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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-02-07, Page 2
THURMAY,1!'Ii3&RUARY 7tb,1952, eight great-grandchildren. He is still wonderfully smart o audcheery e and reads his pape the help of gBisses. 111 . TIRED: ALL THE TINE GET AND USE It. 611,0**11 HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. Iu eription Rates --Canada and Great Britain, $2.50 a year : to Uuited Stittes, $3.5Q. Strif tly in advance Adyertdaing Rates' on request. Telephone 71. 41.uattorie4 as second-class snail, Yost Othce Department., Ottawa. Out -of -Tow Represeutative r „1 08 Peter, Street, Toronto. Phone Em 3,6766. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Weakly Circulation Over 3,000. GEO. L. ELL1S, Publisher. •' ." 1iHU1tSDAY,'F1 BRUARY. 7ttt, 1952 EDITORIAL ., NOTES i Itis not only the wiel;ed 'that death in an ordinary ray by . beiug knocked . down by a ear... Wits it, tfhe attention drawn to his dietary Ind themselves lu slippery places i habit by .the newspaper accounts of these days., his death that resulted in a drop • ' • • : I in. the price of beef? 'It's a long stretch from New I Tear's to Easter and a public li.00 • • s day, say on St. „Valentine's Day, The Nees` York Times --considered by many they beat paper 'on this would not tbr, amiss, continent—questions whether the • • •' St. Lawrence seaway is- more hu - Whether you have a verandah port utt than other projects in which light or not, your contribution to t tiie United States is interested. the fund for service to the blind "In spite of all the Government Rill be helpful in a bix►d cause. reports, all the surveys and all the ear ngstie t►y mires dill-17t'S"15'i= Snag, in rile Yukon Territory, re- uiittees, it is still not clear whether ports a teuiperaturj of 77 degrees the seaway is as economically below zero on the ':0th of .Ianuary.1 necessary as its advocates think ft But probably it was ,clear and i is," says The Times editorially. dry and they didn't• feel it. It is a question whether the sea way is more important. than U.S. Imagine anyone calling for "three commitments. to Europe, the de - cheers for Estes Kefauver A velopnent of the atomic bomb or U.S. Senator from Tennesscse of carrying out implications of the that name wants to be the.Peulo- cratic candidate for. president. His parents dished him on his christen- ing day. - . B • w• • • • Not content with troubles in Egypt, in Korea, in Malaya- and Burma and Iran, the British lion has str4tched --out--a--loin to the Antarctic to keep the Argentine -Government away-- from his pre- serves. Though he may be ill -fed, old and weary, he ha"s no intention of coming down from his pedestal and letting enmity and envy over- ; power him. • • • Today (February- 7) is the 140th c•1 birthday of Charles Dickens, w to not only brought about far-reaching reforms in the life of his country U.S. plan for aiding under- developed countries, The Times says, observing that 'tour financial economic resources; ire not Inex -haustible." These 'are consider- ations for Canada also. * • • The Churchill Government- won but provided a great series .-of-r stories that still are read with interest and enjoyment. Mort than any other writer of modern times; Dickens,. created characters that have lived its the minds *of- his readers and whe;se itifues and say- ings hatentered into the._.language of the i►e ►ole. t►ne who doesn't • When the first freight train left yet know Mr. Pickwick, Satui•\Celler, I'rgt:oity, 1`riali Beep, I'erkKnftl; Guelph in -1906, to travel over the the brother, ,eirt'ei` hie- and dozens then newly finished Guelph to,Godc- of -others to iw found in Pickens has something to live foil`. StageShow Comte "Stage Crazy," a two hour stage show 'of .comedy, song ltd dance, is being presentedl by the personnel of. the R.C. A.F. 'station, Clinton. under, the auspices of the Goderich Air Force Association at the Gode- rich Public School Auditorium on Friday evening. February 29. In- cluded in the program is a black and white quartet providing spirit uals iu true negro style. 1io°ppy --Nook--ins- -is-----the tagieian---cul--site. program. Miss Marion Archer* is the sultry NI—wall. There is a sister song and dance team, i} fast looting chorus lin of girls, running Comedy in Olson and Johnson style and color, costumes and laughs throughout the show. UNITED FMR GOOD (Ottawa Journals The truth about Anglo-American relat1gi s—,a. „trutit for which -all of us eternally should be thankful -- b this: that while some ext;retue Socialists in Britain are hostile to' the United States and some ex- treme isolationists in `the United States are hostile to Britain, the overwhelming majority., of ,Britons and Americans know that their countries are linked inextricably for their own and the world's gain, and that whatever •the stresses brought by such union, stresses inseparable from all human relations. they most. ti -entittrnift t'"itttti-rti tie -in -lir tris from the fiery Aneurin Bevan. the recognized leader of the left-wing Laborites, and the debate furnished additional evidence of , a • split in the Labor ranks, although the Bevanites and ex -Premier Attlee's following voted together. The Government has taken an unpopular but probably wise, if hot unavoid- able, course in making more austere' the austerity with which the British -public has become Unhappily ac- quainted. Mr. Churchill explained thar on taking office the 31inistry found that the economic Situation was even worse than was Fuspected, a confidence vote_ last week with a and to avoid national bankruptcy majority_ of 31 (306 to 2751.--a extreme measures were necessary. substantial margin in present cir- It is hoped that these measures cumstances. The Liberal members will turn the tide and in time will voted with the , Government, and be fully justified. The Government may be counted- upon to continue 1,at -shy rate deserves creditfor this Support long as nao4rate"1 taking ..the unpopularcourse when. and well -conceived- policies are inlr- the• country was looking -fair .int- sued. The most vehement speech I.ln-ove ucnt rather than -o --worsening against the Administration came { of the standard of • living. 1'EOPL4' ' YOU KNOW • * * ETA:gine-e have discovered that rich 1'.P.11. littc., a blakc.lua11 on board! ' was., the father of George \(atlile-on of (,i deric•h. George's father, 'rad oni th'e same train' the, - fa m iiv he..famiiy furniture which he Stas hotseur':1wrr°-ve111t'les used to aver- moving from l r-tt•1horo to Goderich whert the family was henceforth 10 age 11.b miles per hour 011 :New live. 1'reviatarty they . had lived -at-- York streets, while automobiles to-i1'ett,t•i)oro where Gfi't�rgt� suss I�urtl day eanti'Cit. do better than half on June ''� 1905 George rr��e ' itteudtd Victoria Public that; speed This on the authority ^' r School at .Goderich and, iu fact, started to 'school the r first day •Victoria school was opened .'u 1910. IIe feels there is somewhat • of a coincidence in the fact that his.sou, Billy, started to the new Goderich Public School on Gibbons street the first day it opened in Septem- ber, eptember, 1950. George also attended Goderic.-h Collegiate. • On -leaving school, --George worked with -Tom Sandy for a -number of years -and then startedin: business for himself in his present location but in smaller, quarters in 1929. During the intervening years he has built up a thriving business in the ,Ma'thieson :Boat Works. Over twenty boats have been built at his plant so far and have been shipped` all over Ontario, from Picton in the east to Fort .William In the west. Taking an of a responsible newspaper. Our New York correspondent. C.H., has not reported. the' reappearance of Dobbin in the metropolis; so we imagine that four -wheeled rather than four -footed power is still con- veying .the busy ,New Yorkers down town to their offices. Come to think of it, a horse that would' travel 11.6 miles an hour - on . a busy city street would be more dangerous than, an autotncjile: at the same speed. * • • Prime Minister St. Laurent has just celebrated his seventieth birth- day. Ile is reported' as strong and rigorous, as indeed a young man of seventy should be, tlhougii from reading some -of the newspaper talk fromOttawa one might think that onty slippered ease -was -the ---proper--. ` •addition for that age. Though he entered public lite after a long career in the profession of law, and „ in doing so gave 0p one of the most lucrative'Tpractictes in Canada, Mr. St."'"I:ai.fire i ' gives no sign of weariness In Iris strenuous' Life as --the national leader in the most active period of Canadian history, and any authentic announcement of his impending retirement would be a shock to the country. after all; age is not just the figures on the aIctidar. -. •• • George Corson, ih 9.1 -year-old Canadian, dried in Florida a few . days 'ago. 'That his den til received considerable attention in the press was due, not to his shaving been a ttgure . in the public" life of this Country, -for he never was, but rather •to the fact that he was an enthhtsiast. lie was 811 - uncompromising vegetarian, had a nut farm near Toronto and it: c'itrtts frtrit•'.plantation in Florida, and lived tdrgely•o11 their producis. lie. wrotefrequently to the press ,urging the Riedcfltis'of reg tariittilsin and to -zprore thtit he WON 1101 . h,..ar�ltty- ' erank,- some• enthusiasts are, he l44d'7vigttrous1y into itis tenth lute:. Trost 'year he fell out of walnut- `tree and broke. --his neck, Attributed his recovery to his grl*n diet. Thhi . was. some- ordinary, oma ry 'hstt ;out""+rtf;.iheordk nary, slid he ialgttt baregone on. to„other extra- orlinor.V exploits had he not met interest in municipal GEO. MATIIIE$ON affairs, George was on the Town euuntil comtnencing In 1945, serv- ing one year, as deputy -reeve and one year as reeve. In 1950 he was mayor of Goderich. Interested in sports, George is an active curler and larwn bowler. 45 Years Ago Three men working on the con- struction of the new C.P.IL- station had a close .call when a scaffold' gave way and fell to the ground. One severely' injured- his ankle, an- other his breast, while the third was more fortunate. John It. Clark, famous Ameriean lecturer, addressed tivo gospel temperance meetings, one in the Temperance Hall and the other in North Street Church... Large audi- ences: attended both meetings. Ice cutting started .in the harbor, dent, A. ,Sturdy ; secretary, Miss 'Laura Sturdy; treasurer, Miss Murphy, , - . Mr. Dudley Holmes of Wingham succeeded Mr. Seager 85 • Crown Attorney of Huron County. Judge Mott of -the Juvenile. Court of Toronto addressed a large meet- ing in Knox Church school roots. The formal opening of MacKay Hall took place with an interesting program of local talent. The donor of the hall was able to-bear--the- whole o•bears-•-thewwhole proceeding's by. means of an amplifier placed in his room. 15 Years Ago Robert Clark cutting between the Mitt' of a mild form was tempor- piers and Craigie brothers just arily disorganizing business and south of the south pier. l he ice 801001 staffs. County Treasurer A. 10 8001141 to be of gTr 1 'ljiialllr •anad H. Erskine and Town Treasurer a fair thickness. It oris solid In 1.. I...Knox were dmong the officials the harbor and river and there ;vas' forced to keep to their homes for slush tee on .the lake about half a few days. -.- a mile out from shore.airs...1. A. Graham was elected Very rarely had th,e people of president M them'f'enttal Home and (,nderleb bad a• more delightfully School' Club for 1937. succeeding interesting intt ilectual- trent than Mrs. Frank *Saunders. Chat enjoyed in Knox Church,_when Aboiit 30 Coderich hien took part �I1rt;. .1Asuiidas Jintbard toil her In rl jnek-rtilibit drive near Loehnlsh. on the Huron County boundary, with Dr. L. M. ,Mabee managing the pitrty. They bagged about '40. leeks.” 'Mt. and Mrs IL H. Preveft, form- niversary at the ,L trolt ynehtl club. • erly of Petrol's, arr,�fired tq make A Young ,People'tt Society was* t1>elr..home in (loaetich.• organized at 4St. George'it Church Not one couple was married in , with -the following otftcers : ;;moi CtoderIch . during the month of dent, Richard Ct nrtele; tick!-prest- .Ttlnuary, 1937. story of "A Woman's Tt•ip Through the Lone Land of Lahbrador." _ 25 Years Ago Oapt. and Mrs.. William McLean celebrated their golden wedding an - Letters to the Editor .Editor, The SIgna1-.Star. pictures , haunts iue=tho picture of a widowed mother and her small son pr©paring their daily Meal , .. ittst dandelion • leaves. This is one of several touching scenes reproduCed- iii a, recent field report of the Roster • Parents' Plan -- for War Children, an organization of which many of your readers may not be aware. The undersigned has no .connect -on whatever with this organizaton; the picture has stirred him to acgUalnt your readers with Plan's labour of love • among the war•cbfldren: ` The Plan is a non-profit, non- pauiteal, non-sectarian, Independent relief organization which hast given individual help' to mare than 70,000 children,. In its care at present are 7,000 war children of Belgium, England, France, Greece, Holland and Italy. Founded by Major ' 7ohn ,.Langdon -Davies, of Londou; England, the Plan now -is celebrating. its 15th anniversary 'of service to war -stricken children. The aim of The Plan, as its name indicates, is to have its children "adopted",by Foster Parents. This is financial only ($180:00 a year) 'and :payments -may be made month- ly, quarterly or yearly. One may "adopt" a child for one year only, if one wishes, or, if unable to afford this amount any contribution, no in.Witter.-.1t4"."-"1,14 U;.�.x, 1L be .ulrprtel ated. A, person may choose the na- tionality, age and sex of the child he wishes to help, and correspond- ence with the child, through the Plan otiiee is encouraged.. 'the Canadian address is: Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, fax 65, Station 11, Montreal, Que. Illustrated literature will be gladly sent upon request, without obliga- tion to the recipient. If you would learn what real joy is, become a Foster Parent, for only in giving do we receive, and only in bel ing -. others are we helped In Its name who said, "In asuSuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these," let us help these innocent victims of mans. Inhumanity to man.- J hope that, you who read this, as your dream, stances permit, will let some child Jove you. Your dollars could do no finer thing! . - • Sincerely yours, 1 ItN1 sT BARKER. Godericb. 97 YEARS OLD Harry Combs, Brussels, a native of Godecic1h Township, celebrated 9Tt11 birthday ,on Saturday, January 26. Mr. Combs moved `with his parents in September; 4858, to .lflytb, reaching• it by _trail through -the -bush. He farmed there -until 1882, whim be moved t`o Mani- toba,''returning t . the Blyth neigh- borhood its 1919. tarried in 1885 to Caroline McKay, a native of Sutherland Scotland, who died in October, 1029, be has your sons, ail` ‘in the Deloraine district of Manitoba, 11 grandchildren and BECAUSE-- - "Tired -out" feeling and backache are often due to urinary irritation and bladder discomfort; and for over half a itentury Dodd's Kidney Pills have helped .bring relief from back- ache. and "tired-ourieeling by stimulating the kidneys. Get Dodd's Kidney Pals at stn drug counter. Look for the blue box with the red band. You can depend on Dodd's. 161 NOTICE THE WEST WAWANOSH UNIT OF THE Federation of .Agriculture WILL MEET IN THE T0WN HIP H i -OO`" — Wednesday, February 13 AT2P.M. for the purpose of electing officers, general busineWs and to discuss a Warble Fly Campaign for Township. All interested, please attend W. A. STEWART, Sec.-Treas. -YOU WANT rut costs by getting exactly the truck for —your job.- GiNC- Offors greatest -model range in the industry -that means GMC can match your needs bestf Now GMC's offer morn power to haul more payloads!' Four famous valve -in - head GMC gasoline engines to choose from ... rated from 92 h.p. to 120 h.p. Truck eines designed for truck world 1 Still bigger payloads are yours In the GMC for '52. Carrying capacities aro matched to the job to be done ... in all models from the—popular Sedan Delivery to the Now Novy Duty Series with its 17,500 GVW. . 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