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—HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Established 1848. In its 111th year of publication.
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Over 3,000—Largest circulation of any, newspaper publistt ed In Huron Courltp---Over
WAsmber of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of Ontario Weekly
Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation
GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor find Publisher. '
'Considerable is beijtg said about soft spot,
in the e.eononny- of both the United States and
Canada. Now it would apIa ar that the menu=
facture of paper boards and paper products
threatens to cause a sore spot in Canada.
Production of the aforontent.ioued .pro -
duets in the', 'United States has so expanded,
it now greatly exceeds the domestic -demands
for them. American nlanufal'turers are taking
advantage of a provision '111 the General- Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade to unload their
surpluses in Canada.
YOU HAVE TO
of :\leafurd's best knuw•u lnereliarlts,
lIer'hert IZoNvs, celebrated 11:' 1''ot•ticth Anniver-
sary olio Saturday roe, ntly. "1Ierh," a, he k
k11011'rl 10 110111Y peoplr' throughout 1lie pI'UviI11•t'
Ind tel• adjoining ";t;ttes, i, 11 one man public
relations council for this area.
111t!l y ;t weeli passes, but whist ler. I:uwS
errs 1 xi ra pape,i\'ti t7V4s4'1141 out to people, \\ )10111
heY tlliltk, should 101uw' what. isgoing on in
this; l;u,v town. .As it result he is known. as
he "Arnha:sittier Exttilul'd nary" fur _lleal'urd.
in addition to publicising the town ''Herb.'
look after the Nish I)orby and }tits a wall file
to prove the effe,'tiverress of leis wcvrk. IIe
works also on the volunteer fire hriiade and
's generally one of tile first dttwll to the Hall
PAYS TO BE
'The coming • el natural gas Pipe - lint's
throughout the 1.011ntIV 1S imevitahle.
Industry at t;oderieh wants it. Other ir1-
;instry aloimir the lite will be able to'make
of it.. .Ye,idenees will he able to use' it if th-y
want. it.
• The main• draw -stack to the (1)111ing of -111e4
pipelines, seems to he the mess they slake of
the roads, the field;. and the areas through
which they pass. We have a ,prime example
of this •in the .short line .from Hayfield' to Sta-
.
tion C'lintoh.
The ('ranadiau manufacturer a paper
hoards {user paperboard products lids managed
to keep his production in line wi'thAt ie Gtenad-
ian demand. But •it v1-141 be impossible for him
to rllairitaiu full employment in his industry
if American producers are allowed to shin
their surplus Production to Canada.
- It would be ironical eonllnentan'y 0p our
trade policies if we permitted imports froth.
U.S.A. to drive such a distinctively Canadian
industry tp the wall. Now we know- how the
Scots felt when Japan began exporting
TELL TO SELL
;end on the truck.
On taturday Herb wanted a lot of people
'u 11;, butcher shop so he advertised beef at.
111 • seine price he sold it 40 years ago -2 lbs.
1' fill ee11tSe ht'tween }) and 10 a.m.
••'l'ht' people sure took to the deal," said
11eri,. ''cunei Wanted to jump the game by
iderine over tilt phone but were,old to c'ulne
;11,1 •jein the ling' -up." They proved -they knew
real viduo by Tieing 111, in t he allotted time ,
and kept Herb tutting and Mrs. Rows busy
wrapping.
Tile _lmniversary S_peeial is only one of the
11.;111\- publicity stunts pulled by Ilcrb through
the ,Tar, to plrove,,that people will buy if you
have :what thee want at the right price.
:\l1,< -►101)1 Express.
WATCHFUL
1t will he rlecessat•y for farmers, and
townspeople alike. when they are asked to-isign
right -elf -way across their lance that they I•cad
the fine pr'illt, and slake use., of the rights
r
-w•his h"- are theirs., Law's are in existence to
1001 vet the property owner.. But they will
011l\ he of use if • the property owner knows
.
about theta and acts aceordre
ngly.
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We are not trying. to,11ggest that the gas
e1>►upaniesr wilfully ).ower• 'the -value of pro-
perty. 131'it, it seems that where the pipeline's
are• --=laid, there is a-eonsideralire lowering of
pr)(1 e tl ,value;.—('1intoll Views -Record.
_ 45 Years Ago •
B.ice,Knight Ltd., of Toronto,
manufacturers of lighting aid elee-
tri;cal fixtures, were interested in
building a factory and moulding
shop at Goderich. Head. of the
company was H. W. Knight, a
former Qoderich boy. It 'was re-
poirted that -ratepayers would be
asked to vote on a 10 -year fi..ged
assessment of $10,000 for the firm.
The American Road Machine Co.
reported a good year's business
in 1012. The firm employed 30
persons, exclusive of the office
staff. Products included stone
crushers, elevators and screens,
portable stone bins, road graders,
streetsweepers, sprinkling wagons,
dump wago s and horse rollers.
There w considerable activity
at the ha bor during the winter.
Mr. Marl n.. -had a staff of men
at work in the 'shipbuilding yards.
Wiartgn triumphed over Gode-
rich in a home -and -home OHA in
termediate hockey - series. The
Goderich line-up was' as follows:
goal, D. McIver; point, F. McGaw;
coveroeint. 13. Belcher. 'raver,_ R. -
McDonald; centre, J. Wiggins;
left, D. McDonald; right, A. Mc-
Iver.
T. Swarts' bus team ran away
from the GTR station down East
street and strucks,. John Durst's
buggy. Mr. Durst and G. M. Elliott
were thrown out of the buggy but
were not hurt.
25 Years Ago
Capping a four-day storm, dur-
ing which a foot of snow fell, the
mercury dropped to six below
zero at Goderich. Country roads
were impassable for- cars, and the
highways were in poor shape.
At the Knox Presbyterian
Church annual sleeting, it was
announced that the minister, Rev.
D. J. Lane, had voluntarily "offer-
ed tp accept a reduction of 10
percent, or $250, in his stipend.
J. W. Fraser was elected chair-
man of Goderich Collegiate Insti-
tute Board for 1933. It was noted
at" the meeting that the board had
made a five percent reduction in
teachers' salaries. This, combined
with the hiring of,..two new teach-
ers at reduced salaries, had re-
sulted in a saving of $2,000:
Mrs. James Donaldson, sr.; spent
her 98th birthday quietly at .the
home of 'her son, James, on North
street.
A. D. McLean was, named chair 1 -
man of Goderich Board, of Health
for 1933?
.15 Years Ago
Ice was unusually heavy at Salt,
ford and reached to within six
feet of the bridge. During a par -
till 'flood, a few weeks earlier, 34
young pigs,, owned-.by►wrence
Harrison, were rescued from the
water and placed in a barn loft.
The picturesque water -Wheel' in
front of Karry .MeCreatirs log
cabin; "Time," was carried away,
as were fences on - the Treble,
Bicknell and. Schultz •properties.
"In Gay Havana," an operetta
directed by Miss Madeleine Zane,
was presented by, GOl students.
The cast included Douglas Holland,
Marjorie Gillespie,- Eileen Astels,,
Bill MacDonald, Irma Thomas,
Eleanor Johnston, Gail Saunders,
Robert Bisset, Cayley Hill, Mar-
jorie Hays, Avice Warrener and
Elcameo re_ MacEwan. Vivian
@raugban was pianist and Ross
Bowra was convener of costumes.
Local Red - toss headquarters
reported that e -it -. had received
$3,000 of the $8,000 which was the
objective for Goderich. The. can).-
paign was continuing.
Eiight Tiger -Moths being flown
solo by students from Sky Harbor
ran into a blizzard and had some
difficulty in making their base, but
all returned safely,
The uncomfortable benches pro-
vided for observers at Town-Coun-
cil
ownCoun-
cil meetings were replaced with in-
dividual chairs. No tears were
shed over the departure of the
old benches.
10 Years Ago
At a special meeting of Gpderich
Public School Board, teachers were
granted a salary increase of $100
per year retroactive to January 1, i
1948. The 'teachers were srhe-l..
duled to receive a further increase _ I
of $100 the nexf September I
Joe Kelly, of New York City,
returned to Goderich to purchase
the Wilson Taxi Service. Robert
Wilson planned to move to Halifax,
N.S.
The Signal -Star received an in-
teresting letter from Gordon
Wong, who had returned to China
after operating a cafe in Goderich
for some years. Mr. Wong was
now living In Canton.
'Mrs. D. J. Patterson was chosen
president of the newly organized
Goderich Kinette :Club.
-General Motors Products of Can-
ada Ltd, announced" the appoint-
ment of Samis Motor Sales, Gode-
rich, as dealer for Pontiac and
Buick cars and GMC trucks. -The
dealership was operated by Finlay
M. Samis, who had been in busi-
ness in Huron County for 18 years.
Canadian university students
spent an average of $1,215 in fees,,
living and other expenses during
the 1956-1957 college year. '
A "buffer.' against a depression was sug-
gested as one of .the reasons why GI)l'I teach-
ers sought salary incre• ses at the Board meet-
inglast week. "1:---af -depre sion Nunes and
the teachers' salaries 'are Cut ten per cent or,
'so, the drop, won't hurt them so much," one
Board member was quoted as saying.
Deference to old newspaper 'files - reveal
that - sugp;estions were made during the last
depression that teachers' salaries he redueed.
Baek in January, 1933—just 25 years ago—
The Goderich Star carried an accounts of. the
January session of Huron County Conned. In
his inaugural -address, the then Warden. Bal-
lantyne said. the 1110110 of the 1933 council
would he "economy v\-ith efficienev," Among
the eeonoiny 'pleasures was the adoption of a
committee report • which recommended • that
sehool boards put into effect-redneed t(10Ileiti'
"Why does, the paper always have since
a long aryl good account of s11(•h-and-such an
organization's meeting, ;vet the aeootults of our
organization's meetings are so poor 111- '((10-
parison 1 ,
Have you eve% heard one lady talking to
another on 'tllat'sub•ject?
Yet the answor is so simple and so trot'.
-The publicity any particular organization gets
`,n the lu(al paper is invariably' in-(I.irec•t pro-
portion to the capabilities and, more particu-
lafr]y, to the work- delle .by a ••pr•rtrs secretary
in writing up a good aecount of a meeting and
getting it in to the local newspaperr EAR1,Y.
officers for the coming year the r atter of.. tt
press secretary is given little- thou►rht or at-
tention.
t-tention. So frequently, it is a -sor't of alter
thought. Is it any wonder, them, that that
organisation gets publicity in the ,ante vete;
gory ,
A weekly newspaper is simply not staffed
to get the aec•onilts of all ipeet rote~ of all or-
' ganization,. It .M1' 4'I' I)Eltl:NiJ on press sec-
retaries appointed by these organizations. IIo-C'v'
many good stories certain-orgar)ization 'get
into- the paper will del -wail ai►5)l utely- on 1 he
press secretaries,. People in organiz4tion.s win)
.tmmplpin th.eie or auization ,is not getting a5
much publicity • as it siniuld', ought to do 5ome-
thing 'about i't---like seeing to it that a RES-
PON1II3LE press secretary is appointed and
every eo-operation given to that press secretary
in the way of providing informa't'ion for her.
Tbe. press secretary of your organ r~kation will
"'devote 'more attention to helpful publicity-
YOIT take the trouble to show enough-iTiterest
in helping her to ti reasonatble extent. Don't
-always blame the press secretary whom yon
., have named as a sort of after thoug'lit. Blame
:",... ;.;Citi'Sef til 'th ther--members Rn -f -'y =r°•o'r•'—
--ganisation,for hot giving enough attention to
the proper filling .o,£.„this post which is o£ more
va1.0 ;to - tit 'brgart 1atioi•c than you might” be
a'ti llifl,rzd to think it is.
'Ou° i errs v .... r. y �spaper is -atom
'to publish reports of the ;aetivities of
tt�ity organigatIons that do. 'so nineh for the
.40antenlOkit U;f rite• eomrrnittity. I'Iorv"bver,
tlor'e.... tr'e' , .1/411tPe1 of .,rules that should be
foli wet y then 11> t trcltr that the stories. ,.
salaries on the following basis: salaries under
$1,000 to be reduced five per tent,. salaries
under $2,000 reduced ten per cent and salaries
over $"2,000- reduced 20 per cent.
The County ('ciitieil recomr ende o the.
various high school hoards of t ecounty that
"the maximum salary to he paid to the prin-
cipals he not over $2,000 per annum owing to
Hie continued depression with a view to re-
lieving 1111• taxpayers and having the teaching
profession assume their shire of the existing
financial 5t r•ingeney,"
• At that •t.ime, the salaries paid to the staff
of (;l)('I w -'re pltidished as follows: "Principal,
$2.3 i0 (1►lu; $100 as .secretary of the Board);
A. M. Robertson, $2,300; D. I. hill, $2,300;
Miss Powell, $2,300; Miss Campbell, $2,200;
Miss Me\aughton, $2,000; Miss Dale, $1,7:0;
1Tixs Parkes, *1,700-: Miss Ackerman., $1,700.
might iscq aeveptablc fur publication:
First 00(1 meat .important is that reports
11(011 t•he newspaper oice as 50011 115 possible
af1,1 the event has occurred—not a week or
1 wo later because .1h.e .press soereta'ry was so
1111s1- at home she' 5imp11 didn't have time to
flet the story in.
Press secretaries 511ou1d confine their re-
perts to the :essentially important things that
took plaee at their_ groups' meetings. If a
special speaker was present, what did lie say?
1lis ,remarks can usually he summarized in a
few -terse-• sentences. That has definite news
Value; So have decisions reached in the busi-
ness diSeltssionS. On the other hand., --the fact
wan ,kl=''__ i"eca'.. rase .7.01"---'-; .-•-n i 1, 0-4 -0
previous greeting and that ]uncle was served
i, not of great importance to the general
reader. Don't try to sneak in what iti actually
advertising as supposed news. After al], the
newspaper has its columns for advertising and
a newspaper can't operate entirely on free air.
Make sure that proper naines, especially less
common surnames, are (dearly written—even
printed out in block letters. Nothing irks a
reader So 11111011 as to -see his or her name mis-
Speiled,'hnt"when it is a name unfamiliar to
the editot and 'i difficult to deeipher clue to
hurried penmanship, this often happens mu -eh
to 'our regret a,rt114 to the organization's vexa-
'tion. -
Although some press secretaries -might
think differently, we see no need for the nam-
ing of ,hymn after'"hymn sung at meetings.
One good rule for press secretaries to fol-
low is 'to -reals- :the accounts of gteetings,.of
oiganizatrons oth '' €hari their own. See the
nmnber of nnneeessary oee news-laeking re-
mrrrks that are made. Then, keep these in
mind rand aiioid using them in your own ae-
coiiut,. • What might appear to: he of tremen-
1 atwi fpni i Firffr'fhrli; .ei girgi y a OUP
organization,, is of little or no interest- 'to the
vast tnkilitit • of the readers of that newspaper.
Sometirnes'ktrfraried in the editing of press
secretaries' accounts, the editor ---in a hurry-
things g 'by flint- should ntof user woutld no
,('if ire had more_ time to edit it.} get into print.
Press Seretaries are much appreciated
by newspupeA htit`they can get more publicity
for their organizations 1)y using better jn'dg-
mfent in milting their copy;
A .HOUSE- 1S ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS FOUIND lON
Letter- to Editor
Ottawa 4, Ontario,
'January 31st, 1958.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Dear Sir:
With.the experience of the 1957
Christmas mailing season so re-
cently behind us, reports to head-
quarters from postmaster ",in all
parts of Canattaeare" nla1.1ETg clear
that once again the'Canadian Post- �
al Service has had the• ,r;anerou•3
support of the public 111 1S task
of handling -the extrc►nely1 heavy
volume of mail that 15 normal to
that period of the . year. -
These reports indicane particul-
arly that the response to the De-
partment's Mai1.: Early" 'campaign
exceeded all previous records,
which,. together with the fortunate
circumstanceof good weather over
the greater part of Canade, made
possible an exceedingly successful
mail handling effort by the postal
staffs.
Through pictures i1.1 the news-
papers and other means ,many
postal patrons were -given glimpses
of Wliat the downpour of Christmas
mail ,can mean in any post office,
and realization of the immensity
of the -task is made perhaps even,
greater when it is known that in
the three weeks prior' to Christmas,
Day almost 300,000,000 Christsn-is
cards and parcels are normally re-
ceived in Canadian post offices for
treatment, over and above' the
regular flow of mail.
The fact that through :mailing
early this extra load is spread over
a greater number of days stakes
possible the best and most econ-
omical use of temporary staffs and
space and the delivery of well
prepared - and correctly addressed
mail in good time for the -holiday.
Needless to- say, postal' staffs
.everywhere in the country greatly
appreciated the assistance received
from the public, and also from the
newspapers in publicizing the
many ways in which this co-opera-
tion could- -best be given'.
May I add my own thanks and
that of all Post Office department
personnel, with best wishes to all
for the year 1958.
Yours sincerely,
G. A. BOYLE,
Deputy Postmaster General.
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From November, 1956, to' Nov-
-' [nber, 1957, Canada's general
wholesale price index declined by
L1 per cent, ^the price. index of 30
ilildustrial materials declined by
per_ cent,,_average, per_- capita
weekly earnings in' industry rote
by 3.9 per Gent, and the consumer
price index rose by 2.5 per cent.
KNEW -CRASH VICTIMS
Mr. 8, Carter, of Ottawa, is tem-
porarily relieving William Tipple
at Imperial Oil here while the
latter is en sick, leave. C ouecillor
Tipple is expected to resume work
on Monday. The rash of the
British Airliner at ,Munich, Ger-
Inca ny,
er-
I n'any, last Thursday in which
seven. players of the Manchester
United Soccer Club_were killed was
of particular interest to -Mr.. Carter.
He knew many of the players per-
sonally and his father is a director
of the Manchester United Soccer
Club.
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Carnival, derived from the Latin
"carne vale," means "Farewell
meat."
Photo: research test to dettern:irm the work capacrly of peOpiie with
impaired hearts.
Many people are making good recoveries from 'severe
heart .attacks. New advances in medical science and
surgery are saving their lives. However, many more lives
may be saved if, through research, the causes of heart
disease can be determined.
Research of this nature is a long range project. It
requires highly trained workers and the most modern
equipment. These cost money.
Last year, with timely financial assistance -from the
Life Insurance Companies, the National Heart Founda-
tionof Canada began to correlate and step up the tempo
of research into the causes of •heart disease.
This is just one of many weys in which' the Life
Insurance Companies in Canada are encouraging
.medical research thi t will help Canadians live longer
and more happily. _
THE LIEF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA
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we're smart .. r
we're having it
done in the winter
Wise hquseholders, like wise businessmen, know
it pays to get those jabs of renovation, decoration,
repair and maintenance done during the winter
slowdown in the building industry.
Small jobs can get better attention and can be ,
more economical. ,
Home Improvements Can be Financed
Home Imp*oveMeht Loans under the National
Housing Act, available through your bank. --�
Why wait for urine'? Do it now
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r issued by authority of
Tule Minister of Labour, Coned*
The symbol of protection
The answer to "Prepaid"
, hospital care—
Tried and approved by FAMILIES throughout,Ontario,
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