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CODE ONTARIO, THU 's$DAY, JUNE 5th, 1947
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American- Press Goodwill Tour
Reaches Goderich This. Evening
Twenty-four U.S. Newspaper Men aTE. SALE RECEIVES
• to Be - S
Banqueed at- E . P.
' Hotel Bedford 1:' DECQRATION AT 'LONDON
Goderich• is to have ,
• v ' a visit this . Arumthe veterans of World War
II who received decorations for valor'
evening andovernightfront a party
of Unites the hangs States newspaper en .who and distinguished ,service at ,
United men
goodwill tour Of Ontario.
of Viscount Alexander' cin thQ occasion
ark making a
of the Governor -General's visit to Lon -
The party includes twenty-four news dun on Thursday last was Sergt. F. F.
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aper'nien from the States of Michigan; Sale of Goderich, who received the
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania(, Illinois, .
Jersey.British 'Empire MedaL Mrs. Sale 'and
Kentucky, NewYork atnd NewMaster 'Timothy, .hiss Kitty Sale, Mrs.
Accompanying them are representatives(; M. W atsori and Mrs. Douglas Sairu
of the Provincial : Departments 'of . were. at Londt)n for the investiture.
Travel and Publicity, IIigliWays, and His Exeellenc•y on .the same (1113' had
Iiands .and•Forests the CanadianCanadianWeek! a tank with another Goderich veteran;
ly Newspapers •Assoeiatioll, " and , the Leonard •\Vestti eiik;-w11o'was wounded
, Ontario Hotel Association, Making a at .Ortona. Their conversation' -was
patty of about thirty. naturally -.about . the fighting in that
Assembling at Windsor this (Thurs- area. .- '
day) morning, the tourists are to visit
Chatham and, Sarnia before' arriving PASTORAL CHANGES .
in Goderich at 5 o'clock. Ilere they - IN HURON PRESBYTER'
will be the guests of tire Town Council,.
A drive about town will be followed The London Conference of the United
by dinner at the _Bedford' Hotel, where
they will remain overnight.. - Church is meeting this Reek at
After breitkfast they will continue •Chatham. • They° settlement committee
their trip north by the Blue \\'at r_ has.issued the sfllowing list of -pastoral
Highway, to \\'iarton and Meaford for. changes in .Huron 'Presbytery:
Friday. On Saturday they will visit Auburn, Rev. A. J. Hewitt; Blyth,
Midland and the Martyrs' Shrine and Rev. W. J. Rogers; Crediton,, Rev. S.
take boat to Parry Sound for Saturday ,\\'. Diann ; IY,xe'rer, Jame St„ Rev. H.
• night. • • .;; J. Shell ; Goderich;' North St., Rev. 4'.
Sunday will be a day of ,rest and \\•, C'upe; Grand Bend, Rev. K. M.
recreation in the Parry Sound district; Wood; McKillop, Rev. J., R. Peters;
Monthly and Tuesday will be spent Mn \ ire-L'eni11iller', Rev. S. E. Hayward;
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the usl�oka and Halliburton districts, Wroxeter, Rev. U. E. Cronllielnl ;. Bel -
and on Wednesday they will leave for grave, Rev. S.. T. Dunk ; Dungannon.
Toronto by way of .1 intlsay. After a Rev. ' \\': J.• Moores; Exeter, Main St.,
day at Tot onto they Will travel west Ilev. J. W. Howey;(; Bluevale, Rev. J.
through Southern Ontario, with the A.' Burden: • ' '
Alexander Graham' Bell homestead and+
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the St.—Williams Forestry Station as DECORATION DAY BRINGS
points, of call, and by way of London, VISITORS . •
Port StanIo%V and' St. Thomas back to
• ' rDecoration Daly in the -United 'States
'Windsor, wherethey will be given a
farewell dinner on Saturday evening ‘ti's the occasion for at large influx of
s guests of the Essex ('Otlnty !Tourist motorists into Ontario, last week -end,
and Goderich had at good share flf the
socia tion, the Provincials visitor's. On Saturday the number of
By arrangewent c if U.S. ca'r's in' .town, partic'ular'ly from
Governllient a 1(inlnl, color film and
a large' number of "still" pictures are3lirhigan, was very noticeable.
-W _ - _ .-1litlder.cltlririg„,,the _.trips These......: -
plot tires will. be made avaliable fotg .
aistribntion to those w'hrl attended the Fraink Ames, Dexter Leader, Dexter,
tour. A- souvenir album of -the trip Michigan. bliltuit
will also be prepared and presented to Carl lintel'', Summit Herald,- ,
each guest. N.J. ,., „
Their Names ai.nd Addresses Irving, Retniers, 13oun(lbrook "hron-
The.. visiting newspaper nren are.: icle, °Boundbrook, N.X. • .
Edward I). Willis, Steuberl Re- George Willets Parker, Tuckerton
publican, Angola, Indiana. 'beacon, Tuckerton, N.J. •
Kenneth W. Bennett, Putnam County Alfred .1. Ball,. Woodhaven Leader
Graphics, Greencastle; Indiana. Observer, Woodhaven, N.Y., president,
R. T. Mayhill, Knightstown Banner, New York Press As;aociation.
Kn giltstown, Indiana. ° , Cornelius Minnie, Oneida I)ellro-
Richarcl Finfgeld, News Republican, erotic -Union and Chittenaango Madison
Henry, Illinois. . County Times, Oneida, N.Y.;
Howe V. Morgan, News Plaindealer, .William J. Oertel, Manager, New
Sparta, Illinois. ,. ,. York Press Association, The , Castle,
Charles C. Feirich, News, Metropolis, Syracuse,, 10, -N.Y. •
Illinois, Il,ay Palmer, Barnesville Enterpris,
A, S. Wathen, Kentucky Standard, Barnesville, Ohio, -
-1Barclst('ilvn', Keftueky. Ijoward L. Bush, Montpelier erI4eiielc'r-
James M. Williq, liiesaetiger•, i3randen- Enterprise, Montpelier, Ohio(-
burg, Kent.ueky.. Ray 'M. White, Millersburg 'Fariner-
Victor It. Portniann, aeeretary-Ivan- Ilub, Millersburg, Ohlo,
a gerIl;entueltkr Press (Astoeiation,, harry. Kim°rnelman, > Meda News,
Y.ertinf;tE111, fi±eut'ltnxtl'.Meda; Penn. Hearst. (Mario flepub-
.T. C. Bedient, • Albion E enin'6'g Re- illidm C •
corder, Albion, Miehigaf. lean, (Mario, Penn. t7 119
Andrew Johnson, i:3ensie. County Mav Kleckner, Oakland News,
Record, Iienlil.h,ichigan. • - L Meyran Aye., Pittsburgh, Penn.
Wide Observance.
of Shut -en's Day
Tag' Day. in Goderich . Most
Successful'
Proceeds $200
Tlit'- seventh- annual Shut-in's Day
WIts observed in ('unad;,l, the
:I11(1 many parts of England last SuI1-
(lay as the attention of the public" was
directed to'' (the list of the sick and
disabled. Thei day waii..officially set
apart by proclamation in many,towns
and cities throughout the Dominion,
and in Nanaimo,' B.C., the Council and
Mayor, in ' additioltl to 0 issuing a pro -
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elanuntiOn, visited the loca.11 hospital in
a body. 0
Special services were held in many
churches last Sunday when eimgrega-
tions were, urged to• visit the sick and
infirm, and flowers 1yere taken to the
sick after the eveniIlg service. Press
and radio. 'Unreservedly joined the'
Pulpit ill_ presenting the case of the sick
and disabled to at sympathetic public.
Successful Tag Day
The 'most successful tag ,day -ever
sponsored .in Goderich by the Shut-in's
1)ay Association was held last Satur='
day, with total proceeds amounting to
$200.31). As no one c'Fonnected with •the
Association receives any financial re-
'muneration, the total proceeds will
be used---in—meeting the cost of printing,
postage and. -other expenses incurred in
7publicizing
Shut-in's Day from' coast
to coast.. A -percentage will be set
aside in a reserve "fund to help extend'
the organization 'to, other cpuntres.
The officers of the `Association' wish
Id extend- their sincere thanks- and ap-
preciation' to all who so g,•'enerously
supported their work, and particularly
to Mrs. Jos. Lemaire of the -Women's
Institute, convener of the . tag day;
`Mr.. Jas..Reynol(15, who eonveyed the
taggers . to the factories; au1(1 to the
thirty-one taggers who so 11 illingly
gaive of their -time. Miss Annie Willis
br(night in the largest sum Of money.
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Her. �'fT'Eirts r(alti( (1 :$19.20.2..O.
- AT THE WATERFRONT
One and a -quarter iuilliuil 10151(015
`.r:obi Into, rca,•hed (;(')deride hailer
�1 ithi11 _ the wOL7k. A;'rivals for' the
(;,.d( rich (:lento(• t'o. were: 1't•i(1:G
:11gor:til.
225:000 lois. lvhea•t, oats and
barley. Sunday- 1tricoldec, 1(1,000
bus; wheat. oats :and barley. Monday
tarbuck,
90,1101 bus. Wheat. \\•b'dtles-
dal\ Alg((1•alll, •"2,.110O lats. \\*heat, ((4115
Mai burley. '1'11111'sd:(y (today 1--Alia-
doe, 224.(I0U bus. wheat and oats.
'1'lle AAItadhc had iu tow, the barge
'Portaduc; with 1 5).Uu0 bus. wheat for
Purity Flour \1111.
The tanker Imperial ('oltourg . oil°
Tuesday brought in a cargo of gasoline
and oil for the Itiip)eriatl OM1 Cu.
The G,lerielg Dt;his morning- arrived
from Tidedo with a cargo of 2,300 tons
of mull for Purity Flour Mill '
REV, GEORGE NAISMITI1 TATXTON,
1),1),. 1)enn of Iiurcin and rector of St.
Paul's CTathedi'al, London, who will
be „special speaker at the anniversary
services of ° St. George's Manch an
Sunday, Jane 22nt1, (morning service).
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KINSMEN ATTEND
Park House Lease
to -A. Lis Brereton
Town to Apply for Erection of
Twenty-five Additional
Houses
,144•ci:ll l'1111:4 .f the TuAr11
('ouncii (11 'h ill1-411'C bight 1;1•t the
tender.of I•b. I.. 11ioretou of ?1(l( 0
m,(/gl°ilt '11)1' the 'Park- House on :t lire -
rear -1)4'-), with option of renewal, Wats,
accepted.' The base is to run from
September 1st, 1947.
\It. l!rereton is the proprietor of the
Club Grill .0 I' iu;est on street, which
he 11:(s op)•r.W•c1 :nccessfully the, last
two years. .
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The \layer and Clerk were author-
ized to sign an agreement 0it.h the
Beat -Bile Cu. of Kitchener for the in-
stallaatiint of_ :1 heating system -in the
Park Ileus(' at 0 price of ..$2,250,
,To Ask for lablitional Houses
MEETING AT KINCARDINE It
wasa`'.5
s deefded le) make° applic•altion
tu- Cern rat M.oi•tgage and housing Lim-
'1'he Kinsmen ('huh of Goderich spent Lim-
ited for the erection of twenty:tivt�
1111 enjoyuhle lied edneatien111 evening additional 'houses in Goderich, to be
at all inter club meeting htld ut' the
constructed this year. . Councillor
brute run, Iiiricairdinc', on Wednesday
voted nay on this proposition.
of this week, After the banquet the The Council decided also to. enter-
Of
11'E'1'e privileged to hear as ;lin the members of the American Press
guest speaker. Alajar.1. Alex, i;d11110.son, Goodwill. 'four at -a banquet On their
K.0:, of Toronto, executive secretary. of visit to Guderi -h this week.
the John Ho1Var(l Society of • Onta+rio, .
which is active in the reform (?f Can- TEACHERS ENGAGED •
lows penal system, Major Edminson TO FILL VACANCIES
spoke on prison .conditions in Canada
and the great. need for public -minded
men and 'women to ,see that modern The Piddle School betiard has=t'eceive(1
reformmethods are' put into effect in the resignations- of Miss Ivy Austin,
our pris't)ns to check the rise in juvenile \Miss Jean Yemen, 31i�s \Lillie Andetsuil
delinquency. The Kinsmen Club of .0 ret Bett sas members
from
heistss to visiting clubs and 311,s .5 :Margaret fer,
front llalnove'r, ()Hell Sound' and of the teaching staff, to take effect at
Goderich. • , the end of the present school term.
GIRL DROWNED Teachers who have been engaged' 1117(
LITTLEMrs. Ewan C. Ross I the fernier Nils
IN WEST VVAWANOSH Esther 3lac•3latlll, Mrs, 31. Cranston,- 31iss-Rose.,Bo t-ra, all of Goderich, 1111(1
ST, HELENS. June 2._ -Two-year-old Alis• Lorraine Hudgins, of-I;.can.
1)oIi0Iu limit. (laughter of Mr. and "At the meeting of the hoard on
Mrs.' Leo Hunt: wns crowded when she Tnes'clay night it wail leatpu'd thalt the
fell head-lirst into a post -hole on the proposed' plebiscite oil the allu;stf((11 of
\\e'a�W:twano.h towush$1) farm owned the erection of a new school could not
by \\'..1. ,loynt, 1,11(•kl(OW, on Saturday. be held on the revised voters'. list until
Her parents op('r'iltt' the •faint. "'When ,AAlgnst, and as nothing could be done
the little girl was missed, members this year in the wily of construction
of the family, now udder (tnatrluit111e for it was decided to ask the Town Connell
scarlet fever. organized a search party. 1O postpone the" plebiw ite until the
v -.- '(•' rl.l t'le(:tions _iu, D ceinher',
irrlcY- tcntld- }rtr• head -flown -4u the flu. t iunr>,1
Bole. 'I'11 1') w;Is not 11111(•11 Water 111 the C. -has. 11. Gitlin, of ,London,whoo is
Folie, but sufficient to cover' her heard. taking up the work of the Irate S. Ken -
The little girl is survived .by three Hedy `inclai1'. architect of the proposed
brothel's 1)11(1 51X sisteis,. besides her ine11• school. was' 11('1•e to consult tilt`
1)arent 5. The filneral took -place to. the -board. • -
`Itt. Augustine ('eIll('1)'l''..•
HAVE YOU A LI'('KY' NUMB& I?
'PILE WEATHER '4 Dodgers (bopped from an airplarne
Temperatures of the past week in over Goderich during the Maty 24t11
Goderich, with ,those of the correspond- i•elebraticln carried numbers, certain of
ing week -al year 'ago. ars oflic'iatlly re- which here lncl:y numbers. Persons
corded, were a5 follows: possessing dodgers containing alny, one
131-47 1946 of three' lucky numbers a re entitled to
Max. Min. Max. Min. heel airplane ridE'. 'These numbers
Thurs., May 29 .,..115 40 75. ` 2 are: 111)7; 1:359; 1420.
I`'ri., May 30 (11 LO 7
If you have a (lodge' With ant ((11)'
Sat, Slay• :11 .l 11(1 bo 70
47
Of the tifuretaaentirnte(1 lucky numbers
Sun., June 1 It! 48 ►ti 43
011 1t, a letter 15' awaiting you at the -
310n„ Jule 2 57 52 6:3 47 Signal -Star office entitling you to a
Tues„ .Tune 3 54 40 (1() 42 free airplane ride at Slay Harbor Air
Wed., June 4 .,,(ifs :3(1 63 4r Scrricc�s.
J. E. Match, official weather observer,
reports that rainfall in, May amounted
CADETS. TO eI°i$:1IN
to 4.60 inches. On the first three days ,
of .Tune precipitation Gi(vas 1,70 inches,. About half-a-(l0ze11 anenlbers of ,the
and for the week May 28 to June 3 Goderich ('ollegiat(P Institute Cadet
it was 3.22 inches. The average Corps will attend a cadet military tr•airr
montlilypreeipitation is about 3.1inhe5. Ing course at ('aarnp I1)perwash from
July :3 to 0. ,
London Free•I'ress Aerial Photo
Y®ITNGL'EOPLE CONDUCT 1 - •
FORUM AT KNOX HURL �r'ena -tuna Growing
Steadily, Now $15,00.O
,,,,. ere,,-, rerr)ce at Kn.X cillu'cll
,Iu •511110117' 11'115 eoudurted by the Young - '
'People's s society. and a 11 (1(114 )4f the Generous Donations- Come from .
service 11':(s the presentatiutt of a foin�rl Toronto—Letters Reveal
tat 1'.1111;; People's S((cia•t les a utl the
pall 111(1 may take in tilt' 1vi)rk of Wide Interest t .
the church. 'faking part in this 1V-c•rt• -
115ses ,1)4:(14 but'h tit:( 1. .11 h1 ' S11tit11., -1 total .f $i'i3OOO up to Wednesday .
31i11411 31ac1.41rt.li.: 1114(1 3lessrs. 1;rurt night f)4r the 11(•11. 11rena (•ampaige was
sully. (Teri Lu(b.( 1111(1 Robert liisst;t. reported. 'lens -1s thirty per cent. of
Special 111u'7 -i«• by -the choir consisted
' anthem,. "Thine. 4) Lurd. 1: the the $0.000 objective.. The aforepier, '
of the 1, 1, "
Greatness"; a solo,. "The 1;.)d of Lore tioned 511111 is fromthe over-all genera
My., Shepherd Is," by Glen Lodge, and canvas and the industrial canvass.
a tri(,, "('lu•ist for the'World 'We Sing," report :1411 the special names 3s to be
by'••\lisses 'Marilyn butler. Catharine turned in later,
t`ntt :lel _Mollie is' 1 t. \1 r, Robert Otte of the 111) st recent donations is
11isset, sr., and Miss 1.111 AlacIrnlald
presided. '1'1141 Wert :1ssisted by L.., suite o.,:,$50. from the Sansome 1 reit.
1 (44114 ) ttiy ot~ London, from which firnm
('bade: Ilawfhc)rne. win, read th(.• 1:441:141!
,ally
:((1(1 311„\villa Jain„,,, 11111; the .l ,.i;)':irli fruit Market buys fruit.1 ,Although' a letter will • shortly go
uttered pratyer.
communion 5ervi('e Was (1111(1,1141011 ill 11.11:u•d to itl:uty for11ter residents of
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the morning by the- minister. .Rei. Goderich iul.itiug their- financial• sttp-
lily members port, in the 11''11 1Crella) drive, -a number
Itichat•dStewart. and tn". )
•
o11f5 1F]:><e wao culstgrhe.gatioll1]n},lbateadre in hintht e cguo(1la'-
ybtye have already stent tri co01ribtttions not.
ot dire(•t1 solicited. The total ahrountt
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('angary to be present at the 1'rt'sby- thus sent°• to date is $3'20,- as, follows:
ter' al Assembly. Rev. J. G. - Itallpll, I{uss and b. II. MVCreath, Tor -
3u
lian crd�)ekoil Elora will c undnet. nest unto, $1 00; -Mrs. -Grace Knight, Toronto, .
• 100; Burry Knight. Turulttg), 4;100;
.1 Alex,_ -Hunte, Ottawa, $11) ; Robt.
Robertson, Listowel; $5; Miss Helen - .
St.taitig, New lurk.
IS MODERATOR- In •end),lg their$S. donations two
01.
-�— 14)ruler residents Wrote, in part, as
itev. Charles -,II. MacDonald, minister follows:
-oaf the Presltyterian 'congregations of . - Robt. Robel•tsOo. .Listowel: "1 see
I.uckntni and I)ungannon,.11•1(5 elected they are starting a campaign for a
modern tor of the General Assenlltly,• new rink in 4;oderich.. Ever spice 1
the highest office in the. Presbyterian have been in Listowel 1 have often
Church -in Canada, at the_ oponing •st's- wot►dti'ed that the old rink had not
s}on of- the Assembly at Calgary, this collapsed years ago -Brit at last ll
week. Ile was elected on the first read in The Signal -Stair, Which I take
ballot with a clear majority ()Vet- two every week, of that terrible night of
other caul(lidaltes,•the aacc•idertt•at the rink. - I. am taking
�-=;-- - this- opportunity of sending you five
COUNTY COURT POSTPONED dollars to help out your noble cause
The-sittingof the County C'ou'rt se an'd I deem it 11 great"Pleasure to do so."
for ''(iond41y was. postponesii,• Judge: J. Alex. lltl'iue, Ott1111711: "The project
Cot'llo being :it Guelph to preside at is at splendid one. in. every way, and ,
I°he sitting••of the NVelrington County am sure •tltait the ('itizens'of Goderich --
Conrt. , :(tete • surrounding arta will rise to the
- oesa*ion and put the campaign acrost'l
DEANERY MEETING AT GORRl1E in at big way. TO nu' Goderich is much
''Tire spring meeting of the Deanery ' more than 'the prettiest town in Can -
of I11111)11 will he 11e1(1 in it. 5tephetn's 1 oda,' and 1 should like to be associated
.-\itglican c•ilurc•h, (;orrie, on Friday, of )\ett 111 a small wary with this laitestt;
this weer:.1t(1'. 11. 11. Farr of (;ode --"e most desirable project for the practical -
rich ill preside. ' benefit of the conunnuity as 0 whole."
LUCKNOW MINISTER
Old Country Couple Visit Grave -
--of Their on in Maitland Cemetery
An elderly couple front Port smouth, station at Port Albert. - After being
England. who waited more than four 'there- fir <ever'nl - Months he was re -
long years to come to l;uderich in order moved to Queen Alexandra Sanatorinm„ -
to' s(' where their youngest soil was London, and after it year there he
buried. arrived on Friday last. On' passi'd away .F'-bt)nairy 1st, 1943, at tor'
arrival in Goderich they were driv n age of twenty: That he should icon -
to Maitland cemetery, where they sai•w 1111 I '1'.11.,was 0• distinct surprise is ,
in the, soldiers' plot the grave of their -big t')arents, Who sand he ivgttlt.a healthy -
son. I.A('. Leonard Charles White.- lad over six feet in .height and wars a.n.
The miming to Canada of the Par- outstanding athlete in Portsmouth. Ilte
oats, Mr. and Mrs'W..1. C. White, wail" -training for a barrister when war•
was 0 '`hands. across file sea" arrange- duty called,
nlent between the Rotary club of Lon- Cabling at the Signal -Star office -aa'tilt
don, Ontario, and the Rotary Club of visiting the grave, the decreased youth's
London, England. As a result of the., father stated, "I, would like you 'to 1
arrangements of .the (lid Conntr;i• club(, the Canadian people know°that we give(
Illgies,. president of the London, great thanks to thein' An. what they,
Ont., Club, personally escorted Mr. and have done for my wife and tae ire t
ho
Mrs. white to Maitland cemet('ry'.•They loss of oui' son. • Everywhere We it (l
were neeotnpanied by Flt.'Lt. T. Dale met .ivit.11 . kindnesses we. shall not `
.Tones, R.C.A.F. chaplain, Clinton, and forget," •
J. K. Hunter;resident of the Goderich Mr. niid Mrs. White will r°eninin
1)raneh of the Canaadian Legion. I.orldot), Ont., for.n' brief period befort
After completing ti course' in the returning to England and while then -
1°Ilited States, the late LAC`. Leonard will stay with Mr S. 1 r<~enl4li(' e4 S
M.
(, White ` was 1)\6ste(1 to • .the 11..A,V4. Pr1neesf ° avenue. - .