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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-04-29, Page 14• )0.1. 24 ONERICHSICN-STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1971 frgitt -Ito. Distaff Side tr The legacy from Herbie Neill With the arrival of May this weekend, we note that Huron County Pioneer Museum will be open to the public seven days per week beginning this Saturday • untilthe end of the summer.' AlreAdy, according to the curator Ray impressed by the scope .of the exhibits - recounting the history of this part of Ontario. We suggest the residents of Goderich Make a real effort. this spring and summer to get Over to the museumfor another Spotchmer, the museum is accepting—leek around. (Is it really possible that • bookings from groups des(ring, to tour the some msiclents-of. the town have ,neYer„, piernises, the. first group due in there May seen inside the building?), , And while, there, we suggest .you pick Tht museumas -,many are aware, is a • 'up a COPY of the booklet - What A Pair • le§acy from the late Joseph Herbert Neill, Of Hands Can Do - written by Miss' Eva Goderich. It was Mr. Neill who was the M. Somerville, also a former 'Goderich u heart and the soul of the museum located resident. on North Street in town and it wasn't For- one dollar, you can ,read the 'until recent. years that people recognized complete story of one of the most him for what he really was - a man of , remarkable men of ptir. times, Herbie Neill. It shows how the .Howick native used every ounce of energy he posseSsed as well as a good deal of, his own cash to establish the museilitThere: We think it deserves our attention - and your attendance. ' ..... foresight. . For Joseph Herbert Neill's museum is. now a tourist attraction in Huron County: Thbusands and thousands of, people have been drawn to .Goderidh' because of the • museum and folks who visit there are Woman to Woman • Few women had ever seen anything like.it . but -the local members of the 'National Farmers' Union had no T • diffiCulty last Friday to give away 600 dozen eggs, one and a half tons' of milk, 30 bushels of turnips and a livpig! * • I wa:s.pre-warned of the ever(. when two Farmers' Union • _representativeS' were at Town ,ciouricil last Thursday evening to discuss the matter. with town fathers. It was President Bev • McNay who was the spokesman o for the delegation and he said • what he had to say quietly and•••• • deliberately. • Mr. ,McNay told town council the Farmers' Union- wanted' to set up a kind of booth in town where they could give away farm produce such as milk, eggs, vegetables and mat.• • Town councillors • listened intently ,as Mr. McNay explained the farmers' belief that high food prices 'were not. the fault of the producer because ,the farmer was' receiving low, .low prices.for - most everything sent to, market these days. • It didn't take long for town council to learn that the protest would he a p&ceful- one - and a • p leasant • one for most townspeople: In addition, the Union would no i 6eskirting any • town bylaws by their action. Conse t was given. ' ne councillor gave the group eery encouragement. hIt's a -good idea," that councillor remarked. *•*,* News 'of ,the event must have • been carried over CKNX radio because 1..ha.C1 a telephone call early Frid.py asking if I knew anything about''the demonstration. ' I advised my caper (she preferred to remain nameless) that it was 'so, and I also attempted to fill her in on a few of the details surrounding the protest. It turned out my caller was a farmer's wife . . and she fully .understood the plight of the farmer. In fact, she told me that she and , her husband had just shipped some hogs, the best of • which. weighed 140 lbs., dressed, • and -the -top- price they received as $22.50 per hundred weight. • As you" can see, that's only a 'little better Chan $30 for a fattened' 'hog! Hardly worthwhile,'you might think. But that wasn't all. My. caller filled me in on another. detail set re to thinking. She said they received'$1.50 cwt for condemned hogs. In other words, a hog which is hot fit for food consumption (presumably) is ^ rated "dondemrted". I -3' understand it used to be that the . tenter received a straight price $3 someone told me - for such an animal.,Now, my caller says, they received $1.50 cwt or Jess than $2 for a hog which dressed 140 lbs! ' That ,nlay sound like small 2.- potatoes to some. It is Just a matter of a dollar or so. But the 'farmer,: are row rtg, t away at the smallest ptotit` and the': fellovis whd were „, protesting so Peacefully aril! so'„ 441triatically in the 'atteett • With. Shirley i. Keller Goderich last Friday were' simply. telling the people they'd be about' as far ahead in the long ruil to GIVE AWAY their produce as to market it. * * The farmer • isn't' saying, _in-eidentally, that the consumer should be paying much more for food. • What the farmer is saying, I think, is that the price „to the farmer, is mtrch, much too low in -accordance to the price paid by the consumer. Somewhere in between, someone is getting a nice little bundle. ' Th€. lady' to whom 1 was speaking on the telephone last Friday told me that she had long been considering the wisdom of a Farmers' Market for the Goderich area. particularly in the summer?, • She was saying that last year for instance, she and her • huSbanphadloads of good sweet corn which went to waste simply. because they had.no way to get rid of it when ft was.readY for the table. •-• - "We couldn't even give it away:: she said, "because people didn't know we had it." She felt that if there had been ' a Farmers' Market in Goderich where • she and her husband could have rented a stall for a • day, they would have been Ale to recover some of the cost involved in growing, the ,corn : . and given urban dwellers the opportunity to put -fresh, first quality 'sweet ' corn ori their dinner tables at a reasonable price., .;, • It sounded like a simply marvellous idea to me . . I encouraged her to pursue the ' matter further in order to find out the technical hangups in the scheme and to find out if there • is any w,ay such *a plot would work.. Those of you who frequent the market in London, ' for instance, will know what-igleat asset it can' be during the summer season. And wouldn't -it be a wonderful attraction .to •Goderich, the , county toWn? Think about it! * * * • I had such a treat last Saturday morning thae I want to tell you all about it. I had been invited by the • CalVinettes of the Christian ROOM -led Church in Clinton to be a judge of poetry at their annual rally day. For those of you who do not know anything about, the"Calvinettes (and please don't feel bad because I didn't know abOut them until last Saturday) they, are a group of young girls with similar aims and objectives to CGIT. 'These gals were from about 10 years of age to 16 years of age . . and a lovelier' group of • girls I have- not witnessed in a long while. They were all decked out in liavy skirts, white blouses with white and navy scarves and npvy bine berets. They certainly looked smart. The poetry contest was a , r ---double-barrelled delight. It themselves on the 'theme, "In Touch". I can tell you right now that the thought and the conviction .behind each one of r' 44, '1 • This was the scene last Friday afternoon as members of the National „Farmers' Union gave away free milk to• anyone who presented a •container for filling. Housewives in the area could hardly believe their good fortune but seon- discovered the farniers' main objective was to inform the public concerning the very -low prices they are, receiving for their produce. The young lady in the foreground is carrying two dozen eggs, also given to her by the organization as part of their peaceful protest, (staff photo) Calvinette ..sus BIyth those 'poems - there were 12 entered in the contest - was a joy.. --But that wasn't the biggest thrill. These young, ladies could sing like angels. I tell you that sincerely. In the church in Clinton there were ainciOst 400 ' girls assembled and they sang • and sang and sang and sang . . .• and then they sang Sorrie more. ,•• They sang mostly hymns - hytritiS which my mother taught me when I was' just a,very, young child - but they were sung with such enthusiasm and pure simplicity that I could have • listened fof hours. I stayed mach" longer, than •I intended to in the first place; Aix!' I couldn't help thinking that these girls were just filled ,with 'the 'kind of.Christian spirit which Christians talk about and. 9 rarely. display. They' spoke with such ease about , their • Saviour in their poetry.. . and 'they sang with such fervoilr'and • joy about their. faith,„ • that_ anyone who chanced to- hear • them was spellbound. a I ' just want* to say thankyou to the ladies who invited me tit') attend that Calvinette' rally. It,, was an absolute delight for -me. I won't forget it for along, long time. • --• * * * On Saturday' afternoon, 'I visited with two couples who were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Albert 'Taylor were receiving friends in the church parlour at Knox Presbyterian Church and Mr. and ,Mrs. John Craddock welcomed me into their home at 156 Cameron St. , The first'thing which amazed me about these ,four senior ..citizens was their alertness.. I -believe Mrs: Craddock was the youngest of the quartette at 79 years of age and they were all as sharp and as interesting to talk with as folks many, many years younger. I've knoWti Mrs. Taylor almost since I came to Goderich. I got to know her first through her association - with the . Children-% Aid Society. 1 hadn't met »her husband • before Saturday, and of course, I net Mr. and Mrs. Craddock for the first time, Saturday , at their ' home. ' . And that.was another quality • 'about- them which impressed -me. Each one of them had •a tremendous ability, despite their age, to ,meet people eagerly and easily without any outward signs of the "generation gap" which is supposed to divide the seniors from the juniors. I: asked Mr. Craddock »what advice he would give to Wing people starting out on 'the road of matrimony. • 1•1E-Ifittght for a moment or two and ,then he remarked, 'There's plenty of hard work to I think Mr. Craddock means More than hard work in earning, a living. I 'think he was pointing nwb taleAotii.r`natrarrd-wife,strivirrg to make a success of the union. And you know, that's some 6f Please turn to Page 3A The Calvinette rally with the theme "In Touch", was held in the •Christian Reformed Church, Clinton,' last, Saturday mOrning. About 400 ,Calvinettes and their 'Staff.Photo" , • . Margaret Wesselink -9eaders attended the day -long event ,whi'chincluded a poem• contest, skits, • a , gymnastic sxlisp-larantd plenty of singing,, Head Counsellor at Clinton. Mrs. Herman F. Schoernak,er, 4: Goderich, was the' mistress of ceremonies for the • morning session. She welcomed the guests and introduced the poetry contest with its . 12 entries from Aylmer, Blytki.,:. Clinton, Exeter, Ingersoll, London Bethel, London First,„ Lucknow, Strathroy East, ▪ Strathroy Westmount, St. `.) rallyiji Clinton girl winner Thomas First and Woodstock. The poems, all composed by the "girls Who entered and alb Keened by them, were judged by Mrs. Hugh McCrostie 'of ;Colborne Central School and Mrs: Shirley J. Keller, Goderich Signal -Star. • . Winners . ' were' Margaret _Wesselink, 1,2, Myth with first; Dianne •Askes, 16, Lucknow with second; andDiana Dr,„ eWege,,14, 'Noma' s; third. The- 'Craft, display. with one entry from each of the 12 centres represented at th„e rally was • judged by Airs. V. R. Raymond and Mr. Joseph AHMEEK CHAPTER 70th ANNIVERSARY NOON LUNCHEON Harbourlite Inn —1:00 p.m. Mpriday, May 17 • GUEST SPEAKER SENATOR 116-15Wirrit : . 4 Tickets' available from any TheMber or phone 524-7993 or 624-7903 4, ••• • 'DeJong, both of Central Huron Secondary School.' • Winners were Woodstock with. 87 points; Strathroy Westmount, -86; and London First, 84. — The afternoon program of• '- skits,,w,as chaired by Mrs. Joanne 'DeJong. Also during ,the afternoon, tthe Special spe.aker was heard. • She was Mrs. Alvin Beukema, wife of the minister at the Clinton, church, who spoke 'on . the7'rally theme. • , Music' during the day was led • by Hank llendriks Brampton, :who aCcornimnicA w1t11 iitar 'r 4. » • "•••••',"„ Engagement' Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Everett, Goderich, are pleased to, announce , the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Joan Elizabeth,4to Mr. Stephen Martin Egan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Egan, Courchesne Ave., St. Foy, Quebec, The wedding will take place on May 29; 1971, in the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, Hamilton, Ontario. Garden Refuse, Brush, Etc. PICK-UP ; , • . may -'ie '01'' our up -to 24. flours before May 3rd. Material on the boulevard by 8:00' a.m. on Monday, May 3rd, across the entire town, will be picked up. THIS WILL BE THE ONE. AND ONLY SPRING PICKUP • PERSONS PUTTING BRUSH OR GARDEN ,REFUSE OUT ON BOULEVARDS AFTER THIS DATE witra .E PROSECUTED. • • ' \ Public Works Department. T ow, n vf G odefiely$:. • - -4'- • SPRING COATS 19.99 TO 49.99 All Weather <•• COATS. 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