The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-10-10, Page 1Combining The Goderich Signal ,and The Goderich Star
More'.Air Melds
for RUI7011 COMItY?
Surveyorii in Stanley TownshiP
After llirorking in the
ist-
Amberley Drict,
There ts MtU mueh copleeture ars to
s, the location of the mooted .third..eir-
portiforelleron:-CoeuitYs The auiveYor• .
vibe last week were at .Anliaerler .are
n'irwin Stanley townstfile sfeuth of'
Bayfield. Lase. • week ''.aerfiial photo-
• graphers -took photegraihe n .that
area and they are reported to
have uncovered an ideal location whieb,)
;however, has yet to be proved up by .a•
• , land. survey. •It is Said that on .the.
s strength of the2hotograplas .the sur-
- • Teri:we werriirdired-trere-Mhirerierto-
Stanley township..
The $80,000 contratt 'for the-, eon:
struction of waterworks 'and. sewage
systems at Port Albert was4411-0111leed.
on Saturday - and already the work Is -
well tinder way. 'Ditchleg Is In .:Ko -
„gross and big tiles for the mein: trunk
line aresstrung on begronnd, reatlY
foraying, the_entireviogh of the camp,
Paralleling. the ',Blue Water highway.'
frhe outlet wifl be at the :Nine :Mile
River, where' sedimentation building
Is under eonstruction.
All four hangars- at Port Albert .are
now nearing 'completion. TW'o heye
been completely cloSed in; Some. a the
residential building's are completed and
one Vs tkMpb;rarlITO-Cenpied-by
guards, although no water le as yet
...available, nor heat either. However,
the guards are sleepin,g Tand eating
eighton the Job, petting up yvith some'
inconveilieece4-; but .tiley are .all geed
-
natured- about it. There ,aate quite a
number of AM:clients among these
latest arrivals. '
Heavy Pdwer Requirement
- Hydro officials testimated early th'
week that ;Port -Albert. airport will usa
:mere current than; ler' instenee,the
town of Clinton, It wea 'stated that
one hangar alone would use 50,000
watts. Extra gangs have been rushing,
the work. at both airports's: The- sante
actiVity is being (Noland by the -Bell
Telephone Co., wialcia has seven' gang(
44 five raen each at work earrying lines
.to the two airports. ...At ,the start there
will be forty telephones at Port _Albert.
Twenty merabers -of the It.C.A.F. ar-
rived front Camp- Borden eba- army
transport on Monday aid eu Tuesday
:morning they took up guard duty at
'Sky- Harbor -ands Port' They
Inive been ise'ued rifles with baronets
and ammunitions- They are stationed
;at the various entrances, and do pnerse
duty on -Shifts. Regulationsshave been
lightened Sill& their arrival respeeting-
entranee to the airPoete. :A thoreugh
• check hes been inade of registration
'cards and authority be enter must be
sseherrheonealPoceasiense es se, ,-
.Centract. to Bampton Firm _
.Among contratesitevarded at Ottawa,
.as announced by lion. 0. D.- Howe on
„Saturday, was one. fore the - water
.eystemseantl sewereat Port Albert Air
Gravigatien School, to Armstrong Bras.1
.,Brampton. , The price named was $81-e-
-000 and the wo,rk is to be completed
• an November.'
.A .BIG ..OLEALUP
Arta* .Quantities of'Skr*P Retell/611'10
ille4pOr1he,teikppear. •
•Goderieltaiontes,reellonderl generouslY
to the .epPeal of the AlePle Leaf
"Oheaater,I.Q.D.E., for all kinds of egret),
to be eold•to dealers •and the .money to
beterned overto.the Red Creels Society. -
Mao, bags, .Pepers, anagaeines -and all
assortment o nietalearticles, including
irate bedsteads .and ;gates, were -turned
on •Saturday. ,Cars andetruelai shut,
fled back .aild,forth-.threngtont
,een. ...the homes and .the.starehouse
WL Kingsten., street, MAUI in the.evening
the raOhee''.ef Alle•heu'ae were .packed. to
:cf41)acity .with the elisused .but
;moneyouttleing ecrep.. The mien:11)6ra of
the Chapter, aeelrited byfrleade and Bee
Stout% wOrketteirelessly eollectitig, un-
loadiug and elregging"artieles .from Abe
trucks • and eats to .the,storehoes,e and,
seortingethem.eintoetheestiraedleglg...e
mated rooms.
GODERICII, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1940
Finishing Touches Population of
at Sky :Harbor Godericit Shows
Plat to Observe
Centennial
•.Final .Preparations for Opening Increase of 190
tof .the Akikort
'on lionday
„jcITOIIENER :RESENTFUL
-Doesn't Like” Prefermeht of • Goderich
.for .Airport .Site
Accardiug to a newspaper despatch
sent out this week frem Kitehener, the
!removal aerefeky, Harbor .airpert_et the
,Plarff mit :the aKitdheneraWaterloo
Club is the cause of considerable woe
In the Twin Oitles. _• At the theetIng of
.the Kitchener City' •Council on Monday
;night vigorous exception was taken, to
,theenove, ;and It was deckled to:eend a
"rstrmeglyewerded":eessolution to „the De-
artment of -National .Defenee.
414.. George *Gordon,. Who broached
.the •discuesion, asserted the Twin City.
liad , been given the "rum -around"' by the
(Government, '.The Twin. City "VMS the
arstan Canada to donate itsefiying field
•Aholusbolus to theeGoverement ,and ,.yet.
the lleldiatdloeeddQwn ',Without- officials
of either Kitchener or Waterloo even
being consulted," awe eleclared.
Recalling that the Kitchezier-Water.
lee, area kad not bean ehasen far OW
,of.thetionirooneeealth air training fields
•"beeauae. the .cofintrY "surroutiling, was
not the ;right :type,".°,the ,alderinart de-
dlare4 To Inc that is a lanee excuse.
'The eountry surrounding the site .at
.Goderieh is greet :more hazardoue.'
Asserting :that Waterloo County's
governmental representatives' "may
have fallen .down. .on the ealr,"- .aad.
Gordon urged .an Insteetigation..
"If -we dciWt•get some action and are
left'off .the air lines entirely, in :ten
seats well' he alke those villages which
were left eff declared.
AWARDS IN'GO IOH
- . !4ctArtrettT,B,
Awards tnthe Goderich District Calf
:Club. are -announcedi as iellorra ((the
miaMe of the aneinber being followed" by
his tear* .and the prize awarded)
DAIRY SECTION
.943- '17:00-
2, ;Chester Beattie - • 937 6.00
3. aVea.,Clu.tto.n 927 '.5.00
4.-1larry Feagan 926 4.00
5. Sandy Bissett 839 ..3.50
tL ..Tim m io Bissett 772 3100
7.: Peter Walter's - 553 .3.00
. BEEF
1. Billy Fisher • 920 4.7100
. Kenneth Me.Millan 911 .6.00
8. Bob Gian .. 910 5.00
sLT' Colin McMillan se 906 .5.00
5. Lem:tarsi Rodges • 4904 4.00
6. 0e0, Ginn 4900 4.04
2. Ross Feagan866 .3.50
8. Murree Oke -845 .3.00
0.,,Bertram Feagan 3.00
: 'The Club's exhibit Was made at the
dlayfield Fall Fair.
It WaS alinOUTheeit on 'TnesdaY
'ofileere of the Huron County FlYing
IrroinIng;Sellool, anitedelthat Air COM -
mender U. Edwards, eepresenting the
Minister for :Air, ,ajon.*
would`oillcially °pee No 12 Elementary
Training .Selsool •at • Sky Harbor oh
Moinlity afternoon ' (Thanksgiving
Day). • ,
ThecomMittees in charge of the eveut
workedlate last might eompletingethe
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VISITING AIR', OFFICIAL
'Mr. 8. D. -Armour, of. the office of the
!Deputy Minister for 'Alt et Ottawa,
pas in.town for arfew hours on Monday,
coming in at noon and leaving on the
afternoon C.P.R. train. . He was met
ateunellean at Hotel Bedford by several
.of those interested in Sky Herbor air-
esert, ineluding Warden Feagan, Mayor
atrtacEevali, Reeve Turner, . Reeve
.3E41a:eke, A. i Erakine, J. D. Thames,
W. Is Iiirryte,.J. R. Douglas and Hugh
mu: .G.' We'Srhaefet, peesislent ortlie
iBoard of Trade, acted us -chairman of
the gatherieg and welcomed the visiting
4official and the Warden and'. Mayor
also spoke briefly.,
, Mr., Armante-expressedhis apprecia-
tion of the courtesy extended to laina
And said he was pielfsed witch Sky
Harbor and the progressma.de vvith it.
• ."This -is, your most Amportant 4mhistry,
the producing end training of flyers,'
Ole cad. ;
FELLOW--
- At the„,•Dungannon • Pair on Friday
/1111 aast W. A. Culbert, well-known farmer
-of the diStriet, luId, on exhibition a
Shorthorn bull of !unusual -stRe. A
prive was offered for the best guess as
to its weight, ehances being sold at
10 cents each And the proceeds going
to the Red Croess Ao'•If04 guesses Trete
void,. the Red Cross teeelved a Sub-
stantial contributions MeNtall, ero
. guessed the-exaet weight, 3,125 pounds,
And won the prize, •$3 lfr'War strvingre
• certificates,
The animal was awarcleiff the fiat
(prize ,in its '''elaes at the fairbeating
the entry that took,first prize' at Tees.
water., 'Many prominent live stook men
have Visited Mr. Culbert's place to
eee the,xnoneter bull.
L!SCUMB BOYS IN JENGLAND
Mr. and Mrs- Donald Liseumb have
etiet received word from their sou
Victor, who arrived in Faigland
itt-
Aunt, that he hs been given a posi,
as chauffeur to the deputy aesistant
provost marshal, 'chief of the Military
'pollee of the Borden area setnewhere in
southern Engle -lute -He* 'rresbeen trans,
• ferred to Canadian. Prosqlet Corps head-,
!quarters.
His brother, Gordon, has been sta-
tioned at a wireless station en the
isoutheaet coast for about six Months.
He arrived in England last -December.
Both state^ in their letters that they
are In good' health and enjoy their
work, alto the hospitality of the Eng-
Uish people.
' WILSON -ALLAN ,
" A quiet wedding took, plece at North
Street United' church parsonage on
Saturday` evening, Octeber 5th, when
Rev; W. le Lane solemnized the mar-
riage of 'Eunice Irene Allan, daughter
of Mreand Mts. Jas. Allan, to Joseph
Charley Wilson, son of Mr. and Gill's:
Robert; Wilson, Eagla avenue, all of
GoderielLt The bride, tinatteeded,,
*was etikesse'd ih Air-Fotce blue sheer
with e•eorsitge te Sweetheart roses,
733,1041i* blue velvet turban, and beige
woollen coat. 'After 'n hortNioney.
moon, the yourig eouple tvill reside'.in
Galeria', •
..A.11 week long workmen in a great
.many trades have been working night
and day enplying the finishing, touches
!the aport ril preparation- tor the
;Monday. epening.
At the' week -end furnishing men,
:working .in, ,shifts, .twenty-fourshours
day, laid linoleum in the -,reeitlential,
buildings and offices. Later furniture
of -all deseriritions, all brandsnewiewas
being placed .and the 40 isestill in
,progress. The first .telephones over the
new lines were put in commieeloe on
Wednesday .afternoon and officials. took
.their places at their desks ter the first
time,
•On ond
:May afternoon four training
•"Planes -arrived -from Kitchener. 81
students came .with thein to fitish their
eourses 0 here. These .are .peivate
,students an.d have 'no conneetion with
the Commonwealth Air Training Phie.
One of the last Ribs et- Sky Barber
was 'the laying of .the concrete floor le"
•the hanger. This is expected to be
ready by Fridey to :receive the sun
quota, of „aircraft .to he. located here.
• Early ,arrivals at the airport -wete
twenty-twe graddates efitle Galt Air-
ceaft School. They Will serve with'
the grohnd ereyik - Manager Jobe
.Dditglas .has not Yet completed his
•technical staff, but the ;nucleus of it was
eransferred here from"' Eitettener-
Watetleo. 01:larvey'l)r(ePherietm is chief
:blame:tor. Theelnstruceets are Sews
Davison, Keith Hopkinson, Robert
Moore, Robert .MeIntere, Larry ;Snider
and Kenneth parr. The eughieer is.
Eree,et Croceck, who .has an, ,epprentide
staff.
_ It was -stated histmight by..officlals of
the Huron County Flying 'Training,'
•Sebocil,VOmPanY, _Malta ,theassinensg
of an administrative ,etaff, of twenty--
tlireesethein only,, one...appointment, has
•solar beenanade-,that of WV. L. 'Whyte
of• 'Sea:forth • as •secr_etary,treasmxer.
,Othr positions % filled are rirtly .tempar-
arse it was euerthalized; •
Year BoOlx to Be Prepared as
,
According to the, figiireli% comPiled. by reatnreof the
• qelebtritiOri
Assessor- MacKay, 'the population of •
the east ear b$7
Gotie1tich nereaeed 7
190 to 4074, ae,- eenapared with 4484 a
Tear ego. Tine 'figureS represent the
population- as in July and therefore
:UAW Mot been affected by an infltlx
aseweemannesene lerthe establishMent
of airpart.
'Onethe other hand, the total aesess-
table Valliee show a 011ghtdecrease, frem
42.064,003 in 1039 to $2,008,495 in 1949.
The•figetree are .
1940 rim
'Lands' and' " • r
lugs f$2,791,910 $2,81$,520
„Redness' , assess-''
.Ment .4.14,481)— Slif,04;^i
aneome assessment • 23,225 22,058
Totel assessable
• valu-eS (after de-
ducting. -exerap-
tions) •2008,495- 2,604,058
/retaliation *see,. 4074 4484
The dog population has inereased
from 223 in 1039 to 281 this year.
:MIS— SION .BAND 'WORK
Big Rim of Perch' Still On—Augiers
W Here from Many Western Ontario Points
hundreds of Out-of-town, fishermen
- -have 'flocked to the harbor in the pafit
vveek to get in ea the fine strik4 of perch
which is, now on,
sonie coming from
as far As 14031(1011, Ititchkner'Stratford,
St Thoinas: and other inland cities.
Sunday, saw the largest Crowd, of disher-
men on the piers and breakwaters this
year. Bert MacDonald was kept busy
aU day with the "Innavaae" and
"Captain John," shuttling back and.
forth between the harbor and the break-
waterS with enthusiastle 'anglers. It is
estimatedthat close' to two -tons of
Ash were taken from 'Rproit's waters
liere •on Sunday a1one Individual
catches ranged from ten . to over 200
'pounds.. • , •
It memo there aro eerrain spots along
both the piers and breakeyatih•s-where
the fish group and some anglerg wfll
'Wad consideral0 time searching Ar
pop. ,()Ace sOlA 'a Spot s(tiScovered
—
the "finder" Online the territory OS Ins
own and will not budge frorn it until
he thas pulled ;In his quota of fish. ,
There was one eiaeption to this. rule
a few day S ago. George 1Attle local
barber, was tasting off the soutlArealt.
water and when he suddenly struck a
good spot ha secretly congratulated
himself and proceeded 'to "pull them
in." After,about.the sixth time of un-
hooking a fish and re -baiting his line,
he turned to east again, only to en,
counter the broad shoulders and shaggy
black hair of a six-foot Indian. SOIlle-
wizat pAtt out, Gorge ntidged the Indian
to one side in an effort to ,regaiik his
lost "territory." t.f.'he Indian, nudged
back, with interest, and muttered an
ominous "If you don't leave me by
myself, someone's going to get hurt."
George took another long look at the
redskin, and set out to lind anothek
spot.
FINING. TRAINING SCHOOL
*PENS airr MONDAY
The .oftlelal opening of Sky Harbor,
:airport, Heron CountyeFlitigTraining
lechorn, will take place -on Monday,
!October 14th, at' 2 pna. As this is
Nbankegiving Vase and a public -holi-
day, It is hoped there ,w111 he a large
gatherings at this .important event in
the history of the -County of Huron-.
Prominent aeallea.ry officers and of -
facials of both Dominion and Provincial
Governmente will likely be presents
tfiere Will also be a large number of
!soldiers and .aitmen, as welleas bands.
, There willte .no .ebarge for admission
-audit will be a splendid" opportunity to
teee wbat promises to be one of the
.ifinest flying training Schools- On the
continent. '
SEAMAN'S EXPERIENCES
Subject Stressed at, Presbyterial Meet-
ing at (Clintonolthis Week
,An intere,sting Mission Band' con-
ference was held hi ,eurniection with
,the fall eitecutive meeting of Iluron
Presbyterial a the Presbyterian
-'01srurch in !Canada. ?The, Meeting wee
held 'in Clinton. Presbyterian charch
,an Tuesday lirs.t.and Was .co.nclueted by
the president, airs. 'Hugh jack of Seas
forth.
'The, spealter was alr,s. .J.
Hill of Ottawa, and elle stressed the
importance of Mission Band work if
the JehtlreileS, ALTe to have faithful and
Interested Workers • in, the Women's
Missionary • Soeieties .,itt the future.
. "We mast 'teach aur children. the
grace of giving," said the ,speaker.
"It isn't just the pennies they bring,
bet their tithe, attention, and talents
,taking_phr.t. in, the mee.tings, that
wilL anake the work Werth while;"
!Mrs. ern .gave many helpful. sug-
gestions for work meetings, and in the
discussion which folleseed, led by 'Mrs.
W. siVele . e Preeleyeerial
sectary, other sug-
gestions were Mate that will be most
valualble to, all tre Mission Band
leaders
atirsell J Lane of Goderich told of
the inspiring messages received at the
Board * meeting held recently in Tor=
onto 4 and urged consecrated givings
from now to the end of the year, so
the allocation will be rea.ched with -
mit fail.
!Miss Somerville of Goderich, litera-
ture and librarysecretary, reported
ehtinge in policy. • Owing to',im-
proved eonditions in the West, it will
not be necessary to send books teid
magazines there next year, so she
askedthat all reaclibg Material' suit-
able for men be sent lo Goaerjele for
the use of the airmen who will he
stationed in the distriet --in lerge
numbers this 'winter. • e
Representatives from S'eaforth, Exe-
ter and 'Hensel took part' in the de-
votional period, and manyhelpful
•eontniente were made by the seers,-
taries of the various departments.
T,hose attending from Goderieb were
Miss E. -Somerville, Miss A. Macdee-
aid, Mrs. D. I. Lane, Mrs. 11 Rivers,'
and Mrs. A. 'Taelor.
' FOR SKY HARBOR OPENING ,
MaJor 'D. R. Nairn; accompanied„hy
150 soldiers, ineluding a, bugle band,
will arrive' itt Goderich o» Mondity
about 1 o'cloek. After parading round
the Square,. the detachment will proveed,
to Sky Harbor airport, where they will
partieipate in 'the opening exercises.
They will later return' to town for a
'short cereirtony at the war memorial.
TrIE ivEAVIIER
Tbe teeiperature for the past week
and for the eorresponding week last
lyear, as officially recorded, were as
Ifollows: . '
1040 1930
e' , Max. Min. Max,
Thurs, Oct. 3 .„,011 ...45 71 45'
ilorie Oct. 4. .. . 40 74 49
!Sat., Oct,. 4 . .71 4.2 73, 08
Sun,, Oct. 0 74 00 08 35
41011,, Oct. 7 02 ,54 70 47
Cents., %Oet. 8, 56 43 74 -53
(Wed, ()et. 9 .. .. 43 70 30
}Captain Wang Tells ,of.'Atlantie Voy-
. ,age ander the Belgian Flag, S
A 0,000 -mile trip throligh,, the sub-
marine and mine -infested- watees of the
Atlantic Ocean is much preferable to
.300smile trip in a caned boat during
a bad Great Lakes storrd
. • 0 in the opinion
of First Mate A. E. Laking of the str..
Soodoeewhich put la here with a grain
cargo on Tuesday.
"Captain" Laking, at he IS more
commonly known, owengto the fact that'
he holds ca:pfain's pax*. should know
whereof he epealts, is.1i has gone
through beth exPeeiencei. For Years
the Captain has sailed the Great -Lakes
and hasexperienced his share of
ems es_Aetet, -spriage she, rere4i4teade As -
master of the str. George R. Donovan
and -took a -position as third officer on
an.ocean-,rboing package freighter, • the
Ville de Lamure. The freighter origin-
ally belonged to an American Hee but
was put under the Belgian, flag when
the aet forbidding American ships to
trede-within theewer 2one- werrt- int
effect., The Ville de Leraure left New
York on March 21Sf and arrived hack
Oil May 7,th after visiting the parts of
Le Have, Antwerp and ,Southampton.
The voyage was more or less unevent-
ful, -according to the Captain, although
he admitted- that one Could eeverallow
himself completely to relax and a con-
stant watch was kept far, submarines
and mines. The freighter.being neutral,
as Belgium Wasnot then under German
domination, she travelled out of convoy,
without mine -detecting devices, un-,.
armed and completely ligeted. While
the harbors of Le Havre and South-
ampton she bed to adhere to the strict
blackout regulations, however. 'fbe
freighter, in travelling frona Le Havre
to Antwerp and then to Southampton',
had-fo--' run the -English Channel: in the
daytline, With aedouble watch against
mines, aid then anchor at night, when
therisk of striking a Mine was too
great fee"fravel. •
A large- eonvoy was sighted one day
at dusk, on the Ville de Lamure's
eleven -day return trips and the sight of
t4 ships zigzagging rrst wee, way and
then, another waa a magnificent demon-
etratioti of wartime strategy, in the eyes
Of the Captain. • •
Upon his return, ,Captain Laking
transferred te an oil tanker which was
to sail for Irranee' under "the Panaman-
ian flag. Itowever, on. the day itt june
It was to sail, the tanker was ordered
to remain in port as Prance was by
theirander German •COntroL
• Captain ,Laking retiirned to Great
Lakes sailing in July. "But I may
„teke another creek tit the ocean etext
winter, if I get a chance,'" he ptit in
with a wishful twinkle in his eyes:
At the =outlay :meeting of tile Col-
legiate Institute Board, held on VritlaY
'afternoon last, !Mr.' j r Ilunle, secre-
eery; reported that netiCe 'had been
receieSetriaireellfalk*#41.00-#'*•• ineenee
tax, that the Boaede as an employer,
must colleet 'monthly from its em-
ployees the national defence tax, which
is three Per eentof gr*oes salaries for
'unmarried' Meelbers and twe 'per tent.
for married - members% reeeiving over
$1200 ,per entrain, with a deduction of
,a-eyear'eforsearbeelependentesser. trth
present salary rate the amount of this
tax to be 'se -collected will be $499 for
the aeadergic2W-tir-
Tile secretary was-instrueted to Pro-
cure lpagazines for the different de-
partments 'of the Scheel for use In the
e.urrent school .yeav., Owing to the
ehange inthe curriculunl for 194041,
the princiPal 'etas given permission to
.44etease the grant to the' library by
*25. -
In view of the feet that next year
wiul bring the oneshendredth anniver-
sary of the establishment a •sec944ary
education in Goderiph, it was diteeted
that the principal, the staff and stu-
dents of the '0611egiate prepare a -fit-
ting year book for .the year 1941, as
a part. off, the eelebratloe, of the 'im-
portant anniversary. The. Board will
consider at sehsequent meetings td-
ilitionaL features, for observanee-
of the"occasion.
Sekolarships Presented
The principal reported that Cheques'
for •the payment Qfvarious scholar-
ships in the schoolhad been' issued
from their tespective fends and ho
been presented at assembly that morn-
ing, as follows: Veterees'e memorial
in grade I --1st, GlorieeChishoim,
daughter'of Mr.. and MTS., Leb Chis,
holm,. Goderich township; .$18.; 2nd,
Claire Bisset; daughter of .Mr, tnd
William iBisset,- $10 ;, Adainspn
memorial in grade -1Q---Jilelen Videan,
daughter • of alie and Mrs. Charles
Videan. $25: Adasnien --Memoriel- in
.grade; XII-Jamee On of Mr.
and alre.e.lames $2.9; MeKin,1
anentorifil, won in grade XI in 1938 and
payment Made on cOmpletion Of upper
school -Annetta Stewart, --klaughter -of
(Mr. W. A. .Stewart of Dungairkpon, $55.;
:McKay scholarship for the highest
standing hi grade XIII,. among those
attending ueiversity-Lee, ,Seott, son
of. Mr. aed. Mrs 4. R. Seott,
AC:counts to the amount of over MO
were passed, eoneluding the meetieg.
--ENGAGElltkNTS‘f•ANNOUNCED-
' Tile.' engagemekt is announced' of
Isabel 'Laura, only daughter of Mrs.
George Pellock and the late George
Pollock of Ashfield, to Clifford Hlliot
Kilpatrick, eldest son of )Jr. and Mrs.
Milton Kilpatrick of Ashfield; the mar -
'age to_take place -quietly-the-latter
part of October.
'mother.% of whoa* over twenty were
preseet. • les. W. F. H. Price presided:
over a pro, am 'of community ,Singing,
a vocal.duet,by Verna Miller and Lulu
ar, piano solo by Verna.Miller
and a reading by Mrs, O. Ginn. A
,knitting contest and e "grandmothers
/flower garden" contest were other fea-
tures_ a an enjoyable, program.
Articles for the sunshineebaskets. 'were
received; also flowers for the sick.
LAKE LEVELS:
Level of the St. Lawrence Itieer• in
Montreakharbor clueing September was
2% inches lower than Angeet,,,and 2%
inches higher than September, .1930.
Level of Lake Superior at Port Arthur
was 11/2 inebes lower than August and
714 iaches lower than September last
year; Lake Huron at Goderich'34,incb
higher than August aud 0% inches
lower than September, 1039; Lake Erie
tt Poet Colborne unchanged from
August and 14 inches higher than
September last year; liake Ontario at
Kingston 41/e. inehea lower than Auguet
and 1% hackies higher than' Septets -abets
1939. •.
The engagement is announced of
Mabel 'Elizabeth, daughter, of Mrs.
Foster and the late Bert roster of
Sheppardton, to Jahn Tyrie Pitblado,
St. Vetharines, otile, son of Sir. and
Ars.. John T. Pitblado of Colborne
township. The Marriage will taite
place the latter Part ors October. •
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
The meeting a the Wornenks Inetitute
ion' Thitesday afternoon last, in Mac-
Kay Hall, was in honor of the. grande
AT THE NY:ATERIZONT'
The str. A. A. Hudson arrived
Saturd aY Moraines frem Fort, William
With 2011- bus 4 of -Wheat, 23,239 bus.
ot,oats,,.,14,140 busof feed', 17,872 bus.
"of,fiax aad 10.124 bus. Of rye for the
elevator. • She Wok on 299 tees of salt
411w:foiolltru4whteW:a2,11:levuitiolad'ineb.1,411,4.01;:Th.Y.oe';:liwvaalaeroarntirkorfta:ftleoNiv:1158,30411111:::n
bus: of barley for the elevator end
cleared light early TuesdaY aftereoon.
back to Vert Willie -1u; The Saekadec
came hi. On Monday evening ftom, Fort
Williani with 2,52,300 bus, sat yellow.
corn for the elevator and elea.red-earlY,
Wednesday m.orniegs The; Soodee ars
t%ived en Tuesday afternoon froro. Fort
illiiiirielfr2(70;0991Aire-tri Vire:it-for
the elevators but hes been:unable to
discharge its cargo, :owing to the fact
thattirte *eater is filled to ea.pacity..
The .Soodoe is tied up near the end of
the piers awialtingsa ehanee to unload..
There was considerable excitement
at the barbet en Saturday whee „the
tug Iona Ross, captained by Peter Mac-
Donald-, wellsknoren Goderiela meaner,
put lie early in the peening,- towing
Another tug, the Davis, with the repot
theta new partly -steel scow was adrift
semewhereeon'the lake. Captain. Mee
-
Donald; and hie crew bad set out •that
morning from Sarnia with the Iona
Ross,. towing the tug ;Davis along with
tlie scow. The Thiele was being talten
to Kanca,rdine for :repairs, :rad the Iona -
Ross, svith the, scow, `was, to proceed. : to
Cedar Post, up the lake. With a heavy
,sea running, the Davis began to make
water and list badly.' The pumps of
the Iona Ross had to be brought hips
use topump the waterfrom the dis-
abled Davis, but after inhour of tbis
the crew of tee' Iona Ross saw they
were getting nowhere in the heavy seas
itn&swithefuel running -49w they -east
the scew adrift arel, with the lessened
burden, proceeded --te Make for Gode-
Apia— • , • ,
Ataleolin Graham_ Set out fromshere
with his fishing launch around neon
lnan attempe to Baal the drifting Scow
and with good fortune succeeded in
eighting, -it within a shOrt, tinae. Pox'
live hours Malcolm fought .the
.attenwting, to tow`.the scow' n6ar this
port, but: the fishing latineb was too
light for t13.e job. It was late in the
afternoon when the Iona Ross, refueled'
and with the 'Davis' repair& against the
heavy seas, took over frem• Malcolm,
afterbeing direeted;t6'the-sieet by Bert
MacDonald, The two tugs, and scows
proceeded' On to Kincardine, still bats
teings heavy
"NOT: *ANT VODERICH
,
gixty-five."Young p" efeuders;','. fro'm
• -see-- • . •
This Riding Gysto Woodetoelt
omen from the Federal Tiding of North
Huron Aleft their Various oeciipatiens
and on Wednesday. morning entered a
thirty -day „period of military training
at traleing centre :No. 41, -Woodstock,
under the National Mobilization Act.
-two` 7Goderieheyofitbe . were in -
•(elided in the gr4up. That so few
Went from here is explained by the
fact that most ofthe. twenty -one -year-
olds in town had previously joined the
non -permanent aetive militia.
Notices adv,ising the •physically fit
.young men of this 'cla'ss to report to
11 training centre were received
on Saturday, and 'Monday, Travelling
warrants were reeeired- on, Tuesday
and these were turned Over for rail-
way "tickets on Wednesday Morning,
permitting thV youps free 'travel to
• Woodstock. ' ,
life will be made as pleasant
as pessible Tor eaniadas young de-
fenders," and /while they will neces-
sarily • hayplenty of training they
,will also have their share of the lighter
eitle of military, life, sueli as sports
and social functions.
Visitors will be welcorried at No. 11
on ,Saturday end !Sunday afternoons
from 2 until 5 paue, but there Will be
no "Week -end leaves" fer the ,men to
visit their hippies during the month.
• NORTH STRBET..W.M.S.
Tbe W.M.S. of North street United
chureli met, •on ',Monday tiftertiooir in
the church. The National Anthem was
sung at the'opeeing of the meeting and
Mrs. C. F. Cfaelte, president, ledin
prayer. Mrs. W. Naftel Presided over
the prOgiem. Miss A. Jenkins read the
Scripture lesson and Mrs. Jae. Ilamil-
ton discrusied the last two chapters of
the studbook, "The %Christian Church
in. India" and "Facing the Future
Task." Mrs. W, P. Lane rendered the
solo, "I Shall Not Pass This Way
Again." Miss Eva Somerville Will be
,theguest speakee at the thank-offeting
Meeting. • Mrs. jae. iloward„ Miss
Thnhlle Duehanan and '.Sirs. C. M.
Robertsou were appointed .delegates to
the Presbytery meeting beld on Wed,
needey of this week atileramiller lYnited
clatirch.
And Orestes a
Ofticials--,Brongh
frora 011icsogo
Rooms Open Saturday Evening
• The people, of, Goderich have responded tO the Dominion Red Cross cam-
paign in their traditional patriotic manner.' The objective. of .$6(J00 has been
passed 'by the Town alone. 'While the objective was set at a minimum of
$0000.00, yet we as an exeetitive feel that most people want to glee; to, their
utmoet, and for that reaSon, the .rocims which we have oceupied on the Squaeo
during the campaign 'will be open on Saturday evening next, October 12th; for
the purpose of reveiving any further donations. As our eanvassers were ell
bueiness men or *omen and voluntarily devoted their tinie to the Bed Cross,
it cannot be expected- that they, eouid always fiti4 people holni, whet they,
called. If any 'persons were so left uneelled ezpen and',Niro to athsertho, it
would be greatly' appreciated If they ‘wOuld make arrangements to leave their
'donations at the roOms on Saturday evening. • •
The executive, wish td thank alr. Donald Campbell for his untiring efforts
aa enmpaign an:Mager. Mr. tE., Dimedas Brown a4,1reaserer, Mi r n, .(Stither-
land, who -so" generously donated the -roonte, and all the relivassees and others
.who assisted. The campaign wag -undertaken by that energetic group., the
Citleens' Wartime Coaitinttee,
Immediately after the Wes are closed the donors' mint4S with :Amounts of
ono dollar and -over will be pulylished. If any errors or omissions should
arise, 1 respectfully ask `that Mr. Douglas Brown be so advised and correctiolA
wifi be Made in the newspaper the $ellowing wek
, Yonrs sincerelY,
1t. C.. HAYS, VretJdeht
A prim?: IsTetberlanits merchase
tfreightele. the Vane is, the
object of ninelt curloeityke ' Ins it Itied
lap in the harbor here awaiting the ere
,rivej,,of Otererninent 1napeetor tro
00itwe, to. straighten Out a taugle.er
internatiOnel complicatiente
The veeeel, 2,800 -ten, 250-foet lesar
:Dels,01,engined craft, left Chicago 0.
Toyer:ley r,vith eoriginer crew ei
eighteen Hollanders virtual.' Prilrorrerri
entleeeeritemteleekessW,6941Yea$A.WeCialte-
nt 4 o'elock, flying only the Dutclemer- .
chant marine enSign. She had. born
Anchored at Chicago sinee June -270
when the'entlre creeetswith the-eXeelr-
tion of the captain ana steward, refused
to eel' baele to Europe on an einarMed
Merchant" Ship. The Hollanders were
not perreitted to go aSbore all the time
they Were at Ohicages because the/.
were .gliens without payees allowinge
OM to land l'n 'the United States.
Fourteen seamen; firora Montreal were
furnished under an agreement 'between
11140thraewirCAas tnLineshae71.„2goasCv4:nextevrs74wo:If eotnhutrobOaungatdh.t and:
ship bere. .
Officials Puzzled .
Shortie- after its arrivarhere, a crowd
began to. Other at the harbor to view
the ocean. -going vessel ,whicia has caused
So erech controversy .-since It entered
these inland- waters -last ,Inne, ifta,-•
tvincial police, eustoms oflicials and .the
harbormaster were in, conference with
Capt. W..1):: O. Tielstlihgen for over in
ithaour, ,atteemllptiloninecgtito straighten igt:newo
ou.stde
llipo;_
entry here, The customs' offielals„)taket •
eonapletelys by snrpttee by the shiP7* '
einSchedued arrival, wired Ottawa to
. take. ithe Mix-up off ,their hands and ,
pet it in these of the proper aiithotifies: .
, Ten members of, the Pinkerton deteetive.
,ageecy are nt. peesental, ercling the.
(cg
strikers The Hellander are allOwed,
to .come on deek an this mem- '.
lug, under the Watehfut .eye of two :-
detectives, *were getting rekeat einjoyl'e- .
ment out of percb fishing from the eter* e
of•the ship while they whistled modern
-4,merican•
t jairs.
nfounded slum).o •
- 'rs
. Reimers .fiews thick and .fast eeound e
tOWn on I Wednesday eveleing to -the
eire'et that the "rebellious" crew was in .
irons, that - --(4"%.men stood over them
With, raachine-guris,. •earatesan armored
careful" of 'Royal .Cseeediankesunted..
Police- was'cOming here from Toronto
to take the crew away for internment ,
and even ono report wa.s current 'thee
ehe ship.,„motinted • a. s„ix.•:inelk,gun, al_it.E.
Stern.' , - ••• :-- '''''
„. .
It ,is a. utitter of oonjeeture as la
-
just What wM happen. to .boths shire
and mei', but it is considered likely
that the' Nessel will be taken. over
by the *British merchant marine, a.ne
Captein HeIsdingen Is of the opinion '
that If the, ereweenembere -have Mit
changed their minds about winking- by
their they will be infetned soiuewheze'
in Canada.
F.,
cis. IttimB' ALI; DEAD
•
Prominent ei' tize--:'n„of London Had Busi-
ness 'connection with •Goderiek
' Frederick ,G. Itumbiill, who died, at •
London on Octobet 1st, in his eight
seventh Year, was _connected for some
years -with the industrial life. of Gode-
rich as owner of the Kensington Furni-
ture Compa:nre Which was in operation •
here from 1896 until the faeter.y _wee
destroyed, by fire about -twenty yeare ,
later. His son, John A, Rumball, way
enrearnio.
adger, of the frs
ector•. for moat of thie
Mr. Rumball was born in this county,..
but spent the great part ofehis lite le 4
London, where he was prominent as an,
inclustrirnist and latterly as a whole-
saleslumber dealer, Ile was .inaeor of
Condon for treo years, 1000 and 1901..
fife Was eresely identified with the
1;iberai party in London and was twice
the ca.ndidate ofethe party, in Provincial
elections,.
He is Survived by his widow; the
'former 'Millie Shannoni of Walkerton,
'and two ehilde•en, J. A.. Rumball elf
ke:ligoanit-yo:ifid Miss Lorna Rumball or
rr
Thil-huresdfanylast. :took place at Londoirn
.o
NOnc'E RE 1.0.D.x.rinteTon 1i3AGs
Call Mrs, Mooney, ;phone 250,:, tar COI-
leqtion. Pleaee empty bags, sore and
tie all contents; 'flatten hossee; leave 01
:boulevard for collectron.
, Mr,s. j. 'AV.' Sinith has eetureed le
her apartment at 1 Kingston street
after a three weeks' visit in Toil:tete
\with' her daughter, Mrs, 1. G. Beatty,
and Mr. Beatty, . end also with tele- -
flees at sr„vhoinberg arid Irond Heart
$35,000 Stock of liuron County
Flying School Ltd. All Sold in Iluron
• When the subscription lists of Huron
County Flying Training Selmol, Limited
Were eloAld'WCIdneday nOon it Was an-
nounced .by J. ----Phomas,--catnimign
manager, that the full quota of $35,000
had bedn soleto nearly four hundred
shareholders in liuronCcounty,'after a
short, vigorous campaign. •
On Monday S. D. Armour, acting for
tbe Deputy Minister for Air, Ottawa,
Inspeeted Sky Harbor and at a luncheon
tendered by the Board of Trade lie ex-
-pressed hio sdtisfaction with arrange -
molts that Were being Made for the
operation of the t.thool. ,
'It is -most encouraging to us in Ot-
tawa to know that the' People. of Huron
'County have rallied so splendidly to
the support of thiRpharieef the British
Ilnipire "Air ,...Vrairling et..0.t1 Mr.
ArmoUr.
;Mr. Thixams said yesterday that every
share of .preferred etock had been sold
and Wag held entirely wiplai thie
-
county, The Campaign was,begun. -oti
September 17t11 and was carriedrto a
successful conclusion; despite the ray.
that Government war loan fin(t Reil•
Cross campaigns were in progress nt
the same time.,
It was pointed out that Ilowick leve*.
tship, farthest removed from the airport,
had oversnbeeribeil its quota.
In thanking everybody who Partici-
pated dn the fainimign Mr. Titor'18$8
,stres.sed the nafnes of Thotnallyde
Exeter, `Hugh 11111 of lborne, W. 14•
W'hYltO, of Ileaforth, James C. Skaffa'
of Olinton, Warden George Vesgan mid
ez-Warden Wilmot Iltaa(-ke, all of .rhood,
were elomely agsoclated with hint