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IFF.* Olos Entertained, at
Victoria 00401
at in the kindergarten rOoM
of Vitoria school °Was Oiled Oe, Thurs-
day • &ening last. The oeseefilon'estite
joint meeting of Vietoria and, Central
game end Selteol Chiba; the sPeela at
traetioe-the alinouncelment that, pupils
a the tvvo echools Weu.14 PrOvidia-
-musical program, ter the eVening.
The President of 'VietOria Vitib, Mr%
NV. Macdonald,: welecneed• 'the visitOrfe
andi hiTited *a.4.to Jpin u laglig the
Christeses'earOlsechrasen ter the even
Mrs 'Redditt, on behalcf of 'the mem-
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berseat 'Central Home and Sehooi3Olub„
expressed ,theil- .appreciatien a the
cordial hwitation -extended to • them,
tiefeiliess seselon was eoxi-
dueted by each president before the
commememerit of the.ilev§i-s_eal .14•44(ram°
• Mr. ''Auderten, music instreetor for
the public sch6e1S, explained Met the
program was arranged as a denionstra-
tion of the regular work done in the
variamecla,ssroonrs. from, grades 2 tO 8,
and --expreseed his appreciation: "Of the
sspleudid co-operation extended to him
at, all times by the staff members, Of the
two Wheels..
The. fithythni Band, eomposed of the
Pupile. of grades 2 and 3, Victoria
.school, presentees e smart appearance
in th4es, eni'forms. of blue . and geld aS-
, they •Marched to their places tor the
opening song: The .group of nunibers
by 'the band opened with '-'15.10anadas7s,
gii/ followed by ".1Piddietriddle DUraPling,r
,; °There -Was a 'Crooked gall,. "All Pull
•f-'' -Together," and eoftelirded witheTtlEtule,
Britannia." The tone and preeisionsof
•'this large group of boys end.gfels was
very tine, •and • the pupils who were
called to "wieM the baton" for :the
various numbers sild their Work, well.
Grade 4 of Victoria school gave a
varied Pregrani consisting of the fol-
lowing- numbers': sBound, "Christmas
Bells ;" 'long, "Jolly Santa Claus ;",
song, "There's a Jolly Old Fellow ;"
carol', "'Silent "'Nights" and concluding
With the round May, Godbless all.
friends here." 'Each. nunalber was so
-Well Alone :that tfeis-difficultetoesingic
out any particulge one, but the rendi-
tion of "Silent Night" was perticula.rly,
nee. -
Grade 5 of Central school !gave two
patriotic Songs, "There'll Aleraire Be
"au England'," -and The Maple Leaf
• .Foreyer," and were WargialY applauded
at the close f each number.
Grades '0, 7 and 8 of 10eutral school,
cleitionstratecl the work that is being
done by the older pupil s in two-partsoegs and descants. Their (first selec-
tion 'was a two-part STIg.; "Dame,Swal-
low," followed by song with descant,
"The Mill," song with descant, "0 Dear,
What 10an theMatter Be," and eoaclud-
ing with the earol with destant, "The
First Noel." These numbers were all
rendered remarkably well, aintrefleeted
great .eredit on the pupils and their
instructor.
On motion of \1r&D. D:Slooney and
Mrs. Shore a vote of thanks 'wee tend-
ered( to Mr.. Anderton and all-thosiswho
had contributed in making the Prograna
such a suecess.
The -meeting closed with the 'singing
of the 'National Anthem.
GODERICII, ONTARIO, THITRat)AY, bECEIVIICER 19th„ 1940
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BAPTIST CHURCH
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Antherof-s"Dwell with Ils"-Austin
Milee '
Duet -Selectee
Ant hem)--Mfkjoice"-s-Ref. J, B. Me-
Otarmaek
MVENING
Anthems-4"ln the F1e1cle---4, Farmer
DoeVv1;4Z:ifts for ,the ,King"---Irff, B.
AnItheanl--1"Therinee oS peueereserre
• Masen, , -
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'NORTH STREET 'UNITED CHURCH
At the morniag service the choir WM
"Iiires.-WMWTraPii-eitiriCUrsUirs*Wheras ;
'10 GEloly Night' (Adam)e-selo, Miss n.„
Tees -and 'IA Christmas Carol from
Lapland)" (rDickinstna) ObligatOS
sung daYellise E.'lluine, and Mr, W. Reid.
The reeentlY organttee
'choir will sing "lAvvay in a 'ganger" and
'Bing BeUs,-,Bing;"-
The catelle-light service in the even-
ing' etIll 'special arrangements
of earols :with deeea.nts: t.he ant,heme
"Behold, 'I Bring You elood Tidings".
(10hurchi1l)e-so1oist, Mr I eellowaY,
tenor (visiting airman) ; "Sleep, My
"Jesus, Sleep" (Dickinson)seseeloist, Mr
Henders9e, baritone; Soles by Miss
E. Rime arid UT. W. Reid, orgaA and
, piano seleetion r mixed quartette,
Christmas processional and recessional.
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: ,..SALVATION ARMY . •
A special 'Christ:6as eandle-light
carol service.IVAII-WheldRin the 'Sabra -
tion Array hall, tenser Waterloo and
Lighthouse streets, ort Sunday evening
at 7 -pen, Children -will take part 4n
tiiia service. • -
e KNOX PRESBYTERIAN enugua.
Anthem- The 'First Christmas Morn"
Carol -",Good. Christian Men Rejoice'
the Chair - • „ ,
•,So10-'10, Leave Your Sheeet"-Miss L.
Lane • .•
Hyinne-e0; resame, All Ye 'Faithful"
"Joy to the World"
"Ae With !Gladness Men. of Old"
. EVENING -Carol Service •
Prelude -Organ Medley of Christmas
- Carole ' _
Anthene----In the Little Miami ;of
, 'Bethlehem"
Offertory - -"Angela' .Seeeeade," by
s Drage. •
1,SeIeet1ons troin "The Messiah," ,SY'
• Handel - .
Solo-"Ikle Shall Feed His Mode'
Mise Heist
Solo-mCome Unto Hiinr
'Barrett
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Anthems-, 'And „the Glory of the Lord"
Postlude 'Hallelujah Chorus
Carole--'4"Ho1y %Night".
ellark, the Herald Angels
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Rev. A. J. Milligan
Addresses Lions
King's . Birthday. , the Occasion
of ei 13PeCiai PatriOtiO •
PrOgrard.
.the regular meeting of the Lions
Chili, on Friday ffening last, can* eir
the eve of King George's birthday.
• TODeceraber 14), the' ceMMittee In
THIS FARM WOMAN -DOESN'T
AGREE WITH; R. J. °SCOTT
Editor The Signal -Star.
Sir,HShortly after. Mr.
Scott's speech'. I spent a. week -end in
,the city, The thy was gay with the
spirit a Christmas-.
Mr. Scott's speech, sounded as it the
farmer. were a bit down and out. Pee;
haps he is in the price line, but not
in any other way, What •other line of
w•oric is there In which a Man hae so
much freedom of IVOI4k or thought? •
We meat •work karder than ever to
educate our young people ta keep to-
gether and make a strong, force In this
new world we Will -create out -of the
present Struggle, ' •
Going back to the weeleend spent in
thescity, I lamed every minute of it -
but was I glad to get beck to the farm!
The open feNiges, the -white now (it
was so dirty in the eity), thesehildrefr's
Voices as thO played happily in the
snow, the lowing of contented cattle, the
baiting of the eheers, quige,and! haPPle
aneking ane think of the table so many
years ago. Yes, the farmer hae, some.
thing citY People Halle net.
NO, N[r. Scott, (TO)* encourage the
young people to leave the farm. After
all, the best things ./alf life aren't mea-
sured in dollars arid eente and the
farmer has accese to these 'better
things.
FIX-Ton:ft% nANOt BANI
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Port .Allert Airmen Blase an Orchestra
Which Will Maker Its Appearance
This Week
(teen Elettner'e I)ince Band af
twelve pieces, composed entirely of
etselt, men ht Port Albert, will make
its debut under the attdpicese O. the
&mere !Service Club at MacKay Hall
temorrow (Vriday) night. The or-
chestra ,evas ofily reeentiy 'formed and
hae been practisiug diligently in prepar-
ation Ter the 'opening •coneert. The
leader is none other than. Plight -eke -
tenant ttyril elleteher, adjutant Of the
eanip, and he le by no means a novice
In the Aoreliestral business. Ite con-
dueted his own band, a weleknown
organization In the Old Country, before
;joining the at.A.r. 'Steele was hie
Peatietime profession, he told The
SienalZtar. The instruments for the
new orcheetra were presented by the
,Lione (tuba of Huron county, !which, the
ae lame called "a inagailleent
charge arranged, the, prOgram 'a* a
demonOtration of loyalty to His
Majesty, President Erskine, who pre -
at the busitieSe nieeting, yielded
the chair to Licin R. •Stonehouse, who
aa diairmen Ot 1114Publicity Veraositte4
/Sad arranged 'the sPecial, program Of
the evening.
The guest ;Speaker Was Rev. A. J.
the ilfe of His MaiestY the King, ex-
pressing the pride which the people Of
the !Empire feel in having at their head
a nein of suels kingly eheracter., In
former years the .Throne, I he aid,
seemed to be far ,aWaY, rather an, ella-
etraet thing to 10anatlians; but atter
the visit of the King and Queen to this
country In -1930 there was new, eon,
ception: .bif the, royal offiee--it became
csomething alive and. real, something
In which -.-•tinadiarts had a shere; the
people or this country discovered. the
Throne and -realized thot His Majesty
was King of Canada. In the strenuotiS
thuestirat had Sueceeded, his accession
to the throne, Kink George, the speaker
declared, had acquitthclehinieelf as a
king, and in these daye„When the Bin-
pire was pas:sing through be It was
providential 'that at its he -ad Were sareh
_a cotipleseaaeKingeGeorge and: Qeeen
Elizabeth,
Mr. Charlei Meakine sang
eRecessionalit "There'll A.lwaYs Be an
England," ahd-other songs, rvvith Mes.
a!Iatthg piano,. The Omer 'was
in excellent form and was greeted withtumultous applaute. -• • •
A hearty vote a thanks wasr extended
to the speaker ,(4 the evenfng and to
Mr and Xrs. feleekins on motion of
Lions W � Robertson and Roy Hilton.
RECEIVES HIS WINGS
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Slag"
"The First Nowell"4
"Away in a ganger" •
"While (Shepherds -Watched"
"Once in_ Royal Diterld4s-City"
"It Cagne Upbn the Midnight
Olear'r
Imiortrurorsniv
The SignatStar
wishes all its readers
a bright and
.kappy
Ten Freighters in
. the Winter 'Fleet
-Ott A. A. Hudson, Last to Arrive
--Nearly XiBion Bushel*
of Grain 0011 Afloat
The 6tr. A. A. Hudson, Capt. Dalton
U��w wae the last west,. to ,roalte
Port here thie, ,frear. The litudeim art
rived on Friday Mornieg from Fort
WUUam erlth 110,00() buehels Of wheat
Ar the elevator au d diseharged 25,000
lanshele tie IN eitrgo before going 'intti
winter etorage.
Christmas, Season first ship to leave kioderich harbor this
The Oudeon, incidentally, woe tne
year, as well as the lest to tmt he She
left here on April; 3,0th With a ekeleton
crew of eix, ix:eluding Capt. Iludeon,
•getting itway,lbeforea decision -had been
reached in the Seamen's Union ittrike
Nina. .
AIRMEN The. arrival of the Hudson on Friday
EQuip?ED row WINTER brought to •ten the number of vessels
win,tering here. Seven, shim the
Piindoe, Vert Wildoe, A. A'," Hudson,
'Vendee, Soodoc, Portwells and- Brie&
doe, came in with Cargoes, destined for
the elevator paid three, the Ca.nadoe,
Sehupp an4Saskadoc, (brought
grain for the,mill, Two of the ships,
the Prindoe and the For Wildoc, have
already unloaded' at the elevator and
will lie light for the wiuter. The
Prindoc discharged 137,180 bus. barley
and 11%835 bus, oats and the Fort
Wilda, 244;277 bile wheat. The total
amount,or wheat still remaining in the
holds dt the winter •fleet is 931,853 bus.
fer the elevator and 584,000 bus. for
the -mill. s
• THE STREET INSPECTOR
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No Trutt( in Stories Stlifto Be Heard
in Tortiete, that Mtn Are•tihaffering
from Cold ... • s"
Yarns being tarried to Toronto from
cr000ritvto the,igeeet tha.t, Old Country
airmen can be seen almost ,any time
standing on the et,reets of the tostat
shivering, ill -clad toe a Canadian
Whiter, brought a sharp denial from the
men Of thetlt.A.F., thentselves.
"It's atter rebbiSli," sa.1(12 a :flight
lieuteuant. "One of our flyers Was up.
18,000 feet in -.the air over Huron,
County, -in 32 beltiVit•eero weather the
other day andelteeWteWt 'colds Ervery
etiteh he lee was made in England
and broug here. That ctpg3ift to
answer _Mese bueybOclieft.," • et •
: Asked if it were true that the Old
Country airmen had brought sun hel-
met% shorts awl -tattier tropical equip-
ment with the -Me -the elaineer r • • • • •
aVesebroughtestmetelneete, --Ibutemaiise
also 'brought skatee., A great many of
es nave. mese to Venetia tor the dur-
ation, prepared for an ,k.indS of wea-
ther."
I e was learned that the only elothieee
iesues made at .Pore:Albert eince-the-
wAs. men, arrieed 'have been thoee•of
underwear,. sock, mitts and whiter
CapS. 'These, Of course, were aeits0Lial
changes -and were anticipatedWhen tlte
men left" lEegland, early in , ceedber.
"On the whole I think our- men are
taking the Canadian whiter very well,"
stheereportereevasstolat "Mier -all, the
:weather is 'not vane% colder -than in
many parts of England) and Seetland.
We donl care how- cold it getstes long
as we have plenty Of Sunlight, cloudless
skies and good flying • -weather. '
"If 'ganta Clause wen* bring us
g.
plenty of 'that we weindret Worry 'what
else he might brin"
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ARTHUR CIRCLE -ANNUAL
Seri. Harold Rivers Re-elected Presi-
dent -Reports Indicate a• Success-
ful Year in 1940 .
The 'annual Meeting of the Arthur
Circle was held on. :Monday evening in
the lecture 'room of Knox church, with
Mrs. Harold Riverse-presidene, in the
This being the !Christmas meeting, the
• devotional 'exercises were in keeping
with the . seaeon. 'Several Chrisames
carols were sung by the members; Miss
.Madeleine 'Lane read three beautiful
pbeins, and Miss Gertrude Heist sling
a Chrietma.S solo, ."The •Gift." The.
Scripture reading Was given by Mrs.
Frank McArthur, and Mrs. 3. B. Milne
-offered prayer. •-
• The various secretaries then gave
their annual reports, which were very
interesting and showed tonsiderable
activity and a successful year under the
leaderehip of Mrs. Harold Rivera. T-vv.o.
meinbers had perfect attendance, Misses,
Mary MCKay and Gertrude Haist.
The nominating eommittee gave their
report with the slate of offieere for the
ensuing year, and Mrs. D. .1. Lane in it
Sitting manner installed the f•ollowiug
officers : President, Mrs. Harold Rivers ;
1st vice-president, Mra. Geo. MaeEwaie;
2nd vice-president, Miss Donna Bell;
secretarse; Mrs. MelVin Bell; treasurer,
Mrs. Arnold McConnell ; corresponding
secretary; Mrs, M. Ainslie; press secre-
tary, 'Mrs. C. rilealanus; appply secre-
tary, Mrs. C. Cutt ; assistants, Mrs: 11.
Daer,' Mrs., Clarence MeciDonald; Glad
Tidings secretau, -Mrs. 3. -13. Milne;
assistants, 'Miss Mary MacVicai, and
Mrs. Sparks ; student secretary, Miss
Madeleine Lane; literature and library
eceretary, Miss Ethel Elder •,-'Weleellie
and welfare secretary, Miss Edith Wig-
gins; tone helpers' 4seeretary, Miss
Gertrude A. Heist; assistants,. Mrs.
Walter Newcombe, Mrs. Reed; floWer
fund secretary, Mise Dorothy Johnston;
pianist, Miss( Eleanor Snider; es,sietant,
Miss ,Mary McKay. '
Mrs. Harold Rivets, president fdr
1041, thanked the members •-for their
support in the past and asked for
their loyalty in 1941, and hoped that
each and every member would have a
merry Christmas and a proSperous New
Year, and that theseethur Circle woeld
keep marching • alsead ln•the new, year
they were about' to enter.
Mrs. Rod. Johnston waS appointed
delegate to the Presbyterial ,meeting to
Ite? held at Clinton. le January. °
The meeting dosed with the singing
of elheletnias hymns, followed • by
prayer.
he atangere entertained the, Sea
'Se uts at the home of Mr. and -.qrs. II.
Norman oir Tuesday evening. Games
and' conteste were played through the
evening. The Bangers served 1-tmcle
VICTORIA ST. UNITED CIIURCII-
1,11011NING-
Prelude - Allegro . from "Christina's
• Ca.rols"-Alex.. ,Guilmont
Anthene-eSing, 0 Ileavene"--Simper
Offertory-e'My Believing Heart, Be-
Joice, Sing • and. Make .Merry",--
• )3ach-Rummel •
Soprano Solo---10antique de Noel-
eAslanas. Miss 'Helen Wilson '
Postlude-s--"What Child Is This "-Old
English, Carol
, EVENING
Prelude -- 'Chorale from, iChridtmaa
'Ora torke--•B a ch
,Carols for all- •
"It Came upon. a_Midnight Clear"
- "Silent Night"
"Gentle alary,Lald Her Child LOW-
, ly in a Manger': ,
Trie--"Shepherde, Their Night Watch
• Keeping" -Old French Carol.
Mrs. Sanderson, Mres SNICTivish
• and Mr. Breckow , •
Offertoryee"Sleep, Infant /Divine" -
Old French Caeol
Antheme--"Naiardh";-Gounod
Postlude ',Shepherd's Pastorale"-
• . Hatris
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: ST. -PETER'S CHURCH
Midnight Mass, 'Christmas Eve
11.30-Children'g 'Choir: "in the' Star-
light,v "0 'Lead Your Sheep,"
"0 Holy Night," "Noel," and -
1. 'ISilOnt
Night". •
Violleeobligato• by !Mies Mary Ahl
12.00 -Senor Choir. Dumont's ...Royal
"Ma.ss
'Offertory "Adeste Fidelese" - Male,
sextette, ''L.A..C. Xiddleton,
Brooke, (R.A.F., j. Hey, A.
Weiser, It • Whitely and G.
• 'O'Brien. •, '
'Communion -0)10 by L.A,.C. (Harry
•Middletan, B.A.P.
mad of llaz..-ertior Choir: "Jesti
Bambino." •
ST. GEORGE'S CHjR�
Christmas Eve, 11,30 p.m.
Holy Communion-, •
' ,Offiee-Mauuder
Anthent- 'Christmas Recitatiens"" and
• ' 'Ohorud
"Glory to God," front Handers
Soloist -Miss A. Wurtele
Orgart MuSle-er'Overture to Hendee.
Messiah:, '
"roe 'Unto tle a Child I'S 'Bore -
Me -sties .
Pastorale, from' ‘igeseiah."
Familiar Cirristraes ',carols with des -
pants
,(31111STATA0 DAY
8 tem. and 10,30 aan,
Holy Communions-
' 'Omen -Marks - •
• Carolee'Inthe Bleak Mid into,'"
Holt
Tee ewe thOut tune P.When the" Day iMits A, Wurtele
tie retsee-act was`iiaed in England will 1 OUNDAY, •DIVEMBEIt 29th, 7 P.M.
continuo to be used in Canada. Carol Servieb • ,
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L.A.C. HERBERT 'MOODY
On .Wetinestlatt DeeeMber 11, Leeding
Aireraftsman Heebert Moody received
his •wings as eull-itedgee pilot in. the
It.C,A.F., upon completion of his course
at the .Uplands .Service Plying Training
School, Ottawa. L.A.C. Moody is
son of 'Mr, and Mrs. Joeeph Moody,
Market street, Goderich, and is the first
Goderieh boy to receive his -wings in
the It.C.A.F.,
Herbert graduated frcifelhe Goderieh
Collegiate Institute in June, -1939, with
full senior inatriculittioe. He enlisted
In the R,C.A.F. at the outbreak of the
war, but did no receive hie call to
train -Until Stine Of. this year. He re-
ceived his initialetraining at Regime
Sask., and his elementary flying train-
ing at Fort Willitensmoving to Ottawa
three menthe ago for his service flying
training.. Herbert. ianiked: third in a
de -as of some thirty ICana.dien etudente
graduatiete from the Uplands school.
He has been home only twice' slice
joining the Air Force !lest June, btit
expects to ,receive 'a two vreek' fur-
lough early in the new year. He IS at
present taking a short bombing arid
gunnery course.
D. COIVIIVIISSION
Will Consider Town Councirs ReqUeet
for Rebate to Hydro Customers
At the regular meeting of the Publie
lltlilties Connitission, me !Thursday
evening- last, instructians were given
for the usual Christmas `tree illumina-
tion on the -Square.'
A ktter from the Town Ceencil ear
Ins for an additional street !light on St.,
Vincent street was 'referred to the
superintendent for a report. '
Another letter from 'the Council asked
that, In view of the large 'eurplua on
hand. in the electric department, the
Coneniesion grata a reduction or allow-
anee on the next (Hydro bills to ton -
:earner& Thie was laid over for further
consideration. , • .„
A. nuteber of applic.ations for electric
lighting, water heater and range ser-
vice Were received and passed +Alio the
superintendedt.
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Advertisers, correePondente and
others 'are asked to remember
that no work will ee done in this
office on Wednesday next (Chriot-
may Day) and to send in matter
for publicatione day eatllerthati
usual,
Attention to this reeile.t.hY all
conCerned•will be apineciated, by
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ttttlittelf000404110•10itttertt****Itttte,
-tditor The Signal -Star, .
Dear !Sire's -II woul ' 11k4 to have space,
in our paper. te answer a letter of
Deallaer 12th, sh ded--"The-Blocked-
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TRW 0010/ONITY
ONADMITAS =WO
.Santa Outs is expected to ar-
rive in tioderieh on hia aauual
pre -Christmas visit OA SittinelaY
afternoon next, at 2.30 o'clock.
the-girie and boys are Mvited
to be present at the, Town Uall at
that holir to meet hint
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BODIES NOT 'FOUND
New Believed that They Will Remain
Under the Ice until Spring
- 'The bodies, of Leading .A,ircraftsmen
Debeeham and George, R.A.F. wireless
operators who were drowned in Lake .
Elven, a short distance from Port
Albert Navigation School, on Saturday,
December 7tli, Isa.ve not been tweed
despite dragging operations carried out
by a {sr/aim o -f eloderien men operatiite
from rolviboats. ',The lake ' has been
dragged for several miles' on either slide
of the elicit at which the itragedy oc-
curred, but to date the icy waters of
Lake ffat.iiron have yielded only a,greaft-
coat, identified as hieing' belonged to
George.
Dragging operations have, been • held
p:someeelutt-thisaweeielay.roughewa
and it is believed: that, they will soon
be Seseended; as there in slight hope of
'reCovering the bodies before the break -
or All the
Au Who Get Christmas
Havs Invitations tett
the Holiday
-Score* ot eitisene of
lieighboring town*** tar east as
ford will open their homes on Ohrists,
max DaY Ott play best tO head's& et •
men. a the RAJ'. at Port eiiittext
gatien, Sehool. *bent ten Per cent. ot
the tote/ etiength ot the aileb0(4. Will
epend the Xitletide setison with Mat
Oyes and. Olen& at more **tett
points Oiinada'. The remaining
airmen - about halt the total,
it eXpeetedeeetwill ear tbeirehristMass '
dinner in eameeand the fare to be pro-
viidede with respect to both. entertain,
meat and Moat will. be 110- lefie preten-
tious on that aecelint. •
"We. have •Ibeen literally awamped
with invitations from phe, good peoPlit
of Gederielx and elseWhere to dine at
their hones Chritilanaft•_PAYi hitt -
naturally We cannot all 'leave _ the
camp," 'said Adjutant Fletcher. ' "The
Men .?who, are ele eat their C'htistinas
dinner out are nowt(being categorized
and; assigned to Takious homee. For all
'of this:we are most grateful."
It was explained that Menibers of the
R.A.F. at •Port ,,,Albett who have rela-
tives tie friends in any Part. et Canada s.
willbia given. Yuletide leavet but they '
Must pay for their traosportation. and
in many cases great.elietauetts, pmvent
time from taking advantage of the op- •
Portunity. Only 'the more fortunate
• will make the tris. +Some 'have al-
reacIrleft, itwas-s-Utedee- "sttt-
The Christmes. Mei*
There will he everything from the '
tin next spring. Tnet general 'opinien Proverilial soul/40-'110W '0114114111ehrlatte-
• Streo'rts'jlt- t • t - t ' . is that the bodiee haee been rwasbetelltas climiet_eit. '.•POrt Albeit.' „ It will
On December 2nd we fled the worst under' ice -floes and Will new be encased Pl°104 P- `D-41' n'adr-44 "(e" -•4114°Y e
years at this time Of year. • On Decem- in the.1,* ' ' . . serving,
. with
all the trin"Ingel 11*; '
ber 3rd the storm went doWisaslitde er'el mese et! %sae chece-up : 4, -pet
Provincial Constable Sidney Cook Ported. English Plum' 1111'ddiug with
storm we have had in thirtiefive
bthreauldattesraupeesrovaidsser IbItilhiletalditonnel firtallt.'
clean Albert this (Thursday) afternoon and
and our men -went out te tiekto
-the :iivalks ef snow'. They wor -ed :hard wiil send his report •on the ease te'dist Plenty 4)f `Ciallstaas' :eiga 014 cigar,-
triet headquarters 'at Kitchener. •
-that „day; The' enowpionre went out •
at the Sa330.0 time. The teams on tne
pima were almoSt played out before
eight. They also went out the next
day. Then .the thaW came, and When
it froze up tne men started to put
sand on thewalks, and neve been sand-
inge-Very day -since.
Our • team was on the grader and a
truck With a plow has been out every
'day since.
• Novv this writer, so-calleti Merch-
ant," ib igeostant of the work that is,
.going on on the streets,when lie Says
• there • WAS nothing d�ne.1 1:k is not
fair or truthful ween .he makes ,thoae
remarks. , •
We "have about thirtY aniles of streete
to look after here,. end we Ceuld not
get a power grader. I dont care what
particular liking the Writer has•'for
.me, but he should be fair, and givethe
men credit for what they did in the
severe storm; and as kr' the 1940
Council, they still are in existence.
Now will someone be good eneugh to
tell this -writer that, and they will be
In power for some time yet. The men
With wrote, this wonderful letter, .to
try and do someone harm, is he
-ashamed -of his name or .is he a
coward? • •
R. -C. POSTELETHWAITA
Street Inspector,
Goderieh.
Dec, 17, 1940.
RED CROSS It ORT
Red Cross Work roonisfwiil close for
the Christmas holidays on Thursday,
December 19th, and -re-open Tuesday,
January 7 the 19-11. _Wool and me terials
-will be given out on 'Saturday, Decem-
ber 28th, and January 4the2 to 5 p.m.
The annual inceting of the women's
work committee will beeheid on Tues-
dite, January 7th, 1941, at &it -deck, in
the work room. All ladies intereetede
In 'Red Cross work -are 'asked to attend.
After the transaction,a business, Miss
Edith Taylor, who attended the Red
•Cross war emergency . course in nutri-
tion at Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, hist July, will give the first of
a series of talks on this subject.
• . ,
TOWNSHIP SOCIETIES
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
Officer& Elected for Zion Cluirch Ladies'
Md and Taylor's -Corner *Red -Cross
Blanch • •
The Ladiest Aia of Zion ehtircb; and
itkti Cross- ef Teylors-Cereeremet at
the 11bnie of Mrs. john Watson, Huron
road, 1 on Wednesday, !Decenglber
with Mrs. Lorne Bodges. presiding. This
being the annual business meeting the
wofic oe the Year was -wen covered, and
'summarized by the various reports.
Clear, depite reports were given by the
officere, namely,. ,the secretary . and
treasurer of the Ladies' 'Aid 'Seciety,
leaders.,of the contest of the Ladies'
Aid Socsetys the secretary of Red Cross
supplies and treasurer of Red Cross
funds. In the contest, Mrs. B. Panel's
side won by:tour Points. Mrs: Walter
expressed thanks and appreciation of
the worki done by all offieere '
Mrs. Bodges plated the meeting in
the hand e of Rev. el. Wilding for
election of koAcers, which resulted as
follows for the Ladies' Aid, !Society
President, Miss Nina :,Walters; • first
vice-president, Mrs. Reg. Sturdy; sec-
ond Vice-president, Mrs. Geo. Ginn;
secretary, 'Mrs. John Watson; treas-
urer, Mrs. A,' Oke; buying Committee,
Mrs. W. Haacke, Mrs. D. Bodges, Miss
N. Walterseteirs. R. Fuller and Mrs. A.
Oke; soeial ceminittee, Mrs. A. Horlutes,
Mrs, A. Sturdy, ,Mrs. D. Rodges, Mr. C.
Whitely, Mr. G. Ginn, Mr. O. F. Ed-
ward and Mr. A. Oke ; visiting tom-
mitteee Mrs. G. Newton, MISR Nina
Walteee; Mrs. A. Oke and Mrs. Ellen
Sturdy; pianist, Mrs. A. Holmes ; assist-
ant pianist, ;Mrs. G. Newton; convener
of hostesses for meetings ot 1941, Mrs.
Beg. Stuedy, *Us. X. Holmes; auditors
for 194142, Mrs. D. :McDougall, Mrs.
D. Itodgee.
THE WEATHER
The temPeratures for the past week
and for the corresponding meek last public holiday.
year, 58 offidelly vetorded, were as fol -
Iowa:
1940 1930
1 . 'Max. Min. Max. Mite
Thurs., Dec. 12 -.38 28 42 21
Eri., Dee. 13 11 46' 30
Sae, Dee 14 ,..,.8 10 32 , 24
Sun.,. Dec. 15 lite 33 22
'Atone Dee, 10 47 11.2 41 n
Tues., Dee 17, 37 10 40 351 The ttignaletear thie etfiee, will be open
Wed., Dee 18 .S32S 1.7 48 371 tis, meal on Thursday next.
RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS,
Alex. Waldie -1.00
Ed. Lynn • • 2.00
Mrs. Jean Robb 1.00
Mrs, Fred Bowen p .0.1 1.00
Mrs. R G. Pellett (N.Y.) '5.50
Mrs, R. W. Ryan 10.00
5.00
2.00
20.75
1.00
29.00
E. Videan
3. Barrett
'Itaelnese Women's 'Club
Mrs. G. D. Sturdy (Ore.)
Pledges ,
LANDS sAr my ATTER 11/IISHAr
On a routine !flight' of one oe the
Port Albert- alma:ft on 4TtiesdaY a
connecting" rod in op engine wasburnt
out. Immediately' the engine seirkd
and, the propellor flew off. This was
ift open country northweet Of New
Hamburg. The pilot Serge Gardner,
flew the aireraft literec to, Port Albert
by one engine anitinatle a "succe-seful
-landing -•
I TO OBSERVE BOXING
'DAY •IN GODERICH
most of•tho toWnain this district are
observiug the day after (Citrietinas as a
holiday, and in reeponse to the request
of many eitizees the, Town Connell, of
Goderich at a speeial meeting on Wed-
nesday night authorized the Mayor' to
proelaim Thureday, December Mtb,
•
TiliS IS an ,OltleCountry ettatom wilieh
is coming iuto vogue in thieteountry.
The term "Boxing Day," 'need In the
Old Country, wilt no doubt be used here
also 16 describe the day, in want of a
'better ' "• •
,Sonte of the factoriee will probably
be unable to elose down, foe the (Ian.,
and 'ace Thereday ,18 publieation day' for
Officers for the Bed ,Cross : Secretary
of Red Cross supplies, (Mrs. W: Haaelte;
treasnrer of Ited Cross funds, Mre. E.
Calvert ; social conzaittee, Mrs. C.
WItifeV, Mrs. Geo. 'Ginn, Mrs. D. Mc-
Dougall, all: ,e. Whitely, -Mr. G. Ginn,
Mr. -O. F. Edward, and Mr. A. Oke.
The secretary of the Ladies' Aid
-meeting reported the joint aneettee of
the Ladies' Aid and the Red, CrograS
eatiefitetory, there 4Ning no confusiop
of officers' work or no overlapping of
business.
, At the doge of the meeting a dainty
lunch was served.
ST. GEORGE'S W.A.
Officers Elected at Annual Meeting -A
Successful Year Reported
The annual meeting ofSt. George's
W.A. *as held in the Guild rcera on
Tuesday afternoon, December .10th.
The president, airs. -Calder, was in the
chair. The 'meeting ope3aeat with the
reading of the 'Scripture, tfollowed by
prayers.
Mrs. Calder, before vaeating the
chair, thanked all the naer,abers for their
Splendid eo-operation during the peat
year and said that In spite of other
demands- on time and money the W.A.
had had o most saccessful years -
The anginal reports of all theOfficers
.W.ere given, After which the election -of
officers took place. ,The following is
the list of officers dor the coming year:
President, afro, Calder; let vice-preai-
dent, alisa Ilurritt ; 2ne vic•-preaident,
Clark ; secretary, Mrs. Tichborne;
tAasurer, ,Miee Tdylor, ; Dorcas eon-
NTener,, \Xrs, MeIee astistaut, Mrs.
Riley ; girls, Mrs. Clarke; toys, Mrs.
Bridle; eetra cent -a -day, Mrs. Mundy;
tea-eonveners, Mrs, alley and Mre.
Shore; Living Message, MrG, 'Whitting-
ham; envelope eecretery, Mire4 Middle,
ton; preee secretary, Mre. Lissombe;
ocial service 2eCrOtarY, atra. Palmer.
Mies McKee and Ifir,e liurritt both
were presented with life mentherie cer-
tificatee and pins. The meeting elet•ed
with prayer.
ettes, ite well- aS a bottle „of beer for,
those -Vito wish it, also ere on. the
festive menu; •
The itignaltSta.r was assured that
everything that ean tbe dame IS being
done to make these men Who are live
'thousand miles fretnejatele emelt:1144w
at -this season -Of •the year, and....Mat
Canadians are being meet generous -
the asSistanee.
e AU Provided For
Mr. Nelson If 113, distrlet deputy
--
governor of "Lions Clubs ; reports that
through the agency; of the Lions (Aube
over three hundred invitations -tor,
Christmas Day were iesuedeto the Men
of •Port Albert .and f311cy Harbor. A -
et-tt 'number of invitations have -bee
extended also without referenee to the
plan of the Lions Clubs, and this morn- -• "t
ing it was stated that„ every man of
both airports who (will have Cheistmas
leave will 'be entertained in some home,
of thetown or dietrict.
, The flying studenta- at Sky Harbor,
seventy in number, wills be guests of
members & the Clinton and Seaforth
Lions , Clubs. Half the students will
go 'tot, Clinton !and the other half to
Seeferth. '•
.KNOX CHUROU 'Wing:- -
Encouraging Reports Presented. at
Annual Meeting-Qfficers Elected
for Coming Ware -
Tao annual meeting of the Women's
-Missionary Society of 'Knox ehureh vitas
held 1.. the lecture room Of the church
011 Tuesday afternoon. The deep biter -
est of the members was, shown in the
splendid' reportS from tecretaries.
• The following is the slate of officers
for lett ; Hon. president, Mrs. A. G.
MacDonald.; ,president, Mrs. D. J. Vane.;
int viee-president, gra. elePhail; 2nd
viee-prestident, Mrs,. Redditt; 3rd vice-
preeident, Mrs. Jae. Bisset; 4111. vice-
preeitient, Mrs. Barnett; mending
seeretary, Mrs. Alex. /Smith; corree4
ponding secretary,‘ Miss James/ Thoras
son ; treasurer, Mr. Dunlop; home
helpers' secretary, Mrs. J. W., (Smith;
Supply secretary' , Mrs. Gorclon Bisset;
press eceretary, Mre. Charles Edward
life-memberehip secretary, Mrs. A.'
Taylor; welcome afitl-welfare eeeretarYi
Mrs. J. E. Whit,ely ; GladTielings secre-
tary, Mrs, Welter : library and •litera-
eeteeteecretary, Miss Somerville, stu-
dents' steeetary,., Mrs. Neil MeKey;
pianists glee Somerville ; coevetier ef
eocial committee, Misty BellesMeVica.r;
auditors's:3,1re. W. T'ebb-ett and Mrs, N.
C. LanaWay., ,., •
LAID AT REST
ege number of Triende paid lest
respecta, to the late% Mrs. C. J. S. Naftel
at the funeral serviee held at the home
of her son, 'Mr. •Ienswet 1. Naftel, Wel-
lesley street, on Thurthay afternoon
last. Rev. A. C. (Calder, rector Of St.
Georgett Anglican elitireb, and, 11017.
Canon ' Naftel, of 'Milton, a nephee; of
the deceased lady, emettueted the bser-
viee., The palibearers were ttharles
and, Jain ee tgaftel', erandetina,s. Perey
Naftel, nephew, F. R, Darrow, II. 0.
Dunlop mad A. titougvie. Interment
took place hi !Maitland eemeterb
•-• •
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A LETTER PROM 1:101VIE
As the year draws to a doge
the- time for renewing many
newspaper aubscriptione also an:
proa.chee. .1"--ininbere of people
send the 'Signal -Star US' a Christ-
mae gift to smite relative or
friend. It serves the Purpose of
a letter from home, it gives' 1iir
more news than eoold possibly, he
seat iu a letter and it gees every
week,
not Plat once in t while,
The Signatettar will Pend a gift
card with the reeeipt, eco thet tbo
reeipleut will know who we,
thoughtful enough to send Ruch
an aeeeptable gift.