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GODERICH„ ONTARIO, THURSDAY„FEBRUARy18th,1941
NINPflannOURTII "YEAR
LARGE TRAFFIC LOSSES TO C.N.R.
irkJF CLINTONNWINGRAM LINE CLOSM
• pr'svposed. Abandonment Strongly
Opposed at .Sitting Of
Transport Board
Vigorous opPoeition froni. fanners,
drovers, manufaetarere *ad other buil
-
neon meat:Was preeertten to the Boand of
Trantnitine Ottemissionersa .whient met
;here etellonden and Tuesday to bear
the setiPlication of the 'Canadian Nee
tionalItaliviaye to abandon its ranlway
'nee from :Clinto' Into 'WinaltaM, a dis-
a 'tame of 22.93 '•anilea.. `The Witueneeen
clime 'trent RuUett, Morris and East
ners-WaWanosiee`nonnnanins, - frofinetisondene
bore, ,Blytia Belgteve, Wirighame &t -
wood and Lucknow, all of whieh plaenSn
nt°.ewas-etestifiede wenn]: be vitally afs,
tecten by the elosbag.
At the .conclusion of a hearing ex -
• leading over ten hours„ (luring which
high off:Wats and experts of Vie ,,ox t
also gave evideeee, 'judgment Was, re-
served. The Board is ecimPoseal of
Ool. 3 A oroaS C -eblef `cOmmiee
- Stoner; Hugh lantrdrope, assistant .com-
• missioner, bothof whom are -lawyers,
• and 3.. AeStoneman, a Western Canada
farmer. , ' . • •
A. It, MacDonald Was le0Un$0.4 for
the' railway, 3. H. Craeeterd,
•baxn, for the municipalities eoncenied;
Prank Fingland, K 0, Clinton, .for the
Tosvnehip of Bullett, and RS S. 'Ilether.
1ngton KO,,Wingharte, for the ,Tre-
• leaven Fleur -Mille, •Lucknew, an In-
dustry wliiely will be vitally affected°
If the railway line is closed 1Knatase of
'the ,re.sultiug long grain haul from
.Gloderich •Stratferetieleucknew.
Case ,fot the
Inopening the ease for the .0. N.
Railways Mr. aaeDonald stated - that
the tondon,..1Thron and Bruee Railway,
taportiOn of ufhien is. proposed to be
• abandoned, was opened In 1876,. Pura
ehased by the Grand Trunk -in 1893 and
taken over by tile Catadian National
rn"1'23 Ie estid ;nearly all of the
80-patilidnettelentilee1eidebe- 1912 -.were-
sita good Condition and, were /radial'
needed in other -parts of the railway
system where etroansion (11100 tbe war
was 14 progress. The three 55 -near.
old steel bridges, 'he told rthe nonimln-
sion, would 'inane to be replaced within
ten -yearn at ea-eost on $146,000.- The
culverts were, In .good
condition; the fair. About
igh:ty Vete tentof the ties were In
pod condition, the grades and eekva-,
'
good) These ,statisties all had
re erence to the - stretch of •railway
line the nempaire, proposes' to abandon.
At present the terettory, Is sernen inn One
passenger train.eath way en week days.
.andeby aethree-diten-a-week freight. .
' Mr. itaeDonald (Meted eihaufitive,
- egares from a prepared statement of
passseuger, freight,' exprese and tele,
igranh business done at Londesboro,
Blyth and,Belgra.ve, concluding by sten'
ing .that the =Innen 'had lost, In actual
operation, not 'including corporation or
municipal tax, $5,877 in 1937, $9,4n8 in
1938 and 49,661, In 1939. Revenues had
suffered treritendously from -truck, bus
and private *car competition, in recent
years, he said, owing chiefly to the
fact that a paved highway, 'No. 4;
'paralleled the *railway, It being not
more than a intik distant at any point:
He saw no hope° a improvement.
Rails Wanted Elsewhere
' "New 80-poanderells are going to be
hard to get," counsel went eat., "The
chief engineer tells me be needs this
type of rail badly. He could use thirty-
- five miles Of it:at One industrial plant
near Toronto alone. The rails we
would like _ fake: up aree worth
080,000."
"Is it material' that these rails are
ueeded elseinftein? •Why- pick' on, this
particular section • of the System!"
asked Chien Corannesioner Crete.
"We seek to lift the rails where it
will de the least harm," replied counsel;
adding that .there WaS immediath need
for 1980 miles ef 80-nottrel rails for
enot replaeonente itt the central region
of tlie O.N.R. alone. •
Chief.Engineer 13. Wheelwright gave.
evidence on the physical condition of
• the railwey line inquestion, He' said
the linidgeS Were of- a type that eould
not be strengthened. They would have
to be replaced in five to ten yearn. The
present power was too heavy to these
bridges, he eel& Only light enginee
andfreight ears nould be routed Over
them and this was A deterrent to etand-
ardizatien auid economical operation,
3. P. Pringle, general superintendent
• ofthe, southerndistrict, maintained
'that a better ,serviee couldbe given
via Stratford and Listowel because
there was .suffielent business to give a
daily freight 'serviee. All of the grain
.from Goderich. to •Lucknow was Mew
r.outed vie Stratford -ninety-six ears
• to eiennknow d fiftymilie ears to
Wingliam In the first eleven months of'
1940. -.
aenThere':was nice trafile on this line
at one time," Mr.. Pringle told Con
• Croes*. "But railway 'businsen at all
6mal1 towns has fallen oft, •eining to
truck eoraPetitioni. As for the Passenger
.decrease, 1 bleme.the private ear more
than the. Wen' .
1Vithees would not eoneede ,to Mr.
Crawford, under eaTeeitsexamination,
thet the present leases eould be maele
UP if the 'company reolioited butitteis.
He' din' 'stet thlnk tbe nee should ibe
given a ;sensed theme. ,
"Nothing more ean be done. We
have • had similar experiences all Over
tbe country," be said. -
Mr. Cra,Wforcl suggested that C.N.R.
employees Were above doing,the menial
Work of Soliciting, but Mr.. Pringle dis-
agreed. re
'"We assume thee the eninf. lasows
how best to run its own. .business,"
commented ,Oommiseloher. Stoneman.
J., S. Munroe, divisional freight agent',
Stratford, testifiedthat the grain rate
from Gederith to Lueknow, underthe
proposed 'change, wee, likely to ° be
'raised front six- to "tinenven cents per
hundred • pounds . and , the millimenn-
trannit' or stop -over - rate lensed from
two and a -half to four cents.
Railway ,SubsIdized
.` At this point Mr. .Pingland filedas
exitibits 'agreeinents. between the Town-
ship of Hullett and, the Land-len:Huron
and Bruce Railway, Made in 1101 and
1872, whereby' the municipality eub-
sidized the railway to nthe extent of
n25,000, for which it was to 'receive a
railway. service in perpetuity:- or tbe
municipality was to be reimbursed. A
'similar agreement was . filed e for the
Township of 'East .Wawancisle also. in-
votving 05,000, and it was tXpleined
the Township of Morris had still an-
other, involving $34,000 but could. not
locate it. in all. .$85,000 ban been
'given the railway len the municipalities,
the -Township of °Turnberry. having
granted a; subsidy of n5,000. ,
Mr. Crawtord---nl. understand there
.also are agreements with the County of
Huron, but there is no one here to
representthe county.". • '
Iretit*Arentitiaer''Sfirelikinaltratifittehe
lied no objection to the Maw of the
exhibit. They Were a matter for the
courts, ne .said.,
Luelnlow, Fleur =ten
' W. 'In Treleaven, leicknow flour
.millerseeelid. that -if the line - were
abandoned it woulclebe rulinyee for him,
for , he einaply could not pay ' biniaer
freight rates than hetwan now paying;
For years he had been operating under
•,the disadvantage of Pg•Ossi'M nreig
rates, and When be started trucking his
wheat , from ernonericin as lie surely
evould'do' again if the railway line were
closed, tbe railway eame to hini and
offered ,hins. a rate of five cents per cwt.
on grain from Goderieh and a:Ili-allege
in -transit rate of two and asbalt cents.
The. railway alsennuilt him 'a siding,
his share of the tweet being $4,900. This
accommodatioe he would' lose if ithe
Clinton-Wingbam line were abandoned.
He said he brought 5000 tons of grain
from Goderich in 1940, and exported
3600 tens of dour, 'besides -shipping 1500
tone of flour locally... One year after
he had been .given a five -cent rate on
arain the railway 'raised him to six
cents, but be did not object to -this and
was. operating profitably ae.pieeent on
tine basis. 'However, if the new long-
haul rates went into effect he would
be forced to teak exporting, for the
increase meant a 4 1/5 -cent, per barrel
advance on the selling price of the
dour. This, he said, was exactly the
profit he was making at present. In
the last five years; under. favorable -
port business from 4300 tons to 6000
freight rates, he had ineteased his ex --
toes -per -year» In 1910-the-ehail-pai
the C.11.11. 0.7,000 for in:eight, but all
this would be lost if the line Were:
clinked.
"The yehr before the railway gave
me a square deal, .when t. was trucking
my grain, 1 paid them exaetly $270, and
that is (whet they are going to get again
if they --close this line," said Mr. Tres
leaven hotly, "This business ha ben
in our family for -seventy-five years.
I Was born in Lucknow and I am going
to die there. The C.N.R. Is not going
to close Me up and dilve, me out as. has
lx -en the case with so niany email mills
in small 'towns. If they take away the
rate I now enjoy I will truck every-
thing, expert and locale' , • -
Witness said be had brought his pro-
-auction 11!) to 250 .barrels a day. Now
the eallway smeglit to cet Win back
'thiety years.
.Mr. 'Treleaven proved an excellent
Witness. and 'wataelneely !questioned by
the coMmissioners.
• Another ,nnifiller Testilln es
Ite IlonsponedourInillermf 'Wing -
ham, told a etery much the same as
did gra Treleaven..allie,eiosinr,, of the
Clinton-Wingham stretth of the ()anent.
would make the freight rate on wheat
trent •Godetich 'non-competitive and
therefore 'higher. nie• entunerated a
long list of,,entallnilour mills that had
been forced to snub down for this;
• reason and etathd" than today eighty
per cent. of the dour manufactured in
Young Jack Kelly Rode L., 11. & B. Train
for,1 First Trip Blyth to London in 1875
When. the old ndon, Ilnron and
Bniee, the nbuli of the woods," made
its maiden strip front Iliyth to London
Welt in 1875, there was aboard, a teen-
age boy, one jack Kelly, sou of the
late Patrick •Kelly, Reeve a Myth,
Jack had hold of his father's hand,
fearful that the train might none tee
track,
'Die boy was none other than 3, -B.
Kelly, veteran px.c. superintendent
It Goderiele and with the Huron, and
Bruce again in the news he recallenthe
trip vividly, ,
"We 'speeded' through the busk at
fifteen Wien an hour, stopping at every
enubbing poet. At London .we were
entertained at a banquet, either at the
Grigg Bowe or Tecumseh, I forget.
It was a great day for Blyth and all
the towns along the line. The loco-
motive bunted wood, of touree, and fire-
wood for London was one of the main
items of freight. wood was a good
cash crop in those days. My father
he'd' 400 acres of bush," eaid Mr. Kelly,
To think of tearingeup the rails on
the old Huron and ltruce makes Mr..
Kelly , very angry. Ile ean scarcely.
exprese his indignation.
'Records filed with the Board of
Transport at gondaynnhearing here
revealed that the late Patrick Kelly
was a signatory to the agreement be-
tween the 'railway and the Township of
Hullett, by which • the- municipality
gave the railway a $25,0n0 bonne in
return for a train serelen "for all
time." •
THE 0,.oir.,AT-Hortsr
Student e anti Their Friends VIP tbe
Light Fantastic to the Whisk of the
R.A.F. Orcheatakae
The annual Ideal. "at-lionien again
proved its title as "the dente of the
year" when, it wee held on Friday
evening in Olean/tee' gymnaellins, uetner
the alminces of the ,Interare Society of
the scliool. Deneine was held. in the
prettily deeorated smiled= from
9,30 rem. to 1,30 amie to musie Pre-
vided by the Poet Albert ILAN, arena.
estka, Flight -Lieut. Cyril Fletcher
ilirected the orchestra end lent CO*
Siderably to the gaiety on the evening
'with personality and. wit,. The
orchestra presented a 'blend of ,Aasie
'crime. and, English rnusie "vv'hieh was
much appreciate) by: the .dtteeers.,
-11Innifeentngn *Ttlin the "Military air
given the affair by the Orthestre and
the presenee f Inane other airmen, the
decoration* were in an Air Forte effect,
with aeroplanes banging from the eeil-
Ing and the Union'slack on oath wall.
Walter Barnes acted as „master et
ceremonies during the various weeny
dances, prizes for Which were War
saving e animas. As delightful lunch
Was served about .midnightin the
assemblyhell, " which was decorated
In the schooleolere. *.
Bill Thorneloe, president et the Liter;
tiny Society, received the guests along
wtilt Mrs, A:. R. ScotteMre. F. 'Walicena,
Mrs. Gn D. -Beaumont and Mrs. G.
Payne. Principal Sicott and bis staff
enlisted the students in making the
deuce a success. The attendance was
estimated as the largest attending the
selsool dance in some years.
Proceeds for War Purpo.sen
The net proceeds realized were $100
and the Literary 'Society, after sonse
ellecussien, has generously Melted the
entire proceeds over to war funds as
follows: $40 to the local branch of the
Red CrosesSeciety ; $40 to the British
War ' Victims' 'Fund, and n20. to the
Greek War Relief Fund.
aiiiiirer
Cerit fiestas wed
hep Aitist Hider
Death Ends Career
of Public Service
Z.R Wiglo,, Passes in London
• Vogl.* after Mum otp
Six Vireeks
Aften an illness of 'six weeks- evitit a
etreptococcus infection, 'non Rinalde
nVigie, Mat. Ine passed away earlY
Bunday morning in Vietorta Boepital,
,Londere TIie stricken man put up
valiant night for life and or a tline
there was good hope- ot his srecovery,
but, the mai came ouddeulyein tbe early
hors -Gt.:Sunday. When the nerioute
Ansa of his eoudition was °realized. he'.
Was•-remOved--owNlannary-12tik to .the,
tospital at London. Ile was.eixty-two
years of age. ' ••
n&r. Wigle was lwidely known in
public life. Ile wa,s mayor of,Goderiela
for five years, 1918-22, andConservative
member of the Ontario Legislature
from 11923 to 1226 as the reprenentative
of Centre Huron, He declined Denomin-
ation in 1926;In 1034 he was eleetecl
theleeal Pubile lStllltles Ceprenieeion
and remained a member to the time
of his death, for -several years being
cheirrnan ot the board, Por many
yeers be had been the representative
—GRATEFUL. FOR :HELP
• V. t I
.TnennigeueleStair has been _esked to
annouinen that' after the end01
week no further sulascriptions. will be
solicitedfor the war -stricken Greeks
until the war certificates campaign is
ener 'for the tIotFebruars,
Manaures ,entttlaese associated
with .hint are deeply grateful -for the
geeereus response for asSistance for
.their '`fillow-countrymen, and ,tneie
hope is that the eouritry of their. adop-
•tion will be spared "frope.thernorrons.
Which nave overtaken so many of- the
'Teeple in tne. Old Land': In the Mean -
nine' they are hopeful that every avail-
able dollar will be loaned to the Can-
adian .Government to help. in defeating
the Gamines. •
e •
•A SUDDEN CALL. .
' Atter driving :his automobile from
Bow.manville tte Port Albert Ain Navi-
gation Sclroon where he worked as a,
stationary 'engineer, Edward C Panke
of Bovemanville died suddenly on Sat,
urday evening at the home of William
Kruger "of Port .Albert. -Panke. had
drivenhis car through a heavy -storm
and upon arriving at the Kruger home
had carried a buehel of apples into the
house from the ear. He sat down by
a fire and a short time later moved to a
sofa to reninve his overshoes.. Sudden-
ly he drepped beck, deati. He had been
suffering from a heart connition for
some time. The remains were sent to
Bewmanville &rn nunday.
, END, OF GOOD SEASON
The faallors .bowed out of hockey
for the season on Wednesday night
without being able te prove what many
o there supporters belleve=thatthey
are the best team..in. the gentin whets
a.t full strepgth. The Sailors took too
long attaining that strength. In any
event the Sallorn along withthe- Port
Albeat Rnerelre gave CroderIch tate of
•ite best hockey seasons he Years. • •
The ,Sallors took the defeat at Paisley
which eliminated them froth the play-
offs like goodo sports and, after the
game, wished the winners .the best of
.luek in their bid for the group-eham-
Pionship.
C. A. S. ANNUAL
The annual meeting of the Ohildrons
Aid rnoelety for the election of officers,.
etc., will be held in the office of the
County Treasurer, at the Court llouse
on Tuesday, °February 18th, at 8 &cloth,
All intereeted in this 'work are invited
to be present.•
Canada Was made by seven mills. Mr.
Howson sitid he was eneasy enn
nervous aboutathe
E. P. Taman, stock1 food mantis
facttireeof Atwood, said his Jinn also
got IN grain front Goilerich, and the
abandonment of the short route would'
mean a twoacent per ewtnincrease. In
that -wee his liema would not be able
to use the railway' and the los itt
revenue te the C.N.R. would be greater
than it now claimed on the operation
of the Clinton-Winghara Inc.
Another twhoae ibusinese syould be
Vitally affected in the same manner
vnas P, Spry, manager of the Western
Foundry, na'inghatu. -
Warden Jamen-Leiper, Reeve of Hul-
lett, testified that the cloeinn of Landes-
boro Gtation would work to the disad-
•vantage of half the farmers in the
municipality. They would nave te take
their :neck to Clinton, Seaforth or
Blyth nt much greater cost. The
Warden complained that the Callan
never asked for busineen but he ad-
mitted' to railway counsel that he had
known for eon* time' that the branch
was losing money. ,
Chas. Coolies, Belgrave drover and
chairman of the committeeopposing the
closing, told the 13oaril that if proper
figures were made available to farmers
they could soon be convineed that
trucking a lege andacattle to nierkef
was eostly business because of extra
ehrinkage. Personally, he had pmed
this by enperiment mid as a result used
Inc railway exclusively, shipping 125
i(eontinued on page 5)
Ihrough the cettrteee of lir. It.
Inoydbe debating the afternoon . and
evening% freceede at the ,Reyal bowl-
ing alleys to the funds of tbe Bueinetes
and Prefesalemal 'Vnenietna Olin, the
sum of 430.00 Was realized for the
Bed Crooke The menibent ef the Club
are grateful to all wise helped to mak
the venture a 8ucce0e, especially' to M .
Itoyal Lloyd, wbo gave etne bowling
alleys. free. '
Arrangements have been mane to
bold a dance on Fenritana 10, under the
auspices of the workroom eommittee
•of the,,,Red Cross, the arrangements for
winch are be:ingest:aide by the hrteinew
and proneesional womerne Unite --BY
special periniseion 01 ntrimp Captain
'Roberteon, R.A.F., Port Albert, the
orchestra provide the music
gretin.
The second round in the Marethou.
bridge series has been planed, and
$20.00 realized.
The, flint round of "aye hundred"'
games bas has, met with, success resulting
in total receipts of $5.
,1be knitting partiea, teas, etne are
being enloyenby a large number of
ladies, One, two -or three 'being heln
each nvveelen•
RAILWAYMEN 'VISIT SITE
OF PROPOSED CROSSING
'Mayer Brown with inembere of the,
Tot.vn Council and a ten/ other citizena
met the members of, the Board of
Transport .0onnmisifoners 'and several
offtetaig -whIlethey were „in
town this week for the hearing in con-
nectionswitlr.the -proposed-abandonment-
of the plintimeWingttam line.. • The
party -"visited the barber end .looked
ever the locality of the peonosed °croSs-
ing for the road dp tne north side of
tne harbor ,Tne offiellse gave no ine
dication of theifiatitude towards the
Besides Mayor Brown, Reeve Turner,
Councillors, Eatable, 13,yan and Mooney,
O W. Inehaefer; president of the Boansl
of Trade, On. K. 'Wurtele and,' G. N.
Inalvirer were in theiiperty. •
EQUINE,AOROBATIOS
Horne With 13iigg3• Runs Down Steep
Railway P..mbankMent ° and Along
Track to -the • Elevator •without
°MentimDisaster •
There was an eneitihg, onntIne'e run-.
away in Goderich on 'Monday afternoon.
A . Western , horse, driverless, broke
away frnon in trent of Ale Itoeal
fan down Victoria street,, made the
tern' be the right and when approaching
the 'railway overhead . bridge left the
highway 'and ran down the steep rail-
way embankment to the tracks,- buggy
and all. The horse then took to the
railwayetraeks and ran ata -mad -pace
• clean t.4.) the elevator, near. which it
steppedand was eaptured.
Witnesses say the bUggy missed posts
and semaphores by the ,proverbial eye -
Iasi" as it sway -en. from side to side,
but it was undamaged.. The -horse was
dead* tired,. but uninjured. How it got
down the steep railway embankment
without upsetting was nothing short of
thirecuious. The outfit belonged to
Tony Leland of Colborne townehip.
.A DAY'S BOWLING
ted Cross Benefit at 'Lloyd's. Alleys
•-Realizes $35. - •
The hithiness and professional wo-
men's brench: of the Goderich Red Cross
••Seciety. held e successful, bowling day
at Lloyd's bowling alleys oit Monday,
:realizing -$35 in proceeds. The use of
the elleye was Ishidly donated to the
ladies for the slay by Mr. Roy Lloyd.
The alleys ,opened at 2 p.m. and play
continued throughout tbe day until
1 n.tn. Tueedav. Miss Martina Huseey
was convener. • •,
Prizes, were given for the highest
single and three ermsecutive &Ores
andfor closest to the hidden score,
for both men and ladies. The .win-
ners in. the various elasses- • were:
Ladies' highest single, Mins alarga.ret
Evans, 2116,' ladies' three eon -genitive
scores., Miss Theresa Delaney, 581• ;
la.dien, hidden score, Mies Dorothy
Westbrook; menn .highest single, neS.
M . Harold Allen; men's three con-
seentive, Albert Taylor, men's hidden
eore, Ernest Walker and Dave Robb,
rnert IS winning the draw for
prize.
OBITUARY
AIRS. GEORGE DOUGHERTY
Pie tragic° death of Plorence 8.
nehustort, wife of' George' Dougherty,
• Colborne township,' occurred late Sat-
urday afternoon at her home near
Shoppardton. . Min. Dougherty .nied
while 'her Imenand Wis Goderich
and her body was found by a niece
shortly before evening. nrite had been
in poor mental health for some time
pest. She wae bore in Ashfield town-
ship thirty-seven meg ago, Ilienditurgre
ter .of William Johneenit and Elizabeth
nimpaon, nurviving, besides her sor-
rowing hueband are three young ehild-
ren, her mother,Mrs, Williaxa Johnston,
tWo brothers, Leelie and James John
-
glen o Ashfield township, and two
• sisters, Mrs. Robert Sowerby and ntre.
Wiiliam nteCann.
The tunerel was held fromthe fani• -
ily home on 'Monday afternoon and
• wasattended by a large number of
neighbors and friends „ „ The Many
floral wreaths were borne by Donald
McKenzie, Harold Dougherty, Carmen
Handen and Harold Joineeon. Tbe
Pallbearers were Leelle and James
Jobitston, brothere, 'Robert neelerby
and William "Weenie brothereainnaw,
Edward newerby and John McKenzie.
Rev. A. A. Mahoney offielated at the
seernieen The intelattent Was in Main
land enmetery.•
. THE. LATE E.:R. WIGLE
of district •No. 12 (Bruce, Grey and
• Huron) on the. Council of the Ontario
College ef Pharmacy, and he was pre-
sident of the Council for anterra. For
• mane years he had, been treasurer of
the Goderieh Trotting and Pacing As.
• sociation; he was a former Member
of the tGoderieh Coilegiate Institute
Board and a former president of the
Goderielk poard. of Trade. An .englican
• in religious affillatiOn be was also • a
member of Huron Lodge, and
of the Wiarton, Masonic Lodge.
• A native of. Wiarton, theson of Dr.
and Mrs. Hiram Wigle ef that town, he
belonged to the Wigle family eo promin-
ent in Essex County, of United Empire
Loyelist steck. He came from Marten
to Gederich in 1008 and had shine suc-
• cessfully conducted his drug business
here. ,On June 27th, 1613; he married
Elizabeth McDachren, Reg. Ne 'of
Wiarton, who survives him, with three
sonse Rinaldo, Charles and Hubert, all
at home. Dr. --Charles Wigle, of Wier -
ton, and Mrs. Percy Weller, ef Owen
Sound ; are 'brother and sister.
A private funeral service was held
at the family 'residence; Wellington.
ntreeneenteTnesday-afternoen, eltevenA..
C. Calder officiating, and was.followed,
by n public service in 'St. George's
church, which was thronged' with
people, old and, young, from all walks
of life. Representatives • of almost
every 'albite 'organization in town were
present, and members of Maitland
Lodge, A., P. and A. M., attended in a
body. Floral offerings in great pro-
fusion surrounded the casket. The
service' was conducted by the teeter,
Rea. A. C. Calder.
Besides numerous private offerings,
ffowers• were received from the follow-
ing organizations : Druggists of district
No. 12; Wiarton Masortic Line;
rich Trotting and Pacing Associatien ;
Mr. Trout, general manager of Stand-
ard Drugs; nloderieh druggiete; presi-
dent and.members of Cnetneil o± Onthrici
College of Pharmacy;. faculty of
Ontario College, 'of Pharmacy ; ' Genet
rich Town Couneil; Publie
C-ornmission ; ,A,P.P.Len.; represent-
ativen of No. 1 district Ontario College
of Pharmaey, Ottawa; Goderieh Salt_
Company; aitteVicar's shoe store and
staff, McLean Bros,' store. •-
The honorttey pallbearers Were A. D.
MacLean, Judge T. M. Costello, W. IL
ifilaenetnae, •Dr. W. P. Gallow, Janine
'Reynolds, George MaeVitar, and D. B.
Wiggins of .Goderich, Dr: Stephens,
Chesley, hnd Carl Whichein Colposee
Bay. The active pallbearers were B.
Ds. Trout -London ; Neil Maninty, Dr.
A,. IT. Taylor, IL 1, Wurtele, Lt. -Col.
ir.te Dunlap and H. J. A. MacEwasn
Godetield Interment Was in Maitlend
.
cemetery.
IANOTRIOR, LUIZ II TM
*:tektinxerted:aue:rmwily:ma
CHAIN Or GOO:OW=0
.The follovring 1* careened from a
from lira, Vrank Ilarriaen of Clevelaud,
Oblo, wise with ,lter dannirter tart ltrat
ber of yentas ,
illedbal.God_MaistelrftricAlill'hivtoun'r7d*ubealttt: e;t••
to you ter the °canteenatbt wiShed,
to -do this, herself. Aa 'you knoW, 'Abe:
Is * nalteitine and. will be tWelve
Friday reran • She Sainted to share her
birtlelay with the airnien and *Ought
Menne the Manly Was the beet thing
-no Send. nnte'Pletfued ber eatety, and
elite out 'certain ennellena se. she euubi
Pay to lier glft herself. I am, telling
Yonethiterbeeattsel thaught you nitiglit
beinterested in knowing thatethe UttIe
American' heft mat,torao,tten.her obliga-
tion to the breve men who are canating.
o4 for ber AO ,
SPLENDID BASPONSETRONE..
INDUSTRIAL STAPP'S
Ennetoyeeir Of Local °Indutstrnea Balk
to Aid of -Wax Effort by Pledgbg
, Theinsebesto furehaiee of 8avIng
Eighty Per cen42ef the employees ef
at least two en the largei industries of
the tenni iale expressed their -deter-
mination to *IP' din the war by pledg-
ing thentsenres to buy Vier eavinge
tertfileatee. Several .of the others in
nofki Plante alto arearranging to invest
pant ef -their wages by , lending their
money to the niovernment,
`Snell wboleneanted . euppert• Is 'en-
nouraging to those •Who 'hayeuude.r-
taken to raise the, , required • monthly
$5,n90 ln ntoderith.
A bouse4o-houese' month win be
condueted to seeure pledges trent those
seho are net connected with. the In-
destelei or other buniires.s planes:
Save your .mopey and lend it to the
'O.:memo:tent. The ,boyn in the I.A-rmee,
Navy awl, Air Forces are .offering their
Iiees, so show them that the people...wise
arereasfeehrthelincoinfortaineixemes'are
at least willing to lend .their monee.,
C
*.i..o'aildlirr "D. Yl• 1141ntfinnOSPECntealeAS:9e
`eLC., eommandpg ofbee alf military;
dietrict:nfen 1, paid an Ofacial vesit here
,Recohonvg:edaelinyte_saloafy_ e,tvhenen.., ingitildndslPeCetlx.,0111;00.1in,
' WfacPonald lenaPected . the
company ,Ien„,innglaielle and eeetionenet
the _ armories and moved to liandittne
_.osetonemtptt,av,e whereixyea+_r7„eet„:oakildt.h: eem,scaninteey 0,071ttn;f,
marth past. He nommentect favorablY
Prior. to .thenseespection the Bingealer
and his staff were tendered' a supper,
- Accompanying Brigadier • MacDonald
on the inspection were, nol..W. II. Klee
pen; Major E. Amundson,-
Lieut -
Col. L. C. Mel/et:tale, O.C., alindlesen-
Huron Regiment; Lieut. Fidler, `adjut-
ant, and Col, Beaman, Mayer of
London. ,•
rin=444 Statommett
at Anima Itioting
rridiy Night
The annual *Letting of the Alexa34111
Ifarine and lienerel Inolopitin Aitsretkin
tide was held itt the 33400itt1 isillida$
evening lant, Ova presliteet 411. 1.Pa-
tow presiclix%
,The president's Landreet, eov1 tlt*
operation*, of tile bospttl f0f the
fifteen Months eoneld December
tilet, 1940, Was given as pv11041,04 in
last weere
The' financial statement, ennatitarited
Ret--fellennin Watepresented 44,144400ted:-
OBOINOXIS •
. 1 Pttlents'
.'.,....:4.'.. ..... .......,..... ...... ... . .... .. ...,.,...4
287:::1(Town$3:lr°rnt:z77:Preinee $2:012.O;0,12.9:7ubershi;s...:O.2:::70wMeineee....00OO 231"
000 DrTay1,orX
room
.187:
, '
11("rttltl4.sr
.$41eot hoeisO;........„.303e.
Sale of Mpplie..... 5.00-
Sale of inanimate ....., 2015
Sept. 80, n030-e-Caele On hand 411
' 241
Dec.lung
ai:irefund nee,.
940---eann -over-
1,635.2n
r• NURSES ELECT
The Nurses' Alumnae of Alexandra
elarine and General Hospital held tneir
annual election' efeollicera at the nurses'
°residence -last Thursday evening. Of.
fivers were chosen as nollovese .Honor-
ary president, Miss-- M. MeCorkinclale ;
pieeldent, Miss M. Johnston, lst vice-
rpresident, Miss Grace ;Mason; 2nd vice-
president, Mrs. NnAndersins ; treasprer,
Mrs. R.. Brewer; secretary, Miss g.
Bissett; social committee, Mies ,V. Tabb
(convener),ntirs. 13. Middleton, Mrs. D.
afaeKeweeljeanne Stotavere etflowen com-
mittee, 31re. J. MacVicar, Miss, L
White; visiting committee, Mrs. W.
Newcombe,. Miss in Patten, Miss
Elliott, Miss H. Black.
•
• anVOLFV—STEEL.S
*, A qiiiet wedding teen place at the.
Trivia Mennarial reetony, Exeter, on
•Thursday evening,. January 30th; when
Itev. M, A. Matt united in marriage
Dorothy„ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jan
Steels of ,Saltforde and Berman Charles
Leaoyd Wolff, eon of Me. and Mrs.
Charles Wolff, Ilensall, Tne bride
wore a 'royal blue crepe ileees with
matening accessories and a •eor-
sage of evreet peas. Mr. and Mrs.
Wolff will reside in 1EensalL °
-DANCE
The Marine Citib held a suceneenni
ear(' and dance party in the' nia.sonie
Hall on Priday night, -tete of the largest
gatheringa of the coation ,being in at-
tendanee. •Twenty-eight tables ea.t
dwelt to progreseive euchre. The Win-
ners of the prizes were: Lediee'
Polar(', eoneolation, enfiee Claire
Waleb; Men'S fleet prize, Elwood Belie
eoneotatfon, Harry Givene, At, 10.30,
lunch wee served, then the (leeks were
cleared and dancing to music provided
by Monies- orcheetra commenced. Dane -
Ing continued until the wee boure of
the morning and an enjoyable time
%4.71S, nail by all. Mr. Jolla Deli aeted
as convener , and floor manager. The
committee wielies, through tine Patter,
to thank \tv I Clapertionf foe donat-
ing the (aril rerinee and all who aaairtee
in making the everneg tne sueenes it
was.
• 'ENGAGEMENT
fur., and Mrs. Monies 3. Socke,tt,
'Mount 'Potent, Ont., announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Irene
Ellett, to Mi. Walter D. -Inkster, son of
Mr. and Urn .Wm. C. Inkster, Rabbit
Lake, Sask. Tho wedding to take place
the latter part of February.
THE 'WEATHER •.
The temperatures for the pest week
and for -the corresponding week last
year, as officially • recorded, were as
follows:
' 1941 1940
Max. Min. Maxi. Ann.
Thurs., Feb. 6 ....34' 24 34. 30
Fri., Teb. 7 32 • 22 •33 28
Sat„ Peb. 8 .,20 . 20 29 2.1
'nun., Feb. 9 28 10 27 7,
Mon., Feb. 10 • 07 3 30 •21
Twee...Fele 11 .-aa 20 -34- 25
Wed., Feb. 12 27 36 . 28
•draft .. . „„ .041e or.
$ 86,072.08f
iforxEnrdwapa
Salaries ...nn 12,309.27
Food .. 8,962.20
Alcohol . . . .;, . . . ... ........ 204,90
Drage antl 3,000.4
Furnisbhige nen... 2,150.2$
Housekeeping . 1,171.4$
Repairs. . ... 2,001.33
Fuel
Light and Polver . . ....
Taxes '
Internet ..
Insuranoe
Water and Ice -
Stationery; Office' supplies,
postageand be' aent
Telephone; freight and ex-
erpreseneene neannaa
Graduation broothes and Ase
societIon fees .. • ..
X -Ray ehargen
'1,503,93
1,89533
• 41.19• :
114.51
• 409.44 *
34.68,„,
61.00 '
' n7-00
Beaks 69.73
Rent 'of nurses' home ............ , 120.50..
Specimens —.Department of
Health . • , 122.00'
Miscellaneous • 159,87
Natiemal defence tax ,,, 77.43
Law eharg.en ' .. 1.16.44 ,
Bank- interest, exenange-annn
' operating charges .„ 119.01 .
Sept. 30, 1930 ,Bank ' over-
• draft . ,, - 295.41
Dec. al, 1940 -Chen on hand ,. ' .43 '
$ 3(1,072.04
During the fifteen Months 801
Patients were treated, and the enillee-
tive days' stay of patients was 12,963.
Cost per patient per day, $2.51.
The ehiancial steternent ef the We -
men's; inospital Auxiliary stowed re-
ceipts of 029.00 (including $187.91
carried *forward frora ' the previons
statement and $142.56 proceens of tag
day) and ,disbursements of $235.41,
Jeering a balance on nand of $94.49. '
The retiring members pf - the Board
Of Governors Wane re-elected . Th.
Boatel tor 10414s eamposed as follows:
G..-In'"Pangatis, president, 13 Cs. Hays,
vice president, C. K. Saunders?
secretary; A. Anislicol, teeetnerer; J. R.,
Reynolds,' controller; 3. W. Craigle,
Mrs. Redditt (for the Women's Hos-
pita] Auilliary), Mrs. 'It. 3.1' Walter,
Mrs. A. F. ,turdy, D 13 Mooney (for
the Town Turner (for the °
County Council), Dr. A. H. Taylor (for •
then)Jedtean elocietyn ;_eleinealle -K. M
Corkindale, 'superintendent• .
' A. di, Robertson 'was re-appointe4
auditor.
T..,R, PATTERSON BUYS
clIILDREN'S
County Property Conunittee to GM
' Ideas on Overhauling of Court
House
The tender of County Engineer T. R..
Patterson of a1,400 or theresidente on
Cameron street formerly used as a
ChildrenShelter, including eontent%
was accepted ny the property committee
ot County Council on Fridny last. It is
• understood that Mr. 'Patterson intends
to remodel the interior and oceupy it Its
a °residence. The building wee »up- •
(*based aythe !County in 1918 for $2,400„ •
Before taking any action on the
rearrangement, necoration and furnish.
ing of the big court room of the Court
• 'House, the eolinnittee will visit Walker-.
ton, Stratford and 'London in month
ofadeae. . These v,inits will be -made this
wens. -The redecoration of the County
Clerk'e• *office, was authorized and a
neW door in to be laid ha the 'Crown
Attorney's office, now being renovated.
Another cen block in the county Sail
is to be made fireproof and, some re-
pairs itt the registry offiee, were atithor-
*lend. •
A CORRECTION '
An,erriir erept into Mr. John, Elliott's
teminiecent article' in last week's
Signal -Star. In referring to the. Gode-
rich Model nebool it shnald have read: s
"tinder Principal W. R. Miller end
Inapector J. IL Miller."
New Police District Created
with Headquarters at Seaford'
A new county police district, con.
tasting of MeKillop, Tuekeretaitle thin
lett and part ef Grey toinnship, was
createa ,at a meeting of the pollee
committee of County Council last Fri-
day and Constable. A. E. &runup
placed in eharge, with headquarters at
,Seafortii. to` netable Jennings, an of-
fieer of wide omorieueo, and Mrs. Jon.
Wogswill MONV to :Waforth next wook
after a four ear reeidettese. in fioderieh.
Till's move has been on the tapim over
Fink° the eininty rwAloo oorostabulatv
was roorga,iiizcci and pinged, on a 15alary
basis.
•
iIigb county Constable nitiney Cook
told the eoramittee _that 'the Provincial
police, Constable Lorne Rutherford and
hinieelf, would Pollee the Goderinh
section of the Comity including t etrip.
along the lake hore, tenth And eolith,
elonetables Vergneon and Gardiner .
Will continue to funetlott from Ineeter
and Wingbant respectively. .M1 terri-
tories have been denim' on a conntY
pollee map,
The committeethie yettrin confid
Of Itt,Me Hetherington of 'Mueller, SS
ohairman,, Beeves " Tszawy or neer.
And Turner er Ooderleh.