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This horse-drawn bus, the same as that used in Diane Taylor and. Susan Enzensberger. The bus,
Goderich around 60 years ago, caught the eyes dra vn by two horses, carried travellers between
of these three GDCI girls on a visit to Huron the railway stations and the hotels, and also
County Pioneer Museum. Left to right are served as a taxi to take people to their homes.
Marion Sutherland, holding the rawhide whip, S.S. Photo by R.H.
GODERICH, ONTARUO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1957
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Measures Pave Way
For Growth Of Town
Attendance Tops Recor
At County's .Museum
With three and a -half months: at the museum. They illustrate O
still to go, attendance at Huron
County Pioneer Museum has al -
the various stages of development
of the steam engines used for farm
threshing power.
ready 'topped last year's record The smallest engine is p 12 hp
total of 11,638 visitors. job, and the largest is rated at 20
The 11,63,8th visitor of 1957 reg- hp. The 20 hp model, which has
istered here Monday, reports Cur- just been painted, looks as good as
ator J. 11. Neill, and he fully ex- new. Though there are still a
pects that the 12,000 mark will be few steam engines used to ruts
reached this week -end. threshing machines, they are sel-
Chances are excellent that total dom seen around this part of the
1957 attendance will outstrip the . 9untry.
previous record year by at least;„''Phe fourth steam engine, which
1.000 visitors. , atnakes the museum's display rea-
Meanwhile, mbre exhibits are ;bly complete, arrived last
arriving all the time. Just a few Tlttt slay• It was secured near
days ago, Mr. Neill secured an Belleville. e
old town bus, which he .states is Another recent additic•tt to -the
the exact type used in Goderich museum's collection is a 22 hp
around 60 years ago. This bus, portable gasoline engine, believed
drawn by two horses, carried tray- to be the largest portable engine
ellers betweeen the railway sta- used for threshing purposes in
tions and the hotels, and aLso sere- Huron ,County. This machine was
ed as a taxi to take people to located near Blyth and secured for
their homes, the museum.
Mr. Neill reports with pleasure The engine was drawn by horses
that he now has a reasonably com- and 'was one of the first gasoline
plete line-up of threshing machine engines large enough to drive a
engines. There are four types now threshing separator.
Pipers Play As Couple
Mark 60th Anniversary
Two hundred relatives and
friends called at the Cameron
street home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Allison on Saturday
when the well known Goderich
couple celebrated their 60th wed-
ding anniversary.
"We' hued an excellent time,”
said Mr:Allison afterwards. "We
were both pretty tired, When it
was all over, but we stood It. pretty
well."
There were 90 guests at ars an-
niversary dinner held in the Alli-
son home to mark the occasion.
In the evening, Goderich Pipe Band
arrived and played for nearly - two
and a half hours.
To top it off, a cablegram of
congratulaticiis was received from
the Queen. The couple also re-
ceived a telegram from Premier
Leslie Frost, a commemorative
scroll from the Province of On-
tario and greetings from Elston
Cardiff, MP for Huron.
Among those who called during
the day was a niece, Mrs. Harold
McIntosh, of Mimieo, Who hadn't
seen Mr. end Mrs. Allison for 43
years.
Other relatives and friends came
from such distant points as Col-
ltngwood, Barrie, Eltnvale, Grims-
by, Toronto, London, Windsor and
Pontiac, Mich.
Present for the celebration were
two daughters and three sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Allison. .They were
Ruth, M,rs. W. F. Routley, of Wind-
sor; Nellie, Mrs. Joseph Hynds, of
Pontiac; Joseph, George and Earl,
all of Goderich. Many grandchild-
ren and great-grandchildren were
also present.
During the celebration, the an-
niversary cake was displayed in a
room practically filled with flow-
ers. Tea was poured in the after-
noon by .Mrs. William Leitch, old
est neighbor ' off, the couple. In
the evening, tea -was pourd by
Mrs. Robert Wilson: )
Mr. Allison is 83 and his wife
is 84. They were married at Tor-
onto en September 8, 1897, by
Rev. Hicks, a Presbyterian minister.
Changes At Park
Lauded By W.I.
Lifesaving
Stations
Planned
Ten lifesaving stations 'will
be set up around Goderich
iharbor, it was announced fol-
lowing • a' joint meeting of
Goderich Aqui Club and Gode-
rich Lions Club.
The lifesaving stations will
include ring buoys and pike
poles. Cost of the equipment
will be taken out of receipts
from the Water Sports Day
held recently at the harbor.
Announcement of the decis-
ion to set up the lifesaving
stations was made jointly by
L. 0. (Nip) Whetstone, chair.
man of the Lions Club com-
mittee, and Bruce MacDonald,
representing the Aqua Club.
An 18 -year-old airman
drowned here a few weeks ago
near where. thousands of
people were -watching the
water sports show. A citizen
was forced to run a consider-
able distance before he could
find a life preserver to take to
the scene and throw in.
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High Rating Given
Jaycee. Bulietin
Recent changes at Harbor Park,
including installation of a hydro
plug-in so that visitors can heat
water for tea, etc., have uiet with
a mixed reaction.
A letter from Goderich Wo-
men's Institute, compliment:iig
Town Council on the changes, was
read at Friday night's Council
meeting. Also read was a letter of
protest from Dan. Pysaniuk, man
ager of the tourist camp.
On behalf of the Women's In-
stitute, Secretary Agnes Tichborne
wrote: "Recently the W.I. members
held the annual picnic at Harbor
Park and were pleased indeed with
the very fine improvements to the
pavilion. The members asked me
to extend to you our thanks i nd
appreciation, and especially to
Councillor C. M. Robertson, parks
chairman."
Mr. Pysaniuk complained in his
letter that two Fisheries Research
men, who were able to pay, were
given free accommodation for 10
days.
"I also protest the installaticti
of free hydro services whereby
any of the casual visitors can plug
in any electrie gj,pment what-
soever and obtain free facilities at
the expense of the taxpayer,"
wrote Mr. Pysaniuk.
The changes at the park were
made by Council at the urging of
the Women's liistitute and other
persons and, groups who have oc-
casion to hold picnics in Harbor
Park.
Mr. Pysaniuk'.s letter was refer-
red to the parks committee.
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GIRLS' BAND
HAS PRACTICE
The local Jaycee bulletin, edited
by Larry Owles, placed second in
its class in a national competition,
it was announced at the September
meeting of Goderich Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
The class in which it .was enter-
ed.- was for publications issued by
Junior Chamibers of Commerce in
towns of 10,000 population and
under, Larry, who has been turn•
ing out an elaborate, newsy pub-
lication, was cottgratul`ated by fel-
low Jaycees on the excellent show
ing.
It was also announced at the
meeting that the fall conference
for this district will be held in
Owen Sound on September 29.
Eight Goderich Jaycees have al
ready sigitified that they will at
tend.
President Howard Aitken was in
the chair for the meeting.
There were 35 girls on hand
when the re -organized Goderich
Girls' Trumpet Band held a prac-
tice last Thursday.
J. E. Huckins, a member of the
committee which is in charge of
the band, says that 25 girls are
still needed to bring the band up
to full srtreit h. *The committee
members will glad to speak to
any interested girl, who is between
the ages of 11 and 16.
Corporal R. G. Clark, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Clark, of
Benmiller, is seen carrying a piece of radar gear during RCAF
survey operations in the Arctic. The man on the right is F/O
R. H. Theakston, of Springfield, N.S. Both are members of No.
408 photo squadron of the Air Transport Command. They have
been setting up isolated receiving -transmitting sites at various
points throughout the northland. The background shows some
of the rugged terrain the men fly over and land on with their
ski -equipped Dakota transports.
Will Review By-Iaw
GoverningBand Grants
O The band by-law, which involves
the levying of a half mill to raise
money to support the Blue Water
Council
Advised
Of Resignation
Malcolm Mathers has resigned
from the position of secretary -
treasurer of Goderich Planning
Board, Town Council was advised
.Friday night. Council received a
copy of Mr. Mathers' letter of re-
signation to the board, dated
August 7.
Three Goderich Boy Scouts, who
atctided world Scout rallies in
England recently, were voted $50
each to help defrays their expenses.
The boys were Art Peachey and
John Simmons, of 3rd Goderich
Troop, and Bill. Haysom, of 2nd
Goderich Troop.
Walter R. Pierson's application
for a license to operate a taxi
business from his service station
at the coiner of West and Welling-
ton streets, was granted' by Coun-
cil.
Council was advised of a meeting
in Seaforth on September 10 for
the purpose of discussing form-
ation of a county mutual aid system
for the fire departments of Huron
County. The letter urged the local
fire chief and municipal represent
atives to attend.
A request for a refund of the
Goderich Organ Company's 1957
taxes in the amount of $838.64 was
referred to Court of Revision. Il
was pointed out in the letter that
the refund was being requested
because the plant has not been
doing business.
Annou,ice Winners Of Scholarships
Donated By local IODE Chapters
Winners of scholarships, burs-
aries and other scholastic awards
have been announced by the two
local LODE units, Maple Leaf Chap-
ter and Ahmeelc Chapter.
Miss Frg.tices Dalton, of Kings-
bridge, has been awarded a burs-
ary of $150 from Maple4.eaf Chap-
ter. She .plans to attend university.
The same chapter awarded $100
to Pauline Hill, of Goderich, who
IS now a nursenn-traintng.
It was announced that Henry
Bedard, who was a grade 8 student
at Goderich Separate School last
term, obtained the highest marks
in eacial studies. Betty Allan, who
was a pupil at Goderich Public
School, won the Maple Leaf Chap-
ter award for general proficiency
in grade 8.
At the September meeting of
Ahmedk Chapter, it was announced
that Miss Marilyn Anderson has
been awarded the Teachers' Col-
lege scholarship of $100.
Maple Leaf Meeting•
The first autumn meeting of
Maple Leaf Chapter, IODE, was
held at the home of Mrs. F. J.
Rouse with the regent, Mrs. R. W.
Hughes, presiding.
The secretary, Mrs. J. W. Wel
lace, read a communication sent
mut from the Provincial Chapter,
IODE, relative to discussions of the
general work of the Order.
The educational secretary gave
her report on prizes, bursaries and
scholarships g`ivof by the Maple
Leaf Chapter, IODE.
The Emfpire and World Study
convener, Mrs. J. C. Hindmarsh,
read a very interesting paper from
the Manfieet Lectures of 1955 --
"The Crisis of the West" by Dor-
othy Thompson. These lectures
are given to promote better under-
standing between Canada and the
t'nited States.
It was announced that the fall
fashion show would he held on
October 9, on behalf of the local
hospital.
The semi-anp'ual meeting of the
,Pro'vincial CIdiptor is to he held
in Brantford -ran October 24-25.
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Ahmeek Meeting
The September meeting of Ah -
meek Chapter, ISE, was held on
Monday at the home of Mrs. E.
Pridbam. The regent, Mrs. Gordon
Henderson, presided.
Mrs. Dixstow, empire convener,
gave two interesting kaapers on
Canada's former prefilter, Louis
St. Laurent, and on Prince Charles.
Educational convener, Mrs. Wal-
kom, reported that Miss Marilyn
Anderson was the Wiener of the
chapter's Teachers' .college scholar-
ship of'$100.
Mrs. Dustow thanked the hostess
for her hospitality and assisted
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Doak and
Mrs. Pridham in serving lunch.
Band, is to be reviewed by Town
Council.
The review was suggested by
Councillor W. A. Tipple, who em-
phasized that he was not recom-
mendaig anything further than just
that.
He noted that some other bands
have been formed here since the
Blue Water Band was organized.
For this reason, he thought it
might be well to make an u -p -to -
date study of the by-law. He said
he was not suggesting yet that
any commitments should be made
to the newer bands.
It is understood that the Blue
Water Band has turned a portion
of its grant over to Goderich Girls'
Trumpet Band in the past. The
girls' band did not operate this
summer but is now being re -organ-
ized.
Goderich Pipe Band has also
come alto prominence in the past
few years, though its members ap-
parently prefer to remain as in-
dependent as possible when it
comes to grants.
When the band bylaw was first
brought into effect, half a mill
raised about $1,400 on the town
assessment. Since theti, the assess-
ment total has climbed consider-
ably and the band grant has gone
up accordingly.'
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Forward $1,000
For New Wing
Thirty-five Goderich graduate
nurses enjoyed a delicious turkey
dinner at the Club Grill on Mon
day evening. A short business
program followed with reports
from the secretaries and treasurer.
It was decided to send a cheque fox
$1,000 to the hospital board to
furnish a room in the new wing.
,After the dinner, W. J. Johnston
showed two films, one on the train-
ing of cadets and the -other show-
ing scenes in British Columbia.
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PLAN CONCERTS
FOR GODERICH
Three concert dates have just
been announced by the local Com-
munity Concerts Association.
Boyd Neol and the Harts grouse
Orchestra will appear here on
October 2. They will be followed
by the Carolers, a vocal trio, on
November 11 and Oaan Marsh,
pianist, on April 8.
Clearing the way for a growing
Goderich, Town^ Council " Friday
made these decisions:
1. Council will press federal auth-
orities to undertake construc-
tion of floating dock and other
facilities at Snug Harbor, now
undergoing changes due to the
$8,000,000 rock salt mining de-
velopment.
2. A by-law was passed to execute
en agreement with a federal -
provincial partnership, whereby
22 serviced lots will be made
available to home builders here.
3. Approval was given to G. F.
Clingan's 10 -lot sub -division at
Bennett street and the lakefront.
Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron,
has already visited Goderich, at, the
request of local officials, to dis-
cuss the proposed improvements to
Snug Harbor.
Council agreed to act on Council-
lor James Bisset's suggestion that
the clerk be authorized to write
the Department of Public Works
and Department of Transport to
urge that the project be included
in the next government estimates.
Councillor Bisset, chairman of
the water, light and harbor com-
mittee, said that the federal auth-
orities should be urged to ccu-
struct a floating dock around the
balance of Snug Harbor.
Council will seek to lease a strip
of land between Snug Harbor attd
the road allowance. This strip is
i two feet wide at one end, broaden-
ing to about 100 feet at the other
end. If the government agrees to
lease the strip, Council will be
in a position to ccntrol its use.
Councillor Bisset and others ex-
pressed the opinion that the fed-
eral authorities will likely i .sisit
that the harbormaster charge
yeghts for wharfage if the improve?
ments are carried out. Yachts are
supposed to be charged for (wharf-
age
har€age at other ports such as Kin-
cardine and Port Elgin, i
in, accordlmg
to what the federal authorities
have told local ,officials.
These fees are turned over to
the federal government.
To Install Services
Council passed a bylaw author-
izing the signing of an agreement
re the land assembly plan near
Goderich District Collegiate Insti-
tute. When services have bees
installed; the 22 lots will be offer-
ed for sale to prospective home
builders by Central Mortgage &
Housing Corp.
The sub -division includes pro-
perty purchased from Mrs. Rose
Willis and property already owned
by the town. Council paid Mrs
Willis $10,000 for her property.
When services have been installed,
the federatl- rovi.neial partner hip
is to pay ,tie town $850 per let
for 22 lots::
The sab-division will then
turned over to Central Mortgage
& Housing Corporation, which will
have the task of recovering the
$18,700 investment through sale Of
:ndividual lots.
In giving approval to Mr. Clin-
gan's 10 -lot sub -division, Count&
agreed to pay 50 percent of the
cost of a road when four lots have
been sold. In ;any event, Mr. Clin-
gan's share of the road, when built,
would ` not exceed $500, it was
stipulated.
Proceed With Appeal
The town is proceeding with an
appeal against the county's ,prac-
tice of a.,Se-sing Goderich 10 per-
cent higher than any other tour
in Huron.
After conferring with J. K.
Hunter, town solicitor, Town Coun-
cil gave him the green light to
make all necessary arrangements
for the appeal.
The appeal, to be heard by Judge
Frank Fingland. will start here on
couple of days. R. C. Hays will
represent the county - at time hear
Mg.
It has been estimated by mem-
hers of Council that Goderich tax
payers would save several thous
ands of dollars i.unually if the
county assessed Goderich on tile'
same basis as other towns.
The county assessment figures.
form the basis on which Goderich
pays taxes to the county and aisle
affect the share of GDCI expenses
September 28, and inay run tor a raid by the town. -
Sky Harbor Canadian HQ
or H
ome-Built Aircraft
Sky Harbor Airport, just outside
Goderich, is gaining fame as the
headquarters for do-it-yourself
plane building in Canada. .
Three Goderich men are work-
ing on home -built, ultra -light air-
craft at the present time. Other
mighty midgets are being built
at Clacton and Mitchell and in
many centres outside this district.
The current Issue of a national
publication, Canadian Aviation,
credits Keith S. (Hoppy) Hopkin-
son, manager of Sky Harbor Air
Services, with being largely in-
strumental in persuading the De-
partment of Transport to facilitate
licensing of home -built planes.
Ultra -light aircraft have had a
long and successful history in the
United States but the development
of home-builts in Canada was dis-
couraged by government regula-
tietts until Hoppy got busy a while
back. -
Only a few days ago, there was a
"fly -in" at Milwaukee which at-
tracted several hundred ultra -light
aircraft. Happy flew down in his
own home -built plane to act as a
judge for the competitions.
Four other persons went from
Sky Harbor to attend the big show
at Milwaukee. They were Clarence
Love and .John Hopk +ison, of Gode-
rich; Stewart Steinburg, of Sarnia,
and Dr. Mervyn Hopkinson, of
Lion's Head. These four flew down
in a Cessna 195 piloted by Mr.
Love, an instructor employed by
Sky Harbor Air Services.
Hoppy, who heads the Ultra -
Light Aircraft Association of Can-
ada, has been flying a home built
plane for some time and has half
am p 1 e ted another ultra -light
plane,
Latest'Proiect
His latest project is a fast, cross
country, two -place model, which A g
is expected to top 175 mph. It
Wwill be powered by a 100 hp
engine.
When fully loaded it should riot
Ovital part of early aviation develop.
ments in this country until strict
government regulations precluded
the flying of any home-builts. The
ban remained :11.effect until lash
September when the Department
of Transport set up a new classifie-
ation for licensing of ultra-liglnft
aircraft.
Centre Of Revival
Unofficial headquarters for the
revival of home-building activitysince that time is the war -develop-
ed Sky Harbor Aii;port at. Goderich
on the shores of Lake Duret_
Keith (Hoppy) Hopkinson, air-
port manager and commercial
operator, is one of Canada's more
enthusiastic boosters of private
flying. There are a nunvber en
aviation plaques and trophies in
Canada said the United; Stat
which carry his name.
Hopkinson's perseverance and
determination in seeking authorityto fly his own very suecessfu
"Little Hokey"—a low -wing, 10C
hp adaptation of the well -knower
Stilts Playboy design --was one o
the major factors which persuaded
DOT officials to facilitate licensing
of home built planes.
Prior to the change in regale -
lions, the home -builders were pro
hibited from flying their planes in
Canada. However, `there were in-
stances where such flights tool
place --unofficially.
Used Kitchen Table
A home -builder doesn't mesa a
large workshop, or even a well-
equipped one, though it will help.
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ROBERT (GUS) CHISHOLM
yourself aircraft are being built
by an RCAF man at Clinton and'
by Alex Ingram, shop teacher at
Mitchell District High School.
According to Canadian Aviation,
a growing number of ('anadiili
en'husiasts are building their own
ultra light aircraft. And for the
most part. they're doing it for `cess
than $1,000.
Following are excerpts from the
article:
Do it -yourself plane building has
had a long and successful history
nEurope, particularly in France,
andl� the United States. It was a
ame E. Crawford Head
ocal Cancer Society
weigh more than 1,200 pounds, he
told the Signal -Star. The empty
weight will be less than 800
pounds.
"We have been getting a terrific
amount of mail from doctors, dent-
ists and people in all walks of
life," said Hoppy. "They all wait
information or? how to build their
own aircraft. It's a fast-growing
hobby."
Other Goderich rnen who are
building their own planes are
Clarence Love. instructor at Sky
Harbor, and Robert (Gus) Chisholm,
who ie vice president of the Ultra
Light Aircraft Association of
Canada
Elsewhere :it the district. dolt -
Ernest Crawford was elected
president of Goderich branch of
the. Canadian Cancer Society at the
annualmeeting in the Legion Hall
Monday Might.
Other officers elected were: past.
president, Robert Sperling; first
vice-president, Mrs. D. D. nlooley;
second vice-president, Ed. Stiles;
third vice-president, Floyd Ledge;
fourth vire—president, Fred Sturdy;
secretary, Miss Evelyn Cooper, and
treasurer, Mrs. A. M. }iarper.
Mils. (Dr.) H. Hall headed the
nominating committee, nen A. M.
Harper presided aver the election
of officers.
There was a good attendance at
the meeting, which was addresrc t
by Dr. J. C. K. MacDonald, senior
physicist of the eanee clinic alk
Victoria Hospital, London. He
&poke on "Peaceful Use of Anomie
Energy."
Last Friday an executive meet•
ing of the Perthautr-on unit of the
Canadian Cancer $ociety was held
in Gtizl'e feh to dittu:'J splitting tht.
orgahizati0i into separate flurio t
and Perth 't,nit -. ,1t was decided to
pproceed. with 'this g is 1 dltd
linite action 'will be t=tken at sr
unit streeting to be heal .in, towe
next month.
The executive meeting 110re Viat
attended by Ontario Distrlet Seel,
1 tory M. `Grimes, a 'ltdretitO.
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