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HURON COUNTY'S FOl'EMOST WYMRLY
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GEO. L. ELLIS, goiter and Publisher.
THE GOODRICH SIGNAL -STAR
•THURSDAY, IDh)CENIB,1':R 6th, 1956
®AY'S
UNIC PAL ELECTfON
The old- from the standpoint of years of
and the • Ilew"--- insofar as municipal
experience is coneernede will forth part of tht
picture which Goderich ratepayers wdl see on
Monday, in unieipal election Clay.
In the mayoralty emit est, Nlavor .1. E.
IEluckills elaitns some 2:1 years of activity 111
tnllnit.mat life. His ollpom,°nt, Reeve .1. 11.
Iirahain, says he has been engaged in 1m111Lleipal
affairs ft,r about IS years, part of these
(`olborne 'Township Coun,'il before con1i11v
Goderich.
These men have a combined total of 41
years of public service during W11 th time they
both have given of their hest tit the tnunici-
tt't
pal:t t het lett\ t' tet'! \ t'tl l:lnel► here i11 this
Slat' ilii' statements by t'iit'll
tit ill tet' t'ailtlldiltt•• ttir tilt' ofllce ttf mayor.
11t. IIg these seeking t'Ulllleil seats are
f,tmt' lie\\ ,o„111 •1'5 all young noel. A tai' as
vv c knitvv . nent' of them has had previous
Tnuitic i1i sp'rit•rl,•e But there is nothing
Down Memory's
Lane
45 Years Argo
W. 1'roudfoot, Liberal, and Rev. second
and Earl Elliott, who was
second in the race for six seats.
Joseph Elliott, Conservative, bat- A winter fleet of 16 freighters
tled it out in Centre Huron as the was expected here.
provincial elections neared. The H[olmesville cheese factory
In Toronto, Justice Sutherland
made an order for the winding up
of the Doty Engine Works Co. Ltd.,
at Goderich. A bank claimed to ''• o;.�
be a creditor in the sum of $96,163. i �w"a w ti
The town of Goderich held a
the former employees.
A serious water shortage was
being enperienneed by district farm-
ers. The shortage was caused by
reels of dry weather and little
snow.
Beryl Sanderson, daughter of
Mr. and Lars. Harry' Sanderson,
won the second Carter scholarship
in competition with other Huron
County secondary school students.
o 0- -o
The Northwest Terititories prob-
ably contain every mineral known
to man except those formed by
was purchased by the Carnation surface action in a tropical
Co. Ltd., which planned to retain elimate.
$33.000 first mortgage on the plant.
The steamersSicKinstry, Neeb-
ing and Kaininistiquia prepared -to
winter at Goderich.
Thegold and silver medals don-
ated 'try Victor Lauriston, of
Chatham, were presented to Muriel
Galt and Ruby Stoddart, vyho ob-
tained the highest marks in high
school entrance examinations.
!Ile- the present tit start getting that expel-- Miss Skimings, "the poetess of
it'11,'t• atl,1 Vt,' wt'lt'tt1110 tllt'111 as t'antlidatt's. Huron,” suffered a fractured thigh
Sone- ,tf 1}: 111 ;u'.ltotniti tet ht' electet1 on '�[on bone when she fell on St. Patrick's
'treet.
(ley 25 Years Ago
With what may he a testing year ahead in Goderich trimmed Seaforth 20-0
the lite et' the I1IUtlleipallty, ratepayers are in what was believed to have been
y
drool to take it personal interest in the election 1 inthe thisfirst partrugbof Huroncontest Counteverplayed
y.
,t11Ait,mlay and exercise their delnoeratie A 'fire of mysterious origin de-
1'rallchist'_ stroyed the barn of Neil McAdam
in the south end of the town. Six
horses, one cow, a sow and a
litter of pigs were lost in the
blaze. It was the fourth fire in
this neighborhood within a matter
ttf ourninilleipalities at nomination tithe." of a few weeks.
The town made an unsuccessful
_mother commonly misused word is "oleo- attempt to dispose of the West
tion" when "vote" or "poll'' is meant. It may street skating rink at a tax sale.
be proposed that the ('ount•il be returned with !There were no bids large enough
out opposit ion toe" save the cost of an elect ion.'' ; toover cove;$1500. the rink's tax arrears of
But being returned without opposition is 111 Reporting to Huron County
itself an election—we save, not the cost of an Council, Ian McLeod, agricultural
reaced
election, but the cost of taking a vote or poll. 115r entaand tive�sixl boys ohe n cd ountyy
However, we have been using these im- farms during the. year. Wages
proper phrases so long that the most earnest were $20 monthly, with board, for
men and
purist must despair of our ever discarding $10 monthly for boys.
i
A2 a Goderich Town ship nomin-
them. Instead of saving, properly, "The Coun- ! anion meeting, Reeve W. Haacke
.oil was elected without opposition (or without said he favored a 10 per cent cut
a p011)," we "shall go on repeating the expres- - in ,the salaries of county officials
stun, '`elected by acclamation," and instead of > 15 Years Ago
voters saying "All officers were elected Without a ! Only ot of Gadeh's 2,000
eligible vvers went too the polls
vote" we shall until the end of time cling to on election day. All members of
the improper phraseology, "We have no elee- the previous year's Council were
re-,eleoted, ,, tCouncillor D. D. Moon -
tion this year beeause everybody was returned ey headed the poll. -
hy acclamation." The YWCA proposed to open a
hostess camp at Port Albert. It
was intended as a place where
airmen's girl friends couldawait
thein in comfort.
Goderich entered a hockey team
in an OHA intermediate "B" group
with clubs from Clinton, Seaforth,
Elmira, Waterloo and Milverton.
) Five carloads of nratteria,-•ehief
.ly s 1;:- vEd _moi
e , ....,
T.
The firm had orders for 54 snow
rollers for use at airports. - e
W. H. Bryans, of Goderich, was
elected tpresident when Huron
County teachers formed a unit in
connection with the Public School
Men Teachers' Federation of On-
tario.
10 Years Ago
In East Wawanosh Township,
Reeve J. D. Beecroft was challeng-
ed by Noonan McDowell. Coun-
cillors were returned by acclam-
ation-
George C. Ginn and James R.
Stirling qualified for the reeveship
in Goderich Township, and six
qualified for the four council seats.
New faces in Town Council were
Clayton Edward, who headed the
ORDS MISUSE
'We agree with The Landolt Free Press on
the frequent misuse of the word "acclamation.''
When there•is only one nominee for some office
at nomination time it i, said that -o-and-So
was "elected by acclamation," or when all
ofliees are filled without opposition, '.The en-
tire Council vas returned by acclamation..'.
"Let's not delude ourselves about accla-
mations,,' writes the editor of the London
paper. "Genuine cases are rare. What we
call acclamations are, in almost, all rases, simp-
ly the result of apathy on the part of those
who should be concerned with•their own affairs.
So -and -So gets back into office because no one
can be bothered to run against him, x x Turn
to Webster and you will find that ' acclamation'
implies a degree of enthusiastic approval 'by
the populace—an element quite lacking in most
EDITORIAL
We cannot give our readers any advice
for their stock transactions, but we can recom-
mend !Gh.tistnias T.B. seals as .a, good bu
This is Safe Driving Week, December 1 to 7,
and motorists are urged to make a record week
for freedom from accident. And if this objec-
tive is reached, there is no reason why the
other 51 weeks of the twelvemonth cannot be
equally safe.
a .,
The statisticians dig up some queer facts.
They tell us that Canadians in 1954 ate 24.4
-.
NOTES
dozen eggs apiece. In 1955 they dropped the
.4 and made it the even 24 dozen each. Some
tt j must .k ye,, rissod the breakfast
• • . .
It is still too early to decide what history
will say about the Anglo-French expedition to
the Suez, but for the present at least this
writer has concluded that where the project
'went- wrong was in not being sufficiently pre-
pared to take control of the entire canal before
any opposition could stop it.
CUT
OUR
FUEL
COST
RIGHT NOW!
YOU
H;'OW?
can heat an extra room with waste now going up the chimney
without adding to your present fuel cost.
by installing a JAIC
heating unit.
ON HEAT REOLAIMER on your present
ON DISPLAY NOW
AND BEING DEMONSTRATED
EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AT 168, THE SQUARE
UP TO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
Ton can not afford to miss this demonstration, tested- and proven in many ho
Don't forget the date and pEa e.
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WE WILL ALSO HAVE ON D'IBPLA`'Y ALL OUR ALM DOORS,
WINDOWS, RAILINGS, VENETIAN BLINDS, ETC.
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KOMES LTD.
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EEDY'S
Benmillerr CGIT
Candle Light.
Vesper Service
BIDNVITIA1 R, Dec. 3.—in place
of the regular church service the
Benmiller C.G.I.T. con -ducted their
annual €hristmas Candle Lighting
Vesper Service, under the direc-
tion of their leaders, Mrs. F. Mc-
Michael and Mrs. K. Fisher.
The service was led by Carol
Allin. Scripture passages were
read by Chrystal Straughan and a
LUCKY LU
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Food
THURSDAY, DE/M 1 `t 611, t
prayer was read Iby Martha de
Groot. The story, "Beautiful is
the Child," was read by Krone
Pfrimmer. The elton', ably assist_
ed by some of U rion C.G.1.T.,
sang "What Child is This." The
three candle Lighters were Joyce
Blake, Beyerly! anw✓n.lan andEleanor Durst. Ushering were
Beverly .Bowman and Barbara
Durst.
The church was appropriately
decorated throughout in a Christ-
mas theme for the spacial service.
The group's next activity will be
it's regular `"carol singing" to shut-
ins. prior to Chriiinanas.
at EEDY'S
Fresh Produce
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McINTOSH APPLES
S(INKIST
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SLICED BEETS ' 20 oz. 2 for 35c
LIBBY'S
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LIBBY'S ROSEDALE
TOMATO- JUICE _ -. 1.4n,29c .
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BOILED 'DINNER 15 oz. tin 25t
MAPL LEAF
LIQUID DETERGENT 12 oz36c
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28 oz.
• 2f0r33c
31c
21t
2 for 27<
2 for 37c
27c
41c
28 oz. tins
7oz.
• 12 oz. tin
39c
16 oi. cello / for
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BEANSWITH PORK 20 oz. tin 39c
GREEN GIANT NIBLETS -
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A
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BIRDSEYE
GREEN PEAS
BiRDSEYE
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PERCH FILLETS lb
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New iss-'
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$15,000,000
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Price: 98 and accrued interest
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