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THE. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
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HU1{ON COUNTY'S FOREMOST - WEEKLY e.
established 1848. In its 109th year of pubUcatiote
�� Published by SigualStar, Publishing Limited
sesoscet, t,(on Rates -Canada and Great Britain, $3.00 a year: to United,
States, $4.00. " Strictly in advance. -
Advertising Rates on request Telephone 71.
Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa.
Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Torontp.
Over 3,000 -Largest circulation of any newspaper published In Huron County -Over 3,000
eliesnber of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers
Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 13th, 1956
SPEED CRAZED DRIVERS
Whether it's the modern, restless age that -
is responsible or nut, the fact remains that,
seemingly irresponsible young ear drivers are
eausieg concern by the reekleis manner ill
which they are driving their ear around town.
The Crown Attorney has referred to it as "an
epidemic of horseplay among these juvenile
drivers. ' •
A number of theme have appeared ill court
and have been fined, We trust that others
who continue to drive ears around town streets
with utter,abandot► as to lite and bleb of their
fellow citizens \vitt t•eeeive ,itllilar treatment.
Every now and them it seems that a halt has
to be caller and semtent'es handed (int to re-
mind some oar driver; there are others On the
streets to be t•onsitieretl besid(.s lit'i i elves.
Apparently. the urge, to .peed on the part
of the operators of some vehicles has been with
DST BY
us for (suite some time. Even back in the
horse and buggy days.
Evidence of t his Ls to be found in a news
item in The Signal of June 29, 1911-tjust 46
years ago. It read: "The furious driving on
the Square by automobiles and other vehicles
has been taken up by the authorities and on
Monthly a well-known oitizeII was before the
magistrate a101 filled $5 and eosts ($11.75 itt
all t for reckless speeding of his horse and buggy
on the day previous. The east' against the
owner of .an .iIltonu►bile for alleged `scorching
lo' hearts next Monday. Other eases de-
serving of .attention ,may be dealt with at 0
later date."
Like everything else, titles are up tirese
days and the east for speeding runs higher.
itut -it (.4114'1 he too high, in the ease of some,
to change their ways for the proteetion•of thea'
fella►►• eitizet►s.
GODERICH MAN.
'file end t►f September will ee the end of
Uay}ight 4 tying Time for ono her season.
Sotne Goderich resident., partieillarly the more
rorent arrivals, are probably not aware ((1 the
Taut t11:tt • it • -zeas---a----tit►cierirlr-- nom-- t lir -,:rte
Judge E. N. Levis, Who Was the pioneer
Canadian eanlpaigtier for 1)ayli1.4111 Saving
'Time.
.fudge Levis was elected to the Commons
frcim \\'e„st Iiuron as a Conservative in 19113
and re-elected in 190.8 and 1911, When he
introduced 1115 daylight saving bill in 1909, it
was regarded as, a joke. measure 111141 greeted
with some laughter. I3nt the fact -that there
had t►t'en 0 similar bill in the British Ilou.e the
previous year helped a lot. The Lewis hill was
given a second reading and referred t4) 11
special committee following the English ex-
ample, \\'lieii he intl•odueed his measure, _the
West Huron member painted out that England,
the 1'II 1141 States, .\listralia and New Zealand
-hart-",r-11-start,•'-rl- leirislatirnt along these lilies.
The Lewis hill of 1909 went to a committee
\1.11011 viewed it favorably. hitt when it \vas
reintroduced in 11)10 it gat no further than 0
first reading. 'l'ht'll taint' the reeiprot'ity ('a111-
paiett ill' 1911 which er9Wd0d it ot1' the map.
Like many a elan with an idea for the
future. .1tldge 1t'\Vis went through a period
\Merl he sit\\- his measure meet with op-
position 1111,1 even ridicule, ]int li•kt' rill men
who stoutly believe in their idea:. he advocated
-it to the end. .fudge Levis died in 1931. hay-
lllg seen t111' idea adopted nati(►ilally i11 1918.
THE.__PRQP.ER- _AGE„_FOR RETIREMENT
',;I":>4at.igaiiu►l>ir�.. vt>;iclk.ahi ( h a V e Ucolt �z.
-SM ~•A�h _��. A. .4;fi r-i.w:- i"_-- •.k .. w.a,:.-, lAi.. „!i..ra.rl.' : , ii:
aerene eu lutniittom or .i lifetime of a(•ct►nl1)1I'1t-
m-emt- was actually a death seti•tenee for Sonne,
and for others illi eters ity Id emptiness and
tedium. ptuletuiited with aches Viand paid;.
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writes Hobert ('ollier Page. M.1).. in a recent
refine of Health Magazine.
Dr. Page was deseribing- the effeet of too
early age retirement upon aetive men. He
points out that there is considerable rontro-
versy oviet• what is the proper retirement age.
Some say G5, some 60. some 1)5, and .only go
as high as, 70, From t11e• health stand901111:
retirement plannutg should begin as early as -
the Inge i►f 40, for that IS the age at wltieh work
Down Mernory,'s
Lane
45 Years Ago
Several local industrialists stat-
ed, in a ;full-page advertisement in
The Signal, that reciprocity would
increase Goderich's • prosperity.
This was in reply to a Conservative
circular which said reciprocity
would throw local men out • of
work. It was a hot election issue
in 101.1.
. The Sarnia Creamery Co. offered
highest prig to Goderich dis-
trict -fanners who would take their
cream to the nearest railway sta-
tion and ship it to Sarhia.
:The first new wheat of the sea-
son was brought -into Cooper's
elevator by James McManus of
Colborne Township.It tested 61
pounds to the bushel.
Michael Dalton, ot Kingsbridge,
was bloused and shalen up • when
his frightened hctse wheeled and -
threw him out of the buggy. The
altimal ran from the overhead rail-
way bridge on the Dunlop hill to
Farr's Hotel at the foot 0(f Hamil-
ton street before --it was caught.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. S. Var-
coe, of Penzance Farm, Colborne
Township, announced plans'to sell
his herd of purebred Aberdeen
Angus cattle. The herd was reeog-
nized as one of the best and largest
in the province.
25 Years Ago
The latest vogue among district
youth seemed to be dancing from
midnight to dawn, it was noted in
The Goderich Star.
Joseph Mutrh moved his barber
shop from the Huron block to the
British Exchange Hotel.
A call to• Rev. David Lane, of
Dresden, was signed by 478 mems.
bers of -Knox Presbyterian Church,
Goderich. -
After occupying the position of
sales manager for four years, D. E.
Smith was appointed manager of
Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd.
The president, Mr. Mitchell, still
held a controlling interest in the
firm.
A-}•oiing "steer'6-coke loose while
. rest (.,uta,.....l-
-ifir f T1s 0 4 441il� ry"f ` �i tic • arrh�1 tifo) the
I1r(►btt1111 o1' setting; vt't'tli'('lnt'nt ages aec'ording
to 1114' hiologieal-lige of tilt' person rather than
the cltronologteal age.
••(10 to the thirtieth reunion of any college,
and look at the gathering of erstwhile ('lass-
lllates-all nearly the same a''e chronologically.
You 1614 lee ere(•t, vottnn- G_.•%►_� .,:ai�;;tfiit'h
springy step. clear eye and ready laugh, walk-
ing alongside veritable antiques with trembling
hands. tortoise -,slit, listless eyes. -and, queru-
lous voice;. From a .medical point of view it
is absurd to think of, these persons as being
the ranee age biologically, yet the ehronologiea'I
\-;trdstiek is the only one we lu►\V leave...
A CHANGING LONDON
"('here's a ttustalglt• 114)to i11 the news that
the 103 -year-old Covent ' Garden Market
building -at London is being demolished to slake
way for 0 modern $1,1 000)0 combined market -
parking building on the sante"site. ICS further
evidence of a ('}ltingi11g London,
Ifit Gould only talk -what tales that old
building could tell! The sale and exehaltge -
of any goods or commodities create a market.
But a lot, more than "goods and com►olodit ies'
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have been exchanged lit Covent. (iarden Mar-
ket in its more than a century of service. There
have been words ex.'hanged-n►illioi►s of theme
by many thousands of people over the years.
This exchange of words .has been 0 record of
the joys and sorrow:, of generations of people
of that district. And good old (-'ovent Garden
Market building 'hiu; heard them all.
Ilere, particularly in earlier clays, farmers
gathered and partook in the general dissemina-
tion of neighborly news, including the ubiqui-
tous, little bits of gossip. here, they found
refuge, for at least one day in the week, fronr
toil on the farm, as they became salesmen for a
day, disposing of their produce. Ilere, they
unloaded tiler 'burdens to fellow farmers and
urbitn people alike, probably including the
warning that if the weather didn't change
soon the crops would alt be ruined. That's an
outdoor sport farmers -have indulged in 'to this
day. But the ruination hasn't seethed to ar-
rive yet. Here was a gathering of friendly,
farm folk that was not nntike a hig family
reunion.
With the 'passing years have come changed
customs and tastes And a seemingly different
type of people on the market. Despite this,
the market still clings to a sort of homey
sociableness that links it with the, past.
Covent Barden Market has provided many
.4 '_mad. farming, (listrit•t story, for London
newspapers for tuitity yea1's, The "market.
beat" has 1,'4'11 the kindergarten of praet real
jo11r11al4.441 for generation's of newspapermen
who started 011 114'w4paper ‘work in London.
.11111 there have been -scores of then,. They
eventually graduated to more important news
heats in London and today many of theirs are
holding down important editorial or, advertiR-
int posts in many part; of the world, If all
the new; reporters who started their newspaper
work on ('ovent Garden. .Market in London
were to return to London for one day it would
make a largely attended Old Boys' lie -union.
Around Such it market you invariably find
loveable characters and such a mane was JitmtdV
Dean. for many years weigh,. scale clerk at
Covent Garden Market. A gentleman of the
highest order, he helped many a, cub reporter
get his news bearings around the market for
which the clrbs'wert! eternally- grateful. It was
the happy privilege of this writer to start news-
paper work on the ''►market heat,.. with the
Pu'eptiol► of being .exposed to a bit of report-
ing for a year or two previously on The Varsity,
undergraduate IT, of T. daily. .
'('here are those in Loudon who will say
the eitr will never seen the Sante Without the
old Covent Garden Market building. 111 Gode-
r-ieh, there a -re those ,who feel the town seems
different without ,the old hiron County build)
ing. in eneh ease a modern hnilditig repliers
the ol(1. But this is as it should be. The 01(1
is inadequate for present day needll. This is
to be expeett;d. The only unchangeable- thing
in life is change ihself. Future generations
will see future, inevitable ehanzes.
Farewell. old Covent Garden Market build-
ing. 'We have fond memories of you. But a
new age has to be served.
QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
1. Which of the provinces has the
greatest area of fresh water?
7.01 Canada.' 3.8 millionoccupied
dwellings, how' many; are owner-
tt►Ccupicd Ant how,. many -are
i tented?
3. tire.%•there;,in -Canada more miles
' ;'t -,oi' .hallway; lines or of paved
#.°.r hi hwayS7,4'f;1
`tcr ar\percentage • of • : Canadian
uscbiolds' 'ht"e ,;equipped with
t';; atltom�obilCs? "„.
;';"�•3.;tti;io310the Canadian manufac
(
tv+a�i51"W3+ ".., atw���}j�K�lx/yrs a11k9�"td'}Yl t'1f.ra
)Y.
turing industry averaged 4.6
cents profit on each , dollar of
sales. What was the 1955 figure?
ANSWERS: 5. 4.1 cents profit
per dollar of sales. 3. More than
44,000 miles of railway.line, about
30,000 mileso 'paved highway. 1.
Quebec, 71,000 square miles. 4. 57
per cent. 2. Owner -occupied 2.6
mtlliiin; rented 1.2 million.
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;ft Some 'kids are made to go to bed
early no they'll ge: up to the morn-
ing nice and fresh, and .then are
too fresh all day.
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LOAN SECURED
Gyp Customer - Sorry, but I
haven't any money to pay for that
meal It just ate.
Cashier -That's alright. We'll
just write your name on the wall
and you can pay the next time you
come in.
Gyp Customer -Don't do that.
Everybody will see it.
Cashier --Oh, no they wont. Your -
Overcoat will be hanging over it.
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Signal -Star classified ads brio►
results.
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being loaded at the CNR . station.
Running down Elgin avenµe, it
plunged into the lake and made for
the American -shore. It -was cap-
tured by Bert MacDonad, William
Bannis'ter and Kenneth McAuley.
They went out in a boat, roped - the
steer and hauled it into the boat.
1S Years Ago
In '.eleven months- of-- operation,
there had not been a Single major
accident involving airmen; attached
to the Sky Harbor elementary fly-
ing training school.
Town Council notified the On-
tario ' Liquor Control Board that
the town was taking Steps tp close
local beverage rooms at 10 • o'clock
ev,eny" night, -
Another giant cattle beast,. one
to rival Charlie Stewart's farm)iis
steer of other days, came into the
news of North Huron- It was the
purebred Shorthorn bull Resolu-
tion Money Bags, owned by W. A.
Culbert, stockbreeder of the fourth
concession of Ashfield Township.
The bull, weighing 3,200 pounds,
was to be exhibited at Teeswater
Fair, the proceeds to go to the
Red Cross. it was pointed- out
that a Z,000 -pound bull is usually
considered a 'big one.
Net proceeds of the Goderich
aquatic meet and carnival amount-
ed to about $400. The show was
put on by the RAF, the Lions Club
and Goderich Board of Trade for
thebenefit of British war victims.
Miss Ida Marie White, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. White;
of Goderich, was one of a group
of Canadian nurses leaving for
South Africa for duty with the
.military forces there.
10 Years Ago
The large frame barn of Douglas
McDougall, Ffuron road, Goderich
Township, was destroyed by fire.
The ' blaze originated in a straw
stack outside the barn. ,
Due to shortage of materials and
labor,. the Goderich recreational
metncrial-.00mm'i•tteeedcemed -it -ad-
.visable to delay action on the
IMSALE
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few of the many products
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ALTLI.D.A.
STORES
on sale.
DENTURE
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clear -outs special.
• 2 for 39c ,.
-2 for 25c
Here
TOOTH
Clearance
ing- manufacturer's
bushes-
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61/411181
stamping
les. Each
tary cello
2for39c
WASH'
are just a
BRUSHES
of lead-
(first qual-
it:6ta .
:c$eci
of And-
in sani-
wrap.'
CLOTHS.
• I'D'A. Brand
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Min -eat -Oil
,r. ..wet H a
x=Grat .,..-
,Y6.o"4oz.estdest
reg. SSc reg. 1.10
43c. 8 7c
25c value
• I.D.A. "Utility"
Hot Water Bottles - regular 1.79 '1.29
.good quality,
Soap Special various fragrances 10 bars for 49c
I.D.A. Brand
TOOTH PASTE regular 57c 2 for 79c
I.D.A. Brand WAX PAPER
Regular ,29c a roll 2,5c, 2 roils -49c
I.D.A. "Farr -Gloss"
FLOOR WAX* 1-I6, regular 53c ' 39c
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Cold Cream Soap I.D.A.Brand regular 2 for 25c•.
2 bath site cakes 23c, 12 for 1.29
Pro -Season Special,
' - SAFE -HEAT HEATI NG PAD
3 -heat - switch, . 4 thermostats 3.98' 4.95 value -
-Vacmaster
VACUUMBOTTL.Eregular 98c • 79c
•I.D.A. BRAND SACCHARIN- TABLETS
4 Grain '4 Grain
100's 500's 1000's• 100's 500's 1000's
reg. 20c reg. 55c reg. 79c reg. 23c reg. 65c re. 98c
14c -� 43c 59c . 17c 49c 7Jc
I.D.A. Brand
TOILET TISSUE reg. 2 for 25c 2 rolls 23f
I.D.A. MILK OF -MAGNESIA
16 oz. reg. 35e' 29c, 32. oz. rog. 60c 49c
l.D.A: Brand
Paper Napkrns rogular47c 15c; 2 for 29c .
IDAMALT •
Extract of malt and cod-liver oil
1 Ib. reg. 75c - S9c
2 Ib. reg. 1.29 .... 98c
4 Ib. reg. 2.29 1.69
I.D.A. HALIBUT
LIVER OIL CAPSULES
100's 250's 500's
reg. 1.15 reg. 2.29 reg. 4.29
a 89c 1.89 - 3.49
Ca\mobell's Drug Store
Lettersto the Editor
205 Security Block.
Grand Forks, N.D.,
September 5, 1956.
Editor, Signal -Star. _
Sir, -,Please find enclosed renew-
al for subscription to the Signal -
Star.
'North Dakota is pretty well
through harvesting a bumper crop
of wheat. The Weather during
ripening season was ideal for
wheat and very perfect :grain is the
restflt. • The highest yield I have
heard of so 'far. ire 56 bushels to the
acre and that was around Portland,
N.D.
Harvesting the potato crop, in
the Red River Valley, has started
and the yield is 'heavy. The sugar
beet 'harvest 3s dud to start Sep-
tember 17th. It is also a heavy
project. "
honoring, H. T. Edwards, who
was -retiring after 18 years as
superin'tendeiyt of the Children's
Aid Society, the directors present-
ed 'him, with a handsome easy chair.
Manager Keitrh Hopkhison an-
nounced that the County of Huron
Flying Club would henceforth be
known as Sky (harbor Air Services.
Instructions were being given at
the airport to persons interested
in securing a pilot's license.
Two important schdlarships were
'won by Beryl Sanderson daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sanderson,
of Goderich. She won the Robert
MacKay scholarship, valued at
$200, and the Hugh Innis Strang
memorial scholarship for Univers-
it'ty of Toronto.. The latter scholar-
ship was valued at $625.
crop this year.
Frost is predicted for this area
tonight.
' Yours truly,
HARRY TISDALE, D.C.
Toronto, Ont.,
Sept. 7, 1958.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir, -There's quite a contrast in
the smooth surface to Harbor Hill
road to when I drove down • it a
few years ago. • Visiting in Gode-
ricr during Labor Day week -end
I drove down to the harbor over a
washboard surface that almost had
my teeth chattering on- the way
down and up.
\I am told it is' the big trucks
going up and down the hill that
are messing up the road surface so
quickly. This seems boo bad and
rather costly to the towel but I
";GOOD SPORTS"
"It might be that Canadian wo-
men try to be good sports and
match drinks with their men."
r Dr.' Gordon Bell, special lecturer
on alcoholism at the University of
Toronto, suggests 'the above pos-
sible reason why there are more
women drinkers in -Canada than in
the United States. Dr. Bell has been
associated with the treatment of
about 3,000 alcoholics and problem
drinkers. His words should -carry
weight. '
The Alcohol Research Founda-
tion of Ontario, with which Dr.
Bell has worked, report that 64%'
of Canadian women talo a drink;
compared to 46% in the United
States. In addition to this startling
statistic theije--is--the sobering fact
that between 1944 and 1953 the
number 'of women alcoholics in
Canada increased by 60%.
If any of our Canadian women
are trying to match' drinks with
their men, 'Dr. Bell has a serious
warning for them. They are actuaI-
ly in much more danger of becom-
ing alcoholics than their husbands.
A hundred -pound ...woman would
suffet justet_ wice :the _jiarm: from
alcohol hat her two -hundred pound
_; ►.....s.-....� ... ..lam.._ � u., cr.-.
direetbie r � tb ""115o y
weight. _
This advt. sponsored by Huron
County Temperance Federation.
PEACHES
$4.00 PER BUSHEL
$1.50 PER 11 QT. BASt=7,
, Bargains while tire's `7asf."
e'tee.-e.
`'APPLES - PEARS -.PLUMS
(when available)
BELLVIEW FRUIT FARMS
(operated by F. Bell and Sons)
Six miles south of Goderich
R.R. 2, Goderich -
-Phone' 1260W4
35-6
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THURSDAY,- SEPT(. 130; 1950
suppose there is not much that
can -be done about it.
Yours truly,
J. SYMINGTON.
150 Forest Ave.,
%Port Colborne, Ont.
Editor, Signal -Star..
Sir, -Enclosed please • find my
cheque covering the SignalrStar
subscription.
- We enjoy the paper each ,week
and look forward to what it may
contain. Last week was interested
to know that "45 ,years ago': with
a 'number of other lads, I ago,'"
at-'tended Scout Camp on the grout ds
of the Toronto Exhibition', so the
old news is just as interesting as
the recent.
Thanking you, I en
Yours very truly, ,
ALFRED G, 'HAZEL.
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FRINGES
THE COST of an hour's work in business includes some
money that the emplore does not get immediately,
In addition to the hourly wage, there is the money the
.employer must set aside for vacations with pay, for
statutory holidays and for unemployment insurance; in
the case of many companies there • is also the money
required for hospital- and medical care, for pensions and
other "fringes".
Many people, including those self-employed, must
themselves save for their holidays and their future needs
and desires. On the other hand, people who work in
some largo enterprises for salaries or wages 4parently
prefer to -'have their employer set aside for them money
for such purposes.
Fringe benefits are savings for the (benefit of the'
employees and substantial expense for the employers.
They are part of the cost of an hour's work which must
be recovered from customers in -selling prices. -
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