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SHERMAN H. BLAKE
An important man a
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The people of Goderich were shocked
to hear of the death' of Clerk -Treasurer
Sherman Blake last weekend. Mr. Blake
collapsed and died while visiting
Kitchener with his wife on,Saturday. a
It is unlikely that the people of
Goderich will fully realize their loss until
an attempt is made to find a replacernent
for a man who gave over a quarter of a
century of life to the town in a variety of
other capacities white serving as the clerk.
and treasurer. Mr. Blake was an important man. Just
how important also. probably will not be
realized until a' replacement is sought,. In
the 27.,.years he had served here he must,
,have: emassed a considerable amount of
knowledge of municipal affairs that no
amount of formal education could teach,
and that made' him an important tan. In
that same 27 years he had also emassed a
p nsirie bie" arooti nt:: novo iaedge: abort ..
• G,oderich. and the people who I ive-here
And that made him a very important man„
At the. same time the people of Goderich
a learned sdrnething :about Sherman Blake
that made him a very important man.
Reverend .G. Lockhart Royal in his
eulogy at the funeral service for Mr. Blake
Tuesday touched on it when he pointed
out 'that Mr. Blake had a sense of
- responsibility that given .a._task he would
see it through to the logical completion as
an accepted responsibility, without fuss or
bother, but with the air of a man just
doing his job.
MT. Blake also had a sense of humility
when dealing with people. It was perhaps
that sense .of humility that people felt in
their dealings with Mr. Blake that made
them feel satisfied that the best had been
done: If propf is wanted of that, speak to
the residents of -109 Homes. They will tell
you about Mr. Blake; of the times they
called him and he came; of ,the work be
did for them that was not really his to do.
And that also was a trait of Mr. Blake.
° He accepted work beyond his own and
did it well. Perhaps he did too much. He
served as welfare officer, licencing officer;
lottery control officer, building inspector,
secretar' of many organizations including
the former public* schoot..board; he was
--dept. inu°ai ed it as...a
member of the Board of Managers of
Knox Presby-terian Church, an ekler of the
church and treasurer of the churdh; his
associations 'With various crrganizations
town work' and church work are well
known.
He was an important manand one that
will be hard to replace. His Toss will mean
more to Goderich than. perhaps .anyone
yet realizes.
Nature has a word for it
The wildlife world .has 'given our
'language many colourful expressions.
Among our friends and acquaintances it is
likely that we have at least one "wise old
owl" or "eager beaver." A. notefrom the
Ontario ,Federation of Naturalists reminds
us of a few of them; some of them based
or fact, some fiction.
Is the old owl really wise? The ancient
Greeks and Romans thought SQ - and
assigned him to his -niche -of- intelligence.
"Owls to Athens" was an earlier forrn of
our "Coals to Newcastle."
Minerva, the Roman goddess of
_ wisdom, often is pictured ° with an owl
perched on her shoulder or hand. The first
century Romans considered` the owl an
omen of mistort,;,;ne. • Its hooting was
sufficient reason fdeferring the most
serious business at hand. An old West
Coast Indian legend said that it promised
death to those who heard it.'
"One swallow doesn't make a summer"
is as true a thought today as it, was when
Aristotle expressed it in the 4th' Century
B.C. Scholars tell us that his version was
"One swallow doesn't make a spring." •
"Proud as a peacock' conjJres up 'a ,.
-'strutting bird -displaying his finery in an
at itu-de--of -v-an it
imagination.
"Swan song" is'another expression that
comes down to us from antiquity.
Socrates wrote ,of the swans, realizing
they were about to die, singing "-much
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more lustily than ever, rejoicing in the
thought that they are going to the god
they ,serve." And so we often refer to an
entertainer's last performance as his
"swan song."
`.Ve are unkind to the ostrich when 'We
speak of it burying its head in the sand.
The closest' it comes is to lay its.long neck
along theground.
But there ,is no do,ubt that dead as a
dodo" is really cieadI The dodo was- a
flightless---laird,-- larger than a turkey, that
lived on. the Indian Ocean island of
Mauritius. .It, was found there in great
numbers but 'by .1681 had been
exterminated by European settlers.
The "keen vision of eagles and hawks
spots anything ,that moves, sometimes
miles distant. And -more than one highly
observant -teacher has" been dubbed "old
eagle -eye" by some chastened pupils.
The eager beaver is well named as
anyone will attest who 'has seen " this
industrious animal felling • trees for his
dam. No better. symbol could be found
for 'a country whose first settlers literally
fashioned their homes put of the
wilderness.
"The courage of a lion?" Well, we
shout e:aaref-u-F itr accepting this
as a tribute to our bravery. It is the lioness
that is the -power behind the,throne of the
well-publicized "King of the Jungle.",
At least, that's what "a little bird told
me"! .
Words of Wisdom
He who takes but never gives, may Last for years, but never lives!
Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.
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Letters
IRISH,' DESCENT?
This letter is addressed to
Readers of the Goderich
Signal -Star, in hopes that • some
may have forbears from
Northern - Ireland and,: more.
particularly. County Tyrone.
It would seem that. among
the early' settler& in the County
of Huron, were people from
Ireland•, particularly Ulster. The
name Dungannon- has a
counterpart in ° the County of
Tyrone; N. Ireland, and a
contributor to the Weekly
ESTABLISHED 123rd YEAR
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Northern - Ireland a
to the Editor
e'.+spaper, "The Tyrone
Constitution of nostalgia and •
humorous,. ntidotes writes of a
letter received .in County
Tyrone, Ireland. dated 1842,''
from residents of the Goderich
area. mentioning names •
O'Brien, Shaw: Beacom and
Richardson:
The column referred' to is
under the heading "What Now?"
by Barney McCool, who made a
Visit to Canada last year; but was
unfortunately prevented from
making a visitation to the
Goderich area. It would be
greatly appreciated if Readers
with County ' Tyrone
background, or those who may
have old letters or newspaper
clippings of early settlers•in the
Godefich area; would write Mr.
T. P. McDevitte at 39 Ardmore
Park, Finaghy, Belfast, ' N.
Ireland - (wh'o writes . as Barney
McCool), who is most interested
in ' reviewing and publiship0.
. flashbacks of. Irish folk now'
Canada, who, ' originally came
from- County Tyrone, N..Ireland`
In appreciation,
"FIOR GO BAS"
Kernembee:When? ? ? ?
60 YEARS AGO
• Goderich Industrial
Exhibition was -termed the best
get ' ..and established a new
record, Admission receipts were
the largest in history and there
were good exhibits in nearly all
lines. An attractive program Was
seen before the grandstand. '
An interesting feature" of the
Tuesday afternoon program at
the Goderich " Industrial
Exhibition was the presentation
of a flag to the Boy Scouts by
the .Daughters of the ,Empire. E.
N. Lewis MP acted as chairman
and the presentation was made
by--Crs.-Macklin, regent of the
I O D E. Dr. • Malden as
'scoutmaster, acknowledged the
presentation in a suitable speech.
Councillor Wallace wants the
police to have power' to censor
the moving picture films shown
in the local theatres. He
complained of a film being
shown in which men and. women -
were being shot down right and
left, and he was confident that
such a film would not be
allowed to be shown in Tdrtonto.
He made a�,ririotio'r that the
police be instructed LP censor all
moving picture film s in town.
but got no seconder.
25 YEARS AGO
Young people from as far
north as Algoma` to the
southerly parts of Western
Ontario attended the sessions of
the twentieth annual 'convention
of • the London---. Conference
Young People's Union of the
United Chureh of Canada which
opened in North Street United
Church Friday evening. Over
200 young people attended. • ,
Misses = Helen McGee of
London and Maxine McGee of
Wingham,,,,, Harold McGee of
Goderich and Cecil McGee, who
is • ` taking the last year. at
University in ''pronto, all spent
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Albert McGee, Port Albert.
Notice to Teachers — School
attendance and progress reports
are 'on sale' at 25 cents a dozen
..at The Signal -Star. -
10 YEARS AGO •
Alexandra Marine " and.
General Hospital board is
preparing its budget for 1961
which may have some effect on
the present rates at the hospital..
The various committees have
been Meeting to draw up their WAIS for
proposed expenditures. One
expenditure being considered is,
President is Mrs. John Doherty;
vice-president, Mrs. Ken McGee;
secretary; Mrs. Vic Whetstone;
treasurer, Mrs: John. Shaddick;
registrar, Mrs. Chuck Jewell; and
bulletin editor; Mrs. Joseph
Morrissey.
Mrs. Albert Taylor was
honored by the ladies of Knox
Presbyterian Church Women's
Missionary Society during the
group's 85th anniversary
celebration last week. Mrs.
Taylor has been a member of 'the
50 years.
the installation of air
conditioning in rooms on the
south side of the new wing.
These rooms become rather
warm 'in sum'rrier weather.
Chairman Ken Croft and
treasurer Howard Aitken of the
-Goderich Industrial Commission,
have been appointed to go on a
promotional tour for the benefit
of Goderich. Armed with
literature ,,and • facts about!
Goderich as a growing industrial
centre, they will, visit centres in
Ontario, Quebec and some
plabes in the U.S.A.
D. J: Allan of Goderich has
joined the salts staff of Goderich
Motors Ltd.
Frank S. Dalton has returned
from Los Angeles, California,
and intends to make his home in
Goderich. '
ONE YEAR AGO'
Bob Melick has been named
Kinsman of the' Year for. the
Goderich Kinsmen Club. Mr.
Melick has_ been with the local
club for five years and served as
chairman of the Kin playground
committee last Year. The honor
was bestowed "...for outstanding
contribution to Kinsmen work
in Goderich and the surrounding
area." '
The ladies pf the Goderich
THE-IIJACKERS.
,Palestiniai guerillas of the U.A.R. blow up four aircraft "in good
fli:th" at t cost of say fifty million dollars and a general outcry
results, Simultaneously Mr. Woodeock of the U.A.W. "bargaining in
good faith," refuses an increment of one point four billion and then
blows the North American economy for six billion, dollars over 90
days. -Exactly who is it has the illusion he is God?
'HOW SINCERE is YOUR CONSCIENCE?
Curtis W. Tarr, the,,Director of Selective Service in the U.S.A. has'
taken upon himself to elucidate -the recent decree of the Supreme
Court that a man may be excused from Military service 'if his
objections are ethical but not ,necessarily religious. Mr. Tarr bore
clown heavily on the need for "sincerity," but even the man who
shot President McKinley was sincere! How does any mortal tribune
determine whether you are sincere or insincere? Tarr adds that the
draftee• claiming conscientious obje*tion 'ttiust be able to prove he
has consulted with "wise men," has some "kind of belief," and has
undergone "some kind of rigorous training," Such conditions would
exclude even St. Paul, who "conferred not with flesh and blood"
about his profession. Perhaps early pensioning would be the best
treatment for Mr. Tarr.
THEN•ANE$ NOW.
The .following poem refers to ithe day before, and the day after, the
result of *'the: British 'Parliamentary Election had been announced.
The two characters referredto are Mr. Heath, the "new Prime
Minister, and his predecessor, Mr, Vilson.
June 17th, 1970.
He was Grammar School (*1.), my dear! Not out of the top drawer,
I fear.' • .
And a bachelor, howodd— Alone in Albany (*2.), all on his tod.
No Policy, Personality or Punch, He plays the organ during lunch.
I just can't stand his ponderous wit, It doesn't send me a bit.
June 19th, 1970.
A veritable Giant among men, And just, the man fpr Number Ten
That's What I told you a1Palong, And twenty million Limeys (*4.)r
can't be wrong.
Pollsters and Press excuse in vain, Perfidious Albion (*5.) at it again.
That other pompous little man, Sneaked away in a furniture van.
Now at long last, I can hold, up my head,
He's a marvellous chap is wonderful ted. And how we shout to show
our joy,r
God Bless you, our -dear little:GrammarSchool
References: ,
*1. Grammar School, as opposed to a private school.
*2. The Albany, a row of chambers for bachelors in London.
*3:. Number Ten -Downing Street;-the.Irime-Minister's residence.
*4. Limey, an American epithet for the English." - ,
*5. Perfidious Albion. Jacques Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
originally wrote "L'Angl'eterre, ah! la perfide Angleterre." By the
time of the French Revolution this had become "Albion Perfide,'
"Perfidious Albion" was a term use by Kaiser Wilhelm I during the
First World War, when the British decided to- support the French
against Germany in the Low Countries.
THE DEATH OF PRIVACY '
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