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'7 MANY 'IMPORTANT -ISSUES
BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL,
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11831.11M0 Architect$ Fee$ for Pia $ Of Recreational. Centre -Co eillor
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., Breroton Thi irs' 131.,tilaing, Permit System. Wrong -To As
wartime iieusing to Construct pp Houses Here--OhQwe New,
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GODERICH ONTARIO, THU
MadCay liall Oaretaker
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At the regular illeeting ot the Town
Council on Friday evening, details were
,presented by a " delegation from .the
Citizens' Recreational Ceramittee for
the erectiorr of a. itecieational Centre
in Goderich, and the municipalities
assunain,g of the architects fees for
drawing up cominettetilans of the build-
ing, was requested.
W. J. Hodge, chairman of the Recre-
ational cOromittee, briefly reviewed the
many functions' whieh such a building
would 'provide for mad named a tent-
ative site, a short distance from town,
which -IS being sought for the building: -
Mr. Hodge suggested that, Vvitla -the
tax -payers permission fgr construction
of the centre by public vote, the neces-
sary money to finance the project
could be raised partly by public sub-
scriptiOn and -Partly by a small in-
crease in th'e tax ratebeing made.
K. S. Hopkinson revealed that the
arena woUld,bove a seating capacity of
2000 and would have ,an.eice surface
180 ft. by 80 ft. It was proposed that
the building would be of re-inforced
concrete and steel. with faced tile and.
brick. The architect's initial fee of
$400 for drae,ving up the plans and sub-
mitting the cost, if paid by the muni-
cipality, would later • be deducted from
'the arehitect's commission, gr. Ilopkin-
, Son pointe1 oiit.
uest., sas fed to, the„elitt4W41-‘9NLINAlg,t9Niet-
,, _ conimiffee of ” tifee-Wholeee-whiehl-in :A,' is
-77 6.)jeet.' --The letter 'With ordered-iiied.
later eitting approved. that the. eorpoile A. communication from the Dunlop
-ation assumethe architect 's feeseiell) Ti,re and Rubber Goods company, Ltd ,
to an amount of 'WO. enquiring if the municiPiility will • re
The report of :the ,Wartithe Housing quire tire hose this -year was read and
committee; which is comprised of the ;referred to She Fire (7ommitfee.
Mayor, four meMbers of the Council, A letter from the Office pf Specialty
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of „Tratle and T. K. Heater, ;president
. ettotations on office furniture was read,
of the Legion, recommending :that the
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and referred to the Publie•Works 1:'oin-
Council ask Wartime Housing Mittee
Limited • • _ .
. to construct at least BO houses in the A clreular from the Regional Officer
town of Goderich, was submitted. The Qt tee Wood Puel Division, fulvising
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nets was .17%0 and. 'referred to the
special committee.
Passenger §hips to Call -Here
A communication front the Chicago.
Duluth and .• Georgian Bay Transit
Company was read, 'announcing 'the
dates on whiclt passenger ships of that
company would call' at Goderich this
summer. The are; Friday, Mtry 31,
from 1 P.M. to 4 p.m.,, &S. North
American ; Tuesday, June 4th, from
4 p.na. to 7 p.m., S.S. Serail American;
Monday., August goi front 3 p.m. to 5
p.m., S.S. North .11,mer1can; Friday,
September 2nd, from Q a.m. to 12
noon; S.S. 'North Araericanr-Mondayi
Septembeer 2nd, from 10 a.m. to 12
noon. S.S. South American. When the
S.S. South 'American calls - here on
June 4th, it will have on board mem-
berSof thi Erie Chamber of Commerce,
grie, Penn. —
Council Cannot Grant Bingos --
A letter from Attorney General L.
Blackwell was presented, dealing With
the holding of hitteries, bingos aild
raffles. It stated, in part, that a
Municipal Council or official is entirely
without authority to grant permission
to any organization to conduct bingo
games. The only exception is that
bingo may 'occasionally be run by a
charitable or religious organization, if
the proceeds -are ft> be used for the
SDAY„ ORIL Iltb, 1946
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Int Lt. Bob Carey
Visiting !/ta Ttwn
eoderiob. . oy teturno atter
tiglit-Itears
-Qvippgpio • .0
.FLayilm undergone many eventful-ee
perieoces and halting been in England.
throughout the .entire lengtli of the
war, Flt. -Lieut. Robert Carey is back
in .town, at present visiting with hie
uncle... and,. aunt, Mr. and:" Sirs.
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Carey, Trafalgar .straet. Itethert Was
born and raised in Goderich, havihg
lived witl4, his, grandmother, Mi.S. i.
Carey, St. GeorgeseCrescent, until 1930
at which time -he weft to Victoria,
B.C4 to live. with • his father,- It.
:Carey.: In ,1938, with' the &ends, of
war hanging over Europe and. with a
feeling _for . edventure in kie Nam
Bob went to, England where he joined
the R.A.F. as • a boy' apprentice and
was sent to. Cranwell where he trained
as a wireless operator, groundcrew.
'When war brokeout in September,
1939, Bob was stationed at Turnhonse,
Scotland, near the Firth of Forth,
which early in the war received A
great deal- of attention from German
bombers. Bob's duties Were fe- keep
radio eontact' with the R.A.Ftetightere
iothe: vicinity and under the direc-
tion Of a control plotting office to
bring the fighters onto enemy bombers.
He describes' this work as the most
interesting part of his service overseas
as lie Was in constant touch with the-
R.A.F. fighter pilots as they nre,iin
action. .
BefOre ,
mustered' to aircrew and 'after a short
course in aerial gunnery he Was posted
to an Bomber Squadron.- In
Febtuary, 1940, he wentlio France
With the AdN'ariced Air ,trikirig Foree
houSes will rent at from $(22 to -$3e 11 that they will zeb longer le, able to
supply ititinicipalitiee and dealers with
menth. •
Councillor Brereton questioned the -
fuer wood was read, tied filed..
merits of such housesexpressing.the A memorandum from •• the office of
opinSoil that the general inclination the Ontario Fire Marshal, advising
among returued men is to -wait awhile that the seventh annual firemen's
for better; material's before building- training school wine -be -held in Toronto
Councillor Mathieson took exception on-111ay 13-18 aittrieggesting that one
' to this opinion, stating that a lend or more .Goderich firemen attend, waS
list -of veteraus names, who were quite read and referred to the Fire Com -
willing to take elich houses, was sub- mittee. .
mitted to the Itdirsing• vommittee at .A letter from r'. H. 'Keays and As
eociates, advising that they are not
.:,• -its meeting. • .
' The town has not "Stiftleient property interested in locating in Goderich as
- orite. on to build the houses on, it they have 'found 'a location- in Chesley,
ihs. resebted; .11.n.d• will have to bul %yes _geed and refenredeto the IVater,
additional property. Couileillor ffrere- Light and Harbor ao-mmittee. —
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'ton moved that the ,chairman of the A bylaw was passed granting the
Public Works and the' town assessor Bell Telephone Company permission to
prepared " a last of suburban lots for erect two pbles on McDonald street
the erection of the. veterans' homes by and one pole on Ifritanfile road.
Wartime Housing and to bring in a A request froth W. J. Sutherland
report. The motion was carried with a for .his client, Joseph Allaire, for the
••Nay" -vete beiog registered by Reeve' leasing of a vacant-eection of the...west
Turner, chairman of the Public Works dock of the' warehouse, waS referred Wednesday, April 10th,' with the esi-
_ dent. Miss Aje • . Pr .
Committee,. who thought his duties to the Water, Light and 'Harbor Com-
- ace „Mills .lai the echane,
• sufficientlyrburdenseme. - ' -- • mittee.
A request frem John E. Cory to -. A letter from, J. II. Kinked -13;1
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The meeting was opened with the
! members' prayer, followed b th
any Praye 1 cl, 1 M y
rs e )y Mrs. Dodd. -The
erect a -sign at his place of business secretary • of the ,Consultative
ott West street, and a request from Scripture reedit* froin , Acts 10:3448
William IL • McClure for permission was given by Mrs. Trudell.
to -erect a sign over the street at his . Reports were read by Mos. Bram,
place of business' on North 'street were the 0 setretary, and Mrs'. Needham, the
referred to the Public Works „ Com- treasurer. Mrs. Farr gave a very fine
mittee. reading on ."Easter which was en-
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from L. A. Lane, Ara- joyed by all present. • ' '
- old Doak, Len Overholt and .A. 1. . It wes decided to send a donation for
• Carry for the reneWarof taxi -licenses the Deanery bale ' to Mt's. -Connell,
were -referred to the special committee. Deanery 'Dorcas ,,secrefairy. A thank -
The following applications for build- offering of $25 will be sent to the
ing permits were 'presented and re- • annual meeting in London -on May
ferred . to the Fire Committee with 151 and 2nd. Delegates who will. at-
. power to act in urgent caSee.' . tend this meeting are Miss A. Mills,
Mrs. Grace Clark; sunporch on Miss Brown, Mrs. Farr, Mrs. Whiffing -
dwelling on Regent street; Earl Raith- Miss
and Mrs. Needham.
Whitting -
by, re-shingie - dwelling on- Cameron The, outfits foe the two children. to
street: It. Bondi_ frame dwelling On be sent to St I' I' R i
II. M. MONTEntli
whec has been transferred from the
Goderiell branch of the Bank of Mon-
treal to the menagership at Sault Ste.
Marie. ,
IVIOTHERS DISCUSSED
PROBLEMS WITH TEACHERS
Central Home and School Associ-
ation had a good attendance. when
"open night," wee held at Central
School ou Tuesday evening. Many
mothers welcoined the opportunity of
visiting the . attraetively: decorated
rooms and discussing school problems
with the teackersr- •
the presentation ,of film entitled,
"„daitmals in the service, of man," Mass
Anu Wurteles"Inspector ef, the Iluron
County Humane AsiSticiatiou, spoke
briefly of that organization and regard- .,, ,
ing the prevention of cruelty to animals. oe Lae .. and -it was • with this towns. At Teeswatet he was chair-
aerkee.„. „tp.,41-01111444the.,414itture.., ree.i.,..7412..e.t. Pubije and Continuation
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• ' H. DARRELL 'HELSTROP • ' -
who is a bauker of 34 years' experieece
and who •has been manager Of the
Bank of Montreal s Tecswater, Ont.,
branch for the past live ,years, this
week succeeds Harold M. Monteith. as
manager of the bank here. Mr. Mon-
teith has tieen transferred to Sault
Ste. Marie to take charge of the bank's
office there.
Me. Helstrop, whe was born and
educated et Medford, Ont.,' and re-
ceived his early trainieg there and
at Clinton', .Ont.. Montreal and Tor-
onto, was given his, first appoidtmOut
1U3 1 when he was. named eceountant
or the bank's Queen street and O'Hara.
.144,:tame,Afia...%,11.„4.1.1..1..',or
Active in CunnnunitrTkte
Manage'. of the Highgate, Ont.,
branch for nearly two years before
going to Ireeswider. •Mr. Hers ti op, was
active in tin: community life of both
'shown depicting the
tremendous difficulties .overcome
nuldiiig t a *e . ,
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slogan, "It couldn t be.; done but they.
did it,", 'NUS again proven. he %Vas • treaserer of tiaeRed,Cross Se -
and Bob well remembers 'flying -out oef.'
-navigation, equipinent or ammunition. and' commandliql officer Of the
• • France, leis aircraft. without any eiPtY
The skies were filled with German
aircraft and his crew _had to trust
to the fates, flying at low level all
the way to Englend. His aircraft
made a forced landing in -Southern
England etid so rigged an appearance
,did he, the pilot and Observer make
that 'they were taken as dceeerters and
'edged in jail overnight., The follow-
ing day, unon the crew being identi-
fied, the good English -people could
not deeeneughe for them.,
After being "rested , and -re-equippedy
Bob's crew was: sent to. a base near
Belfast, Northern Irelaeln, where for'
nine months. they did Coastal Patrol.
Ix the .tipring of 1941 thett crew was
posted back to bomber command, this
time -flying in Rlenheims. Bob eoni-
pleted his flying operations with . a
daylight bombing raid' on Celogne ,on
'Auktest'13th, 1941.
In September of that year he was
put on instructional cluties'and in 1944
assumed administrational duties.
Ile received- his commftion --as--a
Pilot. Officer in November, 1941. was
promoted to F10. Octobeeeel942 and
to F/Lt. on April 1, 1944He trans-
ferred to the R.C.A.F. in March, 1945.
Bob was married in Janattry, 1941;
to a girl of Swiss. parentage, whd fled
the ciuernsey Islands to England, short-
ly before the German occupation of
theeislands. There is one son, Robert,
aged four. Mrs. Carey is still in Eng-
land,. but is expected to rejoin her
husband here' soon. •
F/Lt. „Carey arrived in Goderich
Monday night and was. met by 'Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Carey at the • C.N.R.
station. He intend e to leave .ker Vic-
toria on Friday, where, he will, visit
with ids father. He may return to
Goderich 'after receiving him discharge
fo lake a position here. ° •
MosreXT'iting experiences -a -s- a gunilei•
in an antiquated Fairey Rattle, 'Mien if the- Red Cross Seeielyi iind.'441rdir
France fen: his squadron found it man of the 11 elcoming , Committee for
necess iry to hiirriedly evacuate by air service personnel, while at Highgate
AI • • 1 • 1 presented
structive paper ma' the probleiti,'To-m-
inercial movies --ire they- good orThad
for ehildren?" Mothers, were urged
to spend more time finding out what
type of pictures • were being shown
;before allowiug children to attend.
The discuesion brought out many,
startlipg facts proven by research,
about .the effect of various pictures on
a child's- einotions. For, example a
child-, retains in. his' mind , over 507°
of a picture -and this beComes more
as -tint e goes
, The treasurer's" report showed a
balance- on hand of $252,02 and the
• ttendaneeeleannee wae a etie.--betwe
Miss: McDoWeklA, .and Miss Aitken's
rooms. ,
• Sandwiches and tea were seri-ed and
a social hour enjoyed. ' •
W.A. OF ST.. GEORGE'S CHUROI
The regular' meeting of St. George's
W.A. was held in the Guild room on
Committee, Huron County. was read,
advising that the forms re the pro-
posed High School Districts were for-
warded' to the secretary' of. the Col-
iegiate Institute Board and thet the
board is expected -to discus -s the situ-
ation and...either will meet the Council-
or
will present.a. recommendation. The
letter Was referred to the finance com-
mittee. -
A certified copy of a motion from the
minutes of, the Goderich Collegiate
Board meeting, held April 4, was re-
ceived.' The mcition was that the
County 'Council Of Huron County be
requested to dissolve the present High
School district and to enlarge tie' dis-
trict to include the Town of Goderich,
ii-Crt-COttalrrie-Thfturtilm8-
the township of Ashfield, West nosh, -Goderieh and an.y other munici-
pality Which signifies a desire to be
included. , Approval of the motion WaS
asked of the Tevvn Council. Referred
to finance. comnittee;
- A letter from A. R. Scott, secretary
of the Goderich Collegiete .-IAard, re-
questing the Council to raise $9932.21
for Collegiate purposes for 1940 was
referred to the linefice cotnmittee.
.A statement showing •the reduction
in the amount. of taxes in artrears,
Was stibmitted 'by the town assesselr.
of taxes in arrears was $51,384 and
t showed that in 1939 the annotnet tepee
. . au s es dential Scheel,
• South street; John lelindley re -sir -4W .CardSton, Alberta, were exhibited by
dwelling on Church street; F. E.
the Dorcas 'committee.
Hibbert; re -roofing .entrance- to base- . . e
raent at rear of 'store in Square; Loitis PRIZE GEESE STOLEN
- Taylor, colony houses On Eldon street; Thieves who stele a prize gander
T:1CIrs. W. J. M.cLean, dwelling on Picton 11111 - goose from the ' fame of . William
street; -T, H. Beadleyone-storey dwel- J. Taman, ' R,R. 3, . Goderich, on Tues
ling on; Warren street; Mre, Knechtel, day_ eight, apparently - felt a tWinge
frame -building Covered with. cement of cohecrence because they Ted two
stucco, on Square; J. Allaare, repairs ether get.se in. place of the prize fowl.
to house on Lighthouse street; j. Ale ,Alr. Tetuan was particularly Proud
laire, 4 tourist cabins' on' Lighthouse of his prize fowl and he does not think
. street; Harvey Steels; repairs. to barn much_ of the eX;ehange rce. the geese
`and dwelling on Bennett Street; Mrs. left hint are Of a very ordinary variety.
M. J. °Glidden, re -shingle dwelling and Police are investigating the peculiar
barn on Bruce street; W. P. Murdock, .
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re-ehingle dwelling ten West street;
• Charles Black, re-shiogle dwelling On
'Elgin aventie; C. A. Baxter, garage and
storey building On Lightheuse street. '
Suggests Permission. Asked , First
Councillor Brereton thoughtethat in
several of. the cases presented; build-,
- lugs had already been constructed or
"repaired before the Council'
s ;peril-is-
„sion had' been asked. Ile thought this
a false way of doing irte4iness; .'- ..
Mayor Mooney agreed, but 'reminded
homelier' Breretoo, that •-a notice had
been entered in The Sigual-Star a
year ago warning the publiee that the
Coencil's permission must first be ob-
tained in '-order td build. Apparently
little heed had been taken of this
ye. Mayor Mooney revealed that
ie lastegession of Parliament, a 11111
'been passed- levying a fine of
;1$10 to $20,000 against anyone
a ty of building w4hout the Coun-
cil's permission.
-- ' Councillor Brereton made a Motion
thatthe bylaws covering the issuing
of building perinits be'reviewed by the
Fire ComMittee and a report- be made
ete
at the next meeting.
. Coal Weights.
• The report of Chief of l'ollee Ross
on the weights . of Nei during the
month of • March was as follows'; '
• Tovvit Compans.
Seale ` Weight ,
• Dean Coal CO. A630 lio 4650 111,-
406011es 40701b.
Saults Coal Co.
S780 lb. . 5700 lb.
Edvvard coal Co
, tee (oal CO. .......e21340 lb. 2350 lb:
$014-'0,011 II i:al cco, 4840 lb. 4759 11).-
A „ 11*es ,',, fr 'Or 'flarold. Ir. 'yit lson
\:
,for popi0 Ao, stare a taut us'.
,
that by. the end of 1945 it was only I
$7,357- '
The Council unatihnously agreed that
an expression of synamthy arid flowers
besent to IV. IL Robertson, editor of
The SignahStar, and that he he' wiehed
a. -speedy recovery.
The ,finanee committee recommended
that - the communication front . 'the
Board of .Healtle-i-e-questing $2500 for
the •year, 1946 be tabled .until the
estimates are considered. It also
recommended that thelnembership fee
of $5.00 be 'paid to the Association of
Ontario Mayors and Reeves.
The public works .eonunittee recom-
mended that the Clerk •obtain quota -
Hens on• stop signs to he erected en
etreets entering the Square.
The special committee. reegimnended
that bandleader Woods be granted use
of the moih adjohling the band hall
and , that he be asked re sedintit a
monthly report on' the, number of iirac-
flees and the attendance at 00 ('11.
The fire committee recommended that
the M.O.H. inspect new' tourist cabins
on 'their Completion and to see that
proper sanitarY facilities are provided
and recommended that the es bins am
,not occupied until approval is obtained.
The industrial eomtnittee considered
a letter 'from the Dominion Road. Ma-
chinery Company. dated March 28th,
Tegarding rOnnarsf pro1er0 and,reeom-
mended that the COmpany be• edVised
of various regulations regarding the
property, ahd adjoining property.
hole dedido n earetAk'r for
t \
cotmro wont tO committee ‘°)f,.tlie
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THE WEATHER
Temperatures of the past two weeks
in Goderich, with theseof the cots
responding weeks a year, ago, as 'of-
ficially recorded, .were as follows:
• 1946 1945
Max. Mtn.
ThurA., Mar. 28 ..72 43
Fri., Mar. 29 ....71 47
Sat., Mar, 30' 17 34
.Son., Mar. '26
Mon., Apr. 1 49 33
Tues., Apr. 2 61 41
Wed., Apr. 8 48 35
Thurs., Apr. ,4 47 37
Fri., Apr- 5 46 ,32
Sat.. Apr. 6 43 .32
Sun., Apr. 7 40 27
Men., Apr. 8 46 ,$t1
Tues.,Apr.. 9 40 33
Wed., Apr. 10 ,34 27
Max.
.74
59
54
65
60
52
60
49
51
58
65
70
77 • 54
Volunthry'Civil Guards. Ile was also
active with the‘ Teeswater Chamlet of
Commerce n ‘vit h the I toy. Se'oUt
Moveto-tilt, 111 NS Welt lie 0 'Scout
Master. ,
'...11r.'"Ielstrop. who number;:;, gulling,
fishing and curling among his hobbies,
0 lieutenant in the Royal Garrison
Artillery in- the first world war.
Min.
57
42
38
42
43
51,
33
38
29
' 33
43
48
r 49
*Mr. George' Firown, Misses Irene
and Jean Brown and Charlotte Lin-
ington.. of London, spent Sanday with
Mr. and Mrs. A. -Lining -ton, Vietoria
street.
from a large list were eareinlly con-
sidered, JaMes Durnin, a war veteran,
was chosen to be engaged OS ca re -
tit ker. The conimiteee 0150 decided
that .the Mayer and staff should make
arrangements with the Department of
Manicipal Affairs to have a speaker
address aegeblic meeting on -a card
assessment systion and that asseAsors
Of neighboring gnu iicipalities be in -
ted to iliittend.
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IfV143011 lifhol)01NAL1
Zli cloz)nzo
`-'orittt, iimother„
5rocir street, ,thiS Weet.
Major Murray ..7.1;iel)onelfe riot
t flown Ququia.
.:11acDoWAhlticd to the:Director-
ate` of lilltarY Trainiog, Naticalal 1,•)4t -
fence H.Q., Otte*. the- capacity.
Of co-ordivator o riptary tram:aim he
recently eohableted, a 'tour of cauatia,
duripg wbI he visited various Can-
adian 'Universities, leettiring Canadian
()Ulcers', Training Corps and colleeting
data for the we in future' military'.
tr4Alitnuirilig•a.y" is a meinbe'r of the perman-
ent army, having joined the Royal
Canadian Regiment * London in 1936.
He was one of the Arst Goderigh raen
to go overseas ha the win' and was
in.,France with his regiment in ?040,
He was -.commissioned a 2nd Lieliten-
eent in September, 1941 and returned
to 'Canada for a training course,*
142,, Hewent back to England that
year and saw action during the
European campaigiset returning to Can-
ada again in July, 1
Murray visited in Goderich last July,
shortly' after his return,' and was glad
to drop in on hi S old home town tilts
week. He leaves for London on Fri-
day and will continue his work, at
various Ontario Universities.
MILLER-SCHRAM •
A quiet wedding took place on Sat-
urday, Idarch 23rd, when Rev. R. C.
McCallum united in marriage Robena
Irene, daughter of Mrs. Charlotte and
the late Gee. Schram: of Goderich., tO
Vaughan -Brownelle Miller, son of Mrs.
Maude and the late John Miler of
4,tettlfax,,N.S, The bully ye ung_c0400
-W111.-re-iid6.in GbdiiCll.
Shertly after their recent marriage,
Mr. and Mre. Miller were presented
with:very beautiful gifts by the man-.
agement, staff aud employees of %Dom-
Male14'11!'( bThe
, sgif,13f1:
iucluded a. 1-11-1se1
ighters Start
Season's Work
v,fity A/*Ditted ItadRo,Oxicatiir
Acv.vico Dio.f2c,r,1
at lIarhor
lanip', and "tre-tiqsVii-tzt?
'vigil -wits maile ret main plant when
Mr. Sulfv, presideet ur the cempany,
made a happyaddres, whjch both
Mr. and Mrs. Miller relied.
Several epjoyablt were
spent at different Lefee,-, one at Mrs.
Earl ,AlacLaren's, St. David St. hen the
bride received yi Ili .ieeepiable gifts
from the Onice ;Jan ,(,f the Dominion
.Road Machiner Co., The. newly-wed
was also refu(!efibereel 1.1.),' the 'Machinists
Local, 1863, when 111.. liormen read
an , address of weheeee and Aire 6.
lieles,ic presented the , gift. Another
LADIES PROTEST gathering took place` at the home of
° Mrs.. George McCabe to cangratulate
CHARGE FOR HALL and .welcome Mr. ant Mrs. Miller.
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The monthly meeting of fins Ahnfeeki'
Chapter-, I.O.D.E.. was held on Monday!
last, with a very good attendance -3
The regent, Mrs.. C. Staniforth, pre-
sided, In the abs'eece of Mrs. IV. Webb,
Mts. Pattorson•acted as secretary.
• The smn. of' • $360 U'at,, given to the
- GARRICK-DUCKWORTH..
Tbe , home and Mrs. Wm.
Garrick, Elgin in n'e:411,, Was prettily
-&earated with pink 2-eed .car-
nations, white candlee -.and pink- and
white streamerc fer the wedding of
thei% daughter. Jtrue,1",illea, to Harold
Wallace Dw
uckeril,• of Mr. • and
Mrs. Wallace leeekworth, ell of Gode-
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411 of Fattens= Steaprraije•lf.41:403
ships re.hieh Nyintpre,a he'r *arca go
the head of the es over the
and the yesse15' novv remolaini3
m the harbor, are the three axam
bargee. On* Sunday afternoon thgqp
of • the ships, the .Windoc, ttanfigicaV,
and Fort, WIldoe cleared, one zopiowinz
closely upon the other, for Fort 'WU-
,The Quedoe eiearga at nine
o'clock Sunday evening and on Uonday,
the liAleoldoe, Oanadoe -and Ontadoe
left between three and four* o'cloct
the afternoon, also' „bound for Vint
William..
To make way for the 'clearing a MO
eteamshipe eneSundaye the throe _grain
barges had to be towed to the north
Part of cthe harbor. 13ert and Mack
MacDonald, with . the small pasoline-
operated boats, the Captain John and
Annamae, tindertoolt the • job of tovvirtg
the large barges across the harbor.
There were many shouts of derision
and guffaws of laughter from -the-,
crews of the steamships in the, harbor,
when the Iwo pint-sized craft east their
towing lines orrto the largest Of the
barges; the Sweeelrope, but the doubters,
had to give vent to a Seeling of admir-
ation when they saw the big •barge
move and pick up speed tinder the
tugging of the two small boats. As -
if this feat had not been lierculanean
enough the smag. boats returned to the
rernaining barges and: the Captain john
hooked onto the Delcote and °the
Annan/Ile' -7-diratt'ntte.rMaera,-Flber•L''
each, singlehandedly towed its cha.rad
to the opposite side of the harbor.
• Iltadier-Operator 'at Erarbtir -
The radi6 beacon, -constructed at the
westernly 'Cnd of the north .pier last
'..sauniner, .1.11414.7 inLsaperation
iiiififflixe-irewty-fappolated opert;---
ator, Vie Lloyd Nelson of Stockholm, '
S'askatehewan, arrived here o com-
mence' duties. gr. 'N6 son, a
ftriffer-• radio --operator in the navy;.
was appointed to, the Goderich post by
th,, radio division of the Department of
Treneport. on April 1st. Nelson
; is e married man and his wife is. ex,-
pect fel to arrive here, on Sunday.
When the buiyling was constructed.
!en-ovision was made for, the oTierator
; and his family to aye ,right at, his
['duties at the .,ontrol tower, fonr-roora
nieely furnished apartment being in-
corporated into ,the building with the
; control rOOLO. Mr. Nelsonle inanaged
to make himself snug as a bug -in -a -
rug in the neat apartment and he
is very pleased.. with hiS•apPOintment. ,
here: Many such radio etp.tions ate
built 'en smell islands or in -an. eitlier-
teeiee-teehtted-plactes. eind Mr..- Nelson
considers himself fortuirate to be With-
! in 2.5 minntes. walking time of Gods-
' rifle which he believes he is going
to like very much.
! The radio tower ereeted' next to the
eril 2nd, at . 4 cote rol room is 124 fe-et high and, ap-
second war inemurial educatcoual fund. rich, sou
o'clock. Re'V Ste,,,,rt offici-! proximately 12 feet square at the base.
The report of the rtameage sale shoved
ated ,Mr. JC(lly played ate! It Is so deeply, imbedded in cement
net receipts of $72.6.S.
. Mrs. B. Wilium, educationalesecre- wedduig Mh ushic. *T;le,(. ileedia. given in,: that it is nnaranteed to withstandl
was becemeing-4_any kind• .oft'elake...-gale_ __Mie_..Sielsoral
t a ry read• a letter 'from the tea-citer70-1.4n, arl'iage. "Y -Liel-' ;'''''''';', "
gown of IN islles1' to isSlle if w a ming to anyeire
the adoeted schootret.MarkStay, :isking '4 dressed in a fleoreitegth
white pet oyyr ;,=.1,11- ;.,nd carried a ',approaching 'the to (0 `with it r steel -
for old Easter cards :1:-, copiws for art
lessons. This it was -complied wIlite iitlayel Levl,i. , d corszige ofFtishhig rod or other steel object, to
with at tine meeting. , roses and • calla lilies. II( r long white I not touch the tower as there is an ,
Mit. Thos. Glazier gave it -report of Veil wrx..eaught wIth o,'-hge blossoms. .ex 1 reinely, high vbltage running
"EchOes" and Atre. F. 11. Redditt. con- The' matron .of Leine, Mrs. John , A. through the' frame.
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Vefier of budget committee, eubutted Turk, 'wore a.1,1.(,e-t 7.., egth dres.stof A steel cable supplies - the -trans-
a report.
powder blue eersage ol re,d Mining 'Amer for the radio, bringing
The post-war services coavener, Mrs. roses , andthe ieeite: sa.ter, Clara, in in 550 volts at . 25 'eyeleS, which -is
ee- c. Dunlop- . .. . ewe 0 , t .,. e 1 e e mauve ‘ taffeta wee 1:-.1-::esmeid. A1re1-c1einged by -11 generator to 110 volts
and also rend literature' from head
(platter's ott .British and European re-
lief. suit and wearing -red ,,,ses, a wedding pies, five minutes and eight minittes
Charles Wilson- ,as,;i-.1cd the greone at 00 cycles. -
Mrs.. Wee Garrick. dre,e--ed in a tailored mits a one -minute. signal= at two min -
After a recept i 04 ,,1" 1 lic giiets by ' The . franSniifter antom'atleally-''trin.4-
1wen giveueeut -for blocks for an afghan
. Mrs. -A. -II. Erskine„, Empire study .
cozivpier. gave a , most enteresting 'ad-
dress on the Canadian c•osi 'of -armee
hi which she described each della' of
the eminent, and- read it short extract
dinner served to forty, .guesto, after the hour, Men shuts- down until -
Later Mr. and Duekwoeth lett thirty-twominutes after- the hour, At
on it honeymoon', the hrith. 'weeping a which time the sarne routine is carried -
brown piinetriped e:t• .1 111 gold top- .through.., In' the event of fog or rata
etiat. brown -hat and, aco.;;sories. They' the- transmitter is Tut on continual
• will reside' 111GoJerich. operation. ,% *1 (nnereency automatic
by a_ columnist 1.111 •It -daily newspaper
KleION CHURCH •
.The March irt,eeting, of the Ladies'
Aid ' of Knox church was held
Friday, March 29th, at. 3 pan., in the
lecture hall of 'the church. The de-
votional partof the meeting wits taken
by Miss Belle Mac -Nicer and' Mrs. Jas.
Thomson. A jarge showing of mem-
bers -answered the roll -calt and- .Mrs.
Sir a it en presided fo,r theeleu sineese
part. Mrs. Richard ''SfeWart spoke on
Irish" emsle -and its otigin and some.
famous Iri,sh composers and .called en
Mrs. Eckmeit, who sang "Robert
Adair" -Mid "I Dreampt I DweltTin
Marble ',Hair; Mrs. Frank Saunders
sang -The Kara Dancers" and "The
Last Rose of Summer" and -Killarney,"
each number being well rendered.- Mrs.
J. MacDougall-,plaTed two Irish bal-
lads. A ehm•us of girls from the
Public Sehool .was mach- enjoyed, ac-
compan,led, by Mrs. MacDougall.
CLOTHING COLLECTION
The..restriciiou impoSed fot security,
and other reasons - by the Postmaster
General last year with regard' taiiend-
leg messages of., goedwilll attached to
the egiftSe of clothing that Canadians
made for the people in war-torn Europe
hag now ' been removed.' When , the,
national cainpaign for 'used clothing
gets under way egain in a few weeks -
the collection will take place froth
June 17th to June 29th -it is • hoped
that every person, In a, fatally Will
write if' littre anote te aeCompany their
gift -children as well as, adults Just
few words of heartfelt appreciation
of the'sherifices that- the future re-
„elpients have made through the long
years of war hi order that the cause
of dent eraey should Is suecessfu1-7--
83'mpathy °in -the personal losses 'they
may have sustained and an expression
of rtopfl that the ('out -age and fortitude
they • showed in the fere of the most
adverse conditions will soon reap its
reward in the speedy rehabilitation of
their country. -
Mr. D. T. DeWnie, returped on Sat-
urday .froin spending several weeks in
Toronto; Mrs. Downie 'arrived honi
ay.
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on the AdVocating the
, metailed iri^ the control ream, to take;
red ensign as the Nanette' flag. ' . . LAVEN-STOWE•
decotatee with' 1 eeeeete of mixed fa Ilure. It is bellev ed the radio beam -
eeriug llowere 'ane , :all standards of Will have a range of up to • 140 /aim-
.,
ferns was the :-ott",ing. foy -a pretty ,
, SOCIAL ',1,'ELFARIE 'COURSE
double -ring . cereno 04 01! April 3rd,
etewe Illi'd tee het- ea R, Stowe and social workers at the ('ase Work Insti-
whon Ruth Ieleaee:', ,1.„ighter 'of, Mrs. Atthding the -refresher eourese* for
..-Artfiewin ewrie,„ :.7,.a \ (,u. son . of ,ejr, lute at London on Tuesday, were Mrs.' -
toed Mrs. Charles Leven, Fergus; were AL:Chaffee, Sociai.Welfare "Worker and
early flill'aml, the following corninittee ,„ ,
united in m 1111ago . I'd:. v.. J . W: ,Boyd Miss .Sa.rali Mc Loa p, investightor of ,
- old lige- pensions alid Mothers' Allow- •
:Was 111-ilned, Meg. J. W. Coates,. Mrs.. _PI'''. - e'_, ,-,..(1- . '
Given in •• Mareiage 'be her Miele, alive, 'HurOn COUnty,-. ,
Mr. Kenneth $ION% t--,,, “odorich, . the The course was sponsored by . the .
,britleelooked charming in a floer-length- Wester', , Ontario - branch of the - ban-- '
'newel of white ilov,ered Organza and ;Alan „i;.s!,ocjation ot Social; Workers.
fingertip veil. $he e,2 ;cried a beuquet Principal speaker was Miss •.Edtiel.
,of pink roses, ,
, M iss Shirley .Stewe. wcering a Roof- 10(.11d -et -in case work 'at the Universitg.
.hi'ngth dress (e. tee:IP:eerie -gold satin of Thronto. -The lectures dealt with '
with orchid glove', ee,1 gold e6ronet, discussion of. certnin types of „casei.
was her 'sister's .arafi;l 'of honor. She handled • by various. - social service
m'ore a gold 'croee,,,:ha cletin, the gift egeueiee, with emphasis placed on --
02 the bride, :old carr! (1 a nosegayltechnieees used end .recommendationte
of sweet peas dud pansies,: Miss • for different treatment. Represent -
Barbara Walker in a go",,, -n 'similar •to. ativ,e,' of almost. -.every town in West!
and', worn by the ilia]; -I ef honor, was ieen 0110 1) ettoil_eled the conference.,
beidesienict ~ .
YOUNG PEOPLE IN dillARGIt
Fund. A report on the banquet held; Man. Robert Stoe. Le
Mr. Fred Holman, r,tgus, was best
1,ether ,of the The Young People'i; Mil 07a of • North _
was decided to donate $5 to the dottrel
bride. and - 'Edgar ;!, rent, Peterboro,, street United, church' NRi,-; .Nivit. iethoagreig.es
ushered. ' The wed 'ling Music was of the church . -ler eieee .,,last • Sunday • .
played bg Miss Shirio Brydges. Dur- evening when they. hed,
ing the signing et tle registk, Miss i.pf Dungannon asguestespeaker„ Mien
Eleanor Sparke eeeig, ' 11 (sea use.” . , Audrey Barker led in prayer- and
FolloWing the 'ceremony a* reeepIlon Werren I',,,inlay ' gave the . 'Scizipturei% ,.
was held at the leoaa- of the. bride.g reading; Miss Marie Suaibert iwas in
Mother. Mrs. Stoke, received the' charge of the service and spoke for A -
guests in a lime frock- ,,vith black' ac- few moments of .the purposes and
cessories and a' LOnage ,of tea roses Organization! of Young Peo'ple's 'Unions
and sweet peas. FILL( .s•as assisted by in tranada. Mr.. Rapers -to, Ir as hiti °
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Airs. Laren, mother of thc groom, nth° theme, Met Your Light. 'SO _ Shine .
cessive. is (,,,,,,,,I wore printed silk ' ',i,r.:'',v in "an orchid Forth," and gave Int inspirl g addreSt3
the ,opinion of the members it
shade, black aeot..s.or;es :inet
:1 ct'rsa. 31: , '''•tori(i'isigshrieoptiiii,e of.1.('Polidf:illse.111)l'll'ilti'3;re °was'thg :;" .
ENGLISH BRIDE ARRIVIFS' Or lila roses alld f:VVV•elt, peas.
Among. the English War 'brides who Tottici,ro. Api:•••1.1,e,:ritinit 11 lo
1,:tven left for Yclung , l'enPlesic Crelit, With iip(leiPli
arrtVed ill HalifaX on the S.S. Ile de for Buffalo. Pleefivi,le %tore a dre-
honrded ,a ptane"'11;usic for, the occasion„
France on Friday Was Mts. Rete maker snit, of r(:)1.in 'egg bltie„- 'white - PAIIIAGEMIliakVIP ANNOINCtitto • '
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Eleanor Chiesbotne,---,wife of Kenneth top coat, blaele aceeeeeelee „and a ' eor- Mr. alfid -MrS. Siiiltar glil , Altae3n,v,
Calvary "Baptiet , r ( , in Guelph, over in the event -of an 'electric power
The • regent, Mrs. Staniforth, kvns _
authorized to get in touch with other
.organizations to ,protest the rate set
by the -Town"Comfell for meetings in
MacKay Hall.
Mrs. F. 'E: Hibbert's offer for the
use of her sunnner Cafrage for. a tea
to , be held in Xtily .was accepted. It
was-eleeided to hold a hamar 'et the
\V. J. Hodge, Mrs. G. Emerson, Xirs.
J. C.--Cutte aIrS. J. Lemaire; Mrs. AI.
Warretrer,..lirs. 1). .1. Patteven.
Mrs. D., .1, ,Pattereon and Mrs: W.
G. Miter:Wan i%;ere ailpointed to visit
the 'hospital. '
ink, nssisteut professor and
• WOMEN'S* INSTITUTE
The regular meeting of the Women's
Institute, Waleheld* in MacKay Hell,
Thureday, April 4th. The awesident,
Mrs. N. AldInnis, was .ih the chnie.
Mrs. D. Willis. read an interesting
paper on, "Garden Planning,- giving
shggestions on nerangenients of 'color
-scheme and the growing of bulbs. It
recently was given and it was agreed
that thie-sbould be, an annual .affeir.
Announcement was made that Thurs-
days would be Red Cross sewing days,
instead of Tuesdays. Current evente
were given by Mrs. C. Lockhart and
the roll call was answered by namiihg
a feevorite flower. A committee was
.
named tO appear before the Town
Council regarding the rent being asked
for the use of the room used for
regular meetings in MacKay Hall, as in
• t
Chisholm, Anglesea 'street. forinerly
Leading. Aireraftman in the R.C.A.F.
Mr. Chisholm 'went to Toronto on
sage of,- sweetheart roweS(n their
retnrn they plan te live in Guelph.
The .groom reeently returned from
day to meet his bride andT they will nversy" Where .111' 38 it friglit
renlaill tiler() iiiitil SatlIrday. ,,e,beet, engineer In the Trawillort Command
they will come to Goderieh. of the R.C.A.F.
of vaieleeleh„wish to nimeenten" tko
engage ment of tlfeir 3oitingv.1
Cterirtide Colleen, . to Irvine Ilten*•
Pedy, on of Mr. pod Mra.tIltelprIZ.
Vetly, of 'nuilt,iallnOn ; raaMarp. •
will talie plato tho It114:r Iloyt er Alva,