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4 GQDERUCH SIGNAL,STAR, THURSDAY, PEBR,UARY 20-., 1969
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Missing the Boat
, We, are living in .a changing world.
Progress is essential for survival, and
without , it we would dr,,y up. and blow
ar>way-!•t h.,
Most people are aware of this, but
unfortunately there are some who,
apparently, are 'not.
The question of the town dump has•
been explored thoroughly and all we 'can
do rtow is sit back and hope that April 1,
does not becoFne an April Fool'$. Pay for
the town. The province' is bringing in
legislation that will require action with
regard to waste disposal and it will be
interesting to see what happens on April
2.
But whether or not the town has
missed the boat with regard to moving the
durnp of its own volition remains•to be
seen. The -town has< -certainly missed the
.boat -•- or rather the plane with regard
to the Focal airport..
• Some of our progressive members of
council can't see the value of an airport.
This: became apparent when the farmer
owner asked for help recently. Councit at
that time did not include some members
of the present council. Help was aced in
keeping the runways open during snow
storms. and it boiled down to whether ort ";.
not the town would pay for a plow to do
the work.-" it is a private company," they
argued, "and should be the owner's
responsibility,,
Many of our local industries use the
airport year round. To curtail flying there
curtails the business of local companies.'
While the question- of local companies
using the runway did come up, it
apparently didnot carry much weight.
It doesn't really matter if the help was
given or not. The question is why should
the town have had to go into a discussion.
on it at all when the situation was an
emergency one and vvarranteci • quick
action. It only points out the backward
thinkinp.of some members of council.•
There are other municipalities.who do
not feel the same way about airports.
Kincardine for one. That municipality
sees enough justification to build a new
airfield on the strength of the Douglas
Point project alone.
Goderich missed the boat on that one
too, The local -field is about 40 minutes
drive from Douglas Point. Say an hour.
That's a short distance for business„ men.
It's perfectly conceivable that Sky
Harbour could have become the • focal
point for the .. men ,involved in the
Kincardine area and if the town had been
far sighted . enough to .finance
improvements at the airport the trade
•could .. have been attracted. Now,
Kincardine will build its own airport and
some of the business that has been coming
to Goderich will be missed., 'It will ,Also
mean Kincardine has another lever -to use
-in -attracting industry.
In today's world an airport is a major
attractiorr. This is even more of a bonus to
industry in an area that ' is as
Out-of-the-way: With the taxes this town
is going to -be hit with this year, it would
be a mistake to suggest the town could
have done anything afar as making Sky
Harbour a municipal airport — but: an
offer of help at least would have been
something. • , °
Blood: transfusion
THE WATER WHEEL
uron "History
Corner
RAMBLING CREEK GUIDE" s Q
IN FOUNDING TOWNSHIP
By W. H. Johnston
The Township of Colborne, in Huron County, named
after Sir John Colborne, Governor of Upper Canada, is the
most northerly and westerly of the townships owned and
Settled by the Canada Comiiany. It is one of the smallest
townships in ti 'e county, containing •35,460 acres, and the
length, of its eastern and southern, boundaries is ,about 40
miles because of the tortuous course'of the Maitland River
that forms those boundaries. . » •
Michael 'Fisher is said to be the first settler in. the'
township. He and his two brothers, John and Valentine,
members 'of a well-to-do Dutch family, were rewarded for
revolutionary services with a grant of 5,000 acres each.
Michael, while trying to find d a suitable location to settle,
discovered the creek that empties into the Maitland near
Benmiller. Tracing its course back through the "township,
he discovered that it, had its source in a large spring. This
decided his action and he took up 5,465 acres in the area, .
adjoining the stream. The purch b was completed in 1831 4
and he erected- a -log -shanty- the -same year. H istory- tel lss-
that when he built five years later the stone house that is
still standing, he was obliged to..bring his mechanics and
much of his material from York, now Toronto. Mr. Fisher
sold most of the land as soon as -there was a demand for it.
Other earliest settlers were the Dunlop brothers, who
planned to build G airbraid on the heights near where -they
are buried in the enclosed family plot, overlooking the
flats at the Maitland. Some of the finest people in the
section are proud to be able to trace their descent to the
Fisher brothers. Another newco r was Ben Miller, an
Englishman, and his family. Ne�r 9tilized some of the water
power on • the Fisher Creek, 10 run a flour mill he
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Photo by Ron Price established, The old -miller is commemorated -in the name
uummnnwnuuuumunnu ti muunuummluuuimm mi mitt-iumuut mitt uwomminttuuuuommimmil uiiimmi uiimnuuutui immiuuim in, of the beautiful Hamlet bf Benmiller; which' has for many
' decades been the site of a tannery, woollen mill, saw and
grist mill. The village is so picturesquely situated, nestling
aniong the hills, clothed with an evergreen 'forest growth ,00
and holding a sparkling tarn in its bosom, that it is worthy
Remember When ? ? of the graphic description, written a few years ago by
• • • Alta -Lind Rodges, who compared it to one of the views of
Devonshire in the old land.
In 1834 came Henry Hyndman, the Mortises, James
• support Minor Hockey Week in Sellers, and Dayid Clark. In the same year came William
Canada which commences Young, who slept under, a tree on lot 8, concession 8,
Saturday, January 24th. g� P
Colborne, on which he located, laved anddied, long
25 YEARS AGO - afterwards, In .1835 the remainder of his, father's family
came from Scotland and all settled in, -that locality; where
theyowned a mile along each sideroad.
. Says .the wit of the London h.,,. rr
Free Press: ' "Even, after the Following the Youngs cam osepL�J .w. anti itbert._....,._.,.
,,occupied lands , are°:freed-* -there- :-- , •
-Wiltie +a number. of Following
- then- John Paterson -and the. Darlmgtons from
hanging around." Ireland, and Robert Young from Glasgow.
Pte. Don MacKay, returnC., Along the lake road the earliest settlers were_Danie.l
left on Tuesday on°his return 1b - ,
Llzar John Morris opened the first tavern in the
David Don, and a Mr. Christie.
' Vancouver -after a three weeks' P ''township
vacation visit with his family
here. - on Block D. It was named "The Crown and Anchor." The
At Al'exaiidra Hospital,. first "schoolhouse was. built on lot5, 8thconcession, with
Goderich, . on January 21st, P. Gallagher as pedagoguesHere the township council's
1944,. to Pte. and Mrs. Benson meetings .were held for many years. The log building is
Straughan, Goderich, a son. _now replaced by one -of brick. The first child born was
50 YEARS AGO Charlotte Sophia 'Matilda, afterwards Mrs. » James T.
Anderson. The first marriage was that of Louisa MacColl
It is expected that the skating and Capt. R. G. Dunlop when the marriage ceremony was
rink will be the scene of brilliant read by the captain's Negro butler. Mrs. Dunlop was not •
display : tomorrow night when satisfied that this was correct and later. another marriage
a
costume and compete for the was performed by Rev. Mr. Campbell, who preached the .
prizes offered by the first sermon in the township, the services being held in the .a
some cause, and almost every week and gained -during ngWar I L, and was.._ _._The-No-r-th--AmeriEan,Cop,_on_the other hand.is_taught_.tn kee
10 YEARS AGO -
Fraser ,Sterling 'was elected
president of -the Bayfield Fair
Board for 1959 at the annual
,eeting ' of w the agricultural
society held at Bayfield.
Mayor E. rC. Fisher today
called upon, .all citizens to
By G. MacLeod Ross
KEEPING THE PEACE •-
Among the many blessings of Christmas is the way it draws
home for a few short 'hours those whose occupations enable them to
"cover -the waterfront". They present a problem from a new angle;
more often they inject some analytical thought as well. We were
discussing • police work, when my¢ companion said: "The basic
.difference 'between police forces is in their education. The' British
Robby is taught that his business is to maintain the peace as long as
humanly possible. Look at the way the London police handled that
large demonstration intended to embarrass the U:S. Ernbas�y in
Grosvenor Square. They employed. •a new tactic whereby they .
appeared in greater numbers than the demonstrators themselves.
Then by sheer weight of numbers they were able to push the crowd
in. any desired direction, without, even drawing a baton. No. Black
•
Every day there is an -appeal to give to many services, grew out of the experience Marias were needed.
World
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P management.---Du»nlop-=s-borne: -T-he-first-ehufeh-in the township was -that -- ___
n 6, E. D., by the Bible
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Ricipality,
t\\velittablited e�tabu�shed in Canada in 1947. This » the law and therein lies the seed of his failure. He losesthegoodwill
'r�i \�e Ice I d fo rove n of the populace. When he is in
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trouble, the average citizen, like the
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In 1844 the total' receipts for the mu
hi ago; vee much wo *edit Bo �� ns din h M \ 43�� 1\3\ of
to \a', :, • oo:� p `: cfs' »»I t
them becomes tiresome and a bit ,o a Canadian hospitials from'\�c.ast \o -cod in
bore to an increasing number of people. New surgical techniques create more uses
The Canadian ; Red .dross Society we for blood every day, and over one million
believe; is an exception: Born of .,a desire ; voluntary donations will be needed to
to bring•assistance without discrimination meet this year's hospital requirements. '
OPTICAL ILLU,SIUIv •
to the wounded of the battlefields, and , Why don't you become .a 'regular donor. all dealers 25 and 50 cents or the a
1 suppose -the" British Post Office has been the butt of popular The villages of the township are Saltford Benmiller,
also effective in days of, peace, the Red Your help is urgently needed. Fog Pill ,Co., St. Thomas, '
sarcasm since it first began to operate in 1657, At the momenta new Dunlop, Sheppardton and' Carlow, the latter the municipal
• old in G
Cross continues* to meet urgent needs in , And remember, blood donors come Post Office bill is before the Commons which deals with
Ontario. �n�c*. odench by E n capital'
- 4 telecom-murucatiions. The ie1eva,nt section as 'a -Fatted, reserves" '
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our avrm� cocmtry -acrd throughout--tFte" "#rom every walk of life. They are men,
world. � women and youth of all races and creeds.
exclusive privilege to -the Post Office over systems for "conveyance
There are few families in Canada Their generosity and willingness to share
through the„; agency of electrical, magnetic, electro -magnetic,
intro-chei-nical, orelectro-mechanical energy” of speech,, music and
today that haven't faced. serious illness their good health has been the key factor other sounds, visual images and assorted information.
when a blood transfusion often meant the in the success of the Canadian Red Cross
difference between life and death. As- a Blood Transfusion Service over so many
person said recently, "I used to pay no years. In addition to the hundreds of
attention to : the Red Cross appeal for . thousands of `blood donors, thousands of
nt, h by w,� 1 e han the- oc at' Convention,
As the saying goes in Quebec; Valtres' ; x au�tr in s." em di� � dIt �� nd ,sE�� \\
t I I c gs a d \ ou ence, the end tare Was e ou nd
gas s excess bile an.. e hve� \ '��(
and waste matter in the bowels four shiliin' s and 10 pence, and \olsb bo�tage ne shilling
will impair your health. The best 1,'/z pence, leaving a balance of nine pounds 10 shillings and
system regulator is Fig Pills. At 81/2 pence, or about $46.50
If the bill became law in its present wording, it could be used
to control light wave's. However one big-hearted clause seeks to
reassure. It would not be illegal to transmit and receive light "by these
• -'''61"v2iT4 CR'�t! ' uvau{Eie3�7/a /•wnl2 Y . f a F a�a k R' x4&i . 4Gt " , � raeY+ l i4 pF• . % '' Y pFi °P'6"'k AiG %%' 44643 v� i tem
_ ��'�i`o'��d"onors'cause I�`bOu"`�f�`�i°Is"`�ivas�"���i`�1�f '1`�`I�i`''i�'i� � '�'°'��c� "�"ro��y �" haveJto belicensed to wear glasses in 'public. You would need a
something for the other guy and not for volunteers and give freely of their time in ticket (or you might get a ticket), for using binoculars or telescopes.
me. But my wife had a serious illness and the organization and operation of more No one is quite sure whether this is not aimed at `peeping Toms'. As
two blood transfusions from the Red than 5,000, urban and rural blood donor for burglar alarms, hooters, loud speakers puking address systems,
— Eros -.Blood Utak saved her life, Now I clinics every year. even auto light -dippers on your car; all would need a license.
give my blood regularly and I tell. others March is Red Cross Month in Canada
But these drafters of laws, »though they appear to us to be a
to do the same." and it is the time to salute this breed apart, are all honourable men. They do not have to work in
- The Canadian l Red Cross Society organization which contributes so much blinkers, but they do, and they prefer it. •
National Blood Transfusion Service, tb-the health and welfare of the ,peopl,f - 'y
which is perhaps the most important of its our nation.
EST As41SHED- '-i .' ignattir
"` , 122nd YEAR'.
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THE ROSES OF 1968 .
Here are the names .of some of the top roses at the Autumn
Rose Show in England.
FLORIBUNDAS: Ballerina, a hybrid musk shrub; not to be
confused with Prima Ballerina, a hybrid tea; Pink Perfection;
Monique;'Percy Thrower; Mme Butterfly; Lady Silvia; Picture; Mrs.
John Laing; Orange Sensation; Dickson's Flame; Evelyn Fison,
HYBRID' TEAS. Yellow' Ring's Ransom; Grandpa Dickinson;
Summer Sunshine.F.
Reds. Ernest M. Morse.F.; Christian Dior; Chapps Elysees;
Josephine Bruce; Ena Harkness; Crimson Glory; - Etoile de
Hollande,F. a climbing H.T. ,
Orange. Super Star (Tropicana); Fragrant, Cloud; Duke of
Windsor; Mojave:
Pink. Anna Louisa; Dandy Dick.
• Off White. Dimples; Chanelle, Floribunda and E'.; Mobnraker;
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