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NINETY-NINTH YEAR., a
Proposes Citizerir
Committee'for Bands
andniaster Woods at .Uounoil.—
$.1.Q0 Fee on Pv.Nihon
Protested
•
Band matters,....particuiarly_aa
Wining to the Boys' Band,. /fad the at-
tention of the Town Connell, at its
' regular meeting on Friday night last,
Bandmaster C. Woods addresSing the
Council:at some length and referring to
remarks made at the previous, reguler
meeting of the Council asi reported in
this paper. Ile told agah •of the dif-
ficulties he had met in the training of
the boys and.complained of lack of co-
operation froni the committee of the
Council in charge of band matters.
The boys, he said, had been waiting
for three years for uniforms promised
them, and this tended to dissatisfac-
tion. He suggested that girls 'might
with advantage he included in the
band, as was the successful -practice in
other towns, and he advocated the,
formation of a permanent committee
of citizens tO'nianage band affairs, in
place of the committee of "Council,
which was liable to change from yeat
to year. Incidentally he observed'that
the Bosys' Band had given five concerts
during the -Summer,---instead of three
as stated at the lirSt Council meeting.
Deputy Reeve MacUwan said tinu
his remarks at the previous meeting
had not been fully reported and that
what was reported gave a wrong im-
pression. No member of the Council,
he said, had more consistently champ-
ioned the Boys' Band than he had.
Coun. Kaitting said, nobody was
against the. Boys' Bands .and they
0 NVIinteiLit 10 continue
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"1Thft vectur.
committee .for consideration. .
W. A. Sutherland, in behalf of , the
Goderich Anrasement Co., was .heard
with reference to the license fee - of
$100 imposed by the Cotincil on the
Pavilion. He characterized the taX as
unfair and discriminatory •(other halls
bethg1ieensd at,s$10). and questioned
-
the power of the- Council to imii%Se
such a tax. He intimated that ifa
reduction were not made application
would be made to the courts for the
quashing of the bylaw. • •
Coml. Brereton spoke of complaints
made of .disorder at the Pavilion, re-
s....114ring • special police attention, to
. which Mr. Sutherland replied that 4
larger license fee would not . control
behavior. . • .
This matter tilso was referred to
the specia4omraittee. -
All the members of the Council were
• present.
They Want Water Service
Residents of the area bounded by
the Huron road, Maple'street, Walnut
street and Xaitland road wrote calling
the atteption of the Council again isi• a
matter which had already beenthe
subject of a petition; that is, the lack
of water service in the arta mentioned.
It was stated that nine oht of ten
wells in the area were dry, and the
water in those that were not dry was
not fit for use, and "we all have to
depend on., the goodwill of the owners
of the salt block for water for drink-
ing, washing and all household uses."
_ The petition, was .referred to the
water, light and harbor committee for
early consideration. -
The request of the Blue Water Band
for the use of the skating rink for a
Hallowe'en carnival for the children
of the town was granted.
The appeal of the Navy League for
.a grant was sent to the filsance
eom-
Iuittee.
A report from the caretaker of Mac-
Kay Hall on needed repairs at the hall
was sent on to the pulilie works com-
mittee.
Roy Breckenridge asked if MacKay.
Hall could be rented from November
2nd to the end of March, also on
Christmas night, New Year's Eve and
New Year's night, for public dancing.
Referred to nubile . works committee.
H. J. Davidson's offer ef $5 a lot
for four lots on Martha street was re-
ferred to the public works committee.
Town' Solicitor Da,ncey advised that
a petition signed by 'fifteen per,cent. of
the electors qualified to vote on money
bylews would have to be submitted be-
fore Council eould pass a bylaw to
make a grant for bend purposes under
section 405 of the 'Municipal Act. The
matter .was referred to the special com-
mittee.
s • IloSpitaI Additipn Postponed
The seeretary of the board of -govern-
ors of Alexandra Ho'spital wrote advis-
ing the ,Council that, owing to the dif-
ficulty in obtaining tenders, the project
for , on addition to the hospital, had
been *temporarily Shelved. •
Approval of the proposed Park street
sewer was, received- from the Provincial
Department of Health.
"The finance committee reported that
a payinent .of --.51,000 had been- ivUetved
from the Goderich Organ Co. on Its
bonus lean,and that the committee had
approved payment of $500 to the Blue
Water Band for services. The com-
sruittee recommended that the Board of
'llerkide be asked ,to have a represent-
tive address the Council with regard
0 the request for a grant from the
Council Co the Board.
The public worka Committee recom-
mended that a filing cabinet be pur-
chased for the Clerk's office at a price
of $60; that arrangements be made
with Mr. Code for a survey of the side-
walk on the Spitfire includitig • grades
and levels, conunenclat Hamilton
street to North street, anekhat work be
c(hninenced tts soon ttS this Is received.
The special committee recommended
that the, Cletk communteate with
.JohntiY Downs, oreheatra manager, re-
garding arrangements for the will/
veteran' dinner and dance. ,
The water, light . and harbor cora-
mittee recommended that the Canadian
National Railways be eoininurticated
with regarding the removal of one
traek at the north side of the harbor,
to allow thbl,construction of a • roadl
•
obtricb
4GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,. OCTOBER 3ast, 1946
FOR
P.W:1°.11411 H
°PEN °E142°NURON Huntsmen Preparing I *BEA IN ° c) for Deer Season I
•
Irritated by the announcement
that there will be an 'open deer -
hunting• season in Huron conaty
this year, the Warden's committee•
of the County Council, meeting in
'special session this afternoon, sent
a wire to the Provincial Minister
-of _ Came nindslileheries, making --a-
protefit against it. County Clerk
Norman. Miller was authorized to
follow uji the wire with it letter on
Friday and go into ,detail on the
protest.
It wilt, pointed out that the pro-
test , is being made particularly in
view of the.fact that the County
, Council passed a resolution in
January of this year requesting
that therebe no open deer season
in this county.
Ats the time that this resoletion
was passed members of the County
Council stated there were not
enough deer in Huron county to
warrant anopen shooting season
and, furthermore, that they were
doing no harm anyway. If any-
thing, it was claimed, the deer
were actually beneficial in that
• they helped with the fall wheat by
cropping it. It wast also pointed
• out that valuablelivestock were
killed by careless hunters mistak-
ing them for deer. And, finally, it
was stated that some hunters were
not very careful in handling •
farmers'. property, cleaving gates
open and breaking down fences.
Warden Shaddick eXpressed the
belief that ninety pet cent. of the
ratepayers of Huron Would dis-
approve. of an open deer hunting
Season in this county,
RELIGIODS PICTURE
• aitqw,a AZIIDX-ILS
grea religious sound -niotion
picture "The King -of- Kings" held the
rapt attentitna of a large congregation
in • Knox, resbyterian _church after
the regul vening'servic-e -on -Sunday.
The pict re is „.based on the -life ----of
Christ. The narrative began with the
period- in the Master's :life When He
eortunenced His -ministry of healing;.
then passed on to His.'persecution, His
betrayal and crucifixion, concluding
with the resiirrection and His appear-
ance to .the 'disciples. Each film was
accompanied by the Bible text it il-
lustrated, and the story waa thus easily
followed..
Group singing of sacired sOngs was
led by Mr.,..Glen Lodge, who .also acted
aS chairm.an,. with Mr, William Wickett
at the organ.. •
• Thesprojector for the pictures was
in charge of representatives of the
company from whom the „pictiire was
purchaSed.
The picture apparatus used was the
generous gift to the church -of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Sandy, in. the interest
of "the welfare of slur youth."
ANOTHER LOCAL FIRM
GIVES INCREASE OF WAGES
A • decision handed down by
the Regionel Labor Board grants
wage increases of 5c per hour to mem-
bers of Federal Labor Union No. 23736
employed by Purity Flour Mills Co,
here.. These increase are retroactive
to April 16, 1946. The Union is
negotiating for a premium on the night
shifts.
.
The Engineers' secretary also an-
nounces that the Ontario Labor Rela-
tions Board has officially certified 0.
Nelsoh, R. Bridle and J. Wedge as col-
lective bargaining agents for the water-
works personnel; - members of Local
No. 798, Operating Engineerss
. Recently the Goderich Public Util-
ities Commission inaugurated the
forty-two-hOur week . as the standard
work week. The Union,: states the
secretary, appreciates this action of the
Goderich Public Utilities Commission
as an important stride toward better
working' conditions • for -organized-
workere in 'Goderich.
Thos. Taylor and It. McIntosh, dele-
gates 'to the Engineers' convention held
at Windsor, report the convention was
a complete s,uccess. Many resolutions
dealing with the welfare of the operat-
ing engineer ..were concurred in and
in due corse will be' placed before the
proper Government officials. The 1947-
1948 conventions. are to be held fii
Kitcheiwr and qPderich respectively.
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CAPT. D. F. CORNETT RETIRES
The Windsor Star -reports 'the retire-
ment of Capt. I). IP. Cornett of Windsor
from over-all ,command of the two
C.N.R. Windsor -Detroit ear ferries
after forty-three years of steainboating.
Capt. Cornett, a former resident of,
Goderich, and son-rn-law of Mrs.
Margaret Black, Newgate street,. town,
Wenn work with the C. N. Railways in
) after serving on lake vessels, on
the lake and rail hootifp lietween De-
pot Harbor, Milwaukee and -Chicago?
*
1Te transferred to the Windsor-DetrOit
ear ferries in 1935, and retired last
month on his sixty-flfth birthday. He
thought be had heencluelry during his
long career. "I've seen 6 few storms
and all that," he said, "but I've never
had anything'serious happen to me."
Some Leaving This Week foil. the
• North—Huron to Have
Open 'Season
Despite thefaet thal. iittroa
d•
Council passea resolution last Janu-
ary requestiug that there be no open
.deer -hunting , season in this county,
Huron vounly- has heeu iacluded along
with Grey and Bruce counties as an
area in which there is to be an open
season this year. The dates, lias set
by the Proviueial Department of Game
and Fisheries, are November 18 to 23.
This will be the third open season in
this county in recent years.
Altho-ugh-deer cannot be described as
numerous, there are a number about.
A resident of Stanley township says
sees the odd deer in the area north-
west of Brucefield. VW, Falconer
states he saw a deeFon.his ftirin on the
4th concession of Goderich tOwnship
this Week. So that •here and there
about the county there is a scattering
of deer. As the season approaches the
farmers are hoping tha-t hunters will
kitov deer when they ,see thona and not
shoot cattle and pigs by mistake.
The Northern Ontario Hunt
Local hardware stores report ex-
ceptionally low supplies of anansuuition
this fall for sportsmen heading for
Northern Ontario next week' for the
deer -hunting season. "There were more
shells available even last fall iehen
there was rationing of ammunition
sales than . there are this fall when
there is. no rationing," one dealer
stated. Shells for shotguns and .22
rifles are partieolarly scarce.
Whether loFal hunters have old
stocks Of athm-unilton on.rhand or plan
rts,e,.1,1,9RE;Allck-k.-WW--,-.4r-aftssoswto
--bon-Wins out; a large number of them
are, nevertheless. planning, on headitig,
north towards the latter part -Of this
week or the beginning of „next. Areas
from Parry Sound north are the destin-
ations of thl hunters.
-A party -of strain a ASTZSailiunters are
heading for the Parry Sound district on
Saturday. The party includes Cecil
Attridge, Dr. 1. M. Gralith0, R. C.
Hays, Rev. R. H. Turnbull, Bruce
Tennant and Bill Woods
At the tieginning, of next Week Ivan
Lotizon and Don Paquette head for
Grasmere. Muskoka, with.some hunters
from theUnited States.
Al.Linfield is at present ie the wilds
about Hearst tracking down moose for
the second successive fall.
About fifty in all from Goderich will
he in Northern Ontario- during the
season.
GODERICTI OLD BOY WRITES
TO LEGION PRESIDENT
In a letter to J. -Kenneth, Hunter,
' president of the local branch of the
Canadian Legion, Mr. William J. Pas -
more of Chicago_ Heights, Illinois, well-
known Goderich old boy, writes:- •
„ "It is with pleasure that I encloSe
my' 'smell contribution towards your
drive for funds to. renovate and, equip
, your Legion home. I regret that it is
not many times more, but with the
local Community Fund drive here in
I- full swing and others in the offing,
- coupled with the 'high cost' of living'
and steaks 'where they are—out of
sight—the ''people ef the whole world
seem to be, 'burning the candle at both
ends.' Were it not -for the many
sties on this side of the border there
is ft possibility that things would settle
down to nearly normal Within a reason-
able time."
I Mr. Pasmore sends personal greet-
ings to -friends in "good old ,Goderich,"
and concludes : "Congratulations on
your enviable record, and that of all
the other Goderieh boys overseas dur-
ingthe late wars. It is a long cry
from the old cannon on the lake bank
(which my father manned -as gunner.
at any rate during the Feniii,n Raid,
te 'the present. artillery. I still have
his large silver medal for. 'sharpshoot-
ing,' and he held' the 'company trophy
for this event for a good many years
tintil he' eetired."
and that the C.P.R. be asked to keep
the entrance to the bathing beach walk
clear of freight cars.
The fire committee recommended
that the Dominion Road Machinery Co.
be advised that, although pressureis
not kept up in the hydrants at' all
times, adequate pressure is provided
bythe pumps at the pumping,station
when,. the fire siren sounds.
Two bylaws, Nos. 27 and 28 Of 1940
were passed. No. 27 provides for an
annual charge for areas and openings
In and under sidewalks. No 28 sets
the days for the municipal nominations
and elections. The nomination meet-
ing Is to be held' on die last Monday
In November, at 7.30 gna., and in ease
a poll is denuanded it is to be taken on
the second Monday of December. j
MRS. McCREATH RECEIVES
ON 95TH ,BIRTHDAY
Scores of Huronites attended. the re-
ception given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. McCreath, Toronto, on Wed-
nesday, October 23rd, in 'honor of the
ninety-fifth birthday of Mr. McCreath's
Mother, Mee Wililain. McCreath, form-
erly of Goderich. Gifts were showered
upon the grand old lady, who is still
able to enjoy and take an active part
in such ONTIlts. Besides Toronto
f ri ends, many __ from other 0 nta rin
points and from the T'nited States were.
present. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Me-
Creath were there from. Goderich and
Messrs. Leslie and Richard Correll of
Toronto, brothers of Mrs. McCreath,
beth in their eightiees Were in attend-
ance. Mrs. McCreath will spend the
winter at Cleveland.
WINS GUESSING !CONTEST
Miss • Terry Leinalre, of Goderich,
has 'received wOrd that she was the
winner of a gitessing contest staged by
a Toronto -firm" at the International
Plowing Match. By patting hi a guess
of 13,185 stitches required in making
a pair of men's overalls, she won first
prize and received a Vini-Lite heat -
sealed raincoat. "It was strictly a
guess and not from sewing experience
that I 'was the ivInner." said Ithis
Lemaire.
BUYERS AT SHORTHORN SALE
At the semi-annual eonSignment sale
of Shorthorn rattle held at Stratford
on Wednesday Of this week the hig1h4st
sale was to Orville Free o'tihnesannon
who paid. $1,050 for a female, Orange
Belle Stb, consigned' by More
7)onaldson & Sons of Pekenham, Ont.
'W. A. Culbert, Dungannon, bought
Orange Belie 10th,*also from Donald -
sons, forT$775: and Mr. Free paid $260
for Athelstane Vanity 1125th,
•
, AT THE WATERFRONT
Cargees of grain totalling. 1,400,4,100
bushels were brought to the Goderich
elevator the past Week. The arrivals
were: Friday---2Laketoe, 331,900 bus.
oats and barleys Saturday --A. A. Hud-
son, 135,000 bus. oats and wheat; Sun-
'
day-13Ticoldoc, 295,000 bus. barley,
wheat; oats and sereenings; Tuesday—
Viscount Bennett, 447,090 bus. oats
and barley; today (Thursday) ----
I,Loward Hindman, 107,000 bus. barley ;
Superior, 79,000 bus. barley and wheat.
The Hudson is expected at the,
elevator with another cargo Saturday
morning.
The tanker Acaditalite was In on Sun-
day with gasoline for the Imperial Oil
depot.
_Summerlike weather and good fish-
ing brought a big crowd to the water-
front on Sunday. In fact, Bert Mac-
donald, who has :been at the harbor
for thirty-three years, stirys it Was the
biggest fishing day he has ever seen
there. People were angling from boats,
from the breakwaters, from the piers,
anywhere .they could find rdom to
throw hi a line—and everybody -was
getting a nice lot of perch. The fishers
came - from St.- Thomas, Kitchener,
Stratford and other places as far away
as Toronto,andwent away smiling
with satisfaction.
PRESBYTERIAL Y.P.S.
. MEETS IN KNOX CHURCH
About two hundred young people' at-
tended the annual rally of the Young
People's Sopieties of the Huron -Mait-
land Presbytery of the Presbyterian
Church, held in,Knox church,..Goderich,
by President Gordon Wall, of Holy -
rood, -was devoted to discussion groups.
The group discussing *Personal Life"
was led by Rev. Mr. 'Ferguson; that
on "HThxje Society" by Rev., 0. Milne,
of Br sA'*tas-; "Home Missions," hy Rev.
Wingham, and "Foretgn
Missions' by Rey. C. H. McDonald
of Lucknow.
Mothers of the members of the Knox
church Y.P.S. served a delicious dinner
at 6.30. pail, in elie leafire hall,- which
was effectively arranged with flovvers
and Hallowe'en decorations.
After tile dinner the report of the
nominating comniittee was given and
the following officers elected for 1946-7:
President, Miss Mary Easten, Exeter;
vice-presidents, MiSs Jessie Little,
Brussels, and Sam Chin, Lucknow;
secretary, a representatitve from Hen -
still to be named; treasurer, Miss Ianet
Muff. Seaforth; worship convener, Dan
Walter, Goderich; fellowship convener.,
Miss Jean Dunn, Cranbrook; service
convener, Miss Marjorie Gilmore,
Wingham. • e
,Belm-Ore'-the Balmer Society
Belniore Young People's SocietY was
awarded the Presbytery banner for the
most work accomplished. With twenty-
seven members, they gave $55 to mis-
sions, $40 to the local. church. The
a verage attendance at twenty-four
meetings -as 22 and "extra currictilar".
duties were performed as well. Tlie,
banner was presented hy Rev. D. Wil-
liams. of Seaford], and received by
Rev. Mr. Jorgensen, of the Belmore
church.
The evening session began ,with a.
singsong ttiftrif service of *worship led
bi- the Teeswater young people.
Rev. Dr. Davidson's Address
"All Power is gives' unto Me' in
earth and in heaven—go ye. therefore,
and teach all nations." is the divine
commission issued by Jesus. ,Dr. M. 11:.
Davidson of- Central Presbyterian
church. Galt, stated in his excellent
address. He was introduced by Rev.
'Richard Stewart of Knox church.
"Faith in Christ," -said the speaker,
'is necessary for full salvation. Ile
has .had faith in as. even in Peter,
who denied Him. His trust must be
remembered in times of temptation and
neglect of tasks 'given. The diseiples
were. ordinary men but Jesus. ealled
them the salt of the eerth, because'
He knew they would perform _theft*
tasks and devote their abilitiesto Him.
"Notwithstandingthe fact that the
Bible :is our rule for faith and conduct,
Christ is rim supreme authority. When
the church forgets her Divine Master
she loses. • The Christian church is n
missionery church: The diThsionary
task belongs to all of us and is the
first commission handed to us by the
great Captain of_our salvation."
, flr. Davidson was Recorded a hearty
vote of-' appreciation forl his address.
The 1946-7 Officers were installed and
dedicated by Rev. I. D. ,McIver, and
the meeting was Concluded with the
boned I e tionpronou need- -ley Rev.
Richard i..1,teWart
,HALLO'WE'EN PARTY,-
' 'Grinning jark-olanterns, strangely.
'clad figures and a elanniry Inindslisss_s_tike
.intimly-lit hall greeted St. GeofitWi
young people on Monday evening, ' At
this, the annual T.Tallowe'en' porta.;
spine -tickling tales, a qniz, f,ents'al
skin, lunch and .the grand' naarch
formed the basis of a lively, evening.
Topping off the night came an hour's
(lancing, tvith prizes given for spot
danees. After' much serious deliber-
ation, the. following -Winners were
ehoseir from the grand march: Comic
lady; Mary 'Grahath and Muriel Davis,
tied; Nitrite man, Ray Liseomb; fancy
lady. Hazel Boyee; fancy man, Fred
Whittingham.
'PRE WEATHER
Temperatures. of the past week in
Goderielt, with those -of the correspond-
ing week it year agog as officially
reeorded, were as follows:
1946 1,045 .
Max. Min. Max. Min.
•Thurft.„ Get. 24 ....72 52 45 31
Fri., Oet. 25 07 50 51 30
Sat.. Oet. 20 03 51 49 40
Suns Oct. 27 ..,66 47 49 40
Mon., net. 213 70 50 59. 89
Tnes., Oet, 29 69 59 61 45
Wed.. Oet. 11 69 01 ' 62 32
NO. 4,1
Injuries to Detroit
•
Woman Prove Fatal
Sunday Morning Accident on
lue WaIer gighway°
Near Araberley
t)ntiunday morning a car driven
by James Glen Radfora of. 19947 Hull
street, Detroit, went out of control on
e hill on highwaY 21, .one and a -half
miles' south of Araberley, and crashed
into the bank.
Mrs. Radford, aged forty-one -Years,
wife., of the driver, suffered a fractUred
neck and was paralyzed from the head
down. She died Wednesday, night in
Alexandra Hospital. ' Mr. Radford suf-
fered head and shell lacerations and
shock, and their fwo-and-a-half-year-
old daughter, Kathleen, a fracture of
the right leg above the knee. ' They
were oii their way to visit Mr. Rad -
ford's ,brother at Meaford. •
. Dr. Johnston of Lucknow was called
and the injured ones were removed in
a Kincardine ambulance to Alexandra
Hoepital, Goderich. Provincial Traffic
Constable James Culp investigated the
accident.
Mr. Radford recovered after a day
in the hospital and returned to De-
troit WI Monday. He is a relative of
Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Andrew, Brock
street, town. .
The car was wrecked.. It is sup-
posed a tire blowout was the (-Air of
the 'accident. -
DR. E. A. McMASTER TALKS
' TO LIONS ON THE HEART.
The Lions Club held •ticeir dinner
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streeOsiinitiei ehureli,
where th-es,slaslies of _She congregation
had prepared a bounteous meal.
President J. V. Coates presided, with
Dr., E. A. McMaster„ of Seaforth, • the
speaker of the evening, at his
andMr.- K --G- &ttrs,-4he newly-ap-
„
pointed recreational director, on his
left.'
Dr. MeNlaster- took as his subject "The
Heart:: telling of its fun'etions and of
the •diseases which most frequently
affect it, their symptoms, and what
persons should do when such symptoms
appear. He advised rest, a definite
stewing .up of lictiellies, and care' in
diets---inshort, moderation,. in every-
thing.
!Though of necessity he used many,
medical terms, Dr: McMaster made his
address. interesting and informative in
a high degree. A. cardiograph shown
on the screen added to the effective-.
nes* of his address.
A hearty vote of thanks was tend-
sred to him.
• Misses Barbara and Margaret Henry
contributed .piano numbers- which re-
ceived enthusiastic applause.
Mr. I'eters was introduced and spoke
.briefly. asking' for co-operation from
the .members of the Club in his _work
in Goderich.
MRS.
MRS. R. SELF ADDRESSES
EVENING AUXILIARY
The Evening Auxiliary of North
street United church held itS thank -
offering meeting on October 22nd. Mrs.
Staniey Snider, the president, pre-
sided. The guest speaker N.\%1S. Mrs.
A. Roger_ Self. president of the Demin,
ion Board of W.M.S.,of Canada. She
was introduced- by -Mrs. W. -Moorhead.
Miss Esther Hume read the Scriptiire
lesson •and 'Mrs. Howard Robertson
led in 'prayer. The choir- sextette
rendered tWo numbers in keeping_ with
the Thanksgiving theme, with Mrs. M.
Hetheringtoii. at the organ. The offer-
hjagV"raS• (led iea ted by Mrs, Chas.
jirke
The Meeting closed with prayer by
Miss. Stanley- Snider, after Which re-
freshments were served and a social
lialf-hour enjoyed.
Mrs. Self is a fluent speaker With
sparkling wit and She was heard with
intense interest. She talked', about
missions, home. and., abroad. She de-
plored the lack of tolerance among the
races, and said there wereho foreigners
itt (ads HOUSe.
3. M. JOHNSTON FREED OF.
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
At the Stratford assizes this week.
the charge of manslaughter against
John al. Johnston, RR. Godertch,
was thrown out by the grand jury.
The charge was laid in connection with
the death of eighteen -year-old Cecil
Capling of South Easthope township,
as the result of a highway-- -accident
near Shakespeare on June 16111.
A true hill was brought in by the
grand jury on a charge against Johe
al -
sten of hving the scene of an ac-
cident. This charge is to be tried at
this week's Stratford eourt.
SERVICES AT -TABERNACLE '
S'pecial services were held over the.
week -end at Bethel Pentecostal Taber-
nacle. On Sunday Mrs. J. A. Blair of
Hatnilton ministered morning 'and evefi-
ing to a good-sized congregation. On
Mond4 .a district rally was held 'with
visiting ministers lied friends from as
far away iss Hamilton, . Strathroy,
Walkerton, Galt and Stratford. Rev,
E. L. Riply, from Stratford. ministered
to the gathering in the afternoon and
Rev. J. IL Blair, fromnamilton, spoke
to an evening congregation that taxed
th4,1milding to eanacity. At the even-
ing service the ehereh mortgage was
. burned, while the eongregation ..and
friends rejoiced, as the tabernacle is
nOwsentirely free .of debt. The women
of the local ehurch served the'evning
meal to more than fifty visitors from
out of town.
Miss N. Dickson, Reg.N., and Miss
It. McGuire, Reg.Nt, were in Toronto
111,4 week atte4'ng the convention of
the Ontario ital Association held
at the Royal York Hotel. .
W.)flr:Et LIDA.Erg%1917B
A well -attended eueetiug of Victoria
Home and School alathip was held'
on Thursday evening, October 24th,
1when 'the annual "fathers' night" was
, observed, under the direction of Airs.
Geo. Sanderson. 0
Dariies the regular besiness meeting
the treasurer, Mrs.- Ifloyd Lodge, re -
Ported a Wallace of $107.03. A motion
was passed to send Christmas boxes
to the two Dutch children adopted by
the club. A special COmmittee. was ap-
pointed to look after this matter.
The Inueleal program, including solos
by Kenneth .Lemaire, accompanied. by
Miss .kunice Milne, and Glen Lodge,
accompanied by Mr. Wickett, and piano
• selections by Mr. Wickett, was enjoyed
by all.
The speaker of the evening, Mr. W.
J. Hodge, was introduced by Mrs.
Sanderson. Mr. Hodge choseas his
subject "Our Challenge" and with well-
chosen words he outlined the duties
of worthwhile 'citizens in a demeciatic
world. He then introduced Mr. Clif-
ford Peters, the new recreational
director for Goderich, who spoke brief-
ly,
The meeting was bought to a close
with the singing of "God Save the
King." The social committee served
tea, and a friendly half-hour was itnuch
enjoyed.,
MISS McGOWAN ADDRESSES
KNOX CHURCH
,
The annual thank-offerfog meeting
Of the W.M.S. of .Knox Presbyterian
church was held in the lecture hall on
Tuesday afternoon, October 22nd, with
Mrs. Gordon Bisset presiding.
Mks Clara McGowan, social worker
with the Huron. County Children's
a -tiff §4.16ii -C1-1-Oftgr(L-CIfinic
was the. ghest speaker. Her address,
given -ie charming manner, was an
assurance of. faith in Prayer and in-
spiration. She expressed appreciation'
of the: work of the missionaries, who
cou ra smugly endured .bereavemenh and
who had to. deal with problems of
'teen-age boys and girls separated from
their- parents while they attended
schools in the homeland: Missionaries
today, said the _speaker,- are %meting
hard :- "yet we expect them When they
come home to spend their furloughs
going about the 'country making
speeches to waken up ourlagging in-
terest." Millions, of,, people . are plead-
ing for Bibles, and there is all op-
Portunity now to. spread the Gospel in
many lands.
"Lot us thank God for. all He hag
done for. us, fOrgetting What .we are
!going to get out of it ourselves," Miss
',McGowan urged. -You can never
1 measure ,the good you can do by the.
smile of encouragement and tlie word
I of comfort to those less fortunate," she
Hdded as she referred to lir present
Nvorki ‘"The Master needs 'our help;
let 'us rededicate ourselres to
Mrs. clayton Edward Sang.. "Greeu
Pestures" in- beautiful voice, accom-
panied Dy Miss Eva Somerville: Prayer
was offered by Mrs. Richard Stewart.
Mrs..- F. R. Redditt expressed the ap-
preciation of thc. auxiliary to Miss
McGowan for her address.
A social hour was. enjoyed after
the meeting _when tea wasserved by
the social ((11111111 t('. convened by Mrs.
K. Revell.
NEAR NEIGHBOR LEARNS
THROUGH CLASSIFIED AD.
Roliert Rodges, R.R. 1, Goderich, tells
of pleasing results from, using the
classified advertisements in The ' nal-
Sta a 'Recently he inserted an dver-
tisement of three heifers for sale. The
Signal -Star is delivered to his 'district
early Friday afternoon. The next day,
Saturday morning, a near neighbor,
Hediey prouse, came to the home of
Mr. Rodges, told him he did not know
of these cattle for Sale despite the
fact that he lived only a Short distance
eway, but added that he noticed the
edvertisement in TheeSignal-Star. The
three heifers were then sold to Mr.
Prouse. The,. following Monday • Mr.
Rodges had .several more callers for the
heifers as'a result �f seeing the adver- P
lisement in The Sial -Star. Presentation of suitable gifts was
Every- week that passes these small- made j) the guests of honor by Mrs,
cost classifled advertisements are pay-
ing real dividends to advertisers.
Remembrance Day
Program Announced
Service Sunday MorII ing to 'tic ill
. Victoria gtreet United
Church
Prepaptions are vvell advanced f1
the annual observance of iternembra,n; 0
Day by the Canadian Legion and Other
patriotic bodies and citizens.
The Legion is holding lts regular.
dance and. card* ganae on Friday even,
Ing, November 8th, in its own hall for
the first tinie. This alweys has been
a Popular affair and there 'is every in-
dioation.thaS the usual large crowdAvill
be on hand.- '-11 is expected that res
freshments will be available, although.
.the Legion finds it impossible to sup-
ply these itself,, owing 19 the difficul-.
ties with the sugar and butter supply,.
There will be the anntial sale • of
poppies on Saturday, November atia.-
This will be handled by a group of
girls from the Collegiate Institute.
Proceeds of this sale must be devOted
to the aid' of veterans and their fam-
ilies who fall into -.difficult circura:
stances.- Ione of the proceeds are -
available for the regular expensess of
the Legion.
For the first time the Remembrante
Day chureh parade will be to Victoria,
street United church. This is by -
special -htvitirtton froin --Reis • Is:- -;
Turner, the pastor, who is Making Ar-
rangements to care far what probalAY
will be the largest turnout of veterans
ever held here. This Will be on Sun-
day, November 10th.
Veterans of both, wars -are being
asked to report at the Legion Hall, '
ready 'Co fall Inin pty ef,,Anne -to
144-Vell'
-places before ' -
The Town Council, both chapters of ,
the I.O.D.E., the GirlsGuides and 'the
Boy Secrets, as well as the veterans,
will be represented at the churbb.
--After the church service, the parade
will again form up and will march to
the warszhemorial in the Square. Here
the service -with be th h-crEge-or the -
Ministerial Association, who will ap-
point two members to arrange the de-
tails. It is expected to be. brief, par-
ticularly if the weather happens to be
incleliTelit- '—
The usual large nember of organiz-
ations will Mace wreaths on the mem-
orial. At the conclusion .of this •s&
vice, the men will mareh og araand
the Square, en officer yet to be ap-
pointed taking the salete.
- A. F. Sturdy' will be parade.ma:rshal
and it is expected shat the Blue Water
Band will' supply music. -There will
be 00 organized observ.ance of eny sort
on Monday,' November.11th, although
a' number -of- veterans plan to be on
hands at the memorial at 11. o'clock,
apcii all who care to Soin them will
•be welcome.
OFFICERS OF REBEKAH
• • LODGE INSTALLED
At the regular meeting of Goderich
Rebekah Lodge, No. 89, in MacKay
Hall; on - Oetober 15th,Mrs. Aetna
Bumstead. Meaford, warden . of the
Rebekah Assembly of 'Ontario. paid ,
her official visit-. The new officers .were
installed by Mrs. Mary Nediger, dis-
trict deputy president, and her staff
from .C1,1intOn. •
The officers installed were:- Noble
grand, Mrs. Ellen Murray: vice -grand,
Miss 'Gertrude . Worthy; recording
secretary, Mrs_ Myrtle. Bannister ;
fin-
aiicial secretary, Mrs. Annie McKin-
non; tteasurer, .Mrs. Pearl Videan;
warden, Mrs. Rita Orr; conductor, Mrs.
Laura Wiley ; inner guardian, Mrs. .
Lena Stowe; outer guardian, Mrs. Ada
Fritzley; R.S. N.G.. Mrs. Lucy Shore;
L.S. NG., _Mrs. Elizabeth Newcombe;
•V.G.. Mrs. 'Florence -Rivers ;.
V.G., Mrs.. May ,Doak ; chaplain, Miss
Susie Noble: acting J.P. N.G., Mrs.
Ione Baechler: musidans, Mrs. Gert-
rude Knitting •and Mrs. Leta Snider.
Mrs. Bumstead made a Btting ad,
dress and Mrs. Nediger and .• several
meinbers of the staff .brought greetings .
from t!ie Clinton Lodge.
W. Abell and a lodge ring was pre-
sented to Mrs. Ione. Baechler in ap- .
predation of her services as noble
grend for the past year.
A dainty* lunch WaS served after the
,meeting.
The Signal -Star has a -few copies left
of the souvenir number of the Inter-
9,tional Plowing Match. Should • ymf
Wish to obtain one in order to send it
to a friend or- relative who forfnerly
resided in Goderieh or district, it would
be well to (10 so in the near future.
Copies sell at the regular rate of five
cents each. ‘Shonld you wish us to
wrap- nurl-ninl-1 ft.tlreyeis- a small
additional charge for postage.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Wm,Leitch wish to an-
nounce i he engagement of their
youngest dangh.ter. .Murirl. to „ Dr.
George 5. Elliott. son of Mrs. Elliott
and the late G. 11. Elliott of Clinton;
the maitiage 'to take Vitae the niiddle
of November.
County Counc llors Shy at Proposal
to Purchase Port Aert Airfield
Diset,tssiag the matter of purchasing
the Port Albert airport as a site for
holding a county fair, the Warden's
committee.; of Huron County Council.
meeting in special session this after-
noon, concluded that in view of the
fact that "no conerete proposition" had
been laid .before them "by any party
or organization" the matter -be laid
over for the time -being." • .
"It is the unanimous opinion of the
committee that the parties or organiz-
ations who desire the acquisition of
this site should lay eonerete plans for
its future use and plans for financing
thereof before the -committee, at wAich
time the Matter will be given (Inc con-
sideration and passed on to County
'Couneil for discussion," was the state-
ment released by County Clerk Norman
:Miler on behalf of, the Warden's com-
mittee,.
It was intimated that the proposi,
tion was more or less a "hot potato
laid on 'the doorstep of Thiron County.
Council" for action,' With no definite
suggestions as to financifig the pur-
eha41 of the site or parrying (mt plans
for a fair.
It was pointed met, that, in, case of
the purchase ..of the Site, „suggestions
had been made for the blinding of ,a
met° fraek with a grandstand and
keeping a perman'ent Maintenance staff'
at the airport to look after buildings,
et('.. all of which would run into many
thousands of dollars. ‘,
. Clients. Clerk Miller is in receipt' of
t. letter inforMing the County Cotineil
that any concrete plans by Huron
County Council to acquire land and
buildings „at Port Albert for county
fair purposes will be given careful
'Consideration by War Assets OorliiKk-
talon and the Dominion• Government
before any final diSposition is made of
the property. In the meantime, the
Central Housing and Mortgage, Corpor-
ation is having ,a special survey made „
of the buildings to amens their value
In providing materials for veterans*
housing in caw,. they •lire demlishot
it
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