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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-02-03, Page 201leSnrrittOinal.tiar HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Established 1848. In its 108th year of publication. Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Subscription Rates—Canada and. Great Britain, $3.00 a year: to United .4 States, $4.00. Strictly in adeance. Advertising Rates "on request Telephone 71. Authorized as second-elass 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 Association, Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. . Weekly. Circulation of over 3,200. GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 1955 SMPogvitritmegkvotogeeaR 10 DIS4101.41sRP4E WWi THE PROVINCIAL, CIVIL SE,RV10E Co. py of a brief presented to the Ontario eilikenielen't by' the Mil Service Association of is !Province has reached this. office and presuanably copies have' been, sent to other newspapers. It sets forth suggestions for the eorreetion of what it terms the "gravely .un- satisfactory condition" of the Ontario public service, one of- the suggestions, described. as "of prime importance," being an'immediate "apross-theeboard" increase of $300 per annum to Government employees. WC do not know how well paid (or how poorly paid) Ontario civil servants 'are, but our observation is that persons who apply for a, citil serVice position, either in Provincial or' in Federal, employ, are very happy to receive it and are rather envied by those who have to be content, with employment by a private firm. There are" not many resignations from the civil service, with it a sure pay, rather easy hours, and a pension at the end. We do not imagine that many newspaper men, who have to work hard and long, without prospect of a pension, will fall over themselves urging,. an increase of pay for Civil servants generally. :Some' mem- bers o.f the .service 'nay be worth another $300. a, year, perhaps more, and others nay alisoidy he getting more than they ,:ould get any\vhere FIER OF V4OE, Vi DESIGNED BY FINANCE MINISTER RARRIS-IT RAS BUILT IN RACK AND THUMBSCREWS - 1p4E. limp • TAXPAYER IRE 1.1Kff SEINT ede- 000stieNED BY'MAYOR PIAILLIPs-VIILLAQint.P TERMS OF.1TC COMMOViEikr., else. The -``across-the-board" increase is not. to be recommended. However, other suggestions are presented in 'the brief. The most important, from. the pUblic standpoint,- is for "a competent and fully 'recognized civil service commission." Years ago a civil service commission was estab- lished at Ottawa and was given powers which make it practically independent—perhaps too much so. Party worker§ have no standing with the Federal civil service'commission, 'and it may make appointments which are looked upon with extreme disfavor by people who know the circumstances and the appointees much better than does the personnel of the commission. However, "what the commission says goes." Members of Parliament are satis- lieereterebe able to say, when an unpopular appointment is made, that it was. not their doing—it was a civil service appointment. Thus, while members of the Ottawa Parliament have done aLay in great measure- with party patronage, lkere is no such restraint upon' members of the Provincial 'House. Qn the whole, an' independent civil service eommission.probably improves the serviee,. and such commiesion shotdd-be establiSliedhf the Provinee,'hut its independence should be tem- pered with due recognition of reasonable ad- vice from people qualified to give it, FLOOR LAMP MD STOOL" DESIGREP BY moil touts -REWIRED EQUIPMENT lAURENT1AN !IIPEAWAY ,1Als• BlE0 0E0 NA115 PEsiqt4ED BY isiAkw RESIDENTS E GUARANTEED "K) KEEP AWAKE EVEN "THE MOST 1411.)EPIQUND ITC deeeezieka •1-0","" ttT CROW& CflM1 SIGNdr) v•AvE w&gt.ms or PRUDES lilt -WW1 NUPE • It has been a week ef great events iu high political circlee., Perhaps mostdmportant 'is the decision by the nited States Congress to favor the rear -liniment „of (.; erne:fried ,and the inclusion of German dtvisions ie the armed forces being set up to aefend the West against possible .attack byRussia, or, enore precisely, to, present 'such a union of' forces in *Western Europe as to deter Russia from hostile aetioa. Equally 'striking is thbe'emphatie endorsation by Congress of President Eisenhower's expres- sion' of determination to prevent the invasion of Formosa by Red China. Both the 'Setea,te and the House of .Representative S backed the President ,with practical unaninaitY. China 'still threatens to send invading forces against the Nationalist stronghold and anything may happen. - In -Britain the Washington decision ie. meeting with some opposition,eled by the Labor party. Awaiting developments, a large U.S. naval force -is standing off Formosa and evidently means business if the Reds prove too aggressive. x x At Ottawa the House of . Cainnaons has voted 213 to 12 in favor of German dis- atithainent. It was the most momentous and most serious discussion in the -House for many years. Nfembers recalling the two occasions in this century on wheih Germany sought to conquer Europe were reluctant to .set her rroe or restraint, but it was realized that tisrinany would rearm in any event, and was considered safer to have' her soldiers in -the Western fOrses than possibly • in. league with Russia. There 'appeared. 'te be no alternative to the course that was being taken, and as one member expressed it, "of two evils take the I ess.' ' The twelve members who voted nay are members of the C.C.F. "party who on athis, question separated themselves from their. leader, Mr. Coldwelle and other members of their, party. * * * Prime Minister Sc. Laurent has offered Quebec a compromise in tile tax dispute. This is looked upon in some .quarters as a "surrender" to Quebeeebut as Mr. Duplessis is not satisfied with Mr. St. Laurent's offer the Ivhole„ matter is at a standstill. At any rate, what St. Laurent has offered to Quebec is available to any of the other Provinces that may see fit to accept it. It is estimated that under the pro- posed settlement Quebec would receive sortie $25,000,000 less than it would by entering into an arrangement similar to that in effect with the other Provinces. It looks just now -like a real old-fashioned winter. Well, we asked for seasonable weath- er and we are getting it. * There is a newspaper discussion on the lase of "got- Or "gotten." Th'e decision is that'.`gotten'' is *afr .AmericaniStn, "got': is eurreet wherever the Queen's English - is spok- • en. Anyway, why use six letters when three would. do? * Th t:' FOI'll strike is over and those most nearly coneerned, are figuring' up how mueli it cost, in wages lost to the strikers end business logit to the .1.4.)rd -Company as well as to other onmpanies which supply materials for the Ford faetories, Then there' are the Merchants whose business with the factory workers was curtailed. The full. amonnt•of the loss iseineatl, etilable, but it is in the millions. Strikes are expensive * *0 0 The Quebec Government has set new eegulationa for the size and weight of trucks aStinig, Provincial highways. This column has repeatedly nrged that limits be placed upon the size efetrucks on Ontario highways. The trucks wear out the'roads and the more roads art improved the bigger the trucks get. Some ke them are frightening; with a trailer attached they look and sound like railway trains. If 'they get any bigger they should be shunted airi' to tracks. 0 0 A-newsp aper despatch from Washington rah the U. .snoverninent is getting ridofits nifiiber Omits and is getting more than $10,- 00:,60q., a piece for them. Our friend the Sanford Sage thinks this is crazy. He would- n't give a tin nickel for a rubber plant him- self,' and.. he says'he knows any number of people that would be glad to get rid' of theirs for a dollar or .two so long as the- don't hear what these Goodrich, Goodyear and Firestone people are offering. * The death. of Dr. Robert C. Wallace, prin- eipal of Queen's University until his retirement a few years ago, remoVes one of Canada's prominent educationists. 1)r. 'Wallace was an Orkneyman and came to 'Canada, as a com- paratively yoting, man after' graduation at the J.niversity of .Edinburet.. Ile was not long in .gaining recognition as ho progressed from a ieethrerShil), at. Manitoba College 'and princip- alship. at fh'e University of Alberta until he came. to Queen's about twenty years ago. 'He , was a younger brother of the late William Wal- lace of Goderiyh and consequently uncle of Dr. dam Wallace of this town. * Estimates presented at Ottawa indicate, a reduction of expenditure in the coming fiscal year of approximately $150,000,000. The' re- Auctien is spread over a nutuber of depart -- merits and may he the result of the efforts of the new Minister of Finance in persuading his .colleagues to tighten up' in their spending. This may Appear to foreshadow some reduction in taTation,but unless Mr. Harris can see an upsurge in business nd a consequent increase in revenue the prospect of any immediate lowering of taxation is slight. In the mean- time the Government is not neglecting needed public Works and the appropriation of a sub- stantial amount for the improvement of Gode- aieh harbor 'kratifyinp , - - -C--olboln-e Township, January 29, 1955. Editor, •Signal -Star. Sir,—I was interested ,in the "Letter to the Editor" in last week's Signal -Star from William Wiederhold pf Grosse Pte. Wood, Michigan. The following paragraph •was particularly thought-provok- ing: "MY mother comes from the Benmiller area and with every 45 Years Ago issue that arrives she scans the • A, 'native of Goderich, John D. paper eagerly for some news of Swansdh, of. K,amloops, B.C., had that area, even a word that might concern anyone from that area been appointed. a county court. whose naive she would recall." ' judge in that province. I arn sure your Signal -Star goes The Goderich Young Men's to Many' 'places in the_ United States and Canada to people who at one time lived in the rural areas , around Goderich. I I am equally sure that these. people every week ..look forward to the arrival of the paper so that they might look over the, rural corres- bondence and see the names of people whom they know or the sons and daughters of people Christian ,Aseociation gave a 'ban- quet for -contributors to the as- sociation funds and other citizens. A. M. Robertson, president elf the local association, *as chairman. L. C. Fleming, ,elinton, County YMCA seceetary,. congratulated the .Goderich association on the success of its fufictions., Judge Doyle was elected chair- Towhom they know in those areas. ,man at the. statutory meeting of them it is a sort of weekly the Goderich,Oallegiate Ipatitute Board. Other members of the. hoard were Dr. Taylor, Dr. Mack - Lin, M. Nicholson, Sheriff Reynolds, W. L. Eliot, Judge Holt and J. H. Colborne. ' pondents should be more. I know reunion with the ._folks back in their native villages and farm dis- tricts. For this reason alone, I think the news from the rural corres- 25 Years Ago the people who are correspondents The Town Hockey League 'open-, are busy and have not always the ed in Goderich with Teddy Plante's time to get all the news they "Doughboys" losing by a 3-1 score to V. Elliott's "Counter Hoppers." Other teams in the league' were Reg Newcombe's "Dentals" , and Walter Newcombe's "Wood- chucks." Hon.' R. B. Bennett, Conservative party leader, said at a meeting in Clinton that there was no lacking in signs that a general election was in sight. Wilmot Haacke, of BeAiller, ,installed officers of Court , Gode- rich, No., 32, Canadian Order of Foresters. George Ginn,- of Ben - miller Court, acted - as High Mar - Shane The following officers were installed: PCR, J. W. Bell; CR, W. F. H. Price; VOR, Ernest Craig; -FS, A. J. Wilkins; RS, A. E. Barker; treastiter, W. G. Wilson; chaplain, W. M. Knight; SW, Ernest Breckene ridge; .JW, Norval 'Scrimgeour; SB, A. MacDonald; JB, Robert Hoy. 15 Years Agci Dr. J. T. Phair, chief medical health officer for Ontario, was guest speaker at a meetiera of Goderich Lions -Club. Dr. Pledir spoke on health Services in the schools, giving the history.' of school m'edical ins•pection, and told of the Control of communicable diseases. There was some excitement at I greatly appreciate ,the Signal; Goderich harbor_ when a man was Star every Monday. While I have, discovered taking pictures of men been away from the old town man should from their districts. That is why the people in the rural districts should make it easier for the correspondent'in their area by phoning in news to them. They surely must realize the correspond- ent can not be everywhere at one time. The rural resident can show a pride and interest in hi area by seeieg that 'the weekly newspaper which serves it has plenty of news each week from his area. This can be done by all the rural resi- dents co-operating with the news- paper rural correspondent. Don't let old folks like Mrs. Wiederhold down by not having the hews from her old home area in the paper. There are Ks more like Mrs. Wiederhold taking the Signal -Star. Let's help our cor- respondents by ,giving them the news of our district this week— end every week. Yours truly, RURAL RESIDENT • .. St. Louis, Missouri, . Jan. 26, 1955. Editor, Signal Star. e „Sir,—Enclosed find-. cheque fot renewal of my subscriptioh to the Signal -Star. years and knoWe very ' few I are happy to note the wonderful prd- gress and growth and pepsperity in Goderich. Keep up the good work! My regards to Mr.- William Robertson. removing snow preparatory to ice - cutting and moving of boats to the elevator for unloading. At first it was thought he was a Nazi spy, but be produced credentials to prove he was a CPR employee from Toronto and said he had dome here to practice his hobby Very truly yours, photography, when he heard there W. L. CLUCAS. was a heavy snowfall. - Police, however, confiscated the .films of Auburn, Jan. 31, 1955. the scenes he had taken at the Editor, Signal -Star. • harbor. Sir,—You were vary fortunate 1- Over 150, guests attended the in securing D. Lizards letter whic annual dance held by the Goderich appeared in "On The Square", lagt ,,Badminton Club in •the 'Masonie week. A greatenany of your read- Telerate. ef$ would be interested to know 10 'Years where "Meadowlands, Colborne" At a" dneeting •of the Colborte was situated ,dnd who awns -the land today. In his letter he stated that it consisted of 700 acres, within three miles of Goderich, having the public road on three sides,. He appears to have drav!li a rough sketch of his proper* Perhaps his granddaughters: or GavirCtreeli can tell you of its location.' No doubt there is gone record regarding this property .n the Registry Office. Yours, truly, CHAMPS E. ASQUITH: Editor's Note: A rough Sketch of the farm's location did apt:tear in the letter: -.One .f of the creeks in the sketch was i'Oreel, •0 AwAN Qua • ,,Cartadjans ' imi new the trill AtirtSi.fi. Iotilloonf;r4noalf 6:441 6f- C°114d4' 'fifr* 'gttvi about t 6 the total Pat lin federal Sailor's Wife—"So you'll be back in four VeatS, will you?" Sailor—"Aye, but may be, a bit late on this trip.", Sailor's Wife—"Well, if ypu 'are, t1O111010's any Of: your old etig06,, about tb&ship going down an' 'avin to *elk 'erne." tosis have pushed ..most wool, tiotb,t into, th# so- d tittititet whereby tet ;Canada Unite* greatly the Canadian textile another spot vas "Beaver flows' and another, "Grove of Weymouth Pines." Editor, Signal -Star, would. greatly apt*i rt oto 44 ,article about my grand lt„'Ontario, tOgid 't. orithit st. '3,06roa or ty i1 alb' 00610Whe t‘; onto to 'engrnes. 'cover the east. A complete collection of photo- graphs of the town of St. Joseph as it was during its boom, his numerous photographs, blueprints, designs, and artists conception of the project, together , with his diaries, newspaper elippings (dat- ing back as early as 1884 con- tracts, agreements, heartaches,'etc., are now all in my possession,. docu- mented -ankl of historical signific- ance. If any; of this were ever - published would, it be, possible to receive same. Thank you. Sincerely yours, NAP01.8011 CANTIN, 222 South rdgeworth; Royal Oak,...Wehigan.. PriZai.1048 there were 36 Township School Board it was de- cided to provide hot lunches in all the schools with expenses to be borne by the board. The board also decided to purchase supplies, such as text books and 'crayons, for -the schools in the township area. Fred Seabrook and John Spain wee candidates for a seat on 'Goderich Town -Council made vac- ant by the resignation of Alex. Butler. At a special nomination meeting, six men were proposed as candidates, but only the two qualified. Mayor D. D. Mooney, of Gode- rich, ,Reeve B. W. Tuckey, of Ex- eter, and Wilmot Haacke, of Gode- rich Township, attended the con- vention of Canadian flying' clubs at Port Arthur. AGRICULTURE ON ITS OWN FEET - (The Rural Scene) ' Agric,ulture is the most basic a rid: *the* -mast tridisgensable oiall- human activities. Without it man's tenure on the earth would be short- lived, far without agriculture the earth would' be able -to Support only a tiny fraction of its present Population, and that at a most primitive level. Man's greatest achievement dur- is as unpredit4ive as landleSP, farmers. $p, u the countreS where agri- culture has made most progress, the farmer has been tied' to his land Lvy allowing -him to OWn it, and byprotecting him in, -the pos- seSsion of it. H6 has also been ,allowed a free, hand in managing it, free to grow the cropsille found most profitable and to dispose of, them in whatever way he could do best. Iu exeha,n.ge for these privileges,. society expects the farmer to be-. come a dependable source a food, fibre and - other : products 'for its use, and to so care fore the land that the next generation, may find it •as productive es he' did when he first took possession. It requires no law to compel farmer,to grow the crops societi wants and is willing .to pay for. The farmer is glad to know what they want and people make their wishes known by buying the things theyprethr The farmer who owns his land and dills it well is the most 'inde- pendent man on earth. He stands on his own domain, and no man can put him- off it, or set foot on it without his permission. Nor can anyone deprive him of his means of livelihood. He and his •land, support each other; and he knows that if he takes proper care ,of it during his active years it will take care of him when he is too old to work any longer. It is the best social security a man can 'have, arid the most...satisfying, for it is mostly of the man's own making. Farmers should leot seek protec- tion for their industry from the bracing winds of competition. Nor should they alow it to become dependent on government sub- sidies or 'special, privileges that. would give them an undue advant- age over other classes of titizens. Thefavors they should seek ate the favors of the buying /public who buy their products 'because they find them satisfactory to.theid 'need& • „ The poultry and livestock farm- ers, who have been leaning so heavily on subsidized freight rates on grain from the west that they find they can't get along ,without that prop, the Western grain grow. ers who cling to the Crows Nest freight rates When the only argu- ing the time he has been on the ment in favor of such rate S is that earth is that, by his industry and the political influence of the farm- perseverafice, he has increased the ers is greater than that or the earth's capacity to feed, clothe, railways, the dairy industry which and house a thousand, times as seems content to become a per - many human beings as it could manent ward of the government, before he arrived on' the scene. and the score or more of other He may have been wasteful in producer, groups who are securing his methods. But he had nothing monopoly privileges in the selling .to start with, no one to teach him, of their crops, are all helping to nor anything to guide him but his own willingness to work and cap- acity to learn. make their industry dependent on someone else's favors rather than on its own merits. The first and most valuable les- Agriculture is too vital a factor son he learned was that his exist- in the nation's life to be depend- ence de,pendis on the soil; and that ent for its existence on the hand - the cultivation of the soil should be his first concern. By long and costly' experience he learned that, to get the best results from agriculture, the farm- er must be secure in the possession of his land; -and the land must be sure of its possessor, for idle land outs of governments or the arti- ficial props with which it is so often tempted. It should' stand on its own feet, "Which of your works of fiction' do you consider the beet?" 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