HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-02-03, Page 1GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, F'EBRUARY 3rd, 1955
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The expenditures of those
who build for the future have
long been the source of pes-
simism and skepticism en the
part •of many people concern-
ed.
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With the arrival of Spring, work
will commence in earnest on,; •the
St. Lawrenee• Seaway project—an
expenditure for the future—which
will cost hundreds of millions of
dollars.
There are those ,who today
doubt the wisdom of the..pro-
ject with .the huge cost . in-
volved. There are 'those who
feel it will mean nothing in
the way of benefit to Goderich
nor will it be worthwhile to
Canada as a whole.
We are inclined to doubt that
the St. Lawrence Seaway will be
of any great benefit to Goderich—
at least for many years to .copeeses
but we do believe_that it will' turn
out to be a great benefit to Canada
as a whole in another decade or.
so.,, •
Back ifi- -843--=ogre hundred"
and iwelve'years ago—there--'-
were those who seriously
doubted the wisdom of spend-
ing several million dollars to
continue the building• of the
Lachine , Canal on the , same
St. Lawrence River.
Paris was ..the setting forthe annual Goderich District Collegiate In
orium. Familiar scenes' of the capital of France were in evidence in
cafes and a "can -can girl." With. the Champs Elysses and the Arc de
Driver, president of the Student Council; Mrs. lack Gardner, and Ja
Evidence of •this is seen, in an
editorial which appeared in an old
Toronto semi-weekly newspaper
which has long since ceased public-
ation. The copy of the paper was
handed to us this week by a Gode-
rich resident. It is "The Toronto
Patriot" of January 6, 1843, which
was printed "at- Ghewett's Build-
ings, King street, Toronto." The
masthead of the paper carried the
slogan, "Common sense:
Headed "St. Lawrence Nevi- .
gation" the editorial .read as
follows.: "We fear that the fol-
lowing from the Commercial
Messenger is too true in many
respects. -.•We- have an uncon,-----
querable dread of • the St. Law-
rence .Canal. We cannot con-
ceive, for one instant, on what
stable foundation its advocates
build their hopes of its ever
paying interest on the enorm-
'ous .amount which must be
f ' sunk into Its completion.
stitute "At • Home" held last Friday evening in the Collegiate audit -
realistic decorations, including the famous, Eiffel Tower, sidewalk
Triomphe as a background, shown. abtYve are Don McMillan, Eleanor
ck Gardner chairman of the collegiate board., • • '
(Signal -Star Photo by Henry
Citizenship Papers Given To Record Group
At County Court Session HeId In Goderich
"We only trust we may prove
false prophets—but we will main-
tain to the last that the expendi-
ture of half a million on this Canal
along a navigable river, is a .gross
outrage +on the farmers of Canada,
who are pining in the .heart of
their rugged ' forests for want of
roads. This sum should have been
spent in opening up the country
before it was spent in such a
work 'of supererogation as the St.
Lawrence Canal.
"The cost of continuing the
Lachine Canal to the loot of
'the .current is variously estim-
ated at •from •half a million to
one million pounds. The high-
est figure is likely to be .the
correct one seeing the kind of
property it would be necessary
to purchase. But let us see
what the interest upon the
smaller sum Would be. '
-Ice has taken a firm grip on a
fishing boat ,owned by' Ed. Siddall,,
Goderich, which. -.has . been stuck
just outside the north breakwall
of Goderich harbor for the past
week.
On Tuesday, when .Mr. Siddall
went out to start the engine in the
hope that he might bring the boat
into harbor, be discovered that the
craft 'may have lost its propellor.
He took the boat out of harbor
to go after some nets about seven
miles from port. ,
In other activity at the harbor,
the Royalton was unloaded' during
the past week and was being put
back into its berth • with the rest
of the winter fleet on Tuesday.'
"At six per cent it would an-
nually amount to 30,000 pounds,
without making any provision for
the payment of 'principal, for the
expenses of management, or for
any necessary repairs: Where is
that amount to eorne from?
"If each' ship, 'bark, brig,
brigantine, schooner, barge,
boat and'batteau, sailing up to
-the foot ,of ' the,' current, were •
charged 300 pounds during the
season, what amount would
there be left after paying the
+ interest upon the sum expend-
ed? We pause for a reply."
But the- job referred to in the
above editorial was completed, has
long since paid for itself and tre-
mendous expenditures• for a St.
Lawrence Seaway .project 'have
been' O.K'cl which would have com-
pletely horrified the residents of
Ontario some,112 years ago.
Combination of efforts by
taxi drivers and police result-
ed
esulted in the capture of two
prisoners who broke out of
Huron County Jail . in Gode-
rich early this mornuig-
George •Mulholland, of Lon-
don and formerly of Goderich,
and George McKay, of Edmon-
ton, were'. apprehended in .Clin-
ton by Constable Timlick of
the Clinton police force.
Ron Glazier• picked up the
two in a Curry's Taxi jest a
few minutes after' taxi oper=
ators bad been asked by police
to watch for the two --men.
He radioed to his office that
he was taking two fares• to
Centralia. The office did not
hearthe message, but it was
picked tip by another driver of
the 'same cab firm, Ron Pen-
nington, who radioed the
office.
Police in Goderich and 'Clin-:
ton were alerted and the two
were apprehended by Con-
stable Timlick as- the cab pass-
ed through Clinton.
Largest group on record, 29 people took oaths of allegiance
and received Canadian citizenship papers at a special session
of County Court here yesterday.
Oaths of allegiance were administered by Huron County
Judge Frank 'Fingland, Clinton, in his first performance of.
this duty.
Recommends 12 •' 0
Judge Fingland also recommend-
ed for citizenship 12 others who
had filed petitions.,
Those presented with their final Fred • Crawford, correspond -
papers received, citizenship certi- ent for The Signal -Star in Port
ficates signed by Hon. J. W. Pick- Albert, thinks spring may be
ersgill, Minister of Immigration, . just around the corner.
His reason? e
On Sunday he saw two
meadowlarks sitting in a tree
near his home.
Yet, he's a bit dubious.
'"With so much snow around,
there must be some mistake,",
he said.
Pee Wee—hockey players in
Winnipeg are preparing al-
ready for the trip to Goderich
this Easter to take part in the
Young Canada Week , 'loekey
Tournament.
According to a ,letter received
by Johnny McGraw, Goderieh,
the youngsters were canvass-
, ing the city one day recently
'selling doughnuts raising a
little extra money for th ip.
The letter was sent b rs.
Alice Carnegie, one . of the
mothers who accompanied the
team from the West here last
year. Her son, Michael, was
on the team and , has been
keeping a scrap book of clip-
pings from The Signal -Star
and other newspapers refer-
ring to the big week of minor
'hockey competition.
One of the largest amounts in several years, $600,000''
for harbor repairs at Goderich is provided in . Federal
Government estimates for the 1055-56' fiscal year gleed i?ra
the House of Commons.
The amount includes $206,50Q .voted by Ottawa a •year.
ago, but not spent.
Projects' 't - 0
Included in the, work proposed! thetown-owned freight skied on
by the Engineering Branch of the Ie southpier to the gra ezty
Department of Public Works ar� p.
repairs to the north breakwatel,owned by the Goderich • Elevator
reconstruction of 640 feet of the and Transit Company.
south pier in steel sheet piing, and
tied back sheet wall, 700 feet in
length, in front of the harbor wall,
and dredging.
An inspection was made at the
north breakwall last surnmer and
at that time it was found •that
repairs would be needed. The
dredging and the breakwall repairs
According to the estimates the
government p
audit as likely or these- ro ects
$2,124,000 in harbor , and wharf y p J
intends • to s end are new .items in the estimates
n improvements at Western Ontario that the -revote for a larger sum
Area Is Hit ports. The amount to" be spent was made,
here is the largest.
tl �� I Also included in the estimates
eBLSRQNdis a vote oif $38,000 fbr extension
.s ker of ss retaining wall -.a i:B,a field
Easement Given
First indication of the sheet
piling project at the south pier
-of-G•od er4Cheharbor--carne.-last wJ u Ly
when Town Solicitor J. K. Hunter
informed Town Council that the
Department of Public Works in-
tended to undertake the work.
The department, at that time, ask-
ed council for an easement so
that tie rods for the piling could
be placed beneath Harbor Quay.,
Goderich residents started to dig
eavy snowfall "that ,end after a
-h
out Diver the week
-end
bro'ug'hi--with
it bitter cold winds.
By Wednesday, however, the cold
snap had pretty well ended and
the sun made a welcome appear-
ance. - s, •
The storm - rode in on a gale
last Thursday, dumping esnow on the road that runs along beside
the entire district. In less than I were playing a frigid tune right
10 hours the blizzard choked roads the pier. Council authorized the I down the keyboard to wnere it is '
in the area with about 12 inches easement. marked "zero," and a few notches .
of snow, the weather office in Lon- The piling.will be erected from below that.
don reported. But the groundhog saw bis
in d d th'
SPRING?
and Laval Fortier, deputy minister.
Majority of those receiving cer-
tificates, 15 persons, were from
Poland. Thirteen were from the
Netherlands, and one from Turkey.
Twelve of the ones receiving
certificates .filed applications and
were recommended for citizenship
last October at a sitting of Huron
County Court, presided over by
Wellington County Judge R. S.
Clark, of Guelph.
The ones who filed petitions and
were recommended for citizenship
yesterday must wait for final ap-
proval from Ottawa.
Presented with citizenship,• cer-
ificates were: Anthony and Natalia
ieckowski, Blyth;• .Kazmierz
Kiezik, Clinton; Marius Abraham
Blok, Goderich; Klaas van Wieren,
Hensall; Johannes and Paternella
van bIinhuys, Clinton; Boliden
Antoni Zablocki, Ldndesboro; Rich-
ard A. Bogaert; .Hensall; Alexander
Wojkowski, Exeter; Helena Kali-
chuk, Walton; Anna Kowa, Clinton;
Kazimierz Kuchmistrz, Auburn;
Lea Lechner, Seaforth; Franciszek
Kloskowicz, Clinton; Cornelius A.
and Goverdina M. Flikweert, "Kirk-.
ton; Bayzar A. Anderson, Dungan-
non; Andrew Blomniaert, •Hay ski, Clinton; Mary Podalan, Kirk -
Township; Wybrig•, and Cornelius ton; Jacobie Greydanus, R.R.
de Haan, Blyth; Huebert and Clinton; Lambertus and Josephina
Pleuntje Duizer, Londesboro; An- van Middegaal, R.R. 1, Blyth;, Hiske•
thony and 'Johanna de Ruyter, and Gatze Brommer, R.H. 5, Clin-
Londesboro; Markus and Esther ton; Martin and Zora Schwarz-
Feingold, Clinton; Brant and Antje wald, R.R. 3, Brussels, and Harm
Bylsma, Belgrave. Van Wieren, R.R. 1, Hensall.
Recommended - for citizenship
papers by Judge Fingland were:
Edward and Albertha Weesjes,
R.R..1, Kirkton; Helen Woszezyn-
Mrs. George Stewart, Bruce
street, • was taken to Victoria Hos-
pital in London for treatment last
Saturday after she slipped on a
floor at her home and suffered a
broken hip.
Mrs. Stewart; who lives alone,
was resting. on the chesterfield
when the doorbell' rang. When
she got up to answer the bell, she
slipped on the living room floor, ;
but was able to call the visitors,
who came to her assistance. "
Directors of the Canadian Here-
ford Association • from Western
Canada will be guests of the Huron
Hereford Association on a one -day
tour. of Huron County.
Executive of the. Huron group
made plans for this project to be
staged on February 17, fallowing
the two-day annual meeting of the
Canadian • Hereford ,Association
which Will be in London, February
15 and 16.
The meeting agreed to give con-
tinued support to the 4-.H Calf
Club program. Each 4-H Club boy
or girl completing club projects
with a registered Hereford calf
will receive a cash award of $4,
while a Hereford grade heifer or
steer will bring $2.
The annual spring sale is to be
May 10 and the annual fall sale,
December 1., Both will be held
in Clinton with James R. Coultes,
Belgrave as sales manager, •
An invitation was received from
the Seaforth' Agricultural Society
to hold the regional Hereford show
in Seaforth again on September 23.
'Tuesday, December 6, was set
as the date for annual meeting
and banquet.
Those people who ° say old fad
ioned winters are a thing of :the
past were reconsidering things for
a few days last week as a blinding
blizzard swept the Goderich area.
Thene early Wednesday morning of
this week the local thermometers
Students at Wingham and Cl'
ton collegiates were given a holi-
day last Thursday after buses were
unable to penetrate drifts. Gode- -
rich sehools, however, . remained
open. .
Roads Cleared
Crews working ,night and
managed to keep main high
open. In Goderich, plows and e
town grader were brought into '
operation to clear streets- and side-
walks with the result that neither
motorists nor pedestrians were hit "'
too hard.
More snow on Friday , and Sa't-
urday kept the snow clearing ve-
hicles busy, and light.snawfalls on
Sunday afternoon and Monday
night resulted in plows being call-
ed into operation.
When a break in.the weather
was seen, town -workmen seized the
Opportunity `on Tuesday -to clean
the -snow from the sides of main
arteries.
On West street a loader and a
snow blower were pressed into
service and assisted greatly in
speeding up the job.
Possibility of six more weeks of
winter was seen yesterday, as Old
Sol shone brightly and• it was
evident that the groundhog had
seen his- shadow and retreated to
his winter burrow.
Clear, sunny weather ushered in
Groundhog Day after the temper-
ature had dipped during ..Tuesday
night to a low of about two degrees
above zero in - Goderich. 'Official
temperatures are not available,
since the Department of Transport
has no weather recording' station
in Goderich. ,�_
shadow on a nes ay an as
means six more weeks -of winter.
Many people get a bit tiredeend
rundown during' this wipttry.°ason
of the year. That's why Natioiar
Health Week is frosn January 80 to
February 5. Campbell's - D;ug
Store reminds you of this. -in their -
advertisement in this week's issue .
of the, Signal -Star. And this' ad-
vertisement offers many seasonable
drug store items at attractiv
prices.
Did you know you could rent a
floor ,polisher at Lodge Furniture?
Buy it , outright, .too, at. a' reason-
able price. •See their ad for the
price of it and other "value" buys.
E, Breckenridge offers" en Inglis
"Glasteel" water „ heater from
$98.95' up. - -
If any woman wants a buy- on
dress pumps, they're on sale right
now at Ross Shoe Ship at 25 per
cent discount. There's a 10 . per
cent discount on all other . shoes
not specially reduced.
The slippery winter driving
thesee days has resulted in Gardner
Motor Sales offering a_•.sgeelal ofd
check and re -set wheel alignment
for your car at only $6.95. The
offer expires February 28.
The A & P Store has a list of
grocery buys and in ' an unusual
advertisement -invites you to tom -
1 pare their low prices ' withthe
prices of any competitor.
"The strike is over;" Aborhart's
Garage points out and assures• you
that you will •be glad you waited
to buy when you see the new '1955
Mercurys and Meteors.
Celebrating 55 years of, leader-
ship,
eadership, Beatty Washer through its .
Goderich agent, Frank Skelton, of-
fers you a full skirted washing ma-
chine for only $119.58.
Christmas is now long past and
your appetite for delicious turkey
has no doubt returned' to normal.
If se, Goderich Grill on West street -
reminds you it is serving a tpeeial
turkey dinner from 5 'to '7 p.m:
K this Sunday for only $1.25. -
MacDonald Electric says^ Mile* c ,
TV reception is -better than ever
and invites you to look over their
array of TV sets.
We hardly need to remind you
! how important a good battery„ is m
your car these cold days. ,That's
why you should look up the adver•
tisement of ' the Canadian-• 'Tire
Store 'in this isst:ie and see their
money -saving buy on a battery '
guaranteed for four full years.
Everything is reduced 20. per
cent as Naftel Hardware opens up
its selling out sale. •
At Ormand'y's Jewellery the big
trade-in watch sale continues for
a limited time only.
If you're getting blue these days
why not forget your cares;by going
dancing at sthe Goderich Pavilion
on either a Wednesday or Sew
-
day night., •
If you enjoy bingo you'll 'en's►'
the bingo games at the . fan
:f: egion Hall every Sa'turd Witt, -
commencing at half past ei`ht,• ”.
• These ate slack days in tbe
building, trade • and the right thine
to have.. that new room built in.
..
your home added sprItee
and insole YAM' property valfe, .
See John .4ettgry and Seth <.
Service Glee, li'einind'- . y
that Timk +'1 ;k' au+ao.';�r►
heat is ``b� . a.
Santis .Mo A ren
false eegnory not t
ant* &IOU itrY ' oti'
410 +¢ill~ vki4
Goderich was diggings out 'from a
heavy fall - of snow on Sunday
evening when Mrs. Alex Butler,
Montreal street, received a teie-
eihone call from her daughter,
Mrs. Marilyn Alexander-Gryba, in
Comex, Vancouver Island, B.C.
In -the course of the conversa-
tion, Mrs. Butler's daughter re-
marked that the weather on the
island was comparatively fine,
with spring just around the corner.
Mrs. Butler noted that the 3,000 -
mile connection was made in less
than five minutes and was very
clear.
TOIPIC GIVEN
The Goderich Beta Theta mem-
bers met recently at the home of
Mrs. E. Carswell. Mrs. Marie
Leitch presided over the meeting,
at which there was a large attend-
ance. Mrs. Bette Westbrook gave
a short topic on "To See and -oto
Know." Plans for the Sorority
tea and card part -y were complet-
ed.
DIES ON TRIP
Head of the radiology depart-
ment of the Faculty of Dentistry,
University of Toronto, Dr. John
E. Moser, 49, a native of Blyth,
died Monday at Chattanooga,
Tenn., while on his way to Florida
forma vacation. He had practiced
in Hamilton for 12 years and in
Toronto for six years..
AUBURN, Feb. 2.—Church-
goers at Auburn had quite a
surprise en Sunday morning.
Walking " down the main
street as calmly as could be
was a fox—the first one ever
-seen wandering around the
village.
It turned down Egmont
street and went on its merry
way southward out of the
village. '
OFFICER' A1tE .NAMED
BY,,CREDIT UNION,
The third annual meeting of St,
Peter's Parish (Goderich) Credit
Union, Limited, was held in the
school au4rtoriuin on Thursday,
January 27, with a good attend-
ance.
The directors reported an in-,
crease in mertiibers and. in numbers
of loans over the previous year and
authorized payment of a dividend'
on all members' share accounts.
Election of officers .took place,
resulting as -follows: Board of dir-
ectors — L. Pitblado • preblident;
William Meyer; , viee-president;
Mrs. H. • Simpson, treasurer; R.
Clark, secretary,. and • Williatl
01s10111; credit tdrn nittee ,---r L.
Walzak, A. WVisser and F. Don.
nelly, sup,ervisar'y eonu 'flttee --
Mrs. C. ''Schneiker,: J. gher�ratt and
Y
Miss E. 'Ta in:
b .
and` Mrs , W. Mr.� J`, Baker W e left
ft
on Tuesday . to spend some tithe,
in Florida. . • .
The man- who claims he
made the first automobile,
John B. Kelly, of doderieh, is
slated to mark his 96th birth-
day next Tuesday. ti `
Mr. Kelly, who has been
confined to his home for the
past few years 'because of fail-
ing eyesight, claims he made
the first automobile that ever
ran.
"He created a steam motor
car in 1883, he says, using' coal
oil, for fuel, but never took
out a patent ori it. He made
aeareh of all available re-
cords and the earliest date
he could find for an auto-
mobile patent was 1896...
But the car was an awful
nuisance!,,he say -s. It 'made a
lot Of noise and 'caused a lot ,
of trouble by scaring horses
on the -;streets,- so he finally
dismantled it, •
ITntil hi'. �, retiree ent, •I'V�fg�
he
„Eol�����yy Was / rn�ata�agei� of ,
Pu• le Utilities Com ission: in
oerich having` come here
about p 7 year",s' 'ag, `a ta,k'e,
•
charge of the 'towti''S lighting,
Plant.
S.S. No. 8 Goderich Township
is faced w th a school problem
often experienced in rural areas
where the school population goes -
up -and down in cycles in accord-
ance with the number of young
couples there are living in the area
who have children of public school,
'age. '
Some eight years ago when the'•
enrolnrent at the 90 -year-old S.S.
No. 8 -school; 114 miles east of
the Blue Water Highway near Bay
field, decreased to only four pupils.
the school was closed.
Since that time, the students..
from S.S. •No. 8 area, who, now.
number 18,have been transparted'
daily by us .to Bayfield Public
School..
Bayfield Public Schoolvs now
experiencing growing pains and,
is contemplating the building of,
a new ;school to take - care of the
increasing number of children at-:
,teiiding it. Ratepayers of the Bay-
field school were informed -at a
meeting in,- January that their
school was inadequate and eaten—,
sive repairs were needed for then
-buildin ; ,constructed, about 1864.
,p 'sal' was then Made • for
ll eo�Bay-,
taxpayers from the �} ag
field, .S. 8,' Goderich Township,.
and S. No. .3 'and S.S. No. 13,
both of Stanley. Township, to ,join
an area and build a four room
school on a new site at Bayfield at
an estimated cost of $20,000 per
room.
Wanted Commitment
Before proceeding with ,the plan
the Bayfield Public School wanted
a commitment from the other
school areas, that they would join
in the expense of erecting - the
new school building at Bayfield.
On Tuesday the ratepayers of
S.S. No. 8, Goderich Township held
a vote on whether they . should.
unite with the Bayfield Public
School section in file building. of
a new school' for the proposed
area: �:
With 74 voters casting ballots,
•48 were opposed and 26 in favor.
Mr. Charles Wallis, secretary
treasurer. of' the school 'section,
believes that the action taken by
the voters means they will "plan on
re -opening of the old' S.S. No. 8.
If this is done, extensiverenova-
tions will have to be mae to the.
olcl school , before it can be ro-
•.opened.
The difficulty of getting teachers
and the high cost of running, such
schools as . S.S. ,N'o. 8 Goderich
di citifies s
'� �rtsh , CY eat+es
q �,
t . - as o `h r
the ease With >V
11a�" been aw`i any e
rural schools• like it.
Making a good showing this, winter,1),vith the Pittsburg Hornets .of the
American Hockey League is Jackie Price, a Goderich boy. Brni h by
the Toronto Maple Leaf system, early' iiia' the,,,season from tbic'ago.
Black Hawks, Jeep hits played all ;winter With the Hornett, ,tz&c oren*
to a story in a recent issue of The Hockey' News; Pi'tts'btiir,g OSA,
HowiMee "; r says, Jackie is a "model efilcic'eney' :and"'
'.r: r'
and a Chi s -' ns gift for any Hooch'. Gerry Foley mho :played with''
dodariy5
nterne� at hockey squad a few years ago, aalS
)
laTil ,:
with the'' Pittsburg;.;t'e