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IIURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
J Established 1848. In its -110th year of publication.
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
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Newspapers
THURSDAY, JULY 4th, 1957
FROM 1.867 TO 1957 •
It was on the first day of July, its the year
1867, that the original eo10I►ial pruvint•es
of Uutario, (uebee, Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick united in the Canadian Confeder-
ation. In subsequent wears other 1)rovillee3
have been added to the four, anti Mouday.
last, July 1st, :1937. marked the !pith anni-
versary
of the ('auada whie11 now stt•etehe;
aerossthe eontiuent front ,Newfoundland iu
the Eat: to British ('oltttubitt in the West.
Every schoolboy and schoolgirl is sup-
posed to k10)tV these elementary facts of 1'all-
adiatt history, but how ntueh havedht'y !carried
of the years which pret'etl.eti this birth of at
feet,]. tlt,tlti►tiott of some :;i million people
setatte•r,i ttete• the wot►t'fs, and ttatei'"
of ;11, ,in,let elt►ped lana, or how tutrl•lt indeed
of tl, 1tistt,ry of Canada since 1867! There
are -1., 1i�'it►,► pettl►1t' tato \ver' in their.''itiltl-
httoti yl -ars at the time of t'onfetlet•attioe, hent
most t 1 hese tt'ere horst in other lands and
tattle to this lountl', It a later tilnt' as immig-
rant-, 'Those who look hack to, say, seventy
years ago in Canada have seen a wonderful
transformation. Not only in extent, of ter-
ritory has Canada 'grown: in almost every
phase of life has there been immense progress.
For a few tleeatdes after ('onfederation growth
in population wits 1410w, 1)11 singe the turn
of the century it has been more rapid, until
today there are well over 16 million Can-
adians. with in,rea.es heco11ling larger as the
llel'atlt 1)1155?
t-.rtttt't}1 111 population anti i11 extent of
territory are not, however, the measure of
1'anada's progress. Without snaking this
brief article. a recitation of figures, a few
,ttttistit'a. are interesting. Its 1871, four years
titter Confederation, manufacturing industries
had 188,(X)0 employees whose wages amounted
to .$41 million, and their produets totalled
$'''':.' million in value. I11 1955,.etnployees num-
bered 1,2911,00(Y, wages' amounted to $4,111
Million and value' of products to $19,469 mil-
lion.
Withinthe last ten years the • known
resources of Canada have increased astonisll-
ine•lt•. With forests exeeeded in size by those
ot.only two other countries, Canada is the
world's largest I)t•otlut'er of newsprint. Can-
ada leads the 11150 in production __of
plaatinn01. asbestus and 'ttiekel: - is seeoild in
11111111inuni, zinc and wood -pulp; third in pro-
, duetiorl of gold; fifth in copper. In I)t'otltte-
ti"u of oil met gas recent figures are astron-
omical. ]ler st'a•fisltiitg grounds are the larg-
elt in the world. '1'hottglt farming has not kept
1taetl with industrialization, -Canada's expot't3"
of farm produce? are large, and she is one of
the largest exporters of wheat. •
This all means vast material progress, but
its the world of diplomacy Canada takes high
rank and her itlflue,nee among •tjte nations of
the world is greater in proportion to her
pilpulati°n than" is that of any other people.
So, all in all, Canada has taken long
strides Binet' 1867 and her people can claim
'for their homeland that it isindeed a land
whose history is worth knowing 011(1 reeording.
AROUND THE COUNTY
A gianee at the editorial column.; of. - C tour. the drowning of a 16 -year-old boy
weekly newspapers throughout 1lurott 1'ottlity at -Attiberley, The (;]futon News -Record says,
reflects interests of the respective .inunlci- ,►"(loin iu the lake is dangerous for the non-
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polities act this time. The Signal -Star pre- a'inlmer, soi11ce depths are uncertain and foot-
sentS extracts from these editorials. 111g i11 some eases very treacherous." On this
The Wingham Advanee Times eottuuettts basis, The News--Reeord calls for financial
oil the centenary of 'I'urnbet•ry Towll••hip and support of its planned swimming pool, saying
draws at' word picture .of the tutt1t ip 11)(1 "'1'raai►ting of -our young folk its supervised
years ago in comparison to tuday,.as fon—owls: surroundings can mean lives. What is 0 'life
June, 1857—Endless trees.-uttl►ridged rit'ers, wnrth to yogi"
silence over all, broken only by a bird 0011 The Huron Expositor advises young people
or a t'raekling of undergrowth. as 0 solitary .'• as follows: "Stay at school as long as yott
hear roots in the forest, soil for his food; t•aalt. Get all the education you earn. It may
.lune. 1937—Rolling, smoothly -cultivated farut ,t»t'1 llils�;ji/ard.... ark now, but it will pax
land. stretching out 'on every side,-- gcaeerOffirg 'dividends in later years."
field` and shady rivet' banks, the,'busy Thum
of` trat'tors in the air and thte,,hi•R ~whine of
•a' jet aircraft. invisible in the • fill' i })sue of
the -sky.
The Exeter T'tlttes-Advoetite feels there
should he eo-ordinated fire r►rbteetion in that
district. adding that the farrnie.rs' hai'e suffered
and Will continue to suffer betttnse*',pr'ttect.ioll
bac,• not been planned. The-1Tl'lieS-.dvoeate
points out the Exeter fir' -brigade hits Answered
two calls to Biddulph township ;114 the town-
ship eoitne.il has refused liaynietit on both.
"NW Relieve the area tv1io'li eke i of eight
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Taxes are a concern of The Zurich Herald
ats it says, "Assessor George Armstrong, of
Ilensal1, is leaking his rounds in Zurich these
days. And it is too bad if you are a business-
man in town. How they do pile on the taxes
by raising o111' business assessment l"
The itlyth Standard tells of complaints of
activities in tile, wading pool at Lions -Park.
" Many of the older c11'i1dren have been raising
havoc ,tn(1, iu gttleral, spoiling flus fyr the
smaller ehildr'eit," says the Standard, pointing
out the wading pool's main objective is to
provide facilities for the small children. "Since
firs itrigades in the district is to ''"'1>t- ;11x.40 ),ex inion -,at the park is financially-
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�• rent
- 0 fou of a
the fol
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t`,�.: 'til .tui
1►e defined and maps h0 'tfig �
distrll►tited among inigatlt's, 11111 ti1'el]3a1 efllelals. and citizens is sought to eliminate deplorable
tele htttlo oftiees a1111 among- 'farlin'ds their]- etnntlltious at the • wading pool," Si`lt's The
aelees.. • says Tho Times-Advgqath Standard.
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THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR -
Thirty soldiers serving _with the Canadian con-
tingent of the UNEF recently participated in
a 250 mile pilgrimage to the 1600 year old St.
Catherine Monastery in the southern Sinai
Mountain Range. Located within the grounds
of the Monastery is the famous Church of Moses
erected on.tho spot where he viewed the
"Burning Bush" and heard the voice of God
ordering him c to deliver the Jews from a the
Pharoah's Yoke. Here examining the shrine
behind the Church of Moses are seen the Cana-
dian soldiers.
Down Memory's
Lane -
45 Years Ago
Alex Saunders, manager of Gode-
rich Organ Co., arrived home after
spending five weeks it the West.
He reported that everywhere he
went he met people from Goderich.
The hardware -men and plumber`
had started a move to observe a
holiday Wednesday '-afternoon of
each week during July and August.
It was expected that other merch-
kiITORIAL NOTES
1 t;.'y say t he t•ht'rry (t-eop as badly tit ' atmosphere an unpleasant
mauled Ov•the week -end . tornt. Hilt • pt'rhaps
those '.e•11 ,01 f 1M' 1It't', \V be ltiiiget' ;Ind
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The exl)ertw don't a itiiit �t, '1►Ilt. ;titttl, . (';utatliaits llavt' beroilte so ('bliized, sl)
tt'ith a lnt of tit 11..r people wt' have' more than dignitied, or something, that_ they allow' the"
a has:•, n ,f.iu►t that !i;-. •ttleer tt earlier the have i1i , i important national anniversary to pass
had of late is eontlto tt'tl its sttmr way v 'Okithe hv( is if it were Just a figure,on the Calendar.
atotul.c torn!),t'.,.t,,ito _,ulurthittg h1;>-►t.�:et1 I1tttt4't we any .patriotic fervor at all -at all?
1h:' 1►otttbs, what else?
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twist. 1f not.
NOW tale iaw1t-I11otwer is heal',] in the lane].
.111t1 we mean heard.
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plan. -
Alexandra Hospital was erowdbd
and a number of ,patients had to
be turned away. Several soldiers
were transferred from the military
camp hospital to Alexandra hos-
pital when the camp broke up.
A team of horses, owned by
Alex. Dunkeld, drowned at the
harbor. One animal fell in and
pulled its mate and the wagon in
with it. Mr..Dunkeld'•figured his
loss at about $600. -
Judge Doyle was chairman at a
piano recital held at St. Joseph's
convent.
25 Years Ago
A large number of Goderich resi-
dents went to the Stratford races.
and saw Dr. - Whitely's Ramona'
Grattan capture the free-for-all
event. Time of the.ftrst heat was
2.09.
George Kay announced that he
had leased W. C. Sn-azel's cleanlolg,
pressing and tailoring 'business.
The Elgin County Regiment,
with its brass and bugle bands,
was one of the top attractions at
the great Dotninion Day celebra-
tic►t in Goderich. The holiday
program included motorcycle races
organized by W. -G. Lumby.
The Leeburn correspondent re-
ported that Wilbur Stewart had
lost his"tbarn and some farm im-
plements in a fire.
Mr. .Beldher, of Goderich, was
soloist at 60th anniversary services
of Smith's Hill Church.
15 Years Ago
The Departtnent of Highways
ordered the town to take down
the heavy, 1,100 -foot marine chat]
on Saltford Hill, and send it .away
to he melted ,dawn for war pur-
poses. .-bio one was sure -of the
chain's origin, but some suggested
that parts of - it were from the
schooners Scotia and Olga, or the
.Azov or the Cherub, an old British
gunboat.
quid fall in line with the.,,. July 4 was the date for the
opening of the Matthews recreation
field and club house, a beautiful
spot of • nine and one -hall acres
located almost directly across the'
road from the RAF Air Navigation
School at Port Albert.
At a Town Council meeting, the
cemetery and parks committee re-
ported that the old German gun
was being "fixed up" and would be
replaced on •the Square at ad' early
date.
Charles Woods, of Lc+-ndon, was
hired by Council to form and con-
duct a new band in' Goderich.
The Women's Hospital Auxiliary
realized $142.40 front a tag day
here.
10 Years Ago
Mere thah.-$25;0OU,+ -
scribed to the rectdai eYt• ru
so far, reported the committee: •
Rev._J. P. Gledson, of )Maidstone,
was appointed to the pastoral
charge -of St.Peter's Church, Gode-
rich: He succeeded the late Rev.
C. F. Nagle.
The tall chimney, which fer
unruly years stood in Saltford as a
monument to the historic Mac -
Ewan salt block, was demoiithed
with th4 aid of two shots of dyna-
mite. -
The airport committee of Huron
County Council was taking steps
to lease the building at Sky Har-
bor from the federal government.
Goderich Public School Board
was granted use of MacKay Hall
auditorium as a classroom;
Letter tothe Editor"
Editor, Signal -Star.
We have heard quits a bit about
the need for a new water plant,
anti 11 ]suppose there ;will be more
speciaal meetings 'before a decisicu
is made one way or the other.
Almost everyone seems to think
that we need a new supply system
or at least that some major
changes should be made to bring,
the present system up-to-date.
if this is inevitable, then—while
woo' may not like the thought—
perhaps water rates should be in-
creased right -away.. so the town
will have saved up some of the
necessary fends by the time the
town fathers 'decide to go ahead
with a plan. -
An Ontario Water Resources
Commission .°Melo) has said that
it might cost - =the town nearly
$30,000 annually for 30 years just
to cover the interest on the
f $582,000 project that is being con-
sidered. Thus, the town would
pay somewhere up towards
'n
interest alone over a
1$900,000
period bf30 years, unless interest
rates take a dive. t
If the present system will hold
together for maybe half a dozen
years more, and if we increased
water rates right away, perhaps the
its water system, whereas it -will
lose a certain amount of control if
the OWRC fitances the project.
If the old line up the. Harbor
Hill suddenly bursts, I daresay
that an emergency line could be
laid on the surface in fairly short
order. • '
tI would be interested in hearing
whether any other citizens have
ideas on the matter of finane fig
this project. '
ONLOOKER.
Editor, SignalStar. '
Sir-- ,
A zone directors meeting of the
Poultry Producers was held „„is
Toronto last Frida for the pur-
pose of doing- so ething to im-
prove the conditon f the industry.
It was generally atgreed that
large companies have taken the
profit out of the individual pro-
duction of broilers. This is the
natural result since by cutting
the profit the large 'company chit
have the farmers produce for him
under contract. As, soon as tate
private producers - disappear, ,the
company will control production
as well as feed and processing
profits. As long as producers have
town could save up a couple at no eohtrol over the feed they buy
hundred, thousand dollars to give or the marketing of the . pritduct
a good start to the project. Thus, they will be at the mercy of the
the torn would not need to borrow . feed mill and the processor which
so much and there would be huge is usually the same organization.
savings in 'nterest. It seems that egg production is
Also, the town might then be doomed to the same fate -unless
able to finance the rest of the something is done. First of all, a
project' without the help of the method of financing will have -to
Ontario Water Resources Commis- be devi A levy could be -col-
Rion. This would mean that the lected b the egg -grading Stations
town would retain full eontrol of but since 60% of our shell eggs
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PERSONAL
Mr.. William -Johnston and Mrs.
Jennie Haig, of Hamilton, and
Mrs. Russ Robertson of Luckbow,
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Johnston, Mill Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Plante, of
Toronto, spentlthe I*oliday with
(heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gib
Plante and ,.Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
McManus.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Jewell and
children, Christine and David, of
Grimsby, visited at the home of
Mrs. I. Jewell, Britannia Road.
Miss Mary Andrew has. joined
the office "staff of Richards -Wilcox
Manufacturing Co., London. Miss
Andrew has been attending the
Goderich Business College during
the past year.
Miss Donna Harrison is employw
ed at the law office of Mr. Ernest
M. Lee, Q.C., Toronto. Miss Har-
rison is a recent graduate of the
Goderich Business College.
Mif$ Ruth Westbrook, who has
been dttending.Goderich Business
College, is employed at the office
of Mr.' A. M. Harper, C.A., Gode-
rich.
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ASHFIELD
ASHFIELD, July 1.—Mrs. J. B.
Rhodes, and Misses Anna and
Charlotte Mackenzie spent the
week -end with their sister, Mrs.
Earl Howes.
Ray Mackenzie, of Windsor, was
home for the week -end.
Mr: and Mrs. N. Jackman, of
Toronto, spent the week -end with
David Mackenzie.
Miss Mary Ann West is taking
4 summer course at Teacher's Col-
lege In Toronto.
Miss Anne McKay leaves this
week to take a position in London.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Ewart Jamieson who cele]?rated
their 35th wedding anniversary
last Friday.
Mr. Carmen MacCauley conduc-
ted services in Ashfield Presby-
terian Church last Sunday and
gave an ' account of the General
Assembly meeting to which he was
a delegate. About 50 boys and
their leaders from Kintail Camp,
were present.
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DONNYBROOK
DONNYBROOK, July 2. — Mr.
Bert Thompson leaves on Wednes-
day for a trip to the Western pro-
vinces.
Mrs. Elizabeth Naylor was a
visitor on the week -end with her
brother, J. C. Robinson, and Mrs.
Robinscn in Wingham.
Miss Joan and Ronald Doerr, of
N : , ara Falls, were Sunday visitors
with their r ,tndparents, Mr. and
Mrs...... ey.
Mr. and- Gormley 'Thomp-
son, f B ton, were Sunday
visitor w' Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Thom •. ►' d Ifoward.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Chamney
and girls were Sunday visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Chamney and
girls in Wingham.
Congratulations to Mary Jeffer-
son -and Dorothy Noble cr1 passing
nn itsuay, JULY iter. -1867
entrance on their year's work.
Miss Lucy Thompson, of Bronte,
spent- the week -end at her home
here before leaving. to take a
summer course at Toronto.
Sunday was Communion Sunday
at Dcnnybrook, Church and the
following new, members were re-
ceived: R6bert and Mary Jeffersgn,
Marie and Dorothy Noble, Keith
and Roy Hardy, George, Kay and
Jean Naylor. -
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Miss Laurel Lodge has joined
the office staff of John Labatt
Limited, Lcatdon. tMiss Lodge is
a graduate of ,the Goderich Busi-
ness College,
Mr. Raymond Cook, who has
been attending Goderich Business
College, is employed at the office
of the Windsor Salt Company.
HERE IS WHERE TO
BUY A SIGNAL -STAR
For the convenience or Sig-
nal -Star readers who purchlse
their paper from week to
week rather than by a yearly
subscription through •the mail,
• Signal -Stars are sold at the
following stands:
GODERICH—
A&PStore -
Craigie's Tobacco Store
Dunlop's Drug Store
Goderich News Stand
(Former] Wood's)
Overholt Groceries
Signal -Star Office
Auburn --Cordon Taylor's
General Store.
Beumiller--F. Allin's' Store.
Dungannon—Eedy's Store
Holmesville--D. E. Glidd(n
Kingsbridge—G. F. McKen•
zie Store
Kintail—W. J. MacDonald's
Store.
Nile --Nile General Store
Port Albert -- Roy Petrie's
Store
Saltford--Tom Morris Gen-
eral Store
Sheppardton—F. Rising's Store
are sold direct by .producer to
consumer it would be unfair to
collect by this means.
The second' big problem is the
threat of big corporations taking
control oj egg production as they
have in the broiler field. If large
corporations get control of egg
production through contract they
will continue to produce eggs at
ost or less and make all their
profit ..•on'. -'feed �rtt8 '"'jciF essiiig M,
where competition is not serious.
In the dairy industry farmers
have 95% of the total invested
while companies with only 5%
invested control the sale of the
product. If the poultry producer
is • to survive he must organize
in some manner to derive a profit
from each step of the industry,
c.not just production. This can be
done by the Co -0p method and
unless a better method Is devel-
oped promptly we •should be mak-
ing use of it.
J. CA1L HEMINGWAY..
Sunset -Hotel
Goderich, Ontario
You Enjoyed Them Last Year !
REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL.
ffe Suppers
AT THE SUNSET'LAST SUMMER?
THIS SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 6 - 7.30 WE ARE HAVING
OUR FIRST BUFFET SUPPER FOR 'THE 1957 SEASON
AND EXTEND A WARM INVITATION FOR YOU TO ATTEND.
DON'T FORGET TO STAY FOR THE MOVIES AFTERWARDS.
Phone 643, for Reservations.
H SE SERVICE HOURS
FQR LAWNS, GARDENS
As set out in By -Law' No. 8 of 1954,
the hours for the use of .hose service
for watering lawns and gardens
- after July 1, 1957, willbe
from 6 p.m: to 9 p.m.
ly .
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our co-operation will - be greatly • appreciated.
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