The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-06-13, Page 6PWE SIX
Calls Off Walkathon
So Won't Lose Vote
Jobb FUek, 'Goderich oetogenar-
an, It4rted ort to walk to his
opaling atnoaa at 6 a.m. on voting
day, but .he didn't reach it until
f61ar O'clock in the afternoon.
The reason was that Mr. Flick
started his walk from London,
Gout; 70 miles away.
W. 'Plink, who Is 81, has been
cut training dor some time for a
two -dray rwalkathon from Goderich
to London. Last Friday at 5.30
o.m., he set out for the big city
Ou foot.
"I got to HHeansall at three
o'clock," he told the Signal -Star,
"but S could have made it an hour
earlier if I hadn't stopped to rest
on the road several times."
Though Mr. Flick thought, he was
doing all right, clipping off three
rime$ an hour, he got a bawling out
when he arrived at his brother-in-
bw's home in Hensall. This partly
influenced alb*. Flick to take the
bus the remainder of the way to
London.
Itchy Feet Again
In London, he stayed with his
brother, Leslie, but he got itchy
feet again with election day ap-
proaching. Monday morning he
walked six miles out of London
before he accepted a ride. Arriv-
ing in Clinton, he visited there for
a while before setting out for Gode-
rich again.
"Then I walked three miles out
of Clinton before I decided I had
better take another ride," he ex-
plained. "I was afraid I might
not get back in time to vote if I
didn't."
He figures he walked about 28
miles on the way down to London,
a ifuether 10 miles in London and
at least 10 miles more on the way
back to Goderich.
"It never hurt me a bit!". he de-
clared. "I just felt a wee bit tired.
I enjoyed that walk immensely,
and I don't see why anyone should
get worried." He admitted some
of his family did not exactly ap-
prove of a mean of his age starting
out on such an ambitious venture.
"I didn't lose my vote either," he
added, "so I had pretty goad luck
all around!"
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Week -end guests with Mr. and
Mrs. M. Mathers were Mrs. Ed-
ward Gallagher and Mrs. Alfred
Lawton, both of Toronto.
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Diseou i t of United States
Lmoaaey rose to 5 in per cent
on the dollar on Monday and
remained at that figure yester-
day. Several Goderich store-
keepers have found that Am-
erican tourists find it difcult
to comprehend when their
money is discounted in Gode-
rich stores. Although not al-
ways the case, a 'fair number
of tourists even openly resent
the discount, ilyeing unaware
of it until they came to' Can-
ada.
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legion Ladies
Plan Birthday
Party In June
The Ladies' Legion Auxiliary met
in the Legion Hall on Tuesday
evening with 45 members present.
Following opening ceremonies.
the president, Mrs. Howard Car-
roll, draped the Charter to honor
the memory of a late member,
Mrs. Jean Allin. A chair was
also draped with a wreath of pop-
pies.
During a recess for payment ief
dues, tickets were said on a mys-
tery prize, which was won by
Mrs. A. Summers.
Plans were completed for the
birthday party on June 25. to
which five Auxiliaries have been
invited. Those attending will be
from Lucknow, Ripley, Wingham,
Howick and Kincardine.
Arrangements were completed
for the lawn bazaar, bake sale and
tea being held on the Legion Hall
lawn.
Meetings are to be discontinued
in July and August.
It is planned to have a tag day
in September and a rummage sale
in October.
Arrangements were made to
hang the Hast presidents' plaque
in the hall.
The meeting was adjourned. fol-
lowed . by closing ceremonies.
Lunch was served by'Mrs. Sander -
sen. 'VGrs. MaeAulev. Mrs. Carrow,
Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Doak. .
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First Communion
Received: By -22
Thirteen little.girls in Veils and;
white dresses and nine little boys
with white ribbon - bows on' their
left arms received their first Holy
Communion at St. Peter's Church
here on Sunday, June 2.
The first communicants were:
Paul Allin, Linda Baechler, John
Bedard. Linda Bedour, Janet
Bridgwater, Linda Chase, David
Clark, Patty Evans, Barry Grace,
Colleen Grace, Patricia Healy,
Catherine Johnston, Clarissa Las -
saline, Joanne Leddy, Guy -Lefe-
'bore, 'Anne Martins, Kevin Mc-
Cormick. Kerry Ani McLean, Jac-
queline Moss, Danny O'Brien, Pet-
er Walzak and Donald Worthy.
Visiting last week -end with Mr.
and Mrs. John Nivins were Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Whittaker and their
six children. of Windsor; Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Muir, of Brockville:
Yr. and Mrs. Orland Boufford. of
Lancaster Calif.; Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Muir and son. Billy of
Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Cald-
well and daughter, Sharon, of
Brockville.
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THE GODERICH SIGNAL STAR
Police Not Excepted
From Firearms Law
An ' 62 -year-old townbylaw,
which ,governs the discharging of
firearms and firecrackers, will be
reviewed by Town Council.
Decision to bring the bylaw up
to date was made after Council
had heard a letter from Crown
Attorney H. Glenn Hays. He state
el, "On several occasions in. ,the
last year, complaints have been
received by the police of the carry-
ing and discharging of rinds and
other firearms 'within the town."
The existing bylaw, enacted in
1875, only ,prohibits the discharg-
ing of firearms within 100 yards
of a building. As a result, it does
not give the police authority to
take any action in some of the
cases which have been complained
of here, said the Brown attorney.
Pointing out other imrplicatioins
of the bylaw as it stands, the
crown attorney stated, "T under-
stand an informal practice exists
that citizensbothered by pests call
the police to do the necessary
shooting. I express no opinion on
this, as a matter of policy, but the
bylaw does not give the police any
exception from its terms."
On motion of Councillor C. M.
Robertson, seconded by Reeve E.
C. Fisher, it was decided to review
the bylaw and bring it up to date.
By coincidence, a youth was con-
victed and fined in magistrate's
court here last week for setting
off firecrackers contrary to another
section of o,the seldom -used 1875
bylaw.
The crown attorney said in his
letter that, in particular, there
has been evidence of person. . rry-
ing and discharging firearms "a ng
the lake and below the pavilion,
and in and around the town park
at the west end of Britannia road."
He commented, "Even in the
winter time, this area is in almost
constant use by children of the
town, and also by year round oc-
cupants of the cottages onr the bank
and other aneanlbers of the public."
Mr. Hays added, "I was also
recently consulted by the RCMP
involving damage to federal pro-
perty in the harbor area caused by
firearms."
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Ring Is Reward
For Best Guess
Miss Elma Nivens was the win-
ner df a diamond ring in a co n•test
held by Reg. Bell in connection with
the re -opening of his jewellery
business in a new location en the
Square. 'Contestan'ts had to estim,
ate the number of opearls in a jar.
The correct number was 1,6,432.
Other prizewinners were as fel-
lows: Monday, Nancy Watters, pen
and pencil; Tuesday, Mrs. Nelson
Hill, -Chest of silver; Wednesday,
W. E. Tebbutt, cufflink set; Mrs.
Paul Caesar, compact; Thursday,
Jimmie Waters, sapphire ring; Fri-
day', Mrs, Jack Ryan, Whittenauer
watch; Saturday, Mrs. Verne Smith,
Elgin watch; Miss Mildred Mar-
wick, signet ring.
HYPNOTIST APPEARS HERE
There was a fair attendance at
GDCI auditorium last Friday night
when Dr. Morton Greene presented
"Hypnotic 'Marvels." The show was
sponsored by Canadian Legion
Branch 109 in an •effort to raise
money to help furnish a rooanein
the new hospital wlm.g, Before
the performance, the hypnotist
drove blindfolded around the
Square in a convertible.
United States Weekly
Editors Tour Goderich
(Continued from page 1)
was introduced as being a man who
looked very much like President
Eisenhower. And he did..
Frank Hornstein, Editor of the
Pierce County Tribune, of Rugby,
North Dakota, said he noticed very
few women • on the streets of Gode-
rich and wondered where they all
were. It was pointed out they
were at home either getting dinner
ready or washingthe dinner dishes.
The hour director was Colin Mac-
Donald of the Ontario Department
of Travel and Publicity. The 'Iunch,
eon meeting was chaired by Wil-
liam Anderson of the Goderich
Jaycees. Representing the town
of ,Goderich was councillor Peter
.MacEwan and the Goderich Jay-
cees, Mme—Tint; their president .
Also presetae'bTthe luncheon were
J. H: Neill, curator of Huron Coun-
ty Museum; 'George Ellis, Goderich.
Signal -Star; KeithHopkinson, Sky`
Harbor Air Services; Chris Lee,
assistant manager of the Sunset
Hotel; Frank Curry, "manager of
the Bedford Hotel.
The visiting editors were select-
ed by homestate Press Associa-
tions inviteto appoint State re-
presentatives to the tours. The
nominees are usually pastJpresi-
dents or executive members of
their associations. They are, in
the main, weekly newspaper edit-
ors with some from editorial staffs
of daily newspapers.
Filet spot they visited in On-
tario was at Windsor on Monday,
On Tuesday they went to Sarnia,
then on Wednesday headed north
on the Blue Water Highway, ar-
riving at Goderich at noon in time
for lunch. From here they headed
for Owen Sound,
On Thursday they will visit in
the Georgian Bay area. On Friday,
they will proceed by C.N.R., and
the Ontario Northland Railways
to the gold mining area of North-
ern Ontario. - ---On - June ISMS they
will- head for Ottawa. They , it
spend all Of June 17th in Ottawa.
Next day they will go to Kingston,
and visit historical spots in that
district. On June 19th, they will
journey along the shores of Lake
Ontario !tat Toronto.
On the evening of June 20th, a
reception and banquet at the Royal
York Hotel has been arranged by
the Hon. Bryan L. Cathcart, On-
tario Minister of Travel and Pub-
licity. The executive of the On-
tario Weekly Newspaper Associa-
tion will be present at the banquet
to extend greetings to the visiting
United 'States editors:
On June 21st, the visiting editors
tour the Niagara Peninsula and
then head for home to' write ar-
ticles in their newspapers telling
of the interest that Ontario holds
for their readers as a vacation
paradise.
1-ItMix Job On H:.'!
Could Coit $10,000,
It may cost around $10,000 to
re -surface Harbor Hill with a type
of pavement that will withstand
constant use by heavy trucks,
SPORTS
CALENDAR
SOFTBALL
FRIDAY, JUNE 14=
Teeswater at Blyth
Wingham at Luckfw
SATURDAY, JUNE 15—
Port Albert at 8enmi I lar
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RACING
MONDAY, JULY t—
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DONNYBROOK
DONNYBROOK, June 11. -Mr.
and, Mrs. Stuart Chamney and girls
were Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff- Henderson - and, -family -
at Kippen.
Mr. and Maw. Oliver Smith, of
Ripley, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Allin, of Colborne, were Sunday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Hardy and family.
Mr. and Mrs.. Robert _Rutledge _
of Goderich, spent a few days laTit
week with Mr and Mrs. J. R.
Thompson and Howard. "Mr, and
Mrs. Chas. Searle and son, of Kin-
cardine, were Sunday visitors at
the same home.
Mas. Olive Allen, of Clint,
spent the week -end with. Mr. and
Mrs. R. Chauriney. -
Mr. and Mrs. Pom Armstrong
and daughters were Sunday visitors
with relatives in London.
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Town Council was informed Friday
night.
The estimate for laying hot mix
pavement was contained in a letter
from 'B. M. Ross, consulting engin-
eer. He stated that an oil company
is now designing a special mix
for the hill.
The engineer had. been asked
by Reeve E. C. Fisher, chairman
of public works, to submit the esti-
mate for hot mix ,pavement from
west of Wellin'g'ton street down to
the railway crossing at Tlarber
Quay,,, Without bom:ment, Council
redeered the letter to the public
works committee. It is expected
the committee will 'bring in a re-
commendation at a future meeting
of Council.,
In -the letter, Mr. Roses noted,
"A 'surface treatment 'which was
applied to this street last fall has
given a very plastic surface which
will be subject to 'bleeding' in hot
weather." It ,night be necessary
to peel off the present surface be -
fere laying the hot arnix, pavement,
he added.
Mr. Roes said that it was felt
advisable to have an oil company
design a special mix far the hill
".in view of the extreme loads
created by heavily loaded trucks
changing gears" on the hill.
'Council approved a grant of $100
to Landon District Crippled Child-
ren's Centre.
S. H. 13l1a,ke, town clerk and treas-
urer, reported that tax arrears
total $39,539, approximately the
same as last year at this time.
As of May 31, $269,470 of this
year's town taxes ,had been col-
lected, according to a separate re-
port from E. H. Jessop, ansessor
and tax -collector. This leaves
$118,565 to -go before all 1957
taxes are in.
A petition from nine Regent
s€reei taXpayers who want flea).
additional street - lights between
ritannia road add Oxford' Street
was referred to the water, light
and harbor eoremittee for a report.
'According to the police report
far May, 40 charges were laid
under the Higinvay Traffic , Act,
nineunder the Criminal Code, one
under the Canada Temperance Act
and .one under abylaw governing
firecrackers. Eleven' tickets were
issued under the town traffic bylaw.
During the month, seven thefts
were reported to police.
Cracking Floors
Common Trouble
7,. Complaints about cracks in4
arena floors are common, accord-
ing to a contracting firm from
which Town Council sought ,advice
concerning the situation at the
local ice palace. Council is now
waiting for information from Till-
sonburg, which, to the contrac-
tor's knowledge, is the only centre
around here that doesn't have
trouble with its arena floor crack-
ing. e �_
The secret at TillsonJburtg seems
to be that the excess water under
the floor is drained away, and used
for refrigeration.
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Mrs. Florence Weaver attended'
a teachers' forum held in. London
last Saturday. Gust speakers were
Mr. A. White, of Ottawa and Mr.
W. Darnell, of Toronto. These ex-
perienced teaehers gave inform-
ative suggestions
nfornnativesuggestions in the teaching of
shorthand and bookkeeping.
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the hours for the use of hose ser-
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esker July 1, 1957, will be from
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