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THE GODERICS SIGNAL -ST
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THURSDAY, JULY 2nd, 1953
THE PRIME MINISTER,, IN ( that direction?
HURON
I.00lting a little older after four
strenuous yeasts at the head of the
Federal Government, Prime Min-
ister St. Laurent at 71 is still keen
and vigorous. In his one -day tour
of Huron last week he was serene
and confident, content to allow his
record to speak for itself, and
apparently more anxious to keep
in the good graces of the young
generation than to curry favor
with his adult audiences. His
.addresses in Goderich had little of
political flavor; rather he spoke as
the head of a happy family of
Canadians: At Clinton he was
slightly more controversial, and he
was especially vigorous in urging
a strong defence against any ,pos-
sible aggression, so that no enemy
of peace might dare to wage war
with the United Nations. The
boys and girls of today, he warned'r
should not as they grow up to
manhood and womanhood have
before them the ` prospect of a
war infinitely more terrible than
the world' has yet known.
Courteous with all, the Prime
Minister seems to be most at home
with the 'youngsters, perhaps con-
sidering that the greatest compli-
ment he can pay their,. elders is
that they are conversant with
public affairs atnd are • capable of
forming -their own opinions.
SENATE REFORM
The question of Senate reform
comes up at every general election,
but nobody seems to be much in
earnest about 'it. This year it is
sixth in the list of Opposition
Leader Drew's 16 points, but so
far as we have seen Mr. Drew
has not stated what shape the
reform should take.
This column has never concealed
its dislike of the lopsided condition
of the Senate as it now stands
and has put forward from time
to time a suggestion that would
go some way in the direction of
reform. The C.C.F. party favors
abolition of the Senate, to which
this column would offer no ob-
jection if it could be brought
about It must by recognized,
however, that the Senate is im-
bedded in . the constitution of
Canada, founded on the; theory
that it is there for the protection
EDITORIAL NOTES
Mr. Diefenbaker is announced to
speak in Goderich on July 8th.
As one of the leading membes
of the Opposition at Ottawa, he
should have a large audience.
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Something to be borne in mind
is that taxes lightened for Peter
may mean taxes •heightened for
Paul. One doesn't gain much by
cutting a foot off one end of a
blanket and -sewing it on the other
end.
* * e
After five weeks without a
Government, France at last has
found a man to whom the National
Assembly would give a vote of
confidence. He is Joseph Laniel,
whose chief qualification is that,
having never been prominent, he
has to enemies: These, however,
he may acquire in a month or
two so that the cry may again be
heard, "It is time. for a change."
*
A headline in Friday's Toronto
Star represented the Prime Min-
ister as stating that he works for
Canada "like" he does for his own
family. We decline to believe
that Mr. St. Laurent used the word
"like" in this connection; he would
say he works for Canada "as" he
does for his own family. Fowler
in his "Modern English Usage"
describes this misuse of "like" as
vulgar or slovenly.
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Britons like their
Princess
Margaret happy and gay. They
were afraid for some time after
the death of her grandmother
Queen Mary that she was turning
into somewhat of a blue stocking,
but she is again in the spotlight
as a merry and vivacious girl of
22, an antidote to. the British
weather. At least that is what
one gathers from the press reports,
and the newspapers over there
keep a vigilant eye on the Princess
and her doings.
k• * .F
Mr. Pickersgill, whose. appoint-
ment to the St. Laurent Cabinet
has been the subject of some
criticism in the Opposition press,
accompanied the Prime Minister
on his visit to Huron last week
hut not as a speaker: Mr. Pickers-
gill was formerly clerk of the
of the Provinces., That theory ilii$ i Privy Council, and the point of the
a big hole in it, but it has strong
support and abolition for' the pre-
sent at least is out of the question.
An elective Senate is not desir
able. We have only to look across
the border to see how an elected
Senate can and not infrequently'
does create deadlocks and
paralyze action. A somewhat
similar result might follow the
plan sometimes proposed of giving
the Provincial Governments the
appointment of Senators. There
could be no guarantee that such
appointments would.., not create a
body iri opposition to the elected
House of Commons.
The proposal put forward in
this column is that the senatorial
term -should be for ten years only.
This would make for a more active
Senate without giving it an in-
fluence that would enable it to
block the House of Commons.
There are today in the Senate
members who have been there
long after their usefulness ,was
at an end. The ten-year term
would rid the Senate of these and
bring in a constant strum of new
blood, and it would reduce the
danger of making the chamber a
refuge for adherents of one party
stripe only.
What Mr. Drew has in mind he
bas not made public. If his party
were placed in,power he would
so doubt fill the vacancies now
existing with members of his own
party (to which course no objec-
• tion could be taken) and it seems
-to us quite likely that he would
continue to fill further vacancies
as they occur in the same way.
This would be Senate reform of
a• kind, but it would leave that
body still a shelf for the keeping
of played -out politicians.
.'There are suggestions that noted
scientists, " ' tfducational experta,•
Mit of prominence.in branches id
life other than politics should be
elevated to. the Senate, b4it with
-such life berths availed*, *Mired
red
partisans, aAd4 governments aready
+rRe taleln. appointments , tot
advantage, what chase*
there far much hnpreveraelst"sir
25 Years Ago
Three rinks of Goderich Lawn
Bowling Club went to Wingham
and took part in the annual tourna-
ment there. A rink skipped by
Tom McDermott and including
Thomas Glazier, J. B. Swaffield and
E. Cowan won the trophy. Other
local rinks were skipped by A.
Whitesides and J. Brophy.
June was a busy month for
police court with 59 cases having
been disposed of. This was a con-
siderable increase over the prev•
ious month.
The town had its share of the
number of holiday visitors who
came to help celebrate Dominion
Day. The local hotels received a
goodly number of the tourists,
while every available spot suitable
for picnics was taken. The tour-
ist camp and the harbor park were
filled with tourists, while others
gathered at the beach or along the
lake bank.
20 Years Ago
A lady who was camping with
a party at the tourist camp, on
passing a display of the Goderich
Salt Company in the newspaper
office window, exclaimed: "And
just think of it, I brought a bag
of salt all the way from Leaming-
ton, and tons of it right here."
Fred "Cyclone" Taylor, idol of
the hockey world not so many
years ago, and his son of Van-
Air Cadets Going
To Summer Camp
Fifteen air cadets—largest in
the history of the local group --
will` go from Maitland Air Cadet
Squadron, this year to the annual
cadet camp at ' the RCAF Station
in Aylmer.
The group is scheduled to leave
Goderich on July 12, returning
July 25. Going with them will be
W. J. Johnston, and the command-
ing officer of the lural group, FO.
Max Cutt, along with FO. William
Hill expect to join the cadets on
July 19.
Boys from the Maitland squad-
ron have gone two years previous-
ly to the summer camp. The
group this year will make the trip
by chartered bus. At the air force
station they will live under canvas
for two weeks and receive instruc-
tion in technical courses, arma-
ment, drill, and will also be taken
on tours and a. few flights.
criticism was that members of the
civil service should not venture
into politics: Little has been
heard of this, however; since Dr.
Beauchesne, for 23 years clerk. of
the House of Commons,. recently
retired and now in his 78th year,
was nominated as the Conservative
candidate in Ottawa East.
* # *
Politics and ball games will
strive for public attention for the
next month. Their .appeal will
be in considerable ' measure to
different sections of the a commun-
ity, though these will overlap, as
many a ball, fan is interested in
politics and some.. who are keen
on politics like to see a'good ball
game. Indeed, it is doubtful if
any political misstatement would
cause as big a * row as a ball
umpire's wrong decision, and the
sports pages in the newspapers
are read probably by twice as
many people as read the political
news. In fact, for the women folk
we might double the difference in w.
interest between the women's
pages and the political reports.
Are we right or are we wrong?
* * *
Sir Winston Churchill has been
ordered by his doctors to take a
month's est. His condition, it
appears, is not the result of any ,
specific ailment but rather is such
as naturally comes with advanced
age, when recovery from fatigue
comes slowly, Anthony Eden, re,
garded as the Prime `Minister's
chief lieutenant. has had a suc-
cession of operations and will be
unable for some time to take his
seat in Parliament. This brings
to the ' front the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, 'R. A. Butler, who is
now looked upon os the probable
successor. to Sir Wins'totl when the
latter retires. Butler is given
credit for .the recent improvement
in Britain's finances, a matter of
no ,snail `importance in these days
of financial stress.
•
couyer, B.C., were visiting Mr.
Taylor's mother and sister, of Vic-
toria street. Both Mr. Taylor and
his son were "'ready tor. a game of
tennis and challenged any father
and son pair to a game or series
of games.
Seventy players, including in-
ternational championship players
from United States and ' Ontario
points, attended the annual Con-
tract Bridge Tournament of Gode-
rich Bridge Club at the. Hotel Sun-
set on Dominion Day.
, 15 Years Ago
Huron County Women's Chris-
tian Temperance Union held its
41st annual convention at McKay
Hall. Mrs. George Johnston, of
Goderich, was re-elected president.
Delegates were present from Wing -
ham, Exeter, Hensall, Clinton,
Elimville and Goderich.
Middlesex -Huron Regiment prov-
ed . themselves "tops" in sporting
activities in competition with other
units attending the annual army
camp at Pinehill. The boys proved
their superiority when they were
pitted against the pick of 2,500
men in camp for a week of tactical
manheuvres and training in the
field.
Girl Guides from Goderich were
holding a two and one-half week
camp at the Galt cottage, Sunset
Beach. The camp opened with 27
Goderich Guidgs participating.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—The Home and School As-
sociation wish to eifpress their
sincere thanks for your co-oper-
ation
o-opetation during the past year.
MRS. J. CRAIG,
Corresponding Secretary.
•
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—Glad to see Mayor Huckins
give the PUC a "ride" in last
week's Signal -Star. The time is
long overdue for this group to
act as a "public" body instead of
imagining they are a "closed cor-
poration." They might think they
are doing things for the best but
it's about time they allowed the
public to be the judge of that by
letting them know WHAT they're
doipg.
OLD TAXPAYER.
BANTAM. SCHEDULE
July 2—Clinton a Goderich
3—Mitchell t Goderich
6—Goderich at Clinton
Seaforth at St. Marys
?=Exeter at Mitchell
9—Goderich at St. Marys
Exeter at Seaforth
10—Clinton at Mitchell'
13—Seaforth at Goderich
St. Marys at Clinton
14—Mitchell at Exeter
16—Goderich at Seaforth
St. Marys at 'Exeter
20—St. Marys' at Mitchell
Exeter at Clinton
23—Seaforth at Clinton
Goderich at Mitchell
Clinton a St. Marys
27—Clinton a Exeter
Mitchell at Seaforth
St. Marys at Goderich
29—Mitchell at St. Marys
30—Clinton at Goderich
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Kintail • Man Marks 90th Birthday As
Relatives Come FromDistant Points
A lifelong resident of the Kintail0
district, Charles Stewart, celebrat-
ed tis 90th birthday on Sunday at
the home of his nephew, Archy
MacMurchy, and Mrs. MacMurchy,
R.R. 3, Goderich.
Relatives came from many dist-
ant points, including a niece, Mrs.
Mabel (Finlayson) Wilson, who
came by plane from Orlando,
Florida.
With a great nephew' at the
piano, Donald Dunbar of Larder
Lake, Ontario, old favorite psalms
were played and sung by the large
gathering, which part of the cele-
bration was most enjoyed by Mr.
Stewart who was noticeably moved
by the old Presbyterian custom.
A great niece, Georgia Dunbar
of Ethel, Ontario, baked a large
birthday cake which was served
to the guests along with other
refreshments.
Among those present for the
occasion was Mr. Stewart's sister,
Mrs. Olive Finlayson of Kincardine.
Other nieces and nephews present
were: Mr. and Mrs. George Dunbar,
Ethel; Mr: and Mrs. Wilfred
Francey and Miss Ann MacMurchy
of Goderich; Stewart Finlayson of
Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. William Fin-
layson of Toronto; Mr. and Mrs.
William Patterson of Ripley; Miss
Margaret Finlayson of Preston;
Mrs. Elizabeth Rose, R.R. 3, Gode-
rich; James Knight of Cranbrook.
Born on a farm north of Kin -
tail, Mr. Stewart was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. David Stewart
(Mary McLean) who came out from
Scotland.
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
If we are to remain a free people
we cannot assume that government
or any other agency owes any of
us a specific mode of living; any
permanent compensation for un-
employment; any guarantee of an-
nual wages; any assurance of bet-
ter housing; more take-home pay;
or any other assurance that we are
fully able to provide for ourselves.
Government's role is, and should
remai0, one of -assuring that every
citizen is protected in his right to
use the talents, enthusiasms and
energies with which God has en-
dowed him to slake for himself
the .-best bargain he, can with life.
Freedom only grows strong in the
enjoyment of freedom. — Joseph
Lister Rutledge. -
Kelso in Scotland, 40 miles from
Edinburgh, has the ruins of an
abbey founded there in 1120.
Animal life in. the sea exists
even to depths of four miles.
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTION
A writer tells of an experience
in Mexico last summer. Mexico
runs a national lottery and if as
many people buy the tickets as sell
them, no one can go to bed nights
without hoping to wake up the
next morning as rich as Croesus
(before taxes).
An American girl had just won
$15,000. Our friend asked her
what system she used. She had,
THURSDAY, JULY , 18o3
she said, picked the nuluber 51.
"I figuredit out this way. I
bought the ticket on the 7th of the
month, which was also the 7th
day I was in Mallen. That gave
me an idea. I just multiplied 7
times 7 and got my number ... 51."
In the "Valley of Ten. Thousand
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Women occupy a very inferior
position among the Todas of India.
Upon meeting a man, a woman
there must greet ,him 'by touching
his feet with her forehead.
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