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blilths.Xear—No. 37 ,
Some of the nearly 100 planes which visited,gky,
,Harbor Airport on Saturday are shown above. in
addition to those seen in the picture there were
long lines of them parked in other areas on the
field also. Theoccasion was the annual gather-
ing of the Ontario division of the Canadian Own-
. GODERICK, 9NTARIO, THuRsp4y, SEPTEMBER 18,- 1958
ers and Pilots Association. The visiting pilots
were most enthusiastic abouit the facilities at Sky
Harbor Airport for the Staging of such a gather-
ing and the future is likely to see another such
convention of planes here.
S -S Photo by RH.
VISITING DUTCH WRITER
TALKS TO SCHOOL PUPILS
A Dutch 'writer 'and speaker, Jan
Kingsma, who is making. an ex-
tensive tour of the North Ameri-
can Continent, is'steppingover in
„Goderich for a week's visit with
his sister, Mrs. Annie (Kingsma)
Verlaan, Raglan street.
He. travelled 6,000 miles in
Mexico studying the Mayan Cul-
ture. Getting impressions of the
'United States he covered 16,000
miles, visiting cities, towns and
villages.
° . While in Goderich he addressed
the pupils at the Public School and
also Junior High School. His sister,
Mrs. Verlaan, oame to Goderich a
few months ago to join her hus-
band, Pim, an engineer with the
Cementation Company at therock
salt mine for the past year.
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WATCH FOR THE LIONS
PEANUT MAN 'FRIDAY
reaeuts will be Toppin' up
all over town on"Priday even-
ing as -the Lions Club holds its
annual peanut night. Loaded
with peanuts, mixed nuts and
peanut butter, Lions will be
knocking on your door any-
where from 4 p.m., to some
time in the evening. BY pur-
chasing their offerings you
help. support welfare work in
this district..
Blackie," A -Pet „Crow With Bag Of
A Town Character
Tricks Has Become.
"Blackie," a pet -crow raised
by Harold GaiileY; Cambridge
street, has grown up to be a
town character. He's quite well
known for his antics in many
parts of town.
When Harold Gauley found
"Blackie" this spring, the crow
'was so young he -couldn't even
stand up on his legs. But
"Blackie" is different now.
He received such tender
treatment ' around the Gauley
household that for a long time
he would never leave the place.
In recent weeks, he has been .
looking over the town and hav-
ing fun. But now and again
he ,drops back ,to the Gauley
home and perches on 'the
shoulder of Harold Gauley just
to let him know his, kindness
hasn't been forgotten.
Chief fun of "Blackie" is to
dive bomb at dogs and cats,
get them irritated and then
• keep just beyond their reach.
He's now more expert at this
-Than fri-e-inaradorg• *were- with
the bulis at Lindsay . Then he ,
lights on the hoed off a car and
nonchalantly sits it out as`the
driver: of -the -moving car stares
at the nervy bird in amaze-. •
ment. Found perched on a
clothes line one day by a wo-
man putting out her washing, '
he refused to move over, The
woman threw a stone at him
and the crow flew off. • Eitit
just to pick up the stone and
come back and lay it at the
feet of the woman as if -to say,
, "Try it. again:"
"Blackie" likes drinking --
not beer, but paint. Often he
has returned to the Gauley
home after a tour around town
covered with paint in an awk-
ward attempt to drain .dry
' some can of paint he found.
• He has been known to be a.
snatcher of silver coins from
bottles placed, on porches for
,the milkman!: One day he
flew off with the lunch of a.
student wife had laid • it down
onthe ground.
Each day "Blackie" is learn-
ing new tricks on his own. and
you never know what he will"
-13-e-up-to-next-I3ut, he-43par%.
- • eittly- .likes Goderich-for be
hasn't moved out of town since.
born -.herethis spring.
CANADA'S OLDEST PILOT PRESENT
An Armada Of Airplanes
Descends On Sky Harbor
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There were more airplanes at I were S. F. D. Samson, of .Toronto?The day's program was wound
Sky Harbor on Saturday ' President of the Canadian Owners , up with a meal served in the' re -
and Pilots Association, and Billcreation hall. About 400 people
have been for any one day in the Peppier, of Hanover, manager of were Served by the Wives of the
the Association. staffO'at Sky Harbor Air 'Services
Startingin the morning, the and the wives of members Of Sky
planes kept Owning in from all Harbor Flying Club.
over the province and by about The gatheringwas described as
2,30- they had all arrived. highly -successful and thOse attend -
There 'were numerous exhibition g: ing were loud in their praise of
of flying put on and these were the facilities at Sky Harbor Airport
explained to the crowd watching for such an affair. It is likely
via a public address system, by there will bea repeat performance
Keith Hopkinson., some time next year,
past decade. Nearly 100 of them
flew in from all parts of Ontario
and even one from Calgary.
In them came some 300 people.
The occasion was the annual gath-
ering of the Ontario division of the
Canadian pQwners and Pilots As-
sociation. ,It was the first ,time
that such a gathering has been
held at Goderich and it was ar-
ranged by 'Keith HopkinSon, pro-
gressive manager of Sky Harbor
Air Services,
The planes ranged all the way
in size from light cubs to 14 pas-
. senger amphibian Mallards. Never
has there been such a collection
of planes at S'ky Harbor since about
ten years ago when there were
about 265 Harvardi.on the grounds
being .tra'nsported from Goderich
to various parts of the continent
for foreign export following their
use in World War II.
Among the many places from
which 'the planes came on Saturday
were Toronto, Picton,Hanover,
Sarnia, Ottawa, Chatham, • Brant-
ford, Welland, Wingham, Detroit,
Port Colborne., St. Thonias, Kitch-
ener, Wallaceburg, London; Cen-
tralia, Breslau, G-uelph, Muskoka,
Windsor, Brampton', Exeter, Dres-
den; Malton, Maple, Fiernifion,
fleeces Corners and Calgary.
In this group of owners and
pilots there is a wide range 'of
vocations represented including
'school teachers, mechanics, doctors;
accountants, salesmen, lawyers, etc.
Canada's Oldest Pilot
The legal profession was repre-
sented by` a mart who is believed
to he Canada's oldest pilot. He
breezed into Sky Harbor' Airport'
from Windsor lice a sea gull. This
.pilot is 71-year'old Walter G. Bart -
let, QC, of Windsor, who is as-
sociated with the firm of Bartlet,
Braid, Richardes and Josrop, of
Windsor. It took him only one,
hour and 15 minutes to Come from
Windsor to Sky Harbor Airport in
his two-seater Champion plane.
Mr. Bartlet started flying only
ten years ago. HIS-fdason for be -
corning an airplane pilot at the
age of 51 wasso •that he could
make quick visits to .the farm of
his datig-hter, Mrs. D. G. McGorman,
al Dresden, Ontario.
In the past decade he, has 'flown
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Sault Ste, Marie, the neV, Mackinac
Bridge, Toronto, Manitoulin Island
and various parts of f\lorthern On-
tario,
Among the officials present at
the gathering here on Saturday
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Manager if Sky Harbor Airport,, Keith Hopkinson' (at left) on
Saturday extended a warm welcome to Canaks "oldest airplane
pilot, 71 -year-old Walter G. Bartlet, Windsor lawyer (centre) while
Mr, S. F. D: Samson, of Toronto, president of Canadian Owners
and Pilots ,A,,ssocA,ti.on (rt right) looks on. The trio is standing in
front of an aged model IX Bleribt built by Mr. McD'Owell, of Owen
Sound in 1912 and now part of a collection of unusual planes owned
by Keith Hopkinson.'The plane above was built from a set of draw-
NrerritrilM r . rtsrlortirrink n a ip
to Frtmee early in this centurY. Canada' S oldest airplane pilot flew
from Windsor to Goderich in one ,hour and 15 minutes to attend
'the air show at, Sky Harbor Airport on Saturday.
SS. Photo by R.H.
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(By W. C. CaVall)
Judgment was reserved by Gocle-
rich Police Commission after it
heard legal argument' yesterday
afternoon on charges against sus-
pended Police Chief F. M. (Monty)
Hall.
'After a half-hour recess, the
three members of the commission
filed back into the court room at Wednesday.
4.55 p.m. and Mayor E. C. Fisher, Mr...Donnelly agreed to proceed
chairman, . addressed the chief's r and start his summing-up argu-
counsel, Frank- Donnelly, as fol- znent after the commission agreed
lows: to let him submit as exhibits all
"Mr. Donnelly, it is the un- the minutes of commission meet.
animous decision of this board' that ings plus the first of two written
we reserve our judgment. You will statements which Martin Horan,
be 'notified in writing of our ver- ex -constable, presented to the com.
diet, and as soon as possible." mission this year. -
The board was unmoved by Mr- His Life Work
Donnelly's suggestion that It ask The defence lawyer asked the
the Attorney -General to appoint board to consifler factors such as
someone to investigate the chargeS the age of the chief in arriving
against the chief. Though agree- at its verdicts on the charges. Mr.
ing that the hearing procedure, Donnelly said he didn't know the
whereby' the commission passes chief's age but figured he must
judgment on charges laid by itself, be at least as old as himself.
might be a little out of the ordin- "The record indicates this man's
ary, it is in strict accordance with life was police work," he continued.
'the Police Act, the.tommissioners "He cannot readily rehabilitate
pointed • out. •himself to any other line 6f work."
The board would be shirking the He told the board: "You're the
ditty it is supposed to perform if accusers , . . through the board
it asked the Attorney -General to the prosecution has been conducted
take over, said Judge Frank Fing- . . . and, in addition, you are judge
land. - •and jury.
4.`The Police Act allows no appeal "If the verdict is unfavorable to
for this man from the judgment this man," stated Mr. Donnelly,
of this board,"! , minted: out_ Mr. "his life. as. a police_ officer or as
Donnelly in presenting his argu- • a member 'of a police force is at
-ment in defence- of -the chief,. .
Sole Witness Dealing with the , charges one
Only one wittess, Crown Attor- at a time, the lawyer first referred
ney H. Glenn Hays, was beard in' to the charge that the )chief
the Wednesday afternoon °session, brought disctedit on the police
which got under way at 1.40 p.m. force by drinking liquor and play -
before capacity crowd in he third ing cards in the Council Chambets,
floor court room of the Huron Ther e• was no doubt Chief Hall
County Court House. drank whiskey there, but it was
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As. soon as Mr. Hays left the on ' one occasion only, and he was.
witness stand, Mayor FIsher made off duty, said Mr. Donnelly.
an announcement that seemed to • "No Offence"
catch some by surprise. Instead of "He knew he was in a Canada
continuing with the rest of the Temperance Act ,county. He knew
charges (there were 'still several it was no offence to have liquor
to be dealt with), the commission there. It's no offence to have
had decided to stop now, he said. liquor here," stated Mr. Donnelly.
The boardwould nowhear the, "Rather injudicious," commente4
defence -argument in the charges .Jude Finglarid.
aired so far and would then retire • "Well, it might be," agreed Mr.
• to redelt.. yerdicts on them, the Donnelly.
chairman stated. The remainder The commission also charged
of the charges would be left in
abeyance.
"This comes as a very dia`tinct
surprise to me," •commented Mr.
Donnelly. "Personally, I prefer to
hear all the charges and sum them
all up at once."
He added that he had not come
prepared to submit his argement
AT THE WATERFRONT
RETURN TQ. NORMAL GRAINBOAT
ARRIVALS SERI BY OCTOBER I voted to serve as a chapel at the
that Chief Hall consorted with
known bootleggers and' retained a
man, who was once convicted of
bootlegging, to train his pacer,
Kitty Chips. -
Mr. Donnelly said that the chief
had a "green" horse and it seemed
only fair that someone -•should
"take pity on the little animal."
After , all, he said, "You can im-
agine the poor little animal drag.
ging the big chief around the
track."
This man who had offered to
train the horse had never been
convicted of any offence under the
CTA since the chief came to Gode-
rich, Mr. Donnelly added,
"Because a man did a little boot-
legging years ago, is he to carry
that stigma for the rest of his life?"
he asked the commission.
Trips To Track
On the next charge that the
force was deprived of theernber,:s
1/4 IN CANADA $e.00
Subscription IN u.e. 84.00
use because Chief Hall -made fre-
quent trips to the race track with
it, Mr. Donnelly stated: "I suggest
this matter was 'eefore the bad ji
April and May of this year."
Reference to these trips was
made in Horan's first letter to the
Commission, yet "the'board did not.
consider it of sufficient importance
to mention it to the chief,' eisert-
ed the couns.el.
Magistrate Holmes replied. that
'there were no charges against the
chief at that time. A man of the
chief's police experience should
not have to be given instructions
all the time by the commission,
added Judge Fingland.
Judge Finglaad stated: "If as
much attention was given to every
point in town as was given to this
race track, we would require a
force of about 50 men!"
Judging by the evidence, it ap-
peared that almost all the con-
SOgle tppI
stables were "keen to, watch ,the
p nies," he added. It seemed that
t.,te track was getting 10 to 2O
times as much attention as an
other point in town.
Strongly disagreeing; 11/fr. Don-
nelly started to name. other places
in town which were visited on
police patrols,
And back ' to. the race
track," added -Judge. Fingland as
Mr. Donnelly finished. There - was
laughter from the spectators, but
Mr. Donnelly- said that be did not
think it Was a laughing matter.
"I •submit," he said, "that these
charges are just a number littic
things which do not in any way
cast any reflection on the police
force of this town, or the officers
of it or the chief of it."
Bootlegging Complaints
The comntssion had charged tkat
Chief Hall Milled to take action on
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A portion of 'the crowd which attendedthe hear-
ing on Saturday at the County Court House is
seen above. ,Later on, people were standing at
' the back of the Court itoom also. The photo
above shows only half of the seating section.
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. During the daylong hearing of charges, againSt
Goderich's suspended Police Chief Hall by the
Goderich Police 'Commission, intermissions were
held at various times. The hearing got under
way at 10 a.m. • S -S Photo by R.H.
Nostalgic Reunion Is Held At
Beloved- Pioneer Leeburn Church
Many of the former congregation carrip, Rev,.,Mr. Daniel said Huron Leeburn rgot its name from John
.of old Leeburn church returned on !Presbytery was eternally grateful Linklater 3vhos took it from the
Sunday -afternoon and worshipped I for the old buildingname of the Strachan homestead
An its hallowed interior once again 1 Rev. Mr. Snell referred to the near Glasgow„ Scetland. 1117,1875
—but in different surroundings, history of the old church, quoting the kirk was . built on Mr. Strach-
since the abandoned church is nowt from Gavin green's • book, "The an's farm ,and this church was de -
located at the Goderieh Summer -Old Log Hotise."- The first Sunday stroyed by - 1878. The kirk
.School-grountlsand has been reno- I.:oho& of the .old Presbyterianwasrebuilt afterthe fire on the
church at Leeburn was started in Linklater farm in 1880.
United Church camp. 1871 in an old building belonging " "I feel very humble today when
In addition to the visitors from to the late James'Strachan. Prc- called upon to speak ofthis
near and far,who filled the vious to this, the scholars went to 'church," said Mr. Terence Hunter,
church. to capacity, were: Rev. Goderich or to theMethodist chapel for manyyears an elder. "When
Gharles Daniel, chairman of the on Bull's Run, Avenue, which was it was decided' to close • Leeburn
Huron Presbytery of.....the United the .old mphris......homestead, later churehs.it-- wa-s41-unight best to give
Church; 'Rev. H. J. Snell. of Ex- owned by Allan Watson, it to the Goderieh Summer Schdol
eter.. chairman of the Board' of• as a chapel so that it would always
Trustees of the Goderieh Summer be a church,' said•Mr. Hunter
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School; Rev, R: (;,•Ilazimuod, of "This ,was much svveeter than to GETS' AROUN
have it torn down for in this way
it wotild go on being God's House.
They are to be commended for the
way in which they have renovated
the building. Our message to you
is three v.'ord.•-'•God bless you'"
,Everyone appreciated what this
church has meant to this commun-
ity." said Rev, Mr. Hazlewood
loaner Leeburn minister arid guest
speaker for the 'service. "We see
churches closing due toshifts in
population but •• not many old
churches are shifted to new sites
and carry on such as this one is."
112 extended a .spe.cial greeting
to Miss Helen Clark. Nr so many
years a member of the present for' this
reunion service.
"As we go through life, we col-
lect things„" said Rev. Mr. Hazle-
wood. "If we lollect only ma
terial things we end up only a rich
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Grain' boat traffic into Goderich
from the Lakehead has been un-
usually quiet for the .past few
weeks. It is expected to return
to near .normal in October, how-
ever ,
Even the Bricoldoc was tied up
,at Goderich for a couple of weeks
or more. But it .Went out. last,
•Saturday and is expected Mick to-
day with a cargo pf grain from the•
Lakehead. The Superior is also ex-
pected today,- but with a totlof
corn from Chicago instead of grain
frem the 'Lakehead.
A • 1011 in the Canadian grain.
'trade has caused' extensive layoffs
of elevator personnel at the Lake-
head and has brought ,grain ship-
ping almost to a•standstill. Lake-,
head ,elevators'which employ some
1,200 workers during peak periods
have cut staff.' to about half this
number. The lull began in .July
when eastern elevators were still,
glutted With grain from last year.
With the export market almost non-
existent, the grain has not been
moving out of the eastern elevators.
At the harbor, the sand pipe
line, blown out of place by a stOrrn,
has been set up again but this
time follows the shore line instead
of across the water to the site of
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the new beach south of the C.P.R.•
roundhodse. The sandsucker is
again in operation and pouring
sand fagrtinto the site of the new
beach,
The skyline on the site of the
rock salt plant isshanging as steel
'structures rise, into place for the
Permanent buildings to he erected,
, Anglers, are ,ecuning in looking
for perch -but it may be a while
yet before the' perch run gets
under way in earnest.
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CATCH FISH IN NORTH
AND 250 LB. BEAR
A 250 pound bear arrived at
Goderich on Tuesday evening. 13u1
it was dead and is being skinned
at Allison's abbatoir.
It was shot by Bill Lumby while
9n a fishing trip to Lady Evelyn
Lake, about 175 miles north of
North Bay. In the group who went
on a Week's fishing trip in
north were 'also Jack Banter, Bud
Mathieson, of Goderich, and How-
ard St. John, of Byron. They
caught plenty of pike, black bass
and pickerel. The bear was an
extra catcfi and was landed with
•orie shot from a .32 rifle- front a
boat on the lake.
Teachers' Pay Schedule
May Be Streamlined
Keeping a promise made to
teachers earlier this year, Goderich
Public School Board's management
committee will look over the staff
salary schedule to see if it- needs
streamlining.
' This does not necessarily ree,:ii
there will be any general increases
in minimum and maximum salaries.,
But it could result in some salary
'adjustments in individual cases.
Last May, the ,board proii§ed
the teachers that a complete, new
salary schedule would he prepared
and presented to. the teachers for
their consideration this fall.
At last week's board meeting, on
motion of Trustee Don Aherhart,
seconded by Trustee Harold Shore,
the school management committee
was authorized to proceed with a
study' of the. salary schedule,
One- point which will probably
be discussed is whether there
should be extra pay for teaching,
certain. higher grades. It is ex-
pected that -information will be
secured from other school boards
as to their practices.
The local board last May granted
the teachers'a $300 across-the-board
increase, effective in two stages,
There was a general increase Of
414NAIIMM.,4
there will be'.a..sccond increase of
$200'per annum in January. •
Over and above these Ifitlreases,
public school teachers receive auto-
matic -sa•lery- increases of $200
every year until they redeh the
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maximum ,salary.
At the Septemberhoard meeting,
the matter of arranging for a bet-
tgemusic room in the old colloCate
bthldhig was referred to the pro-
perty committee with power to act.
Erection of goal posts forrugby
at Agricultural Park was also dis.-
cussed and left with the property
committee for action.
Non -Resident Fees
Inspector G. G. Gardiner asked
whit the board would charge other
school', hoards wishing to send
puUsto Goderich Public $,chool,
On motion of Trustee Aberhart.
seconded by Trustee .Shorea fee
of $200 was set for non-resident
punils.
Robert Rae, board ch,airman, was
named -try. represent the board for
a ono -year term on Goderich Re
creation and Arena Committee.
Jan Kingsma, a free-lance journ-
alist, informed the board that he
was willing to show slides and
lecture on The Netherlands in the
clasSrooms. He stated that his fee
would be, $40 to cover all grades.
On motion of Trustee Shore. sec-
onded by Trustee Ralph Black
„stone, the board accepted this offer.
On motion of Trustee Dr, R.
'Leitch, seconded by Trustee Shore,
azd.inatnuntadol.113,-senaltax.u4
S. 'H. Blake, to have minutes .of
meotings mimeographed and for- ,
warded to hoard members as soon '
as POSSibie after .meetings. Each
trusteb will have a binder in v.drieh
the minutosnwill he filed.
Mount Forest, who. was minister
at Leeburn church J9 'ears ago.
Called' up from the gathering ter.
sing in the choir were: Mrs. Gordon
MePhee: Mrs. Jarvis McP,risle: AlrF.
George Gliddon (of Stoney •(reek.
Ont.); Miss Belle Shaw; Mrs. Lorne.
Emmons (of Arkona. Gnu: Airs,
Bert Bogie; Fred Gliddon; Andrew
i3Ogie; Terence Hunter. 'Inc or-
ganist was Bob Fowler, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Howard' Fowler,. of "Goths -
rich, on holidays from an army
post in British' Columbia,
The church was beautifully dec-
orated with flcwers for the occas-
ion by the membersof the 'Mis-
sionary. Society.
Rey. Mr, • 'Daniel expressed the
thanks of the. Huron Presbytery to
the former Leeburn congregation
for giving the old ichurch to be
used ,as a chapel at the Godelich
Summer -School. As a member of
the -original group who started 'the
Pre'ss I un of the Signal -Star
this week is 3,325 copieS.
A conservative average re-
cognized for any one household
is 312 people. At this rate. the
Signal -Star this. week v,ill
reach 1. 1,07 People. One Could
mention' ai,,o the Signal -Star's
"Scottish circulation," that is,.
whered°:c paper is passed on
by one lainhly,af.i.r I'LaCtii.4 it.
to another fmtily, which is
not a re,zular sulisexiber.
is particularly true in the rur.,1
areas. In town, it 'is mosl
noticeable at .the. Post ;Office
where scores of Goderich peo-
ple mail on the Signal -Star,
after reading it, to relatives or
Wends living outside this im-
me,diate area. These add- up
to many scores -of readers not
shown'on our. subscription list.
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Among Tho'§e present at the re•unibn serviee of
the old' Leeburn chnrch on the grounds of the
Goderich Summer School on Sunda afternoon
. re.. ose slown a ove. ey are,
right: Mr. Roy Linklarer, of Goderich, on whose
father's farm the:Old church was built; 1!ev R
Haziewoocl. of Mt. Forest, who was tninister at
Leehurn, 19 years ago: Mks Helen Clark. 84. who
rom
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taught Sunday school for many years, ptayed the
organ, . organized a ehoir and turned down the
•invitaron to be •an
, o o erie , '‘no, Ws present for the opening'.
ceremonies of OR, ofd church; Mr, Archie HOrtiOir. '
member (-Ef one of the old families whp' atteliatiZ
the church. s-
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