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• NINETX..f$E'VENTH YEAR.
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NG- TRIBUTE PAID TO MOTHERS
GODERICTI CIIURCHES ON SUNDAY
Igo 'CIOngregati.0110. Present at
nilresiliye Maher ,*0 Da 14°
tViCes
, OVR MOTHOR
I know ,,no :werde to praiee Our perfect
mother;
, HoSg hsve 1to halt OxPress her
grey-haired mother, sveeet-e,Yed
, little mother,' . • - ,) •
Earth's 'versiou of the. .miglity God
above. "
Not of Hie 'power, out of His tender-
ness
Mid ef 11s gr*ace; lorgielng •WhPu we
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ildnitilIen4lessed--us
roue blessing
1Xliat we, through her, might compre-
hend His .eare. •
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' In honer et Mother's DaY,the
thurehes of Goderich paid impressive
tributes in 'Sermon, song aed story on
Senday; last to mothers iteing, and to
• the , menteiy 0 those who had passed
on. Special prayer's- were said .„ for
those who -have_ loved _enee in the
ermed forces at home ' or, overseas.
Flowers decorated •the sacred editiee.e
and large congregations. were preSent.
NTH STREET; UNITED Ol'IMP4
large -cinigregation was present
in. North •street United church, on
Sunday whee -Roe. R. R.
, Turnbull deliverecran-eddress on "The
' Infiueece of Mother," and administered
- the rite of lieptism to Donna: Jean,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Wilfred Dock.
stale. *SPecial music by the,choir
nom vo
Atan clovtuNa.
• • Week's Illeetin#: •
The Lions Oinh had an ofilcial .visit
on Friday -evening last from District
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Governor Nelisen wiace is approach -
in g jam eotteluSton'of eueeeisful year
travelling 18 g Presented 'a twit
in the .ornee. Lion 11111 gave a reStnne
of the work of the:4)4st, year
district, which iucludestwenty-four
clubs, and District Deputy Governor
H. G. MSle Seaferth also Addressed
the Club. Tribute was •paid to the
4410 k 41.1.WW.-111 whih. he data '_Of
district governor had .been discharged,
and on behalf of the Club President
D. D. Mooney presented' Lion Hill With
travelling bag. ' •
Four new merabers were. initiated:
W. A. hay; Geo, Buchanan, Clayton
Edward and Geo. Mathieson, . the
inittation being „coeducted, D.D.G.
Lien: Melt' etet Club pins presented by
P.G.: Lion Hill.
iecluded rt solo e by Master Douglas
Pennington.- • - • -
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the afternoon the -Sunday school*
-held a spoeial Mother'S, Day Service at
II'S. C. M. Robertson gave, an
• .address on-the'theme "Homes Make. a
Nation." Fear -.girls of Mrs. A. R.
-Scott's Zlass gave readings* on * "MO -
,...._there. mind, awl; the
•-*-,superint°-eikcIentf r rWread-L
•t'story of the home life of G
and 'Mailairie-
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
•• At St. George's Anglipaii church the
church school co-operated witli the
eougregation•in'a, brief but impreSsive
service conducted by the rector, .Rev.'
W. 1-1. Dunbar. Special hymns suit-
able to ,the. occasionwere sung, led by
the choir under the,direction of O. P. S.
Carnian. `. •
. Rev.W. 11. Dunbar spoke to the
mothers on the text: "Suffer the little
'GODERIC11- °MARI
INTEREBUNG DISPLAYS ,
o '!iieg09,71-1 •p:RAFT,
• Arti inade by the ,students et the
Shop; *ork an:Moine economies classeS
- the' :Collegiate Institute have Veen.
en display in the Craigie and Pridhare
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St'O're *W.Wdoietill)e paet 'fey; -4,1414•••,-7.,
The WOrkatialiehip 'on the' •variont:
articles from the shOework, depa.rtment
sepereised by W. F. Walkout, is exceed-
ingly well done and finiplied. There is
a pretty round -topped table Duncan
lilyfe style; there are 'patens, nevvspeper
and magaziee helders, lamp brackets,
toivel racks, end -tables, book ends; tool,
handles, tools and exquisitely carved
,brackets, etc., all of which will be
on, display and sold. at the 'bazaar to
be held on Saturday at, the Collegiate,'
• The "MO of the girI8 inthe home
mega' ee .clase,:taughtilY-MisS-Nett-le'
ton; is 'equally creditable. It inclndes
children's knitted garments; dresses,
stuffed et:denies, etc.; and some delicious
loolcipg'Canned fruit, sauCes, jellieeLand
jam, • " -
The Collegiate WM he en fete on
Saturday for the event:
Frank' McDonald, Jimmy. MacArthur,
Ruth Reed„.' Billy Schaefer, Donald
Stokes, • Benson Straitghan,
‘. Fourth seal (5th yeee),---,-Marilyn Mc-
Cabe, Leine Rivers.
" Fifth seal . (6th year) -Doris Mc-
13riee, Gorden McCabe, Mary .Lou
Sanderson.
Sixth seal ' 17th year) -Bruce Erskine,
Mary Atme..Erikine.
Alumni diploma.' (8th year) ---•-Cath-
erine Cute *Bob Moore, Ruth Stokes.
tFirst alumni seal (9th .year) --Jack
'Erskine, Donald MaCE-vvan, Mary Joyce
Strachan.
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Second alumni .seal .(10th year) -2 --
Mollie Bisset, Billy Neweombe, Donald
Rieers,--James--Saundersr: Fred- Stokes.
.Third einem" seal (11th year) -
John Schaefer.
Fourth alumni seal .,(-12th year) -
Peter MaelIwan, -
The following Children comnienced
£nday'iglail•OT, "attendance -hi ,W.41,)
unday„ school 'diving-- 1943 and for
re ular 'attendance Since'beginirb' xr•To-' inefeires tor relatives..., he ffeks
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URS -*3171•804,
rim wkrtnimAiNT,
.Grain eontInues to our in a steady
stream tram ships to televator and, from
elevator to freight ears* on ,,botli
ways.
• . Five cargoes are.reebrled knis. week
at the elevatoi: Saturday, the,ttindoc,
`With. 288,000 bus. 'wheat and oats;
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Sunda', ,Schupp, 104,000, bps„
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wheat; Tuesday, Algerail, 224,006 iyiO3.
oats, wheat, barley .and• re;.
F. V. Massey, 108,000 bus. wheat;
Thursday' (today), Superior, 4:10,000 bus,.
wheat' and screenings.
The Aragon was in At -Friday • last
and 'again yesterday with coat .for
Western 0(nada,Flour* Mills,
--What -nutrittere
thickest fog in .yonss hung over the
lake off this port for nearly twenty-
four beers Tuesday night and Wednes-
day Morning and early afternoon. For
over twenty hours the grain, freighter
F. V. AfaSsey lay off port waiting for
the fog to lift, She 'had been located
in a ship-tOeshor6 Conversation with the
Algoma', then in port- Bert McDonald,
Who took Capt. Frank McCarthy to,his
ship in the Anaanac„ states he Could not
iiee, the length of the boat, so heavy
was the mist. Capt. MeCarthy_boarded
,his ship sit miles, out. ile'lutd been on
'shore leave oveieg to the .death a his
1:nether. The t.7eeently overhauled fog-
horn got a good workout.
et.
944
ron Fimslies
with Fiying Colors
,N4ctory .140(133„ OV0)31014 by
More tban Qi1artier-milli011
in This •County
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• uivou ouee More hats .eente" threagh
With "'an oversubscriptign of the war
loatn.A "
"With,ling returnatatellated to-
day fur the ,sixth Vietery loan the total
FIRSTIVIEETItG OF HURON-
. IVLAITLAND •PRESIWTRY
• A new regulationof the war censor-
ship foOlds the publishing of announce-
ments of. the arrival of members of the
forces at their overseas destination.
This may be a temporary measure in
view- of the -corning invasiam of Nazi -
occupied Europe.
• Ur. and Airs. Thomas Randall, Heron
road, yesterday-recetved-aletter,•dated
March 22r1d„ froni their self,' Pte, Ver-
dun Randall, Perth Regiment, NV -ho is
a prisoner of vvar in Germany.,' Ile
states that he is well, but finds it
hard to put in the time, as there is
t-JAIlv-.12 to de, He receives parcels
every week from -the Red Cross,:and
ceived,•;;;Smallawards : Beth Anstay, had ,heard „anything of Gordon
AeirPinder, Denalir'MacArthur,‘Lorene shaw, of Goderich, Who Walt
rte.
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MaeDentilel, .A.1-thur ,Peachey, ,Cammen.,,When he was taken prisoner,And,tha
Donk, Billy Stkaughant Marion Seruton, been talk'w,tO hiiWthe..naorning, he wa
.Tune Anne Sayers, Grant reporteda,i01,i'nt•?:,•,.',,* „
.Townsend,, Charles' Townsend, pt.& -•Verdun' :•etpta. ted sageiness • fo
Nate.. • . •'': ' ,.• letters from horae.
For commendable 'clipiieh at e c *
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during 1943*church attendance diplomas Friends of Bruce. Boyce, R.C.E.P
Tere presented to the fellOwing: Bobby now statiOted • in Italy, will .be gla
ell; LioneILArbeer, Frances' Brereton, to- leain h.e has recovereit from a
Mollie Bisset, -Ruth Outt,*-.Mary Anne illness Of y low jaundiesaceording to
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AT Empuiz.sEav.zot OLIM
About Uri Goderieh girls attended a.
danee 'at Sity'llagber QP, ;WwillefidaY'
Ovening, ".13),0 tUnCtion was.„laeld in the
new reereation ball, which, WQ.2 Ander-
soli and %I./Sgt. JOnekt. had -decorged,
royai
White and blne.,-The Stage PackgroUnO.
• Was elarge V with tile Canadian nag
enclosed, lel./Lt. SwanbergeoPee..9.1 and
the-emu/1Y is V3.310,850, oVer a, ‘,14./90111Pla-ncler Weil,1O. Morton and.
•of the young dancers. .. The ,seniOr
hostesses , Who' chaperoned. the. 'girl%
were Mrs. D..- D. Mooney* Mrs. P. E.
Campbell' and Miss JOsie-
The oreheetra from the Clinton Radio
S,ehool, was attendance and itsniaMie
was zialiell'appreciated by the- dancer's.
rialtttileOrf L)4,0460T04904,Qu'' 4,114ibeuxt7050sr9otf tthhee, CV° l'"17 i°4ike4 atter the Welfare
ttwizteerrtyci•usioxktrfassing di.striets exceede,l,
West Wawanosh heads the list, hay,
lug come up from :seventh place in last
week's published returns. Tuckersmith
wastenth,. a ...week itgo. and is second
111 Alielluttr returee:-.-Turnherry was
only three Stages from the bottom of the
list a week ago and timished sixth.
TOp, honors as a salesraan go to T.
Pritchard of Goderich. Tom worked
liard and consistently and his total of•
888,150 is the -largest for any canvasser
in the county. Second in, amount of
sales is, S. . Blake, who turned in
870,200. ,Mr, *Blake, 41eads the list in
number of individuel,Subscriptions, his
reeOrd being 203, and this is particular-
ly creditable from the fact- that this
was his first experience as a loan
salt-sinan. J. j'arlthe argileogfesamount
Wt jnghotinnint
witli .7550, h
Of sales outside of :Goderich, and the.
top salesman in a 'rural district 'iletS
(1. A. Gibson of.Hewielt township,: who
turned in $07,450.
Reviewing the Campaign, County
Organizer Vandewater had high praise
for the new "salesmen, those 'who, sold
• bonds for T' the first tine. 'There had
been nrachwinter gieltness-and as a
consequence many casualties among' the
-Organizatien's personnel.Things had:
lobited 'blue and for di& greeter part
of the campaign tv„tiirns were disapt
pointing, but in thelmine stretch many
of the. new "stilesinen came ;through
witn a rush. In „ this category' vvefe
Reeve john.Armstrong Of Hullett, Sam
Alton Of Ashfield, _Clayton Laithwgite
ef Goderich township, S. H. Blake of
,Goderich_toWn, and A. a:Whitmore of
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returns:by c.1ivassing districts
..pehlished_elee'Where 011 this page.
MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY
Rev.. C.11..MacDonalii First lfloderator
s. Of the United Body
The union 0? the huron and Maitland
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Presbyteries Of . the--,i,„Presbyterian
Church was consinnmatcd ,tit a raeethig,
of the twa Presbyteries held in St.
-Andrew's 'chnrch, -Wingham, on may
Oth. -The united bod 3v111 be called
the Huron -Maitland ,Presbytery.-
Rev. MadDonald, of Lueknow
find Pungannon, was elected raoderatoe;
Rev. John Poll•oek, •Whitechnrch,
and2j. G. Mullen, Of Seatorth,
treasutei.
42,11Asletter.41,,MY'Re,V4Zike
Of Hamilton 'told ',of fernier days when
illq47,reSISYterY, 1Wron -extended-from
Exeter •to 'Teeswater. Maitland Pres -
13)* was formed sixty-five years ago,
receiting-'ininefeen charges from the
8 Presbyteries of Huron and, Bruce.
The PresbyterY was addressed •by
Rev. C. S. Oke of •Stratford,°.moderator
of the Synod. of Hamilton and London.
- - Consideration waSr.given to a cell
froni Sydney, N:S., to Rev, Hugh Jack
of Seaforth and Was laid 'ever to May
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22nd, when Presbytery will meet at
Cntoe.
MiteerHivray
.the office'
moderator °lithe General Assembly.
.Caniniissioriers to General Assembly,
e_umtnirtr.whiiisehopm. eets rataittor_lardTeronto Jiteun.e,
'Will heWilson.
It was annOunced that Westminster
College, Philadelphia, was conferring
the degree of master of philosophy on
Rev. Dr. W. O. Rhortd, of Ashhelel and
Ripley.
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rskineT Dori s-VeBrien•.Nveek--by-his-inother
--EF-addreSsed the-Children'b r-riti'Pi-n» Li • •
-•----rporantandmen-t;. "Ilonbr-t,tiy-fathek-c,tutt..-a--Bible were presented- to each of the. Pte. William Burke,' R.C.A..M.C., wli
thy. mother." , „ following for the . recitation of the has 'Oen Stationed at the Military hos
esentation of prayee.hoOksltud Shorter Catechism: James B. Milne, pital. at Chilliwack, B.C., is spexidin
Mines w ; • y- II frirgre.714. ,
for regular attendance at the -church' Interm.ediate meniery course -Trier& Iftek-si Newgate street, and . friends
school, *hich this year had -been un-
nseally large. - • .
Those receiving prayer books Werey:-:
Dorothy, Kathleen and Patricia Long-
•, mire, ,,Nancy . Audrey -Dawes
. and Douglas Patterson. Bibles were
presented to Gary Stianiforth and
Neville Monteith.. Specie' pins for at;
tendance were given toa large number
of, children, many of whoin• had won
their fourth. .
• KNOX „PRESBYTERIAN 01.-WROtt
Rev. E A Thomson, B.A., general
secretary of Sundaksehools And_yon_ng-
..L.Reople's. Societies- of the Presbyterian
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Church in -Canada,., was - the preacher
at both Aervices on Sunday in Knot
Presbyterian church'. The Sunday'
school was asseMbled in the centre
• pews, and the little onesof the prim-
ary ,department under the direction
of Miss Dorothy - Johnston, , with Miss
• Chrissie Leishman at the 'piano, sang
sweetly "Jesus. Loves Me" and "Jesus
• Bids Us Shine."' Tlie junior choir,
• composed of the C.G.I.T., and conducted
by Mrs. W. P. Saunders, sang "The
yalley of Peace," and MISS Marjorie
Maclie sang as a solo "Shepherd's
Crethe Song." ' •
Rev. Richard Stewart was in charge
of the serviceand introduced Rev.
• -10..A.,,,Themson;_who inAniple language:
addressed the younger mienthers of OW
congregation - on 'the subject -"The
• Christian lime," basing his addresson
the text: "Beloved, let us love one
another, for love is of God.". he Urged'
his hearers tolearn to live together
'as Christians, -vvhich is not hlways
, easy, and to reraember, the two bears-
' bear and forbear -for these • make ;a
-ban& helm. always tobe
done in it home. Some boys get 4111 We
, work while others scheine to ger out
,o1 It.
`.‘The greatest universities . in
Canada -today,' : the speaker asserted,
"are the woodpile and the. dishpan:"
"Don't .pay Your boys and girls. for
Work done in the hotne,".lie'urged, "be -
'cause all should learn to help one an-
other. The happiest hoinee are those
which have Jesus Christ as the Un
Seen Guest," , •
• Presentation of Awards -
Thepresentation of awards 'Wag in
charge of Miss liva,Somerville,,spperi
lendent of the Sunday 'SehOefovlfci"wa
assisted bit ltev. Richard Stewart'and
Rev. E. A. IT homsoe.• Those 'receiving
thein were: • • ,
Robert Ite'lkes, dlplbmas,or attend-.
once, on lift Sundayeuln 1943:
. First 'Year ----Norma Beattie, Frances
Brereton, Charles Ketnp, Clirissle
Lelsh-
man.- Joyce Xallough, 13111y AfeLeAni•
-Cynthitt Young,- Shirley Yoting,,BeVerly
Anne naggitt, Margaret MacDonald,
Catharine Abel/maid, (traee Pinder,
Joan Fitzpatrick, " Marilyn vinott;
Deanna Mallough.
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First seat (2n4 year), -john
lIaw-
thornc'. Ruth Peachey, Sylvia ,Pettchey,
Jacqueline Smart, Clayton Straughan,
Donald Straughan. • ,
Second seal' (3r(l year)---tionel Ar -
bout, piny Bell, Marilyn Ruder. Grace
' Doak, Donald Hawthorne, Charlea
Hawthorne, Marian McDonald, Gordon
Pinder. jittmly Minder, Martin
Straughan, lietty Taylor, Raymond
Cutt.,•
Third./ seal .(.Ith Year) • (ilretta
Arbour, Gertrude. ttle. Bobby Bell,'
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1;2 and 3) -Seals to be attached to the •Goderich township, before going t
junior course diploma were presented to his new post at Windsor, N.S.
,Mary Anne Erskine. Pte. Ken.. Young, son of Mr. and Mr
Primary memory Course -A card ,eer- Ben .:Yoting, left. on Monday of thi
tilleat 'e -or parts 1 iii\d 2 was presented? week for an ea.stepaport after spending
to Ruth Reed, and for part 1 to Ruth ,a pleasant holiday -here. Ken. too
Stokes. • • - • • part in „the Kiska invasion.
Beginuers' mentery course (parts 1 .
and 2)--Certifieates- were presented to AC. Reg, Neweenibs. son of Mr. an
Ruth Reed, Wayne Golden Cockshutt, Mrs:John Nevvcombe, who bas just fin
Charles Townsend, Carol Anne Zimmer- ished initial training • at Torent
man; mrde._for _part- 1 only to Jolikl having transferred from ..„.the army t
McDougall and Bebby;Straughan, °the air, force, N'ii--itome .this weel
Bible study certificates, issued by, the He was en route to No. 3 Wireles
boardFor-SabbathOOTS and Toilfig -schoor;-Wintilpette take a-etteres
People's Societies to. Sunday school • •
pupils Who obtain • sixty per cent. . WO. , (Toe' Brophey, . of. near S
over on an examination based on the A.ugustine, is. now :an instructor a
Sunday school lessens from October, Aylmer. Recently returned from En
1943, to March? 1044; • • land, he has Seven ops, three of the
: Intermediates (14 years and under) over Germany,. to his credit. Joe wa
Schaefer, Bruce Erskine, James two crashes, one. after a bobbin
(Brownie) Milne; Frances • Brereton, trip 'Over Oermuny, He IS the onl
Cynthia Xcaing,Joan Fitzpatrick, Joyce surviving mereber .of- his crew. --As.
1Viallough-..,. Grace Pinder,. Christme was, he spent months in. hospital I
'Schatz, Charles hawdiern,-e;' _Donald England vvith it fracttired leg and othe
MacEwitie: 'Mary Arnie Erskin,e,'Mariee .injuries. Later he. was :invalided hom
Reis, Catherine Cutt, Winnifred "RitY.- and he is now returning to duty as a
nerd, Gordan Pinder, Bob Moore; gen.; instructor. • " ,
neth Grigg, Marilyn Butler, Wine •,
Bisset.* • .• In a letter -'dated • April 30th,- Sgt
Seniors (15 Years and over) -Jack Major Ken -Jtick (Elgins) .enclosed
EAkiae, , Saunders, Beeson photo Of himself taken on the .stree
'Stretughan,' john Schafer:, rill New- -of -Porapell.,--ancienr-Itallan-eityea
,combe, rred Stokes, Peter 1Vra.cEwan, the base. of Mount Vesuvius. Ile wa
Daring the service Stewart On Et short letiVe after a turn;' th
announced that the day.inarked twenty- front line, and /belts the qdctiire
lite years of service in the Sunday health. Although in. the thick Of th
school- by les. Albert Taylor, and the fightieg, the Sergt.-Major Scercel
follevving-tribute was contained' in the makes mention of the fact in his-lettp
church .calendar: "As a cOfigregation,
WO•areindebted to Mrs: Tailor for her •. Sgt. Wilson' McCreath, son of M
unselfish devotion" in the teaching" Of and 11r13. Harry'. McCreath, who h
our yeah and for her .stroilig spiritual been in the. ff:0'.A.F. nearly four year
intluenee which reflected today in stationed at St. Thomas,. is now
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the consecrated' efforts Of our young supervisor of instruCtors at that seine)
people as our boys serve their King and " '•'- ,
country .and the girld de their. share, Of. Major De R., Nairii>gof •,"the Elgin
the work in tbe various spheres. of he who has 'been' in Italy with, his tan
cluirch'e 'service. A , very sincere .unit for some months; is expected I
"Thank Ybu".te You, Mrs. Taylor, from Canada soon d 'we'll -deserved leav
all of s." • of ahsende: Further than this little
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Charles Breekow, superintendent of Another Goderich boy, Lieut. A.
the Sunday school, was In charge of the Sturdy, sen of Mr. and Mrs. 'Harr
service; in; Victoria • street United "Sturdy, recovered from an• operatic).
•ohnteh',' theaddreas Veit* given hy' the hes--joined the. Elena in Italy.
pastor, Rev.' A. J. McKaye, On the sub-
Ject "Homes Make a 'Nation." The , Flying Officer Thomas o. Cooke, 80
rite of baptism was administered to the Pr Mr. and r,Mrs. Chas. Cr- Cooke
children Of Mr. and Mrs. E. Wells, Mr. diinton, formetly or Goderich, ha,,,,rUee
arid Mrs. David Itelfil and Mr. and Mts. awarded the Distinguished Flying ere
Richard MeWhinneY A pleasing vocal "in. • 'recognition of ° devotion t
trio,- "My, Mother's Bible," was sung duty in the'execution ef air 0110by Mrs. Alvin. Thompson, Mrs. George ations'againSt the enemy." WO. Cool
Correll and • :Mrs. William Westlake, Is nOW snending a month's special lea,
Appreciation of mothers of Canada was With his Wife •at Dauphin, Man., wher
given by Eugenia Brindley, Joyce
Ilreekow, Marjorie Overholt, Margaret
Craig and Aileen "-Castle. The story,
"A Christian gotne and a New China"
was read by Ruth Allison, A 'large
congregation was present.
TIIE BAPTIST OFIURCIX
The Mothers' Day services were well
attended in the•taptist church, which
was adorned with 4 profusion of spring
flowers.. Rev. Joseph Mutes' 'subjectin
the Morning was "Honor Thy Mother,"
and in the evenink,' "The Power of
God.".! The rite of baptism was ad-
ministered to four persons . at 'the
latter Rerviee.
he was. stationed for SOirle time before.
going overseas. It is understood that. desk. no' gin ef theGoOeriehrr°1v481111)
for three months before going on his Ilbspital Awdliary.
present furlough he was on coastal
patrol operatians in Icelaud, in charge
of oit large ilying' boat earrying 11 crew ing Selma' at Camp Baden Ittst week'.
of eight. The Cooke family has an ex- Ile is at present visiting his parents on
ceptimlal record "in war serviee. Ken. the 'West Coast. Russell is the second
rtethot, ydunger brother of P/O. Cooke, son of Mr. and Wire. George NeWman,
Is Iii the Air Force; it sister, Mr. air- who resided in Colborue, township for
Owe Neilans •(141thel), is overseas with a number of years prior to tuoving
the .0and the •brothey-in-law West. Their elder sott, Warrant ()Meer
is.serving In the „ narold A. Newman, Delnerte at present
also frOhl an* Eastern Station. WO.
Pilot Offreer Russell E. Ne Man, Newman vadnated in 1042 from Reek,
graduatedfroin Serviee cliffe.
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FISHING'B,USINESS AT HAYFIELD
Bayfield fishermen report that trout
and whitefish have returned to Lake.
Huron -thiS ' year -hi fairly pleutiful
quantity after a lapse of several years,
and that -catches are ranging from two
to six ,hundred -poends. One veteran.
fisherman &pressed-the:opinion, based:
on experience; that the trout and whitehh seasons travel in. cycles of seven
years. For several years past Che
catehes were 1)1'w:tic:My nil. Ca-tches.
of perch, too, are geed and are ex -
petted to get better once 1he spawning
season starts. The. ,priee i down •a
iittle as conipared. with last, spring;
stending at 9Y2 cents, Most Of the fish
are Ong to Chicago: There are ten
licensed-. commercial , fishermen ' now
operating , out ot-Bayfield. 'Boat space'
is at a premium, with tied along -
'aide one another at -the mouth. of the
river. • Representations nre to be made
-to' Ottawa for a -longer wharf.
•
NEW. MACHINE SHOP'
Miss Betty WreNed itika-A-TrAkWiis n
Won the prizes for the spot.WaltS. -NOS
Marjorie Mache-and'rl./Lt, King were
the 'winners in the elimination dance.
Supper was_.served from long % tables.
Mr. Byrd. and WS AS0501110 deserve
great credit for the 'supper arrange-
ments:. the delicious ' sandwiches were
not long in' disappearing "uring the
last dance P/4.410 • sang a •solo,
before the evening.' :piograra closed
with "God Save' thel<ing." •
Last 'Friday night a large number
of young people enjoyed the regular
weekly (lanes at the canteen, .The
senior hostesses tea, duty were Mrs;
Wm. McLaren, Mrs. W. G. MacEwair,
C. A. Reid, Mrs. W.11; Saunders'
and .Mrs. L. C. Chapman. The junior
.hostesses wei•e,Misses Catharine,Graff
and Helen Graham.
_A partnership • has bee.n formed,.
two local yoking ,men, • Keith Colborne
,and Edgar Nialleugh, and they, have
opened a ----new• shop 111 the building
formerly occupied by the Massey -Harris.
dealer On Hamilton street. • - ,
Both are well known throughout this
district and as they are eileipping their
Shop 'with 'inedern machines, they are
prepared to do erst-elees maehine work,
of di kinds. '
DOES IT tA1t TO:liEEP PIGEONS?
rte' -flan Fisher, Whe •has, been
with the Anti-aircraft Division,. stit.:.
tioned in Nevefoundland, lias re
mustered In the infantry and is en-
joying e furlough; :with his ..parents,_
Mr. and Mrs. •Vi." Fisher. Saltford.
Allan tritS an active maher of . the
Homing 'Pigeon Club when . ettl home
and 'net Sunday Sent one 0? his homing.
-pigeons for a driVewith relatives who
were zeturniug • to. Detroit, with,
struction8,- to release it somewhere en
route With hour of release marked on,
its leg band.. Instrnetions were fol-
loWed. and the' pigeon arrived the next
day with a ten dollar bill enclosed with
the Message it earrietl. *
1100'I1'AI-4 ItIlitTlIVA)4,rARTY
To the list of donations PiibliOied,On
page.3 a this iesee with the report of
the Alexandra Hospital birthday party
sheuld beadded f hair for the nerves'
MRS. JACK ADDRgSSES
• KNOX cHURCH
At the meeting of the Women's
Mis-
sionnry -Society -,:of Knot -church: on
-Friday. 1-ast Mrs. Hugh' jack,' of. Sea -
forth, gave an excellent report of the
thirtieth. annual Provincial, Meeting of
the W.M.S. , of the, Presbyterian .0hurch
JaCk's'lare-
well apPearance, as she is- leaving
shortly.for Sydney, N.S„ whfch place
Bev. Mr. Jack has been called, as.
minister of' the Pres,byteriatt church,
-411)the...coarse, of her, eomprehenSixe
,report-;.--M•Ds.7"2aeitiStated, 'drat
'Pleas(a. • that' *the.
allocation for ;Ontario "Tiad -beer' "UX-
ceeded. • Much:concern WAS expressed
When it. Nyas stated hi a report that,
there were 40,000' 'delinquent girls.,
fourteen Years and under;„ in Canada.
This should be a matter for 'Prayer,
'and "don't just talk- and do nothing
,ilbout• the speAlter 'urged.
Mrs. ' Gordan BisSet presided, and
Mtss Eva Somervilleexpressedtheapr•
predation of the meeting, to •Mrs. Jack,
who has ,heep -the president of 'amen
,Presbyterial W.U.S..*fer the last four
ears,- rs:-F.--G: Weir -read tlie_lesson
'aalrfs--"Vie&S-clitiotere4.4YraY4si,*-
A letter .of syinpathY was authorized
'to be sent- to---BIrs.- A. J. McKay; a
former treasurer and a .life member of
iz-c-p.„1:
Temnorary Reeruiting Office Open in
Goderieh ,ou May 26th • ,
• A number of men from Goderich
have offered their services to the
Canadian Navy through , the . district
recruiting centre • at London, but the
applications received. tire..still. insuf-
ficient to meet the current quotas. ---
In
.
In order that' those who have not
been -able London Migldhave
ary reereiting -office will be open in
Goderich hetwee)athe hears -0 1 p.m.'
and 9 p.m. on May 26th, ia the Bed-
ford li tellLinteateve a • lieants for
serviee- as seamen-and:.tooks. . pp
tions will will also he accepted from those
wishing to.apply for entry as stewards,.
sick berth attendants, and patrolmen.
. Lieut. Lynch, R.C.N.V.R., will inteie
vie* all men over seveeteen Years and
six months of age- wile are medically
,fit and conterblatieg entry in one elf
the various branches 111 the near future.
.
gocefit for
in Damage Action
001pr 014011 111 01.1p110.0 court
•• Sitting* 401lerlerefd. cor
,101117164
ki I
Non -jury. sittings Of the SO001100'
Court ef Ontario opened at the ,00nrt
Hoitse on Monday. Afterti0.04,With Mr.
jt,Stice Ilrquher.Vprodding.,
A motor 'damage; actioti arhOng trolt
a heaf1401. collisioi of two trucks' on
County highway 84, ;near Zurich, wu
tlic lirst ceee called. The plaintiff,
John W. Brown, farmer, Of Hay town
43111p, sued the defendant, Hugo Sehellk,
Crediton, butcher, for 4500 for personal
iujuries 'and. 'POO' JO -the lois of his
track, with costs. • The 'crash occurred.
during a4.snowstorm.;• "The 'defendant
entered- a counter-claiin; de)1Ying '030' •
negligence, and asked• that the action. ,
be -dismissed with tests; He suffered a
fractured kneecap. The plaintiff claimed•
he received head, homeland hip injuries. •
Medical evidence as given by .•fivt3
doetors: Dr. •Norinan Jackson, GOde,
r1.1.11 MorriAnb. 44110 the
X-ray department Of St, jsaSeph'S 'HOS-
pital; Londoil: Dr. lames G. Murray,
Eteter ; • Dr. M. Q. •Peever, -surgeen,,,
London,' and,_Dr. A.* Hobbs _ Taylor,.
Dashwoocl. - • '
',judgment was given in ,faY'or et the
Plaintiff,,Brown, fer $450 ant-coste, the
amount being,. assessed as .follows For
personal ,injury„. ineltaltng mediettl, AV
tex,Itio, $200; car:loss, $250.
J, Defendant's counterclaim Was dis-
mised witli, costs. • •
• in the divorce action Laws vs. laWe,
in which Tasil Percy Laws isseekingv.
xliveree- *03:4111S wife, Lela .E11Z4,beth
-.-LOVST-jtaiginent wns reserved lending "
the 'filing - ,,a certificate 'showiii:g
-plaintiff has been .ofirSeaSl.simee; 1940`,
Petts Vs. -Rear was adjourned to the
next court pending settlement. .. In this_,.
10t1011 IdaJ:.*-17-ettkvividow,
is seekin'g'to'recdver St610, the amount '
•Of a prciinissOry note said to have 'been
given alETTseenrity by the defeanlants;
.A.rlett'a Fear and MorriS Pear of the
townShip of
--.!-Hertet -v.---Xettrira&ate•- Hoile'Mist
was adjourned to the nex't •COurt
'Lawrence 'E:•--14001,••
'suing, his lirife;* Irene Etenri„.fdr•
declaration of Iris interest in 4.,.beaut:Y.
shop in Clinton.
HOLIDAY SPORTS'
ZMaitland Golf, Club will .have its
.otlieial Opening for the 1044 season on
VednesdyM i24Ulyth-the men
there will be.'a nine -hole competition
in the meaning- and the afternoon pre -
will include a mixed two-bali.
foursome, hnd feLthe ladles approach-
• ing end patting competitions •and a
$ieven,-hole - game. • • • •• • '
'The 'lawn howlers are planning' a
-game or Monday efening next to open
• thd season, and if the weather is suit-
able a local taurnalmint will be held
011 .the afternoon of the 24th.
EMPIRE.DAY PROGRAM .
In observence of 'Emrere&Day .a pro
grain wM be given hi Court house Park
'neizt Tuesday afternoon, May •23rd; .by
the two pnbIi, schools, commeneifig at
2,30. o'clock. 'In addition to sinang by
the .childreet- there will be addresses
citizens, and the public i invited to
be -present -
-
XED. CROSS NOTES
oh,
Air., Norman C. -Urquhart, reporting
onprisonersof-war food,parcels, stated -
that the :Ova Canadian plants- had, to
Degelnber, • 19_43:, packed a total of
17,800,000 parcels, or 42,06 tanSo'f food:
Canadian prisoners of -war .in 06r•-•
many now receive a.weekly newspaper
containing home teven flews and sports
results
., e Canadiait-Red Cress, thresultskhreugh a united effort on the
i)epnlrhllent of •N!ar Sertices •and the
Clieedian Preis. 'Through the • inter;
national cOinmittee of the Red .Cross
in ...Geneva, negotiations were _began
last fall with the. German Government
for necessary • permission.
, Virit -issue of the *paper Was 'cabled
to' Europe In December and Oiiiihrintition
of ifs circulation has now been reeelved..
- . • - April Shipment • , '
The following - shipment was 'sent
forward la April,. indicating it busy
month in the work TOOMS: . ,,,`:;
British eivilian clothing -$-5 girls'
coats, _30 -girls' blouses, 10 dresses with
pantiee, 20 infaiitS' nightgowns, 25 pita;
fore dresses. . . '. • • : •
'Array and A.ir lb7orce-4 high -neck
long -sleeve, khaki sweaters, 20 sleeve-
less sweafeis, le pairR gieveS, 30 pairs
Service Socks, 5 tartleneek sweaters,
63' petirsiefrinCn'S long stockings, 14,
sweaters, 2.year •size, 10 girtq' €lisretii.trs,
5 boys' sweaters, 10 pair „girls' 'stock-
ings, 45 pairs mitts; , .
Itetttgge--, 10 quilts. „3 i'ef: allilts. 1,.
baby'S 'cot MAU, eontaining eleven
artleleS-2 pillows, 4 pilloweases; 2
sheets, 1 blanket, .1 eoverlet,• 1 com-
forter. .,
TIOSpital-106 triangalai bandages,
10 handkerehlefs, 60 face unteks; 5
hed,lackets, ti dressing gowns..
` A total*of.013 artleh'51.,
'
$4...v$Imi.
F. KERSHAW "APPOINTED
• TO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD
Seid. a
ne der to. peaorilselimte. lvoa:Le:cid to
ee
Mr: G. L Parsons, -having- 'resigned.
-.14S seat on__the Callegiate_Institute_
Beard. to. which he was appointed by ,
td'hliv-spir4"1-*
Snider has, heiii7-KaTgerd h? -the• -11.S77-7-'
Board to All' the Vacancy, .and :Mr.
Frank -Kershaw has been appointed to
$ le 4
:-
• The 'meeting Was cleSed with prayer
by Mrs. Wa.rdlaw Taylor., • .
Aisj URGENT :APPEAL .
The ne:gt blood donors clinic in Gode;
rick,will he held on Friday; June 2nd,
arta at POrt Albert orethe previouS day,
June lat. There is, urgent necessity for
a greater nninber of donors. • /t,' is
hoped that every eligible person
take. this matter „seriously to hea •t.
Other towns, pf • ,c0nsideriblyr:1 $
Papilla Win than Gelieritch, have rnucb,._
larger -clinics than are held here. Par-
ticularly in view of the coining invasion
, the European Continent, and the
casualties that May he expected,- there
will be great •need of blood plasnia. for
the 4eatnient of .wounded Men and the
saving Of life. It is not mueh_to give
• in consideration of what the,bays over-
seas Are offering, . their very lives.'
Those in charge •wouild like very much
to have. previoes figuresof local clinics
doubled at the net one.
FINISHES,UNIVERSITY COURSE
According -to the results announced on
Tuesday by the Faculty. of -Applia.
Science of the University of t'oroilto,
.Leel Scott, son of . Principal and Mrs.
A. rt.,,$cott, wag suCcessfel in obtain-
ing ,,stentling titA- fourth-year chemical
engineering and will receive the d ree
Of, •baehelor of appli0d,Abienbeit_ 110
convocation on June 8. Ile has . beeii.
engaged to do research work at Re-
search Enterprises, °Limited, Leaside,
Ontario,
OPENING INVESTMENT oFtICE
Mr. p. D. Mooney is opening.an office
in the. Bank -of Commerce builditig
(formeely "The Green Door") to ,deal
IirstoeltS," 'Mids.' and -Other* investMent
securities and to operatea board room.
Monday next, May 22n4, ISannounced
as the opening &Its '
school trustee from St. Patrick's ward. ,,
• Over fifty applications have . been
received for' the. principalship of Vic-
toria School, but no, appointment halt
YeTthbeeepnrirancaidpeaels' re'Perts for the month
of. April, -received at the. May meeting
of the board, were as -
Central Sch661 - Total enrolment,
•216;• average. atteudanee, 194; . per-
centage,',. 91.8. • Amount- Of war savings,
tamps purehaed to date, $4001.85.
• vichjria School-- Total enrolment, ••.6,_
368; average •attendance, 323.51; Per-
centage, '00.59. ;War Savings stamps'
purchased' -to -date, $6892.50: •
-
THE IVEATHE- R
• .Temperatures. of •th b past week in.
Goderichr with those of the correspond-
ing week a year ago, as officially re:
corded, were as follows;
1944 • 1943' "
Max. Min. Max. Min.
Thurs., May 11 ....68 43' 58 . 48
Fri.,, May 1.2 ....,77 57 34. 41
Sat.; May 13. 76 56 47 • 86'
un., May 14: 70, , 43 57 -31
/1‘.(on., MeY-, 49 „ 62 40
Tues,, May AO .54 * 72 48'•
Wed.r May ..17 ..;e9 „ 55 59_ 46
•/4' • 'THE .TAX RATE • ,
At „,a special meeting. of the TOvOn ,
,iduudir on 1-1riday night last the tax
rate for 1944 Was set:tentatively at.85,.-
Mills for public sphool-auppOrters .and,
31% mills. for separate school sup-
porters. , These are the same rates at0
last year. The -estimates of „receipts .
and expendlitures have not yet been
adopted and will befnr.ther considered
at C'dittleil's'Yegular aneetbig this week.
• +0
0 & Nene' Itcte-returned,
her home On RayAeld toad after spend- "
ing, the winter with her -daughter, Miss
J. Wells', at Loitdon.
HE SIXTII
CTORY LOAN
Canvassing ••
_District • Quota
(Wawanosh $ 67,000
Tuckersmith Township , ,98,000
Zurich tind flay West 88,000
trusSeis .......... 74,000
Goderich Township ... ..... ' 82,000
.ttrulierr3 Township " 74,000 *
Ilowiek Township .. .. . . . 220,000
Seaford), ..... ...... . 163,000 • •
rsborne Townsliip 19707:000000
Clinton
lIndett Townsiap ' 9.8,000
Goderich„ Town „ .... . 425,000
Colborne'Township . ...............1,1,000
Myth... ... ...............„ . ...... : . 41,000
-Exeter 147,000
Stanley . . .. 99,000
Wieghout . . ... . . ....
I',Vawanosit East 67,000
Ashfield Township ... 100,000 .
McKillop Township. . ; ... 08,000
Grey Township 114,000
Morris Township 01,000
• Hensall and 'Hay East. 08,000
Stephen East . 04,000
Stephen. West ... 64,000
Air Sehools .. . . . . ....... 460;000
„ $3,000,000
rev\citiatp of nnota for County
SubscriPtions
•.$ 85,850
124,700
. 101;80Q
• 85,300 °
01,650
81,000
Z10,350
• 178,000
• " 104,650
• 187,050.
103,100-
440,050
• 07450
40,050
140,150
-100,350
180,350
67,050
100,700• °' -
'0800
114,000
01,100
57,300,
• 51,550
261-,000 108.68
URCI
Percentage'
.128.18 •
• ..,12.U4
115.68,
• 115.20 .
111.77 •
110.07
.10945
109.20 •
167.88
106478
105.20
• 104.95
• 104.92
• 102.33
• 101.46
101.30
101.25
100.97
100.70
100.52
100.10,
01,47
80.87
80.P
• .$3,310,850
Wee,.