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INETY-VINT
OUNCIL ENDORSES TERMS FOR SALE
Or FOUNDRY TO/DOMINION -ROAD CO.:
Legiud Would Continue Bingos—
C"Inlittee 41Vointed, to
Deal with Housing
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MAIO SCMOOLS TO HAVE•
LIABILITY INSURANCE
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At the 4fionthlY meeting of the Public
Sale of the Victoria street foundry,
School Board, on Tuesday evening, it
bingo, .fire eocapeti, housing, lighting Of
was Melded to tae out a school liabil-
the Square; rest room accommodation,
ity and pupils',„ acgtelent insurance
daylight saving time were among'rne
pelicy. . The -Insurance will cover tiny.
subjects discussed or dealt with by
injury tda, on sc
the Town Council atthehool grounds
if
regular meet- Or an injUry tea off the grounds
if the pupil 1 under sehrool supervision.
Captain W KTbowso, recently
returned from oversea, will join the
staff of Central School on March 15th
as assistant principal until the end of
the, present term. Miss Margaret
Mason will take a- kindergarten class
for half of each day and Will divide
therest of her day between Central
and Victoria Schools, •
Theprincipal's report for Victoria
School for February showed an enrol-
ment of 383 pupils; 4.verage ateendt.
ance, 314.05, or 8932 per cent. War
savings stamps purchased, $115.
At Central S„cl.lool 237 pupils were
on the roll; average attendance, 209.11,
or 89.29 per cent.; war savings stamps
purchased, $44.01.
ing on Friday night. All members
were present, .
The tax collector reported collections
of $4,418.51. in February.
Chief of Police Ross reported on
weights of loads of coal checked in
February:
• Town Company
Scale Weight
Saults Coal Co. 8390 lb. 3330 lb.
•'Dean coal Ce. 4060 lb. 4050 lb.
Edward Coal Co. 920 lb. 1000 lb.
Lee Coal' Co. 313011). 8130 lb.
Se,ahreols Coal 00-. .3800 lb.
A protest by a resident of William
street against continued unsanitary
conditions of a place on -that street
was referred to the Board of -Health
for action. The -place was cleaned
up last year but has lapsed again' into
a condition very_
-neighbors.
Don Fry's application for a permit
to? a taxi to be operated from his
home on St. David's street waS re-
ferred to the special committee.
Legion Wants to Hold Bingos
A 'request from the local branch of
the CanadianLegion for permission
to hold public bingos -twelve in a
year, not necessarily one a month -
led to some diseussion. It was stated
that the Crown Attorney had given
his sanction. Objection was made that
If the Legion were 'perMitted to hold
• bingos other bodies would make
reqttegts:- Ws-deeided-to -rereir-
the niatter-to the Tovvh Solicitbr for
a legal opinion.
' -Bandmaster. 'WoOdst---airplitattett-for -
the use of the room adjoining the pre -
seat band hall, heretofore used by the
Boy Seoutg;-was referred .to the special
committee.
A request from the Blue Water
Highway Association for $200 toiVards
expenses of the Association was sent
to the finance committee.
An application froth Earl Raithby
for a permit for a frame garage on
Cameron street was sent to the fire
committee..
-WARBLE -FLY
CAUPAIGN IN HURON
The County_ Council's agriculture
committee, in conjunction with, the
publicity committee of the Federation
of Agriculture and the breeders' as-
sociations,net under the chairman -
Ship of Reeve A. Alexander at Clinton
on Monday afternoon. The purpose of
the meethig was to inaugurate an
educational campaign throughout the
county for the control and if possible
eradication of the warble 11,y, common-
.
ly known as the heel 14T: sr:
-the'
County Co.uncil committee agreedto
finance this campaign to the extent of
Much regrer was expressed at the
absence of Mr. Bain Stewart, Huron
agricultural representative, who is con-
fined to Clinton hoSpital with a• serious
illness.
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SHROVE TUESDAY DINNER .
,s AT THE PARISH 'HALL
A successful hot dinner • Was given
in St. George's Parish Hall on Tuesday
of the
Dance Hall at the Harbor. • evening tinder the atispiees
Church Women's. Guild, of_which Mr.
W. A. Sutherland wrote on behalf'
'Tichborne ,is president. ' The. •tables
of Jos. P. Allaire,- proposing, that, the 11-•
were. prettily decorated Nvith Yellow
TONtill lease_ to his client the tvVO most
tapers and daffodils • and were :in
westerly sections of the. larger ware -
charge ofMrs. D. J.- Allan. Conveners.
ouse at the- harbor at $150 a year'
for the dinner were Mrs. Chas. Videan.
a live‘year lease,- with an option
Mrs. F. Riley -mid Mrs. T. Legg. The
tenevval for a/c further years or
it vias not ear to year' thereafter. o stated in
- ' LI kitchen Was under the..capable, manage -
I la y
Though. _
ment Of Mrs. Munday ancl Nits. Turner.
' s
the application, a, councillor Said- that - short business meeting of the
Guild •was held preceding the dinner.
-the purpose was to-uSe the -place as a
dance hall. The Matter was referred Matters, of business. were discussed.
At the April meeting Miss Davison
to the water, light and harbor coin-
: , •
mittee.
The secretary of the Public Library
Board asked for ad appropriation of
$2500 for library expenditures for
19-16 • Referred to the finance coni -
GODERICH,:ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 7th, 1946
Preparing Vessels
for Another Season
mit tee.
Itc4piest from the Bell Telephone
• Co. for approval of 'proposed erection
of poles on Victoria and McDonald
streets .and 'Britannia road- was Sent
. to the public .works comthittee with
power to act..,
An application from J. Nash, Tor-
onto, for the position of director of.
• recreation in Ooderich- was .ordered
to be -turned over to the local recre-
ational committee.
Housing Committee -Formed
Letters'with regard to 'housing were
received from Housing Enterprise of
Canada. Ltd. and Wartime Housing
Limited.
The letter from the foriner company
expressed doubt : that Goderich could
absorb fifty houses at the raffia that
would have., to be Charged. Their
bellies, it was stated, were of per-
lamenS_design *With full. basements'
--tnd furnaces,- and the scale of rentals
was from $35 to $45 per month de-
; pending on cost of construction.
- Housea erected by Wartime Hotrsing.
A -are far -war veterabs only and are.
without basement- --Rentals - art from
$22 to $30 a month, it -waS stated. '•
Councillor Kaitting said some people
in-- town were paling $35 or ,$40 a
month for a few rooms.
It was decided to form a housing
comMittee, and Mayor Moon,ey, Deputy
, .ReeVe MacEwan and Councillors
Mathieson, Taylor and Knitting were
named -its- nienibers:
Coml. Brereton gave notice that 'at
. the next meeting of. Council he would
- move to rescind bylaw No. -5 of 1883,
setting out regtilations for the fire
department, and have new regulations.
- drawn up for the manageinent.ef the
• department. •
•The finance conlmittee recommended
that additional fireinsurance amount-
ing to $22.300 be placed on 'various
`inunicipal properties.
Ole special committee reeommended-
• endorsation. of the resolution from the
City' f St. Thomas asking that legis-
siati
ligh
Mont
recOnalii ded payinent of the fee of
$5 for membership. In the Parks and
'Recreation AsSociation of Canada.
, • Sale of Foundry .
The Industrial coininittee recom-
• mended that the foundry property, in-
' chiding flit= main blinding and the
• Brock streeet mill, together with a
land frontage of approximately 126
feet ou Victoria street, be sold to the
Dominion Road Machinery Co. on tife
.folieWing terms: (a) Agreement ,of
sale for $3,,Ci00, Milt !)'n option to pur-
chase .at the end of three yetttf4 to be.
eompleted with payments as follows:
• $1(l9 cash at time of pUr(haset $500
• • March 1, 1047, $500, Afareh 1, INS,
'12(11)() Horeb 1, 1949. oh exercising
option privileges ; ( b tlie.. preE:et
lease t() be xtended for three yearS
• passed t� provide for day -
'Ting time for the summer
‘Iiroughout Ontario.
inetery and parks committee
of Toronto. will be guest speaker. •••41.1
those •interested in mission work are
cordially invited to attend. •,The
flOwers for the tables were donated by
Mr. Ken . Jack, of the Maw -street
greenhouses.
Activity at the lia,rbor as the
' Opening of Navigation.
Approaches
The harbor is it hive of aetivity these
days as workmen prepare 'the vessels
of the winter fleet so auother season
of sailing.
gang of electricians wader Bill
("Skip") MacDonal4 have completely
rewired the Algorail and are at pre-
sent. Working on the Fort Wilkdoc.
The Algonquin also has to be re -wired
before the season opens.
Among the electrical repairs have,
been the installation of new wires for
the gyro convulses of all the ships in
the fleet, with the exception of the
barges, and new wires for the ship-to-
shorg,telephones. A new navigational
lighting system is being installed on
most of the ships. .
Ten men of Mathleson.'s Welding
"Company are effecting repairs to the
Ships- Al present a new Smoke
stack is being -erected on -the 13ricoldoe.
Considyrable work has been done on
the boiler of the Windoc and si great
deal of work on the deck Of the
Canadoc. The welders 'expect to be
working right up to' the lime of the
ship's departure.
The engineers -of -the Bricoldoc and
Algonquin have arrived to make ready
for the season and the engineers of
the remaining vessels are expected
about, March 25th. a ,
The Quedoc was this week Shifted
from its position at the Purity Flour
elevator to a berth alongside the
Wiudoc, making way for the Mantadoe,
Which is discharging its cargo at the
mill.- The barge Mitch Fibre is un-
loading at the Gbderich elevator.
These are the last two vessels of the
fleet to diScharge the en Tos
they had carried through the whiter.
• THEJFIRST RO IN OF SPRING
The -early spring .Nveatlier •hasm
brought -.per friend the robin back
with" it. Redbreast has . been . seen,
around „town by. several peOple this
week.
NO .BUSIMESS- -FOR MAGISTRATE
There- were no cases on the Police
Court dockef this -(Thursday) after-
noon. •
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at it rental of -335 per month; (c)
the Company, to make all repairs at
their own eXpense. (Total- payment
would be $4760,) •
'These reports were 'adopted.
. Coun. Kaitting said the Union band
recently organized.would like to bor-
row Some music from the -boys; band
that the- latter- band was not using.
The union band preposed to 'give
Sunday.afternoon concerts at the beach
and in midweek Would play up town.
Coml., Taylor said it should not' he -
called a "union" band; .ne did not
think there was a Unidn man in it. It
was really the old town iland„ re-
organized under union titi4i-tces. There
were about twehty-eight pieces and
$1100 had been Spent on instruments
The reque,t for the loan of 'music
was granted, aninventory to be Made.
Coml. Brereton brought up the mat-
ter of rest room facilities in the centre
of the town for the acconamodation'of
Citizens, tourists and people from the
hire' districts. 'No immediate solu-
tion of the problem Nyas Presented, but
It was sguggested that, the 'desired an-
comMOdalinffInight be provided in the
new Court House.
Reee. Turner 'spoke of the large
tourist business expected thts year and
said tile SqUare should be 'lighted up.
The Mayor said the Public Utilities
-Commission had the matter in hand
and would putup iron poles to carry
the colored, -lights as soon as they
-could be procured. ' •
Net Enough Fire Escapes
(7ou1i. Brereton spoke of fire hazards
and the lack .of thy , escapes on (Innen
halls, apartment dwellings, etc., where
they should be.Theril were too many
tires in the country with children burned.
and though there haq been Mine in
Goderich there was no • lcnoWing when
sucha thing might occur here. There
were places, he seld, where the bnly
exit provided was by way of the stairs,
which might be burning.
After some diseussion a motion was
passed 'that • the tire- Committee bring
in a repprt on the matter.
Council went into • eommittev• of the ,
whole 10 consider- the placing of ad -1
ditional lire insurance 88 reeommende(i!
by the finance committee, and on• Pe- I
sliming adopted' the ciainnittee's 1ec0111.1
mendatiOn that $15,000 of the nddition-
al
iiamiltnce be, placed throngli- (1. Mac-
IlkWein nisi $7,000 through•al. M. Pord..
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PAINTING UP AT THE TOWN HALL
The police office at the 'Town - Hall
is_being,,,, redecorated,. .and. George Wil-
son laid Dave' Mliniricre' faking
a •ertiod 'job •of it: that it Ars feared_ the
cells may prove attractive and
ma3,- provoke an 'epidemicof. mis-
demeanors. Other offices in the TONNA
building will receive treatment from
Ile decorators in due order. -
ABO7T TEE WEATHER
Ontario's wonderful climate has
been "showing ea" again. On Monday
night and Tuesday last week a timow-
fail of fourteen inches made a record
as the heaviest single snOwfall of the
winter. The snow -did .not stay long.
On Friday and Saturday it disappeared
almost as quickly as it elude, and with
continued mild weather the roads are
now practically clear of the winter's
accumulation of hard -packed S1VW and.
Ice. •
Today The London Free Press claims
that Len.den yesterday (Wednesday)
was "the warmest place in Canada,"
with a maxbrtum temperature of W.
That was exaetlyv tlae high temperatnre
registered in Goderich yesterday. 1.4011 -
don's minimum reading yesterday was
,31; goderich's 'was 33. A considerable
ffikher temperature, 72,` is reported
from the Niagara district.
Apprehdiaipn ih expressed lest there
be a repetition of last year's weather,
with unseasonable warmth 1ti early
March and a return of cold weather
later. Examination of the local tem-
perature readings for the past week in
this issde of Signal -Star shows
that five days out of the seven this
year were warnier than the correspond-
ing days in 1945. • ih •
GRADUATES AT MONTREAL'
HOSPITAL
Word has been received of the re,
cent graduation from Mount Itpyal
Hospital school .of , nursing, Montreal,
of Miss Phyllis Stewart,, daughter of
Mrs. Florence Stewart of Granby?
Quebec, and the late C. K. Stewart,
at one tithe connected with The Gode-
rich -Star.
AIiE HONORS IN'MUSIV
Miss Catherine Hay, danghtern'of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hay, Victo-ria
street, was successfui Iijussfligxith
• first-elass honors -Abe- -Tpronto.- Con-
iervatery of Altisic' examinations_ in
grade 2 theory. MisS -Hay is a Pupil
of -Mrs. Murray Hethegton of to,w•n.
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• CARNIVAL ,POSTPONED • -
"The -skating carnival sponsored by.
t e Lions'Ciab-bas----been -postponed
o ing to weather conditions mitil 1.-tatur-
day; March 16th„ if ieeis available
at that date.
RAI. Menzies Again
Heads Trade Boaid
Annual Meeting Hears Reports' .o
•Projects for the Coming,
Tear ,
There was it good attendance at
..tloe annual meeting of the Goderich
Board of Trade, held on Monday
evening in the auditoritun ef tbe Town
Hail, President, R. M. Menzies Watt,.
In tine chair. , .
Though the executive . had only
moderate achievements, to report for
the part -year since the reorganization
last sumnier, it presented plans for
activities along various lines for th,e
coming year. Prominent taiong these
is the advertising"carapaign, 'mentioned
he -these columns last week, to' precede
the sending of a deputation to Ottawa
oxi harbor and • other:matters. This
campaign_ was. outlined- f 144e meetiog.'
by Stan.' Prevett, chairman of the
Board's ' publidt2Lqmilnitke. Mr;
Prevett alSo mentioned: .the Q.PP_Lttng
in August last of the tourist Inform-
ation booth in Court House- Park,
which had dealt _with many enquiries
from visitors to the tovgn. • The total
expenditure eh this bootb was ap-
proximately $325, including the cost
of -.erecting the boOtif;7vat1ch of course
Is still intactand will be operated
again this year.
The executive. Mr. Prevett stated,
had appropriated $1,000 Or
and the plans of the publicity Cora-
mittee _ included, in addition to- the
newspaper spread already mentioned.
the,printing and distribution of sa,
page folder,,,and an illustrated booklet
.setting forth the • attractions • and
facilities of the town.
•-.. • , Treasurer's- Statement
W. A. Hay, treasurer of the Board,
presented, the financial statement.
-There'. _paynients
by _• whom amounted to..:.3956.: The
Town Council's contribation of 31,000
-.,-,-Expenditures4.Jack•Mbet--
brought •the total receipts to, $1:956.
3117,80; information boon]: and its j_suat,
111 tuiie St. Marys. The bride was at -
son tif Mr, mid" Ali's. 0. V.,Whet-
..iiipueKratxi,o)nis„ 431;4.b41711;;(;ueatd, voelotsi;s
tended by heer sister, Muriel; of Gode-
hand.' Grie(ililrgealki•,(41lottir Ofgtr.1(1°11111-tli',1111.aliThli..aisiridie)1"'s.
cellaneous, 352.45; balance ou
Wurtele, reporting for the,
suit was of gold gabardine, with brown
industrial committee, stated that the accessories and_a-corsage of pink roses..
committee had in its view a wide The bridesmaid wore it beige- dress
variety- of interests. Its object Was- with a corsage of pink „„tpses. After
not -so much the securing for Goderich
the wedding ceremony a rejiiito'n Was
of large industries as the encourage- held at the home of the bride's.parenfs.
inofenstml aul tihned4g8rteraietse!‘tvhpioeshsib‘NlQeuiliduintablecer,
left shortly after. on a motor trip 4»Citieeron *Street. The happy couple
up, any -lack 4» employment. nis St: Thomas and other Points. They
ommittee had visited the plant 0!_4_vyill reside in Goderich.,
the Holeproof -Hosiery -Conipanl, - Previous to the',AV-edding, Mrs. Albert
which was fl1linf it long -felt wai* in Pow -ell held a miscellaneous shower
the, employment _of3(vonien - and giris. U441 Mrs.- Leith---en-tertained at a
Another object of th6 committee Was trossean tea for • the -.bride-to-be
the formation of groups of Weal ineu at her home.
to address seniOr classes 'in .tlie local }
-Chouts----on business, profcg-sional-- and- !
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HENRY -COOPER ,
.inditstrial vocations. "I•his would give A .,.(„dding. of Muchinterest took
students • an idea •how industries and • 1,1111,0 quietly at. the home of the bride's
other businesses \in,. their ! parents at 12.30 this ab.ursday) after-
‘1,%V.ts'eile tcrilitticHleat.lingn
.'Alongto‘tylfewStZ(1,1111se..laignoe
11_.:)eryiitnigest daughter of Mr. and
111;, When Ma r•
Mgaret . Beryl Peggy
addres.sed by a vocational teacher from• • -A. J. Cooper, illamiltou street__
$t 1111 , • t • • • •" I
was 0)11 (('(1 .111 111/11.1.1age to swan
•ativaittage lie further- ptu•sited.. • Revell Ilmry, son of Mr_ and Mrs.
4 , A, II. Erskilit', 1T111- stit:ht, m. „Henry 01. A/more:it. .file
' floes onunit ti c. spo o ' tlie h1lIl(111('t
bride was attended by her Miss
111 NU"'Inber nthir"Sed bv 1')11". • II 1(1181'.\Qin(' Jack 1101) 1' Of
E. C. Drury on he tsubject ()I' ,•1)11-
L'or»tito. brother (,1'
semi tion aml reforestation Of he .14_1 1,1,11). \, (:1•
(11(11(1) lilt of at this bat 1 1 strt,„,1,,TIgtiL• (In ial;1, ,itlatt
, over fiCIT--pt-'1'. cent.. were fruit. be 11 lint 1,:ti
timed 1)1)11 blue flowers.
rural. areas:. She 9r1'ied a bouquet of American
- Civic Improvement
, Beauty roses and wore 11 gold bracelet
It. C. 1I11,) . tne \\4.,•1 1 Ili, bride_
Servicemen in the News
The Distinguished Conduct Medal
has -been, awarded to C.S.M. , Con
Stapleton, son of the late Mr.' arid
Mars-. -Gen. StaWeton •Of--"Gtoderiehifer
conspicuous efficiency, and gallant -con-
duct while serving- with the ,'EsseX
ScRttish Regiment. C.S.M. •Stapleton
Was born. in' Geder.ieh,-in :1910, joined
the Essex Scottish in 1939, was made
acting sergeant in February, 1940, and
went overseas with his regiment in
July, 1940.' ,He was taken prisoner in
the raid. at Diweppe in, August,. 1942„
and was returned to Canada in May,
J945. •Ile is now living at Detroit.
The citation is as follow.4_-
"'ibis warrant officer took part in
the Dieppe operation August -19. 1942.
Ile ivas acting-C.S.M. to a special re -
servo company -•of the- Essex Scottish
Reginient which had been gereated out
of headquatters company personnel for
this operation. His conduct .thropgh-
out displayed outstanding initiative
ana leadership. .• ,
• "Without regard Ow his own safety
and` with conspicuous efficiency, he led
a patrol through heavy, wire prer thy
sea wall, cutting gaps in the wire
himself.; and crossed 250 yards of ilht
exposed, gnound swept by heavy enemy
thachine' gun and mortar dire, penetrat-
ing into the town to reach. his 1)1)2
jective. While in the town, he and his
patrol accounted for a nousiderable
number of enemy snipers in buildings
along the Water 'front, .and machine
gun posts, and destroye0 the crew Of
at least one enemy Ship in tile harbor.
He later led his patrol back to bat-
talion headqparters; bringing with him
,valuable information as to enemy dis-
positions and strength.' The, gallant
'conduct and fighting spirit of this
warrant officer cannot be •cominended
top highly.". • -
Visiting with his 'grandparents, ,Mr,
.and Mrs. ,Charles A11isn,‘'Ciiineron
street. . this week is . Tpr. Ted
("Beanie") iNIcAstocker, who recently
returned -4--e-oin---a1tru1st. theee--rears--,
service overseas. Ted is fairly"- well
known in Goderich, having spent his
early boylniod here before moving to
Colliegmaid With his now deceased
father, Sullivan,. McAstocker. Lie ery•
:listed from Collingwood 48- November,
1942, and went •overseas In the spring
of 1913. He saw'serVice in•Afriea and
Italy. in the . tank -- corps and .was
'wounded' hi the heavy lighting 111
When the 5th Armored Division- "'loved
to Hollanl in tilirearly sPrilig of 1945,
'McA:Stocker went With awl
was in, northern Holland on .V -E Pay.
Ito returned te rest. trip
the Queen' Elizabeth Made as 'a troop-
ship, late in February.
Ted fir§t visited in' .Collingwood be-
fore coining to Goderieh • last' .weelt
He was the guest • of honor at a
gathering of relatives sand friends at
the home of his 'grandparents on Wed-
nesday evening 02 this Week.• •
Ted 'will report for 'discharge when
his thirty days' teat:it is up.
.T. Stanley Itynn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas 'Ryan. Salt ford. re-
turned' home last week, having made
the 4 -rip tieross hy- the Queen Elizabeth
to Nov York. Stanley enlisted at
London In 1912,, 0.0 wont',
orv9.54,11,1 in May, 101.1, with a „rein-
forcement . Ito .. joined he Will -
nipeg It hi England and landed in
Piranee in June. Bill, when the in-
vasion had been en- about 4Wo weeks:
Ile sei•ved 111 Frani:e. Belgium, Holiand
and ,Germany anti then hark in north-
ern Holland. He was: mit • for two
Months with a serious case • of diph-
•
theria and was,• cared for in a Canadian
•
hospital in Belgium, and he speaks
*highly of the good work done by the
-1Hi8Thgsisters--there.-- 1-11 March, .1.945,
he went into‘4he lines again until -he
was -,-wounded on April 23rd M northern.
Holland ittrd was flown back to Eng-
land fOrnYespital treatment. -Ott- -
recovery lie W115 engaged on. the hos-
-pita', staff until his return ---to Canada:
• -Elgin I&ber, ,youngest son of Mrs.
Mary Greenway, East street, is in
Westatinstei' Hospital, London,„- after
undergoing an operaldon last week.
Upon reeup(7ratiosn Elgin expects ,his
dislquirge . from the It(Cyal Canadian
•,
NavY•
Cpl. Ernie: Fisher, East stfeet„ who
recently. o1)1aine4 his discharge from
the R.C.A.F., last week received „ti,
lett`vr of corhmendation from Air litr-
snot Itobert LeCkie, chief of -the, Air
Staff, Citing the tItinking and
efficiency •which• Cpl. Fisher displelyed
ln directing tin -aircraft to a .sale land-
ing when it WaS ill difficulties, hi• bad
weather; on the nightt of January 10th,
1945. Cpl. Fisher was. at ithe time in
charge of aerodrome' control .atSarp
aerodrome, ait advaneed training unit
of it'plantis S.F.T.S., 11041 Ottawa..
" Carp was used tor night flying and
,:6(tmbing exercises, but (n1 the night
on which the incidenticcurred flying
had been- cancelled land almost the
entire Station was off duty with" the
Held in --no way in readiness JO receive_
• an ercraft. Cpl. Fisher was asleep
im•his -hut- that night when he was
awakened by an aircraft "shooting up"
the• aerodrome. He.. looked out of a
Window to. see the aircraft sending
SOS signals and upon realizing - 111
was in difficulty he immediately
(limited clothes ankran outside.
The letter of, commendation froln
Air Marsh.al Leckie; Which, follows,
explains Cpl. Fisher's further action.
Cpl. Fisher was. at the time only an
Ilfig-c-orpora-1-4-411us. the-rafernace-lo
him as' Leading Aircraftman. -
The letter is as follows:
. "Dear Livding-Aircraftinan
• have heenadAvised that on t he Kitt
of January 21 Oth,. 1945, when an air --
craft. •1A'11S. in serious trouble, it. was
sUccessfully dcreked into. the Carp
aerOdronie by your quick thinking and
(41N-secy.
"Although the pilot 1111.8 attempting
to Make a forced landing oft a. nearby
read lead Nventhori by your prompt.
action in- ordering the -nse of i•ed
flares the was kept in the air.
.enough t moyi, the crash Irtiek‘;
tender and ambulance on to.•the run -
•Way and to ,organize the lighting of
,the flare path. When -the pilot did •Ilot
wairfor the, (tare path to be • lit and
started to come in, you supervised the
drawing lup of these •vehieles so that
they threw a light on the landing path
and furtheriassisted the pilot .by firing
flares, thus illuminating .the airport.
'Iwish. therefore, to commend „you,
for your prompt action and the sterling
role you played 'hi averting the possible
loss of. two lives and !he destruction
of one Of WS Alajesty's aircraft. whieh
has Set a splendid example to ell ranks
of the Royal Canadien •Air Force.
'Yonrs sini•eretv. Robert ',Leckie,
M'arshal, Chief of Om ,Air
It vi'as found that the 'aircraft, a
tivo•seater Harvard trainer, lied 110
gasoline left after 10 ml ieg tied -Wag
111:1810 even -,to taxi to• 111) 1)281',
Tlle Squadron Leader instructor who
had been at 1(14 .(4011trOlg 'recommended
Cpl. Fishor 91 Air Force' headquarters
fOr the . coin nienda t ionm,
•
TO SVEDIIT NEW
PLANS FOR COURT HOUSE.
Meeting ou TuesdaY afternbon under
the chairmanshiP of Ideey() A.. Watson,
the County Council's property com-
mittee discussed with L. A. 3ridge7
man, architect, Wang for the prop'esed
new court house. After considerable
discussion It was decided .to hake a
new set of plans Submitted. One plan'
ie te embody all requirements ha it two-
story building, raore compact than the
building Shown in' the plans already
submitted, The other plan proposes
three-story, building which would not
talfe up any more ground space than
the present building. Upon the sub-
mitting of these plans, the committee
would again Meet to make a choice.
DEMONSTRATION OF
- " MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.
The Goderich 'Music Club held a
well -attended special meethig in the
Collegiate. auditorium op, Thursday,
February 28, at which Mr. Harvey
Robb, of the University of Western
Ontario Conservatory of, lIttsicL was.
the_ weaker, Mr., ROA) told _4n4
demonstrated how music exaMinations
are carried out. He said it was most
important for those taking music les-
so.ns to try examinations. It not only
showed how the pupil was progressing,
but also was an ,objeCt for which to
work.
In his demonstration Mr. Robb
showed how examinations ate' con-
ducted for grades 2, 3, =5 -and 8.- He
tarried out each step of the, examin-
ation, musicianship, scales, exercises,
etc., marking each phase in:Wexplain-
ing why the pupils are inarked thus.
Those taking part in the
t ra non wereBat:pare Griffiths,
Christine Leishman, Annetta -Young,
and Kathleen Holmes. ', -•
WHETSTONE-LEITCH
A pretty.wedding took place at Knox_
(lurch lpS1o1.TFridaY-Etbruary.., "
at 2 pam, when Mildred- Florence
Leitch_ eldest:- daughter of Mr,. and
Mrs. William Leitch, Cane:iron street,
•
Minstrels ?Moan
at Parish Hall
Young Ocople• of St. thorge'ls
°Mulch i4Ittertain two
• IO Aud1e$4)0
On- Thursday and 3Tirlday *evou'ingo
of last week St. Geomeialiarlsb ban
held capacity auclience.s .for i414e
presentation by then ,"Sho' .Nqff Min»
strelo," under the ;anspices 0
George's ,
The curtain Opened on- the -first act -
with the. entire company singing no
old favorite 'of the Southland,
You from Dixie?" followed by "ilasi
Street" and •.,13end Dow*,,,Elisters."
Rev. B. H. Farr was a most entertain, ,
ing interlocutor and w. Bile,
Harold. Johnston, Leslie • Riley- and
Harold Shore PrOVided Many enter-
taining stories and comical , situation
which provoked roars of'''llaughter ant, '
sive,
ineu,latuutiousieneeapplause from the respere:
-Miss- -Helen' thek • ,
Audio -fee with a fine rendition of the'.
;popular ballad "Symph011Y,"and Miss,'
Betty Duquette was excellent, itt1*.
solo, "St. Louis Blues.",. Glen' Lodge
with'his fine tenor voice nendered
Man River" in exceptionally good Man-
ner and Misses N. Dunbar, H. Videau.
H. Wilmot, D. StpbbingtOrt, -
bington and 13. McNee as a -double trip ,
presented, a fine rendition of,!`lSotucky ••
Babe!" •,• .
Tijehe highlight of the first aot-wae,
the duet. of Billy Blackstone and
Dotikie- Wilson. These youngsters *dis-
played -All the traits -of 'veteranS wit
they sang "Chickery Chic," and al-
-though reluctant ter -Thursday nig/at
they- delighted' the audience on Feder
night twofold with an encore. •
The curtain descended on the first
a -et with.. the comedy number -"Room
2e00:1'),14:37414» end' men and "There's a
11Y--011-411-11-til.N19Seltre.:1111gr.137—
.The second' act • Was divided _int*
two scenes. - The ;first was that nf 1111
old '•••negrO- pliryed-abr-HatOld
chained' to his rocking chair and left
alone in his brokor-dOwn- Rabin witla-
no one to care for or bother about •
him. After the tale of his' sad plight
related in the -solo "'Old Rocklin' Chair"
by the old' negro, Betty .Puquette. as a
negro ;giri sang "Accentuate the Posi-
exPlaining in song the faults •of
the eld negro's life.
„., After a vain attempt to rise, the old.
• negro returued to his rocking .chair.
and as he looked over the. hills the
double trio 'elltpred from the -wings 43%
• join him in the heautifid 'mind. "Swing
LONA'', Sweet Chariot."
• Scene two IA•eespted a river viow
at etirly evening. With the day's WOrlit
'done the, negroes attired in' oveialls
and straw hats, and the pplored girls
in- bright dresses, entered sliiging "Up
-Lazy 1t4v44." - Here- -they famd
"Lazy Bones," played by Glen Lodge
peacefully sleeping 153• the stream.
Dawn and- Peggy Stubbington "a'S
-muisie" add "Daisie" sang the duet
-Lazy Bones" and th negro girls sang
1/ as a:chorus. "Aren't You Glad You're
I'Voil?“ Hazel Wilmot •as "Dinah,"
lug sympathy for "Lazy 'tones,"
1„1(1 of. her situation in" 'Ow song "I'm
chashig Rainbows," and •Laz
Bones." agreeing her that life,
vory dreary without inusic,
ed ifiat, itt.
>1 'till„80 +4, 1 !,.) retire, but the ,
(,..t\f) 1
\.(1:e1c90),())1111.1).(111-r(01 inNever Go
((•110
12 \Ve 3,()riti,:, •
Ited.t' 11 iwever. alter 'hall left, the. '
otitel- dart. folk doc:dod ,lic was right
llie sltt udoI v,.:1-1! the finale.
-swailee•' and ••Dixie.” -
ebont,,,, and -silos were pre -
spilled in tine voiee by all the cast.
The members of ehorns were: ;
Helen \Than. Hazel Wilmot, Norma
Dunbar, Betty 11 c'Nee, ,Gwen Judi,
june Fritzley, Betty Duquette, 'Annetta. _
Steep, Pyggy Stabbiwton, Mary --
Graham, Dawn Stu bbington, For
Lit tle, Fred Whitt Ingham, 'Ken Sower -
by. Harry Little, Ralph Blackstone.
Near Tuck, Robt. Needham, Harold
Blackstone, jr.
Mrs. E-..Iessop Was aceompauist •for
the entire. program. The • entire pro-
duction was -under the direction ofr
Harold W. Shore.
(.11 ie c,,Hunit 'i ', ' ' 1 11) '''''1(1.\ •_,,',,,ii,!±. :..; .il)(ii•Iir,HP r at .:,11' \‘''(Idftg•
. .
landevards ano '1a,,1ia AotS .1\ I.(a (if,' .i10 bridesmaid w a s in cherry crepe
tracted from 1111 appearance of the with 11 .w.hite straw hat, trimmed with
town and called for a "dean up, paint v a ri-colored !limeys. a nd _ en riled a
up- campaign for tell 4a3',. ' "1' (110 bouquet of yellow isises and iris. The
'weeks to brighten up the tows. Theiv hi.i,:, i', g( v,,,, I, in, >111)20 by
her.
were .sonte old buildings, he said, that . footers who only re,ently ret,myred
could with advantage be reumNed, and ,1,10 0 9,42. and serious illness. 'Rev -
the Provincial q'ire 'Marshal might ,-,ii.. LC Turnbull:of North street United
be asked to visit the town 'and make 'church officiated. Mrs., Murray Heth-
an inspeetion forthe diseovery of fire erhig.te„ pr_ived the, wedding music.
traps. ' ttoderich, he point-etl. out, liad • After the ceremmiy. breakfast was
In its lake and river banks 8011 . 0(1, TIio bride's.1 0 at ,itsiniAt
advantages, and he advoca ted the ii t he guests -wearing grey crepe. with an
tletplisition by the .7 TOWIl °LAW avail- i 0.,:ots1 cor,,,ag4,,, The rooms were decor -
able property along the banks in Order ' atm with beautiful sprbig flowers.
that .the magnificent views of lake , The - happy cciuPle' left ..by _motor par
and' river might be enjoyed by all the 1 fm. Toronto, Montreal .and Quebec,
,people rather than by individual proper- after which they will proceed to prince,
ty-owners. A five-year program for the , Rupert, B.C., where the 'bridegroom
beautification of the town along such I is at present, tilling 11. position with
-lines would, he felt, be anipiY justified. 1 his firm. „
. The housing problem wilt.; dealt with The bride was feted oe, many 0t -
by J. A. Sully, who „told: of a recent casions -before the wedding. Among
Visit to the town -by' a representative these honored who thuA oorer d hewere Mrs.
of Wart -line ilou_s_h_g_i And of the p.talla.4 ...m...---0." tom, . wri-.6 gwve a-nri'iReelpi tris
under- which' thts---eorporation Would cons shower at her home; Mts. jack
erect houses. If there were :sufficient 1 Murphy, who gen,' ;1 t(si and present-
demaiid, fifty houses woUld he In"' •I 01 1011 ; •Miss , Marion Chapman, wlio
These would be for war veterans and I entertained the bride and the"-TrirfilliY
would rent at $22, 327 (111(1330 a month (''i nb to which she belonged; and Mr.
for different types of construiaion. At 1, Mrs.Harvey Erskin0, at whose
the end of fifteen years the ToWe weatid '
1 home a mock (Tint trial was held.
have the option of purehaset,h . 1
Mr. Sully pointed out thatilioderich ; •
_s
Could pot get new induStries unt41+-A . i' -'d • - .
thei•e. was housing accommodation for .13, 6trong ed Cross Or anizatio
..- • ,•
- THE WEATOER.
Temperatures of the past week In
Goderich, with those of the correspond-
ing week a year ago, as Officially
recorded, were as follows:
1946 1945
- --- Max. Min.
Thin:s., Feb. 28 ....32
Fri., Mar. 1 ....45 25- 38 22
Sat..Mar. t ....47 :12 38 34
".11 a r. 3- ....40 26 44 26,
Mon.. Mar. 4 ...48 :1338 30
" -
Tues M r. 5 28 55 28
\\N1,,, :Ater. ....60 :13 49 26
,
employeet.i.
Mr., iAlenzies spoke of the • re•eent I
ing-- at Linniott, - attended- by hiniseff,l,
Caitadian t'hamber of Commerce meet -
and C. F.-. Chapman, secretary of the
Board, and stressed the • importance
of Board of Trade,: work.
In reply to a question, Mr. Menzies
stated that the Board had not taken
into Coesideration the Ineal effeet of
the recent, eourt, decision on the Canada.
Temperance Act..
Officers Eiected
The' Slate of officers proposed for
the coming ;Near Was presented by
G.. W. Schiller and whs adoPted, as
follows: President, It. M. Menzies;
viee-preSidents, • G. L. Parsons, K. S.
Hopkinson ;. seeretary, N. \N'. Miller ;
treasurer, W. A. Hay ;. "council, S. 11.
Prevett. A. II. Erskine, W. J. Hodge,
11.:11,011.1t.eitr11).r. M,
,11a3 8, h.(%, E. E. (.rai jam, R. C.
w IA; M . A inslie.
ist( n, Leo
alzak, .i.' A. Sally, 6. NV. Schaefer,
W. .1. Hodge reported for the reeve
111 tioii eommitiee end said a recommend-
ation :ts a, reereat:enal eirtire would
sOon be presented to lite Town Council.
kb.
!I
Is Still Considered Necessary
After the War of 1914-1s. the,charter
of the Gielerich branch of the Red
Cross ,was gurrendered, it being the
conviction of tnisit people that -there
would never bo auother war- -at-least
"in our time." When War again leilke
out in 11)31) it 11118 necessary to obtain
a new charter n mi to rebuild the
organization froln the. .grotind up.
everyone now -hopes that wars
have been tarnished. there is not the
same feeling ,of cenfideuce about it
and the. tendeno-...is to maintain our
auxiliary services in modilied form,
until V.1 itlts 11111.1. slioWii tltotti to be
tintiecessar.t.
In addition ploinctit of pre-
parideoi4s. the Ited C.rossi 1111-
I)1'1'55 110 1)1'1,510111 of peatotilin' NI,t_!rk
111191) ionq go' , whose resultS
/1 cr I g1'o11 test 111)1)0> 1011(1' ir) the
(.4,11111 1111011.
lltOpiNt 1111181 110 11111111-
Ia
111.041, 1 he health' of Cite people fostered
ve1t.rt1i,4°
vietm must be eindinitons and., nurSifjg
.41
auxiliaries developed.
The executive of., th. (loderie6 Iketi
Cross believe that ° it is not only de-
sirable but necessary that a strong
Jiraii.eh be niiiintainel here so lellirg
as we can render wirethwitille eld 111
this great humanitarian Wor14.
. Memberships, in the branch are enti- •
int; in slowly in the present campaign,
leit it is ,expeeted 'that- thh vvill boa-
ProN e. Citizens are urged to naafi
their subscriptions t,1 thC treagitter,
A. M. Itobertson, or lerr e them at
any (if the bnnlis.
_ Lost Week a letter w (fittui. to raatiy
hundred ritimens aii1dii tdioiit • to ,to,
main Inembers. This letter stati2e1
that a form would be encloned •
their eon x enience. Vitfortutuit.ely, t,
form did not 'weenie available 111 t
that 11 „Aight extra .ef`tort rik70
to ho
f,io made by 11104','111814111r4to roto.ti •
t1t4r nicimbership. but it 4». boh,
that tills- will' not ptmont 1ar0)
gollitiiws in 14»-13: !-nlyz, .41Dtgot.7-,;,,
,