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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-12-17, Page 2JIir (Subtext! Signal -Star 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. Authorized as s eondlass mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 420 Temple Bldg.. Bay and Richmond Sts., Toronto: amber of. Canadian Weakly N*wspspors Association. Member of Ontario Division, C.W.N.A., Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. Weakly Circulation of over 3,200 GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Pubiishor. GODEX1CH SIGNAL -WAX j%lN♦- so, •r 0 NLA THURSDAY, DEC. 17th. 1953 r AN UNPOPULAR MOVE • The announcement at Ottawa of an in- srease in postal rates to become effective on April 1st next came as a distinct chock to ,a . public, that from repeated inereases in Govern- ment imposts had been rendered almost 'an- tmune from uch shocks. The general rate. un letters is to be --five cent,, instead of four cents- The local rate will be four. ' cents instead of three cents, and this four -tent rate will apply to letters znailed on a rural route to be deliver- ed on a rural route. The reason given fur the increase to nye cents is that all letters will now .be carrion by air where air ser ice is available. Other faetors are au all-round increase ha wages to postai worker; and the introduction of the 4.0- Irour week for post -al staffs, involving an in- erease in the number of workers employed. It is pointed out also that postal revenue will be decreased by the abolition of the revenue stamp on cheques which had been credited the I'ostofite Department. The Toronto Star seeking to justify the increase, says that ' • Uanadian.s are entitled postal ser'iee bur....z ut at less than cOtt. Why aliould'the pasta: service be singled out to conform to so arbitrary a statement! What other department .,1 G;..'ernno-LI :s r14arate3 at coati' Not the. transport depaittinent, not the fisheries departnient, not the imnmigration department, not the labor department, not the health department, not the agricultural de- partment, not any department.- The Treasury has paid out millions of dollars for the rail- waya. The Star only a few days ago viewed with unconcern the prospect that the proposed all -Canadian gas pip line will have _ to be sub- sidized by the Government. The C.B.C. is regularly subsidized from the `national treas- ury Why should the postal service- so vital tf he life a' the people. be put in a class by And echo asked for tate air mail service! li uw many want it! For a great proportion of the mail there is no air service. If any: body has been'asking for it it is the business firms of the cities. and those who want it should pay for it as they have done lir special air mail stamps. . One cent on a letter is not much. Neither was three cents on, a cheque. But a great many more people mail letters than issue cheques. -Doing away . with the stamp on cheques. NykS. it appears. an "Indian gift,,, now to be taken away. The Government, we tbe'.ieve. will find the postal rate increase a • unpopular move. • LAKE SHIPS REACH LIMIT How targe :at; Great Lakes irelght.rs t•: The launching a' - Midland' f tr;• 7i -.t G.S.I.. ship T. R McLagaL :eads the l;'vr: Arthur News-(•lironicie to 1....ge t and to give the answer. Tlie. T. R. RIS:La.gan appears to have reached the limit, the Depart --;-- tient of Marine at Ottawa having advised Bhippin'g interests that it is not prepared handle anything of larger , size than 715 feet in the Welland t'atia1 Tr. addition, too this s�i.... the,:anal. the Port Arthur paper points at tliat there would be navigational hazards, :ua as, .sharp turns and limitations of depth e... the river,. in the handling on the Lakes of }lily; of, any greater • length. Unless the 1� el- iafid t_'ani�ais replaced or enlarged, which is .not a.csidered likely; in any itnrnediat._ period, tie ship,4ng companies .must come- to a halt in their race fir the building of, the largest 4 vessel nil the. Lakes, unless it is to operate in i;mited waters. a r:. EDITORIAL NOTES it' may i„• a wit;t.. ("}ir -tltl , ail'•-. a:. * * "\l l' call, for a i'an,idi.:r: 11!ar}i_ t•, * * « * The itil'rF'czs•, d l,),ta rat,-, are t j !' jirl•: into ' � F_°ffecL ot; .�))rJi 1 �'- ri _?':' ,1 ii,- da`c is, ap- propriate. k * * t A Toronto ',doer publishes s a lett�:.r'• .1 which the wr.iter. advor'at:rig a national health scheme, says "it would be nice if the Govern- ment would show as much consideration for. human beings as it diet for the hogs in the epidemic of hog. +'holera." off' sick pc'rrpie ai does with sick hogs? « * * * - A decision handed down in an Ontario court a few days ago is of more than "-a little interest to car-0wners!!'"che 'plaintiff in the rase had left his car in a parking lot, where it was stolen, and in spite of a printed warn- ing on the back of the ear check that the owner of the lot would not be responsible for theft he took the case to court and iron an award of $2,768. presumably the value of the ear. The judge ruled that the ear ►'heck teiff - *ot a contract and that the owner -if the park ing lot was under obligation to exercise reason- able care to' prevent 'theft. * e a e'er A4otai g wolnan:Pamela' Martin, -dropped 09 s3 own' Memory' Lane 20 Years Ago Allan Schram won a silver medal at a fiddlers' contest held in Mac- Kay Hall and'sponsored by Court Goderich, No. 32, the Canadian Order of Foresters. Proceeds of the event were donated for muni- cipal relief. A. H. Erskine was appointed County Treasurer and J. M. there was to be a permanent re duction of light rates was not announced. Members of the Victoria Helpers Club of Victoria Street United Church proved their club name meant what it said. Meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert Mew, on MacDonald street, one of the mem- bert. noticed flames at one of the ticket -sheds at the entrance to ' Roberts, a native of Dungannon, Agricultural Park. The main park was named County Clerk by Coun- building was in danger, so, the ty Council out of a, field of 110 ladies quickly formed a bucket ; :applicants. Mr. Erskine comes to brigade while one of the members + Goderich from Blyth, where he reto a neighbor's house to phone was engaged in the produce busi- 'the fire department. And they J + n.:,:,.,.--) t�. t};..,• , .a a3, 4 •;r,'' tlar #tens and acted as treasurer for !kept the fire from spreading until „ f ye ., 9s " the municipality. , -• a.� � � �i..jiL•�r' .a: a � D{�: i+a,:�_rS�_r 1J O; ifirmen arrived. Mayor C,n,, C. Lee and Mrs. Lee 10 Years Ago :l ••it, ,.1�.1 :5`+ ril,n'Jte,, break]ng fife. pr'vi•:•J entertained members of Tovi•:t, , 9 r•.,':'.,vii J J • 1 >.rn•- fan•:ifu1 "Around the ;Council and . Town officials at a Hiner County's war record ora was outlined by J. C. Shearer, of•Clip• ton, County Agricultural Repre- Re� . F. «. Craik was guest tentative, s eakin at the annual !- :S- 'if ‘' list :s 1.y'- r.,� -1011' 0051,.. . • 'l he • speaker ata meeting of the Central banquet of speaking Colborne Fedora - Home and School Club held at the tion of Agriculture held in the , school. Mr. Craik gave an address Township Hall, Carlota. entitled "Santa Claus." Arrival. of three vessels closed 15 Years Ago the season's navigation at Gode-. A campaign for making Huron rich. The A. A. Hudson, after a,, County a T.B. restricted area for fast run from the lakehead, was cattle was making favorable pro- the last to join •the vessels winter- gress. Out of 4,000 farmers who ling here. She completed the list had voted on the proposal, 88.3 of nine ships. i per cent were said to be in favor. Investigating a report that a large vacant house on North stree-t had been broken into and damaged, police discovered that a group of eight local boys had been using the place for night meetings of their "club." They were rounded up and given a severe lecture by Justice of the Peace F. G. Weir. Hydro customers. received - a Christmas present front the Public Utilities Commission in the form of an allowance of. one month's Light free. .The Commission took Day,- ra�Jks hrettr �.:ch! r in ! gathering ,in their home. ii,-: •r�z_/,� L;fe .n a recent issue published the ,t,iry ,,f the Wr;_h*, brothers' first sue, essfu1 fiilf just ..f'•,', years ago Most p_opl ° then .1tLtJt�a �� � 4 c.�• v� � � � f, e , thought the effort to fly in a heavier-than-air utarI1.LI a. an unpractical venture and the iide,t dream could hardly equal the actual i;{ }l: •-ti -1tt+fit, of th.- half -century since. * * * New York •s rr,llllons for ten days without ne-o sl,ap••rA owing, ti, a strike. provided . an illustration of the ijlaee that the daily press oe,upies in the life of a great city. Without advertisements to guide the public in their daily shopping, business fell off to a degree that brought merchants to a sharp realization of the value of -advertising. Activities of all kinds would be carried on in a mental fog, and one can imagine how the rumor factory would be burry , in an effort to fill the,ixas:.nuw. The strike and its effects pointedc too, in another direction. The strikers. were only in one de- partment of the printing staffs of _the news- papers concerned, in numbers almost incon- siderabiein the Metropolitan millions, yet they brought the great cityto rottfusion. Is there to be 110 cheek upon the danger's inherent its such a situation? THIS I BELIEVE iff everyone who drives .a car Could lie a month in bed, With broken bones and ' ugly wounds i Or fractures on the heads And theft endure the agonies That many people do; They'd never need preach safety Any more to me or you. If everyone dould stand beside The bed' of some close friend And hear the doctor say "No hope" fiadare that fatal' end, And see him there unconscious, Never knowing what took place, 'The laws :aid rules of trkiRc I solo sure we'd loon embrace. if • everyo C timid met`t the wife And children with Dad gone, And step `late the darkened,: home , Wb ere once happy faces shone, ..look upon.:4he "vacant chair" WbereDard,w'as *vat to sit," •- I. ant Are each reddest; s..driver Would be forced to think a bit. It eve; wlo . takes the wheel Would say a • tithe prayer, Aug keep Diaztsdmi those In the car Ilkomding on hit eare,. And make a row and pledge pini - leaf " ►ltrl» a chane, alat)de, for safety ly advance. MARGARET SEAQER CLUB pone To Sage OFFICERS INSTALLED The annual Meeting of the Marg Intangibles aret Seager Club, of St. George's (From The Rural Scene) Church was, held Monday evening in the Guild room, with a large Essential freedoms and vital aJtendance, acrd Mrs. Mathers pre- rights have been lost in Canada siding. because there is no one who is Mrs. Allan, in her report, re- making and enforcing our law, viewed the year'.► work, and th'i ;lwho has the po>.ver to save freedom secretary's report, -read by Miss ' and rights. - G. Saults, showed gratifying re- Materialism dominates sults. Donations were made to" ment.., Huron College and the Sunday ! Two types of persons, reflect the School entertainment. Rev. Dr. ; majority mind in law making and Taylor then installed the new of- ! enforcement. .w ,--. freers: Mrs. R. C. Halys, president; -tie mathematical type conceives Mrs. .1. A. Graham, vice-president that every human need can be Miss Etta Saults, secretary, and expressed in figures and made to Miss G. Sauna, treasurer.' A dis balance neatly in the total life of cussion took place on plans for the the country. The legalists think coming year. A ltiimber - of t}te that all human behaviour can be younger members of the congrega-4.codffed and made to conform to tion entertained the dub with solos law. and music. after which -telt was With the blessing of majority served by Mrs. Challenger -and Mrs. votes, our lawmakers build our Chapman. ' legal structure upon the sand of govern- PER,S(NAL MENTION Mr. and ,Mrs.- R. M. Sperling left today for San Apse, Califorla, to visit a month with their daughter , Mrs. Margaret' Kinaird, anti. Mi, Kinaird. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hogue have Moved from Wlarton and have taken up residence on East -street. materialism. The intangibles of personal na- tural rights, the only sound found= ation for the political structure of a nation and the United Nations organization, cannot be preserved in the political factdonism that has supplanted true democracy. Unless personal rights are put back in place, as the foundation of our " civilization, tatalitarianisln will destroy it. - r l An honor roll of young men from the congregation who enlisted in World . War Two was unveiled and dedicated at a ceremony in Gode- rich Baptist Church. The service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. Joseph Janes, and Squadron Leader Rev. W. Scott Morton, R.A.F., of Port Albert, delivered an impres- sive address,: Temperature in Goderich on De- cember 15 was recorded at two degrees above zero for the mini-' mum reading .and 18 degrees for the maximum. On . December 13 j this means to reduce the large' and 14 the temperature went down surplus it had on hand". Whether to a low of seven degrees. TRY OOLORmasiHI$ ONE GEORGE'S AUXILIARY HOLDS £NIiTAL litEETING The annual meeting_ of the Wo- man's Auxiliary of St. George's noon of last week with a good attendance. The meeting opened wi.th prayers by the president, Mrs. K. Taylor, and the singing of a hymn. The Scripture was read by Mrs. Fred Sturdy, followed by. the Litany Prayers taken by Mrs. Love. Mrs. Pritchard gave out the yearly envelopes for the coming year. A letter of acknowledgement was read by Mrs. Needham, Dorcas con- vener, from the principal of St. Paul's Indian Boarding School• for the bale which had been received from St. George's W.A. Reports were given by all the olfi cers. The treasurer reported all allocations had been met. The president, Mrs. K. Taylor, gave her report and spoke highly of the work accomplished by the branch during this year. Mention was also made of the Junior and Senior Girls' Branches. The leaders. of these groups are Mrs. Sale, Mrs. Carroll. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Stewart. Following is the list of officers for the coming year: Honorary president, Mrs. E. W. Carrie; past president, Mrs. F. Hunt; president, Mrs. Kenneth Taylor; first vice- president, Mrs. R. Needham; sec- ond vice-president, Mrs. H. Tich- borne;'recording and correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Kolohan; treas- urer, Mrs. A. C. Blay; envelope secretary, Miss Etta Saults; educa- tional secretary, Mrs..T. E. Pritch- ard; press secretary, Mrs. A. Pal- mer; prayer partner, Miss A. Mills; Dorcas convener, Mrs. F.'°'Sturdy: assistant, Mrs. Hanley; social ser vice convener. Mrs. Tichborne; as- sistants, Mrs. Silib and Mrs. Pal- mer; extra cent a day, Mrs. H. New- combe; living message, Mrs. A. Shore; tea convener, Mrs. F. B. Riley; calanders, Mrs. H. Dodd; Girls' Auxiliary, Mrs. Wilson and Legion Auxiliary Chooses Officers The_ December meeting of the Legion' Auxiliary was conducted •by Mrs. Howard Carroll, in the Legion Hall. • It As moved that a donation be sent to Huron Pavillion at Westminster Hospital and to the Christmas Seal Fund. A donation of $100 towards the Christmas party for the children of veterans, and for Christmas baskets was made. A sum of money was also donated towards a new furnace at the Legion Hall. A pot luck .supper9was planned for the Jar.uhry meeting with a by Mrs. Shore and Mrs. Wilson during the social half hour. The president, Mrs. Taylor, extended best wishes to Mrs. Wilmot, who is shortly leaving to live in London. THURSDAY, D. 17th, 1N3 theatre party to Mk*. Election of officers followed the general business part of the meet- ing with the following officers elected: Mrs. Evelyn Carroll, presi- dent, for second then; Mrs. Rose 11111. first vice president; Mrs. Dor- ntr-..— Mrs. Elizabeth Sheardown, record- ing ecording secretary; Mrst Norma Kings. . well, corresponding s"ertetary; Mrs. Isabel Kneeshaw, rtreaaurer, . Mrs. Margaret Adam, Mrs. Charles An - stay, Mrs. Irene Simmons, execu- tive members; hIrs...-Ioyte Bell, standard bearer; Mrs. M. Thomas, assistant standard bearer; Mrs. WillIWni Doak and Mrs. Norman Miller, auditors; Mrs. Irene Sim- mons, pianist; Mrs. Clarence Mac- Donald, assistant. Installation of officers will be held in January in conjunction with the Legion installation. Exchange of gifts followed the meeting. Mrs.John Vickers won the mystery draw. A deliciou.; lunch of sandwiches, tarts and Christmas cake was provided by the lunch committee. wnmur wow aur Mrs Stewart; Junior Auxiliary, • Mrs. Sale and Mrs. Carroll; tele -1 "` - phone committee, Mrs. Allan, Mrs.. PARADE WILL FORM AT OWN Love and Mrs. Lauder. 1 - The Rector took the chair and conducted the service for the in-ffiHALL AT ' PSI, stallation of the officers, after , e , which the meeting closed with prakxer. In the absence of airs. ! .dsc .; ' • �. ' "fig Riley a Christmas tea was served:v4t�'`,c'- HEY, KIDS; Santa Claus PARADE WILL BE HELD ON ty,. Dec. 19 "Mastercraft" Professional Design HOCKEY OUTFITS Perfectly matched Skating and Hockey Outfits, for- junior and senior players. - 1—Men', "Serpi-Pro" Hockey Outfits—Smooth, top groin leather; Block with handsome tan tee cops and trim. Cross-stitched Full Leather Lining; Felt podded tongues. Waterproof soles. High-grade satin finish Tube Skates have harden- ed blades. 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