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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY - qr
Established 1648—In its 107th year of publication. ' 0
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited .•
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GEO, L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. -
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TliURSDAY, DEC. 30th, 1954' '
TENNYSON'S DAY AND OURS
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light :
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells?: and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the no
Ring, happy bells, across the GW:
The year is going, let _him
Ring out the false, ring in tkte true.
Iing Oiii..the. grief that saps the Mind,
'For those that Were we see no more ;
Ring out' the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
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Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the "loVe of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring' out old shapes o foul disease, 1
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold ,
Ring out the, thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
—Alfred Tennyson:
So sang the poet a hundred years ago.
Whatwould he say if' he could see the world
today?
• Is there peace, or are the nations prepar-
With-bombs in hand, for the most devas-
tating war in history?
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The century has seen vast progress in some
directions. Disease has been conquered until
in civilized lands the expectation of human
life has risen to a marvellous • degree:1" The
standards of living have risen in 'almost equal
measure' and comfort reigns where before were
want and destitution. But still there, is strife
between employer and employee, and an 'ae;
cepted.balance has not yet been found..
The just claims of democracy have pro-
gressively won :i eogiiitioii anif acceptancein
Tennyson's country and in many other lands,
hut there is still much territory to be won.
Law is kindlier now than it was in former days
and gives protection to the common man that -
for centuries was denied. Cruelty in its gros-
ser forms has been wiped out with -the -progress
of civilization; but if there is no slavery 'there
are still bonds of custom and convenience, of
prejudiee and pride, that tie the minds and
souls of men to preVent their full and best
expression and serve to keep Men in the com-
mon rut. • •
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The question still remains: What would
the poet say if he were with tis today? Per-
haps he :would repeat the further lines of hisj
'poem:
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Ring in the valiant man 'and free,
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•„ The larger heart,' the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring,- in the Christ that is to be.
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• WHAT IS FAIR?
Consider.the ease of the farmer at Malton,
who two years ago could haVe, sold his 98
'acres for $85,000 and refused it and now cannot
sell the property af any pric.e. • -Its situation
adjacent to the • airport is said Jo make it
valueless for any 'purpose, industrial, •agrieul=
tnral or residential. This is the story as told
in 'a Toronto, paper.
The land • was wanted for an extension of
the Malton airport. Why the Government d.Tir
not' expropriate it at afair price is not revealed.
. Other farmers are in the same -Position as the
man who refused the $&5,000; one, who accepted
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the offer got a price said to_ be $650 or $675 an
• acre. •
Without knowing the .complete details of
these caAes, it is impossible to judge as to
whether the landholders have been fairly dealt
with or not. From this distance it looks as
a reasonable offer'should have been accepted.
On the other, hand, i_.]indholder :whose pro-
perty has been made'valuelessby Government
action should receive compensation, though not
• to the extent of an unreasonably high price.
Government is responsible to the tax-
payers for the expenditure of their money and
should not allow itself to be held up by ex-
travagant claims.
EDITORIAL NOTES
A Happy New Year, to all)
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• Say it again : the Court House Square is
not the place .for reckless driving.
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The motor car was hailed as a means of
getting to ,places qiiickly. Now some people
nee it so carelessly that sometimeS they don't
get there at all.
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• Northern Siberia, it is reported; had a
temperature of 88° below zero on.,, Sunday
night. Australia reports temperatures of 100°
and over on Christmas Day. What Canadian
would change for •eitiLer? • ,
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isn't it a reasonable suggestion that in
most . cases where violent anti -Government
movements break .out in any country not al-
ready under Red influence the hand of Moscow
'has . been at work?. Moscow is not Apending:
all. its time in negotiations open to the 'public.
eye.
The Hon. C. D. Howe is an optimist, but
he has an observant eye on what is going on in
the business world, and when he predicts that
Canada in the coming year will emerge from
its economic slump he is not talking at random.
He sees the possibility of trouble in some
quarters, but on the whole his view of yv-hat
is to come in 1955 is encouraging. Canadians
might as well go along. with Mr. Howe and
his cheerful outlook.
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A Toronto paper describes the city as
."'the heart of Southern, Ontario's so-called
banana belt." If Toronto is the heart at -any-
thing, it cannot make good a claim to a loca-
tion in the "banana belt." Roughly speaking,'
that "belt'! is the portion of Western Ontario
,south of a line drawn from Goderich to Hamil-
ton. Any newspaper man who has the time to
spare may study he ''temperature records of
this area and reportrwhat he finds.
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Christmas In 'Canadian
The old-fashioned English Christ-
inas came to Canada with the
20,000 United Empire Loyalists
who founded New Brunswick; and
the 25,000 who first peopled Upper
Canada, our Ontario. It was at
P' Christmas, 1783, that the first Yule
'Logs were cut In the Ontario
forests; and dragged* to the settle-
ments by shouting men and boys,
for fiO-.-heast .must ever be yoked
to41hel6rwhich--was "Christmas!"
• This was before stoves.,were used
in Ontario, and though those ,wide
open hearths must have left the
houses thilly inzeroweather, .yet,
when -the' stove came in the Yule
Log had to go, and it only when
looking back to those first pioneer
•:Christmases, that we can see the
, pretty Pictures • of the family and
&eats standing around the hearth
• =Christmas Eve; while the master.
of the•ho,pse solemnly lit the great.
by the -light of the flames
ireird'41oud the sweet old story of
• the: . • •-
was the custom then to have
service .on Christmas
feasting And games on
Chrlstmas In addition to the;
• games,` • torn -popping.
4..retogilized'Christnias, ainnsea
t in the/it piOnter. days; -„4:;•-•
1/4Then ;On:December 26, 17, was
in .lipp.Ce':Cluads,
only mitilitter'‘ittlITOPer
a who con1Cperfainf a legal
t:'Js now Maltland, on horse.
the hou9e a11 decked with
t4botightrinC'driedbiniiheis
does :not In ;Ontsxi
was,notimported then)
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Yule Log. , . •
We must not forget those •old
time Christmas dinners; venison
was the chief dish, with salmon
and ,whitefish,for a first cop -Se,
and partridges and wild turkey to
follow the deer meat. There was
bread, of course, and abundance of
butter; • but pumpkins and onions
seem to have beenthe main vege-
tables. For dessert there was- a
quantity of pies, of dried, and -pre-
served berries; and cakes of:Maple
sugar.
The next • Christmas date noted
in Canada's history 'is also a pleas-
ant-. homely one. A fortnightly
mail was established, between Can-
ada -and the United States, Decem,
ber 20, 1792. So that year the
first Christmas mail was exchanged
'across the border. Before that,
letters were carried by private
Messengers. -Those old Christmas
mail -bags would be interesting if
'we could see them now; there were
no Christmas ptittcards, but many
thicicietters; for these were letter'
writh*;days, when people ;covered..
Minyisheell with beautifully fine -
,Writing,, as clear as type. Then'
there would be some coples of. the:
One • and only newspaper in On
tario, The "Upper CanadaGazette'," ."
st'sheet. fifteen by: nine and a half
Inches; . it appeared weekly, •and?•1
price was 'three dollars .a ;Year.
But its -Christmas 'editorial's and
advertisements had the samespirit
11 not the same *Worditit, as ••.Ours.
As'the ;years •advanced,. . other
customs gradually found theitiWaYInto Csnadia IIfe-TheChrj as,
tree;ideacam*frornaermany vis
i's ay
scarcely
the IOWA • ,the;other, but
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History
what boasts its gaily -lit tree. The
English term "Father Christmas"
gave way to "Santa" Claus" --- a
Dutch importation, or rather the
English phonetic way of saying
"St. Nicholas" as the Dutch‘say 11,
"San'Nikolaas." So, borrowing
custohis from here and there, the
Canadian Christmas is as jolly as
itis anywhere in the world.
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CROP REPORT.
Farm work is pretty well at a
standstill except for the regular
chores. Farmers are quite pleased.,
with the five to six inches of pro-
tective snow covering which we
have' now enjoyed for the •past
three weeks. Reads and travelling
conditions are exceptionally good
for this time. of year, G. W. Mont-
gomery, Huron County Agriesultur-
al Representative, says in his week-
ly Crop' Report.
A votive lamp in the Ursuline
chapel at Quebec has been burning
continuously since 1717. -
• , 40 Years Ago
As a result of the nomination
meeting, C. A. Reid was returned.
by acclamation as mayor of Grode-
rich, and J. C. Laithwaite was
Binned deputy -reeve.. A battle for
the office of reeve was shaping up
with Dr. W. F. Clark and Robert
Elliott as candidates. W. T. Mur,
ney was given acclamation to the
water and light commission;
In Goderich Township, the en-
tire council was returned by ac-
elamation. W, Ilnobb was reeve
and ceim4.11ors were John W. Yeo
George Mdie, D., A. Lindsay and
George Holland. •
Colborne Township , had schedul-
ed an election with Sainuel Bisset
running for reelection as
reeve,
opposed by J. N. Kernighan. Run-
ning for council seats -were James
Chisholm, Isaac Hetherington,
ITuglt Hilt--LeViSnyder-,-GardOn
Young and William F. Young.
•25 Years Ago
At the annual -meeting of the
Children's Aid Society, Rev. J. E.
Ford was re-elected president" and
A. M. Robertson was re -named,
secretary. Reports were given on
• the year'S, wilt of the society.
• The staff of the Royal Bank of
Canada moved into new quarters
at the corner of Hamilton street
and the Square:
Rev. L. V. Pocock, of Toronto,
had been named rector of the
parish of Blyth, Auburn and Bel -
grave to succeed the' late Rev.
Arthur Shore. The appointment
was made by Archbishop •Williams.
A big engine which had done
duty for the Western Canada Flour
Mills for 53 years maderAits last
revolution • on Christmas bye. It
wastobe replaced by-- modern
engines of much greater efficiency
as part of a $200,000 renovation
program of -the Big Mill's power
plant.
15 Years Ago
County Treasurer -A. H. Erskine
.reported ,that all Huron municipal-
ities , had paid their county rates,
totalling $219,375. This marked
the third year in succession that
all the rates had been paid
promptly.
T. L. Prest, at one time on the
staff of the.. Royal Bank of Gode-
rich, was ndined' manager of the
bank's branch at Brussels. He had
been manager at Edam, Sask., for
many years.
Christmas was celebrated in
Goderich with all the fervor and
joyousness that belong to the great
day.. The day was bright, with
very little .frost, but most people
remained indoorstaking part in
family gatherings, examining. gifts
which Santa had liberally- dis-
tributed and in general enjoying
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the holiday. There was no snow
or ice to tempt the young people
out of doors for winter sports.
Special services wete held in
churches on Sunday, ,
10 Years Ago
The jewelry and gift business of
the late E. C. Robertson had been
purchased by George. Filsinger, of
Goderich, and the store Had been
re -opened • for business: r.
The Department ,of Agriculture
office in Clinton announced that
a series of two-day short courses
• would be held throughOut 1„ :the'
county, commencing in January.
„Subjects for discussion • at the
courses were soils and manage-.
ment, whiCif were 'to Maude crop
rotations, erosion, • reforestation
.and a. number of other . topics
dealing with the- maintaining of
soils.
"organizAtion;the-Vestent-
Ontario Athletic Association,' had'
been formed at a meeting in Wing -
ham to foster sports in this section
of Ontario. M. L. 'Tory" Gregg
was named president. Judge T.
M. Costello, G-oderich, was elected
one of the honorary_ presidents.
Letter to the Editor
Dec. 7, 1954
7th Division HAts.
• - Special Service Sec.
• A.P.O. 7, San riancisco.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—May I request -that you
send me the ,home town paper at
this address in Korea? I don't
know any finer Christmas presentJ
I can give myself!
I am up here .in the .combat
area. busy opening four- new -Re --
creational Service men's clubs very
close to the line of demilitarization
separating us from the Northern
Korea Commies. We have a little
-United Nations all around us. So
I would say that things are looking
peaceful and in view of the new
Community Centres to open' soon,
as regards the 'service man's com-
forts—thinks are looking up!
Remember me to Mr. Roberson
and Merry Christmas to the staff.
Sincerely, '
• ANTOINETTE DALTON.
98th BIRTHDAY
Mrs. George Morrow, formerly
of Goderich, celebrated her 98th
birthday on December 19 at the
home of her son -in -law,. -.W. R.
Johnson,, 283 Gladstone. avenue,
in,Windsor, with her daughters, -
Mrs. J. S., Henderson' (Lottie), of
Detroit, and Goderich, and Mrs.
A, Bloor (Marjorie), of Detroit,
also her grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
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tondensed Annual Statement
30th November, 1954
"ASSETS .
Cash On hand and due from banks (includingliems
in transit) .... . . . ..... •• . . . . .
Government of Canada and provincial government
securities, not exceeding .market value
Municipal and other securities, not exceeding market
• value ....... • • • • • • • • • • • •
Call loans, fully secured
Total quick assets
Other loans and discounts
Mortgages and hy- pothecs insured under the N.H.A
(1954) ,
Bank premises
Liabilities of custoniefs under acceptances, guarantees
and letters of credit ,
Other assets ........... . . . • . • • •
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LIABILITIES
Deposits - . - ...
Acceptances, guarantees and letters of credit . . • •
Other liabilities
• Total liabilities to the public • •
$ .467,429,065
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969,888,546
• 288,188,034
'156,395,20Y—
$1,881,900,848.
1,031,626,844
22,674390
24,194,181
59,349,565
7,152,01,6
$3,026,895,844
$2,797;548,149
59,349,565
23,064,466
$2,879,962,180
• Capital paid up ..... . • ... • .. ). . . ...---• 41,809,863
Rest Account , . • 103;619,726
Undivided profits ' . . •. 1,5,04;075
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• '$3,026,895,844 '
STATEMENT OF UNDIVIDED PROFITS
Profits for the year ended 30th November, 1954, after making
—appropriations to Inner Reserves, out of Wslich full pro ,
vision for bad and doubtful debts has been made $20,913,511,
Provision for depreciation of bank premises . • . 2,079,466
• Provision for income taxes on above 'prpfisis .
share • • 17711
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Transferred from Inner Reserves after proyilion for income
taxes exii!ble
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•$18 834 045 . •
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Dividends at the rate of $1.4234 per share . $51151,634'
tiara distribution at the rate 0( 10 centsper
$ 9'558045. •
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$ 55693i
$ 3;088160
$19,988,700
Italance of undivided profits, -50th November, 195.3 . . 4,5-15375
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•TranSferred"to,Rest Account
Balance of undivided tikiifita-'36th11
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