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Robert Acheson,, who came from Ireland in 1841, settled, on Lot 28,..Maittand Concession,
,1 Goderich Township, but no buildings remain on it.. The land belongs to Gerry Ginn, whose
house and farm buildings are on" Lot 28, about six miles from Goderich.
down's most enterprising man
,(con'iinued from page 1B )
residt-r,ce: :an .*4 eXam-
ptt' of arch,r*=,', ,urr
•At one ,rin:c
lig The
site originallY beiv,•t:reti
(.,hurl•h of. stotl.i ri,i• thento
Rev Alex NI, h:..i ,h K:ti
executors s,.•1,1 rt, -.he A. h.e,;,,ris'
ir-1-_-t). and tit, year:
;later it •peasst'•.i . . .~t':dl'slrl;
Home hr ,parr, tr. 4
."Blitk.l' BANK .CORNER
•
Aho.ut,, ; 9115. Acheson
built. for tht•`13ank' of \iOnrreal-
the pren•';ses tt o(cupied at
'Vest Street and The Square.
before rt-rmP,'vrrig •<' the present,
quarters. at greet
1 -,,Aches,,•, . - tr,et:mes lent
money- on • 4.;,i '. !'ut tran-
,sacrmris c„n •o n,,tr
way. There was -and is --a bit of
a grade in that block'
Two yeaf's, in town council,
seerhs to have' been the extent
<af his n nicipal_ service:"
-At 'rine tithe he Was known to
t•he 7aoiinger generation as "Cir-
cus George` Achesgrl but the
,'cc;asion . for that nickname is
lost in the ,that
of antiquity.
He. would be, called a
6apitaliscin his..later years. but.
even capitalists do ,not. -always.
have money in pocket. Gorge
was chatting over'the counter
"o'ne clay .with, G N•S Elliott at.
the 'Maple Leaf Grocery , in
Hamilton. Street.. The-.• latter.~
enquired: "Are ,you going cm' rturon e�s�
bequests, -none less than 8500.
«'hen the 'Signal and Star
combined • their„ efforts in a
specialindustrial issue on Nov
• 12, 1886, it contained a corn
plr'mentary sketch
Acheson as a "representative
businessman of Goderich "
':Prob.ably'nine." the article
stated; '.have been, more enter-
prising or contributed more. to
the upbuilding of the interests
)f the town than has 'Mr
Acheso:;.,' . ' •
Too bad he has been :o com.
pletely forgotten.
•
the .exc•urs°ion to ..Niagara
Falls'.'" Mr Acheson replied.
"Nt'. I can't afford rt"" The
present writer. ".then. a
rP are,s, h Tthov ". failed to °restrain, a
sceptical snort, and the two
men turned pained -.'glances in
not `i1 nit1- an -e Cher rn mini -
bet or: rd."'Tr;,: a..
• and his b.ro'her •l'',hn ir-, '.,S7•4
1,
his direction.
raised 1 + to,assi';t . The
George .Acheson . and. "--
Mc.Queen family in 'buying .a
they had no, children -- were
river lot up in Grea Tt�wn�hi1 . lose friends of the family of
For the :sorer \t.ars •..f •his Rev. �T M • Campbell. North
life, •
(;e�,rr`t' .� , "e< iia Street. minister in 1553-86.,The
the hi; tori; k h,,u.t ppr,�ite Campbells named • a son
North S'.rrct '.ur.?�.. r1',w' n•LLi7. Acheson M. Frani Goderich.
tiered \.,r':, S >••;t, • I• =rands Rea Mr Canip be11 was:.
on
�: f eNMra1 stationed in Owen Sound. and
• I;;,t >.' ,�;.
l,t >r)r °Pc er Mrs. Carnpeil and £:hildren orf
Mclie�iiz a!'. r:t 'tr ',DRi n' ten visited the Achesons here
earl:regi 1 h.-1. 1 iY+`. At M . Acheson's funeral in
, ' 1911 m
Mr. Campbell w•as one-c,f
at'f°r M:
Soatn •�,h,ettn':
death in 1`'i'i. '}'� 1", jier:' wa. four ,clergymen assisting the
sold Iry hs .� 1cf w. �E11a North Street minister,' Rev.
(Cosford t . nt,r •n. r,, V4 r%Aran, George N. .Hazen,
e f
(~oats, re; rsrrtar. �{ �t .r'vidently •Ge�>r.ge ' Acheson • was a
Jived there °•,r -` 1 iter.. "-I re ` �"=a`l� � a s ass � tis y"mts•
recent:lx. it:,.v i ,,caned by Dr. His will provided 36 personal
' Kenton l°,ar;lhert 11-462-6h, and
belongs now 13,t‘ B. Dunlop,
business adm)nistrat,)r of
Huron Board „f Educ•atron,
Mr. Acheson supported many
Goderich industries, and wasa
director sur affil er' of Western
Canada Flour Mills, Goderich
Lumber Corr -:pan‘ t president i,
Goderich C ernetlt •Brick Coml.
4 --pony, . Gt>deri,:,h•
Bicycle Company,, Goderich
Knitting' Chinp ny• a nd- a shoe
factory' in AVlmer. .
There survives a `tory about
•Mr. Acheson • c (ling up East
street to the bic•yc'Ie facfory just
as the nn<in whistle blew. In"a
hurry, he Jumped from the
-bicycle and ran the rest of the.
197,8 Int.
low Match
deer in uron County
After January's discussions 800 days. ins the -field. They saw
at 'Huron County Cduncil con- 200 deer, `shot` at 100 anc bar-
n cerning. wolves anddeer, three-- vested.. 51.
representatives of the M h sttry • Ministr-y officiars1e1t "there
of Natural Resources4ttended were "sufficient deer in H.iron'
the February session of county to warrant a (season.;-' They
cbuncil. They were Rene Jones, ' . suggested a season for archers
district 'biologist; Herb Clark, from Oc=tober' 20 to November
''recreation supervisor; and Roy .25 or a gun season from
3ellanger, predator control of-' November 11 to 13.
ficer. Officials said it would' permit
Huron County, councillors hunters to take deer legally and
wanted the facts about deer would provide "recreation for a
and wolves here, but much of segment of the population"
the news they received was not'', "Who causes the ay,
all that well accepted. damage`'" asked Deputy -reeve
For instance, Jones told Gerry Ginn, 'Goderich 'Y'oWn- .
council that in his opinion ship. "The deer or the hun-
there were between 2,000 and •
3,•000 deer in the county, Reeve
Qnsorr-McRinl.ey, Stanley, '
disagreed. --
"I would think there's not:
'anything like that many deerin
'the county", argued"McKinley,
"I would say there were ,more,
hunters than thele were deer."
By way of explanation, Jones
told. McKinley that in the,
Bruce l'r„elninsula, where there is
a deer season every year, "not
many •deer are visible
,"I've .spent two hunting .
seasons there and have yet to
see a .deer,'?' said Jones. "But
they take a lot -of deer there
ever• year,"
The numbers of deer in the
county are estimated by other'
means, -Jones said. Road kills,
for instance, is a valid' in-
' dicator. In 1970, 13 deer,were
reported killed on the roads in
Hj„uron but in.1973, thenumber-
had more than doubled' at 30. -
Deer tracks, al:so are a-
reliabele 'calculator' w -hen
est'i'inating- population in
Huron: BellangeF said that in
Hay and Stanley Townships,
• the home .territory of Reeve
McKinley. there are manly deer
"Just: wally the rraer flat„"
Bell,a,nger told
"There -ire m re doer :ha;: a:u
think."
B>
eilanger Went •,n Baa : a:`
there is illegal hunting
in £hat area. of the. as
well as cyth,er dr.trr��s The.East .d> r reason w ,; •:n
,1.9.7'1 when 566 hfuniers
tern°'•
Ginn
was told the only way
for «farniers to Is‘eep' hunters off
their 1,and was to post signs
which may be seen from any
point of entry. Most •courteous
hunters ask permission before
entering a farm, however.
Council , learned that 'the
Ministry has .the authority to
announce„ a deer season, but
added that, in most cases, the
approval• of the municipalities
involved is desirable. Council"'
registered no further opposition
to the proposal. •
The conversation then swit-
ched to Wolves, Here again,
council was. surprised to learn
, that. 'in the opinion of • the
Ministry .officials, the wolf
population is .not all that high.
While the Ontario govern
ment has discontinued wolf
bounty, it was .,painted''but•, it •
.does cott,pensa'te: farmers, for
loss ;, of livestock, if it can, be
proven the damage was done by
wolves. '
. Be1Janger, saitirthat 'when an
animal' is found, •the farni'er
Bridge scores 6
There were three -tables in
, play when • the Goderich
buplit to Bridge.. Club met , at
the Niaitiand Country C.on
February 12,
-.Winners and their scores
were: Mrs Rick Duckworth
and Lee Rvan. 29, Mrs. Bruce
Erskine and firs. J. Donnelly,
}7 12 .
should tall the Ministry of
Natural Resources at Wingham
(Zenith. 92000.).• An inspector
from Thin-- deptitirierit w it 1
examine the carcass to deter-
mine whether or not a wolf was
the killer. If so, a stock
evaluator is, called in ..to
estimate the value of •the
,animal, lost and a claim filed
with the government.
There were„no claims in 1972
or 1973, said Bellanger.
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The 'Ontario Task Force on Off -Track Betting
'stated,. in its report to the ;'Government of
Ontario in 1'972, that the objectives of 1a'n
off-track betting system should be to:
• suppre'ss or, at least,, reduce illegal
• bookmaking -
• provide a service" to. the public
• assist the horserdcing industry
• provide government revenue
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The Horse Racing Industry Committee for
Off -Track. Betting* arirees with the Ontario
Task Force'and believes that a good system
of ,off-track betting would:
substantially reduce illegal bookmaking
on horse racing
• give thepublic a service that it wants
• dive Ontario the best thoroughbred and
standardbred' horse racing in the world
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• benefit the residents of Ontario by
Providing the provincial government with
millions of dollars.in additional tax revenue
The announced policy of the Government of
Ontario Is to introduce such an off=track -
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'betting system and Ontario has requested
the' c� -operation of the federal government
vain passing legislation to facilitate the -
implementation of this policy.' - -
If you would .like to see federal legislation
passed to permit Ontario to have 'a properly
supervised system of off-track betting, .^
please complete the coupon which 'appears
below and send it to the. Committee at
this address: The'Horse Racing Industry
Committee fOrOff-Track Betting, •
IP -O. Box 6750, Station A, •
Toronto, Ontario M5W 1X5.
:*The Committee'consists of the following
persons:
Mr, Leslie Ehrlick, President, Ontario Harness
Horsemen's Association
Mr. Larry Regan, President, Horsemen',s Benevolent
and Protective Association 1
Mr. Phil Sherwood, President, Canadian Thoroughbred
Horse Society '
Mr: Aime DesRosiers, Chairman of the Board,
Windsor.. Raceway
Mr. John J. Mooney, President, The Ontario Jockey
Club
The Committee will see that your views are
made known to both the federal .and
provincial governmerfts.
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