conneil meetings in. tie Lut'ur`e.