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hat he will resign his
t a week from today,
He will have been a
f the Upper House for
s and is still only 49.
nister Lester Pearson
hire on Feb. 24,
tions from the Senate
There was E.
D.
Winona, who tired of
Ins and didn't need
, and whose name is
liar on certain fruit
Arthur Meighen quit
ber when he accepted
of his party in 1949.
re were others—not
e his office," Peter G.
has written, "Pearson
/the friendship and
sel of John Nichol, a
er businessman of
mor, considerable
and firm realism,
eventually named to
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ative of that good
.enator Nichol respon-
an imitation from
Magazine to submit
ds for the national an-
Goderich readers will
ted his contribution:
ada, we stand ln line
etc. Senator Nichol
column in Vancouver
, in which he is not
spectful to the powers
To hint is attributed,
er's Digest, the obser-
"The world is so con-
owadays, even .your
as trouble giving you
nswers."
er president of the
ederation of. Canada,
disappointing thing
e-sentitor is that he
born in Goderich. His
her was, and we will
make the most of that.
great-grandfather
ichol was a colonel on
of General Brock in
of 1812; represented
in the Legislative
and in 1821 became
. the surrogate court of
ackenridge
a Inspects
grandfather Robert K.
Nichol, Q.C. (nobody
ow what the K stands
tised first 'at Vienna,
-for some years in
The Huron directory
lists his professional
"Robert Nichol,
, attorney-at-law, con -
notary public, etc. Of-
rahh's Block, Kingston
not been possible to
hofs domicile, hut the
probably lived in a
` Blockapartment, as
her Crabb did for 20
Cameron Nichol, son
of Robert K. and grandfather
of the senator, became
publisher of the Vancouver Sun
and later lieutenant-governoY
of British Columbia. When he
died in Victoria, Dec. 20;' 1928,
obituary articles usual!). began:
"He was born in Goderich,"
According to a relative,
Walter's mother, the former
Cynthia Jane Ballard, was "an
extraordinary woman, of ' fine
sensibility and charm, who
shrank from sending her son to
the public schools of the
villages in which they
lived...She read to him a great
deal, and •gave him his love of
literature.''
A member of the family
stats that Walter was "sixth
andoungest son'.' of Robert K.
Addison Nichol; which would
indicate that at least some
older brothers attended ward
school here.
The father evidently felt that
Goderich, though a county
town, had too many lawyers at
19. He removed to .Hamilton,
leaving the' field here to Iraa
Lewis, M. C. Carrieron, B. L.
Doyle, S. Malcolmson, William
T. Hays, John Davison and a
dozen others whose names are
less familiar.
In Hamilton, at the age of 15,
Walter Cameron Nichol started
a little paper in the interests of
cyclists, then joined the staff of
'the Hamilton Spectator. Later
he worked on the Toronto
News, Toronto Saturday Night,
and at 21 became editor of the
Hamilton -Herald.
Before going' to the Coast, he
married Quita Josephine
March Moore, daughter of Dr.
Charles G. Moore, of London,
Ont. On the train as he
travelled to Kaslo, B.C., there
was a young and enthusiastic
clergyman,. A. M. Sanford, who
in later years recalled: "On the
Sunday we spent on the train .I
preached four times, going from
car to car, and each time
Walter Nichol insisted on
taking up the collection in his
hat."
In Victoria, Nichol and
Senator Bostock published the
Weekly Province until it was
moved to Vancouver„ where
Nichol made it one of the most
important and influential
newspapers in Canada.
In. 1920, Nichol was appoin-
ted lieutenant -governor of
British Columbia. He ,had
classified his politics as "In-
dependent Liberal," but the ap-
pointment was made by the
Meighen government.
He died Dec. 19, 1928, sur-
vived by a son, John Moore
Nichol, a daughter, Mrs. Rollo
Mainguy, wife of a naval of-
ficer, and a sister, Helen Ward
Nichol, born at Vienna, Ont.
Miss itichol died in 1939.
.,John--11400re -Nichol, who
married Sally Lang, was the
father of John Lang Nichol,
now senator. He married
Elizabeth Fellowes, and they
have three daughters.' John L.
Nichol served in the navy in
1945, and is connected with
many organizations. One of
these is Pearson College of the
Pacific, now under construc-
tion.; . and which is to be a
memorial for the senator's old
friend, the • former Prime
Minister.
Town Council Briefs
The "Town Council ap*)roved
.a...bylaw last week which will
regulate the erection, alteration
or wrecking of buildings in
Goderich as well as moving
buildings from one spot in town
to another, or from outside the
town to inside the town.
The bylaw is not new
although it.has,peen updated to
include a new,fee structure as
well as to put a time limit on
the demolition of buildings.
This latter clause carne up for
discussion Thursday evening
when Councillor Elsa Hayden
suggested the new bylaw might
not go far enough.
Mrs. Haydon said she was
anxious to see that demolition
of the Harborlite, for instance,
did not drag on and on as the
demolition Of the former'Sunset
Hotel did.
"Let's not get too tough,"
cautioned Reeve Deb Shewfelt.
"The end result will be an asset
to the town."
Stumps - and the fact that
when they are removed the cost
is shared by the homeowner
and the town - will likely come
up for discussion at this
evening's committee meeting
(April 12).
There is some indication that
a move is• afoot to abolish the
homeowner's share of the
stump removal.
"We're trying to provide a
service and keep costs down,"
said Reeve Deb `Shewfelt
loudly. "It is just another way
to get a few bucks in and keep
those taxes down. Some people
thinkyou get everything for
nothing."
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The Goderich Legion Novice All Stars 'came back to
Goderich on Sunday afternoon to a triumphant ride around
the Square atop the local fire truck. The All Stars had been
at the Western Ontario Athletic Association Novice Tour-
nament in Walkerton and pulled off the championship with
three straight wins.(staff photo)
524-7740
Novice All -Stars are champions
The .Legion Novice All -Stars
are the Novice Grand Cham-
pions of the W.O.A.A. ( Western
Ontario Athletic Association).
Last weekend the Legion
team went undefeated in three
games in the W.O.A.A.'s Novice
Grand Championship Tour-
nament 'in 'Walkertt to win
the title.
On,Saturday, in' the first
gameof the tournament,
Goderich, the Novice "A''
champions, defeated Walker-
ton, the Novice43" champions,
1-0. In their second game,
Goderich heat Mitchell. the
"C'' champions, 7-1. This put
Goderich jr1 into the Grand
Championship final against
Lucknow, the "D" champions,
who had also gone undefeated
in their hal'f'of the tournament,
defeating Chesley, the "DD"
champions, 3-2, and Zurich,
the "E" c•hawpions, also by the
score of
,The final was played Sunday
afternoon before a Targe and
enthusiastic• crowd that saw
Goderich shut out Lucknow
4-0 in a well -played game.
Following the presentation of
the trophy and championship
crests to the Legionnaires, they
were brought hack to Goderich
in a motorcade of over twenty
cars. At the edge cif town they
were -met • by more supporters
and by the town fire depart-
ment's ladder truck, ordered
out by Goderich mayor Harry
Worsell, to help celebrate the
victory. Firemen Ralph
Kingswell and Jack Meriam
loaded the boys .on t big
truck and they -were driven
around .the square, followed by
a long line of horn -honking
cars.
It was a very suitable ending
for a team that has brought
many honours to themselves
and the town this season.
In addition to winning the
W.O.A.A. Novice "A" c•ham-
pionship and the Grand Cham-
pionship, the Legion -sponsored
team advanced to the.O.M.H.A.
semi-finals. They won the Kin-
cardine Winter Games tour-
nament, and were - semi-
finalists in the highly -rated
Brampton Lions tournament.
'I'h,ev also made a good showing
in t he International Silver
Stick Tournanserit held in
F'ores't.' -
The team played a total of
fifty games over the season
against all categories of Novice
teams, and even some Pee -Wee
teams, posting an impressive
record `of thirty-six. victories
and three ties against on
eleven losses. Goderich hockey,
fans can probably lo'c'►k forward
to some other good teams in the
Years to come as these boys ad-
vance up the ladder.
Members of the team are
Danny Maillet (captain), Larry
Madge and Mike Hodges
_ (assistant captains), Stephen
Gallow, Stuart Crew, Jim
Costello, Robert McDonald,
Larry Kelly, Larry Gaynor,
,John Huff,, Mark Rowe, Duane
Elliott', Larry Boyce, Alan
Bakker, Ken Reid and Hrold
Sartori^
Coach of the team it-- Don
Elliott. Richaird Madge is the
a; I tailt' coach, and Howard
Carroll is the team's manager.
Inthe first tournament game.
-econd period goal by Jim
Costello ytr,utl up as the only
go rl in ►derich's 1—Ii win
over Walkerton. Costello was
irut into the clear by passes
frons Larry Madge and Robert
McDonald. Steve Callow
played an outstanding game in
the Goderich goal, frustrating
the Walkerton team 'on the
coring chances they dill have
Ken Reid played a strong
defensive game for Goderich.
Robert McDonald scored
three goals in Goderich's —1
in over Mitchell. Larry
Madge had two goals and three
assist;- 'Mike Hodges and
Dann\ Mail'let each had one
goal. Jim Costello had thret'
assists, and Ken Reid '00e.
The Mitchell goal, the only
one given .up 'hy the Legion-
naires in the three games in the
tournament, was scored by
Mike Pedersen
Thr championship game with
Lucknow saw the legionnaires
score once in the first period
and again in the second. adding
two goals in the third period to
ensure' the victory.
Jim Costello opened th"e
s('oring on ai goa11 scored frt'►m
behind the Lucknow net. Larry
Madge deflected Danny
Mai1let's low shot from the
hlueline high' into the net to up
the margin to two goals. in the
third period I(ohc'rt McDonald
.cored n i passes from Larry
Madge :ind •1101 ('ostello, and
Larry Kelly ;cored unassisted.
Stc•ye Gallow and Harald Sar-
tori shar&'il t(it• -putout in 'the
Goderich net, the seventeenth
of .the recnrded hN t he
Legion goaltcnder--
Goderich took -.even o1 111e
nine pertaltie-, has tided (lit lr\
referee: •lira Arni-tiong and
11 h •lone•, but the penalty
killing 111111 of the Legionniiird•s
°di11 an effective Joh 'in +)�n-
t,rining the Lucknow
play.
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NOTICE
Boderich Municipal Day Nurser
• (MacKAY HALL)
Registration of Preschoolers
Applications for Fall term beginning Monday, Septem-
ber 17, 1973, are now being received.
Forms available at Municipal Office or Day Nursery
MacKay Hall.
For information relating to Nursery Program phone 524-
7441.
Municipal Day Nursery
Committee
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