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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-10-22, Page 20PAGE 4A —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986 Entertainment Martha saysit's good t® kee in touch wit µ . your friends Is the rain getting you down? Just think of others who are not living high above the lake - they are in real trouble - so don't complain. I heard some farmers talking recently about crops that can't be harvested. I think most of us haven't anything as terrible to worry about - actually we are lucky to be living in Goderich, high on the hill, in a very pretty town. So when you're feeling low and frustrated, take a minute to look around you. To "almost" quote an old piece of advice - have you noticed there is peace in silence? Are you on good terms with your pei;Yh)-lnttrQ-9 With of 'r'°`} We are told to speak quietly and clearly and listen to others and as far as possible, be on good terms with everyone. If a few "loud mouths" bother you, try to avoid them as you would liars and cheats. Get interested in things around or near you. The world is in bad shape but there's little you can do about it - but be knowledgeable. You may be able to help one in some way. Be youself. Do things you really want to do - things you hae been putting off for years. It's later than you think. Enjoy and be proud of your achievements and carry out your plans - whether folks notice or not. Get in touch with old friends, if this is ROUND 'N ABOUT Ninth Martha Rathburn one of your put -offs. I know it bothers you, so find those old addresses or better still, use the phone - that's. where I always end up. We need true friends - they love you too. Perhaps) vett ra:a'i irav 1 nnr1 cnr thinrt and places you would like to, but you can listen and see them through the eyes of those who have travelled and you can feel their excitement and enthusiasm - it helps. I love to listen to my son and family tell about places they have seen and even lived in over in Europe - they really travelled' every time they had a chance and the time. One Christmas, they even met old friends from Goderich while camping in Southern France. The children had met and played together the first day - then the excitement of the grown-ups' Meeting - the stories - there was so much to tell. They will always remember that trip. I recall that years ago there was an old steam engine - number 6218 - that would come into Goderich with many coaches filled with holidayers all the way from Detroit. Townspeople met them at the East St.Station. No one knew any of them but they picked up three or four and drove them around town. My carload always had the grand tour - a long ride to all the interesting spots in town, then out to Benmiller and Pipers Dam if there was enough time. Here I would make them take off their shoes and walk in the warm Maitland - then watch their faces as they stepped into the icy cold water of the "little falls" you didn'tknow was there. The spring was so high up on the bank you didn't see it - but , vu lai.v-, t elllelllbei eu that cool pool and Pipers Dam. I would be nice to do this again, but I recall one of those trips was the last before the train was moved to the museum. Now that was a trip. The JayCees took it upon themelves to lay the rails from East St. Station to the museum. A few rails were laid down, the train pushed or, pulled as far as possible, then the tracks - two rails about 30 feet long on railroad ties - were picked up behind the engine by about 30 men and laid down in front of the engine again - and again and again. What a trip - but that engine is still at the museum, I hope. Love you all, Martha. Childhood memories are recalled at Dungannon The October meeting of the Dungannon Women's Institute was held at the home of Alma Black. Elmira Finnigan, president, welcomed all and presided for the opening of the meeting. Roll call "A childhood memory of farm wagons" was answered by such memories as high steel -wheeled wagons with wide racks for hay and sheaves, or the narrow thick planks when used for gravelling roads as each farmer had to do so much -roadwork each spring. Minutes, teasurer's report and cor- respondence was read by the secretary - Happy 50t'h Anniversary Herbert & Williamena Dotterer October 24, 1986 Women's Institute treasurer tiuna tslacx. uurrespuiluence In- cluded a thankyou from the Huron County Pioneer Museum for the quilt block, and letters about the Health Fair at Goderich District Collegiate Institute November 12 at 8 pm and the area convention at London in October when Elmire Finnigan and Alma Black will be delegates. Jean Errington and Bessie McNee were appointed delegates to the county fall rally in Walton. The topic for the meeting was Canadian Industry and 'was very capably taken be convener Joan Dougherty who told about S tae for Bill Leddy Kelly Strickland Saturday, October 25, 1986 PHONE 524-9382 the making of the Penhale wagons and harness in Bayfield. Mr. Penhale and his employees have just started to manufacture 35 custom- built Landau carriages 'to go to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Joan showed pic- tures of the special wagon built for Walt Disney World for the Christmas parade in Florida and of the parade in which it was featured. Next meeting is at the home of Jean Err- ington and Donna Sue McClenaghan will be the guest speaker. Lunch was served by Joan Dougherty and Alma Black. 1EDDV - STRICKLAND rrr�i�iiirr// rrrrrrl riiiry /� rri�ii�r - ///, //7 r/ /rr 4. /7,, //r. -.2:117/ , i/rrr•rir. , 74/�irar • /rridw•i 7/7. Jr' A' r/• /71:: .(. - 7<:/ri. (:;;(1,7/rr Detroit vs. Cinncinatti in Detroit Sunday, November 2 Cats Toronto - Wednesday, November 12 Royal . Winter Fair Toronto Thursday, November 20 The Living Christmas Tree The Peoples Church, Toronto Sunday, December 7 Yi;'huYrR%ii Hawaiian New Year's Extravaganza Pittsburgh Ask us how! Dec. 30 - Jan. 2 Robin Hood Tours • 5.4-45 Goderich, Ona o 0 • • • MI SQUAll • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 1 • • • • • • 1 • . • • • • She's Just 35!! Love from your kids and the best HALF! PAR T EA GODIrICII• 524.71• 6666666666666666 II 111(%1•191 1111 1= LIMITED ENGAGEMENT - STARTS FRIDAY, OCT. 24th FRI.-SAT. 7 & 9; SUN. 2 & 7:30; MON.-THURS. 7:30 From the Producers of The likling Place. Joni, and The Prodigal. • ENDS THURSDAY, OCT. 23 • • REITT KIRK • LANCASTER DOUGLAS • •ADULT "TOUGH GUY'S" ICACCOMPA�IINEN;1 0••••••••••••••*•••••••• RY A PARENTAL GUIDANCE � FROM OIUI/f�V Inasplitseicond, theirlives will cliangeforever A World Wide Pictures release In color Featuring DILLY GRAHAM with a message of hope. Am WED. THURS. 7:30 p.m. SORRY - FOR CRY FROM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE MOUNTAIN A NO PASSES • NO ''2.50 TUESDAY • DOOR ADVANCE • ADULTS '4.00 '3.00 • CHILD & 1 SENIOR '2.00 '2.00 • ••••••I••••••••*tl COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, .SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - Children ages 5-8 are in- vited to join us at the Goderich Public Library for a French Activity Hour of stories and crafts. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Join in the fun. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Pre - Christmas Bazaar featuring bake table, crafts, white elephant table, odds and ends tables, food booth. Also draws on large quilt, baby quilt, hind quarter of beef; door prize and children's prize. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Augustine Parish Hall. Everyone welcome. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 - Annual meeting for the Maitland Trail Association will be held at Robertson School at 7:30 p.m. to discuss hiking, cross-country ski and canoe events to be planned for our next season. New members are welcome. WEDNESDAY, October 22 - MacKay Cen- tre for Seniors is hosting its variety pro- gram with many surprises, musical numbers etc. Admission $1. Taxi, call 524-6594. EVERY WEDNESDAY - The Happy Gang Dancers meet every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at MacKay Centre for Seniors. Come out and join in the fun. Keep fit classes are every Friday and Monday at 10:00 a.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 - Cubs, Scouts and Venturers from Third Goderich (Knox Church) and Fourth Goderich (North Street United Church) groups will be con- ducting their annual Apple Drive door to door throughout Goderich. Apples will be available Saturday at various locations around town. Make a donation and support scouting. For information call Lyn Ross at 524-8762. SATURDAY, OCT. 25—St. Peter's CWI_, holds their Harvest Luncheon and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25—The fall Flea Market will be held at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Great chance to buy or sell skates, hockey equipment and other winter items. For table or information, call Sandra at 529-7390. Out- door space also available. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - Golierich and District. After Five Club sponsored by Christian Business and Professional Women invites you to their Harvest Time Dessert and Coffee at Saltford Valley Hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guests include Dr. Robin Wiley, veterinarian; The 6Chapelites; and Alma Peterson, Paris. Reservations are essential. Call Helen Brown at 524-4166. Price $2.50. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - The Dungan- non Agricultural Society is pleased to be sponsoring the 1986 annual meeting. for District 8 (Huron -Perth) of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. The pot luck dinner and meeting will take place at the Dungannon Hall at 6 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Hollyberry Bazaar and Luncheon at St. George's Parish Hall, Nelson St. West from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Home baking, preserves, plants, handcrafted items, decorations, white elephants and Kids' Own Shopping Centre. Sponsored by Anglican Church Women. SATURDAY, OCT. 25 --Pumpkin Patch tea and sale at the Salvation Army, 18 Waterloo St. from 2 to 4 p.m. ST. VINCENT DE PAUI. STORE LUsed. clothing and furniture available at 15 Caledonia Terrace, the old Catholic School open on Monday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m, and on Saturday morning from 10 a m. to norm SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Maitland Manor Residents' Annual Tea and Bazaar including knitting, ceramics, white elephant table and raffle draw. 2-4 p.m. at Maitland Manor, 290 South St.,Goderich. TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 23, 28, 30 and NOV. 4— Goderich St. John's Ambulance running a first aid course from 7 to 10 p.m. For more info call Robert Burroughs at 524-6638. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - The Dungannon Agricultural Society is holding its annual Halloween Dance from 9 to 1 a.m. Judging of costumes at 11 p.m. sharp. Music provided "By Special Request". $3 per person, lunch included. WinDN14'"uf1n., xsfla,T *rt Holmesville UCW will hold their bazaar at Goderich Township Hall at 2:30 p.m. Tea - table, home baking, Christmas booth, sew- ing and knitting, books and produce. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - Euchre tournament will be held at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall at 2 p.m. Registration is from 1-2 p.m. Entry fee is $3 each and prizes are $50, $40 and $30. Lunch and special contests. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 - Benmiller United Church Fowl Supper. Sittings 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for children 12 and under. For tickets phone Mrs. Adelaide Feagan 524-6323 or Mrs. Gwen Durst 524-4165. VOLUNTEER KNITTERS - Wool supplied year round to people willing to knit mitts for Family and Children's SErvices for the Huron County Christmas Bureau. Please pick up wool at Schaeffer's Ladies' Wear or Gen's Sewing Centre and return, mitts be December 1, 1986 to the same place. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23--A choral workship, featuring earle Terry, former director of music in London, will be held, at the MacKay Centre for Seniors from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Visitors welcome. For .efarmation call Irla Stewart at 524-8741 or Shirley McMillan at 524-7656. OCTOBER 24 and 25—Victoria St. United Church will hold a rummage sale from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday night and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. OCTOBER, 25 and 26—Attend the eighth an- nual Walkerton Heritage Fair at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Highway' 9, three miles south of Walkerton. Over 30 exhibits. Admis- sion is $1.50. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 --Dungannon U.C.W. are sponsorying a "Quilt Show and Tea" from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dungan- non United Church. Canada Packers prize quilts, many local quilts and handkerchief collection on display. Admission is $1. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 -7 -Bazaar featuring home baking `and Christmas novelties will be held at the Dungannon Senior Citizen Centre from 2 to 4 p.m. Ad- mission is $1 and includes tea. THURSDA Y, NOVEMBER 6—Snowflake Bazaar runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Goderich Legion Hall. Hot noon lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thirty craft tables, tea. baking and white elephant tables. Spon- sored by Legion Ladies' Auxiliary Branch 109. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22—Circle City Toastmasters Club will meet at the Victoria Public School (Queen Elizabeth Wing) at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. SATURDAY, NOV. 15 --Rotary Ball with din ner at 7:30 p.m. at the Holmesville Township Hall followed by a dancewith semi -formal dress. Tickets $55 a couple. Phone Norman Pickell at 524-8335 or 958!) after (i 0.111 Michigan woman recalls. tough times in Huron County near Goderich The following story appeared in Monday, Oct. 6 edition of the Detroit Free Press under the heading, Michigan Memories. It was sent to the Signal -Star by Capt. Malcolm MacLeod, Canada Steamship Lines, St. Catharines. By RACHEL MANN STEWART It was October when the fires reached Sandy Beach. For days the sky had been dark and at night we could see a red glow on the horizon. On Oct. 9, 1871, at 2 a.m., a neighbor asked my father to join the men who were digging trenches in which to burymovable property because they had given up hope of saving houses in town. The women worked with the men, and I was put in charge of my brothers and sisters: Sarah, 7; Willie, 5; Herman, 3; and Eva, 18 months. I was 11. Our farm ran down to Lake Huron,- and my instructions were simple: to stay on the beach and, if necessary, to go out into shallow water with the children. The night was cold and pitch dark, with a west wind howling through the trees. On the beach we found a neighbor, Jim Huxtable, who was a fisherman. He had his family in an open Mackinaw sailboat. We got in with them and intended to stay a little way off- shore, but the west wind grew stronger, waves rolled high, and when he tried to work the boat toward shore he found that he couldn't. - In the boat were four adults and nine children. As we ran before the heavy wind, spray fell aboard and wet everything. One of the older boys bailed with a four -quart tin pail. When day broke we were mit of sight of land, surrounded by hissing whitecaps that towered high'above the sides of the open boat. The wind bit through our soaked clothing. My brother, Herman, three years old, was weakest of all, and presently his crying grew more and more feeble, until he was silent. When we arrived at Goderich, On- tario, the authorities took my brother's body. I never saw him again. We children were taken in by a lady who had a hotel at Goderich. We were fed very carefully, a glass of milk and half a cracker every few hours. We were in Goderich three weeks and tenderly .cared for. I began to hear talk of our being adopted. The fire had destroyed means ,of com- munication, and no word had been received from our parents. I hid the children upstairs and cried with fear that we would be separated and Never see Father and Mother again. The authorities eventually located our parents and we were taken aboard the steamer Horton, and started across the lake. We hadn't gone far when the Horton struck a rock and began to sink. Boats were lowered, and once again we were refugees in Goderich. The captain of the Horton then took us to Sarnia by train, and we were delivered to the relief headquarters in Port Huron. We stayed there until Mother came and took us back to Sandy Beach, now known as Harbor Beach, in Huron County. Our hone had been burned, and we spent the winter in a small shack until Father could build another house. Rachel Mann Stewart told this story to her daughter, Hazel Smith, who wrote it down. It was submitted by Stewart's grand- . daughter, Wanda Williams.of Warren. FOR RENT for Special Events The Livery For information: Phone 524-6262 or 524-7806 Happy 50t'h Anniversary Herbert & Williamena Dotterer October 24, 1986 Women's Institute treasurer tiuna tslacx. uurrespuiluence In- cluded a thankyou from the Huron County Pioneer Museum for the quilt block, and letters about the Health Fair at Goderich District Collegiate Institute November 12 at 8 pm and the area convention at London in October when Elmire Finnigan and Alma Black will be delegates. Jean Errington and Bessie McNee were appointed delegates to the county fall rally in Walton. The topic for the meeting was Canadian Industry and 'was very capably taken be convener Joan Dougherty who told about S tae for Bill Leddy Kelly Strickland Saturday, October 25, 1986 PHONE 524-9382 the making of the Penhale wagons and harness in Bayfield. Mr. Penhale and his employees have just started to manufacture 35 custom- built Landau carriages 'to go to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Joan showed pic- tures of the special wagon built for Walt Disney World for the Christmas parade in Florida and of the parade in which it was featured. Next meeting is at the home of Jean Err- ington and Donna Sue McClenaghan will be the guest speaker. Lunch was served by Joan Dougherty and Alma Black. 1EDDV - STRICKLAND rrr�i�iiirr// rrrrrrl riiiry /� rri�ii�r - ///, //7 r/ /rr 4. /7,, //r. -.2:117/ , i/rrr•rir. , 74/�irar • /rridw•i 7/7. Jr' A' r/• /71:: .(. - 7<:/ri. (:;;(1,7/rr Detroit vs. Cinncinatti in Detroit Sunday, November 2 Cats Toronto - Wednesday, November 12 Royal . Winter Fair Toronto Thursday, November 20 The Living Christmas Tree The Peoples Church, Toronto Sunday, December 7 Yi;'huYrR%ii Hawaiian New Year's Extravaganza Pittsburgh Ask us how! Dec. 30 - Jan. 2 Robin Hood Tours • 5.4-45 Goderich, Ona o 0 • • • MI SQUAll • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • 1 • • • • • • 1 • . • • • • She's Just 35!! Love from your kids and the best HALF! PAR T EA GODIrICII• 524.71• 6666666666666666 II 111(%1•191 1111 1= LIMITED ENGAGEMENT - STARTS FRIDAY, OCT. 24th FRI.-SAT. 7 & 9; SUN. 2 & 7:30; MON.-THURS. 7:30 From the Producers of The likling Place. Joni, and The Prodigal. • ENDS THURSDAY, OCT. 23 • • REITT KIRK • LANCASTER DOUGLAS • •ADULT "TOUGH GUY'S" ICACCOMPA�IINEN;1 0••••••••••••••*•••••••• RY A PARENTAL GUIDANCE � FROM OIUI/f�V Inasplitseicond, theirlives will cliangeforever A World Wide Pictures release In color Featuring DILLY GRAHAM with a message of hope. Am WED. THURS. 7:30 p.m. SORRY - FOR CRY FROM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE MOUNTAIN A NO PASSES • NO ''2.50 TUESDAY • DOOR ADVANCE • ADULTS '4.00 '3.00 • CHILD & 1 SENIOR '2.00 '2.00 • ••••••I••••••••*tl COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, .SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - Children ages 5-8 are in- vited to join us at the Goderich Public Library for a French Activity Hour of stories and crafts. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Join in the fun. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Pre - Christmas Bazaar featuring bake table, crafts, white elephant table, odds and ends tables, food booth. Also draws on large quilt, baby quilt, hind quarter of beef; door prize and children's prize. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. Augustine Parish Hall. Everyone welcome. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 - Annual meeting for the Maitland Trail Association will be held at Robertson School at 7:30 p.m. to discuss hiking, cross-country ski and canoe events to be planned for our next season. New members are welcome. WEDNESDAY, October 22 - MacKay Cen- tre for Seniors is hosting its variety pro- gram with many surprises, musical numbers etc. Admission $1. Taxi, call 524-6594. EVERY WEDNESDAY - The Happy Gang Dancers meet every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at MacKay Centre for Seniors. Come out and join in the fun. Keep fit classes are every Friday and Monday at 10:00 a.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 - Cubs, Scouts and Venturers from Third Goderich (Knox Church) and Fourth Goderich (North Street United Church) groups will be con- ducting their annual Apple Drive door to door throughout Goderich. Apples will be available Saturday at various locations around town. Make a donation and support scouting. For information call Lyn Ross at 524-8762. SATURDAY, OCT. 25—St. Peter's CWI_, holds their Harvest Luncheon and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25—The fall Flea Market will be held at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Great chance to buy or sell skates, hockey equipment and other winter items. For table or information, call Sandra at 529-7390. Out- door space also available. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - Golierich and District. After Five Club sponsored by Christian Business and Professional Women invites you to their Harvest Time Dessert and Coffee at Saltford Valley Hall from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Guests include Dr. Robin Wiley, veterinarian; The 6Chapelites; and Alma Peterson, Paris. Reservations are essential. Call Helen Brown at 524-4166. Price $2.50. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - The Dungan- non Agricultural Society is pleased to be sponsoring the 1986 annual meeting. for District 8 (Huron -Perth) of the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies. The pot luck dinner and meeting will take place at the Dungannon Hall at 6 p.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Hollyberry Bazaar and Luncheon at St. George's Parish Hall, Nelson St. West from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Home baking, preserves, plants, handcrafted items, decorations, white elephants and Kids' Own Shopping Centre. Sponsored by Anglican Church Women. SATURDAY, OCT. 25 --Pumpkin Patch tea and sale at the Salvation Army, 18 Waterloo St. from 2 to 4 p.m. ST. VINCENT DE PAUI. STORE LUsed. clothing and furniture available at 15 Caledonia Terrace, the old Catholic School open on Monday and Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m., Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m, and on Saturday morning from 10 a m. to norm SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - Maitland Manor Residents' Annual Tea and Bazaar including knitting, ceramics, white elephant table and raffle draw. 2-4 p.m. at Maitland Manor, 290 South St.,Goderich. TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 23, 28, 30 and NOV. 4— Goderich St. John's Ambulance running a first aid course from 7 to 10 p.m. For more info call Robert Burroughs at 524-6638. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 - The Dungannon Agricultural Society is holding its annual Halloween Dance from 9 to 1 a.m. Judging of costumes at 11 p.m. sharp. Music provided "By Special Request". $3 per person, lunch included. WinDN14'"uf1n., xsfla,T *rt Holmesville UCW will hold their bazaar at Goderich Township Hall at 2:30 p.m. Tea - table, home baking, Christmas booth, sew- ing and knitting, books and produce. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - Euchre tournament will be held at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall at 2 p.m. Registration is from 1-2 p.m. Entry fee is $3 each and prizes are $50, $40 and $30. Lunch and special contests. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 - Benmiller United Church Fowl Supper. Sittings 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. $6.00 for adults, $3.00 for children 12 and under. For tickets phone Mrs. Adelaide Feagan 524-6323 or Mrs. Gwen Durst 524-4165. VOLUNTEER KNITTERS - Wool supplied year round to people willing to knit mitts for Family and Children's SErvices for the Huron County Christmas Bureau. Please pick up wool at Schaeffer's Ladies' Wear or Gen's Sewing Centre and return, mitts be December 1, 1986 to the same place. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23--A choral workship, featuring earle Terry, former director of music in London, will be held, at the MacKay Centre for Seniors from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Visitors welcome. For .efarmation call Irla Stewart at 524-8741 or Shirley McMillan at 524-7656. OCTOBER 24 and 25—Victoria St. United Church will hold a rummage sale from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday night and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. OCTOBER, 25 and 26—Attend the eighth an- nual Walkerton Heritage Fair at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Highway' 9, three miles south of Walkerton. Over 30 exhibits. Admis- sion is $1.50. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 --Dungannon U.C.W. are sponsorying a "Quilt Show and Tea" from 1:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dungan- non United Church. Canada Packers prize quilts, many local quilts and handkerchief collection on display. Admission is $1. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 -7 -Bazaar featuring home baking `and Christmas novelties will be held at the Dungannon Senior Citizen Centre from 2 to 4 p.m. Ad- mission is $1 and includes tea. THURSDA Y, NOVEMBER 6—Snowflake Bazaar runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Goderich Legion Hall. Hot noon lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thirty craft tables, tea. baking and white elephant tables. Spon- sored by Legion Ladies' Auxiliary Branch 109. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22—Circle City Toastmasters Club will meet at the Victoria Public School (Queen Elizabeth Wing) at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. SATURDAY, NOV. 15 --Rotary Ball with din ner at 7:30 p.m. at the Holmesville Township Hall followed by a dancewith semi -formal dress. Tickets $55 a couple. Phone Norman Pickell at 524-8335 or 958!) after (i 0.111 Michigan woman recalls. tough times in Huron County near Goderich The following story appeared in Monday, Oct. 6 edition of the Detroit Free Press under the heading, Michigan Memories. It was sent to the Signal -Star by Capt. Malcolm MacLeod, Canada Steamship Lines, St. Catharines. By RACHEL MANN STEWART It was October when the fires reached Sandy Beach. For days the sky had been dark and at night we could see a red glow on the horizon. On Oct. 9, 1871, at 2 a.m., a neighbor asked my father to join the men who were digging trenches in which to burymovable property because they had given up hope of saving houses in town. The women worked with the men, and I was put in charge of my brothers and sisters: Sarah, 7; Willie, 5; Herman, 3; and Eva, 18 months. I was 11. Our farm ran down to Lake Huron,- and my instructions were simple: to stay on the beach and, if necessary, to go out into shallow water with the children. The night was cold and pitch dark, with a west wind howling through the trees. On the beach we found a neighbor, Jim Huxtable, who was a fisherman. He had his family in an open Mackinaw sailboat. We got in with them and intended to stay a little way off- shore, but the west wind grew stronger, waves rolled high, and when he tried to work the boat toward shore he found that he couldn't. - In the boat were four adults and nine children. As we ran before the heavy wind, spray fell aboard and wet everything. One of the older boys bailed with a four -quart tin pail. When day broke we were mit of sight of land, surrounded by hissing whitecaps that towered high'above the sides of the open boat. The wind bit through our soaked clothing. My brother, Herman, three years old, was weakest of all, and presently his crying grew more and more feeble, until he was silent. When we arrived at Goderich, On- tario, the authorities took my brother's body. I never saw him again. We children were taken in by a lady who had a hotel at Goderich. We were fed very carefully, a glass of milk and half a cracker every few hours. We were in Goderich three weeks and tenderly .cared for. I began to hear talk of our being adopted. The fire had destroyed means ,of com- munication, and no word had been received from our parents. I hid the children upstairs and cried with fear that we would be separated and Never see Father and Mother again. The authorities eventually located our parents and we were taken aboard the steamer Horton, and started across the lake. We hadn't gone far when the Horton struck a rock and began to sink. Boats were lowered, and once again we were refugees in Goderich. The captain of the Horton then took us to Sarnia by train, and we were delivered to the relief headquarters in Port Huron. We stayed there until Mother came and took us back to Sandy Beach, now known as Harbor Beach, in Huron County. Our hone had been burned, and we spent the winter in a small shack until Father could build another house. Rachel Mann Stewart told this story to her daughter, Hazel Smith, who wrote it down. It was submitted by Stewart's grand- . daughter, Wanda Williams.of Warren.