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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-06-10, Page 5J JN 1,0148.1 One reason for discrepancies in Canadian and United States prices is that Canada has a 10 per cent general sales tax and the United States has not. Permits its include Three For Houses Dungannon j United Church SUPPER SERVED 6-8 P.M. I VARIETY- PROGRAM: • • PAUL TRIO—KIRKTON � QUARTETTE — LUCKNOW ELOCUTIONIST' ETC. • ADMISSION— • • ADULTS $1.00 • Children under 12, 50c • or 'Family Tickets •$4.010 •• 23-4 • Value of « nine building permit requests presented to TbWn Council last Friday night amounted to more than $13,600. • ' Included in the permit requests were three for new dwellings with a total- value of $12,300. Gordon Crawford requested permission to build . on Palmerston street, Amos S. Osbaldeston requested a pormit for a dwelling on. Park street and Nelson Harnaekl (filed . a permit ap- plication for dwelling on Bennett street. The , remainder of the permits were for alterations to existing. buildings and -totaled $1,150. All permits were referred to council's fire committee for consideration. Families in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto., Winnipeg and Vancouver spent $6.78 per person per week on food in the first half of 1953. Fine paper production of Canada —some 200,000 tons annually—has a value of some $60,000,000. Coat- ;1•0411••••••r••,*i••••••lO•• ed paper value is $7,000,000. - Slate,Weeldy=Newspaper Convention For Tomorrow, Saturday In London A full two-day program has been arranged for the annual convention of Ontario Division of tIfi Canadian Weekly Newspapers Asosciation to be held this Friday and Saturday at .London,' Ontario. Two hundred and fifty delegates are expected to register at the Hotel London, according to Wer,: den Leavens, the secretaryman- ager. The delegates will be guests of Several organizations during the convention. • •- ' The London Free Press is s on- soripg the noon luncheon on Fray at which time "Ting," the Free Press cartoonist will delight his audience with his art.. Art Cartier, of the Public . Relations Depart- ment, has arranged a special treat for the ladies In the afternoon. A trip to the famous Fanshawe Dam, later through some of the 'beauty spots around and near Lon- don, ending at the CFPL-TV station where a tour will ne made. • During the luneheon, TV cameras will take shots which will be broad- cast over the network at seven 'o'clock that night. Arrangements have .been made to have a special television set in the main dining room that evening -where the dele- gates will be able to see themselves as others see them,. ,Convention chairman, Gerry C; Craven, of: Ridgetown, stated that there will be special features at the. Friday night, banquet. These will include the presentation • of •the. "Weekly Newspaper Man of the Year" and "The Best Rural Cor- respondent." Mr. Robert M. Saunders, chairman of the Hydro-" Electric Power Commission of Ontario; will make the latter pre- sentatiqp. 4 . Professor Ronald E. Wolseley,' of Syracuse, will be the guest speaker at the banquet.. • An excellent variety program by Archie McCulloch's E1nter+tainers will provide a one-hour entertain- ment following the banquet. Mr. Tommy Lee,• of the Canadian Banker's' Association, who will act as hosts to the wake-up breakfast Saturday morning, will bring greet- ings from his organization. "How" .and "How- Note' to sell classified advertising will be shown in a skit following the morning breakfast. - The City of London will be host at a smorgasbord luncheon Satur- day noon. An award will be given for the best advertisement pre- pared by a "back -shop man" under 25 years ' of age. The Junior Chamber of Commerce at Aurora is making the award which will be an annual competition. The officers' of the association are: Jack Pickell, Paris Star, pre- sident; Charles Nolan, Stouffville Tribune, immediate past president; Clayton .Schaus, Chesley Enter- Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blake and prise, first vice-president;. Russell family and Harold Blake visited G. Shearer, Blenheim News Tri- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton, bune, second vice-president; Wer - den Leavens, Bolton Enterprise, secretary„manager; Directors, Barry Wenger Wingham Advance -Times; G. C. Wenger, Ridgetown Dominion; DUNGANNON, June .9.—Visitors with Mrs. J. Hamilton last Friday were her sisters-in-law, Mrs. George Hamilton, Auburn, and Mrs. Albert Goldthorpe, Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. John Spivak and family, of Londesboro, visited on Saturday with Mrs. Rebecca Cald- well and daughter, Miss Pearl Cald- well. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spiegelburg and family, of Auburn, visited their aunts, Mrs.' R. Fitzgerald W and Mrs. R. Gardner, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Stothers on, Saturday were guests at the wed- ding of their nephew, D. A. Hackett, and Evylin Lever at Brick United. Church, 10th concession, East Wawanosh. Rev. J. Dickinson, of Ashfield United Church, occupied the pulpit at Dungannon United. Church on Sunday, in exchange with Rev. G. D. Watt, who was in charge of an- 'niversary services at Zion, morning and evening. Atwood. W.M.S. Meets.—Mrs. John Rivett -was hostess at her home on Friday afternoon for the United Church W.M.S. Mrs. Herb Finnigan, pre - Charles Davis, Elmira Signet; Wil- pre- sident, opened the meeting. The ” roll call was given, liam James, Bowmanville Canadian with 18 mem Statesman; George Cadogan, Dur- ham Chronicle; Col. F. J. Picking, Aurora Banner; Bert Smith, Port Credit Weekly; George Elis, Gode- A lof less +han mod. people +hink! Th only quarrel 4c,mosf people have withpr�»fIt is ... they +hink they � are too big ... But hove big iS too big To -find ou+, survey people ripped on dors right 'across Canada . 1- Mps+oCanadians think companies like Imperial make 29►�E � on each dollar F1e. Moss} of them think � - : �• l such companies are entitled +0 mace boufh1f-Fhf... I5Yon +he sales dollar. Imperialt profit in 1953 was ., actually less. -than Iehan a +hird of what mos+ people. thought we made. �so�oo genao'oo bers and four visitors present. It was reported that last month 12 hospital calls and 20 house calls were made. Mrs. George Hodges rich Signal -Star and Walter Biehn,, gave a reading, "My Heart is Sing Georgetown Herald. ing." Mrs.' Cecil Blake read , an Mr. and Mrs. Reg; Fuller spent the week -end with Sgt. and Mrs. Merrell; also Mrs. Merrill,' sr of Galt. , Miss Bernice Fuller and friend of Hamilton spent Sunday With them. Anything to sell! Anything? Try a classified ad in The Signal -Star. Huron Presbytery meeting at Sea - forth. Mrs. Otto. Popp read a poem. EXECUTIVE CHOSEN BY LITTLE THEATRE Joe Morgan was elected presi- dent of the Goderich Little Theatre at the annual meeting of the group .held Tuesd4 , night at .MacKay Hall. "Ile succeeds David Holme's in the position. Other • officers elected were Mrs. Mary Ford, vice-president; Mrs. Marjorie Ripley, secretary; Zane Lee, treasurer. Directors are to be named later this year. At the meeting, plans were made for a social gathering in August and it was decided to send two delegates to a meeting of the West- ern Ontario Drama League in Lon- don. Over a thousand weanling .gigs have been shipped from Ontario to Venezuela by air, in lots of 330 head. Various bacon type breeds are taken and no registration pap- ers are required. The pigs 'must be disease , free and tested , for T.B., cholera and shipping fever. An official of the Department of Trade and Com- merce stationed in Venezuela re- ports the first shipment arrived in good condition after their 18 -hour flight and were sold at cost to hog raisers and members of the National Agrarian Institute, accord- ing to a article in the Caracas "El Universal." The article also re- ferred to Canada as a country kept free from vesicular exanthema and other contagious diseases affecting hogs. The only diamond mine in North America is in Arkansas. FIRM GROWS N OANADA,--PRESID;E' Dominion Stores Limited: is grow' ing with Canada, J. William Rome- r .President, stated at the "annual meeting. "We intend to do al, within our power not only t capitalize on this growth in the development of the business but 10 be one of the leaders in an ever-' growing Canada." Currently, the Company's busi- ness usiness is very good, reflecting the effect of the development program both in new retail units and organ- izational staff. ' The : newest unit, opened only a few weeks ago as the second store in Sudbury, exceeded all previods records in sales. In 1952 17 murderers were sen- tenced to death in Canada. Peak year of the 1928-52 quarter century was 1946 when 32 were sentenced to die. article on literature and citizen- ship and Mrs. Arthur Elliott also gave a reading. Mrs. Raymond Finnigan was in charge of the 'de- votional period. Mrs. Matthew Shackleton led in prayer. Mrs. Clifford Crozier read the Seripture lesson. Mrs. S. Kilpatrick and Mrs. J. Rivett sang a duet. Mrs. Robert Irvin gave a report on the PUTS A BRAND NEW 1954 w.■ USE' OUR METER BANK PLAN ALL THE LATEST FEATURES SHELVES IN .THE DOOR BUTTER KEEPER MEAT KEEPER LARGE FREZEiER COMP, LETE AUTOMATIC DEFROSTING FROM TOP TO - BOTTOM—No trays to empty. THE FRIDGE THAT THINKS F'0R , ITSELF. PHONE 466 SATURDAY JUNE. 12th it's your ... Will Help ate..Sa-Attg Ilabit, I save? 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