The Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-05-11, Page 7The largest fish caught any-
where in the world on rod and
line was a blue -fin tuna, 977
pounds, landed in St. Ann Bay,
N.S., in 1950, by Commander
Hodgson, of Montreal.
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forests and less in the big cities.
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1. What is the distance by rail-
way from. Winnipeg to Mon-
treal, from )V°innipeg to Van-
couver?
2. What is the principal differ-
ence in the form of govern-
ment in
9q Canada ands in Great
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3. In what year did `Britain pro-
claim sovereignty um
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4. Since- 1939 spending- by all
provincial and municipal gov-
ernments combined has in-
creased by about 800 per cent.
By how much has €ederal gov-
ernment spending increased?
5. Since World War II an aver-
age of how many immigrants
hay.e entered Canada annual-
ly?
ANSWERS: 5. An annual aver-
age about 137,00( .3. 1583. 1.
From Winnipeg to Vancouver
1,463 miles, from 121!inn a ,.:t�
ltLz�ntre i , 5� _ .miles. °4. By
about 1,200 'per cent. 2. Canada
power is shared by the member
provinces and the central gov-
ernment; Great Britain is a leg-
islative union in which the cen-
tral parliament has sovereign
power.
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When Tragedy Came
In $mall P
(By Harry J. Boyle).
on all of us. First recjflections
nf..-Childhookiz0V44k3irmpienZ
if
a long .
and unending peritt
of sheer happiness, never mar-
red by bills,* ta4es or sickness
in the family: Closer examin-
ation can show, however, that
ac ages
anything. Two or three smart
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home tht"S�_op-1t..
traetzve collie,, was up for sale:-
Just beyond . the - driving shed
I saw young Jim; sobbing as if
to break his heart.
My grandfather was outragec�.
He bid twenty-five cents for t
dog and strode, into the ring
with his moustache fairly quiver-
ing. , He turned slowly around
with a glare that defied anyone
to bid on the dog. He didn't
have to worry because every-
body had their own supply of
dogs.
'i he auctioneer hastily knock-
ed the dog ddwnfor twenty-five.
cents and I saw my grandfather
reach into•the bib pocket of his
overalls and .take out a piece
of paper and then unroll what
he called his, lucky "shin -plast-
er." He carried the twenty-five-
ent bill for years and I knew
it was a sacrifice for him to
part with it. He took the collar
of the dog and led it over and
rage it to my second cousin.Jinn.
Then he turned to the boy's
father and thundered, "You
uut;hta be ashamed" of yourself
for breaking a boy's heart that
way."
the bittersweet of mental pain
did exist then and that it --was
mighty sharp on occasion.
I remember an auction sale at
my cousin's ,place in the ,.midst
of the depresssion. Clare had
never liked farming and had
been forced into it by the strong
will of his father. When th
father died the young farm
was simply, lost and the depres-
sion crippled him economically
to the point where,- he had to
sell out. What he was going to
do lafter the sale had never oc-
curred to hint. He just wanted
o get away from that farm.
* * *
The sale was a farce because
o one had any money to buy
n
My uncle had it in his store and
rt guess he couldn't sell it, In a
day and age when toboggans
were made from flatted out
round cheese `boxes, waxed'..to
smoothness or old, tin signs. or
a Moose. piece of metal barn s d-
ing or simply two scantlings
Iwith
aplatform
nailed
iled ontp,
_04M1z61ppd1-'wage .d. lirli*W
110, adinired it trim, time to but ,hadn
e y
given 11 by my 'uncle one Christ-
mas Eve after -church.
On that cnristmes Morning I
could hardly Wait to get out on
the hill in the pasture 'field.
There was a crast- on the snow,
and the„sleigh fairly flew down,
the hill. It " was a wonderful
sleigh and I wouldn't even ad-
mit that in loose sn.ow the con-
verted cheese box could out -
place it. The thin metal run-
ners cut through loosesnow and
sometimes left you stranded on
the middle of the hill' or dug in
.and sent you sprawling abe,ad,
as you slipped ofr the smooth,
enamelled .surface. '
The sleigh was put away in
the woodshed every night. It
was dried off and hung up 'out
of harm's way: Even my mo-
ther marvelled at the unexpect-
ed neatness.
There came a day when my
father was in trouble at chore -
time. I knew by the sound of
his voice that .I better help him
,-eause it was starting to snow
ind he was going to be late for
schoolboard meeting. The
hcres dragged on and it was
dark when I went up for supper.
T was so tired that I went to
bed and to sleep in the early
evening. -There was a heavy
oating of snow in `the morning
and then I remembered. that I
had left the sleigh on the gang
wav rnto the driving shed..
Well, the sleigh__Inid *been
stenped on by the horse when
father was putting away the
cutter. „That day was one of the
blackest in. m3‘. memory. The
top of it was 'smashed beyond
repair and I spent a day in ela$s-
and drew five hundred lines, but
even that didn't seem to make
any difference. When I got home
found a new—board on the
The 'Metal undercar-
riage had been,twisted back
even made a passable repair to
the. steering apparatus.
Somehow it wasn't the same
because there was no shiny,
varnished surface and no rose
and no name. -I carried' that
ache for a week and went back
to the cheesebox toboggan.
These are _some of. the heart-
aches of childhood which seem
co trifling now but which were
so vital and painftvt4 in those
days of minor issues,
*
Clare just turned his hands up
in despair.
"I didn't want to do it, Bill.
f didh t, but can you tell .me
how I can feed a dog in the
city when I'm gonna have a hell
of a time feeding my family?"
,tvent home—that night and
sleep stayed away for a long
time. The whole scene was so
disquieting. I knew Clare was a
kind man and wouldn't have sold
the ,dog, .on his son if there
weren't a good reason.
Trifgedy can strike you, and
of 'stagger with the blow 'and
summon up all, your resources
and the'n it 'passes. The sthall
sort of intimate 'tragedies are the
ones that ache away in a place
qrmeeze them. I think they're
the worst .kind because they
seem to hang on for so long.
sure when thev'fe .voune.-,. Mine
was a "store-btiughten", sleigh.
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A veteran of 20,000 air miles, even though only ten years of
age, Robert Symons is 'seen here with.' his father and the
family dog, Bruno. Mr. R. C: Symons, of WOOdstock, was one
of about 30 pilots who recentlY flew into Sky Harbour Air-
port for a Sunday breakfast "fly -in." The dog, Bruno, is a
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LARGEST CROWD HERE IN
PAST 90 YEARS WAS SHAM ,
ILITIA BATTLE OF 1871
past DO years' in Gbderich Which
here as did an event which oc-
curred on June 22nd of 1871.
It was the Grand Review of
Western Ontario military units
and was held near the flats of
the Maitland River on the' out -
The exercise to be carried out
bY all the units in camp had
been anounced several days be-
fore and so the whole k!ountry
kir 25 miles around, it is said,
poured into Goderieh. Thus,
"from the surrounding heights,
1'2,000 well-dresed and orderly
spectators looked down upon
When training camps were set
up for volunteer military unitS
of. Canada after 1870, Goderich
was chosen t'o be the site. to
—which mo -St or the reeMentS of
Western Ontario,were to be sent.
Here came those of Middlesex,
!Wellington, Waterloo, l'erth,
I Bruce and Huron counties in
!the middle of June, 1871.
The camping ground was situ-
'ated at the northeast of the
town *on the right bank of the
(Maitland River about a mile and
la half-- iforre—the - court house.
It. was a .fine location on a pla-
teau,. with the river winding its
way to 'Lake Huron, and Gode-
rich perched on the top of a
steep hill, in Ole distance.
The camp was planned in the
form of a right angle, one"arm
facing the river and' the other .
going back ciuto the bush. At
-the- extreme end of this. arm of
the camp the London Field Bat-
teries were . stationed in order
to allow thtein• to picket their
horses to the trees. On the -400
acres of the field almost 2,500
men were under canvas.
The Grand River, so-called was
really a tactical exercise involv-
ing the infantry, artillery and
one gunboat.- The tiny naval
up the river from the harbor to
Woo s which started the action
plaited—filing, --
Then the report stated that
"ColoneL Stanley Gallantly dash-
ed through the river arid bravely
held °the ground, but after a gal-
lant and determined resistance
was compelled to retreat. The
skirmishers and supports were
driven in uPon the main force."
However, a fierce fusilade now
,pourgid in upon the enemy and
the whole line advanced at the,
charge bearing ,down on the foe
"until the miserable remnants
were torn to pieces."
After this mock battle the bat-
talions and batteries., both foes
,and friends, formed. into col-
umns and marched past the sal-
uting base under the eyes of
General DOvle and the adjutant -
general. Then their bands led
the forces back into camp.
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