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HURON COUNTY" S FQRg111OST WEFISLY
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Edit& and Publisher.,
. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1955
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EISENHOWER DEFIES
P eeident Eisenhower has declared anew
he purpose of the TJnited States to defend
•l ureide, against attack by Red Ohina and he
las tag action to obtain constitutional
authorii Sr frbin Congress to empl'oy the nation's
r1ei' forces for that purpose should it be
ry. In his rnessage to Congress he
dated his belief that the action -he was taking
yq,,yi 'iti{ t ee'anterests of peace: the only way to
ehex the Chinese Communists was a -display'
fuse:
The Communists charge .the United States
vit$i� agggi'ession in preventing, or seeking to
prevent', the conquest of Formosa by the Red
army This 'charge overlooks the fact that
the Communists conquered the Chinese main -
and by' force and that any title they may
claim to Formosa rests upon force, the island
being held by the former. Chinese Government.
THE CHINESE REDS
So far as Formosa is concerned, the Chinese
Communists are rebels; and in this view the
United States is .quite within its rights in
thwarting any further advance by a govern-
ment''' which it does not recognize upon a
friendly people.
If the Reds are not content with a show
of bluster, the outcome may be a war along
the Chinese coast, or possibly hostilities that
would develop into another world war. The
people of the' 1Jnited States appear to -lie firmly
in agreement with their President that he is
taking the right course, and although .Canada
at this stage is taking' no part in. the dispute
there is undoubtedly much sympathy in this
country with his firm stand 'and his hope that
it will promote peace.
At the same time it Haight be well for
Canadians to plan bombproof shelters—just
in case.
LIVING SHOULD BE1EASIER
News' Fetter, issued by The Canadian
iunber of Commerce, in its January number
has an interesting article on the trend of the
tiiiies in the eanadian economy. Giving official
figures- for •a comparison of consumer prices
and industrial earnings from 1939 to 1953, it
finds that while consumer prices (sometimes
termed 'the- cost of living) have„ increased in
this period about 83 per cent., average weekly
wage's- anis salaries have increased about 152
per cent., or about. twice as fast; and if all
fringe benefits were included the increase in
,arnings would be even greater.
•
-News Fetter has no quarrel with. this
'trend, it believes that along with greater •pro-
daetion wages ,Should increase; but 'it wonders
Wily, "in the'face',of this indisputable evidence,
is there still a fe'eling`tliat we.. are not, as well
off ;as *e once were?" • It answers its own
question in the following words: .
• "There are probably. several answers. One is
tit • man has' an insatiable appetite. The more we
hatie . the more we want. Each new acquisition
moves -us up to a,higher plateau from-•whieh -we can
rey more and more desirable things. Science
,
ntributed to this desire' for more possessions.
We twist have a television set as well as a radio.
be °lady of the house must have an electric dish-
-er and, a garbage disposal unit. • We want
iteiggler and more powerful cars, and so it goes., As
seer standard of living increases our demands be-
Mute increasingly, great. Here we see in action
Geitieeritive which. spurs Man on the way to
iiuifustrial and material; progress. Another impor-
tant faster is the amount of leisure time at our
itils*TSal. We now have far ,greater opportunities
toysiend tnoney on •pleasure and personal gratifi-
ea'lidSn. We must have money to enjoy our longer
Weekends. We must travel. We must visit places
of entertainment."
And News• Letter comments :
"Now, none of these things are bad if we but
recognize the fact that under our competitive enter-
prise system man's standard of living in this country
has increased and is increasing at a truly remark-,
able rate. People who rail against the system and
who keep crying `poor' have failed to, appreciate
and understand the true facts of the case. It would
do us all good if we started the New Year by' taking
stock of our own position and by counting the many
blessings which have been bestowed' upon us as
Canadians."
News Letter thus sees no harm to any-
body in the ever-increasing cost of cemmodi-
ties. It leaves out o.f account the large section
of the population which is forced to, pay 83
per cent. n•e in living costs without partici
gating in the inerea,se•d•income. These .are the,
people who by reason of age or other circum-
stance are not' in receipt of wages or salaries
and whose income- is static. Anyone may look
about him and see any number of these 'per-
sons. They are the people who do ,,not have
television• and "other;' expensive accessories but
have to scrimp and save on necessaries. The
situation in whic-h•.:-they find -th'erneelves merits
serious attention which it does not get.
We cannot go back at one stroke to the
prices of 1939. What would our.governm.ents,
municipal, Provincial, Federal, do if. they had
to Meet their long-term obligations for schools,
roads, and other expenditures' in what is com-
monly called the "50 -cent dollar"? But we
can resist any further in'cre'ase in costs, and by
resistance to further easy spending of money
can call a halt • to the; upward spiralling of
prices and gradually tbring down the cost of
living. Then ft will not require a fortune for
a • young couple to acquire a . home without
'mortgaging their future, nor for a young
farmer to begin farming.
for himself.
The
dollar would again be worth 100 rents, and
vt'hile nobody would be harmed living Would
be •easier for all.
EDITORIAL ' NOTES
Another sign' of spring—the arrival of the
-heed catalogues.
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The Ford strike goes on and. -on and is
snow past its 100th day.. The loss to all those
eon'cerned is incalculable.
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As Uhristrn..as holidays recede from back-
ard view, St. Valentine's Day looms in sight.
Easter, in the second week of April, still -seems
far away.
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-They're talking about having toll roads
in Ontario before long. With the lle-a-gallon
.tax on gasoline the motorist charged with an
additional toll may use language not -heard in•
polite society. `hank goodness, the proposed
toll roads -atre not to be in Huron ---just yet.
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Scots over the world remembered Robbie
Burns' birthday on 'the 25th. In an address,
last week by a .Canadian, Leonard Brockington,
at •a Burris celebration dinner at Ayr, Scotland,
w,as stated that with the possible exception
.o£ New
'Zeatin Oan'''da• is the seeo�a - -most Scot-
d. t. d
1 h. eo entry in the world, and that 'before many
(.;p there will be more people. of .Scot -
0 ancestry -in this country than there are in
iijo' "fend. Though Goderich has a good , pro-
" rna of Seats there has not been a Burns
a, Ion h+eare'for many years: Seal~orth and
ril 5 , vtith `a, later' Scottish''element, are
gowns that do notfail to recognize the
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'o'c i item a eaa er , n T e:.a ith.-• Pols, industirr 1 'and' reside tis.. " site
„ �� ,� ,,. s have
under the Communists that Were not so_greatly
different from the crueltiesounder the Czars.
The Red rulers may seek to justify themselves
by claiming that they don't- know any other
way .of 'running their country ; it.'s what they
were brought up to.
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It remained for Mr.. Noseworthy, U.C.F.
member for South York, to urge upon the
Ottawa Government the inclusion of David
Croll, M.P•, in the Cabinet. Mr. Croll, is the
best-krnow-n, and probably the ablest, of the
'Toronto members in the Commons, and the fact
that, as Mi'. Noseworthy pointed out, Toronto
is without a representative in the Government
it 'is rather surprising that he was not long
ago given such a. post. Mr. Croli's religious
affiliation (he is a Jew) can hardly be the
obstacle, for such' a consideration is not sup-
t>osed to be held among Liberals. It may be
that Ontario has at present a full complem'e'nt
of Cabinet members, and in the next shuffle
the capabilities of the member far Toronto-
�Spadina may., be. suitably recognized. '
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Figures recently, made public reveal Lha
not only farm population but also farm acreage
in Ontario. is decreasing. In spite, however.,
of the ;reductio,i in acreage, the total value of
farm property in this Province—.sand, , buil-
dings, , Machinery' -,and live to�ek•� -has •�al:most
trebled since 101 from $932,00,000, to
$2,i 00,0Q0,00O. Ezpans49n;; of urban muniei-
pali'ti'es, the use of land: for highways, air -
it a� "` '0' '''!,Crtr Ago ' ievxhw. fo7r•,a, swallowed hp: some..'ot tlie,; nlat *alnable farm
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ctio oeeurre'd ,Iii i' hash d �t. mea ani: in ` - - , ` ;
rkme,fl,, matched en the the a er .. d odo•thve
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e u ,petition to the tior, an has a'
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45 Years Ago,
Workmen had started to curt ice,
out o,f Goderich 'harbo'r. but they
had cut o:n4 about 100 Loads when
a storm Oxeye the ice out into the,
lake. They moved 'their ,.operation§
to Saltford on: they Maitland River;
At a conference 'between. the.
special committee of Town. Council;
and the Board, of . Trade, plans
were made to campaign for tz
provements at Goderich harbor
which would give greater accom-
modation for the handling of ' busi
noss at the port. A plan discussed'
included extension. .of the outer'
breakwater to •the north side of' the
river, . and a eorrespnding strue-.
tura to the lake bank on the south'
side of the harbor. The existing
entrance to the harbor. would be
closed and entrance to the 'harbor
would he. _through. an _open.,
the western end of the' river break
water.
Letters to the Editor
Ottawa 4, Ont.
18th January, 1955.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—May I, through you, extend
to the people of Canada ;the very
warm thanks of myself and other
Members of the Post Office staffs
from coast to coast for the •ex-
ceptional' co-operation extended in
the mailing of their Christmas
cards and gifts.
Reports now being received from
postmasters in all, parts of the
country indicate clearly that more
than -ever before, the public
showed its anxiety to assist the
service by mailing early, with the
result that the Postal staffs were
able to effect most Christmas de-
liver,ies in good time for the holi-
day.
The reports also indicate that
the proportion of correctly address-
ed and well -packaged mail was
higher than ever before, although,
as in the past, delays , and d'iffitul-
ties were experienced as a result
of. failure on, the part ,of some
mailers- to observe .good mailing
practices. ,
Much of the credit for the suc-
cess achieved in, our handling of
the Christmas mails • must, of
course, go to the newspapers, Who
in manyases took great pains to.
remind the public of the advant-
ages to be gained in observing the
various mailing dates and in cor-
rectly addressing and packaging
their mail. Needless to say, this
assistance has been' .much appreci-
ated.
Yours sincerely,
',W: J. TURNBULL,
Deputy Postmaster . General.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—My ,mother will be 88 in
April and until a few weeks ago
was still residing in her own home
in Detroit alone. She had an ac-
cident, however, and we have taken
her to live with us in a fine new
home at Grosse Pointe Woods. She
still, enjoys getting the 'God'erich
paper as she was born out m Col-
borne Township, Huron County, on
the Mainland concession and is one
of the Jacob Flick family who set-
tled in that area well in excess of
100 years ago. She spends most
of her tune looking over pictures
of family and friends of those
early days and her memory with
respect to that era is most vivid.
Of late, :the news of. the older
timers around Goderich is „ very
sparse, no doubt due to most of
them having died off, My mother -
comes from the, Benm,iller area and
with every issue that 'arrives she
scans the paper eagerly for some
news of that area, even a word that
might concern anyone from that
area whose name, she would recall.
Sthe passes up reading the Detaoit
papers and considers the Goderich
Signal -Star the one and only souice
of news, so far as she is concerned.
• Might I add that my mother has
a sister, Mrs.- Eva Schiele, living
in Pontiac, Michigan., whd' will be
93 come next flag day, June 14th.
She is exceptionally alert mentally,
has good hearing and vision and
more active than many folks I
know to be 50 years younger than
she. What is it these Canadians
from Goderich have that is so con-
ducive to longevity. I wish I
knew; I'd like to have some of it.
I don't think it comes in a bottle,
do you?
'Sincerely,
' WM. L. WIDDEIRHOLD,
20179 Moirningside Drive,
Grosse Pte. Woods;' Vt ch.
January 25, 1954:
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir, — The Goderich Graduate
Nurses Association would like' to
deaf up any misunderstandings
which seemingly have arisen re=
.garding their ,recent formation; '
The meeting -,was 'called primar-
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Y discuss problems, of
Interest'
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to special duty nurses, such as
raising the standard' of pax to
the level set by surrounding dom.-
rnunities some months ago.
The end result of •this Meeting
was the formation of an associa-
tion to include .every interested
graduate nurse of 'Gaderi 4h and
+vie ntty... It was the-inten4On of
the Associaticin to publish l notice
inviting nurses to attend the
.next sheeting to be held inVrebru
ary, but, in the nneantime,., we feel
that this'lefter, will ie;lp tclarify
our aetions. " Therefore,, We tae
this
am a�s of • extenclirrg� a•rn
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StadiatiOn,
Dr: A. J. Irwin, Reeve of, wing
ham, was named Warden at the
January session of Huron Counrty
' Couneil. He was the only nominee
Ear the posits.,
Years Ago
George Gould was re-elected
president of the Goderich ;Tloxti-
cudtural 'Society. -Other officers
named at the annual meeting were
1Vlrs. F. 11. Wood, ..first vice presi-
.dent„ Mrs. J. C. Stewart, sebnd
axes -president and J. T. ,Fell, secre-
'tary-treasurer. .
The Goderich CNE morning train
and the CPR Peterboro train. were
;.the first selected to arrive at the
new Union depot in Toronto since
:the' eompletien of a viaduct. On
:;the train from Goderich were
!Mayor H. J. A. 1VIac,Ewan, G.. L..,
Parsons, Mr. ailed Mrs. A. J. Mac-
: Kays ' 1Vlr: Charle,ate
s Black, Father Lowery 'and
' Thomas Murphy.
15 Years Ago •
Members of St. Peter's
held "an election of officers at a
business meeting. Officers elected,
were: President, Bill Barrow; vice-
president, Bessie Tobin; secretary,
Ethelene O'Hearn, treasurer, Ger-
ald O'Brien.
J. C. ,S,heares, Huron County
Agricultural Representative, re-
ported to County ,Council a large
increase in the number of trees
being planted in the county. His
report showed that in 19939 there
had -been 378,000 trees planted, an
increase from 200,000 in 1938.
Representatives of various so-
cieties in Goderich. attended a
,meeting to hear an address on
Dental Hygiene given by Dr. Henry
A. Thompson; ' field secretary for
the Canadian Dental Hygiene
Council.
10 Years Ago
'Councillor Alex Butler resigned
from Town Council' and prepara-
tions were made to have a nomin-
ation meeting to name candidates
for an election to fill the vacancy.
.William ' Craig, Auburn, phot a
large wolf while he and, his son,
William, were 'hunting for a fox
on -Roy Daer's farm, souith of
Auburn. It was a yearling and
measured 52 inches from nose to
tail.
At the closing, session of Huron
County Council, a publicity com-
mittee was appointed •anti' allotted
$`000 for expenses. The commit,
tee's job was to compile: data and
publish a pamphlet advertising the
advantages of the county. Five
"councillors were appointed to the
.committee. -
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social seettrtt$: and w ' zone: ioung, marr.Ied , ootllam,. he se.
is now motethan: twice' the. total. they axe apt. at: goie- . thein4elyeas
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