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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1947-03-13, Page 2igtiai-Otat • . tittrOril r ON pouturs Fon") QST WY ''u lislacd by glgnal-Stora ]l irons ;q7` ptt e4t1.01 Rate. s-- -Cali ada and Great ,r, ritaian. $2.00 a year : zoUP, it ,Rates, $ . . ... ' ..b.therti4ing Utiteii on. 'request, o'• Authorized las . eeco r; d -class mail, Post Depart eat, Ottawa. Tele, one •�- Member ;of 0l a r diQludVeelxay Newiraiters. • Association -•- - Sworn Circulation Over 2,605 u�u . .....–,--.-----9,-----"--- 01 E1f�TSON . ✓ , T U ;h SDAY, EIAAIICHH 13th, 1.647 ° -1`$E PR►OVIN_OIAL EUDOCE the proposed `ehiange of the Niagara the ground of the expense involved,+ of snow that stays righit where it lands. He says Hydro surpluses should be [The evergreens turned completely white ,.and even the scraggly old apple trees used instead to lu�ver rates to conin. the orchard seemed to put on. newly ,umers. This argument would have starched clothes.' ' more weight if rates were • actually It kept it up. all day Sunday and lowered. If the choice 'were simply relented along towards evening. The roofs were covered to a depth of about between piling up huge reserves and the six inches with the snow and it..even The Province takes advantage of alternative of° spending the, money ou looped over like icing ou a fat, old - the withdrawal of the Federal gasoline the change to 60 -cycle power, consumers ftts1iioned spice cake. The whole tax of three cents a gallon. to add tui: ht be inclined vote for the latter. `world seemed •to settle down and get Haat -amount to theProvincial tax, The public:. -would like More definite broken by Abe sound of • children quiet. Every so often the stillness was leaving it at 11 Cents. GID. L. I LLIS, ee Provincial Treasurer" Frost presented his budget in the Legislature on Tues- day, and, contrary to expectation, an- nounced therm would be no provincial iineome tax this year. However, the Province will levy a tax of seven per cent. ou corporation profits: system from 25 -cycle to 60 -cycle, on TRH GOD.tRiell IGNA lk:7l STA PHIL OSIFEB OF LAZY MEADOWS II ' gs liens, .1. Bolide A Q I> WINTER �'► Just about tie time. vm had a1 aost thiven up hope. of haing, another real,. .snowy dgy , .. along came the. most perfect sa ova$all of ,tbe entire winter t eat:ion. • It started on Saturday night . ; . quietly and gently: .. the big, fat 1ioi es sifting downs to earth, and piliing up gtuite rapidly. Marcia came in like a lamb but we got the flee :e. It kept up all Saturday aright, so that by Sun The iiggaiiv, boys clattered dOwn the road toavauds,"tlae village in their snnocrf=, mobile, a vehicle 'e"Yhieb realms a $air. ride 'racket: 71'ho Peace and quiet of our perfect Winter d ay'w as shattered. The mood was gone complet ly. For a little dvhile there see ed to be a sort of perfect harmony, but such things don't last very long. It was u pleasant experience,' however, while it lasted, Editor's Note. -®This article was in - .tended for , last week's issue and evidently was written before the snow blockade. Or perhaps they did not have any blockade where Phil is living. r:4 day morning everything WAS pure' 6. A. JECiiELL AT EXETER white. It was that soft, sticky kind From. ''Rhe Exeter 'Times -Advocate we take this reference tor' a gradtutte of Goderich Collegiate Institutes 4 • Mr. and Mrs. G. A, Jeckell are *sit- ing with the former's sister, 11liss' L. inferttlutiuu as to �wltirC the pr opo ed tobogganing oft the Big Hill across Chien, 1U�vns and villages are to change would III\nlwe in tate rates ahej• the river, • receive a share of the gas tax up -tuwould be, culled upon to pay, i There were no cars on the road all t z cent, of rood exptndittrrt's or o afternoon. The doctor went by :about y per ' 1 o'clock and the `'Jing -a -ling" of -the to an -amount equal to 0110 mill on lite , ••t'lzc•sli councillors, in informal dis- cutter bells male a very pleasant gezieral assessment. - ••ussiuu, decided against payment': fur sound. The party line rang a few The. chief sources of. 1•'ro\ 111'- 1 tl their reit ices. \u;;ge,tetd p tint uts minutes later and we heard the word re\enite will be, first,.the gzisoliae tax ",t1 1 illetl _ :•.11.0. or,a, about half a mill. that old' \ii Amanda was finite ill,. He It is i,ossible l,aynitkrlt twill be proposed bits been living for quite a number • secant, the new eorl,oratiotl tai : -tllirt!• at rhe cud +1' the ye:t1• for 191', ('uuncil, of year, with his slaughter About a mile • the liquor, tax.���so :he ratepayer t will Alla t 0 an eppur- tip our concession. ' The Provincial re.is 11 r f,lruc4 1>(}t1l11ty to express their opinions." . ' Sunday was that peaceful kind of • sur itis of nearly hu.:' .t z11i!li, n '; �1 .The C'linto,u '1'o‘t t1 l'otlti i1 1- voted .tial when even reading' seems to be ' un. uiichwork.. A. person ,}ust sari of r; melll ►el'� y , • ,•relaxes , _ - the show tumbling Thus the 1'roviuee,, according to �mut�ll • to. be said for payment to dowil an, tllitlks a lute and estimates, will be able to Ntg ,tt,n sway councillors who spend a great deal Maybe has a good nap. ' without any huge handout from the of •limo in attending to the business ! �ILater oh 111 had te i is et heard .thIt Federal treasury. ` • of the NOT• yveatey' lab of holding off uu,iil1 the lest d€ay of the year. to slip away. ' On ;_ yEI?iT. a p the year.•• 1 �5U 1 tett 1hti is R11 is .toll hatches t 1 municipality mild bet t:tt 1 i wa's ninety-three and even hi death he • • thauks'ftl,t• it, ' however, we peeler 'the., was peaceful .. picking out the quiet- __ eizel°iil yet i-11"inr"pntt1' �,, tt � a • The sun is shining, the suuw is t:isioti up to ills ratepayers at the lleav<�n must be Close to' each other: sarin and we have t rliatlged I Tile ssorld was not in mourning. It disappearing, municipal eiectiori. Thus there eau WEIS'rejoicing, as if celebrating a long our .mind about giving_ the country -grab." ?and (pod life. ' -_. NIA: to -the Indians. . be -fru-sulk. u� n ..g3• - - - After it- 4ttr-�ped snowing -thee .sna�v- • f •,,.•-., .� .. , ,`yC. `,`I+`Gc��' ISSL''E,�,: THIS' ;'SESSI01�1;_lalos�w mine <.along and opened-IQ-the.Noss if the weather man could Just o (Cornwall Standard b'reelmlder) " • road. Two • :or• three cars went by. manage things so—there would be No one is talking much about the • enough ice for' the `hockey boys for a confl oversial flag. question so far this 1/4.11 4 11G1 4,014. As Controller. of the Territory Mt(. Jeciteli admtianiStered, the govern- ment .Wider the Departt>tne r' t Of and Resources. Ble and Buil ' otzela had the power to deal with the position of local 'tri ;m4, safe. ®f liquor, preserV-ation of game, establishanettt of territorial orifices, maintenance 'of jyisons and °municipal institutions, isstlf 'of licenses, 'incorporation of 'eonra- panies, solemnization of marriages, property • and civil rights, administra: tion of Justice and generally all matters Vf a local nature in the Territory. As Mr. Jeckell has now reached the age of ,retirement he expects shortly to be relieved of his duties. He and Mrs. Jeckell, made the trip from Dawson to :Vancouver by airplane and boast, where he purchased a new car, , and from the frozen North - where the mereui y :at times ' lias dipped below the ldcvest point on the thermometer they motored to the Sunny South and after holiday- ing in California- returned by the east Me Jeckell. Mr. Jeckell is Controller erta route to Ontario. Hb is now re- newing old acquaintances and visiting of the Yukon Territory, a position he m� oaf the 'familiar has held for Manny years. The Yukon SO Territory according to the Canadian before leaving Almanac covers an area of 207,076 the century, Mr. miles with. a population in 1941 of yeitrs• taught spots he knew this part at the turn of Jeckell in his younger school at Farquhar'.. couple of weeks yet azid at the same time ' enough sun to clear 'away . the snow and ice: . . * • Canadiansnight be a ;'bit jealous of Sauth Africa, because the princesses did not come to this co_untry with .�.._�:'Merr. Majesties .�n,. i93.�-; i2ut. Canada cession, but words rias .been dropped that 'a debate oh the subject is unlikely this sittings. That is all to the`gooii. There is no point in repeating 'the heated and ofttimes childish clamor that we got, when the ,special committee was considering the matter. It seems per- fectly. clear now' that, its a nation, we are"not mature enough to consider any- .._ .__ ., • thing .as touchy* as , a :national _ flag. happy,in greeting a homebrew queen, Appareu'tIy there is rf(i .way of to - IBarbara Aun Scott of the flashing everybodyv and no matter -what style blades. of flag was picked the,.,minority would r:outinue to raise a rumpus. That- .. _ �._., j geoid"completely ,-def at - t -he ,--objec of One of the oddities. of the English I tt disizietive Canadian' flag, which language is that the word "flammable" should promote unity and not dis- means the• same as "inflammable." The -harmony. So e're• better off to forget „the latter is the word more cornwonly used whole matter until we cau "wgroup" • -to denote something easily burned, and about it. , we haate to resort to •'11011-iuti,tmtu:1bie.. • to designate: something that is ,not ' , ` HE IS STILL ALIVE € (xuelph Jlerciiry.) "$amir�+tole." • F • There is a man 111 Western Uuta,riu . • whopus Iiccd up r to his teaching.' Al- -UThe C'hiitese civil war - ;nes .o11 tvutvs he declared that- if his ear ever leisurely:. and everybOds ss ins• (111 1, stalled en a railway track, with a train Mondays, «'eduesda;�• anc1 Fridays :i,l►roaching, he would waste -no tin:le1 • c,u the•car, hut would Make for safety. victory perc:.hes on the banners of the .,I can btiy another car, but" 1 (!an't Nationalists ( Chiang. Kai-strek's army), buy atwther chance after I'm dead," •+and un. Tuesdays, Thursday; and S.7t)t- :be said. n tt car and took -it tut a 'run. (_ rubs • The tt inner uli, Sundays depends on rut; •a 111ilway track it gale a ao'ugh Who .g ts• t€i t -he telegraph office tlyst. and .clnit. A train -was appreiiching . The ('ltinese have their own wars frond a distance.. l'F•ople told him he . doing- 'tangs:;-yt141fperhaps their r• ~vary had time to ,.wi her 1.01)11, but this brtu-e chap gutV1111 'ani tvalhed to the' of .lightinb',t twstr-is as decisive as the tither side of the road. The new car Europeaft.- way_ in 'which_ the sidle that 1 was reduced to m€t,.tehwtit,d. • wins also the side that pays., , `Seine pei►ple said he, was ;a 'fool, but i • if so. he -was a wise anti,. Ire had The 5altfu(d ":tie. aft tiiggiilg ! insured his car and, was' taking no • rhwt•uces• lie left the debris to the rail - himself out from the *sat€a•drifts, sac• � ss ssrelkei find pat 111 t1 claim to . he 'diu- n't watnt anything like that the insurance company. IIi• is sz'till again. Ile, thinks those sciehtirk j safes and sound and hist wife is nut ' chaps who prophesied that sun spots 14' widow: would cause heavy rainfall and snow- FOOD PRICES-COMPAREI) fall far some years may be right after -1• Consumers' News. ptiblisliecl by all. "Early next winter," he says: "11 the Prices Board) oout' Miami, or Here are a few of the price compari- lculate t start o $ far south as. I' can get, and stay 'sons,€18 between neighboring Canadian - nd United States c,ities gat ' nitit - here nihil the 21st. of Jlareh, or per Jiznuti'ry • haps later.'.` Asked hove• he would Milk :Terante, 1(;c" per cltfart ; .I)e make the 'trip, the Sage replied, "Web, trpit, 24e- (in "terms of our Imperial t haven't any ,car, but my thuritb is quart). • Bread: Winnipeg, 8-11c; Minneapolis, 15c (in terms of our 24 -or, loaf) . • •Butter Vancou-s•er, 42-45c,per pound; - seattle, 78-86e. Cheese :,Ottawa, 35c. per potni�cl ; Syracuse, 69e. Flour in the Canadian cities ranged from 69c to 93c per 24-1b. bag, while in• the United 'States itsvprice was from $1.65 to .$,2.13 per 25-1b. bag,; potatoes - In Canada; • 23-32c per l0 -lb. bag and 29-39e in the United States; sirfoin Steak in Canada 41-54e per pound, and in the i'.S: 48,72c; leg of 1amfi, , 38-51c in Canada, 49-65c in the U,S• : vege- table shortening, :17-27e in Canada, `'I9 - 53c in. the UM. ", Prices" in the United States were lower than in Canada on only two• of the 25�odd food commodities eorn- pared-coffee and cocoa'. ,MOST MOTHERS DO'THIS - W .. q. .asACoid. Are trams -rub- throat; chest, back with VapoRub. Re- lief -bringing action starts right away... -WORM f OR•IFOIIRS•-: - while child sleeps. often by morning most distress of. the cold is eased; - Best-known home remedy you can use to relieve distress of children's colds is'- comforting Vick; VapoRub. Even while you rub • it on, VapbRub,starts to work -,to ease distress... and it keeps on working during the right. No wonder most mothers do this when a cold strikes. IC K Tonight, try V VA P O R U B FAVOG/i'' IT RAD./o : iTA,a�ION ����j! ,, . -_+ kr3 ' � r ,r ..�• -2vyr . rvt.iV...�'�ri TORONTO If YoHave An Old Chesterfield SQL :CADi' .,AFFORD TO Buy ANEW ONESMT YOU CALL US ,--.--We-,-specialize in- e up- „ ,oIsteri g _0. re deesigni ng.n ft Also custom-made furniture: All work guaranteed. couple of .,,weeks ago he bought a urdays the t"01110unfsts have tht' edge. -1 in good shape." Mr. Bracken asks fora 38 173 per cent. retction tri Federal: expenditures. Thi i ood politics, but it ,doesn't get 'very far when members of all parties, Mr. Bracken's included, ask the (government to spend more money on this, that and the other thing. Every item of estimated expenditure has to be submitted to Parlialnent, and that is the time for. members to show ~their zeal for economy. ,IB,ut—as has been said before—members ,are not in fi good position, to vote for a cut in ls'ettditure•--trriton._.they take .for thein• selves a fifty' per cent. increase in their sessional allowance, and thsat free from .Income tax', •• e s It is said that a'quarter of a million of '.Britain's workers would like to migrate, but, the shortage of manpower* • LI so severe that the (government may ham to forbid the exodus. Canada would -welcome imnnigratibn from the Old Country, but the British Govern- ment would hardly look with favor • up6fr any campaign to bring to Canada heinrar"kers vain -are net(Tecl tit home. Woutld those Canadians who advocate an.aetive immigration polley welcome an influx from other European landu? The doors should be open for desirable aev'do1uers, IAA an allaout irnmigratiem ihpaig11 annight 'well ,tv«tit until eon- - ttlit.l.(P1P4 are, more. get -tied. . e • 1. of titter Ciik'f Enlg)tie4 r Gabs trf' tl�e +Y . � n x nr °11'kotinsc.•1 it Power d of usloth, tippli' e5 Mother: "You were a very .tidy boy not to throw your orange peel on the floor of the bus. There did -you put it T' . Johnny : "In the pocket of the man next to -me." " tittle Tree jfac J. 1. SHUtitnw ono ?�-n_ STR1NGb7+N€C ORiVe teiNoimi: oMt. -r 9 rr a 0 e 5 DECAL'imitt TLY • wIWI Us Save agent's c©m- miasaion and expenses. We grow a great deal of our own stook - another saving for grout See What You Buy Visit our nurgery'l— luot five minutes Piv froro'tlte,,' centre Of London. gatraioga,m 'to* Ucut1est 1$U)r PlitrIft Ali$ 'Ae.$U5$ In Canada, we think rightly that 4ve have one of the -best ' democracies, but few of • us ever stop to think how the. vital things of life are pro- tected and made sectare for us. A thoughtful friend, who does as much good- as anyone I know, said to Me: "Don, do ,you realize what it means to . you and to me, and to millions of other Canadians, that we. • can take it for granted that LifelnsutaiiCe is safe? 'There are 4,000,600 Canadian own- ers of Life Insurance and the number is. growing every clay," The sound' reputation of. the Life Insurance companies in Canada means that you can pick your plan,, your kind -Of policies and your company --- -no ivyonder millions of Canadians invest with' 'com- plete --confidence. e , Life InsrD:•raraco is a bnsingss built for everybody, a groat onlorprive which rooted!' the foritre of motor: Brian four rill/cion podicytro'eli ri trowel their loved ones. 'Lift Irrsurareco Odors a syatc+tll- - at:e aid ocesy wetly 10. cava: Ct nsu`t an cru?l►tri-ed oryi`:nf . about a plan best ci iled to your' requirctat rats. 1. YOU WILL L ICEL I!' 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