The Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-06-29, Page 44 Th. eriell. Shat -Star, Thursday, June 39th, MI
Old Grarid.TrunklailwarWai
RespoflsibIe. For This Romance.
(By Flirty J. Boyle) ! It was Eddie and he had
Some Marriages may be made' Willie, a strange woman and a
in heaven but Willie Joe's seem- flock of youngsters. The big -
ed to have been influenced •more gest shock of all was to see
the Grand Trunk- Railway Willie carrying a baby in his
than anything else. Willie Joe arins and the woman, a neat,
Was a distant cousin, a round little body dressed in black car-
a:.Perltetnattix.X 44,c ' cL, tow_ �' '.<1 : ,others:
*.bu'tto'hxus ;'frfghteniny pare ranged -0 alon side •of the car.
Wit
blue' 'eyes and a shock of sandy -"Folks, Willie, eft 'o
Iookte "'u ' ke ._wire a . 1
'� h d: a lzi�: flri.oaC and`• 8usixihif;'"iiis face,
bristle. Rmaind he may have "I want to introduce Biddy, my
been, but his arms were long wife, and these here are her . . .
and extended from a powerful I mean our kids, ..."
chest. "Pleased to meet you," said
He was a baohelor of 45 and the woman Aith a little bob and
fair game with a 200 -acre farm hand extend, "Willie has told
for every spinster in the town- me about you ....and you too .. "
ship. He Was hard to corner at she said looking at rne.
box socials 'or dances and even Biddy made a friend of me
when invited to Sunday supper for life with her smile arid the
always left before the old folks first thing • I knew I was holding
went to bed.a, Dennis. Willie was holding
Patrick. • The others ranged
• Grandfather gave his opinion from the tallest, Molly, to Mich -
that WillieJoe was one of those ael to Peggy. .Eddie, the dray-
people who, would never marry. man. grinned, • "Sure never
Without brothers and sisters, he thought that Willie Joe would
had been orphaned at 25.. Per- come home with a ready-made
-fleetly, capable as a bachelor, he family." Willie Joe was all
had his laundry done in the vli- smiles and merely said: "Saves a
lage and patronized the bake- lot of trouble."
shop, in place of baking hard- Supper was waiting and mo -
tack for himself as most country ther was annoyed until she heard
bachelors did. He took . his about Willie Joe's bride. Then
"threshing -gangs" to the Com- the questions started and she
mercial Hotel for meals. He grew more annoyed. The plain
seemed to be self-sufficient and fact was that neither .of us had
most people agreed he would earned very much outside of the
never marry. fact that Willie Joe had married
a widow called Biddy Donovan
Mother wasn't convinced. She
would shake her head and say with five children and the oldest
that Willie Joe wanted to be I was eight-year-old Molly, and
married but he ,,wasn't going to the youngest was 11 -month-old
have any of these women who' Dennis.- -
were on' the prowl. She often ..
said, "Just you watch his face) Sitting in tale back kitchen
when he sees children. It iustlone day, shelling peas, I heard
positively 'lights up. I think ! Biddy tell my mother, "You
Willie Joe wants to be married know, it all seems like a story
but like ev°erythina else he'll do to me. There I was on the train
it when,he sees fit. Girls like with a poor bit of money that
that 'Sara Jane Maclennan, run -!was all I had after my°first bus-
' zing after him all the"time, are 'band, Eamonn, had been killed.
There wasn't a mite of compen-
sation because my Eamonn was
a •bit daft, working for hiraiself,
saying he was going to make
me a fortune-"
I could hear mother pouring
tea and Biddy went on after a
}risking a mistake."
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I was helping father do chores
for Willie .The when he went to
the Roval Winter 'Fair in Tor-
onto, We had come up from the
lihril and were going to leave
f_t, hr4�n we- heard a car in the pause.
lanieway. It was a monstrous "Bless us. I must have been
thing with red disk wheels which daft myself. I was on that..bless=
° Eddie the dravman had bought ed Grand -Trunk with about 525
and'repaired after a smashup on to my name and hoping I could
• the highway. lodge the children while,I tried
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"What's Your Hobby?"
to get a job. 1 had been a
seamstress, The. children were
fussy and this nice man offered
to hold Dennis while I changed
Patrick."
I heard her laugh that throaty
chuckle then.
"Ile wasn't a looker, if you
know what I mean, but he calm-
ed Dennis down and he bought
lunches and milk for them all.
I tried to pay but he wouldn't
hear of it and after they all
dozed off we sat and talked. I
clear forgot my troubles and
when we got to the city I was
completely baffled. I didn't know
where to go and. first thing I
knew he had rile in a cab with
the kids and we had lodging at
a nice place. I --didn't see him
the next day but 1 was a weary
onea.rying -to find work..
- "That night he took us all out
to dinner. The youngsters were
fussing but it didn't seem to
bother him and that war, strange
for a bachelor. Finally he look-
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gid -across at Molly and said, "Do
you think you could put up with •
me for a father?" My heart BallRe
almost stopped and imp,. that
she is, she said, "I would like Names
help minding these other kids."
,Biddy really laughed ' and
there was something aiinost re-
verential in her voice when she
said, "You know the Lord and
the Grand Trunk brought me a
fine man."
The solemn tone wasn't for
long as she exploded. "And it
brought Willie Joe a ready-made
family." -
Knox W.M.S.
June Allteting -
The June meeting of the
W.M.S. of Knox' Presbyteriah
Church was held on June 20th
with Mrs. C. Straughan presid-
ing. • The hymns were chosen
by Miss Ida White.
The supply escretary, Mrs. J.
Thomson, received a number
of gifts for men in Hamilton
Sanatorium, as part of the sup-
ply allocation. Miss' L. Mac-
Arthur reported six hospital
calls and 32 home calls on shut-
ins.
The secretary, Mrs. R. Wilson,
was pianist for the afternoon in
the . ahseilce
ville who 'is leaving fora four
of Europe and the • Middle East.
The . Scripture was read by
Mrs. Knechtel and prayer was
offered by Mrs. F. MacArthur.
Mrs. G. MacEwan'read an inter-
esting letter from Mrs. W. N.
Ferguson, a former member of
the Council Executive of the
W.M.S.
Current events consisted° of
good news from Armagh, the
Presbyterian Home for unmar-
ried mothers at Clarkson. An
appeal was made for $100,000
to pay for the building and fur-
nishings. -.and -..the boardmem-
bers were happy to report that
$107.000 had been received. Rev.
W. Weir is chairman of the
Board, and Rev. G. L.11oyal was
chaplain before coming to Gode-
rich.
No meetings Will be held dur-
ing July and August. A social
half hour was held at the close
of the meeting.
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Officers
The annual Ball Reunion was
held at the Lions Park in Mit-
chell on Saturday with over 100
relatives present. Guests were I
there from Goderich, Clinton, 1
Mitchell, Kitchener, Clalvson,
Mich., London, Stratford, De-
troit and other surrounding dis•
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tricts.
The afternoon was enjoyed by
a friendly get-together. Sports
were participated in by the
younger ones under the conven-
ership of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Gib-
bings; ` Mi °.w,,,, d' Mrs: orr--• k
Gregor and Mr. ai d-- rs. Lloyd
Penfound.
A bbuntiful supper was served.
under the convenership of Mr.'
and Mrs. Dave McLeod, Mr.' and
Mrs. Jack -McLeod and Mr. and
Mrs.. Norman Mairs.
Warren Gibbings, president,
presided over the meeting at the
close of the.,•sup er:.-.. A moment
of silent prayer was o served
for those. who had passed on.
New officers elected were: hon
orary president, Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Gibbings; president, Mr.
and Mrs. Melhourn Ball; vice-
president, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Wright; secretary and treasurer,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Gibbings; ex-
ecutive committee, Mr. and Mrs.
Don McGregor, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Stanbury,- and Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Shobbrook.
There seems to be no end to
the creation of new records in
the world of sport. For 9xample,
last year over two dozen world
records in sivimming ° were
broken.
Tennis Origin
Said in Egypt
"Tennis anyone?"
Historians for many decades
have wondered who first asked
this question. •
The origin of court tennis is
shrouded _in mystery and con-
troversy, but there are many
indications that . the ancient
Egyptians were the founders
of this sport.
Even the origin of the word
tennis is obscure. It has passed
through many transformations
and variations and has baffled
etymologists. -
A prominent theory is that
the name tennis was derived
from an ancient Egyptian city
on the banks of the Nile. The
city was named Tanis by the
eeks, but . in Arabic .it is
nounced Tinnis. According
to this theory, late in the
12th century French crusaders
brought back from the Ara-
bic -speaking countries certain
words and various forms there-
of. One of these was the Arabic
Word "rahat," which means
palm of the hand. This, accord-
ing to some scholars, is the
origin of the word racket. An-
other Arabic word introduced
to Europe at this . time was
hazard, meaning dice, and,
later, chance. Hazard is also- a
term often used in connection
with 'tennis.
The city of Tinnis was known
for its manufacture of fine lin-
ens, and 'tlie earliest balls used
for the game of tennis were
made of such light fabric.
Quite possibly, according • to
this theory, the famous "tissue
de tennis," is actually light
fabric made in Tinnis, thus the
source from which the name
of the game was derived.
According to Egyptologist
Kamal al Malakh (discoverer
of the solar boats), the ancient
Egyptians developed several
other sports popular today,
among them boxing, swim-
ming, ' rowing, bullfighting,
wrestling, weight lifting and
field hockey.
A relief on one of the walls
of an ancient Egtian temple
dating back 2,500 years shows
pictures of 44 different Wres-
tling holds. Pictures on walls
dating back to the peridd'
around 4,000 B.C. show '> .`gyp -
tiaras swimming in the crawl
and breast stroke styles.
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"COURT" KERR FIRST
IN HORSESHOE PITCHING
Courtland Kerr, R.R. 4, Gode-
rich, was again a -first pri?e win -
per at the Horseshoe pitching
tournament held at Eastwood
Park, Hamilton, last week. This
competition was held by the
Canadian Horseshoe Pitching As-
sociation. There were over 50
competitors , from Toronto,
Niagara Falls and the Kitchener
district.. "Court" qualified for
the A -class and he won the first
prize. Instead of trophies and
cups, money prizes were given
by the Association to the win-
-ners:
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Panel Indicates Farmers Should
Contr�l MOf Products
'(By J. C. He ingway)
As suggested in last week's
article, I would like to give you
some part of the panel discus-
sion chaired by Gordon Greig
and with' panelists Dr. Patterson,
Ken. Standing, Bob McKerclier
and lrverett. Gigs.
Dtt ° ^ ttte6 it t ''.C"ni'''t 'fib
farmer''s income has dropped
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,d��tieal y, siae�,:lk�b�Tia ,,. sW
past three.. years Lias shown
some. indication of holding the
line at this reduced level.
Ken Standing reported' that
European markets are available
for .Ontario grains at a price.
The high grade standards for
Ontario grains are very helpful
in selling ,our products but we
do have difficulty in providing
continuity of supply.
(I might add that, since the
Zone meeting, I have been in-
formed that the last,of the 1960
winter wheat crop has been sold,
I wonder ` if the Dairy Industry
would have been in the mess it
seems to be in, with butter and
skim -milk powder, had there
been a means -of producer mar-
keting similar to the Wheat
'Marketing Board.)
Mr. Biggs stated that farm
organization. and marketing
boards have been quite benefic-
ial to the farmer; while the
farmer's income was not what
it should be, it would have been
much worse had it not been for
these organizations, he said.
Bob McKercher stated that co-
operatives are able jto do little
in the matter of removing sur-
plus product but have been quite
successful in selling on the dom-
estie' market, Darticularly in the
poultry and dairy branches. (I
t ink, perhaps. Bob could have
1Y en a less modest and
Pointed out that it is profitable
to the producer for the Co -Op.
to export at cost since the re-
moval of the surplus will in-
crease the domestic price by a
like amount. Private business
cannot export at this level. Also.
if the Co -Op. is strong enough.
as it is in Denmark, removal
of surplus is quite practical.)
It was- interesting to hear Dr.
Patterson state that beef pro -
ducerg. received the lowest net
income with - sheep producers
very little better, and on up
with hogs , and the various
branches' of dairying. We pro-
duce a slight surplus of beef
but we are Very short on lamb
and wool production. (Appar-
ently the support price on lamb
barely -profitable and imports
axe aileo'Sv i tw' ep'•'the price•
at this level most of the time.)
not seem to increase price is
substantiated in a recent Ontario
Broiler Grower bulletin in which
the broiler growers are stated
as being opposed to reduced pro-
duction in Ontario since this
would only mean gre iter sup-
plies coming in from other pro-
vinces and from the U.S.
The conclusion of all this
seemed to be that farmers will
have to take over the control of
marketing their product and par-
ticularly the disposal of surplus
and, as Mr. Biggs remarked, "not
be dependent on the fickle
whims of government."
KNOX JR5.
HOLD PICNIC
More than 150 children and
their mothers enjoyed the Jun-
ior Congregational piii'ic - of
Knox Presbyterian Church held
Wednesday of last week on the
church lawn. Miss Barbara
Woodruff was in charge and was
assisted by member's of the star
of the Junior -Congregation. -
Games and races were enjoy-
ed by the children with Rev.
G. L. Royal conducting the races.
The winners were: girls, 3 years,
Diane Ryan; boys, 3 tears, Tim
McGee; girls, 4 " years, Janie
Bisset; boys, 4 years, Graham
Royal; girls, 5 years, Bonnie
White; boys, 5 years, Terry
Keuiizie; girls, 6 years, Janet
Hy -de; boys, 6 years, Brian Ham-
ilton; girls, kicking shoe, 7 years, -
Marlene MacMillan; boys, bunny
Q,p, Billy McGee.Lgirls, 8 years,
stro to 'iii i$ "+ s' t1;- i `d7cgai .
Robin; boys, 8 years, potato race,,
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A picnic lunch was serveet-+art
the lawn of the church. - •
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