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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 120, 1941
COUNCIL INAUGURATES EFFOIM
TO OBTAIN LOWER. POWER RATES
Corvette. "Goderich" to Make a
Call at This Port: Pyobab/,3r4
in BP•irlY: °
• 'Ttlat in 'view of itlie inerease fl COu-
sumption of eleetrie power due to three
large,airports Moving intotlifS diStriet
Mayer Brownorganize :a,' 'cenamittee
cenaprising taembers from ,the Town,
'Coupe -11s4 UtWtie Oommissions and
Boards of Trade of the towns. o1')Gode-
rich,101inton and Seaforth.and that this
committee approach. . the ILE.P.C. at
Toronto in an effort to obtain lower
• poWer. rates and deal with. certairkeur-
, _plus: fends accumula tekt a,. date."
Ci OM Attridge and •11.1u.ekins' at the
meeting of the Tois-n. Couneil on Friday
night and was adopted after a brief
discussion. .
A,fter remarks by the • mover and
sseonder "'Reeve Turner • endorsed the
proposal and said .1),e would never be
.satistied until thenlocal Hydro surplus
wide rethrned to ase people,
Mayor Brown ma1e the Interesting
' announcement that the eorvette, "God -
rich" recently launched is to make a
call at this bort. ,His Worship ,seid he
bait written to Ottawa suggesting that
one of. the corvettes built on ' the
Georgian • Bay might call at Goderich
on its way doWn, the lakes, and in reply
he receieed a letter from -the Depart -
anent of National Defen& stating that
. H.M.C.,S. "Goderich" will be 'here, prob-
ably in- 4.-)arly tall. "YOU- Will be nati,
fled," said the letter, of the exact dute
on which the vessel wi11 'call at Gode.
rich sufficiently in advance to permit
-janx -pl'ePa rations- or..iirrangementS YOU.
may see tit to Milke-."---rt Nvas-.adet)
. that the visit Ivould necessarily be a
short one.
-- All the members of ,Counell were
present except Coun. Graham.
,••• A Written request trona ,Cfoun. Gra-
ham for the removal of a tre. on
Church- street was Sent to- the parks.
committees
• The reefuest of the 'Navy League of
,Oitnada for permission to hold a tag
day in Goderich on August Iliad was
promptly granted.
Applications for Building. Permits
" ApplicaV.ons far building permits
wegeas follows; From-dienjuitin Pear-
son, for rebuildine a:brick bu Wing on
Quebec street fo he used as a dwelling;
from • George w: Hadden, for a new
cementellilock dwelling, 24 x 26, one and
one -halt stories, on 1Iincks street;
A. Medd, garage on St. Patrick's street;
Mrs. Annie Cousin's, Albert 'street, John
Boyle, Victoria street; A. Higginson„
Cambria road, Mrs. J. D. Parrish, Pic-
• ten street, H. P. Warrener, Brock
•• street, Chas. J. Gibbons, Huron road,
George 'Mumby, -Hincks- street, minor
repairs hnd improvements.
• An advertising • propositio•n from
Point Edward was referred to the
special committee.
Notice lof the annual Meeting of the.
Ontario Mimicipal Association,' to be
held at Toronto; August- 26.29, was
sent to the special commatee,..„---
Committee ReifortS
The fin ante-&munit tee recommended
a grant of $300.te Alexandra Hospital,
and that the Town take a one-eighth
page advertisement In the Finaneial
News of Lonclon, England, at 'A pritie
-$.175..--A-number -of. test 'adjustments
also were repoeted.
• The public works committee recom-
mended the purchase • of a carload of
Imperial asphalt' road-siarfacing ma-
terial; also that the matter of the eon.
"truetion of a bituminous sidewalk on
S. David's street be left with the chair-
---
man of the conupittee.
The Special- committe recominended
that'a license for sale a refreshine.ritS
frotit an auto -wagon be granted to P.
' A. Zimmerman upen, payment of the
usual fee, but riot to include selling on
•ISandayal. aetiOn be taken on
E•:*-cproposal front the 13rantfbrd City
Counil with reference to vest • of rail-
way travel of 'Soldiers on active service;
• that .fiecessary alterations be made 1n
the new police uniform 'made to order
for Alex, 'Butler, since resigned.
_.-The cemetery and parles-:Coannaittee
, recommended tbat the C.P.R. be asked
for a lease of the mineral spring site
at the harbor at a nominal sum, and
if the water be 'found •satisfadtory on
test the,eommittee 'be empoWered to mit
the place in proper Shape; that posts be
•• put up at Lighthouse Point to line the• .
area leased from the:
Government.;
that the chairman have power to p.ro-
cure 100 feet of 11/2 -;in, pipe to be ,added
• tb the cemetery -,watencrorks •system;
that the Cominittee be empowered to
repair the summer -house on the river
bank opPosite tho Jail and also the
one oa the lake bartjt opposite the
anchor.
•*. The water, ,light and 1ial:10r eena-
mittee reeominended that .the offer of
•'red Hunt 10 install,new.sanitary 'con-
veniences' at the bathing Ifouse at the
harbor, for the sum of V371258, be -ac-
cepted ; that the offer of John Jeffery
to •builds it toilet room af the :bathing
• house in eonntetion With the hew
• sanitary conrveniences, for the sum of
,be accepted; that the „offer
- a Bert Macdonald to pay *25 per month
•rent for -Jaly and August for the
pavilion 4t the bathing beach be
voted, he to art as eonStabte and life-
guard and lOok after, till 'Town pro-
perty at the harbor; that the tender
of Allaire and Weston, at $180, .for
painting of the tWo freight sheds at
, the harbor, • including 1Yrandalk, stun -
mer -house on theaeli, benches and tables,
• be accepted, the 'Town to supply the
• paint. •
The tire committee reemarniended that
• C, 13axter be permitted, t� build the
top part Of hiS dairy on ;West street of
frame covered -with tfireProof asbesitoS
Shingles, •,•
PropoSe,il Purellage Of Tin&
1)0007 Reeve 'Baker, whe As ;Chair• -
Man of the public wOrks eemmittee, Said
he felt that a let of WW1 was, being,
done with the Wheelbarrow that should
be done VVith a truekfl had. been
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HOLSTEIN 1E BES' PICNIC
. ,
itlannal Event Hetd Sulecessfully at
• Rayileld 'On Monday
The .1-Iuron • Holstein Breeders' Club
Chose Jowett 's Grove at' Bayfield for
,
their4ilainua1 picnic, held on Menday
• last, and the event was quite success -
l• ulin the morning there w,-,,aS a' series *of
judging Contests for men, women and
'boys • under • eighteen,. One plass of
cows andtwo,.of heifers were judged.
The men, were placed aS follows:
Percy DavitiSon,Listowel; 2nd, Dr. K,.
Jackson, Whiten ; 3rd, Wm. Bissetjr.,
Goderich; 4th, Bert cieland, Listowel
Seaforth •7th, Hamilton
Clutton, Goderich,
• Junioree-let„ Douglas Cleland.,
towel 2nd, Ed. Outten, R:It. S, Gocle-
rich ; 3rd, Albert Steep, ,Cliptou ; 4th,
ROSS- 1Leeming, ;Walton ; 5t11, Mel.
Hulley: Walton ; oth, Sandy Bisset,
Goderich.
:NIrs. Norman Scha de,
Walton; 2nd, Mrs. EB, • Goudie, ,Sea -
forth; 3r4, Mrs. J. A. Marshall, Wal-
ton ; 4th, INIrs. It. E. Holmes, clinton;
.5th, Mrs. Adam Steep; ciinton ; 6th,
Mrs. Albert ,Dunn, Bitytield. * .
A. special prize for the family :coming
the greatest distance.' was awarded- to
Mrs. Johnston, Howick toweship, and
-one- for the largest family went to
nrs. Astain Steep, Clinton.
Valuable prizes, for the winners in
the various classes were .denatea by
mer oli an es- and, -Others in the county.
° Dinner was,' served in picnic Style •to...
about two' buntirsd, peeple, and was en-
• livened, • by the music of the bagpipes
Was followed by a program of speeeltes,
president of the .Club,•
acting as 'chairmae. The gethering was
tiedresed by L. E. c,ardiff, M.P..; lifton
. Jeuvey of' Ingersoll, _fieldenan of the Do-
' miipon Holstein -Friesian Association
:20Western Ontario, and (lei). Graham
of -Brantford, chief of the ex ton s io 11 'st a if
'of the Aseociation. Alr.',Graham, Who
has only . recently been appointed to
thisposition7was introduced by J. C.
Shearer, agricultural repre seri t a t ive for
'the county. • •, • • .
A "Tote of thanks was extended to
the speakers an motion of 'Gordon Bisset
and liurae-Clutton.
Olutton, secretary of the Club,
.read a letter from the Dominion As-
sociation expressing 'appreciation of the
Club's -co-operaton' in the recent calf
auctiop at Brampton, at 'Which 101
-calves were soldand the 'proceeds.
devoted to war relief purposes.
• Ps, •
• HOLY NAIVIR.RALLY
'District :bothering at Wingham M-
• dressed .by .Fathei. Power,'" Re-
:demptorist Preacher •
'Members oftheliolY NamSociety of
.St. Veters chureb attendedthe annual
'Holy Name rally at Wingham on San -
day afternoon. gepresentatives:. from
•-Winghasn, St. .Augustine, iLucknow,
• Iiingebridge and Brussels also Are
present. The 'Holy Name parade, us-
ually , a feature .ok"the rally, Was can-
celled, the mem'bers- me•relitakingsr.-
,'14111.eeS iri St i Joseph's iletreli lin
lnibdiately upon their arrival.
During the service. a discourse on the
obligations -ofr.the-iHoly-Name-,Soeiety
with relation • to world eventl; was de-
livered by • Father Power of the Ile-
demptotist Order.. .• •
After the Sternum the litany of the
tHoly. Name of Jesus was, recited, an act •
of aspiration to tile Holy 'Name was
offered and •the members, under the
direction of RCN'. J. F. Paquette, Wing-
bam renewed their Hely Name
pledges. The service conclu•cled with
benedietion celebrated by Father J. R.
QtligleriSf-Ringsbridge-and the -singing
of 'Moly God, We Praise Thy Name."
„_....preseet. in the sanctuary diming the
• service.s.• were ; Rev. J. P. *Paquette ef
Wingham, Itev. C. Nagle and•Rev. H.
Fallon of Goderich, (Rev. J. It. 'Qttigley
of XingSbridge, (Rev. W. Veiteziheimer
of 18t. Augustine, and Father Power.
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TWO MORE-, FOR 'THE- R.C.A.T.
.Itleira1d..0'Brien,.son of Mr. and "Mrs.
D. ,11/1.' O'Brien, who eplisted, with the
• Royal Canadian Air Force some, weeks
ago, left- on' Wednesday of this wireolc
for London, whence he texpeCted to be
sent to the Manning Pool at .81. liabert,
QUe„ near 'Montreal, for training as -a --
pilot observer. "Jerry" has been tut
The ,RignalMtar's reportorial staff the
last two years, and the 'best wishes a
• his felloWeWorkers, aa well as of •a host
of friends in the town; go 'With him.
"Another Goderieb young nib, Albert
trlauley, sat of Mi. and Mrs. 'William
Vrauley, Oxford street, iias catered, upon
• actiVe service with the ile
• lea on Itomitay for Torontofor training
QS a-WiteleSS operates- rind air gleaner.
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Miss nose Aitken 'attended the
-meeting of the Ontario Libra fy Ate:omeia-
tionl at !London this weelc.
I, AT ‘I'llE WATERFRONT
It has 'been a eoMParatively elUiet
week at the narbor. ArriV,Als at the
elevator were: June 6—Massey, 37,600
"buewheate41,000 bus. *ate. June 0--
Vendoe, 260,000 bus. wheat. June 16—
Super1or, 38,000 .bus'. oats, 27,000 bus.
wheat, no() bus. barley. At the mill:
June &hum), 106,p00 bus.
wheat. •• -
The fe'uperier took on a eargb of salt
and left for Wallaceburg.
OBITUARY
'MRS. IC. G. mrnmEtro,N
Report on. Jiu$tice
Accounts in, Huron
Conanittee . Reports to • County
Council—Increased Costs
• Discussed , •
What has every prospect of .being a
light One session of 'County Cohncil
"opened 'on Tuesday afternoon, there
being nothing or Outstanding import -
mice or Of a eontentious nature on the,
agenda: ,
At " the on -ening Meeting Warden,
James Isefper pointed with ,, pride to
Unron's dine record in the war services
. The death Of. Jean 'Clement, wife of ahd VictorY Wan cainnaig'ns, •ra space
o. Middleton,f -former Sheriff of or 1110 Posvohooint f•;i: Tbef coutenniat
eelebretipn until after• the 'wAr and
lieetea_lese" urred _en Saturdeev at Tor-
att-eertIelm-71.,effr c'rt oniiiirtluieGilettarittioffr
ent o, Wise YiliTh'••TalanfriFelThar
treatment. eMis. iNliddleton was of but .111
all citizens to achieve victory -over
the enemy., e
Council •passed a resolution request-
ing the Hydro -Electric PoWer Commis.,
siou io adopt • a flat lute for. electric
power in Order to remove the present
discriminatory sehed,ule whist' has re-
tarded „she, industrial development ef
tin a. t,1Ion of th Provineet
Approval was given to a revision of
the equalized ass,e,ssment so as to com-
pensate . four township which have
los1, taxes by reason of the use of
farm lauds for airport purposes.
On Wednesday morning Au Invita-
tion was accepted f rOm the Huron
Cotinty• Plying Training School to have
dinner at Sky Harbor* the 'same even-
ing and to inspect the AirpOrt.
After. Much diScuseion the Services of
Mary Mien Isitn, \\Vow et 'Joseph I Los•J otinson, -C'Ornborer lektector, were
, ,•,•
Fellowsepeesed eway- on. Sunday morn- dispensed with for the balance of the
eat at her . home ,at the corner of thc
Huron road and Oxford: stie4 if For
-many- y.ears__she_hati been &Offerer
Triffirusthani, but ber final Ulnsswas
of 'only' a few' days. She was ‘..si native
of Dublin, Ont., but had been a resident
Goderich. for thirt/7-1iVe years. Her
husband predeceased her eight years.
S'he leaves to sonseJohn, of town, and
Francis, of iSarnia, ' and one daughter,
Mrs. Ed. Forgie of Islington; • also ten
grandChildren. 'Surviving • also are
• three 11i -others, William and. Patrick
Farr of town and Michael Farr of
Detroit. 'She was -a member of • St.
Peter's church and of the later Society
of that •church. The funeral service
was conducted at :St. Peter's church on
Tuesdhy morning by Rev. H. _Fallon
-'and interment was in the Roman
,Csithelic cemetery' in Colborne Ownship,
the pallbearers being Joeeph Fieh„ Leo
Chisholm,. Wm.' 'Hale, P. J. Ryan, L.
Overholt and JOS.. ljlellows.
MRS. JOHN CCENItiNTS
Scottish birth and came to Capada
about twenty yeath ago. For some
years she was engaged in the apiary,
busineSe on No. 8 highway near ,Gode-
rich in partnership with MisS Shepherd
under the ,firm name of iShepherd and
Clement. Later • she became • deputy'
sheriff and stenographer In the ,Sheriff's
otJic1nGielerieles ,Her -uktrriageLto.-.
Mr. Middleton took.place in June, 1940,
and they haa since resided in the -Mid,
dleton home a short distance west of
(71inton. The funeral took Place from
the resider ou. Tuesday afternoon to
the 'Ciliate cemetery, the services being
conducted by Rev. A. 11. O'Neil, rector
of St. Pail 's Anglican chureh,
Mit S. JOSEPH FELLOWS. ,
Impossible to hire a truck pVlien it was
\needed 'arid he believed it tvonid
,g00d illeVeStrnerft fait thelown to bag
The matter wae Xeferred to committee
of t,lie-'whole, as' 'was the " platter ot•
repairs At th.e Perk 'House as proposed
by Coma. igeoney'. „ •„` ,
• In committee the freblie works chair -
main was empowered to procure Price§
and other 'information • regerding the
purehase of it truelc, and repair's mad
Painting at the ParksIioutte were left
In theAlands Of the chairman of the
parks ecetatiittee. Mayor Brown Was
empowered to tonthitte cerrespondenee
With reference te Donee rentelS In
Goderich„
The COttheil aidtbel-ieed :an inv,eet-
• Meta of $0,500' in War* Ioan bonds':
$1,000. frond, the OW.S. itailWity fund,
$500 frets the Robert l‘laCitaV eemetery
fund, and $5,000 fretti the TOWn'e. gen,
Oral ateoUnt.
•TOWNISHIE—Tife com-
munity was saddened by the news of
the sudden pasofMrs. John Clem-
ents On Monday evenl,fig Prior to 'her
marriage. WO years ago,. Mrs. Clements
was Miss ,Mildred Powell, •aaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Barry. Powell, Oth con-
cession', Godefieh tow:psi:alp. The de-
• Parte(1 young w.omare who was .only in
her twenty-first ,.year, had a host of
friends which her happy disposition
had won for her. LBesides be.r sorrow-
ing young nu -Shand and her- -parents,
she leaves to meurst herioss !five sisters
land • ,five brotheTs: Mrs. John -Green
1(01iy-e-)•, Mrs. Jos. Wilson (reanna),
• Lottie, Edna ,.,.and Freda ; Orville,.
Herbert., Robert, Ernest and 'Laverne,
all Of ,Goderich township. The .funeral
'tb-ok --pieces exr-Wettneedayseafteratroon
from the haree of •her husband'? parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Barry ,Clements, .13ayf1eld
road, ,the services being conducted by
Rev. A. J. MaeKaye and Rev. D. J.
Lane. Interment was in Maitland
cemetery, the- pallbearers being .Fred
Rrett, "Wm. Powell, Thos. Latham, Fred •
• Bell, Roy Wilson and tilaTold Bell.
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•'WILLIAM P.
—The' death of 'William, P". Abell oc-
curred with sta.ftling suddenness en
Saturda pight. Mr. Abell had been
ill for sonie *eke with 'a heart con-
dition, but haderetarned to his work at.
Craigie's news-stand about two weeks
ago, cfeeling much improved On Sat-
urday night about 10.45 he left the
newsstand and on his way home
di -appear in at •Fld ward's tod. office for a
chat.- - While there he • waswith
• a heart attaek and died in a_ few min-
utes. ,He Wa in WS sixtieth year.
'Billy.'" Abell came to Slroderieh. as a
.oupg man, about thirty-ftlye years age,
.aiid soon became widely known anti
popular.' ne• waiSboxe at Nen forth, son
, the late Mrs and Mrs. ,Joeeph Abell,
ando. after, .Coming to ,Goderich Was, en-
gaged for many Years ,as .a plumber.
.For the last few years he had ,been ,em-
,PloYed 'ea estlesmax at Craigiv'S news.
.etand. Be was a Member of 'Knox
Presbyterian chtirdi n past noble grand •
of Huron IsidgeeNo. 02, ,and A
meueber of the iGoderie.h
Ile is survived, lby his wife',
toemedy Miss Aleatina,- Craiele„ and
three children : Mrs-. G. C.. •White
(Irene) • and John, of Toronto, ,,and
James, at ''hcarae•; also by it brothels
Henry, and two sisters, Missed GortrUde
and Ella' Abell, all of London.
• The.re. Was a large attereltince at the
funeeti% Whieh took place me Tuesday
-afternoon from the family residence.
Servieee were tonducted by Rev., D. J.
rian{, and at the graveside 514 MaltialA
cemetery the buriaLrites of the Is0.0.F.
were perforined, a very large -represents
Aqt1011 Of Huron Ledge being present.
Theliskilbearere 'Were inemberii of, IIeron
Lodge ; John INewcondlie, J. :Calvin Outt,
W. J. Baker. Fred Toole; W. Heitman
and Emerson Evans, A great profusion
of beautiful Ilersere eonveyed silent
messages of regret and sympathy. Pre-
sent Vora out of town were Mr. &ad
Mrs. G. C. White, John Abell, Nr. and
Mr, 'Dotter and -,-Mon, Fred,
Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Qewald Craigie,
Buffalo; Mrs. 'Donald Fraser, Strat-
ford ; Mr. 'atull Mrs. R. C..BroOkS, (Harry
Abell and .the MisSeS, JGOrtrtitW and
Ella Abell, London; •
• Mrs'. Agnes Dieleson, ef ,I4etinaingtoti,
made
it brief Tigit With friendg iiitown
thiv. Wee)t.
year. There are stillsome stubble
&ids to, be clean.ed up in a Campaign
to stamps on-ti,-thitii.-increttAng--sc.ourge,
but it 'MIS, exNainedithitt it was now
too 'late in tliezeason .to deal effectively
with the pest,. A,vhich by this tittle has
become .a ,full.fleaged. butterfly.. ,Coun.
eli is ertvinted,that °lie inspector can-
not , :clover .the vounty in the. tines
allotted.
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T0rrotect,gieaants ,
Reeve Fred ,Livermore of ,i_761inttin,.
speaking' fee the Tifton Counts Fish
and Game Assoeiation, asked the assist-
ance and, co7oporatio•11. of qouncil and of
all citilens in it campaign now under
.,way to larease the nuinber English.
pheasants, whichalready inhabit .Gode-
rich, MeKiliop, Tuekers,mith and .Hay
townships. ile toldof the successful
hatching • by hens- of seventestive of
these birds lasf year and of the setting,
of .five . hundred eggs this year. • The
Olinton .Reeve •complaleed, ,there had
been . ..unlawful shooting of these
pheasants and. asked •all and sundry to
give their assistance in affoeding pro-
tection.. Be .saia :Huron. was .an ideal
spot for pheasents. He also-expreesed
his ,epposition to the .Government's
leasing- private trout Streams'.
• County Highways Weed -free -
The- 'Council was: :.congratulated by
.G..A.-Stevens, Provhicial weed -inspect-
or, on its pulley of spraying the road -
aides of.county highwayS to keeieweeds
,down. He said •that in his travels he
alWays pointed to IIuron as an example.
•to others and, urged the township reeves
to emulate the Vounty'sliolley: -
_District. Engineer Ludgate of the
Department of Highways- was _another
Government ' official heard. Be said
_Huron 'Comity was Xecognized as having
the beet highwaks in •Oritarie. • .
sTreastitersA; ..11E're1dfie -tabled -the.
reeised 1941 eStithatee calling ft/ea tax
rate . of 3,75 mills, the .same as Jest
year. The report was referred to the
.finance committee. Administration of
juStice. will •cost -$1,000 emote than ex-
pected. The agricultural committees
• requirements $1.000enore, owing
to the grant for organization of • a
branch of the •Federation of Agricul-
ture, And the cost of secondary schools
is up over $5,000. The combined
amounts practicallY offset the" anneal
debenture payMents on Provincial high-
way. aecount, ,aa ow- retired
PARCELS FOR, OVERSEAS
COCOMittke! Deeiree Nailleit of Ur Who
May. Theve Boen•Negletted SO Ear
Pareels-vvere peeked by the eveleeee
parcels emnonittee �u Tuesday night
lagtr'when twelve men WhO WON." anablik
the. West arrivals „• in England were
remembered;
The response loeally te recent appeals
has 'been gnerous, reports ,Mrs, D. J.
Lane,: co/settler of the committee, with
the Tesielt that after the ewelvareels
were •paeked 'some extra articles tie
g'ether. with //bola $30 111 MI/ were left
over. . • •""
It isfurther stated that :everyone now.
lesown to be in England has been sent
at least one parcel. The plan now is
to begin again at the first' of the list
and, work through again; The nanfeS
and addresses, of. anyn 'who may lie
overscas-aml---wito- ares-sanistaMrttrtlre-
committee are urgenVy required. It is
recognieed that tleyee may be someeuch,
and relatives are aged to get in touch
either, with Herb. Jane •onewith Mrs.
D. J. Lane, to make sure that they
are not being overlooked.
There are twenty-one men on active
.service abroad; in addition to those for
whom parcels were peeked. on Tuesday,
and boxee' could be., seet ()Al ef Ahem,
if the present fusels were only moder-
ately augmentedeither by cash, or by
eetieles for inclusion in the boxes. To
assist citizens .in making a selection of
good things to send, a list is being
drawn up and plaeed, in the postallies
for all to see. It is hoped that plenty
of little luxuries will be forthcoming,
, Those ,assigting in the 'packing, _on,
Titestlay, in addition to (Mrs. !ane,I in -
eluded ,Rev. D. J. Lane, Mrs. :Walter
News:610e; the treasurer,- Mrs. gtan.
Snyder, Mrs.. Chester Johnston, and
Mr. • and Mrs. Robe McMehen.
In addition to the usual good things,
e h - -Tuesaey'e- bo eluded. a
pair of- socks, the elonatieti ties
Goclerich brauch., of the Red Cross
Society. Mrs. II. C. Dunlop, chairman
of the women's •• section of the Red
ross, •hopes1 that these wig'. be meieh
enjoyed:
No. Sit
HURON. :REACHES ITS OBJECTIVE
AND IS PUSHING ON AHEAD
Every Dollar Subscribed a Blow
' for National Safety and
NOTES FROM TRE
LONDON CONFERENCE
• The 'United OleUrch Of ,Canada
organized inteeeleVen COnferenees from
• coast to coast.. Thesmallest of these,
Newfoundland, is politically outside
Canada, but there is ,Cordial fellowship
among alt., The. 4olulon, Conferenee
Widen Met in Windsor last •week has
hitherte•Censisted of eight, presbyteries)
Ifuron, Perth, !Oxferd, *fight, ' litssex,
'Kent, Lambton and Middlesex.
To give 'Loudon ,Conferetwe More
'direct connection With the 'Mission
charge,s Of Northern 'Ontario,. Algoma
:48)...beenetranSfereedefreassita,
Conference this year, • and twenty-one
delegates, including dive lady members,
'were introaueed as,irepresentattee
the Presbytery of °Algoidas, One of
thesewas Rt?.y. 'Reba J. ffern, B.A.,
who willshe the first woman minister to
he T.-S(40(qt An the London !Conference.
Her eharge is Varna, in the 'Huron
Presbytery. • .
The total attendance was .slightly
larger- this-- year, the sat/miter- of Mins
• iSterial and lay • members registered
being 480. The billeting of this large"
body, • especially if Conference met in
one of the. smaller cities, has been an
theme/singly difficult problem. This
has been met by the decision of this
Conferenm that in future all meetings
iiiTIOntlon, and- an dele-
gates will male their own arrange-
ments, andthose froiu outside the city
will remive -from* jeortference funds A
cash allowance to cover their ek/enses.
Time of Conference ShOrter
The time of .gonference-bas-been
eut-
(lowu beginning this .year, all sessions
Teing It/eluded inSsfeetes days, 7agAay
Friday. The, ordination of ,candidates
for the -ministry which "wee forinerly
lieljl on the Sunday was held on Thurs-
day evening 'this year.
The inspirational speaker for the
• dimming worship services was Rex. Dr.
A. 8. Orton of Emmanuel College.- The
guest speaker for the banquet held
finder the ausPices of She 'Conference
Lay •Associatien was Rev. W. J. John-
Pstoit of Eglinton church, Tormite, •
There -are 237,charges in the Confer-
ence and a membership of 00,531,, an
sinerease over last nag. There is a
decline in !Sunday school attendance,
.due largely to changing -conditions.
Phis wiii iie serionsly considered dur-
ing •the coming year. • ,
g.n the whole ,this Was considered a
S a tisfa c tory eonfernce. •
Rev. Harry Royle President
The • nevv , president- is Rev. JEtarry'
Rorie, now at Taihotville, a Newfound
lander •whoecame into the Conference
twenty-one .vears ago and had Nile,
in the Huron Presbytery, as hisfirst
charge.
, Rev. R. B, Cunim,ing of *S;alfertl., at
one time minister of..P,eniniller and
Sinith'e Hill, is secretary of Conference,
, n d Rev. W. T. Eddy of Watford, an-
other Newfoundlander, is treasurer of
tionference. -
The officers ef the Conference Lay
Association are : John Elliott, London,
• honorary president;. A. II. Znrbrigg;
Stratford,. president; E. N. Hannah,
• bond an, v presiden t ; Hugh 'M (Ph a it,
Mt. Brydges, secretarseereaeurer.
• .
•MAPLE :LEAF CHAPTER .
The regular. monthly: meeting of the
Maple leaf Chapter, 1.0,1).E., was held
at the Public Library on Thureday
afterneon last, the regent, Mrs. Me-
Mehen, presiding. Owine-to the 'absence
of Mrs. Barnes from TGoderich, Mrs. J.
F. 'Gillespie was appointed viesteregent.
A resolufien was passed that; Owing to
the war saltation, we continue to •hold
our regular 'monthly meetings during
July and August;" - ,The names of seven
new Members Were presented and
paes'ed:. Miss .SaunderS gave a report
• .the two airmen'levitation tiences.
•and socials held in the 'Empire Theatre,'
R.A.F. station, 'Port Albert. An invita-
tion had been extended to all members
of the LO.D.E. and helpers at the
canteen, and Group Captain Robertson,
A.M., and Flying Officer .Green, officer
in•charge of the dithees, expressed their
appreciation of the interest the mem-
'hers of the Chapter were taking in the
men's social activities;
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•
. 7ORR-4'AMPBELL •
The in arriage of „Margaret Vera
(Rent), daughter of the late 'Air. and
v1is. R °bale .0 a usebell of tieKiliop, t
John Itlehm•ond Orr, of fl ode.rich took
place quietly *at the McKillop manse on
Wednesday afternoon, June • 4th, Rev.
R. W. Craw officiating. The• beide and
_gro.o.m_were-attendea by MI', and Mrs.
Robert W. Campbell of McKillop, 'bro-
ther and siker-ha-law of the bride.
Afterwards Mr. and .:Mrs. Oat left on a
• trip to Toronto „and etheripoints. They
will reside in Gederich.
(,Jost *2 Administration of Justice ,
The special committee aPpointed at
-the, January session' to inquire into
The rising cost of the all -Ministration of
justice tabled its •report. It was .adopteti
without .discussion: it 'Teads: •
We your eoinneit tee appointed at the
January. session of ,County Council to
invegrigate the inerease in -cost of., the
administration of, justice anet Id the
COunty 'Olerles-liffice on MM 28th. We.
beg to submit the folewingi-epert
_In the year 1925 the cost- of the
administration of jes•the was 810,500.:
(12. in theeyear 1920 " t he ,eoSt Of the
adialnisfration -of justice was 02,378.-
88. From that period Jo 1.030 it .aver-
• aged $12;000., • In. 1031 and 1032- it•
it/MI/ea $5,000 oh nceount of ,the.MeNeil
,brothers' trial, lwho were eharged with
robbery,- In 1931 the east dropjled back
tit 1J051.44. ,Ii`ront there' 011 .to 14)30
tlia.esoet averaged $10,000.. In 1940
There was anotlwr „hfcrease of $5:000,
:bringing it np to 824,000. , This extra
15,0001s Attributable to the murder and
manslaughter charges which ..necessi-
fated heavy jury otel Witifess"fiess, • •
We believe that an increase of $3,000
Per year for the last six or seven
years is due to the more extensive use
of the •car, which enables one so inclined
to• enema tchree or More offences in
one night. There has aiso been on In-
crease in motor traffic' accidents, many
of them caused i1y people eutAide the
county,: which inkeases the` est of
ad1111111Sfration dtle to the fact that
longer distances have to be covered to
issue summons and to bring the acensed
and Wthie.'4es to edurt. Another factor
-which met be taken into consideration
Is the fact that during the years 1030
and WO the salary end expenees _of
Nornien. Lever, the traffic officer, were
eharged to the administration a Justice,.
thereby ceraising the total by, nearly
another. $2,000.
We find that the 'fees of the Sheriff.
and• the 'Crown Attorney are set b))y
statute and that the tIountY hag no
AfriAlletion' overnthefia,1Put the More,
&Wee the -More costs. In .many eases
.the Preeinee pays a pereentage Of the
((ontitpedi on page *4)
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• FRITZLEY—SHFIARDOWN
Twt) .1Goderich young Jkople ex-
changed „nuptial vows at the parsonage
of North street United CliArek on Mon-
day, .June ath, at 0 •o'clook p.m., when
Ada Jean; ' only daughter of -11r. and
Mrs. 'Samuel Sheard own, became the
bride erHarry Fritzley, on or Mr„and
Mrs. Jos. Pr.itzley. The ceremony was
perforinea by Rev, W. P. Lane. The
bride was 'becomingly at tired' in. powder
blue erepe with pink trimmings and
white accessories, with • a corsage of
roses'S The •matron of honor, Mrs. Mur-
irruy sistelaw of the
bride, was in aqua blue crepe with blIlt
neTeeSSOX-itS and corsage of roses The
groomAman was Charles Sheardown,
'brother of the bride. The young couple
• will Nedde itt Getleriele •
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STODDART—GRAHAM
Prettily attired ire_A eireet drese of
heavenly blue sheer, Alia carrying a
corsege of pink- 'roses and fergetesie.
-Pete, MisSIrene 'Grace 'Granain, daugh-
•' ter et Mr. And Mrs. Nelgose, Orn,haza,
Port Albert, was mai-Tied on 'Satarclay
Morning, 4uree 7th, in the parlor of
• PASTORAt„CHAIR4ES .
tilted kW -Ur -N.- C-Ongregations hatirOn
County to Have New Ministers
after July 1st
At the meeting of the London 06ne
fereme. of the United Church, held 'at
Widilsor lost week, Rev. W. P. Lane
of Si:oder-Ms was pieced on ,the super-
annuatedielist, after , a minietry of
t hi rty. t hreee years. MS' .suecessor in
charge of North street' ehureh will be
Rev. R. 11. Turnbull, at present of
Port g Elgin.
' R4v. A. tJ. Maefta="yee,W‘iis confirmed
lty aonferenee in the pastorate of Vic-
toria street church.
In the Presiwters •eif , Huron after
Jute. lst ministers in the following
chargeS Will he ehangecl : Asliile1l, Rev:
James .Wilkin§ to be succeeded by Rev:
C.: 'G. Howse; Bele:rave, •Ree-.• J. B.
Townend 1>y Rev. C.1t. 'Dunlop; 'Bruce.
field, Rev. II. ,E. Wright by Rev, G. F., N.-
Atkieson ; teentealla, Rev. J. A. Falcon.
1gedge by• I2ev.111... J. 'Merriam; Kippen,
Ref!. E. F. Chandler lar Rev. M. Gra 1; t
MeKillop, 'Revs R. W.7 Craw ,by Rev. W.
.1. Pa Ron ;• Ara rn a , Rev. a. R. Peters
Jtv. 1bit E. Henn.
J"rornGoierjch Rev. A.
Mrs. R. T, and A. M. Robert -
15)11 Wet(' 111 nttenthin& nt 1110
Conference.
MOWER FOR BRIDE -ELECT
niiseellaneons shower was given
for Miss Lenore iStothers on' Wednesday
Knox Prffbyterian •church,
(2°deric1)1of "Sq-;irigfaorrfylaislrt a (sivie:3,1 aTth(ttlu.;)1,1).lioleit!teo..1)).
tef
o Mr ., St&ldart. final Mr . I
and Ma's". •IDavid 'Stoddart, Ailoaerice, woe taken by complete • surprise whet/
k4Itti; entered the room to lind sorne
The ceremony was Performed by ReV.
World :freedom
The Victory loan eataPaign in Uurort
• County is still going strong, despite'the
faet that what IR called the
ObjectiVe Of *4400,000 already has
been overstrbscribed by nearly 100,000
and .subscriptions are, headed toward
the two-anillion,mark.
It is lipped that everyone ;realizes
the Government needs all the anOney .it
can get and that our tirPt Quota w.b.9
ouly, minitaura ...one," said Feta
4-affist-ty-roneHattlrevrg**T13;Ibtri' '
l'he 'town of Goderich uoir las 130
percent. of its quota rth $206,200 sub.
'Scribed. Ifensallt leads with 337 per
ten, Exeter 205, Brussels 242, Gode.
rich township 120, flowick 114$ Clinton
153, 'Wing -ham 157, !Set/forth 106 and
Tuckersmith 12$ percent, •
Ten: of the twenty-three. municipal-
ities, inelndingalbnibatieentreS'eicept •
Myth, have exeteded their quotas.
Prize Decorations
PrihC-winnei's of patriotic display,s in
colineetion with the :Victory loan dis-
plays' in Huron county were 'announced
yesterday. .They are: Brussels, Ebner
Bell, law oilice; Seaforth,,-.*Ketfzie's
store; ilensall, Middleton's drug Atorea _
Exeter, '• SoUtheett • . Clinton,
Ilnvey's drug store ;• Wingleine
ton's hardware; Goderiche Craig,rie's
ne\i„.-sistantl: ,Each was. the Winner or a
be -4e11 ir prize.- ..Mrs. D. J. Lane and
0 committee of -women itid the
The sN4-4*pstalte tounty winner is Mi'd-
dleton's drug stoteeof intensall, a ten --
dollar prize, •
Huron Second in Ontario
Shortly after the noon hour on Satur-
day last It 'MI.'S iallnounted, from _Victory
loan headquarters that II/iron .0ounty-
had .exteeded its NuOta cff *1,400,000.
The e.,..miet dignre was $1,422,800. Hifron
was the Second county ,in the Province
to achieve its'objeetixe, being beaten 'by •
Haldiniand Con:nay by onlk an hour in
reporting to Proine1a1 jaeadquarrs'isa.
Toronto.
'001nPlimentary telegrants were re-
ceived by the eounty organization frOna.
I.Aon. J. L. Ileley„ Minister of Pinauce,
A. E. Ad -scoff, Ontario ehairmaa And
Lindsay, Graham,. district chairinan.
• 1-ligh praise was given the cbmmittee,
the eighty -Goa canvaaerat and ..the
• county organikers, Messrs.. Knowles affd-.
-Jaffray; e). •
a J. Lane in'the peeeenee 0.2 a ow wenty-tive people waitingto greel her.
1111/41Pilia1e relatives., Ttle bride was The. room IN118 prettily decorated with
attended by her =sister, Mrs. Abeeew afttoir nseni4t(arno
letiltillensad
bouriquestwil,e;t11;easg.xn
white• 'Mr.
Bogie, wbo was gowned in navy blue petoolimii evening Iva9 spent and
. Andrew Ilog(e aeted as best
man. Thi, wedding dinner was served
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' AndTew
Bogie before the Widal couple left on
.the .2.40 train for it short honeymoon,'
trip. The .bride. travelled in a ''White.
,figured dresv; with pry blue access-
ories. Air. and'ALI'S, :Stoddart will
nt:the their hoan In Goderiele
The bride wee a member ef the staff
of Alevaadra 'Hospital end a hitehen
Shaver vvas given in her honor at the
nurses: residence on May 20th.
Friday, Mae 80th, • abont fourteen
nuries in at the home of Mrs. Harold
Illitekstone, where a Iniscellaneous
.shower was held by the. graduating
clam ofJoao, of which the bride was
it member. The gifts,' packed in tt
basltet (beautifully &mated in pink.
and white, were presktea to the bride
by 'Mrs. Blackstone and Miss Kathleen
Vrawford, the address being read by
Miss Bernice Bond. Afiaintily served
hutch by'lfro. 'Blackstone added. t the
enjoyment of the guest0. •
,
dainty lunch was served. • The party
gathered in a cirele and the bride -elect
was led into the eentre to d basket
decorated in pink" and white and con-
taining manybeautiful. gifts. MISS
Stothers• responilcd rvery nieeiy. and the
Ng/minder of t he 'ea -en in g was Spent in
,community
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GOES TO WAIVAGAIN
Dr. X. Harold Taylor, who was over.
seas with the Cianqdian Army Medical
Corps in the last war, has again heard
the eall to patriotic serviec, and like
the ardent Iiiritioher he is he has closed
his otliee here ,and on Tuesday left for
.Lontion to report at military `liead.
• quarters' for, service again with the
13A-IA.11.C. Dr. Taylor wag at Calgary
when the last \yap, brok.e out andhe
served with the medical tOrP3 from
April, -l013; nntil,lato in 1010. It WAS
after this that he established bis
praotice in ,Gotlerlch, Sucemling bis
father, the,late or. A. Taylor.
• SATURDAY'S SALVAGE EFFORT
No less than fourteen truckloads 0r•
salvage were collected, ibv the truckers
Who. •undertook • that War effort last '
Saturday' morning.. •Godericif eitizen
nia4e 4,.sPleudid respOnse to the request
to • tie their papers securely and as a. • •
result the-bele:kers:were able to handle
-
the bundles much mere easily and make
better time. • -On Saturday there were .
Practically no requests to climb into
attics or go to the basements. for,
material,. the people having placed their
-bundles on the boulevards, a thoughtful-
ness that Was appreciated by the'
• truekers, the chairman of the salvage
committee, 'Councilloe, Huai/m*7
and the offtcerS ,og the Boh,?.;t1 of, Trade
sponsoring the effort.
A special collection will be made in_a
few days 'froni the storeS; Where it is
understood there are 'such quantifies of
tuaterial they 'could not be handled -
during a town -wide clean-up,
DRUMHEAD SERVICE AT CIJINITON- •
A drumhead sersice sponsored, by the
Aliddlesex-diuron -Regiment and the
Canadian Legion branches of the county
will be held in .Q1inton. wt.:8=1441Y'.
Jun 15th, at '3 On., in support of the
Victory loan campaign. The main -
speaker will be s13rig. General A. E.
Nash, M.C., of ,Ottawa,.DePuty Adjut-
ant General. Other speakers', will in-
clude Major the Rees F. G. Light -
bourne 'of 'Strafford and J. D. Tito/nee,
oi!,Goderich. The parade will include „
• the entire Middlesex -Huron- Regiment,
Canadian Legion, jloy eouts. Girl
Guides and conntv bands: `•
PRACTICE GAME FOR BANTAMS
. Prospective players, in the 'Bantam
baseball :league :had a ehance to show
their stuff on Monday afternoon, when
a game was played between' sides cap-
tained by Leonard. Dodkins and Jas.
1.1sset. The sbattery for the Donbas
team was Mero 'and Burrows pitching
and Allen eatehing;. for IliSset, Mac-
Donald pitching and Westlake catch-.
ing:,Thescore was 26 to 6 in favor of
the bodkins team. The inItielders and
outfielders were changed to different
positions during the .progress .of the
game, in order to discover in what
position each player did his best work,
STUART J, MASON BEREAVED
Mrs, George Helyvig, who died at !Sud-
bury on !Saturday as the result of in-
juries from a fall onthe sidewalk out-
side her bode, was a sister of Stuart
J. Mason *I (Goderieh. bornitt Walker-
ton, she lived at - Mildmay for some
years before mOving to ISudbury. Her
mother, Mrs. David Mason, resides at
Galt, where the interment took Wave
on Ttteaday. fr. 'Mason went to Gait
to attend the funeral,
,Mr. and 'Mrs. Albert Wilkins 4and
Miss -Vera Wilkintm of Ooderich and Mr.
'Calmer Dawson of Auburn were in
bohaoh on Friday,. ,guests at the
Wilkins—Vraser -wedding.
,Mtr. John Murphy and daughters:Mrs.
Raymond McCarthy, of Port Ituron,
Mich.. were guests,' during the past week
at the home of 'Ur.' and Alm John
Iiussey.
Walter 14.1. Johnson f the li.(1,N.,
,stationed at Vancouver, 'has.) been at
Itis home, ,37 St, David's Urt;tet, en an
eighteen -day leave. He left for the
(out on Tuesday, accompanieet by Mrs.
jOinirs;on.
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