HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-12-31, Page 16eA + PE!EUI II SIONAL-STAR, THURSDAY, DECENMI3ER. 31',1970
Guide and -Brownie News in 1828
New members
We are very proud to
announce that the following girls
were enrolled on December 15
:and are now real Brownies --
Autumn Deathe, Linda Knox,
Andrea Jackson and Janet
Lassaline.
Mothers were In attendance
at this special meeting and we
were pleased to have Madam
Commissioner attend to help us
out with this important
ceremony. Four other Brownies
were presented with Athiete---B
Badges. Those girls were —
Melanie Johnston, Cheryl
Marshall, Donelda Smith and
Sheila Vance,
It seems that the meeting was
full of special things happening.
Brownies were surprised with
hot chocolate, donuts and candy
canes while the grown-ups
sipped tea. :Madam
Commissioner told a story to the
girls which was really enjoyed.
One sad note to our meeting
came when it was announced
that Tawny Owl is retir;ng. The
Brownies gave her a gift and let
loose with a giant Grand Howl
to say their thanks And a fond
farewell. Brown Owl gave gout
Christmas place mats and little
gifts which the girls will give to
the shut-ins that they will visit
during the Christmas holidays.
So out big night came to an
end and it was time to say
good -night again until our next
meeting on January 5.
After the Fairy Ring was
completed the new Brownies
who were enrolled were put in
their new sixes.
. A spirited game with the Hula
Hoop followed, after which the
Brownies were divided into
groups of two to decorate jars
with a Santa face, and hats with
cotton batten.
After the jars were completed
a sing song followed and
refreshments were served by
The 3rd Goderich Brownies
met for a Christmas party.
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Gifts were passed to each of
the Brownies and ..the meeting
ended with the squeeze being
passed around and- then given to
another Brownie.
On Saturday afternoon,
December 19, the 3rd Goderich
Brownies met and visited bhe
residents of the 109 Homes. The
jars which had been made at the
meeting on Monday were filled
with candy and the Brownies
gave each of the residents a card
and the candy jars.
Merry Christmas to all from
the 3rd Goderich Brownies.
Goderich girl
wed in South
RAY - GLEN
Linda Joan Glen, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Glen,
Goderich, was married
December 10 at Greenville;
South Carolina, to Cris Claxton
Ray, son of Mr. and, Mrs.
Claxton Ray, Woodstock.
The young couple will reside
rm„6.4-
Castle, dozen
BY W. E. ELLIOTT
Samuel Strickland came from
Royden, Suffolk, to 'Canada
West in 1825, at the age of 21, "
. preferring ari active rather,
titan a professional life." After a
stay in the Peterborough district
he arrived in Goderich in 1828,
when the town plot was onl'
just surveyed. Strickland was
"delighted" with 'its situation.
Three frame houses were in
process; a log house on a bold
hill over -looking the harbor and
called by Dr. Dunlop the Castle,
and a dozen or so of log cabins
"comprised the whole town of
Goderich, most. of it being
inhabited by French Canadians
and half-breeds."
Major Strickland (he was an
officer in the militia) was in
Huron only three years, and
never returned, but orP
conclusion of his residence in
Canada felt qualified to set
down the changes -of 21 years in
the Huron Tract.
a"Behold," he wrote in his
67`5 -page book, Twenty-seven
Year in Canada West, "what the
energi s and good_ management
of th . Canada Company have
effected. . Stage coaches ,travel
with safety and despatch along
the same tract where formerly I
had the utmost difficulty to
make my way on horseback. A
continuous settlement of the
at Montevallo, Alabama, where
the groom is attending
university. The bride is a recent
graduate of Woodstock Hospital
and intends to work at a hospital
in Clanton, Alabama:,
Policy re wedding stories
Tile. t;odericlz Signal -Star takes great pleasure in publishing
free of charge rt'edding pictures, and stories of interest to
read cars.
Photos and copy Jur the vedding page must he in the hands
.of the women's editor no later than Monday at 5 pm on the
week of publication
. -
Wedding stories which are submitted jor publication more
than one 1rionth fO1Iowing the marriage will be reduced to an
absolute ,gittimultt and no picture will accompany the item.
The above regulations are an effort- t.o keep all Goo,derich
Signal -Star news features as current as possible.
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This program will help farm property owners t� pay their
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Farm property owners will receive $20,000,000 in special
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finest farms now skirts both
sides of this road, from the
southern boundary of the
district to Goderich. Thriving
village`s, saw and grist mills;
manufactories, together with an
abundance of horses, cattle,
sheep,' grain and every necessity
of life enjoyed by a population
of 26,000 souls."
There were yet needed, he
wrote, population, pastors and
schoolmasters. Strickland chided
the "Church of England for
failing to match the activities of
other denominations. All these
lacks, however, were to be made
good through the years as
Strickland watched from his
home at Lakefield, Peterborough
county. He died there in 1867.
Prof. Carl F. Klinck,
University of Western Ontario,
in an introduction to the new
edition of the Strickland book,
notes that the author'
"successfully took on jobs for
which he had little previous
training." Readers may find this
to be an understatement.
Strickland's education; he states,
consisted of Latin, Greek,
French and mathematics, along
with some knowledge of
farming, picked up on his
mother's, /estate in Suffolk. But
by the' time he returned to
England and wrote .his book, he
felt qualified to offer many facts
and suggestions for the benefit
Jog cabins composed
of persons emigrating to Canada.
He explains in detail how to
build a rail fence, how to make
an ox -yoke. Directions are given
for building a shack, a barn, a
house. Should the newcomer
wish to make lime, or Maple ,
syrup, here is an oldtimer's
advice. Proper selection of a
homestead is -discussed at length. •
There are three chapters about
Indians, one about wolves. In
Guelph township, Strickland did
not hesitate to turn physician,
and "soon became, skilful at
bleeding and tooth -cawing."
Edited by Agnes Strickland,
most noted of five literary
sisters, the book , co`ntains
numerous interpolations of
poetry. It follows the literary
conventions o the time, with
allusions to "tolonel B---" and
"Mr. J---" and a too -ready
portrayal of what we would
consider the "stage" Yankee and
his allegro vocabulary. Travel
books of the'4' period are
frequently quoted.
Canada's "`three months of
winter" is compared favorably
with weather in England. Fishing
should have been an attraction,
'the way he tells it: one man with
a pitchfork "captured 56 fine -
salmon in a stream he could
jump over."
To cap all this: "In no
country on the face of the earth
does the torch of wedded love
beam brighter than in Canada,
where the husband always finds
`the wife dearer than the bride.'
I have seen many an
accomplished and beautiful
English girl forgetting the
amusements of a fashionable life
to realize with a half -pay officer
or `younger brother' the purer,
holier pleasures of domestic love
in this country, .where a
numerous issue, the fruits of
their union, are considered a
blessing and a source of wealth •
instead of bringing with -them, as
in the old country, an 'increase
of care."
Strickland himself acquired
such "wealth." Married three
times, he was , the father of 14
children. His first wife died at
her first confinement, the
second in giving birth to the
14th child.'
"Our wives, daughters and
sisters," he recorded, "besides
spinning yarn for our garments,
provide us with warm stockings,
glows, Guernsey frocks and
comforters . of their owni
knitting."
Strickland heard about the
Huron Tract, met
Superintendent John Galt in
Toronto in April, 1828, and
joined the_ Canada Company
staff. His subsequent duties
included those of land agent: In
Goderich he bought a small log
house from a French Canadian.
Goddrich
(According to the local record,
this was on Lighthouse Point. If
so, the site long ago slid down
hill as result of erosion.)
Soon after arrival in Canada,
Stricklapd was commissioned in
the Durham militia. He finally
attained rank of lieut.-colonel.
He • turned out with the
Peterborough u volunteers —
nearest at ' hand — when
Mackenzie's rebels threatened
Toronto, but did not get to the
scene before word came that the
rising had been crushed.
• It is noteworthy that
Strickland mentions very few .of
the persons with whom he must
have,become acquainted during
threyears in Huron. -He names
Charles Prior, 'Commissioners
Thomas Mercer, Jones and
William - Allen, Reed the
tavernkeeper, trader W. F.
Gooding, and an individual
identified only as - "the
Professor." There is no mention
of surveyor John Macdonald,
who had arrived in 1827.
Describing the shell of a
buttonwood tree on the river
flats, the author relates that he
was once inside the trunk "with"
Dr. Dunlop and eleven other
persons," but ,nine remain
unidentified.
Dr. Dunlop is described in the'
book as "3vel1 made, stout,
broadshouldered, and above six
feet in height, with red hair and
whiskers, blue eyes, broad face
and a' remarkable facetious
expression .... He overcame his
only failing, but not in time to
save bis valuable life."
John Galt was "considerably
above six feet, and of a rather
heavy build; his aspect grave and
dignified and his appearance
prepossessing... I always found
him an upright and honorable
gentleman . .. yet he committed
some grievous mistakes."
Of the three taverns between
Wilmot township, and Goderich,
spaced 20 miles alhart, Strickland
found Van Egmond's
satisfactory, _ but dreaded
Seebach's, ' where on one
occasion he was offered only
Indian -meal bread, a cake of
beef tallowand a dish of crust
coffee. The Fryfogle house, on
the tavern site east of Stratford,
was acquired in 1967 by Perth
Historical Society.
Strickland considered Guelph
remarkable healthy and very.
prettily situated, but the town
plot, he said, was laid out on too
large a scale — the market -place
large enough for a city of
50,000.
"Twenty-seven Years" when
first published (1852) must have
greatly influenced migration.
Today, its virtue lies in a
readable, firsthand account of
pioneer conditions a century and
more ago in this province.
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