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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-01-02, Page 1•• • yi r.. MA th Year -2 -Ne. 1 2.- • • A T{f *hum Ammo\ Ra • G.ODERICH, ONTARIOT THURSDAY, ,MANUARY '2.t 1950 - • an 4Q `N�w:Drivers CoWegiate Course orty students have enrolled in driver education course„ which to start this moth- at Gadericli trict Collegiate Institute: here are 24, girls and 16 boys the class, which will meet out- ofregular school hours. At t, instruction will be confine the°-i'iassroom. After, the Easter aminations, on -the -road i•nstruc 0 n will be given in a car 'supplied. urtesy -of. Rouse Auto Electric.. D�CI.wa- one of the first second- schpots in.Ontario to provide • u �. er�..ed c v awn..-.eo e . .. �s . Toda y iving courses are offered: by 23" the province's 380 high schools. . F. Stephens, a GDOI staff ember, attended a high school -and--tri -education--work_ , op which was held in Toronto' a recent week -end. 'One of the ef' sponsors of the, workshop was e ntariu -Safety'-teague. Jacksont 'President bf the lir d --president- of 'ord- otor, Co- of Canada Ltd.s spoke g• -the prob'7'am =.,H -e.:. said; _ "Only' a very few of'oi.tr 16 -year - ds today receive adequate driv- g instruction. And what - is the suit �� Deadly Age "The 16 -year-old is : ' 11 times ore deadly on the road than the an in the safest age group, 45..to. On- the "' other hand, he said, ecords show that every boy or 1 whet graduates' from your iver education classes- is only if as likely to becotrie"-involved traffic accidents and violations, d is 60 percent less --likely to, et. or itause death on the high_. Y "Of- --driver education sts -Money—about- $30 per stud: t . But that $30 is only about e -third• what a your graduate. will, ve in ins rice re .� premiums in er- i years. r. Mr. Jackson stated; "Three out every five who are- marked to e on our higghwayd. would live harmed if 'all received •scienti ally -designed_ driver education the high sehooi;,, age." He added' that parents are prob- ly the .'worst teachers of driving d "th. re are ..only a handful of mine .tial driving schools in On- io capable of_ -teaching .the skill safe driving properly." Last ,year 39•• stildents graduated om the driver education course Id: at GDCI. 94 On Saturday in Alexandra ,Marine and General Hospital for the past two years but still enjoying fairly good health; David Green- will-observe reenwill -observe 'his' 94th birthday on •t:§aturday, January 4. A native of 'Sheppardteni,hewas somewhat of. a - world -traveller in his younger days, living in various parts - of the world. at different times, before return- atahis n ' ve ,ar,ea and to, . 'Goderich.. brother, Gavin. Green, will celebrate his 96th birthday on Aptil 8th. 0 u1 '' -O Y SALES ARE -LAUNCHED January clearance ales are-get- ting re—gettingg under way at stores in Gode- ricai: tEconothical housewives }rt�•elr, � ested' •'Hia'}tfttg' the 'family' budget. go as far as possible wilt find it well worth their while to mad the January clearance advertis ents of these merchants. Watch for them in The Signal-Star,.each week and shop where you are invited to s1 op --and save. , The Stratford B a'C' h -Herald has been running a community survey on the 'advertising views of its' readers, Prizes are being given for the most enlightening answers sent, iny Beacon -Herald readers resect to advertisements of Stratfor merchants. Following are seine of the re- {maflfs of women readers' from the rural-areaswho won --prizes: --'~ • •Mrs. H. Herman, Tavistock, said: 'With a large family, it . has been necessary to look .for... fhn :barbas.: The country housewife, if she is Title me, usually does 'her shopping in a hurry. The ads in the paper tell where hurry., buy articles, thereby saving valuable time. Ads that list price, larget••fl size and not too cluttered 'up• with . unnecessary de- tails,: are mostly appealing to me. If the price is listed, and is reason- able, it will attract me." /'Said Mrs. James Murray, R.R. 5; Stratford: "The Targe ads. with the big type are most, eye.cathhing." Said Mrs. L. ,Ratz of the -.Stratford area: "1 -like ads that are clean} medium in . size . and simple in message." ew firm EmpI�y5O ithin 2 Months Of Start $oo'l mith -Furniture Limited tans to start production . by Jan- ary 15 in the factory formerly ccupied• by the Goderich.- Organ Until heavy machinery is moved re. from London, production will e on a small 'scale, utilizing ma- binery how in the building: In about two months-- fr m the tart of production, Lemuel John ott, the president, expects there ay be-' 60 persons employed, he old' The Signal' Star. t, For the past few weeks, two local en. John •Vincent and Jasper Mc- rien, have been working in•4the aviary to prepare 'it for the --start f production. The place has been leaned up, bailers have been in- pected, and the sprinkler system eadied. A new generator is being in: stalled and machinery is being motorized. Mr. Sort expects that moving of heavy machinery from London to Goderich will begin February, 1 and will take about 15 days to com- plete. ,About 18,familieswill be mov- ing tp Goderich when the firm 'leaves London, he expects. The Scotsmith concern, which manufactures custom church furni- ture, was burned out of its London location last spring and has been 'Operating in rented accommodation since then. tt , Purchased in` 1. 51 by a Montreal. industrials§t, the Goderich Organ' Co. factory has een idle since 1955. ONLY 35c. LEF'[AFTER THEIR RONEYMOON50 YEARS A60 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sandy quietly i bserved their 50th wedding an- iversary at their home on South re -a- on Wednesday. Following family dinner, an open house Was' .eld in the afternoon. for friends. Mr. and Mrs.. Sandy were -mar- ied on January 1, '190B, at the ane of .the bride near Bervie. he is ti*ie former Ruby-Glahn. The marriaget ceremony .was. peri' • d at-nine-o'ekmk-•irrtlre• inrrr; ng in ,order that the coPP le l ht atch the 12.30 pm. train tt of ip1eY that daOn their oohi trip - they went to Guelph nd Buffalo. .Mr... ,,,Sandy recalls hat he went to the bank at Ripley nd withdrew all the money he ad there, $65, in order to finance ho htm en he arrived home he said, e..••had only 35 cents it his ocket. In order to catch the train, they ravelled by horse and cutter from ervie to Ripley. They had to fngle t h -t r fields for a distance seven-i1os• acrid' Wtts o -high that, .t eovored%the tops of • the fences. Mr. Sandy took over his father's farm in Ashfield Township ,,,with a small down payment ant a mort- gage c'; i it for $2,000. There he farmed for 13years. Later, he went' in for buildir'ig •concrete bridges. He was still en'gagedi-i,.n• this work when he--rnove'd'i`;ode- rich 38 years ago. Finally, he be- came engaged in the manufaetur iflig �f r'o iiuiltaiing maciifiiery in 'hick' he was active until his re- 'tirem eht abbuit 15 years ado. He served for over hall' a century on the Board of Managers of the Presbyterian ',churches in Ashfield and Goderich. For many years he was on the Alexandra .1Vlarine and' General Hospital Board. Q V l.J h hav` iie•M'siri 1�ett of Goderich, and two daughters, Mr4,- Jdinet lr"aft"el "(Pearl), and Mrs. ;Ben- Mihail- 'tBeulah), Another daughter, h ter - Mrs. J 8 ernes Salkeld (Margaret) was fatally injured in a ear -train (evident a0 -,London about 1- 7Y ear s ago. Mr. Santa is Wife i �Ynow 74 and his wife s 70. •S t. ",,,,,`".4.,:•Z''......0.,... ` i . •,°aY '• ,nth h�A.: .,... N Y'!eP9�' . ".— -•- ,,_-' • • • • Y' ' „0 a, '♦ :yJRW�JC ;WA. •4 -.x ti a. °L'� ik , Subscription IN CANADA 413.00 IN u.e. 414„00.. i �a ,Single Copies ?e rite. drOfl Of .Gode , Q- The- Goderichu Post ,Office receive' ed the usual -number of letters dur- ing the Yuletide season addreiised to "Santa Claus, North Pole." me had stamps on the letters and. kW'' had net. Some- had one ad s _ and some had another.' . ` But, believe it or not, they reach- ed Santa Claus. A former resident of Goderich who now lives in Lon- don has been one of Santa .Claus's helpers for ,some years., new._. The letters were forwarded from Gode- rich to London and. orn there they_ were despatched on to Santa C la us : - t oridon fias received a re from Santa Clausfor the. childNow the helper of SantaPlc • of 'Goderich who wrote to him, , This letter • was . received by the • Signal -Star this week. Addressed to -"The Girls and Hays of Godderich, /Ontario, it readsMas follows: My dear little friends:- ?ld_. Santa was.._bappy-- to get se many clever,. well written •letter$ from you .thisyear, an_dhv now ypu will know that I have been ,; ying over. your ,roof-s-and-ifknow-• you'' were pleased with what yqt •- found on Christmas morning ; fro�m'•..�. the big red sack. So many of you - told me.how. very good you have-- - been,, too, practically all year, and this also was., pleasing: But, dear children, • there was one i sad diis- r appointment, for Sant* and per. haps for you, too..:,Qui a few of. youwaited until the last minute to send in, Your. lists; and; as everyone knows,- the.last few days • before Christmas are mighty busy, what with ' packing , the sleigh, polishintg, Rudolph's nose, etc.. And " this year, we had a bit of an extra problem' at. the ,North Pole, caused by-lack:_sl the usual snow. . in - addition; Dancer, Prancer, Do. ndnd-Blitzen--ALL-got-Soretoirtheir hooves y which kept Mrs, Santa bush• banefdore euusndg' Nup eamll, the leodin,tmn!r -. we had a• ---good- irip, _ tde th e rounds and. are eAWN-safely laa4; with the reindeer stabled and eat- ing -like.: billy -o, getting fat :and all ready . for next year. r So,. Sarah, Conrad„ Carolyn and all the rest of . you;°-• be sure to write, early next., time and,...nntil_.,1 see you again, have a happy New, 'rear_ y Yours faithfully, • , . _.SANTA CLAUS. - New Year S Baby - First- baiby df 1958 to be born. at Alexandra Marine and 'General Hospital' Was a boy • ...George Alexander Howes. His pa'rpts' ,are Mr. and. lgrs. Colin -Howes, R.R. 3,' Goderich. The birth took ,place at 11.30 air. oh New_Year's day, The mother arrived at the hosp'itJaT - _• at 8." .an., of the same day. -Sheers -former ' er•-•Garb--Fan "- ton, of aintail. The couple will. observe -their first w.e'dding yon 'uesday, Seam- - persar 7.1 The first- baby of -the- Ne --- ear will receive free a mount - e photograph from MaoLar= en's ..Studio, Goderiek '_ At 5.2,0 p.m? on ew ;Yeareth's dgy the recon a firth. ' 'took lirce; that fa: -� a+ iza s ;Ginn, dapghter of.•. ; •. and :Mrs:: Jerry .Ginn. Third ' and last baby of the day ,arrived.at 6.30 p.m. It was a son for Mr. and Mrs, John Anderson, R.R. 1, Dungannon. O •U i " THIS WHERE fid, � ,4 r7{! J►.`F q .,�+'� • TURN OFF • GOOD ,1.Uc i f Mr. and Richard -of 'Stra W. H. Robb and' ford; were earl- 'mas day' guests sc *th Mrs, -Rol b's m the s Q . ,, �s�,. P. J. Cantelon. 11►1r. and Mrs. L. J. Westbrook spent Christmas in Toronto withth -litter's sisters, Mrs. ,JTea1 Y. Walter and Miss Isabel Young. - • YI..., Mr. and. Mrs. Walter, Westbrook and family, of Kingsville, spent 'Christmas with the former's 'par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. George West- brook. Miss Eileen O'Brien, of Guelph; it -•the Christmas vacation with her parents 'Mr. and Mrs. D. M. • , ,- .s 'B >*: ,* 5 * Mis Beatrice -Campbell, of Wood- stock, is . spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and lylrs. James `Campbell.-• Mrs. R. J. Wheelei ent-�Christ- mas in: 'London with _ her daughter, Mrs. Owen Smith,.. Mr. ' Smith._ and _Ow.eh jr. �.: Dr. and Mrs. N. Jackson, Martha and James were Christmas visitors with Mrs. Jackson's father, Mr: J. D. McArthur, c that in Guelph. h. 'Home for Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turner, were their son Ted, of the University of Western Ontario, Londono --•and their daughter, Mar- ilyn, of Toronto. :*_. 1. a,: :4 1VIr:''and Mrs:' Deightom'=Walker, Janet and friend, of, Tgronto,.,spent a few,. days last - of, at their summer home at Menesetung. Mr. and Mrs. Don Sanderson; of Toronto, spent Christmas with -the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Sanderson and Bob. Mrs. J. W. Craigia lids returned after spending Christmas in Bill falo with Mr. and' 1VIrs, James Haidi- marrd and family. • Miss Mary Curry, student at Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan, is spending the holidays with -her• parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curry. Tim Sale is home for the holi- days from Upper Canada College; Toronto, with his parents, Mr. ;and Mrs. Ned Sale. Mr; and Mts.,-Ted Plante, of -Do Mills, spent 'Christmas _with their parents, Mr. and +rs. G. Plante, and Mr. and. Mrs. McManus, Mr. and Mrs.L Y Cornpeait";'V'o' f" Tillsonburg, were Christmas visit- ers,,witli the latter'' parents, Mr., and Mrs, G. Plante. a: :s *4 * Mr. and Mrs. Llpyd-Bradley and three children, of Sebringville, were Christmas visitors with Mr; Bradley's mother, Mrs. T. • H. Bradley. ,,, Mr. and Mil=s. James -Donnelly -Michael, spent Ch ristm a s-fn with Mrs. DonnellY s father, Mr. Wiley tson and Mrs. Wat- son.' . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark, of Weston, spent Saturday ° last with' Mrs. Clark's parents, Mr. and Mr"s. Ed. T\ Irwin. s.,_.... . - Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Glover, BOO,: and Jayne, of Oakville, lie spent en tN ew'wer"'diEliihrarOafe ;: '. Mr. arid Mra. E. T. Irwin. - Miss Mary -spent C Jr. laird Mrs. t Ohristmas M • rs. G. II: o )• Graham, of Toronto,; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Scrimgeour .Mr. and Mrs. Keith Revell were, e 1: A 4. A. Graham. and Mrs. JaMes Garrick nd' gr • 1 • -with her -parents; visited uvelrthe'week=en t}i Mr:- iri Toronto for the, Christmas vaea- A. Graham. and Mrs. James Garrick nd' and- tion: gists with Mr. and daughter, , Cathy, of Windsor. .Mrsu 1 , Austin Quglex,. acCp _._ Win: , MYss Linda fir mP _ Breckenridge, St. .led- by Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Free - Joseph's Hospital, London, has .re- -man, of Chatham, spent •Christhia. turned after spending her Christ- day with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moran mas vacation_ with her -parents, Mr: at Kingsbridge. • and Mrs. Roy_ Breckenridge: -•r Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Craig` spent Miss Mary -Andrew; of :London Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. spent Chriisstmas -with her parents, Bart. -Bradley,... -and Mr, Bradley in Mr. andmos Andrew. Toronto, and also visited With' Beth naYst .. f Mr: • Miss �h, o Landon, was and Mrs. ,Joe Jackson: in Streets- with her parents,, Mr. and Mrs. ;V 6', "James `Austaay,,, for Christmas. , ' and Mrs. E. A. Wynant. and Mr. and Mrd.` -'Malcolm ' Mothers,, Keith and -Judith, 'were, Christmas, uest' -. ' iri s g - Sarnia with Mrs. 1Viathers, sister, Mrs. James Lunhey, Mr. Lunney andfafhily , 'Mr. and Mrs.'" • Roy Breckenridge• and . Linda,. were in ' Guelph for Christmas with Mrs. Breckenridge's sister rs Gord mss, •,Piston street, were Mr. and Mrs. M. 13.',McCul- lough, of Preston, -Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Tucker and baby, Janet, of Thurso„Quebec, Mr. George,geatty, pf Windsor, and Mr. W. F. Scott, of Brussels. • • • -••-Messrs. Jack Carrieron; MoKillican' and Carl Rasmussen, of Calgary, and. -Mr. and Mrs. Bill Littlejohn, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dew- ing, of Mitchell, were visitors 'over the holidays' at the home of Mr. ° son J. Scott, of Plainfield,; ,./slew qnd Mrs. Leonard Elliot• .:,- Jersey, Miss ,Shirley Young,t R,N., Mrx and Mrs. Al.,-Camero . and of Grosse Pointe Farms, ,Michigan; daughter, Caroll, of Elliott Lake, and, Miss Jeneane Young,• nurse -in - spent the Christmas holiday with training f St.' Joseph's Hospital, the latter's ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. London, sent the holiday season Leonard' Elliott, with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. :4 =k Scott Youg, Cambria road. Mr. an Mrs: Ken Young and family, of Y Kitchener, h spent the holiday season with.., Mr. nd Mrs. Frank Yoiing, Mary'street. h f - Sgt. ani Mrs. William' Merrall, of Ottawa,Miss Sandra Hillborn, o Galt, anct Miss Bernice Fuller, of Hamilton, spent the Christmas Barbara zri s a tiara spent Christmas in Water week with their parents, Mr. an . loo with Mrs, Ellis' .sister; Mrs. J. Mrs. Reg. -Fuller. . ` N. Amy, Mr: Amy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Oke and two Lynne Amy returned with them, to da>,igllteh•Sry pf SarAlia, were Christ •spend•a few -days in. Goderich: mas guests' with z`. and 'Mit.'Ira Clif ista1aS',°¢ estsiawith � Mr. and Oke, Huron road. Mrs. Frank Reid and family were `Cadet Richard Madge . of the the former's mother, Mrs. E. Reid Royal Military,- College,' Kingston, and his sister, Mrs. W, Evans, Mr,; is enjoying the Christmas- vacation Evans _and Dianne, of Brantford. at his home here. - -b MM.r`. and Mrs. Gordon 'Kerr and Miss Marie Raithby, of Toronto;- 7udith enjoyed 'Christmas -" Cli - is spending the Christmas vacation ton withMrs:--Kerr's 'father, Mr. J: with her parents, Mr Mand_ Mrs. Earl H. Bruns -den, and sister, Mrs: -Clay- Raithby. Recent guests with them ton ;,Dixon, :'V1r. Dixon and family. were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Raithby. v. :H . _� =k and Tommy, of Collitrgwood. 'Mr. Don IV1eBride, of the Royal Mrs. Reuben Besse and Miss Military College, Kingston, is Helen Besse, -of Wallaceburg,'re- spending the holidays with his par- newed acquaintances in town -on ents, ,Mr,„ and Mrs: Cecil McBride. their way to Stay.ner where they 'Mr, and Mrs. Wm. B. Moore and,.: spent the Christmas holiday. family enjoyed_ Christmas „with Mr. and Mrs:•• Frank Bowra and Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs family` spent Christmas with Mr, Harvey Hunking, Hullett Township. and Mrs. Guy H. Moore, at ;5tra ,Mrs. H. L. Salkeld has returned ford:___Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Moore �' �, Windsor. where she spent' and .family, of --Zurich, also spent Christ as -holidays with her daugh- Christrhas day with his, parents. ter, Mrs. Wm. Currey and family Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Dixon, Cam- and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Salkeld. eron . s'tr'eet;°"enjoyed the 'holiday Mr. and Mrs. Don Bissett and with their daughter, Mrs, Sidney children, Wayne and Patsy, moved Chappel, ahid;„-,Mr. Chappel, - of to Guelph do Friday where Don Paisley. �” has been employed for some time. - Miss Olive Goldthorpe, of Tor- Jimmy Jackson, of Chicag , is a • onto, was a Christmas guest with Christmas visitor with his p rents, 'her sister, Mrs, W. G. MacEwan. Dr. and Mrs. N. C. Jackson -", Holiday visitors at ,the home of Mr. Jinl_Clark, of. Toronto; spent Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gardiner and Christmas with his parer", Mr. family were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Tait Clark. Irving, Toronto;" Mist Elizabeth Mr. Robert Volland of the. teach - :Odium, _�Qdluro, viChitb' ; ..lvt�.•-.a •-iUirs:-•Roy..-•i,ng�-s�taff. at Aylrner,...".�risi't•ed ills" Beacom and'family, Chatham; Mr. parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Volland; and Mrs. P. R. Gardiner and family Cambria Road,, over the holidays. ;pd Mr, Robinson Gardiner, Mount Visiting during. Christmas holi- x orest. days with Mr nand Mrs. J. W. New - Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Mason combe Were '•; Mr. anti .Mr . Walt " and son, Paul, whe have been Newcombe and family, ' Clint° , guests with the lad sMrs. rs, Mr. mother, and Mrs. R esN' W. G. ,MacEwen, returned today family, -of Minnea dlis, -and a d to their home.at Omaha, Nebraska. q, Mr' and xs, William atnp•. N we e oxt►b i►�air (1, d_ ald� tonc�h �'_-..�.�x...�..�pxi °use--� n . and family, of .Guelph, were Christ- aiiMr. an ':Mrs• Ro + Erin on an mas visitors with Tr. Stonehouse's two daughteit, 'of Ottawa, were. •mother, Mrs, M. H. Martin, Mit n, �1•gi`IT, Christmas guests wills,•«�;"AA�riid Mr's/ avenue. • . ' Albert. McCliftchey and Mrs. A: Recent guests with- Mrs. M. 11. Errington, Colborne Township. Martin were her sister, Mrs. ' Bert Home '• for Christmas with their Taylor, •��,,,, or and Mr. Taylor, of Aubi r i n, r n Mr,' a is Mr. . a_ and Mrs. R. R C.Hays andson;' oc� •Robert, enjoyed til Cstaler vG��� their •son 13ob e, Christmas of the Universit ;of `Toronto and holiday in New York City. --• their daughter, utli, of Brantford. - Mr. W. W. Bradley, of Stratford; wa�"t the winner € o a BeautyCoun.; u, sellor Band Box at a draw made by the Beta Sigma Phi on Decem- ber 20. . Miss Helen -Cooper, of Toronto, is a guest with her mother, Mrs...A J. Cooper, and Miss Evelyn Cooper during the iChristinas vacation. Other Christmas guests were Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Jenkins and family, or Sunderland, annd Mr; and Mrs: H. E. Cottrill and familyi-.-of Port Elgin. Waverley Nelson,. who has been stationed at Dawson--Cre 'Bd., for nearly -two years, - telephoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen4Ne1- son, of Goderich, on Christmas day. He sent along greetings to all his hriends here. .. -Mr. and Mrs. Phi`, Sturdy; an family, of Thorold, spent . the holi- day with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sturdy, Godericl ;l'ownslaip, and Mrs. Annie Moran. • Mr. and Mrs: Cy Proctor, of Tor- onto, were visitors in town for Christ as. •-- Reee t guests ,with *Mrs. Bent Allen,Victoria street, were: _Allan McCormick and Mrs. Cassius. Mc- Cormick;,of Mu cie, Indiana; Archi- ba}d •I Tinto; Mr. rte and Mrs, olp ' Trope; of Stratford;, Allah b . a Chatham, �►'e, f m, and Miss Marion, Trow!, of Montreal. Christmas i Nests- with -Mr. and -:errs. Ray .lr e -were Mrs. and Mrs. Gordon' George and Ella, of London;. Mr, and Mrs. Bill Tigert and family, and Mr. John Tigert, all of Port bert. M.. :: Mr. R,ob � t �I�ays, Who is in his • -inial year .Pf law at Dalhousi5 Uni- versity,: H.i ifax, N.S., spent Christ- mas boli • : ys here with his par- ents, Mr. ;: nd Mrs. R. C. H ys. Mr. an' . Mrs. Frank Bea of y their �,X't5n"tn, eiit"�ChiLisima�s with {;Meir daughter; Mrs.'Ilan MacDonald and; Mr. MacDo ',al . - ti Spend nChristmas with .s their mother,; Mrs. ,George Atkey, and sister;' Mrs. R. W Hughes, Dr. Hughes 'and family, were Mr. J. M. Atkey, Mrs. Atkey and family, of Cooks. ille . ,anti Mr.Richmond .... ,ichmond tkey a � �r y �: ,0 . ;��, r�:. key_:��?ri?,r•= V' j(r • 1. er� W o ger, of Garnp Chilli ' aek, B.C.: was home fpr,, the ho id ys with.his parents, Mr, and Mrs. bward Fowler. Miss .Marilyn Loire and Mr. and . Mrs. Bud' Gerow and Jimmy, of London, were • Cls stinas guests With Mr, and ,M rs . ha s , L ot�v-•'�, e:.M s. tCaAt.� foixn�rcl�ers g ite.c. nit Christ aq.wih her'daughter' Mrs. Ginn and farrtflyh crier • Mr Richard Donnelly, of North Bay, pent Christmas with his par- ents, nts r,.a M d Mrs, Frank Donnelly. n11. M .:Fre Moss, y as of Sarnia is hot i days with his parents, i'tr 'arid ' Moss /as s r e • Mrs John M , E t reet., /N a . M , on dfatt Mr. Watt and family: ' Miss ylvfa, Chisholm, of • St. Joseph's`' School of Nursing, Lon- don,spent the Christmas vacation' with. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Chisholm. Mr, -and -Mrs. George Ellis and Pipers Entertain At:County 1{�me.. a-- Representatives of Goderich Oc- togenarian' Club and the Kinsmen Club recently made special Christ- mastime visits to the County Home, Clinton, and Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich. AtC.li .on,s candy. and orang passed out to all the resi- dents of the horde -and --a•• special program was presented `for their entertainment: The - -pr ra 'wa as� featured by the �.appearance of Goderich Pipe Band.. ; Tony Etue played the violin and little Joe MacDonald played the- pipes. William Wilson,.. chairman .of the Octogenarian-CI�ub, acted as master of ceremonies. Others who assist- ed...were;..I3. •J. ePat) Patterson and' Bert Worsell. , anta: Claus n Day -Before Christmas It- was ex-tre rne1 cold $ at _extremely Mb`os e -the line, Ja7in Pinder, 44 Inoto>ia Factory near the shores of James Bay the day -before. Christmas. But Elijah Menarik r' J a k d a an .im 1 h portant message he wanted to send trough from that far Northern Ontario centre to Goderich, regardless.. of the weather. To- send this message he had• to travel by dog team a distance of some four miles to Moosonee, whe ' the nearest telephone -was locate ed. \By the time' he reached there_ :he was biting cold.' Into a telephone booth he hastened after his arrival and excitedly'' tried to Place his -long distance' telephone call td Goderich. Ili '"hands were so cold he could not properly hsndle.,the .silvery coins required to put in'•the pay slot of the phone booth. The long distance operator suggested that matters co simplified if. ie ---reversed • the' charges: 0'he party at the Goderich end'4t the lime overheard this suggesfidn -and cut in to say he would accept the charges for the call. *hen edhtact -was finally ,made, Elijah Menarik enthusiastically announc- ed over the phone that -his wife, the former Grace Pinder, of Gode- rich, had that akernoon given birth to a bouncing abrdaughter: --On- the phone at- the Goderich end of street, heard the joyful news that he had just become a grandfather The • former er Grace Pinder der ofGoti ' ericli was a' nurse• --at the goy-- ernment hospital at Moose Fa'etory• for. some years before her "mar , riage. Her husband was on CBO - TV -.last Saturday night 'and was undoubtedly seen by _Many people in this area, Ie played the role Of -Santa Claus on the King Whyte • TV show. .The scene in which Elijah Menarik appeared at Moose Factory were photographed some • time previously- for . reprodifctioa on CBC•Tl'V; J They .showed Banta Claus arriving at the hospital at Moose ,Factory and distributing gifts. o the I� dian and' Eskimo ' children in r�}} til _ oa' til �� th King Whyte, in' appeals, ove - r�• had collected, considerable money e purpose of buying _Christ- ' mas presents for children' in- ' the far north. These were flown,. in ,m in time for distr Christmas. .. And E husband of the fo_ . girl, happily; played Santa Claus, 'in=traditi_ for handing out of th bution before �ijah Menarik, er Goderich the, 'Part of Ira costume, gifts. Ile was• seen arriving, not by sled and reindeer, but "by the customary • transportation in the James Bay area—a sled draw ---• v r1e'a rn of - flogs. Winners ,Of thristmas Sh�pping Draws, At •' Local Storei �r A umber of Goderich mer. chant -held -draws in. coiinec- tion with • Christmas 'shopping,- List -of `-ri'rriicefpai; "ber"�ot. Miss. Eileen O'Brien, 202 St: : D avid - s street, eet won the ,lee- M e tric blanket at Breckenridge Hardware while d Marchant, 507 ' Seventh Ave ue ' 'Owen Sound, won the bathroom scales. At . Cul ert'�s . Bakery, Mrs. o rr e p. rl y .n a - : a p` i efi mates m cawhileke the candy house was won• by ' Cherita McKnight, daughter_of Mr., and Mrs. Roy_MeKniglht. The, set of xuggage at the store of P. E. Hr'lhbert.and Stn was 'won by Mrs, R. C.. Hays, /��p G(� y 9 a✓ .' �ry��y�,yYpp///► TI;ie o l+'16 i V1664; h+�, rs elirl toy at the reek s'ait•.. ino •� at od9y r'ieh,, was' tthe,, win er • of. R , x. watt at Filsinger's Jewelry and Gifts. , Oimandy's-Jewellery gave ,a•. ey every day":frei -' �' Friday'; Decereber 6t a totall - of 16 turkeys. The lr.of the. winners` each day appeared -3n' a previous little of te Signal-'. - Star end the rest of the win - iters appear elsewhere in this .° issue of the Signal -Star. (Merchants report that the lu o Yme of Christmas t as ho a ppi n g iR7..—'.wLelli�,I y1 y,y , ii+'.�'�Ju-.�..��d+-Y.i�. ::.��i�, f.:Y.}v:1��? lT.......:,J.vr•..T''v:.l.d.J.,...�T Some were aheadoflast year and some from five to ten per cent down from last year. Gen- erally speaking, the total vol- ume might have .been a little down, but very little. There a$ �+' a riot seeable tieiri o earn�'.sh,o testate than h'a boors the custom in' previous years, easing t a pressure of lest .«;minute alpping in the; stores.