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T IS 13E4ST WAY TO ADVERTISE
WELCOME ETUANED MEN?
Couzwil.DisolloSes tho
Club II04se for , War',
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Veteans Proposed.
• . The matter o1 the. re&Ption • of
soldiers Teturning .froxn, the War oe-
”• envied the attention of .the -Town Cram -
ell for* a Whileat the,„regUlar Meeting
- ea VriclaY night last. ,CoUn. Butlerre-
newed his suggestion that the are siren ,
be blown to:;•.let. citizens know that 4
reception was to. be held. 4 Seine "ex;
ception was taken to this. Ccena Prvett
suggested a bulletin board • an
"Sauttre., but Deputy cReeIre Mcarney's,
proposal ' that the lire belf.'"Ve' rung
appeared to meet'..geaeral
-• Several members said the town band
should make an appearance on 'these
• occasioes, and there Were some remarks
• to the effect thatafter'nearly two yearS•
of training the baud' Should be, able to
• .Play.' As Iteeve Beker remarked; "They
,can make a:noise anyway:" -7
, (lora: Sentient:re 'Saidthe band'would
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be out 'on • July 1St, ' It had'. a Member;
ship of about : twenty, lie said, -
All the members: of Council were
..present.
.Thetax collector reported $2,332.32
• collected in May. :The -collector -else
- submitted a statement of .•.1943 'taxes
registered against properties. .
, The chief of pollee aiihnlitted-tt state7
-Ment showing.weighte•ef -loads •of coal
as fotmdnnrari�usdateS..of. the pap.
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rAmavr SEIVidOE rORCE
SPEAKER>AT C4;.0.av
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,A.t.the Collegiate Institute on FridaY
moratn);'10.st a ia1t-hour was.. •sovn
,t4" representatives of the 'Outario Farm
.Servlee /Pore° for a presentation of. the
pressing: need of ' ifelP in 'tura Work;
W. RaYAeld, '418010 Placement
officer, arldresSed..the students, pointing
out how they, can assist iikaneeting the
Critical situation which resultfrom
the Shortage 01! manpower on the terms.
„ "The need for bap ert:Ontarlo farms
is , very- Urgent," said Mr. 'hayfield.
Ayer sixteen...may „i9 to our
girls' Cahill at Vorest, The -fifer(' or the
Niagara district.. Boys over fifteen may
he Seat to TartAg3 173,..tA locality. All
farms to which we *Send boys are ap-
proved by us... :You may have A. friend
who would like to have your services
and you can place yourself.
, "The coming. summer may be the
most eriticalin. the history ..bf Man-
kind, In the years to • come we shall
often be asked, what We were doing' in
the grandest hour of our country's con-
flict. It will be a.sopree of great setae -
faction to usif, we can. say that i11.
the year .1944 we were serviiag our king
to the best of our ability."
A picture reel, "Hands for the
Harvest," wai shown by Jack 0010,m1)0,
ef the National 111)11- Board stag. Thie
gave' scenes of harvest operations. -
as.f011ows: • n -FIRE BRIGADE OUT'
• • • • Tiiivn Company, • • - s
Scale * Weight . TWI9E TIIIS :WEEK
*:Sau.ltS Coal Co lO8�lb 1950 th
Seabrook Coal Co. - 4500 lb, 44501b.
Mustard Coal. CO; ,;312Q lb. • 8070 II).
Dean Coal -04. • 4635 lb. 4550 lb.
• Applications. for-b.nild,b1,1: 'Peti)31-t8
were, received as follows; Percy W.
'Arrest -reek, Hincks street; Dr. W.
.North ,: street; :AI: Clairmont,
' lAghthouse street; G. Pian,470'64b-ra-,
road.; -.John -Fellows, Oxford „etteete.7.7
• all for improvements to dwellings...
J, E. Muteh, Vieteria.streetahd, Thos:
Digin --avenue,. applied :for, per -
of -their--tesidenees..-Ileferred-to-public
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The, application of the Matae-Leaf
Chapter, L01.1).1i:‘, for ".permission. to
•hold their"annual summer carnival In
Coert House Park -9)1-4-uly Oth, was sent
to the special ' committee: :•
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A le.tter.-tre,..41.,.,f4P.AParst.,0,1ialthf
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asking .the ouncil to • the
• Town's smoke bylaw, to. see i1! re
strictions are being adhered -to, --was
°referred to the special committee. '
„ .An -offer from -Noah defornette for the
purchase: of lot 10; Huron tread; WU;
'sent to. the 'publie'Works committee.
'.....,Tleiseeretar of the local 'branch of
the -Navy- eaguelvro e -. -s a mg a
; branch would look after _the handling
• Of suppiies for the minesweeper "Gode-
suggesting that dentitions -be re-
ceived at the.- Toe -riff -Hall. Permissionk
• was asked for the holding , of the an-
nual Navy League hag day on the first
Saturday in August. Referred to special
. committee. •
Would:PM:64Se Harbor Freight Shed
A proposal 2ron1 Northwest, Steam-
' ships ,Limited, :Toronto; Lor the pur-
' chase of one pf the freight sheds at-tlie
harbor was referred to the water. light
and harbor committee. - .
An offer from George Mathiesoix :for
- the heating pipes in the formorieswas
referred 'to the industrial edimeittee.
Anothei letter frim. IV: G. Con*, Of
Big Stone Gap, Va.,, was sent to: the
special edmmittee. Mr. -Coutts-said he
was planning • a visit to his old home
town about the lst of July.. • • • "
Advice was received from the. War-.
thee Prices' and 7Trade Board. *of dis-
• approval' of the:Town's application for
. the purchase of a tiveloetinoweti ow -
leg . to "extreme short supply." • 4';
• A comithinieation irom-the:--director
of the 'Ontario Parra. Service Force, pro-
posing the formation of it farm
coni-
mando brigade in Gcrderich,
relieve thei:fparipower shortage: on -the
farms, was referred to She special
coniniittee, . • - ••
• *--Coiierultteolltep-dete:-.
The finance corareittee -reported re;
• ceiPt ''of the • Liquor' Control Board's
cheque for $821,68, representing twenty
per esent., of hotel.- authority fees col-
• lected -froxe Goderich. It'elief accounts
L-.-* for 'May amounted to 129.10. (The'
• Liquor Bdard cheque is about $00 less'
* than last year's.)
The public- Works committe-e redom-
inendedrthe sale of two:riots, on Huron
road and Mary street; to Mrs, Elizabeth
• Bucking for $15.per ;lot ;• that the offer
of Andrew Murray of 4200 for the pro-
. perty .forsierly Oceimied. by his:father
, accepted, and that tealnatera.be • Paid
at . the rate of 80c per holm • •
• The Special -eonhnittee recommended
--that the MO.fl. be..asked • .to•Anspeee
the Golden Gate Cafe arid, report; that
• • • the . ehairenlii of this committee ':".•teke
'pp With the chief of, Police the matters.
of riding. 'bieycles On, the sidewalks,'
,epeeding of cars and neglecting. stopi
signs, and that. a. 'bylaw be prepared.
licensing reataurents and eating places,
• The, cemetery and perks eomieittee
..al-redommendecl. that the • matter Of 1)h1 -
chasing a fouetain. for 1.1nrhor Park be
left in the hands of the chairman. .
The water, light and harberj,torn;
\ mitt('(' recoimnended that the Reeve, the
Deputy Reeve and Conn, grown he tip,
pointed to daft a resolution witli.re-
gard to the proposed road to the north
side .of the harbor. .
Coun. Brown Spoke in aPPreciatien
of. the. program given on May !lath by
the Choral Society, to WIWI the Marv-
bers of the C6011011 had invitations'. Ire
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said it waS'iniagilificent, program!'
and he was'pfond that Goderieh had
produced tt huisical organization of such
calibre, .; •
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. The lire ,brigade waS called -vat after
10 O'clock. Tuesday night, a Hydro
pole near the 'C.P.R. bridge' on harbor
hill haviah broken into eames. The
pole supported wires carrying 26,000
* volts' and; the situation ..had to. be'
...,,,handleiseith (Alp, :IA AtrehgtoLvizate
from, the firehose would.have conducted
. *Mayor Turner spoke in similar v,ein. of
the latest additieh 'tb Goderich's niusical
eireles. ,
A. Motion was,passed with regard to
the north harbor. toad proposal, which
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to he Aci the atteotket Of the
• for • einlorgementi
Anotheilmitioit passed was to reseind
bylaW No. 16 of 1915 regarding' Mait.
theAlectrie.eurrent,to,theihen. carrying
the hose; After eonxe delay linemen
arrived from fAintort---with 'a special
lignid:usett-to extinguish such-lires, and
the7:1140,„as qtilekly-Alogej The' lighting
'service of _the-tt. •.-was'7,-Off for ablitit
fifteen minutes at -midnight. A new
pole was- installed next day. Hydro
linemen attributed the blaze to "salt
erosion,„",, • •
• The :brigade had another call last
night, abont 9.80 o'clock, fire having
brokeieout in the garpage dump ' off
,Mttitland read.' The men 'stayed with
the Job for. an ,hour and a half before
it ;Was considered safe to leave' it.
PAIDDLESEX-HURONa:
GO. TO CAMP ON. SUNDAY
1fle esex- mon eg men wi
go into annual:camp at•ThamesSalley„
. MeteberS Hear Address on Wartime
Prices -.Delegates td District Meeting
The regular.meetieg of the .Women's
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Institute wits held oh Thursday, • June
lst, in MacKay Hall, with 'Mrs. N.
McInnis, the president, in the • chair,
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Ittites Day, JAne.
idely Observed
ag Day in .oerih Ilealtteg
$137.35 -Sponsor ExprOSie0
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AivreCiati0)1.
Shut-in's 'Pay, Snilday last, ,was more
'widely observed than ever befere, Not
only in Gedeitieh, but in many Other
communities, and .especially, it seemed,
Id the large cities, was the'deY 'brought
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to the attention of the•peOple by Oficial
Preclamatioe. 'ThiS Wag so 14 Montreal,
Toronto, Pert WilUain, Sudbury,
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Kitch-
ener and Lethbridge, white at Brant-
ford, as in Go.dericla the Mayor gave
formal, endorsatiOn, of the day., - •
1. the--United-States-at-least.:..seven
State GOVer110113 iSSI,led proclamations
appealing to the people 'or their States
to observe the day.' Eight or ten made
stetementsto the preps. Some Mayors,
amoug them, the Mayor of Chicago,
&issued • proclamations. Both' in . the
States and in Canada there may have
been, . and probably Were, many such
ollicial endorsenients whichdid not
come within the notice, of the members
of the Association here. . •
• - Successful Wag Day '
• The people of `Goderich are to be
commended fOr • their genereas support
of the Shut-in's tag. day which was
held.last Saturday. The total Proceeds
amounted. to $137;35, which was very,
gratifying to the Shut:ill's Day
Assoei-
ation, sponsors 'Of the effort.
The money realized will be used
solely to carry on the work of the"As-
Sedation ill pronioting.an annual Inter-
national day on behalf of the sick and
disabled. No one Connected with the
AssOelfitionwill reeerve rinY of the pro-
ceeds, aS the servic,es of the officers and
representatives are given gratuitously.
The 'money is spent, in circularizing
Canada from coast ' fo coast, and'the
postage bill alone‘is a large -item. rept
Saturday's receipts. more than .covdfed
h1. year!s.expendituresf. and„..ri -balance
is left towards next 'Year's expenses.
The Tinite&Statesbranch has,,natur-
'Idly, a. larger expense than the Can-
adian, but it is met from funds raised
in the -States.- - , •
• ..F.4.taztaricei-47rionverier the tag.
day,. expressed - appreciation 'L to the
twenty-eight taggers'"re"Wifwillingly
devoted their time; to Miss -MacDonald
of Victoria Public School, who was
responsible for securing a major nub).-
ber ofthe taggers, and in particular to.
the people of Goderiebi Who have. tinis
Made IL possible_fer .the-AsseelationAe.
meet all current unpaid expenses,.
The largest gum of ratiney was
brought in by the :Ycaingest tagger,
Bobbie Bell,,,who. was 'On the go from
inerning to late evening. -.His efforts
realized approximately f15.
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.Five more%cargoea of. graie. arrived
"ditring. the Week for the Pederiell
EleYater Co. • , , •
!rile Superior ea -Me in On 41mredaY:
last with 89.,900 bus; wheat and. screen -
:•Oa.: Tnesday thetarmount brought
121,000 bus. oats and barley. •
There were three arrivals,' today
(Thursday) r; 17, V. Massey, with 109,000
wheat; Qtiedoe, with 192,000 bus.
oats and barley ;
hus. oats and, Wheat.
Jim Culp has hiaspeed-boat out again.
and it is About the fastest thing around
the 'barber. .•
4. little tot, three or our years old,.
wandered- alolie (dewn;t0 the harbor
this-afterneen-i-und-seeing- ether (but
bigger) • people in the water she was
ebout to jump in. herself, Bert "Mac-
Donald 0.0)4 , her in. charge, however,
and by MIS -time, .undoubtedly, shes y3
safe .at her. home. • ,
POLIPE TO "PLEAN. UP";
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ONIRAITIO orrmunits
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Speeding Motorists. and Sidewalk
Rigel(' Riders to Receive Attention
• fteeders*.a,nd sidewalk bicycle ,riders
are ..at piesent. receiving:r
trent both inunicfpal and Provincial
Police in a campaign to eliminate, as
far as possible, these'rcienades to life and
bib oh the. Streets of Goderielf.' ' Chief
Constable A. C. ItoSs; in making this
announcement to the presssaid he
had received .n.tany tetnplaintar-from
citizens 'about young motorists, who
had.. Jeat_regently.sccrine intospossession
ef eurs, aed.some7iiiir inieS141),.'"shoet.
ing" about the stieets,going no place
111 parttentar, PASSing- everything in
sight, only, to come to an abrupt halt
far a chat with a. friend on foot or -in
. another eer4 ,Very of top :the .centre
of :the road is chosen. '
The hours after -date -es at
Ion are favorite ones for. the • yentliful
speeders arid- last Saturday night police
landed- a few against. :whom Inform-
atioes. have beeniSwern.,
• The practice of,eldewalk bicycle rid -
frig eongse, an. abuse _of long-
Staitcling.le Vederich. It , is particular-
ly annoying. and. Often dangerous to
elderly .people. This tirae police have
instruetions:JO clean things up, and
Some. of the mo -re persistent 'offenders
are shortly dile to pait with some •of
their vacation money on a Visit to the
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PE-ACHEt'S-BIitbS WIN,.
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'Five of His EntriCa. Lead the Flight
from Teimitti . 7
The third race for old birds held by
the, Goderich Zombi Pigem. Club .was
flown over the_week-end from Toronto,
a distance of 120 miles, and resulted in
a big win for the -Sunset loft operated
near London,' on Sunday' and prospects
this year lare for -a very small attend-
ance owing to the manpower,shortage.
Men are not being presSed to leave their
essential jobs or one man businesses,
for Serective. Service says it could place
120 men right now.-•
Lieut.*R. C. Hays, al o1!j Co 18
rather disappointed at the turn of
events, forbe has worked hard to. build
fine compahy. However, -he" is
A . minute's • silence' was Observed -
memory of the late Mrs. Wm. Sander-
son, one Of the oldest members; of the
Institute,' The President spoke of her
loyalty and deep interest in •the work
taking thingsphiloSophically. His men. of - this- organization. --
will entrain at 8. o'clock Sunday morn'. The members were reminded a the
ink and will he joined At Clinton by -district annual Meeting to beheld at
contingents'from ° that town and Sea--Dangann9a-oe June 15th,. -the delegates
forth:, :Others will' entrain at .Exeter. appointed being Mrs..._11tithieS41,
'Bight now no one *twould tqt0n19t to. •Lockhart and' Mrs. Holland: • A'ppeint-
estimate' the-strengtk,of the . -,regiment ments to. assist bingo were °Mrs.
when it reaches. Camp. Vt, ersell, Mrs,, Mumby, Mrs. Tichherne
The - camp • continue for two -and Mrs..Loekhart, • ,
'weeks. . Mg:* B. Stehbiegten, of the consdin-
,ers' hraeah. of. the • Wartime Prices and•
SEVEN MINUTES V.AY : Trade Weird,gave if -talk dealing with
„ • BE IIVIPORTANT the • work and ady..144g:, those present
to seek advice from their liaison officer
• t . when problems regArding,pries, Editor -The Signal -Star. . • •
arise. She compared prices charged
Sir, -In Vie* of. the fact thaAvery
during the last 'war vrath‘ those pre -
thing. todaY is supposed to he time,
veng during this war, and showed
and it is' so important that all .tiine-
that thesetti.ng of -Ceiling prices is prov-
pieces-"sinchionize," wonder .if we. mg heiriful. Her ,ftddress was listened
.ceeld- arrange to have .our good old
to' with keen interest.-
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Ben ISh the Colinty; Court Mouse:
laciv.tred_d I '1 1 .0 I,
solos, ancompained bY Mrs. Stewart.
- I had just -set my watch by mgThos. Glazier gave some'intereot-
wekwhen local jeweller'on my
one day s Mrs '. , Items, on current events.
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'e' 'y. Way throegh • the*
park I met arCB,.e.A.F.` man running. • " .1i)NCHNEXT. WEER • ' •
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I asked hum what the hurry was. ' He COUNTY Co
had Missed the bus, which had left. by -When County Connell "meets next
Tuesday it will be in the Morning at
the town clock time. No doubt there
are many- workers in God,erieh Who de-. 10 -o'clock,- instead of 2 in the after -
pend on our Big Ben to he on time- nutt°i°1113),. anigort 110:12less'"tlaproithiggitsid,,ilyroiseZds.."
pot seven iminutee fast.,,,L. • * •
• : 'CITIZEN ings tieing confined to the Warden's
•„,
°pelting address and -the reading of
COrreSpOridenee,but dila year- Council
land ''Ceiiiptery; and a new bylaW. Is to proposes to swing right into business
be, preparaa. s•, •,. , dtilat.IMIAliets-73Aak'havti,a1LIVedneS-
ay' off -to attend the Federation of
Mayer Turner `reported: the decision
of, the Public. Utilities Commission in Agricidt4re field day at Seaforth and
at Their EXeelle
'tt,VneeP.: ncis the
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the-rnatter--ot--lawn-ser Vice- rates, Coe
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reported. IA this paper; last .weele.• -Tnhauriof Athlone arsday afternoon, tee, will be spent
ndPrincess Alice.
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IVIemorial'illemefor 'Veterans • • out of -town, at. the C6unty Home near
- Conn.- •Huckffirlilid the old frame
buildfng across ;the road from the TOwn Clinton. As a reselt most ofj,,the
ouneil memberti 'speed Ohly one
Hall. could be purchased by the Town C
night (Thiirsday). In, Gederieh, as they
and the site\ Might be used for the
erottion ot a "memorial home” Lor fot *Lir willbe returning' on Other nights to
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veterans. ThM
e en returning from their various homes.
this war, With' the veterans of the 'last •
•Warr, would Make Otte a large body and PORT ALIFitERT TO BE CLOSED? ,
they should- iniVe a place they,. could It isreported that a large outdoor
call their own. Ile proposed that a swimming pool, the Sante as "those at
Auld for the erection of a suitable build-k:Thigersvillo and other airports in the
ing- he eet".tip and he thought there','gontinunVealth Pinn,- Is under eon'
would be no s, difficulty collecting struction at Centralia, which gives ripe
$.14,000. „ • to the belief in sonte'quarters that -this
At the suggestion of the. Mayor, the 'school will be kept in 'operatien%eveti
„public works and parks committees after the war. Clinton Radio School
is , ,
were empowered to call for tenderster • anothersaid to be seheditied to
painting the bandstand and the Town vIve -the' -war, aceording to the
Eau. .„ do/testers And gneaserS Pert Albert will
xtyltiw. i6;'qounrmitig the sale 'iv. be closed lvfore •the *present year is
Part lot 12, Maitland road, to the fc. out:
Coll-PrOntenae 011 'Co., WAS adopted. *
The property, 12 by 125 feet, was sold SKY IIAItil101t SPORTS AND DANCE
for $150....Sky Harbor annotinees its sports day
In committee of the/tvvitole it wis for 'Wednesday of next week, .Tiine 14,
decided to oll the building at the with track and JIM. events commeneing
corner Newgate and, Victoria etreetS at 1,30 pan. The famed and popular
to Yolui Pinder for '.$1,000;„‘'Mr. Pinder Centralia Pipe bend *Will' be in attend -
to 'allow the Ptiblie 'Commission twee. ,The day's prograM Will Conclude
ttrebntinue-itc of-,the-ground-Aeor-With a dance at 9 pan:,- with MUSIC by
for the dtiration of, th.e war and SIX. the Clinton Hallo eltool • dance
Mentos after, oreiteStra.
by E. Peachey, his entries winning the
first five places in record. time. The
birds, were released at 7.10 alm. .and.
the .first one was clocked In at, 9.2.
Most a _the, fanciers' were caught
napping, not expecting the birds. to
arrive se.early,.'but they had the wind
behind. theni, which aceounts for the
fast race. • Peachey says he can't'sleep
after 6 it.m.,.so.he was,on the•Job .wheri•
his .birds landed. The birds competing
numbered 149.
The record of the race was' as fol-
lows:. 1st,* 2nd, -3rd, 4th and, 5th, E:
geaelley,' at, 9.25, 9.25% -9.20,
0.27; Oth,-Shelto,..19,21.3,444.thp4ohn-,
ston, ,9.27%; 8th, Peachey,'"9.2 ; "fith,
Baker, 9.28%;- 10th, Ladd 9.37. •
The next race will be 'a .epecial, \also
-Thole Toronto. ' •
NORTH ST. UNITED W.M.S
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The regular. monthly .meeting of the
W.M.S. of North street. United church
was held in the churcb 'parlor on Mon-
day, June 5th, with a good attendance.
Mrs: c: M. RebertSon,liresident, was in
the chair.
Mrs,. Graham, -Christian stewardship
convener, gave an inspiringreading on
"q-he,_Grage •of
•Werrthy.reported for the aupply 'depart-
inent and Mrs. Buchanan for eommutiity
friendship. -4 , • ,
• A. conmittee-, composed t MrS.
Cantelon, Ma. Pridale, MrS4 McTavish
and Mrs. Malt 'were appointed to ar-
range for the 'entertainthent of the
Baby Band and the Mothers at the
julY meeting, • •
Mrs. Howard Robertson took the
chair for the deVotiohal exercisea. After
the seigingof a hymn' 'Mrs. Chas.
r and Mrs. C. M. Itobertson,
o ered'Short prayers. , The lesson, part
llardR
ofeWth47totibe.P4soa*4-wan-read by 1).. gavelav
an interesting and instructive' talk on
the study ' book: . "Ali of Life :• for
Qhrist," veith fife.- Tag
chapter. This was followed by a
'Splendid report Of the ..London Confer-
ence W.111.S. meeting, held A. Strathroy,
by Miss Worthy, who along with Mrs:
Priddle was a delegate to this3contenm
tion. The singing of the Mat verse of it
hynin'and the repeating of the Mizpah
benedietion in unison brought the meet-
ing to ix
BIG TilltNOVER AMONG TEACHERS
•The.-deadliee, for receiving resigna-
tions of school teachers came on jute
1st 58d,a1readj 11 18 .evident that there
will again be a bigturnover of teaching
Personnel....4 In NOtth ^ Tinton,' forin.
stator- Inspector Itifiltead says that
fifty per Cent. of the tettehers have
resigned. This is about the same pro.
portion as last year. 'Salaries are again
going up. One:rural teacher has been -
engaged at 1400 and another at $1200..,
Oring your kitten, poppy, White
rat, tabbit; or Avitat.havelno,
to the Childretis add refs
L 0. IL E., Carnival,
July 6th.
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In the darit,,days of 41.ink,' 199, When
Prance hati fallen and „Iititain was IA
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terrible danger,. it required a e. stout
4:01zit and .aStreng faith to lodk ahead
and see deliverance within f,'irly measur.
able timeo.: 'But theele de•Ye. Are tour
year6,-1!ourr long years -,41i ,the paat,
aid today' the tide has Mined ti
nienner for,V7hici). fel* ths4tahred hoPe,
. The 'news on Tuesday 4:earning of
the invasion of Prance by the liberating
armies) t*,d the Allies WaS reeeiVed vvith
thrill of' thankfulness. Aftefrthe long
and careful PrePara'1el1 it 'ivatia-fa
that there 'could. be only one result,
and :that the complete shh
ecess- of te
In:vast-en. So far that faith in vietory
seems to be well fOunded; for latest
news is that .9er 'fores are., steedilY
jrestng forward.--2„-mal"_eoneolidatint
their position on 'the s;, il of France.
Canadian troops are in the, vanguard
and are gallantly* lapho)ding the honor
of their native land.
• In-, ',Italy the IGermans have
abandoned Rome and our troops are
pushing en beyond the. city:
EVeryvvhere the, battle goes well:-
for grat,eful people give think;
to the Great A.rbiter to whem their
'prayer is raisektor speedy victory and
• labting peace. •
,
STUDENTS
MAKE .PBESENTATIONS
• . •
Farewell -Gifts to Tvvo Teachers' 'Mei!
Are. Leaving the Scheel -
Pupils of the Collegiate Institute -held.
a s"---e-ffeorpicnic 6f3rts ny astonie
of the students gathered at the beach
after '4 -oiclock and ,enjoyed swimming
and 'boating. Later they were .joined
by .Other students" and quite --,.a. 4arge
arty was taken to FleinineszPoint--hY
e-- Captain John and. the"Annataa- Y
,When all .Nvere • assembled ,Itke-rpienig.
Slipper was eaten, and afterwards
various amusements were found„Lnene
Of them too strenuouslfor iKeing people
whe had Intlelged hearty "appetites..
Later all gathered for ti.• singsong,
and the occasion. -took- the nature of a
farewelEnto,41-iss.--Aekermand,..11-iss
Nettleton, members of the teaching staff
who are severing their connection with,
• to take other posiiiphs. A pen
and pencil set was presented to Miss
Ackerman, and,to Miss Nettleton'a pair
of. bookends, with wishes for their
happiness and success• -in their new
NURSES' EIGIIT-UOUR -DAV
GOES INTO EET MONDAY
In. the offing for Setae tizue t1 eight.
hour day, tbr.stainerste) 'Is to be. in-.
Stituted at -Alexandra •HoSpital„ ' next
,Meuday.. morning. It will. mean :the
Ou114,10YMent , of three additieneVutirSefk
aud Staggeralfoura WAIL prevail..'Thie •
anuottuctonent WAS 1(1 b WSS
1:deltsola, euperlrttertdent,
The ntew hourathw,ere to go- into effect
r, 011 Friday, but it Seems that nUrses, as
well as sailors, :are superstitious, 80
Monday was chosen after. deliberation.
The eight-hour day has long been in
.effect in most a the mediunsized and
larger hospitals, and the twelve-hour
dutY, aloegwitha lower salary, has
made it dietilt for the local hospital
to keelf-ft..,fulkrataft In war years :when
demand for bospitalizatien is abnormal.
During -the- past- winter-Alexandra:was,
very bueX, 'sun rooms) and corridors
being used to „accommodate patients,
and as atesult depleted staffs of nurses
have been greatly overworked. --Under
the new order of things salaries will
reinain the sante.
It will cost about p,000 a year to put
the -eight-hour day into -effect. Increased'
municipal grants are being sought to
meet' this. - Already the -Town of
Gotterich haS guaranteed up to moo.
The county council is to be approached
at its meeting next 'week: •
EXHIBITION BASEBALL
GAME' FOR, JULY 1ST
*„
Management of Midget 'ream Has
, Arrangements in -Hand
Arrangements • are being 'made , to
ha.ve an exhibition haselmIl game. in
Goderich on July lst. The Midgets are
working hard, for positiens on • the
team, -Which' will ;represent. Goderieh in
the plariewns," and Manager Arnold
McConnell has warned, his players .that
in. oder to make the team' they must
he in good condition. 'It looks ''now
as- if 'the team that played in the play;
dewee..last summer may .start .off, with
mr-,Iliree-neW-pla-yers-trOin other
centres signing There•were eighteen
out to.....the first organized Workout, and
only..sti'vo -Midgets of last year's* team
were absent.
▪ Pa7.4.roeS will be held Mondiy, -Wed
1-e-Sdhiearat tridaY next week:
0 '
By -this time it was -growing late and
Were long all were -horneward-bound.
All.seemed to enjoy themselves And the
school picnic may become an annual
event. .
' LADY CIOLFERS
Mrs. Frank .Curry- Elected President
' -for Second Year •
. . Mrs. I'rank Curry, was again elieSeri
president of the ladies' group of - .\Iait-
18)1(1. Golf Club. at a meeting at the
club' house on • June 4th. Mrs. Carl
Schneicker presided for the election of
officers, which', resultedas. follows:
President,. Airs. Frank...Curry ; ,lst vice-
president, Mrs, Carl Schneicker ; secre-
tary -treasurer, -Mis,s_Marjorie '• Mune,.
house committee convener, Mrs.. N. C.
Jackson; assistants, Mrs. J. (iraliana,
Mrs, W. , A. (2oultInirst, Mrs. I). I).
Mooney,. Mr's. J. M. Snider, Mrs. John
-See, Mrs...Ted Plante. • f
Mrs. A. A. Nicol vva's named AS, cep;
vener of the sports „conimittee, and
groups were formed as follows:
• Group I -Captain, Mrs'. John • See ;-
assistants, Miss M. Mactie, MisS,
Cooper and 'Mrs. Ted Plante, •
Group II -Captain, Mrs. Lyle Com -
peau;• assistants, Mrs. J. :tilcCartney,
Mrs. J. Akerayd, Miss E, Tobin.
Group III ---:Captain •
may.; assiStanps. Misses Peggy
Cooper, :Norma Dunbar and Margaret
Bruce and Mrs. Bruce.
liemp; trAiStants, Miss B. McNaughton,
MrS. P. Curry, and Mrs., Gordon Mac -
Mantis;
Ladies' field\day will be geld, every
.Wednesday • afternoon,. beginning any
dine from 5 to 0.30 o'clock during the
summer. The 'first " one will be on
Wednesday, Jinne 14th, when a pot-
luck supper Will be served at 5 o'clock,
Alt '15d3 golfers are_ cordially, invited.
•
:STUbENTS'
TAKE HIGR STANDING
Examination list's of the UniVersity
of Toronto, published' this week, contaist
the.hames Of two graduates of •Godericla-
Iftia#°-
have taken high _standing. ' •
Mies Annetta Stewart of Dungannon
heads the'fotirth-ear class. .history
Huron Farmen Face
Ilaryest Problem
Ifoomy Crops atcl, S310
Rai) Make Serious
Sittlation
T,Ohe farm labor situation in Huron, .. •
.county is. bad, States B. L Hill, local
Manager of Selective Service and tarn)
hands ae tube brought tram Western
'Canada to relieve the Situation. The
first Data will arrive aboet jtMe 150.°
They willreturn west in time 40
. -
harvest the wheat crop there
Huron farmers are facing a bit Job
• with • Prespeets • of one *of the largest
ereps ever of 'nlOgt everything. The :
hay yield will be enorwmos
of it may go uncut, 40 it ha*
other years.' • Operators
farms visiting the Seleett
otbce in Goderich eay they ar
tuckered out under the.contintted str
Not wily IS the hay • crop a DUMPe
atte., but ettrint.- taking look eXeenePta ,
and .fall wheat, given favorable weather
from now Until harvest, wil be Mnell
• above average. ,, A large aereage .of
beans has been Planted in the central
• and southern eections of the eOunty.
There ere ,.hills.ebaegeeoftu
ntt, eagennueragl inrc9retion.se,
.inh
beGlpero•Qt. faturrrtattlar& !o:tinh.egr eWitirskte. Of
Jifty 4°hfle'tegiste117itha:e-
rv1ceahout'teejt1-11eperet4,
,are boys ' who, have already left to
at
the clgageoSe oinfi'the.,:ehrico.olTtheernaQtAWell'ilfi gi
h
to industrial Jobs. -. •
Selective' Service is now beginning to ;.•,•••.,
_deal with the Sky Harbor lay-off; for
between now and,.;JulY 14 the staff of
civilians Will beplaeed in other! johs.
Mechanics and ether Skilled •workmen
will probably be t.sent to speeliied '
positions . by the Government
office. In other' Cases where Men and
-women- ure-assured--4tliernianent.'
tions they are ' being allowed to go-
f..threem. atiseeirprtt.o. tinawee,i-tuato,:tb,..ae-41nperOseileeenu.let
, .
with -first-class honors.
Pat" Hume, in his third -Year, is
--second in • his class ,with firSt-clasS
honers'in mathematics and physics.
Both-Alff.--,,,these-students..,are-main
taining the excellent record they made
at G;O,L
MISS4IELEN"..VIDEAN ADDED
. TO PUBLIO SellOOL ST.AFF
. • ; .
Central School -to, Have Additional
. • ,
Room---Teithers'. Salaries Increased
• On account of the overcrowding of
SOMe of tbe classes- at Central School,-
-the Publiejighool...Board at its meetine
Ttresday evening decided to: Open
anotherroom•in the school: Miss Heleii
Videan,' daughter of Ari'...tind Mrs. Chas..
Videan of town, Was added to the.
feaChing staff... :
A general increase of teachers' sal-
aries was made, to met present con:
ditiorls„ ' • '
MJ. Snyder, who will be principal
of Victoria* School after the Shmmer
vaeation,, was appointed to .thequblic
Library Board, Succeeding the late priA-
eipal, Mr.. Stonehouse, who was long a
member of that Board, .
Trustee J. B. Milne was *Minted'.
chairman of the finance committee, ;to
take the pTace of 'J. A. Snider,. former
trustee, who has been appointed bathe
Colieglate Institute • Board. '
• , , • '
NO CASES* FOR 'COUNTY COURT
.
County Court and 'General Sessions
1!.the,PeaCe-wereto„be4ield--9i1.-.1eftmday
of this We,A,''''hAttIttfere',:•war. nothing,
on. the docket, -either eriminal pr
Judge Cestello •Wo's...to preStde. • •
ottp aptahi, Charles •
• .
WuL MISS TIIE rAmnAAg IIUM
Very few, if any. planes will beleft
at Sky Harbor after closing en July
i1tfl, 11 Is learned, And
customed to the hum in the ski above'
Goderich Lor nearly fon', years, will
surely .miss it‹. Already. pilots have
been detailed tOlify the,MOths-tO Tren-
ton iiad other airports in the Ontario
'Cominand, Meanivhile, things .itre
pretty much intact at'.tWo popular air-
port. It la* it ease of "business -as
usual". Flt./Lt. formerly
adjutant at Sky Harbor, wheneeIle
-
'went to Camp Borden, is IlOW adminiS-
trative Officer tit Centralia. •
• THE WEATHER
Tenvoiatares• of the past twir Weeks
in' Goderieh, with those of the cor-
responding .weeks a year ago, es of:
licially reeerded, Were as follows;
' .• - 1944 1943
Max. Min. MaX..Min.
I.Plittra,„„Mgv.f,15]•:',..481.41:-... 63 , 70 -31
MitY 65 06 52
Sat., May 27 60 64 50
See., May 28 73 47 50 47
Mon., May 20 82 57 00 44
Tues., May 1,10 .. . . 34 67 55
Wed., May 84 00 77 MI
Thurs., june 1 78 64 • 78 59
Prig Ione, 2 ...„85 oil() -56
Sat., ',june 72 56 83 OT
Sunf,` ;tine 4 54 1 00.'
Mon., ;rime 0, 03 71 4'
Tties„, .11181' 67- 52 61 49
june 7 62 43 63- 52
FOT,IF 1ittle children were. baptised by •
tlie ter, Rev Richard Stewart9 at
the morning service of the presbyterial),
,church tax SuedaY-laSt, There were .
two girls and two boys, the. parents •
beiPg'Mx, and.LA1S,..V,1.1rinson.,,Ar, land_
Mrs:: McCurdy, Mr.,*and,MrS,'Me.penald,,,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson.; •
A large cengregritien, WAS present -to
wituesS the event..
Wfie balance of .the •service was, along
str6tiketilin,Torme=visertitrige'dnbeip,rim.y;LCitt".-g.'*:*:::;11,1,a0,te,
high-. order, 7eSpecf411.5r„.the solo, ,Wertt-,-
Very fine voice, and he' knowe. hew 10.
L1(? 11 to thebest advantage. , • •44
The pastor's sermon Wil'of the right
nature, and along lines soreiy,needed,iri-;
these trying days. He took as his sub-
ject "The Life. Worth Living," .and his
text •waS fromLuke, .12tIreluipter,, and .
had to do with two characters, the man
without money and thentan whOhad an
over-abittdanee, of it, both of whom -he
termed fools. He gave his hearers'to
Understand that the god of this, world: I
-today- was :-"The Mighty, 'Dollar?' and
-that there was an over -emphasis placed
81)011 it. He dealt with the'pplitieinS,.
the depression -Years., . He said that
jesus 'Christ lived what He taught, -and -
'that He should be our 'p;ample as to.
living, esP40.,ictily -along:: _the lines Of
obedience, He further Said that there
isno cluipee of our being selfish if we •
folio*: His teachitig, and that If we
believed in ,life etot death we would •
live a different lifealtogether•from that •
which we are now living: The question -
of •"refugees' Was dealt with after the '
''.fose: of the sermon, and Petitions ecnt•.•
cernieg the same were largely signed by ,
those in attendance upon their way out .
of the exits.
This young minister, 1 am given to .
understand, has been at ;his present -
porsittais14incoe;etay jleatar iittiion;s7t.Octoexaliera,*-1,1110.e
v
pastoral' service Of Dr. Ure, long Since.
pasSed away: •
- -Contributed' by ii-.Goderich:Old'BoY-
AgticOlture.. 1)eliartitielit-.Appeats:19.
Tovvopeoote to Give Itelp in flarypsI
. -
Prospects* for 'farm cropS in- ()fittiriO, Should write to. the Director, Ontario
.'Ibis • Year. 4):e e1ee11eut and 1944, .nrin Service Voree, Pafflatient
Promises to banner year in food. lugs; Termite; so that .he Can send' 4 ,
,prodnction. Yet this Very', fact makes, field placemenLotlicer 10„assist ix the „
the situation.all'tlie More serious froin',fortitatien- Of,:ff lnrni Joniniando cem".
the steadied -tit of 1!o4 because, tthlessinittee' : .. •
the What). PeoPle come to the „rescue 0i -operation'. of School Teathiirs, Asked „
and Jvcip . the farmers' to harvest- their in :view • ef Jht,,,,urgent„..deniand-for---..---
-crops, thousands of'. tons of precious help tor Ontaricr.farms.durieg the busy
foodstuffs will have to rot in the fields sifiniia?r season, :Met, direetcir of the.
and.. (mallards. This is •.tbe basis of Ont:irio Farm Service Force 'is appeal•
*tin urge,iit aPpeal made by Alex. *Mac- in, for( the active, eo-operation of the
iaren, director of the 'Ontario Parra PrinelPals and teachers dt :secondary
Serviee, Voree, who Asksthat7till towns .st.hools, throughout the Provinee,Tbe
ond .(711-tles in the province ta1t4 ijn bulk of the lielp for the, Suninier season, ••
mediate steps ta 'organize Parra, Cos 1# . certain Parts, Of Ontario will have
matidoeonnnittees tomtrol and put to to come froin"the secondary schools, but
Work volunteers to aSsist „in the haying so .far the response has been a long .
and hartrilting. • ' • way short of the demand Mr Maci,
In the last *three, years sorb cam- hirer]. is eonvinced that princiPals ttnd
rnittees have rendered valuable service feaelters of these schools can render
in hiirvestiug operations and their „help a tremendouS. Serviee by using their in
Is needed More than ever tins yearfluence and 'knowledge of the eritleat.
(llitimbers Connaerce, Boards 'of food, situationto encourage their .
Trodeservice dubs, fratertml societies, students te spend -at leaet a part of .
chiircir ' organizations‘ and other . eel*. their ;t•iiitunier viieation'peried on farm
munitiogroups can render 0, valuttble week, either ou 'individual farms or in
Service to the war effort bp taking the farm service cnittris.
initiativeand giving -leadership in the $(4koot priucipals and teachers can
`forinitti6n Of .local Parra Comniando assiSt•hoys and girls to deelde 10underr„
brigades, Action should te;taken. now take ?man WM* hg'plaCing before them:,
able when the;haying season begins. .
iff order ft) have volurfteer ltelp 4.taltlelfltlilrinai4toarlviTcoorewefourikly, toiliteue,10,f1(poodr.tellinteetit:
'Tife„farm so:Vice force branclx of the "ailou and also the conditiona under -
1)e13artment of Agrieulture ,is ready to,' whirl) Hew ean leave titelttad at once if
assist any group willing to .organize t
tlivst1,4,%(;yk;atAegotail,efitri)letrettlyrtnifenointgofirnxitoottfatirraott
and ,e agricultural
repreFent Itiveq 1Ii 11011 comity algo are 1,4 1.4iipporting the fartn serviee mote:.
aVailablc' to help in organizing. Loot,' inent very strongly-, Mr. Mitelareri j�
orgatazationa "mould get Th touch Witli eenildeuti.mtbat he will reo4vo rite :to.
a!gyinitztial itene,-,yartr.,thee operati,,o 1r1ne1vi18 and 1,-qtb4sts
one or, witere that is not convenient, along' the lines isnggested.
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