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RAILWAY STRIAE LAYS ITS HAND
ON SOME GODERICH INDUSTRIES
.04.nd Impact Will Be Greater ,14,x wE4K, LONG,. .
as ,Shipnients Continue
.ENOIrGil TO WAIT FOR,
to 'Belield Up HER SIGNAleSTAIt.
While GOderieli Is'not. as 4Ara
Renewing' her-subScription to The
hit as are the cities by the nation -
strike which. 'began 'S.10a1-$.tar., Mrs. H. Findiater•
wide railway
London (the former •Miss Marjorie
on Tuesday the strike is leaving.
more of an Imprint 0,04 .44y and Ball of ,Gocleric,h), writes; "I am
should the creeping paralysis con.. gad. that •your staff doea not take
thine for another week or sO it Will More. than one • week's ,bstlidays,
' have marlied- effects,. Partieularly NO that the'Y don't deserve it, but
?in industries depending• on heavy itsseenis. A very long time to,•wait;
shipments to and from °a *distance. tt,ntil after the holidays,for: the
For the average person in Gode- net issue to arrive: Ant -when
rich, the sending .and receiving of it ,does arrive, believe' me, it is
mail is probably felt anost. ' Only. denbry ,welcome;" .
fir
st-elasw mail is being handled. Mrs. Vindlater also 'expresses dis-
appointmentsthat she was unable to
Newspapers, advertising circulars,-
,etc., to* go to distant points , are Come .to Goderich for the octogen-
neither mailed nor •distributed. One aria,n ,celebration. "I had planned
'shipment of first-class mail comes to; ,attend, !but my plans did not
:to Goderich by-truek.., each day lIfizi1-1111(1%e'eS
not mejin that Mr.
at 10.50 a.m., :and one leaves each
Findlater is in the eighty-year-old
day, at 3.30 p.m. Thur Week's *sue
of .The Sigeal-Star will go to siibs class.; She 'is a long' way from it:
•ss Her.special' Interest probably arises
scribers in the town of Goderich and
Be, from the fact:that 'the foiliider of
on the Goderich rural; routes.
tire. original Octogenarian Club in
'yend this it will not be delivered
until the railways resume oper- Goderich • Was her brother -Th -law,'
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atj�n
• the late '`,Dick" Black.
Almost forty' railway •cars are
loaded and standing on, tracks in RECREATION' 'DIRECTORS
-Goderich waiting forthe end of the Erpowir 'TO MEC) COUNCIL
strike so that.they May g� forward
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to theirdestinations across Canada The, Goderich Recreation Council,'
particularly to Eastern 'Canada.- ° • ,
mng
Approximately -twenty-five cars meeting On Tuesday iht, heard
loaded with grain ,from the Gede, comprehensive reports given by the
-• *rich Elevator and Transit Company recreatiort directors, 'George, Arnott
;stand on sidings 'awaiting the end and MiSs' Kay °11eredith, on the
of :the :strike -so that •the -y- may go
• • summer' activIk
ttles sunervied
td ,points in. Ontario and:, beyond. - • • • -
In addition. there are several bund them. The viee-,president, Mr. N.
-red :cans on 'order, for shipment by W.°, Miller, presided and these .pre-
• raiLLsrwo. freighters are in part sent. were Rev. R. G. 'MacMillan,
. today' wieli low.* 'of grain and two Reis C. W, Cope', 'Miss Mary
• more are •expected•by. the' end. of Howell, Town Councillor 'Leo' Will:
the week. ". However,' the 3,000,000- malt; .F...T. • Armstrong,. Lorne' Wake.
;bushels capacity of the elevators, in, J. F. 'Cory, ,George Parsons,
now :only' two-thirds full, can look -Mrs. C. • Stanifonth„ Mrs, George
after arrivals of °grain cargoet for Iumby, Mrs., A. Wilkin, Mrs. B.
Some -time yet, • . „
At' the Purity Flour til1s, eight
•Cars ars loaded -and waiting en the
tracks to go forward to' points in
Ontario, tinebec and the Maritiutes.
With the stlike on, two-thirds of the
-- Shipping*,is• -affected As :a
. result, employment was cut down
, to only one shift today (Thursday).
At the sitomeirt, . shipments, by truek
• ;are about the &nue; but' the' will
'likely •increase as the :trikes con-
tinues. it will be about another
week or ten days befpre. Parity
. Flour Mill's will need incoming.
shipinettis of Materials .30 carry
on 'with their work.
Shipments of salt from the Gode-
Ak rich Plant of the Standard, chemical
RIPCompany are affected,, since .about
forty per cont, of the shiPments
-is 'by rail. and • the rest' by truck.
It will' be some time next week
: before the . strike' will shOW its
. impact at the Dominion Road Ma-
chinery Company' plant, since •by
that time shipments, of snow -remov-
ing machinery to distant parts. of
• Canada, by' rail of .necessity., will 'be
ready but Unable tasgas.
The ,Goderiell plait et the Hole-
prosf Hosiery ;Company 't.s+ having
raw „materials trucked at pre-
, sent, but by next week will be in
need of certain materials that conic
from a distance by rail.
Products of the Goderich*Organ
• COmpany are being:trucked to Tor-
onto, Hamilton. and' London, but
• b'eyond • these. points shipping will
cease until the • rail strike is over.
No shutdown at. the„ Organ Com-
' pany factory is anticipated. -
TwG• carloads of luinber are on
. • rallWay tracks Stivaiting shipment
by 'the Goderich Manufactiiiing.
Company. This comnany • is de-
• pendent on . the,.• railways for. the
shipment of soft wood.
Some local stores are not receiv-
ing expected shipments from 'Mon-
treal clothing housesvbecause of the
rail tie-up.. .1
Travel by 'bus IS•thirtY-five
,per tents while the 'ambinit of ex-
, press'. parcels handled by them has
increased, fifty' per cent., according
'to the lecal'bus dePot. . • .
. Incoming long distance' telephone
• -calls are definitelyheavier; accord-
' ing to the. loeal 'Bell. Telephone 'of-
. flee, while local 'calls are heaey
also. The staff haslieen increaSed
and Others are standing- by ready
to ctir6 on if ,the load becomes
heavier.-, C. B. Symonds, Bell Tele-
phone tanager in Goderich, asks
the piddle to co-operate by 'tele-
+ phoning as much as possible durng•
off-peak, periods.; vvIll'eh are'during
the evening and night.' It is also
reotiested .that scallS ttszbrief as
possible,
• Sky Harbor ',Air Service's have
not been called upon ,to make. anfv
Special 'flights' .as yet because 6f
-the strike.
At the Imperial Oil depot the
regular truck service is Malting de-
liveries ith: the ,G.oderich territory,
+ RailShipments, however, are not
'going •forward And the places to
which they esually go will 'probably.
10, e(
early, next week when their supplies
Will be near an end.
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GODERICIL QNTARIO, THURSDAY AuGtin 24t-11;1.950
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UR,C+ENT IV/ESSAGES ,
HAR,BOR,RADIO SENDS
i4his little'cettage beside
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the, 'radio beacon 'at the end • of
Goerich, harbor , pier, Hector Tigert,
operator. of, the Dominion IlePart-
igen't. of Transport racil, al a'410r,T.:
ates in his spare time a hare radio,
by which lie -Sends urgent personal
messages.. • With no telegrams out
Of Goderich:because of the railway
strike, Tigert has 'stepped 'late the
breach locally and „offers free ser.T,
vice to People in need. If you have
an urgent 'personal rne:ssage to send
to anyone, phone Hector Tigert
at 1081W.
This morning • he. was talking
with a •ham mite operator at
Nakina in- Northern Ontario,,
said -that all foodstuffs in. that
Village are now being, rationed and
that the ,people.- afe- atvaltIng food
_to, be bronghtsinsiiy_ planes
This afternoon .Tigert is to re-
ceive numerous messages- from a
ham operator 'at Burlington, Ont.,
Which. are to be, forwarded on by
Tigert to persons in variouS parts
of Northern., Ontario and also in
the Southern States.
A member a the American Radio
Relay Leagne, Tigert Is on a United
States and Canadipa network that
enables -him to , send messages to
.almost any pert of • the continent.
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PERSONAL' MENTION.
ilmot, Mrs,, G. Enierson and 'Mrs.
F. Ii. 'Redditt.
Mr.- Arnott reported that a total
of 8,183 children hurl -participated
th activities in the Judith Gender -
ham playground' from slime to date
and *fifty in • the learn-te-swim
elaSsa, whieh had been .'retarded,
by inclement weather, • .
, It, •+ is planned - to have ."open
house" atthe playgroend° on August
31st, when there. will be, displays
of crarts, games, and a "play;
ground circus" by the. children. kr,
Lorne Wakelin, Manager of the
Goderich arena, offered the sound
system for the evening and the;
Goderich Blue Water hand 'will be
asked to' .provide Music. There
will he. no Admission •charge.
As the supervision.' by Ms, Arnott
and Miss Meredith will be ,cOxi-
eluded for the season on August
31st; Mrs. IL G. Arbour will be,
asked to take •charge 'on September
1,St and 2nd.:
•MiSs. Meredith reported that
plaster-of-paris 'Moulding was very
popular with hoys and 'girls.. She
felt that if parents would' take ten
minutes to help John or Jae there
would net be •plaster-of-paris from
'kitchen to
, Other projeets for.younger. child-
ren included square and folk danc-
ing; doll • Muse' and equipment;
and,. the washing Ind Trohing
dolls' Clothes. It Was Agreed that
the. Recreation • Connell ssintrchase
leather 'for leather -craft. , •
Generalsatiisfaction was ex-
pressed regarding the' work of the
directors ,a -ed Mr. George -Parsons
tendered ,a rote of thanks to them,:
which with heartily' approved..
Shuffleboards and checkerboards
have been. painted on walks in
Court House Park- for the -a.MuSe-
'tient of citizens. Quoits. may ,also,
be played in the,park. *
Theladies' section 'of sllattland
'Golf Qui) sent a donation of 45;
and $25 from • the Goderich Salt
Co. was acknowledged.. ,
The financial°, statement shoived
.total receipts of 81,722.92; expenses,
8043.54,: And 'balance of $1,079.38.
. FUNERAL OF RAY-STEWART ,
A 'private funeral ; for 'Rri
St ewa r tt.,. whose sle,atiLlgeurrea
Thurs,day laSt near Varna, Where
he was,- on a farm, 'kook
plaee `on Saturday afternoon from
the home of his parents, Mr. and
-Mrs. Gordon 'Stewart, 2nd conces-
sion of West WaWanosh.: The ser-
vice ,,was cosductedby Rev. E. S.
Hayward, of the United Church,
and the pallbearers Were • John
Darnley, Isecinard-Goodsj,red,sMills„
•Reg. • Pim]. Caesar and
HarOld Glenn. The ,•flowerS were
"(Yarded by cousins. Internlent Was
in the Dungannon cemetery..
',An, pupa* was not considered
nece.ssory , in •connection 'with She
young man's death. •
,Besides his. • parents, he leaVet
his, young wife, the former Betty
givins; a brother, Cart, and. a
sister, 'Sharon. '
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Mrs. 'Frank Dunn., .Segforth; spent
'the week:end .with friends in town.,
,,and Mrs. J. E. 'Mutch
London visited friends. in. teivn 'on
Wednesday. s' •
_Mrs. R. Kilgore of: Port Huron
visited last •week with ..Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. McEwen.. '•
'Mr. • and ,Nir.s. Joseph T. Lynn of
"Desrpit are •• spending a.. few days
at the Sunset Hotel. . . • •
,Mr. and Mrs. J. 'Beatty of
Torento spent the week -end with
Mrs. • Beatty's mother, Mrs.
Smith. . •
• Mr. .and Mrs. John Thorpe and
daughter Penny- have returned from
a holiday trip to Boston,. Mass.
• Mrs. Nellie 'Crawford, •of Sault
Ste. Marie; Mich:, '. is visiting her
Uncle.; Mr. W. .Blair, .Cambria
road. , • •
Mr. .las.„.Garrick of Windser, is
renewing acquaintances tOwn
Vthile visiting his inotiler, Nsl:r.S... P..
-Scrimg.eour.
Mrs. G. L. Badley .and Mts. and
Mrs. . Ed. sBickle of Windsor, vere
receut gusts with Mr. and Mrs.
. . WE -Wen. • s
Miss, Margaret Strang has 're-
turned. from Toronto to join liar
sisters, MissessUrace and )Jabel., at
their 'home here.
Mrs. Geo. 'Voting ( Annie Hender-
son), 01"foronto, has been ‘'-hf:--11ihg
her •
KA.; John 'Henderson, and
calling or, old friends here. •
Mr:' and . Mrs. Earl J. Hunt and
daughters. Judith and Nancy., of
Toronto, Spent last week with Mrs:
Chas. Hutt, St. Patrick's -street.
• Rev. J. A. :Terry., ALA., ..ibetor of
St. Andrew's Church Sudbury, and
MrS.' Terry and family Were guests
of' Mrs. E.. Ws,Carrie last week. s,
Master William Bowra haS. re-
turned 'fionte after ii two ;weeks'
visit lit the home of Mr. :and Mrs:
Sehben, 'll:R. No.. 4, Stratford.
, Mr. L. H. Elson and 'children,
John and- Elizabeth, Of' Oakville.,
Are the g•trests.of Mrs. Bison's mo-
ther, Mrs. F. E.11eddhtt. Mr. Bison
also a. visitor at week -ends.
Mr.. arid Mrs. M. 1.1, Martin have
returned home after aeconipanying
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Stonehoese of
Guelph on a two weeks' motor trip
to Cape Cod and the Eastern Stiftes.
• .1.1r. and 'Mrs. A. R. Scott returned
las .,w(tek' from a • three weeks'
mpitor trip* te '1•Edmdiateri, ,Where
they visites With their •son • and
daughter-insaws Mr. and km. „tee
Scott.,,
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Mr.'
David Beller and, danghter
Carol: Am21,2Of Grese Pointe, Mich.,
Spent the past, two weeks at •the,
home of W. C. Snazel, the former'S
brother. Mr. and Mrs....Snakel re-
turned 'to the. city With them.
• Larry Welsh, youngest soh .of the
late. Clarence Welsh, and 'Mrs.
•Welsh,of Detroit, speitt his• natal -ter
vacation and. :thirthentli, birthday
with: hiS grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Loftus ,Welsis;,Elgin avenue.
Visitors with lir. and Mrs, B. J.
Doak and family the past week
Were Mr. arid ,Mrs, Bert .Ornminett
and, ;I1r. and Mrs. Wim Grummett
hf SaSkatoon .and Dr. And Mrs.
R. E. Doak of Ashboro, North
Carolina. •
,Misses Kathryn_ and Dianne
'Thorpe, accompanied T by Misses'
Shirley,.,Leiteh And Donna. Hamill,
spent, two Weeks' vacation at the
summer cottage . of their grand-
parent's, .Mr. and' Mrs. A. 'E..
Griati-
ifitlil, Rondean '
Mrs: K. Diggon and soli, Bob,
Miss Jean Badley. of Windsor, MKS'
Cliff Lowery and Miss Geraldine
Megwen have returned' from a
motor' trip to ...Monttoulte
,
Pembroke and Huntsville, .
W/0.1. and Mrs..' Wm: E. BaIk-
will and Anne, of•Calgary, Alberta,
and Mr. and,. Mrs, 'hay Shutter•and
.eltildren, Anne and Donald, of Ham-
ilton, were holidaying at the home
of the ladies' parents, Mr. had Mrs,
IL, W Lednor, Port • Albert.' . •
Reeent guests with Mr. and Mrs.
las. U. Iphnston were Mrs. John -
tort's Sister, Mrs*. *ISM. Hicks, and
Mr.: Hielis hnd their daughter, Sirs.
Don, Henna, Mr. Hanna snd &tigh-
ter -Dolma Jean, triiin. Detroit ; also
UrIti. Nellie Crawford,of Sault Ste,
Marie,Mieh.
'Mr. and Mrs. Chas. 11; Nairn,
AIM- ',daughter Barbara and son
Charles, jr., of Dearbore, hitch., are
hohidriving at the lake Shorea few
Mlles smith of Ooderielt For
neighbors they have Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Theobald and sonsDavid
(114 Jon, A1S6 of Dearborn.
VELEBRATE. F.ORTIETa.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
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August 17th was the fortieth an-
• -niversary ' of the marriage' of WI
and Mrs: ,Ernest Robertson, Park
,street, 'and the occasion Was 'fitting -
Observed at their • cottage at
Bryn* Beach. Their 'daughter and
son-in-law, Mr, and Mi -s. Harold
Keane,' entertained for thon and
guests' were present from Hathiltan.
Toronto, Kincardine; Goderich and
Ripley. Among. those present were
Mr: and Mrs. C..M. Robertson and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Robertson
• of (Weigel). • Several of thoSe pre-
. sent had witnessed the .ceremony
terty years ago., Which Ieelt pia&
at the Vane of the*bride'S mother,'
Mrs. Chas. 'Thi4ston• 1t1pley'
WHAT A COMMUNIST WILL
NEVER ADMIT
The Communist. will never -admit
that the Soviet Union or any of
the "muter democracies" have
any responsibility whatsoever ill the
present world erisits. He will never
criticise an individual leader of a
Soviet country. He will never ad-
mit the personal integrity of ani;.•
one who has broked with Commith-
ism. Ile will never adthlt the
necessity pf adopting 'any. inter-
dational program which is not AP -
,proved by the Soviet Thilori, lie
will never admit that the govern-
ments of 'Eastern Europe which
call. thethselves People's Demoe-
tack's tire reality rompletely
Communist -Controlled., The , Cote-
ntin -ilk will never admit his secret
fear of being, one day purged him -
Self for reasons imknown to'bilm-
rnIted Nations World,
Local Horses Make
Good Showing at
Goderich Races
.UpWards• of",three thousand, spec-.
taterSsaw one of the finest harness
herse shows of the season *as the
ciTuderich Race.- ,A;sieciation Pi;e-
sented. its annual suynner, Meet at
the Agricultural grounds on Wed-
nesday ,•afternoon. 'With good
weather, and a, full entr:y of horses*
in each &Vent,' the- meet lived hp
to -the',high standard set, In this.
town in former years.
Not only did the spectators, Wit-
ness- keenly -contested events but
locally -owned horses did.exception-
ally well in racing,, against some of
the best *horses: in Western Ontario.
In. two of the, event*•Goderich and
district Aerseie were 'winners,
they placed 'a second, third and two
frtother races.
okih. place l•innevvoinilye,L;nnersIn
sq,,.
..Huron Express, the pacer owned
by •Bill Wood and Jack !Cirardner,
pleased the crowd by winning two
of three heats -in. the :featured 2320
class. ,The big gelding broke slight-
ly 'at the start of -the first heat.'hut
moved into third position entering,
the stretsh- and beat out Dena
worth), a a length in a tilrilling-
4,spribt • tO• the: wire. -In the second.
heat the Express went away in the
lead and was never 'seriously chal,
lenged in Winning. The 'applause
Which greetedissylver Gardner
and Huron Eifiress•••as the popular
horse came to the judges' 'stand'
after Winning each heat, -tdrOwned-
but .the voice of the announcer:
• In' the, .third heat Huron broke
so hadly at,the start that he trailed
the field all the way around. ThiS
heat was wen by Pine: Ridge Dodie
in a close finish with Neptune only
trotter in the event. ' '
second . local' Winner was
Leah Harvester, the nice -handling
seven-year-oldmare • owned, by
George CaldWeil, RR. 5, Goderieh.
After finishing second- to Joe B.
Lee in the first heat of. the 2.25
trot or pace,: Mr..Caldwell brought
his mare in the witineief. the
seCand and third heats;• A genertius
-round- of., applause- greeted Leah
Harvester as. she was acclaimed the
winner' of the --event - •
Fastest Time
*.liac Dale, probably the •fastest
Colt••• in ,Western_ Ontario, :was the.
winner of * the three-year-old trot
or 'puma, This .beatitifully stePPing
rpacer, owned by Cecil.* Stone of
1Petrolia, and driven by Harry List
wen all three heats in this class
However, Just Teddys
1•••wned by Brace Bradley of fawn,
and driyen by Lloyd 'Purvey. gave
I the 'petroliq colt • 1 run
the third heat iutd,,chased him to
the fastest timeof the day, 2.11,
just Teddy finished second in the
Summary, with a third ,and. twL
,seconds, • and, won many- admirers,
in doing se. '• • •41
In the first division, of the. " "g.
trot or tie tett,' I , 1 1 -
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PRL osirzit MAX
J14.01t SOOr
Mr. Harry J. Boyle of Tor-
onto,' well knowngo. readers
ot The Signal-Starc hap re- *
turned Irian", as three months'
tour of .Atstope, in' the course
J'Whieh,he visited Bngland, ire- „.
land, Frante, Switzerland 'and
Italy. In' a note to the editor
,of this paper 'he says that since
' his return he has 'been very
busrcatching up ;with his work, '
but hopes to' "get firek"-Th the
swing and write some more,
Phil Osifers very soon::
This will 'be 'good news' for ,
, readers of The Signal -Stars for
*Phil Otsifer has been greatly'
misted.
A QUARTEr CENTURY
• ,OF SERVICE
The locaL drygoods 'Arm Of F. E‘,
Hibbert & Son will celebrate On
August 25th twenty -fire years of
service to the people of Goderiele
and vicinity.. In 1925 F. E. Hlbs
bert purchaSed the .business form-
erly • .
'owned and operated' by' J. H.
Colberne & Son, anchfor t*enty-one
years thebasiness'.was carried sin
under his naihe.,..• •
Upon receiving „ his discharge in
1940 after three years of 'Service in
the navy, Haiord Ffibb.ert, joined
his father in the business, dndffor
the past font years the Partnership
has operated a'S' F. Ef Hibbert &
Son- '
During.the past twenty -file years
many improvements- . have : been
made to the Hibbert afore, among
the more important being.•the.
lag of the hos e furnishings.' de -
Pertinent • in the basement, ,which
is" attractively 'finished in plywood.
Fleoreseent lighting has beers sin7
stalled -threughout. the store' 'and a
.thodern Oil -heating plant takes care
of the ,heating problem. As a con, pleaded guilty to a. charge 'of 'drunk
vre'lliteLncArfneieri
rtt.hsoe:nela.tdveishiitir:
He was Sentenced to seven days in
driving at. Clinton on August 19th
t .
Jerry has..lier dressmaking business 'jail;' Ordered to pay • cOnit costs'
above the store, Thepolicy of this or in default another seN;en days:. -
store has ,been and will 'continue lie was fined $15 and costs, Gr, two •,
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to be: Good ,quillity therehlInclise weeks in jail, for not haviAg a the Goderich plant oflinleproof
moderately • priceddrivers permtt. Hpsiery, of Canada, Ltd,. hiring
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*We join ..with the many. frietisIS s II its e 1 Brice, 17, of Clinton, - •
plans far` adding another work
tract business , associates of ..F. ' E. was charged. With the theft Of half- -
shit ins o dm t B. A:•
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ss.--;-,444ss
eity
%tows, ii'iegis)
411113lai-
nistrate's Court -
Deals with heavy
Grist of Cases
A -charge against loha ,Spailn of
'moving a building yr/pout a.permiti'
eontrary .to a town' bylaw,' W‘e•S 4:cli•
journe& in todaY's court -isltting
before Magistrate Hohnes to T5iirs-
day, .AUgust 31st, to allow Town
Solicitor S. K. Hunter .to Produce
further ,evidence • 1p:regard 'to the
bylaw. ' ' • - -s-s•--- ,,
Francis Qverholt 'stated that on
July 24 he, reme:Ved a shed from
the property of IIIr,Yand Mrs. A.
NV.' Anderton to Spain's property
on East street.. Ile .was shown Ile
Permit for "its removal. •
Town Alerk S. .H. Blake Stated
'the', Town 'Council had considered
Spgin's application of- April. 25,
1950, to reineve a frame huilding.
18, x 24 feet and had" refused a
permit 'A/settles. application. oni. (a
Mayii, pal for the censtruCtion of a _long; 9 feet' beam, sleeps four, and
Hawalian--'llanle)- is-- 35- feet
franie• buildi0 on 'the same pro-
perty alseS,Vis, refused. , is powered 'by a Polson compound
--... steam engine -of tab horsepower:
Mr. Alake fold t1efence Counsel She left, Hamilton on July 3rd
NsT,,,,, satherland that Council had re- with her Owner in charge and hi
c,eiVed- a petithrla front ratepayers,' so_4 Don Egener as mate. From
prikegting the erection of a building Lake Ontario they went by way of
on Spain's' property to be used for the. Trent Canal to, the Georgian
a• secondhand stores ,
Provincial .Constable W. O'Hara By. .at Owen Sotind, Dr. Egener
went ashore to visit another SO,
gave -•evidence that -SPitin: said he Fred, and Don brought. the cruisee
did not have it." permit 'and that. around to Southampton and thence
the . building was stored on the to -Goderiels Prona here' she will
prOperty, for ,the pre.sent. ' - be taken to • Sarnia, which will be
'John Spa hi,' the *defendant, said her home -port: ' -
that he -had' entered into an agree- -:-
: it may be remembered that, Dr.
ment with the Andertons to pur- Egener when he lived in Gederich
chase the building; that he intended, had a 'steam cid'', and now he is
to. sell. it, but did not get a chance continuing his' hebby with -his steam
,to go °through with: the deal: , cruisers wh,icti he ,purehased. ,last
*on..
• 1,
,r THE W4-tr•RFRON't
* Five grain cargoes, aggregating
700,000 bushels,, arrived at the
Goderich elevator the past week, as
fellows: Saturday -4, A. Iludson,"
126,000 bus...oats, flax, barley and
sninple grain;, Witheondah: 78,000.
bus. wheat.'Nienday--Walter
*ter, 104,000' 61,1s• oittS. Thursdky„
(today) -Para Schneider, 219,00Q
bus. U.S. corn; Howard Ilinaman,
111,000' bus. oats., flax and barley.
The Superior expected this
-evening.
The Up. 'Cobourg wits' in from
Sarnia' on Friday. With gasoline
for Imperial Oil. . • , •
Dr. F. T. Egenor's Steam Cruiser
The steam cruiser Nawiliwili,
owned by Dr. -Fred, Egener of
London, has been in port since last
Friday and is the centre of cen-
siderab1.2 interest, „since it is de-
cades since a ' steam -driven .yaeht
had appeared here. The Nawiliwili
. Other Cases ' year.. The Navvitiwilis is slow, mak
-
A fine of $10 and Costs was ini- in' -''about eight knots, but the it
posed on Joseph, Xisher, Goderiih, eothfortable and makes an excellent
for disorderly conduet. He
apprehended. ' bY Provincial Con- thusiast. '
Was hobby for an arnateur..sailor en -
'stable D. Orr' when. he was singing .
and shbuting on East. street at 2 ' • • - , .
William,' Cleary, 20, of Clinton
1.".'13rnhIg' Iloleproof Hosiery
o'cleek" this (Thursday) s
Putting On Special
Night, Shift
Hilibert & • SA in, wi.shings them ! as.raltou of gasoline.'lfrout .'',car butliager of the local plant. :This is
•
th, he it '.,;•peelitI*Ight •Working
ninny years of health and goad ! nt the stiltion :for a cu
husineSs.
, Owned j.ointly by 'himself and John 1
tr.••,:s, .... s
!from osas pan.- to 4.07 -a.nr. ...Mr:
. • .. ,
--Mezzo20, id., Clinton. Bezia .01,40 1.W a r rest .Tho'rnes recent ly a 'Tired
. ,
-. .
rich clerk of course, Sill McCni
Goderich..
' 'The results were:, , •
2.29 Trot or 'Pace, 'First DiviSim
Purse $200' . • .! Walter Richlark, employed in
construction work at the Registrk'
was. cptivicted of unlawful
iparking and fined$5 and costs.
3iIle parked his ear • in a "V" on
1the harbor bill .road from 2 ssm.1
2 to .12.15 p.n.'s Police said 4 was si p.m.. to 11.45 strong de_
,eharged; and* he, and Brice were 'here from, loronto and will 'be fore-
remaaded.it week, • They* have i.,,„__Hnee. ipuuNoilingliNt.ii
ieliiroge 'of this shift.
in custody since their: arrest on •nthis particular shift.
August 12 by Chief 00:listable. Kellywin* be young -men:from eighteen
ss
to tivenly-live years- (it age. -More Of Clintdif, who laid the. ch roes
young !iron ay -e,' needed, as' will he
noted from an ildvertiofhent ap-
Pearing elseWhere in ,,„.‘,1ri.9
At fly -pre.4'ent thne there' are tWo
working, shifts in * Operation, flue
main da v shift 4a al also one from
Letta Lee -J. Freer, Petrolia •
(List). ' 1
Miss DOr,is Van Barron,..
" -Brantford- (McKenzie) .. 2
Lord Richards -T.
Crediton -,'early) • 3
Moonlight Express -1). Gard-
ner, Goderkeh (B. third-,
„ . net') • • 4
Nancy Lee ..Brower --4.. Le-*
Beau, Clinton ,(Kleints-5
boada ti rat tan L---(3eo rge Sher- .
I J. • Frey.- • oi Petrolia and • driven'
Petro'Lee-s13111 James, Lou-
inas4;Itodney (Shereian) 6
Iby List,, Wag two4seat winner.
Miss Doris 'Van slid Lord Richard'
.s,npplied most of ,the-pppositien, but
Moonlight Express, Del 'Gardner's
four-yeassold Olt Which NVO.,4, driven
'by son Bill, was , a' solid 'fourth
,each time. ;e. • •
• dsin., (James) , •
'twee' 2.20; 2.17 I/5.
Second Division, Purse $2
Jerry, , McRann,
Clandebdye
Exeter .Lad -J.
intorri,ring with traffic lie and I ibilnd across Canada -for the I ode
-
two others had. gone fishing, and I 110. ptilnt sft'a tate It'lle,--4•Produe-
ittons.-stien's nylon sockscalls for
4 hail run out of gas.
5 Rada r School, :was fined- $1' and
sosts 'fin' failing AO proadee fly(' employees' accordingsent time there is a total of ti Mr.
t4eYenty-..
• Niloger Letournettn, 21, of Clinton1•14"4"s'" productioh. ''At the- pre,
e• driver's, license; and,. $5 and Costs Holyer; ,and !definite. Increase in
r -
u fospeeding., A. charge. df. earelesS the member is required to. take care
7 7 drivieewas diSmissed
of demand. Another of the 'corn
I 'Chief Kelly,said he pad the -
. s .-
pany's Products. Matte -in Goderich
• .,;. ce•
00 tear froM the-C.N.R.• station*to.the for which there' is an -increased de
M"t, etnnfortable
in -tin intersectmand is litpperS
ion of Clinton•Clinton at -
1 1. forty -live miles an hour. The speed'nylon lounging. slippers'. • • -
limit in Clinton is thirty,. . There
. . driver was pushed un -against • 'CAliNIVAL 7NETS $1,100-
Star Ex r s, .t.li biggest • f the'
1 brother ,trio, gave •the winner a lot
of 'trouble in the second division
of, the 2.29. trot or pees, but had
to be content With third place each
time.. The lanky five -yeti ivold paver,
owne-d by 'Elmer Cranston • it n d
driven by Charlie Brough, either
held or wa,s challenging the lead
all the way ' in both .,trips. Jerry
Henley and Exeter Lady, however.
had a bit too ,much .insthe stretch
and finished in that order ahead
of the Goderich horse each time. '
Easter Maid; owned by ' -Ab.
Stevenson and driven by4inci Jerry,
also grabbed some honors ,,le this
event, finishing fourth In both trips.
Miss CallieS Grattan, 'owned by
George., Feagan, R.R. 1, Goderich,
Nfld.-driven hy, Thil Gardner, was
-filth each time in the 'three-year-
old ' pa ce. ' • , . .
Jim Hustled Them Out
The thirteen -heat: program was
,rim Of4in icier hoursAtime and
much of the esedit t•V, due ;to
Secretary' Jim Sheardown who as
track steward hustled; the horses
out as each heat dine up.
At the finish of the 2,20 event
Don ,NneDonald, formerly of Code-
rich,„sind now of Lo'ndon,,,pmsented
the-,--GOoderharn-&----Wht trophrto-
Bill' Gardner and Bill 'Wend driver
and 'owner .respectively.' 'Huron.
EXpress. The' -ownts-.4were pre-
sented also. with a cooling hlanket,
donated by Blue 'Pop Breweries..
Percy ,Shefirdownv frortnerly of,
town and now of' Toronto, presented.
Cecil Stone, owner of Mae Dale,
with the St. .Clair itridge
shield at the :conclusion of the
esveassol44ases '
Gordon, Smith, pf.ltitchenet- pre-
sented the „Blue Top blanket to Mr.
Caldwell, whose Leah Harvester
won the 2.25 pee, and a $10 cheque
'donated 'by Ca uhdhi n Breweries
Si -out to 0, Meltann of Clandeboye,
wile drove Jerry Henley ta the
fastest. time in the 2.29 trot or
pace. .
Part of the purse of the three-
year-old, pace was generously .(19n-
itted by Goderislismerchtints.
Joan Allaire; daughter of Mi'? and
Mrs. Joe Allaire • of town, was the
lucky sente+-dard Winter of the
man's Wrist ,watch, gerterodSly • don.;
it ted by Filsinger'S Jewelry store. .
The officials were': Announcer,
Jack'l<enney, Hamilton; starter, S.
• McDonnell, Hamilton; Judges, W.
-IL Growth, Stratford; Dr. George
Elliott; Clinton. and Percy Sointi
sten, Goilericli; timers, See 'Shelter),
itineardine, and Del Gardner, Code -
Creditor' ITtirvey
Star Express --B. ,,QYanston,
Goderich (Brough) • ......,. -3, 3
•Ilia.ster faid-A.'Stevens-on,
ent(i•9•41:,it
1)ly---C.'-ry' ;ton,' 4 4
G
Clifford (Waft) +. '5 6
SC. 1 ollaid,
•Ki
n-
'2, NIGHT'S,
s2, 2 were eight people 'in the car and.
• • Caidine (Pollard) Ii s
Todd Lee Grattan-J..Plekle;
Thoindale. ( Perk ills)' 7 7
Delphine Spenser .-s W Oke„ .
Seaferth ((Ike) • .
Times :' ',Ile 2/5, 2.16 1/5.,
225, Trot; or • Pace,. Purse* $300 .
Leah • tlarvester peerge •
, • Caldwell, G.oderich
e4s C;3a1 d ji,wteeLl • 2, 1 1
,Rogers, •
• • Essex (Jaines1 " 1. 3 3
Dewey Axworthy --T. Wil-
s•On, Stratford
'son). . • 3 ", 2
-
,Lonie ',Lee -C. Pollard; • .
." Kincfirdine ,(.1yollard) 4, 5,- 0
A'al:eBortinPtIfthda::(jlcII<letilirZrfi)en; -5 .6 4
Marva Prawn - Norman
Ted:Will; Parkhill (Tar- ,
• v.ey) •6 4 ,5
• Tinfes 2,15 1/5, 2.13 3/5, 2.16 1/5,
2.20.° Trot or race, Purse $500
trill tdm•s..ssnt...s....styoo_d., a d
47-111'.1:iditiegersiGot7:011 (Bc;:-
'Gardnes).'*" 1 1, 7
• Stone, Petrolia . (List) 3 2 1.
Della Axworthy. -II., 'Fleet,
London (Fleet)' ,...,..,..., 2 4 3
Neptune •-. J. 'Bannerman,
th.Starnarrd 'Manner -
7 6 2
Heeley 'Willies -J. Pickle,
Thorndaie•(Perltins) 5 3 ,
'n
, 4. •
• Shelburne. (Atmore) .. 4 5 4
Lucky • Forty -Len Guy„
Clinton' (Purvey) 0 7 5
" Thueq; 2.13 2/5, 2.131/5, 2.14 1/5.
Three-year:Old Trot or Pace,, Purse
, $500
Mae Dale -C... Stone, Pe -
trona (List) '• 1 1 1
Just Teddy -B. Bradley, •
Goderich '(Purvey) 3 2 2,
Gienie Lee -George Sher- .,
man, itodnev (Sher -
t
. m . an) 2 4 3
Mandette Volo - Harvey
Lo'ndon (Fleet) 4 3 • x
Meriles -- • G., It Melilwan;
• ClintWit (Kerr). ' 0 a 1.4
Miss Caine Grattan -
Feagan, Goderieh
, (Gar(1ner). 5 5 5
Gypsy P. Grattan - H.
Gewdy, Mr"- oxeter
(Itlein) 7 7 x
Times: 2.12 24, '2.12 2/5, 2.11.
the left • front. door. He weighs
about 115 petieds, and he volubly
told flue court his girl, friend was
smaller, .and , all the others were
just as small. , • .
Edwin Patiott, Goderich, was
thled..$10 and' costs on a ea relepqi
'driving charge:to which he pleaded
guilty, ' .
ENGAGEMENTS' ,ANNOUNCED
Mr. and, Mrs. Harold- 'Johns -tori
of • Port -Albert announce the eria
sitgehient' , 'their • daughters
Dorothy jean, :to: Kenneth Edward
Sowerby, son of Mr-., 'anti Mrs. Ed-
ward S'owerbY,. Goderich township-;
the wedding .to take place early *in
September.
Doctor and Mrs. AlekandersHar.
Old Taylor ' announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, Mary Mize -
bens to tenton Chic4ering Lau -
hart, son of Mrs. Sydney NeWill
Lambert and the late Mr. Lan4)ert
of Oakville. the. marriage to
take place on August 30111,"
n(t., St. George's Church, Gode-
..
•
,mn and Airs. ,P. James' an-
nounce the,. engagement of their
daughtery:,..V4
Elliot Cameron Rivett, son., of kr.
and nr:i. a. II. Rivett, .Thingannan ;
j he marriage 'to take place in
September.
Mr., and Mrs. R.
Gotrerieh announce
or their youngest
Isabel., to Mr., Alvin
of Mr.-, and . Mrs. F.
ley. 'The marriage
i
•
L. Robinson of,
the engagement
daughter, ,Anna
.1. • Mi tchell „Ron
Mitchell of Rip -
is to tak6Iilace
IL •
Mr. and, Mrs. V. V. LaVerdiere
of Barrie, Out., wish to announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Myrtle Catherine, to Bensen Robert
James Stranghan, eldest son of Mr.
and Nits. A. B. ,Straughan,• (lode -
rich ; the flti triage to tal place
September-' 111th in rellier street
United Church, Barrie, Ontario.
' TIM AVEATITTI* .
Tempera tures.of the past week
In Goderich, with those of file
corresponding week a year ago, as
officially reeopded, %vete. as folleWs:
1950 1949
, ' ,Mat: Min. Max, Min.
Thfirs., Aug. 17-.82 - 63 77 . 60
Fri., Aug. 18 ..69 57 80 55
ISat., Aug.: 10 .10 .57 67 46
Sim., Aug. 20 ..68 40 75 44
Mon., Aug. 21 ..68 44 74 '45
VIM, Aug, 22 ..71, 50 77 10
Wed., Aug. 23 ,.70 (15 79 '55
• •
• judith • GoOderham , Memorial
Park, was gay with lights • and
color on- Saturdar;evening, when
tin':parishioners or St. Peter's
Roman Catholic Chulreh held a
Cli rn i val at whieh approximate&
smoo was cleared. There waS
large attendance' and the .1..larnivicl
\sm.:: a huge, success.
As usual,' interest (vetted around
the. draw which tickets had- been
sold, the. eonyeney for' whiff' ivas
Air, IV, A.' eortitherst. Mrs. W, H.
Dolby. of Gt;derieh, held, the ticket
drawn for the cedar 'hope chest
;toe contents' of it Kellwood bladket
and lindin-4 v/flued at $100..
, Second Prize. se •Mismaster, 'Was
ivou by. •Mrs'. James Chisiltoies Ss,
Goderich; and the' third prize, a -
writing desk and chair, went to
Ji01) Jeffrey, also of Goderich,
The anderich Tilhe Wafer Banc"
was in at and played dar-
ing the evilning.
Directors' of installing Iniothsi
wczre Con. Beachier and Cha4'les
Gibbons. • Advertising and publie-
ity,s • ,Mrs. Joseph ine ' „Chisholm.
Gatostudsstreasti rex - Strt.
:Book's-, on draW : NV. A.
Ootiltharst. • Dlreetfir, of gaines:
Frank Donnelly, K.C. Bingo ; Ivan
Lou -son stint Ken Croft.',.Bingo
cashier! :Moyra Donnelly.' Blanket'
wheel ; Charles _Gibbans. Blanket
wheel enabler: 'Mrs. 'Alter Fry,
Sliscellaneolia goods wheel;' BOo
Oriellette. Children's booth ' Mary
Foster and Audrey Smith. Supply
goods guardian,:„Leo :Belly. '
pot •,, Ie 0 itMI
and Jim R ol es. • •
"REV. W.' C. COWHERD
• GOEe TO HAMILTON
• A range takes Place this Week
In the pastorate of the Free Method-
ist Chnreh iii Goderich. Rev, W.
C. Cowherd, . who has hod charge
here for the „past year, gees. ..to
the. West Avenne Church in Ham -
Wan,' and the pastorva the
ton* church, Rev, Byron E. ,Steven-
son, comes- to (40derleb: 'Mr: COW -
herd preached his farewell sermons.
• on • Sunday, and left. this week
with his family for his new charge
at -Hamilton, anti Rev. Ar. Steven,.
son will 'eolumenee his pastorate
here MO) next Sunday's serViees.
Mr. Cowherd has made nIttily,
friends. here and his &White. IS
regrottoi144 .
0„33.
Peculiarities of
Local Speech under,
Investigation,,
,Irrorn„ Monday to 'Anr.eday, :of 1,
thi* .Week 'GederiCh has been ;Sub.
Dr. Raven I, McDaVid, 11%, :of Orem,'tulle South (,arcul*pa and
bittipg In tile •
charming wife
Bxnoinlrg Dr lclaryoir44, HwOittekthjit
musical .South speech,- Old,
The. 'Signal -Star. that ,Gederielr was
one of. six 'Western Ontario COASs '
=fifties to be Visited. by 141M,
London , was ' first,. then Goderich• •
and now Sarnia will, be vfsited.
froth Friday to Saturday. Other
places on the are Dresden*, •
t •
Essex and Brantford,. • •. • s
Elderly people,as a rule, are
visited for the inforpation desired.
Mr. William Blair was one resident
to, be visited, . while,- among , other0.'
Were James Foley and. Fred' Robin-,
son.
Goderich was chosen .because its
local traditions go back for _Many
yeTansa.rnedarlseo; has
its'rbeseiednengt.soilla
'residents'
ilies. • •
This
sea
for about twenty years in both the
United States and Canada And"
carried' 4ut by The' Lrligui.stic•Atlas • •
of Me United States. and Canada,
a project sponsored by the American':
Council, of Learned,Sogieties unclez'
the direetion of Professor .1Ians
Kurath" of the University of •
MieItlisig-pan'il.‘'purpose is is to . obtain 'a -record':
of the , actual „ living language J.n.
various parts Of Englishssneaking
North Atherica. This data is . used,
to help interpret such. *things,
(i)' settlement history; (2) route's -
of migration; (3) influence '-of
mcoeutnrtolpse,.sliidtaen n
o. ;
surnrtl.u.n.
,,Goderieh an uold Settlement"
To strew that God'errch.'was, an
old s,ettlement. .ansl therefore-geod
sPot for:1bn to get his information,
'Dr. McDavid pointed out that
people in this town were. born,
'grew up and *ere married. before •
the .city, of Atlanta, Georgia's came
into being, ,since Atlanta Vas. not .
founded until ispo; w.heretis Gode-
rich had -its beginning in 1827.. In-,' • •.,
cidentally, Dr. McDaVig stated that,
oderich was' just. about one of 'the
nicest places he littd. visited. In the .
course of his tenrs Over United'
Ssite.s and Canada'. •••: •
To show' how different section's .of •
the- 2entitinent use different •words
tip express. the same thing, Dr.- !.i.11c.-•:;-- •
!David pointed oat .that in.Goderith
one speaks' of -soft drinks"' While
in , the 'wholesale. trading' 'area of
, Boston "they. are "tanks."
west United States: ilwy are "soda 1'
In • Code -rich it's "coal scuttle,"
while in the Mississippi area it's
lineket." .
P Western Ontario it's-' "coil of
hay" but in the northern,and west'
ern part of the United States it' -
coil Of hay,'" and -1n. the Sbethern
States , it's "shock o? hay." In
Canada it's,, "chesterfield," but in
the United .tates "davenpost," •
In Canada, it's "dew worms;!'. but
in Northern United State's ,
,,`angle 'worms"; in bid -United
States .".fisb worms;" and l,n, 'South
Units-I-68dteartieh
esi!ieWilworms,"
but in the United States,. •"eonnty
seat" ' In Canada it's "reeVe,' ,but
in the New England -States
"seleettime' ; in 'New 'York, Illinois
and Michigan, "supervisor,", and in
Ohio,, "trustee.",1 . -
Ile told of a 'man fiem Michigan
Who innocently asked an ,Indiana
farm woman, tf they had a sugar- •
bush on their farm. ,Inclignantly,.
she replied: "Yoting man, dont
you. know .that sugar don't collie
from na bush r In *her regliln the •
term, was "::.:tiga r 'camp." Elsewhere'
it might • be a "sap orchard."' .,
So, 'from the abd've, • those Gode•-
•riell residents' who. were interviewed
arid asked. many. questions Might
now get an idea of what the South
Carolina •epeple were after with
I heir ilia ny odd questions. .
•
BACKWARD WEATHER. IN
DAKOTA DELAYS CROPS
Harry Tisdale, of, Grand
'Forks, North Dakota,' w. former
HurOnite, in --renewing hts subscrip-
thm to The Signal -Star sends some
notes on elm and weather condi-
tions in Dakota. He writes, tinder
date of' August '21: ,
"Yesterday I, drove- up No. 44
to. Drayton and Bowesmont. Crops
along that :road look very proreis-;
.ings einiSidering- the ,very :late -seed-
ing oa, ,affount of the flood in, the
spilug. 'Wheat : is mostly in the ;
milk stage'Yet, so WM not ,be ready ' •
for ha ryes ting beiare September,
Some Pats and barley have been
combined near Grand Forks. Most
everything. is from three to' four-
weeks later thaw in normal years...,
We ha ye ' been . very .,elose to 'frost
'during the -last few :fights. and in. ,
deed sonie light' frost lns. been re-
. lisersher""VerY
little Warm. weather and Senrcely
a week. Without having our Oil
furnayes in
ALL DAY' PROCiRAPIt AlLe
RAivatp FOR 'LABOR DAV
From 10 'a.m. Ott tabor Pay „
(!MondaY, September 4th), when,
the parade :assembles at Sudith.
Gooderliant Park,. nntll the, last
bingo pulse handed4•Ut at night;
there will be fun and eritorrairtmOnt
fer all, in the program arranged, tor
the day. •
The afternoon: program will be;
at the Agrieultnral Path and Will
be given by an all-star aggregation
of musleinne, ilaneers„ eethedian$
and eirens,perforroets.
In the evening a monster earniva*
(looderham :bring the
big day to'np end, ; .
•