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THREE NEW MEN HEAD MONDAY'S
POLL FOR TOWN COUNCILLO
Two-year Terra for Council Re.
jectecl by Vote of. •
41.9 to 387
- The Town, Cellncil of :G0(104011 for
1041 will be toi.ODosed as f011OWO:
Mayor -U. Douglas Browe.
Reeve Rebert B. 'Turner.
s Deputy Reeve -W. J. $aker..-
Oetneinerfe.-*W. C. Attridge, D. D.
Mooney, X. A. Orahans, P. J. Byan, a*.•
11.'111101(1ns, David Sproul,
The Conneil i eleeted for a, teem of
one, year only, the eleetore having re-
Jeeted the two-year Proposal.
. -The Mayors -Reeve and Derity-Reeve
having., been •ejected iby aeclatuation,
polling a Monday. Was for touneillors
and the question of a two-year term.
On •lint of the etorrey weather only
a sin 11 vote .WesePolle(1.*
Mr. Attridge headed tb.e poll for
couneillors Witla 633 votes, followed by
Mooney with 506; Dr. J. As Gra-
haro) 588; P. J. -1tYan, • 520; J. E.
Hueleine, 498; D. ISProtal, 452. '
Mesm. ,Attridge, Mooney :and
, Graham are • new' men, •though Mr.
NeoneY was a member of the Council
s'onle. 3/ears ago, •
On the two-year term 387 voted' "Yee
and 419 "Ilo." There were 28 reneeted
ballots, dropped in probably by People
who did not understand theesqueetion
or had.nat Made up their minds on it.
The vote by polling divisions is given
elsewhere..
The slew 'Council will held its in-
augural meeting on the second Monday
of January. '
WILLIAM§ •TI -101V1 IS
REEVE OF COLBOR,NE
Vote, Very Small Owing to lite SnoveL
storM-e'-' Two-year Term Rejected
,Dxtfted reads accounted for a .Very
- small 'vete in Colborne -township on
, Monday. William 'Thom was elected
••-reeeeleese vote of 102 tcrieleforeNelson-
MdLarty, the„poll by wards being as
° follows:
Thom Mdfaarty
(13enmiller) 28 22
No. 2 (Saleford) 26- 14 Harbor . and Port Albert training
No. 3 (idarlow) 9' 52 schools and several Goderich men in the
No. 4 (Leeburn) •3 army. The cast of the show, an all-
. ,
amateur affair, was made up of mem
162 91 berg Of the Lolition Life .lesurance
The councillors were 'elected by ac -• Company -staff. The show was in.
-claniatione-andethee1041e-Cauell- will augurated- this year to, provide eater-
- be: Reeve, Win,, Thoma eouncillors, tainment for tire ' various units' of the
Alex. Watson-, William 4Q1-Ark,A„WiloCanadian 'ACtive Service ororce sta-,
ham Marsh and Jaime Feagan, .1 The tioned in Western Ontario - and the
last three are all neeentembers. ' entire cost of the performances is sus-
. The Caulk& Is elected for one year tained by the •Landon Life' Company.
only; the proposed twe-year term being J. -II. Castle 'Graham, publicity ex-,
rejected: by a vote of 150 to 90: ecutive of the •Londop, Life CoMpany
anthdireetor of the show, thanked the
I.O.D.E. for the privilege of Staging it
in the hall. and expressed the hope that
the men would enjoy the performenee.
Tie program, onsisted of numbers by
eight dancing girls, a male' quartette,
-a girls/ trio and two short skits. by four
-talented actors. -Tp-atriotie fiumbers,
marches and a medley of Scottish airs
were played by the orChestra between
acts, The audience joined in with the
orchestte to sing several of the
patriotic numbers.
Two of the outStanding hits with
the airmen .were a dance by the eight
young ladies costumed in Air Force
blue' and white to resemble thet.R.A.k.
raen and the playing of the Royal Cale
adian Air Force march -past by the
orchestra for the first:time at a Public
entertainment \in Canada. The or6h-
estra leader explained that he nad' ob-
tained a recant of the marelepest from
the St. Thomas Air Training School
and had re -arranged it, for playing by
his orchestra. Both of these numbers
"brought down the house" and had to
'be repeated.
' Miss 'Sylvia Sallteld, 'a former GOde.
rieh girl who is engaged with the Lon-
don 'Life Insurance Confpany, Was,one
of fwo mistresSes-olf-cereraonY.
At the conclusion of the perlformanee,
Flying Officer Cowan of Poet Albert
Navigation, School thanked the I.O;D.V.
and the London Cite Company's on be-
half of both the 'Sky Harbor and the
Port Albert school, nee the splendid
en ter t a in men t provided' the .airmen.
. Lunch was erved to the, cast and
t� the R.C.A.F. and R.A.F. offieere by
the ladiee of the I.O.D.E. in the base-
ment of the hall, atm; theshow. •
1 WhAT WOULD HAPPEN IF
MDR() SROULD FAIL?
"The jurors would like to draw to
•tli attention a the authorities the
inadequate proteetiou which. we 'believe
might arise iu an emergency In their
(County liora,e) ere peotection, such
affo the failure (4 'power at ally "tine,
and we reeommend that an auxiliary
Plant be instelled,"
'So reads tile concluding Peragraph
.of the grand Jury'e. preseptraent at the
General' SessionS in pregreseesthie Week.
"I May be a trank on the subject of
adequate ,fire protection," aid Judge
Costello, "but ,this report shoule not be
lightly looked, upon. „ I will see that It
gets in the hands of the proper Ruttier-
ities, if auythingsshould happen to
those old people at the County Home,
-I would, 'nate to brave any reePensibilitY
placed on my shoulders,What Wahl
h•aPpee on a day like this if'a fire,broke
out in the inseitution.and Hydro power
failed?"
The report added: 'The jurors 'ere
very much impressed by the eleanli-
ness•Of the home, and the good feeling
that prevailed among the inmates in
their attitude tOward the ° treatment
• and conaforts they. receive.' Too much
credit cannotbe given to Mrs. Jaeobs
and the menagement."
London Life Show
- Scores al -Big Hit
Performance Given for Air Force
Men at Empire Service
Club •
A two-hour variety ehow, put en by
the 'London Life players la the Enipire'
Service iiib rooms' In MacKay -114110n
Thursday evening last, under the aus-
,
piees of the I.O.D.E., was well received
by over two hundred aisMen from ISIKY
CLINTON ELECTS
lVfcMURRAY MAYOR
Livermore Reeve- year Tertn Re-
jected by Large Majority -Vote to
_R,etum to• January_ tlettions,
In a cloae contest A. J. MeMitrray
defeated K.- G. Waters; the present
Mayor, for the maYoraltse of Clinton
for.1941. The vote Was -302 to 346. s
Another keen eontest was that for
the reeveiship,'wOn by Fred Livermore
with .340 votes to 342 for W. 'Olen Cook.
• Councillors elected are (Ohas. E. El.
liott, 48'2;'V. D: 'Falconer, 462; J. 'W.
Nediger, 411 e Wm. Walker, 384; David,
Churchill, 372; Morgan 'agnew, $55..
For the Board of Education • seven
-. -members wereelected as follows: Mrs.
L. isf, MeKinneri, 518; IV/re. N. 'W. Trer
_warden, 498; -W.M. Perdue, 401; G. E.
'Hall, 411; Mrs. D. 11. MeInnes, 423;
A. T. 'Cooper, 359; C. G. Middleton,
3541,_
The two-year term:proposal Was voted
• doWn 43.8 to 200, axid January elections
evere'favered over the Deeenalber date
by• 030 to 305.
TURNOVER IN' BLYTh
•Dissatisfaction Osier Megg 4 Quinlan
Reetissessmenti-Restilts in Election
-
of an Entirely New Council
Asa result of Monday's polling the
Village of Myth has an entirety new
• Comleil. The returns' were: •
Iror Reeve -W. II. Morritt, 201 ;' W.
r J. Petts„ 84.
• leor Councillors -4W. ILeLyen,
Absalom Taylor, 187; C. Fer--:kftarrisonr---
• 144; S. W. Sibthorpe, 103; Deloss
Taman, 83; F. J. ISIora.ele 78; It. n.
Robinson, 74); Jasper (Cook. 73; G. H.
JOhnston, 64. First four elected.
The complete turnover, was the result
af dissatisfaction over the engagement
of Mag & Quinlan, who made a new
aSsessment'a .the which was
anything but .4atiefactOry.
IIULLETT
- Jaunts Leiper wae re-elected Reeve
of 4Iltillett in IVIOnday'o poll, .with
Vete of 212 to 144 for, Humphrey Snell.
, The poll for eouncillore was as fol. -
lows: Jahn Armstrong, 202; John
. Ferguson, 208; iGeorge Brown, 180;
Fred Peeltitt, 100; Ira Iltapsons 104.
First four elected.
, TURNBERICY •
• In Tarnberry the Reeve and Counell
of 1040 were returned without a cone
teat.
nem -0-101a aide Grain,
Councillorsee-Atieltard Wilton, IIarold
Moffatt, James Breckenridge,* 'Rey
•I'orter.
GODERICII DOI( IN PICTURE
OD 1September 12th last The blgna
(Owl. • publiehed a • picture, rent out by
the Department of Public Information
at Ottawa, showing a group of soldier
of the ISeeond Canadian' Diehdon,
S.F., embarking at it Canadian port
for England. A copy of the paper wee
gent by Mr. and Mrs, Donald Liseunah,
Of town, to their son, Pte. Victor Ma-
cneill). in 'England, who writes to them
that he was one, of tlett group. He 15
quite plainly Ken itt the picture and
his wawa- thought it leeked very nattela
like her son, but wasn't sere until hie
letter was received.
• JIMMY UBELACHER ELECTED
The following from The Woodstock
'Sentinel -Review refers to a former
resident of 'Goderich:
' 'Faceted by acelaination`sao fill the
imp vacancy on tere board of education;
;kir. II, N. UbViacker sieleild prove a
decided asset to the bodeee A 'business
man with many calls upon his time,
he is to' be commended for makieg hia
servites available to the city along with
those of equally busy Men, Trustees
Calder, !Gale and Keith whose con -
netted interest in the Work of the board
has led thexn to accept another terra..
Charged with putting his foot
through a door window in the Golden
Lunch, 'Robert Seott Is in jail, (Merged
with ntelicieue damage to property,.
ale° en a liquor charge. The fracas
occurred on Tuesday evening. .
ONTARIO illitiRSDAY, DECEMBER Coth, 1940
Garon Acquitte in
Car cidcnt Case
-
General Sessions ni Progress This
Week Before Judge
Costello
County ()pert and General 'Sessions
a the .Peaee. got' Under wey Teesday
afternome Jedge, ,Cestello presidiug.
There were iedlcations that proceed-
ings viroilio lase the week out. Despite
the 'feet 'that 'a blizzerd Wee teeing
and Many roads were almeep impasse
• role with now only two of the eittee
odd Juror,lfrom aparts a the eounty,
failed ' to answer their nara03. The,
two , turned up dater in the afterit000.
ThreVeve're-eXased by doeterre'C,*e -raft:
cate, any of the jerore travelled to
Godericii by tral.u. ' •
In his remarks to the grand jury, of
which :George 'Layton, of Exeter, was
chosen foreinall, J.wige Costello said it
waS note his custom to ealk of . other
.matters other than those WQre the,.
.eart.' Of- themuch disused sug-
ee.eted abolition of the grand jury Ile
had ills ONV'n ontons blit wa$ not
gobag to express, them, However, he
had no reason to believe, thet the 'grand.
jury did: not serve a Useful purpose, but
the petit jury was more useful. •
It took the grand jury less than an
hattr to .return a true bill In the lone
eriminal ,ease on the docket, a danger-
ous driving eharge against Antoine
Gaton, knitting factory manager of
felinton. Ibe teial Airy wae empan-
awned with verv few challenges.
Instructions to "Grand Jury
Before preeeeding setith this ease
Judge Costello inetructed the. eand
-Jury to .visite the 'County Home at Clin-
ton for the puriesee of inspection, and
to pay partieular attention to tire. Pro-
tection facilities at the institution. Iiis
Honor said he was a frequent ;visitor
at_the iCounty.,Home and lie,..had noth,„
ing.13a-TrWilse for its management, but
many of the ninety -odd lemates Would
:be unable to look atm; tiaenaselies in
Case of a fire. ,
it would not be4necessary to visit
other pnblie buildings, the grand jury
was told, for these had been visited by
an Assize Court jury only•in November.
Ms Honor said he did not -•place much
value all grand jury reports. Invar-
iably they: were pigeou-heled and Both.
ing done. .•
. A. jury in the civil ease Of Hunt
versus iIugil1., athot�e danaage action,
alio was eMpanelled and told to report'
an -Thursday morning. All remaining
;jurors were then dismissed' in the
interest of economy, the Judge remarlt-
ing-that the cost of criminal justice
in •Huron ,Qcomty, this year had, been
heavy. • •° •
The Garon 'Case
Formally arraigned, A. !Gera
Pleaded not guilty to' the .Charge of
dangerous driving, referred to by
Crown Attorney Holmes as a "gbarified
version" of the offence' formerly known
as, reckless driving.. The +Crown At-
torney then' reviewed the case for the
jury. -The aceused_wast_defended_by
Douglas Baines, a young Toronto
lawyer.
APpearing on crutches,- Frank Fing-
land, K.C., iClinton. lawyer, -was the
only witness heard on. Tuesday. Lie
sustained a .brOken leg, and other ser-
ious injuries in the'accident out of
Which the prosecution of Garon arose.
It happened on .highway No. 4, two
miles south of Clinton, about 3 o'clock
in the afternoen of. March 23' last,
.duringh-snowstorni. .
Mr. ringland testified that he and
two other :Clinton Men had been dele-
gated to transport by motor the Clinton,
juvenile hockey team, with its equip-
ment, td St. Thomas for an .important -
0.11.A. playdown, game In that
Although, -there were seven or more cars
the motor calvacade bound for St.
Thomas, oniv three -were oilleiaIshockey
ears, Mr. Fiagland emphasized, and
all players were in the three ears. Two
Miles south. of Clinten, Witness related,
he Came urea. en accident and stopped,
as did three cars aheatl of lame' While
he wag sitting at tile wheel a. fourth
ear struck his auto a glancingblow
and caromed to the Other, or east, side
of the road and stopped. There was
no, one hurt and little. damage, thine.:
HoWever, there were still other ears
•behind -and Mr. Fingland said. he
thought it his duty. to.eet. out and liag
oncoming traffie, because, ' the road
ahead sve.s• blocked. He milk:kir to the
rear Of the ear that -had just truck
hie, on. the 'east or "wrong" side Ter -
the road so as not to be in the line• Of
traffic from the north, and while stands-
ing. there he vas crushed between the
rear of the: stationary ear and one
drivert by eased Stj a rate. he estim-
ated ,at thirty -live miles an hour. Tile
sideg of • the road were•piled high with
snow and there was a 'strongground
drift Although badly Injured, Mr,
Fingland said he did net lose Censcious-
hess. It required a'nuniber of men to
shoe the cars apart to release him.
Wednesday Sitting
Five Crown •witnesses reStitied on
Weduessla.y morning. They were Traffic
Meer Ta•ylor,William (iolquhoun, a
passenger in, the 'Germ ear Ralph
Monteith and William Cook, the two
letter hockey playere 4riding", in *the
()ontinued on Dego 8).
HOW GODERICH 'VOTED ON .MONDAY
• FOR COUNCILLQRS
Poll
No. Attridge Cooporelrahant illueldue MooneseRyan ISprotti Tremblay
1 40 • 7 80- 28 43 • 86 31
2 53 10 50 46 pd. 39 • 53 7
88 35 71 01 72 02 i45 11
4 32 9e 23 31 19 25 19 13
5 52 17 • 31 • 41 47 53• 46.• 13.
6 28 '5 20 • 23 82 .21 20 7
7 - 80 28 • 70 70 71 78 47 11
8 31. . 8 20 241 30 23 10
9 80 20 ,0 57 84 138 31 • a
10 83 17 84 63 90 74 60
11 32 3 29 24 81 27 30
12 80 14 23„ 23 20 ' 29 23
Total 063 • 172 • 589 4f)8 390 529 432
Two-year
Term
Yes, -No
28- 21
pzitious :EYE INJURY
Vary" riraylor Caught bY High Stiek
in a 110ekey GAOL it liantilteta-7;
Goff Pro nere
"J'arv" Taylor, Weeder Jere at the
Maitland. golf coteree linrilee the SUM*
iner season, is In ft IIamilton hoseital
remaperating from. a Serious eye injury
'received In a hockey game at Hamilton
en Frida4r isight. Taylor, who is a de-
fenceman with London• Streamliners,
�i t Internlediate entry, sus.
tained the Injery late in the first period
When; Barlow, Hamilton forwerdl.
Caught blra in the face with the butt
end Of a high stick, as frayla wee about
tO body -cheek. At first it- was feared
that Taylor might lose the sight of the
eye, but later reporte fro& the Hamilton
hospital- have expr,essed the hopethat-
his eyesight might be saved, although
the injury is atilt of a serious' nature
Harry IGateide, manager of the Lon-
d'on teane paid tribute to Taylor"„e clean -
nese as a player. •Garside ventured
the opinion that if Taylor bad been
holding a high Stick himself he would
•not, .11ave received. the, Injury, -
Jarv'esmany atqueintanees, in Gode.
"rich who have come to like 'and admire
nim will wish label' the 'speediest re-
cow/re' and hot* that he will come out
of the accident noUe the worse.
Holstein Min and
Ladies at Banquet
Interesting Event at Walton
under Auspices of Huron
Holstein Club
The banquet Of the Hera Canty
Holstein Obile .1teld in. the community
hail at Walton on. Illintedlay last was
a Successful affair, • About eighty per.,
sons were plesent, bountiful goose
dinner was served by tbe members Of
the 'Walton branch, of the
In ehe absence Of the -president; Mr.
Colin. Campbell, through ,illness, the
vice-president, 'Mr, yan'liganond,
acted!' as master of eereMbniese: Mr. J.
C. Shearer, Huron agricultural rePre-
sentative, prop9sed the toast to. the
King and Warden Geo. C. Feitgan, wel-
comed] the guests. Reeve Wilson of
Grey township also addressed the
gathering. ' I ,,
Introduetion of the giseete.- was in, the
-bands if Mr. Shearer, who used the
novel "leap year" feattire of asking the
ladles to introduce themWves end their
• husbande. • Mr. :Harvey. M,eGee. of
Auburn: sang $everal Emleetions• and
*Reeve Redmond a East 'Weivanosh and
Mr. Herbert Kirkby of Walton Played
john
pumbere. •
The -guest speaker eSeare S. B.
Sfothers "Artinir;' rigekliftilial re -Pre-'
sentative for Wellington county, who
at -one time held the same office hi
Huron. .11e gave .arr-interesting arid
inStruetive address on the timely sub-
ject, "The Effeet of Wars on Agricui-
ture in Canada during the Past. Cen-
tury," emphasizing the important part
which, the fanners of Canadi are taking
in the present struggle.
Mr. 13eron .te.nvey, field 'Man for the
Holstein Breeders, was another
speaker.
Mr. W. R. Finney of 'St. Marys
brought greetings- from • the Perth
County Holstein Club, of which he is
president,- and Mr. R. E. White, agri-
cultural representative • for Perth
county, also spoke. . •
A report on the "Black and White"
meetlng at Bee -field was given by. Mr.
W. IIIunie Clutton of •Colborn•e town -
snip. A vote of thanks to the speakers
wae extended by Mr. Leonard Leeming
of Walton, and the thanks of -the
gathering for the excellent dinner were
extended to the ladles by Mr. Gordon
Bisget olf ISaltford Heights.
• The execUtive of the Club was well
pleased with the success of the event,
especially considering the weather and
the condition of the roads.
• .ALL READY FOR SOCKS
rditor The Goderich Signal -Star,
Dear behalf Of the com-
mittee Who lave planned for the 'wash-
ing and darning•of socks for the airmen,
I would like Co thank yell for the fine
publicitY you gave to °lir appeal:
The respake has been splendid. We
baveoffer e to take care Of 500 Pairs of
Seekseereekle. Theiri Giailles ate all
set-to do the digtributing • atel Collect-
ing. TheiColleglafe- stadents'have sock
tigers all ready for use, but here is the
eatch---We haven't any socks, or hardly
any.
If we divided them all. up there
wouldn't be one soek each. '
eletaphorietely speaking, We were
prepared for an avalanehe, and , found
it Wee Snowball. •
I'm hoping this will eateh the eye of
the airmen, and when they, we how
nicely this week's bundle of •socks are
darned they will be se pleasa•ntly surs
prised Mitt, like 'Oliver Twist, they
will ask for •inere..
q' SIRS. AnaliMRT _TAYLOR..
Kettys 'Street, -adaich.
PRESENTATION TO Ant KAITTING
,
On
Thursday 'night last, Sam Melia
and Gordon MacDonald, of the staff
the Coderich 'Elevator • and Transit CV.;
celled • upon Arthur Kaitting • at his
Jiome azidepreseneed hinr with a com-
fortable arnichttie and it Sinelting
cabinet in behelf of the employees. of
the COMpany. Mr. Keating recently
resigned ble position asengineer at
the, elevator, after twenty-eight years'
service, to take a position as engineer
tit the Port Albert airport, andhi S for -
low -employees ;seized the occasion to
85 38'1 tender him a testimonial .of their re -
43 56 olor „
22 2:,e0 Mr. Kaitting aeknoiledged the gifts
•11, in fitting terms and asked that fill
25 1,Y eineere thanks and appreciation be con
, -
veyed le his former fellow-svotlere.
23 16
48 48 Polim are looking (for Dan Signile,
young Indian known irx Gedericin Ile
15 alleged to have broken into the home
af elaritnee;Sturfly„ No. 8 highway, -and
StOlona watelt and some clothing. A
101 387 -419 Warrant Vat' his arrest late (been icsaied.
8 49 36
3 11 26
11 • 21 22
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Old King Winter
Tries a Blitzkrieg
Roads Blocked. by Persistent
Rem. Snowfall and
Drifting Winds
„
. Cowl/times paralleling those prevail-
ing during lunch ef the stormy 1,030-40
winter have been in Ovidence in 'Oecie-
riell and Ouron, 'County and!, for that
Matte, r eieer Western and Oentral
()%tarib for the past weak .% King
Winter bas been ushered' in With an
almost -unprecedented vengeance, For
day$ Meter traffic hes been maintained
Oa the main highways.with the greatest
°amenity:-Datiy Vtalke-WilYMating
when the stotm broke out With .14 -
greased violence after a nightre
not a wheel was moving Ter hours and
scores of people were stormbound in
Goderich and the normal, business life'
Of the -community wasgreatly handl-
caPPedn' • °
The -early winter etorrirreanghtelloth
Provincial and County highways) de-
partments :off guard' and unprepared•
Snowplows were not equipped ep.d
much of the snow fence had not been
ereeted. Motive equipment that only a
•few days ago was being used .foe
gravelling, dragging* andi grading was
• rushed, to the machine shops to ,have
SpOW-eleaulpg attachments plated, with
the result that the storm was always a
few jumps ahead.
At the week -end 'buses to 'Stratford
and 'London werer running hours late.
Yesterday Morning the *service' was
temporarily eancelled, awaiting the ar-.
rival'of snowplows. Front, 0 o'clock Sat-
urday- rtighteuntil early -Sunday "marxi-
ing there was a iblockade at PortAlbert
,tT7 large 'buses, unkible to
negotiate4
hills at !both ends of the
village, spent the night th6re. Hundreds
02 airmee and civilians were fo-rced to
walk a mile to and froni the -airport-
• 'Plow on Port Albert Road
Monday morning orders came
through froin the Provilieial Depart-
ment of Highways that a plow was to
be assigned to the eleven -mile :etretch
• from Goderieh fo Vert Albert where
nearly one thousand people are -de-
pendent-en truck service'for daily sup-
plies of feed and fuel. At the height
of Wednesday mornings blizzard this
prow toekto the ditch near !Dunlop and
• was bogged down for. hours.
•Airmen at. Sky 'Harbor also were
obliged to trudge through deep snow
from the highway,- to the eamp,a
distance of three-,qearters of a mile°.
Both Provincial and County officials
• dasclanned responsibility •for plowing
thie streteh of 'Colborne Townshp road.
Buses and many private carS wee
Stiicirthere oi-er a period- of days.
Until today Only feeble 4fforts were
.made to keep °Pen the Brue Water
highway -south .og GO'derich and north
• of Port Albert. One,plow went through,
but the road was filled in -art hour later.
•- Patric officers state that both Nos.
4 and 8_ highwayS-itre"-MIT rough in
-places after being plowed, and they
point out that where sand mixed with
calciura chloride has been put on witi
shovels big holea, have been eaten
through the snow.
Only minor accidents ha,ve occurred.
Thomas Phillips' truck took to thediteh
three miles sonth 6f Clinton on Monday
and took -out gtiard rail and three
i
• The rural mali couriers have been
able to cover only parts of their routes
on account of° the blocked eondition of
the roads. The railways have main-
tained tbeir, sclaedules, though trains
have been delayed.
•' Taking It MI Right -
Commenting, on the weather durhag
RED CROSS REPORT
i4hipment, to Toronto headquarters,
Noveeaber 20th, 1040. QUota Dreseee,
15;Windhreaters 19; dreesing goose,
17; knitted goals -64 pair sox, 12
mitts, 1.2 gloves, 12 heinaetse 19 ewe:et-
ers, 12 scarves, 7 eeaMeresi 00X, 8 sea-
men's ecarve, WOr evacuees: 1, areas,
1 ,skirt, 1 pullover, 1 nightgown, 3- Pair
priamase.3 • quilt% 2 booteee,43 bonnets,.
7 eco.rves.
Last week; <the Central Council, of
the Caeadian, Red, Cross suet in Tor-
onto. "At the Meeting tlfeYvoted un-
aninsouslY 1bat we elsoUld assist the
Red Cross of ,Greeee, The !Greeks may,
eavieg the situation for- -Use- We,
must help tbem just asswe went teethe
aid of the Poles and •the Finns last
winter."
'Phat is Iprobably the ifeelixtg of
_every oue of 115, and yoa undoubted-
ly will thoroughly approve a the actien
• of Central 'Council In authorizing an
liamedlate_grant of tWenty-five hundred
dollars In cash for the Red ,kiross 02
'Greee•e, and another twenteefive hun-
dred• dollars' worth ,of supplie,s."
With the errival of :winter, the hard-
ships aud difficulties facing, our ,meu
a the sea ingrease. • The Canadian
Red Cross, with thesupopit of the men
and women of Canada, will do its -share.
t •
The Goderich Red Cross are very
atful to the American Red Cross,
.Woodstock, N.Y., who have again' for-
warded a parcel of knitted articles fer
• the, evacuees' in England. The follow-
ing Is an extract from a letter reeeived
front the chairman of this (Chapter:
"f If there -is anything that you especial-
ly -need in knitted things., and will let
Me know we will try to make them for
You. We are anxieue to co-operate
with you in every way possible and -we
tlaink that you In Canada ate doing a
,mareellepe •- •
• It is very gratifying to know we have
such "good neighbors"- in a time of
grelit 'need."' .
CAMP BORDEN PLANE DOWN.
•R.C.A.P.• Mechanics Here on -Way to
• Tiverton, Where Bomber Is Stailed
- but Undamaged • , ••
A group of MAY. nrechanics,On
route frOM Camp "Revlon to Tiverton,
lias beta stormbound in Goderich since
•Tuesday, waiting tfor the Blue Water
higliWay to be opened north of Pert
Albert,- The -group is travelling In. a
big Ale Foree tenck which has aboard'.
Crates for the...wings a an Avro-Anson
bomber foreedi down in 'a enosestorm
near Tiverton on Wednesday ,Of last
week: Itis •mielameged, but the field
whiCh 4t eakne down Is- toe -limited
and too rough for a take -off. • The
• plans are toeciate the wings and tow
the 'plene.
• Still Chance .for Amberley
Another -group of stormbound visitors
here is a party of en.gineerS who liafe
been engaged in surveying the proposed
p.ew airport site tit Amberley. They
have been here since 'Monday; when
Utley sought to return after the week-
end. • The Amberley site ha. -apparently •
a splendid ehanee of being ,Zhoseit, for
topographicalznaps are to be prepared
for, the Department of Transport.
,
HAS JOB AT LONDON
Former County • Constable Sack
Stewart, veteran smithy ef Belgrave,
hos secured a • good .job at his trade
with a London munitions firm. Still
a big, husky man in his sixties, Sack
says he cah. help win the war better.
by wielding tate blacksmith's hammer
-
than lbse wielding the baton; and an:V:
way the young fellows of toddy cOuldn't
Many Shi
as Season Closes
NU. 4111
„Several 'Vessels CPrabs
Cargoes to Be Held
Stomp
The winter fleet is rapidly ssesiblisig
itt the harbor, with no fewer thstn nine
eSsels already tied up here, and pros.
peets Of more to come. There are
normally ten days of sailing left, before,
the close :of , the na4ation tifettaen on
December 15th, but because a tue taa
weather prevailing none'of these ships
will venture another trip. .
There has been plenty_of activity 41;
the barber Wit,hin the past, 'Seven dart,
witla vessels.arrviug and ,tieing up,
ether ships discharging their vargoei
and -clearing, and the snow creating
havoc apeong the trucks arriving with,
ll
,salt for the indson and supplies for
the fleet. .
The Sraperior arrived 'last Oriday
- - -
48,891 bus. of barley, 20,700 W$.. of
oats, 0,800 bus. of wheat and 7;585 bus
of rye for the elevator. '$he Cleared,
light, on 1Saturday • morning for a
lower lake port.,
The Hindman Caine In on !Saturday
,morning from Fort 'William 'with, 62,113
An's; of rye 'and 01403 bus. Ott' wheat
and cleared; light, early !Sunday morn-
ing for Fort William.
The S'a.slradoe Came in from Vort
William. at noon on SaturdaY with 240e
000 bus. of vvheat ter the mill and went
into storage. °
The Bri•coldec arrived early,SaturdaY
afternoon front Fort William, With 240e
86us-o2.wheat for and - -- -
went into etorage.
The Ontadoc arrived from Fort WU
liana on Sunday afternoon with 244,000
bus.. of wheat Tor theeleveroz. Sife-an,"-
leaded at* cleared, light, for Fort Wil-
liam oh-TulM
e -day orning.. • ;
The A. A. Hudson. -came in Trani Fort
William on Monday, atternocste.' She
loaded 560 tens of salt and then 'moved
on to the elevator, Svhere-Slae discharged
V2s
,327 bus' of oats' ; 51,110 bus. of wheat; ,
21,793 bus. of rye 'and /8,000 Nth- • et
barley. She returned to the salt sheds'
ort Tuesday eveeing and. loaded -1100
Mare tens a 'salt, bringing her cargo to
1600 tons, a record for 'tile year. •She
cleared for FOrt•W'illiera on Wednesday
night., • ' • n
The Vander), 'With,- 243,000' :Nis; -02
Wheat, the Canadoe with 240,004) Infs. Of
wheat and . the virmiam schuiv
104,000 huseof Wheat all arrived short,'
4y- after noon 0n I/Ion'tittY; the. grst with .
• cargo destined tor the elevator aid
the-lter two for the mill, and. went*"
into storage., • '• • • '
" period, 02 thirty Minfites-en
Tuesday afternoene the Prindoe With
13 -7,189 -bus. eferharley vaele112;835-busee,
of oats,' the )Soodoe With 24408 bus'.of
wheat, the ForteWildoe with' 24277
hp.S.' of Wheat and the .peetwell with'
-1-11,117 bus. of Wheat eameriutii the
'harbor with cargoes* for The 'eleeator.
The Prindoe discharged her .1_oad_ sue -
WediesdaY,Iinit the other three Went
intostorage. •
• The tanker Windsorlite arrived°early
this (Thursday) morning with. oil and
gasoline for the. Imperial Oil tanks
here.
Peter 1Vimpondak of Fort Williams,
deckhand en the Steainship Prindoe,.
sustained it.lbrolten legThursday MOM-
' ing when struck by a steamsh
, ovel in a,
hold of the vessel, which was being nee
loadecl ett the elevator.
. • , .
yesterday's court proece.dings, Judge [fill hi
Costello Said. that energetic' and virile •
Alanadians would, soon dig themselves THE WEATHER
The temperatures for the past week
and for the. corresponding week of
lak year, as officially 'recorded, ,were,
as follows:
4040 1939
• have seen Worse inthties'0111(1°1210oinegniry7" Thurs., Nov. 28 Igx• 1-5173: 1•11,1' .30
Canadian winter. "I
•
one R.A.r. officer had told him. "In
the light of this spirit surely--we.can
smile and set ourselves. the task of
restoring things to normal."
• Provincial Plows Get Through
• Two Provincial Slow g came through
from Stratford last night te open No. 8
highway, over which traille le moving -
this. morning_ after an, all -Wednesday
tie-up. At one time , five big transport
trueks wore bogged in the Zrifts near
Laithvvaites farm. The first plow into
•floderich passed twenty-eight aban-
doned passenger -ears, in the ditch or
on tee side of the road,.
At 10.30 last night a brandnew rotary
..enewelete, .witir blower attached,
reached -Goderich from Port Albert flying -achools in their holm s but have
TOund it difficult to get in • ouch with
them will now, have their problem
eolved as 0 result of a 'went arrange-
ment made by the Lions Clubs in the
eounty. s
At a recent district meeting of the
. Lions, it was proposed that the Lions,
Clubs -ire the various toWns„ of the
out of the snowdrifts. Some of us,
however, he. saki, could take a lesson
from the visitors from the Old Land
now at Port Albert. It was remark-
able to hear their comment on our ,
Fri., Nov. 29 34 22 42 • 33
Sete Nov. 30 12 • 28 42 , 35
Sun., Dec 1 • ao 20 30
Mon., Dec 2 26 • 10 46 .40
Tiles:, Dec. 3 19 5 43 36
Wed., Dec 4 26 12 36 32.,
NORTH STREET WAT.S,
Tbe Wral.S. of North street United
heidats talatietmaismeetines, on.
Monday afternoon last in the, chureh.
Christmas hymns and carols were sung
during the meeting. Mrs. W. J. Hodge,
vice-president, had charge of 'the pro-
gram, while. Mrs. C. F. Clarkee presi-
dent, led in the business session. .31,m
..Wm. 8.trachantold a .0hriS4mas story
and Mrs: .W. P, Lane led in prayer. A
prayer for the nations at' war Was
given by Mrs. A. 33"uchenan. Miss ,F..
Sturdy discussed the chapter, "Birch
Berk 'Palking," of the study book, out,.
lining the glee and work of Rev., Jas. „
Evans, pioneermissionary to •the
Indians. A pleasaut item of business
was the presentation of it lifeenember-
sitip certificate to Mise Jane Rose. ,
ions Clubs Plan for Entertainment
of Airmen at Christniagtime
••
Huron county people who heve ex-
pressed the desire to entertain the air-
men at Port Albert and Sky Harbor
vsetere It Is stationed, fo elear the run --
ways at the airport. It required ovor
seven hours to make the eleven miles.
Its progress wes 'hampered !by stalled
tricks and cars, not to ,mention seven -
foot drifts' of heavy snow. Roads tos
Mayfield and south, and north of Port
Albert, are blocked.
Four grand jurymen failed to show county should, act, as ft contact agency
up at the lees:61one eourt Wedeestitty between the airmen' and the eitizens
morningthey, had gone to their and ch ilian erganiza,tons in the dis-
trict. lien to be lutown as,e'reontact
men." were :appointed for each town, as
follows: eloderich, Walter Hodge;
Clinton; Fred Verde' Seaforth, I. A.
Munn; Winghane. • Hal. MacLean;
Ilketer, 3. A. Traquair,
' r People who wish to entertain the
LIKED A FLAVOR( IN IDS MILK airmen at Chriktras or New Year's
(Thing over some old paperg, at or at any other time may communicate
hoine, Goderich resident the <Abell with thd contact mart in their town or
day eltme,upolL0 copy of The Toronto district, smcifying at, what time of day
Star of the year 1014 in Whieh a refer- they wish to receis-e •the guests and
enee to ,Goilefrich eaught big eye:. what form. of ,entertainment they Wish'
"A eloderieb. ,rnals hae been fined' for to provide, is uul tw leaving; their
bringing indespite hiS defence name and address. The contact men
that he bought iefor his cow,. The judge will hi turn got in toueli with Mi.
diseovered that thee intelliarnt animal Neleon 41111, Lion t4' deputy district
had already had a couple of horns."
homes,the night !before and were unable
-to return. However, save?. for the
h
making of theereport their duties were
finished. The petit jury in the Gann
trial had been warned not to leave,
Goderieh and all were in their Name.
overnor, who in turn will negotiate
. . with the eying scheols. The command.
. COMMITTEE inr, ollicove ae both schools have ex -
W. If, 'Golding, tnember 02 flit,14 a inc '4 their wholehearted epproval of
oral Parliament for the Iinron-Perth th0 aerangement and lists of. the men*
riding, has, been re-elected chairmen of mutate have been made out, dividing
the standing ordera mmeittee of the them, into .varlous eateeeries such. as
House of Comanone. ••4fltr1dgeo live hundred or euchre players;
plane players, singers, etc.` In Ibis° way
citizensmay choose the company beat
suitingthem. . • •
These airmen are members of that
group of whom. Prime Minieter Winetert
Churehill said, ".I.Never in the history
of man -has so nitwit been owed IV so.
many to so few." Ninety-nine per
cent. of the men at Port Albert are
from the old countries and many of the
Canadian boys training at Shy Harbor
are almost equally far (from home and
will not Possibly be able to go halite foe
Christmas. Christnias is a day par-
ticularly associated with home. • It
wietki be fitting for the citizens of
•Goderich and district to show tair
appreeiation of those to whom, tto nrach
is owed" by giving these men a "home"
atmosphere 'Ai. their Christmas dinner.
Citizens must, however, 'remember
that the airmen are on active service
and consequently if the weather on
ChriStnute and New Year's 1)ay se fibre
they will observe the teaditione of the
army and "earry on." In this easee
only a limited number ofethom. would
be able to fill their engagements, at the
aarced hour. ° -
The LiallR Clubs in the 'eounty are
taking further eteps- to help the airmen.
At, a reeent auetion galo of Ifuron
County apple', 18 Ineeltrilmlelo and 73
six -quart lerkeis of V.,11'.1011.qt, I4P.9 02
applee were purehased by the Lions'
elnlm andwill be eit'en to 11-w men
at both rtirporica itt'4;11'1E111W;
An (vac:AM is being ovgattized at
l'ort Albc-rt and ineneettente for the
players will be napillica fin. ountr
LloniA