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. NINETY-FOURTH 'YDAR .
DESPER.TE JAIL -BREAK BY THREE
WINDSOR YOUTHS MONDAY NIGHT
jailer Reynolds- Attacked and
Beaten -=—Fugitives Rounded
Up Again in Pew Hours
lese thaa five hours 'after they
bad asSeaped trona Huron Coity jai1,.
sh-ertly after 7 o'clock on Monday
. night, three Wiadsor youths, Bernard
•t. Dellis,' Eugene Rousseau and Orville
• VireStfall, each fiftee. n yeare' of age,
• were back: in the eame cell block from
which thea had escaped ,efter severely
beating ,GoVereor Jameg B. Reynolds.
During their few hours of liberty they
SHAREHOLDERS ,OF 'SKY
-HARBOR vispr, SaRogis
Conducted over Plsant and Express
Pleasure at Its Coinpleteness and
• Tidiness ,
Over 250 of the 400 -odd shareholders
of the Huron- CounteFlying Training
•Seliool, Limited, with members .ef their
families, were guests . sesterdaY at
Sky Harbor of the directors, ixtanage-,
meat and ehief supervising ofileer, R.
(3.-VIdeat ait inepectien of No. 12 Ele-
Inentery .School, •
After registeri,at the guard-hoese
were the 'object of 'an intense search by .thng
e visitors were ,escorted"- in groups-
, a posse of scores of police and civilians,
by the personnel of the school, mainly
and caused no end of excitement. (flying instruetors, on a .tour: of the
In jail .awaiting sentenee on charges ground instruction school, wherethe
of ear theft aad,robbery, to which they operation of thelink trainers was
had pleaded guilty, on TuesdaY Morn- demonstrated and expleiued; to the
ing they were further charged, With jail big bengal., where s the -full quota of
break and ctiminal assault up.on Mr. the school's training 'planes, looking
Reynolds, nee they will appear On •their best, were grounded ea account
these latter Counts ;before Magistrate of unfavorable flng weather; to the
J, A. Makins* this (Thursday) after- hospital, She sleeping barracks and
airmen's mess'where a buffet luncheon
According* to (Sheriff Nelson:Hill, Mr. was s served before their departure. '
Reynolde was attracted by a riteket in , • Many of the visitors saw the school
. the cell blot* in which the three youths at close range for the first time, and
- were rocked. This was » about 7.15 much favorable comment • was heard
p.m. on Monday while Turnkey K., on the modernness or the entire plant,.
'White was away ati, supper. kr. the splendid 'equipment and appoint-
rteynolds went, alone, up one flight.' of ments,,and the tidiness ,of the grounds
atairs t� the 'first floor to investigate. •and bitilding§.
• Tow of the three tioy.s,s1St. Dis entold • It is. just a year since ;these
Rousseau, were apparently engaged in ,patriotic people inveSted their money
. a fight, which later turned out be a in the company that put Sky Harbor
slirespdefaitidiflerdrarafriffdtreTColdinen-
heavy steel cell black , gate and was wealth Air Training Plan, and SloCe
about to enter the dingy cell block then hundreds of students, seme of
torridor when he was _gagged- over the them now lir- action -over Britain; cte
'head With a leg which had been torn» eu-pied sF-1'ance,. a-ndGermitoeselteve. been
from a kitehen chair. Westfall al- trained there. The investment ha
proved sound and practical, for S»ky
(Harbor holds, e:high place 'among• th
• twenty-three elementety.schools. of the
CoramonwealthsPhin.
The invitations were issued by W. L
Whyte; •president of he company.
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'KINCARDINE -OFFICE CLOSED
The 'Federal customs and excise
office' at »Kincardine has been 'closed
owing to the small amount of business
transacted" there, •and transactions for
Kincardine will hereafter Ise handled
.at the. office 'here. Mr. I. R. Mc-
Gregor of 'London, who has had charge
at Kiii.cardine., is now -at thesGaderich
Office. relieving while the local officers
• take their holidays. •
• legedly wasthe assailant.
Mr. Reynolds' did not go down with
• the .first blow. Dazed and bleeding
profusely, the -faced his three assailants,
who came at him, yvith,eJsair legs and
• rungs, beating hitn about the head and
shoulders. die »baeked out » the cell
block gate, (deft the main cerridor of
• the second floor to the foot • of the
winding stairway leading to the Hilt('
floor, all the » time warding ,aff blows
and lighting back as 'best lie could With
• his fists. •
• Beaten Down on Stairway
On this stairway the Governoe_was
again tbe viethal of a renewed- vicious
els assailants beat hien. dosen
. on the stairway .in a semi-conseious
condition and bespattered with blood:
• They ripped a big rung trent the stair
• case to assist in the -assault. They
•• stole a key.» from the jailer's pockitts,
eeehieli, had it been the right one, Would
' have p-,i,ven them quick liberty by» way
• of the main jail door. But it was not
• the right key. Th eY ran along the
•*c.:Q.nd floor corridor, down the steep
'
winding» staircase to the ground floor,
leaving the' jailer prostrate On the
steps-upetairesp-When the key failed to
• admit them to the outside world they
'ran through the open »kitchen 'door to
the utility jail yard outside. only » to
face a twenty -two -foot »stone walls
This wall, however, proved no
obstacle to the agile youths. Like a
team of pyramid-huildeFs,. »one »stood
on• the crossbar susrpoits of the liig
• ' gates, a second - youth •nieunted his
• shoulders, while the third craseled to
the top Of the wall above. Then the
• second anti finally the third youth were
• pulled to the. top.
It isthought that the daring youths
hung be thele faiogertips from the
ledge before »droYp1ng to liberty. In
oing so they pulled a hieh. shale rock,
.4 x 12st 6 inches, fromthe ledge and
this stone is thought to have struck Si.
Denis an she » arra and Westfall on a
kg, because both were inJuYed When
vaptured. In fact, Westfall's leg in-
jury proved 'a SeriouS handicap,In their
„getaway.
'. The Alarm Given°
Vv'hen Mr. Reynolds had recovered
sufficiently to walk, he gave the alarm
to his wife, who relayed it to Sheriff
.Hill and the police. Mr. ReinoIde ran
--out on the street and inforthed passers-
• by and soon a cordon• was, thrown
around the ,ja.11 with automobile head-
• lights turned into every nook » and
corner. 'The immediate vielnity of the
, eat', IVO:* thoronghlr :Scoured, without
result.
• Soon afterwards it was eepeeted at
the police station by Frank GallVw
thair he» Iiad » talked to three youths
answering the right descriptions in
his automobile salvage Yard • On St.
o Andrew's street. 'One, he' said, was
Ile complained to his cont-
• panions that he had sprained his
ankle.
thee Constable Frank. Fox, in
charge of the search, had summoned
ell Prothielal and County pollee to bloed the
town. By telephone he ckall 'WERE AWAITING SENTENCE
highways leading out of 'Huron ;county.
He feared that the escepedmien would Three Windsor YouthS Plead Guyty to
ateal a car in IGoderieh with which to Charges of Robbery
make- sr getaway. It was not long Seta up for trial on Thursday last by
before a 1915 »Chevrolet was reported Magistrate Makins- on charges of car
sitfilssing by a citizen, but this report...theft and robbery, three • Windsor
resulted in e wild goose chesei the youths, Bernard St. Denis; .Eugene
ear later turning up. It had just Rouseettu anti 'Orville Westfell, ap-
'been borrowed by a friend, pealed before Judia,e,t)ostello on Friday
Railwaylyards, box eats, clumps et morning last, elected speede, triil atid
bushes on the lake and river bank g and pleaded, guilty to the charges.- The• y
, in all » sections of Me town » were ViVri.,k remanded •te jail until Wedne.s-
thorougldy eearched with flashlights by dais October 22, at 2 p.m., for sentence.
policeeed volunteers. It Vvits not until All three are between the ages of
10.45 that' 'the telephone call that ledfourteen and sixteen. A foutth moth
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to the reeaP'ture wire received ate the be- of the gang, under thirteen, Was
municipal police station by Town 'Clerk paroled, On suspended aentence iii
Knox. It was front e Bruce str•e'et juvenile court.
. lionse overlooking Victoria Park. Two On Thursday, 'September 25, these
ears resPonded. In one Was Sheriff four boys stole a ear in Windsor and
11111 and 4pecIaJ Constable 'Mike Kendrove it to Drysdale, where they robbed
nedte and in the other County on 'Mrs. Bedard's general store of a
stables Helmer •%tell and WIlliam' quantity oCeigneettes, dandy, wearing
-Gardner. » » apparel end money. At. Baylleld they
' How Capture 'W1.4 Made wreeltied the ear and stole another, cam
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They doge(' In from Nelaon and ing on t() Goderlch. Earlyeneart morn -
'Bruce streete on three figures etanding ing they were noticed by Mre...j: E.
talking In the parkWere St. Ita.eehter prowling about tliddlittechler
Denie and Itoitaaeett. The thIrd Wee. garage, Where two large new Buick
Arthur PPeeman, the real ler° 41n- the CATS 8tO0d; one unlocked with the keys
plege, He had elesereed the two bon in it. Mre. Mae -elder gave the elute to
In the park, rah into »Oonntable Frank 'her son tea, The tinartette Were
• rox's houte te give the alas;. and then •arreated at ithe Waterfront »aoon after
ran eVer tothe park' to engage the by a posse of Pollee.
Combiniqg The Goderich Signid a,nd The godirich Stay
GODERICH„ ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1941:
Assessor kinds ,
Population 4,886
--se—. •
MS Is 373 - More than the
Census and Mr Over •
1949 Figures
According to the municipal assess-.
raentereturns for 1941, compiled by
AeeesSor el1 J. MaeKaY, the popula-
tion of. Gocierich is 4,880, compared
with, 4,674efor 1940, an. increase of 212.
:Young men »wlto haye lefts town to
'join various •units of the arntY, naval
and air 'forces ere net counted in these
figures„ If the.se, Were included the
population 'figurea week" be well' over
5,000.!
The Federal ceases figures for Gode-
rattle were 4,43. The difference is- ac-
counted for partly by' the fact that
the ceneue did not include members of
,the Air Force anti their families from
outside Canada who have taken up
residence in town. If they are house-
holders they are • included hi the'
assessor's figures.
• The totals assessment of the town
placed » by Assessor MacKay at
$2.592,538, an increase of $4;713ei over
last year's figures:
SWIMMING GALA FINANCES
TA British War Victims' Funds
.
Each Receive $152.70
The Evening Telegram Britieh War
Nictims' Fund and the'd,ions Club Bri-
tish 'Child Welfare 'Fund will each
• benefit to the extent of $152.70 ne
reetil-te-ofeethee-switamirrg—gkala--and-
ciiniva.1 held on \Saturday, August
30, under the jcrint auspices» Vestite
Board of Trade, Lione 'Club and
Tho affairs of the seuccessfill
s event haye been woend up and ee,
statement of receipt e and expenditures
e haselieen issued by the finance com-
mittee, of which Nelson Hill was
chairman. '
• The largest receipt was » from ° the
sale of tickets sat •the harbor pier,
$272.18; tags 'brought $81.81, isregram
• advertisements $103,, program Niles
$46.00, evening carnival $130.75,
donations $21.25, sale of diving tower
$3'5.00. •
Expensds--1Printipg and advertising
Lueknow Band $40.85, » diving
tower $60, prizes $63.82, Mermaids
$50, carpenters, lumber,' trucking, ete.,
$41,27, Insurance $30. » • "-
• The committee wishes to extefid its
thanks to » the I.O.D.E., •the serisl
•Guides, the Roy (Scouts and 'all'others
who assisted in staging the event.
ItEV. MR. DUNBAR, INDUCTED
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Bishop Seager Officiates as New Rector
• Is Placed in Charge of St. George's
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jail -breakers In conversation until
police *cake. The scheme worked. St.
Denissand Rousseau put up uo resist-
ance. They led their captors do West.
fall's tiding place a short disfance
away, alongside a high 'beard fence at
Miss MasiBavan's residence on- Cambria
road. On aceohlit of his. inability to
• walk' ,he, had» presumably been hidden
be his;peleStintil,'-eie they planned, they
conld.secure a car, in whieh to make a
getaway. But the :plan Went -astray.
After they had beeen locked up in the
jail again the jail physician, Dr. Gal -
low, was called to attend .Westfall anti
'St...Denis.
Governor Reynokls' Injuries•
On Tuesday morning »Governor
Reynolds was on the job; but feeling
very stiff and 'sore. (inc »of the many
s-cales wounda he sustained, reqiiired
five stitches to .close. He, was black
and blue about the shoulders and was
weak from ioss of blood, but was able
to carry
Only In 'August of this .year the
Governor hikl frustrated an attempted
jailbreak when he floored another,
Windsor youth, Max"Glassco, with a
uppereut to the jaw. On that
occasion he faced »only two and got
in the first punch. The pair who tried
to get away on that•occasion were
hardsbolled criminals.
It was flifferept in Monday's affair.
benis, Rousseau and Westfallewere
being treated.as juveniles. They were
Only fifteen years of age, but they were
tall and sllght. and tnight easily» be
mt.staken for _boys of eighteenor
nineteen..They were allowed privileges
which would not ordinarily be extended.
It was this » eame trio who w•ere
the object of another search in Gode-
rich two Weeks ago toddy. Thee they
had stolen ears in 'Windsor and Bay-
field and robised it.store in Drysdale
before being 'run 'down „here. It was
while they were waiting to hear their
fate on these eitienes that they made
their abortive break forethe. wide-open
sPaces.
• Owing to the illness of Utown At-
torney Itelinft, the youths were this
afternoon reinanded 'for one week .on
the -jail breaking and assault (lunges.
Parish
Notwithstanding the unpleasant
wedther on Friday evening, 'e goodly
number were present at, St. Georges
Anglid'an therth to Witness the induc-
tlene-ef 'Rev. W. H. Dunbar as rector.
The Right -Rev. C. A. Seager, Bishop of
Kea:eked and offieiated, in the
induction. As the text of his sermon
he,chose .the passage, "YR are the light
of the world." The lights ofEurope,
h
e said, have •
, ase gone »out and they must
be relit at the attar of faith.
Bishop eager spoke eulogistically of
the new rector, assuring the congrega-
tion that he would make „a »competent
, leader of- their .parish. The .keys ,of
the church were presented to Mr. Dun-
bar by ichurch Wattlens, (a. E. Groves
and G. N. Dewker.
After-• the ceremony, •refreehments
were served in the parish hall and
.members of the congregation had the
dpoortenity of meeting the new rector,
Mrs. Dunbar» andtheir daughter
•Norma.
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"BE PREPARED " '
SCOUTS" APPLE DAY
OCTOBER lit ItereA IA, DA Y
The Weal troop of tivouts and (7u1)
Pack, so ably» led by Mr. Kenneth
Jaelison as 'Scoutmaster, and. the
Misses »Gertrude Wilkes and Ann
Wurtele as Oubmistrests and Mei:stunt
,Cninnistress respeetively, are holding,
their annual Apple Day on Saturday
in voramone with many other trooeS""
and packs 'throughout Canada. ,
This will be yo'ur opportunity to. help
your local Scouts and Cubs at a very
small fillerifiee- en your part—the.price
of apple or whaleyer You care to
g
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'Scouts. are taught to "do their duty
to 61od and the King," aniong many
Other things, and at lenst three of
t It eir fo rin ere. lead ers hi God e ri eh are
in the Active .gervire Army. They are.
dila Lodee. AlberteShere and Itiehaed
Palser. . ,O 1
Scouts learn what discipline Means
--41110Ut the only place (air boys are
taught it these cPys—and when they»
aresready to Jain,to ur .splendid fellows
who are figleting for our homes, our'
liberties and our ',British institutions„
they profit greatly by the leseons» the
have learned as Scouts.
»Seotaing Is a war offoH and well
worthy, of yinir interest and support.
The leaders 'all give manyhours of
their leisure time to preparing for and
eondueting the meetings Their Only
reward; is that inner sense of seta's-
faetionevhieh eomes-from disinterested
pidele Itervietsesservice for the benefit
of there.
"Be prepared," therefore, to give
your hearty and eheete encourage-
ment to ,the boys. Make theih. • feel
they' have yobr synipathy, • and the
!cadets, yam, interest and, support.
Tills WIII help them, to- edtry on their
good work- Everyone cAn. do' this
and, Most» people can spate a smoll
slim for an apple, • ..
IVUY ' AN .A(IIPILId ON IgATURDAY.
. LIONS » LADIES* NIGHT •
Ladies' night ot both (iloderieh and
Clinton iLions Olttb will »thls year be
bold jointly » at the J3iseiriser Iletel,
Grand 'Bend, on elle night 'of 'Wesinee-
day, October 22ad.
MONTREAL WRITER
• LOOICS GODERIOR »WAY
Under 'tile teading-"Hail elm! Fare-
well" the following- appeared. in The
3lontreal 'Standard of Saturday lot,
Now we want to know who "Ai:cilia" is,
and 111Vite hini to all next, time he 4
up thl.e Way,, ao that we Sna,y" intFoduce
him to the fishing editor, Qf his
"favorite Canadian newspaper,"
(Montreal Standard,' Oct. 4)
}laving been ubSent from this pars
tienlar etso.t forsseome 1Itt1 iinse we
had,, we confess, %looked forward to
being elloived »4o maunder about again
in peace for a » While. It Ictoks now,
.hOwever, ae• *though We should » be coins
pelted to » absent oarself again for an
• indefinite period, depending altogether
one the success we have ie the accom-
plishment Of a quest' which we cannot
gainsay. We may get what we are
"after without too »much trouble; on
the other. hand Ice may be questing
away till the swyw flies.
eke.
It all comes from an article we read
in our favorite, Canadian newspaper,
The GOderich-Signal-Star. Goderich is,
agrand place for lishin' off the break-
water and we often regret that we al,
lowed less Important ,things. to interfere
with our adolescent determination to
make, lishin' off the iGoderich break-
water our lite -work,, Sport begins
when the ice goes out and such perch as
swim in no other Waters may there be
obtained. It rises to, a. climax When
the smelts,, cane in along the beaches.
All !Ffnrcas., goes maid -thereat, -Fuming
'wires greet» muddyea,ndeemetly hus-
bands on the pale de-oveneslay after day.
Tell ITS it isn't"epottfiellIng, to catch
a bushel of srttelts al! a,dip-net and
a pallaisrTry it! •
But- it's »the doings of the editor of
The Rodney Sun as chroeicled by his
confrere of » The Goderich Signal -Star
that has us on the eve of packing:tour
trunk again. The fOrnser gentleman
has come to .Goderich and sent the
local fishermen into » conniptions by his
performances. Listen to what he did,
as reported by The » Signal -Star:
"Oa, » two successive days, using
a secret baiteand a casting teche
niqtte all hie own, ,he » pulled his
quota of the Afighting fish (bags)
otit of the wateks of 'Lake »Huronin
jig time, much to the amazement
'of anglers on » either side of him,
• who never got so-mucli as a nibble.
When » Elgin » County's .former
warden is not in his newspaper
office .or looking after municipal
affairs he is 'fishing, with his time
-about evenly divided, three ways.
Again yesterday Mr. » .B/ank re-
turned to the' Goderich
• ground •with three of his towns-
men and by noon they were up- e
• town with twelve •Week bass, the i
• largeSt weighling four and a half i
'pounds. Six more got away, not t
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»Boot': Of ,Eilp.catio.n,
payment of Lawyer's Bill .Basis
of Motion for Unseating
of, Two Trustees
• The 'trials and stribulations Of, the
'Clinton liocird Of Educatidn; and they
„have been ,many, Ain<fe' » the Board's
formation leas than., a year ago, were
given a further airlag befrane Judge
*Costello last .Friday when application
Was beard ta-tinseat ,Trustees C. 'd.
eliddletote (chairmanesof, the Board)
and »Mrs, IsIllian MeKinneis
:rile applicants in the uneeidlng
tion'are former truSteeS A: Te.(ittoper.
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and W. E. 1.'e,,rdtie, 'wile sully a few
weeks ago were ousted from. the Board
by•ii court,Order after proceedings had
been 'twitched by Mr. Middleton, and
Mrs. McKinnon; who are themselves
now "on the spot." - If the 'latter lose
their seats, and this wall not be known
fere:some 'time, the educator § will be
even:'up; it will be a, case» of » tit for
tat.
both' caSses, the grounds for th0
unseating actions are the same, it »heing
alleged that the trustees, directly or
indirectly, • had personal transactione
with .the Board, or, in 'other words, that
Attlee:: received money contrary tos the
provisions Of the Board of Education
In the case miw • tinder review, It
is chalked that Clinden Board of
Education paid a ,counsel fee a ;$100.Q2
to Meir, •the-tBoard'S solicitor,
for his serviees 18 the court pro-
ceedings Which » unseated eMessrs.
Cooper and . Perdue, whereas (it is
claimed) Mr; Middlettm_ and Mrs._ Mc-
Kinnon, and not the laoatd-of Educe -
den, Were the applicants In the »tua-
seating ',motion and ehould have ikr-
soqally paid ler. Meir's bill...
' The minutes orthe Boerd, filed as an
exhibit, disclosed that. on May 8s 1941,•
a- motion »was passed naming Mr. Meir
solicitor _and instructing him to launch
proceedings to Unseat Trustees Coolie's
perdue and Hall. When the case came
to court the cage. against Mr. Hell was
dropped • after a court,. ruling had been
given, and for reasons of expediency,
as claimed by Mr. Middleton and Mrs.
McKinnon, they allowed themselees te
he substituted for the.Board otEduca-
doe as »the applicants.
The -seetion or the Act u-nder. which
Proceedings were laid reads: "A
trustee shall not enter .into any con-
tract in which he has any Interest or
receives ' eompensa tion from • the
board?'
E. G. Thompson, KC., Stratferd, 'for
the respondents, .Mr. Middleton' and
Mrs. McKinnon, armed' that net by
he widest stretch of imagination could
t, be held' tilat the trustees titered
nto any contract when they allowed,
heir names to, be substituted for the
Board,of Education »in the, original pro-
cedings against Messrs. Costlier and
)erdue. Ile risked that the applicas
ion be dismissed, but Judge Costello
rdered that the 'taking of evidence be
)roceeded with.
Trouble Among .thelMembers
JohnlIariley, secretary of the Board,
appointed onFebruary 5, 1941, told
f lack of harmony among the mem-
bers and of . unSuccessful efforts to
NVI-COMt. it. He reviewed, pr oct‘ed in g.s
eading.up to the unseating of Messrs.
cooper and Perdue, stating that en
ugnst 21st last' he received telephoste
nstruclions from 'Mr. Middleton' to at -
end a, hoard meeting, at „the home Of ,
rs. McKinnon and to bring Hsi eheque
og theshook, lint by slipping into
• the -water when the cord 011 which -
they were'strung' broke under the
weight of fish when another one
was added. That na.a.a sourid fishy
but We are 'assured it is a fact.
• Three or four of the catch weighed
three pounds or better. There
was » a cash sweepstake prize for
the man catching „the largest fish. 0
,The Rodney editor collected."
Do you wonder we have been cam- 0
pelkd• to filter our plans to settle 1
'down quietly »with news like that to
drive vs frantic? We don't ,fimI" ans.= A
'thing -lishy'! about the broken cord 1
episode. We have long ceased tp find
any fislt story fishy. Even dead fish
get away, .as witness the time when
an obliging bet inexperienced member
of a fishing., party we wot of, COM- 0
piSSI011ed to string a nice ca'tch 021 T
fish, painstakingly made lo
each slippery tail (instead of
gills which a benencient Provids
book.
At fhig,meeting, witness testified, the
rder of Judge Costello unseating
rustees 'Cooper and Perdue was read
ml placed in the minutes. Also »the
'nate:dot eevep meetings held during
he summer months, which had not
been written in the book becauselt was
, tied up in tlw courts, but instead had
ps around a
using t e111
tit t
there for that sole purpose) and gye
the» whole catch overboard into a nice
swift » eorrent, •"to keep them fresh.'
So, if we don't turn up here next
%%WIC it Will be because we haver2,6ne to
Rodney to get that secret.bait formula
and have not got back yet. Ag. hope
We won't bate trouble in g-ettritig it but
We a re prelate(' for pretty nearly any-
thing, short 'of minder. We aren't
.worrying NO much about the casting
techelque, since, » es we have4tdready
confessed here, we have a technive
,alreadywhich is wholly unique. But
,weve JUst got_to get that secret bait.
It necessary we litopoee to apply for
a ,job as office`bily with the Sun » and
take a chance »of wangling it out of
the boss, »after a year oeSe, as reward
for faithful service. But, by—fair
means or fishy, we mean to g4 it.
° been kept» by hiliks on fOrldscap 'paper,
were read' and,,approveile
Next item of. business 1'was the pre-
sentation of Mr. alter's bill for $1011.02•
The chairman, Mr. » Middleton, asked
-that someone move that Lit. --be paid.
There was no response, so Mr. Middle -
toe. asked Mrs. McKinnon to take •the » » Seri:taut:Major II. Baird, Royal Can -
chair. Mr. Middleton » then moved, adian Engiqers, visited Goderich arm-
TOXOIDING SCHOOL CHILDREN
foxold for diphtheria: and starlet
fever has 'wen admilliNtCDed 1)y Dr.
'W. » 10. Gallow, to 135 pupils of
the Separate school,eitteen pupils were
given toxoid for diphtheria, and
'thirteen received it for scarlet fever.
At Central school„ thcre» »were forty -
•pine injeetionefor diphtheria, and fifty -
011V for scarlet • fever.. » Seven vaccin-
ations for smallpox have also been
'given bet ween'The two schools. Togoid
was administered to the pupils of Vic-
toria Sitni100 this (Thurstlai)' after-
noon. Each pupil receiving toxoid will
have three injections fbr diphtheria
and five for scarlet fever, to la, ad-
ministered on Thursdays and Fridays
each %Telt. All these injections, given
by the Department df lIealth, pre free
of charge.
• THE WEATHER
The m a x ith um and minimunt teMper-,
atures in 'Goderich for the past week,
and for the corresponding- week last
year, were as follows.'
1941 1940
• » Male Mina Max. 'Min.
• Thurs., Oa. 2 ::..109 40 » 01 40
Fri.,Oct..8 » 05 (10 04 45
Sat., Ott. 4 49." 54 Wt. 40
'Sun., 'Oat. 5 7.3 ss,„.L.0,471 ' 3421
Mon., Oct. 6 09 55' -.74 00
'Ffres., Oet. 7 .,75 Of • 62 54
Weds,Oct. 8 01 421 50 43.
No.
I,i.'il THE WATE1WR4TT
•
The Str. Beaverton arrived Salm&
afternoon from 'Fort Wiibm WIth
tame •of Package freight »Mter tak
ing ou 100 tonsett salt here she left fo
:)c,ntreai» on Sateirday eight, e
. The str. Naudoe arrived Sunda
night from Fort William with 2;14,000
buts. wheat ter the elevator, • on
• The etre 'Superior arrived' Alenday
night with 29,2n. bus. liax, 20,341 bus
barley, 7,643 bus, rye, and 11,067 bus
oath, for the elevate'', and 22,600 bus
• barley, for the 'Western Canada »FIeu
'1111.6::new foghorn, cebre vn.•es, laid on
Saturday morning ander the sillier
yiSi011, Of 11, E. Polland, constructien
engineer of the Deparament of Trans.
port. Thtt old cable had been cracked
by the ice last spring. -
The tugs Dorothy May, pf tioderleh,
and John It. Stover, of Chatham, left
Godericio on Thursday » last for Lake
Erie,- with the dredge Claremont in
tow. (As » reported elsewhere, the
Dorothy May was lost in Eake Erie.)
Perch fishing. is excellent at the
harbor these days. There has been- a
line-up of anglers »along the pier nearly
every ditty for the past week, and none
returns home disappointed. » , »,
S.A. BAND'S VISIT
Several Progranig Given on Sunday by
Stratford Organization
The 'Salvation Army • band from
Stratford,- led by Major 14. E. Howes
and*Bandmaster R. Bailey, arrived in
Goderith- On •Satiredey evening and
after -supper served at the-S.A, hall -
went on to Kincardine to hold street
meetings, returning tu» Goderich late
811"ir.Sunda'dy
evr
inmf-
0ening street meetings
•
were held, and »aga18 in the afternoon
from 2 to .4 o'clock.' A halt -hour oat -
door concert.also was 'held 'et' Alex-
andra llospital The evening service
at the S.A. hall was taken by Major
'Howes, Who spoke particularly* to the
young » people.
Later in the evening the based gave
a program in MacKay Hall With Mayot
E. D. Brown as chairman of- the meet -
Tug Dorothy May
Lost on Lake Erie
"learieria
il-oWnerdivanre
8i)e-matCCaligwizt
te
,All Saved
•0.11,V1111441, Oct. i.—Battered - and
Y
toesed about during 'a 'storm on Lake.
Erie,. the 0to tu DOrethy May
Minis 'Olt Port Alma today. The five
. nienabere of the crew managed to get
.to another boat and Were saved..
. The storm caught Ave Vessels as they
✓ were proceeding from ,Goderiela to
ErieThey were two tugs, a dredge
an,d two seows, all "being:_o,peratIA 137 ,
- the Chathaes Dredging 410,170Pars", .
As high waves winded against them,
the vessel* were tossed about' in the ..-
.lake. »• The Dorothy May foundered
• during the stOrm and her seams Opened:
She quickly filled with 'water and sank,
When ehe started to go down,
live menabers of the crew got in a life-
• boat andreached the dredge Clair.,
moat- which: the Dorothy 'May had beer).
towing. They were !Capt. McCormick;
Autherstburg ; 'Enghieee William Mc- .
Milian, » o•f Goderich; •Fireinan John-
ston; of Vroderich; Fireman 'McDenalde
of. 'Sarnia, and First Mate MeCermick,
of Erieato
ing. » Lieutenant P. Deadwood of inn -
ton and W. Fothergill, R.A.F. Peri
Albert, joined the »band for the concert.
_ At the close of the program Reeve
R. E. Turner offered a vote of thanks
to the band for the splendidsentertain-
me-nt, •
The iSalvation Army of ‚Goderich also
wishes to »express its thanks to those
who supplied billets 'for the band's
stay in toda.
A IVIUSICAL, EVENING
•
•
Opening •Meeting of Gdderich, Music
Club for the Fall Season
The Goderich Music Club held itS
first meeting bf the season at MaeKay
Hall on Monday evenink Many' new
members and guests ' were 'present.
pr. ;Harvey Doney of »Sky Harbor air -
.port and » former soloist ' t adtdrbourne
U.,nited eldirete Toronto, delighted, the -
audience with his fine »art in_jtA-O
groups of» songs. 11r: Doney gave a
program of folk songs and •rolliek.ing
sea chanteys and .introduced spoiF
tane(ing innnor into some light .eomic
numbers? Included in. the two groin's.;
were: "Rolling i)own to Rio," rrally
Ho," -Sweet IAttle Woman o' Sline,-
-Shortnin"Bread1"•old Mother Hub-
bard," "Think on Met" "Beeause I
Were shy," "Tile tireeodilcs's• ' and
-Drink tos..110 Only." Mervin .Snyder
was the acesimpanists The -.Club is
planning to present Dr. Donev in a
full recital program in. public .soon.
!Miss Clara Barrett » gave an in.
formative paper on "The' EVOIntion of
a Singer,' which was of special in-
terest to the choir members, present.
Miss Alma Howell was appointed ,
sessetsery-treasnrer, _ stumped MliS.:
E. Snider, and a nominatinis committee
onsis,ins of Miss E. Somerville atiol
Miss Barrett was appointed to re-
place V:IV011eit's ill • the• execntive. _
• 140" COY. NOTES
•
seconded by Mrs. Trewartha, that »tlw
he paid. Truetee said wit-
iness, refissed to vote, but in accord-
ance with » the , rules he entered his
name mis» favoring the motion, which
'then carried unanimously.
NI hen it came time to sign the cheque
The» Dorothy MAy was » owned by
William' Fore.st, •Goderich . dredging
contractor. It had been Jeased» to the
Chatham Dredging Company and was.
reported to be covered by Insurance--
Sailors say the storm broke suddenly
in the early morning. * Everything had •
seemed elear when the » beats had set
out, -The Dorothy May 'and the other. .
•tug, the' itolen iR. Stover,,swere towiug.
a dredge and two dump s'eaws . from
Goderich to Edrieau, *here the
chatham Dredging Compaity bast
'Contract .to:diedge the entrance to the
dock. •s
The stem 'broke about 4 o'clec in'
the » moening. All five vessel
"toiss. ed 'about bythe high waves. One
of the- stows broke away, but» it -was.
later recovered by the :crew of "the
John R. » Stover, • .
Mter the Dorothy May sank» the -
other four 'vessels reached port • in
safety.
ONE GOOD MARK FOR HYDRO
Goderich Not Affected by This Weal
, Power Short•age In Ontario
'.Groderich was ;not affected by . tete
• power - transmission line - break that
calts.ed interruption of the Hydro ser-
vice of Many 'Ontario mimicipalities.
on Tuesday. • The,.enly evtdei.ice. so. far
of an electric. power shortage here 18
the cangellation» flatdate het water
heaters and the idyl voltage that has
existed for some time. - •
• "We COuld*Cheelt the voltage hereif
We wished to, but we have not (lobe
so yet," said -Superintendent J. B.
Kelly of the "The present low
voltage its out. of our control."
Mr. Kelly said it swes tbe intention
of the- 11.11.3,Ped le. install a -Voltage •
regulator, or booster, at ;Seaforth at
a cosi of $0,000 so as to brighten the
lights of Sertforth, and» Gode_
rich, bill that thie ntight not be elone
fOr (Mtn g he-difliculty in
gettlfir iniaterial with whieh to build •
it on aecount of the; war.
When remindedstliet the street light's
Were unusually dim...and that house- •
wives- were.» complaining that it new
required •an • unusually long. time to
cook the„evenhig *meal on an electric
stove, Kelly adulated ha.ving re-
ceived complaints, but said -there was
nothing he eauld do about it.
• "The complaints conies in between
11 and 12 in theSamornine." he said,
"and as the daySssliarten SN';'e soon 'will
tie•getting them between 5 and 6 in» the
evening."
The airports are not affected, because
theYshave their own voltage regulators,
or bobstere, it was• explainsPd.
The Hydro -load .Goderich, is in-
creasing steadily' and- has reaeheda
new high. There are DOW over .1,300
cuetomere, domeatic and commercial.
'SCHOOL CHILDREN BUYING
WAR, SAVINGS STAMPS
PuPils of Victoria School Have In-
,
, vested $1,608 to Date
m s, EON prin-
cipal. of central school, was present
at the menthly meeting' of the Publie,
Seeool 1,0ard on Monday eeening and
received a eordial weleome from
Trustee A. Snider, who presided in
the absence of the chairman of the
tard• .
In a eommunication from Hon. T.
B. •McQuesten, Of the Provineial .De-
iartment- of Municipal Affairs,' th
Be
oard was advise(' that its employees
lo not come under the Unemployment
nsuranee Act.
ories 011 Tuesday, moining regarding
the installation of twd stoves to keepl,,
the armories 111011' comfortable than
ni
forlsirly ins the colder -months.
sae ela. regular 1< 04e1oek parade on
Mondlie night an instruCtor frqm diss
triet -headquarters gave a brief talk
to pay Mr. Meir, Mr. ,Hartley said he to the men of "V" Compahy, in which
did so under protest, after Mr. Middle- he cautioned them to take their train -
tun • had signed a document Absolving ing seriously, so 'That should the oc-
him "(Mr. »llartley) Trosk altliability. arise, every man, of the Company
"The bo was recelpted •and I have will be ready to do whatever liras% be (
never seeen it since," - s4aid witioes, required of him.
'Mr. Middleton Put it in his pocket.' I
wentto his home -to get. It for my
records, but he refused to give it to me
and slammed the door In my. face."
Mre. Lillian » MeKinnote for seven
years» a collegiate teacheea said that
at no time did she consider Mr.Meir
was acting for her persottally in the
proceedings against, Messrs. Capper
and .Perdue. She considered » she was
merely an applicant by reason of her
position on the Board of Education and
as ,a means of carrying out 't he original
intentions Of the Board...*
Mrs. McKinnon stated very definitely
that Mr. Middlet(in had not asked her
to 'move it motion to pay Mr. Meir
and -that she, had refused do do so, as
testified by Mr: Mooney.
Contradicts Seeretary's Statement
Mt Middleton also denied he at any
time asked Mr. Melt to net for him
•personally Against Masers. Cooper and
Perdue. He told Mr. Donnelly, for the
applieants,» that he never refused to
give Mr. Hartley the receipted lawyer's
bill, as alleged. TI e had never slammed
the' door of his home in Mr. lIartley's
face, /le had» merely locked the (wren
do -or beeallee there“vas, fire in Mr,
ltiartley's eyes and he thought he, was
out to make trouble.
thought he W88» going to rusb me.
/Wore tide 7 was attacked by' two
menthe:1'S of the Board...," the wittios
went on but ,waS Mopped, by the SO
ge.
It -is intended that a TrionnKai sub-
machine gun, a Lewis gun, andeellidet
gun » .will, soon be on hand at he
armories so that the menibers of the
Company may become thoroughly fam-
ihar with the operation andbmetbanism t
of those weapons.
I rincipal St(inehouse reported for
Vitoria school ,for September: Pupils;
011 roll, ; • ,average attendant*,
324 or 94 per dent. Penny Bank sle-
posits, $10339. Pupilof » this school'
o date have invested $14108.95 in war
avidgs atamps.
For CentraLechool Principal Bryans
eporteda Number oh roil, 221; average
attendance, 200, » or 93 per cent.
. Penny Bank deposit, 889.02. de
W. 3/facDONALD GOES TO MOUNT
• -‚- • HOPE• ,
W. MacDonald of Goderielo who has
been ehief eleetrjejmin » at the Pert
Albert Air Navigation (Same' 'Wilke it
• was established » about a year ago is
being transferred t6 the Mount 'Hope
ILAN. station near Hamilton, vvitere'
he will ,hold a similar position. Ms
tinfieS at -Port Albert have been very
exacting,...but that he has discharged
them .well is indicated by 'lila being
• LEAVE FOR COAST
Angus D
and n
Gyaham. sons of
Malcolm Grahem, of this town, Who
recently jolty(' the lls(aN.V.R., were
inelnded in a draft .of natal ratings
who left London on TneSday evening
Mr further training at a eoastal point.
"Prior to their departure they spent
the, week:end with thei? father here.
Mr. Graham also - has a third son,
Jimmy. in the Canadian Navy. In the
group whieh left • 11:011{1011 were boys
from many Western Ontario eiintres,
'mending A. Strdutt, Of Lueknow.
He added that he was ehaving at the
time of Mr. IiIartley's4call aild did mot
Wielt to be dieturlted..
t'Surely hueky nialf like you is
not afraid of frail .1Ir. lIartley aelied
Mr., Donnelly, but Judge Costello assain,
halted proteedings.
•Crouneel Wede given three- week a in
'.'1i('11to eultutit arghinent and it will
dearing dale 'before
ment ean be expected, and then the
ratepayers Will cOnie to
ehosen for similar Work at Mo'nuat
!lope. In his absence from Goderiele
'Stuart Itniedit, who hat been atmociated:
with Mr: MaeDonald for f;everal year,
will tarry en hia local bilaineaS.
:114,01tHINIALE ittISIGNS
atisg Aferloritindale, who htm been
superintearent of Aleeandra » I.loa-
natal foP over » twelve 'Car, has
tenderedbee »»reainai Ilion to the host-.
pital heard.
se •