The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-02-04, Page 7end .,became la time for reaper-
berjug the 'ate and :meat Sir
Winston OlinrChill whose dearth
last weeks ended an era. in,
wortid 4x!y•
Here. in, fioder b, .Bkp '§o
mares ,other places, a IVIemerial
Service was 'held to honor the
man who had helped the people
of the oppressed -countries
through "thy hour of need."
A 50 -,stir ,ng unit from 'the
Royal Canadian Legion and
their color party were among
500 people Who attended the
service in North Street United
Church, Sunday, at the invita-
tion of the Ministerial Associ-
ation land the Godie itch Town
Council. The Ladies' 'Auxiliary
of the Legion, the I.O.D.E. Chap-
ters and service dubs were also
in attendance.
' -The legionnaires, led by (their
;pipe band, had marcheld - to the
ohurah past the ' war aneanarlal
in Court House Park +'here they
had laid a wreath. A further
'wreath was also place in .the
ehureh durfnaa the service IF
Erie Johnstone, Zone Conlan.
er.
The, s.ervice was ctrndheted
by. tire president 01f the Minis-
terial A;ssipeia+tion,.- the Rev. W.
J. ten Hoop! n, (wino was assisted
by the Rev.- G. .L. -Royal Of
Knox ,>are.aby+tenian Ohurch. An
anthem was su$g by the com-
bined
combined 'choirs representting the
churches within the association
directed by William Cameron.
Lorne l o'tteter presided at the
organ.
It was left to the Anglican
minister. Rev. G.G. Russell to
preach the seairnon after tell-
ing the congregation: "It nv'ould
be presumptuous indeed if I
were to imagine that. any poor
contribution were of any lin
•portance among the eulogies
that have already been deliv-
ered."
went -on: -'Yet -1= o ;
appreciate the opportunity of
speaking at this anemorial ser
vice today."
"Sir Winston .Leonard Spence
+ + @t id` t± exr enefi
.ais told their Iprune nunrster
and his divided cabinet that in
three weeks' England' _that
u1d
have h,er n'ek rung, ,like a
chicken. Spine +cakuicke i, some
neck?
Nazi Machine
"That was Clrurtbhilal, and that
Wag -England; and that is at
made' it' possible for a tiny is,
land 't'o survive against the"Nazi
war machine 'which had su►b-
jcfgated, all western. Europe. •
"Bir Wins oon's'`deat:h has dibn=
•intiithed us (because in it we
See the death of a symbol which
sustained the world."
In conclusion Mr. Russell
used the words of Robert
Browning, to sum up "our sol-
emn estimate of the life of
Sir Winston Churchill."
"One Who nearer turned his back
but marched breast jforlward,
Never doubted clouds would
:break, never dreamed til o •t
right were worsted, wrong
would triumph,
Held we fall to rise, are baf-
fled tp fight better, Sleep to
wake.
No, at noonday in the bustle by Earl Cranston, Raft. 3, Luck -
No, of man's •worktime, Greet now Polwce assessed drainage
the unseen with a cheer. �n. the accident at $$50. .
Bid him .torwardy lbrea. t and 0thhe accident
car"` dFiven ,bY
,.back -�as ei�tb ar s�llQuld b -e,
Strive and ''thrive. Cry 45peed,
fight on, fare. ever, There
as here'."
Qhurahill waas; wzrou,1; dohrt, whatever they d , h g
a controueraial figuxe. 'ohtioai
storm raged, oand jtiqi,all ° lits
He was not Without enem-
ies -hid critics 'even atthe height
of his career, and historians a
lit_pdred years gala° now will
duffer In their evaluation. of
him. • •
„"Today,, 'however, 'we can. only
remember that in 1940, when
the prospe+ats of England's , vic-
torsy over Nazi Germany seemed
'very slight indeed,. Winnie ex-
pressed. an "his 'person the raw
courage of 'the Ep li h people:
"For "this' he will never be
forgotten, no matter what +crit-
Ics:af military straategr and for-
eign policy may .ever say of
halm, for this he will never be
Ifiangotten. His 'very aaptpeanance
gave stability and strength in
those dark days; the bulldog
features were England.
e forr et them?
A„1,0 -year -oaf 'nde `ich' arp-
».ab p girl, r,cceiveci n1iz wr liOnt.
1.0 Monday w!h n she :w ? struCk
by a car as pile 'al g+hted fr n
school bus,
Rhes
Hamilton, E:R. 2,' Goat.
;eh,`1113.4 iu It .got off "the school°
buts- as it sopped • on. No. 21
J:ghi vay,sJou'Jh of . Goderich,
when she Nir1as struck by a car
driven by Ztewart, Gilders, 122
St. Patrick street, ,Goderich. ” .An
OIFP officer said a :charge will
be laid.
TMs was the only injury re- ,
corded in a series of moor
road accidents which took place
on 'district roads during the
past few days.
On Friday last a car and . a •
tractor were in collision .an the
12ttli eoncescic'n road In Ash-
field Township. Joseph Henry
Van Osoa, R.R. 3, Luckr aw, was
driving, 'the tractor when it was
involved in a $420 collision with
a ra'r-dr iven- 4... !' n rim ar
nock, R.R. 5, Luoknow.
On Sarturday the road was the
scCJne,of another accident when
► ,hm G'ahr.on of R.R. 3, Luck -
now; collided with a car driven
his words to the Canadian
House of Commons in 1941:
'When I warned the. French that
Britain would fight on alone
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A 71 -year -bald, Goderich resi-. the same one till it came on,
dent revealed this week that
;As carpenter father, had work-
ed on the gun carriage which
carried Sir Winston Churchill's
body in the funeral procession
lastweek.
Fred Barker, 196' Palmerston
street, was viewing the teleeastt
of the funeral last weekaw'hen
`tri. aiiiaii—racer.:. dem e re
'• :rank •trlrta't the gun carriage had
been used' fir Queen Victoria's.
funeral.
"It was not tall then that I
realized it was the same one
my father had worked on when
he was 'a civilian carpenter at
the Woolwich Ansena1," said
Mr. Barker.
He. added: "I remember
Watching the funeral for Queen
Victoria and „ray father telling
.snP he 'ha.cl worked on the gun
}}:':•��i
carriage,/ I lead no, ilea st was' c,a god
the television."
(Mr. Barker's father, employ-
ed as a eatrper-ter at the arsen-
al, worked on many of the gun
,carriages and. coaches' used an
official parades aver the years.
The Barker family emigrated
to "Canada in 1907, six years
after the* Queen Vittoria fun-
eral. At firS►t they came to
'G"lintt if l ut-"Mo >?e :tozGodseriehw
in 1919.
' Mr. Barker, senior, died in
November, in his eight-
ieth year. Among his prized
possesslions was a leather pouch
Which contained wood shavings
from the royal :gun carriage.
"My brother called me up
and asked me to. look to see -If
we still had then," said Mr.
Barker. "t found the 'pouch
but . something must have hap-
pened to the shavings because
they
Arthur Ross Helm, R.R, 3, Luck
• .n,orw, struck a• mail box on the
Dungannon County Road doimg
$160 damage. •
He added: "When I saw the
funeral of Queen Victoria some
66 years ago I never dreamed
I would be seeing the same
gun carriage on 'television now."
The gun carriage is used
only in state funerals in Eng-
land which are normally reserv-
ed for roc-alty. Mr, Barker is
at present employed ahim.self
s,,aarpenter at. the Dearborn
Tubing pla"n' o N wi a s `r"•eel"
His elder brother Harm, 74,
is employed :as a first said man
at the Dominion Road Machin-
ery Comtpany• I ' ir' fact seiv-_
eeh:is apprenticeship 'as a ma-
chinist at the Woolwich Arsenal
alongside his father but did
nc't work on the gun carriage.
worked in the same de-
partment as made theaarriaage,"
said Mr.. Barker, "and I can re-
member -wen my Slather saving
shavingsi r the carriage."
JUNIOR FARMERS MEET
The "Huron County . Junior
Farmers Association annual
meeting will be held at the
Forester's Hall, Bedgrave, com-
mencing at 10.00 p.m. sharp on
Friday, February 5th.
Tom Gunnimgha:m, R.R. 1, -Au-
burn, is ,chairman of the annual
meeting oomarubtee
REFEREE'S SCHOOL
The Goderich Minor Hockey
A_t ociation will be holding a
referee rules -school this Sun-
day at 1:30 p.m. This school
will be held under the direction
of the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association. Anyone who is in-
terested in refereeing is invit-
ed to attend.
Accomrnod�ation Required
r
The Ontario Hospital, Goderich, requires accommodation ,
in the community for male patients -who no Iongalr need
active treatment or special care. Enquiries should be
directed to the Medical Superintendent or Mr. B. Hall,
at 524-7331 ,or • P.O. Bo* No. 71.
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