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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 17th, 1953
DON'T FORGET HITLER
There is encouragement in the
electoral .success _ of Chancellor'
Adenauer for belief that Naziism
its thoroughly discredited in Ger-
many; yet in our hatred of militant
Communism it will not do to
forget Hitler. People who are
disposed to moderate their bitter
-anger over the atrocities in which
he was the chief culprit are
called up sharply by a recent
article in The Milwaukee Journal.
Says The Journal:
Further insight into the inner-
most recesses of the twisted, evil
mind of Adolf Hitler can be found
in "off the record" statements of
Der Fuehrer, uncovered after. the
war, translated and now presented
in a riew book. '•A few stand out
as particularly revealing:
-_-.` „nsericans live like sows—in a
luxurious Sty. -
"Our epoch will certainly'see
the end of the disease of Christian-
ity.
"We must wish for war every
15 or 20 years:-
Nothing
ears-Nothing must stand in the way
of Hitler's conquest of Europe, for
then, he said, "we have a dominant
position in the world." And he
hated almost everything that fair
and free men hold dear.
He saw Mussolini as a "states-
man" and Stalin "as a beast, but
a beast on a grand_strtale._,:.a-...1.1flust
admit he is a tremendous personal-.
ity." For in them he recognized
indr spirits that sparked his
' a mil tintr-pit lead -a s:long as they
were successful.
Let this book or these brief
quotations be a reminder to Am-
ericans of the threat that faced
the world in 1941, when we joined
in meeting it: Here is the answer I end and cold rain at the other ; ULon the
s two weeks Exhibi reunion is to be held in
tb those who may now, be wont end of Toronto'l xeter Arena.
to say that "Europe's war" was no
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the -world trip early in 1954, in
which lie will visit India, Parkistaa
and Ceylon and, possibly Australia
and New Zealand. It will be the
first venture of a Canadian Prime
Minister on a trip covering such
a wide area. Government heads
from most if not all of the
countries mentioned have visited
Canada from time to time and it
is quite fitting that a return
courtesy should be extended. The
plan is another indication of the
Prime Minister's energy at the age
of 71 years and of his determin-
ation to do all in his power to
keep Canada in the front rank of
the nations.
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The Meaford Express announces
that the fishing fleet at that port,
at one time among the best on the
Great Lakes, is to give up business
at the end of the present season.
This summer four- full-time guides
have been operating out of Mea-
ford, compared with 42 in 1945.
Fishing there is rather a sporting
proposition, and The Express says
that this sport
fishermen • $19.21 per fish in boat -
season
the
cost
THE GODERICII SIGNAL -$TAE
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Down Memory's
Lane
25 Years Ago it
A pleasing organ recital was
presented in North Street United
Church in connection' with the or-
gan being put back into use after
having been repaired. The re-
pairs were not completed until a
ew hours before the recital. For
the opening, Dr. r. T. Egener,
organist of Welland Avenue United
Church, St. Catharines, and Robert
Cutt, tenor soloist and organist of
Central Presbyterian Church, Galt,
were soloists. Miss Gene Connon,
of Goderich, was accompanist.
A power grader made by the
Dominion Road Machinery Com-
pany in Goderich was shipped to
Regina for the Canadian Good
Roads Convention. Three of the
machines were on exhibit at the
Goderich fair and one at the Loa -
don fair.
The largest attendance in recent
years was recorded at the annual
Goderich fair and a fine prgram
of attractions . featured the event.
The London Ladies' Orchestra was
on hand and performed instru-
mental, vocal and dance numbers.
20 Years Ago
Victor Lauriston, well-known
author and former Goderichite,
presented medals to winners at
joint commencement exercises of
Ventral and Victoria schools held
in Knox Church. A large crowd
qf citizens was on hand to witness
the event at which prizes donated
by individuals and various organ-
izations were _asp presented.
The Classic City Leidgey No. 171,
L.O.B.A., of Stratford, represented
by about 16 members, paid a visit
to Princess Mary Lodge. No. -443,
Goderich, and took part in lodge
work in which the lodge from
Lucknow also joined. A musical
program was provided by mem-
bers of the Goderich lodge and a
banquet was served.
Two vagrants who " gave their
home addresses as Alberta and
Nova Scotia proved to be walking
clothing stores when picked up by
police walking along No. 8 High-
way. The men were carrying a
bag containing brand new mer-
chandise, including two complete
suits of clothes, several pairs of
trousers, a pair of shuns, several
top coats, neckties, socks, . spools
of thread, cigarettes, tobacco, and
shaving brushes. They would not
explain how they came into pos-
session of the articles.
15 Years Ago
At a meeting of the Huron Dis-
trict Boy Scout committee under
the chairmanship of Nelson Hill,
of Goderich, it was decided to con-
duct a patrol leaders' course in
Clinton.
The annual rally of the Huron
Presbyterial W.M.S. of the Presby-
terian Church was held at Auburn
in Knox Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
James Howitt, of the. Auburn Wo-
men's Missionary Society, wel-
comed the visiting societies.
Robert Farrish, of Goderich sus-
tained a broken hip and severe
bruises and abrasions in a motor
accident at Exeter when his car
left the road and crashed into a
telephone pole. He was brought
re -Alexandra _Marine and General.
Hospital by ambulance -
KINGSBRIDGE
ing time alone. The Provincial KINGSBRIDGE, Sept. 16.—School
Government has been asked for a i re -opened here on Tuesday of last
restricted area and a closed season, I week With an . attendance of 24
.hut..uitlmut-avail G.oderich'S.ficb. I pupils. Mrs. P. Sheridan has ac-
industry,more of a commercial(Tored s on~,nom h�-f@r
ing , resent year, and we wish her
nature than that of the Georgian ( every success.
Bay port, also has declined sadly ! Frank Dalton is on a trip to the
Western provinces via plane.
n, idformer- volume; but that i The annual Frayne reunion was
is an old story. "`�'---- __—.-4,eld on Labor Day at Government
* - * * Pari'c; Tpperwash,..wit, ,-an attend -
Between excessive heat at one ' ance of 150 relatives ro'iTl Detreif,.
S•„i �,.,.�r Next
concerti of ours and that we should I Min, the aggregate attendance The students from the summer
In the welter of intrigue, despot -1100,000. With average weather to London to cthere. We regret
etc t etrret their departure
e u dies
ism and cruelty' into -which a great the figures doubtless ,would have ; very much as they are always so
shown an increase, for with a ready and willing to assist in every
million people in the metropolitan way possible in this community,..
area and another million within a ' Michael (Isadore) Griffin of Ctoc-
I quet, Mich., has had a - two-week
short distance of the city an aver- ; vacation with his relatives, the
have staved out of it. record was clipped by about camp (Huronia) have 'all returned
1 h t d'•�
part of the world has fallen it
difficult to see the light. The only
safe policy for the free democ-
racies is ,to "abhor that which is
evil and cleave to that which is lige daily attendance of a quarter O'Loughlin family, in Detroit, and
good,'' and "keep our powder dry." of a million would not be rema: k spent a couple of days with bice
able. The writer of this column, 1 and Mrs. Jack Kinney at their
home here. Mr. Griffin left this
however, has a notion that outside county fifty years. ago, and this is
of what may be termed the Toronto
TOO MANY ORGANIZA-
TIONS?
Did anyone ever count the num-
ber of organizations—social, civic,
church, etc.. etc. — there are in
Goderich? We made a beginning
an it once but gave it up—there
seemed no end to them. We
have noticed suggestions from
some of our contemporaries that
their towns are over -organized--,
too many meetings; too many in-
terests claiming time and energy.
Some, people can claim member-
ship in a great number of different
groups; whether membership
means any great degree of useful-
ness is a quostion. One suggestion it will draw a large attendance
'for the beginning of the fall season from the counties of Western
is quoted: "It is a good time for Ontario.
us as individuals to consider how
we will spend our strength; to
-decide whether we are going to
belong to everything and be too
busy to DO anything, or whether
we will belong only to the organ-
izations to which we shall be able
to give our best."
district there is a decreased in-
terest in the C.N.E. Perhaps
people do not care to drive a
hundred miles or more to be
pushed around in crowded build -1
ings, " perhaps the fall shows in
smaller centres provide all of that
sort of thing most people want;
at any rate, Toronto -..Exhibition
does not compel the absorbing
interest of the people of the Pro-
vince as it did years ago.- This
week the London Fair is on, and
although it does not compare in
size and - variety with the C.N.E.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Just ten More days of daylight
saving. Make the most of them.
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It's the Yankees and Dodgers
again for the world series. In
baseball New York is earning the
title of if og.
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That -week-end storm served de-
anite notice that summer has given
way to autumn; but it didn't need
to be so emphatic about it.
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A Toronto woman back from a
visit to Oslo and Stockholm says
she never saw litter ori the streets
of those cities. Evidently the
Scandinavians are not litterayy.
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Certain events in that milk -
drivers' strike at Toronto indicate
a lack of the milk of human kind-
ness. The deliberate dumping of
great quantities of marl's primary
food can rightly be considered only
as a -crime,
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Toronto Star says a lot of non-
sense was talked over the radio'-
last .week about , "the -gloom . in
youth(,l breasts because school
wasp on." According to the Star
writer-•-si .gro a. of courses --
most-childrdt 1t ;;school. Maybe,
so, but '`anis I s: **1t1 of children
clears the announcement of 1St
*scheduled holiday the applause
seems. td indicate otherwise.
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is announced that Prime
1111 nester St. Laurent plans a round•
li
,
only his second trip- back to visit
old friends and relations. His last
visit was in 1920.
• Mr. and. Mrs. Ray Dalton and
family were visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dalton at
E iatt•4ast-yweek-entl•;also-with-tev.-
Father Michael Dalton, at Woods -
lee, and Mrs. Josie Cleary and
family, at Wallaceburg.
Rev. Father Patrick Sheridan,
C.R., ; of Kitchener, is spending a
few days at the home of his mo-
ther, Mrs. P. Sheridan.
andmbert Schuurman, Wilfred
ETToi "qu 4in-.xuho. have been
sailing for the past few m s;
spent the week -end at their homes
here. •
Charles Dalton of Niagara Falls,
was home to visit 'with his parents,
Mr. .and Mrs. Jerry Dalton, over
the week -end.
Miss Mary Sheridan has been
engaged as -teacher in Seaforth
High School again this year, and 1
was at •the .home of her mother,
Mrs. Sheridan, over the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. ' Joseph Reed re-
turned to their home in Toronto
after a week's vacation here at
the home of Mr., and Mrs. James
Wallace.
Letter to • the Editor
Editor, Sigma! -Star. i automatic circuit was installed for
under the heading "No Lakeside
Accommodation Disappointing to
Tourists" in the September 10 issue
of your paper, 1 felt that someone
had to come to the rescue of our
Town and I -.present a complete
picture to our potential tourists
and to the Townspeople alike, who
may be misled by your one-sided
article.
I presume many out-of-town
people read the Signal -Star and
many more receive information
from stories passed on by sub-
scribers. If 1 were a tourist look-
ing for a summer vacation spot, I
would certainly by-pass Goderich
after reading your column. This
certainly is not good adverti.e-
ment for a Town that is supposedly
catering to the summer tourist
trade.
It. is true that we have not cabins
or motels directly on the lake-
front, but I drove nearly 1,000
miles this summer, when on my spective areas. This was done
vacation, and I can say that a every morning, and sometimes
large portion of summer places when large crowds gathered, the
that depend on the tourist trade job was performed twice daily.
more than our own Town, have no Much credit must go to these men
accommodation directly on the
beach either. I am pleased to
state here that, after checking with'
some of our cabin owners, some
very nice comments have voluntar-
ily been passed about our accom-
modations. Some of the places
around the Muskoka district, where
we stopped, had running water and.
showers in the motels, but when
checking with some owner in Gode-
rich, I was informed that they
intend. to install similar conven-
Sir,—A ter reading your article these lights, giving us absolute con-
trol aver the period of time the
lights are on. Byi a pre-set switch
they are automatically turned off
when not needed. Thus, a saving
to the Town in hydro bills. The
pier was finished -this Spritng, dress-
jpg up our dock, and surely, sir,
one was not so completely spell-
bound with the presence of pos-
sibly a little driftwood at tines
that he could not cast an eye to-
wards our bathing house which was
straightened up 100 per cent and
given two coats of paint. I do not
recall reading any of these favor-
able comments in your paper in
the past months. In all, $1,369.00
was spent on improvements at the,
Harbour this year. Something
that should be mentioned here is
that Mr. Bert MacDonald and Mr.
William Bannister, who operate
refreshment stands at our harbour,
spent many, many hours picking
up papers and tidying up their re -
for the interest they show and the
services they perform to the visit-
ors at the beach. Many remarks,
praising the shade trees and
benches came from older people
this summer. Hundreds of people,
young and old, enjoyed paddling in
the refreshing water at our har-
bour during the hot summer days
and hundreds more cooled off in
the evening on the sand under the
beam of the colored lights "Which,
sir, you must admit, was a definite
iences. This, in. my opinion, will attraction. To su up, our beach,
put our tourist motels and motor although smaller than some other,
courts in a rating second to none. has been kept clean and tidy.
There is no need to mention that In closing, I thank you for giving
we possess the finest summer me space in your columns and
hotels in the business anywhere. would like to congratulate you, Mr.
• Now, sir, for the comments re- Editor, for the new type use
garding our beach. First, let me which not only dresses up yob
state that we possibly have been paper, but also makes for easier
handicapped to some extent by the reading. However, I do not like
high water, w"fiicii caused -us to to see this type used to bring only
lose almost 100 feet of sandy beach.. adverse -publicity. ,to this—Our
However, this is more than offset Goderich—"ThePrettiesr1'own in
by our fine harbour facilities, plus Canada.”
our lakefront industries. 1 may Yours sincerely, •
add here, that periodically during ERNIE I. FISHER.
the whole summer, .we have had Editor's note: The story referred
hi li t'de „lyhic,,,jl in tilt q%•Qyt,_,,gtter gpp.�g Si-ia
and drift wood up on our sand, but, last week's Signal -Star and was
THURSDAY, SEPT. ll7th, 1953
A FEW ONLY:
sir, this was always - cleaned up
following the receding water. See-
ondly, let me give you some of the
operations that took place at the
harbour this Spring to make our
beach more attractive.. Early in
the. Spring, a bulldozer was en-
gaged; for two days to pile up the
�l ire stones left over by "Old Man
Vin erg" �"Ntxt-, Silo „a was
thoroughly raked and all stoney
and debris. carted away by horse
and wagon. Incidentally, this was
donee three times during the sum-
mer. All shade trees on the beach
were trimmed, the benches put in
order, the boardwalk given a re-
pair job and the colored beach
lights all rewired. Recently, an
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based on actual statistics obtained
from the tourist information booth,
reflecting the opinions of visiting
tourists.
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