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THURSDAY, MAY 13th, 1954
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THE GC6ERICH SIGNAL -STAR
His', Idea Of A Buffer State
WASHINGTON IS •WILLING
The United States Governnr-eiit at last has
got around to a decision in favor of joining
wth Canada in the St. Lawrence seaway a'ro-
jeet. Proponents of the seaway in Canada
profess to care little whether the United States
eomes in or allows Canada to go ahead alone,
lout this' may be a -bit-- of bItiff: Canada- must
not forget that partnership with the United
States -in the project is important. The Lake
Michigan -Gulf of Mexico route by way of the
Mississippi 'may become a rival of the St.
ilnawrenee route and unless Washington has a
are in the latter it may allow a• diversion
at Chicago that would leave the navigators
of the Canadian route. high and dry.
It may be ten years before the seaway is
developed for the expected heavier traffic from
the head of the Lakes to the Atlantic{,' so that
many of tJIe personages prominent in con-
��-ection with the undertaking Will have passed
from the •scene, and no une t,day can say
with confidence just what the future of the
project• will be. Toronto, Hamilton and
Windsor, on the Canadian side, have' great
hopes which may be realized • in some degree.
The mea4nre passed at Ottawa to bring the
greater seaway into being names Lake Erie
as its western limit; Lakes Huron and Superior
are not included and may not be greatly
affected. . Along this east shore of Lake
Huron people with a good:' s'et -of` binoculars,
inay see the big ships pass up and down
between Fort William and the lower lakes,
and of course they will be allowed to con_`
tribute their share towards the east of the
undertaking.
A few days ago it was reported from
Fort 'Williar-n' that a German freighter had
arrived there and had taken on a cargo of
wheat for an ocean port. This is worth, noting
as evidence that today, with no further e
penditure in deepening the passage tto,,,, ttie
sea, it is po';sible to convey grain from the
head of the Lakes to Europe. Those who
expect to have cheaper transportation of
Western grain ten years hence may be .rudely
disappointed.
KINTAIL, May 11. — The May
meeting of the Kintail W.I. was
held at the' Kintail Hall with 16
menibers present. The Ode and
Mary Stewart Collect opened the
meeting. The roll call was an-
swered with an exchange of slips,
and there was .a lovely selection
to choose from.
There was considerable corres-
pondence to. deal ,with., The delea
gates to the district annual are:
Mrs. Ray Dalton, Mrs. Dave Mac-
Kenzie, Mrs. Will Wareing, Mr's.
Wilfred Farrish. , The W.I. will:
send two cars if enough members
wish to go. Anyone wishing to go
please let Mrs. Henry McKenzie
know. The proceeds of the variety
program held in the hall were pre-
sented to the hall coinmit4 ee,
A bazaar and sale of baking and
sewing and afternoon tea is to
ibe held at Lucknow on May 29
by the W.I.
The June meeting will be held
on June 3rd in the- evening at
Scott's school, featuring an auction
-sale.-- -Every-one-welcome:
Mrs. E. Bassett, of Vancouver,
is visiting her daughter, ?.frs. Har-
old Young, on Bennett street, for
several months.
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.This has been an eventful week in world
affairs, and the fall of the jungle fortress of
Dien Bien Phu in Indo-China may be fateful
in the relations between the Communist pow
e.
and the Western deutocraeies: Though the
struggle. there was on they surface one between
the French colonial government and the "Viet-
minh rebels, there is no doubt that Russia and
China seized the opportunity to extend Red
influence and gave assistance to the rebels
which enabled them to inflict a severe -defeat
upon the: French forces. The.; French had the
sympathy of the democracies, and, that was
about all, though the United States sent ma-
terial aid "too late and too little." Washing-
ton might have -committed-itself • more deeply
if- Congress had been willing, and Congressress
'
ma hthav
g .e-tal;.en a more definite stand if the
voters had not been more intent upen the
IfleCarthy affair than upon anything going bn
outside of their country. Britain' remained
aloof from the trouble in Indo-China and Can-
ada followed the lead of Britain.
It was one further example of the advan-
tage united auto raeYhaS over divided democ-
racy
in the prosecution of war. '.In this case
the develofonent of immensely destructive
',':'xv'eations has an ilupartant bearing. The
democracies, are fearful of bringing upon their
cities the terrible effects of bomb • warfare.
Even: it' they [could inflict similar damage upon
the enemy that would be no compensation for
their own loss; the Communists are well aware
of this reluctance on the part of the Western
nations and feel free to take their time in
pursuing their aggressive tactics, and in the
• Kremlin and among the ` Communist leaders
everywhere t h r
' e e are'rinnin• faces over the
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fall of Dien. Bien 'Phu. The democratic world
• is waiting for the results of the conference at
Geneva and waits without much hope of any
definite progress towards -peace.
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Anyway, this is just the weather to pro-
mote the growth of grass—and the sale of
lawnmowers..
Those tearful skies brought on ''the
Least wind may he from the people of Quebec
who have two sets of income tax to pay, or •
perhaps' from the Toronto ' folk who are be-
ginning to see faults in. t heir much -tooted.
subway.
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The \V"ingham Advance -Times has the
pleasurable opportunity announcing a
reduction of .approximately sl per cent. in
Hydro rates to \V ngham. users. This paper
wbulcl 1o' immensely pleased to be able to
convey a similar announcement tf) Goderich
Hydro customers'.
Congratulations te the rSa,lris Yontiacs on
; their capture of the . Western Ontario hockey
eharnpionshi..p. lly tho way, the endurance
contest between ',"f lii:' hockey season and the
winter of 1954 may b.' said to have ended in
a tie. At any rate, the hockeysticks have
been put away, an'r1 the weatIo'r" we ha ve been
getting may be considered as spring , ila
' lisgu ise.
This column last week noted that Fergus
storekeepers had decided in favor of keeping
open on Saturday nights. A further .report
in The Fergus News -Record indicates a change
Mina the situation, a minority •group having
solved to keel- to Friday night opening, The
•gesult is some confusion. • Our advice (un-
solicited) would be to let eacll group have its
own way';, a few rnoiiths' experience might
' lbrin-g them all together on the Question.
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The City of Niagara Falls had a vote on
e'oektail lounges last week. It was the first
Ontario city to vote on this question since',
the Provincial . Government established beer
parlors in the fivelargest cities of the Province
-. without a vote, and as Niagara Falls is pre-
eminently a tourism citlr,.lastf, week's vote was
Looked upon as a test. The vote in favor of
the lounges fell short of the required 60 per
Bent. and Niagara Falls will remain dry.
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In theme columns last - week it was noted
tt Varna. and Khiva,"hamlets in' this county,
w a e'v dent1y named .about the time of the
' 0War a, lundrr'ed years ego. Another
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` South }Iuvoxrl, Sit ka, probably__,
1tf'.ie i . a siitnflar manner. ' aipka'
e of a,,jass tai --thee. Balkan'rn,tiurra airs
pz'esrnabty became known in .this
Je the war between R`Iussia,
,tak "'arid Trance, on the
e iefers to a :Matter that
a i> ic'ftlrlttl�ai t .
nOtelv
dr a t l Ott o en
called upon to act as pallbearers, „as there
are more people of their . age, for wham this
service is to be performed. the ' lifting' of .a
heavy casket may easily cause heart strain
in an elderly person and this should be
avoided. A' hint to the undertaker by any
person who wishes to be exempt from this
function would ,.be passed on to the relatives
concerned and would be taken in friendly
understanding.
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,A. ('anon of the Established Church iri
London,' England, blames "British snobbery"
for rinds Of the trouble tvith natives of col-
��rtiati territories 'in Africa. J -1e is reported as
asking I ritotrs to remember that "God is not
orces,ari1v a member of a- respectable upper
middleedaass fatuiy."' As "natives" i,every-
where seem to be aSsertii'ig rights that have'
hitherto been de'niecl them, the cause cannot•
in all eases be a demonstration of British
.snnkrbery, but the canon's accusation is, un-
usual and noteworthy. Is there not a refer -
one(' in Scripture -to people who thank God
that they are not as other men dare?
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Officials of the Ontario. Provincial. ?bike
e
have tiiihmitted' to a corn -niece o.f the Pro-
v'ilieial Legislature a number of recommenda-
tions. for the 'prevention of highway accidents, -
One of these recommendations is that the speed
unlit .of transport trucks be reduced to 45
from 50 miles an hour. This would be •an
improvement, but a .further restriction in the
size of trucks allowed ,on.the highways would
he a further safety provision,. When one o'f
those monster vehicles comes rushing do>.wn
th,' road the average„ automobile driver is
thankful to he able to keep out of its way,
A very slight fault by either driver eould be
disastrous,. and at 45 miles tl e° `results .could
lre as ba'd as at 50 miles.
WHAT OIL MEANS FOR CANADA
(Financial •Post)
Lets than seven _years ago Canada imported
over 90 per than,
of her crude "petroleum needs'.
Today we are getting, about half 'of it from our
own' fields in western Canada.
"Within two' or three years," Imperial Oil's.,
J, if White told shareholders last' week, the Market
for Prairie oil may be close to three times its present
size. Canada, says White, is now in the "big oil
country" class. ,..
What does this mean, to all of ••us?
There's ,a tremendous saving in exchange.
Money we used to spend on foreign oil we can now
.use for other imports.
There arse new industries;and nerw jobs, not just
in oil refineries and .'pipelines but in Vast associated
lines such es the new ro-chemical industry, , net
most of these new jobs- and new industries
developing in ,a part of Canada that- was almost
industrial blank . prim to the large Ode ..discoirery
of oil andgas'. ` -
• ,.. Oil a!d,' gas are bringing real and major
ivelrsf ca tx i to Prattle' Canada,: arb broadening atcl
. eco itukt3r 'iii it+h , fo'r so- Ion was• Afloat eomplete1y
dependent ilia ,Dt'In or two farm products'. • •
The• whole' otleatigidst gains froYU this slgrtrideanf
chane'e. ,f i •r
40 Years Ago
Loss was estimated at $5,000 of
which $3,000 was covered by insur-
ance when fire destroyed the saw
and planing mills Of the Goderich
Lumber and Milling Company: Fire-
men succeeded in keeping the blaze
confined to the mills and stopped it
from spreading to lumber piles.
The fire was believed to have .start-
ed. in the engine
room.
F. W. Rcebinson, of Galt, accepted
the position of organist and choir-
master
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master of St. George's. Church. "He
had been organist and, choirmaster
at Trinity Church in Galt. ,
- William Proudfoot; Member ' of
the Legislature for 'Centre Huron,
was painfully injured when at-
tempting to start his automobile,
he cranked the engine and the
crank of the handle flew back and
struck him, causing a fractured
arm:
• Goderich Wates^ and Light Com-
mission was considering installa-
tion of an electrical' •' pump. Cost
was estimated to be about $5,000.
25 Years Aga
At a meeting of Huron Presby-
tery of ;he United Church held in
Exeter, Rev. R. ,H. Barnby, of
Blyth, was named chairman, and
Rev. W. R. Alp, of Auburn, . was
Chosen as secretary.
- Dr. J. M. Field was elected chief
of the Goderich Lions' Club for a
six -Month period, with A. J. Mac-
Kay as vice chief. Andrew Porter
was re-elected secretary and F`:
Darrow, treasurer. At a meeting
of the club, members heard an ad-
dress by A. S.•Hammon.d, field. sec -1
rotary of the National Institute for
the Blind.
William Elliott Macara, registrar
general of Manitoba, who was edu-
cated in Goderich where his father
was a barrister, died in Winnipeg.
A number of young people from
North Street • United Church jour-
neyed to, Dungannon to explain
the. function 'of the Goderich Sum-
mer School. Short addresses were
given by Rev. C. F: Clarke, Miss T.
Cheer and .Miss M. Bailie.,
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15 Years Ago
At a joint meeting of the con-
gregations of Victoria Street Unit-
ed Church and Union Church,
Goderich- Township, an invitation
was extended to Rev. C. Lawrence
Brown, of Springville, Ont., to be-
come theirastor.
Four freighters arrived at Gode-
rich harbor within a few hours
with grain • cargoes, recalling the , busiest days of the grain • tranship-
ping trade at this port. The Ar-
lington, Soodoc, Torondoc and the
Winctoc all come' into port in a
space of four and one-half hours.
A Clinton man was disappointed
in magistrate's Court when he
asked that he be a, lowed. to take
his deg to jail with,nhim and the
request was refused. 'He had been
sentenced to jail for 14 days for
drunk. driving.
Wild life was well in evidence
at the Goderich waterfront. Flocks
of geese in spear -shaped formation
honked 'their way vorthward in
the sky • while hundreds of ducks
rested within a short distance of 1
the breakwater. Scores of sea
pigeons swooped and circled be-
tween the piers searching for 'food.
10 Years Ago„
At the annual meeting of the
Canadian •Livestock' Recerd Board
held at Toronto, Hugh Hill, of Ben -
miller, a director and past' presi-
dent of the: Canadian Guernsey
Breeders' Association, Ini'ss named
a director. .'
Town Couneil "adopted a recom-
mendation of. the finance commit-
tee that `the cotitteil guafantee
A,land1'a Marine and General- Hos-
pital an alditianal grant of $000
to help meet. expenses' of the cur-
rent • year if 1 ecessa�►t chi that
the. Nospiial Board p -et tion C� inty
Council at its Janne .se,Ssioi for fur-
tber assistance. eouneil1or
H1tcl is and Mayor It,, ..Thrl et
Ipposed• the grant obi too 'groids
that it would increase the tax rate.
Captain W. F. Cochrane, District
Cadet Officer, Military District No.
1, London,. commended Goderich
collegiate Army Cadets at the an-
nual inspection. -
E. F. Hill, manager of the Na-
tional Selective Service office in
Goderich reported serious short-
ages of labor in this area, with a
considerable d able
demand for skilled
labor.
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