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by G. MacLEOD ROSS
Trovelling ,With Charlie
Charlie's summer holiday was Sects into its open pitchers on
which -to feed. Just now, like
most other things along this
coast, it is "closed fcir, the sea-
son" presumably, of discontent.
We drove on to Stokes Bay and
turned south on the coast road
to find some good color in the
maples and birches, offset by
the brilliant green of conifers.
It was only when we had turned
n` to Oliphant, that unspoilt bit
of coastline looking. on to what
used to be the FishingIsles and
which are no longer islands,
that we were amazed to come
upon large patches of low grow-
ing fringed, gentian, in prime
condition, for here, every bit
of grass seemed peppered with
the c-aceful violet blue of their
flowers. This was the more sur-
prising since August is the us-
ual month for gentians in In-
verlvuren and elsewhere.
The road to Sauble Falls is
very lovely on a sunny fall day
even when interrupted with
roars of applause from a St.
Louis ball park or the special
bulletin annoilncimg the eclipse
of a Soviet premier, and what
a magnificent stretch of sand
long overdue. Yet, who °lint
Charlie would wish to leave in
summer? "If ever I should
leave you, it wouldn't be ' in
summer" was never sung by
him. Of course ' he likes the
summer visitors who descend,
bereft of all their toys and soon
get bored• to death and cannot
understand why we, who have,
elected to remain here come
hell or seiche, have so designed
our ,Ways tthat we_.,are• always
-busy.
So, when a lovely Iridian sum
mer descended on us it was de-
cided, to take Charlie, to 'Tober-
mory an "'a complete change 'of
: scent. he sky was cloudless,,
the lea% es golden, little red this
year .so far, but as' we breasted
the rise to Dunlop we were ap-
palled to find the Highway de-
partment at its fell work again.
True the Romans built their
roads straight as a die, but
would not slight deviation to
avoid a stand of trees be ad;
vantageous to the Modern driv-
. er who is lulled by' a straight
road to infinity? (Whatever hap-
pened to "No Nod?")
As is his custom, Charlie dis-'
. embarked at every stop and in-
variably found his beloved ce-
dars to sniff and frank. Tober-
mory harbour could never have
looked loyelier. The barely 'rip-
pling water was deepest blue
as far• as the eye could see,
' .., ---pierced—by-;long fingers -of -cedar --
clad promontories while misty
islands "floated on a mirage,
Everything seemed just as we
had left it. The Norisle smoked
contentedly at her moorings be-
side a high pile of coaly and
. nary a car to threaten her siesta.
The "Trip 'round Flower .Pot
-Wand' was a-tre i doTvii
„ :t;rote mar nfoa
around for her. The other plea-
sure boats were equally somn-
olent, but the golden yarrow
was still iri bloom, contrasting
with the aiure of the bay.:., For
the reasons explained above we
always see Tobergnory in, re-
pose. Windows Hoarded up be-
lie the.gaudy notices which stir-
red "so many hearts in summer,
promising antiques, mud -stain-
ed anchors 'from schooners that
sank in 1679 — but surely not'
here.
"If I wrong the "restaura-
ise tis'.'_.;bf..the,;.neiglibothbod,.-1etr'
me apologize at once, but. to
' ask and get two dollars for •ten
square' inches of whitefish, :in
-" To`bermory, tri - Oetober, -seems
to smack too blatantly of a phil-
osophy based on the dictum that.
there'll always be . another peb-
ble on the beach. And so to
'the motel whose "reduced rates"
„. _madeyou. Wonder had you •.hit
the end of the Cariboo Trail at
Barkerville in its hey -day, the
• land of Eldorado! Charlie made
his customary minute inspection
,. of room 10, with its token bed
reading lamps so low they were
only useable lying fiat on the
mattress without benefit of 'pil-
low, the cold vinyl floor, the
job -lot "sanitary" fittings and
finally the propane heater, ther-
mostatically controlled! Set at
70—no result. Set at 85 and
it comes to life with a mild ex-
plosion to which Charlie retali-
ates, but when it cools the 'con-
traction creaks cause him to
rumble like disant thunder.
However, all this .pight:long ac-
com,paniment was as nothing to
the arrival, departure and re-
, arrival at midnight of the man
next door. Charlie voiced his
annoyance at these disturb-
ances, .magnified •as they were
by the drum -like properties of
• the partition and though he us-
ually sought his basket after
each Of these alarums, sooner
or later he called for the flash-
light so that he could see to
jump up on the bed for greater
warmth,
Tfuly a horrific night for all
concerned so that we were glad
to look out on the lovely bay,
ba -t ud4n-s-u-*light and after we -
had complacently swallowed the
half-ceoked;Jacon and the egg
fried in—was it whale oil? to
be on our way to Dorcas Bay.
Itis here that private subscrip-
tion if you please, has bought
an area as a Neild flower pre-
serve, and where, at the right
time of year, you ,will see the
Huron iris, lady slippers, sev-
eral other orchids and the pitch-
er plant, the last enticing in.
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PORTER'S HILL
PORTER'S HILL. --• Mr: and
Mrs. Allen .Betties spent sev-
'eral days this week visiting re-
latixes_in._.Toronto.-_- _�
Recent `visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Wilmer Riddell.and family
were Mr. and Mrs.. Vernon Rid-
dell and Heather, Etobicoke;
and Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Dunn, North Bay.
Mrs: i✓va Harvey and Miss
Thelma Irish, Detroit, spent the
eekenihvith''Mr; •Alec WeStrin.
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
John Torrance._
Anniversary services at Grace
Church on Sunday were well at-
tended. The guest speaker was
Rev. Peter Renner, Wiarton,
who served this . charge from
1949 to 1957. Special :music
was provided by the choir lander
the direction of Mrs. William
Cox.
Facts do not cease to exist
because .they are ignored.
Sauble Beach offers over its five
miles! Thereafter we popped
in to Douglas Point, now only
open on Sundays to visitors;
noted the white domed reactor,
a costly monument to an at-
tempt lb lead in the peaceful
use of the atom. Will the sys-
tem used here really challenge
King Coal? or was it boo much,
too soon? Should we have held
off for further development be-
fore going into a twelve inches
to the foot project?
Having traversed the forest
road to Douglas Paint, it is si3n-
Jale to take in lovely Inverhhon
Park with its rocky bay,9fringed
with all manner of coniferous
trees. Charlie, who likes the
bucket seats which permit ac-
cess to the back seat for a
snooze, was, by now, quite som-
nolent in the fact of all the
alarums and excursions from
St. Louis, Moscow and London
and it was only when he recog-
nized the home ground that, he
uncurled. Once home an a
rousing welcome from Speck,
he made it very clear that "it's
hame and it's hame, hame fain
wad I be, 0 hame, frame, hame
to my ain countree.' " His dic-
tion is not quite Perfect 'yet,
but that is what it 'suggested.'
Obituary
E. ROSS FISCHER • t.
Ross Fischer 59, died Oct. 12
in Clinton Public: Hospitalt after
a long illness. Born in Col;
borne Township he was a son of
the,late Aaron C:\ Fischer and
his yvife, Lettie , Jane Sprung.
Mr. Fischer farmed all his life
near Benmiller and was mem-
ber of. Benmiller, United Church.
Sur ivilpg are three brother
'7rtiwwlYm
Aaron, both of Colborne Town-
ship; five sisters, Mrs. Elwyn
(Beulah) Wilson, Seaforth; Mrs.
Joseph- (Marie)Corey, Clinton;;
Mrs. •John (Norma) 'Tindall, St.
Jacobs; Mrs. Ross (Zelma)
Shand, Toronto; Mrs. James
(Edda) Knight, Aurora.
Rev. ,C. A: Dukelow conduct-
ed the funeral service last
Thursday afternoon at the
Lodge funeral,home'' Burial
was .in Colborne. cemetery. '
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Local `Orange Lodge
Older than Dominion
By W. E. Elliott
Victoria Loyal Orange -Lodge
No. 182, Goderich, which on
October 3145 to formally open
new quarters on' Lighthouse
street, is much older than the
Dominion. It received .its war-
rant at a time Fhen the mails
were not entrued with grand
ledge reports, and these often
miatrarried "owing to Lice nec-
" ' Leslie H. Saunders of Tor-
onto, who is to be chief speaker
atthe formal opening, October
31, of the new quarters of Vic-
toria L.O.L. 182, Goderich. is
a farmer • grand master of On-
tario West and of the grand
lodge of British America, and
this year in London, England,
was elected president of the
Triennial Council. He served
for several years on Toronto's
Board of Control, and later as
essityof sending them by priv-
ate hand." It passed through
a period in which a statute of
the pre -Confederation. parlia-
ment required "the suppression
of processions." In those years,
grand lodge of British America
reported "the great and undy-
ing desire of the French to gain
an ascendancy over the Saxon
race," •
The framed -warrant upon the
wall of the new hall, the former
Salvation Army building, does
not reveal the names of , the
grand lodge .officers who signed
it; the ink has faded out. Faint-
ly discernible appears.. to be the
name of Hugh Johnston, first
master, to, whom it was• issued.
A history of Orangeism in Can,
ada, prepared -In 1941'by Leslie
IL Saunders; Toronto, records
thatt_.a-.,..warrant_was.,..issued to
L.O.L. 182 in j.845," and in 'the'
'same year to lodges at' Bayfield
a•ncf in• Goderich Township; but
in each case -there had been
earlier warrants, to L.O.L. 24,
Bayfield in 1830, Riverston 145,
Goderich Township, in 1834 and
to 182, Goderich, in 1835. The
warrant of 145 was issued to
John Cox, and it is on record
that some 14 members met at
his house on July 12, 1834,
marched to Goderich (popula-
tion 100) and presented them-
selves before the house of
Squire Longworth, who prtavi it
ed appropriate. refreshments.
That was undoubtedly the first
"Twelfth" celebration here-
abouts.
The Grand Lodge of British
America waste organized in 1830
at Brockville, and subsequent
meetings were held at Niagara
Falls, Port Hope, Montreal,
Quebec, Bellevilleand other
points far from Huron. First
available record of Goderich
men on the "grand committee"
is for 1853, when Henry Hands
and William Holmes were ap-
pointed thereto. In 1857 the
Goderich lodge was represented
on the committee by John
Moore and James . Timms. .
Previous to the setting up of
Ontario East and Ontario West
-j.uriselictinns,.---tb,e_.counties_..of.
Huron, Bruce and Perth were
included h the •"West Riding."
L.O.L. No. 1 was formed. at
Brockville, went dormant for a
time and then had as worship-
fuI master Mackenzie Bowell,
later prime minister of Canada.
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(Last week's budget)
HOLMES'VWPIJVE — Mr. and
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Kitchener spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yeo. -
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. No`r' Iran
and family, Mr. Bi Uce Norman,
and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Nor-
man, Were guests on Thanks-
giving Day; of Mr. and Mrs.
Dewar Norman in •Goderich.
Miss Sandra Williams of Bur-
lington
urlington spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs.L,Harry Williaarts.
Miss Linda Nesbitt of Blyth
spent the Thanksgiving week-
end with Miss Shirley Norman.
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Lawson
and family of London spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
D. E. Gliddon.
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The Messengers of Holmes-
ville United Church, met in the
Sunday School room for their
meeting. Mrs. Frank Cantelon
led in a sing -song. The call
M. -worship -was -given -by -Mrs:
Ray Potter. Mary -Heard read
the Scripture and led in pray -
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Blake told the story„. and Mrs.
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period. The meeting closed
with prayer by Mrs. Bay Potter.
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