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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-07-07, Page 42ON 131 ekes ow subscribers ;of the :1 -Star will have their ial Souvenir Edition -, the 'centennial, Edition- but -: about ourvisitors has ne drawn their attention, is special for our 150 day celebrate , ,_ ere has been a great deal esearch -go into the ' : iling and a lot of thought discussions ' before 'fur r was satisfies with the you read thru' it you can .. each step, plan with and Dunlop, worry with, and be happy with them heir . accomplishments. i' the building :of the log— ses •pt'ogressed factorily the _ tenants ed satisfied to. stay at point. Fewer than ex - •d GOOD houses were giving the feeling that log homes were ingjy.being retained as erisled for their an- ty." Many of these above the restaurant seated opposite corner was once 750 people : and was the main called the Albion Hotel. concert hall, theatre and The British Exchange Hotel scene of political meetings for -burned-tioWi►:-slowly m`I�.1'56Tr • many years.' recall rushing uptown on Christopher Crabb, mer- hearing the sirens, when I chant, mayor and magistrate thought there was a fire near made quite an impact on this The Square and sure enough harbour town and we should the fire was just a stones know more about him. So by throw from Simpsons which reading "Christopher Crab]?" was. my chief concern at that eatres change ows 103 : y -goers in Blyth and Ilia this summer will ve an added attraction summer .thanks to a grant from Wintario. :rant will allow Victoria house, Petrolia to bring shows to the Blyth orial Hall for a two week The Blyth Summer. val will in return present shows --and =a- eKildren'-s- in Petrolia during the • time period. toria Playhouse' will Artichoke and Man A Load of Mischief to in repertory from July 12 my 23 at the Blyth, orial" Hall. Both plays keeping with the Blyth er .Festival's emphasis ral subject -matter, as hoke is a drama based e experiences of a e farm family, and Man A Load of Mise'hief is a al comedy,;;. set in an - sh countryinn, rolia theatre goers will the opportunity to see , Sinclair's The Blood is g when Blyth brings its om` last season to the St ,ria Playhouse. •A er Burning, the al adaptation of Harry • 's novel of the same will run in repertory heBlood is Strong from 12-23. Turkey, a ren's -' play . by Jim •fer, completes Blyth's" 'ng to Victoria ouse this summer. • exchange follows the ss of a similar venture season. Blyth's ction of Mostly in r played to packed •s in Petrolia last er when the Festival d the area with that This season, the tour es reciprocal, as is Playhouse enters its -season of _independent ction. ix kets for any per - :nee in Blyth max be at the Festival Box - ', ox"•, phone (.519) 523-9300, t any Festival ticket . Tickets to the Blyth mances in •Petrolia be arranged through the lia box office. 1 T) xtors lcome e public visitor program e Bruce Nuclear Power lopment got underway Y, July 1 and will run Monday, September 5. e e is welcome at publl isitors Centre daily f oni a.m. to 5:30p.m. s tours of BNPD are fable Wednesday to 'aY only (including aY Mondays) starting at isitors Centre. To get travel. Highway 21 een Kincardine and Port and follow the signs to Visitors Centre". • tour programs, which ree, run at 40 minute vats and last ap- mately 11/2 hours. They 'e a film on nuclear r, displays and a Gon- d tour- of the . BNPD ties. ' uP tours may - also lie ged throughout the year ontacting the BNPD ation Office. e the first -Information e at BNPD. openedin over 5404,000 peopl_ave d Canada's largest r''developtneint, ;houses :.remain to this date„ and you can follow the path of history` with this edition. A very fine keepsake. An interesting item regarding : Goderich becoming the District Seat of Justice for the Huron Tract and a,write-up•on the Judges from 1842 to this date is very enlightening, The'. picture' of our' old; courthouse is very good in this issue:__ The listing of the Mayors of Town from 1860 to 1927- brings aY'� up a lot of names familiar to .Martha Rathburn : appears us today --plus a great many Weekly In The Signal -Star.. names we have heard but did streets RICH St. It was not not know. until h began reading the Looking at pictures of supplement that I found why downtown buildings like the Bennett and Rich Streets '"Crabb BlocK Kingston St. at --`were so named.` the Square, where Club Grill '" One building - a large one - Restaurant and Eric Car- that a great many people now men's Photography Shop are living here will not know is now situated, it is easy'to see the old British Exchange the foresight and. know-how Hotel nee Seegmiller's Hotel that was used at that time. at the corner of South St. and THAT is an especially fine The Square. building. The Ogen House. TheBedford Hotel on the I take the lead , you will be time. The fire was "down - pleasantly surprised - AND stairs" in the basementof the knowledgeable. We should British Exchange and nothing TRY to remember his name. to get excited about, BUT' A wonderful man, W. E. finally there appeared to be a. Elliott will be 94 this month. It lot of dashing around and it is because of Bill Elliott's ended in a holocaust which favorite hobby - researching threatened the whole block and writing stories about and three or four men who Goderich from' its earliest were asleep on the third floor days. - that we have most of were left undisturbed too long this material at our fingertips _ and -lost _their lives _ _ -_ _ today• r.. I'll never forget the build up Thank you ill E Nottand "°of excitement as long as I God bless. live:' When people began The special edition goes on dashing about I began to to talk of many well known think of the other stores and families who grew up with the people living above them. and Port of Goderich and they, began watching for thein in make fascinating reading. I the crowd. Finally I realizedI had often wondered why a had not seen George Baechler town would ever name a or family who were then living above their restauran which was on the other corne of,that block. (Earl Rawson' shop is now in that corner) went back into the office an phoned George and waitedfo an answer - they wereal sound asleep and did' -no know part of their building block was on fire. What a frustrating ex perience. You should neve arrive at afire \tntil it is wel under control or well unde way. When you are there early and you are assured or presume - it's under contro and suddenly all Hades breaks loose - it is very up- setting. Like the nite of the fire in the old Courthouse in 1954. From The Square, by the stores, you could see no signs of fire - just some smoke for quite a while. Suddenly sdme e onopens the big front doors and there it was! What you can't see doesn't bother you - or shouldn't, but how it stays with you af- terwards ! • Isn't _it--„_wonderf•uL _the number , of folks who have "come homy,,;'. Did you EVER see such crowds in your life in Goderich? One thing we know is that the Jubilee 3 committee has done a WONDERFUL job with their entertainment plans - and everyone is en- joying it immensely. "-The day of the Soap Box Derby ' and' the crazy \bed' race, there were 84 callsat the emergency at AM & G Hospital, nothing serious but everything ' carefully. wat- ched. I'll bet emergency has never been so busy before. either! --Welk ... there's more _. ex citement to' come, so enjoy every minute. The big parade - and I mean BIG. - is this Saturday, The parade is forming up outside Sheaffer. , Pen, Windsor Salt - way and -the head of the parade will be standing at Maple St. on Huron Road. This parade is so large and t: there are so many people r'' attending the parade that the s.. Chief of Police begs you to I leave your car in your d driveway and WALK to the r nearest part of the route. 1 There will be bus seryiee at t' different spots in town to give you a ride to the parade especially if you want to go to - the Square or Agriculture ✓ Park - where the parade will 1 finish. Streets along the route ✓ and near Ag. Park must be "free of cars that morning. Any cars left parked will. be 1 towed "away costing $15 to $20 towing charge. Buses will be at Suncoast Mall - so there is- room to leave the car there for those coming in from that direc- tion. Buses are FREE. I certainly wouldn't want Chief King's job as Parade Mar- shal. When' you think of the traffic in the past weekend - you can realize how bad it will be on Saturday. The chief asks folks to take . their chair, pick a shady spot and take your lemonade. Sit 'and enjoy this monster parade. Over 2700' people involved and 400 vehicles and floats. forget whether it is 4 miles or 4 hours long - but I believe it WILL be at least four hours long and probably(?) 4 miles! A good many visitors to Goderich during Jubilee Three celebrations will be looking for Pete Zimmerman's truck on The Square. For more than 40 years, Goderich residents and visitors enjoyed Pete's hotdogs smothered In onions and buttered popcorn that was "out of this world" But Pete's retired now and although the vintage truck still runs like a top. Pete won't be entering the Jubilee Three celebrations. Some had hoped Pete's truck might show up in the mammoth paradeset for this Weekend, but. Pete says he won't be there. This photograph taken in Centennial Year at the corner, of Hamilton Street and The Square (notice the hotel (Colborne House) in the background that was torn down this past winter) will have to suffice. .i' GODEF'tICH SIGNA with Martha The parade will start ON TIME at 1 p.m. says the Grand Marshal, Pat King. So make yourself comfortable.. Don't park ahywhei -near Age Park - McDonald St., Eldon St. 'or nearby as parade vehicles need space to disperse” The buses start running in the morning. so DO leave the car at home. Enjoy, enjoy. Love, Martha «ROGERS MAJESTIC TV •l� PERF T V SER VICE • ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION 162 MARY ST. GODERICH 5 24- 9089 108 LIGHTHOUSE ST. 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