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PAQE.6A--GODERIGU SIGNAL -STAR, TH1 RSDAY► NOVEMB1R 24,1977
I have been getting re-
acquainted with Sarasota and
my favorite place, Venice. I
have learned some in-
teresting facts about Venice,
which ten years ago was
about the same population as
Goderich. -
Venice is actually on an
island bordered by the Gulf of
Mexico on the west and
Inland Waterways and canals
on the other sides - this is the
old Venice. The first time I
came down here my son
loaned me a car and said,
"Mother you can go
anywhere you like but don't
cross any BRIDGES!" I soon
found out why he was worried
-- ten years ago!
These are citrus fruit trees
here that date back to the
1880's. It always amazes me
to see an old tree in bloom
with new growth, fruit in all
stages of development from
small green to overripe ones
on the ground that have seeds
sprouting from the fruit! This
continues all year.
A small village in the 1800's
with its beaches, fishing and
fruit trees and most of all its
mild climate, it didn't start to
grow until the Seaboard
Railway completed its tracks
into Venice in 1911 when
mostly railroad men settled
there.
In the 1920's the
Brotherhood of Railroad
Engineers called in experts to
Martha Rathburn appears
weekly in The Signal -Star.
help plan a retirement haven
at the edge of the water.
Broad avenues, streets and
parks figure in the unusual
design of one of the nation's
few planned cities.
The depression slowed
things down but after World
War II, the 'city population
went from 867 in 1950 to 20,000
in 1976.
Today, Greater Venice - an
area of 150 square miles has
about 73,000 residents.
I have been thrilled to see
some of this great change -
and I have been proud of the
great changes in Goderich in
the last ten years. Although
the summFr season is very
short, I'm sure our town will
build up too. Someday, I
visualize our great Square as
one big beautiful shopping
mall where the best of
everything is a specialty and
folks will come by ship - by
train too, from afar to enjoy
this special town.
One weekend, Doug,
Madeline and I flew to St.
Augustine which is just below
Jacksonville, Florida. It has
the Castillo de San Marcos -
the first fort to be built on this
continent. It is. ,.one of the
States' National Monuments.
The nation's parks and
large areas under the
Government's care are called
"Monuments." I remember
going through a National
"monument" called "Craters
of the Moon", 154,000 acres of
giant clinkers - burned rock
formations where not a bird
or blade of grass _ existed.
Weird, man!
To go back, St. Augustine -
actually a small town had this
giant fort that you visited
room after room - reminding
me of our famous old jail -
then they had museums and
museums, every one of them
very interesting.
Where the old streets and
homes had been, these were
the heritage homes and each
was now a museum of
something or a crafts place
where things were made from
scratch as in the years before
the 1700's. This was in-
teresting, too, in that a new
. building had to have the same
era facade and materials - no
new fronts.
I went to "my" bank in
Venice and spent • a few
pleasant moments looking at
the arts and crafts exhibit on
display in the main aisle. I've
made a sketch of the space -
saver which displays these
arts. Perhaps, some day,
someone will need it. These
displays are not only on the
walls and- you wouldn't
believe the number of men
and women who stop to look
and sign the guest book and
pick. up one of the artists'
cards.
This is great coverage or
exposure ; for an artist
Whether paintings or craft
pieces NILS think well of
,the banks that encourage this
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enterprise. I hope that other
places - not just banks - will
think about this, encourage
your home town talent.
I enjoyed the coverage
given Arie Van der Ende.
He's a hard worker and he
knows where he's going.
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Today, Thursday,
November 10, 1977 we are
warned of a big change in the
weather. We have been
watching scenes of blizzard,
and snow -shovelling and
traffic snarls in the north U.S.
and I feel Goderich must
have been in the line,of 4rp
4or this early storm,
Our temperature 'dropped
6 degrees F. in an hour and
is still going down, but it
started at over 70! They
predict temperatures. to drop
to 40 degrees F which will be
a great hazard to the citrus Ptoo, if teramics or .poite,
trbes as the Wind chill factor 'classes got under way?.
will reallidestroY.
I'm wondering how well the
GDCI night classes are
doing? Haven't heard from
anyone yet - the Signal has
my address. I'm wondering,
here are quite a few
Canadians in Our park and the
weather is airWays -the big
-topic ;If conversation. ,'‘,tre
were expecting the
Cayanaughs of Port Albert -to
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