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THE GODERIC
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Established 1848. In its 109th year of publication. as HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY w A n n •
' Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited !
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rsasber of Canadian Weekly Newspabers Association. Member of Ontario ' Weekly Newspapers
Association. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, 1956
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Fr WILL BE A FREE-FOR-ALL
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Indications are that four parties will be
iia the field for the Federal general election
expected next year. P.C. leader Drew in the
Commons last week made a plea that Opposi-
tion parties unite to ditch the Liberals. This,
be said, would 'be the only way to oust the
present Government. His" plea, however, was
sot received with enthusiasm by representa-
tives of the two ,so-called ``splinter" parties.
They would like o get the Liberals out, but
not by alliance with the P.C.'s. Mr. Cold -
well, C.C.F. leader, said Mr. Drew's proposal
sounded like Alice in Wonderland: He -did
not intend to join Mr. Drew's party. Social
Credit representatives also were not interes-
ted in the proposal.
So when the ballots are east next year
there will be some marked for Liberals, some
for Conservatives, some for C.C.F. and some
for Social Creditors.
EDITOR1AL NOTES
Two months of 1956 have .already gone,
but the cartoonists and authors of the comic
strips still fail to explain their jokes.
Winghani is the latest town in this county
to obtain a new industry. The Berry Steel
Door Corporation of Birmingham, Mich., has
leased a building in that town and Will employ
35 or 4430 people.
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- February may be a small month,. but it
does not intend to be passed by ,without .•
notice.- Last Saturday's performance, includ-
ing almost every eoneeivablertyp(�- f winter
weather, was a sample of «fiat it can do. It
was a wreef"eh i 'day:. - • .._ . _._ _�_ .•
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The word "secession'.' Was heard from a
Western member in the House of Commons 1
last week in the debate `on wheat surplus.
Get the grain moving overseas to" the counties
Whose fields -have been devastated by the win-
ter freeze and you won't hear a peep except
"How big is my wheat cheque?"
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Ir anglers`,can- wait that long, the. -legal
season for trout will open Saturday, April 28,
this year. Limits will be the same- as last year.
Beason for black bass in this district will -open
Monday,. July 2; limit six, not less than '11
ieehes.loiig.---•No-.eloaed season for sharks, pool
•r=othar4-.the_bigger the. better.
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John Diefenbaket, P.C. member from Al
Berta, has ism-tighta-new indictment against
the Ottawa Government. He accuses the
?rime Minister and 'Cabinet of " aggressive
silence." Just 'like Tommy when the teacher
asked him, "Was it you that put the toad in
my desk t" Suggestive silence 'by -Tommy.
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Those busy people of the Bureau of Sta-
'tiatics at ;Ottawa have figured out that the -
average number in the Canadigri family. is
increasing. In 1954 it was 3.7, including par-
ents; in 1955 it was 3.8.- -sAt this rate it wil-1
take a long time to get back to the 7 or 8, °
without parents, as in the good old days of
the last Century. .
A suggestion advanced at a recent meet-
ing of the Ontario Fairs Association, that the
small township fairs be merged in one large
county fair, might- as well be forgotten. - The
local fall fair is one of the ,most popular
events of the year' in the township in which
it is held and the people of the to*nship don't
intend to give up their own show in which
they take tt personal interest. As for a
county fair, how is it to be -decided in which
one of several larger towns it is to be held?
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1fetropolitau Toronto wants the Federal
or the Provincial Government, or both, to pay
part or the whole of the cost, of building a
-tunnel tuidrr-tLo-. I3at'_.._1;Q__lntaml4-:Is1�1nd,-�
that it • may he reached by ear. The scheme
is such a silly one that it is no wonder the
taxpayers of Toronto are not being asked to
put tip the cost, estimated at $17,000,000. 'With
easy access by. car the Island would be so
jammed that no person in, his senses world
want to go 'there but to `seF1 hot dogs, soft and
hard drinks, and such things. At any rate,
Provincial or Federal taxpayers should not be
asked to shell out for it: -
IT'S WHAT THE AD. SAYS
Every town hasa merchant who thinks the
sport page is the only page people read. Next door
to him the merchant prefers the back page heel -11W
that is "where people look first." -The-fEtillEte
across the street demands society because that's all
women read. -
And so it goes. Everyone has his own idea of
where people read most and first. The fact is they
are all wrong, and they are all right.
A study of reading habits of, hundreds of towns
made by the Bureau of Advertising found that all
pages of the newspaper are read. In fact, left-hand
pages get one per cent. more readers than right
hand -pages. -
The fact is, and .this is shown by the above
study, that the page and the position on that page
make not one whit of difference in capturing
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readers. It is whit- the ,advertisement says, how it
says it, and how it is presented thaf gets readers.
-The Pocketbook.
Huron - County Of The Month
(From Junior Farmers News)
hlr.nn is one _ of the larger On-
tario counties,, having 15 town -
saps. ''It can also boast of ,the
largest acreage of improved land
in the ,province, '74.20 of the total
land in the county or 615,000 acres.
There .are some 5,700 farmers, the
majority of ,whom are engaged. in
Mixed farming.'' Huron is also
proud of. its Junior Farmer-, Junior
Institute and 4 -II Club orgailiz
*tions.
The growing of cash crops is
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oasined mostly to the south end
(lithe county. In order of acreage
these are; white beans, sugar beets,
..turnips, soybeans, -canning corn
aid peas.
Fruit growing also plays an im-
portant part in the county's econ-
omy in the •Bayfield and Lucknow
aregia. A narrow strip of sandy
soil underlined with a gravel -sub-
soil extends the length of the coun-
ty adjacent to Lake Huron. This
its very'suitable for the growing of
fruit,' particularly apples...
One hundred and twenty-nine
thousand hogs were produced 'for
market last .-year while poultry
numbered some one and three-
quarter billions. The area within
a 15 -mile -radius of Seaforth is one
of the most concentrated poultry
eitaeitig areas in Camilla.
lin beef cattle there are more
ttian..fiur hundred Peso -bred Short-
toerr. Hereford and Aberdeen
astgats herds. Approximately forty
ilimolslwas 1 head of dairy cattle are
.'Mgr the bulk of the milk being
ant tar concentrated milk markets'
and for the production of butter.
�atre: cesinty_town, Goderich, "the
prettlest--town is (rinds;'' Is situ=
' ated sit Lake Huron, 110 'miles due
w+esrbt Zbronto-- -It -hits ekcellent
ihariet'•daeilltles and is well known
ler 'Its grain elevators, .flour- mills
not,ial • IUFfIIG• ,Tlie'i4own is laid
Out'. fs' the lots» s1, aa'wheel With
As streets radiating- Brom the
sesircf.Witkibe near -court bouse-
;w►iaigtw,"=.�1uma�s ','radio town,
tie town in" Cithada
lil�rrfii asprV
dila oak* ..eMM�y��j�
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Orhici '.;i* located
pa rtba ®C; Uwirouti-,
'w�i• 310.1111$
by S. B. Stothers. 'The work is
now carried on by G. W.Montgom-
ery and the Assistant Agricultural
Representative, Arthur Bolton..
Junior Farmer Organization
• The first Junior Farmer organiz-
ation in Huron County was formed
around Exeter in 1923 with Enos
Herdman. as the first president.
Today there are six Junior•.In'sti-
tute and Junior Farmer clubs in
the county with a total mertiber-
ship of 309.
The County Executive for the
Junior Institute is headed by Presi-
(lent, Lois Jones. Other members
are: Past president, Helen John-
ston; 'vice-president, Catherine
-Cantpbell, and secretary -treasurer,
Marion Brock. President of the
County Junior Farmer executive is
Arnold Alton. On the County ex-
ecutive are: Past president, How-
ard Pym; vice-president, Earl Mc-
Spadden, and secretary, Boyd
Taylor.
Events sponsored by the Count
Executive are: the Drama Festival,
Field Day, Church Service and
Formal Dance. Last year the .Jun-
iors carried out a mail box project
and thisear they are taking the
Soils Project.
Since October the Junior Farm-
ers and Junior Institute clubs have
been competing for a trophy, to
be •awarded -to the club having the
best meetings. Points are award-
ed for attendance= subject of
milting, attention of members,
participation of members, length
of meeting, starting on time and
many others.
In August of last year some
eighty Junior Farmers and Junior
Institute members took a. -bias trip
10 Detfoit, visiting the tatro Re.
search Farms, ..assay-TIarris-Fer-
guson Plant; - Ford Museum, and
Greenfield Village.
4-H Clubs
The majority of Junior Farmer
and Junior Institute merfibers in
?Huron are leaders or members of
the 441, Club program. With a
membership -of approximately 500,
it is one of' the llatgest 4-li pprr
,grams in Canada. The-highlfght
of ..the 4-11;year_ was when 50033
.4-ff Club members boarded an
alar -•dial CNR train for
1$hour whirlwind tsar of Toronto.
in-Ja tna! of Iast`year a maminoth
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4-11 Chicken Barbecue was held
in the Agricultural grounds at Sea -
forth under the sponsorship of the
Huron County 4.11 Club Leaders'
Association. This organization is
made-up of 71 -votnmcer. armers
who assist the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture in the oper-
ation of the 4-11 program.
At the annual Inter -County 4-11
Club Competition held at O.A.C.,
Guelph, Huron County last year
had the largest number of teams
ever entered from any couflty. In
the Beef Club Competition, five of
Huron's eight teams placed in the
top ten.
Honors Won
The-Lucknow 4.11 Beef Calf Club
brought honor -to Huron County
by taking top place in these 4-11
Provincial Competitions., Team
members, David 'Kirkland and
Barry McQuillan thereby won the
right to represent Ontario in the
National 4-11 Club contests.
This club also made the - hews
when anotiler of its members,
Murray Gaunt, won the Queen's
Guineas Competition at the 1995
Royal' Agricultural Winter Fait.
It was the third win for 'Huron
County since 1946, having been
won in that year by Jack Kinsman
and in 1951 by Bob Vern.
In 1953 a Huron County Juriior
Farmer, Bob Allan, was selected
as one of the four delegates to
represent the Junior Farmers' As-
sociation of Ontario on the ,ex-
change visit to Great Britain. This
year Helen Johnston has been
chosen as one of the four Juniors
to represent Ontario at the Youth
Conference in Pennsylvania.
Flourishing, Youth Program
• Under the capable leadership of
Nome Economist, Mrs. Dorothy Fil-
singer, 15 4-11 Homemaking Clubs
have been organized to`' take the
project "What Shall I Wear," The
Junior Institute members take a
great interest in these clubs.
Marking the close of the 441
Club program in the County, the
annual. Achievement Night was
field .in 4Wingham High School last
December with over 1200 people
in 'attendance. a.Some idea of the
scope- of -the
ed front 1
ogram cah be judg.
.fact that some
$2.4410.80 paid out in prises
and alts; awards.
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MIDSUMMER
MADNESS
Down Memory's
Lane
____--'-' 4S -Y ar3 Ago
Town Council gave full control
to the Crown over the commercial
dock here: It is expected the Gov-
erment will now undertake to
straighten ,the wharf and improve
accommodation for .larger vessels.
The appointment �bf Captain Wil-
liam Robinson to' the position of
lighthouse keeper, made vacant by
the «death of Robert Campbell has
been recommended .by the 'Depart-
ment of Marine and Fisheries, Ot-
tawa:
The Ontario West- Shore Railway
bridge over the Nine Mile River
at Port Albert.,:was completed last
we—brtheirua.4rrg'-af-the~ eel.
girders -•spam i -ng -the rives' -----------
Henry Harney, who has been
living in town -this winter has -pur-
chased J. H. McClinton's farm at
Wetfield, paying $2,700 - for 50
acres.
The many friends of Charlie
Heale, a former "Signal" boy, will
be"'p-leased to learnthat he has
recently been promoted to the
position of superintendent of the
Federal ,Printing Company in New
York City. -
• 2S Years' Ago
Miss Mary Parsons, a Goderich
girl, assisted in resuscitation on a
St. Thomas girl who narrowly
escaped drowning in a swimming
pool at Alina College, this week.
Word was received 'here, Wed-
nesday morning of the - appoint-
ment of Thomas M. Costello K.C.,
of Renfrew, as county judge of
Huron. At the same, time, it was
learned that Crown Attorney D. -
Holmes, of Goderich, -.has been
made judge of Simcoe County at
Barrie.
this week bye 'r aklsh"gmr-acci=
dents. Owner of the weapon
"didn't know the gun Was loaded."
15 Years Ago
The last remaining stretches of
snow -blocked highway in this dis-
trict from Pine River to Kincar-
dine were .clearel by plows from
Goderich, this week.,
The navigator aboard the ,plane
in which Sir _Frederick. Banting
lost his life recently, trained for
a. period at Port Albert. Sir Fred-
erick has two cousins living in
Goderich, Mr. T. R. Wallis and his
sister, Mrs. G. P. Gould.
E. C. Beacom was named chair-
man of the Public Library Board
at -their -annuak-meeting4.Sat rday.
The tug, John R. Stover has,
-been busy all week breaking.. up
the ice in the harbor so that the
winter fleet may be moved for
unloading.
The 'Department "of Highways
has begun wotken a new bridge
to replace "Grully_" bridge, eight
miles south of Goderich- on. the
Blue Water Highway.
10 Years Ago
Geordie James, on Saturday, con-
cluded his 25th year as caretaker
of Huron County Court House.
The hardware ,business of Carl
W. Worsen on the East side of the
Square has changed hands, the
new proprietors being Carl jr. and.
Bert and Harry Worsell. "
The East Street Bakery has been
sold to Beverley Beaton of Sea-
forth. Ile took possession Monday.
Goderich Board of Trade, besides
sending a deputation -to Ottawa to
ask for harbor improvements, is
planning an advertising "spread"
in the Toronto papers to boost
Goderich as a tourist centre.
A. Rougvie will be chairman of
the Public Library Board for the
coming term. ..
The Stratford Boys' Band will
give a performance in MacKay
Hall, Tuesday night.
Two local ladies were injured
OBITUARY
MRS. JEANLTPE V. BROWN
The death of Mrs. Jeanette
Vivian Brown occurred on Febru-
ary 6, at her home in Kalamazo,
Mich. She was under the care of
her nephews, Drs. John and
Charles O'Dell, sons of Coral and
Vivian-tey,�Three_ avers,..
She was pi(bdeceased by an infant
daughter and her husband, Frank
H. Brawn. Mrs. Brown was a rest -
dent of Goderich in her early life,
the -family residence being on
West street. -.
"The ,birch bark talks!" • With
these words the Indian: braves of
Canada's far North expressed their
amazement when they found that
the magic signs before their eyes
"told them stories."
Actually the characters which
look like Egyptian doodling were
the simple system of syllabic
shorthand devised by a missionary
who found their language too dif-
ficult to reduce to writing in al-
phabet form.
• By this simple method invented
over a hundre4' years ago, James
Evans was abW to teach a clever
Indian to read In a few hours. The
system was built from nine syllabic
characters facing in four different
positions, representing thirty-six
different sounds. It has ben used
throughout most of Northern Can-
ada across the years since it was
created for the Cree Indians.
To put the peculiar geometric
writing on the birch bark, Evans
first copied:has translation of Bible,
portions tfilhand•. Since this meth-
od was slow, he decided that -lie
must print them. To make type
DAVE ALLAN STed KIDS
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he first melted tea chest lead lin-
ings and shaped them in clay
moulds. Impressions in ,the clay
were made fromhand carved wood
blocks. Later he carved the type
from musket bullets.
A press used for treating furs
was turned into • a .printing press.
However; he still had no paper and
no ink. Birch bark gathered by
the childrensquaws served es
paper. Ch' ey soot end fish oil
were mixed to provide ink.
The "Good News" was printed
and the soft, bark pages were sewn
together with leather thongs and
bound in soft deer akin.
"The biroh bark talks," said the
Indians. "1t speaks the words of
the Great Spirit." Today-, the en-
tire table is . available from the
British and Foreign. Bible Society
in Canada, in Cree, in a script- in-
vented •by a white brother. .
Suggested Bible readings for the
week: Sunday, James 2:1-26; Mon-
day, James 3:1-18; Tuesday, James
4:1-17; Wednesday; s 9i
Thursday, _ Exodus 20► -11�i ,w y,
Psalms 51: 1-19; Saturday, Psalms
96:1-13. -
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TAYLOR'S CORNER
TAYLOR'S CORNER, Feb. 28.-
A presentation was held at the
school on Thursday evening for
Mrs. Ron Pennington, the former
Lenna Wilson, and Mrs. Ted Hor-
ton, formerly Eva Prouse. "500"
was played. After cards the two
couples were each presented with
a silver tea service. Lunch was
then served.
Brian and Bonnie Westbrook,
children of Mr. and Mrs. John
Westbrook', claim they are more
fortunate than most children for
they have three grandparents and
Direct your dollars to a ..high
amount of comfort and economy
by placing thein on an order for
our QUALITY coal 1
D. J. ALLAN
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six great-grandparents. The grand-
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Westbrook, of Goderich and Mr.
011ie Willis, of Shakespeare. The
great-grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Willis and Mr. and Mrs.
George Westbrook, of Goderich,
and Mr. and 'Mrs. George Harris,
of Norval, Ontario.
Due to the week -end storms al,
most everyone was snowed in. The
lucky folks are Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. Lin
Collyer who ,are enjoying the
winter months in the South.
Church on Sunday was cancelled
because of thn storm.
ONTARIO
SPELLING
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In our Province, thousands of - - _
educationalists' ... active . and ._supporting .. .
have combined in--a-common interest to
assure the succesa of the first Ontario Spelling
Baa which_ ls-heinq_.-spaasared-by the
Ontario Educational Association in
co-operation with That Telegram, Toronto.
They are teachers. -principals, inspectors,• -
Irgetees, parents and other taxpayers who
011e contributing daily to improving the stand-
ards of education for Canadian boys and girls.
Our daily experience in living in this . -
hurly.burly world reflects that spelling is fun,
fascinating, .intriguing ... and profitable.
Wo aro as one fn -striving for a fundamental
oblective in education ... day 4o day
enloyment and practical profit.
Yea are Invited to the Final Spell -off on Thursday, April 5, at the
Ontario College of Education Auditorium, 371 Blow St. West, Toronto.
THE TEtEGRAM
DAILY WEEKEND
Toronto 1
When anyone says to this man "Cash on the barrel -head,"
he can always plank down the money: He doesn't have
to pass by a bargain or a sale for lack of ready cash.
, And how he saves money this way through the year!
He feels himself one of the luckiest people in town!
Why not follow his lead? Next pay-day, put -by as much
as you can and open a savings account at The Canadian
Bank of Commerce. Add tmtt•e rrypay r r --^+.watch your
balance grow. And then., . when you see a sale of any item
you really need, you'll be able to purchase it outright. ,
Why not drop in at your nearest branch of The Canadian
Bank of Commerce and open that savings, account todmy,�j
Anyof our `'
personnel will gladly help you.
THE CANADIAN '.
BANK OF COMMERCE
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