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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-06-02, Page 3A distinguished native son of Goderich, former Chief Justice R. S. Robertson, died at Toronto on Saturday at the age of 84. SHEILA IVIcLEOD TO GET B.Sc: DEGREE SATURDAY Miss Sheila McLeod, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 0. McLeod, ,Nelson street, will receive her B.Sc. degree from the University of Western Ontario's. School of, Nursing at the Spring convocation "of, the University at London op SaturdaY. Miss McLeod has ac- cepted a position as -clinical super- visor at the Belleville General Hos- pital, Belleville, Ontario, and will assume this post early in the fall. In her .final year at the ,Goderich District Collegiate Institute in 1950, Miss McLeod won the Mac- Kay Scholarship. a Signal -Star classified ads get results. will meet in the Court House, Goderich, on Wednesday, June 15th, 1955 at 10 a.m., E.D.S.T. All accounts, notices -of -deputations or petitions shatild be in the hands of the County :Clerk not later than noon, on Saturday, June 11th, 1955. A. H. ERSKINE, 'Clerk, County 'of Huron. The former .Chief Justice of On- tario, Robe* Spellman Upbertson,. son of the:late Wind Mrs. W. R. Robertson, of 'etoderich, howa,s born in Goderich in December, 1670, died .on. Saturday at his, home, 53 Castle FrankRoad; Tor- onto, atier a lingering-ilimess, He retired in, 1954 • A private funeral service was held at his home ,in Toronto on Tuesday . afternoon with interment taking pine in Mount Pleasant cemetery. Mr. Robertson was an eminent authority- on constitutional law and widely known as counsel in the highest tribunals of Canada and Britain. He held office as Chief Justic longer than any other Chief Justice of Ontario. Hereceived his education in Goderich public and high schools and read law with J. T. Garrow, afterwards Mr. Justice Garrow. He was called to the bar in 1894 and later became a partner in the firm of Idington and Robertson, in Stratford. He was for some time city solicitor for Stratford. In 1921 he was made K.C. Mr., Robertson went to Toronto during the First World War and in 1917 became a member of the firm of Fasken, Robertson, Aitchi- son, Pickup and Calvin. In 1919he was counsel for the Toronto Police Commission at an, investigation following riots in- voWin,g aeturned soldiers. He represented the Dominion Government before the judicial committee of the Privy Council in London on the reform 'legislation passed by the Bennett government in 1935. He also represented the non -radial municipalities before the Royal. Corission investigat- ing the Ontar Hydro -Radial pro- posals in 1920, 44, only venture into the pantie - al arena was in 1914, when as Liberal' tandidate he unsuccess- fully contested the provincial rid- ing of Perth. In 1938 he was appointed Chief Justice ,of Ontario at a time when he was appearing before, the Privy Council in London in n appeal involving big interests in • the Yukon. He was a member of the Boa,r., of Governors of the University of oronta and received a doctorate bf law from the university in 1943. He was a bencher of the Law So- ciety of Upper Canada, .a member ,of the Ontario Club, the RCYC and the United ,Church. GODERICH, ONTARIO; -THUIPAY, JUNE 2nd,1955 Debate Onllighway Reconstruction Sparks H Huron Nomination Meeting The largest crowed in several year.% almost filled the, ditorium in Hensall's, Towh Iff•\1), on Thurs- day afternoon when tie two candi dates contesting the forthcoming Provincial election in the riding of Huron were nominated Gaol y. Qualifying as candidates were Tom Pryde, Exeter, who is seeking reelection as the Conservative party's standard bearer, and Jaanes Scott,ofSeaforth, who is seki ieng to win the seat dor the Liberal party: Cites Co -Operation Speaking first, Mr. Pryde 'cited the co-operation that existed be- tween the Ontario and Federal 'governments. Premier Frost has co-operated with Ottawa, 'lie said, notingthat the start on the St Lawrence Seaway was an eXample of that co-operation. He noted also that Ontario had made progress in the flail. -of edu- cation. Prior to the last :war, he aaid, education was \entinely a local matter. After the war there was a revolution in education. "Now we have central high schools and rural pupils have been given a greater opportunity to receive education," he said. Approximately 75 per cent of the cost of new schools had been paid by the province, Mr. Pryde claimed. He .defencled the issuing of debentures to cover the cost of school construction saying that he felt the principle was sound. The children twtho are receiving the education should help pay for tire new schools, he said. - Admitting that "wrongdoing took place" in the Department of Highways, Mr. Pryde said that when irregularities were discover- ed by auditors, PremIer.fArost "put his house in order." Fair Share •' He told the meeting that Huron County has 126 miles etf provincial highways and that since 1948, 50 'miles. had been rebuilt with 29 miles under construction. "And I will do all I can to get permanent improvements on Huron roads," he said. "We have received our fair share." He told the meeting also that a national health plan was coini4g. "The plan will come in, due course, but we want to be sure that when it comes we Will be ready," he said, pointing out that more hos- pital beds were needed. "Huron's hapsitals have received $7,000:in tine past five years in grants. Prior to that, they were .getting nothing but 60 cents a day for indigent patients." , Speaking on aid to municipal- ities,, he said that all munieipal- ities in Huron had been helped this year .through unconditional grants made bythe province. Notes 'Interest • • Mr. Scott, in his address, said it was evident 'that people were taking an interest in the election. He said that Huron's first election was held. 120 years ago with one polling booth in Goderich. "Sixty- five men were eligible to vote and 65 men, voted," he said "They took their elections seriously." Protesting against the method in which enumeration was carried out, Ile said that no opportunity had been given ,people to see if 'their ,names Were an the voters' lists. "Those lists were not post- ed," he said, "and no revising of- ficer sat anywhere in Huron, I'm sure there 'are names net on the list. And we're supposed to be having I democratic election." He pointed out that people could go to the polls on election day and harve their names placed on the lists, ,bgt he felt the govern- ment -had used this. method "just in the rural . ridings where they thought they could get away with it." Claiming that the -premier's an- nountement of a proposed national His wife, the former Laura G. Se,gswarth,, predeceased him. He leaves ane daughter, Mrs. K. Bal, • M.D., of New York, and four sons: Morton, chief enigineeil, of -the Goldie -McCulloch Company of Galt; Dr. Harold F., of Toronto; Fraser W., ,financial editor of the Toronto Telegram; John. F. Robertson, Q.C., of Toronto-- Also surviving are three brothers: pr, John C. Robert- ' son, retired classics professor at Victoria College, Toronto; A. M. Robertson, M.A. retired Goderich Collegiate InstitUte teacher; W. H. Rpbertson, retired editor of the Coderich Signal -Star. "CLEANING COMMENTS" HOME CLEANING IS DANGER- OUS. Cleaning fluid should be handled only by experts to avoid explosions .and fire. GODERICH FRENCH DRY • CLEANERS Phone 122 • West St. "Your Cleaner Is Your Clothes Best Friend" 'immummosiammodamiumr • DON'T WORRY ABOUT ..-SINSETTRIVE-41t THIS IS OUR BUSINESS RADIO, TV & - SOUND SERVICE. THEATRE, GODERICH 1% Miles East of Goderich on No. 8 Highway THURS. and FRI. .health plan was "stolen right out lof the Liberal party platform," Mre Scott said he felt Mx. riost was having a '"death -bed repentance." ,Criticizing the government's dealings in the field of edulcation, he said that, the Conservative at- titude was still one of "anti educa- tion." He stated there, were now almost 1,000 unqualified teachers in Ontario's public schools and predicted that the siti:iation would get worse. It was not the responsibility ,of children to'pay for their own edu- cation, Mr. Scott said. Highway "Mess" The Liberal candidate was especially critical of the recon- struction of No. 8 Highwaf, "For an $80,000-amile highway, we have got the biggest mess I've seenin my lifetime," he ctharged. The original road from Guelph to Goderich was built at a cost of $5,000 about 120 years ago, he said: Reiterating a charge he made previously that Huron was getting the "small end of the stick," Mr. Scott said that the expenditires on provincial highways in the county ...would amount to about $700,000 this year. "Huron should get $1,250,000 this year," he said. Mr. Pryde, in his rebuttal, took exception to Mr. Scott's criticism of the rebuilding of No. ,8 'High- way. "Quoting the .cost'Of 'build- in,g a road from Guelph to Gode- rich .100 years ago is so much • nonsense," he said. Referring to Mr. Scott's criti- cism of the enumeration method, he said that nothing had been done to leave anyone's name -off -the voters' lists. • Chairman for the meeting was Albert Kalbfleisch, of Zurich. o o o Store Fronts Are Being Modernized COMEDY "SOUND OFF" Mickey Rooney, Anne James June 2 - SAT. and MONDAY • "RAIDERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS" John Payne, Donna Reed COMEDY • • TUES. and Wed. CARTOON CARTOON JUNE 4.14, "SPLIT. SECOND" . Steve McNally, Alexis Smith ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CARTOON JUNE 7-8 COMEDY Box Office Opens 7.45. First Show at Dusk. Children under 12, in 'cars free. Two Shows nightly. GODERICH PAVILION DANCING EVERY WEDNESDAY, AND SATURDAY Saturday Nights—Paul Cross and his- orchestra. Wedne4day is square dance night with Clarence Petrie and the Nighthawks. 35th Anniversary Dance Friday, July lst. Door prize 21 in. TV. Johnny Downs and his Orchestra. Phone 675 or 419 for rental or catering information.' AT THE TOP SCREEN TELEPHONE 1150 FARE IN AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT Now—'Thurs., Fri. and Sat.— LLOYD C. DOUGLAS' '1 "MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION" In Technicolor — • By the widely -read author of "The Robe": a modern romantic drama about a sightless young widow' and the surgeon who Yestores her sight. Jane Wymab, Reck Hudson, Barbara Ruth, Otto Kruger and Agnes. Moorehead • ,, Mon., Tues. and We— , . a Silvan° Mangano, :Shelley', itilinterti and Michael Rennie - Photographed in Italystory of a beautiful shopgirl. in Venice whorfinds intrigue and heartache paving the road to • fatne. IVIAIVIB(1" Coming—"SIEGE AT RED RIVER".. - In Techniiolor with 'Van Johnson. 7HE CAPITAL PHONE 47 ADVENTURE STORIES AT THEIR BEST. Now---Thurs., Fri. and Sat.— "ONE GIRL'S CONFESSION" In whicht, a waitress attempts to avenge the robbing of her father, by stealing from her employer, bilt runs into deeper trouble. Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas and Glenn Langan MomiTuet.' and Wed.— • Janis paige, Wings' Barnes' and Tony Centa -An apParent accident turns out to be a Plated murder and a wealthy. young wife is the chief suspect. Two new„modern, tore fronts are being installed on .business establishments on the Square. Mr: Elmer Cranston is having a new front on,. his store which is to be occupied, when 'finished, by the Music Shop, now on West street: Mr. 'Cranston plans to use the back part -of the same store for his t business, Culligan Water Condi- Etioner. FilSinger's Jewelry and Gifts have already put in `-a smart new front on their new store, former Naftel Hardware, and the interior of the store is now being modern- ized. The basement of the former A & P Store on the Square is being made deeper by Breckenridge Hardware' as the first step in a program to completely, modernize this store before it is eventually ocoupie,d' by the„owner, E. Breck- enridge, who is now located on Hamilton street. Mr.' W. J. 1•MIES is building an office at the corner of Kingston and St David's street where he plans to. open -a used car lot in the near future. o' GODERICH RESIDENT •'WRITES BOOK REVIEW Donald Elgin Campbell, of Gode- rich, has made the following re- view of •• the book, "Silken Lines and Silver Hooks," written by Dr. W. Sherwood Fox: 1 have just been re -reading "Silk- en Lines and Silver Hooks," the last bookwritten by Dr. W. Sher- wood Fox. It's about fishing, of course, as most people know, but emphatic- ally it is not si,book which tells you how to ash or what lures or flies to use or whether fish bite best when you are watching them over your left shoulder in the dark of the mood, either. • It's just a. mighty good story, or series of stories, told by a kind- ly, confirmed' fisherman abouta number of "fishin' parties" he • and numbers of his friends went on at different times during the past fifty years. These are all authentic yarns and the author asks you to believe that the well-knovvn idea that all fishermen. are strangers to the truth is just a myth, probably started by pseudolis,herm,en who 4ried it once, and, ;being linsucces,s- ful, refused ever after, to believe that anyone, ever, really caught a fish. Now he and his• loquacious friend's actually did catchlish, and in between catching them and waiting to eat them they drifted along .warm, sunlit shores or lay around comfortable •campfires and told stories about their own prowess and of that of their friends until, ,deliciously tired and full (of fish), they went calmly off to sleep under the •stars, so marking the ends of 'perfect days. The tales take one to Western Canada, to Eastern Canada, to Florida and even, briefly, to Scot- land and they cover the „,,Whole range of fishing from the Idirdly salmon of the Re,stigouche to d giant catfish in the Saugeen. There is even a pleasant diversion into Arizona. They are good tales, well told. It isn't a book to devOut at one sitting. It ought to be sarvored slowly like -old wine. It can be picked up at any time and the chapters can be read separately Without even starting at the first . because each is pretty much a tale by itself. But, in" the warm summer days ahead, I believe that there are few who, reading one Chapter, will not go 'on to read them alls And they will bring their own,,ereward. 0 0 0 Eskimos should be happy peo- 'nle, not having to argue about the ;weather. They know it will be cold. CEC HOFFMAN a merchant in ,Goderich for the past seven years, has moved to Toronto to accept a position as 'manager of a Toronto store. Mr. Hoffman has been a leader in civic groups, having served for two years as president of the Goderich Junior Chamber of Commerce and as secretary of the Goderich In- d,ustrial, Commission since its in- ception this year. He served also as a member of the Goderich Housing Authority and the Gode- rich Area Planning Board. Mr, Hoffman came to Goderich fron\ Toronto and has managed 'the Major Store here. His wife' will move to Toronto later this ,month. His public spirited interest in Goderich made definite contribu- tions to its welfare and his mov- ing from town is a loss to Gode- rich. On Monday, June 13, a canvass will be. made in Goderich an behalf of the. Upper Canada Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible -So- ciety. Last year the amount rais- ed was about $1,000 and officials are hoping that a similar amount can be raised this year. • Sunday, June 12, is to be ob- served in Goderich churches as Bible Sunday, when mention will be made of the work of the above organization'. , On Monday, June 6, a display of books and work done by the Bible Society is to be plac- ed in the windows of Goderich French /Dry 'Cleaners on West street. This will be arranged by Rev. W. H. Moore, of 7oronto, district secretary of the British and Foreign Bible 'Society. For 151 years the Bible- Society has been translating, printing and sup- plying the Bible wherever Chris- tian ,mission.aries were active throughout the world. A unanimous vote in favor - of Saturday night. epening. of Goole - rich stores was registered' by mem 'hers of Tiger Dunlop Wemeifs In- stitute attheir regular 'fleeting last week in the 'Celborne Town, ship Hall at •Carlow. Members Made the decision after receiving a . questionnaire from the Goderich Retail Merch- ants Association asking the In- stitute's opinion on store closing hours. Members felt that although banks were open Friday 'evening until sixo'clock, with., evening chores farmers are ,unable to eom- bine banking ...business (with an evening of shopping. Community activities was' the topic taken by Mrs. Terence Hunt: er. She spoke on prOdeett..to as - sit Alexandra Marine awdGener41 Hospital and for the Huron CtraTX". • ty Home: • /- ,--• "Tailored Slip Covers" _Wag' the first choice and "Sandwiches for ali Occasions" was the second choice for the extension •COUrSe: Named Delegate Mrs. Harold Montgomery was appoi.nted delegate to the district annual meeting. Plans were made for a tea and bake sale. Some donations were received for the penny roundup. Mrs. Stanley Snixte,r gave an interesting talk on the officer's' ,eonVentien she had attended at Guelph. At the concluSion of the busi- ness meeting, lunch was served by M.rs. Girvin, Young, Mrs. H. Mont- gomery and Mrs. R. Jewell. STRAUGHAN—LEVESQUE At the St. Anne's rectory in Penetang on Saturday, May 14, a pretty cererritiny took place unit- ing in marriage Teresa Marie, only daughter of Mir. and Mrs, Paul Levesque, of Penetang, and Alan Guy, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Straugh ari , of Gode rich . The bride wore white satin and embroidered net with fingertip veil of etmbroidered net, and car- ried a bouquet of red sweetheart roses. The bride was attended by Miss 'Kathleen Lafrenure, who wore pink taffeta and carried a colonial bouquet of pink roses. The groom was attended by Clif- ford Robillard. After the wedding, the guests were entertained, at a luncheon reception by the bride's aunt, Mrs. Duff Herbert, of Midland. The young couple viSited Kitch- ener and Goderich on their honey- moon and were entertained at a reception by 1VIrs. Pearl Straughan, of Goderidh. The young couple will reside in 'Penetang. • SCHOEMAKER—DEIWYTER The Christian Reform Church in Clinton was the scene- of a pretty wedding on , Saturday at 7 p.m. wheh Rev. G. J. Roytema 'united in Marriage Helena De Ruyter, daughter of Mrs—De Ru,yter and the late Derek De RUyter, of Noord Scharwoude, Hqlland, and Gerrit Schoemaker, of Clinton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schoe- maker, of Vrd,omshoop,•Holland. The bride wore a floor -length gown of accordion •pleated .nylon tulle over white satin, with Chan- tilly, lace bodice, long pointed sleeves and pointed 'collar em- broidered with iridescent sequins. She wore a lace -edged three-quar- ter length veil of illusion caught 'to a matching lace bandeau and carried a bouquet of white carna- tions. She wore a single strand of pearls. Following a wedding trip in Southern Ontario, the couple will reside in G-oderich. IV/NNW ••g'0-''. . • MADE IN CANADA Find your local Over 30 m.p.h.; ig dealer under Full Gearshift; "Outboard Takes remote Controls. E-1925 otors" phone book yellow pages. ''EVINRUI/E:. 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