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FIRST FALL FAIR HERE WAS 1141842
" Fall fairs in Huron Country are
all' over .tor another year. Gode:
rich was not among the cen-
tres which held fall fairs. Nor
has there been any held there
for several, decade.s now.
Yet, it was at Godericir where
the first fall fair in Huron
Cou,nty, as they are now known,
took place.
A record of this appeared
in a diary of one of the early
settlers of the Huron Tract. It
was the diary ot a man named
Acheson Brown. He landed in
Goderieh in 1838 in his 80th
year. Settling on the Bayfield
road near Gpderich, he took an
active part in the life of the
c,ornmunity.
Mr. Brown ,was interested in
the formation of the first Agri-
cultu'ral Society in Goderich. In
his diary he had an entry. v,vhich
read: "Rude into town for the
purpose of forming an Agricul-
-turat—smi-ety-r-at-d- sueoe- • e
well. Formed an Agricultural
Society with 18 directors, treas-
urer, secretary, four vice-presi-
dents, president 'and patron."
vias active obtaining mem-
bers andsthere are many en-
tries in regard tomeetingsof
the directors. The first exhibi-
tion was held on October 18,
1842. He says the show was
"middling and the turnout rath-
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NI. NILE
• NILE.—The sympathy of thet
community Is extended to the
family of 't'he late Harold Douigh-
erty and the family, of the late
Wilber Johnson.
There will be no services at
Nile next ,Sunday as it is Port
Albert anniversary. The Rev.
George Watt will be guest
speaker at 11 o'clock and 7.30
p.m.
The U.C.W., will meet on Wed-
nesday, October 21, at 2 o'cleck.
Devotional, . Mrs. Talmay and
• something each
pay day in your
CREDIT UNION
ittfrs. itaggitt; hostesses, Mrs.
Christilaw and Mrs. Stewartson.
and Mrs. Allan McNee
of Scirbore spent the holiday
with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan McDiar-
mid of Midland and Mr. and
Mrs. Wib'Anderson of Toronto
spent the holiday weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave McDiarmid.
Mr., and Mrs. Bill Sproul and
Gilda of Cooksville spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McNee aid family.
Mr., and Mrs. Harold Dickson
and family of Kitelietwr visited
with his 'brother ,A.Ilan and
family;'
Mr. and Mrs: Ed. Smith. and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Connell of
Clihton visited on the weekend
at Kingsville.
Mr. and Mrs, William Wig-
gins and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Young took a trip north on the
weekend.
' 4-1-1 Girls
The 4-H girls held their first
meeting at S.S. No. 17, Orchard
Row School, with 18 members
present. Leaders are Mrs. H.
McWhinney and MTS. Girvin.
The meeting opened with the
pledge ad dosed 'with the
Queen. Election of officers re-
sulted as, follows: President,
Sharon Stevvartson; vicepresi.
dent, Faze pearson; press re-
porter, lkilerna Dickson; pianist,
Rosemary Eedy. Secretary is
to be appointed for each meet-
ing. They held their second
meeting on Friday night with
15 present. • Mrs. Bill Clements,
county librarian, was- present
and gave a talk on books. Chas.
Breckow of Goderi'oh was pre-
sent anedemonstrated artificial
respiration. All the girls took
part' in this. The next meeting
will be Friday, October 16, at
8 o'clock.,
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CANADIAN OIL COMPANY
ANNOUNCES
LE
er shabby."
• On Ja9nuffar13:92 4;141 he has
a brief -entry: "In London. Fin-
islied my purchases today."
Then on...January 3 there is a
note: "In London went to the
theatre." As the Theatre Royal
in London is known to have
opened early in January, 1843,
he may have attended the
premtere. He started home
the next day and did not reach
there until January 6 with a
heavy load on his sleigh.
January 10, 1844, he re-
po a meeting of the' agrioul-
tura directors when it was de-
cided to purchase a Durham
bull. At the end .of the month
he went to Guelph, stopping on
the way at- Berlin; now, Kitch-
ener, and bought a bull. He
did not get back until February
13 and, the following day there
was'held the annual meeting, of
the society.
Wins a Lawsuit
Apparently in ' 1844' he got
into a lawsuit with a neighbor
named Mr. Reach, although ie
does not say what the suit 'mpg
over. In August of that. year he
reports: "Remained in town all
day on law business about that
dirty rascal Reach. Dined with
Mrs. Longworth and slept at
Hamilton's.' The trial did not
come off until October. Under
date of October 5 he writes: "In -
Leroy Ryan to townloday to attend thaptial
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between myself and the rogue,
Takts Over Reach, but it did not come off."
The' next day he writes in his
diary:
THEIR
EW LESSEE
W`g
- "Into town at the trial which
did not go as Reach expected,
,for 'I won most triumphantly."
' Leroy Ryan, 24, of 98 New- Two days 1.4er he must have
gate street, has leased the celebrated his'success With the
White Rose Service station judge. He writes: "Went up in
formerly operated by. the late the evening to dine with Mr.
W. A. :Currey at 318 Huron Jones and the judge."
road.h
,'October 11 there wa's again
tion, formerly known as Cur-
. held the ,agricultural Show and
he reports that he won the first
Mr. .Ryan took over the sta
'rey's Highway Service, -October and second prize foi, the best
11. ' .
Henceforth, ht will be op.er. grand prize 'for the butter. The
bushel of oats and also the
ated as "Ryan's, White Rose." last entry is November 23 when
... . -- ...„ '. NI..r., . ari .8-:natIve DE:Gnde- 41P...states, at -he -went-to towrr
----,,sreaTh0071...-.edava-tea --m—lucti: -w-i-th-a-gareet4or Mrsi4laintltate'
"7111Torwro—rettriirlre—MTM
road station, Mr, Ryan attend-
ed a Special service station man-
agement • course conducted by
Canadian Oil Company in Tor-
onto. He finished first in a field
Currey's
• , jority 31."' The next day, March
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The n6,VWhite Rose operator weather. But there are occa-
'Me Gedq-Xlc4
7.4.11V
he Ode:. "Fnished: the ballroom
and. fitted up the siiPper reQrnp
small parlor and stair case, dee*
He does not say where the hall
was held, but presumably it was
in one of the •Goderich hotels.
On the day of ithe ball, Janu-
ary 14, there is the entry: "Fin-
ished all the preparations by
p.m. The. band arrived at 2
o'clock: The 'ball began at 10
p.m. and broke up at 5.30
o'clock." ,Prfisumably Mr. Brown
never went to bed' and gaily
marched with the band next
mdrning. He writes: ."Wet
four miles south of the town
with the band playing 'all the
way. Taking down and packing
up the decorations of the room"
He'does not say where the band
came from, but one would hard-
ly think there'would be a .balid
nearer than London,. Then on
January 16 he writes:, "ginished
a taking.jiamaLand_piciring
all the flags and curtains, etc.
Received the proceeds of a, bill
of exchange, £121."
A Famous Election
In March of that year there
was an election in which the
opposing candidates were Capt.
Strachan, a. son of the famous
Bishop Strachan and. an official
of the Canada 'Land Company,
and Dr, William Dunlop. Ap-
parently Mr. Brown was a sup-
porter of Capt. Strachan. It is
a pity that there are notmore
voluminous entries - On the
election, which was bitterly con-
elted. The militia were even
sent for from London to main-
tain order. The farmers of Col-
borne Township were largely
supporters of Dr. Dunlop, whose
home was in that township. The
election ran our days. In his
remarks of March 12 he writes:
"The election taking,up much
time, Capt. Strachan and friends
called on Thursday."
On March 22, the firstpolling
day, he writes: "In tgwn all day
at the elecions. All went on
quietly, but the coWardly Col-
borneites sent off for troops.
State of the polls at 4 pm: Mr.
Dunlop 56; Stractran 51. _Back-
doar Inaroity:faininkh•P',:',i1V,L2"
D lam, F ronn . 183ti The 11-7673r1 - da).'::-'11;7611--""2-8;'-h-e"
'''''''''Tfirala7Y"' w`arraiTerarlinn- ,rmtm.7.4,„RrereorrvireatliIiiilig,..-eap.cated-Miss..Sclined..........,...
der and her sistet, Anna Marie
Bay -field road for votes. .Got,
da', December 28, 1838, andSchneider, to the decorated
nan through until November. 23, into town at 12 o clock; 35 sold- chair8 and pinned corsages on
iers earne up this morning;
1844. Most ,of the entries Were them. Miss Marilyn Daer read
State of the, poll at 4 p.m.:
brief, and 'they .tell what'lle. the address of -goed wishes and
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Dunlop 101; Strachan 132. Ma -Was doWg on his farm', the con -the gifts were carried in by
.1U.Angla_,.,..,...„,-
Ball, Nancy Lapp and Brenda
has had nine years' experience' sional.remarks' which throw his- Rode into toWn. .Called on .Mr.
Archambault. A beautiful rib:-'
in the service station business, torical light on thetimes. The ,Jones. Rode 'hbm.e before dark, bon hat' was made 'by Brenda
He was ernpley.ed by:',CUrrey's first' entry. in December, 1840; 'bought a lockon the tool
' 1Ball and placed on Miss Schnei-
Highway Serviee in 1955, and simply feporti that the wcather111"". ' State of the polls at 4 I der. Eileen thanked her friends
1.p.m.: Dunlop 110, Strachan .152.
has been.with the firm ever was fine' and frosty, lie writes,andneighbors and the 'members
&1110. ..7 ' . . "ChoPping, splitting-ind. piling IMajority 42," • . , . ASt.•Mark's Cuild for the...Love-
When -.. the . _original .owner,. up Parlor ,wood in • the bush.". .4 _The next • day. 'he appareztlylk. :,7.:it6., Mrs. Elliott Lapp eon Williani Curr4w,',. died in •Sep- On January .. 2 he went to spent.working.,,, on hisfarm chop- ducted 'a guessing contest and'''.
teniber, , Mr. 'Ryan took'. over Goderich to arrange „Mr a pub- pinl. cordwood. But on March the prize. Went to Mrs. Donald
full operation ' of the station. lir hall. „Ile write: "Remained ,:lf;' hi' has this .entry: "CAL Sprung. A lunch was served ••.
Ile entered and completed a in town all day'nfaking arrango-....SINthhan-returnc2d M.P. for ,t.he b.-• the Guildladies.
10/.130„ agreeinem: with 'Canadian mentis for a pl..iblic .ball on the -c.onnty thk afternoon at 4 p.m.,, ,
Oil Company, October 7. . —
' 14th inst. ,.Malked home-after:a majority nt;, 10. At the close'
Mr. Ryan and wife Leone are six - o'clock." Ten days late'r, of the polls, Dunlop 149; Strach- The 1961 census reported that ,.
the parents of four c.hildren, .Tani.iar,' '12, he' write e "Went an;159." Ile makes 110 note of 1,405.000 Canadians were eln- • -
Larry, Lori, Lynn and Lisa. into town and began' work on 'it, hut later Capt. Strachan was ployed in manufa6turing; next
Mrs. Ptyani the former Leone the ballroom. which was 'nearly unseated as a result of a protest highest „induStry was retailing
Hamilton, also was .educated•in finished by midnight, Mr. Grif- and Capt. Dunlop was seated ' with 702,000`workers, then agri- , ..
fin lielp,ed.me." The next day as member.
Goderich schools.' , • • • , culture With 640,000 workers.
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SHEPPA
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Mr, Norval ,
Shirley Anderson and Mr, Tery
Pederson of Toronto, aa40. 1Y10$
Lynda Foster of York Univera,-
ity, and Mr: David Watton and.
Mr. Peter Scovil of Western
University, London, spent the
weekend with WS. Agnes Fos-
ter, Mr. Ralph Foster ancyana-
iiy.
Mr. and Mss: Fred Scelly of .
Merriton called on their aunt,
Mrs. Cowan on Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cowan and
family of Lambeth visited with
Mr. and Mrs. E. Adkin during
the bolidax weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. George MCKin-
non and sans spent the week:
end in Atie Parry Sound district.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Freeman of
London spent the weekend with
and-Pirrs.---Ja-ck Moerbeek.--
' Mt, and Mrs. Bob Rising of
Windsor spent the past week.
with his brother, Frank Rising.
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leader, yrs. Frank Raithbyr'de-
monstrated a first aid kit and .,
told the girls what each §heuld
contain,
Showet Held
White wedding belts and pink
and white streamers decorated
the Sunday school room of Knox
Presbyterian Church when mem-
bers of St. Mark's Anglican
Church Guild were hostesses
for. a shower to honor Miss
Eileen Schneider, bride -elect OI\
this month. Mr,s. Elliott Lapp
was chairman for the program
which began with a sing -song
led (by Mrs. Wes Bra,dnock, with
Miss Carole Brown at the piano.
Mrs. Stanley Ball gave a read-
ing. A duet, The Band Played
On, was sung by Misses Brenda
Archambault and Nancy Lapp,
Mrs. Donald Sprung gave a
comical reading. Mr s,..1 Donald
Rae, played piano Solo. --MissiZZ:';
-Sharon 11 -all arid ,Bernice- •
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318 HURON ROAD (Formerly Curreys Highway Service)
Meet the staff of 1yan's White Rose. •teft 'to right;
Terry Griffith, Leroy Ryan and Jim McGregor. Jim
is a class "A" mechanic from the Seaforth district.
These staff members will serve you quickly and effic-
iently and will be able, to answer all your motoring
yequirements.
My Thanks And Sincere
I would like to thank Leroy for this opportunity of extending my sincere thanks ,fir
the patronage that all my late husband's customers afforded him during his 25 years
in business. I know it,was very muchappreciated and seldom taken forgranted by him.
I also take this opportunity of wishing Leroy much success and I do hope that all the
loyal customers of Currey's/Highway Service will continue to patronize Leroy Ryan, a
most responsible and energetic young man.
Best Wishes For Success
Signed
MRS. W. A. CURREY
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