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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1848. In its 110th year of publication.
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THE GODERICli SIGNAL -STAR
3,000
Newspapers
THURSDAY, .DEC. 19th, 1957
WINTER
HIGHWAYS' MAINTENANCE
Condition of the highways and byways
will take on added emphasis during the Christ-
mas and New Year holiday periods. Population
of our larger cities will experience a tremend-
ous, temporary deerease as people there head
for their little hour town or home to the folks
on the farm for Christmas. This means heavy
traffic over our roads before and after Christ-
mas. During the Nev\fear holiday, \while the
traffic ais not s(') heavy-, the condition of 4 he
roads is important its lessening the number of
car accidents `willed oee11r at this time.
Keeping.► l ►mtario's 11,000 miles, h i1►g's
Highways and Secondary Highways in good
ohape for ‘Sutter driving has bee0110 .a.rmla•jor
'operation and one \vhivh ad(is eonsiderahlo
expense to the toIlawt'rs.
With weather conditions varying •in the
18
different departmental (listriets, of the
Ontario Department 01' Iligh\wa's a wide
Variety of problems are Islet from the extreme
north to the extreme south of the Province.
The extent of 1111 winter 111011te11anee of
Ontario's roads' (•011 be more fully realized
when it is pointed out that in a recent year
more than 700,0(X) tons of sand and 138,000
tons of ,salt were used to reduce the hazards
of winter driving. 'Phis year, bulk salt will
be- stored at 225 points along the highway.
I11' a few years hence, incidentally, much of
this salt for the highways will be coining from
the new sdlt aline under construction"" -at
(i oderleh.
Some 920 pieces of mechanical equipment
are distributed around the 18 districts of the
Ontario Department of highways• for .use this
winter. This includes: 356 heavy fluty snow-
plows, 128 three -torn truck snowplow;, 126
grader snowplows, 282 hydramlie sanders, 12
snow blowers, 10 511.0\V 1oaderS 011(1 six tractor
1)10Ws. I11 addition, there are 250 mechanical
The ()uteri() Department of highways will
do its hest to make the reads safe for your'i
winter driving but you must he. constantly I
aware of the special hazards that exist and
drive 11n(1 ,let accordingly. May you reach
your old home safely on that trip at Christmas
or New t'ear's.
COMPULSORY CAR INSURANCE',
When you _-o to purchase your 1958 ear
lieensc.you will be asked for a certificate to
the effect that you carry a minimum of $10,000
and $20,000 liublie liability and property dam-
age of at least •$5,000. Otherwi t' y.ou will be
required to pay an extra $5.00 registration fee.
The Motor Vehicles Branch of the Depart-
ment of Transport has announced that as of
.January 1, 1958, all owners of motor vehicles
who do not have this minimum. requirement of
insurance burst pad' the extra fee_
The Ontario government has sent out a
+supply of these. Lfrtifieates to all insurance
agents so that it is advisable 110 Seethe one
before the time oome5 to ju re}lase next year's
license plates.
The government has also announced that
an owner of a motor vehicle who cannot pay
judgmei►t for damages arising from a motor
accident to .at least the minimum mentioned
above \will 1►e prohibited front owning, or oper-
ating it motor \ •Melt',, If a judglneitt is regis-
tei•ed against him, all personal property Snell
as home or other assets may be seized and sold
to cover damages and costs.'`
If assets are not available the claimant
can ask for reimbursement from the Unsatisfied
Judgment Pun(1 and the Motor Vehicles Branch
will prohibit the judgment debtor from oper-
ating a motor vehicle until such time as the
Unsatisfied Fund has been reimbursed.
The 'way matters -stand now, it is simply
.not safe to take a car onto the road without
adequate ihsuraiee coverage and the govern-
-ment's action in demanding proof of coverage
is the proper course of action. There have
been far too Many inStanclhs of heavy loss 01
which the person responsible simply could not
meet the judgment assessed against hint.—
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D�wn Memory's
Lane
45 Years Ago
Of the six town councillors, it
was reported that only one—.Coun-
cillor Graham—might seek re-elec-
tion to Council for 1913. It wis
understood that Councillors Laith-
waite, Humber, Vanatter and Pel -
low would retire, and it was be-
lieved that Councillor Elliott would
try for a higher office.
Hogs were selling at $7.50 to
$7.65 on the illi ket at Goderich.
Butter could b( ought•.for 26c
per pound.
Employees of Ilamlink's evapor-
ator peeled 26,000 bushels of ap-
ples during the evaporator season.
Four c5rloads, containing 4,000
bushels, were shipped to other
points. At the close of the season,
20 employees gathered for a special
evening and presented un elegant
rocking chair to J. McLarty, popu-
lar foreman of the peeling depart-
ment, as a token of their esteem
for him. •
At the Victoria Opera house, the
Victor Lauriston for •highest stand-
ing among Central School candi-
dates in the entrance examinations.
A three -act comedy, "Her
Gloves," directed by W. J. Ilodge
and Mrs. Turnbull, was presented
to capacity audiences in the hall
of North Street United Church.
Cast included Stanley Snider, Carl-
ton Worsell, Russel King, G. E.
Payne, Douglas ]Holland, Mrs. F.
Kershaw, Mrs. .F. Walkom, Peggy
Cooper, Marion Chapman and Sirs.
Bruce Torrance. Miss . Marjorie
Bays sang between acts, and Mrs.
Jessop and Mervyn Snider took
turns as accompanist. Sound ef-
fects were in charge of Donald
Stonehouse.
A man's love for his dog- was
strikingly illustrated when Charles
Prouse, 65, of Goderich Township,
waded out to midstream in the
Maitland River to save his crippled
hound from drowning. The dog
fell its .when he was chasing a
rabbit across the ice. The hound
local Drama Club presented a pro- went under twice before his master In .Ontario we know well the
gram of two one -act plays, a two- rescued him. truth of his statement, in spite of
character sketch and a bit of ' 10 Years Ago this truth however wet victories
musical comedy from "Florodora."
A saxophone solo by Graham Bin --
(tette trade a pleasing variation.
25 Years Ago
William Drew was appointed
manager of the Goderich hockey Mrs. T. Graham succeeded firs.
club. In the first practice of the] II Webster as president of the
season, the veteran "Butch" Jiur
ney sustained a bad- cut over the Women's Association of Victoria
right eye Street United Church.
was elected president of the Perth yot.q..,Thit. Cit.yc.a.only 60,000 popu-
Huron Shorthorn Club for 1948. , lation now has 47 legal liquor out- I
Dan Siding, of Goderich, opened lets.
a shoe repair business in Blyth. .
----- o-- -- One close observer of• the vote in
If sold for the value of its chem- , Kitchener and elsewhere has de-
ical elements, the human body ' clared that there actually seems to
would be worth about 98 cents. be a decreasing interest on the
part of Church people in opposing
further licensing. If true, surely
this is deplorable.
This advt. sponsored by
Huron County Temperance
eration.
Teacher -Farmer Sees
Both Sides Of Fence
"A City Man Looks At Agricul-
ture" was 'the tole of a highly en-
tertaining address delivered by J.
A. Giglman at the annual banquet
of Colborne Township Federation
of Agriculture in the Township
Hall at Carlow.
As a teacher on the staff of
Goderich District Collegiate Insti-
tute and as •the owner of a farm
in Grey County, Mr. Seaman looked accompanist.
his talk. at both sides of the subject in Greetings were brought from the
county federation by the retiring
county president, Doug. McNCih,
of Colborne. Carl Hemingway,
secretary-fieldman of Iltiron County
Federation of Agriculture, reported
on federation activities.
Entertainment was provided by
Don Kernighan and George Bolton
with their guitars, accompanied by
Mrs. D. Kernighan. The ladies who
catered for the banquet were
thanked by Charles Millian. •
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Mr. Seaman was introduced by
Fordyce Clark and thanked by Ruy
Fisher. A capacity crowd attend-
ed the banquet. The program was
in charge of President John Dun-
bar.
Following dinner, prepared by
the ladies of Tiger Dunlop Wo-
men's Institute, there was a sing-
song with Mrs. George Millian as
An Indisputable
Fact
"It is an indisputable fact that
the more types of outlets the
greater the total consumption".
We quote Premier Manning of Al-
berta. He added, "We have to face Noah Webster began writing the
the fact that the net result of the dictionary in 1807 and finished in
alcoholic beverages is to the de- 1828•
triment of society:" --
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TELLING OF - THE
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One of this town's oldest busi- are due, as much to indifference on I
ness establishments changed hands the part of voters as to anything
when Keith C. Cutt, a veteran of I else. The liquor interests know the j
World War II, purchased the groc- I obvious truth quoted. That explains'
ery business of his father, J. Calvin their continuous campaign to open
Curt, on Kingston street. ' up new outlets.
One of the greatest triumphs this
year has been the vote in Kitchen-
er. Ten additional liquor outlets
The 1932 fair very clearly broke W A. Culbert, of Dungannon, I were opened as a result of the wet
even, it was reported at the annual
Meeting of Goderich Fair Board.
Roberta Johnston delivered the
valedictory address at the annual
Victoria School commencement ex-
ercises. She received the Robert
Park memorial medal for having
achieved the highest standing in
entrance examinations.
• Unpaid taxes stood at $40,000,
said Collector Robertson, and it
appeared that the amount might TV ANTENNAS
reach $50,000 by the end of the
year.
Mr. and Mrs. William Vrdonian • SOLD
celebrated the 60th anniversary of
their wedding. $ SERVICED
15 Years Ago REMOVED
A seven-year perfect attendance
record was presented to Colleen • INSTALLED
Thompson, a pupil at Victoria
School: Colleen. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alva Thompson, of St.
David's street, was neyer absent or
late during the entire seven years.
Sheila Hill, daughter of Mr. and
-Mrs. E. H. Hill, received the Robert -221f
Park memorial medal given by
THURSDAY, DEC. 19th, 1957
ReturnAfter Two
Years In' Germany
Goderich district army person-
nel, who • have been serving -In Ger-
many, returned here last ' week.
Although they were stationed with-
in 30 miles of each other in Ger-
many, they.did not meet until they
boarded the same boat, Queen
Frederica, bound for Canada.
S/Sgt. Frank Heard, with the
army dental corps, has returned
after being two years at Soest,
Germany. Accompanying him -were
his wife and family, Sue, David and
Danny. While stationed in Ger-
.many, the Heards toured many
countries, including Austria, Swit-
zerland, Holland, France and Bel-
gium.
Returning on the same boat was
Lt. Nursing Sister .Margaret R.
Mitchell, who has been twp years at
the British Military Hospital at
Iserlohn, Germany. Lt. Mitchell is
spending a vacation with her moth-
er, Mrs.-s.E. Mitchell, -Carlow, after
which she will be stationed,at Lon-
don, Ont.
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People who fly into a rage always
make a bad landing.
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Phone 154 38 East St.
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CHRISTMAS PARTY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19
AT 6.30 P.M. 't' ' .
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CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS.
Sponsored by Branch 109, Canadian Legion. -49-50
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