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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-05-13, Page 5Town Council received word from the Ontario Department of Highways last Friday night that approval has beep given of a maxi- mum total of25,000 for road pur- poses on which a subsid may be' payable. In a by-law, couneii set road ex• peudMVOs for this year 4445,000 Which included ..10,000 Or con- structionand $35,000 fOr mainten- ance, accounting' 'for nine ,mills on the tax rate. At the council meeting, Mayor J. E, Huektns said he felt it was un- fair that the "departnlment should wait until after a 7InuniefOlity's tax rate is set before notifying the municipality the total expenditure on which a subsidy would be paid. PHONE 98 MRS. MA'ME A. POWER "_.. Mrs. Stanley Hayden bas. receiv- ed woad of the death of her sister- in-law, Mrs: Mame A. Potter, who passed away in Retroit on May 5-,- in ;in her 6.3xd year. She was the wife of Lyman R. Potter, formerly of Colborne Town- ship, and is survived by her hus- band. and one sou, Carl R. ]Potter. Mrs,Hayden accompanied by Mr. , a t Mrs. Elliott ,Harrison and Mr- and Mrs. Eric Harrison, of ' tratford, * attended the funeral on Saturday in Detroit where inter- ment took place in Acacia ceme- tery. G. S.LITT Gideon Sebring Litt died at his home in Sebringville early Sunday morning, in his 74th year. lie was a well-known racehorse fancier and owner, and had retired last year. He had been in poor health for over a year. ' He is survived by his wife, the former Jessie Park; one. daughter, Mrs. F. (Auleen) Curry, Goderich; OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS 'GODERICH'S new Telephone Directory is now being delivered. It contains many new and changed numbers for" Atwood, • Clinton, Goderich, Hensall, Listowel, Mitchell, ?lattsivil'1e, St. Marys, Sea- fo•rth, Stratford and 'Ia't'ist.oe'k. As soon as you receive your copy, be sure to destroy your old book. ' With your new directory.you will also get a handy "B'lue Book of Telephone Numbers'. --to help you enjoy better,' faster service. By keeping your personal list of frequently called numbers at your fingertips you save time and trouble—and get your calls through faster. W. W. HAYSOM, Manager Keep' outs -of --town numbers in .this booklet... and always CALL BY NUMBER for faster Long Distance service. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA one sister, Mrs. Clara Adair, Strat- ford; and four grandchildren. Mr, Litt was born in Ellice Town ship, the son of Theorbald • and 'Katherine Sebring Litt. He lived in Goderich and • Mitchell* before finally settling in Sebringville, where he had lived for 15 years at the time oi his death. A funeral ,service was held "at the Greenwood-Gilbart funeral home, Stratford, on Tuesday' at 2.30 and burial took • place in Sebring- ville cemetery. • G. ht. TU'liR George • N. Turner, 90, ° former treasurer of Tuckersmith Township for many years, died in Clinton Mondaystreet. at his hopne,, on Isaac He was born' in Tuckersmith and farmed there until retiring and moving to Clinton in 1927. Since. moving to Clinton he had been weighinaster , at, the stock yards, and was a member of Ontario Street United Church. Surviving besides his wife, ,the former Emma Shipley, are two sons, Harold S., Goderich; John E:, Tuckersmith; one daughter, Mary, at .home; and.. three_ sisters.,...M s Evelyn Wood, Chiliwack, B.C.; Mrs. Sarah Cousins and Mary; Wingham. The remains rested at the Ball and Mutch funeral home, where services were conducted°Wedanes- day, at 2 p.m., by Rev. H. C. Wilson, and interment made in Clinton cemetery. Town Council decided last Friday night to gike its public works com- mittee tli•ask of seeing that ,some- thing is done to combat rats at the town dump. Council received a letter -from Dr. R: M. Aldis, director of the Huron County Health Unit saying that there had been a renewal of complaints received about rats in ,the vicinity of the dump. The situation of the dump does not ideally lend itself • to bulldoz- ing, Dr. Aldis said, but there shoulu be a "continued effort to poison rats . under supervision. He enclosed in the letter two pamphlets explaining how to ' com- bat the rat •menace. Reeve John Graham explained that e'f•Forts had been made to kills off rats at the dump last year Rhen some poison was placed there; SOUTH STREET CHANGE Mr. Len Pennington, who has operated a fruit . market and groc- ery store on South street for sever- al months, has taken a position;' at Kitchener and the store has been taken over again by Mrs, Charles Larder. esse•••eeesooes•see a•'••• "Huron„ County Health Unit" The third in a series of immunization` clinicswill-be held in the following 'schools: ON MAY 17: S:S. No. 1 Colborne (Carlow) ....,. 9.45 a.nn: Dungannon United, Church 10.30 a.m. U.S.S. "No. 1 Colborne (Nile) 1.15 p.m. S.S. "No: 9 colborne (Dunlop) 2 p.m. S.S. No. 6 Colborne (Saltford) '3.00 p.m. Children 4 months of age to school age may be brought 'to these clinics to receive immunization for Diphtheria, Whooping ' Cough, Tetanus, and Smallpox. • • • 19 •••••o••••••••i•••••••s• This "Voice" recently told "air interesting and startling percent- age story about increasing drink- ing and crime in Canada. Here follow other percentages just a few, but they tell,. a ''story :of an, increasing realization in gittariiA at least of., the need for acl ion. In 1953 there vdere 26 local option" votes" held. A "No" vote. was re- corded in 21; or 80% of these. The actual percentage of people voting, _against •additional_. -outlets. for legal sale was 53. In votes on cocktail ' bars during the period 1947-1953, 33 out of 60, or 55% were "No" votes. These votes, • a practical test of temperance sarin- ment in Ontario, are encouraging, especially when it is recalled that the Trade brings' on, votes only where they feel confident of suc- cess. At the same time it should be - noted that our Temperance forces, Dominion, Provincial sand County, are alive as perhaps never before to the situation. The people of the Churches especially are co- operating in greater numbers than ever. Herein lies the main hope for success in the crusade'against the liquor evil. This advertisement sponsored`' by, Huron County Temperance Federation. Two men accused ,of keeping liquor for sale. -pleaded gjIty and received similar nes-of $169 and costs .or 30 days in jail when they appeared before Magistrate D. E. Holmes in court here last Thurs- day. Ray M. Cook, of Goderich, was charged as manager ,of the Anchor Club on Hamilton street which was raided by police an May 1. 'Douglas Calhoun, of Port Albert, was aleged to have soldbeer on Gril 21.. Crown Attorney 'E. enn Hays told the court that. the aecused's wife had been convicted of a similar offence on March 18 of this year,, Calhoun appeared in court on that charge and paid a fine. In the Achor Club ease, the mag- istrate warned that the owner of the Royal Hotel, where the club is situated, could have been charged. He said he felt the "owner was "fully aware of what was going on." J. K. Hunter who represent- ed Cook, explainel that the hotel owner lived in Hamilton and leased to -Cook on a -Weekly -basis the -space used for the club. Disposition of the beer and ale seized in the raid was set- over for a week. 0HURCHWOMAN'S GUILD DECIDES TO BUY DISHES Mrs. M. Hanley read the Scrip- ture and Mrs. Thos. Davis was pianist for the May meeting of St. George's Churchwoman's Guild. Mrs. D. J. Patterson reported on the purchasing of more dishes and showed samples of cutlery. De- cision was made to purchase 50 of each. Members answered the roll call with donations of aprons, fancy work, etc,, for the Garden Party. Mrs. H. Newcombe, Mrs. E. W- hams and Mrs. Roy ,Sparling were named conveners for this table. A minute of silence, was ob- served in tribute to Miss Hilda Stewart, , a former member, who passed away at London. Miss Betty Bowra, accompanied by Miss Eleanor Lauder, sang two delight- ful solos. At the close of th,e meet- ing Mrs. Ed. Sowerby, Mrs. H. Newcombe and Mrs. M. °Hanley served tea. COUN'C'IL ENDORSES TWO RESOLUTIONS Resignations of two teachers, were aeeeptedR, by Goderich Public School Board at its meeting Wed- nesday night of least week and one new teacher was added to the staff. G. A. Mclntyre, who has taught at the school' fors the past year, has resigned to accept a . position at Wingham °Public School. Miss Kathleen' Holmes, who has taught kindergarten for ' the past two years, has resigned to accept a position at Clinton Public School. One other teacher, Miss Frances Brereton, resigned rec€itly. Four new teachers 'were( hired recently. At the .meeting also, decision was made to fake no action on a request by the Teachers Relations Coinmittee to raise the minimum - maximum salaries, by $20.0. The group had „met with the board's school management and teachers relations committee and asked that the minimum salaries be increased from $2100 -to $23,00 and the maxi- mum from $2900 to $3100. Reason given by the board for taking no action was that the board's budget had been presented to Town Coun- cil and he' tax rate strunl�._ •`The boarii` ile-e d'ed to advertise for additional teachers for next September. It is expected at least one more teacher will be hired. Praise fox a smart s) wig wAs. :given to.AvAY Cadets of I.Goclo4o14; District Collegiate Institute last Friday night "when they were spected -bye Lieut. J. Rankine, of London, .officer in charge of cadet` training for Western Ontario. The inspection took place on the parking lot, beside" the collegiate. and a large crowd of intelvested parents witnesse .._the proceedings. e Lieut Rankine complimented the cadets for their fine appearance and paid tribute to, • Diorinan,,,, riig, chief instructor, for the enthusiasm shown by the corps. • Officers of the corps are Cadet Major Robert Sanderson, * Cadet Captain Robert Dockstader,• Lieut- enants William Carruthers,. W. Thomas and F: Skelton, and Sgt. Maj. Pat Baker. Held ' in conjunction with the, inspection was the school's annual "Open House." Parents were given - an opportunity to -make a .tour of the building and to meet the vari- - ous teachers in their classrooms. Projects were • on display in the ' rotational` classes --and a group of students gave a demonstration -of welding. Also on display were articles made by women mho at- tended woodworking classes at the collegiate's night school during the winter. (S'pa;rktino pitworpriq AT • Nile United ChOg ON - Supper served 6 to 8 p irlf. - ADMISSION: Adults, 1.00 Children, 5Q .t- ••ssaN•••N•!808.410 s!! Two resolutions, one from the Town of Riverside .and the other from the City sof Port Arthur, re- ceived endorsation by Town Coun- cil last Friday night. The one from Riverside asked that the ,Department of Highways be petitioned to allow a town or city's contribution toward an au- thorized pension 'plan as a sub- sidized item. The resolution point- ed out that the' portion paid by a I township • or county toward such a plan is allowed by the depart-. •� ment as a" subsidized item. The Port Arthur resolution asked`' i that the Provincial Government' be Irequested to enact such legislation as : necessarys,;.to provide that all persons operating• motor vehicles on provincial highways must have 1 insurance policies covering public Iliabil'ity and property damage. Former- residents of Goderich but for the past eight years living retired at Sidney, Vancouver Is- land, Mr. arid Mrs. Walter Sillib (nee Ethel Shannon) celebrated their Golden, Wedding Anniversary at their home on April 27. They are both in their 80th year and are enjoying fairly good health. . Mr. Sillib is a native of Chatham, Ontario, and Mrs. Sillib came from Brant, Ontario. For the first four years of their "married life they resided at Goderich. At that time Mr. Sillib worked at his trade of wood turner. His hobby was ven- triloquism and he took part in numerous concerts in Ontario and Western Canada in his, younger days. Later, they moved to Whitla, Alberta, • where they homesteaded for 38 years. During the holding of open house for their friends, Mrs. Sillib wore the same wedding dress she used on her wedding day 50 yearsago when they were married at London, BUILDING PERMITS TOTAL HITS $15,000 Building permits totalling $15,000 were presented to Town Council last Friday night by Town Clerk S. H. Blake, two of them for new dwellings. The permits were referred ,to the fire committee for approval. Filing applications to erect dwellings were Edna M. Overholt, for a house on Britannia road, and Watson Sheardown for a houf'e on Slake street. Also included in • the per mit requests was one from the Kinsmen Club fora, a house to be 'erected at the 'clb's playground on South street. 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