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GO htEIUCfl, ONTARIO, 'THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1646
NO.
OKING BACK UPON THE 1946
INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH
In Pant of Attendance the Greatest • Event Ever Held in Huron
County—Four-Day Program Carried Through with SUccess from
eginning to End—Display of Farm Machinery Largest and 'Lest
in the Ilistory of the Inteimational
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, Huron ,county wilf long remerah,er
the Internatioual "'Victory" Plow ng HON. J. O. 86, MRS. GAR INER
,Alettla Not ouly did it; bring to this
county the largest gathering in its •
Hon. J. G. Gardiner was accom-
history,. but it served also to remind
peeled by his wife on his visit to (lode -
its residents of the potentialities of the rich last week and they were the guests
site set Port Albert for an aunual Huron -
of Mr. and ars. W. E. Tebbutt, Mrs.
GUESTS IN GODERICH
County event that could draw large
Crowds each year if properly staged.
'More than 000 contestants, includ-
ing one from _the United States, and
many junior plowmen were entered in
the tweuty-live sod itud stubble classes
during the four-day p'stagram.
• Had it not been for a break in the
weather; oflicials are confident that. an
all-thne attetsdance record wouldhave
been set up„Orpassing even the four-
day attendish*-at St. Thomas in 1040
0 when the ligilre was 175,000 people.
, As it was, there was a four-day attend-
ance of 140,000 people, Wednesday,
October 10, saw a crowd of about The sArthur Circle of Knox church
80,000 people, the largest single daY sponsored -an interesting and success -
attendance at an International- Plow-
ing Matchain the, amaals of _ the ()nal
tario Plowmen's Association.
-77-Tralse:...4.--tlue... the, PrOV#V19.1..jp1ice 'Solos, kind reels. interapersed_sutli
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tor 'the excelientsmanneT inwhich they earring- selection's on the: hitg-pil*a-
hdiidTed the—freiffendeus volume o Mr -Harold Bogie and -community sing -
traffic which surged to and away from ing led by Mrs. Frank Saunders, was
this big eVent,:a True, there* were a presented.
number, ot aceide*s,as. was. to..be ex- ..AIrs. Cs. Edward, in Highland cos,
•Pktett—htfrrIttee 'Wet' --a ang4weetirutsrisolospAdiNtary..ok
'nature'. Sgt -IX-er.Darby -from- -the, Argyley• -and- "-Will-Ye-No' Come Beek
a_ as Hamilton diVisionsil headquarters of Again?" with Miss Eva Somerville as
the •Ontario .Provincial police was in accompanist. With trne Seets accent,
charge of the • special, sixteen -man Mrs: Robert Venus delighted her
squad, looking after the : direction of audieece with_ Mir:readings, "Whe'll
as many as 16000 cers in one day, ; Be King hut Chairlie," and "Wee, Wee
German Lairdies" - -A number of
plaintive Scottish airs ,WeKe played as
piano. solos by M. W. Wiekett, and a
quartette consisting of Mrs. II. K. Rev-
ell, Mks. F. Saunders, Mrs. Gakaitting
ead Miss As Stowe sang a medley of
Seotoh songs in their usual fine voice,
with Mr. Wiekett as accompanist. Four
girls, Reta Wilson, Mildred Quaid,
June and Dorothy McCabe, with Mrs.
, Allen Wilson at the piano, danceq..
several Scotch reels with nimble feet
The program closed with the showings
of two liInxs, "Canals erEngland " and
".The Land of Burns." Miss Dorothy
Johnston acted as chairman for the
evening. There was a good attendance.
In connection With the concert a
bazaar was held, and aprons', infants!
knitted wear and other eseful articles,
as well as homemade baking, were
sold.
Gardieer and Mrs. Tebbutt beieg
cousins.*
Asked as to the prospects of the
by-election in Portage „la Prairie, where
he had peen speaking, Mia Gardiner
said therY - were very uncertain. The
late Harry Leader, the former Liberal
member, he said, had large personal
following among tire Conservative
electors and the issue depended largely
upon how this vote would go.
SCOTCH CONCERT '
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
ful concert on Mon -day evening, when
a -program of Scottish music, readings,
fr
Great Array of Farm Machine
Manufacturers of „various types of
machinery used on - farms vied with
one another in attractisl,aud inform-
ative exhibits. NeVer in the history
of tlae 'plowing Match had there been
such a large and so good a display.
The paved runways at the airport and
the spacioue hangars provided excel-
lent placesafor the diablity of the 'Ma-
chinery, every bit as good as even that
provided by the Canadian National Ex-
hibition at Toronto. To be- seen were
plows, spraying inachir, tractors;
grain grinders, oat rolle#, milk coolers,
electric- fences, ereani separators.
scales, pumps, water softeners, potato
pickess� minting mrtchines, tree pruners,
hay" presses, bale s-Joaders,, lightning
rods. paint and spray, roofing and in-
sulation materials, snowplowing equip-
ment, threshers. In fact, many and
various ,things which would make life
on the farm in general retire pleasant.
In most- cases, those interested in pur-
chasing" were. informed it Would prob-
ably take a -little while before the
articles would be available.
Stoves, ' refrigerators, washing- ma-
chines, electric ironers. vacuum
cleaners and kitchen equipment of all
kinds attracted the attention of the
ladies.,
The Dominion and Ontario Depart-
ments -of Agrietifitnte;thd"Ontarlo 'Agri-
culture/ College, the National Employ-.
anent Service, the'Departmentrof Lands
and: Forests, the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and the Junior -,Farmers'
Association had displays. The oil and
• gasoline companies also had: inviting
' booths,
Huron County's Fine Exhibit
• Huron county farm exhibits occupied
one wholehangar and the exhibits on
• display drew many favorable com-
ments. Poultry, fruit, vegetables and
livestoek were, amengste the exhibits.
Livestock included Hereford, Holstein,
Guernsey. Jersey, Shorthorn and Aber-
deen Angus cattle, Yorkshire :hogs,
'Dorset Horn, Southdown, Shropshire,
. Oxford Down, Leicester and Suffolk
,sheep.
The display of antiques from all
Parts of the county proved quite inter-
esting and attracted many' people.
• , Outstanding Plowmen at the match
and the winners oi trips to Britain
were Fred Timbers, of • Stouffville;
Alex. Black, of Gnelph; Floyd- Steck-
ley, of Steuffville; Austin Nairn, of
Monroe. Mr, Timbers, member df a
family which captured numerous
• awards at former plowing matches; end
Mr. Black. took top honors in the
Salhda Tea Company's class for sod
plowing with horses and jointer plows.
.Mr. Nairn and Mr. Steekley were win-
ners of the Esso open tractor elites
sponsored by Imperial Oil Ltd.
Praise to the Salado. Tea Compan
and the Imperial Oil -Company for pro-
• viding splendid prize.a was heard from
different ;sources.
° Horseshoeing :and Log -sawing
Both the horseshoeing and log -
cutting coetests provided entertain-
ment. The latter was sponsored by
National Employment Service with the
Iden of encouraging more Men from
this section of the Province to go
north for the winter and help in the
, _timber bushes Where men are urgently
leeded fof this work. The 'first prize
Hata a $100 was won by- Fred Horn, and
sa, V.atagrois Huber, both of the Stratford
' 'aqiStrict. They whipped their• sal -V.
' through the Jog in 38 seconds. They
had a four -second margin- over 11.
Kollman and D. Menermid of"' Strat-
ford. In third place and just inside
'the prise money were. H. Fisher and
Prank gemiehaei of Goderich, who
completed the task in 43 seconds, one
• second slower than the second -prize'
• winnerS
en prominent in- public life - who-,
visited the plowing match were;
• . Viscount Alexdnder of Tunis, Oover-
nor-Gerieral of 'Canada, ,who officially
opened. the match; 0, Gardiner,
Federal Miniater of Agrieulture, who
• was the main speaker at the banquet
on Friday night; lion'.• T. L. Itertnedn
• Provincial Minister of Agriculture;
lIon. Russell •'
,Minister of Bean.
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CLUTTON-,MORGAN
A quiet wedding took place at Ham-
ilton on Monday, October 14th, at' 11
o'clock,' when Rev, W. P. Ziemann
united iii marriage Marguerite Myrtle,
'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John -Morgan
of Goderich, and James Alexander, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hume Clutton of Col-
borne township. Mr. and Mrs. Clutton
Will reeitle in Hamilton. • ,
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"THE KING OF KINGS"
A sound motion picture eutitled "The!
King of kings," based on the life of
Christ, will be presented on Sunday
eveniug next, at 8.30 o'clock, in Knox
Presbyterian church. A cordial -in-
vitation is extended to -all who would
like to. see this picture, said to be
one of the, greatest religious pictures
ever produced:
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04‘411.44.*
Seine of the tine trophies and prizes presented tothe winners
in the International Plowing fit t1 are tolie .seen in the -foreground. '
In the background is the head table at- the .banquet held Friday
- -4.- night in thedrill hall at Port .Albert 0,1 wind up the four-day program.
----The- tropiry-wk 11:-,thefTia -411 e, cent reTof:--1:-hty-Tie-ttipe
-itt1 by- the "AlasSey.-Ilari,144. By. --Seated, at- the- head- table
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Rev. Andrew Lane at
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ViTShiiicIi
Clinton Preacher -CondRqs
VeSt „ Thanipsgivi,fig
Services
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Beautifully decorated wifh autumn -
leaves and the fruits of garden, field
. ,
and forest by the Young People's Un-
ion, Victoria street 'United church was
attended by large congregations on
Sunday, when the annual harvest
thanksgiving services were held. .Rev.
Andrew Lane, of Wesley -Willis United
(Aura, Clinton, was in charge of the
-Sesvices and preached inspiring ser -
Mons: apprepriates to the occasion. '
The music by :the choir -under the
direction of Miss Mary Joyce Strachan
was. well rendered. At the' Morning
service, - themusic included an
anthem by the choir, "Break
Forth into Joy," with Charles
Woods .as soloist, 'and a duet,. "A Song
of Thankagiving,'::by Misses Ruth Al-
lison and Evelyn .Breckow. At the
evening service the anthem by . the
choir was "There Is Room in the
Ranks." The . hymns chosen were ex-
pressive of praise and thanksgiving..
"Better is is a dinner of herbs where
love is than a stalled ox and hatred
therewith" (Proverbs '15:17), was the
text chosen by Mr, Lane'att the mornig worship. A dinner- of -herbs, he
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said, was 'a simple but sufficient one;
a stalled ox was the acme of luxury
to suit the most epicurean taste. Sim-
plicity and efficiency of living' tend to
establish better physical health than
the indulgences in extravagance as
seen in these dayssof plenty. . This, was
demonstrated; by ,. the British' people
in the clays of the war. There is
enough produced In the world for
every • man, woman and child to lie
sufficiently and effectively fed, but there
are still people who would demand the
stalled ox. Most of the strife in tbe
world is to be found in the contrast
between those who .have not ,enough
and those who unfortunately think the
world is theirs. not the...Lord's, and
are 'unwilling to share- of their abund-
ance. ' •
"We have-not learned our lesson yet,
and we find on every hand those reaeh-
ing out for the 'stalled ox.' If we sow
the wind we shall Keep the whirlwind.
It -is better for our own souls to
partake- of the dinner of herbs Where
love is. , This does not mean that love
-is a matter- of price. Itis a spiritual
thing and ,- must come from within.
We need to remember that Christ
taught -forgiveness, and it is vital that
we should love as Jesus did. Plain
living where love is is better than
fnxurions living where hate and malice
are in the heart, It is our responsibility
to share ' the good things with which
God has blessed sas."
NORTH STREET Y.P.U."
NOrrir'greet church was the sceee
of, activity oa Monday night, when
the Young People's Union held their
first meeting of the season and worked
on a handicrafts project. Much cre-
ative genius and hidden talent, hitherto
filisusPected, was discovered among
the boys and girls. . Next Monday
night, at 7.30, will find ,them again
gathered to wield paint -brushes and
other tools of industry.
HALLOWE'EN FROLIC ,
Goderich bays and girls up to fifteen
years of age are invited to a Hallow-
e'en party. to be held on Thursday
night, October 318t, at the West street
akating rink. Merchants of tOwn have
contributed to a fund to provide prizes
for costumes and for other expenses
and a jolly evening is in prospect.
Everything will be free to the boys
and girlsand it is hoped they will
&opt the invitation in large numbers.
PLOWING -AiliffCH-TRAFFIC - I
Mitch has been said about the con-ai
gested condition of traffic on the high-
way between Port Albert and Goderieh
on the days of the plowing match.
There wits heavy traffic in other direc-
tions aleo. On the 4th concession of
Ashfield, from the airfield to Dun-
gannon, there was a constant proees-
sion of cars and trucks. The Blue
Water Highway north from the air-
field, past Kingsbridge and Kintail,
was.used by thoneanda of* people com-
ing from northerly distriets.
'AIRFIELD DECLARED SURPLUS
It is antronneed that the .Port Albert
airfield has been ddelared surplus by
the Air Fore and handed over td
War 'Aasets Corporation for disposal.
P. X. Jennings, corPoration official at
Montreal, states that actual disposition
of the buildings has not yet been de-
cided.
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IS VOUR NAME ON THE LIST?
The munieipal voter s' list for the
town of Goderich has been issued and
may be seen at the Town Hall or at the
postoilice. Citisens qualified to vote in
municipal elections should examine it
'to make sure that they will have a
vote in the coining. elections. Any'
omissions o errors should be reported
linimediately to the Town' Clerk. '
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W.C.T.L. PRESENTS GIFTS
'TO REV. J. AND MRS. JANES
The regular meeting of the
was held mi October llth at Una home
Of Mr.S. E. 'Grigg, Wellington street,'
with it fair attendance. • In the absence
of the president, Nirs. Phillips, the
second vice-presidena Mrs. Mines, took
charge of the meeting. The Scripture
reading. Mark 14. -was given by Nina
Janes, Who took as the theme .of her
address the words, "She hall) done
what she could." She also read the,
Dominion president's address given at
Regina Mrs. Geo. Johnston offered
prayer,- and Mrs. Henderson, •Mrs. Me-
Quarrie and Mrs. Johnston- gave reed-
it-1gs on the work.
A pleasing feature of the meeting
was the presentation by Mrs. Grigg of
gifts to Rev. Mr. 'Dines and Mrs. Janes,
the address being read by ' Mrs.
Cantelon. Both recipients thanked the
members for their kindly thought and
words of appreciation. The meeting
closed with prayer by Mr. Janes. After-
wards lutieh was servedaand_a pleasant.
soeial hoar wits -spent • Mr. and Aire.
Janes left- for their new charge on
Oetober 15th.
• BARBERS' PRICES UP
A visit to the barber will cost more
from next Saturday on. Prices for
shaves, ebildretes haircuts .'.and men's
haircuts will all advance five eents
from present prices in Goderieh and
other towns in thiOlistriet.
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inintetliately to tla. left of this troiwily IS Iimi.` J. G. Gardiner, Federal
Alinister of .kgriculttire. %oho Ny115 tile 1..Itief speaker it the banquet.,
Reading frioit left to right ft•ona-„\Ir. Gar(lift(n•._are.: a;oialcal •,.1..at'atia'i1.1,
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Arrivals of grain cargoes at the
Goderich . elevator daring the week :
Friday; V. Massey, 10,000 bus.
wheat ; SaturdaY, Bricoldoc, '102,000
bus. wheat and Oats Sunday, Superior,
78,000 buswheat and rye.
The • Onedoe on .Monday. brought
147,000 bus. wheat to the Purity Flour
mill.
The Laketon is .-expected at the
elevator tonight and the.A.'i. IludsOn
tomorrow night.
Perch are still biting well and quite
a number of herring are being taken
also by anglers.
' The new -ice -boom was given a trial
this afternoon . -and -fitted perfectly
a?•ross the - harbor entrance. It was
lifted out again and laid aside for•use
when winter comes.
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REV. J. R. QUIGLEY DIES
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' —ILL SEVERAL MONTHS
' The death of Rev. John 'R. Quigley,
which occurred in St. Joseph's, Hos-
pital, Sarnia. on Friday last', removed
a ineiPber :cif the Roman Catholic
riesthood who was held in high
esteem, not only in his former- parish
of Kiegtbridge, but by many in Gode-
rich• who enjoyed acquaintance with
the genial clergyman.
' Father Quigley was born in Biddulph
township sixty-four years ago, attended
Assumption' (Ayllege, Windsor, -and com-
pleted his formal education for the
priesthood at GrandaSeminary, Mon•-
treal, aud St. Peter's Seminary, Lon-
don. Ire was ordained in 1912.
During his term :at. Kingsbridge he
was particularly active in work among
the young people of his parish. Ile
was taken seriously ill in early summer
and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, and later to the Sarnia hos-
pital where he died..
is' survived by three brothers,
.Daniel and Aloysius, o -f Detroit, and
Benjamin, of New York; and- a sister,
Mrs. Kunertaof Detroit.
The funeral service was held on
Monday morning at St. Peter's Cath-
edral, London, where pontifical high
mass .was celebrated by Bishop John
T. Kidd, and berial WaS in St. Peter's
cemetery there.
E. DRINIM'ATER COMPLETES
HIS NINETIETH YEAR
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Another' resident of Goderieh joined
the ranks of the nonagenarians last
week, Mr. Elijah Drinkwalter, Victoria
street, celebrating his ninetieth birth -
des" on Wednesday, October 16th- Hale
and hearty, he was one of the most
interested, visitors at' the International
Plowing Match.
NIr. Drinkwalter was born in Bittern -
field, Prince Edward county, a son of
George and Abigail Cunningham Drink-
-Walter, who were of. Pennsylvania
Duteh stock. He Jived with his par-
ents at Port Perry, and, then at Wier -
ton. Bruce county. Ile was employed
115 sailor and engineer on tugs work-
ing out of-Tobermory and on paasenger
boats sailing from Port Dover to Fort
Erie, Pa., and as 'an engineer on the
W. L. Forest tugs at Toronto: After
fifty years on the Great Lakes, he
retired in 1900 to live In Goderich.
Only last year. he, declined an offer
Of a position on a coal -carrier plying
between Port sDover and tort Erie.
Last year Mr. and Mrs. Drinkwalter
observed the sixty-seventh annivers-
ary of their marriage. They were the
parents of eleven"' children. five of
whom are living. They have thirty-
three grandchildren, and twenty-two
gren t -grandchildren.
Local•Women:s Organizations Helped
Europe Not Starving.
—Hon. J.G Gardiner
Blimster of Agrxcultun :Spealizs,
at Magnet Conoludixig
The Plowing DP,tat
The four-day International Plowing
Alateli was concluded with a beniitiet
on Friday evening in the great driR
hall at tbe -31;ort Albeit :airfield. -lion.
James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agri-
culture in the re_dtral Governmenti,
was the chief epealse.r and had an
audience estimated at '750 persoits,..
Hugh, Hill, chairman ef the loca,1
committee -for the naatch, presided and
Mr. Gardiner was introduced by
Gordon 'MeGa,viu, president of the On-
tario I'lowinenS,ASsociation, who spoke
(52 him as "a Iluren old boy who i33
no afranger to plowing."
Mr. Gardiner'a addresss was that of
a farmer talking to farmers. It was
an exposition (if the food Situation as
he had been it in visithig Europe and
as it related to agriculture in Canada.
The success of the fOur-day match,
he said, was a matter of gratification
to all concerned, and especially tothose
who were of iluren. Ile congratuiv.ted
the young men who did the tine plow-
ing he had seen that day, and recalled
that his father haek been the winner
of. a „plowing match _aln• 1,873, using
share and moldboards- w Well had been
-'heratests -etatasons- The'gpavill;"*Of...',:a -Smith -
Huron smi-thy_, •
People in GertnanY We1t:tea-7 "
Turning to the European situation,
he said he found conditions there much
1-14t.to,r,,,Putn: 44.4 „„1,6-m,. Yglwftedf.--'4;
liambargiutd:_Wp4„
Feed" the- Bit Ciow s LastWeek proportion of its populatiop had lefta
ileTastated by' bombing and a large.
The problem of feeding the thous- Hared, when • he told The Signal -Star
ands of people 'who attended the Inter-
national Plowing, -Match last; week was
partially Solved by several, women's
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organizations in Goderich.
Long queues waited to beserved
eating -places in town and at booths a
the. airport.
.A full course dinne'r was served- by
fifty members of -the Women's
As-
sociation of North street United4liurch
in the church hall -on Wednesay and
Thursday nightsa wider the direction
of the president, Mrs. Ds D. :Mooney.
Dinner on the first night consisted of
hot roast beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, -
diced carrots, peas, • cabbage salad,
sliced tomatoes, choke of.four kinds of
and coffee; and 300 visitors en-
joyed it. -On Thursday hot roast pork
and turnips replaced -the- other meat
and vegetable courses and,,,315 peeple
were served. No local people were al -
lomat a meal. Meet iind sugar Sampons
allowed by :the Wartime Prices -and
Trade Board were exhausted, so no
meals were served oir Friday. Tips
were offered the laisy waitresses arid
refused ; nevertheless some were found
under the plates when the latter were
removed. Many complimentary re-
markswere handed the ladies by hp-
Preciat ife pa trouts.
Sillily of the members of the body-
guard to the Ghaernor-Getteral a rOved•
late and begged for something to eat ;
so they were given 0 meal,of sortsand'
went away highly pleased. ,
• Booth Takes $1,700
By a corporate.effort -of all the organ-
izations: of the .congregation. the mem-
bers- of Victoria street United church
rose nobly •to the occasion by having
0 booth et theatirtield for four and- a-
im If days. for they were there fur the
-clean up" day. Saturday.
-I inteusely proud of thefill','\
their, minister, Rev. J., Turnee
that receipts t(italled $1,700. All sup-
pllea were purchased for the booth. ..An
estimated -1.000 pies were made by the
i,women, either at the :Church_
jbeir homes. Chickenburgers and sei-
nen' sandwiches were served on, the
meatless days; and "hot dugs" and
various kinds of sandwiches -onsother
days, and raisin, apple or cherry pieS:
eveay day.. Rain on Friday marred the
patronage, and surplus • pies received
a reedy sale in town on Saturday.
Mr.: C. Woods lent his. truck for
transporting supplies,- and it . was
driven by auptlaer member of the
elaurch, George Curren: Mr. William
Peters acted as treasurer, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Mc:Nevin were a great help and
stayed ,it the airport to guard the
booth. Mrs. MeNevin made all the
coffee. The Organizations. ,in charge
were: (Tuesday, the. Eureka class;
Wednesday, t.e Women's .Association;
Thursday, • Victoria Helpers; Friday,
the Willing Workers" class. The con-
gregation. is grateful to all whohelped
in tiny way.
‘Vomen'a Institute Helps Feed Them
The Wornerr's Institute also had a -
booth at the; airfield. It 250
pies and sixteen pounds df. coffee a
daylo meet the demand of the hungry,
clamoring, crowd. Wednesdayawits the
big day. 'It' Was beetle. All 'we epuld,
see .‘vere crowds to be fed," the ener-
getic ',resident-, Mrs. A. Wilkin, de-
( -10 14(1. -We iate quite.' satisfied With
the resfilt. w-e,l'elt we should stand
by. as one of our chief aims is to
assist agricultural interests,'' she re-;
minded, She :expressed pride in the:
membership which „made the result
sa tisfactory.
Among- other concessiouaires- were
the Ebenezer l'ultedachurch. and a
Presbyterian church . organizatiOn
'Which eame all the way from Halton
county.
'hut within a few miles of the :city
people were _well fed and better dressed .
an con d be funnel ,ainaost, anywhere.
Germany was__ not producing.. enough
food for her own people, but it should
be remembered that Germany had
ways been -an Importer of food.
Becatise of climatic conditione the
.Soil of Western -Europe, including Ger-
many, was more fertile than thatof
great areas hi Canada, and with
rnin-
erni deposits ander that soil the
cohntry was capable: of great produc-
tion. This explained why 400,000.000
people in -Europe could liye in a frac-
tion of the area that would be nect-'-.
sary to maintain' a similar number or .
.people on this continent.. This did nett
mean ihat there was no starvation -
anywhere in the world, but there was
-too -much, Propaganda to the effect
-
that everybody outside _o,f Canada and
the United -.States was ,suffering. Ger-
rmany and Europe in general were Intik, •
I ing rapid recoverf.frorn the losses of
wartime..
s -‘ Where Shortages Exist
No information as to the food •situs
abort was coming out of Russia, but •
there were shortages in India, China
and other''parts of Asia, and production
in Canada was needed to supply these
i -
countries as well 41S to meet the neede.
of Europe for the impottetion (4 food-
.t41111-'11*ist: World. Food Board had been set
up to take eare of surplus production
' in any country _and to hold such sur-
pluses for shipment -to countries where
they \vele needed. Thefarmers
numn :111d of Canada were doing their
• share in producing for the needs of
the millions of people in the world who
(amid not produce- a. _sufficiency for •
themsel ves.
Mr. Hill on behalf of the committee
in charge of the •match extended thank
to all who had given their assistahre_
He thought the committee could claim -
that something had been accomplished
that .thany people said could. not Ales
done ---the feeding and acconnuOdating
of such uumbers at a distance frofn.
la-rge centre. "I -know- of nobody,"
he said,...a"Who. Went hungry or who -
did. not, :get a bed: '
J. A. Carroll, seeretary-manager for
the Ontario Plowmen's Association,
took. charge of the presentation of
trophies. and Other handsome prizes. to
_the winners in the various competia
tions. In most cases these were pre-
sented by the donors or by represent-
atives' of the firms which contributed
the prizes.
Comments on The Signal -Star's
Plowing Match Souvenir Number
J. 'McPherson, of Toronto, C.B.d.
farm broadcast commentator: "Vona.
Souvenir Number was real:
good I
a- •
waut te, get a. number of copies of
t his.' issue."
a
NleConnell, Eastman Advertisieg
used some material froni if in a Can- Ageney, London : "'We received the
adieu Broadcasting Corporation i'tro-
gram beamed. overseas for the use of
the British Broadcasting -Corporation."
J. M. iSteithcott, publishersof Exeter
Times -Advocate: "It was a real doozer
of au issue. alai must have made a
lotanfassin-k preparing it."
Bruce NI. Pearce. publisher of. The
Simeoe Reformer. Shncoe,.ont., and a
past president of the ,k.'anadien Weekly
Newspaper Association: "Just it line
to acknowledge receipt of your speoial
editfo'n on the big plowing match and
to cempliment you on the ;excellent job
which you have done. I hmsure that.
It nutsr have entailed n great emeunt
of work for yourself alai members of
your staff, but it is emineetly worth
while and should enhance the reputa-
tion of your newspaper, both at home
end ablated. Frankly. I have not seen
,a better -looking apeciiil edition in some
tim,e.'"as
"A Very Fine Job"
S. R. Charters, editor of The .Bratnre
ton Conservator, Brampton, Ont.:
"Just finished browsing, through' your
Souvenir Number on: the Interna tionill
Plowing Match. Congratulations! It•
is it very fine,job, indeed."
Adam L. Seller, publisher of The
Huntingdon (Que.) Gleaner and it past
president of the Canadian 'Weekly
THE WEATHER Newspaper Association: "Congratnla-
Temperatures of the past week in tions to you and yo-nr .fellow workers
!von publishing such •a .iinc_fnumher
Goderich, with.those of the correspond
-1n weeit a- I, age, it,?; ,officially ,The Signal -Star. 1 -an) -very? much -
recorded, werq as follows: .. impressed With the excellent advertis-
1940 1945 Mg patronage you reeelved. The news
Max. gin. Max. min. content strikes me as very excellent."
Thurs.. Oct. 17 ....50 43 45 Graeme Stewart, Plainfield, Ill., Ione
Fri., ()et. 18 48 42 71 53 Milted State a eompetitor at the Inter -
Sat., Oct. 19 511 42 co 51 national Plowing Match: "That was a
Sun., Oet. 20 50 34 58 46 IllightY fine Issue you had. • 1 wan
Mon., Oct. 21 59 4004 45 Particularly impressed with the large
(het. 22 02, 59 41 Pletfire of the plowman' and team of
Wed? '
: Oct 28 of ,t48 35 illopV 011,e of thclfrPnt pap aMOti
$
$ ,11,1 •
three reales of yoer special Plowing
Sletch edition, which we appreciate
very 11111(.11, and wish sto compliment
you ou a wonderful edition and a -job
well deny." .
(Sum, xed on 'Monday n lent, when the
„irefully pet this away in tib''I'rel'ivPss'tor(i1n monthly
agricultural representative -for Huron,
noa- of Wellingtoa eonety; "Just a note
Number of The Signal -Sten 1 have
to congintulate you on your SouVenir
S. B. Stothers, Arthur.Ont., formerly
ship, when Mrs. J. II. Blair of Hamil-
ehureh mortgage will he burned. -,
Sunday at the regular hours of wor-
Special nieetingS" will be held on ..
vVill 1)('guestapeaker.
Just to remind me. of the big plowing
there is to be a district
. . .
mstch in the old home township." _
LOCAL C URCH
, TO EURN MORTGAGE
Two (lays of special meetings at.
Bethel Penteco;tel Tabernacle will -be
rally -111 theff_alearistfelesa Rev. Es L. -
11, *:1A, BeChautril(t.irhi11111, Perixe:(.0:tiiivI:Der(lki;:or of : noon speaker and Ree." .1. II.. Blair.
Ripley of Stratford will be the after-
, 1.-0114,01. Free Press : -your souvenir I d iS'triet superintendent of the Western '
Number was a ;beautiful 'epee of,'i ontario district of the Pentecosial ,
work." • I Assembly or Canada. will speak la! g
J. A. McGowan, editor of -"Watrous : pan. Ministers and friends from the
(Sask.) Molitor' : "Memories of many ! surrounding, district are expected at
bygone' days flashed iteross the minathese services. .
of Mayor A. J. Gordon on Nionday, I The Pentecostal work Was begun in
October 14. when he received a eopy Goderieh 'Owe yea rs ago by ReV. -R.
of it sspecial edition . of lsiti .0141. home- E. Sternall.• ' •A short white- later, '
I
Signal -Star, ,. This 28-1Age, illURtTated'i hill. the present building Wits' Vitt; -
towP paper, The Goderich (Ont.-) under the leedership of Rev. II. Under,- .i:)..,,
siinvenir number extended • greetings; : (-hosed and eonverted into an assembly .
from the mayor of Goderich and, it 1 hall and parsonage. Several pastors
cordial welcome to all readera to attend 1 ini Ve contributed to the work since '
ihe International Plowing Match and its beginning, and. nose the work - la '
hem., Huron county, October 15-10-17- 11 sonT.hc.iiit(t:e:s.(clialittler;atsoto(ii.otRielervre. 1;1.. A. Pear- .
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machinery -demonstration at Port Al- I well . established apt free from debt.
ds,eehatr.
, , . .
,efi' ';:iinl.emiddiiiidiatio.,iiin nitoittih:r jleii_stritiooTf:2miii:ncriews I:gaixrfirp(n)jdn.i.LSNoitEtthe„11107-,t:?:,•itthtiTtsteril .
of officers directing This Monster event, grePtiml, ,
IncInding mayors and reeves of several these, special meetings. ,
towns end villages, appeared in print,
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"A sketCh. .of the proposed court FINGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrsi$0. Cn. Witmer a Gado.
bouse'''.fWithe town of Goderich. fea-
tured the eover page; while inside news
columns Were _erammed with•.intereSt-.
Ing articles eovering events from the
present day back at least 100 years.
Ninny, .of ..the advertisenfents ' featured
pe latest. in m9erliltaztittecittlyAmktiq! ,Noviaihelli
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rich announce tile engagethent of that', ,
daughter, Agnes Anitta, to Willisat"
Leroy lleKnight, ot-S of Mrs. and lqrm
Wm
n1 MeKnight of Nile. The mar-
riage'', will take place early. ,1,
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asasstas.
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