The Goderich Signal-Star, 1947-03-06, Page 11
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RAIL .ANWHIGHWAY TRAFFIC TIED
UP TIGHT BY THREE-DAY STORM
N� Mail or Daily Papers for Res dent of District—Farmers Isolited
—Rural. Schools Closed—Softie Food i Supplies Running Sb.ort-
-Travellers Marooned • as Trains and gotor Gars, Blocked by
Snowdrifts—Railways Reopening Lines Today .
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Beginning -late -Sunday afternoon and
raging until 'Wednesday afternoons the
worst snowstorm not only of this
wiuter but for many years past left
Goderich and all other 'communities
In tkis district isolated.
This Warning Thursday) a plow•
with four engines behind it left Strat-
ford for Goderich on the C.N.R. line
and it was hoped it would 'clear the
way for a train intoGoderich late
tonight. The last C.N.R. train into and
out of Goderich was on Monday after-
noon. Heading for Toronto late Mon-
day afternoon, this Erain was stalled at
Stratford and s.onie hundred passengers
were temporarily stranded.. They were
able to continue on their way to Tors
onto on Wednesday night. On the
train were some Clodeiich residents
heading for a convention at Toronto,
They did not continue, buterentained at
Stratford and planned to return fo
Goderich on the next train headed this
way. •
On' the CesP.R.,- a plow with two
engines -behiudsit arrived in Goderich
about 11 pen. last night (Wednesday).
It was followed by a freight,. train
arrived about _it_ _a.m. today.
Early this Morning': 'the-
-.plow \vent down the tine again and was
followed out by two freight trains.
A .passenger es train arrived at
Gollerich today about an hour -late and
it is expepeted that it will leave Gode-
rich for GuelphonseheAnle this after-
noon, ,
• As a result of no trains for, several
•days, a huge backlog of freight has
been built tip, When mail . begins _ to
coniesin, tqo, the postoffice.will be deal-
ing with-voluniessof mail of CliristmaS-
time proportions.
No pollee court is being held in
Goderich today nor Was there any a
week ago, because of road condition.
All Colinty Conner' esonnuittee meetings
have been.. pestponed. . All Goderich
hockey teams are inactive as to out-
side games or games here in the play-
offs., LaSt busesinto and °et of Gode-
Tb&tasna
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indicationtoday just when they :would -
resume their schedules.
Farmers ...,Open, a Road_ •
--E114,rene,iessileg dietriet' have been•
completely isolated: • 7.1.137117-Tniztr-
'farmers along the 8th concession of
Colborne township got out early Wed-
nesday morning apd by evening they
had shovelled this road clear for a
while at least; opening the road from
Auburn to Goderich. There..have been
no.',rurai mail deliveriee- this week,
although aft attempt will be made again
today at rural deliveryonwhat few
roads have been .cleared. •
At least .one. local 'plant ,shut down
operations Wednesday morning because
•of lack of box.cars-evitli which to load
its products. Fanners have been em-
. able to deliver hogs to market and also
eggs: As a result,' Lakeside Produce
expects a veritable flood of eggs • bite
the egg station just- es -soon as roads
are -cleared:
Collection of ashes and garbage in
Goderich was halted oh Monday and
- Tuesday, but ou Wednesday the ,col-
lectors high-pressured their way
through to catch up on the backlog.
Dailysm,`"ccvspapers -have nOt been de-
livered here for several days.
A Work of Mercy
On Sunday Mr's. Ted I3aechler of
Goderich went to the• home.of her bro-
ther', William Meyer, oneihe*BfuelVatei
Highway four and ashalf raileS north
of Goderich, for a visit. - •Early Tues-
day morning she became' acutely ill.
Snowbound raids prevented her from
being brought to the hospital in Gode-
rich. As -a 'result more than thirty
men front Sky 'Harbor, Edward Coal
.C`o. and the Goderich Manufacturing
C'o: 'labored all. Tuesday morning,with
shovels, assisted by a snoWploW from
Sky Harbor and a number of trucks, to
open up the road std •Gederielt.-`‘• In this
_way the ambulance was able to bring
Mrs. Baechler to the hospital by Tues-
• day. noon- Soon afterward' the roe(/'
.quickly filled in again with snow.
Miss Elizabeth Tobin, of the County
Registry Office staff, had .hooked her
-passage- to • Britain on . the, Queen
Elizabeth, which sails on Saturday
from New York,' but wag - unable to
leave town at the intended time to
make connections for the sailing. How-
ever, this afternoon she left by plane,
with Lou Lane as pita, to catch ()strain'
at Hamilton for New York.' -She plans.
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MISS IVIARj.ORIE HAYS WINS
MIMES'S AT, TORONTO
A young Goderich vocalist, Miss
'Marjorie:Hays, da‘ighter ef It. C. Hays,
KC., and Mrs. Hays, has been winning
laurels at the Kiwanis Music Festival
which has ben in progress at the
Eaton Auditorium, Toronto,sthe past
week. In • her own age group Miss
Hays was given first place, a mark of
88 being awarded- by the adjudicator.
In, another age group she won second
piece, and :11 further triumph •came
when she was placed second in another
older.. age trreup with a mark of 89,
only one point behind the winner of
first place.
Miss Hays, Who is a student of the
Toronto Conservatory of Music, has
won popular acclaim in her home town
as an accomplished singer, and her
friends here -will be greatly pleased to
know of her success in the wide com-
petition which she meets at Toronto. -
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LOCAL MUSICIANS'TAKE
CONSERVATORY EXAMS.
Misses' Eunice Milne and Mollie
Bisset, 4pupils of Mr. W. H. Wickett,
each obtained first-class honors . in
grade III.hafen.ony in the examinations
of the Toronto Conservatory of Music,
obtaining .85,,,and ..tua.g,44,eSRACtieZe1Y.
Miss Catheeine Hay, J pupil of *Mrs.
M. Hetherington, also obtained honors
in grade III harmony and passed in
grade III theory, taking both examin-
ations at the same time.
,Mrs. E. H. Jessop was successful in
the Conservatory examinatien in grade
V counterpoint.
Irg CELEBRATE IN 1048 -
Kincardine iS to have an old boy's'
reunion in 1948 to celebrate the town's
ceptennial. Dates have not yet 'hen
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a two months' visit with friends in the
Old Country. •
Proprietors of the local meat markets -
estimated 'their supplies weuld. last
Tbrii-PW-daTs-yer'S-letrt-Thete-mi'ffidsbes
no meat fel' the week -end, unless the
rdads were opened up. It has been
impossible for farmers to bring Stock
to town. One farmer did get iu with
a load of hoge by driving OVer the fields,
but it was impossible to -get them to
the slaughter house of a local butcher,
outside the town limits. One butcher's
refrigerator was almost as bare as Old
Mother flubbard'S cupboard.
There hes been a definite shortage of
bread in town. Local bakers worked in
four shifts to nieet the '41entand. Sup-
plies which are customarily, sent, in
from outside points just did not come,
and many housewives.' bought yeast
cakes and made their own. But on
WedeesdayThight one baker hadeused
up all his supply of yeast cakes.
Rural Schools Closed
Many.' rural schools. in 'the ' district
were forced to closes On Monday, it
teacher residing in Goderich .waded
waist -deo through the snow from the
highway lo her school, only to lindiW,o
pupils present. ,
The attendance at' the Collegiate
'Institute was considerably affected by
the storm. No school buseS were
running. A few pupils who live, near,
town'came in by horse-drawn sleighs.
Thirty men were engaged, on Wednes-
day shovelling out the snow at Mc-
Manus' corner on the Blue Water High-
way just north " of Saltford, to enable
.the snowplow to make headway. The
road was opened as far as Dunlop.
Mr. Justice Genest, witnesses and
barristers here .for the Supreme Court.
sittings have been marooned here since
-the conclusion of Ihe court ,on Tuesday
at 'noon. They have been, irtieSts at a
local' hotel. • • .
The Provincial pblice. were instrUcted
to keep non-essential traffic off the
highways in' Huron Musty until the„y
were cleared, in order to give the Snow-
-Plow equipment a change. Only ambul-
ances and' ears carrying doctor S and
food-sfuffs were allowed. 'This Was an
order,which° motorists were compelled
to obey.
The meeting of the Old Age Pensions
and Mothers' Allowances Board of
!Tifton county:scheduled for .teday,
win. postponed for.a week.
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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MARCH 6th, 1947
R. II. CORNISH PRESID4NT
OF KINSMEN OWE
Emergency...Flights of Skyways Express"
Avert Threatened Milk Famine
Three eeeergemsy mercy flights were
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carried otif by Keith lippkinson pn
. .,
,Wednesdep, 11 11kL.Thursday.of this -week.
on Wednesda'y he flew penicillin to
,Dungannon and on Thursday he took
,pastertriFd milk to Dungannon, and
Baylield.
Whees,rt
) wsina's store at .Dungatinon•
p
- reporteil to axter's Dairy at Goderich
- ' that their i)asteurized milk supply was
. exhausted, Baxter's Dairy had• no
pounds Of Wilk rushed to Sky Harbor
by ,truck on. Thursday niorning. Mr.
Ir6pkinsonivaS waiting with a plane
and flew it into Dungannon. Landing
was satisfactory, but Mr. Hopkinson re-
ported a liftle difficulty in taking Off.
, Baxter's Dairy delivers milk. 40 Dun-
. 4. ga It tam-tegularly- but-beeause nf- snow --
blocked roads had been unable to get
. through to that place since last Satur-
day. „
• Because pasteurized Milk was needed
for babies at Bitylield also, the "Sky-
ways milk express" made an emergency
' flight to Bayfleld also' on Thursday -
afternoon, carrying one httndred pints
, of milk in 1:ttiper containers (to lighten
, the loa(1) from the Goderich Dairy,
Mr. Hopkinson, landed the plane on, the
,
• river bee near the harbor entrance.
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NO. MS
At anynthiesiastic banquet and busi-
ness meeting Ina night .at the Park
Houses the Kinsueen'Club of Uuderich
was officially born.
Many items of eommunity interest
were discussed andplans formed for
future activity along these lines.
• The new club, with it charter mein-
bership of twentY-eight, young men
vitafly interested' in Goderich and its
welfare, gives evidence of their enjoy-
ment bf Kinship and their eagerness
to make Goderich an even, better place
in which to live.
Letters of congratulation were read
from Kinsmen national headquarters,
;Moncton, N.B.,-and Toronto and Strat-
ford Kinsmen Clubs, and also from
the Goderich Lions Club:
Officers of the new club were elected
es • follows: President, It. H. Cornish;
vice-president, Frank Skeltoa; secre-
tary, W. McGrath; assistant secretary
and registrar, S. Carter; trtasurer, S.
Shenton; editor, J. McDonald; direc-
tors, D,- J. Paterson, W. ROSS, G. Ban-
nister; sergeaut-at-arms, K. Penning-
ton.
NEWLY -FORMED BAYFIELD .
. LIONS CLUB VISITS 1IER1
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The newly -formed Lions Club of
Bayfield has now a total of nineteen
members. A delegation from the club
sat itt. with the Goderich Lions Club
at .the banquet last Friday night fur
woltqr, ;Hodge,* at ,eyhich t imp the local
club 'Wished the Baytield men every
success in their new clubs . ' •
Officers of the Baytield Lions Club
are: George Castle, nreSident ; -LIOYd
'Seotchmer, first vice-president; May-
\
ard Rougvie, sttcond Vicespresident;
S splicer . Irwin,. tail twisters ',Melvin
D vidson, F. S. Little,' E. Hoovery,
clots. Gemeinhardt, directors; John
Howard, treasurer; Alex. Rae, secre-
tary. , The ,e,lielsemeets-at Little's hotel
-the first. and 'third `Wednesdays at
6.80 p.m. It is sponsored by the Zurich
Lions Club.
Because of ice cutting on the river,
difficulty was experienced in landing
and taking off bectiuse of the danger
Orkelying here
-
and thereon the landing surface- of the
river.
At 6 p.m-. Wednesday Mr. Hopkinson
took off on a mercy eight from -Sky
Harbor tit the home of Jack Drennan,
north of Kintail, Who is seriously ill.
He (serried penicillin and other
medicine front Dr. J. M. Graham to the
ittteeding nurse at Mr. Drennan's home.
Marooned.at Stratford since Monday,
Mr. Rapkinson was flown from Strat-
ford to Sky Harbor on 'Wednesday
afternoon in order,,,to make the Mercy
flights.. Mr. Hopkinson was On his way
ti) Toronto oti Monday t� attend a
Hydro- -convention- when -the -
train was stalled. at' Stratford. With
him Were Dr. W. F. Gallow; Mayor D.
D., Mooney And J. B. Kelly of the
Goderich Palle. Utilities Commission.
Today this group is believed to he still
at Stratford waiting for an oppOrteinity
to return to Goderieh.
On his flight from Stratfard th Gode-
rieh Wednosdny aftermlon, Mr. Hopkin -
Mil reported seeing from the air both
motor ears and trains marooned all
over the (1istriet..
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Farewell Dinner
fOr Lion W. J. Hodge
Speakers Pay Tribute to His zeal
fot,:the-',1-iit6te-Sts Of "
Goderich
A tribut0. sincere and 'enthusiastic
s
s'rerideretrisr-Ooderitie-bionseerneftri
day lessee -Lieu Walter J. Hodge, who
after ten, years' residence in Goderich
has accepted a promotienin the service
of the -Bell Telephone . Company
necessitating his reinoval to Toronto.
The dinner in 'suitor of the former
Lions president- and district deinItY
governor was held in the banquet room
of the British Exchange Hotel, with
abinit 125 Lions and guests in attend-
ance. President J, W. Coates of the
Lions Club presidedand LiOlf Arnold
McConnell actedstss pester. of 4.!ere-
Monies, .
.:8; singsong led by George Buchanan,
with W. II. Wickett at the piano, at--
comissnied the serving twd, partaking
of the turkey dinner 'provided by the
host -Lion Bruce Catchpole. Li011 Cecil
Attridge sang two solos wh-ich received
hearty applause. • Members of the
newly -organized Lions Club of Bay-
field were introduced to -the :gathering
Hby Linn- F. -E, Hilbert. -
• Lion • Harry Watson introduced a
variation in the program by presenting
some amusing impersonatioas.
The After-dinner Speeches
' The president ealled.upon Rev. It. II.
na - Norili st eet
United chnrch, for the first- after-dinner
address. Mr. Turnbull spoke of Mr.
Hodge's helpfrilneSs in the church and
his influence in the- cnummility,
Judge Costeto, Who „followed, spoke
of Mr, Hodge ELS 1111 untiring promoter
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gON ygoTivAL O aw
TO Onti NAY OE
The Huron County FestiVal Otalitltde,
under the management of the- Godgieh.
Music Club, will again this year be.
hell in North street United church,
Goderich, opening on May 6th. There
is evidence of increasing interest
throughout the county and it is ex-
pected that entries will exceed those
of previous years.
Mr. Royerenwick, director of music
.for the Department of Education of
Ontario, will return as adjudicator;
'also Mr. 'G. D. Atkinson, of the Toronto
Conservatory of Music staff.. Both
Wen tendered congratulations on , the
management of the 1946 Festival, and
were pleased to be:invited te return.
Entry of scompetitors will close on
March 24th. Programs will be avail-
able two weeks before the opening date
of the Festival. Further information
may b`e obtained front either the 'Presi-
dent, Mrs. J. G. McDongtill,. or the
secretary, Mrs. John See, both of
Goderich.
The Festival awards convener, Mrs.
E. JessoP, announces that the list is
open to donations from any interested
-citizens. -•
Goderich Man Chats with People
in the JP1a,r Corners of the gad
'
-Signal-Star photo.
Sealed in front ofs the microphone ,,,of his amateur radio broad-
casting station at k,alt ford Heights. Fred .Bisset that with people all
round the. globe. -Note the globe -of the world in front or him, so
Hutt he van quickly refer to the location of some distant country. with
which he might les speaking.
_D-ssee ---neeeerf til a 11441 1-0•114,--- r8d44s
broadcasting stethin Lica fed in, the
attic of his parents' home atop Saltford
Heights, - Fred 11. Bisset talks with
-414s-sistoseet Noss. Wes -Smite
went to an amateur station near her
home, Needless to say, it was a great
thrip for pie sisters to be re -nutted
again (IV011 if over the short wave
voice t ra nem iss i .
Incidentally,- if ,any British war
brides living in the. Goderich are -a -are
beeoming "homesick" find wish to talk
evith the folks back home in Britain,
a trans-Atlantic chat ean be erranged.
Fred extends an invitation .10 them
-to ese Ilis station. quite free of charge.
Arrangements can be made with the
British relatives to go to the amateur.
station nearest their home.
A reporter from *The Signal-Starhad
the pleasure of talking to an .amateur
radio enthusiast at Beverley Hills,
(7aliforeia, over Fred's station, Having
talki-sd by telephone ,from an Ontario
'city to San Francisco, California, just
People al1, over the world as easily and
as clearly as a resident of Goderich,
would conyeilse with a resident ef
Clinton over ,the telephone.
"From Greenland's icy mountains to
India's coral Straud". would be an in-
adequate description of •The portion of
the earth's surface reached by ['red's
stations Ile has talked with a •I.7nited
States soldier located in Greenland and
a British soldier stationed in India.
But in addition the has' chatted .over
itis station with people in `More than
seventy countries al4 around the world.
Ainongst the coon,tri,es with which be,
has had contact are' Denmark, Japan,
Fiji Islands, Chile, Gold Coast of
Africa,. British _Guiana,,;, _ParaguaY,
'Rhinentir; ,Senezt1e1a, °' ;S (I
Meg.ico. ,
Just recently he conversed with a
British soldier on guard. in ,troubled
,KII.LeAtittgss,AVIthests.X.44-s1olslinrs.-inssthe...
army „.0f occupation* 'in Germany, a
Belgian ie the Belgitie Congo of Africa,
a Reyal Air IforSe man on duty in
Ireq, a U.S. soldier • ' Japan, ,en
Italian citizen, in Italy, and a sailor
on hoard a boat just off the French
East ...Sfrican coast. • .4.,
'Since English is a somewleit uni-
versal.language, Fred finds most people
oil the amateur stations in foreign
countries can speak ft. Hence. ht-4ll:is
every hit as clear. After Fred Bisset
BEQUEST TO VICTORIA, STREET
CHURCH • .
The will of the late, John Albert
Van Stone, who died at Los. Angeles
on January 8th last, contains a bequest
of $2,000 to'' Victoria street United
church, Goderich. The announcement
was made to the congregation by Rev.
L. H. Turner, minister of th-e ehurch.
The late Mr: Wm -Stone -waseas-regtilar-
attendant at Victoria street (Wring his
sumnier visits to- Goderich.
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A BEAUTIFUL BIRD
G. 'L. Parsons' attention was
drawn by a bright -plumaged bird Which
he noticed near -the, elevator a few
days ago. At first hthoughrit was a
robin, 'hut he discoveredslater that it
wps a Icardinal, a beautfful bird' not
often 'seen here, particuffirly at this
time of year: '
Board of Trade
Names Committees
W. A. COuIthurst Appointed t� the
POSition of Secretary-
-.:-.Tressurerr -
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had made emttact with Beverley Hills Metebers.sof..the: .ya dons _Comp' t tees
4)2 the Goderich Board of Trade for
and told witi.) was callings -The -answer
etmesktgitssafellessEe'efflesiteseres thee 111.1•41.1..P,Neelktil'esnieel;
on Wednesdey night; They are as
•second Canadian -I have contacted on .mg
my station which I started to operate f°11()ws:
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just a short while ago." , Publicity -Stan Preyett (chairman),
.,
Although he has "talking pals" S. II. .Blake. Geo. L. Ellis, 11. M.
avound the world, Fresd's•onversesenost Men144.. J, A. Wilson%
.Frank Curry. Bruce Catchpole, James
Tolfriets--Geo. Filsinger (chairman5,
frequently with operators in the im-
mediate ..evicinity, including'- Huron
county. There •is one. such _station at Campbell, 'Ernie .Pridham, Hitrold
Wingham and- several are operated by- Williams- •
airnem at the Radar School, Clinton. Civic -Leo Walzak ((hairman): W.
.1. Baker, C00.- Baechler, Dr.- .J. A.
Ernie Berker has a station .01,Goderich
•Giethem, It. 1". 11 i\ G. G. Se1acEwan.
tto diffictilties in this respect. ftlso. llectoe Tigert has a ((((14statien
Retail elerclitints-F. .E. IIibbert
After getting in contact wish one at Port Albert •but hopes -to make it
1 chairman , _Ainslie, D. J. Allan,
another, Owners of these' stations ire- into a voice transmission station in the
• • J. G. Henderson, C. R. Lowery, Stan
quently exchange their cards -like call-- not • too distant t‘uture.
sing til ds to you. On them :tre the While talkieg with stati4;ns in Elie- .McIeetn. Geo. Sch.aefer, Frank Skelton,
11. Blackstone. T: Chinon:tees Geo. Ress.
station's call letters. where it is loczteed, land, Fred has been 1(11)11 (1 to find
nam . e of 4perater, (sty: 'Cell letters for tlint the voice at the ttlier end be-
Frd'
es etation,• for example, • are longed tti -a Oltaif withhm hwoeworked( industrial ---J. K. Sully(chairman).
s:Sailimivrs• 11.•Telln-ant- Keith Il'oPkill-
VE;I:SIU, 'the "VE- stands for Can- in the air levee either in Canada or 1-s"n• Fred N01)104 •
'titre 1- ltela t ions -Reg. McGee ( cha r -
a da, the '3" for Province, of Ontario, in England. Ile liiis had the slime
imin A.ttridge, II. Ford, Geo.
while the 151110 1114( of . the "AIL"' experience while talking with Edition-.
Feagiiii„1... Snider.
is not known by- 'the writer of . this top 1 Alberta stations.
.elembership---II. I). IIel.strepfchair-
irticle. Fred humerotu441y ,.says it .Trifoughout Canadit there are itt.pre-
110111 1, ,W111. IIity„T. M. -Goodwin, C.
means "e I vyseys.. use ''isut sonie 4,00t).auuttenr
Clituirlian„F,1iiier ,t rraTiTztotT,--WillitTil
-On such -4,11 "card': received from radio stations. • . .
_ Groningete The Netherlands. in _Janie' Fret} is the '4414 "-f 311.- •11-tal Legg, Clayton Edward, Wm. '%\ ood.
ary. there was a nete in \ Which the Mrs. Gordon 111 41 •Saltferd Heights.
T';'•:Nle'tlitii•i(:)1:1:1111 ee'lk31.sls.Ig1 i.rsi-teillt.. .1 4:4\1110 (1:111.1,els.cinIzlitilts.s,
Hollander paid tribute to the -Canadian Intssrested in 1011(4 sine(' his- was'
I,. ParSons. R. "K.
ye, r, of ;1g.,,. 1,,, ,,,,,i ved it.. G. Sa pilerson, .G..
evill\. adding that it liberated his home thirteen
town- from the -Germans. Part of the his amateur eperator's license in 1 930.. 11 It ('1'.e. Harold liettger. 'WM. Mills,
\Vile leilmage.
note ..reade- 'Godhies's-your -people- for •-He -opera-led' his -!•41.•.1 t bat 1111111 Septem-
W. A. Coultlitirst was Hai -unanimous
what they have done for us. We
WALTER it; HOD4E
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Of sports and a good citizen. Reeve
(leo. MacEwan added it tribute on
behalf of the Lawn Bowlinis Club, 1111(1
Ecu W11 17Ills 011 hehalf ef-_the 11)11 ('(1
.of Trade.
Edigltaffer-etf• itehel 1 swhrt
suceeeds Mr. Hodge as Lions district
deputy governor, spoke enthusiastically
of the work that Lion Walter had
done in s behalf of Monism in the
district, and Dr. J. A. Graham added
to the chorus of good wishes for the
guest of honor in his new environment.
Past President Bruce Tennant on
behalf of the club presented Lion Hodge
with a handsome travelling bag, and
the entire gathering rose and sang
"For He's a .Tolly 'Good' Fellow."
Another presentation in the guise
of a shilling outfit (a penknife) was
made by Lion Tamers MattEsAinslie and
Fred -Armstrong.
"Ten Happy Years in Goderielef
Lion. Hodge replied with' thanks for
the gifts andlor the kindly expressions
tendered by the speakers, whrieh 110
felt he did not entirely deserve. Tile
spoke feelingly of his- associntions with
•The Lions and 'with the people of (lode-
rieh. Ilte and ith74. Hodge, he -said,
had spent ten years happily here: and
they would take advantage of very
„oppor t unit y of returning and renewing
their friendspips here. ,
shall never, never. forget • tilos The
Maple Leaf forever :"
Little family chats -can les arranged
over, these stations. For example,
Fred's aunt. Airs. Jain(s Bisset. talked
with a sister et New Westminster,
B.C.: whom she hasn't seen for thirty
ter, 1 1);.30, when wartime regulations
111o11ibi14-41 the operatien of 'such sta-
tions. Ile enlisted sin the It.C.A.F.
elleice fur 011' position of secretary-
tren surer because or h'is past exeeuti ve
experienve in various capacities.
la tor and, did not return to his fascinat-
. 111 re?tponse to a- request from the'
ing hobby until November. '1945. ,
c amid ion Chamber of Conimerce for an
- Radios in the Goderich (1151 rut ,ean
ihe Goderich Board of Trade
pick up , Fred's -broadcasts on the "1"i"•
decided te notify jocal Federal members
t wen ty-fnetre hand of the sh'ort vi v.
of .ParliaMent that the tlitelerich Board
, of Trade is not in favor of any change
in :legislation Whielt --would affect' the
Posit ion • ef (1 (((14(1')) lives • with resPect
s to tax exemption.
elected for a Ladie_s° Auxiliary to the A.- general ineethig of the Board of
enita,rt;111 t3111.0 411.et.
Goderich branch . of the Canadian ,r11;iritt14:11t1,;(,:titt;liglitch(heil)trIpsoit(it
Legion at a meeting at tbe Legion Hall „ ,
will give an 141411'ess on the work that
Alexandra- Il�spital
Extension Assured
Board AcquIres Building' and
Aocemories of Port Albert
Airport, Hospital
Celebrate Women's
Ipstitute 'jubilee
_—
Interesting- Program at Banquet
in 'Honor of Fol.:aiding
Fifty Years Ago
• It was a happy party that g:) 111(11(1
at the Masonic. Temple 4)11 Fridny night
for she banquet of the Goderieh branch
of the Women's InsPtitute in celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the foun'd-
ing- of the first WonieWs Institute. ,
Mrs. A. Wilkin, the energetic presi-
dent o2. the local branch,. presided over
the • -gathering, which included the
members; with lilts's:m(1s and friends,
malting a, enitipeny of 120: The hall
and tnblee were gay wit he flowers and
the colors of the In purple and
'gni deseTtrpeesessin- silver holders- 41414
'a lovely bouquet of roses decorated the
head table, and a three -tiered birthday
cake, flanked with lighted candles,
made an attractive background,
Mrs. Wilkin graciously welcomed the
geestie With , her at the headtable
were past presidents of the Institute,
their husbands, and May'or D. D.
Monne* aful Mrs. Mooney:
Considerable distappointmed was
felt that the expected guest speakers
were linable to he present bemuse of
the existing, snowbound :conditions.
Those expected were Mrs. Somers, of
Fonthili. -Ont„ Provincial president of
the. Women's. Institutes Mis. F. ()stets,
of Blyth, area president, and Mrs, L.
Ivers, of DungannOn, distriet president.
Twii charter members of the Gode-
rieh braneh had the honor of lighting
the- eandles° on the birthday rake in
Nimmemoration of the fiftieth annivers-
ary.- They were Mrs'. J. S. Howrieand
Miss M. B. Salkeld. In recognition of
these two ladies' service; Mrs. George
Sanderson sang a medley of old songs,
and In 1 regponEfr to ah enthuslaStic
If- (('ontinued on page 6) •
LEGION AUXILIARY
'A temporary ,slate of officers wa
On Tuesday night. Permanent nticcers
be elected as ,soon as the cherter
is received. There are to date„twenty,"
eight applicants for membership in the
organization. Another nteeting
will be held on lueklay, 1)1 1(0 11, .at
the Legion -Ilan. Temporary officers
elected` were MT;.7'. .1. K. limiter, presi.
dent ; Mrs. Jos. ;fuel:, first vice;presi-
0(90 ; Mrs. .1. Slivardown, second .vice-
president ; Mrs. Reg. Needham. secre-
tary ; )I Is. IZobt. Groves. treasurer.
EN(IiX CliWit(111 ('HOIllft, CONCERT
'ite announcement of the concert by
the choir of Knox church, r -o be given,
on FrMay night, NIarch 1•101. promises
theist,' who attend° 11-1111/Siril 1 t reat-of-
has liven ace'omplished ill the past by
the Goderich Board of Trade and the
witrk tha lies before it. Herlds of hew
high order. As 'part of the program
the choir Will sing several well-known
selections, including an arrangement of'
the "Londonderry Att.," and "Dear
Land of , Horne," the chorale from
"Finlandia," by Sibelius. A• double trio
will sing "On Wings of Song," Thy
Mendelskffin. In addition to a group
of organ solos Mr. Wickett will play
a group of piano solos, including the
"Turkish Rondo," by Mozart, and the
-Minuet in 0," by Paderewski.
The problem of achieving the necea.
sary expansion at Ale=ndra
to meet the -ever-growing demompoler
accommodation at that iostitution, has
been solved -for a few years at least -
in a manner that is eminently satis-
factory to the Board of Governors and
that will, it is believed, not with the
hearty approval of Xhe people of Gode-
rich and district. -
Soule time ago. the buildingsof the
former Port Albert air training station -
were 41eclared surplus and placcd hI
the hands of the War Assets Corpor-
ation for disposal. The sale of these
buildings eves on a pribrity basis, and
the governors of Alexandra Hospital _
have been fortunate in securing the.
large hospital building and its equip-.
Melte The htlilding ineludes a centre
wing 40 ft. x 176 It., lin end wing
20 ft. x 98 ft., and, two side wings
40 ft. x 60 ft. The purchase Incindes
the electric lighting fixtures, wiring
and aeessories; two steam -boilerss
automatic stokers, radiators: and pip-
ing; barhreoniS and fixtures, niirseS". •
call system, screen and storm doors and
windoweretc.
The building is insulated with rock
wool, and gyproc inside,*.and will be
covered with fireproof asbestos shingles.
through-thos-erans.actions.
the board pad the generous assistance,
of Dr. M. E. J. Stalker, M.B., of the
It is intended to erect the addition,
on a cement foundation on Moutealin
street, directly across from the present
hospital bailding, with a connecting
tunnel. It will "contain the heating
equipment for the €7sutiore hospital,
laundry and ironing room, and the
space in the present building thus roe
fs
'dihing-room and a nurSes'' common-
lreoomed. will, make_ room for a' nurses'
The added accommodation will allow
for not less than twenty-four beds, and
.with theethe hospital will have a total
capacity of about.seventy beds'.
The work' of moving the 'addition'
from - Port Albert and placing .it in its
new location will be undertaken as soon.
s -weather- cnthtionswfflpeimit It -
is proposed to have the work done by ,
local labor. .4
With tegard to the important matter
of cost, the governors, are congratulat-
itegetheneselveseeneaseemsislerableevreingse--
-as compared with the plan which they
had under Consideration last year..
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SALARY INCREASE FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
-
At the monthly meeting, of the Public
144.114)0f Board, on Tueiiday evening; the .
secretary was. instructed to send a
letter to the Town Council conveying
thanks forkeeping the walks plowed •
end commending the excellent work in
snow clearing done Juicier the super-
vision of. Town Foreman Xleriam.
In response to a request from the
-Women Teachers' Federation of On-
tario that teachers'. salaries be 'ad-
vanced, the hoard decided to grant- ans
increase of $200 in salary to each
principal and teacher en the staff, the
increase to be retroactive' to Jpimary
lst. 1047.
The useof the basement of Vietoria
Seltoel foremeetings of the Girl Guides,
12 a more suinible place cannot be
foultd. was granted fn ,response to a
• request froni t lo 1lVfl's recreation
director. Mr. J. ('. Peters.
The question of The proposed new
scheel building- was discussed and it
was decided ei) call n epecial meeting -
of the board en Wednesday. March
12th, 'to consider the estimates for the '
,year and also any. further inforinatior
regarding the new building.
reperts for February .gave
attendance figures as ,f4filszse:11,t.
-Central Scheel q1r
average attendance. 1 l.91. or 07.06 pei-
cent.
„. Victoria School -- enrolnieiR. 385;
average attenclanee. 345.95. or 91.1C
per emit.
It waS report 4.(1 11181 $65, proceed.F.
Of the recent les -key oline between the
two schools 111 • :lid of the, Red Cross
•S'ociety.- hod- been forwarded to Ha
cross headquarters at, Tot•onto,
ORR.'S DAIRY SOL
Orr's Dairy 101, -been sold to. Mr.'
industries started in Goderich in re- Clyde Mod:. of Stayner."Ont.. who 10614
Vola veers are to be invited te 10 is .possessimi on Ttle',41i1V, nI1111111 25,
nieeting -and formally introduced. A The late .1. It. tin. started ,
about fifteen ..4.;irs ago aml rebuilt tI10.
Ellis end J. M. Goodwin -was oppointed dairy in 1048. ID' died in November,
to invite these men to attend the meet.- 1040. Mr. ..11och hos been working bii
ing. a dairy Tor a nuttilier of years. Ile is
'A 01141' 1, In lin seta to Gen. V.‘", married and has ivy() children. aged
•schnerer pres,ing Wen sni.e on 11 isJ \\(( and live. II), niefing nite) the
g-
beinabout again after his illness.• Orr house beside' 110 chtiry,
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4.010181t,tee of F. -E. Ilibbefr' George
Blue Water Band of Forty-five Members
to Make First Appearance abottt 1st
' 'Bandmaster HuckinS reports good
progress made in adding to the Blne
Water Band members ,of. thy former'
Boss' Band, ,sesthet in a few weeks he
expects to' have a band of forty -fit
members.- In _addition he will have
tentienber of juniors to he trained in a
clas's by theniselves in preparation for
eventual membership in the band.
Mr. I11eskitti4-WiShes to eurreet an
impression that mightresult from the.
report of his remarks at the last meet-
. Mg of the Toren Connell. to the effect
• THE FATHER . that the lahor unions had obligated
Temperetnref:s f the past week- in ,Themselves to the amount of $2,000 for
Goderich, with Those of the eorresp(Mil-'1J01;:m1s1111;;R:11°04(1:8 nonrirdiz,si:
but It 25
expected that by the tithe they arrive,
about the first of May, the perchase
price will be in hand. The amount
will include money already granted
ing week a year ago, as ufficially re-
eorded, were 114 11'0110Wq
19317 1 940
Max. Min. Max. Min.
Thurs.. Feb. 27 .20 20 21 14
Fri., Feb. 25 __In 16 . 32 12 by the Town Connell. funds aeCumu.
Sat., Mar. 1 26 19 15, 25 lilted bye lhe Onions from various
8n1)., 'Mar. 2 33 23 ° 47 32' sonrcea, and further amounts which it
Mon., Mar. 3 23, 40 26 is hoped to raise within the next few
Tues.. 'Mar. 4 30 21 48 33 weeks. The Legion igigiving'the free
Wed.; Mar. 3 88
28 Use of its hall and' equipment for a
bingo on March 19th. and Mr. ti'Uther- •
land 1r making the Capital Theatre
va liable without charge fora • series
of Sunday afternoon eoncerts.
The Lions Club has donated to the
hand its share of instrumeitts pnr-
chased for the Port Albert Air Foree
station .by the Lions Clubs of Huron
county and since distributed • among •
the eontributing elnbs.'' The Blue Water
Band 01 this way reeeives from the
Goderich Lions a piano, an acein111011,
a saxophone, a h -flat trtimpet, and it
The Lions 'also have appointed
a - eommittee• Of three to assist the
bona ThPar lisilettoesstme-thC, -;--
evening of July lst. The Goderich
Saddle Club also has appointed a
mittee for the same 1)111'p0se,7.111141 lil
return the band will as§isf. the
Saddle Club's afternoin) program ((la
Domitaion Day.
In the meantime the band is prac-
tising regularly in the Union MU ita,
preparation ifor its first, Im101.4v appor.
aiiee About naty 1s1. for whiell oceadot
it is hoped to have the new uniforral,
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