HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-09-24, Page 11116th Year—No. 38
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER '24th, 1953
ON THE SQUARE'
AND... SERE AND THERE
First catalogue this year of
Christmas card samples arrived on
Monday—just to sort of remind
'Us. ,
A century of publishing and- 60
years of service as a daily news-
paper will be observed by the Can-
adian Observer of Sarnia on -Nov-
ember 16 when a special issue to
mark the occasion will be issued
in this booming Canadian city.
A new, bright red car sat in a
local garage. "Who's it for?"
asked a curious spectator. Plan-
ning on a little fun, ' a garage at-
tendant replied, without cracking
a smile, "the town purchased the
car for the Fire Chief to ride in."
This remark had the same effect
as that of waving a red. 'fiat in
front of a, bull is supposed to have.
The spectator exploded with'
shouts, "taxes are too x&398%zl
high now," or words to that effect.
Departing so fast he almost left
a trail of smoke behind him, the
man, who was obviously a tax-
payer, headed for the Town Hall
to unload his remarks. When he
came out of the Town Hall, the
wrathful look had changed to an
amused smile. He had learned
the bright new .red car had been
purchased by "Skip" MacDonald to
use in electrical service work.
A surprisingly large number of
Goderich and district .people took
in the Western Fair at London
last week. Despite a fall off in
attendance in general' this year,
blamed on the weather, the West-
ern Fair in recent years seems
to be on a forward march. There
are always people well behind the
scenes who have much to do with
the success of a show. Such a
person is Purdom Love, publicity
director of the Western Fair. The
general public doesn't hear much
about a publicity director. He
publicizes everything and every-
body else but himself. A news-
paperman of' long experience and
one who has also operated a farm
for many years, Purdom Love pos-
sesses .the agriculture -publicity
combination, knowledge to make
him admirably suited for his job.
The results of his widespread pub-
licity program for the Western
Fair are bearing -fruit.
The Wingham Advance -Times
tells of "a problem which is plagu-
ing almost every school board in
the Province." With an enrolment
at an all-time high of 420 at Wing -
ham Public School, the board faces
the problem of "obtaining further
accommodation for further in-
creases which are due to come in
the next five years." The school
-- ,is now .operating ._to capacity de
spite a new $100,000 addition comepleted one year ago. We might
say that Goderich won't have to
wait for increases "in the next five
years." Those increases are right
'here now and, according to Prin-
cipal H. M. Shackleton "at -the pre-
sent rate of going the Goderjch
Public School will need one . new
classroom for next fall and a
second new one for the following
year,'•' Apparently there is some-
what of a problem in adding any
new classrooirts to the- recent ad-
dition. Whether this Is because
the present heating system would
not adequately carry heat to such
additions we do not know. But
if this is out, the alternative of
using the old Collegiate for Public
School classrooms may have to be
considered. It seems rather cer-
tain that the Public School Board
faces an accommodation problem
for next fall, if, indeed, 'it is not
even now having its difficulties in
this respect. In the fall of 1950
a new addition to the Goderich
Public School was opened which
cost nearly a third of a million
dollars. That fall tthere were 619
pupils enrolled. This month found
740 pupils enrolled --121 more than
when the addition was opened only
three years ago. So, figure it out
for yourself!
OVERHEARD ON THE SQUARE
-"Do you really think it's going
to be a long, hard winter?"
Preparing • Arena
For Winter Season
Under close observation since
the summer figure skating school
closed at the- end of August, the
floor at the Memorial Arena, which
bad started to heave in spots, has
settled back to normal, according
to reports.
In preparation for the winter
season of activities, the arena is
now undergoing a , complete face-"
Ir Lifting, with the interior of the
building getting a new paint•' job.
MORE VISITORS' .
Groups and individuals from
tear and far are coming to Gode-
rich still to visit the popular Huron
County Museum. On Tuesday, 25
women and 'children from the
Ladies' Guild of St. Jetties Luther-
an Church, R.R. 2, Ayton, made a
tour of the institution.
Group Adopts
Club .Program
A leadership training program!
instituted by the Goderich Junior
Chamber of Commerce was adopt-
ed by a regional meeting of Jaycees
at Owen Sound on Sunday and
now wilt be sent to the national
group for consideration. The re-
gion includes 43 clubs in Ontario.
Details of the program "were out-
lined by the leadership Mining
chairman for the region, Jim
Brophey, of the Goderich club,
who also gave a summary of the,
course being sponsored by the
Goderich club which begins Oct ,-
ber 8.
Briefs were presented by Bill
Anaerson, Max Cutt and Andy
Boutilier, all leaders of phases of
the coarse. • • •
Cec • Hoffman, Goderich presi- r
dent, spoke on assimilation and
orientation of new members: Also
present, with the Goderich group
was Frank Reid. The local group
had the second largest representa-
tion at the conference, exceeded
only by the host club.
Guest speaker at the seasion was
Garfield Case, of Beaver Valley,
who spoke on Canada and its rela-
tionship to the British Common-
wealth.
Jaycee groups represented at the
conference were from Goderich,
Owen Sound, Galt, Kitchener,
Stratford, Southampton,' Preston
and Guelph.
The Goderich Lions Club plans to have the town "go nuts" between 5 and 7 p.m. Friday—but for a good
cause—raising necessary funds to carry on the welfare work of the club. To assist them in this the
float in the picture above will visit Goderich, Members of the Lions Club will make a house to house
visit Friday evening selling tins of peanuts. Here's your chance to help a good cause. Lion Howard
Blue heads the committee in charge of the "Peanut Blitz" and members of the committee are Lions
Nelson Hill, Jim Kinkead, Leo Walzak, Harry Bosnell, Garby Darland and Bill Lumby.
Talk On Alliance
By Rev, C. W. Cope
Importance of the work of the
Lords Day Aliance was emphasized
by Rev. C. W. Cope, Of Brai?tford,.
Western Ontario secretary of the
group, in an address at the Sunday
evening ,service in Knox Presby-
terian Church.
Mr. Cope, a former pastor of
North Street United Church in
Goderich, gave a detailed report o •i '
the work of the Alliance.
In 1952, he' said, of the 11 corn
munihies which voted on Sunday
commercial sports, eight ' voted
against the proposal. The Alliance,
he said, had conducted strong cam-
paigns against the Sunday com-
mercial sports.
Many of the workers of the ar-
AT THE WATERFRONT
Subscription .vaaassi Si cos**
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Dungannon Fair Draws
Large Entry In Ilo
Council To Probe
Cost of Having_
Own Police Force
Town Council intends to investi-
gate the cost of having a town
police force in Goderich to replace
,the Provincial Police detachment
which serves the town.
At the meetint'af Town Council
last Friday night it was reported
that at a meeting of a committee
of the whole decision had been
made to authorize Councillor Ken
Pennington, chairman of the spec-
ial committee, and Councillor C.
M. Robertson, chairman of the fin-
ance committee, to make the in-
'vestigation and report back to
council. - _'
Policing of the town has been
carried out since 1947 by members
of the Ontario Provincial Police
under an agreement with the Town
Council. Provincial Police head-
- quarters have informed council
; that the present contract for the
OId Watei'ing
December
police scy expiresndon
he
- December 31 of this year and the
contract would either have to be
■ renewed or dropped.
At present, the Provincial Police
municipal detachment is made up
of four men, a corporal and three
It I0didn't take too long to get ih"mgs Back Memoi'ies
loaded when it arrived in port on
Tuesday with a load of coal.
fibs boat arrived at about 2.30
p.m. and was cleared at about 6
o'clock. The grain ship Quedoc
and the barge Portadoc were in
port with wheat and oats, arriving
on Sunday. They cleared op Mon-
day afternoon for Fort William.
The Hudson and Forestdaie ar-
rived within a few minutes of
each other yesterday afternoon.
And here's some good news for
fishermen. The perch are biting
again. The run started last Sat-
urday and tut a lull Sunday and
Monday, but fishermen were get-
ting good catches Tuesday and
yesterday.
The fall perch season was a bit
later startingthis year than it was
last fall, but with good ,weather,
the fishermen should have some
good luck.
ganization, Mr. Cope sa.d, fare
secretaries--wor-kiug—along quietly.
and making adjustments. where;psb fie d Against
there has •been a 'Violation 'of the
Lord's Day Act (Canada): V,ea,M;
Man, he pointed out, needs one
day for rest, time with his family .-____ _
and worshipin his church, pbysia- Ashfield Township,sCouncil met
ally,mentally
and
spiritually. 13• at
Kintail Monday n'
oda
night- and r
g fo
He praised the spirit of co-oper- the third consecutive time discuss-
ation which exisits between the cd their four per cent share of the
churches participating in the cost of building the pro sed new
50 -bed chronic patients wing at
I the Wingham General Hospital.
No action was taken again and
I -the matter was shelved until the
'October meeting. A delegation
from the publicity. committee of
the hospital was , present.
They were: Mayor DeWitt Miller,
Superintendent Mrs. Iris 11Jorrey
and Michael McPhail.
Dissatisfaction was expressed
over the recently -announced sur-
charge to be levied against munici-
palities_in-_this. .-area ._not subscrib-
ing to the present buildingro-
gram. Members . of the Ashfield
Council feel this "forceful action"
is not necessary.
At present the Wingham com-
mittee' has about 85 per cent •of
the necessary funds required.
Lords Day Alliance activities both
on country -wide and local levels.
Mr. Cope was introduced to the
congregation by Rev. R. G. Mac-
Millan, pastor of Knox Church.
.ON G.D.C.I. STAFF
Miss Ellen Roberts, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Roberts, of
Durham, formerly of Mt. Forest,
has joined the staff of the Gode-
rich Collegiate. In her final year
at Durham High School she won a
-scholarship -of $400 and- she later -
won more than $1,000 in scholar-
ships at college.
In addition to other honors, she
was elected Queen of the Ball in
her final year at Waterloo College.
She specializes • in French and
Latin.—Mt. Forest Confederate.
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Problem OfAccommodatjofl
At Public School Reviewed
Predicting a continually increas-
ing enrolment at the Goderich
-Public School for the next few
years, Principal H. M.. Shackleton
briefly reviewed the accommoda-
tion problem at the school Tues-
day night during the "Get Ac-
quainted Night" program of,, the
Goderich Home and School.
When the public school closed
last June there was an enrolmenit
of 719 +pupils, said Principal
Shackleton, in comparison to an
enrolment of 744 when the school
opened this September. Two
rooms were used only occasionally
in the new addition when it was
first opened. ,Now -every room is'
being used• and, said Principal
Shackleton, "there will not be
enough accommodation in the
building by next year to carry - on
as is• now."
Stating ther five cl
e are ass rooms
with two different grades in them,
he added that several teachers on
the staff had been teaching two
grades for several years now. He
said that this is "a lot of work."
Because there were 43 grade
pupils in Miss Fawcett Sturdy's
class it was felt necessary to do
some're-shuffling to make fggr more
even distribution of pupils in class-
rooms. -"Miss • George offered to
take a straight grade class in ad-
dition to her special class which
dropped to 19 pupils," said Prin-
cipal Shackletoriwaa "So we have
given to Miss George a number of
top grade four pupils. • The pre-
sent set-up in Miss George's room
Is these better grade Our pupils
along with her special class and
I feel sure it is going to ,work out
well, too."
. Introduces Teachers
Principal Shackleton introduced
each of the teachers to the gath-
ering, giving a brief history of
each of them.
Chairman of the meeting was
the president of'the Goderich Home
and School, Mrs. Harold Doak. hMinutes of the last meeting were
read by the secretary, Mrs. Frank
Bowra. Mra. Carlton Worsell,
treasurer, reported a 'balance on
hand of $68.50.
Two motions were passed, one
_to again give pins to members of
the graduating class and the other
to serve luncheons at Home and
School meetings only • on special
occasions and not every 'time.
Two solos were sung by Miss
Ruth Dockstader accompanied on
the piano by Miss Eleanor Lauder.
"Educating for Leisure" was the
subject of the ,address of the guest
speaker, Rev. D. W. Williams, • B.A, +
minister of Victoria Street United
Church. Rev. Mr. Williams stated
he had found in his visits to homes 1
over the years that so many people, !
once they are retired, don't know
what to do with their spare time
with the result that many of them
are unhappy. Such „people are 1
faced with three alternatives: 1.1
To stagnate; 2. To be led around ,
by their noses; 3. To use their 1
creative ability to enjoy leisure
time.
Look To The Future
Stating that because of labor
saving machines continually being j
introduced the •trifle of a man's
employment in the future would
likely be considerably reduc&d, the
guest speaker pointed out the im-
portance of a person looking to the +
time they woulo be retired and of I
the necessity of having some cre-
ative hobby to occupy their minds
during this time.
Remember the old watering cart
that went around town spraying
the streets to keep down the dust?
Well, you'd hardly recognize it
now. But if you were to look be
side the Huron County. Museum
on North street you'd see it parked
there, all bright and shiny with
new coat of red • and green paint.
The old cart, a relic of the Vic-
torian era, will bring back mem-
ories 40 many people . of Goderich
and many who have moved away
but lived here when youngsters.
George Beacom, a town em
ployee, remembers when he started
to work on the cart in (1905. That
was when he took over the job
steadily. Prior to that he had
worked on it -from time to time;
since his father, John Beacom,
had driven the cart for 13 years
before George started.
} built In ' Goderich
He recalls that the cart was
built by D. K. Straughan, who ran
a shop on Victoria street, but he
can't fix a date . on when it was
made.
George, perched .on the seat of
the wagon with his team of white
horses drawing the load, remem-
bers that the cart was popular,
especially - with the youngsters on
a hot day.
"l'd no sooner get a load of
water in the cart than you'd see
the kids start chasing behind it
around the Square getting soaked
in the spray," George says.
Every summer day, except when
it rained, George would load the
cart 20 times in the 'morning and
20 times in the afternoon. Just
Lp water down the Square would
rake close to a dozen loads.
"And you couldn't load or un-
load the cart any faster no matter
how hard you tried," George says.
"You could only get the water out
of the hydrant at a certain speed
and it would only pour out of
the tank at a certain speed."
10 -Hour Job
It was no easy job refilling the
tank about twice every hour -and
it required 10 hours each day to
get all the streets done.
"But I didn't mind it too much,"
George recalls. "In fact when I
finished work I'd usually go out
and play ateouple of games of la-'
crosse, And on rainy days, I spent
most of the tittle wishing for sunny
weather-"
Around and around the•Square
a
George would go, and 'up and
down the side streets. Since the
spray from the back ,of the cart
was only 30 feet wide, he'd have
to go down one side of the street
and back •up the other. •
And whenever the fire whistle
would blow you'd see George on
the cart with his team of horses
running as fast as they could to
get to the blaze. For .there's hard-
ly been a fire in the last half •
century that George hasn't helped
extinguish.
Outside Museum
Now the old, wooden cart with
its big wooden tank sits outside
the Museum=too big to be placed
anywhere inside the building.
Ever since it was put into retire-
ment in the early 1930's with the
advent of pavement, the old water
wagon has sat in the yard behind
the Town Hall gathering dust. Oc-
casionalIy it was used to water
a
few outlying streets.
But now it's back in its. glory
again looking majestic in its new
paint job. Even though its activ-
tity has ended, it will prove to be
a decided attraction for tourists
visiting the museum and for some
will perhaps bring back recollec-
tions of the days when they chased
along behind it to catch some of
the cool spray on a hot day.
Workmen Replace
Workmen started on Tuesday to
rip up the 'sidewalk from beside
the Town Hall on East street to
Victoria street and along Victoria
street in front of Knox Presbyter-
ian Church to prepare the section
for a new sidewalk.
The sidewalk had been in poor
Shape and replacement of it had
been considered for some time.
LENA'S BOY WINS
When Lena's Boy won the 2.16
pace at Queep's Park, London, on
Monday it chalked up its 15th win
since it has been owned by Reg.
McGee and Sons during the past
two months. In the same time it
has also won two 2nds and one 4th.
It has lowered its record }n this
time from 2.10 2/5 to 2.07. Plac-
ing fourth in the same race was
Miss Catlie Grattan, owned by
George Feagan.
"The greatest curse to children
in our day is toys," said Rev.' Mr.
Williams. "If we would nut down
on the manufaeture of them by 1
about two-thirds we would have
better,happier children," he stat-
ed, ading that a child who made
a rag doll for herself got greater ,
pleasure from it than if she was
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Canada's first national tractor plowing champion will be chosen from cone
petinf provincial Champions at the Ontario Plowmen's Association flyer -
national Match at Cobourg, Ont., October 6 to Above, Emmanuel Hahn,
the internationally -famous Canadian sculptor, who has designed many of
Canada's stamps and coins, is putting the finishing touches to the clay model
of the winner's trophy, the Esso Silver Plow, In additlgn to the trophy, the
Canadian, champion and the runner-up will travel each year as guests of
Imperial Oil to the world plowipg match where they will compete on behalf
of Canada. The first world match is being held at Cobourg; the second,
year in the Republic of Ireland
constables.
SWIMMING AND WATER
SAFETY AWARDS, MADE
Awards have been made in
connection with the Red Cross
Swimming and Water. Safety
Class conducted at Goderich
Beach this summer under the
+ direction of Mrs. A. M. Harper.
Beginners' pins have been pre-
sented to Donna Aberhart,
John Aberhart, Jim Magie,
Jim Stevens and Barry
Stewart. Crests werrt to Dick
Magie, Jean Stevens and
Louise Hind. Successful can-
didate for the Senior Red
Cross was Margaret Emerson.
I Varcoe Cemetery
__Dedication _Heidi
Dedication ceremonies were held
yesterday afternoon at Varcoe j
1 Cemetery in Colborne Township,
t which has been the object of a
beautification campaign this surra
mer,
Numerous trees were planted
and a cairn was erected bearing
, a commemorative plate.
Last year the cemetery, in which
many °pioneers of the township are
buried, was cleaned up to prepare
; it for the trees and cairn,. The
cemetery was part of the old V ir-
coe farm, now owned by James
I McPhee, R.R. 5, Goderich. The
undertaking was made possible
through the co-operation of th-
Colborne Township Council. i
Kinettes Give Pin
To Past President
Goderieh Kinette Club held their
first regular meeting in the British
Exchange Hotel on Monday even-
ing with the new executive taking
over, their duties. ,,The newpresi-
dent this year is Mrs. Max Cutt.
The past president, 'Mara, Harold
Hibben, was presented with her
past president pin and a gift from
the club for her leadership in the
past year.
Rev. and. Mrs. Jas. J. Morrish
of St. Jahns, Michigan, and their
daughter, Mrs. Howard Craig, of
Flint, Michigan, visited last week
with the former's sister, Mrs. John
Tabb, Britannia road and other
relatives here.
0 Crowd;
arse Classes
Acclaimed as the best in a num-
ber of years, the annual Dungan-
non Fall Fair held Tuesday by the
Dut'i°gannon Agricultural Society
drew a crowd of over 1,500 and at-
tracted the largest number of en-
tries in the various horse classes in
some time.
The weatherman co-operated,
providing a crisp, clear day for
the ,,event, and the crowd stayed
all afternoon to see the various
races and judging of animals and
the kiddies got their fill of 'hot
dogs, ice cream, popcorn and pop.
One of the main highlights of the
animal judging was in the Dun-
gannon 4-H Baby Beef Calf and
Swine Clubs, in which 100 per cent
of the members participated. The
boys and girls in the two clubs put
on an excellent display.
Opens Fair
Official opening of the fair was
tarried out by Steve Stothers, of
Lucknow, former Agricultural Re-
presentative for Huron County,
who was introduced by the presi-
dent of the Agricultural Society,
Howard Sproule.
"Dungannon and Ashfield," Mr.
Stothers said, "to me are my na-
tive land." He said that he could
recall the Dungannon Fall Fair
back to the "horse and buggy
days."
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•
He congratulated the members
of the society for their efforts in
helping to make the -fair a -success.
"There bas been a movement,"
he said, "to do away with some
of the smaller 'fairs. I believe
Dungannon came close to closing
at one time. But I want to con-
gratulate all those who through
their perseverance kept this fair
alive."
He urged his listeners also to
support the Agricultural Society.
"It has a place in the community,"
Mr. Stothers said. "It can't keep
that place unless you support it
and enlist the aid of younger men
to carry it on."
Congratulations to the society
were also expressed by Elston
Cardiff, Member of Parliament for
Huron.
During the , afternoon, various
events. were held and in the even-
ing a dance in Agricultural Hall
completed the program, '
A successful. home baking sale
was held by members of the St.
Paul's Anglican Church Ladies'
Guild.
al hehorseraces crud the running
;Start Planning
For Hockey Club
It's hockey time again and i
won't belong before the Goderic
Memorial Arena is humming wit
'activity once -more.
Right now the big question pro
moters of hockey in Goderich are
t1
hI
faced with is: "Are We Going to!
Have a Hockey Club?"
Last Monday night a group' of
businessmen and interested citizens
gathered at the Arena to start the
ball rolling for the -formation of a
hockey club. The _meeting, how-
ever, turned out only a small group
and the main thing decided was to a
• race classes and hurdles provided
the entertainment on the track.
Race Results
Following are the results of the
races:
Non -Winners of $500—Purse $125
LaddiepenG)). Lee (W. Ross, Ki. p-
1. 1
Captain Brooke (Scott Kerr,
Clinton) 3 2
Valuable Doc (H. O. Jerry,
Goderich) 2' '4
Pearl Lee (G.'Feagan, Gode-
rich) a a 4 3
Times: 220 2/5; 2.22.
Free -For -AIL --Purse $150
Peter Lee Brewer (R. Kirk-
by, Walton) 1 4
Mr. Normby (.1. Geisel, Han-
over) .. 4 1
i Lady Normby (J. Geisel,
Hanover) 2 2
Joe Bunter (Reg. McGee &
Sons, Goderich) 3 3
Times: 2.14; 2.15 3/5.
Results of the hurdle jumping
were: 1. Art Dickson, Port Albert;
2., 3. and 4. Wilmer Darroch, Mount
Forest; 5. Babe Arbour, Goderich;
6. Bob Meyer, Teeswater. Girls'
classified running race: 1. Edna
Stewart, Port Albert; -2. Rose Pier-
son. Musical chairs: Frank Sting -
el, Dungannon. Pony race, 13
hands and under: 1. George Dun-
can, Dundalk; 2. Jim Hanna,
Orangeville; 3. Ron Feagan, Gode-
rich; 4. Tom Dickson, Port Albert;
13 hands and over: 1. George Dun-
can, Dundalk; 2. E. Whitehead,
Eden Grove. Saddle class: 1. and
2. Wilmer Darroch, Mount Forest;
3. Alvin McGee, Goderich; 4. Edna
Stewart, Port Albert. Classified
farmers' race: 1. J. Geisel, Han-
over; 2. J. Burns, Seaforth; 3. E.
Whitehead, Eden Grove. Open
race: 1. Reward Duncan, Dundalk;
2. H. Best, Flesherton; 3. E. White-
head, Eden Grove; , 4. H. Best.
Horse Classes -
In the hor,e classes, Charles
Halliday, of Chesley, tool- two'firsts
and one second in the light draught
class, while Stewart Brooke took a
third in the class. Belgian or
Percheron class prizes were won
by E. Pritchard, of Lucknow and
Frank Curry, of Ripley. George
Jackson, of Fergus, won two firsts
and a second in the wagon class,
while Ross McKaigue, of Belmore
won a second and a third and
Eldon Renwick, of Belmore, took a
third. -Me. Jackson also won two -
firsts in the carriage and road class,
while Earl White, of Eden Grove,
won a first. Elmer Johnston, of
Atwood, was top winner in the
pony class, capturing seven firsts.
He also won a first for best brood
stallion, single tandem and brood
mare. Charles Halliday also won
firsts for best matched span, best
individual and best three horses
owned in any township.
Only entry in the sheep class
was Irwin Vance, of Tara. , George.
Alton, of Lucknow, took two 'firsts
and two seconds in the pig classes,
while Arnold ,Alton, of Lucknow.
Wwon two firsts • s„� ,x„
Cattle Classes-""-1I:�j
Big winner in the Shorthorn
cattle class, was Andrew Gaunt,
of Lucknow, who took first prize in
11 classes and second in three.
spread. the ---word around that - an-
other meeting will be held next
Monday at 8 p.m. at the Arena.
Last winter, Goderich was for-
tunate in .having a good intermedi
ate club and right now the pos-
sibility exists that a good inter-
mediate outfit might be formed
again this year. That, of course,
is something that will have to be
decided, and soon, by those inter-
eMin having good hockey here
this winter,
Reason
ted for starting hockey meet-
ings so early in the season is that
officials figure, the time is ripe -to
grab hockey players now before
they start signing up with other
clubs.
So anyone interested in hockey
will be giving a big boost to the
cause if he gets out and attends
the meeting next Monday night.
Millionairess With A 'Kind
Code Of Ethics Visits Here
An elderly millionairess who
visited Goderich for several days
including the past week -end has
an unwritten law in her code of
ethics which she has carried out
religiously for several decades.
Every time she makes any fairly
large purchase for her own use
she immediately donates something
of equal value to some needy Cause
or some organization striving to
help needy people.
In her 67 foot cabin cruiser,
"Florence 0," which sheltered in
Goderich harbor on the week -end
and early this week enroute to
Florida from St. Joseph Island,
(west ' of Manitoulin), Mrs. F. W.
Orrell, of Flint, Michigan, now in
her eighties, retired to her cabin
hunk about 9 p.m., Saturday after
fipending the evening looking over
Goderieh„harbor and indulging in
her favorite hobby, reading books.
The Captain of her cruiser, P.
W. Kent, aged 65, of Richards
l,antltng, St. Joseph Island, who
has held this post for a' quarter
of a century, listed only a few of
the many donations she has given.
These ,include building a school
and also two libraries on the Cap-
tain's home territory, St. Joseph
island; also numerous donations to
the Salvation Army. She has even
turned her old family home at
Flint into -4 home for elderly ladies
I while she uses a small .apartment
+ when at home in Flint. Her only
rules for the old ladies' home is
that they must be respectable, in
need of a home and over 65 years
of age.
Her husband died in 1927 as a
result of a car accident in Florida.
ile .and four other men started the
original Buick motor plant at Flint
Today, Mrs. Orrell is a large stock-
holder of the General Motors Cor-
poration.
Her trip to Florida this year
will be fifth in the "Florence 0”
but . she has spent more winters
than -that in Florida, and also in
California and other parts of south-
ern United States. She has had
some seven different cabin cruisers
in bygone years. On St. Joseph
island she has a 130 acres farm as
a hobby with a full five acres de-
voted to nothing but flowers.
Captain Kent and his crew of
four brought Mrs. Orrell into Gode
rich harbor only once before.
about 18 years ago,
Trying to help needy causes with
financial donatios has its difficul-
ties, Mrs. Orrell has found. Once
donations are given word soon gets
around and the donor is flooded
with requests from various sources
which continually come in. To
distinguish between the genuine
calls for assistance and the camou-
flaged rectuests is not an easy task.
Alvin Sherwood, of - Dungannon;
took two seconds and two thirds i
this class, In the Aberdeen -Angus
class, George Kennedy, of Luck -
now had • all .firsts and seconds,
while J. D. Durnin, of Lucknow,
had one third. Mr. Gaunt also
won the award for best herd of
i three' females, best bull under one
• year, and the T. Eaton prize.
School Display
Public School children exhibits,
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on display . in Agricultural Hall,
were a big attraction. Prizes went
to: Projects--S.S. No. 9, Ashfield
S.S. No. 16, Crewe; S.S. No. 17
West Wawanosh; S.S. No. 8, Ash
field, senior. Best collection o
four scrapbooks—S.S. No. 8, Ash-
field; S.S. No. 17, ,West- Wawanosh;
S.S. No. 9, Ashfield. Best collec-
tion of labeled leaves—S.S. No. 9
Ashfield; Shepparcjton; S.S. No. 17,
West Wawanosh.. Best autumn
bouquet--S.S. No. 9, Ashfield; Bel-
fast; S.S. No. 2, Ashfield:
Mrs. Chester Finnigan and Mrs.
Harvey Mole? both of Dungannon,
split honors in the home baking
classes. Mrs. -Finnigan won first
prize for pies, and second for
cakes. Mrs. Mole won first for
cakes and second for pies.
4-H Classes
The 4-H classes, held early in
the afternoon, resulted as follows
Dungannon 4-11 Baby Beef Club:
best calf—Frank Alton, R.R. 7,
Lucknow; Norma Pentland, Dun-
gannon; Ross Durnin, R.R. 2, Luck -
now;
Jim Reed, R.R. 4, Dungannon;
Ken Alton, R.R. 7, Lucknow; Doug-
las Kilpatrick, R.R. 7, Lucknow;
Donald McTavish, R.R. 2, Luck -
now; showmanship --Frank Alton,
Lorne Hackett, Frances Alton, Jim
Reed, Ken Alton, `Ross Durnin,
Norma Pentland; senior heifers--
Lorne Hackett, Frances Alton,
Marilyn McTavish; R.R. 2, Luck -
now; Evelyn Smith, R:R, 2, Auburn;
unior heifers '-- Murray Wilson,
R.R. 2, Auburn; George Smyth,
R. 2, Auburn.
Dungannon 4-11 Swine club: best
air of Guilts—Barry Ifackett, •R, t,
Lucknow; Frank" . Alton, R.R. 7,
.ucknow; Bob Harris, R.R. 2, Liick-
ow; Graham Powell, R.R:. 2, Luck -
ow; Lorne Alton, R.R. AuburtY;
avid Kirkland, R.R. 3, :,ucknow
Wayne Brown, R.R. 1, Dungannon;
ouglas Mole, `RA, 1; Dtitigannbn;
enneth Alton,Dap. 7, Lucknow;
howmanuhip-Fr'ank Alton, Rea•
eth Alton, Barry Hackett, Ron
Iton, David Kirkland, Graham
owowell, Bob
F arxis,Douglas VMoolle.
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