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THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
TIJUBSDAYi- APRIL 22nd. 194 •
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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1.848 -In its 107th year of 'publication. . 0
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd, 1954
EAS'rER
. Although the religious aspect, the true
meaning; of Easter is somewhat obscured by
traditional observances of secular, perhaps
pagan, origin, it remains the great festival of
the Christian world. Even if people don
their best garments on Easter Sunday with
no deep regard of the significance of the day,
it is to the religious services they go in greater
numbers than on any other day with the
possible exception of Christmas, another great
day of Christendom.
It is .at these services that even the most
thoughtless are reminded of the great Sacrifice
made for the redemption of mankind arid may
be constrained to a more acti\'e belief in the
lessons of the gross and the empty Tomb.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEX.
When Alex. Mune, Parliamentary writer
for The Ottawa Citizen, in 1949 issued a fore-
cast of the Federal general election predicting
,a great Liberal sweep political-wiseheads
thought he was dreaming,. But he ,wasn't;
his figures were closer to the result of- the
voting than any others published prior to
that election.
Alex., however, was not satisfied with
that success; he wanted to,get still closer, and
in 'the next election year, 1953, he produced
a 'forecast that .was ••• amazingly accurate., It
was.no off -hand guess, for he gave thenumber
of seats to be won by- •the. various 'parties in.
each of the 'Provinces, and the total for the
winning Liberals was only two out, the fore-
cast being 175and the actual result 173.
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More than. this, he gave the Conservatives
exactly the lit of seats they won; the
same with the Social Credit party, the C.C.F.
taking two seats more than he predicted.
No wonder Prime Minister St. Laurent
deseribed the forecast as "uncannily accurate."
All this is brought to public
this time by the annual national newspaper
awards, announced last week, in which Mr.
'flume is given.,. a special citation' for his "spot
news renorting7 achieveinent. Mr. Hume, as
reader S" 6f this paper will remember, had his
first experience in newspaper work eon the
Goderi,jh Signal. A few years later he was
to be found. in Ottawa, where now he is. a
prominent member of the Press Gallery and
consorts with the leading political figures of
all parties at theaptal.
•are sure many 'friends in his old
home town will join in • sincere congratulations
to Alex. on this latest. recognition 'of his out-
standing ability.
notice at
ANQUS .OF NOVA SCOTIA
The death of Angus Maeddnaldi Premier
of Nova Scotia, removes a, man who will long
be remembered as an outstanding figure in
the public life of Canada, particularly . in the
Province in which he was born and to which
he gave ,his greatest serice. Reared among
...the Highland Scots of .Cape Breton, he be-
. Came a brilliant scholar and entered. political
life with mental abilities that were' not easily
matched even in the .ProVince-bY. the sea that
has produced so many brainy men.
Premier of, Nva' '56itiii4e—many. years,
he had also an experience in theFederal field
at a . critical period, as.. head and practically
.ereator of the Canadian Navy; but eventually
he returned to .his native sphere and hacLan--
unbeaten 'record as leader of the Provincial
Legislature,.
It was while he ''as a membier of the
Federal House .that he made a visit to this
riding and gave an address in Goderich, his
oratorical style and his personal appearance.
being nrerniniscent of another great Canadian,
Sir Wilfrid. Laurier.
Angus Macdonald was a Gaelic scholar
and on oneoccasion- this., was a surprise and
rather an embarrassment to another Highland.
Scot. When .Prime ,Minister Ramsay Mac-
donald of Great ..Britain visited Canada the
address of :Weleoine, given by Angus of Nova
Scotia Was in Gaelic, and. the visiting Prime
.'Minister had to. admit that, although .brought
Up in a Highland community in, Scotland, he.
• •did UN...speak' Gaelic and had- to depend for
his reply on the tongue of the Sassenach
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EDI:TORIAL, NOTES -
Rise to D.S.T. next Sunday Morning.
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Youngsters of three Provinces are puck -
chasing at the, arena this week. Likely in a
few years some of Canada's, great hockey
players will be relating that the first tourna-
'ment in which they ever took 'part was in
• Goderich.
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The Meaford Express observes : "„Toron-
to 's •metropOlitan government wants provin-
cial help, up to 50 por tont to build more,
subways mid transportations for ...Toronto.
Most of us hicks in the stiekshav,e a biased idea
Toronto is. already getting, -too much. of the
taxation money w, kiek in, without helping
to improve the looks of Iliekstown-on•the-Don
by putting it 'underground."
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An organizer for the Social Credit party
is reported at Vancouver aspredicting that
bis party after the next general election
form. the official . Opposition at Ottawa, or
possibly become the Government. The gen-
tleman's while' is Peer V. Paynter, and he
certainly has no peer as -.a painter of political
prospects. Soeial Credit now has fifteen -
"eats in the 265 -member House of ,Commons.
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Latest statistics of World tonnage of, mer- •
chant Shipsibow that the United StRes leads.
.k.
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Letter to the Editor
Editdr, Signal -Star.
Sir,—How' will the historian of
the future analyse and record the
actions of the United States in
International affairs during the last
three quarters of a century?
About 60 years ago the United
States threatened to invoke the
"Monroe ' Doctrine" against Eng-
land if the -latter attempted .to use
force te • protect 'her vested inter-
ests in • a South American republic.
A few years later the United States
went to war with Spain ostensibly
to free Cuba and the Philippines
from the tyranny of Spain.
• Now things have changed. Indo-
China is fighting to free herself
frOM the tyranny and quasi -slavery
of France. --Today the United States
is calling upon NATO to join in
helping France crush the struggle
for freedom.' •
While helping France with men,
money and. munition, spOk'eSnien
for the United States threaten with
dire consequences any nation that
gives similar --help to the -lovers
with 29.18 per cent. of the total, the British
Commonwealth is seeond with 23.95 per cent.,
and Norway, with only 6.71 per cent., is still
third, the remainder:being scattered widely.
(Russia is not mentioned, but figures. for ,that
(ountry are not . available.) , Great Britain
(including ,Northern Ireland)' remains "far in
the lead in building of merchant shipping, itg'
shipyards turning out new vessels for custom-
erc-all over the world.
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It )is interesting to learn that there are
stone people who keep out of the game of
'grab. If is reported from Toronto that pyi-
vate-dut• nurses there have declined a pro-
posed increase of $2 in their daily pay,
hecause they felt that most patients could.
not afford to pay more than they were doing.
Then there .were the employeesof a large' man-
ufacturing convent in the StatCs. who ,volun-
teeted to take, less money when they learned
the firm ivas having difficulty in meeting com-
petition. This might , be, termed enlightened
self-interest, - for the nien might have been
thinking that taking a reduction. in pay was
the hest assurance. of keepinp,-their jobs alive.
At any rate. each of these incidents is an...in-
dication that. those concerned were looking
beyond the contents of the • pily envelope to
other , considerations. If. there were more of
this it would, settle some of the big problems
that:disturb the world .today-
' WHO PAYS INCOME •i'AX?
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Examiner)
According to a statistical an-
alysis of the 19511 returns -.:-the
latest figures' so to be analysed—
le with incomes of over $5,000
paid more than half the income
Atm collected - in Canada that year.
,The biggest 'single bite on' one
asategorrof' income taxpayers was
IWO ofIthose with incomes rang-
-lag between $25,000 and .$50,000.
.These-' 6,690 . individuals* paid 10
per. cent. of all the income 'tax
collected in 'Canada. In contrast
. &A .tbis, the 104,940 persons Enemy Number One," which is ing Thoreau's classic exhortation:
,w1Ose' declared income ., was be- worry. . "Simplify." By living more simp-
,500 and $2,600 paid little By • learning to control our ty, by cutting. out certain luxuries,
than 1 r cent of all the thought processes we can put we may rid ourselves of many -dis-
0Ote tint;collected in thls,, Co,* •Vorry in its place. III setting out tracting worries. •
46.ilithieve this control we'should For -pelf -Pity, too, the article sees
;,,..The,1i517,0'Cititaiilliiit rid ourselves at once of the false one asiswer:Instead of seeing our-
rs notion that worry Is a Peculiarity selVes,as.,,the,'center of _existence,
0af :415000 MC
paid ,u of -,' steak "M
C. the.. failures.: We. must turn our thOughts. toward
ats4113hef.;htuido,. Worty.;:tan ',be" aldgn df -potential others and cone thus to realize our
ind,wbo1nome$ stpiagth,.ipioof. thata man wants true place as merobers.of'a family,
;000,74. eteltectlattie to.:aUeeeed itt his'74iireer. Many community. nation."
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persons 'of small means very light-, many of them are vague and futile.
ly taxed, and persons of incomes-LAn estimate would tun abont as fo/-
lows: ' Things that never 'happen-;
between $4,000 and $5,000 not
burdensomely taxed.
HOW TO, AVOID WORRY
Worry, as medical men know,
can actually induce organic dis-
ease. And even when it does not,
it can devour energy and under-
mine health and ,shorten life. Yet
worry is quite curable.
A. J. Cronin, noted doctor -writer,
offers in the May Reader's Digest
a pretcription for avoiding 'Private
40 per cent. Things past that can't
be changed, 30 per cent, Needless
health worries, 12 per 'cent. Petty
miscellaneous worries, ten per cent.
Real, legitifitate worries, eight per
cent. . • . What we dread rarely
comes, to pass."
,Financial worries constitute a
great -part of all anxiety. The
Digest article says that there is
one way to solve them—by, follow -
r,latriloivootit: ni61; whose n,amei are Immortal But the finest antidote to worry
'ith't4o*.riaboawthe41 have % learn .., . ow, ,. o . .
ee:4i1S116346ilit;tof' 'Ian ;(1)e' lletliate been ihistitteldive hworriters,debualt As
iiforifelsno,-Re.ader's-D,Igeit-contends.
Ward -Beecher • said:
"Work is ,healthy;1.yoti,can hardly
.114.„„4"._Try137.„,„,, ,,. .., $411.14 2 list,,,, of put nvore Upton a man'than' he can
.W: Cronin Iguisol'' ""'"'''- - ' ' Worryi the rust upon the
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noir Wort*. When they are ,,„,•. ••,:,
- ' . 4„ ), sv tt: *nit,- fit* , blade. . '•• ,
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of freedom in Indo-China.
John Foster Dulles is reported
to have said a few days ago: "I
believe that in general most of
our problems come from not mak-
ing sufficiently clear in advance
what the dangers'are to a potential
aggressor."
• Few persons whd) follow inter-
national affairs will' accept, that
as an explanation for the sad state
of the world today. Rather is the
cause of the international turmoil
to be fotind in the aggressive and
provocative actions of the United
States, and -the insulting state-
ments of many of her leading
politicians.
C. MORTIMER BEZEAU,
Kitchener, 'Ont.
ARTHRITIC PAINS
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write at once to Pickwood
Pharmacal Co. Ltd., Milton,
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refunded if pains are not '
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Doitin Memory's:
Lane
40 Years Ago
A novel idea to. help;make Gode-
rich progress was advanced by
Councillor Wigle at a meeting of
Town Council when he suggested
that a circular letter be sent .to
various -Sunday Schools, fraternal
societies, labor organizations and
other grdups, asking thein to hold
'their annual picnics here. The
idea met with the unanimous ap-
proval of council.
Quick action on the part of a
Goderich man prevented what
might have been a serious accident
on the C.P.R. line. Joseph Linch,
a C.P.R. employee, noticed tlikt"a
large quantity • of blue clay had
slipped down the embankment at
the foot of the Cameron castle.
Fearing the train •would - run into
it, he 'notified the station and the
train was held for two and one-
half hours while the track was
cleared.
The music -loving population of
Goderich gathered "in-- Victoria
Opera House to hear David Duggan,
celebrated Scotch tenor, of Detroit,
give a concert under the auspices
of the Central School.
25 Years Ago
John Fraser, professional at
Maitland Golf Course, arrived from
California to assume his duties
here. Official opening of the
course was set for May 24.
A committee of the Goderich
Centennial Committee decided to
purchase' two solid bronze plates
with the word "Goderich" to be
affixed to the pillars at the head
of the Huron road highway.
Fifty-four young -people of the
parish of St. Peter's in Goderich
received the sacrament of confirm-
ation from the hands of His,Lord-
shill Bishop Alex McDonald, of
Toronto. •
Five vessels had arrived at•Gode-
rich and had their cargoes un-
loaded.
15 Years Ago
George W. Schaefer was elected
president of the Goderich Board of
Trade at the annual meeting of
the group. Other officeis elected
were: J. D. Thomas, vice-president;
A. E. Hockley, general secretary;
F. J. Little, treasurer.
At a meeting of the Goderich
Public Utilities Commission an
operating 'report for the local sys-
tem showed earnings of $65,257.07
for the year ending December 31,
1938. , Power was purchased at a
cost of $41,489.51 and after de-
duction: of $6,384 for depreciation,
there was a net profit on the year's
operations of $1,992.28. The, Com-
mission decide to give a bonus of
itwo months' ffte power to persons
installing new services for electric
stoves. •
Roderick Bain MacKenzie, "the
Ashfield ,Giant," so termed because
he, stood over seven feet and
weighed 427 pounds, died suddenly
at his home! in liouston,, Texasf
Claude Turner, of' Toronto, was
engaged' by the Odell:Chi Lions
Club' as athletic director and. full-
time" coach for minor sports.
Ray Dean, of Goderich; was
chosensecretary of ,the Western
Ontario Twentieth Century I4eral
Association at the annual -meeting
in London. Others attending from
Goderich were Douglas' R. - Nairn,
Nelson Hill, Edwin Dean and James
Salkeld.
10 Years Ago • •
Fourteen truckloads of papers
and. magazines were, collected in
the • first salvage collection of the
season..
With most Georgian Bair' 'POrtS
plugged with ice, Goderich harbor
was receiving the bulk of grain
for lake and rail transit. Both
railways were taking east heavy
shipments of grain.
The former King Edward Hotel
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property on Kingston sitieerwas•,
purchased by lameron Tweedier
proprietor of the Goderich.Bottling
Works.
Miss Sybil Courtice, of- Clinton
gave an address on her missionad
work In Japan at a meeting of the
Evening Auxiliary of North Street
United Church.
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