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THE GODERIGH`SIGNAI:-STAR'
THE OLD .HOME TOWN Lout o's- By STANLEY
HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Ale
2steblished 1848. In its 109th year of publication.
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited
.iuoscriet 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-Towtt Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Tororii o.
Over. 3,000—largest circulation of .any newspaper published in Huron County --Over 3,000
Member. of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Associatian. _ Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers'
Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY, SEPT., 20th, 1956
DUE FOR A CHANGE?
Since 1885 the world has et armed lip it
year-round average of one degree, weather
experts report. That imay not went like very
nttreh but for Northern 11einispliert' countries
like Canada it rtlllltl mean a substantial and
eignifii•ant change, says The h'inamrial Post.
It the 1rt'lit, cuntin,lt•s, say the scientist..
we ran t'x pt't't ►11(1'4' moisture e itll;l les, frost 111
the northern half of Kurth Atmerit•it and more
heat and more drought in 1 he hover half.
For Canada that wol(Id mean a northern
extension of tilt' t+•ee belt and graiI1-1;1•t)\l"lne-
aareas, \ridt'r 11.e of tt'll(1t'r t•1•t)ir, like lobitt•(•u.
e0r•I1 all(1 sOybeans, 111O1•e irower from bigger
river. and l lom!.,ri• season foe nayi',at pun. f ((r
the southern 1'.S,, ll(l\\'t'\•t'1', it might i4(►t be „it
111 ea Silnt, a, they V011ld t•t'rta111I\• have more
blazing heat, more dt'sei•t, more irrigation prob-
lems and less farming.
ufortunatcly, ene.e-,et't•, the., evrltthet' 111t'u
are 1►y no means agreed tltltt• the rt'ct'rlt \vartli-
imtt trend will continue. Some say it will be-
cause wurid industry is establishing an insulat-
iit', blanket of carbon dioxide above us, more
bring pumped lilt() the air than call he absorbed
ltd• 111. (weans. Others equally emphatic say
\,•e ;ere due for a regular cooling cycle and that
it hit, already •tat`ted as is imdiratrd 1►v the re-
adviiilt•t', after 4t long retreat, of glari('rS 111
'rtheru Europe 4444(1 more recently in eertaiu
arra, of this continent.
IC., going to talc(' It ft'vy v''1I'S at least 10
.4'1414' that al•glllllt'rlt.
"IT'S UP TO GODERiCH"
What future the St. Lat.rrnt•t' Seaway tries do not -311,4 collie to ally town.'1'ht'\-
project holds for (_;otlrricll, most modern and invariably have to lo' sought.
cOImnlodiolls harbor on the east shore of Lake Right now is the time to be working on
lluron, is 41 )Matter 441' varying opillit)1Is by t110-ser11rilig of 1►ut('ntiitl ittdtlstrit, for God,
ditlervnt p('(Yplr. 1.1(•11 that call Make 1154' of the Ilt'w Seil‘Vay i'or
There is a minority \vhu believe it will telt, tritmspur•tatioit t►f it, product,. Every
nit'an little ()r 111t}ting. The 111i1j44rity aro_ eo14- t)1'g141411.4411111 ill Iloderir11 interested ill this ers' trot or pace was Harry Shields,, Alex MacVicar; secretary, Cleland I hart and actin,' F S t,
fident--it-vvtl-l-t'vet-tent 11--• ht•n1144 ill al► t'tttieety 4.1fu•i'-l.i >n wnt=. Mete+uld 4w- giv-fere. it aH- mssihtr - l g to confirmed
t n t, i "My Ji'm. � 1 Bone, and- Ti�'asut'er; Reg her.: F/51;4 ; DI -Stew -art, and from LAC
rte\i• era of industrial development fur the" attention. 1414 1ti(ir(l iif this should be the new- In a letter to The Signal, a I lion. 1'. L. Kennedy, Ontario to Cpl., G. C. Allin..
('outlty Town. It formed Midwestern Ontario _ Industrial 1)t' citizen complained that Sunday' Minister of Agriculture, opened
'1'h(� most reali,ti,t, answer was probably \(' o )n►rut Board \yhirll'.t'r\t's ,. band concerts were a violation of the Goderich Industrial Exhibition, ,
1 1 I four counties, s, the fourth commandment.- Besides, of which James Connolly was pre -
important ' t i ,
including. Huron ('ollty• he claimed, the concerts kept child- ! sident. From ,a financial stand- harvesting L,500 acres of flax, an
p important wear material."
The I;utleri(h indmstrial ('Omu1li;Sio►1 k ren out too late at night. point, the fair suffered due to
Town Council voted to accept poor weather. As a result of a canvass of the
more active Hunt is generally known. Little Charles C. Lee's offer of $4,000 for '• A Goderich chain store adyer- county's library boards by Miss
i• published of 111(' industrial ,ro.s )t'ets''it has the summer hotel. Council sti ul tiled coffee at 25 cents perpound A. Rose Aitken, Godeheld r herefor
1 I ,l aced that he must continue and bread at six cent;; per loaf. a meeting was to be held for
traeki d cio,vu—itn(1 for °bee," reasons. het the purpose of forming a county
operate it as a summer hotel for 15 Years Ago library,
mature publication a i»formation u' this at least five years and a • the With the aim o. stimulating re a-ssowatiot,. One of Lh(
pay chief aims was establishment c
has more than unrr lust an industry- for a tuvv'r+• taxes. erupting, an armored unit visited .
The careless drng of an ,auto-"Goderich. In the impressive pro -
t• -t. a book exchange system.
mobile caused Charles-Oke's team cession were armored trucks, Brenn 10 Years Ago
to run way, the Berrmiller cog- gun carriers and a 4.5 howitzer. J C. Peters, of Montreal, was
respondent reported. The wagon P. ,T, Cantelon received word of selected as director of recreation
p p byGoderieh Lions Club, which was
shed b death h' friend, Elias;
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Down Memory's
Lane
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Air Cadet News
Maitland Air Cadet Squadron is
starting tl}is year with a change
in the organization whereby the
cadets are acting in the executive
positions, Th,e'conunanding officer
is W:0.2 C. Townsend and his
adjutant is • Cpl. R.� Fisher. W.0.2
It. Wood is. the squadron warrant
officer and F/Sgt. M. Loiselle is
his assistant. Sgt. K. Josling is the
supply officer and Sgt. P. Mc-
Creath is the chief instructor.
The flight commanders a r e
F/Sgt. R. Reinhart, and Sgts, J.
Simmons, M. Duke and G. Towns-
end, with the color party in charge
of F/Sgt. D. Stewart. Heading the
various committees Are: publics
F/O. D. Fincher and F/Sgt. M.
I oiselle; entertainment, F/Lieut.
J. M. Cutt and W.O.2 C. Townsend;
maintenance. Mx. W. Payne and
F/Sgt. D. Stewart, and member-
ship, F/O. W. Johnston and F/Sgt.
11. Reinhart. F/O. D. Pincher, F10.
If. Hibbert, Mr. W. Anderson and
Mr. W. Payne are acting as the
flight 'advisors.
The squadron would like to wel-
come its new civilian ifl��••uctors,
Mr. F. Wood is going to t,ch areo-
45 Years Ago threatened to result" in the dis- engines, Mr. W./Reinhart will teach,
After 15 years of Liberal rule, qualification of four members of radio theory, NIT. W. Anderson will •
Sir Wilfred Laur:er's government Town ,Council. Instruct the cadets on service fam-
iliarizatjon, Air Force history and
was defeated at the polls by. the ! Saltford residents almost had effective speaking, and the flying
Conservatives led by Hon. R. L. heart failure when a collegiate trades instructor is Mr. W. Craven.
Borden. In West Huron riding, r,tudent rode down the "main Rev. R. G. MacMillan, who has 1
Conservative M. G. Cameron de- street,'s standing upright on the been associated with the squadron 1
feated Liberal E. N. Lewis. Both seat of a motorcycle. lie didn't far the past. three years, will be
were Goderich barristers. The ; crash, but he did earn himself i serving the squadron as chaplain
Laurier government went down to an invitation to see the magistrate with the honorary'rank of F/Lieut
THURSDAY, SEPT.^ Z0th;_ 193¢ -
monster steer; 45 years ago, 3,20b
•Letter to the editor pounds was �► lot of bull. -
Sincerely and gratefully Yours, -
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Dearborn, Mich. WALTER DALTON.
Sept, 14, 1956. Y.Sv.-1 remember clearly the
Editor SignalStAr. :)torten of 1911 when Capt. John M,c-
Sir,--Enclosed please find cheque Donald's schooner was wrecked up
for subscription renewal to your near :o_____Ine; also the storms of
grand old paper. 1 look forward 1913 nd 1916, when so many
eagerly each week for "the Signal,'' liuronwn were lost.
csspectally Kingsbridge news. W.D.
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I was surprised again on reading -- O
"Down Memory's Lane" column to One-third of the 'working Keno
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learn that Culbert's Shorthorn out- ation of Ottawa is employed by
weighed the late CITarlte Stewart's the federal government.
defeat on the reciprocity issue, I the following Saturday morning.
which it had championed. Officers of the GDCI literary so -
,The Goderich Industrial Exhibi- ciety included: honorary president,
tion's gate receipts were $1,417.05, Miss J. Cowan; president, Dorothy
and the 1911 show was considered Linkiatcr; -first vice-president, Au -
the most successful held up until leen Litt; second vice-president,
then: The top horse in the farm- Sylvia Salkeld; third vice-president,
F/O. King, of RCAF Station, Clin-
ton, has been appointed Eason
officer between that station and the
lonal cadet squadron. -
The recent promotions are as
follows: F/Sgt. io •acting W.0.2,
R. Wood; Sgt. ,to F/ Sgt., R. Rein -
given last Friday by '1n otltt•ttl ut the Ilene))
E1et•tric'1'ower ('utumiseion of Ontario. 'I'llis
was during an ihspt'rtion tour of 4 )ntario
Hydro'. St, 1 awrt'mrt' 1'ovvt'r 1'ro,jert by offi-
cers. Of the Ontario Weekly Newsi►al►t'rs Assit-
eiat'ion. As a member of the latter gr00l►, we 1 1 f f t t1 kind
viewed with amazement not only tilt' ti•t'ltlt'lt-
(Ious' Dower project but also a substantial That 1s 4411y the I,oderrrh Industrial Commis -
portion of the seaway project itself. As we ,int► Works (Ittirtly. S0nle three or four tithes
watched (wean going boats from Europe cop- a year representatives of this Commission make
- int; up the present canal we ..tried to visualize nut -of -town trips t() t.rark down industrial was sma-1 ut no one was in- the ea ofoldisrien to "t7herepS0177-ib-le'
for his sola
Lite larger1►(►ttly tied (ttt<lfrtt})tr(111 tti+irt•+• t=tial- It ;l)ts. This vv irk several t rt'srt}trtti}-rs t)f Jared. 25` Years Ago— - fD mvusf-fcreator�f ofW M=cke�n hiottise he is Theweroon2a„aFPllcatio 5'
erous European boats that would be using, the the ('ouimi55iom visited Toronto to cheek over Town Council s ' by-law and other characters. Born near jog .
(_ ri e .1 r,+.cbt r,f l ho a.,,oaice,-.
••�,��i�v�wv rfiEi�r�'•�= i�'4t'vnrir�rt'rf- ' �►rt .111.--�n=� 'ti17r t^rl�lntt )itns,�i�(ti`te. 'i''�'-t�' ;t'l�ti�'"11i'tti"t'�it�it� '�lt'7i= r hutlti('f241zing'ltrie pure-tlas'ai�bti acres 'tat'it4fidtAc
lns�i5ih�y'"tiati"a�+tb'titl'`Leidio appeal..to c;iti-
”"' mean t(i "Gn(1'rirli"'�i-» ` oi1r first thOltr'ht.. rcdnre btlt nue of these ri�lys it' is reasonabl(,Iof land - from the McLean estate cd 's Central School. ( zens of the town and district for
" It will be up to (;04terix 11 after til,', se�t\yav- is to .1►elieyr, one of these roti leets is going, to 'for cemetery purtpbses ata price (- Grain vessels calling at GodericJl aid in raisin,' $5,000 to .renovate
1 T P 1 of $2,500. The first by-laws pro tp Sept?einber, 1941, Included. the the new club .house, the old Odd -
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was; the. llydro official'` answer: click. We e ron)Inrn(1 the progressiveness . Of viid�ing for the purchase of 67 acres William Sehu-pp, Brice'doe, - Durs- I felJdnvs' Hall on Kingston* street.
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in the matter of seeurillr; new industries this Commission 'and trust it will- r('ec\ive the for $3,000, was rescinded. Thus ton, Superior and L. V. Massey. I In 194G,
tllitt ' applies 1 organ -
was
a ou-'rrel which at one time Huron County farmers were books fists t were
rerich4and ration826
the answer that a p plies rig4t now and 41.1)01e -hearted toed )nation of Godl rich or an-
e ; at, Dungannd . Mrs. D. D. Mooney
1 was _ the distributing chief at
Goderich,
Norval Anderson, of Goderich,
was a member of a deputation of
temperance workers who inter-
viewed Attorney 'General • Leslie
Blackwell at Queen's Park. Mr.
AT - i Blackwell ,assured them that the
THETEXTILE SHOP BEST sir. Canada Temperance Act old be•
�.�.� recognizePeeanal d' and strictlyof enforced
. by pollee. The CTA. was in effect
in the Counties of Huron, Perth,
Secure your warm bedding needs from our offering of i l the Manitoulin.e
Saltford Atomics won the Town
Flannelette Blankets
t4,
it will he equally true—only with added inn- izations itt supplying it With 4111y infornn;,ation
portant'—after the .t*'l\\•ily is ready Indus- of a Halllrt' that \\'ill be helpful.
BAYF1ELD FAIR CENTENNIAL
The Signal -Star takes pleasure in saluting
t11(' Hayfield Fair on the occasion Of its Cen-
tennial next Thursday, September 2.7. (treat
credit is due to the otlirials of this enterprising
agricultural organization, both in th'r years
•that -•art' now history and at the present time.
They not Only kept the fair gni tg, while rma+►y
like it have been ea,ualties, b lt. haye made it
"hi,'_ter and better thiol ever." „
A centenary calls for a looking to the
future. 41V well as to the past. 'There i. ('y('1•\"
reason -to believe that the future of the Hay-
field Fair will be a progressive one.
het els, thiels, take a look sit the past •
75 years ago, as recorded in the news rulllnlns
of the Huron Signal of October 14, 1SS1. The
Rayfield Pair—or "the fall exhibition of the
Stanley Iirall('h .1;,''1'll'lllturirl Society's—wit,
Pye11 thenl a healthy, ('O1011llltlit)• i11stitiTi((11.
'The Hayfield hotel keepers did a meshing
bieeine;e on show (14iy'reported 1110 Signal of
18S1. Continuing, it•said : "The stables were
overeronvded 410d. in(14011. `dole of 'the more
popuiar places hal not yard ro(►nJ for the
horse;. Olir thanks are tent' to lir, .latme,
Morgan, of the Riverview 1louuse, for the cotir-
teyie: 41114. hospitality .huevm 11S ;1111'i41g the
dad•.'
.1pparent1'5 they had the odd bout between
youngsters of 75- yo:11•s on fair flay at Hayfield
75 years ago. The 11('rnllnt of the fair stated:
"Two well-knowniresideuts of 1Bayfield, aged
nhout (5 and 75 years respectively. 0110 'a
village father, met in the„Market, and having
a dispute over some :tnittt('r (maybe” who' 1i t1
th(' -biggest pttmnpkin or the fastest mare at
1110 fair). Undertook to settle it hv' the 'manly
art.' .'
The 11a.yfieh1 district mltlst ,have had. its
quota of -Scottish settlers" ft,1• the fair aeeonnt
said : "Thr open grounds ga\•t' eyet'yllle. all
((IrlrortUnit y or seeing lhr rat tie, et1'., for
nothing'. The hone ring was large and well
-patronirt'(I by both paying and non-paying
I►llblic,
Anientl the (hit'f prize . vvirulr►'s in the
y;leiolrs diyi,iuns ii'(': heavy horses, A. Sliitrks
and .141111.'. Ai•nlstron4: cater, E. -Westlake
end .1. AVeils; ,hrl'p. -John Salkeld and .1.
Arnlstroti;,►: carriage horses, .1. i)Itrin, '1'. Naftel
:4(01 M. 1'. ('4lul,rr()1t, M.1'.: pigs. 1t..1. Turner
;eel James Steep dairy pro(lttte, Mrs. George
Weston and Mrs, S\yatlield : grain- and ,' '0(1s,
sa
Iac Salkeld, E.- Westlake and .Sohn Salkeld:
vegetitl►les, .1. Wild, W. H. AA'o0(1, .1. Lindsay,
C. • McGregor, A. 11. 13rownson. 'These are
nilrne5 sslli(.11 were well-km(i\yn in the district
when the Fair was started about 100 years ago.
Anlon1 the steer-e4Jfu1 exhibitors of int-.
elements were the' following Goderieh men:
S. Sergnliller "with his popular plow- : It.
Thompson, "'the well-known horseshoer 'and
har•r•0(4' milker..: T..1. Story. "041r enterprising
yntllt4 rilt•riltge makers,"
Among the exhibits referred to was One
largely ru)1s1in)ed today hilt uu longer grown.
hero'. The report said : "Some fitte Sample, Of
boar((), 101isetl ill the township, (('er'&' on_ ex-
hibition and drew m1ul)• faivorable euttiments
(ecru lovers of 'the weed.' "
And so it went. 11t the hayfield Fair of 75
years ago, Which next Thursday will celebrate
it. centenary,
EDITORIAL - NOTES
Fall brings with it a resumption of meet-
ings of variotns town orgitnail ions at whirl) a'
man ges up and. sp('ake and says nothing. No-
body Helens. Then everybody disagrees.
Figures of the .111ne 0ensus are appearing
in pieeemoal fashion. Cldxlerieh is Preditedl
with a popt>tlntiorl of 5,766, an increase of 83'2
over the 1951 figure. Our town is not yet of
metropolitan proport ions, hat is easily the
largest centre between London and flwcn Sound
and went of Stratford—nn area roughiy 140
miles by 50 miles. And ivateh for lex in 1961!
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As the 'IT:R: presidential election is now
anly a .few weeks' away, eve may begin to look
for the polls that give nn advance glimpse of
the, thinking of the electorate. It is estimated
" tlrnt`'•thi�. vnat .surd' of $200,000,000 is. spent an -
for ,vstriotis polls in the United States.
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These are not all political, buts il14 Jndt' opinion
te•tts on new brandy of food, the latest steles
in motor cars, .the trend i11 women's faslhiong
---Jill sorts of things. 1Eowever, this is Uncle
Sant's election year, and polities is uppermossj.
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With the drastic (changes taking place in
driving habits, even in the rural diet riots, and
the tendency tdl use the main roads instead of
the sideron(Is in the townships. will it snort he
fonud advisable to close ninny of those side -
roads altogether? This interesting question is
raised by The St. Marys .lunrnitl-Argus. It
sitggeste that ssidlerond5 every two miles or les
are not essential today 'as they \v'eee in 1►yuon��
years and that the land they oerllpv eon1(1 Ike
('011verted to ?'tilt1vation and prtulii tioit. The
post of keeping np these* hlnneeesssnry roiuts
would he eliminated and' the money ei► rldi be
used for improvement of the ma in • Ulf !Ishii)
roads,
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