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.. HURON - COIl1NTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY `c 0
Established 1848 -In its 107th year of publication. a;
Published by Signal -Star- Publishing Limited s
Subscription Rates -Canada and Great Britain, $2.50 a year: to United
States, $3.50. Strictly in advance.
Advertising Rates on request Telephone 71.
Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.
Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 420 Temple Bldg., Bay and Richmond Sts., Toronto.
Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers News a ers Association. Member of Ontario Division, C.W.N.A., Member
of Audit Bureau of Circulations. . Weekly Circulation of over 3,200
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY, DEC. 9th, 1954
THE,
NEW COUNCIL
TheTown Coundt_ of 19'53 has been elected
• and the eho,ynk ohoOnes are to be congratulated-
itlio000 not so much upon their success at .phe
tob as upon their sense of civic duty in chal-
lienging the electors to give then an opportun-
ity -in the ease of most of then a further
opportunity -to prove their worth in the eon -
duct of municipal affairs. Whether the new
C'ounei1 will do any better job than the 195
Council is to •be proved by the record of the
coming twelvemonth. There are enough 'men
of experience to keep the municipal cart from
running off the road, and'some promising men
who should keep the cart from getting into a
rut. So all -we can say at present is to wish
the Council of 1955 good luck and a, year of
produetive effort.
A WORD TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
The number of days left for Christmas
shopping is lessening rapidly. • Shoppers can
use the remaining days to advantage by per-
u8i.ng the.. advertisements in this paper and
deciding what to buy and wli re to buy. Our
Merchants have maintained large stocks of
goods the year round for the convenience of
customers; tustorners now have the' opportunity.
of showing. their oppreei:l'lt+n et this provision
for their. wants throughout the year.
After all, there is verb little occasion to
pass by the local merchants at any time. 'They,
know and Have provided for a vast number of
varied needsand in most cases can give stis-
turners as good or better value for their money
than they eould get anywhere else.
So look through the advertising pages of
this paper and lay- out your money- to the best
advantage by keeping it in towIl.
KEEP ON GOING
'i'he death of Dr' John Dearness of Lon-
don at the age of 102 years is an occurrence,
worthy of mention in these columns, though
the .old gentleman had no direct connection
with this community Rather than his death,
what especially merits editorial mention here
. the fact that he lived to sinch a great ago.
Dr. Dearness was a, teaeh-er •and scientist, assis-
tant principal and principal of the London
Normal School for many vent', and later an
instructor in biolpgy, at. the University of
Welstern'Ontar.io, 'At Provineiial gatherings of
educationists, year after year. he, was a notable
and high'ly, respected .figure',
Why this,rrlan :lived on into his 103rd year
may be considered one. of the phenomena tor
which there is as yet no definitely ascertainable
eapse.. There are, as we all 'know, ni'any more
•per:,.ons attaining an :1.ge w eli beyond the 'four-
s,eore mark than there were fifty years ago.
Tliis may be attributable to advance 111 miedieal
science and napruvenlent in what we 0011 the
standards of living, ScdI•uetlling must: be
credited to heredity. 'There is sore other fac-
tor, however, in like that of London's
"grand old man." Perhaps it is bust describ-
ed in. the ti'riu -'love of life." 1)r. Dearness
maintained to the e11t1 rl keen interest in lift
he slid not give 11p and withdraw from the
ww•ni•Id : he ww•'rtllted to know what \was goiug.,0K
ill the eir4'fes i1t which he hod spent 50 many
years and he ww•autad to take some part in the
raetivi1 ie, ref these Probably he never
got into the Way of eonsidering himmself "a11
old_ man," Anil there is a •saying that a (Ilan. is
'as old as he feels. ,
So if people want long life they should
keep on doing things, taking a lively interest
in the world's activities -taking care of their
health, of eoilrse, but not worrying too rnuell
rlh0ut it,
FOR SUCCESS IN FARMING
It sounded like good adviee that Agricul-
Iur'al .Representative Montgomery' gave to
farmers in his report to the County Council at
the. November meeting People who intend
to stay in farming and make a success of it in
the future must, he said, IO1y more attention
to farm. business management. This has not
been a particularly 'good year for farmers in
Huron, and Mr, Montgomery said some young
Men --who have just begun farming are going
to- "iase their shirts" because of their poor
luck in making the start under Lnfavorable
conditions.
The experiences of this year, too,'should
have proved that it is not good farming policy
to depend ippon one crop. Some Huron farm-
ers will be in the Hole this season„because of
weather cuuditions that ruined what had for
years been'a profitable and dependable cash
Crop,
Farming nowadays calls for adaptability,
agricultural science, mechanical known -how, a
gyd business 'Head ---and hard work.
EDITORIAL NOTES
1�r1 English musician has won notoriety
by•playing, the piano with his toes. But what's
t'hal5 -any number -of people ,play by car,
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People in some of. the „ities are co111plain-
inFg of factory whistles We wish there were
three times as many of thein to be heard. in
Goderich,
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' 'CIS. State Secretary tulles has warned
China that if Formosa i5 it ,+.eked his country
will take steps to proter't 'lie Nationalist -held
Wand. The warning soilnds ominously like a
prelude to war, but it is not likely to come to
that In -the meantime the shooting duel along
the China cOast, is giving t"hiang Kai-shek's
soldiers something to do to keep there from
gtd tg stale.
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Too many people regard punctuation as
+ Tess,,. or as something beyond their under-
nding. There is really no mystery about
it is just a sensible way of aiding the reader.
getting the correct sense of what he is read -
An illustration was provided in .the re -
of a speech by the 'Queen Mother on her
ntvisit to Canada. "I have found too many
bwldlrigs;" .site wa,s reported as saying.
t'she,rneant was, I` `1 have found, too, many.
buildings." The 'omission of the two
as made Her Majesty appear to have
the opposite -of wha.t,she meant.
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14t so many ipeople now are walking
,roes to Court abuse Park as before the old
r J^ itc g-' Was burned, nor so many as will be --
enew Court House is completed and
1xt, ,whether few or many, persons'
oti'6adway to the park are within
'and Should not be in danger from
Inotori'8ts.' Pedestrians naturally do
to,ep'ro°v'`e their right to safe erosising
ate. in front of a ear, but 'if there
.e ent, with injury to. theedes-
would "find himself in a,
iii , ; , is ,rhf' way . of warning
>rf 's: careless, hr`bit.
id eon;tem,porary is , provok,-.:
ollin+gwoo'c: is located so
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is', o1i' G so thing is seen too
1hose nems editors
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that ,w'e;. t'otieed in: f,, a: ne S item which
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located (,ollingwood as "4O miles' west of
Owen Souruj," This would put it well out in
Lake Huron. The Enterprise -Bulletin thinks,
rightly enough, that its town is of .sufficient
importance to have its own place on the map.
ft might have advised the erring news editor
ti, brush up o11 his geography.
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,The United States Senate has'at last, man-
aged to pass a resolution censuring nor
McCarthy for his bad manners in labelling. -00
many respectable people as Communists. About
One-half ,of the Republican Senators' supported
the resolution, the others were against it. The
Democratic Senators voted 'solidly for censure.
The dissenting Republicans are mainly those
who are isolationists and protectionists and
who are in more rrr less open relollron against
('resident Eisenhower. \Vhat this may mean
• when the presidential election two years henee
comes around is causing' apprehension in Re-
publican ranks. A divided party may find it
difheult to win even with so popular a can-
didate as Ver•, Eisenhower, and hopes are run-
ning high -among the Democrats.
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WE CAN'T , HAVE IT BOTH WAYS
(Financial' Post)
"The Canadian Chamber of Commerce believes
that both personal and corporate income taxes are.
too high for a developing country':' So it informed
the Government when it presented its annual brief
last week. And a nice resoundingdeclaration it is.
We're all against taxes, as wre all,,against sin.
But the Chamber of Commerce doesn't make much
of a contribution to the formulation of national
policy. The Chamber of Commerce also says, that
"there should be no relaxation in Canada's defense
program." . . . It supports Federal expenditure 'on
health services. It wants better airports. It wants
the South Saskatchewan Dam (in a resolution which
completely ignores the serious objections to that
-project uncovered by a Royal Commission). It wants
a coastguard 'service, as'sisted passages for immi-
grants; more vigorous natural resources policies.
Almost three-quarters of our $4.5 billionbudget
is accounted for in these four major items: Defense,
Defense Production, Health and Welfare, and Vet -
mils" Affairs. Were the economizers to go over;
all Ot'tawes . operations with the strictest possible
businefs stai�%dard$•• and .effect prodigies of "econom-
izing," the effect on income tax rates would._ still be
very small i'nteerd.
The only wayt
o et any,serious e
s us r
ducts ri in
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our major direct to*es -is to ,get major ,,reductions
in the scope of government spending. And arta one
that we ve yet. come' across • is pirepare& to say what
those major redactions should be. On, the, contra
it's hard to''hnd•anybody hese days who isn't pe
dlin his o :pet _plan for inr a government
P � seri g' ver`n erre
spending.
Down Memory's
Lame
40 Years Ago
Services at all Goderich churches
on the first Sunday in December
were unique in the fact that all
the ministers spoke on one sub-
ject, "Christian Unity," and at the
morning service the Sacrament of
the Lord's Supper -was administer-
ed to each congregation. The
simultaneous service was arranged
by the _Goderich Ministerial As-•
sooiation,
Huron County Council passed a
motion requesting theCounty
Clerk to write to Sir Adam Beck,
chairman of the Hydro -Electric
Commission, to request that a re-
port on the. 'proposed county
system of electric railways be
ready . for council's January ses-
sion and to ask that legislation be
amended to enable counties to
undertake electric railway con-
struction.
Goderich intermediate hockey
team had been entered in an OHA
grouping with teams from Strat-
ford, St. Marys, New Hamburg, and
Seaforth.
25 Years Ago
At a meeting of Goderich Lions
Club it was decided to organize
a junior hockey team in town for
boys between 12 and 18 --years of
age. Named to a. committee to
organize the team were Dr. Gra-
ham, G. L. Parsons, C. K.'Saunders
and F. E. Hibbert.
Town Council heard a report
from its' public works committee
that five . and one-half miles of
cement sidewalks had been con-
structed in Goderich in 1929 at a
cost of $18,824.52.
Maple Leaf Chapter, IODE, pre-
sented a program in St. George'
Parish Hall, featuring five distinct
acts of entertainment.
15 Years Ago
Capt. A. A. Hudson, , president
and manager of the Northwest
Steamship Company, and well
known in Goderich, died at West-
ern Hosiptal in Toronto. He was
a native of Midland and had sailed
the Great Lakes for more than 35
years,
tr,•,rr,
A man who chose a forceful way
to display his dislike of swing
music -kicking in tide 'vont of a
-juke - box•..a-t-a Goderich• restaurant.
-was fined $2 and costs in magis-
.trate's court and ordered to pay
for repairs to .the machine.
Colborne Township had no con-
test for municipal offices. Re-
elected reeve by acclamation was,
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11TURSPA ,, »,4i lc Otb, 14954
foogovig
George C. Feagan. Also given
acclamations were Councillors
James Chisholm, Nelson McLarty,
William Thom and Alex Watson.
Mayor H. J. A. MacEwan was re-
turned to office by acclamation at
Goderich's nomination meeting.
Robert E. Turner was returned by
acclamation as reeve, and E. D.
Brown as deputy -reeve. The town
however, was to have an election
for councillors, with eight can-
didates iii the running.
10 Years Ago
Reeve Alex Watson was re-elect-
ed ih Colborne Township, iefea•t-
ing theonly other candidate,
James ' H. Feagan, by 33 votes.
Alvin Betties was elected presi-
'dent at the annual meeting of
Goderich Township Federation of
Agriculture. Other officers named
were: Vice president, tLorne-
Rodges; directors, C. Laithwaite,
W. Hicks, J. Dempsey, Robin
Thompson,- Alvin Cox, Robert
Sowerby, William McGuire, Len
Cole, Stewart Middleton, Bert Wise
and W. Penlound.
George Baechler, of Goderich;
was, severly injured and had a nar-
row escape on the highway north
of London when his car was struck
by another vehicle. He was trap-
ped in the car, which caught fire,
and rescuers had a difficult time
freeing him from the wreckage.
HOT' AND COLD STOVE
BOTHERING FIREIVIEN
A coal stove in the fire hall
at the Town Hall building on
East street is either too hot or
too cold, Town Council was
told Friday night.
Ralph Kingswell, secretary
of the Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment said in a letter that the
firemen decided at a recent
meeting to ask Town Council
to buy an oil heater for the
fire hall.
The letter explained that a
coal stove was either out or so
hot that it blistered the paint
on the two fire trucks.
Heat is needed in the fire
hall, the -letter _expla.in.ed;_-.to._
keep 'water in L emergency
tanks from freezing and to
thaw out and dry hose.
Council decided to refer the
request to the fire committee
for • consideration.
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We are bedecked for `Christmas and the st ore is stocked with beautiful Christmas
Merchandise. Come in and have a "took -see."
OPEN WEDNESDAYS TILL CHRISTMAS AND FROM DEC. 20 TO 24 EVENINGS TILL 9 P.M. FOR
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Schick Custom 29.95
Sunbeam.. ,. 27.95
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Yardley. Lavensque ' 3.50, 6.50
Yardley Lavender 1.25, 1.75, 2.50
Apple Blossom Time 1.50, 2.50
Chanel ' 3.50, 6.00
Rock :Garden 9.00
White Magnolia 1-.75, 2.75
Gardenia 1.85
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Compartment.
Brown or Red.
SPECIAL PRICE
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NYLON
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Bathettes ,,.. 85c, 1.50, 3.50
Lavendomeal .... 2.00, 3.50
Old Spice Bath Salts •1.65
Yardley Bath Powder 2.00
Eve In Paris Bath
Powder 1.75
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Shaving Bowl 1.50
Shaving Lotion 1.35, 2.00
Cologne 1.50
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EVENING IN PARIS 1.00, 2.00
ROCK GARDEN , ;13.50
B1 LLODGIA 11.00 .,
CHRISTMAS NiGHT - • 17.50
COTYS 2.50
SHALIMAR 6.00, 10.00•
L HEURE BLEU 5.00, 9.00
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Hawkeye Camera , J 7 S
Hawlteve With Flash Attachments 15.50
Anse* • Clipper J J ' 12.50
Kodak Tourist 26.50
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