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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-06-28, Page 1{ 109th Year --No. 20 Here are two objele brought up by diamond drillers from underground far below the level of the water qt Goderich's' waterfront. At the left is a piece of hard rock taken from a hard rdck bed about 140 feet, below the water surface at the south breakwater. Although the details can not be Seen from the picture, various stratas in the rock denote different periods of formation. At the right is the object of the wholepsearch—crystal• rock salt. It is completely transparent and sparkles like glass in the sun. Tastinge,it leaves no dbugt that it is salt. This piece of rock salt was brought up from a depth of 950 feet. S.S. Photo by R.H. Visitors at the Goderieh waterfront these days wonder what the contraption shown above on the south breakwater is. It's not to drill for oil but for rock salt which lies in beds of various sizes from depths commencing at about 950 feet down to about 1,900 feet. The diamond drillers at this particular set-up have reached a depth of several hundred feet so far with a long way to go yet. S.S. Photo by R.H. Legion Ladies 9th Birthday Goderich ,Legion Auxiliary No. 109 celebrated its ninth birthday Tuesday evening here when it was host• to auxiliaries from Blyth, Clinton, Exeter, Hensall and Sea - f orth. In charge of the program was Mfs. Margaret Young. With Mrs. Lorna Payne at the piano. a sing- song was conducted by Mrs. Rose Hill. A group of ten Goderich members sang three numbers. -e Prize winners in the "Truth and Consequences" were three ladies from Exeter, four from Seaforth, one from Blyth, one from Hensall and Mrs. N. W. Miller, of Goderich. Dorothy Weber and Dorothy Barker had charge of the penny sale table. 1ifrs. Edna Fremlin, Clinton, won the first door prize and Mrs. Rose Hill, second door prize. Mrs. Judy Costello, London, won first prize in the draw. A beautiful birthday cake was given to the Auxiliary by their Legion branch for the occasion. Auxiliary president E. Carroll pre- sented a gift to Mrs. A. Anstay, past kitchen convenor, and past president, Mrs. Reg. Needham, pre- sented president` Mrs. E. Carroll with a gift in recognition 'of ano- ther successful year. Zone comander Mrs. Luella M. hall, Blyth, thanked the Goderich Auxiliary for the enjoyable even- ing. Two Dollar Fee Explained Necessity for raising funds to help pay salary of swimming in- structor was the explanation given by Gordon 'Bannister, chairman of the Recreation and Arena Com- mittee for the two dollar fee this year for swimming instruction at the Judith Goode rham Memorial Pool. The recreation committee has been placed on a limited operating budget and while they do not ex- pect to raise all expenses for oper- ations, they do aim to curtail on expenses as far as possible. Hencee the two dollar fee this year for the first time which must be paid by all thane registering for swim- ming classes. The instructor this year is John Kane. Mr. Bannister pointed out that children outside the area of the town were receiving swimming in- structions last . year, provided by the town. He stated that about 30 children attended from Clinton and that children of parents with summer cottages in the district, but who lived elsewhere, also at- tended. They were from Detroit, London, Stratford and numerous other centres. It is hoped to have the swimming pool open by this Saturday after- noon but this will depend on the arrival - of necessary parts for the swimming pool. They were sent away ,last winter for repairs anti had not yet arrived •back on Tues- day, the day this news item was written. t Near Record Entry For Race Meet On Monday Entries are up, prize money is ,Chips, Ima Chips, Richard Hal D up and everything. points to an out- and Clark Herbert. standing treat, for harness racing Entrie's in the 2.21 class' are: enthusiasts at Agricultural Park on Evelyn Conant, June Axworthy C, Monday, Dominion Day. This is Linda Lee Henley, Lena's Pride, the second meet of the season to Miss Collie Rose, Col. Brooke, Wil - be held by Goderich Trotting and tnont's Girl, Royal Abbe W. .Agricultural Association. 2.24 class: Hal's Bomb, Lasalle, So far, 45 h•oeses have been Baldy Carter, Linda's Girl, Ches- entered with an eye on some share ter Patch, LaddieG. Lee, My Hope, of the $1,700 in prize money. Harvester ''13. Le. There will be two heats in every 2.28 class: Springtime Patch, Fast race. Post time is 2 p.m. Happy, Sandy Boy, Ora Ann tslii- Seven outstanding entries •have coot, Rampage Water, Royal (ran - been received for the free-for-all, ett, Olive B. Harvester, Scottie for which a purse of $500 is offered. Brewer. This race will brine together Lena1s, 2.30 class (two divisions): Valu - Boy, the horse that -made a clean able Jerry Lee, The Great Patch sweep of the 2.17 class here in the •Safety McKillop, High Acres Aver - season's first meet, and Pat Lee till, Brownie Bars, Ray Lee T., Kat - Grattan, top horse in the 2.20 class '2ie's Chief, Direct Express, Lady that day. Bomber Belwyn Direct, Linda Her- Others in the free-for-all event nbert, Rapid Water, Chief Abbe, are Miss Caine Grattan, Carter eenea Lookout, eeet'rywood ;tar, GODERJCH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 28e, 1956 FIND" HERE MAY Airplane is Used To Spray infested Tree Tracts Here ' Huron County has found that mothering 667,500 trees has its problems. Insect infestation has become so acute that foresters re- sorted to aircraft to spray the County forest tracts north of Gode- rich last week -end. The spraying was done under the supervision of Zone Forester H. H. deVries. Spraying equip- ment was brought in from St. Thomas and the aircraft was based at Sky Harbor while the work was being carried out. One of the biggest threats to the county forest tracts is the Europ- ean pine sawfly, but the European pine shoot moth is giving trouble, too. Until these iiisects can be brought under control, little or no red pine will be used for reforest- ing in Huron County. The European pine sawfly norm- ally hatches in May, but because of a delayed season, the hatching period was later this year. W. E. Steele, reforestation sup- ervisor far Huron district, termed the attacks on forest growth "alarming." "During the hot days early in June, those green worms with black head and black body stripes developed rapidly and ate so vora- ciously that they completely strip- ped the mature needles from many Scotch and red pine in planta- tions." In Huron County, the files have attacked seven tracts, the Shep- pardton, Robertson, Rogers, Col- lins, Adams, O'Connor and Stingel ttacts. The cost of aircraft spraying is SS 2, Hibbert Township, and SS 9, HONOR EE T AOHEES LEAVIN • STAFF EE Three public school teachers, who are leaving Goderich, were honored by their colleagues at an afternoon tea in Goderich Public School last week. Onbehalf of the staff, Principal H. M. Shackle- ton made presentations to Miss Marie Harvey and George Harris, who have accepted positions in Scarboro, and Miss Emma. Mac- Donald, who will teach in " the RCAF school at Centralia next fail. A presentation was also made to Miss K. McKinnon in honor of her approaching marriage. She will continue on the staff here. U o ---p Man Snatched Frain Fatality 4OPederich manwaa snatched from "the jaws of death," thanks to the quick thinking of a barge crew and bystanders at the dock here Monday afternoon. The man, who was not identified immediate- ly, had fallen into the water and came within inches of being crush- ed between the dock and the side- slipping hull of the bare Owen - doe, which had just arrived., and was tieing up. It is believed the man was seek- ing employment on the barge and grabbed a cable ;n an attempt to swing himself up on the deck. But the cable was slack and he fell into the water. One end of the ,barge was tied up and the other # end was swinging into the dock• "He was within inchesof crushed 'between the b a ween ar dock, said George Parsons, one of the rescuers. "The crew of the barge deserve great credit their quick action. They had a. nee to him within .seconds.." every seec�rrd,aountin;g; it $uthHcrapta4Alq� r>a►��t�+tta« Sa;0U; m.. 44.4.19 $n,le COP* 74, 1 GEO. H. ZIEGLER, E.D., L.T.C.M,, who will be conducting examin- ations for the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music on Friday at St. Joseph's Convent and in the studio of Mrs. Ella Donaldson. For the past 20 years he has been conductor of the Kitchener Musical Society band. 500 -Pupils Tour Town Close to 500 pupils, most of them from Western Ontario rural schools, have toured Goderich so far this year. On Wednesday, students of less than that of hand or ground machines when full coverage is J ,lma Township, were taken on 'a required, say officials. being guided tour of local points of in - In early stages, the sawfly maybarge and the terest. be controlled by using a virus to The visits are arranged through infect it, making it ill. The sick insects infect others. It is hoped for the co-operation of Goderich Junior that this process may result in con- 4.hamber of Commerce, local in dustries and Bert MacDonell. yyears. • L te_within , fay. _ i 1i th l-legia-te and senior public -sclaol-- Yo was evident that the man • 'was pupils from Goderich have beenmoth, spraying doesn't seem, to TYia �IYig to e i e' era nordxng o r w �isee'vieg -a gefeEres "�rsr rYier v`asreifrg f slippery line. Mr. Parsons :and: Kenneth Oke, a taxi driver, reach- ed down and grabbed the unfor- tunate fellow by the shoulders. "Babe" Arbour was also helping. He grabbed niy sleeve and it ripped,." said Mr. Oke, "but, be- tween us, we got him up on th dock just in time." A mornen Iater, the :hull of the barge collided with the dock. Numb with shock, the rescued man went home, but later he con tacted Mr. Oke and offered to buy him a new shirt to replace the one torn in the rescue operation. Mr. Oke politely .decIjned ogee, He He said he wasn't worrying about the shirt as. long as the chap was okay. The principals in the rescue said hey wished it to ,be known that he version published ina London newspaper was inaccurate and 11 have-fruch effect on it. But there is a definite irx'crease in the popula- tion of the praying mantis, which feeds on a number of insect pests, and it is hoped this will be a fac- tor in the control -of the moth. 0 Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Hughes, Nancy and John spent the week- end in Owen Sound with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Christie and family, w-hile- attending the e ntenniai cele- brations of the Owen Sound Col- legiate and Vocational Institute. Mrs. John Marriott and two children, Jackie and, Audrey..l.ease on Friday by plane from Malton to spend two months with Mrs. Marriott's mother, Mrs. Kathleen Scott at Hastings, England. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Volland and t family have returned to th •r home t on South street after sending several months in Quebec. parties. The members. of the Jaycee tourist committee, which is in charge of arrangements, are Ken croft, Ralph Clarke and R. D. Mc- Cuspey. Places visited by the out-of-town e 'pupils include. Sifto Salt Ltd., W. t A. $heaffer Pen Co. of Canada Ltd., Huron County Pioneer Mu- seum, the Court House and local churches. Frequently, a highlight of the tour for visiting -pu,tIs is a boat ride as guests of Bert Mac- Donald. "- HURT IN- FAIs;L On Monday evening, Janda, four- yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Prouse,, fell while playing at her home on Albert street. She tore her face on a spike necessitat- ng several stitches. Dr. W. N. misleading. Watters attended the little girl. TOURIST BOOTH The tourist information booth, operated by the Gode- rieh Jayeees,, will open for the season Friday morning. It will not be Iocated in Court House Park this season but - Jerry's point at the corner of Elgin avenue and Kingstoga street. The attendant at the booth will be Miss Bea Brad- ford, who will be starting her sixth consecutive season in this capacity. Vast Beds Of Crystal Rock Salt Discovered Anniversary At Dungannon On Sunday, July lst, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. ,McClure, of Dungan- non, will hold open house to mark their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. McClure was formerly Georgina Sproul, daughter, of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Sproul of Dungannon. She attended school at U.S.S. No. 8, Ashfield, which was built by her grandfather Kit- son. Mr. McClure, Bill as he is popularly known, is a son of the late Mr. ,and Mrs. James McClure of Colborne Twp. and attended school at S.S. No. 4, Colborne. They were married at the home of the bride's parents by the late Rev. J. W. ' Robinson. They were attended by Will Begley of Hamil- ton and her sister, Nettie -Sproul of Dungannon. The flower girls were Alice (Sheppard) Lawson, Clinton, and. the bride's sister, Clara Sproul of Stratford. Mr. McClure operated a tailor shop and livery business in Dun- gannon. He later operated a gen- eral store on the present site of Stothers garage, and later a truck- ing business until selling out to Omar Brooks a number of years ago. Both are in good health and are ardent gardeners. Mr. and Mrs. McClure have re- sided in Dungannon all their • mar- ried life. They have a family of three daughters and one son, Win - hie, Mrs. D. Widcombe, Windsor; Laurette, -Mrs. A.- J. !Telford,- Ter onto; - Emily, Mrs:'-Hern Finnigan, ^ .n nsannn_ eonWee. Olaf C of Elmira. They also have seven grandchildren. - A 4aamily gathering is planned over the July 1st week -end. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are mem- bers of Dunganno ``United Church and Mrs. McClure is a life mem- ber of the Women Missionary Society. BUS TO DETROIT Replacing the service pro- vided last year by Eastern - Canada Greyhound Lines, Chatham Coach Lines com- menced yesterday a summer bus schedule between Gode- rich and Sarnia, Windsor, Chatham and Detroit: Leaving Windsor at 10 a.m. it arrives at Goderich at 3.40 p m. Leav- ing Goderich at 5.10 p.m., it arrives at Detroit at 11.30 p.m. Bus Terminal is at Samis Motors. Veiled in official secrecy since last fall, vast lied of high grade crystal rock salt, deep underground along GoderieWs waterfront, have been struck. Expert da"amond drillers from Northern Ontario and Quebec are drilling at various points to depths up to 1,900 feet in order that the extent of these valu- able beds might be more fully chested, New Industry? Girl Guides HoId Banquet It is understood the drilling is being done under the direction of Silo Salt Limited, a division of multi aillionaire E. P. Taylor's in- dustrial empire, but no official word has been given out as to the The First Goderich Girl Guide extent of the findings to date nor Company entertained their moth- of plans for the future. There is ers and ladies of the local associ- ation at a banquet in the Legion Heli on Monday evening. Eight Guides working on their Hostess Badge received the guests at the door. Flowers representing the patrol emblems decorated the tables. Special guests were: Mrs. K. B. Clysadale, of St. Marys, Provincial Commissioner for Ontario; Mrs. B. Connell, Galt, Huronia Area Com- missioner; Mrs. J. W. Monteith, Stratford, Perth -Huron Division oxrixraise ones, Faye Brereton, company leader; was chairman for •theryogram. The Guide promise was repeated by the Guides, followed by the Lord's Prayer. A tribute to the Queen was given by Elizabeth Har- ley and the National Anthem was sung. Jo Parsons paid tribute to the mothers and ladies of the alahal association which was replied to by Mrs. G. Emerson. Mrs. C. Elliott proposed a toast to the Girl Guide Movement which was responded to by Delores Gower. Mrs. A. Brereton read the badge secretary's report. Mrs. J. W. Monteith announe ed that Miss Una Macdonald, Guide Captain, has been promoted to District Commis- sioner and congratulated Jaen- and the -presentation of her warrant. leader, introduced the guest spe.ak- e‘r, Mrs. K. B. Ciysdale, who spoke on 'the Five World Camps, one of which' is to be heId at Doe Lake, Ontario, in 1957. She also men- tioned the requirements necessary for a Guide to attain the privilege of wearing the badge commemorat- ing Lord Baden-Powell's 100th an- niversary. Miss Faye Brereton thanked the ladies responsible for the success of their banquet and the evening was brought to a close with the singing of Taps. 0 0 0 Scholarships Won By Five e s G c a s w R M The names of five students w o arned scholarships s on the trength of their year'sw•ork_at oderich District Collegiate Insti- ute have been announced ,by Prin- ipal A. R. Scott. Grade 13 results re still to come, of course. The Peter Adamson memorial cholarship for grade 12 was c- arded to .Kathleen MaeDiarmid, aughter of David MacDiarmid, of .R., 6, Goderich. . McKim memorial scholarship, for ade 11, was won by Ronald oore, son of Alfred Moore, of .R. 4, Goderich. • Peter Adamson memorial schol- rship for grade 10 was awarded Wayne Stewart, son of Melvin . Stewart, of Dungannon. Two Veterans' memorial scholar- ips were awarded in grade 9. The rst was won by Lewis Knetsch, of F. R. J. Knetsch, of Gode- ch, and the other went to Donna ()Nee, daughter of Graham Me- ee, of R.R. 3, Auburn. 0 0 0 W.C.T.U. The June meeting of the W.C. U. was held at the home of Mrs R a to G sh fi .son ri .M sufffrcient evidence, however, to in- dicate that the findings are of considerable magnitude and that the net result will be a new in- dustry for Goderieh. Whether it will mean a crystal rock salt oxine only or a chemical plant of some kind in addition is not officially divulged at this time. The import- ance of the find here is emphasized by the fact that in only two other places in all Canada is rock salt mined—at Windsor, Ontario, and Malagash, Nova Scotia.. This par- ticular- salt it -.:the kind- used ex, tensively to keep the highways clear of ice and snow during the winter. It is believed that the diamond drilling operations that have been done and which will continue on to about the end of this year will cost hundreds of thousands of dol- lars. .The drilling is expected .to reveal the extent of the rock salt - beds and it is confidently hoped that the supply in this 'area •wi•11 fill desired needs for a period of about half a century. First drilling was done at the mouth of the Maitland river last August and the find was revealed early last fall, but efforts were made to keep the discovery (hidden Kg dwelt: c - Ii t evince -e1 =-: ane ._...:: time. - -_ -- � • �FwmfV ,;1;;;*Gn "Y�'W aYA'•�- ...,'tt'.( +=,H.it. - Sandy's property at the north, side of the Maitland River. The equality of the salt there, it was stated, was not quite so good. The third shaft was sunk, near the CP.H. roundhouse and an excep.tionaijy fine bed of rock salt, some 84 feet deep, -was struck. Go Under Water Fourth shaft was on the north pier near the radar station. Next, one was sunk on the beach below the Sunset Hotel. Two have now been sunk from the south break- water and still another is being sunk from the north breakwater. To bring the./btal.ia ebe'an to_ ten, one is to be sunk on the North. Shore Road and also at the east end of the freight shed on the south side of the harbor. While the drilling has been under°way there have been a num- ber of oil geologists from several oil companies present making tests of cores brought up_ to determine - Whether there is oil and g.as there, too. It is understood that a num- ber of minerals have been detect- ed but it is not known whether they are in sufficient quantity to make,,their mining worthwhile_ The rock salt ,s struck usually at a depth of e950 feet' and con- tinues down in varying degrees to a depth of 1,900 feet. The diamond drillers work day and night in three shifts at each shaft with two man to a shift. It has long been known that salt. was in this area out not definitely that rock salt was to be found here Salt is to be found in an area that extends like an arc from Inver hciron on Lake Huron around to a point west of London and then swinging in to Essex County to Windsor. It is unoThcially stated that a big shaft of about 28 feet Eby_eight. _ feet will eventrtlly be built to mine the salt when it is determin,d where the best spot is to locate it P. J. Cantelon, Lighthouse street. °THIS ONE FOLDS° The president, Mrs. Cranston, was Amid all the recent talk about in charge and Mrs. George John- valuable old coins, it seemed as if ston offered prayer. Mrs. Jewell folding currency—that awful mo - took the devotional and Mrs. Thom- dern necessity—had been complete - as Graham read the Scripture. Mrs. ly forgotten. Until now, that is. Cranston gave a reading and Mrs. Fred Price, of Goderich, has just Raithby offered prayer. Mrs. informed The Signal -Star he has a - Jewell gave a talk in "Doing Our Dominion of Canada dollar MR Duty." dated 1898. 0 Remarkable Achievements Of Handicapped Auburn Resident The smart Goderich Girls Trumpet Band was featured in a picture layout and featpre story appearing in Saturday's Telegram. Other pictures also appeared, which will be published in neat week's Signal - Star, due to lack of space this week. - Goderieh might well be proud of this outstanding girls' organization, which won the girls' trumpet band comptition at the C.N.E. last year This Saturday the band goes to Waterloo to take part in the competitions of the Waterloo Band Festival. Best. of luck, girls, and may you come out on top, is the hope of every citizen in Goderich and district. The Telegram's story dealt with the theme, "Goderich, with historic past, looks to the future." In it,. Mayor J. E. kluckins was quoted as looking forward with all confidence, and rightly so, to a booiinine future in the none too distant future. (By Mrs. W. Brradnock) Auburn, June 27. ---Despite the feet that she suffered a paralytic stroke 27 years ago, Mrs. Maud laremlin has over- come her handicap with a record of accomplishments that is outstanding. Although the stroke para- lyzed her right arra and leg, she has learned down through the- years to work with her left hand. Operating a sew- ing machine, she, snakes meter different styles of ttpt•cin; alul has made 172 aprone dtar'in the past year. In addition to doing all WET housekeeping chores, Iles. ]rennin is an expert at Paint- ing -doing them in 0113, pas,. tell and black and white, l?Ier winter scenes aro a ,spoeeialte Pis. Fremjia's ere3tione pre in strong domand and there is an ever present maeket for the many articies she 1nakee. A daughter -of the Yates Mt. and Mrs, John o'er uc01i, Frettnlin'a husband, I3{'nns, died 15 years ago. tr'igbt and cheery with evt4ryolo( dro»ite her crippled cmt11;1ia0ft,. rrreinlin xs n 3hinifg 0 an)ple to tis ell Ola Wee we can over. rota° loon iiaMieaps in life, We wi h 11,1r 1. Vicpmiin on tinned sriece s iti het' rtrllaz-k able acilielioasnts.