Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-02-01, Page 74%0 Pnder the heading ork"14.m. erieS," ,UarrY BOY -le :Wr$ the following in his recentjypu ilshed hack "Mostly In clever" Although no SPeCine.naMeS are Wed, the reference is :41410,11bt- edly a trip ,froth Wens to the County Towle Of CiOderich in 'order to at,tend the ,County FAir,, which, ceased , to operate • -quite some years ago, The article reads' as follows: There can be no experience in life to Match the.erst,:tline bboy is allowed to take A trip by himself. .Like the fledgling frdm, the neat who has always •accomi panied his parents, he s thrust out to: make do on his own. It can be a happy _exper- ience or a sad one. it Will be • theinorable. --On the day- of the county fair,• the ear I was fourteen, I awoke' when iVwas still dark and although I didn't have a .cleek, I knew that it was time to get up. WA was a day that I had to enjoy to the -full. Dressing in the dark so as not to wake my father and mother, I seemed to be making a tre- mendous amount of noise. "Now you must get a pod breakfast," urged My mother. "Can't se why you wouldn't go with your Uncle," grumbled father. "He wouldn't _have .41,*(114.attge.. &-••keseete. • I kneW-eirtie-Uncle wou. haVe minded; but I' dia. This was to , be my trip And I was going to walk the twelve mile s§ to the county town. In the weeks before the occasion, I knew 1.hacl_to make the trip. I think my father Understood. -10,240.6,ti-ie-whaztj, _PRIMP etoc' escape on the day of the fair, -vvith- the parcel -of -food prepar- • ed by Another, he came out on the, back Stooro- - "Be a good boy," he muttered,' - • and then pressed something in- to my hind which later turned out to be a dollar and a half in --silver done Up in a twist of newspaper.' . Wondering at the strange Ways' of parents, I struck off down the road. It was still, with Ore -dawn stillness; and the air had a nip in it. My boots s**" -clattered-on the gravel, causing the Websters' dog tG set up an unholy -row as I walked -by,• barkinegive rise to the story that 'a tramp had passed- that • . way. - ' In the strange way of -autumn, the sun peeked' up over the -rim of the •hill e; quickly warm- • -ing the air. The country -side • began to come to life with thin plumes of smoke 'appearin• g 'from, farm- _kitchen thimeeys. The early -freight-train groaned and does -harkedat, the sun:like ancient ritual WorshiPpers• . When I came over the top of • the Big Hill by the river, the thought . of some celd spring Water -became enticing. Turn- • ing -.into the, gets towards the spring I found a' scene that will eever forget.. • One ef those old hump -back- ed Model re, the first sedan style, was parked by the spring. , A. man en _la camp stool. sat beside a fire which had a kettle boiling over it: He was pe.eling • the pot. •On hie -head he -wore • a battered derby. His trousers were grey and he Wore a. red, swallow-tailed' coat over a wool; len undershirt. 4 was walking on, as if going by him, when I noticed 'a tent pitched on the fiver side of the ear, "Morning on A fine.„ day if ever there be a ,fine day," he • sang out and 1 caught ,4 whiff • of the eooking smell from the DING ' • • 6 .4 -VON Needed imthediately. Qftalified woreen interested in extra 'earn- ings. Cat necessary. Open.' ings in Ashfield, East and West Wawarnosh- and Colborne town- ships. • Write. Mrs. E. Bell, 84B Al- bert Street, Waterloo, er phone collect SH. 5-0751 .before 8.30 am. CALM - 50, 2, 5,. 8 • q THE MUER' PHILOSOPHER IMIXEML1 6 0 444:4 OUR Nppy PHILOSOPHER • The' whole fatillly WM 0114 glait of oue delicious' peg' pro. acing Chocolate'. Milk' Order from "chli driver loday. Phone' , 790.• pot. River -in iny thlitiee life have I smelled anything ap- petizing As the ArOnia frOin'tnat. kettle, * Just then the tent flaps Paine open and ,14,. gid stepped out. In bare feet.and'Wearing as she stretched, exposing a strip of bare • akin, . While s oed And gaped .she smiled at threW ha& a Moo of yellow hair, grabbed a towel.from the Makeshift" clothesline . and ran for the river. "My 'daughter, Tina," said he man, .•"Sit down, boy, and take 'a load off your feet." His name was Fotheringham Montague and :he was an her- balist. I listened, - becoming aware from time to time that my Mouth was -hanging open, to the story of his -life. It ap, peered that he was dedicated to the cause of humanity and that he 'wotild be apPearipg at the geunty Fair. Tina came back from the river wrapped in the towel, flashed me a smile that made my gheeks flathe, aiict, then vaeished inside the tent. The fent was packed after breakfast, the fire extinguished, the old Model T was loaded and we sailed off down the road. From the -time . that Fother- ingham Montague bluffed the thre• , *Weer= ou NW I • s- sion, until the event was over, the day was e mad whirl.. There was a furious Arguthent between the secretary .of ,the fair board and Montague who, famous or not, was so broke he couldn't pay the small exhibitor. fee. I •put, it, up., and the instant of-Thitellegfel like a silly,' gtillibleLfool. T found myaelf dressed up in a' cowboy, crujt. and introduced as the saki of, Montague. For the benefit of,..thep-public the story went that I had7heen sickly -child but after being lill�ially dosed with Montague's ,Marvelous Medical• Discovery I had blossomed out into a "fine; strong boy -,with the strength of a young bt41.."' , q It was all a haze and at the centre -of the hypnosis was Tina, who danced, sanw and squeezed my arm,. I was hopelessly In love with Irina. •• - The medicine sold and sold,. The stock ran out and Fother- ingham Montague handed me ten dollars and gave 'Tina ten.' Then he vanished, saying .that he hadtoget ingredients for ,a.nevv batch. Tina just - shrugged her shoelders and said, "He's gone to the hotel. -Game at; kid, we might is well see the fair." That was a day of days. Tina knew everybody, .ni-ethe small carnival side-showe- and we--liad "everything on the house." In addition, I was followed at e worshipping distance by a whole pack of schoelrnates who stared at us in envious curiosity. ' The day came to an end with - a meal at the Chinese cafe; Then we waited in the -little park for her father who Seemed to be entertaining everybody irehleras et the milk proAcerase' keit ite..haii been a real -beni-tit the gi`Pulof that 114, Ve4404. thla Ite‘ 44°4 and. At mAlci• be 'Ivmighty 'step forward for Ow** Pre. • dneerei: • ' I was Slitiirtsed find "ene •SOggeeting producer " pro- cessing Or distributing. ,•• The eethnimer• pays double tke pro- ducer price for milk,. I understand that there iSt. a CO - Op, daity4n a near -by town that is doing., very well for the farm- ers ' who .supply it and, the last Lheard, it -we's .selling, milk at lc less Per quart to :,the on* sumer,. - • - ;41-eaciug on milk powder, Prices, I .flnd that in the stores it is currently Selling at, three' Pounds for wS1.00 and up, Yet the farmers are paid on the basis of five ,or six cents a pound. There must be a nice spread somewhere. Processors, apparently, are finding it pro- fitable to become producers in order that they will be sure mike 'of getting a supply of product to handle. When producers al- ready have the supply, of 'pro- duct surely they could and it preatable to process • In helping -audit the boas of a local organization recently, I fctend that they had paid 32c per pound for broilers. for a -batbeque last June. Broilers were •quoted at 12c per pound at that time. This means roughly that ,a broiler that Cost the processor 42,c would sell for 96c. It is along this line that I would like to see milk pro- ducers at least glee serious thought. •. In biasing, let me suggest that everyone listen to Farm - Forum Monday night at 8.30. Emetotteztaill30iesargeb,-,15 -is 4°Teelneecialearid• '• r.-s-Witet‘ Training." Most of our farm young people will have to find emPIGyment off the farm. Let's see to it that they are well ple. • trained. in the bar of the Royal Hotel. 1. leaded with her O. he allow, to travel with them but She &Pilled a little" sadly and said, It's no -good- kid; You get your education. mis is no life for. anYbedy, wouldn't he here- only Maw is dead and someone has to look after him." . She was only .`'sixteen twb years older than I was myself, and yet she seemed old in a wise way, and when Fotheting, ham Montague came back to collapse into snoring 'sleep in the beck ef the car, she gravely kissed me and then drove out of town. I walked home in the black of night, a spot near MY lips still'hurning.from the kiss, knowing that there, would be a full-scale investigation into. my actions at home and yet not caring. Price Spfead-Of Farm Products Proves Baffling By J. C. Hemingway Foeum---seems to have groups through -their sre11112- ized study -programs this year. The program on Milk Market- ing in Ontario had a listening audience of close -to 2500 peo- I was disappointed to read all •-.:-. the old suggestions for solving ' dAitYgPteblettrsffis : - -10i, SigrialAvtar-ef. vertising, milk foeschools, &iv-. ernment subsidized disposal of •• surplus quota; cbritrol elf pro- Wai-If AdS duction, etc: Surely if these had been the answer we wOuld • Bring have done •something about it good topics for 'discussion but 'before now. 'Or ate they. simply Fast Results' not fok action?_..._ , • 4. was encouraged to find ;one forum from Huron County mak.' ing a practical and positive sug- gestion. They said "Take 'a -leaf from the white jean growers book and have. producers take care of the disposal of the very small percentage of surplus.' AST, am sure this hasp' spiv, ed all' the problems' for the white bean growers neither has it solved all the prohlems of the wheat ,producers; nor will it '1111.1111M0h, TEST YOUR OWN TUBES FREE Then save. by 'buying- your • Radio and TV Tubes at • ,GODERICIt NEWS '• STAND The Square at_Colborne St. • tf ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••lieft - LORNE ,H. DOTTEREW Director 'of Music' .66 Ayr NORTH -STREET UNITED 'CHURCH . • • • Teacher of • •• o PIANO — VOICE and ORGAN • * , . • : Residence JA 4-8956 — Church JA 4-7631 1. • . • tf• • Xsoreates******66*****lasaM0416••••••••011•1141141 ,63 31466.4660143,,„ • onakrEiectric C� are certified to install electric heating systems in accordance with -standards and procedures of THE ELECTRIC HEATING ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO. weir .0•••• " elirw,,o, gra am._ ess.,7"„,, isee. "eft e s . - roof 0.011111 • WO! Aft% folk '111impitaiu 11411 • Asir . 110/4--11..11 • 1101.1111 1111ftifti. , Oft '714111441far• , nquireAbout GIVE YOU ... eris, %N. 1.164— Z0411,1, , 1114111 • dlean, Silent Even -Heat Distribution • No moving parts.-- nothiree to wear ' out — nothing tooil . 11,1 A Gentle •Eeen,Heat to cell- . • ing for balanced room heating... • no elreftsa,no,c6Id, air poCkets' • Design -free Rof'syni .iffmhisvf,urni- tore areangentents now 0i:triable Ws *weft Veep 6-3 ..... Nee, •01fie__„. . _000 0107-010-- • 07-000.01 ,.0000 ••• =I-1044 00/ • .1111111 ••••• If • - .1111 _ago 01,-. NM • NM IN OW ESPECIALLY DESIONED bull -T-144 AUTOMATIC THERMOSTAT. •Cok*ROCS for -ElOctric. )4 'eating I 4 G.‘ No separate, controis to buy ho walls„to into accurate within":”" ; 2°I .(Remote 7 wall thermostat e may , Ie used if coml.:4*W • Adielialileinchvidaut tornforteispne centre's' far each • ••.., ac are We ..are.;•tully qualified iheat ts' coriinIteritstfeet fess estimates and reCOMMe.ti. dations Will be given:•free Of Okirge. , , . ri.., . . - C Reia r•r• , Wild; Birds A few rOOnths Sago -a census Was undertake* of bald "headed eagles'' nests- in: Ontario. Rum- or had it that there was a nest IP the Vast 'area ..taken over by the Hydro to _:isolate the nu- clear power r plant at, Douglas Point, north ofaincardine, ,As everyone knows,nucleonics grew up under 4 cloak of secur- ity the•likeeg Which •had never been experienced ` before and which, persists t in atoms for peace. •11)tiring th'ei.icerean War it was not unusual to fly from Illinois to ,New Mexico for a meeting with the U.S.A.E.C.- of- fice,' which was the planning agency, and. to -find on arrival that, as a mere producer of the bomb, there was no permit to attend the meeting. While seine - one phoned Washington, 'D.C., the doers, as opposed to the planners, sat Outside the closed doors until permission was given by the Great •White Father for the deer. to enter the door and hear what was required of him. It was not, therefore, surprising that When a provincial pine warden sought tsg. \verify the ,eiigle's nest at Douglas Point that he was stopped short at the zareba. It was at this point that for Some unexplained rea- son the_naturalists-approached It was found, by strange co- incidence, that the key lay in the hand of a graduate of Liver- pool University. (One of the first principles for succesC...in North America is: Cherohez 1' 1 hotame. • Or for the 'benefit ,of those who Were crowded out Of the. last. class; Find the man.), Since then '4 named 4oittpie of Men 'have trapsed ntailetrldok-- Ing for. the not inconsiderable pile Of faggots ,and- pickets which mark an eagle's nest, but neither picket nor feather, was sighted. This brings us to .a modern phenomenon that in ngland,'„ the wild birds of the countryside are making' their homes increasingly in London TWA,. In tree -lined squares, some on bomb -sites, some on river banks and roof tops. Everyone has heard of the 'nightingales in Leicester Square, but now there are grey -wagtails in the gutters of a Whitechapel brewerywherewe are assured they only eat the unfermented hops. Goldfinches are seen and magpies Are on the increase; warblers, tits and terns •have been observed. Why are the birds flocking to Lon- don? One expert observer finds that all the seed -eating song- sters have been . wiped out in the Midlands, larks an finches being the worst' sufferers. In a short time, .if the cerrent praying of 'pesticides is con- tinued, agk:icvuirtourgraalw,vEnosgelans__ ad will be, birdlese. In the U.S.A. • 404 greater thkeat than deforest- ation, drainage, drought or oil Pollution. The.`americans are setting about Rutting things right by legislation. 'While the prerservation of whooping 1 6 .6. ,•6 • - ames Richardson & Sons t ”Serving tie Feed Dealers cf. *stern Ontario" PHONE JAA-83138, GODERICH „ • Atiminamour 11101. tra•rilo•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • ENJOY THE. FINEST rOOD •IN TOWN I CHINESE FOOD + Our Specialty • • ALSO. TAKE-OUT° ORDERS '012EN DAILY from 7 A.M. to 10 P.M.' I The ESQUIRE • RESTAURANT -I , The.tifjuare •Goderich JA 4-9941' • e•i4009004,0,04,0041•00000•00000040040•0000004,410 :crinCii :b4 or rnakea 0* hea. pailing .4ev generaily .4"re, year theehennsta 40* 94;note inld .104'0:lethal dope AnT4':uh-• '1411404n413,- !TWO', thenAt 'ivritxng on the 4,13 seiY00.hkstbeir protection. Self interest i „ That's an, idea whigh would pay off in filodericit, Why continue to •; RIC* • againtlt the pricks? 4 -Wee •reeentlY' Ptib- atillouiic4 that. efforts .to • n day • soon $011, nagY itadAkat , nog -indotry to ,Goderielx •--1 li 0' a 4e (I' . .0.,agIes-, are had prove& abortiv%, , WhY, not #4.t tug 114, ' 00 - pickets A.. Asle Year,„140, Of self interest B.:It 9 1111,11.„ the Royal York. to -develop a bat,hing* beach? Thepl- 'alSiir.one.". Voc CONIerY4- 1.40k a„..t.KinCardinfee.rort E180$ tionist points out, you will reek'. or Sontnampton. TlieY eertem- ize that the reason for this Tor,- ly read the portents , correctly onto anoinalY is the i'"shoelaing and *realized that 'theft 'asset lev:igtrairdarovnIllileblikita 1g; itleS 0011144i comfort station:" Thel,tinestion;'18.•& 1X01 do you.InaptpglattoithseioUenceanovroaeedh?,$0741f- airmlea where a few ' men 'Made a llttle money shooting rare • birds- and 'selling ,their':•skina to collectors, it was, fauna' that a• Bbifltd .01reteletirll-waavtte'hiiil'ilwgtor ErilifealittYr*tere the Wey* as a .hobby, 'briegingIllittri,e4,fettraften *Atom to the district.; live birds 1,061.homirdarrorigthr: were seen . to be an. economic du*. Y.04.teirlieiter, 0009 asset' and the . local po-pielace 604% "vtk betiolv50 immediately interested them - was - in -developing---What--titet possessed. Why net 12'3 rein- forcing the assets we .4ave, SO liherOi ly here n Goderivh? •Dodd's Pills FOR GENERAL' INSUI1ANCE _ See KE R F „ FIRE— AUTO— LIABILITY— cASUAL:TY—RhO9e JA 4-7253 , 14444.44.64,440. FROM HERE ' TO.'THERE' . . . F9-g"--IsAELJ:TPANPA.13.11MTAttcr •MOVING TO OR FROM GOpERItirviA WALDEN' BROS. TRANSPORT;"Wing ."BUD" WORTHY • at Plante and Worthy ,Esso Service Station Victoria and Nelson Sts, Goderich EXPERLENCED nicwgRs MODERN VANS REAIONAEILE •RATES Free Estimates and All Insured to Your tipecifications. • Dial JA 4-8612 or, after 6 p.M. JA 4-9600 • 114 ' -2-5 got a hard -to heat room? - • •- building a r:e.ct roOm? work shop? attic 'room. -- -MAKEYOURJIOME COMPLETE: •„ "lar • 1..a. eV% Vasaft_ • '.1■111P, 3634.3.34•33 ECONOMICAL INSTALLATION • With flameless electric heating units, you -don't •have to extendlor strain Your preseni heating sys• - tem. lo auct Work or expensive structural chwee are requiraIGISrovide maximthe heatipg.comfort „. • . ydift6 platiiintikbecausg? • electric -heating units operate entirely indepen& ently. Your' q'ualified electric heatircontractof Can install them, anywhere', .at any time, quickl• Y , ., and inexpensively,_ •• . CAREFREE COMFORT ' • Flameless electricteating uniteprovide the diltithate in heating climfort. Witirah individual • therMestat in each electrically -heated room, you •control hoth comfortand cost.,Ast set the exect .heat.you want, when you want it...turn it down • - whenthe room is not in use -Heat is provided_al- niosOnstaptly... no need to Wait for heat to build up in a centrai system. Electric heat is as clean as. $c*, light, Moth* no dust, no fumes, no products of combustion. The airis more healthful and -drapes, ruffs; Walls day clean loner. LOOK AT THESE ADVANTAGES flarrieless electricleat no heat is Wasted iii"' a chinine"y: With individual thermostats there's no need tooverheat the:Whole house to make one. „ room comfortable. Weather and wind direction •''vedn't -affect your comfort. it's the. ideal' answer for I/OM-to-heat area inyour prfsent home:.:that - • 'cold bedroom" a dilaiiighty bathroom. Idectricheati-7, in unit.s. can be installed anywhIsre; anytime, e,asify pd inexpensively -size and capacity exactly sifted t� yOur particular need. t,. 6,333:36.4343-3-634 3- 6 . MINIM MINIM marma.0° ' 4 r.,011=0,• mow U.MMI Wm.”— .1,1,•• Man" ism ,wor =now non ..mv-•--.000 sum 000001 a , tele estiniat of, $2,4;Iiot Per cent)1Ier t first bait. Oath • IPUBLIC. ACCOU$T41 Box 418., Phone JA4-9521 Goperocii Mechanlca! and Body Wheel Alignment and Windo*'1001aoinninii•-. 'Radiator Repairs.‘ Protect *gaits!. rust with ' Uhcia4pray., OividiOn'i "'Texaco No, a Godich - Phone 4ft: 4,723 , Albert S ore PUBLIC ,ACCOUNTAINIt OFFICE "• aEstheect, ea HAMILTON' ST, 39, VICT0914s*t 6mm:ice GAngatc• - PHONE KIONE ' JA 4.945g ". ' s#7eur Sti-les Anibuiance • A tra'sz- .044011-"Tii0 PHONE -.IA 44142 77 Montreal St., Goderiati-- R, W. OPTO4olErtiEt • "F‘elr4i***Insoliiitg Qptomefrist - The Square 446611'• A.M.- Harper oharcte,er!d • m • JA 4.7562'. 13 Hamilton *StGoderisi •• Ben-Chistiolni • Esso imperial Prodiktl 20 Albert St., GoderiCS::, Office -:-JA 4-7502 4° ' Home—JA 44835 ,Butier, Dooley T t in p Clarkeru Licensedarke seem ts r, ia.n„kit Chartered Accomitants . 3 51 44 North Street. ;A 44253 GODERICH, ONTA,R10 INSURANCE FIRE •and AUTO-.'. REALE THERE ARE-IVIANY "KINDS OF ELECTRIC HEATING UNITS TO. CHOOSE FROM BASEBOARD • 'CONVECTION 414111r9 Ineoncpicithus metal base- boc&d'units replaee wooden baseboard. Under windouis, they eliminate cold draughte„ '110 , 044 RADIAffirt WAIL.1„. rAmn.s. Radiant **eating uitifts, mointed into wall or ceiling, beam karritth, Zike the' etiin thi•eughoutithe row.. re,A,V66,6 4§.4:ekg>4. • 6.4 ?'‘A: 4e..*:Keeeeerixes, : es.exe "t•41' * Hidia91tisilealle*• '. 41141: 13/086 itntig ptotridsfael heat .110141-6i 6.18*" recovery, ideally Ogled JO 'lilted heating cable provides , - torniute,heauftg comfort. tr i000rtas tit sztte7tig may °tea. • IT NOWIJAN, gg170 MARiO ectrol i it) litra t o is told Hydee are 'Working together in •O-onjUnetion-with the Government's Winter Works pro- ran0 Tlielfertorts are timed at mak:. • ing It easy for you .to enjoy the tele' vattagea Of elgettieheit without del ay. Yot.n.' Qualified Eleetrie Heating Coe- : traetor is trained to teree you. Ask him ho*Ytk Can de ikilOW and PAY lAYERI ;`• , .1NAKE. • . ''.0.16Mr,r4,1•4 IS wow* , - comPLETE3NITH 3•0•60.4 _ 6 333” 6 ..;;;;;, • :6• ELGIN AVE. ' Phone •JA.4.8526. -•••,..• • • 4. George Turton INSURANCE"- • Co-operators Insurance - Complete Lino of-Casual/4Y and Life Insurance.. vice -by Go4erict? Adjustor Prompt, Efficient Clairris • of CIA. .31918tirott:Roatl • Phone JA 4.741I tf • e oPhOtograplit tilat',?le4se come to • HADDEN STUDIO • 118 St. •DaVid St. TELEPHONE JA 4-87E7 . • . ALEXA CHAPMAN . GENERAL AND REAL ',g.s70.,k,TA, •• .•. • Bank Cornme' $140, Gocierich. Phone JA tit JA 4-7836, 36A. :: ct4 JA' 4-7915: . •'1.TI/r.VirOM WAWA: * i.f11tgiaitkaz: 00 • EtdtabliiitOtt 1878'• ARD OP DIRECTO*S Preside -it; ;11town''SOtiifh, Auburn;, Vice-Pres4 'llerson • wn,.telgrave;, DitOdt0 Caesar, R. 1.$ oitt,gt.thnool Gciir •*.4 rotgatti, ROO Phete R. 3, :ofit,l4utt11%,- ,J644 ,,114. 3, Oodetiatt Frad •:Thottwolult.:.1, Irelythott' Wiggins.U. 3, Anbliril:. For itsitoithatio# „Ofi et-W*1'10(4.. esil Yeat hew* urho is aLao an *tank ljurinin • grinnort, photo _ 44333 "-•:•