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24 ONERICHSICN-STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1971
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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. • --•
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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"
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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.
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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
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Tickets' available from any
TheMber or phone
524-7993 or 624-7903
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'DeJong, both of Central Huron
Secondary School.'
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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
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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
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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.
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