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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-04-12, Page 14a .0 The . Q�dric . Si 1 -St a •. 12 , 962 .�. h �� ar, '1'b�rsd y: AIWA Napamookawanmonenananannonnali-, co __.. AN EIGHT TRANSJSTORRAD1O 'KERNONAN HOMES built. ,by NUWAY BUILDINGS LTD. and . Sold in Goderich and District by ROL 3-8 HAMILTON STREET SHORE G .0 DERICH Guides, Brownies Attend Rally Honoring. Lady Baden-Powell By Mrs. N.- T. Ormandy Malton where supper was .,en- Seven o'clock came and- we Anyone who happened, to be, joyed followed by a visit to were;,allowed to disembark from at the Post Office Wednesday the roof of the Airport to watchour bus and enter the immense auditorium of the Queers Eliza- beth 'Building. It was not too long before all seats were filled and 4,500 excited girls 'looked around, amazed at the sea of blue and brown uniforms. Be- fore long, the Girl Guide Choir" .from Toronto ,sang two or three Guide songs and then their leader began to teach 4,500 girls some simple rounds. $he then. taught a special welcome song in the ,Burmese language with which we were to welcome Lady Baden-Powell when she entered the building. The -World Chief Guide decided to test us on our motto of "Be Prepared" by ar- riving appy. ximately 15 minutes ahead of ..time. And the girls afternoon of last week at one 'o'clock was no doubt aware of `some additional activity and ex- citement taking place there, as six Goderich girls and a leader were leaving by ' bus- 'on an extra special trip. Lady Baden-Powell, 73, World Gut " of the 5,000,000 ng 'on nizati "'�a organization �"uid ng Gfr'f g in- 54 countries-througiout the • world, was 'making a visit to Toronto. Twenty-five Giri Guides and Brownies from Hur- on County had been invited to ' attend a mass rally in Toronto to' welcome their,.Chief. ; ' Lady Baden-Powell, widow of the late Lord Baden-Powell, who founded the Girl Guide move- ment in 1910, came t ►Canada in the fall of 1961 after" com- pleting an extensive tour of Africa. Slie planned on spend- ing several months here visit- ing Guides' and Brownies. in Canada, Mercies and the United States. A heart attack ,last Oc- tob`er while she was in the Maritimes forced her to cancel a great deal of herr,tour, . but she recovered • sufficiently to tarry on the tour •on a smaller scale.. . ,. Goderich was asked to choose one Guide from each Company and 'one Brownie from each Pack to represent the Ideal .groups . and to, bring back a word picture of the Chief *to the rest of the girls. The. Goderich girls included: Brownies -Susan Hefter, Betty Arid McGinn, and Sharon Van der Meer; Guides— Cathy Gould, Maureen Calvert and Dianne Westbrook. Mrs. N. T. Ormandy, District • Com- missioner and Captain of the 2nd .Goderich Guide • Company, accompanied the busload of girls. from the Huron Division. The bus started from Gode rich and stopped in Clinton, RCAF Station, Clinton, Hensall, and Exeter where girls from the surrounding towns gathered to catch the bus. Visit Melton Airport After stopping `for some light refreshments in Kitchener, it ;was found that there was going to be enough 'dine for anadded side trip before reaching Tor onto. A stop was made at Tor - Onto. .International Airport at the arrival and departure of the airliners. A highlight of the visit .to the Airport was when several members of the ,Chicago Black Hawks, .hockey team. were* sighted waiting to catch their plane to Montreal. Thera, on to Toronto to • the Exhibition Grounds to the Queen Elizabeth Building , where the Rallywas to 'be held. Ex- citement mounted as we watch- ed buses • arriving ,from several parts of Ontario. Parked be- side our bus on one side was a bus . from Hamilton and an the other side, a bus from Brant- ford. All in all, fifty busloads of Guides, Brownies and Rang- ers • arrived. REAL ESTATE BROKER JA 4-7272 THE BEDFORD DELUXE is one of the many plans pf Kernohan Homes available featuring real value at economical " prices. Kernohan Homes may be purchased with low down payment and N.H.A. financing. Our salesman at the site, will be pleased' to furnish -you with complete information on purch- asing and financing your Kernohan Home. answered her challenge by be- ing completely ready, which de- 77-d u lighted her very much. She was welcomed with resounding cheers as she entered and was driven very slowly in a golf cart along each aisle of the audi- torium so that each girl was able to see her from not far- ther, than five or six feet. Sense Of Humor Lady Raden-Powell spoke to the, girls ;,and showed an excel- lent sense pf humor throughout her whole speech. She started out by asking everyone if they were comfortable and then said, I'm not very good at snaking speeches, but I talk an awful lot." In ,a more serious part of her speech she told the girls: "You are goiiM to be the Wo- men of Canada. You are the great `team to make Canada strong and an even greater na- tion than she is now." At the end of her speech she spent half an hour standing on the platform, smiling while hund- reds of ` Guides and Brownies and Rangers came to the -front VS take her picture. One of the most inspiring mo- ments was at •the end of the Rally when 4,500, girls stood and together sang "taps": Day" is done, Gone the sun, . From the Lake, from the hill from the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. This" is the song that is used at the close o`f every Guide meeting. Many, 1 am Sure, felt a lump in her throat as she joined in .that familiar, closing theme with Lady Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide, and this representative group of girls from many . parts of On- tario. Clinton Fashion Show Has' Goderich Touch Signal -Star Staff CLINTON.--Several ' carloads of Goderich ladies were among the 600 spectators who assembl- ed . hn the auditorium ,of the Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute Wednesday night of last week. It was the occasion of the Kinette fashion show'' en- titled "Fashion Headlines" con- vened by Mrs. Mait. Edgar and Mrs. . Wm. Fink. The Kinette president, Mrs.C. Denomm e, was�'mistress of ceremonies. Television ;+personality, Hope Garber, of London, as 'fashion commentator, presented an in- formal commentary throughout the show. During the modelling of the fur- fashions; she was assisted by. Larry McDonald, of McDonald -Yates Furriers, of London. Of particular interest locally, were the fashions for the young fry through to the young sophis- ticates, slitiwn through the cour- tesy of Goderich's Tots and Teens' . store. Here the little "charmers," children of Kin- ette . members, drew applause from the audience, not only for the garments worn, but also for the individual mannerisms of each young model. Bright, crisp 'colors in the poRular wash fab - ries were modelled for both lads and lassies; some were in match- ed ensembles, replicas of Mom's or Dad's attire. ' Adult fashions for feminine Battery were worn by Kinette members, who modelled sports-. Wear, dresses; suits, coats and hats from Lee's 'of Clinton, a sister store to Gerrard's of Goderich. Men's and boys' wear, jewellery and hair styles. were provided by Clinton- estab- lishments. During intermission, Kinettes served coffee and cookies and attractive modern hair stylings were. combed out by Mrs. Or, land Johnston. From the same setting, two corrtb-outs were,. done: casual and "special oc- casion." The attractive model was Mrs. A. Garon, of Clinton, mother of Mrs. Pete McCauley, of Goderich. Three Goderich ladies, Mrs. L. Walzak,' Mrs. J. Wallace arid. Mrs. R. Carter, were among the winners of the. more than 30 lucky draw prizes donated by Clinton merchants and Tots and Teens. Favors were cigarettes, rain bonnets 'acid cologne; the latter~ was donated ,by New- combes' Drug Store, of which Walter Newcombe, formerly of Goderich, is the proprietor. • Cation Night U. of WO.s Dr: Speak at Lions It will be Education Night at the lions Club on Thursday evening. Guest speaker for the, occasion -will be Dr. G. E. 'Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario. • Chairman sof the evening's program will be Robert Smith, chairman of the Lions educa- - .. o`rrst�-- nv i -•to -�at titin tend the meeting will be some 100 guests, including school teachers -`"and school boards' in Goderich and the district' high school and public school inspec=' tors. , Lion• -vice-presidents and past presidents will be at the 'door to, greet these ,guests. A musicalprogram will be provided by local `school pupils. At the meeting.. Thursday night the executive will make a recommendation that the annual Lions Club dues be raised to $48 if paid three times, per year, ur $45 if paid by September 30. The nominating committee will present `its proposed slate of officers for the 1962-63 .sea- son. • Lion Clayt Edward has offer- ed to fill the gas tanks, before leaving and• on return, of -Ay' Lions who plan to attend the Lions Convention at Hamilton on May 24: K And so our big day was al- most over. Now we boarded the bus again, and sang songs all the way to Kitchener. After stopping for , refreshments at Kitchener we started on our way again. Most everyone found - that the busy day had 'caught up with them and were soon sound asleep. ' The bus made the,ssheduled stops on the *ay home where sleepy but happy girls were met by their parents. The Goderich girls were the last to leave the bus, at ap- proximately 2 a.m. The $5 bus fare for each of the Goderich girls was paid by the Local Association of Guides and Brownies, an organization Hall to Club made up of interested. mothers of the girls, All the girls and Mfrs. N. T. -Ormandy expressed their thanks, for paying the bus fare, to the L.A. Dr. G.. E. Hall. -- ROSS' SHOE SHOP ,NOW IN NEW AND MODERN SETTING Vacating a store that "always roomy surroundings in which to has been a shoe: shop," within choose their footwear. The new the memory of. older town.resi- store is attractively decorated dents, Bill Ross' Shoe Shop is in flamingo and blue,, with mod - now located and operating in ern chairs -and other conven- the premises formerly occupied iences designed to facilitate by Schaefer's Ladies' Wear, on shoe fitting. C p. the Goderich Square. At one time, the. MacViar Shoe Store also accommodated the Department of Transport.lic- ence office. Operating this sec- tion of the store Was DIN James MacVicar, a brother of the shoe store .proprietor. James, a badly Later, ciaring:10$, ,Nr.,,Downing wounded.-veteranQi ' World .War and Mp"AtiacVicar- joined AI. a_T. d1ed •in 1950 'followed by the partnership agreement which eventually resulted in the lat- ter taking over the shop under his own name. From that date until 1953 At the turn of the century, the original _store was known as the Downing Shoe, Shop, operated by Ephraim Downing, and included orfits staff a young man named George MacVicar • The second session • of the British Parliament in . 1614 has long been known as "the addled Parliament" because it passed no statute and finished no busi- ness. The "addled 'Parliament'_.'. actually accomplished something greater than any session of the British legislature before it; ''It settled the policy. that the House of Commons, and not the Grown, 'was to control .,British government finances. Thus, it was the despised "addled Parlia- ment' that gave Britain demo- cratic rule. death of George in 1955. The MacVicar family is descended from Mr. Adam MacVicar, who is recorded in the town's his- tory as the builder of the lake MacVicar's Shoe Store "'° was bank lighthouse. One of the older stores on the recognized throughout the Gode- glace Square, the.building remains rich district as .a where precise shoe -fitting Was a spec- ialty. This reputation was car- ried by a succession of clerks Who subsequently worked ' for Mr. MacVicar. Among them was Bill Ross, who learned the specialized art of shoe fitting under the guidance of Mr. `Mac - Vicar. In June 1953, the present own?. er acquired the business and re- cently purchased. the building from the Whiteley Estate. Feel- ing the need for more room to accoauriodate the expanding business, Bill moved over to the new premises last :Friday, April 6, and installed. new fixtures, to give Goderich patrons more • G unoccupied at .present. Several - interested parties have enquir- ed about the old store with the Possibility that it shortly may be rented to a new proprietor. In the meantime, it's business as usual in the new Ross Shoe Shop. ` Assisting Mr. Ross in its operation are Miss Marge Johnston and Mr..Stewart Rob- inson, who came along in The transition from the old to the new. A valuable draw prize is featured in the opening week. For Complete ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS TO HOME • - Install Hardwood •< . Tile ,Ftoors- ranteed ° ... ln' � Gua i�f g► Kitchen Cabinets • Rec' Rooms • New Houses or Cottages Bruce . E. Ryan Building Contractor 175 Brock St, " " • •• 7262, What's a Wife Worth? She cooks 1,000 meals a year cleaning and laundering .. 400 Value: at least $150 a week. `Phone JA • 0 bows house. chaufferin 95. shopping, etc.' • Better get "wife insure cel" 4.9531. 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