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THE , GODERICUU SIGNAL -STAR'
OBITUARY • Imam= DHArTER HOLDS
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tT'IRURSD Y, JUN
ORR Stibtritil Wignat-fotar
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THURSDAY, JUis: VI 5th, 195:.'
EDITORIAL NOTES
Lilac wc'ek iuu, Goderich, sod the
display is wonderful.
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We don't call them "spuds" any
more. 'Tie proper mode of address
is "My Lord High Potato."
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Nobody _wants a war, but there
would be cheers la the democratic
countries for a good kick admin-
istered in the right place to the
Reds who are everlastingly stirring
up trouble wherever they can. -
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A tweeting of Liberal party stal-
warts was held at Torouto' last
week to' discuss the question of.
fie- leadership of the party in
Ontario. Walter
Thomson, leader
• for a year and six months, tend-
ered his resignation, which was
accepted. A Provincial convention
is to be held later ou to choose successor.
a
Many
would ld 1
t
e to
see Mr, Oliver, who held the post
before Mr. Thomson, again take;
the leadership, but he is said not
to want .it, 'and there does not
seem to be anyone else in sight
to take over what is ,rather a
thankless - job.
stake better use of their time,. as
you
those of the town. AV -lot•, dogirls?say, boys and girls
SIGNAL -STAR PHOTO FLASHBACKS
Do You Remember WI*en,t
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.., Saturday. Night ,of 'Toronto asked
four members of the, House of
Cumulous for their views in con-
sideration of criticisms of the
-time-wasting • procedures" of the
House. Two of the four to whom
•the invitation was sent were
Kuowles, C.C.F. member front
Winnipeg, and Flemiug, Conserv-
ative front `Toronto. Knowles is
one of the worst offenders in the
House in the. waste of time. He
is a lawyer and a practised speaker,
and practises in the House with
great 'frequency and at inordinate
length. If all- the other- members
occupied as much time in speaking
as he does the House would have
to sit from January lst to Deeeut-
ber 31st- and then start all over
45 Years Ago
At the annual meeting of the
1
Jleuest thug; Gan Club,r. \V:
S. Turnbull was elected president.
Hobert Bolles of � Clinton was
nominated •as.' candidate for the
Legislature at the annual meeting
'again the next January. Fleming
and nominating conventtou of the
does not speak nearly so often as
'Liberals of West Huron.
Knowles, but When he does he On •thc. occas
exhausts the subject—and no doubt
the other - members also, if any
stay to listen to him, A clever to suit ease and an address.
preacher is heard with interest for At the June session ofthe Huron
ion of hi
—
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General Eiseu1iorer has rt:=
turned' from Europe and after
divesting himself of his military
accoutrements will he expected to
enter upon ;t campaign for. the
Republican nomination for Presi-
dent of the United ,fates. Senator
Taft, with singular disregard of
• the courtesies that would be- ap-
propriate to -. the occasion, has
launched a vehement attack upon
the man who looms -in- his way asbe seeks the same preferment, and ANNOUNCER FOR SADDLE'
General. McArthur, who evidently u CLUB DAY -IS NAMED
doesn't like Ike, is secbuding Mr.
Taft in his onslaught, One is re-
minded of the ancient story of the
two dogs that were fighting fora
bone' when a third- dog cattle along
-and earricsi it off. 'If the elector;',
believe what is said of Eisenhower
by. Taft's supporters, and,- what is
said of Taft by Eisenhower's sup=-'
'porters, 0 Democrat might have a
good chance of taking the .prize in
the November el,tiou� •It's .none
of our business, of course, but we looklike to lookon 'at a 'fight on the
otter side of the fence.
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The history of international
:alliances presents 0 kaleidoscopic
Picture. Fur a long period France
*as Britain's arch -enemy. In the
War of the Crimea • France and
Britain fought side by side against
Russia. Britain had (german sup-
port in the defeat of Napoleon,
OMand in our ptime had French
support in the two wars with
'Germany. Britain was always
Italy's friend Until Mussolini
teamed' up withHitler against
Britain and France, but 11014 Italy
is working, with Britain and her
allies. RtMsia was a valued ally
•f the Western powers in the
recent struggle .with Germany, ant
now is !anything. but friendly,
Germany—or at any 'rale
Fest Germany—bas been accepted
as an ally of the Western powers.
These twistings and turnings make
a diplomatic career intensely in-
teresting and at times Intensely
difficult. What will the next half-
rentury ,bring—v0 peaceful world
under the United Nations or just
another turn of the kaleidoscope?
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A contemporary asks: What did
the boys and girls of forty-five
years ago do to amuse themselves?
- There was no swimming pool,( na
artificial ice, no" cars 'to carry
steams to other • towns, no radio,
no television, no moving picture
show, no bowling alley. ----and sO on.
Tet the young people of those days
had just as much fun as those of
today. One might- ask the same
question of the young people of rural
communities today as compared
ititb those of the towns. True, the
lions and girls of the townships
Usually, have the use of a car to
take then( to town if they- want
.So see ,t Movie or skate in a big
arena; they have 'thc radio and
soon may have television.. Rut if
they are somewhat more isolated
than the young; people of the towns
they have advantages In_ that cum-
'paratice isolation. They can swim
in the ne•rreSt stream and in winter (••knows that alcohol is public
s retlre-
ment from the office of secretary
of the Goderich Organ Company,
Thomas Elliott was presented with
perhaps twenty minutes, but unless -
he is exceptionally brilliant he
might as well stop there, for the
people • in the .pews „have reached_
thelimit of absorption. At Ottawa
a utenibt r is allowed forty minutes,
which might well be 'cut- in two.
1 tltteee4sary discussiotls on points
of order also cousnule ;1 great' deal
lof time. If talkative members
ou
,,wld'only restrain themselves t he
business of the lIcouse could be
-.conducted in uiuc'h less tint :incl
at less expense to t he country.•
•
Mr. A. W. Mellon,• of Caledonia,
will be the announcer and com-
mentator of the saddle club day
on August '4 during Goderleh's, Old 1
tlotue 'Week, -Reg. McGee, president
of the saddle club has Announced.
Mr. Mellon acted in the sante cap -1
:Why during.the Labor •i)ay. races',
here last year. flans are being
made to make this show one of the
best • of its kind seen, in this dis-
trict -for a long time., Iadieations
point to entries corning iu from a
widespread section -of Western On-
tario as well as frour the Goderich
dist rict.
W1LUTADsI ALEXANDER
' RIDDELL
William Alexander Riddell, re-
tired inspector for the Saskatch-
ewan Civil Service AssoCiatiou,
and a resident of Saskatchewan for
40 years, died In Saskatooui, Fri-
day, May 23, after a lengthy Ill-
ness. He was tis and had lived in
Saskatoon since 11)32. Born in
Shakespeare, Out., in 18t90, Mr.
Riddell moved to Mordeu, Man.,
Fair weather and many dowers
made the occasion of the Aluneek
Chapter blossom tea and bridge u
ple&tuut one for the 140 ladies° or
more who attended, ou Thursday.
afternoon. Baskets of tulips, iris
cud sprays of flowering shrubs
graced the blue room of the Legion
hall, vthile the windows mere
backed with lilacs and small bon-
quets of lily of the valley and'
with his parents when he was two- [pansies adorned the tea tables, the
At the outbreak of World \Var
he joined the 9tit,tl and was latter
transferred to the 13th Canadian
Highlanders. •
. :He -is survived by his wife, the
former Minnie Naegele, daughter
of the Iate Frank Naegele of Bea -
Willer, and one sister, -Mrs: A. E.
Liddle of 'Con:ad, Cal.
The funeral service was held
"front the chapel of the Saskatoon
funeral home op Monday, May 20.
Legion funeral rites were conducted
by the tut'utbers of the Saskatoon
Branch Canadian Legion. tlnter-
int'tit took place it} \Voodlawn ceme-
tery, Saskatoon.
County Council, Councillor Caute-
lon stated that the expenditures on
roads and bridges bad reached the
large sum of $25,000 yearly.
The 33rd Huron Regiment lett
for the London Gawp, the town
sending No. 1 Company and the
band, a stretcher brigade and sec-
tions of the Signal Corps and the
Guides.
25 Years Ago
Work wits starred on the tearing
down of the section of the soulh
pier which was to be rebuilt with
cement. '
ust Won't'Co-operate
ST. HELENS
S'1'. HELENS, S, June 4.—Miss M.
E. Salkeld and Mrs. "Irving Hunter
of Goderich were recent visitors
with' Mrs. Gordon.
\Ir. and Urs. Al. Martin and
Neddr of Detr.,it spent their holi-
day week -end with Air. and- Mrs.
E. J. 'Thorn.
'1r. and ',l:s. Callum Cameron
and Carol of Detroit were week -end
guests of Mr. and -Mrs. John Cam-
eron.
MIN. It. J. Woods of Guelph is
visiting relatives and friends here.
work of Mrs. 1. P. Warren, Mrs.
J. Mcleod and Mrs. L. Wakelin.
The Regent, Mrs. W. F. Walkoui,
greeted the guests and Mrs. W. G.
Macicwan, Mrs.. G. Paterson, -.airs.
E. J. Pridhani, Mrs. C, K. ,Saunders
and Mrs. 1.. 'Westbrook looked niter
the bridgte tables, Mrs. C. Tw if's.
Mrs. 3I. B. M. Tieltttprue, Mrs. t' '
Glazier, Mrs. J. ill. Lauder and Mrs.
H. Dodd had charge 'Of the "500"
players.
• Refreshment couvefiert wore Mrs.
J. C. Cutt: Mrs;- (3:- •War:sell, Mrs.
A. H. Erskine, Mrs. II. C. Dunlop,
Mrs. George Stokes, Mrs. 1'.
Gibbons and Mrs. ,Gordon Iiender-
son. A dessert tea was served.
Winners at bridge were Mrs. G.
Ellis and Mrs. R. Sperling and Mrs.
G. Plante and Mrs. Harold Young
won the high scores at "500." Mrs.
J. Thorpe held the lucky ticket in
a draw for a large chocolate cake,
made and donated by Mrs. J. C.
(-'utt.
Niite cars of freight left the
C.N.R. tracks about two miles east
of Clinton When a west -bound
freight parted in . the centre, two
cuter
T
• of coal 1Icingovertu
overturned.
The Goderich Bowling Club
opened for the season with a Scotch
doubles ourtament, the winners
being A. 1,.-3,:axwell and '1'. Taylor,
first and J. Swaflield and J. 'Mac-
Vice r, second
The wttinn e to Menesetung Park
was being widened to 100 feet, the.
Toad 'at the top of Dunlop hill was
being widenel to 80 feet and stout'
gates ter' being placed at the
cut ranee. -
- - 1.i Years Ago------ --_
The- Straford lioy Scoop As-
sot•iata It chose 0 spot just below
GtxleriCh as its• camp site.
Warden I. M. Eckert.. warned
the Huron County
Council. ncil that
t
t,tta.-utany...rttlstea _to_ the pro v imini
government to take over roads
Would tend to destroy the County
Council.
•One of Gierich's oldest business
.buildings, t he go ra ge • oui. South
street,-whi•li was erected itt 1578,
was extewively • repaired by hs
proprietor, Stanley Prevett. -
The ' Cotnty Council ignored the
demand ' o: Col. W. W. Denison,
inspector .f legal offices, for im-
provement: in the •magistrate's of-
fice accommodation in- the coact
hove aid awaited provincial
action.
'ATTEND FUNEICAL
Dr. William Nelson Hardman,
M.I)., M.S., F.A,C.A., who died sud-
denly, at St.' Joseph's -,Hospital,
London, on Thursday of last week,
survivedbyhis w1 the -former
Is wife,
Anna Beattie, 'M.I)., B. -Sc., who is
also a medical practitioner And a
sister of Bruce Beattie, St. David's
street, Goderich. Dr. Hardman, a
specialist in anaesthesiology, had
practised in London since 1947,
after serVing asit faculty memberger
at. Creighton University, Omaha,
Nebraska. 'While in general prac-
tise at Chatham, Ont., he became
chief -of -staff of the Public. General
Hospital and daring the early years
You Will Want To See
Colleen Townsend's Film
"THE GREAT DIS-
COVERY"
This is a full length film
starring the converted
-movie-, ioirss, Miss Oalteen-
Tow'nsend.
and presented by
Clinton Area Youth Ivor
Christ in the- Clinton Col-
legiate.
SATURDAY EVENING
,8p.m.
June 7.
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W1LF REINHART
a�EerELECTRIC
of World War II served as a lieu-
tenant -commander with the R.C.N.
at Halifax.
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s rt=
IVA. i- ati
turd _I t o S 1
"The f uuera
Itended by Mr. and Airs, Bruce
Beattie of Goderich, who also, in
' the afternoon, attended the gradu-
ation, in medicine,y from the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, of Mr.
REMEMBER THE" GREYHOUND"
Annual spring house -cleanings 1
sgmetiupes serve almost to take the I
joy out of the brief magic of that i•
loveliest season of the year. lout
there is also a certain costalgia
evoked by the perusal once again
of the' souvenirs of past days is
one rummages through the attic
or the cellar in a. futile attempt to
rid the house of the accumulated'
miscellany of the past.
Less seldom than "the -yearly
housewife's task, comes the tidy-
ing up of. the odd nooks- and
crannies of public and semi-public
buildings. The results,, however,
are usually more rewarding, if less
personal, in• the discovery of re-
intimlers of the good• times of the
pest.
Something like this occurred
when the librarian of a local choir
decided -to dispose of a stack of_
papers and other nrtihles which
had lain for many years on a shelf
behind it row of hymn books. There,
amidst the annual reports of church
organizations and other assorted
material, were 50 or so tickets for
a moonlight excursion on the S.S.
Greyhound which used to come up
to Goderich from Detroit each
Memorial Day. The year- of the
cruise? --1920.• Remember?
.Sold and Installed
THE -VOICE Olr TLDdP .R-
, ANCE
Much is dieing made today
of the importance of education
in the temperance campaign.
Let the people 'be informed
about alcohol. Is it a food or
is it a poison? Is it a narcotic
or is it a stimulant? Surely no
one is so simple as to suppose
that if the public kfiew all that
there is to be known about
alcohol the problem would be
solved. Alcoholics know that
alcohol is killing thein but they
keep on drinking. Moderate
drinkers know that alcohol is
a habit forming beverage but
they keep right on drinking.
Car drivers know that alcohol
lessens their efficiency as dri-
vers but they keep right on
drinking. The government
skate on it, and if getting to town nuisance number one but it
is aometimeg difficult they cnn and
do make their ovfn recreations.
They can ging and dance, get to-
gether in parties, and, above all,
cultfv'ate arts which the young
people of .the tovrn neglect because
they can see others practise. them
on the stage or screen. All in all;
the boys and girls on the farm
keeps right on tolerating it.
Education is not enough.
Knowledge is not enough.
How to get- people, to do as
they know—that's the sixty
four dollar question. The only
sane COnC1USion to the matter
is that' wisdom is in{ abstinence.
Tbls dvtt. sponsored up Huron
have at; good times, and perhapacatitat+jr Temperance Federation.
J'nvila Lion
We invite you to inspect the
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Beattie's only brother, Dr. Walter
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in Victoria Hospital, London. -
Appearing on the witness stand
itt 1919 Henry Fowl gave his testi-
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who .helps other people to be pros -
p Brous."
PLAN, TO ATTEND THE
Tenth Annual Field Day
OF HURON COUNTY FEDERATION ,OF AGRICULTURE IN
Biyth Community Park
on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
Guest speaker for -the Day will be Sir Andrew Jones,
head of the British Food Mission in Canada.
There will be races and other sports events for every
member 'of the family. There will be softball games,
saddle -horse races and pony rides. There will be ex-
hibits of interest to both urban and' rural people. --
Dance to the music of Clayton Steeper and his Band
(old and new time) in the Blyth Memorial hall. Dancing
9.30-1 p.m. -
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• Standard American nuts and bolts.
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