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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-17, Page 274i 21: fi? r, r 0 it ti*RModerator of. Kax;. Pesyterlar,Ghurch wilt conduct the G4th,Annual Ma.iners' Service'which will .be.held. ,011 S.itliday, February l7 at :.. 7'30 p m: j, {,• The Mariners' Service is a tradition of. this lake,port, .as tribute. is paid .to those men and women who, lost their lives in ,thegreatest marine disaster: ever recorded in the.'his ry of the Great Lakes, • The; Great 1 StOrm . of Sunday, November 9,.1913. ' • Seventy mile an hour winds raged across.. the great lakes from the south- west, suddenly. .changing to the north- west causing 71 great lake freighters to be Iost with a death toll of 254 men and women. Twenty-four of these great ships of that particular era went down in Lake Huron, eight of them in the Goderich area. They were: Th'e Wexford; the Regina; the John A. McGean; the James A. - Carruthers ;_ the, Issae M. Scott, -the.. driamaymmammixamortimsmaak Hydrus; the Charles S. , Price and .tI e Argus. This laken.port was at One time anted .. for its ship, building activities - great schooners+and sailing vessels were'btalt at the harbor. There was also large fleets: of . commercial fishermen , and there; was several -lumber mills. . Many , %nen-associated with these various industries would "Go to sea" i.n • the spring of the year. Prior to 'going to sea a church-seryiee:.was_conducted:: at Knox for these men and their families. The Late Dr. James. Anderson' con- ducted the first of these services in the spring of 1903. The service at that time was known as the Fishermen's and `'`•\Sailors' Service. In . the spring of 1919 the late Dr. George Ross, who had officiated at the burial of 23 seamen who lost their lives in the Great Storm, suggested that the service be named 'The Mariners' 'Ser- R s a o s c The. decorat whl #1 Mwould include everyone uled wi Vie;', x .,:. ,.nox isinvariably arine Trade. . ft3,t" l Mariners' service - all or the decorations which are used for the service have been donated K, e use. duri • ng the Marincrz', Servicetonox sumtobo d,w of hich" inclurct, ;iSignal Flags from IImperial Cl'li ,tdt. Quse flags from The Algoma _ •Central;'•Railways Ltd; The Canada'Steamship:'Co. Ltd.; The Upper Lhoran oLtd. ; and :the- Quebec-OntarakesTraspio ShitatippinCg Co.. Ltd The four sets of nets which are used in the chancel, were donated by the Siddall ' Fisheries. -Ltd The`Canadian Flag and the an ige in the chanCanadicel, wereensn given to thewhichare hurchalso by Captain Charles' Stowe and J.A. McConnell. ' The running lights are from the Algoma Central ship The Agawa, which is the barge G,7 i,, Parsons. The Agawa was built in 1908 and named the Howard -_. •M. Hanna•Jr. She was wrecked in 1915 in Lake Huron. She was salvaged and named the Glen Shee. She. was pur- chased.:by Canada Steamship lines in 1926 and renamed the Goderich. The Algoma Central Company purchased tier in 1901 and named her the Agawa. The large 'white cross with its one hundred lights' was built by the late Harry McCreath - the light house which ---- is placed in the narthex was made by the Dominion Road Machinery Company Ltd.., and presented to the cnurch. The ship'swheel which stands in front of the communion table in the church chancel is white oak. The wheel was presented to the church by Wm. Young, a member of the Mariners' . Service Committee. The wheel came from the. whaleback Alexander Holley. The Dead Ey.e Chain Plate, which is SHOP 1 ?t x S displayed oh'the stairway o 1 is a section of the standard rt two. masted —senate!' 'Azov floundered on theAn erican Aux Bairque on Lake Huron in 1911, almost two years before the Gr Storm. PI The crew, in command of +Captain John MacDonald of .Goderich, .;drifted.: across the lake onto a shoal five miles 001,1 Chantry island where she sank. The chain plate was recovered by Bruce. MacDonald and Allen MacDonald in 1956. . • The Harbouraires, the ever poliular and well known all male choir which ha's presented many programs throughout Western Ontario, will take part in the service •of worship. This will be the twenty-third Mariners' Service in which the choir have participated. IMATE CONTROLLED COMFORT! 10 GREAT DAYS OF SAVINGS THURSDAY, FEB: 17 to SATURDAY, FEB. 26 I.N. CONJUNCTION WITH THE GRAND OPENING OF OPEN} FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE 10 A.M. • 91P.M. MON. - FRI. 10 A.M.,- 6 P.M. SATURDAY. MET & A '& P OPEN GAILY, 9 A.M. TO 9:30 P.M. CELEBRATE WITH US... THE VALUES ARE OUTSTANDING! LADIES WEAR Hwy. 21 Sough Goderich • ALL FIXTURES • LAMPS •°SHADES, AND • ACCESSORIES REG. $18.99 Phentex 3 Piy:Yarn 3.2 OZ. REG. 79 CENTS • LAVAN OCEANA • COUNTRY CLUB ELM • EXPLORER WHITE OAK REG.' $44.99 SPECIAL BOX 3 0 $4.49 GEAR HOP Handbags REG. TO $5.99 MONDAYS.fom 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY fi'd 0,10.a.m. to 4:30 p.m. WEDN S 1 YS from 10 a.an o 4:30 p.m. THURS AT I fr m it a.nr.1618.00 p.ni inn, Manager Congratulations to Irene Hill Ladies Wear for joining the fine stores in the Suncoast Mall. THE CHILDREN'S SHOPPE is celebrating its FIRST BIRTHDAY with many in store specials and 10% off remaining stock. Sales cantinues.ihrOUgh to PA 26, Int a�! P. Jr„ rt r 14 -r