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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-11-29, Page 11ei! Sheaffer Company Ad In Winnipeg Bouquet For • Huron Museum Paper 'Reminded Man Of Goderich: The following is a letter' from a native of Goderich now a resident of Treherne, Manitot a. who wrote recently to the W. A. Sheffer Pen Company of Canada Limited here, prompt ed by some of the ,company's advertising which appeared in Ther Winnipeg Free Press. W. R. Gardner, vice-president and general sales manager, turned -the letter over to. The Signal. Star, believing it may be of interest ,1;•o some of`` the older residents of Goderich who nen remember the writer: November 16, 1962, 'i reherne, Man. "Dear Sir: I saw your ad. in The Win- nipeg Free Press about" a pencil made by a company in Goderich, Ontario, so I ,.cut it out and now I have one man's naive Jinni the town 1 was born in, in 1883. for' ten years with eny parents, Mr. and , Mrs. Richard Gillian. He worked on the town et that time. That was 1893. The mayor of Goderich then was Butler, the policeman was Jack U1l. The magistrate was Mit- chell. Bob McLean ran a ,,but- cher shop and so did -Bill I4ur- ney. Smith's back shop was just aeross the road from where we lived on East street. We Lived through the arch behind the firchall, also the lockup. J, Miller ran the Albion Hotel. "My grandfather, John Hen- eings, worked at the big mill on the wharf as fireman for Jim Stewart. lie worked there le years. A man named Hutch.ns ran the mill for the Ogilvie company. Then in 1893 we came West to Treherne and I am still here. I would 14(2 see Goderich again, but t j »c flies fast now. I am, 79 years old. "The people I knew have all "So long for.' now, Williams gone, but I lived in Goderich Gillian." Rising Costs Suspends The Seaforth News quence aspired to at least two weekly papers.. As costs of production increased, the town with two papers became a rar- ity, and indeed" Setiaforth for a number of years has been among the On or eleven towns in Ontario in this category,- "The decision to suspend publication points up, too, the continually increasing public- ation costs which ,.face today's newspapers—regardless of size.' The Seaforth News,'in a front page announcement, said° the paper was suspending publica tion. The statement in part said: "This is the final issue of the. Seaforth News. In future the facilities of the plant will be devoted entirely to edmmercial printing. TREE REPLACEMENTS IN CLINTON AND GODERICH "We have had to cut down quite a' few trees on the, streets of 'Clinton," said Mayor Agnew when zone forester Larry Scales '„yes, , resorting, to count; coun- cil. "Can we get anyreplace- ments?" he asked. "I do " not think you could get any replacement stock from the department of -lands and forests," Mr. Scales replied. "We have to buy from nurs- ery stock?" "Yes, there would be a great deal of pressure put on the. government if it were to com• pete with nurseries." , "Worth a• try, anyway," a member called oto Mr. Agnew. "We have a scheme in Gode- rich," said Reeve Welkin -le "whereby any person wishinti trees planted in front of -his property may leave his naine with the clerk, " and each year we plant in the- neighborhood of 100 to 150 trees, chiefly maple. They cost 50 cents sell." "The modern trend is towards specialization, and we are tick ing a step in that direction." "Production costs of an up -to- date newspaper have increased ,greatly in recent years. An`ex- ample noted is that two large Huron County newspapers, each With subscription rates of $4.00 a year, are presently abandon- • ing letter press printing and are experimenting with photo- graphic production, in an effort to reduce costs." The state- ment went on ' to express ap- preciation to subscribers and advertisers and correspondents. The News was established, -in the -late seventies as the Sea- iorth Sun,' and originally was located in a building on Main Street where the present post office stands. .:)For a number Of years it was located in the Case bock, until 1932 when the Reg- ent Theatre occupied the block. -At-that-_time__the:-present buil ing was erected. Shortly after its founding and for many years after, the pub- lisher and editor was the late F. G. Neelin. For nearly 50 years the paper has been pub- lished by Snowdon Bros. In an a itorial comment the Seafoith News ,announ ment, , the remaining weekly newspaper in Seaforth, ' The Huron Expositor said, In part: 'The announcement last week that the Seaforth News was Ws - pending publication marked the passing of a weekly newspaper that has served the Seaforth district for some 80 years: ' .:'The News was born in an era 'when most towns of • conse- At its November sessiou, rtnunnil heard hi. At November session, county council heard high praise from an unexpected source, of its Huron Pioneer Museum. Mr. Justice E. G. Moor house, presiding' over high cdurt on the floor above, sent for Warden George Mc: Cutcheon to comment upon a visit he had paid to the mus eum. "He wished me to tell coun- ty council that he congretul ated us'On our melseumf'' the warden reported later. "He said he had never seen any- thing like it, and wished me to express hie,feelin.gs to.you. He also wanted to caution us against destroying records which might have historical value." Mr. McCutcheon added that members of council's historic committee' had visited some other museums . "and did not find ' anything to ,compare with- ours." Huron C;A.S. Praises W.i's - Childrens Aid has received , • splendid progress reports f&ou, nI th schools. zHuron County can well be 1 r`' - 41° - — y sit • proud of their women who are undertaking such worthy pro- jects through the Women's in- stitutes." Arthur I, Compton directed research on plutonium for the world's first atomic bomb pro- ject in the United -States. He is also . famous for his `scientific work in X-rays, protens and gamma rays. His beother, Karl, was also a physicist and also a leading figure in the d 3volo•U- 'tent of the atomic bomb, radar and rockets. The secretary -treasurer of the West Huron District W.I. has received the following letter concerning the Children's Aid Society of Huron County: - "The members of the Wo- nien's Ipstitiites of Huron Coun-, ty are to be highly commended for the projjejct they have been working on during the past two years, •,, "It is already bearing fruit. "At their 1960 annual rally, the W.I. members" unanimously decided to establish .a bursary for a Huron County girl or spy in- the care of the Children's Aid Society, ' to learn a • trade by--which--h crt eshe4 ould-e&l ' a living by working with their hands. ' "This - fund is called 'The Huron County Women's Insti- tute Bursary Fund for the Child- ren's Aid Society for Huron Collar' and is not to be used for the higher education bracket. teen-ager. Anyone wishing to contribute to this - fund may do so. "The' Bursary is to be used at the discretion of the Child- ren's Aid Society Board, and upon recommendation of the Local Director. . "This year, two girls have been assisted -by this fund in courses at schools of their de- sign. This cost approximately $400.00 for the first six months. Included in this amount is tui- tion, uniforms and kit. It tis - takes about-4efght7rtion to complete the course and examinations. "Both girls chosen this year have no one bud the Children's Aid Society to help them. They are most appreciative of this opportunity to achieve . then chosen ,careers, and are -doing very well in their work. The When the French firSt pene- trated into the Gatineau River district, near present-day, Ot- tawa, they found the Weskarini Indian tribe living there. The French called, them and later other tribes, -.using the same basic language, Algonquins. The French allied themselves 'with tile Algonquins, but. the Iroquois Indians still forced the Algonquins mit of the St. Law- rence region (early fn the 17th century. Today, the main body. of thie once -powerful group of tribes lives in certain villages of Quebee and Ontario. They number only about 1000. , "The jail has been operat- ing for a hundred years befors,• we are , asked to • myke these changes," remarked Reeve Clare nee Hanna of East Wawanosn, airniin of county co,uncil's property committee, in report- ing upon the findingAif a cor- oner's - jury in the death of James Robert Scott The property committee re- commended that further study be given the matter and a re- port brought in at next session. "The coroner's jury ,;;4Q,ok a whole day," said Reevcffanna, "and 'canned up with the finding that we place screens above the air vents above each door. A doctor told the jury he did not think the air vent was necessary.. As to requiring two guards 'to be on duty, they did no't convinee me that this could not happen if they had two guards, sowe wanted to give it further' consideration. We May talk - to some of the per- sonnel at the jail.". Our thanks should be as fer- vent for mercies received, as our petitions ;dor merciesrsought. =OMS Cemetery -Is. Restared A$HFI LD.,-� T.ope cemetery on Highway 86, three miles west of Lucknow in the Paramount district, has been restored and will be maintained by Ashfield Municipal Council. ' ' Quite a number of the pion; eers of that community lie bur- ied in Hope cemetery. The first burial, that of"Sarah J and Agnew, elates back over a cen- tury—to 1856 and the last burial there was Marna Clark, in 192.0. 4"rhe cemetery originally ' ad. The-„Goderchinal;Str, Thtix$day,” joined ape Methodist Churcla,The -.Jailor monuments which congregation formed a allotted upright hoxdering, f e part of the . shiletd Circttit. 'tease; with, <the 'smaller whit After sei'viges ceased,-. and th slabs- lying _ embed,de isn it, clurch and church .shedw+ re nterno)ial, .st64e haft balk added which bears theInnaiip,. ovember 20, removed many years ago, the burial ground became a forgot- ten spot, except .Iny the few who 'have forbearsresting thee, Under the Cemetery, Act which places the responsibility upon municipality' for rinaintai n ing abandoned cemeteries, -A&h- field - Township , coun}c5l , took, steps - this - summer to restore the sacred spot. A large centre of the plot and headstones have been assembled on this base-. tient f'/n��yi„Vfepm/o�ylr,y(y�1� .• r --. .�4.�1.�•�F Ct ionee ,'. • �. Erected, by Tice Township of Ashflel4 1962 Crushed rock has been placed around the base; NN'ext.year OP soil!' will be ..added- and • the cemetery .seeded, attd-thet plot bordered by a planting of trees., siornimmommimmiiimmmimmingimpirtimesessim 1963 MOFFAT Washers 'n Dryers. 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