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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOIr WEVKLY
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11th, 1956
A CLINTON BY-LAW
Clinton's Town Council has passed a by -
qv limiting the number of gasoline stations
in the town to sixteen, the number that were
in.operation when the bylaw was passed. The
News -Record, which makes vigorous. 'Objection
to the CounCit's action, states that .on enquiry
it found that the bylaw is within the power's
a the Council.
The News-Reeord argues, quite reasonably,
that if the number of gas stations may be thus
limited it would be equally legitimate to sed
a limit to the number of furniture stores,
butcher shops, or any other type of business.
There is another Objection to a restric.-
tive move of this kind. It puts a. price upon
the businesses that are thus "protected." The
limitation to sixteen or any. number • of the
businesses of one type is a temptation. to the
fixing of prices within the protected circle.
If someone outside the circle should wish to
engage in the restricted line of business he
would have to purchase the '-'licence" Of. one
of those ,within the circle, and his customers
would havt, to pay the price of the license.
It is easily seen that the byilaw may set up
a ehainof undesirable conditions.
EDITORIAL NOTES
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Thieves robbed a jewellery store at Galt
of 26 watches. If caught, they should get
time. .
It ulna have been many years since there
was such general relief from a change in the
weather as was experienced at the week -end
whenthe reCord-breaking drought was ended
and the temperature dripped from a point
au,ggesting the North Pole as a pleasant place
f residence to one where ,the value of. a
blanket was realized. The-“siiinnier of 1955
will not be forgotten for a while.
Ilitro,au of t';'tatisti-es reports
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DUNGANNON
DUNGANNQN, Aug. 10. -. Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Treleaven and
fare children, of, Agincourt, were
visitors •last week with Mr. and.
Mrs Cecil Blake and other iela-
tives in the district. 'Mr. Tre-
leaven is a son of the late Fred
Treleaven, a native of Ashfield
Township born in the Crewe dis-
trict. •
Mk. and (Mrs. Leo Snyder, of
Buffalo, were visitors last week
with their friends, Mr, and Mrs.
Robert J. Durnin. Miss Grace
Crawford, of Goderich, also visited.
for a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Durnin„
Visitors recently with Garry
Glenn and his parents, Mr. and
MrS. Frank Glenn, were his cousin,
Carol IVIeriary, Belfast, and friends.
Anna May, Lynda and Evylin Met-
Wingham.
Pearl Rivett, .who has spent a
year employed in British Col-
umbia, returned home a week ago.
Me was accompanie-d by his mo-
ther's sister, Mrs. George Nelson,
and her daughter, Laverne, of
Ladner, B.C., and his friend, Robert
Taylor. They attended the wed-
ding on Saturday of Earl's sister.
They plan on returning to the
West next -week,
Visitors on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Blake were Mr. and
Mfrs. Fred Anderson and Mrs. Jack
McDonagh and son, Roddy, of
faucltnow.
Mrs. William Stewart, Auburn,
is keeping house for her brother-
ai-law, Hugh Stewart, who is im-
proving in health. '
Mr. and* Mrs. Arthur Anderson,
Detroit, recently visited relatives
ain this district, and visited the
Anderson homestead and cousins
in Lucknove
„ Resident Dies. - Mrs. James
Stonehouse, formerly Ann, Glenn;
the last member of a family of 12
born to the late William Glenn and
Ann Robinson, died at Glenn's Hill_
She was in her 89th year and Lived
all her life in this district. Her
Inueband passed away 17 years ago.
She suffered a stroke and was ad-
mitted to Baker's Private Hospital
ewer three years ago. At her ad-
vanced age, shegradually grew
worse in health and she passed.
away early Wednesday morning.
The funeral was held at the Mc-
Lennan -McKenzie funeral home in
leacknow and was conducted by
Rev. G. Meiklejohn. • The pall -
%Jeerers were Rich Park, sr., Robert
Durnin, Bartley Beninger, Parkie
Wiggins, Allan- Reed and Charles
remake. Interment was in Dun-
gan/tam cemetery.
that the estimated p-opulation of Canada on
June 1 this year' was 15,601,000, an increase
since June 1, 1954, of 2.7 per cent. Since the
census of June. 1951, the increase has b-een
1,592,000, or 11.4 per cent,
Ontario's,population is estimated'at 5,183,-
000, Quebec. following with 4,520,000. Thus
thetwo central provinces have a total of
9303,000, or over 60 per 'cent. of the ,total
for the ten provinces.
From the figures :given it is a reasonable
estimate that Canada's population by 1975
should be zit least' .25,,Q00,00 --unless war or
some _other eatastrophe should intervene.
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invitation to Everyone -
PLEASE COME AND SEE THE
Filter Vacuum Cleaner Booth
at the Goderich Trade Fair
AUGUST 17, 18, 19, 20.
FREE DRAW FOR FILTEX CHEST
Also Free ,Demonstration in your own home.
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THE GODERICH Si NAL -STAR.
Down Memory's
Lane
45 Years Ago
'Hon. Dr. William Pugsley, Min-
ister of Public Works, visited Gode-
rich, arriving at the harbor on
the iGovernment yacht Speedy, on
which he was making a tour of the
Great Lakes. A civic welcome was
• tendered to the minister. He gave
an address at .a ebanquet attended
by Town Council, the Board of
Trade and guests. Present with
Hon. Mr. Pugsley was Hole' W. L.
Mackenize King, Minister of Labor.
Ramor had it that a 10,000,000
.bushel grain eleVator was toehe
built at Goderich. It was under-
stood that. outside Capitalists had
their eye on a site for the elevator.
J. W. "Moyes, president of the
Ontario West Shore Railway, was
said to have been in contact with
parties interested in the project.
Town Council instructed Coun-
cillor Martin, chairman of the pub-
lic works committee, to see that
rough, ground in front of the bath-
ing house was covered with either
sand, or planks.
Work of repainting the Huron
County Court House and other
repairs to 'the building had been
eot mpleteda
KIN KARNIVAL
CLINTON COMMUNITY PARK.
ednesday, August 17
6.30 p.m. -PEE WEE BASEBALL GAME
Grandstand Performance at 8.30
FE A 'MR I NG
LLOYD WRIGHT, of CFPL-TV as Master of Ceremonies;
THE SKATING VOGUES - England's Fastet act on
wheel; VENTRILLO-and his talking dummies.; ROYAL
HEADS OF MAGIC -comedy magic at its lest; PhiS
SEVEN .other. top-ranking entertainers.
Games of Chance Bingo
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BIG DRAW
1955 Plymouth Hardtop
to be drawn at Midnight
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ADMISSION'
To Grounds FREE. Granstancl, $1.00; Children 50c.
Free treats for all children on the grandstand
(Sponsored b tlie Kinsmen Club of Clinton)
25 Years Ago
McManus Dairy was "operating a
-new pasteurizing plant in a new
building erected on Hamilton
street.
Jerry Dalton had opened a new
chopping mill in one of the Na-
tional Ship Building Company
buildings on Brock street.
The 80 -year-old Club spent an
enjoyable afternoon at a garden
Clara Bow, the "It" girl, was
playing in a film entitled "True
to the' Navy" al the Capitol theatre.
Opening show at the new all -talk-
ing picture theatre was "The Loye
yarade," starring' Jeanette Mac -
'Donald and Maurice Chevalier.
15 Years Ago '
Fifty-two members of "C" Com-
pany of the Huron -Middlesex Regi-
ment, N.P.A.M., were under can-
vass at the Thames Valley camp
near Lander),
James Culp, of Kitchener, had
been named to fill the vacancy
caused by the transfer a Traffic
Officer,. A. Webb. to Guelph.
There was a huge influx of
tourists . into Goderich for Civic
Holiday reek -end, more than the
town could handle, with the result
that several ,people had, to •go to
other area towns to seekaecone-
=dation.
Gambling concessions with a
midway playing in Victoria Park
were closed down by police acting
on instructions from Crown At-
terney D. E. Holmes. Two visitors
from Michigan claimed they had
been "taken" for $120 each.
Goderich took a one -game lead
in the semi-finals of the Bruce
Junior League, :defeating Ripley 3-2
in a „game here.
10 Years Ago
Town Council passed with' op -
.position a resolution instructing
the Town 'Clerk to write the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario enquir-
ing if a liquor store and a brewer's
warehouse could be opened in
Goderich if a resolution favoring
this action was passed by the
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Goderieh ladies' softball team
defeated the Union team 24-16 in
a game played at Union.
The. •fire cointaittee of Town
Council proposed, .to purchase
--t`fogncel" equipmet for the fire
department at a cost of $292.95.
The Count., owned by J. W.
Brown, of ilew Liskeard, won the
free-for-all event •at the Civic Holi-
,day harness race !meet staged -here.
At a meeting %f the Board of
Trade it was decided to ask Huron
• Members of Parliament ..to use
their influence to have HMCS
Goderich placed permanently at
this port as a training ship when
items taken out of coimnission.
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in vief the splemlid co,operation of our citizens in the matter of hose service during
the extreme drought, a close cheek of daily consumption has been kept and, with further
ati* On,pf the eitizens, TEE spina O} MIME (OAN BE EXTBIN1DBD.
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Modern Building
BRICK OR FRAME HOMES
MODERNIZING KITCHENS
ALSO DUPLEXING
ALTERATIONS - TILE FLOORS
ALL TYPES OF ROOFING
Reasonable Prices.
Skilled labor -free estimates.
Please phone or contact
Bruce E. Ryan
CONTRACTOR
175 BROCK ST. GODERICH
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Reverence
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'deep responsibility to those
we serve is a fundamental
part of our ideals.
Our Eon/ea/Chapel
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Floyd M. Lodge
former! BROPH s
FUNERAL HOME
PHONE 120 • GODERICH
Letters to the Editor'
The Signal -Star weltioneS letters on topics of relit* interest
from its readers but does not necessarily share the opinions of the
writers. Every Signal -Star reader should feel perfectly free- to
voice his or her opinions 'in these columns. As evidence of good
faith, every letter must hive the writer' e own name as well as the
"nom de plume that might be used. •
Colborne Township, one, I understand, misrepresented
August 6, 1955. Dr. Aldie statements: One would
Editor, Signal -Star. think that every one who has to
come to the hospital developed
notice by the Signal -Star boils. Nothing could be further
that for thesecond time in a short from the truth. PlitientS tome in
while a car has crashed into the- with :boils and have to be treated.
This hospital is a 55 bed hos
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ental but has occasionally accom-
modated as many as 75 and some-
times 80. There is a 24 bed wing
for chronic patients who eannot
care for themselves in etheir own
home. These patients, to, get
good care by nurses assigned to
this group. ,
I met some of them on' the lawn
where they eould just sit; as one
'man said, enjoying the greenitrees
and the fresh breezes.
Pm in a wing on the first floor.
election there was talk that there pee had no special privileges but
would be an announcement about I• couldnn imagine patients being
when and.where a new bridge and in a better place.
road over the Maitland River at I've had a few interesting out -
this point would be built. Now of -town visitors in to see me. The
that the election is over, there's
not a word about it.
It's getting about time that some-
thing snore than blueprints were e
in the office of the Ontario Depart -
anent of Highways on this needed
improvement. It's like negotiat-
ing an obstacle course to come up
that snake road and skid over the
two narrow bridges.
Some day a really bad accident
might hurry things along.
Yours truly,
COLBORNE FARMER.
side of the C.N.R. overhead bridge
leading down to Saltford from
Goderich. Itcomes as no surprise
and it is a wonder there are not
many. more accidents there.
This bridge and the one over the
Maitland „River at Saltford are
nothing but motoring hazards. with
their narrow widths. 1 doubt if
there are any freaks left like them
along the entire route of No. 21 -
Highway.
Before the recent Provincial
irkwits,DAY, AUG' kith, 195.5
most comment hs ' been,
"There is a ate* ala in this
hospital."
It is very quiet, restful and
homey. When patients are well
enough to walkaround or use a
wheel -chair or cratehes,."they can
visit each other or sat an the sun,
room. 1. haven't felt sick, but was
unfortunate in, fracturing my foot.
The ..hoseital is 'not a modern
building as -we- see thla_m built to-
ddy. The main part. Of the ?build-
ing was formerly One a tthe beauti,
fill old homes of Goderich convert-
ed into a haspitel. le -understand
the new addition to the hospital
is for surgical work' and for ma-
ternity patients.
I doubt if one would get any
better service anywhere. One
cannot complain of the „service
given by doctors and nurses. The
older patients who have had to
remain here for several months
express the same opinion. be-
lieve the friendly, helpful atmos-
phere is contributing towards their
recovery. They have commented 4.1
en the excellent meals -served.
Same of the young aides are
High School girls. They are coma
potent and courteous and do many
little acts of kindness-thet others
would not have time to do.
JOSIE G. SAUNDERS.
Goderich, Ont.,
August 5, 1955.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sin -As' a patient in our •Alex-
andra Marine and General Hospite
al for the last three weeks, per-
haps the general public might like
to have a few facts.
I read both letters. The first
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