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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-05-15, Page 1ling Dust oit, e Port Albe;t: Road AnothAa. Airport Near Clinton? All Serene • at Oki' HiXbOT iSo far *as tbe Blue Water highway is eoncerned, life has just been one thing " another Slime the, ar- Oift at itort 'Albert last October.' Virst it Was MO, then Snow, then Fluid it. According to eeme officers. 'If ha$ • eft_ne_P in recent days. *tine ILLY,: officer less than one hundred* yards. ffe re- ported a ."lovv ceiling" end But relief le in sight TOday - tars of -road- oil ere being finOtted eed will he Placed on Mmieset. siding, The oil will be laid at once from DunlOP Pert Albert, The centreetors are al- readY neve. It was stated tbat the road was not yet ready for oiling, but that the earliness of the season.made it imperative. As to wbot eftect flits early gravelling and oiling oe the Dunlop -Port `Albert ' stretch Will have on paving prospects ihe road will net be paved this yeae, that it is not ready for pavieg, Others ' say that the Oiling Is only a temporary measure and means nothing, Still black top eurface'!. will be put oil in 313. TO BE- OITUT.IN'S DAY Tne Canadian Cheerio Club, already kiioWe to many of the readers of thie paper and now destined te beetrine more widely known, thie weeris announcing thropgb: the columns Of tne press of Canada, the:Treated Stetee, and _Neve, merit fae-reaching importance and Thie is 'a Dian, to premote 'an annutu international "Shut-in% DO" to be 'held the first 'Sunday oe June, The purposebehind the inauguration of ithia event is to'encourage visitation -of the sick and dliabled by these members of soeiety Who ordinarily may net give meta thOught to the less fortunate Combining The Goderich Sig'nar and The Goderick Star, GoDERicK, ONTARIO, frauRsDAY, mAY Corvette Goderich Takes. tp the Water idayor and Mrs. Brown and OtherS from Goderich Present at Launching ' Realizing the desirability and need for such au occasion, the Canadian. Club of Cheer bee decided to sponeor Shut- intS, Day ie the -hope and belief that it may bring eonieeetra cheer and fellow.- ehip into the lives a the shut -het financial ,organization, heving no feeS dueS for merabersbip;• it is dedicated tO the social life and help of the batten capped, and its returns are measured by the eneouragenient it is bringipg. into the liveS of those Who eannot mix in .the eormal Social life of unhandieapped The moveinent is ' a worthy one and ehould be an important factor in help- ing to nieke the lot of the •ehut-in a happier one, ture oyer the. news of a' survey being made for a thild-airportiliSrsouth-of dinton; highway. 'The sur- veyors are -said to have, arrived last pleted their <work by'llondey night: an Menne IlanleY and Norman' Tyndall are said 'to have been optioned. and an • aPiare operated by T. O. :Seribbins Was The guess of local Amateur airmen landing ifield for ,Skx...trarbor, but of- : 'fiCials :at that* airport laughed: at .the idea. It wasmot needed and they knew nothing Of It, it. was stated. • Port Albert's offieials professed.' Pot to bave . beard' of the survey. :Tfils'es the foerth prospective airport pipee Sky iHarbor and Port Albert. were. 'bunt. 'The firSto.w'as at Amberley, the second hiTStanley, the third in .Stephen, -neareCrediton, -and now., the.-01inton. *lite: • "NVeshall sec Tibet we shall see.” Much vvork is being done these days s, at the grounds of Port Albert airport. -Streets are being ImProved and areas between •the huts and taxi strips levelled preparatory to grass -Seeding. work. It -is planned. to lay out twine 'flower beds and to improve generally the appearance of the tamp grounds, which were left in a mess last fall ewing to the late construction work. ACTION AGAINST COUNTY Canada's) rapidly growing ease re - honer of ‘this toven, Vete latineheff' ett Termite. - ' launening was carried out with Browli, • wife of Mayor Iirewee having tbe honor of chrietening the neW craft as it end dOwn the ways at the Yards of Huron 0ouety Flying Training School,' officiated in a brief service of prayer for the safety of the ship apd of her crew as she engages in ithe service; for which she hes beee built Besides Mayor Brown, others present drem Goderieh were Deputy Reeve 'W. J. Baker; iCouncillor D. Di Mooney, ex - Mayor ° C. C. 'Lee „and Sheriff.. NelSon Hill: The Huron Old Boys' Association of Toronto was represented by Presi- dent A, G. Smith, J, A. Mieletren, Walter Bucbanan, Ross McCreath, MI'S. B. H. IfeeeeCreath, 11. M. Jackson. and David "TilleirtPson. President Itatliffe of the and other representativee of the Com- peity also were among those present. As the trim little creft slid into the water, vessels in the narbor jolued in the newcomer, • and nearby factory whistles joined in the n.oisy salute. Ifter the launching Mayor Pre; posed a toast to the new vessel, and 0o, mmander :A. C. Turner of Toronto re- - spondee. At the conclusion of lunch Mrs. Brovoi.was pfesenfed-With Re en- graved silver tray as a aouVenir 'of the occasion. Befere the ceremony -Mrs. sheaf of red roses. ST. JOSEPH'S RECITAL- POLICEMAINAZIOTIA Case Arising, thit of Fatal Accident sus,t- Summer g Heard it LONDON, May 13.—A civil actten against the County of Huron in -which claims:totalling $19;500 are put forward was _commenced before Justice Deakins sittings :41.4 thes Supreme Court. The action arises out of a motor.,-tatality last July1 aar the village of Gerrie in. w•hich two girls, Mary Elizabeth Ed- wards and Ida Ritchie, were kille.d and several other persens injured.' '• The plaintiffs are listed as james-A. Edwards and Annie Edwards, parents of the dead Mary Edwards; Ciara Ritchie; ,mother ar, the- dead Ida Ritehie; Edith Ritchie, a eister ''or one of the "victims and a passenger in tbe, ear ; Rita' May Galloway, a passenger; Olever, Galloway, her father ; Eleanor Oarsoe, another passenger, and her father, EVerard Careen. known- as' iterra •bridge, 'three and _a half nines smith of tbe village of Gorrie, ve the emmty road running -between contend that /IS the car, Which was' driven by Lorne Jardine,• came oil the .bridge it struck a steel rod projecting into tne road, which went through. the cerecausing it to swerve into ehe west side of the .beidge, and a portion of the bridge to collapse. ° TeStimony heard yesterday afternoon dealt with the condition of the 'bridge, and reasons which might have caused its collapse, as well as the general con- dition of the read, and lack of guard .rails at the approach to tbe bridge. Campbell Grant, of Walkerton, is ap- pearing for the plaintiffs, and N. F. Newton for the County of Heron., In 4/NE Things' happened 'With kaleidestbilie Week—Notetit from , the Waterfront rapidity hi Munieipel police cireleelftet The small vnlaves of Tiverton end Glamis in Bruce county had .,an eXcit- reports reachieg airport circles here. At*%10 (retook that ntght an airplane flew, lovv over the, village- hopsetePs _.that reer of the engines Awakened ; was in distresS 'and was going -tb-crash. out of bed. They were sure the;:plane In fact, one iinaginative-woman "heard the. crash" and the netve spread like . wildfire. People emerged from houses carrying lenternse The • Provincial police at Viralkerton were notified and respeneed .proniptly, Tat whole countryside took up the night' Search. Godericli was asked if' there *as a 'plane nnaecounted for, at port Albert, but, Tuesday morning, the information wai that ell R.A.F. 4planes had, re- tarded •to their base safely. Word from Sky Harbor is .that no has been fixed for the departure of the next class of student, pilots. -The regular sehedule -has not been in ieffect gime earlY in February. The element, ary sehool 'is well ahead of its ;flying, schedule; thanks to •eiccellent weather and haereased•number a daylight hours. There bave been no stair changeS -and - CHARACTER. BUILDING • Theme at 1VIeeting of Central Ilome.and 'An Interestin.g aneeting of the Central Borne and Schoel Club was held at teientral School Tuesda.y afternoon. Miss Eleanor Snider And Miss Eileen Bogle displayed talent ine a piano duet and a lovele vocal nttmber was given by Mikgeg Bogie, Gilleepie and Smith, C. A. Baxter gavae a report of tbe twenty-fifth conVention of the Home and, ,Sehool Federation, held at Toronto' in. Eaeter week. "'The „theme. of the convention was Chaetteter Character, It WaS. panted Out, ',was folinded first on example, second on ex - better generation until parentS realize their duty. and do keoMething about it. It Is neceSsary to explain, the reason for right .behaiviorP" Third 'le eeligious edueatime „'"Eiverybedy le benefited by the peace of Mind •which comeg from. faith in, God." The borne, it was helde still „. Den:tains the. major factor ' Movement of Grain Continues Brisk week -end. On nidity Afternoon. last Alexe,Butler, who had held theyosition Of night eMiStable for ouly nine days, walkee Into the, TOW* Hall to lefortu Torn Clerk Knox lie Wiehed te lie said that after nine nighte of *ant- i* the beate in tile long, drearY hours committee 'of Town COUncil,-which juriseiction ever the • Pence, Met to ceesSor and la er in the day Council. in spec ii—"Trjr.'"'eSSfini elrf-rineTihe appointment of A. Vejennings former I William that evening after loading 120_ The' Oanadoe arrived on Friday mornieg from Fort William with 244,- 415 bus. of wheat ler the elevator. The tanker Iocolite arrived on 'Satur- day evening from Sarnia .with oil for the Imperial On. iCompany. e She' left again foe Sarnia the next morning. The A. A. Hudson came in on Sueday morning from Fort ,William with 43,052 btis. of ,fiae, 21,984 bus. of wheat, 240791 bus. of feed, 10;046 bds. of oats and 15,883 bus. ' of barley for the elevatois She loaded 50 tons of salt and cleared on 'Monday evening for Fort William. • from Fort William early -Sunday morn- ing with 59,472 bus. of wheat for the .elevator and wheat for the mill. ' The str. Vendee came in .at Sunday midnight from Fort William with 206,- 401 bus. of wheat' for the elevator and wheat for the min. • The -Sticselassey careered en, Menday morning from Fort ;William ,with _cargo, of wheat for the " The Mantadoe .arrived `from Fort :Wil- liam on Tuesday anorning•with 254,470 bus. of wheat for the eleirator. • Percr.ffaing geed from both piers, and breaktvaters. Herring are being 'caught as well -as perch. One MOTHERS' DAY SE-RVIC1 ' The moVeMent a grain into this port eentinuee at a, briek pace. In the past' week; sevee veSselS 1001104 hit cargoes} lour with V./We Oargees to the eleVetor, tsvp,i,--witit'argeeS divided betweee elevator and mill, end one 'with Whole Cargo to the Mill; Ontadee brought 248;074 bus. of Wheat from Fort William .to the elevator. The'Sasicatoon, wilaich. had come hi. on hurredareraerterfgeeeleatedefereForte selection was made from • more tleen twenty aPPlications ale. The sttlery remains a.t the sante figure, $1,000 a Butler' never n'eened a uniform. A new suit of policetoan's blues, Made •to special raeasilre, „arrived the same' day. that he 4ecided,..to quit. It still aderns a banger in a nearby tailor shop, a little too, roomy, a little too ehort in both arms and legs for Con - is, ef couree, a matter for Council. • The job, of night constable Is right down Mr. Jennings' alley,: He has the polieentan's. temperament. and per- speetive, acquired through years of experienee. He was on tbe job on Saturday eight and initially took over bis duties Sunday•evening, May llth, at prisonera.on Saturdayenght and Sun - „day, but this, perhape Was only a co- incidence. , Mr. 'Butler meanwhile has returned to his former line ef werk; having taken a position _with M. I. Ainslie, meat plerchaete Killed in 13ombing _ id in London Students Of School of Music Silqw Itigh Tale.ukand Excellent Training , The Collegiate Institut* auditorium was fined to its eapacity With music - lovers 'on FridaY evening, for the an- nual , gradnation , and recital of St. Joseph's 'School of MUSIC, eonducted ender the. direction of Mother Magentt The -Program. of vocal .solos,- duets and .choruses and violin and piano soloe and duets. was eicellentfy presented by the talented: young artists. Their skill in interpreting the classics delighled sPlendid tutelaW they had received At the oPening, of the -recital, Miss Madeleine Lane, L.W.C.M., senior vocalist,. who passed her musical exam- inations with 'first-class honors, had tbe diploma conferred and gold medal pre- sented to her by Father 111. • Fallon. Mlis Lane was introdneediby Miss Mary Mollie Bisset Was awarded the special prize for highest standing " in pane made tne presentation.' The progr.am was as follows: Vocal solo, Group I—qa) "Visi d' Arte" from "La Tosca," (be Selected (c) "Birds Are Singing," by Miss Vionn solo--1"The Two Guitars." Inter- mezzo, by Robert Bisset. Accompan- ist, Mise 'Mollie Bisset. ,Selected, by Miss Marjorie Hays. (b) "Mr Force Martel," by Miss Mary A.hl, Robert Bisset., - Vincent Smith and John Gila. \ • Piano sole—"Valse," "Spanish bailee" (Grade IN); "Novellette," by Miss Vocal telo--2Serenacle; "Come, Silver Moon," by the elisses Frieda Barbour, 'Evelyn O'Brien and Marjorie Hase. Part TI Vocal solo, GrouP II-e.(ae Waltz Song from 'Romeo and (b) -Into DamOzel,!' by the vocal students. Plane solel-"Elves at Play," "Hungiar- ian Dance," •by Mies Mary Joyce Stream. . ment de Sonate," •by Miss Mary Ahl and Robert 'Bisset. Piano duet-e(a) Selectee, by the Misses Gloria Chieholm and • Barbara Plano solo—"joyous May -finite" by Mies Barbara Henry. Vocal sole-e(a) "The Little BeoWn Owl," (b) Selected, bY Miss Avis Pitteo duet—"Bright as a Button," by Reynoldseand Donald Scott. Vocal ensemble—"The King Is Still In London," by the veeal gtealents'. 11. POLLOCK GOES TO -TORONTO A change in the staff of the local brancle tbe Royal Bank took place this week. Howard Pollock,ewho• has -held the position . of- teller for oier tw eearsi, has been transferred to the Yenge and Bloor branch of the bank,* Toronto. His place will be taken' by S. Minter of Brampteet, who comes here from Grand Valley. HoWard, whose beme is near Ripley, has' made many friends in 'Goderich. He wee a popular Member og• the intermediate baseball iteein in 1939, holdieg doWn -the Position 'of enortstope He was also one of the' top golfers of the 'Maitland Golf Olu.b. He has been a member of "C" Company, Middlesex -Huron --RegiMent, sinoe last summer, holding tie reek of corporal. ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED Mr., and Mrs. Alexander J, Fraser, London, announce, the engagement of their eldest daughter, Jean Bodine, to Private Howard. DaWS011 ;Wilkins, son of Mr, and Mrs. Albert J. Wincing, of early in June. • ' The engagement is announced Of Frances Elaine Whitely, 'daugnter oF Mrs. Whitely and the late Dr. J. Benson Whitely, to Corp. Roneld Reginald Frank Price, of 'Birmingham -England ; the inarriage to take,place in St. Peter's: chureh, Goderieb, on Saturday, May 31, Dungannon, anuounce the engagement of their elder ;daughter, Emma Bernice, and Robert Plevtiod Smith, son a Sir. and 'Mrs. J. M. Smith, ListeWel. the _marriage to take place the latter part of May. The monthly meeting of St, (4corge's W7A,‘Vas held in the Geild room '+e-ster- day atterneen, with small attendance. The president,,,Mrs. \Calder, opened the meeting with a Scripture reading', from St. John 15, followed lay' prayere. Splendin everts were given Of the Diocegati Annual held in*Cronye "London,1 last month, by the 'four dele- gates, Miss4leriary, Miss Brown, Miss Mins and Mrs. Siscumb. Miss Burritt, moved a vote of thardee t� the delegates. The meeting' closed With prayer, after 'c'....TUrnef *Pale that his fetter, Robert W, -Turner of Port Elgin, has been greatly. iuterested in the repOrte of time of the 0.N.U. Mr. Tamer eenior, who le in his ninetieth Year, had. JuSt country and Was living at 'Exeter -when the Loadon, Huron &Brtiee was being a railway, eurVeyor who Wes working out of Exeter. This was la the Year Kelly's trip Mt the opening ot lthe road ' to %myth ,-$0 Mr. Turner considere he too would' have had a claire on .the ive- any consideration to old. Veterans "such as he and Mr. Kelly on the oc- easion. ef the final trip from Wingham. Sistir and. Niece of Lama War VOteran Victims • of Air Attack received a cableeinforming line of, the death' of. his sieter, Mrs, Pratt, and her _daughter, Mrs. ,Grieves, as ia result a. a 'German air.eald, me, the east end of „London on, April 20tii, :A direct hit was: made on. a surface .elielter in the street in trout a ,t4.0.411i0331e,' Its occuPants 111k -tinny, •Others in the house .at-ithe tinie;eseaped death. Mrs. Pratt 'arid ber daughter . had been in the..ha'bit of going into the shelter every evening at 6.30 and staying in it until 6 o'clock the next morning. ••• Mr. Juck states that his sister had beeri. warned to lease the -district, but, like • many other Eatetenders, she pre7 leered to stay and be able to 'provide a home forner son; who is engaged in ,evential war work in. London. The eon, who works as a .fire spotter at night was op duitY , at the time his mother was killed and was .not injured. - Mr. Juck's motber died on Christmas Pay. She was injured in a ftill and taken to a aearby hospital, which was bombed shortly after her arrival there. She wee- not injured' in the bombing, but the. ex.citement brought about her death._ tw.o_ days after her -renewal to An uncle of Mrs, •Juck, wlio. lives on the South-east ceast of England, has Test tfee different homes by lionabhigS. At seventY-fonr; he works as ap air raid ,shealders at his losses and carrying! on. ls typical of the unyielding spirit of the .Englislf. A righting Family, Mr. and Mrs. Judes only son} Ken- neth,, is a sergeant in the Elgin Regi- cartier, iQuebec.„ Mr. 'Mick hue ). four nephews in the -army • defending Eng- an.otner was captured while figheing with 'the. in France laet year „and is now a prlsoner-af-war in. 'Ger- many. Mr. Jtick, ig himself a veteran nepbewe Tom Cooke of ..flinton, with. the 31.C.A.F. in Canada. -NEW 'SENIOR PROVINCIAL INen4ENT rim • 1, roOf of- .the Royal Elotet strect,'Sinoldering at noon On Saturday last and the ifire briga.de liad to be called to Ptit things under control. Little damage WAS inttlicted on the biftif the wooden shingles of the roof had Veen allowed. to smolder reileli longer ;a -serious lire might have developed. , • GRADUATES AS NURSE County Victory Loan grganization in Its Contribution to *hr.' Widi Wart Canada is at,Wer sig Teluutall' adiallre If the World is to be a 'ptaak, and it can be virelit'enlY at. the eXPendi, ture Of eVere effort Canada put bete,. ing Exercises at London Miss Phyllis 1Baectler„ elaughter of' Mr. and Mrs; 4. E. 1Baecbler, North street., was aniong itne 1941• class of cisee. were held inAlfe autlitorium of the H. B. 'Beal Technical ',School, London, on Tuesday evening -of east week, Diplomas were presented! to the mem- bers of tne .graduating -class during raial impres,sive teremony. Later in the for their guests in 'the reereational hall Of the nurses' eesiclence at St. Jelepn's• • Guests of , Miss Bee:elder 'Who ' at - fended froni Goderich ..were Mr. and Costello, Mrs, Charles Saunders,. Mrg. J. B. Whitele, 'Miss Helen MacEtwan, and Miss 'Jeanette Martin.' MiSs 'Buechler Will continue to prac- Church ow Sunday Moritinr Mothees'. 'Day Vas' fittingly observed at the -Baptist enurch with a special service "in the anerning combining the regular church. srvice and the Sunday bers of the Sunday scheol end 4:1%P:fie. offered special niusic threugb.ontithe day aid the Missee, Verna leinee"-and Lulu iBenjamin, seeg. two duets. The pastor; Rev. A. J. iMilligan, gave an Qhjectlesson. at the' morning' service to show that sUch values as love, the thurch, and the word of God cannot be destroyed in this „World where so ;many Jtransitimas are taknig place. MT. S: Greenslade; superintendent of the ,Suinley school, assieted.- et ,the mulling service and, on 'behaaf of the Sunday 'school and made a presentation speech to Miss .Velina Service as pianist' for both otganiza- tions. .miss Vera Wilkins, peesident of the B.Y.P'fle, presented the gift," a beautifully bound copy of the Binle. Flowers were presented • to the „fel- loWinganothers : Mrs. C. Love, youngest mother ; Mrs. A. 'Glutton, oldegt mother ; Mrs. S. Greenelane, youngest grend-., mother ; Mrs. N. iOsbaltlestan, oldest grandmother ; Mrs. Miller., mother with youngest child ; Mrs. Hilton, of Win- nipeg, :mother coming the greatest dis- lance reIrs Geo. Johnston and Mrs. Jae, mothees with the hest Sunday school attendance. taxeS to provide thee Materiels With, which modern war is waged, ;ilia- even these heavy taXes are not gall -dent tie • tanice, PAS and.. all is aeking the peePle onto.% to 1.9a. of their eash resources fee' War Par- ▪ ,Inethe county 'of Heron an organire: ation is being set tip to orgardee 'the county for this leeni announeeMent will& is anedethis Week. Warden of eine Oetint3r• of 'Huron,. is honorary eh:Ai:Man, and judge* T. 5L executiee Committee is J. D, Themes of Goderieh, and vice. cleairmen are II. O. Campbell of Wing - ham, 'Thomas, Pryde of Exeter, j. Shearer of 'Clinton, 'W. L. 'Whyte ore Seaforth, Hugh Hill of Benerillere'te. W. Schaefer is seeretary and. H. 0. Williams ,assistant cemetery. Members of tile executive ecenmittee are as follow. Thomas Prede of K: Wurteli Of -04-YderteU-'110;13, Lane of 1Goderic,li, R. S. Hetherington, - Seaf,ortb, J. W. •MeKibbon of Wing - M. Creech of -Exeter, Huestemfeef 'Joint eleeirmen of the eopnty sales committee are^13":„C..0eippbell of Whig - ham: Thoinae Pryde Of Exeter, O. Shearer of 'Oliuton, W. Whyte Seaforth. A. Y. McLean of ..Seaforth is chairmen of the comity Pablicity committee, with A,„Ps Wilkes of Godee rich and V. T. Crnikebanks of ham as vice-chairinen.--1,,VW. Miller '" of Clinton end Goderich is eecretarY; _ The corneal:tithe ter the county eiT Huron to lendle'arpecial nainee has B., K.. Wurtele Goderich' as chairman.. M. Graham or Goderich and. Owe.n. i•Comne Of „Clinton as joint eiceechair- , The employeee' Committee. tor „the county'sof Huron is headed by It S. chairman with J. B. Reynolde of Gode- rich and p. Maltby of Clinton as vice- .• A. H. Erskine is ehairratin of the county administration and final:ice collo, mittee and D. H. Downie of Godericle Alex. Smith of 'Gosleriche and R. ifi. Whately of Goderich are vice-chairmen: 'women's committee end. Mrs. IfIn. Sanders of Exeter, Mrs. A. L. Close a Seaforth and" Mee. ;T. W. McKibben Wingham are vice-chairmen. The chairman of the transportation committee is D. D. Mooney of .Goderieh, and, vice-ebairmen are Harper Rivers of Eieter, C. McLean of Wingham, Rowed of Goderich. • During the last war the people of the county. of. Huron reepondedei nelimirably to the eppeal by tne Goyernment 'for money to carry en the wae'effort as it e. then was. Now' the necessity is much greater than it ever was before, and . as our King Stated Many months age, "TIIIS TIME WE AUD Apr, IN THE At, a' opeelal meeting of the Poblic Sebool Board yesterday .afterneott it Was deckled to re-engage all the pTesent teaching staff for the muting year. Six teaehers were granted salary inereases of $25 eaeli and, Miss Bernice Iltogarth was granted an !increase ,of450. MAOARA SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO GREAT-GRANDSOn TORONTO, May.10.—A great -grand. son of a former Goderich barrister establighed by the baerister's daughter. The echolarehip, In memory Of Jelin Maiesire, and establighed under the will of big daughter, the late Mrs. Jeazi Glasgow of 'Philadelphia, was awarded by .the 'Senate of the tl'iliversity of Toronto to IL Princep. It was• the first award of the.new scholarship. R.A.F. BA,yD TO GIVE Urank Fox, of Welland, Succeeds Con- . stable. Sidney ,Cool, 1.tecently. signed • In town on' Monday -afternoon be' specter Oliver, of Kitehimaer, chief of the Provincial pollee district in which iGoderich and Huron County are SITU- ated, announced the appointment of Frank Fox, of Welland,- to the position of senior . Provincial policeman .. and County high conetable of Hurmi, With headquarters et (Goderich. Constable Fox, who ..takes °vier on June ist, is no stranger here. Seven or eight years ago he twice acted as assistant to the late P. E. MCOoy, and on one other oecasion• be supplied on holiday relief. A young officer at that time, the late .McCoy snoke of lam.; IIe Suceeeds former Constable Sidney Cook, Who, after a brief stay in Goderich, reeently resigned from the Provincial pollee force after eighteen years' eervice. ATTENDANCE AWARDS AT .ItNOX SUNDAY SCHOOL Mother's Day was observed .at Knox :Presbyterian church. evith a combined cburch and Sunday school eptvice on ditcted ny Rev. D. JsLene end diplomas and seals gor attendance at ,,,Sunday school were nreserited -les' Mr.. E. C. Beacom supe:rintendent of the school. The aw'ardg- were as follows Reid, J.iminy McArthur, Donald' Stokes, Billy Schaefer, Norine Mallaugh, Helen imglis}, Jean Warrener, Freak McDon- ald, Ernest Kneeshaw. • McCabe, Gertrude Beattie, Ruth Phares, Bob Duquette, Amble MeDotald, Stan- ley elerriaan, Marjorie Jobneten. Millie, ;Carol Anne Sanderson, Doris Bruce 'Erskine, Mary Ann Erekine. Stokes, Billy Sandereon, Jack Erskine. Fifth seal-41na McDonald, Irene' Milne, 'Betty Duquette, illetty Smith, Sikth seal—Billy Newcombe, Donald Rivers, Donald NlacEstan, Molly Bisset. .Special diploma.?-1John Schaefer. Second .seal on •special Eleanor MacEwan, Peter MacEwan. Third seal on special, diptoraa— Fourth seal on special diploma--, Grant Johnston. The Town Council has' agreed to al- low the Port Albert R.A.F. band the use of some of the Town band instru- ments, with the stipulation tliat they are to be. Tf.3411rAcd in good Condition or replaced,- and' with, the further agree- ment that the R.A.F. band will- give t81.11 WEDDING -ANNWEItSAlis IVT. Mid Mrs, John Robertson; Park street, who recently returned to- their home 'after spending the .Winter hi, Toronto, are teday celebrating their lifty.eighth wedding anniversary at the Ignite Of .their son, .1'.',Ilowa,rd Robert. son, !Colborne township: .WITIIDRAWS APPEAL There Vas no sitting of the Ontario Mueicipal Board to hear ,the AssesS,. meat appeal of the Western 'Canada Flour -Mills Co. The. Compeny decided to 'withdraw the appeal and the as,eess- anent was confirmed, the Town Council agreeing to withdraw its cross-appeal. The Ontario Sfueicipal Board was to give the heering in Goderlch on Tuess day, but 'in TieW of the agreement the sitting was cancelled. The death occurred yesterday, after an illness of 'a few dgye, of Adelaide Mary ;Horton, widow of the late A. G. 'Gamble and daughter of -the late Horace Horton: The funeral iserviee will be beld at St. George's church en Friday afternoon and interment will be in Maitland cemetery. .SUCCESSFUL IN YEAR'S WORK Miss Roberta johnston, daughter of Mes. JohnSton and the 'late Robert Johnston, has received congratulation.s from the dean of the Ontario College of Eclucatien es her successful year's W'ork, She has been leformed that she has been recommended Without Post 100, 'Canadian Legion, ha's voted' P,-.30 to the British War Victime Puna. THE wEATHER The ietriperatitres, for the past week and for the corresponding Week, a hiAt year, as officially rem/Mt...were as follows: Mon., May 12 Go Tues., May 1/11 02 40 Max, Min. .31 39 55 80 57 33 31 99 MASONS POR,EGA`x'IIElt Masons from all parts of `South Huronas well as representatives from London • anil Guelph gathered in'• the Masonic rooms here on Tuesday. even- 1ng the occasion being the official visit of It lit' :,L Tichborne of Godetich, .Thputy Grand, 'Master of South 1Itiron district: Prof. Nelson Hast of 'Western TTnivers1ty waa the .guest, . peaker During -the eVeniii n ta :ty ,innch was. served. CADET INSPECTION TION 'Ike nmina G.O.T. eadet, inspection will lig held on `Monday afternoourat p.m. in the vicinity of the .,seheot. In 39wise of unfavorable weather the iii - 48 sltection will ,be he'id iutloOrs► tion Coui!ty.Raised $28,52,9 iit,War 'Services Campaigii42% Over Quota Huron County exceeded its. objettive and raised $28,529 in the Huron War• iServic4 Fend eiimpaign; the executive committee leaned 'at -id meeting in Clinton,Wonday evening. The amount raised ie $8,629.00` 'over the quota, or 142 -per pent. of the money asked. The Illuren campaign was so success- ful that the executive advised Warden Leiper etha t, wbile . 'Perth was still eanvaesing, the results' were beyend eueetion and that he weind be quite' safe in ordering a new. hat. .for his Wife. • 'Warden Leiper.•Pearlye in the campaign ehalleniged` 'Perth County ,Ifuron would exceed ifs quotaeby greeter Percentage than did Perth. A large. measure, of the seccees Municipality Ashfield Colborne Goderich Grey nay ITowlek gegillop Morris gtanley Stephen Tuekerseni Morrie W. Wawanoeb Wingham Ilrnstleis Vvetee (Nullity Pennell teeeei o. "cash or proilute" treatiee, Which rd.- 'Included in ebe produce denatione, .teherteer said, wore apples, vegetable% grain, eel& beans, ,wood, loads of hay, cowhides, fence posts, Opines:, goate pigs, ceives, scrap iron, cutlery, fowl., In officiallY closing the campaign tbe executlye eenunittee. recorded its eve, predation of the splendid SuppOrt aild assistancii given by. 'the. people of Limon. Special mention was made of the eanvassers without whose aesist- •Qnotri Ineleding pledges qt n4.1,0.00 f'' ISubseribed 1;210.00 ''' s,10413r:..! 1450,00 1,..45sw0.:00. . 1,,,,,,:z1.11.2ft.' Ineomplete 110 AS 69 140 140 102 I.21o.og 771.53 02 800.00 1.028.13, 128 930.00 1.19,51' InComplete 850.09 703.35 83 075.00 .904125- 1.34 1,000.0 1.252.58 1'25114 8,gooko 3,21828 128%, 1,440.00 2,070.00 80rt 1;000.00 1,792.40 17(11,i • 4,00000