The Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-09-20, Page 4EQUr
Next Trip TMS 400th CAMPAIGN FOR
Goderich Harbor BUND
STARTED
Int;
For Captain Hudson
When the A. A. Hudson
steal= into Goderich harbor
with, a ()ergo of g,na.n on its
next trip here, scheduled for
the last weep of September, its
skipper will be marking a
milestone. one. It will be the
400th trip into Goderich harbor
for Captain D'Alton Hudson
since the well-known skipper
started coming here back in
1918—some 38 years ago. This
means that Captain Hudson
has been mailbag into Gode-
rieh harbor longer- than any
other skipper on the Great
Lakes.
Ibrtyetwo years ago—in 1914
—Captain Hudson, 59, of Mid-
land, started his sailing career.
He :alas •been sailing ever since
with the exception of about
one year which he spent in
the Canadian Army during
World War I. At this time, he
waS arnon.g •the first soldiers
ever stationed at the present
Camp Borden and recalls hav-
ing to pull stumps in order to
make room to set up camp
there
The Hudson belongs to the
bine known ,:.s Northwest
Steamships. 'Phis line started
in March, 1938, with one boat,
the 5$. Superior. Captain
Hudson's brother, the late
Archie Hudson, was president
of the company. In 1939, the
A. A. Hudson was purchased
to make a.two-boat fleet The
Hudson was formerly named
the "Kahane." Purchased in
August of 1939, its value in-
creased threef:ild the next
month, September, when war
was declared.
Both the Superior and the
Hudson are package freighters,
carrying freight west bound
and feed grain east bound.
Skipper of the Superior is
Captain Sam Bell, also of Mid-
land. When he was appointed
Captain of the Superior in 1939
he was at that •time the young-
est skipper on the Great Lakes.
He has now been a Captain
for 17 years.
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Please make your registration.
Blind residents of • Tweedsmuir
Hall in London turned their audi-
torium into ail a.-senibly line last
week, preparing thousands of leaf-
lets for distribution throughout
Huron, Perth and Middlesex Coun-
tres.
The leaflets, being delivered to
homes in the area this week, open-
ed the Canadian National institute
for the Blind's annual operating
fund campaign. The drive began
September 15 and continues to
September 2-9.
t'.N.I13. needs $12,000 from resi-
dents of Huron, Middlesex and
Perth Counties to continue its
work among the blind. In addi-
tion to training, accommodation
and recreation at . the London
centre, C'.N.L13. provides numerous
field services to blind at home and
at work in the four ::u, -rounding
counties.
Total objective is $55,500. Muni-
cipal councils have already given
$5,000 while Community Chests in
Elgin County, Stratford and Lon-
don have pledged $38,500.
' E. F. Wheeler, C.N.I.B. Field
Secretary, who last week visited !
campaign chairman in the area, 1
said the district's home for the '
blind in London was nearing cap-
acity with 36 of the 39 beds oc-
cupied. "With regular work con-
tinuing in the production room
here, and leaflets. being prepared
in the auditorium," he said "this
has been a busy place."
Also busy during the two-week
drive are 32 regional chairmen
responsible for contributions for
Huron, Middlesex and Perth.
'Contributions to C.N.I.B. operat-
ing fund -may be sent to: Mr. J. H.
Kinkead, Goderich, Ontario, or Mr.
Reg. Francis, Bayfield, Ontario.
DRAIN FOR(OTTAGE LOT
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPT. 28
The draw will be made at the meeting of Goderich Lions
Club on Sept. 28.
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THU GODURICH SIN L TAR
A rare collection of antique shaving accessories was part of a display at the C.N.E. this year provid-
ed additional evidence that there's nothing new under the sun. In -the days of Alexander the Great it
was non -habit-forming to grow a beard. 'the conqueror decreed his men must shave to thwart the
enemy tactic of holding a ware or by the beard in order to slash his throat or decapitate him. However,
early Romans regarded shaving an effeminate practice. Left to right, Betty Reid, a modern Cleopatra,
uses a Roman bronze mirror that was popular 500 A.D. Centre, Beverley Burch displays an Early
Greek mirror, 500 B.C., and right, Beverley wears an extremely rare fob containing five different shaving
pieces including a razoia tweezer and a gouge, all beautifully tooled. This was made by the Koreans,
the earliest known craftsmen in the manufacture of shaving accessories.
and
Through the heat and dust of the
country road tramped a squad of
new recruits, their brows wept and
their tongues dry. As they passed
a cosy little pub, the sergeant
turned to them and announced:
"Now you know the difference be-
tween hiking and route -marching.
When you route -march, you pass
'em."
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RED AND WHITE BARBER POLE
ONCE A SIGN THAT BARBER
WASPROFESSIONAL "BLEEDER"
Eiected
y Jaycees
The executive of Goderich Junior
Chamber of Commerce is at full
strength again. Doug, Fildy was
elected treasurer and Eric Stubbs
was named director at the Jaycees'
first fall meeting held last week.
Mr. Fildy takes the place of
Robert Gregory, who resigned in
order to resume his studies. Mr.
Stubbs steps into the position
vacated by William Anuerson, who
Chas been crtreying on the duties
of past president since Jack Brady
was transferred to the Maritimes.
Other Jaycee officers for 1956-57
are: president, Max Cutt; -first vice-
president, Howard Aitken; second
vice-president, Bud Watson; secre-
tary, Jack Mitchinson; directors:
Neil Veatch, Ralph Clark, L. B.
Graham and Peter MacEwan.
Howard Aitken chaired the meet-
ing for a leadership training ses-
sion. Reports of the following
committees were aelivered: tourist,
Ken Croft; ways and means, How-
ard Aitken; special, Bill Andersson;
entertainment, Ed. Stiles; indust-
rial, Peter MacEwan.
Some harmonious entertainment
was provided by a restless quartet
composed of Bucky Graham, - Ed.
Stiles, Frank Young and Gus Chis-
holm. In more serious vein, there
were the songs of Ralph Hender-
son, who was accompanied by Ed.
Stiles at the piano. Sergeant -at -
arms was Ken Pennington.
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For the convenience= or Sig-
nal Star readers who purchase
their paper from week to
week rather than by a yearly
subscription the ough the mail,
•Signa! -Stars are sold at the
following stands:
GODERICH---
A & I' Store ,
Craigie's Tobacco Store
Dunlop's Drug Store
Goderich News Stand
(Formerly Wood's)
Lauder's Drug Store
Overholt Groceries
Signal -Star Office
a — 13 --
Auburn—Alt Rollinson •
Hayfield -- Weston's Drug
Store
Benmiller--F. Allures Store_
Dungannon—Eedy's Store
Holmesvillee---D. E. Glidddon.
Kingsbridge_- G. F. McKen-
zie Store
Mali—W. J. MacDonald's
Store. -
Nile—Nile General Store
Port Albert — Roy Petrie's
Store
Saltford—Toni Morris Gen-
eral Store
Sheppardton--F. Rising's Store
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Ben Hur.
Down through the ages, .man has,the red and white poie persisted
faced the tedious chore of dai1 and today is the urrtver,,al .symbol
shaving and has probably wonder_ }t the tonsorial art.
First Association
ed who started the habit and why. During the 13th Century, the
Recorded histiry is at variance as first barber's association was found -
to whether i tnity, cleanliness or ed in France. The year was 1252.
religion originated the shaving :The organization, was developed to
protect the barber and to give him
habit.
In private and museum collec-
tions, evidences of shaving date
bink to N ani'eiT-,laT Mari • ani-tfie
Bronze Age. -- For example, in the
collection of. J. H. Rano, exhibited
at the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion this year, a Peruvian straight
razor dating .back to 2.000 B.C. is
included. Also, in the Rand col-
lection is a rare fob, containing five
dillerent pieces orf shaving equip-
ment including a razor, a tweezer,
and a gouge, all beautifully tooled.
This fob was' made by the Koreans,
the earliest, known craftsmen in
the manufacture of shaving acces-
sories. Some exemples of their
fine craftsmanship were so finely
wrought that men wore them as
jewels.
The Chinese
The _:Chineue.,.,axr hzr'-eariTtte
yv eloper in . the • manufacture of
•' -re ecee.' as�o[.t - ✓oei'". l' high-- ealue.
'Mese items they eventually ,took,
the form of money. It wasn't long,
however, before this razor money
became too elum;sy to handle. The
Chinese 'then broke off the tazor's
handle, made up of numerous small
discs with the centre pt;nched out.
Today the Chinese still use coinage
with .holes, very similar to their
early razor money.
Shaving, way back when, must
have been - torture. It is natural
that a special group of artisans, the
barbers, were developed, ° whose
business was shaving and tonsorial
adornment. Rome's first barber
came from Sicily about 300 B.C.
but there were barbers in Greece
before 400 B.C.
The difficulties and discomforts
of shaving probably had some in-
fluence on tonsorial styles•` ---but,•
there were other influences as well
Alexander the Great, reversed the
Macedonian fashion of wearing a
full beard, lest the enemy be given
a "handle" to seize in slashing at
soldiers' throats.
HOW the word's "razor" and
"barber" came into popular usage
can be traced to the middle ages
when, clergymen set the fashion
for clean-shaven physiognomies.
An early 17th Century textbook,
Orbus Pictus, written by Comenius,
a Moravian Bishop. presents a num-
bered illustration of barbershops
in that period with the following
caption:
The Barber
"The barber, ;n the barber's
shop, cutteth off the hair and the
beard with a -'pait of sizzars, or
shaveth him with a razor, which
he taketh out of his case. And he
washeth one over a bison, with
suds running out of the laver, and
also with supe, and wipeth him
with a_ towel, pombeth him with a
comb and curleth him with a crisp-
ing iron. Sometimes he cutteth
a vein with a penknife where the
blood spirt th out."
Ear+1y-day barbering was closely
intermingled with embryonic stages
of the 'Medical profession. The
barber was also a professional
"bleeder" and the modern symbol
of the barbershop --a pole painted
with red and white stripes --is a
stylized version of the early prac-
tice of hanging out a towel partial-
ly stained with biood, to indicate
the barber was busy bleeding a
patient.
In those` days, the barber was
not only a bleeder, but a profes-
sional bather as well, since the
only known method of softening
beards, was a steam both. When
the barber and the professional
bather—forerunner of our steam
baths and health emporiums—be-
gan to draw apart, the symbol of
barbering, the red-striped1. ole,
came into being.
Some isolated :sources date the
striped barber pole back to the
Roman Empire; more authorative
historians state that its origin was
dur'ing the Middle Ages. It prob..
ably started when barbereurgeons
hung their blt nel.eake'l tneeel' f "i
ttr dev. The blood-stained band.
agesR, hangirg front windows, dt'Nile
ed in a e•oc'den spiral. From a dhe
twice, these bandages ,,could be
mistaken for poles.
Later, the bnrber who withdrew
from surgery used a plain zinc
, howl as the badge of his profee-
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some standing in society. German
barbers of the 141,h Century were
nineeelyeseerfs_ _jaln eg tlie�fith Cen
fWry, .the English Parliament pass-
ed an act incorporating the already
strongly established Barber's Guild
with the unincorporated Guild ,of
Surgeons. The Barber's Guild had
been granted a charter by King
Edward IV, late in the 15th Cen-
tury.
Russia went practically beard-
less for 60 years when Peter the
Great was Czar. He ehacted a law
to encourage shaving by imposing
a tax on beards. This tax remain-
ed in force until Catherine II suc-
ceeded her husband, Peter •III.
As previously noted, down
through the turbulent years of
change, man's shhving equipment
altered only slightly. It was not -
until t -1%e -advent of World War I,
thatshaving equipment was radic-
ally ..rhrrrged `-fiord —the- n -rt;;
strai;ht;edge designs. At that
time, safety razors were :being
developed and were given -a tre-
mendous impetus through their
effectiveness •in giving soldiers in
France greater ease in shaving.
Early in the 1930's, the first
electric shaver was invented. More
of a gadget than a regular toilet
article, the .many users of the new
electric shaver employed it as an
adjunct to -shaving off "five o'clock
shadow."
Today, however, the razor has
come a long way. The 20th Cen-
tury counterpart of early razors,
the electric shaver, caji be used
at any time wherever there is an
electrical outlet. In th'e office,
home, car, ship or aeroplane, an
electric shaver requires no ac-
coutrements of soaps,,bru.shes, run-
ning water and fresh razor blades.
In addition, the long tedious
hours previously required for a
clean shave have been cut down
to a mere 60 -seconds.
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GODERICH; ONT.
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Every Effort Is Being
Made To Build Up A
Strong Hockey Team
For Goderich For The
Coming Season.
YOU CAN HELP—IN COMMUNITY SPORT—
BY BUYING A PRIVILEGE CARD FROM THE
GODERICI-I BOOSTER CLUE WHEN YOU ARE
APPROACHED BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE
BOOSTER CLUB.
Let's all boos for a good hockey team this
Winter!
Space contributed in the service
of the community by John
Labatt Limiteld.
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