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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-10-01, Page 2PAS 'TWO T -rbee c ._ iisignal-*tar HURON ' COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Subscription Rates -Canada and Great Britain, $2.50 a year: to United States, $3.50. Strictly in advance. Advertising Rates on request. Telephone 71. Authorised as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -of. -Town Representative: C.W.N.A., it o • 420 Temple Bldg., Bay and Richmond o'` "e Sts., Toronto. �ABC �x Member of Canadian Weekly News- o papers Association. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Weekly Circulation Over 3,000. GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. THURSDAY, OC"POBER 1st, 1953 IN NEED OF 'CHARACTERS' Commission has not so far com- In addressing the students of the University of Toronto at the opening of the term the president, Dr. Sidney Smith, advised them to "work out your own ideas, So adhere to your own views, while at the same time studying the opinions of others'and being ready, if conviction comes to you, to change your opinions." He thought Canada should have more "charac- ters." In the course of his address Dr. Smith said: "You will be subjected, all your lives, to the most insidious pres- sure of modern society -the pres- sure of standardization. Every day we are adjured through pic- tures, print and propaganda to pursue the same goals, admire the same people, enjoy "the same pas- -times, wear the same clothes and think the same thoughts. There are hundreds of clubs and societies -political, social, professional; in- dustrial, and even cultural -which tend to submerge the individual in the tide of conventional mediocrity. The most valuable member of society is the man or woman who has the capacity for dissent, who sets up a resistance to mass movements and mass ideas. . 1 am not praising eccentricity for its own sake, although' Canada could easily support more 'charac- ters.' I am calling for - an inde- pendence of . 'hind; a critical spirit that can stand up against all the dreary platitudes • and the pallid inanities that assail us. There are r of dedication services for a new amenities of civilized living that must be observed; individualism television set. should not be indulged in to the distress of other members of the : Over at Chicago •co'inmu.nity. But I hope that every obs plied with it. • The piping of Alberta gas to Eastern Canada would be an ex- pensive undertaking and would mean a higher price for Eastern consumption, while the use of Alberta's surplus product in the neighboring States would be the natural economic course. - This is merely a skeleton outline of the discussions that are pro- ceeding. There are endless coni - plications, cross -currents and side issues, and until • there is a thorough going-over of the entire affair on the floor .of Parliament the ordinary onlooker can have but a hazy idea of the rights and wrongs of the matter. In the meantime, Alberta is waiting for a market. EDITORIAL NOTES Bevan demands that Churchill get back to work or resign. Says THE GODERICH SIGNAL-ST,A.R Down Memory's Lane 25 Years Ago A prisoner lodged in Huron County jail tried to break out, but the attempt was discovered by Jail Governor J. B. Reynolds. The prisoner, being held for sentence on a car theft charge, attempted to cut through the casing which held the iron bars in the small window ,of his cell. He was sent- enced to two years for the attempt- ed break and two years for the car theft. Lions Clubs from Goderich, Sea - forth and Wingham visited the County, Home in Clinton and put on an interesting program of en- tertainment ,for the old folks. The Lions brought baskets of fruit, cigarettes, cigars and chocolates for the patients. A large attendance of women featured the W.M.S. conference of Huron Presbyterial Society of the United Church in Ontario Street United Church, Clinton. Guest speaker stressed the need for sup- port of work done in the foreign mission and home mission fields. 20 Years Ago A pet monkey belonging to Bill Woocaused some excitement on South street when it broke loose and led its pursuers a merry chase. The monkey leaped from branch to branch in trees until finally he was lured closer to the pursuers and a dip net was thrown over him. Ladies of Victoria Street United Church canned and preserved over 100 jars of fruit and chili sauce for Western relief. The fruit and sugar were• donated and the ladies supplied the jars. A large barn on the ninth con- cession of Ashfield Township, owned by Milton Kilpatrick was destroyed by fire. It was believed to have been caused by a lantern which upset when sheaves of oats. were being put down from the mow for feeding. No livestock was lost, but some machinery and crops were destroyed in the blaze. 15 Years Ago An early -morning fire threaten- ed the entire village of Benmiller. The blaze started at the rear of James Montgomery's general store and; spread to his garage and a barn owned by William Straughan. All three buildings were burned to the foundation.in less than two hours: Outstanding in the many good fields of fall wheat in the district was one at Dunlop belonging to Harry Shields. It contained nearly 60 acres. The seeding operations were spread over five days and be- fore the seeding was completed at one end of the field the other end was green with the upshooting growth of wheat. Ladies of the Baptist Church organized a Dorcas Society with Mrs. George Johnston as president. At the.., organizational. meeting a purse was presented to Mrs. S. R: McClung in recognition of her ser- vices in supplying as church organist. the ant to the elephant, "Get out of my way." cities, but it costs more to bring it * - ;. * to the consumers. The city dweller Five rubber companies have been may grumble about the higher cost fined $10,000 each for violation of of providing for his table, but if' the Anti -combines Act. That law he thinks it over for a minute he has teeth, and sharp teeth, in it. cannot but see that he and the • • * rest. of the people in his city are "Unveiling" ceremonies were themselves responsible for it. It held in England for a Ford car would hardly do to place, a legal of a new type. Next we may hear limit upon the size to which a city may, grow, but it would be a good thing for about nine -tenths of the a man was member of ,,this University will = erved reading a book while develop. the habit of thinking driving a car at 70 m.p.h. And -toughly and tenaciously for him possibly the book was about how self. If you are self-reliant, you -to drve a car safely. - will not follow the crowd. ,You will make up your own mind. You will not believe everything that The Saltford Sage says that you - read in-- prinL"_ _ daylight saving is like the Indian'. How often we have heard it cutting six inches off one end of said, -in effect: "We do not have his blanket and sewing it to the 'characters' in our town as we did` other end to make it longer, years ago," and some of these * +° "characters" are mentioned, with - From time to time we read of a mingling of fondness and admir- a convention at which a resolution ation, sometimes with amusement. I is passed demanding 'tax exemption We do not have there now, because, for the particular interest repre- as Dr. Smith suggested; we - yield sented by the convention. it * 3: to the pressure of general opinion and custom. We do not like to be thought "queer," though that queerness may be a sign of un- usual willpower, an independence of . spirit, a recognition of real values in life, sometimes a gentle• ness of spirit and a truer insight that sees good in people from whom most ., people turn - away. Perhaps we shall never again see "characters" like those we knew of yore, but we can resist the -tend- ency to think and do just as the majority think'and do, or we can at least admire those who have the will and determination to order their own lives. ALBERTA' SNATURAL GAS The question of what is to be done with Alberta's gas is said to be one of the biggest issues in the Canadian political scene. Not that it is a party issue, so far at any rate, but it is expected to raise. some lively discussions in the next Parliamentary session at Orta. The question is so com- p-icateli that -one not thoroughly seized of the facts would hardly dare. risk a final and defitfte iiptnion upon it, and all that this column proposes to do is to present some angles ' of the matter as they app,ar ;from the reading of several articles dealing with it. Premier Manning of Alberta is reported as stating that production of natural gas in his Province is retarded by lack of markets. There is a potential market in Ontario, but there are a number of obstacles, legislative and geograph- ical, to be overcome before that market iS available. One.company proposes to construct a pipeline from Alberta to Ontario -an all- Canadian line that has strong sup- port. Gas qrom Texas would be cheaper 'fors- use in Ontario, and the surplus of Alberta. gas after supplying the demand in Western Canada could find a ready market in northwestern United States. It seems, however, that Ottawa policy - is to prohibit the export of gas • from . Canada, and to bolster the all -Canadian project the Trans- Canada Pipe Line has asked the - U.S. ' Federal Power Commission to prohibit the export of gas from the United States to Canada. This, ,at leant, is what we gather from a • recent Washington* despatch, though` it, seems to be an extra•. ordti'ary request, and the IPS. doesn't seem to occur to those proposing the resolution • that ex- emption for one body of citizens means higher taxation for every- body else. • Usually the two big fairs, at :Toronto and London, are favored with -good weather and the small- town fairs have to take their chances with storm and rain in the latter part of the month. It urjs 'the wither way this year. Toronto and Loindon had the bad weather, and most of the smaller fairs, in this district,at least - Dungannon, Blyth, xeter and others -have had• -.the good weather which contributes so much to their success. - • • Some Toronto people, we - are told, went to the polling booth, 4n election day and did not know how to vote until they had en- quired and learned which can- didate belonged to their favored party. This led to the suggestion that the candidate's name on the ballot should be accompanied by the name of the party which he represented. Our Own suggestion would be that people who are sa little interested in the flection as not to know even the names of the candidates should not be given a ballot. - * * *, • According to records oflife in- surance companies September IS the healthiest, month in the year, March the most unhealthy. Pos- sibily .it is that the open-air life of the. summer keeps people alive, .but with the advent of October they remain indoors - more until, their strength sapped by the long winter and lack of fresh air and outdoor life, March carries them off. For young people and for older ones vigorous ,enough to en- joy the bracing air of winter, the cold months may be health -giving; it would be interesting to, have re- liable ,statistics as to this. • * . One phase of the growth of large oiti s in this Province has perhaps i had little notice, but it is not without importance. The . cities I spread over farm lands which once raised food crops, with the result that the increased urban popular l tion requires more food and there Is less land to produce it. This in-' evitably means, higher prices:' There is plenty of food -producing,, land M a greater distance from the people of the over -size cities that are spreading over the land. STRATFORD MAN NAMED STORE MANAGER HERE KINGSBRIDGE KINGSBRIDGE, Sept. 20. - Mr. Jimmy Sinnott of Detroit has been holidaying here for the past. week at the home of Mr. Michael• O'Neill and other relativeb. Miss, Yo Van Osch is visiting for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dalton. Several" friends from this vicin- ity attended the funeral on Sunday afternoon for the late Mrs. Chas. Boyd, and deepest sympathy is extended to Mr. Boyd and famiily. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dalton and children, Mrs: Reynolds and Mr. Pat Sullivan spent the week -end at the Martyrs' Shrine at Midland. The C.W.L. held its monthly meeting last, week and are sponsor- ing a dance in the Parish Hall this Friday evening. Mrs. M. MacLennan of Gorrie is visiting at the home of Mrs. Martha O'Neill. • Mr- and Mrs. Maurice Schuurman of London spent the week -end' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Van Osch. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dalton are holidaying in Detroit for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. Oehring and son of Chepstowe, visited at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. H. Lambertus recently. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Frayne spent Sunday visiting the Dwyer family at Kinkora. Mrs. Ursula Hebert of Detroit is holidaying at the home of • her brother, Mr. John O'Connor. Mr. Cecil Brown who was man- ager of the Dominion Store at Goderich for six years .has joined the Singer Sewing Centre store at Goderich. The new Dominion Store manager is John D. Preston who carie from a Dominion Store • Competitive Prices Plus Personal Service at Stratford. He Is a native of Wingham but has served with Do- minion Stores in various towns in Western Ontario. He is moving his family to Goderich today. Special Values and Reminders for Thursday, Friday and Saturday I D A BRAND SPECIALS SOLD WITH A MONEY -BACK GUARANTEE Aromatic Cascara Reg. 30c, 50c 23c' 39c 3 oz. 6 oz. i7 Cod- Liver OilB.P. 16 oz. Reg. 89c 69e Cod Liver Oil, Capsules lows 19 98c Glycerin & Rose Water R g=•45c 33c Nasal Tablets I:" 89c 59c 011 of Wintergreen 2Reg°_.35c,� 4 Oz• 29c, 49c 60c 4 oz. and 8oz.- Reg. 35c, 60c Syrup White Pine & Tar 29c, 49c Vitamin B Tablets- CLINICAL 100's Reg. 87c 29c, 59c 300's. Reg. 79c ✓✓ THERMOMETER 69c s12.S00.00inPRIM ! s. •e* .I 201 1140 WINNERS in new Soto Cellulose Tape - •u CONTEST Get your entry blank h.r.l FREE! Handy Valuable Baseball Pocket Book with purchase of a GILLETTE Deluxe One Piece Pocket Razor Regular price $1.59 Vitamins Are Health Builders AYERST Alphamettes Capsules $1.00, $1.85, $3.50, $15.00 Alphamettes Aqueous Solu- tion $1.45, $2.65, .$4.85 10-D Cod Liver Oil $1.00,` $2.25 SQUIBB'S 10.0 Cod Liver Oil $1.00, $2.25 Plain Cod Liver Oil 75c, $1.59 Special Formula Capsules $1.25, $4.00 FROSST'S Capsules $1.65, $2.95, $6.60 Frosst's Neo Chemical Food, Ostoco Drops $1.45, $2.40 fluid $1.55, $3.35, $5.90 $4:25 RYBUTOL Vitamin B Complex and Minerals 1.98 3.49, 5.95 IDA Halibut .Liver Oil CAPSULES 75c . $1.29 $4.79 VITA DIET Multiple Vitamin CAPSULES $1.1.5, $2.70 MEADS Mead's Oleum Percomorphum lOcc $1.10, 30cc $2.95, 50cc $4.80. Brewer's Yeast Tablets 60c, $1.25 Cod Liver Oil Plain 75c, $1.80 10-D Cod Liver Oil 75c, $2.25 Mulcin $1.50, $2.75 Ascorbic Acid Tablet's, 25 mg: 60c, $2.40 Cre-O-Tone Reconstructive Tonic, 16 oz. • / $1.25 Vi -Delta Emulsion' $1.68, and $2.92 , Wampoles Cod Liver Extract $1.25 Waterbury's Compound $1.25 One -A -Day A & D Tablets 90's $1.35, 180's $2.50 One -A -Day Multiple Vitamins $1.25, $2.50, $4.25 IDAMALT Extract of Malt and Cod' Liver Oil 1 Ib. jar 75e 2 Ib. jar 1.29 4 lb. jar 2.29 IDAFER Iron and Vitamin B Com- pound Liquid 16 oz. $1.50 Capsules 60's $1.S0 -240's $4-S0 GIRL PARTNERS (A.R.F. in London Free Press) -The-women-are coming into their own. We were driving home the other night in a taxi and saw a big transport truck from Chatham with a sign on it: A. F. Privett and Daughter. It is common to see painted on the. barns of successful farmers in large letters such signs as John Doe & Sons. Returning from Bayfield recently to London we drove along what is known as the Goshen Line, and standing out like a sore thumb on a huge red barn was the device George -McCloskey and Girls. Evidently Mr. McCloskey hadno sons, so he wanted the world to know that his daughters were help- ing him run his farm and were his partners. XJQMU PRVK If the legal language of insurance policies makes about as much sense to you as does the above, let us ex- plain what the differ- ent kinds of insurance will mean to you. Phone us today. MALOOLM MATHERS Insurance Office,, 46 West St., Goderich, Phone 115W HELP THE BLIND .. . TO HELP THEMSELVES Make a Generous Contribution Now $18,000 Is Needed To Provide These Benefits Social rehabilitation through counsetlbf field secretaries. Home instruction in crofts and Braille reading and writing. Maintenance of - the new Western Ontario residence and Recreation Centre. Job placement service. Blindness prevention service. (Of an annual operating cost of $46,000 . . . $28,000 hos already been provided by municipal grants and Community Chests). Send Your Donation Today to: THE CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND Campaign .Headquarters At GODERICH, LONDON, ST. THOMAS, STRATFORD THURSDAY, OCTOBER lsf, 1033 1 46 - 52'- 49 50 - 47 - SI•••• INFO! Get in the game and have yourselfa good used car or truck for fall and winter driving. Our special low prices will please you. Good trade.in allow. ances. Satisfaction guaranteed. 52 51 51 50 49 46 51 51- 47 46 See these at Pontiac Coach, excellent condition. Dodge Sedan, new tires. Meteor Sedan -a dandy. Meteor Sedan -Two tone paint. P Mercury Coach -A quality car. Chevrolet Sedan. New paint job. TRUCKS Chevrolet Pickup -low mileage. Ford Pickup -like new, Ford Pickup -a dandy. Ford 3 ton -dump chassis Aberhart!s Garage Phone 625W Goderich 0 4 first Love of 2Q,000,000 �J][otorists.! 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