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Blue Water Ass'rt
CIAO
G. L. ParSons Retires after Silt
Active Years as
President
"
Early this month a delegation froui
the Blue Water Highway 4.ssoeilithrh
will tapproach .Hon. George Doucett,
„Ontario Minister Of Highways, seeking
. to have the Lake Shore road from
Sarnia to Ravenswood taken over as
ProVincial highway and paved. This
sWas the decision of the twenty-eighth
annual meeting,of the 'A.ssociation, held
at Forest on Friday night.
The subject was introdueed by J. W.
Murphy, M.P., for West Lanabton, who
stated that the highWay from Grand
Bend to Forest is, satisfactory but
there is a gap between .Forest and
Sarnia. ,The result, he pointed .out, is
that many .tourists never find their
wayto the northern part of the Blue
Water Highway., Should the Lake
Shore read from Sartita to 4avenswood
be paved, he said, it would funnel the
tourist traffic right up the entire lake
shore. Bryan L. _Cathcart, M.P.P., as-
sured the meeting he .was prepared to
"spearhead." the -move to get the high-
way paved. -
Another reselutionswas passed urging
the creation of a Fbdetal department
to deal with' the tourist industry.
"The tourist industry is at present
just an adjunct to the Department of
Trade and Commerce," said Mr.
Murphy.
A resolution was also passed for the
attention of the Dominion Government
which regretted recent regulations re-
stricting Canadian travel into the
United States in view of the:Possibility
of the United States. countering- with
laws restri.cting travel of
United States tourists into Canada:
• Bruce Ressenbery, of Grand Bend,
was appointed president of the As-
sociation for 1948. G. L. Parsons, of
Goderich, who has been president for
the -past six years, announced his re-
tirement from the. position. Tribute
was paid Mr. Parsons 'for. tine and
money expended in the Association's
work hi past years. 'Other officers are:
Hon. presklent, Lt. -Col. C. S. Woodrow,
. Sarnia hon. vice-president, G. L. Par-
sons, Gpderich; lst • vice-president,
Harold 'Moffat, Owen Sound; 2nd vice-
president, Floyd Rumford, Forest; 3rd
.vice-president, Alton Huber, Southamp-
ton; secretary -treasurer, Carl ManOre,
$ Sarnia.
R. J. Gunn, editorial writer of The
Sarnia Observer, was guest speaker.
Mr. Gann -decried. Sectionalism in
Canada and said that. - kind of talk
Would. play Canada'into the hands of
Conmiunism if it Were continued. He
labeled as a "policy of defeatism" the
Government's restrictions on Canadians
holidaying in the United •States and
felt it might be misconstrued in the
United 'States.
In his report, the retiring president,
G. L. Parsons, reviewed the work done
and told of, the printing of thousands
of booklets for advertising purposes.
The Association passed a resolution
approving the application before the
Ontario Municipal Board by Western
Ontarip Motorways for a direct serVice
from Kitchener to Toronto making con-
nections at Kitchener from the Blue
' Water -Highway area.
NORTH STREET BAZAAR
A SPLENDID SUcQESS
An attractive color scheme of brown,
yellow, green Auld red decorated the
chureh hall of North greet United
church. on Saturday afternoon when
the Women's Asaociatioa held a da-
lightful tea -and bazaar, the- net pro-
ceeds of willeh [Mounted to $500. The
reCord attendance of patrons was r.
ceived by the W.A. presideat, Mrs. .1)
D. Mooney, assisted by the past presi-
dent, Mrs. Frank Kershaw.
.The tearoom „Alas 'narked off by
pillars, decorated with strips of paper
in the color scheme. Mountaia ash
berries, evergreens, palms and_flowers,
with, pretty lamps shedding a -soft light
over all, 'gave a pleasant atmosphere
of hoaphality, which was enhanced by
the prettily arranged tea fable withalls
gleaming silver and low 'centre bouquet
of chrysa.ntlaemums, pussy willows and
birds, flanked by silver candelabra with
lighted -candles. IVIrs. George Ellis con
vened the tea, and Mrs. Robert John-
ston, -Mrs. W. A. Hay, Mrs. F. Kershaw
and Mrs. A. T. Cooper poured. They
were assisted by Mrs. J. H. Fowler,
Mrs. John Thorpe, Mrs. D. C.. Aberhart,
Mrs. K. Wahl, -Mrs. L. C. Chapnaan,
Mrs. F. E. Hibbert, Mrs. A. L. Cole,
Mrs. J. M. Graham, Mrs. J. H. Kinkead,
Mrs. Bruce Tennant, Miss F. Arm-
strong,' .Miss E. Copper, Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. phillips and Mrs. Mills:
'A ..wlite and turquoise background,
with a -silver stork flying above- it, .was
the attractive setting for the children's
wear booth, convened by Mrs. W. Moo
bead and Mrs. Marion Warrener, who
were assisted by Mrs. Pearl Strachan,.
Mrs, Joseph Moody, M. F. Noble,
Mrs.' F. T. Armstrong, Mrs. W. Heit-
man, Miss Honeywell and Miss Max.
Buchanan.
The inigcellaneous table and the.
home -baking tables were -quickly
cleared of their .attractive andsdelect-
able--Wares.: The former weae in charge
of Mrs. Harry-liarker and Mrs. A. 11.
Scott, assisted by Miss C. McClinton,
Mrs. Norman Miller, Mrs. H. L. Salk-
eld, Mrs. Claremont, Mrs. nerne
Young, Mrs. J. R. Wheeler and Mrs.
D: Worthy. The "country stere" and
home -baking table was presided 'oiier
by Mrs. Earl Westbrook, Mrs. Thomas
Donnelly and Miss „Minnie Campbell.
An apron booth where over a -bun!
dyed. 0prons of every size and descrip-
tion were shown was °livened by Mrs.,
E. J. Pridhana and Mr's: W. F.,Walkom,
assisted by -Mrs. Robert Johnston, Mrs'.
W. F. II. -Price, Miss Ethel Farrow
and. Miss Grace Robertson.
• Christmas cards and calendars were
sold by members of the C.G.I.T., and
during the afternoon pleasing piano
selections _were_.played by. .Miss Cath-.
atine Hay, Miss Margaret Henry and,
Mrs. Murray Hetherington.-
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GODERICH BRIGADE GOES -
GARAGE OPERATORS
HOLD LAI.iIES' NIGHT
First ladies' night to be held by the
Huron county branch of the Garage
Operators' Association was hold at the
British Exchange Hotel on Wednesday
night. More -than 120 attended. A
chicken supper was 'followed by a
Musical prograna provided by the
Golden Prairie Cowboys and "Cactus
Mac." Dancingconcluded an e.njoy-
able evening. The annual meeting for
the election of officers will be held
some time this month, likely at Wing -
ham. ,
KNOX CHURCH- ;VIISSION BAND
The regular meeting of Knox Church
Mission Band was -held on Sunday last,
with the largest attendance this term.
After the business part of the meeting,
the band divided into two groups,
junior and senior, or the study period.
The theme of the seniors' study was
"Church -13uilding Amon 'g the French
Indians �f Louisiana." The juniors'
theme was "A Good Samaritan of
'today." The meeting closed with the
Lord's Prayer and the National
Anthem.
TO SALTFORIT FIRE
An alarm frena Saltford on Monday
afternoon called the, Goderich fire
brigade to the home of Mrs. Gordon
White hi the village. Mrs. White was
not at home and neighbors had to
break windows to make their entrance
and to bring out to safety four, young
children whom they found in the house.
The only water available was in the
little stream which comes down the
hill and passes by Harry McCreath's
home, "Time." This the, firemen
dammed up witha board and Some
snow,. and got enbagh water to ex-
tinguish the fire after • considerable
damage had been dame: Origin of the
fire is unknown.
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to warrant our printing any 'large
number of papersabove those that
we know will be sold.
THE SIGNAL -STAR.
The Public ,School Project
There has. been little opportunity for
discussion of the Public Schoolasuestion
Which is to come before the ratepayers
on Monday. next. The Public 'School
Board has seemed strangely loath to
let the public in 01/ its plans for an
expenditure of a third of a. million
dollars. Only this week has it com-
pleted ite case aild in this issue of this
paper, the last one before polling, pre-
sented information which, might have
been given months ago.
• In'these eircutiastances, we feel under
obligation, not to offer any advice to
the electors in a contrary spirit, but
to clarify the matter to ,some extent
by bringiug forward some points that
have not been given Public expression
but which have been in the -minds , of
some of the'citizens of Goderich.
Leaders in the public life of our
country are urging postponement of
large -coastruction projects in order
that the preesure on the constraction
industries and the supply of materials
may be reduced and building prices
brought tp a reasonable level. Gode-
rich has plenty of projects on hand
to keep the local building trades fully
,
employed for years.
Facilities must be provided for the
education of Goderich children and the
financial aspect is of secondary im-
portance, but it must be considered.
The eost to Goderich ratepayers of the
present scheme (one-half of $325,000)
is comparable to the burden imposed
by the Ontario West Shore -Railway
default of unpleasant memory. The
principal amount is greater but. -the
interest rate no doubt' will be lower.
But
But there is a larger copsideration
than that of finance. a Ever ' since
Goderich has had a public . school
afateta care has been taken to give
each, part of the rown a readily ac-
cessible sehool. First there were three
ward schools and a central school,•and
when Victoria'School was built Central
School on North street Was retained to
CAA/IDATtS AT LONDON •
Two former Goderieh boys, Donald
Murison and Basil Kelly, were
candidates for seats on the London
City Council. Neither was elected,
but they have made a start.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN HURON
BLXTH
Franklin T. Blanton was re-elected'
reeve of Myth on Monday for his third.
term, defeating Geo. McNutt by a
Majority' of 121. The vote was 257
to 136. •
Councillors elected are Gee. Radford,
J. B. Watson, Wm. Riehl and II. T.
Vodden.
BRUSSELS
All elections by acclamation,
Reeve -•---R. B. Cousins.
Councillors ---L. W. 'Eckmier, W. E.
Willis, M W. Kennedy, J. W. Fischer.
School Board—Rev. II. C. Wilson,
r.o. N. McTavish, W. C. Kerr.
Hydro Conamission—Jack McDonald.
IIENSALL
Municipal offices at, Hensall are all
9/led by acclamation.;
Reeve—E. W. Kerslake.
• Councillors—William Brown, Nor-
man Jones, Robert Middleton, William
Park. '
School Trustees—P. L. McNaughton,
Alfred Clark, A. L. Case.
Hydro Commissioner —` Thomas
HOWICIC TOWNSHIP
• The 1047 Council" returned by ac-
clamation:
ReeVe—John Whiter.
'Deputy Reeve—E. J. 'Fattish.
Councillors—liarold Gowdy, E. 11.
Strong, 'Warren Zurbrigg.
School Boards are the same: West
Howick—Al, Munro, Morley. .Me -
Michael, Fred Doubledee, Clark Ren-
wick; CIoyne Midler: -East nowiek,
Gordon Hargrave, George Ashton,
Elmer Kaufman, Ira Schaefer, IIngh
_McLeod.
HULLETT TOWNSHIP
Hullett returned its 1947 Reeve and
Connell, for another year by acclam-
ation.
Reeve—John W. Afinstrong:
. Councillors—J. Ira Rapson,. W. J.
Dale, W. R. Jewitt, Geo. C. Brown.
SEAFORTH
All municipal offices in Seaforth were
filled by acclamation, as follows:
Mayor—Mertoa, A. Reid.
Reeve—F. S. Sills.
Councillors ----E. IL Close, Dr. E. A.
McMaster, W. A. Ross, J. E. -Keating,
B. F. Christie, W. T. Teall.
Public. Utilities Commission — K.
Campbell.
Public 'School, Trustees — E. J.
Hawkins, F. E. Willis, J. A. Westcott.
EAST WAWANOSH
J. D. Beecroft was re-elected reeve
of East WawanOsh, defeating- LeWig
Ruddy 113 NI 10T. Councillors were
eleeted by acelamation.
• WEST WAWANOSII
In West WawAnoab. Everett Finnigau,
captured the reOveship. defeati.ng
Gordon MePhersOn 835 to 278.,
The vote for councillors was: John
Durnin 470, Harold Gaunt 376; Ilensdn
Johnston 298, Thomas Dickson 292,
"David McAllister 286.. Pirstz,four-
elected.
provide facilities ler the children of
the, nor/h. end of the town. Now it is
ProPoaed to leave the north end of the
town without any public school, and to
require young children to traverse the
town and in so doing pass two of the
worst 'danger spots In town --5 the.
Vitoria street, King,ston. street, .Elgin
avenue intersection—aud the janaion
of Victoria street and,,Britannia road,
right ,in front of Victoria School, is
this fair to the children of, the north
end? - •
What is -the alsternative to the pre-
sent scheme? Citizens with whom we
have talked suggest that an addition
to Central School could be built and
repairs and improvements made to the
North-st. building .at a fraction of the
cost .of the proposed new school. This
would prpvfde the additional class -
"Oulu t.accommodation and leave the
childredof the north end with a 'school
of their own. Later on, if the popula-
tionof the town increases, . Victoria
School could be enlarged. (Speaking
of population, there are not as many.
people in Goderieh today as. there were
some forty years ago, and it is only
the addition of the kindergarten classes
that has caused any slight 'increase,
if any, in the seltool population since
Victoria School was built.)
Lirck of large school grounds is cited
against the retention of Central School.
The pupils use the grounds only for
two fifteen -minute periods a, day, and
that Central School pupils have not
beeii,handicapped in athletic pursuits
is evident from the fact that at the'
field day hi October last Central.
School won the championship over
Victoria School.
We had intended to make these com-
ments in last week's issue of this
Paper, hitt il-Wilf.tr--Snhool- BOard-with-
held its final letter (which appears
this week) we considered it fair to.
v
sait until the Board , had completed
a- •
Tts presentation.
AT THE WATERFRONT
The harbor is -beginning to ,fill with
vessels; of the winter fleet. Already
here; in addition to the three 'barges
which arrived some weeks age, are the
Windoe, with a storage cargo for the
Goderich. Elevator CO.. and the Soodoe,
Mantadoc and Ontadoe, with cargoes
for - the Purity Flinn- mill." Other
vessels expected \Vila make a winter
fle-et of twelve or mote. '
Cargoes,. discharged at the .Goderich
elevator the past week were: Satur-
day—Howard Hindman, 110,000 bus.
oats and wheat. Monday-----Algoway,
210,000 bus, wheat; A. A. IludsCM,
172,000 bps. wheat and screening -S.
Tuesday--Starbuck, 97,000 bus. wheat.
The Hindman is expected at the
elevator tonight; also the Bricoldoc
and the Fort Willdoc With. storage
cargoes.
The Imperial Cobourg • was ha on
Sunday with gasoline for the imperial
Oil Co.
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ANNUAL MEETING OP
VICTORIA ST. W.M.S.
•
-The annual meeting of the Women's
Missionary Society of 'Crictoria street
United church was.lield in the church
parlor on Tuesday, afternoon. There
was a large attendance. . Mrs: Robert
Good was in charge of the devotional
Huitting Deer Out
of Season Charged
No Election Poll
4 in Colborne
This Year's Township (Minion.
Re-elected— ne New Man
on School goard °
LIVE MINX INTEREST
ELS AND GAN& OWE
,
The Maillaati Fieh and Game CM-
aervation, Club held an open meeting.
in the Tuwn Hall on, Tueaday evening,
with the viee-Dresident, W. C. Attridge,
in isthe chair in the absence a the
president, Judge T. M. Costello.
An interesting . exhibit a niounted,
;:i,e
'
The Colborne Ship Council of deer heads, one elk head, fish, wild
1947 has been d for another biertd4si,a.nd a bear hide, featured the
ni.
s
The hide and head shown were thotse
of a bear shot recently in the Parry
Sound district by Mr. Attridge. It
weighed 320 pouads.
--Throe live mink from *Mr. Attridge's
Mink farm were intereSting. They
were in, colors of •white, pastel and
silVerblu. ..The silverblu, mink are
valuable. A coat of sixty-five skins
sells in the United States fOr $15,009.
Mr. Attridge owns 100 of these. The
pastels and whites are of s the same
value. A white polar bear hide, ten
feet in length. tanned by the Eskinaos,
was exhibited by Cliff. Lowery. , It had
beensent to him by friends from the
Arctic,
E. It. Meadows, of Galt, district in-
spector in the Departnient of Lands
anda 'orests, gave an . informative il-
lustrasal.- address, the projector being
operated by W. E. Moore, game over-
seer of South Perth. This was, fol-
lowed by a general discussion of game
laws and •the conservation of fish and
birds. .
Sev.enty-five members are now
registered in the CIO, and It is hoped
the registration will reach three hun-
dred' from -town and district
year without a contest. The members
are Reeve E. Stanley Snyder, Council-
lors Ross Fisher, Janaes Horton, Harold
Montgomery .and. Howard Squires.
_School truStees also are elected. by
acclaniation, Tait Clark a member of
the 1947 Board, being returned -for
another two-year term, and Foryce
.Clark being elected in place of Omar
Brooks, who has removed from the
township.
At the noraluation meeting held on
Friday evening last at the Township
Hall, Clerk William Sallows receised
• the following neminfttions:
E. Stanley Snyder—by Orville Blake
and Elmer Fisher.
Ross •Fisher -by J. S; Kernighan
Frank Wilson.
FOR COUNCILLORS -
,Fordyce Clark—by Gordon McPhee and-
• Win. Marsh. .
Howard Squires—by Stanley Snyder
and Wm. Marsh.
Harry Ala:A:path—by Howard Squires
s and Ross Fisher.
•
James Horton—by Howard Squires
- and Stanley 'Snyder.
William Meyer—by James Horton and
‘. Stanley Snyder.
•
Ross Fisher—by Thos.
Harry -McCreath.
'Harold Montgothery—by
-Creath and Thos.. W
Frank. Wilsen-a-by James Horton and
Ross Fisher.
FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES
• Fordsaaa.Clark-seby Thos. Wilson •and
Gordon McPhee.'
James Farrish—by Howard S'quires
and Stanley Snyder.
'Tait Clark—by James Horton and
Orville Blake.
Harry ,McCreath --:by Jarnes Herton
and Stanley Snyder.
Omar Rrooks—by Orville Blake and
Terence Hunter.
Gordon McPhee—by Stanley -Snyder
* . and James Horton.
Wilson and
Harry Mc-
ilson.
Goderich Men Say They Were Just Reeve Snyder.
Training a Pup—Case '
Harry McCreath was appointed
chairman for the remainder, of the
Dismissed • ineetiag and Reeve Snyder was, the
first speaker. He gave • an exception -
At last Thursday's sitting o2. the ally good report" of County 'Council
weekly court Magistrate J. W. Morley affairs. He referred to the -tree-cutting
bylaw- Which was passed in 1040, and
reserved judgment for a .week after
' - he opposed as it stood as he
hearing evidence on charges against - -
felt it Worked -a. hardship to some
William Webb and • W. sKinahan, of farmers, and .particalarly to men who
Goderich, of hunting deer out, Of seasen lora. bought and not the land.
At the June seSsAun a clause was added
aut.horizing the enforcement officers to
Make,:allowances.in these.special'cases,
and thi.4 has worked - out satisfactorily
for all concerned. The County prp-
perty committee and the a rellitect for
the no‘V court house had been given
power to call for tenders; but he did
not think the building would.be started
for -some time.
mrsayaer d1,:(11,..,:ed • the •inatter
id the Comity ;issessment... The assess-
ment, made some time ago by the firm
of Mogg onialsn would lapse .in
1050, :tad la, layered the appointment
the younger one to hunt foxes. - of a Ceenty assessor. rathef than an
Webb -said.Ihe. reason he left his assessment commission composed of
gun behind whtit coming out Was that elected reeves.
"it •didn't look so good to be carrying a Council Nominees -
gun out of tne. wo:Ods on S'andity." He
testified -0.0e w.
-deg ould not . run to
deer tracks, and the pup' was not
trained. They saw 0 deer but neither
man shot at it. Ile had carried the
.
exercises, taking the Christnms theme, gun to train the pup. Kinahan had
•and all joined -in singing Christina's aired at 0 duck..
carols. There were readings. by. perey Gliddon. W. frP. _Johnston .and
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Mrs. •Amos Stoll and.. Miss afinnie William Craig, all experienced hunters,
Tabb. Mrs. Byron Wilson led in
near St. Augustine on November 16th.
Game. Overseer Harold Cantelou, of
_Wingham, stated he was patrolLing thel
area after receiVing numerous com-
plaints about hunting in the locality on
Sunday. He was , accompanied by
Game Overseer Vetter. While their
car was parked they heard. the ex-
plosion of a gun. He SilW the two
men in the swamp and had traced dog,
deer and human tracks. The men had
two dogs. They denied they were
hunting deer, and tdld. the consuibles
they had taken the older dog to teach
called by defence counsel, • Frank .1)on-
prayer. nelly, K.(7., corrol)orated the liccused's
The business session was presided statement. that the older dog Was it
over by the president, Mrs. George foxhouhd and would d
not go after eer.
Buechler.- Encouraging repoets werel Kinahan also gave evidence that ht.
given by the. secretary and treasurer. „saw a deer 250 yards distant. It ran
As community secretary,. Mrs. Edwald away and he wept in the opposite
Hardy reported her committee had I aire,ction,.
made thirty-two .horne and eight - hos- •- No licenses. for hunting deer have
pital calls during the past month. Mrs. 1
oven
issued in Huron comity., the over-
.1-)ostelethwitite, aSsociate helpers'
seer told Crown Attorney I). E5 Holmes,
secretary, bkought in $60 from mite- who 'argued that. dogs ;are no -t 'a
boxes. Mrs. Ogle Miller presided .foF necessity In tracking deer.
the election of officers for the coming , John • Gauley, 17, of Goderich, was
year, in the absence of the minister. convicted on a charge -of careless driv-
The result of the elections was as ing, :111(1 lined $1 0- with costs. Accord;
follows: Hon. president.; Mrs. Byron ing to the evidence of Provineial ('on -
Wilson; president, Mrs. George,Baech-
ler ; 1st vice-president, Mrs. HarrY
Sanderson; 2nd vice-president, Mrs.
Hannah Phillips; recording secretary,
Mts., Ernest Craig; assistant secretary,
Mrs. R. Poetelethwaite; treasurer and
Christian stewardship secretary, Mrs.
Anna; Stoll; eorrespending and supply
secretary, Miss Minnie •Tabb; temper-
ance and Piess secretary, 'Mrs. Hannah
Phillips; community friendship secre-
tary, Mrs. Robert Good; auditors, Mrs.
George Raechler and Mrs. Harry
Sanderson; Misaion.Band saperintend-
ent, Mrs. Loui,s Taylor; Missionary
aQ,
Monthly secretary, Mr eas - Alward
stable R. E. Buschuw
, the, accsed was
IS
a dairy truck on a
Mitland
road when it skidded 108. feet. .off the
road and rolled 80"feet, crashing into
the. side of Andrew Smith's honke.
,The vehicle -MIS wreeked. The accused
admitted the speedometer and the •steer-
ing- :gear were faulty.
Today's Court
pleadircgsgralty to a charge of cutting
down• surall• trees .contrary to the new
Huron County bylaw, three Colborne
township residents were each fined $5
and costs in _Magtstrate's Court todtty.
It was the -first charge under the Huron
County bylaw reeently put hito effect:
Hardy; literature secretary, Mrs. In giving evidence, Inspector Nelson -
Byron Wilson; pianists, Mrs. H. MeLarty. of Auburn, said _it was his
Sanderson,Mrs. Connell_ and Mrs.
Turner. .
The meeting was closed with prayer.
MISS D. Zinn of Hanover, Mr. and
Mrs. I). Ku•Mair of Hamilton and Mrs.
Muriel Mair of Brampton visited over
the we'ek-ead with Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Mair. .Nelson street.
• Mrs. R. Sfonehouee has returned
home after visiting at Kitchener and
also spending several days with her
son, Donald Stonehouse, at Guelph.
THE WEATHER
Temperatures of the past wt,elt int
o d6r !eh , a the correspond-
ing week a year ago,, as officially re-
corded, were as follows:
1947 1946
• Max. Min. Max.,,,Min.
....28 21 4b'30
33 22 , 40 29.
29 20 38 25
14-; .26 • 34 29
28 22 38 10
37 25 35 • 10
38 34 34 23
Thurs., Nov. 27
Fri., Nov. 28
Sat., Nov. 29
Sun.; Nov. 30 '
Mon., Dec. 1
'rites., Dec. 2
Wed.i Dec. 3
belief that the men were "led into
infringing the bylaw and did not do
it deliberately: , •
Charges of hunting deer,out of sea-
son against Walt0 James, Benny Webb
and • Lloyd Hewitt. of London, Jack
Holt, of Thedford and R. Thibault, of
Grand Bend, were postponed one week.
It was claimed the hunting was dove
in the Belfast district.
Pleading guilty to a eharge of non-
payment of wages to Thoa. Anderson
to the amount of $97.78, the proprietors
of a Goderich' garage, George Gadbois
and Ralph M. Parkinson, were ordered
to pay the complainant and also court
costs.
Chargesof hunting deer out of sea-
son against Bill Webb and W. Kinahan
were dismissed because of inek of
evideliee.
EMMY COPY
To ensure publication, merchants
are asited to turn in their copy for
Christmas shopping advertisements
. by at latest Tuesday night for
the next two issues.
. .
The Pictures were shown to the
children of the public and separate
schools, also at the Collegiate Institute,
on Monday and Tuesday.
FIRE BRIGADE
ORGANIZED AT BAYFIELD.
- noTidaf group Of 1-Bas-fieid-
citizens met at the Little Inn to form
a fire department. The following were
elected to office President, Ernie
Hovey ; vice-president, Grant Turner;
secretary; Reg. Francis; treasurer,. Les.,
Elliott; directors, P. WestOn, - G.
("White") Weston, 11, Gilmore, Charles
TOMS', Lloyd Scotchther. The , crew
includes -Fire, Chief Walter Westlake,
1st Lieut. Geo. Little, 2nd Lieut. Grant
Turnel• ; engineers M. Merner, A.
Makins, T. Castle; R. -Francis; chief
maintenance man,- W. Westlake,- 'elec-
tricians,- A. Makins and R. Fi•an
Other men are to be assigned to la
ders, hose, etc.
As this is a self-supporting organiz-
ation- and not sustained by the village,
donationS- will be gratefully received
by Geo. Little, chairman of the funds
committee.
CELEBRATE SILVER- WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Ervine G. Zinn cele-
brated 'their, silver wedding annivers-
ary at their, home in Ashfield on Wed-
nesday. November 2Gth, with 'a family
• dinner. Guests :.were present from
()wen Sound, Belmore, Clinton and
Godetich.-
TEXT -BOOK BY E. C. BEACOM
sTRATIoRD,- Dec. 1. — E. C.
Beaeom, a former member of the Strat-
ford l'ortnal school faculty', is listed 112
rb-1111111br. bt a working text -book. for
grade.71 pupils recently •received at the
11(411(1of Education office here. Prior
?to renting to Stratford Mr. Beacan was
inspe(tor of schools for South lIuren.
He 110W 111'1111'1111a of the NOrt 11 Ilay
,peaker was .//uwurd Normal Before publication of
Tho nom
1(14-2(111 'book, "Highways in
nm
•
'Squires. oinated
forcouncillor, who 1,14.-
••••easneo.' Mr. • Beacom helped prepare
gave a review of the work of the
an earlier one for grade student,.
TownShip Council. Ile comparyd the
• ! Co-author of t he present text -book 6,5,,
CbSt 01 sil()W IT/110\11i laSI .1. 4,- 1(1 V1 It .
, \V. » •• • (5r the -ing. Detieh t: etaaand-
Damqge Action
in County Cour
Jury .4,0c,opsep Negiligonco *Wawa
. Piain0 awl
DeiTad4a0
4444: -**,44.44,4
general 202210112 'of IIuron
co/iy Court opened opronday after-
noon' witb. Judge R. S. Clark ef
Wel-
lington county presiding. Ile was wel-
colned to Gt'oderich and congrattaqted
ou, his recent appointraentto the bench
by U. C.' Hays, MC., on, behalf of the
bar of Huron.
The three -non-jury ;,cases, Aitchesonn •
vs. Schlegel, Kalbpeisch et al. vs.
Staley, and Taylor et al. vs. Webster
et al., were left over to dates to be
set by Judge T. M. Costello.
Settlement by consent was reached
out of •court in the action of Sieli/in
It. Shiels, clerk, •of eDtroit, , against
Jack •Cluff, Goderich township farmer,
for damages totalling $1,276, for ill -
juries an4 expenses arising -out of a
motor accident on the County highway
between Bayfield and Clinton'. By. the
settlement the plaintiff was awarded
,$•100 damages:
The .damage action of Clayton Laith-
waite, Goderich township fruitgrower,
versus Walter R. Pearson, ice 'mania-
faeturer, Goderich, was heard before
a jury. Frank Donnelly, K.C., in out-
lining the case for the -plaintiff, said
the defendant Pearson's business was
a short distance from No. 8 highway.
On May 1st, 1947, Clayton Laithwaitd
was proceeding in a westerly direction
on high.way 8 in Goderich. Approach-
ing the intersection of Walnut streett
and the highway, he observed the truck
owned by the defendant parked on the -
northerly right-hand half of the pave-
ment Assjae. went to pass, the truck,
it was claimed, baeked up, and the
vehicles collided. •
The.. plaintiff claimed damages of
$579, cost of repairin,g his vehicle.
The defendant asked $100 for depreci- •
ation of his truck; $133 fox -lose of use;
$267 actual damage, and -claimed' the
plaintiff drove his car directly into
his (defendant's) truck; that :the
plaintiff did not sound the horn of
his car, nor had lie applied the brakes.
After evidence was heard the jury
retired_ at 3.20 pan. .on .Tuesday and
returned about two hours later. They:
iessnal .both parties guilty of negligence,. -
'Pearson for obstrUcting the highwaY,
and Laithwaite for not using the -horn
and applying brakes-. In proportioning
• the degree of negligence, they awarded
$150 to the plaintiff, each to pay .his
own _costs, and set damage to the
plaintiff's ear at $57922 'and to the
defendant's truck $50.
Mr. DounellY tobjected that the de-
gree of • negligence was not given in
percentages, as instructed by the court.
The jury was retired to reach a con- •
elusion and returned with a verdict
that the defend:Int's degree ef negli-
gence was 3'2 pr cent., and the
plaintiff's GS per cent., and on this
'itasis judgment was gix-en to the
plaintiff for $1i1.35. each party to pay
his own costs.
11. c, Hays. KC, was!' counsel for
the. defendant. •
MANY ENJOY FIREMEN'S
CAR AND DANCE PARTY
The'. Goderich Fire Brigade enter-
tained at 0 \ t•ry sucoessfill party on
Friday night in 11,4s Ntasonie 'Temple.
.‘ largo, and repre,-4-1tative att..ndnuce
of HA V•:.2 present, .and 0.1ijoyed.
'tl prossant evenIng at yards ;tint thine -
101411 that 4)f other townships. zdiowing it to !.4',1 (11 I 10J
-ough 'Normal School.
wiches. cake ana enliee Were WOVilled
by thy d Music .fur the (laming
•Wa2 bled- by tile "CKNX 'Golden
brief 'report of the work q the School Prairie Cowboys.' The prizcs at
Board.. e•Jtchre weri Avon by Mrs. E. Fisher and
• a; •Omar Brooks,nominated for another Mr. Itcg. McGee: and at —500" by Mrs.
term 05 school trustee, said he \void('
ilone on the 'zircoe cemetery.
James 'Horton, also a nominee for Piot be 41 .candidate, as he was now
councillor. also. gave a yeview of the living ffitiside tbe townsnip.
Fordyce Clark a nomin4T for t he
work 01 the year. With Teference to
SehoOl Board he was in favor
the operations ef, the Township grader•
and •snewplow. • he shbwed the saving of blinding a new school in ,section
as fhe ,school Was - in very had
in owning ynther -than renting .this.
Snow removallast winter, be said:cost condlt4,),n and It was -a section from
whcch ,it would be• very hard ..to }rave
$2,290. '
Mass Fisher. who had been ammin- children taken by. bus 'to emit her
15 1(41 both reeve and councillor, sOction•
said he did not think there should he
1111 eleethin every year, and as the pre-
sent. BeeVe had held that office (nay irone
year he would be a candidate .for
councillor. In giving his report on the.
year's work a theCouncil he 41dvocated
the 'pintail -1g of perManent windbreaks,
to replace some of the snowlences, -
, Montgomery deitlt with. the
:matter of snow removal. Ile thought
That if the snowplow we re kept ;•
Carlow rather than Betuniller it 'would
In' in a bettnn,' Ito:40°n to open the
TOWnship • roads.; also it wonld 1)0
better for it to open some County, roads
to get to the Township roads rather
than that it 5110111(1 50ual 4116 emtil the
Connty snowplow opened the County
roads.
'Fordyce Clerk asked that the Coun-
cil consider Widening some of the nar-
rlow roads in the township, as *they
‘Vere not safe, particularly in winter.
He was not a candidate for eouncillor.
-1Harry, MeCreath, eemetery commis-
sioner. told of th( work done at the;
cenietery and said some improVetnent
of the Varcoe cemetery was tinder
consideration. •
Wlliiav.Moyer spoke briefly, advo-
cating having •telephone _and hydro
poles moved back to the fences and
levelling the ditehes, so that a mower
could operate on the roadsides,
Frank , Wilson thought it would be
an improvement If the Council had the
Varcoe cemetery reforested.
Reeve Snyder spoke again and gave
high praise to .Ilarry MeCreath for the
vast improvement made the. Vown,
ship cemetery in the last few yqars.
School Affairs
Gordon McPhee spoke an scheol af-
fairs and 'was in favor .of a new school-
hOuse at No. 3. Ile said he • would
rather not• . a candidate. for the
School Board 12 others were 'willing
• to be members of• that b•ody.
a ar ,
• 1(0 0111411 . lower. The Township tax
for 1917: he stated: was a' little lower I
than for .194h. Ile advocated tins 1)111.- .
cliase •of 0 • power mower for cutting
'the weeds on 'the Township math:. He
Itabert Good and Mr. W. Burt.
• ENGAGEMENT, ANNoUNCED
The engagentent annpfinced ' of
1;1e:idol- Pauline. daughter bf.. Sad
Mrs. Win. E. Wright, Ingersoll, On-
tario. to Lloyd George, son of Allr. and
Mrs. H. II. lintledge, Napier street,
Goderich : the wedding. to. take place
quietly in Trinity 17nited church, Inger-
soll. about the middle -of December.
J. C. Pentland Sends Information fro
New York Concerni g the Ancient on
In le• recent issue of .thiS paper
meiition Was Illa.de of an ancient loom
1vhich- Mr. G. IL -Green of town pur-
chased over tWe'nty years ago from
the late Samuel, Shepperd of Nile and-
wh ich regent he • seri t • - to the '
ta rio 'mv1,11-in•
at' -Toronto. The
museum people were anxietia to leam
nroi,e of the, history of the lOom and
it was ask$sd that tmyone win) cm1141
givenny stich infoOnation should write
to Mr. Green. A few days ago Air.
Green -reeeived the •• following letter
from Mr. .James; Cullen Pentland. of
New York City :
Fear Mr. (Itreen, •- Regarding the
loom mentioned in The • Goderien
Signal-Stor of November Gth. I would
like to 'offer the following- inform-
ation :
As the oldest m'ale • descendant of
Saltine' Pentland, his live sons and trVo
daughters, who came from Amherst
Island and settled • in or near Nile
about a century ago. recall the old
loom and have often seen it. in epee-
atinn.• As a.. Allan .boy seventy -the
years ago it:• was a great pleasure to
go from ,Thingannon to visit a few days
with Grandma Pentland and Uncle
Sam, at Uncle was a bachelor,
and. eared for his mother %nth by
passing. He was Samuel Gladynn
Pentland' and, operated the ',bent froni
as„long as I ean recall do•wn to 1887.
when I left Canada for ,the Thdted
8thatreagn. Mather Sam Pentland died be.
fore' 1 was born in Mt Ile, no dOnht,
made the loom. possibly With the help
of bin old'ett 'eon. John., Who lived •Oti
T it CI sehool trustee gave: a the farm adjoining' on the east, in
, Wawanosll. about, one and one -halt
miles dire(•t east of Nile, and Wa5 an
expert carpenter and builder.
•Mrs-. • t;corge Shepherd (nee Elizn..
Pentland 5 cared for Uncle Sam in
hiS deolinitia years, and 'it was from
her son, S:lin Shepherd, that • ytou
bought the Ioone - Mrs. 8001 Treleaven
• thc only 5113‘, I Vor of the Slieplierd
family:and may .he at her son's home
115 1)1-11)1) (Si at present.
As• 0 boy. I_ Wits'quite fascinated
watching the adept manner in which
l'itele handled Alas loom, both hands
mot feet going - in• even- rhythm -for
hours at a time': The only pause was 4,
when a thread broke or when it was
1)4'(('5511 1-,)' te roll up the fevv feet of
cloth.woven. In those days most people
did their 05.5.51 spinning of the thread,
end brought the thread to the weaver.
The loom wns used to Janke blankels xis
well as woollen eloth for gfilting. So
far as I know it was the only 10021a
in that 'section and In the 1860's, 70'S
and 80's vvas kept busy, *specially to
t lie winter Months.
14 am 'enelosing a rough'map Of the
section of 'which it write, INIth i floor
plan of , the 'houi,'.0 in Which the 100M
was used. You may receive more int
formation and other data from rent -
lands 'of a more reeent 'generation
around Nile and Dungannon, but. X
410111)1 12 there is anyone else nowliVing
who saw 4t in operation. 1 1101)0 ttlg•
information will assist you in establiai-
ipg the history oi the loom
Vaal: very truly,:
° JAMES 4 III.$1:,,EN PENTLAND„
146 New VtYde Park ' •
• Pronlain Square, New Vort.
Noveraher 211, 1047.