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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-02-18, Page 8ermott's . "Castle", Gocerich,. M..iZIY..N.---Mr. and Mrs. Will, iiam Jr Craig spent the we* . s'x end with teir son, Mr. Ro"u"t ii o ■ w .. _ � • •n ' Craig, ' . Craig and family t- - - �....eined. Afne at 1ld'erton. . .Mi.'s Mar, 1-101A 911 of Ham By W. E, , Elliott,: One hundred and one' years ago, 'eoine Aprui third,, • Edith a,eDexmott was born in iMac Deri wtt s Castle, St. George's ▪ ....,creste d; "nOt ; Quin cif eicif We(+ ' •built. Now, as so4W S!w Is .lr about its picturesque tower, she is enjoying balmy weather at Fort Orange, near Daytona. ,Beach, " Florida. She is the widow of a 'Royal Canadian Mounted, Police superintendent, P. W. 'ennefather. Mrs. 'Pennef ather" is ' the youngest of seven children born Ro Henry and .Mary MacDermott, whp came to Canada from Northern Ireland, probably County Antrim, some time be -- fore 1861. Three of the child- ren were born in Canada- Edith may have been the last elfgd born at the Castle; subsequent occupants have not included young families, !anti for years now it has been` divided into daughter, Edith. The fatuiity in, 1084. The .girls all. married; apartments. . ' continued to live at,. the Castle Henry 2,acDerrn�ott a�cquitred.' another quarrterucenbury. Henry the land (one acre .'and Vwo was for rye+ars y Baster in Chan rods) in Mrareh, •1$61, and .pro- eery lar Huron, and a„ promin-' ceeded'to tiui'ld :the house, sod ent;,memlber.. of St. 'George's u'Church. Be,H. ed i 18rs�9 after 1;o patterned e e 4 be alt rn d t r one in p after 'Iretar'id°-lsu, "notch"- add.,a.d ",was squame tower , pn the east' 'or the whole of the interior,, in- cluding the. , drawing -loom. Fireplaces were built 'in ,every principal room -oif the two stor- eys. (The third, and upper part of`• the tower, were added by the. Cameron `family,' who owned the place. „from 1903 to 1926. To that generation in Goderich tire property was known as Castle Cameron.) The property ad- joined that of the -first Angli- can church, for the burial - ground of the latter was de- scribed as extending "as' far as the Castle." Mrs. MacDertmott died June eth, ,1864, evidently about two monbhrs after the birth of the :injured. Pallbearers at his fun- eral 'Were prarriinerit citizeno: Sheriff Qibbons, United States Consul 'Chilton, S. Malcalmson, Capt. McGregor, John Davison and 'Horace Horton, • ex-M.P. for Centre Huron. it 'is recalled .that when -11rLalco-rm "' Graeme Cameron, of the subsequent Castle family, was sworn as county judge of Northumber- land, at Oabo;urg in 1924, one of those attending the ceremony was Robert Chilton, son" of the former 'Goderich consul. Mr. MacDermott •was survived by one son and five daughters, motherless since 1864 but all by this time in adult life. One son, William Martin had died jAhmeek IODE Reviews past Year Of Service •Ahmeek Chapter, ,LO.D.E. met at the home of the regent, Mrs. G. .Emerson, when the flag was . presented by the standard bearer, Mrs. William Doak. Members were. a ked to vol- unteer for the Red Cr=oss -can- vass. The following, offered to • help: Airs. F. Walkom„ Mrs. M. Everett, Mrs. William ,Doak, Mrs. G. Emerson, Mrs. W. G. ;'r.aci wan and Mrs. N. Clair- mont. Mrs:- C' Gibbons,educational secretary, announced that 't 'the I.Q.D.E. short story competition will be publicized in. t e local newspaper. It was decided to order cen- • tennial historical portfolios for • the schools- and also for some of the members of the chapter. Mrs. G. Stokes proposed a new member for. the_ chapter who was, accepted. „Mrs. F. Walkom thanked the. • hostess and, lunch was served �..-.. by the committee in charae._._- New" Officers The report • of the nomina- tions committee, Mrs. G. Hen- uerson, •Mrs ' M. Everett and Mrs.'H. Stewart, was presented and accepted. The officers for 1965 are as follows: Regent, Mrs. R. -G. erson;" 1st vice-regent, Mrs. J. G. Henderson.; 2nd vice-regent, .Mrs. G. Dustow; s.ecretary, Mrs. B. Tichborne; .assistant sec- e'tary, Mrs. A. L. Cvle; treas- urer, .Mrs. C, J. Gibbons: assist- ant treasurer, Mrs. G. Stokes; educational secretary, Mrs: M. A. McKee; Echoes secretary, Mrs. T. J. Glazier; standard bearer, Mrs. H. Stewart; coun- cillors, Mrs. F. Walkom, Mrs. G. Stokes, Mns. W. G. MacEwan, Mrs. C. A. Reid, Mrs. E: Mueller; services .at home arid abroad, Mrs. C. Cutt; membership con- vener, :Mrs., G. Stokes; social, Mrs. F. Walkom; film convener, Mrs. C. Shell; public relations convener, Mrs. G. Dustoi* world ip i affairs convener, Mrs. Earl Al- len; telephone convener, Mns. D. MacMillan; flower convener, Mrs. M. Everett; immigration, • Mr_.z. E. Mueller; representative 'to Hospital Aux;liary, Mrs. A. L. -('ole: finance committee, Mrs. C. Gibbons, Mrs. G. Stokes, Mrs. M. McKee, Mrs. H. Stewart, Mrs. C. Snell, yrs. C. Ruffell. .,'Annual Report • The secretary's' annual report on Chapter activities follows: The ,Chapter had a. member- ship of 29 this past year: Four new members joined during the. year, There- were ten regular - meetings and two executive meetings held. The Chapter • has again this year donated trophies for pro- ficiency in the Grade VIII class- es in Vidor Lauriston and St. Mary's schools. A donation was given to the Queen Eliza- beth School (Retarded). Two framed pictures of the Queen �.. d...Pzd.n-ce..l.'.hil,ip..vtcere_given to.. St. Mary's Separate School, and unframed •pictures to the Queen Elizabeth School; The National Geographic magazine and' 1.0. D.E. calendars were placed in the Local. schools. The Chapter also supported both the- Pro- vincial and National funds. A -donation was made to the local hospital -at the time of its birth- day party. Each meeting the World af- fairs secretary, Mrs. H. Dodd,, and her committee have Con- tributed to the program. Th•e regent, Mrs. G. Emerson, and Mrs. H. Stewart represent- ed the Chapter at the Provin- cial Convention in Hamilton..` A number •of- members hat.=e given of their time to help with canvasses for funds in •the o,wn The services at home and abroad 'committee under the convenersrhip of Mrs. , C. C•utt have made quilts, pyjamas and other articles of clothing whieh iosemmommorirrommimmilminnw COUPLE SACRIFICED ON - 62nd Anniversary 4• • NEED NEW'HOME THIS WEEK - "We need a new home this week. I am a 1962 Studebaker' Lark. finished M a nice Brown with matching intterior„. J have a six - cylinder motor, standard transmission and I am considered to be in very. good. condi- tion. _ However, • I have overstayed my wel- come at Baird Motors' as I overheard them shying that 1 had toga at a ridiculous price: The mane day however, a 1959 Volkswagen 'Deluxe 'vas parked beside me and before' they got a chance to recondition it (it 'needs a little body Work) I talked it into going with me.' Now they are going to sell us, both together and it breaks my oil pressure to tell you the price.,, S I were presented to the Child-' ren's Aid, Huron County, the local hostpi't,al, and the War Memorial Hospital in London. A wrtath, cenotaph on November 11th by the regent. The members also joined in the "memorial service for Sir Winoton Churchill. The patients in the local hos- pital were remembered .with mints for tthe trays at Christ- mas. • The Chapter started a scrap book this year. • The Councillors completed the work of perusing the old minutes and made a list • of the rcers since 1901. The main money making pro- ject for the year was the spring bunchon. There was: als�q a salt of baking,and new and nearly new clothing in the fall. fol - .:fee was --also- Served- for -a---num- ber of Sunday afternoons at the Curling Club. The Chapter also sold T.O.D.E. cups and saucers. ,IVlrs. F. Walkom, soc`i'al" con- vener, arranged for refresh- ments and meeting -plates at the Chapter meetings. 'As the year closes the Chap- ter looks forward to another year of service for the commun- ity_ ommun- it and the Qrsier_ci_n l -__ Revenues of the old age sec- urity pension fund in the cur- rent year are forecast at $415 million from personal ,income tax, $357 million.: frog""" sales tax and $128 million from corpor- ation . income tax. but not "their brother Henry. Jane, eldest of the't&ve daugh- tems, was married to C. R. Eines- ford. ellen, the next, became sG ora ..rH. o . a� d riert is •Ntrs; Starke', of Glen !tide, New Jersey. Henry, junior, .born in Ire- land in 1857, rived in Goderich until 92 yeaers t f age. Known about town as Tem, for Some season, he worked at one t'}nre in Samuel Platt's salt plant. After he ceased to be'rpthysica•lllly active, he lived at Hotel Bed- ford. There, for a lonrg time,' he took his meals in this room. Lhter he was attended by a nurse iuntil taken to hospitial, where he died• in 1949. Mary Alicia MacDermott was married to William,. Eliot Mac- ara, member of a Goderich fam- ilyfrom the 1840s. The wed- ding 'took [place in St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, on Novem- ber 16 of what appears in the printed notice to be 1898. The bride was described as daugh- ter of Henry MacDermott, Esq., Masher in Chancery. Goderich„. -arid"-Mr: Macara as "barrister, etc., Winnipeg." • Edits MacDermott, as narrat- ed in the rSi'gnal-Star last May, joined the exodus to the West, and went to the home of .a sis- ter at Morden, Manitoba, where, in 1893 she was married to a sergeant of the North West Mounted Police, P. W. Penne- f•Iatther.,. They had many thfill- ing experiences, not all .pleas- ant, in the West and Far North, untj,,1 1904, 'when Pennetftather was transferred to Whitehorse, Yukon, as a comtm'issioned of- ficer. retired ed Yri- 1'922'With-'rairk of superintendent and served as magistrate in Prince Albert.. The Pennefathers had three children: one, Williiann, resides in Calgary. The father died in 1942. He was •the first campaign manager for John Dieferibaker, later Prime Minister, who in „1940 won- the riding then called Lake -Centre,. Four years ago, Mrs- Penne- father went to live at Wesley- yille, near Porrt _Hope Ont., with a granddaughter, Mrs. N. T. Long. She has spent part of each year in Florida. Her daughter, Frances, (Mrs. p.' tai. Enieno) writes from Fort Or- ange with requested particulars of the MacDermott family, pub- lislled here for a-first"time. ilton and igos Frances Houston' of • Lenflon spent the weekend with their: parents, Mr. and Mgrs. John Houston. . Mars. Bert '`Craig; Mrs. Wes Bradnoek 'and tMass Laura Phil- lips hillips attended:the Trade -Crusade L` ti o ` ' l iurs- _t~"th `H :e1"1;ond n t a� day. ... rs • ,Comgratuiatidns to 'Mr. James Glousher who •obtained his rne•ohanic's llicedce recently. He has been employed at the Hu - eon County sheds at Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner moved into their new home on the corner of Queen and Eliza- beth lizabeth streets this past week. . Mr. Warner Andrews arrived home last week. from a visit to Edmonton and the surround- ing district, Mr. Charles Scott arrived home from Clinton hospital last Thursday after five weeks there, as a' patient. Mr. Harry Goodwin spent the weekend at Amrherstburg with his ,family.' Mr. Raymond Redmond of Giaderich visited fast Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Phillups and with' Mr. Roy Buch- anan at Westfield. -1lIr: --an-d- MVIrs:grrdon :-Tay- . for visited last week with their -daughter, Mrs. Ronald Rath - well, Mr. Rathwell and Janice at Brantford. ,Mrs. Harold Kitchen of An caster visited last week with her father, Mr. J. J. Robertson and her another who is very ill in Clinton hospital. - •e i_ Ki r by The village of Auburn'j•oined Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kirkco•n- n ll and family of Goderich visited on Sunday with his par - en ts, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew r,kconnel and Diane. e Valentine DancCommunity,The. , Community, Memorial Hall ,board.. held their annual lentine's dance with a large Va largo - crowd -to Tiffin's orch- estra.oThe "winner of the elec- tric s blanket was William J. Hal- 1ah an and the coffee pot was won • Jimmy Hallahan. • March. sof Dimes • last week rWith other com2nun- ities in- the March of Dimes with captain .Bill Stiles in charge. Those h_elpin __were •Mrs. Willaaria L: Craig, Mrs:Tert Doran, Mrs. Thomas Haggitt, Mrs. Harry Arthur, Mrs. Lloyd Humphreys and: Miss Viola • Thampson. The canvassed legs lected $38 this year, r the Ma or Dimes, canvass! amounted to x0.00 from Au- burn. • .. Wins Prize Rickey AxrehambaUzt,, nine- year -paid son ig ph; .44 Wvtrs: I r e o' h a r d Archarobaultt was rward:.ed the prize for "his at- tendance, behaviour and 3ible verses • by Sunday s�ehool . teach- er, �Mr W144Tn w.,.... - p "2112 5 n i 1_ e e� a axrp. air n nude at .the Sky Harbour Airport. ' St. Mark's The Ladies' Guild of. St. Mark's Anglican Church met at the, home of Mas. Thomas Haggitt for its February meet- ing. Mrs. Haggitt was in charge of the meeting and Mrs. Crordon R. Taylor was the pianist. The meeting was opened vth, the hymn, "Unto the- Hills," Mrs. Lloyd Humphreys' favorite birthday hymn. - Prayers were led by Mrs. Thomas Haggitt End the Scripture lesson was read by Miss Margaret Jackson. The missionary topic, "And who .is atny neighbor?" was taken- by Mrs. Clifford Brown. The Bible study -on the. Book of Peter was capably taken by Mrs. Fordyce Clark. She introduced the study and told under what con- ditions this book -was written, The program, w.as i hosed by sing- ing a hymn. Mrs" Haggitt th,a ek- ed all who had taken part. The president, MTS. Lloyd Humph- reys took charge of the business session. She thanked the past president, Mrs. George Schneid- er for her leadership during the past years and asked for the continued support of all the members. The minutes of the January meeting were ac- cepted as read by the secretary, Mrs. John ,Daer. The financial statement was given by the treasurer; Mrs.. Gordon R. Tay - lar. Cards of thanks were read from Mr: and Mrs. Andrew Kirkcormell and the family of £he late Mrs. GGovier: l frs. Geo- rge Schneider read an address to.Rev. and Mrs. Robert Meally expressing regret that they were leaving and Mrs. • John Daer and Mrs. Gordon Taylor preslented them with gifts., One of the gifts was an autographed tea 'towel, worked by the Guild members. .Mrs. Meally thanked everyone "`on behalf of herself and Mr. Meally for the gifts. The roll call was answered by naming a woman in the New Testament. fThe, travelling,! apron was passed and a penny deposited for each letter in Sexagesrirna, Quinquagesima. A snceess 'ul auction was heli and then a launch was served by ¥'s. Iiaggitt asslsted by Mrs. Clifford Brown and MIL George 'S'chne'ider. • W.M.S. Meer e N.Voi an's Missio ar * ei{y' pl.of fox Presbyterian Church met ,•4or .its, February teetinrg " at the home. of 'Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson.. The -presi- lig►.'t, ,Mrs o ,. , .. San+d nt gave -the call to norstii p and prayer. Mrs, Sanderson welcperiiett all . to the meeting aria the devotional per- iod was tr ehar&c or Mrs. Don- alcl Haines. The Scripture was 'Mrsby Mrs. Alvin Leatherland. . Frank Raithby , read two poems, "Keep a light in the window," and "I need Thee, Lord." the minus of the previous meeting were adopted as read by the secretary, Mrs. Donald Raines. Plans were made.. to make a quilt for the bale and.. donations !were( ‘ re- ceived for the expense. and sup- ply funds. A card, of thanks was ` signed and sent bo Mrs. !Sylvia Eve- and a discussion took plae•e on the questionnaire sent to the combined Ladies' Aid and W.M.S. .groups. The forms to send children to Kin- taiu eamvp were received. The offering was received and de- dicated and the roll call was answered by a Bible verse from "the Book of ,Exodus. The study book was taken by Miss I nnie Wagner assisted 1by Mrs. • Roy Daer. This interesting chapter, "Take a look at ourselves as a group of 'Women and our mis- sionary effort," gave everyone a deeper responsibility to carry out Christ's Great Mission. A discussion period` followed. A hyrrnn was sung followed by prayer by Mrs. Haines. Lunch was .served by Mrs. Sanderson assisted by 1VIiss Ella Wagner -and" Mrs. Frank IRadthby. TOY1014 T'sNTX.- The Community Club met . foil' ifts February meeting at the home f Mrs: T. Malins. The lagendiance was nortoo large owing to the stormy day. The meeting was conducted! by, Mrs. C. Sinclair, the -.president. •Iteports were read and. approved. Interesting letters mere read from the el fb's Korean boy and picture, were shown of hrian dressed ,in the knitted artic14 'sent him ` for 'Christmas,- .-The .d ate- for ies' A bake 'va►s• set for 'October. Atfterr;the coMing, •an-. auction • sale was nducted of articles donated by the ladies.. _ This realized over four dollars. The hpsteases_ were Mrs. grace MtNalll and: Mrs. , Elaine Schmidt. The March meeting will be held at the home of M. Edna Jamal: • Valentines The Y:P.S. 'of Knox United lhurch met Wtith 23 present. The meeting was opened by Iugh Camlpbell, Scripture was read by Eld!o Hildebrand. The offerinlg was received by Gary Walden. An article on St. Val- entine was read by Hugh Camp- tell, followed by a Bible Quiz. Glen Webster was in charge of charades. After the meeting, Valentines were exchanged and lunch Was -served by the girls. "'Mrs. George Hamilton return- ed home last Saturday after a couple of months visiting at Iircefie and Se.aforth, Brucefield BENMILLER CARD PARTY DENM1LLER: Twelve tables of "500" were., in play at a; successful - card party held at Forester's Hall, Benmdller, on Saturday night. High prizes were awarded to Mrs. Jim Fish- er and Jim Blake. Law prizes went to Mrs. Frank Baer and Russel Kernigh•an, The Valen- tine lox of chocolates was won my Mrs. Mary Harman. MACHINISTS and WELDERS REQUIRED ' We are expanding our work force and require fully quali- fied machinists and welders. Ability -to work from blue- prints is essential iri both classifications. MACHINISTS - Experience with "Milling equipment, tur- ret lathe, vertical and, horizontal -boring equipment preferred. WELDERS - Heavy sheet metal, layout, and pressure welding- experience preferred. Apply , or write to Personnel Manager -P 1!V� 5� E . OF' CANADA LIMITED • 1341 '.4-87,- Stratford, Ontario • ingham Memorials Quality - Service - Cemetery Lettering PHONE _WINGHAM 357-1910 or WRITE BOX .158 JOHN MALJCK - WINGHAM a% 524-7096 Facial Tissues GQDERICH FROSTED FOODS 400 single 84 x 994 inch tissues, packed 2 -ply Reg. 29c box BOXES 49c "Some dollar -wise . buyer can have us both and become a two -car family just like that." 9 ZEN WHOLE SILVER 8-10 LB. AVG. B,RIG H T SPECIAL SALMON-- SEALSWEET . ORANGE JUICE- 6 -OZ. TIN 12-02. TIN "' FOR 41.c 39c 2 -LB. PKG. ,414 tURON RAD Phone 524.8311' Si-ced- Carrots 35� 2 -LB, PEAS .b. 55c 24-0Z: HADDOCK 12 -OZ. PKG. BREADED pkg. 39c FISH & CHIPS PKG. ` 1 -LB. PKG. C�D FILLETS We 4* Turn u nNt'��-� .Is Family.Affai Just like a,. family p your..honi *mid be a picture, of. everyone living Most women have a • inclination to ,create` a Ixam_, eiders, 111 taon side" pleasant Ailfortable.. The set ever, to achieving th s 1 to make certain the h Planned first for the Indo f' bather than for the "outsi The h-cnne should: be live-in and must never ho the fa ily must "live -up -to you want to have the re atmosphere and warmth is the Very essence of a fortable interior. Whether you are just ning housekeeping, or gl your home a lift after a years of marriage,' reme that you are planning a ground for human beings. make the mistake of your family members are "props" for your stage set! Today, decorating, like i sage,. is a< _P'nh.1? petting_ one another's id bound to result in a • ple decorating mix ' which will pily reflect the pervonality the entire family •group. Don't overlook the man -of house. He's a key figure It day's decorating drama. growing interest in the has been.largely responsible the use of brighter colors, er wearing fabrics and the troduction of more aomfo furniture. While parents should def ly consider the needs of children, they would be w avoid giving• in to young decorating whims nivel "cams either' than' tthet r dtta stead, keep .them posted ,on cisions you make so ,they feel a part , of the overall] for, the home.' ' Watch For Next Week's Co LODG -FURNITURE WEST ST.. L�A.I DRUG STORES HEALTH and HYGIENE SALE IT'S NOW IN PROGRESS, SO COME IN NOW .... ENDS SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 20 } Aor Easy, Breeze "Elite .Hair Dryer in Tote 'n' Travel Case Sugg. List 18.88 SPECIAL $17.77 Stop Sufferin' With BUFFERIN Fast Pain Relief 100's. Sugg. 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