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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-24, Page 13• 119th Year — No. 46 1;HE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1966 • During the 1921 Old Homo Week parade the Goderich Town Council was conveyed in This shiny touring car. In silk hat Mayor E. R. Wigle and to pis right Wesley Walker. Driver is Joe Kelly and to his left .Dr. W. F. Clark, in the middle . in straw hat. Robert H. Cutt and John .Storey. The seventh - man peeking over Dr. Clark's left shoulder is not identified. It took two automobiles -TO airy 'the town council. This one, , Councillor B. C. Mannings and town clerk Lyn L. Knox. The not as elaborate as the other council car, was carrying extra driver is Roland (Roily) Knox •and on his right 1. H. Mitchell decorations, including evergreens, a flag, Union Jacks and The parade moved around The' Square in bright August sun Red Ensigns. Back seat over the wheel is Councillor Knight, light. At the head of the parade; was the horse-drawn fire pumper its great brass funnel glistening in the sunlight. Behind the 35 -piece band, girls in white middies bore lettered cards spelling out "The Signal." 'They were followed by horse' 8 drawn floats, clowns and blacked -faced minstrels strumming banjos. In the cool shade of the trees in Court House Park, refreshment booths experienced a lull . in trade as all eyes turned to watch the passing of the parade. Around the gravel streets the Old Home Week parade moved, and a procession of cars fed by what appears to be a military brass band. it was summer aid young boys -wore short pants and long socks, little girls in white frocks and sfockings with bows in long hair, women's dresses fell well below the knee and men stuck to heavy dark suits. Summer headgear was + a straw "boater" but some men sweated it out in heavy felt hats. Second Section P+ Os IA -8A Former SigncitReporter. To Speak Here Next Year J. Alex Hume, of Ottawa, .a retired member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, has accept- ed an invitation to speak in Goderich on July 1, 1967. Mr. Hume was asked by Goderich Centen- nial Committee to spew at the officiJ.l opening of the town's Centennial parks. Mr. Hume ` began his 42 -year newspaper career on ThQ Signal in 1921. and continued through 1924. More details of his background are contained in an editorial page letter to the editor he submitted before he was approached by the Centennial .committee. . July 1, 1067, will also be the first day of an Old Home Week, planned as part of Godrrich's Centennial celebrations. With his letter to the editor Mr. Hume sent a group of postcards bearing photographs of an Old Home Week held in• Goderich in 1921, his "first year as a reporter. The photographs demonstrate to some ex- tent the changes in Gaderich in almost half a century. The old court house has been replaced with a newer buildng, the streets have been paved and the fireengine is now automotive. With another Old Home Week coming next year, there is reason -to wonder what changes, will come to Goderich in another 45 years. In 1921 the automobile was starting to replace the horse although one is tethered to one of the cedar trees that were planted in barrels round The Square during Old- Home Week 1921. At the intersection of North Street and The Square a traffic sign placed in the centre of the road said, "Go To The Right," and "Go Slow," At far right in .photo can be seen the Hamilton Street intersection. The Square was gravel transversed by board walks. ' During the Old Boy's Reunion, Aug. 7 to 11, 1921, the base- ball executive posed in front of the grandstands at the ball park. Note the numbered stands. Kneeling in flannels with a baseball glove in his hands was Judge Dudley Holmes. Extreme right standing was John (Jack) Knox and to his .01 ,Y tib 7+ I obn.an IFM 4 414til 411 di/Jill/110 immediate 'right is Dr. A. C. Hunter.' Mr. Hume could not • recall the others by particular names. Sporting events were a highlight of the old home week that year attracting the attention of many members of the community. Down at the harbor the SS Greyhound was docked with a romantic promise. It had come for its annual visit to Gode- rich and the popular moonlight cruise which attracted young swains and their interests of the heart during the 1920s. During the Old Home Week in 1921 the ship's decks were Tined early for the cruise. On the upper deck a band played while hats were waved to the crowd that gathered ashore and hankies fluttered in the hands of the young women.