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emernbrance
111th Year—No. 44
Day
SERVICES OF
REMEMBRANCE
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ountif ou ci
ct On Rabies Scare
• With the rabid fox scare growing -seen a fox within the boundary of some distances over areas where
closer to Huron County, it is likely Goderich in many Years. , they are likely to meet animals, in -
that County Council; in session Trappers in Huron County, who eluding foxes. To •avod. possible
annually catch inany foxes, are said dang6rs, some communities have
to have lifted •their traps. The established car pools whereby the
reason is thaf'the bounfy of $1 paid children are' transported by car to
for foxes is too small for them to eliminate any necessity of having
bother trying to trap them. This to walk alone on c,ountry roads.
is" Whjf it Tgtlititight Huron County - iniceT° which- foxeseati- -are-
might up, the bounty on foxes in scarce this year, according' to Mr.
this county in a move to have many A. E. Jennings, officer for the S.P.
more cif the animals killed as soon C.A. For this reason, foxes are
as possible as a„precautionary mos- wandering farthef afield this fall
ure. in order to get food, he stated.
Dr. R. M. Aldis, County Medical Another reason for the foxes being
officer pf health, says that letters seen more is that they are tamer
of warning have been sent out to than in some years: This, said Mr.
all schools in the county. The Jennings, is due to the fact that
letter warns all school children to hunters have not been shooting
beware of all animals at this time, them in recent years as they once
and especially foxes, Many coun- did becAise the bounty of $1 makes
try school children have to walk 4 not worth their while to do s,
here next w'eek, will deal with -the
satiation. It will first be dealt with
py the agricultural committee:
A decision is .likely' to be in
flueneed by advice of the Huilon
Cgunty; Health., Unit which meeta
• ° on Friday of this week.
The only confirmethease in Hu-
ron County of a fox being shot
which had rabies was at Shipka on
October 29. After it was shot, the
body was sent to the Federal Lab-
oratores at Hull, Quebec, whn' it
was found the fox, definitelyhad
rabies.
Throughout the county there are
numerOus rep-Orts 'of ° persons hav-
ing, seep foies which acted in a
" peculiar manner, which is said to
be an indication that the animals
' —had -rabies_
As early as October 8, a report
came into the O.P.P. here of a fox
acting in a peculiar manner. The
observer said he saw the fox run-
ning around, in a cirele—sort , of
tplaying ring -around -a -rosy all by
himself—on the highway at Loyal.
When the police arrived to inves-
tigate, the fox had taken off for
other points.-
Another man rePorted seeing a,
fox acting .funny near the Bayfield force -went into action in its entire,
-Golf% Club on October 12. It was ty. This means a total of five men by the Goderich Lions Club tO aid
added that no golfers were on the on the force strickeir families in the, Springhill;
greens to induce the fox to act The formal swearing in cere.
• this way. The fox disappeared by mony was cunducted by Magistrate
the tine invostigators arrived:
On October. 23 a man shot a fox.
in Hullett Township because he be-
lieved it had rtibis.
• About two weeks ago a fox was
° noted among the cattle on a Col-
borne Township farm. •
On November 4 a man ,at Ben-
. miller reported seeing a fox and a
dog playing together.
Mr. Sam Mahon reported seeing
a fox on a street near Alexandra
Hospital, Goderich.
During Ills rounds, early Wednes-
day morning' of last week, a Mem-
ber of the "Goderich Police Force
said he saw a fox on the highway
-near the Sheaffer Pen plant.
Another man reported seeing a
fa acting peculiar about two weeks
ago near Piper's Dam. By the time
investigators arrived, . the °fx °had
, disappeared,
A 12-yearold Goderich girl is
said to have been frightened When
she saw a fox in town. Some Gode-
rich residents claim they haVen't
IIEW—POLICEMrS
FORCE NOW TOTALS FIVE MEN
A house to house poppy canvass
will .be made between 6.30 and 8
p.m. on Friday .by members -of the
Canadian Legion and the Women's
Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion.
Proceeds will go to the welfare
fund of the local branch of the ber of new homes PProved by
Le lion Buildinv Inspector E. H. Jessop
On unday, a Legion church parfl -
ade will be held to Knox Presby-
terian Church. The parade, head-
ed by the Goderich Legion Pipe
Band, will form up at the Legion
Hall at 10.15 a.m. for fhe service
at Knox at 11 a.m.
The remembrance day memorial
service will be held at the Ceno-
taph on Tuesday morning, Novem-
ber 11. The service will be con-
ducted by the padre, Dr. K. z.
Taylor, assisted by Rev. S. .A.
Moote. Members of the Legion
will fall in at the Legion Hall at
1015 a.m., wearing berets and
medals. The parade will be head-
ed by the 'Blue Water Band. The
forenoon of Tuesday has been de-
clared a public holiday in Gcrderich,
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 198
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Sing1e'rcoOl4 7,
ran ermi s For'Houses
Projects Total :$1,295,935,,
oi With the granting tof permits for build new five -room dwlling, of
nine new homes in October, total frame and brick construction, with
ll'kt
p o va4ie of local building proect.s ap- garae, $10,000.
Haoween Pransters (7) Attempt
provedso°farthis year rose to Thomas Caldwell, ingJones street,
new four -room dwell, of frame
This brings to 26 the total.num- construction, $7,000.
David H. Thorne, Wilson street
and Britannia road, new six -room
one -storey house, of brick construc-
tion, $9,000.
Kenneth Anderson, Mary street,
six -room, ,one -storey house, of
brick construction, $104000.
R. W. Hotton, Victoria street,
fou -room, oneotorey " house, of
brick construction, $9,000. •
John. Holmes, 1orth street, six -
room, one -storey house, of brick
and frame- chnstruction, with'frame
garage, $11,000.
Eugene Ryan, Britannia road
wet, alterations to house, .$400,
Glen Nelson, Bruce street east,
alterations to add one apartment,
$900,
Morris Young, Widder street,
five -room, one -storey. house, of
frame construction, $8,000.
Harold Sheardown, remove build-
ing from Wilson to Warren street
and install on cement foundations
for use as garage, $150.
Joseph Snider, Essex street,
frame addition, 11' by 13', to dwel
ling, $900.
:St: David stree-teon---- •
crete block addition, approx. 20'
by 65', to machine shop, $3,000.
R. T. Henry, Cambria road, re-
place rear porch of dwelling, $125.
Mrs. Theresa Ahl, East street,
re -shingle with asphalt shingles and
make alterations to stOre, $30.
Mrs. Charles Fuller, Elgin avenue
east, build chimney on• west side
of house, $85. •
Kenneth Kerr, Cambridge street,
frame addition, '8' by 20', to barn,
$250.
Mrs. Olive Baxter, East street,
re -shingle roof and repair chimney,
will -exceed its original budget,- would- prefer -to • leave •tha-t
Two applications for the position next fall.
Miss G. E. , George, Britannia
of constable were read to the coin- "We need them here," he. said. road and Palmerston Street, build
mission by Secretaty S. II. Blake, oThe chief added that he plans to garage and re -shingle part of.roof
but no action was taken on them. conduct a police school here during of dwelling. $250.
Chief'Speaks • ' the winter., William Taylor, Bayfield road and,
Frederick Minshall, the town's Magistrate Holmes asked Chief; Britannia 'road east, addition 10'
new chief, 'spoke next. He prom- (Continued on page 6) by 30' on north side of store, $1,000
With the formal swearing in on`P •
Monday morning of Goderich's ne\v- • °I.
Police chief, Fred Mirishall, ser LIONS GIVE $200 AID •
geant in the Guelph City Police -De- TO SPRINGHILL DISASTER.
partment, the town's •new pollee
The sum of S200 has been Noted
D. E. Holmes. Mayor E. C. Fisber
extended his welcome.
The acting chief since the middle
of August, Corporal Helmar Snell,
returns to the local detachment of
the 0.P.P., imitiediately following
a deer hunting holiday.
Brief sketehes of. fotir police-
men on the GodeTich Police Force
are as follows:
Franklin H. Creeden, 32, married
with three sons; •Was with the C.
N.R. at Stratford for 16 years.
Ross B. Crawford, 27, married
with three. sons and one daughter.
With C.N.R. Express Department
at Stratford for some years.
Alexander Sellar, 22, married
with no,children. He came to Can-
ada six months ago from Sctland.
He was a corporal with the RA.F.
'Michael F. Smith, 24, married
with no children. Caine here-froni
London', Ontario. He' was a corpor-
al in the R.A.E. and was a judo
instructor with the R.AF. Judo
School.
Nova Scotia, mine disaster.
•ince not asimany childfen. as
-usual attended the .Hallowe'.eri party
for youngsters staged at the Arena
last Friday evening; the Lions are
to determine in the future whether
a different type of entertainment
is necessary or whether the trend
is towards children preferring to
make house-tohouse calls, Mr.
Reg. McGee sent a cheque for $25
to help defray .expenses df the
HalloWe'en party.
PICTURES OF OVERSEAS
TRIP SHOWN. KNOX L.A.
The members of Knox Ladies'
Aid were favored last, Friday at
'their monthly meeting, ith a show-
ing of Miss Eva Somer file's slides
of, her recent trip ov seas.
One banquet, alre y held, since
the fall term began, and one each
for November and December, be-
sides Meh's Club activities, will
terminate the year's activities.
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.....444.tak A:: $' r'''‹ V '-' '44.1 '''''''0 ite,, ,i, aiq' 414.44.,,,a" , ''A4k gletr .:teentO,4, ,..
,00 lb
Thi, h,,i,:t hmise is one of several buildings now be contained in the above building will 'be used 11
It' Salt Co, mine at the harbor. The hoist to goes into prociclion, • S -S Phlto by R.11, Totals 12
multi. construction on the site of the Dorninion to bring rock r411 to the surface once t he mine
Aid Souht!
A public appeal for funds
has been launched to aid 3-
LymDiekinso
who has been left an ofphan
through the sudden deaths Of,
-both ot her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth. S. Dickinson,
about two weeks -ago. • The
money received will be placed
in a bank account for Vicky
Lynn to be used for her future
education, clothing, etc. Near-
ly $40 has been received to
date. Those wishing to donate
to this cause may contact eith-
er of the following: Mrs. Ro-
bert Ashton, 66 ,Stanley Street
-(Phone---1422J)-, or -.Mrs. - Wm.
Andrews, 44 Waterloo Street
• (phone 977J)
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FINE WEATHER
AIDS FARMERS
, this year. Total, estimated value
of these homes is $250,500—an av-
. . .
erage cost of close to ,$10,000 per
Hallowe'en pranksters who out of the store. The Provin-
house.
cial Police at Goderich were Altogether, a total of 160 permits
called but by ,the time they for new buildings, alterations and
could reach Auburn the man repairs have been granted in Gode-
had disappeared. a, rich so far this year. During Oc-
break open the safe in the
Attempts had beetioginaade to tober, 21 permits for projects with
store, It was badly battered a total value of $98,710 were grant-
ed.
with what seemed to be an axe.
had failed
tothgeet Following is a complete list of
H
,wthoeulsda-fbeeo-tpheienf, permits granted last month:
Neil Shaw, Wilson street, build'
An inspection of the store re- seven -room, one and one-half stor-
vealed that nothing in the way ey house, of brick construction',
of merchandise had been stol- with garage,' $16,006.
en. The intruder was appar- Elgin Fowler, Britannia rd. west,
ently interested only in getting six -room. one -storey house, of frame
into the safe. and brick construction, $11,000.
Duncan Millian, 'Mary street,
took their fun seriously or
else were out-and-out amateur
safe crackers were the object
of a police search at Auburn,
in the early hours of last Sat-
urday morning.
After the bewitching hour of
midnight on Hallowe'en, Mr.
Harry Beadle, Auburn butcher,
thought he heard peculiar nois
es corning from the inside of
Munro's General Store. When
he went to investigate, he had
his suspicions confirmed. He
saw a man dashing off into the
cover of darkness after coming
Study Hiring Sixth an
s Second -In- omman
The extended period of fine
weather has allowed most farmers
to finish" up the -outdoor work for
this.fall, says, the Agricultural of -
ice a in.on. Stlib e anc
repairs are the order of the day
in preparation for the winter stab
ling of all livestock. ,Some are
taking advantage of fine weather
to cut and skid logs for sale and
to trim up the woodfot. We have.
receive,d some reports that although
the soil appears to be in good con-
dition for working, that plowing
has been to gher than usual, Most
pasturesap ar to be in good,shape
for winter,
If Goderich Police Commission
adds a .sixth man to the town pol-
ice force, it should choose an ex-
perienced officer who can act. as
second -in -command, it was sugges-
ted at a commission meeting yes -
1 terday.
Between now and November 10,
'when anbther meeting will be held,
commissioner S wip mull, over the
possibTIit ofapointing- someon-
who might'be given the rank of
sergeant or some similar designa-
tion.
None .of the four new constables
hired recently have previous police
experience, the commission was
The subiect was discussed after
Magistrate I). E. HolmeS announced
that. he intends to move. that a,
sixth conslablc,be added to the
..tDo you not think that, if We
hire -a sixth man, he should be ex-
' •ie-lit-ed42-Lask-ed-M•a-yor--Zui,C
Fisher, chairman of the conuns-
5100.
Questions were asked at this
point about the commissions 1958
budget. The mayor noted that a
budget of $24.000 was,set up early
in the year and expenditures- of
about $19,500 have been ° authorized
sidized rental housing projeet which I \vill, get in touch with 3o . In a subsidized project; the rent
up to the end of October,
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Guides Brownies
Hold Annual Tea
The Girl Guides and Brownies
held a successful annual, tea in
Knox church auditorium on. Satur-
day afternoon. Included also was
a bake sale, candy table and mis-
c ‘11aneous -table. Receiving the
tests were the district commis-
:, mer, Miss U. Macdonald, and Miss
( .therine Aderson. Tea was
r ured from the tea, table, decorat-
1 with Candles, chryantheintans
ti ivy, and small Guide dolls, bY
i:• n•esentatives o( the Guide troop:
'1 lmall tea tables also. had cen
t apieces Of candles and mums,
ild these were waited on. by .a
GtOrle and a Browni,,,e, Varioils
shiits were workingThroughout the
afternoon to enable - each Guide and
Brownie to -take-part.
The Guides and Brownies appre-
ciated the public support given.
ance at the end of October, leaves
$500.
But the bill isn't in. from PrO-
vincial, Police for the men they
lopned to the town during the, per-
iod in which thcflocal force • was
undergoing personnel changes. In-
dications are that when'that bill is
paid and all accounts for the year
are totalled up, 'the commission
ised:'.."1 will endeavour, to my ut
most, to give you as fine a' depart-
ment as there is in the province."
He informed the commission that
be had brought along a "brief"
whchhe feels will be most helpful
in training the four' new constables.
In regard to- a suggestion' that• the
new men. be sent to Ontario Police
College .for cotrses, he said he
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rovince Willing
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s Feder Approval
What becarhe of the 22-unit.federal partners OrThis matter ard Two Types Of Projects
Effect On Budget .
• • Town .Council asked the federal- moment we' receive a:left-r • froM is geared to the fa-mily income.In
If you take on another mon it provincial partnership to undertake thern.'•
am-ounted to $300 per month, Um
won't affect your 1958 Inidget very nearly six Months ago? .Apparently, as far 115 COttiteil et rent•.tharged would .he appgoxim-
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eh," said Judge Frank Fingland. The Provincial Government, • learn, Mr, Green doesn't Lep; 1 11 1 ately 20 per cent, or $00 a month
He ,:aid that. a sixth man might not which puts up 25 per cent oi 10e a 22-uni1 subsidized projt... 1 a The town subsidy on such a pro-
be ready.to start Until December 1, money in subsidized ,protects, wants Goderich would, bejustifiet1. j t, would. . amOu n t.. one-
sixth,ef full taxes. In ether .words,;
if full taxes on a house were $180,
the fowrt would collect $150
Under a "full recovery" typeof
housing project. the town would
have to pay seven and one-half pet
cent of the 'cost of construction,
hut this would be recovered event
ually. Rents would, be higher un,
der a "full recovery" pin.
All'these things were taken.into,
consideration in _the provincial
authorities in their survey. And
they decided that a subsidized
project would be more logical for
Goderich than the—full recovery':
type.„
But, at last report, FederalWorks
Minister Green wasn't convinced
that .construction of 22 subsidized
units here is justified.
In view of this, a possible com-
promise has been suggested in
en
units? why not build, say, 11 sub-
sidized units and 11 "full recovery"
Persons concerned with the win-
ter unemployment problem are
anxiously awaiting a final decision.
Such a ,project could keep many.
other words, if the family income
and so okily One month s 'salary
would appear ihe .1958 budget
on that account.
Mayor Fisher: "It's good for a
board to stay within its budget."
Bur, Ma-gistrate Holmes interjec-
ted, the cOmmission Lin into cer-
tain expenses that it did not expect
when it set up the $24,000 budget
early in the year. Ile was referr-
ing to expbnses incurred after four
cOnstables resigned and the pre-
vious chief waS dismissed.
Wages for the rebuilt five -man
force' amount to between $1400
and $1,500 per month, the commis-
sion was informed. Wage 3 plus
normal operating expenses should
total about $4,000 Lor the twd re
maining months of the year,
Subtracting this amount from
commiqsion's $4,500 budget hal-
92nd BIRTHDAY
Mr. George Beadle, well-
known Auburn citizen, observ;
ed .his 92nd birthday on Wed-
nesday, November 5. •,
FIGURES FOR, SIX YEARS
Changes. Population
In Various Town. Area.
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Shown, 11.0 Voters' Lists
Voters' list statistics over the Polling subdivision number four
past six years record the number is bounded on the southwest by the
of voters in each of the 12 sub- Huron ROad; on tho, southeast, by
-divisions of Goderich. In the re- the southeast boundary of the
corded changes the areas in which Town; on the northeast by the
.the greatest growth; has bevn made northeast boundary of the Town;
are indicated, on the northWest by Britannia Road
It would appear that the largest and its prOjection oortheasterly to
-gains have been made in Number the northeast bouhdary of the
two, four and 12 subdivisions, Town.
Polling subdivision number two Piffling subdivision• Number 12
is bounded .on the south by the is b9unded on the north by firi-
south boundary of the Town; on tannia Roa; on the west, by Lake
the. northeast by the Huron Road: Huron; on the south by Goderich°
on the north by Britannia Road Township; and on the east -by
and on the west,by South Street, South Street,
Polling Sub -Division
2
3
4
5
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1953 1954 11)55 1956 1957
131- 158 163 157 162
• 426 531 541 '548 573
317 343 344 360 354
174 181. . 189 192 197
222 273 267 271 255
+27 143 147 142 132 138
266 282 275 288 2f:12 303
126 151 154 163 158 161
297 3:38/. 314 304 309 316
198 230 237 241 245 27
350 391 407 40 419 451
2,925 3.365 3401 3.433 3.421 2,00
1958
178
(303
362
206
266
to proceed with it. But Federal Lit feels that suosidiqd hownw
Works Minister Howard Gre,ii has s‘luitild be for families 'not
nt said "yes" yet, * over 83.600 a year. Alany of 1111'And it is the Federal Government r‘ople who registered 111 I/10'11011N
which put g up 75 per cent ,of the ing survey conducted 0, to 1:,:t
money -..in joint projectS of this spring earn more than °,:itt,o
nature. • 'yN3r, it is said,
Town Council is keeping in touch It is reported that the miuk(..,1
With developments and it is prob. `leels there are not enough prospec-
able that the matter will be n'n' tive tenants in the lowec
tioded — at leas:t briefly -- when brackets to warrant a ,suititd,/.0(t
Council meets Friday night. project of this size in Godereli,
A Mier on the subject has just. During the. provincial,survey cu»
been received by Town Clerk S. 11. duted, here last spring, applied
Blake from W. W. Scott, director tions for rental housing were tiled
of housing branch, Ontario Depart- hy53 families with a total ef 102
ment of Planning and Development. children. The usual yardstick is
Mr, Scott, states that the Ontario to build one house for •c‘ery two
minister of planning and develop- bona fide applications. Council wo;
.
Inform ed.
It was proposed originally. that
.22 houses be built on tpqd a!romo
owned by Central Mortg4ge & Ilous
ing Corporation on Smith sITeet
ment wrote a followup letter 0»
October 8 to Federal Works Minis
ter Green "requesting,that he give
favorable consideration to this pro
posed rental housing project."
Wants To Proceed across from GDCI,
M
r, Scott adds; "I wrote agar» 40Later. because housint ant horit
Central Mortgage and Housing ies decided that single-family awe'.
poration on October 29, advising lings might cost too much in lido
that the Province wanted to proceed Von to the prOspective tentink•
and asking that we be given a de- ability to pay, it 'vas decided that
cision on this submission. semi-detached, houses should be
° "We have not heard from our built on the site.
Workers • busy 'during the slacli
months.
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Town Assessor Ed Sessop, in centre, assesses'
the costumes worn by youngsters at the Lions
Hallowe'n party at the Arena. From left to
right thti children are: Marlene White, 101 Gfeg-
ory Smith, 6: Susan Hay, 10; Margaret Kell, 12
They are ,Fhown 'sampling treats.
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