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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-05-01, Page 1GODERICH, ONTARIO, THVRSAAYe MAY 1, 1958. Rati7CX�`a' wr;. •,•w;x4:44 %GitX2C� 4 q'�A:L?`'vX«•.;•. sar'ptiOn•JN CAP AQ.A sa,a�z iN u.o. k4,4... < . >!t ,pjj+, jr2o 2Q<•'+`np ar i33,NaYY,s`P R�)"/r�'ia,,y', 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 P 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% ', ,