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' 'HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
, Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited
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Established 1848. In its 111th year of publication. z
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Out -of -Town RepreSentatise; C.W.N.A, 23'? Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Toro
Over 3,000 --Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County—Over 3,000
'1/4:ellember of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Member of Ontario Weekly Newspapers
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GEO, L, ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
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THURSDAY, I1EB. 20th, 1958
DEAR RETIREMENT
Inflation has already made refinement a
costly luxtiry for many people. Bow costly
is evident froni a recent article in IT.S. News
& World Report showing how much a man
needed to r provide a retirement income of
$5;000 in 1925, and how much -he would have-,
to -save to have the same real purchasing power
today after faxes and after allowing for the
toll of inflation.
In 1925 the man contemplating retirement
could look forward to a retirement income of_
$5-000- annum if he had ,accumulated $91,410
and had it, invested half in boud5 and half in
common. stock. Today, to enjoy not the same
dollar income, hitt the same real purchasing
power on retirement, he would have to. have
saved $215,610.
_11oW to save this much money after taxes
and inflation have taken a crack at the pocket-
book is a poser of major proportions for any-
one, either in Canada or the TLS.
..- When inflation gets out of hand it is en-
tirely passible to be miserably poor on a -mil-
lionaire's income.
SHE, SHIS, SHIM
Itecent immigrant, from • non-English
speaking countries vill appreciate this verse,
taken from Canadian NVeelcly Editor. It 's
entitled: "'rhe (been's
We'll begin with box, the 11111ral IS boXt.a,
t Ile Ural uI OX -1, Oxen, riot oxes,
One fowl is'of "zoose, but t \vo ari;
Vet the plural of mouse i„.11('Ver !11•`eat'
YOu may find a lon., mouse, or a whole 11,•st
Rut the plural of Louse is houses, 114,1
If the 1,1 Ural- 'Of Malt isal \\rays; men,
Why shouldn't the- plural of pan lvt dp.•ti!
-If I speak of a
if 1 give you
ealled 'beet?
and vott'slioi,v the two reel,
a 1)001, W011 Id a pall' be
THE GODERICH, SIGNALSTAR
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45 Year. Ago Pryde, Progressive Conservative, a
_ 668-vte naajority over Benson
Statistics pertaining to grain I Tuckey, Liberal, u a by-election
shipped from theLakeheadahowed held tO 611 the vacancy created by
that IGoderich stood first in re- the death of Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor.
celPts. of daxsed, third in. oats, Alterations and new furnishingE
and fifth in 4ross, receipts. -The for the Leginn Hill on Kingston
only ports which reported higher street cost
The Huron County brancliof the $3,906.17.
gross receipts than Goderich were
- At Dungannon, Mary &Tab .was
Kingston, Montreal, Port Colborne elected president of the Junior
and Tiffin' (near Midland). Institute and Ross Eedy headed
Dominion Alliance was considethe Junior Farmers.ring Almost 50 men were engaged in
the advisability of introducing the
Canada Temperance Act. This law breaking up the ice in the harbor
here, preparatory to moving th
was in force in New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia and had just been vessels from their winter berths
adopted in ,Manitoujin. for unloading. o e
A. Tpbbutt had again taken over
ments and planned to open his
the agency for Deering farm imple- Letter to Editor
warehouse on Hamilton street on
March 1.
The sounding of the harbor
qucler the direction of V. M. Editor, SignalStar.
Roberts revealed a depth of 17 Dear Sir:
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• , Goderich, Ont.,
Feb. 17, 1958.
to 22 feet of water.
There was a fall of rai, ac- I could not help noticing that
companied by' thunder and lightn- two of the news items in last
ing, in the Goderich districton weeks igsue wero rather eontraclic-
February 20.
. 1 tory. Side by side on the front
25- YearAgo 1page were stories about the unem
u
ployment situation and the federal
Coderich Sailors chalked up , election activities, and what did
their tenth straight victory of the A( in in the latter article ---that
1f -one is 0 toth, and a whole set aro teth, season when tney defeated Clinton ont of a total of 28 Goderich
2-1 in overtime at the NVest street enumeratoi•s only six of them were
rink. 'rhe Goderich line-up ni-
men! IN'Ity should t his be when
eluded: goal, 1)oak; cleft,nce, Wark
so many local men are in need of
and Stoddart; centre, •Aleliay; . \010
i Surely this job could have
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v itis, Aicponald alai E. ilotan:on; bent clone by some of them. It
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WHY NOT A ELECTION AT THIS •TME?
_A digest a olit,ri,d upininii, 05 so far hour to (.2.he ) to tpolls to east his lqdlt-,Ind,
it 11 ettoin_!:10 ?lankly polling booths up even
itt thtritral distrits, the incon‘njetice ot,,,
date should not be too great a deterrent.
is something else again.
There is littlo doubt that ..11e candidates and
thoso who work on theh
ir clurlf Will 'H1(.01111101.
.konte' handicaps _during a late winter contest.
•Attendiince at plibric !Heel May stiffl* bit
T11 recent year.; tliese' liaVe "become
less- and less pppular.. Canes didatof all part -
ie are (•onting to rely mot•e and more On HIP
preSS, l'adlO and 1 ele ViSIOn to present their
aruments.
Our ollui vie se. :1N, that the need for a strong',
stable government, rt,2;ardless of Avhieli party
may compose it, is -of vastly -more importance
to ('anada than the cn
onveniece of candidates
and their campaigners,. Tet the people niake
their choice and the government they select
get on with its job of governing—Port Elgin
txpre:scd in the press, slums 11 hp,ji,:,iy
in favor of holdFe
holding a deral eleyn tioat this
tinie. The existing situation, in vh.tra
ority- government finds difficulty in implem-
..Priting is, eited a.•; the (.11itly reasoil
whflt elt‘ctors should be given the earliest
.opportunity to decide which party shall rule,
'• strong minprity,.however, protests the
action of the Diefenbaker'government in clis-
solving Parliament. The uturrent unemploy-
. *meat situation, this group claims, is Aufficiently
se.rions wa,rratit the House of Commons.. con-
tinuing insession. The inconvenience of cani2
paigning so early in the yliar is given as a
secondary objection.
So far as the latter protest, is concerned, it
should be remembered that the actua) voting
date .is March '31st, a day on which favorable
- weather may reasonably be expected.' After
all, it proba ly takes a citizen only half an
• .ANNIVERSARY
Goderich has reason to hethankful for the
men and wOnfen who organize ani direet the
activitieS of such tine groups as the Boy Scout,
the Girl Guides, the Cubs and the Brownies.
They are- dOing° a most worthwhile service to
the community and are proving a sthiree of
inspiration to the Youngsters who belong to
these .organizations.
The presence of sufdi enthusiastic . groups
in Goderieh will be brought to mind when the
Scouts, Cubs, Brownties, Guides and their lead-
rs at6na their own cLurehes in 'uniform on
Sunday. The occasion will he the 101st anni-
versary sq the birth of Mk -no -under of Scouting,
the late liord Raden-POwell, and the 51st -an-
-niversary of Scouting in Canada. On Friday -
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eening, the second annual Father and Son
banquet of the second troop of Goderich Scouts
and ;Cobs will be held at the Legiml
. You will s*ItO -prouder group of dads and
their lads than this gathering will bring to -
ether.
Chief Epeutive Clommissioner of Seoul ing
-in Canada, P. Finlay, says he is not worried
- over .apparent. • pre -occupation of youth with
fo.
OF SCOUTING
juke -box musi(', .1),(1 Movies, ruck 'n* roll st ars,
hot -rod racing and';other things.
In ,his explanation, he said:
"They're. social phenomena:that oceur itt
every state. We've had the zoatsuiters and
the Valentn-lc fans, seen the flapper come •and,
go --every decade .seems to have its young
people seeking to express themselves in some
fashion..
No, what we're concerned about isjust
taking a good look at Scouting and seeing how
besl we can adapt and apply our program to
moderu times. Our original purpose—build-
ing( haracter and helping to- channel. youth
• into interesting themselves in useful pursuits
still stands.” BO after all, Seouting- is more
Chan 50 years old in Canada. - Today it has a.
membership in Canada of 2:15,000 cubs, scouts
and loaders: an internatlonal membership of
over 7,500,000: It is an active force in prae,
('Very country of the world outside the
iron -curtain countries."
On this particular occasion, we take off
onr hats to ScOUting in _general and to the
4.i-octrrich groups in parlicular.
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'High Taxation and Inflation
cliternates, carpenter, W. Robin
501 MurneyANisontrue that a man receiving the
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nuempoyinnt instuance would
_After year.,; se....retiry-treas-
not gain by being an enumorator
urer of - Coderich Industrial and
..N.Litilturl Society, Dr. W. P., t di1
11511 i1aC, i,s(1.11u a shillieiyyh, i nit here Clarm k retired frothe bosition-
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11e enoutdi unemployed men itt
Ile was succeeded by J. }Iowan) ;,;(L,I.i„h wno are no, r(,ceiong
Rohrtsn.
I his ititIrnfleo who could have obert Arinstron, veteran
ga job. Please don't mis-
nnon mail driver said that last ""''' t-
Iunderstand me, I ant not inferring Fliursday was the coldest day lit
--',zthat all the women should have
IA experienced in his 18 years been replaced—far from it --for
of service on the roue. A film
some of them needed the work as
of ice forrned on his face and he
hadly as any mal, but I do think
was forced to continually rub his that the women whose husbands
eyes to separate the frozen lashes. .
already', hold jobs should have.
Nlrs. E. (*. Beacom was elected been replaCed by men who needed
regent of Maple Leaf Chapter, thlob.
IODE. The total paidup member -
The proposal ,to send a delega-
ship of the chapter was 16. tion to Ottawa to see about in -
The severe frost of last Thurs-; „reasin,,,
effort is noettIZTemlioeenatily*
day caused considerable damage NtVoherenliere
to the heating system of St. Peter' the situation, ,brings -to mind the
Church. All but ,three of the ,
radiators had burst, and it„was tirautomobile—to the head of ae that a .delegation travelled—
said
that it would talc a
to repair .the 'damage.
railroad to beg him tonot cancel
the passenger train service to their
15 Years Ago town. Alon with the -current "Do
It Nw" program there should be
J. .8. KellY; superintendent of
another slogan: "Start At Home."
o erie u ) ic Utilities for 46
years, celbartext-hts 84th birthday
in Toronto,valeWlre attended the
annual* convention of hydro en-
gineers. He was guest of honor
at a birthday banquet attended by
1,070 delegates.
Mrs. H. C. Du -1116p was elected
regent of Ahmeek Chapter, I04 -- •
at its 42nd annual meeting. • 1 "
It Was 19 below zero in Gode- I
rich Monday morning, according
to,J. E. IVIutch, the official observer.
Snow blocked the highways with
the result that accommodation was:
at a premium ih Goderich. A
number of airmen from Port Al-
bert slept at the Town Hajl and at
MacKay Hall Saturday night.
Temporary hours of sale, from.
3 p.m, to 10 p.m., were established
by Goderich lotelkeepers for their
beverage rooms. The rationing of
beer had been aggravated by
transportation difficulties brought
about by stormbound roads.
H. Glenn Hays, Seaforth bar-
rister, was honored at a farewell
party ,held at the Queen's Hotel,
Seaforth, prior to his departure
to join the Navy,
10 Years Ago
William- Drew, 23, of Goderich,
was runnerup for the coveted
Jordan medal at the Western On-
tario Drama Festival in GUelPh.
Mr. Drew played,in a London
Little Theatre presntation.
Huron electors gave Thomas
Yours very truly,
ERNIE BARKER.
1011•11111MME10111111111111.M.ramakoolomo
MIDDLESEX
(From The Rural Scene),
Taxation is necessary to defray
the cost of government and defend -
dog the country. It can and will
he used for other purposes if tht
People will subinit to it.
Governments have three differ-
ent methods of taxing their people.
These are, direct taxation, indirect
• taxation, and inflation.
Direct taxation is collected
directly from the people by the
government, that wants -the money.
Under thissystem the people know
exactly who is taxing them, how
witch, and for what purpose.
Because such taxes can't be in:
creased without the people know-
ing it, direct taxation is an effc-
tive. check 0V-Overrimnt extrav-
. -aganor. his3tlison-the B•NA
. Act- aIiow sIL giArefitnents to
rai s, reveriab by this method.
Indireet taXation is not ievie
directly on the people who have
to pay it, but on the goods they
bity. It is .paid, in the .first
by the 'inanufaeturkrs ,"-or
the.. importett of the X0A
00 end -
hey ae expeeted t teiMblirte
leell_fOr Which they ell' suh
c
Thtsdear to the
aaiitkof rail ovrrinifots,btitt
teutatli*Olet Atria ,0 Make
Either, OttoPter.. • cosf
of telleatiN tf.,itho,tattoc aft
,119h4"Cos!
at 7Ifyinw'WhitifrJt causes.:
Such a',5sYsteiyi ,of ;taxation it ti
perpetual tottiptatioit t� gWern-
tnent tttta.vitgone0, For this
1.4k4' does not
all our governments to collect
revenue in this way. Only the
Dominion Government is given
such power.
The constant pressure on the
Dominion for more and -bigger
grants to the provinces, if access-
ful, would make the Dominion
Government a party to defeating
the purpose of the BNA Act, and
aiding the provinces to obtain
revenue by indirect taxation.
Inflation is surreptitious tax-
ation. It is collected by stealth
and deceit, by squeezing the value
out qf the people's money,- and
leaving thein 'with power that is
no longer worth what they gave
for it.
It can result from putting more
money into circulation than is re-
quired to conduct the legitimate
business of the country. There are
many ways in which this canbe
done. . ---
Inducing the banks and other
lending institutions to lend money,
against their betterjudgment, for
the ' purpose of _creating emPloy-
melit IS one Of thm.
Encouraging labor to deman,
tibli to the 'Value of its production
is another. Supporting -prices of
commodities,at !mare than the pro-
ducts are worth On •the
oket 18 anOther. iteckless gov-
r ment spending on state welfare
is still another.
Alt these together 'Make inflatin,
nevifable.
The worst thing about infla-
tkn the thinglhot makes It so
dangerous,. ts that the peoree
like ft. lt puts constantly tn. 1
creasing amounts of money
into circulation and thus
creates the impression of pros-
peity,.when in reality no such
prosperity exists.
If all the people pith savings,
whether in cash or in the banks,
whether in bonds, debentures,
mortgages, life insurance pelicies,
or pengion plans, were' to begin
drawing on their savings, selling
their securities, borrowing 'on their
insurance policies., -and spending
the Money, they would create a
period of seeming prosperity; but
the .illusion would be short-lived,
and when the spelnding spree was
over they would fe financially in
a sorry plight.
But that is what happens in
times of. inflation. People are in-
ducd to part with' their property
in exchange for 'what seem like
big prices; but which ate nothing
,,but inflated dollars, .
They spend these dollars aS fast
as they get them because they see
no point in saving Money that is
losing its. value. So they live be -
'Vend their -means 'til all their
resources are exhansted.
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form ettaxation, and the hardest
to control, Only the most resolute1
action by the ,Gbvernmht can
ehetk it; and few democratic gov-
ernments have the courage to face
Vo check' it, the people them-
telveS must sternly resist i1i1 need-
less gevernment fpending, and
direct their own spending into pro-
Attetive cbenalii. They Must In.'.
sist st full value' being rCeived
for every dolhar spent.
Switch Has Been Orclered
Ron) TV Ads To Newspapers:
U.S. .dvertising agencies, has re
ceived Orders from clients. to
switeh froth the "soft sell" of tele-
vision to the "hard sell" of news-
paper advertisin.:•
The Wall Street Journal said in
a survey just completedth•at major
U.S. companies have learned to.
put more emphasis on products
and prices and less on institutiohal
or "company image" advertising.
Several companies, apcording to
the surVey, plan to beat the drums
harder at -local levels and tone
down their natiOhald: thumping.
Companies are also shuffling ad
agencies and launching more
studies to determine what results
are actually being achieved. _
In their greater emphasis on
hard sell some companies are trim-
ming their outlays for TV time.
Last fall Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co. sliced its network TV time in
half, -which represented a eut of
aboUt 25 per cent on a dollar basis:
These funds whittled from the TV
appropriation are being pumped
into more newspaper and magazine
advertising, says K. C. Zonsius,
Goodyear's advertising director.
Local Press
General Electric Co.'s total TV
acttvity is clown for the 195758
season from the prececring bne,
says a company spokesman. The
reason, he adds, is that a epuple
of G.E.'s departments are putting
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paper advertising.
• Another advertiser that -is step-
ping up it? use of newspapers this
year at the expense of TV is W. P.
Fuller & Co.; a large San 'Francisco
paint manufacturer. Relates Pal-
mer Field, director Of advertising:
"We've got a different sales drive
and a different story to tell -in
1938. We will go direct to mange-
ment with a campaign in business
papers and magazines."
One reason why some ad appeals
are being switched to newspapers
from 'TV is explained by john
Buffurri, ad manager of Eversharp
Inc.' of New York. "We've found
thatwith newspapers you can con-
centrate on areas that need work
to get the sales potential we ex-
pect from them. You can't do that
with TV."
A Chicago utility executive says
the erriPhasis will be on'newspaper
advertising this year because to
buy spot announcements on TV
"you have to sign up on a contract
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basis, usually for a mintmum of
13 weeks.'''
He adds: " manufacturer hest-
tates to cominit° himself for such
-a long period if his sales aren't
going well. Instead, he perfers
to stick to newsapers."
QUICK CAistAttfAINIUTt
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1. Whomas captain of a famed sail-
ing ship called "the Mathew?"
2. To belt) gilard the democratic
freedom- of Canadians titeliNA.
Act- requires federal and pro-.
vincial legWatures to meet at
least how often?
3- In 158 will the tax PY,Plents, to
all governments by Canadians -be
$100,,, $300, or $500 per capita?
4. 'Work was started on 'Canada's
first transcontinental railway in
182. When was it comPleed?
, From what sources dOes the fed-
eral old age security fund derive
its revenue?
ANSWERS: 5. Froma two per
cent slice of federal income, corp-
oration and sales taxes. 3. About
$500 per capita. j. John Cabot, an
Italian sea captain in the service
of England, sailed in the Mathew
to discover iCanada. 4. In 1886,
although the CPR's contract allow--
ed '10 years for building the line.
2. .At least ?rice a year.
James Richardson & Sons Lt
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A great many people will bi killiU
in automobile accidents in rural areas
this year. But, with the co-operation
of every motorist, we could cut
dowrithat number drastically. Start
doing your part by driving sensigly,
safely and within the law. February
24-28 is Rural Safe Drivinsz, Week.
Observe it—then make it last all year!
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A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE
(Including eleven Western- Ontario
Counties)
MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING,
WESTERN FAIR GROUNDS
LONDON, ONTARIO
February 25
to 28
FAIR OPEN TUrSDAY 12 10.30 p.m.
p.m.
WEDNESDAY and THURSAY,
10.30 a.m.-10.30 pm.
FRIDAY -10.30 a.m.-4.0 p.m:
Fine exhibits, 94 commercial and
educational -displays; interesting
programs, addresses, demonstra-
tions and entertainment.
TUESDAY—Mihigan 4-H group;
baking Queen; Public School
Variety Show and Square Dance
Contest
WEDNESDAYOutsanding speak -
Ors; Band; Amateur Contest; Mid-
dlesex Count ,,,,tur,Aorl..,,La
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THURSDAY — Judging Compet-
tion; fashion Show; .Nationally
known - speakers; Jr, Farmers
Square Dance Contests; Rooster
Crowing Contest; Old Time Ftt-
disk' Contest
PRIDAY—food ,Show Discussions;
flowers and Horne Beautification;
Audien Sale.
Food, Pastifons end Plower s of
special interest to ,ladies.
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It's wider, too,with
even more room inside!
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YES, the '58 Chevrolet gives you even more than its
famous predecessor .,. . more length, width, lowness
and road clearance too. Over nine inches mare lengh,
for fuurious legroom througheUt. More Width to give
you extra elbow room inside the car arid 25% more load -
toting trunk space too. •
And Chevrolet offers you a new, glamorously low
silhouette, as much as three anq a half inches lower in
the superb Impala models, for. 'eyecatching beauty and
lovidr, more road-huggig centrruel gravity.
Yoi thislni all: Chevrolet gives You 0 whoa:big. ,
y eve
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inch More road clearance this year! Here's a feature
which salesmen and.rural dwellers Will' find indispen-
sable irr their daily ifirviirgiiiiie You'll be thankful for a
dozen times a day When you're on holiday;travelling the
country roads in you)* Chevy.
Yes, any way you look at it, CheVrolet gives you the'
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most for your 'money. In dimensions, in value, in all-
round superiority. That's why.Chevrelet outsells every
other car on the market, year after year. Make sure you
get_thikincl of- quality when youiuy. GO Chevolt, the
low priced leader:Jrsera
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