HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-04-23, Page 16IS The craderiteh Signal -Star Thu.rgday, April. 23rd, 1964
Couple Go Abroad
et Age Gypsies"
Former residents of the Gode-
rich area, Mr. and °Mrs. Ernest
Pritchard, .now of Toronto, have
1e4t for a trip abroad as '1jet
age gypsies" •during which they
will travel and live in a self-
! • pro aired trailer,
Mr. Ernest Pritchard - is a
~brother of 'from Pritchard of
Goderrieh, and :Mrs. Pritchard L.
'the former Margaret Pentland,
She was born .on g farm north
of Dungannon, now owned by
her. youngest brother, Wilfred
Pentland. ' The latter has *the
' .crown deed to this .farm Which
was take; up by his grand-
father in 1845 fox •the sum of
40 pount s. " --
Mrs. Pritchard twill be recall
ed as the writer of a series •o'
•art les -from' oveIseaa foe•--Th-e
Signal -Star some years ago un
der the ' pse•udonyrn of "Thi
'Country Mouse."
The couple plan 'to park their
trailer in the many. "caravan
ramps -scattered across Gra
_._ gritahi as they- tour-th-e•
of spring but there were not too
nrany.,. Of course the e are no
leaves out yet but tli,e� dogwood
and w'ill'ow bark in their red
d
and yellow were' brilliant again -
the dull earth. I saw an odd
bulge in a tree which 1 'reco,g-
zized as an owl when we got
Joee. There Were a few- red
winged hlackhi.11s and •some
wild ducks and a, crane or bit-
tern flying along.
As we left Oakville, I noticed
very reddish tinge to the, soil
rnd this continued until we' had
:'eached the top of the e:scar:p-
nent It always fa_ cinates me,
'hat old Niagara escarpment
vhen it looms up .on the horizon.
At one .spot,' 1 kept 'thinking
f, n
o the�o co�ty � it
r w Fromt he
'-tipernet tt 'a' gUn t part of
"Ialtork County, '1'od:ty wc' saw
1 in
reverse --fiat level country
Mase by. , tumbled glacial d.:-
,osits farther away and that
treat high ride against°the sky.
''he:n there were the fipjhl or
-hard,-- =ane i1 1hem seVer`eIy
)Tuned ,and some with thous' -
Just before leaving New York 1 inds of fingers pointing sky-
ard's. • Later, on the flats be -
!ow us, there were miles of
vineyards. , There really is some
If the' fruit belt still in pro-
luction.
I ani always intrigued with
he a.opearance of bridges from
below. As We tui need and twist-
ed around the west end of
'.oke Ontario, I saw several with
massive wooden beams. The
• '-111) ti' g a•rn:i-_ ritallta1T1J n�' e s= I li%e e t, are t h o s e
saving) we began a trip today. ''ted ores which make such
which we hope will go on and r..tricate geometric pattern. And
then there are liner modern'
^oncrete ones, very functional
but not very romantic.
After Fort Erie and the Nia,-
City for England, Mrs. • I'ri1
chard wrote 'as follows:
Dear Friends -
Now --- what should I tell you
about ta•day? What sounds a bit
like Christopher Robin after
his day of *'heezles and sneezle.
when he said, '`Now how to
amuse them today!"
I suppose I should say first o.`
all that after months and year;
on and on.
. Our kind neighbor on the left
took us to the station and we
had a pleasant train trip to New
York. It is several years since.
I have gone :from Tcironto 40
the Niagara area by train and 1
could hardly believe my eyes.
I•knew our orchard and gander
lands were disappearing ,but 1
didn't realize how fa_•` I know
people must have a place, to
n k ast .
t lo coat to
live and one of 'mvJet beefs..•-fta
�e.�'•stx•ys-•�ssrtu's d�mav�secav;�•s. r. erJ. .ss�n r..•trrc
awn r• w`arr.ycasY,:'ie mom nt rs
the way industry and housing
are encroaching on that wonder-
fully fertile area. arouncl ,Lake,
Ontario.
It' was a beautiful looking
-spring. day but there was iii;te
in the air. 'f 'looked far signs
5,
en�ries Are Recalled As Old
Family Past Office Box Ends
With Post Office boxes, in schedule. Postmarks then were,
c1 oderich now a thing of • the
past for local residents, arSout,h
street resident has` become a
bit nostalgic, recalling -that
'Lox 412'; long served her fam-
ily.
In a letter to, The ,Signal -Star,
she wrote as 'follows:
Records' do not show when
the key for P.O. Box 412 was
first given to our family but
a fourth generation school girl
is now carrying a key with the
same lumber and "going for
the mail." Our eari.ie.t recol-
lections are of the letters taken
from "four twelve" from, our
father wh,e>a "-connection
with his farzr:ilyu for nine to ten
months of each, year was
through ',ithe mail or by tele-
graph. r aph. Theseletters did- .ne•f
comeeel;, ry week or even regu-
lir1y, for the vessel which he
sailed depended entirely on the
wind and the •weather. Post•
marks on the letters were from
tyariops ports on the -Ma.nitou-
litT---a~4ui rtraa•Flagarh -
reorgian �I3ay and on the St.
Clair River. It was always cause
fo'r joy when a letter from thio
of ports on Lakes Superior
and Michigan, of the Marine
postoffices in "the rivers'' and
on down to the St. 1awrence.
Of course, letters were taken
from "four twelve" from friends
and relatives with postmarks,
from here and there in Canada,
the United States and Scotland.
There were, too, business let-
ters but these were just some-
thing to be carried home, care-
fully and delivered. It was the
letter,; from one of "Us's qwn
that sent our feet flying through
the lane hoping, there would be
no delay in having it opened
for it • was• afr unbroken custom
that the addressee should have
th'e privilege of reading -it be-
fore it `became family property.
�
�i
wr .e,..:.th1114100tine. ,J e.._ �
when the• storms raged and the
waves dashed high over the,
piers and 'ship -to -shore com-
munications were still in tht
future but at last„the looked -for
letters would,come, "Laying up
llze.,tz+ain; hoe for Chrdattu "
With unbelievable sudden-
ness, letters were delivered to
"four twelve" with, the post-
mark reac,he•d us before one mark "Va•Ieartier" then "An
Eastern ;Canadian Port" and
from "up the lakes" for it
meant that a quick trip had
been made. After some' years,
letters came more regularly
froth our brothers as steam-
boats were able to keep to a
ara River, my, seasick pill got
-th.c.-._lae•t.tea•_. o.1---nee-and-1--..spirit
'the Fest of the day in a drowsy
:tate, but 1 was awake enough
to enjoy the scenery through
the mountains of New York
State and also the Mohawk
Valley. 4
after an anxious wait, 4`Sa1is-
fiur3% Plains" and all 'too soon.
changed to "Somewhere in
France." These letters,- were
short and writfen discreetly for
they al -:o carried the censor',
stamp but the -.writing. alone
was sufficient' to keep fears hid•
-ci��n w:•h-i.le-.-w•a-i.t-irn�--•fog-Eh•e--next
one. These 'letters were taken
from fro"four twelve" even after
word had- been receVotd that no
mdrg would be written.
The third generation -was now
carrying the key- and 'taking
quality and economy
BRAWN
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letters from "four twelve." with
postmarks of the Peace River
District and we learned • about
that glorious part of our' coun-
try which up to that time had
been only a name. For a num-
ber 'of years, the postmarks
were of .different towns and
cities in our four western pro-
vinces telling us of life and
activ.i,ti•es in our so -important
Western Canada. Again, the
postmarks changed,and now
they came to "foutwelve"
with foreign .stamps and names
which beca'm'e very familiar,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Zanzibar.
Again a change, and the 'post-
marks were from the other side
of the world, Hong ,Kong, For-
mosa, Japan and Korea and on
the return journe,'s., home,
wh•i•eh war'eetakerz the long way -
round, Thailand, e Cambodia,'
Singapore, India, Egypt,. the
Holy Land, Lebanon, Turkey,
Qr eece and the European coup•
tries north and south; somehow
there were no postmarks from
Russia ar Poland.
Now the younger members
were accepting responsibilities
and for a number of years let•
ters delivered to and taken
from Box "faur twelve" were
from centres across Ontario ad-
viSing of the activities of the
Guider and the Rangers. •From
the beginning, of course, one
piece of Mail without a post-
mark was taken from' the box,
regularly each week, the paper
formerly known as The Signal
and now The Signal -Star.
P.O. Box "four twelve" ,has
served faithfully and well.
Spme people ape.happ" call
it p'ragress--but will some`°ne
please explain "Progress'' to
what?" A nine -digit gever-n-
�
art --•-number--• to -tae. -pmeesse•d--
thx ough a ' machine, stamping
nut individuality; na more RSir
.Jahn A.'s, no „more Sir Wilfred's
and 'for sures no more "Four
Twelve."
Re -doing it
yourself?
Get an HFC Householder's Loan
Repair, redecorate,
refurnish .o it all and -
do it no " with an
TFCITOlise folder s -Loan.
Get cash for room,additions,
kitchen remodeling
-even furniture
and appliances.
Borrow' -with confi-
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Hockey Has
Been Her - Joy, •
- The .perennial 'Young Canada
Week 'heckey fan, Grace Tol-
bert, from Pittsburg, Pa.,. has
written a letter to The Signal -
Star enclosing a poem she has
written,' entitled "My, Thanks."
In it, Miss Talbert expresses
how the game of 'hockey has
brought such pleasure to her.
Miss Tolbert stated she saw
her 530th pee wee hockey game
at the Lions Club Tournament
here Easter We"ek. It was also
the 700t'1 game of Canadian,
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hockey she has attended &ince
she first became interested in
the. game, She voiced her ap.
predation -for the many kind.
-
ncsses Flown to her by Gode•
rich people during her annual
attendance at Young Canada
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