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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-08-23, Page 2PAGE TWO "t obertril 'tgnat-tar HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEICIN Astablished 1;s8. In its 109th year of publication. Published by Sigual-Star Publishing Limited s)c.lbseription. Rates—Canada 4d Great sritait, MOO a year: to United States, $4.60. Strictly En advance. Advertising Rates on request Telephone 71. Authorized as second-class mail, Post Cov.ce Department, Ottawa. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Toronto. Over 3,000 ---Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County—Over Ilitember of Canadian Weekiy Newspapers Association. Member of Ontario Weekly Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. GEO. L. ELLS, Editor and Publisher. w 0 z TH1URSDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 1956 3,000 Newspapers WHERE ONTARIO CO ULD PROFIT The municipalities need cv more money; there is no question about that. The Pro- yinces think they need more money, and Premier Frost is emphatic in declaring that Ontario needs a great deal more. The Federal Government (which has just reported a deficit for the last fiscal year) is looked to for col- lection of still larger sums to be handed over to the Provinces, but Finance Minister Harris says that Federal taxpayers are already carry- ing as large a burden as he cares to lay upon . them. A question raised by an article in Monday's Toronto Star is: Does Ontario need to look to Ottawa for a larger subsidy/ It points to Ontarhi's mineral resources, the riehest in Canada, to its great forest reserves, and asks if the Province is making the most of these REPUBLICAN The Stevenson-Kefauver couple chosen by the Democrats looks like a good combination for the November U.S. presidential election, but the Republicans this week are naming another couple that they (the Republicans) are confident will be the winners. Though at this writing neither President nor Vice -President has been named for re-election by the conven- tion at San Francisco, it requires no crystal - gazing to predict that Eisenhower and Nixon -will be the G.O.P. choices. The Republican slate will not be so well balanced as that of the Democrats; Nixon "BOAT" that is possible. Mining production in Ontario in 1955 was $577,000,000; the Province took in $6,300,000 in royalties on mining and netted only $4,000,000. In contrast, Alberta's crude oil production in 1955 was valued at $277,000,- 000; the Province took in $112,000,000. Pro- duction from Ontario's forest reserves in 1953 was valued at $511,000,000; the Provincial treasury iietted less than $3,000,000. Mr. Frost is invited to look to the pos- sibilities of greater revenue from Ontario's natural resources, which, says The Star, are being depleted without an adequate return to ,the people of the Province. If the Province would reap the financial harvest that it might from these resources, it could easily afford to take over the financial problems of the municipalities as well as solv- ing its own. WEEK IN U.S. The Amherstburg Echo quotes Dr. Harlan llateiher, president of the University of Michi- gan, -as.' adding to the controversy asto whether a, Great Lakes freighter should be _ . - called a -boat or a stileossseueinitieS but a veteran passenger shipmaster also quoted by the Amherstburg paper declared, ''1 sup., pose 'ship' is right, but you'll never hear us say anything but 'boat' around the boat." trails along behind Eisenhower, but the Presi- dent's strength as a vote -getter is calculated to pull him through: On the other hand, Kefauver lis a favorite withrnany voters who. are lukewarm about Stevenson, and each will add strength to the other. Only a little more than two months re main for the campaign that will terminate at the polls on the 6th of November. It will be a -hard-fought battle. The odds are in favor of the Republicans, but the Democrats will not concede defeat until the ballots are counted. OR "SHIP" THE GODERICH SIGNAL- T Down Memory's Lane 45 Years Ago Town Council voted to withdraw the controversial Brodie power by- law, which was to have been voted on by the taxpayers Instead, Council decided to take steps with a view to securing Niagara power from the HEPC of Ontario. Goderich Elevatoe& Transit Co. reported that it had handled twice as much grain as usual in August, With one week still to go, the elevator had received over one million bushels. As Andrew Porter had tendered his resignation, J. H. Tigert was appointed to fill the position on motion of Reeve Reid and Council- lor Vanatter. Deputy Reeve Munnings, who was preparing for a trip --to the West, was given leave of absence by Town Council. A Toronto architect examined the old Cameron property on Na- pier street to determine whether it could be adapted for use as hospital. The wreck of the old steamer Tecumseh, which was towed to a point north of Godes-id', about a quarter utile from shore, was grad- ually breaking up and small pieces were being washed- ashore-- _ 25 Years Ago Among the bequests of the late Robert MacKay was $2,000 for Goderich Public School Board. This money was to be invested, *with the income to provide an annual outing or school picnic for all the public sehool pupils in Goderich. MT. MacKay had also willed $4,000 to GDCI, with instruc- tions that the income should be On salt water it is held that a boat is some- thing that can be carried an the deck otovhip. The dictionary does not give much help as -- between - and ' 'ship -7- 4.czording _to. tbeNeyy. ,Staildarcl 'a boat is any -Water-Craft,- anct a shipis auyressei IIUL pr;vvy' So you may correctly call a Great - Lakes freighter either a ship or a boat, and if you want to keep out of an argument you can call it a vessel. used to provide an annual award of .a university scholarship to the Goderich student Who graduates with the ,highest marks. Miss Margaret Pollock, known thg.-oughout %virtually the whole pro- vince as a clairvoyant, died at a nursing home in Myth/ For years, people had come from miles around to consult her about lost artioles, missing relatives or things pertaining to the future. Citizens contributed to a fund to send the Goderich band to Tor- onto to compete at the Canadian National gxhibition. s - F. R. Darrow, solicitor for W. L. McLean, sought a court order dis- qualifying four members of Town Council, Deputy Reeve Moser and Councillors Rusher, Worsell and Mooney. This application followed an application by said Council members to the Supreme Court for an order quashing the by-law which authorized purchase of the McLean -property for cemetery purposes. 15 Years Ago After an • illness of about six months, 'Dudley Holmes, senior judge of Simcoe County, died in hospital at Goderich. Before his appointment to the beneh, he had been crown attorney for Huron County. The variety of uniforms seen around town has given Goderich a cosmopolitan. look. There are representatives of almost every branch of the Canadian armed faeces as well as RAF men, U.S. sailors, marines 'and airmen,sand the occasional man in Polishor Netherlands uniform. Justice J. C. Makinss, handed down a judgment of $4,625.against EDITORIAL NOTES Fishermen catch the most in the early morn or just after dark, or when they get home.—Reader's Digest. * * • * No matter how much tuition goes up at 'colleges, education never yvili be as expensive s ignorance.—London. Free Press. • • •-' • Look at them but leave them, urges The Wiarton Echo in regard to wild flowers. "Remember what happened to the ,passenger pigeon? Rare flowers can be slaughtered just as quickly and ruthlessly as birds, by people who don 't really stop to think of the perman- ent damaga they are doing." , 1a Down Windsor way a motorist from across the border was eaught driving at 100 miles an hour and explained to the magistrate that he was going at such a rate in order to keep himself awake. Ile paid $100 and costs and his license was suspended for six. months. Lucky for him he didn't have to buy a harp. * e • • Parliament has prorogued and smart politicians are indulging in forecasts of an election date. We ate just as smart as any of them and readers may rely upon our predic- tion that the next Federal - election will he either' before December 31, 195f, or in the early summer or autumn of 1957, or in 1958. Put _this in your notebook. -• * • . * There have been so many big swim doings the last week or two that we have lost track of them. We believe someone—a man—cros- sed Lake Ontario at the east end and another man swam the Strait of Juan de Fuca and has been challenged to a match race by the only other man who has crossed the Strait. The • LIMRE IS WHERE TO BUY A SIGNAL -STAR For the Want/le/lee Of Sig- nal -Star readers who purchase their paper from week to week rather than by a yearly 8ul2eription through the mail. „SignaStars are sold at the following stands: GODM011 A & P Store ' Craigie Tobacco Store DttnIOXi's Drug Store Goderteh. News Stand (Formerly Wood's) . Lauder's Drug Store Overholt Groceries SighatStar Office Itollinson 130field — Weston's Drug StOr0 Store. Dungannon---Eed:te.s Store Ir4In,'wil1e1). 1. Glidd9ft KingsbVidgt V. Maiden. , Sten Mirtail—W. S. lacnonald's •Store, Nile Getkral Stom 1k,. Albert --- Roy Petrie's Store Saltford—Tala Moab Gen. ral Sort' StieppArdton—F. BiSittg',8 Stor girls may have been doing things, too, but the swimming game has be-coil:Me-no common that the big prize money has given out and public interest has dropped nearly to zero. Let's leaveit at that. SUNDAY PRIVILEGES (Ingersoll Tribune). Sunday law is meant to ensure to the people the benefits of Sunday, and neither its purpose nor its effect is to impose distasteful dutieS upon any- one. The annual report of the Lord's Day Alliance, just published, makes this statement, but also goes on to say that without law, however, Sunday privi- leges would rapidly disappear. The Lord's Day Alliance contends that such a disappearance would come about not because of any wish of the majority, but rather by the lack of con- cern on the part of a greedy minority. Their desire to increase financial profits rather than to promote human welfare if unrestrained by law would turn Sunday into another day of business.' In this tbe Lord's Day Alliance speaks from experience. Industry has made such attempts, and the report mentions the pulp and paper industry in particular in which the unions expressed opposition. The small food shops and -magazine stores are a perennial problem. These remain open ostensibly as restaurants, according to the Lord's Day Alliance, but, being opens they not infrequently sell com- modities which may not legally be sold on Sundays. Small stores in summer resort areas, and the road- side sale of produce by farmers are other "problems." Burdsn of the report appears to be the issue taken with those who would be "Sunday profiters." The report admits that certainly the Sunday issue is alive in Canada, and states that the• Lord's Day Al- liance is actively endeavoring to preserve the good law that protects the enjoyment of Sunday as a day of rest. THE LITTLE BOWLING ALLEYS OPEN EVERY EVENING 7 to 12 seirotaiiiiltkr‘114. un cs- JIM It iiiiinahroiss rasa IMMI4111,•-so ARE NOW ACCEPTING LEAGUE RESERVATIONS, ALSO PERSONS INTERESTED IN PLAYING OR ENTERING A TEAM. ARE ASKED TO PHONE 1509 Ott CONTACT THE ALLEYS. "Bowl Regularly For Health" 32-3 ,a• Huron Oounty for failure to keep a Howiek Township bridge in a proper gate of repair. The case arose out of an accident in which two girls were killed. A three -night carnival in Court ouse Park netted pver $1,400 for Goderich Lions Club. A full Set of false teeth was found by a citizen on Britannia road. Taking note of this, The Signal -Star suggested that the man. who was missing his T-bone steaks shOuld get in touch with Chief itoss to reclaim the choppers right away. Hundreds of curious people call- ed at the farm of Ernest Jackman, Colborne Township, to see a three- legged colt. Despite the fact that sas born without a right front leg, the colt romped around the 'farm° just like any normal speci- men. 10 Years Ago Spontaneous oombustion appear- ed to be the cause of a fire which. did about $3,009 -damage at the Fred Seabrook coal yards. Early risers reported three deer grazing on the "island" between the north pier and the river break- water. The animals disappeared into the Sandy property. Chicken thieves were active in sGoderich, according to police. Six chickens were stolen from the pro- perty of Mrs. Robert Muir, Eldon street. After playing two tied games, the 'Goderich and Clinton Radio School baseball teams were sche- duled to meet again in an effort to reach a decision. ss • yours need be Don't risk losing money on a holiday or business trip. Use travellers' cheques whenever you're carrying sizable sums. Travellers' cheques are negotiable anywhere and offer maxi- mum protection. Better to be safe thall sorry when the cost of safety is so slight. They're availlasble at any branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce. 1111111111111. PHILCO Television—Radio—Appliances 1957 Models Now on Display IF YOU WANT TOP QUALITY TV, PROPERLY INSTALLED AND ADJUSTED, BUY FROM A PHILCO FACTORY SUPERVIS'ED SERVICE DEALER. Hutchinson Radio & TV Huron R. Phone 498R 33--4 RAYED You're taking expensive chances on having your money 'stray'. when you send it loose by ordinary mail. When send- ing money out of town or abroad, use money orders or foreign remittances. Whether you're sending one dollar or a thousand — by mail, telegraph or cable — your request will receive prompt and courteous attention at any branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce. R STOLEN If you leave valuable and impatant papers around the house or once you run a constant hazard of theft or loss — yet a safety deposit box can cost you less than 20 a day. Rentals from $5 yearly. Ask for details at your nearest branch of The Canadiar Bank of Conan:taco. Yot well go friendly welcome at any of our branches—we have more than 725 to serve you. Why not call in at our nearest branch today? THE CANADIAN -BANK OF COMMERCE G0DE11/011 BRANUM-414. A. Wathro----ganagor TRAVEL RELAXED " AND CAREFREE TO THE , TORO - 1,11C MI Ulf .11110v Nur, „prim C.? ST. HELENS ST.CifELENS,.Aug. 20.—Mr. andMrs. Mrs. Allan Darnm, of London, were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ditiittin last week. . and Mrs. Mel, Brown, Donna Woos and Bob Murdie left last Wednesday on a motor trip through Northern Ontario. Mrs. G. S. McIntyre and Donald of Bracebridge, were recent visit- ors with Mr. and MTS. W. L Miller. 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