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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-11-17, Page 28PAGE 13A---GODERICHSIGNALATAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1982 WS WORTH THE DRINT-074‘ *SLITS *SPOR TSCOA TS *BLAZERS SIZES 38 TO 48 * REG * TALL 6 SHORT MEN'S (11'' WEAR ALBERT Who got your -- credit awls? Peter S. MacEwan Insurance 38 St. David St. 524-9531 GENERAL INSURANCE BROKERS . • '39.95 SPECIAL LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, HALL S&L MAGIC CARPET CLEANING UPHOLSTERY SPECIALISTS 'Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed' Goderich call collect 395.4627 or 3962254 Best Interest * 1 '1/4 % We represent ninny Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being of- fered on Guaranteed investment Certificates. *Subject to change Air Gaise,Kneal mum Insurance Brokers Inc. EXETER CLINTON GRAND BEND GODERICH 235-2420 482-9747 238-8484 524-2118 NSTETT JEWELLERS 8 ALBERT ST.. CLINTON 482.3901 ' AT THE MAIN CORNER We're at your service... 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Her two older brothers and an older sister previously took part in the program in the U.S. Joy arrived in Goderich on August 31 and has been living with Rotarian Dave Smith's family since then. Later this month she will move to another host family's home. She is at- tending Grade 12 classes at MCI and is a member of the school choir and the Teen Tones. • "I like to sing but I am not a good singer," she says shyly. Joy speaks excellent English having learned it at a young age at school m the Philippines. However, she says living in Canada has improved her English greatly. She is not finding school too difficult but says the system here is slightly different. In the high schools at home, the teacher moves from class to class instead of the students. • "Your system here is more like our university system at home," she explains. Home specifically is Cotabato, a city with a population of 68,000. Joy's father and mother own and operate a hardware store there. Her father is a past president of the Rotary Club he belongs to there as well. Joy says she misses her family (which also includes two older brothers and two older sisters) but not her -,11" • ••• •• • • • ,r41.4.AsA>t • jfr:4rg,e,- tkr.40:111, ktwratielAtAttne02.AeokiagtAt. Fifteen -year-old Joy Yu Ekey and Goderich Rotary Club Youth Exchange Chairman Dave Gower stand in front of a display at GDCI which depicts life in Joy's native country, country. However, she is having some trouble ad- justing to Canadian weather. "It's quite cold for me. At home the coldest is maybe 68 degrees Fahrenheit," she says, adding that she has never seen snow before and is quite apprehensive about it. She says the food eaten here is similar to her own country's food except that there is less rice. Joy enjoys watching sports, especially basket- ball. She has never seen a hockey game but would like to. In her country, the favorite sports are basketball, volleyball and baseball. So far, Joy is finding Goderich "nice and quiet" and the people "mostly friendly." Once a month she gets together with the other exchange students in the Philippines. Joy is living in Goderich for one year as an exchange student and attending GDCI. (Photo by T. Marr) District 633 for Rotary sponsored weekends. So far, these weekends have taken her to Owen Sound, the Stratford Festival (where she says she couldn't un- derstand what was being said on stage) and Niagara Falls (which she thought was very beautiful). There is one other student from the Philippines in District 633 and he is living in Michigan. - Joy says the idea behind Rotary exchanges is to gain knowledge and un- derstanding of your host country. When she goes back to the Philippines, she will relay this knowledge. "I will tell them about Canadian lifestyle and history and I will tell them it is very cold," she laughs. But despite the weather, Joy says she would love to come back to Canada for another visit some day ...:':01:01-toWn. hails proserved-in:Huron: The following 'article was written by local architect Nick Hill and presented at the annual general meeting of the Architectural Con- servancy of Ontario. Each member branch was asked to present either one suc- cessful or one unsuccessful preservation project. Hill chose the successful preservation of the old town halls in Huron County as his topic. Huron County was established by tne Canada Company in 1826 and set- tlement took place \ largely over a 30 year period bet- ween 1860 and 1890. The county is a farming community comprised of excellent farming lands, a highly skilled farming people and a prosperous farming community. A brief visit quickly bears evidence of this with a rich fertile landscape and neat well- - cared for farms. There are also five small towns, five villages and a sprinkling of hamlets. During the county's most prosperous period in the latter hall of the 19th cen- tury, the towns and villages exuded wealth and pride and what better way to demonstrate this than by building a grand town hall. There was also a healthy rivalry between the towns and villages which tended to make a grand civic gesture even more apt. The usual combination of town hall and fire hall also provided an opportunity for a conspicuous work of ar- chitecture as the hose tower had to be very tall and could therefore double up as a clock tower and visual focal point. In varying degrees therefore, all the towns and most of the villages built new halls, most of which have survived until today and have been well preserved. The preservation of the town halls in Huron has not however, occured peacefully. Most ex- perienced a gradual decline in both use and condition over the last 40 years and in fact, a few have been lost such as in the town of Goderich. Others were tbreatetied with dein as in Exeter and Clinton. If there was a turning point, I think it was in the saving and restoration of the town hall in Exeter in 1976. It was a typical case of the town dOtincil 9nd police department vacating the building and desiring its demolition. A small group of townspeople banded together and, after an enormous struggle, not only saved and restored the building but infused a new and profitable life into It with stores and offices at ground level and the traditional meeting hall on the second floor. This one and superbly successful restoration project not only inspired the gradual restoration of the downtown area but aLso inspired through deed the restoration of other civic buildings in Huron County. The old rivahies of the 1800s were reborn as each town stirred to restore their own grand civic architecture. The next town to follow was Goderich with the restoration of their hall which was originally a post office and customs house designed by Thomas Fuller. A new and large council chamber was installed on the second floor while at the ground and basement level are the administrative of- fices. Without quite so much fanfare but with equal confidence and skill, the towns of Wingham and Seaforth undertook restoration to their halls. Just recently, after very nearly authorizing demolition, the town of Clinton has decided to preserve and renovate both their hall and library, both of which front a memorial park and form one of the finest small urban open spaces in Ontario. The anticipated renovation cost is $800,000 and this is for a town with a "-r• 're 7.711141101, • Intaallreq num* fh u •,041.1111. 1111111111 Goderich Town Hall population of only 3,000! The success of preserving the town halls of Huron County also has a remarkably beneficial effect on the downtown business areas. The town hall is, by its sheer size, elaboration and craftsmanship, the principle building in the streetscape of a small town. It is also the principle public place. By being well preserved, it is an inspiration to the area and sets a tone and quality. I am happy to say that the towns and villages in Huron are sensitive to their history as evidenced by their historic building stock and the preservation of the town halls have inspired con- fidence and pride in this regard. 4 • , -„•„„e" 4 t 15 • ..„4,:17,,A. *As.;-•‘ • The home of Dan MacAdam of Bruce Street was completely destroyed by fire on Tuesday, November 9 at noon. Cause of the fire is Undetermined at this time. The Goderich Fire •; • :i‘-`,.10.'1.;"44. .1Y% • • .. MN, . " • 44' • • .i.e1„, . . •• ,„„„1„ Department spent approximately one hour on the scene. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)