The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-08-07, Page 17•
GODERICH.SIGi AL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, I975-40AGE I1,
. • „ ,. -W1ROB SHRIER"'""_....--M
Several exhibits in the museum take a look at Victorian.
Goderich. These include the doctor's office, dentist'aroom,
photographer's shop„the Huron Pioneer Chapel, the general
store, post office, and so qn.
The, most tastefully done of this series of.exhibits, aro, the
rooms.portraying a Victorian home; including # bedroom,
sitting room or parlor, and a dining room. 1•,.
The bedroom is dressed up with all the' luxuries that day ,,
afforded. There pn_ the dresser are several lady's kilet
articles, so she can look her best even when she hajust
risen. There is an immaculately designed pitcher and bowl
on the bedside table, just right to i<r shen up with before
breakfast. Under the d"is.a bed '.heater;�for`Warm' , com-'
fortable sleeping, and' there is even a blanket rack in the „,e°,:
• corner.
The bed" itself is a trundle bed with no -springs. Instead, it is
suspended by ropes. Over in the corner, right by the door are
a pair of boots which, by today's standards, are rather ugly.
Upon preparing oneself for the day, one would rest in the.. ,
parlor for a while before breakfast. In the center of the room
is a cozy room heater, ornately decorated in cast iron. Inone
corner is. -a loveseat, just big enough for two to sit coin
fortably jo entertain your guests when the theatre wasnRt in
town,, you ' could play your 1854 Bloomfield and Otis
melodeon. It .features --a beautiful table -like design, just:
• perfect for candlelight singalongs,. •
In another corner is a beautifully hand-crafted wood -inlaid
table with mosaic designs. 'It is almost too handsome to put
anything on.
Around- the room ' to add 'a touch 'df class are several
original paintings and assorted needlework. There is a
dresser against ,the wall beside the -melodeon with : a box
camera for ultra -modern photographs of family and friends;
and a stereoscopic viewer with a number of cards.
In one corner on the wall is a doll in a case lined with
velvet. It is one of the typical Victorian baby dolls. On the
other side of the room is an indoor planter, to add a little
spice te, the place:
Eventually it's breakfast time, and you enter a dining
room so ornately decorated that you almost fear eating
there, The table looks •very solid,"and is covered, by an un-
dersized Square tablecloth to protect it from dust. To cook
your meal., use your wood stove. It May be slow, but it does
the job. The racks above it will also dry your clothes quickly.
On the tablecloth are white china dishes with sterling
silver serving "utensils. On the counter is a cast-iron kettle
forcooking everything from stew towitch's brew.
'' Leaning against the wall is a pair of ;crutches made in the
year of confederation, Right by the window is a highchair
'for the little ones .and 'an ice cream ' maker_ of iron. for
.everyone,.
The most striking feature of the room is a very, ornate
china cabinet of hardwood build. It is deeply stained and
would be'a treasure in any household. '
' All the items mentioned are on display<,at the Huron
'County Pioneer Museum on North St. in Goderich. But there
is f-ar;,more to see and learn than can be mentioned.
Must be 16
-New legislation. brings
mopeds under the HTA
t4ew . legislation defining
• mopeds and • their operation
• goes _into effect immediately,
Minister of Transportation and
Communications John 0R.
Rhodesvannounced last week.
. The ''new . legislation now
makes it illegal' for anyone
Under 16 years of age to operate
a moped on Ontario roadways.
Wedding stories
n ° and pictures
must arrive at the
Signal -Star"
within 30 days of marriage
oras15fee
will bevcharged
for wedding accounts
after that date
It. also ;makes••it illegal for
anyone, to carry a passenger on
a moped.
Under -Section I df The High-
.. way Traffic Act, a motor
assisted bicycle or moped must
,not ' weigh more than 120
pounds,, . it may n"dt have a
piston displacement of more
than 50 cubic centimetres and it
.may not have a hand or foot
operated clutch or, gearbox
driven by the motor and
transferring power to the
•wheel. A moped must have
pedals which aree,,operable to
propel it at all times and it may
not be able to travel faster than
30 miles per hour on level
ground within a distance of one
mile from a standing start.
Municipalities have -also been
given the authority to ban
mopeds on roadways under .
their jurisdictionwhere the
speed lirriit is 50 miles per hour
or more.
, Additional legislation
-requiring licences for both 'the
moped and the driver and the
wearing of ,helmets will become
effective at a later date, •
'W o r ki o, n f h8rhor
The Lockeport ,of Halifax, Nova Scotia began dredging the
mouth of.Goderich Harbor last week and the.tufts of thick black
smoke billowing from it can be seen for miles. The federal
department of public works awarded the $473,100 contract last
month to remove a sandbar which formed at the harbor mouth.
The Lockeport is owned by J.P. Porter Ltd. of Montreal.
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Clinton°~Centennial huge success
,Aw
ien days bring thousan�
. Last Monday ,saw the wrap:
up of Clinton's Centennial
celebrations and as organizers
dropped with exhaustion frpmi.
the hectic `pace of the 10 -day-
long festivities, they claim
Centennial to be an artistic as
well as a financial success..
Centennial., 'Committee
Chairman, Russ Archer says
that Centennial will show a
modest profit after- all 'the
expenses have been squared
away.
Near capacity crowds at-
terided. almost every function
organized for Centennial which
began with the Air Force
Reunion Weekend on July 25
and closed with Monday night's
monster bingo. •
° On July 29, the Centennial
Honky, Tonk Hospitality Night
at the Arena attracted a crowd
•.of 400-500 people who gathered
to hear the music of the Honky
Tonk Rounders, a Toronto
Band.
A more ',genteel note , of
Centennial was struck the
following afternoon -When
Kildonan Antiques, Mary's
Sewing Centre and the Catholic
Women's League 'sponsored a
fashion show on the lawn of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard (Skip)
Winter's High Street homes
Approximately 150 people
watched the parade of fashions
which dated' back a century as
they ate peach shortcake and
sipped tea and lemonade.
Wednesday evening, the
spotlights were turned upon the
stage in frontbf the Community
Park grandstand for the Talent
Show. Judges' Miloslawa
Zablocki, Doug Burtliff and
George Cull considered routine,
,•i-rythm, co -or • : tion, artistic
expression and 'costume .- in
selecting the winners of the
various. talent ;categories and
they had quite•a job with every
act presented that evening a
winner,
-Final .chatces were Michele
• Rintoul, 13, of,.W ingharrr„Whose
fire 'baton 'twirling won the
-n e'I'fr acf;;KTir} Fritzley, 9, o
Goderich, who 'was judged th
best solo dancer in the junio
division; and Pat , S,tackhous
12, of Londesboro, the best sol
dancer in the senior division.
The T. K. Steppers compose
of. Ted Elliott, 14; 'Kim Craig
12; and Karen Gloasker, 10, al
of RR 2; Blyth, were the win
ners off the group' dancin
category' "and' -Paul -McQuaid,
12, of Seaforth took "first place
in 'the instrumental event with
his violin solo. • • . •
During the intermissions. th
audience was entertained wit
the music of Bill and Glady
Riehl, Wilfrid Jervis, Si
Burgess and •Lloyd Crich. An
'to add an international flavour•
to the show,- there was Ronn
`Brinklow front Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, who is in Clinton
visiting his sister-in-law,
Rosemary Armstrong.
With the. to lent show over, the
'crowds moved.inside the Arena
for a Centennial Hospitality
Night which featured an old-
fashioned sing -a -long led, by
Seamus Doherty and Ronny
•Brinklo No matter , which
way you looked at it, it was
rollicking good.fun. -
• Centennial.= moved into
Thursday,. July 31 with a live
children's theatre organized by
the Morning :Glory Unit , of
Wesley -Willis United .Church.
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BY ROB SHRIER
During the summer months,
eight enterprising young people
are working on the restoration
of the Huron HistoricJail. They
are a very closely -knit group of
students who take, their
direction from.Harry Bosnel1.
Their- work includes lawn
grooming, window reframing
And painting, removing plaster
from walls, tour guiding, ticket
selling, and other odd jobs,
They attempt to do practically
all their work the way it was
done 135 years ago when the jail
was bpiit;
Work began on the project
stri'ctly onp a voluntary basis,
but this year six j3ebple get an
OFY grant and two more were
hired by Hurdn Historic Jail
Board to speed up restoration,
They hope to'hase the jail in tip-
top condition by the end of the
summer, but that goal could be
a little unrealistic when
compared to the job to be done.
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The eight people working at
, restoration are Earl Salter, Pat
Reinhart, Louise Stewart, Rob
Bundy, Diann Riley,. Wanda
Duncan, David Rawlings and
Pat -Carter. •
Earl Salter, son of Fred and
° Glenda Salter, is one of the two
workers not covered by the
OFY grant. He was hired by the
Jail Board when it -was reaiized
that six .people were not -
enorl'gh, He heard about it at
school and applied- for the
position, He is 16 and entering
Grade 12 at GDCI.
Pat Reinhart is the senior
member of the group, She is in,
her third year of honours
geography at the UniVersity of ,
Western Ontairo,1 She obt.ined
her employment when she
telephoned the Jail Board and
asked if they needed more
workers. •
Louise Stew' ar't 'is. tha
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Stewart. She is a recent
graduate of.'GDCI and is at
• tending a dental hygiene course
at Seneca College in Toronto. In
time she hopes to become a
dental assistant. She grabbed
her post when 'she was alerted
to an opening by Pat Carter.
Her major interest at present is
music.•
Wanda Duncan is one of the
two students who worked as a
volunteer last year at the jail.
She- is 16, and the daughter of
'Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan,
Since she knows the'jail flUi'a
yedrdgo, she had first crack at
the' job this succimer. She at-
tended Grade 11 last. year at
GDCI.
The other volunteer last year
was Diann Riley who tame
back.at-•itlor another fling. The
I6 -year -odd daughter of Alvin
and Joyce R iley.
Rob Bundy is the junior
member of the group, He only
recently obtained his 'position
when Mike Doorly left to go to
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. Petawawa, He is the.I6yearold,
, son • of -Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Bundy. He not only works at the
jail but is also a member of the
Pendulum Players. His hobby
is magic. •
David Rawlings is the other
out-of4own worker, but the
only commuter. He lives in
Zurich and applied..for the job
through air ad 'fin the
newspaper. He is 16 Years old
and is the son of Donald and
Dorothy Rawlings. • °'
The group leader and son of
Judge Francis and 'qrs. Carter,
Pat Carter, graduated from
GDCI this June. He will be
majoring ii'r Political Science at
Mord Uniyet•sity„ in the fall.
He is 18.
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These eight young people are
doing their part to help
preserve some of Huro
.County's history /and herita
The fruits of their labors sh
be evident for many ye s to
come.
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Over' 300 children- filled the
seats'that•had;been.arranged in
the auditorium. of Central
Huron Secondary School and
spilled out onto the bleachers to
see a troupe of actors from the
Huron County Playhouse stage
a production -.qf- "Puss gin'
Boots.” y
}.. evening,w
it as the `ti i e is' ee' 'e 1' i n
their "Musical Evening",which
was held in the Arena. A crowd
of .about 600 people gathered to
hear the Stratford Festival City
• Senior Citizens' 1 Band, tin-
tinnabulits Mrs, . R, C. Moffatt
of Guelph and John'Reynolds,
also of Stratford, who boot
,blacked his face for a rendition
of.. old Al Jolson 'songs.„,,.The
formal entertainment was
followed with a dance.
The dancing continued on •
Friday night with the teens
coming`together, at" the Clinton
Legion Hall and'nostaigianuts
attending the `.`Down Memory
Lane" 'costume , ball in the ,yArena. Music \was provided by •
the Chris Black Orchestra and
spanned eras that dated back to
the turn of the centuryk with
ragtime. ,
Prizes were awarded to the
couple's dressed in the best
costume of the various eras.
Mr. and Mrs`. Harry Atkinson of
Wingham were the best dressed
couple of the 000's;a title they
shared with Mr. and Mrs. Stan -
Johhs of RR 4, Seaforth,;
arid Mrs. Bill Inkley of RR '5,
Clinton, were the best dressed
1920•'s couple and Mr. and Mrs.
Gus' Bousey of Clinton of . the
11940's, 'Mr. and Mrs. AlThn
Gardiner of Vanastra and
and Mrs. Paul Draper of
Clinton shared the 'honours o
the best dressed couple of the
1950's with the 1960.1970 ,,era
being won by Mr. arid Mrs
Regrer Blok-Anderson o
. Sarnia -and Brian Speirs an
Dena Cooper of Scarborough.
It may .have been Saturday
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Sign of the times
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Travel
Information
'The Ministry, of 'Tran-
s o ,cation and Corn-
munications has a.nnuunced
new symbol signs indicating
travel information, centres
operated , .by municipalities,
chambers of commerce, or
regional .councils will be in-
stalled . et provincial freeway
interchanges.
The -signs, with a lower case
letter' "i” symbol °and the"
legend "travel information",
v�ill be included on composite
signs listing various services
available at -freeway in-
terchanges.
The first of these new signs
will appear on the Queen
Elizabeth Way in the
Burlington -St. Catharines area
this month
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The "i"ymbol will indicate
an official information centre
approved by: the Ministry of
Industry and Tourism and
located within .three miles of a
freeway and in continuous
-operation eight. hours a day,
seven days a week throughout
the tourist season.
A' composite sign including
the "i" symbol in advance of
the appropriate interchange as
- well as a direction marker with
the "i" symbol. at the freeway
' rantip terminal will be erected
by MTC.'
The information centre
operator will be responsible for
'erecting any additional signs
between ramp terminals and
the centres.,
Modest profit to boot
home again
f : 'category; the club ' and
organization winner was
Huronview and the winning
commercial float was sub -
f • mittedby the White Carnation.
d The Summerhill Ladies Club'
wbn the comic category. -
, The Thamesford, Lions.
but last weekend the 'crowd
turned out to "Back to School'
day"'' at Central Huron Secon
dary School.
Over 1,500 teachers and
students jam-packed ' the
auditorium to reminisce over
old times' before regrouping on
the main streets of the town for
the greatest spectacle Clinton
has staged in its 100 years • of
existence.the Centennial
Parade. - -
Between • 6',000 and 8,000,
people lined the parade route to
watch the procession which had
164 entries, and lasted almost
three hours. ,
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Canada's Pied Piper,--B-ob•by
Gimby, a ad a group of school,
children led off are parade
followed by top bands from
Ontario and the United States
and many multi -coloured
floats.,
!Ken McGee's string of Carter •
cars were, judged the best
antique cars in the -parade, with
the Clinton Kinsmen's entry. of
,eight horses drawing a .musical
wagon behind them winning the
,horse drawn vehicle category;
and Murray and ' McNichol's
1905 steam engine taking top
spot as the bust vintage
machine.
In the
VlacDona dayand y of fl her. 'Huron
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Indians were judged the best in'
the family category; .the Junior
Gardeners won• the junior ,
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s Majorettes -,put on- the bust
marching or ,precision display'
- with the Clinton Legion . Pipe„
^ Band coming out the winners of
the best band category.
The Dutch Boy Cadets Drum
and Bugle Corps from Kit,
chener-Waterloo beat• out six
other bands to '`win the Band
Tatou that' was.heldin the
Community Park following the
parade.
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When the "hungries" hit
there was the giant barbecue •
birthday party in the Arena to
satisfy 1,500 appetites.
• At 7:30, the beard judging
contest took place with the 37
entrants parading onto the
stage before the ' grandstand.
Judges Frank Van Altenea,
John Plumtree Lorne Dale of
Seaforth and Greg Loosley,
who was judged the .youngest
entrant in Listowel's Cen-
tennial beard growi>''i•g contest,
Chose Bruce, Schoenals as •the
winner .of the best groomed -
beard; Tony Verhgef as the
winner of the ' longest beard;
Ron Crich as the winner of the
bushiest; John-Deeves as the
winner of .the' most colourful
beard; and Graham Yeats as
the winner of the scruffiest
• beard. -• " -
In the 'evening the,, final
^dance, the Centennial Ball
filled the Arena to.over-flowing
proportions as ' 1;200 persons
danded to the music of the " t
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Bobby Gimby Orchestra.
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Qn Sunday,, th ; . • harness
racing at the Clinton Raceway
took on the ,festive air of Cen-
tennial • with a featured Cen-
tennial Pace that went for a
$2,000 purse. Hotspurs Honour,
owned by Malcolm MacPhail of
Dover. Centre, and drip• _n by
,Trevi. McFadden of Dresden led
the field of•seven,rentrie,,s to tie
' the traek record at 2:04:01.
The day ended on a more
restive, note with an evening
(interdenominational church
service in front, of the grand -
'stand. Over 1,000 people turned
out to hear guest speaker Rev.
Roy Cook of ,Hamilton, the
Centennial Band and ° the
massed•choir.
For those who managed to
stay.awake, there was the shirt-
tail parade at midnight. About
500 persons came out to walk
through the fog down the main
street dressed in anything goes.
Monday; s Farewell Brunch
ended the celebrations with a
soccer and ball tournament
provident an anti -climax in the
afternoon. With the evening
monster bingo over, Clinton
returned to its normal ,pace of
life: •
' Looking back over those 10
days, tire' Centennial mittee and the whole town can.
say that it was an unforgettable
birthday party. Registration
alone shows, 5,000 took, part in`
the festivities nor including the
unknown number who failed to .
surface for a nose count, •
Today, three days after the
closing of the official
celebrations, Clintonians are
already making their 'way
owards cen enn a .
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Four of the jail,guides working this surnmet taking tourists
through the historic site take time` Off their rigid schedule to
organize the brochures that are• ihanded to visitors. Workiti on
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the project are (from left) Rob Bundy, Louise`Stewart, Dave
Rawlings and Pat Reinhart. (staff -photo) ,
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