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106th Year—No. 26.
GODERICH, 9NT IO, THURSDAY, JUNE 25th, 1953
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The shaded portion in 'the above map of Goderich shows the
area of, Goderich Township to be annexed to the Town of Gode-
rich. It will mean moving the 'south boundary of the town
abotiit 80 rods farther south. with -the ends of the rectangle
being No. 8 highway on the one .side and the lakefront on the
other. The—black rectangle near -No. 8 highway just south of
the C.N.R. tracks d.enotes, the lactation of the Sheaffer Pen
plant, construction of which is scheduled to commence about
the middle of July. Properties between No. 8 highway and
the Maitland River are not included in the annexation area,. it
will be noted from the map. • signal -Star drawing.
Mayor Scores PUC
For Its Policy Of
Private Sessions
The Public Utilities Commission
was taken to task by Mayor J. E.
Huckins at its meeting on Tuesday
night because it persisted in re-
taining too much of its policy of
the past—that of keeping back
from the public the news of its
doings and giving out only what
it wanted the public to know.
Mayor Huckins felt a policy of
public relationship should be es-
tablished with the people by the
commission so that the people
might be kept informed as to what
the commission was doing. He
pointed out that the P.U.C. was
owned by the people and he felt
the people had .a right to know
what was being done with their
money by allowing a fair report of
P.U.C. meetings to reach the press.
He scored the members of the
P.U.C. for acting as if they were
running a private enterprise and
not a public owned service.
PLAN THREE -DAV FET
FOR AUBURN CENTENARY
AUBURN, June 24.—On Monday
evening executive committee of
the Manchester (Auburn) and
U.S.S. No. 5, Hullett, centenary
committee in charge of the celebra-
P tion to be held in 1954 decided
that the reunion should extend
over a period of three days com-
mencing on Friday, July 30.
Festivities will commence with a
parade to the new sports grounds
where all the first day's activities
will centre. Early in the after-
noon, of Saturday, July 31, the
former pupils of • U.S.S. No: 5,
Hullett, will again hear the peal
of the old school bell, which origin-
ally saw service an a schooner
sailing out of Goderich, and as-
semble at the school one' mile
east of the village. and spend .a
few hours together.
Many former teachers are elc-
pected. The celebration will end
on Sunday, August 1, by holding
a community religious service.
John Diefenbaker Speaks In Goderich
On Night of July 8 As Part of Tour
The political battle for the 23
Western Ontario seats in the House
of Commons will have one of its
scenes of action -.in Huron County
when John Diefenbaker conies to
boderich on -July 8 to speak.
Mr. Diefenbaker, member for
Lake Centre, Saskatchewan, will
visit ati.least three. counties in his
Western Ozif rlb tour—Huroft"Mid-
dlesex and Elgin.
Announcing the tour last week,
Progressive Conservative head-
quarters at Ottawa said that Mr.
Diefenbaker would make a -"point
by point" reply to the campaign
addresses given by Prime Minister
Louis St. Laurent in the district.
London will be the focal point
for Mr. Diefenbaker's excursion
into Western Ontario, with a major
meeting planned there for the'
night of July 7.
Area Gathering
This, it was understood, was
being billed as an all -Western On;
tario gathering with arrangements
being made to draw party workers
and public from surrounding areas.
On July 6, he is scheduled to
speak at the Elgin Conservative
nominating conventign at St.
Thomas. Charles ' D. Coyle, Con-
servative . sitting member, is ex-
pected to seek the nomination
again.
The following night he will be
in London and on the - night of
July 8, will address another party
rally at Goderich, in support of
Elston Cardiff, Conservative can-
didate in the Huron riding.
The early -July visit of Mr. Dief-
enbaker will be the first lap of
his- Ontario campaign tour. Tlae
accent is on Ontario and particu-
larly on Western Ontario in the
drive by both Conservatives and
Liberals for Commons seats. "
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bicklc, of
Windsor, Miss Jean Badley, of
Windsor and Mr. and Mrs. Art
Badley, of Elora, attended the, fun-
eral of Mrs. J. J. McEwen here on
Thursday of last week.
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WHERE TO PURCHASE`
YOUR SIGNAL -STAR 1
Dunlop's' Drug Store has
been added to the stores on
The Square Where Signal -Stars
can be purchased each week.
The other places are Craigie's
Newsstand,• Wood's Newsstand
and Lauder's Drug Store.
Each week Signal-Starsare
available at these stores v late
Thursday morning or early in
the .afternoon. They are, of
course, also on sale at the
Signal -Star Office.
CHARGE PORT ALBERT
MEN FOLLOWING RAID
Two Port lbert men are sche-
duled to ap r in police court in
Goderich on July 3 to face charges
under the Canada Temperance Act.
As a result of a raid' by police
on a club at Port Albert last Sat-
urday night, Hector Tigert and
Jdhn Tigert have been charged
with keeping liquor for sale and
bringing liquor into Huron County
contrary to the Canada Temper-
ance Act..
Provincial Constable J. L. Fine-
gan is conducting the investiga-
tion.
NORMAL SCHOOL PUPILS
RECEIVE EXAM RESULTS
Among the students from this
district at Stratford Normal School
who were successful in examina-
tions were:
George Everett Harris, Goderich;
Joan Anna Killough, Goderich;
William Kenneth McAllister, Dun-
gannon; Joyce Ellen Baulch, R.R. 5,
Lucknow; Mary Marguerite Hall,
Myth; Alvin Murray McNain, R.R.
3, Goderich; William George Nedi-
ger, Clinton, and Anna Elizabeth
Porter, R.R. 4p Bayfield.
Colorful Parade, Program of Races
To Feature July 1 Celebration -here
Another bang-up Dominion Day
celebration with the accent on en-
tertainmont and games for child-
ren is planned for Goderich next
Wednesday.
Opening of festivities will begin
with a parade in the morning.
The parade will form up at the
Public School grounds at 10 a.m.
harp and from there will proceed
o the Square via Britannia road
• and South street. Both the 13lue
Water Band and the Goderich1
Girls' Trumpet Band „will be' in
attendance. .
Prizes have been offered for the
best decorated floats, decorated
cars, rural floats (tractor or horse-
drawn), comic entries (horse-drawn
or mobile), clown or comic entries,
decorated bicycles, decorated tri-
cycles and decorated doll carriages.
Following the parade, all the
children will gather. ,at the Court
House Park for a program of races.
And the big treat will the free
ice cream for every child partici-
pating in the races.
For boys, there will be running
races, a sack race (contestants are
reminded to bring a sugar sack)
and a rabbit race. Girls events
include a running race, nose and
toe race and kicking the shoe.
The morning events are once
again being sponsored by the
Town, with Councillors Ken Pen-
nington and Ernest Fisher and
men'lbers of the special and har-
bor, Light and water committees in
charge.
In the afternoon, horse racing
fans will have an opportunity to
witness one of the best racing
cards ever offered at Agricultural
Park. Bates at the ovar are sche-
duled to start at 2 p.m.
Prime Minister Paints A Bright Picture Of
Canada's Future- For Goderich School Pupils
Children of Goderich were as
sured they would have a big par
to play in the future of Canada b
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurer
when he spoke to them yesterda
morning at Court House Park dur
ing his visit here.
"I 'want to say to you youn
people," the prime minister said
"that the great natural resource
of this country will be yours tc
discover and make use of. 1 thin
you ,:Yzildren. can look forward
line t
the ne future of your country
provided, of course, you all do you
share."
t TELEGRAPH WIRES KEPT
y "HOT" Willi NEWS COPY
Lauren
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Newsmen with Prime Min -
y •ister St. Laurent's
parfy 'were
g the C.N.R. station, Goderich,
telegraphing. stories out to
their various newspapers from
up until 5.30 a.m. Wednesday.
S. -The meeting at Guelph ended
r about 8.45 p.m., Tuesday when
k .the newsmen had to hurry to
catch the night train for Gode-
rich. On board the special
press car attached to . the
✓ Prime Minister's private car,
they wrote their stories en -
t route film Guelph to Gode-
rich. On arrival, at Goderich
they rushed into the C.N.R.
s station and kept the telegraph
wires hot with copy until the
early hours of Wednesday
morning. Among papers re-
' presented were: Southam
Press, Sifton papers, Toronto
Star, Toronto Telegram,, Lon-
don Free Press, Time Maga-
zine, La Presse, La Patrie,
Globe and Mail.
Mr. St. Laurent, who arrived a
Goderich late Tuesday night and
spent the night on his railway car
beside the C.N.R. station, wa
greeted at 11 a.m. yesterday by
Mayor and Mrs.. J. E. Huckins A
Y. McLean, M.P., and Mrs. McLean
Frank Fingland, Q.C., and members
of the Town Council.
The prime minister made a
special point at the railway station
of greeting Ernie Barker, of Gode-
rich, organizer of Shut-In's Day
International. Mr. St. Laurent
earlier this month officially en-
dorsed Shut-In's Day in a letter ts6
Mr. Barker.
Visit To Hospital
From the railway staition, Mr.
St. Laurent was taken by motor
cavalcade to Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital. At .the hospital
he greeted Hugh Hill, well-known
Colborne Township farmer who re-
cently fractured both legs in an
accident at his . farm, and Miss
Mary Robertson, prominent Gode•
rich resident.
Nekt he visited some of the
children in a sun room and chatted
with them. One of the children
was. lan Little, of Goderich, who
recently suffered a broken arra
when he fell from a' tree. "It's
been a long time since I climbed
a tree," the prime minister com-
mented.
At the men's ward, Mr. St. Laur-
ent stopped for a few moments to
greet Leroy Stingel, of Dungannon,
and Joh-n R a Donald; 61-Goderich,
Outside the hospital, the prime
minister especially thrilled one
local youngster. Five-year-old
Bruce Baechler was standing beside
his father, who (was taking motion
pictures of the hospital visit. When
Mr. St. Laurent saw the little fel-
low, he mode a point of stopping
to speak to him. The young boy
is a grandson of Mr. Hill.
Then the cavalcade moved orf'
along Gleucester Terrace to North
street where it was met- by the
Goderich Girls' Trumpet hand. The
band preceded the cars around the
Square to the bandstand.
At the park, Councillor C. M.
Robertson was chairman for the
program and introduced Mayor
Ifuckins, who gave a brief address
of welcome.
Flowers Presented
One of- the features of the park
gathering was the presentation of
McLean by , two little six-year-old
girls, Betty McConnell and Arlene
Austin. Nine-year-old Karin Gros:
sler, a recent arrival to Goderich
from Germany, .accompanied the
little girls,
The prime minister was intro-
duced to the audience by A. Y.
McLean, M.P.
Mr. St: Laurent was thanked for
his address by W. H. Robertson,
"We do appreciate your all too
brief stay," commented Mr. Robert.
son.
. Then Mr. St. Laurent captured
the .hearts of the large gathoring
of school children by declaring a
half holiday for them. When the
call went out for "three • cheers"
for the prime minister, the voices
of the children could be heard
cheering the loudest.
Luncheon Meeting at Pav
Shortly after the noon hoar On
Wednesday, Prime Minister St.
Ladrent arrivert "'zrt—tlir'"`C -aerie
Pavilion for a luncheon in his
hoi}or. Nearly 200 were present,
including many. Goderich and di,;-
trict residents and also members
of the Goderich Girls' . Trumpet
Band.
As the Prime Minister drove up,
the Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band
played a selection. ,The Prime
Minister waited until the band
finished playing then walked over
to the bandmaster, Don Jolly, and
congratulated him on the very ex- e
cellent band. The Prime Minister
then shook.- ..hands with the three ty
drum majorettes, and if he had
had the time would have liked 1.)
congratulate each member of the r
bated. a
Mr. A. Y. McLean, M.P., intro- a
duced She head table guests who
were, in addition to himself: Prime t
Minister Si Laurent, Mrs. A. Y. o
McLean, Frank Fingland, Q.C:, of a
Mrs. Huckins, Councillor and Mrs.
C. M. Robertson, -Hon. Jack Pickers-
gill, secretary of state for Canada,
W. H. Robertson, and Mrs. Frank
Gallow, wife oil tine president of
the Goderich Liberal Association.
Mr. 'McLean regretted that Mr. Gal- I
low was unable to be present due
to illness.
'Inc Prime Minister was intro-
duced byMr. Frank Fingland. Mr.
St, Laurent said he had just learn- i.
ed it was the birthday of "Andy"
McLean so wished to extend to
him best wishes for the day. The
gathering then sang in honor of Mr,
McLean "Happy Birthday" and
"For ,he's a jolly good fellow."
The Prime Minister'
, Prime Minister St. Laurent said
it•was "a great pleasure and satis-
fy �tion to come back to Goderich.'
He std it was nice to attend 'a
gathering such as Tie addressed
where the people • were cordial
and friendly regardless of their
religion, race, etc.
Speaking of Canadians in gen-
eral the Prime Minister said "there
is room for a lot more Canadians
and millions more will come to this
country in the future." Ile point-
ed out tnat at the beginning of
the century Canada had a popu-
lation of about 5,000,000 and at the
time of the 1951 census this had
increased by two and a half times.
He felt that • in the last half of
this century the populatio'n of
Canada would increase again by
two and a half times what it was
in 1951.
The Prime Minister" mentioned
the deep feeling Of pride held by
Canadians in their country find of
their interest in it through the
heads of the households and their
families. He stressed the import-
ance of "the continuity of these
family groups" that play such an
important part in making a na-
tion. -
Ancestors' Errors
Speaking of Canadians and their
history, Prime Minister St. Laurent
stated, "We look 'forward instead
of backwards, regretting only the
errors that have Occurred' in 'the
past:--- Admitted ty;--mf sty krg-'fie
made but these were made be-
cause we have been a people woo
did things and mistakes can not
help but 'be made by anyone who
does things. However, what-
ever mistakes were made
by the doings of our
ancestors in the past we realize
our families are here and we must
all work together as one big tam-
Speakingof the necessary heavy
xpenditures for the defence for
Canada, Prime Minister St. Lfiurent
rged ;his Listeners not to look on
"-'t "instruments of destruc-
lan" -but rather as a bulwark of
nstruments of war to discourage
ny war being waged against Can-
do because of its preparedness.
After his address at the Pavilion
he Prime Minister's party moved
R for Clinton where he addressed
meeting at Agricultural Park in
the afternoon.
flowers to Mrs. Iluckins and M'rs. Clinton, Mayor J. E. Huckins and
AT THE WATERFRONT,
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The tug Harry Dixon experi-
enced a bit of difficulty on Lake
Huron and barely made it to Gode-
rich on Tuesday to get .fuel in
order to continue a trip to Tor-
onto. The tug was towing a dredge
and left the harbor again yester-
day.
Shipping activity at the water-
front picked up a bit during the
past week.
The Starbuck arrived here last
Thursday with the Sandland and
Prindoc and the barge Collingdoc
arriving on Friday. The Forest -
dale arrived in port on Sunday and
the Hudson on Monday. The
Brookdale arrived Tuesday.
THREE ANCIENT CARS
DATE BACK TO 1912
Don't be surprised by the some-
what ancient vintage cars you see
being driven around Goderich
streets these days.
The three Iocal men who are
piloting the old automobiles are
Just as proud _of them as they
would be of a 1953 model. Kirk
Wall has a 1928 vintage ear, Don
Patterson has one which dates back
to 1922, and Bob Chisholm is sport-
ing around in a slick -looking 1912
model.
Bob says he drove his car over
40 miles to Goderich from where
he had purchased it. He was pre-
pared to have it towed here when
the former owner, hopped in the
vehicle, touched the starter and
put the c`iar in motion. Needless
to say, Bob was quite surprised,
but 'he brought the old-timer home
under its -own power.
HOLIDAY REMINDER
ith Don4,inion Day failing
on ay of next week,
there will be one day less in
which to publish the next is-
sue of the Signal -Star. As a
result, classified advertisers
and news correspondents are
asked to have their copy' into
the Signal -Star office on Tues-
day. Display. advertisements
will be accepted as usual until
closing time Monday afternoon.
Rural correspondents are es-
pecially asked to have their
budgets in on Tuesday.
Ontario Municipal Board Approves
the Annexing of 260 Acres . of Land
0
The^Town of Goderich's applica-
tion to annex some 260 -acres of
land at its southern limits, which
has been a part of .Goderich' own -
ship, was approved by the Ontario
Municipal Board sitting.in the
Board's Chambers in Toronto Tues-
day morning.
No delegation from Goderich
was present for the hearing since
it was known that bel:ause there
was no apparent opposition to the
application, it would go through.
When a delegation did go to Tor-
onto some time ago the Hon.
George Dunbar, Ontario Minister
of Municipal Affairs, congratulated
the town of Goderich and the
Township of Goderich for working
together so unanimously on the
application. He stated . this was
something unusual in his experi-
ences.
Present area of the town of
Goderich is about 1,000 acres.
When the 260 acres _is_added it will
mean an additional area of about
one-quarter of the present size.
Areas of other municipalities in
Huron county are: Exeter, 1,075
acres; Clinton, 749 acres; Seaforth,
485 acres; Wingham, 350 acres;
Blyth, 409 acres.
Of the 260 acres to be annexed,
the area to be taken over'by the
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company of
Canada Limited will be about 27
acres. Arrangements are now
being made for a visit t9 Goderich
by an official of the Ontario De-
partment of Planning and Develop-
ment to advise on a proper laying
out of the rest of the annexed
area. It is expected that the town
of Goderich will shortly pass a
subdivision by-law to prevent any
"hodgepodge' development in the
annexed area.
The Goderich Public Utilities
Commission has asked the town
to issue debentures for $40,000 to
cover the cost of laying water
mains to the site of the Sheaffer
plant on" the Huron road. It, is
expected that the taxing of these
mains will start in two weeks'
time.
CONVENTIONALISM WINS
Conventionalism of.adults,
Willing be so ffling to young-
sters, at times. Two young
tots, a boy and a girl, both
about three years of age, found
this so during the intense heat
last Saturday. With Judith
Gooderham Memorial Park
wading pool not yet opened
they found the pool of water
beside the fountain on the
grounds of Knox Presbyterian
Church most inviting. So they
proceeded to get into their
birthday suits and were hap-
pily frolicing in the water
with their clothes lying on the
grass nearby. A woman in a
nearby house. Noticed the
escapade and phoned the mo-
ther of one of the youngsteirs
who immediately rushed over
to put an end to the tots'
public bathing.
Girls' Band Will
Play At Waterloo
Fresh from their win at -the Tor-
onto Trumpet Band Festival recent-
ly, members of the Goderich Girls'
Trumpet Band are practicing earn-
estly for competition this week -end
at the big Waterloo• band festival
on Saturday.
New entry records have been set
for he Waterloo competition, with
entries past the 1,000 mark, com-
pared with last year's total of 882.
About 40 bands will 'compete in
the day -long event, with the Gode-
rich group entered in the competi-
tion for bugle and trumpet bands,
for Canadian championships. En-
tries- include 10 bands from Tor-
onto. i
Other entries in the class are
from Guelph, St. Catharines, Pres-
ton, St. Thomas, Hamilton, 'Port
Credit, Niagara Falls, London, Dtir-
ham and Hanover.
Feature band this year will be
the RCAF Training Command
band.
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent says "hello" to Goderich as he steps down from the rear
of his private railway ear at the C.N.R. station. Met at the station Wednesday morning by
a delegation, the Prime Minister was taken on a brief tour of the town prior to addressiug
the school children at Court. house Park. The Prime Minister came to Goderich Tuesday
night by private railway ear attached to the rerir of the regular Toronto-Goderich Tuesda
night train. ---VS,ieglt `ssA hoto
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