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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1954
STILL THE COLD WAR
Though the' shooting in Korea and Indo-
China has ceased, informed opinion is that
there will not be any appreciable let-up in
Canada's defence expenditure. This -country,
of--course,--has--had no commitments in Indo,
China and has had no troops there. As to
Korea, the situation is not clear, but. even if
conditions in that country should assume an
appearance -of peace there is no guarantee that
'Red aggression may not break out again either
there or in some other part of Asia. Europe,
too, needs watching, and the "cold war" is
by no means at an end. Even defence of
Canada against a possible attempt on the part
of Russia to cripple this country as a prelude
to a bombing attack upon the United States
renders necessary a heavy annual budget to
build up .and maintain reasonable protection.
Which iil:eans that "for years to eon e
—the .period inay be indefinitely prolonged—
Canadian taxpayers will carry a heavy load.
The Red menace is no illusion. The Com-
muiiists are merely watching, for another op-
portunity to push forward their plans for a
Red -controlled world.
JUST A PAUSE IN IMMIGRATION
• Though objections are raised to a limita-
tionof immigration in this period of unusually
extensive unenlplo7-inentr' in Canada, it would
appear to be a sensible policy.' Why _.should
public money, be expended to bring in im-
migrants to add to the iuuiibei «•leo in this
period of. industrial *slackness cannot find
'work? It is argued that Canada deeds more
farmers and farm helpers.: but how many of
those R•no enter as farm lt'orkers remain on
the land more•than a short time before drifting
off to the cities? The slack condition of the
farm implement business is sufficient evidence
of the deepre'ssed condition of farming, which
may be. only temporary but will not call for
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any great number La. additional, workers until
it improves.
'!Winter is eoiuiug when even in times of
normal proslierity immigration falls in volume.
li will be time enough ,when spring comes. and
both, industry and farming niay look forward
tri 0 resumption of profitable activity to bring
newcomers to our shores in large numbers.
hi, the meantime Canada is not shutting its
doors to iniuligration ; it is merely letting up a
bit' in the campaign for increased population.
ft is to be remembered, too, that the
natural increase in Canada's population is
somewhere, in the neighborhood of half -0 -
million yearly. The cradle is not empty.
EDITORIAL NOTES
August. lilliille't' !lays are passing.
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" U.N.R. net revenues drop $9,000,(X)0 in
six months.'.' It ,does not seem to be are ap-
propriate time for a railwaymen's strike.
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Now that plans for the new .Court house
have been finally approved and the.. County
Council has asked for tenders for the building,
we can look forward to the disappearance of
the 'chicken fence and the unsightly patch in
the centre •of' tire park. Construction of the
new building will be a matter of many'months,
but it will be progress.
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Elections, must be always in the minds
of U.S. citizens. The Eisenhower landslide' is
still fresh in memory when the.campaign is on
for the Congressional elections of `1954, and the
voters will hardly be cooled off before the
Presidential- election of 1956 will' engender
even greater heat-. In- between elections are
the primaries, and the politicians are never
quiet. We do things better in Canada, so far
as elections are concerned.
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Reverting to 'the subject of weather pre,
dictions, it was noted that;' after Probs, had
every day for a considerable period predicted
rain and rain did not come, on* Thursday,last-,
the observation was that "no termination of
current drought ,is anticipated," and that .day
it did rain, and we have since had several
blessed showers. There should be an observa-
tory nearer than Toronto to watch the werzth'er--
in Western Ontario and send out predictions
on which. some reliance can be placed.
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Older residents of Goderich may realize
with a shock that_a. flame once so familiar as
that- of Eloise A. Skimings is -unknown to
many present-day citizens. M iss Skimings
in her day was one of Goderieh's most notable
personages, and she is remembered with affec-
tion by those who knew her when, as "the
poetess of Lake Huron," she wielded an ever -
ready pen. Thereflections, are induced by
receipt se at this office of a letter from San
Antonio, Texas, with a request for information
regarding Miss Skimings, and liarticularly
_her ,hook "Golden Leaves," published about
fifty years ago," The request was quite wil-
lingly complied with by one who knew Mii~s
Skimings quite well `iitl the earlier part of
his life.
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Queen's lJnivel•sity has received a gift of
inestimable .value, the personal library., and
private. pa rs of John Buchan, the Scottish
author,•.., ►1 as 'Lord Tweedsmuir spent five
notabi0gars in Canada as Governor-General.
Th ii' `made by Col. R. S. McLaughlin and
Mre"eLaughlin of Oshawa, includes mina -
scripts and first editions of Blichan's works,
private papers, letters and records, 1,000-
volumes of'' Scottish 'literature and history, a
Targe section dealing with British and •'Com-
iuoiiwealth history and particularly with 6outli
Africa, where Biiehaii served a term as viceroy,
and other works making up a collection of
approximately '5,000 volumes. ,Queen's Uni-
versity, with its decidedly Scottish association.
is the appropriate depository: of this invaluable
gift•
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• The suggestion that the stag should' take
the place of the beaver as an emblem of Can-
ada is meeting with opposition. It ,must be
admitted 'that the lordly stag -makes a better
picture than the ratlike beaver, but looks are
not everything. The Revelstoke ` (13.C.) Re-
view, which knows more about the • stag than
we . do, accuses him as • being irresponsible.
-He has -nothing to do with his children after
they are born. He deserts his wife. For all
his glamor and good looks and grace, he is a
good-for-nothing." Now, ' if we were choos-
ing,. we night prefer the horse to, either stag'
or beaver, He has no .horns, but he is up-
standing, graceful, and intelligent, . and he
works—"like a horse-" And the way his
numbers are decreasing, 'the time seems to be
coming . when he will be seen • only in picture
books -or possibly- on postage stamps. Who
seconds the motion?
THE TWO-YEAR TERM
(Orillia News -Letter)
Every once in a while a member of council
suggests ., extending council ' terms #o- two 'years
instead of one. The usual argument is that two
years would, give a longer time to get things. done,
it would save the expense of an election every year
and make for better continuity. It is perhaps to
be expected- that, those in office would like to see
that side of the picture which would also extend
their terms. 'But there is the other side. When a
good council is elected two-year terms are desirable.
But there are times when the ratepayers generally
"must be glad they have the right to turn out a
council, or some of the members, at the end of one
year if they wish to. In several nearby townships
the electorate f011war the general rule ..of giving
councils which have done well an extension of term
through acclamations. The town could do the same
thing. - But it is doubtful if ratepayers would desire
to do away with their safeguard to lake action
every year if -they want to.
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STILL ROOM AT THE TOP
(Financial Post)
Horation Alger success stories are apparently
becoming 'somewhat less common in this country'
and in the United States as both ,areas grow away
from pioneer conditions.
Many factors have contributed to the apparent
decline. There • are the labor unions who penalize
It man for extra effort On an assembly' line and
stifle what might be ,his only method of expressing
energy, afnbition and ability.
There is a changing sense of values for many
junior workmen too. The ambition of many, now,
is not -to become president of the company but
president of the union.
There is still, . however, no shortage of • op-
portunity for youth in this country. And doubtless
there -are still, thousands of mothers who regard
baby sons as future prime" ministers, presidents Or
business executives.' Recently, there appeared a
statement from the., Ontario Milk Distfibt tors' As-
sociation that indicates hbw generously Canada
rewards ambirtion.
, A survey of 489 milk companies in Ontario
revealed that 80%• of the 1,770 senior executives
in the , firm started 'their business lives as route
salesmen ,or plant erhployees.
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PRESS NEARS EIGHT MILLION
'',C1RCLATIWrt ''STATES
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in Canada is tile federal govern-
ment. In the catalogue issued. an-
nually by the Queen's Printer pit
takes more than 500 pages to list
the titles and subject matter of
government ,.publications.
'Among thousands -of other facts
about Canada noted in the 10th
annual `:edition of :Quick Canadian
,'*Cts are:
Cauda is ,.the n;! country of
N ai>Ed ,South 1lerica that
gaits a,;ina iorihdod and-seif-govetn-
meyrtAiiithouit revolutfone.
_'.',410inufitetttring. todayy, ' einPloys
*MA 1,350,000, anadiarr3,, more
1iih» 1 r`. timer as,:many a3 agri-
Efarmerar.of ttova Scotia girlie
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the country's highest production
per acre of many crops;
This year Canadians will pay in
taxes tb all governments about
$470, per erson;
'Canada has about'26,000 miles of
paved highways, 44,000 miles of
railway lines;
Canadians are spending consider-
abl,y more..on social security, health
a'ndd weifar'o `services than on -na-
tional defence.. •
flhe nevi edition of Quick Can
ad!ian Facts, carrying up4Go-date in-
formation on all significant aspects
61 Canadian life,: is iel$ased this
week through 'newsstand and book
!owes:
444,
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Down Memory's
Lane
40 Years Ago
Shortly after Great Britain had
issued a declaration of war against
Germany, the Canadian Depart-
ment of Militia issued orders can-
celling an. army camp scheduled for
Goderich. Considerable prepara-
tions had, been made at the camp_`
grounds and it was feared that the
Town of Goderich would suffer a
financial loss. A large amount of
water piping had been ordered and
steps had been taken to have the
camp grounds wired for electricity.
Declaration of war -brought a
serious. situation_ for Goderich mer-
chants since many of then btaiii-
ed goods from Britain, France,
Germany and Austria. Dry goods
men claimed that if . the war was a
long one they would be greatly
hampered in obtaining any textile
goods. .
Plans were being made to build
an addition to the Lyric theatre to
provide additional accommodation
bringing the number of chairs to
500.
25 Years Ago
Many people 'in Goderich felt
an earth tremor early one morning.
The tremor was reported to have
been centred in the eastern United
States.
Announcement was made of the
awarding of a contract for dredging
in Goderich harbor amounting to
$97,000 to the C. S: Boone Dredg-
ing Company, of Toronto. The risk. Captains of vessels entering
Forest dredge had been at work and leaving the harbor were fear -
at , the west end of the harbor ful of running down swimmers..
leveling off the bottom for the i on one occasion a skipper had to
sinking of cribs for the mooring halt his vessel in order to avoid
dock at the southside ofe,harbor. colliding with a swimmer in the
A special meeting o d'i'e town middle of the channel.
council was held to pass an agree- Signs of an approaching Federal
ment with • Imperial Oil Company election were multiplying. Re -
for installation • of a large storage turning officers throughout Huron
tank at the harbor, with a pipeline had received 'preliminary instruc-
to the dock. -4 tions, an indication that the polling
Councillor B: C. Munnings was in day was not too far distant. Some
Duluth as a representative of. town, -prognosticators had placed the date
council at a meeting of the,,, -Great not later than November or early
'Lakes Harbor, Association. - in December.
- ' ., 15 Years Ago
Eire destroyed a large barn on
the 'farm owned by Vere Cunning-
ham in Colborne Township. Most
of the livestock were in the fields
but a few sheep and hens were
lost.
There was .speculation as to
Aller Tony Galento — two -ton
Tony—who fought Joe Louis for
the world's heavyweight champion-
ship, was in Goderich one day.
Many people saw 'a man ' with a
.big paunch and the facial likeness
of Galento and said the man's'
companions called him Tony. - He
himself said he was Tony Galento
.and.--gave_autographs_ signesL_wjth
that name. Some people believed,
however, that a Detroit party off
a yacht was having a bit of fun.
At a meeting of Goderich Public
Utilities Commission Goderich's
power problein was debated and
data -was collected for an interview
with the Ontario Power Commis-
sion regarding Goderich's relations
with that body.
10 Years Ago
Apparently seized with cramps
while swimming at the harbor,
Arnold John .Hermanson, of Suomi,
Ont., near Fort William, a fireman
on the grain freighter Algorail,`
was drowned. .
An edict had gone forth banning
swimming between the piers at
Goderich harbor, and it -was point-
ed out that people swimming in
that section did so at their own
Letiers-to the Editor
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—I see that you will send
extra copie's of your paper with 'a
complete coverage of the Auburn
Centenary. I would sure like to
get one. My grandfather was Enis
Elkin who had the farm that ope
half of Auburn is taken off. I will
enclose money for coverage. If
more, let me know and oblige.
Yours truly,
BERTHA M. KING,
25 Cliveden Ave.,-
Toronto
ve.,Toronto 18.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—It is time again to send my
cheque for the Goderich paper.
We enjoy it very much, and we
are especially interested in, your
work with children. We had oc-
casion to see them in action last
summer, the last week in August'
on a visit to Goderich.
I think we should all realize that
whatever we can accomplish in the
present will help build the youth
of today for the future. This old
world is changing rapidly, and I
think we all feel we have much
to do. ,
.w • Thanking you.
ELTZABETH •MacLEAN REDDING,
4180 Marine Drive,
Chicago 13, I11.
QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
1. How many Canadians emigrate
annually to the US.?
2. Has Manitoba more urban for
rural dwellers?
3: In 1947 Canadians imported $2.6
billion worth- of 'foreign goods.
What was the 1953 figure?
4. Is the average carrying capacity
of a railway box car 4 tons, 24
tons, 44 tons?. •
5. Last year did Canadians pay to
Ottawa in indirect taxes $5 mil-
lion a week, $15 million a week,
$30 million a week?
ANSWERS: 5. Nearly $30 million
a week. . 3. Value of imported
goods totalled $4.4 billion, ; 1.
About 25,000. 4. More than 44
tons. 2. At the 1951 census Mani-
toba had. 336,961 rural dwellers,
439,580 urban.
1 COLBORNE
MEMORIAL SERVICE
SUNDAY, AUG. 15
AT 3 P.M.
THIS SHOULD BE YOUR DAY TO ATTEND.
H. A. McCREATH, Chairman.
HORSE SHOE
PITCHERS.!
ENTER NOW .IN THE
O'Keefe's Tri-'. County Grand'
Championship • Doubles Tourney
FOR THE O'KEEFE TROPHY
To held in Connection with
Grand- BedRu-ral Day
,Wednesday,-- August 25 ,.,'
"A Special Play Day for 'Huron,. Lambitpn and Middlesex"
Entries for this outstand'itig -doubles horseshoe tournament, will
be accepted• from players Who live in counties Of Lansbton,
Middlesex and Huron. Applications must b'e received before
Midnight, Saturday, , Aught ,21. County champions will be
chosen by elimination an the. `nilorning of Wednesday, August
25, and the Grand Chafipionehip' Pitcho'ft rani1- be held in the
afternoon. Send your entries • now to:' •' s .•. 1.-
,
D. W: "Pati' Harrison, Secretary Treasurer,
Chamber 611Commerce,
GRAND BFD, Ontario. -
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Auburn Centenary
Sidelights
Auburn's Calithumpian- parade
on Friday morning .was outstand-
ing. - For a village of a little over
200 population the show could put
to shame a similar parade in many
municipalities 25 times that size.
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The entire executive is deserving
of"great, praise for#its work as well
as • the many co-operative citizens
of village and district. Their work
will go down on the records as
that which • achieved remarkable
results. .
Seated atop an old time thresh-
ing machine, -George "Bud" Beadle,
now in his 88th year, brought back
many memories .,to many people
watching the parade.; He did a
lot of custom threshing around the
district half a century ago. Today,
he is believed to be the oldest
living---pian---who •...-was -.:torn .-..:at
Auburn.
An 'active pair during the parade
and immediately, after it at the
Auburn Athletic Park were Mrs.
(Elizabeth Carter) Hill.of Goderich,
and formerly of Auburn, and Mrs.
(Gertie Asquith) , Mcllveen ' of
Auburn. Dressed in comic cos-
tumes, they greeted many a visitor
at the Park.
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Making his first trip to Auburn
in the summer . (he has been down
several times during past winters)
for 50 years, Peter Patterson of
Calgary, brother of the late Roy
Patterson, County engineer, cele-
brated his 71st birthday at Auburn
on Sunday, August 1. Now retired,
he farmed in the district of Champ-
ion, Alberta, for 50 years.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Finley of Ber-
wyn, Illinois, happened to arrive at
Goderich on a visit and were agree-
ably surprised to learn of the
Auburn Centenary. Since his fath-
er was born at Dungannon and left
for the state of Kansas when 13
years •of age, Mr. Finley went to
the Auburn Centenary and
thorroughly enjoyed •it. His father,
the late Richard Finlay (note it is
spelled with an "A") eventually got
a homestead out Kansas way.
When he arrived ,home with the
deed from the County seat some
30 miles away, he found that on
the deed the name was spelled
Finley, that is, with an "e" instead
of an "a." Rather than hitching
up the team of oxen and driving
all the way back to the County
seat in Kansas to have the mistake
corrected on the deed, he decided
that 'Henceforth his name would be
'TINLEY," as written on the deed.
If the horses that used to be
parked in the driving shed of Knox.
United Church, Auburn, -every
Sunday years ago could only have
returned there last Friday, what a
change they would have seen. The
floor was covered with clean saw-
dust: The whole area was covered
with tables and 'benches. • Lovely
meals were on the tables. The
seats were all filled, and ' many of
them by people who as children
were driven to church by the afore-
mentioned horses. Tlbe Auburn
Women's Institute was in charge
of the meals served in the old
driving shed, which proved an ad-
mirable spot, with Mrs. Bert Craig
as convener.
As Mrs. (Beatrice Mc•Brien)
Lovett ,of St. Catharines ate in the
driving - shed dining room she re-
called how she used to• tie the
family horse -up in the shed after
driving in to the village to church
from the farm. She sat down to
eat just,about in the same spot as
where she used to tie the horse.
Anxious to get the whole thin
under way,' -Bill Craig took it upon
himself to hold an "unofficial cen-
tenary opening" • at five o'clock
Friday morning. At this hour, re-
sidents along Auburn's main street
were startled to, see and hear Bill
Craig walking briskly .along . the
main street, singing with consider-
able gusto numerous, old time
songs, -including, "It's nice to get
up m the morning but it's nicer to
lie in your bed." • -
Bygone days when the roads
were not cleared o4 snow and it
really snowed were recalled by one
street corner chatting group. They
spoke of the Base Line where the
pitches were terrific and like a'
huge roller coaster.
' Visitor from the greatest dist-
ance was Tom. Anderson of Elsa,
Yukon. 'He was there with his
wife and three daughters. Tom
travelled' over 4,000 miles to get
here. He took a car from Elsa to
Whiteliorse. ""Then ---he took -the
White Pass and Yukon Railway
from . Whitehorse to Skagway,.
thence by boat' from Skagway to
Vancouver. At Vancouver, he
bought a car and motored - from
there to Auburn., Tom is a son of
the late William Anderson and of
Mrs. Anderson, still living in the
Auburn district. He was active in
athletic circles as a boy.
Among those present was. Miss
Stella MacDonald, a granddaughter
of the late Mr. MacDonald, who
first owned the farm on which the
present Auburn Athletic Field is
located, and on which the major
part of the Centenary program was
held.
Back to Auburn for the • second
time in 53 years was W. Y. Rose
and Mrs. Rose of Swan River, Mani-
toba. He was born at Auburn, a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Rose, who lived about two miles
northwest of the village. He re-
called to the Signal -Star that his
grandmother, Mrs. Isabel Rose, was
a devout member of the Presby-
terian Church . at 'Auburn. She
would sit thorough •the service right
up to the end of the sermon in
Gaelic. When' the • sermon was
then given in English, she would
walk out of the church, find a
comfortable log to sit on and,
lighting up her clay, pipe, would
sit there smoking until the re-
mainder of the service •was • over
and the people started coming put
of church. - She lived- until she was
85 years of age.
While . the Centenary Committee
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1964
is confident it is well ahead fin-
ancially on its three day program,
there is nothing definite yet in the
way of a final figure for publica-
tion,' The Signal -Star was informed.
The village was impressed with
the wonderful spirit shown, par-
ticularly by district farmer, who
came in Mondjy and helped in
cleaning up tth0 1dlage ,.after the
celebration. By noon Monday most
of the work had been attended to
but the colored lights will be left
up for a while yet.
Through a misunderstanding of
some kind not nearly as man
people who should have registers
did so. The registration booth wa •
just inside the entrance to the
`Athletic Field and while quite a
number registered on Friday, many
`people who came to Auburn from
a distance on Saturday awl later
failed to register.
In 1953 government - transfer
payments—money collected by'tax-
ation and paid . out to the public in
the form of family allowances, old
-age. _pensions, relfare__payments.
etc.—at all three levels of govern-
ment amounted to $1,962 million.
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