HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-04-24, Page 1NINETY -Valli= YEAR.
TOWN COUNCIL TALKS ABOUT
• _HYDRO SURPLIJS,•RATES, REBATES
o
But Is Told Local Commission
Has Nothing to. Say
About These Things
The'llgteres giv'en lu The ,SignaleStar
last Week from the annnal rePOrt (pre"
Pat'Vdt at -Wronte) of t4e "lOcal IlY;(1-r°
OM* wee the beats of a rather lively
dieenssiOn
at the regular meetlUO of
_
the ToWn Ceunell On Fri -043 nigh P last
*eve Tnruer started the ball relling
-by -41144.
001016 a*Member of the Public P011ties
. .
Commission, if 'there was amy anform-'
atIon-as lo the Commission's letentions
With regard to the C/Oramisblon's
plus—did the bomraisal* _intend O.
return ,anypart of It tO the Hydro
customers, or what did it inteed to
do with it? .
The Mayor replied that a redmotiOu
of rates seeraed; to be out •of, the 'clues,
tion ;tiaere might be`aereduetion. thL the
bi1is toCustaniera, •
• The Olerke who is eiso secretary o
the commission, added that the new
rates had not been 'received, ,yet front
the IllydrO at' Toronto,. ,and nothing
Would be done ;until they were -at and
Coencillate .Fluckins remarked that
When the local Hydro carries a surpluS
of a3e,000 be eile,n't. eee how theY could
talk of 4.p0wer at cost."
The Mayor said •the Surehla WaS tor
an emergeney. -A trattfoemer mightbe
'buraed out.. •
COWL Huckinsrepied that the Hirdro
lied already kept out .a reserve fOr
such things. .
Reeve •Tuner asked why the Com-
eamissien.-couldenotegive -customers ,aarei.
ha•te as oneeliefOre.
•.........Nearkalailied for It •
T.he, .3Layor-e-The eorniniseioners-telf
ane they wete neerlY hanged for thatee
the Torontoepeeple.threatened to make
the commissionere repay the amount
ttlieraselvee. •
The Reeve—I give the coMmiesiOnera
credit far .doing--,what•they .-
- Councillor Attridge,' took a hand in
discuSelon. Ile admitted, theade-
„predation-reserve was all righ't te
Point, but the.eareed-urplas.shoulat be
tisedi to reduce the rates or 'be hankyied
back to the consuraere.
The Clerk eaid the local Coinmission
had. net 'a .thing :to eey about rate—
to which •Coun. .A.ttridge' said he had
seen it done in. another town.
The -Housing $11ortoge
The .matter Wee droeped at that and
Council proceeded to a discussion, of
ethe local ..housiug shortage: Coua.
Huckins waa of opinion; there sb,ould
h'e . a 'tax stile everr 'year, so -that
neglected propertiee might get into the
hands of people who would repair them
and put .thera, to :Use.
This zdiscussion was ended by a
reference to .toramittee of the. whole.
-All theanembers were present except
Councillor Sproul.
The -eYfey•or welcomed Reeve Turner
on his return to his seat after having
been COMfitled. PO his home by an ine
disposition. ,
An application' from J. E. Mutch
or Permiseibn, to Place a ,barber's pole
opposite his shep on Ha/ninon street
was Sent to.the public works committee.
A petition"With _six signatures asking
.for a bituminus sidewalk on the north
. side* of St; David's.' :street 'between
Oanabria road and Vfeteria street, at
the earliest poseible date, also was
-aeferaed to public 'Works committee.
Paulding 'Permits
Applications for -building perinits
were from E. J. Pridham, Trafalgar
street, for a garage; .'jaimes E. Neftel,
St. Vinc,eht streetefor a garfig•e; Nelsen
• Hill, Picton street, Mrs. Gertrude 'Pat-.
tenon., Gloucester Terrace, William
,Morrish, Elizabeth street, and Chas. K.
• Saunders 'Callow, street, ter r•
• ea -
'Smith's Art Store applied for per -
'mission te erect a sig,,n en the boulevard
in front of the store. -Referred to
public Works committee.
An adVertising koposition front, The
Sarnia Observer was referred tothe
special eammittee.
A conirlaunication from the office of
Premier Hepburn .acknowledged, - re-
ceipt of the Connell's resolution
favor of a flat rate for IlydrO politer.
Announcement ,of a ftremen's train-
ing wheel to be held at London, en.May
1st ,and 2nd wai referred to the fire
conunittee.
' Committee' Reports
The finance Committee .reCommended
a ptiyment of i$100,towarsis the cost of
fn et for MacKay ;Hail, as „per agree-
ment between the Come% the I.o.D.n.
_Ana tho_NiasKaz...uall trustees:
The piiblic works eonithitfee reported
the, folloWing recommendations: • That
representatives of the OEPflbe asked
to come to meet the ,Counell in tannec-
lion with the request for the widening
of the overhead,bridge on Harbor
that tbeehairenan 'of thie committee be
unpowered to build a shelter for the,
'7ciiretaker at the Town dumP ground on
Maitland road, and that the ceretaker
be instructed to gether -up and burn
all paper regularly; that improvements
to Harbor Hill. roadwa:v be left with
the chairman of thia toremittee vvith
power to set; that tlie ehairinan be
empowered to have "stop” eigne erected
on"Church etteet at the corner Of Nelson
street and. ,tm, both sides of North street
NelSon street. The Vemmittee
re-
Dorted that. •George :Steep had ;beeil
mgaged as 'caretaker of the Maitland
' read dulep ground at $1 pet ee1,
The Cemetery and parks committee
recommended the rebuilding of the
Verandah '.1)-nt the Cemetery sexton's
• dwelling and the removal of a dead
, two on St. Vincent street.
. The lire eonlinittee recommended the
purchase of a fireman's rubber coat
and, that the fire 'brigade be requested
• 16 send 'in a littver all (fIre praetices
and ealls during the yitar'S MO and
at)10, and also a liet of all fire equip -
Molt on hand.
The industrial eminnittee .recom*-
.rnended that tile chairman 1* em -
AN HONOR FOR GODERICH
ars. .Mbort Tayaor and .Mrs, O.
Baxter,- reintesenting Victoria and
Central 'seinhals, attended the ,Easter
convention of the Ontario Federation
of Heine and Sapp). Awociations at
Toronto last week, Mrs. Taylor was
one of ten members frbm, all parts of;
the Provhare Who wei* elected to the
executive of 'the !Federation. 34,DS.
Taylor has been outetanding• la Home
mad Sehool Club work iu this town and
•Maid!. AO4 4er 41.9.W.
extended AO' wider sPliere.
ttrroup COmpleteg-
Course itSkyil#bor
Student Pilots Leave lo Zontinno
Advanced Studies at
Other Stations
After the • longest traininetrperiod,
since the inceptien of No, 12Elemen-
tary Flying Training, School atSy
Harbor, another groap of student pilots
left on Tuesday afternoon'e,C:N.Ratrain
for service sehoels*scattered throughput
the Commonwealth Plan, 'to continue
their training. The students, who had
become well acquaiated in :Goderich
during their twelve weeks'. stay, ex-
pressed their regreratleaVing, but also
displayed -enthusiasm the-opPorttth*--
ity to get along with their flying couree.
. As in the case of other departures,
there wee no eareinonY, Officials 'ex-
plained that there really is no such
thing as a graduatioh from an elem.en-
-tary seho0,-,nonenati1-the-boysget their
Not until' the studentsbad entrained
did theyeknoW :their destination, and
there wasanttch conjecture among them
during the motor lorry trip from the
school toethe'. depot. A few Students
. ,
whose homes ,are in Torento were
grantedi leave a feW days Previoila to
vi$ttbtrr:parents and joined the grotip
at the Queen City. •
• MIAs group of studenta -had an aver-
age,eteighty-eight hours' flyhjg, which
Is tffiitY-eight ;hours more than the:
icouree .'requirenient, due, to 'their pro-
longedetay. Allewance had been made'
for ten dayto two weeks.' cessation'
of flying operations at all elementary'
schoals during the spring break-up and
the expeeted softness of landing fleas:
But this was not needed et Sky nalhor.,1
owilig-to'ftbd lightneth•of the soil and
the exc'eliept, natural drainage.
; A Natural, Flying Field •
Sky .Harleor is 3ust a netlike' :dying
ffeld---4.1ways was—and is known U'
euch.,aMong airmen and is regarded .at
No.l. ',Training Command as a• "wonder
field"• !For .instance, it rained all last,
Staturday eight and up to early Sunday
nterniug. The field was dry by 9,
ecleek and flying went on as usual;
It reined again during the Sunday
noon hour, ,butvethe sun Came out and
the tkaahing plane.a were at it again in
the ..aft•ernoon.
Anew class arrived he Tuesday even-
ing to take' the places ohne '''grndu-
atesi" and the juniorelass, alreadY well
advanced, ;termed into the seuiors'
shoes. •
During recent days truckg have been
belay drawing gravel froin Cunning -
ham's pit on, the 8th concession et Cole
borne to .SIter' Herber ewith 'athlete -to
buildaaew roads to the new •buildingS--
recreation hall, mess hall and 'sleeping
barraeles—which wille be. readyefer -oc-
cupation on May lat.
- • Amcomniodation lnereased '
Alahaugh there will be roani for near-
ly tplane:Tired students at compared
With t•he present seventy, officialar
they have` no official word of any pro-
posed expansion of the training.plan at
Sky Ilareher,....butethe schoolenontfehas
plenty of reserve •accommodation, ex-
cept that more 'planes and another
hangar would be needed if the present
scheme were enlarged.
The Y.M.C,A. is busy preparing foot-
ball and 'baseball fields to the east Of'
the new .buildings. Aatanni.s .ceurt also
is tolge constructed and nothing"is* to,
be left undone In the way of providing
athletic facilities and, eqiiipm.ent this
summer. ,
• a '
V
powered to advertise the Artcraft
factory for sale,in The Globe and Mail.
- that Reeruiting.Banner
Coun. Iluckins said there was „a good
deal of.talk about the recruiting banner
on the Square, inviting merlins, to the
'artillery withaathe allurements of
"travel, education,' fellowship,"
The Mayer agreed with the Council-
lor that theappeal ;should be to patriot -
Ism and the -(inse of public duty. -There
MIS. • nothing, however, the Council
could do about it. "
Conn. Mooney saitl a man from the
Forestry Departihent had been in town
and had looked' over the banks and the
land: at the* rear of the 'cemetery and
recommended that It be planted' with
red pine -1210 trees to the acre. By
• the time the land would be needed for
cemetery purposes tbe trees wouhl be
large enough to make a good return.
The, eemetery eat '•pails committee
was given power to take sueli action
as was deemed advisable. •
• _
Conunittee et Whole Reports
The Connell resdifved itself into COM,
mittee and, dater received and adopted,
the *committee's report, containing the
following recommendations: That ,,lack
Bayne of London ibe given a thirty -day
option for ;the sale et lire King rdviard`
Itotel property, on ICineston street for
the sum of $2,1)00, payable $1,000 in
cash and $1:000 with Interest at five
per cent within one year from date.
That the industrial ;committee constilt
tite ToWn solicitor with refereneeth the
offer.of the Canaila. -Can Company tor
the rental or agreement of' sale of the
'Arteraft factory.
That the quotation of Mts. Blaek to
aupp"v• two Olio suits at $34, belts at
$,S each and taps at $4 each, to be de-
livered by May st,ie aceepted.
°bend)
Combining The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star
Sgt Pilot Nattel
Receives His Wings
Goderich Boy One 'of the First
Flyuig Enthusiasts
m Goderich
SgtPiot Leelle-R., Mittel, twenty-
three -year-old on of Mr.' and Mrs.
Km.yazett Naftel, 'Wellesley( :6404 was
'among the group of airmen who re-
ceived their wings at the graduation
eeremollieS at the Dunnville Service
Viying 4Setioo1 on Tuesday afternoon,
'Group, cal* A il iiuU, 0:0; Presented.
Leslie with hie winga,
gt. Nattel the Seethid-GlederleW
. boy wlio has reeeivedi his Pilot's wings
With the n.o.A.r, ,In 'accomplishing
the at Leslie has' fultilledatmambition
which hite-heen with him ever since the
war broke out. 411e has Wen an aviation
-enthusiast for eeme years pant and *de
one of the young pleb. Instrumental In
establishing an airport on the site of
wifitt Is now,the Huron County Flying
Training- School (Sky 'Harbor).
- He - 'was born In , •Getlerich and
educated' at Victoria -school and the
Goderich Collegiate Institute'. He
*entered the R.C.A.F. in September, 1910,
as an aircraftman after taking a courSe
at the Galt aircraft school, and was
stationed at Trenton. He transferred
to a pilot's cour'Se in NOvember and
received his initial training at the
Eglinton ,Hunt 'Club, Teronta,,,...He was
posted to' Orumliu airport, near London,
for his elementary flying trainiag and
reeeived: his adva.nced •training at
Sgt. Naftel Is visiting his parents o:n a
short leave liefore reporting to Trenton,
where he will take a course as
lnstructorfor advanced fling, He was
one among a email number from his
class -to ;b: ehoasazi instructore,
ALL BRABICHES.024.11aitY
• NEED -1101M
,
A. military trallk for the' cOuntY of
Huron is to be held in. Goderleh on the
afternoon and evening;of April 30t1L--
*detachment of attive service troops
in full battle kit accompanied by the
military:, band of, the Royal Canadian
Regiment will -Invade the town- at .3
o'clock Wednesday afternoonand put
on a• military demonstration for Ili*
purposel.. stiMulating recruiting in
this district.
A military Medical board will be -in
attendanee at the Goderich -armories
r1nring.the visit to examine recruits for
,'
, branches of the arniy, including
Artaopeci ' Corps,. Artileely,_. Engineers,
A..rmy SerVice COrps, Signals and
Jufantz
This is an7innovat)cal m thedn' tenSive
recruiting campaign now beng put on
by 3nilitary district .No- 1, and, ..affords
the young men of the district an op-
portueity to erdiat 30ea1Y.
Arrangements for the rally are being
made by 3Lajor T. G. Tilley,
3L0., dis-
±riet recruiting *Meer, assisted by,
Lieutenant B. E. Twamley .of the A.
,e.nd P. staff, Goderich.
•EIGHT :YOB. THE
Leine forIthe Coast after Two Minzths'
'Training .at London •
• Eight young men trona ,Goderich -and.
distrier who had 'beet,in training for;
tb.e Royal Canadian Navy at lelden,
for the last two .mantliseleft early -this'
week for en, Eastern Canadian, port
from which they will •s.01:: n • 40 Into
.actual service. They are Robert
Groves, 'sem af C.. E. *oyes, Stiuth
staeeteilaeneen. Walters, „ean of Mr. and
Mrs. -Clarence Walters, Beemiller;
:George Millburn, 'East street; Jalnes,
Graham., . son of Maleolitt
Picton Street.; !Colin Campbell,
eon of Mr. and Mrs'. D. E. Canipbell,!
Wellington, street; Kenneth Young, son!
of Mrs. Jaillek; Young, Weeet , etreet;
Albert ViTiebb son pf ehnb,Cane
hem road, and Bob -McLeod of Mayfield.
The yonng niea, had a week's leave
ef absence beforeleavieg for the coast
and they epenteit visiting at their, re-
spective homeand biddieig their
friends farewell.
AtToTuctuDsloTizi. Poi
Cloderich .has the prospect Of another
hotel, or a modern APartment house.
.7.o1n Bayne of Lendoit, representing
the Fisher hotel interests, was in town
last week and conferwith the TOwn
Oiauncil on Friday evening, 'with refer-
enCe to the initehase of the Icing Ed-
ward hotel building on Kingston Street,
Whieh was gequired by the Town in A
tax sale some 'years ago a 'Bayne,
was given an option:en itne property at
' It is understood 'tbat Mr. Bayne is
interested in A store or more of hotels
•and apartment houses in varieue places
in- Ontario.. -
,
CARL CLARK AT Homo_
'Stoker Carl Clark, Who was one of
!the survivors when, Otter was
burned ete Halifax harbor last month,
arrived 'yesterday at ;the home "of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. .3. Clark,
Cambridge street, to recuperate. He
had been iu hospital at :Halifax in the
Interval. •
•
FOWLER—sPRoxl.,
Knox church, parlOr Was the scene of
a pretty wedding on Thursday morning,
April 17th, when Viola Lillian, only
daughter •Of Mr. and 3Irs. Williazn
Spimul; Toronto streei*„.was mariled to
_Gordon_ AlexanderawlerFfullett
toWnshieir son of Air. and Mrs. Alfred
H. Fowler of Blytti. -Rev. D. J. Lane
officiated. The bride was,, becomingly
gowned In pale blue triple sheer, 'navy
blue coat and matching hat and a4Le
cessories. e§he, wee ettended bye miss.
Giiie Mason of iGoderich in dusky
rose. The bridegroom was supported
lairlab5rEeIVIWo1d Fewier of
After a short wading trip, Mr. 'and
.Sirs.Fowler will eeeide in Goderldli.
11fellVER--;eBURIROWS
'-?he marriage Of rlaine Jean Bur -
mows, *daughter of •Mr.,*and Mrs. at, S.
Burrows, • Britannia road.,' to .Nelson
fC'ertihaia Mckver, son of Mxs. „N. Me -
Than and •-the late „Alex. McIver, all
'Goderiele..took place at •St. Giles
Boulevard -elyurch, Windsor, at 5.30
Seterday afternoon.. The ceremony
waseperformed by Rev. T. G. Farrell,
xeetor of the church. Miss. "Margaret
MacDonald, 0± Wiudser,,,gOnSin Ofethe
bride, 'WaS • bridesmaid and John
jeanisse ef 'Windsor attended the
groom. :The bride ware a. beige dress,
and coat With brown ateessories with
a -corsage of -Taltsraan'.roses., The
bridesmaid was In navy blue with
white netesseries -and--vvorre corsage
of sweets peas and ba •ovs, Death. A
'reception was herd at the home ..of the
bride's *parents here on Monday night,
with forty guests present.' The happy
couple . will reside in Goderich.
pRINDLEV—PITBLADO
. eniet wedding took place at. the,
Menmiller manse onTuesday, April 8th,
when Miss (.41ive Gertrude Pitblado,
third daughter of Mr. Daniel" Pitblado
and the late Mrs. Titleado of Colborne
townehip, was united in marriage to
Mr. David Kimble Brindley, eldest son
of Mr.' and Mrs. !David Brindley, also of
Colborne township, The ceremony was
_perfornied by Rev. R. G. Hazelwood.
'The bride was dressed in powder blue
with matching acceesories. The brides-
maid, Miss Jean Pitleado •sister -of the
bride, iwas attired in turquoise blue
with .m'atching accessories, Mr. Stanley
Fowler ,Was groomsman. After the
eeremony the four drove to the groom's
home„ where relatives . awaited them.
:Later .aialelicions dinner wee served
by the groom'e,mothee axed eister-in-law.
ealie-iliningiruem-wres'atecorateeran puff"
and white and the bride!s *table was
centred With a t•bree-etory . wedding
cnke.. Before the close df the &ening
the bride ciliated her gifts and thanked
the givers. Me. and Mrs. Ilrindley will
reside on a farm in Colborne townsbip.
Corvette to Be
7
Named for Goderich
Mayor and Mrs, Brown Invited.
to Attend at Lauuobing
to Tale Place Soon
TVVO AIRMEN KJ EARLY THIS
MORNING NEAR MOUNT FOREST
=EBB FROM TRES' DISTRICT libring 14111°44
TAKBri FOR ACTIVE SERVIOE LAM,. Ruble Victim
The Town of Goderica
. ti( -1 be Two Others Have ApplitatiOns In for
* ' the Roysi. CiuMitliso llsvy
reeogniv.kd in the naming of one ill! Three mien from Obilerich and dia-
eorvetteS now being teustruete% .trict were accepted, in the 'Canadian
s'eTriskeintwimita4titotis coiitaincd in a letter matetniveapparililied31' InfortheenPliaseittin' ewneCat't,
received this week IV' Mayer arraorlea here and Were sent 01,1
Bis:rgrovwi!eo:f,reolnfitmativttedea.Pe, ..TTphaoerrotinnyteeson,st,e* 15 tNwoebvi,ebeahl mttu:ienettufax,:riyrtsmdinloatwrieal:e4bilwetabove,fteyntarretreela.senniaa:inuatinteic;.
'Is tbe-Duireliu-SW-Plad14- views With the 'I:e'er-lilting' Officers 'of
launched soon, and though it is intim- TWo'hf the men, F. J. Chase, Ooderleh,,
aatte4a Iwnivilit°43be avIelft1117LillealtiLltollilyarile'CaLuellinadianInv'Artilllisete4r4
to be .present wth Mrs. Brown, and: tile while the twee, E. A. Crystal, Colborne
Ing the new veSseL
latter will have the honor of christen; township, joined as 4 tradesman.
e. Two other young -men Ernest Knee.
HIS WerAhiP has replied' stating that shav, Gocterieh, and 4.--11.1tuip8; imek.
Knee -
he and Mrs. Brown will be bappy to4 now,. have made appaleation with. 00
attend at the launching and expressing Royal Canadian Navy and are awaiting
'abyPPivonecloaftirlDnis"*UtaJteshety?si*wlia°rrehepl•Pentlerre4 alioneee.
their call for an Interview and Medical
nPon, this town. in having its name inspeetion at the naval barracks in
The date of the launching has not
yet :been announced.
Graiii Cargoes
COLLECTION POSTPONED '
Arrive Steadily
• . FOR ONE WEEK,
°Wing, to the linpossibility of. Rear* Foghorn. ; Cable Repaired After
ing a suitable building for the storage Beweitsuevesh* of Ibc3ry
Ice Earl
of salvaged materials-, the - collection -
which it Was hoped, to make on Sitar-
_
has- been-litistponed "-
:t...:oultlici_finot,migtecorenaeechtieoda.„4' a"Psos....4eeseaoralene17,_nt e.!_pleit.,Ig fr.tav javotirt wHirimartett,wilt.thimriusd,000
ieniee --oret.ne- onlsic-Sultabler" Wilding 'oriti trie-m3re-astyii:147:14 6°440 is init8tt'.14
It ' will, however,
of the Board -of Trade,
rintil Sal:inlay, May, 3rd.
disposal or next Sbiteteineeeadee, baoriteaswelehke bus.,.or..wheat for
Mackin% bad a fleet of tracks at his Lakes an rikto„ Eltonoon. captain.
Chairman of the salvage committee William last Thursday 'afternoon with
Mr: I. E. She cleared, light, for the head of the
, The str. Masse—y arrived frOzh Fort
110,500 bus. of. wheat for the elevator
the elevator and
later, and on the first 'Saturday of ea
eh' :cleared light Saturday morning for
month thereafter.. , . •a. • _port thuiam: •: . .
In the mehntime, residents of the,
.
town are asked to,gather all the rap., The Mantadoc .cante in frian Port
\Villain OM Friaay with: 247,000 bus.
•of wheat for the elevator and cleared,
on Saturday; night for Fort Wil-
▪ liam agein. *- •
The barge Ethel J.,. jpetow of the str.
Johnston,• fornierlY ' the Geistman, ar-
rived on Sunday. The Johnston broke,
• a -towing line while bringing the Ethel,
J. into port and it toolefour hours to
- berth the barge., The Johnston pro-
ceeded,- on to Sarnia to discharge her
cargo 'and rati'ititiiinoreetrouble when
she etraeir an ohatreett02 off_ Point
Edward mad braike tWo ,bladis off her
r propeller.' The Z.51rnston was back here
.on Tuesday; however, end took put the
- Ebel je.for a return triP tit'etlie. lake.
_ In the two days' interval 'betoken the
7tinie the Johnston left for Sarnia and
. her return, the !broken steel towing
-line was mended: .`"Reddy" 3factoonald,
'veteran laoderich4Sallor and fisherinan,
•. aecomplistied the difficult feat of splic-
•ing the threesinelethick Hee, which had
•..separate strands threesquartere of an
• inch thick. It takes an expert know-
• ledge of ropes and a pair of ifery strong
hands to turn a trick like that, seamen
who watched him'agreed.'
The , str. William Schupp came in
'
early Sunday mauling from Fait Wil-
liam witlt 105,000 bus. of wheat for the
mill and cleared late that- eight.. • It
Was the Schapp's first and, last' grain
. E. HUCK1NS
carp& of the season. She entered the
!J
Chairiron ore trade between 'Duluth ana.
Chairman of the ' Salvage Committee of e3,,T1:.,,,
..e,fre-..ec Athi.us' week.
•
• ' nig.eit and disc hareed
nthtedkGinostletisiehdeBvnetathrdg, onf. grTle'nadtet.ieallTor.f.,, 41‘eadootesdoz_bus.
of wheatat the mill. !gate
ucison came -in early
time towards 'organizing a ssLterm vof.•aorr.
discharging
• moved on to the elevator and began
pthuerpocsoeslle, ction !of -material
. *
73,000 bus! of, wheat there
• this (Thursday) morning. :
Since the opening of navigation last
papers, magazines and tip foil they
P'
elevator here. Neeelv •allenielnis...bes.„
,v:u*71ike'l.s of grain has been brought to the
. .
over one and a -third million
tpiro(estai3b,,;ic2ynaradai.t1 have it ready' for Sat -
been -if -SW -entliraii.
,ada netually imparted „a3t.p00,000 worth
Signal-*S1'sLaitil:tPolgifinan-Y"rethat if -lest 317*Pe471°.rt-CTaill-
can 'Western Canada Flour Mills during
• Tivo' more shiploads of coal have
been discharged in the coal yard of the
saved this year if everbody w
,
of -rags. This. enormous sum
be both cargoes from Toledo, totalling
yill dhis o
'
0,000 tons. She Wee in on Saturday
the past week. ' The Coalhavert brought
•
or her hit.
and again on Tuesday: _ -
'The ' co-operatien of the women's
'The electric cible serving time fog-
,
arganizations is solicited4 not for col -
horn on the north breakwater, which
here and others to save everything that
leetions, but to encourage their meta -
wag severed by the lee mining _clown
may be *used again. •
the Maitland River several -weeks ago,
Our boys. are responding nobly to the
has been located and repaired. H. E.
stern call of dritY. Cen th.ds'e who een-
Poland!. diver and mechanical engitTe
not join the armed: forces: let them
for the Federal Department of Trans -
down? Yon are not Asked to do very
port, diVed on three -different•eeeagione
much; Just to gather up a let of mater 01
that. ,ls of rtraetically no value, and
have it ready for the delvers when they froin the tug John Re Stover . before he
call on Saturday, May 3ialev'''
• . the bottom of the lake. •
located the broken ends �f the cable on
A Canachan „Pdet s -`.`Salute to Brain"
DR/TANNIA
All hail, my country 1. hail to thee.
Thou birthplace of the brave and free,
Thou ruler -upon land and sea,
• .Britaania ;
No thing of change, no mushrooth state:
In .wisdom that enlist work and Watt,
• Or wield the thunder-bolta of 'Fate,
ijg'iTitia!
Ode 'nobly 'haat thou, play'd thy part!
• What struggles of the heed 'and heart
Have gone to make thee what thou 'art, -
Britannia !
. ,
Great Mother of the Mighty dead ! •
,Sir Walter sang and Nelson bled
To weave a garland 'round thy head,
Britannia.!
'I, •
And, Niratt, the great magician, wrought,
And 'Shakespeare ranged the -realms of though
And Newton soar'd and Cromwell fought,
tannia!'
AAnsi4Xliton's high seraphie ar•• 1t,
.And IlaeonU learning, Burnyis.heart
Arc glories that stall ne'er depart
Britannia!
These are the soul of thy renown.
. The peino ifinitortal In thy erown,
The suns that never shall go; do`wn,
Britannia!
Oh, 'still bare Mini in krtalf divine!
Still tsaered be thy seal and sign,
Y And pow''r and glory tchali be thine,
Oritannial
AIAMANDIM MeLACIIIIAAX.
...... • ,
RLJ.-LIEUT. J. M. ROBEliTS
o 0
GOES TO WWNIPECI.
Will Talie....Charge_Of 8fr Fore.e 4e.7.
eruitiug at Military Station There
• Filght-bleut. J: M. Roberts, formerly
clerk of the Comity of iluron, who Das
heeu• stationed for some months, at
• London as camanding officer in eherge
of reeruiting for the Air Force for mili-
tary distriet,No. 1, has been transferred
to Winnipeg to take "Command of Air
Force recruiting at that station.
Winnipeg is one *of the largest mili-
tary stations in, Canada and the
transfer is an important promotitm for
Plight -Lieut. Roberts.. It is expected
he will leave for his new post early
in May.
A BUSINESS. 6RANGE
An.inipartant busine&sichange is 4111-
nounsesibjs week, the ahemo and cer-
vice station tit Vietoria street and Elgin
av-enueoperated torsonie emrm by taeo,
G. Utterwan haVing been talten over
by John Gardiner. '
• The lataerwan mime has, been con
-
fleeted with the motor ear Intsines, in
• Goderieli for over a quarter of it
century—in fact, Ante motoring was in
its infancy. P. 3. Miter wan was, a
partner with, W. Ia. Kelly in the Ford
agency for soilte-varl), ,,Later the firm
of-Maerwan. & Tebbutt Was organized,
and since 1021' 'George 44. MactWan
had he -en in 'busineSs by himself.
Mr. :otfaellwan is 'taking over from:
May let the insurance busineeS
Nelson.' (now Sheriff) II111.
Twtro.ftininaigrei.*• *ntin jf0Cnithrredora ' 'Port
avigation Aa wer
N,School, R..Ye Wilma
Por7t, when, remile4turning, ire)! 4 ig,ht
and ,two were inbred early •today when
L.A• '.1)01.1411t41314.1111, obee—rVer -Under
Plying Officer R. ,11., RANSOM:A be
an Amgen boMher trashed 310ear Mon*,
navigational eight
GOODUA.N, .iiiee.Mid Air 'observer-
CLA.R,11.1.1, wireless operator.
'The initials of Uugheti, Geedman.and
ala.rke were not immediately'available,
no were the Old ;Country addreSseS et
the airmen..
At 11.15 (Group Captain P. 3:), Robert-
son, 00, issued -tile 1"011.0,W1ng 'State;
naent• from. Port Albert statien.:
"Am Anson aircraft train Pert Albert,.
returning from, a ••'. night navigational
ptroolablinagbolluig'tbtafabevtst imeiethseeplasotudosi tterat
Albert emerged from ;the Clouds and
struck highlands near Mount ForeSt."
The statement, after giving the
names of the dead And injured, adds:
It is not believed that the nJuries of
„
'Clarke and Goodixten are of' a serious
Ileraitsiihreedi:litilliltodesttreeld'ontiltahte-ftliarenabGorm.be'Wr. •
Mull, near Mount Vorest, at 1,00
:Ibougt withfrena,neotlarmaing145o0n',01.0f)fekihiehisOrniniZauxe4:•,
reached the farm bons* of Mex.
-Graham; one and a -quarter -Miles- away,
to eve the alernie Dr . -McPherson ame•
Chief „of Police Sein. of Mount Foreet
GoodmWITT-ottiid
to hai-e4i.-broken Bele and Clarke -
.were removed to Mount Forest hospital.
Ransome'and Hughes were dead. Their
liedie.s were removed to aelltdutet"Porest
'undertaking establishment.
Thieeisetheeweand eerlotis crash of
planes fro. e.ra Port ,Albert sinee •
the school was Otiened last October "
and ,brings the death toll fro, Aryl
acdlilefftstomile-
Funeral' Saturday Atterriioon"
• The funeral of the two airmen will
take' place on Saturday afternoon, at.
-2 o'eloc,If, from the Cramittien Funeral,'
Ilorae, Montreal street., Military- honors
will be Paid the twoeyoueg Meu AS the
'burial _takes place in 'Maitland"ee. nrete„ e
CRASH NEAR IsARNIA
' Three memberS of the four man crew
of a plane from 'Port. ;Phut, were in-
lh 41 crash, near •POrt..Lanabtba'
this afternoon. They were taken to
the Chatham hospital., It is...reported ,
•that Flight -Sgt. 113allantkne suffered
head injuries and cuts; A. T. • •
!Charlton and A.C. F. J. Adams had
broken alms.
4.•
0.•
FINISHTBE JOB ,
• • a• • WITHOUT DELAY
• Team captainand eanvassers, still
working on thazavar• services drive are
being urged to finis.h the job at: onee
and to get their returns in to L
Turner, !Goderich treasurer, Cala man
Attridge states,
• The drive has been under way fer
:seine weeks and both County and: Pro-
vincial headquerters Wish to complete,
the count as soon as possible.
Only parts of five sub -divisions bare
reported to date. These -hale „Sent in,
more than $1,500, so there is no present :
fear of failing to go over the top, but
officials wish to .finish the job.
It is undeestood that inoSt of the -
actual ,canvassing, has. ,beee completed '
'and, thq t the eaptains are only ,Waiting -
for rota rile jobe „bronatt in.
-116-p-e-d that thha week will see the final
round -up. • —
Treasurer Turner states there 1o,ve •
been very few pledges, received in this •
campaign, most efethe matmeY 'being in
cash. It is ,fliFertei. • 'gated" that the
average eontributidn has been
some distriete turning in more than
per F811tri1utione In a few districts it
was a pparent tha t the canvassers bad
asked for small contributions, a' slime -
aim of homes in one area giving only
one dollar ea ch, and in another only
50 rents each. '
ohatrIllan Attridge reminded thoke
canvassers4' who 41i0 still working that
the average contributioil ought to be at .
least .V.50 per -family in order to be
qttite certain of, attaining the objective.
"LB." Will.Net Be aPassenger on tlie Last
Wingham to .01mton Train Saturday
• -ea • a
•
Although he had planned to•do so, 3.
B. Reny, Goderieles' veterdn pubile
utilities manager, will not ride the last
traiii over the Canadian National Rail-
ways from Wingham to elinttm next
Seturday afternoon, whim' that stretch
• a -the old .London, .1.1furon and Bruee
wihi eease operations.
Mr. Kelly would have liked very
much to make this train ride, for he
believes be is the only living man who
rode on the first train over this line
back in 1870. Ai other passengers on
that memorable trip were bewhiskered
reeregand couneillors from the vatious
municilialities alongthe ihreeetWo,
three and four times Mr. Kelly's age,
'lack"• ,Kelly Was only seventeen years
of ageit the time, but evidently ail up
and cominglad giving prima(' of the
dapixT and sprightly gentlenian he Is
todoy at eighty-two, it required the
closing ofa railway to reveal 'Mr.
Reny's, eloSely-guarded age.
• Mr. 'Reny reqUired"pull" ,to; get on
that train, and, he had if. IIe 'had no
tauCh "pull," ID fact, that Ite,even rode
the wood -burning engine an'd palled the
wh19t1e for the engineer. •, trl
The by was a gaIa oae for Mr.
ieflhlIe remembers uutorincidents
of the down trip, leavine,; 'Myth at' 7
and' arriving at liyde Park. Lon -
remembers his *father, the late r,*atrick
. a, name proininent .
County history, and, the, late Dr. Wfl
111111 Sloan m a king their epeeches at tilt
Tecumseh lIonae banquet., hut he •
doesn't remember Much after that.,
J. was On overgrown boy and he
slept on the hard slat, seirts of, the
• day oach all the w,ay home. 1h thinks
• il walked in. his sleep from the
Myth station 'to his home.
:No vontler the tinging of the:old -
London, Ilurotz 414 ,Ilritee has a
peculittr sentimental slanificance for 3.
11 Itelly. When ihe -dosing of the line
was, announced he wrote N. A.
Wal -
ford, divisional superintendent
at 'Stratford,' aslcinglhe date and' LOUr
of the; official tkosing„.nientioning that
he had ridden the first train, and, had
a hankering to ride the last. '
te receive a gilt-edged invitation
to do so, witil an embossed paes en-
closed? No, sir. •Instead lie received a
cold, fifty-Ietter reply somewhat like
• ',fear ans‘ver toour of the
analkso, he last train over the
11. from Whigham leaves Myth ,
at° 2.17 pin. on Alit:it Al', 1041, and
reaehts London at p.m. the Attint daY.
Yours truly. •
• Mr.,11..ellly hasn't thavml out yet:, The
don, shortly after the dinner hour. Ile $rlp is off, eo fir as be 15concerned.