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'FillstltS'DAY, FEM. 14th, 19.72
LONG rorz THE QUEEN I, tthihe-Aips hue.', Despite the .filet
that most of the Canadians had no
There are many who, remember more than six mouths' traiaing be -
the 'days of .Queett, VICtoriii, and fore going to Germany, they
they have now, lived under six handled themselves like seterans,"
sovereigns, the combined reigus of and looked ready for a tight. The
the last four coming eleven years U.S. wrter continued; -Everybody
abort. of the sixty-four years of in the brigade is. a volunteer, with
the great Victoria. Some seven full understanding of why he is
years older. than Vietonia„was in here aud hew long he will stay in
coming to the throne, Queen Eiiza- GA:nunny. Filially, all hands in the
beth --Way rival her great -great- , brigade are well clothed, well fed
graudniother u length of reign, 1 and well paid." The sentedtas
though Victoria lived in More peace- "Everybody 'iu the brigade .is a
‘olimiver," is commended to the
special attention of those who say
that conscription is the ouly way
to raise au .ariny.
s • •
A London (Eng.) paper, with an
ear to what it considers Common-
wealth opiuiou, advises that the
Queen should uot make Loudon
her permanent home but should live
Jane for nine days, there were year at a time in each Common -
Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth,
Qiieen Mary II;,Queen Anne, Queen
Victoria, and now Elizabeth II.
Of these the most. renowned were
Elizabeth...and Victoria, and as the
reign 'of the .tirst 'Elizabeth was, place to allow them to get settled
one of the most illustrious in before they would move on to
an-
kngland's history it is hoped that other country. So long as Great
the crowning of her, namesake may Britain IA the centre of the Empire,
. usher in a periods that will shine it is almost necessary for the
as brightly in the history of the sovereign to be there for tlie.greater
future. Part of the time; but when she
The words. England and English (or he) pays a visit to oue or
hart been- used -rathersti an-lirititin. other_ of the dominions it should
and British, for some of these not be to chase from one end of
the countrs' to the other in a few
Monarchs did nob, rule over Scot-
land, and to the Scottish people the weeks—as in the tour of the royal
present Queen is Elizabeth the coaple iu Canada last year. A
First. residence might be provided which
That the death of George Vs the visitors could make their home
for.a few months occasionally and
moved his people as the passing
of other monarchs did not may , Icons which they: could make leisure -
trips to whatever parts 'of' the
be attributed to various dream- IY
stances. His quiet acceptance of asaintry they should like to. ser:
a duty for which he had not been Australia is said to be entertaining
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a l
trained, but to which he gave his proposal along these ines.
unceasing devotion, aroused their
. sympathy, His courage amid• the The-'rowliship Council of Tucker -
terrors of war wen their admir- smith is asi:ing, for a grant front
ation. flis exemplary private life Ottawa in lieu of taxes ou the
was another count hi' the making Clinton Jtadar 6chool, situated in
Of a good and great Fang. Quietlythe township. Ottawaiiity Doha
passing out of. the•pidture is Queen
blether Elizabeth.. 'She shared to
the fullest degree the heavy burden
Placed upon :her_husband, and now
that death has released him she institution of similar proportions
.aCcepts a place in the background under private ownership. . These
with the consciousness that the
ful tinted than these and had a
quieter life than Elizabeth is likely
to have, with the worldeiy19. its
present jittery state and prOalems
to be ..considered that never both-
ered the old Queen.
It Is noted, top, that Fdizabeth II
is the Seventh English queen. Be-
ginning with Lady Jane Grey, who,
a girl of sixteen years, was Queen
wealth country. This.column may
have etude a somewhat
suggestion, but did,,...not imagine a
peregrinating ros-ai family that
would not, stay long e.nougli in any
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PEOPLE
you KNOW
A genial personality, Leo Waizak
was bora at London, -Ontario, on
August 15, 1910. There be attends
ed St. Jbhn's Separate School, De
LaSalle High ,Sehool and Beal-Th.1s'
ideal SchooL After be left school
Leo went with the tiolepreof
iery Company of Canada and served
his -.time as a machine ,adjusti,r.
came to the.Goderiele plant. of
,-..the company in 1943 and is super-
intendent of seamless knitting. Leo
has completed a quarter cif 'a cen-
tury with floleproof Hosiery Com-
pany of Canada.
• Ile was secretary -treasurer Of
the Goderich Library Board for
twe „ylears and is one of its best
customers, reading eonsideraldy in
Itis spare time: -1 Ie was a member
out that the township derives large of the Town Council -for four years;
benefitsfrom thepresence of the a past, vicepresident of the Gode-
school, benefits much largerthan rich Board of Trade; a meniber
Sof the Itecrea,tion Connell; presi-
any taxes 11 might COlit'CL -from an' dent of tbe Lions (Stilt.
He is married to the, former
FIstellte Wazynkewish, of Londe
and they have .11 family ,ofthree
sons.-- Kenneth. Eddie tind Peter.
Icts bebby is sta collect
daughter whom she has trained
frant "Itifatet will now be in the
forefront to receive the ,homage
ef the people. -She, too,. has made
bet- sacrifice.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Another sign of coining spring:
the big baseball league schedules
published in the daily papers.
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Three disastrous -'plane crashes
within the space of two months,
with some 120 fatalities, should. be
enough to make the peoslie of
'Elizabeth, N.J., move out, or to
demand that the nearby air station
move out.—The newspapers carry
a report that the gairport has been
closed.
1 • •
beuettits do not, go directly to the
Township Council; tney go to the
people of the township,and any-
saggestion. that the. school should"
ne.,elosed down,. or should be re-
moved from the township,. would
-not be regarded with favor. Us-
ually a municipality is glad to have
a Government institution within it
limits, but occasionally there arises
a demand, as in the ease of Tucker -
smith, fat a- contribution to muni-
cipal expenses. If this is given to
one municipality, it should be given
to all where Government institu-
tions are located, but it would not
NEWS OF DUNGANNON
DUNGANNON, Feb. 13. — The
Dungannon Agricultural Society
held its annual meetiug. Wednes-
day,evening. February 6, in the hall
with `if -good attendance. Eldon Cul-
bert was appointed chairman for
the meeting. The following officers
were elested: president. Howard
Sproule; 1st vice-president, Omar
Brooks: 2nd vice-president. Alvin
Sherwood: directors. Alvin Kerr,
Eldon Culbert, Ralph Godfrey,
Harvey Culbert, Mel Dixon. John
Bennett, -Gordon .Stewart, Nelson.
Culbert., Allan Reed: associate
directors, Elmer Graham, Harold
Culbert. Thomas Webster, Ernie
Crawford, Robert Dere, Hugh Ben-
nett, William Caldwell, Bain Mac-
Donald, Neil MeAdam. Chas. Petrie.
The retiring_ president, Gordon
Stewart, glive a five minute address
touching on itemssof interest during
his two years in office. Be thought
the board had accomplished much
but, complained about so many in-
active direetors Ile hoped that
the board would respond with more
interest_ -for the '-new president.
Howard Sproule, to make this
fair something tobe proud' of.
The new president was much in
favor of building 'a kitchen on the
south side of the hall this year.
The secretary -treasurer, T. M.
Durnin, reported the society as in
sou '1 financial ronditiOn. There,
rant daughter, Carol Marlene, ar-
rived home from Goderich hospital,
Mrs. Oliver McCharles and sons of
Paramount, also the Brooks' child-
ren's little cousin, Carol Atkin-
son, of Carlow. Master Norman
Atkinson, her brother, spent the
week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Mole and faintly.
Mr. and Mrs. Durnin Phillips
and Mrs. Cecil Blake are attending
a Good Roads Convention in Tor-
onto this week.
Mrs. Wesley Burroughs and in -
Average hourly earnings in
manafacturing in Canada. rose by
10.8 per cent from April 1, 1950,
to April 1, 1951. —Quick Canadian
.9•1.1.•
In the first quarter of 1951 Cana-
dian manufacturers sold 13,757 tele-
vision sets, 'compared with 2,445
in the same period of' 11)50. -s --Quick
Canadian Facts•
'Lightest of all Canadian woods
is the eastern cedar. It weighs
only 19 pounds per cubic foot.
Forthe next 6 weeks, we
are prepared to offer you
more money for
your old washer
than' you could believe
possible.
LEO WALZAK
Down Memory's
Lane
, 45 Years Ago,
The•carnival PI the West Street
be fair. to bestow upon any nand-,
cipality both the advantages ac- rink was a reeord one .for never.
had there been more skaters in
cruing from the presence of the costumes on that rink at one time..
,
institution and the ' taxes at the Costtune judges were Drs. W. Turn -
ordinary rate lif assessment. Whac, bull and Nale and Messrs. It W.
might with some fairness be 'done Thomson and W. E. Kelly.
would be to have.the site assessed sveTre"frt1rtrk's
drownedo°w)e-hileCtibaeteam17rswae;
Queen Elizabeth's birthday is at, its value as unoccupied land, employed plowing (cutting) ice ,on
Alpril 21st, and to cele
to Iwith t the harbor.
with no further taxation on the
.a --publiC holiday on the, natal. day, buildings or plant. And this should At an ,adjourned meeting of the
Goderich Horticultural Society it
way not be considered less incon- °be done, if at all, an , a system was decided to hold it lawn and
.renient than it was toobserve the applying in all such cases. garden,competition among the mem-
lite King's birthday on December , tiers. , , • •
PEOPLE MUST LEARN. Miss Elise Tye gave a Piano
• 14th. Considering the weather tO
recital in -St. Patrick's Hall, be expected, expected, the 24th of May would (From The London, bsree Press) tawa, on the occasion of her gratin -
till be tile better day; and the April Magistrate D. E. Holmes, of Gode- talon. from the Canadian Coral -et -V.'
date would -crowd closely upon rich, having levied a .fine of $50 atory of Music. 1
on a man accused of hunting deer
Easter. •Possibly the' solution will
out of season, deplored an inereas-
be a token observance Ofthe birth-
-ing tendency by (he Department of
Lands and Forests to increase pen-
alties. Some of • the penalties in
the Game and Fisheries Act are
greater than penalties' to motorists
veho eridang6r human life." He
added: "We are elevating wild life.
to a degree higher than human
life.",
It might be, of -course, that -the
fault lies not with the penalties
imposed for destroying wild life,
bit that the law_dealing with motor
manslaughter needs to be amended.
It is more than mere sentimentalism
that suggests a severe penalty for
killing wild animals. We need
them in our fight far conservatiori.
Our difficulty is hot with the law
but with juries. -Jurymen so often
refuse to convict in motor *nun-
siting,bter cases. Every juryman
sees himself in- the accnsed's posi-
day of the new ,.Queen, With the
'memory of Queen •Victoria—stil
-honored by the popular holiday on
May 24th.
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There are far too many reports
of young children burned to" death
while the parents are awaY, some -
tidies witiha no better purpose than
-to .viait a beverage room. 'While
those' who should look after them
negleet the duty, ehildren in many
a the eases 'reported rim caught
while asleep In their beds and have
no chance of escape from the •de -
routing flames. Drastic penalties
_visited upon the parents might tip
a deterrent, but general abhorrence
such negleet, whether it have thin. He 'might kill someone sow
wive day, so he takes a lenient
fatal results or not, might
Rumen beings will have to learn
o use automobiles rind the roads
would like to be openly listed as! with safety. As for wild life, it
careless of the liVf'S Of their, has to be proteeted by the coin-
4,:usildren. ! munity. There are too many ir-
• * • tresponsible hunters going about
with rifles these days.
An itnericatt (U.S.) KwsPoPer-
•.,;:latan, accordingto a press despatch, "Why didyou unit your last-
" : w'
has Said that the Canadian brigade Joh?ths 441114 -ant as asked.
'The boss wag too sit mast Ir.
"tl t 1 1
sts, , s le most ,
e wer ng Yesterday I told -hitn I'd seen
snail on the, garden path, and he
rtcfrsterti defenilb along the said: 'You must 'MVP met Ir." rot a e.otypie of hours the water on
;treater influence. Few pa rental t
W. S. MeNercher of 'Wroxeter
and P. Cantelon of Clinton, receittly
apPoInted county auditors, com-
menced their duties in the treas-
urer's. office.
25 •Years Ago
At a meeting -between a com-
mittee of the Goderich Trotting and
Pacing Association and the Cen-
tennial executive it Was decided to
hold a two-day race meeting duritig
the celebration. • •
A hard times party was held by
the Menesetung Canoe Club.
MiS8 Iletta E. Clark, who had
been engaged In nubile -health work
in ToTedo, was taking a post -gradu-
ate course at the Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, to qualify
for the position of assistant super-
intendent of the Toledo Board of
Health.
All the towns and villages of
Buren Ceunty anti the townahips
of Grey, Hay and East Wawnnosh
ittrve netiee of, eppeal to the county
judge against 'the county valuators'
report as adopted by tlas tlonnty
Act
One hundred and two Persons
sat down to the tnbles: In the Bed-
ford dining room on thP occasion of
the second annual dinner and danee
of the Maitland' Golf Club.
15 Year; Ago
A Mid -winter cloudburst flooded
the streets and cellars, of private
homes and "business pitiless, begin -
qv in the afternoon end (smarm-
ing for some hours in the evening.
a1 -by , discussion as to the
t Of t ie hall for 1952. Lunch
s enjoyed by all at the close of
the meeting. ,
Achievement Pay Postponed.
Achievement Day for the Women's
Institute three weeks short eourse
which was to. be on, tliesclosing
day, Friday, February 15. at the
Parish Ball has been postponed till
the 'following day, .tiaturday, "Febru-
ary 16, 2-4' pan. All are welcome.
Memorial Service.—A commemor-
ation service for- our late King
George VI will be held in the
United Church' on Friday afternoon
at 2.30 p.m., ip charge of the
pastor, Rev. G. 'Watt. All are
privileged to Come to this centre
and as individuals pay tribute to
the late King whose reign has been
one of the Attest in histOo and
may we pray for his successor,
Queen Elizabeth II.
Mrs.. Frank Jones .arrived home
last week..after spending a nmuth
with her daughter, Pauline (Mrs.
Wilfred Massey) of .Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. William Sproule arrived
home from Gederich hospital on
Monday of this week, quite 1-
proved after being a patient in
the hospital since before Christmas.
Two -Dungannon- hockey team,-
the Pee Wee§ and the Midgets,
enjoyed games at the end of the
week. For the first winter of
organized play, they are doing very
well and are getting a fine lot of
practice, through the co-operation
of interested citizens who are sup-
plying transportation, especially 'Mr.
Thornton Eedy and Mr. Allan Reed.
A game Friday night of the Mid-
gets at Belmore, resulted in Bel -
more 10 -Dungannon 4. Saturday
morning at Ladino* the score was
Lucknow -5-Dungannon 2.
Mrs. It. J. Durnin has been rather
indisposed these days. We are hop-
ing to hear of her enjoying better
health.
Mrs. Ethel McDonald returned
home. last week after visiting a
while with her sister, Mrs., Gordon
Ritchie, Asblfleld.
Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Brooks, on Sunday were Mr. and
some streets reached the car axles.
As a result of the heavy rain,
citizens were complaining of the
greyish -brown color of the Goderich
water. A lady at a local hotel,
who claimed to be a total abstainer,
used beer toclean her teeth and a
horse was said by its owner to
have taken a mouthful of water and
spit it out, declining to drink more.
Mr. Richard Wurtele severed his
connection with the inspector's de-
partment of the Royal Bank of
Canada to associate himself with
the Goderich Salt Co., Ltd.
Dr. .I. B. Whitely lost one of his
best race horses when Elaine -Har-
vester, it four-year-old black colt,
dropped dead at the stable's. 1
i4gtit In tht:Otherw4e drab picture
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8,000,000 such bankbooks in Canada?
Each contains information that is strictly
private, each represents "money in the bank".
Your money is part of the grand total of
these little books — a great pool
of deposits mobilized and safeguarded
in Canada's 3,700 branch' banks.
Your money in the bank and that of
millions like you, enables the banks to ,
provide the credit that helps keep Canadians
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BRID SEED
1,N MANY' tilt ADES
AND VARIETIES • • •
I still have a few bushels of DeKalb "Old Standby"
varieties in some grades. They won't last long, Ise
don't delay. See me today.
- E. G. ZINN, R.R. No. 1, DUNGANNON
WM. MARSH, P.O. BOX 565, GODERICH
For a furrier with coats
made of lapin or mink
YiliOW mar will find him
Quick as a wink