The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-06-13, Page 2;,P.AGB TWO
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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY j
Established 1848. In its 110th year of publication.
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY, JUNE 13th, 1907
THE FEDERAL ELECTION
Persons who vote in federal elections
usually vote "against" something rather than
"for" something. 'rhe resounding success of
the Progressive -Conservatives at the polls on
:Monday made it obvious that the electors, in
the chain, were "ati'in the goverinlneitt.',
While various predictions, ,including that
of the Gallup Poll, prophesied a Liberal victory
but with a reduced majority, many Clever
visualized sueh a s1veep as the l'rogressive-
Conservatives made. • The ousting of so many
former Liberal cabinet ministers, in addition
to the general run of Liberal M.1'.'s, recorded
the opinion of a seemingly "discontented elec-
torate.
This is W1'Itt0U 1'it' Tuesday 1110111 int
before even many comments have been heard
on the election -results. Ilia sufficient have
been heard to indicate w-hy there was a. taro-
ing to the Progressive -Conservative govern-
ment Chief among these was the feeling t hat
the LIbe1'als' 22 -year stay in power was getting
too long for the generft1 welfare of the tax-
payers There were those who felt the gov-
ernment was goin'i. tax-Critzy ' 1111(1 so►111e-
thin,' should be done to l mtind them a halt
should be called to the mounting burden or
taxation. Then, too. farmers have become 111-
creasingIy• concerned with their eeonotnii pic-
ture. They have resen-ted what they feel to
be inadequate efforts to give "them fair prioe-
for their products. it would appear. too,
that the r'eent boost in pensions is regarded
a.
as insufficient t() meet present day costa of
living.
I11 the riding of Iluron, Elston Cardiff
rolled up a substantial majority over A. 't.•
JIel.ean—about four time§ _that of the major-
ity he recorded in the last Federal election.
'1'o lir. Cardiff, we extend congratulations on
'his will. '1'u Mr. llcl.eatt we also extend con-
gratulations for the fine manner in which ..he
p'art'ied on his eamlpaign. llotlt men worked
hard but never at tory time resorted to means
11nheeom►iug the gentlemen- they are.
The overall dissat isfaet ion of t he Can-
adian people has been expressed at the polls.
Ititt they have not made it quite emphatic
enough since, although the 1'oltservatives have
%tum,
they have nut a working, majority 111 the
11())1,0 of Commons. They have not the 133
minimum to give theta a majority over the
combined total Of Liberal, ('.('.r,'oeial ('rel-
it 11)1(1 other parties.
The vietory presents 0 prol►lelm whieh pos-
sibly can he solved only 1►y another Federal
election hi the none -too -distant future. At
time of writing it is not definitely known
whether Louts St. Laurent is to resign his post
as leader of the Liberal party.
Whatever happens, we hope Canada will
i,' provided with an efficient government des•
pito the eontplit'atious which now exist. Thies
are tnleel'tfiiln a11(1 a government has a task
oil its hands in directing the welfare of Can-
ada both "today and for the future.
THE POLITICAL PAST
:lune is known 1a, the month of marriages
but divorces . . . that is;" political . . . have.
occurred then als..o.. Of the 23 general elections
held since Confederation, five of them have
been held in June. Two of thta,e .lune elections
have divorced.. the party in pi>'tver fruit ' ihelt
power and three .of therm have returned reign- „
ing---partis to office. -
On .Lune 20, 1882, Sir John A. Macdonald
won a second term for the Conservatives.
On -June 23, 1.896, the reigning Conserva-
tive chieftain, Sir Charles Tupper, was defeated
by Liberal leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who
MacKenzie
a third terns for .the Liberals..
On .111ne 27, 1949, Louis St. Laurent won'
his
on-
his first mandate after taking over the Liberal
leadership Irl the. previous year.
hing won
WELCOME,
Tho(I.,'tmds of United State's residents will
learn al ott2 Goderich, many of them for the
first. time. as a result of the visit here yester-
day of ,1►. mewspapermeu_froml south of the
.. fi .Tett-
byrder,:
,.;.r"
•.r ,;il' C';t' melt, most Of 11llorlt are lt'et'1.1't ltetl'l
�,� ,editor., conr1 `ft'Qsn :tU different. states and
ith t rtnitt of Untarioo , sponsored by the On-
.' lario Department of Travel and Publit•ity. Pur-
1)bse of their visit is -to "Know 1 httlrio I;et-
Htert" .in order that they night informs the
r_'�readers ,►1 their respective newt'spapers about
Ontario rent a vaeat.iu►1 standpoint.
On Wednesday morning they stopped over
'at (Inderieli long enough to visit the,-1111rou
county- Museum and to make a tour of the
Ikefebnt 'in Goderich. Afier this, they at-
'
nded ,t !moll at Ilot el Redford, sponsored
lbYtth-- T n u)f Goderich and arranged by the
Jaycees
EDUCATION
THE GODERICH SIGNAL-STA11, •
Herr Abodt. 'Mat!
During ballpoint -fad
of q6 penmukers tried
to pnweibalfpoi nts
wrote underwater....
Newest ballpoint ...... .Shevfters.
Sterling Silver -lipped model is
leakproof,writes Iongerthan other
ballpoints becc1useSterling Silver
)tip prevents ink from orrodinq
end ofwriting unit •
Down Memory's
Lane -
45 Years Ago
Charles C. Lee announced that
the Hotel- Sunset had been renovat-
ed and was ready for the summer
season. Miss Rachel Middleditch
And on .1 true ll), 19:7 Louis St, Laurentwas in charge of the kitchen. Ac -
lost in making a bid for a third mandate fur cording to The Signal, the town
had long talked of erecting a bath -
his 1)Olit)ta1 party. ' . ing house on the beach below the
- I1► seeking re-election, St. Laurent set a hotel and making 'a good pathway
modern l'ee(ll'd for a It'11(1t'I' go111g back to the
heo )le at the age of .75. i;tit on this point
otti-dine Eby Sir .John ri, Mn('dottald
---twwn44tuzliginkrtibtrt 'nothing • had
been done.
,ot, ___:;,,.►;,cif was waiting a bit
impatietrtly for a report by HEPC
who «cut back -dor a fourth mandate 0.111lur�'h' engineers on the .;tiaitlancj River
Fewer rd osition TThe .munici al
)• 1+8'11, tit the age of 76, the oldest Canadian power plant #was in need of pre-
prirne minister td do so.\ Ile non, but (lied pairs but Council hesitated to
three months later. spend any'money on it in case the
There is considerable eollJeetttre now as, Maitland proposition went ahead.
to what Louis St. Laurent will do . continue The East street garage of Huron
to lead his party 'in opposition or -res gm vertnsed aetier. 1 lines of auto
Gasoline Engine tnd Machinery Co.
leave the burden of carrying on to a younger mot ra kitiittig"°'YYIe'`Brush Run-
about for $600 and -:Russel ears
from $2,30q up.
Miss Dorothy Phelan, daughter
of 'Mr. and Mrs: R. J. Phelan, Bri-
tannia road, was appointed super-
intendent of a hospital at Gary,
Indiana.
The Signal made reference to a
clipping from an 1866 newspaper
which recalled memories of the
days when the gunboat "Cherub"
made her headquarters- at Gode-
+rich. The 130 -foot ship carried
a crew of 46 men and mounted two
.At nstron'g guns. _ •- -
25 Years Ago
The CNR, which had .announced
.plans to cqt off the morning .train
%►qt 't d z-jch and the night train
'Into 11 , changed its mind after
hearing the case put forwardaby a
delegation from here. !Members
of the delegation were Mayor Lee,
G. L. Parsons, J. W. Fraser and
Gordon Bisset.
The cost --of feeding prisoners at
the county jail was 1012 -cents daily
per inmate, accoqrding to a report
presented to 'Huron County Coun-
.cil.
The funeral of Thomas '- MeMil-
fan, MP for South Huron, who died
in Clinton Hospital of injuries re-
ceived in an accident, was held at
Seaforth. Among the 3,000 per-
sons who were present -for the
service were Rt. Hon. W. L. Mac-
kenzie King and Mitchell -F. Hep-
burn, leaders of the federal and
provincial Liberal party organiz-
ations.
James . Campbell was elected
chief of Goderich Lions Club. The -
new vice -chief was Robert John-
ston.
'Dr. B. F. Wilson, of Erie, Pa.,
spoke in Foresters' Hall -at Auburn,
which was his native village. He
had enjoyed an interestipg career,
man. possibly Zion. Lester Pearson. Whatever
happens, there is hound to be quite a change
in the overall political scenery •on Parliament
Frill.
U.S.
EDITORS
When these editors
will write impressions of
Ontario. 'Thus, Goderich
of call on their schedule,
their impressions,.—Z4,5444#.4.
beauty of Goderich and
return house, they
their visit through
as the third point
will he included in
oit.fident thaLJ,
the interesting, dis-
plays at the 1ltlron+('ounty Museum will make
all impression oil them with resultant favor,,
alale publicity- for (,oderieh. It is reasonable
to eont'Imde That (1oderieli will have visits
frons additional, American touristy as a result
of the pmblieity. •The combined circulation
of the papers represented adds up to many
thousands. The newspapers are located in 30
'different states.
«'e are happy. to have tl`te United States
editor's visit our town and trust they -will
return again with countless others in whom
they have created an . interest in (Lolerieh.
The editors will he on a 1,600 mile tour of
Ontario lasting about 12 days.
MEANS
.A r+' 'emt +'ountry-wide survey of job seek-
rregiat•'red with the National Employment,
:Service h,t.z produced the evidence that lack
"of etju'':►t.lott 111111 unemployment ('onlmonl_y go
•,ltattd:in hand. -
'. The question asked was: "Does poor edu-
', Iciftion have anything to do with becoming un -
i etnplayl,d't" The answer provided by the
t - t .1N1j;a
survey, the first of its kind ever taken, is
t "Yes, both directly and indirectly."
Analy sis.of the figures showed that. 70 out,
• of every 101) among the. job seekers had grade
eight edneation or less, whereas for the whole
ilabor foree,'only 51y out of 100 had grade eight
• education or. less. Conversely, only 30 ort of
every 191) job seekers had grade nine educe-
tieta or better, while, for the whole labor force,
45 out of 100 had grade nine education or
,better. This disparity was common to all
regions and for both males and females.
The .survey also' showed that the rate of
v,t . ; ttthgmploytnent for the poorly educated was
almost double tile rate for the better educated,
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THE FARMERS
Undoutt.tdll.. t e higher wages and shortetw
r rlttira , 4toun4 of, `Indtistrial workers are a
w Feat factor? in the exodus of young people
om the rntral districts Of the citiefi, although
trot are compensating advantages .in :the in-
npQndent life' sand more, llealfliful atmosphere
":the
farm.; ahead,- st ggest.s
at pot .all':city., ped ire .will share in the
l iim d'. ad ntiigeie;; if ' 'eity • life—that pro-
pssi0nal 'iminite'"and'others who do net -pan -eh
i tripe •'ctajclt'dny ,`lifter day also Will crowd'
o jhe nein i nd; While there will he'almost
eta'd%leVel' ainnng +.i'actbry ;workers ,ander
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EMPLOYMENT 1,
R•at.e of unemployment is‘..obt.4titted by expres-
sing the number of jobless a:' a percentage of
the labor force. 1e'or those with grade eight
education or less, the rate of unemployment
was abotl,t five and•one-half per cent. and for
those with a grade nine or better education
the tate of unemployment was less than three
per rent. -
'rhe NES survey pointed up the fact that
the relationship between a lack of eduention
and Unemployment is not wholly a direct one.
What seems to happen• its that poorly educated
individuals tend to become channelle;l into
occupations Whieh have a high rate of u neln-
ployInent.
With the academic year 11raa-ing to a
close 'there are those who would warmly
agree with the saying that: "Of making; many
hooks there is no end ; and much study is a
weatriness of the flesh," .Those same students,
however, should• keep in mind that there
tnight well be nlueh'more "weariness of the
flesh" later or) in life without an adequate
education. '
CSF' THE `FUTURE
protection of the unions, these others will
face 'witch competition that only those of
more than' ordinary ability will be able to
achieve duecess. Trills, while large num'bners
. in the cities will be struggling to keep their
heads above water, there will he fewer—in
proportion 'if not ftt.••act.ual numbly—left on
the farms and with larger holdings, more
machinery, and the higher priees their prq-
dnetA will`@iimmand, the independent farmers
will he the aristocracy of the future.'
- It bite 1)e" that "this yo n'g fellow who
stays on the farm will be the winner in the
long ritn.
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including eight years in the Meth-
odist ministry and a few years in
the Kansas Legislature. He next
.hoped to visit Russia and get a
close-up view of the "five-year
plan."
15 Years Ago
Miss Pauline McEwen resigned
from the staff of Victoria Public
School in order to accept a posi-
tion M. Hamilton.
Instead of repairing, the steeple
of their -church, damaged lbylightn-
ing, officials of Victoria Street Un-
ited Church --decided to take it
- --.
T. R. Patterson succeeded J. H.
Kinkead as president of Goderich
Lions Club.
A Goderich native,Thomas R.
Elliott, was appointed public rela-
tions manager of General Motors
of Canada. -
pThe county tax rate for 1942 was
set at four mills, an increase of
one-quarter of a mill over the pre-
vious year.
10 Years Ago
Walt' Disney, internationally -
known cartoonist, visited Goderich
and Holmesville. While in Gode-
rich, he, called at Central Public
School„ which his father once at-
tended.'
'Huron County Council decided
to dispense with county constables,
who were costing $11,000 per year,
and bring in the Ontario Provincial
Police, whose services would cost
the county --nettling"' --- ---
K. J. Stentoncame from Tor-
onto�tc
to manage the A & P Store in
Goderich. He replaced W. F. Riley,
who 'left to operate his own store
in llensa.U,
Melvin Cranston purchased the
grocery and feed business of the
late Wesley McLean.
Rev. C. W. Cope, of Florence.
accepted ' a call to North Street
United Church in Goderich. -
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CARLOW
OARLOW, June 10.—Mrs. Ray
Fitsher and Douglas attended the
Goderich Women's Institute meet-
ing last Thursday, and Doug played
a piano selection for the members.
The youthful, pianist had beenthe
winner of the prize donated by the
Institute in the recent Music Fes-
tival.
tMrs.' Reg Anderson and Miss
Juno Brtindley visited at the home
Of their mother, Mrs. Edith Brind-
ley, last Saturday, the occasion
being a celebration of- June's 16th
birthday.
Mgr: and Mrs. Stanley, McGratten
arrd Alric visited with Mr. and
Mho .Roy Turvey, of Blucvale, last
Sunday.
• . . when you buy a New or Udell Car or Truck from
Huron Body and Fender Shop.
In the first place, we won't let you buy it until We're
satisfied that it's ready to give you many, many miles
of worry -free transportation.;
DUN'GANNON, June 11. — Mr.
and- Mrs. •Stewart Tewsley, Long
Beach, Cad., who have been visiting
the latter►s' another, Mrs. J. Hamil-
ton, have left to spend ten days
with relatives in Toronto, after
which they will return . to the
village. Mrs.. Harltillton, who fell
and injured her +right leg, is con-
valescing 'with her daughter, Mrs.
David MceDiarmid, south of the
village. -
alr. Wilmer Errington and Mr.
Norman Stewart, who have finished
their course at Stratford Teachers'
College, left last week to works for
the next three months in the Went.
We were $onry to hear of the
death of Mr. Harvey Brooks, Huron
Township north, id Bruce County,
on Sunday night. He is a brother
of Mr.' Omar Brooks od the village,
and has been seriously ill for sev-
eral days at a London hospital. '
• Mrs. Violet Farri'sh, Blyth, visit-
ed at the week -end with her mo-
ther, Mrs. J. Hamilton.
Rev. G. D. Watt preached an-
niversary services at Milbank on
Sunday in exchange with Rev. (ii.
Cox who took services at Dungan-
non, Nile and Port Albert. Rev.
and Mrs. Cox were guests for the
day with .Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Anderson.
Mr. Thomas Rivett arrived home
on Sunday after undergoing an
operation at St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, on Monday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Henderson,
Toronto, spent the week -end with
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Errington.
Other visitors on Sunday were Mr.
Letter to Editor
R.R. 2, Lucknow,
June 8, 1957.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—On behalf of the pupils, I
would like to thank -the editor of
'the Signal -Star for printing the
account of the starling war two
weeks ago in your paper. I feel
it deserved recognition when you
placed it on the front page.
Evidently, Ann Wurtele- never
learned what birds wereharmful
or 'beneficial when she attended
school.
Page after page could be writ-
ten about the destruction and the
general nuisance of these pests, so-
called starlings. Does She not real-
ize how many gardens they have
ruined? Plugging chimneys, de-
stroying letters in - mailboxes
houseabreaking, robbing other `in=
'nocent birds' nests, causialgasr'
Able filth ere only a few of their
many crimes.
In regards to St: Francis of
Assisi,-_.He.lived in_the _thirteenth
century and it was not until this
past century that -starlings mon-
opolized this territory.
The .members of the school
board and the parents are behind
us 100%. Who does .she think
helped the children..
starlings? -She wouId., -lotto
. 1 e
believe that we pulled the legs off
the starlings and allowed them to
fly away. We can assure her they
were quite dead when we ,cut them
off.
.In the past number of years, I
noticed where the cities of Toronto
and Stratford ordered their police
to wage war on these nuisances.
I can assure her that none of
my pupils will turn out to be
juvenile delinquents like some of
the children in towns and cities.
I hope in her next letter that
she can prove to us why starlings
should beTC c T e_
Ylur- mbo ve -big ut
definitely not starlings."
Yours sincerely,
RosS DRF 1Io`.ft01 .
Principal St. Ticleii's School. )
annon
and Mrs. ' oss Errington aria fam-
ily, of ndyce, and Mr. Donald
Durnin, ►1 Auburn.
Congr ulations, Douglas l --Con-
gratulations to Mr. Douglas Reid,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Reid,
of the Crewe district, who has fin-
ished his third .year at Toronto
University. Ile stood first in a
class of 80 and fifth in third year
of all branches of engineering. Ile
obtained the hydro Electric Power
Commission o{ Onta io scholarship
in engineerirygr and the Chemical
Institute of Cpn'ada nize. Douglas,
for the summer, is empjoyed with
the -Imperial Oil Company at
Sarnia and s home for the week-
end.
Mr. Jim ' eedi superintendent of
Erskine .,Presbyterian Church, ably
supplied in the -pulpit for the regu-
lar errvice on nday afternoon,
when Rev. 'Wallace aMcClean - was
attending General Assembly at
Vancouver. Ji 'who chose for his
subject, 'cBehol I stand at the
door and knock '-•also gave his ad-
dress at Luc ow Presbyterian
Church. , Marra Wilson read -the
lesson. 'Jim w ll attend the Uni-
versity of Wes ern Onta►do in the
fall, and will 1i at Huron College
'residence.
The United Church Minion Band
met Sunday morning during the
regular service. Karen l)OWson
'was leader, Sandra Brooks ,secre-
tary, and Billy Crozier read the;
Scripture lesson. -Wendy NVatt
played a piano -Instrumental., Scott
Pearson gathered the offering and
Terry -HHodges gave the offering
verse. The theme Of tits meeting,
was "the Church." Mr,.. A1„in
Sherwood told a children's story
and Mrs. Hugh McWhinney gave
a talk. Mrs. 1Ivan Rivett will be
the leader to replace Mrs. John
Finnigan. , ..
The C.G.L'li. and leaders, enjoyed
a hike and picnic supper at the
river on M nd'ay night. Jeanette
Mole was promoted to a senior
member and presented with a
white lanyard.
`Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Culbert
and her f'athe'r, Mr. James Beaton,
motored to London on Sunday.
Returning with them to Lucknow
was Mrs. ' Beaton, who -had been
in • 'Victoria Hospital for three
weeks followilg an operation.
Mt§s (Helen" McGee, ,Biytil, is
spending the summer with her
sister, Mrs. ,Harold Errington,
while their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack McGee, 11yth, are on an
tte'ltitti tour to the Paci is coast.
hyard who spent
thvee weeks with her brother, Mr.
THURSDAY, JUNE 13th, 1967 .
Charles Whyard, Detroit, was ac-
companied 'baclt by her nlece, MISS
Honor - Whyard, who visited a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ritchie, of
Ilackett's district, were visitors on
Sunday with Mr. and -Tim. Robert
Irvin.
Tho Y.P.U. of the United Church
!was cancelled on Monday, night,
dire to high school exams.
Isaac Ferguson.—Mr. Isaac Fer-
gt►aorl, a lifetime resident of the
sixth concession of West Wawa -
nosh, died very suddenly early
Wednesday morning. ,ills brother,
Gounley, who resided with him,
found him in a chair with the
radio still on and it is thought
he must- have .been, stricken with
a heart attack late the night before.
He was nearly 80 years of age and •
was one of six, sons and bwo
daughters born to the late James
Ferguson and Mary Miller Fergu-
son. His brother, Gourley, 86, is
the only survivor. Otheal who
predeceased him were Robert, Wil-
liam, Albert, James, Martha and
Alice. The funeral service was
held Friday afternoon from Mc-
Lennan -McKenzie funeral home,
Lucknow, with Rev. G. D. Watt
in charge of the service. Inter-
ment was made in Dungannon
cemetery. The pallbearer's were
Gordon Smyth, Brown Smyth, Wit.
liam Cranston, Wallace Wilson,
John Finnigan and Thomas, Web-
ster.
Several from here attended the .
funeral of the late Miss Crysilda
Sherwood, of Vancouver, at the
McLennan -McKenzie tfunera1 home,
Lucknow, . last Wednesday after-
noon. She was the daughter of
the late Ernest Sherwood and Mae
Heed of this district. Interment
as made in Greenhill cemetery,
Lucknow. •
The June , W.M.S. meeting of
the United Church was held Fri -
lay afternoon at the parsonage with
!Mrs. Clifford Crozier in charge
'Mrs. Harvey Anderson led in the
worship service. The wall call was
answered by 14 members. Nine
home calls and two hospital calls
were reported.' Mrs. Ivan Rivett
was appointed Mission Band super-
intendent, with' Mrs. Hugh Mc-
Whinney as assistant. A letter of
protest regarding the sale of beer
in stores was read and signatures
of the members were affixed. Mrs
Elliott read an article on= "Em,pty
Lives." Mrs. George Hodges pre-
sented a skit with seven other
ladies on stewnrdahip. $53' was
the amount of the Easter thank -
offering. Mrs. fM. Reed., thanked
Mrs. Watt for the use of the par-
sonage. A quilt was given to Mrs
Watt as a farewell gift.-
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ift.-
THANK YOU,
ELECTORS OF HURON
To all those who assisted
in my campaign and sup-
ported me at the polls,
1 convey my sincere ap-
preciation,
1 will cont• inue to repre-
sent everyone in Huron
Constituency in the future
the same as I have in the
past.
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ELSTON CARDIFF
HURON BODY -fit.
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Cn Goderich, Bayfield Village and
all surrounding townships.
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