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HURON COUNTYS FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1848. In its 110th year of publication.
Published by SigualStar Publistung Limited
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Association, Member of Audit Bue.au of Circul
GEO L. ELLIS, Ecnh.. and Publisher.
THE ' GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
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THURSDAY, FEB. 21st, 1957
IT'S TIME FOR ACTION
having,under the assumption that it's the
squeaking wheel that ,gets the greasy. a dele-
gation "from (;ulrrieli and the toWitgirips of
(Golboruee Ashfield and West Watwanuelt plan
to visit Queen's Park to press for lou(g -ovdrdue
grease for this area front the Ontario Depart-
ment of )Highways.
A delegation appeared before Goderich
Town Council last Friday on the matter of
seeking action re the huilding of a new bridge
at Saltford—last antique of its kind on High-
way 21—and the re -building .of the highway
approaches to :t t hat IWO ntrt 1iin't. IeSS than
death-traps in modern day 1i t1hc. The dis-
trict inen behind this ti,le„ation are to he com-
mended for the;r iJitiittive. 'Their cause is- a
just ono and action on it by the 1 tlhtar•i) 1)t•-
partnit•nt of Highways has hr•t'ii put off lou
long now.
Built in )tib.'. the T -year-old bridge is a
faro• today from the standpoint of modern
tigate. lit December of 19:1:1, three youths
lost their lives when the car in which the,
were riding failed to take the sharp turn at
Salt turd approaching the bridge and %vent
straight on to crash into the side of a -small
bridge on the county road.
()n the basis of the ten a(•eideiits in one
year. there tVOU1d he about IUI) act•ideuts over .
a ten year period of a major Ilat tire. out count-
ing the scores of minor crashes.
Signs on the Saltford Bridge call fur a tell
toll gross load limit and a spce( of ten miles
per hour. Both of these regulation, are broken
hundreds of tiure; evert- week. Time and time
again. truck, grossing .'O tons vy:t11 their.loatls
go over this bridge. You could coUllt on the!
tinlel•s of one hart) the number of cars in a
week that tvul►h1 tr,at't 1 only len u,ilt'> all 1101.1r
ower 11.
Pryde Is . Pressing
Tom Pryde, a IPI;' for Huron, Is
till shooting salvos at the Ontario
.egislature in an all-out attempt
o have the proposed $10,000;000
School for Retarded Children built
n Huron County.
His latest proposal is to, send a
bushel of white beans. frpm Huron
:ounty • to every member of the
')ntario Legislature as a reminder
hat Huron needs the building the
government proposes to build. .
"We have . nothing in Huron to
keep our people employed and
.why help out a sectio.e of the pro-
vince (meaning Wallaceburg) that
doesn't need it when the riding
I represent justifiably needs 'some-
thing to stepup fts economy," said
Mr. Pryde.
Keep shootin', Tom. You'll
pierce their hides yet! And Gode-
THURStDAY. Ma 21st. 1957
rich cpuld place a bag of salt on
the decks of each of the members
in the Ontario Legislature.
Mr. and airs. Robert Ginn and
children, Bobby, Tommy, Kenny
and Wendy, of Kitchener; William
Vickers, Donald Vickers and son
Carl, of Sarnia, spent. a few days
with their mother, Mrs. (Capt.) �.
Vickers.
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This picture ]had 10 he snapped at a neument when their hands were
i►till=in a movie you'd see the whole story.
Down Memory's
Lane
.All rill Iirss Illnii tr•1' of 1ot11•ist> Ila\'e• 1•tr114
111,1;11'•11 1.1 1ht' siiakt+-1 it pas,ut_t. ill Saltt,,l•rl.
1ouo• re•st1-11t. 1,ter111 of (1trderieh, p,►rtieu'.ariy 45 Years Ago r gr+)und for ▪ a new hangar, which
transportation r',1 1 1 :Ili lits. Numerousur \when th rt,ad ,li}tpery. «le•lii,.•ratelw tett ti, Noting that tax collections had, was to be :an exact duplicate of
waves have been made and half a dozen proposed' some t,l her lulnl]eip lli1 V rather than to i robe- Increased from S30.106 in 1902 to i :he existing hangar.
routes outline41 bat that', as far as the thl- Fie); to shop to avoid the 1r•••,ieherou,.r•,riatl. 'S46.141 in 1911, William Campbell, Cecil Attridge was named first
tario 1)11111rtIllt-111 of 111_Phwaw, has g«It..Br'- Till. first sharp till 11 tier i114111e ct4111411t., from applied to•Town Council for an l president of 2 ..yen's ^tub c'gan
1 ' increase in his ;alar}' as assessor !'Led by 7.7 men who gathered 114
-'allsc of the e tlls:tlt'I'ilhie amount (,t Intllit'1" 111 iht' lJul'ill 1, ,ill;! ite,tr\1 the Lint -dater farm ItNarth Street United Church.
• • � and collector. I
volved in bridging the :Maitland at this pvint is eailec '•Tire-St•reeelii11ts ( OI'Iht'i•. 1)l1I'in,, Goderich Township Rifle Associ-I Iles. H. C. Dunlop was elected
and eliminating the ),,resent hazardous. \wi►illi111! the. 1 m •r ;cairn frim! dusk to midnight the 1 ation re-elected the following of- regent of Ahmeek Chapter, IODE,
road, delayed action has leen uilderstalldable, tll•rs tl t'lir t'at's tet 1/Wrist,' llllifetllla!111e41 With : freers for 1912: •H. Montgomery. j for. 1942.
eP everlastinly scr«•t•t• 10 Years Ago
but the \1tIlay is getting somewhat frtlaratIU the errs are heard }1i11J! as' O. Ginn, lieutenant; I I Police were investigating the
Salkeld, treasurer, and T. R.
I'olicce a�•cident records show that from they s\ illg around the lu]tsxpeetetll\ slltldt9n.'Rundle. secretary. It was decided theft of about S255 from the vault
the overhead railroad hri(ge in (�udel;eh, down sharp t ve,. Fatal at•t•ident, have o� eurred to build a,new range in a more
the winding hill. aeries; the Salt ford bridge at Illi; turn. too. central location.
and up to where the road straighten -4 away 'Thr' vv'Cole 41.01*e►ue1Jtio1ii,1 ,t 1,:te}1 tet 11-441(1. A stone halted railway traffic
t on both lines into Goderich. The
again at the Litiklater farm, ten ear aecblellts i, unfit for modern (lay traffic aro the residents GTR snowplow was stuck in the
have occurred during 1956. More than this
number have happened. hut the ten are aeei-
dents in which pubic.' }lave been called to inves-
of t his area have every right to demand that drifts near Holmesville and the
the Ontario De pa rtnicnt of 11Ig1iway, dela, -CPR snowplow was reported to be
at Auburn.
In a much heralded hockey game
at the West street rink, the Star
THE team defeated the Signal team 5-1.
Howell Hardware Co. Ltd., of
Goderich, advertised new washing
Chief .Justice McRuer of the Ontario ,Su- public opinion. Sometimes much too little machines and wringers ranging in
.._/presto Court-recently-made.sonic--LinIe1L.._4bser-._ -vain-e is ►laced -on. htirtturt life On {lie hi,,ltySy'-..vs -I Price _fro- ,25_. to...$10A,-A, -..-- tire °o ition•-fi?- e-- _y}��,� {MFQ
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Yt�+l�U►d**..-r*.'---
Mr•, ».r - LS 'YQers`11T• i t r 7+'!l< .YAM S�
wafi0ns on tile seriousness of -Ontario's higfiw•a,�c`'1 Chief .Justice McRuer said ; The name of the Steel .Stores the leading sniper, cI'osely f�ti~ow-
- traffic--traffic-iiterudini -t-Ise-(eche itivrr-•t .t•-_•- -- ---`-M-en who-ure-Mirert�`istrtittiet; law ltitling-i revs" cyiatngeel'O 'Yeopi�`'s Stores •liy A baric o owned byEBen 3'Iunnings,
"drivers with a ruthless disregard for others citizens sometimes appear to be absolutely the chain s new owner, 5i. Schneid• of IRM 4, Goderich, was struck by,
hauls be treated the sante as common thieves ruthless ttlleii they get Schneid-
erman, of Montreal. C. Trotmari
in a motor vehicle. lightning during a freak electrical
continued as manager of the Code -
and housebreakers." While the thief and housebreak are rich branch.
The Chief Justice also levelled a stirringeithershingles were damaged by thL bolt.
eolidemuec ft � is seldom that. u them Mrs. � Donaldson and Thomas t.
indictment against 'the general public on the causes injury or death. • Pritchard were awarded prizes for
ound that they were not facinguptd' the "But the unlawful operator of motor ve- 'the best costumes when a hard
ground � times party" was ,held by lienese-
- gravity of the higlnw•ay slaughter.- He opined hides on the highways is a continual source of tung Canoe Club. .
that, sterner ri.t:,ii~snrsas were nete.sary to_ jolt danger _to Iifeansi body." _ William Bailie was elected pre-
, sident' of the G�oderrch Rural ural Tele -
the public from its apathy in the face of more Chief .Justice Melluer's indictment is vera' phone Co. at the annual meeting
than 1,000 -fatal casualties_ on Canadian high- timely. As more and more new high-powered in the office of the manager,
ways every year. motor ears pour onto the highways to increase Thomas Stothers, Dungannon. J.
He pointed up the.. -horrible nature of On- the (traffic hazard, it becomes apparent that D. Richardson,,, of Fergus, was
of
tario's tra 1 -1 -WIls'1-Iliti'illustration. only au aroused public opinion and stiffer hired as lineman -at-�-t,,:40 en
�C S1,200 annually. Close to 40 men
"If I should tell you that in the last five penalties to offenders against the )firs}ltway).laws applied for the job.
no longer in rectifying the situation.
TRAFFIC PROBLEM
in the principal's office at Goderich
Collegiate Institute. The money
represented part of the proceeds
of a school dance.
Huron County Council's roads
committee decided to purchase 17
garages at Port Albert airport to
house county road equipment.
The home of Leonard Westbrook
was badly damaged by fire. Fire-
man Ted Bissett was overcome by
smoke and required hospital at-
tention.
During the group schedule,
Goderich Louzon Flyers outscored
years every man. woman and child in Belleville,
Brantford, Chatham and Oshawa had been
inflicted with virulen disease . . . and 5,187
died; and in another five year.; the saint' disease
- would strike the entire population of Guelph,
Kingston, Kitchener and St. Thomas—there
would be a pul4lie outcry."
Yet, in the carnatge, of highway crashes.
that is exactly what has happened. From 1951
to 19:55, injuries totalled 121. t97--- and 5,17
died. -
"Yut the !midis mind has nt,t 10-11 Stirrer)
to su1►port sanctions of the law • with a strum_
will bring about a diulinuation of the slaughter.
The Ontario Department of .Ilighwways under
leadership of Hon. .)amt's N. Allah has given
the lead in striving. to warn driver against
taking unnecessary chances, while the Attorney -
General's Department ha; also shown eOlil-
nrt'ndable initiative in cracking down on irres-
ponsible driver's. It will retluir)' an even more
intensive caiml►aie^n of public education and
rnut'h stiffs'!' penalties to bring the vantage to a
halt. The , tinie i; ripe for a review of the
whole desperate situation hV- I•esponsil)1••
it lit ht)rit ie5.
ANNIVERSARY .OF SCOUTING
(,'oderieh has more than 0 passing interest
in February 22—the centennary of the birth
of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy
Scout move-11N'rll, and the 50th anniversary of
Scouting in Canada.
In 1914 there was fotnided at Goderich
the first group of Cub Seouts in Canada. The
group of junior si'ootits Wits organized by the
late .1)r. W. 1'. (1a11utw. The honorary cub -
master was Hey. Dr. Rosi), then minister of
Knox Presbyterian Church here, who sent a
letter and' picture of the grotilp to Lord Baden-
Powell. ?lr•. 11. Preston Strang, now of Tor-
onto, was assistant eubmaster of the group.
First known Scout group in Goderich was
started about 1905•by Dr. Hayden, a dentist,
and Chester MaeDnnald.' In later years, the
first troop til Boy Scouts in " Goderich %vas
We
organized in 1924 when Floyd Lodge twits the
Scout Mast Pr. 'Ther Second Troop twos started
ill 19:;4 and 14es Riley is its Seohlt►na ter.
Four years• ago, the Third Troop was started
and (Men Lodge is the S •outmaste'r.
• TI)tlay, there are more than 5() Boy Scouts
ict Gode1•it•h and some `•)0 Cubs. In addition,
there are Girl (.Irides and Brownies. _ ,
The leaders who have devoted their time
and efforts to this movement in Guderieh have
brought untold benefits•to generations of girls
and boys here. "We know of no better youth
movement in Canada than the Scouts, Cubs,
(}irl (mise; and Brownies. hong may they
continue to operate.
Marking the anniversary occasion, a ehureh
parade is panned in Goderich for Sunday,
February 24th, at which thele well-deserved
honor will -he paid to the movement.
ONE DEPENDENT CHILD—$150
In thes.' days of increasing eoi;ts of living _
have heard very little talk of increased
income tat exemptions.
It iiee1115 to us that the actual eost of raising
a family is far out of line with the meagre
exemption allowed for each dependent child.
If this country is to fulfill its destiny in the
next several decades not. only must we 8(1411 t
many more immigrants but the existing popu-
lation must do its share of family building.
ft also .Seems that inereased exemptions
for dependents %would do a .great deal more to
equalize the well-known (.0st-of-living
differences hettveen family groups and the
single pers:nn—childless eoitple '`hrotherh4)0(.,,
- In one European wintry at least, the more
realist ie npproaeh is made to exemptions where
the al1otwanee for each dependent ('hild is *'300.
All D1116iltlt approximating this wwould.not seem
to he out 'of the way in this country where we
now have a minute $15() allowed as an exeMp-
tion on each .child under 16,
Perhaps we should cit nut the cost of
mtlwie'Iessons and let the child get his cillttire•
from ('.B.('. television.
FARM WIVES, DON'T READ THIS
(Orillin News -Letter) -
The q(iest.ion of bow much a good farirn
wife is worth to her husband and family has
been answered by an U.S. farm bureau which
has averaged out her lifetime earnings .as ad-
ding $80,000 to the family income.There is
no.donbt the good farm wife is worth every
xie,nnybf that and a lot more, but the question
of whether she adds it to 111e husband's in-
N►me may be sharply disputed in this era %when
farmers eomplain of riot getting parity prices.
)tut as one emmmentator said. far more valuable
than her dollar worth is the warmth Mom puts
into the whole operation of farming. )ler
smile, her ehrerw, her splendid menlr, r -these
are her hest. contributions. Without theta there
would be little joy in farming.
The barn on the property known
as the Jones farm, west of Nile,
was destroyed by fire of unknown
origin. George Ashton, who re-
sided some miles away, was the
owner. Two year previously. the
house on the same farm had been
destroyed by a mysterious fire.
In its editorial columns, the
Goderich Star urged establishment
of a museum in Goderich.
15 Years Ago
C. K. Saunders was elected chair-
man- of Goderich Collegiate Insti-
tute Board at the inaugural meet-
ing of 1942. ,,
On the occasion of their diamond
wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs.
Ahram Culbert. of Dungannon. re-
ceived congratulations from His
Majesty King George.
At Sky Harbor, contractors broke
NILE
NILE, Feb. 18.—The sympathy
of the community is extended to
the family and friends of the late
Harvey Pentland. Although Mr.
Pentland had lived in Windsor for
the latter part of his life, he was
born and raised in the Nile dis-
trict.
Last Monday evening a crokinole
party was held in'tlle church base-
ment, with a good crgwd in attend-
ance. The top scorefs were Eliza-
beth and Doug Clark, (while the
low prizes went to Donald Mc-
Neil and Joyce Matthews. The
evening closed with lunch served
by the Nile YPU.
'Mrs. Carman Kerr and family
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
-McGratten last Wednesday.
A C.G.I.T. meeting was held in
the church basement with four
girls present. Worship service was
conducted ►by Dorothy Louise Wolff
and Joyce Matthews. Roll call
was answered by each one giving
a Commandment. Next meeting
will be answered by the Beauti-
tude. The sleighriding party was
discussed and planned for Friday,
February 15. All the patches cut
out for the quilt and ready for us
to sew together. Some sandwiches
were served by Betty Clements.
Organist Honored. -Representa-
tives of the Board of Stewards and
the Session of Nile United Church
called at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robt. Bogie recently and on
behalf of the congregation, pre-
sented Mrs. Bogie with a combina-
tion electric fan and heat c'rcul-
atol'. An address was read inch
expr .;sed the appreciation of the
congregation to Mrs. Bogie for the
service which she has given to the
church during the years that the
gave of her timle and talent as
organist and choir leader.
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