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' HOUSES*Wogs Wisps
one .of Godericb.'.s oldiest houses
?as ehahl d %'ands. It was built
in '1848-106 years ago—by the
late Sheriff. Gibbons but he never
hived in it. This spring it was
eautifully remodelled and ap-
oWed by the owners, Mr. and
s. A. M. Breckenridge of
lChicago the former a native of
Goderich who moved back here to
retire , v. Mr. and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge decided to move 'to 'Pasa-
dena,, California, and left on Sat-
urday after selling the house to
Mr, R. Coekburn Hays. The well-
built house is located on Montreal
street behind Baechler's Cafe. In
the' cellar are old ovens used for
baking and it is believed that the
'first bakery in Goderich was locat-
ed in the basement of this
residence.
Prior to her departure from Quebec City, Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, is shown above inspecting a Guard of Honor
from the Royal 22nd Regiment at the Citadel. Despite the
rain the Duchess stopped to chat with members of the Guard
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REFRESHMENTS
FATHER OF DRIVER
HURT AT RAGE MEET
'Father of Lloyd Turvey, who
trains and drives horses ,for Reg
McGee and Sons in Goderich,
Robert Turvey, 76, of Blyth, was
taken to hospital in London Wed-
nesday afternoon of last week
after having been knocked un-
conscious and seriously in'ja,ared
when he walked in front of' a
racing sulky at the Exeter harness
races.
He suffered a broken hip and
finger and was cut and bruised
when he crossed the track just
before . the race started. He was
taken io South Huron Hospital in
Exeter and later moved -to London.
NAMED DIRECTOR
Miss Esther Hume, of the Gode-
rich Public School staff, was
named to the board of directors
of the Federation of Women
Teachers' Associations of Ontario
at the closing sessions of the
group's annual meeting in Toronto
last Thursday. She was named a
director for Region One at a reg-
ional assembly held here last May.
ARTICLES- STOLEN '
A side view mirror frvin a car
and a pillow were stolen at Gode-
rich harbor aver the week -end,
police reported. An investiga-
tion is• being made.
First Aid Rendered to Sick
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107th ' Year --No. 34
GODERICH; NONTARI 1, THURSDAY SEM@ R 2nd, 19,54
� Night' BLIND En DRIVE'r derich hand N ght Program Tl►r ,ws OPENS SEPTEIVIBER 20
Banner Crowd To Court House ParkCampgn Chairmen fox Can -
GoderiCh's three musical aggre-
gations, the Blue Water Band,
Girls' Trumpet Band and the Pipe
Band staged a successful "Band
Night" last Friday with a banner
crowd in Court House Park to hear
an excellent program: '
Mayor J. E. Huckins, who was
introduced by the master of cere-
monies, Arnold McConnell; wel-
comed the crowd to the event and
said that Goderich people have
reason to be proud of their bands.
"It costs a lot of money to oper-
ate these organizations,'' Mayor
Huckins said, "and not all of this
money can come from taxes. The
money _ that is, alloted to the Blue
Water Band and the Girls' Trum-
pet Band goes only part of the
way in paying expenses. It is
your attendance • and support at
functions such as this that will
help keep the bands • operating
successfully."
Praises Effor#s
The Mayor praised also the
efforts of the Goderich Pipe Band
which has been formed within the
past year. "Here is an up and
coming. group," he said, "and
everywhere they go they are mak-
ing a good name for themselves."
The program was started with a
parade by the three bands from
the old .collegiate building to the
Square, where the Girls' Band put
on a precision display.
The three bands marched
around .the Square and into the
park, with the Blue Water Band
occupying the bandstand. During
the selections played by the bands,
the , drum majorettes put on a
smart 'display of baton twirling.
At the close of the program, the
president, of the bands, Art Curry,
thanked the crowd and everyone
who had helped make the evening
a snceess.
During the program members' of
the Kinsmen Club, in appreciation
of the work that the bands did
for them during Goderich Trade
Fair, sold tickets on the bands'
draw for prizes. '
Winners of prizes in the draw
• vGere: •
Clock, Roy .Armstrong, Gode-
rich; fishing rod, L. Owles, 196
Strang court,- Goderich; tea ser-
vice, Mrs. William Driver, Gode-
rich; electric . iron, Edna Elliott,
183 Elizabeth street, Goderich;
electric kettle., V. Gledhill, ,R.R.
4, Goderich; electric iron, Pat
Ginn, R.R. 2, Clinton; serving tray,
Malcolm „ Catnpbe1l, • Goderich;
GODERICH
BUSINESS COLLEGE
OPENS
Tuesday, Septcinber 1, 1954
SPEC1N-IZED BUSINESS TRAINING
Practical Instruction in all Commercial Subjects
Modern Equipment --- Friendly Experienced Teachers
High Standards -- Placement Service
TUITION: Our Tdition Rate is STILL only $17 per month
PROMPT REGISTRATION ADVISABLE
In order to obtain best results, we urge all students to corn.,
mence on the opening date.
CALL 428W or 1272 FOR APPOINTMENT. Ask for the
Bulletin of Courses approved by -the Canadian Business Schools
Association.
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AM 1130
GODERICH PAVILION
DANCING WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS
SATURDAY NIGHT
LONDON ALL STAR BAND—with George Tingey on trumpet
and vocals by June and •+he Quartette.
EVERY , WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS SQUARE DANCE NIGHT
with CLARENCE PETRIE and the :NIGHT HAWKS.
Special Labor Day week -end midnight, dance, Sept. 5
London All Star Orchestra
motorrug, j. A. Sully, Goderich;
lazy .Susan 'tray,, Mrs. Hansen, 99
St. David street; electric heating
pad, Ross Bretz, 223 Albert street,
Waterloo; coffee maker, Harry
Smith, 63 Moore evened, Toronto;
set trf dishes, Marjorie Johnson,
Goderich.
Watch Week -End
Driving Is Advice
One Canadian will be killed in
a traffic accident every two hours
'round-the-clock over the Laibos
Day week -end, ,according to a fore-
cast by the All Canada Insurance
Federation.
Officials of the , Tederation,
which represents more than 200
fire, automobile and casualty in-
surance companies, said chances
of highway accidents were greater
in good weather and during day-
light hours than at night or in
poor weather. The reason, they
said, is that most accidents were
caused by carelessness—ofteta•• te"
cause motorists are lulled into a
feeling of false security when driv-
ing conditions are favorable.
Spokesmen for the Federation
pointed out the following week-
end driving dangers:..
1. Most accidents occur because
a driver does not see what is com-
ing—or because he sees it too
late.
• 2. The average driver requires
about three-quarters- of a second
to move his foot from the acceler-
ator to the brake, an operation
which takes up •more than one-
third of his stopping distance at
40 miles per hour. At 30 miles
per hour, the minimum stopping
distance is 73 feet—at 50 miles
per hour, 160 feet.
3. Most accidents involve driv-
ers of five or more years exper-
ience.
4. The majority of, traffic ac-
cidents occur on straight roads.
5. The force of impact with a
fixed object at 40 miles per, hour
is the same as if a car had fallen
from the top of a four -storey
building.
6. Nine out of ten traffic ac•
cidents are avoidable.
BANK MANAGERS HEAR
s. TALK ON MORTGAGE'S
CAPT. BERT_ dD0
ONCE AGAIN -I^
adieu Natio }all Institute for the.
Blind's annual dierating fund
campaign have been appointed
,throughout Huron and Perth
Counties. •
E. F. Wheeler, Field Secretary,
said C.N.I.B. required public • con-
tributions of $50,500 to operate its
field services and the recently-com••
pleted regional home for the blind
in London.
The campaign begins September
20 , and ends October 2. Mr.
,Wheeler said chairmen in com-
munities of the three counties
were optimistic that the 1954
target would be reached. Huron's
share is $3,500.
Chairmen appointed are: Huron
County --Bayfield, Reginald Fran-
, cis; Brussels, R. B. Cousins; Clin-
ton; -'W, V•. Roy; Exeter, S. B. Tay-
lor; Goderich, J. H. Kinkead; Hen -
sail, Alvin Kerslake; Wroxeter, R.
R. A. Hunter; Lucknow,. H. D.
Thompson; Seaforth, H. E. Smith;
Wingham, John Brent; Zurich, W.
C. Scott.
Mortgage lending business per-
mitted by the new Bank Act was
discussed here on Wednesday night
of. last week by W. M. Currie, man-
ager of the Mortgage Department,
Canadian Bank of Commerce Head
Office, at a dinner held in the
Bedford Hotel under the auspices
of the local branch ;of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce.
Managers and a.ecountants from
the other 10 Huron County
'branches as well'as from adjacent
municipalities, attended the meet-
ing to study, the new Act. Mr.
Currie fully explained the opera-
tion of granting loans and discuss-
ed the most expeditious was of
making them" available to the pub-
lic. He,` was introduced by the
chairman W. A. Hay.
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FARRISH—FEAGAN
Vile United Church was decor-
ated with • mixed gladioli and
candelabra on Saturday, August
28, at 2.30 p.m, for the,,,Wedding
of William David Grant Farrish
and Lois Marie Feagan. The bride
is the daughter' of Mr: and Mrs.
Carman Feagan, Goderich, and the
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilfred Farrish, Lucknow.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. George Watt, Dun-
gannon.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride looked charming
in a ballerina -length dress of
bridal white Chantilly lace and
stiffened net over satin. The tiny -
jacket was outlined in self scallops
of lace and her veil was of tulle
illusion fashioned with Iace head-
dress. She carried a white Bible
topped with a white orchid and
trailing rosebuds,
Matron of honor was Mrs. Arn-
old Stothers, Dungannon, sister of
the bride, who wore a waltz -length
bolero strapless gown of shrimp
tulle over taffeta with matching
headdress and mittens. She car-
ried a nosegay of blue carnations.
Mrs. Lloyd MacDougall, Luck -
now, sister of .the groom, was
bridesmaid, wearing a waltz -length
strapless -gown of nile green tulle
over taffeta with shrug jacket,
matching headdress and mittens.
Little Grace Anne . MacDougall,
Lucknow, niece of the groom, was
flower girl, wearing a gown of
yellow tulle over taffeta, -with
matching headdress. She carried
a basket of mixed flowers. Ring
bearer was Brian Stothers, Dun-
gannon, nephew of the bride.
Douglas Squires, of Nile, was
organist, and during the ceremony
Miss Anna Robb, Lucknow, sang
;'I'll Walk Beide You" and "Be-
cause."
Alex Farrish, of Lucknow, was
win eaa
gan and Lloyan and d were Fd
Hall •
A reception was held at the
.British Exchange Hotel, Goderich,
Where the bride's mother received
wearing a dress of navy crepe
with matching accessories and a
corsage of pink roses. Assisting
was the groom's mothera wearing
a dress of Rosewood crepe with
black accessories and a corsage of
yellow roses.
Guests were present from Tor-
onto„ Ripley, Lucknow and
Kitchhener.
For, a wedding trip to Northern
Ontario, the bride chose a suit o
geotialr Tweed in thistle shade,
with cavy velvet hat and acres-
sorie* and an orchid corsage. On
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Mon., Tues. and Wed.—
John Ireland, Lon McCallister and Hal March
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.Dollar Telescope
Figures in -Rescue
Bought for a dollar a couple of
years ago at an auction sale, a
telescope proved , its worth in the
rescue of three youngsters from
Lake .Huron off Goderich harbor
last Thursday afternoon.
Harry Watson, who owns the
telescope, was looking out onto the
lake from his office at Goderich
Elevator and Transit Company
when he noticed the trio clinging
to their overturned sailboat and
noti:1ed Bert MacDonald, who
went to the rescue.
Mr. Watson has used the tele-
scope on at least three different
occasions to spot boats, usually
pleasure craft, in trouble on the
lake.
The ' telescope is about eight
power. "I first saw it before the
auction sale started," said,. Mr.
Watson, who is a Department of
Grain Commissioners weightnaster
stationed . at Goderich. "Another
man .had picked it up, looked at
it, and then decided that because
it rattled and he couldn't see
'But
it that it was no " good.
But when I started to bid on it,
he ran me up to a dollar. I got
it." `
Mr. Watson fixed the. instru-
ment,. and kept it to read serial
numbers on freight cars along the
waterfront . sidings. It has saved
him a lot of running up and down,
According to Capt. Bert Mac-
Donald, Mr. Watson and his tele-
scope have been "invaluable" in
getting, rescue .operations under-
way. "We can't see anything from
down here (at,wate•r level) while
up there -he can see far out onto
the lake. If it ,hadn't been for
him we might ,Never have reached
those young people."
DAMAGE LIGHT WHEN
CAR, TRUCK COLLIDE
• About $100 damage was „caused
in a traffic accident on Britannia
road last Friday, Goderich police
reported.
The accident occurred, police
said, when a car driven by Arthur
E. Kingsbury. Bayfield road, Gode-
rich, collided with the rear end
of a truck driven by Sarto Healy,
of Blyth. No one was injured.
Send Golden Plow
To Ireland Match
The Esso Golden Plow, symbol
of world tractor plowing suprem-
acy, has been shipped from Canada
to Eire, in preparation for the
second annual world plowing
match at Killarney, October 8 and
9, J. D. Thomas, president of the
World Plowing Organization, has
announced.
He said two crack Canadian
plowmen, including the present
world's champion, will sail' with
their .:•manager from Montreal,
September 21, aboard the Empress
of Scotland, to represent Canada
among an expected 15 competing
countries.
On Display
The Golden Plow was designe
and made for the WPO by" the
world-famous Goldsmiths and Sil-
Veteran mariner Capt. Bert
MacDonald, hero of numerous
Lake Huron rescues, wrote a
other one into his log book la�t
,; Thursday afternoon when he
saved three youngsters from
drowning about 600 feet off the
harbor bteakwall.
Released from hospital only
a week and a half ago after
an ulcer operation, Capt. Mac-
Donald has figured in lake
rescues almost every year since•
he started to operate ,boats, at
the Goderich. waterfront 40
years ago.
12 -Foot Boat
The near -tragedy occurred
when Frances Morris, 15, her
brother John, 11, both of Gode-
rich, and Phillip Littleford, a
visitor here from Florida, ven-
tured out past the mouth of
the harbor in their 12 -foot sail-
boat.
They had gone only about
600 feet when a strong wind
capsized the boat and tossed
them into the choppy water.
Capt. MacDonald was notified.
of, theirs plight by an alert
employee of the Department
of Grain Commissioners, Harry
Watson, who spotted them
with his telescope.
Togetlfer with his grandson,
Donald Bert MacAdam, and
Alex "Sonny" Mnllough, Capt.
Bert set. out in the Annamac;
one of his cruisers, and found
the youngsters clinging to the
overturned boat. They had
tried to swim, but found the
waves too high.
Pulled To Safety
The three men pulled the
dripping youngsters into the
Annamac and then tied a line
onto the sailboat to tow it
into the harbor. Shortly after
they reached safety inside the
breakwalls, the sail, became en-
tangled in the Annamac's pro-
peller, . but Donald Bert dived
into the water and cleared it.
Capt. MacDonald, after sav-
ing so many others from
drowning, was himself saved
from the icy harbor waters last
winter after slipping over the
.side of a boat. He spent close
. to ' 15 aitoOiteb :gra i#t `hls
grandson's hand 'before ld".
Bert 'and "Sonny" palled, 1aiM
to safety.
SAID SECOND maw=
Field Crops ,Branch 4 the itln,
hes reported that Ontario ferreers'
haye just harvested a 23,000,060'
bushel wheat crop with an estim-
ated yield of 32.3 bushels per acre.
In spite of unfavorage weather
wheat crop has proven to be the
woad highest in yield ever hares
eated in Ontario. It is exeeeded
only aay 1953 yields.
Average yields for the last 10 -
year period have exeeetled the
previous 10 -year peried by four
bushels per, acre and the 10 years
previous te the firstegreat war by
eight bushels per acie.
These increesed yields can
large'rjr attributed to improved '
higher yielding varieties -and to
added fertility. The three most
popular varieties. mai-are Cornell
595, Genesee and Dawbul. Soil
fertility also plays an important
part in increasing yields..
CROP REPORT
Intermittent rains again delayed
harvest operations particularly in
the north end of the county. Fall
wheat land is being prepared, and
indications are for a reduced acre-
age of this crop. Cash crops are
making good growth, however
there .is some rusting of the white
bean crop. Some early' turnips -
have been shipped, with the grow-
ers receiving up to $1 ,per bushel,
G. W. Montgomery, Agricultural
Representative for Huron County,
says in his weekly Crop Report.
"The Greatest Canadian Family In 1954
• By GORDON G. CUSHING
GENERAL SECRETARY -TREASURER
THE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS OF CANADA
As another Labor Day eomes around it might be well to take
a look at what has happened. Families, do this once in a while—
take stock, so to speak.
Well this 'Greatest Canadian FamilV"—The Trades and Labor
Congress of Canada, had a goad year. More adherents 'joined the
ranks of those who believe in co-operation with their fellow men and
'progress was made in the advancement of social and labor legis-
lation.
Let's take a closer look at just what happened in the Congress
during the year. Some '43,600 members were added to our ranks
and. this great organization has grown very_close to the soo,pog mem,
ber mark.
It is interesting to look at the growth, -bur Congress this last
20 years. During the "thirties" membership remained around the
100,000 mark. We ,increased to 168,000 in 1938 but fell back during
the next three years to a low of 132,000. 1942 was the first year
of real 4ncrease when over 80.000 members Vvere added and we have
increased rapidly ever since. •
THE PROVERB "In unity there is strength" still holds true and
and those who would withdraw themselves from co-operating with
others' should be mindful of this proverb.
The Goderich Trades and Labor Council is proud to be a mem.
ber of this large family and will continue to work toward a better
standard of living for those 'who by, their skill and labor contribute
enormously to the wealth of this great country.
This adve sponsored by Goderich Trades and Labor Council. -34
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