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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-07-07, Page 2HURON COUNTY'S FORM WEVIKLY Established 1848. In ifs 108th year of publication, Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Subscription Rates -Canada end Great Britain $3.00 a year: to United V 6 -r► States, $4.00. Strictly in advance. . Advertising Rates on request Telephone 71- Authorized LAuthorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -Of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 420 Temple Bldg., Bay, and Richmond Sts., .Toronto. Member al. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations; Weekly Circulation of over 3,200 GEO. L. ELLtSeJditor and Publishsr. The proposal by, Maclean's Magazine that July. 1 be called Coufed'eration Day has the approval of The London Free Press, and both publications are a year or two behind The Signal -Star, the sane suggestion having been made in these columns .in a discussion of a suitable title for Oanada's natal day. At that time eve admitted that as the term Dominion Day had been in common use so many years it would be difficult to make a change and that, so £ar as this writer was c.•oneerneii, the old familiar style would probably be retained. -,We are a bit skeptical about that story of the quotation from the Psalms, "He shall have dominion froiu sea to sea," as the origin of the titie Dominion ' of Canada. In '1867 Canada did not extend from sea to sea, British Columbia coming in some years later. We ire told that Sir John Macdonald {whose reps . tation improves with the passing ,years) favor- ed the term Kingdom of Canada, but the Y ro- posal was overruled because lot existing tension with the United States and fear that the name might be resented by the people across the line. Times have changed and there would' be no such objection now to a title recognizing the sovereign of a free, independent nation of the Commonwealth. However, this; has nothing to do with what we should style the anniversary we celebrate on the First of July. Confederation. Day would be entirely suitabaae; the trouble would be to get it into general use . after 88 years of Dominion Day. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT The moderate red•tieticn in personal in- come" tax which went into effect on July. 1st will not increase tike -home pay to an ' ap- preciable extent, but it is Merely the latest of a series of income tax cut,•; which have made a material] difference 'since the war years. Taxes increased during the Korean trouble, but these increases have been wiped out and taking the years from 1944 the accumulated. reductions have been from 20 to 35 per cent. ou various grades of income. If we can keep out of war there will doubtless be further tax reductions, but the necessity of building up and maintaining a strong defence will for years t6 come entail heavy expenditures. Among enactments at the present session of the Federal House is an, increase afllow ances t.o, war veterans averaging 20 per cent. In addition, war pensioners are permitted larger earnings to increase their income. There will be no criticism of these' added benefits fill- the veterans. The passing of the years is gradually- reducing their number, but there are still more than 40,000 on the roll. EDITORIAL NOTES 'Great weather for haying.' reports the Salt±ord Sage. Yes, for those who have just jumped out of the frying -pan. We Canadians max consider ourselves a superior people, but just at present we must admit we have nothing on those natives..,. of ,darkest Africa who have nothing on them- _,.. _.. _ -- _ . se' ves:. . * 44, *E 4, The Battle of the Righwaiys Was resumed over the holiday > week -end, with a ,dreadful. record' of 'fatalities. Perhaps some day people will learn to keep off the highs on holidays as they would avoid the 'plague. Huron, fortunately, is far enough from the most' crowded roads for its people to escape the worst of the slaughter. &• * O Alberta's Provincial election last week returned the Manning (Social Credit) Govern- ment to power for another term. However, the opposition will have about' 20 seats out ,of 61 in the new House, most of the opposition members being Liberaals. 'Since the Social Crediters under Aberhart captured the Legis- Lature twenty years ago this is the first time they have been seriously- opposed. So far as the .Social Credit doctrine, is concerned. there is hardly a pretence to put it in practice, but somehow or other the name seems to have eonsiderable potency among politicians. 4' Somebody. on the stats of The Fergus News -Record needs a lesson in geography. In its, report of a.lai.die,' softball natell played her recently Goderich was described as '''the northern town.'' if the Fergtis ladies should travel directly crest from their town about 7.0 . smiles they would arrive at Lake Huron a st=one •s throw or two from BIack's Point, which about three miles' south of Goderich. If instead of travelling west from Fergus they should go straight east they ivould land in Toronto. and we do. not itnagine that The vincial • Vopa»Le in Goderich for More than 'seven years. At a n .eting. of Town Council it was decided• to ask the Dominion. Railw y ,Board for its decision ou .- the Own's application for per- mission to cross -the Canadian Na- tional ;Railway tracks in construc- tion of the - .prolio. ed new north• road to the harbor. 10 Years Ago Cats anal, dogs of all sorts, guinea pigs, mud -turtles, ducks, pigeons, groundhogs and rabbits, all with their proud little owners, featured a pet parade which launched a carnival. staged by the Maple Leaf Cnapter, LODE. Most Rev. C. A. Seager, Arch- bishop and Metropolitan of On- tario, was guest preacher at the 112th anniversary of the parish of St. George's Anglican Church and addressed . a class of 16, to whom he administered the rites of confirmation. The Huron County Library As- sociation appointed Mrs. Glenn Eckmier, of Ethel, to take the place of Miss A. R. Aitken as county librarian. .Goderich ,firemen worked for more /than four hours -to quell a fire which swept over the town dump at the. east end of town. Dense elouds of smoke and un- pleasant odors rose from the burn- ing deboris. A daily bath with lots .of salt in the water was common:, treatment for babies in ancient Greece. Beads and other ornaments have been carved from jet, a sort of anthracite, since the earliest times. News -Record would speak. of Toronto as "the northern city.- * * 4, e Some of our readers may have wondered what exactly was meant by the term brain - Washing, frequently used in description of treatment accorded captives by the Commun- ists. Here is a definition given by a -writer in The Christian Science Monitor in reply to a query.from one of its readers: " `Brainwashing' refers to the exhaustive mental and sometimes physical pressures cndless inter- rogation, threats, indoctrination sessions, depriva- tion of sleep and food, solitary confinement, and sometimes • Physical mistreatment—applied to brew down the individual's thought processes' and will to resist. Wheri successful, this mental' pressure renders the victim willing to sign false confessions, admit false guilt, and behave as he would not think of kloing if, in his right mind." 4, * * 4,•, 1 Last week in her always readable column in The- St. Marys Journal -Argus M. Grace Eedy had this 'interesting paragraph.: , "Fights are thinge that, should be discouraged not only between nations and races, but between individuals whether adults or children, but how discourage them between birds? The other day, a killdeer running over the grass found a. long worm Which it took all his strength to pull out of its hole in the earth. When he had just succeeded, &'and wars about to devour it, Mr. Robin hopped up and made a thrust with his beak at Mr. Killdeer, who t-ur•need -around to- avoid- this, still. - hangiug,..on to the worm. Twice more the robin attacked. him, finally causing him to drop the prize and fly away .skimming low over the lawn. The robins seem to think they have a monopoly -on worms." Our observation of $4bin Redbreast has led us to consider him, a 'spurrky fellow-. his familiarity, to the point of cheekiness, prdbab- ly' making him the favorite he is, but we had never seen him actually attacking • another bird. 'From our observation post' he appears to have • things so completely under control that other, birds quietly accept him as bass of • the garden. Guaranteed Mages And, The Farm (From The Rural Scene) While our farm organizations { are absorbed in plans for getting nnonopolistic control of the market- ing of their products, the labor unions -acre pressing for guaranteed annual wages; and have declared their intention to include the farm implement industry among those on which this demand is to be made. The ham -.x.. -....this-wva+ge eau- alo --to the farmers will far outweigh any benefits they ran hope to derive from all their schemes of market eontrais. The'inipplernent makers will have 10 add the tItita *age ,costs- to the pis they, 'Charge for their iniplemerits; end the farmers will have to pay the bills. The annual wage simply•rnea the regular em- ployees of and than re eerve their �1i 1�v`ra"ges the ar .h li tier the tOeir has e wo r theta y oty ' for profitable for him to risk a strike. and small 'business men, and the .members of the weaker unions which are unable to force their employers to"a•gree to this unjust and unecono-inic arrangement. 'The labor force of Canada con- sists of something over five million workers. Only about one-fifth of these belong to the unions. If all these organized workers should succeed in getting for themselves the guaratAeed-anntial wage, there would still be over four million who could not' get it blit who would have to help pay it to the million Who did. - If . anyone should ask why not give all workers guaranteed, wages, the answer ''isthat if all Workers got it and; all had to pay it nobody would benefit from it. The paying of people for work they don't do is profitable to -those woo get such pay Only when there are other wor are ''who share the cost of it but receive no benefit it. And that is tpreeisely what .� unions are asking fer btu" ork 'flirtdon't do, as "' e 'df other People e in the' spoi bt- e 'it- ority 45 Years Ago Town Council decided to but up signs warning people that the prac- tice of bathing within the town without a bathing suit would not be tolerated. Huron Construction Company announced that a steam locomotive was being used on .the Lake Shore road in the construction of the electric railway. It was under- stood that warnings would be• put up at crossings and that there would be two- men on the engine tohelp in handling any nervous horsesThere was plenty of activity at the Oddfellow's -Hall The' occas- ion was the initiation of 12 new members of the recentIy-organized Dungannon., lodge. The degree team of Huron Lodge put on the four degrees, About 27 members of the Dungannon lodge, including the candidates, were present for the 'event. ' Electric lights had been installed at the lawn bowling greens on West street so that enthusiasts could play the game at night. 25 Years Ago Deputy Reeve Craigie told Town Council that -drinking fountains on the Square were leaking and in poor condition. Council agreed to take action to remedy, the situ- ation. Council was also asked to install floodlights at the harbor beach, There was a good attendance at a meeting held in the Opera House in the interest of W. H. Robertson, Liberal •candidate in the 'Federal' election. Hon. James Malcolm, Minister. of Trade and Commerce,' was one of the main speakers on the program. At an organizational meeting of the Canadian Chautauqua slated for Goderich, ".August 5-9, S. D. Croft Was elected •pres de,ntOther officers named to make arrange- inents for the big event Were E. D. Brown, vice-president,.. and D. D. ' Mooney; secretary -treasurer. 15 Years Ago• " ;' A group of ' surveyors who lhad- l.aid out the airfield at Sky Harbor Moved en to the site at Port Albert and. began the work of staking out 1-3 miles of lines marking the air - P4111 bonndaries,. , . runways and. clearances. - Victoria Street United Church and Sunday School held the annual picnic at Glen Maitland on Domin- ion'Day. Provincial Constable Percy E. McCoy died suddenly following a heart attack. He had been . Pro - NOW Get Relief From ITCHING, STINGING, BURNING of ECZEMA 'CHESTNUT or STOVE SPOT CASH—with ordvr or on delivery. - No charges at this price. There is 110 better anthracite and Reading is trade- marked with red spots - for buyer prote'ctit,on. BUY , 'NOW—OFFER 1S FOR PIWNIPT PURCHASE. Make up your mind today that you are going to give your skin a real chance to get well. Go to any good drug store and get an original bottle of MOONE'S EMERALD OIL—It lasts many days because it is highly concentrated. The very first application will give you relief—the itching of Ec- zema is quickly -. relieved—erup- tions dry up and scale off in a very few days. The same is true of Itch- ing Toes and, Feet—Eruptions— Rashes and many other skin troubles. Remember MOONE'S EMER- ALD OIL is a clean, powerful, penetrating Antiseptic Oil that helps' prevent spread of infection. J. A. 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See or phone your dealer for the facts. He'll be glad to arrange a demonstration drive for you. A styling and engineering eiiement ... manufactured by'Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Limited possibly a strike with violence and without. police protection, or to submit to the demands of the un- ions and trust to. Providence to see him through. - Therein lies the danger. These powerful unions, with despotic con- trol over their own members and countless millions of dollars at their dispt sal, know the weak- nesses of our modern' democracy. They know how, when and where to appy "they -pressure in order to put each separate employer .in a position :.in which he will be linable to help himself, While the Minister of Labor looks on and urges him to make still another concession to the' unio€1 dept. 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