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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1957
UO
S SERVE GODERICH 35 YEARS
When a setedee club spends inure than
$150,000.Q0 in welfare work in or near the
municipality in which it serves, the efl'ortcis
worthy of public recognition. The. treasurer's
statistic's reveal that the afoi'eiut'11tioii('tl
nrnoullt was the approximate total spent by
the Goderich Lions flub sine)' it. was organized
hers' in 1922. '1'1l ' club itself does not feel
Gloved to fla11111 this figure in a public sp11-
light, but vve feel it is deserving of some at-
tention at this particular time the ;i5tli anni-
versary of the founding of the ('ioderich Lions
Friday night a special tai ittet Ih1�'et sing,
at tics• 1'>.'dfc,rcl 1lotel NV ill Marl: this illllii\•i'r-
sai v. Present Will 1)1' i1 clircc'tot' of I.io11;
International front l'llieagu, other officers from
luoos International and representatives of
numerous I.ili"il, clubs in Western Ontario \Vito
will bring, greetings to the Goderich club. It
was 111 September of 19122 that a tnec't jog' was
held here vvith the idea of organizing a Lions
club. (hi the eve/line of \owenibcr 24, 1922,
the chub hecar11 a reality when a e'lrirter
meeting was held at the Sunset Hotel. This
marked the fourth centre in all of Owario to
have a Lions club, the only* other Ofltario
rnunicipalitiehaving one being, Toronto, Wind -
sot' and Hamilton. Today there are sires Of
Lions clubs scattered over the entire length
an(1 breadth of tins province.
--At one dime there were only two Idolis.
clubs in Iluron County---Seaferth and (lo 1t -
ri('h. .At this time the welfare work of the
Goderich club in the matter of 1ooknlg after
the requirements of needy crippled children
extended over the entire County. As a result,
the Goderich club spent as mut'h as :7,00O or
$8,000 annually on this work. \\Tifh the for-
mation of other Lion, chits in the County later
on vwho looked after the needs of their- partieu-
iar districts the load ,on the (xoderich club
was lessened. Then, other provincial and
national agencies have singe assumed more
responsibilities along this line. Nevertheless,
the Goderi♦eh club still does considerable spend-
- nig in this field. Their work is known only
to those NV110 ',mat or who are friends of the
funnily so benefitted.
It would be difficult to list all the ways
iu whjell the Lions clue) has spent money in
welfare \V0rk. 111 addition to paying for
hawing 1 flsils removed fruin chiid1011 whose
parents were unable to pay the bill, they have
paid for having eyes straightened, glasses pro-
vided. crippled legs and feet corrected and
iliuucrouls such ailments. Encouraging health-
ful activities, they have spent malty thousands
of dollars in sponsoring juvenile hockey and
baseball teams over the years. Indeed, from
these efforts has grown Young ('an11(la Week,
the biggest little hockey tournament in the
world. They raised the money which was
*responsible for putting in the permanent floor
i11 the arena. They have raised funds for the
Canadiann National Institute for the Blind and
have clone touch vvurk in culllluetiun with this
cause. '1'I►ey have sold Easter Seals- and TB
Christmas Seals. They have provided Christ -
111s baskets for the needy. They have spon-
sored Boy Scouts, (xirl Gilide,s and now the
Maitland Air Cadets. 'Thew have fiver $5,000
towards the new wing of Alexandra IIospital.
During -W'urld War II, they made blood dona-
tions thetmselVcs and arranged to get many
others. They have made donations to many
worthwhile calyses such as the Huron County
Music 'Festival. We know there are numerous
other contrihut ions but we just can't list
there all. 1
'Goderich has been fortunate to have such
a "serving'' club as the Lions and we are
(•orlfidellt that the general public will be un-
animous in their congratulations to the Lions
Club oil this, their 3 -5th anniversary.
THE SCHOOL PICTURE IN 1959
By 1959 Canada's high schools and eol-
Iegiates will be feeling; the effects of World
War II. Sehool boards will be s('ratehing
their individual heads in an effort to solve a
.country -wide problem --suitable accommoda-
tion for 1110 students. high schools whose
present ae'eornrno(latioll is already or nearly
taxes .,'to -c'a.pac.ity will be faced with the ne-
eessily of building ('Xtra elassrooms. For,
by 1959, there will be moving into the high
'schools the First contingent of post-war babies.
Born in 1946 after their fathers returned from
overseas war serviees, these children will be
13 years of age and ready for high 5('11001.
This will mean in('1'0050(1 enrol Monts for se-
condary schools for a period of from two to
three years from 1959 on.
Present enrolment at Goderich I)istric t
Collegiate Institute is about 468 p119ils arc]
its designated capacity is 475 pupils. As things
now exist there are four teachers at the Gode-
rich Collegiate without any home class room.
They are obliged to use a corner of the library
or the work shop, ete., in order to hold their
classes. What will happen tvwo years from
now when, statisties reveal, the enrolment will
hit anall-time peak?
Ite will be from the present upper grades
of Goderieh Public School and area public
schools that the inereased enrolment for (i -DCI
from 1959 on will eome. If It should so hap -
pelt that the influx of pupils from the public
schools into GD“ should not be as large from
1959 on as ('expected it , w -i11 only be because of
an exodus of families from Goderieh in the
interium. If that is the case, the general pie -
titre will still be true since those children will
be entering cullegiates in those centres to
which they have moved. But there is no rea-
son to expect any great exodus from Goderich.
In fact, it is more likely there will be more
people living in (;oderiell in, 1959 than there
are now.
Thus, it i, reasonable to assume that GI)CI
will he facing the problem of increased ae-
ccctnnlodatioIl in 1959 in eommon with many
other centres in Canada.
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HURTING CANADA'S TRADE
Just how much United State, "sales- of
farm surpluses to toreig"n countries 1.s hurting
Canada's trade is strikingly revealed in an
article in '`h'oreigrl 'Trade." Written by I)r.
W. C. Ropier, agricultural counsellor at the
(i';anadian hiirlbassy in Washington, the article
reveals that of total U.S. wheat ex port s of
344 million bushels for the -1956-57 crop year,
only 87 million bushels were sold for dollars.
Of the remainder, 98 million bushels were
"sold" for foreign currency, 67 million bushels
were disposed of in barter deals, and 87 million
bushels were given away.
That, these devices adopted by Wash ington
for ridding the U.S. of its embarrassingly large
surpluses of support -price grown wheat are
harmful to Canadian farmels, whose wheat
must. be sold for eas,h in dollars, cannot he
doubted. Indeed, it is fair to say that the
Administration in Washington has deliberately
chosen to ignore its international obligations
and to show contempt for the molt elementary
WHAT
What Should -a man smell like? This is
the 'intriguing question 'arising from remarks
by a eosmetie t industry executive to the effect
filial the male in the future will be using more
perfume, states, the Saskatoon sitar -Phoenix.
`Naturally" this perfume -maker said, "the
f tcagr'anee the men will use will be formulated
fir them. And then he added: "Tire men
may think they know how they want to smell,
l&tat it is the woman who will finally deeiele."
So, jurat what shoud a man mmnell like?
Poday's range is infinite. PheVe's the port -
and -cigar mien ien of a comfortable evening 'in
PREPARING
"We are aware t.bat ,there will be seasonal
reemployment tilt) winter," said Hon. Michael
' tare', Minister of Labor, in the Homs of
,( ymmin t5. Ian'. it 1 riday "We ee 1iave tytepped up
our. williter program to take eare of winter
rillimpLoyment. We have alA advised our
1112 ?1 nal linemployment €101'viee ofi('ea to .lteli
principles of fait' play in trade for domestic
political reasons.
Nor is the end of these soft currency and
barter deal(, in sight. A dispatch fr'orti Wash-
, 1ngtoll report,~ that the -U.S. and Japan have
concluded arrangements for the shipment to
Japan of some 115 million worth of grain and
outer farm products. The 1Tnited States
(.overn1nent proposes to accept payment for
the wheat and other commodities in yen,
This U.S.-.Japanese (teal will take another
big ,bite„ out Of ('anada's export -trade. It is
somewhat ironic that Japan should be a party
to the transaction, especially when the .Japan-
ese are so busily exploiting Canada's domestic
market as an outlet for their manufactured
goods. .Japan's indifference to fair play in
trade clearly determines the �� very principles
0)1 which the Canadian -.Japanese trade a.gree-
nlents rest. If Japan intends to look to the
1T.-;. for her wheat supplies, the Canadian -
Japanese trade agreement might just as well
he abrogated.
SMELLS
the glen, with n inor variations, in the saloon.
There are the d tinetive aromas which Genote
a vocation : gasoline -and oil for a mechanic;
hay -and -grain dust for the harvester; rain -
and -mud for the (Iuek hunter. (Iroeers have
their smells, and butchers and fishermen and
millers, and earpenters and printers.
Presumably the' manufacturers (and the
women) won't decide on any one of these.
But whafever. they do come out with, we can
be sure that �it will not be as varied, as rlis-
tinetive, its natural as the combinations m(=71
themselves pick up (and give off) as they go
about their appointed tasks.
FOR WINTER
up their tempo in obtaining ,jobs for people
as soon as they beeorme unemployed. I might
say also, on behalf of the government, that. we
have eurtailed for the balance of the year the
influx Of immigrants •tahielt ;its'eIIed our total
labour population," There, that's taken
('11r(' of!
THE GODERICH SIGNAL-STA
Headlamp ,R r..Yr.:..o ®e Easy with .i---- Device
Mother can aim the headlamps on the 'family car today.
just about as fast as a trained mechanic does it with new
mechanical aimers' developed by the .headlamp manufac-
turers. She ran do it in less than five minutes, and accurately.
too! Here, Mrs. R. B. Bailie, wife of the Manitoba Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles, and her daughter Nancy, prove the
point. They were prize winners in a headlamp aiming contest
sponsored by the Automobile Manufacturers Association at
a recent conference of the American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administratcrs in Roanoke, Virginia. The contest
emphasized the importance of having headlamps aimed prone
erly for safe night driving.
,Down Memory's
Lane
45 Years Ago
The senior championship at the
Goderich Collegiate Institute track
and -field meet was won by Duncan
Matheson. The junior title was
won by J. E. Kelly, and the girls'
championship went to. Miss Mary
Tom.
A report Lot the Ontario Hydro
}electric Commission indicated that
development of the Maitland River
should enable Goderich to secure
power for $25.13 per hp., instead
of paying $3'7.60 per h.p. for
Niagara power.
The Dungannon No. 1 team won
the league trophry at the county
rifle shoot held at St,, Augustine.
Members of the team were It.
Disher, W. Reid, H. Bellamy, B.
Simpson, J. Johnston, J. McGee, C.
Elliott, B. J. Crawford, T. G. Allen
and J. Campbell.
The other team prize, the Lewis
trophy, was won by the Colborne
Rifle Association team. Members
of the Colborne team were James
Bisset, W. Symonds, C. McNeil, S.
Bisset, Charles .Robertson, P. Bisset,
A. Goldthorpe, C. McManus, W.
Chisholm and W. Bisset.
Fire destroyed the barn of
George Ashton, whose farm was
.situated near the Loyal post office.
The 100th anniversary of the
victory of Queenston Heights and
the heroic death of General Brock
were observed at 'Central School,
All classes gathered in Principal
Sharman's room and carried out a
special program. James Mitchell
delivered a brief address.
25 Years Ago
The\ latest figures from the as-
sessment roll showed Goderich
with a population of 4,304 — 28
higher than the previous year.
The fall race meet was one of
the best ever witnessed in Gode-
rich. The large list of entries in -
eluded several horses from the
Slates of Michigan and New York.
Most popular heat victory of the
program was when Dr. Whitely's
14 -year-old Sid Hal showed his
heels and crossed the wire in
2. l01 .
Goderich Township Council re-
ceived a letter from Canadian Na-
tional Railways, asking permission
to remove the cattle guards at rail-
way crossin the township.
Council rriembers were of the opin-
ion that the guards were a protec-
tion to many while driving cattle,
so the clerk was in.Srtructed to
write the ONR to this effect.
With a former pastor, Rev. J. W.
Hedley, of Thamesford, in the pul-
pit, the congregation of Victoria
Street United Church formally
marked the re-opertting of the
church after extensive renovations
to the interior.
F. G. Weir, of Goderich, was re-
elected president when 225 repre-
sentatives of Young People's So-
b
cicties and Sabbath schools of the
I'resbytery of. Huron' of thrPres-
bytcrian Church 'held their annual
meeting at Auburn.
15 Years Ago
Goderich Boy Scouts and Wolf
Cubs collected more than $200 on
Apple Day.
Residents of Goderich donated
$1,163 to the Salvation Army home
front campaign.
The moborship Hibou, which
sank with the loss of seven dives
on November 21, 1936, a few -miles
out of Owen l annd harbor, was
raised out of 90 feet of water after
salvage -operations that lasted
seven weeks. It was reported that
the boat would be rebuilt and put
into- service somewhere down the
lakes.
About 900 persons attended a
fowl supper in the church hall at
Kingsbridge. Afterwards, an ex-
cellent concert was given under the
direction of Harvey McGee, of
Auburn.
Huron County was the first coun-
ty in Ontario to go over the top
on the special names canvass in the
third Victory 'Loan campaign. The
special list was oversubscribed on
the 'first day.
10 Years Ago
Gavin If: 'Green displayed a
photograph of one of the mammoth
squashes grown in Goderich at the
beginning of the century shy Wil-
liam Warnock. It was said that the
squash in the picture weligihed 403
pounds and had been exhibited at
the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
Among the awards Mr. Warnock
received for his squashes was a
medal from Paris, France.
Town Council received a letter.
from H. W. 'Knight, of Toronto,
offering $25,000 far the planning,
building and equipping of a child-
ren's playground in Goderich. Mr.
and Mrs. Knight were natives of
this town.
Goderich taxpayers were to be
asked at the next municipal elec-
tiotis to approve an annual levy
of one-half of one mill for the sup-
port of the town band. In, terms of
the 1947 assessment, this would net
the band $1,345, "it was stated.
Rev. L. H. Turner was elected
president when the Goderich Re-
creation ,Council was organized at
a well-attended,meeting in the
Town Hall. A committee was ap-
pointed to draw up a community
recreation.. program for the com'in'g
months.
It was announced that the Royal
bowling alleys had been Ieased by
Sohn . Lauman, who was already
the owner and operator of ('bowling
alleys at 'Elmira, and Lisbowei and
outdoor alleys at Grand Bend.
--(1
The "treeless prairies" of Can-
ada's middle west now contain
plantations +totalling over 200 mil-
lion trees.
ELECTRICAL TIPS FOR THE HOME
If You Use Several Lamps and Appliances in the Bedroom ...
DON'T put up with "octopus" DO install duplex outlets near
outlets and the. Inconvenience of each bed and within 6 feet of ahy
disconnecting one piece of equip.. spot where lamps, radio, clock
ment in order to plug in another. and other appliances may be used.
THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDEDAS, A
PUBLIC SERVICE BY
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UTILITIES COMMISSION
Letter to Editor
1760 .loth Street,
Santa Monica,
California,
October 18, 1957.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir, -- Enclosed you will find
cheque for renewal of The Signal -
Star as I see by the wrapper an-
other year has passed by. Today
it is 53 yeans since I arrived here
.and I have been a subscri'mer for
52 years. I missed one year. Why,
I don't known Anyway, I look for-
ward to the home town news but
not many old timers are left. I
have 'missed several copies this last
year and several in 1956. I surely
miss them.
I still ,have a'brother, John Flick,
in Gaderich, and I am one of the
three Flick sisters that Will
Wiedenhold wrote you about who
are still living. We were all born
and raised on the farm on the
• 'ILTEMIZSDAY, GOT
Maitland concession. We all went
to the No. 4 school which has been
dosed .for a long time. When I
came here the population was
4,500. Now it is 77,000. The
street I lived on for 51 years and
the home where I lived so long is
now pant of the Civic Centre.
I noticed in last week's paper
another dear friend of mine has
passed on, Mrs. Charles Nairn,
whom I dearly loved. I would love
to see your new Court House.
Are you having winter.? Our
weather is lovely. I have been
interested in Queen Elizabeth's
tour of Canada. I know I should
not take up your time. 'Thanking
you for the past and hope this
will help you in sending the news
to me. 1 would appreciate a note
from you.
Sincerely yours,
MRS. LEAH SiHIETLFkt.
EDITOR'S NOTE: It is a real
pleasure to hear from you, Mrs.
S.hetler. Anytime you feel lone-
some for the old horrie town, just
24th, 1057
sit down and write a letter to us
with year reminiscences of bygrraae
days. We know it will M; -moo you
feel better. We always appreciate
receiving letters from old subacrilb-
ers, partieularly one like you who
has been a subscriber for over half
a century. We wishmore of our
readers from a distance would, mad
in interesting letters from time to
time. You would be surprised how
many people wi:11 read your letter
and have memories of fanner
years recalled to them. •
0 WINS BURSARY -0
James liloTavis'h, 17, soca of Mr.
and Mils. Fraser McTavish, of Wind-
sor, has been awarded an Atkinson
Foundation : unsary valued at $400
and the Lady Beck Chanter, IODE
bursary for $150. Ile is studying
engineering sciezlcp at the Univers-
ity ,of Wes'tern, Ontario. Mrs. Mc-
Tavish is the former Ivy Elliott,
of Goderieh, and the late G, 111.
Elliott of the Children's Aid So-
,ciety, was his grandfather.
WHO SPE ` DS?
WHEN new federal buildings, or new highways with
elaborate cloverleafs, or new city halls are con-
structed, they must be built with the taxpayers' money.
Very often such. expenditures 'are enthusiastically.
approved, because each of us seems to , think it is
some other person's tax money which is being spent
so lavishly.
Canadians can help themselves, and the men and
women they have elected to ' office, only if they
remember that governments have no funds except
the taxes they take from each of us.
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