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CHARTERED 'ACCOUNTANT
Phone No -=Duck, 843W. abuse 8431
•__Goderich.'...
ACCOUNTANTS" "
RONALD G McVANN►
Public Accountant
Clinton, --,_Ontario
Phones: Ogles, 501; .Ree. • 455
0111c0: -Royal Bank
DONALD B BLUE'`
ItXPERIENC 1 A►JCi ION1 ER°
Y:teensed for CbunUer- ot` ;lima
and Bruce: '
RIPJ.EY, PHQNE
For" hiffiridattant rpty" 04 1*.
Kernighan, Division "Court Clerk,
"";Goderich, Ont. r*
• EDWARD W. ,ELLJOTT
..LICENSED AUOTIONEER
COrrt spondeuee - , romptly •an-
swered., Imine rangements
can be made- � = Date by
calling Phone 4 t lizito%
Charge -mod: •d.satisfac-
Oen Guaranteed.
. ERB11RT B. SUCH, D.C.
Doctor of Chiropractic.
Office Hours
Mon., ThurL-9 a.m. to 5 pan.
Tues., Fr11---8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
?._pan. to 8 pan..
Wed. & Sat. 9 to 11.30 a.m.
ti itamin�' Therapy-- • - --
bfioP
lee—Corner South St. and
Britannia Road. Phone 341.
INSURANCE
HAROLD JACKSON •
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
...HURON AND PERTH
Seaforth 'Phone 11'-461 or
--Harry Edwards, Goderich
Phalli 144
IticKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE IN-
SURANCFI CO Farm and
.iisoIatt"%I" town property-°•insut•'ed.
President:-E.Vice-President, Trewartha,
hM `Clio-
.. ton; alone?
Seaforth ; •Manager and Sec'y-Treas.,
M. A. . Reid, Seaforth.
• Directors:L-7Z J. Trewartha, Clio -
on T. L. Malone, Seaforth; S. 13.
Vhitmoie, Seaforth; Chris.- ,Leon-
E.;trdt, Bornholzit ; Robert Archibald,,
beaforth; 'John III:" bicEwing, Blyth;
Frank McGregor, Clinton; Win..
Alexander, Walton; ;Harvey Fuller,
Goderich.
-Agents—J. E. Pepper, Brucefield;
R. F. McXercher, Dublin; Wm.
Leiper, jr., 11.11. 1, Londesboro,
Ont. ; J. F. l'rueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn ilaker,'••Brueaels...---- -
Policy -holders can "Make all pay-
ments and
ayments.'and get their uar-da-receipted
at -the I
e aT Bank, -
Linton -r Keiti
Cutt's Grocery, Kin �
ton Street,
sect
,
Goderich. -
WESTERN.;- ONTARIO
-MOTORWAYS -
Departures:
Daily -
9 a.m. to Stratford and London
di1y except Sund,ys and holi-
day.
12 noon to. Stratford and;., London,
Saturdays, Sundays - and holidays.
4.55• pan. to Stratford and London,
daily except Sundays -and boli -
days. - ,
EXTRA RUNS FOR SUNDAYS
AND HOLIDAYS--
__ 6.20, p.ai. ,A,.SStratford and London.
_ 8,30' p.m. -to -London.--
Charter Cdsiebes.-for- air occasions.
For information phone Reg..McGee
& Sons at 765.
C. 4. CHAPMAN
` -.. General Insurance
Fire, Automobile, : Casualty -
, Real Estate
30 Colborne St., Goderif
"`Phone. 18w
From whatever the `land, first-time:. visitors
CO—Canada usually express amazement ..at the
quantity of overhead wiring in this country. Many
Canadians are aware that most European cities
have placed, their wiring out of s i ht underground,
but do not realize thaft the same' s true of places
like Santiago in -Chile, (Hong Kong, Wellington,
N.Z. and others scattered throughout the world.
At ,right, above, for example, is. Parliament Street.
Cape .Town, ;South Africa,- where the absence of
overhead wiringgives a neat appearance, and
contrasts with the scene tit --Bay `rind King Streets,
left, the heart of Toronto's 'financial district. ,
Junuary salmi; :prewar style,- are not nearly as slink s• a year •ago.
kt ek-- whit n tutire
st)yai -theFinandal Post,.,. '• •.i►-
DissppoInttn> over=a11- Christi OS
businwss! • (for mast Icet.f filer 9, n,
=need to• clue -otic 'fllventor /s
quickcash, are spnrkln rthis,big
wave ii -JauUary t3' eS_In..t„ e..post
war period.
;Substantial. ;trice savings lire
being. o11iercd--purc cul•ariy in the
far, dress acid ionic appliance
fields, aceordllug.-tq the Financial
Post article- • •
'While the Christptus business
pattern,, varies considerablyfrom
Product to product, store to store,
area to area, a broad cross -see tion
shows Christmas buying generally
below most 'reta'ilers' expectations."
This year -iii the two pre -Christ-
mas weeks—normally the heaviest
business, `period for furs :.business
was "very slow" and 'far,t►elow"_
the some period of last year. 'l'herre
was little pickup in n1. jority of
appliance lines ; sales bore` were
also generally "fur. below" 1950.
Sales of wonren's dresses hugged
substantially. '. Sharp price cuts are
indicated in these- lines.
Big impetus to January clearance
is the fact that -.many banks and
manufacturers hltcl extended, loans
to give btisiness the -advantage of
normally heavy Christmas trade so
that much of .the -unmoved mer-
chandise will now have to be
Insure In Sure Insurance _.
Cosrfederation Life= -Wind, Car
FIRE—Preferred rates for
- preferred risks.
ACCIDENT & SICKNESS
Consult
JOHN PARRISH
Phone 7r15 Dungannon
AUTOMOBILE
Mutual
Farm rn
for State
Fa
Agent
ace Co.
for
Insurance 1 ns a
Automobile Aut
Goderich, Clinton and Bayfield
district. J. S. CULP - -
Phon 512"- 52 Erin Ave.,,
Goderich
'town Council at a special meet-
ing; last Friday 'night' decided. to for Councillors 'twill be -{-can January
grant $4,532 to the Goderich .dent- 7•
offal Arena .Commission to heti) pay J. C. McNab was re-elected reeve
off tete commission's capital account. 1 of Lucknow by tiec•lacnation at Fri -
The commission. had originally !day' nomination meeting, lour
asked •for$5,100, to pay off such , councillors ipso ,.were returned by
c�-Crawford,"It.
:accounts ass $:1,O:,v to -"�. t ). Itliel_ � acclamation:- R. E.
i
n and S.
. � •> the E. Button J. E. MoSween (.c
_UU to
contractors,
'on -,
a a cl S�
'arehiteet, Charles 11. Gillen, and • E. Robertson.
t bills from the Public Utilities ; The .sig►' school ',trustees, returned
n((1
no
-' . issio 377.61 for the original Y y acclamation,. 'tis Herbert Mc
-
water
ti;"�
water installation, .and WO sls-._a..-Leiinau,,, C. E.,, Webster, -i:. 1•.• Ask -
token of Payment for crater dura tori, 1)r4 1a'mes,Llttle, Gerald Rath -
the past season:----;-----' well, K. C. \.Iu,rtlie.
At -its meeting ,on `Deceniber f, • `,. o �'
council had deferred consideration . I OAD ".'S.&ID CAUSE
of the. matter until. the Jmtl re- 1. 0 HIGHWAY COLLISIONS
cehved legal advice as to. their roll- - '- ,, -
At the McKillop township'notiiin-
tations on Friday last, Reeve Dan
Beuermann • was returned. by -. ac-
clamation for another tertu. Polling
Protect Yourself With
Fire Insurance
See ...
Gordon, Jewell
` n.-6, •GODERICH
Pftone C..:low 307r-4
,INCOME - TAX RETURNS'
PRIVATE BUSINESS-1
(FARM REPORTS
Bookkeeping records installed
'and checked monthly , •
or at request.
ROY N. BENTLEY
Phone 152W
Hot ''58 15 Warren S4.
'GODER1CIL'ONT, -
0TOM vi RIST
Phone 1100 for appointment
SQUARE , GODERICH
Fire, _ Accident and Motor Car
Insurance .
,OFFICE •+'WAS"ONIC„ TEMPLE
WEST STRET,
PHONE 230 - GODERICII
lx�teney to do so. A letter was re Ince to icy •t>ona 1 ion of the road.
ceived from Town Solicitor .1. Ken -R• riven 1►v G '11111 I�;ts,aline;
.cal, d
)t,l''.
nett Haunter sayi4t).g, that the.-.. C:(ilhorne I ownslhti.� ,�,•aihtl '��'ltonnttt
council could make such Pa, (00111 Sproul, Goderich, collided on the
pro�•idcd it did.so bef, re ,th0 ehd of Sib cone sslon °10.1(1, . titt l)unloli,
the year. A. s ccI71 meeting
n::"
therefore called for last Friday
11ight. '
'-Cuts 11311 in Half '
\Ir. Gillen, the architect, had
o
agreed •--cut' his tall In half,; or
0. 1;iii , provided it NV a: 1(8111°'
fore t11e 'end of the year, so that,
the total u)itstantling capital
count was reducsd by that atn►o ittt.
At Friday', night's -meeting bylaw
w
was 3.51 ''s'it 10 perluit_.paytacnt_
of the amount to the Arena (rt -
mission and,44,6.12t 1,4,;.`12(, wlhs vot((1., to
cover the following items: N, O.
Hipel and Son, contractors, $:,1,055;
C. 11. Gillen, architect, • $1,100;
Public Utilities Commission, $377.
%*. tiln,MAN DEBT SETTLEMENT
It`t twin is prepared to accept only
£150 million in settlement of its
claim- of £201 million as repayment
for postwa r economic 'assistitnee to
Germany, -and is also prepared to
waive all interest.
c'ausifig".'5)() damage to the laas-
2-
..'Sproul.
� I o the
J) t
_el. 'r find1
s:Ctithe•, •.
i-ehiele No one Wit:, injpred.• "'..
A truck owned by - thea Lewis
Cartage -Company, Toronto, sitte-
sw iped a car owned by.James -Nott,
itekersrith •`Township,-�ifeat- `-Y'I1-t =�--
ton, on Friday, caustatg_$ ,0 damage
to' the ear. The --drivers 'wtu"e un-
injured. - ; - • `
Provincial Constable H. Stott in-
-vestigaatech--holli- uuadet.
LEGION THANKS DOtiORS
I u ....hc:knowledgement -- of ssist-
ance provided Branch 109, Ca.n: Tian
Legion, in rehab'litating the fat f1 -y,
of George .Iardi e, t,'oliiorne Tow e
ship,. the name., of two sourer of
contributiot}•, Dere : , inadvertently
left our Of (hese pages last week
Branch 109 would like to ack-
nowledge the assistance -of the Mary
Hastings 'club in offering bedding
and of the, Overholt Coal Company
in -the llonation of -is ton of coal. --
Provincial police of Goderich and
Walkerton arrested
Hackett, -of IIolyrood, near Luck:
now, on a ;charge of cattle -theft on
Saturday He appeared before Mrs.
Mable Gray, J•I., and was re-
manded in custody until Thursday
to appear before Magistrate D. 1•::
Holme, K.C.
Two'cattle beasts are being
held
for t(cht (it iticataanand -fat ►► r
i
asked to look over "their herds• and,
if any cattle are missing, the }---a t -t•
requested- to contact the provincial
'pollee . office at .Goderich ._or their
nearest police office, -
The officers Who made the arrest,
whleh follows an epidemic of cattle
".rustling'! --in the district were Pro-
vincial Constables '%'. O'Hara and
D._ Truna41ley of Goderich and
Itutherford. of \i a 1kerten. • - They
brought him, to Huron County j:til
here,
YORK' RESTORATiON
' •Restorn'tioll wrt►rk ex ee1ed 1
-take /
o .) years has begun on l'irr
-Minster. _
or, if: inxentory lioM .. can he
ght down``10 re ato1111l» Is,
ins ► cure--aa.;_gr .at u fear of • tie
!lin'•-•up, in 1952 ata dada): ud buying
surge, of" 117 _._
Other fat. ora-x�. I .ttt'reng-..
h .4-tbe. eunsutuet .pi.(,:L:urt.3tre wagg
tes catc'hin up with the rising.
at of living in many trades;
flattening- out in the cost -of -living,
picture gives no indication at pre-
sent of repeating its 11' 'rise of..
,1951.
cleared at_cut-rate prices.
Toys, Lingerie Up •
--The story is far front - •one of
uniVersa 1 gloom, --however:-'The fact
'that business was be lastyear
in many lines doesn't in i . 1f signal
a sharp .general business ontrac-
tion. Last 'year was a see( l one.•
And t:(nnelines �t•ent even letter
Ibis year—toys, 1tntzerie .and smite
footwear lines. •
a { Stratft
"'Wherever a merchant ha( new Prov
lines to :rarer, the sales response was fy,ar fir
very good,"an official of a barge
department store told The Post.
The expanded lines of meehanleal
toys from.U.S., , a n(Europe boosted
�• newheights.
New
.1 s
t0
_to e
�
fashion lines; boosted lingerie sales.
" :flail order 1►1sine of leas good,
suggesting that country and town
lniyers are ltss • inclined to writ
fur `'next. Iitonth`s hargains"- than
urban dwellers.
Retailers` blame' the "savings-
mindecl7'- -mood of tine 'ohne fou•
the over-all Christmas business
drop.
"They -have it in their heads that
cash will btiy a good deal mlore a
month or Avo hence than now,- a
(lof'hing ret:tiler stated. "And if
enough -of them keels thitakin•g that
N.I1st Noble Grand
nd f Huron
they'll lie rilt.---•
h Despite the January sales.. con- 1.f "e. 1.0.13.P'. . : 1 a n: us,.r
f
sttnier goods pipelines generally are the 31:tsonit- ,Lodge.
1Van Near Clinton
Seriously Wounded
By Shotgun Slug
A 35 -year -ofd Clinton district
-farmer. is in "very serious" Condi-
tion in. .Clinton General Hospital
Wherehez_was-taken Saturday lifter
being "accidentally shot.
Thomas Rathwell was drawing
loads of wood off ,a bush -lot-ow his
farm two miles south of . Varna
when be was wou~<rded: -:,IHe•- vas
hit in the chest. below the right
shou r by _a slug from a shotgun
fired by Laird •Scheibe, 23, of
Goderich.
Carried ied on Sleigh
His brother, ' Robert Rathwell,
Who- was - working with him, and
Scheibe put Bathwell on _ a horse-
drawn sleigh and took "him to the
farm house anore than- a mile away
from the scene :of the shooting.
Dr. Walter- Oakes, of Clinton,
was called. Rathwell was them
taken to hospital.
Rush 'Blood" Plasma
Blood plasma •t0 aid the wounded'
man was---.rus'h'ed--to_ Clinton -front
rd General Hospital.
tai. Police, constable Piet -
(lath, saicitrTfie
-in-the area.
CASTLE IN TME
aren't subject 0 -foreclosure, bat
houses nn the ground may bi
lose through sudden advty.
An inexperilslve tilortgage polici
of -the Suri Lite Asii ira ee Com-
pany of Canada will free your
home from anv debt ,j•etuaiaing
at your death.
,Protect your lover .baste (tame!
. call tue to1x+, -
HELD HERE ON .;BAUD -- -
AND FALSE PRETT1IC
Joseph --Bellew eau, alias ,Joseph
aftlainc,
has been remanded is
custody here until _ January
a charge,of obtainipg a 1951 Buick
automobile by false Pretences, sum
with intent to defraud by mesas.
of a_,worthless cheque. Bail was
SCT -at $2,000 cash, `and $4,000 pro-
perty.
ro-perty
;ICT
A headline 4n last, -week's' Signals
'os
itn r('SSt
the incorrectP
S
tar
gave
'1t
t 1
ent_g
of -the •
u(
•
that 64 .per cent
;lie Gude (h. District Collegiate oft`
1 taint1(r-Arst---c111 44 ltonors in their . -
('13ristmas examinations -..,As- Lltt� -
story itself revealed, the total num-
ber of students obtaining lirst-clase
honors in three or more papers watt
64. -
�r
PRESENTATI MADE
L YEE
MADE
4
ETIIbI G
TOR
}
.. 1
Johne W. Ae�rcoiiliw+, • (If, t'T�►n
avenue. was honored with the pie-
sentation Of a'table model rnrlto by-
his
yitisfellow- employees 8t►.the purity
Flour,'\till• on .S;ttalt•d:t',;i'he pre-
sentation was: made on Friday by -
R. M. Menzies, 1(4-a1 manager. Mr.
Newcombe is retiring after -lac years
employment at the"Big' X11-11,•'
where he was superintendent of the
shipping (Iepartri ent. •
- Mr. . Newconalx is marriiv1• Tins -
three sons, 110118.1(4 Waller,
r'lintr(n• :nal WilltaIli•t;oil(•r1(-I is
BUSINESS - COLLEGE - ' The t.;oderich . liusltae:i (:'roll
...rt -opened today after the holida3r
--With about double the attcn*ln.net
there._n•:ls at this time last year
Both- day • rind evening classes _7
111•41 at rho 1 -1aol 1' which lis the'.
for ►r us
( equipment meat b
c•°� t t n �
Il ern
io. t iu 1 1
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1,4,r, eour-cs.
H. -M. FORD
Get Insured - \.Stay Insured—
Itils -Assured
TELEPHONE 268w
Optometrist—Optician.
Eyes E amined, Glasses _ Fitted
Phone 33 ~ Goderich, Ont._
CANADIAN NEWSPRINT IN--U.KI�
The London, : •England, Express
Newspapers group - ("Daily Ex-
press,"' "Evening Standard," "Sun-
day Express") uses 75,000. tone of
Canadian neaysprint a year—more
than 450.000 acres of timberlot.
' D. "GUITARD'.
Stonework Brickwork and
"� taetering
A good job - of plastering has
no substitute
Phone 482, Brock and Victoria
Courses approved by the Canadian Business Schools . ,
Association.
SECRETARIAL - ACCOUNTANCY — STENOGRA=
PHY. •
• W1NTE1I DAY AND EVENING CLASSES = NEW
EQUIPMENT -- EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS.
OUR ANNUAL SALE OF LADIES' AND MISSES' COATS AND DRESSES, -
AN EVENT WHICH IS EAGERLY AWAITED, BY OUR MANY FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS,
PHONE\160
not jobs or off styles but the pick of
the season's smartest siyles, shades
and fabrics. • Save $10:00 to -$25.00 on
ra new cost;- right in the middle of the
season
Now= -tummy Stewart and -Barham, Hale- In "The Jackpot.':-
Mon.,
ackjrot.'-
Mon., Tues. and Wed.—
• -
With Bob Crosby and ,a host of mustical headliners in a Super
Clnecolgx pot-pourri of talent trent radio, cabaret, and T.V.
'Frankle I .ire, Tetry Moore, Billy Daniels ,t
, "Angels in elle Outfield-
A pirtnasil hiVa til assist and-
lrnwinning formulr 1e bball, lentil
getsre nce e
Paul :Ilouglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn
-
l<) and SAM". popular story conies to life.
Now—•"I'i:�1'RO _._.
-11"nn„ Tues. and .lied.
.;-- Sally Forrest, Lionel Batrytnore and Kay Masse!
A top-flight east presents \I.G.Jj.'s ,u•Wes4. draatintir hit.-a'ttory
,that "will 'hold. y0itr" Interest clear.. through 141 if: "st'ar-
1►ris+int; (•litnax.
"BANERLINE" "
Marta Toren, MacDonald Carey and Robert Douglas
The dramatic story f►f a Gerntalt_ s1113 that '*ti1.,%J iin(1 ri)ii er.
iffier Wllrld W tr II had ended.
•
-* e Mystery Submarine"
LOOK FOR THE SALE TICKETS ON COA'S AND DRESSES
Following the custom of the past several years, our store --will close at nine
during the winter months
o'clock Saturday nig,hts
Coming—"Thr" Iinknbwn Man." 18,:atts Pidgeon. and Ann Hard•
Int f7