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Goderich French Dry Cleaners
'will be closed for holidays
during the week of
July 28 to August 4
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THIRTY-TWO RINKS BOWL
ERE ON DOMINION DAY
Thirty-two rinks bowled for the
Prank Wood Memorial Trophy on
Deminion Day at the Goderieh
Lawn Bowling Club. The hand-
some trophy was won by Archie
Townsend and Frank MacArthur,
of Goderich, 3 plus 30. Other win-
ners were: Lorne Dale and Alvin
Dale, Seaforth, 3 plus 23; Voden
aid Gray, Blytb, 3 plus 15; C. Me -
Manus and F. Walkom, Goderieh,
3 plus 11; II. Sherbondy and R.
Bobden, Winghani, 2 plus 24; W.
McCoy and A. Soloman, Lueknow,
2 plus 18.
At the conclusion of the tourna-
ment the Goderieh .club held a
draw for a set of bcrwls, which
was won by H. Rivers, of the
Exeter Club.
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Irish Moss is one of the indus-
tries peculiar to Prim* Rupert Is-
land.
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soothing way. Rub in
fast -acting Minard's Liniment.
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STRUMMING ON GUITAR - M6;
COSTS CLINTON NUN IRO 4."-A and Mr& James It. Stirling
Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
TEM GODERICH SIGNAL43TAR
Strumming en bis guitar in the
early hours of the werniug coSt
Lesmard Baker of Clinton a black
eye 131ua a,10 tine when be pleaded
guilty to a 'ci10;rge -AA disorderly
couduct in policecourt liere last
Thursday.
Appeariug before Magistrate 1).
E. tiloinies, Q.t.... Bilker teld the
court that be was strununing his
guitar du King street Clinton
on the morning of June. 30 when
Aiviu Fowler, 18, said "a few Words
about.,. how any tansic sounded."
Bilker objected, he said, and an
ultereation ensued.
Crown Attorney II, Glenn Hays,
Q.C., said that'Coustuble Thompson
bad considerable difficulty in separ-
ating the two. Frank Donnelly,
Q.C., Fowler's defense counsel, said
his client , told' him that Baker
directed some nasty remarks at him
and they got into an argument.
Quoting from a reeord of pre-
Vious convictions, the magistrate
said that Fowler's appearances hi
court were becoming quite mon-
otonous but that he would give him
one more (quince. Fowler was tined
$25 and costs with tin alternatiye
of three) weeks in jail.
County and District
A cairn has been erected at Illyth
in honer of -the pioneers of the
district.
Rev. H. L. Jennings of Brantford
has been appointed rector of Luck -
now, Ripley and Dungannon
charges of the Church of England
and will assuthe bis new duties on
August 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glew of
Clinton celebrated tbeir golden
wedding recently-. They have one
daughter, Mrs. A. M. Orpen, and
two sons, Harold and William, both
of 'Clinton, and Lane grandchildren.
Mrs. E. G. 'Williams of Goderieh is
one. Of Mr. Giew's four sisters.
'Federal Grant to
Exeter Hospital
Announcement is made of a grant
of $41,800 by the Federal Govern-
ment towards construction costs of
the new South Huron District Ho:-
pital at Exeter. The Provincial
Government also is making a grant.
Dr.- Beecroft Accepts
Call to Ottawa
Dr. W. A. Beeeroft, who has been
minister of Wingham United
Chureh for twelve years, has ac-
cepted a call from Rideau- Park
Chureh, Ottawa, effective at
Easter: - 1 -Yr. lteeereift's co tn m t
nients make it impossible for him
to go to (ittawit tit OHM.
The Prairie Crocus is the emblem
of Manitoba,
Residents' of Goderich Township
all their lives, Mr. and Mrs. James.
11,112inell Stirling, R.11. 2: Mayfield
celebrated -their 50th wedding an-
niversary June 28. T,bey were -At
11(nut," to relatives and their minty
friends. from fur and -near, ,whe
called- on them. Congratulatory
messages were reveived from all
over Ontario; including ones twin
Prime Miuister: Louis St. Laurent;
A. Y. McLean, M.P., Huron -Perth•
To Pryde, 51.1',P., Huron; as Well
as a certiticute frew the provincial
secretary, 41011;4rthur Welsh.
Mr. Stirliugirius born September
8, 1874, on concession 6, tioderich
Township, a ii,911 of the lute William
Stirling, who Immigrated to Canada
from Fort arshire, Scotland, and
Margaret II UtS sell Stirling of
Porter's Hill, Cioderich Township.
His father, one of Goderich Town-
ship's earliest settlers, walked all
the way from Hamilton, beating
the team of oxen, to Ratteubury's
Corners (now Clinton), which
boasted of only one house at that
thue,
. Porter's 11111 Native
A daughterof the late John
Torrance and Mary Reid Torrance,
natives of Glasgow, Scotland, Mrs.
Stirling (Margaret Lockhart Tor -
race) was born at Porter's Hill,
June 25, 1882.
- The couple were married by the
late Rev. John McNeil at Hayfield
on June 20, 1902, and following
their marriage they farmed 120
acres on concession '6, Goderich
Township.• Being progressive at
their work, more land was bought,
and at one time 500 acres were
,worked, including a considerable
amount of fruit -fanning.
Mr. Stirling holds the distinction
of having served the ratepayers of
Goderich Township for the longest
thne.,For 20 years he „acted as
a trustee of the old G6111-4hool on
eoneession 4, until,'It cloged, and
for the same period he served as
isnnutissioner and later president of.
the Goderich Township Telephone
System. On the Township Council,
he served as councillor for five
years, and as reeve for one year,.
W'th a real Scotch twinkle in his
, he admitted that he was,
fact, the only Liberal reeve in his-
tory to represent that -township of
Tories on the Hui& County
(..'ouncil.
Fruit Growers' Group
-The -oide-sr farm OrganizatTon in
the county, the Huron County Fruit
Growers' Association, can, claim
hiin. as an original and present
member, who has served as its
president for three years. His wide
and valuable eiperience In his yawn
fruit -farming led Dim u be ap-
, poiutCti by Use Provinciiii Govern-
ment, buck in the days id Mitchell
liepburn, as an Inspector of fruit
orchards; a post he held for live'
yeiirs. During, this time he named
every tree In all the certified orch-
ards in Buren county and part of
Bruce county'.
Ills wide interest in conservation
and reforestation:, today, is quite
.evident in the 27,000 trees,pine;
ina.ple, and esti, he has planted on
87 acres of his laud near the Bay-
field road.
Gifted witn is (tine voice in what
he calls "his younger days," this
highly esteemed resident sang in
the chureli choirs _at iletbany rxes-_
byteritin Church and later Baylield
United Cburch mere than 60 years.
At the many social evenings 'held,
'his keen sense of humor, mingled
with his grand old .Scotch songs,
was highly appreciated. -They
used to sing at all the social events;
now they just turn the radio ou,"
he said, remarking that the yotuag
people laa:Ve lost the hiibit of sing-
ing because of this.
Recall Early Days
Beth celebrants claim that they
'marked hard like everyone else in
their younger days -and ,they had
no modern equipment to ttfiSiiit
with the work. Recalling early
days of their marriage, Mrs. Stir-
ling remembers bow bousewives
paid five cents a yard fer' print,
and 12 (.,,ents a pound for butter.
They both remember wnen the first
binder was used on a fann in the
to wnship.
• Mr. anid Mre. Stirling are both
in excellent health. They regular-
ly attend the United Chureb at
Hayfield.. Of their family of ten
children, seven are still living. Four
sons farm .ln Goderich Township,
and often all work together. They
are Fraser, Grant, Dopglas, and
Bob. Jack lives in Toronto. Their
two surviving daughters are Mrs.
Louis (Frieda) Bailey, Amherst.
burg, and Mrs. Ted (Grace) Harri-
sOn, Weston. Surviving meraters
of Mr. Stirling's family are a sister,
Mpg. Sarah Cross, 'Grosse Tale, Man.
His wife has two brothers, Reid
and John Torrance, both of Porter's
Hill; and two sisters, Mrs. Priscilla
Elliott, Goderich, an Mrs. Andrew
Sloan, Sheffield, OW
Prier to the observance of the
anniversary,' 'more than 40 'neigh --
hors, gathered at the .Stirling home
for it social, (evening and later pre-
sented the mink, with a gold
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chenille be,dspread and niadeira
ipillow slips. -
1951 Census Rates County of Huron
Fourth Agricultural Area in Canada
Huron County in 1951 rated
fourth highest .as an agriculturally
valuable division of Canada :ovoid-
ing to 1951 agriculture census re-
leased by the Dominion Bureau. of
Statistic. The '(jivisions found to
have a greater agriculture dollar
value than Huron all were in
Alberta.'
For this province alone, Huron
stood first by a. considerable mar-
gin. The total value of live stock;
poultry and bets for Ontario was
rated as $683,328,342, while Huron's
figure was • $36,278,773. Grey and
Middlesex counties ranked next for
Ontario with Perth County' fourth
at $31,516,986. Oxford County,
with livestock valued at $28,423,144,
was edged from fifth place by-Wer-
lingten by only a few thousands
of dollars.
'Wealth in Cattle
Huron, Perth and Oxford all
'massed their wealth in cattle. The
D.B.S. census found 132,623 cattle
of all types in Huron, worth a total
of $28,671,381. Yearling calves,
bulls and steers made, up consider-
able Portion of the cattle ennumer-
ation. Cattle kept for beef, pur-
poses outnumbered those held for
dairy purposes in the county.
In Perth, where the . eensus
showed a total of 107,737 cattle
worth $23,993,120, the emphasis was
on dairy cattle. iOxford with 84,027
cattle worth $23,173,782, swayed
in favor of dalry varieties even
more, numbering more than 55,000
head under the dairying label.
Huron, Perth and Oxford re-
corded an average of 8,000 head of
horses of all kinds for the three
eounties last year. The values
averaged about $750,000. Huron
led with 9,802 horses. Mares were
predominent and colts and geldings
next. Perth listed only 20 stal-
lions for the county, Oxford.37, and
Huron a- mere 18. Some- 4,074
Huron farms 'reported horses kept,
3,392 in Perth and 2,880 in Oxford.
Perth led the three munties "in
swine population. A total of
122,031 swine were kept in 3,679
farms and were worth $4,698,801.
Eight hundred more Huron farmers
kept only 113,295 pigs worth
$4,270,110. In Oxford, the value
of 75,745 hogs on 2,773 farms were
$2,800,71)o
Milk Production
of about 6,000 farms keeping
cattle in Huron,/ more than. 3,700
convent ra t esl on milk production.
l'erth farms for milk purposes
numbered 3,530, while only 913
were devoted to beef purposes.
Some 3,3'26 Oxford farms eoncen-
trated on milk and only 334 011
beef. '
.Sheersraising was strong in Perth
law year where 187 farms raised
5,103 sheep worth $189,634. These
sheep were nearly evenly divided
between ewes and wethers, atil
In Heron, more thgn 330
fn num kept 8,703 sheep worth
$293,200. One hund-red rind sixty -
fire Oxford farms held 4,821 sheop
valued at $150,402.
Altrough Huron led the three
countiea in oat population last
year, the differenee was not spee-
tacular. One hundred and thir4-
one goats worth only some $5,200
were kept. Perth's 124 animals
were valued at $4,900 and In Ox-
ford, 112 goats were worth $4,480.
Some 4,200 Huron farms kept
about one 'and, one-half million
Chickens worth .$2,000,000 oh 1951.
Some 408,000 of these chickens
were pullets over six months of
age. Perth and Oxford poultry
storks numbered closer to, 1,000,000
in each ease,
Tops in Turkeys
Oxford kept more Thanksgiving
dinners on the hoof last yeui• in
71 farms. than did either Perth
or - Iluron. Tjie 22,491 turkeys
there were worth a total of
$118,527. Huron eounted about
15,000 turkeys and l'erth only some
9,700.
Some 7,000 ducks worth more
than $14,400 were kept in Huron
and only • about 4,800 in each of
Oxford and Verth. Geese were
most plentiful in Oxford where
6,749 were vainest at $25,578. Baron
and- Perth- -were - not ' lar 'Short of
this mark. .
There were fewer apiaries in
Perth during 1951 than in either
Oxford or Huron. ,Huron, hummed
with bee -hive activity. On 64 farms
5,413 hives worth $81,195 were kept.
Fifty-five farmers reported keeping
1,222 hives in Oxford, worth it
little more than $18,300. The value
of Perth's 1,842 hives on 38 farms
fell short of the $28,000 mark.
The entire Dominion listed
horses worth more than 94% mil-
lion dollars last year. Ontario held
about 260,000 of the 1,306,000 steeds.
Cattle numbered over 3,000,000,
with Ontario laying clahn to about
85 per cent of the total. Of the
nearly 5,000,000 swine, however,
this province's stake was for less
than 1,800,000. In all other divi-
sions listed above Ontario owned
an average of one-third to one-half
of the livestock wealth.
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TEN POINTS TO 011XelE
BEFORE YOUR VACATION
Wben it comes thue to close the
house up for the suumiti, many
homeowners overlook important
safety measures in the vacation
rush. It's therefore best to do
some advance thinking and plan-
nipg about the precuutious to take
to "guard against damage while you
are aWay.
Here is it cheek list of points to
cover which tbe MinneapolliPHoney-
well people bave found to be most
helpful to homeowners,buttoning up
their homes for tbe summer.
1.,Arrtinge to have gas„ water and
electricity: shut qr.
2. Disconnect the refrigerator, de-
frost and' clean „At and leave
doors open, for airing.
3. Check the roof for leaks and re-
pair before leaving. Also clean
leaves from gutters, and down-
spouts.
4. Clean out the furnace and
lubricate moving parts. If It's
an automatic oil burner, colt' In
• your serviceman to condition it
so it will be ready for use next
-winter.
G. Remove dangers of spontaneous
combustion by Cleaning up piles
of rags, clothes and rubbish and
removing old paint, oil or gas -
• cans.
6. Lock securely all doors and
windows, particularly tbose in
the eeliar, but di) not draw
blinds. This calls attention fo
the fact that the house is not
occupied.
7. Discontintie delivery of milk
and newspapers, and 1.f you're
going to be gone for at least
two weeks, temporarily discon-
tinue the phone service and
take advantage of the reduced
rate.
8. Make arrangements for 80111P -
one to movv the lawn and water
the shrubs.
9. Leave a key to your house with
a neighbor for use in an emerg-
ency.
10. Notify the pollee, particularly
if you live in the suburbe, that
• you are going away. They'll
keep an eye on your house.
How"Skinny"Girls
Get Lovely Curves
Gaia.1 to 10 lbs. New Pep-
Thowiands who never could gain weight before, nos
have shapely, attractive figure& No more boor
ugly hollow& They thank °etre'. it put,
flesh on bodice skinny because blood lacks iron
Peps you up, too. Iniprottes appetite. digestion so
tood nourishes you better. Don t fear getting too fat
Stop when you gain Agttre you wish. Introductticy
or -get-acquainted" else only 604 Try °etre& Tonle
Tableta for new pounds. knot.- .urves. new pep.
today. At all druggist&
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SPEND 1J238
Hard up municipalities might
take a lesson from the individual
,citizeu and spend less, observes The
Financial Post. may be that
new sources of revenue will lieve to
be found, but municipalities would
find a more responsive citizenry if
first they made a close check on
where the present money hi Ruing.
There are a lot of frills for which
the taxpayer pays, but for which
he bag no need. There are plenty
of them in the municipal sacred
cow, education, which takes about
30% of total municipal spending.
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Want to Keep
YOUR Freedom?
We like to sing about this' Oanada of ours being "the true
North rising free." It is a fine.serstiment, and on the whole
it has been quite true,
But our freedom is a thing which need constant eare lest it
die here as it has died in so Many other countries throughout
higtiory.
We cannot enjoy true freedom as a people unless we insist,
upon persmal freedom. We lose personal freedom, and so
contribute to the downfall of all freedom, every time we
ask, Government to plan or regulate our liven.
Oollective bargaining.; the right to dispose of 'our services
and our property a -s we see fit; the right of freedom of assemb-
ly-, speech and worship -all these we enjoy bpeause freedom -
loving individuals fought and, if IleeektierY, (lied for them.
If we want to keep our freedom wv must have the Foam*
courage and resolution.
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