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!Once' a fatrtiliar rallying sp
park ' on . su timer evenings -
built by gob Standish at • th
in 1927, is now located on
into an ultramodern gift
Squires, nephew of the
invitation to all Old Home
the transformed bands
the new building. (Staff Ph
of for band concerts in Court House
for many ,years, the old bandstand,
e time of the Centennial of,Goderich.
Bayfield road and has been converted
and craft shop of unique design. Bert
original builder, extends a special
week visitors to drive out and inspect
fond which has peen incorporated into
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(1% miles south of C
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till dusk the following days:
TURDAY JULY 1st
Baking Sale, • 2 p.m.
JULY•.1st—MONDAY, JULY 3rd
uilting .bee"—Afternoon and evening
AY. EVENING, JULY 2nd
ng Song of old hymns,
EDNESDAY, JULY 5th
omeBaking Sale, 2 p.m,
ion of "baler twine" mat making
ADMISSION 25c - 1Oc —
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Hold' .ettler 'WOK be SWOrnitt 0$
Opeping Pioneer__In Co1born
About 200 knells assembled'
atthe eld Alien hOntestead Just
:south. of Carlow Sunday, even,
ing when • official ceremonies
were Held fox the opening c
the 'pioneerhome, fully furn, £'
ished wtthantiques, fore sum
mer season a' a C 1borne
township Centennial project.
Guest speaker, ,for, the oc.
rasion, was'" Jack Maeiiaren of
Benrnilter, president Qf Huron
cotlaty historical society.
Chairtnan was Reeve. Wilaner'
Hardy of h Colborne, who also
'called upon Hugh Hill for. a, .
few words;
Mr.. Hill had, mingled feel.
ings about Cent pni�11. • year,
pride in the .achie nlents of
the.pioneers'who'he edthe'pre.
sent ,fine farms out of the.vir•
gin forest, and , at the same
time regret that today's genet.
ation would not see the grandeur
of the forests or fully realize
the struggle that brought forth
the fertile farms of today.
In " the course of the pro. ,
gram, the Goderich band under '
direction of Charles Kalbfleisch
:P1 d rtthe sel ions.
WEIGH IN "+
A humorous little skit saw
three Colborne citizens weighed
in on a "weighing machine"
totalling their, weights at 403
pounds, that of the famed giant
of Benmiller. On display was
one "'of the iron' steps once
mounted on his wagon, and a
part of it retrieved from the
Canadian west where • it was
Qtaken years ago.
Following official ceremo-
nies, guests were shown through
the old home by ladies 'of the
committee, all appropriately
dressed in gowns of yester-
year. .
Following is the address by
Mr: Maclaren:
. "It seems appropriate on this
occasion to read to you Isabel
Fiske Conant's lines: "
He who loves an old house
Never loves in vain,
How can an old house, used
May We Suggest You
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PROCLAMATIQN
DOMINION DAY
looTh Anniversary of
Canada's. Confederation
TO THE CITIZENS OF
TIIE TOWN OF GODERICH
I HEREBY PROCLAIM
MONDAY, JULY 3rd, 1967,..
A PUBLIC HOLIDAY
All citizens are requested "to govern themselves accordingly:
DR FRAM MILLS,
Mayor
to 4//11440 .T aln
To alae and larkspur, and
a tree,above .
Ever fail, • to answer the
heart that4-gives it lova':.
"There is no sadder sight
than a ,„deserted .house, And
there's a good many of them
around these parts. Samuel
Butler has said - "An empty'
house ins like a body frons which
,:life has departed," `Always
wheel • we see a deserted heuse
we think Ofthe people =who'
once lived there and wonder
what happened to theta . what
became of their hopes. Did
laughter ring under the eaves?
No doubt they often experiencled"
disappointments, suffering, and
privations, Travel and coram.
unication were equally difficult
and in, consequence the new.—
..dome; was doomed .to loneli.
ness and often danger,
"We,'should know and remem•
.,,ber what our forefathers achie.
ved. We roust not lightly lis.
card., those pioneer men and
women, as has-beens that are
of , no concern to us. French
.:.•Canadians appreciate-gthissact
a great deal better than Eng-
lish-speaking Caitaidians,the im.
portance of their history in this
land.
We should know what trials,
difficulties and dangers they
endured. We know that soldiers
have won medals for heroism
on the field of battle, for some
feat of bravery often performed
in a brief space of time. Yet
the early settlers of Colborne
township - men and women -
endured long years of struggle
with the elements and great dans
gers, They were never de-
corated with any medals or in.
deed with any appreciation.
There was nd onearound to
recommend recognition of their
valour.
"Our.• forefathers had imag.
ination, courage and the cap-
acity for hard work. Their bold
attack on their environment
should astonish tis today. The •
grandfathers of men still live
ing 'knew the Huron Tract so
literally a howling wilderness.
Today' that countryside is pro.
ductive . the .wilderness tamed,
thanks to the eourage and det.
ermination of those pioneers,
families went from T' ewl' Yor1
up to the Niagara penins'a1a
:+here Governor Simcoe invited
. them to settle. "
"In snail boats they travelled
up the Hudson, their frail craft
loaded down with sundry house..
hold matters. At night they
pushed into shore .and reared
a temporary tent. In due course
they Jwould reach Albany, which
*in those days, was. one of the
outposts oP civilization pp 'the
edge of the little-known wilder:,
ness. When they reached the
place where Troy now stands
they turned •off to the left, up
' the rapid, .winding stream..;,af
the Mohawk, The .going here
• was difficult 'and the men Worn
• out by nightfall, after working
against the rapids, or portage
ing over seemingly impossible
,places. After a long haul of
hard going, the little boats, ei'm.,
erged upon the wide watersof.
Lake Ontario.
"Niagara was then the seat
of government where governor
Simcoe might recqmmend the
_County of... N !oak as a good
Place to settle. Theit boat
would be' transported from
Queenston to Chippewa around
Niagara Falls. Supplies were
added, and the last -huridred
miles along Lake Erie's un-
known coast. They would sel-
ect a spot and often discover
the nearest settler Might be
twenty or twenty-five miles
away: If they were lucky they
bought a cow.
"The urgent thing was to get
some land cleared, so that they
could plant maize, potatoes and
garden vegetables for the next
year: There were many abet,.
',axles. Fish and meat could be
had for the getting, but bears
and wolves were plentiful as
well, and the latter howl0ed about
the house at night. The first
sugar -making was not skillful,
but they made • sufficient of a
poor quality 'for a years con.
sumption. Their potatoes' yield•
ed' well, but racoons destroyed
their maize.
"Lone, cold winters seemed
to have no .ending- perhaps to
be followedinthe summer by
a total failure of the grain
crops. Only `the Indians saved
their .maize from , destruction..
',by the animals who invaded the
settlements because of the scar-
city of food in the woods. They
sold this to the white peop)e
but often the nearest mill was .-
seventy miles away and they
had only a coffee mill to grind
it with, When the meal was
ground, it was made into Johnny
cakes, eaten hot for breakfast,
cold for dinner and the rem-
ainder in mush ford supper.
rIn case of illness there were
nbi horses, no roads _ merely
track through the woods, S.,
FROM BRITAIN ANI? EUROPE
"Thousands of . those immig.
rants landed at Quebec or New °
York after a two months voy.
age across the Atlantic, into a
country in which the dreaded
cholera -was-carrying-off-vi
tims by the - hundreds. Also,
after 'the American Revolution,
Many 'who had <remained loyal
to Britain found it better to
leave the UnitedStatesand comp
to Canada. A goodly number
of those people had to make
their own perilous way. Some,
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55 Montreal St r
Goderich. On t.
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or
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Boil 549, Walkerton, Ontario.
Phone 881-2270
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AT THE
GODERICH ARENA
FRI., JUNE 30th
TO THE
"WIN -JAMMERS
SKATE 8 - 10.114%
it
DANCE 11).' - 12 P.M.
Admission: $1.00
- Skates For Rent •---
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wide •dlstriet, to settle ail dist
pules, 4erforrn h a,rri • es, bury
the t (lead.40d prescribe .for OM. st6.k, Ml4�. f+g was ,mast dl1i.
ieult to .obtain, for there were .
Only a few sheep, and these
had to be watched with the great. •
?st care by day, and at night.'
Penned near the house in a
fold built -high againstbearsa'nd '"
wolves.
!ilk was flax, the. peddlers
pack T., and buckskin that they
had to depend upon for • cloth.
'ing after their filrst supply was
worn out. When the flaxseed
was in the ground, it 'was given
over to .the women tq cultivate.
They. had to weed, pull; and
thresh out. the seeds, and then
spread 'it out to rot. Then .
men crackled and dressed it
and returned it to the waruen,
who spun and wove it, making
strong linen for shirts and plaid
for their own dresses,
"As ,the children grew ap
there was no instruction, save
what their over -busy parents
.could give, and no church or
Sunday school. At rareyinter.
vacs the circuit -riding elergy.'"
man would come to' hold Sera
vices and baptize. the children.
Those were hard times and
hard experiences for everybody
and certainly not least for.the
frail and, delicate Women, of
whom many had known the lux-
uries of life before they foll-
owed their husbands into the
wilderness.
"Now I am sure the original
John Allen who built this house
knew all these conditions -trials
and tribulations. According to
my informant ' this house was
built in 1866 but the land 'was
cleared a generation before
that. It was built for John's son
Robert and his bride. There
was a family of 12,one of whom,
Mrs. Fred Seabrook; lives in
Goderich. In 1850 two sons
Robert and Sam , each owned
some 50 acres of land here. I
don't think there's any doubt-
that there 'originally was a log
house here. .
"This is a primitive house
-no water - no hydro -no paint
on the exterior but it has been
kept inside spotlessly clean by
Charlotte--Morrish,who married
Charles A11en,the son ofRobert
Allen They had five children.
Arnol d; -grandson -of Robert,' is
the custodian of this house.
"On, behalf ' of the Huron
county historical.society I con-
gratula.te everybody who has
taken a hand in rejuvenating and
refurnishing this house. The
Huron county historical society
is a very new association of
people with very sparse funds
in the bank but I • have been
asked to turn over 'a Cheque]
a small emolument,, over to
Mrs.- Wilmer Hardy as a token
of our appreciation for whatyou
are doing ,
"1 understandherethe house will
be open to the public throughout
this summer and Fall on Satur.
days and home madebakingwill
be for sale.
"I am happy to declare
this house officially open."
* * * * * * * *
PERSONAL
Mrs. James Thomson visited
over the weekend with her dau-
ghter Mrs, Orville Lobb, Mr.
Lobb, John and Walter of Chat.
ham,
Tuesday, JuIy4th
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