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INTRODUCING BILL SMILEY OF
"OUT ON A LIMB" COLUMN
1«, •-•%,..te,-...,?ur,../.-tv4ilatitin
is a ' VieittrilinlirSiktraT,Srari
sometimes asked by it readers.
You will notice WA by-line m a
column appearing each week in
The. Signal -Star !Ander the beading
"Out on a Limb, With Bill Smiley."
In other papers in which _the •col-
umn appears, it is under tRiiihead-
iuk of "Sugar arid Spice." The
Signal -Star has heard. many favor-
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rem its rea
But let the following article • ap-
pearing in the current issue of
"The Canadian Weekly Editor" tell
you all about Bill Smiley. It reads
as follows:
A fresh and irreverent htunour,
a dash of wry philosophy, arid un-
inhibited comment on the absurdity
of many of our social customs are
SUNDAY SERVICES
• IN GODERICH CHURCHES
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
• July 13th,, Sixth Sunday atter Tri;nity.
8.30 a.m: HOLY COMMUNION.
10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL and BIBLE CLASS.
11 a.m. MORNING PRAYER AND SERMON.
''"---TATiffairL,CaltriftfatibirlIf8-zitgrgerrrf
REV. KENNETH E. TAYLOR, M.A., ,D.D., Rector
MR. J. F. STEPHENS, M.A., "Organist and Choirmaster.
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THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
North Street United Church
10 a.m. Sunday Schobl.
11 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP. .
Guest Preacher:
Rev. B. A. Garrett, Kingston, Ont.
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• Junior Congregation and Nursery.
REV. A. E. EUSTACE, B.A., Minister.
• MR. RONALD KLIJNCK, Music DirectOr.
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• Knox Presbyterian Church 1
REV. R. G. MacMILLAN, • MISS B. J. WOODRUFF,
•Minister , • Deaconess •
MR. W. H. BISHOP, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., Director of Praise '
MORNING SERVICES -9.30 a.m. ancl1i a.m.
GUEST PREACHER -THE REV. WALTER H. WELCH, B.S.A. ,
Sermon:,"WANTED-MEN LtKE JESUS CHRIST."
11 a.m.-Nursery end Junior C'ongreiation.
A FRIENDLY WELCOME AWAITS YOU.
,Victoria Street United Church
FELLOWSHIP -AWAITS` YOUR FAMILY
10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL THROUGH THE SUMMER.
,"BEAUTY IN THE BIBLE."
Junior Congregation. Nursery 'at Parsonage.
10 a.m. BENMILLER CHURCH. BEFORE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
3 p.m. UNION CHURCH.
MINISTER, REV. S. A: MOOTE, B4., B.D.
ORGANIST, MR. FRANK BISSETT. .
BETHEL PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE
"ELGIN AVE. At WATERLOO ST." 4,
SUNDAY, 10 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
11 a.m. PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
Evening Service withdrawn. (This week only).
Daily Vacation Bible School -Children 6-1,2 yrs.' in old Collegi-
ate, beginning Monday, July 14, morning classes only , at
9 a.m.
REV. R. J. GREEN (Pastor)
GODERICH BAPTIST CHURCH
10 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
11 A.M. FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE. 4
(Junior Congregation and Nursery. during Morning service);
7 p.m; Tha FellaWship HoO.' - -
Tuesday., 8 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer Hour.
REV. S. H. FINDLAY, B,A., B.D. - MINISTER
MRS: R. GOOD - ORGANIST
the ingredients that have mode
"Sugar Iii -Spree" Canada's Amit
widely -read weekly newspaper
column.
Written by Bill Smiley, 37, editor
of the Wiarton (Ont.) Echo, it is
now carried in 45 Lanadian,
. .) v6"ce to'US ` or
Chilliwack (B.C.) Progress.
' Bill gives much of the credit for
the column's initial success to
George Cadogan of the Durham
(Ont.) Chronicle, who was the first
to begin using it. "George is really
the fairy god -father behind this
Cinderella story." Bill says, "He's
bo'osted it ti) others and nagged
and encouraged me to, iniproye it."
No special effort has been made
to sell „the .column. One publisher
after another has picked it up after
reading it in exchanges. At the
last Ontario convention, three pnb-
lishers came up to Bill and told
him they wanted to use the cot -
grim. None of thexn had been
approached previously.
Begun as a series ot paragraphs
of intensely personal comment, the
Column has evolved into a brief,
pungent essay on anything from
Mother's Day to mediocre meals.
It has a distinctly small-town flayor.
Perhaps for that reason. it is
ecially popular with former re-
ents of smaller centres who are
now involved in the scremble of
the city,
Nothing Sacred
Nothing ,is sacred in Sugar and
Spice. The home, marriage, Mother-
hea. and even. the Aukl,Lnews-
piper44Fd'Ifie-TAIMg eanfit
and sometimes hilarious examin-
ation. Perhaps the greatest charm
of the colunin is that its humor
is sympathetic, never malicious.
Smiley's wife, a very attractive
young woman, is becoming accus-
tomed to strangers rushing up to
-her at weeklies' conventtions and
exclaiming: "How can you put up
with it?" In his column, he refers
to her as The Old Battleaxe. There
is a similar lack of sentimentality
when he, speoks of his youngsters
as ',"little monsters." • •
• -Biggest- reaction he ever -had to
a column was after an account of
'his first deer -hunting trip, last fall.
A Toronto executive spottJ it in
MS' hometown .weekly, and
for six extra copies to send to
friends. A week later he wrote
for 12 more. Several other , re-
quests for copies of the same "col-
unin were received: As late. as
June of this year a summer visitor
from Cleveland, Ohio, walked into
the Echo office and •asked for
copies of it.
Samples from that column give
an idea: "After a 4ew days in the
bush, all hunters are cast in the
same -meld. They eat like . pigs,
leek like hairy apes, and smell like
a gathering of venerable goats."
. . if you see a 'fellow being
dragged off at the end .of a rope,
., about this time next year, kicking
and screaming, that'll. be me going
deer hunting -again." -
. Another popular column was one
defending the pig. It was copied
in two swine breeders journals,
and resulted in a twelve -pound ham
being delivered just before Christ-
mas, courtesy. of a packing house.
sales manager. (Editor's note:
This particular article was given
• birth when Steve Stothers,
Lneknow, asked The Signal -Star
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GODERICII,TZIGNAL,STAR
would be interested 1n, writing
something about- pigs; -in hich
Steve is interested. 'We ga e t�
Steve the address . of Bill Smiley.'
and there you are.).
Womenreact more violently to
the column. than men, says. Big,
adding.:-qpst..as the*. do to. every,
references to e 'Tt79I�9 • he
modern housewife hove raised
many a feminine hackle. His blunt
observations on the way modern
children are spoiled usually draw
fire„ too. But 'the fact that he
includes himself among the cul-
l:041s, softens »the wrath.
Angry' Reader
A woman Walked into his office
one day, after a colurrin on the
posterior appearance of female
tourists in tight pants arid, con-
fessed' Bill; "I thought she was
going to slug me. She was really
busting a gusset. It was only after
I assured her that I was talking
about the OTHER Women, not the
prettyones, that she sixnme,red.
down,, ' he recalls.
F. P. Galbraith,- Red. Deer
Advocate went so' M.in writing
to Bill of his column, to say "It's
the -best thing we've had in our
paper in 50 years "
Like all weekly editors, Bill is up
to his ears in community activities.
He is onthe town Council, pre-
sident of the local tourist associ-
ation, secretary of the Red Cross,
director of the fall fair board,
president, Bruce County`Publishers,
etc. As a result, he and the column
usually battle it out in the small
Apum4,,q,„,..eaLelhe,„cleadkierie. It
requires -two • to -four-. 'ours -
writing and revision. Typesetting,
folding and mailing take another
two hours. , •
Some people have urged him to
publish the best of the columns in
book form, A U.S. syndicate is
interested. But he's not getting
excited about it. An ex -fighter
pilot who was shot down in 1944
and ,spent the rest of the war
behind barbed wire, he figures he
is living on borrowed time, and has
np particular desire to start
scrambling for fame and fortune.
"Life is too sweet, u says Bill. -
Welcome to
4, he Church.
That Cares
SUNDAY, JULY 13
10 a.m, Sunday School.
11 a.m. Worship Service.
Guest Speaker:
REV. LORNE SPARKS
7 p.m. C.Y.C. Service.
Free Methodist Chdrch
Verlyn R. Snell, B.A., Pastor
SALVATION ARMY
SUNDAY *SERVICES
11 a.m. Holiness Meeting..
2.30 p.m. Directory Class. .
3 p.m. Sunday'School.
7 p,m. Salvation Meeting.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
AT THE ARMY.
Bright 'singing, testimonies
• and Gospel messages.
ITIEUT. LESLIE -ROWSELL
BOYS AND - GIRLS!
"BIBLE SEA ADVENTURES"
IS THE THEME OF
ib I acatiorimpL
AT THE OLD COLLEGIATE
BEGINNING MONDAY, JULY 14
9 OICLOpK.
Registration fee 25c . .Ages 6.12 years.
General Superintendent -Rev. S. H. Findlay (ph. 995);
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CREWE
CREWE, July 7. -Visitors at the.
hoine- of Mr. and Mrs. B. Shackle-
ton were his mother, of Dungan-
non, Mrs. Mary Reid and Mrs. Ida
McWhinney, of , Port Elgin,, and
Mrs. Bertha 'Larkin, of Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McLaughlin
and Joanne, of Detroit, were Friday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ray:.
rnortd Finnigan and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Paquette and
sons drove to Malton on Thursday
1O, meet .''Mrs, P.aquette's parents,
from England.
Mrs. Lin Anderson, of Detroit,
visited with Mrs. Jack Curran on
Monday. Mrs. Curran is recovering
from pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Finnigan
and David were Sunday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Henry and
family of Pine River. -
• LTERS REPAIRED
At Judith Gooderham Memorial
Park, the .;filters for the large
swimming -pool have been repaired
and are now doing the job expect-
-ed of them. As a - :result, every-
thing is in full swing again at
if the "Out on a .Limb" columnist the playground.
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CHRIST CHURCH CEMETERY
PORT ALBERT' a
. THIRD ANNUAL
Memorial Service and Decoration Day.
Sunday, July 13 at 3.30 p.m.
REV. ROY KENNEDY, pastor of 'ort Albert United Church,
will be the speaker.
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Additional •-I
Classified Ads
21.. Business 'Notice'
ING 4-- Aaws; hand .and,
'electric, hand powerlawn mowers,
farmers' mower knives, axes and
cutlery wet greund; part time farm'
work, haying, • harvesting, etc.
C. H. Homar, Huron road, opposite
dore). • 25-26x
SEPTIC tanks, cesspools,
pumped and cleaned with nuidern
equipment. All work guaranteed.
Write or phone Louis Blake, R.R.
2, Brussels, or phone 42 r 6,
Brussels. • 1,082x
SID 13ullen's abinet Shop,chests,
desks, etc. custom made; also kit-
chen cupboards and furniture re-
pairs. 184, gibbons 'street, phone
1234. • -19tI
BULLDOZING and excavating;, land
clearing, grading and levelling, J.
and G. Postill, R,R. 3, Clinton.
Phone ITU 2-7436. -27tf
VISIT OR PHONE REID'S NEW
Upholstering Shop, 4l East
street. Phone 1534 'til .9 p.m. for
an estimate. We have the cover.
ings and the know-how. Pick up
and delivery. • • -ptl
CO-OPERATORS' Insurance, auto,
home, liability, accident and sick-
ness. Geo, Turt0n, R.R. 5, Gode-
146.11T-tbile`-'eftIOW7,917-gpt-.74#.7zd.
Hutchinson's 'Radio and TV, Wed-
nesday and Saturday afternoons.
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CARPENTRY, building, remodel-
ling, dealer in Epps pumps, water
softeners, bathroom fixtures,
plumbing of all kinds, steel and
asphalt roofing. Frank McMichael,
phone Carlow 1108. 23,30x
FOR artificial insemin.- `;t service
or more information te''."%liotie the
Waterloo Cattle Breeding Associ-
ation collect at Clinton HU 2-3441
between: -7.30 and -9.30 a.m: We
supply service to top quality bolls
of the Holstein, Jersey, .4yrshire,
Guernsey, Brown Swiss, Red Poll,
Hereford (polled and horned) Beef
Shorthorn (gulled and horned), and
Dual Purpose Shorthorn, Angus
and charolaise breeds. The cost
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is low. -17tf
MOBILE DISPOSAL CONTRACT,
ING.-Septic tank cleaning, re-
pairs' on drains, watermains, 'etc%
New installations on cement septic
tanks, drainage tile and drains
to meet your requirements Rby
Elliott, Clinton, phone HU. 2-3281
or Bill Finch, Grand Bend, phone
205. 28-34x
22. Lost and Found
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TIMEX wrist watch lost on Sunday
by American tourist,' self-winding,
luminous dial, grey leather band:
Finder please contagt Police Chief
F. M. Hall. -28
WOULD the party, who took the
girl's Sunshine bicycle f r o m
Porter's Hill School on June 26,
please return, or phone HU.2-7505.
28x
23. Used Cars,
1950 'METEOR .sedan, good engine,
'sound body, but needs work, good
tires, radio and heater. Phone
1202. 28x
'49 GMC truck, three ton, in good
shape, used for light work. Ben
Chisholm., R.R. 3, Goderieh, phone
19 r 2, 'Dungannon. -28tf
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ST. AUGUSTINE
ST. AUGUSTI:\tr, July 7. -The
• ' funeral of the late Mrs. James
1 DO., YOU KNMaloney was held at
OW . . . • Maloney Church, at Blyth on Monday morn-
' St. Michael
•: that —.—
;ling, July 7th. Burial was made in
A SHIPMENT OF
NEW :LAMP SHADES
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Yowt,FRIGIDAIRE,26a4A...-
FOR. SALES cf. SERVICE
GODERICH cuctio,SQUAR.E •• tritow, 586
APPLIANCES
• ISt. Augustine cemetery. We ex-
• tend our sympathy to her relatives
:land friends.
• i Miss Mae ,.Redmond, Windsor, is
spending the summer months at
' her home here.
Miss Bernadette Leddy spew
• last -Week with her cousins, Eleanoi
• -and-Betty- Leddy, Godericrt.,-,
• Mr. and Mrs. A. Kennedy and
Reta, Seaf'orth, spent Sunday at
the Wm. .Kinahan home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B6rnardo and
babe, London, .and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Carroll, Kitchener, spent
the week -end 'With the Devereaux
family.
Mr. Raymond' Redmond' • look
seven of ,his eldest pupils on a
motor trip to London where they
saw numerous places of interest.
Those who enjoyed the trip were:
Eileen and Anne Faran, Wayne
and Gwendolyne Redmond, Monica,
Bernadette and Kathleen Leddy. •
Master :Raymond Hogan, of Ash-
field, spent a week with his ,unclt
and aunt, Mr. and. Mrs. Theadore
Redmond and family.
Misses Joan and Betty - Dever-.
-eaux, Misses Louise and Mary Jef-
ferson are spending this week at
Port Elgin. •
A number from here attended a
shower which was held at Mr. and.
Mrs; , H. Jefferson's in honor of
Miss Marie Noble. The bride -elect
received many useful and lovely
gifts.
,Mr. Edward Brophy, BA,. leaves
this week to spend six weeks at
Western University, London. Mr,
Brophy *as, accopted a teaching
position in the Wingham Collegiate,
for the fall term.
114.1„,,and Mrs. Casey and family,
and -Mit -0 .
Devereaux on Sunday.
ONTARIO
Department, Of -
Highways
AUCTION SALE
SALE NO..SD-58-71
• The Department of Highways offers for sale by PUBLIC
AUCTION the following-.
1 -KING DOLLY
1 -PORTABLE COMPRESSOR
1-% TON EXPRESS TRUCK
1-1 TON EXPRESS TRUPK-
4-3 TON PUMP TRUCKS .
1 -CABOOSE.
TERMS -CASH OR CERTIFIED CHEQUE.
, Successful bidders shall claim the purchased articles with-
in five days from date of the auction or articles will be, subject
to regale.
'"IffirlintlantUrdifftttrlArtri'ifftlgr
AUCTION SALE to be held at -13.11.0. Stores, OWEN SOUND;
Ontario, on,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd, 1958, at 100 P• .M.
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Material may -be inspected from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. till time
of sale.
Further information may be obtained from -
Mr. W. Schwandt,
SeniorSte-ekkeeper, '
D.H.O. Stores, •
OWEN SOUND, Ontario.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
ONTARIO
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ASILFIKID, July 8. - Mr. _and
Mrs, John Gould and family, are
holidaying in Toronto. '
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Elliott, of
Jackson, paid a flying visit to Mr,
MacPona14.. •
.,rvt.azid'.•4MrS... 'DU n':‘.!'Siii•ir"...=`'
and Mr. and Mrs„ Robert Simpson
visited Sarnia` friends Monday. -
Rev. J. P. Schissler and Mrs.
Schissler, of Innerkin, are at -their
cottage at Kintail Beach.
Dr. George MacGredanghter, with two gran ccihildrenc
or and
of Chicago, spent a few ays
yisit-
ing friends in Ashfield and Luck=
now. , Dr. MacGregor has lately
returned from "a trip around the
world. •
M. and Mrs. Malcolth MacLen-
non and daughter .are holidaying in,
their pottage at Amberley Beach,
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of Windsor,
spent the week -end at Lochalsh
with friends.
Mrs. Cowles and family, of Lon-
don, spent a few days with her
father, Mr. D. A. MacDonald. ,
Miss Annie Mae MacDonald, of
Hamilton, is spending the month
of July at her home here.
SHEPPARDTON
SHEPPARDTON, July 8. - Mr.
Wm. Truitt, of Detroit, spent the
week -end, at the home of his grand-
father., Geo. Haggitt, and Mrs.'
Haggitt.
Mr. an' Mrs. Wm. Poster, der, Mary_
.itailiii-d,7X-8:fifittitfectIr4n. Aber-
nathy, Sask., spent the week -end
with Mrs. A. Foster, Ralph Oral
family.
-Mr. 'Ralph Foster and family,
Mrs. A. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Foster and family visited Sunday
at. SouthamptOn with Rev. and Mrs.
LITTLE CARIB DANCERS
FOR -STRATFORD FESTIVAL
A grant of $9,000.00 from the
West Indian Government to cover
transportation costs, has made pos-
%ible the single engagement of the
Little Carib Dancers, scheduled to
appear at the Stratford Festtkal
Sly 16th to July 19th.
„PALA'
ListirC iloWerbY is hiiing
silo erected.
Mr. jay Catlin, of Detroit, is
spending a vueation at their sum-
mer home at DurilOp.
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Ben Brown.
Tbe tJree PKni#P'PrOYAncer4 were.
the 04'0 to grant • w9,0c11 the 400
to vote In proviot41,40e;tiono, lis
cA;',4,o044;tricoc,o4 —
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• FURNACE CLEANED
.410 OJL BURNgR SERVICED
NEW FURNACES Installed
WARM AIR QR HOT WATER
OIL, GAS OR COAL FIRED
WE SPECIALIZE in- Furnace Pipes made -to
order. Also Eavestroughing and Sheet Metal Work.
AIR CONDITIONING — "Airtemp" Rciom.
' Air Conditioners Engineered by Chrysler,,
HARDWARE Phone 135
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2 -oz lar 41Ic 6 11.05
DfEPOT sOECIALS!
Royal (Assorted FIavours)
Reg. 2 pkgs 25c—SAVE 5c
INSTANT PUDDINGS 4 Pkgs 45
Quaker Reg.-41c—SAVE 4c
PACK -O -TENS a*, 37c
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Chicken-'N-Turk4 Reg. tin 35c.—SAVE 10c
CLARK'S » STEW 315 -oz tins 95c
Leaver. (Stems & Pieces) •Reg. tin 31c—SAVE 5c 'd
MUSHROOM 10 -oz tins 37
'Fancy Red' Sockeye' Reg. tin 4+7c;—SAVE 5o
A&P SALMON . 2 Yals tins 89c
Yukon Club (Contents Only) , Reg. 33c—SAVE 4c
GI N GER- --AL --ctp-of 6 bil29
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