The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-06-04, Page 2P.&G* TWO
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THURSDAY, JUNE, 4th,, 1953
THE CORONATION
As this is being written, Coron-
ation Day is still to come and the
chronicles of the great occasion
are still to be penned. We trust
that the day will bring Queen's
weather for the vast crowds as-
sembled in old London, that Eliza-
beth will have as happy a day
as millions wish for her, and that
the hopeful atmosphere of these
days may be carried into a more
glorious era for Britain and the
the coming summer. The- tent
caterpillar has already done much
damage this spring in 'Northern
Ontario and may invade Southern
Ontario in ' large, numbers. These
two plagues are enough to spoil
one summer, but if any more
insect nuisances are hatching let's
have them alt this sunnier so we
may look forward to a better time
next year.
May gave us some lovely days,
but ended with a -tearful gush
that blighted her reputation. Now
Commonwealth. here is June in lovely guise, with
The Crown which is to be placedpionise of perfect days, and a
upon the head of Queen Elizabeth he e
•heaping cornucopia of delights in
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is, as a writer has sal •prospect—warm, lazy afternoon.,
and symbol of Commonwealth long evenings, lovely gardens, out- i was apparently caused by defective
unity. When the curtain. rises on wiring. Firemen confined the
the service in Westminster Abbey
door activities, picnics, holiday blaze to the cellar and the rest of
it will be a curtain rising on a trips, ball games, buzzing bees, the house suffered smoke damage.
carnivals, sweet smells of June, N. W. Trewartha, of Clinton, re- rich.
deep vista of history. The Queen
THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
NILE"
Down Memory's
Lane
50 Years Ago
Grain and fruit crops were grow-
ing well and 1903 was expected to
be a banner harvest year. Hay
crops were reported good in Many,
places, but light in others.
A horse became frightened near
the railway bridge on Cambria
road and ran away. The carriage
to which it was attached was up-
set, dumping the three women and
three children occupying it to• the
ground. Two of the children suf-
fered slight scratches. '
Petty thieves were active in
Goderich. One thief left his heel
marks on a newly -painted floor,
and the marks, though 'silent wit-
nesses, pointed to the purloiner.
25 Years Ago
A Goderich confectioner donated
500 all -day suckers for the annual
picnic of the Huron Old Boys'
Association of Toronto so that
everyone attending would have a
j "sweet time."
For the fourth time within , a
week, the fire brigade was called
out. One of the calls was to a
Quebec street home where a fire
presenting Wesley -Willis United
Church, addressed the Men's Club
of North Street United Church.
He took as his subject, "Happiness
Through Helpfulness."
Druggists of District No. 12 held
their annual meeting in Goderich
with a good attendance.
15 Years Ago
At the June meeting of the
Huron County Council, 11. G. Tay-
lor, of Belmont, ex -warden of Elgin
County, told the council that Huron
was paying far too much for the
equalized assessment to be made
this year. He advised that the job
should not cost more than $2,500.
Huron County was paying a firm
$7,000 for the job.
In an impressive ceremony at the
Sunday evening service in St.
Peter's Church, 17 young ladies
were received into the Young
Ladies' Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin. The class was received by
Rev. Fr. Fallon.
About 20 members of the Gode-
rich Rebekah Lodge, No. 89, at-
tended a banquet in Brussels com-
memorating the fifth anniversary
of the founding of the Rebekah
Lodge there. More than 125 pre-
sent represented district No. 26,
comprising Clinton, Seaforth, Strat-
ford, Milverton, Brussels and Gode-
is crowned with the same ritual as
strawberries, waterfront sports, no —
that with which her predecessors Vests, girls in summer dresses,
children playing in the wading Comments On Industrial K
have been crowned for more than
a thousand years. It is the oldest pools, all sorts of good times—if
the June bugs stay away. AN INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
state ceremonial in Britain, per-
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haps the oldest in the world. The storekeepers, or their (The Amherstburg Echo)
forms are ancient, but the spirit rclerks who were not satisfied with From time to time we read in
embodied
in them does not grow' their hours of business asked exchange weekly newspapers about
old. That spirit is the solerinn citizens to state their views as industries locating in various
recognition of the sacred character
d d Saturday night towns. The Town of Goderich re -
alike of royalty and loyalty.,
between l'c r ay an a Y Gently landthe Pnew plant of the
Y en The vote was C n o°
for remainint, op W A Sheaed
Other lands havee other forms,
ffer en ompa y
60 per cent. in favor of Friday Canada. This company intends to
other systems, other constitutions. * ever, was not entirely acceptable, development.
its forms government are nodi- Amherstburg is fortunate in
having a number of fine industries
and the resulting healthy indust-
rial payrolls. In spite of this fact
the town could readily use addi-
tional industrial income.
How to. get new industries has
always been a problem. There
has been some attempt to interest
nig a _ new plants in locating here but
ness but also a social custom,. these attempts have been rather half-hearted.
giving people of both town and Probably the best plan to really
country- opportunity to meet their achieve success along this line
would be to set up an industrial
commission made up of members
of the town council and the cham-
ber of commerce. Such, a com-
mission could do a lot of active
work and bring the good features
of Amherstburg as an industrial
town, to the attention of the right
people. Of course it would cost
money for the commission to oper-
ate but there is an old saying that.
goes something bike. this "You
never - accumulate - unless you
speculate." It's about time that
the town started to do a little
speculating along • - the industrial
line.
night shopping. The verdict, how spotted one million dollars in this
Britain has no writteih constitution;
fled almost imperceptibly by ac-
cepted changes; precedent passes
to precedent; and this makes for
the most flexible- system of govern -
It would be very difficult to get
meat in, the world. So the func away from the established practice
tions of the sovereign also may
in the towns, for the Saturday
gradually yield to circumstance, ht gathering is not only a bust
but the spirit remains.
Wearing the Crown. is no
sinecure. British .sovereigns are
hard workers. Queen Anne called
herself "a crowned slave." King
George VI was a martyr to duty.
Queen Elizabeth sacrifices many
hours she would otherwise give
to her family in order to devote
these hours to affairs -of govern-
ment. She,- is Queen of Canada
as well as of the United Kingdom
and other realms, and so as Can-
adians we say: "God save our
gracious Queen; send her victor-
ious, happy and glorious, long to
reign over us."
and a number of the merchants
have decided to remain open on
Saturday night, which probably
would mean that all would do so.
WHAT- O•F THE FUTURE?
It is not difficult to foresee a
time when Canada will have a
—larger- population than the United
Kingdom, and the president of the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
has ventured a prediction that this
time will come . "within the life-
time of many of us." As to
numbers, Mr. Godsoe puts the
ultimate goal at "not less than
100,000,000." This is an interest-
ing speculation, but unless the
span of life continues to lengthen
and there is a great tide of im-
migration__it is hardly likely that
"many of us" will see a Canada
of one hundred millions. In the
last, fifty years the population has
almost trebled (we- have not the
exact figures at hand), and if the
same proportion of increase should
continue uninterruptedly Mr.
Godsoe's "ultimate goal" might be
reached by the middle of the next
century and some who are now
babes in arms might be approach-
ing their ,hundredth year. Soine
decades --before this, however,
Canada may overtake and pass the
United Kingdom in point of popu-
lation, as the Old Country is al-
ready overcrowded.
Will Canada's capital then be
the capital of the Commonwealth,
or "will the Commonwealth have
split up into separate nations, or
will there be fulfillment of Tenny-
son's Parliament of the World?
friends and exchange the news
of their homes, and families.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Mr. Cardiff says he can tell a
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
(Financial Post)
There are very grave doubts
whether a young and developing
country like Canada could afford
to turn all its people of 65 out to
pasture even if those people were
willing and could afford to cease
working. Aside from those rela-
tively few jobs where considerable
physical strength is required, older
people can usually hold their own
with much younger individuals and
in some cases their extra experi-
ence will make them even more
valuable.
Many of these older people,
moreover, will be happier, health-
ier and willl live longer if they
continue to do some useful work.
Not everyone wants to retire to
some . country cottage and grow
roses. Not everyone, by a wide
margin, has a country cottage and
growing roses to retire to.
To order a man against his will
out of a job just because the
calendar says he has reached 65
doesn't make sense from any
angle.
stale -. e'gg --twiny- "ftpl)edrflricer-
„He
Wc _1He is smarter than those of us
who have to judge -by the smelljx,
Nova Scotia had a Provincial
general election last week and
Angus Macdonald's Liberal Gov-
ernment was again returned, but
with a reduced majority. The
Liberals have been in office in
Nova Scotia since 1933 and the
slogan of the - Opposition campaign
was "It's time, for a change.” Of
the thirty-seven members elected
twenty-two are supporters of the
Government.
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June bugs are making their ap-
pearaiice . and it is predicted they
will be one of the troubles of
GODERICH IS FORTUNATE
(The Listowel Banner)
Assiduous efforts made for the
past several years on behalf of
Goderich have finally paid off in a
handsome fashion with the loca-
tion there of a "million dollar"
nen company. Having secured this
fine industry, Goderich is to be
congratulated not only on what
now appears to be a substantial
future. but on the nature of the
plant which `will house the W. A.
Sheaffer Pen Company of Canada
Limited.
e As -the Signal -Star reports in a
SOFTENING CHILDREN front 'page news story, the new
factory, to he built by the Austin
(Kitchener -Waterloo Record) Company Limited, will be of "con-
A western weekly deplores the
change in scijool practice whereby
students writing examinations are
not informed on the marks they
have made or the actual standing
in their class. It says this is
another cushion to protect children
against learning "the cruel fact
that life is a competitive busi-
ness." -
Time was when the marks cf
all the students were posted at the
front of the classroom so that all
could see how well they fared
vertible design" a type hitherto not
constructed in Canada.
Features will be uniform glare-
free lighting assured by limiting
windows to a narrow vision strip
around the perimeter of the plant
and the installation of modern con-
tinuous fluorescent lighting in all
the production areas. Ventilation
systems and special insulation
techniques will assure working
comfort in all weathers. The
nhysical design of the plant, as
illustrated in. the Signal -Star, in-
xpansion..
NILE, June 3. — Mrs. Albert
Thain, Toronto, spent the week
with her father, Angus McDiarmid.
Mr. and Mrs. McCall, Lucknow,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
T. McPhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cornish, Clin-
ton, visited Mrs. H. Morris.
The regular meeting of the Nile
Church W.M.S. was held in the
church, Wednesday of last week.
Miss M: Currey presided. Mrs.I
Harrower sang, accompanied by
Mrs. R, Godfrey. Mrs. Godfrey
gave a report' of the Presbyterial
in Goderich and Mrs. Ross McNee
and Mrs. A. Kerr read portions
of the study book.
Rev. J. Harrower gave a Coron-
ationsermon on Sunday. Misses
Joy and Maxine McNee sang a
duet. The choir had special music.
Mrs. Robert Bogie wasianist.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McNee and
family. of 13elmore, spent Sunday
with their relatives at Nile.
People are pusy repairing their
buildings since the storm.
KINGSBRIDGE
KINGSBRLDGE, June 3. — Mr.
and Mrs. J. Reid and Mr. Joe
Finnie, of Toronto, spent the week-
end with Mr. and Mrs. James Wal-
lace.
Will and Jack Long,. of Detroit,
'THURSDAY, JUNE 4th, 1153
spent a few days recently in the
neighborhood. •
Miss Mary Sheredan, of Seaforth.
was a visitor here on Sunday.
Many of the farmers in this
district are repairing their build-
ings after the recent storms.
Alberta's water systems flow into
rivers that ultimately reach the
Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico
and Hudson Bay.—Quick Canadian
Facts.
assume the same status as the girl
who was always a bridesmaid, but
never a bride." The Goderich in-
dustry will employ 130 at the start.
Before this industry was announc-
ed,
Goderich contracted for the
erection of 25 new dwellings. The
Kincardine viewpoint is that this
was the main factor ,in the Gode-
rich success. That might be right,
or wrong. -
Aurora asked a man from the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
to address the Rotary Club on
the subject of obtaining new in-
dustries and the Aurora Banner
had a long editorial on the sub-
ject. After examining conditions
in Aurora, The . Banner- decided
that the town didn't have avail-
able labor now, because few are
out of work: it didn't have housing
available for people who might
move to town to work, and it didn't
have industrial'sites available in
town. Moreover there might be
difficulty supplying water with suf
ficient pressure, - and sewage dis-
posal. In other respects, Aurora
apparently felt capable of filling
the bill. i
Even before the Goderich plant
had been announced, the Bowman -1
ville Canadian Statesman .had stir-
red up a hornet's nest in its town
by reviewing the efforts being
made, and deciding that "Bowman-
ville Council Is Not Interested in
Securing New Industries." In
these times, it would be safer to
have said . that Bowmanville coun-
cillors beat their wives. There
was a great outcry at the next
meeting of the Council over such
"$lap -Jaw" criticism, most of it
being termed "rot," by a Council
spokesman. But when we read
that Bowmanville has no active
Chamber of Commerce and that
members of Council feel that they
would be the ones who would
have to head such a Chamber, we
wonder . ,if the newspaper wasn't
correct. However, it is only •a few
months ago, if we remember right-
ly, that similar accusations were
being levelled against the Gode-
rich Town Council. -
These things are mentioned here
with no reference whatever to
Fergus. We write as an interested
spectator only. - Walkerton and
Milton and Goderich are "to be
congratulated upon . getting into
the news. Two of these places
were, in a sense, rivals of Fergus.
A firm from the United States re-
centTy investigated a number of
Canadian .towns,�,,'ergus stood well
up in the list. So did Milton and
Goderich.. We have a great deal
of confidence in that company, and
know that Fergus is being kept in
mind. If an industry comes along
which fits into the Fergus picture,
Fergus will be in the running.
We are inclined to believe Dr.
E. G. Pleva, of the University of
Western Ontario when he says
there are going to' be plenty of
industries looking for locations in
towns the size of Fergus and Elora,
and that we would do well -to take
the ones ,.w a like and reject the
rest. (Dr. Pleva was speaking in
Elora at the tirae.)
in' a test and note their relative corporates the very latest in in -
standing.. Standing was also given
in report cards as a yardstick
enabling parents to judge better
how their charges were getting
on with their studies. If Johnny
slipped in his standing, parental
spurring very often resulted in
an improvement.
Unfortunately the tendency now-
adays is to use new means of
softening up children. This leaves
them poorly prepared for a world
that is growing more competitive.
NEW CANADIAN A HERO
(Midland Free Press)
Sometimes there are those
among us who criticize Canada
for opening up its borders to
people from Europe who want to
start a new life in a free land.
W@ "limply �ti ey are_µ-ttikfn 'ynbw
from native Canadians, endanger-
ing our livelihood. Sunday after-
noon a little lad of French-Can-
adian parentage fell from a punt
in Midland Bay. Out from the
shore to rescue him plunged a
new Canadian from Czechoslovakia.
a man who had fled tooth's country
from communistic persecution
leaving behind him, for the time
being. a wife and 13 -year-old
daughter. The ,12 -year-old Midland
Youngster wag saved. The Czech
man brought him close enough to
shore ,that he could scramble to
safety. But the new Canadian. the
man who had been in Midland
only a year, collapsed in the water
and was drowned. He gave his
life for a child just'about the age
of - his own—thousands of miles
away. One native Canadian lives`
today because a new Canadian
died.
dustrial design.
. It seemscertain that Goderich
will be a centre of considerable
interest too industrialists, who will
likely come from many points in
Canada to get a preview of what
lies ahead in Canadian industrial
construction.
As for the major benefits which
will assuredly accrue to the town,
by way of increased employment
and general prosperity. we con-
gratulate our sister town on her
good fortune.
MUNICIPALITIES TAKE LOOKS
AT INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
(Fergus News -Record)
Every time an announcement' is
made that a new industry is locat-
ing in some town in Ontario, it
-t-tat `ciff-rr-great--wave-aof -editorial%
in newspapers situated in towns
of similar size to t.Iiat which has
announced the it tustry. This
happened some rhonths ago when
the National Carbon Company de
cided to go to Walkerton"and build
a plant on the outskirts. It hap-
pened main this month when the
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. of Canada
i.imited decided to sell its factory
at Malton and build a new one
at Goderich.
Glancing over the weekly papers
of the past three weeks, we find
many heart-searching editorials
about, why Walkerton and Milton
and Goderich and Scarborough got
industries and other towns did not
get any. These make interesting
reading.
For instance, the Kincardine
News, situated close to bath Wal-
kerton and Goderich, begins an
editorial, "We are beginning to
UNION
UNION, GODERICH - -TOWN-
SHIP, June 3. — Union Sunday
school will observe its annivers-
ary and flower Sunday this Sun-
day at 3 p.m. Mr. Lloyd Hutton,
Wingham, will be guest speaker.
There. will be special music sup-
plied by a children's choir.
HOLMESVILLE__- _
IIOLMESVILLE, June 3.—Rev.
M. G. Newton conducted a special
Coronation service in Holmesville
United Church on Sunday morn;
ing. The order of service was
followed according to the prograrn
prepared by the., United Church,
and the choir, under the direction
of the organist,'Mrs. W. Yeo, sang
as the - anthem, "Newfoundland.”
Fred Mulholland has returned
to his home from Detroit,. where
he attended the funeral of his
brother-in-law.
Nelson Brown of Detroit, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson of
London were recent guests of Mr,
and Mrs. D. E. Gliddon.
Mrs. J. W. Smith and Miss May
Jardine, of Goderich, and Miss
Belva Howatt, of Hamilton, were
guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McCullough.
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