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• .1.63rd, YEAR
GODERIC,I1,,ONTARIO, TOUESDAY, JULY 1$0, 1950
4
'strict Women's
Ilistitutes Picnic
at Harbor Park
...With areeord 'attendance Of two
hundi•ed ;Members, „the picifie held
,
at 'Harbor Park on Thursday • last.
Oladervanee of the 'fiftieth an-
niversary Of the West. Huron Dis-
trict ',Women's Institutes -was. a
huge suCcess, nnder tile' leadership
Of the president, Mrss, Larne &Ont.
te'oUr . of Blyth, • • „
The entertaining .program 4in-
eluded games, contests, and a.social
'gathering under the trees: Each
'Institute in the district.' was' -ye-
spensible for caie event, resulting
in, kb program of eons*iderable versa-
tility'. •
One Institute put on, a personal-
ity contest, but no onereceived' the
prite,- as the judgesfound it too
difficult to reach a decision. A
mixed group 'won an "orange con;
. test" put on 1.31Belgrave., •
. Colwanash Junior Institute bad
'a "punching the hag" contest which
•1' was Won by Ola 'Fangrad, of Lon-
oleSb4r0, Nancy Hutcheson, a Wing-
' ham, and Doreen .Lanab, of Colborne
tOwiaship, .
Collsorne• •tewnshiptS eontest,
• "trying ,on, hats," was 'won by a
., Mixed group. .Dungannon har••
sleen. :contest for the ehildrenfwas
sv'on! by George Proctor, Belgrave,
and..13obby. Robinson, Auburn.
The Winghani.,InStitute sponsored
a Contest in • kicking a lipper
through a hoop, which was won
by' Nancy ilutchesdn, of Winghana.
• . '• Fashion Parade • * -
• A .fathion parade put on by the
••-• .Goderieli branch' highlighted' the
pregrani, as members paraded in
lovely Paislej, shawls, black' silk,.
colored prints, bonnetS, or 'txt,cked• ,
and ,enibroldered long-sleeved night-.
gOWnS in the -fashion of fifty years
" -ago; Velvet jaekets, poke bonnets
and jace-triunned paritsols• were.
. worn proudly :by , the ladiess- A
"new look" hat was Made outs,of
• .
a cellophane .shopping bag, roge-
- trinnned. •
Th'e prize Was. awarded .
poinalar vote to Mrs. "Clarence
, .Sturdy and Mrs. George Ginn, of
• Goderich township, wha We're cos-
tume0 as bride and groom' of fift.•7
.years age, •The -bride" was In a
white dress, With veil caught to a
wreath of orange .blossOinS, while
• the "gro-oin" .wore a 'silk hat. and
'cataway, coat. A placard carried
by the couple proclaimed them as
descendants •of ,Elizabeth Sturdy
-and Tiniioas Ginn, first''. -white
couple married „in ,(Joderich town. -
ship.' • ' • ' •
• Costumed in lace and 'black silk,
)etid-trimmell, with black lace
Jantella and parasol, Mrs. A. Wil.
kin of ,GodeOch 'wOn 'Second place.
. 'Charter Members Present
Charter members • „pre.sent •were
Miss Margaret -King, Atiburn ;' Mrs.
• George Sturdy., Anburn; • Mrs.
Robert McKenzie, . Dungannon;
Mrs. Neil 'McDonald,' Xintail; Mrs.
MeDortald, MrS.-
• - Roderick McKeilzfe, intai1; Mrs.
James Michie, Belgrave; Mrs. A. Y.
Henderson, Colborne: branch;
J: S. Howrie and NHS'S M. -E.' Salk-,
• eld,' Goderich. . •
Scrimgeour, presided:Tat 'the
Slipper tables in the. pavilion:
• heautifully decorated •Thake, With
fifty 'candieS, centred the head table.
/he secretary, Mrs. CittirPepp
Dungannon,read' •a congratulatory
.• letter from Miss Anna Lewis,. Ter-
* onto, Departmental ,superintendent
•" of Women's Institutes. •
• The, cake was Mat by*Mis. Robert
• McKenzie, Dungannon charter mem-
• ber; • and a lovely houquet of
• flowers was - presented to • •MrS:
Thonaas InowerS, of Wingham, mem-
'her Coming the: greatest distance. •
* Mrs. •J. S. Howrie, ,of Goderich,
• • lighted a candle. in honor Of do -
eased members and a ininure'S
• silence followed. •.. •
• • Mrs. 0.*:.Loekbart of Chatham,
:formerly •Of Goderich, : lighted • a
•candle, fer.past „district presidents.;
Mrs. Neil •McDanald, for, charter
'members, and Miss Ida Petts,Blyth,
for all Women g Institute members.
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE •
SHORT COURSE
I-' AT Tim wATEltriORT
Arrivals at the Goderich elevator
the past 'week: Friday-sSuperior;
104,000.,bus„ eatO, .wheat and barieY.
,•Sattirdayss:Barge. Pertadoc,182,0;100
bias; wheat.; .barge*Owendoe; 184,000.
bus wheats Wednesday—Starbu.elt,
140,040 ,bus..,•osits. .
The barge Portasioc6 was in tesSr.
of *the" str. .010:K an1 the Owen -
doe in tew,otthe etr. Prindee. /he
stetuners *mit 'down • the lakes With
their' own cargoes and have since
returned and picked up the barges
for the return trip to the lakelaead.
/he A.' A. -Hudson. due tonight
at the elevator. , ' ' •
The collier Glenelg arrived on
Friday- with, 'coal for the -Purity
Flour
'The Imperial Cobourg brought
eargo of, gasoline4for.Imperial Oil -
from Sarnia on Sunday. .
A new steel slidefor,the children
has. been placed sit ;the bathing
beach 'to:' replace the -old. waden.
(me. .
Happy days are here again,
Beulah (Miss•Shackleton to you) Is
at the hathingshou.se restaurant
again for a .holiday firm teaching
school- at Hamilton.
lVIESSAGES.YROIYX.FQRMER:
RESIDENTS or 'COLBORNE
At tbe Colhoprne 'Township cen-
tennial celebratian on June 20th
several -letters from' former <resi-
dents of Atte 'township expressing
regret at _their inability to be pre -
•sent were read. These inc1ude4
Mrs. James A. . Shultz (Ruthie
Oke), St. Petersburg, . Fla: ; Lottie
Jones, Brandon, Man.; Mr. and
Mrs. gee. Newman, Hilney,l' B.C. ;
Mk. and Mrs. J. A. Stirling, Nino.
Man.; Rev, J., Ure Stewart; R.R.
Woodstock," tint.; Rev. 'Wallace H.
Moss, O.lds, •Alberta..
PERSONAL, MENTION
„ „. m.
resence ()I ow,
Saves Home fivin
•Destruction
Quiek actiqn On the part og AItS.
Harold Young, Bennett street, prob-
ably saved' 'her house from being
destroyed by Are on "Wednesday
•evening., •-
She.i.eft a tin, of parowax on the
stove while she went out to call
her •children, Viben she returned
the tin was 11.An3iSS 4011,(AnteS. • She
pielted. It and carried it to the
perch, where it exploded...Drop-
ping it an the flOor, be went to
the telephone and called the fire
brigade. Returning t� the porch,
he kicked' the can outside,. where
it smoldered. • A 'plastic lable, cloth
in •the •Porch was ignited' and
burned. • ,
• Little damage was done, as the
flying wax hardened wherever it
alighted. _ When the fire depart-
ment arrived the flames. 'of the
'burning can had died down.
'QUESTION .OF SITE TOR.
NEW G4..1. "BuI,XMI:NO
• Members of the goclerich,Distoict
'Collegiate Institute Board and the
Town Council Met together at the
Town,Hall on Saturday evening to
discuss the question isf a site for
the proposed4esi. Collegiate build -
/he Agrieulturalriiark site Was
considered, but in view of, the ex-
pense of •providing elsewhere the
accommodatieng now established at
the Park objection • was taken to
the choke of this site. •••4.
Several •ether •properties in the
south part of the town are Mall -
able, and anolher meeting will be
held, shortly to discuss the. question..
Miss Olive•Groldtharpe of, Toronto
is. visiting her sister, Mrs. W. .G.
liacEwan.
Miss' MacVicar, of Wel-
land, is spending the .holidays at -
her home here. *. '•
Mrs. B. W. :Thorne ,has,,returned
to Toronto after visiting herL
Mrs. Chas. • pant; ,St. Patrick'S
street. .: .
Mr. Chas. Allan and MitSS^Eyit
Atkin, Reg.N., Dreaden,•,were recent:
guests With their-. sister, ,Mrs.. Ls B.
-Croidt.„ .•• - •
Mr. James Tiger(' of Hamil--•
ton, who is spending the summer
°at Kincardine, made a brief visit
in town .this week': •
'Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Cornell of
'Toronto spentthe past week- svith-
Mr. Cornell?e, sister . Mrs. Cart
Wersell, Keays street.
Mr. Alex. MitcVicar .of•Slontreal
Is spending • this •:week With
parents, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. George Mac-.
\leer, Lighthouse street. ,
Mrs._ W -.L.. Eliot and ditughtern
•Mrs. Aiken •-and • Miss GiadyS
Eliot, of London, are spending the
summer a Sea- Gull_ Cottage.
, •
Mr.- E. W. Foss of /*onto, is'
1re
adc
newing 'aequ_nintanees .ie.: town
visiting his sister, Mrs.
Knuckle, and •Mr. J. W. Baker. -
Mayor''..Vlathieson, who. was . in
•Alexandra' Hospital „for several
days last • week, is out again and
attending tethe Town's business.
Mr. and Aire. Chas.' SheardOWit'
of Windsor liave"returned home
afterspendinga week here with
Mrs.. Flossie, ".-4,1Sheardown and
friends.
• Mr., and Mrs. Ernest Pritehard
of %Toronte,„..who- have been boll-
dayingyat Bogie's Beach, had Miss
Pam Pentland .of Detreit ais. their
guest • this Week: . •• •
Mr. and MrS:' Douglas Johnston
and children', Hartle anti...Brian, of
London, • were recent guests with
Mr. Johnston's, parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo;•Johniton. , • -
, Mrs. William ',Dore and daughter,
Miss ;Gladys Dore, of White Plains,
New York, are •the guts of the
former's sittter,„ Mrs. George 'Mac-,
Vicar,*and Mr. AltieVicar.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Pelting of
Fullarton and Mr. -and „Miss': ,Harry
'Vines of Guelph • were week -end
guests with :lir., and 'Mtg. - Chas.
Austerberry, Brock street. •
Mrs., A.• L. Vitettlaufer, Anglesea
street, is visiting with her mother,
Sims R. J. Bartley, 221 Lancaster
street E.; Kitchener; and plans to
return to Goderich in '.'ilbOut a
ritontles time.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Good. and Mrs,
-AzIotor --SilliStoateSsate41,ifyan-;:sfien
the week -end in Thorold • and
•'Nlifiara 'Falls with Ains.•Sims' hps-
• band, vvlio is tiboard the ,S:S. Heron
Bayat ,Thorold. .. 4, • .
•;Miss' Mary Joyce EllWood has
been successful in passing ' with
honors her grade 5 piano exarnin-
ations the Royal Conservatory. of
Music. She Is a pupil of Miss
Laura M. Jacksbn, .
Mrs. F. M. ,Weaver, a the Gode-
ATeiriftiginesS*.t.Coltectea"the
annual convention of the Canadian
Business. Schools Associntion held
at Young's' Pent,, 'near Peter-.
borough, last Week. •
JaMeS Morrish and Mrs.
Morrish, ocf, St, Johns; Mich, have
• *. A huge number of members of
Goderich branch Women's Institute,
• accbmpanied by friends, attended 4
short course on frozen „ foods, Pn
July 5th, in the Legion Had. MIAs
Margaret -Myer, from the, Women's
• Institute branch and -home `"ecen-
_ oinks', service, Ontario ' Department,
Agrieulture,-61Iditaatlie-thuize:z
miss Myer • illustrated ber talk
• • with two' Intetesting films,. • One
showed the preparation and niettiod
of quick-freezing . of fruitS..'and
vegetables., • the. *Second 4l1in de-
• scribed the preparation, .and .wrati-
;.ping of Meats, poultry and fish., also
the method of quick-freezing- pas-
tries of all Wilde. • .• .•• -
Mrs, Mumby, president of Gode-
„ „ rich.brancli.Institute, thanked MiSs,
• Myer for cOndtieting thig"fritt-i- ruc-
five course- , She also expressed ap-
• preciation of Mr.. Sheardown's help
.,_ in securing the Legion "Hall for
the e,IpoSitiOn of the •coarse. .
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED '
Mr. and Mrs. -Albert 'Bond, Godes.
rich township, wish to tint olince'the
engagettent .of their daughtei•,
Helen, to Lawson Woodcock, on of
Mr. and Mrs, 11. Woodcoek,' Fred..
victon. NA, The marriage 4111
rake piecethe latter part .(if
Mr, and Airs. J..M. Martin., Gode-
rieh,' annonnee , the 'engagement of
their daughter, tleator Lneille, to
Mr. William Isadore Slywchtik,
'London, son of Mr. and, Mrs.( jobb
Slyweltak, Timmins, .0ntario,
Slywehtik IS it civil engineer gradn.
ate of Queen's 'University. The
marriage will take . phiee
George's...Anglican Church, on Ittly
22nd, at 1 o'clock. •
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).00.1TIJ4R.Ts
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JOHN 'BAMFORD
:The death occurred on -Friday,.
'Jtily 7, at Vantouver,"of John Bam-'
ford, seventy-fifthyear.• • Mr:
Bamford; a brother of Thos. 13ntn-
ford of .Goderich and Mrs. R. R.
Sallow(Clara); formerly �f Gode-
rien, is survived by an only daugh-
ter, Owen, -of Vancouver. • A native
of .Ontario Mr. Bamford, resided
for sev'erai:, years in West Wawa-,
nosh before Moving to Saskatch-
ewan, .where he operated .a drug
store, and upon retiring Moved to
Vaneduvert • _
• . . •
• •SAMUEL' ARGYLE .
• The death of Samuel :Argyle, ,a
native of Nupeatoil,•11riglamt, o,c-
cored suddenly *on Friday night
at Alexandra Hospital after an ill-
ness ef ,a few 'days. Ile had been
living w„ith his son, Samuel Argyle,
_jr..._Brit4ania. road. „Her was „in his.
eighty-first:year° • Most •-of his long
life had . been: detoted to service
for • his King and country. As a
very.young qn-an, he served with the
Imperial Army in Indil On com-
pletion '.6T • ,.his 'time there, be,
'joined the Metropolitan Police in
:London, • auchow-hen the-SoutirAfris
can War broke out he temporarily
left the 'foree, to serve with the
King's First Dragoisn Guards'
throughout that wain; Returning.
to England, he was again, with: the
Metropolitan Police • untir..-the• out-
bieak of World War. I, in which
he served •throughout In the East-
ern campaign-. At the close ef the
war, he ow:tensed to the. Metropoli-
tan: -Pollee.• • .•
After his final retirement from
this body, , he was engaged in a
Government' service,. when heen-
fortunately, lost a leg in an aeci-
dent. Despite this handicap, he
'paid his first' visit to .Goderich a
few Years gQ, oming. by'strAns-
Atlantie*plane. Later he went back
to England, and he made hi's third
trans-Atlantic "flight 'when he re-.
turned to Goderich three years, ago.
Typical of n old campaigner, Mr.
Argyle said little about his cololful
career, as a Soldier. He Was a
familiar figure ha Goderich as be
•Went pbout town propelling. his
wheel chair. Ile. joined .Goderieh's
Octogenarian Club 'on his',eightleth
birthday,last year. ••He,wasi..a mem-
ber of St. George's Anglican, Church.
••• Surviving,, besides his son, is one-
danghter, Mns. • (Dr.), 'Cooper, 'of
Accra, Gold Coast, . South ,Africte,
who, .with her young San, accom-
panied, her father • to 'Goderich on
his first trans-Atlantic flight. Six
grandchildren also survive him.
A. ,service at the Brophey .funeral
honae on ,Sunday Ovening Svass.'co.n-
ducted by R,eV. B. IL ;Farr, of St.
George's' Angliean Church.: Cremn-
lten:stooko.plaed-tit._,St., Jaines'_ ere-,
matorium,. ,'Toro,n,to,, • On * Afenday
afternoon. and ,-the aShes * Of be
deposited 1n Holbrook chtirehyard
at Ipswich,. England.
'• MISSING TICKET TURNS UP
Frank Heard of Elgin, avenue
east was the holder, of 'gate :ticket
No. •g31,04 iSsued at the Monk Club
carnival' on July 1st find • receives
a Witte ridge • lamp. When the
not present to claini • the prize, the
number ,was published in last
week's Signal -Star, kly whieh means
Mr. ,• Heard realized he was the
holder of the ticket:
4
fi•
betel renewing acquaintances In the
district. (-Air, Morrish is a native
of Beniniller and n former student
of the Goderieh High Sehool.
*Mr. Dobald Croft, formerly of
town, has boon appointed - C.N.R.
eipress agent at Waterloo. Mrs.
CrOft and son Barrie are .with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. AL
Rbertsen, Until a dwelling. is found
t Waterloo. ,
"
Mrs. F; IL Alartini 'Mr. and Mrs,
Boss Thompson, and their sorts,
Martin and Timothy, of Peter.
borongh, made it brief visit in town
•thiS week. They have been staying
In, their 'cottage At Bayffeld since
tite 'first a the Month.'
,
•1 ortra3•ing.a bilde and groonoof fifty years agasMrS. Geo. Ginn,
left, and MrS. Clarence•Sturdy, right„ tookpart in the Women
• Institute :fiftieth, anniversary pienie•at.13nrbor Park on July Otb."
, The pnegram ineluded a Fashion. Parade .in which eestinnes of •
n half-eentury ago were. presented.. An interesting 4i -delight
was the' filet' that both .1Mrs. -Ginn and Mr.S. Sturdy .aire. de-
scendants of Thomas .Glinn and Elizalfetb Sturdy; -the first •
. white cOuple 'Married in Goderich, ,toWA*1111)-
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c:ricore TShowers
-Winning Colunin
After losing, three games 'in a
row; tile Goderich Flyers bounced
back -into the ,winning column 'On
Monday, night .•when.' they took, the
'sCoeourtet.alla • School ,witha.:- 7-0
•
Craig 7Costello went' the)aiwhole
(Usti:ince for the loeal boys, With
3:0()4 tarting ;41.1t as his battery
mete and Bert Worsell going behnld
.the bat for the last ,.three innings.
Craig was rather stingy .with bis
hits, only three lusty clouts ,being
secured, by the enemy. two of these
coming in the first innings. Titer
Flyers in the meantimeWere taking
kindly to the slants of BrawleY,
although again the heavy sluggers
on the Goilerich, team failed to copse
through in the pinches.,
Numerous changes were made in
the locals' lineup, the management,
wanting to find out just the strong-
est aggregation that, can be Mus-
tered when playoff time arrives.
The weakness in the Flyers is that
the hiti.ers are not. •good fielders
and . the fielders fait to hit, but
.aPparently bigger and better leagues
than tbe Huron -Perth experience.
the same'difficulties. The result is
that a good deal of juggling by the
management is necessary to get the
roost • out of the , squad. Lack of
practice LS quite evident, and if
the boys could get together for two
or -three rear workoutsthe team
wont(' be at least fifty per, cenl.
stronger, particularly_ in the hit-
ting clepartnient, which has never
been good.
1 B1oit4TigeN' xxvits
The, week ef julY 17-22 will be
known as "Arts and ('raft 'Week;
•
with the.special. features*, ineleding
a 'Sandbox conteSt and' a- kinder -
garter: track meet. Craft work for
all age groups will .be emphasized
during this week; ‘, •
, There are now two 'specialized
craft grottp.i-pmeeting at the play-
ground. TIfOre 'are' both a boys'
and *ti • girls' group participating
In 'plaster paris Modelling, leather
work and plastic' WOrk. Children
over ten are urged to join these
groups,
,Learn:to-swiin'' classes are to be
-held every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday. There will be three classes,
starting at 2 p.m. 2.45 p.m.: and 3.30
p.m. These childrelfwho have been
registered in these classes areurged
to be present at allle,ssons.•
HorseshOe pits have been con-
structed at the playground, and
everyone is invited to play. It is
hoped that .the • adults will come to
the playground in the eyening and
enjoy horseshoe..pitching.
Results of the boys' -athletic:
teams: ,
• • SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Yanks 15—Foxe5
Cardinals 11—Indians, 10
Brush -Cuts 7—Yanks
"VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Indians defeateed Cardinals 15-1;
,• 15-6;
Yanks, defeated Foxes 15-6, 15-1..
Foxes defeated Cardinals 15-9,-15-6.
, A tether ball tournameut started
*this week, With „approximately
forty-five bays .taking, part. /he
boys have been divided into age -
group sections, 9-10, 11, 12-13, and
14-15-16. A • champion will Lai
named for each age group.
NAVY' VESSEL. TO VISIT 'CROWN. ATTORNEY HAYS
• WEDS ROBERTA JOHNSTON
• GODERICH HARBOR
Roberta 'Miriam Johnstop,
ter ot Mos. Johnston and the late.
Mr:• Robertjohnsfonr of .Goderich,
Mayor Matheson has re-
ceived word that
YOrtage, eonunand of Lieut.
.E. P. • Earnsmw, will berth at
Goderich • harbor on Friday
morning, July, 14, for a two-
• day visit.
•H.M.C.S. Portage. is an Al-
gerine class mineswceyer with
A, complement of one hundred
men and nine -officers. She is
based at Halifax, KS., and is,
returning from a goodwill' and
training cruise to the head ,of
the Lakes.-
. becanie the 'bride, of HarrY • .11eini
JOHNSTON REUNION •
. AT HARBOR PARK
The JohnstOn rennion was..beld
at Harbor Park` on* Saturday after-
hoon,..July 8, with an attendanee
of about ;seventy-five A program
of .•sports was•. started* arOmid.
o'clock • and winners Were, ad, fol-
lows . , • •• ;
Girls and boys 1: to 4 yearS—
Yvenne Drennan, 211(1r Iretinie
PoWell, Evelyn Joh.nsten tied.*Girls
7 to 1J years --Anna. Mae Drennan;
Reta Ann, JohnSton; *Marie John-
ston, 'Boys. 7 to 1O -Joe Drennan,
Paul MOSS. Girls 10 to 16—Lorna
Allen. • Bois 10 to 12 — pickle
Steller, Fred Moss. Boys 12 10 10
—Arnold Drennan, JIM Meereiglit:
Girls' kick-th•e-slipper—Anna Mae
Drennan, Jnequelene •Brown. Boys'
kick-the2slipper s --,Arnold• • Drennan,
Bruce Johnston. Ladies' kick-the-
slipper—Mts.. Mritun. Steller, Mrs;
Allen. Sack rape—Paul Moss,
Dickie ,Steiler... Married women's
race:--41rs, Elaine..Wilson, . Mrs.
Joyce' Whitten.. Men's races -Jiro
MeCreight; Jim Joheston..,:•
skipping race—Annit Mae Drennan,.
Marie Johnston. Boys' 'skipping
race—Fred Moss,' Bruce Johnston.
Wheelbarrow' race—Fred Moss • and
Dickie Steller; Paul - MOSS 'and
Brice Johnston. Peannt • scramble;
—Betty Steller, Arnold Drennan.
'Free ice cream and chocolate bars
were serVedto all. A 'bonnteous
supper was served at 6 o'clock.
After supper gifts were .presented••to
the four oldest women present:
Mrs. Frank Johnston; Mrs. Fred
Johnston, Mr's. Archie Johnston and
Mrs.. Michael Older.
A white elephant ,sale was con•
'ducted, by -Saln -Svarn.toinlse fu".
for next year's reunion. ' •
.• A:business Ineeting.follewed, with
the following ofilcers elected': Presi-
dent; MISS Effie ,Johnston;
president, Fred.' • jelinston ;
tary, Mrs. Albert Powell; treasurer,
'Airs.. Albert 'Brown; sports • organ-
izer, Buster Clark. " • ---
• CLOSING IVIANIT011A.
FLOOD RELIEF FUND
As, will Ite noticed from a letter
on page 8 of this ',she, the Mani.
tobri flood relief caniphign is to he
dosed* on :, Jul -.'s 15th.' Lbeal "COnt-
inittees and any -.other agencies
which have boon' colleeting for the
fund are asked to forward any ,con-
tributions they inay have on hand
as soon as possible after the (*los-
ing date. ' •
1 The Signed -Star will publish the
names Of any„'f-Urther contributor?)
itt next Nveelea issue,
AUBURN BIG PAY
NttEDNZSDA-14-ZULY-2
The annual field any under the
anspiees of- the Auburn 'Memorinl.
Community find Associntion will
be held on Wednesday,. July 26th.
The celebration will eommence with
a monster parade whieft will leave
the village for the Anburn bhll field
at 1.30. • One of the big" attractions
of the day will be a satingl league
game at OM p.m. between
'Cent -pith', and the tucknew Sepoys,
with their famous battery of colbred
litlys, Hall and Brooks, with their
Imzz.balls and clever catebifig. '
• Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cornish,
accompanied by the former's par-
ents, Mr -and Airs fl 1 Cornish,
all of Godelleh, have left by 1inotor4
for Somme, Lucky Lake, Sask., Mr.
E, -Cornish is making his first
trip back to the 'West in' twenty
yearn.
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Hay, Son of the late Mr. -:and Mrs.
.1-anteig Hays of Seaforth, in a ,quiet
ceremony' at- the home of her
Mother, on Saturday, Only 8th. The,
marriage service Was performed by
Therlyt3rs -face the •Lucan "Irish
Nine" on ,Friday evening at the
local park, andthey.are still smart-
ing .frons the 10-6 ?-trOuncing they
took from that ,teauf last week.
The boys expeet"to have their new
uniforms donated by • local enter-
prising businessinen,‘„ and,. it is
lapped* they will celebrate the oc-
casion by taking the: men from
Middlesex,: although that team has
in its line-up•two. or three :of the
strangest hitters in the Huron -Perth
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League. • • •
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• How They •Beat .CentraIM .
Monday's game' the Flyers
scored' three' rUns 41-1 their firstsin-
nings, with only •, one bit off -.the
.Centralia pitcher, ,who 'was inclined
to be wild, another run in • the
fourth, onein the fifth tial two
mpre in' the -.seventh to complete
their t tal of ...seven. Centralia had
seorifik chaneeS itt the first innings
when Schtfeider and. Grant boni.
artror Has
miktal Visitor
Woman Flyer
Sonxetliing 0, little Mausnal caused'
speetatorr3o look • a little-Atardeg
..than Usual at the Piper Jr& aircraft
Lit Goderich airport last week„ 'rho'
,
Omni at the controls wasn't a,
Miss Lorna Dray of Ottawa, ` who
is vigitiog TAINI, and is
licensed. Pilot, took several: Of •ber
friends for •pleasure ffigtits. Tblo •
is the first time „in years that ''aik
aviatrix has rented a plon.e0frOnt.
Sky Harbor Air Services.. *-Mitt*,
Bray is intent en beeonaing. a cOnt-
she will be a very, efficient and efp-
mabeirec. i9a41 e. pilot, and fr.ona. allt8
_rePP:
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The ,latest student to enrol With
Sky Harbor Air Services, to take .
the ais3i
e p,r.non
ProvedcaordemdytR.R.
rse,of.plolot,train-t4
Elmwood. . •
Visiting aircraft to Sky Harbor'
Air Services within the past week '
include the following: A Republic
•Seabee from, Toledo, Ohio, -pi1oted:6'.
by D. W. Stour, jr.; a Stinson 10
pileted by. L. Tynan of ISetrOlt:o
it Seabee piloted by'O. P. Haney of
Toledo; a Fleet Canna from the •
Chatham Flying Club piloted by
a club member; an Ercoupe from ,
Windsor piloted by T. Ames; a: •
Fleet Canuck piloted by lo J. 'it. •
-11:10:ts:12n. ; an.d a Tiger .„Noth. from
BI•ampton piloted by R. MK,
Congratulations to Mess•rs.
(loin, Cyril Dunbar, Peter LOWen4,--
and Kenneth Stocked for • succeqs-
fully passing their flight tests for
a, private pilot's, licene at. pry_
Harbor last :Monday. . Inspector •
Roy Pinder stapervised their . testis
and also the written exanaltnitiOns,
width were written by-Itenneth
Stuckitil, airmanship; Grace:Piuder, •
air,regulations; Jnclo.litewart, air-• "
flia "'ships and navigea nen meteo-
roloky; John Graf, air regulations;
Cyril Ditulia.r; lirmanship, and Vern
Speiran, commereial pilot exams.
LOCAL HORSES DO WELL
AT° EXETER MEET
and distriet 'horses
brought further racing glory to this
community,,nt the Exeterharness
rah meet on Wednesday afternoen.
Huron Express, the 4ride,-of Bill
W•oed. and Jack Gardner, • again
was the outstanding loeally-owned
horse, but three °then pacers (tuned
in o'editable performances. '
- The' Express, ably driven by Bill
Gardner, • was _easy 'Winner
against seven. 'Other 1400(1 borses
itilThe
tbteeek, hgeealdtisup.f..vo jtirh 2e3).14:11-lacry.
Making •a big minie for himself
in racing. Circles,' "bettered bis "own
record each time Out., being ,clOcked
in at 2.11 1/5, 2,10 2,,'Z .1 '1 4/5.
LEGIONETTES KEEP
THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD,
' Behind the four -hit pitching •nf •
,Goderich Legionettee
classy hurler, Exeter was. handed.
a 12-0 • setback in an • OXIiibition---
game held '.en ..Tuesday night at
I•7Seter. ' • r '
Not only did the Goderich Mound..
.ace. rack up a. total. of seventeen
strike -outs in the seven innings,.
but she also aided .her.team with
a homer, a, triple, a dotillte ,and_tWo,
.bit .safely, but with men 'on vcond
Brnee .Rrthiley's •ciflt, :hist rive t111 -itis' Pat'
and third Cbst,ell 0 struck out Der- niftype,Lij I worked baok of the pbite for"Glide- •
Wood
Boer, . the clean-up man, on three tut d i
'n .11; .. rfonmince
pitched halls. Schneider gota hit • ti-***. threelvehr-old Pace:
•* EXOter's artist, -
lacked in control *hat she had in„ '•
sneed. Stewart and Taylor divided
real -4,1'1'm duties for Exeter. . 6
To •date*, the. flashy, Legienettes -
have an undefeated 'record for the
season. _ •
Lekionettes Mast Glamis 384
in` a one-sided hit-filledogame• On
Monday night, the ,Goderich Legion- .
ettes downed ,Olarhis Ali -Stars 332
Wifkon started on , the iiiourid for
Godericb„ and Was replaeed in the
sixth by .Boyce;. Wood- and •Mae- •
Lean worked behind the plate. The
battery for Glamis was -JohnSton*
'and Thompson.
,
against the "cream ,)f 'Western On-
tario -Colts,. • the Groderich pacer
reeledoff a tbird,. sixth and.secand.
Thig WO Just Teddy's "third time
out.
Another • third -time volt. Miss
Callie• Grattan, 4,wned by George
Peagan and driven hy •Bill Gardner,
went in ' with ' the more experienced
horses in the 2.28, ,pace.' -She fin-
ished fourth -in the_ -first_ heal and.
ainInSt• 'nippeNt the winning Miss
Chips at the .wire; to take second*
place in the second •a final heat.
.Leah• Harvester, George .
six-year-old . pacer, _finished
siXth and .,•a, ,Creditable . third In
another division Of • th.e 2.28 pace.
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ACTIVITIES AT •
-MAITLAND GOLF CLUB'.
ftoluertgbart117 ,Intralia; see;
1 , but fi-om then On
aR6_es:LiAr.ect..1),),C1•?iFleavir:ripllnof Woodstock,
w•1 Limy° The enemy „did netgioce;teis much
pt. Rochester, Minnesota, uncle: °-t trouble and were unable to push
the bride. Mr. A. Clark played eye, „de countericross The plate.
• The *box score shows •C7entralla
with 0 runs, 3 hits' and 0 errors,
and they left four men stranded, on
the basis.-.• God,erich had 7 runs -off
5, bits. They had Mae .error and
fert-li-Ve hied oil -the -COS teliO
struck nut. nine find walked. four.
Brawley struelt out four and gave it
similar number free passage to first.
Thorndyke and Debaupre 'handled
the .gameand the teams lined up as
folloWS:
, GODERICII—Warren .11),, sIiIler
• cf,• Holland rf, • peak c,- Newconthe
Evans lb, Wilsqn
Costello p. ,Falcener :replaced Hol-
land -in rf-in the -7th' and was then
replaced by H. Wonieft 'Bert •Wois
sell replaced Doak -behind the bat
in the fourtb innings. Erskine toa
ever from Newcombe in the „fotirth
land Young batted for Erskine i in
the sixth Ainslie rentheed Wilson
in the fourth innings. , •• •
CENTRALLA—Crowe. ss, "Benin -
to ef, •Schneider 1b Grant 21), Der.
Boer If; Joberg 3b, Martin if (Mc-
Guire batted for Martin in the
*Onelette C,Brawley p.
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HURON -PERTH LEAGUE'
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the wedding inusic. The bride,
given in marriage by .her untie,
1. W. 'Joynt of leucknow„ wore
a. gown. of champagne %
tin With
pointed •bodice and overskirt. of
Her tinger-tip veil
of tulle vv:ag held .by a haTo7of lace
and -seed: pearis,-*•and she "carriesil
gardenlas.,•• lier sister, Mrs..George
ber attendant, ina
simply -fashioned -gown of .tlaWn
blue it marquisette over 'faille,- with
anatehing Regency cap,and bouquet
of *blue iincl 'wliite daisy: 'mums.
Howard Hays of: Windsor whsbest
mans .• •
• Mrs.' Johnston, mother of -the
bride, received her guests gowned
in moss pink faille with matching
accessories, large navy hal; ..and
corsage of *violets and ,roses: Mrs.
Howard Hays assisted, wearing
mist blue silk with grey, accessories
and corsage of pink rases.
For „going away theshride .wore
an 'aqua ensemble of ,,Chinese silk
with coffee tone hat and accessories.
The couple Will reglde in . Seaforth.
The groom IS the Crown attorney
of Huron ....county.; The.:.bricle is a
git-latod.uate -0! the University of Tor -
.e . s •
;Among the out-of-town .guests
were: Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hays,
Mr. Jnines Hays, Port Erie;
anil Mrs. Howard Hays, Miss Nanes,
Hays,- Mr: Scott Hays; Windsor;
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. •Hays, Detroit;
Mrs. A. E. Millon, Miss. Eileen
Millon, Weston; Mr. andMrs. J.
W. Joynf, Lucknow ; Rev. 'W. J.
Lillico, DD., and Mrs. Lillico,
Roehester, Minnesota ; Mrs. John
Cooke, 0611i/11-M1M' MaryL. Hays,
MISS' Mtirnie 'Marriott; Miss
Virginia Cooke, Mr.- and Mrs. D. 13.
Jewell, ,all of Toronto; Mr. -and
Mrs. Marriott, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
,Carl ton ten _ Mr. and Mrs,
A. MeAfagter„Air. and Mrs. Harold
Jackso.n, Mr...and • •Mrs.
of Seafoi•th ;.arni .Dr: and
Mrs: Will in 111 Cameron,. London.
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LAWRENCE—COPP
--- -In St, • -Jtinies'' -Church... Parry
Sound, 0n July 1st, Mary Andree
Copp,. danghter •Of Mr. and Mrs.
rmanopp,---WoOdsto4:
milted _in Marriage to Raymond. El-
wood Lawrence of London, Son -Of
Mrs: Frank H. Lawrenee, Goderich,
and the Inte Mr. Lawrenee. Rev.
1-1. :c. Harris ollielated. The bride,
given in Inarriage•by her father,.
wore a champagne 'crepe dress with,
Matching nethsorieS and it is•rsage
of Talisman raes. iNliss Mary
'White of Halnilion was the bride's
only attendant, Wearing a brown
printed nylon dress with matching
lint and gloves' and a .eorsage of,
roses. Gerald Teeple, 11.C,A.F.;
Trenton, was groomsman: ,A wed -
.ding dinner follnwed at the- Hotel,
Belvedere ovprToolting the waters,
of Georgian BAY, Per travelling
the bride chose ti Wt.e and navy
fricotine Salt With Wfiltp accessorieS.
The eoupte are spending their
honeymoon, itt.-Alonallodgeon-Lake
Manitawabing. •They will reside
ittLondOn.
' The draw has teen 1.nagle for the
Garrow yup matches at the Mait-
land Golf Club a nd Way, will
commence this week -end. As there
is a very large entry, consisting of.
all club members, .11 will be neces-.
saryto have each round or bracket.
completed within the tinie . limit
'alloWed, and it therefore behooves
each member, to consult the bulletin
'board to. ascertain ,his or ber op-
ponent, toavoid the possibility of
default. .The -Garrow clip was ilon-•
•ated by the, late Charles 'Garrew,
of the Supreme ,Cotirt a Ontario,
,
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Standing .
ng in .• 07- Huron -Perth who was a, •charter member and
Baseball League .as of *Tuesday one 'of the original directors of
mo :
Leluicia4tnon.".• 1 2 , 22 Men, are eligible contestants,
• W . L . T .. p members, :both ladies.4nd the Maitland Maitland Golf *Club, and 1111
Dashwood \ ' 9 0. 4 0 18 There syason. 'good turnout for ,the
10
Goderich .7 4 2. le regular •TeesdaY ening tWo-ball
'Mitchell
7 • '13
: 1 15 Mixed foursome match, which
5 .5 • s • 12 matches are becoming the 'mist
ZEuxie•iteehr. ...
, 4 6 2.- 10 popular feature at he Club, and
4 . ii 1 , 9 are open to Visiting plakers as well
as regular menibere. The prize-
winners this week were.: First, Mrs.
George Bruce and Tom Pritchard •,`
secend,' Mks Elizabeth Toth and
Ken Beatty; third, Mrs. M. Little
Zurich 8,_ •Ltfcan' .6 tiod Dr. Jackson-,- four-0os Airs:
'Ciliitor 'Colts - 9,- Rxeter..„'S_ .,--, •-•-:-'-;•-•--:-Gratlfs-Reid'and-Ed. Ilnenke; fifth,
(Hensall at Godefich ,postponed) ..11Dials4,...w.P.earl. Farrant and. ,Frank
Dashwood 13, St: Marys 1 '
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Mitchell: 9, St. Marys 4. ' , • .Bight or ten mernbers* of the
Exeter 12, Ilensall .3-. '• Maitland Club played 10 tbe annulil
ilodet:ichco7itsC7, triLlisahwtio* 0;i,, 2 ,, 'mita tion tourpainent at the Wal-
Clintonkerten MIA this week, but results
Were noi,:aVailable at the time' of
INDucTioNt Aor . VICTORIA ST.Thwtrung. * • -
iiaTmhsie lina ttletrotfi own aolfiaReeeiv)iir0a;
linVia:";11-11; slay last the Wives, w 11 were
,At the ladies' field day o Thurs-
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4T_761 41"'rlon:;tendigcTett"gehltInlin'esht.tooRk-414"40r.latte,00litl. lTtSilreg-..141111:11141r r 117; ?ta:riy.galorielstingle,zi,lkwnetrae.wanong
gvvroeogdatoi.ofn.Waanidrttoneitv.vvjE
t.hlre.sse.dtrlitgehe.teont. Miss Shirley Freeman. This is *a
regular ladles'. event held ' every
Dungannon *addressed the minister, other Thairsday.
Rev. 13. IT. Fair of St. 'George's. One .of -the soda1 events at the
fA;nognilleitiiiiie,Cilotenarichubirnoisuithrti-ano4kestsionegis_ egliVein thii)s:i7 NA,,l'etre". n.r3i.s ia):(1.1irrion(enri6rafrots;
ation.,settle liftoen girls in honor of Miss
- • . • Eleanor Marlin, • whose , . marriage
wid take plaeo shortly,
Hensfill 3 6 2 8
'Clinton R,C.A.F:„ 3 5 2 8
St. Marys • 2 10 1 5
Centralia es" 2 0 4
s,
stis
Results-- ,
THE WEATHER
Tonperatureg Of- the' past week
In *Gederich,' with these of the.
corresponding week a year ago, us
011(.11111y recorded, were as follows!
‘1950 1940
Airol., Mlti. Mnx. Af in.
Thurs., jiffy, 0 ..00 50 75 .03
Fri-, 311 1Y 7 ....76 51 82 00
;Slit., July 8, ....SO WI 05
Run., july 9 ..82 05 78: 4'64
Mom,. 'July 10- -...144 47 - -74
Tnes., july 11 ..79 05 *** 72. 49
Wed., July 12 ..85 02 70 52
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PRITCHARD-AND W.ALKOM
wriv r. T. GRAIGIE TROPHY
:Members of . the. Lawn .11Owling
Club, to the,„nrimber cOnapeted , •
on Moirday for the Fred T. Craigie
trophy. The winners were T.
Pritchard and P.• Walkoin, Priies
itlso Went WI% 2nd, M. J. „Ainslie,
and Chas. ; 3rd, J. '` RI •
Wheeler and J. A. Graham; 4t1I, *
R. Halt. and F. Rouse; 5th.
Nivins and CalVin Cutt.
FaSillOW Craft Tournament
• Next Wednesday, July'. -19th, the
local club will have an open Fashion -
Craft tournament in de'tillieS; for
wh„icb tbe first ,sixty-fOur 'entrien.
Will be ac„cepted: :First 'prize 'will
he twa snits of Fashion Craft.
clothes and there will be other good,.
prizes. -George Buechler is tourna-
ment cbairrnan. •
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BERN -RORINSON
Quiet *edding epromony ivnA
performed by Rev, 0. W. 1,Villiams'
of N41etor1a street 'March at 12,20
now. op Thursday; ' tith, 'when
Mrs. Teta 101)111min1M Walkerton
VAA itA1t(,(1 fn marriage to WaliPr
Ibm tf Goderich. *Ti)e bridti wore
a midnight' blue faille "crepe dress
with, a . corsage.. of •eximson ...rose&
Mr. and Mrs. Hern will resit
Goderah.
LUCKNOW DEFEATED; 6-5
IN SOFTBALL ENCOUNTER
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The softball grounds at judith.
Gooderlittin Park wee almost burst-
ing at the seams, tin, Wednesday'
evening With the crowd gathered -to ,
see the "•Lucknow •tean" with its
eseored battery again in action
lighinst the Goderich Intei•Meekate
W.0,A.A. nine. . The boys. from the
ners in the previous encounter here,
but it was different this time, and
t•Thi:infgas.ns saw a 'thrilling contest;
With' isSue In doubt to the last
i
• -The fifth innings 'ended with tb,
,
score 2-2; 'then Goderich gradually
forged ahead until at. the •end, lot
tbe eighth it Was 6-2 in,•their favor. A •
A couple of dropped' balls allowed 7'1'
Lucknow t p,ush In three 'runs in
t--tortfifnbitt, bot
out, was made with the score 0-5.
George :Arnott and Doh tiltin •
were the •Godericla • batterY•• mai( :
turned in 'a fine performance. Hatt
and Itrooks Were at the points fox
Lucknow. Jhn Bisset'a 'hothe ru
?vol(r.toltrh; loeals was it big -help to,
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-CHILDREN N3O9 KISS.
IVIEWS SOUTH
A tonportiry sot.ro ot SSvin
teeters. slides, "ttuilikey bars" find
sandboxe's in the Kinsitieti, ,CittO
playground in theSOntliViirt aire.
tOWn iS ,beifig'gien•It' workout hi
seetes of. eltildren.
The playgrottnd, ' PS
feet by 105 feet, wm br scrilPeitxuiil 't1ed ii the fall '
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