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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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SIGNAL -STAR PHOTO FLASHBACKS
Do You Remember
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THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAB
When---:
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MONDAY'S BY-ELECTIONS smacked, into the catcher's hands
(no mitts then) at the left of the
In the miniature general election third. 11111 Postale' and Ia'tiuy
u (Lely did it again iu' 1(150.
oft Monday, with seats at stale 1 ,'•Who's right? Well -anyone who.
in Ontario', Quebec and New Bruns- has twisted himself into a pretzel
wick, Conservatives won four of the" as he s\vung at a big "round house"
six and are elated over their gains, , anmissed for the third strike
kndows that if that curve was.un
as they had held only oue of the optical Muslin' • then iris bat hal
six since the election of 1940. uu invisible hole in it."
Waterloo North, vacated by the
appointment of • JI r. lirc'itltuttl,t t EDITORIAL NOTES
the lieutc_'naut-governorship of Ou- 4.
brio, was retained for the Liberals I may _'4th was a wa-hu t so far
by Norman t'. Schneider, prominent ent :tom holiday -Making was concerned.
in the •ureal•packing industry at. But that was au exreptiou---it is
usually a line spring day. Long
live the 24th of May!
• • •
election .hitt vacat('ll when, 1►e be-� A housing exp>ert-deeltrt•Ns-tit:rt--
,came leader of the 1'rovilr('ial Lib- bungalows are the most expensive
erals, elected Jlayor :Marr of t t l►e of d\velliug in which t'au-
Osh;twa, Conserv,tli\'e, .-)\'r iabo. t1 adiians could live. lle ought to
and C.C.E. candidates. This ricbitig know; but nater • that he said
has1 chequered history,-haviiig bungalow, not one-story house.
elected,a t'uuservuti\e, a ('•('•1'�- • • • •
• man and :t Liberal in recent elec.For nue who is on the retired
Hons. lit our townsman Dr. W. Sher-
Kitche uer.
The riding of Ontario, won by
Walter Thomson iu the general
Down Memory's.
Lane
CHATHAM APPRECIATED
' YOUNG CANADA WEEK
The following letter receiytd by
Nelson 11111 is further evidence of
the appreciation of Western On-
tario cotumon,i, les a for the Young
Canada Pee Wee hockey T'ourua
went held at Goderieh Faster Week
and sponsored by the tioderich
TilURSDAY, MAY 29 h, 1952
1 ECIETTEF., DIEGINEE
James Saunders,. sort of Mrs.
,Saunders and the lute Mr. 0. K.
Saunders, was successful in obtain -
Jug his Il.A. degree with second
class, honors iu Busines,Admin-
istraitiona from the- University of
Western Ontario. Jim, who has
maintained his honor standing
throughout his course, has accepted
-Lions (luh and the \\' l •4'•. -�:: a position with Moore Office Supply
"1 thought that 1 would be amiss
if I did not drop you a 1414 and
thank you for the wonderful re
('option' and itcc•utttulodation afforded
to out Pee Wee hockey team and
the Kinsmen aeeoutp.utyiug theseJit
the time' of . your reeeut "Yvuu}
(JULLadLL VVvssi " ,1teld .1n y'uur__,goi!d.
town of Goderich. No doubt you
must have spent a great deal of
your time' which was certainly. one
of the contributing factors in. mak-
ing •this event such au outstanding
success. We its Chatham, as sl►ou-
Isors of our Kinsmen League,. are pened.
very proud to .he able to train these
young Mayers, not Only 'front tiro (...c...r.�.�
!angle of making good athletes but
lulsu we feel that it snakes better
citizens and it is gratifying to -know
that this type of work is' being
carried on in Goderich. Would you
please' convey our thanks to the
Lions Club and to all those groups
who contributed their time and
•effort for our benefit. U ur kids
certainly lookup' • forward to this
event. • They enjoyed it .and are
still talking about it. In closing,
I would just like to say once :(gain,
thanks for`the invitation, and ex-
cellent accommodation and it is
our hope that this annual event
will be continued next year and
that we will again be favored 'with
an invitation and able to attend:"
Yours sincerely,
JACK !'EIFER, Chairman
Chatham Kinsmen hockey League.
Com -patty of Toronto.
WINNIPEG FLOOD FUNI)
(Winnipeg Tribune)
About a million and 'a -half dol-
lars of the Iced River flood' relief
fund are lying idle doing no one
any good. The Winnipeg flood took
place two years' ago- and all t•lie
elating on the fund' vere paid long
since."-- Yet nothing, j��aus been done
to dispose of the 'large 'surplus.
There has been talk- of -turning the
balance into a uatld`uai disaster
fund, but so far nothing has hap-
-15.Years .Igo corner of the Square hill one on
O. L. Watson of !'ort Erie re- the roadway facing the .block bte-
ceutly appointed fureu►au of the tweets North 'and Hamilton street s.
A third one was to he placed at the
Goderieh Elevator arrive'cb in town ltoynl I1ank corner to let the mem-
bers of the eommissiou and the
public see what sort of illumination
the lights gave before deciding on
the typo of new lighting systent on
'tile Square.,
and assumed his duties.
tue,M.iszit, hofs _ _ uebec, re- At the initial meeting of the
__.I3.ai 1 �__.._...._ . \wood 1''l)s is the buatet man we Huron Dental ,society- held in the
ma Med- in the Liberal column, but know. In intervals of searching Hotel. Normandie, Clinton, Ur.
itirubervai, tx►uetaee, with two Liberal
all over Western Ontario for :t live Hayden of Goderich was elected
candidates. went to the Conservrya- sweet chestnut tree 1►e has written vice-president and I)r. Sale secre-
tive nominee, who polled about another book, "The Bruce Beckons, ' tary-treasurer. "7`,Ite "'devil's, darling - sin," said
3,000 votes less than the combined Special services marked the open-,.., .,,
the Bruce . tx'iug our neighbor ing of the new Baptist Church,Suumel Coleridge., "is pride that
vote of the two Liberals. This county to the north. _1)r. Fox with the Rev. 1)t-. Cross of Mc- apes humility."
was a Conservative gain. knows Bruce right up to the Tub, Master University- as preacher toad
l;unscrvatives gained another and a his- book, to come out ht. two former pastors, the Rev. l'. R.
gat in New Brunswick. Gloucester'
October, will thud a _read\ welc.e._. .loner of Preston and the Rev. W. AH, WILDERNESS!
n t)ct D. • Magee ,of----(ytintott as isting. . �.
liberal, and Victoria ,.
formerly e « « • The Clinton News Era, 1•el►orted The Age of Chivalry Is Not Deat1
_ - arletuu,.,. furtilcrly C'onscrvative, A Ianuktu (Ontario) ('at ll:• .,pot leaving seen an intoxicated in-
both chs, e t ouservatt\es on Mon- chvidual_ making- -itis -wily •to the -
his. picture in the papx'rs by reason 'station "su absolutely helpless tit tt One is often assailed b evidence- of the ti1y anti, with Sadie Haw --
his. vv
day. of Itis age -third Itve years next he flop,flopped every wiry," and in, in these glorious days of freedom kips' Days, particularly in Leap
Liberals haver stilt ,`d ,large over- '.e 1)tetnlaer. A New lurk :trf i.t timated khat 1►e belong -ea to 'Wing-. that the tltt tinnie It of equality Year, the proverbial pursuit of the
all majority in 1'arli:tment, with
wants to paint him (on caths.) -I hazer. The editor of the. Times bt?tween the sexes has brought female by the male Is diSap eariug
183 members to 49 C tttservatives,• !
13 Ca -.h .. 10 tSocial.Social.C'rcdit,. ti in retorted that he spent :t day in about a decline in the formal ex- from our folk -ways,.•• if net, a
and a writer in British Columba -t l`lintun recently and also :t day pression of the feelings wh'teh marl George Bernard Shaw suggested .in
talks of put;tbng libm iu :t bunk. 9n Goderich and he s:ti\ tuore men is' suplo ('(1 to feel towards woman. Man and Superman, •reversed.
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dependents, and one vacancy. Thiry five year old carts are not vcho fill► tiopp('d every way' in NOV. that women hold a large •IIovvever, it is with some nus
Monday'', result., however, give only (.hose two days than we would see Percentage, if not a majority, of talgia that we record the o bser l-
!couuu"can, taut' after all that is ou ,
- the Government nonce to review a years for each of its niu� � in W Ingham in sec('rul weeks." the stuck in. our corporations. now tion of a local resident that. per -
its policies and pay more attention f 25 Years Ago . - that they are employed at almost
lives, and we have been acquainted j Work on the wrecking of the As many jobs as men, and certain
to public "pinion. As observed in with cats that went teu or twelve old market building was --M a rt ed. jobs to which, leen are forbidded
. -The wet weather on Vietoria Das 1100055, a re accepted as executives f eaowly making their way toward
interfered evntsiderably w'iitit the and on boards of directors without the Collegiate Institute, she, as 1►e-
various sporting events set fur the so.much as the flicker of an*e3•e- came her sex, seated ou a bicycle,
day.lash, it- is argued that they should •send he, with proper respect, pro -
Two good, audience. greeted the expect to be tendered no more eeeding qtr foot. .
presentation of "1hark Yon" by common civility than is ,t►l l
gni• a
gust ,►f
wind eaught
Sarah Gibney and Company' iu 1)roferred the males of the species. 1the young lady's hat and blew it
-liacKay Hall under the auspices
of the Goderich Baseball Club.,
The county property committee
met in the court house in coni c- -
tiou-with_ .the. _imp]'uvemeldts...nt;s It Lo.clock coke tinge are the order while she ran. to retrieve the hat !
in the county- (•(lust and *• '
court clerk's office.
The Rev. C. F. Clarke. pastor of
North Street . United Church, as
president of the Huron Presbytery,
was in charge of the ceremony of
the cornhrstone laying of the new
Grand Bend United l'ilrtrch.
15 Years Ago ,----
W. .1. Hutige was appointed Bell
,-TOC IWIte.r)i;t.nager., tit. G.oderich,....,
The Rev. C. A. Watson of Los.
'Angeles, California, preached atthe
dedication service at the -Free
Methodist Church. •
The ocean tramp Sonia made its
first trip to Goderieh and loaded
a cargo of salt, clearing for Prince
Edvrard Island. - .
Under the direction of the Public
Utilities Commission •a light stand-
ard -of a new type' for Goderich
was' placed at the North. street
SIGNALS
The elderly woman was blandly
oblivious to the policeman's direc-
tion that she stay -on -the- sidewalk.
As she' strolled calutly across, he
roared. after her. ',You there.
Don't you know what I mean when
I hold pp my hand?"
"1 -ought to," site snapped back.
"For the last 25 years I've been
a • sehoolteaeher."
haps, after all, the age of chivalry
is not dead. Walking to work one
morning, he noticed two students,
this column, from time to time,_ it
is doubtful if the Government's
`'social security" measures are ap-
•o to lr
► • (, peoplet e
Iv 1
tl
ir'ciated 1
c I
1 .
ex-
tent of w-inuing their support at
• the polls. I'robabV the great ex-
penditure on 'armament, involving
heavy taxation, lost the Govern-
.vlent some votes. The Korean ad-
venture is one which, .Canada must
supl►ut•t, hitt when it coupes to PiI'y-
ing for it <•utttusiasm for the cause
of ttie United Natiou5 in resisting
Iced aggression drops with some
people to :t low point. The Govern-
ment loss in New Brunswick Allay
be partly attributable to the St.
Lawrence seaway scheme. • The
Maritime
Provinces see loss rather
.4111 >; tits:"f i" thlhtifi "Hie d project'
and may reasonably object .to the
huge erpeudlttire w'hieh ,it will
invo-ve.
y' ars •-in: one life. -
• • •.
Now that the U.S., dollar' has
taken it back
seat to the Canadian
buck, the pcsaple across the border
apparently are turning their at-
tention - from. dollar -chasing to
higher _things:. for instance, -:ortho-
graphy.,
nstance, ortl►o-
graphy. -At Washington the .other
flay tliey had a tiatiiii1if1 :Spelling-.
luatcit, in which a thirteen -year-old
girl- front„ North Carolina carried
o12 the honors by correctly spelling
the word "farraginous" when her
last remaining rival had • been
bowled out. The, Iuze Of ,100
was well earned, for "farraginous"
is ,..'riot a word one sees in print
titer they, If ,4an ne ."is..;etirious
about it, he can find it in the
dicti(►nary. The second prize, $300,
was won by a Thirteen -year-old
girl from Pennsylvania (how is it
girls are so often champions at
spelling,?) who successfully hurdled
such words_ as "vignette" and
"cicerone." So these two • little
girls between them carried off $800,
while their brothers would be
playing' baseball and their fathers
quarrelling about who was fo be
the 'next President, and wouldn't
FEDERAL TAXES
The following figures show the
!Federal budget of 1952 in propur-
tionate amounts.
Each $10 •to be received by the
Government this year will - come
from the following sources:
Personal income taxes $ 2.92
Corporation income taxes ,2.91
Other direct taxes .10
Sales tax 1.50
Other indirect taxes and
duties 1.92
Non -tax sources • 1i5
Total $10.00
Here is where each $10 hill goes:
Defence and foreign military
• aid $ 4.90
Social security 2.90
Interest on public debt and
subsidies to Provinces 1.15
General administration 1.05
Total
$ 10.00
DOES A CURVE CURVE?
Whether a 'curueil" 'elsehall does
or does not really curve has been
argued fur years, and though :t
plight ak et an odd subject for
editorial discussion dere is The
Christian Science NIonitor, one of
tfte leading newspapers of Aaterica,
turning it over right in its editor-
ial coition's. S:iys Ttie Monitor:
"Some -surprisingly few --- wilI
recall the' st rolos eopic ph -titres in
Life magazine eleven years ago
whicli showed that Carl Hubbell's
and Cy Blanton's best twister.
didn't curve at all -just drt►irpi51,
. There they were: A string of \"bite
circles right down a straight chalk
line. No optical illusion here. A
can -kern can't lie -or can it?
"Anyhow, If two mar'\•els of tech-
, nology are going to stand up and
hall ea Cit other liars, why'not seize
the baseball by the seams and see
it it won't curve around something
solid?
"The nnsvrer ..iR, it's already been
done -long ago. Sporting News
(baseball's fountainhead of know-
ledge) says• star pitcher Fred Gold -
emit)) did it eight times in 1570.
He and • a catcher " i'tT od on the
same side of a `line of three stakes
The ball lett the pitcher's hand to
the left -ot the first stoke, travelled
to the right of the second and
Among our children of seheol.,some distance away. Marvellous to
age, it is rumored, this attitude , behold, with all the gallantry of
of mind is, in Vies already well h. knight errant, the young gentle-
est:.tf►lished. 1)111(.11 treats at four man held ---the fair. maiden's bicycle
have been any good at a spelling
ma tel- anyway.
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refreshment
$1075. BINGO
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Friday, May 30
15 GAMES AT 20.00 ... , ... 300.00
2 SPECIALS AT 5000....100.00.
1 SPECIAL AT 75.00..... 75.00
JA:CBPOT SPECIAL 600.00
TOTAL PRIZES $1,075.00
THEY MUST BE WON !
. ADMISSION PLAY STARTS
.1.Q0 9 P.M.
EXTRA CARPS
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