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uvreseive. .SetviCe at Victoria'
Street 1mted OhurCh.
ox Sunday' EVe7a1X1g
With-nnpresSive *ceremony, the con.
gregation -of eTictOria. street United
. "church honored the -10,eniory. of one of
its seldier-t eroes, Pte., Carl Bloontileld,
j) at a'meM.orial Service on SunalaY even-
il?g• Mend .ediAce, which was
°bled/ VAR *adorned with beautiful
baskete of iloWers 'Sent by the B1001a-
tIell•famllY, tite Ohrietian 'Service
,
Group, of whicii Carl was a. eltartar
member;. atee,..., George Schram 'and
daughter, MissItobinttsand M. and
Mrs.S:Willittra Mitchelit' the latter 4
• sister of the young soldier. An illums
hutted cross, with Pet:traits of Carl and
s of the Obriatian• Service _Group of.
twelve years ago was Piliced-ti *front
of• the pulpit, beside the tenor roll
which' contains the names of •thirty-
nine measee'es a the congregation,
. -Harry Barker, a former organist.44.
, . „
the churela and Member of the Clarists.
• . .
Ian Service GrOup, presided at the organ
•and led the male choir eompesed *of
_ .
members; past and 'present,-..- of the
organization. During • the ' service the
.nanlq& on, the honer roll were • reed
by the pastor; ROY, L. II, Turner.
These, he •said, werea reminder ef
the great gaps the "cal/ to the service
s of Ring anecountrY.nad made in the
.church, family and Cominnnity life of
Goderich: Three more names -were
added to , the roll, •Russell -aad Bruce
Bloonilield,•and Mr.. Turner announced
that *another 'former. weenier of the'
group, Wilson McGuire, had -made the
supreme :steer/Ace hist October. Ile
had • enlisted at Fort 'Wilmot •
, The •service -opened *with,. the organ
prelude, "Dead' March 111 Saul," : fols
.0) lowed, by IL mioute's,. silence and th.e.
invocation,. The .1tymns cheseo.were
"0 god, Our, Xleig "in. Ages Pest,"
Forever with the Lord," and "The
Sands of Time Are ' Sinking." • s
The choir sang as an anthem .."Cross-
ing the tar," after which -George Cur.
rell, .presideat of thespresent Christian.
sService Group, 'read Ephesiiins 6:10-24:
After the offering, Rea. L. H. Turner
• contributed .a solo "Some Time We'll
Understand." ' •
"Indestructible Arter'." Was t1ie.
theme of Rev. Mr: Turner's .eloqUent
•
sermon, based on the text; "Wherefore.
takeunto yee the whole arradr; of
Geld, that:. ye.sinay be able
to witli-
stand In the evil daY,..lamishaving done
• all; to stand".•,(Eph.:6:1a)s- -
Echoess, of - Mercian:lg.:feet , had re-
tfoundedsupeu P,a.ulas ears and he koew
of What he was 'speaking -of the gladi-
.• Wrial atanhats; of their,' armor, • of
- their weapons of defence and offence,
• ane the whole ra-ateriali.stie panorama.
The legions • 01: Rome fell in dust be:
''catise their annor was destructible,*
Paul was speaking' of the ,armor of a
: Christian which exists in the realm
of the spiritual and -that with-
stand triuraphantly -the :bitterness .bf
death. • "
"We need the arraor of God on .the
home front," the 'preacher 'declared.
• '1 see the - teflsfons01 war 7 -crushing
• the. spirit of man. Within
the euvir-
- ons .of this. town •:there
and women going (Iowa beconee of the
tensions of war. There is no direction.
for them. Whet a traged.Yif our sons'
and daughters on the war front; return
to And we 'have lost the home froet!
Nothing short of surreanIer to God : and
His. Son will enabia Us to 'withstand
the wilei of the tempter." •
A tremendous srespense' is. 4peeted.
of the young people, Mr. Tinter con-
tinued: "Thoselads are giving alt
• they have. - Do- Wesposeess -the-Whole-
^ armor, of God,- or It -patchy? tee
*hole armor of Gad is the breastplate
. • ,OfrightemisnesS and the shieldsof faith.
, With these the futur� will be faced: .
tnikt :k4111_-g4.111/Agolt-s..!!:,›It..,Ttitaite
'cliallebged, "18- that we shut be . re-
sponsive to the 'Hiring/ God;. soldier
of moral decency on the tome • front
that Will be guarded witk,the- armor of
Godevoked by the sacrifices 'made by
. Carl Bloomfield .and, WiIson AreGn,ire,
What dews . their sacrinee colt for?.
It calls for Your spirit And mine.bowed
.....nefore the 'spirit- of GodS.,.
After expressing hyMpathir with the
s.s.„
bereaved faintly; Mr. ,Turner eo001nded
hip seresmie.with these..words: "Let vs
face. the future as -odd .„soldiers of.
Jesus Christ, 'wearing the panoply of
God, and hold theline." ' .
The Christian ,Sereice Grotto sung
"The Old Rugged Cross.," with the
- lights lowered, •ebncludingthe last
- -verse -witlrOilly the Illuminationfroin
• • thescross before thetulpit. • .
••• Pte. Bloomfield was the son of Ur,
and ;Mrs, Wi11ixn Bloofulield, Huron
read, ,flewtis' killed in itetion toward
the close df .1944; after. gallantly servs
• Ing for fOnx years. • There are 'four
brothers hi the arineil*foree§, „
- Alfred Ulootafielee and Miss Viola
loomfield, of Toronto, and Pte. truee
of London, were, Isere to
end the memorial gerviee for their
rotifer: •
'• DONALD °GORDON ,TO IIIRO,A.DCAST
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- Donald Gordon,' -chair/nail of the
Will give spectal broad -
east to the women ,of Canada. en Tues.;
day; -March ..0th, eea •"*Cirtimett% IIelfl
Vented," 'The -time set for the broad-
cast as 2,80. to 3 pans Tuesday after-
noon, March -Otis Mrs. N. W. Tre.
• wartlia, Clinteift, Is -rePreSentetive for
• Hilton county, on the Women's Region-
al, AaSiSorY Committee,
• 4,,
Items regarding the boys and
gfris from this district nnifOroi
are Weed for MIS column,
uu Sandersoil, SOU ot. Ur, and Mrs.
George Sanderson, having * enlisted
with the navy at London, left on
Saturday to trein at 11,1i1.0.W
"Chippewa" at Winnipeg.
:Mrs. Noriintn.- Claremont has re-
ceived 'word froin her brother, james.
Redfern, of .<13,elfaSt, Ireland, of tbe
'deptb of her nephew, TounnY Redfern;
at seawith the British Navy : Mrs.
aremont's foto r*brothers • served in
the last wars " andthree gaye their
lilies for their cOuntry. 'SIX of .their
sons are serving itt this wars -
,---"E70-,--IOnietthssasuttsati4-Wicerafe1C_
(hitt, SortS,
Calvin, Cutt, arrived bome froin:
overo.vaff- on .1CondLiY.
,rAoRtion
t •
NO DESERTERS, PROM 4'11(11tON.
The ProviiiclaI policeliere have been
fttroished wttli a• list of men absent
without leave from the itipiy, in a
widespread effort to gather .up,' the
draft dodgers. There is not a Single
Lame from this eotinty in the list,
howevjr; ifurob, has n clean sheet,in
respect, , •
Ifolding )(lila in
Charge at Pt. Albert
Eipents of Fernier, .R.A.11..,
•
Station Being .'Stored . or .
Otherwise Digleaed of
A holding unit of the
itow,•in ehttisti of the onC0 big It.A.F.•
stetion at Port ..laibert, kneWas as No,. 81
Air Navigation School, Where hundreds
of men frOM *all Parts*Of *the, Empite
were trained. -
Most of the training equipment ft'
einding planesis being stored:.
The reereaticanil equipMent isisbeing
distributed, mostly, to other stations.
'Various -Lions OWNS. in Huron County
hai loaned, equipment. for -a band, ins
eluding. a. piano, , clrums, aecordions,
violinsss, saxophonee, horns, eornete,
tromboues, te: Some of these have
been 'returned to. the LisinS, and the
distributiOu will take place later to
th,e 'clubs who loaned them at Exeter,
Seaforth, Cliuton, Wioglaain and Gode-
ricits.keil *tat; would hapnen' to the
itireraft' at $k•Sk:"Harbor airiiortSan
afileistated Some .plAnessalll he de -
$‘t TrOYed--'after they ; are, stripped 6f
salvage, They Were used ender the
'Commonwealth Air Training Plan,. for
elementaiy. itY.ing treining,-"and will
have no military 'or civilian use. • Tbe
work will be done by the .B.C.A.F.
U nder tfieTtipervision a an 0111(1 Li of
the, War Assets Corporation, of owitigh
a permanent; representative will be at
the airport while .the destruction is
taking . place. s • a
The balance a the plans will be
Stoted at thess'airPert, end will - be
'effered for sale by the War AsSets
Corpo.ration. The holding. unit is do-
ing the.work for them of stripping the
fuselages... No action has been taken
.on •other equipment,:ma to .the present.
- Ideas Invited , •' •
If alto Public has anysether. bright
ideas as. to inandling this, the Govern -
Merit' would like to •hear about it,
an official stated., after Speaking of
eriticism regarding • the disposal of
equipment. Re exPressed • the
hope that the men could seen return to
their homes. - "We want to get hack, to
our wives and •ehildren. ,Some of us
would like a position in the. mountains.
You eTan' advertise 'that in aourtaper I"•
he added.' •
Most of the perSonnel Are married.
Only .a few of their • faitillies are still
here; ,for -they have gradually followed
their husbands .and fathers- hack to
the Oid •Conntry. Most of the families
of he personnel of the. Holding Unit
at Sky 'Ilarbet are living in: Goderich,
'tondon,-...tchener and other placei. •
•• KENNETH CUTT
F/0'
..Keneth Cutt, Who. Joined the
it.C.A.F. in VitY, 1942, was eyerseas.
for one and a hens -years And .nad
twenty-nine • operational- •Illettg- over
enemy -territory. with feCantaligo..cren
in a Halifax, bomber. Since last
August,he had taken. Pert .* raids
over Cologne. DitsseIdorf, 'Essen, Kiel,s
Duisberg, Wilheittishaven:-elearlruhe
aior :Dortmund: Miler targets were
on synthetic oil work, aubStly in the
Ruhr .Valley.: Stewart Grant,: a felr:
low -employee with Kenneth *in" the
Bank of Commerce tere; with.
Scuba' •§Ciffirdiete- •
_•
T/0...,JACK VDT -
• . • ,
i'F /O. jeek Cutt hag been
R.C.A.IS for four • years and went
overseas in August, 1942. ' Ilis posting
to sCanada came as a•. surprise': •He
got to 'hig.repatriation depot two.
before Rezineth arrived there t Both.
were unaware they *mild' Meet and
come over on the'same boat. in reply
to 11. questionVIdek said' he.liked Ire-
land better •than Eitgateed Seotland.
•TbeYhave thirty- days' leave. ••
Sergeant Reith Cutt, Reinsetl s t in
VY
brother, is at present witla, an oper-
ational training Unit in Engiaral. ile
,has been Overseas .for the Past eight
'months.- He is the only one of the
brothers who is niarried. ITIs Wife
,recently underwent an operation ,in
Ale: tidrit lIosiiital here. '
laent. Ceitieron Killoran, son of,
Judge,. James J. Killoran and Mrs;
Killoran, Si john street, north, ' has
left for Vernon, B.O.,. where. he will
serve as atiinstructor in a training
centre. He served in Italy with the
Ilighlandera of' Canada, returning
home late in 1044..--Straiford Beacons
'Herald, ' *
Norman Joseph Wellwood, scat of
Mr. and Mrs. -Ezra . C. Wellwood of
Whitecintreli, N..iho hots ',well L prisoner
of ‘var since Novexeber, 1942, ha's been,
recently inade a Warrant. ()nicer Class
1, Tbis is, the third ,Promotion . that
Norman 11118 had since lie wits taken
prisoner; .1"4itSt heard „from Notrdan
Was' ha a prison camp whien is id, the'
path of sthe Itttssian advance. The
NVOrd ef itis prOtnotions was recelyed,
lost week by his parents from .the De-
partment at Ottawa. ss. `Witighani
Advitnee,Times. * s •
Mr. AttA. Istute Gatiley of.rergtis,
formerly of Aslifields towlighip ,have
recei,Sed. Word that' their eideat sons
Alex., with the •Canadiatt attiuy o'er -
seta, la officially repelled missitiee In
action on February 16th. Another seri,
Allan, was kllled oireraeaS last stuns
TO PETITION GOVERNMENT
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TO LIMIT TIMBER OUTS.
GETTING BEADY FOR,
SI'RING:AT THE .gAlpieR
With the approaeli of Springssand
the epening . of litivigatiOn' not many
v4:ek.a. away, there is a. quickeuing of
aatiyity at the barber.The freighters
canadoe and Fort -Wilidee have been
unloaded At tile Purity fl.014 1C11118
elevator, an4 the Goilerich Elevator
CO, is preparing fe'r, the unloading 'a
egoimvy:syse:$ of; the sv,inter ivht, Oh,
have been tailaing eargaes for that
pile OficelOrtY feet higlf"reSulted
WISen the euttinge Were made to aliOW
the shifting of tbe Catoslee and Fort
This pile rested on the riVer-,
bed on the north "Side cif• 'the break-
water, to whieh the ice Was moved by
the large 'conveyor spanning the break -
Water, and dynamite was used to break
it down so that more-ice•may be moved
to allow the siX* ships Still to be un-
loaded to be Shifted from their winter
berths. These six ships hold about a
inillion bushels of the two and it
tivarter iniliionsthat sveresheld by . the
entire winter fleet, of twelve vesselg.
. HEAVY ICE AT MIDLAND
Attempts to release four large grain
-boats: from tbe iets.in-Xitilanst -harbor'
have been unsuccessful, and they may
have to beleftsuntil.spring before the
winter, storage -Of grain ean be un-
loaded. ix boats were unloaded early
in, the, winter;- bbt -repeated a tteMpts
to move the last tour have failed, "I
cannot reMember, it .Wieter -just like
it,", said Manager Cowan of tne C.S.L.
elevator: -nee `eenditiens.. are such that
it leeks have to abandon
ail further ateenapts to isreak channels
for the. grain ships ageliored an the
bay, and whit .untir, the spriwbreak.
hp _before' we unload them: The See
is so thick as to Make it almost Ian:,
Possible to clear, the Way for the shiPs
from their anchorage to the elevator.
In plades it.stands four Or five feet Out
ot the swatter: YOU know' .wbat that
rueang underneath. There's always
it -great sdeat -more under the water
than there is above."ontiniiiii-g, Mr.
Cowan said: "Usually we have breaks
in the weather; 'which allowS smile of
the 'broken ace, to ' melt and disappear
before there is another freezing spell.
This year there, Was not a day above
freeing point •for forty dayas-straight,
with the result' that. there 'was., no
thawing, and every time: we broke the
ice •it :froze thicker .and- thither. ' The
ligavy.,seowfalls were also 'transformed
into• tee, so that when •we Started to
pion the ice breaker through we found
.ourselvesbucking fee.' whiels in spots
was so .deep it almost reached- the bay
bottom. We..have never had .a winter
The reforestation and • conservation
Committees7sof Ilurons,County--Counell.,
will submit a. recommendation to the,
June ,session that the Government be
Petitioned to have 'a limit, placed, On
tne, size. of :timber cet In the Province;
nothing to be cut tour inches or tinder'
in softwood, or slit inches or tinder in
nardvvoods . and else . that controlled
cutting. :be *treelike& Tlie motion
Mas_sporisoredsby Fred Watson and
John Arnistrong. -
• .
s. 'The eeramittee.'esidersed a. Motion
by .John Armstrong and Roland Grain
that the eonunittee; took over 'Anse
lands* suitable for reforestation Which
.can be pnrchased. at a reasonable
price, and report to the County Council
at the June session. • - '
13.: Matheson, agricultural reprei
801th:five, brought to the attention of
the goramitteelr schemefor the plant-
ing of trees by school children, Bey
&outs, etc., on the property which the
Government had purchased for -wind--
breaks ou : the highways. -He stated
that. Junior farmers were interested in
this •witlt; The GovernMent,' he said,
were ittite. willing that the settee 4be-
tween their planting mid, the - road
fendet-VO,itleh•-sinssss—.ss.'ssssssss'"-ss's'
otherrecommendation which will
be forwarded to the June 'sefisiori is
that the Federation ctkiAgriculture be
allowed a representative on the con-
servotionsand .reforestation committee
for Ave years.
. The . committee,apbointed at the
last seSsion of the County Council, 18
eompoheket J. B. Matheson, eheirman ;
.Roland Grain, Fred Watson, George
Armstrong, ;John Armstrong and
Warden Alex. Alexander.
WAGZS.A10 .110IntS
0ARPENTkR,6%A.GREtr) UPON
Asjointsconferenee of representatives
of the 'Carpentry . and ..Ininers' Unloo
and employees Of the Toitits of Godes
rich' was held: in the Bedford Hotel
on Weditesday afternoon, ,
The following schedule of -Wages
and ' hOurS , and days of ,labor was
arrived .ati subject to the approval Of
the Iodustry and tabor 13oard and
the alinister of Labor: Asanisic mini
UMW wage .for carpenters of 75 Cents
an ,hotir,aS a 11e day •week„ of 'nine.
hooka a dity. The seitedule will not be
effective until April lst, if •approved.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrand airs, Robert •Thter,
road, Goderich, W1,311 th antonnee the
•engagement of their elder daughter,
'Marjorie irole, to Pitt. „Donald. L
honisori, son of 'Mr, and Mrs. Albert
, TheSselort, Ontario; , the
'marriage:to \alto place the early part.
of :Starch,
likeAt!' •
Today's Police,Cou
.•
Hydro ili§tory, ,
Sketched or Lions
INTernbera 0t• the Ohlb nave Sone
questi0Iii$ ler District
Engineer Parker
it was "Hydro night". at ate meet,-
Jinn: loafs'tt,hetilli,olgonusestclipuvehaoinerr f!1,4,41ag. citev.e,t,
"Payker of Toronto, district- engineet
c, In e decision given todey, by Magis-
trate, A. F. Cook, Xilton 'Bert
Greer • .and Logan Cleave, Stanley
Township, charged With making a false
.statement to a peece.:iirneersiverr•dis-
enargea. Two weeks ago,. the three
Men were acquitted Of another charge
of ebstruetbig a Pollee officer. .The
charges arose out' of- an investigation
Arita a Are on October .10, 1944, at th'e
home' of Bruce Moore, paylield ,apiar-
ist, in vvnich he feat his
Onthe evitience taken oe the kbarge
rof obstructing .41 :police -officer; tensent
was given that ereumeut be submitted.
This was heard •In last week's court,
when Prank Donnelly, counsel .for the
accused, submitted that the charges
Were substantially the 'same, that a
judicial - decision of • (11811118881 :was
given,and that there should be no
further prosecution. •
--''Grown Attorney D. E. Holmes argued
that the ebarge of making a false state-
•theiA to a peace' °tater with a prior
one tothat on which t.the, men were
acquitted and, therefore; he ' was en.
titled to ask the.Court to proceed:
' The court ruled that the adjudication
on the last charge would apply On tile
previous one, and Oignaissed the case.
A „charge .of cruelty to animies,
Aleatiassinvier* of-AshieldSsiea
,adjourned to next week.
Aecordieg JO pollee, Glazier left.
three horses ,uhattended :on his farm
on the Oh concession of Ashfield. The
anlinalg were loose and -eating an old
straivetaelt wnielts Veep On ' tne' level
with the anew: During the absence
of the owner, who was served with a
summons at Gtilt„ the horses, it is
Said, had little foo(1 or shelter. .
SALVAGE WORK
' AT sine' HARBOR
'nor,• and' their; other two so Rog,
and Rentieth, are in uniforins •
Sapper Gordon Raitting was home
from Petasyawa .over tile Week -end.
-.1i/Coo1 Mkt% MiteXenzie. of' "the
comette "Strathrey" at St. 4Tohn4 fl
last- sveek visited; his father, Mr. Ren.
het
for the, Hydro -Electric Power COM;.
misSion Of Ontario): The leeal Hydro
commissioners and Superintendent 3.
B. 'Kelly a the Public -UtilitieS*00m.
mission all were. Present. Mayer D.
T2,...Mooney was in the chair' and intro-
duced the speaker.
Mr. Parker sketched ' -the gtoWth-of
Ontario's Hydro • enterprise from an
affair of 84,000 hai. in 1914 to one
.of 2,466,294 b.p. in 1943 .and gave
Agures as to , its fluancial sposition,
Tareing,tto,•,,the situation in Goderich,
hesSaid- Consitmers here 'its 1915 num-
bered 617, and • in 1943 the number
was 1622. In Deeember„ 1915, Gode-
rieh used 212 hai. '• in Deceraber, 1943,
1544 has, wbien had since been, ins
.c-retisedlosatiSoots..1,8qa: 4.13. He also
gaVe, an some detail a comparison of
eleetrie rates in-Goderick in .1914 tuTti
1943, shbasing-lerge, retructiens,
.The local system; he' said, had
reached a stage Where additional
plant was requited. The present* trane-
forineria were fully loaded and it
would be ,necesSaryto purchase , new
ones and -old° renew the line system
'throughout the town. • • -
..A.„ new late schedule,: he said, .had
been adopted for Goderich which
weuld-inea.n total reduction tti
rich 'consumers .of between- 84,000 and.
;545;Cit°11C;'.plestlellnit°Chxo•InirgettY .1:•en.‘1)er
Parker also spoke of prospective
after -war. conditions..affeeting Hydro,
and at the cenclesien -of his ederess
lavited. questions
- W. A. Hay, Saying he had owe
from Collingwoed where Hydro 'Was oe
the 60 -cycle basis, ‘ naedwhy-Gocierien
had the 25 -cycle system.
The. Speaker explained that there
was a greater loss In transmission with
the. (i0 -cycle, and the 25:cycle thus
was preterred for. long-distance traria-
-mission.
Gordon Brown had an enquiry re-
garding the system on which Hydro
rates are established. fle:is thi advo-
cate of a unifOrrn rate • for the entire
system.
Frank Donneity asked. about the .sur -
pia of • $72,000 in the hands of the
local Commission and tife depreciation
reserve of 4109,000 its.:tnentioned at
the last naeeting of the Toisitt Council.
(Deputy Reeve* Attrhlge itt the. Conn-
ell saneetingsarguer that this . $109,090
coold' be used to, pay for .the proposed
improvements to the local plant
witli-
out touching the surplus of $72,000.)
Mr. parker did not knew -110W' much;
if any, of the $109,000represeeted ca,sh.
It .might have. been lisq4, he said, ' in.
aidditions tg
•Mr. Donnelly said he gould net see
Why Present consumers 'should not
have the benefit of lower rates pow
instead of Imildhig tip a • surplus for
the benefitof future consumers. •
W. II. Robertson asked if, when the
Hydro brought - newer. froMs'Eastern
Ontario and Quebec; there hatl,been an
adjustment of ..tbe charges •f trans-
mission _which' originally. ,were based
o11.. costs of transmisSion- from :Chip.
'pewit'. Mr. Parker said there had not
beena readjustment; the Power was
brOlightfrom. the east and added to
the supply from Niagara at " the -cost
Of the Whole system. • -
Mr. Robertson claimed this 'was uk
fair to towns such as Goderich *that,
were .,p0ing heavy transmission
charges, . •
-A' vele of thanks was tendered to
tLe speaker 'on niotiensof Reeve, W. „I.
Baker. "
Useless , Planes ,Destroyckl' after All
• Parte, of s-Valtie 'Recovered,
' Systematic 'destruction of .4 nbniber
of' stripped • onairWorthy aircraft is
Under way: at Sky Harbor, the work
being done . bypersonnel'
under, the superviiion of an, official of
the War Assets Oorpotation, Montreal.
Only planes Without any poSSIbIe fur-
ther military:or el:saint*, Use are ;eon, -
donned to destruetioni mostly by burn -
;Mg. •Prior - to destruction they are
stripped. of 1111, salvable components,
-
including "engines, leaving only the
bitik,foselage.
. THE 'WEATHER,
'emperatures of *the'rptist Week in
Goderiele with' those a thecorrespond-
ing week a.- year ago, as Officially re-
cordedwere its foliewS:
1045 1944 ,
• Max. Mite Max.,,Mins
Mors, 22 -.44; , 32, . 38 31
110eb, 23. 82-a 24 ' 89 33
Pats Feb, 24.......'14 26 31. 21
Slims .Feb: 25 ..„..40 21 38 21
Moil,. Feb, 20 ......40 24 . 42, 32
Toes., Feb. 21, 27- „ 43 - 31
Wed, Feb. 28 31 s.7 .17 '31 25
Tilers., Feb. 20 ..,- VA 20
POR RUSSIA'
Mr.' It. c. WhateleY, who undertook
to look after the Shipping of the &oils
contributed in aid of Itussia,i ;01k)rt4
that :five cartons, of clothing, •ausitiii
200 pounds, were paeltedat the Town
Mill and shIp4. 011 FridaY.
"
s; •
Ivo% Aosoavont. OF
NOH SWt IIMTSD 011TROU
• `,
At .the regular inerating „of •tp,•Ikvo-
mows Association of ° Ikierth s4reet
United 011=0 on 'Friday afternoon
lea, the' vieepreeltient,,. Mr. Robert
Jelinston, eondueted the bushieeSt.part•
of the prograM. The assistanttreas.
urw Mrs. U. Pridliare, gave the fin.'
ancial report, showinga belance on
hand Of *30644. The following cone
palaces weresfOrmed: Parsonage, Mrs.
WAlhom, Mrs. ‘OhApnian and, Mrs.
Mooney; kitenen, the 'leaders of the,
varioufs.groaps; gundely echooi 144 -met
assistants, Mrs, 'C. Robertson, 'Mrs. 11--
johnstiin, Mrs. Otoper,:s_MrS. 011aPinan,
airs. Warriner -and Mrg. -Matheson;
play ,advertisang and'tieket Committee,
Miss M. Campbell, Mrs, Es Westbrook,
A letter from the Dominion W,A;
Council requesting. this -society to
afAtiate was read by Mrit. Mooney, and
after some'diseussiott, it, WAS decided
to pay the ,5e per *inetaber effiliatien
Ait interesting'.program, on. ."-Werk"-!--
was presented by groins I under the
leadership' or Mrs. Hibbert. Taking
special parts were Niescittnies 'Mabee.
son, .Cooper, Chapman; Turnbull and
johoston. Mrs. Moorhead read a poem
eutitled :"Tne Boss and the singer and
Miss catanlietia read the ScriPtore
ItesAfs"tte'r: thie iueethlg ,closed about fifty
partook of 4e,$ supper,. group
2 of 1944; be1i4ent lathedbysgroups
lgroupaud 01; ttilig- attendance
to? udoicses ,"tap, 0 1:dt this
les tt bi giRl aev.,
'Of Miss -lime.,
. a singsong was
ts
it Most siicssfuI
wag." ex.pr it At i it;r1letidthelAdieh
s* fwriosiu
etinlejoytb(*ng.e144etii°tIngV...94 Game °Ut 411(1
BENEFIT GAME FOR
GEORGE 'WESTLAKE
fli
Their
Red Cr°
Rogins Nal N011
derich and .DiStnet to
$9,000,44011tribUti011e
,
to Be Voluntary
• This year's Red Orese earapaign for
the Colleetion orfonds begtue • neit,
Mondays Mtirelt 5th, and, Se far ate.
Gederich Is eoxicerned, is looked for-
ward to „With, optintiera by tbe
coin-
niittee in °urge' 14. 14.1)itO of the fact
that .conditions• have 4 chiinged here
(luring the..paet„Year: • s
The objective is poo for the town
anti Surrounding esaantrY, the sense as .
last year, but since last collection' the
airschools* tit. Sky Herber and Port
Albert, heVe both dosed. These two
Schools accounted for nearly $1,000 of
teat., year's collection, and, if the, town ---
is to maintain its:previews eaCeellent
teord 'of always- exceeding its ohs
jeatite,. eitisees will bave, to. increase
theirledividnal' donations. •
'The Method.of eolleptieg will be -the
Same as for the past tiaree Yeertis that
is, wept() will be invited to come in
to*a.central Wilco and make their ,
dens- Velthatarilys- .3here be no
house-to-hou'se canvass; • A: Amite ontke'
tWO- methods -of. collecting was"Vit to
e animal meeting of the lied. Croea
In January, and the lifts. or Sixtr,people.
at 'the meeting voted 'uttaninionsit for '
continuance of the Volitntaryniethed; •
- The headquarters this year WI11.-be
irt the premises rented by. tliel:Vietsiri -
loan. Ofti3Oiaie: on the north. side, -'of;
West street, next to BlackStene's store.
This will necessitate Making 4 trip Os
that side of the streetwnien is Mit'
nOrmelly used .as tuna a$ the soutts....',.
side, but Red ,Cross sinicials canes*,
hope that it' Will not deter peoPle. front
• 'making, their visit. • The 'fence will be
,e4p,en froin 2 pair. until !f; everys
day except Sundays and will be in
charge of the psual.Courteous yolngteer
rversary
c. Whate/ey, Carey
. Harold WiIliams„W. A. .110; Gr.
D'awker "and Harry McCreatb have •
offered themselves for this Work.' '
The °Oleo 'will not be open anthe
evenings. ' '
Mr. and Mrs. George Baker Propose olliave the Celebration
Ne,Sununer
, „
Mt. and
.Mrs. George
Street, , VI& observe
wedding annivers.
ate celebration nude
eis when they hope
tie of 'their .sons,
'overseas. *
a:Olive Carter, eldest
s late Xt. and Mrs.
„to GeorgeBader
on March 4th, *1920,-
the bride's -parents- at
Olson, of *Morns
elating, For the
',live years since
are lived in -their
n Albert . street.
children, LAC. Jack
Baxter,
• overseas., Tney
a fighting father,
veteran of the
r president of the
On Sun.
Is Baxter
their tW
ary, . The,
later ins
to not '
Leonard,'
The mar
daughter;
.Josepli
was sole*
at the_ hp'
Auburn, at
afettodil
whole et
their mak
eorafortab
Two of th
.and
are on a
are th-C•1
for Mr. ,ts
last war 1111
local b1'it01
1111(1 LIoyd1
• A. con*
ceived fr(
were •spen
ard 18
squadron.1
he was
Dresden.
Berlin.
height •vaei'
'tsar
ryie
q1
,
,!1241
;41e4:[ CDttonnaadiada,n, DLeorgiatohuy..
. home; -
il oblegraii Was* re -
r OVerSen0.-'sons; Who
g a le.ave together. Leon-
1111(11....411.*-_ans--„RAVs
• • . . '• :
Ile is credi e . ,With shooting down ' twor
German plonefr.i. ,ii,i711.to „hi.s.,..7.se.,,at a:.
iinl 150 to 1500 'feet.
ien ve..miles .south ' of
last letter ,he stated
over ,Germiniy, •near
PittSE*1110 IN MEMORY.
OF VII ,,,LATE :FRED 'ARNOLD
., „..
Latei: Th1 ni.ii'ti
,.n.''sMother, Mrs. B.
, i,i' ,--r-,--- .• .
Arnol'd f Goderieli,. in Attendance -
'0A.3II. Li N, .* Feb. 23.t:-.MrS,
Fred' Aria .svi ow Of the .late„ Ald.
Arnold, 6' hY ndA f,,, today presented to
----•Arrengementssaresintbag-nratte-sfor it
benefit hockey game 16r ' George
("Farmer") :Westlake, member of the
Juveitileshockey team who' is in hos-
pital :suffering from severe burns. This
promises to be tbe outstanding sport-
ing event of the season, and it is eon-
fidentlx expected that the citizens of
.Goderieh will be true sports andwill
boy 4i, tieket, or two and say, "Slim,
Only wish I could do InOre for
Geo,rge."
'If pi-esent arrangements are earried
out- the teisin Whe will .play the.
Juveniles will do so at their Owo
expense, mid the: entire proceeds will
go to the fellow whoctad a letto. do
'with :keeping the Juveniles In the
running when the piing ,was
'Tamer!' is playing a tough 'game
now, perhaps the toughest, o'f his life,
and,we all hope he Will soon Score the
winoing. goal. • • •••
Lees all ger behind this effort on •
the part of the organizers and Make
it.a big ; hockey: night in Gederich for
the "Farmer" 'Westlake benett.
• Please watch for further ,nonounee-
/tient. •
COUNTY COUNCIL NOTES1` .
Reeve V. D. Falconer of Olinttin;
chairirlan -of the health and hospital
conunittee of Huron Coutitf Connell,
and CenhtST ' Clerk N. W. Miller at-
tended a meeting at 'Victoria .riospitiii
Lonaoh,,At which facilities tor patients
from communioable diseases froni Lon-
don and the Surrounding eoinatieS-itere
ilieutiscal. The hospital authorities
are to 'submitplans and estimates „ot
eost to all the municipalities concerned',
ilkti'Vb A. Alekinaler, Of Grey to*n-
ship,"Warden of the' County of nuron>
15 kpatient.111 LiStOwel hospital.
TVIIN DAMES .
Sympathy is telt for Ur, and Arts;
litotean 'Million, of Saltford, in the
death of their t.esin,*,-Steis 011 Attoday.
They ,,ivere !ern at the Itosisital on
Saterilay. .1te`e, L. *H. Varner Nal-
dtteted the cimunital geriite iti
borne ‘centittery on Sitoi!diw.
,
Camp lje ophy in meniory of
her hush ittetided to stitnitlate,-,
interest ' ' lesmaintisottnce:-
Tate trate(' by the tnited
, .
Autoinobi g ar Crs, (if America's was
4.4. C:T.C.; and tic-
cepted ' b L. Brennan, 0.13Es
cominand he training centre.
Accomp Of. ;Arnold were ,Mrs.
Beatrice ,Goderich„.mother of
the late,a .1 enn'etli Aiiiiird, iiiS
8011; Gem 111 regional director of
the. tr.a.a arty Rowe, public-
ity ditect „ union, .
," I'Vorthingteis c.h4
.M.C., M.
in etitlit i 1.4,),Nirden Cotemende4
-etas ;witich led ea
tile prese ,the :trophy, spoke
of the de .Arnold while Visit-
ing*Cam last jotte •iVith other
union . re nitiflves. Later, soldiers
visited , ds." In Oshawa 610
Windsor nests, and inspected.
veliicics lill b(4flg . made. • Gen.
-Worthing itl . abet ' the workers
and , sold (1' they were o11 coin -
'men groin - 1 • ophy, he eitialsWill
make foi tenenee andcare
of vehiel' Si )y union ,ineinbers...
Mr..It'r 0 loped the relation-
ship . de' throne' . the' • Yist(s..
'vvould • O e',,atter* the war, and
pledged . g inlsetion to WOrk to-
wards t 'I Col: C. E. „Baileys
D.S.O., , (iOmmandant t. o18.
1.-33,
I)
0..A.C.T.Al. , l ieh Anislied second IA
the competilo resented Mrs. Arnrild
with 41 ,pp 0,''.. ot lamps made by his'
• . ,
soldiers. S • i . s•
• .'
IIIINTU4
, Some.;
Associated with the. fled "'Cross this,
Year will be the • Greek, and Russiaii
War Relief. organizations in Godetielt.
This is by •. order of the GOVerxinient;
wilich has deeree:d that there snail .be
only sine. tolleetion of -funds fer all
forms, 'of European relief this year.
All help. given to European -countries, •
other than that administeredby •
liNRRA, will be handled by. the Red
Cross. ,. There will ae alresolt of "thiti
ruling, be no separate golleetten of
money for Ofeeee or Russia
6tliotr Country Utolitept Is rjecclopnttlirieSat
he
11 increase their 'Red ',Cross donations
by sthesaiiiona 'they, inten'dedto glee
theta. There 'luta beensms, active "This,
stall collection' lately, but Air, Toni
ManjUris Is actively assisting the Red
• Cross 111' of makingssiiies. usual-
colleetiOn for his own Greek people. •
• * The ..slogelPef the Red 'Press 'this
year is, "The Need, JA - greater than
Ever,' whieh serves .to, remind those ,
wh'o. insagine thatsthe war is nearly':
over, ancl„that it is no longer necessary
to. give eliher time or motley, that the' -
best authorities hold different viewa.
While 'most b_t the money, raised goes to .
-our pieqr -of file --Empire's ,armies'•160---
are held prisoner"by theseteray, :it IS:
-necessary to , -inetease, . constantly, aid s
to -the people Of the Continent • who
haite. :suffere(J as we 'have never
suffered froM the raVages of a (lever-. •
ate' and deSpleable foe:- Apart tr,ona
the plain hmilanitarianism. of 'helping
those in need, which' is what the Red
CrosS exists for, there is the urgent..
need of bridging quickest possible help ,
to these who...may Succumb. to poverty,
and despair and sink info the rankte
of the lawless and lost to make _a
permanent ;problem .for ourselves.
Mrs'. IL C. Dunlop is ogain.lareSident
of the 'Red Cross in Godelleh• and ,T)•;.
,:E.i..Campbell is oboe more acting as
•,e.hairintort of the finance. Coniraittees
, •
won by
yesterdd
fair succe
i 4
thisainnt was ,eit the Drum 1(1(' of
the., county -boundary, north from
Amberley as far -as ?line River.. The
expedition. was marred by -an nceident
at PoreAlbert on the way north.early
in the afternoon. --,/fileVictiVs
ear, driven by 1s1*(tble Y01111g, got Out
of control o11 the trieky hill at Port
Albert and went Over the vide of the
read,. trashing into the trees. Portim-
ately, nobodY was :keriously., injured,
• but the ear wits badly mreeked. •
• .
VAR, AkeeiDENT
0 Men todk,„ part hi
bbit-,hunt. and had
ground covered for
dODERIEM. SliATERS AT
A .group of' Goderieli skaters: at-
tended the carnival in the Brueefield
rink on Fridays night last and, took a s • •
'good -,--sha;re''of the isrizes.• 'Mr.,' and
Mrs. 13inest Alreekenridge were 44 -
Judged the best -dressed eimple; Ernest
was Arst In gentleteeteg fancy „.0reses
P.• A.'Zinenernima took theaward for
best skater in• the. gentlemen's C1LL8'
and 'Sire, Zinamerman Wasfirst in the '
ladies* .comic 'class, while Bob. 0610.
captured the vise ler, the best 110:;-
foriiiiiif
,elown.
' °The .--11roderich skaters give, 0111011
credit 10 ibe Brosiefield People Or the
way in winch ,the citrnival: was
or -
(111010(1. There Was "*leaV atthrid-
ance, the". Co8tnnleS• were.- 'varied and
eolorful, and the event was .1,1*. great,
itiecess lit every-. „way.- - •
DATES. FOR KINTAIL. VAMP
.The tiehedule .for the coming sum.
mar's, Camps at Camp Rio:toil,- 'ander
the auspiges of :the PresbYtetign
Church', gives the following a1atess-
41nly 3 to 11. --.boys' cowl) (ageft" nine
to fifteen). July 12 to 20 -girls'
cauiP (ages nine to sixteen), July •
21. to 89 -young xieopIe's caiup (ages
sixteen amt• 'over), 'September *.4,
9, 7-101' all, ininiSters th •
Synod 'of flitotilton and London.
Registrations are ifmited to s seventy-
liVe, and Rev. Richard Stewart, (71o1e-'.
rich, is tile registrar for all camps;
scomcit ritOPEttn, 'WANTED .
As a direetor of 'the 131te. 'Tabor
Highway Association, :Ur>. ;8.
Prevett• has Wen asked to locate' a
property. to buy or lease witielr omtld
he operated Its 'a restaarant told :done,
Ing ivith living rooms at.2
tached. The enquirer ,would prefer to
lovate somewhere hetweeti 44rEtn41 )1itt41
itnd Ooderich. 'Should ony rho
renders " of The Ilignal.Htar kno*',4
such a property-, *tow 11411 I*4'
Prevett; who will pass the informatkat
along.