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BY W. E. ELLIOTT gottenintO.' financial difficulties' was accustomed lie built on house ie 1912 to Aldi .
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(Concluded) " year ; the Hon, William 'Cayley, North street, iu three-storey brick Goderich Oirgan'Conpar y. Kiely
When William. k'homas. Kiely forinerNmernber for Hurm:Perth bode, complete with servants' had put the property in hi*
came to Goderich in 1891, after and Bruce, but "'by this, time quarters in the basement. (It wife's game in 1897.
selling the Torontjb Street provincial ,,,,.auditor, ' was belongs now to Mrs. Flbrence Alexander Saunders, for
Railway for a million 'antra half, appointed trustee.' The city. ran McGee.) By 1893 it no longer , .many years owner and occupant -
'he brought four grown sons who the railway for a short time; suited the family, and Mr. Keely ' of the former Kiely house,' is
Must ha„v_e.....,.._ c'ontr`ibuited then the Kielys took over. bought of William McLean, McLean, well remembered as executive
from Ann
* substantially to the life of the On expiration of the Lean, the head of a locally -sponsored
town, or at least St. George's franchise „ in ' March, 1891, big house and spacious grounds industry. which , long gave -
Ward. Kiely had married xontc� • had reached a in which the McLeans had lived employment and made9Goderirrh
'Eliza'beth McDougall ' of pulatlon ;of 170,000 'and for 18 years or so, now known abroad: He was fourth ”
Goderich, probably about the ex ended over 17 square miles.
numbered 28 Nelson street west. son of...Janes----Saunder ..._,.•end
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in 1868, ane) in the following one of the "McDougall lots on Saunders rninager of the
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ttineu„be removed to Toronto Th Keely-oGVned company This house was•built in 1873 Catherine Kennedy Saunders,
". ----or thereabouts for McLean, a 'who came from . Blairgowrie, a"
about 1869. • Kiely's : earlier , operarted 68, miles of single cattle dealer operating over a little town in the eastern part' of
*. KY.,A1 U., eW ,s„* :„ ,,,_track,, owned 264 cars, 99 buses,y � y
t;y wide area::t%sac"wwtlmes knou�r.r1 :._pe`ffihshi*'''. - Sco land '
mostly its Montreal find London. -r 4M 1 ,:, X� � Zc l ..r.,, ‘._ ,.� and,
Where ..and ,. when he and Mis's employed 75Q men --and wag `G'attle Iain[; 'of""tfe°I?`s conducted a plumhiixg'.•
'McDougall_ 'met, is• oifie of -the "'handling between 50 000 and was born Feb, 1, 1840, in tinsmithing business and variety
minor mysteries unlikely to be ,60,000 passengers a day. County Tyrone, Ireland. His store on West street, about"
cleared up by casual research." Arbitrators • awarded the father, Edward, settled' in where th McArthur & Reilly
u ie y'.',-°." ' • r in the •Kielys, $1,455,788, They „hac . Goderich township. William; store is now- His . brothers, and
i�relY s obrtua y family,
Goderich Signal discloses that he taken out in.dividends, bonuses second son in alg y� t11 sister were 'Thomas, ' James,
was born in Montreal in 1825. and salaries $558,830, sor that 186-4 married Ann Jane, Arthur and Catherine Jean (Mrs.
At the age of 26 we find him their ' original investment, daughter of James..r.Elli,ott, also William Knight). Mrs. Saunders,,.
whether $7,500 or $45 000 of Goderich township. They had died in `1884, Mr- Saunders in,
listed- in the Canadian Directory ,�� �•
cash m ' appears 'to have netted ' one child, Frances Amelia (her 1892. .,
as proprietor of livejy stables on �"Frank")
street, London. Oy 1867 them $2,000,000. Evidently a father called her Frank ) who Alex. married Geraldine
he and his brother George had substantial -mortgage was carried, became the wife of Rev. I. B. Cr-essman, of Berlin (as it was.
Walwyn, a young Methodist then - called) ,, and resided, for .
minister whose /tir'st charge was some years on Cameron street,
Bluevale. Their daughter Marion,, where his sons Frank, Charles
a travel agent in Toronto, and Walter -.. were. born. A later
revisited Goderich in 1967, at residence` was at the northeast
. the time of Huron Historical corner of Cambria road and
Society's tour of interesting Newgate street. Here were -born
houses, and at her childhood • three daughters: Alexis (Mrs.
home • recalled her early George Downey, Terronto), -
experiences , of house and Josie, who died late in 1969, and
grounds. ' b Agnes (Mrs. .C.1 F. Chapman,
That was a century after her Goderich.) :
grandfather -had come to live in 'When, • "the original
Goderich, first. on St:-'incent shareholders of the Goderich
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1971 , w SECOND SECTION
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been in business .for some time finally to be taken over by the
as exchange brokers. On March city. By 1892, head -of the �,; w
10, 1869, according to the company was Wm. (later Sir
London Free Press at the ,time, William) MacKenzie.
"the Toronto Street Railway The. Kiely residence in
was„purchased by Messrs.• George Toronto was at Bloor and
and W. T. Kiely of London for Sherbourne, an 'area of
$45,000. They intend putting it fashionable homes at the time.
imnaediateTy in the best state of At. this corner there is now a
repair.” (Another version is that branch of the Toronto -
the brothers put up $7,500,. Dominion Bank. Upon coming
casts.) to Goderich to retire; W.' T.
_.._.The company whose Kiely evidently wished to
franchise they took over had continue the style -to' which he
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:Street at North- At the ' Ne'tst n. Organ (iThpany sold to a new
street house' he' built, a series of group after one year, Mr.
outbuildings, connected with -the.. , au nders�.... Wo*-- appointed
(residence, not quite as they are manager.. •, The factory, , a
today, old photos show. two-storey brick, structure on
(McLean ' died January 9, t'tnbria road and Fast street,
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• Three students from—Violet Elementary School in St. Clair'
Shores, Michigan, visited at Victoria Public.' School last week
a'ad-M,S ect'iri the homes of three local youngsters.. From the left
d R II (t d' ) h was host to Bill Doelle (seated,
m frcrrrt) ;.-K arst -Mill sterTdrne betrirad=• guresti.Chi'�is;.G.saei eK:.•a0ii-
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usse s an ing w . o
Susan' Fincher' with Barbara Boekamp; seated in front .The
American children attended. classes with the Goderich'students
and each of the host .families. plannned. Some special outings for
their guests during the week. — (staff photo)
1892 and the Goderich 'Signal attained substantial success r y- •
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recalled' that "a few years a o he under .his energetic mina emettt
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Third : ear. -for---exchange-
recalled' 'a.nge
' .met' With heavy financial losses, • and enjoyed. considerable export, • r • '
. but did not. let them discourage trade. Organs. were shipped to
him: He was, the writer stated, Britain, South Africa aThen USA stodent in 'Goderich
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"`upright, honest and, generous." ' elsewhere abroad, as frequently
The 'Nelson street house, noted in the. Signal of that •
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Georgian '-in plan, has double period.
living rooms opening off a wide , aton's, 'Toronto, was a - Three. ,young -students from
central hall, fireplaces in ,each- distributor of Goderich organs- Violet F,lai~tientary School in St.
,On the second floor are , six The'reprinted 1901 catalogue, of Clair.Shores•, Michigan, spent last
bedrooms and two' bathrooms.;,' which Miss A. Middleton, week in .Goderich as the guests
Of , the exterior, 11amil'tron 'Trafalgar street, has a copy, lists of three pupils at Victoria Public
architect W. 'G. • Wallace says:, , four models: Empress, Queen, of ;School and their parents. •
"Here is are early attempt at oak and walnut, the Gem; "new " Bill • Doelle visited with •David
d t tion of the style of the style arid Jewel. . . • flussell, son of Rev. and Mrs.
introduced b:y • , the . guaranteed for. five. y ears, the, ..son of Ur- .and Mrs. 1
newly -travelled after, the .0-S- 'advertisement stated,' "and b are had Chris Goepper as his guest;
Civil War: `�%his�is-suggested here direct from the factory at and Susan Fincher, daughter •of
by , the very dominant' central Goderich, 'a "copy ""-of -the Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Fincher was
ogee -shaped pediment. There is 'guarantee being affixed to each the' hostess for Barbara
still,' however, .a predominant 'instrument." _. ' Bok m
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a en a i '"These" organs are - `fully Garwood- - Russell; Kent Mills,
French Third Cmpi're, which was g • Frank Mitts
In. 1968-69, four students
came from St. Clair Shores to
Goderich and four Goderich
youngsters 'returned to the
Michigan town just 'about 12
Miles out of,Detroit.
In ,1969.740, five .students
from each school made ' the
exchange of classrooms for a one
week, period-. In addition 'that
year., five Goderich, children
spent a ' week • at a camp
sponsored by the Michigan
c p Department ' of Education re
All students are in (grade 6. outdoor education. The
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allegiance A to the Italianate with I nw later y kr ;,•,the market was -
the low hipped roof, side - and increasingly competitive, - and •
bracketted' frieze and arched affected -by ,adverse (:onditi-ons• e
window olienings." . ` Last shipments cif -organs were' th
The kielys'entertained a great made a ;bout` 1927'. -Long before Ka
deal lit this mansion, and moved. , that the plant • had . turned to • P
yin the highest ' social circle.,
Guests at• 'a:weddirig somewhere
in that peri° included Mrs; W.
T. Kiely, Miss\ Horton, William
Proudfoot, . W. L. Eliot, Miss
Marion Sheppard, Mrs. Lionel
Elliot, Mrs. Glass,'-. Mrs.
Malcolmson, Mrs. Jordan,- Mrs.
H. 11. Cook, Mrs. Watson., Mrs.
R'. Shannon, R. S. Williams, -Miss '
'E: Galt; Jennie Macara, rylrs.
Elwood, Mrs. - Holts, ., Mr.
McDermott, , Charles Widder,
Mrs. Seager, . Lena Galt, "Alfie'
Lewis, Miss Edyth Elwood. ;'
In the Nelson street house the
Kiely family lived until after the
death of Mr. Kiely -in 1901, and ...born in 1889 who was to have a
watched the unfolding of a
familiar 'story — youug people
leaving a small town for the
cities.. - There were four Kiely
sons, all born in Toronto: Philip,
Maurice, Geoffrey and Jack. A
daughter, Marie, ,died-. in.,1889;
aged three. It is believed all •the
boys
attended Upper.' Canada
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stockbroker in Toronto and died
only last August, last of . the ..
This is the .third year':',for the. Goderich youngsters were at the
ban le of titudents between, camp in company with .Grade 6
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e twCi schools, reports John students from Violet Elementary
sae, principal _ o.f. -Victoria, School ,,and' .were hosted by
uhlic School 1 officials from ttie state
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"A/predominant allegiance to the Italianate style" is found in
the "Kiely house," Nelson Street, built about 1873 for William
McLean. A photo of the house in the Kiely- period, made
available by Mrs. , Edward , G. Thompson, of Seattle, a
grand -daughter 'of 'Dr. Peter McDougall, shows the full
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verandah, balcony, and also half shutters, still a ,feature. The
modern picture, taken since improvements by ,Mr. Cochrane,
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production of bathroom •
furniture,,.cabinets, etc. •j//" Guide and Brown -se • Ne -w
Alex. ,Saunders died -in 1928;
thereafter. __the, business was
managed by Frank and Charles,
the latter being also travelling
salesman for Ontario The
factory closed about 195x1,• and
after one' or two brief tenancies
was demo.lished•. - ' • • ve
The Saunders ' family ,had • m
uides and a sprinkling of adult -' for every eight,, Guides
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conservation and recreation
'departments as well as Michigan
State, University.
So "far (Tris - year. . tWo
Goderich' students have travelled
to St. Glair whores and five
Michigan students have returned
to Goderich. r '
Of special interest this year as
well, the teachers of Victoria
School used their professional
• developments day to visit the 'St.
Clair Shores elementary • school
system. As guests of the teachers
in St. Clair Shares,°,the Goderich
teachers were accompanied on a •
tour Of'. several ' schools in St.
Clair .Shores and were guests at. ,
lunch with the staff of Violet
Elemen•tsy School and the
supervisory staff, of the
educational system in the city.
' Mr. Kane is well pleased with
the results ^ of this on:going '
exchange of Grade 6 students.
He says that all students at -,
Victoria School are well' aware
of the program and look forward
to being in• -Grade 6 when: they -
might have an opportunity •,to
take part in the exchange.
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The principal finds it also
.gives,,' the . local students an
opportunity to 'share attitrides,
ideas ° ar'td opinions -with
youngsters of the. same age who
have„ been raised in, a large
Amei-ican urban centre closetto
one of ' the largest industrial
centres in the world: ' •
Brownies thrill to ice show
Saturday, February 27, was a because our ' regulations state
ry exciting day in the lives of that we must have one adult for
any of • our Brownies and every five Brownies, and one
moved in 1912 from' Cambria "• G
road to the Kiely house. m
purchasing from "Mary F,..44,---•-•-.
Longi." . as ' the re'gist'ry office m
record Leads. ,, r ' c
Walter •Lai•dlaw Saunders, -
others too, when we travel. • We really
m First of • all, thank you appreciate these kind ladies who
others for coming with us. We• put themselves out so graciously -
ouldn't have gone• without you for us as well as the' family -
Mrs: Kiely ' married Thomas
Long,of the Collingwood
Shipbililding,Company, a•
director of the Merchants' Bank,
and they , lived at Bloor and
Sherbourne i i '. Toronto. Mrs.
Long ' sold the Nelson. street
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•tTati/i4c�}.� �'1'1.C{�"�, J `.,, �•N"1�C /0 �K 1LF7-''Ww"'S.3 J�+�",,��Y�E... '7^M1 'iw.�.' "g�•,•/��� t "� L. fjy�,■p �•� �I�'`'.
,ru r'. "., r. Jack '' Isr-' ��. �i;"'.-k yy• '
Thi® Kiely boys and their Mather: Ftrotyr left. t�edf hey, J ,
-Elizabeth McDougall, Philip and . Maurice. The ,snap hot- has been preserved by Mrs. E. G..
Thompson, of Seattle. Philip Kiely, who died last ear in Toronto, was last survivor of .this
onetime Goderich farriii':....,. a, ,....; .. >t.:,,.t,....w.
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members who were left at home
because their weekend „plant
were ,u•ndoubtedly changed
because of us, too.
We•got -on' our bus at a little
before. non . and ,i't was only
seconds after the wheels' started,.
to roll - that we "filled the air
with song," and kept it "full" all
' , the way to_..L.oridon too!
distingoisY�ed agrees as a '
highways engineer, ha , bo erd already
co-Operative , and well.. behaved.
It was.. really 'a great day for
us all!
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2NDGODERICH' BROWNIES
This meeting seemed. to be
one .of our busier times. with
many questions about our • trip.
to be answered. - -
4, When' we have, meetings this.
busy, �v-er 'always can find a
`One thought that came to motherwho is eager Co"lend a
iro,as that it would be safe hand. Our thanks go to Mrs„ ents
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ton ST-UcIeflT5
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(1907) left Goderich for his first
job,- on -railway construction. , . `
,.When the Saunders family - .,
ustook' over the Kiely house it had 't � o
a Mrs. Griffin, wh6 condo
been tenanted for some tiiiie 'hy--am
m
cted a
atte .
. boarding-house,' patronized by '
bink. ,>.,ote l�;s:: ,acrid U 4 3- • u uu g . ...• f
bachelors- _Mrs. . Griffin;u'sitaIpro'g"r�ni
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the Keely house, M1
,vacating �,
resumed operations at the St.
Lawrence, Montreal street, later
made into two houses.
Mr: • Saunders had '-the place
Completely rewired, finding that
the solid ',partitions resisted the
drill, and it was necessary to lay •
the wiring in channels. In the
principal bedroom on the east
side he installed a tile bathroom,
an innovation in those days, and
workmen came frdpi Eaton's,.
Toronto, to' put in the
equipment. They measured the
rooms and made the curtains
and drapes as selected in
Toronto by Mrs. Saunders, and
put them up. Some Goderich
.help was used. •
Mr. Saunders also had thei,,
dining room panelled. The hi?,
` 'use-'was••'heated.•.•by:•,., wo coal'
furnaces and had five fireplaces.
The hot water heating system
then installedremains today.
,Mrs. Saunders died before her
husband, and after his death the
family moved from this house;
which remained vacant
something , like 10 years.
Executors of the Saunders estate
sold it in 1937 to Judge Thomas
M. Costbllo. The,. front - steps
were renewed and widened in
t
ello's e for the
g •m
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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The Grade 8 students of
Robertson Memorial School are
unflertaking a most ambitious
Admiralty, will not accept him.
hoof dose. 1 fact that our >;irls ,wei�..,�ll very
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to state there'll never be a really -
.quiet motor for a school bus —
it's the only protection the,poor
driver has from, tfle'•
-"entertainment'°"-.-his passengers
provide on trips such as oars.
The Ice Capades show was a
hu e success with everyone.
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ir5iom ,�of,_ytkic, a rm rtes.. we. .•sea .r
hypnotized that' they remained
glassy eyed and totally absorbed
in the 0'61V/even, ire when spoken
to. Their happy faces and
The Captain - confides in thrilled remarks made the whole
Buttercup that his daughter; day worthwhile.
sought in marriage'by Sir Joseph ,One other thing helped make
Porter, First Lord of. the' the effort worthwhile too -~ the
program in the sc g
Education' Week, Marclr". ' to
7 13 Josephine. tells her father, that -
, They are' presenting .
Gilbert and Sullivari operetta
1-LM.S. Pinafore with all the
lively- songs and delightful fun
that goes with it.,
Members of the cast are -John
Shank's, Jay Tofflemire, Ernie
McMillan, John p'Hanl, Tom
McGill, Kevin Such, Bob
McEwan, Kim Godwin, Stephen
smith, Sharone henwell, Cindy
Cornish, Helen MacDonald,
Marion Bell, Lynda Hoffineyer
and Joanne Cochrane.
As the 'scene opens, the sailors
at work are visited by Little
- Buttercup, the, boat woman,
with a mi-ni,ati,(re general store in
heir basket. She „htl},t pl, ail
aching heart''' beneath )►r elaerry
manner,•,aK.i- Dick Deadeye, 'an
ugly seaman agrees.
At the name of Ralph
Ra"ckstraw,.'^ another";. seaman,
Buttercup ' murmurs, "That
!- Remorse!" -
name! Remorse
assembly. After his death the station' Josephine, the
property was acquired in 1.903 daughter of Captain Corcorah of
by W. G. Cochrane, Q.
• r the Pinafore
s r>k already loves one of` tis
•+ silors. Ralph approaches
Josephine, but s!ie haughtily
rejects him, though secretly she
loves him. Finally', they `'plan to
steal ashore and be married.
Buttercup finds the Captain
and hints that she has gypsy
blood and that she can foresee a
change in store for hire. She
leaves the ship ,and Sir Joseph
comes Chi' c$mplain ihat
Josephine will not have him. The
Captain tells Sir Joseph that his
high rank dazzles Josephine and
Sir Joseph tries to tell Josephine
that rank is of no importance
',Om one is in love.
Dike Deadeye reveals that
'Ralph and Josephine plan to
elope. The Captain hides and
when he sees that Dick was
telling The truth, he orders Ralph
to he taken to the dungeon.
• If you do not know the story,
we won't spoil it -for you by
+0`�`, ', f1 , Ali. le-i!u kWeil* j��(l�(,
know the tale; come -mit tc heat:
it again. Any way, you are
bound to enjoy .ib.
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Brander ( Heather's mom
assisted Tawny. Owl with the .'
new : Brownies sewing two
different styles •of buttons on a
puppet's face., -As each Brownie
finished her button sewing, they .
went over to join Brown Owl
and the other Brownies and
joined in.aYpA.ppret..lilay, .`..a.
D4:ring the meeting we placed
some of,,the girls' names in their
Brownie hats — which is
ahsolutely necessary. We were
happy for Carolyn,.,..Little who
received her Housekeeper's
badge with a nice .big Brownie -
smile!'
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Two Goderich Guides have been successful in receiving their
Gold Cords, the most coveted prize Guides can earn. Susan
Freeman 1taftl' and Kathleen McCreath were presented with, -
their„ Gold Cords by' Rev. G. L. Royal at ,the recent Thinking14' if
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local Brgwnies, Guides, Rangers and Cubs and their leadersrz,:
(staff phot,)