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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-09-27, Page 7THQ1? 'S ii'1 L , SI' PT. 24h, 105i3 SH EPPARDTON SEI P'PARDhON, Sept. 5. - -IYAr. and Mrs. Charles !• rown, of Parry Sound, visited recently. with the former's brother, William Brown and Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Bert ogie spent a few days last weep in St. Catharines with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank MaeAver. Mrs. Agnes Foster, Mrs. William Foster, and Missed Margaret and Marion Foster, of Kitchener, re- turned home Tharsday bast from a anoter trip to the West Coact when Alley visited relatives in Western Canada. IIrs. Porter Dean and IIrs. Clyde Judd, of !` etroit, visited last Wed- nesday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mc- Cabe. Mr. 'Ralph Foater had the tnis-° fortune to break a bone in his ankle Saturday morning. We are pleased to say he is able to get around with his foot and leg in a cast. Sr. GEORGE'S CHURCH' sfe SUNDA3f;PTEMBBR Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity." 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION. 10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL and 'BIBLE CLASS 11 a.m. MORNING PRAYER. AND SERMON. (Junior Congregation and Nursery). 7 p.m. EVENSONG AND SERMON. Sat., Sept. 30. "St.. Michael and All Angels." 10 a.m. Holy Communion in Chapel. REV. KENNETH E. TAYLOR, M.A., D.D., Rector MR. J. F. STEPHENS, M.A.. Organist and Choirmaster THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA North Street United Church SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL. 11 a.m. "The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper." Junior Congregation and Nursery. 7 p.m. Evening Service withdrawn in favor of Presbyterian Church Anniversary. REV. H. A. DICKINSON, B.A., Minister. MRS. J. A. SNIDER, Music Director. �n�, ux aze�hgterittz� irf�ixrclj Rev. R. G. MacMillan Mr. W. H. Bishop, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M. Minister Director of Praise 9.45 a.m. Church School. 11 a.m. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE. (Nursery and Junior Congregation will meet as usual.) 7 p.m. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE.. . Guest Preacher, "Wing Commander the Reverend James Dunn, C.D., C. de G., B.A., B.D. Ladies' Aid banquet postponed this week. GODERICH BAPTIST CHURCH MONTREAL STREET 10 a.m. "EVERY CHILD IN SUNDAY SCHOOL." 11 a.m. Family Worship Service. (Younger children taken care of during this Service.) 7 P.m. .:"BIKE ANSWERS,."8 pan. Monday—„Choir Practice and Young People's 8 p:tn. T&Lsd —Bible Study and Prayer`' Hour. "Let us go into tie house of the Lord.” -Psalm 122-1.M. Rev. S. H. Findlay, B.A., B.D., Mrs. E. Donaldson, A.L.C., Minister. Organist. Victori lw Street United Church 10 a.m. (S.T.) Sunday SchoolQ and 'Adult Class. Victoria Street and Union Church Services .withdn ....:.tn.. favor of - BENMILLER HARVEST ANNIVERSARY Guest: Rev. Charles Durrant, London. 11 a.m. (S.T.) "WINGS OF A DOVE." Auburn. Ladies' Quartette. 7.30 p.m. (S.T.) "GROWING OLDER." Anthems: "Time to be Holy"? "There is Peace." Minister—Rev. Stanley Moote, B.A., B.D. Music Director—Mr. Frank Bissett TIiri,GOD1:;R1(:}I SIfA'AI,.STAI: cotsman Built First "Whale bac Goderieli hitrbor is a f> eq,uent port of eall for theca of the fogs' surviving 'members of the Great Lakes fleet of "WhalebaeI s," orig- inated by a Scottish immigrant. The most radical change ine the design of Great Lakes ships came in the late 1880's when Alexander McDougall built the first of the type known as "whaleback" or more commonly as "pigs." Today thea are but four left of the 40 that followed his design and three of the four .are 'today under. Canadian registry. Two are steamers and' two arebarges. Orig- Wally there were 14 steamers and 26 barges vAhich *ere towed eiboit the lakes just as two of them are at the present tune. The survivors are tfih steamers Meteor and John Ericsson and the barges Alexander Holley and No. 137, the latter bearing the original number,,given to it, All are to be seen at `times in harbors about -the lakes ,or on the connecting water- ways. Work Of Scot The whaleback design was the work of 'a Scotsman who .migrat- ed as a boy to Canada and settled with his parents in the Georgian Bay region. Like so many of his countrymen, he turned to the water for a livelihood and in 1864 began sailing, eventually becoming a master. At one time he was captain of the steamer Japan. At that time he was plying between Buffalo and Duluth. It was in 1872 that the idea developed in his mind that he could build a ship that would have large nerrying capacity, ease of operatio and -safety in such 1'1'aade Rockefeller, •latch* the Se.:ft Parr. It was ;¢f C feet long, 45 cfeet beam and had a depth of 20 feet with a capacity a 5,200 'tons. The barge Alexander Holley, tee day owned and operated by \-t#Ia Upper Lakes and St Lawrence Transportation Company, Limited, of Toronto, is a barge 361 feet in length, 4g feet -beam, 26 feet depth and of 6,300 gals capacity. Built At Duluth 'i`he first five to be built (be= tween 18:: and 1890) were all barges and {,were products of DU- llu•th sh..ipya jds. T11cf sixth, also Punt at Duluth, was the first steam er—the . Colgate Hoyt.. It was launched on June 9, 1$90, and last- ed until 1916 when it went down on Lake Erie in the "Black Fcr{id''ay" storm on October 16 of that year. Several others met a .like fate. The Clifton, formerly the Samuel Cher was lost with al1 hands Ma , on Lake Huron in 1924. The Henry Cott -was wrecked on the breakwall of a Lake Michigan port. Most of them, however, finished by going to some steel mill to be dismantled and their remains thereby becom- ing a part of some other newer ship. This was the lot of the Alexander McDougall which was finally scrapped at Hamilton. Beginning his building opera- tions in 1888, McDougall kept the shipyards at Duluth and Superior busy for years .afterwards. Nine were launched in 1889- and 1890, nine more in 1891. Last of all was the steamer bearing the Inventor's name which was launched by his daughtee in July, 1898. Built For Fair One of the most famous was the , stormy waters as are found in fall huge passenger steamer, Christ- I months in the Great Lakes. opher Columbus, launched on Its chief and most noticeable s ° CLASSIFIED the Fannie, AIDS became the Jennie, 202 t 201. the. Cassie, 1W1 the\ Bombay and 100 Via adger. Na tee of steamers esero ;also charieled durinU the years. The J. ^t. Trevor be- came the Atil oleen, the Colgate Hoyt beea.rne the Bay City and the A. L. Thompson became the =� ay View. The Atikolian, after 'becoming a Canadihn boat on one occasion ran head .on into the backyards of the mein :Street of Marine'City ,on the St.Clair 'Riser. , Had the big hulk had Vit' little more uiomei teenbefore being checked by the shore, .its great snout night have gone through buildings and appear- ed to shoppers on South Water street. o o ---o Canada has less than four per- sons per square mile of tennitory, compared to more than 50 persons per square mile in the United States. o 0• o featere was the shape of the hull. Tnste`ad of a flat deck there would be a rounded one with a bow that came to a blunt point on a line with the deck, just like a pig's snout. It was this peculiar bow, so un- like the ordinary bow of a ship, that gave the name "pig" to the type... _All but one of his vessels had this odd feature:- Thatewas4he one which bore his own name, the- Alexander heAlexander MclDougall, built in 1898 and which was finally scrapped after World War H. McDougall was more than a mariner. He was a good business man and was able to carry his idea to success. By hard work and careful management he construct- ed his first barge and to it he gave not a name, but a number. There is a story told that a critic of his idea offered a bet of ten to one that it would not be successful. McDougall took him up by naming his first boat ,the 101., joining the challenger's figure to his own. This, first - " .gs" looking more . or less like a great roll of bologna, splashed into the ways at Duluth, Mitifiessota,-'cif Ji lie '23,-18n8:— It 3, "1 8:—It was 187 feet Iong, 25 feet in the beam, and 18 feet, 3 inches in depth. It was' of about 1,500 tons burthen. The whole deck was clear except for two turrets eight feet in diameter and seven feet high through which went the steering and towing (gear and other equip- ment necessary to the operation of the barge. A pilot house 10 feet by 17 was placed on the after turret.to, A'tse the. navigators -.and wheelsnsan. While u,niform in type, the w',halebacks differed greatly •in dimensions. The ane still on the lakes which bears the name Meteor and is today owned by Cleveland Tankers, Inc., was originally the -r. BETHEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE MacKAY HALL — North St. vnday, 10 a.m. Sunday School, "Classes For All Ages." 11 a.m. Morning Worship. "Do Missions Pay?" 7.30 p.m. EVANGELISTIC SERVICE. Friday, 8 p.m. Young People's. (Coming to MacKay Hall, Oct. 5. "THE MARTIN LUTHER FILM".) A HEARTY WELCOME AWAITS YOU. Pastor, R. J. GREEN. Free Methodist Church SUNDAY, SEPT. 30 10 a.m. Sunday School. 11 a.m. Worship Service. ? p.m. Evangelistic Service. Wed., 8 p.m. Prayer Meeting. All are welcome to any or all of these .services. Pastor, T. J. McMichael 34-5 TELEVISION WITH TOP TUNING AND OTHER e NEW FEATURES December 3, 1892, and designed to carry visitors to the World's Fair at Chicago in the following year. It had a carrying capacity of 5,600 and made enormous profits for its owners during the. time of the fair. It has been claimed that this sjiip carried more passengers during her lifetime than any other lake ship, and this is probably true. The big whaleback, the only one of its kind in. the world in the passenger trade, lasted for 44 years before being finally dis-mantled at Mani- towoc, Wisconsin. Named Afterwa1'ds Originally every whaleback had a number but several were after- ward given names. Thus No. 111 HERE IS WHERE TO BUY A SIGNAL -STAR For the convenience or Sig- nal -Star readers who purchase their paper from week to week rather than by a yearly subscription though the mail, Signal -Stars are sold ,At the following stands: GODERICH— A & P Store Craigie's Tobacco Store Dunlop's Drug Store Goderich News Stand (Formerly World's) Lauder's Drug Store Overholt Groceries Signal -Star Office Auburn—Alf Rollinson Bayfield — Weston's Drug Store Benmiller—F. A1lin's Store. Dungannon—Eedy's Store Ftolmesville—D. E. Glidden Kingsbridge—G. F. McKen- zie Store Kintail—W. J. MacDDonald's _-Store: d Nile—.Nile General Store Port Albert -- Roy Petrie's Store Saltford—Tom Morris` Gen- eral Store Sheppardton—F. Rising's Store Is it Too Difficult To Start Own Farm? 20 Public Notice #Gi rrBE ANNUAL 'ATEG FOR all those interested in the workHuronof the Huron County Music Fes. tival r.vill be held at the Public School Auditorium on Monday, October 1, at 8.15 p.m.IYAISS FRANCES ARMSTRONG,gTg, Secretary. 2L Business Notice ('+ARPENTRY BUILDING, RE- ° MODELLING- and plumbing. Epps' pumps and water softeners; bathrooms installed; eavestrough- ing; steel , roofing. FRANK Mc- 1*✓IIOHAEL, -Qed icb, phone Ca Iow 1108. -1'�' ROSS ¥OTOlt REPAIR,SERVICE phone 1415," formerly oc- cupied by White Auto Wreckers. General repairs to all makes of cars and tractors. Arc and acety- lene welding. Farm trade a specialty. (IIL BURNERS CLEANED. FOR service in cleaning oil space heaters, call daytime 774; after 6 p.m., 552R. -37 MACHINE AND GENERAL RE- PAIR. Satisfaction guaranteed. Reasonable rates. W. A. McAL- LISTER, Maitland road. 24-35x FURNITURE REPAIR — RE- MODELLING — RE -FINISHING —RE -UPHOLSTERING — FANCY CABINET WORK. M. BLOK, PHONE 1200 OR 892. . 23-26x This year in the Goderich area, of the high prices of farm Iands and, indeed, throughout most of today, it i5 ea r; T. eeetneg-mal Ontario, weatherconditions have with the right stuff, in him tp begirt sixths '.an ' , "malt 'far:e" setlei to ` - na►6;3iag--- . • is l-sies =4i li: a- rather disappointing experience: 'brain and l wn anal'F--too become a However, it has been one of the proSpe•rous farmer than it was for Peas years that it has been this the pioneers. And he can 'do it way, in less time and with less hardship Farming today is big -business than they endured. and .will continue to present op- But he can't do it by spending, portun,ities to youth in the future his money as he earns it and west - ,who choose it as an occupation, ing, his time while he is young. even -as it has in the past. Industry and thrift are still neces- In the following article, "The sary to success. Rural Scene," tells of farming Estimates that it would require problems.. past and present: an investment of $40,000- to buy. When our, pioneer grandfathers and equip a farm today, Should, settled in this country they did not discourage any youeg anaan- who not .have to pay for their land. wants to make farming his career. They could have it for the clearing Nor should it tempt him atio- ask -of it. But even at that they paid government assistance -to get sta}rt- Ia big price for it, for the work of ed on such a farm. clearing the forest and bringing Those who own well equipped, the land under cultivation was long productive farms today had' no and arduous. If the settlers had such capital when they started. hired this work done the cost d the few who started with such would -have swamped them. 'capital generally lost'all they ha -d. Even -on the open prairie, wher Almost invariably the successful nature left the land ready for th farmers Carted with little or no plow, the early settlers had a hat-. capital. hey probably went into struggle to live' while they learnedebt- u not any further in than how to farm under -the new and . • w=, e reasonably sure of being unfamiliar conditions. In those able . pay. The properties they days it was •a common saying now own are the accumulated re - among them that every man who sults of a lifetime of industry and filed on a homestead bet the gov- ernment $1,0 against 160 acres of land, that he could live on the land for three years. The odds were greet, and in many cases the gov- ernment won the bet. It has been said that •the entire agricultural area of this continent was redeemed from the wilderness by the underpaid labhr of the settlers. But -the pioneers went on with the job. Their aim was not to earn wages and spend them, but to create permanent homes for them- selves and their families. Every- thing they earned went into im- proving their properties. It is be- cause of their industry and their thrift that our lauds are as • valu- able as they are today. When we say that it wa-s easier for the pioneers to get started farming than it is for us today, We are talking nonsense. In spite FAMOUS FOR QUALITY ... NOW BETTER THAN.. EVERT Sparton TELEVISION WITH ALL THE NEWEST FEATURES. a FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE COViiAGE Whether it is FIRE AUTO LIABIL TELE'VI ION 49 PROPERTY __.PT ,DATER HOSPITALIZATION or ACCIDENT and SICKNESS - at-1✓owest -Rates . Call HAROLD W. SHORE 38 Hamilton St. Phone 766 (anytime) Easy Payment Plan for Premiums with payments as low as $10.00 monthly. -11 tf MOVING—GENERAL CARTAGE. ED. JEFFREY. -48tf Tr'OR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINA- TION information or service from all breeds of cattle, phone the WATERLOO CATTLE BREED- ING ASSOCIATION at: Clinton - 2 -3441 -between . 7.30 and 9_30 -a.m. We have- all breeds' avail- able etopsqueli Fat low cost. _17tl FOR YOUR AUTO, FIRE, WIND LIABILITY, ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE see GEO. TURTON, Co-operative Insurance "presentative, R.R. 5, Gaderich, 'phone Carlow 179, collect. May be contacted at Semis Motors Satur- day afternoons from 2 to 4 o'clock. -30tf • thrift; andtheir capital didn't in- crease any faster than their ability to handle it. If they had been able to get such properties on credit when they first started, most of them would have ended in bankruptcy long ago. Farming today is a business, and as such it require, sound business judgment. Such judgment will prompt the aspiring young farmer to prepare himself for his career by acquiring an understanding of the science of agriculture, and the technical skill necessary to the handling o•f modern equipment. It will guide him in selecting a farm and in acquiring it, as it will in all his business dealings. With these qualities, and a good help mate, there is no reason why a young man should net be able, to become the smwner of a prosper- ous farm home. a 101ST Anniversary Services Nile United Church Sept. 30, 1956 REV. DONALD MacRAE, B.A., B.D. Wingham United Church GUEST SPEAKER Services 11 a.m. & 7.30 p.m. ALL WELCOME ANETAIRY SEWAGE DISPOSAL.; septic . tanks; cess pools, etc., pumped and cleaned with sanitary modern equipment. All work guaranteed. Estimates given with- out obligation. LOUIS BLAKE. R.R. 2, BrusseLs. Ph -one 42 ring 6, Brussels. 38-4F 44 PIECES — SERVICE FOR 8 A special introductory offer of the new (Meadow Flower) pattern. These attractive, utility table type chests are fine pieces of furniture for any home. They come in blond or walnut .finish and hold up to 80 pieces. SKILLED TV AERIAL SERVICE Aerials installed as low as $49 Aerials moved — rentals. Work fully guaranteed for one year HURON TOWER INSTALLATION, South street, Goderich, phone 1344M. -34t1 ID BULLEN'S REPAIR SHOP for uuelom, _ abinet--making, furniture repair and 'kitchen cit -boa•: -..g. f df .lawn mowers and, gutting ap- pliances, skill saw for rent. 184 Gibbons street, phone 1234. -29tf FINANCING AND LOANS AT lower cost on new and late model used cars and trucks and new farm machinery. HAROLD W. SHORE, 38 Hamilton street. Goderich. -47tf, R E I D' S UPHOLSTERING, •, _ Hamilton street. Thirty year " r---'' experience. We have eoverings:y- ' all kindsand cedars to suit your The SIGNAL -STAR furniture. Chesterfield, sofas,. chairs, etc., correctly done. Phone 1102W. -36tf eseessessesseseene Guaranteed radio service. WILE. 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