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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957
THE 1958 •TOWN COUNCIL
While the tower's nomination meeting Fri-
day night failed to produce any ,remarks of a
stirring nature, it was, nevertheless, • more
virile than the pattern to be found in many
municipalities; it produced a reasonably cred-
itable array of nominations to contest muni-
cipal offices and not an indifferent series of
acclamations that is becoming all too common
in so many centres.
Reeve E. C. Fisher has been given an ac-
clamation for Mayor and Deputy Reeve Jame;
.Donnelly for Reeve. Last year these sanrs•
two men were given acelamations, too, for the
'posts of Reeve and Deputy Reeve respectively.
Reeve Fisher has been a hard-working, eun-
scientious reeve and there is no reason to be-
lieve he will be otherwise as he takes over the
post of mayor in the rontiug► year. Moving
up to the post of reeve fur 1958. .lames Don-
nelly Can be cotiutetl 011 to ably represent the
town in County Council un various 'matters
that look as if they - will need vigorous rep-
resentation in the year that lies ahead.
' Members of tNt'o well-known and old -es-
tablished Goderich families, Peter f . MaeEsan
and James A. Bisserwill contest the seat for
Deputy -Reeve. Considerable interest will un-
doubtedly be shower in the outcome of the elec-
tion for this post. They" are both capable
young men and it is unfortunate that either
one or the other will be left out of the council.
since only one can be elected. As stated last
week in this column, the '('own Council can
stand all the aggressive. young men with
ideas for the future that it can get. It is to
be hoped that regardless of which one is elec-
ted the other will be hack seeking office the
following year.
THE WORLD
An editorial in The Signal -Star of .January
5, 1956, started off with 'Having survived the
Christmas and .ewy Year holidays, the work-
aday world is getting hack to its normal course,
and glad of it.'' It then went on to suggest
that the two holidays were "-too (lose toi.reth-
• er."
The statements. -apparently came to the
- attention of -A. J. hills, of Ottawa. who •is
president of what is kncswn as- "The Inter-
national World Calendar Association.'' This
week Mr. Hills forwarded to The -Signal-Star
a copy of the Association's proposed • \\-orld
Calendar. Each year is the same. Each quar-
ter of the year has exactly •91 days. 13 weeks.
or, three months. The four quarters are iden-
tical in form. Each month has 26 weekdays',
plus Sundays. Each year begins on Sunday,
Ika.tv..,"' January. 1. Each woi1tirr, Seat` b'e" itis on Moir -
day, .June 2. Eaeh quat-ter begins on Sunday
and ends on Saturday.
A copy of a letter from Mr. hills which'
has gone out. to many organizations in Canada
says, in part as- follows:
"With Christmas Day of 1957 falling on
Wednesday, followed by New 'Year's Day on
Wednesday of the next week it seems oplpor-
tune to ask all Myho have the 111,a11.; of (loins
so to direct attention 6f -their members to the
fact that The World Calendar, whirl► they
have endorsed, is the only plan which without
phange of date brings Christmas always on
It's a healthy sign to see nine nominees
for Town Council. Three of thein are going
to be left behind and there will be the usual
on -the -side bets, collectively and iitdividuall)=,
ou which three will be left. We were glad.to
see Mrs. May Mooney standing for council.
\Virile, on the surface, Mrs. Mooney may be
regarded by some as -a novice in the field, this
is not actually the ease. During. the years in
which her late husband served as a popular
rueniber of eouneil and as deputy reeve and
mayor, Mrs. Mooney naturally was exposed
to some extent to the workings of the council,
In her own right, she has served six years 011
the Public School Board and also on the Hos-
pital Board. The women's vote alone is 1)01111(1
to ;,give Mrs. Mooney quite a head start and it
i; rather reasonable to assume that a woman's
viewpoint will be heard on the 1958 Town
1'ourleil. To guess the others who will be Orr
the council is like trying to for -tell the outcome l
of a horse race, but once again we assume that
the former members of the council will have
the edge in the race.
Last year. Goderich gave Mayor J. 1-1.
Graham a deserved reward when it elected
him as Mayor to climax his many years of
faithful pul►lie service to this town. But the
passing of time eventually brings all Of us to
the point where we have to retire. For this
reason. credit is due Mayor Graham in not seek-
ing re-election to the onerous- and exacting
duties placed on anyone seeking the post of
mayor in any municipality today.
May Goderich electors exercise sound
judgment in the selection of its council for
1938 on Monday. And by all means. ret out
and vote.
CALENDAR
:Monday, with New Year's following seven
day: later.
"Also it inay be recalled that when a Bill
was' before Parliament to place Victoria Day ;
and Dominion Day on Monday, so -much objec-
tion to ehanging the date of Canada's Nationlil
Birthday was voiced. that the Bill was changed
to (•over Victoria Day only.
"With The World Calendar in effect, July
1st would always he a Sunday so that, as in
1956, it would, by statute, be observed on _Mon-
day: Satisfaction when this occurred in 1956
was general, as 'stated when the matter was
being discussed in the House.
"Advocates of holidays on Monday have
advanced as far as possible, under the present
calendar, and even so the holidays fluctuate
within a period of seven dates. They are not
really fixed.
"It is not necessary to enlarge on the
general dissatisfaction that will result because
of the mid -week occurrence of the approaching
holidays. All businesses, industry, construc-
tion. transportation and other interests will
suffer: individuals will he annoyed and ineon-
venieneed : layoffs and shutdowns will occur Starting
with t•,►n.eyn(•nt loss of earnings at a period of
the year when spendint demands are pressing.''
Maybe the day will Bothe when- such a
\V'Heid calendar is adopted but like the idea
Itf lt:lyl.;1ht. Saving '1'itne it will have rutr.r.t1
t•ri't it•i.rn both hefdre and after it is adopted—
if it adopted.
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THE GODERIUH SIGNAL -STAR
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- THURSDAY, DEcEltIM Sth, 1957
Down Memory's
Lane'
45 Years Ago street and the Square. The loca-
Ontario Hydro sent Goderich a Ilion occupied by Harry Sturdy Thad
been leased by the water and light
commission from J. W. Craigle for
$400 a year.
S. D. Croft was elected president
of Goderich Hockey Club at a
displease many citizens who hoped meeting ,in the Town Hall. Other
for the eventual construction of a 1 officers included: vice-president,
low-cost power development on the Frank Hibbert; secretary, Ned
Maitland River. 1Sale;
treasurer, Bert Osborne; ex -
At the annual meeting of Code- ecutivo committee, Rev. J. N. II.
rich Rural Telephone Co. in Gode-' Mills, N. Mixter, Nelson Hill, Capt.
rich, it was decided to move the Ed. Robinson; club physician, Dr.
head office to Dungannbn where ; J. M. Graham
the central exchange was located.! Reeve Haacke repbrted that
William Bill, of Benmiller, was re- Goderich Township had a surplus
elected president. It was reported of $1,700, and ,owed no debenturg
that there were 394 telephones in debts. He was returned to office
use. by acclamation, as were Council -
Dr. Hunter, the medical health lors Frank Powell, J. Ernest John.
officer, had a constable stationed ston, Oliver J. Jervis and -Harry
alongside the steamer Turret Corey.
Crown to see that no crewmen Councillor harry Corey said at
came ashore while the boat was the Goderich Township nomination
unloading in Goderich. The pre- meeting that members of Council
cautionary measure was taken h1d cut their pay to $1.80 per day
after one of the sailors developed as an -economy measure. ' Fifty
a case of smallpox. years ago, he said. township coun-
At a meeting of the Centre cillors were paid two dollars per
Huron license commissioners in day. '
Goderich, the license of the Saults A Goderich native, Jack Craig,
House was transferred from B. J. was elected' mayor of Barrie for
Saults to Robert J. King. the eighth time.
A mock court.trial in which "one 15 Years Ago
of our most respected citizens" Due to a snow storm which raged
was tb be charged with breach of all day, a busload of passengers
promise ,was to be held at the bound for Clinton and Goderich
Huron County Court house under was unloaded at Dublin and the
the auspices of Ahmeek Chapter, travellers were obliged to make ,
IODE. J. L.. Killoran was to pre- the rest of the journey by train.
side over- the court and Mrs. Bur- The gale reached mile -a -minute
dette was to appear as the broken- velocity, according to the RAF
hearted plaintiff. Admission was weather bureau at Sheppardton.
50 cents. - There was only one change in
25- Years Ago • the 1943 Town Council, which was!
The local hydro office was to be returned without a contest. Wil-
.moved to the corner of Colborne ham A. Sutherland took the place
sample contract for the supply of
Niagara power to the town. The
Signal pointed vont _ that the con-
tract made no reference to Mait-
land power, a fact which would
Of Dr. J. X Graham, who was nom -
1 inated for cdunclllor but did not
stand.
Mervin Snyder, organist, and
choir director at North Street Un-
ited Church, resigned to accept a
similar position in the Presbyterian
Church at Brampton.
it was believed that a missing
twin -engined Avro Alison training
bomber, with its crew of four, had
plunged Into—Lake Huron near
Kingsbridge. 1 'Andrew Martin, a
Kingsbridge district farmer, found
pieces of wreckage on the beach.
It was announced that the Sky
Harbor Pilots would represent
Goderich in the OHA intermediate
league. Clinton and Seaforth were
expected. to enter teams in the
loop. J. R. Douglas was president
of the Sky Harbor Pilots.
10 Years Ago
A group of Bayfield citizens met
in the Little Inn to form a 'fire
department. Ernie Hovey headed
the organization, which was self -
,supporting and not municipally -
sponsored.
Two former Goderich boys, Don-
ald Murison and Basil Kelly, were
candidates for seats on the London
City Council.
In Colborne Township, acclam-
ations were given to Reeve E. Stan-
ley Snyder and Councillors Ross
Fisher, James Horton, Harold
Montgomery and Howard Squires.
School trustees elected by acclam-
ation were Tait Clark and Fordyce
Clark.
Seventy-five members were reg-
istered in the- Maitland Fish and
Game Conservation Club. Judge
T. M. Costello was president and
W. C. Attridge was vice-president.
Public school ratepayers' were
•preparing to vote on a plebiscite
to provide S325.000 foran addition
to Goderich Public School. The
addition was to house 360 pupils.
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In, the Peace River district mid-
summer days provide 20 hours of
sunshine.
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results.
Letter to editor
Editor, Signal -Star.
Sir,—I think the townspeople
would like to know the answers
to a few questions regarding figure
skating.
1. Is the Arena a community
centre, or just for hockey?
2. If it's a community centre, why
can't time be shared between
hockey and figure skating? They
don't have the use of the Ice
for nothing, as I understand
theylars paidforit. several hundred dol -
3. Will the townspeople think it's
a good idea that the girls will
have to go to Clinton for figure
skating, because the Pee Wees
have the ice all Saturday morn-
ing, and it can't be divided?
4. Who gave most of the Pee Wees
their pre-school skating lessons?
Not the men, but the mothers,
and it was all voluntary. The
girls had pre-school lessons, too,
• and some are doing well in
figure skating, so why must the
boys have illi Saturday morning,
and the girls have to go to
Clinton for figure skating, or
give it up, as there's no time
S•HEPPARLDToN
SHEPPARDTON, Dec. $=-_Miss
Evel''n Brown, of Blair, and Miss
Shirley Brown, nurse's aid, of Wing -
ham General Hospital, visited dur-
ing the week -end at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Brown. .
Mr. Jack Graham and his father,
Percy Graham. of Lucknow, were
in Guelph Sunday .to visit with
Mr. and, Mrs. Don Stonehouse,
where Mrs. P. Graham has been
visiting for a couple of weeks.
Several in the district have been
ill lately with the 24-hour flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Crbe freeman and
Caroline visited in Teeswater re-
cently with Mrs. Freeman's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Smyth.
for them here?
Seems to be something wrong'
somewhere. Perhaps there should
be one or two women on the Arena
Commission to speak for the girls.
Thanking you for the space.
MRS. ALBERT TAYLOR.
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money.
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