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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-09-27, Page 2PAGE T O 1!t1? ,.' nberielil glignattitar HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WKLY Astablished 1848. In its 109th year of publication. • Published by Sigual-Star Publishing Limited eeosci;iption Rates—Canada and Great t.ritain, $3.08 a year: to United States, $4.00. Strictly in advance, Advertising Rates on request Telephone 71. Authorized as second-class mail, Post arice Department, Ottawas. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Toronto. Over 3,000—Largest clrculat1Qn o$ any vlewapapor publb bed In Huron County—Over tiara -ober of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. MQfaaber of Ontario Weekly Association,, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. GE*. L. ELLiS, Editor and Publisher. 3,000 Newspapers THURSDAY, SEPT. 27th, 1956 AFTER FIVE YEARS Five years ago this week, the present pub- lisher of 'Phe Signal,. -Star assumed the respon- aiibility of full ownership of this 108 -year-old newspaper. For tive years previous to that it was our proud privilege to be associated as a ,junior partner with W. 11. Robertson iii the ipublieation of The Signal -Star. '1'he past five years have gone by quickly, .as years have a habit of doing. In that time we have endeavoured to give Goderieh and district as. tine a weekly newspaper as resources t7Ould permit. It our efforts have Ines with any deer's' of slll'eeee, the eliiet t•redlt is due to the loyal support of our capable staff, the inspirational interest of our readers and the necessary support of our advertisers. It is only fitting, as we enter our sixth year, that we express sincere thanks to our readers, our advertisers and all those who in any way make possible the publication of the Signal -Stan from week to week. welcome from both our advertisers any suggestions they may have to ivake the Signal -Star, their house town news- paper, one of which they may be, proud. Their support is mue.h-appreciated and, in re- turn, the Signal -Star deems it an •honor_ to serve the best interests of the town and district to as full an extent as possible, T i E GODE ICH SIGNAL -STAR \DOWII Memory's Lane 45 Years Ago The Goderich tax rate was set at 261,e mills in 1911. This was lire mills higher than the rate which had been levied for the preceding several years. I The Signal published a letter from Miss Olive Turner, a former readers and MR. DREW'S RETIREMENT I'he aunouneuteut of :‘.1r. Drew's resigna- tion of the Federal l'otiservative leadership tame as a distinet, shock, not only' in political circles but to the country at large. Reports of kis ill -health were not sufficiently alarming `to convey©the imPreSSiou that' MT: Drew- atj-E'mi----- aidering his withdrawal from the arena in which he was so prominent and acture a figure. _Those who are away from the scenes of active political life can hardly realize what a burden of responsibility and- downright hard work must be borne by the political Ieader who takes aerioUsly the duties Of sueh a position. But there is a limit to human endurance, and Mr. Drew had nearly reached it. After a strenuous session of Parliament this year and another tough session -in prospect for the early months of next year, to be followed immediately by a general election, there would be no time for 1, rpti edeti -tu rebuild the Conservative leader's flagging energies Polities•has been Mr. DrewiS life aid— ne ¢an understand thtat hie decision to abandon - the aims and purposes to which he had devoted so many years was, as he himself said, a heart- breaking one. But however regrettable, the Goderich resident who was engag- ed in missionary work in West China. John Brophey retired from the firm of J. Brophey & Sons, but at was announced that the furniture and undertaking business would be carried on by Joseph and William Bioph•y, The schooner ftatandin brought in a cargo of 500,000 feet of white pine for the Spanish ,River Lumber Co., wallet had just opened a lumber yard on the north side of Goderich harbor. When the CPR donated a trophy for the most efficient ainbulan•ce corps in, the divi.sian, the newly organized Goderich corps prepared to enter the competition. Among the members were A. Baldwin, W. Shipman, J. McCormack, J. W. Straiton and 14. C. Moore. The Gatlin Institute, of Toronto, claimed that it could cure anyone of the liquor habit in just three days. 25 Years Ago Thomas W. Bell, Anglesea street, exhibited a potato stalk, measuring 8 feet, 6 inches in length., which he had pulled .,from his patch of Green Mountains. The same hill contained 28 good-sized potatoes. A Goderich native, Major A. F. i Church by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sandy. Hugh Hill flew from Sky Harbor to Leamington wnere he was a cattle judge at the fall fair. He returned home the same day, the plane Landing hien in a field just behind his barn. Goderich fi reel .en made a fast trip to the air 'field at Port Albert but found that the blaze was out when they arrived. Apparently some brush had ignited and it was feared that the fire might spread to the buildings. vse cue. decision was, we cannot but think, a Sturdy was promoted to the rank /l fl ` subordinate position in which time and rest of lieutenant -colonel and to the oderich, ferable to a complete breakdown wi`fh no hope of rt'eovei'y. —To orison may hes -rhe -be-t i1—M1 Drew's withdrawal and President Eisenhower's continuance in active public life; but the cir- eunistaiues are quite dissimilar. The President of the United States is not a member of Con- gress and has no part in the rough acid tumble of debate and active_ leadership of his party on the floor of Congress. The leader of - the ()-posit inti in Canada battles in the house of Commons at the head of his party and may be the hardest -working man in the House. At else present. time Mr. Eisenhower is leaving the campaign for his re-election largely to his lieutenants. In the coming general election its {'ana�la Mr. Drew as lea.cier.ofhis party would be required to tra'ierse'the country' from f` anti- Boast- 'Wrist bear- h, -h tne t)io . t;re3 eainpaign. w• Yes, we believe Mr. Drew made a wise decision, and may.. yet, with renewed health, give years of good service to his country.. may restore a great measure of health, is pre- command of the Huron Regiment, Goderich headquarters at G Goderich Lions Club was pre- paring for the crippled children's and defective eyesight clinic to be -held----at Seafor4h - -On-thee-local committee were H. T. Edwards, 11. H. Griff, S. D. Croft, Rev. J. N. H. Mills, T. G. Cannon, Charles Saunders, Andrew Porter and G. L. Parsons. Donald Harris and his sister, Betty, won the top oratorical hon ors in the Goderich • Township school fair at Porter's Hill. Kath- leen Beacom was adjudged the -best speller, while the sweepstakes winner of the day was Robert Sterling. 15 Years Ago Prospects were bright that the aircraft factory, idle for many years, would be put to use again in the manufacture of component parts, °fDr: airs/lanes. - Wilmer McManus 'three4eggdd- iw..-(+_ .»s o _ s. dapso u ya ,Grattan," were being ,shown at -fall - fairs in WAtern Ontario. Over 500 paid to see the freak at Strat- ford. In change of the- show .were Ernie Jackman and Benny Steep. The passenger steamer Georgian, Iwhich called at Goderich fior sev- eral years, was chartered by the Canadian Government for coastal transport service. She was owned by Seaway Lines, of Detroit. LAST ANTIQUE ON HIGHWAY 21 Tenders have been called, for the strlrt'Ir s ing of steel to build a new bridge over the Saugeen River on Highway 21 at Southampton, according to The Southampton Beacon. This newspaper adds that Ontario I)•epartntent of Highways officials have been at Southampton making arrangements for the purchase of buil- dings on the north bank of the river which will have to be removed in order to allow the bridge ' Onstruetion. In brief, the old highway bridge at South- ampton will soon be no more. Whien this hap- pens, the aged bridge over the Maitland River at Saltford will be the last antique of its kind along the entire route of Highway 21. And it is undoubtedly even older thait the present shaky bridge at Southampton. A plaque on its side reveals that the present Saltford bridge was built in 1853-73 years ago. Surely- it has serried its day, particularly in view of modern day traffic. Even the ap- proaehes to the bridge are an invitation unto deal. As for the bridge itself, a Goderieh welder was asked to do some welding on it 15 0 0 0 CARLOW Letter to the editor CARLOW, Sept. 24.—Mrs. Jennie McGratten, of Goderich, visited with Mr. and Mrd' Gordon McGrat- ten for a few days last week. Mr. Ernest Young, who had been improving in heaith, has had a relapse, and is quite sick again. Construction of the new Carlow school is well under way. Messrs. Kalbfteisch, of Zurich, are the con- tractors. Mrs. Charles Robinson, of Gode- rich, visited with Mrs. E. Brindley on Wednesday. 'I(rren *'1, Ont., September 24, 1956. Editor, Signal -Star. Sir,—We could not let 1956 go by without once more acknowledg- ing our debt of gratitude to your newspaper for the generous cover- age and sympathetic /support given to The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Owing to delayed ca npaig1ts the itatdona1 total- will• not be known until late Fall, but returns to date indicate that the objective will be exceeded. We should, therefore, like to express to you and your stall, and through your newspaper to :the citizens who support us with time, money and encouragement, our warm thanks and apeireciation. Yours sincerely, L. BURSEY, Brigadier, NATIONAL C4MPAIGN DIRECTOR. 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It I town to B. H. Potts, manufactuL , is little wonder that a longtime resident of I agent, of Toronto, for $800. The deal was handled by Councillor Saltford today- say's, "It is remarkable that the , W• C. Attridge and his industrial bridge is even standing °1 '' commission. Inc identally, two bridges preceded the It was illegal to serve beer or present structure.- The one before itwine in Goderich after 10 p.m., an all- The Ontario Ligdor Control Board wooden affair, was built in 1854, and there speedily approved 'Down Council's was one before . that. request that the new early closing However, the present antiquated bridge -regulation rb10 Ye putears intoAgo effect. may be doonmd to disappear in the iron too In 16 gaines, Goderich Midgets distant future. Manysurveys have been glade had lost only one encounter. In in recent years with a view to re -rotating the the third and deciding game of their series with C�ollitt.gwood, the highway- at Saltford. This involves, of course, localSw'on 5-4. Don Warren lim:it- the building of a new bridge. ' Cost of building ed the Collingwodd crew to three a bridge at Saltford would -undoubtedly be hits in the game which was played more than at' Southampton because of the lay- in S uthampoto the tilers, Ernest, Charles and Howard, Regardless of the cost, it should be a to donate the family homestead in. ``must " in the plans of the Ontario Department Colborne Township to Huron Caun- of 'Highways in the near future. Maybe a• ty was accepted at a meeting of the reforestation committee. series of fatal accidents or even the holding A 16 -millimetre motion ,jicture of a Provincial` election would be the only projector and aecesories were pre - things to farce the issue. sented to Knox Presbydterian An Robertson bro- Orit Of the•land Teeswater Fall Fair Oct.—2 and OUTSTANDING LIVESTOCK SHOW -- 4.H CLUB SHOW HARNESS RACES — BANDS — VAUDEVILLE 1,000 Reserved Seats for Afternoon Grandstand Show — .75c Rush Seats — .50c. Send cheque or money order to Melvin Rome, Secretary, Teeswater. IN THE ARENA , OCTOBER. 3 • 8.30 P.M. HOLIbAY RANCH 'Canada's Most Popular Television Show with CLIFF McKAY MONIQUE CADiEUX 2 I4 tw':StageShow -.. Eight .1181.10dAn4 —1,1>allcill9 MIt 1-00 Amu.. Admission $1.25 Children under 12 — Oc -38 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES SHoUtLD .ORGANIZE After ten 'months campaign to eut the traffic toll in this province Attorney General A. Kelso Roberts could report some consider- able progress recently. Fatalities on provin- cial highways were reduced -during this period by 14 per cent, as compared with the same period in 1955. This is. substantial achievement, but as the Attorney General himself pointed out, the death toll is still high. Nearly two persons are killed every day on provincial highways•; another dies on the roadway of a City or town in the same period. "On the average one able bodied person dies on the roads of Ontario` by violent means every eight hour working shift," he said. The Attorney General's Department, Pro- vincial 'Police, the Department of t ighways ii•nd such organizations as the Ontario Safety League have been, and are continuing to pro - ate the kind of driving that will reduce high - 'tray accidents,. The police have, and will con - lit tinge to curl- the kind of driving that ends in a death. These efforts are making,the progress noted on provincial highways. But what about local traffic fatalities? Frequently the victim of motor mayhem On local streets is a pedestrian and too often the viet.im is a child. To cope with this loeai traffic toll in Ontario cities and towns, the At- torney General has stressed: 1La We are par- tieularly interesed in formation of local safety councils at a high standard of efficiency. They are not only very worthwhile, they are essen- tial to a fully yuecessful traffie safety drive." Ontario has 970 municipalities --cities, towns and villages where traffic safety is of eonvArn. "We would get at the root of this safety problem," say's Attorney- General Rob- erts, "if every solitary municipality organized a safety eonneil, put at. its head a responsible eitizen aware of the problems, and determined to solve- them at the lneal level." 16,0 EDITORIAL NOTES The un:ieasonaible Breather has had many regrettable eonaequeneeS, and one rit dire de- cisi(pin of the Unison fruit -growers to forego their animal] count) apple flow this year. Day wo hope for a ; ood sex;O1t trent year and the resumptiOii of the enhibition whieh has .)60 b or of than plitauant event5 of the frill e eS a v' -,4461IlIlCt i said to he (waiving a solution 0 of the problem of what to do with old news- papers and wrappinlg paper. That is to eon - vert thein into eheap food for animals. After proeessing th03- will be a substitute for hay. N•ewsjt -int, of course, is "mostly of vegetable origin and cows are expected to enjoy eating old papers ahredrled and mixed-• with molasses. .lust how they will take to newspapers whose editor's) dipped their pens in vinegar remains to Te � n .�. w 7st• rP uiO Ga+ ,.goo.non I • . . . with its exiting dates 1 Be prepared for any invitation. Have your fall clothes cleaned the Goderich Fr'enc'h Dry Cleaner's way - the safe, thor- ough method of cleaning that really satisfies. the pitch. And you ought to come in just to see why today is a great time to buy a Buick—with easier -to -take prices than you may find next year—and with the fine trade-in allow- ances that our volume selling of this year - ahead Buick permits,us to make. Drop in on us rigIt now for a look and a ride and a talk. You'll be real glad you did. *New advanced Variable Pitch llynaflow is the only Buick builds today. 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