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HURON COUNTrS FOREMOST WEEKLY
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
THURSDAY, JULY lOtt. 1953
LAM OF THE WEEK
GODERICHS ZONING BY-LAW
First reading tuts be,•11 given by 176,1, ' , The contents of the ionin,g, byrIaw have
Conned to the zoning bylaw. pr.•pared by tio. to he properly publicized in order. that the rate-
Goderieh Area Planning, Ward, It \vas in payers of the town \ %till be reasuuably at -
June 1954, that the initial meeting of rills iillaiiitt't1 with, the proposals. Next 'stage is
board was held. Four years ha Ve 1101V 01',11.,,,I, ' 't111' calling of a public meeting' where details
during whi.•11 tittle the hoard Iiiis tione it very about the Zoning
•-., are to be given and ,an op-
aonsiderahle amount ot' work 111 an i.trurt t,, portunity afforded everyone who *might desire
propose zonitor suitable to .t 11, 11' #..:far,. of the to raise objeetion:, If this Meeting' is like the
town as ,t \ditile• Every town „Ita.... its pi-irtleit- last one held.. th•-•re will undoubtedly be some
lar set of probl,i,ons. Goderieit's priihreni: are ti.bieet:ole,....froni those who might be dffeeted
.,niore pronottnet••1than the av••rage inNileiptil. liy !t's 'proposal:. When these are finally
itY .bi.'.'atP-0-' "1: OD' ull..(tlie 1aY,011.. a tito 1•,wn el••ared, the liy.bov gOes to the Ontario Muni-
whiell makel. it difficult to zone. 1,4w° the plan- eipal Board for 1.•,VieW. IIerle again, it might
fling- board hits w,•rk••41 lone- and we!I in it: , iii.••••1 with alterations. When these two afore -
efforts to reat.•11 a solution. This. despite the *, mew:toted izrou.ps are, finally Iiitrdled, the zon- i
fact that tlio personnel of ih•• board has had a illg- 1v -law (--oinei back to Town Couneiltai for i
Aiinruber of el -la -tures over th•• four year. perio,..t. s(.00iii.1 -itic.1 fin ti reading's, Then, it beeomes .
, • - ----' "'an:MI iFirrarifirrtW. I: n 4 Ir•ilil'ilt of CIV- tiw, ' ' - '' s:"
.,..,.. ;.:-.4;.;:..!--
dreaming, indulged in hy ..tarry -eyed vision- After it does become law there are those .i
aries. Rather, it is a ne'eessary civic furietion persolt, who '1 -yin protest in vain regardingl
whieli, under jute 11 igell.t 41 ii., T on, e.stablishes eertitin of it; eontents. These will be the people;
the pattern under whieh we live and vork. It , who ,,did not..give the by-law*the attention it l
iS to the end that the Clt.yderieh, of tile future deserved 'CV II ,.'ll it should have been given.i It I
• will grow in an orderly manner instead of a is for: this reason that every '-ratepayer shouldl
• haphazard omit that the Planning Board has give the by -lay careful study when a fniblie 1
, been working. Ineeting .is. held.- •
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LIFE-SAVING • ORGANIZATION NEEDED
. auk manes
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wn Mrn
eory's L
oane
45 Years Ago A Huron County C01111Cil resolu
Rev. W. K. Hager, of Coiling- tion, passed as # joke • early
in
World War II, was by
wood, succeeded Rev. Alfred Brown
be -
as minister of North Street Meth- overseas tsublications picked and wup as -
*coining "'rather famous. - 'Anyo'ne.
odist Church in Goderich. Mr seen wearing a moustache resembl-
ing that: of Adolf Hitler would be
arrested, according to the resolu-
tion,
The Wartime Prices and Trade
Board pas not very- sympathetic
toward the request , of Goderich
hotel and restaurant - proprietors
for the release of More rationed.
food. Wartime appetites in Gode-
tich would have to,be curbed, the
board intimated.
tt, 10 Years Ago
Alex Clark commenced his duties
as organist and choirmaster of
North 'Street tlitirch. He
came here from Brantford.
- begun to drive land vehicles' or boats. ' - ,..burged in the House of COMmons the 'or,ganiza-
ham, awe a short address. A new wing was opened at Alex-
liurrin, County Museum contains a photo. port and Defence, craft and personnel. The Brown accepted a call to a church
at Kingston.
'graph of ,1; oderi ch 1 fo-bo a t 1S85, its mein- new minister. Hon.. Geortge Hees, has said no
tiers cte.eorated for rescue of a sehooner's d'e0,;ion has been rea,ehed toremovesuch nine', at Th'e\ITTc'tivosr't altreaenevv minister
t Methodist
It was -eaptained by -William Babb, onetme tions from these agencies and place them utder church. He 'wa,' s 'Rev. James E.
of •t he 0•••-an,.Hotts.e, and it ineluded, of colirse, . a new and separate one.. "It an.nouueed, how- .Fotd; who cane here from Clinton,
Be succeeded Rev. Dr. Medd; who
a eon pl e of MaeflOnaldS;':Waleollii. andr-,4ek; tliat Department ''Of Transport .Sfiip to'
two Melver‘ Dan and Neill';.` :John IlteLZ•an eost $2.500.000• - is 1)6111g -built forsearchrescue
wasleavingfor-a new charge. at
and Thomas' Finn. As older residents' may operations in Lake Huron and 'Georgian Bay. • The'. Goderich Collegiate Insti-
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reeall, their boat was housed on the south pii4r,It will parry a lielicopter7—equipment 'which
with a set of rollers for launching. , When has long been used by the U.S. Coast Guard -
afloat, it was propelled by oars in the strong r That sotinds promising, but' aecidnits in
braill> of 'the Men mentioned.. and others from and arotind a.ke 'ports and resottS'deinand
titne to„tirno. The gasoline. engine. had licit 4, -et quick action.' 'Wallace Nesbitt, up for Oxford,
tute Board granted sarary incirses
of $100 to Miss Fraser and $50
each to:Misses Hodge and Durnin.
About 70 Scouts and 'their
friends -'.attended the annual Boy
Scout picnic at Attrill's Point.
After, supper, Rev. JB. Fothering-
Should a visitor today ask to see our life- ..tiOn . of "spme . form': of coast guard- to be Miss Chandler; of London,. • andra Marine and General Hospital.
was. The new section thad' once been
. boat, we eould cinl- share the embarrassment 'opervive at least .fronr'qurie to September. namedto succeed • Miss Griffiths
as superintendent of Ale.xandra„ a hospital building .at ,Port Albert.
of citizens in most oiler Canadian.ports on the lie suggested' use of fish tiigs at Huron, Erie,
• . , 1 Marine and General Hospital. _ airport.. • .
Great Ltiks., AlmoSf always. someone has,been and other lake ports. .A form of coast- gnard 1 25 Years Ago A .tourist, Mrs.' W. Williams, of
found to' deal with emergeneies. The rescue .eottld very; well -u:se the• Provincial Pence as Town council Aced the P4Ablic Criienheinannadti,Zios,ur• a-pr=1. itt(ii Gleoadren't.
, work of the la.te Bert MacDonald was often sen- a basis. ' They operate swift boats in interior Utilities .Commission, to stop col -
e:
. . • lecting ,from citizens for lawn,' that English 'was spoken her
• sational, and •-valualyle air Aean•lies were.,.under- lakes, Simeoe and Nipissing,.
taken at times by Sky Harbor Air ,Services, At.Sault Ste. Marie, where the -only life- water,- service.. ..had told' her that no one
. , "Godericif has; a future—and a Someone had
of the country spoke
. but no bill ,for services rendered could be. sent.. saving, f acilities are on the U.S. Side,: it is advo-- l'os.Y future—aiOng at least tivo • . .The G'odencii—ta-om midgets
"-Thr"-Xtrti enitent reiy upon .--2-11-a-firrby ar a e„munieipa v arrange roun ed an Auburn half team 1.1.-0
se
voluntary response, and sjieh is stilt the ease• .
Wartitn.f• reseible.. work i5 prinuiril. a' re.:-
ponsibi1ilL(.1"the Dominion t'i.o..;,,e,.`rinnent, whieh
of reeent years ---has Leen .:pre,ss•qi fron many
quarters to., organize a eoa,41 gurird, instf•ad of
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i h he tourist business and tat. Auburn. Jack ' Price was the
for a \phi nt a ry lifeguard service. the eits Oro, tain editorial. !One is iks connec-,
viding -the equipment.; It may be up to thethTiovtvht t
on the Ontadoc at the harbor, but 1
it;iwillnin,g pitcher. •
held a race from Napanee.
other is along the lines of
manu-.1 A. bird entered by Cfaytyn Ladd,
.rnunieipal ' authorities of Goderieh to tackle first industry, that is salt. '
faclurel of ,Auburn, was the winner when
the' situation:, part from a suitable craft, I
Some Daintinz was being done •
,I the Goderich Homing Pigeon. Club
sneh a: an RCAF crash boat—We.did have one - -
depending upon the LS, Coast to pick the vessel was not expected- to I • QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
lip Canadian ,ailors in peril. Soyeessive 11:1111- 1. In terms of 'Starts, 'oil residential
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make any runs this season..
Ida White, Audrey Fisher, and
Helen Thaner, members of Mc -1
isters have taken refuge _in the theoretical
eo-ordinat ion, at ,oeean ports: of RCMP, ,Trans-
.
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these' for a time -L -the need is for at least
one paid Mall: arailable at the.waterfront, and
a voluntary but trained erew to get aid qUiekly
to the seene of marine mishaps,
W,HY-1 THE' BOYNE
( )11 '.1tily 1'2 -tire 'Loyal 1)rititize
in Canada elsevhe.re eeleliraie th
. 268th anniversary of a liatt,te in Ireland wilieh,
• tnea.sn red solely , t ho ,euro of Military i'in'-
portanee, Nvould Fong ago have heen forgotten.
The inetnory' of 'William 111, the, I...loot-lolls
leader, is 'hono'red bevause a blow 111'.1.4.!
Is
construction, wete there more or
GilliVray Mission Band of Knox fewer new homes built in Canada
'Presbyterian Church, were pre- in 1957 than in 1956?
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sented with diploma? awarded for 2. The average factory worker's
.therecitation from -memory of 60 , wage in Canada " in 1949 was
. . • Bible verses.• $41.71 a week. What is the pre-
.. • During the holiday, absence of ! . sent average weekly wage?-
.1anie.„•landed in Ireland with a'Freneh army ,Rev. and Mrs. 'Mills and, family,' 3. Who took ,the first airplanealoft
timi held that eountry for about a year. Pro- ,the rectory of St. ,Georges 'Church ! in Canada?
was odupied by Bishop Seager 4. In the United States there are.
testants there were forbidden, under pain' of
(14.011.,, to, hold piddie services. .\.v.iiiiam.s and his family, • - how many Canadian -born resi-
,.
15 Years Ago
'forces 1'110 1 hoso of .faine's at th'e136yne River. Hugh Hill, well-known •Colborne' 5. Wheat accounts for What propor-
on -July 1 ,old ealendari and routed them. 'Township dairy farmer, was chosen.. tion of freight handled by the
Liberal candidate in the provincial; Canadian railways? , 11 KiWilliam. at- the 1:k.f.iyne w-iiN'ed a
W • 1 ' • ) ' ' , ., riding of Huron -Bruce, I ANSWERS: 5. One-third Of total
CELEBRATED
• (Pic 11 \la,' no Robert Isaester, of Vriarton, freight volume. 3. J. A. D. Mc7
struck for eivil and religiOus liberty, 'i•erenninial bladetie had mueli military ex_ chief engineer on the A, A. Huthi Curdy, in 1909 at Baddeck N.S.•
There was no.. Orange - institution when periene in Europe and at 22, as eaptain-gen-
William a rxived in England in '1686 ; that' was oral of Holland'. had repelled a French army%
formed later in Ireland, beading English ts Stadholaer of Uollaziid hewas also an ex -
noblemen and clergy, fearing 'a Roman ,Cathol nr• perieneed ,statesman, 'Defender of. Protestan-
suceessilin to the throne, in.,•ite4 from Ifolland t ii in Enrone, he was a deeply religious man.
the husband of King James. daughter, Mary, ' To England he brought ivi1 and religions
toa country torn by internal titrife.........In.1689 liberty sueh as4he country had--never-enjoyed,
Pagliament deposed .1•aine,4 11 and—rOigsd a. and -t.he liberties of England" became the
Bill of flights. whiell William signed, but liberties of muell of the civilized world. '
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FARM'- TRACTOR- fA-TAL.111E-S
-Fq.rat 6! ! rdents in opPrat ion of farm trac-,
tors probably exceed' 150 annually in Canada.
Latest Atatistics available'show Ontario with
21, Alberta '22, Saskatehewan .21 and Quebec
26. Mot. of co,urse,, Occur on farm property.
A distressing feature is the number of • child
'victims. An official classification of tractor
.fatalities in Ontario, aecording to •age grou ps.,
reveals thatz,the one -to -four -years group is al-
-most the largest, - Thi m represents casual ts
among non:drivers—children being run over,
mainly—but in some eases it has- beqn shown
that children of four and five have been allow -
,ed • to drive,, In the ITni.ted States, 10(1 .9f
tractor victims areunder flirt., years of age.
An Ontario newspaper demands: "Why
can't the eimineers and desigpers prodne/e a
safe farm tractor," The ansWer is that trae-
tors, like highway vehicles, are reasonably
safe whOn used as intended. It is evident
--that•-nrany accidentresult from Violation of
rules laid down by tnanufactii rer-a and empha-
sized by farm organizations. `4.11e extra care-
fitl on hillsides" is one directive. yet time after
lime fatalities are at to toppling on a
slopo There is to often neglect' of ordinary
preeautions' as to speed, turning,-, use of ,gear-.
shifts. Many-efieeidents result from backward
til)Pilic-r. At Cooksville,-, a "week -end farmer"
1ried.16 mill a. St11111p Witil a tractor; it r011ed
over 4.iti4wis kiIle, A Pert h -man ,. 84, was
refused a 'driver's lieense and 'used his traetor
IS a ear. '.1.1a kot into a eollision. •„ •
Some extraordinary things are attempted
with' tractors which probably ,would_..not. he.
risked if due attention were .psid-14--preeam--
tions listed in* the Ontario. Department of .P:tg-.
rieffiture's, Circular 170, entitled Safety hi
Tractor OperationThe authors, ktbree
specialists,report that "carelessmesS and im-
proper use of” tractors cause more (farm) ae-_
eidents than any other angle agent."
WCKNOW'S CENTENNIAL
"Willi Ye No 'Come Bark Again?" reads a
wtxrtrrrrrfr-ot imrit 8 0 tie
village of Lueknow. It has been there for
some yeats now but it pr,dbaibly has never had
such Sigilificanee as this ye'fir. On August
2, 3 and 4 the Lucknovv and District Centen-
nial win- be held and tie Sepoy Town is par.
tituli
larly anotis thfit all possible native sons
and datighters now living olonlothere else, and
indeed, all fornfer regidefits',.reiATrn for a visit
Titervil tiopleillifig nostalgic' about reiprn.
t1•,
son, visited Goderich after an ab- he lAter became Lieutenant-Gov-
sence of 28 years. He operated a ernor of Nova Scotia. 1, Slightly
fish tug out of this port in the fewer, .122,000 units as compared
days of the late James Clark, Don- to 127,000. 4 Nearly one million,
ald MacKay, John • Craigie and according to the latest U.S. census.
James Wylie„ He was a contemp- 42. $65.32 a week.
orary also of James Inkster, whom '
At the -Lions -—convention 1 third Million women•in—Canada
he visited while in' town. • There are 'more than one and a Club
held at Niagara Falls, Sheriff Nel- with paid jobs, and the, largest
son Hill, of Goderich, was elected group of women, workers is in
a district governor. I manufacturing.
THURSDAY, JULY lOth, 1958
4 Doctor ,AcIvises. His 'Children Not To Drink ...a- -.
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(A Letter In The Baptist Standard) drink and that the well-to-do, the :vaane: two4etellsm;tsbtyan)dok,.esorbb4:1-..
•; ii010'-'4!rfaixf-agul*47i:CX144041Y-
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pear Jack, Joan and Don: . educated, the cultured men and come too familiar with someone
litvattaFfillftifIfetietoi'se' "wompir•of,t,flie,voll
ratddlYi -as you are growing -up, iltenieestifeettzugta —
that r can scarcely keep up with Many a hostess has, fallen into hurry him off, but often not until
your progress. It is hard to realize line and serves drinks to her' guests irreparable harm has been d
that Jack will soon be off to Col- without stopping to think. The There is nothing funny or amusing
lege, Joan is ready for High School, cocktail party has become a stand- about an actual drunk; only in
School.
4 well along in Urammar ard form of mass entertainment, the movies is it so or only to others
eh
, requiring only a fewchairs, little under the influence of alcohol,
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1. have been reminded recently space, and even leo planning. * *.
of a problem that each of you will Almost all clubs and many private Perhaps you Can understand nowA
'face and a decision that each of homes have elaborately designed why your ' mother and I do not ,like
you ipu'st make before lopg. The and decorated bats. Every effort drink. In addition to 'those rea- -
problem is that of thedrinking of has been made to' depict liquor" tusotripso,rttahneere,here is newilmicohre.yoofu great
alcoholic beverages, which you will as a thing,of -beauty.
encounter more at -social gather- ,
not . tinderstaml now so well as
ings, and, the decision is whether There is another side to alcohol, • later, This is the Matter of:Chris-
you will participate. For 'a little not pretty enough to show on tele- tint example. Even if I knew (and
while yet your parents will have vision or in attractive advertise- I don't) that 110 harm would come
something to say about' this, but ments. Alcohol is a poison which to me or My family if I drank '
soon it will be entirely up to you, will kill a man if enough is drunk moderately, still I would not drink,
Since it is a ,crucial decision, • one to produce a concentration in the I know that there are . those who
influenceieyoyuoknowotir lives blood of only five or six parts per by such example Might be influ..
gv%r'bejactilly,111.1awy, lkwould
thousand, and many a in has enced to drink and that some would
why your mother and I have decid-
ed not to drink. (lied in a - in
cirunken stupor. A uch
greater number have 'done serious
halin to themselves by more mod, -
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You have 'grown up ina com-
munity and during a time in which'
the advertising of beer, wine, and
whisky has -been done so widely
and so well that you my have
concluded that it is a desirable
part of "gracious livilig." This is
exactly what the,makers and sel-
lers of alcOholic drinks wotild like
you to ,think. On the radio, on
television, in the....pewsnaper.a
Magazines; and on numerous bill-
boarrls'yotrare tbid7over and over,
of the handsome ,men of "distinc-
tion" and the beautiful wonten in
lovely clothes who prefer this or
thatbrand of liqt1or. Eve"ry subtle
art of advertising is used to convey
the impreciat it is smart to
become gradually more and more
deeply involved, ultimately to be
greatly hurt.
rte drinking. As a doctor I have. We cannot stop the world from
seen hundreds of men and women drinking, but we can stand on the
whose bodies were wrecked beyond right side and ekert whatever ih-
the point of repair by drinkingfluence we have on ,the individuals •
who know us. This is our answer •
to the question, "What harm is
there in a single drink?" just as it ••"
is our answer to a little cheating,
a little gambling, a little com-
promise with what is right. & Men
and _women ...eIrcharacter_
-sd--up and" be countedorievery
important issue, and alcoholic in-
-dulgence• has become one'of the
most significant issues in our
world.
We hope you think- carefully
about these considerations and Will
decide not to drink.
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The highest )eels of the mind
have to do with those rostraints,
inhibitions, and ideals which keep
under -control the selfish, instinc-
tive, adinial-like urges and tend,
mw
the beast by such qualities "o char-
acter, and it is at this,,level that
alcohol has its first and 'rnost
portant effect. -A man or woman
of splendid breeding and character
, has on countlek occasions, after
a"few social drin14, degraded into
a noisy, slovenly; lewd persop,'Who
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PHONE 71, •••WEST. ST.
JULY Already!
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The year is hag gone, and haw
much _of "your 1958
ome Improvem
Program
• have you accomplished?
,HALF -PAST TEEN
Don't put it off any longer 1 See Goderich Manufacturing right now if you're plan-
ing any repaip, alteratioip or -building projects, such —
,
ing to ithe old home town
inwar gows a Batts actionas pe,ople
're -visit the scenes of their childhood. They
will find it will be a pause for reflection in their
lives when they will re-assoss many values they'
once had of life.
May Lucknow20._egAlEnnial lles, a ..h.a.my.,
soteeesani one, is the wish of The Signal -Star.
May its former sons and daughters—and there
ate many of them—find a new happiness in
linking up A-itir-their childhood past at Luck-
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• Recreation Room
-4-4-werwetetratireirriistrp se ec
you aim to do.
New Home
'Garage
Car Port or Breezeway
Cott -age
Sun' Porch
Built -11,n° Cupboards
Attic -Rooms
e right mater iala for wlatever job
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Don't put it off any longer 1 See Goderich Manufacturing right now if you're plan-
ing any repaip, alteratioip or -building projects, such —
,
ing to ithe old home town
inwar gows a Batts actionas pe,ople
're -visit the scenes of their childhood. They
will find it will be a pause for reflection in their
lives when they will re-assoss many values they'
once had of life.
May Lucknow20._egAlEnnial lles, a ..h.a.my.,
soteeesani one, is the wish of The Signal -Star.
May its former sons and daughters—and there
ate many of them—find a new happiness in
linking up A-itir-their childhood past at Luck-
)
• Recreation Room
-4-4-werwetetratireirriistrp se ec
you aim to do.
New Home
'Garage
Car Port or Breezeway
Cott -age
Sun' Porch
Built -11,n° Cupboards
Attic -Rooms
e right mater iala for wlatever job
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