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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-08, Page 9• 52 44,01.4,1"..e14 1: : 1\17 2 6�y Lls=ter _ Ov'er-coatings, nd Tweeds. torn era J►n tYeah'.e rorthe•ExodCA. '. ]13$1 i'a1 t.Bi' tP ,r, and the ladies, will: tate' %il,` , i �- •svilie the male ireru ;Rive of.: pcitp.in; the.' question,. • 'We' tope this'fact `w 1. ,iut be'selred 'hold of the Tery newspapers as an excuse for he increased exodus 'which :is suis •.to Sane. place under this governinont during he, emit*: itictttlts.-[t)ttawa f 4. kDangersofr'Conwtfng." • AT Tui-�-- MI RE IS C.f,IEA' Morrowville, Pe , Jan,„2 -On Sunday nigh -a 'party of "voting people from Stoke's Mill's, a village 10 Miles froth, n..aere, want -c, past ng -Olt Long 1 a1:. -_-The WI, 8 ,party used an old cutter which 'was steer.. ad by a man named Rule, who was be- tween the Shafts: On the hst trip own the hill the shafts hrptce and the—cutter went over -the embankment t30. feet. high into a':cieelt where the, water is ei,fit i • r,atu�sy ' Qr p• feet deep. Jennie `Mitchell wits found ' in a tree ' ith: her skull fratattred' and ribs broken. She 'cannot recover. • Eugene Craf(had his ribs ;broken, • The rLTI.L 'IN . ' screams of those thrown- into the creek • were heated by' persons liding near, and '• seven. of then: Were taken frt nothewater . a ' will gtubably.,dteThe •”tlets tot •,, •• • • • , .- . , • 'in tin a drowning .cnnJtiro, Mip•HydepOL R 1p 1 S seriously hurt, • ••-- .....• - . - > uetlon-aaie9.• All parties $eating choir sale btlt8 uruited at this office will get a, free notice inserted in ... tbi8 list up to the time Of sale. • _ Auction,"sale of;? organs and. sewing' - machines, the preperty of JW. Weather= ald,'at.the store un`" Tortrsf-reilt, next`•to Sheppard'e Look store; B.Guderich, by• 13. VV,'. all,•auctioneer, "at one, o'clock p:,m.., on Wednesday, Jltinua'ry 9th, 1384. • Auction. sale of organs -.and- sewing. • tnaehines; the •property of J; W. Weather- ald, at his store, next to..Walt'e drug store, ,Cliiitoni,.byI3. W. Rall,' auction- eer, al one o'clock p m , n•.S,fturda ;', January 12th, 1884, '."r ' TE OFFER TH•E F'i'4.L,111,VI:4ti ' DEC1 DED;•:BAR•aAI•Nig R� ES:TAJ[ t . "3. I' T1•IE -T.J"fisl o ~:`GL)li'„Iili 13 --- 1. A' Corner'Lit (No. 20) on \' eg. street: 300.00 - ' rt a;;ti,uarc o th 3 close 900, aear,die Park,'very pleasant sit - nation. with viec"V Of 'Lake, ceitnprising sub- tle!! built ubtlally'.built 2 .story brick house, w ith• stable, fruittrees 3c . ao09.00, 3. Three and afia1P lots (nearlyntiaere).Da East street, with brick Foundry,.now trnder Tent at $100.00.a year,. $t,000.0e,- stat+foti, 4 Lot on hank u.f 1-tiyer, gear •t lie $74.90. ” "•' These u'perties are'really .worth ri>uch; more a oney,.but must be sold to close out the Estate. and are therefore• olfered.at the:abave prices. :apply to.. SE „GER & CANNED GOODS andGotad; ll. . B Him' �Z AFL c� C!l , •. Finn 441.1:00811:,' I Tiic,S u:lre; Jan.:t; Barri ruts,, Godo rick Gbderie1+,:Se,Pt.2kh,-1883. ' 191fi,tf • •a week'at home. $5.00 outfit free -Pay absolutely sure. No risk: Capital not p mess ri uwan bus ea e t iii . R d y0 at d 4 . s young g fi u, .sons 'of tithe . y V� vrtiich e at , P • it old, can make .great pay alt the time they work. with'absolutdpertatnty . Write for full darnonaro_te.:H tiAtt,e...m a+' Co., Portland - ldafne. •:922= • •.1,.;,Ioriclt: alltoitto be Known!` 'TMST YOU CAN GOT. CHOIGE CONFECTIONERY. , CANNED-TRUITS .AN© FISH: TO £s GCO GeI RS, -4:0-• :Domestic and Foreign Fruits, • Oysters of the Best 13rands • Fresh and,Smoked Salt water Fish in seasop, -+t full as$ortment;of all kinds' o4 Nuts. .... ovoids 3erred'tn Every Style. ItequIredF LGE CREAMS,. JN ,SE_1Si)R'.• Floral Designs Wre ths, Crosses, Bouquets etc., made to order. • : • 4luwcrinY Y.lan;b' d Vegetables In Sea eon 1�TG A, MS I �3TA.TJ 'Couit House Squbre,• 'Goderich, Ont peg. 30; a0'2•l-3tp,': r� • • • THURS., JULY -1;1976 :SECOND SECTION. 141.1 1,4119,41 • Johan tIl. trite felt • Sault roceries. andDods. John h'ou`se Owned by . Henry _ Soo.while president of Rotary 'John Old .started' with tht • A busineasmart from g dry g n' came... •N, Cassida described: his Horton. Horton was a'grgter, ..I"nternational' Mr• .piciat that , Sault .Insurance' Agency. in Ste. Marie, 1Vlichiga y- • ric •- a'' while' back, store' as rthe . Plate G-lasS succeeded'; in the business,by p Atime was district•governor:'" 1955. On -Jan, 1 •following; .it to Gode h� - tracin family°htsconnection .'Grocery "in McLean'sNew' 'Charles A. Nairn. :< , '• • Mr. Old hadrnarr•ied•in-1903 became the 'Old, ,Murphy &; g ethreer .:west bf the ..• -Another Old,.;. Charles' W., Kittle• G. Gould,: a native.of. Old Agency•withrthe;p.txrchase;••. here a century`or. so ago. Tl? a. BI'ock, deo s, _, • ' naive, he• said, was;Old, • B'ritish: xch`ange. -,:•-John ` farsned on Lot 15','.'Con; :VII, -.Des .Moines, Iowa, She died,in by _his' of the Aikens- of JohnP.'. Old' Robertson vklo, advertised : Colborne, and in 1878 gave a 1948,. Their son, John P 0.1a;7t,Murphy agency John 'took•' 1slentio i mortgage. to'Henry :Horton; Jr., ern :in` 1909; carrfed on Cashier for Sault Ste.; Marie • teas,••, announced that a fewover, .°:management in :1959 - s,• n the° • pure maple s ru 'l Presumably: ".' the ..Goderlch: the.;insurance�blis7ness until. Pulp &Paper•Company i •earth • of p Y P r, his death .m 195J: He` .had • upon`: the. death'of his'fa_ther-;.., early 1900s, brQii' -ht the were still assailable, 1-1-e• was grecs,. and bought it. in '1963. Since`-,.;,• •t tai " married MargaretBiscoxnbe; . : n ''comment. 'i"fistt �w;as my: at "-Rhynas' old stand, .a e , This•. Henry Horton„ who Theyhad one sen•:.John P Old :then "the , name.- :has been grandfather; and I Sin. John Sduare. and'Montreal street " ,I''' rrived in Caljada.in 1&23 with. • changed to The O1d:Ageneyaf t III, and one daughter,,''Mrs.. g . P: Old IIT;; . Rhynes,: new stand was„"next his pa two b° thers; •• •P L lc Aagesen, ..• -' The, conn 'ction.in Goderich' George Acheson;" • wh`e`re he. ' bought a; lot- at the southeast - begins 1vith> George ,Henry conducted''. The Pharmacy.::` corner of East Street and" — John P. Old III, born Jan. Old, known to have been here ' W.C..Geode's drugstore Vas ' C.ambpia Road'and later built 18 1935 married in • 1959 Mr. Old. is a n embe•r °of . • frchn-the fate... 60s, He ;ran a in the Albion ,Block, and -4,a brick cottage on' the - ast Jed th'MacDonald and they` 'Rota. a director. of Sault;. d, •Y. re tr, r• George H. Old described his "Casa: -Store"' a an the. Square, blit did not indicate exactly. •"'where: As will bel toted, it was;not customary_to advertise prices; nor was this done to any • extent for" another 40 years. The Signal page of :which part is :here-rep-roduced yields once: familiar names 'such. as .Colborne. Brothers, Bingham s, and Bell the auctioneer. The law firm o1 Seager.& Lewis offered.for sale tluree'prdperties "worth much more,'.' including a two-storey house,near the lake, with stable and fruit trees, for $1,000. • ,•'•b. John P,' Old, born in Goderich in 1874, eomtlieted his .schooling -here, Worked in his father's •stor9y In Sault then' .became a, telegrapher and train despatcher before appointment as . Treasurer of the Ciergiie • industries • on the ' Canadian .side.. Later', he 'founded the°lnsuranee business carried on by his son and grandson. He -died sdddenly ow Feb., 2 1942, after •-ad- dressing •the Rotary Club in Soo lyiichigan • a Sault,•,,. Ste. - Marie, at 101:. Ashum`street. • grocery•store on the Square,. • Frank Jbidan onducte street frontage. His store waShavefour children: . Chamberof Commerce and a ori . , a_mt on..__J . uelin e -Joh •James and.- member of the' vestry.of St. .' but his advertisements'in the Medical 'a Hall=t" Colborne theSquareat. IT lt „ . , r; •.„ Jeffrey .Jan}es»Episcopal Church„His marriedexactly. where: Old: married "F ;°`, .. x�. }... rgal•et Ann" Fieming of George -H."010, •the former Boston; and. their ,"'nine ,. in Awn 9 1 95 Sault St born -1 ' *ere' childr'erio . Goderich: They attended St. •?.�:. �` ��,�� :,.„ :. John ` Old III t 4.. 1?atrick's • .. ward ;school on : a g t ,. Nelson street; and,soine went• , graduated 'toHi�hscroel. � Y High Huron Signal '.did not''state'a'•• • street. Move t41 'Michigan • George pulled,:wup »stakes' the here and Moved to Michigan Soo in 1890, .the' fa_mily.. fallowing in' 1891, probably by steamer; The eldest third, George Francis was then 22; the youngest, Ed'na '.:Elizabeth, six,_ One. child. `Henry Maitland,: born -in 188.4, died:at-the age; of nine - months; andis •buried -•1•n•= Maitland Cemetery'• •• ;The children had been: - baptized.in'the1870s and18$0s• • by the. ,Rev. Dr: --Robert Minister • ,of Knox Presbyterian Church, who also. "baptized .their ,:father.. When these•young Canadians, -.migrated to the United•S't'ates, they,-`eventuall:y . became. .� •-An'glicans'" (Episcopalians:) John '.P..: -.Old , III_ is a tm,y-m.•n• • of SL James' scopal 'Church'.;in Saalt Ste. Marie, Michigan, _ • Soo&Busin'essrrlen: • 0 • G;eor--gel'I._ Oad went into the grocery :business again in`t. e Michigan Soli, "and�t s ' .John: P., worked as delivery boy.",The father died in 1895,' described in the 0ress•as 'one of the Sault's most prominent busii essme•ri," • `uSauft Ste Marie; Michigan a d the' easf`er' • Goderich., • merchant, ; died * _J OId. IL1- �r 1 - in'.' ata e, - • asresult of Marie . Michigan,. a he rt attack`bfou h on., it was:.stated; by heavy,,lifting. He was survived b his wif and eight children:-seved"o'f whom were .fin 'Sault Ste.. Marie. The'' funeral: •servi'ee was'• -held' in -the-.Methodist Episcopal church, ' and" -the' Odd, fellows. lodge. attended in, a body. ' Old had. 'been - a me : bet in Goderich. m -George .I Francis,- eldest child, migrated to -California: Josephine', : Susan.. ,rn,arrsed Chatles F H•ursley;nSauit•S•te Marie,' _Nicliigar►, Mabel- Maud- • married' Ray T. Marriott: Adeline Gertrude, unmarried, died in ,x1955. - L'ester William died in 1907 as:. . •result•of a.railway accident. '' e • a.h:ob:bies are"_ • ski=ng • (cautiously) in winter, 'and boating. in . sum mer He erich • last ear • sitezl God y , and writes now• ,"Judy and. attended Sa pudic schools`an'd wai. t: d t .-,B:A, 54. froc rw�liax ''State Urliver4ity lin 1955Dining.. the summer of. 1053',••he. worked for itt' Chapman. Scott, marine contractors, while they were laying` the crude` oil' pipe ine • under ' the • Straits -of ' Mackinac. This pipeline �• transports Western `oil to Sarnia for refining. • YAW certaanly enjoyed`our: stay.;in. ••. (aderi61Yh fast'fall• and plartto .. stop_,again, .,We 'really ap- -'preciated the help from -the' eo e_00 4, at tile:paper, The;oril P P problem was that we'dlget.so; +. interested reading about the, that we Red. River`Itebellion , would forget •What we were • really looking for." • John: ?. OM 111.is the .great-. Nettie May married Charles • grandson of George H. Old, a Healy.. ' Gertrude . E'lizabe. ,.w Goderj'ch grocer who moved became the. wife of`RobertA to Sault Ste.Marie, Michigan :Taylor.' ••••• '. in .1.89 He .heads a .big In- John Patrick Old was 17 _. surance business,- the Old when the .family mpved >to. Agency. or S;atili`Ste. Marie,' When "Ste: Marie: AS a youth, founded by.his grandfather, arned' te'1'e: AS a ouch, ,lohn •P....old, .a native ot• f-fo 9.s9me time was- `an Goderich., He is a Rotarian ;o eratar for. -the a Western °, and a 3 director of . Sault Union:.Later, at -the Soo Line ' •: C11a%iiber of Commerce, • station, he was a despatcher. workbrought him .in street and the Square; In the '. contact 'with Franc: H, shoe business are Johnston' .Clergue; — ead • of -the Careyand Eph: Downing.: burgeoning industries of the The Old place of „J oke- Superior Corporation, residence has `not been-tra.cedd.. and.:.this_ took • himto the for, the full - period tl•I ' Canadian side, where he ,}yds• son, Goderich "but frbm IVIarefi cashtelr1or7'fe'nifarrt#IYO-M-- "' -1875, to March-, .188, .0 eorge- Central Railway, • , Algoma • George', H. Old, Goderich, grocer In the 1880s, owned Lot H:: Old' appears .to"havelived: Steel and Sault Ste: Marie;.;'-b7onTrafalgar st.E,fon,I3;years;andpresumablylived on. the' south side of Trafalgar Pulp & Paper Company: His there. The house, 115 -Trafalgar originally stucco,.has_a' street; fast west of Cambria stenographer was W:E•' mode•rn'addition atthe back. - ^~ = �• • i=1e Tb ,, hLo t7 67 fi'bin nEll tt, ed late- of Gs for the,Pulp • r W illlam'o'l 67:moo els YP �� ...., .._. .,. :..—rte •�• a . .:..� . fiaTf t once'" o Arthur Nein Company''paymaster, .and in �, ar -end ••of -the Upper•Peninsula ;• felon, were. pretty well populatedb'y • disposed people moving into. the area James Galla nca then nit ' 188�Pvenings'for B J "�Clergue:-: • of the property to. ..:.. ' ghee. It has (John P:.. Old, •who left from southern Ontarlo�ln the Goderich at -1', was only 26 i passed through;;many, hands, :=-1.880x, Jolie: P. Old III says° when he held the job o l "There are plots. bf H wsoriS and was acqulxerizast:year by,' cashier for the Soo industries. ::Hollingsworths; ,and Ronald H. A`t�tin, The house, 1lis: stenbgraplier_ left ' Stonehouses in the Sob; all of _ clapboard over •frame and LGoderich also at i j, •in 1900. , stucco is quite old, aild may"' ",. whom cams:- from -Goderich, have been built by. Old, Thete.i As far. as -can 'be recalled, Bayfield,, or other' towns in neither knew that the other is'. a faurlY recent'addit'ion='at " -your ; . area.' Coming from .„ • had some from`Goderich.j'M ; • ,•:a ': Southern:,Onta'tio was•moire the . •back: ' There are two the rule than the- exceptionnn bedrooms now,=and the. Olds , • . John P Old continued to l • tTi'is area. MY wife's make his home in the in'..188o had eight children. • i. • mother Was a Stonehouse,: that the family lived there - and she was from Goderic grand - just that Old -owned this founded i When George .Henry' 01(1 gave up thegrocery.business in Goderich there were six other grocer -s' -who advertised • •in the ,Signal; and those Who did not included.; p.c. Strachan, in the Albion Block. the estate of George P. • - The field was crowded. lvlorttgomery., Lot 989, West bad made a brief 'speech Rees Price &.Son were on street: `There was a house' on ' proposing that a.' Message �,f � . the Square, just south of West the property, but whbther the. condd1 nce be sent. Crawford '� street, . Whiteley . King .• present one 4140, 1'16)• or an ` '1V1ccullugh of port William, '.,. bakeryeted `a grocery and earlier. one ;it is=difficult now•'- Ont„"whose ' son had .been= on Iiingst'on street. to"verif kilned in action while serving Charles A: `Nairn' was oil the Th,,,.yr .. er•aa mentYtna of John: A. with. , •,iii` R':A 1w=:llriv. " . Square •at, Hamiltbh :street:" old, :e'arpenter, 'living in a-M'cCiillugh had visited .the, ( John N..;Prourlitntit handled ` .... .:., Tl'iere 1s nib record 'to show Michigan Soo,where.: he: '1 h," the insurance roperty ow business,,,carti,eedn an' I'ate'r..by • 's son and: grandson Ile dated • sul(denly'nn Peb ; 2 • 1942., at•,(., .'. ACiluir'e estate Ildtel Olibway three -,hours 1• t '� after '', suffering 'a cerebral Old, .acnuired' in 1888, from hegaorrhage while attending j a ' Rotary Club tneeting.';He' $toricaI • ,0 4- uo • 00. ,,. • 4