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THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1957
TALE OF TWO LAKESIDE TOWNS
People living in inland centres tind it.
difficult to comprehend that suclea community
as Goderich, sitting right beside billions of
gallons of fresh water in Lake nur011, would
have any problem in obtaining. an adequate
4upIllY of water -
'I' hey would probably be surprised to
learn of the light chocolate tinge in the ap.
pearatioe of our Nvater in the spring; or, of the
lack of ‘vatcv in the- summer due to an in-
adequate system foribringing water -up the hill •
from the pumping station to the town reservoir.
Yet the fact remains that the town supply
of water is unsuitable in appearanee and quan-
tity, depending on the time of year. The
matter iS still on the hooks for consideration
by the town in due covse.
If it's tiny eomfort to Uoderich res'Idents
in the meantime, however, it might be pointed
out that another town right beide plenty of
fresh lake water is laving its water difficulties,
too. The Meaford Express says: ".Meaford,
situated as it is, on one of the finest fresh water
bodies on the continent, should have an amide
supply of pure 'and fresh water. It is not Su
at the present time as the water on many
oilskins is untit to drink owing to rust- and
flUorination. (hie lady said that she had not
used local water, without boiling it, for many
ALL IS WELL AT GDCI
Sol Ved with a • minimum of discuss•ion at the
Board meeting last Thursdrty evening. Mein -
hers of the staff at GIA.A. will enjoy the origin-
al salary schedule
presented to them by the
Board rather than that which probab 'oui►!
have been put into effect had th Doi►rel held to
ies iotl which reseim t the `original one.
As r cries for Staff- at. G-UU'l will
be comparable with, and in many cases better
than, those paid in t_'ollegiates of comparable
size throughout Ontario. The secretary of the
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation;
S. G. B. Robinson, who was present at the meet-
ing, said at its conclusion that "a satisfactory
situation" now existed at Goderich and that
a circular letter to this effect Would go forward
to the staffs of all secondary schools in the
Province.
Antagonism veils noticeable by its absence
in .the discussion by the Board, the :Teachers'
Federation and the representatives of the On-
tario School Trustees Council. Thoughtful
consideration .to all aspects of the situation
was given.
`h'_ keynote of 'the discussion- seemed- 'to
be the opinion of the'. representative of the.
Teachers' Federation who regarded the origin-
al salary schedule proposed by the Board as
"1 commitment'' in view of the fact that a
-representative of the GDCT teachers had sent
a letter In reply expressing satisfaction 1%'411
the proposed salary sehedule.
members of the Board failed ta2_,tity--',7iirere tin;
torhaical.--!7:';`;Tri. tpoint and were inclined to
, .141,ti'e%Z; the motion was unneeessarily hasty,
they fell in line, ultimately' with upholding it.
There was give and take from every angle iu
the discussion and, as was stated at the meet-
ing, all' three groups learned.things that would
be of value to them in the future.
Only after the press insisted on its right
to report the meeting was it given the oppor-
tunity to do so. It was pointed out the press
felt it had a responsibility ,to give the people
'' the facts in the case, that. it was the tepay'ers
who we're providing the money involved and as
such they had a right to know details about it.
We are glad the meeting realized this right.
Some publie bodies spending public money have
a tendency to overlooly the fact -that they have
...yesponsibility to the -people-who -appointed
them. Their long range intentions are good but
they .have not the right to withhold from the
punt. the details from which the reading pub-
lic is 'quite capable of drawing their, own cm -
elusions. 11T -I publie'-irepre-sentatives- adhere
t principle they will, find. it ..Will _be_ to _their
own advantage and the advantage of the people
at large. Publicity, correctly given, is a. help
and not .a hindrance, as several members of the
Board have stated.
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. TOO MANY MEETINGS?
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A query is raised in our mind as a result
of an observation in The-. New York Times;
which asks: much more work could be
_itezkieyest if nine out of teyi meetings were dis-
petised with? This includes_ meetings called
to discuss new plans, old statistics, specialized
„ reports, matters of personnel, find Unfinished
business left over from the last nieet
True. the Times comment has part icular refer -
cause for such vomment to he applied to our
towns and rural eonun.unities. Are we over-
iirganizedl Are 'there too many meetings
led by too many organizations, whieh overlap
eaeh other s activities?, 'N\ htle we hesitate an
ahswer, we suspeet. that this is so. Perhaps
we should have a meetitig. to find out.—Huron
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EDITORIAL NOTES
45 Years Ago,
The arrival of three pore new
automobiles created some excite-
ment in town. The proud owners
of the fiveipassenger Fords were,
'Mayor Reid, Dr. Macklin and Wil-
liam Somerville.
During the absence of Dr. Turn-
bull, H. E. licxigens was' appointed
to act 'as chairman pro tem for•
the Goderich Public School Board.
With ice-sti4 solid in the harbor,
it appeared that it would be sev-
eral weeks before the. opening of
navigation here. 'The latest open-
ing known was in -1888 when half'
the month of May wa.s gone before
the ice had melted sufficiently to
A brick house and lot on Elgin
avenue sold for Sr,375 at an auc-
tion sale conducted by Thomas
With a view to organizing a
town league, a meeting of football
players was schedulvi to be held
in the YMCA rooms here. •
25 Years Ago
The 80 -foot tug Phillips, owned
by the Boone Dredgin., Co. sank at
her berth in Goderichbhadior. The
vessel had not operated the pre-
vious season.
A Gioderich native, Capt. Earl
The `'..tiderich harbor. 2
the season i3to
ti,11}-1—mperial Oil fleet. •
About 80 transients were given i
"free" meals during March at a
cost of $19.60 to the town. The
rule was one meal to. a man and
Twenty-two head of dairy cattle
were sold at prices ranging from
$35 to $66 each in an auction -sale
held on the farm. of Cecil Baxter
in Colborne Township. The prices
were considered fair for those
times.
Fire destroyed the farm resid-
ence of Harry Hutchins on the
Maitland concession in Goderich
IS Years Ago
The Thozns brothers and Louis
McLeod opened the 1042 conimerc-
ial fishing season by lifting 3,600
pounds of perch and herring in
into Lake Huron, i rs 'p Ou
After a ministry of 10 and a -half
years, Rev. D. J. Lane delivered
his ftirewell...message to the con.
gregation of ICnox Presbyterian
Church.
"Fill 'er up!" was a familiar ciy
as the deadline approached when
all Canada changed from unration-
service stations reported a brisk
business as the time neared.
The Algoway was the first unit
of -the winter fleet to head out
into the lake. She left on March
In a draw at the Lions Club
bingo, "Troop Lady," a standard -
bred mare donated by T. 'M. Durn7.
in, of Dungannon, was won by
Austin Quigley, of R.R. 1, Dun-
gannon.
10 Years Ago
Hundreds of Goderich and dis-
trict hockey fans cheered the Lou-
zon Flyers as they eliminated New
Hamburg Transports -in a game At
Stratford. A i seven -car special
train and a caValcade of 300 autos
took the 'fans to the game.
The point Clark lighthouse was
to have a new keeper, but a man
of the same name. Jack Campbell,
of LueknOw, was epriSointed to suc-
ceed Jack 'Campbell, of Amberley.
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Drinkwalter
quietly celebrated their 69th wed-
ding anniversary at their home on
Victoria street.
R. C. Hays spoke to Goderich
Lions Club on the history and
future plan4 af Alexandra Marine
and General 'Hospital. He was
vice-chairman of the board of
governors. 4
flew to the rescue when snow
blocked the roads, preventing re-
moval of a Walton woman hos-
pital for treatment. The Goderich
aircraft picked up' the woman and
landed her at Seaforth.
Careless use of electricity causes
more than 125 fires a week in
Canada according to official insut--
ance figures. Annual cost of such
fires is figured at $8,000,090.
Wecidings •
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place at'nungannort United Church
manse on Saturday, March 30, when
the ministqr, Rdv. Geo, D. Watt,
officiated It 'the marriage of
Eleanor Lucille ;delving, daughter
of Mrs. Allred -Summers and the
Donnie S. Glenn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Glenn, of Dungajmon.
. The bride was dressed in a
'medium blue mix suit wtth white
pill box hat and white gloves.
Beauty roses.
Her sister. Mrs. Alma June
Ward, of Goderich, was matron of
honor and waS attired in a powder
blue suit and white feather hat
with a corsage 'of' pink roses.
Mr. Melville Culbert, of Toronto,
was groomsman.
A reception was held at Tiger
DUnlop Inn. For travelling to
Niagara Falls, the bride wore a
pink tweed suit with white and
' black accessoriesl• On -their return
they will reside at 'Dungannon.
• Prior to her marriage, the bride
' was guest of honor at two slufizers,
one at the home of Mrs. Ward,
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ARE INVITED•TO ATTEND
OPEN rOUSE I
BLYTH CO --OP i
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Wednesday, April 10 I
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See how quality Blyth Brand Cheese and ^Butter tlia
are made:in 3, plant_cQ-Qperatively owned and controlled
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by 250 farmers in this area. •
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DOOR PRIZE
Picton street, and-,tife other at
theThoine of Mrs. Jean Mohring,
Anglesea street.
NlIsE, April 2.—A.party of about
20 men from Nile congregation
cenducted a wood cutting bee on
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Fisher last Monday afternoon. Mr.
Fisher donated the wood to the
church for fuel. •
Mr. Ralph Godfrey is now home
and able to be about the house. '
'Mr. Sam Maybond has purchased
Mr. Ray Robinson's house at Nile.
The school children have been
THURSDAY, APRIL ,4th, 1957 •
busy,writing examinations the past
week; all except Master John Rut-
ledge, who has injured his right
arm.
Mrs. J'. ltifcGratten, xisited with
her son and d4ughtesin-law, }dr.
and Mrs. Gordon MoGratten, the
first part of this week. .
Mr. and Mrs. Doug McNeiliand
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Berger visited
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fisher on
Saturday evening.
Canada's commodity' exports in
1055 were valued at $4,351,300,000
up 10 per cent in value aver 1954.
Commodity imports at $4,711,500,-
000 were up 15 per cent.
. Cii. Newcombe
M. • Is
Chemist and Druggist
YOU ARE" lAIVITED
TO OUR 4—
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OPENING
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APRIL 4 5 6
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1ST PRIZE — 35 MM. BALDINA CAMRA WITH
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WE HAVE
t_.(_•0110111it' lit \V Of 'SlIpply anti
at vital factor in acterinin:i'.,,,. Milli V
f. Is cnlling the tune toila.\- in the t latter
librher salaries for tiailiers. This \t as retleet
ed a statement made by the ehairieilo of 111,,
Fort during the disvossion here to
solve the tliderich tenehers' salaries
issue. I Iiissard claimed that Ontario'
would be :Vitt short of secondary sehoid teaeh_
ers by next St‘ptemlwr.
knit's 111;111 011t', is 11 tiny now h.'
Innis, \A Ile \VW be anssvering t.)}4. doorbell to
The open season for "suekers," of more
Not all it iner.ant salesmen are
railieteers 1)111 there are quite.a elm) of_ them
to the warninv. "Before ,-011
I)on't be sorry later. Buy locally
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BAG OR TRUCK LOAD.
PHONE FOR PRICES.
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& SONS
LIKITED
PHONE 32. HENSALL
14-15
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FRIDAY,
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12 NOON TO 6 P.M.
A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE
peas A Language An Its
Take a good look at this gentleman as he strides out into
.thc carly.morning to his wailing car. You will feel—as
we do—that you know a goodly number of things
about him.
We -would be willing to guess that hc is a man of
substantial achievement . . . that he is held in high
personal esteem . .`. and also that he is a practical man,
keenly awarc of the* basic value and worth of the things
around him.
For note that thc motor car that awaits him at the.
curbside bears thc beautiful crest of Cadillac. Here,
beyond,conjecture, is the most eloquent spokesman in
all thc realm of possessions.
In fact, the Cadillac cat has, over the years, been so
closely associatal With the leading citizenry of our land
tiTt thc two have become all but inseparable in the
public mind.
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For just as these motorists have placed their trust in
Cadillac, so Cadillac has given them everything they
could hope for in an automobile.
Cadillac has given them unduplicated beLty and
and ease of handling.
Cadillac has given' them quality. In fact, thc car is so
soundly designed and built that it has become a synonym
for integrity of product.
And Cadillac has given thcm valUe. With each Passing
year, it become.; increasingly aPParent that CadillaC
Have you driven 1957 Cadillac? If not, wc urge you
to come in and let the car tell you its own thrilling story
on ,thc highway.
We think you will agree thai this year, more than
SAMIS
KINGf3TOIS AND VICTORIA STSS
M TORS
. Phone 344, Goderich
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