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Legion Asks MacKay mRs. 0. BowARD azsicios
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110-iitef $10;000
on 41'0 ‘Stlie thAt 200121
Power to.liand Over, the' Hill
o AnybOd.y,
Who owns 'MacKay ques.
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tion' that has been seelging ausWer
ter many years—was once mere under,
dikuSsion thP,Ineeting of tli°
Connell on Friday night last; end it
, •
is, still seeking an, anSWer.
,•The question came up When a
deptitation fret, the loeal hraneh of
the Canadian Legion "aPPeared. before
the Council asking. if the h•all
be turned over to the Legion aa, a elab
honse. The deputation' Was conatiosed
of LtaCol. A. Sturdy, Major lit
Jane, IL M. Monteith and Joseph Jai*.
Col. Sturdy ^'presented the request
to theaCoutfelt, pointing oil that the
servicemen were doming home .and the
Legion wished to be in a position to
offer 'them some. place which they
aeUld consider their own. Would' the
-Council, he asked,' turn. MacKay Hall
over to theta without Striegs; or, if
not, how far would the Couneil go' in
helping the Legiaa to procure other
quarters?
Mayor Mooney in reply -stated- the
°midi had not assumed any control
of MacKay Hall and didn't know if
It had any. -
• The Cletlt said that Tow Solicitor
Ditneey had prepared. a d.oatiment and
was awaiting the signatures of the
MacKay Hall trustees. , •
A general discussion followed. Coun.
Huckins said he was not satiated With
the progress made in this matter. The
Cotuacil 'should either get possession
of the hall or, if it couldn't, say so.
1,Vould Forfeit.,MacKay Fund
• The • Mayor—"So far as I can find
„mita- if we .turn- -thea..hallaoverataathe
Legion or anybody else we'll forfeit the
- MacKay Hall fund" (a 'fund estab-
- •- lished by...the late Robert MacKa.y for
the maintenance of the hall).
Deputy Reeve Attridge suggested
that the hall iffight be leased to the
. Legion at a. dollar a year.
.Coun. Secibreok said. ,it Was built
as a public hall, If it were. turned
over to the Legion or any other organ-
ization it would cease to be a. public
hall. • + , ,
Col. Sturdy said it would not be the
intention Of the Legion to keep.every-
body else out.. It would be available
• as- at present for other organizations.
Mr. Jack said it wee, time the town
did something for the boys' who' were
coming back. - •
Coun. Mathiesen said that under
•t1,4e .of the late 'Ma. MacKay the
Connell had no. power to dispose ° of
the hall. He ' was einphatically. In
favor: -of the Legion's having a .place
of its owna but. he insisted that the.
Council could not hend over MacKay
Hall to the tegion or anybody else.
In reply t� question' from .the
-mayor, Gala Sturdy said the Legion
would riot be satisfied to take MacKay
Hall Under a lease. The Legion,' he
• said, wanted. something they could
call their own. •
• Major Jane took a'handrin the dis-
•cussion, stating that about 500 men
would be coming' back, belonging to'
the three services, army, navy. and
air force, and. unless they had suitable,
attractive. quarters to accommodate all
of them they would have three different
organizations, •with - three canteens.
• In some places 'each returned man was
presented with a $50 . bond. This,
-would mean about $25;000 tor Gode-
rich. He proposed that theatown vote
$10,000 to build or buy a hall for the
men. • • • ,
Pupils Mahe :Presentations to Two
, Retiring Teachers
The'. reSipatiOn. grfl. Molten
Edward, popular teaeher of . physical
, , ,
'training' and music on the Staff of the
Goderich Collegiate Inatitute, ac.;
cepted.by the Board With regret at the
meeting last Friday night:
It was reported that the tennis court
had been re-surTaceda -*Six students
are at present on firm leave. -
Last Friday afternoon the Students
gathered. in the "Collegiate assembly
Tooth to honor Mrs. Edward and Miss
Mary Singer, home economics teacher.
Whase resignation after a successful
two years had been received by the
Board' at a previous meeting. The
presentation of a pair of lustre vases
and rose bowl to match was I Made
to WS, Edward,. Ofi behalf of the
student's, byMargaretRundle, and of a
Dresden brooch. to Miee Sthaer
Pauline Lasealine. An address ex-
pressive 'Of the pupils' apPrechition of
both teachers.' was read by James
Bisset. • .
,
CSM. Con. Stapleton was one of the
boys ° to _arrive in Windsor last week-
end. Con, a former Goderich boy, had
been a prisoner in Germany since the
Dietipe affailaa Be looks well, and said,
he was very glad, to .be back in "good
old , Canada,":"- He is a nephew of
-Mist.--Jaa. 'Welt of town •and of Mk. M.
Stapleton and Miss Kr. Stapleami.
Reeve Baker said aliteKay Hall, had
been a "headache". to the' Catiiieir for
years and he • thought ' the • Council
would do well to get it off its hands.
He pteposed .that the hall be leased
to the 'Legion at a dollarea---yearefore.
twenty-five,years.
• The Mayor . said the Council „could
not be rushed in the matter. It was
important to ignoW Wharivould hapPen
to the trust finid if -the hall were
. turned over to the 'Legion. a •
Finally a metion was catried -that
the Mayor, the .Reeve, +the Deputy.
Reeve and an appointee from the
Canadian Legion be a delegation to the
• National Trust Company to obtain
-.desired infermaffen-as te the MacKay
• fund in the event. the corporation
turns..the hall...ever to. the Legion.
The deputation thanked the Council
-and withdrew.
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ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED .
• The • engagement is announced of
Sara Catherinejyatingest daughteT (V
Mr:. and , alas. I); Clintelon, Light-
house street, to Williant Henry Robb,
youngest son of Mr. ,and Mrs. W.' •J.
Robbs Stratford.' The inarriage will
• take plaee the latter part of June.
Mr. and Mrs. James Barbotir, Lon-
• den, announee the engagemeat of their
younger daughter, Frieda Lavina,eete
Cpl. Gorden Ivan 9ontier,
youngest son of ,Mr ..Gontier and -the
late 'Alexiander'ei Go tier, • 'of • Toronto.
The marriage will take „place on Mon-
ey, July 2nd, in Wesley United
tirch, 1,onden.,
lafr. and Mrs, John Harris of
Telmesville announce the. engagetnent
of their youngest danghter, Rath
Helena, to George. Dewar Talbot, -
ofeldest son of`Mr. itmlekrs. Wm. Talbot.
of Bayifieldral the' marsiage te take
place the latter part of :June.
PEACIIEY'S rotsT nomg
The Goderielr Ilettitig Pigeon Club
held the fourth race of the serieq. for
old birds over the week -end. Toronto
wits. again the Starting point, but the
birds did •not Make as good time as
in the flight Peep'. Torento the prev-
lous •week. They Were ,liberated at 7
a.m. and the first bira arrived .aoroe
10.23 The results Of the race
were as follows: 1st E., Peachey, 2nd
P, ;rohnsten; 3rds E. Peachey, 4th W.,
Pitblado, 5tit and Oth *W.' Baker, ith
P. Johnston, 8th. 4. Peitehey, Oth and
•41.0t11 0...Ladd. Four lofts gave no
• report, The next tiled will be front
Tort,Hope, distaxte.e of 170 miles.
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4.4.1. •
a list ' eers and other teaks
of the atiltia army decorated In
recognition-- of gallant 'and. distin-
guished Service overseas with awards
of mention in, dispatches are the names
of two Gaderich "boys," Major Colin
C. Hunter and Acting Capt. Robert
Evans Barnes. Major Hunter is ' the
son , of Mrs. (Dr.) A. C. Hunter of
town and Captain Barnes is the son
of Mrs. IL L. Barnes of town.
Petty Officer D. J. McAdam is spead-
ing thirty -day leave with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McAdam, after
which, he leaves for duty on the Pacific.
• PERSONAL MENTION
• Mr. and Mrs. Bruce 'Toll of London
were Week -end guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Bell. • •
Mr. la m. Aitken of Burbank, Calif.,
arrived in town this week for his
annual summer visit. ^ ,
• Miss Grace Strang of OttaWa is
spending a holiday ' week with her
„sister, Miss Mabel Strang. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kneeshaw and
two ehildien, of Toledo, spent
week with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Knee-
shaw. •
AB. Seaman Fmk Kneeshaw,. of
the merchant navy, recently .spent a
week's leave with his parents; Mr. and
Mrs: Albert Kneeshaw. '
• Mr. and Mra Guy Griffin of Detroit
spent a few clays the past week with
Mrs. Griffin's parents, Mt. and' ^Mrs.
Geo, Symonds, Saltfotd."
' Mrs., Harold K. Turner: 1:and son
Robert have returned to town after
a ' pleasant Visit with Mr. and Mks.
•J, W. --Elder of Stratford. •
W/O. James M. Redditt, Mrs. Red -
t auiLlaitby Joanna ,;:af NalifaX;,Were
the guests of foreer's &Vier,
Mrs. F. Reddffs'for ti week. .
Mr. and P. R. .darkin of River-
side.- a reaguests- With :Sir- and -Mas, -0;
F. Chapman. at Sunset Beach. James
Larkin is yieiting Donald Mooney. •
Mr. W. Sturdy, municipal agaessor,
attended 'tire three-alay convention -of -
the Association of Assessing Officers
of Ontario held. at 'Niagara. Falls last
week. • •
Mr. • and MTS: GOrd011 Taylor' and
three:: children, of •Walkerton, viSited
on undity with Mrs, • Taylor's grand-
parents, air. and 'Mrs. Birnie, East
street: . • ,
• Mr. and Mrs. Thomas BroOkd, of
Ottawa,attnd Urea:Ray Herrington, et
Woodock spent part of this week
vvith Mrs. Brooks' parents, Mr. and
Mts.' Fred Murney,
Mrs. Melvin., Bell was in Woodstock
attending the' -graduatiain • of her
cousin,- Misa Helen Marah,. who -gradu-
ated from the Woodstock General Hos.'
pital. on WednesdaY afternooa. ,
Mrs. Clove Myers, of Stratford., spent
the past week with Mr. and alas.
Harold • Rivers before leaving for
Philadelphia, where she will spend the
sommer *ith her daughter.
Paul Mooney, who has been. attending
Pickering College! has returned to his
home for the sunnier vaeation.His
room -mate, Cliff Thomsen, of Toronto,
is visiting -With him at his home bete:
Mr. Lynn Gordon, of Kamloops, 13 0,
and his nephew; Mt, Gerald Newton, of
London;" were •visitors;in town on
•Saturday. Both are' Goderich Old
boys,. and they called on friends of
former days whom they eould find.
It wa$ Many years' since Mr. Gordon
had been in Goderich and he observed
with particular pleasure the greatly
changed and improved appearance of
the waterfront`'Sinte -,he was fivaillar
with it in bYgonea Yeats.
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MESSAGE FROM .PRINCESS
ELIMABETII .
• J• eannette Dickson. who lives . with
her grandfather, Harry Lednor ()Croft
Albert, sent a -letter conVeYieg birthday
greetinga to Her Royalo Ilighnesa
PrineeA Elizabeth and Was delighted
to receive froin 13tickingba1n Palace
a note on . the royal statioaery, ex-
preasing "Her Royal Highness' Sincere
thanks fel+ your kind message on her
birthday." leannet Is the eleven -year-
old daughter ofs Mrs. Mary Diekson of -
Hamilton.;
GOPER,WII, ONTARIO, TIJURSDAY, JUNE 21.st,,,1945
zapio
Reelres COmplan of
OONSTRUOTED AT:HMI:130R
‘Unjust Situation'' .WIIL
'Serveas Direction Milder for
^-Ships witldn Ofte. Mildred, Noes,
Say Urban itePre0014a.threif GetNVorkillen of, the radeio ,of
NO Cooperation .at the '?ederil'PePartment. ui 'Irriinsport
.'
County Council • baye, eeannieheed the „eonstruetien. Of a
In addition to a long diseuSeiell re-
garding MacKay Hall (Published 'else -
'where, In this isSue), the Town Council'
at its Meeting on FriclaY night heard.
something fron,i the Reeve and DeputY
Reeve of, the proceedings at last week's
Meeting' ef the' ConlitY. Council. •
Deputy Reeve Attridge told .of the
effert made' -by the urban represent-
atives on the County body to seeure an.
increase in the rebate on the County
road tax: While the County spends
no money on roads in the towns, it
collects the ..Couhty road tax and re-
bates only affy 'per cent. of, The
villages get -a rebate of seventy-five
per mat. The urban reeves endeavored
to secure a ninety per cent. •rebate for
both towns and villages, but were
unsuccessful, the rural reeves with a
few • exceptions 'refusing redress of
what Mr. Attridge termed. an "unjust
tuation.".• * •
• The Deputy • Reeve conipIalned
that practically every action of the
eonlitY Council was in the interest of
the rural sections. Reeve Gann: • of
Goderich township advoc.ated co-oper-
ation with the town on its rest room
proposition, but the Qouncil turned it
down 'flat. A grant of -$200 was made
to the Goderich, Music. .Festival, in
recognition of the fact^. that a large
proportion of the prizes went to out-of-
town centestants. •• •
,
ReeVe Baker also spoke of the lack
of consideration given the towns and.
villages.' He thought actioa should be
taken and followed Up to -have the.
Province-aemedy the road tax situation.
--To Petition Ilighways'llhiister'
The following 'motion, presented by
Depaty. Reeve'. Attridge • and Reeve.
Baker, was adopted:
"That this Council petition the Min -
later of I-IighwaYs to 'amend the High-
ways Impreventent Act so that
counties rebate to • towns and villages.
ninety per cent. of highway rates paid
by them to countiesa where no county
road is maintained within said towns
and villages.
• ."We further petition the Minister to.
amend the Act to provide for the, pay-
ment. to the county of -a subsidy , Q1! -
fifty percent. of the above 'rebates. .
"We further petition the ,,Minist&
of • Highwaya. to ainend -the' Highway'
•Improvement Apt to make it possible
for the Department of Highways. to
subsidize • all' towns and • villages to
the extent of fifty ,per cent. of all
road expenditures within the corpor-
ation, including the purchase of . road
machinery. •
"That a Copy of this -resolution be,.
Sent to all towns and villages in' On-
tario for their enaorsement."
All the members of Council were
present.
application, by Mrs. ,F. H. •Wood
•
for permission to place a small sign
at the coiner of Picton street and the
Huron road advertising her tourist
cabing•was referred to the public works
committee. • •
The Navy League's application, for
permission to hold a tag day "On 'the -
first Saturday in August was promptly
granted. •,
Applicationa fel^ bhilding •permits
were from -Wm. -Longmire, for re-
modelling house on McDonald street;
Mrs. (Mary Foran, Keays street,' and
James Suath, Huron road, both for
reshingling jobs.
A sample "certificate of honor" fel.
presentation to servicemen was re-
ceived from a Toronto .firm and was
limided on to the special Apaamittee.-
A letter from. theo;-Departnient" 'Of
Planning and Development, Ottawa,
enquiring with regard to it -factory fel^
afirmaengagedain" the mann-fire ture-of
w,00clenware, was referred to the in:
dustrial committee. ' -
A bulletin on community planning,
Our thea -National • Housing Admin-
istration; was sent to the special eom-
navigt.ional radii) beacon, or direction
finder, At Goderielt harbor. This ad -
Oben to. the PPrt'fi equiPMent , for
safety of lake naVigation, is beiag con-
structed at an'•estima.ted cost of about
$20,000, and it hoped to have' it
cempleted' • hSr., late ,Suninier, Thc
besec,h, will ev power sufficient to
make its ^signets heard to a distance
of one hundred, miles,
• An Ottawa dispatch say a thel)epart-
ment secured the material and equip.
meat for the beacon from the Marconi
firm and is itSelf doing the installation
and construction work on. the prOject.,
' The signal tower be at the
extreme outer end of the north pier
Itos§ Pennington
Pionte.from G6rolany
Gives 01144 ",:''''t7; .Red 0ro
Boxes -for X00100
1)413011eril Alive
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The. first of the liberated prisoners
of war flont •Godericla, Corporal
Thomas Ross Pennington, twenty-six-
year-old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Pennington, Elgi,n avenue, arrived
home on, Sunday afternoon,. Ile cam
in by motor from London and was
warmly. greeted by • relatives, i friends,
and, • on behelf of the citizens, by
Mayor 1). D. Mooney. The Pennington.
home was gaily decorated with nags,
and streamers , houor of the 'young
hero- of Dieppe. He is looking re-
inarkabli well despite the 'fact that
he lost twenty pounds during' hia
internment.
and betweea it and the present rang% The. Ocean' tro.ssing, he said, was
light tower at the end of the pier a Pleasant and •on the trip from the
hpuae will he constructed to , mom- eastern coast to London the troops had
modate the keeper •of the- beacon. • every comfort, pullinan ears being .pro -
,In the erection of the beacon Hon. C. vided for them. Rousing receptions
D. Howe is falfilling a promise made Were given them at Halifax, Truro,
some time agor that it would be con- N.S., Sussex, N13.,- Montreal, Toroato
structed When the material and equip- and London. The Red Cross repre-
sentatives gave them oranges, coffee
went, difficult to get under wartime
conditions, should a become available. and doughnuts en route. •
Mr. G,' L.. Parsons, presideat epfl:etslise. ain'eRdosS went overseas in July, 1940,.
Goderielt-Elevator Co. has been th.a;asp,iweilopuender,(alia.anind taken prisoner
ing for some years 'for this device,
and is gratified that his effort ha's at Bklieelswitantsi,liwrshtertelonmtoo Sp.trailsaogneBs,, some last succeeded. "Mr. Howe is a man
who keeps his promises," Mr. Parsons
finr°tellirnDed11-11k. it a ateurA, be
eortwha-Afs aimcoav,edwertoe
declares._ ' • •
Stalag 2D, near Stettin, by box car and?
later,to Stalag 3574 at Thorn, Poland!
When the RuSsians were asjvancing on
1Varsaw the whole camp .was moved
b the G r t
where., eventually the prisoneUrs were of magic."
ANNUAL 1VLEETING OF ,
,PODERICH ELEVATOR CO.
• At the annual ineetitig of the share-
• holders of the Goderich_ Elevator and
Transit Company, Ltd., held, at Mac-
Kay"Htill ani"' June' /2th.',, President G. -
L. parlous was able to "report that
-the volame of grain put through .the
CoMPany's elevators during the opast
+year, 22,722900 buehels,- was the great-
est in the forty-six years of the Com-
pany.. ' Increased Governimiut taxes
and wage increasea reduced net profits.
Directors -elected were G. L. Paraons,
C. S. Band, K. A. Poweh, D. B.
Weldon; H. J. A. MacEwan and F.
H. Dunsford. At a subsequent meet-
iug of tile directors officers were re-
appointed:: G. L. PiirSona; president
And manager; C. S. Band, vice-presi-
dentl- R. • G. Sanderson, secretary -
treasurer.
PRiZE.WINNERS IN .-
AHMEEK ORAPTER DRAW
. The annual tea and draw held under'
the auspacee. et Ahmeek Citapaer, I.O.
D.E.,, was- held on Wednesday after-
-noon in Ockifellows? Hall, which was
attractively decorated with bowls and
baskets of flowers. The many guests
were received by the regent, Mrs, C.
A.- Reid, assisted by the vice-regents,
Mrs. C. Ataniforth and Mrs. F,
Walkout.
. The . pettily arranged tea -table
centred with a bowl of roses and tapers
in silver holders was presided over by
Past -Regents Mrs. H. C. Dunlop, Mrs.
:D. J. Lane„ of Clinton, and Mrs. F. It,
Itedditt. Assisting were Mrs. E. J.
pridham, MA.- Thomas Sandy, Mrs.
A. R.Scott, Mrs: N. . MacKay,. •Mrs,
W. J. Hodge, Mrs. G. Emmerson, Mrs.
A. la Cole, Mrs. Thorpe, Mrs. Kret-
singer;,-Mrs. J. E. Baechler, Alta. P.
Baechler,. Mrs. Moorhead, • Mrs. K.
MrsaaRa J.:. Patterson, Miss A.
Cleaver ahd Mrs. L. C. Patterson. '
e ,
mittee.- ••
Cominittee Reports
The !finance committee recommended
that the Mayor and any other metabers
of Council, to a total of fivettend
the Ontario Municipal Associatigh con-
Torentca-A-ugustt-h-to--31st,aa
and that the Goderich Orgap be.
asked. for...4•PaYmeat 4h -their, bonus,
'
The public works coMmittee recom-
mended that no action be takela ()Nth
offer of $35 from Mrs. A. Smith foestlf
building tit the dump, and that, the
Clerk- obtain- plans from •the Depart-
ment of Health, Toronto, for publie
rest rooms to be built. in Court IIouse
Park. •
-00 'MS PLURALITY 114. ,
Eteentive Named
. . NORTH HURON V 1810 , •
t e Fedora riding. `Of Neill), Huron; aa
' IL' J. ViSher'returning officer, for •for Board of Trade
pro in Beevi*tIvIn,kes '
%aad, t lel:flake' df eLel.a'rt .tlbenarYd el teS t!rada. Y- 4),f 41119114:,laY' gNeiguaht'S
Dormant 'Body, '
- Definite: paogreas was made on latoli-
day night in the reergailiZatiOn of
the Board of Trade. At .ai Wenant" '•
There Were, few. claangeCtrinn the
detailed ifigures of the civilian vote
PulAished.in this paper last week, .and
the soldier 'vote was announced 'as
f Bows: Cardiff (Pro. COn.) 278*
o I
AIMS (C.O.F.), 133; Nairn (Liberal),
232. ° tended. meeting at the Town Hall, 1t,
Tre ;total figures were: Pardiff;. M. Menzies presiding, the officers are*
.7083-; Mills, 580; Nairn, '5,273. • pointed pro tem. at "the meeting` of
:Total number of electors on iethe May 21st with one exception. agreed,
nets in the, riding was 10,107; rotes after 'sizing up the, situation, to eon- .•
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cast (civilian), 12,347 ; rejected, 40. tinue in their positions if the meeting
Percentage voted, 70.5. ,so desired. The exception was Clay-
The•lioll ,Gotlerich was: Oimliff, ion Edw,ard, temporary secretary, who '
1.154; 987. ,d" I stated that 11$' was -engaging In a
new bnsmess it wotild he impossible ,
for hini .to give the necessary time to
the secretaryship. • ,
. The meeting proniptly voted to eon -
firm. the appointments of the previous
Meeting, and the officers elected for
the coming year are; President, 11;
M, Menzies; vice-presidents, G. W.
Schaefer and G. L. Parsons; treasurer,
W. A. Hay. The appointment of' a
secretary was lett to the executive.
A ^council of twelve mentbers who
with the officers will .form the execu-
tive of the Board, was chosen as fol.
lows:. it. C. Hays,- K. -C., W. IL Black-
stone, E. Critaaton, A. II. Erskine,
Dr. J. A. Graham, Re,. 3/1cGee, 3. A.
.Keith HepkinSon, R. K. Walter,
Voters on list' in Goderich, 3,056.
Votes east (civilian), 2,278J rejected',
17. Percentage v'oted, 75.,
DOMINION.' DALY ,AT ,
CLINTON' ItAmo SCHOOL
Elaborate preparations are being
'made for a. celebration of Dominion
Day at the R.C.A.F. Radio . School at
Clinton. The fameus R.C.A..F. silver
band from Toronto haa been engaged
and as this will be its first appearance
in this district its concert program
should be a great attraction. After
the Wind. numbers an. aquacade will
be put 011 at the Radio School's swinieSully
F. Ilibbert, Leo Walzac, S. Prevett -
most diving stars featured. A tennis
ming pool with some of Canada's foree
it was decided to form six coma'
tournament will be 'another event. In. mittees: aTourist and publicity, raem.
the eventng there. will- be a carnival,
with music --by„ the R.C.A.re dance
orchestra. from Toronto.• •
A novel feature. of the day will be
Y e s o near allover, a practical denionstration of television,
walkey-talkey radios, , and a house
• •
liberated..by the famous '•Desert Rats"
The day will beMondayJuly 2nd
of the British S'econd ArfalY Pn -A-Pri,i, at the...Radio School southsouthof CHAO?).
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Nthlast.-;They ' POW • bear the at. I .
lap t day of my life," the Young St. Margaet'a church, Thacouver,
,. GRIFYITOS--BOGIE --"'
tillet e ‘days . before. "It WaS the
soldier stated, referring to his liber- B.C.,awas the setting .for an all wilite
ation.. , .
The aatione in the prison pain eon wedding, solemnized by Itev. Angus
slated of three or !four potatoes;Psw-e-ei Miller , on June ethawlien Eileen Grace
,
soup and black bread. The lives of only daughtet of Mrs. Martha Grace
many were saved 1.)37 the contefits of Bogie of .Goderich, became the bride of
the boxes sent by. the Canadian •Red !John Mark Griffiths, whose parents. are
Mr. and Mrs. E. .1', Griffiths of.,, Van-
couver. White heirloom lace fashioned
the bridal gown, the flowing train met
by misty- clouds of veiling eonfined by
Cross and received weekly, he said.
"It would have been pretty grim had
it not beee for these boxes, for they
contained both food and clot
,Ross was one of. the group to e tied and valley
g." ' •.1 a Mary Stuart headdress.. Red roses
-and chained; and he possesses a tiny lilies were in • the bride's
souvenir of the shackles. • bouquet, and. her• only ereament was
He was asked, by the. 'Signai-Staa 'a double string of pearls, the gift of
work. He answered. that N.C.0.4s and the +-bridegroom:. The hriclal a attend-
ante,- Mrs. D. Griffith's, matron of honor,
reporter if prisoners were, required to
senior officers . were not unless they Miss, Doreen Munro, bridesmaid, aad
volunteered. 'Needless to say, . he did Miss Marian „Griffiths; jutlior .brideaa
not feel like doing ahything that would. maid, wore D.utch caps in paatei tones
with matching, .11,0,Wet Muffs. • The
bride was .given in marriage by . Mr;
II... J. Maxwell and the- groom - was
supported by his brother, Mr. Marshall
Griffiths.- Guests were ushered by
Mr. J. C. Johnston andaMaster. Thomas
Griffiths. - .After the reception -the
couple left to ;honeymoon at Victoria
bership. civie, retail Merchants, in-
dustrial, and rural relation,s. Meraber-
Ship of these Committees will be dp-
aided •-
There was considerable ' discussion
.regarding the membership ifee. One •
I view was that the chief censideration •
was to: secure the generarinterest of
411G-.1.430f4nesa^-alleOP1-07-eatatha-- :lown in
the Board and that the, fee should not
be Plaeed aso high' as to defeat 'this
purpese. *Another; proposal Was , a •
'graded fee,. large concerns Pitying a
greater amount than smaller busineaseaa'
This, too. was left ,in abeyance 'for
consideration by the executive, '
It was decided' to have monthly
meetings of the I3oard, on the iirSt
Monday of the month.
The meeting began sharply . on time, .;
8 o'clock, and President Menzies said .
this would be the practiee while be
was at the' head Of the Board.
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uguT.: GRACE:, MASON_ •
HOME FROM„ OVERSEAS- .
assist Germany. Other' ranks were
put to work in Salt 'and coal mines.
Other Goderich ^hoys in the same.
camp were •LaCpl. Donald Thomson
and C.S..M. Om. Stapleton. The latter
is •staaaResent visiting • his sister in
Detroit, and is expected in -Goderich
later, Nursing Sister Grace Mason
was on the same boat coming from prior to taking up residence at 4004
England, as were also 500 war, brides Beatrice street, • Vancouver. The
and children. , • bride's. going-awaY dress was -navy blue
Ross said there -was no opposition with white accessofies and at light
• . , .
•
shown by the Germans when the camp blue topcoat. -
was liberated., While in London, Eng- •- r .
'land, he met Harold Prouse in Tra- HUGILL--FERGUSON ,
falgar Square, also Verdun Randall, a.i"ffectively decorated with white and
who expects to be home shortly, after' pink •peonies, snowballs and ferns by
being liberated. • - the Young Ladies' Mistion Circle, the
The young soldier will be home tor
...„ Baptist church was the setting -44r a
thirtyjlays, after which he will "report -
pretty Julie • wedding on Saturday'
Ile has two brothers -:in the 'seryices..
. arternoon when Lois Marie, younger
daughter -of Mr. and . Mra. Lloyd
i at London. •
IRonald at present is with the holding Ferguson; South 'Street, was united
unit at Sky' Harbor-. Ile served. with f in•marriage to Mr. Clifford. Hugill, son
and n, few days azn,_eeiebratpl, .144e i pofilL.:73.v:atnadittp:1_,IrliJsimeitiNtviam:i .11,1,ilau3g, iel(11.,,,),>:
a.. Seaforth. Rev. Joseph .I.-ines officiated,.
the R.C.A.P. at Goose Bay, Labrador,
i ifi.°e11.1:-P4.1.21N1444'03-Uve.tleMoTeY4 °:tot.;j3... 'sfgr.71'.1iT:itn,,e1211.1*". ..tAireirs'sign'''''WirtIti3O%;,'1)..t..1.°21161perx,466!,14'; tt;idis.: s''"V'virilig
paei0c_. '1,-cenneth:•isjn aermany with
iiiilli-iin . A'inny Service: :1‘,10eKritigrelimirsren
Corps of the !Firat Canadian Army. e Mo. The Iii de, gi1/4
thealffaidesaataaare, sank
the. _Rani IQ
He has- been overseas two years. An- in- marriage by' her father, was lovely
other brother, Leonard, is •with Victory in a gown of,. white -sheer, inset with
Aircraft at Melton; and their youngest lace, and fashioned with a sweetheart
neckline, long sleeves pointed- over the
brother, Douglas, is •it SChool. Their
father is• a Veteran of,the last War. hands, the full'skitt etaling th a abort
, train. Her long . veil of bridal net
SpoRirs PROGRA.M.-.,FOR
. Miss M. Campbell, Miss B. MacVicar,
Mrs. N. W. Coates and Mrs. J. LeMaire
were in charge of the tickets and those
respousible for the mato s wgie
Mrs:TCOateS;:-Mrs.-,111:' Warrenei and
Mrs. J.".D. Patterson. .
During the afternoon' Mrs. -Bernard
-Wilmot played- 'several aselections'am
the piano,
Interest was centred on the draw for
the fifteen prizes for which tickets
had 'been Md. -MrS. j. -Lane _was
411 charge,. and little Penelope Thorpe
drew. the tickets, the whiners being as
follows let, ton of coal, W. A. Suther-
was • caught in a coronet of white
( he wore a peal . neeMace, Taylor. • The program' was in charge
Riad; 2nd, $10" war savingS' pertifieate, • ;
Mrs. George iVicteod; 3M,- $10 war
savings certificate, Mrs. D. M.eIlwain;
4th;• all wool blanket, Marion McCor-
naoka--5tiaaelectriCa heating -path -Pa
Prevett,; Oth, coffee table, Mrs. W. J.
Church.; 7t1i,„electrie avon, Miss Edna
Driver; 8th, $5 war •savings certificate,
MrS,.14, L. Knox; Oth, garden chair,
alrs. W. Newcombe; 10th, end table,
Grace Morgan; 11thi pair bath towelo,
Vera. Wilson, 12111, alarm clock, Mrs.
Le 14. Knox; -.13th, ,set of pyrex,, Mrs:-
Chester Johnston; 14th, small folding
table, Mrs. C. Nairril 15th, 8,1 in war
savings stamps; Goderich Elevator aild
The' special committee 'recommended
that W. M. Robinson, Brampton (wire
wrote the Council with regard to a
plan involving the Weststreet rinl,a),
be ask6d,to coing to Goderich id meet
with the Couneil.; that the petition
from the ga,sollne dealers be tabled for
consideration tit a later date; that the
band .committee be given it grant of
$500; that • the chairman make or-
rangements for a sports proglinn for
:iffy 1st .
These reports were adopted.
.Diselaims Side Responsibility.
A letter was received from It. M.
Menzies, local' manager for Purity
Flom Mills, disclaiming responsibility
for 1111 the unaightly nmterial dumped
along the beach south of the -
property. large percentage ot„,the
'clay and broken • eonerete, e Was
taken, from the retaining wafl
when it was repaired Test summer, an
addition, Meniies stated, "there
has been n lot of larliage and tin cans
dumped along OW -twitch whiehe never
originated at • this ,plant.". His vontpany Was, quite willing tokeeept par
tint responsibility and had Yilteruly
given instruetions for th(e cleaning up
of debris whit% 'came from their plant,
'• Ceunell deeided to ask the C.P.R.
to dean up the matertal• for which
It was responsible.
• Coun. Seabrook Spoke of some' drain.
lug and fencing required at Agrieti1tur0
Transit Company. •
Mrs. Stephen X. Johnson and son
Paul have arrived Utile after spending
a week at IvIuncle, ,Ind.ittnal,' with, the
foriner's husband, Sgt. Stephen K..
Johnson, U.S. Army. Mrs., Johnson
was accompanied by her sister,' Miss.
3ittr11yri Moore of Goderich.
,
•
al Dark' and was authorized to have
the 'necessary work done.
new market bylaw prepared by
Solicitor Danegy was presented by the
Clerk. **It was an affair of seven typer
written.pages and the Connell decided
to eall it a day and adjourn, referring
the bylaw..ln the meantime to the in-
dustrial committee.
A,gglYLINDtR
• Stibscribers who have not paid.
in -ixilvanee .for thAr Signal -Star'
, are aslialo elO'so at Mice. lfhtt
shprtage.of paper is still atute
and those in arrears; espeolally
those 'who have been notified byt'
mail; are liable to •have their
paper's discontinued without
further notice,
••
After two and a-lialt years' service"
in hospitals lir Eeglanda France and
13elgium, Nursing Sister Grace, Mason
has aigived home and is Witte hea•
grandMither, Mrs. Jewell, Bay -field
road. She was attached to No. 10
Canadian General Hospital, •and while
in the service she made it a •peint -to
get in .touch with any. Goderich men
she heard were in her -vicinity. In
this way, she met Bob McManus_both,
in England 'aild in France; Russell
Drennan, ` in England, Prance fthil Bel-
gium:, and one day- she was thrilled
to run across 'Bud" Sturdy and Bill
' Thonison,together, in Belgiam.
Asked• if she had net many dis-
tingulabectapeople; she replied she had
met a fewa the most notable being '
•LOrd and Lady. French. The former
is food adviser to Lord Woolton, and
has made extensive tours to India '
and Canada to. study food 'economics
and the dastribution of .food. •
Lieut. Mason 118(1 visited Gerniany
and Paris. On V -E Day she was in
Turneua Belgium, where -she met
Margaret' Middleton, Of near Clinton,.
for the first time while there. She
said that made, it the biggest day for
her, _She ..was in-7**14.1re, "O'n-Lt-D4Y.. .
'waiting to -he' "eajleir avett.to
France:rat.
shesi.s4,,•Fat.rto.-Iaelro'nXe.-IS''i•+eer-yetire::
and be in town for a time.
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• KNOX CHURCH W.M.S.
- An interest:lag meetieg of E:nox
Presbyterian church W.M.S. was, held
on • Tuesday afternoon: Many 'Home
Helpers were guests, and were •piett8,7
antly *welcomed by Mrs. *Wardlave
^^,
1
. DOMINION DAY the: gift of the .groona and carried
r f Al • W J Smith h,jv,Ah 1
Dbminion Day,..ftily, 2nd, promises to
be quite "a lively day in Goderich. 111
the mOrning there Will be the ;usual
children's -sports On. the, Square,• ead
in the afternoon a softball. 'tourna-
ment .will be the big event. The Town
'Council is offering $80 in prizes • for
the tournament—$25 to the , winning
girls' team and $15 for second place,
and- $40 silhilarly diVided for the -bays',
games:. Teams interested should got
in- touch with Councillor R. G Siinder-
son or "Nip". Whetstone, Hamilton.
street. •
ANOTHER MILLI0N430.11EL
. wEgg
It has been another busy week ait
the..Goderieh elealifor, Arrivals were:
Ontadoc, Friday, .134,00o. bus, 'barley
and wheat (balance of cargo, 125;000
bug. wheat, to Piitity Flour mull);
Windoc, Saturday, 262,000 bus. wheat;•
th.ward» Hindi:Mini • Monday; 120,000
btis. -wheat•:‘and oats; Mehawk Deer,,
Monday,, 351,000 bus, oats and wheat.;
•Canadoe, Thursday, 183;000 bus. wheat
The Glenelg AVIIS" ta on^ Saturday
with a cargo of Coal for the inill.
1!I1E *EATHE4
• Temperatures of the • past week. in
Goderiels 'with those of the •correspond-
Itig week a year ago, as offieially, re-
eorded, were, •ns follOws:
1045 , 1044
Max. Min. Max,dIn
jime 14 ..84 03 ' 50
Fri., June' 15 05, .83 . 61
Sat., June 10 -.75- 60 , 82 66
Sun., Ione. 53 ; 78 • 53
Mon., June 18 -.08 ti2' , 59
'rues,. June 19..,74 51 740 58
Wed., ,Inne 20%,..„70 ' 58* 02 48
Cpl. Wm. Graham and 'MrsiGtrafiturt
02 Toroixte were guests for several
daysthis week with Mr; and .1qrs.
1011ver Vook.
`bouquet of •pink roses and larl spur. secretaiT, wink," Mts. Gordon,/ .13isset
The bride's. sister, Mrs. Charles I°ve, conducting' the inine's meeting, Attr-o'
ing which Miss Mary Gordon asked
Iiss G ler as Matron of honor, an
ro4a Hugill, Seaforth; the that contributions for the bale , be
gtoom's ,,,.sister,• as. 0bridesmaid
In as soon itS lilss1b1eer's
similarly costumed in dusty ,pink sheer Airs. Biss,et ;reporting- on the Prea---
With' long skirts and shotilder-Jength byterial executive nieeting at Clinton,
matching Veils, caught in a coronet of .stated that the diamond Jubilee of the
Huron 'Presbyterial W.M.S. would be
held in Goclerich" in _ September, and
the atecutive Wasatinxiona- to- obtain.
Pictures of members of the early days.
The Seripture .lesson was read by
Alias Ann McDonald and prayers were
'offered hy Miss E: Wiggins and Mrs..
Richard Stewart. • A' plettaing duet,
was alma by Mrs. E. CrallSt011 and -
Mrs. W. Mactaren. • •
Lantern slides, "Mph with 111S Own
kitish," were shown. These Were
pictures .1xy Chinese, Japanese, 'Indian
and Afrietut artists showing their cont.
eeptions.7of ineidents In thv- life -of
CliVist. : The s6tipt Wail read by Miss.
E. • Somerville, with Miss -Mary Ioyo
Strtielian operating the lantern. •
A -social hour was enjoyetrafter the
meeting. -"=t
pink daisies. Their towers were pink
carnations and larkspur, Shirley and
MarilYn Lave, nieces of the brides were
dainty little flower -girls in long heaven-
ly blue frocks. • They carried, eolonial
bouquets of mixed floweys in pastel
shades. • Donald Clinton,
nephew of 'the .groom, in White 'sailor
suit, was the ring:beater, • The best
man wits Mr. Wesley Hugill, of,aurich,
the bridedgroom's brother, :and the
ushers were Elmer Iiugill,of Clinten,
and Charles Love, of , Goderich,
't The honne of the -bride's parents
Was decorated ili it eolor scheme of
,pitfig and ,white for the. reception, at
which. Mrs. rergueon • -received the
guest's wearing a' two-piece rose dress,
With white' tteeessories. • Mrs. 'MOIL
mother of the bridegroom, wore blue
with white bat and gloves. Beth wore
corsagesof pink roses, Later, the
happy cotipie left for a wedding trip
to Northern Ontario points, tbe, bride
travelling „lit n torquoise blue dress
with dust y pink coat' and 'white'ac
cessories. On" their return they will
reside on the; Huron, road, Goderieh.
Ont -of -town„ guests were Present
frem Vitiant. Brticetlehh St Helens, St.
George. Coliingwoods ZAtich. Seaforth,
Minton and Auburn, '4'
MEETING
The regtdar meeting of the
WAS 1101(1 on Tuesda' in MacRay Hali
The tle.votional period WAS taken' by
1' J Cantelonwho read Psalm
421 and basetl her remarlts on prayer.
‘The 11161111ierg c•ffered DroPer on behAlf
of two sit* inembers. Mi`P. Vern and
tia Cranston, tor their restoration
to norma.ltealth. Mrs; Janes read' a
fine paper nn 'the flower inission, a
,Prior+ tir her marriage the bride, department carried on by the W.023,37.
Mrs. Pennington, whose son, rtoms,
recently returned home, told of 8omc.
of his experiences while a prisoner *f
war and paid q glowing tribute to the
work done by the Red Ccro. • It WAS
reported that ,$113•C0r bnO lwen *hen
this year for war work. The meet,.
Ing Wee eloaed with prayer b.,* Itrg.
3:1 W Howell
wail the. guest of honor at several,
social functions: Among these were'
iniscellaneous,shower given- by MISS
LOIS McKnight at the home of her
grandmother, Ali's, 'John MCKnight,
Auburn, and a kitchen shower; given
by her aunt. Mrs. 'Thomas Carriek.
Mrs. Ferguson also 'Onthrtained for her
daughter at it trousseau tea.*
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