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Some of the men of the congregation who were
responsible for the general canvass at Nile United
Church which will result in improvements of
the church interior are shown above. They are,
from left to right: Jim Hawkins, James I1cPhee,,4
Carmen Pollock, Clifford McNeil, Gerald Dustow,
Harvey McPhee, Rev. R. Kennedy;,, Howard
Squires. Also taking part • in the canvass but
not shown in picture were Graham McNee, Doug.
McNeil and.Williara Wiggins, , S,$. Photo by K.H.
A 141/2 -mile .stretch of county
road 25 from Dunlop to Blyth will
be brought up to Oniarl ritray-
standards at a cost of about
$400,000. •
"The amount of construction
which wilLhe. carried out this year
will depend upon the speed with
which property -can be bought and
poles removed," County Engineer
J. W. Britnell said today.
The 'county has been assured
that the Province will designate
the road. from Dunlop to Blyth as
a development road. The Depart-
ment of Highways will pay 100
percent of the cost of construe,
~tion;• -with --the- exception- of -the
acquisition of property, which is a
county responsibility.
"This means that- the road will
be built up to highway standards
at practically no cost to Huron
' County taxpayers," said Mr. Brit-
nell.
He stressed that the road will
remain acounty road; while the
Province is paying themajor share
of the cost of rebuilding, it is not
taking over the road.
John - W 'Hanna, Il4LPIP,_handled
negotiations 'between the county
and the Province concerning the
esignation of the stretch as a
erelopment_road.,_ M1r.: Blit
and members of the county roads
committee conferred , with Hon.
Jaynes Allan, O'ntdrio Highways
Minister, in Toronto last February.
A 100 -foot right-of-way will be
required , for the new highway.
Hills will -be cut down and, curves
will be eased. All telephone and
hydro poles must be moved before
construction can begin:
The rebuilt road. will be surfaced
•with hot mix pavement. It will
take at least two full years.to coin-
plete the whole program.
Mr. Britnell added that the coun-
-ty-ienegotiating-wth-4t-he CPR, -and-.
Board of Transport Commissioners
concerning -replacement of -the old
timber bridge on- the county road
near Blyth. It is expected that
the board and the railway will
contribute toward the cost of build-
ing a modern, wide, concrete
bridge.
Plans to rebuild the road will be
pushed ahead just as soon as the
minister of highways signs the
agreement. The county has %igned
already and has been assured that
the mirii`ste will sign. _
0. Judgment was reserved ,$ere
Monday after the Ontario Muni-
ci•pal Board heard an applicaition
•from Huron County for permission
to tear down the old • Bayfield
bridge, which was built in 1907.
The application was opposed by
a group of Bayfield residents who
retained Frank Donnelly, of Gode-
rich, as their legal counsel. Afters
the hearing, which lasted about
three hours, it was announced that
written judgment would be sent
out in the mail by Friday.
Members of the board who heard;
the application were D. Jamieson
and V. S. Milburn, of Toronto. The
county was represente& by;lawyer
R. C. Hays, of Goderich.
The county sought relief from
paying costs of the bridge's up-
keep. Originally , built by the
county, the bridge later became•
- part of the King's Highway. When
a new bridge was built around
- - -] -7theoold-structure• -was• turned-
over� to the county again.
• Since that time, it has-been used
only by pedestrians. Contending
_Mail Times_
ton't •forget that since Day-
"
light SaVing••Time went into
effect this week, your mail will
'be ready for you at the -Post
t, Office one hour later than be-
• fore; also, thatmail leaves
Goderich one hour later than
before.
Here are the new arrival and
departure times on the basis
of Daylight Saving Time:
Mail leaves at 2.30 p.m., and
6.50 p.m. (For these depar-
tures, mail closes at 2 p.m.
and 6.1a_
p -m -1 --
(Mail arrives at 7.15 a.m.,
and 4.25 p.m.
You'll find it handy to clip
this item out and keep it for
ready reference. -
Ontario's new Liberal leader,
John J. Wintermeyer, Q.C., of .
*Kitchener, will be in Goderich
on (Saturday and will address
a putblic meeting at MacKay
Hall at 8.30 ° p.m., to which
everyone is invited. Speaking
at the same meeting will be
Dr. J. A. Addison, of Clinton,
the Liberal candidate for
Huron in the May 12 by-
election. '
The local Liberals held an
organization meeting at the '-
Town Hall on Wednesday
evening.
Mr Wintermeng and Dr.
Addison will also address a
, public meeting at the Zurich
Arena on Friday evening at
' 8.30. •
ONTARIO RRgSIDENT
AT REBEKAH LODGE
Sister Martha 'Patterson, the as-
sembly president of Ontario, mad
her joint official visit to Rebekah
Lodge, Goderich, with Hensall join-
ing Goderich and putting on the
degree on Tuesday Of last week.
Sister Della Johnston, N.G., pre-
sided. Corsages were presented to
Sister Patterson, Sister Mary Nedi-
ger, assembly color bearer, and
Sister Ada Fritzley, district deputy
president. The meeting closed
with Sister Riley and her coin:
mittee in charge of refreshments.
On Tuesday afternoon, Sister
Johnston entertained Sister Patter -
,son and other - members of the
Goderich Rebekah Lodge to • after-
noon tea.
-3yater; -and--prior-••to---the-evening-
meeting, a turkey banquet was
held at the. Club Grill in honor.
of the president, Sister Patterson.
Sisters Nediger, Fritzley and M.
B o w r a were honored guests.
Sisters Johnston and Fuller were
also: present along with many Re•
bekali Lodge members from Gode-
rich and district.
that the floor -has rotted and is un-
safe presenting a special hazard
for children who might „fall
through one of the holes, the coun-
ty asked that it be given permission
to tear down the structure.
Huron County Engineer J. °W:
Britnell and Reeve Harvey Cole-
man, of Stanley , Township, were
among witnesses called by the
eounty. ,Reeve Coleman said that
the cost of maintaining the bridge
would be out'of proportion to the
advantages of keeping it.
The Bayfield residents, repre-
sented. by (Mr. Donnelly, said that
they still want the bridgeas an
access for pedestrians. They arg-
ued that • no money has been spent
on the bridge since it was turned
back to the county by the Province.
This is the reason the bridge is in
an unhealthy state of repair now,
they submitted.,
Among the Witnesses called by
Mr -Donnelly--wer.e:...R..,.S._Roddick,,
Harold Ormond, AL Scotchmer, 3.
E. Hovey, John McKenzie Antoine
Garan and Leroy Poth.•
A- capacitycrowd watclaesi . the
third annual Golden Gloves -tourna-
ment, featuring boxers from six
to 16 years old, in the Green Rooth
of the Legion Hall Friday night.
Sponsored by Canadian Legion
Branch 1109 the bouts were MC'd
by J. E. (l] uckins. The boys were
trained' by Mac MacAulay, Lou'
Cundari and Reg. Huekins.
There were three rounds in each
bout The participants were drawn
from a class of about 40 boys en-
rolled in a body-building course.
In the main bout, Jim Thomas,
15, gained the decision over George
Garrick, 18. Other decisions .went
as follows: Bobby Witmer over
Dave Brereton, Wayne Cook over
Clem Wolterbeek, Con Bisset over
Charlie MacDonald, and Davie
ghan, over Barry Mohring.
vie .Straughan's win was not-
a le for the fact that his opponent
had a weight advantage of about
30 pounds. All _,the other bouts
ended in draws.
Rev. Bruce W. Hall, minister of
Northside United Church, Seaforth,
will be guest preacher at the 126th
-anniverSary services of North
Street United Church on Sunday.
He will preach at both- morning
and evening services.
Guest soloist will be :Mrs. Bonnie
Gowman, of Galt, and formerly of
Goderich.
(Minister at Seaforth. since 1956
Rev. 'Mr. Hall has accepted a call
to Chalmers United • Church, Wind-
sor,, effective July 1st. •
A graduate of U.T.S., and Vic-
toria College, Toronto, he took his
theological studies at Emmanuel,
-College, Toronto. He also studied
.On scholarships at Drew Theologic-
al Seminary in the 'U.S.A. where.
he received the Master of Sacred
Theology degree with unusual dis-
tinction and was awarded a Fellow-
ship_
Rev. Mr. Hall is a former mem •
ber of the Canadian Davis Cup
tennis team and was prominent in
athletics at the University of•Tor-
onto. He has held previous pastor-
ates at Sudbury. and Guelph. for
a time he was a chaplain in the
Royal Canadian Navy -
SAFETY ,CHECK
Town police will provide the
annual • safety Check service for
nintorists during the. week of May
12 to 17; reports Chief F. M. Hall.
On that , week, between the hours
of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, any
driver may have his vehicle in-
..spected:,...fr.ee....of_ehar. —ieeural..
stickers Will be handed out to the
owners of autos which meet the
safety standards.
Spring seeding operations have
been completed in Huron County,
the agricultural office reports.
This office also states that some
early turnips are above ground,
sugar beetlplanting is general and
some corn' is planted. Grass' is
making slow progress. Warm rain
is needed. Some cattle have been
turned to grass.
The past few days have been
abnormally cool.
WINS QUIET'
Mrs. Andrew "Moore, Huron road,
Sunset Circle's Spring bazaar. Mrs.
Meurer, Hanover, won the crochet-
ed doily.
Distribute 2,4Q0
New
Ontario's- health minister, Br,
MacKinnon Phillips,will officially
open the. new win. of Alexandra
Marine and •General lfospi l on
Wednesday, May '14,, at
-• The board of the hospital has
expressed itself as most anxious
to complete the furnishings for
the • new • wing before the official
dinning date. The board's OAF'
man,. J. 11. Kinkead, says the_ re-
sponse to the hospital's appeal fie
funds has been most encouraging.
The assistance given by the various,
organizations and the special effort
of business firms and . many in-
dividualsis most appreciated, he
stated. Those who have intended
sending in a contribution but have
postponed doing so are ',urged to
send it in without delay.
I Donations to date total approx-
imately $4.5,280. • Following . are
among the most recent donatienm»
heather --Tuckey --Transport --$5O ------
Frank • Walkout, $100; Leonard
Boyce, $50; Mr. and (Mrs. Glen
•'Eclemier, $10; J. Seaman,„ $ •
Simpson -Sears, $50; anonymous,
$25; Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com-
pany, $250; Household -Tinanee
Company, $50; Blue's Supermarket,
$300; Tiger Dunlop . Women's �Iqt•
stitute, $50.
It's fit, it's brown,' -it's valuable
and it's on its way to every tele-
phone user in the district.
The 1958 edition of the tele-
phone directory now being deliver-
ed in Goderich and district, con-
tains many new •and changed list-
ing$,,
The old directory should " be
discarded as soon as the new one
arrives," W. W. Haysom,_ Bell Tele-
phone manager here, said this
week. `'Continued use of last
year's book will only lead to con-
fusion over numbers and unneces-
sary..calls to Information."
A good way to avoid confusion,
Mr. Haysom •said, •is for each tele-
phb`lie customer to bring his Blue
Bodk of Telephone Numbers, or
other personal lists of numbers,
up to • date untnediately and to
re to it before placing a call.
The Cover of this 'year's direct-
ory features a sketch of the Shake.
speareari. Gardens in Stratford, re-
placing the drawing of the Huron
County Count House in Goderich
which appeared on the front cover
'of the 1957 directory. •
This year, 2,400 copies of the
directory will by . distributed here,
compared with 4,300 a • year ago.
Throughout the district served by
the book, 21,156 copies will be sent
out.. Last year, total distribution
was 20,315.
The directory also- serves Strat-
ford, Listowel, Mitchell, it. Marys
Tavistock, Clinton, Hensall and
Seaforth.
At the Career Exposition held
recently at the London ..Armory,
sponsored by the Board of Educa-
tion, Miss Corinne Cranston was
apppinted by The London -Life
Insurance Company to explain
their type of 'work to students
interested, and also demonstrate
business machihes used by London
Life.
Miss Johanna K'ingma, of Hello*,
Holland, arrived in Goderich this
week. Her marriage is to take
place at Knox Church here on
May 24th to :Willem Verlaan,
formerly of Holland, and' at pre-
sent junior engineer with 'the
Cementation Company at the rock
salt plant.
Sunday guests with Mr. and' Mrs.
Joseph Allison were Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Kahle and two boys of Ham-
. Ilton, and Mr. and Mrs: Fared Wal-
tham' and ,Eric, of London.
Sanderson is on a
business trip to Whin peg..
.Mrs. Bennie Gowman, of Galt,
was a week -end guest with Mr.
and Mrs. Jas• Bisset,.St. George's
Crescent.
,Mr. anti (Mrs. Tom Glazier and
W. R. Glazier have returned to
-town after spending three weeks
in Florida.
;Mr. and (Mrs. Myron Hall, Kin•
rdine were week -end visitors
Arthur street. -
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hunt, Eliza-
beth, Carol, and Mark, of Hamilton,
were week -end guests with
ith Mr.
•
�Htt�otwr► .:o's '•
Lean, of Saltford.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Newton and
Ma and Mrs. J. A. Osbaldeston, of
Toronto, were guests at the Dyer -
n . at London
Saturday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Chisholm have
returned home after spending the
winter in Florida. •
,Mr. and Mrs. Ron 'Ripley, of Port
Credit, visited friends in town at
the Week -end.
Mrs. Peter Zimmerman, accom-
panied by Mr. Zimmerman and
Carol Ann, attended the funeral
of ,her brother, Cecil J. Babcock,
at Petrolia, Wednesday , afternoon.
Deceased was 62 years of age and
had been a barber for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife and two
sisters, Mrs. William Bendel, of
Sarnia, and Mrs. Zimi, german, of
Goderich.
Councillor Joe Allaire took Ili
this week and on the advice of
his doctor will be confined to his
home for several weeks.
Mrs. Clarence Denstedt, of Hes-
son, visited recently with her
cousin, Miss Anna Moser, of Gode-
rich. ' -
• Mr, Paul • C. Gracey, son of
Mr. I- t. C. Gracey, Wilson
street, was given the Book Award
in Trusts course at the annual
Hdnors Day banquet at the Uni-
versity of Michigan Law School on
(Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnston
and Mr. and Mrs. 'Mac. Peiadeau, of
Windsor, spent the week -end with
the latter's sister, Mrs. Wm. Mc-
Guire, and Mr. McGuire.
Mrs. John Anderson, of Detroit,
spent the week -end with her bro-
ther, (Mr., George Ellis, and Mrs.
Ellis. •
Miss Louise Bettger, of New
Hamburg, spent the week -end with
VISITS HOME TOWN
Hugh Baechler, who left Gode-
bean-
the . Chesapeake & O io Railway
auto ferries for 30 years. For the
past five years, he has served as
chief engineer on the City of Mid
land ,No. 41. cat_' .ri�y. Reg n
lug re an is fever teri
Goderich with his cousin, Miss
Anna ,Moser, Ile wishes to be re-
membered to his. old friends and
hopes they will look 'hire up if
they are ever near his home at
Ludington, Mich,
cover of this year's telephone directory. The new book is now
being distributed in this district and should be put into nse ,as
soon as it is received. Miss Muth Cave hopes that all telephone
users will consult the new directory from now on since it contains
many new and changed listings.
Membership Drive
Proves A Success
Miss Helen Videan, chairman C,7
the Membership Campaign for the
Goderich Community 'koncert As-
sociation, has announced that the
drive for memberships,. for the
1958-59 season was a success.
As campaign week drew to a
close, the Concert Selection Com-
mittee; alopg with Mr. Stuart Noll,
the Association representative, sel-
ected the artists for the coming
season's concerts.
They air'
The New York 'Sextet, a vocal
group featuring Edmund Karlsrud
as the bass baritone soloist; the
Medleys, a well-known piano duo
team; Archer and Gile, renowned
folk, singers. ,
The campaign chairman has ex-
pressed appreciation.for the ex-
cellent patronage accorded the
Association.
Wednesdays Races
Will Be Earliest
Ever Held- Here•
' When Gederich Trotting and
Agricultural Society holds a har-
ness meet next Wednesday, May 7,
it will be the earliest date in
history that races, have been staged
here. -
Already; the association has re-
ceived a good number of entries
for the meet, says President II. O.
(Budd
Jerry, There will be four
,classified races, with the first heat
t 2 s.rii
e ug . .•..
entertainmentwill be provided be-
tween heats by the Kansas Farmer
and his group.
Four experienced miners stand inside the bucket which will tali%
.• them clown the shaft of the rock salt mine at • the harbor. The
-shaft is now -down to- a- deptho-af• 205 -feet: -After•-the-water-area-•has
-beenassed, ,progress ro gress •will- be'''at a considerably' faster rate. May
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15- is deadline for tenders on construction of the $2,000,000 per-
manent buildings. • It is expected contract will be' let for these
buildings by the end of this month. When work starts in . June
at least 150 meri mill be envoloyed in addition to• the 50 Bien who
are now working with the cementation' Company at the plant.
ERIfCkL..H
Flying Saucer P., an e ght-year-
old gelding owned by Len Over-
holt and Fin. Sarins, -of Goderich,
wop�n the featured $1,200 "Il" pace
Friday night at Montrears Blue
drove the winner over the mile in
2.12. Other Goderich entries, in-
cluding Len OverhQlt's Walter G,
Grattan and Ken Kerr's horses,
have been doing well at lllue
Bonnets this spring.
Based on a survey made of theeO
cost of similar institutions in other
locations in Ontario, Charles -Mac-
Naughton., Huron's P -C candidate
in the forthcoming by-election, t
claims the cost of the proposed
hospital for retarded children in
he Goderich area will be from
visift Goderich on Thursday, May
8. Needless to say, the citizens of
Goderich and district will be ex-
remely interested in what he
might have to say ; about the
hos-
pital since final word is anxiously
awaited by all.
;10,000,000 to $12,000,000.
From the same survey, he estim-
ates the annual payroll of the hos-
pital will be between $1,000,000
and $1,500,000, he told the Signal.
Star.
His other estimates for the' hos-
pital here, based on- the aforemen-
tioned survey, are: number of
workers •during construction of the
building, from 300 to 400; number
on staff after completion of hos-
pital, 750 to 1,000. -
Annual cost of -the following arc
estimated ..at: provisions, from
$450,000- to $450,000; fuel, light,
water, etc., , $100,000; clothing,
$50,000; laundry, cleaning, etc.,
$25,000; contingencies, $20,000;
maintenance and repair, $30,000;
medical supplies, etc., $25,000.
-- It'irenet`tertha Tionn es,'lire-
Frost will be making some refer-
ence to the new hospital when he
'Postmaster A. M. " lOt iutli haft
received the approved plans, obi
blueprints, of the new Goderich
most Office from the Federal De-
partment of Works.
While there is no word from the
Post. Office Department as to when
work will commence,- Postmaster
Homuth is hoping that it will be as
soon as possible. He has numerous
reasons for this but listed only two.
One is that although many new
boxes have been placed in the
Post .Office for 'boxholders, 20 more
people .. have already applied for
boxes. More applications are ex-
pected
xpected and there is no more roams
in the present Post Office set-up
to put in the boxes, he .stated.
Secondly, he said, when the new
hospital for retarded children goes
into operation here the present
Post Office facilities will be quite
inadequate to take care of the
extra mail and parcels that will
be going to the hospital, particul-
arly at the Christmas season.
COLLEGE CHOIR COMING
On Friday evening at Knox
Church a college choir, composed
of students from Knox College,
Toronto, and the -Presbyterian Col-
lege, Montreal, under the direction
of -Henry Rosevear; FC-c,Q, FTCL-,
of Toronto, will present. a program.
The choir will . sing at the G•DCI
auditorium for the students in l.he
afternoon and will present a ser-
vice of praise in the church at
8 p.m.
.. Employment in the area served
by the National Einployment Office I
at Goderich is returning to almost
-normal,. according to an official of
that office,
• Total number seeking employ-
ment as of yesterday was about
546, while the number on the cor-
responding date of the preceding
year was 455. It is pointed out
--that~-seasonal•benefrts--this year-• •
tend to May 17 whereas last year
they extended only to April 15'
and that alone makes a substantial
contribution to the,•number listed
as see!:inl jebs at the present time.
it was stated.
At the start of April' a total of
979 Was listed as seeking jobs in
contrast to 546 at the end of April
on Wednesday. '
- There is--- a surplus of clerical
help in the district but a scarcity
of domestic help, the tatter includ-
ing help fo: restaurants, hotels,
.laundries, etc., in addition to
homes.
Each year there appears to be
more women listed asseeking work
but this is attributed to the 'fact
that , more, and more married wo-
men -are- working. -
OKAY NOW
The foghorn connection ' at the
harbor was finally fixed after frog-
men
rogmen Allan and Bruce MacDonald •
braved the chilly waters again on
Wednesday, of last week. This time
they urranged--the- able ncrthat-----"--
is protected from the danger Of
being severed by heavy ice. Men
from the Department of Transport
marine division, Parry Sound, were
here while the repairs were being
made. -
• KNOX LADIES' AID
The Ladies' Aid of Knox Churcdi
met last Friday in the church
parlor with- a good attendance.
Mrs. H. Rivers led the discussion
on the entertainment of the visit-
ing
isiting students' choir. Morg plans
were made for the Juni" bazaar
and for the reception of the hew
deaconess the latter part of May.
" A reception, in honor of the!)
visit here' of Premier Leslie Frost
and Mrs. Frost is being planned
for Thursday evening, May 8, when
approximately 1,000 People arp , ex-
pected. It will be held -at Gode-
rich District Collegiate Institute
from 8 to 10 p.m. In the receiving
line also will be Charles Mac -
Naughton, of Exeter, the P -C can-
didate - in the May 12th Huron by-
election, and Mrs. MacNaughtop.
The Huron Progressive -Conserv-
ative Association from all Centres
in the riding are helping to make
preparations ' for the reception
which will be attend d b • eo a le
rant -=..a, --par, ,s ..-o e,.... i a Irl -.
committee has been set up which is
making a telephone blitz of people
in Goderich, Seaforth, Exeter,
Clinton and Zurich inviting them
i 1_.. W ,.ems es► idatg;.�, r },,
Mr. MacNa ghtont, says the recep-
tion will be strictly informal and
it's open to everyone.
Mr. Elston Cardiff, for
Huron, and Mrs. Cardiff are- also
line if Mr. Cardiff can manage to
get away from Ottawa for the
occasion..
Chairman of the ladies' commit-
tee -in charge of the preparations
is Mrs. D. D. Mooney, of Goderich:
O:Thompson, Clinton; Mrs. Hap -
old Arbour and Mrs. Frank W.al-
kom, Goderich; Mrs. R. W. Kyle,
of Exeter; Mrs. M. Merner, of
DasbW'ood.
Women from the various centres
will pour tea 'and assist in serv-
ing • lunch. They are: Mrs.
G. Ginn, Mrs. G. Feagan, Mrs. 11.
Williams, Mrs. A. Smith,, Mrs. J.
,McNevin, Miss G. Sturdy 0trs. 3.
Schaefer, Mrs. J. McConnell, Mrs.
A. Johnston, Mrs. 3. Warren, Mrs.
G. Filsinger, Mrs. J. Donnelly and
Mrs. ° B. Ross, of Goderich; Mrs.
Hobbs Taylor and Mrs. M. Merner,
o rashw.,,
Pryde, Mrs. Van Laughton'and Mrs.
E. Bealkirs, of Exeter; Mrs. F. G
Thottmpson, 'Mrs. D. Freeman, Mrs.
Knight and Mrs. T. Steep. of
W. J. Dale, Mfrs. J. A. Westcott,
Mrs, C. Snowden and Mrs. E. Dins -
'MOO., of Seaforth; (Mrs. L. E.
Cardifff� Brusseia.
ter Ft'emietr.'Frost, Mae-
(Members
fie
(Members include: 'WS. J. A
Wetcott, Seaforth; Mrs. •P. D
shaken Vand4 with those attending
>tid
n, lunch is §ertredr, IVetnier
1• rest will make a brier'
the 'Work of his goVerniiinnt. R
may have news of partitottlat
est to this district at lois t% ', ,