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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-10-17, Page 8rtes iacarr otborne And Goderich Townships Have Increases In Their Voters" Lists Beth Goderieh and Colborne 0 TOwaslni:ps show an increase .n the iota/ +,uber of voters for 1957 vier the .figure for the previous year. These increases are shown in the voters' list for the two town- s w;n *ch have just been printed. +llhorne shows an increase of 311 over the previous year and the ` oa nship -ef Goderich an increase ¢sva 32 over the previous year. The comparative figures are as follows: Township of Goderich 1gl 1 Me No. 1 2 3. 4 5 6 477 160 410 133 163 177 472 157 306 129 168 167 Totals 1,520 1, Township of Colborne 1957 1956 Itoi41` No. 1 2 3 4 196 158 230 292 190 156 230 263 Totals 876 839 0 0 0 Textile manufacturing is one of the few major Canadian industries that is almost wholly Canadian - owned. BUSINESS DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC HERBERT B. SUCH, D.C. Doctor of Chiropratic Office Hours: Mon., Thurs.-9 a.m. to 5 p.m Tues., Fri. -9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wed. & Sat. -9 to 11.30 a.m. Vitamin Therapy Office—Corner of South St. and Britannia Road. Phone 341. A. M. HARPER Chfrtered Accountant Office House 343J 343W 33 Hamilton St. Godertch JOHNNY BELL HEADS WOAA Johnny Bell, of Listowel, was elected president of the WOAA, at the annual meeting at Wingham on Wednesday of last week. He succeeds Nelson Hill, of Goderich. Others named to office were; First vice-president, Norman Hill, New Hamburg; second vice-presi- dent, Glen Johnston, Fordwidh; third vice-president, George Kraft, Hanover. The secretary -treasurer - manager of the WOAA is A. J. Lockridge, of Wingham. Four new executive members were elected: Herman Young, of Kincardine; Jim Inglis, of Atwood; Doug Thorndike, of Clinton, and E. C. Gray, of Palmerston. Johnny Brent, of Wingham, was chairman for the election • of officers. Guest speakers included Ken- neth MacMillan, Georgetown, first vice-president of the OHA; Pat Patterson, Brampton, second vice- president of the OHA; Mike Weichel, Elmira, past president of the OMHA, and Robert Second, Hanover, of the Community Pro- grams Branch. The latter also showed a sports film. 0 0- 0 Lord Durham, whose famed Re- port ultimately led to self-govern- ment for Canada, was only 46 when sent here by Queen Victoria and in England was known by the nick- name Radical Jack. OUT ON A LIMB WITH BLL s,MILEY One of these weeks is National Newspaper Week. I'm not sure whether it was last week, is this week, or will be next week, but it's .,somewhere about now. Week- ly newspapers are supposed to take advantage of this chance to try to convince their readers how important the local newspaper is to the community. w a a a Most editors are fond of this theme at any timua but on this special occasion, they pull all the stops, go hay -wire, hog -wild. In editorials of inordinate length and indescribable dullness, they blud- geon their subscribers with the rather astonishing news that the weekly paper is the lynch -pin of democracy, the keystone of civil- ization, the last rampart of free- dom of speech and the greatest symbol of progress since the in- vention of gunpowder. a a a They take no less pride in an- nouncing that the editor is the voice of the mala in the street, the conscience of society, a fearless fighter in the ranks of freedom, an incorruptible individualist, a still, small voice of reason in the midst of chaos, and everything but the answer to a maiden's prayer• a a a a All this, of course, is utter drivel. There were healthy, happy com- munities long before the weekly MONETTA MENARD'S GRAND BEND DINNERS TAVERN FROM $1.65 up Home of fabulous broiled steaks -and chicken. DINING LOUNGE OPEN FROM 12 A.M. to 12 P.M. Luncheons served all day. For banquet information, phone 202. -39-42. Stiles Ambulance Roomy — Comfortable Anywhere Anytime PHONE 399 77 Montreal St., Goderich AROLD JACKSON LICENSED AUCTIONEER HURON AND PERTH' Phone 474 SEAFORTH P.O. Box 461 FRANK REID LIFE UNDERWRITER Life, annuities, business insurance. Mutual Life of Canada Phone 346 Churg, St. Alexander & Chapman GENERAL INSURANCE FIRE AUTOMOILE CASUALTY Get insured—Stay Insured— Rest Assured. A. J. ALEXANDER C. F. CHAPMAN Bank of Commerce Building, Goderich Phones 268 W and 18 W. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT LICENSED AUCTIONEER Correspondence promptly an- swered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date by calling Phone Hu2-9097. Charge model ate and satis- faction guaranteed. R. T. Armstrong OPTOMETRIST , Phone 1100 for appointment SQUARE GODERICH CEMETERY MEMORIALS T. Pryde + Son EXETER Local Representative-. ALEX SMITH GODERICH 146 15Igi l Avco Phone 158 Life insurance companies must report their financial operations to the Superintendent of Insurance. According to the latest official figures here are the facts about the Life Insurance Dollar: Where each Dollar comes from e - l. 74¢ comes from premiums paid by policyholders for insurance to protect their wives and fans;lies - and for security in their own old age. 26¢ conies fr.,rn earnings on policyholder's' funds. These funds are invested under Government ropersi�ion and help to develop Canedn. What happens tcs each Dollar: 32¢ is for policyholders. 43eis paid out .o living policy - holders and to ,eneficiaries. 39e is invested for future benefits to policyholders. 18¢ is used for normal operatinp c\penses which include taxes. licenses and fees paid to Govc rn- n:ents- a *The latest report from the Superintendent of insurance, Ottawa, shows that in 1956 the life insurance companies in Canada paid out $371 million in benefits "to policyholders. By far the greater part of this money ($236 million) went to living p iicyi.oi. ens. THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA 357r, THE T OD R T'+1F SIGISTA+,r i -S OUT OF 4AS was invented, and no doubt there will be happy, droviing c wni- ties of radio -,activated types 1001.11 altar the last self-styled O'watch- dog of the community" (bald beadle) is extinct, and the last an dettt, groaning press has been melted down to make a shelter against them rushin' satellites we keep hearing about. 4 4' 4' C., • Reason all this is arrant foolish- ness, of course, -is that weekly editors live in a continual state of self-deception. They remind me a lot off preachers, sort of ineffec- tual fellows who couldn't `make a living in any other line. Yet both command, for some reason, a cer- tain amount off respect in the com- munity. C, a a a Some organizations, when they are planning a banquet, will even go to the lengths, albeit reluctant- ly, of giving the preacher and the editor a complimentary ticket. One °is expected to say a hand- some grace for his supper, the other to write a "nice piece" about it, If they do their chores well, they might get a free ticket to next year's banquet. This is the only way a lot of them keep skin and bone separated by a modicum of flesh. a a a a A good preacher spends hours preparing his sermon. A con- scientious editor will devote hours to writing his editorials. Both are greeted with equal indifference. The congregation stares vacantly at the preacher, wishing he'd cut it short so they could get home to dinner On the way out, they shake his hand warmly, saying: "A grand sermon. Enjoyed every word of it." The editor's subscrib- ers take one look at that long, learned editorial and turn to the classified ads. Next time they see him, they say, with animation: "Certainly enjoyed that editorial you wrote about, uh, you know the one. In last week's paper." * * a a Both are full of words, one from the pulpit, the other on paper, to which nobody pays much attention, unless they happen to strike home, when the recipient of the shaft deals at some length, and with some heat, on the shortcomings of pastor or editor. 'a 'r a Troube with editors is that they believe fondly that readers hang on their every word. They don't realize that the lady who is per- using the local paper with rapt attention is not digesting the ed- itorial on the sewage problem, but is scanning the account of a wed- ding, and saying to herself: "Well, they certainly didvn't get married a day too soon." They fail to ken that the man who buys the first paper off the press and whips it open is not frantic to read the careful an- alysis of the actions of town coun- cil, but is swiftly searching the front page to see if his name is mentioned for being drunk and dis- orderly on Saturday night. Some- body once remarked that nobody buys a weekly to read the news. They already know it all. They just want to see if anybody got caught. `EI[1Ib.A.Y, 1170; 157 en? Week in Custody, Trio Freed After Hearing Gasoline figured prominently in two cases heard in ;+, agistrate's court here last week. In one case, a youth from Clin- ton "CAF Station was convicted of stealing gas. In the other, three youths who had been charg- ed with attempting to steal gas from a local policeman's car were freed by the court. They had been in jail for a week while; awaiting trial. Lloyd O. Gust, of Clinton RCAF Station, was fined $50 and costs or 10 days when he pleaded guilty to theft of gasoline from a car owned by Whitford Vance, of West street, Goderich. The offence was committed on Sunday, Sept. 22, at about 11.35 p.m. Police were called to the scene by Mlle. Vance, who had gone to look out a window of her home after she smelled gasoline. Constable Horan said that he found Gust with a five -gallon can and a hose in his possession. The court was told that Gust classes himself as "tin operator." His car hiia4 run out of gas and he had no money. He admitted he was trying to get enough gas to take him back to the station. A similar charge against a passenger in Gust's car was withdrawn. In the other case, Magistrate Holmes decided that there was not sufficient evidence to prove that three Windsor youths attemp- ted to steal gas from a car oper- ated by Constable Martin Horan, of the Goderich Police Depart- ment. Going to Lucknow The boys—William A. Harrison, John R. Button and Robert C. Crawford—were on their way to Lucknow to start work on Wednes- day, Oct- 2, when they were pick- ed up. Fra'hk Callaghan, of the legal firm of Donnelly & Dpnnelly, conducted their defence. Constable Horan, who said that he Iives in an apartment on St. David's street, near Kingston street, heard footsteps at about 3.40 a.m. He said that he got up to investigate after he heard some- one tampering around a car. He then saw three youths, he said. One was, fumbling in the trunk of his car, the second was laying on his back on the front seat and the other was standing by the hood, he stated. This third i youth pi -eked ' up the officer's gar - 1 bage can and dumped out the con- IIBoy Scout IA Certainly there's a big difference in the way people read a weekly , paper and a daily, When they pick up a daily, massive headlines assault them with tales of rape, murder and such .delights. When the same people seize their weekly, I they turn with eagerness to the account of the Women's Institute meeting where they view with pleasure their own name, large as life, right there as convenor of the Sunshine Committee. • :a , They ignore the headlines in the weekly, which deal with such mun- dane matters as Girl Guide rallies, Red Cross campaigns, and fall fairs. Instead they concentrate on the little human interest stories about people falling off the back steps and breaking their back. They read with interest the obitu- aries and snort with amusement when they see that the old sinner was buried from the church, where he hadn't set foot in forty years. Or they check to see where their neighbours, the O'Tooles, were last week -end, because they saw the car going past, the gate, and everybody in it dressed up. a a r, a Editors should stop fooling them- selves that, the weekly is a neces- sity. It is pure luxury. But it is one of those luxuries like -sugar in your coffee, salt in your porridge, and the first grasper after break- fast, without which life would stretch ahead, bleak and endless as the sands of Inner Mongolia... o n 0 There arP now as many Can- adians employed in manufacturing aS in the eom'bine(l industries of farming, forestry, fishing, mining and construction. go by TRAIN and SAVE RETURN LIMIT—i DAYS Bargain Fares also apply from -points listed to intermediate sta- tions, end ' from flitermecilate stations to points shown,' Enquire at your nearest Canadian Nation al Agents- T-7-58 GOOD GOING TUES. & WED. OCT. 22nd - 23rd Between GODERICH AND STRATFORD KITCHENER TORONTO RETURN FARE $2.85 2.95 5.30 YOU SAVE $1.75 1.85 3.35 Batgain Fares also apply between TORONTO AND RETURN FARE MONTREAL $13.60 OTTAWA . 10.55 YOU SAVE $8.65 6.65 Children under •5 travel free—S and under 12, half -fare. Regular 150 lb. baggage allowance. Watch for Bargain Coach Fares effective November S-6. CANADIAN NATIONAL pple Day Apple Day of Goderic.h's Boy Scouca wilt tie nerd on Friday anti Saturday, October 18 and 19. Money raised from this effort provides operating expenses for all Scout troops and Cut) packs in town. Although receipts from Apple -Day have risen only slight- ly, the number of boys in scouting and Cubbing is considerable larg- er. Instead of one Cub pack of 24 boys and one Scout troop of 25 boys there are now three Scout troops and two Cub packs with a total membership of 135 boys. The sponsoring organizations— the Lions Club, Knox Presbyterian Church and North Street United Church—provide the major equip- ment and pay the annual quota of pay to the Dominion headquarters. However, • badges, neckerchiefs, slides and other equipment must be paid for by funds from the troop treasury. To meet the increased cost of operating Scouting and Cubbing in Goderich, due to the pronounced increase in their numbers, the Scouts and the Cubs are looking for increased financial support from the public on Apple Day. FISHER—BEAN The home of Mr. and Mrs. David Bean, of Carlow, was beautifully decorated with baskets of mauve and yellow dahlias and bink and white streamers when their daugh- ter;• Bernice Elda Violet, was unit- ed in marr;age to Peter. Bernard Fisher, of Benmiller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fisher, Benmiller. The ceremony was performed on Saturday, October 5, at 3 o'clock by Rev. S. A. Moofie. Tne bride; given in marriage by her father, was lovely in a waltz - length gown of white net over taf- feta. The skirt featured a ruffled back with .peplums end a front panel of Chantilly lace. The match- ing jacket -had lily point sleeves. Her finger-tip veil of embroidered net was caught to a petalled lace cap and she carried pink sweet- heart roses on a white Bible. Miss Glenda Moilwain., of Carlow, as 'maid of honor, woi;e a waltz - length gown of mauve net and lace_ over taffeta with- a matching shrug jacket. A picture hart of taffeta and net, matching mittens, and a nosegay of yellow mums com- pleted her ensemble, Mr. Gerald Blake, of Benmiller, was groomsman. Following the ceremony, the bride's mother received the guests in a rose tone coded silk ensemble with a corsage of pink carnations. She was assisted by the groom's mother who wore a dusty pink lace dress with navy blue acces- sories. Her corsage was of 'blue tinted carnations. a For her w. dtting trip to southern •points, Mrs. Fisher chose a grey wool and nylon fleece dress, top' red wIrn ti black and white tweed coat.' Her accessories were Mack and white and she wore a corsage of pink sweetheart roses.. On their return they will reside en the groom's farm at Benmiller. Guests were present team Blyth, Windsor, London, Sea forth and God rich. tents, the officer testified. At this point, Mrs. Horan turned on the lights and the youths start- ed to run. The officer gave chase, but did not catch them. Later,' as he drove to the station to report the incident, he met the police cruiser driven by Constable George McIntyre..: Two youths, whom Horan identified as the ones he had chased, were in the cruiser with Constable McIntyre. Placed In Cells The pair was taken to the police station and put in the cell block while the officers went to search for the third boy, lie was not found that day, but was picked up eventually and charged with the others. It was revealed that the 1951 convertible, in which the three had been travelling, had run out of gas on the 13lyfield road. They had aroused Gordon Bedard to see where they could get gas and he had • directed them to a place he thought might be open, the court was told. Bob Crawford, called to the stand by Mr. Callaghan, said that there was a light on at the place where Constable Horan lived, so one of his companions went around to knock. They had mon- ey to pay for gas, he stated. Constable McIntyre, who had been patrolling in the cruiser, said that he saw two boys run down Kingston street. Catching up to thele at Piston street, he question- ed them. They told him that they were from Windsor and were look - in for gas. 'Recalled to the witness stand later, Constable McIntyre said that Crawford told him that someone had chased them when they went to a house to see about getting gas. Mr. Callaghan•pointed . out that the boys did not have the -hose and other equipment necessary to commit the type of offence with which they had been, charged. Agreeing that the evidence was not conclusive, Magistrate Holmes freed the youths. 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