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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1932-05-19, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY Aii►, lit THE OODERICI{ STAR If It Needs a Touch • of the Brush INT U' HOTEL.o M101— SS '''SUMMER RESORT rs4TARIO'S POPULAR Ooderieh, Ontario, C nada .1 SCHITIWRI4 FRONT HOTEL KIXSET ' Why not 'spend this suni:mer at Hotel Sunset ? Its charming setting high up in. the Highlands of Lake Huron at Czoder1eh commands an unrivalled view of the ever-changing vistas of that famous old lake. For hundreds of miles, cool water -washed breezessweep aCross the broad expanse of Superior, Michigan and Huron,: making. Ooderich the most healthful of summer resorts; .Fresh' bracing 'air; forest -fringed bluffs. ; quiet winding streams , glorious' sunsetsrail conspiretocharm the soul of the lover of the beautiful. One htttidred rooms each with hot and cold running' water ; brick construction throughout ; every room with . an outside exposure ;, • wide cool verandahs ; -the delightful. music of the hotel orchestra Courteous considerate service—these are snaking guests return to the Sunset summer after summer The Sunset is renowned for its meals, its cuisine is of the highest order with fresh vegetabies.from the.. gardensof the.Hotel'and fresh fish caught daily: from thewaters' of the lake.. ;:• Equipped with fire escapes and fire extinguishers and every modern safety device ; with the town firedepartment close at ::and ; guests may sleep well at night -assured of the elimination of the fire hazard. : The Sunset offers excellent golf, bathing, _:tennis, bowling and fishing. For further information and reservations write, telephone or wire, CHARLES C. LEE, Hotel Sunset, . Goderich, Ontario, Canada; rder .Changeth One-quarter • of the;:.:leb11 Century , had run. its ' ntr course before tile' *solitude of that- vast country' y • bounding the shores. of Dake Huron was disturbed by • the .sounds of the settlements of the white . man. None Mut the solitary". savage following the course of a forest -stream • in search of• fish or:;ganie had gazed ' upon that sky as : clear as any in. 'Italy, those sun- . "'warmed Tanis of iiidesorlbabie beauty -=-the autumn tinged woodlands in their gorgeous: shaded of crlin- ;son, " russet, •scarlet and gold -all the beauties Of ' winter • tenderly, mantling the gentle • contours.. of the ' landscape .in its raiment of .lee and §'now—noise kneW •• these wonders of nature save the solitary savage, It was hot until July of the year1e227 that those. intrepid 'explorers; -Dr. William• Dunlop and John pzalt, set out b5' separate routes in search of a town ' site on the shores of Lake 'Riven. Dunlop,' leading a small band. of surveyors and woodsmen, threaded the virgin: forests of an unknown region towards the Waters. of the blue Huron'., Galt, an advocate of the pioneer's preference for .water transportation, pro- ceedecifly m'ay of the little village :of York (now Tor • - onto) "pushing evernorthward past Barrie, finally • reaching the shares of • the Georgian Day. There, meeting: the . gunboat "tee" which had been --,placed at his disposal, he, and his ••little 'party continued On down the east shore of that great body of water, bake Huron. As he tens ue We saw afar off by our telescope -a small' clearing in the forest, anti on the brow of'.a rising ground a cottage. delightfully situ- eted. Nor were we left long in doubt for, on ap preaching the place, we met a canoe having onboard a strange, combination of Indians, . velveteens and whiskers, and discovered within the roots' of the. red chair the living features of Dr, Dunlop. Having crossed the river's bar of eight Rea, Ave 'came to a beautiful anchorage of fourteen feet of water tri an uncommonly ,pleasant baths." There the two 'cour- • ageotla .voyagers united in founding what is now kribwri as, the 'beautiful town of Cioderich. In 1826 the ,town's 'need of accommodation ,eve satiaaed by the erection of .a. little lig tavern do= below the ti.% near the incubi of the; Aver where the harbour now lies. Before long, lioWever, the rapid growthof this flourishind. little -community demand-. ed . the more adequate .facilities of "Reed's Hotel." Thera on the bluff of the hill overlooking the lake tilts now famous tavern: soon beeahrie the centre of the social life°:of the early Settlers. 'I'rom the pages of "The Days of the' Canada Company" we find that "Poor . Reed's ' Hotel, the best hostelry in the place d t of most of the revels of the "day; where the Clinton people and those •outside the, 'rOwrl 'put up' • -where. the Commissioner ;and his charming wife, , Dr; Hamilton and : the Otters, and `Bignalis, the tvans, Qalts and •Liz rs,• beautiful Jane Longworth,. the lovely Reeds, the lovelier Campbells and a hest • of ethers laughed and danced, and sang many Plea- • sant hours away; where the green in front was used, ;far ,cricket and culoits :by, the Lysters and Dixie son and genial Charlie'Widder, Damn Don,, and others• of the beaux who .missed their club life.' Where Judge Reed anti. Woodliffe and their' cronies sat -on. • the benches and sunned themselves of bright after- ' nouns; where the seats, along the tank were filled evening after evening with people who never 'wearied of that .gorgeous' pageant, .not i;olcur but „eonflagra . tion, which the •sunsets furnished. Those sunsets were so. famous that • travellers made the detour to that. out of the way earner ,of the world to enjoy them. But. the lap and boom of those'•crinnson-died . ' waters• whkh the musical Reed loved to hear, ns 'in the pink twilight lie sang ''A Rose Tree in Full Bear- ing' and crossed their monotone of 'aeeoinpaniment tgith the' keener edge of sound from his own violin, Were telling of a time. when all. these familiar names. ' , which made the life of• that day .would be but Mem- ories; ,and the sward, and the Inn itself undermined, would crumble and disappear." A worthy successor to the fine 'traditions of : the old Reed Hotel, the splendid modern Hotel Sunset stands within a stone's throw of the site of that fain- ous hostelry where 'now again rest and • quiet eom- panionship may be 'enjoyed and from spacious veran- - dahs and seats along the banks ofthat multi -colored • Inland sea, "that gorgeous pageant—not colour but conflagration." may' again be witnessed, Golf, tennis and bowling have replaced cricket and quoits but young and old may still thrill to the dancing at this popular resort, • The candle has yield. ed to • electric light -.the cracked 'pitcher has given ' way to hot and cold running water 'in, every room— the aWeet seduetit-e melodies of the hotel orchestra ' now Soothe the ear as triad „Reed'% violin": -:-."the detour to•. hat out of tlfe way corner of . the world!' has become the foundation of the splendid motor roads--•#ast canifortable trains are now ihvailable . to carry visitors and' guests to thin very accessible pope- lar summer retort, Truly the old order cliangbeth yielding place to. new. - 'Why not spend this summer at the " Sunset " enjoying not ohiy the natural beauty of this famous, resort but the comfort -and convenience of .a modern hotel ? afore, ntAISET 1.'Aif1i OE7Fi It PAYS to Paint./ the better the PAINT the better it PAYS IT PAYS BEST TO USE 'FOR SALE AT FRED HUNT' N -SENO 100% Pure Paint Varnishes � Lacquers Hamilton Street Goderich, • Ont. r 40,0"s E4en 0,00-410 kk —411i 41.PAINT �; rax, VARN,} A 4 1 AcL UI NS Featuring Aulcraft 4 -hear Paints, Enamels and Varnishes This is the � VI�ONDEH 4.4j911k.'PANT and will wonder why -anyun� would be wi#huut it introduce Aulcraft dour -lour Paint, Enamels • and Varnishes in �ioderich and �icinit� we will.. give % OFF RE4 1 L R' FIRI for One Week Drop l and get your requirements early from a fresh new stock just opened. ed. `. 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