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THURSDAY, 3fAY 9th, 1957
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Published by Signal -Star Publislilni..Limited wele
Subscription Rates—Canada and Great Britain, .$3.O0 a year: to United o
$4.0
States, 0. Strictly In advance.
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Authored u 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
Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of Ontario Weekly
Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation .
GEO. L ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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Established 1848. In its 110th yean..r of publication.
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3,000
Newspapers
THURSDAY, MAY 9th,. 1957
WATCH THE OVERLOAD!
Most of u•+ van understand that overload -
nag a machine invites trouble. «'e reeogtlize
that overloading an electric• circuit may result
in dinasster. It is the simple tialonoti sense
expressed in our proverb about file last straw
breaking the camel's hack.
1n praetiee we are generally :s fisc• enough
n ot to overload our ears or our electrie. eir-
euits , '«'e are s'eutitive to the point of absurd-
ty, about overloading human a'^e•ne-ie•s. But
when we (unit- to our eeon',t11ir• system we .se -ern
to au:urn•• that an overload is beyond th:'
bound, of p+o.4.r)hilitt'
THERE'LL BE SOME
%Vila1 r1, i,r;e_'1►l:1!it' .i47•'tl•tr-•1 a. 111, 1,1••c1
to .Mite• I!:',)le't f'er Taxpayer, 1,:1, h04)111i•raI11i.-e1
tato til• ,)p)p,o-lt
`.,111,• 1.n.•• ago E.1.1.0-- (r '': l r1do.tan
The I/,l.':ati: 'hr,ri.•: filar; .t,_:,••ia,a-u-, n
nun,l.e•r t,' 1:• p1Ut r rk••�vs c -: 1 :n 1.'1 1,1l; ; :1
(1 r•1•'. 1.1,4;!:1 1 4.1:11 '•,. II' ,' r1.::. •l •::111 t;:••
tool, h l,. 111• !'' p,• ,,; '1 hal;
rot r•r•, 11. 1i ••il. !'.1 ,',I ii.. :, '11 i••!' „�
'.rrie n•-•-,— 1„ 11:,• 1.000 r••'1•,. r--,1 t., ••f71 i1'.• Tii.
t•r;tr1 i; p, • a 11e•1,ut,, •'e, '••••
�rl al'tl 1':t1II;ra.i'tl 1,' "•.1••,I
11r,` r-Jl l►
that tl,.• t1•?t 111 e, .' !i• r-. 3i 11.1 ,1'-1•
the 1ar'r:1••r1. -oils 1.e• 4'11,•,1 1 t};,• l./ ,,f
p,r•;p)r,.•a! tea,
broir'�ht
before the. 11;4•;.1 •, 14.- ' .lath . it
�flppe:- 1 thr'r71Lth .11 !},,. ..!111 ,,f th.• -, ,• :,rl ',i.'r:
Ullt iii'hat!•..
Now t11'. :11,•4 i1! :he extra r•:1 1,'.5-:le•1•s..
fate. It all ,111,1• iip► 1',-t}1'• fa1.1 that then- tt:ll
be :t t•onrside'ral►1•' ilii r•'a .I, the liurllher
deputy re -eve, ',n t -molt: ,!ll,ri:, I1 (1t1t11r.i,
in 1`.156.
f,► Huron county. for ,•xxnlp,l• . :t i, '•Y-
peeted there• wi4_14.- an lleliliti,,nai n n deputy
reeves ass a result o)f the neer 111w. They will
be from the. town•nf Seaforth awl the totvt,-
ship i of AMhfie•1i1. (;ode-rieh. Iii11'tt, (;rev. Mr -
SALVATION
This is an era of hopefuls demanding. We
waist tore home", more schools, more hospitals,
more tabor-s,aviug devices' for the home. We
are not prepared ,to wait for these gains, to
earn more, or to save for the ,rainy day. We
expe-et to pay something in the' long run, but
,we wound rather pay a little more than Wait.
••an understand- the principle that an
overload anywhere is essentially destructive.
Why i, -it that we are blind to the most dan-
'"e-rouu'• overload of all—expensive demands
that must. the financed out of money that we
have not tet earned?
CHANGES MADE
.NIorris, Stanley and l` ,orur. It i5
.':. r• ii that Huron County 1'oun•-i1 will have
ri t.rtai „1 40 members ill 1`+:l". the largest Ilutit-
1,•.r
it :r- h:,t"rv.
T••11 extra , •Mit• are i.1 I,r :U -1a111•-+1, tlh•.
r• 'r%1 t,l,• },•':11;' ;Il,,lrall('•- for another possible,
r p►r••1••117Mitivr, to). 'fri. extra furili,hink.n,
1••,-1 ai,,,,it=-_.:,OO and the reel:lin•-ration for t}ie'
,•11pr1,rlt- ',1 the new se -al., ai,"ut 2,It1,N1, tit Ili•'17
%%.:i ll:•.an :11 ...•e-;1 , ,,.• .,f ,11,,,,y1 =1.:,1111 fir 19 i".
}'••••1.111-, vire' 1:I1xe•il a, 1.• t',• nt•-e',1t�" for
•11 1-. - , xe „a !!: '711!1••, +,II:• ,•ount . 1•olI111•:l-
:or• !' ,i.ht . oth-rs f... it 1, all u11-
1.•'•'• , - 1r . • \�,• rl,t 1r,Jnt- •1•Ign' :' , 1in. •;II ,,:s
1.-.-: that the number erf ',•o7r•1 t', N'}l.'•f1 a
ll!iill. :pra':ty erit:tl •rl no, rationed out 111
1tr',,pr••r p)re,pr,rt•ons It ., p,•,.11te•d 1,111 that The
Down Memory'
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45 Years Ago_
Goderich Collegiate -Institute
Board discusseed suggestions for
meeting the lack of accommodation
at the school One suggestion -was
that a second storey, to be used for
classrooms. be added- to the gym-
nasium
ymnasion building. An addition to
the main building at the southwest
was also under consideration.
After serving as market Berk for
five years, W. J. Towersey submit-
ted his resignation in order . to
engage in evangelistic work at
Guelph. Ile was replaced at Gode-
rich by Capt. Ale% Mcleod.
Town Council received a peti-
tion from 57 citizens asking that
it rescind the new by -Maw whereby
the number of hotel licenses in
Goderich was to be reduced from
eight to six.
Resignationsof a commissioner
and an mspeetot- were accepted
following a provincial investigation
into the activities of the Centre
Huron board of liquor license com-
missioners. The investigation came
about as a result of a charge made
by a Goderieh hotel proprietor.
Permission was given by the
Militia Department for fofmiation
of a new artillery unit, to be known
as the 31st Battery, Canadian Field
Artillery, wit}, headquarters at
Goderich_ Andrew Rougvie was
appointed captain and Chester Mac-
Donald was to be one of the lieu-
tenant. It was to be a four -gun
battery9 equipped with quick -firing,
18 -pounder field guns. -
25 Years Ago
The "honest vagrant.' who paid
his own railway fare from Wing -
ham, with committalapers to the
county jail in his pocket. was back
in the limelight again. He had
served his time but liked Godetich
so well that he took a job 0n a
farm near town at S20 a month.
For the first time in 21 years.
the tax collector resorted tha;
there were_Fome uncollected taxes
• tt n "f (i,,•1•..eii•11 has an a1v1'•-.-l1:1.111 n11•• bine•, --
tl:a1•'1f ,the village of Blyth. t -rt (sod• r: J1 trill
mat'• f„1}1' t''1t: te) lilt"th s one. which !- not i11
p,r„p'r't:till to the assesi=nieut i.t the two faun: -
But ,•t1J!i•- what may, min- extra members
hers
15'.11 le• .•iitn-chis to Miro!! ('.carpi" ('(}lllli'll Nvhi•11
t}„ •lalletal;,:1 ses'ion, of 195ji sits. This picture'
wit! be' dlltrlieated across- ()Inario and tax.;
payer. w:!1 In. in for alloth'_z_ �jike-- iii (:.ost-L'
front 11►i, MIn11e. '
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ARMY APPE1A ..1T.__.:.» ..
Uig►s;ing.' done ▪ into the lib-, of The Sal -
ration Army is like: digging down into the
very heart of humanity. Sr;me of these stories
of human interest neer reae:h the light -1 of
outer day be-eaus,ee of retsperlt to they feelings, of
the person iifvolved or of their relatives who
.,acre still living. The Army regards many of
its Hassel, a'. sarrosant•t and its secrets are not
to be' divulged to the merely '•uriou, or the
world - at large.
Now and again gatherer; of 1oeial or wel-
fare- data are permitted to, cleave into the ease
racks, Mit even t}o•n the persons involved are
only known.. as A—, B—, or ('- - and s, on
Behind these letter,, however. lie Milani" it story
that-'41'e4-i•►rr tvould find it hard to nlatt:h.
Take tilt! r11'e of 11-- , tt'hi''li would
well a- plufe.i;.,ion11 prize-fi Jit -`t"
er -Wh ans,.,4artiei:( t•at's't ray.'ll+.•ri rfr<s 'tttA, f '
1/► te►'(1. 1711Ci11,',•', i.•itli the woe.t char;t,•te^-- (1w,
one• i,-•1.11-ii,LI. he killed 11n opponent is 1, •,!1•.
of h;s hilt thy
the "t1t,e,1 ?1141147i4•11 tr, .Milt. r. tlie,•• r."
clamoured for an investigation aue} he carried
on elsewhere with an added ''reputation. Ile
troll prize•, by the dozen, eton•iderable sums of
money and lost his gains in drinking.' bout,.
11. could knoek out all eonler: `saving the
booze. -It finally downed him.
p,hvsieal wreck; The Salvation Army
took Iliru in tow. Later. a sobered Man, he
obtained light ,work and gradually regained
his viegor. 11', elee:ted to stay with his: Army
friends and help others tyle, had tackled the
rough side of life and failed. He became we 1-
resp►0et4.d, partly beeause• he stood for no non-
serl,e, as ho said. and really meant it. Of
ellliet demeanor and -now a fine diseiplined
cit lien, the ()nee• unmanageable "hickey the
,`erap►prer" is a valuable asset to his elomrntln-
it,t.. 1;111 few would haS•e guessed his pant.
/if Work the
-:Ye1nt" • pari been ..iloi.ng for a -long time. Tho
,•allltrit:7►1I of (;oderit-1 for the Salvatir,n
has been ,et for next Tnesulav evening;.
! ►u''n. the;; .t' -al is adefinitely worthy
EDITORIAL NOTES
The matter of Friday Orr 1.,1,11.1at' ti �rllt
Olken for merchants in ( )Vibrio towns (•t,nt,rJi1 to be a .1uhjeet, of lengthy dile•e1-,i"11 in 11la1)4
meekly nt•tr5p,ap)er, that. eon,e to thi. eiff •' -
Thera are two se•hools of thoughton the matter
and considerable diflie.ult;' is !,ting met on
reaching x r•ompu•orrli,'sc for the benefit of all
concerned.
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The 1:a!tad ian llroadt•1lsting ('t,rporatiun
has been under tire of late. It has -hien said
that. it% is expensive.. its programs are inferior.
it interferes with private interests and it is
antoerat.ie. There are Houle United States
,rreisident,.• who have different opinions than
sonic Canadians' and who have praised • the
X113(:. They state 'that when they delure world
neiw4, unhialse j and given in the choiee,pt
English, they turn to CR(' riewscastss with
confidence.
1 hll' ,e111•er••• ,t I1,1,aiht- i, '-`.1'•Jl,h•,i to le1-
,.1' 1,ulrli,h' r, on their reee•I►t bereavements:
ti, .lntlret' lel.eau, of The Iluron Exposit-
or, Seaforth. i11 'the Toss (,f his mother, Mrs.
liritl,
M. 51••Le:uh: to Richmond S. At key, of
The .1rnprior ('hronie1e, in the loss of his
brother. Osboltrie L. G. Atkey, Q.('., of I'et rol is ;
to Charles I). Dingman, president -of The
Beaeo11-11e•rald, Strat-ford, in the loss of his
mother, Mrs. 11. Evelyn 1)ingrnau.
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If all the nervousness from all the young-
sters who look part in altnusie festival's couISl
on$v be bottled up) in ,one spot there would
probably he enough energy from it fcAIitdo
the entire world's proeiuction_of atotnit; energy,
One youngster, who took part in the Huron
County Music Festival, wars 'asked by his
mother after the competition if he had been
nervous. Ilis reply: "No, Moln, 1 wasn't
nervoin but my legs sure were!"
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES '
Goderieh, Ont.,
May 6, 1956.
editor, Signal Star.
i Ir, —I think' our young people
are g cttious .—fr erg', more enlight-
ened than any previous generation
—.and living in a land which is the
envy of the 'world. But sometimes
It amyl forced to believe that within
them the flame of. ambition burns
but' dingy.
A. kw days ago I had occasion
Co' Eaternogate nix young employees
of the Great Lakes. They were
irr3 ht, joyous, quick at repartee—
and alt high school graduates from
(lib
to 23: -In the �c�oounusc of our
. eottversatidn,' li enquired "about the
,ogres% •d. theif' -cottstruction of
great ;bridgge„ acrbas. the Straits
if lfackhia i'.';i,iteferctice ry s.ttrade
`1to;the . eertng�,akill. rt'' hired
aueh a proJect;'Ml' but -One
ne.
eg 1 1lte;group' :said, " ,titrtmgineer?
otl'Not What a hcadaeliel;',We'fd
', right for a • good.,$240.00 , per
iawirth, bdr-:board, our 411 :.n for
asy grogvhpt,;more';'can., a
man want? We're satisfied!"
Now there's nothing wrong with
working on the boats. M1 legitim-
ate labor --mental or physical—is
noble. • But there is something
wrong with this prevalent desire to
Shirk responsibility.
What engenders such an attitude
on' the part of Our youth? Is it
a parental failure to set a stirri g
example? Is it our schools which,
make edue atibn So easy that lace
easy way becomes natural to'• it1
youth? What a notional calamity
when the vast capabilities of so
many of our • young people are
fruitless through lack of ambition!
. Young peoplet Young graduatcur
of our schools, buck up! Bolter
yourselves! Be not content until
your, position is the higbesj thin
your,physicral and mental gttalifis at
,tions bean enable you to, obtain.
�lUtd' the - road to success les paved;
net by the -muskeg of Indolence,
but by The bed. rock of bard' work.
Yours truly, •
"CONCERNED SCAN"
61 Morrow St.,
'Peterborough, Ont.
Editor Signal—Star.
Sir, --Please send mc_ a- -few'
copies of your paper having scores
of --the recent Pee Wee hockey
Tourdainent. • Congratulation t' to
the executives and people:of Gode-
rich for their wonderful tourna-
ment and fine treatment of our
bbys. ✓
• JOHN V. I.cIMRl't.
Editor, SigualSfar. -
Sir,-En6los d please find money
order for the. renewal Of my sub•
scriptiotz`To The;.SignalStar,' .
I mitat,stay -we,'aalway3 look -for-
%waed's to reeelving your weekly
paper to keep` in touch ' with the
news of the ;old town where we
lived fol• so ,tidny years. •
With kindest regards for the
future.
Yours truly,
ROBERT E. TURNER,
93 Downie St., Apt. 1,
Stratford, Ont.
ria+`.'k! � .,/.,��1 `•��• ^�,*,.
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in Goderich Township. ►
Misses K_ 3L Park and M- Acker-
man were appointed to the Gode-
rich Collegtale Institute teaching
staff to replace Misses B. 3L Shep-
ley and M. L Simpson, who had
resigned.. The new teachers were
to receive 51,700 annually to start.
Residents on civic relief were
asked by the relief committee ,to
till the .soil and grow their own
potatoes and vegetables If the
parties receiving assistance did not
have land of their own, the commit- .• Miss Audrey nth, daughter of
tee promised.. to provide them with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred L. Smith, of
vacant lots.' Kit 3, Goderich. was chosen "Ma
At . a Town Council meeting, Queen" at Stratford Normal School.
r Humber wanted -to One of the queen's attendants was
know
police allowed cars to 1 ilius Mary Leone Chisholm, daogh-
park . two and three deep on the ,ter of Mr. and Sirs. Leo Chisholm,
Square on Saturday night. He I of R.R. 2, Goderich.
claimed that some people even' Attorney -General ,Ifon. Leslie
parked in the centre of the road Blackwell stated that both the
and got away with it. Canada Temperance Act and
15 Years Ado Liquor Control Act would be used
Two twin -engine Anson bombers in Huron County. Ile said the
were forced down in fields when LCA would be used in cases not
the pilots attempted to #rid their covered by the CTA.
Port Albert "base during a period Not long after purchasing a fe-
of fog. high winds and rain. One male 'hound, members of the
aircraft came down near Amberley North Street Hunting Club found
and the other near Kincardine, themselves the guardians of nine
Three airmen were slightly in black and tan pups. A hurried
juredconference was held by R. C. Hays,
Dan Wiggins recalled the days "Cec" Attridge, George Brown
when he' was a champion roller and others for_the purpose of deal -
skater. It was on April 1908, , ing with the new development. A
that he reached the hei>:ht of his: cat on Attridge's farm was per-
' fame by defeating Bill Conery. of suaded to adopt one of the pups.
- Guelph. in a 10 -hour grind. Conery - 0 0 0
i had held the record up to that• Famed Cwaansadtihane poetess Pauline
I time. Wiggins made 163 miles in ohnsok Indian chiefaughter .of a
he 10 hours. beating Conery, by 1
two and a' half miles.
From his sick bed in Toronto
, General Hospital. Mhx Frankel,
, well known Goderich junk dealer,
authorized a denir1 of reports in
' Stratford and London papers -'that
he was dead. As a matter of fact. r
1 he expected to be out and around
'lin a few weelrls-
An Ashfield Township native, i
Miss Minnie Dickson, was appoint -
red superintendent of Alexandra
'Marine and General Hospital. She
succeeded Miss Olive Waterman.
*Goderieh Elevator & Transit Co.
Ltd. reported a net profit of
$75,865 for the year ending March
31. 1942. This compared with
565,165 in the previous year.
10 Years Ago
After 46 yearson Hamilton
street, Gavin Hamilton Green an-
nounced that the Old Curiosity
Siboppe • would' close its doors per-
manently at the end of September.
The landlord had other plans for
the property.
Rev. C. W. Cope, of Florence,
accepted a call extended by the
congregation of...North Street Un-
ited Church. Rev. R. H- • Turnbull
was leavueg to accept a charge in
Toronto.
GRINDING.
WITH MODERN MACHINE
AND COMPLETE SERVICE TO ALL TYPES OF -
MOWERS
MACHINE SHOP WORK -
THACK Sales& -Service
Phone 689 .gam. Divi,
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E. M. ROSS
Representative
Shim /889
MAD Off/Cf 'fJTFRIOO O17AR10
EBB ROSS
SAYS:
Men buy Life Insurance' not because
they are going to die but because their
families are going to live.
Life Insurance is money bought on in-
stalments for future delivery.
Let's talk it over.
Goderich, Ont.
Phone 37
INGO
LEGION HALL
GODERICH
Saturday; May -11
JACKPOT OF $60.00 FOB FULL HOUSE IN 52 CALLS.
FIRST. GAME STARTS AT 8.30 P.M.
You Liberal Candidate in Huron
ANDREW Y. McLEAN
"He Gets Things Done for Huron"
., 10 _ OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
4714.' 4.// WITH THE
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�'' 31/2% PAID ON SAVINGS IN 1956.
oderich Community.
Credit: Union
At no extra ' cost your savings
are matched with Life insurance.
In addition all' loans are insured -at no coat to the borrower
SAVE REGULARLY—BORROW WHEN NECESSARY
Office—corner Hamilton and Newgate Streets.
Phone: Office 184 — Residence 1251J
Office Hours — Tuesday, Thursday and Friday .— 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. — SaturJay — 9 a.m.—to 1 ".p.m.
IELPYOVRSEIF •
&ii-firce-saivdeed
MANNING'S-25 BISCUIT PKG.
Chocolate Cocoanut Puffs 29c
GOLD MEDAL
Peanut Butter
ALLEN'S VITAMINIZED-
Apple 'Juice
~MONARCH
Pastry Flour
FLORIDA FRESH
Celery Stalks
large 16 oz. jar
large 48 Oz tin
25c
27c
SAVE 6c — 7 Ib. bag '53c*
large size 2 for
25c
FLORIDA
Grapefruit (full -o -juice) size 9610 for 47c.
WHITE, SWAN
Toilet Tissue SAVE 7c 4 for 47c -
FOOD STORE
LUCKY -
DOLLAR
•!,iv' 1»�h,'\. ''i'i'i•', .,M ;p,1 "`:i,
Born in Seaforth, he is the 47 -year-
old Editor of the Huron Expositor.,,
A member of First Presbyterian
Church, Seaforth, he is married, 'with
a family of two boys and two girls.
Ile served as Member of Parlia-
men.t s (1949-53). for the former riding
of Huron -Perth. In 1952 he was named
a delegate to represent Canada at tlpe•
seventh general assembly of the United
Nations.
Climate and resources make Canada
1 pie is a veteran of the RCAF,
retiring' in 1946 with the rank - of
Squadron Leader:
I1e is familiar with municipal pro-
blenl, and has been most active in
community affairs. He is ti member
of the Canadian. Legion, Lions Club
and of the Board of -ScottMemorial,.
Hospital:' He is a former chairman of,
the Seaforth Public Utility Commission;
-1s editor" of a' rural weekly, he,
'is well verset; in the 'problems facing
the fanner, as well as the town resi-
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a great country i11 which to live —
good
government has helped make Canada strong and free. Let's keep it that -way.
• "' .iibera>I -policies have provided maximum opportunities to develop a 501111(1, strong
e(•ononiy- with a standard of living ses.ond to none.' Lilt's keep it that way.
Liberal!. VOTE McLEAN IN APRON!
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(Published by the Huron - Liberal Association)
Vote
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GOVERNMENTS
ARE YOU
WHEN governments spend, money, it is your money
that is being spent. For governments themselves
produce nothing. -
Governments can only spend . wjittt they take from
the production of the people, whose ' creatures and
servants they are.1.4
If you , want lower taxes, you must curb the -
spending of 'your governments. There is no other
way by which taxes can be reduced.
THE
STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA •
LIMITED.
•` MONTREAL CANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO
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