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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WE Y fit 'o
Established 1848. In its 108th year of publication. . . ABC .
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher:
THURSDAY, NOV'. 10th, 1955
AN INSPIRING ADDRESS
Rhys Ii. Sale, presit of Ford Motor
Company of Canada, is a public-spirited
'dustrialist, and in a recent address to the
'),Canadian Club of Toronto he- set forth some
views on the economic outlook of this country
that are worthy of wide attention. He was
acornful of those Canadians who see the
present "boom" as merely a prelude to a
bast'," Conceding that there may be an
occasional flat spot and even a few dips on
Canada's road ahead, he points to fa its in
the path of Canada's progress Which tFrfA his
opinion warrant abundant optimism,
"In 1945 a group of our best economists
.and statisticians issued an estimate of
12,800,000 as the prospective population of
Canada in 1955. In 1948, only seven years
ago, there was a further estimate. This time
the forecasters named 197'1 as the year in
which Canada's Population would ,reach
15,500,000, and indicated a total of only
18,000,000 by the year 2000. Canada's popu-
lation has already outrun the 1945 estimate
by 2,900,000 and is sixteen years ahead of the
1948 forecast."
"Out' ability to produce has been en-
garged at a phenomenal rate. Enormous sums
of new capital investment have added depth
' and breadth to the national eeononny', There
trial capacity through' the enlargement of�
existing plant and the creation of hundreds
of new industries. By far the largest amnia,
however, has gone into the development of
natkral resources, and the names of giant
new undertakings all across the country have
become household words for Canadians."
Mr, Sale notes a certain conservatism in
Canadians in the matter of investment. People
in the ,United States, he says, seem to have
more Faith in the future of our national re-.
source developments than have Canadians
themselves, and he urges that Canadians
should demonstrate their faith in the future
by sharing in these developments so that too
large a share of the ownership of Canadian
enterprises should not go into the hands of
capitalists in the United States, Great Britain
and elsewhere.
'If there is one thing that can slow down
national progress it will not be a shortage of
national resources, of -manpower, or of capi-
talk" the speaker continued. • It would be a
portage of men of the mental equipment to
take leadership in the use of the opportunities
presented, and •he urged an output from our
eduucational system that, would provide a flow
of young people equipped with highly devel-
oped mental and manual skills to handle the
has been an astounding, expansion of indus-� tasks of the future.
EDITORIAL NOTES
We note a • published prediction that-- the
eoniing winter is going, to be a tough one.
Next in order will be an "expert's" forecast
of a •mild, open winter: We shall knoW• more
about it next :March.
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Last week's storm was reminiscent of the
great storm on the Lakes on the 9th of Novem-
ber, 1913, when so tuany- ships went down with '
their crews, If is remembered that after that
disaster them were several weeks of good
weather before winter set in. A similar period,
this year would be welcome, especially to
farmers who have -not been able to finish their
fall work.
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Are you qualified for a vote at the muni-
cipal elections? If you are, and if yoti wish
to exercise your franchise, there is something
for you to. d�. That is, see that your nave
is on the voters' list. which is now printed and
open . to inspectitln. There 'is always a possi-
bility of error, and now is the time for you -
to make sure that there is no error that con-
cerns you. , •
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According to the Printed Word, published
at Toronto, city dwellers seldom see the stars.
"In Montreal or Toronto one may go around
for weeks without a good clear look at stars."
At last we are- given a reason for the scaling
of the Provincial 'subsidy to. rnunileipalities
from $4 a,, head to Toronto down through the
smaller cities and the 'towns to $L50 a head
for the townships -compensation to City folks
for their inability to look up- to the heavens.
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A• Port Arthur editor dise'usses pie. Ile
thinks a. law should be passed that a serving
of pie should be at least one-sixth of a ,por-
tion of suitable thickness. Seemingly he has
been put 'off with a one -twelfth piece.• If
there is going to he any law about it, the piece
ahouid be one-quarter of a standard -sized pie,
and of generous clepf,h. In the meantime, the
Port Arthur pian should keep looking around
to find the eating place where he can get the
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most • pie •for - his -money. .
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The I'ostoffiee portfolio in the Federal
Government, 'made vacant by •tlie death 'of
Hon. A. Cote, has been taken over temporarily
by Huh., IIR Lapointe, .who will administer it,
,in 'addition to the Department of Veterans'
Affairs, until a new Postmaster=General is
appointed. In the interval, if Mr. Lapointe
should wish to Make his term 'in the Depart-
ment memorable, he might bring back postal
charges to the'point at which they were until
they were increased note long ago. Not only
would this tend to enhance his own reputation,
it would wipe out one of the most generally
unpopular moves the St. Laurent Government
has made.
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A CHANGE NEEDED
(Dundalk Herald)
Printers are of the opinion that the Municipal
Act should be changed, making it necessary for
assessors to return the earlier earlier than the last of
September. This allows municipal clerks too brief
a time to go over the voters' list and to have it re -
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Down Memory's
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45 Years Ago
The Grand Trunk Railway pas-
senger station at the head of East
street was destroyed by fire. The
building was only eight years old
at the time.
Harrison's Jewellery 'store under-
went complete renovation. Winner
of a contest sponsored by Mr.
Harrison was Miss B. Kilpatrick,
who received a Regina watch.
The affirmative team, Benson
Long and. Howard Walter, were
judged winner., of a debate, the'
subject of which was. "Resolved
that detrimental effects must en-
sue from the compulsory teaching
of the French language in Ontario
Public Schools." Judges were Dr.
Field, J. H. Tigert and W. H.
Robertson.
25 Years Ago
Contractors completed their
work on the north pier and were
making good progress on a section
of the south pier. •
. Messrs. O. F. Carey and Son we5re
installing a wire linking them up
with the Toronto Stock Exchange
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THE BIBLE
TODAY
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UPPER CANADA BIBLE SOCIETY,
History Is repeating itself right
now.
Recently a Hausa native in
Northern Nigeria walked seven
miles to a Sudan Interior Mission
$ook Shop to get aBible. As not
one was .available there he went
another seven miles to •Kagoro to
find the same acute shortage. With
determined expectancy he travel-
' led another mile to where a Bible
Society Colparteur • lived. After
his fifteen mile daunt he found the
supply exhausted there also.
In his disappointment he could
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° THURSDAY, NOV.* t • 050
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not •believe that 1.0,000 Hausa
Bibles were at the time enroute by
boat to Nigeria from Bible House
in Landon. The fact is this quant-
ity would be far short of meeting
the need even when they arrived.
One hundred and !fifty years ago
a little Welsh girl, Mary Jones by
name, after saving for ten years
walked twenty-six miles to get a
Bible only to find the last copy
sold.
October t4, 1756 was the birth
date of Rev: Chas. Thomas to- whom
Mary Jones appealed for a Bible
in 1804 at Mala, 'al T 4nan-.
ister reported' her p1i I1t .o• so:rue
of the greatest men 01 l'ngyisla His,
tory in London. Among these Were
industrial. executives and states-
men,
150 years later, right here in
Ontario, a group of imsinessrnen,
with like motives have agreed to
act as an Advance ;Committee of
the 'Bible Society for the purpose
of helping give God's Word to
all den. . Members of ,the com-
mittee are: Mr. J. Wm. Horsey,
Mr. E: G. Baker, Mx. R. C Berlein.-
shaw, 1VIr, R. D. Campbell, Mr. F: J:
Coombs, ldr. H. E. Foster,'Mr. a.
S. Hansfgrd, Mr. T. C. Mcormack,
Mr. G. C. Metcalf, Mx. R. A.
Robertson. -
Suggested Bible reada.ngs for the
week: Sunday, Rev. 7:9-17; Mon-
day, Rev. 2'1:1-7; Tuesday, Job 1:
1.22; Wednesday, Job 2:1-13; Thwrsy-
day, Job 28:4.28; Friday, Job .38:
1-41; Saturday, Job 42:1-117•
in anticipation of a rise of the
low stock prices.
15 -Years Ago
A violent windstorm caused con-
siderable damage in the area, in-
cluding the loss of four vessels.
Two Goderich lads, Sheldon Mac -
Math and Dan Rose, were feared
lost on the Anila C. Minch.
Walter Westbrook suffered sev-
ere injuries in a fall 'from a scaf-
folding on which he was working.
10 Years Ago
A frame house was moved from
the north-east. corner of Victoria
street and Elgin avenue, to a lot
on Ficton street to make room for
Bannister's service station.
Miss Diana Cameron, overseas
with the Women's Division of the
RCAF, appeared in a picture taken
of Queen Elizabeth inspecting a
unit under Squadron Leader Cam-
eron's cormnand.
No one was injured when a huge
wave rolled over the S.S.°Bayiton,
causing consideralile damage to the
superstructure, •lit was thought to
be a tidal wave_
Letter to the Editor
R. R. No. 1,
Sebringville, Ontario,
November 5, 1955.
Editor, Signal -Star.,
Sir:
The London Free Press, of No- Britannia and Hurcn Roads, was
vember .3rd quoted Mr. Perkins of referred to the ;Council in Com -
the tFarni • Products Marketing ' m•ittee of the whole at their meet -
Board as 'saying that persons are ing last Friday.
MORE PLAYGROUNDS
A request from Goderich Area
Planning Board to the Town Coun-
cil, that consideration, should be
given to the possibility of,purchas-
ing land for playground purposes
in the area bounded by Bayfield,
wrong who say Ontario Hog Pro-
diucers' Co-op is illegal. That
statement fis.Tight but that is not
what the complaint is about. The
✓Hwith a constitution hut it must og Co-op was set up in Ontario community was shocked to learn
work a °volun+tary plan. A co-op • of the sudden passing of Mrs. Bert
must be for the people and by the
people. This is as far as their
limitations go - because they have
never had legal authorization
through the required farmer vote
to operate the way they are. 'The
packers have likewise overrun
their limitations with our property
settleinents and for this they de-
serve punishment.
.._I am not saying that. the Co-op
is not legal. I am saying •that this
Co-op has •no express authority to
collect fees on ..all hogs saidbe-
cause they don't sell the hogs.
They only handle less than 10 per
cent. I also say that they have no
authority to direct the •movement
of hogs because you can't tell a
farmer where and how he has- to
sell his pigs. This - Co-op is legal
to run a voluntary marketing plan
but not a compulsory one. There
is 0 provision in the regulations
whereby a person (who can be a
farmer) may apply for an exemp-
tion to this form of compulsory
marketing.t It seems the officials
of the hog board don't understari
their own regulations which they
drafted,' and forced upon Ontario.
Then they "side stepped" the vote
issue that was required to make
the plan work.
The Co-op in itself could be
legal but their plan to operate as
they are and as they have been is
off the beam. If any farmer wants
'it, let him support it!but 1 won't.
ea Yours truly,
THEODORE PARKER.
WANTS TREE REMOVED
O?NN Y BROOK
DONNYBROOK, Nov: 8. - This
wised and printed,.
Printers want to do a good job, but rushed1
with work and with a deadline hanging over them,
the voters' list is too much of a pressure job, ,es-
pecially in the case of .municipalities which hold
nominations in November and . elections, if neces-
sary, in early December. The hard-pressed munici-
pal clerks and printers should be allowed more
time to check the names and print the lists.
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A woman well known for het charity couldn't
bear to know of the distress of others without doing
something- to • relieve it.
She returned to her table in a restaurant re-
cently and informed her husband that she had
just given $250 to the woman in charge of the
ladies' cloak -room.
"What's the matter with you?"' asked her
husband. "What's the idea of giving away money
like that?"
The woman's eyes began to dim with tears.
"The poor thing," 'she explained, "told me
she had no television set." -.
NEWS OF DUNGANNON
DUNGANNON, Nov. 8. - Mrs.
Abe Evans, Siiverton,,Man., daugh-
ter Nellie, Winnipeg, and son, Bob,
Smith's Falls, Ont., have veen visi-
ting the former's sister, Mrs. W. R.
Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Anderson,
Pauline and Billy and Mrs. Minnie
Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Finnigan, Walkerton, on Sunday.
The Dungannon Y.P.U. -- held
their regular meeting in the church
on Monday evening, Lorne Alton,
of the citizenship and community
service committee was in charge
for the devotional. ',.Theetopic for
the evening, "1 Believe in God,"
was taken by Lorne. The Scrip-
ture lesson
crip-ture.lesson was read by Keith Fin-
nigan. Wilmer Errington led in
prayer. Ronald Alton was in
charge of the business. Plans were
made to attend the Crusade for
Christ in Wingham. Lillian Popp
led in a sing -song. Games were
enjoyed by all under the leader-
ship of Marlene Maize.
Mrs. Sarah Errington returned
after visiting for a week with Mr:
and Mrs. Jack Skinn, of Wingham,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Culbert
were visited on Sunday by their
daughter, Mrs. Leonard Crawford,
and daughter, Lois, of Wingham.
Mrs. Jessie Petrie. --Mrs. Jessie
Petrie, 42, of R.R. 1, Dungannon,
wife of Charles K. Petrie, well-
known farmer of that district, died
Sunday in Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, after a short illness.
Born in Ashfield Township, she
spent her entire lifetime iti1-the dis-
trict. She was a member of Christ
Anglican -Church, Port Albert.
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Norman and Ronald,
both at home; four daughters,
Doreen, London; Elaine, of Gode-
rich; Anne and Lenore, both at
home; five brothers, Victor and
Clarence Hoy, both of Ashfield
Township; Robert and 'Clifford, of
Goderich, and Woodrow ,Hoy, of
London; two sisters, Mrs, Roy Pet-
rie, of Port Albert, and Mrs, Neil
Schram, of Goderich.
The funeral on Tuesday was con
ducted by Rev. 11. L. Jennings, o
Christ Church, Port Albert. Inter
ment was Made in Dunganno
cemetery. ,
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A letter from R. C. Hays, on be-
half of Jarnes,, Donaldson, request-
ing that a maple tree on the bogie -
yard 'between his place and Mrs,
Mooney's on North Street, be re-
moved and that the top of a near-
by Gingo tree be cut off, was re-
ferred to the Parks Committee by
Town Council at their meeting last
Friday. -
Thompson on Sunday -morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson of
Goderich were Sunday visitors at
the home of his brother, Mr. John
R. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Chamney
and daughters, Dorothy and Mari-'
lyn, of Wingham, were Sunday
visitors with his parents, Mr. 'and
Mrs. It. Chamney-
o OBITUARY
MRS. WM. PEARCE
Mrs. William Pearce, of London,
died Friday at St, Joseph's Hos-
pital. -
She had been a resident 'of Lon-
don for' the past 35 years and was
formerly of the Lambeth district.
Mrs. Pearce was a member of
Wesley United Church, London.
Surviving besides her husband
are two brothers, John W. Thomas,
of `Moose Jaw, and Edgar J. Thom-
as, of Goderich.
Funeral service 'was held at
Lambeth, conducted by the Rev.
G. W. Moore, of Knox United
Church. In•terxnentt was in Scotts-
ville Cemetery.
RI.
" ROBERT KEYS
Funeral service for Robert Ben-
jamin Keys, 83, of Brucefield, who
died Friday in Clinton Public Hos-
pitta ""after a shorrt illness} was held
at Clinton, Monday. The Rev.
Sydney Davidson, of Brtueefield
United Church, officiated; and bur-
ial was in Bayfield Cemetery.
He was born in Stanley Town-
ship where he farmed before re-
tiring to Brucefield several years
ago. He was a member of Bruce
field United Church. '
Surviving besides this wife, the
former Rachael • Ann Turner, are
four sons, Mervyn -Keys, Winnipeg;
Harvey Keys, Hensall; Allan. Keys,
Ottawa, and Gordon iKeys Forest;
and two sisters, Mrs. Lewis Ander-
son, Goderich, and Mo., , Samuel
•Htanna, Seaforth. '
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KING
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everyday business
Lending money for many different purposes is a major function
of the Royal Bank, so it is only natural to come to us when you
wish to borrow. A loan from the " koyal" usually costs less .. .
sometimes substantially less . '.. than one from other types of
lendingrinstitutions.
The maximum rate of interest on ' Personal Loans, for
instance,- is 6% on the unpaid balance. You do not have to be
depositor to borrow from the Royal Bank. We often make
loans to people who have had no • previous .dealings' with us.
Table shows how little it costs to arrange a Personal Loan'from the Royal -Bank:
25
b Months
12 Months
$ 24.50
24.21.79
$ .50*
*minimum ccharge
$ 4.17
2.09
f50
6 -Months .
• 12 Months .
18 Months
$ 49.14
48.42
47.73
$ .86
1.58
2.27
$ 8.34
4.17
2.78
100
6 Months
12 Months
18 Months
24 Months
'200
.6 Months
12 Months
18 Months
24 Months
$ 98.28
96.85
95.46
94.11
$196.56
193.70
190.93
188.23
$ 1.72
3.15
4.54
5.89
$ 3.44
6.30
9.07
11.77
$16.67
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5.56
4.17
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$33.34`
16.67
' 11.12 -
8.34
Monthly paymeits calculatedto nearest cent.
Other types of • loans, of particular interest to individuals, are
available through the Royal Bank at very reasonable rates;
FARM IMPROVEMENT LOANS, at rates even lower than
shown above - to - purchase implements and equipment;
to finance fencing and drainage systems; to construct a
new farm home, or other buildings on the farm; to repair,
alter, extend, or otherwise improve any existing farm
building and for many other constructive purposes.
N.H.A. MORTGAGE LOANS, to finance new home construction
in urban areas. -
HOME IMPROVEMENT LOANS- to repair, alter or extend existing
homes inva.rban areas.
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