The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-11-01, Page 11o,
115th Year—No. 43
GODE
No longer used as a dwelling, this house on the Varna Road
•just outside of Bayfield was built by Arthur J. Kendall, now
serving a life term in Kingston Penitentiary. Kendall, about
a year ago, was found guilty of the murder of his 33 -year-old
wife in 1952. Now owned by Miss Rosie Vierson, of Bayfield,
the house is wised by Fred Telford, ,Bayfield commercial fisher-,,
man, for the repairing of his nets. Signal -Star photo.
Poet Is Found
Dead At Home
Ernest H. A. Home, the poet
from Strathroy,• Ontario, who has
had contributions published in
The Signal -Star for quite some.
31Par,s, was found dead at his
home last Thursday 'evening.
Police found him seated in
a chair- next to a stove in his
home. It was believed he had
been dead two• days.
In the , October 18th issue of
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The Esquire
The Signal -Star appeared a
poem by the late Mr. Home
which -was an .Nit lVfemor tun" -
for his old friend, Gavin Green
of Goderich on the occasion (of
the first anniversary of Mr. -
Green's death.
The closing lines of the poem
read: •
"His ¶memories (of. Huron's early
years,
Wherein are mingled with the
laughter, tears—
And I am not today ashamed
F- of mine."
A retired farmer, Mr. Home
at 78 years, continued to com-
pose his poems on a battered
typewriter in his rustic kitchen.
He was born •in -Hastings, Eng-
land, and .educated at a private
school owned by his father.
After . working in an office in
London, -England, he grew
weary of city life and came to
Canada.
His poems appeared in num-
erous Canadian publications but
Restaurant- -he always had a particularly
`warm spot in his heart for
The "Square- Goderich -JA 4.9941 Goderich. ,
In front of this war memorial in Clan Gregor Square, Bayfield,
the annual Remembrance Day service will be held in memory
of Bayfield and distrltt veterans who served, in World Wars
I and II. Beyondit in the distance can- be seen St. Andrew's
United Church. Signal -Star photo
Winter Fleet Gathers
At Goderich Harbor
The grain storage winter fleet
is beginning to assemble at'
Goderich Harbor, indicating the
imminent ending of another sea-
son of navigationc
Arrivals during the past week-
end include the barges John A.
Roebling and the Bryn Barge.
The Bryn came in .under tow
by the ' SS Victorious; Sunday,
and the Roebling arrived Mon-
day morning towed by the Up-
per Lakes steamer Maunaloa II,
skippered by Captain Art Rouse
of Wiarton.
The Maunaloa II unloaded 714
tons of screenings, 38,000 bush-
els of wheat and 144,000 bush-
els of barley, before leaving
port Tuesday afternoon. The
ictorious left Ggderich earlier
iter leaving the Bryn Barge
for winter _mooring.
Other ship arrivals included
the SS Midland Prince, Sunday,
to unload coal and take ore .salt
at the; Sifto dock. The 630 -foot
R. Bruce Angus, another Upper
Lakes freighter, arrived late
Friday and left port during the
following afternoon with a full
load of Sifto salt.
The summer -long activity at
the harbor has dwindled to a
trickle as the colder winds and
early snowfalls take over the
popular picnic areas. Sporadic
strollers still explore the beach
and docks but most of the cots-
tomary activity As confined to
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Whale Nets '
At Bayfield
Often used in •.summer by holiday visitors, this long length of -
stairs leading down to the beach at Bayfield is a rather desert- ,
ed spot these cool late fall days. At the top of the stairway,
Pioneer -Park is a popular lookout point in the summer.
Signal -Star photo
W. Wawanosh
Population Up
A slight increase in 'both as-
sessment and • population in
West Wawanosh Township was
reported at the October coun-
cil meeting. The assessment
roll was presented by the as-
sessor, J. K. Scott. Court of
Revision was set for Tuesday,
November 13, from 10 a.m.; to
noon.
It was moved by Councillor
Smyth and seconded by Coun-
cillor Durnin, that West Wawa -
nosh Township Council * hire
David McClinchey, Auburn, to
plow snow on township roads
during the .1962-1963 season at
the east end Of the back basin,
where Ship Island rock -drilling
and dredging carries, on in
round-the-clock shifts.
the rate of .00 per hour.
David McClinc y is to provide
his own truck and his own
,help and is guaranteed $100.OU
per month standing time for
four months (December, 1962
and January, February and
March, 1963). Motion carried.
A discussion took place re-
garding the construction of a
roadway into the dumping
grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Carr
and daughters, Miss Mary Marg-
aret, all of Fairfield, .Ala.; and
Dr. Bernice Sabers of Band
Brook, N.J., spent the past week
with their cousin., Miss Mary
Lacy, Cambridge street.
Many relatives and friends
attended the wedding annivers-
ary dinner for Mr. and Mrs.
Allister Green. Sunday, October
28, at the Tiger Dunlop Inn.
They were recipients -of many
lovely gifts.
BAYFIELD: Coming to Bay-
field from Port Dover more
than a year ago, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Parker have built up
quite a busy fish net making
establishment. Their build-
ing is located at the top of
the 1 hill on No. 21 Highway
at Bayfield. Among -products
made- are special nets for
catching whales in the Arctic,
gill nets for Lake Huron com-
mercial fishermen, codfish
nets for ocean fishermen at
Halifax; smelt nets and also
survival nets used by hunters
and fishermen in the far north
lake -bush • territories. Mr.
Parker recognized nets made
by him which recently appear-
ed in a picture in a news-
paper. The picture showed
Eskimo fishermen landing
Arctic char at a northern
point some 1,000 miles north
of Montreal. tr
$100 Prize to
Ashley Gilbert
' Ashley Gilbert, of Goderich,
won the first prize of $100 in
the draw held by the Huron
County Trappers Association at
Clinton on Friday. Second prize,
$50; went to Mrs. Jack- Gooder-
ham, London, while third prize,
$25, .went to Miss Lorna Miller,
R.R. 1, Bayfield. The three, $15
membership prizes were won
by Cliff Hoegie of -Walton, Bill
Elliott , of Goderich . and Earl
Doucette of Clinton.
President of the Association
is Wallace McDougall of Gode-
rich and the secretary -treasurer
is Elmer Trick, R.R, 3, Clinto_tl
Hon. C.S. MacNa
New Highways
Hon, Charles S. MacNaughton,
Huron's popular -PC member 'in
the Ontario Legislature, has
been named Minister of High-
ways by Premier Roberts.
The popular 51 -year-old mem-
ber from Huron has been Min-
ister without Portfolio for the
past year.
Premier Robarts said of Hon.
Mr. MacNaughton that he pos-
sesses a wide knowledge of the
problems and needs of rural
Ontario. MacNaughton's ap-
pointment; said Premiet Rob -
arts, emphasizes the importance
with which the government re-
gards the needs of the agricul-
tural areas, and the economic
requirements of the province
as a whole.
Mr. MacNaughton succeeds
Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, 'who
will remain in the cabinet as
Minister without Portfolio.
Charles MacNaughton was
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hill and
Mrs. Will H. Doak were at
Brooklin last week attending
the funeral of Mr. Harry Mc-
Cool. Mrs. McCool, nee Mary
Hill, is a sister of Mr. • Hugh
Hill:. Mr. McCool deid at
Oshawa Ho§pital after a lengthy
i illness.
Rabbit Breeders
Have Organized
Rabbit breeders from Gode-
rich, St. -Marys, Exeter and Brus-
sels met at Clinton and dorganiz-
J
e theHuron Rabbit Breeders'
Association.
Elected president was Clara
H. Magee, Clinton, a member of
the American Rabbit Breeders'
Association. Others include
vice-president, -Vincent Reles,
Clinton; secretary - treasurer,
Willis Van Egmond, R.R. 1, Clin-
ton, also' a member of the Am-
erican Rabbit Breeders' Associ-
ation; and directors Lorne Mar
shall, Kirkton;. Harold Taylor
of - Seaforth; ' Herb Hawkins,
Brussels and Gordon Cudmore,
Clinton.
Lloyd Shantz, Waterloo, -presi-
dent of the Kitchener -Waterloo
Rabbit Breeders' Club, suggest-
ed that annual shows be held.
HON. C. S. MacNAUGHTON
first elected to the Ontario
House in a by -,election in 1958.
and was re-elected in the gen-
eral election, of 1959.
Born at Strasbourg, Saskatch-
ewan; May 8; 1911; Mr. Mac- '
Naughton received his education
at Brandon, Manitoba, where *
he. later entered the seed busi-
ness. in
He operatedBrandon,
and Winnipeg until 1942 when
he moved to Ontario; He
married and has ..two, children
Heather and John..
Before deciding to devote all
his time to public service he
headed a prominent seed house
at Exeter.
Pornineyears he was a mem-
ber and for two years chairman
of the South Huron -District
High School Board. He is also
-a member of the Board of Man-
agement of the South Huron
Rospital at Exeter of -which he
was a founder.
Mr. MacNaughton was ap-
pointed to the Ontario Water
Resources Commission • in .lanu
ary, ,1960 and on November 8,
1961, he was sworn' iii as: Min
ister w.ithaoutPprtfolio-Ia' , me
Minister John Robarts."
Several MPPs were involved
in the cabinet shuffle of Premier
Roberts.
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MUSEUM EXHIBIT?
The Huron County Historic
Committee may be considering
placing in the Huron County
Museum the "school car" hs
which. Fred Sloman of Clinton
taught for 35 years. 'The mobile
classroom was one of seven used
at one time by the Ontario'
Department of Education in far
Northern Ontario.
OUTDOOR RINK
The Goderich Kinsmen Club
is planning to build an outdoor
skating rink for the winter sea-
son. It is to be constructed in
conjunction with the Kinsmen
playground on South street.
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