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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-03-21, Page 2t • • PAGE TWP •- . • -7'74..2:- THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR *ft." , , • • .,,, • •.•• - • . • • . , .r, -,...•(",•;".•i': 1, IttlUkti:AY, MAROU elst, 1957 . . . Olie6nbertril tligttal-'tar'. 40 S D 9. A 11.. Published by Sigual-Star Publishing Limited HD HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY • Established 1848. In its 110th year of publication. Subscription Rates—Canada and Great Britain, $3.00 a year:. to United States. $4.00. Strictly in advance. Advertiting Rates o^ request Telephone 71. f Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Toronto. Over 3,000—Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County—Over 3,000 . Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of Ontario Weakly Newspapers Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation GEO. L. ELLIS, .Editor and Publisher. L THURSDAY, MARCH 21st, 1957 THE P.O. AND THE FUTURE Although llovernmeut building inspectors as reported in our news columns last. Nveek. gave lloderich Post (Alive -the once over However, it is also neet-ssary to have approx- last week, possibilities of a new post office heck! imately 2,500 delivery points •in a town where- in the immediate future are noise too bright. as Ooderieh has about 1,850 at the present time. It is generally reeognized.that facilities in But there are indications that house to house the present post:office are neither adequate nor mail delivery in Goderich is no remote possibil- sufficiently modern to give the town the servive ity in the none too distant future, provided it should get. The best Nye can look for right Goderich does it bit more growing. Even vhen now is the assurance that in the near future a the delivery points reach the 2,000 mark a couple of hundred extra lock boxes will be re -survey of needs will he made. installed for the convenience of those wishing A new post office is probably a bit farther a mail box, It would appear that in obtaining away. When it doe,,„ come, it will no doubt such a thing as a new post office a member at llso house other Federal aetivities that are Ottawa 11.110 ..:*11s 011 t lieGOV011111e111 Side of the now scattered here and there. These could ,House is helpful. Even at that it takes time, include suet( things as the Immigration Depart - for Stratford has been pressing for a new post ment, the National Employment °thee, all RC. ofliee tioV. for ;Omni a dozen years. t1 .1'. 0114.0 and some flovernment agricultural For many people on the outskirts of (lode- branch. Snell a building located on the vacant melt it is ,at long walk to the post (inlet.. lir the lot of it), old British I-4"..xattlige ItOttl. 11'011141 ease of numerous elderly or ill persons it not only be vonvenient but would also add to presents at problem. Consequently, house to the beauty of the Square• (((41150 delivery of mail in Ooderich is not an It does no harm to plan for the future now. entirely unreasonable request. To get this. a for the time may eotne wlten the need would post oftiet, has to have a 111111.1111111I1 revenue of lw pressing Nvithqut any thoughts having been $50.000 a year. Last year, the (loderich Post given to a speedy remedying of a situation that Office had 11 revenue of $53,000 and not $-15,000 reiptired attention. GDCI BOARD AND THE Goci Board has 001110 in for consider_ Able publicity of late. 'ntt manner in 11"11.1ell they have dealt with the matter of teitehers. salaries ices plaved them ii the spotlight. Whether the board's reseinding of a pre- * ions motion dealing with a. schedule of salar- ies for teitelters \vas in order or not will be revealed in duo course. In t he meantime, we are confident that everything 'will be -ironed satisraewrity. Titeyt. is certainly 00 need for -teioliers ttimpt-rding in the -interini ana • tookin'...; for- other -pastures.. , .About a dozen men 'comprise the t;DU 1 Board. They run a $200,000 a year 'indus- try." Their products right 110W numbee 450 student, and the welfare Of these students are or should be the prime consideration of the board. To aehieve this end it is necessary to have same time; a satisfied group of ratepayers, the latter belly* merely the ones 1vho pay the bill. 'Tice members of the board give their ser- vices- for a 51111111, nominal sum. They have a big responsibility—a trust handed to them by the ..ratepayers. We believe there is not a member of the board who does not fully realize the trust he holds.. Ile does what he honestly helieves is best for the welfare of the student. the teacher and the ratepayer. Being human, he win" not appears 'that_ the board. of 11111011 he is a part, llEtS 110,t d011e right he will see•to irlharnec'es- sary adjustments are made. No hasty judg- ments should he made on either side at this time while attempts are underway to adjust the matter of teat salaries which, we are eonfident, will be, done satisfactorily. TEACHERS Down Memory's Lane 45 Years Ago Town Council's public works committee reconunended that the dust on the streets be laid with ,watar durirg the coming summer, and that prices be obtained on a new one-horse watering cart. In the Dungannon news, it was announced that Dr. Newton, dent- ist from Lucknow, has ceased visit- ing outside points to repair teeth. He would henceforth be found at his office in Lucknow every day. Three new automobiles ordered through Keely & Kelly arrived via CPR. A. D. McLean and Charles Humiber, of town, each received a five -passenger, 20 hp Ford, and another of a similar type was .4e - livered to P. Rundle, of Goderich Township. One af the 'best concerts heard in Goderich in some years was given in the Victoria Opera House by the eight members orf the Royal English Hand Bell Ringers. They used 171 bells in the two-hour performance. With the advent of spring,. Con- tractor Bermingham resumed con- struction of the southwest break- water. The Federal Government was also calling for tenders for an addition of 1,500 feet to the Thornton Eedy was secretary-treas- northwest breakwater. urer and :qrs. 25 Years Ago - . Untied as librarian. Rendered hors de combat .by a broken jaw, William (Scotty) .Mc- IDougall, Goderich's gift,to profes- sional wrestling, decided he might just as well have 'his appendix out and thus kill two birds with one stone. "He took the count just like anybody else on the operating table," said Dr. J. M. Graham after the operation. "No, there were no flying mares or anything like that." There was nothing unco-oper- a ,4atistieti stall' of teachers ittol, at the alive about a Winghanl man who was sentenced to thirty days for vagrancy. Unescorted, he made the trip to Goderich to enter the county jail. He paid his own fare on the train to boot. Over $1,200 net 'was realized by the Lions Clubs of Goderieb and Seaforth in their campaigrNfor funds for crippled children'.,s work. In the draw for prizes, on which the Lions had Gold ticketspBeatrice Campbell, of gGoderich, won An electric refrigerator. • - ,Though 'Colborne Township was willing to -pay, Goderich- Town Council refused,to allow town fire eqiiipnient to a--irsir-ef Councillors said they had been told insurance rates would go up if they agreed to .the Colborne re- quest. Windsor Mic . Macs defeated Goderich 8.1 in a game played in Chatham. The loss concluded a most unusual season for-goderich, since ice was not available here until around March .1. 15 Years Ago It was announced that scrap metal would be dug out of the old salt workings at Saltford, Hen - salt and other places in Huron County and shipped to Ontario's heavy industries for ;the manufac- ture of ships, tanks, etc. Following the resignation of Rev. D. J. Lane, Rev. Dr. J. II. Barnett was appointed interim moderator of the session at Knox Presibyterian Church here. It was announced that Mr. Lane would take over the Clinton and 'Bayfield charges, pending definite arrange- ments. .A salary bonus of 10 percent was granted to employees of Gode- rich Public Utilitte_s ,Commission for the duration of Ttre ,war. or $2.10 for the New Brunswick spuds. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board had imposed a whole- sale ceiling price of $1.75 to $1.85 for a 75 -pound bag. 10 Years Ago, After twinning their 011A Junior "sC" group championship by trounc- ing (Mitchell 8-3 and 9-0, Goderich Louzon Flyers stood b4 to meet the winner of the Hespel&-Orange- ville series. Jim Bisset was voted most valuable player on the Flyers. .Defeating Thorold 17-8 on the round, Goderich Lions Juveniles earned the right to advance into the OlitHA semifinals. Meanwhile, Goderiph Midgets became. WOAA champions by defeating•Listowel. Rev. R. IL Turnbull, minister of North Street United Church for six years, accepted a call to Bed- ford Park United Church in Tor- onto. Among special guests at the an- nual sports service of Victoria Street United Church were Bob Goldham and Garth Boesch, of the Toronto (Maple Leafs, and Tory Gregg, president of the WOAA. Rev. L. II. Turner conducted the service. Rev. W. J. Rogers was elected president of Dungannon Library Board at the annual meeting. Roy SPRING 15 HERE spring 1., eonimonly sup/tossed to begin 011 Mare!! 215t—at least by those people tvho pay attenn tioto the calendar. As a 'natter of foot, the arrival of 'spring rarely eoincides with the vernal equinox : it often comes late 1111(1 111 .4otne years, though rarely, it comes early. There is ono eitizett of ottr town—perhaps there are nutity--who has his own Way of determin- ing %viten spring actually has turned the corner and is here. There had 'been report, for ,everal weeks that 41' 1., had arrived 111 towll, 11111 ills Wri100 had. not seen or heard one wit i1 recently. viten, _chancing .to. look -Wit -lite win(1ow. what should greet hic-eyes 01)0111 in the garden. He would have liked to go out and give it an official, br at least semi- official, welcome, but the little fellow, although ‘vearing the red insignia of his order. did not wait for that "but hopped away it he had other business on hand. So our eitizen deeided in a flashethat Ma rch 21 st would have- no special significance so far as he was voneernell—the beginning. of spring dated Mandl iStit for this 0il0 anyway. So spring is here. whether you believe" it not— despite the snowfall on Wednesday. THE HARRIS BUDGET. rotmonths before budget day at (wawa political pundits were indulging in coujeettires L1 to 114/11' 1 110 F111111140 -NI 1111,10r ‘\-401141 410411 W11 11 the large surplus that N‘ aceumulating .. •to the Federal treasury. \l r. Ilarrk had re- peatedly warned Canadians against unneees- sary spentling because of its inflationary in- fluenee, and thereforereduction of income La xation and other (4110141111'MS that would have more money in the hands of taxpayers for them to spend would b,,to disregard his own advice. On the other hand, with a large surplus in the treasury and a general election in the. offing. there would be 11 tremendous temptation' to help •Government candidates by the voting of aid to projects in constituencies amenalvle to such influenee. •• When Mr. Harris presented his budget on Thursday last it contained no such appropria- tions—the surplus of $132,0(X).000 'was directed to reduction of the public debt. However, there were at number of sweeteners for voters in all the constitueneiep. Increases in family allowaneos — otherwise known. as the -baby Rutledge coni WPM/. 14 Ir'WHAT TIME IS IT?' — IT'S JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT TIME TO ENJOY ANOTHER TALL GLASS OF MILK FROM ANDREW DAIRY John Dunbar Is Elected President Colborne Federation Of Agriculture CARLOW,.Mar. 18.—The annual meeting of the Colborne unit of the Federation of Agriculture was held at the Township Hall here. James 11. Feagan, president for 1956, acted as chairman. Guest speaker for the meeting was Jim Jacklin, of Che.sley, fieldman for the Peovincial Federation of Agri. culture. His subject was "What is the Federation at Agriculture?" It is made up of—about 80 differ- ent groups including county feder- ations and producer groups. Other speakers included: Carl Hemingway, secretary fieldman of ,tho county 'federation; Doug. Me Officers for 1957 are: president, John Dunbar; 1st vice-president. Ray Fisher; 2nd vice-president, Charlie Millian; secretary -treasur- er, Fordyce Clark; directors, Allan Stoll, Bob Jewel, Arnold Fisher, Don Haines, Russel Kernighan, Elmer Hunter,'Bill Clutton, Hugh Feagan, James Horton, Gerald Dos - taw and Elmer Fisher. o_______ _0 BRIDGE SCORES Winners at the Duplicate Bridge on Monday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hunter with 33 points; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. ,Coulthurst with 27 points; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Neil, president of the county fleder- Curry with 251A2 points; Mrs. J. ation, who spoke briefly of the V. Thoffias and Mrs. J. R. Wheeler federation work on a county level. with 2214 points. Personals " Mr. and Mrs. Ted Plante, of Don Mills, visited with relatives over the week -end before leaving this week for a month's vacation in Florida. Mr. Richard Sillib, of Blyth, spent Sunday with his brother, Tom Sillib. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hoffman, of Toronto, visited with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Major, over the week -end. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O'Brien, of Wingham, visited in Goderich on the week -end. Mrs. ROL E. Wilson is visiting, with Mr. and Mrs. Thom son, Kingston. Among the Goderich residents recently returned- from Florida vacations are Mr. and Mrs. George MacEwan and Mrs. J. M. Graham. ANY 1111111111•111111113ENNINSIMMININSIN11.1.11111.1111111.111111111111111.111111r HURRY! ONLY A FEW DAYS,LEFT! FIRESTONE \ TIRES 910 OUR TIRE SALES ARE BOOMING! DON'T MISS OUT. MANY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. OFF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TAKE OFF. TUBELESS FIRESTONE 670-15. 4 PLY 710-15 4 PLY REG. 32_25 REG. 36.25 - NOW 2237 j NO1•94___ 25.37 AND YOUR RECAPABLE TIRE Goderich Motors Ltd. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • j • With drinking water murky as a ID•result of the annual spring break- • . , -are to ,•oine into (111(1 for some a-ges up, many 'Goderich citizens were ,on SeptPinher 1. The pension for 70 -year -01(15 boiling their water or hauling a intrad from iiIt) to zit; monthly etrovtive .1141y 1, owl maxinium monthly payment (shared by the Provinves..undermeans lost at years and for the blind -and disabled is increased similarly. Also effective July 1 is an increase of $25,000,000 a year in benefits -to war veterans. Altogether increases in benefit • payments are estimated' to amount to about $100,000,0(X). Tax reduetions, mostly of it rather insig- nifivant,nature are estimated at about $50,000.- 000 for the next fiseal year. There is no ehange in personal or eorporation irfeome taxes. Mr. Harris estimates that these .benefit payments anti tax reductions Vail be met itt part. in the ,eomim-.., fiscal year by means of the growth of population and the eontinuance of "good times," and still leave a surpins. To sum up. income taxpayers are disap- pointed, while pensioners and others who are. to receive increased payments, while perhaps not getting all they hoped for. will be .moder- ately pleased. EDITORIAL NOTES '• Offieiall, Ws the first day of Spring. * • • • Oiven by a minister at a Itanquet \V4' at- tended in Toronto recently, the following blessing ivas-about the shortest we ever heard "God grant us capacity: elastieitylongevity, avoiding obesity." •gi • • • • , The- Ottawa budget produeed no major surprises. The past two years apparently Lave been .aimed at "making a litt4e money first." From here on, it may he a matter of "makifig a little inoney The budget's aim to hit at dangers of inflation is understandable and commendable. Also acceptable is the fact that help k th be, given to those Who need it most.— old nate petotioners, persons on old age assist- . ance, disabled veterans and widow. There, is rather ,ggticral•-feelittg, .hoyver, that the extra idx dollarirfOr needy-ola age pensioners tnight...hrive been' iii.reaserlonoro than it was. ',MAO in: thi'sgroup fbitt4he financial going 4.1Ple!M•4/1)11 A:. bit /111;MA Ift''n posarble that be such by the time •:. ; . • .. the next budget comes (town its to produee more marked changes in it than have been the ease in the one just presented. • • • • A district daily. newspaper has adopted a new policy of devoting only rrom half a dozen to a dozen lines to obituaries. They are all grouped in one* column. This move seems to refleet...two things. One is that editorial space is at, a itrkninin and, while as many .news items as possible frotn as wide an area as possible are being Used, not rot much space is being devoted, to the indiVidnal news items. The second is the fact that compiling information for obit- uaries correctly and, of necessity, speedily, Presents a problem. Relatives of the deceased find nothing more annoying than errors in - obituaries of their loved ones. Newspapers do try to avoid t)tese.errors, 'hut it..is not easy to quieldr,.gather t1c required information at it time when -those who give the infortnntion— the relatives of 'the deceased—art understand- Fghly upset- emotionally at the time and often find it diffictlitle pas on the required inform- ation completely' and ..emeetly, • • supply from nearby springs. There • was a decided run on soft drinks, g not to. mention "suds" •sold the local beverage rooms. , Potatoes were being sold in0 Goderich at two dollars for a 75- • pound` bag of the Ontario product ST. GEORGE'S WOMEN'S GUILD HOLbS MARCH MEET The Guild room of St. George's Church was decorated with St. Patrick's emblems. when the Guild met Tuesday of last week. The president, Mrs. Reg. Needham, pre- sided. 'The Litany was taken by Mrs. Blay and the Scripture by Mrs. D. Wilson. Dr. Taylor is to speak at the April meeting. Mrs. T. E. Pritchard continued with the study book. Ta was served by Mrs. Sturdy, Miss Etta Saults and Mrs. Munday, who was regponsible for the table and room decorations. • HERE IS WHERE TO BUY A SIGNAL -STAR - For the convenience Of Sig- nal -Star readers who purchase their paper from week to week rather than by a yearly subscription through the mai, Signal -Stars are sold at the following stands: GODERIC1I— A & P Store Craigie's Tobacco Store Dunlop's Drug Store GOderieh News Stand (Formerly Wood's) Lauder's Drug Store -Overholt Groceries Signal -Star Office Auburn—Gordon Taylor's , General Store. Renmiller=F. Allin's Store. Dungannon—Eedy's Store Ifolmesville--D. E. Gliddbn Kingsbridge ---1-G. F. McKen- zie Store ' Kintall—W. J. MacDonald's Sle—N tbre' Nille General Store Port Albert — Roy Petrie's Store • Saltford—Tom Morris Gen- eral Store . . • Shebnardton— P. 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