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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1941-10-16, Page 1,
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_frpni Great liritain
Served Seven Months on, a
Canadian Corvette --In
a London Raid
Mr..Prank-Warnock, who,enlisted in
the ileYal 'Canadian Navy last winter,,
arrived thiS week to spendehiso.annual
leave With, his pa„rentsi. and4.Mrs.
Warneelt, Wolfe street, Mr.
Warnoek ,wd$ first 'sent' to 'Seotland,
'Wherehe was giVen n eOufMe bi field
▪ •and' rifle training, after which- he- was
• .stationed, as leading stoker on a Can-
adian:. corvette then in British waters.
During the seven months he. vvas on
the corvette, he spent leaves in London,.
Plymouth anti Coventry, which had all
been heavily bombed:
,
Zxperiences Bombing Raid
On the night of April: 16th he hap-
Pened to -be at the Union Jack Club, a
popular service men's- club in London,
when the heaviest air "blitz" of the
„weir, up to that time, Took place..
As I stood in the club and watched,
the' raid," said Mr. Warnock, "high
1
TWO MORE BUSIikiESS
•PROP$RTIEfil SOLD ,
Tiie ale of two business propdties
on tlie. east) side of the 'Square was
reglaiitered in recent days. F. E:
Bibbed -has- disposed of the store ,oc-,
eiipied for nineteen years. by 1.41. C,
Robeitson, jeweller, to 'Mr. Robertson,
and the. adjoining store,'oecupied by the
Fashion SlaoPpe of 1. 'Papernick, to A.
L. Cole, stationer. 'rile combined front-
age is abeut •fortY, feet. This fs' the
third ibueinees properCy to change
hands this fail, E. Cranston' having
'purchased tAie properly occupied by
Forster'e bakery, which he, is now
equipping ae a furniture store,
•
CENTRAL -HOME
AND SCHOOL CLUB
•
Miss Pauline McEwen Speaks of Her
Work with the Opportunity Class -
The regular meeting of 'the Central
Home and School Cltib was held on
Thursday 'eveuing, Ot:tolier 9th, with
a good attendance. Subscriptions Were
voted to two magazines for the sehool.
Mrs. McDowell's' room Wthi accorded
explosive, incendiary, • and ' oil bombs the prize for 'having the greatest num-
rained down • and , at o•ne Uncle there. ber of Parents present.
were dozens of 'fires burnineball •
.a.rond me,. and a land mine ex ioded
,a block or two down the street causing
seich a coneussion that all the windows
on one side of the club were shattered.
Five hosPitals,. and manyprivate resi-
dences suffered severe danktge during
theeraid, ;but sit wag, "amenntrkable how
quiekly and etlicienSly the London fires
fighters brought the ifires, under- con-
trol.; Anti-aircraft lire Was heavy dur-
ing, the raid -and several Genhan planes
Were brought down. As seen As the
Auld was over, everything quieteddown
and people went •on abent their affairs'
• ae before the lead, demonstrating the
unshakable morale of.. the British
people After a" raid like this there is
. sncha qnantityof broken glass lyings
about, owing to coneussion frons.".the
bombs "exploding, that tbe damage ap-
pear to be .greater than is actually
the case. .
Balloon; Barrages ImiiedkItaiders
-There are quite extensive halleon
barrages around London' and industrial
centres which compel the -German
bombers te fly at end' an altitude that
thelealm is greatly impeded, and they
. have more Or.lees to trust to hick for
direct hits. An example of this is the
fact. that ,some of the larger eleetriCal
Power plents_iii Londen had not' yet
been -hit, .in April, although. many at-
-tempts had been. madetodestroy them
and 'bombs had fallen on. non-military
olYjeetlis,.in the 'near. vicinity.
"Cigarettes and chocolate are vefy
scarce items in England and any which
are sent he everseas Itoxee are greatly
appreciated. Onionset60, are a luxUry,
as very few are eultivated doniestically..
As a resnit - of paper shortage, the
- numher •of.• pages in magazine.s and
newspapers 11;le, beep: 'cobsiderably re-
duced." a • ,
After a four menthe' stay in, Great
Britain, the 'coreette returned to Hali-
fax; where Mr. Wernitek was one
among :he number who were drafted
to barraeks to take a naval course for
advancement. After a three months:,
stay in -Halifax, Mr. Warnock earne
tosGederich on his present leave. :.
ARRESTED AS VAGRANTS,
. Two Strangers Who Failed to Give
Satisfactory -A-ceounts- -of Them-
selves •
After receiving complaints that 'a
range man was hanging around Agri-
cultural Park, apparently making his
home khere, Chief of Police Ross visited
the spot at daSk Monday. and, 'parking
_his car at a point ofsiantage, waited
•for somethine•bto turn up. It wasn't
• long before Mr. -Stranger hove into
• view arid proceeded to bed down for
the night, th,e proceedings being interruptedv by the 'Chief. The stranger
• couldgive no atisfactoiy account of
himself and was jailed as a vagrant.
Pending trial„ his ease is being in-
, vestigated.
'So is that of Francis A. Fischer, an-
other alleged vagrant, taken*into eu ,ss
• todY on the Square on TuesdaYnlgbt
Ile gave his address as INiagara
but other than tharlittle is at. present
known of the man. c
Both of the alleged vagrants are emu:-
- Paratively young Men and apparently
sound physically, at, least sound enough
sleepin the open these chilly nightg.
• BIRTHDAY .HONORS
alul. Mrs. fast
• kl erect, entertained on Sunday 4tt•e/i4
family dinner in honer of Mr. Birnie's
eighty-fifth birthday. The table 'Was.
prettily (k•(orate(i 1II pink and white
and centred with a large birthday eake
deeoiated with birthday greetings and
• Mr. Birnie's age. His youngest
daughter, Mrs. Hazel NIurray •of Ray-
field, gave a toast to her father, to
• whieh he responded t, in a viTy
• ing, manner. During the„„day Many
friends and neighbors gathered
wish Mr. Birnie many years) of b.appi:
new and health. The' afternoon was
, Spent in sAcred musie. Guestg were
avegefit- fiom Belgrave, Bervie and,
. Bay -field, including 'Mr. Birnie's great-
granikqpn. T4T11/0" fraYlOr.
•••40•••,.....a
FOR B.e..ELECTION
• In •connection with the Provincial
general election inotIlritisli Uoluxnbfa
a lion for vOters of the Coast Province
among the .airmen at the various air
echools in this county was held at rt'Us
former Carey brokerage office. West
stiket, on three days of 'this 'week.
Mr. Th04. J'riteliard was the .returning
officer. *
JUNIOR' FARMERS tT LONDON'
fitrinere a,flturen won Several
awards at the Juniorralrheld at Lon -
tion last loriday and Saturday. EX-efer
. sgoetw,-Nub WaR ifirtst, in Single animal
e1itc2,-Nr second', in' pairs, an't third In
gronpb. Gotierrell 'Swine, Club Was
• fifth in'Rrotips. liunn lioltstein Calf
Club WAS ceVent.th in groups.
Mrs. Ilaxter named many things for
•whieh members of the elub shraild be
thanldul and a., Thankegivind hymn
was ,sung. •
e Little.. Ann Reihl in pretty sailor
Costunie....did „some • tap-dancingt_amtim-
panied by' her Mother, and a 'group
,Of-ebildren- frem grades 7 and -8- sang
"Santa Lucia" -•and -"The Xing "Is
Still in tondort.'._
.'Mrs. G. L. Parsons, conveoer of war
Work, said' a great deal had been ate
poneplished ,by . 'a few. he thanked
the- feutinee cOmmiftee•for the denatien
of -money :received from a rummage
sale- convened. ,by alre. Fred Price,
secrefarfjof the finance • committee."
The -following is the list of° clothing
for the first shipment: • Girls' --;Seven
sweater es 2 blousese-7 skirts, 3 dresses,
3 coats, I set underwear, 7 pairs Socko.
and stoe.kingss Boys', --Four pair py-
-jamas, 0 suits, sizes threeto fifteen
• year; .4 sweaters, 2 'pairs -trousers,
3 shires, 1 coat, 8 pairs socks. Babies'
—Two knitted crib coverS done by.
pupil's' of Mis.._Thorneloe'S room; ,1
bonnet, 2 pairs. 'bootees, 4 sweaters, I
nightgown. •
An- informative—addeess was given
by Miss. Pauline .MeEwen, teacher of
the opportunity . class at Victoria
• school. 'Opeech and eyesight handl-
eaps should be corrected early to. over
con* the defects, ,She said. Poor
hearing' and shortness. . of mental
etattire also • are • handicaps to be
'reckoned witlf. "If your ghild has
any, handicap, be sure to tell the
teacher, so. tha-t shemay have a better
underetandieg of his' special needs,".
she .urged.
•!Mrs. Warren moved a vote•of thank
to the speaker. •
GOING INTO POLITICS
Rev. W. Finland, Huron OW BOy,
• Seekhig Nomination in Welland
for -the Ottawa Seat- •
From 'Niagara Falls, Ont., comes the
announcenfent that Rev, Willfani, Fing-
land, eninister of- St. Andrew's United
•church there, will be te.eaedidate for.
• the gaiberal .nemirsTircOn for the bye --
election', in 'Welland riding :for the
Huse of Fommens. The nominating
vonventioa is to: be held at Welland
an •eta te rdey' afternoon, (Writer 25th.
Three others, one of them a woman,
'have- -31finounced their initention
seeking the nomination. -
• Rev, Wi1l1ani Fragland is au well-
known huren old boy, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John IFIngland of Londesboro,
formerly of Auburn. Ile comes of
good Liberal etoelt and 'undoubtedly if
gete to Parliament will make his
influence felt there. 'Ile is a brother of
Frank Fingiand, KIC., Clinton, '
ST. JOSEPH AIRPORT
.Contra,et Said to Have Been Awarded
• to Brantford Firm
• Aceording to advices' •which 'have
reached- Goderielf ottawa,-optiang
have 'been taken on rand for the -pro-
posed air station' at it. Joseph, a
.landing (field with•one hangar and
several small buildings auxiliary to the
new service 'flying school, now under
construction at Centralia. •
The acreage of thiS field is as yet
unk'noWn. There is said %to have. ben
some ' diffieutty in securing the land
farmers being dissatisfied with `the
price offered, but this was expeeted to
be ,ironed out. In a few days. ,
The contract is said to bave already
'been It to Johnston Bros, of Brant-
ford.
CAR, ACCIDENT AT BENMILLER
0.11 Thursday •night last a ear oc-
eip1d by- two Goderich boys, Kenneth
Porter' and Leonard Squires, and - three
girls, strut): the +amid (beide at the
approagli to the Benmiller bridge,
broke through the guard rail and con-
tinued on dowt the:embankment to the
river bed. Kenneth Porter, the driver
of the ear, suffered leg injuries and was
linmediately brought - to Alexandra
Irospital, where he -1..s progressing satis-
faetorily. Leonard Squirm -and the
'girls' suffered only minor injuries. The
ear was lotelly damaged.
„
BINGO
Jiingo,.spOrisored by the LiOne Olub
In aid of their -war services fund, will
,he played in ,0/kife11ows" Hall on Fri-
day, October 17ttlir beginning at 8 p.m.
harp. Valuable prizes, as well as
•ehiekens, ducks and' turkeys, will be
• given. No admission charge.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Alin ',Nab announces the en-
cagetnent:,..ef 'her. Youtige.q .41anghter,
VeSta lean, Reg, N., to Mr. f, 'Harold
Livermore of Ct. eatlutrineff;tini
marriage,to take. place in Toront,o on
November 1st,
cornbining .The GodericliSignal and -The Goderieh
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16th, 1941
Eiiiinent Son of
IPROGRESS IN PAVING
n 0
-
Aslifield-Pass=es
_ . Port Albert-ReadsrdaVe•-glItOPMOIC
Co tract rs for North,End.of Dunlop-
- on, the _Ground • -
The Sterling Construetion Co. Of
Suddenly ,,.. 1 preparatory to paving the .lodd italles'•
WindsOr has moved in raucia. equipment
in Ontario
at the north 4.1141. •of the 1)tualop-I,'ort
YAINIOG,TIVER,. (jet 1,3..— Chief Albert airport road. once everything 4 Mr. Walter SaunderS, of OttaWa, of
.,
austice ;.VIalcolm; A. Maedonald, of the is In readiness for the laying Of the the -144°4° DeP-Lrtilieut of 1•11.01144LYs,
, Was, the 'guest speaker at the regular
British 'Oplunibia Court oflApPeal died hot asphalt it is expected that one- - . L--
. ,
., , meeting of the Goderieli :Lions qub at
sudd4nly. at his hOme l'iere today, 1-1 third •.9f a mile Per da cin b'done' the 4ctiford Hotel an PridaY evening.
The Sterling- contraet aruounts to
wt* sixty-six yeal's of age and had been , — . Mr. Saunders, member of a' well-IFnown
100, according.to Jantes liallantYner Goderich fiimily, has travelled exten,4
•
Walter Saunders
se •
Addresses Lions
. •
Chief JustiOe M. A. Macdonald 'Gives Illustrated Talk on
of British , Columbia Dies Highway Construction
-
in. indifferent health for some months.
Born in IIuron county, qntario, he
was edueated at tli.".theardine aml Gode-
rich sehouls and later 'graduated from
the University. of Toronto. lie was
called to -the Ontario bar in 1900.
M.P.P. Total cost, -taking into ' ate
count workand material" provided by
the Department of Dighwoes, •
$67,000. Wife Sterlingeontract has re-
cently beets extentled and now includes
some of the mileage Which the Depart-
ment originally intended to do itselts
Mr. Maedonald came to • British but which it has given up Owing to
Colunibia in 19(17, .settling at Cran- the Itheer"ti"t3' • •
' • of the weather
The Department's cold -mix road"
brook, where he, was junior artner in uortli from ,Durilop has now been com-
a lay firm *until he came to Vancouver t i
poste(' neerly to Sheppardateneaudewill
Ile entered politics and was ap-
'•. ' - be -finished in a few days. Latest
advice Is that both hills approaching
-pointed Attorney -General of the Pros Port Albert village and the highway
vince In MO, :but resigued from . the s.,within the village'is to be paved.
. Legislature the next year to return to The Sterling Co. has leased the
private practice., e . triangular Garfey preperty at the
Mr ,Macdonald was elevated 'to the northwest corner of the Blue Water
Court et Appeal in 100,4 and became highway and the 4th.concession of Ash-
(2.4inf Jimtiee in -1111y, 1940. - field, next to the airport, for two years.
In 19134 ' the Provincial Government It has set up its plant there in con -
appointed him as a •one-man commis- templation, it is said, of paving the
siofr to' investigate coal and petroleum Blue Water to Kincardine, seine of it
prices in British lolunibia. , Three this year .
years later his report was tabled in the
Legislature, noting that gasoline should. ---s— ,"('''
W -Cheaper in liriti.sh 'Columbia thh
an Wat- Abouitbe-
-elsewhere-in. Canada -and that Vin-
- couver motorists should pot have t� •
pay more thiiira8c.a" gallon for the G.C.I. Centennial.
motor fuel. -
—
• A Provincial 'fuel 'control board /Ole Mr. Editor aud....,p0107.,citi,?4,,,,,e4
lowed and after a ,number of unsuccess-
ask your attention to an „article in
fur court actions brought by oil corn-
,pniessatackifig • the boa:rd's validity Tuesday's Globe and Mail. Principal
to control, prices the oil distributors U. C. Wallace of Queen's University
agreed to reduce gasoline •prices' Was outlining over the air the high. -
gents .a gallon to the purchasing public. lights- of the centennial celebration
r The late enief austiLe was married'
'being.heid in Kingston this week. He
twice' first to 1Leatt, (laughter 'of
,G. T. :Baird of Andeveri N.13_, who died`tr"(;'''.-1-,1 tat '-"mia"°°611'1)
in 1913Tree years laterhe mar-
ttaii an,d-gown," and added that the b.uiluay for tee men in uniform was
: he
ried 'Ida Williams of .Gagetowe, 'Carporation of Kie'gston is_ to be hest, sa VA,t11" Sl1ee_.1'.U1 'affair and .w4s at.
whb survives hine There • are four at a -banquet Friday evening . When the. teneeti by slisty-tive men from the
'Harbor, Port Aleert, and Clinton
speakers weula einpheeize •the proe
bky
children, Mena ,(Mrs. Refinald Arkell)5
sietioes.
gress of thought in these years auring'dil
Alexander, james and Malcolm. His
Mother, Mrs. .koh.n Macdbnald, resides which Queen'shad been doing its part ..11aelietyHalleteis beautifully decor
ated fur tile occasion under the 'con-
es an inetittition of higher learning.
In Toronte, and\ two brothers and three
'Sisters also stfrvielexander BWe in ,Goderich and vidinity have yellerM
-ship-of. rs. J. A. ;Graham. Miss.
s" w: A.
-Macdonald, Of Vanceuver; Mth
ur-
—
come to knew at. our ,ColieJosie atmdersas the convener of the
giate testi-
doch Macdonald, at medicine Hat; tute also is one hundred years old. tea and musicale. • Iteiresintents were
donated by the Members of the Ahmeek
Is anything being done to -titark the
Mrs., F. R: Charles and Miss Madge
anti- Mapie ;Leaf ‘Citaptere theei:O.
event other than the splendid work
Macao ald, of Vencouver • Mrs
,
by the Literary Soeiety In issuing -D.E. •
Oilmen) an(l!,4Miss •Katherine 'Mtiedoie d°11e
Ildit a special Review"? Mrs. I). J. fLane " and• R.
k, Torpnto.
Chief Justice Macdonaldade hiLt not for the. Work done hi poured 'tee; assisted by M.rs.
s! , Were
last appedrance In—Court here oil n'-nr see6ndarY schools there could not W. P. iGallow; Miss ,Hazel Hartwell
Oer ,
Mrs. . . ., , :e.
.
RPhelan, MrsCWebbMrsl
ctob13rd, When he presided obe univensities to hold ver lel
We have a board of trusteee7if line staff 6. tilowrie, Miss 'Etlith,AViiiianas,,• .Miss
• Edith 'Weems and menthers of the
trial in Admiralty Court.
of teachers, a nuMber ,of ex -teachers,
The. funeral Will" take plat* here •on
'Junior Red Cross, Miss Betty Falser,
Miss Gail Saunders,' :1Iise Madeline
Shat'ikleten. Miss Mary Gallow,. Miss
"1.'atricia Craig and Miss--K.athleen Mac-
• Ewan.,
• Those taking' Part iiUitt unesicale'.
were Miss Niece. BogieeMess Madeleine -
Lane, Mrs. W.-17:' Situndens, Mr. and
Mrs. Sara Walter, Miss .Marjory Hays,
Mise Claire Reynold, Mrs.. J. J..' Mc-
Dougall, Mr. -J. F. Gillespie, "ilea Miss
Pauline Me•Ewee, The Program con-
, eltultel whir community singing. "
I, •
SCOUTS' . APPLE DAY
BRINGS $136,34
sively in 'Canada and also in Europe.
Ile was introduced to the meetiug by
Lion W. Attridge:and the as the
subject. of his ,address 'highway, Coif-
etruction in Ontario," in vvhielt he dealt
with the deseriPtion aedconstruction
of the different types of roads.through-
put Optario and their value in the
•c o tin try's commerce • and in aiding the
-
war effort. Be also. spoke briefly ,ef
the highways of Germany,- whicb he
had the opportunity et seeing during
his visit- to ;that Country in 1930. Mr.
Saunders' said that he was' surprised
to findmagnificent super -highways,
twenty-nine feet in n'idth, all of which•
Must have leeen laid with great care
and ,accord,ing to, a very .delinite plan of
construction. ,
Slides illustrating the modern high-
way system of Ontario and of places of
interest throughout Canada accom-
panied the lecture. , At the (ewe of the
address Lion Attridge moved a vote of
thanks to Mr. Saunders on behalf • of
the'Club for IBA very informative talk'.
the 'winning Juvenile baseball team -and
the junior team will be -the guests of
the Club at dinner, and the players of
all teams will be Mvited in after dinner
in recognition of their participation in
t 'games sponsored by the Club.
AIRMEN*ENTERTAINED • •
Thanksgiving . Tea and Musicale_ at
gien by the •E'rnpire, Service'Club
MacKay Hail On -Sunday •
The inaussgiving , tea and musicale
,, residing in town, and not a few pupils
Wednes•day: •
• who have brought honer to our school.
Chief Justice Maedonald was a 'Since the- (./e' ntennial Review came off
•
native of Ashfield, a son of the late the press one ,former teacher, Mr.
John, MacdOnald, ,of the 12th concession Min the law courts; Judge-SWansen,' crassweller,
and three men:, proininteft
n
of that township and Mrs
acdonald '
S I
new living in Toronto an advanced -Judge Holmeand now Chief Justice
Malcolm MacDonald; have passed. We
ii' -e. Ile attended iGoderich Collegiate'
Institute and gave early promise of still have Chief Justice Robertson and
•Bishop Seeger' with us and they no
success in his chosen profession of the
doubt. coUld be prevailed Upon to be
law. Even in his y,outhful days he was
',present. should we find it, in. the few
an ardent politician 'and, he -became a
speaker et Outstanding ability and weeks still left, desirable to bolo some
••••• suitable function sueh as the banquet
ES'e" held when "old boys and girLs"• Came
froin far and 'near .; ' , .
"A JUDGE OF HIGII ABILITY. todohonor to Dr!. Strang, in 1907:
DT. " Wallace ended his talk wale::
.1 • ewe -gave a dollarI
1_, •_ Soine gave a dime,
While -others gave a little sent—
•'W a s -n 't that ;.-.;; Ise I hue :
. The Boy thScoine and tile Cubs4desire..
to thank tlfe citizens of Goderitei and
members. (If the Port Albert and Sky
Harbor air • stations fore -the eupPort •
• giveit them on their Appte -Day, drive
laet Saturday. The to amounted
tos1Ii44 gross, which will go a long
. • .
Vancouver,: Oct. It —Political lead -I -These are war years, and 'even when
ers, intenbers ot . the ' bar and. the• we celebrate, We should do so in quiet-,
pre'ss, 'joined in paS'Ing , tribute tAness and Simplicity, for the times are
1 difficult and will- 1*-- 4 -gills -mere difficult
Chief Justice M. A. . Maedon a Id, who
, as the 'dtfys go past." • Itewe fail to
passed "away on on Monday. .
mark thiseevent are we not:failing' in
The Vancouver Sun says editorially :
giving honor to, the memory of athose
M. A. .Macdonakl, k'hier .Jus giving
'dideethe pioneer - Woxlc" that has
tiee of the atel, Couie of Apiieal, died,
given us dur fine..pollegiate Institute?
at the week --end followinir career full'
Re,s tf
of action anti- dramatic interest Inth' • I
his adopted Province. No raate loved '
British lOolueilda, more thafe by. NQ
Man •was willing to make inelq; Per-
sonal sacrifices ,Ter it. . • TWO-BM:EIS "R -Old
"Coming' from,Ettetern Canada as' -it
yoeng lawyer, he. quickly got Into AIWA- C. MINCH FOUND.'
,polities, where;he enjoyed a speetatee,
la career, niarkedaisymore' than the PENTWATER, oet. 1:1.—A
usilal number of stormy incidents, diver Inspecting the breken.hull of the
During the years, 'pf. his membet)shie sunken Canadian grain carrier Anna
Of the. Legislature, part of the time as -c• Minch. which foundered hi Lake
_Michigan in a storra laet No4mher
Attorney -general, he Was often •• the
reported today he had feued two 'bodies
11,
centre of some Sell of politicair battle°
It was, here that his quality 'for intik-
in the cetni Ttiniel.leilsltlm Iles In
ing lasting. friendships aided his twa
of •the Pentwater pier. ..Twentseseveli
st
natural gifts of oratory .and ilegged
aboard the 'freighter lost their
fighting :Spirit te make tmt-. -MT"
;Standing figure that he•beeanie.
1 4,0rip.PROBS" WAS RIGHT`
—FVE „DOLLARS' WORTH
,.
x.
' iv21.0 Vapernick is inure, 'than, ever
convinced that a slweniaser should
sties: to his last after an „experience
he nad 14t Friday night Ano4 41
o'„elock trait night he was in "Mose'
Robins' store. titiking_‘ over the eVen
of tile day when a eellow-eountryinany
'Seleey, Bacon, here from England, with
'tile meteorological ,staff, entered tne
stOre iyitn -1'11 wager nye dollars that
it's going 14 ri,tin inside half 41.1 hour.' '
• 1Viitt, W1IU loves a Wager, went to the
Trot door scanned the skieS, and re-
turned te say, "The bet's o10 '
,j -Che CWo men put Up their -money
with Mr. Robins and waited, an eye on
the clock. •Twent.y-live Minutes, passed
and Mr. PaTerilleti was in high glee—
but net for long. At • tWerity-seven
minutes its began to sprinkle and at
tweuty-nine minutes it was pouring.
The weather man • collected the ten
dollars and e,liortly after bid hie friende-
. .
good night. .._- 4,4
WHA.TELEY HEADS -
WAR SAVINGS DRIVE
---- -
Other Chairmen for Campaign Which
. Begins October 20th
l'ressure of business. has compe' lied
Mr. .l. F. resign the
chair.tuanship of the local war savings,
N42
Had' Night
on Ba.rricatied goad
Cult Sark •,Disputants Can
Settle the Case Between
Theraselves
AkOtorists drive en a barricaded road:
uralecolastrUction4. At their Olin 4/44
-Magistrate Makins raled in weekly
court last Thursday. after he had heard
the , 'evidence in careless driving
'good, POrt Albert. The clifiege •
ew,ii,aa:gteusanglausis.u.sot, teapora1 1:Ya,Iton, Th744'
telinionY of ,Jack ),"‘"11:,401.1, driver
'for atedwttrd.s Wa$ that Oh the ,
:night of,uetoher he was forced over
on a pile .grasel On the ISlue 'Water
highway, north of SiteliPardten, to
avoid
it head-on collaion With a, fiar
driven try Thurgood, the accused. lie'
sltid the rialurgokid car wos coming:
_right at him, -on its wrong side of the
youd. As It was, there was ..a Side-
swl,pe and $.230 damage was eauSed,
813o of it to the taxi. Thurgood sus-,
tainea a fractured elbow ancrau officer..
in the taxi eui.fered head :Cuts. .
thar'Ctrahlat ethe()hipoeeinrt lof11414141)
able portion of the road was nineteen
feet wide: There was plenty Of room
to pass, he said. Skid marks on the
road showed that the taxi had •
travelled tlfty, feet and the Accused'
e:ertitteates campaign. Elis resignation. car twenty-seven feet after the inyact.
,was accepted with -regret by the Board ,..vritThhke.,,,bsuonneggestriouthearf
its--4,21'(>1.(1po'rlvhito‘htljhoP'ea'1144.mpailiggLlaillVhglAic'eli ,regaesr etoh tthhemhltigthlievfaxhadl:eewspe4 heiol 4P0,4.11 -14v1.1.
until NOvemba ,20th. • 7- -
opens on .october 20th and continue,
from the -Witness WU:ion. However
'• Mr: R. 'Whateley, a former man- tthhee
itgthert-oardAvraaityt,edasthhaet when Ji
ohne .htti
of, Montreal, has eonsented to- assume
ager of the local branch of
-Should slacken. his speed vvith the lights
the -Bank. oecasio.n, he saw no reason ; why he
the responsibilities Of 'the .chairnaan-
of Another ear aPProaching.
slily of we campaign. Outer enairineu
are; Industrial, W. (.3. Attridge; house- The Magistrate cominented that,it
to -house, 1). E. teampbell; publicity, A. was an unusual situation. • Neither
P. Wilkes.
Addressiog between .700 and 800
Qatari° deIegateS at Toronto on Wed-
nesday, .ilon. J. L. Ilsley, Minister of
Finenee, stated it was becoming in-
creasingly necessary for people in all
•Wapiti -ot life to curtaif their ordinary
buying so that more money should -be'
available for war savings certificates.
;Mose who are now buying' certificates
will be -asked to buy, -and tho.se who Are
not buying ,should do so, if. 'at all
possible. -People of small means can,
protect themselves against the lean
years that are bound to come after.
the war when there will be lees em-
Ployment," sai,d•;tlie Minister.
--31r.---11sley added that about 1,400,000 • The three Windso'r yOuths . Who --
escaped from Huron County jail on the
night of Monday, !October 6, and weres
reeaptured dive hours later, did not
appear ,in court, but were remanded
for one 'week to -appear in juvenile ••1 "'"
cotirt this T,hursday • on charges - of
escaping from- prison by violence ant
assaultiug Governor, J. 13. Reynolds
,motorest had any right. on the bar-
ricaded road, which wa.s open only to
local traffic,' to people lifing on the
highWay, withIo other way of getting
home. in this case neither' of the
drivers came under this heading. A
good detour road had been *provided
for them. In the absence Wit guard
at the barricades during the night they
had chosen to take a chance and slip
through the small opening left for
local traffic. •
"You can settle this 'between your-
selves," said ills 'Worships disraissing
-the ease. Thurgood- was not .ealled
in' his defence.
Remand for• Windsor Trio
People are, helping the war asavings
campaign, either by working or 'by
buying certiticatee, but more , Are
needed, and he expressed 'the conlideut
oeinien they would he fortheoniing. ,
"Save every dollar by tending it be
the Government antlevery dollar will
abe returned to you with interest at the
causing actual baily harm
end of seven and a half years.''
• • The - three fifteen -year-old boys,
ANOTRER, BUSY WEEK -ND: Eugene Rousseau, Bernard Sts Dennis
AT THE WATERFRONT
,
1,:.ourNessels Arrive with Over 600(t)00
Bushels of Grain
The str. Bricoldoc arrived from Fort
William On Thursday, -night with
1.60,is40 bus. 'wheat and 39,375 bus.
feed -,sci;eenings. '
AV° in on Thursday night from Fort
William was the .ti. Windoc, with
99,2130 bps. wheat. lIoth cargoes were
for the elevator.
Tbe, L. V. 112.1S.Se,y arrived Friday
morning from Fort William with 41,600
bus.- feed screenings, '17,324i hus. oats
and 30.001 bus. barley for the elev'atur
•al.so' 20,000 'MIS.- oats for. the Western
Canada Flour Mills.,
, str. Alguway arrived Saturday
'mellitus inns -Fort William with 195,-
000 bus. wheat for the elevator.%
iMonday night the S. Hudson
i_ta(1).:•sit.:(11,,stItligt1.it, trout .st..onol,,, and
lett tor NVindsor after taking 1,41. 150
The tug _Ione Ross tCeptain D. G.
arrivtel from Sarnia .on Tueseles
1,morninte towing a derrick which IA to
be esed in eremoying loose resks from
the harbor ba0n. •.
1 SAMIL OLIN ER IAM I I, PON,• • •
.‘• • •S (1 UrllLg
• Member...of the High 'School ,
tee present .1..eason.
'State 1881-188.5, • .. The -tally of eolies in the mousty-bextes
A -good lawyer, heedevelopi
et nto
judge of high ability. lit wus le the
-field where - politics and §tatecraft,
• merged info legal theoey and sirastice
that litesevelled and in thiu bis best
work was done. With tremendous 6n-
thusinsm lue thOw himself into the
• inquiry --On•-tril and fuel initiated by
, the Government .three years ago. Jle
went deeply into that subjeet and his
findings showed a trenfentlouse grasp
Of the varied ramifications of a most
c(impricated businea, 'It 7, --was not
merely a legal that he turned
out. What he atteWto produce
was .avt/orttable sehedule that waild
stand the everyday, test of operation
of a great industry touching the lives
• of numbers of citizens. Ile applied
ideals of Iptildie reform ti,1 far as pose
sible' to the legal poeition which he
fon.0 exinted, paying as little atten-
tion' as he eould to the techniealities
of the mattk in hand. aimed' at
•ale administration, of file law on
basis .,of, the common good, so elearly
and -simply stated that any layman
could 'understand. he despised 55-
anachronism a legal,,argument that
might be teehnieally eorreot but was
g UM questionable piddle, rlis
mind and intention were legelistie
,enOugh, but he possemed a r6hust d0.
are for the public good that over-,
whelined- ntber eoneiderations. -
"In ivlitiez, be had a great 6011se id
loyalty to party friends, did this some-
times caused him to be niVanderstood.
But no Vablie man in British Ool-
umbia during ifhl period wak) more
• Two Goderich hose were lost on the
• Anna (% Minch. The body of one,
Sheldon (MaeMath, Was found at once.
That of Dan Rose remained midis.
covered:• a
7,
MAGAZINEs° WANTED
The 1.0.1).E. is laking for eurrent
magazines, such- as Life, T.iberty.,
TimeS. 4.ifeLean's. Collier's, etc. (issue's
not 'more than three months old 4.
Fietion magazines, Red flook. Cos-
mopolltan, DeeeefiTV--, I)i-
gest,s and Geograp1ui'64 may be of any
age, it in good ("4e-fdiffen. Please leave
_the mtiozines in the basement (kf
MiaeXtes Hall. • rPliey will be for -
.warded to the armed forces. ,
„ • —
'ALLAN REOCH OF MANCHURIA
• TO SPEAK IN KNOX CHURCH
Dr. Reoeh, who has been in Man-
churia, will give his educational and
inspiring itteseAge, illustrated by
• lantern slides, in -Knox ehureh leeture
roomon Monday everting, Getolier 20th,
at 8 o'clock, at the Thanksgiving meet-
ing of the Arthur Circle. As, this is an
'open. meeting, 'all who4wish to hear Di.
Reoch will begeordially weleome.
. •
Sillotbre in his desire to being 111111111-.
lkift,WA: and prosperity to Ilia fellows.
Ile IoV44,41 his 'adopted Province and
was greatly Jealona. of Ito position in
relation to the. .Canadian klon4tai0n-
1,vealth. fl±1itlah Colottukitt 111A better
Provinee.for his,havine. lived in it and
for the hard worklie' 4114 for it" "
was as follews: 974 centers, 950
nickel, -491 gentles, 115 quarters and
one only one -dollar bill. • „The Scouts
would like to see nlore • silver. Tut :
tut! a "AlcInto.sh Red is worth more
than a copper:
•
, .
FUNERAL OF LATE IL-GLIDDON AT THE "INTERNATIONAL"
• Funi-eral services fir the late Richard •
Glidden, whose" death occurred On 'Huron Represented at the Big Plowing'
Thursday last at the home ofehls son,. Matekat Peterborough This Week .
Alietrge Vinemount, Were held The international, plowing mateh is
oe Sunday afternoon. 'A private ser- heingclicid this week ut.Petertiorogli
conducted -by Roe H. C. Vernon, -and several young plowmen from Ihnem
was held at the residence of his"daugh-, lily competing. George Robertson and
ter, Mrs. S.- A. .liewitt, Mitchal, at I Billy hill, of Colborne townehip. are
u'vjocks, V. fo1lowed'9e1er in' the in the .treetor. eltiee'; .Ilarvey tovie of
afternoon by a public, Service in Vie (*milieu, Kenneth Duncan of leirkton
toria street .United church, ,G'oderich, end Wilfred Me(jitaid ofeSeaforth are.
where a large number of friends and eompeting in the siegle plow clas.
fornte'r neighbors assembled.
Arnong those from. this (=.0uhty -who
Many betmtiftil floral tributes were are • spectators at .Peterborough this
received, indicative of the high esteem •,eeek arie 3. C. 'slwarer: agricultural
in which the Jare Mr. 'Glidden was representative, Clinton ; L. Cardiff.
Ilrussels; J. I). 'flidmas, God*,
rich; NV. 1.: Whyte, Seaforth ; Gordon
NleGavin, Walton; lItigh 11111, 1tiissell
11111. •; Percy
kketer ; Elmer • Robertson, 'Auburn ;
aml flowers were Also -placed in
lilieoria street chureh by members of
the, eongregatIon. Rev, A. J. MeXaye
had, charge of the second service., andir
the sermon W4IS preached by Rev -Mr.
Vernon' of •Mitchell. The church choir ROh0141 Wflhianis, Exettereele- •
„
rendered tWo hymns during the service.
The pallbearers were George Feagan, VICTORIA STREET W.A.
N'elson Graham, Harry ShieldS; Mari. The monthly meeting of the W.A. of
Shaw, Thomas Bogie and George Ful- Victoria streOt United ehureh was held
ford. Interment was'inade in the Vol- at the parsonlve. Mrs. Phillips took
borne township eetnetery. Those Who eharge of the devotional peried. The
acted as bear'ers at the privAte service Opening hymn was • followed by a
were ReCurtis, James NOrris, Wesley Scripture reading by Mrs. 1±. Good
Iltarrks, Ralph Dicks Clifford Chowen frotil Matthew 2:11.8. Mrs. Vraig read
and Dr. ac. W."McLandress. Relatives from Hebrews 7 A -S. Mrs. Phillips
and friends 'were in attendance from gave a reading, follow-tol by prayer by
Goderleh, Clinton, Ilbalmesville, Vine- Rev. A. J. MeItaye. •• Mr. Meltaye also
addressed the gathering en the work of
the chureb. Tile two groups under the
leadership of Mrs. 11.,Good and Mre.
E. Craig gave their reports. The W.A.
has decided to cancel the hot fowl
supper previously -planned. The Itie14
meeting .will 1* held at the home of
Misl. It. Good. lIoste:eg,---Mrs. It. Good.
Mrs, E. Good and Mr, 1. Adam. The
meeting closed With the singing of
the National Anthem, followed by,
prayer -by MeS. treen.
Mrs. MICaye, Mrs, Miatch and Mrs-.
Baechlerservellunch and a .social
hour was spent.,
mount, Stoney• Meek, WoodStoek,
Mitehell and Detroit.. •
THE MH
ATER.
The 'Maximum and minienum temper-
atures for the -paq week and for the
etirrespondinft week of last years were:
• - 1041' I940
• Thurs., Get. 9 42 4,14
Oct. 10 50 40, 04 4t,
Oat.. (bit. 11 ' ' 65 31
Oet.. 1254 60 57
Mon„ Oct. 13o 394 44
Tito„ Oct. 14 GI 49 62 -.43
Wed., 00. 15 „HAI' 91 O"
and Orville West011, are already on
remand for sentence In Comity'Judge's
!Criminal Conef en charges of car theft—
; and robbery; to -which they pleaded'
guilty. They, are to appear on Ottober
2.2
to hear ,their faleand it is „likely
that' alt. offence.s will he dealt_ With
when the difY of reckoning come,'
Liquor 'Confiscated-
Theodore illoey of Lucknow was ,fined
$10 and costs' for having 'liquor
other than -private dwelling, to
wit, a private home in Goderich. As
as: result -the Toivn 0± Goderiel 'has, on
• hand 'a 4etbiek of sixteen quart 'bottles
of whiskey. two gallons of wine and
two cases of, beer. ChiefRoss had it
su.picien the bboze was to be - used
for bootlegging purposes, but the Pollee
arrived teo soon to, prOVe, it. It was
unopened. • ••,
In the Seaforth court William Rell.
'of Clinton was lined $20 and vests for
the theft of an electric light ;fixture
froth the Dick. House, Seaforth. It
waesrecovered- from his car outsidethe-
Just-another souvenir, but an
expensive one. •
Nelson Westcott of 'Clinton was fined
.$20 and'eoste for "having liquor itt other
than his private dwelling.
OgE ASSESSMENT APPEAL
Goderich Salt Company the Sole Ap-
pellant/ to Court of ReVision
councillor J. A. Graham, chairman
of the municipal Cotirt of -itviion
eame mighty (-lose to getting l'er him-
self a pair of, white gloves' in "his first
year bn the Town COunell. VVhen the
d%adlibe fax receiving appeals against
the 194.1 'assessextent was readied On
Tuesti! night only one appeal had
one appellant, with two complaints.
The Goderich Salt Co., Limited, 16
the lone applicant. This company lit
appealing that its assessroent,'Iovvered
la.st year frem $100,009 to $80,000; in
still to() high. The Conapany ate
complains that thb assessment of the
Goderich Elevator Co., Linaited ($200-
000), is tee low in comparison ,With its)
own. -
-The Gate of the- sitting of the Court '
of •Revision has not Ian axed.
W
'E,.STMINSTER GUILD
The Westminster Obild • of Knox
Preqbyterian ehureli met in the lecture
room of the ehureli on Tuesdtq eVen-
lug. Mary MaeleaY (115e1tk:A41
the tapir* of the t ud y 'book, "Little
Stories of JOSAIN," and eonducted 4a
Ilible quiz. Arra gesm t were made
to meet at the church at p.m. on
beenli ed. At least there Was only
.4.14.tobt,r ?list for the purpose of atteful-
ing a young people'is rally 'at Clinton..
Meniliers offered to • assist the fellow -
NMI) committee, in gettinp: new mem-
bers. The itIVOtinft clowd with. ate
;National Anthem. 0•
•• -LONDON MASONS 'HERE
• Porty members of 'Union Maconle
Thmlon, were guests at the
meeting of Maitland Lodge en Tueisd**
'evening at the:afasonie 'Ample. After
an enjoyable banquet for Ow vigitorst
there was community f31nging led bir
'Mr, 3, . calla*.
,