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It was quite a b1o+ to me to
read recently that the Wtarton
Town ?all had been. destroyed
• by fire. Admittedly, the Batas•
trophe didn't rank with Hirosh-
ima, 01' the San Francisco ' '
earthquake; er, even Hurricane
Smiley
Hazel, 'but it hit me , pretty
hard.
It was. -rather like.seading of
the sudden death of an old girt
friend, You knew she had gone
to fat and drink. But you could
remember when, at her best,
she was theheart of your life.
A lot of personal memories
came crowding back when I
read about- it. That ugly old
building with the shaky bell
tower on top was one of the
hubs of my existence for more
than a decade at a special time
,in my life.
It was when I was young and
my family-w-as-•young•and I• was
0
learning the •newspap*l" busi-
ness. I didn't have a° mistress. 11
didn't •hang around the pubs. I
didn't take part in all-night
poker.. sessions, I just .went to
the town hall. I spent . more
nights in its council °chamber,
crouched over the rickety press
table, than.I did. with my.fami. "\
-ly.
;On more than one 'occasion,
my spoufe4 a tender young wife
and mother,displayed psp
cl;oneurotic tendencies toward
the old town hall. At least
twice she suggested .1 movea
cot into the council chambers,
and not bother darkening her
bedroom door.
local cash; and soinle of us are
still anemic.`
But a lot of good, positive
work was done there, too. The
commercial fisherrrrelrl', the
farmers, the re -sort owners and
the merchants �rrtet ' there,
fought with each " others, but
emerged, -united in eaeh�.t ase,
to fight for their.exi Oce, and
thea ent of t e
b tterm he area.
a
Another' function of the
council chamber was that of
court -froom. This was one that I
didn't .mild seeing: g� by : in
smoke. It's the only time the
council chamber smelled.ban —
on court day. Most of the time
it . smelled dusty, waxy, and ci-
I'h bet 1 attended more than
a thousand meetings in that
town hail. It was the only non-
denominational' meeting -place
in town, and it 'Was there that
great causes were launched and
collapsed; that political careers •
were begun and ended; that hu-
man triumps and tragedies
were recorded. And 1 was in on
all of it.
It was a regular breeding-
ground- for lost causes and .last-
diteh • hat.Xles. We fought such
behemoths as the CNR and. the
government; we lost. We bat-
tled to salvage moribund indus-
tries with heavy transfusions or
urns,
gar-smokey and just• plain old.
But on court days, it stank:
hangovers, puke, 'fear, shamei
curiosity and the law,
But that was only one art of
the old town tall, Across fro rr
the coungl1 chi ber was the
auditorium, . And. what memo,
lies
.ries that brings back. Concerts, . N
• -plays, recitals, dances and punt --
ice) meetings. It even had a
balcony where elderly ladies
could .-watch the Sailors Fare-
well Dance in comparative .safe-
,ty,
Our children made their pub-
. lie debuts there. I'll never for-
get the night Kim, age three,
Oderich . Rot�r
FlAarks Anniverary
dressed ip a bunny .costuml.e,.
spotted me in the audience,
burst out of the dance line, and
hurled herself into my arms.
Or the night Hirgl, ,,about
nine, won, the grand prize in
the?music festival, 'even though 4
' two, of the notes •on the piano
did. not sound.,
Or,thg night I was an utiwit• .
ling sucker .in an elaborate
practical .joke,' at a concert.. 1
was to pretend. I was playing a
trumpet solo, while ,a real
trumpeter played .the piece off;
tage. He double-crossed me.
yours matron in the usual
fashion. Not from her. Frani
my wife.
Town halls, those great, ugly.,
.Warned the .a•uclience what was
going to ,happen. and when , 1
went igto my routine. no sound.'
Felt a fool.;'
Or the nights the old girl and
i stumbled.- through our --lines
w`. ith the local • little theatre
group. Or the•great New Year's
;,i ve dances, , when ; 'the whole.
town was out, flying. Got sock.
in the eye at One of,them when
11 Auld,Lang-Syned 3 ;pretty
Letter To The Editor
Sir: •
Today ,the Rotary Club of God. • each business and•profession, the In reply to a letter you publish-
erich will mark the 62nd anniv. club represents `a cross-section ed last week,'\please accept the
ersary of the founding of Rotary, of the comm_ unity's vocations. following;
' th e oldest of the service clubs Richard L. Evans of Salt Lake Dear "Puddles",•
in Chicago, Ill., Feb. ' 23, 1905. City, Utah, president of Rotary • I read your letter in last week's
International, outlined a 1Q. oint "Signal Star".. You'- sound like � in a civilized community any
At twlie regular weekly meeting ' p a nice do and I am -sure selfres ectin dogtakes his walk
program for Rel clubs every.
gYom' P g'
Qn Tuesday.the local club had where at the boning off his ' master is a fine person, but I on a' leash held by, someone who
.- a birthday cake, a , am sort t o say t cares enough. year last d�l. It includes ex• Y y hat' T"'do not He feels, sorry for
Announcing the milestone, Dr. tending Rotary to' new commun. agree with you about dog free.
Frank Mills, president ofthe Wes; aiding youth, developing dom.
local 'Rotary club, said, ' "The friendships across nationalbord. A farm dog has the freedom
really love Trim we keep -him for
ourselves. We do not embarrass
our dogipy allowing him to force
his company in places where he
is not wanted. Our dog is ayoung
Dachshund who has learned that
•
. • Rotary Club of Goderich,is:link. ers, and "doing.., something for of his master's wide fields. When
ed with more than 12,600 other someone somewhere." - • dogs (and people) live in a com.
M.rs • T o un gbiu f ' Given Rotary chubsin134nationsaround Mr . 'EvansRotary's -world munity such as a town they un.
the world. Rotary meetings mark. leadr for 19.66.67, i s a radio derstand that naturally their freL• •ung this anniversary will be held broadcaster: Since 1930 he has dam is more limited, as they can -
in, many languages, including narrated, written and produced not live well without consider.
�' Nie1/1��iE'/"S�1/ Arabic Danish Finnish French "Music and the Spoken Word" ung others too
AUBURN- Mrs. Major Young.
blut last Thursday was presented
with a Life Membership Certif.
• --• icate---in-the--W pmari's-ission-
ary Society of 'the Presbyterian
Church }by. Mrs. Edgar.,Lawson,
Mrs. Wes BradnockthankedM,:s..
Youngblut for her,W MS work and
also thanked Mrs. Lawson who
had n'iade this possible. •
Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson, pre.
sident of the Auburn WMS was
.in_charg�eof the mPPttngwith Mrs
Donald llaines at the piano.
Mrs. Sanderson 'welcomed the
guests. The minutes were accept.,
ed as read by the secretary,
Mrs.' Alvin Leatherland.
Plans "Were made for the Easter
Thank offering °March 9 when
members of the other churches in
the village will be invited, Mrs.
Robert J. Phillips played a piano
solo of a medley--of-favor.,-favor
ite hymns. The roll tall was
answered by a Bible verse be..
ginning with E . carrying out the
,MI tennial theme..
Mrs Donld Haines was in
ge of 'the study book and in
interesting way told the• his.
t
ory of the churches ii—"the
village. The Auburn Knox Pres. '
byterian • church was founded in
1859 Baptist church, 1869, Meth-
-°odist, 1855, ,Luthern Church
1894, 5t. Mark's 1883 and Knox
United Church, 1925.
Her study showed that many
early pioneers in this community
were willing to sacrifice a great
deal to worship God and lay a good
foundation of Christian witness.
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The devotional period was
taken by Mrs.. Leatherland,
Ladies Aid •
for the Ladies Aid meeting of`
Knox Presbyterian Church and
the minutes were read 'by Mrs.
Roy Deer . Mrs, Alvin Leather.•
land read an address to Mrs.
Carl Govier who is leavirig`'soon
for her new home in 'Goderich.
Mrs;, .Roy Daer presented her with
-a-gift on -behalf of--the-=members: -
Plans were also made to send
a girl to camp this s �� mer
Lunch was • served' Mrs.
Oliver Anderson ass fisted by Mrs.
,Norman McDowell an,d,, Mrs, W.
B radnock.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Armstrong
and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mc-
Dowell and family visited last
Sunday with Mr. .and Mrs. John
Carter, of Woodstock,' it being
Mrs. Carter's 79th birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. -Grant Raithby,
Tommy, 'Grant, Susan, Joey
and Maryjayne, of Collingwood,
spent_.. -the- -weekend- • „Ii-ith--they
former's parents., Mr. and Mrs,
FAz ante. 1aitbby. A.d..TQn..,
dogs whose masters do not enjoy
their company and simply impose
it on the others.
Groups of large clogs are run-
ning daily in our -gardens and on
our street. I fear for my little
.girl's safety on the way to school
and even in Schoolyard. Twice
last fall I was bothered by a
large white dog when I walked
Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, over a nation.vv%de (U,S.) net- When a�rriaster plans to buy - on Britannia Road with a shopping
and Persian," work. a car he figures out where he bag containing meats,
u The Rotary Club Oaf Goderich Rotary clubs carry out their is going to keep it -either he Think about it again, `'Pud.J
organized in 1962. • has 25 service programs both through builds a gay age, has a drive= files" Is this fair? You and your ."
matabe all41tsine,.ss-a,nd.PD*- ,.individual--and-u,nite.d- etion. W,y,or mak. --some ,rang at w- iia .I ates.should�-.reine,miiep.. t-�•, .--. >�_.
� .-oto keep.it in a lace where it we do not come to botherI
fessional men of this community, A major ' acitvity of ,the Ro• � • P � h you and
Since the membership is com• tary club of this. community is neither bothers nor endangers the your mastdrs; we do not dig -in
posed of one representative of • they. retarded adult Workshop. community in general. He would Your garden or dirty your lawn•
not think " that the licence he Why should we have it done to
buys for his car gives him the us? - • - .
rteht'tZ5 leave it�in. the middle of • Besides, people often judge by
the street, in somebody else's your dog manners what sort of
garden dr wherever his fancy Person your master is. Please,
takes dim. It is reasonable to "Puddles", stay in your own '
—oxpect•-that•-before a master gets- Yard When ynur.master takes you -
a 'clog he considers the size and . *for -a walk, I hope you will- wag
possibilities (like erecting feri. your tail if we meet. You see, we
ces) of his own property, instead - can really be much better friends
of taking for• granted that other if we do not'force our company
!people should allow their gardens on each other. Good ,Luck,
to,. be . used as . dog exercise "Puddles"!
grdunds or their children to -be' • -
placed in unnecessary danger.
Yes, "Puddles", I have a dog
and .because I and my family
tsnal- T'*Tuisti f� b brualF'y
draughty . ;hapters• in ,our histo-
ry, are burning ' down, Lalling
down or being torn down. They°
are being replaced by modern'?
efficient "municipal „of f>ees,`"
Which have about as much .trap
dition, humanity and warmth ,els .
a filing . cabinet.
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