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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-07-18, Page 3.SDAY, JULY lath, 1.957 PERSONAL Mrs. Florence Dore, formerly Florence 'Deitrich, of New York, is a guest with Mel. Geo. Mac - Vicar this weals, emelt visitors, wvith ,Miss Lilies elaelllezer were Mr, and 'Mrs. Stew- art M:eevdurn, of Parteaborne, end Mrs, Alex Innis, of Brantford. Mr. and Mrs. A. Brinkman and daughter Barbara, are enjoying a tvvooveeks' vacation with relatives in the Meaford district. Mr .and Mrs.>1Sherman Willonvs have mgyed to their new home in Orillla. Mrs. Willows is the dormer Joan Mallough: BRICK, BLOCK, Cement Work CHIMNEY REPAIRS FREE ES'TIMA'I°ES J. Ho REED Phone 941.R. Goderich 29x Even Spiders Get To G � When Kids HoIdShow Jditb 400derhain Memorial Parte had the atmosphere of a circus on Friday when 00 boys and, girls entered dogs, cats and an assortment of other odd and grange creatures in a pet show. The pets exhibited included rab- bits, raccoons, a chicken, turtles, crabs, goldfish, ants and spiders (yikel). In the dog and eat classes, there were prizes for the biggest, small- est and cutest; there were epecial awards for all the other types of pets exhibited. The colorful -- and sometimes noisy—show was arranged under the supervision of Auleen Fisher, playground supervisor. It is one of several special events lined up to keep the children busy at the popu a park this summer. Po big is a list of prize win- ners in the pet show: Dogs: smallest -- Allen Reid, Peggy Stodelert, Ricky Fisher; big- gest --.Bruce Allen, Ken Hunter, Carol Stoddart; cutest '-- Linda MEMBER /tNS6 MacEwan Insurance ra Agency YOUR AGENT OF PERSONAL SERVICE WEST ST. PHONE 230 AN INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENT ••••0•••••i•••R••••••••• AT -PARK PHONE 1150 AIR-CONDITIONED THE ---- GODERICH 1 1 • . c Now—"The Searchers" --In Technicolor 'with John Wayne and • Vera Miles. • Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— "Everything But The' Truth' In Technicolor A huge local' grafi involving the town's highest officials, is solved by a red-headed schoolteacher and a pupil. Maureen O'Hara, John Forsyth and^ Tim Hovey Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 1 •f "The MOUNTAIN"• _ In Vistavision An excellent story filmed in the French Alps, where two • • brothers climb to rescue the survivors of a crashed plane. Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor and Robert Wagner , Coming --George Gobel with Mitai Gaynor, in "The Birds and Bees." • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••11 JIrowleir, Linda Croft, Diem Hamil- ton. r Cats: biggestDiane MacDonald, Betty Thomas, Dolores Taman; smallest -- Marie Cousins, Ann Thornloe, Sharon Slaeardown; eut- est-.-•Susy Doak, Michael Hobbs, Larry Ford. Spiders -- Betty edard, Clara Bedard. Crams ----Barbara Boutilier, Karen Stott. Chickens --.Bobby Doak. Turtles—John Pirie and Sherry Doak (tied). Goldfish- . wenda Eckmier, Jen- nifer Parsons. Raccoons — Judy Denomy, Mar- lene White. Aets—Larry Doak. Rabbits --Mary Ellen Bet▪ tger. O 0 o B.E. Hotel Built First As Tannery How.. many people remember that the British Exchange Hotel, a local landmark for more than a century until its destruction by fire last December, was built orig- inally as l tannery? Authority for this information is Mrs. Edgar Watson, formerly of Wilson, New York, but now residing at 92 Britannia road east in Goderich. Her grandfather, the late Captain William Cox, once owned the -historic hotel. Mrs. Watson is the former Fanny Bingham Cox. She and her husband, who is a native of Tor- onto, recently returned to Gode- rich to settle down. They are building a small cottage now on the Westlake farm property. O The primary industries—agricul- ture, forestry, fisheries, ,trapping, .mining.- and. electric polder -.,now ent.ploy only about 20 per cent of all working Canadians. The total of wages, salaries and supplementary labor income re- ceived by paid workers in Canada rose $15,000,000 to a record level of $1,108,000,000 during August, 1955. THE GIODERICIf R Promotion For R. H. Newcombe 'Mr. Ragilaal!d H. Newcombe, sen of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Newcombe, of Godart Goderich, has been a + carted :general at exit, passenger ° depart- meaat of Canadian National -Grand Trunk Railway syutem at Minne- apolis, Minnesota. This post serves the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, 'North and South Dakota, _ Montana and Nebraska. He is a brother of Walter,, a druggist at Clinton, and William, now with Imperial Oil Company and former. well-known Goderich hockey player. Reginald Newcombe started with the C.N.R. Express office at . ode - rich when `Bud" Sturdy was man- ager. Later, he went to Wood- sto�ck, Ontario, where he entered the passenger service of the C.N.R. From there, he successively held posirtion§ with the C.N.R. at Oshawa, Hamilton and Kingston. From Kingston he enlisted in the R.C.A.F.,' and served three years. After his honorable• discharge, he re-uitered the C.N.R. ' passenger service at Windsor. From there. he served in posts at Buffalo, N.Y., and at San Francisco, California, where he went in 1552 as City Ticket Agent. He was named Travelling Passenger Agent at San Francisco in 1956 and in the same year Passenger Sales Representa- tive in the same city. His many friends in Goderich wish him every success in his new post at Minneapolis. 0 0 0 Three Goderich Scouts Heading. For England Plan A Tour District 'farms The North rot 'a as %linage, Del4 mem A tioz lam +x-mcd our of dis.tiiet iarnr for prb° `?ya 7ikle bus _- tily 19. wi.il leave .Uly th at 0.30 .m. It will visit tke farms of 'd. Bell, MB,. 1, ;i, Iyth, and George Itcs:bert on, B.R. i Goderich. A lunch picnic will be held at' Ben - miller at, 11.45 a.m. )[During the .. termoon the followiig farms %vitt be visited: Ben Straughan, A.R. 4, Ocderieh; Harry Dougall, Exeter; Ed. filler, R.R. 3, .Teter. Accompanying the, group on 'the trip will be the Huron CountyAgri- cultural Representative anJohn Clark, farm economics branch O.A:C., Guelph. ' Cu Wednesday of this week the South Huron Farm t,L anagement Association held a similar tour of South Huron farm's. BLACK :.ASS FISHING Black bass fishing at the mouth f the Maitland River is good these days. Mia. Bob Elliott on Saturday afternoon caught she bass and five of them weighed a total of 14 pounds. Largest one caught so far was by a man from Atwood. It weighed five pounds, ten ounces. o The best place for the bathroom scales' is in front of the refriger- ator. Get -Acquainted Party Drabs 75 Judith Gooderham Memorial Playground was the scene of a "Get -Acquainted" party on July 5. During the week, "get -acquainted" hatsweremade and !.;get -acquaint- ed" games were played, On the morn'ng of the party, approximately 75 children brought their lunches, and everyone had an exceptionally good time. The judges at the pet show' held on July 12 were Recreation Direc- tor Ted Williams, Paul Wilson, Jim Thomas and George Garrick. BING LEGION HALL GODERICH Saturday, July 20 JACKPOT OF $80.00 FOR FULL HOUSE IN 56 CALLS. FIRST GAME STARTS AT 8.30 P.M. ANNUAL SALE_ OF SummerDresses YOUR CHOICE, OF I3OTTONS, NYLONS AND CREPES Sizes 9 to 241/ EveryDress On Sale ••••••••••••••••••••••••••O•N•••••••••••••••••••••••• Summer Skirtso RIGHT AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SEASON. Sizes 10 to 18.. All At Sale Prices levees•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••iN•••••••••••••• Shortie Coat REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE. INTO 2 PRIM' GROUPS $10.00 and $15.00 ea ch N•••••••••emooO••••••••••••••••••NN••i!l•i•eeem•• WATCH FOR THE YELLOW SALE TICKETS Geo. W. Schaefer & So PHONE 56 e ART PEACHEY BILL HAYSOM JOHN SIMMONDS On Wednesday of next week two Queen's Scouts from Goderich --Art Peachey and Br11 Haysom— will board a trans-Atlantic plane at Melton Airport and the next day will find themselves at Londtu, England Airport. On Saturday. of next wbek, John Simmons will fol- low them overseas, also by trans- Atlantic plane. e. The three Boy Scoutrsefrom Gode- rich will be attending the Golden Jubilee Jamboree of Boy Scouts being held from August 1 to 12 at Suttoxi, Park, ,Coldfield, England. Historic Sutton Park was once a Rrbyal Hunting forest and was given to the people of Sutton by King Henry VIII in 1528. The park haslife. been preserved in its natural state and is a sanctuary for wild Peachey - z nd Haysom are ex- pected to return to Canada on August 22 and Simmons on August 29. The latter will take in the Edinburgh Festival while over there. P-eachey will be visiting with relatives at Norwich, Eng- land, and Haysam with relatives near Birmingham. Peachey, who has been appointed a patrol leader by the Boy Scouts' Associaticii at the ca'rnp in England, will write a series of art'icles for the"'Signal- Star cu the trip to England. These articles will be Air -mailed to the Signal -Star eaeii week. Each of the boys have to raise about' $400 to cover the cost of their plane trip to England. Both Peachey and Simmons have been given $50 toward expenses by Knox Presbyterian Church ;.while Hay- som was given the same amount by the Goderich Lions Club. There will be more than 1,300 Canadian scouts attending the camp. Some 100 countries will be •••••••••••••••••••••••o BROWNIE'S Drive -In Limited CLINTON THURS., FRI. JULY 18, 19 "YOUNG AT HEART" (Color) Doris Day, Frank Sinatra 'CARTOON { SAT., MON. JULY 20, 22• Double Feature — "TALL MEN RIDING" (Color) Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone "24 HOUR ALERT" (Color) Jack Webb CARTOON SUNDAY, JULY 21 Church Service -8 p.m. Rev. D. J. Lane TUES., WED. JULY 23, 24 "SO BOG" Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden CARTOON THURS., FRI. JULY 25, 26 "THAT CERTAIN FEELING" (Color) Bob Hope, Eve Marie Saint TWO CARTOONS $AT., MON. JULY 27, 29 "THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH" (Color) James Stewart, Doris Day CARTOON SUNDAY, .JULY 28 Church Service --8 p.m. Rev. A. McKimm TUES., WED. JULY 10, 31 "AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY" (Color) Dana Dors, Gene Carson TWO CARTOONS•, represented. It is estimated that the 25,000 Scouts, 5,000 Scouters and 5,000 Rover Scouts who will be in camp will need daily 20,000 loaves of bread, 10,000 gall os of milk and 500,000 gallons of water. 0 Huron County Farm Report By D. H. Miles, Huron Ag. Rep. Approximately two-thirds of the first cut hay crop has now been harvested. Although it is late in the season for haying, good quality hay can still be made, particularly if the crop does noc cdnfain orch- ard grass 'br other early maturing grasses and legumes. Last week we had several re ports of various insects eausin damage to hay and 'cereal` 'brai crops in the County. These in- sects appear to be active only in certain awe - To date no serious outbreaks of Army" Worm have been reported. As mentioned in last week's re- port, a considerable number of the worms have been located, but an abundant supply of green plants has provided sufficic'it feed fo the insects and they have not dam aged the grain crap to any extent o 0 0 n PAGI: HURON COUNTY CLERIC TO ADDRESS MUNICIPAL ASSOC. "The County's Future" will be the subject of an address on August 26 by A. 11. Erskine, 1'Iurc County Clerk, before the annuai convention the Ontario Muini- oipal Association. It is being held at Bigwin Inn, Muskoka, from August 25-28. 0 O O The population of the world in- creases at approximately one per- cent ercent a year. T LES. CHAPMAN viti Not Three Months BUT .ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL PARTS. PHONE 154 — 104 ELGIN AVE. E. - 23tf NOTICE TO WAR VETS All Huron County veterans are invited to attend a parade and drumhead service ip Goderich on Sunday, July 21. The parade will leave Goderich Arena at 1.30 p.m. The drumhead service and dedication of the new Huron County Memorial Chapel will be conducted by Col. K. E. Taylor, M.A., D.D., padre of branch 109, directly in front of the Court House commencing at 2 p,m. Please attend. ERIC JOHNSTONE, -29 President, Branch 109, Canadian Legion r(Ir•...46...•r•...:♦.+.•••••OC•44®•••6040•!i••••••••ii OBITUARY , D UNSET GEORGE WILLIAM BRADFORD • • A resident of Goderich for 45; r i ve- i ri ea t r Bears, George William Bradford, , led at Alexandra Hospital on I' Thursday, July 11, where he had 111 M9LES EAST OF GODERICH OIe1 been confined .,or the past two months. He was born in Ashfield Township in 1865, a son of Mr. THURSDAY, and Mrs. Robert Bradford. Mr.; Bradford was a blacksmith by trade and operated a -shop n Dun- gannon for 21 years before coming; to Goderich, where he continued CARTOON his trade before retiring. In 1889, he married Harriett Elizabeth Riley, of Londesboro. who pre- SATURDA deceased him in 1944. f1r.s Bradford was a member of North Street United •Church. and i also of the Octogenarian Club. He was a member of Maitland Lodge, COM No. 33, A.,F. R. A.M. .yid in 1948 was presented with a 50 year jewel. Surviving him are 'two sons, 1?r. Riley A. Bradford, of Toronto, Bert B. Bradford, of Goderich, and three j daughters, Mrs. Fred Brown i (Pearl), of Owen Sound; Mrs. Neil R. MacKay (Elsie) and Kathleen CA TOOI3 (Bea), both of. Goderich. There, are also six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The funeral service on Saturday afternoon was at Shies funeral home, with interment in Maitland cemetery. Rev. A. E. Eustace of- ficiated. The pallbearers were Peter Bisset, Frank McArthur, Frank Walkom, Charles Robertson, William Bisset and Frank Curry. o-----------0 0 WALTER N. CUNNINGHAM Walter N. Cunningham,' born in Hullett Township, died on Friday, July 12, at his home an St. ITavid's treet, Goderich, in his 88th year, In 1896 he was married to Anna Margaret Riddell tied continued to ive in Hullett Township where e farmed until 1907 when he moved to southern Manitoba. He esided there until 1911 at which ime he returned to Hullett where e ct3ntinued to live until 1926. le retired to Glencoe and came ack to this district in 1949 when e came to Goderich. -Mr. Cur.+iingham was a former ember of the Pre: byterian('hurch t Auburn and later of North treet United Church, Goderich. He is survived by one son, Guy ohn Riddell Cunningham, of Hul- ett Township, and two daughters; rs. Pearl Agnes Sstraugrhan. of oderich, and Mrs. Russell (arri- c!i (Elizabeth Alice), of Waterloo. There are also 13 grandchildren, 5 great•grandehildren and eight neat -great-grandchildren. His wile ied in 14151. Rev. A. E. Eustace had charge the funeral, service at Stiles' uneral home, on Mo iday after- I oon, with interment be'eig made Burns' Church cemetery, Hul- tt Township. The pallbearers ere grandsons, Elwyn toss, • of etroit, T.`red Loosemore, of Lon - on, Edward Straughan, of Port tanley,,Alla Straughan, ai-f Pone. ng, Water Cunningham and Tom Cunningham, of Auburn, The flowerbearers wore great -gr and. - sons. NO. 8 HIGHWAY FRIDAY 46`CALL MIS ER" BETTY GRABLE, DAN DAILEY JULY 18-19 COMEDY Y, MONDAY "RACING �aLOl 1 BRODERICK CRAWFORD, EDY JULY 21.23 99 OROTHY McGUIRE CARTOON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY //�� q j i( JULY%23-24 "APA "iv TMEN 1 �' o r P.&..:lVI 1.:..99 BETTY GRABLE, 'CASEY ADAMS s 1 h r h li m a S J 1 2 S g d of n in d to Mrs. S. Atkin And daughter, Bliss Betty Atkin :Aid granddaughter, Ox Office Open at 8 p.m. little Nancy Tripp, all 01 Niagara First Show at husk. Palls, visited with Mrs. Atkin's lre. 29 t'her, Mr. Alex Fnaeeshaw. Water oo 00.04114140•00000$90000**4100 street. COMEDY PLAY IN -A -CAR BINGO EACH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE • SUNSET DRIVE-IN. REFRESHMENTS 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY — CHILDREN UNDER 12 tN CAR FREE — 4000e1D0•0e2041•411••11/40000.4••••••••••4D0•4•4140.00e•••tx • CKNX Barn Dance Broadcast FROM THE MEMO In ARENA GODERICH Saturday, July 20 sharp Adults 75c Children 50c rop4NSolaD int IiIriT (iL0B _