The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-01-16, Page 4idea of obtaining:a loan. Oh NO! Purely as an educational exercise in
'elementary finance. (N.f3. Dr. Davis was left at home.) , •
Now since we ary being reminded constantly that the U.S A.
' bit to Germany, Let tis hock and' pray that while the Queen's Park
There is of course a financial reason gnomes are doing" the `Grand' Tour of , Europe'
London -Rome -Zurich -Frankfurt,' they will take time out to educate
why disabled people want to_earn money t1 emselves_in.A.he principles the German gnomesbaveem.pfo_yed.-10 ..
,"If you're not working,. you re tot achieve a state of solvency' such that they are in a position to!bale
living,", is the way Miss Darlene 'Draper - • out the crippling gnomes from Queen's Park.
•uts it. Darlene is in her twenties. She 'has -
1`C'E-UN•I-br-1= Rei T Y
had arthritis since she was a baby an • gets Lyndon B. Johnson is planning • to fill his retirement with
about on metal hips with the help of wilting and teaching a series of seminars at a University. After all his
crutches, but she puts ' in a good troubles with Viet Nam, would you -believe Rice University? It' -s trio
nine -t� -five day in an office job provii#ed true to be good! •
for iter by the Foundation.
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y Could � o�(erCOt�e \ troubles and, to soften the how on the hard-pressed tax'p$�kir. ,That �
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as such a r wm, a or
g p - shock because we were to4d t�ot�ths ago by the Treasurer that he of the Signal, is much improved
in health and his, physician
expects that he' will be able to
leave his bed in a few days, '
The practise of chewing gi,m
on the street is.bad enough but
when it is done in churches and ,
courts -or just`i'ce, itis 'simply
revolting.
the benefit of a village in angther county.-- •
At a meeting of the ratepayers held in the spring -of
1873"R. Graham and R. Clendenning"were- appointed to
bring the' 'matter_ before the Huron County Council and
James.Sommerville and Robert Hunter were to act in the
same- capacity" before Bruce -Council. The result was that
on the same day, June 7., 1873, each council passed .a -
by -law incorporating the village of Lucknow and annexing
it tort a county which it represented.
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m jor y o on- in' avoir o .rice ounty. This ote :�
challenged • on the grounds that one who was not a
ratepayer had voted 'for , Bruce. -lb April 1874, at the
suggestion of the council authorities another' vote Was
taken which resulted in a majority of two fora union with
Huron. Notwithstanding" this ' final. " vote the
lieutenant -governor in June -of . that, year issued' a
..proclamation that -the--village-",of -Lucknow was to be
annexed to the County.Bruce.
•
THE DEMISE OF THE MOTTO ` .
Have you noticed how some of the old mottoes are being
dig'- ''tbd in the world'bf today. "As goody as gold" is dead as the
dolo.,ertainly as regards dollar bills. Men are no longer content to
"kill two birds with one stone"; now they expect to kill five or even
• six million with "one., It used to be said: "A bad }workman -blames his
tools". Everyone knows that unless you have good tools, all the skill
in the world cannot help you. .How else can the productivity of
labour be increased year after year save by huge investment iir mom
sophisticated tools? Another motto which is delicately balanced
today, is: "A stitch in..time saves nine": The present day practice of
planned, obsolescence ensures replacement rather than repair, is
every garage will cofinfm. ` ` •
The opposite •is also true. Some mottoes are even more
appropriate today then when'' they .were first publicized. Take the
one about "mot keeping all your eggs in onerl ket'-'•1•-Where does this
t# in tfi'ttrlac~-"P rrr-C itinerate 'til iveisifier n us ry iavti►
esle keep up with the speedy cha'rg'es -that occur. Can the blind lead
the' blind? No. Probably not, but what is becoming more`"and more
c`mihon is the bland leading the bland.
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NAI STAR, THUR,SI?AY, JANt7ARY Lf, t969 •
Round
If anyone thought the next two years
..of councilwas going to be a fight,
"Monday right's ina'ugur'al meeting twould.
have shown them to be correct. Yin the
- .
i0face, at least,
yvas 'strictly..a case of new a▪ gainst.
the old -- •alnjast• -• with the new .faces
• taking. . round one by a very good margin...
• Reeve Harry Worsen, '"beputy ,reeve
'Welter Sh.eardown, and •councillors Frank
Wall -Zorn and Reg Jewell represented the
"'old boys," with counei,tlors Paul Carroll,
David, Gower, Ed. Giesbrecht and. Deb
Shewfell representing the "new boys."
If anyone had any idea of riding rough
shod over the new_ men, it „became
apparent from the -outset this vvas not to
be the case. Before anyone had a chance
to put forwards a motion for five man
committees -- the old boys wanted it -
Dave G9wer had a motion on the table for a
three. man_ committees. l t•was opposed -by
theod timers and won by the new. The
mayor ,had said previously he ' was in
favour- pf continuing with the present
system and cast the deciding vote.
It was the new bloods again. when it
came ...to selecting a striking committee.
The old boys fa\'oured the old system
senior members of council on te
committee. Senior in that they topped the
'polls. The new bloods couldn't see any
reason for being excluded and the vote
vvas carried in their favour. Mayor :Mills
again pitching for the new bloods.
In,:able third inning, the mayor kept
with his nomination pronouncement of
being. for a progressive council and werat
with ., the ' young bloods rich- weekly
meetings rather than a return `-to the
system •of- begone days of meetings eery
two weeks, •
•
So it', was three . zero. •for the
.youngsters. �... -
•
" it' was obvious the old boys were not
Fri
Ones
at all pleased with' the 'coup and ,as ttne
put it ".. . they had it all •cut and dried."
But is there •really cause for alarm?
Some have said if this is an example of
what is to come, "Heaven help the town!'"
Why? f•
Whatever conjecture 'may be going
.,around; we can.o`nly accept the fact that
-these men were, doing' what .they thought
was best for the town. And in acting as
they, d'd, surely they have shown'they are
ready .to fight for what they believe in.
This in itself should let the, town breath a
sigh' of relief and say "at least they aren't
going to sit there like a lot of •dummies"
The experienced men on council may
feel that it Was "fixed/' as was suggested,
but these men arenot automatons. They
were elected by 'the people of the'. town
and .who is there who can- question the
-"intelligence of those that voted for them?
There are 'bad feelings. novv over .the
lost votes, especially when it vvas' left to
the mayor -to cast the deciding votes. But
this does not mean it wi.ri always be this
way. These men have now shown they
will fight. It will undoubtedly comb about.
that they Jill at times •be in .cposition
with each other. That's. -she way it goes.
It is evident more thought could have
been given to committee •members. 'There
seemsto be little sense in putting ,three
.,y inexperienced mere --however intelligent
they may be - on one committee, and
especially -a committee .as important as
.fire, Traffic and Safety, It wfould ,have
seemed -Wiser too to put the older erten as
chairmen of" the . more involved
,:cor rnrnittees and let theyouungeraones learn
from them. . , •
But t what is "done,,, is done. The main
thing now is that these men keep fighting
for what they bel' ve to be right, rro
matter whom ti must, support.. to
achieve it. It's -the town that .matters,. not
personalities.
InDays ' Gone v. .By
• Ask "anyone'for their ideasof a -typical -beach area : surrounded by' the access
days -gone -by Christmas card scene and roads. The -roads could supply parking
you will come up with perhaps two main space, there would be few problems
answers: Sleigh rides 'in the snow or il involved in ' flooding the aCea w.,an.d Attie
skating pn the village pond.. • surface could be kept clear orsnow' b�y
Many, will recall the days of open air - ihose'who wish to use it..„,
skating at the local pond •with braziers . . The area is almost oval', it is very
burning beside,the ice'and chestnuts being - nicely 'studded with trees,. there is room
-'roasted around. the' fire; hot chocolate for benches 'and there are benches in the
drinks and putting on skates,while seated area that are used during the: summer
or a fallen log; snow falling from then. months on the south' pier. There is alsc.a
branches of the treegs that appeared to be snack bar concession for hot dogs andhot.
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ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL = ENGLAND
INDIAN MUTINY GAVE NAME TO LUCICNOWTWN
By. Ken Routledge 194.1
A visitor to. Lucknow., , is, greeted with- the usual
"welcome" sign* When he leaves the village he will, see, on
-the back of the sign, ''Always Welcome to our-Sepoy
Town," a reminder of the fact that Lucknow, founded
•hrte thelndtan Mutiny was Still fresh in men's minds, was
named for the city whose siege,. and relief played suet', an
important .-Hartin' the struggle. Another reminder is inthe
names .c;f the streets, 'many of them being named after
Prominentgeneralt in the Indian fkriny gtthat time.
Thefrvillage owes its origin, to an offer made by the
government of a grant.of 200 acres of land to anyOne who
would erect ar mill on ,the Nine -Mile floart near the -Spot
_vvhere it crossed the Woolich and Huron Fload. The offer
wat„accepted by a man from Waterloo County, J. Eli
Stauffer, who erected the dain and saw -milt in 1856-57.
The actual founding of the village, however, is
credited to James Sommerville, a native of Dunfermline,
-Scotland, who had come -out to Canada with his 'parents in
1841. In. Dundas, where his parents settled, .Sommerville
learn d the trade of wright and in 1851- .moved. to
WavvanIosh where he buil a sawmill between what is now
Belfast and St.* Helens. I 1858 he purchased Mr. Stauffer's
mill' and -the right to th land. From that date until his
, death- 40 years later he remained one of Lucknow's most
prominent citizens: -
Malcolm -,..Campbell, who commenced business in
.1859, was the -first merchant and the first postmaster but
he was soon followed by other merchants who saw the
possibilities of development. In 1866 we find the following
established, merchants in the rapidly growing village-, -in
addition. to Mr.Cam__ Abell: Walter Armstrong, Bingham and
LittleAlexander Murry, Charles Secord and John
Treleaven. Walter Treleaven was operating the grist -aid
sawmill and Lee and Douglas a carding ` mill. The
population was then 430.
n 1866, , too, a gravel road was constructed
northward through the Township of Kinloss which had the
effect of bringing to•,yLucknow much' of the trade of the
tovu)„sl•jip which had _previously gone to Kincardine. Seven
years later the- opening;, -of the railway through Lucknow
• "-' -
B,yrski to the advertising Council will be on hand when �•' �,' gave •the village its •Start as' a grain market and as a shipping_..
department of the ,Signal -Star the 1959' council holds its center for the produce, of the farms within -many miles of
.' • Phutq4 by ern Price
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-ONE YEAR AGO
° ' Dr.. Kenton °.C.,. Lambert
confirmed this week he ha
discontinued his Goderich . Knight
practice and \Kt.I.l. move. his family -pastor
to South Africa in the near Church
future. Sunda.
A 24-hour - interdenom-
-
'national prayer, il;il will be
commenced next . 'Tuesday at Among ' the .more than. 100
7:30 p.m. at Knox 'Presbyterian pest-controloperators. .from 'all
'CIp parts of Ontario who attended
Publishing Oom:pany Limited. ' inaugural mee'ing Monday:
” ` Doctor N. C. Jackson was
re-elected chairman 'of the
Goderieb District Collegiate
Institute Board at the inaugural
meeting Tuesday:
'25 YEARS AGO
The Reverend Kenneth `J.
assumed his duties as
off Calvary ) Baptist
, Bayfield Road, on•
10 YEARS AGO e
-Htiron County Cltildren's,Aid
Society has moved its operation
from the county 'court house to
the former Governor's residence
at 1831 Victoria Street, North.
R. G. 'Shrie r, President and
Publjsher, announced this week
th.e- apporrt,ment of Edward J.
the •annual three day, , short
course at the Q.A.C. were Dr. T,
R. M€ lady, Veterinarian with the,
ll�iron'' County Board of Health,
and William • :Ernpey, of
Goderich, „with the sante board.
Only- four of the .nine
members of the 1958 Town
•
Mr. J. E. Mason . spent
Monday ..and• Tuesday of 'this
(1.kiek °'at London playing in the
Bonspiei ,of the Loridon Curling
Club: •
The Town Council of 194'4
met on Monday morning and the
members, after- :taking their
oaths of office, transacted. the
usual ,.business of -the- - inaugural
it. .
Lucknow had been.. miade-a police villatge in 1863 but -
in 1873,, with the railway completed, it was felt that the
village was entitled , to' the dignity of `separate
incorporation. There was one obstacle, however, and this
created art commotion 'unusual in the .ordinary routine. of
procedure 'as Iain' down in the Municipal Act for. the
incorporation of villages. Lucknow _is located partly in
Huron'and partly in Bruce and the villagers were unable to
- come to an agreement as to which, county - th°e,iiv$llage”
should become a part -of. The . countytown of Huron
•
Goderich',was only= 22 miles distant, much nearer than
Walkerton. On theother hand,'three-fifths-of the area of
the village and a corresponding number• of the population,
were in Bruce and the bulk of the business carne from the.
• county, this largely .as eresult of a gravel road builtat the
cost of the county at large. Then, too, Bruce 'had paid a
•
tri eeting. large bounty toward the erection :of the railway and, this-
•Gardiner, Federal Minister of would, -if the viUage were incorporated •in Huron, be for
The Honorable James C
growing out of the ice and that -familiar • drinks and a very .large bui!dingi also with
cracking sound the ice would make as -one
iskated around. '
:•Those kind 'of days were typical of
winters in bygone years and they were
happy days for most. The world- has gone
indoors since•then and the romance of it
all has faded into the past.'B.ut it doesn't
,, have to be that way.
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We in Goderich are fortunate in many
a d
at we
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. �e \ rs c s'k tin �`to, bei 1..
there and :local N key teams -put in a lot
of time on the man-made ice. We' are
.fortunate ,-too in that -we have other
,t features around that are -- or coulc ,be
put to good use for the winter enjoyment:.
of all. Open countryside for sleigh rides
or • snowmobiling - a first class curbing
.club, -an excellent bowling ` alley and _a
good beach area. • -•7.. •
BEACH AREA? How, you might ask,
did, the beach get 'involved with -winter
activities? Well it hasn't..Yet, but it could.
There is an ideal spot at the 'new
'snack bar facilities, that Could a pen b o' ed
There are,: perhaps, some problems
THAT'S
ILI•
By,G. MacLeod Ross
r Agriculture, has :intimated his.
intention, of beingpresent at the
irivclved_ with making this area:.into • an dinner being tendered by the
-•., open-air winter skating pond, but not too M1 _ :Goderich . Elevator Company to
tht .members 'Of the County
many. The washrooms may note°heated A CRIPPLE FGIIOMES! W Council and others next Tuesday
and hence have rio water, the concession `. evening.
,.' stand operators might be i?0, the same It is an extraordinary --thing how crises•aris.e these_hard times.
sweetness and light being suddenly told that once ,ag in e•
enough to keep the ice• in good 'condition
boat. The Weather may'. no stay cold Here are we,: who have spent the cast•, few years in a condition of
th
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55 YEARS AGO
.man`
d,out of tow
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there were no wahsrooms by the old "the Province faces big gaps between spending anac income'— im in ceLeve\d-to`hea
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villa a and and people brought tei'r own 1,967-68 and again in 1968-69" should not really come
hot dogs and flasks of hot drinks.
�. Bad i editor and propn
found expenditure "uncontrollable".., N: ,
cost to the townsho'uld.be minimal if any But now,„"Government spokesmen" are hinting' "they are
,{ e ist ; and the pleasure such ° a project prepared to run a bigger -than -normal deficit, which would have to be
• would bring tomany of the residents of . financed largely through borrowing, rather than force the taxpayer
the town would' be great.' • ,_to- pay a crippling -share of the •ex.tra cost". At this point you. are
- . .- —Raid -- --- entitled-._ .to, ask: Who _ the.._._are . Governn ent• spokesmen. to be
We have . heard , much talk of "?
_ pireparod .to run _a .bigger -than -normal deficit What does. the
"progressive' councils" in .the past few Treasurer -say?
weeks. Perhaps we have someone On thea S, the Government spokesmen halving delivered themselves of
new council who is . just progressive this threat to the cripples, go on to -report' that a deputation of
high -smelling •gnomes from , Queen' Park is consorting with the
enough to take a Small step baakwardS - gnomes of Frankfurt, Germany. But please understand; not with any
into,an'enjoyable era of the past. •
The -Rehabilitation Foundation for
the Disabled (ilElarc•h of -Dimes) is alai'
launching an appeal for funds during the
month of January, in all parts of Ontario
except in '28 municipalities ,wheli'e it is a
mem •er o t enite 5pea . e
'Fo,u,ndation is committed to helping,
physically disabled' adults to join or to
rejoin the community as useful,
self -esteemed members of society.
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