The Goderich Signal-Star, 1944-12-07, Page 1•
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ampAttendance
at Double Funeral
, •
, •
Bev. B. H. Turnbull Gives
- Expression. to General.
Feeling of -
Sorrow' ,
, •
- -"Der -hearts have been very deeply.
:Stirred by this tragic accident whieh
„.
has etilreinated in the tleath of two
of
•our Iinest eitiZenew tstgeb, has beeii
-a-great shock to:,pe.-_V%rliole,eounnunity•,
AER 'OATZANT FLIER
CIVBS H/S LIFE
from Ottawa slates that
Pilet • Officer ' Alan .Uoward DUrnin,
PrevionSlY reported missing in .air oper-
talons oVer,Germany,* July •29t11; lost
108' life at that time and-walit bUried
On July 80th. at Spreellin, Germany.
1'/04, waS the eldest sOn' Of
N.Rs- -'0Ar4.14. an4. S_Ile late iievKavt1
DUrnin,, and nephew of Orville Devlin,
AsInield Township, with whotalte made
his home, after ,the death of ,his father.
.aral: °especially to the familieS and
' intimate friends' of M. and Mrs.
•-.110bertson. 1 can.. i.1,,SSU're them they,
ha -0e the „eympathy Of .the town, • for
. we, , too, have Sustained a great WO
• in the palifileg of - these. two So . well
beloved eitizenst," Itev. Tureintil
of North street United church said in
the course of„an eloqUelit.tribute to the
• late Mr, and Mrs. J. 0. RObertSen.at
the funeral service held.. on •Saturday.
-afternoen atthe--,BreffheY funeral
"They followed the Christian way,
and believed in the best things, of :life;"
M.r. Turnbull cOntinued... 'Both Were
devoted to to thechurch' and recognized*
the -ithpertanee of itgo:14A.9.0.60., the
couniunitysniMre. 00-17. ,.had a
great VisiohINN seriice in missicinary
and humanitarian endeavor, serving
as president of the 'Evening Auxiliary.
"Both lived their religion in -a practical
way in business and in their teiation-
Ship' with others.
"Ibelieve it must ..be a great source
of eensOlation to -their loved ones to
feol that these two were'.earnesilly de-
voted to the 'finer things of life, 'end
cherished those things Which are. hoii,
orable4 .and, of • „geed report," the
'Minister eoiaeluded„,• •' •
Citizens - from- every Walle-iu- life
• threnged the funeral -home, and hun-
dreds stood' mitsidelin tthe chill Decem-
ber air; with ..impeessive' quiet, In;
dieatiVe, too, of the' widespread sorrow
feeliegs.-of----SYMpathy were
• the closing for theluperal hour of the
business places -and the great number
of beautiful ilorartributes-which-lined
one side 'Of the' large room in which
the taSkets rested. AmOng these offer-
ings were those from North street
• • United,..clitirch$ .the Young Wothen's
Evening Auxiliary; , •Maitland Lodge,
, No, 33,,A.,P., & A.1V1:;•Iluron Lodge, NO.
-62, 1.0.0.F.,•'Gedprich branch of the
,Canatilen Legionr Goderich- Trotting,
and Agricultural .Association; 'students
'. of . Central 33isiness ' College; the
• Thilova Watch,kCoiripany, wi th,scores. of
others. ' "
• Rev. Mr. *Turnbull was assisted in
• he serviee by Rev. itiebtral--fitewar ,
-1Cnox PreSbyterian church:, There
were few tdry .eyes as the elergynten
-paid their„.„...tribete in addresses and
•-100,er; littudredsTtooThad-Ntisited4h
'funeral home -after the remains were.
brought to .Goderich from. London early,
, Friday morning, . ••
•
After the • service, . flower -bearers
representative._ of every phase of Wm..°
munity life formed a guard of honor,
through whieli.,the two caskets were
borne. 'pallbearers for
Robertson were -'Prank McArthur, H.
C. Dunlop, Charles E. AttiSen, Percy
johnsion, 'Fred •RonSe. aticl George
_ Stokes... Those for Mrs. Robertson
• j:elm Warren, HBefeard-Mitilmet,• .
Archie Wilkin, Charlei.Stokes; 'George
Jenner,. all of Croderich,' and 'Fred
Webster, of'Stratford.
The ftineral , cortege _proeeed • down
• MOntreal---street to the,:,;--Square_and
Kingston Stieef, .and thence to Malt -
land cemetery, where the buritilService
Was 'eortdneted by :Rey. Mears. Turn-
-bull and Stewart.- • • Canadiaa,nlosical pictures. -As an
• Among those in atteedance.' at the introduction to this -number the an -
funeral were .ati. Harry Robertson,nouncer 'read a portion of a- ipoeni,
GODERICI-I, ONTARIO, 111-IIJASDAY
Routine Business
Before the Council
Action Taken yvith Regard to
Propoged Sewer .
• Regent Street,
.ell, the monhers' were Present at the
regular Meeting 'of the TOwn Couneil
on Friday night last
,Alayer.l„TArner' spoke of the. loss
• Kelt. the town had euftered tiirOugh
the, eeeldent' at London in which Mk.
and Mrs. 1i. II: P. .ttObertsotr-
and extelided sympathy to the bereaved
parents and other relatives.
.A. request from MO Canaelitte Giri
Guides' Assbciation, Torontotfor Oast-
ance was sent to the finance committee.
The Ontario 'Parks Association,' with
head 'ofilee, at Brantford,. Solicited
membership fee of 0. Referred to
the cemetery lend, parks-,committep. -
An enquiry from -'-the-;Departinen
of Public Works, Ottawa„; with refer-
ence to. it 'renewal of the lease of the
-armories huilding on Newgate street,
was 'referred to the : industrial Coln-
Jaittee.
Three communicatious were received
from County e•Clerk. Miller. One in-
formed, the Councilthatthe. County
grant to hospitals for indigent patients
intd 'been increased from $1.75 to -$2
per: da' (local naitnicipalitice Still. to
be Charged Ilfty per cent. of such cost,
or one dollar per, day* up to the ninety -
day -limit); - • '
The second communication from the
Connty Clerk was with regard to the
health . nursing scheme, and • 'trans-
mitted .the resolution of the County
CoUncil its recent session •stating
f G d rich
PILOT OPFICER ALAN 'H. DURNIN
He graduateci frOrt Goderich Collegiate
Institute and -Stratford Normal Sehool,
then•jained the R.C.A.F. in June, .1941,
overseaS- December,-1942.-
Hls
0.e: wrote: eThe loss of 'Alan'
merabers ".'of, the -crew is
greatly 'felt by e,veryone, And he was
very Popular With the boyS. 'Alan had,
twenty-four' operational trim. to his
credit and4a total of 132 Operittional
hours over enmity territory, and 'was
an excellent air bomber."... '
The"padre of Alan's squadron wrote
thus: "his news will come doubly
hard.to 'You so.soon after the death Of
Alan's- brother in the other squadron
at this station. The spirit that -moves
these- lads 'to give of „ their best, 'the
good huthor that marks them, and the
readiness . to face ' the --inevitable
hazards of their job -these are things
for-, . Must all 'be thankful.
They were exenaplified Alan's case
most notably at the ' time . ,bis bro.'
ther'S death,,... I had a long chat with
bini--thatod07,and was obvious -that
he was deeply eloved by the news:.
"Iiut .his creW was • due to. ey on Oper-
ations that. evening, and though be
°Ind -have stood-tkown-and lett a-SO-
stitute his pLace he preferred to
stand by. his crew and lie went, on
'Ops' that night. I saw the crew -at
their ai.rcraft just before take -off and
they went on their mission , in. good
heart and with 'high courage." ,
Another brothel:, 49nier, in train-
ing with the R.C,N:V.S. .at St.
EY4cintne; Que.- Wireless Operator
Graham Durnin made the.. suprem
saerifice on June 0th in air operations.
DECEMBER 7tht 1944
•
Plane issing Since
11 o'clock Last Ni hi
,
; An •Anson training:boralier.front.,Port
Albert • Was reported , overdnit, tbis
(Thursday) doming; pral all and
sundry .were asked in a broadcast to
coramunleateWith the (station with any
inferination as •to its whereaboute, afX Court opened on 116m1(.%Y. NEsten a true
it mei thought it plight have made 4.. bill was .returned by the grand inrY
di er bed•' against 'Ross Moira; 25, of
Guelph Young Man
Convicted ere
"4; 1 , •
,tecildon. Ilafner, Appeal to Be
• Given%VoinerroW by
Judge Costello
Witb,,,Tudge Costello presiding,
the, General Sessions a the :COMIty
Tercet} innding pr
'Worst fears were that the plane had
come down in Lake Itartar.---Vnothele.1.-
1y1 reports are that the plane has been,
mtesitg since early hours of ,this morro
'ing. One was heard Aying_very._lew
ever Goderich a,t 3-.20 a.m.'and S011naed
110 it were in trduble. The 1-t.,2A.P,
crash boat was" rethoied. from ifs-.POSt.
t the harber he ie SeVerol wtk8 go
-This ' afternobn ProVincial*,---Consta.ble
VOX, and Bert 3,IcDonald are
a
that "we -assure, the ,rown o o e
that it will be used fairly if it Conies
in With Olerest,of the County'," in the
.efithlyWhing__of ibis scheine. "In view
,of the feet .that -Me-0y' has been
spent for health-nersing this year," the
,r,eSolution. further stated, "we ,feel'that
Goderieb:-Is-eiot entitled to- q. rebate.",
•Thig Was referred to cemniittee ef
file.whole „ '
4 T.he third cominunication, .on'
to the Town, Council the letter from,
the 1)epartment of Palle Works_Qtr,
tawa, to the county douneili 'with
reference to the prePosed-roadto the
north Aide of theharber- (already pub-
lished in this paper), Was sent to the
water, ,light and harbor committee. -
An . -offer from W. M. McLean of $20,
for part of -lot 107, Huron. road,„ was
referred to ile public wprks eomntittee.
Janis Barrie appeared before - the
council with reference to a -.proposed
s wer on Regent street After sonie
a seu,ssion this was sent. to committee
the_whole. •
, A. RougVie submitted to the 'L'ionacil
matter 'Which had come before 'him
as ibilef officer, and was asked to
obtain further information: ' •
Comme reper bichuled-those-of
the ,enanee, cemetery and parks,. and
fire' committees, . dealing with routine
matters. , The witter, light and harbor
committee. recommended that
Goldthorpe be permitted to stock ile
gravel on the parking area
beach, . providing he has- the ravel
cleared aWay to the Satisfaction of the
Council•not, later than May 1st, 1945.
This' recommendation was approved.
)3y1a* No. 29 of, 1944, reappointiug
J. W. Monteith, •Stratford, as a'aditor,
-At ttie sanie7ialttry, was adopted.Int
.eoniniittee of the whole it was
decided...to 1..tableite communication
from the County Council regarding the
'health. scheme for consideration by
the1945 Council. --With-regard-Ad-the
,proposed sewer on -Regent • street, the
Clerk was bastructed .to prepare. the
e,p_eSsary agreement for- the property,
OWners to sign, Air. Ilarrie to have
the agreement signed an .obtain
'cheques payable to the Town for the
approximate cost to. be levied against
each owner: '
*This concluded the business' before
,
the Council.
who, was charged With an' att,erapt at
earniii_know,ledge of a "girl Under
fourteen years. a age. The aereoied
bad aplieared ;before 1.,.tudge Costell(i
the previous Week, .and elected trial
1.4. judge and jitry. pleaded' not.
guilty. •The jury WaS elnpallelieti, On.
Monday and the trial proceeded; and
lda:iteibderringdatyorTaulteS. hdoatiyi. Wanhaen. a, alifstter• ,
Ole jury brought in 4 verdict of guilty.
'Eight •Crown witnesses gave evidence.
WAZ LAST NIGHT'S BREAK
A GRIT DODGE?
oporich. was thrown into darkness
lasVnight, from, 8.50 to 9.20 'o'clock,
when a: Wotor' truck'. lett-the read on
'Albert Street, pear the standPiPe.. 4nd
crashed into a pole The jar broke the
, .
high' tension 'line in tWe Places. 'One
break' eceurring nearly a mile avraY.'in
the vicinity of the .Park House, where'
wires • were brought to the -ground'.
Tlie eurrent ,of course, had tb, be shut
"oft *while repairs were made and. line-
men did lt quielt Job.
This 4morning, in ,eolaining the in-
terruption, Superintendent Kelly laugh-
ingly -denied that the stoppagebadany
political significance,' although Pro-,
gressive Conservative Leader John
Bracken wAte in the midst of his radio
speech on the reinforcement -issue when
the, blackout came suddenly and radios
were silenced all' over town.
Inpidentally,, the ' identity of the
• offending till& driver ilS'uot yet known,
,J LIa cruising Lake.Huron, purely on their The aecused, who is a trucker a assiet-
own;" acting onifermation picked up
Ili town.
At 3 o'clock,,flt-is afternoon. Gkoup
Captaip, Bax Said he. Was still.worry,
ing about the whereabents of the miss..
‘ing plane!. No: repprts had come In.
The .plane was due at 11 o'clock last
night. It -had a crew -Of. five. Planes
patrolled the shore line last night and
agaleteday and this afternoon -boats -
are out on -"the-lake..--2---
. Latee.z-At a late 'bent today (ThnrS-
day), there is still %no word of the
plane. Any. possibility that' the plow,
which was.heard at 3.20 this morning
could be the Missing plane is ruled out
by airpert official* who sat, `that . it
.hilve exhausted, its petrol- long
before, that
ant with a Guelph firm, refrained from
going -into the box in, his own defence.
The offende was 'committed on October
31st last Morrell will' be sentenced.
on Friday at 2 pan.
„ Crown Attorney, D. E. Hotlines ap-
peared 'for the OrOgn.; J.. W. Bush-
Wingham, and P. Donnelly, for
the defenee, - •
- riPhe Hafuer Appeal
case of Rex vs: Anton Hailer
an,- adjournment was' granted at the
request, of seeused's counsel until Fri-
day at 2span., when JudgeCostello will
give bis suspended ending on an tip,
peal take•n by Haller, a. member' of the
Sect 'Idiom. as Jehovah's., Witnesses,
aghinSt a., conviction registered by
Magistrate 3. A. Alakins on June 25,
Geo. a eson the
New an in Celine
Xarge for Botb
•
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Goderich had'a bright, mild,rday for
its municipal ig on 'Monday. and
fairly large vote eaSt,
ins there was contest tor the Mayor-
alty and the reeVeships and was
only for fer 'councillors:And on the• two
questions submitted t� the electors.
-'''''.rile,liver-ouneflIOr$ Of .1914 who Steed
Lor
from electors hre-election
threeQcGeorgea Ull were
2401 Ia t offeringbgreturned,ioapRtrIll
Prietor of the Welding shop on,Newgate
Street. Bruce Tetnant and John
'abates, who failed. to make tile grade,
4111:e 4 but popular reideiitS enou gbh"teQ
be-
eume thoroughly well itnown. George
MaCEivan; headed the Poll, With, AleX,
Butler,' 3. E. Iluckins, Geo. Mathieseni
Stan Prevett and IL. G. Sanderson in
tileT.4%11T.eorwnnameeocinlicii 'of 1045 therefore
will be constituted ite follows: Mayor—
D. D. Mooney. Reeve --;-"W; • S. Baker,
Depttfy Reeve ---W. O. Attridge.
Coun-
cillors—Alex. Baler, •110,01_,
Geo. G. Xactwat, Geo. Mathieson, 8.
,Prevett G Sanderson,
.4)ifr bothW tele_iltry.tienilltesoutohn•lstiseusutoinstw•:
the electors voted ."'Yee, • by large. -
:majorities. For a nineicipal7garbage
collection system the vote was -814 for.
to 245 against. The north harbor rdad.
pl•oject was endorsed by a vote of 778
for to 298 agaiest These •• were. 'not
bylaws, but simplY queiStione to .a.scer-.'
tain; the views of the electors as ai
direction to. the Council. • •
The vote in detall.is given elsewhere •
- •---- -
terra. Ile had a Margin .of • 33 Votes •* HOWICK "
over his 'opponent, James II.. Peagan, The Township Council of Howiellfdr4.
253 to 220, -.• . • ; • 1945- .e/eeted by acclamation,. is as.
but police are workiii on the case
and have photographe of thetire marks -
'in the niud,, and .other circumstantial
eyidmice. Mr. Kelly says the trucker
might have been a Grit.
NAVX LEAGUE CAN1PAIGN
Total, contributions. to the Navy
League campaign' to date amount to
$611, It is announced, that donations
.will be (iccepted up 'tp the '-en
of•the year.
Colbonw-Re;.'ele
eeve Alex. Watson
Five Elected' to. Membership
I
-of-the. Township.
School Board
geores pf planes ;have been. out when he was found guilty Of fall-ing -
sea•rching. this. -afternoon over "i"Vestern;
to report for military. duty end sent- Colborne „ township on Monday re-
ected eeve--Alex. -Watson foranother
* piration of which term he was to be -e
and Central TOntarid. - -thieed -to six _raontlis_in4a.11,...at _the: ex- it
ONLY SKELVIION TORdE;
LEFT AT ...SKY 'H'ARBOB,
Ruililings-anal 'Equipment Remain for
' . Some 'Time .Yet
-slcsr IT -arbor --Was•disbanded. as a hold-
ing unit at the first of the numth. The.
station was to be aba.ndoned complete-,
by the R,C.A.F., bat last-minute
changes decreed otherwise'N" a -
skeleton" force of •aboiit thirty airmen
has been left fOr the Winter.
t-INZSAIVIELS-
. USED AS RADIO FE.ATURE
•Dr.-"Frederlf.1: Egener "of London
is gkyin,it series of radio Organ pro--
gramsZre feature enirEichOn a recent
evening was, a new composition ., -by
hinagelf, "Lake Huron," in a series'of
Jean and' Howard, •Mrs. . H. Harloff,
Airs'. W. X. Donaldson and Billie, of
• Stratford; Mies Olive, Robertson, of
Hamilton( Mr. Aittil Mrs. *ether
Robertson and Morley ItoberThon, of
Port Elgin; Me, and Mrs. Russ. Robert-
son, Mise -Ethel Robertson, Wm.
Henderson, of LucknoW; Rev. Chas. D.
Cox, of -Bervie; .Mrs. . Reg.,
Tufford „and 'wlaughter Marjorie, of
Kincardine; OBS, Win, Lowery, North-
wood, .Ont. • and 416.-0, 0464;
Marie and lois, ,Clinten.; Mr. and. Mrs.
Theron Betties,' 11r. "and' Mrs: deo.
alacIlvvain• 'and • faxnily, SeafOrth;
'Thos. and Wm -Carter, ,Clinton;
- and Mrs. Fred Webster, Mrs. Lillian
Thomas,' Stratford.; Mr. ;and Airs. Rod
Ellis, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Alex.
Nethery, Sarnia ; Mrs. Magayin, Strat-
ford: Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt, .Seaforth;
Mrs. M. Popowich, Mrs. .10e Dagnefe,
• Buffalo; MISS Moore, Toronto.
tmagyiwo ammo •
THE POSTO.FFICE
-
As the Chriatetae .seaset Is fast
, approaching., the , postotdee staff asks
the . public to _observe • the tolloWitg
• piles and practices during t4,e •rush
period:
1, Mail early.
• 2. Avoid mailing% calendars. .and,'
'Circulars frOm Oeeember llth 3rd.
•'When nitre than few .0ariatnatts
cards are being Mailed, kindly 'tie in
bundles and hand in" at wicket.
4. •See that individual or!.family 311.0
Is nOt called for Vlore than twice a
r. Bring your box -key,. as we refuse
.t0 oPell' boxes during- the rush, period.
If the. publie Will observe these tido(
it willassist the'postollice stag to give
*Ore efficient and. satisfactory sel"Vice.
littCOVUR*0 FROM,r ,telDENT
INJURIES
" It Is learned that Cpl., Briggs, the
• Sky Harbor airman Who received
spinal.injnries in a roa,tor -accident it
few weeka ago when five were injured,
10 making good progress.' Ile is still in
it, mit and.ivill.be for some Ow, and
• .• been moved from. St. Thomas
hospital to 'a eonvaleseent
home .near Niagara Palls. Meg
Margaret . Bell; who received multiple
fractures, Is still, a patient In Alx
• andra.flospital, Mit IA Making *low but
,otelktiy progreas and la quite bright
and cheerful. The other lOurad ones
, „
have recovered.
„
"Huron," written *by Miss Ann Wiurtelb
of Goderich. • • •
"Calm, mysterious and deep, .
Vigilant, your wateh you keep
Over those who with you sleep,
-'Lake of Shining 'Wh.teis."
In additiot. to anote of appreciation
from lir. Egener,'Miss Wurtele received.
a -letter_ from a geutlema.n connected
with radie publicity war -IC -WI -a was
attracted. by these hies and asked for.
AT 'THE WATERFRONT 1
-
Several' vessels o-' the winter fleet
havearrivedthis week, and others4are
believed to be en the way. If the
npee, weather, holds, vessel mevements
will continue for some thne yet..
The Mantadoc, Frank Wilkinson and,
Lieut. john-Misetter hove . arrived to
join the vessels already. here with
cargoes. Lor the elevator'. Thevganadee
and the. Fort .Willdee are here •with.,
storage "<, cargoes - for the Western
Canada mill. • The Quedoc, reported
last week with storage grain has*dis-
eharged her cargo a s. wheat
et' the' mill, but will retimin here for the
Winter. , •
The 'George Annan= arrived at the
"elevator on Monday with 123,000 bus:
Intrier .and screeningS and after un-
loading cleared •on • Tuesday for the
lakehead. • '
,„The tanker Windsolite in today
with, it cargo for the Imperial 'Oil
depot,
J.• E. Dougla§ 0.0 lia'S gone _to Ins
honie. Talier, .Alta., for the h.olidaY
setison and .11/0. Bury is in Charge.
Where also is, a Sinai'. tteeceinthig staff
left. Life at the 'once busy airport. is
juStAnundrara," hi:4044i and; • Will be
tmtil the War Assets .Corperatten be-
g -,ins• to move thingg.i.ehuipment and
buildingS, but this will not be for-sonig
!inenths, The .2i_guit1,-St4r informed.
. It. is a s.trange commentary that Mr.
J. R. Douglas, manager of the Sky
Harbor station during its nearly. four
years of operation; in which theusendS
of young Canadians were taught to
fly, should. be assigned the job of dis-
•mantling it -by:War A.ssete ",Corporation;
He was here in that connection. LaSt
-week., Sullicient buildings will be left
standing for. the .County of. rfuron
Flying Club to operate . a 'civilian -air-
port after the war. This is said to
inciiide One. hafigar, the aditinistration
And -garagel but --Mitliing is
certain. The 'Club has its Charter, but
OgganiZatiOn. for -One reason anti
other *has not yet got beyond' the_yrO-
viSionai director `stage. :There aleo„is
seine -recreational eettipntent- tit -Sky
Whieli many would like to see
left in -Huron county, While! there i$
botind to :be a:local deakid. Or some
,of the buildings, as • was instanced re,
Cently When Huron County Flying.
Training Scheel Liratted ,its budd
nigs.' • . ,
Changes 'have had a marked effect
ibliSineSS all, over Huron conicity:
'The county's pre-war induStries, hoW--
ever, are now busier -tlum ever they
were. • ' •
There /will. be• no Christina§ dinner
served at Sky Harbor this year.,-, and
while -the Six:oi eight airmen -who will
bp left to held the fort ' levee. not said
so;-The-"Sign-al:-Star-r-4s7g-IVen4aurtder.-,
Stand that -an laivitatien .a festive
table on the •day of days would be de-
cidedly in „order. •
.Dephttures from Port Albert Con-
tinue' heavy %with . the graduation Of
clasSes. Estimate0,00 that 1,50.Will go
on Christmas -leave the, Friday before
Christmas and "many a them :may
tiever return. New Year's departures
are much lighter. No annotnieOment
has been formally.made as to -When the
school will tense to function as a
training eentre, ,except that it Will be
eittly. in the new year. Taking over
by the It:,C:A.F; Any hold something
new for the,airport, however. •
4
turned over: to the It.C.M.P..4to betaken
to. the nearest • military district heael--
quarterS. ' , (
• ;Grand Jury's Report .
Judge-Costellon Monday- instructed
Ole Grand' Jury to visit the County
Jail and the County Home, - He urgent-
ly -stressed • that they pay particular
attention t�. the Home, "as these old
people are entitled to'all the protection
we 'care give thpro," Ills Ilror -re-
minded.
• On tuesday. Mornieg' the grand jury
brought 'in -their-report. They feund
the County,,Tail properly and efficiently
managed. and" recommended . that
lightning rods be :installed on the in-
stitutipn. The County Home was
found to b6 well safeguarded against
fire, -with an emergency alarm system
;hooked- up -with the town -of- Clinton,
.a.nd, three cheinical hese and that
the 'building' was not adapted to the
installation- of 'a -sprinkler. system.
REEVE, BAKERMISQUO,TED
Reeve W: J. Baker pointh out that
he Was misquoted- by- ,this paper last
week in its report of his address .at
tlie-mtancipal-tomination-meeting—
was reported .as saying, in reply to
an Interrupter, that ' think "theY
(the Town workmen) might begetting
a bit more, but some of them are not
'worth •it." There wag 'an eXchange of
remarks' betWeen _the. ,Reeve and the
interrupter at the, time, and the re-
porter di4 net catch accurately all that
was -.said,' Reeve Baker has alway'S
takezl a stand in Council in -behalf
of the workingmm eand the' remark,
w.rongly itttrthuted to Iiim certainly
does not agreewith the attitude he
has consistently taken In discussion of
these Inatters in. Council.
The Councill.ers, elected by eeclam.- follaces: ' •
'ation„.,are-Wm. ciark, "RossiFisher, _ J.,- Weir. _
Barry McCreath and Stanley ,Snyder. --Deputy Reeve-Joht Winter.
Of the eight candidates' standing for "Councillors -Miner Parrish, Edward -
election to the new TownSfrip • Sch4O1 leCiallum, E. .H. Strong. ,-
Bea.rd the five elected are Terrence ' HADDICK RE-ELECTED
I:ranter, Jehn S. Kernighan; ' Orville
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•
Blake, for a two-year terna,,.,_Opteri %. Reeve R. E. ShaddOli was re-elected
Brooks and Fordyce • Clark,' for ,at Hensall on Monday, with a..thaioti,t3r •
year. "•' of "7. over F. .,Sinallacombe. ,, The
The vote by Polling sub -divisions was vote was; $.haddick, 141, • Smallacorabe
,follows, No. 1 poll being at Ben- 134., , • .
miller, No. 2 at Saltford, No 3 at Councillors were elected by accia,ma-
Carlow, and No'..4 at Leeburn: tion.
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FOR REEVE • T'URN'BERRY COUNCILI.;ORS.
• • 1 - 2 ' 3 Total Councillors elected Turnberry,
Feagan, Jam'es.H.-77 47 81- 15-220...-towns.hip . are ....Percy. Xing,.WiLter
Watson, -Alex. :36 34:100 433-253 .-, Woods, Robt. • Powell and Johnr
. Fo4 Sq10011-Titx.MTE-z-s Fische.r. - Reeve Harold • and- '
.Andrew, 'AMOS al 79' *18-148 Tpwnship School BoardwOre elected by
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Blake, •Orvilla .21 63 14,-179 acclamation.
_w_ae- --reeommendedtheretort)31'091te,.....Onter ..;.'...17 ...'•28 I_Or --2b-•7177
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that an ClarkFordyce 35 44 77 14-170
n extension be -built to the barn, Parrish, ,James.....2r; 46 ;84 IA'', -169
as there . is not .sufficient accommoda-
tion for the stock Hunter, Terrence 41 ' 54 116 77-288'
. • , .. 3
The reporA highly praiged tlie' work KernighanJolin00 8 92 12-238
Robertson, Elmer 81 ':'?7 - 65 ;,15-:•148
of Mrs. J: Jacobs, matron of the Home, - - :-
and her .son Ervin :Jacobs. The in-
'. ,
mates are liappYand contented, the
- -RE-ELECT-ED
• "yictor La.nriston, •Qoderielt Old* Boy
.and well known . author, has been re-°
elected by 'acclamation ‘te the ,..poar!:1
of Education of the City of Chath
, •
juVhjeeit'lliirs of the grand jury GOderleh. SOkher Figures in. Grim
Story' .of ,f'ighting
were: Jeseph; M. McMillan, Seaforth, a • • • •
foreRla 1 ; Jofib. Cox, Exeter; Everard
Allen, ; Alfred Bast, Howl& ;
taitley7-;14 .eupts, riltwuberry-;•-Dan---H.
Hallahan, East Wawanesh; . Joseph J.
en 'Own Ninnro,..::Tucker-
smith Lo11El PrInTee, L'sborne; Al-
bert SCOtt, UsbOrne.; Chas. R. Turvey;
lords' ; James- 'Van -Cainp, • Marie •
James G. Wylie; Turnicerry.
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DR,..DOUGLAS CIA:RICE wits
O PROVINCIAL`SERITICE
. ,. • •
Appointed rorester -in Ontario bepart-
nfehrof Lands .and ' Forests
THE. YVOATIIER
Ventperaturts of the Past week in
Godericla, with those of the cerrespond-
ing Week a year ago, as Olgeially re-
cbrded,„,„ were *as. follows:
• 1044 1043
, Max: Min. Max.thn
Tlitirs., Nov. 36 ....31 27 36 25
Dee, 1 if 27 . , 24 42 31
Sat., Dee. 2 . .. 31. 23 43 38
San., Dec. 3 20 25 41 32
Moh.. Dec. 4 37 28, 40, 34,
Tues., Mc. 5 38 32 41 31
Wed:, Dec 0 35 .'•• 83 42 32.
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ROW GODERICH VOTED
FOR comsTdiLums . •
fiing I)ivision 1 2 h3 . 4 ' 5 6 7 8 - 9 10 -'"11 12 Total
Mex. Butler 313-112 68 24 55 20 00 29 00 81 52 • 75— 601,
. John Coates 21 34 32 12 31 22. -rip 13 50. TO 25 43- 421"
.Iohn E, lIeekins 81 76 72 J18.,,45 80 75 25 'Ti' 70 42 .58— 635
Geo, 04 Maetwart 41 74 78 22 19. 33 94 18 80 92 .45 62,-- 698
Geo. Mathieson .. .80 92 67 37 -55 34. 05 28 04 57 ' 43 57— 629
,Krfl Prevett 4 37 80: 55 18 29 26 76 18 84 • 76 40 03— 001
11 G Sanderaon 13 63 , 60 15., 42 31 88 12 08 78 41 .47— 582
D. Tennant ........„23 51 48 22 30 ' 24 4'2 13 76 58 ,23 48— 458
0i8.1113ACtll COLLECTION. -
Polling Division 1 2 3 4 5 . -6 • eZ 8 • 9 10 11 112 ,Total
Yes ... . .. ; .. .42 01 80 22 57 45 115 34 110 103 5104.----,-814
18 41-!,. 3 23 22. 11 29 10 10 25 24'40— 243
Norm' HARBOR; UOAD
roc " 39 94 89 37 47 37 97 35. 82 00 50 73-* 778
N� . 37 19 0 33 139 8, 41 3 21 30-- 208
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Dr. L. M. Mabee' on Monclay re-
ceiv,e(1 Word of the -death of his brother,
Dr; A. H. ,Mabee, at Ganartoque and he
left on -Tuesday morning to laten4
the funeral. Dr. Mabee had practiSed"
dentistry at Gamtneette.for many ;Marti.
o."
-.4.*eiraao.40.aejtioiitstvotaaolomot%
Next week's issue, Deem.
lier l4th,Nsrill be your Shop.;
ping . Guide Number),„sAd.. the`•
merchants are asked -to co,.
operate, The following issue
win 6.01'ciiirpitili4
lugs.*
Pte. 3net.-----Titlean; son of Mrsri-Videaii with- the terrain -the, patrol cset - out-
,
the 'late ...Harry Videan, ef- town, agiini, - -
•They stole acres's.' the - river, bridge
like n t isnagn d,ssomeofoit,ehle.yr tOotitingalldigaonisn,g ho, g:
. • againandreached tr•dyke ,read. year-.
ing tee road was probably mined they
*wrylogged .lowhiods of ;Holland, moved -silently -on--through-the,:-cOld---N.
'
.W err writing home,,, was having it vlawapeur, following. the a tlbe
• dtke. At length they _reached 'the •
re;t in a *ice Belgian" toWn.'Jack is one.
hoUse
• •
of twelve Ca*riadiaus of a night -patrol . The lieutenant in charge the
party of thirty Who mine back after patrol. deployed his 'men about the'
being engaged i,n the important lint house.. Suddenly in the • darkness .a
•
voice cried "Hali.". It didn't sophd
costly _task of clearing out the 'Ger-
Dr,. Douglas Clarke, elder son bf 2. in iv :eh t -, like a_ Canadian voice-: A rite shot
to Ant% ell), it
Rev. C. F. Clarke of Goderich, who has -ans 1° a- r°a es soniided: The'lleutenant 'fired 'a burst -
Port vital to the Allied cause. ,••• from his .Sten, •
won .distinetien as At naturalist and
The...Stet:St et the operation in which Then all. at once tliere Wag. a tali
biologist, is leaving the service\ of the
Federal Department • of Mines and Ow 06derich soldier' miraculously of shells. Canadians :of •'another com-
bseaped death .is told by Allan Kent pany farther don.w' the river.'had heard.
Resources. to take &position as forester a ' War correspondent, hi a despatch the corm:lotion. aad .let ge with their ,
ixr-the Ontario Department if Lands
(1._ under date. of November artillery . on. the 'PASO; The, , patro1... _.
al41--refests. -The-ottawa Citizen:not- fr°111 11°11"
27th. But litst of . all it should he withdrew , again' 'along the .edge of . the `
ing the , the appointment, says : •
•teld that Jack had' just referhed. to the teasl..,-,..:....„_„.
—Dr-.---4,:-.11:-IDeoglis.--.,4 arke----main-,
.,
'Continent -franiEngland, Wheie he ;.,.1\l'o one -had . bien-iiijiireit- hi the
,
mnlogist in the lands, Parks and forests
pt two moliths recovering front foot attillent ancl the group was collecting ,
branch of the Departinent o ',Mines And
IlesoitmeS here Since -1937; hes re-
and • facial wounds reeeived in Nor- at the end Of •the - road. to await . an
signed to accept it Post as forester in•
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nutndy, He retprited to. France to find end of the shelling; •Whert they ',would .
,
Ole Ontario DePiirtment of Lands and
that his old '"unit. of the R.Q.O.C., a give. the honSe another try.
,
Forestat Toronto„..r- . ,1 • Mobile assethbly and repair unit in • 'Deadly 111ines Explode
s '. ' ,
'vv.hich,he had been. '-I'( (1 trained in Suddf.ully in the der ss` one of
I)r. Clar1Ws resignation remoVes
Canada and England, had for- some • them stepped. on a min
from Ottawa a Scientist whose personal •
reason' been brokee. Up. "Jack was as- ., A' moment, Inter a second one 'went
knovviedge of the"'woods and wilderness •
Of Canada extended from Lake Erie §igned..to
the' Algoneuin`.Rifie's as an. off. In that brief Minute three 'Can'
to the Aretle Seas and from Cape . ' •
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iefantryman. Ile didn't like it . at :Wiens Were killed. Three more had.
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Breton to the Alaska botuiclaryt first, he writes. EloweVer, the Algon- legs blowe (a.... • ••• '
While ompleyed by, the departments quiffs are among CanadittS, best ,fighters • Their comxianionSradved to give themof •
hiology4 • hygiene, .and preventive in this •rie they were:, in the la`St war. help: Another mine. went *off,--kiliing
medicine at the University of TorontoTheir ranks had been depleted 14: the it man and injuring' several more,,
In -
before coining tO Ottawa, Dr. Clarke %-
,
long fight up the coast; eluding- the lieutenant.' Then Mere .
sith
,i1.104sto1.41. (V)frat'ghiec nEighigt°. 1)1..4.01 opPr- °ntiotilCgIdo.et(loff6:11(1. a 8.11, e4 1114 id
completed importaet research on the •
population cycle •
and diseases of the
d gronse141011 Was told to Kent by Major picture' the • itori;Oi,„' for theur
• portant game birds. '
e, of • Canada's Most.
Cassidy, Cobalt teacher- The vivors. Soniewhere.inythe'utter darks
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var the Federal Geveteiheof., Dr. ',war correspondent deseribes it irs ',One ness at their feet their best friendS".
'Clarke conducted an _exploratory dfifotthillghistoryeinosttrl.ig;i0e± •etphlissoexitioun
ods tjanallthit, ye
e.ivetttwore nitnsttilet
d in "groallitneg.iforing
agony and
biologieal investigation orthe Thelon
,gethe Aanetuary, n large areo, In the ,Irer a week' tile Canadians had been off anollier of the deadlY
heart of the Barren Lands, established trying to identify the partieular Ger- Somehow 'they were able to carry
held. the far bank' 'of the an the'..injured away and bifeli",:to flio
for the proteetion of mitsk oxen. Also 11111118 '11V116
a . Once they*.bad tried to cross in regimental . .aid 'POSt. They wit seven.
1). Clarke' studied „wildlife manage-
river.wind sank. bodies" behind'. on the swampy ground:
1110114t problems in most of the Canadian assittlit boat$.17 ,btrt .„).11.gli
nationui parks and through the newly-
elle of theiu aud the venture had to Two of .the' 14 injured died on -their -
opened areasof the Paeifie North- West, be Pat pit'', The teXt-niglirthey tried wity 16, •hospititl: . •
especially along the 'Alaska. Highway.ain, but they fonnd' shrapnel froni -Only. men .of the thirty -man Patrol
In 1042, Dr:. Clarke. visited. the native, .t day" pernian.'morthring lout eat who escappd injury were Lance -Corps
reindeer herds at the Moeth' of the JAI erer5" beat. It a third try orals G. A, Cusbiley, of Sault Ste.
Anderson River, . • • officer and an N.C.O. got aeroSS „Marie; and I). 1Viekstr'om, of' Itebbin • •firo
•:(.11e.rke,44 ,,,regignatioii fray the buctliey never tame back, .B.C., , and Privates 10, 14. tent.
Qoveoment gervice here is ueemy r0 Then someone, saw Germans mo-
ing nett, Itorderland,. Sask. 3. L. 13rUce,
gref fed by Resources bepartnient 'Of- °bout ti house.' In the' .1.1"11un'Oand ofVi7e8t (4"6* N.S. F. M. Clarke'
ticials, by whern be waS highly •rateu between:two branches of the river, and Drekliati, Ont.; L. At, Dolimont, North
Us a scientist in .his field, •so it was planned. that 4 platoon . of Sydney, N%S.,A )1; It. tiepipe, 320 .Dtat-
•Cotepany, would iteal up 'to (be dus street, Toronto Y B. B "Videaf n dodo-
WINS ANorrnOit scinotAitsllip 1101180, 111 tbe darkttess ao seize an rich, and A. A. Virilwand, Norwood
;MISS. Carol Trow, (laughter of Lt.-Ool. enema' soldier.' Grove, Man.
R. and Mrs. Trow of Stratford and iu saw tilem o
off at 8 'cloek;'' Major Two of the bodies "Still lie out besid(l
granddaughter of Mrs. liienj. Allid3r en of Cass"and 8v418' dt
It 't•rk °"YI the Yke"
tew,tt, is the wititlei of the grElt; carter then they had to g0 forward Indian recovered 'Initddne°h.
aylighf:bty'Sgtit"wer:,
.OtorO
hanging on to each pther.,", •..entaPbell, St. 'Catharines, the Tee-
mselitsogl.a,vistitoiNpv f‘ovrtiarearitgito: etoiloontNyvinthill,cer tehttir, 12.:10 the rota,was bael4 trhes. taeAtts tint few, who deftad
year of 11 selielarshiP ai.vvottarfpli, ittialed ricroemlettutidPoitit 8d0140:16nofttOW'eortireladolnii: 'thoi bodefiertiy4 ost%i stion.d ibuirobutigechttobatb;ktorti.the-,
Perth Regiment Chatter, Lor
high- standing' in noper eximita• their maps, but 'after An 1101105 feat, lay
• ationa. • • (luring, which. they *fret* reacquainted, 'Othet.tero. from going atter 04
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