HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1949-04-07, Page 9ICINGSDRIDGO, , pril 5.• --,:Mr.•
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na d Mrs.Yoe;Garvey' and faintly,
.of Toronto were visitingtheir
,relatives: over the week -end
M. J
v D n<�'f t
to
Re, . . , a;l o W . dsiox
and his'
slater, bF
rs. Glaryr visited
ed
with their brothels he.t.r
last st NVeek.
Word has b
x is ` bere eeu. eeeYe� ,here of
the death . th of: •Josefrh` Doyle in Der
troit• last ] rlda ' was, bo'", in
:sh�Held, •and,1eft°vhere about thirty-
three ears a , % "
AN,*
The notes trent. the lotral Mello 4
are 'rather interesting: this week,
4 WYpup0 was eaked'9hy teacher
'bvhexe Ireland was. Now he :dither
acted, mart in this geography test
orrhe•wanted.' to,hkde his utter fori,.
ante andtake a' guess.. Hifi answer
Alaska;, 'If .,that Were 'true
• V -,Morton, . the, fomatis.W trittcel
.writer, would ,have to write .a' new
volume on the cotntry`,from which
'Pat ;comes. He would ',not need to
chane the title et' hi v • r reader
ablev . ... his ."
a e chime,. " In Search at Ireland,
For, in Alaska - it would take ,some
journeying and seeking, And, ;this
day. Februa '10 ' # wlth '
,) a
critical election 'on; in Norther Ire
land settling lin$.ani 'Importantoxtait
matter,
Ireland hardly knows
when'
-
where it
i
s
at;' It d4essone•geo
graphicallines may. haveto be
asserted in
a'very decided away; . A'
meinorry tha'tybelongs to:, my youth,
Is that a very racy and intereestin ;
.g
lecturer came to: 'ou :il a t
Il.... ,_ our r ,.y.: l ge � �vt, h
'Uteplan' ideas-. and lectured
large group of•, aver ge ' men 'and
boys of ,;the` °Place.. ,. He, simply
charmed us with :the'.idealistic: con;;
ditions whicb he su eloquently set.
forth about this future desirable
place and ':its, standards 'of • life..
After the oration was over'oneetnaz1,
with not much scliooliiig,; 'to his,
:Dad and to childrenw'ouid be mighty"
-pleased -with a -portrait ' of • , MI:other on `
b "
name, got up and wanted to know`:
the location of this wonderfullt?tce
named utopia. Io was the ,first
timer 'lie had betitd of it and he
world , line,. to buy a ticket to get
there. • Could he: help him? SYe,
are .quite sure that Ireland is not
in Utopia; and we,are equallY, Sure,
that some .ether countries aren't.
.3Io4tsAf,..them more-iikeIy- to-,
in •Quandary, &,place hard to find
on any map, but well known, to the
mental realm, ,The" schoolboy would.
know,, less of• Quandary than he
would of Ireland or Alaska, ,
If the famous' Irishman, Thu
'Iqiealey„,journalist and 'statesman,'
had ' heard,; . that•:' school ' "tpiestion
answered ins that way, it would have
given;' i a shockt
odi
scov T,th
t
a twelve -year -Old 'boy didn't know
better
;than ha aofth
4nexa
d
Xs1e t*Welt Kathleen.:the exile
iminigrant,'wastold, take, you
home again,
Kathleen," . and, where.
St. Patrick :'is 'adored, Tim Might
ha qM remarked .;on'
the
ateyer,"'Alaska," adding to Whet
be, had said
on a notable occ _sion• -
r Srr Ilent,y Ca' 8bell-Banneran n,
h • mn
t' tt o
t o ,tar:u'ho1 '.
d r':o .tin,
_..,s 1 e
.
itopniar,. eanSee in public life, ' was
a .man who governed Ireland witlt
Scottish jokes" , "Now we have a
Canadian unpro ising pupil `Who
bas the " eountr ` -
of the. dis.
__ h
.y�
uste ode Venetiaenetian Blindi
can now be secured` jL.o ' a, little as _
WOO }ta polarxe !' iu" his. Can,.
adlan Igt1Oranoe " We'll finiah this
note boiling that Ireland wild 440herself ekar. and know F• where She
is at,
A second echo fro m. sebool. -Was
to the. efreet that the :health purse'
hod -Sent three pupils home because
they had the itch, a very undesirable,
and provoking thing, "There is' no
ditileulty,, locating that, 04,0 00
one speaks not, frgur.", experience;, - It
even may; be fbnd In Utopia, .
.
-there- AS `s, chink': iii 't11 : r
bar ',off the° gate. Happily, there
:Are ways, and means:'- of dealing
,with" that. • We know enough ' of
•l3
school$ and schola-rs to say ,that
there is another itch, that belongs.
to pupils eager to learn, and makes
them want.., ver to . miss lesson
nor
be home a day
,
Prom . the he
cla
sses
'of their elementary uni ersi y,,Md
.that
remark b
rin8sma to my thirdrd
from
: til's school,
boy -:s
0
, o .me eight., x, mite.
i
_1
w ter ' � auk 'n . s, a. _, summers - apaanaged, to
'elude,- guardians : gu. x ons andPrincipal,� nd•
,. , ria.
'K
r
e e .
od: el
b sefor �� iris
s't1Y
weekY , a . .o a ft .
week ; and, to . his thinking,: ipake
a ' proud record of•,plaYing hockey
;
day after day ,affil. consecutive
absences :,cau ed : 'in. airand n-
vestigation. ,,.¶his hockey business
Is . an ancient and" e eceltful `art.
Let us' say he;played it well.' 'Dis
-folks thought that each, day belied
been at sebooi: nothing ' had begin
said or .revealed 'to show ::the.: con-
trary,. Clever, subtle, deceitfu1 boy
this. Home . for meals, but absen ,
teeism a growing.- "problem as.. fax
as. he was concerned in his school
class: a s, The • print'ipal.' is, much 'con=
eei'ned, and determined lin this ease
you, $elephone•-we'll .wake, an . ap-
pointinent to suit your, • convenience%
A representative will eaW once a week, measure yo ur
windows and -install the -blinds the following week, at no
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drop 'Iea, where we, Were hos idly
weloomeA; AdoreVit the tea*Nes
were 'snowdro wbtch• bad b
picked in the gardens 0,00 bomea.
and In the adjoining eentetery. Far'
ever- a hundred years that tea
February hag'• been—held.' Snow-
drops in bloom 'have' :scarcely ever'
failed ;thew, thanks' to, the early'
springs, and the -brave 11oweea push:
ing` thr.Rugh- the sod so vigo�u-rously
before winter; has .bowed itself put;
Talking.. of babies: •'snakes• Me re-
calx, bow, too, on ,that; •day'' I,;f+und
an o s ren ,.,..,,: b 5 olinate,of
early'. days, ,who is . now, 'a grand-
father, and was "showing me with'
considerable pride ,twiin grandchild;
ren:: who were placed, in My 'arms,,
He was prouder "Of ,those ° kiddies;
(ills:' daughter's) ' than of the primo
he ' won. ip.- A ,gr'an ,w. poees
r,ou_ 4f
d.
horse end 'vehicles when he paraded.'
through
the
town qa a gala
la
da.
y
is1 won theadniratfanof all: . �e
was .quite aahorsemian. i •his youth.
,
re en ber, For Many years.he
has kept—bis grocery store
tits,,
,belped to make his. ortl
ne,, b
or
sone f thatMime' hesold beer."fa;
'
consumption o! the'remises "
but
he goot 'oat. of -that. beer-selling'bets i.-
PeAS4 Mnch oto -'in T u
local Methodists ..wko were alway s
y.
strong 'at 'kden'ouncing the 'drinking
of intoxicants,: *Id; to• accept froin
him a .big money gift .each year' to
help their fintlncs, a sum that 're-
presented,
re-presentedda gobdly . part of the
•profits be 'made' front those,. beer
sales. Now . there' is a moral prob-
lem; ,reader, left with you .rte solve,
. DONNYBROOK "
I101Vi`iYBR40K Aril 5. --
dow.n._,� cry decidedly.;. Perhaps he and 1[gs:: ''Carman
" 'Jane,
AS in some others t4 put his foiit I . , ,p , Mr.
II'clrley,
m
Will be ,like • the'! AUth and Bill; of Sarnia, were Sun -
Centipede which•airy visitors at the home of the
former's uncle, Mr. J, C. Robinson.
other visitors at,the. Robinson, home,
included Mrs. Elizabeth Naylor and
'Mr. Wm,' Elsley of 11 fmiller and
Mr, and,Arrs, 'Gordon Robinson and
son ,.Russel of Win:ghain---;----
;qv ..:and ..Mrs, `Vni: _ Hardy and
sons ''heve moved' from Csiriow to
the farm which ' they purchased, on •
the .7th -•'concession •which' -'was • re-
cently. vacated ' :by - Air. . and Mrs.
Joe Leddy, who moved to their home
at St. Augustine. "
didn't•know which foot to put down
'first, but we trust his desperation
will not- cause .him, like that .creep-
ing,'crawling creature; to lie down
on his -back.' Te lie down' "on' this
Joh of ;truancy will get nowhere.
For Mere Is a boy with brains 'and
.pewers- :of- careful ',planning- Att'd
managing, who, if "lie persists' in
wedding these evident ' powers to
:his -'wayward -choices "treating
school ithd the powers: that be, wiil
end up by being a forward man in
Some-_ ``beaner5 ,..gang",:..or, _:giving
leadership' in some "ism" of the
.street,: perhaps•_booiilumism, instead,
{of b'eiirg a graduate iny some'.`,'sliip;''
like scholarship,. or • craftn snship,
or good fellowshi p. . We have
laughed , and' made fun of ; i half= on 'April 4th .. at 1.30.. p m,. at the
day's-treaucy;"`inxw en i ecomes• ewe o iss e resoi1, fro svill'e
chr'onie,as In this trig it is 'a • very An appeal from the' Canadian
serious matter. Welfare. Council was filed, also a
PEA6E.
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properly furs, i+c4t „
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.... des_.,tro a by',fre.c...c►"elA,.
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placed .withOlt financial:.embarrass. Tient 4.
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tai . a 8 >t St � n n l 4
Yo c >Ix �I uare a a .n ...his & a ata 1
meansof aN xxlA merca� CQm caies
riski'.10licy., • hich ` as �been �e.:.s
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.ZIOWNSHIP COUNCIL
TOWNSHIP OF ` 'GODERI H
,, Goderieb. Township Cct•%nnfitil inset`
communication .from. the Canadian
.There are viirious -unfinished
diaries a•bouu'my 'den that I. come
across • occasionally. It is ", always
an interesting thing to look • back
if it reveals"•oiie's doings years' ago
:But .so many pages' are blank One
ishe. ther..thirtg-.-had been, carried
through better, and more fully* than -
it sbs. "Today's peep into last year's
diary was rewarding, however.
' yesi•r ago today I 1was in tierby
shire. England, on a visit,,4 ind was
at, ;i n - olci'wort(' .''village ''named
Pentrir•h, with about thirty or forty •su er vision of \ir. , IP; Thompson,
• a pj r s i e urch the inspector, ar , sof having ''tire I Qc
which" is centuries Q1d , with cattle`snrayed by .3, Little With -
.christening
a.
•christeni'ng •font of stone somewhere power sprayer at " 11e• 'PPr.
within its precitrcts-that is said to' still under the sttpervcsion'. Of the
date from the.. twelfth century.". The
Church's story, goes back that far ;
it is .the didest c.•hnrch in • • that
county. :r'oav<I looked for, that font
went ;UI over the 'venerable fabric
and the .old stone' floors and.`grey-
ing walls, 'but, couldn't :find, it. -`That
is a strange -thing; •for where Rvould
'the : font be in place but in. :the
church ? It was too heav y to •carry '
�aroundl. • -And..nobody .would, steal a.
thing like that. Its lace is where
babies.,are wont to be brought,:to
t kited: and—dedicated. To
1eoplle with iinagination it' was. an.
,object to excite - Interest, as ,,the
babies/of the Wars of the Roses era,
and the,.babies`.of Grotnwel`1 and
S�tua; t tunes;' as' well Ss of- inter-- , .•'
vening centuries, were blessed - here,
whether they cried or not as they
�woie lreldoyer_ th'is�fc�?�t*r.,.�'Ke..bope:.. _ ,
the thing, through careless or un, • '
concerned hands,. has .not found' a
last resting place .in a dump _heap;
for some fonts have been misused
and abused. : There • 18 •n Story of
A.rcf,bishdp—' Trench, , who in, ,the
round of his. diocese in Ireland was
asked by the rector in Charge, to
loop a'rounil a eery '.nicely kept edi- I'?
five. , At last_ .they came to the font,
a beautiful specimen, ..outwardly. •
His graee .said, "Take off the ,cover
and let; its see within. This teas -
done and to the rector's. shame,- and
-the Bishop's, ,,it. was fount'' :to be
filled with. all the .flirty rags and
brushes and cans of cleating nta-
atrial -used' by the caretaker: ' The.
Bishop, recoiled In -horror.
• IT. that fait, wits pot found,, ivve
dict find a, cup of tea, and seine
sand}niches at" a: table bread -in the.
parish hall at' 4. so -named Snow
Department of ,La�?r.
D. CT. Henclerso' of the Shell
011 Co♦_was present to explain- his
Company's weed -.spraying products.
On .the questioal of spraying --for
warble, flies in .this township
-Was—decided • to- pay—the—inspector
Te" per mile and 50c p'r hour: to.
buy the necessary", powder from
' Little at 320 per' 1b.: °and' that
cattle owners ;be given„ the oppoi
tunity of treating their own catt e
by the ' brash: hiethail tinder' the
INSITRAN .E, comrsY•Uh�
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;' ' �G.Obll'ANIES
CANADIAN kIEAD Oi~F'IC> TOItOirt'TQ
INSURANCE C QQMPANY.'.O. ;, NORTH 'AMERICA*
- INDEMNITY INSURANCE" COMPANY OF NORTH •AMERICA` -
THE AWANCE• INSURANCE°,COMPANY OF 'PHILADaPHI!,-..,'..-
PHItAD LPHIA' FIRE AND MARINE IN vgANCE COMPANY
derich Agent of, insurance:
C6mpanie1,-,
'inspector. The Township has de-'
cided to pa'y for the. powder' and,
each •cattle owner niti'st •do his own
cattle himself 'or pay for having
them done. The Ileeye was author=•
Ned to• investigate the aci'visability
of procuring insurance to' .,protect
the - Township, against damage
;-els•rots -in' -this -regard, ,
I G:rig K el, tenders were received from
I
the Lai•Th Construction ,Co. and G.
F. Elliott. Mi Elliott's tender was
a cc-eptezl, and the t'lerk was „ In-'
strocted to. cornniunicate'' with the
dis*riot• engineer. re same. .
• Tile uttclitor; report wa
tied •aCce t i a • e .intci discussion
.The following accounts"•were pre-
sented and ordered paid:. Municipal
World, sii lies 7.87,• Gnderieh
:District' Collegiate Institute 'Boa'rd; '
advance,: $700; , H. Sturdy» postage
and exchange, $15,35; .Miss; Ache-
son, use of home, 15; A,'- , Grigg, .
coal,, $19.70; • D. E Glidden,' relief
bill, $89.231- 'I4. • Cox, relief, $30;
'Signal -Star, supplies and `advertis-
ing, .$6.40; Monteith, & Monteith;
=aud��-trilg;�1�t1`•-Ii;fiad'�ttper�tetitb
ent's payroll .No 4, $877,29.
Council. adjournd to•meet again.
on May"2nd at'1.30'poli., at same
place.• R• . E. •TI•i031,PS0N, Clerk.
1 _.
s. received There are . 2,035,000 ,hole'
Canada and „570 "of thein etre ,
',owned by, the. people :wlio live in
them.; on the farm , 81% of all -the
homes 'are owned by users,'
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said ::"$ut n'othin ,is'to be sacrificed =-.ev'ery'single pouitrof Pontiac's traditional
a,
quality and .character must be retained and even enhanced !" • • • - •
The 1949 Pontiac lives up to every one of
'- those enacting demands , .. with the'finest -
Of, all new features -14. �f t. iaem ----,in' the
smartest of all new oars! AND it's priced
with the lowest ! Ile 1.00 Pontia4 is more
beautiful, , adore'. comfortably, more con- ,
venient. It's powerful,,responAive,-e taiting >' ,
to. drive .'r . And At's at your dealers now
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yiday — and see all its 14 major advance
monts i "
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