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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1954-08-26, Page 1107th Year—No. 3 . 1 GODS C•H, ONTARIO, TTiURSRAY, AUGUST 26th, 1954 .... $FRE� • AND THERE. By S.L.E. TORONTO, August • 24. ---It's OFF the Square this vek and into '+Trawna" where printer's ink is dripping all over the Royal York.--I`iotel as_ 'to .s from coast to ;coast take part in the 35th ,aur al: convention of the Canadian Weekly 'News- papers Association. Ves sive the down-to-earth grass roots journalists from country towns ail over Canada are in the big city which has seen more -earth and grass roots than any other town in the past twelve months during the construction of the ,. ? •';'•%4tit yu;r, jt't``'s ; subway and the usual quota : ;4 r ?+ : i r •.:... t ee of torn -up surface roadways. ro G�derich Fair inite Success Goderich Trade Fair was a de- in the afternoonthe large trumpet', finite financial success, officials of band from the RCAF Station at the Goderich Kinsmen Club have Centralia paraded from the S�.uare tow the Arena.' This was followed announced. by a fiy past by RCAF planes, and . Although the club, sponsors of hundreds of residents watched the' acrobatics of the aerial *fists. Mutt Show Later in the 'afternoon the kid- dies . were treated to a mutt show in :the arena. Dogs of 'all,. sixes ,and .descriptions were ' tugged up on the stage by kiddies to see whic�hi anifn^aIs lad -the longestd shortest tails, which ones . could Until the"' club has all the hills he do the most tricks, largest and smallest and best dressed dogs, and which one '"could eat a plate of food in the fastest time. This show was presented by Dr. Bal - the four-day fair, lost money on, the sale of tickets for a new car, receipts from the event indicated that there would be a profit on the overall venture. ,Cam Banks, treasurer for the trade fair committee, said that all bills had not yet been received. said, it would be impossible to estimate the financial gain. , • • Credit Due Much of' the credit for the sue - Although the Saturday afternoon crowd was not quite as ,large as Jest to think that when Sir Ed- ' anticipated at Goderich Trade Fair "Rural Day," 'in the evening a ward Beatty, CPR president in 1929, I banner attendance swelled the four-day crowd to over 5,000. And anonunced his plans for so large a'I hotel' as the Royal York, many, attracting considerable interest among the agricultural displays were I the manv people thought he was-,-- I exhibits of vegetables and fruits arranged by two 4-H Clubs, Dun - well, shall we say "nuts." Today, Bannon Farmerettes and the Carlow Sunflower Belles. The Carlow it is realized the only mistake Sir I build the group also had a display of canned tomatoes. The exhibits were what._we__mean, try and at Seaforth. Two Saturday night visite dont get -. . . _ `` the' _ _-_ _ ._ _ ._.. _., are . th Ma {left}- -and• in a reservation in downtown - Lao -king I over the Dungannon display are Dorothy y .obtain any hotel—just about 'Mary Curran; daughters of Mr. f and Mrs. Jack Curran, R.R. 1., Dun - naw. .--Signal-Star Photo by' Henry. gonion. While the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association em- blem carries no thistle, haggis, etc., on it, the association's convention, nevertheless, bears • a striking resemblance to some conceptions of a successful Scottish convention in that so much is provided the editors ,.FOR FREE." Not fascinated by the game of running in.and out of the stream of Toronto street traffic by car, we took the train to Toronto. You'll find the modern C.N.R. pas- senger coach on the Goderich to Toronto run . really restful., It might be mentioned here (advertising plug for CPR and CNR) that the railways provide tree transportation for this oc- casion. In' fact, the attendance ,might be cut •down to .half the usual number . if so many things were not compliment-. .dry.. Edward made was not -to ui Royal York larger. If you still i brought to the fair from Achievement Day exercises held .last week rs to the fair are shown above. dens of the fair went _ to__ Lorne -la'rd's Animal Foods and . prizes of Wakelin who was chairman of the 1 silver dollars .were given to win- ningentries. The softball game between the NHL All -Stars and the •Goderich District All -Stars was the biggest attraction on the sports program. Over 600 people were in the grand - club's trade fair committee. For the past two months, Mr. Wakelin was busy lining up entertainment, exhibitors, and ti entries for the various events that were staged. Through the trade fair, the Kins- men hope to revive the annual I stand for this event. Goderich Fall Fair, which has been J The Saturday night program dormant for a number of years. started off with a 10 -mile bicycle A step in this direction was race which was won by Bill Bo'vra, taken this year with the staging of of Goderich. A trophy and a cash , a "Rural Day".last Saturday. The I prize of $15 went to the winner. ? afternoon attracted a small number f Second prize -of $10 went to Bill, of exhibitors and a meagre crowd ' Robinson, Goderich, and third during the afternoon, but agricul- Lprize of $:5 to Ken Griffiths, Gode- Another change in the familiar s e pined waterfront scene underwent a 'Weal ; representative + rich_ _._ _ _ . For example, during the entire lour day convention every single meal is sponsored by .some organ- ization, relieving the editors' ex- penses there. So, we hereby acknowledge, with thanks, the meals and "receptions" provided by the following organizations: Canadian Bankers' Association; C'anadan Association of Advertis- ing Agencies; Johnson, Everson and Charlesworth (I? tiens); Massey - Harris -Ferguson Ltd.; imperial Oil Limited; Print- ing er (supple-.Machin'Companies (supple ing the trade); General Motors pf Canada Ltd.; Canadian Westing- house Company .Ltd.; Maclean- Miss Lois Webster, R.R. 2, Auburn, who placed first in the showman t Cotd • Sears Ltd • Pro- " ro- h class at Goderich Train Pair "Kuril Day," and Lorne Hackett, v�ncc of Ontario Ford Motor C I, know who placed first in The total of visitors to the Huron County Pioneer Museum in ,Goderich continues • to mount. Yesterday, the museum wel- comed its 8,000th visitor, seven- year-old Margaret Boone, of R.R. 2, Scarbor•o. Curator J. i(.' Neill hopes to see the attendance figure go above the 9,000 mark this y�ar and at the rate visitors ha e m in recenteen tweeks he the houlder realize his goal soon. iMr. Neill, by the way, had an interesting exhibit at the Goderich- Frade air lash week Showing,• the, various methods of sawing . wood. and one method of grinding grain. Another part;' of the ,exhibit, a doll rocking ,a model of an early type of cradle, helped the Kinette Club considerably in the sale of tickets on a draw for a doll. The Kinette booth was directly beside the museum booth. When - •people came to watch the cradle rock- ing display, many of them stop- ped at the doll draw booth to buy a ticket. �•° THE W..A.TEIFIONT Goderich could benefit to the tune of about one >i� i recom- mended amendments to the Highway Improvement Act, adopted.at the annual meeting of the Ontario Municipal Associaon in St Thomas on Monday, are paased by the "`'Provincial- GovernMent. The 10 -point proposal_ +ri111 be .included„ 'in • a brief which the association will present to,$ the Government.0 Ret ileie? Orient Redetition of 'provincial-, .igoilranpters tocerrit loseati33d, apege: frceonneti IckVatilvt poplins, Waft Ee �rything is set for ` the `'Band Nice being staged tomorrow night in Court House • Park by Goderich's three musical aggrega- tions. A varied program for the event -has been arranged by the Goderich Blue Water Band and the • Girls' Trumpet Band, both under the direction 'of Bandmaster' Don Jolley, and the Goderich Pipe Band, led by Pipe Major Bert McCreath. Featured on the program will be two out-of-town artists. They are Tiny Tom Hunter, a singer and guitar • player from Hamilton and .,! a member of the CGHML Main Street Jamboree cast, and Joan O'Byrne, of London, who will give an exhibition of fancy roping and bull whip, artistry. -- The program which will start at eight o'clock, will be preceded by a_monster parade of the bands. At the conclusion of the'program there will be a draw for prizes on which band members have peen selling tickets. that farmers were especially busy Ina statement made -earlier this with harvesting operations. It is week, trade fair officials said they expected that plans for rural were "very satisfiaed" with the way events next year will include a in'which the public patronized the good number of events to attr-act f,ir. They expressed appreciation farmers. to exhibitors, the public, members Actually crowds increased as the fair progressed, and on Saturday night one of the largest crowds in some time packed into the grand- stand and on the race track at ,Agricultural Park to watch a pro- gram of entertainment, draws for various free prizes offered by sev- eral' of the exhibitors, the draw for the Kinsmen car and a giant dis- play of fireworks. By the time the Saturday night program' had finished, spectators came away from the' fairgrounds and the arena saying it was one of the best events held in Goderich lfor several years. Mr. Banks said that in the four days 'or. the fait, over 5,300 ad- missions were paid. 4 A good sized opening night crowd was on hand Wednesday night of last Week. For the official opening ceremonies on Thursday afternoon, - another large audience .. -was in the.. grandstand and :stayed to `watch 'a fine card of harness and running races. Friday was Service Day and members of the three services help- ed make a success of it. Early Goderich, is assistant. change during the past week. The large Purity Flour sign on the old elevators at the foot of the harbor hill was, obliterated by painters and is being replaced with 1 And here's a ,tip. There's not cent of $26,000 or about $8,500. the sign "Upper Lakes and St. 1 much seating . accommodation at That would mean a loss of about ' k 't mi ht be- a good se 500 in the town's rebate on its roads ,to the mile? ht raised y `-a levy of one-half 4m&l; raising the provincial grant to c^ur ties for road purposes from 50 •to 60 per cent; repealing the for section of the act that provides on road costs from counties to towns and villages. Under present Highway Improve- ment Act regulations, Goderich pays about $20,000 to Huron Coun- ty for county road purposes, ac- cording to Mayor J. E. Huckins. Of this amount, the town receives a rebate of 35 per cent, about $7,000. Under the proposed new system, the town would pay one-half mill, about $2,500 to the county for road purposes. That' is, the town would pay about $17,500 less to the coun- ty, Mayor Huckins explained. On its own roads, the town this year intends to spend about $26,000 on which it will get a rebate of 500 per cent from the !Provincial. Governrnen�t, or about $13,000. The proposed scheme would -lower ' the rebate to the town to 33 1/3 per of other organizations, and every- Lawrence Transportation Co. Ltd. the par , so i g one who had helped make a success `A similar change has been made �' idea if you were to bring along a own road expenditures, Mr of the project. in the f the !folding camp chair. Huckins explained. No County sign on the door o Rebate firm's office. Also under the new system, the • Meanwhile, about 800,000 bushels � not ay any rebate of grain have been poured into to the town, which would mean new elevators at theharbor. �• another loss of about .$7,000 which Camp Is- Staged d t the Sign New Contract county wouldp ar or. • B: Ba t.'st Group l� At -the- Goderich Elevator and At Local ■ ant ' J p Transit Company bins, grain is the town would have received in !being taken outrebates. That t k and put into the . would leave the ac - In full swing Allis week three I Fort Wildoc and the Vandoc, two A new one-year contract between tual net gain to the town at about miles north of Goderich on the ',boats which have been in Goderich Lodge No. 1863 of the International, $6.,000 or one mill. shore of Lake Huron is the Baptist will make since room fort fall. This !Association of more grain Goderich. Dominion Machinists Machin- 1, proposals wereor ins said outlined., that Hermosa Junior Camp. , will of Th has 85 youngsters lie- storage in the elevator.. I cry Co., Ltd.,n was agreed upon sentativest in Dundas niciPal which he at- e , Thursday ca p.: tween the ages of 10 and 14 from I1 Arriving last Thursday . from the all parts of Western Ontario, with ,Lakehead, the Manualoa brought >s o ®f heat and • cleared William Boothroyd, I.A.M. repre-ttended. sentative from Brampton, reported 1 He pointed out that for same all tnwnc In 16 leaders. It f one weeks in a cargo o w duration. 1 the same day. Also clearing were Friday that the new contract was .time, a number of sm Camp- director is Mrs. 11. Balsdon, 1 the Superior for Windsor •and the secured Thursday upon advice of ' Ontario - had been attempting to of Kitchener, with Rev. Ian G. '� Bryn Barge for Sarnia. 1a Department of Labor conciliator, j r rause they, eale away felttthe county the system y Hind, of Brockville, former min- 1 Arriving on Sunday was the .• W. B. Davis. i they had to pay to the county for is* ,of Goderich Baptist Church, ! Howard L. Shaw. It cleared on 1 The `contract provides a 42},•2 as eesistant director. Camp, mo -1, Sunday with , the Barge Roebling Your omework week -a to the t the same evv take- ake-1 road purmoueic polities had. argued ses was unfair. tont is Mrs, Joe Godwin,: of Pres- for Sarnia. ton. • I The Bricoldoe cleared port on tract, a work week of 45 hours was 'also that the county received a 50 Rev. O. M. Getty, a missionary Lakehead wasthe ted Windfrom the l� m note breaks ae mdayycut w'hich the ! vincial nt re•bate Governmentroon' road e Pro - ! India, is camp missionaryCampbell,fhad been taking The cam- I penditures and turned back only ex - leader, and Beatrice of I piny also agreed to install soft a portion .of this rebate to d'rban SChola1'sh h'p Won drink and coffee vending machines municipalities. � Debate HiringNew----rerAa inthe plant for the use of theHurn ■�I B Goderich G' - y Hunter o., sip c a. pose with their the same class, an . of Canada; Ontario Depart- ! R.R. 7, uc aloes. Two-year-old Stephen Ripley, of Gode- mcnt of Highways; Canadian Na- prize-winning yearling c tional Exhibition Association; Can-' h stepped into the picture .to say "Nice cow"," and extend con- adian'Pacific Rasiways. rich, _ -Signal-Star Photo by Henry. gratulations to the winners. Throughout the day, while ye editors are weeping on one another's shoulders and telling each other about their par- ticular problems,' the editors' 'Something wives are shielded from this F To Talk About anise display at the p �" Ings and discussion groups. They are led away in a group would you feel if you w to those in England and , of the and. _taken afar off a such ' c kw enough to have had a 10- various; regiments being disbanded diversified entertainments as: luckythere. tour of the CBC Television and minute informal chat with the Duke «I mentioned seeing him" in on 1 of Edinburgh? '' for ! Windsor in '51 and he spoke of how Radio studios on Monday; I "It's something to talk abouthot the day was and of the fact Tuesday off to afternoon tea of my lifer" says Flight that he and the Queen were nearly at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club on Toronto Island as guests of the Canadian Life. Insurance Officers Association; en Thursday, Ontario Depart- ment of Highways takes them en sight-seeing trip around Toronto and district, following breakfast at "Bardi's 400" Restaurant on Toronto -Barrie Highway. , the re Cadet Leslie Leitch, !daughter of choked to death by the fumes from Mr. and Mrs. David Leitch, Huron 1 the motorcycles of all the Detroit House, Goderich. 1 police who preceded them on that Miss Leitch, a student at Univers- ity of Western Ontario Who is tak- i"He 'asked us about you courses ing summer training with the Royal at school, our plans for the future Canadian Air Force at Goose Bay, ! and when we would be leaving Labrador, tells of meeting the duke ' to go back to school. 'y''He actfially in a letter to her parents. remembered front the reception At Labrador line that we were 'the `only -two the duke wii n he stop- , female flight cadets on the station, Manager; No Hiring of a new recreation dir- ector and manager for Goderich Arena was debated on Tuesday night by Goderich Recreation and Arena Committee, but no choice was made for the post. The committee decided earlier v this inontl`i to advertise for a per: son to take, on the dual position after the term of Lorne Wakelin as arena manager expired and de- cision was made not ,to re -hire Don Emms as recreation director. 25 Applications The committee considered a total of 25 applications, most of which came from persons who had no previous experience in man- agement of an arena and recrea- tion direotion. Meanwhile, the committee agreed to investigate some of the appli- cants- with experience in the hope of hiring someone to fall the pos- ition irf the near future. - John Berry, secretary to the committee, submitted a report to members of the group showing- a 'breakdown of finances from the first of the ,year to the end of July. aIle aaw The convention winds up Thurs- ped off at the Labrador . base on i although Pat and I didn't meet day, the day before the C.N.E. his arrival in Canada a few weeks him together. `�He was co�nnpletely relaxed starts, but the C.N.E. will be giving agLast week, she met him officially while talking to us and certainly a spefiial preview grandstand per- at a reception in the officers' mess kept a, lively, .humorous and yet thevisce Thursday evening with ' pertinent conversation going. He the visiting press as guests. Preva and later, she and the only tither bus to the grandstand show will female flight cadet on the station, looked more rested than he had on he a reception and buffet dinner. +•chatted with him. I his first trip here, but he had a Here's the way she describes it: ! sunburn from his fishing tr'ip." Roy Rogers will be • there but he 1 evening we all The duke had returned that will prdba�bly park "Trigger" out- On Tuesday olished and pr � afternoon from side unfil he is through eating. It's a bit frustrating dashing this stuff pff with so much distraction all around but we .. have taken solace a little - item we see at our "•',' e in a Royal York -publicity 'o der. It - reads: "Dishwashing is a real job here, for more than 80,000,000 dishes, glasses and utensils are handled each year through' the ;wash:' . In our own quiet way we give thanks for the fact 'that we won't have to wash a single one of the aforementioned 80,000,000 dishes after the banquet ,is over. - HOME FOR VISIT Nelson A. Yeo, of Toronto, and his sister, Mrs. Minnie Turner, of Tacoma,Wash., 'is spending a holi- day in Gorderich at the home of Mrs. Charles Carey, 171 Brock street. fl is 38 year's ince Mr. `Yeo Moved fron'rhere:'- f, says he has noticed sortie 'elianges in the town and misses the Court House most of all. Mr, 'i'eo is 86. - pressedandp practiced a fishingri saying, `Good Evening, Iran Royal Eagle River, 115 miles east of Highness,' and bowing our heads. Goose Bay, Miss Leitch, hail -been we went to the mess, formed on a fishing trip to the same place 1 ileo in a long line (about 200) and went Atriateet the duke. The reception line consisted of three people. The president of the mess accepted our invitations, the commanding officer took them from him and announc- ed our names to the duke. We e line and hen walked hands and son into thaid our e main mess." Later on, the duke started "chat- ting informally with different groups. First he talked with a group of doctors and nurses and then he talked to the other girl -flight cadet, Pat, and me. Just the three of us engaged in conver- sation for about 10 minutes. That. is something to talk about for the rest of my life. We spoke of our schools, our home towns, and his tour .(of Canada) in 1964. I was amazed at his rertrarkable memory. He spoke of Western (University of Western .Ontario) and football, Londn an' district and the sim- tarities in town and county names a week previously. Majoring in mathematics and science, Miss Leitch has two more years in her course at the univers- ity. Last year 'she was stationed at the RCAF station in London. She expects to be home to visit her parents about the middle of next month prior to returning to university. Decision Made- The' not made ublic, report wasp p b ers are ea ected to but members p, con- sider it at their next meeting. The meeting was told that the committee has an overdraft at .the bank, but that ,a recreation grant ' from the Provincial Government has been received by. Town Council and would elleviate the financial situation. Town Council will be asked to turn over the grant, slightly over $2,400 to, fhe com- mittee. " 'Hope was expressed by members of the committee that a start would I be made. on hockey arrangements I soon. "We'll have to get a hockey set-up soon or we'll be in the 1 soup," said Mayor J. E. Huckins. Deputy -Reeve Joe Allaire, how- ever, said he • did not feel that the committee should be responsible to pay_ a hockey coach. He said he considered a mistake the sys- tem last year whereby the com- mittee ,paid. an assistant. Arena l manager who coached the inter- mediate hockey team. "But if we don't get to work on our hockey set-u'p soon, we may 'find ourselves in a jackpot," he warned. workers. The new contract will be in effect until August 20, 1955. Miss Betty Bowra, daughter of Ata meeting of the local Thurs- Mr. and Mrs. George Bowra, has day night, members voted to back received a scholarship for $100 100 per cent the 35 -man striking from the Ahmeek Chapter of the ,Local No. l° 70,of the LA M., whose LO.D.E. for the purpose off further- members walked out of the Strat- ing her education at Teachers' Col„ ford Brass Co. Ltd. plant at 342 lege. !Erie street, a week ago Friday This schol rship is awarded each ' demanding higher wages. The year to the ' tudent with the high- Goderich local also plans to make est standing who is entering Teach- a financial' contribution to the Ors' College. Betty plans to at- Stratford local. - tend Stratford Teachers' College this September. "' • VISIT FRIENDS Model Fur Coats Al. Dewsbury, a member of 'the Chicago Black Hawks NHL team, visited Goderich, his native town last week when he played for the NHL All -Stars in ""an exhibition softball game. Prior to the game, he andhis mother, Mrs. Ernest 'Dewsbury, and brother, Herbert and his wife and small son, all of Toronto, renewed acquaintances in town. Al owns a fine new home in Willowdale and kris mother lives with him there. The visit marked his first return to Goderich since he .left at the age of three years. In Band Parade County last year, County Council raised the rebate to urban municipalities to 40 per cent. This year, council cut it • back to 35 per cent. oe Fairer DistributionMayor Huckins said he felt the at trying proposal was aimed yin g to get a fairer distribution of road costs among the municipalities,, In St. Thomas, one delegate said the scheme was designed to over- come -:;•the tangled' skein of road financing legislation in Ontario." Another stem in the proposal - requested disqualifying represent- atives- of towns and villages on County. Councils from serving -on committees appointed by,:the Coun- ty Council dealing with work on the county road system. ' Neither of Goderich's two' County The three fur coats being offered Council representatives, Reeve J. as prizes in the Goderich. Lions H. Graham and Deputy -Reeve Joe Club's •fur coat bingo, next Tuesday Allaire, is on the Huron • County night are slated to be modeled in !road committee. Reeve John the parade on the Square preceding i Nediger, however, of Clinton, is the "Band Night" program tOmor- 1 chairman. . row night. In addition, the proposed reforms The bingo is the first of its type I urged that counties be relieved of to be held here and the coats the responsibility for construction are valued at $1,000, $600 and and maintenance of connecting' $400. It will be staged at the links of county roads through Goderich,Memorial Arena. !.towns and villages.' , • •it. CANNON TO GO The old World War One cannon in Court House Park is slated to be removed. Earlier this month, Mayor J. E. Huckins said at a Town Council meeting that the cannon was falling apart and there was danger that children playing on it might be hurt. He said Tues- day a check had been made with the Canadian Legion grid that group does not have charge of the cannon. The big field gun will possibly be moved to Huron County Museum. The present heat wave, in Ontario was "just comfortable" for two visitors to Goderich this week. Murray A. Ross, of Clermont, Florida, stopped in at The Signal -Star office on Monday afternoon on his first visit to Goderich in about 20 years. "Say, this weather's just great;" he said. I don't mind it at all." Delivered Papers Mr. Ross, ' who used to be a delivery boy for The Signal •'before he left here about 50 years ago, had been in Chicago last week on business and he and his wife decided to pay a visit to Goderich. He stayed with the publish- ing business and for many years :operated a publishing firm in Chicago. He still has controlling interest in the firm, and makes a trip to Chicago from Florida once each year. "The town hasn't changed too much," Mr. Ross said, "but I'm certainly ,.glad to see it is starting to, grow. It's a good sign of progress." When Mr. Ross worked as a . delivery boy after school, editor of Tie Signal Was the late ' "Dan" McGillicuddy, whose son, Owen Ernest, died two ,weeks ago in •Toronto. He recalls that at one time "Dan" McGillicuddy was running for a public office and the children had composed a rhyme which went something like this: "Old Dan McGillicuddy is good enough for anybody." - Dress Properly A visitor to The Signal -Star office yesterday was a mission- ary from India, Rev. O. M. Getty, who claimed that heat was no bother as long as people x dressed properly in light clothing. "On the coast of India where our Baptist mission is located there are two temperatures," Mr. Getty said, "hot and hot- ter." Because of the terrific heat, be said, people change their clothes several times and take about three baths every day. Mr. Getty is at bi sent in Godeeieh as missionary leader at the Baptist .Hermosa Junior Carne about three miles north of Goderich an -Lake Huron. This Sunday mcirning he is slated to be guest preacher at the Goderich Baptist Church. Guest' speaker at Trade Fair official opening ceremonies was Hoon: Walter E. Harris, Minister of l~'inanee, who is. shown above looking at the Huron County Moseum'. exhibit in the arena. Left to right, Lorne Wakelin, chairman of the Kinsmen Trade Fair com•mihtee; Mr. Harris; Mayor J. E. Huckins .and ,AA. Y_, McLean, Seaforth, former MP for Huron -Perth. --Signal-Star Photo by I1en . v tin+3 N„lv 5r fa4u, uur+6/'ti+Ln' ' °ji !. °