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RELATIVES in this vicinity will be interested in this pretty picture which appeared in last week's
Goderich Signal -Star, of ten months old Karen Melady who was practising to celebrate the ar-
rival of the new year 1962. She is the daughter of Dr, T. R. Melady and Mrs. Melady of Goderich
Tribute to Late
Senator Golding
The following is a tribute to
Senator Golding which appeared
in a recent issue of the Stratford
Beacon -Herald:
Senator William H. Golding,
now serving his 30th Christmas
in Parliament, lives alone in a
modest cottage in Seaforth, sur•
rounded by mementoes of famous
days and famous people.
At 84, the genial senator who
once bore a startling resem-
blance to his own Liberal leader,
Rt. Hon. William. Lyon Macken-
zie King, still attends every ses-
sion of the Senate he can, reads
as many of the Hansard parlia-
mentary reports as possible, and
travels to his Seaforth home
three or four times a year.
He has little idle "time. "One
cannot," he says, "keep up with
the parliamentary reports—and
you must to keep pace with Sen-
ate activities—or the commii,tee
reports." He also reads two or
three newspapers each day.
His home is much like his
character, Senator Golding has
always been interested in his
people, and he is a solid business-
man, whose chief interest has
been the everyday world, rather
than politics.
The decor of his house is sim•
ple. There are a few pictures of
the Canadian Parliament Build-
ings, pictures of old friends, and
on the tables, lie copies of Han"
sard.
A gavel bears the incription:
"To William H. Golding, as chair-
man of the Liberal caucus, 1947,
by Rt. Hon. William Mackenzie
'King, prime minister of Canada,
wood from the Hudson's Bay
Co, steamship Beaver, first steam
,ship 071 the Pacific."
When at home in Seaforth, he
-enjoys visits from his friends.
Seldom is politics forgotten in
these home -town chats. He tra•
vets by train to Ottawa, usually
alone, and there he stays in the
same rooming house he has oc-
cupied for years.
The resemblance to Macken-
zie King goes farther than just
appearance. In Mr. Golding's
first speech, members noted
that the intonations of his voice
were remarkably like Mr. King's,
A Toronto taxi driver was
quite proud on one occasion,
though it, was short-lived, when
he thought he was transporting
Mr. King to his hotel,
Senator Golding was born in
Hibbert Township, April 14, 1878,
a son of the late Henry and Sar-
ah
arah Golding. He received his ear-
ly education in that district, and
followed the vocation of machin'
ist,
On Jan. 28, 1913, he married
Alena Renchen of Owen Sound,
and they had five children, Ev-
elyn Irene, William Arthur, Dor.
othy Ruth, '.Francis A., and Mar.
jorie Alena,
Though he read every book on
politics he could find in his
youth, he never intended to .en-
ter public We. He had been ask,
eda few times to stand for office
in Seaforth, but refused. In 1916,
be agreed to serve on Seaforth
Town Council, and was a num
dinar for five years,
By acclamation, he then con-
tinued as mayor of the town, a
post he held for nine years. With
the exception of One, Mr, Gold-
ing was returned to office every
year by acclamation in Seaforth,
Other public life activities in-
clude terms on Seaforth Public
Utilities Com/Maiden, Scott Mem'
oriel Hospital Board; Board of
Health, the Industrial Commis-
sion, the Seaforth Library Asso-
ciation, and the South Huron
Liberal Association, of which he
was vice-president.
His 30 years with the Canadian
Parliament began in 1932, at the
by-election held to fill the seat
left through the death of Thomas
McMillan, Mr, Golding won the
election over his Conservative
opponent, L. H. Rader, and then
held the seat for his party in
three elections, 1935, 1940 and
1945. In each, he had solid major-
ities.
Biggest issue in the by-election
came as a result of the Imperial
Economics Conference agree-
ments. The Liberals contended
at that time that treaties made
by the government closed the
door on world trade. Most of the
speeches made by Mr, Golding in
his early years in parliament
were attacks on the government's
tariff policy.
In 1949, he retired from the
House, and shortly after, was ap-
pointed •to the Senate. In the
Senate, he bas held an almost
perfect record of attendance. He
was mentioned in 1956 for his
perfect attendance at sessions
which occupied 82 days, includ-
ing four days of discussion on
the Suez crisis, At the last ses•
sion this year, he lost only a few
days, because of illness.
Harpurhey Was
Named by Dr. Chalk
A history of bow Harpurhey
got its name is contained in a
recent article by F. Bronson in
The London Free Press. Harper-
hey was a thriving village that
predated Seaforth. As Seaforth
grew Harpurhey lost its busin-
esses and houses to Seaforth.
In recent years Harpurhey is
once more coming into its own,
with industry and modern homes.
Preserved for years, documents
pre -dating Canadian Confedera-
tion (one of them pre -dating even
the American Revolution) have
thrown additional light on Dr.
William Chalk, pioneer of Har-
purhey, in Tuckersmith Town-
ship—a man who wished to farm
but found himself serving his fel-
low men instead in a multitude
of ways.
Dr. Chalk died in 1868 at the
age of 73. A native of England
who came to Canada in 1834, he
had a long and distinguished car-
eer. He was an early official of
Tuckersmith (down the years
the original hyphenated two -word
nacre had changed into one
word), an official of the old Hur-
on district, a railway promoter,
and a friend of the famed Dr. "Ti-
ger" Dunlop. As such he was one
of three Hien charged with carry-
ing
arrying out the terms of the Tiger's
eccentric will.
The document, now in the pos-
session of C. M. Scott, of King
Street, London, were found dur-
ing demolition of an old house in
Exeter,
Throughout the letters and do,
cmnents run the names of many
of thote prominent in Huron de•
velopnent -- T. Mercer Jones,
John Strachan and others.
h certificates,
Parish btrtrint-
print-
ed. with the old fashioned "f"
forms, for the children of Thomas
Chalk, upholsterer and cabinet
maker and his wife, Ann, of Lin-
coln, Eng,,. include that of Wil-
liam, born in St, Peters at Arches
parish, Lincoln, Oct, 6, 1795, and
two sisters, Another is that of -the
birth of a daughter, Anna to Wil-
iam and Alice Elvidge, Jan. 23,
1771, in the historic St. Saviour's
Parish in Southwark, Surrey,
England (a section of London
south of the Thames and near
Blackfriars bridge.)
This daughter, Ann, was the
mother apparently of Dr. Chalk
as Alice Elvidge is listed as a
witness to the birth of both Wil-
liam and his sister, Ann. Mrs.
Elvidge may have lived until
1863, a ,pencilled notation, on the
document bears the dates 1863-
1771-92.
William Chalk was a graduate
from a London medical college
and also practised as an apothe-
cary, operating as such in the
Manchester suburb of Harpur-
hey. He carie to North America
in 1834 and on the occasion of
this centennial Miss H. I. Gra-
ham of Seaforth contributed to
The Free Press "Looking Over
Western Ontario" page, a lengthy
article on many of his activities.
Dr. Chalk crossed the Atlantic
by a sailing ship, a mere six
weeks trip and carie to Hamilton.
From there he travelled by lum-
her wagon to Tuckersmith, re-
cently surveyed for the Canada
Company by John Galt. His first
Canadian home was a log cabin,
originally occupied by a Roman
Catholic missionary.
Ile secured 100 acres from the
Canada Company and soon pur-
chased a second 100. Within a
year of his arrival he was named
the first tax collector of Tucker -
smith.
Dr. Chalk planned a life as a
farmer but medical practice gra-
vitated to him. There was no
other doctor nearby and his bio-
graphers have written that often
at night he rode • horseback
through the forests to treat an
ailing settler, guided by a lan-
tern held by a man afoot. He
early became a friend of " the
"Warden of the Forests", the re-
doubtable Tiger Dunlop and in
the latter's historic, and fabu-
lously worded will, he was one of
the three executors.
When younger doctors ,came to
the area, lie withdrew from prac-
tice. Long before that he was ac.
tive in the development of the
township; he named his farm
Harpurhey after the Manchester
suburb, and that soon became the
name of the settlement. In 1849,
he was warden of the old Huron
district, later he was active in
the promotion of the Buffalo,
Brantford and Goderich Railrgad,
better known as the Buffalo and
Goderich, Before that he was the
first reeve of Tuckersmith.
Through this line his only dau-
ghter, Hannah Matilda, lost her
husband George Govinlock, He
died from pneumonia developed
while fighting a fire set by a lo-
comotive spark while the line
was under construction, Dr,
Chalk's daughter later married
T. T. Coleman, pioneer of the Hu.
von salt industry.
There is a copy of a letter to
the doctor the same year dealing
with the construction of the Hay
and Stanley Road, from the Lon-
don Road (western boundary of
Tuckersmith) ,
This in itself bears a famous
signature, that of T. Mercer
Jones, Canada Company Commis.
'stoner, whose wife was a laugh•
ter of Bishop Strachan 01 "Fam-
ily Compact" days, and who had
created a sensation in Goderich
social circles years earlier when
she arrived with 21 wagon loads
of furniture and supplies,
This letter was forwarded be-
fore the days of postage stamps,
closed with the Jones seal and
addressed "Private, 'Dr, Chalk"
under slate of Dec. 25 (oil the
outside) and Dec. 8 (ell the 111'
side). This is t>i'obnbly expiained
by the Pact Mr. Jones lvi'uta the
letter alld 0. clerk sealed and
wrote the seiidor'e address,
Cslanlllissloner
Jolles' signature
exists also en a second document,.
a receipt dated at Goderich, June
17, 1853, in which he received
from Dr. Chalk payments of 126
lis and, 1510 lis, the former sun•
ount" covering the railroad direc-
tors' allowance for expenses of a
Mi', McLe7111 to Qsiebec,
Ml'. ,101105' 11a1110 also appearsr
in another document 1narked
lrinnle, and dealing with an ac•
Count 'with the B. 13. and G, Rail-
way, This is undated, bears no
signature, Payment of £30, 15s
had been made hila as well as
ones of £10, £30, t20 to T. Stra.
char. The statement indicated al•
together iC1,508 had been V0001.v
ed from the company, 21,497 ,188'.
ld had been spent, with B is 3d
"left over",
Principal expenditures were
for a Mr. Good ng's account cov-
ering
overing purchase of deeds to the
company property, search for ti•
ties and salaries,
The good doctor also was a.
justice of the peace. Records are
included of ono case brought be-
fore him in 1844. This was a
typical frontier dispute, an ar-
gument at a logging bee at which
the participants both had taken
the odd drink, Two men were
talking, a third interfered, draw-
ing remarks about an alleged''.
theft and the ignorance of the;
h'islr, Struck on 'the head and
nook, the- victim laid an assault
charge, Disposition is not indi-
cated, However, scrawled figures
at the bottom indicate a pecuni-
ary penalty.
Other papers in the cache in-
cluded a muster role for 1851 of
the Blanshard Township militia,
an expense account for an agent
on railway construction, and co-
nies of proclamations of Lord El-
gin, the governor general, in
connection with raising of money
fol' common school purposes, pas-
sed in 1849, and appro'Yed by
Queen Victoria in 1850, and it co-
ven sheet from the Act of Union
of 1850. The latter are the only
papers in a damaged condition;
to them the owner had attached
a 1950 article by Fred Landon,
London historian, from the Free
Press, It dealt with Lord Elgin's
1849 tour of this area,
CROMARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hamilton
and Mr. and Mrs, Frank Hamil-
ton attended the Hamilton family
gathering at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. Cliff Miller, Staffa, on New
Year's Day. •
New Year's guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Will Miller were Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hoggarth, Mrs. Grace
Scott, Mr. Andrew McLachlan
Mr. Lindsay McKellar, 1Vli'. Jas.
Barbour, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mil-
ler, Ronald and Dianne.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott, Ina,
Dorothy, Anna, Agnes and Fran-
ces, Mrs. Sadie Scott, Mr. Reg.
Findlayson, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan
Scott, Jimmie and Bobbie, and
Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Meikle were
guests at a gathering at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Scott at
Staffa.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Russell
entertained the Russell family
on New Year's day.
Mr. and Mrs, T. L. Scott and
boys, Mrs. E. Moore and Mr, and ,
Mrs. T. Laing visited on New
Year's with Mr. and Mrs. T. Gil-
lespie at Komoka.
Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Wallace
entertained a number of their
friends at a dinner and dance on
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harburn
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dick visited
for a few days. with Mr. and Mrs,
Harry Burns at Sudbury.
Holiday visitors with Mr, and
Mrs, Gerald Carey were Mrs,
Jean Couper, Mr. Archie Couper,
Janet and Donald, Mitchell; Mrs.
J. Cowie and son of New Toron-
to; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Best of
Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Bu-
chanan, Coldbrook, Nova Scotia,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Carey:
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Binning,
Richard, Bobby and Jane, visited
on New Year's with her parents,
Mr, and Mrs. K. McKellar,
Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Laing,
Lorraine and David, visited with
Mr. and Mrs. John Jefferson on
New Year's day.
The annual meeting of the
ratepayers of SS No. 6, Hibbert,
was held at the school. Eldon Al-
len was chairman, Mrs. R, Laing
is secretary and Robert Laing
was the new trustee elected. Oth-
er trustees are T. L. Scott and
Eldon Allen. Keith McLaren was
reappointed caretaker,
New Year's day visitors with.
Mr. and Mrs, Otto Walker were
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Cockwell,
DashWood; Mr, and Mrs, Robt.
Mulley and children, Winthrop;
Me, and Mrs, Hugh Currie, So
Ann and Lynda, Dorchester; Mr,
and Mrs, Jack McGhee, Judy and
Jackie, Kenneth Walker, Mr. and
Mr's, Mex, Walker and Mr. and
Mrs, David Rengrose, Jane and
i,reee, all of London,
The December meeting of the
Marian Ritchie Evening Auxil-
iary was held at the home of
Tun sioAvol T1I NEWS '— Tllursciay, liitiu
4, 1962
Mr, and Mrs, Eli Rapien, formerly of McKillop, who recently oh.
served their diamond wedding anniversary,
Miss Olive Speare. Mrs, R. Laing
presided and the meeting opened
by following the Christmas Glad
Tidings program led by Mrs.
Mervin Dow with Mrs, Gordon
Scott, Mrs. Duncan Scott, Mrs,
John Miller, Mrs, N. Harburn,
and Mrs. R. Laing assisting. The
roll call was answered b y 11
members with a Christmas verse.
Reports were given by the sec-
retary and the treasurer. During
the business it was decided to
send old Christmas cards to Mrs,
Gordon, Mite boxes are to be
handed in at our next meeting.
A donation for the boxes for shut
ins was given. The topic, The
Journey to Bethlehem, was given
by Mrs, Duncan Scott. Mrs. Car-
ter Kerslake had 'charge of the
study book, using the story of
"Mary the Mother of Jesus." The
meeting closed with a hymn.
The annual meeting followed
when the secretaries gave their
annual reports. The nominating
committee brought in their re-
port and three names. were add-
ed to the work committee, Mrs.
John Miller, Mrs. Norman Har-
burn and Mrs, Gerald Carey. The
meeting adjourned and a delic-
ious lunch was served.
The service last Sunday was
conducted by Mr. Ian Glass of
Galt who is a student at Water.
loo College. Next Sunday Rev.
George Boyne from British Col,•
nlnbia will preach at Exeter and
Cromarty as a candidate for a
call t0 this charge.
FERDINAND SMITH
Ferdinand Smith, 73, of Brus-
sels, died Sunday at Scott Mem•
oriel hospital, Seaforth, following
a lengthy illness.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Wanda Mante; two sons,
Adolph, Sutlrerlane, Sask.; Wal-
ter; Fort William; nine daught-
ers, Freda, Mrs. Emil Wtidrtcic,
Woodstock; Annie, Mrs. George
Henderson, White Mouth, Man.;
Helen, Mrs. George Wesenberg,
Brussels; Edna, Mrs. Ivan Shan:
non, McKillop Township; Ade-
line, Mrs. Gerry Boisin, Water-
loo; Mary, Mrs. Gerry Koedel,
Bridgeport; Alma, Mrs. Laverne
Hugill, McKillop Township; Lo-
raine, Mrs. Ronald Dale, Sea -
forth; Esther, Mrs. Charles
France of Toronto, There are 46
grandchildren.
Tuclteran1ith Federation of
Agriculture
Annual Meeting
to Soaforth district High
School
WED., JAN. 17 —`8.30 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Keith Riddell
Agricultural Representative for
Middlesex County
At the close there will be a
BOX SOCIAL (Ladies please
provide boxes).
Everyone welcome
Alex McGregor, President
John Broadfoot, Secretary
Northside United Church
Holy Communion 11 a,m.
Jr. Church School during worship
period.
Sr. Church School at 10 a,m.
Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. is
Church parlor.
Week of Prayer Services Jan. '9
to 12 at 8 pan.
Organist, Mrs. J. A. Stewart;
Choirmaster, Mr. J. A. Stewart;
Minister, Rev. J. C. Britton, B:A.
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