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Clinton News Record, 1954-03-04, Page 8PAGE EIGHT CLINTON "NEWS -RECORD bits of evidence saved from `a trial conducted following a murder in the countyr Took Last (onducted Tour No e titan a decade Of s.,ago, and the wine ;bottles produced as evidence then bill includin the to s wh'ch 1 I- g g 1 abs OICHur�n (ourt House le'' e: •b•. d, th m as exhi its. Several card board cartons andboxes However little else your report- the ceiling was' lowered some ei ght x e of old er may be noted for; to this one feet., papers and records had been plat- bid for fame, there can be' little 'Withoutcothisfound" for them space dispute We claim remembrance confirmed here, however, could be found them down ,for being the last citizen' of the our guide cps, and gp a steeper stairs; flight of steps, and again up an- ccounty to have taken a_ conductedthe ceigling downnanother floor, to other: steeper stretch again steps. At cerlmg placed over the court - tour of the Huron County Court. the end ' of the climbwe were Rouse. On Fridayafternoon,Feb • house some.years tfore, 14Ir- ,,puffing. quite noticeably,' and ruary 26, a -scant four hous be-Sheerdpwn pointed out the - old' clutching with: fingertips;any ex- _ .fore the discovery of fire.which tending bitbeamrafter. ic.hsurroundedofdmouldings e g andthe t r. whichlhad room, the uppad razed the 98 -year-old building, we" However, we were at the top of were escorted by `caretaker James wall of then court and had the Court House. In a tiny area, never :been removed` when the Sheardown, from attic to cellar of was the horizontal clock works false ceiling was installed. Here the historic place. which for nearly 100 years had again the brick and other Con - In view of the fact that many operated the four -faced clock set- struction of the building in the: countywere inter -b 1 ng showed Pe ting the, pace: for all the citizens completepreservation,and a i ested in the preservation of the of Goderich. "Once a week it had whatever f decay. n s gn old building, and on the other to be wound," said Mr. Sheardown; It must have been near to hand officials had apparently been (We thought to ourselves that it quitting time, for, ,though our convinced of the inadvisability of must:be quite a, climb on a warm was courteous in all respects repairing guide wehadgone u t Ir a day in summer.) We looked• out and readyt the county it,seat last Friday wth arther dingy, though adequate about thbuilding, he wase wast- the . intention of makinga ,per -window, directly down the road ing no time in snaking the trip, ;sonal decision in the matter. which leads past the Goderich We sped through the courtroom Clerk A. II. Erskine received us Town Hall to the CNR railwaywhere justice in the county had graciously, and introduced us to station. Another short ladder been dispensed for so many years, Mr. Sheardown, Mr. Sheardown', behind the clock works, led fur- and we were impressed with the handed us a flashlight, saying, ther up into the clock itself, but circular shape of the court. We "You carry it, 'I know where I'm we did not ask permission to go ,were rather ashamed to realize going,"and then went off at great further aloft. that this was the first time we speed ,upstairs. At the time we Though. Mr. Sheardown advised had been there, and pondered the A were carrying three small and us that he went down the steps numbers of other county citizens ancientminute m cute books which Mr. frontwards, we took thought to who had never taken the oppor- Erskine had given us for reference ourselves and our high heels,' and material; a pencil, and a pad of followed him rather timidly back- tunity for a visit pointedeas. ours. Mr,Sheardown Clu paper. tching the flashlight in wards.down that first flight. Hereout the the other hand, we set off in pur-the huge square hand-hewn tim- prisoner's box, the Witness box, suit of the 'active Mr. Sheardown. bers of early ''.construction could the court stenographer's desk, and The first flight of stairs, reaching be seen, and we remarked upon oe other appointments of the '20 feet up, had us quite out of their good condition. Mr. Shear: room. Tall narrow windows on breath, but without pausing a down agreed with us that the two sides lentdignityand peace to minute our athletic guide turned upper part of the building was in this room where County , Council a corner_sharply and continued excellent shape. However, the' sessionsmlhave been held since its completion n strai ho in 1856. t u . FearfulP g A of losing s ng fact that the roof had been good track of him, we gathered speed and went right after him. Over the court room, we found .our- selves walking some shaky plank- ing which had been placed over .Joist laid when in the recent past and had kept these upper timbers' We were shown the "Petit very dry, no doubt later that day, Jury" room where jurors retired provided excellent tinder for the to make their decisions, and Mr. blaze; Sheardown commented on the fact It was on this level that Mr. that difficulty was experienced Sheardown showed us some dusty now that women were included on the jury, that ,no wash room ac- commodations were available, and there was not much chance nor room for the addition of such. We went from there to the room wherein the judge stayed ,until time for court to begin. This small room led directly to the judge's chair in the court room. Again we entered a small room, which had been used by the law- yers and contained one full wall of books which had overflowed from the downstairs law library. On this floor, too was the office occupied by Magistrate D, E. Holmes. It was a tiny affair with two desks, no cupboards, and no filing space. Downstairs to the main floor we went again, close on the heels of our genial guide. Downstairs we went swiftly from office to office, inspecting the sheriff's, treasurer's, engin- eer's, and clerk's offices, as well as the small court room used for juvenile cases, and the extensive and crowded law library. We also were invited to look at the little vaults in which were kept precious documents and records. Built to accommodate the amount of re- cords forseeab]e by planners in the middle 1800's when the County was young, they certainly could make but a small contribution to this job, now. Many of the offices made good use of the tops of desks and cup- boards for the storing of mater- ials, and these were lost in last week's blaze, A number of steel cabinets carrying current files, no doubt also were lost. How- ever, much of the materials in the vaults has been found in good condition, thanks to the efforts of the Goderich fire department and the assistance of Clinton's brigade. We did not stop on the main floor for long, however, but fol- lowed Mr. Sheardown into the small basement of the building, SAL Our Big SEAT COVE SALE ... is in Full Swing Now is the time to save and clean up your car for summer driving. If you con- template dealing your car, a new set of seat covers will improve the appearance and in- crease the trade-in value. LOWEST P CES YET SARAN CDAOASTgCOADNN NYLON— at $14.95 to fit Chevrolet, Pontiac & Oldsmobile 1946-1952 Dodge & Plymouth 1949-1952 Ford, Meteor, Monarch & Mercury 1949-1952 PLAATIC C ATED FIBRE at $1L95 to fit Chevrolet 1941-1942 Chevrolet, Pontiac & Oldsmobile 1946-1948 Chevrolet, Pontiac & Oldsinoblle 1949-1952 (except 1951-1952 Olds.) 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No substitute could possibly give the delicate flavour, the smooth, golden riobaest, of fresh creamery butter. i -ES alma better Taste Chef Freitag.; own recipe for BUTTER MEUNIERE a sauce for sauteed fish, steaks o'r chops Whenfish or meat is ready to serve, squeeze the juice of a quartered lemon over it, Sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley or chives. In a frying pan, brown 2 ounces of butter for each person. Pour over fish or meat, withBt� As every housewife imows,,for good eating and good living,ou just can't beat butter. From the simplest hot biseuitu to the most. elegant layer cake, everything you make tastes so much better with butter. i l dii;;eiiik;d1''7SAIIZY-_7FOODS SE.1==01_ E/taE irBTiT.7 For our Mario Frasers free booklet of tasty, featodbaftor roaipoe,write: 409 Huron Ht:.,!S'ororubo which was barely` large enough to accommodate the stoker furnace which provided, heat distributed' through • the building via pipes and steam radiators. A supply of coal, and a minimum of working space, plus telephone and hydro switches and controls made up the visible contents in this room. The tiny careaker's room at the head of the basement stairs was lined with a goodly collection of large calendars of pin-up girl de- sign: "An impressive group," we mentioned to Mr. Sheardown. 'It's taken me years" to collect all those," he'said. And now we look. back upon our tour of . 'the old Court House, we recall many photos of old County Councillors, venerable judges and historic events,' some of which appeared on every wall of every room, and we mourn the- loss of these, along with Mr, Sheardown's loss of his own collection, The new building will be lovely indeed, but without these old relics broil h from old building,' there will be little connection with the old days. Back we went to themain cor- ridor, and our knees still shaking from the quick ascent and ramble; through the Court House, we were thankful for a seat in the Clerk's Office and a chat with Mr. Ers- kine. He told us a deal of the history of the growth of business in the county, and the great need for largereraccommodation r the offices. And he mentioned that with Goderich banks closing on Saturday, daY, they would d be able to. finish. off February's business on Saturday, and be able to come back in on Monday ready to begin with March. The County officials began on March this Monday all right, but they also began a long job of sort- ingand for a complete to new office routine and new mater- ials. We thanked Mr. Erskine as we left, and came away with the three' small minute books, 1854, 1856 and 1857 of the County Coun- cils meeting then. These were saved from the fire. As well, the Clinton News -Record office is just completing the printing of the minutes of the January session of the 1954 County Council. These will beready for the continuation of County. work at the next meet- ing. Also, we came away from the Court House definitely convinced that the officials needed more space for their work; confirmed in the opinion that a good deal of work would have to be done in the bracing up of the foundation of the old building, (the timbers underneath were in much the same condition as those in our own Clinton Town Hall); and also we were.convineed that the build- ing was lovely, could be repaired and a definite use made of it in the way of a historic monument and centre, (It was not suitable for use by the Huron County Museum, for many reasons.) However, now, choice of wheth- er or not to demolish the old building has been made. Almost without doubt, the structure will be completely levelled and some- thing else will rise in its stead. The park in the centre of Gode- rich would be lovely as a complete park, or as a town centre. We think of the little theatre group, and the artists and other cultural enthusiasts that would appreciate and use a suitable building built in mid -town. It could include a band shell, There is a wonderful possibilityr now . for the re -place: ment of the county offices in a more central municipality, and for this we would suggest Clinton, but there is an even more golden op- portunity for the citizens of Gode- rich to take this chance to claim for themselves the Iand in the centre of their town, rather than have every part of their business and everyday life dominated by a large County building, to .which few of the general citizenry ever. go, arid from :which no taxes, and no community service is obtained. We are glad to have had the opportunity to view the old Court House before the sad fire on last Friday, Thank you Jimmy Shear - down, and thank you Harvey Erskine. 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