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These Brownies from the Fourth Goderich Brownie Pack were
promoted to the Third Goderich Girl Guide Company in a special
ceremony in Victoria Public School gym last Thursday. Back
row, left to right, are Charlene Forrest, Lisa Steckle, Tracy
MacDonald, Cathy Miller, Kelly Adair and Mary Joy Evans. Front
row, left to right, are Teresa Ferguson, Tracy Wain, Stephanie
Hamilton, Lisa Fisher, Patricia Crowley, Jackie Stewart and
Debra Drennan. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Weavers spin magic...
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Batavia, New York that
year.
Tom Gledhill didn't live
to I see ' his enterprise
prosper: He died shortly
after the mill was
established and left the
weaving business to his
four sons. One of the sobs
bought out the other three
and built the new mill, a
little fur
anything but the `basket
weave blankets. They
couldn't get the ex-
perienced help to supply
the demand. The Gledhill
brothers themselves
worked ten hour days, six
clays a week.
In 1964 the hard work
took,. its toll. Vern suf-
fered 'a heart attack and
the mill closed. Clyde
�lteruupstream in died two years later. The g ld meets the
revived interest in the old
crafts --one of the pur-
poses behind their
weekend event.
The exhibition and sale
will be open from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. on Saturday and
from noon until 6 p.m. on
'Sunday. 'Admission is
free and ten per cent of
all sales will go toward
the guild.
• The ui
1877. It was made of
water .lime, the
forerunner of poured
concrete. Everyone said
it would fall down, that it
wouldn't be able to
withstand the vibrationof
.the machinery. But it's
still there.
The mill was taken
over by a third
generation Gledhill in
1915 and then brothers
Vern and Clyde Gledhill
became responsible for it
in 1947. They operated it
until 1964.
The mill's power
source had been
modernized •in 1930. The
original upright • water
wheel with its noisy bevel
gears was replaced with
a horizontally mounted
wheel on ball bearings. It
was a small wheel
producing about 50 horse
power. Other machinery
was also gradually
replaced over the years.
The carding machine
brought. by ox team
always remained though.
Gledhill wool blankets
were rather plain, thin,
feather soft, and double -
sized (never single).
They were produced in a
variety of soft solid
shades , or . simple pat-
terns.
The striking feature
was the weave; four or,
five strands of wool
together "woven over and
under in the pattern of a
handmade basket.
The Gledhilfs used to
make ordinary brushed
wool bfankets too and
rugs and Coolers for
horses. But at the end,
they didn't make
mill's aging wheel
stopped -turning.
Weavers in the Gledhill
tradition are few and far
between. Some claim the
art is lost.
It's not lost though as
faras the Huron Tract
Spinners and Weavers
Guild is concerned. The
guild would love to see a
Morals
to be
topic
On Monday, November
12 the principals and
teachers of the Huron -
Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School
Board will attend a
Religious „Education
Professional Activity
Day focusing on moral
development and con-
science formation.
Dr. T. F. Francoeur,
,religious educator, who is
conducting the day, has
agreed to speak to the
parents on Sunday
evening, November 11 on
the sante topic from the
parent point of view.
Everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
The place is St.
Aloysius School, 228
Avondale Avenue,
Stratford.
Sunday evening's
session will begin at 8.
p.m. Monday's session
will begin at 9 a.m.
.
Corporation of the
Town of Goderich
NOTICE
Re: Overnight Parking
Please take notice that parking is prohibited on all
public streets in the Town of Goderich between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. during the winter
season for snow plowing purposes. (November 1S to
March 15) Residents and businesses who usually park on
the public streets between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and
7:00 a.m. should make alternate arrangements.
Vehicles parked on any public street between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. during the winter shgl)
be ticketed and towed away at the owner's expense.
Jim Searls
Chairman
T'rafftc Comnaiftoo
'gag SOMP.169wor
second Tuesday o`f each
month at the Agricultural
Office in Clinton. New
members are always
welcome. Knowing how
to spin and weave are not
prerequisites for
becoming a guild
member. Lessons in•,the
two crafts can be
•
provided. In 'fact a
spinning and weaving
course is offered through .1t
the Goderich Recreation
Department. It is taught
by Mrs. Hardy., At
present she has three
students.
o FEDERAL BUSINESS
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Ontario will discon-
tinue smallpox vac-
cination following a
World Health
Organization dec'lar tion
that the disease has: een
eradicated.
Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell told delegates to
the Ontario Hospital
Association_ Conferen.c.e--
that the last tale in the
world was diagnosed two
years ago and there has
not been a case found in
Ontario since 1962.
"But I doubt there is
one person in this room
who has not been vac-
cinated for smallpox and
I would wager that many
of you have had some
direct contact with
smallpox .victims," the
Minister said.
Smallpox epidemics
were a major health
problem in Canada in the
early part of the century
and particularly
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The Health .„Minister
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ANNOUNCING
OUR NEW
SEWING MACHINE
SALES & REPAIR
and welcome Mr. Earl Hamm to our staff. Elmer brings
with him 29 years experience in the Sales & Repair of
sewing machines.
Repairs to such makes as KENMORE - WHITE - ELNA -
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Scissors & pinking shears sharpened.
If you are having problems with your sewing machine,
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K.D. Brodthagen
The Federal Business Devel-
opment Bank announces the
appointment of K.D. Brod-
thagen - as Manager of its
office at 1036 Ontario Street.
Stratford, succeeding D:L.
Muir_ who is now Manager of
the Toronto -North office of
the hank.
Previously, Mr. Brudthagen
was Manager of the FBDB
•office in North -Bay.
1- stahlkhed by the Govern-
ment of Canada. FBDB as-
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businesses across Canada by
providing them with financial
assistance, chiefly in the form
of terin loans and equity fi-
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Deadline for Sales: November 15/79
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The Tercel has been
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vehicles to'veer with ac-
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4 -Wheel Independent
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For years racing cars
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Naturally, Tercel has
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