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MEN 'ARE ASKING SPIRITUAL
QUESTIONS; LAYMEN TOLD,
CLINTON.--"The human pro-,
gramis simple -and yet terrible:
we either accept the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of
man or, sure as I am standing
here, we are going to blast our-
selves off -the face -of the ;earth:'
Dr. A. W. Rees, -principal, of
Renison College, University of
Waterloo, in an address to the
Brotherhood—of—A n g -1 -i -c -a -n -
Churchmen, Huron Deanery,
here on Wednesday evening,
_May 30, , alluded to recent
achievements in space explor-
ation and the attitude of young
people to "the things that 'mat-
ter."
"Reading about the deeds of
Glenn and Carpenter, you can
understand the thrill to young
boys," he said, "and there is a
tradition about the engineering
type' of training which gives a
sense of power over man's en-
vironment. cd know, from my
contacts with engineering stud-
ents and bright young scient-
ists that they are not getting
answers to some very deepper-
sonal problems, and of course,
the question is, `where is all this
taking us?' We sent men into
orbit. • We will put a man on
the moon long before 1970, I
am sure.
"The •minds of the Russians,.
of course, are whiter than dri-
ven snow, but I have a suspicion
that much experiments are
militaristic in purpose:
"How pathetically stupid of
Khrushchev -to say that his
astronauts circling. the . globe
did not see any God! What an
ignorant man he is. •
"I feel .strongly that God is
not mocked. Man is bucking
against the °conditions God lays'
down, but - he must. accept the
fact that he is something creat-
- ed and will never be a whole
personality until he acknow-
ledges the fatherhood of Cod.
"This is not wishful thinking,
but I find in many young people
a concern . for the things that
matter. They are a more ser-
ious generation than the one
before. The questions they are
asking—even the engineers-1-
are
ngineers=are spiritual questions. Of
course they, may see how many,
they can pack into a telephone
booth, and that is what the
press always picks up."
Dr. Rees; a--history-teacher, is
a native of Wales. He taught
at the University ,of Natal but,
'as Herb Bridle said in intro-
ducing him, "he could riot agree
with the government's " racial
policy." He eame to' the United
States and taught there, also
three summers in British Col -
umbia, Alberta and Manitoba.
D. Madge Speaks
President Clayton Dixon, of
Clinton, called upon Douglas
Madge, of Goderich, to give his
impressions of Seager Hall,
wheretthe has completed a year
of intramural study for the -min-
istry.
"Staff and students of Huron
College," Mr. Madge said, "go
out of their way toencourage
andassist us, and we are grad-
ually integrating with diem in
various aspects. I wish I had
had the foresight years ago to
have made this choice of voca-
tion. I feel that I shall be able,
with God's .help, to serve Him
and His Church."
"Mr. Madge," said Dr. Rees,
"is the first Seager Hall man I
have heard. I congratulate the
B.A.C.. -if you are -responsible
for helping him, and I con-
gratulate him on his talk there
tonight."
Leslie Riley, of . St. George's
Church, Goderich, invited the
Deanery B.A.C. to hold its fall
meeting .there, and this was
accepted..
Others attending _from Gode-•
rich were Rev. Canon K. E.
Taylor, O d. Foreman,-. Sam An-
derson, W. E. Elliott" and Mr.
Madge.
Progressive Conservative com-
mittee rooms here were filled,
Friday evening, with a social
gat Bring at which many new
Canadian citizens were ,,guests.
From Exeter, Blyth, 'Lt;ckxi'ow
and other districts, they were
welcomed by Elston Cardiff, vet-
eran member and present can-
didate for the Commons; H1ni .
Charles MacNaughton, Huron
provincial member; Elmer Bell,
of Exeter, president of the On-
tario Progressive Conservative
Association;. John Durnin, of
Auburn, president, and James
Donnelly, Goderich, vice-presi •
dent, of Huron PC Association.
The guests were of- Holland,
Ukraine, 'German and - Eelgian
origin, many of them on the
voters' lists since the 1958 gen-
eraI election.
Third in a series Qf coffee
parties with a "get to know your
candidate" motive, workers and
guests alike found it enjoyable
and°'successful.
The ladies who volunteered to
serve ° refreshments were kept
busy getting around the crowd-
ed quarters. The group was
convened by Mrs. William Mac -
Ewan, and her assistants incIud-
ed Mrs. Gordon McManus, Mrs.
Russell Wheeler, Mrs. Harold
Williams, George Filsinger, Mrs.
Joseph Moore and Mrs. Joseph
McNevin.
New Laundromat
Opened Hese
Starting, this morning, Thurs-
day, at nine o'clock, the new
West Street Laundromat is cele-
brating its Gala Opening with
balloons for children, accom-
panied -by their parents, andsfree
gifts to the first 50 visitors.
Technicians from the installa-
tion company, Ald Canada, are
on hand to explain .the oper-
ation of 'the completely equip-
ped 'plant.
Located across from the Town
Hall,, the new cleaning plant is
under ,the management of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Wise, of Clin-
ton. Mr. Wise operates a
Plumbing, heating and electrical
business in Clinton but will have
a complete staff in control of his
new Goderich venture.
Designed and built specific-
ally for laundromat operation
the 22' x 54' building is attrac-
tively decorated in blue and
white and. features an air -cir-
culatory system,- a lounge area
and all modern conveniences
related to the business, . A park-
ing lot at the rear is planned
for the immediate future to
provide room• for customer cars.
Open, .24 Hours ;each„day, the
laundromat will have in oper-
ation 12 Westinghouse washers,
each with three adjustments to.
accommodate the various fab-
rics to be washed. Four 50 -
pound dryers, a 25 -pound Ald,
spin extractor and two Westing-
house dry-cleaning units com-
plete the main installations. The
dry-cleaning units• will be in
operation from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
CIANTQ ;--With Bab Shore
wielding the auctioneer's • gavel
and Edward. Elliott assisting in
the ring, -the Huron County
Hanle Holsteins were rapidly
disposed of on Friday after-
noon. County council last March
adopted a recommendation by
the farm committee t9 go out
of the farming business;-• the
farm was said to be no longer
an advantage to: the Home.
Aboiit 150 potential bidders sur:
rounded the ring Friday after-
noon, and , the best of the cattle
brought good prices; such as
$325 for Huronco Linda Rca-
mark,-four-Year-old female, and
Huronco Ann Skokie, five-year-
old female, For 22 cows, 10
bred heifers and eight calves a
total of $9,739 was obtained.
Mrs .Bob Shore, of Glanworth,
was clerk of the sale. Farm
implements,• a barn and 60,acres
in Stanley Township are to be
auctioned June 8.
PORTER'S HILL,
PORTER'S HILL, dune 4.—
Mr. and Mrs.' Harry 'Torrance
were guests at the Hyatt -Fal-
coner 'wedding on Saturday at
Turner's Church, T ickersmith
Township.
Mr. and Mrs. John Simmons
,and, David,' formerly of_ Wood-
stock, are staying temporarily
With .Mi. and Mrs. V. A. Town-
shend until their own home is
ready.
Recent visitors with Mr. and
II Mrs. Joh Torrance were Misses
.Dorothy Reinke, Alice Lusted„
and- `Catherine Briggs, • all of
Hamilton, and _Miss_;Dorothy
Jackson, Tuckersmith Township.
Nextndayy ---the---Sunday-
school of Grace Church will ob-
serve its- anniversary. • '
At .a recent meeting of the
school board of S.S. 5, Goderich,
plans were made for the annual
picnic to be held on theist
Thursday in June. '
daily, except Sundays, under the
supervision- of an attendant. The
solvent used in the dry-cleaners
is the latest cleaning agent de=
veloped by the Dow Chemical
Company and is rated at the
lowest toxic point of any sol-
vent on the .Market.
Among 'the ; accessory instal-
lations in the new plant are a
srtaii dispenser, coin changer
and a soft drink cooler. Rain
soft hot water, in unlimited sup-
ply,, will be available at 140
degrees. -. •
The general public is invited
to drop in during the two open-
ing days, Thursday and Friday,
to meet the owners and see the
demonstration of their new in-
stallation. Mrs. Wise is the
former Kathleen Holmes, of
Goderich: Full details of the
gala opening appeared on page
13 of last week's Signal -Star.
Lively Li•..uQ-r
Voter C
, Qntes#s.
Of Other Days
By Mary Manning
ROLMESVILLE: -- In sharp
contrast to the recent quiet
liquor vote in Goderich Town-
ship - were the lively contests
between the temperance so-
cieties and ,tayern customers of
the past century. '
Following 'the passing of the
Duncan Act in 1864' and , its re-
poal a year later, another vote
was held in 1866. When Robert
Thompson, grandfather of the
present township clerk Robert
Elliott Thompson, arrived at
Holmesville to vote he 'found
a brawl in progress. Several
citizens had received bruises
and black eyes, and one even
had his ear chewed, before
Thompson was able to stop the
fighting.
One of the trouble -makers,
John Splan, had been a former
employee of Thompson at fram-
ing barns. Thompson urged
Splan to return home and to
remain there for a time for fear
future brawls might lead to a
gaol term. Splari went home
and employed his knowledge of
carpentry and his pent-up en-
ergy at building the boat which
later appeared at Burke's Beach.
After staying at home for a
month, Splan proceeded to ter-
rorize his -fellow-citizens by gal-
loping along the township roads
and shouting' "The Fenians Are
Coming!”
John Cox grabbed his gun,
which lacked a firing pin, while
others armed themselves with
pitchforks. One even took a
-neekyoke: -For three -days these
farmers camped at Burke's
Beach, -guarding -the- boat which -
was presumed to belongto the.
Fenians. Then it mysteriously
disappeared so the local citizens
went home.
Many were the amusing in-
cidents as a result of the Fen-
ian scare. A certain Samuel
Blair crawled for safety into a
hollow log with a batch of pan-
cakes for food. Thereafter, ,he
was called "Sam Pancake:"
Catherine Downing, Bayfield,
added Paris green to her flour
supply before .fleeing with her
young children to her father's
Maitland Concession farm.
The older daughters of that
John Cox whose gun lacked its
firing- pin; managed to pull the
hayrack off the wagon and put
on the wagon box. Then they
took their mother and younger
brothers and sisters to the farm
of their grandfather, Mr. Rout-
ledge.
Fatally injured in a fail at
the construction site of the
Douglas Point Nuclear Powere
Station, Thursday, May 31,
George S. Zoethout, 51, of 166
Bennett street, Goderich, was
pronounced dead upon arrival
at the Kincardine General .a os-,
pital. Funeral services ere
held Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock, from North Street
United Church 'with Rev. W. J.
ten Hoopen officiating. Inter-
ment followed in Colborne ceme-
tery.
Mr. Zoethout,• employed as a
carpenter on the nuclear pro-
ject, was working at the sec-
ond floor level in the,. reactor
building at the time of the
accident. Engaged inrconstruct-
ing forms for the pouring of
cozier*, he somehow lost his
footing and fell 35 feet to the
main floor. Called to--the-scene
from Kincardine, Dr. D. A. D.
Miller had the injured man
rushed to the hospital but he
was pronounced dead upon ar
,rival by Dr. M. R. Halliwell,
Bruce `County coroner. .
His partner, Mickey Prochazk,
was working below the level
where Mr. Zoethout was engag-
ed and witnessed the fall but
*as powerless to do anything.
Both men were working on scaf-
folding erected for the cement
pouring operation.
Mr. Zoethout is survived by
his wife, the former Grietje
Ldonspra, and three sons; . Doug-
las 26, Terry 18 and Raymond
15, all ,resident. iii Goderich.
An older son, Daco, predeceased
bis father last November at
Guelph.
Two sisters, Mrs, A. OAukje)
Visser and Nanny Zoethout, and
two brothers, Tjeerd and Jan, as
well as the victim's father, Mr,
Douwe. Zoethout, all of Hinde-
lopen, Holland, also survive.
The family came to Canada in
1953 from 1•lindelopen, residing
in Goderich for three years,
then in. Fergus until 1959 when
they returned to Goderich. Mr.
Zgethout, a member of the Car-
penters' Union, worked around
the Goderich district at his trade
until starting with the Douglas
Point CANDU construction last
summer. He resumed his work
at the station early this year.
Mr. Zoethout was a membor
of North Street ilnited Church.
The remains rested at the Stiles
funeral home prior to the
church service Saturday -after-
noon.
The. Goderiebi Signal. -Star,
Thursday, Junto `7tli, •1962 11:
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