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• THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1954 ;.,
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NO CHANGE- NEEDED
Referring to the ilecision of the County
*.Potaleil to build the new county court house
in. Goderich, The Exeter Tithes -Advocate 647.
serves that it would be to the l advantage of
lesidents in South Huron if the „eounty seat
were Clint" the '"hub tovn" of Huron, "the
most centrarplace both mileage -wise and popu-
lation -wise!'
We 'would remind the Exeter editor that •
South Huron is the small end of the county,
and that, eonsidering the county as a ?whole,
Clinton is the "hub" only in name. There '
are five township's south of Clinton, eight
townships north of Clinton, and three town-
" ships, Goderich,.Hullett and McKillop, Which
' if 'divided on a line running east and west
would have the greater part to the north. If
it were desired to locate the exact centre of
the' county it -would be found to be .not far
from Blyth ; but because the early settlers
• passed through Rattenbury's Corners on the
way to Goderieh, and Blyth appeared. on the.
leap a few yekrs- later,, thesettlement now
called Clinton gat a start tt the real "hub"
of the county and has claimed the nickname "
ever since.
Goderieh, of coiirse, has always been the
largest-town•.in the • connty. It is the town in
which, more than in any other community in
HarCeli; the history of the county is :centred.
It has a setting for the court house that no
other town- itirth.e county possesses. It has -
railway etr.romunications superior 'to those of
any other • place in the county. .(Wingharn
has both C.N.R. and C.P.R. connection but is
away in the north part of the county.) So far
as motor travel convenience is concerned,
motorists fron3 a large part of the county reach•
Goderich without going any -where near Clin-
ton, and those from any 'section of the county
who go through -Clinton. have only a 15 -minute
drive from that town to Gode.rielk.
Finally, how, many .eowities in Ontario.
have their county town ,geographical
centre? Look at the map of the Provinee,
Walkerton is about as far ,south in Bruce
county as it , could be. In Grey eounty Owen
Sound 'is at the northern extremity. Sarnia
,is in a''corner of Lambton county; the same
with Windsor (or Sandwich) in Essex county.
• Guelph is nowhere near' the centre of Wel-
lington county-. And so one could . go on'
throughout the Province ;-if any county seat
is to be found near the centre of the county it
is only by the accident of early settlement, and,
to make changes now would cause an uproot-
ing
and disturbance that is not „to be thought
of.
Really, if our ,Exeter friend must' comp
through Clinton, instead of taking the B14e
Water' Highway to Goderieh, he wiii find the
short drive from the so-called "h-tfb'! well
worth while in reachingthe prettiest;:h.finest-
situated, most interesting, . Most important
town not only in,Huron but in a much wider
diStyia. •
— It• .inay in some degree--*.reas"sure him to
state that the Department of Agriculture'
office is, so far as known, to remain at Clinton'.
• TAXPAYERS OPPOSE -INCREASE
—Within the past two weeks there have
been two-iniportant contributions to the dis-
cussion over the payment of membe14..,.of the
Federal parliament, One w -as the publication
of a' Gallup poll on. the subject.- shoi4d-
that pp per: cent. of the Canadians questioned
were opposed to the indrease„ from: $6,000 to,
-,-$10,000;" 22' per cent: approved of and .18
per cent. 'were indifferent or would give no
inirrit- 'This means -that 13 -per cent of.
ose expressing 'an opinion' disapprove, if the
increase. , • ,
such good fortune for the 'rank and file, of
wage-earners, farmers and other. people in the
country. Another, and a most important ob-
jection, was that the increase would apply
aLso. to members of the Senate who'do'iittle to
earn the amount they now receive.
The only definite alternative proposal was
that the whole matter should be referred ,to a
royal 'Commission. This was not pressed to -a
vote. Such a.reference would be an absurdity.
"- isnot the ineney, of „,a: „royal., commission that
Would' be at stake; it is the :M.oneyof the tat.
payers of Canada, and the Cost—of such a
commission . would ,be :'„ only' "indre• money
thrown away. , •
If • Parliament -Wishes to avoid action
which is so clearly in opposition to 'the wishes
ofthe people,, it could pass a -resolution. ap-'
proving the proposed in -Crease, but postponing
its,,:coming-into-effe.et.,„un,til the election of a new
Parliament. In ;the mea,niiine—th'e—electors,
would have the opportunity' of making their
deciSion as to - reelecting their.Hrpresent rep-
resentatives or choosing, instead, men of the
better stamp who; accdrding to. the 'contention
of .presen.tempers, would .be willing to serve
if the financial COnditions- of Membership were
improved.
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The other, contribution to the, ,discuSsion
was in Parliament 'itself, and it was not so
nearly unanimous as might have lbeen ex-
pected. There are members who balk at the
• -ftea of ,helping themselves to an additional
$4,000 -4en they were elected last August on
• the- basis of the $6,000 indemnity'. There are:,
those who doubt whether it would; acon.,.'i
tended, increase the efficiency of Parliament.
the contrary, it was pointed out that it
miight-, bring in men with no higher thought
• than that it was a larger amount than they
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, could win in an.y -other wak. A:t . least one
member held -it was no time for members to
iiierease their own salary when there' was no
EDITORIAL NOTES
, • Some p44.1e- are so open-minded that a
'levy idea goes right through and out the other
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Litove1merch.ants have vbted to' 'keep
their stores open en Saturday nights rather
than to change to triday, night.
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Fehruary-the little* add the Sq.uarest
month in the year. Be 'as cold and -stormy as
you, like, you get out of the' way more promptly
than. any otherrtuonth and let ns have a whiff
4.4 spring: 1.4 .• . ,
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Mr Churchill had his 79th birthday last:,
'Week and says he- isn't thinking "of retiling.
;that's rigbt,,otd boy! 'The world wouldn't
Ibok the same without you at the head. of
,Ithing4 ria- Britain.
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• Cheaper houses is the real need, not more
or easier credit—so thinks -The Ottawa JOurnal.
It believes—and we think- rightly -.—that wage -
,earners take en an unnecessarily h,ea.vy, burden..
when they contract to make payments that
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take an., over -size chunk out of ,their monthly
• earnmgS. •
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Prime Minister St. Laurent leaves ..today
'on- a world tour. • It is' net to be a pleasure
• trip, although ',we hope 'Mr. St. Laurent
find Muth pleasure •. in . is returning
courtesy visits made to Can-adalr, heads of
other:nations,' getting a more intiniate ae-
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-inaintanee with the problems of other coiin-
,tries,. making' friendly contacts and spreading
knowledge of Canada as one :of the important
nations of the world. Bon voyage, Mr. Prime
Minister!
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Pie' ads For ---,Old Cc**** House -,-,
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thing' in the 'advertising -matter
which is supposed to be one of the
btst mesons for going. .To see the
old places seems to. be ,the greatest
attractiOn any place can have.
We in Canada and 1V,SAr.derfirt
let the, ivy grail", longrdb- we, before
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We ust yeb:ild a thddern strue-
,ture. • Is it • ecause we have tOO
much inciiity,? If so, Korea, and
sO, Many /Wher pieces...heed it Mort',
et4aPs, than we. !red t„40. 116*
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seven - Years as apprentice in those
days. •
Visitors coming to town, are
charmed with the unique setting
of the Court Irouse. in the ceritre.
Is. it symbolic, do you think (justice
to all) I wonder! Those -who come
back would surely miss the fam-
iliar sight. sometimes r.think if
only the efforts to get, rid e
evils !Mel make a Court'lionst
so necessary .- Weyrk:in0;-fitiaYib
,builthnriviihid Villicientf,as
is,- to \house the .leget-toetwents„,
and- "sessions" would lie".'bdfdwarm weather—save the coal." in
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the chief m�urners,') °Mit maybe.
something wffl happen:•'yet to turn"
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40 Years Ago
Huron went dry hen the temp-
eranc' e broom swept, the entire
county 'bringing in the ,Canaila
Temperance Act by &vote of 7,410
to 4,892 in the largest vote ever
polled in the county. -Only two
municipalities, the Township ,.of
Hay and the Village of Bayfield
voted against the Act. •
John Butler, ex -Mayor, ex -Coun-
cillor and -former Police Magistrate
for the Town of, Goderieh, died
saddenly.He was one of the most
prominent merchants in Goderieh
and occupied the Mayor's chate
from 1889 Until 1896.
The Beard of Governors of-Alei--
andra Marine and General Hospital'
was considering asking Town Coun-
cil to submit to the electors a by-
law to grant about $15,000 for the
remodeling of a building on the
Cameron estate for a new hospital.
A new election for the Reeveship
of Goderich was made necessary
as the result of ex -Reeve B. C.
Munnings taking proceedings - to
have Reeve Robert Elliott unseated.
15 Years Ago
Einea' Johnston was elected a
councillor in o erith Township to,
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fill a vacancy...en the.board. Harry
Salkeld was appointed township
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treasurer at the first council' Meet-
ing. -
George Gould was re-elected
president of the Goderigh Horti-
cultural Society at the annual meet-
ing.- of • the group. Mrs. F. -H,
Woods and Mrs. J. C. Stewart were
named vice-presidents and J. T.
'Fell was appointed secretary.-
At the inaugural meeting of the
Goderich Collegiate Institute trus-
tee 'board the *following members
were installed:. ltev. J. E....,,Ford,
Dr..1-1. Taylor, Dr., A. T. Emmerson,,
w: A. Coulthurst,-C, M. Robertson.,
J. J. Robertson, P: J. MacEwan and
J. W. Fraser. Mr. Ford was ap-
pointed chairman for the year.
. ' 15 Tears Ago.
Steady- improvement in the pn-
ances of the:Town of Godericli*N9s
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ArerlEnclIAOd please Ai* .17,00
1613431..f04*- subscriptioh to ur
paper, .1 enjoy routing the paper
although 1 haven1 been in Gocle-
rich:ifor a ,nuniber. o pars, 'In
each issue, I see the nalnes
various people 1 used to km& when
I lived 'in Goderich.r,, Best wishes.
;Sincerely, .
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NICKEL ,-NOT. DEAD
The nKkel IS net dead.. '
Tie fact is sacs the Finaiitiel
Post, the did penti3t-iwthe-slot ma-
chine that once served 'as a hitch-
ing poet for drugstore cowboys has
gone as Modern as the. motor ear.
And in its new dress, Ws digesting
pennies, nickels and dimes and - er
- quarters at a current of $15 mil-
lions a year in Canada. That's a
- 25% increase, since 1951. ,•
There are now some•10;000 vend-
ing machines- in.,,Canada vehirring,
humming and -Clicking to that $15
million ttme and spewing out every-
thing' from ",dfinks and cigarettes,
to ' hard ----boiled 'eggs- and—tennis
balls.
Among the items s'oild by ma-
chine: _
Pencils, chilled fruit, cigarettes,
soft drinks, coffee, chocolat-bars,
shaving kits, amides, tennis balls,
photographs of themselves, life in-
surance, 'stamps, ice, perfume, tele-
phone calls, music, chewing gum,
voice recordings, milk, combs, fruit
juices, ice .,eream, ' assorted nuts,
sandwiches, identification discs,
radio listening time, newspapers
and magazines, books, postcards,
temporary locker, storage space,
their weight, a shoe shine, use of
typewriter, usebf a telescope, hard-
boiled eggs and refrigerators and
washing machines.
indicated in a report by Town
Treasurer Knox which. showed that
bank loans had been reduced to
5,900—lowest figure in---abont 30
years. -
A machine capable of 'stamping
more than 800 letters per minute
was installed at the Goderich post-,
office. The electrically -operated
'machine eliminated the old method
of stamping letters by hand.
At- a meeting" of the Goderich
Board of 'Trade -ekecutive, J. A.
McMillan was chosen as the board's
nominee to the Fall .Fair Board.
The ,execirtive ;also gave its en-
•ilorsation to a , movement to bring
theJnterthti�ia1 Plowing Match to
;Huron, county in W40.
Goderich /Public Utilities Com-
mission was considering installing
a new • chlorination plant. E. R.
Wigle was chosen chairman at the
inaugural meeting of the 'commis-
sion.
10. Years Ago
. Through the—generosity of the
Goderich Elevator and Transit
Company, larger quarters were,
made -for the superintendent's re-/
eeppion room and secretary,'s office
at Aleitiiidra Marine and- General
Hospital.... The -work. was doneat a
cost of approximately $1;000 a
good ;will gift frpm the eompany.
Upwards of 150-Taifirers repre-,
senting Huron, Perth, Bruce, and
Grey Federations of Agriculture
agreed unanimously to ask the
I,Government to return to Standard
Time, .at a sitting of the livestock
committee of -the Ontario Agricul-
tural Commission of Enquiry in
Clinton.
Plans made to. continue the
campaign `of the I.O.D.E. for books.
or cash to purchase books for men
and • women in the armed forces.
'Over 200 books were received in
the drive, but' many—more were
needed. ' •
Rev. Dr. -J. H. Barnett was ,re-
elected :president of the Huron.
Couriti ,Children's -Aid Society at
the annual meeting of the group in
the Court House.
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- Every Saturday, The *teKEND row is, publithing a
lull color 'photograph ,lnd ,a biograil1fy..0..one,-61 ',the
world's, greatest hockel fileyers.
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Here's an •eopportunity tor. boys. and' girls to. clip these
exciiiiive «color pkturis:for their'scrapbooks. Start your
collection this Satu•rtlaY1 ,
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A nylon vest which repels revol-
ver bullets has been invented 1»'
Dr. J. V. Weinberger of Ottawa.
In a test, a copper-jac•keted re-
volver bullet, fired from 12 feet,
penetrated four or five layers of
the vest, then rebounded.
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PRIZES" DISCUSSED
BY HEREFORD GROUP
Huron Hereford Association
Tuesday discussed plans -for the
annual regional show at an execu-
tive meeting. A centre will be
decided on at 'a meeting of the
Ontario association at Guelph .on
Saturday. ,
Members di.scusse4 prizes to be
awarded in Huron County to 4-11
Olub members showing Hereforl
calves. Prizes of $4' will be paid
for purebred register o heifers and
$2 for grade heifers and steers.
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The annual spring sale will be
held May 11 at' Clinton fair barns.
-James R. Coultes,.of Belgrave, will
be manager. .
Maurice Hirtzel, of Crediton;
president, was chairman; H. R.
Baker, of Clinton, assistant agri-
cultural representative for Huron,
secretary.'
Insect -killing chemicals, on the
aiverage, are estimated to have
made cattle 50 pounds heavier, and
increased milk yields 15-20 per
cent., About 50 cents spent for in-
sectieide and applications adds beef
worth about $15.
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