The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-04-05, Page 14E4 l-Godsx ich psignal
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da r1 April 5th,062
y Sandy McDonald
;At
Kintai1 Reach on Lake
-fturonr -several-• •pQSte'!-^ '-,
ram the water at4 cows'
angles. Extending. 504 yards in-
to the, lake, they mark the otzt
line of a deck, built at the
mouth of Kerry Creek, 200 ye s the group, Donald Boyd, had a
"
aeeom lish this remarkable
t
fea. . .
W th. the,^opetnng air, nava► a
don on Lake Huron, two—Mated
sailing' .Vessels, arrived at the
dock.. The captain of a schoon
er would sound the .ship's horn
when approaching' the pier it
was the signal for the fanners
nearby to. head. for the dock to
help load the cargo., Froznthis
point, the sailing, " vessels took
the tanbark Ato its destination
at. either Sarnia or Detroit.
A tragedy occurred on One
O ,
occasion at; thh per `.` Several
men had come 1. early to the
dock one evening .to await a
schooner.. Tired from their day's.
work, they fell asleep. One of
, to the north,
The exact year of its • con-
• struction is ulknown but itcould reasonably be assumed
around 1870. The; author haz-
ards this guess on the basis -that
an, elderly citizen, formerly of
Kingsbridge, who is approach-
ing his 90th. year, remembers
the dock when, it was it use.
The, name, "Blake and Co."
is Iin d with its development
a well as • the;, roadway leading
into it. Now used as a road to
' the Presbyterian Camp • at Kin -
tail, it was Lormerly known as
Navigation Street by Kintail's
older ,residents. -
This pier was erected ' as an
aid to the timber and tanbark
industry which occupied the
__fanners of Ashfield in the lat-
•
. -"s :ter`decacles. oi~-ttiYew-l9tlr cerrtu,iv
It served the north-east section
-.of the,. townships an area' where
-Hemlock trees -grew abundantly.
Throughout the winter, the
.ew=tusked at this trade.
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2t saNh s g j dE-
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used in the tanning industry,
hence, .the 'term, "tanbark."
From the° Hemlock stands on
the 12th. -concession of Ashfield;
the •bark was "' transported by
--team , ,' , J sleigh to the bank of
' Lake uron. ` The late Kenneth
MacLean, of Kiritail, ' father' of
"carpenter' Dan," earned the
lasting respect of his. co-workers
in this operation. Two loads of-
tanbark hauled to the lake in
one day Was considered a full
day's work by the majority c'f
farmers. • However, it was cus-
toinery for Kenny to haul three
loads. His favorable location,
• close' to the lake, helped him
habit of walking. in his sleep.
On this occasion, Donald arose,
from his slumber and began
watrring,�:,A,�1�,ore the others
notieed� him, he had slipped
overt:; the end of the dock and
drowned.
The wharf , was seldom used
after_ the trade in, tanbark fell
off. It was , idle until the sum-
mer cottagers at' Kintail began
using it as mooring posts for
their boats. Several Kititail
youths erected a diving -board
on it, early in the 40s. `
Each spring one may, notice
several more •'posts missing;
theyare broken off by winter
ice-floest.' 'Eventually, the blue
waters of Lake4Huron will close
over this once busy pier. The
severed stumps will remain be.
towtothe` surfaces though,a..as a
menace td swimmers and boat-
ers alike. Perhaps someone
wiirfloat .a buoy' over -the spot
to warn and remind us of "Kinn
tail• -Dock."._
.n •
sun iS one .of • those, old -f fishion•
ed iron obiects, with, a rop
attached ;to , which, °a Horse was
hitched so that it would net run
away,' It acted in : the same
way as an anchor does for a
ship. <,
,--A-Pilak'Ltr9m,,Fiiut, , ...Michigan,.
has written to the Iluron Cou
ty Museum to find the correct
name fbr thlt object which be
longed to the horse -and -buggy
days. The writer of the letter
is a )%Ir. Patton, who. originally
came, from Colborne Township
and who frequently visits with The first blood transfusion,
the Shaw family in Cofborne.• s according to' record; was given.
The man h•as been informed to Pope Innocent • VIII in • 1492;
that the correct name is it,Snub-'
bing post.
Thera was a'n a?cticlein a re
cent issne;of Reader's- Digest ;t
garding this portable hitching
device of bygone days. .In it
•
was listed the various names
giyen to , the snubbing post.
Antong them' were the follow-
Mg:,
ollow;in'g , gizmo, hootenanny, hitch:
ing post, hitching rack, crufty,
flank, 'midger, grawb:,, wooftn-
whiflle, stay -put, boss bobbin,
hardhobble, tether weight,
hitching • `halt,_ iron
ground f g, 'nag anchor, dead
mall, th -earn. ,
Whic name did your father
or grand ther use. back. in. the
old horse-. nd-buggy days?
Dungannon Towns, p
Eastern Qptario Gets Y��►,°Of R
Dungannon Village FroinThe Air
DungannonTownship,.: COun-
cil, in Hastings .County; near
Bancroft, k•Ontario, ,looked over
their namesake, the village of
Dungannon in-IEloroti County
"iron} the :air Wednesday after-
noon
of lastweek- .
4 ter.•_
Rushed f or time, while mak-
ro ing a visit to the DRMCO
plant, Goderich, to look over
road graders, they were taken
on speedy sightseeing trips
over;, this .area, which includ-
ed.flying low in a plane' over
Dungannon. •
Mr. Bruce Sully, sales Man-
, ager of. DRMCO,was host to
the visitors who included the
Dungannon Township Clerk..
Reeve, Road Superintendent
,and'.Council member.S, •MAvrM,
The group :toured the
DRMCO , plant -Wednesday
raornilg and•expressed their.
admiration for- 'the produc-
tion line of road graders they
saw, •' On Wednesday After- ,
.
-t D
o 1
W $� m
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no n
Point to -see the nuelear 'pewer,
plant and: on the return trip.
flew over Dungannon. latter,
Wednesday afternoon,'. they
toured the .plant of Gederich
Manufacturing Company Lim-
ited. They travelled in planes
chartered by . DRMCO from
Sky Harbour Air Services."
On Thursday morning,. they
made a Jour of the rock salt
mine at Goderich, and headed
Ler home in the afternoon.
Itirtha in Craaada role i
led d74,0,..00, thebirth rate
drop-
ped
xp -ped
to 26.1, per 1,00Q of papula"
tion, the fourth Consecutive 'an,
nual ,drop since 1907, when the
crate stood at 2$:6.
SrPfui, t are so-called
cau88 theysometimes grow
..
clusters.
nomas A. Edison was dis-
missed fromLa job as a yoocg
man for Sleeping while e on ditty,,.
Si.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Menarik probationary training course at
left Goderich Sunday for Inuvik,
N.W.T,, where NIr. Menarik will
assume management of CBC
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watt, station serving most of the
MacKenzie River delta.
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iia -..various capacit tr—reest'
e..
worked with the Department of
Northern Affairs, for three,
years, as manager of the Handi-
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• "ti;- at Frobisher Bay. .,
During seven years in the
civil. service, while serving in
the • hospital at 'Moose Factory,
he- -met his future- bride, the
former Grace Pinder, of Gode-
rich, who was on the nursing
staff at the hospital. They now
have two children, one daugh-
ter, Jeaii,. aged. four, and -a ,son,
Bobby, two. years, old.
Mr. Menarik qualified for his
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Two weeks ilb7tisiiettibisef•
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be well above that figur , April
temperatures are still below the
freezing point'but iii the short
summers, usually lasting about
two months, readings of 99
above, are not uncommon. Some
gardening is done by the resi
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