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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY st
lastablished 1848. In its 109th year of publicatipn.
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THURSDAY, SEPT. ath, 1956
RAIL SERVICE PROTEST
Together with other ammicipalities along
the Goderich-Stratford line we anxious-
ly await a Septeinber 30 deadline.
Protest meetings have been held at. Sea -
forth and Wingliam by district civic. and indus-
trial representatives strenuously objecting to
the proposed curtailment of rail service after
the aforementioned date. We believe these
meetings and other!Roams of protest may ultim-
ately postpone indefinitely the C.N.R.'s plan.
We certainly hope so.
.Nn unoffieiat but reliable source ha stated
that revenue from passengers and mail on this
. line amotint to less than five 'per eent of the
total take. The other 95 per vont or more
collies from freight earried. Obviously, the
revenue from passeugers and mail in them-
selves has not been a paying proposition. But
probably the C.N.R. should adopt the view -
'point of the Italian fruit dealer who said.
"What we lose on da eoeininuts we make op
on da banan'.- The heavy freight out of
Goderich should more than make up for any
deficit in the passenger and mail revenue. From
an 'till -round standpoint, rail serviee curtail!tient would be no asset to Goderich.
Some have pointed out that the move could
be the thin edge of the wedge—the opening
move towards further curtailments in the
future. We shudder to think that the time
would come that only a mixed freight and
passenger train would operate.
The whole picture is a reminder that citi-
zens might well eousider using train ,service
more than. they do. Afore than ten years ago
a delegation front_Goderich jumped ina ear
and motored to Toronto to protest a proposed
curtailment in rail serviee nt that time.. After
patientiy. listening to the remarks of the dele-
gation for Some time, the railway official turn-
ed to the delegatetInd quietly said, "May I
ask. gentlemen, by What means of transporta-
tion you came to Toronto to see me. today1"
Ile had a point there. It is worth reflect-
ing on today. The C.N.H. provides -goad pas-
senger service to Toronto at the present time
and in .8 modern, air-conditioned conh. The
serviee is worthy of receiving more patronage
than it is getting.
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• Newspapers are different from many other and put his or her name to it. Then, when an
investigation was comPleted, if the rumor prov-
businesses, and the people who work for news -
ed innocent, action for libel or for slander
papers have to be different in at least one
could be Initiated.
rti!speet from some of their fellow citizens. I t is the problem of ha ving to face a eon -
So stated an edittrial in The Midland Free tinual vat- of rumors which keeps many- able
eitizeiis out of public office. Indeed elected
otlieials seem to be extra special targets for the
rumor -monger. And around 'election tithe the
rumors seem to fly fastest.
And this spreading of rumors is not con-
ned to t he general eitizenry. It is unfortun-
11 ately used on 9ectislion_layandidjttxs for Public
-te-ctain-.444ttenntia-must_le_preparelIsto__bae_ls.,
up with all the neecssary•supportiig t e ea ng e
Press Herald. The elaboration of this 'point
by the Midland paper is one with which we
are•in total agreement and one we have noticed
down through the years. It is detailed in the
rest of the editorial.
A newspaper writer who puts on paper a
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Lane
45 Years Ago
The election campaign, in which
reciprocity was the big issue, was
given full coverage in The Signal.
E. N. Lewis had been chosen as
the Conservative candidate in West
Iluron after giving a plegde that
he would oppose the reciprocity
agreement. But, in a letter to
the paper, two voters testified' that
Mr. Lewis had told them he would
support reciprocity
A new plant, manufacturing
grain doors, was almost ready to
make its -first shipment.
Close to .180 students enrolled
et Goderieh-Gellegiate-Inst ittite-1
the new term.
Lightning caused a 'fire which
destroyed E. -+,E. Bingham's stable
on Wright street. A cow and a
calf were rescued from the blaze.
Ben Alien was the latest to pur-
chase an automobile. Ile took de-
livery of a double -seated Ford car,
model T.
Minnie Hal,, the fast stepper
owned by A. J. Goldthorpe, of
Goderich, won first money in the
233 pace at Toronto Exhibition.
25 Years Ago
Tenders have been called for the
cribwork wall and fender boom,
to be constructed east of th:,. elev-
ators.-
At, the London night* races, Dr.
Whitely's Ramona' Grattan and
Baron---Lulwater .Were -
Harry Watson thinks that what
people actually saw was a string
of sawbill ducks riding ori the
wattu at a distance.
10 Years Ago
• Outfitted in a variety of humor-
ous costumes, the Blue Water Band
staged a continuous round of mirth
and burlesque to delight the large
attendance at the Labor Day cele-
bration in Poderich.
Nearly 1,000 pupils enrolled at
Goderich schools when the new
term began. .Broken down, the
enrolments were: GCI, 290; Vic-
toria School, 330; Central School,
224* SI. Peter's Sehoo_1_, 72.
11 -leen -year-old Norah Willis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ' McD.
Willis, of •Bilitannia road, was
crowned "Miss Huron of 1946" in
the Labor Day beauty contest at
Agricultural Park.
At a special meeting, Huron
County Council authorized the sale
of $250,000 debentures for the
erection of a new court house.
The debentures, bearing 1% per
cent interest, were to be retired
in 'five years.
Defeating Owen Sound 5-3, Gode-
rich Midgets advanced into the
next round of the OBA ppy-downs.
Don Warren, • ' Goderich hurler,
struck out 13 batters and 'yielded
NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE
(By Joseph Lister Rutledge)
Increased interest rates recently
announced by the Bank of Canada,
and the. new Federal loan with its
slltIni scale of interest, which will
exceed the Bank of Canada rate
substantially, are factors that point
defliptely to the fact that money
is becoming increasingly. hard to
get. The 'warnings against infla-
tion .that our government is offer-
ing any time that anyone suggests
that, taxes might be reduced are
like hoisting- hurricane 'warnings
after the, hurricane has passed.
Can anyone believe that we 4re
not already in an inflationary econ-
omy Can anyone believe that we
could escape it while day by day
we lace new demands for more
money for. a production that de-
sclines rather than increases? Are
we likely'to escape inflation while
the Minirter of Trade and Cons,
coerce is warning us that the cap-
ital expenditure program of our
government is likely to exceed the
available resources 11)af-- manpower
and materials?
Why should we, not take ,this
opportunity, to look facts In the
face and to recognize the quite
obvious fact tha our policy of
taxing away the income of individ-
uals and the profits of industry has
not been effective in relieving us
of this ---threat of inflation? For
once again it must be stated that
it is the spending that overtakes
production, not who does the spend-
ing, that starts the trilward apiraL
The keynoter at the recent Dem-
ocratic Convention almost wept
tears over the sad fate of workers
who- must strugglo along on a pit-
tance of $5,000 a year. If they are
objects of commiseration, who
made them so? Not so mapy
years ago $5,000 a yeari-epresented
opulence. Then governments be-
gan whittling away at it, taking
the lion's share and spending it
with a reckless.abandon that made
the dollars they spent and those
.th•at remained worth only a frac-
tion of what th0 once represented
in butter and eggs and bread. So
was created the "take home pay"
slogan that almost asked men to
demand more for the same outlay
of effort and -so made their dollar
worth even less in the terms of
initter_yuld _bread._ And •ths,lani_e_
condition has affected inTu.stry, for
its remaining dollars will buy less
and less of its butter and bread,
new *equipment, new machines,
new 'technical resources. In every-
day life the policy that doesn't
succeed is changed. - Why not a
chang,ein the thinking that govern-
ment spending and government
demangdmg is -non -inflationary?
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Small Bo?—Could I please have
two -balloons?
Advertiser — Well, usually we
give ,just one 'balloon to • each boy
or girl. Do you have a brother,
at home --
Small Boy—No. But my sister
only five hits. has.
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court action for libel.
As a result most newspapers are reason-
ably careful that what they say ,is the truth.
Some folk, however. in their private and.
indeed, sometimes in their publie capaeities.
cindulgc in a fair.measure of verbal spoeulation.
more often and, more ;properly called gossip.
Some of this gossip is not too. harmful
most of it "4A not tnalieiousto the point vhere it
might be termed slander.
But there seems to be in each conitounity
-a nunil)er of men and women \vho take it
particular delight in retailing' rumors about
their fHlow citizens. espeFially those 4.:tizelis
who. 1.01154111 their j1 11..; or t twir respoilsi-
biliti,-:. are better known.
I*, is possible that th-e periwinal gossitPs
really twEove that there is some foundation ao
their minors 4101 that. in on the in-
form ;it i(4n. t hey are • 41(41 Ittr it P111)1 le ‘,01*V
1)€'(8 11,4 t he 10481 ii4.wsimper ‘v4(1i141 not 'dare
to print the. faets.-
• They might be surprised.
Th.•re' are v4,-ry few newspapers uhiel, are
• not at all times ready and WaIIIIItt to print the
faets. What they are not prepared t.o do is to
;rive currency to rumors unsupported by faets.
indeed we sometimes Ivomler if a news-
paper might not be performing a most exeel-
lent, public service if each time one of -its staff
heard one. of thes.e gossips operating at 'full
blast. it requested the rumor -spreader to put
down what lie or On> had just said on paper
wi Itt t te- e eot-nut 418V. Deploring the dusty condition Of
the Blue Water Highway, Goderich
Board- of Trade decipled to ask thi
authorities to oil it.
Bob Stoddart, Goderich's -ehamp-
ion pole vaulter, was off to Win-
nipeg to participate in the Domin-
ion championships. It was under-
stood that the results of this meet
would have an important bearing
on the selection of the Canadian
Olympic, team members.
.-.1` Years Ago
Miss Sally Borthwick, a Kincar-
dine beauty, won the "Miss Lake
Huron" contest in the aquatic show
held in Goderich on Labor Day
week -end.
In an exchange of pulpits, Rev.
A. C. Calder, of St. George's
Church, went -to Owen Sound, while
Rev. W. H. Dunbar, of that city,
came to Goderich.
Municipal representatives of
Godertth, Clinton and Seaforth met
at Clinton to discuss the question
of securing a lower rate for elec-
tric power from the HPC of
Ontario. The Goderich delegates
suggested harnessing the'Maitland
River as a power source, but pro-
vincial engineers said this would
mean that thousands of acres of
land would have to be -flooded.
When schnol re -opened, 335
pupils enrolled at Victoria School
and 224 registered at Central
School. At Goderich Collegiate
Institute, 2C-0 registered for the
new term.
Nothing has been heard of Lake.
Huron's sea serpent fa- a while.
in the last election in Midland, for ex-
ample, we heard various reports that one of
the eandidates had profited privately from
municipal real estate deals. We heard anothei'
candidate bralilled as a seeret communist -agent.
Even after the election Wati over one of
he successful ea tiaida t es was rumoured tb hove
evaded a municipal building .`restriction by
takiw out a permit for one location and then
i•onstrueting 111 another.
\tltt 111.e 1/ 4lig.ges1. hat 1101 One Of the
r-S,,h,, Who gave eurrency to these rumors
has the courage to stand behind them in print.
NVity.? Well. for one reason, because they did-
n't really klio‘A the filets and. hert40 , Were
vi41Itt'111 to paSs on potential falsehoods by-- in -
;mewl°.
-In doing ,o they Intl a great dis-serviee
not only to the subject of their 1'umonr-11lon-
2,ering but to democracy itself.
\Ve are ahle to rule ourselves only \VhdIi
as,7:citizens we ;tssittne responsibility
fur our own \vons ' ;111(1 aets.
When you run- into a rumor-mongerer, you
1.1111 into a person who threatens our way of
life.
Invite them to put up or shut up,
in so doing you will be performing a nl-O-4t
worthwhile service not only to your eommun-
ity but to democracy as a way of life. •
The retailing of rumors is a business whieh
alreaily employs far too many people.
IS A SUMMER COTTAGE WORTH IT?'
I sometimes wi nder whether a
man should supply his family with
a summer cottage. 1 supply my
family with one each summer. dur-
ing which time I do not get holi-
days but commute from my job
to the cottage after work and
return to my job in the mornings.
- After work I have to shop for a
supply of groceries, etc., to feed
the family, guests and friends the
following day. By • the time I
arrive at the cottage in the even-
ings I find that everyone was so'
hungry they have already eaten
and all I ever get are warmed up
leftoVers of the, groceries bought
the day before.
While 1 am pretending to enjoy
the warmed up leftovers, everyone
is impatiently waiting for me to
drive them around In the car. They
have rested, relaxed and played in
the sun all day and now must have
other entertainment.
With restrained impatience 1 get
behind the wheel and drive them
"'t around. To the stores, where they
will spend any money they can get
from you,to the bowling, alley, the
hot dog stands, etc. If 1 have any-
thing left in my pocket I am lucky.
f • It is .darkstiov7 sg tneY ,consent*
tet go: hadVio.the cottage-. They
are 0.tied? and need
playedso haled 46,the Sun. 1 Osetor
tho%auti;. *My color Ls
they -'have
.. beau Wu!. tarts. ,.We •
get,settled.an our chairs and
soineonecomplaina of beint.cold.
aheifo:Were% so. busy, all' day that
itcepee tuiltA:fire hijhffireplacc
and now they are all so tired. So
I have to go out and chop kindling
and wood by moonlight, build the
fire and get it g.ing.
Finally, I pret,ume - I can sit
down, relax and glance at the daily
paper. I just. get settled when
there is a loud knock an the door,
accompanied by loud and merry
voices. In come•Wne .holidayers
to visit. They take up alt the
easy chairs and relax. They -are so
tired. f They have played so hard
in the sun and they aro so thirsty.
I have then to pour drinks for
all, hard for the adtPts, soft for
the children. They all elaim that
1 am a 'Wonderful bartender. This
makes. me feel so good. I am
cajoled into being sucker enough
to quench their thirst until 12 or
1 a.M. All the time I am hoping
no one gets hungry.
It happens. My wife says, "Per-
haps Dear, our guests would like
same lunch." Our guests do not
object. My wife is so tired from
resting and relaxing all day, that
1 have to prepare the lunch.
First I explore for lunch ingredi-
ents and find that 1 have to go
to the store for supplies. I excuse
myself, 'get the supplies and pre-
pare a very large supply of sand-
wiches (two kinds) coffee, pickles,
etc.
Everyone is so tired from play-
ing that I do the serving. I bring
in the sandwiches on trays and
place them in canvenient places.
thda„ pass the pickles, etc. and
begin serving the coffee. By the
tirM the last guest is served coffee,
the linstguest Is ready formore. I
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continue serving coffee until none
is left, and by this time the lunch
has disappeared.
1 Weil, I was not very riungry
I anyway, and now my appetitb is
gone. .
I .. The guests having devoured all
the food and drink 'available depart
i for their cottage after 'thanking
my wife for a 'wonderful evening.
The dishes have now to be wash-
! ed. My • wife is awfully tired.
'She played so hard in the sun and
then after having had 40 entertain
all that company she is really bush-
ed and just has to gel into bed
before she collapses.
So I wash and dry the dished
set th7 table for breakfast, clean
the coffee pot (they forgot) turn
ont the lights and crawl into bed
about 2 a.m.
M. 4 a.m. my wife wakes me up
and says she is hungry and would
I make. her a sandwich and bring
her a glass of milk. I refuse at
first, but she insists that she needs
nourishment because she has play-
ed so hard in the sun all day.
Rather than argue all night I do
as requested.
I Get back to bed ano rest bliss -
,fully until 7 a.mwhen the alarm
goes and I rise and start another
day. Get my own breakfast •and
leave.'for work.
I By. the end of the summer I am
beaten and broke. I cannot take
a holiday before next summer be-
cause I have to 'try and ,Ave
1 enough to send my family to a
cottage.for the summer
Mr. Editor, I cannot take it
much fotieer. What should I do?
Am I stuok?
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NILE, Sept. 3.—Mrs. Cliff McNeil
and children visited with Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon McGratten on Thurs-
day evening. -
George Feagan had two of his
steers struck by lightning during
last Tuesday's storm.
The Nile school will not open
on Tuesday, as will most other
schools. Mr. 11(cAllistet, the teach-
er, due to start at Nile this year,
has Peen confined to hospital with
mumps and is not well enough to
start .tetiching yet.
We're sorry to report little
Bobbie Pollock has been confined
to a `London sanitarium with a
T.B. gland in his neck. Mr. and
Mrs. Pollock motored to London
to see -Their little boy on Sunday.
We wislallobbie aspeedy recovery.
Bob Dures visited with friends
in Kitchener on Sunday.
The August W.A. meeting was
held in the church basement with
16 members present. Mrs. D. Mac-
Diarmid was in charge. Mrs. Jack •
Clements read the Scripture and
MTS. C. McNee, the topic. Mrs. S.
McGratten gave a reading, and
then the ,roll call was answered
by each member giving her favor-
ite motto. At the July meeting the
ladies had been asked to make
quilt .squares, and' it was arranged
that these he quilted an Tuesday,
August 21, baths afternoon and
evening. TheretVere several blan-
kets and a mat on view at the
meeting. These were premiams
from the company to ' whom the ,
W.A. members had sent parcels
old wpollen goods, to be made Into
blankets. These premiums were
for ghle, and so prices for each
were &mussed. Itostesles for the ,
evening were Mrs. Harvey Pettman
and Mrs, Stan McGratten.
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Huron County
Form Report
By A. S. Bolton, Asst. Ag. Rep.
The Centralia Weather Office re-
ports a total of 6.57" of rainfall in
the County for the month of
August, L44" of this amount fell
during the week of August 27 to
Septemer 1. With rainfall almost
every day of last week no pro-,
gress was made with harvesting
operations except to cut or swath
.some of the standing crop. Grain
is sprouting - in the stook, swath
and even the grain which is un-
•sase
THURSDAY, SEPT. Oth„'1950
cut has been so•badly flittened that
in man x eases it has developed a
second growth. Fine weather is
needed hrimediately or Huron
County Farmers are guing to lo9e
the oat and mixed grain crop.
On the , other hand, crops emit
as grain and silage corn, sugar
beets and white beans continue
to make excellent growth. How-
ever rust and mildew are develop-
ing in the white bean crop. Growth
of hay aftermath and pastures are
considerably above normal for ltis
season of the year.
The second annual twilight meet-
ing of the Iluron County Fruit
Grower's Association was again
!host successful with 60 growers
in attendance. • —.
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ThemIinufacturers have put their prices UP,
as of Sept. 1, but WE HAVEN'T.
Our large stock of Quality Bedding is now clearing
at the usual LOW, LOW PRICES.
YOU SAVE UP TO WOO
BY BUYING NOW AT LODGE'S. BUT- HURRY!
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sits there — sturdy and solid! 141/2 -tons of limestone is a
heavy load... but this W-9900 was built to take it!
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The load delivered! ' George's GMC W-9990 Is a stand -out
performer, helping to push' this dock out into the lake. in
every way. GMC trucks outdo 'em all I , .
a perfect day !
Meet.Georg Rusanov, one of many independent truck oper-,
• ators helping to build new docks.. for Canada's St. ,Lawience
Seaway. The slip he holds in his •hand represents more than
just another load delivered. It tells how his GMC W-9900
carries.this 141/2 -ton load for 25 mile's 'over the roughest,
toughest of roads—and does it six, seven, eight times a day.
But it doesn't tell how that load, pounded down into his"truck
from the hopper above, gave it a real workout. George doesn't
worry about that. He has confidence in his truck, it's a GMC
. . built to pke the toughest kind of punishment and deliver
the goods—when and. where you want them. You can have
this easy kind of confidence too, with a custom -created GMC—
built for the job you have to do. -
See'your GMC dealer now!
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