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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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THE GODERICII SIGNALSTAR
Down Memory's
Lane
45 Years;' Apo
Charles C. Lee announced that
he had taken over the coal busi-
ness toatnerly operated by- his
Newspapers father, the late William Lee.
THURSDAY, NOV. 8th. 1956
ALL FACTS NOT REVEALED
Not since the days of the last world war
have people in this area, in eoininou with
Canada , as a whole, so anxiously awaited
special newt bulletins regarding the tense
situations both in Egypt and Hungary. They
• rite in these situations the dreaded possibility
"of the susrt of World War 111 and with its
coining a time of dejtruetion the like of µ•hies
the v. -or -lit has never known.
Many of us are baffled by Britain and
Fran,-- taking things into their own hands and
attack r:, Egypt ,n ,lireet disregard of the
AND SO IT WAS
fear after year Harbor l'ark t•ontiniles
to tie a popular ,put to hold wellies. Se{,res
of then, are held then' every summer ranging
alf the rrav 111 ,ice front a small family
•picnic of half a dozen people to the largest
one. the annual liroehlel I,icriic, ++ it h some
1,($$) people in attendauee.
Now that the" :reason for J►ieni,•, is oe$
10
we have time to look into an explanation
for the. origin of the word •`i, enlY " It goes
back ►,ver a hundred yt•ars to when i,eople
had lrit•nies but didn't Bail theta picnics. 'Then.
SPORT
Sport is sick- `lick with the treatment it
receives' from those who have farteiwil r,n to
it like le•ecehes. Fastened on to it for their orvri
personal profit. Purveyors of tbit built-up cnm-
rnentar', the cagey eolurnti, the phony publiY,•-
ity. The huckster hangers-on who purchase
public ;ty by peddling the physical exploit, of
other-.
So spurt i, ,ick. Sick because it has hi --
tome an end in itA elf acid not a means to• al►
end- wbieli ought to be—enttrtainttient-an,l
pleasure for those who participate and those
who look on. Instead it has beeonie a business
S Orri
Qf_ 1i.'arid c1u11arsf-=itistFsttii t►f -: xf:t
ideas of tie UN. The uufurtunnte part of it,
however, is that we are not given full details
about the situation. We are given only part
of theta. As a result, we juuil► to hasty con-
clusions based only, on the facts that have
been given to US.
}''or this reason, it might lir well not to
form, definite opinions ist this time but to wait
out such time as developments eventually
reveal the fast„ behind' the situations which
we do not have. These farts will 'opine to the
,urfaCt• in due course. -
CALLED "PICNIC"
as now, it was customary for each per5u11
attending these outdoor parties to bring s4)/11,.'"
thing in the way of refreshments. A lint was
prepared of what was considered neeessar•v.
This list ryas passed around and each person
picked out " suo•h articles of food and drink
as he or she rvould provide. 'The• name of the
arti,•le W011141 then be "i►irked" off the list.
\aturall)` enough. this sort of .eutertain-
nit•nt Y•allie to be known at; -1lick-111ek'. and
rias}1v "J,ieriie '' 'I'},►t authenticity of this
exl►lanatis not vointhed for but it will do.
IS .._SICK
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t js oft, tts--'Tsed .oi• grin
'a' and start' 'cc-ntkffig again ander its own
power. To, hp lulled in false security is no
Let. ;port be itself. A contest of skill ani rvay, of recuperation.' Sport as a means .10
endurance and condition- with the rules defined
and agreed to 1+y eacl► side not (Ally in nail►
but in prineij►le for the ii .-,sary eor►t11 ua[i e
of the ranee itself. `W -here it i, 110 disgrace to
lune.I,t•ovided the defeat is honorable and where
.I,orI,tuauship is regarded' not as a Sign of
weakness but of strength. .Strength 0? charac-
ter which e i. essential to an)- human undertak-
ing as wilts a11d gUniption.
Let ,port have e transfusion of good red
hunrati blood—courage and audacity and the
wi11 to win worthily. Today- it is too fevered,
too expert. too sagaeioua. -7t- iar}lur; too rrlany-
statistics and jwreentag•es which prove nothipg
and whi li are m^ost1�,•-. forgotten _ds soon as_
Teti . - � _.
For the second time in three
years, council authorized a vote
on the local option question at the
next municipal elections. In the
previous vote in 1908 the 'local
option forces failed to obtain t&
necessary three-fifths majority.
A large quantity of lumber, be-
lieved to be from the deck -load
of the wrecked schooner Azov, was
washed ashore at Bruce Beach,
just 'south of Kincardine. The
lumber, strewn along the shofe
for miles, was being guarded by
the wreckage master, James Blue,
of Amberley.
Captain Dan Graham and 'his
brother, John, of Goderich. pur-
chased
a 'large new tug at Collin>~g-
wood_ They planned to use her in
the herring fisheries on Lake Erie.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Robinson
moved into the hotel at Smith's
Hill. They had rented it from the
owner, Jonathan Miller.
25 Years Ago
Addressing a 'grand jury here,
Mr Justice Logle termed the ac-
commodation at Huron County
Court House as "scandalous." He
,criticized lack of facilities for fe-
male witnesses and the shabbiness
of the judge's retiring room.
Fire which started in the sum-
mer kitchen caused $2,000 damage
to the home of Crown Attorney
D. E. Holmes.. •
A sealed bottle. containing slips
of paper bearing the names of
Goderich Boy Scouts..was thrown
into Lake Huron at. Black's Point
on. labor Day. •_1L -ons -pled up
in the Lachine Canals near 'Mon-
treal at the end of the month.- 13.
L Watson, scoutmaster.' estimated
the bottle had travelled 740 smiles.
In Court of Revision. the assess
.went of the Capital Theatre was
reduced. from 520,000 to $15.000.
Hallowe'en
the look -out 'house. opposite the
county jail, over the precipice. 11
came to ,rent 20 feet down the em-
bankment. Elsewhere in town, a
few fences were' torn down. But
old tuners considered it a quiet
Hae'en coni'pared to earlier
celebrations..
15 Years Aye
Busiest place in town 'en Hal-
lowe'en was the home of Charles
Wurtele. where R. K. Wurtele, in
the attsence t _hts f=ather, played
host to 471 boys and gists. Each
received a present of candy and
t Goderich . Music Club was
making plans for Production of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta,
"HMS Pinafore."
Gordon Lamb, of Goderich. was
elected an honorary president of
Huron County Temperance Feder-
ation.
Auctioneer Thomas Gundry stat•
ed that the finest heavy work
horses were selling fur at 3100.
about half the price they brought
r.
a few years earlier.
Four shady dealing. two Toronto
stock aalesamcniwere fined 5500 and
5800. or Sour and aix months in
jail respectively:- According to
evidence, made a prAt of
by stocks with
an lderly Godelseh waruan.
10 Yeais:A10%.*
The population orGaierich, ac-
cording to the assessiest tigUres,
was 4,746. an ink sit 258 over
1945.
November was so mild that a
few residents were still mawtng
their. lawns and seco�gwwth
raspberries Auere being- gatbered.- -
J. Busse -II Wheeler was`elected
pri ident o1 iMenesettuig • Canoe
Club. The club rooms .in' the
aMasonic
te Temple bad been re-decor-
Conncil accepted the tender' of
C`.` Babb for the.. lease of the
skiing rink for the 1946-47 season.
Mr. Babb's offer was'$800.
A few counterfeit five -dollar bills
had turned up in Goderich. They
wire reported to be passing around
in several outer parts of Ontario
as vrelL
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BAYlELD
HAYFIELD, Nov. 5. — Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Carson and family,
of Noira . Scotia, are occupying Date
Leonard's cottage.. Mr. Carson is
employed at the RCAF Station,
Clinton.
Miss 'Florence Stirling, Goderich
Township, is visiting her aunts,
Misses M. and J. Stirling. -
Mrs. Don Sager and two' sons,
Claire and •Hickey, Goderich, spent
last week with fier mother, Mrs.
Fred Arkell.
Mrs. J. W. Jowett and Rose Fin-
ley have moved to their winter
home in the village after spending
the summer at Jowett's Grove.
Miss Ruth Hayman has closed
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Ike "Little Inn" for the season and
is now upending a few days with
her parents at their cottage.
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SELLS FARM
T. It. Johnston has Old his 150 -
acre farni 'on highway 21, three
miles south of Goderich, to John
Askana, of Accton. Mr.1 Askana will
take possession
THURSDAY, NOV. Stli, 1956
SKATE EXCHANGE
Opening of a skate exchange,
announced in last Week's Signal.
Star by Ken Pennington, haset
with a� n• Re 'be-
lievei this is the first time the
.service has been offered in Code -
rich. His store- will be a clearing
house for skates that children have
outgrown.
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The -Huron County Council
will meet in the Council Chambers, Court House,
Goderich, on
Monday, November 19, 1956
at 2.00 P.M.
AU accounts and notices of deputations should be -
in the hands of the County Clerk not later than Saturday,
November 17th, 1956, at 12 noon.
A. H. ERSKINE,
CLERK,
COUNTY OF HURON.
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EDITORIAL NOTES
«'e live in exciting Clines. There are
things even bigger than the gas pipeline to
worry about these days.
''See Goderich U,uy'' yesterday was a fine
bit of industrial promotion for the toren. Visi.
tors were here who aright be the means of
eventually bring;ini, a 'much neeoted addition to
the industrial set -op of the town. The (iode-
rj }i Industrial Co►nniission anis the (;uderieli
-Jayvees are to he eurnnlended for their enter-
priu. 'The ratan• of t;oderic}i itepends on its
young; rrieri Thr- .}ate et•es should keep this.
ever in mind a, their roh is ,more important
than they ,night be in,'lirlet1 to think it ,.
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The editorial eoluttii►s of 'i'he ,Signal -Star
are filled before voting is over in the. 1T.'. elite:
tions. but results will -be known before the
paper rfeache...s its readers. to we can neither
make any predictions as to who will lot elected
nor comment upon the outeome of the vote.
We have a feeling it will be "Ike."
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•-The Americans find i:,; ,Mill reit l rs,•'
writes a contributor to The 1iiiaueial 1'ottco. ;1nsl
<tue'ric,, 11ory earl rye make Canada -'a more
'iiiterestiiig' cinintry"'• Nell`, we 'light start
a• war with Brazil. China. )lexieo, or some
other r nation: then the United, Sates press
might make op: to the fact- that there i. ,yunte-
thing-! •' Interesting•• a}soot this i•onntry Tirol
;t a -hare- of the ,pare that is so readily 41e-
vnte41 10 the doings of liars.
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I'ity the poor lltingarian rebels who sur-
vive their revolt. More rnerc'iftrl• was the fate
of those who lost their Jivet; in the struggle
and escaped a living death under the eruel
oppression_of the Red eonquerors.
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CARIw.
that vital fink in each
of your friendships
Choose From the N66EST most
KAUT1NL and VA*IID display of
Christmas Cards we have
shown in many a year.
Here's Pentiac's exciting
wow hoof ind or 1957 , ..
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with new s in every
line.
It's the biggest surprise of any year... 1-957-s bright. brand-new Pontiac!
One glance 'at these slim, trim, sidelines will convince von that this is
the ultimate in newness! • Because -Pontiac for 1957 is corupletely new
-from power to personality . . . completely yours— from riling to
possessing! Completely new in power, did we say? Well, rcc ... with
a brand -new -.choice of engines, ranging from the economical Strato-Six
With 148 horsepower, right up to the 283 horsepower Power Chief Fuel
Injection V8 engine*! Completely new in personality, too? surely,
with Pontiac's new Star Flight Body Design . the only new car in
the lowest -priced field with such supreme quality and style. ,And
inside, Pontiac's new interiors, new colors, new fabrics, new everything
create a classic.combination of luxury and beauty! And Pontiac is
completely new all the way in between, too—with striking new" firsts" for
1957. Triple -turbine furboglide', for one'examl►le. And revolutionary
Fuel 1njeetion', for another, eliminating carburetors completely!
But get the full story first hand. It's on display—now—at your
Pontiac dealer's! .' ' •
There's the added safety of
constant -speed sled k wtmd.
d► shield wipers ... offered as
an accessory on all models.
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Pontiac's new NO Mar door
hides behind a glamorous
exterior , , . readilyaooessible
ud►.n needed.
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Instruments, steering wheel
anj", controls blend Its
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'Optional at extra cast
The newness of Pontiac
styling extends to these
baldly -designed foil - lamp
units as well.
All Pontiac models for 1957
hare new deep-dish steering
wheels ... practical Pontiac
styling.
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A " rit" on Pontiac for
1957. level Inledten• is the
newest of ,new engine ad.
aancernenrs In p)o luction
oars.
A new three -position switch
lets you ope ate accessories
with engine and ignition
turned off.
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