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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1955-08-18, Page 1Year -•-e r . 32 „GODERICH, ONTARIO, "TRUROAY, AUGUST 18th, 1955 "r. ,10 bOpportunitYder� c. en By ar��e O Trade ..air - 4�.,... enin � Goderich has an opportunity to attain new industries by * providing good waterfront sites, C. .W. West, of Ottawa, mem- ber of the St . Lawrence Seaway Authority, said- in an address prepared for delivery last night at the official opening of the Kinsmen Club -sponsored Goderich Trade Fair at Agricultural Park. Mr. West, one of Canada's leading figures in construction and operation of canals and other navigational works, said that good harbor sites were not as plentiful in the Great Lakes area as one might perhaps expect. "The best sites have ,already been occupied and are becoming increasingly more congested," he said. "Here, it seems to me, lies the opportunity for ports such as Goderich to attain hew industries, by providing good waterfront sites," Mr. West said. Water Supply Another factor which has spur- red the trend of industry to the Fear of "Connie" kept eight United States cabin cruisers' ihugging the safety of .Gode- rich harbor over the weekend. But withthe exception df a bit of rain and a sright wind, clothing like the ,advertised hurri.eane made its .appear- ance. The number of visiting 'cabin cruisers •is, eom�rnencing 'to fall off, indicating the ap- proach to the end of the summer season. ti :On Thursday S.S. Bricolcl-oc rived 'from ' the . Lakehead with grain for: Goderich Elevators. The name day the George F. Rand came in from an Ohio pont with a load of coal for Sifto Salt Limited. On Sunday the John Erics- .son arrived• with grain from the Head of the Lakes for the •' Upper Lakes and St. Lawrence . . Transportation 'Company. Mon- day saw the Starbuck arrive with grain for Goderich Elev- ators. Fishing this summer has fallen off -'badly. Even commercial, fish- ing out of Goderich has come to a halt. • .As a result, Ed Siddall has taken his Moats .to. take Erie and, is fishing 'there for several weeks. Good progress is being made On repairs to the breakwaters. Government inspectors were here on Tuesday to look over the work. • o• o o rift("� Huron County had one of the largest groups in the Derry Day parade staged in Goderich, last 'Saturday by the Black Knights of Ireland.- Crowds line the parade route around the ,Square to watch the colorful ceremony, despite a persistent drizzle of rain. Following the parade, •a aerogram was staged at the grand- stand in Agricultural Park, where several officers' of the Black Knights gave addresses. The above photo shows 'the Huron County grqup rounding,the Square between Montreal and South streets. (S -S. Photo,' by R.H.) Halt s�► Faus TDrizzle Marchers' InAnnual-Dere�DayCelebratiofl Rain did its best to try to spoil W Library Truck ' Scouts Leave Ne here on Saturday, but Royal Black the Derry Day- celebration held Boy With summer holidays for school children nearing an end, a big swimming meet is being planned for next Wednesday at the Judith Gooderham Memtarial Playground swimming pool. Recreation Director. Ted Wil- liams said yesterday that Goderich swimmers• would oppose a group of •about 30 youngsters from the RCAF Station at Centralia. It is hoped that a return meet can be staged at Centralia, in the near future. Next Wednesday's meet is slated - to get underway at 2.30 p.m. and events will include free style, breast stroke, underwater swim- ming and dog paddle for the small- er swimmers. In 'addition, it is planned to stage a number of novelty relay races. The .events, Mr. Williams saki, -will- be open to boys and , ,girls 14 years of age and under. Officials hope also to get some lbjeachers at thee pool so that spectators will be able to watch the activities. • As' a windup to.' the regular swimming classes held at the local pool this summer, youngsters who nook instruction 'staged a meet, on Wednesday oflast week under the supervision of their instructor; Mrs- Beryl' Harper. 0 0 0 For Big Jamboree Goes Into Service Knights , •of •• Ireland Preceptories .. •anal Ladies' Crystal Lodges from • Bright and shiny, the new 1iron. from Michigan braved a heavy all parts of Southern Ontario. and Great Lakes Troop Seven, made County mobile library truck went drizzzle to stage their annual,par- 1.1P of Boy ,Scouts from this area into service this week, a larger ade ;and program-. attending the Eighth World Scout vehicle than -the" one. which, has Approximately 1,500 people took Jamboree at Niagara -on -the -Lake been in service for about seven part in the parade with a good for the . next 10 days, left a pre - years. • h shelving in 2,000 .more spectators watching the `camps` session at 'Holmesville today The new vehicle, with s e v g proceeding's. spree for same 1,600 books, was, p Earlier this year, it was estim- by bus for the jamboree campsite. requested and approved at a meet- ated that :about •. 20,000 people The boys, including six from ing of Huron County Council early would be here for the big day, Goderich and Scoutmastr Glen this year. According to Mrs R G 1 blamed much G. but officials the from Goderich w e as aet - Lodge he Eckmier, county librarian,' the smaller attendance on the fact -that larger mobile library enables theStratford staged a similar celebra ing as Assistant Scoutmaster of classification of books into cate tion on Saturday. Goderich had the Troop, started the pre -camp gories for children and. adults. . been selected as the official site for session on. Tuesday morning. Through the year, the vehicle- the event at a Grand Lodge meet- Besides the Goderich boys, wrill.<-make a complete tour of the ing in Toronto, the officials said.•Scouts in Troop Seven are from county' every three months, in All morning, busloads and car- Wi,arton, Port Elgin, Southampton, March, ,Tune, September and De -d loads of marchers were arriving Owen Sound, Hanover, Durham, cember, calling on'schools a • in town, and by late morning the Kincardine, Lucknow, y ton, Harriston, 'Palmerston, Listowel, Seaforth, Centralia, Clinton and Ailsa Craig. The jamboree runs from today until August 28 -and will be attend- ed by 10,000 Scouts from 56 coun- tries of the world. , The six from Goderich are Arthur Peachey, John Simmons, Ed. Stoddart, Dan Leeson, Don McArthur and William Haysom. ickburn Pipe Band of Varna. Mr. Lodge said that he had re - In the parade were 15 Royal ceived a communication from local libraries and making book sound of fife and drum echoed, exchanges. uptown. • When the new Huron County Leads Parade ' Court House here is completed, The parade, which formed up at the library, at present located on Agricultural Park, started at about Nelson street, will have three 2 p.m. and marchers proceeded rooms on the ground floor. ' around the Square led by Huron ' o 0 o County Grand Master Robert Hits • bert, of Wroxeter, on a black Await Date horse: Next came the combined Goderich Pipe Band and. the Ban - The Square will take on a carnival -atmosphere on Sature day when a merry-go-round will be -in operation opposite Blue's ALGA Super' Market. Free rideS will be given to all children qualifying fair,tickets. How these tickets can • be obtained is explained in • - Blueise•1•arge--IGA.Supere Market_._ advertisement .in this issue of . the Signal -Star. Still no definite date has been set for start of paving the Square, although according to Town Hall reports, the company has been advisedthat the project should start immediately following. Labor Day. Contract for the work was a- warded several months ago, to Warren Bituminous Paving .Com- pany. Originally, it had been planned to start the paving either Iate in • •May or early in June, but this proposal was abandoned • when it was found thatethe'" "Ontario Municipal Board had to give ap- proval of the necessary expendi- ture without having a ratepayers' vote. This aproal has been re- ceived., Cost' .of thee project has been estirnated at $40,000 with the Ontario Department of Highways bearing half of it. 0 oDIES SUDDENLY Mrs. Lorne Broadley., formerly, iQ p.m. Wednesday. 'Complete obitu- ary- in next week's issue. waterfront, he said, was the supply of water for industrial uses. "You are, no doubt, well aware of the growing water problems of, this part -.of Canada once' one has moved back from the lakefront. Modern.. industrial practices are tending. toward heavier consump- tion of water, and this is becoming a :prominent factor in the location of industries. You• have ample - supplies of what is threatening to become a .scarce,„ commodity in some areas. "It is Only prudent ' to • realize that the Seaway by itself will' not funnel traffic to particular ports and bypass others. For the Sea- way to reach its• potential develop- ment, ports must • attract new in- dustries which will provide, in re- turn, traffic for the Seaway. This requires that each ,post must evalu- ate it own position based on its ,ow particular circumstances. The Seaway will provide a greater equalization of opportunity in that every port will be on the Seaway: I ween sure that Goderich will be able to caipitalize to the full its ex, cellent location alongside what will become the direct ports ,,of the world." Stirs Hopes Outlining the background of •the Seaway, Mr. West told the open- ing night crowd at the four-day trade fair that few engineering projects had stirred the ' imag.in-, ation and. hopes of so many people for over half a century as' this one. He outlined the steps that were taken leading up to the St. Law- rence Seaway Act being proclaim- ed in force by Order -in -Council on July 1, 1954, a)ipointing a presi- dent and two members. He reviewed also the main con- struction divisions of the Seaway.' Tt�te 'Lachine section, 3,U miles in lehgth, *ill extend from ,Montreal harbor to Beauharnois wilh a total lift of: 45, feet. It is estimated to cost $122,500,000. The Beauhar- nois section, 16 miles, will have a total lift of 84 feet and will cast an estimated $47,000,000. Other big projects are dredging of the Lake St. Francis section, construc- tion of . the International Rapids section and the W„elland Ship Canal. C n "As -of now,” he said, "contracts have -been awarded and work is underway on 13 miles of channel and dyke in the Lachine section. Dredging contracts have been a- warded.. in St. Louis and Lake St. Black Knight Preceptories, for ( Scout Headquarters pointing out Crystal Chapters and seven bands. Preceptories included Amberley, North Wellington, Tara, Sarnia, London (Hackett), London (King Solomon), Woodstock, Listowel, Wallaceburg, Windsor, Chatham, Essex County, Port Huron, • Royal Oak and Huron -County. Ladies' Crystal Lodges were from London, Windsor, Woodstock and .Sarnia. Bands included: Goderich Pipe Band and Bannockburn Pipe Band, Blue Water Port Hurt% Fife and Drum Band, London Young Con- querors' Fife and Drum Band, Lis- towel Legidn-Pipe Band, Waldemar Fife and Drum Band, WoodhamFife and Drum Band and Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band. " Sarnia had the largest precep- tory -on parade. and Woodstock brought the largest ladies' group. List Prizes Parade prizes/awarded included: preceptory coming the farthest, No. 615 Goldsmith (Essex County); -eryslai.....epm ng.. e efarfheste._-No,w 44 Windsor; best crystal, No. 18• London; second best crystal, No. 41 Sarnia; best preemptory banner, No. 436 Tara; best crystal banner, No. 18 London; best primary pre- ceptory banner, Arnrberley; second befit primary preeeptory, Tara; best (fife and drum band, London; second best .file and drum band, Sarnia beat pipe band, Listowel; seconttrbest pipe band, Chatham; best ether band, Goderich• Girls' Trumpet 'Band. Winning a prize gas, the member longest in, the order was Sir Kt. William Murray, • 92, 'of Seaforth, Past Grand Master of the Grand Chapter of .Manitoba. He has been• a preceptory mei iber_.for • 8 years. At the rally held at Agricultural Park a stage had been set lip on the infield, but rain .forced the program to be held on the grand- stand. Welcome to the visitors was ex- -tended ;by Huron County Grand Master Robert • I1ibbert and 'J'. H. Graham, Reeve a Goderich. Pray- er of dedication iwtls offered by Rev. Sir Kt. -3. H. White, of Lon - It the third major barn fire in the Goderich district this month, Fletcher Fisher, Bentailler, lost a barge barn pn his farm last. Thurso day morning. Loss was estimated at $201000. Sixty pigs and nine calves per- ished in the blaze and ahnost the entire hay and grain crap was lost. ' Fire was kept from spreading to an adjoining barn and a driving shed by the Go.detich Fire Depart- ment, which 'was. eared to the. scene, and neighbors, On Augtist 1, two barns- were destroyed near Auburn and other barn and two houses' were tihreatened. The blaze Was. discovered at about 9.30 a:m: by Mrs. Fisher, who called to tthe Workers putting bay in' the barn • 'It just looked like a bail 'of fire coming +quit" of the r'chifie, Mrs Fisher sa# "and hi matter, ing." The workers had topped. the machine to remove . traw which had- been winding around the abaft. Before the straw could be cleared, however, it 'burst into - flames. The large L-shaped barn was destroyed in a matter of minutes, leaving only a,.ppile of rubble•. and the stone foundation., "Fortunately, oundation.- "Fortunately, most of the cattle were outside," Mr. Fisher said. "We got otle bull out, but it was impossible to get to the rerhainder of the anithals As for building plans, Mr. Fisher is still undecided. "We have been dust too busy to even think about it," he said. 5. Darty this week, he had started to clean up the rubble and was salvagingwhat littlegrain he could om ruins. ' e might be from the. • g: �', able 'to feed some of the grain to the pigs, but even that is doubt- ed minutes theflames were spread- ful,i' he said. desboro. Sir Kt. John Morrison, of,Sarnia, Deputy Grand, Master of the Grand :black Chapter of • Ontario West was guest speaker and :outlined the siege of Londonderry. Ana- tive of . Derry County, he . said he ,(Continued on page 4) that there would not ..be visiting hours at the jamboree today and tomorrow, and on August 27 and 28. He ' pointed out also, , however, that it would be appreciates] if anyone from the Goderich area in- tended to visit the jamboree on visiting days would take along some Boy Scouts who might want to see the big camp. Francis, and work is well der - way on the canal and lock a Iro- quois,>Other contracts s will be let this month, he said, and still more by the end of the year. Target date is to have the Sea- way completed at the opening of navigation in •1959, "While this schedule. leaves little leeway for mischance, delay, and unforeseen interruptions that are incidental to a construction project of this magnitude, the Authority never- theless expects to meet the target date." Mr. West noted that it was dif- ficult to overestimate the import- ance of the Seaway, providing deep water transportation nearly half- way across a continent. Adjoins Industry He.. pointed out that the Seaway, 'project cuts through all of indus- trial North America, with over 60 per cent of Canada's population' in Ontario and Quebec adjoining it.. And -the Great Lakes -St. Lawrence system will permit the movement of many' of Canada's rich,. though widely scattered 'natural resources, not only to industrial regions ad- joining the Seaway, .but to other North American and overseas markets by economical water transportation.. "Here in Goderich you have an excellent harbor with a coptrolling depth in the inner harbor of 'about 23 feet at extreme low water. I understand that Marples -Ridgeway Ltd: are at present carrying out harbor improvement work for the Department of Public Works, and it I am given to understand that ,is a feasible proposition to provide 27 -foot depth with between 3,000 and 4,000 linear feet wharfage," he said. Hesaid that most of his work on the Seaway had been largely confined with the project's engin- eering • aspects. Speaking briefly on the economic aspects, however, he noted that Goderich had made its,name as a trans -shipment paint for grain. Effect On Grain "-It ..would be idle to pretend," Mr. West said, "that the Seaway, by providing a direct route to Montreal and below for large ves- sels, is not going to have an im- portant effect an the present grain movement on the Lakes." %Gode- rich would first be interested in retaining at large a share of. -the present volume as possible. "Here in your favor you will continue to have a common interest with Canada's two major railways that '(Continued on page 4) G. W. WEST Goderich Trade Fair, expanded over the big event staged here for the first time last year, got under- way with a bang last • night as roaring bombs and. a flag -bearing rocket saluted the start of the four days of activities. Sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of • ,Goderich, the fair is being staged at the Goderich Memorial Arena and the adjoining Agricul- tural Park. And again this year °therehs- something to interest the- youngest to the oldest. More Booths Inside the arena, 60 booths, 20 more than last year, have been set up by Huron County merchants and manufacturers. yesterday, as exhibitors were putting finishing touches to their displays, the vast interior of the arena presented a myriad of colors. Outside the ,,b,i,lp•g, on the parking lot, displays of machinery are being featured. And something ,new has been added this year. A midway has been engaged for the entire four. days and nights with rides for all' the family. Stage Shows • Departing from last year's pro- cedure, when programs were stag- ed indoors, the Kinsmen have lined up tap -notch radio, TV and stage talent for an outstanding stage show each night in front of the grandstand at the park. One group of entertainers was to be featured last night and- tonight ''ith an entirely different troupe for to- morrow and Saturday nights. Tonight, the younger folk will have a special • pro,gram., a free teen-age dance in the arena audi- torium. And tomorrow night, wo- men will be in the spotlight as the Goderiche>,Kinette Club stages its hair styling and fashion show in the auditorium. ' On the closing day, Saturday, horse races will be the highlight of ,the afternoon, with an excel- lent card set to be run. Three big. classes will be staged in the har. • ness events and there will be -- running races, pony races and a saddle class for the Flamini) Trophy. Grand climaat of the - fair on Saturday night will see various draws being made for prizes, ;in- cluding valuable awards being offered by the Kinsmen Club. ' Fireworks lighting up the sky will bring the fair to a close late Saturday night, DIES IN CLINTON The death occurred in Clinton hospital on Tuesday of Mrs Thomas Fulford, 79, the former Mary Joh Aston of Hullett Town- ship. She rs survived by four sons, eWilliam, Arthur and Earl, of Clin- ton; Charles, of Goderich; and one daughter, Mrs. Fred Fritzley, of Goderich. Funeral service was to have been• held this afternoon in Clinton. !3 a r t nSff ? who be%n like this! Youngs 'seers fi"otYi oderioh ng to N'o. 532 Maitland Air Cadet Horne was never g . two weeks at the RCAF Station in Squadron and attended the annual:strainer tamptampduring the p s a':t Clinton, learned mord than marchifng. In the above photo, Flying Officer W. J. Johnston, one of t1e street the .correet bed squadron s .ariatruot+ors, shows LAIC Drill +1?wen; of Elizabeth , �' �aking technique: Dill and other members of the sqUakon returned ,:fj:otb the camp last Saturday. , Herb Neill never stops col- lecting museum pieces—nand it. doesn't matter what size they are. Just this week, for instance. he journeyed to Chatsworth, near Owen Sout d, and came bark with a massive -stone and- - stump nd- stump lifter that had come into use about 70 years ago. At "Fair Mr. Neill, who is curator at the Huron County Pioneer Museum in Goderich, plans to have the massive machin on display at the Goder�ieh Trade Fair this 'week. Yesterday morning he was preparing t '' take it to the parking lot out- side Goderich Memorial' -Arena where many of the exhibits are placed. ' The lifter is 10 feet wide at the rear, six feet wide at front, 10 feet high and 17 feat long, excluding the 'tongue where the team of horses was hitched. The back part of the lifter has 4% -foot wheels. In the centre of the machine, where the lifting is done, there is a shaftto which is attached two heavy chains. When in oper- ation, the- chains are wrapped around' the stone or stutrip:' On the shaft is a large wooden: -'heel. A rope " is wound around this .Wheel and � when, the rope is pulled the winding process • lifts the s `ine. • or stuiri out,on . Thf the gro e'n the horses ' 011 the Wee •s .to wherever the article . is lo dumped. "I can 'barely remember one of these machines," Mr. Neill said, "but I have seen fences built from huge stone taken from the ground by ane of these lifters." After the trade fair is fin- ashec��--he-.,piaaas the lifter, give it a good paint, ing and move it piece by piece into an addition built at the • rear of the museum, this year. Another acquirement which • Mr. Neill has made this sura - mer and which is now on display at ,the museum is a steam thresher which came into use around 1$90. Second Type This thresher, with a hori- zontal boiler, is the second type of steam thresher used in Ontario, Mr. Neill said. It ' uses a return flue system and produces 14 horsepower. It was built by the George White •Company in London. He already has on display; the first type of steamhr sh- :a er, with a vertical boiler, `` d w,11 was ;first .used im ,tie .ow he he wants`,^ . lig the :third stag oprnth ref- thiis. litaohix►k)+ ► t f t d { ii luo dy: f rFS Sar. sten �o t Dut he wont, found it. 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