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Election's in Goderich"
•
ince th�re
were issues
•Each `year the. Grade 13 sound reason for;electing him.
" History students at GDCI mayor. •
write findings from local
Mr: Cameron the other
history, this gleai d" from mayorhopeful then explains
many souces; the.mQstusualwhat he considers should be.
of which' is the back issues of :the criteria for the ne•W1y.
The Signal aril The Star.. elected council and one which
This week, The Signa.l:S:tar - he -will follow if elected. First
is pleased to publish an ar- of all, expenditures must be
• ticle re?;earched and written : encouraged to approve town
by Ernie . McMillan, son. of 'plans for ...harbour im-
Mr. and Mrs. Don,McMill'an, . provements. Hesfeels that
200. Widder•Street. The Goderich should be
subject is "Election 1909-1910 established- as a`':p'roductive
Style". With thi'; year being a port for the •C•,P,R. • and the
municipal election 'year, G.T.R. If elected he will seek
Ernie'spaper might indeed a $300,000;...tQ8400,000,.:grant
provoke thought . among ' from -,the federal government
Goderich and area voters. ' tor this purpose. Thirdly, ne-w
industries must be en-
It is too,bad that the citizens `couraged 'to locate in the
of Goderich couldnot be ..• Goderich area. (A familiar_
transported back in time to _platform even today.)
the night of ''.,::?Monday, Finally, Mr. Cameron doesn't
December 27, 1909. If • this neglect . the- rural . i.nterests.'
were possible they would Like his opponent, Mr. Clark,
witness the' excitement .and• Mr. • :Cameron. sees the
hoopla drat accompanied' anecessity of a produce
nomination meeting prior to a -market.
municipal election..This was Both men are critical of the '
' an annual event that aroused out -going council -with Mr.
the interest''of all the town's Cameron extremely vocal.
folk and everyone was over the purchase of land for
present - in the Town Hall to , a school without having been
urge on the favourites and -
heckle the unpopular. We in put to a vote.
The two men contesting the
1976 are too sophisticated torace for
Deputy Reeve, Mr.
attend such meetings. Munnings and_ Mr. Craigie,
Too often nomination point . to 'their • pre-vious
..meetings are attended only to records _ on council • as a-:
the candidates themselves ' concrete reason for the public
and 'one or two of theirsup- to promote them to this new
posters. In fact, it is 'not office they are seeking. This
unknown for a full slate of appears to be building up to
officgrs . to be .elel;ted by: not, only a very keen race but
acclamation.. -Citizens of the a friendly one as well. • .
"computer -age" don't realize. Mr. Elliot is a perennial
'what they are missing.
candidatie for council and he
• Let us in fancy go to this - .did manage to ,get in on one
important'c'orrimunity event occasion. He is a cop edian. of `
thattook place in•this town of sorts and as usual -.he en -
ours a little more'than sixty- tertains the crowdat the
six years ago. ' . nomination. `meeting. He•
As is expected, the at- elaims that the but -going:
-tendance it the meeting•is council has done nothing and
overwhelming and the has • even done that badly. The
citizens are packed in tight. ' ,electors don't appear. to be .
This. is one night 'of the year taking him seriously though
when management. and andfor this reason he is .
•labour rub shoulders and obviously 'a long shot in the
there is a lot 'of friendly up;comingelection. ^
rivalry. You caneasily pick The ' eveningdraws to a
out the . prospective can- -close and there is good-
diaates by the big:smiles on natured _laughter and, back
• 'their:, faces their : hearty' .•:.slapping.•as,:the people leave ..
' laughter, and vigorous: the .Town Hall. Everyone
handshakes. agrees that it has been a most
enlightening and diverting
• Finally the meeting - • is evening:
called to order and the The newspaper now takes
nomination proceedings• '.up the campaign. Little is
begin. Much later the • known...about J C: Mat•tin but •
. chairman • declares ,,` the local , paper appears .to
"Nominations clased," and support him and is sure he.
the• following have _ fulfilled will be elected. • •
the requirements for -office M,r--. Parson', - although
and will stand for election: young and 'inexperienced 'in.
• "Mayor; . W.F. Clark politics, is felt to be very
(veterinarian), and M.G. capable.' He is well informed
:Cameron, . (lawyer);Reeve,
regarding lake and railway
C.A. Reid (contractor). by mentioned in the paper are
acclamation; : Deputy Reeve,. Mr.. Hawkins and Mr. Jordan.
J.W. Craigie (insurance- Mr. Hawkins is considered a
broker), and.. B.C. .Munnings -public spirited man with
(builder); Council, R. Elliot' progressive ideas. Mr.
• (lumber , dealer),. J.B. ..Jordan is a very .questionable
Hawkins (insurance .agent), . entry: If re-elected he
C.H. Humber (jeweler), J.B. pronfises to attend all council
Jordan (organist), " J.C•,••, meetings. It seems that Mr.
Laithwaite (gentleman),.J.C. Jordan has been: less than
- Martin (gentleman), G.C. ' faithful " in regard • to his
Parsons (elevator .manager) . presence at council meetings.
J.W. Vanatter (merchant), . A very popular office-.
Ernie McMillan :.
Iways a Malila d �
(continued. from page IA)
distilljer and his residence as.' on St.
David's'i street in Goderich. 'This w
distilleryk was close to the river, at the
north end of the lot; and remains are said
to be still visible,
In 1861, Mr. Montgomery purchased a
farm in the sixth concession of Goderich
township, and Elmwood Place was his
homefor the remainder ofthis life. That.'.
house was taken dawn when an air
training was established, late in War II:
Harold • Montgomery, of "Goderich, -a
grandson, recalls that it •has "13 rooms
and . three fireplaces, when they had
Company in, it was quite a place.,
Mr.' Vanatter He is Well. • Capt: Montgomery .'was a son of •
known locally and liked by George ,Montgorriery, barrack master at .
all. He looks like a very . Kilkenny • who Served in the British
strong. ,contender and • well army'•as ensign, :lieutenant and; captain;
. worth:watching.. - • in Holland under the Duke of York and in
Thus excitement builds and Portugal,.. with' General' Wellesley. al -
the "armchair" politicians'terwardtheDulee.ofWellington. "
are Witching their favourites • He was one of eight children, most of
closely and swallowing all whorl') did not come to Canada. One
their promises: The beauty of • brother, Robert,had one son and six
our democratic system'-is•that_ _ ,daughters, widely scattered through
once the candidates have said ' Canada and the United States.
everything they :have to say 'There may have been among the early
and have- climbed down Toff .Huron families Montgomeries unrelated
their soap boxes the voters ' to Capt: Montgomery. The polibook of
get the final say at the ballot' • the 1858 'election for executive „Council
box, The results of this contains the name of a Joseph Mon. -
particular municipal election tgomery. He has not been identified. -
in Goderich-for the year 1918----Clare-Maitland, wife of Capt_ A - T.
were as.fgllows• • r. ..Montgomery, was "a woman of ex-"
Mayor, M.G. Cameron, 481; coptional intellectual. and social
W.F..Clark,387. powers," the Si nal said, "and•
Deputy ' Reeve, B.C. possessed literary ability 'which, had it
Munnings, 463; J.W. Craigie, • been cultivated, would'have won for her
396, an honorable -position .in letters." It is
Council, J.W. Vanatter, recalled that;she spoke both'French and
556.; J.C. Laithwaite, 524; J.C. German.
Martin, 507; J.B. Hawkins, The baptismal book of Si: George's
475; Wm..Wallace, 427; G.C. church records the birth and baptism, in '
Parsons, 3_74; R. Elliot, 372.; 1847 of Clara• Alexandrena, daughter of
C.H. Humber, 360;. J.B.
Jordon, 248.
Mr. Camerop won.. the
election for mayor by almost
one hundred' • votes:, While
mayor in1902 he was accused.
of neglecting' _his duties
because he Was. tired of the
job. Obviously his past record
didn't hurt him. On the other
hand his opponent Mr. Clark
stated tpt'he„would..only be.
interested in beintmayor for
one year, Thi', niay..have.
jeopardized=•;•his chances as ;
some.. voters :may - have in-
terpreted this. • state'ment as
' lack 'of concern for the -
'
'welfare' of Goderich.. •
It is rather: interesting to
look at the results for council.
Mr. Vanatter who made . no
promises worthy of note but
was very, popular topped the
, polls, Mr. Lionel' Parsons, in
-spite of his youth. won the
sixth and final 'spot. Mr.
Parsons' • grandfathers
Benjamin Parsons, had. been..
the first mayor; of Goderich in
1.827 and it is possible that his
family background helped to
give him the necessary votes
to be.on•the council. It is also
”
surprising that the amusing
Mr',. Elliot came as close to
being a successful candidate
as he did. ^
Both the plebescite
regarding the:extension of the
sewer system and the one'
•
•
Wm Wallace (knitting seeker with the newspaper is
concerning the issuing of a
debenture' were successful,
However, the tax exemption
for theta Goderich ,tlevator
'was rejected. ' ,
As is the case after every
election, some people are
happy whileothers are
disappointed' In any event
these 'men who were elected.
away back.then are just a few
of the wonderful citizens who -
ha ve
hohave strived through the
years to rnake Goderich the
• "prettiest town in Canada"
and a fine place it which to.
live.
•
factory manager). •,
To add to the evening's'
excitement itis announced
that in`addition to the election
for Town Council three by-
laws are to be contested. The
first one is whether or not the
Goderich Elevator should be
exempted from local' taxes.
Secondly, the need for an
extension of the sewer system
in Goderich at a cost of
$6,000.00 is to be decided at
the polls. Thirdly;a vote is to
be taken on the issuing of a
debenture for $1'5,000,00 for.
capital expenditure on the
light and water systems and
to meet the overdraft at the
Bank of Montreal. •
With: only a matter of a few
days separating the
nomination meeting and the
"election the ,candidates have
to `work quickly ,to procure
votes. Therefore it isn't -
surprising that we are now
going to hear from Some of
the "hopefuls" and' learn
What they believe are the
burning Issues in this elec-
tion: • Mr. Clark, one of the
mayorality candidates is
strongly •. in favour of
establishing a prodiice
market in the Goderich area.
He feels that it is imperative
for -Goderich to increase its
business with the surrounding
areas. Mr. Clark ' also
'reminds the citizens of his six
Year' record oh council and
how he believes this is a
3 reasons why you
shouldn't bank. at
There just aren't any? So ,`, . why don't you
just dropjn, we've got,iots of reasons why
you shAuld bankwith us.
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Alex and Clara Montgomery, Goderich
township: She married,,,at St: Stepheifs
'church, Huron road, on January -1, 1887,
E.C. Steele','a surveyor, orDuluth': They
had four daughters;' -of whom one is •
believed still Flying, ihCl icago.
Eldest son- of Capt. 'Alexander and
Clara -Montgomery . was mt, Alexander
• George Maitland, of .Goderich, who died
in hospital here in 1939 in his 91st year.
• "He was of a long line' of Military .,
• people," according to his obitifary," and
was himself an officer at 16. He was last
survivor of ,his company in the Fenian
Raid, in. which he served, as sergeant-•
major -The - `late Mr:• Montgomery
possessed •letters of 'four former
generations, one to his :' great-
grandfather • from the Duke of
•'Wellington.' His 'wife, .Jane :Henderson
died'in
1921
.Second son was Maitland R.P., of
Toronto, who married in 1878 Mabel..
Webber, of Tunbridge Wells. They'had'
no family:'
Henry, `third son, spent Some time in
the • North, West ; Territories before
Saskatchewan became a province. His
second name was Lauderdale, in honor
Of a titled relative, but he did not like. it
. or use it. -He married Minnie V.- Ker-
nighan; 'Colborne township. They had
three . sons: Harold, of Goderich ;
Edward W., of.Colborne,..who died Aug.
17 .11V 5, and Worman Maitland, who died
in t Canadian West as result .of an
accident.
' Harold Montgomery 'married, Viola `
Allin, ' of Colborne; their son, Harry,
farms in Goderich township. Edward
married Annabelle • Buchanan, of
Colborne; a son,' Maitland, resides in
Colborne.
The father, Henry L., died -at Elmwood
Place, Goderich township, at the age of
54. •
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