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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-03-08, Page 2PAGE TWO itittrir " ignta1 tar ON COUNTY'S 170 MOST WEEKLY Established 1048. In its 109th year of publication. Published -.by Signal -Star Publishing Limited Subscription Rates—Canada and Great (4 ritain, $3.00 a year: to United , States,' $4.00. Strictay in advance. Advertising !`Tates o'n request Telephone 71. Authorized az second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 420 Temple : idg., Bay and : ichmond Sts., Toronto. Over UN --Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County --Over 3,000 Member Qf Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Member of Audit=ureaam of CT,rcuaatiops. GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. THE THE GODERJCII SIGNAL -STAR ID HOME TOWN W„aary r...om0 B STANLEY 'EHUItSDAY, MARCH 8th, 1956 WHO WILL PAY THE BILL? Some inland areas in Ontario are troubled with a water shortage and the Provincial Government is putting through a measure to solve the di i;o culty by means of pipelines con- veying water from one or other of the Great Lakes. It would be interesting to learn how the cost of this service is to be met. We un- derstand it is to be operated by a Provincial Oommission like the Hydro Commission, buts judging from some comments in the • press the municipalities concerned -expect to get the water service free instead of paying fof it on the Hydro plan. If this is the intention it will not be fair to the municipalities that have to pay for electric light and power. If the cost of sup- ply-ing _lvater is to be met from Provincial funds why should not the Province supply electric light and power in the same way? Otherwise Hydro municipalities wil be pay- ing the bill for electricity—including in many rases high charges for transmission—and will atso be paying through Provincial, taxation a portion of the bill for water which they do not need or want. MR. EISENHOWER AGAIN IN THE FIELD Mr. Eisenhower has. made it known that he will be available for a s„ econd term in the 'White House and his declaration has given a new trend to United States politics. Re- publicans of course are cheered by the pros- pect of having; as they see 'it, an unbeatable champion of their party, while—Democrats have not quite settled upon what taeties they should adopt to meet the new situa- tion . Recent .polis indicate that Mr. Eisenhower is as .popLIar a,s ever with the voters, but whether this means that all who "like Ike " will vote approval of his taking the risk hf another four years in the presidency is open to doubt. The question of a running mate for Mr. Eisenhower is important. Vice -Presi- dent Nixon does not hold the confidence of flee people in anything like the same degree as Mr. Eisenhower, and—if one at this dis- tance of time and place may venture a predic- tion—many voters, particularly Democrats and independents who supported the Republican ticket in 1952, will be doubtful about .patting Mr. Nixon in a position froin which he may 'iutomatieally succeed to the presidency. The Democrats have not yet chosen their candidate, but Mr. Stevenson, their nominee in 1952, seems to lead among a number of possibles. There is now less than eight months to the 6th of November, and this period will be filled with intensive campaigning by both parties and may bring some exciting sur; prises. A PROBLEM FOR ALL A question which has occurred to thought° ful persons is what is, .to be _done with the added leisure that comes with the shortene hours of work to which people are now &- coming- accustomed: Up to the present time it -perhapt rbeen difficult for most per- sons to spend --their new leisure usefully and pleasantly, ebut asthe _hours of paid_- employ fewer and fewer many persons will find so much time At their disposal that it will become a bore. Commenting on this question, The London Free Press says: "If this leisure is to be used in a mad pursuit of pleasure and -excitement - no one :will—bee better off, or as well off. It could easily result in a break -down of our civilization which was built on hard work, industry and a peaceful and religious Sunday. Civilizations in the past have collapsed because moral values have disappeared and pleas- ure -seeking has become the main purpose of lifer" Hon. George Drew in a recent address puts the problem up to the educationists, ex- horting them -to -ea -se ghee oppartuuity- which is theirs to inculcate ideals that ...;ill_nieet_``the supreme challenge of our modern and rapidly Clanging life. . To put it bluntly, this is a large --order for the educationists. It would be an ,impossibil- ity to produce today a plan that would meet eonditions of a .quarter-century ahead of us, in which time the problem would be growing larger- and - larger, but somehow or other- it must be faced, and time may bring the added wisdom that will be needed to keep life sane and wholesome. THOSE OLD SAWS ''I'he Port Elgin Times seeks 'to correct the rather common. misinterpretation of an old saw. "Feed a cold and starve a fever" is frequently taken -to mean that one mat• gee id—of a cold by }tear'ty eating. What is really meant is that if one feels a c•o11 he will lie on the way to starving- a fever. By comparison, ..pare the roil and sppil tb child is not an injunction to spare the red. Just the opposite—by sparing the rod you will spoil the ehild. There is another saying tliat will be heard frequently - this month: "If 'Mandl eo lies in E b� 1 0 n!} like a -laugh --int will go out like a lion"—or vice versa. This of course ie.- nonsense. :AIareli, of all the months of the year, brings the great- est change nieteorologieally. Usually the first part of the month is a continuation of winter, the latter ,tart of the month usually brings ,io_r2-,"�i icln of spring. So observation of this rhar,i 'tcristit• is expressed in the adage "March ,•cine., iii like a lion and goes ()tit like a lamb." This is not to be turned into an "if" propositione t}iat can be altered to meet 00 tui.tistual A:calker condition. It means just hat it ti;ivs. IIAL NOT According to a speaker in the Legislature, last year the dairy farmers. of Canada allotted $300,040 for advertising, while one brewery -'irp.en - —1-;0441;011) fee -lefties- prottiot eel. 0 0 • 0 } Blue 13e11, the 13e11 Telephone organ, eon eludes- an article on, Bermuda with this rluota- tion which «'e reprint not heeanse we .are interested in Bermuda but because—well, he. causeit sounds like summer. We have always been doubtful about. the superiority of a (dim,' that is always summer; we have a notion that it would be boring and that one might yearn for a change, even for a few weeks of winter. Anyway, here is the-iluotation : "Oh had we some bright little isle of our own, In' a blue summer ocean far off and alone, Where a Ieaf never dies in the still-blooming bowers, And the bee banquets on through a whole year �Df assets." e 0 a There is some questioning of the wisdom of advancing the deadline for purchase of ear lieelaaes from time to time. "Why not. haveonly one deadline and make all motor - tats observe it or pay a dollar or two ex- tra for getting their license at a later date?" nut suppogi>iig the one and only deadline were set at, ;say, the 28th (or 29t11) of Febru- ary, ebru- a>{ r, what a jam there would be in the offiee of the issuer! For theme, to jority could wait until the „para day. Not a few motorists put rr:,their earrkiali for the %winter; and for many of theM it would be. at leapt inconvenient to px,oe m° their liver tea in the middle of win- ter, ,Mt<D 'wt y4 most of 113 want to hang on to our money as long as possible. d5 WE ECHO THIS (From The Wiarton Echo) Why is there such a dearth of interesting lefters'fo the editor in this paper? Other weeklies have the same problem. About theonly ways an editor can get some good spirited letters are (a), to write them himself, (b) to attack the church, the Royal Family, temperance or motherhood. We'd like to see a couple of columns of lively letters in every issue. In fact, if we could get enough, interesting letters to fill -the space, we'd gladly stop writing uninteresting editorials. Surely somebody who reads The Echo has an opinion that' is worth reproducing in print. We know very well that many people disagree with our own opinions, expressed here. °Is it possible that all our public bodies are functioning to perfection and that there is nothing to criticize in the actions of town council, parks board, school boards, hospital board and others? Come now, don't be so - lazy. Putt pen to paper. All we ask is that letters be kept as brief as possible, be free from maliciousness, profanity and libel, and be signed. Let's hear from you. His new cow the farmer named Zephyr, He thought her a quiet young heiphyr; But when he came near, She kicked off his ear, And now he is very much dephyr. "Intelligence appears to be the thing that enables a man to apt along without education. ),education appears to be the thing that enables a mah to get along wiithcst the uie of his intelligence." Quoted by h1e Deli. "If your foot dips you earn regain your balanee, Gant ifiyour7/�N� tongue slips you cannot recall the wor`� 's 0 ,w. two TTATvw On+ttiCAT< h,. WORLD =MTh 112111••• Down Memory's Lane 45 Years Ago The public works committee re- commended to Town Council that a new municipal building be cone strutted on the site of the present Town Hall, and that the building be such as would be suitable for a town of about 1F,;000 and the cost not exceed $35,000. Rev. Dr. Dougall, speaking on temperance at North Street Meth- odist Church, Sunday night, report- ed that last summer there was a total of 20 men ..,� unk on the Square, with as Maly as six in the lockup at one time. White Star Line announce that the big st;earner, "Greyhound" will leave Goderich on an excursion at 9.30 a.m., Saturday, June 17 and returning will leave Detroit at 1 p.m., Monday, June 19. The round fare will be $1.50. - Harvey Young and Arthur Haw- na"ant first and second engineers on the steamer, Kaministiquia are here fitting out the boat; in pre- paration for the opening of naviga- tion. Winter catches of perch have greatly diminishedhere during the past two weeks. ` 25 Years Ago The will of the late Robert Mac- Kay calls for a grant of $2,000 for the improvement and beautifica- tion of Maitland cemetery; $4,000 to establish scholarships at Gode- riich Collegiate Institute; $2,000 to ptrb zc sc oo outing. Bert MacDonald has a new fish- ing tug just about ready for launchin `"1It is rout 30 feet in length and is a handsome craft. Two girls' hockey teams supplied an exciting .game of hockey at the West Street Arena, Friday night. - - _ When March marehed'. in like a - lion last week, roads, highways and rail lines were ,blocked throughout the district: - Remodelling, enlarging and mod- ernizing of the Bank of Montreal was completed here this week. 15 Years Ago Mr. J. A. Hume has been elected vice-president of the Ottawa Press Gallery. He is the son of Mr. J. P. Hume of Goderich. County Council dropped the idea of renovating - the Court House due to the fact that the materials required and the money involved would be unwise expendi- tures "when the Empire is now fighting with its back to the wall." William, A. Sutherland has open- ed up a law practice in the North street •offices formerly occupied -by the late Judge Charles Garrow. A youthful—ticket-taker at the Capital Theatre was three times attacked by a gang of five teen- age punks who demanded free entry to the theatre, recently. The Maplecourt, a three stacker passenger ship, which once plied the Great Lakes and was well- known in this port, has been sunk by the enemy, somewhere in the Atlantic., 10 Years Ago . A robin has been reported visit- ing various back yards around town this week. The police office at -•the Town Hall is being redecorated-. and George 'Wilson and Dave Munro are making such a good job of it that it is feared the cells may prove too attractive and may pro- voke an epidemic of misdemeanors. etc' enearig'ationefel t eayst . • wiring for gyro compasses. an ship-toeshore phones are being in- stalled on many of the vessels in the 'harbor 'here, this week. The cBricoldoc is also - getting "a new stack. Over 14 inches of snow fell on .the district during- Monday and -Tuesday of (last week. t Town Council, Friday night en- dorsed the sale of the Victoria street foundry to the Dominion Road Company. EGG. HANDLING — TI-fE MOST COSTLY PRODUCER - OPERATION?... The Instittute of American Poul- try Industries, in a recent Weekly Letter, draws attention to a time and labor study which shows teat 58 per cent of the working time on large commercial egg farms is spent in care arid handling of eggs. Even to, those reasonably familiar with the commercial production of eggs, this is a startling figure. In- volved are the gathering of eggs, cooling, grading, cleaning and packing. All of the above are es- sential steps in the proper handl- ing of the, product. It seems oh:. vious that herein may lie an im= portant opportunity for reduction of costs of production, says H. S. Gutteridge, Chief of the Poetry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. No .other chore ex- cept feeding laying stock even ap- proaches the etime cost of egg handling and, i r -the survey under consideration, feeding is 'allotted -14-per-cult. of the -total time. Time splint in gathering egg is reduced when laying houses are closer to the , square rather than long and narrow, when nests are concentrated in restricted areas of the house such as "egg parlors," and when the grading and packing room are centrally located. Apart from providing grading equipment adequate to handle the flow of eggs produced, little time can be saved in the grading and packing phase of handling. The 'most time-con- suming and unnecessary work, however, Is cleaning soiled eggs, and it "is :not surprising that much money is being spent on egg clean- ing equipment. To a -.large extent, it is a production .problem and the best solution lies in keeping, the eggsclean in the laying house. A certain amount of soilage is, un- avoidable but most is due to the wrong type of nest, not keeping nest litter clean and too infre- quent gathering. 'The "roll away" type of nest Ls • being improved constantly and may well make a sign if'icent contribution to -thc pro- dueiion of clean eggs. When gath- ering eggs, the replacement of goiler! areas in the nest litter should be an essential hart of the job. rpt does not require much lin. aglinatiori to appreciate what a saving of 16 or 20 per cent in titrie given to or:' handling could Mean an ability to 'carry mora birds and enhance profitable rpraduetion. Perhate another alternative might be seriavaely cau.' ieresi, namely, to be aridly u piducerand leave everything [but the gathering of the egga and the cleaning of tho -few requiring ing .'i rb treatment, to a re- equipped e- equ ,pp t egg handler and trot the ,.tide ' at' d tettvatala carrying a larger population of laying Winds. o a o QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. In 190'1, 37 per cent of Canadians lived in the country's incorpor- ated cities, towns and villages. What is today's percentage? 2. Canada now ranks first in the world in the import of commod- ities of what kind? 3. What is the population of the Yukon and Northwest-. Terri- tories? - 4. The .Mounties have had what three different naives? 5. Which department of the federal 'government employs the great- est •number of civil- 'servants? ANSWERS: 5. The defence de- partment. 3. 25,000. 1. 57 per rt. 4. North West Mounted ce; Royal North West Mounted Police, Royal Canadian /Mounted Police. 2. Manufactured goods. N.S. 2. Only in the year 1952. Letter to the Editor (Moue Jaw, Mar. 1, 1956 1166 ird, Ave., N.E. Editor, Signal, -star. Sir, Two articles, "Inner Coni- pulsioat" and "Strikes Must Be Stopped," appeared in recent is- sues of the Si'gn'al -Star. While the questions raised in these articles cannot be properly dealt with in one letter, they are closely related and f would there- fore like to snake ' a few observa- tions. The first mentioned' article appears to, be a plug for Herbert Hoover's Ibrand of `rugged in- dividualism" with emphasis on the dangers- incherent in .a prograan of social security that the author fears will transform the recipient into some farm of jelly fish. I would like to call attention to the fact ,that the Canadian people .have coddled, protected and kept Can- adian industry on the dole ever since iJoha A. MacDonald .intro. dueed his National Policy. Any- one wishing to determine the ex- tent of his contribution to this form of relief need only compare the price he pays for an automo- bile, television set, or any, one taf the hundreds of articles an daily use with the selling price of sim- ilar commodities outside this pro- tected •anarket. Today, there is growing appre- hension "because of the rate at which automation the new technol- ogy, is displacing labor. In the Ford engine plant at Cleveland, Ohio, Three machines operated by nine men drill holes in crank- shafts, an operation formerly re- quiring 29 machines operated by 38 hien. At the Nash -Kelvinator plant, U.S.A., the number of man- hours required to machine engine cylinder - heads has been cut by 80%. Experts now claim that it is possible to build an oil refinery employing 12 men which would turn out a production formerly re- quiring 800 men. The day may not be far distant when industry will have little use for the human element except as consumers of the goods the machine produces. Industry was intended to serve Humanity and with science open- ing out boundless horizons and making possible an abundance of goods and services for all it is a little too mu,ah to expect that those who have fought the nations wars and given the best years of their lives to industry will acquiesce in a plan whereby their bones are finally picked bare and thrown on the scrap heap of a profit system. With reference to the• article, "Strikes Must Be Stopped," it 'is interesting to note that some in- dividuals who find .their blood pres- sure rising -when they hear of -labor being on strike are not affected in the same way when, in a national war 'tline emergency industry stages a sit-down strike and re- fuses to move until their te` vis are met and "Profitable Patriotism" --is- rn ri of all restrictions to .he °' ',`r tits -'men---- are - being urged to give freely of their ,most -precious possession—life it- self, a elinate Is created that -pro- duces a new crop of multi -million- aires who no doubt feel the cockles of their hearts warming up when Mr. Dullesleads us all to the verge of a "brink." It is not necessary to delve into all the soiled and musty pages of history to find examples of indus- try's "heartless injustice." The strong -arm methods used in recent years to prevent Labor from organ- izing some of our •large industries -are now matters sof record and too numerous% to enumerate here. Several years ago while the U.A.W. were. - negotiating -a .,wage _ atgree- ment with one of our large auto- mobile companies, Walter Ruether was able to show that the Com- pany the previous year, hadpaid $1.37 profits for every $1.00 they had paid in wages. This same Company, recently involved in a strike, finished the year ..195 ' with approximately one billion bI Raters in .profits sucked out -of the na- tional "blo"odstream. Unfortunate- ly, those who wilt strain at a gnat and swallow a cannel, are still with us. The sante old cry of doom, that portrays Labor'~ as the villain in the piece, has echoed down through the years. If today Labor enjoys a little higher standard of living and the right to fight for a better civilization, do not thank those who it thea past have THURSDAY, DAY, MACH 19 s8 THE BIBLE 70pAY UPPER CANADA =" OILE CIETY An amazing discovery made by some flabbergasted G.I.'s during the tough and bloodystruggle for Okinawa istold by Clarence W. Hall a war correspondent who went with them to one of the island's obscure villages known as Shirmmabuke. - Directly in the path of the Am- erican army, this little community took its share of severe shelling. "As the advance patrols swept up to :the village compound, the G.I.'s, their guns levelled, stopped dead in their 'tracks as two little old men stepped forth, bowed low and began to -speak," writes Mr. Hall. These men were welcoming the Americans as fellow Christians, an interpreter explained. The G.I.'s soon found the reason for this rolling out of the red carpet. Thirty years earlier, an American rnissionary en route to Japan had stopped there. He had stayed just long enough to make ELECTRICAL TIPS FOR THE HOME] If You Expect to Spend Most of the Summer at Home .. . DON'T think you have to swel- ter indoors simply because there are no facilities on the porch or terrace for ironing, cooking, eating, hewing, night-time rbcreation and entertaining. DO transform the porch or lawn into an outdoor living area by installing handy outlays and cir- cuits far convenient use of iron roaster, table appliancd , (amps, radio, sewing machine, etc. The above informations is provided noa public' serviee by The Goderich Public Utilities Commission offered only brutal opposition, but would now take credit for victories that were won in the battles they lost. The credit is due to the Martyrs of Labor, maligned, per- secuted and prosecuted as traitors. Like Moses of old they have led the children of toil from bondage, out into the desert of strife, a little nearer ;.to the promised land. E. D. SNYDER. a couple of converts, leave thesis a Bible and pass on. These two . converts were the brothers who were happy to see the armed -to - the -teeth G -L's, whom they accept- ed as .Christians since they too came from America. The approach of these Americans seemed strangely different from their mis- sionary predecessor, however. Shosei Kina and this brother had Been no other missionary in nearly thirty ye -ars, nor had "tlhey any contact with Outside Ohristian groups. To them, However, the Bible had "come alive" and they made it do so to others. One had become head man of the village, the - other, its "teacher. Clarence Hall reports that "un- der the impact of that Book pagane things had fallen away. In thheir place in 'thirty yearns had developed a Christian democracy at its pur- est." Every person in the village had become a Christian. A seasoned army sergeant re- marked in a hoarse whisper to the war correspondent, "1 _can't figure it out . . . all this from one "Bible . . . maybe we've been using the wrong kind of weapon's." Suggested Bible readings for the week: 0 Sunday, Psalms 97:1-12; Monday, Psalms 125:1-5 and 126: 1-6; Tuesday, Romans 14:1-23; Wednesday, Romans 15:1-33; Thursday, 2 Peter 1:1-21; Friday, 2 Peter 2:1-22; Saturday, 2 Peter 3:1-18. THE ONEFLAG ON WHICH RLL AGREE A symbol of all that is best in human nature... to give a heI ing hand when needed ... to show kindness of heart ... to care for the sick . o o to comfort the distressed. Keep this flag flying in Canada! GIVE generousIy TO THE RED CROSS ALL RED CROS CANVASSERS WORK WITHOUT PM' They givo up Chair spare time solely and unselfishly to help others. Please greet thorn accordingly. And remember, you FIs® corvo by giving. pc>NATIONS MAY A430 BE GEM DIRECT TO: Local Phone Number 1090R„