The Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-09-06, Page 8•
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strange, peculiar, even fanny thing's
mated in this English. scene during
.this holiday. • ,
•T Oren ost- am nge these'
"W,t e T le
4tireaat 'hillside. with i a White, hope,
saga it, and next in interest to
that was a peculiar knocker on 'ar
great door. ` of
That white IIrse . +carved out .
the iin4estone illekle,,.at. Kilburn,
an,
ire
ksh is
or
h rs in X
*ear T i k,,
,ai forgettable tisight, CVe l a,ppened
1+s be On tile highway, some four..or
ite. miles from it on an opposites
Qn a clear day, when we
tapped 4 to observe it, o There it
cilbaped out in the rock' and visible
,ifrem twenty to thirty miles If mists
do net gather. ts.ege .is uncertain.
ra me. natives ,;got busy in the, long
eat
lasting feature.
this s
made sa
an d g
da
et their landscape. • Yes; it is a 'per-
. teetly-for3ned horse' on a big
its eye is said to' be, two acres of
ll lather.• ;Ito tail, is., so long and
' Wide that ,hundreds ,.of people can
haled upon' ' itt • -Once , in .. a while,
ILke Barnum's circus one and only
"white" -elephant, it receives a coat
'wiritewagh. Pour togas of this
'whitening and conspicuous material
waits used to cover its surface.
The knocker• referred to, is the
tate en the great outer north door
of • Dl arhaTn, " • It" -
is
->):thedx�•, �..�-It is . a
gruestene sort of tlaing,for a knocker
--the. shape ,of `an animal with a
fierce, frightening face, like that
sof- .a resen f ul dog,er a wolf, • It
s 'net another
is undue•--�tiaere
just like it, The cathedral was in
ed,
r t
fo r1 ,
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sn u.
early
daYs a a y
a d
y y
hard-pressed ,people, even, ter those
guilty of base crime. if that door
could be reached' :before>`the hand
of vengeance had seized the feeing
1
' could
e .c
r used h
ke
the
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n k
o and l;
one, ,
cry "Sanctuary I" •and be received
by the cathedral clergy, two ,of
whom were ,posted there for e-
ergency compa$sioaate work of this
kind. This old 4'athedral has
many other interesting objects be-
ndreds
u
For h
ker. F
sides ' this, knocker.
of years there has been, east of
the font, a marble cross in the
floor which for a ' long, long time
h
ich
marked the place_ beyond w
women were net allowed 'to ;.coin,;
Dvidently it, took the male. profes-
sors of Christianity -•a 'long time to
reach the all -embracing comprehen-
siveness of St. Paul's ideal (and
he was not too fussy: about women
playing a prominent part in churc'ii
services) of the time when there
shall be no male iron female, no
bond nor free, in the privileges and
rights gf religion. ,
While we write of this restricting
barrier in, the cathedral floor, let
me call attention to something quite
the opposite, at least in name,.,
On the way to Durham our bus
travelled through. a village, named
'A�PQ ide . Open." How ' it got that
name who can tell? It is ' sugges-
tive of hospitable doors, an • "it -is -
all -ours" sort of place to visit.
y
Another village not ,far" from.' that
amazed us by bearing the name of
"Pity' Me." Tile origin of this
nalne, I know • net. As far. as we
`could see there was nothing there
to cry over, nor was ,there anything
'to stireither compassion or-admir-
a
wean. It was a. very, ordinary atirt'
of place, of mono tOnousa,ksstreets,; of
o14 eraniped " rows at brick homes,
that had lost .all their beauty, if
over' they 'had Any Maybe that
1n ane came +first to .the lips of a
d,6 f -up
dweller there; Way a n
-bath the lack of something around
to . inspire. Not every village, even
in England, is bathed . in beauty
or_fire. fled in loveliness, Cval-pit
bills,
steel,furnace chirnzieys, sun*
and fiery, broken' down walls, un-
sightly neglected 1e
Gted
places,
S
,
Cali n
a:e
drabness, ugliness and dirt.
Row joyous it is: to make a, turn
in the highway and round the
corner from a monotonous or un -
Sightly '
that'
'i tly
ACene
find one
g
makes •you catch .your _breath be
cause of its gripping beauty! Such
a ,sight was mine when across a
stretch of .country ,s,uddenly there
broke upon ue an inspiring vision of
hills and river valley from the
1
viewpoint of Bemer•Syde Hill, near
Abbotsford --a scepe. ' eros ned • with`
three censpicuoue 'bilis in the far
distance, making a glorious Pano-
rama" a fur the .beholder. r
. It is said
this was Sir'Walter Scott's favorite
view when be. dwelt at Abbotsford:
Turning from .things of large
scale, let me mention some minia-
ture things that attracted Ivy at-
tention. Ah old, old friend 'greeted
ns the other day. True to what
`we knew Of him,he brought from
his pocket, to show us how be kept
up his hobby of making interesting
things, a small figure of a fox
which 'night he worm,, as a lady's
brooch, 'made opt of a silver table-
spoon. He had other curious things
to show -us; a cathedral front was
one, skjllfolly made out, of some
scrap metal. ' By the way, be is a
man greatly _loved for what be is,
an English fin in . whom ., there is
no guile. ' We 'net after being
twenty -seven -years apart of all
places in" a -- graveyard, where we
read together the epitaph on the
stone over, the grave of ray father-
in-law, and to him the, Sunday
schoa1 superintendent of his. child-
hood- and a much cherished friend:
In that grrireyard there still re-
mairi evidences of that provoking
narrowness that is SQ hard to throw
out, of our (prejudiced minds: One
sign there, that makes me .cross to
read ' ;it;. plainly inscribed where
are loved and lost
HOT/ TI RED r
"FEET?''
Soothe them
quickly' and effectively.
. Get fast -d 'tying Minard's
,,Liniment—rub�;t on. Feel '
the 'coolness•=get. relief, quick!
i��i
Passing of the Pa�ssenger
essels� of the Grew Lakes
At _ _Wndeor and ,Detroit in the
centre of the Great Lakes area, s
the, iutoxnobile .. is forcing the pass-'
ing • of the romantic era—that of
liixur asset g r. liners of the
the Y�
Lakes• t
r" i
. be ed n
liners, • ons.
e num
These irie
' Zh ,
the. svZves, have been reduced. to
live,' and of these only two really.
rate the naive„ big', They are ,the
North. American and 'South Am -
a es.
r•i n in
G,eo a I3 Lines.
the y
of g •
eric n
Rusting at their dor`ks are the
proud fleet units • •of the once
popular Detroit &, Cleveland Navi-
gation Company. The.`Qreater De-
troit, City of Detroit III, Eastern
States and the Western States, all
One, onet e mad•
heavy carrlerS at,m , �,
their last trips in 1054,
The City- of Cleveland In, fifth -
of the D&C fleet,' -never Will, sail.
rmultiplied
u .
if rt n
abash; heir. , misfortunes o es
by: a crash , iri Lake Huron " which
stove in part of her low. She
Nes slowly .disintegrating at an
isolated Detroit River, 'docks her
ornate anch luxuious,,interior prey
to •the weather. and mist. • '
Other lake giants ,of this district,,
,familiar to tra'rellers from all parts
of the continent, were the fanned
Canada Steamship liners--dia,monle,
sHuronle, and Noroplc--a11 reduced
to memorises. The Tiamonic 'burned
at its Sarnia dock July 17, 1945.
A similar fate removed the Noronic
in September, .1949.. The Huronic,
a *smaller ship, succumbed `early to.
a falling patronage rate.
Gone is.. the old Tashmoo, exeur-
sion ship of fond recollection.' She
was a smaller ship, but her decks
carried several generations of De-
troiters to their• picnic grounds _ at
Tashmoe Park and on moonlight
trips. The Tashmoo went aground
in the Livingston. Channel and
never recovered froln the effects of
that beating.
A sister k -ship • of the Tashmoo,
the Wahketa, °went 'into the discard
When patronage fell .below . paying
levels. Gone also are the . Frank
E. Kirby; . Owana, and Juniata; It
'is many years since they have been
ceen.l ,Othess' of a once flourishing
era are the Thousaaid Islander and
Georgian, both of , which docked,
often at central Great_Lakes ports.
The final, ,living link was snapped'
for
The
.*hen the ubiquitous D.e-
troit'\vindsor ferries—a famous
fleet which . included the Cadillac,
Britannia, La Salle„ Premise,` 'Plea-
sure, 'iifid ot11ers—discontinued ser-
vice in.194L The ferries stubbo`%n-
ly continued long after a bridge
and tunnel •lieketl , Windsor' and
Detroit, but gave up finally under
•the ,heavy lessee due Co • falling
patronage. •
The populations. of• the two great
*border eities-�-loving.••tl�e:,ferries and
the 'lil(tsure, • ships- is. they did—
nevertheless preferred the speedier
motor -driven vehicles that,: took•
thein under or over the river be-
t3�'een • the two cities. Sentiment
surrendered. Speed .took••over.
This, slowly. emerging change in,
the lives of Great Lakes residents'
dies not na'iln that the,ships s of the
Lakes' tae • disappeat•ecl far (rani
it. 'Vlie' earlier-nai.iied North and
South American still thrill watchers
from the shore and carry their full
Passenger lists every season. They
are..thc proudest craft on the Great
Lakes today, great White beauties
that satisfy all the longings of
this confirmed `water traveller.,
Also stills -remaining are • a :. few.
'excursion.' steamers • of venerable
years, but undiminished vigor—the
Ste. Claire and Columbia, s�teainers
which still ea rv,xhoiisands_to_-Bib-
.Lo Island,, for example. The. Put-'
ln-Ba3';' ii sturdy ship and still well
•patronized, carrying sightseers and
liienickers ,from Detroit to Put -In-
-Liss, Ohio. •
people we T • are
• 'laid and some •af them saintly in
their 'character, "This 'is uncon-
aecrated ground." ,
It is better to have our, risibil-
ities comically touched than 'our
indignation roused. It was, If I
remember• rightly,, in the crypt _ of
a ehureh,titat'••We beheld what was
called a cock•+fighting chair,, where.
a seat was provided Irons which
the .sitter csinld ,behold that,cruel
ancient sport, a seat without n
Blick which, was straddled And . 'a
,gest fair elbows and• arms. It was
more suitable for an ancient inn.
than for a church,- -though there
Were a few fierce fights in churches
at times, we are' sorry to say.
'Some inns in, this England bear
name that slake the. reader smile.
We, passed a hotel one day, where
they , tuiist serve, strong brei•. sailed
"The Di-uiikeii plica:."• Not -falx
from that, another 'inn whs.''ealled
."Tire "Mortal Man."' Why, I • sa'l't
conceive' , •
1:ittle. ,'things lila' these were
funny to , me: ,..A. woman selling.
something. by. t•lie••wayside .with a
thenkey, ,qi` t ei 3 ! live elle, perched on
her '• shoulder A notice, "Frying,
Times," posted. alp. Here and • there
at the fish •andehips shops • in..vil
lager' acid towns.
Tho funniest thing of, ii -11,, per-'
haps, was seeing an elephant. ,at. the'
.Whif snde Zoo take up •a. - irnouth-
-organ with his trunk a'n4 play as
'a tune in reward for the .good
things fed him.
PORT ALBERT
"KING Qt= PAIN"
LI NIMEN
IF YOU'RE BUILDING, try
John &
,FOR..
B:uildingg Supillies,.
of building • we 'have a supply.' needs in lumber, hard
ware,. Masonite, nails, • glass, up, to. 48" square, • white-
brick,
hitebrick, screen. wire- Barrett asphalt shingles, . roll roof-,
•
nig, roll brick; 'building paper, Masonite, leatherwood,
plastic, roof cgatings :foundation oundatsion coating, 'Duro-Tile,
chrome mouldings„ plywoods; " Tentest, Thermo -seal -
• alwninuna-insulation in rolls or sheet, efc. • •
We can produce' an type of frames and sash; com-
bination
�
bination doors, front', doors and frames:.
Just pick up your phone and call.182.
•Y" &.SO.
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JOHN JEFFREY,
PLANING MILL AND YARD:
Elgin . Ave. ' East Goderich
tinned, Pay demands fell heavily
:W
a it
`upon .operators at.tiia�
revenues also were droOiping.
.Added to. this was the constant
demand for irnproved fittings anis
greater ,protective measures in
lequipment and operation'-aB costly
items,, 1
rea.s .m
true ,
the�
!Whatever
iieartstings are touched-bys :the
gradual passing Of the ships., The
mill%one who live on. these shores
of `the North' American "inland•
and
mance n
r re
mance, ,
.founda
e s ,
s
ag
it
sentiment in the ships of
Childhood and mature years. It is
with something of a futile resent-
ment that they watch them dis-
appear, realizing at the same time'
- • (Intended for Inst' week)
PORT ALBERT, Aug.:'?'J. — Mr.
Mr.
LOST •WALLS • GOZS TO'
TORONTO AND 4A A,►-
]1� / iaitiLti, , Aug, .----1t',s tough
work picking beans, but it! tougher
when YOU ,are , tWelve years Ad
and you dose your wallet` containing
ali.''your earnings. ' -
`So Donald MacLaren, of Densa11,
discovered when he lest his wallet
eenta ` rtac ht$ ' ni ney, i n - feW
tither possessions, which . aren't
worth top much, exceptto '
ar t a boy—
oddsh. ,y
odds and ends,: a, photo or two,
and, tickets, to the fair,
He was riding a cbmbine. on the
farms of Alien Crerards near here
about a week, ago, .helping to bring
i the barley,n
u h when, be found his
wallet_ missing. Donald felt . bad
but gave it 'Up for lost.
Today ,the missing wallet xe-
turned .iii :a fetter. • It seems that
th t the. neva auto in, the garage' the barley Donald was cutting .was•
li as much to do''wi.tb it as any- snipped from a Iieneall mi11 to the
v o
bl lea r in oront e
g e t T o h re
h
i I .
,
w
� 'else,
.'sonmrt a letinxi ' it in a pile of grain
LE1�1 and returned it intact.
ST.,RE S
C.O.L. CULPRIT
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ST. HELMS, Sept. 5. -Vis t s The bitterest tQ e of argument
in the community included 'Miss gum
and contxnversy in
this summer. of
Florence 'Stuart of l:vanston, Ill., 1901 has been the .soaring test of
with Misses M. C. and W.' D. i living,. what is important and
Rutherford; Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mc usually ' overlooked in this discus -
Mrs. of. St. 0 tharines,, Mr, and sion' Is the 'flasic reason behind- the
Mrs: Neely Todd, David and Janet, increase, The Financial Bost states.
of Stratford, with. Mrs. D. Todd; For the fact 'is that almost, half
Mr. • and •Mrs. Robert Moore, the 1$-point,boost that has. occurred
Marguerite, Beverley and John, ofd since' January of this year is due
-St,reetsville, with Mr. and Mrs.
to one thing meat prices.
I arvey ,Webb ;. Mr. 'and, Mrs, Jim And why have:meat prieea risen?
Bowden, of ' Detroit, and Mr° and Primarily, because 'Canada ..is an
hits, )Florace T4cGuire •and Shirley, export country and our 'home prices
of ,London, with' Mr. and ' Mrs. E. have been, tied to the tail of similar
Your 'Bluff+ Coal Dealer
�d
.ads now eulp ;
a�
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Y •TRAINE•D MAN AND NEW PR
l�pEGIALL
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- • . `-�bone•9$ 'fox - apPo
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i'ECONE 98
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;that to 'have kept the lid of Can::
adian living costs this summer,.
pricecontrol and all the alterremedies mooted wotad have done
no real good at all, according .to
The 'Post.
JUST GOLD
To Dick Pearce of the 'Norther))
who. was asked why the shares .bf
Steep . Rock, the iron ore producer,
experienced • a 35c' decline, writes ,
Napier -Moore, in The Financial '
'Post. The mining man replied, •
"Didn't you hear? • . They've found
gold."
If sold for the value of . its
J. Thout;. Mr. and Mrs. Callum increaser U.
, in -the U.S. Miner belongs the credit for. re- chemical' contents, the human body
Cameron, and ,Carol,, of. Detroit, ' This fact makes it perfectly clear laying the story of the mining man, would be worth 98c.
With -Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron.
Mr, and Mrs. O. S. McIntyre and
Donald were visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. W.- I. Miller before leaving for
their new home In Bracebridge.
Mrs. (Rev:) S. E. Hayward .is a
patient in the GQderich .hospital:
MrS. Wm. Rutherford• is home
after* spending nearly two months
as a patient in St.' Joseph's •Hos-
pital,
London._ .• _�, • ' -
Master Terry 'Wilson visited last
week with ' his - cousin, .Master
Jimmy • Wilson, at 'Whitechurch.
LINCOLN '
FARM WELDERS
•. and,
SITPPLIES
always In stook..
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W. G. SIMMONS & .
SONS
Huron Rd. , Goderich
.Phone 1132 -9tf
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and .Mrs.7' Gordon Cocktield and ' There' are some Rho insist the
militancy of maritime A4'11416118
three children, of Buffalo,.and •Mrs. helped" write the finish'fcrr lake and
Charlie Crossitt and three children, river shipping of ,the kind men -
of Wingharn, have been visiting
with the. ladies' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joy Petrie.
Mr. - H'trry Lednor bas returned
home after spending several weeks
with his daughters in Hamilton.
1l-rs. Bert, Benstock-- 'and • sons
Billy and Tornipy,• of • Detroit,
visited for a Pew` "drays last week
with the fornier's aunt, Mr. Chas.
Crawford, and ,family:
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hayden, of.
�Amherst;r N:S., visited ''last •week
with • his: brother Carman and-
fancily. ' ' '
Mr. and. Mrs. Roy Slrutler and •
children, • Donald and Anna, -of
Hamilton, axe -'visiting with. Mrs.
Shutler's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Lednor.
Mr. Robert Bennett of Chicago
returned home on Sunday after
spending a few, clays with his sister,
Mrs, Will. Crawford. Mrs. Craw-
ferd'aecompanied.hila to ,,Chicago to
visit her brother Arthur• and other
relatives. , ,
Miss Sheila Quaid ' visited for
a 'week with. her aunt, Miss. John
':1It'Phersop, and family,, Of Tees
water. •
Dr:,°and.=°Mrs Il, W:-°SCunninghhnr-
And children, Bob; Janice and John,
of Walkerville, spent the weekend
with the former's sister, Mrs,- Chas.
Crawford,, and family,. _ "
Ghui ch Workers Meet. -- The
'W.111.fl.. and. W.A.. ;Held their Augufit.
meeting on the 2:2tid in the church.
The program was 'arranged and
presided over by Mrs: Bert Craw-
ford., After the devotional period°
readings were given bit 'Mfrs. Jas.
McKenzie, Mrs. F. Bogle and Mrs.
timer Grnhain: Rev. 'deo. Watt -
gave a thdrt talk and Mrs. Howard'
Quaid a summary of a chapter`
in the study, book. Arrangements
were 'made for the thank -offering
meeting to be held in October. Mrs,
• :arl Bogie wds' in `ehairge Of the
WAY •meeting. During the' busluieSe
period, they' treasurer gave the res
port on the; bazaar held on •the,
faith of Atigust, which Proved quite
aneees ifnl despite. the rainy arty.
The meeting closet w1tli, a livrelrl
and the lieflcdietio'n,
"Can inflation be checked?
"Eve?), one of us is concerned
with the answer to , this vital
question. Today's all-time high
Costs of goods and servuts affect
the living, standards of people
All walks of life; Ind those living
• on fixed incomes .are especially
hard hit:.. ' • •
`,In addition to weakening our
economy, inflation threatens our
defence programme.
" hetefore every method 'of
tontwelling rising prices most be.
appli tirith.'yigour, _.—
"Government measures such
as increased taxes, credit restric-
tions ' and reducednoel-defence
spending are necessary, if:unpop-
ular. Of course, business and '
industry must uroperatt='-espe-
dally by'increasing productivity.
The aderage man might feel that
any control he alone can exert is
insignificant. But the ,individual
. can and should help ,by doing
• his tiOnoSt to Ave money.
"Every dollar he "saves
through' 'bans, deposits, savings
, bends qr life insurance'— plays,
a part in helping to "stem; the
tide •of' inflation, Axid at the
saixie, anile, k brings. the saver
important personal benefits.
"These. benefits need no- re-
viewing. But it map be pointed
out that' nothing has changed'
their importance even though
there are m*ny .demands end
.temptations to use income for
other purposes. Nor has any-
thing `sup'planted saying as ,the
one method most petple have,
.of obtaining many of the•things
they want and need' most.
"All 'in .all, there' are rinoce
reasons fpr, personal „savings
todii' than ever before."
emetery
emorials
C411 icon, Exeter, Seaforth
Write Box 15,0,, or' phone 411,
Exeter,
and we shal(l 'be . pleased to•
a call. •
,►' r '. ItC,nttmber is yr)* reeingt'pira,•, life i►tratarsea plea''
4 *eird 04s4 in *to osbei easy ,Csa . yore tombirie ,
14 01081 talus filtanciel Prtoefcid$ for yow,ipeed coo.
mtuage froP'►' • •
xI'`%S;l•11144,1 o COMPANIES ll- CAN"AOA'-
I , aet4 thOie 'sabre wi e
1-4sltt
Highest Cash Ptrlces for
DEAD': STOCK
Ironies $2.50 each
tattle $2.510 each,
UIng'a° 50e per cwt.
tecording to size & eonditior
L $ea• fOrth 15i
6tlec�' •
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tigETEit 235.
DARLING & COMPANY
OF CANADA, LIMITED
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