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The Signal, 1917-6-14, Page 66 'DaPftSDAY, )vxs 14 2917 A GODERICH FATHER WRITES HIS SOLDIER SON. Uoderich, June 11, W17. Dees ,on, 1 have • few moments to spare sod will utilise the time in writing to you. You will uoderetand that things are not as they watt to be here ; the wan who sit■ on "the Square" of an afternoon now. be be old or young, is looked upon as e traitor totithe uein. Ths call for theater rfeget tIou has gone forth have "twits" on some of the soma street. now. Also on our boots wed on the sidewalks and on the floor. where people bave tracked it. How- ever, it packs quickly said it oertaiaiy gets rid of the dust arotmd the Square. DUST VS. TARVIA. Hsroe Husky Housewives Discuss Buratag Question. The annual meeting of the Uodericb !roto ogtall to watt, that yeti chaps bcanoh of the Huron Husky House- from sae lwttJrtine way h.. likes took place last week, when the nourish- ment, and that the civilized nations of the world es • whole may have bread. Almy livery man has heeded the call in Al: a , and every spare moment is s behind the hoe iu the garden. Why, even Joe Kidd was seen with a hoe the otber day, 'There are some, no doubt, who bave hesitated at the idea, In that they and the hoe bad of the subject for discussion, "Dust es. Part, d many moons ago, hut still the Tarvia." While almost everything greater majority of our Heron ecunty was daily going up she was pleased tq men who are too old, or who for other see that at last the dust was to be various reasons could not go to the kept down. The ladies of (Ioderich trout, have turned to tee garden and who had just finished their epilog . are too co-workers in the general cleaning would be most gtateful tor effort for Greater Production. The the suppression of this most disagree - boys who bave gone out Pram the high able nuisance. As other ladies were schools of the county to assist the to speak she would not detain the audience any longer. Mrs. 8. Cap, the next speaker, said shecould not decide yet whether tarvia was an advantage or not. During the to order, y, t un for whole there 'sol- summer of 1918 etre wore hep elf down diet„ of the soil" are said to be doing to • mere shadow .d eavoeingto keep a great murk, From the pt'd•int down the dust, and for a while this view, the work.prospect fur a bountiful bar- summer she had all she could do to vest is good. cope with it. But now tarvia had made its appearance her services were Conscription is the talk of the hour. required as much as ever and, alas and We still have • few slackers, you slack, to no avail. For instance, her know, chaps who as yet have never small son had fallen down i., the felt the call to defend the rights which Square and his hands, were covered their forefathers toiled, fought, bled with tar and to get it off his hands he and died t. win. Whether the, issue rubbed it all over hie nice white suit., will come into effect yet remains to be and all she could do would not remove seen. 11 is causing coneldeuhle agile- it. But providing it really did keep tion at Ottawa and the press des- the dust trove flying little troubles like that could be overcome. (••Hear, hear" and loud cheers.) Mrs. M. Op was next called upon worthy president, Mrs. Clen LeNess, Look the chair. Quite • large number of noted people were present and al- together it was a moot succeotful gathering. The preside tit In opening the meet- ing called attention to the importance farmers are doing well, and although it is said that sometimes. where two or three of these chaps are "gathered together," souse rather severe lang- uage is necessary to l• /111 the meetlue patches on the question are eagerly watched by all of us. When the con- scription cry wits first issued about three week. ago, quite a few of the and stated that, as everyone knew, "hang -back-" leaped to their teet and she was in •11 nooks and c..rners, and enlisted, but there is the other class— was in a position to speak with con - the chaps you can't scare—they are in fidence that she knew what she said mufti yet and will be unfit the Ser- was correct. In co-operation with Mrs. geant says. "Corse on. ' 8. Oap she bad "dune her hit" to make The Omand Trunk has kind of put'{ the house look spick and span, and one over Gederich in the [natter of I alter her terrible experience of last the Hamilton and Buffalo service. I summer looked forward to a little ease and comfort under new conditions. But would she get itY She thought. i unfortunately, No! Unless the town council were going to put tarvia on other streets than the Square her life would still be one continued "swish swath." (1'be speaker here broke into • Hood of tears and could continue no further.) Mr(r, W. Ater, who looked most sor- rowful. said she had2beeti treated very badly. After all •he had done last summer in covering her beautiful shining mantle over the principal streets she had now been displaced by a black -looking ntoneter called "tar - via ;" but she would get even—the audience could testify that ever since the tarvia monster had been put down she had doused him severely, and a sorry spectacle he looked now, and she was not through -with him yet. But every cloud had N silver lining and she was left a little in peace, as the housewives bad not needed ber services quite so much mold she "had not been treated quite so dirty by them." (Loud applause.) The _ Dezt speaker, Mrs. Mike Rohe, wasof —the suffragettetypL She roundlyscored the town councillors and in fct almost everybody for, as she described it, "taking or attempting to take away her liberty." While the dust was allowed to fly, she was in her glory, for she could go here, there and everywhere, enter into any bootie and leave the little Alike Robes while the Your loving sallied forth into the streets and ear - DAD. tied on her deadly work. Doctors, P. S.—i forgot to tell you that we ecientiets and other old frumps bad Also the wholesale treat dealer. of Brantford who sell to Goderibh mete chants are "up in atoms," as when a passenger or express leaven. Brantford at 10 11) a. fn. now it' cannot get to (ioderich till 7.10 in the evening—too tate for expreee delivery. All perish- able fruit must therefore suffer to some extent in lying in the warehouse over night. Some of the trainmen are talking of moving to Stratford owing to the change in the schedule, and the citizens as a whole are "hot" on the subject. J( course (ioderich asked for • better service flow Toron- to—which they got ; but they did not ask for the "mess' in the Buffalo ser- vice—which they got also, Billy Pellow has moved to the house he recently purchased nett the British Exchange—the "boys" don't know whether it is for the better or the worse. The London Conference has met and Rev. W. K. Hager, B. A., goes to f3trathroy, while Rev. Dr. Rutledge of Clinton atrumell his place here. Rev. J. E. Ford ratites, and Rey. Mr. Jewett comes to Victoria street. The new Tectum at the Anglican church seems to be a live wire. 1 have never beard him preach, but the people speak very favorably of him, and be looks like the right sort. Well, son, I must close now, OM Ma has the supper ready, and after that a couple of hours in the garden for me. With love, 1 remain, THE SIGNAL- - GOb' closeted her fee years and could not ratan ber, and ouw they thought b putties down the Lowrie they would I have her beaten ; but, if tbs..* wise men who thought f the idea., lett only • few streets out of their plans, she could then defy them to the death. (At this point Mrs. M. Op shoved the speaker in the back and she trod upon Mrs. 8. Oap and did out of sight.) Mrs. Cleo L.N.es then called the meeting to order and put the follow- ing resolution. which was carried eyn•o- jwously : "That•this meeting of the Huron Ilusky Housewives beteby Do- Ufy all whom it way concern that they are not quite sure whether the Tarvia has any advantage over the Dust, but as the hour is very late further discus- sion will be left over until their neat weeting, when no doubt some defluite declaim' will be come to." (Ebel to by the H. H. - H. PM.' report Dbuetr Hhvun, .a A Bi r OF HISTORY, Written Years Ago by obs Late Mr. Duncan :oche. Bowe reader* of The Sig.•nal will re- wewber the late Duncan McLaren, father of Mr. D. McLaren, of town. A good many year* ago he wrote the following bit ot local beauty for his granddaughter, Florence, now Mrs. Noble Smith, then • Nttle girl going to school. This is copied from the original in •Mr. McLaren'• hand - waiting ; In the year 1886 the Canada Com- pany bought flow the British Goveru- w ent 800,000 as ter of land in the Huron Tract for the sutra of tenpenee half- penny, sterling, w acre. 1'bey had to pay for survey.og and openinleading Made, where they were requr , be- sides. The first township tb$ was surveyed was Oodericb townsbi It was surveyed into eight -aero Iota, by David Giboon, R•q., Yooge street, Toronto, and it cost a large sutra, money to survey it ; so the Compan_ decided afterwards to surrey the other townships into 1181 -acro lots, and they got JohnUcDonald,an Inverness- shire Scotcbman, to survey all the other townsbips in the Huton Tract. He because an important settler, and sheriff of the county of Huron at last, and lived and died here. Two geotiewen came from Dum- bartonshire, in Scotland, two brothers. Their name ewes Dunlop One had been a captain, and the other a doctor, who bad been in foreign service. They came bare to tee Huron Tract early and took • block of 400 acres of land each and became settlers in the town- ship of Coib.rne, within two miles of Oodericb. They were very kind and bospitable to the early settlers. The Doctor was one of the managere of the Canada Cowpanyrand the other cone miseioner was Mr. Galt, a Scotchman also. He was the father of the late registrar of the county of Huron, and another son is ag,seninent judge iu the Cour t of Queen's Bencb, just now. The commissioners were very kind and liberal with all the new settlers. 1'be Company wished to have a town in the new district, and the commis- sioners were to sleet the site. They thought that at the mouth of the great Maitland stream. where there was a good harbor on Lake Huron. was a desirable place for • town, sod it, is the nicest place for a town in •11 Itanade. They pitched on • place where the court house now stands, to began with. They had men at hand with axes, and they told them to cut down I. Targe maple that was about the centre of the Square, which sea. done ; but there was no water there, and they did not know how to christen it, but Dr. Dunlop, who was said to be always ready, took a flank out of his pocket with something in it stronger than water, poured some of it on the stump, and went through a form and called the town G,,det•ich, after Lord Goderich, who was Colonial TWeNTY19VEYIARS ON THE JOB R PRESTON 1111111111111111111111111111111111 C.E.M4PiftR3ol4 11111111111 111111111111111111111 F W.RussELL einInliI1111111tIIQIN1inuIIII aiiiIIIUII ut nier4------.., 7imit I II iI IIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIillllll i 1 i� I _ A. _ ii.r w. _ .4—. _ .i C. E. McPHERSON, assfetant pas- weger traffic manager, Western Lines of the C. P. R„ was born at Chatham. Ontarlo, June 7, 1862, and was also educated there. He entered the servlew of the Grand Trunk at Toronto In 1876. He ass with the company at various Varese until 1881, when he entered the service of the Chicago, Rock is- land and 1 ecific Railway se general agent for Canada. He Joined the Canadian Pacific Railway, Septem- ber eptem- br 1, 1886, as general travelling emelt, with an mice at Montreal, and the follnw•ing year he was appointed+ district passenger agent at Roston. In charge of the New England Ssates, and Maritime provinces. On absorb,- I tom of the New Brunswick Railway in 1890 by the Canadian Pacific Rall- i Ivey he was made assistant general lasnenger agent at St. Jain. He' was trensf•rr.•d In the same position to Toronto In 1R9:,. In 1899 he wee appointed general passenger sgent, Western Lines, at Winnipeg. in 1910 h• wan appointed sa*1Mant pomander traffic manager at Winnipeg. FRANCIS W. RURRILL, land anent, C. P. R., Winnipeg, was horn at 1 I settees, Ragland. Deet 1 s, 1644. ale was educated at pftvlani soboaia 1P England. Re eame to"Canada 1n 1881 and entered the land department of the Canadian Pact& Railway, Aug. 8, 1885. He was general clerk to the land department from 1881 to 1899. He was chief clerk from 1899 to 1918. He was appointed land agent of the company In Winnipeg, Feb. 1, 1911, which position he .1111 holds. JACOB I.. DOUPLr, chief moreover, C. P. R. Western Lines, was born In Toronto, September, 1867. Educated In Winnipeg public schools and Ht. John'• College. he graduated from the 1Tnlverwity of Manitoba 1n 10187. He entered the Ca.nwdt•e Pacific RAH - Way service sit weelata•t engineer on ceestrue'tlon In June, 1890 He be- came sarveytr of the land departnsom 1n May, 1891, and was appo4Dend as- sltleaat had eommisttllontr in /leptons - bete 1900. He became ge oral tn►e its opine In Marek, 1911, and chief war Med of Western Ibes 1n August, 1912. IL PRESTON, east wpeetsta ndent et motive power, Wasewe Lines, C. P. R. was hers at Toronto, July 218, 1862. He enterhd railway servlea in 11171. PTO= 117R to 1882 he was a nwhlahe wMb Tar . so - - T Itos . 112sr abp i J. OUPE al by the C. P. R., 1882 to 1 RR4, ma- ' (Moist, C. P. R., Winnipeg, and To. ronto, Orgy and Brume Railway, To- ronto. 1884 to 1887 he was a ma him. let 1n the employ of the C. P. R. at Toronto; 1887-1890 he held the pool- ttoe of bnotootive foreman at Have- lock, Oat. From 1890 to 1A94 he was locomotive foreman at London. Oet. 1891 to 1R97 l000motfve foreman Rmltha Palls. Ont. 12i7 to 1898, loco- motive ocomotive foreman, Moe treat; 1894 to 1901, leromotIve foreman, Toronto; 1901 to 1904, ma•ber erebanlc, Lake nuderinr Derision. North Bay, (slit.; 1901 her 11109, member mei-heroic, Op - tads Ulvtaion, Tomato; 190e to 1914, masese aebaate. Manitoba Division. whlsepkg. Arora 1914 be has been mailaNat wos'rfnfandwnt at •sett,. Ilse!" Wilolpsg. •-••1 n t Secretary at that time. Then they had to get the s Arveyor and suresa,� it ieto setente. T bey aeon got M r. McDoald, and bee Ammeter at the maple stuatp and 1 gild out the *crate, and his plan of I pe town bas been v, ry good. Then t ewe lots were surveyed arid sold ehr �1,, anal settlers came, and whether • ,,bey had money or net they could E lots on credit, as it wadi not prior- � the t. orup.ny wanted but in',et at. The settlers even in the r menship• in the early days were 1. A and far between, and there was cot, oven a place to bury the de's(' toy' in. enme of them. There OMR a death in the nottheast of Colborne at teal done, and there was no burying Pira' it the township ,When. so the eor • ger bad to be taYen to Uodt'ncb b�mu, and had to he carried on hand- spikes, and when one party gut tired another party had to take it, and the roads were very bad, and wben they came to the Lake Shore road they bad to rest a while, and Captain Annan said eo Captain Dunlop, "Captain, if there wow • tavern here, should we bave • dram Y" "Surely, surely," said Captain Dunlop, "and 1 must mind and give • bit of land for that pur- pose." He did will an acre for that, but it was never built on yet. A PROMINENT NURSE SPEARS. Many Nurses in Canada and Maw where Sy the Same. 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And when we once get you to believe, you'll have a lot of satisfaction out of your clothes. KIPPEN. TrJEHDAY, June bth. Cumuli Ntrrgs,—Last Sunday the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered in the Methodist church by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Brown, who preached an excellent sermon. Rev, Mr. Davison, a probationer for the ministry who it to he ordained next Sunday at London at the Metho- dist Conference, gave much,_pleasure by singine a solo in good voice and with fine expression Next Sun- day, Mr. A. T. Cooper, of Clinton, will preach In the Methodist church. The following Sunday Rev. Mr, Davison will preach. Wgnoan.—On Monday, 4th inst., Mr. Herbert L. Whiteman, druggist, of Toronto, and Miss Allis Hart, of the same city, were married by the bride's father, Rev. John Hart. in the home of Mr. P. H. Madden, Brucefield. Mrs. Madden ie the sister of the pride, while Mr. Madden is manager of the Molsons Bank in that village. After dinner the bridal party motored to Kippen and spent a few hours with the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Whiteman. The happy couple left on the evening train for Toronto. Mor IN Hugs•.—Last week Mr. Jas, Grar.sick delivered to Mr. Hugh Macdonald, of Hensel!, a nice hunch of fourteen steers, that averaged 1155 Ibs, each, making e, total of 18,170 the., and bringing 41,940.40 at 12 cents a Ib. This is the largest sum corning to one farmer for cattle that we know of in this neighborhood. Mr. Grassick is • gond judge and feeder of cattle and be is justly proud of this sale. 0ODERICH TOWNSHIP. SCnooi, RsPORT.—Following is the retort of S, S. No. 2, Goderich, for June. Names are in order ot merit : Sr. 1V.—Gladys (Jinn, Edna Driver. Jr. IV.—Mildred Thompson. Sr. Ii1,—Annie McCabe. Sr. 11,—Dot is Rodges, 0 r v a I Rodger, Gordon Johnston, Jr. 11.— Gordon Schwann, Grace Haacke, Reg- gie Thompson, Fred McCabe+. Primer —Lizzie Johnston. Following are the names of eh. pupils who attended school les* than 88) per cent. of the month and who*- uamea are therefore not included In this report, owing to their not having had sufficient oppor- tunit to obtain marks; Vera Tbdmp- son, Jean McCabe, Rile McCabe Otani ) y1M)abe, Robert McCabe, Minnie I Norte*. N. B.—(4ladys Ginn and tidna Driver will write on the Jr. H.S. esitrance exam(natlon in June. Num- ber on roll, 18 ; average, 19. R. R. Ktfve, Teacher• Frequently the little green apple 1e compelled to onropy cramped quarters. ?daily people when granted favors, shy at gratitude as ir,it would bite these. JOB AND COMMERCIAL Printing? r g - the �iana� I' • SPOKT SHOES W ITN SPORT CLOTHES That's the vogue, this year - to have one's shoes in harmony with the sport suit, or outing skirt and sweater. T SUMMER SHOES are the most complete line of summer footwear ever made. The Fleet Foot trademark goes on shoes for every summer need—for work and play—for men, women and children. 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