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erre t fan' _ tar, 1641. -slay, ' January 16th, 1964:
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AN,N ERI•E-S A.R-E..- ,GP.NE
- f;t:ia •et) st,T'h of. tkte - l:onl Unused ti;- ..ton, b _ . one . coin any .:
t, g _� y F Y a 'single clay,
n '"~'vete oo st yet here r e- 111 • • *were manyitbefore
tree' . building o , , ._ t i , re • � ei e a e mark , - for of e
gall- . a: 'b gone 'ci•a of slrsia,l11« taming' open- Via. chemical process was introduced in --tin
'ctti4n' :,•which, tis ' wait gi ole .'other: • n4411s' 1880 , 414, befoi ,•xerget':s. J ega;xt. ' St1nie
t,x'i •,;.gt r. -w a , to consolidated operations • of,, these, are comparatively recent. `the
w . „inlarge',plats ,ba ;ked ....by ample capital. Lang f i•?in in ' Kitchener, • with,. a ,tannery
'Tannin of . hides *as almost 'the first- also in Barrie, bought a Cobouretanncry
4 testie inaiiutry in Canada: ,In time -'in 1958. McQuay Tanning Co.,, Q vir en
• 7i- ti ea,pala ed'"uti-til titre w''ere. hun,,lreds ,ot 'Sound, deSCrtb°et1 as one of the top names
sin,all, .:l#tiits; `l3eilmillet had two 'a •ejni in the leatherfffeld, closed in 1958.- Anglo-
• :k.
't o, and the Smith' family operated Canadian Leather • 'of. Huntsville, est
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the, o, erich tannery at' the ' t ne thrice' abli:ilted about' 189, Co.''cl•osed. its Plant in'
et}ntinuin for perhaps 50 years' , until 1960 and 'transferred manufacturing to
sale -,Of , the,• building in ' 191'?. . Acton, where there is a 1Firge tannery.
Oak and heniloek bark were mainly ., °' It is a half -century since Goderieh
lied.in't11e°tanning process, and there was. was in the 'picture, so fiat as this 41 tic
• jilenty of hemlock in this area years ago. ular industry is con'cerne'd, 'and when. the
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--Wheal- ..o solver, •>:: _r ,h�ic# was -still- �.letat� 1 :,1•ri tri--..-�-t,.._.k�u �1 1�tra;a 5 -- �he•c
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in d.3raee., It is recorded i3.i 1)r: S erwood sole relic of 'an era will 'be., the tannery
Fox's book on the Itrth.ce that -1,000 cards engine, removed years sago to tthe ''Ford
"of h•t•tnit$ k bark _tivere shipped 'from `Vier- inu�leu'ni at Dearborn;• Michigan.
LOVE OF. , THE NATIVE
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A --:professor has'asaid • that the only
- f Canadians who love Canada, their country,
are Canadians bor'ii elsewhere. Sixty or so
S.•. .'years .ago -Canada's population consisted
mainly of Freneh who had been here sev-
oral' .generations. ttnda B.rit1sh- Canadians
' t trho..._.ei.the.r had, personal. .knos_vledge: of
• Britain or Who had literary` and, family
connections with' "the old...Land".
• -Vet "Men,tor ae s that ,-there were i ed us. This is as if he .had' the 'kine • coni_
.- ---. - w diet 1, rr . ,- ie ould be
„rest„� ���'�-of"E•tlgl7sh- �t;ry nllssla`-rhe. t �, d t�.,n
tllp were Canada first in their thinking quite so• obnoxious. as .a person from the
,evenrif .they ,knew intimately .the literary old land' who felt superior to' everyone in
works ranging from Shakespeare to'TI. G:� sight whomight- be a native,. Caniidian.
Wells.• I The people from -Scotland have always
Of course, there were Englisk:nien who been easier to get along with,, They knew
,I.o keel-•-dow-n-an..na.ti:v:e..Cana.dians._,a5._c.n „that t ....sup.eriior .to other_` pc?_ople15
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on-rais = ta-T— ilitonittri-auttr'to-appro,c' --(4 t e--e-art:h-and 'that -there was. no need
• not merely what the British` constitution-. to assert, it,' — Printed Word
ally, thought, but also'. the •overbearing
whims' n»f ' any Englishthan who happened
to be here. Many such, far too malty silcli,.
‘rereoniore difficult to assimilate into Can-
adian life than is a tro}jical bird in the
fcozen 'north.'
the QId days when an Englshluan
in Canada wished to exaiperate,the natives
hepwould'assert•, and believe, that h'e'own-,
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
, Beware the .ides _'of. -March, William
, Shakespeare cautioned' Many years ago.
.irad :h'e . been 'living today and hanging
. , around.. Great Lakes ports and union, halls
he, probably would ha'v.e • e,hanged that
w^arninr ,time to' the beginning of April.
whefi navigation on the 'Great Lakes will
2,14,1 swing, again. For, atllen, will
eoxne a r'e'sumption itt the ,struggle for
,, Lntrol of Great Lakes unions, not :n
a deceptive cairn With lake
boats tied i1
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for the winter.
The .clic'ine that eoontr•ols Aiuetie•ali-
- labor is doing, slime thinking -these t iutel”
days prior' ,'to _the re-o})eniiiia, of lrawiga
t•ibii in the .spring. rt•�•Wili be their '!now
, tills spring as a result of ,the 1 rig-teeshi ji-
• which the Canadian; government imposed
later, last fall on' the five "Mari! union,;
operatirrg• in 'C`anad'a,
syr R
• • 'While the trusteeship tiatilrally of
t'erts only -union u)7eIat.ibor)s in cla►1nda.
don't overlook the d,i'stinet '}',ossihility 1)1
1,1icke 17'.1, boyeot.ts and attac,ks 011 ship
_a•nd. sailors of
The Canadian Labor ` Congress rep.
'• resentatives are hoping that certain -prey-.
entatioiis will eventually: force the. .U.S.
government to 'exert some' favorable” ri7.-
,fluene.e over the Maritima -,Unions in -Unit-
ed States''' So far, labor secretary, •'�
Willard Wirtr�, Ahas shorn his 'sympathy
for the '.views..:,of• the AFL-CIO. With a
presidential 1`ec on ,in the ti.S.A:, no so
far away now, it will' be interesting -to
see, -just
1ufitho« far the present, ttIU
nitee
States
governnient • will stick its neck
\out._. this
.--,spring,,,,-10 -risk antagonizing all tits° Voters
• represented by the AFL-O:l().
Despite the present calm, 'there is
• rett°soii to believe that ‘:there will" he re-
s1tn71itihit of troubles 'for Canadian • ships'
visiting V.S. ports on the (4t.�cat• Lakes
when'spring' rolls, al�otiiid. „
\Ne Read That'
Poll ''vino.. is • a, - statement
•made by-. the ,ii .esident of ,.the
cteg.tst�ereal- the
Asa•oeiatien
(at Ontario:
- -The-" r oistered Nurses' As-.
aolciation ,of. Ontario has .cotne
under attack in a • series •crf ,ar.
[ides published, by th'e Globe
and Mail on pecfinber, 12, 13,
and, 14.
lir 'general; the Association
has been charged with riot act-
-tie in, Qie, interests of the nurs-
a g profession. •lh support,• the
whiter of the articles cites opin-•
.ons which she cdhtends are
representative of members . of
she profession.
We are compelled to take •a
most _serious - view of the
4h„aib es made have the n -
1•e .-
lore decided 'to retain an in-
dependent research " or'gan.iza-
tion to' conduct a' thorough and
broadly representative study of
opinion of the registered nurse§
pario•.in a ifc:'re1ga
d 'tY
tieirprofealional; or arniargn
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the. Registered, Nurses' of On-
tario. _ -
We are going to require that,
this study he doxie'with all pos-
sible . dispatch consistent with
thoroughness and objectivity.
Further, we have decided to
undertake now to make public-
-the report of thiefisearch study
in its entirety: regardless of the
conclusions.. Copies will be pro-
vided to the, 32,000 members
of the Association and they will
be•asked to judge and take
-whatever _action' might. _be in
dicated.
• Yours truly,
° M. Stelie McRae; President
Registered Nurses'
Association of•>'Onta'rio.
What -a mother should 'save', fol`"; a
• rainy cfay is patience: I -
a Canadian- ships. visiti}gi,
• If at first. suec.eed, try and
-:1rnit-ed States Ports illApril. tri again. T]7cn quit There's rio use e�
.'1`he- head of, the AP'i� ('Il)i:; ha:,Valle
that he hands ,pat with.'the. 'Wad of t11e - A goo .seeretar�• laughs' at the Cokes
Seafarers', s'' Inte�rnation'al• Union' and the her 1)055 Spills, riot' be�atis 'they a11e .clever,
ilio inure headed about
itr , i�on'istctt't•I koul ..,unnlistaken ly. ,11� Hi:• . �' ."•w'
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410L -CTO Mi,itimweTrades Department• l,u=t hoc au4e she 1s '
• The MTI) controls the, lakefront nnioil;.'' People ' who live bet-oiii.l their 'mean
in. the' II.S.A'.,-and has ben responsiblo`'•5hoiil1,}t�c... their wage.
for. the harassment '•. of .Canad,ij.n ships 111 \\'Om,.'n„ live longed' .than int11, An(1 it
'tlie. past. 4 • „ serves .tiheui', right's • .
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50 Years Ago -1.914. . k
Dr. H. 'I. 'Strang completed
his 50th year in the teaching
profession. He came tei .,Gode-
rich ' in 1871 and was principal
of Goderieh, •Co_liegiate- for;,-' 34
years until he retired in 1905
as principal.,, However, he con -
tinned on as a Member of the
teaching staff for same years
- alter that. • -
11,ev.. J. E.. Ford, minister of
Vrotoria 'Street M et h o d i s t
m Ckrurch, Goderich, spoke Sunday
.afternoon in the Temperance
Hall at a meeting in .the inter.,
.eats' of th'e Canada Temperance
Act.
30 '''1rbars Ago -1934
Walter l?+laftel, proprie-
tor and editor of The Goderich--
Star., died at -the -age- df '56. His
first . ewskpaper job was on The
Trowileria""-„,AS'} ur- ”"Til d4 .-„trig'.
'oriole&e„of Dan ,McGillicuddy.
There were 73 births, in Gode-
•rich^'in 1933 in cor`nparison to
87 the, previous year, the'', Ota
tistic5 revealed; ”
, 15 Years Ago --1949
County treasurer A. H, Ers-
emor
Teealajli
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WM. S • j 'ICiAR1JCX
A (411041 se;cvice Was held
Saturday aftear tci . a't' St.
George's Anglican Church" fair
William Je, ep i Garrick,. a ,
who 'died Wednesday W last,
week at° Alexandra, Hospital
after a'Ib''icliness of sire mentlra.,
Previous to this, the remains
rested -`-et, Stiles funeral home.
•The'..seryiee was •conduct_ed. by
Canon Taylor: . interment
was in Maitland cemetery. The
pallbearers *re Joseph Rumig,
Charles Anstay, Carl Stod4art,
Bruce Gregg, Roy 1VIt day, all
of
Godericli and J. King of
Teeswater.
A grain trimmer at `the was Gode-
rich
Grain Elevators, he
born and lived his whole life
in Goderich. Mar. Garrick was
al son oif the late Joseph Garrick
and Clara Mathews. lie was a
member of • St.,, George's' An-
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n- : I wa e
's s ved fits �
�Ie r urvL b'Y >
-the former Kathleen . Smith;
three daughters., Mrs: Harold
(June) Duckworth,' GQderich;
Mrs. Kenneth (Clara) Swan, Sea -
forth; Alias Margaret, at home;
four sons, Murray, Cold Springs;
George, Seaforth; Percy and
John, at home; also two sisters,
Mrs. Harold (Lillian) Knitting,
Goderich, and ' Mrs: " Thomas
(Pearl) Wilson of Vancouver.
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MRS. J. ,HECTOR HAYS
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Clinton, ' Interment was in
Maitland cemetery.
Mr ;.'Hay$ :was' a svatughter, of
the late William Craig"and' of
the 1gzime>r Ealy Chambers: She
lived all.:; her life in • town until
going to H;urenview 14, months
ago. Her husbaf.d, irJ. Hecto
'Hays, died in 1$$8. She was
"` member of St. eoi� :e's An-
a nte, G. -g
glican Chtx'rch and of the Octo-
genarian' Club. -
Surviving are three brothers,
latry Orraig,' California, and
Joseph and William CraIg,,,
Goderieh.
• Rev. E. J. B. Harrison of Bey -
field officiated at the thneral
serviee on Wednesday after-
noon -at -the Loo�g� n
for M,ary Elizabeth .Hays 86,
who died Sunday at Huronview,
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MESSAGES
FROM ^� •T H-E_:r WORD: ',
By Rev. A. G. -Pease,. Bayfield literally "You have found • a''
United Church•
Ep h . 2 :19==Now-trlre€d:
are tee more strangers and for-
eigners, bat -fellow 'citizens with.
1th'e saints and of the household,
of God.
'We have passed through the
seasons of Advent, -Christmas
and the .New Year. We now
spiritual home." . •
As • we -celebrate -Epiphany,.
70lir''fist-present with us, the glad-
ness. should • remain, ,.it 'should,
de something for us, it should
meet oar deepest need, Which
is to, give us 'a spiritual home.
Loneliness is the --problem of
m'arikiid. Y We need' friends,
people, we can trust and talk
to. It is no coincidence' that
edict... -,the, as4L aL •E.naphanY, the_,.mosLwidelaa, read st n -ins
We 'have received and given the' newsparpers"of" our .time •is
gifts, we have said, "Merry Ann' Landers. It i a
a
shocking
Christmas and HhpY Newfact to realize how manypeple
Year" again' and. again. We 'go.;threugh life literally on"their
have sung the .traditional songs, hands. and knees,,, only- the
looked on The traditional 'scenes shadow's of . what they ,could be
because of the, sheer no.n-exist=
Bance of somebody whom they
can talk to and. lean .upon'4i,n'
an-almosbhe>:e..of .dignity,,aiitl'
respect, The 'sickness b'f o'>ar
society is:'iii albsence.° in too
many lives of 'the spiritual, cap
aoitya.to -be a-',:fnie'nd- of some-
one. • The :brother 'or sister .wh•o'
is truly a brother qr sister, is
the one that is a friend. The,
wife or the husband' that -is
truly- a wife or - ahu•sbeed, is
the one who is •truly, a friend-
to tll'e other. Jesus said „ "I
have • called ''you.. friendly,'°•„'.I'e,
has given- to us a spiritual home::
We learn from the difficulties
in 'life. Modern man
"Lonely, Crowd” society must
fins Jh.egi•ound 'of his own• be-•
had preyed -its truth 'and power. ging, before he can he a means
The writer of Abe, .text re: of giving meaning to the life
fleeting on these facts is coin of another.
polled to statedvhat these'facts- If we°really believe that God
tno.an;-,.::feat th.e..p'eopl;e ,..to .whoma:.is_..with. us; .then-we_sh
the;., mites; Ile states to them -able .to- lay aside our concern
• D. K. BR1N DLEY
Suffering a heart seizure
while 'working in his barn,
David Kimble (Kim) Brin4}ey,`
54, 'Colborne Township fawner,
was rushed to Alexandra Hos-
pital Friday where he died.,
A .lifelong res'i t..., of Cal:
,� n.,
Norrie hofs a-iti of th ormer+
Margaret Tiliiard ani' of -the'
late David C. Brindley. -'In 1941
he Was Married to the farmer
Olive Pitlbllade . at Benmiller
,parsonage. Mr. Brindley was
a, trustee of the Colborne Town-
ship School Board:frorn,1 ":0 to
the time of his 'death, and also
of Benmiller United Church.
Surviuiti b M les his wifeis
one daughter, 'Mary,. attending
Teacher's .College ,at Stratford;
one son, Robert, at hoarse; .two
sisters, Mrs; Hazel Goddard and
Mrs: -Mm--(M'arga'ret)---Kerl1y--of-
Godericiv, and ,two` brothers,_
Henry(�(" and 'Charles of Colborne
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- -The after 'e- = rat-"eb
ducted $y, iR vC. A. Dukelow
at Stifles funeral home on Mon-
day afternoon with; interment
in Colborne cemetery. the" pall-
bearers .were Grant MacPbee,
Tom ,Moore, Lloyd Walters,
Clarence A11in, t•Russ- Pfrimmer_
and Frank McMichael:. The
flower bearers were ,Roy Allin,
,;Oliver Alllin, 'Alfred:Etzler,.Wil-
liaan Reed, Jim Feagan and
Robert Bradley.
ancloohave felt within ourselves
the old and familiar emotions.
Yet, ,:had. anything really har
pined'? For many it will be. an
adding ufk of 'the :bilis ,and a
prayer that .it Only Ccimes once
a year; with a sigh of .relief, that
it is, over, the. old routinew;is,
taken .up once .again,
,Our text reflects the fact that
in,, t'he' early, 'church" soinetlhing
had , happened., A great in -
gathering -'fellowship had begun.
It included people of, all, classes
'an'd backgrounds. Its -test of
t'reality, was that it 'had over-
com.e traditional Jewish ideas.
o'f -exclusiveness amid which 'it
had begu1i•k, and ;which had
threatened, to reduce - it to an-
other ,'sect within Jewery. It
ine told the January 'session. II An epidemic of oney thefts
of Huron Count, Council that. from • milk- bottles, principally
he estimate's worald be calling in the north and 7tgrthawest 'sec -
or an eight mill rate. " tion of town, was reported.
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10 Years Ago -1954
115 Years Ago 'Red, Johnston was elected
chairman of the Goderich PzU.C.
L at its inaugural 'meeting.
1_ Goderich.--- Councillor Frank Gal1ow was
' • not present at the 'inaugural
substantial New •Year's 1Tbwn Council meeting, having
,gift .at Gfielpll,, was�.eport submitted his resi natiotr in the
by •,, the • Guelph Hd 'peralan•d interim, °'
rc}iubli5hecl in The Huron ° Fines of $15 and costs each
or'two weeks in jail ere given 'c
Signal.- Several nicen;bers of
__or
two 16 -year; -old Goderi'cth boys
the Weasleyin •Church' • it found guilty of breaking irito
Guelph male a' "wood bee" ,summer ,cottages., ,1
and-th•e issue of -the effort red ; 3
•One Year Ago -19 ' ~
si�dt'ed Yin 191ei,gh�=really of
,firewood being -left 'in the Hon. John- Robares, premier
yard of the' church's 'baster, of Ontario, spoke at the official
itev .;Trw,.B.redin:...,•...ClommeTrt� .opr*nin„rn...; m..,.the...w.-new„O�n•tario.
ing, The 6"'uel}ih Herald said: Government Hospital here, •
pretty fair indication of •peeve Walter J. Forbes of
t 'e happy understanding be- Goderich‘Township was elected
• :terecn' the pastor and -"his Warden of Huron County.
grateful flock: ,” To . o't.her - Lt. Col• T. M. MacDonald re-
,,cliui'ches itzseems to say, `Go,_.1.signed as Huron County's Em -
and do likewise'." 'ergency Measures Co-ordinator.
Established' 'l17thYar of4 (1jj'rirh ` tguaI-star-,,Publication :
�' The County Town 'Newspaper of -Huron- ,
• Published at Goderieh, Ontario every Thursday morning by
'Signal -Star Publishing Limihed '
(rlf7. L:• ELLIS, President
,. •and Publisher.
R. G. SHRIER, Vice -President ,
and Advtg. Mgr.'
S. F. Hills, Plant Supt.
11' 6 Member : of (W:N, .,O.W.N:A•, C.CN.R., and A•B,C,
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BRIDGE .SCOR $ '
';: `inhere ; wei m
four -tab es'•'1n.
play at the Goderich Duplicate
Bridge Club ons onday, night.
Winners and' tlAttt, score§ were
as. (allows: Mrs. R.. Sproule and
Mrs. 1i; Paperniek, 32 points;
Mrs. -J..•Stringer and Mrs. 31.
S?h+rier, � 0 hint ; Mrs. bA. Gal-
•braith and Mrs. A. Nicol, " 25%
points.
for ourselves.' Most 'of the' unl.
kind words • and deed originate
in aur concern With' ourselves,
our fear of losing something. -
We, can't get beyond - God car-
ing. - O'ur.., sickness of soul is
that we will not 9.dmit to our-
selves that God' does care ••and•••
so �we„ live ' bur own• existence
'which God has given us, unable
to realize the meaning g
and `p
ur-
pose of it. -
May ,, this. Epiphany season
truly he a time when we shall
think' on -what it. means to cele-
brate the fact' that the Christ
who came; is with. us.: It lCan
be stated ' in.; °nd ,grand-er pr
stumpier words than those of aiir,
text.
The annual dinner'will,- be”
held on Monday' evening,. Jtiiif
,ary- 20 -;at, •6;30 p.m-
ford
.ma 11-
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