The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-02-22, Page 1e
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Combining The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star
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NINNIereetiECOND YEAR, NO, s.
GODERIOU, ONTARIO, THURSDAY) FEBRUARY 22nd, 1940
DEEP WATERWAY MEANS PEATEi TO Getting Ready forI GovernaIent Proposes ,to Take
GODERICH HARIIOR, SAY§. MAYOR Polling on March 261
i)ath to Csautdaoo„" Says CouncillOr —Withdrawal of Ilalf.- North Huron, Has About 17,600
4
.-, mill by Government Will Necessitate Smaller Orants fOr •Publid Voterk-How Lists Are
-.. .' Servides :,- OW* Pile ,under Diseutalor, — Business Transace
, td Revised '
at Itegular Meeting of Town Council '
• Atthe meeting of the Town Connell
eneFriday.night lest, Mayor laiacHwan
was -asked to attend a, meeting of 'the
()Wavle Mayors' ASsociation ealled foe
tT,uetelatt of this week at • Toronto to
consider efie notton of the Ontario Gov.
etnateatien reducing the subsidy to
municinatities' by hag- 4 mill.
Peeihtty, Peeve • lertette said the hitifn
milt 'Was given to rtte municipelitlee* in
lien of a pottioneof 'the inereased gest,-
etineeate-itit*thatthettallemiltetewith.-
'aStecethepeteltovernMetn- eititer „eltould
..fethice tlii line. tet .or should • re
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panties of the expense
their_ 'roadie
.leneentedtthese re"-
thatto keep down
OWee would-liave. to
'tor etteioue., public
j»e1udIngs the. :heft
Ueve the ni
or, -looking
The Mayor
marks by etat
the to eete the
reduce _Its, grant
services,..4erbaP$
--Couneillor -HuelkiniesaltletteeGoverto.
meutis'aetion nieant t thd•Municipel-
Itiee would not know m -one year to
another Whit to 0 •
The half -nail retlue a wIfl• Mean
teas (it about $1;900 to erich.
The Mayor was relit to Matte
any -promise. to go to Tito and the
Connell passed a reSoluti -delegating..
0,,ikkv'"'td a arthe meeting..
Turner along with Virorelelit
,
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All the memberstwere Or
The'tax gollect•orreturned for
1939, with 're 'let Of arteell ete
• amounting to 421,422 _
A motion was Pegged to leave e
the•haadst of the, calleeter,-
eehle colleetionee and refer th
t of arrears to the finance Cora t
_ Iteetettat Otterjratraie
The- seeretareetreamieer ,of the
ate teStiente 'Board ;Wrote- a
'a, turtiterlad*inee of 447.5,07
elevyselt was explaih'e,d, ,that o
o the ten • Per cent, put in t
1 Provincial grant ',after th
— Boa • estimates averepeesented so the.
Mond ' los% and also to the 'Beard's
not have yet received the grants for
the let economics and shop . Work
courses,. •":1, ehwere duei In .$0PteMbert
1939, the" e* rd dosed the Year with.a. so•
considerah,„ -hank....Z.0erdraft. to
matter- wit 1 in the- hands Of the • pre
coMM1 '• '
• •-•The seetetar thePnitilie Library .
Board euhniitted eeptieitiree of 0,000
Atte
.0-ontnentil--0* frOnf-litt-Leelitnett gads• --
#.41i-igfor r t *Mettef-t etriee
littgeal
e alleteif twee
The °glee of Iiorare' 3. Visitor; xe-
IIDEON-PERTU 'CANDIDATES ttirnine officer for North Huron, on
.IIamilton street, ttS, a blase plaee these
W. 11. Golding for Liborlits.„4• w. days as Preitarations are •being made
Morley for Censereattives , fer tae polling on ,atareli 20to. There.
The Liberals of ,the liarole.•Perth are eeventeenine Polliug sub -410.810s ite,
ing are again lilted up behind W. 11. the riling ail follows: 'ottetleriehtlittit
Golding of .Seafortli, who Won the elec.- Wiliehara 6, Clinton 4, Brussels' 3. Blyt1.
tion of 1935 With a large majority. Ills' 2, ,A4A0141 7, Colborne '4, 9040401
ntkIne was the only one proposed at the township 6 West Wavvanoelet6 t, est
riding, convention. Air. Golding j Wawanosh5, Morris 6, Grey 7, Turn-
,
Strofig-cataditate- tendAtiat re-electiontie. -,berry_„4,tjaowleli.et.
reasonably Assuted., Ttle
J. 'W« Morley, , barristers., Of .Nttetere Where there are more titan, 350 voters
is the Conservative nominee for Huron- ht a Subalisisitm. There are two of
Perth. The„ convention, Wavt-beld at these in Godericit (No; 9 and No. 10),
Ilensall on Monday of this week; Five two in Olinton, slid' two in nowick,
names were placed' beforethextntetiiig: lloW Lists to Be. Revised
Mr. Motley", Frank Donnelly ofode-The, enneleratora bare handed 14
ride U. G. -Meir and Glenn Hites -ef" their lists f,vr voter ir for 'the various. tub-
Seaforth; and Ken. G. Waters. itiayolt -41vielette. and 'theete'ttreeettitieet, tO.tree,
pf 011etton.... Itlesers. Donnelly, Melet:lindeseisiOn.as provided by the IDieetion..44...
Hetet evithiliette Mr, Waters- Vittettnot' In the town of itioderieh, wilt& is
present, but Arthur G. Parry soolteton the,. May mut:delve/lett in the ,riding
his .behalf, and when hie- name tend clatetilled as ,flutitartt" the revision will
n
that of Mr. Morley Were pat to a stithd.: be Made by the 0oent,y.-*Judge sitting'
Ifig vote the overwilehatngrateit4y in hie' 'chambers at the Collet.. House on
favored the young Exeter 1030er, awn Ilth, 12th. and 1,3th. At these
• . le G. Gardiner, K.O., of /sorest Hill eittlogit names may be added or struek
Village, was the visiting speaker. aote oft the lists. In Goderieb, no person ma
he eritieized Prime Minister IVIae.kenola vete whose Mine Is not 011 the 114 as
King seTerely In eonnection with can- t'llelifeci*:' aeedtdanee with the At
Taltat,0„.1117ar fttort• ahrlitteti,ilit Of the voters ,in his (or'
• --eller), 'Polling sub-dlitsiozt trill be mailed
.:PLOtirING MATCH.
.° 'fin this toW,n„ wed in tile Meantime lists
411 '04* Ivvith'hi 11107next feIV dtgs: to:every voter
et-• 'et the voters- are posted beeecteh- sub-
romenta at Anal* tliviSionr or. the lists May be inepeeted
tee -Meeting" Of '-Ontario .itlawinen - ,44.the-otilee'of Returetug-Offteereltiehere-
-,14tartieti. George Iteagtees. Itemthee re-twilt- thus be ‘ample. oftertutliter
Tninter 'M GoderieW‘lendatteevettetailtleettet, every vieter. • to eseeetebar f' his
• Ovelek at -teeth* the annual meet- lee her) name isttee theliet. •
thetOntoritt Olowinenfoi Aesoettee, At, is , Advised that voters retain the-
tg)et,' Totofite laet,.Weele7aed put Slipehanded to *, -them .ity the:enumerators
eoneb14.10'tite;internationitlettiovee ewXtti their -naraeton anatakeett to,
utir.tnitteit',, 104t,' -They ,ix"Oie+o, oat • 64 :eleetion day. .It wm be
holt epresentaticinse were Sizeeessfel nit 'to ,t4e. ideutificatien, in eatte, of
nd .0 -t -the big ,event he -,held ,nalsePellett Maine or other error. • .
*OUnIty trett.eeftra herte,e This the i'tortti" divisions. (all, inthe
ijxe match goes "to county exeePt: the torte Of Ooderieh)
; tear .it goe"a to Peoetere Oar the Peoceddie rja • diffeeent, .lit these
•'0* ' . er . tWt•enamtratorewill sit on
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dot the'Oincers'eleateo by the' 4407. letattlit'12theettch at his ok ler own -
bee Gordon AfeGavin of Wal- pleee'e oft resideflee, to.reyise,the
4*fit, director and eecond-vtcee Ittotievett any tonal:Med person ht the
• •• "rarer' eult-tliteleions mite obtain** Vete
on pelting day, whether his (or hei),
4 flONVENTION "e'ttente. is On OrAVt.;: taking'
en -In -To thlettWee4 '')34),!•C-/ P' -TPCargoes., ,
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Over
ley Harbor Airport
as an Air Trainitig Centre
The Signal:Star learned tOday from. a Well-informed
share° that a definite proptisal has been. made by the 1-)ePart-
ment of Defence, Ottawa, to tlle 'County of Huron to take
over Sky Ilarbor airport aki a 1014, the Erapire air -training'
scheme.
• The profopoSal. is detlitted -a...letter to the County of
Ituron and 'Wier municipalities with Municipal `airpOrts.
Agreement and lease fOrms, plans, ete., aro included with
the coVering letters. ,
• The Signal.. Star was 'WU} that the Government proposes
to_lease Sky Harbor airport for one dollar a year from the
iJoiiiitY-6111*On !Or -the -duration of the vox' and three.liar.._
thereafter. Ilnder the proposed agretinent -the-Govern-
Inca* eiteettla lietVe the extra three years- to remove suelf
buildings as it may ereet '.Sky Harbor to equip it as a
training centre. '
No mention is made of the Port Albert airport site in the
tPreklArlitttnegor tlatiOn Skr, littrbor Presumabtr 4eOnlecl
by the _Goverioneut to be a ioiunieipal At present
the County 'Oda a lett:Se..en Sky Harbor with the option of
purchase. The Port -Albert site '
" itterefore..cOMes, 4112a alfkrOit es,te
• formani soya, be'",dealt"with
• It is not known what territory
if any, is incliAed in. the praii,
Warde*.george Voagpt- -and
airport ,'eomUaiAtee.of the Orionty
week and cuiatfrnot be:reached.
The. dolioartiniedt 14, Oa
proposals si1/20' that„to take
prompt conSi4erati0ii and ii
••_meeting:'ofAlinty
with the ;411.00s,risi,.bdeecaraub-
11
penditure ofIni'msun°16p.e:'lettalitseYs Iocated
already
urba
„thei-exPeit, 41# ?uci11.1,ring
and?$319,,v1lOururrn4tthteisPor113;se agr
mo
jeet to revisitetttaltefeloseitt se
The peopl*of*Gtoderich an
interested in aftVeTepmeeite re
air training.c6ptres within the
opments of WI next "iYeek or
-0111RATZON 'EAR ,st41,
a
teeeetteatetetee (teeti,,,thettetetlit Sea leittltttetatellerti-- for -ht! settee ert- ewe._
trett =kW
Ctr attere neetlit rtivalx -:&*.e*tre,-***ittitt-l*t
384,' . e'• " Y-* '''e;44t1t7 OM ere terSttse 40, Ste., eelkt-lialinifintdeattilellaeargoeStaittltd
et
TrilvatelY owned and
ry. This er's-.1n-
it,ratoly.
acent to f3ky Harbor,
el* racinbers of the "
cii are in: Tbronto this
, aski that all
'Sky Harbor receive
Certain -that special -
ed. ,fo yith. to deal
tion knota,the ex
e On And the'
t have shared
r
4
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nt 1;e6-,wen:t,
will .01IbtiesO be"
on 04:unty' are, intensely
-the loeatint of Empige
ounty old will Watch devel.--
-with wide:oFicia eyes. *
AAA.. .64oas Am...
,41P)111170.11111,,•10,1110,
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CittOULATI0N aW4
TM& BOYS /If KHAKI ; Year
b No Paving Thi8
rixt, James Stanirilown anti (torpor- on Blue Water
apitlitellctagriuril,elk4,1110ortraiteer
tido. engineering eoureee at Leedom leeeneenitnee of the Bithway,
However, to Receive Special,
Attention
A. delegation from pollee ttittej the
Blue Water highway met Ilea. T. it
Aieteteettea, ilinieter of Highway's, at
• Mr. John P. Hughes left for. Toronto
on Satutday-tta b•egin tee, weeks ? train-
ing couree the records department
of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Lueknoiv Sentinel; Last Thursday 'reroute . Tuesday aud milked thet
the titled eoutiugeot ,of the Canadien permanent work be doue this year taa
Active -.Service Force arrived "time- those pardons of the road as yet un-
• .where in Britain." Among its numbers :towed.' '
was Price.Neylor, of Torouto, eider on Minietee- gave the deputation *
of Mrs, landeaNaylor of leteknowewho eordlai recePtIOU.' but stated PlabtlY
in the 1.5eti General '11etepital
hit% Naylort3 overeene trip came quieltly one this year. stated, is spending the whiter at Goderices, wrheoanatiaintn:)eotwdonor,nekiouorf:rdt,17Nry:xtrade4teetinroeiGibbtaewillr :I
as it is only 4 Month fince he eidis that 'considerable maluteattnee •
in good condition.'
•The deputation Warde*
1-4anirsotlonw;.)reeschirae-etarenrroneirood;
Ferguson and- W. C. Lochead of Susi*,
Setteetiloseenberry of Gettnetfieitti,,Goot
LanOman of KinearOlne•J*1. A***
tyne, chaff.
awl Williem Guthrie, ett,,P.1):
.-- The Minister's
• --MCQueeten afterward
otify • lot if 1 Vrigine0:1.7.f. 11.4.. PSters"54, alUi-- Beevesbe• held, br.',Gailerich and in Wingliain ,
hort tinie that year, Wee'keferredeto -Teener andicomeeillot J. We Vaker of
on Thursday, Friday and Seturelay pre-
‘te spael a44 -fietanee Committees. . - the Town Council. . Reeve Tinter Also eediegetheegenerel, polling dee. Only
A request fe/enethe Horticultural: So- ,represented the 'TWA at the Ontario residents of the iturtielPalitles 14 whieh
ciety forttlidtpstitti arttot of $6(ifini.vae—mayorst,- convention .olving. to the in- -these advance polls are behl may vote .
-planting and, care of , the eparltettes '• ablitY of Mayor MaeEwati to ipeke the thereat.- - • • 1, , ' -
about torte, with an offer tee'eteoperate' trim . • ' . - , .. -.,,,,The officeal nominations will be held
again 'this Year in eIrtending•Oe' Piek . • ' ` . e Stetee- un the Town Hall, Wingham,Ton March.
'garden On. • HarbOr Hill; as ..t. ;e1N-SERIOVS,CONDKOUlti - . lithefrem itOon to 2 o'ceotecetni. Hours
Jointly to the finance andcemeterY and mi. Itorn_a_te *Young Of the Western �f polling on Marcel 26th will he from
parks connnittees; -, , •: - ,Canade,Flour Mills office, • underwent 8, a.m. to 6 p.m. - ,_- .. ,
. A request from the son Telephone a very Aerious esItteratien it Alexandra, - - school teachers- may vote- -either
Company for permission to- teitittee Hospital on Tuesday and is reported to Where- they teach or where their home
poles and ,erect a new pole on Mary be in a critical conditioi.
kreet was sent to the. public - works'
. committee.
A coinmunication fromeetieeGroderietttarld• 'Alubicipar Aesoeiation- and the
Ontario Association., of Rural -Mimic).-
palitieS .ankl„. pay' the namiebersliip fees',
and that, la the matter of the eonSolid:.
ation. of the Town byleivet the chairman
of each Committee Peesent his cent-
mittee'e bylaws at the next .meeting.
' ;The Westerner commit -tee t reported
that the clut--iltiiganee Murtha -chep-
• Ing,,_mill,on 13rockv 'RtreetAna_been,
stopped °, .,and recontmended that the
'building be .eentedato. James M. 'Reid
at .$10 per menth,
• • Death to Gotiertch, Harbor
•
_Comteelor Itteekine' linked the pro-
jeited St„ Lawrence waterwaye.' and
Hydro as twin dangers to `G:aderieli,. If
the vlaterway .project 'goes through, he
Salt Company. -asking permission to '
appeal' its 1939•11-sessment,: the time
linfit having through an ;oversight been
-
allowed , to lapse, was referred to the
finance co-nimittee, '}
A, requeet front the Hospital for 'Si&
children, 'Toronto, for, a grant was sent
to :the finanee'eoranottee,
No Apnea' Against Equalization
Town Solid or, wro e:
"I have .been in •communication - with
Mr. Livermore in *.connection with the
• • matter of an appeal from- the findings
of the Board, in the above Inattek
(County, equalization), and . X regret to
say that both Mr, Livermore and -my-
self are off the opinionthat there is
no appeal. ,Although tire- both heartily .
disakirove of "'the '4* lugs of the, said, and the IOntatie I:4'4'3.111'41e
learned judges, there e is nothing the Power Qemmissioe joins itethci scheme.
Town I -64.11 do "" but to itecePt the in- on the-4.anle. basis AS ll'as Prevailed_
creased, rate, under the report .and cone ,Goderieh along with othelefeaces would,
,sider the matter closed for :the thite have to pay part of the Cost, and qwe'd.
•11g. ••
The Connell was infornaed that Mr.
Livermore's Wit as counsel in this mat-
ter was $310:20 arid MV. Nairn's .wit.4
$275. The fees a the local valuators.
•.,...Mos-comdret amt. P. J. Roe, were
$00 eaen. ' •-• , •
Is situated.. 'Shidents may vote only, Cigar se that the grain, vessels can be
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in their home poll. . . ' • shifted areuad from one mooring place
- There are 3051, ;Limo on•
the Gode- to another -without tlif9eititte '
rich -voters' list.- The- number --in - the , - ., _____—
'Whole riding is about 17;500. ..
. M. A. MACPHERSON
- THE 4 LEGION.. CANVASS
elevator,' dePasitinga total .AM,01111t of.
1;650,000 bushels. The --seven ships
whicb have phis:hided are the Mane C.
Minch, Ontadde, .Algorailt Saskadoc,
William Schttpp, Algocen aud. Algekeel.
ontz.hale-joillion bushels ofthis grain
has already been shipped to Atlantic
seaports.- .
The 'strs.•;Bay.ton and John P. Geist -
ken are the only veesele reptaleing to
be unloaded., tt'.,
" • The crewofthe eugatterceby May is
engaged ° inkeeping the -lee 'channels
00mmittee• Reports
The finance eommittee recommended
grant of $25 to the .Salvation. ArtnY
;le towards its rescue work, and that. wel-
lie fare aeeounts autounting to .$838.95 be
° paid. The coiamittee reported that
• $9,00 114d been -paid on 1040 CountO
,• rates, less "$375 'prepayment interest,'
and 'recominended that . further'
amount • of $1,00e, less $41.ed prepay-
•ment interest,. be paid on, the Comity
rates. "
The puhlie works cermittittee recom-
mended that the Goderici.Orrotting, and
pacing' Ass4iciation be granted thb use
of the stables and track at Agricultural
Petit for the eiyie holiday meet, and
• any other Ilse of ground$ and track ter.
a week before qUid a week after the
meet " to be "under the Einpervision of
the. public works committee. With
refereece 'to the 'request of J. j. Hog-
garth for permission to erect a sign at
the (de of the sideWalh in front' of
e hie gatage *on, Ilamilton stkeet, tee
eooneittee..tecommended •-that the re-
quest be granted, provided Pitt the hot -
„tont Of , the sign is 'Itigher then • the`
street lights aml that the Ituperial Oil
company supply the hond of intlemnity.
A . further recontinentlittionj was "that
after title date no further signs or
gasoline pitrope or other, obetreetions
,he allowed on.the etreeta
The speelal conertittee recommended
that the toed Beare of Health be re.
-Ouested apppoint astdetant sant.
tary inspector„ subjett to the Approval
of the:Connell; that the platter of the
• 19101evy ,the Bhp Wnter Highway
Aseociation be referred to the *arid
of 1.1rade; at the Town Join the On -
b” stuek."" ,
The Mayor. Agreed that the deeeer
waterway would be death to Goderich,
harbor except for some small buSittess,
'Conn. •Binglatinee"Death ,to Cepacitte
too" • .
'Reeve Teener thdeght there was no
iise.111 making demands for lower pottier
rates pnless number oeMunieipaiities
joined in the :dentantlet11,e--_,euggeeted
that Dr. Ivitteklin, Who was in the ,Coun-
cll. when the Hydro coeitract Was
signed, should be inytted to, address the
Council in the metter. • *
reply to a .queetion with.reference
to the Hydro' engineers who were to
eonte and make a serveythere, it was
stated that they Were 'waiting for better
weather.
Conn. Ruchjtes. itleo brought up the
matter of malting some recognition of
the eoldiers who nave enlisted from
Goderielt. Ile 'suggested getting in
toueli with the Legion or forming ,A
committee to work out some plan. This
was referred to tonurtittee of 'the Whole.
That think Pile ,
Iteeve Turner asked Wtten the junk
pile remaining from the '"certimpnity
gift eatepaigiest wee to be 'removed,
children.climbing around it might get
hert and the Toten be involved in a
suit for datintge,t, he
Ceitnelllor Bingham said 'the Junk
was AV private -property and the TOwn
had, nulling to do with it. Anybody
climbing on it would be treepessing.
Nobody seeined to knew who averted
the junk, and the Mayer said he would
try* to lltul out how the matter stood.
oti "motion of councillors Itaker and
Itingliam, a letter of condolence in his
dotible bereavemeitt is to be eent to,Dr.
W. caninds=,
stoner.
el'he Connell 'went into committee of
the whole to dieeuse severiel matter'
bet nothing Wa.8 repotted front the
committee tared?*
•
TO -SPEAK
As shown• the -steady rise a the.
reret PlatfOrne Meeting •for.Ccinserva-
thernioingter ' etrataie'et window, • itt Tuesday
splendid progresS istbeeigoiaeotowarde "WV° "14',5alui
Na -
the in the _eanvess for the Iii :toWn,YPterdey, I. E. Cardiff, Na-
ha, North
'Canadian Legion War Services, and the tft4a1 Conservative candidate
Legion le-meee-eteetteee etoettetateeet, Hiitertatentiounced his first public 'naeetr
inelbiFTWingliara Tuesday, Febrti•-
,14,0 reception caevassees'haye �u
.everywitere. - et, exy 27, at -8 p.m.. The meeting wilibe
• addressed' hy Hoe. A. Macpherson,
A full statement of. Tedepts will be
given in. next week's Paper. „ •Regina lawyer, runner -Up to MM. R. J.
,Manion for the party leadership. The
, . In the mettutinee,sout-ofttowtCtriends
whe have received return envelopes meeting will be a Joint one for Mi.
are urged to use them right away. -ciaraiff, for. L. H. Snider, Candidate in
'Bruand fir" Carl Itnechtet," candid-
_Let'S all help bust that thermoniete'r
. ate ireGrey-Bruce. ' %%ere also wifl be
Ti
Pederich and Clinton on toa. „APPOIXTEt, meetings, in
. dates to be annouieed.
;
Mr. Cardiff is now canvassing Gode-
Succeeds l!ate Weir as,JuStiee riehtiownship and kates that NVith itS
' the Peace' •tteetaatletion he will • have made a' per
-
Thomas ,Gundry of- Goderich has been simel eattvies of the entire ri mg, re-
appointed Justece of the Peace.for ,quirieg moth's time, 'night anti day.
County, of Huron, succeeding -the late .• , - ""
*G.* Weir, J.P., Mr..Gundrs.,has had 'ItillettITS .ARE PLENTIVULf '
a. long, expertenee with court- and police _
Lio*r. one. I:emend_ Jaeherabbitst' _were
...procedure,- and should Make t,tn ettetle tagged In a drive held South of .leings-
lent, ofilciel. ... • bridge by 'hunters from this • district
, last- .Satueday afternoon. Seven ear-
....etletOremettemalle the trip from Gode-
-Many in elle", dike:rid' are interested rich, along with two .earloads clip.
in -.-the announcement that Ralph c ten men., _
'Cowie,. of London. won the gold medal The men were out all afternoon and
of the Institute cif- Chartered ,./tecounte they tepertet1 the walking. good and
ants of Ontarie for higheattotal,marki rabbitstfeirly pieutiful. in the final ekamination of the -Usti- 'Another delve was herd Wednes-
,ttite And wIll presented' with. the day afterution near Ataberley, but with
medal at the Annual meeting of the out as •mucli sueeess. -
Institute, at Toronto one-marcheikeee, -The, Goderieh party yesterday. thet
Mr. Cowie is a son of -W. G. Cowie, of gang from Kincardine on a similar
Napitnee.t Ile is a graduate, of Toronto 'clam and their plans for the afternoon
IlnittereitYraiitit -Wilitiek -el the' S.- Re -Were eiightly disrupted. -
-Parsons seholarship for third year come However, a fair number of "Jackie'
meet*, and. finatice, and the ILS. Jaynes were bagged told nobody complained
silver leedat at that \University., His of heving a -dull time. -
Wife the former Mips Xsabelle Mae-
donald, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. A A.
-alactionald of totifielelt, Aseldthittn-
DR; R. T., AlcOHIR'S ADDRESS
At the meetiog 'of the -Lions Oleb on
Friday evening nett at 6.30 dedock, at
Irotiel Bedford, the speaker will be Dr.
It. T. McGitie, Deputy 'Minister of
Health for .tOrattrio. arid his subject
will be "Whet a Hospital Means to a
Community,' fPereonte not mem/bore- of
the Club may attend the- luttelieon or
-May hear Dr. AleGhles address otter
the luitcheon. •
.8141eLE PRACTItlitED
Itepairleg ;the Algosteel-for unteading
at the elevator, yesterday., Oeptale
Lorne MeCartney sustaiited a probed
footeand frectured ankle when it hatelt-
cover accidentally fell ou him. was
treated at his •honte J. X.
Gealtam.
:ER .BOOKS .READ
Public Library ildaitieleetteieee Reports
• for Tait Year „ •‘ • • --
etnimigt9ta., Pnb.
liCtLIbrarY Roarl for 3040, iieht afihe.
Library on tionderl; evening,' with 'Mr.
E. O. Beacom Preelategt,e-decreitee was
reported inthenuickber-Zi Woke' end
. •
magazines issued tiering tae year 1039,
The -number of poke* issued to adulte,
during the past year was 21,957, which
le a -decrease of 3,167 ,books from 1938.
-The number of books issued to juven-
iles during the Year was 7;37.1V -a ---de-',
ekease, of 1,077. from 1938. The total
'deerease ,for -the year was thus 4;244
beaks, Several reasons Were advanced
Lor the falling off 111 cifehlation: In-
creased ueettoteeboeksein the public
seh.00l librariee;" the iMraber of books
issued in 038 was exceptionally high;
the fact that the ladies are noi,v:-knit-
dug, in' aid of the Red Cross instead
. •
Boyal Canadian Medical Corps,
-,...Rig,ht-tlergeant,Donad:"-zit-ozzt74-
Camp Borden, visited his par-
ents, Mr. .and gm -Duncan maextly,
mato, at the week -end and also spent
4thrfeeWe )7,11e4a4rri: sinittefriPieelictoeb*MiateXisair
rst
tmoeorkelear ;alit ita414tgoitewlelieeuld hehl _awns contede
the It.O.A.ht three *oxalis ago. Ile
IA* since taken an advane(41 eiPme. In tut the following statement z
"The deputation, waited op ette We/
as they do ttunually to este for. ton-
-Sideration in 'providing for,* seertain
amount of work On tko' Iline Water
higlovaet X was Seleekathetie but
out all -capital expenditure was 'Pro-
scribed this ,year owing to the neeessitet •
of conserving all expenditures,for *a*
of reading,
, The .number �f hoeke purchased by
the library duriug the year was 358.„,
of whieh 238- were adult literature an_
---1-20-juvenilet----Theatetaletoee of" titee
Ei ht nine books
military lilting at Trenton. At present
lie is taking' an instrneter's coarse at
Pomp Borden, • •
VIM WEATHER
The temperatures •for , the past week
Lunt fOr - the corresponding week of.
last year, as o daily reeorded
. 1940 1039
Max. *AM. Wax. Min,
-
FOR THE 'RED 'VIROSS reb.
Fri., Feb. 10 30 it 17 teel
X. keno potty *1110* held lty the -itattor eb. 33 * 12 W1 23
Maple t Leaf (teeter, , ott Hunt reb. 1.8 .. . ... 33 24 37 28
Friday oiening, :Metrelt let, in Odd- Mon., reit. 37 412 40 83
fellowet tiedifelesion ltte. A door reh:*20 20 ' 15
priee, is, offered. ' 8-0 Wed., reit. 21 '33 11 20 0
books was $466.13. g e -
of adult literature and 42 books* of
eiventle literature were discarded dur-
ing the year. '
The nunaher of names now on the
borrowing tier is 1833. Although .244
names were added ehring'thefeear, 477
were witletraetn.
The financial etateinent of the Board
for the year 1939- is as follows: • et,
RNCE/IPTS,
Cr. balance, Alacmillan Co. ..$ 5 26'
Balance from /938 • • 23 84
Town of Godeeich 1900 00
,Proviiielal grant ...... -tee _ 159 00"
County grant • . ' • 25.00
Card fines, fines, itte. • eet., • 274 15
,., -$2387 4
, ..,,,,,r,...teDENDITURES • , '-
Librarian and assistant $ 870 00,
3Anitek ' 240,00 -
Book's . e.... * ' 46613.
Pepere and titeagaziriee eet' 98 00
Book list • - -8 41.
Light and water 81 48
• COIL. t",";-; . 350 70
Stamps and 1' box 11 00
•Insurance and taxes • i.• ---dOci
• Overdrafts •• 1 00
Ont. tab. Assoc. fee '.. , 2 15
llowers_and_shrubs
Be'pairs„ and replaeements ill' 42'
Incidentals ' * ' 14 34
Doekhindtng,' 67 53
Printing and .sepplies • 28, 19
r.qtiipment 10 31
•,
Tota expentliture$ , , '$23s2
!Balance in bank .... . . . : * 1 99
.0r. balanee Macmillan & 2 33
a
.y: PONT , _
of . the el t .,,,now.tsoveregest,
Gamier Pont • bete 'In Vuglend,
lieed for -some,e ineToroato, Rod
Also-fe --Luckno *e
tithe _ _ ea. it- war his
•
mother livei ' ronto.. ..11is -.wife.
formerly Elaine TrerahlaY,„ daughter -of
lk,te. and Mrs. W. E. Tremblay of Gode-
richres- at present at the parental home
here. . - '
$2387 24
'Tbe oftleees and members of the
board for 104trare ae follows: Chairs
man, la 0. 1104400111: secretary, Th IL
tt nani treasurer. 11 $haeldeton
committee menabert.l. Atrsele,
Stoneliouse, la, L Ilettetitte. Itougviet
IL It, long and Mayor 11. J. A. Mac -
Ewan.
ANNVAIC MEETING HOARD Ot°
TRADE
The anneal Ineethig of the Goderikb
Tioard of Trade will be held at the
liritisit ltxcitalige Hotel on ThursdaY
evening, rebreary 29tie at 8 okheek.
Every eitizen interested in' the Welfare
of the, eommunity is invited to attent1.
tKandwieheS and coffee Will be sereed
• citable the , evening.
I
PutPesee• *
"It was pointed out that abe PeOet
11ts for a. very agtive ,touritte year
Were good and that itighwair elettetialtk
ment should be,I,FePt UP.
"I agreed to :give email Or-
ation by way Of Maintetittnee in an en-
.deaver maim- tonditlena at etenferte
-Ole pessitile,st`
„-
*MON -I)
-
The following lwerom. The Stratford
Beecentleerald's 'notes frenettae Perth
'Keehn:oat barracks: :
young Perth who is "known
throughout the . Dungannon district is
• rivitte, .Taides-Eniott,
Lor Licut. J. S: 4.114 menaber.
Pier* million Was born in Toronto,
a son of the late- Mr. aud Mrs, James
Million. After the death of his • par-
ents ,ete went to'letingannott to, reside
with his unel'i tied aunt, *Me. and Mrs.
Lorne Inere, He attended the while
-
school there 811(1 later the eontinuation
'school. Upon attaining his, matricide.;
tion he studied further at the Ontario
Aerieueturid College Ili Guelph, gradut
atipet in 3,93o. Vtitering business life,
he worked -in- theethakerte-leesineseeatt
later. with -the Canada
Bread ompany at Teronte; e
lime of enlleting geptember 21, 1939,
-Private Million i'd74.-A- .11 chauffeur em -t
played by a London firm. -
31,Vhile in Guelph Private 1,111110n Was
• 'Member of tila Oanadiati ,Offieers'
Training Cerp$ shut -had to forego his
training' beeittiv
'A: single man, Private Million, makes
hie home now at the Perth Barracks.
' I
II
Itiment Unktit
-, Exeter _
'' 'The fegeldeshltilit '
Huron Deanereeteeett
A:It:leek. was held *
Whigitten,on the e
day, 'February
Were made for the inii,LentAni:ta
to be held at Memel-141,0We
Exeter, ea -menu 4th. The
service Will. charge: elf the chap,
lain, . et WrOveters.'-anil`.
the-sermoti' Nieliverox4'Anr
John:X.11i, 7 re'
,Stratford,-,'
'The ann
for eltetve
• • 1
.11
•
• rtaTtr:wreet04:doelhert
Wirtliin"-
emitestaveS‘
April 14th, wan.*
;OM we
'hand§ 0g the deematieteene
e The Meeting *was conclude d etitb
lively diecussion •group, let. by the
chairmen of 'the program tormittee,
Philip Calder. Godetich. -The-top*
tender discussion was i'airlatian 'Youth
and the Nation." This topie was sate..
•diseuesed-by the world confereitee". of -
Christian tenthrat AnaKterdant. t-116
slimmer or "Mt -The- reliort et the
Canadian, delegation, to the -conference
ou-that subject -Wes conehlered and e
points were enlarged, upon, with as- .
seating and disseetingeeminioue being
presented by those present. "
. V
• SPRING, t4REETINCIST!--vk"--
A. sure sign thit. oring with all its
allurements is definitely on the way is
the annual. actiyity of tbe, Goderieh-
Horticultural Soeiety.,•*This organize. -
tion has already- areattgee for An at --
tractive, list of ,premituns for not* who '
centributd the small annual fee 'Of $1,001
Subscribers .may have *brays or
-for spring' or tall plantilig,-according
to tbetrindieidualtneeds.--
Mise Agnes Thornlee is calling upon ,
_the townspeople for ,their annual sub-
-seritatioita, tehil„ doulitlese be at- "ee
eoteled eetterons response on. hehelf
of a society that dode so much_ fee the
'beautification Of the town. -
The iSecietes-motto for -1940 ist
Not how mueb. you can get out of the
Ilortieultural Society. but how much,
•Yen cen 'pet into the ,„ilorticultural
A'
Cur
Ileehas four sister, : Mrs. t.Cousins, gooey*
Detroit; Miss Jean Toronto;
*Mrs. B. "auple and Mies Dorothy .1‘111 -
lion, Hamilton,
OROSS REPORT
The following shipment went foreeard
-te--TdroatoeleteleProsseheadquarterseon
February 1.9th r Hospital gowps, 12;
pillowcases, 48; telangetar bandagee,
12; abdominal bandages, 6; handker-
chiefs, 4-tImeinnonia jacket,S.,AL gauze
eviPes, 24 ,bed pan covers, 12, bot water
bottle eovers, 42; pytamas, 24; Sok,
192; sweaters, 201 seams, 36; 'wrist.
:Jets, 12; glotee, 12; heimete, 12. ,
Ladies, are asked to ire to attend the
Red Cross ,bridge anil "500" every Wed--
nesday afternoon, from 3 to 5; proceeds
to heeised• foe the puechaseof materials.'
for theetWOrk rootas:
nom iviEss ZAtiliDERS
Editor The Signal -Star. • 0,
igir,-1 Went to Wingbam. to say one
thing end t,lien eouidn't say it, because
ite meant 'exposing Myown field.
wanted to illttstrate to the audience
how some leadere today, at the bead of
important Goverttnient departinente,
have been selling totalitarian ideas for
the last tWenty years, by prepaganda
methods, anti then with the, etwelola
merit, of orgenizatione formulating
policie$ • to proteet the pereonneland
de -troy the individuaL, As, this is one
of , the mot serioue preblealis on the
Home Front, involving. policies, 1%
write an aetiele for next week'e.prem
SAUNDERS.
,
CtioNSERVATIVIIR To OROIMIZE
An organization meeting irt the Inter -
et of Afr. L. E. elartlift, Niktionii Con-
servative 'candidate la North Huron
Will be held et maegate On MOZC'
•()AY evenine, Itetrnery 200, itt
• o'elock.
• 14E6IGEtT-SUTRON
A quiet wedding was. solemnized .ree
cently ategtetliteces rectory, Brantford;
when MSS' nild& SlittOlL, of Brantford,
-
daughter' of the late . Ma. and Aire.
Thouree Sutton, formerly Of III:levant.'
Edward Leggett, of Goderich. Rev. „V.
W. Schatrter „performed the ceremony;
Mrs. E. Wilkinson was the matron of
honor e The geotememan was Mr. J...
Wilkinson. After e gent honeymoon
trite the couple will reside In Goderiche
GRANT,--WILLIANM
A pretty weilkling took place on Wed.
tiesday, February 14th, at the mauee -
of Knox.' Petetbyteelan ehureli, Ooderick,
when'. Mi.es Dai--; William% deughter
of Mr. end Mr;, Itoltert
ride tWat.4 marrioul, to Allan •Gordti
Grant, of Lucknow. 'Rev. D. 3. Lan
NieliatetheeThe- bride was -gowned, -in
airforce Wale, with blaek hat and black
.aeceesoriee. tShe 'W,18 attended by Mies
Evelyn. 14 111.1», wearing 11 owit uf
wine creme, witheltlack hat andbIade
aceessorie,t. Mee itititert Sr
brother of the, bride,. Was grOOMSMan.
After a short Motor trip, Jr. and Aire.
Grant will ;reside In .Ooderich.
•SAVNG FAREWELL
Alenthere of the Vittoria. Ilelpere
tease of -Victoria street Sunday echool
met on .Titureday last at the home of
Mrs. 11, mow to bid farewell to her
on her departure to the Wet, • where
sloe, will 'deft he '0170 daughters, Mrs.
• Gray and A1rs. Quaid, They had been
visiting their mother during the winter
months, Mrs,. W. Reope read an ad-
drms of Appreelation to "Mri.4,•Iterr for
her PervieeA a4n teaeher end MN% 'Hazel
lialipkin made the pre,ontation. .Mr.%,-
3,iew thanked. the girl* ter their ,
thenghtf nine', sod leyelty. At the
elook of their wtoethqc 900 elasm oni*Ye4
a dainty Work served by Mr& We*
danettert end Nirt, T. <Army.