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Council to Raise
$60,000 for P.U.C.
•
Debentures to Cover Cost of
Watertower-Santa to Be
.He,re Deoember47.
Goderich's" comtnimity Cliristmas
party will be beld, at the/fire 411
en Saturday, December 17th, at 2.30
p.*,:asllecid-a- by -the ToVFn Conn -
*ell at its, meeting on Tuesday night
• the. recongmendatiori - of._ the
special Committee.
Ccirtnell received a request from
the Beard of Trade that TnesdaY.
December 27th, _ (Boxing Day), be
proclaimed a' holiday. There was
some difference ef opinion aboilt
thisancl tbe matter was left over
to the next meeting of Council.
All members were pfesent except.
Coup. Sturdy. •
The Clerk reported two building
permits issuedone te E. T. Pfrim-
mer. for an addition to the laundry
building kn Hamilton street and
one to Nelson Plastics for 'enlarged
clo•ors on a , storage' building on
Bruce street. '
A „cheque for $699 was received
from the,. Provincial • Fire Marshal's .
Office at Toronto. This is a grant
from the' Province based :upon fire
department oits of 1948.
The customary- letter from the
• .Canadiaii Underwriters' Asaocia.tion
urging attention to winter precau-
tions against fire was received and
sent to -the nifire7corremittee:: -- •
A Motion' Was passed authorizing
the Mayor and Cleric to pay to the
arena . Committee the sum of
$74,516.94, representing the pro-
ceed'a of .the sale of $75;000 of
lientures voted by the. ratepayers.
.A letter from the Workmen's
• .Conapenlation Beard advised that
volnaiteg firemen can be.eovered to
the amount of $3,000 at a,premiurn.
of $4.50 'per year. Council passed
a Inotion-that-from--Jauttary-ast-the-
Members of the brigade be ineluded
for conapen,sation at the ne,*' rate.
The . fire Committee reeeMmended
that the &Ones received fram_th
West Wawanosh Fire Insurance 0o.
.fer services rendered by theh fire
•brigade at Albert 1VIeGee's• and
Harry Mitchell's farms be tunied
over to the •firemen: • These were
two .cheques' 'of $50 each:.
• Bylaw No. 44, to lease the West
street rink .for the month of- De•-
•cem.ber to William Garrick at $50,
was passed. The lease is to in-
clude a •clause -to the •effect that
the lease may be renewed on a
weekly basis, at a- -weekly rental of
$25., .• .
• At the request of the -Pu,blie
ities Commission bylaw No. 4*,
•authorizing • the borrowing of
$60,000 Upon debentures for the
cost of th,e Commission's new water -
tower and, connections, was given
two -readings. • The 'debentures are
to bear interest at PA per cent. and
to run for fifteen.. years. Third
reading will follow approval by the
• Ontario Municipal Board and Board
of Health. It iiianderstood that
these debentureg will be met from
revenues of the • P U C water . de-
partment.
•
VICTORIA ST. W1VLS.
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Deceinber meeting •of• the
• Women's Missionary Society of
'
Vitoria° street Church wan -held
December 6th at the home of Mrs.
E. Hardy, Trafalgar street, with a
good- attendance. Mrs. B. Wilson
• opeeed the Meeting, nand •a-- short
•- Christrdas progrinn as given, bk_the
1VlissiOnary Monthly Was used. The,
president,' Mrs. Baechler; took over
for the -business 15eriod. 'Good re -
Torts weic given by the heads.. -of
the different departments. ,
Rev. L. H. Turner took charge df
the eleetion of officers:* for ..1.950,
.•whiCh resulted. as follows; Honer-
ary preaident, Mrs. B. With.an;
• president; -Mrs. G. Briechler; lst
_v4ce-president, Mrs.` B. Wilson;
•2nd vie-preSident, • Mrs. ,Aiden
141%. AIMS S6)11 ;
repording secretary, Mrs: .
. corresponding secretary, Miss M.
• Tabb; temperance secretary, Mrs.
. Cranston; .Missionary .Monthly sec-
retary,- Mrs." E. Hardy; mite box
•secretary, Mrs. Win. jew,e11;, liter-,
• attire' secrelffy, Mrs. B. Wilson;
press and supply secretary, Miss
M. Tabb ; les. Connell and
Mrs,, 13aechier.
• .Rev. H. Turner closed the
-.meeting and lunch °was served ..1iY
• the ihostess and :her aommitted.
IPOLLING PLACES FOR'
TUESDAY'S ELECTION'S
Theeleetors of Goderich on Tues-
day net WM vote for six. members
of the Tpvvia, 'Council and" fer three
members; -of the -Public -Utilities
CRinmissibn, They will also vote
on the question; "Are you in, favor
of a bylaw „being _pa:seed by the
M nidipal•Connell, of the Town of
erich• increasing the-anumber Of
me hers of Goderich Public •Util-
ities Coremission from three to
fiver • -
•polling places in tbe twelve sub-
(I/Visions of the town are as fl -
lows; .
. No. 1. -:--Gardner's garage, corner
Victoria street ..and. Elgin avenue.
• No. 2 --Gordon Bedard's •resid-
ence, corner Bayfield road and
Britannia road.
No, 3 -Mrs. Wm. Birnie's resid-
ence, East street. `
No. 4 -Bert kohring's residence,
corner; OxfOrd and Cala-ridge
streets.
No. 5 -Town Hall, East street.
No. 6 -Town Hall, East street.
No. 7-Stothers' wagon shop,
Victoria street.. •
. X 8 -Fred ItObinson's residence,
• olfe street.
No: 9 -Cornish Electric store;
West street. •
No. 10 -Fred Beevers' shop, West
street. •'
No. 11-E. 'W... McLeod's residl
ence, corner Elgin avenue and'
Wellesley street. -
o---4-Mrs. W. 'J. Jewell's resid-
ence., 13ritalmia road. -
• P011ifig places will be open from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
PAT HU1VIE gTILL'O.LUVIBING
THE SCHOLASTIC,....LADDER
A former G.C.I. student, James
N. P. Hume, has been .successful in
his examinations for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy at University
of Toronto. • • •
—Pat-Humei-as-he is known to his.
friends in Goderich, graduated from
Goderich Collegiate Institute in
1941. Entering .I.Tniversity as an
_honor- student. in -mathematics-and
physics, he received the degree of
M.A.• five years later. ;While at-
tending the School •of ,Graduate
Studies he was engaged as in.=
structor in the department of
mathematics until this ,fall, when
he accepted a•position on the staff
cif Rutgers University, New Bruns-
wick, New jersey. •
-
" 'Dr. Hume is a grandson -of the
late 3. P. Hume, former G.C.I.
- principal, and of Mrs. C. .A.• Nairn,
Keays street. He has manY friends
in Goderich who will learn With
interest of .his brillient Scholastic
.attainments. -
CHRISTMAS MEETING
r OF NORTH* ST. W.M.S..
CHRISTMAS 1VIEETING
• OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
' • 111tiektlY Hall, gaily tidearated
with etergreens, holly and,lighted
candles, . was filled With the spirit
of ' Christmas •htst 'Thursday after-
noon •When' the VVOmen's Institute
held the December Meeting, with
the president, Airs. George Mumby,
• In the.. chair. There. WAS ,a large
• attenclalice nieinbers and ,visitorSo
The telt call was 4nsweted by
eaCh.Inenaber's donating articleS, for
the Work' Of the blilldren's Aid
• . Society. Donations of money wor0.
voted -to the; Hospital for Sick
Children, Toronto, and the
CJiikl-
ren's War Uettorial 'Hospital at
_London,
_tinder the .eonirene"iship of Mrs. •
11. Maerhee; a delightful program
WAS, _preSefited,..'cinting which, Rev,
CL. W. Grope gave 'an; ,.irtspiring•
meSsfige. With the room
• darkened, a titbit of ten members,.
eaelt holding a lighted. , taper'.
entered 'the roan, and sang Sev.Pt41
••••01111titillag carols, aeetiMpatied at
the piano by MU, Wilsen,
MrS, also gave a tOkling
'Which '$aa greatiir. appreciated.
Milne :told hOW,, site
Made her4elicious hornetrilide OAS
and .brought along Stkilielent to tier1,0
' at:the tea henV •ttfter the , meeting,
With Other %Christina:3 daintieS,1
• •
•
At the December meeting of the
W,111*.S. of North street United
Church. on' Tuesday afternoon with
a large gathering:fa ladies present,
the Cbristmas spirit • was enipha-
sizecl throughout by the singing of
Christmas -hymns and carols. The
business session of the meeting was
presided over by the president, ,Miss.
Campbell. "Thank you" letters
were read by ;the correspoRding
secretary, who .i•vas asked t� send
Christmas card S to all the sick
. and shut-in members of. the Society.
A motion was passed that a letter
of .appreciation for - her splendid
service •to the Society be sent to
Mrs. W. F. Naftel, now residing in
Exeter. It was- also decided that
the first meeting Of the new year
be held on fjaaauary 10th instead*Of.
j.antuity 3rd, on •acceunt= of the
holidays.- An, interesting report of
the sectional meeting held s in. -Dun-
gannon on October 13th was .given
by Mrs. T. Dougherty. ,
• Fifty-tiv calle on sick and shut-
ins for the past two months were
reported. Mrs.. KershaW took
charge,.of the deiotional period, in
which the Christmaseatory from the
second Chapter of Luke was read by
Mrs. J. Vincent and prayer was
bffered by Mrs. C. M. Robertson.
ing -arid instructi„ye talk -dif a
•ehaptier of the, ,study book. The
meeting was closed with the
Migpah benediction, followed by a
Social half-hour in which Christ -
/alas cake and a cup of tea were
served by Mrs. Kersbaw's group.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
A fide of $5 .thicl costs was Int -
posed on William*.Porter Goderich
by Magistrate Holmes in vveekly
court en Tuesday aiterne. 'The
offence was *failing to stop at t.
stop Sign at the intersection 'of
Britannia road and South " street,
and as a result colliding with a
car -on 13ritannia road. -4-,
A charge of theft of tires, rims
and tubes against4W.1.111S 'McDonald,
Coderich, was withdrawn at the
reipiest of the inforthant, Joseph
Berry. •
Crown Attorney' II. -Glenn flays
said licwas infOrtned the tires, et0.,
were tqlten by the acengeel thinking
Berry had abandOned the ears, Mc-
Donald had been told he coUld take
them by ,Soineone of than the
°met,- ,
THE'WEATIfillt
Temperatures of the pat week
In abderieb, with those of the:eor.
responding *eek Year ag6,
uIllcIblIy recorded, "wpre as followa.:
.;t• .1040 1048
- • Mar. Max.
Thurs. DOC. 1. ,„87 a 84 88 " 31.
Dep. 2 27 44 -26,
Sun. oe, 4 * • *
8°14 'r 3'411 1?? t75
Moil:, Dec: 5 ....33 .«;.1.-.19 454 40
Tues., Dee. 0 -.20 18. . 5241
Wed.,. Deg, '7 ....28 20 44 .M
• Rim* Church Sunday sehoo100111
• hold its thriAtiria8 entor.tainnient•on
Pritla3Y, DeCember 16th at -8 pito.",
Appeal in Grand
Bend Sunday Case
_ . aaara,,,alaaa
4dwarir•AV Odbert seeks to
• U• pset Conviction by
Maglitratellolmoil •
An appeal b,y Edward A. Odbert
on a ennviction by Magistrate D.. E.-
Holnies; on August ,4•th on •the.
charge of unlawfully tlerating a
--roller skating rink on4unday, June
19th, ,1949, at Grand • nd, coetrary •
to ---the Lord's Day Act, was beard,
by Judge Costello..in a speCialisit-
ting.'of tne County, Court: on Friday
afternoon. . • .
At 6 P.m. E. G. Th•ompson, K.0.,
of Stratford; defence counsel, said
he had still seven witnesses to be
called, and by consent the hearing
was adjourned until' Friday, Janu-
ary •13th. .. • = . n. -
Chief. Constable John Cowan of
Grand Bend said he. had • known
Odbert since June, 1948,.and that he
(Odliert) operated the roller skat-
ing rink -rat Grand Bend. On Sun'
day, June 19th, Odbort had given
the constable -a membership card.
He had visited the 'riek on. the
Sunday afternoon accon.tpanied by
Constable Lochner , and roller .skat-
ing was in pro-• sS, ' with 150
1,.
t,,
skater. Odbert c, ' e over and
spoke- to the cons ah es, who did
not warn him when they were there.
• Defence Olitection Spstained „
n At this-,point--.--einstable* Lochner
was called,' *He ,enuld, not recall
the queStionS -a..-4ked of Odhert" by
th.e. constables. ..Mr;-Thomrlson' ob-
jected to the admissibility- .of ; al-
leged statements made to 'constabreS,
arguing that the . constables went
there te Inves4gate a suspected
crime,' and, that no warning had
been given: • The court upheld ' the
objection, -after •*Crown Attorney
'Hays • submitted the ''sfatements'
were v»auntary. • • .
' Jucige-- Costello said he...,,often
.wencle.red .wny constables were not
drilled, and instructed that on ap-
proaching. suspected •• 'personr a
warning- sheuld be • Wen. 4
• 'Oapstable-Ouvvrtti -adid,--w-lien ex-.
amination.was resuniedi that tbe'ac-
cased vvent over to- _a no.oth, took
out ememberShip card and handed
it to him (-Constanle Cowan).r. •
Cross-examined by Mr. Thomp-
son, the Witness said the aecused.
man's ordinary calling. was oper-
ating a skating rink. Asked if he
would agree that the accused's &-
CI:ligation was as a machinist welder
for,,,twenty-one. years in the C.X.R.
-Shopt lit, -Stratford, witness said
h...e "did not know." ._He had seen
'Odbert at the. -rink dirring the week.
He gave as his' reasoniqor believing
that Odbert, wgs operating the. rink
thathe had seen him in the booth.
• Skaters Paid Mrs.Pdbert • :
„. Constable Locnrier's evidence; waa
that he had •known Odbert for a
year.. Prior to Sunday, June .19,
Odbert had operated a roller skat-
ing rink -in Grand Bend.. The ac -
used was always around the rink,
seemed to be supervising it, and he
had Seen him making repairs toithe
rink. - Mrs. Odbert was in the
office. - •-•Qn - -the IS-anday in • -question
there -was -skating .•to -music. •Crd-.
tert was standing.ai the south end
of the rink. Witness saw money
change hands when'taken•from:the
skaters b3? MTS. Odbert. -
Cross:examine-d by Sri.. Thomp-
•son, the Witness said • he . never
saw Mrs. Odbert outside the bOoth.
He thought .Odbert was the oper-
ator because ,he came over to speak.
to the constables. He did not agree
with Mr,,,,..,Titempson.- that the most
active 'Man. 'in' the „rink was one
ame.d Jordan: He hadseen. .the
latter' Skating 'With, the' other
skaters. • •_ . -1' • •
Manager ,for Odbert- " •
' Robert jordtug, Chiropractic stu-
dent, first defence witness, said„ he
was first 'Appointed nianager. by•
Odbert on' June 1, 1049. 1Lle gam
he knew Odbert as , a• machidist-
welder_din the C.X.R. shops in June
and 1.11ily, 1949. The rink opened.
in June. On Sunday, June 19; the
Wonder Row Reller Skating Club
was •operating the rink. The .club
iiipoSe —clmo--=eitizeilaii-d-qte -
tionists at Grand Bend, •and ,was
formed' on ,.Priday, .june-17.'. - He
was president. °direr was net'
there untilk• the next' day, when a
lease was •drawn • up and the' Chili
took over the operation on• June
1.0th. By the terms .of the lease
lietW7en Mr. and Mrs. sOdbert and
the Club, the *lessees were entitled
to .operate the rink on Sundays:
. Te Mr. Elva,' the witness said he
was working on Sundays priof to
June 19th. 'He drew the same
money all. „summer for his servicea.
In answer So it question by Judge
Costello, -paid-
$45
$45 a week -10r. 'lx -iiiiya- MAI 'end
day for the, club,' • , •".. ,
This Is inderstoad to b� the firat
appeal in re cburts against a Con;
vietion !Ind r.the Lord's. Day • Act
arising cat„of ' wide prosecutions
throughqut the Pi•oyinWe- this year.
DAIVIAGEOP $015.82 AWARDRD.
In County Court on Tuesday
judgment ( was given by Judge
Costello awarding damages
$275.82 and court •costs ,„ to, John
Serttton, Cliiitott, against John Sell.
ing, ,CtiritOni in action for Meta'
daniages.--, 4eruton's was ,for
.damages totalling' ,$285.82,,,the-out-
como Of an accident at Clinton in
which his car Was in eolliaion with
o Vehiele drived, by defendant 8e110,
ing highWay NO, -3, On February
2.1, 1040,
counterclaim for .$99 entered
by • the defetidant was disinissed
w_ithout eosts. • ,
ARSil -4'.NOX, BREAKS Arts/
Mrs. L. MUM fell on the-,§trent
troSeing near her home on lorlikk,
last And broke her right arm at
the wrist. She Was,: vernoved.
the hospital, but on Monday re-
turnedle her home, with the broken
aria.. in a cast. '
Sixteen Pgges This
Week
Read Thein Al!
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`• -This• weeks issue of T e Signal -Ste' is sixteen pages.
An unprecedentept =sit of Christmas advertising' has made
• necessgrrthe omission of much news and other roatterintencled
for :Nis issue r but..Christmas comes but once a year and at
no other season' are the advertisements --s6 intereSting. The'
merchants' ann.ouncements Will be of much -assistance to
')Christinas shoppers, who will Ind in them everything' needed
tog' the„,festive and gift -giving season: Goderich."stores are
tocked with such variety of goods that the people of town
and, dil,strict can do •Slieir Shopping here whir assurance of
-getting what they want in 'reliable quality and at reasonable .
prices.
Read every pag f The Signal -Star this week.'
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AT THE WA.TERFRONT I
14 •
• With the arrival of four grain
"P
cares the past week, the naviga-
tion. season, at this harbor was
ended • with the kossible 'exception
of the receipt of one mare grain
cargo at the Goderich elevator.
'On' Friday the • Algocen InOught
326,000 bus. wheat .t be 'held in
winter kortige for the elevator. Qi
Tuesday the 44. Hudson arrived,
with 113,000' has.- wheat and .after
unloading at• the elevator. cleared
for 'Windsor, to go into winter
berth,
Tite Superior • today brought in
hrlast.cargoOf,,:.0..e season, 78,660
wheat, 'and i "after unloading
dt ithe 'elevator will go into winter
enarters here. • •
. The Altadoc'arrived at the Purity
Flour .011 Thursday. . evening
last with 264,000 bus. wheat, •,'She
has joined the winter fleetIkvith her
cargo along with the Quedocr•whie.4
arrived. at the mill about two. weeks'
ago.• •
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ST. PETE.1_3,..:LAMAL CLUB
HAS ,SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR
-(3k, — •
Festooned with -gtirlands o2 -red-
•
.and green &Orations and ever-
greens, the: banquet hall in the*
British Exchanotel on Satur-
day afternoon and evening .was, the
scene of -a suctessful bazaar and.
tea held by the Social Club of St.
Peter's Church...-• ! • •
Small. tea tables centred with
pretty • Christmas decorations were
attractively placed, and sale tables
linieg the rOom received such a
TO SING WITH OPERdi
COlYiPANY AT DETROIT
Miss Marjorie Hays has -,been
chosen to be a member of the Civic
Light Opera Campany of Detroit,
Mich. The selection came after a
six weeks' course in the Theatre of
Gordon Orr Wins in
Goderich Township
May Be Recintnt of Councillor
Ballots to Decide• •
Fointb, Man
• Gordon A. Qtr was the winner in
Goderich Township's three-ciarnered
battle for the" reeveship on 111onday,
Oefeating James • •Stirling, - the
1949 reeVe, and W. R. (Bert) Lobb.,
The vote was: Orr, 334; Stirling,
276,; Lobb, 190.
Of the five candidates for coun-
cillor, K, Merrier, 525! E. N.
Grigg, 495; Wilmer Harrison, 422,
and. Clayton Laithwaite, 404, were
elected. J. W. Deeves, 'with 403
votes, is nnly. one vote behind the
fourth man and has announced that
he will ask for :o. recount.
The vote by polling divisions was.
as follows. 0 .
BABBETT'E GIFT SHOP .
GOING GUT OF BUSINESS
After twent3r-four years in bUsi-
ness 1)3. Goderich, the Babbette Gift
Shen& Is selling- out eorriplete.
stoek and going out Of buSipess.
An advertisement, willbe feund
elsewhere iu this issue •df. The
Signal -Star. The entire Steck is
to be Sold out by Deceniber 24th
in erdisr to make way for the Out-
of-town business, firm w4ie1i ' win
take aver in the near future. This
'firm will occupy both the premises
now occupied -by the Ilabbette Gift
Shoppe and the adjoining •stor e on
-the corner, ta make one large store;
The- entire corner, will be com-
pletely modernized. Mr. and Mrs.
G. F. Whalers plans:for the future,
after selling out their stock, are
indefinite. They wish to extend
their thanks for patronage in the
past. . • •
. FOR REEVE
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• .•1 2 3 •h 4
G. A. Orr .,...... . . ...... 128 86 • 52 ' -16
Jas. R. Stirling, .1.. 19 14 _ . 101 54
W. R. Lobb 98 17 13 • 27
FOR COUNCILLORS
68 •54 13.8 92' 103
63 70 100 66. 118
10 ' 70 97 •• 23-' 89
155 68 • 50 26 •dO
27• 53 101 70 93'
Merrier
Grigg
• Harrison
Laitbwaite
'Deeves
Maple Leafs ii9St$
-yolk- 'Tillie .,at XsOgiQA ' )4
tO.Nevir .Canadidos
... . , .
, ,
. ..... .
Are Entertained
.,
. —,,,...„,
all as
Newcomers from 1.4041.7 411
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: Ne* CanadianS„ in (40derinb 444 '
district were hellored gneate 4t Al-•
delightful °blastulas party at Whia
members of Maple ifejit', dilal'Aeii•
host-
esses rat the Legion Hell on .Tnesdar '
1.0.1.),B., were the gracious
evening.
The gay gathering, in Which na-
tives of. ether lands Intermingled.
with native Canadians, Was '-a,' pic-
ture of, the pattern, being ,woven. -
into the national life Of Canada,
for among the guests were elope ,
to one hundred new citizens • who
had •conie from Holland, Hungary,'
Poland, Ukraine, Russia,' Estonia,
• Latvia, Yugoslavia, Scotland, 'Eng-
, 24 n , Total land and Ireland. • ' . • ,
The spirit of Christnias reigned
81
42 49 - • 279
24 '190
28
the mach desired friendliness, but -
supreme, for not only was , there
gifts. were distributed. and 'Christ- '
70 , "'I language. Shining over all was the
...„. naas carols sung by each -in his .own
78 495
41 422 glow of numerous lighted' candles
of red arkd green. To the joy of
and. bright Christrnassy .deborations
45 404
the children present, there was a
Christmas tree .glitte,ring.with tinsel
and colored balls.
Oely one little girl was in cosz,-----
tufne. She was Degaita-Vegers,-
who came to Goderich from Latvia
... Slippery roads resulted in a. car seven months ago. She -Was ‘a
Crash at 5.30 pan. Wednesday On centre of attraction in. her native
dress, and soon forgot her shyness
licteiradw
the hill north of the C.P.R.. over,
ansei.Sphaertners in -the games was Hari-- ,.
joined in the fun. „One of
barsi7ddgnen:Yaagbeoave :thSatl,thfeoredx. t• e ntEachot
*Gretier, little•Diftch boy, who with
About $150, police stated. Re1v. O.
The party reached ,its, zeniths for
his Parents lives on the farm' of --
0/
ceeding north around the curve
B. Woolley, of Lucknow, wa pro -
and won the prize in the -musical..
31r. Hugh Hifi, Colborne township.
. . .
them when they extelled all ;others
path of a. bar approachl in the
on the hill when he slid 'ate the
ren .of new Ca
-ehairs contest. Other little child- •
opposite 'direction ant riven b-3;
too, and nhappiness , and interest -
Gordon Sani so of Go ph, Mrti..
beara-ed-in their faces. '
Sampson su 'ered bruises and their
Though, many Of the older ()nests
thirteen-mouths,old. bey had, a
bore traces of past hardships In
cartilage in his nose broken. Mr.
their faces, all seemed CO be deter -
Sampson and their two-and-a-half-
inined to forget them, and they par -
year -old girl escaped uninjured.
ticipated wholeheartedly, in the --.-
Mr. Woolley-, was not injured but
entertainment provided.
was unable to proceed because of
Aliss. Josie Saunders,. regent of.
damage t'O his car and was brought
the Chapter, was assisted by. the
back to Godericb by Provincial Con -
members, and Mr, Van •Doornick,.
stable-Stottn-wno investigated the
accident. . 'business manager of • Alexandra
When Fred Armstrong, George
natives of _Holland, helped to make
Hospital,_ and Mrs. Van Deornickt
Harbor Aires chorus, were return-
Buchanan-andoe Kelly, of the
the 'newcomers feel .at heme.' The
nig last night from practice at Sky
Of carols led 1)37-'n Mrs. W. _ F.
_nregram 'opened- with -the singing -
Harbor, they unexpectedly met--a-
Saunders, with Mrs. E. H. Jeasop
snawplow as - they were coming
and °Mrs. Carl Schneiker At the
through. ' SaltfOrd. The. car , was
piano. ,A ,group of Hollanders'sang
baill3' damaged,- but * the o&upants
-Silent .Night" in their own lan-
escaped with slight injuries. •
" In 'pretty gold -colored costumes
gunge very beautifully. '
four -littlo girl§ exeguted ' a tap
• dance, and la ter in charming -white
(tresses performed a graceful billet'
number. They were Eleanor Emer-
son, Laurel •Lodge, Corinne Cran-
ston and Audrey Allison. They
were in c,harge of Mrs. Elmer Cran- ..-
ston. ' They won % prolonged ap-,
plause_ from the andience. - - -
Lovely vocal solos were con-
tributed by Mrs. Bert BaaChler,
who- was recalled after each. Her
accompanist ' 'was Mrs.' Carl
Schneiker;
Amusing Games
.
Gales of lough -ter filled the rooni
:is all joined in a series Id games.
A balloon game, directed by . Mrs.
R. .W. Hughes, Created myth nier-
riment and prizes were won by Mrs.
Leo Walzak, Stan Olech and.
Dagnita Vegers.
A Contest in Ivrapping il Christ-
mas parcel NVI,th one hand, in charge
of Mrs. R. C. Hays, was won by
Mrs. Czipo. .
Eight couples eng\Tig0 a contest
hi dressill-A"' -a model •i red, green,
.and -yellow crepe paper. They
were watched with interest as men
sewed, cut• and fashioned the .ea* -
Wales. The •winning* couple voted
by the a ild fence's._ applause were
1111 .1.§11 Lein and Mikolay Dyricoer;
'in second place were Stani Olech
E.,,,, Airs. E. A. Dissett.
Delici.ous coffee, SitnOw. febe% and
„....),„ : - ',,,, 0 •
Election Night. Meeting •p,
On election night, .in pursuance
of a traditional dustoin in Goderich A BRACE OF
„township; candidates and electors ROAD AdbIbiNTS
•
• met at HalmesYille to receive the
returns and talk over township
matters.- • - - . -
After Clerk Thompson had an-
nounced the winners., Ex -Reeve
Geote Ginn, was chosen as Chair,
. man, and ali, the candidates, win-
ners • and losers, spoke -briefly.
Reeve -elect Orr thanked. the. Voters
for their support and proinised his
best endeavors in the corning year.
Ex -Reeves Wilmot Haack° and Ben
Ihrthwell also addressed the meet -0
trig •and -others whn spoke were
old- Montgomery; of
Colbdrne toivnship, Road Superin-
tendent .Roy Tyndall and D. A.
-Stirling.-- The crowd, estiniated; at
from 150 to 200, were treated to
"smokes" and candies.
MAilf1TORIE HAYS
• Detroit. _Tne coMPany ' opens
its season on, Christmas 'night with
the. well-known • musical comedy
• "Showboat." Marjorie is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Hays, Goderich, *and is a graduate
'of the Royal Conservatory oy .Mpsic,
Toronto.• .
ready patronage that at ,, the end. ,NATIVE 'OF COLBORNE, .
of -,, the afternoon • very 'little was . . MS LN CALIFORNIA
•
left on the well -stocked triples., The • •• •i
tntal proceeds amounted to ap- •• .
proximately, $850. , '
Mrs. Josephine Chisholm, .presi-
dent of the Social 'Club, and Mrs.
Con Baecialer were in charge Of the
arrangements;
th'reb-tier,Christrigas cake made
anr-ac.nated 1. by Mrs. Charles Mc-
Laughlin, on which tickets • were
sold, realized $107.25. Mr. Chris,
• Brownlee 'held the lucky ticket on
the cake; and blankets were Won
by Mrs. Murray ,Sheardown and
Miss Edna Hogan:, • •
Conveners of the various booths
were: - Home -baking .- • Mrs'. G.
Plante,. Mrs. Frank Donnelly, Mrs.
J. • E. 13aechier. .Tea -Mrs. 0.
13ridgwater. Candy -Miss • Margaret
Evans and, Mrs. Bert Bitechler.,
Fancy work--4Irs. Charles Gibbons,*
-Mrs. Herbert,,SimPson, .Mrs. Tony
*laser, Mrs. L• Chisholm. Country
; The death occurred Hunting-
ton Beach,;California, on November/
27th, •of Charles Franklin Kerr, in
Itis seventy-fourth year. Mr. Kerr.
was born in Colborne township and
lived. in GOderieh before leaving in
1906 for California. Thei.e hb en-
-gaged, in business 14, -Huntington
13eac.h and for more than tWenty.
.years operated a service station.
Re was a member of the Baptist
Church. Surviving are his wife,
the former jerrnie Wilson; one
-daughter, • Mrs. 'Sophia Gertrude
Erwin; .of Huntington 'Beach ; one
son, Charles Hilton Kerr; live
sisters, • Mille May Thompson and,
Elizabeth Andrews,„ Huntington'
Beach; . Florence Smith, Chicago;
Nina Drummond, Seattle, • Wash.;
Frances' Pugh, Long 13each, Cali-
fornia.. Burial took place -at Hunt-
store--L•Mrs. 3. Sherrntt, Mrs. T. J. uxgt6T1 . Beach, Rev. Luther A.
Artinir of First Baptist Church con -
Drennan. Childrentsc surprise pack-
ages -Mrs. Dolena Carter, miss 'ducting the ,fuireral service.
The:• oni--" wa4.4,41.02,
Carrie O'Neill. Decoragtitiali
:ORD CASE
• • ,
with, people for the 'evening games. •
Every available space was -occupied David McConnell of Saltford. on
with ."bingo" tables, which ,were Wednesday morning served notice
filled all evening. The prizes were of appeal against the judgment of
groceries and chickens. Binge was Mr. Justide Schroeder in the action
in,„charge of on Baechler; and of, Clarke' vs. McConnell :heard in
other 'genies,: were conducted by
Frank Donnelly, ICC., arid Charles 22n4.
Supreme Court here. on . November
;Gibbons.
APPEAIS
The trial judge ruled that_ the
.•
Coffee was ,served in the evening plaintiff, .Herbert Clarke, service
by Mrs. Carl' Sc,nrieiker and .11iss- station' operator at Saltferdi was
Elizabeth Tobin. •'- . •
• entitled t� judgment restraining the
defendanti_Alsgelnell fro
g 0 p ain s propel y,
The marriage of Mary Elizabeth and to a mandatory order to- the
Harrison, datigliter ,Mrs. Thorne- defendant to remove poles or other
loe and the late Rev. Thorne-'
bstructions lace
p d by him on the
loe,, to Mr. •Grant Ballantyne Mae; property. A counterclaim by, the
kenzie,' son.of kr. and Mrs. A.. G. defendant was dismissed.
Mackenzie of St. Catharines. took
place in. North street United
Cburch, Obcierich, at-moori on Sat-
urday, Deceniber 3rd. Rev: C. W.
Crape offidiated and Mr. Alex: Clark
Was at the organ. The bride, given
in marriage by .ner • brother, „Mr.
C. Thornelod„. was lovely, ' in
11 graceful gown of4sapphire blue
velvetnith hat to match. She .nar4
'ed - a:nosegay- of -red -rosettrid,
1)1110 atter/a:- MISS - -A.gnes-10-11.-
Thorneloe,. . wearing Wine velvet
•with 'Matching hat, Was bridesmaid
for her sister. 11er nosegay was
'of pink carnations. Mr. Robt.
Kenny of Waterier), cousin of the
bridegroona, ‘VtIA 'groomsnaan and
the ushers were. Mr. Gordon, ge-
,MantiS and Mr. 'Doti Mason. - •
After a reception at the BecIferd
Hotel, the couple left for New York.
They will reside Kingsville,.,Ont.
Before the niarriage. the bride-to-
be Was the guest Of heath* at a mIs.
cellanepus shower at stiie 'home of
Mrs. tack Murpliy;• fit kitchen
shower at the home of Mrs. Gordon
ivie4anns, anti at a VerSanal shower
at Mrs. lohn Sully's. The ehoir
of North Street United Chin -641f
their practice on Thursday night
lastoi•tnade 'her the repitimit of a
•
LET VS TUVE REPORTS -
'EARLY —
any sehools,-churehes and other
organizations' will be.havIng,Chrikt-
Mat entertainments this Month.
telie Wgtial.Stat be,pleased to
have itports of these .affitirs for
publipation...Ent' let us have them'
proinptly,4please'-not a Week after
the .evetit.
PRESENTATION/ TO
. ELECT
Choir practice wag a merry event
last ,week for North street 'United
Churelf choir when members met at
the home, of the organist and choir
leader, Alex.' Clark.. Besides; the
regular practiee, contests, games
and. a rousing singsong _were en-.
•etef-r, .—Pa_r_itn„.--W.P.raell-
table& with song in his own in-
imitable style, affer vvhiel the
president and vice-president, Mrs.
F. Overholt and „Jack Murphy, made
the presentation zof •lovely Silver
relish dish to -bride-elect% Mary
Thorneloe., A. delicious luneb_was-
sarirett-lilider the convenership of
Miss Marie Smibert and,Miss Neflie
Colborne and their eaptible com.
mittee.
LA• DIEfft BOWLING LEAG'Ot
Bowling on 'Friday night for the
fsokicieonwdg:eri:s lir the.: ',Ladies* Soelal
League left the team skandings as
Holy Sockers .. . . . 14
eStrikeoutS 1Z
Toppers32
WestSiders ........ . 12
Eine Eells 0
• White -Caps. 5
Loafers 2 •
Kitty •
2.
Happy Gang ,...... .. .
„Pin Whaekers 0
• high scorers in single's were
Niary and Mantle Nte0a1)e
W. J. DALE WINS '
HULLETT REEVESH.IP
A close contest for tle reeves ip
of Hullett Township restilted in , he
eleetion of William J. Dale wit • a
margin -of. •five votes Over -J. R.
•Ropson. • The poll was: .Dale, '325;
Rapson,
• BRUSSELS
'13rus.sels re -.elected , Roy B.
Cousins to .the reeveship. He polled,
224-vo1es and his oppo'n en t, W. E.
Willis, 208.
Councillurs elected are A. Mc-
Taggart, Robert Bennett, R. W.
.Kennedy- ..and Win.,._khieir. •
TURNUERRY
• Turnberry Township' on "Monday
elected 9. N. Underwood reeve. for
1950.. Cauncillors were 'elected by
acclamation.
• • '-113LYTH
Counciliors elected' for Myth are
George., Radford, Harold .Vadden,
Lorne Scriingeeur and William
Riehl.
• William Morritt. :MIS elected reeve
1)y acclamation.
PERSON.AL MENTION
Miss - -• 'Charlotte Linington,• Lon-
don, spent the Week -end With her
niotherr Mrs. •Lottie Linington.
Mrs. -Fred -Morgan has returned
home after. spending- a month•With
her sister at Port Colborne., .
GEORGE PATERSON.
HEADS CANOE CLUB.
• The Menesetung Canoe. Club has
launched .upon -another winter sea-
son with the following. officers:
President, George Paterson; .vice-
president,' Fred Noble; treasurer,
W. A.,Hay ; secretary, George Mac -
Ewan; Commodore, Wm. Marwick;
chaplain, H. R. Hall; auditors, H.
McNee and D. D. Money; riddttion-
al members of executive, C. F.
Chapman, Geo. Muthieson. . •
The Club's weekly "500's" have
been resumed; also the "mixed"
parties held ,twice a month with
the ladies in attendance. .( -
.The Club is '•in good -financial
condition, and menibers are making
much use of the facilities of- the
club rowns. . •
Mrs. J. W. Moore left at•tbe -be- FARM MACHINERY
ginning of the week to spend four
months witb her daughter at
1,)etrolt. .
Mrs. J. W. Newcombe has re-
turned home from Buffalo, N.Y.,
after vralting with .her son Reg
and Mrs. Newcou•abe,
Miss Claire Reynolds left yester-
day to spend the wintei months -at.
NJY., the guest of Mrs.
W. H. Miner of 'Heart's Delight
Lan. • '•
Mrs. J, C. Wiggins has returned
•411 -,-•\-Ta ' • •
'Wttr7.'
rs. J. Ditzel, at Buffalo
and with her son Don and Mrs.
Wiggins at Acton.
Mr. and "Mrs. W. 3. Mills, ac-
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Morley
Paul& of London,' left on 'Wednes-
day to spend some time, in Texas
and 'Florida.
• Mrs.' Sidney Lee and family, who
have resided. in Goderich on Angle -
sea 'street for about six years, have
moved to Sebringfille, where they
inive taken up. residence. Mr. Lee
is an employee of' the C.N.R.
tioned at Stratford.
BIG MIST= OTION°— ° --
PLAN FOR CENTRALIA
•
The'l Central Mortgage and Hous-
ing Corporation. Is callitc for
.tenders for the,--'ercetion of an
_eigli teen -classroom- stheol- - at -the
Centralia airport, where a huge
housing project Is tinder Way. Fifty
housea- hirVe been, cOmpleted and
occupied and 180 nfitire are .equrse
02 toriStrnetion. According to
rumor' at least 600 henies are
planned', 'two churches ar0. to' be
ereetdd- and n business sect
added. , .
TEEN TOWN DANCE
• Seve'nty•rilve young people.,,were
present at the _Teen Town dance,
held. in the Collegiate gyaltiaSitun
"en. .night. MISs jean
Mienglea is triay6f of Teen Town,
whieh„..is spOnsored by the Go•ile.rielt.
Llens. Club, -
, FIRM ENTERTAINS
W. G. Sininions & S,ons,. district
agents- of the John Deere -Machinery
Company, were hosts to a i;atliering
of over 200 at the Towri Hall
auditorium on Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The guests were
farmers and- others from the 'dis-
trict extending frem Lucknow to
Brucefield. II. Galloway And E.
Green of Welland, 1:171.woc,evasenuxtaat_ive28:
ofiefiohn prney avn
new n I ran was meson et W1
hour reel. The topic was "Soil a genereusly filled paper brisket of
Censervation," displaTing seine • of candy and Arf.,I.O.D.E. calendar.
the new *products of the_sompanY Aninng the guests were Mr. and.
in linproved farm 'machinery, Dur- Mrs.. Ruediger,. Tyne.... a re assistants
afterpoon arid evening *draws at the Huron cetinty Horne. Their`
were Mode by several' small girls were norn in Russia, and had lived
jar prizes of motor oil and grease. th ee Years in Germany,befe-re,conr-
. in to Canada in Arignt of 1048.
MEETING OP -FEDERATED• .
WOMEN'S INST. BOARD
iii7pitpirt9Isi,ntv1..14ertsot_bg,nehtcrueit(4tthe Province _
Ttfo'Velferated Women's Institutes' :LigvviCe.Cels:t.d9'-'1Lak.t:1141:aftli;41fIlt
Poa•sibilities of setting up holiday
,1,1‘b3-roel'ierwnh;.cs),e,til:ntoleieil,e)viroilitIold.iraferi•tsrlpf.:41)italc it 2*...
Board held at the "Royal 'York. The few days to allow the Inortar to set
committee ennsists• of Mrs. 3. 'R. in the building of the eefincnt Week
Vutcher, . 31. 111101118 st Provincial walls. It is• necessary emnplete
president, and 'Alias Anna P. Lewis' these walls, before. -ilinishing- UO7-
direetar, Wothen's Institut('-Branek- -sheathing', on the roof for the tip.-
OntatiffITcpitifinent of Agrieniture. plica Hon 'of •shingles. So far the
Mrs.. W...1). Warner, 'Stamford sOuth, wall is about. finished,' the
Centre, presented an outline, of mg- .west wall about half done and the
gestions for the eoWang year's work east \Vail just nicely .started.
in the'.fieId of dirnituritty activities Pipes for, the artipcial ice 'AMA
and pnblie ,yelations. . arrived last, Friday._ it placed end
Five winners of $100 entrance to end the "WoUld stretch • for it
scholarships to Macdonald Thsti- flistance of about six
tute, Gnelph, were announced..The
names follow ; M. Yvonne 13allie, LIM' ktislegictioNs, Limn
:stitchett; .Athn. .S. Creed,. gtoney Fon' the benefit . Of Chriatinas-
Creek ;i" 'Frances X. Gosirll, High -.shoppers, the Hydro:Eleatic PoWer'''
.,gate; Margaret j. Hamilton, Commisqlon 'of \Thitariti: 'has lifted
Guelph ; 11. Lorrititie' Harding, store rvindow Jigbtlng restrietions-
Xifellerier. These, awards v11f be for thee, Dist portion or the Vbrist-
presetited tChatiquet to, be. 'held Inas shopping season. E. Weaveritt
t• he "11)1i— I/lilt:741711f: C'IninithiesSio°11°I,Thlehiv'el:latifil:
Immatisitio ANNOMRIC0 roliowhig.'telOrnr.a._:011 istousesaay
GIRL GUIDES" EA Airs, :startup, liactionititi, Sarnia,. n..E.P..11:,:n: .4 .‘ d
ow
lizehange ir,etel. The, Wait 'was Mt, and Ural, joSePli TliOnar18011 of•
irl Guides' bazaar wFliost1-11:8, t":441:147:117 tI,1:1116111:i'eni:8•1: 4411;4:tiolnettC":1)1.°0 1)0
eld on loridaY last in the lltitish. Thompson, • of Tillsonhult., son DeCember. ltith • to. December 24t1,
Over $30 was' realized at the of her second eldest daughter, lighting- eltutiy:;:16all ln'1
'Langtoniatur-
the ,Marriage ". take daY1 Peeeinberlittht and jaatiti-1100
.):411.co.,401110g, the *Yuletide season. DtecIttlier Nth. •
•V•
KING WINTER CRAMPS
ARENA BUILDERS' STYLE
'0
with ' 270 ,tind 2530 respectively:. h
1
tligh triples were Seired by Kitty 1,
Chapman i,vvith 014 and Wan& u
Overholt 'with 020. • " 0
nder .the' leaderslap. V&A`
ertrude "
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