HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-07-18, Page 1Pet raccoons held by Marlene White, left, and Judy Denomy,
were among the most unusual entries in the pet show held at
Judith Gooderham Memorial Park Friday. Sixty boys and girls
exhibited a wide variety of pets in the show. The show was just
one of many special events planned at the playground this summer.
S.S. Photo by R.H.
Start Fund For Families
A fund has been started in Tor-
onto for the families of two Gode-
rieh New Canadians who died in a
train -car crash, smash at Craig -
burst, .12 miles mirth of _Barrie,
July 6.
Rev. Eugene $Qday, of St. Eliza-
beth of llungary Church, Toronto,
1edatilea 4funen tp, aid .the families
' Elie" late Gyorgy Baranyai, 23,
and >I.,ajos Gazdag, 40. Istvan
Furstenzeller, 21, who also died
in the crossing accident, was un-
married.
Mrs. Katalln Gazelag, 32, of --St.
Patric:: Street, has \fclur children
and c_ (in=equcutl.y is unable to
work. The children are Lajos, 12;
Katalin, 9; Maria, 8, and Erzebet, 3.
Nine-year-old Katalin- wears a
brace on her leg and arrangements
were made by the Children's Aid
Society to take her down yesterday
to the clinic- at Victria Hospital,
London, to have the lirace fixed.
Mrs. Maria Barairyai, 20, has a
son, Gyorgy, 11 months old, and is
Expecting another child. They live
in an apartment on Caledonia ter-
race with Mrs. Baranyai's mother,
Mrs. Anna Cximbaimos, and Mag -
dolma Baranyai, 16, sister of the
late Mr. Baranyai. •
Receive Allowances
The bereaved families have theirerr
rent paid and receive a food allow-
ance from the immigration depart-
ment. - The allowance is considered
to be adequate,
Clothing has ,been provided by
Maple Leaf Chapter, IODE, for all
s Hungarians who have arrived here
yiirce the recent revolution in their
homeland. It is is tderstood the
families of the accident victims do
not lack for clothing.
It is riot. known definitely yet
how long the immigration depart-
ment will see fit to support the
survivors. In the meantime,
though they are provided with
shelter and food, they- obviously
have little money for anything
else.
.A number of Goderich citizens
have given money to the families.
One woman took up a collection on
the street and turned over nine
dollars to Mrs. Gazdag after the
funeral last week, it is reported.
The bereaved families speak
very little English, so Julius
Kovacs has frequently been called
upon to act as an interpreter. On
i
many occasions he has given freely
of his time in this respect. Rev.
J. P. Gleeson is another who has
taken keen interest in the welfare
of the families.
Father Boday, of St. Elizabeth
of Hungary Church, became inter-
ested when he received a letter
from Mrs. Gazdag after her hus-
band had been killed. The letter
contained two $1 Tills and a terse
note.
"Please send me two, prayer
books," Mrs. Gazdag wrote. "We
lost the ones we got when we ar-
rived in Canada. We need them
badly . . ."
Returned Money
Father 'Boday mailed back two
prayer books along with the two
dollars, and started a fund to help
the fatherless families.
.Gyorgy Baranyai, Lajos Gazdag
and their friend, Istvan Fursten-
zeller had travelled as far north
asSaultaaaesasAlarie and as far
south as Derry to hunt for jobs.
They travelled in an 18 -year-old
car purchased a few weeks earlier
Eby Mrs. Czimbaimos, who does
domestic work in Goderich. Gazdag
and d Fit c
r St nzt,Iler had } had jobs
earlier, but left them. Baranyai
had had occasional work s:nee
coming here.
A friend believes that they had
found jobs in the Barrie -aria and
were going there to start on Satur-
day morning, July 6. All three
died when their car was struck by
a CPR trims -continental train at
Craighucxt.
The Bar: rryai family arrived in
Goderich Apr•iI 5 and the Gazdag
family had "beery here only since
May 13.
Mrs.Gazdag said her hu;5and
had decided to leave Hungary after
the revolt because he had been
a railway worker, had witnessed
deportations of other Hungarians,
and had feared for the safety of
his family.
'It's all the more a tragedy,"
said Father Boday, "because they
are just new here, in a land still
strange to them. They fled a re-
volt, carried their children on their
ahaulders to safety—and now find
themselves alone."
"We have extended our sym-
pathy to the families," Father
Boday said, "and are .trying to
help them by starting a fund in.
Toronto,"
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110th Year—No. 29
Holidays !
With this week's. issue of
the paper off the press on
Wednesday, the annual staff
holidays of the Signal --Star
start today --Thursday, July 18.
The Signal -Star office will be
closed until Monday, July 29.
Next- issue will be on Thurs-
day, August 1st. Looking for-
ward to visiting with you again
at this time. Any news copy
in the interim may be placed
in the letter box on the front
door of the Signal -Star office. ,
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Main In Distress
Hauled , To -Safety
By Swimmer, 18
A swimmer in distress was res-
cued by,. Bill Smith, 18, of South
street, at the harbor beach on
Sunday afternoon.
Bill still doe.u't know the name
of the man whose life he probably
saved. After being helped out of
the water, the stranger mumbled
his thanks and managed to walk
off under his own power.
The rescued man was about 25
years told and had blond hair. Bill
believes he was from out-of-town
as he had never seen him before,
The Goderich youth w•as walking
along the "pier whcu he saw a man
in trouble about 50 to 60 yards out
in the lake.
"He couldn't go any farther,"
sant. Bill. -A'He- was -yelling 'Fellows;
help! Please somerbody, come and
give me a hand'!"
Bill immediately tossed aside his
jacket and dove to the rescue in
his bathing suit.
He managed to get a hold on the
distressed swimmer and started to
taw him to safety. 'By this time,
someone else had come oat to
help also, and they soca had the
man out of the water. Bill didn't
know the other person who assist-
ed in the rescue. __
Thankful, but not much the
worse for his experience, the res-
cued man soon disappeared into
the crowd at the beach.
Bill Smith is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Smith.
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WHAT'S THAT SOUND?
If you heard a., steady whine
coming from atop the County
Court House during the early part
of this week, it wasn't a new breed
of pigeons perched up there.
Seems the tone in the clock was
out of kilter and a man had to
be summoned from out -of -Mown to
make necessary adjustlhents. All
is now peaceful in Court House
Park again.
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Big Water Sports Day
Program Here Aug: 18
A - water,_ sports program unpaT
allele,d in size in the annals -Of
Goderich is scheduled to be held
at ,Goderich harbor on August 18.
A fleet of 70 speed boats, all
capable of hitting 70 miles per
hour, will privide the show during
the afternocu. The speed boat
races are sanctioned by the On- '
tario - Boating Federation. This
part of the program will get under
way at 2 p.m. At seven o'clock i
in the evening, members of the
Goderich Aqua Club will put on '
water skiing stunts.
The third annual water sports ,
program of the Aqua Club is be.ug , i
sponsored jointly the Aqua AT LOCAL PARK
Club and the Goderich Lions Cllrb. i
Proceeds will go towards supply -1
ing safety facilities at the harbor.
on the part of the Aqua Club and
welfare work on the part of the
Lions Club. Heading the Lions
Club committee planning the event
is "Nip" Whetstone, assisted by
the follow:rig: Bruce Erskine, Bill
Lumby, Clyde Everett, Arnold Mc -
'Connell, George Parsons, George
Filsinger, Gordon McManus and,
Con Baechler.
Last year, the speed boats were
hampered by rainy weather. Given
a break in the weather, some ex -1
and J. G. Berry. deputy clerk-
Near
lerk-
Near Beer : treasurer-.
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P -C WIN IN WELLINGTON S.
Twen -t s f
t wo ear > Li er
c b al r le
Y u
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in W l' i
e r ton South w
g
ended on
Is Studied,
Monday when Alfred D. hales,
Progressive -Conservative candidate,
won a deferred Dominion election
vote. He rolled .up 11,606 votes
in comparison to 6,121 obtained by
the Liberal candidate, David Tol-
ton, and 3,506 by the CCF candid-
ate, Thomas Withers.
HIT BY LIGHTNING
A number of homes were "black-
ed out" for several minutes Friday
night after lightning struck a trans-
former on a pole near Mathieson's
welding shop. Repairs were made
quickly by PUC employees.
citing racing can be expected by
some of the top speed boat racerscosid
in the Prn. This year there ect 37 000 Suit
will be a considerably larger num-
ber of boats than there were last
year and a race meet of a high
order ca b t d
Those Who Died In Wars
Goderich Cadet
Departs For U.
W02 Bob Wood, of Maitland Air
Cadet Squadron, left for Montreal
on Wednesday of last -Week. .He
is one of 25 Canadiee .air cadets
leaving for a month-long visit- to
RAF bases in England, Scotland
Wales and Germany. They are
scheduled to return August 15.
Bob is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Wood, of Goderich. He and
the other air cadets spent a few
days in Montreal where they were
briefed before leaving for the U.K.
It is expected that 18 Maitland
Air Cadets will leave at the end
. of July for a two-week summer
camp -at Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
They will be accompanied by Fl/Lt.
Max Cutt and F/O. Harold Hibbert.
n e expec e .
The admission price to the after-
noon performance entitles the
holder to see the evening show
also.
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COUNTY PICNIC
Legality Of
Under CTA
Near beer is pow being sold in
more than 200 stores el ,Toronto,
but no attempt has been made to
market it in this district, as far
as law enforcement officials here
know.
Crown Attorney H. Glenn Hays,
of Goderich, says he has under
consideration the legality of near
beer sale under the Crnada Temp-
erance Act.
Near beer has an alcoholic con-
tent of less than 2.5 percent. The
Ontario Liquor Control Act labels
a drink with 2.5 alcoholic content
as intoxicating. Huron County, of
course, is c ne :,f two counties in
Ontario that are governed by the
Canada Temperance Act rather
than the Ontario Liquor Control
Act.
"I think the problem is e, t-errie-
ly simple," stated the crown at-
torney. "Under the CTA, intoxi-
cating liquor is simply that, so
we are not governed by1 the 2.5
standard mentioned in provincial
Playground Supervisor Auieen Fisher hands .a ribbon to Dolores 'Tinian, 12, wht entered her
in the pet show staged at Judith Goodphiam Memorial 'i'ark. That pail sitting on the lap of Elizabeth
Parsons, 4, tft left, contains her entry -aa goldfish. Seated between Elizabeth and Dolores is T)iane
Hamilton, 10, whose dog was deeked out in a miniature hat for the show. Thedog looks unim-
p eened by it all- c S.S. Photo by R.H.
kitten
The annual Huron County picnic
is expected to draw some 200
persons to Hart .Park Thursday
of er i
t noc r. In -
vrf ins have ave been
issued to , County Councillors,
county employees, ex -wardens,
wardens of neighboring counties,
and all their families. •
As usual, there will be boat
rides, games for the children, draws
and the picnic supper. In charge i
of arrangements for the picnic are
Warden Harold Gowdy, A. H.
Erskine I k t
coun y c er - reasurer,
legislation."
- If liquor goes on sale here that
is deemed to be intoxicating, the
seller would be prosecuted, stated
Mr. Hays. A test -case would prob
ably follow in which a court would
have to decide whether near beer
contains enough alcohol to be con
sidered intoxicating.
The alcoholic content of most
Canadian beers generally hovers
around nine percent, said an of
ficial. The consensus of opinion is
that a person would have to con-
sume a tremendous quantity of
near beer in order ta, become »
toxicated. In fact, same doubt
that anyone could .become intoxi-
cated on near beer at all.
The .CTA , definition of liquor
reads:
"Intoxicating liquors include,
every spirituous or malt liquor
and every wine, and ens and every
combination of liquors or drinks
that is intoxicating, and any mixed
liquor capable of being used as a
beverage and part of which is
spirituous or otherwise intoxicat-
ing."
One local grocer stated that in:
sofar as he Inown no attempt has
been ,made to distribute near beer
in Goderich and district. Some
feel there might be too much ad
verse public reaction to sale of the
product.
There is also some doubt as to
whether there would 'be much de
mand for the near beer. Early
reports on 'the taste of the drink
have been less than enthusiastic.
Near beer is scheduled to go on
sale in Hamilton, Brantford nerd
other centres almost immediately
To Go Into
Third Week
It looks like a $375,000 suit for
lloocl damages, in progress since
Monday, July 8, will continue into
a third week at Huron County
Court house in Goderich.
Two members of the Ontario
Municipal Board are hearing the
action brought by Dr. L. G. Hag-
merer, of Thedford, against the
'townships of McGillivray"'and Bos-
anquet. After the suit was start-
ed, five other -municipalities were
added as "parties defendant."
The other menicipalities are
Parkhill, East Williams Township,
West Williams Township and two
Huron County townships, Stephen
and Ilay.
Dr,' Hagmeier is the owner of
about 7,000 acres of • land in
Stephen. Bosanquet and - McGilli-
vray.
The plaintiff is represented by
Fri ilk Donnelly, -of Goderich, and
Gordon
Fard. The members r of the
Ontario Municipal Board -who are
hearing the case are C. W. Yates
and William Greenwood. .
Reject Application
After lengthy argument. an ap-
plication by the plaintiff to in -
creme the amount of damages
claimed to- $500,000 was turned -
down V. the board.
Dr. Iiagmeier the witness
box himself for snore-- than two
and a half day:, The plaintiff's
ea -e has not been completed yet
and one lawyer said he expected
the hearing to continue into next
week.
1 It has been estimated that it
might cost $800,000 to correct the
bafloosd:d.nig situation on which the
doctor's claims for damages are
The action is being brought under
the Municipal Drainage Act.
The Ausable River runs through
.the doctor's property and he al-
leges that there have been several
serious floods during the past sev-
eral years. The portion of the
river that' flows thisnagh his pro-
Iirertn1928y was dredged and enlarged
The doctor contends that Mc-
Gillivray 'Township failed to keep
the channel in a state of repair
as required carder the report of
the 41-Ntnage engineer. He also
contends that • Bosanquet and Yle-
(;illivray have constructed• a num-
ber of drainage works bringing
water into the river anal have,. fail-
ed to take this water to a proper
outlet.
The doctor alleges, as a result of
lack of repair and increaseei flow
of water due to these dra'rrage
works. his land has been flooded
and his crops destroyed. The suit
claims damages for six separate
years.
In addition to the damages, the
plaintiff seeks .a ewe' order re-
quiring the, townships to take the
water to a sufficient outlet and
put the river channel in a sats
factory state of repair.
Rate 39 -Grads Cif CDC/ Course
As "Above Avercige" Drivers
What's the matter with teen-age were well versed in thei Highway colm Mathers: As the course nrar
drivers? ; 'Traffic Act and observance of road ed its close, further instruction
Very little—if they are properly i signs" along this line was given by Police
A little over halt the students in Chief F. M. Hall and Provincial
trained. i the class were girls. Con -_table Al Hardy.
Commenting on the course, Mr.
Stephens :stated, "It has been our
aim to mainta►r the present record
of accident -free driving established
by graduates of similar courses
throughout the province."
Cost of operating the course'
poses was provided by Reuse Auto worked out to less than $20 per
Electric. From the time the course pupil. Conducted outside of regu- `
started after fter Laeer until he com- lar school hours, the course is
pletion this month. the vehicle suhsidizcad by the province.
travelled 4.000 miles., Mr. Oliver, the other instructor.
Early in the course, a safety film left at the end of .lune to accept
was ,hown to the stud(Iits by Mal- a Civil Service position at Ottawa.
That's the obviou, conclusion to The course, which was completed
be drawn frp>iii the results of the 1 this m, nth, was conducted by J. F.
driver education course conducted Stephens and E. W. Oliver, GDCI
this year at Goderich District ('o1 staff members. Mr. Stephens gave
legiate Institute. - the classroom instruction and they
Of 39 young men and women divided the on -the -road instruction.
who took tests to obtain driving The car used for instruction pur-
lieenses at the completion of the
course, exactly 39 succeeded.
F. M. (Scotty) Wood. local exam-
iner, has nothing but praise for
the students who took the course
and were later tested by him. Ile
foend that, as a whole, they were
above average in driving ability.
"They are all very good drivers."
he. commented. "It's too bad that
all young people do not have an
opportunity to take a course like
that.
"Wonderful Job"
"The instructors must have done
a wonderful job," Mr. Wood stated
"I found that all of the students
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Disappearing Fish Catch
Is Finally Tracked Down
An ardent angler, C. F. Chapman
has caught many a fish in his day.
On Saturday, however, he caught
his first "now -ypu see 'em and
'row you don't" bass.
Along with two brother anglers,
"Chappy" landed his boat at the
mouth of 'the'.' Iaitland River. From
the goat he took out his catch of
five lovely bass, his tackle box, net
and bait. Looking around for a
safe place to put them while he
finished unloading the boat, he
noted a parked truck with no
driver in it. Placing the fish and
fish'sig equipment on the platform
of the truck, he .then returned to
the beat. When he went to get
his fish later en, the truck had
been driven away.
After rarikine numerous inquir
ies, he found no one who seemed
to know who the owner of the
truck was. Finally, he ]earned from
Ernie Sole the name of a man,
who' knew another man who might
know who owned the truck. "Chap-
py" tracked down the long line
of clues and eventually found the
truck parked c+r Elgin avenue.
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The owner of thetruck was
working around his house. The
truck was parked out in front and
to and behold the fish and all the
fishing taekle were still on the
truck platform where they had
been placed. The truck owner
didn't even know they were there
A French-Canadian, he spoke Eng-
lish with difficulty but only needed
to nod his acknowledgement that
he made no claim to owning the
missing fish and tackle.
O In a salenut and impressive cere-
mony ,here Sunday afternocn, the
chapel in Huron County Court
House will be dedicated in memory
of nearly 700 Huron County sono
who gave their lives for their
country.
Members of the 13 Huron County
branches of the. Canadian Legion
will form up at the arena at 1.30
p.m. and parade to the court house,.
There at 2.30, a drumhead service
and dedication will be conducted
by Cl. K. E, Taylor, padre of
Canadian Legion Branch 106,
Goderich.
It is expected that 300 to 400
county war veterans will take part
in the parade. Numerous military
and municipal officials will be in
attendance and there will be two
bands, Goderich Pipe Band aard
the Clinton RCAF Band.
Rev. D. J. Lane, of Clinton, will
preach during the drumhead ser-
vice in front of the main entrance
to the court house.
Air Vice -Marshal J. A. Sully, of
Goderich, and- Group - Oaptairt Kr_.
Cameron, .commanding officer of
Clinton RCAF Station, will be on
the reviewing stand for the march
past.
The chapel, which was not ready
for dedication when the coug
house was opened over a•year ago,
is on the main floor of the 'build-
ing. During the drumhead service,
Col. Taylor and a representative
group will move inside for the
actual dedication.
The chapel is not large so 11
would be impractical to hold the
entire ceremony inside the build-
ing. When Col. Taylor is making
the dedication in the chapel, his
voice will be carried outside by a
public address system;
Following the dedication, the
drumhead service will continue out-
side the courthouse. Afterwards,
they RCAF .Band is expected tit re
main to give a short concert.
Memorial Book
Inside the chapel, which war
furnished by the Legion branches:
of the county, is a memorial book
conta tying the names of close to
700 servicemen who made the
supreme sacrifice in the Boer War,
First World War, Second World
War and Korean War.
The names have been engraved
beautifully in Old Englah script
by Thomas Pritchard, of Goderich.
Almost a year was spent in gath-
ering names L,ld checking them
for the hook. Members of county
Legion branches held numcroue
meetings in the process of ca.rying
out the task.
The chapel contains flags and
other appointments provided by
the various county branches of the
Legit n.
Among guests expected to be
present are Henry Harvey, of Ot-
taw* president of the Provincial
('orffmand of the Canad -in Legion,
Warden Harold. Gowdy, of Huron •
County; Mayor J. H. Graham. of
Goderich, and others.
Parade marshal will he Ralph
Kingswell. of Goderich• and color
serger in willdbe Doug. Thorndyke.
of Clinton. Wreaths will he laid
on the cenotaph on behalf of the
count$• and the Legion.
The drumhead serviee will open
with "0 Canada." An official wel-
come will then be extended to an
Eby Eric Johnstone, presidnit off
Canadian Legion Branch 109,
Goderich. Guests will be intro-
duced by J. D. Thorndyke, secre-
tary -treasurer of the memorial
committee. .Mr. Harvey, president.
of Provincial Command, is to be
introduced by R. E. Pooley, of
Exeter, president of the -no morial
committee \tr. Harvey w 11 de-
liver an address.
Following Cie dedicate a ser
mon will be preached by Mr Lane
A 20 -foot boat is' being built in the old collegiate building the ctu ;a 2 2
by `_ft,i�t3,/ ni•g�; i�.�d �:xtcl f�t�dc
Sear Rovers. Seen atwork on the project, left to right, are the skzp*er, W. U ,d ti';lvco,
Morris. Bud Williamson and hill Haysom. The boot is being built along the lines of ; rand
Banks dory. They hope to have it ready for lout eking by gall. '.; , Photr> by ICU