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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-04-17, Page 1�; ,_.. ,.., -� � ani c.P►MA.AA GQDERICH, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, APRIL . 7, 950 SuLtscn .tign �, $ oa as os ital 1s •o Exhibit of Mrs. W. A. Young, 87, made from an old-fashioned water pitcher, attracted consider- able attention at Colborne's Hobby Show. It is to be seen in the centre of the group of four ladies shown above. ' T,hey are, Prom left 0 right: Mrs, Wilmer Hardy, Mrs.. Bessie Young, Mrs. George Ross and Mrs. A. T. Lamb, Tiger Dunlop W.I. president. S.S. Photo by R.H. Pee Wee Tournament Adaimed 'Best Ever' t Future Rocket i0 --- Those two words sum up the • One of the stars of the tourney • ninth annual Young Canada Week pee wee hockey tournament, which reached its climax Saturday night • when Stratford's game little "iron Men" defied • tradition to win the grand championship. • Though they were defeated 5-3 by Stratford in the grand champ- ionship round Saturday, Goderich Pee Wees gave- home fans plenty to cheer about. Ted Williams' Lions wen'. the "B", series title by nipping Tillsonburg • 7-6 Friday evening. • In addition • to attracting the largest number. of entries (87 teams), this Tear's tourney brought -..the largest • crowds ever. 'There were nearly 7,000 paid admissions, with holders of season tickets be- ing counted only once in that estimate. Actual attendance easily topped 10,000, officials said. . A -couple of tourney officials were quoted in Toronto newspap- ers as saying they would like to invite a Russian pee Wee team to come here neat year, but one of these officials told The Signal -Star later that this was not a serious suggestion, In fact, he had -„never said anything to that effect at all, he stated. The tourney was •officiallyopen- ed on Good Friday when Sour Springs- Pee Wees a ,war -dancing squad from the Six Nations Re- servei played Kurtzville. The I dian lads, great favorites with the crowd, _were also here for a clos- ing'exhibition pine in which' they were blanked 2-0 by Goderich Pee Wees. was "not a player. \He was three- year-old Kyle Smith, Tonto's nephew, who made a brief appear- ance on the ice before the •Gode- richsour Springs exhibition tilt. The moppet, complete with skates and a stick, amused the crowd as he took a few whirls in the mannetu-of Rocket Richard. -Kyle's father, Leslie 'Smith, of Sour Springs, is a brother of Jay Sliverheels, who playa Tonto, the famous Indian hero, on radio acid television. -The tourney, which made Gode- rich- the -minor hockey capital of the word for a week, was notable for the smooth manner in which it was operated. Sponsored by Goderich Liohs Club, it was ex- tremely well organized and went off without a hitch. Sheriff Nelson Hill, tournament chairman, presented the Mooney Trophy to Stratford Pee, Wees, the grand championship winners, Sat- urday night. The Stratford team deified--. tradition in that Toronto teams had dominated grandchamp= ionship play for the previous three seasons. Addressing the large crowd, Sheriff gill said:_ "I had a Wonder- ful committee. I wish to thank them from the bottom of my heart. They did a wonderful job.” Len. McGee presented the KiYis- men Club Trophy to the runner-up team, Elmira. e• Clinton Ousted . The arena was packed Wednes- (Continued on page 6) Town's Finances On pages 10 and. 11 of this issue of the Signal -Star will be found the auditor's report on the town's financial posi- tion for the year ending De - (Signal-S•tarastaff) ! After paying • tribute to Tom Q Obviously overcome with emo- tion and surprise, Charles Mc- -Naughton, of .Exeter, found .iflti cult to express his thanks when the nomination, convention at °Clin- ton Wednesday evening selected him on the first ballot as the Pr gressive Conservative„ candidate for Huron in the May 12by elects tion. More than 500 people who overflowed the Legion Hall at Clio, ton gave McNaughton a burst -of applause. "With your help ... ", said Mc- Naughton and then failed to speak further as he waved his appre- ciation to the applauding audience.. Others nominated were: James Donnelly, of Goderich; ' William Dale, Hullett Township; Dr. E A; MoMaster, of Seaforth; John Mor- rissey, of Stephen Township; George Feagan, of Goderich. Chairman of the 'meeting was George Ginn, president of the Hur- on provincial PC Association while James Donnelly, secretary of the Association, was secretary of the meeting. In opening the meeting, chair- man Ginn said, a"It is with deep regret that we find it necessary to • hold this meeting at this time due to the death of Tom Pryde. Mr. Pryde was honored and respected by everyone in this riding regard- less of their politics. He worked with everybody and for everybody... throughout the riding. Whoever follows him will have a hardaman to follow." The meeting stood for a minute's silence in tribute to the memory of Tom Pryde. cember 31, 1957. A11 rate- - _ payers should give it' some study. It will be noted that an operating deficit of $17,- • 550.98 was offset by, the pro- ceeds from"the sale of the old . High School building in the amount of $17,000.00. Six New Teachers Hired For Public School Staff Six new teachers have been hired by Goderich Public School Board for the 1958-59 'tern).' At a special board, meeting on April 2, the resignations of Mrs. F. Desk . and Miss C. Cunningham were accepted. 'The board author- ized the hiring of ,Mrs. Maurice Wilkinson and Misses Alice E. Watson and Mary Telfer at this meeting. - - Mrs. Wilkinson has had previous teaching experience oh the staff of Goderich .Public School. At its regular meeting on April 9, the board considered seven ap- plications which had come in since the special meeting. It authorized the hiring of Mrs. Myra Adkin, of R.R. 3, Goderich, who is teaching in . Kent County at present. The matter of hiring two ad- ditional teachers was left to the school management committee with power to act. ,Later, contracts were completed between, the board and Miss Rhea • E. Hall, of Blyth, and Mrs. Lillian Hallam. ` Miss Hall is teaching in Guelph at present. Mrs. Hallam taught at S.S. 16, Ashfield,for two years and is now teaching at Waterdown. ' To keep pace with increasing enrolment, it is expected that one additional classroom—and possib- ly tWo—will be opened in the old collegiate building in September. March -•enrolment was 851, ac- cording to the report presented to the board by Principal H. vl Shackleton. • LOCAL MAN'S HOBBY INSPECT GDCI CADETS MAY Z Pryde, James Donnelly withdrew hisname from the list of nomin- ees. Speaking later in the even- ing-and veningand referring to Mr. Donnelly, William Stewart, IPP for North Middlesex, said "I predict that we will hear some day from that young man who withdrew:" `4I feel that 'I have* the time, which is important; I like the work and my health is good," said. D. MoMaster. In paying tribute to L.the late Tom Pryde, Dr. McMaster said that Tom Pryde and Tom alone, could be thanked for the proposed hospital for retarded children in Huron. The hospital can only be in the Goderich vicin- ity because it must be near a large centre, said Dr. MoMaster. There it should -and will be built ••if the land under option is- suitable, he said. Dr. McMastermoved thWta the choice be made unanimous right after it was \announced that Mc - .Naughton had received a clear ma- jority on the first ballot. This was seconded by William Dale. The meeting gave MeNaughton three cheers and a tiger. , Logical Choice . In his address, Mr. McNaughton said he had been intimately as- sociated with the late Tom Pryde and thus had created great respect for Tom. "Tom - Pryde dedicated the last-, ten years of his life to Huron County," said Mr. McNaugh- ton. He explained . that the hos- pital for retarded children, for which Tom Pryde had•worked so hard,will be located about two Wednesday, May 7; at 2.30 p.m., has been 1set as'the date on which the annual inspection will be held of the Goderich District Collegiate Institute cadet corps. This year an outstanding mili- tary man will be the inspecting officer in the person of Area Com- mander, Brigadier T. G. Gibson, CBE, DSO, CD. Not only- will he do the inspecting but will also formally present the Strathcona Efficiency Shield to the Goderich corps which they won last year in competition with Western Ontario corps. ' . In charge of the GDCI cadet corps will be Cadet Major Bill Haysom. Second in command will' be Cadet Captain Ron Williamson, assisted by Sergeant Major Maurice Dalton. Worms Cross Br�d To. Get Anglers' Special What this country needs is not a good five cent cigar lout a special- ly bred, big fat worm for anglers. And Ernie Sole, Colborne stteet, is working on it. • In fact he has made a hobby of it for the past four years. In another four or five years he expects his hobby will materialize into a profitable bust - fleas. It seems that the clew worm just isn't the answer to a fisherman's wu prayer. They drown too quickly ,. ,,,,,,,,,..i1when put on a fishing hook and are immersed in the water of . a river or lake. And they are too slow in multiplying. Down in the cellar of nie's• shop on Colborne- str thous- ands of worm in btu` s and cans. •- The boxes and cans ai all lab ,led showing the different b eed-o wornis. Ernie is crossing • o dif- ferent breeds in order to come up with the right type for the angler. From California, he gets the California red worms. He also ,� ► ses. the red wigglers and the sewer wo'Firi; " C1't "1fn'ttve- of Ontario. 'All three of these worms do not drown. But the dew worms do. However, the dew ` dTaxis"mha'v'e-rerti-inatiealhies-abou them that are desirable. Hence, the plan to cross breed them with other worths.. The result is a fat worm like the clew worm but smaller, reddish in color and ones that won't drown when put in water: It is said they are most suitable for fishing pur- poses. Although the worms are shipped out to anglers,. they are also used 'for other • purposes, too. For ex- ample, 2,000 'of them were shipped to Sarnia this week. They, are to be placed in gardens there in place of fertilizer. The worms burrow through the ground and make holes and also leave deposits which serve as fertilizer. The worms are also used to m manure which is terpecivily good for the growing of such plants as African ,violets. Into the boxes in which they are kept is placed cob cunt tea leaves, coffee grains, etc, h which to feed. African night crawlers are used in the 'United States gxtensively'for It according to Ernie Sole. 'Bute""' ay they--will.Aio:-ii .the• temperature in which they are kept drops to below 60 degrees. Hence, they could not be used in -cold Canadian -waters. That is why they are crossed with other worms' so hast -they -can -stand -a low©r teixapcxm. ature and 'also will not drown as the dew worms do _,,�• , 'Ernie says there are hundreds i :difeerent linds...dfw. ma ►nd-.lat is doing a lot of experimenting to come up with the right types for various needs in Canada, particul- arly fishing. - Others experimenting with Worms are Harry Watkins, of Clin- ton, and Andy Campbell, of Sarnia. • Teen Road-eo Set For May. 7 With the aim of promoting and rewarding safe driving, a Teen-age Road -e -o will be held at Sky Harbor on Wednesday, May 7, it was an- nounced today by Howard Aitken, president of Goderich Junior Cham= ber of Commerce.' Entries for the contest are being accepted at Craigie's news stand and at Goderich District Collegiate Institute. All entries must be in by Friday, May 2. • - The Jaycees, who are sponsor- ing the local competition, hope that there will be at least 25 con. testants Arrangements are in the hands - of a- committee headed -by Colin McMillan. Awards will be presented to the three, teen-age drivers who achieve the highest standings in the driv- ing test and the written test, which will be held in connettion with the road -e -o. Winner of the local eliminations will go forward to• a"regional final at St. Catharines on May 31, with all expenses paid by Imperial Oil' Ltd. The regional winner will go irate the national final at Medicine Hat, Alberta. • "Any teen-ager, boy or girl, may enter the car driving contest,, free of charge," said Mr. Aitken. "Con- testants don't have to be experts. All it takes is awareness .of com mon sense rules of .,the road." GOODNEWS A 1,300 lied•°�iospital- for re- tarded children the egpival- ent, indirectly, of an industry for Goderich of considerable magnitude --was assured ori Wednesday evening. Speaking at the Huron Progressive Con- servative nomination meeting at Clinton, Hon. W. A. Good- fellow, provincial cabinet min- ister, said that the govern- ment had already purchased some 300 acres of land, Tots 13 and 14, in Goderich Town- ship: .He pointed out that full credit went to the late Tom Pryde for securing this, hos- pital for Huron which was to ,have 1,300 beds. The lots which Hon. Mr. Goodfellow said had been purchased ere located on the Blue Water Highway, a little more than, two miles from the town's southern boundary. 0:important to the people as in Huron." Speaking of farm mark- eting he stated "No marketing legislation will be successful unless it - considers the interests of pro- -doter, protessor•---and - consumer - alike." In concluding, he stated, "I have the sincere desire to try andd serve you." Immediately after McNaughton was. selected . as the PC candidate Huron, uron, he said, "I will do my very best so that you will never have to say you chose the wrong man at this convention. I have big shoes to fill in those of the late Tom Pryde." miles south of Goderich on Lake Huron. • ''`.The location,.already sel- ected, iss' sensible and logical," he said. "Goderich is -the only com- munity on the ' lakeshore in this county that can fulfill the require- ments ' bf the, hospital," said Mr. McNaughton.. - Referring to agriculture, Mr. Mc- Naughton said "There is no county in Ontario where farming is so ' some time and he would be pleat- ed to serve the farming areas et'. the riding. John Hanna, 'MPP forHuron- Bruce, introduced Oort. W. A. Goodfellow, provineiat.minister;_ot. agriculture. _ "I have been very much impress- ed with the turn out here toajght and the calibiie of men 'ypu nominated_ ' f 9r candidate," sant Hon: Mr. Goodfellow. - 'I will do . my best, for the farm- ing interests of this riding, if selected," said George Feagan, of Goderich. All kinds of -things are needed on the farms today; a pros- perous agriculture means prosper- ous urban, centres. Mr. • Feagan said he had worked for the Con- servative Association all his life. He had helped organize the Feder- ation of Agriculture and had work- .6'd ork•8d in co-operation with the late Jack Roberts in bringing an airport to'Sky Harbor. "I'll fight for• the interests of Huron;" said Mr. Feagan. John Morrissey, present warden of Huron County, said he had served with Tom Pryde in the lo- cating of the hospital for retarded children in Huron. "I would like to be the- candidate; I would de- vote my time and talent, if suc- cessful," he said. William Dale -said there had not been a farmer representing Huron in the provincial Legislature for Close To People. The secret of success- of the Frost government for the • past 15 years has been its keeping in close touch with •the people, said • the cabinet minister. "We don't e- lieve the people want to be spoon- fed. I believe the more people do for themselves the better it will be for the communities," he stated. "Our government believes that the farmers of Ontario must "be organized to be successful in ob- taining the good things in the pro- vince that, they should have," said Hon. Mr. Goodfellow. • He pointed out that the Frost government was a• united team at all times which contributed _ to its success. Mentioning that members of .the government were mostly young, the cabinet minister added, "This is a day for youth—Mr. McNaugh- tQn's election will bring more of that youth to the Frost team." The speaker- ,was thanked by Mr - James Donnelly, of Goderich. Mr. Elnier Bell; of Exeter, mov- ed and Doug Freeman, of Clinton, seconded the nomination ui Charles McNaughton: Goderich Residents See. Robins On Big Binge In Florida Orange Grove The abnormally, cold wea- ther in Florida during the past 'w inter resulted in some strange.. situations. But Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Zinn, who have returned to Goderich after spending the winter months at Daytona Beach, witnessed an incident which .;was prob- ably as amusing as any that ever occurred in the Sunshine state. Huron Liberals To Select Candidate The Huron ,Liberals are sche- • duled to meet at Hensall on Mon- day, April 21, to name- a candidate to contest the riding of Huron in the by-election set for May 12. Present at this meeting will be the new Liberal leader for Ontario who will be selected at a provincial , ral, meeting at Toronto on Sat- urday. Among' those- attending this meeting from Godegrich will be Hugh Hill and Jafnes Bisset.,. Among the Liberals mentioned for this post are Waiter t. Harris, former Federal finance minister, Arthur J. Reaume of ,Windsor, Ross Whither,. of Wiarton, Vernon Singer, of North York and John J. Wintermeyer, of Kitchener. Among the names mentioned as nominees to represent "the Liberals in the Huron by-election are Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton medical doctor, Denny Bedard, farmer from the Zurich district, and Harry .Strang, Exeter district farmer. +MIT 'COURT HOUSE Members of Grey County Coun- cil, numbering about 40, visited the new • Huron County Court House on Wednesday and were much impressed with it. They had lunch at the Bedford Hotel.. Seek Co-operation Of Local Firms. For Tourist Plan .......-Business firms will shortly re- ceive a letter covering the comprc- hensive, tourist promotion program recently initiated by Goderich Junior Chamber of Commerce. Now that the program has been put into action. with a grant of $4r0 from the Jaycees, it is plan- ned to make personal calls -on busi- riess establishments during the first week in May. Purpose of the calls will be to further explain the tourist promotion program and to solicit the co-operation of the firms. • A meeting -of the Jaycees' tourist -committee was held Tuesday night at the hoi'ne of Charles Tyndall. NILE UNITED SEEKS FUNDS. TO IMPROVE CHURCH INTERIOR SIL,E,�prit-t5)alat1 ' vass for funds for improvements at Nile United Church has just been completed and is one of the most successful ever held by the congregation. ,esu lt. tSa ,sit normal givings at the church h been increased by nearly - $1,80 annually, under a pledge system. The- ,ehu>•ch_ .basement- is to b entirely redecora i ed, a ,ne' w T`ii nace installed and also new light- ing igh I g flxtures. The program of i provements is an extensive one and, as a result, even more money is required than the,,.amount al- ready pledged. For this reason ixtp d,,th t former residents ofthe area migf `a - se"` nd^"d n ations to help in the worthy cause. These donations can be made pay- able to Nile United Church.and sent to the treasurer, James Mc - hl. ,,,fie ,ve,rr�ossible assistance as from former resic�e"n s as we as 0 those in the Nile area is urgently hoped for. e Choi an of the canvass just t- the treasurer is Jim-McPbee. Mem- rn- bens of the canvass committee are 'Harold McPhee, Clifford McNeil, Roy McNeil, Graham McNee, Jim Hawkins, Carmen Pollock, William Wiggins and Howard Squires. When the heavy frost hit • -•the fruit belt things happened. Visiting an • orange grove at " De Land, about 24 miles south of Daytona Beach, the Zinns ,saw oranges lying ankle deep under the orange trees. The frost had made them fall pre- maturely off the trees. After lying .there for some time, they began to ,ferment. ' Like • any fruit that ferments, a powerful concoctionas produced. Yes, the fermenting oranges provid- ed a 'real potent drink of kick -a -poo. And did • the Robins go for it! They gathered under the orange trees in swarms and ate and •drank the fermenting oranges •to the full. After several good' snifters, ,,.the.. robins would sing crazily. They started to fight with one an- ' other: They stumbled around . like any "drunk" and even leaned against the tree trunks. ,- In fact, they behaved in a man- ner entirely unlike normal robins do behave. The. -fruit _.. farmer admitted that the fer- menting fruit had `provided the juice for a binge by the robins the like of which he.had never . seen before. Now we know why all the robins leave 'Goderich and Hy south with such hopeful en- thusiasm in the 411. ' FIRST BOAT CLEARS HARBOR Sailors are arriving daily to eom- plete the crews of the boats of the winter fleet at Goderich harbor getting ready for the opening of the navigation season. It will likely be a week or two yet before -most of the boats leave. On Tuesday' at 5.30 p.m., the first boat departed when the James Stuart, one of the smaller vessels, headed for Chicago. The Everetton and the Algorail are scheduled to leave today. The Saskadoc will leave on Saturday. Ice conditions on the St. Clair River 'and the lower end of Lake Huron have cleared after an un- usually lengthy ',.delay. As a re- sult, the Imperial Quebec •which has been loaded and waiting for some time . now to come to Gode- rich, is expected to head out -into the lake soon. Imperial Oil at Goderich has only about two' weeks' supply of gasoline on hand. However, if it were necessary the gasoline could be brought in by tank car until such a time as the Imperial .,Quebec arrived here,. BOWL AT LISTOWEL Two boys' bowling teams—junior and senior—will represent Gode- rich in the Junior .Five -Pin Cham- pionships in Listowel this Satur- day. The tournament is sponsored by Lake Huron -,Tone Recreation Council. Award Includes $328 ForMan's Broken Nose Edward W. Fulford, formerly of Goderich but now living in London, was awarded $1,006.30 in damages by , Judge H. D. -Lang in Huron County Court here last week. The awardcontained $300 in general damages and $28.50 for ,doctor's bills in connection with the broken nose and cut lip which Fulferd suffered in the .motor ac- "cident from .which the suit for damages 'stemmed. Mr. Fulford, the plaintiff, was represented by Frank Callaghan, of the Goderich law firm of Don- nelly & Donnelly. The defendants in. the case were Harry Wood and Dawn Segee. The case arose out of a collision of two vehicles in Middlesex County. George Earle, of Seaforth, was awarded property damages of $704 in an action against Ronald White, of Brampton. Cars driven by the two men were in a head-on col- lision on highway 7, east of Bramp- ton, on March 24, 1957. White's counter -claim of ,$500 was dismissed with costs. James Donnelly acted as counsel fob TMr .,Earle, and Paul Lee,. of Toronto, appeared- on `behalf of Mr. White. In Snow Storm Judge . Lang delivered judgment against Lorne 'McKelvey, of Sea - forth, for -$536.60. Cars driven by McKelvey and Stuart de Vries, of Seaforth, collided head-on during a .snow storm on November 23, 4 1956, on highway 8, three miles west of Mitchell. Paul Lee acted for Mr, de Vries • and James Donnelly appeared behalf of Mr. McKelvey. •i In an appeal brought by Keith Fitzgerald, of Goderich, Judge Lang upheld the careless driving -• conviction registered :here' several weeks ago by Magistrate D. E. Holmes. Mr. Fitzgerald had been feed • $10 and costs after the car be was driving skidded into a snowbank after turning- left off Britannia road ",into Wellington street. The police later found that the auto had inadequate brakes. Constable Martin Horan, of fire town police force, was vigorously cross-examined by Frank Callag- han, allaghan, counsel for Mr. Fitzgerald. Judge Lang indicated that he was not favorably impressed with the manner ii'i which the ' constable .-""' gave his evidence. The case of Cummings'Wil- son was adjourned to the next court pending settlement. The plaintiff, Garnet R. Cumi- mings, _of..Goderricb,1sasuing Robert_ --__ Wilson, of London, for $426.6.8 in damages as a result of a motor accident -at the intersection of Vie. toria street and Britannia road on July 1, 195'7. - James Donnelly is the solicitor for Mr. "Cummings, while Warren Ehgoetz, of Stratford, is counsel for the defendant. The Lions pee wee entry fn Young Canada Week made are impressive showing and captured the "B" championship. Seen, from left to right, back row, are: Peter Bettger, Bill Wilkinson, Gary Doak, Doug .Harrisen, Vern ,,Skeoch, Frank Taros. Bill Mathieson. Second row, from left to right, "Shiner" • ac ora manaiaer, 4 � 1 •,.Fritzley,fill Bowe(i, 1)enilis' V'6 ihhia eon,„ d a1 Williamson, Ted Willitums, n oa� ; r;� arow, fromtli';"', right: Don Yeo', John banter, Briafl - srroli, favid S 4 Daer, Rod Reid. „ , S.S. I4totti ri