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•*HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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GEO. L. ELLIS. Editor and Publisher.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 3rd, 1953
OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM
Figures, probably nearly correct,
have been published showing that
168 Liberals were, elected on
August 10th with an average vote
of 15,546, while 51 Conservatives
Polled an average 33;562 votes.
On the surface this seems unfair,
but there is no way of preventing
such a result under the system of
election now in use. It would be
quite possible, theoretically, for
one party to elect, the entire 265
members of the House of Commons
with a total national majority of
only 265 votes—a majority of one
in each riding. On the other hand,
it is possible for a party to poll the
majority of votes across the
country and still win only a mm
ority of seats. More than once a
president of the United States has
been elected on a minority of the
popular vote, and only last year
the Republicans won a majority
in the U.S. House of Represent-
atives with a smaller total' vote
than was polled for Democratic
candidates. A system of propor-
tional representation for groups
of ridings—instead of one member
for each riding—would do some-
thing to correct this anomaly, but
it is held against proportional re-
presentation that it would tend to
visit to Canada has spoken out
against criticism of the Canadian
Brigade in. Germany published in
a Pertain Canadian magazine. He
termed it "monstrous because it
was untrue," and declared that the
Canadian brigade was as well
trained as any in Germany. "Foul-
ing one's own nest" was what he
called the published article.
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The new House of Commons will
have four women members, a
greater 'number than ever before.
Mrs. Ellen Fairclough was re-
elected in Hamilton, and three
new members are Miss Sybil Ben-
nett of Halton, Mrs. Ann Shipley
of Timiskaming and Miss Margaret
Aitken of Toronto. Mrs. Shipley
is a Liberal; the three others are
Conservatives. Those men will
have to behave themselves.
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Now that the election is over
and national problems can be dis-
cussed in non-poiltical .reasonable -
25 Years Ago
Redecoration of the interior of
Victoria Public School was com-
pleted in time for the re -opening
of classes. A visitors' day was being
arranged so that ratepayers could
have the opportunity of seeing the
completed work.
Princess Mary Lodge No. 443,
L.O.B.A., held its annual picnic at
Jowett's Grove, Bayfield with a
large crowd of •jnembers and their
families in attendance. The wea-
ther was ideal and the afternoon
was spent in races and games for
young and old.
Town Clerk Knox, assisted by
Antiquarian Dick Black -got to-
gether a of
of pictures of
mayors of the town from the time
Goderich was incorporated in 1850.
The collection was framed to be
placed in the Town' Hall.
20 Years Ago
"Gid" Litt, Goderich reinsman,
entered the Hall Of Fame in the
harness racing world and put Gode-
rich on the map ,when he drove
Bedford Grattan to victory in the
Futurity for pacers at the Can-
adian National Exhibition in Tor-
onto, competing against the best
three -year-olds in Canada. Mr. Litt
was presented with the Dbminion
Harness Association Silver Cup.
There were 62 cases disposed of
in County police court in August
by Magistrate C. A. Reid, but there
was not one drunk •in the lot. Of
the total, 21 were for charges
under the Highway Traffic Act and
12 under the Liquor Control Act.
ness, perhaps Canadians may The depression wasn't having toe
hear of some practicable method much effect at the County Home
of overcoming the sterling difficul- in Clinton—in fact the home didn't
ty and getting Canadian products I seem to know there was a depres-
into the British market on terms
which Canadian -producers can ac-
cept. Dollars and pounds cannot
be exchanged on the basis of idle{
talk.
a multiplicity- of parties with i
Old Huron is coming up, as
quite possibly no party with a
for two dollars and fifty cents for
usual, with generally good farm ;
your wonderful paper, tor another
working majority in Parliament.
' 'We in Canada seem to be re•Yields, There may be poor spots !year. I just noticed that August
here and there, but Huron agricul- 1 2nd: was on the address, and 1
luctant to make experiments m ture is so diversified that if one i
such matters, and it looks as if we wouldn't like to even Miss one
crop fails there is usually s^ •' opy of my old home town paper.
should have to get along with the
to make up for it. Weatti- i ,e ' 'Sincerely yours,
system of election with which we
early part of the season was rather i MRS. M. FINDLATER,London, Ont.
' are familiar. disappointing, and in one part of !
the county there' was considerable 'Editor, Signal -Star.
1 Sir,—We wish to express our
sion going on. Despite the .low
prices prevailing for hogs in 1932,
when the County Council home
committee met it was presented
with' a statement from Inspector
Govenlock showing that the institu-
tion had cleared 5700 from the sale
of hogs in the previous year.
15 Years Ago
The Goderich Lions Club work
on behalf of crippled children was
given a„ boost when the annual
Lion's frolic was held at the West
street arena. There were 1,564
paid admissions and proceeds from
the affair exceeded 51,700. Presi-
dent Roy „ Stonehouse was in
charge.
During „ a brief but torrential
thunderstorm the home of John
Nivins, Warren street, was struck
by lightning. The bolt overturned
a lamp and crashed into a chester-
field which had been vacated only
a few minutes previously by a
daughter. A leg of the chester-
field was shattered, the upholstery
was singed and a hole burned in
an afghan on the cushions.
A smouldering bundle of cloth-
ing found on the beach at the
harbor Was the cause of, conjecture
as theories of suicide or foul play
were advanced. A pair of shoes,
coat, dress, sweater and purse. were
found in the remains of a large
bag. Police were notified and
found the driver's permit of a
Lansing woman- in the charred
bag. In a short time police locat-
ed the woman and had an explan-
ation. The woman and some rela-
tives had gone for a swim and one
of the relatives left his pipe in the
bag without making sure the ashes
were dead. The clothes were not
worth taking home.
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Letters to
the Editor
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—Enclosed find money order
LABOR DAY hurricane damage, but
(C.W.N.A. Editorial) whole this- banner county
In its -original conception, Labor one of the most favored
Day was one set aside to honor the lural districts of Ontario.
industrial worker and the achieve-
ments of trade unions.: Today it is
still marked officially only by or-
ganized Iabor. Everyone else takes
a holiday, but pays little attention
to the significance of the' day
itself.
Yet the day has a meaning for
all of us. Trade unions themselves
would be the first to acknowledge
that the day of outright hostility
between labor and management
has ended: that narrow-mindedness
on both sides has no place in the
building of a greater Canada. And
_ju's't as the- factionalism of yester-
day is outdated, so has the signific-
ance of Labor Day moved with
the times.
On September 7th, every. em
ployed person in Canada, from the
company president down to the
office boy. will be taking a holiday.
It is these millions of people,
whether they belong in the labor
or the management section of
industry, who are contributing to
the building of this country.
There lies the teal meaning of
Labor' Day—Canadians, laboring to
achieVe a better, more prosperous
Canada; a finer, place in which to
• live and bring up their families:
Let there be 'trade union parades
and celebrations on September
7th, but let there also be a
-Moment's reflection by each of us
on the„broader concept of labor is
Canada—the creation by our own
free efforts of the kind of country
we want our children to inherit.
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on the
very sincere appreciation and
remains , thanks to our many friends, far
agricul- `aqd near, who so kindly contribut-
Has France at last found the I AIR CADETS TAKING
ed their time and support in the
recent Goderich "Good -Will"
Shopping Campaign. Also to Mr.
R. 'L. Taylor, campaign manager,
Signal -Star Editor, G. L. Ellis, and
Staff, and the merchants who took
part, making it possible to hold the
"Good -Will" Contest. through
your efforts we won first prize, a
beautiful television set, which will
be particularly welcome in our
home, and a reminder always of
the . thoughtfulness and good -will
from the people of Goderich and
district.
Bless you, one and all.
MARY and NORMAN CLAIRMONT.
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man who can lead his country back” COURSE AT CLINTON
to stability and end the long period ! Six air cadets from the Gode-
of political chaos that has robbed ; rich 532 (Maitland) Squadron -Air.
France of its influence in world ' Cadets have reached the mid -point
held out against the strike which s►o ed
tion, Clinton. The experience
far three weeks paralyzed the' these young men are acquiring
nation, until the striking unions' will enable them to be the leaders
decided to go back to work and in their cadet organizations, and
public order was again established. ;the assistance they will be able
�,�. to ,give their officers when they
France is plagued with Commun- return to their squadron is of
ists and near -Communists who con.' great value to the ,RCAF.`
trol the most powerful
t n
unions, and if M. Laniel's defiance , to make the various- phases of
training vitally , interesting. Lec-
of these elements is upheld by the tures in sury1r'jal trailing,_ airman -
National Assembly it will be a ship, fighter control radar operat-
great victory-' of only for him ing and many other subjects. will
but for the national unity which be the topic of conversation when
Oleic school year for these cadets
France so greatly needs. commences.
• * - Cadets from the Goderich squad -
Arthur Ford in 71he London ron at the course are Cpl. Robert
Free Press tells-�this storyfrom G. Volland, Cpl. Charles T. Town-
send,'Cpl. Laird Fulford, CO Fred
the recent, election campaign: ( J. Moss and Sgt. Richard J. Madge.
John G. Diefenbaker spoke in
Vancouver on behalf of the Con-
servative party. The chairman of
the meeting was'a Ford automobile
dealer. He made a rather long
and flattering introduction to the
speaker. As he was running out
it was apparent that he could not
think of the name of the speaker.
He was fairly gasping for breath.
Mr. Diefenbaker himself was hur-
riedly digging out a pencil and a
sheet of paper when the speaker
suddenly brightened. He had it.
In a burst of oratory he wound
up, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want
to introduce to you our dis-
�tinguished guest, speaker of the
evening, Mr. John Studebaker."
affairs? Premier Joseph Laniel . in 'the special senior non commis-
! n officers course at RCAF Sta-
EDITORIAL NOTES
t 1 of f l; The instructors have endeavored
For the first time in eleven
, years, according to overseas news,
Britons are now able to buy white
bread. l#ut will they be any
healthier for it?
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Lucky for somebody that the
election was over before the big
heat came on. Everybody would
have been down on the Govern-
ment, but only the - iceman would
have had' enough energy to get
to the` polling booth.
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They' do sometimes get some
humor into those picture comics
in the newspapers. A golfer's
wife takes her hubby's hat to the
cleaners and asks: "Could you
stretch this from' 7% to ra? My
husband made a hole in one."
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September; Labor Day holiday;
then back to business; schools re-
' open; ball playoffs; fali fairs; fewer
The name Africa was first given
by the Romans to their provinces
in the north of the continent.
Akpatok Island in Labrador's Un-
gava Bay was named from an
Eskimo word meaning "place of
lairds."
Massey -Harris,
Harry Ferguson
In Amalgamation
Wilf Reinhar
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GODERICH
Personal Mention
Millie Lenseman and niece, of
Kitchener, visited her aunt, Mrs.
Mary Moser. .
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hewson of
Niagaraun-the-Lake are guests
with the Misses Strang.
Misses Lottie and Laura Jackson
spent last week with relatives at
It has been jointly announced by
Mr.. James S. Duncan, C.M.G., presi-
dent t,f the Massey -Harris Com-
pany, Limited on behalf of its
Board of Directors, and by Mr.
Harry Ferguson, Chairman of the
Harry Ferguson Companies, that
the two world wide organizations
which they represent have agreed
to amalgamate and to operate in
the future under the name' of
Massey -Harris -Ferguson Limited.
The uniting of the Harry Fergu-
son interests, whose tractors equip-
ped with the revolutionary Fergu-
son • system and mounted imple-
ments have blazed a new trail
throughout ;the world, and the 106
year old Massey -Harris Company
which pioneered the self-propelled
combine in every country where
wheat is grown, and whose develop-
ment and Progress has been so
spectacular in recent years, is
probably the most important news
in the Farm Equipment Industry
in the present century.
It_ will not only bring together
two progressive organizations, each
Detroit and Port Dover.
Mr. Bert Cunningham of Toronto
is renewing acquaintances in town
and Port Albert district.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kocker and
two children, of Waterloo, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Mary Moser.
Mrs. Pearl Thompson and Miss
Jannie Baker of. Wingham spent,
a few days with Mrs. Lucy Irwin.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McCreath
of Dearborn, Michigan, are spend-
ing their vacant)? with relatives
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hammar and
son of Kitchener, „spent Sunday
with .the lady's aunt, Mrs. Mary
Moser, who is very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mike Redding
of Chicago, Illinois, met their son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Redding, of Washington, D.C., in
Goderich over the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Austin
and two daughters, Rita and Shir-
ley, and Alice Keena, of Detroit,
were week -end visitors with the
former's brother, Cyril Austin at
Kingsbridge.
. Mrs. John Oakley accompanied
by her son, Edwin, and her daugh- I
ter, Mrs. J. Kline, all of Toronto,
renewed acquaintances -in Goderich.
recently Mrs. Oakley was a form-
er resident of Goderich and Port
Albert district. -
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
TORONTO CONVENTION
Mr. G. A. Bloor of Miami and
Detroit, and Mrs. Bloor and daugh-
ter, Mrs. B. Hauter, of Detroit,
have been visiting My. and Mrs.
John Henderson and Conductor. F.
Bloor and Mrs. Bloor, of Kin-
cardine.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lauriston of 1
Chatham visited m Goderich for a
day recently. Visiting the Signal -
Star office, Mr. Lauriston, who went!
to public school here, commented'
on the number oft new' houses in
Goderich and stated that in this
respect the town had changed con-
siderably from the days he lived
here.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hill and
Ethel of Bruce street have return-
ed from the West Coast. Besides
visiting Mrs. Hill's sister, Mrs.
Alex. Maedel, in Victoria, they
also visited two nieces and other
friends in Vancouver, also another
niece in Regina, a brother, Jasper
Fisher, and many other friends
in Watrous, Sask., and relatives
and friends in Brandon, Manitoba.
They reported a wonderful time,
and praised the western hospital-
ity.
Those first baby teeth are very
susceptible to tooth decay and
their condition can affect the per-
manent set. 'A child should start
visits to the dentist at three years
of age, to protect,both his present
teeth and the future set.
Goderich was Jwell represented
at the Associated Country Women
of the World convention held re-
cently in Toronto:
Eight members of the local Wo-
men's Institute attended one day
of the convention session and in
the evening attended a pageant in
Maple Leaf Gardens depicting the
growth and history of Canada.
`laking the trip were Mrs. W. F.
H. Price. • Mrs. W. Doak, Mrs. An-
drew Holmes, Ails. D44nalti Riehl,
Mrs. Robert ' Good, Nils. Norman
Clairmont, Mrs. Archie Wilkins
and Mrs. Cliff Holland.
Canada manufactured 5,573
pianos in 1951, all but 114 of them
upright models.
More money was spent in men's
clothing stores in Canada in 1952
than in women's clothing stores --
5204 million in the termer, $202.
million
202-
million in the latter.—Quick Can-
adian Facts.
In Liberia, Africa, the value of
paper money is depicted in varying
umbers of bread loaves engraved
pn,..the bills. Pictures of someth-
ing familiar have to be used since
most of the population is unable
to read figures.
SSS J. PREST FOR THE
BEST IN
ELECTRICAL
SERVICE
JAMES E. PREST
R.R. 5, Goderich
Phone Carlow 207 -30tf
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Hobbs Duolite and
Duplate Safety Glass
installed quickly, eco-
nomically. Drive ass
now.
Beevers Auto
Supply
Goderich
Phone 295
of which has made an unpreced.
ented contribution to agriculture
and has set a pattern which the
entire industry is seeking to emu-
late—but will pool their organiz-
ations which are spread wide over
the earth, including manufacturing
facilities in the United States, 1
where they have five plants, in
Canada where they have four, and
England, Scotland, South Africa,
France and Germany.
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A letter published in The Hamil-
ton Spectator while the truck -
drivers in that area were on strike
was a comment from the woman's
point of view. It said in part:
"I am a striking truck driver's
wife with three small ciildrejt, and
I think this strike is the silliest
thing I ever heard of, and so is
their union. The big shot tells you
to go on strike, so you do. Then
about a week later you don't show
up for picket duty for a day or
so. The next day you get a letter
telling you that if you don't show
up for picket duty, you will be
fined $100. After you have waited
for about 10. days to collect ttie
measfy $15 they pay- you for com-
pulsory picket duty, they have the
nerve to hand you' $12 because
the other $3 went for union dues.
I, wonder how many of the truck
bare limbs; /sat roue of summer; drivers would accept that much
first . frost., (petrfispsj; 4ayfever gall from their employers for a week's
ferers Lind life! 'worth living (per.`
irpeti: ba k to standard time; only
ks to Christmas.
s a s
pay. Don't tell .ate they are meal
because as far as I'm concerned
they're the meekest mice I have
ever heard of --- including nay
le1d Marshal Montgomery ata husband."
Goderich District
Collegiate Institute
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Tuesday, Sept. 8
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Here is your invitation to
- see and h.ar
that incomparable team—
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PALERMO. BROS.
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Week nights $ p.m.
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