The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-12-22, Page 28The Goderiob Si
ilI Star, 'Thursdays December 22, 1208
Per
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f Regret
Summer Resi
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isney
A quartet from Victor Lauriston 'school are Janet Hyde, Betty Woodward, Kim
entertained parents and children at the Smith and Debbie Salter.
Lions Club Christmas party. Left to right
Wait
Disney, From Page .One
rented the farm and went to -Both.' ed In drilling for oil. Later he
well; where hey hecame engag. moved to Goderich, where as an
employee of the late Peter Mac.
Ewan, he drilled for oil at Salt.
ford. Instead of oil the drillers
hit salt, and thus was born the
. salt,industry in Goderich which
-- has since become of large pro-
portions. While Walter Disney's
. grandfather lived in Goderich, his
son °(father of Walter ` Disney)
attended Central Public School.
the family moved from Goderich
to.. Kansas and later to other
points in the United States, in.
--eluding Chicago, ;where Walter
Disney -was -born.
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"Walter Disney attempted to
launch his movie career in Kan.
sas, but it was a fa$ilure. Only
after moving to Calrfornia' did
he eventually 'hit the jackpot'
and move up to fame and fortune.
"With a youthfulness belying
his admitted forty-five years,
Walt Disney possesses a most
friendly and unassuming person.
ality and b. was immediately
labelled "a real guy" by the var-
ious newspaper men who acc.
ompanied him on his visit to
Goderich. Ofcomparatively rug-
ged build and about five feet
eleven inches in height, he posses
a keen sense of humor and a mark.
ed degree of considerateness for
others.
"After serving in the first
Great War he experienced the
period of unemployment "which
followed it and it is said he had
to depend considerably on econ.
omical beans to feed himself.
Often he . had to get 1•u:'y and
draw a picture in order to rustle
WISHING -ALL OUR' CUSTOMERS
up enough money to get a hair-
cut. Referring to' the aforemen.
tioned time, Mr. Cantelon said
that while visiting the Disneys
in Hollywood eight years ago Wal.
ter Disney at that time laughingly
recalled the 'bad days' and said
he wondered if he wasn't happier
then while trying to get along
than later Awhen he assumed the
worries and responsibilities of
big-time movies.
"While at Holmesville discuss.
ing his ancestors it was men.
tioned '.that his father- was named
"Ellias." Turning to The Signal -
Star, Walt- Disney smiled and con.
fessed that Elias was his.middle.
name, adding, 'But I hide it.' "
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The death D00, 14 in Burbank,
Cal., of . Wait 'Disney, 'brought
a personal pang of regret to one
resident of this community.
Mrs. William Robb, R.R, 5,
Stratford, who continueswithhvr
family to live 'in .summers at
her former home,'99 Lighthouse,
St., (in its fifth generationof
family ' occupants) recalls many
memories associated with Mr.
Disney.
Mrs. Robb and Walt Disney
are, the grandchildren, of bisters.
Mary and Elizabeth Richardson
of the Holnnesville area and it
was at Mrs. Robb's parents'
Hessle that Mr. Disney visited
26 years ago.
He had hoped to come and go
as a family relative and remain
quietly unrecognized, but .some
youngsters spotted him and he
' happily consented to sketch and
chat with the pupils of old Cen.
tral (now • the Museum)- this
school his father had attended
briefly when the Disney family
lived in Goderich`area and grand.
'father Disney was employed' in
the early salt discovery at Salt.
ford.
Restless for greener pastures,
the Disney's °left for Kansas while
the sister married to Cantelon
felt roots in Canadian soil (Blue.
vale) good enough.
It was Mrs. Robb's parents.
the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter
J. Cantelon who accompanied Mr.
Disney and showed him the spots
he wished to see. He took snaps
andmovies of the Holmesville
Cemetery where -his and Mrs.
'Robb's ancestors are buried, the
old log homestead, now gone, and
scenes of interest on the Disney
side at Bluevale.
Last year -on television dur-
ing his double interview with
Fletcher Markle' on "Telescope"
he still recalled his visit here
and referred to his relatives.
whom he remarked£reatedhim
so kindly,commenting he would
like to return; It was further
proof of his deep -down human
touch . A year after Walt visit.
ed a day and a half, his brpther
Roy paid a. visit to Mrs Can-
telon (Mr. Cantelon had passed
away). His wife Edna was with
him and not long ago in a letter
ts#ling
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to' Mrs, Robb, Roy told of fly.
ing with Walt and their wives
within. 50 miles of Goderich,
but they were on a movie -mak.
ing mission in the company plane
to Wisconsin.,
Ile .said theyboth commented
;how, close they must be. When
Mrs. Robbs' mother showed Roy
a family photo of leis grandmother
he was so • pleased, he said if
if was t o spare he'd .love to
have it ,and was given it,
Peter Cantelon was a guest
of7the Disney families one winter
about the 'same time. He told
reporters of being treated like a
millionaire by millionaires but
with the most genuine, friendly
kindness possible. It would be
impossible to pick - a favourite
of the Disney brothers were'his
comments,
Mrs; . Robb has a• number ;of
personal snapshots:,. photos,
studio.. souvenirs and records
made at the Disney studios ..o
that visit. every. Sunday .Walt
spent with his two little girls,
Mr.s. William Albert Good,. 70,
of Colborne Township, the form.
er Mary Ann Poole, died Dec.
12 in Clinton Public Hospital.
Mrs. Good was born in camp
bridge, England. Her first bus.
band, ;William Houghton, died in.
1919 and .Mr. Good died in 1946.
She had resided - in Sault Ste.
Marie and Cooksville. She was
a 'member of Cooksville Pres.
byterian, Church.
Sato is survived by, three dough.
Diane and Sharonas they played
on their swings.
This personal enjoymment Was
the basis or his dream and dev.
elopnnent of , fabulous "Disney.
land'0 a fairy playground where
families could ,relax and olioy
.Obituary.
tors; Mrs. Stanley Snyder, Mrs.
,Worthy Young, both of Colborne
Township; Mrs, Duncan Murebi.
eon, Cooksville; four step—
daugh-ters, Mrs. Galdstone Grigg, Clin.
ton; Mrs. William," Thom, Col-
borne Township; Mrs. William
Stirling, Goderich; Mrs. John
Famish, Listowel; a son, Charles
Houghton, . Goderich; —two step-
sons, Harold Good, Colborne
Township; Melvin Good, Saltford;-
two .sisters, ,Mrs. Raymond
each oth.# company. To the la
of liar. Gantelon's life .he corse
ponded with all; the. Disneys,
amongst the floral .offerings
his funeral was a beautiful cal
lily "`spray from the Aisne
brothers '
Brown, Mrs. Arthur Dalton, bo
Cambridge, England. .
A funeral was conducted
the Lodge Funeral Home Dec.
`by Rev. O. Z1.:ROysi, Knox.l're
byterian Church,' O
oderich,
al was. in Colborne Townsh
and pallbearers•~.were Dune
Murchison, William Stirlin
Goldstone Grigg, Stanley Snyde
Worthy Young, Wilbert Tho
flower bearers were David Ha
man and. William Mugford,
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