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4/THURSDAY. ,OCTOBER 8th, 1953
"MISTER" OR "ESQ."
A controversy has broken out in the
columns of British newspapers over the use of
the term"Ulster." One Capt. lain Moncreiffe,
described as a blue-blooded nobleman, attacks
the claim of cominon men to.he , -tie; says it
.is "arrant snobbery" to dill ung:' If "mister"
,unless one has a right •to do
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- . His rebuke,
a commentator observe, "not only threatens
what many male Britons regard as a bare
minimum of respectability. 11 also castigates
those addressers of envelopes who make a class
distinetibn between 'tradesmen' and 'gentle-
men' by prefixing the names of the former
with 'Mr.' and suffixing the names of the latter
with ' Esq ' "
But here is what disturbs un.. This.,
Captain Moncreiffe says that anybody might
be born an esquire i son of a peer, knight,
• judge, lawyer!. but ''mister" is ' eorreetly the
style of a university graduate and ean be
achieved only through a certain amount of
personal merit. The Captain -calls for a return
to the days when "plain John Smith used
A MAN OF
Iii these days of extreme caution in plfblie
affairs. of keeping in line with the stronger
party. of " pussyfoo'ting." it is refreshing to
hear of someone who dares to resist. Such a
one was the late Mayor Ernst Reuter..of West
Berlin, that part of the former German cap-
ital that is almost surrot u.Gled 'by Soviet ter-.-
ritory.
Throughout his •life Ernst Reuter was a
champion. of the cOUIIUun people. Born of a
Prussian father, but opposing' Germany's en-
gagement in World War I, he was eouseripted.
wounded and captured. Later he defied the
Russian Communists and eventually was etre-
ted mayor of West Berlin. When the Russians
attempted to blockade that city he inspired
the :courage and decision among his people
that helped to make the famous air lift a sue-
':- We
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-We must stop-aetint Like rabbits in
neither. prefix nor suffix" but was sinitily
"John Smith" and nothing more.
This runs quite counter to ordinary cus-
tom in this detiiocratic eountry of,. Canada.
John Smith Might be somewhat offended if
one addressed to hit» an envelope 'with neither
'.Mr." nor "Esq." attached. University
graduate or not, he would consider it a piece
of rudeness if he were not addressed as "Mr.
John Smith." The "Esq." may -be reserved
for persons of some prominence or importance,
or. of whom you are asking a favor and of
whom you want to- keep on the right side --
a title of particular respect if "Hon.," or
"Judg," or "Major," or sotnethiiig distinc-
tive, would be inappropriate.
No matter what Captain Moncreiffe may
say, we intend to abide by Canadian custom.
Nobleman, university graduate or what not,
"a man's a man for a' that." and is entitled
at leas( to be '"blistered." The only thing
that bothers us is to decide when to discard
the "Mr." and use the '`Esq."
COURAGE
the presenee of a snake," he told the be-
leaguered \Vest Berliners; and (quoting' from
en editorial reference in The Boston. Molitor)
he called firmly on his people to take the
refugees who poured in by thousands from the
,yoviet,oecupd sector. Every Berliner who
took an active part in the plans to thwart the
Communists knew he tirade himself a marked
man if ever the Reds took over tht> city. More
than 500 persons have disappeared and mane
are known 'to have been" kidnapped by -gangs
from East Berlin.
• Say. the Monitor article: Travellers who
visit Berlin tind there a higher appreeiation of
freedom and a more lively determination- to
defend it than in many parts of Europe out-
side the Iron Curtain. The spirit which Mayor
Reuter and others have given to that city
survives his passing.
EDITORIAL NOTES
ills, an ill wind that blows nobody good.
The longshoremen's strike at the port of New
York is sending ocean trafl-ie to Halifax.
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No horses at the North Huron plowing
match,.last week. Nothing but tractors to pull
the shining blades. By the end of the century
horses may be seen only in the circus.
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It must be a rare telephone -user who has
'not at some time been annoyed by repeatedly
hearing "Line's busy" when he was in -a
hurry, but fortunately few are so hot-tempered
as a certain Kincardine district man. :3e -
cording to The Kincardine News; -this man -was
.s� angered when he failed to get a- call through
-that he picked up an axe and broke the in-
strument in to small pieces. '
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For years the Town has published admon-
itions to bicycle -riders to keep off the side-
walks. but they receive little attention. The
Council has now decided to institute a caiu-
paign to teaeh the children regard for safety.
But bicycle -riders are not the only offenders.
It is safe to say that traffic rules and -town'
bylaws are violated a hundred times ;t day in
Goderich. Is not ,a regular police patrol the
obvious remedy?
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It seems there is a new traffic regulation
(of which most people are ign-orant) under
which- a motorist may be charged with follow-
ing too closely the ear in, front. A charge
under this section of the llighvvsy's Traffic Aet
was laid against a woman driver after an
accident in Toronto a few days ago and was
said to he the first, application of the nese see -
tion.
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Toronto's difficulties with supply of bread
and milk rouse the scorn of a woman who
writes to The Star stating that she bakes the
bread for her family. She does not say how she
makes provision for her supply, of milk. Keep -
Mg sr eow would." he the natural method, but
there might be objections to this beeoming a
common practice in the city. Anyway, how
many- - people in Toronto know how to get milk
from a claw-?
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Senator Met arthy of Wiseonsin, noted for
his search for C'ommnunist sympathies among
public servants in the 17.S., has just been mar-
ried. Somehow or other this reminds us of
the Quaker couple who spent a good deal of
their tiule discussing the foibles of 'their; neigh-
bor. . After one long talk on their favorite
subject the husband observed. "It seems that
everybody is queer but thee and ole." Then as
an afterthought "And sometimes I think thee
--is a -bit queer. The - view bride should
exceedingly eareful that she does not give the
Senator the slightest eause to snspeet evert a
pink, tinge in her thoughts.
THANKSGIVING
Now sing we a song for the harvest :
Thanksgiving and honor and praise
For all that the bountiful G-iver
Hath given to gladden our dtiys;
For grasses of upland and lowland,
For fruits of the garden and field,
For gold which the ni.ine and the furrow
•To delver and husbandman yield;
And thanks for the harvest of beauty.
For that which the hands cannot hold,
The harvests that eyes cannot gather.
And only flour -hearts can enfold.
And these have been, gathered and garnered,
Sorne golden with honor and gain,
And some. as with heart's blood, are ruddy,
The harvests of sorrow and pain.
!) Thom .Who art Lord of the harvest,
The Giver Who gladdens Mir diiys,
Our hearts are for ever repeating
Th anksgiving and honor and pra ise.
RAILROAD CENTENARY
To mark the centenary of the
Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich
Railway, the Canadian National
Railways museum train will - visit
Buffalo on October 12.
S. W. Fairweather, C.N.R. vice-
president in charge of research and
development, Is to be guest speak-
er at a luncheon arranged by, the
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce.
The visit of . the 'museum train;
occurring appropriately *enough on
Canada's Thanksgiving Day, will
recall the 75 -mile journey of the
first... train from Buffalo to Brant-
ford in January, 1853.
The event, • In the eyes of a
Buffalo jodrnaliat "commenced a
new era in the history of Buffalo.
This road, although not running
in.oiur state, is destined to confer
iaealculseble benefits on Our city.
It plus ; us Within sin hours, of
rt M,„ Itaod' Mrlll become the main
of travel. especially id the
ter Soasolv from the Great West
to.the 16ast."
Altht ugh. there is a psfetcdty of
rt -cords concerning the B. B. & G.,
it Is believed that the road - was
completed to Goderich in 1856.
In the same year, the first car
ferry was operated across the Niag-
ara River between Fort Erie (then
Bridgeburg) and Black Rock, a
hamlet that is now a part of Buf-
falo.
When the International Bridge
was completed in 1873, the ferry,
known as the International, was
transferred to similar duties be-
tween Sarnia and Port Huron.
Presumably, the $150,000 Buffalo
subscribed toward the capital of
the B. B. & G. was raised because
the city had arnbitlons for a short-
er rail connection with the western
peninsula of Ontario than could be
provided by the Great Western,
the Canadian railway linking Niag-
ara Falls, Hamilton and London.
.The B, B. & G. was to a large
extent. the salvation of:Mt 'Erie.
Constructlan`--af the' ,Erie, Canal
from Buffalo southeastward; in 1825
had destroyed mueih..et.. the trade
by Which the town made its living.
Before the advent of the Erie
Canal, goods coming through to
Buffalo from New York and other
Eastern U.S. ports had to be trans-
ported by a water route on which
there were many portages. Goods
transmitted through Canada, how-
ever, were delayed by only two
portages: The St. Lawrence Rapids
above Montreal and Niagara Falls.
Great engineering event of the
time and locality was the building
of the -International Bridge. The
Canadian parlianient and the legis-
lature of New York passed acts in
18$7 to permit building the bridge,
but constructlon was not begun
until 1870.
Eventually; after several' changes
of management, the Buffalo,,Brant-
ford and Goderich Railwaybecame
a part of the Grand Trunk which,
in turn, was absorbed`by the C.N.R.
Buffalo's ambitions for direct rail
connection with Detroit were com-
Wfeted. with the signing of the
abash 'agreement in 1898, wlflere-
b U.S. trains were given use of
Grand -Trunk lines from,Wind,
artr through, At. Thomas to Black
The First
Thanksgiving Day --1672
- "And therefore. I Wil-
liam Bradford (by the
grace of God today, and
the , franchise of this
good people), governor of
Plymouth, say—thrhugh
virtue of vested power-.
ye shall gather with one
accord, and hold in the
s month of November.
thanksgiving unto' the
Lord."
Canadian Thanksgiving Day Monday, October 12
Down Memory 's
Lane
25 Years Ago
Rev. Dr. George E. Ross, of
Ottawa, a former- minister of Knox
Presbyterian Church in Goderich,
was elected moderator of the Ot-
tawa Synod of the Presbyterian
Church of Canada. The choice was
unanimous. . -
At ,a county field _day held at
Mitchell, students from Goderich
Collegiate Institute won the Mac-
Millan Trophy for the highest scor-
ing school in Huron County. Sea- Baseball League were honored at
a banquet by their sponsors, the
Lions Club.. The youngsters were
welcomed by President R. Stone-
house and introduced to the gath-
ering by Dr. J. A. Graham.
Goderich Women's Institute -held
its annual Grandmother's Day with
Mrs. W. Sanderson as convener.
The president, Mrs. Price; conduct-
ed the business meeting.
10 Years Ago
Cars seemed to - be the downfall
of a man in magistrate's court.
Charged one week with the theft
from an automobile of a club bag
filled with valuable electrician's
tools, be was _allowed to go on
bail pending trial: The following
week when his name was called
it was explained that the accused
was in Windsor hospital recovering
from injuries received in a motor
accident.
Robert Bisset was awarded the
$200 Robert MacKay scholarship at
the Goderich Collegiate Institute.
The scholarship was awarded to
the student making the highest
standing in upper school results,
with the provision that the student
continue studies in a university
course
The housing situation was said
to have been at the worst in the
history of Goderich: Many fam-
ilies of military personnel brought
here due to the war had caused
a decided decrease in the number
of apartments and houses avail-
able. The National Selective, Ser-
vice office reported that three men
had applied for a transfer of em-
ployment to other places 'because
they could not find a place for
their families to live here.
Free Women
From Fashions
(From The Rural Scene)-
The emancipation of Canadian
women from the cruel tyranny of
fashion dictators should be a first
concern- of Canada's women in
parliament.
Lest the foregoing should set off
explosive reactions in female
minds, we admit at once that the
men are as far behind in making
other urgent reforms as they are in I
paying their wives' bills for the
new fashions decreed by remote
persons who are unauthorized by
the Parliament of Canada.
As PR as "taking a view" of
short ` skirts, Parliament should
give "imrrtsediate consideration" to
moving the toe -hole in open toed
shoes to the end of the big toe on
the innerside of the shoe.
The warping of feet and the
twisting of spines by open -toed
and high -heeled shoes cause life-
long suffering to many women.
Our women representatives need
have no qualms about decreeing
compulsory freedom from fash-
ions for women.
Previous parliaments preened
themselves on decreeing compul-
sory freedom from exercising our
natural rights. Compulsory free-
dom is the Ottawa fashion. .,
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CLOSING. DAY
OCTOBER 18-
Men's
tournament begins at 8.30 a.m. Ladies' %aitland
trophy tournament begins at 12.30 p.m.
There will be entertainment and an excellent dinner.
Dinner tickets are now available at Wood's Newsstand,
- Rouse Auto pElectric, Allison Neat Market and the
Golf Club.* -
Advance ticket purchases urged becauseof limited num-
ber.
4041
Natural gas production in the
United Stas rose 7.5 per cent in
1952; petroleum output was up 2.3
per cent."
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Princeton in British Columbia
was named in honor of the visit
of the Prince of Wales, later Ed-
ward V1I1, to Canada.
15 Years Ago
A regional conference of Home
and School Clubs in . Huron, Perth,
Waterloo and Wellington counties
was held at Stratford Normal
School. Members attending from
Goderich were Mrs. J. A. Graham,
Mrs. F. R. Redditt, Mrs. A. Taylor,
Miss I. E. , Sharman, Mrs. L. C.
Chapman, Mrs. W. C. Patton, Mrs.
Robert Bissett and Mrs. W. F. H.
Price.
The Lions Cub's, runners-up for
the championship of the Maitland
forth had won it the year previous-
ly. The Goderich athletes had 112
points to their credit, Seaforth 58,
Exeter 53, Clinton 49 and Mitchell
33. -°
A movement to hold • municipal
elections on the first Monday in
December rather than the first
Monday in January appeared to be
gaining in popularity. Goderich
Township was the latest to fall in
line with the plan, while Wingham
had been holding , its elections in
December for a number of years.
20 Years Ago
A tBrussels man, who had been
given a week in whieh to raise
$10 to pay a fine for driving -with-
out an operator's permit''appeared
at the magistrate's - office at the
end of the week saying. be could
not -raise the money. He asked for
commitment papers to the county
jail and was accommodated. And
he was quite cheerful about it all.
"See you in 10 days," he called
as he waved his hand and headed
for the jailhouse.
Commercial fishing out of Gode-
rich harbor was picking up with
catches of 300 to 500 pounds re-
ported after having- averaged only-
200 to 300 pounds all season. The
few fishermen who braved breezes
and rough water to try their luck
at the breakwater reported good
catches also. .
Fine weather prevailed for both
days of Dungannon Fall Fair and a
large crowd was on hand for the
festivities. Increases in exhibits,
especially in horses and cattle were
noted. ,On 'the second day, 'a
crowd of oyes'' 1.500 was in attend-
apce.
Letters to the Editor
Editor Signal -Star. .
Sir,—Please change address of
Ivy Signal -Star from Sarnia to 404
South M. St., Lake Worth, Florida.
I enjoy it so much I don't want
to miss any news from my home
town. Thank you. -
MRS. FRANK McGILL,
Sarnia, Ont.
Editor Signal -Star. -
Sir,—I Was very . pleased to see
the enclosed clipping from The
Signal -Star in the Toronto Daily
Star quite recently and, approving
your sentiments very much indeed
about the need of a .Canadian flag,
am taking the liberty of sending
you some verses on the subject
which I wrote some time ago:
"Give Me a Flag for Canada,"
which I hope you will like.
Sincerely yours,,,,
DR. JAMES ALLEN,
Port Credit, Ont.
Editor Signal -Star.
Sir, --
"There is a tide in the affairs of
men,
Which, taken at the ' flood, leads
on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their
life
•Is bound in shallow's and mis-
eries.",
is-
eries."
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A fellow "by the name of Shake-
speare said it some years ago and
it still holds true. It could have
a relationship to Goderich right
at this stage in its history. -.
Your own paper has reflected in
its columns during the past year
or so untnistakable evidence that
Goderieh is approaching a turn
in the road. The coming of the
new Sheaffer plant has been an
Opening signal. This new plant
will costa the town money, yes. But
anything that is worthwhile costs
something. Nothing isfor free.
In the long run the Sheaffer plant
will be a' distinct asset to Gode-
rich and Goderich citizens shouid
keep that in mind.
It will take a year or- so for the
new plant to be assimilated . into
the blood stream of the community.
After the economic balance of the
town is adjusted to the plant oper-
ation, the time will be here to
prepare for the coming of other
industries. And there is evidence,
too, that these will be coming.
For this reason would it not be
well for the town to prepare NOW
for the coming changes. What is
done in the next year or two will
either pave the way for or else
discourage for years the coming
of new industry.
-Never was a town cojincil com-
posed of aggressive and far-sighted
citizens more important than at
the present . time. Never was it
more important tat the town
council be a strong and observant
one. For upon it, as the repre-
sentatives of the citizens of Gode-
rich, lies the responsibility of what
is done in -the future. And what
is done in the none too distant
future by it is going to mean con.'
sidrabic -as to which way the
fur re of Goderich lies.
omination day is closer than
the average person thinks and it
is not too early for public spirited
Gocjerich organizations - to be lay-
ing plans for the sponsoring of
candidates for the council of next
year --a year" that could mail much
in ,the way of planning for the
future.
411, of which is respectfully sub-
mitted.
Yours very truly,
d SOUTH SIDE CITIZEN.
Title name Blackfoot, Idaho, orig-
inated when The Indians' moccasins
became black from walking
thr ugh ashes of a range fire.
Th Indians were seep by mem-
ber 'of a Hudson's Bay company
par y, who referred to them as
Bla kfoot Indiana..
Captain George Vancouver, the
famed 18th century navigator, en-
tered the Royal Navy, at age 13.
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