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AND•.. —.HERE HERE AND THERE
Butter in particular and dairy
products in general are being
featured all November in Canada -
wide advertising by the Dairy
Farmers of Canada.
The number of inquiries receiv-
ed from industries seeking loca-
tions in what bas been termed
"the forgotten area of the Pro-
vince" has "trebled" since Nation-
al Carbon located at Walkerton
and Sheaffer Pen at Goderich, ac-
cording to J. E. Turnbull of the
Ontario Department of Planning,
and Development, who visited here
last Thursday.
The drive-in theatre now being
built on the south-east outskirts of
Goderich threatens the revenue of
the Goderich Baby Sitters' Union.
Since young couples can take along
their baby with them in the car
and gain admission for the price
they would have had to pay for a
baby sitter, or less, it looks tough
for the baby sitters. The theatre
will even be equipped with plug -
ins to warm up the baby's bottle.
The engraving of the Square at
the top of this column was made
from a picture post ' card. The
Signal -Star has been looking
around for another such post card
with an aerial view of Goderich
but finds none are available. They
were on sale about two years ago.
If any of our readers have a post
card of an aerial view of Goderich
we would like to borrow same to
make a new engraving. It must
be in black and white and quite
clear, however, and we have .seen
none of this particular type about.
Lakeside Produce on Hamilton
Street made the unique offer of a
dollar prize to the ' youngster
drawing the best soap picture on
their store windows on Hallowe'en.
Miss Betty Beacom was kept busy
most of the afternoon and up ta
closing time at 8.30 p.m. Saturday
judging the art and then rubbing
them off to make room for other
artists. Buddie Robinson, Britun-
nia Road, and Bonnie Allen, Ham-
ilton Street, finished in a first
place tie, and each* received one
dollar. Buddie's picture was that
of a boat and Bonnie's that of a
witch on a broom.
A Kansas schoolboy's description
of an editor was as follows:
" I don't know how newspapers
got into the world, and I ,don't
think God does, for he ain't got
nothing to say `about .these in the
Bible. I think an editor is the
missing link we read of, and that
he stayed in business until after
the flood, came out and wrote the
thing up, and- has been "kept busy
ever since. If the editor makes a
mistake, folks say he ought to be
hung; bit if the doctor makes mis-
takes, he buries them and people
don't say nothing because they
can't read Latin. When the editor
makes one, there is a big lawsuit
and swearing, and a big fuss; but
if the doctor makes one, there is. a
funeral viiiith flowers and perfect
silence. •A doctor can use a word
a yard long without . him or any-
body else knowing what it means,
but if the editor uses one, he has
to spell it. If the doctor goes ta
see another man's wife; he charges
for the visit, but if the editor goes,
he gets a charge of buckshot. Any
college can make doctors to order
but editors have to be born."
OVERHEARD ON THE SQUARE
—"I wish he would remember that
theman who never made a mistake
never made anything."
CREDIT UNION GROUP
HOLDS OPEN MEETING
First step toward formation of
a community credit union in Gode-
rich was taken Tuesday night at
an open meeting in the Town Hall.
The meeting was called by St.
Peter's Parish Credit Union, which
has been in operation for over a
year, to obtain public opinion of
expanding the local branch into
a community one.
Speakers heard were W. V. Roy,
of Clinton, and N. M. Marshall,
manager of the Norwich District
Co -Operative Chairman for the
evening was Les Pitbladot-president
df St. Peter's Parish Credit Union.
Mr. Itoy also showed a film. en-
titled "King's X" depicting the op-
erations and functions of the credit
union system.
Mr. and Mrs. John Thorpe and
family of Chatham, visited in town
over the week -end.
100th Year—No. 44_
GODERICH, ONTARIO, .TH ' DAY, NOVEMBER 5th, 1953
Subscription icsaisa- M
C.P.R. Conductor
Ends Nearly Half
Century Service
When the C.P.R. passenger train
pulled out of Goderich at 4.10 p.m.
Saturday for Guelph and Hamilton,
Conductor Herb L. Chick, 65, was
making his last run before retir-
ing. Two decades of his total of
48 years and six months of rail-
way service were spent running in
and out of Goderich. A tall, kind-
ly man, he made many friends
wherever he went.
From now on he plans to do "a
lot of gardening and some travel-
ling." On numerous occasions 'he
told the Signal -Star when he re-
tired he planned to move from his
Hamilton home to Ottawa where
he would live with his son in a
large two family home. He wasn't
long making the 1,change for ort,
the arrival of the C.P.R. at Hamil-
ton on Saturday at 8.15 p.m., he
boarded another train at 9 o'clock
the same evening heading for Ot-
tawa.
Born at Palmerston, he later
lived at -Port Elgin where his
father was a C.N.R. engineer.
While at Palmerston, Herb was a
call boy for the Grand Trunk
Railway.
Vor the past 12 years he has
been a conductor on the Goderich-
Hamilton run. Some years ago he
was on the way; freight out of
i
Goderch to Guelph Junction for
some six years. During World
War I he was on the way freight.
For a time he was on the C.P.R.
electric train between Guelph and
Guelph Junction.
Fine Exhibit
By Art Club
The second annual Art Exhibi-
tion of the Goderich Art Club, was
opened by Rev. Ian Hind, on Mon-
day evening at Knox Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. P. G. O'Brien, as-
sistant Curator of the London Art
Gallery, criticized the work and
mentioned that .Goderich was be-
coming well-known for its interest
in art.
She noted a marked improve-
ment in the paintings shown this
year. She mentioned also that a
still-life composition by Mrs. Hind
.had a professional -like touch.
There were exhibits of weaving
by Miss Rose Aitken, Leather -carv-
ing by " Miss Mary Buchanan, and
needlepoint by' Miss Durnin, Miss
Ivey Blay and Miss Rose Aitken.
: Mrs. Lise Pysaniuk's clever head
of Reeve John Graham in Colborne
Township clay drew favorable com-
ment from the many who attended
the .exhibition. the jobs of police chief and three legiate Institute and later gradu
The Hallowe'en masquerade dance of Beta Sigma Phi at the 'roderich Pavilion on Friday night brought a strange eollec
tion of eostumes. Pictured dbov a are winners. From left to; right: Morris McMillan and J. W. Wood (bride and. groom) ;
George Parsons (Sambo) ; Peggy Wood, and Margaret McMillan (Ferdinand, the bull and Elsie, the cow) ; Rita and Ifen
Dodkin (Indian couple) ; Mrs. Sherman Blake (belle of yelteryears). Photo by Henderson.
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AT THE WATERFRONT
I'Goderich Students! Night SchOoI Classes At
Given Bursaries!
These perch fishermen don't give Two Goderich students at Uni-
up easily. Last week -end they .versity . of Western Ontario have
were at the harbor again and fairly been awarded $100 bursaries by
good catches were reported. In- the County of Huron.
clement weather -this week, how- Leslie Leitch, daughter of Mr
ever, has curtailed the anglers. and Mrs. David Leitch, and Peter
• Shipping in and out of Goderich \Valter, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J
has been fairly light during the P. Walter, of Saltford Heights
past week. The Forestdale with were named winners of the award
ith oats and by a committee comprising Warden
Collegiate Prove Popular
Night school classes at the Gode-,
rich District Collegiate Institute
• this year have attracted 50 New
• Canadians in the basic English
',course, according to A. R. Scott,
principal of the Collegiate.
About half the number in the
s course are taking the* second year
phase of it, some of them having
taken the course last year. Teach -
i• ers are .. H. Stringer, of the col-
legiate staff, and Miss Margaret
Mason, of the Goderich Public
School staff.
For the first time in a number
oats and the Win...,.... A. W. Kerslake, County Clerk
wheat arrived in port last Thurs- Treasurer A. - H. Erskine, Schoo
day. p
Ins ector J. H. Kinkead, and the
The Prindoc arrived with a cargo
university registrar.
of barley and the A. A. Hudson
with wheat on Sunday. bliss Leitch, who attended Che
ley High School. before her family
moved to Goderich, is in her sec
40 Applications and year at the university. While
atChesley she won the general pro
For Police Jobs fiency award each year and won a
$400 Dominion -Provincial univer
sity entrance scholarship and a
.Town Council at its meeting to- $100 Carter scholarship.
morrow night is expected to take Mr. Walter, who won a county.
action on staffing a town police scholarship last year is in his;
of years, Mr. Scott said, there is
no one taking the sewing course.
Only two ladies asked to .take
- sewing, he said, and it was not
considered advisable to conduct it
unless a larger class was enrolei
Woodworking
Eleven ladies, however, are tak-
ing the woodworking course which
has proven quite popular this year.
In addition, 16 men are being
taught *woodworking under the
guidance of Frank Walkom, of the
collegiate staff.
The shorthand and typing class
has 13 enroled. Teacher is Nor-
man Boyle, of the collegiate staff.
A new course this year, home
building, has attracted 13 students.
The course, which offers instruc-
tion in every phase of home build-
ing from the foundation to the
roof, is being taught by R. H. Col-
lie, of Stratford, supervisor of
building under the Veterans' Land
Act.
In addition to the classes in
home building, Mr. Scott said, Mr.
Collie plans to have a number of
practical demonstrations included
in the course.
force due to take over policing final year at the university and
duties in the town the first; of next plans to go to Knox Colleg
c in
year. • Toronto to study for ministry in
• Town Clerk S. H. Blake has re- the Presbyterian Church. He was
ceived about 40 applications for educated at Goderich District Col -
The following members showed
a number of their water -colors and
oils: T. R. Pritchard, Mrs. D. Bruce,
Hilda Finnigan, Beryl Harper, Iona
Hind Mary Howell, Lu Legg, Jean-
nie Smith, Muriel Watson, Lillie
Sweezey, Margaret Ubakata, R. C.
Hays and Alma Jackson.
A study program has been plan-
ned for nekt- month, and various
members will assist with the in-
struction. -
Former Goderich
Minister Passes
Minister of Victoria Street Unit-
ed Church in Goderich from 1941
to 1944, Rev. Arthur J. McKaye
died in Victoria Hospital in Lon-
don Tuesday night after arr illness
of three weeks. He was 49.
Mr. McKaye, who. had been min-
ister 'of Byron United Church for
the past three years, had held
pastorates
tatorates also at Port Stanley,
Saffordville and Iron Bridge.
He was a native of Walford,
Ont., and a graduate of the -Uni-
versity of Toronto and Emmanuel
College. He was a member of the
Goderich Masonic Lodge and the
Byron Optimist Club. He was very
active in community life during
his pastorate in Goderich.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Ellen Baskerville; two
daughters, Colleen and Shirley, at
Mine; three • sons, Alan, In Tor-
onto, and Stuart and Malcblm, at
home; his mother, .Mrs.. Frances
McKaye, of Toronto; one sister,
Mrs. Hazel Barron, of Toronto, and
two brothers, Clarence, of Toronto,
and Thomas, of Seeley's Bridge, •
Ont. -
The remains are resting at the
A. Millard George Funeral Home
in London until 10 a.m„ Friday.
The body will rest in state at Byron
United Church from 11.30 a.m. to
2 p.m., when the funeral service
will be conducted.
constables and More are being re- ated from Stratford Normal School.
ceived each day. About half the He taught school . for four years
applications were for the position before entering . university.
of chief constable, the clerk said.
Council will be presented with the
applications tomorrow night. I Town Experiences
At a recent meeting, -council de-
cided not to renew a contract with Quiet Hallowe'en
the Ontario Provincial'' Police for
a detachment here. The'O.P.P. had
recommended that the town hire Goderich experienced a relative
a detachment -of a corporal and ly quiet Hallowe'en, with vandal
four constables with a relief con- ism at a minimum, but lots of
stable in the summer next year children going fromdoor to door;
It is not known whether council begging for treats.
itself will make any decision on Dances on Friday night set the
appointments to the new force to- stage for the Hallowe'en week -end
morrow night. When decision was and on Saturday night the Lions
made to hire the town's own force, Club and the - Town of Goderich
were host to hundreds of children
the council left it in the hands of
the special committee to advertise at a party held in the Memorial
for police. • Arena under the chairmanship of
Lion Ebb Ross.
Ice Show Coming an
at the arena enjoyed
evening of •skating, movies and
other entertainment provided by
To Local Arena Water Band.
the Lions, and the Goderich Blue
'
Police reported only a few minor
incidents, none of them of a nature
to cause concern. One resident,
awoke Sunday morning to find a
wheelbarrow and armchair ''which
didnt belolig to him sitting on his
lawn.
Police said also that another
resident reported a children's play-
house had been tipped ' over a
couple of nights previous to Hal-
lowe'en and was broken -in two on
Saturday night.
Locals Meet
Centralia Six
Hockey is due for a flying start
in Goderich tomorrow night with
the local Samis Pontiacs Inter-
mediates tangling with the Cen-
tralia Flyers in an exhibition tilt
at the Memorial Arena.
It will be the first encounter for
- _the locals .since practice was start-
' ed a 'duple of weeks ago under
the watchful eye of the new coach,
Don Emms.
Meanwhile, the Pontiacs have
been accepted into the Cyclone
League which this 'year willbe
made up of ten teams.
Six of the entries are of Inter-
mediate "A" calibre: Goderich,
Forest, Strathroy, xeter, Hensall,
and St. Marys. O ly "B" club en-
tered is Byron, hich last year
won the South Middlesex ORHA
group.
Zurich and Lucan are the two
"C" clubs entered in the competi-
tion and Ilderton is the "D" entry.
Start Nov. 16
Plans call for the schedule 'o
start the week of November. 16,
earliest in the history of the
league. Six teams have' artificial
ice in their home rinks and the-
otners have •arranged to ' play at.
arenas with artificial ice when they
cannot use their natural ice arena a.
Goderich is slated to have 28
home games. The teams will play
a single schedule and then go into
their respective groupings. The
six "A" teams will then play a
round-robin series with the four
winners playing off for the Group
"A" title and the right to enter
OHA semi-finals.
All 10 teams will also play for
the McMillan Trophy, symbol of
Cyclone League championship.
Schedule for the league is being
drawn up in Exeter and is expec-
ted to be completed ,sime time this
week.
Canadian Ice Fantasy of- '54, a
first class ice revue, 'is, scheduled
for Goderich Arena on Friday, Ne
veimber 27, for matinee and even-
ing performances: •
The show, which has been play-
ing to capacity crowds in various
Canadian centres, features Miss
Yvonne ,, Broders, sensational ice
star from Denver, Col., who for
four years was featured with Am.
erica's largest ice shows. -
Neville Murray, world -acclaimed
comedian from Australia, is mak-
ing his first Canadian tour with
the show and his side-splitting an-
tics have been convulsing audi-
ences.
Featured also in the colorful
production are the Flying Wendts,
of Ringling, Barnum and Bailey
circus fame, who leap and spin
high above the ice surface in a
breath -taking aerial act.
And for the kiddies there is
Goldilocks and the• Three Bears a
beautiful fairy land story repro-
duced on ice as one of eight pro-
duction numbers:
The brilliant stars, supported by
an all -Canadian cast of top skaters,
combine to make the ice show one
of the most extravagant ever play-
ed outside the big cities.
Plan Two New Motels Near
Goderich On Bayfield Road
Two, new motels are to be built
within a distance of two miles I
from the, new south limits` of the!
town of'Goderich o nthe Bayfield
Road. It is expected they will be
in operation by early next summer,
Mr. and Mrs. 13i11 Bannister, Who
• now operate Bill's Beach Bar, plan
...now
motel one half mile from the
' t3wn limits on the west side of the
Bayfield Road. It will be at least
six units to start. Now under con-
struction on the same location is a
coffee shop which the Bannisters
hope to have opened by the end of
this year. In addition, they are
building a dining room 40x60 which
they hope to have ready by spring.
Farther on down the high*1y,
about two miles from the town
limits and on the old Cooper farm,
Mr. Clarence Simmons plans to
build another motel by early next
summer. At the present time Mr.
Simmons ,la building a large dine
and dance hall. The dance hall
will be about 40x70 and will be
completed some time in December.'
In addition to it, a snack barwill
be built. Mr. Simmons, who oper-
ates the farm implement business
of. W. G. Simmons and Sons Lim-
ited on the Huron Road, purchased
the Cooper farm some time ago.
These ventures will probably
open the way for further develop-
ments of various kinds on No. 21
highway approaching Goderich
troth ,the south. Last building to
go up was Bannister's Bluie Water
Highway ' Gara a and before this
Pierson's Motel.
LADIES' SOCIAL BOWLING
LEAGUE
High Singles: Phyllis Carrick,
266 (Bombers); Marilyn Bannister,
252 (Happy Gang); Bette Beacom,
234 (Loafers).
High Triples Marilyn Bannister,
673; Mari. Young, 630 (Strike -Outs);
Bette Beacom, 611.
Standing
Team - Points
Happy ..Gang 30
Bombers 29
Strike -Outs 26
Alley Cats 21
Loafers 21
Pinwackers 15
Toppers . 14,
White Caps 10
Knock -Outs
9
Happy Hitters 0
WOODSTOCK" SHOOT WON
BY GODERICH MARKBMVMAN
William Lumby, of Goderich won
top honors at the annual trap
shoot held in Woodstock last week,
scoring 92 out of a possible 100.
Other winners from this area
included John- Anderson, of Hen-
sall, and Hedley Prouse, of Gode-
rich. A draw for a coffee table
was won by Mrs. Lumby.
Next big trap shoot for this area
will be at Clinton on November 11
when the new trap will be officially
opened. A number of trophies
and prizes have been offered for
competition.
OFFICE CLOSED
The Signal -Star office will be
closed this Saturday morning in
order to allow- members of the
staff to attend district press
meeting at HarrL ten.
MODERN DRiVE-IN THEATRE
Rumor developed into reality eirly last week when con-
struction started on a large, modern drive-in theatre on the
south-eastern outskirts of Goderich off number 8 highway. It
will occupy more than 12 acres on the farm of Phil Bissett
and entrance to it will be from the fourth concession of '
Goderich Township. Back of the screen will face Number 8
highway but in from the highway several hundred yards. Car -
parking lot will extend to near the S.S. No. 1 school.
In charge of construction is J. A. Campbell of Toronto.
known as the "Drive-in Theatre King 'of Canada." He has
built more drft'e-in theatres than anyone else in Canada, a
few of them being at Itarriston, Clinton, Hanover, Sudbury,
Pembroke, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls. The sub -contract
for the cement blocks, etc., has been awarded to M. McAdam
of Clinton.
It is understood the owner of the new drive-in theatre
is Mr and Mrs. II J. Sutherland of St. Marys, who are pro-
prietors of Goderich's present two theatres. It will not go
into operation until next spring.
MORE INDUSTRIES
J. E. Turnbull, of the Trades
and Industry branch, Ontario
Department of Planning and
Development, was telling mun-
icipal representatives of the
importance of filing data on
their municipalities with the
department at the industrial
promotion conference here last
Thursday.
He stressed the importance
of the data in helping the de- OBITUARY
partment find locations for in- MRS. H. F. KEANE
dustries. The death occurred at Windsor
on Monday of Mrs. Clara Margaret
Keane. wife of Harold Frederick
Keane. She was 40 years of age
Mrs. Keane was a daughter of I.
Ernest Robertson, of Goderich, and
the late Clara Eliza Robertson. Her
mother passed away on October 19
and. the late Mrs. Keane attended
her mother's funeral at Goderich
on October 21.
Besides her husband and father,
she is survived by two daughters,
Joan .and Linda, at home.
Funeral services were" to be held
in Windsor at 3.30 p.m. with in-
terment in Greenlawn Memorial
'Park. -
Modern Swimming
Nearing .Completion
FIRST SNOW
Snow fell for the first time
this season in Goderich yester-
day at about 8.30 a.m., heral-
ding the close of autumn and
the approach of winter.
But the snowfall was not
unusually early.
Two years ago tomorrow, on
November 6, 1951, for instance,
Goderich was blanketed by a
snowstorm which lasted for
close to two days.
Last year, however, Old Man
Winter sat back and rested as
one of the mildest winters on
record was experienced. No
snow was seen until late in
December.
Yesterday's snowfall was not
very heavy, just a driving wet
flurry that lasted for about 20 •
minutes and melted on hitting
the ground. Later, at about
10 a.m., hail fell for about a
10 -minute period, and through-
out the day the wet snow fen
intermittently.
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Goderich's new swimming pool
in Judith Gooderham Memorial
Playground is rapidly ' nearing com-
pletion and is expected to be fin-
ished before the end of this month.
.General contractor for: the work
is a .Goderich firm,: David Ross
Construction Company, and sub-
contract work is being done ;by a
number of Goderich firms, all. using
local labor. .
Work an the pool was started a
number of weeks ago and Was held
up slightly for_about a week due
to a delay in receiving fitting&
The fittings, however, coming from--
United States firm, had been
1 shipped to another pool under con- -
struction in California.
When the urgent need for the
material arose in, Goderich, the
United States firm rerouted the
shipment from California and had
it sent here.
Modern
Slated' to be one of the most
modern pools in Canada, the pool
is the gift of Harry W. Knight, of
Toronto, a former resident of Gode-
rich.
Work on the project has been
done entirely under the superin-
tendence of a consulting engineer.
Every drop of cement that was
poured was supervised carefully
and tests were made constantly.
As a result, the engineer who
supervised the cement work, who
came to Canada from Poland,- says
it is the finest cement he has seen
since he came to this country.
When completed, the sides and
bottom of the pool will be sanded
to a glass -like - finish. Even the
overflow gutters along the edges of
the pool will be sanded smooth,
Lighting
One of the outstanding features
of the project is the lighting sys-
tem. -
I Twenty-eight underwater lights
will provide illumination for the
I pool and will create a novel effect
I when turned on.
1 But the lights present a problem.
;They are a special type and have a
!filament that burns with intense
!heat, so that the lights must be
cooled by water circulating around
them all the time they are lit. .If
the lights "are turned on for five
seconds without '' water around
them, they will burn out.
At the end of t -he pool nearest
the bathing house in the' park.,
there will be a stairway into the
water. In addition, there will be
five .ladders. Shallow end of the
pool will be the west end.
Wading Pool..
The, wading pool, built at the
park a number of years ago, will
be connected to the main swiin-
ming pool for filling and draining
purposes. Previously, the wading
pool was filled and drained period-
ically.
The new pool will have a filtra-
tion system which will keep fresh
water circulating all the time. in
fact, water in the pool will be
changed completely every six
hours.
Cement work on all the shallow
end of the pool has been completed
and workmen .started to pour cem-
ent at the deep end on Tuesday.
When steel mesh has been received
for the floor, the cement work will
be done there. -4
Former Teacher
Receives Medal
Miss Mabel Powell, a former
teacher at Goderich District Col-
legiate Institute, has been made
the. • recipient of a Coronation
Medal.
Miss Powell, who retired from
the collegiate staff in June of this
year, now lives at Prescott. She
came to Goderich in September,
1923.
Remembrance Day
Service Planned
Remembrance Day will be mark-
ed with a' program next Wednesday
in Goderich highlighted by the lay-
ing of wreaths at the cenotaph in
Court House Park.
Members of the Canadian Legion
along with members of various
other organizations will form up at
the Canadian Legion Hall at 10.30
arm. ;and the parade, led by the
BlueWater Band, will move off for
Court 'House Park in time for a
memorial service there at 11 a.m.
The service will be conducted by
Rev. Dr. K. E. Taylor, padre of the
local 'Legion branch. One minute
of "silence, in memory of the war
dead, will be marked at 11 a.ni.
Following the service wreaths will
.be placed at the cenotaph by rep-
resentatives of a number of local
groups.
On Sunday, members of the
Legion are.slated to parade to Knox
Presbyterian Church for a mem-
orial service conducted by the min-
ister, Rev. R. G. MacMillan.
Annual poppy day will be on
Saturday. November 7.
"We have had quite a few
municipalities file particulars,"
he said, "and so far we have
discovered five new industries
in Ontario that we didn't know -
we had."
Slate Two Actions
In Supreme Court
Two non -jury actions are slated
for hearing before Mr. Justice
LeBel at sittings of the Supreme
,Court of Ontario scheduled to open
at the Court House on Monday. I
James R. Gibson, of Morris Town -
d ip, is plaintiff in an action
against four London doctors. Gib -1
son claims malpractice -on the part I
of the doctors in an operation at I
Victoria Hospital in London. De-
fendants are Dr. Stuart Busby, Dr. '
J. H, Walker and Dr. Marvin Max -
men.
Plaintiff in the second action is
Priscilla V. .Elliott, executrix of
the estate of the late Peter Victor
Elliott, Goderich Township. She
is suing the defendant, E. Dobson
and Company, Toronto stock brok-
ers, claiming that certain contracts
entered into were fraudulent and
void.
The first case was stated for
hearing at the last Supreme Court
session, but was laid over. It is
expected that the actions will take
at least three days to complete.
W.M.S. MEETS
Woman's Missionary Society of
Victoria Street United ,Church met
in the church parlors. Mrs. Aldin
A1lin had charge of the devotional.
Mrs. George Baechler, the presi-
dent, welcomed the guest auxiliar-
ies from Benmiller, Union, Sinith's
Hill and Leeburn. Mrs. Arthur
Straughan, of Benmiller, gave a
reading. Mrs. Norma Hazlett, of
Benmiller, gave a solo, accompan-
ied by Mrs. Ben Straughan.
A skit was presented by Union
auxiliary. Mrs. Young, of Smith's
Hill gave a reading; duet by Mrs.
McPhee and Mrs. Shcrwood, ae-
eop panied by Mrs. -William Treble,
of Smith's Hill auxiliary.
Mrs. C. C. Washington, of An.
burn. was guest speaker for the
fall thank offering meeting. Mrs.
Gordon Orr and Mrs. Sowerby of
Union sang a duet, accompanied oy
Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Baechler clos-
ed the meeting with prayer, -Mem-
bers of the Willing Workers' Class
'served lunch.
RICHARD OKE
' A well-known resident of Gode-
rich for many years, Richard Oke
died on Tuesday at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital in his
76th year. He had lived on the
Blue Water Highway before mov-
ing to Kincardine about a year
ago. ,
Besides his wife the former
Katie McAdam, he is survived uy
two sons, Russell, in Toronto, and
Robert, in Belgrave; three -daugh-
ters, Mrs. George Hadden (Helen),
Mrs. Thomas Horton (Idella) and
Mrs. Dan Riehl (Mildred), all of
Goderich; and one sister, Mrs. Nel-
lie Flenny of Detroit.
Funeral service was to be held
today at 2 p.m. from the Lodge
funeral home, conducted by Rev.
R. G. MacMillan, of ..Knox Presby-
terian Church, with interment in
Maitland cemetery.
MRS. ALEX. McIVOR
Word comes from Winnipeg of
the death of Mrs. Mary Overholt
Mclvor, whose husband, Mr. Alex
ander McIvor, is a former well-
known resident of Goderich. Mrs.
Mclvor passed away on October 16,
a few hours after receiving" a se-
vere stroke. She had never re-
covered. • from the shock of a
daughter's death in June of last
year. Born at Tiverton, Ont., 77
years ago, she had resided in Win-
nipeg since 1921. She was a mem-
ber of St. Stephen's Broadway
United Church. Besides her hus-
band, she leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Ross Hamilton, Dryden, Ont.; two
sons, W. G. Overholt, Saskatoon;;
and D. C. Overholt; Los Angeles;
two Krandchadren, and ttiree sits-
tors, Mrs. Margaret 11fePadye ,
Mrs. Susan Smith .and Mrs. 'Cather-
ine Aitcheson, all of Winnipeg.
The funeral service was held on
October 20, Rev. Dr. H. A. Frame
officiating, and burial , was In
Chapel Lawn Memoriai Gardens,
Winnipeg.
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Court Of Revision
Drops Assessment
One assessment was reduced and
two others sustained at sittings of
the Town Council's Court of Re-
vision on Tuesday night at the
Town Hall.
Claiming that his assessment wiz
too high, L. F. Sheardown, of
Hamilton street, heard his assess-
ment reduced. He claimed that
depreciation of a cooling system
in his establishment entitled him
to a reduction.
Sustained by the Court of Re-
vision were assessments of S. G.
Mitches. West street, and William
Sproule, of Bridge street. An ap-
peal filed by Imperial Oil Limited
at the harbor, was withdrawn.
Only other appeal was from the
Goderich Separate School Board
on behalf of Mrs. Geraldine Stin-
son, of Napier street, claiming she
had been wrongfully assessed as a
P blic School ,supporter. - The
court ruled that the assessment
should be divided giving Aalf to
the Public School and half to the
Separate School Board.
PERSONAL MENTION'
Mrs. G. E. Parker of Owen Soun I
and son Chris of East Linton spent
the week -end .with Mrs. McClure
and Jim of Benmiller.
Mrs. Charles Barker, Angle ea
street, visited last week at the
home of her niece, Mrs. Neville
Forbes (nee Laura Snell) of R.R. 1,
Clinton.
Guests with Rev. and Mrs. ;11. W_
Williams were her mother,` Mrs.
D. F. Eddie of Glencoe; Mrs. A. C.
Wilson,- Wheatley; Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. McLeish of Hamilton; Mrs.
T. A. M Vallum and son John of
Ridgetown.'
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Green, ,ac-
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Let
Buntings, all of Lexington, Mich.,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. P, James
Mr.Gr.Robert Sundayurat Nile and called
on
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this district. -
NOV EMMERT ,.
Mrs. Nick Carter, ',Palmerston
street, has a Forsythia With ;';1*
bloom In her gardeh: ` A.
house -street-- r s#dent.:.-L I,11dR#
picked enough climbing. beat
her garden for a meal.