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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-07-14, Page 34et • 0 PAGE 1,4fN---GQDEMPH S&IIGNAL`S' 4 1 • .►THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1977 441 lack McLaren, 83, of Benmiller points out an object of interest on his oil painted picture story of Ilenmiller's history. He has Maned the picture story to the Huron County Pioneer Museum for the Sesquicentennial year and would eventually like to have a mural made from it. (staff photo) Eeople.ncul Riddell invites all Jack Riddell. Huron - Middlesex MPP. said recently that he along with' Bob McKinley. MP for the Riding.- Murray Gaunt. MPP for Huron -Bruce' and Hugh Edighoffer.. MPP,, for Perth were ``political heirs" of 'Tiger Dunlop. Riddell was speaking in the Legislature of Ontario just prior to the opening of oderich's' G Sesquicentennial celebrations, "It is rhy pleasure -and privilege to bring to the at- tention of_the House the fact that 1!1 marks the I5Oth anniversary of the town of Goderich," Riddell said. "Considered to be the most beautiful town in. Canada. Goderich -actually had its beginning on .lune 29, 182' . From that time and up until the establishment of Perth County as a separate county. Goderich was the ',district town of the Huron district which included then Huron, Perth and Bruce counties." "The town Was founded by John Galt and Dr. William Dunlop." Riddell went on. "As a matter of interest the latter, commonly known as the Tiger, was member of parliament'for Huron in the province of Canada. Therefore Bob McKinley. the Teenagers help By Wilma Oke Four teenagers, Vicki O'Rourke of RR 4, Seaforth; Dawn Sharo of Mitchell; Sharon White of RR 2, Gadshill and Kathryn Y O'Leary of Staffa are spen- ding their eight-week sum- mer vacation so that children receiving special education in separate schools in Huron and Perth Counties next term may find it easier to le,arn. Sharon White, a first year nursing student at Fanshawe College, who is the project leader, explained that they are developing and collating _,material for the eight special education teachers with the Huron' -Perth County Roman CatholicSeparate School. Board Co help them prepare their programs for the ex- ceptional students (from gifted to slow learners.), they teach. The girls are paid through an Experience '77 grant for $6,116.08 for which Joseph Mills, superintendent of programs for the board ap- plied. Mr. Mills said he had 90 applications for the six positions. Two more girls will join the four member team next week. No boys applied. Miss White said among the things they are doing, they GJUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTI(ICATES 4O 9%a% Bruce Erskine Itti 1Nortb•St. 324.05SS make flash cards, taping and taking pictures in the com- munity and making slides. n'om : ani 4 sitting federal member. Murray Gaunt, Hugh Fdighoffer and myself can all he considered his, political heirs.°. "I am .displaying on my, desk a small flag of Goderich which -will be very much in... evidence in: the town during the twcweeks•of celebrations, commencing with the official opening .I une 1'9." Riddell told the legislature as he extended an invitation to all members to visit Goderich during its anniversary year. `.I do hope, ,Mr..Speaker,- Riddell went on, "that the members of the Legislature • will avail themselves of the opportunity to visit our fair town to see for themselves the type 'of thing that .John Keats must have had.in blind when he wrote "A thing of beauty is a ,joy forever:' Earlier .this` year. R,F. McK inley extended a similar invitation to the members of parliament in Ottawa where he also displayed a Goderich, flag on his desk. JIY .IO.WNE W ALTI?ItS 46V`If a picture is:. worth a thousand wor-ds then Jack McLaren's ,seven ppanel picture stotf'y bf BentniTler s history is worth at least a million. McLaren, 83, has loaned his picture story to the Huron County Pioneer Museum for the Sesquicentennial year. He wants more people to• visit the museum because he says the whole story of Huron County is lying within its walls. McLaren decided to use Benmiller as the subject of his picture story because °he felt that it was a, classic example, of a self-contained Village 150 years ago. The seven panel sketch is done in oil paints of earth tone colors. It blends from dark to light green to, brown to blue with each color representing the various seasonal changes. The sketch shows all Ben- • miller's former industries such as its saw. grist and woollen mills, . tannery, cheese factory, blacksmith shop, buggy shop and barrel making shop. The barrels were, used for packing apples. Also represented in the sketch are various tools once used. pioneers, animals, the landscape and transportation methods. • Eventually McLaren wants a mural feet long and eight and ane -half feet high to be painted from 'the smaller seven-„ panel sketch:...Each panel would ,be photographed ay�n<I •alleles ouiet~w` •�-beepmaderatel. These could thewn be projected on`a wall, blown up and traced.- McLaren says assistance would be needed from the Art Chub and Huron County Council but he can't seem to.get anyone interested enough. "We've got the people who could do it," he says, "but we need money and it should come,before county council." When travelling in Mexico, McLaren says he saw a mural in every town depicting their various,stories. "This is the sort of thing I would like to see, done throughout Huron County," says McLaren. He feels that pictures, visuals and illustrated action are better than words in a book. To use an example', McLaren speaks of the Great . Storm. Just reading about the storm, says McLaren., didn't mean much to him but after seeing the play performed at G,D,C.I. written by Warren Robinson, the Great Stgrm carne to life forhim. 1 X('I< McL:1RJ N McLaren is a writer, artist and actor. He is one of two survivors of an entertainment group which evolved • out Of World War I about 60 years ago. •The group known as the JDumbells toured across the country' and prayed on Broadway., for a . season ' Serforrni cothe0y ' sketches' about the army. A play written by McLaren called. ,'The Legend of the Dumbells was recently revived in.. Charlottetown, Prince Edward•Island. McLaren_ moved to Ben miller 15 years ago. He had been living in Toronto but was forced to leave his home by the conservation authorities after Hurricane ,Hazel washed out his property. He first tried to buy property in' Bayfield ..but ended up building a house on a couple of acres by.. the river in Benmiller instead. About three or four'years after moving to Benmiller, M-cLaren began his research into its .history. He had become interested in such a task through his , work as president of the Huron County Historic Society. After two years of research which . 'included travelling through the United States to obtain information : and photographs. McLaren was ready to begin his Sketch of what he refers to as "a wonderful story The '-"-pioneers, says McLaren, were "a mar- vellous group" who could adapt to almost all situations and . conditions. ."They did Jack and Leone Riddell wave to crowd in Saturday's parade Homeowners:' Beware of home repair "rip-off artists"! Here are things you can do to protect yourself. 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But he feels that of ;land and who obviou their efforts .ha,.u&-almost, all the., iilla e..nam.ed afl been~•obiiterated now by.. ,-- ie- nep evtir nfor atho` new super duper restaurOnt ,' Who :weighed ,"abo -in Benmiller..: .pounds, and :ran a•-' - Bennt•i'iler, a; flan PEOPLE DEPICTED Fisher Who bought 5, Sharp's,. Creek which runs Orland.frdm Benjamin through Benmiller and once powered the mils, . Was narned after a negro slave from Detroit who eventually landed in Benmiller and built a shack on the river. This is only one of Many interesting stories Mcren depicts with his sketches. Other " interesting people depicted are a circuit rider who was like a minister on horseback; a flower shipper named Joe Stewart; the Maedel family who owned the tannery; shoemaker Joshua Moor; the Pfrimmer family who ran the grist mill: the Gledhill family who owned the woollen mill, now .the Benmiller Inn; Benjamin andhspr~ead`the Pisher all over Colborne flow a Dutch tailor'who clothes for 50 cents a d board; a school: to named .Molesworth wl also 'a Crimean war 'v and a man. from Scotia did Imost of the build • Benmiller. McLaren's datghte family now live in Maedel home in Benoit Is like a small. muse itself' containing ,mar •tiques and inventions, by early Benmiller settle ACTIVITIES DEPIC Farming was an i productionin eac°Ty miller. 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