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PAGE 14A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1977
Editor's; Note: The
following are "memories"
of Wellington E. Dhvisofi
which were written by him
when he was about 18.
According to Mr. Davison,
he does not remember
writing them. Wellington
E. Davison was born
January 25, 1884 at
Lucknow, but his family
lived in Goderich. His
present address is 190 Fort
Street, Winnipeg,
Manitoba. R3C 1C9
innine� maiismI smemorieS of you
summer and ran a threshing a barrel or two of apple :Ind
_ machine for Uncle John in the one Sunday morning 1 found
winter time. In those days the an empty apple barrel in the
- threshing machines operated • parlor. I had to explore it so
all winter. Grain -was stacked climbing onto a chair I let
outside or in the barn: myself down into it, but on
The threshing machine
sometimes stood on the bank
barn floor, the threshing
engine stood outside and the
straw blown out the opposite
side. There was a large
doorway through the barn
from side to side.
During the years that
followed Ernie secured his
engineer's papers, sailed the
lakes, 'Was seven years with
the Reid Wrecking Co. of
Sarnia. He also had an outfit
of his own with shell and lift
for unloading coal or sand or
gravel.
So 1 guess the little engine
paved the way. His one hobby
• I think was making whistles
and around Uncle John's
place everyone recognized
Davison's whistle.
Back to 1889, on my bir-
thday a special supper was
spread for 6:00 p.m. and
waiting for father. When we
heard him at the door I got
under the table to hide. Upon
his entering mother asked if
he had seen anything of me on
his way home.
Of course, father was ex-
cited and thought I needed a
talking to or something like
that, but decided they would
not wait for me and sat down
to the table. I grabbed his legs
and after some excitement stool at the feet of the older
everything was calm and generations.
lovely. That was the last time we
were all together for mother
died in 1890. Grandma Odium
followed and later Great
By W. E. Davison
My' earliest recollections of
life would be 1 suppose about
1887 at Christmas time
travelling in a stage coach
from Goderich to Lucknow to
see Dap and Mun (Grandpa
and Grandma Odium).
Mother-; my brother Ernie,
and I went a few days before
Christmas and I believe
father would travel later and
bring us all back home.
We also went to Lucknow in
the summer time and I
remember wading in the
creek at the end of the street.
Grandma always had a few
geese and an old gander, they
used to wander down to the
creek also. One morning the
gander flew at Ernie as we
were coming_ out into the
garden and we made a hasty
retreat with grandma's aid.
I remember also one
Hallowe'en, possibly 1888,
father and mother took me to
the evening performance at
the Fall Fair. There was a
grandstand show and a man
on a tightwire and a band. I
was wrapped up in a baby
carriage, wicker body and
large wooden wheels with a
gray wolf hide or rug that
had a couple of wolf tails on it.
When we returned home we
found tomatoes, etc.,
plastered over the front door
and my brother was blamed
for having a hand in it.
Ernie got a small steam
engine for Christmas perhaps
1889. There was a large
commons across from our
home, just the place to ex-
periment. It was not long
before there was steam up,
the r engine operated and the
whistle blew and we did a real
job according to our ideas.
This must have started him
on his life's job for he took to
the lakes, sailed in the
u&!
coming out 1 scratched my
head on a–nail that held the
hoop and, of course, was
badly hurt when I saw a drop
of blood. Father removed the
barrel upon his arrival from
church.
A family by the name of
Campbell lived on St. David's
St. near Victoria St. Church.
One of the boys, o,n our way
home from Ward School,
asked if I would like to see
their rabbit and, of course, I
did.
On our way over, to the barn
they gathered up handfuls of
snow and when I asked them
why, I was told it was to feed
the rabbit, but when they
asked me to look down in the
manger to see the rabbit, I
got it in the face.
All the children died with
diptheria at the sane time.
Mrs. Campbell moved over to
a house next door to us, where
I visited frequently - why?
Well, she always had plenty
of cookies that tasted very
good.
It was possibly in 1889 that
we had a four generation
picture taken' at Sallows.
There was Great Grandma
McKenzie, Grandma Odlum,
mother, and me. I can
remember being fixed up on a
Apples .
In those days everyone had
Great Grandma McKenzie.
Ernie and I visited Great
Grandma McKenzie on
Christmas morning 1889 and
Elliott remembers writer
Dear Editor,
Wellington Davison, son of A.B. Davison, lived in
Goderich as a young man, married Vida Bell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bell, Cambria Road, and they
went West.
Until they were in their 80s in Winnipeg, they were
Signal -Star subscribers.
Mrs. Davison died several years ago and Wellie is in a
rest home in Winnipeg.
W.E. Elliott
each received a silver mug.
That was at Mr. R. W.
McKenzie's home on Brock
St. I think. Mr. and Mrs.
Egerton Armstrong and
Reggie lived next door and an
old church on the corner
where Doty Engine works
The Maple Leaf Chapter of the I.O.D.E. has donated two snow scoops and two shovels to
the Adult Training Centre in Goderich. The snow removal equipment will be used by the
trainees in a program set up to shovel people's walks and driveways. Anyone interested
andn
having this done should phone 524-7307. Here, left to right, are Linda Murphy, Ways
Means Convener of the Maple Leaf Chapter, Roy Mitchell, one of the trainees and Evelyn
Carroll, teacher at the Adult Training Centre. (staff photo)
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later was established.
Farrow took me into het
home for dinner and al•
Skeleton terwards 1 was sent to R. w
Uncle Ed Odium visited McKenzie's with a note.
Goderich .it must have been When I handed it to Aunt
early in the spring of 1890 - Lizze she asked about mother
and lectured in the old opera and I replied that I thought
house on West St. He was she was getting better, but
home from Japan and showed when they opened the hole it
how the Japanese people told them thattmother was
lived. One thing I remem- dead. I was si .,years old and
tiered was the performance of b soon to realize what the loss
of mother would mean to me.
Uncle Alex brought the
hearse with the black horses
down from Lucknow and too
care of the funeral on Sunday
afternoon and drove back
Lucknow afterwards. It was.
warm bright day of sunshine
She was born in Lucknow o
July 20, 1859, married
Lucknow on Septmeber 25
1878, and died in Goderich
May 30, 1890.
We went to live at Mrs
McKinnon's on West St,
Turn to page ISA
a skeleton body in front of a
black drop. It moved about
and then started to become
disjointed until it ' disap-
peared. It then began to
reassemble itself starting
with its legs.and feet.
Mrs. Hardy used to do the
washing for mother atid in the
summer did it on a platform
at the back door. I ran
barefooted as soon as it was
warm enough and when she
was .through the washing she
would pick me up, wash my
feet and legs and put on my
shoes and stockings.
We kept chickens, but Mr.
Polly had a livery stable on
South St. and a vacant lot just
behind us and I was surprised
one day to see a big beautiful
peacock sitting on our fence.
It was possibly the first one I
had ever seen and 'used to
watch for it quite frequently,
but did not see it very often.
In April, 1890 twins, Etta
and Arthur, were born and
mother was very sick. She
must have passed away just
before noon because Mrs.
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