The Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-01-24, Page 1•
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Lions „Entertain
Cogpty.:C0-gici.11ors
Prof. Fred iandoxi of isOndon
Western Ontario
• Thursday night ittat veep a red-letter
occasion for, the Goderich
who were loot* to the members of tlie
County CoUieeil and ale% to ielting
mew) exem Clinton, and 'Wingham at a
tutritey dinner in • the parish hall ef
St. Geoege'et elenrcbe •
' Tete nett ores dlied to capacity,
abont 120 men being seated" at the
table*. A. euniptuetee• dinner ", Nita
nerved in eXeellent fashion by the
ladies of the Clench, and the program
which lolloWed waS fulJ,, eft interest.
The •Connty fathers present were
introduced to the -gathering by County
'Clerk Miller, .and the visiting ,Lioriff
also were introduiced and made their
bow.
Pins for perfect ettendancelet 1a45
were presented to Lions W. J, Baker,
"Clayton' Edward, G. Emerson, A.- el,
Ershinee" W. A. Hay, Nelson e1111, W.
J. 1:1•34gq, Ed. Jessop, J. H. Knikead,"
W. Legg, G. G. Machlwan, Arnold ?de-
' Connell, D. D. Mooney, Bence Tennant
and J. W. Coates, nee preeentatione
were made by Lions liodge and Coates.
Lion Gordon Brown, who earned a
pin, has since left town and the phe
is to be sent to.him "tit -Welland.
A quartette -Messrs. W. MacLaren,,
C. Kemp, Harold Shere-- and Glen
Lodge -sang several nunibers and were
enthusiastically. encored. Mr.- T. G.
Jones played the piano accompeni-
„ ments. tie
Lion G. Einerson presented a report
. on hockey And -Lion Coates -told ef
the formation of the Teen-age Club.
*President Bruce sErsititie
stage turned the meeting over to
County Treasurert A. H. •Erskine, who
had made the arrangements for' the
evening:, .
Mayor D. '1.) Mooney weld -Pined the
visitors in 'behalf of the To'wn, -hoping
they would carry away. with them
pleasant bnpreesions of Godericb, and
Warden Shaddick replied for the
County COun.C11 with thank e for the
banquet and. wished the Lions every"
• success. •
Lion A. R. Scott introduced the
speaker of the 'evening. Professor F.
'L. Landon of the Univergitee of West-
ern Ontario, whose subject ws '.Sideliglts on Western Ontario."
•• " Prof. Landon's Address• •
Prof_ -Leal
•Goderieheentite a-leng wirile_, fte
. 1 1
3 11 •
-.------;trre-uor--m e rs ago n une o
. report a• Methodist Conference for
• The Lendon Free Press, and along
with reporter for The Toronto Globe.
ceeered, a real_aold-fashioned heresy
ial. from which the accused mistister
erged "triumphantly. ,
Referring to the papers and records
aken from 4h' -attic of the Court
House here Some years ago. and con-
veyed to London, the speaker said they
were perfectly safe in the custody, of
, tbe' University there and in days to
come would be availablefor refeednce
by -those .who might wish to learn of
the beginnings of Huron county.
Prof. Landon went on -to ° speak of
the racial origins of the people of
• Iliiron and of other distriets be West-
ern • Ontaria and dealt interestingly
with the radial. enenacteristics- Which -
persisted for generatione in this new
land. gpeaking of -the pe,oplewho
came. from gutherlandshire, Scotland,
and settled in Zorra, .0xlierri• -coon
•• -„,-Where Sutherlandehite family names
• still predeminate, bespoke •of '• the
-18change ephysique- ‘Which ',resulted
from the transplanting to Canada. In
,their- native northern ,eSecotland,
bleak, barren country Where they wore
. tenants of the landeholders.. the people
were poorly- fed and uncleisized ; but
in Canada their families quickly gained
stature and a team of Zorra men won
the tug-of-war at the China 0 Ex="*-
hibltion ._ „
The most „significant enange
' tbelf-elindition, however, , was eiliat
from being tenants they 'became land,
owners- in Canada and 'in achieving
this independence they considered it
• no hardship to work hard in clearing :e
. the land and making their new hews
here. • •. -1
-• Prof. Landon. went 'onete-espeak of
the rebellion, of- 1837. and- of Other
episodes and of outstanding figures in
the history *of• Westerit Ontario. -He
spoke also of the early_ Mabry of
• London, a hamlet when it was -founded
in 1826 and now a Prosperous city..
He was heart* applauded on con-
cluding his address and a Vote of
thanks was moved by It. M. Menzies.
• P.U,O.
_
The first meeting of the Public Ut1l-
Itiee•COnatnissionelag'1946einae held at
the Hydra °ince on Tneklay •evening.
Dee W.--ede%-.0 Ohm wee re- eleete4- tditidr-
utatr rov the year; the other Members
are Mayor Mooney and K. Hopkinson.
It was deeid41.1 to continue holding
the -regular tneetinge on thesecond and
foUrth Tuesdays e1? q4,414 month, at
7.3Q p.m. •
Routine business was transacted and
IACCQURP, passed. The ILE.P.O. power
bill for December was $5,879.06.
Goderich Airman
•Home :from Burma,
Flying Officer John, Rolland Has
Seen Many Strange
• Conntriei •
•
The •oilier Goderie4 boy to By in
the Burma' theatre of war, 'IWO. John
Holland„ returned to Chnadit, by the
Queen Elizabeth last week, after al -
meal two years of overseas senviie
in wblcli be saw almost a dozen foreigu
ceuntriee. 1,70. Helland Was met by•
his parents, -Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Holland, St. George's Crescent, and
his • younger brother, Murray, upon
his arrival at London on Thursday.
.afteenoon otiest "week. He arrived in
Goderich that evening. •
John spent over a year in the.Far
Eastern theatre and during both his
operational service there and his train-
ing in England he wrote interesting
letters to his mother wilich Were pub-
lished in 'The Signal -Star. _
He enlisted in the fall of -1942 'and
graduated as a pilot at Hagersville,
Ont, in September, 1943,.with the
rank_ of -plicer. • For several
months following gradeatiOn he trained
at Canadian east coast flying stations
before proceeding to England in March;
,1944, to begin eneentioneledlities with
Coastal_Conailynel. ,However, in -Miff-
land he Was 'switched to -Transport
dommandand trained on tevineengined
,Dekotasa 'While on leave in EnUland
was a guest of Lerd Courteld
Thompson of Dorney. Woods. near
London. His Lordship phowed the
Goderich boy and his friends around
the grounds of Windsor Castle, which
was adjacent to his own estate, and
John sew the King and Queen -frone
a dlitance. •-• , -
In August- WO. Holland left England
with the rest of his squadron, to take
utie-inBu
eceefe,Gibraaree,. ripOle, Cairoand
abana, Iraq,- to frarachi,Andia. Dure
ing the brief stops- at these Variong
places John hint an •opportunity to
pick up information on the custoins
and living conclitiome. of the natives
and to view, for himself the cities,
steeped in •antiquity, ahoet 'Which he
had, often read but which he neve
dreamed he woeld
• In India -and....Itureaa
Again in India there was training
to undergo, this time .for the squadron
nienibers • to ecelimatiee themselves
both to the heat of India and to the
new .conditioneeunder, which they were
to fly and rive. .Finally, in, late 1944,
F/0. Hotline& was posted to Burma,
,where R.C.A.F. • Squadron .436 Was
ODERICII, ONTARIO; THURSDAY,JAHk;TUARY 24th; 194
Prizes Presented
at Central School
V1cto_P1aimiston.:144aLWon-by
'Donald' 11012101.eS-Adctres$
by it S. Tllielegt"
,
" There wate .a pleasant' funetion at
Central 'School last yriday, efterhoon,
when, prizee and deplenane won through
the year were preeented te the winners.
•The 1945 graduating claes was present,
as well as representatjyes from tia.e
Public School 130Ard and various other
organizations. ra • •
_ After "0 Canada" was eung, MUM.
Glad,ye McDowell, principal, welcomed
tlae .graduating Wiese and the visitore
Un‘d then called Oneilr. II. S. Ttirner
chairman of the Public School Beard,
to preseht some 'Of the prizes and
certificates. Before making the tore-
sentations, Mr. Tutner speke briellYe
drawing: a paeallel between school life
and a veCation trip planned for climb-
ing Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper
Natiohal Park. • Such a trip, he
must be planned and prepared for,
and se; must ones education t
; o reac
the mountain top 'takes energy and
fortitude, whicli are required also to
reach: the top of ohe's elopes; at the
top the -climber takes pictures of the
wonderful view to shovir to friends,
and in school work the:,winning of
diplomas certifies to the student's
achelevenients. .
Tile Victor Lauriston medal for high-
est standing in the entrance class was
presented to Denald Holmes, son of
Mr. and__Mrs. D. E. Holmes. '
The members of the graduating
class, to "whom...W.0mM were_ pre-
sented, -were Mary -Ann Erskine, Den -
aid MacEwan, Agnes- Witmer, Eric
Hohnes, Donald Holmes, Bill 13eticom,
-Edith Jehltins, Joan Menztel, Sally
Sharpe, Markin Bogie, „Leanora Beadle,
Raymond Cutt; 'Beverley. Brown, aid
Verne Porter. . -
Miss Wuetele, • on, -behalf • ef the
Mean, Leaf' Chapter, I.O.D.E., pre-
sente4 a prize -to • Bruce Erskine for
•his essay on ."Wbat the Enn• of the
War Means to 4e." -
Mrs. Frank Curry, representing the
neeeeie Bottit, presented certificate
for perfect attendance: Norma Good,
seven years; Elmer Schultz, four
yeas; Cynthia Young, • three
yearse, Teen Menzies, JEvelyn Mc-
Cartney,' John Hawthorne, two yeass;
Evelyn Huckine, Eric Holmes, Railed
Hanna, one year.
Mrs. Redditt, on behalf of
ap er, . presented
a Prize -to Donald-Holmese for the
highest mark in English literature:
Mrs. Redditt also presented the School • The National Anthem closed the
with a renewal •subscription- to the Prbgreea•
. .
BAGS WIN
0R10,41
xis, G. L. Parsons, comforts con-
vener Of theloeal -conunittee of the
_
Wavy League,'Ime receleed the followTv
in acknowledgeaent freln A. 14arriese
chief °Ulcer o1 atnieven," for
dittY beige; -
-el' am writing to thank you, on
:behalf of, the crew-entembere and nay -
self, for the very welcome Christma'S
ditty !ba ge which were placed aboard
this veesel by ' your. organization. I
can assure yoti they were very much
appreciated by all, ande„I personally
would like to thank Yeti,. and .Mrs.
Nairn 'and Aire. Sele le particelay fop
their,
"We artived in Saint Sohn, N.134
at -5:80 p.zn. on Christmas Eve, so we
, _ere among .the fortunate few of the
'seafaring - fraternity ,to enjoy this
pleasure, and this was considerably
enb.anced by your very kind thongli14
and Wiehes, for whiel we say a verp
s1ne6re 'Thank you.' Next' week We
sail- for Australia, and It would MO
to. convey' to you all, our yery 'beet
for a %happy and prosperous
New ...Year, this Our first year of
peace."
NEW STORE ON ,KINGSTON ST.
" W.1 G. Lumby & Son, ,-Kelvinator
agents,. fife opening a store on ° Sing
-
sten, et -reef -for the sale ot refrigerator',
and other electrical goods.
National Geographic Magezine from
the Ahmeek Chapter, and made the
folbewing peesentations: •Eric Hohnes
and. Mary Ann Erskine (tied), prizep
fro ui the Women's Institute for setonn
place in general proficiency; Donald
MacEwetn, prize, for proficiency lo
mathematics, given' hY E. J. 'Pridham;
Joan Menzies, prize for Writing, giveo
be J. G. Henderson; Bevniley Brown,
prize for art, given by'. Smith's Arg
Store;Mary Alan •Eiskine, prize for
science, given by -Miss Sharraan ; 'Erie
Holmes, prize' for _spelling, gleen :by
Miss -McDowell: '
Mary Ann „Erskinee on• behalf, a
the, geed nit tilik eta Str, thanked the
teachers for their efforts ire -the -wee.
ests .of 'the students, and spoke of
the many happy memories they would
carry with them.
•
Mr- P.ridhaen presented the medalS
won at the sports events, to - jon-n
White and, -Albert Leech of grade VI;
-Cynthia •Young of grade VII, and,
Jack Price of grade VIII. Mit. Kemp,
he_nreesident_of_the Central- -Renee-and-
Scheel Assoeiation, presefited the shield
which was -won for the setool- by
Cynthia -Young.
• Ai irt a. •
being formed. Feone. then until early
August, 1945, .he was in eperational
.duty, transporting supplies and bring-
ing back casualtiee ,froin the front lithe
to the rear. While in Burma he was
visited by another ..Ged-erieh bey, Fred
Whatingionnen. -attached- to„. _another
squadron On, -greunderew. duties. Also
our- ; Fred's • squadron was "Whitey"
Weston, well-khewn -local young man,
but *John and he never managed to
et together. All three boys are now
neck in Goderich. -
FrO. Holland Completed his lour
of 700 flying hours _lest before the
Jeeps "threw in the toWel" in th-e Fax
least. He arrived back In 'England ip
Ontober and 'ivies at the R.C.A.Fr em-
barkation. depot at Bournemouth until
he boarded the , Queen Elleabeth at
Liverpoole to complete his long and
varied travels.
• ••,
He Is at present enjoying- a well
arned rest with his parents end his
plans lifter discharge frOn the Alt
"Force are iiidefiniteeelle is enthuSiestil
Otellirrne stay
'With lt-if he eould -land-- the right
position. Ile may -return to his foriner
riosition with the Royal Bank here. •
Mr -John E. JohnstOn will celebrate
his eighty-ninth birthday • on Friday
et the home of his siker, Mrs. Entity
-Graham, Baylield reed, with whem he
•
enneth Hunter, War 'Bride
Joins Iler Husband in Goderich
A war bride. whose eonaing to God
. rich has been awaited mith much
interest, • Mrs. Kenneth, Hunter;, was
re -united with. her husband, Lieut.
• Hunter,. here, on Thuroday afternoon
. last. , .
•Mrs. Hunter arrived in Helifax on
, the H.S. Bayano on Tuesday and ex-
. peeted to meet her husband in Toronto
-ewereeersday. However, Lieut. Hunter
ereeeelnately was ,eonfined to,bia home
Oki
nif •ating from a eerious 'Wiese and
w'e 'nable to meet!, his bride.-- eer-
• rai feeAente Were ramie for his sjster,
lilt& Neebitt Oliver of WorontOr• to
greet Airs. .Hunter, but in the eon -
fusion -of the Union Station at Teir-
,. onto the ladies failed to meet. .1tra..
Hunter came on to London by train
' and MIS. Oliver journeyed there by
automobile, and the' two -finally ...got
tOgether to ehd ?Ira. Minter's worries
at being unescorted in et tettange land.
• Mrs. Iltinter wile the • formei
Margaret Mitchell of Sheffield, 'York-
shire, England., Site ifiret Met Lieut.
minter in 1941 and was engaged to
him at the time lie wee taken priconer
* • in , the Canadian raid oh DienPe. Ai -
meet three yeara of waltingand,vvOrky.
leg had to be endureduby the, Sheffield
,yourtg wiimen before her fiance ilian
• libeented from 4, Germgn prieoner-of-
war camp abet V -E„ Day. Lieut.
"linnter fetUrned to England �y plane
nn May Oth and for n shOrt while was
Under...hospital care at-AldershotreEnd-
land, evitere he 'was visited by his
bride-to-be. They *ere married a
short. time niter in Sheffield.
•,Asited by the, Signal -Star reporter
what her impression of Canada was,
Mrs. Hunter replied that she had been
reedier perturhed.""during the railway
trip' through the Maritime Provinces,
ahd-Eastern Quebee. She theught. the
land through 'Which the kiiilwny runs
very bleak, and oleo very vast. She
was relieved,- however,' Nby the sight'
of Montreal Eastern Ontfiflo and Tee
-
onto' , and thinke Weetern Ontareoewith
its gently rolling fields and fair1y. well
popula:ted areare is very mtteh like her
Make Yerlishire. She says Goderieli
Is a very prettet;etOwn, froni-Witaf she
has seen of it, and Would like to ktniei`
the people here. She has been mimed
at _the• variety Of goode nvailable, in,
local etores, and especietily at the fad
that :Most thingo are- not rationed.
liter reafiOnse to the querns tb what -
she ;thought o'f Canada ao winter climate
was; "I'm too eoid •onteide the home
and too hot iniade:"
- •
,Servicemen in the News
Another Goderich township bey. Cfn.
Maurice W. Harwood, arrived home
• froth overseas last week on the Queen
_Elizabeth. Maurice enlisted •in Janu-
ary, 1943, • going" overseas Aughst
of ...the same year. He was ,plei at
-London by his wife, of Thiimesvit
his father, Mr. Gordon Harwood, his
brother,, Melville, and his sister, Mrs.
Benson Sutter, of Clinton. His mother
has been seriously ili and waneunable
to. make the trip.
• Dietrict, Veterniesetrintard- the elaure-
tania,-which docked at' .Halifax on
• Wednesday morning, are: Sgt. H. E.
Chambers, Goderich Sgt. G. C. Greer,
Lucknow ; Pte. T. W. Cnstle, Baytielde
-Cpl..• A. "B. Cortese, Clinton; Pte. G.
A. gentle, DungeenOu ; L. -Cpl. H. I.
ManCrOkie, R.R. 2, Lucknow ; • Gun
D,, A. MacKay, Kintail; . Pte. K. J.
-Simmons, Wingham, and. Capt. Wank
R. Howson, Winghame: , , •
_
Cpl. Jack- Videan, -ton - of- Mrs.
Videane St. Patrick's street, and. the
late Harry Vielean, is enjeying four
Pfc, Clayton 'Weston, eldest son of
weeks' embarkation leave with leis and Mrs. Ed. Weston, West street,
family after three years overseas; dur-
Wing Commander 'W.' Miss Thomp-
wherIas beee at R.O.A.P.' head-
quarters. in 'London, England, foie five
_years,' is spending a •leave of ,a few
weeks here with hie. wife (the former
Ruth Maeten)-aild. two young- sons,
and will return to England to- finish
neis work there. . .
.Lieut. -Col. Eric M. Wilson, a former
Publisher of The Stayner _Sun, bas.
reeeived his third decoration. *since
entering the service. _ "1 Before .going
,overseas theefirsk time in 1942 he was
:0-ardeeeetite•_Eiticieneyereecoratiote _In
June last he received the Distinguished'
Service Order from Kine: George •at
a Buckingham Palace investiture. Be-
fore' leaving Holland he was one oi
the Canadian officers decorated by the
Netherlands Government with, wee of
the varying degrees of 'the Order of
Orniegee Nassau. LieuteCol. Wilson re --
turns as commanding offieer of the
Fort. Gerry Horse Reghnent of Win-
Collingwo.od
1.-NrirPOn is the son of the late"
Mr. and Alm A. E.:Wagon of' Saltfolde
ing vehich time he was wounded ,once
•andementionede inedisPatelies- -anOther
Jack reeeived -his wound while' seee-
nag with -the R.C.E.M.E., during the
eNseeneendy break-out, abota the middle
of August, 1944. He wase sitting outl.
In the (melt behind the lines, drin'king
in the , Warm August stinshine and
writing it letter. home,- "When- out of
the blue sky • a German aircraft
swooped low nnd dropped -a stick of t
bombs which exploded near 'him, i
lieroweirg bomb, fragmenta_Into his hip
and:leg. -He was •remoVed ter a hos-
pital in England by plane and after I
recuperating transferred to the- Algon- I
quin (infantry) Regiment, which be i
joined in Holland they fall of that
year. It was- during the cappaign- 11
Ing with this regiment in Lrollaxiii that
he, along with other men of his coin- „I
party, received nation-wide newspaper h
•lenbileity for theetr-work during it night E
.patrol among tbe icy. Holland dykes. w
Thirty-three men went Oirt on this b
„dangerous patrol and only tithe, nein,
eluding Jack,. eeturned Uninjured. I
Jack, joined the *army in December, .n
1941, with- -tht -ILC.0.0. at London, h
is-Visiting with his,parents after WO
Years' overseas tservlce with. the U.S.
ermiyee--Pfe. WestoneeliTtliblegli' Gode-
rich- old, boy, had: beeit living in
Chicago. befOre.: the war andennliste,d
for eerviceewith the American ainey
shortly after that nation entered the•
War. He saw service With the, famed
U.S. Third Army, both as an efigineee
and as an Infantryman. He was ivitle:
the American army of occupation.itt
Germany until- his return to this cop-
inent litat ponthl Pfc., WestOit's WIfe
e„ ,nleo witheeleine_in Goderich.
. .. • es -se. • ,
The Elgin Regiment, which is ex-
iected to arrive at Halifax aboard the
le dee,France • on Saturday morning,
e 'scheduled to arrive on Monday
morning art. Thomas, where an of-
cier reception is being planned.
Originally the- Elgins were eipected
n. Ste Thomas on Sunday and a bus
'ad been chartered to leave' the British
xchatige Hoter(Videriell, at 8.30 aan.
ith all former Elgin' Regiment mem-
ee8 "in this distrkt. • .
11 is now expected 'that the.hus will
ea Ve at 8.30 Monday periling, but
o Official, word of the change in time
is been received by Capt. Sturdy..
'Ont.- After training at Barriefield- and'
llemilton he was transferred to the
n.o.E.m.E, and wept overseas with
• this unit early lia
He landed in Prance shortly after,
I) -Day and fotight throngit that eam-
paigh,uhtil wounded. Ile received his,
Pro/notion, to 'eorporal Holland.
Ile watt only a few miles °Weide of
Wilhelmshaven when the war in West-
ern ,Burope 'ended. retnained with
the occutiatIon force there until the
middle of Decembeie when ,he returned
td titian& far repattiation. Ile re-
turned ' to 'Canada aboard 'the Manre-
tania-and was in Goderielt one week'
after leaving Liverpool. •
Jack atatee la none the . werse
for the wounds ,he received, only sears
remaining. Ile left on Wednesday for
Detroit to Visit his brother Jim 1,1flean
there.
The Stratford Beacon -Herald in its
eport of the hoinecoming of tete Perth
eginfent last "week had the following.
eference to Rev. J. N. II. Mills, a
rnier rector of St., George's church,
oderich;
A former arieletitet rector at St.
aure chum'', Rev. J. N. II. 'efille,
nov-
ector. of 'St. John'e Anglican (thumb,
itehenet, came to Stratfard "CVednes-
y priMaillY to greet his returning
n, Ca)t. A. J. le. Alias, but found
he while here to renew a' few
equaintances. tie still has tt-Viarm
ace in 1116 heart for Stratford, as a
sultL 'Of the years he spent at St
fo
• da
so
tii
pl
Paul's eiritreli, and deelared; ""Strat-•
for, la the niceot city Outario to
live, in." Alec) to, veelcenie CaPt.
r4iIst' ere )0.1 ;11)th.q.' ,1(1,1;e bi'othOr
and sister, Peter and Diaha.
,Say$ dElt, N$ ST PASSES 811.7019ENI417
en s n Gotierteh learned_ with
ar---Lordslt-4.- „Declare-
OeithSetiled Once
for '..111
0 regret of the death of Earl Erriae„
een•-in-law of U. J. •Sutheriand of the
Capital Theatre, which occurred and-
donlY at pt. Marys on Thursday og
good health 'for Some dine and had re-,
centl spent several weeha,in hospital
'at 1itchener, but e'vae• supposed to
TORONTO,:Jran21.-The validity ef be on the way to recovery b tho
the Canadd Temperaeve Act hes bleu. Sutherland frem tC4111.
further qiartteulare have. not been
...
upheld in .a. Judgment of the Privy secered, but ".a furtherereference vvill
COuneil in London, the OnteriO Goveen, be -made in our laext week's issue.
,
Toextliti:wiir4m
vasinf„or, me4. today by its Lon- • '.' - - •.
of Ofitarie and al Staff W • in" s
LoF
- The Governments .. , • .. . .
three Other Proriinces-Alberta, Swat- penal Oil Award
a,chewaiL„And. New Briniewich-con-
----,-.
tested the validtty 'of the act in t,lin„own an- .
y 011icialllere for
appeal eliteard by ..the Privy Council
last December,. The ProVinces eon- Presentation Ceremony.
Friday Zvening
tended that a Privy:Councildecleion •.
of 1883 -declaring the act Valid was . ,Iamely" gathering of he Goderich
t
orroneoue and -that the .att , itself was
not pP,,re-enin 1927.
'hsta:1: t
f the Imperial 011 Limited was
, Throerly
e judgia" ent recaacted lled that the 'Privy the Bedford Hotel "lege kriday
Council upheld the validity of the Can- even . The party had been ievited.
adaTemperanee Act in 1883 and to di ner to -meet the Ontario officiali
adde'd : "In the opinion Of their lord-
ships, the decision Janet be regarded' .
of' the Company, 'and to receive the
embedded Comnhousekeeping and safety
tional law of Canada. It isempossible contest award fel. this district for
ae Y'S' i
e. !firmly in the constitu-
now to depart froth ie." -* ' ' the:'e ar 1945. "Cleenlinees and court.,
Thenudgment raised the question of eay" tre the requirenients' in this cone
the status of hotel !overage room
Control Board -of Ontario in the 96.2 points, with Sarnia the neareht
test 'and- the Goderich staff .secured
licenses issued by the Lawlor Authority 3
counties of Huron, Path and Peel, competitor With eje..02. The • western
Where „ the Clina.da Temperance Act 'district covers .14g.n. d.9.14_3Y11).dsor, Strat-
ford and all-antervehing 'placea and
the fact that Goderieh won top bOiaors
in such a large area was theesoliece
ofeamitual congratulationt among those
attending the function.
Theyeewere W. C. Garbutt, -divisional
manc-iier for Ontario; C. A. RobinsOn,
Sales, -Manager, and Harry Wilkinson,
operetionennehager, all of . onto; E.
F. Pollard, of London, d let man-
ager; .I. Thorpe, J. W. C ates,' 3. ' r•
J3nrdge, MA,. Anderaon,• W. 1.e. Wilson,
-Irwin Bell, G. A. Wilkin, 13. F. yVilniot,
J. Henderson, T. P. Warren, Mayor
1). D. Mooney, and Chief of Police
A. Ross, .all of, poderich. •A former
manager of the GoderielP.plant, 'nee
Gordon Jackson, who had been trunk
feered 'le Windsor and later to Ot-
tawa, was unable to be present and.
wired his regrets.
still is In force. Judge W. T. Rola,-
cbairman of the board, said at Orange-
ville that "it May mean the cancellaelen
• f authorities" in the three counties.
Some thirEfLene 'hotel L6erage rooms
and six ,clubs are, affectede
The judgment geld in part e • -
"The decision has steed ler sixty
years; under its peovisions liusittesses
Must have been elosed, fines and an:
prisonments most have been imposed.
Time. And-, again the 4occaeion
arisen when this board • eould have -
overruled the decision • had they
thought it 'wrong.
"Accordingly in the opinion of their
lordships, the decision., must be re -
galled as firmly embedded In the,
-constitutional law of 'Canada and it
isimpossible now to depart from it."
• Settled Once toed. for All ,
Their lordship. it Vtigi said, did
not wish' t0discus the British North
America -ACI's, provisions concerning
Dominion and . Provincial pelde_ene
-legislation, but, • said the Judgment,
"Sci fasi1Cndapejhljie
Act is concerned, 'the question must
be consieleredeassaettled once and for
all." • -
The judgment continued :
"Their lordships cannot agree that
if the ant .of 1878' was conet4itutionally
within thee -powers ,ef the
Perliament it could be ,
centended that the aet whivires"it Was ultra vire"
' •Saying the B.N.A: Act -t
tion of the Dominion of Ca
not gine _power: to -the. D
legislate dyen Matters r
vvitirin the competence of th
"because of the•existeece o
en•ey,",.. the decision contim
in their lordships' opini
test must be fotmeleie the
'matter of the legislation. I
that it goes beyond local or
• Accident -free -Driving Record
- Mr. N. T. Anderson' Was 'ptdsented
with an emblemof m.erit for baying
rock--125,0004ellese-a•eci
free, during a perirod. ef four years.
'--Mee-Pollarde -.the chairmane-stated
that quite_ recently he had caught ,UP
On ..u. narrow road, on -kis--way from
Bayfielde with ah Imperial OR truck
and of necessity •had- to folio*. it for
several miles. Oneerriving at a 'wider
, space in the road, the truck driver,
2.Theminion. who had not exceeded the 35-m.pna.
successfully rate, drew cautiously to one side to
ch-,repthieed let the auto driver pass, thug snowing
' er, l'e-bat consideration for others 'eon -
he• constitu- tributed to the winning ef the trophy
meda---noes and was chare.cteristic of . Imperial
°minion- to e011etruek-men. --That particular driver
egarded-. as was Irwin Belt of Goderich. . . i•
e,Provinees, It was emphasized -during the even -
f aii_emeeri
e- ere., . that -.Amex-lc:inn would pew into
ied : - - -. Canada in greater numbers -than 'ever
onT., the truee during the coming summer and they
at -subject.' were entailed to better accommodetion
2 it'iS suchlthan had been available in many cities
e
Provincial ' and towns in the past. Clean premises,
concern or interest and must from ,1 such as stores, restaurants, hotels, sere
its inherent' nature be the concern of ; vice and gas stations would add to the
• the Dominion as a Whole, theneit win eemfort and pleasure of the visiteee,
eon Within the ,e(inipetenee- of- " the- While- courtesy; both on the*ernerdr.4- and
• Dominion Parliathent asea matter af. in the- businees places, wduld convince
fecting the -peace, order - and good the visitors they were welcome and
goeeennielteee 'Canada, though . it Maylwdeld induce them to come back again.
in another aspect 'touch upon matters ' CoderIch having- won the, Westerne
specially reserved to a Provincial Ontario trophy of 1945 for "good house-
legisla titre."... . • • ne
' keeping -and courtesy," the trophy was
"T11.0._ Same ground is not covered -1)1'esented to -Mr. J. Thorpe, who dis-
by Provincial legislatioe setting up a ; claimed any credit in winning it. and
i" s
1
licensing sy
stem and making the. sale passed it along to Mr. W. J. Coates,
of -liquor a Government ., monopoly. who also claimed •ice was in no , way
Moreover, if the subject Matter of the! responeible for tbe,distinetion 'won b,Y
*legislation is-stieh that it etniee withinthe taff and handed It to Mr. G. A.
The province of the Dominion Parlia-; Viedkin. Pm -snot entitled to this
ment, that legislature 'Must; as it trophy," said Mr. Wilkin, "Wit I accept
'kerns to their lordships, have power rit in behalf of my nnates and I hope
tof re-enact provisions with the -object we shell win it again this year." .
id preventing n recurrence of a state I Meyer D., D. Mooney congratulated
.,70f,t4f:alrs,._ix,h„riicihet_swatats dueteei.,:i.,,,e,c,i '-t.,,L,..!.e_c...,es.:2,t4th)f.retsv.41iiintille,..r,tf;()..a,,
a t
61 1 10 ri. ei nT IV et tel rd'ait Le -0-qVi. erTle -67" -
" To legislatefor prevention_APpears. bed the bhportttinity, .assuring- - them
.l6 -be, on the same basis lis legislation of a waren welcome.
for,eure._ .A. pestilence has been given Cliif of Police A. C. Ross also made
as an example of a subject so affect- a few remarks.
ing, or . 'Which emight so affect, the , Each guest was presented with a
•iwitote'bominion that it Would justify pencil' bearing his name as a little
legislat on., by the Parliament of Can -
edit as. a matter concerning the 'order
and 'goo " government of the Dominiohe
It would seen' to follow,' that if the
memento 02- the happy gathering.
•
ME WEATHER
Temperatures of the past week in
-Parliament could legislate when there eioderich, with thoee dr the correspond.
was an actual epidemic -it could do leg lee_ek a year ago, as officially
so to- preveta one 'occurring- and also
to prevent it hrcppening. again," the
judgment concluded.
4
'
KnOx Church itait
• Another. Good Year
evingregatioa ViItevIrtoresse•
Salary ta the MiniStet
Rev. R. Stewart
Members 'of- -Knoz Presbyteriaa.,
emiurch turned out in good number e last
(Wednesday) 'night or the ...aim
`Congregational meetiii.
'After a devotional serViee conductesti
by the J# inister, Rev, Richard Stemirt,
George W. Schaefer, was voted to Um
chair and 4. MadfAvanw aw.
pointed seeretary.
fs;10-ii.difsag to the report of yhe kb*
essiozar •Mr.- Stewart spe0 o'f osorae
of the -outSariding events Of the wit
year and noted-therinereaee in the
membership Of the congregation, wide)*
stood at- 671 on- December 31St last,
compared with 021.eat Decenabe'r 'Mete • .
1944. Families represented are 32.
Mr. Stewart spoke of bis-coneern foe'.
the youueg people of the congregation.
The need a trainhag madeof the spjr18'
ual develop:tient of the boys_anci
he said, presented a 'challenge to the
church for the Adoption of some pro-
gram to meet preeent-day couditionre
• Mr."' Stewart introduced briefly to
the' meeting the project of the. Three--
byteelan, Church- in Canada for the
reising of a thank -offering of two neic
-lion dollars in connection with
Spiritual Advaneeemevement. -
• The report, of the Sabbath seltoOX
was presented -by the superintendent
Robert,Bisset, and recorded a success-
ful year., - _
Mrs. Albert leaylor, spoke for , the-,
Women's Missionary Society. The Slam
$5,20 was feitwarded te4stlee Presby-
terial treasurer, a slight Inere,ase Qtt
last:year. The diamend Jubilee IA the
Huron Presbyteriel Society was cele-
brated here th September, on which °e-
chelon ePecial nierdion was eaaade
the' work of .Mrs. H. C. Dunlop, .whi-
has given twenty-four „years. enf seise
vice in:the Presbyt CriaLe-letree-QOrden
Bisset is president of the Knox church
society for 1946. •,
The Arthur circle reported another
banner year under the- Pieeideney of
Mrs. Geo, G. MacEwa.n. The -suet of
$335 Was sent to the -1resbyteria3
treasurer. Mrs. 'Ed. Seruion is prese- -
dent of the Circle, fOr 1946, • -
The Ladies'' Ald„.„.Society had an
actiee year and has a substantial fume •
W ec ts 40 e.- used fir remOdelleng
the ehtlyell kitehe_nantr_ purchasit
dishes and linens. Mrs. Alpie Straiten
is the energetic piesidetit
•
The report of the choir Was ',pre-
sented by Mies Aileen Stowe and re-
corded the events and ehangee of the --
year. After a 'period of ,supply organ;
is te • in the first • pert of the year M. s
T:'0. Jonee, the .present oigeeist, wee'
engaged. • •
Other reports were thoPe of the Mac-
Gillivray- efip-sion Band, the Men''e
Club, the Young' Peopien Society, and e
the Canaelien_Leirle"' _ in T,raining,„
The budget coriiraittee reported thee
the allocation for 191n had been ex-
ceeded, $a*,343.33 having been Initiated
to headquarters. The sitrae committee
was re-elected for another year: Wm.-.
Bisset, • H. C. Dunlop, Alex. Seattle,
Wm. Somerville, Frank' Illeesthur, W.
J. Baker, D. M. Johnston and A. lite
Erskine..
W. F. Saunders, secretary of tate
hoard of -managers, reported for that,
body- The eboa-r4 has e-estoblished-a -
building fund with a $1,000 bond to
pity for repair work _yawn_ labez_
and material are . avalfable,
The retiring- membere of the beard
.___Ny-(4eeted and Reg. Bell and
George zgtoltes aie new members to
take the places of James Donaldson
and A. D. MeLeari, resigned. Mi. 118 -
Lean' e letter of resignation, for nealth
reasons, wag received With regret. He
had beet' on the beard for atteut-efiftne
years; half of thls time -ae
It was directed that a letter be ..sent..
him expressing the congregation's ap-
preciation of his long service. '
Besides those meritionede the MeM-
hers or the board are, W. FS Saunders
, -
A. EL Erskine, G. MacEwan, W. ele
Baker,. Earl- Elliott,- J. lee- Wilseree •
Robert Bisset, Thos. „ Sandy, 3, FL
crargio- and -Dr. fl. Th-fla1L
• A. H. Erskine, church treasurer,
presented the financial report, .showing
Increased givings and a very Satz -
factory financial tondition of the'
church. Mr. Erskine was re-elected,
and Chase Itenip and A. S. McLean
Vvere appointed auditors.
An increase of $300 in the minIsterb
salary was voted, and the meeting_
ale° tendered a vote of thanks. to Mn.
recorded, were as follow.s: and Mrs. Stewart for their Work. Mr.;
Stewart in reply expressed" his deep
1946 1945 .; geatittede not, only for _theseemarke, of.
• Max. Mil. Mex. Min. aprireciation but iiTSo for the kindeteSs
Thurs., Jan. 17 31 15 , 20 .6 which -he and Mrs. Stewart had met
Pre; Jah. 18 ....34 25 20 4 eonsta.ntly in , their a'Ssociations with
TIME TO TAR -P. ACTION Sat., Jan. 19 8 28 3.8 the congregation. g.
WiNGIIAM, Jan. 22. - Richard Mon., jan. 21 ....24 8 28 2,2 evening and after a ohort nenek.11
MIA. GIVE GOVER,NMENT
Sun.; Jan. 20 -2 • 29 10 Thie concluded the bueinere of • the.
Lloyd, presidenteof the Huron County I
Jene• 22 ....23 12 32 25 program the "ladies served refresbe
Temperance Federation, predicts that -an' 2370 10 31 21 r
!Pents and 0. eoeial lime" wan spent.;
the- organization will •chat ' to see
-
whether'the Ontario Gevernment closes
beverage' rooms itt the epunty before Board of Trade Expects Big Tourist
taking any further steps as the result
of the, Privy Council decision. up- - Traffic the Coming Summ'er •
holding the validity of the Canada
Temperance Act which is in force .in j irmly convin
Fced that- the coming Proprietora„ of tottriet cabins Meite -
the taunty. e rioutisi traffic is likely te be alinor- homes will be asked te -get their
He said that if .the beverage rooms mally hetiety, the various cotamitteee of premises into. shape as early In the
are not ,..closed it is possible that a the "Goderich Board of Trade are de- season as possible. and -to-keep Abe* .
petition will be pretented to the 'Gov- voting a great deal of,time to he eon in propercondition thronkhout the
ernment making that tilde be donesideration of plans to provide raore summer. Courtesy to ViSitors *400.4.
'Ile saki also 'that there is also a and better accommodation for the ale° stressed, While overcharghw tot°
possibility of private- prifseentions hoped-for visitors. • accommodation was vigoron4Y. .4)0st
againal beverage room operators under I At a meeting of the tourist and pub- deraned,....instances ‘vere s6ecalled
the C,T.A. „ Hefty Committee 011 Ttiesday evening unsuitableiii1C011511Reft,betag ' adverted
Mr. Lloyd meld 'that ultimately perseveral ambitions proposals were 'sub-' as tourist camps or homes, anA-tAeme
SobS• favoring beer sale- might - seek' thetted by Mt. S. 11. Prevett, the chair- steps intaY, be taken0 that t3ne11 13)Ia0..
a vote on whether the' C.T.A. should man. °These will; be preeented to the maY either he regniarlY imPeeted
continue itt force in the ecrefily, exectitivie. of the Beard at it nieeting not permitted to eater to tourists. 1t
.-e• this evening:- , in emphasized that the !royal ttosts.
'11.1ise 3aeleson hes been taken The Lions (7itib e id in
U1iO 19
0118 er g
on the staff of the Registry ,
Mires Ide Whyard lus retUrned from
Visit to N'ew Yeeek and-t6t4 r ipeuliiig
*ti Week wire 'Mice Veld, yileon.
avenue, has retUrned. to' Dungannai.
&lune aggeessIve efforts in behalf of the
conuminity and Mr. •Walter Hodge
etated that the' two organi2ations
•,,might thLin to,ether on that partieukr
aeature of their work,
the Beard of Trade ana the lr2km4o.
Ciub, were, willing to spend thole *114
money to attraet mole Goderielk,
but their best efi'erts could be rendercit
IlFektrs if visitorswegr not give.*
proper consideration. .