The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-04, Page 39k7
Nine d�cudes
Thus with the lack of people
and the poor transportation'
fac'iti-t:-i-es,,- the Lassaline
family like all others in rural
areas at the time tended to be
a clost-knit unit fraternizing
only with immediate
relatives and neighbours..
At Sandwich in 1913 at the
age of 28 years Mr: ;Lassaline
married his childhood
sweetheart,, Medora .Jan,isse.
Like' himself,,, Dora, as she
was known, was a descendant
of early settlers to the Detroit
River region during the, time
of '. the French Regime.
Following the wedding the
young couple moved to their
farm in Sandwich East where
they worked together to make
a home for `their expected
family.
Within a ' few ° years the
-)iractical application of new
inventions such as the
Family members gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Lassaline on Satur-
day, November 23, for a
dinner celebration for Mr.
D.J. Lassaline. With most
members of the immediate
family present it naturally
turned into an evening of
vivid reminiscing.
Celebrating his 90th bir-
thday on Tuesday, December
2nd, D.J. Lassaline, usually
known as 'pepe' by all
members of the family, looks
back almost in awe over a
span • of time whose
tremendous changes have
completely altered the life
and surroundings_ of his
childhood. The simple, slow-
moving horse and buggy days
replaced by the hectic -hurly
burly.. of today have
:necessitated a continuous
adaptability to new ideas and
forces.. electric street car„
Born in Sandwich, nowpart automobile, and telephone,
'''"'df Windsor, Ontario, in 1885 along with a igrowing
he was baptized Denis Joseph " populace; .teradd to increase,
Lassaline., Along with three the size of cities and towns.
brothers and five sisters, his As a result, i•the early
early years wore spent in `twenties' the open fields. of
doing his share of the chores their farm were transformed
on the family farm, attending into a completely new sub -
school and taking part in the., division 'where .Mr. Lassaline
few social events whichthosk himself built a new hbme for
rough and hard time ` his young family.
provided. •
Canada, at the •time still
under the leadership of its
first Prime Minr ter, Sir John
A: Macdonald, ..looked to
immigration to open the vast
empty lands of its new
...provinces and territories.
Transportation was not at • except two who were" born
its, best ; horse drawn vehicles when the family lived for a
with rough trails and 'un- couple of '" years at St.
developed roads gave little Boniface, Manitoba.
incentive for travel. Cities Mr. Lassaline, who• had
and towns, few and far bet- moved the family for the
ween, were dimly lit by gas health of his wife, believes
lighting. (Mr. Lassaline well that he'll never forget driving
remembers the daily chore the old touring' car through
involved. ,in keeping ' these the countless miles of virgin
street lamps in operation,) forest on roads, not much
Throughout those early
years, from the time of the
Great War and through the
booming years of the
`twenties'-- the family in-
creased• to eight. children -
five girls and three boys. •All
the children were;. born here
Sky Harbor •*1.1
(continued from page £iB) radio and television station in
one dollar a year• and letting the county (CKNX).
one •of the hangars for $100 . The airport propertywas
per month. In ,..,ddition Sky sold and the charter service
Harbor Air *Services was and radio shop service
allowed one-third of its rental declined oyer the late 1960's.
fee for the maintenance of the B&B Aircraft 'operates an
- hangar. ' ,aircraft service depot at Sky
.Negotiations continued Harbor and Doug Hunter,
until 1960 when ie county` now manager of the site,..
purchased all those Portions owns and operates Sk"y
of~the airfield which it did not • Harbor Paint Shop which is
• already own. Goderich now recogniz"ed as one c)f the
Manufacturing Company best aircraft painting
promptly purchased Number businesses in Canada.
'Two Hangar, the drill hall The sale of the airport,to
and 5.56 acres of land. It was •the Cruickshank family hung
hoped Mr. Hopkinson would' in limbo through to 1974.
purchaseethe remainder. 'Liens on the property caused
The actual disposition of • some title confusion and when
the airport proper,. Number the Cruickshanks sold their
One hangar and associJted interests in the radia -and
buildings was finally done by television business they also
public tender. The stile was parted with the airport.
completed in October of 1961 The , town of -Goderich
to Mr, Hopkinson -for $25,000 purchased the site, all except
with the purchaser agreeing what is owned by the paint
to -operate the airport for 25 shop and Goderich
years. • If such performance Manufacturing for the sum of
was not maintained, the land • $1.20,000.
was to revertt to the county., ` The town. is now beginning
Sky, Harbor. Air Services ' Co develop the airport into the
flourished under the direction proportions dreamed of by
of Mr: Hopkinson. On March the clerk of the town of
27, 1964 an air crash near Goderich in 1920, to what Mr.
Goderich claimed his life. but -Hopkinson dreamed of and to
his,, business continued after , what all the owners of the
his death. The airport property . felt Sky Harbor
operation . missed his able: . could be since Mr. Cass
leadership and began to Hough' constructed his grass
decline until in the late 1.960's, . runways and small hangar
it w'as sold to the Cruickshank. big enough for three air -
family wlib had 'interests in a planes.
YOU CAN HAVE THE
OF YOUR
FT. LAUDERDALE
January 4,11,18 and 25
1 Week cost $129.00
Includes: Air & Hoterls
FREEPORT
January 1 to Feb 1
1 week cost $299.00
Includes: Air, hotels
7 breakfasts 6 dinners t$
CLEARWATER BEACH
January 1 to Feb 1
1 week cost $269.00
, Includes: Air, hotels
7 breakfasts 4 dinners
and car for 5 days
S•ECIAL FLIGHTS TEXAS & PADRE
TO MIAMI •ISLAND
$119.00 round trip - stay
minimum 8 days up to 60 days
$149.00 round trip for XKnas,
School Break & Easter flights
3 weeks departing Feb 21
by motorcoach ,from Hanover
Kincardine and Owen Sound
Cost: from $449.00 quad
SOUTH PACIFIC 1976
24 days visiting FIJI, NEW ZEALAND '
AUSTRALIA & SAN FRANCISCO departs
'Feb 20 - Inclusive cost 52595.00
per,person twin basis - Tully escorted
by Hanover Holiday ToOrs
contact
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better than a cart trail.
Back in Sandwich, or
Windsor, Mr. Lassaline
owned and managed a har-
dware store for several
years. This was a period of
great affluence and the in-
troduction of radio sets into
private homes ' heralded a
whole new concept of living.
But, then the financial crash
of 1529 soon pointed .in the
direction to which the
economy of the country, was
heading.
In May, 1932, after sear-
ching for several years for a
suitable place, Mr. Lassaline
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mamories
moved his family to_a farm on
lots 12 and 13 of the fourth
concession,of Goderich
Township,. ith a family of
eight, ranging in age from
four years to the early teens
and money being .a thing of
the past, the whole family had
a hard row to hoe in those
years ahead during the `dirty
thirties'.
But, as with many others at
the time, those dreadful years
slowly passed one after the
other and things gradually
improved until life meant
more' than only work and
food. -
By the beginning of the
'forties' the family started
breaking 1.f as the children
on reaching maturity left to
attend schools, to get
married, or to just wander,
After a prolonged illness,
Mrs. Lassaline passed away
in the summer of 1944.
As the family decreased in
size, never at any time was
Mr. Lassaline ever left on the
farm withouh''the help of one
son or another. He continued
to work actively on the farm
until the early sixties,
:gradually slowing up as the
An album from 90 years ®f life
years piled on.
With the farm turned over
to one son with whom he
resides, he still enjoys
working and helping at rush
periods during peach and
apple harvest. As, for en-
tertainment, he likes nothing
better th4n driving his own
car into the town'of Goderich
for a'friendly game of euchre
with his old cronies.
Present at the dinner
celebration were all im-
mediate family members and
their spouses except for
Pauline and her husband Ray
Dean of Washington,
- These members are:
•Lucille of Welland, married
to Ken King, with five
children and' six grand-
children; Gerald of Goderich,
married to "Beulah Black,
with three children and .five
grandchildren; Harvey,
widower, whose wife
Evangeline Billard passed
away in 1969; Armand of
"'Goderich Township, married
to Margaret Webster, with six,
children and one grandchild;
Lorraine of Mississauga,
Mr. Scrooge ...
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her own needs first, she was
exceptionally good.
Other' ladies who deserve
special mention are Beth
Markson as the punch -
nipping maid in the flash-
back; ` Jane Deathe,the
disappointed Isabel; and
Sharon Miller as Mrs.
Cratchit.
As the opener for the 19,75176
season of G.LT, Mr-: Scrooge
vias a resounding success
judging from the audience
applause. Little Theatre
regulars are looking forward
to the next production this
winter with hopes for another
evening, of dramatic. en-
joyment provided by local
--actors and actresses.
married to John Dietrick,
with nine •children and :two
grandchildren; Arthemise of
Oriilia, -married- to Rill
Lalonde, with eleven children
and two grandchi1 ir: n
Pauline of Washington,
married to Ray Heart, with
six children; Claurice `Of
Kingsbridge, married to
Mark Dalton, with nine
Children and fair ' gram
hlidre,z1<..
,eeking back over an ex-
citing and interesting ninety
year and blessed with eight
children, forty-nine' grand-,
children, and twenty great
grandchildren Mr. Lassaline
asks:
"What more could a man
—ask for?
Goderich Airprt
TEE HANGAR RENTAL
The Goderich Airport Committee is considering the—
construction of Tee Hangars at the Goderich- Airport.
All interested airplane owners are requested to advise
the undersigned. on' or before December 5th, 1975, if
interested' in leasing Tee Hangar space at an ap-
proximate cost of $50.00 per month per hangar.,
Please reply in writing on space below, or telephone
524-8344.
Name
Address'
'Phone
J. Harold Walls,
Secretary,
"""""- Airport Committee -
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At Union Gas we do
our best to make sure
that a great deal of training
and experience back up
every s-rvicc calr,we make.
For one thing, all of
our trainees go through
six months of special
technical training before
they're qualified to be•
service people.
Even then, they ga
Tack for regular refresher
courses to make scire
they keep up^to date on
yo
t.4 Service needs ,,
And when they call on
you, they're equipped with
a 'service vehicle that's
tailored for just about any
kind of natural gas
servicee you might need.
If you use ourscryicc
`for adjusting, cleaning
or repairing your apply
atl.ces, you can count on
us to, give therm the lest,
of .attention.
Safe, courteous.
Dependable.
Naturally, the Lost of
the service depends
on what needs to -be done.
Sometimes there's no
charge at all. But when
a charge is. neces&il`y,
you'll fine our rates airc
most reasonable.
'What it all adds up
to is that when you really
need help from us we'll
be there. Doing our best,,
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