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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-02-09, Page 13The -Goderioll Sitspai-Star, .11/14r$day. O. MI Airplane Ilitilder Abandons Centralia Treasu Teronto-based MaYntfacturer The firm, which pochicei four of light aircraft has abandoned and five,passenger bush,type plans to locate at. CF I3 et ntralia, utility aircraft, is presently in Found Brothers AViation Ltdthe throes of a re -development .. said that the delay innegotlations program and would' have opened regarding the dispesa/ ofthebase oprations at Centralia with ,a forced them to make their dec., staff of approximately 40 per,. ISiOn ' and •they twe presently ...sons. • rat ves O Or By Q. MacLeod *toss The politicohave made it amply clear thatCentennial is for ' them and them alone, or they'll know the reason why, Cowboy Outfits for teenager$' have been superseded by the .J.A..1VL, vaz. • engaged in seeking suitable acc- ' Mr', Pheli. Stated that it Was ,.. .. _ iety. Do you ever think el 2067, munitY. when We ommodation in another come anticipated this. number would be Pur "ct3nd •Cente41114 • doubled within a short time, §hall be brov/healen lest we for. , 'get Lester, • who gave, us the CoMpany eXedfitives first vis- He said there appeared to be ......ited...Centralia4ast-tall-and4li,--ta-itgodd-tsupply.--01-eagerlabor-baaPet-lattkAttaAlgaeallttarat- N. Shoji, Company president, Said force" in this area -andlhey had Perhaps that is. why some a us • , they found facilities at -potra1i.4 talked to several prospective em.. prefer to rentember somenames so ideal tor -their operations thatj ployees. ' which spelt gaCtion' in the long they had made' the decision 16 Had they been able, to Mak' ea' history of . Canada. The niany locate there. ' suitable arrangements at Cep- , famous names which ltnoved However, they were unable to • tralia, those hired, in the area . make stiltable arrangements with would have been taken to Malton -i E , .... riect .thedepartment of national de. to beltrained in preparation for ' fence or Crown Assets Disposal the rnt‘ove here. . Corporation. •• , ((We were truly impressed with 1 0,000 “Their terms were too rich some of the. „I:prospective ern- • the move; the difference being for our blood," Mr. Shoji stated ployees. ' , Ten , thousand persons are • that a large number of us never •_ ___ _ • in reference to a Proposal made Had they._ been able_ tO Make . expected to „.c.,...elebrate the arrival moved •again. Thus we-rea.ched Mountains' ixi the serviceof Man. There were abet, Gilbert, Champlain, Mackenzie, Fraser and4DOuglas to mile a very few, Fraser and Douglas taite us back to the days when Au* was - king OW gold was still a poor second._. Then, In' a few. short XSt 20 million dollars wOrth was found along the CaribooTrail", In • New CaledOnia, now better. known as 'British Columbia. The Incident-whielrfir,St-tritriperria sufficiently, to take the road to Barkerville, at the end of the• . Trail, will appear comPletelytirr. eleVant to the main theme. • Around Mareh 30, 1917, Luden- dorff had successfully blasted the 5th Btitisli Army out of its lines arotind Peronne and St. Quentin.' ,i To use a contemporary express- ion, we were changing players on • At elery sr Some it was decided that, someone must find the 5th Army dump and bring ex- plosive ' back, This pleasant • spring afternoon Jaunt, it was • decreed, would be Undertaken by the 39th Tilvisionai R. E. adjutant; who Would drive the inessItcart •against- the four lane tra,ffic Q13 the two' lane road, and 4find' the 5th Army dump. By some Miracle it was found in the open e-mra-stopl.nrcaptareremeTlairce- proved th# the cupboard Was unpleasantly bare. A 0011 of red Instantaneous fuze. Some black' tins of time.fuze and perhaps two boxes of guncotton. The Chief Engineer was there in person,. to ensure that no one applicant took more than his* share. This Was Major General P. G. Grua, familiarly known as ,Piggy' and it was from Piggy that I learned' later, that it was his grandfather ,Who had worked on -the Cariboo• - Trail, while the remnants of his , Survey Company were 'later to found Samierton, B. C. Golden Road We must now 'roll back time 90 years. New Caledonia is un. surveyed. James Douglas' goy. erns both the •colony of Van. couve,r Island and the -Hudson's Bay Company. Colonel Moody,. with a survey' detachment under captains Grant and Parsons, has just arrived at New Westminster to make a boundary survey., . • o them for the rental of one hangar, and about 30 to 40 houses. In addition, the firm was told • that any agreenaen.t would have a 60 -day tern:tination clause and this -lack of a medium or long. range lease made the offer totally unacceptable;--- ees we talked to,!,' Mr. Shoji As atallpu c un.c onson. 'fling had been superb. We had "The -terms would have to tie .. repqrated , explaining, that theber4 of the Goderich-St.' John long lists w e had rria.de, much, much more attractive for us to reconsider," Mr. Shoji stated, noting that the- figures quoted for the, use of the Ines were substantally higher than what they have been offered for similar accommodation else. where. suitable arrangements at Cert. a in poderich of the Cozlfederation the line of the river Somme, which tralia, those° hired in the -area Caravan, June 11. would have been a fine defensive would have been taken to Malton The mobile exhibit of Canada's like all slow flowing. streams.. to be trained in preparatioffilor past is part of the Centennial Anyhow, we were faced with in - the move he're. • program. It will feature models -ntimerable bridges which must "We weiT truly impressedwith depicting history during the,past be demolished, only to discover some .01 the prospective employ- 100 years. there was no explosive. Theplan- number to be hired would be . Ambulance Brlgade wIll be ing just .hoW much guncotton and In the area of 30 persoris...., attendance at the Agriculture • He also reinarked that his• Park, Goderich, With their mopile fuze was needed for each span. Where was the explosive? It had firm had received excellent co- operation from the Stanley Ran- dall, Ontario's minister'of econ- omics and develcia.rnenta, whom he said tried very hard tO, get the firm established at Centralia. Learning that local officials had expressed disappointment 2 over the firm's decision; Mr. ,• Shoji remarked they couldn't• be -CARE-141-NTS----flignilTliFin couldifeir-ficcire- Fa hallas disauoi dtas he was rm at the facilities,which he des- • NILE- The newly formedNile first aid unit when the • a van • been lost -and " overrun, as was doors open at 11 a.m. and until mist of, our horse-drawn trail.- the exhibit closes at 11 p.m. • The work of the St. JohnAmbu-'smat' lance Brigade is 'Voluntary and • their first aid services will be supplied by local members in attendance viith the caravanat all stops throughout Huron County. From BLU -CLEANERS Pete McCauley says: DO:- Take tie to locate and iden- tify stains when liking clothing lefflor pick-up. Pin a note with this information' to the garment. Help us give • the. satisfactory Service YOU'deierve, DO haT-:- • - Attempt to remove a stain from your garment unless you c as. Even stains rubbed with ;nip rtflitt•tend: to become anent10 .t.ri '141" e CAR RADIOS' CUSTOM 8:UNDER DASH, RADIOS FOR ALL MAKES' STEREO TAPE PLAYERS • ECHCiMASTER REAR -SEAT •JUTS • M i utchnsoti .. •Radio-TV--Applia•nces _ 308 Huron Rd. 524-7831 , cribed as "so suitable.P "We sincerely regret that it (their attempt ;to ,come here) • couldn't have had a happy end- ing," he stated.' . , -While Mr. Shoji said his firm ° hoped to get an early decision on another site, he said "we haven't closed- the ,door corn. pletely "' On locating at Centralia. However, it. was apparent -that -it would- reqtiire an immediate • decision on the lige' of Centralia a red C:entennial symbol onfront. and more favorable terms before Orders may be given to Mrs. the base would be reconsidered. • Allan Feagan, president. • m • District Centennial Club held its first euchre and crokinole.party last Thursday night at Carlow Hall. Albert Walter„ won 'firstprize for .the men and Glen FaWiner was' low. Mrs. Gord Kerr won ladies 'high prize and Mrs. Ger- ald'Kerr. was low. • The club's first Centennial prop 'Ject is a sewing project. Women are° sewing white aprons with PLANNING A -NEW HOME THIS YEAR?' BUY A HALLIDAY "FA,M IL Y- TAILORED"' ffetivit---61" APRIL 15 - AND GET THIS BiGSONUS Fort Yale is a 'Company* post just west .01 the Fraser canycm. One day the *factor at Yale Was washing Out his frying pan fn the snowy waters of the •Fraser, He • noticed somebrightyellow grains in the pan arid proceeded to collect enough to 'Send a Sainple 19 VIP. tor*for asSay„_ It proved to be gold) Jiad news is Said to travel last, but 4 nevor •ii9,7yened as • fast • as this •good newt, .Victoria • --t-wasaaboslegedlyrshiprvidtriffe7 end of • ,l856, 10;000 men ,were washing gold in the sand bars above and below- Yale, Today we spend a year arcuine' about a flag design. In 1858, the authorities had revenue men and -justices of the peace- in Yale, almost overnight. The calony' of • British Columbia was chartered' and Douglas made the first Goy. ernor. On Sept. 2 he isaddressing the popsulation of Yale thus:" Our txracious Queen corn manos-me w allow you to dig for gold in her Dominion". Two months later, Hicks, the revenue' officer, was apologizing for the rain blots on his returns to Victoria and be. - moaning the non -arrival of a seal and sealing wax. Two murders • had been committed; liquor smuggling was rife and Ned.Mc. Gowan, up from California, was flouting the governor's authority. • . James .Douglas appeared at once a Yale in Gus Wright's 'Enterprise', accompanied by Captain Grant And his Sapper -s. . • 'Being Ithe men who do some, on their hacks, fastened With the thing all rPand? they werg noW diamond hitchk buit team6wLtt employed keeping oder in oct . ooverect WaggUs;., eveu 1pauteIS, around Yale, meanwwle the RV. 'intrOduced by One; enttiuSlast;, oectors, had taken PAM out some steam tractors. 11 WG ot the- Fraser, But bk 459 the to be Wind 011 the road,•,Finally sand bars hatt become utiecoriQin- the, Concord Stage, With Ole deOP ica.I to pan. Prospectors were leather boot in 4ont; ,the Wog, pushing upstream in search ,of safe -and -the -leather thorobraces,: the Lode. On and On they went " appeared. • "` through Lillopet, Clinton, LIP The really big :find wap at erY; Horse Fly Creek, near Lake today you can stil), reaAthe wdbd. Quesnel the-yiel'd was100 °pees, en markers and bete the number a week. Lightning Creek $100,000. .01 young men fr OM Wales and in 3 weeks. Williams' Creek 40 C j who:died there. The pounds a days of living when Barker. • With hundreds of miners abtAie vIlLarra.s in flower can be gauged •the treacherous Eraser Canyogt, fro the liollowing: Pianos tran. the question of commtlnicationbe- sporte ft(o.m Quesnel to Barker - came serious. What with the ville, Say 20 miles, a t $1 per rapids, precipitous mule • tracks pound. Champagne at two ounces . and hold-ups, the gold could not of gold dust a pint. The German be evacuated safely. Ddliglas athurp-gurdy girls charga $10 - once decided to build a roado 18 a dance. plapey gold is fickle • feet wide and 310 miles Tc-ifig. okthe Wisp. When 20 million Captain Grant took his men off dollars worth hadbeep extracted, pollee work and built the first' the- gold gave out aid Barker - six miles out of ,Yale, „going on vale became as desefted as Yale, • later to 9 miles from, Spence's :Today they both. sleep on. The Trutch Oppen.° Bridge Spence, heimer, Moberly; even Gus which rreemadi;:der, a bronze plaque three years and cost -Here:trtarrthe Cariboo Wagon Wright, all took contracts.. The _ work toOk two million dollar. Road whichiextended 400 •miles • Then what a- metamorphosisnorthwards to the gold mines of occurred! Flour ha,d oOSI $300 a Cariboo., 13uiltk,1662-186f5. the barrel and boots Were $50 a pair , golden daYs of Cariboo, over this .at the end of the 'trail. But now great -highway passed thous"„ancis pack mule strings, with a White Of miners and miIiions' of. • bell mare in the lead, aperajoes treasure ' 4 pennies-. .m0.1‘,7,4 .difference, in .yOtiy food ? -supmpu-Gfrr-ct-un-nfy-=-pr SMOKED -COOKED PORK LDERS You bet the,y do. And we should know. We built our business by saving pennies for generations of _folks like you. 4 Ib - For instaoce, take our policy on multiplepriC,e'd items. If an -Item is priced 3 for 25c, the price for one is 'obviously 9c. " gut'what happens if you want two? Do you pay 2 times 9' or 18c? Not at A&P. We sell it at 2 for 17c. • That's the fair way - the A&P way. Yes, in the fo• od business .. . in food budgeting, pennies make the difference. We watch them for you and for us. ' • Is this a good reason for shopping A&P? res. one of many. Savewhen you shop! 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