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THURSDAY, i'VEAY Bth, 1958
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT,
Goderieh and, indeed, all' Huron County,
is locking forward to the visit here this even-
ing of Pre/nine Leslie Frost. As leder of the
Ontario government .he is deserving of a fine
reception and we are confident he will receive
no less than this.at the one planned foil him
at Goderieh Collegiate tonight. �.
But the Goderich area has a decidedly
special interest this time in his visit and' in
--w-hat he might have -to- say. We- are "all
ears" for further information about the hos-
pital for retarded children• planned for 'some
two miles south of Goderieh. It will be of
such economic importance to the future wel-
fare of this town and county that utter im-
patience prevails for authoritative and definite
announcements regarding, it. Surely this is
understandable.
Trp until Monday of this week everything
seemed aokit mysterious, as if it were a political
football. Then out of Toronto came a news
story quoting Dr. Mackinnon Phillips, Ontario
minister of health. Tt was the first announce-
ment that had any ring of final authority to
it. Speaking of hospital schools for retarded
children planned by the Ontario -government,
Dr. Phillips was quoted as saying, "The one
in Huron will eertainl,- be going ahead this_
summer. Both (the other one is in Kent
INunty) will have from 1.200 to 1,300 beds."
This announcement was most reassuring. All
that remains now is for Premier Prost to place
his public, .vocal stamp of approval on the
.statement during his appearance here this ev-
...e,Q.in.,.....T. en-ei:ely_Kl,ettb,tin. Thomas will be-
lieve and 'he thankful: --"� -
Fears previously existed that -Perth-
County might snatch the hospital away from
Auron. But Dr. Phillips on Monday said a
900 bed Ontario hospital has been promised
Perth for "The aged mentally alert and older
mental, defectives.". Obviously, this is not the
same type of hospital that 'has been promised
Iluron, •
One of the reasons for skepticism in Huron
was the statement of Hon: W. A. Goodfellow
at 'Clinton on April 16. At that time he said
the government had "already purchased some
300 acres of land, tots 13 and 14 in Goderieh
Township" and that the hospital was assured.
Faetllally, that was not correct nor is it eorreet
right; now. 'The land is under option until
Jule 115 but the option has not yet been taken
up. jOn one of the farms under opt'on, 50 of
the 0 acres has been seeded and the present
own r was told he would have plenty of time
to tt ke off hiscrop before the option was taken
up by the government. On anot i?r farin, the
owl er was told he could graze his eat -tie oxt_.it-_
ftp !to NoveMber 15, even, if the option were
to en. However, the government could pro-
ve(d with building and compensate the farmers
fo any losses sustained. We are inclined to
th nk that major operations _will not be
la1 nehed. on the land. _by_ thee -government until
next year°, although it could conceivably be
sooner. •
On the day of Tom Pryde's funeral Pre-
mier Frost assured his Widow a hog -pita' would
be built in Huron in memory of her husband.
He. even added she would be chosen to lay -the
cornerstone. - -We- believe Premier Frost is' a
man of his word.. We think this will be proven
at the Goderieh Collegiate this evening.
'-''''- "'"°„Ti:"°°-ir l'1".meari gd'i iue'lr'f'o"YftiTs area-'wlik'
goodness -knows, needs everything it can get
to give it the economic push which it deserves
and which, it would: appear, it. will soon have.
HARSH DEATH DUTY LAWS
Ameudments to Che , Suc:cessiou Duties Aet
of Canada, forecast four years ago by Hon.
Douglas Abbott, were at last said to be ready
when Parliament sat this year,but had to _be_
subm.itt.ed.for approval 6f various legal author-
ities. At the new session, no further delay
should oeeur in'revisiiig a law that admittedly
imposes many inequities.
Probably many are unaware 'that a life,
insurance conillany is forbidden by this law
to fulfil its contract until after death duties
are calculated and the Government assured of
getting them. Similar strictions apply to
withdrawals from batik qts. lu Ontario,
the Legislature at last session increased from
$1,500 to $2,500 the amount of- insurance•nnoney
that may be_made available immediately to
heirs after 'a death.
One of the more familiar. --and thoroughly
justified—complaints is that once an j estate
exceeds, by however, little, the exempt amount
'of $50,000, the whole estate, including the
$50,000, is taxed. Ontario is more grasping
than the Dominion in taxing estates bequeathed'
to collaterals rather than direct kin. '0n the
other Baud, it recognizes charitable gifts made
within three years of decease, whereas the
Dominion ,includes- these in appraising an es-
tate. Incidentally,, some solicitors feel that
property in towns :Sisals as Goderich is_often
over -valued by officials more familiar with
prices in large centres such as Metropolitan
Toronto.
One striking injustice is that a widow's
pension or annuity- is computed actuarially,
based ou life expectancy, and the capitalization
.made subject to duty. Thereby the Govern-,
ment includes in the total tfre personal income
tax which is to he paid in later years. By
these and 'other onerous provisions; the law
tends to frustrate the efforts of heads of fam-
ilies to provide for their future.
TRAFFIC ACT CHANGES.
An amendment to the Highway
Act removes any doubt as to the legalit
ging on the right when driving on the
Often necessary and .usually quite sa
addition to permissive passing to the
a vehicle about • to tura left-, if- is no
to pass nigh t "upon ,a highway de
for the .use of one-way traffic only
dentally; and not that • it makes muc
once -here, many motorists-seem_undy►
they may turn right after stopping
light.
Changes .made at this year's sessi 1
Legislature are embodied in an 18-p
made available a few, days ago by the Queen.za'
Printer. The number ,of at;eidents caused ,by
opening car doors on the traffic• side has
brought about a provision requiring' "due
preeautio'ns'." There is a neer aubseeti4 pro -
'Whiting mufflers that make excessive- noise or
smoke; another increases to' two years the
maximum suspension of permit ,or license upon ,
'conviction for careless driving, and the maxi-
mum permissible height for a vehicl,jnd load
is set' at 13 feet, six inches..
Traffic
of pas-
quare—
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right of
Iaw'ful
:iguated
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differ-
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tared
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A MUSEUM
Among• the .hnnclreds of intefestifig e:
hibita in .the Huron County Museum is a :two'
headed 'ealf, born on a district farm son
years ago. ..After visiting many museums in
Canada last summer, Carl E. Guthrie, Re-
search Associate of the American Association,,
of Museums, and a supposed authority o4
rdixseuma,. Wrote a,booklet on Iiia abgervafions..
His 'tone observation of the Huron County
l 'ItSseum was that • he . wasn't in favor of ex-
hibiting two -headed calves.
„,tsed his opinion 'on they statement;
that • iiri oxr,,gr stems from the desire to attract:
Irl, ltor lr>:.their,..i tere4t in strange, u>x-
t tesitne thin -the Aver' pebble
Visitors have commented upon the cour-
tesy. shown pedestrians by drivers at inter-
sections in Goderieh, particularly on the
Square. This deserves and seems to receive
co-operation . on the., j art,,.o£, ,pedestrian ,...in.
sharp contrast to the general disregard 'of
ordinary;,,.,sale•t•y that keeps metropolitan police
busy trying to prevent people from killing
themselves.. Toronto police tried several years
ago to stop jay -walking at busy corners, but
found the bylaw arid Traffic Aet alike ineffec-
tive because it was necessary to prove inter-,
£erence with vehicular traffic. Now a pedes-
trian approaching+ -an. intersection at which
traffic lights are operated "shall not enter the
roadway until a -green light is shown.” The
penalty for a first offense is a fine of $5 to $50.
One curious kink in the statute ,has been
straightened. -"Subsequent" offenses hither-
to have counted, as •such if within the same
calendar year as those previous.. Evidently
it has been .discovered that January is pretty
close to December. Hereafter, offenses within
the same' "twelvemonth" will qualify for the
appropriate penalties.
OBSERVATION
truly typical, documented objects, nor do they
have intrinsic • aesthetic pr scientific value,"
sail Mr. Guthrie, adding, "They belong in
amusement areades or in fair midways, cer-
tainly not in museums.",
Sounds reasonable, but, on the other hand,
an odd one of such articles surely isn't out of
pjace.wAfter all, thousands of visitors to the
Htfron County Mtiseum'have' found the afore-
mentioned two -headed calf .of interest and
have said so. We think the Museum Curator,
J. H. Neill, has done t magnificent job of col-
lecting museum exhibits. The faet that more
i€€ �n 13,000 people visited the museum last.
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should 'be evidence tb'at it is one of the
at crowd-dt-awing musenni.4' Tor its size in
441ro~ttht.vreplio
well in- his remarks he might have mentioned
dozens of other exhibits in the same museum
that are worthy of praise rather than eon$n-
'ing his limited remarks to one derogatory
stateinent, ""
sties tt piece of marble chip-
.arrctent 'Greek `temple; the two -
ho ashes' front a eigar antoked by
o oit; 't ha tree trunk with a can -
006004 in it, "None of these are
xy��iv7i°SL*J,TISM',q,';C� F�"�YP
45 Years Ago
Opposition members in the On-
•tario Legislatttre,odeniandeci that
aRoyalCommission be appointed
to study .charges of corrupt con-
duct against the premier and the
provinc&d secretary. The charges
had been made by 'William Proud-
feot, MPP for Centre Huron.
By a vote of 346 to 133, Goderich
ratepayers approved the Rice -
Knight by-law whereby the town
would guarantee the bonds of Rice -
Knight Ltd. to the extent of
$20,000 and grant a fixed assess-
ment of $10,000 for 10 years. The
company_: was to erect a fa tory
here for the manufacture of brass
fittings.
C. 0. Porterfield came from
Menominee, Mich., to take ever
as general manager of the Gode
rich Wheel Rigs factory.
An East Wawanosh native, John
R, Bone, managing editor of the
Toronto Star, was elected presi-
dent of the Canadian Club, which
had '71a membership of 1,255 in
Toronto.
The Colborne correspondent of
The Signal reported: "The spec-
tacle, man is making his rounds
this week. .. , The farmers are
busy this week getting in their
root crops. . . . Stewart's nursery
wagon was around last week, de-
livering fruit trees."
25 Years Ago
At the annual meeting of Gode-
rich Women's Institute, (Mrs, James
Bisset was elected president.
.Seventy harness horses, includ
ing the fastest in Canada, were
entered in the Civic Holiday race
meet planned by Goderich-Trotting
and Pacing Association. This was
a record number of entries.
Speaking at Goderieh, Dr. Peter
Bryce, United Church. leader, com-
mented: "Someone has said that
the modern girl is like the modern
bungalow—painted in front, shing-
led behind and no upstairs. In my
opinion, this is not so. The, .mod
ern girl and boy are just as tine
today as they ever were. In every
generation we say that of the 'gen-
atibtr-whielr-tras--gone-beforevs:
I have the utmost confidence in
the young people of• today."
The luck of commercial fisher
men was improving every week.
Catches, mostly trout, were now
running from 300 to 500 peunds.
Frank Bennett opened the Home -
Bakery on the Square in the pre-
mises formerly occupied by the
hydro office.
15 Years Ago,
Two Sky Harbor student pilots
lived to tell the.' tale after them
Tiger illfoth trainers collided 2,0(19
.feet above the airdrome, One pilot
suffered -facial ,lacerations when
his plane crashed on the 11a4. of
the i1Viaitland Riv. er, The other air-
man managed to bring his danutg
ed machine back to the airdrome.
Two.Coderich men, W. F. Saund-
ers and Bruce Tennant, were e1ect-
ed' to the executive at the annual
meeting of the Perth -Huron section
of the Industrial Accident Preven-
tion Association. Mr. Saunders
was named vice-chairman.
One pound of fat, needed for
war purposes, was the price of ad-
mission to a special Saturday morn-
ing sho�vt at ,the Capital Theatre.
The two local chapters of the
-IOtE were co-operating with the
theatre management in making the
arrangements.
Lieut. R.' C. 'Hays and his com-
pany of the ►Middlesex Huron Regi-
ment -90 strong—paraded tel SL
George's Church Sunday morning
and held maneuvers in Goderich
Township in the afternoon. It was
the first route march for many of
the new recruits. The company in-
cluded veterans of World War I
and business and professional men.
Over 200 guests were present at
a "silver tea" given ' by the Sky
Harbor Women's Auxiliary in the
church hall of North Street United'
Church. Mrs. J. King was pre-
sident of the auxiliary. The com-
,mittee in 'charge of the event was
headed ,by Mrs. Keith Hopkinson
and included the _wives of the air-
port personnel.
10 Years Ago
After. 29 years with Goderich
Public Utilities Commission, Super-
intendent Ed. Nelson resigned to
Lake over the _position of public
utilities 'manager at P enetang.
A Clinton lawyer, Frank Fing-
land, was chosen Liberal candidate
for the Provincial riding of Huron.
In . Huron -Bruce riding, Hugh Hill
was the Liberal standardµb,earer.
"The sitting members, Tom Pryde
and John W. Hanna, were again
chosen to carry the Progressive
onservative; colors -in -the -ride
of Huron and Huron -Bruce in the
forthcoming Provincial election.
Goderich was represented in the
Huron -Perth 'Baseball League by
an intermediate "B" team.
A timely warning given by Wil-
mer Harrison • and Stewart Schoen -
'`hats prevented what might have
been a serious bush fire on the
farm of William Stirling, Bayfield
road, seven miles south of Gode-
rich.
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POLIO'•' VACCINE will hg avltilable to:.
(1) Preschool 4 months of age and over.
(2) Preschool children who are due their '3rd dose.
(3) School children who have not received Polio' Vaccine.
TUESDAY, MAY 13th, 10:00 - 11:30 A.M.
at Goderich Public School
for Town of Goderieh
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TUESDAY, MAY 13th, 1:30 - 2:30 P.M.
at Goderioh Public School
for COLBORNE Schonel Section -No: Nci.`1 NO: 8,
No. '2 and No.- 7.
and GdDERICH School Sections No. 1, No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6.
TUESDAY, JUNE 10th, 10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
POLIO' VACCINE will be available tet: -
Schonl ekitdtreh who are due 'their`3rci dose. .
(2) Preschool and school' children who require 2nd dose.
• at Goderkh .Public School
for To*n of Goderich
4nd
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For Goderich Rural •-•- schools listed above.
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