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HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST'. WEEKLY
Established 1848, In its ` 1115th Year of publication.
", ":,�� r,Jfuhlished by.Signal'arae-..R.�iunt blia.hiLimited'
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States,, mety n advance. r
Advertising Rates an request Telephone 7J.. = U 1.14
Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.
Out -of -Town Representative:. C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg., 34 Front St., W. Toronto.
Over 3,000—Largest circulation of any:newspaper pUblished .In ' Huron County --Over 3,000
*bfiber of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of : Ontario Weekly Newspapers
Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation
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TI-IURSDAY, JULY 17th, 1958
PEQ,PLE'S HABITS_, CHANGING.
I'eo1>'le are changing hies( days in 1110t•e
ways thou one. '11r11, 1 vemty (4. thirty years
ago, people ih towns and villages Iuad(' it 11
happy habitto call up their. local newspaper
and keep -i•t-posted dill sinus(, loeal u'vvws item,.
Today, .this is almost passe. .\sk any "t+)\\•it
weekly, ne\vspaper,
1)itl'er(ln1 l-)I'„t,l,• \Yi11 11a\e• (1i11'rreut x
planet i ,ns 'Pur ti{Its hlltl!t('• lslut the el,tit•t
reason i.5 the sank,' its for their slut. Haid]!,;
1imer'ous-'o1 her things 1he(• : once (lid.
There t'('((his(, 11„\\eve►','1hose rc•iude1'S 111(1
-• . - ' - • .. •'V� ti i1 :1111 111L)ll .1 11•-tl'1 �l.tl . Tt.. is 11-. Ir\;nd. ,�\ 11i1'h lvl', uatur-
- ��r� �•c-r-lt�l-r�?�l�t- �v•1'rt*tT -r•e:�"�<L11J; :yt11.s�.%�...J14 . ; 1, - ._.__._.._..,..-.
:torteerl1111 111e1(1• or what the\''ire part 'villa r1y ally, regret 1'1'1•\• 111u1.'11. �1u 111a\- .wele:7'1'1-
inter('stt(1 in, fail to ""0.1 ill tilt' l,al)t'r. '1'{l1`y 01Ir t'earles's 1liar if they 111.1' illi\1(1115 to have a
:i£'ld(,111, ;f ''v1'i', 11011:1' any tilt to tit(' that the 1011•11('l1lar news items(»nt, the paper 1101' to leave
trews i11 question 111, ,s reilr•11 the we01i1,A' 1101vS- . it to SO1)1•00110 else to seed. it in, no' someone
paper, But tht•y ,•x1,1•'•1 to see it in the paper; else will undoubtedly have the same attitude.
111('vertheles5. .\ori the news item doesn't get 1wbliahed.
('alike dtlily ne\\',papers, 1111' weekly ne\Vs-
1ol l)t'r 1111; nut a staff of news reporters,to get
everything that goes 1)11, rI'•l1e 11'('ek11 ((aper
Ills; to 111 1 ud on the eoul)eration of its readers
for (massy, ot^ the smaller 110\\'s items suet' as
personals and other brief items. It is impos-
sible for the yvete:ly to be everywhere to lea 1%11
1,1' these items. 'That's wily it is 111\(•al's happy
to have these lle\vs brier's phoned or sent i11,
Out, fur some reason Or other, 1)e01)le ill
villas' 's and towns d0 !lot ,take the time 00d
trouble to send in t to se items ,t'o t11,h extent
he\• untie (lid, .11ayhe. it's ,just' part of the
PROSPERITY: MU ST BE 412N ED
The ,hllsin.ess recession of the hast year k
-t'llr l trird ,suds temporary interruption of: the
great poatwar evononlic booiti. •No1)o(ly ,is
• .joyili it. foI' t'he very good reason .that 5neh
riintcrrl)pt inns, while not ovot;-serious for most
of us, are unpleasant and diseoneerting whsle
t1}ey• last• It requires a c.ertl'iin fr.ankll•ess,
there fOre. t 0 admit to' ourselves that .they are
' not witholrt some value. -
if you doubt, this, consider, for.a mmnleut
some of the illeidellt111 effects of 2l S1()\vlll'g•d()\4'll
(6,the tempo of oeonolnie activity.
ft r,'enlinds massy people that thrift` is'stiil
a virtue:. flint. whatever the difculties, it is
still prudent in good times to. s,ave or invest,
.• ... at, Tris`t•, rt?itth pars of -annual i1100ine.7t'gaiiust •
art
the possibility of (lays loss fair. ..
It loads lllillla!reinent to Intensify Its effort
to, k,11'hieve _greater (fIi ,coney of o.l(rtltl00, to,
•geek IIOvVn 00 waste, 11nt1 xtrOVII )1nee•, and
:`lit out unjustifiable „frills" 'whieli swell ex-'
penseti-•-anrl therefore costs.
• ti compels iuereased t.esoureeflllnrss, dili-
• enee.. imagination, rand det•er111111at 1011 (11 t'110
part of 011 who eo111petse for the consumer's
Tavnnr,' l?p1oyor ,'Thert"11.aTrta and • sal etirm n
eluded
Tt eausos many of 1L5•'to vaine our jobs
more highly; wit's the iresults that we come to,
'care rather more about doing bettor. that Which
we ape paid to do. (The eatellphrase "r could-
n't care less!" tioticealrl.y less . .,valent than
was:. so i.l~ the attitude of -'00 --which it
-betokened).
• It 'brings home to at least some 11111n11-
•ists. the fundamental truth that their welfare
and that of their families is mach less depen-
dent on the onion than on the ability of th^
.t'olnptt,t11- to sell its procluets..
And who knows, •it may even ..have Ted
some union officials, to reflect that their own
-n)h)•-•-.a-r+d the veisten-e --.o?- t'tlion•
local itself -Lis n0 1055 dependent on this.
These ()eetl5ron'al reeessirnl , ,111(11,• result
in a certain re-1valnation . and correction of
perspective; oil the part .i•)f most of 1i .a hich,
to put. it Mildly, islllot w'hc,lly'l)ad.
They \\•algin of the folly and danger of) tak-
ing, things for granted, anis are 'a salutary re-
minder that' both national ,and perisonal"pros-
perlty, far from being automat Bally giiaran-
1 eetl , '1fl115t -e(f.1 iii ue•-- Q --be-- a d,—•Jnd•ust ry.--.-
THE, DRIVER MOST LIKELY 0 DIE
TO
111 ('):lt,lrl+, Hest year 1.11er-0-vVert' 1,279
per-�orl� 1(1'a1l 1njllr•'.1 111 hitglir411\ .ac'1•i(11'llt,,
•;t►,•11 k n `I1 fat1tl11 in Jllret), both totik heing
:0cr1`r15l'5 o\ •r 19i1i. [lln'ul1 4'olnll\ suereetl111
in b11+•kln. ilio 11.1'011 vv Jtli ft•wel' il('s'Idt'1itS
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5on01 111.1111'\' 111111 properly (1;1111ngo, 1,111 it form -
"o1:0 +,t'•11 persons kili1'tl ill 15 a+'s•111c'llts
15 i( (In,+ 11) fatalities 10 'dine ilt'tti11('11ts ill
•.\,••I•:ilc'lit 1•11''15, 1957, I•�I1r11 1)'\' 1111' 10(0'0'
4r:'hi;•i''•, 1,T'.11101 Ill Toronto, 1'la.sirles 1111'
Inish'11). in s11•11 111 tail 111111 it i, possible 1„
4105cr11,e as .1 1•(91111)(,Sitl' [115011 1111` 1110 'er (hose
likely to Stll'c(0d 11( j. ttil1).( his vehicle into It
fatal er11 till. This average Ilrl\'('i'IS 00)1'', 2.)
to tit years of 0)ge, a'ppa'rently 111 norma{ eon -
11.0 iti at t11e \Oleos of 0 passellger•c'ac
apparently in food condition, 11n11 going
straight, its daylight,- on a dry mall surface on'
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provincial hig'h'way, •probably nn a Fiatiirday,
These e0nditimis 1tr•e found in an amazingly
'large proportion of fatal aici(10-pts. fine other
.tat,lstll' 1\'oitli 11(diIl.Lt: 111' a slight margin ill(-'.
Most lilody Victim is the driver, with passenger
11 t 11111I'pe(le;l•1'1on close 'lip.
Newspaper head writers rely heavily on
i011" as a short ;Ind hl)lldy \v„rd 10 describe
1 (11111 l' 1 tl.;tllll i t i('S. 0 triol 0011.111 1,1' more
;41'I.111'1(10• 111lless 1111)1'•41)4 (1 in 0 (1111(11111111 1.'ress
1•,1111111111, ;11111111111! tr) 11('r•i)1011t5 illi -prlr'eOf
111 1)lnllillion Day holiibi,v period. There" is
l+, 1011" 1,11 Ontario roa(ls,ollier than gasoline
lax• •steric, in oraleT~, are the 111i)f copses Of
1:11101` hipllwa\' ar'1•{i,lh 111s in this prhvinee,,last
\'1'111': spellrl
too 1!1 St. 111'1,\'1' off(1T'1V-
ill'g „'ll \4'1.1012. 5.010 of road; Illattentl,ve
- T111'1''re are.. of eOIINe', sl)111e • 111'tli)1) 11 t.5 i11
which n 0l111ants of motor vehicles, observing
every care, 114'1'' 1ci111'11 or,injmred, through.fault
o1' (misfortune of others. In the vast majority
of ('0s•es, people lose their lives no ()]ltarin high-
wllys, not at all as a "toll" for,411e use thereof,
1)11t by reason of drivers' breach of traffic 'lawn
or. safe drivingpractiee ,in one or 'other of the
four categories -here listed...
DOSE SERVICE HOURS
FCR LAWNS, GARDENS
As set out in By -Law; No, 8 of T954,
the :hours for the use of hose service
for watering lawns and gardens
after. June 1, 1958, will be
from 6 . p.m.. to 9 p.m.
Yom co=operation will be- greatly appreciated.
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oderich Public Utilities
ommission'
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THF GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR ' `
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Down Memory's Lane
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45 Years Ago were given an unexpected thrill
Charles C. Lee, propriet9r of the
Hotel Sunset, reported 'that 'busi-
ness was good. The hotel super-
int9ndent was Miss Lewis. and the
office wilko,ip. charge of H. Earl
Elliott. The Black o—Orehestrai
played for dancing at top hotel
on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Thirstyhdvglars battered down
the door and took several bottles
of beer from Saults' liquor ware-
house at the GTR station,
The agreement between the town
and Gidway Mercantile Co., of
Elkhart, Indiana, whereby the com-
pany would take ,over the Wheel
Rigs factory,- had been accepted
and the factory was • being put in
running order. It was expected
that 25 people would be employed
at first.
when 21 Italian flying boats pass-
ed over here on their way to the
century of progress Fair at
Chicago.
A Goderich Township landmark
the, log- house 'on the old Polley'
farm, was destroyed by fire, .The
local fire • Jaddies .tad "'difficulty
finding the fire. They went to two
wrong addresses before''they found
the right one " Then they 'discover-
ed the blaze was outside their,
territory. •
The Goderich Star, reported:
"Last week Mike Kennedy, scrap
iron dealer, sold 6,400 pounds of
his stock -in -trade to the Bell found-
ry at Seaforth. With( Mike (slaking
sales like this, it is beginning,
to look like old times agail. Tl}er"e
have been many times in recent
Members of the Goderich la- + years •that he couldn't give the
crosse team were: W. Snazel, G. I scrap away."
Johnston,_ W. Doan, W. Blackford, - 15 Years Ago
G. Beacom, E. Statham, R. Walters, Benson Tuckey, reeve of Exeter
S, McKay, E Page, W. Drew, A, and warden of Iluron County, was
Powell and B. Belcher, chosen Liberal candidate for the
A government launch rescued provincial riding of South Huron,
Capt. J,obn MacDonald and Charles A- bottle takeh froln the -wa•ter
Roberts after the captain's sailing at the town bathing belch con -
boat, the Lily Bell, capsized just tained a note from one of the Street United Church.
outside tne harbor entrance, A men at, Port Albert Airport:, The Lieut. I2. R. Kenney, who hacl
25 Years A o µlc,ssage said "Help, help, for the: been in command .of HM.CS _-Gode:-
' c'hzrt'kup�-by a i'epr sen 'i.tive� ove of Allah! Write to m'2. (Name rich since she wascommissioned,
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of the PUC disclosed that 40 eit'i-• and address.) Age'22.• Height 5 ft, was awarded the Order of the
zeas weee using lawn water ser- 9 tn„ and very romantic. Inex- British Empire and transferred to
vice. rsitiiout paying for it. The perienced but willing." a new position. He was succeeded
investigation was continuing, Town Council authorized erec- by Lieut, J. C. Pratt.
lire i'
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THURSDAY, JULY 17th, 195
Truck Hit Pole,
Driver, Admits
as
new nKItig
A charge of impaired driving
road in Goderich
faces the driver of a truck which
hit a hydro pole bon the Byfield
on Wednesday
tel; List -Wiz— .�
Wilfred Harolderguson, 19, of
Stratford and . Clinton, pleaded
guilty to the charge when he ap.
peared in magistrate's Court-Thurs-
day
ourtThurs-
day morning. He was released on
his own bail of $300 and instructed
to return to court this Thursday
to be sentenced.
It would cost about $175 to re-
pair the damage done to the Gode-
rich PUC pole, said Crown At-
torney H. Glenn Hay1;. The truck
was -owned by a Stratford.firm for
which the..yottt.h:swas working.
A sports car driver, J. L. Pavel-
ing of Ithaca, New York, .was lined
$10 and coats for d9'iving to the left
of the centre line of highway 21
Ills car,. an MGA roadster, struck
an auto driven by John Buchanan,
of R,R• 3, Goderich, on the morn.
- in;; of June 5. "
held in the church hall of North ^ l sold re -air, to 1'hc--accid(�rltcGttr'r-ed• on the
theatre, 10.000, i I c'urv'e north of the CPR subway at
harbor, $228.000, Saltt`ord. Mr, Paveling dicl not
H. Lincoln Brace, of Hamilton, appelll• in court, but evidence was
was. -.appointed reemitioa jiac,t,or pxeftraetl.,1�J'-_P.C�I.Yinei.ai'Gonstaht,
l4or Goderich, �� . A ., Sheldon.. - _ _
A pet parade opened ,a success- The U.S. driver said it was h1;
ful carnival .staged by Maple Leaf fault; he didn't realize how sharp
Chapter, IODE. The idea of a pct the curve was until . too late, the
.parade was originated by Hiss officer told the court.
Arm Wurtele.
Rev, R, A. Joselyn, rector of
the foto'-point Anglican parish of
Lucknow, Ripley, Port Alpert and
Dungannon; was transferrl d to the
parish of Byron and Hyde Park.
Nearly one million bushel's of
American corn were in storage at
the Goderich Elevator., The corn
was brought here front Chicago by
U.S. boats.,
Hon ,,of a warning .sign at Piper's
Dam, where danger lurke'! for un-
wary- bathers.
Seventy-three' citizens of Gode-
rich and surrounding ',townships
Thousands of local residentsi donated blood at the second clinic
10 Years Ago
Goderich was in the preliminary
stage of a million -dollar program
of construction and repairs. The
Projects included:' a public • school
addition, $325,000; arena, $125,000;
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James A. Gillespie, 16, of Gode• ,.-
rich, was fined $10 and costs for
driving without a permit. He, was
at the wheel of an English car '
\vhich overturned in Goderich o►1
June 19.
TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION MEANS
EASE AND COMFORT TOMORROW
UN1ONG `U COMPANY
OF CANADA. LIMITED
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Watch for your.
OF PROGRESS
11 'you live or work in Goderich, you'll 'see
these bright red, yellow and blue signs going up in the
near future. They'll meanthat work has started on the
Natural Gas distribution line for the homes arid' busi-
nesses on these streets.
They'll also mean you can expect a knock on your door
from a courteous Union Gas repentative who will
identify himself.
This work will be completed as quickly and efficient'y as
possible, and 'disturbed areas will be restored to their
normal condition with the lgast possible ,delay, Union
• Gas Company, is happy to bring the many conveniences
of natural gas to the homes and businesses on theae
streets.
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KION
O.F,CAN.SDAj LIMITED
Colborne St.
Phone. 1364
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