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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-11-06, Page 2• • PAGE .TW© THE.GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, NOV. • 6th, I95>1t tr uiirtr.ij 'ijuat-tar - .. —p— ...The. County Town Newspaper of Huron --0— • J ,, •ai s7, r -a.�Lw••,• .`'w ., •�•:;« .._. Meir . .i.,: ' 7.4:� . •--.,,'a� A Wrr Signal -Star Publishing Limited. In its .111th year of publication. to Down Memor 's Lane •-° 2.-`9,3;a" ..., 113.-a*'.4S •'Ix' •'„yrh ..y s'y; }t�.,•{«. , aw �'{tfitwd' fTi+t1CG�'�f rt.vu �u&....v�,,t.:.+` Subscription rates — $3.00 a year,. To U.S.A., $4.00 (In advance) Authorized as second-class mail, Post ° Office Department, Ottawa. Member of C.W.N,A., Q.W.N:A. and A.B.C. Circulation --over, 3,000. GEO. L, ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. THURSDAY, NOV. 6th, 1958 WELCOME, TEEN Welcome to the Atpproximately 150. dele- gates who will be attending the sixth annual Western Ontario Teen Town Conference in (ioderieh this week=end, November 8 'rind 9. This will be the first time for this organization 'to hold such a convention here. It will be the second \Veste'rit Ontario convention for (lode - rich this fall, the other being the fall council of the Kinsmen clubs of Western Ontario held here on October 18 and 19. • These visitors will represent about 75 'Teen Town club~ in Western Ontario whose total membership is in excess of 12,000 tees. agers.A commonI1liscolleept10n of this forth- -coming conference on the' part of the'average Goderich citizen is that it's "just a bunch of kids out for a good time for a week -end." As a result, the appeal of the teen alters to (to(1'- rich home owners for free overnight billeting - fox the visitors.has fallen on deaf ears, gener- ally speaking. True, the visiting teen ager~ will be 11urmal fun loving ••youngsters hut they come here on W• TOWNERS! a conscientious mission. They do not belong to the rowdy type usually associated with teen age groups but rather .to ,that class bf young people who are leaders in NVorthwhile youth luovem nts in their respective communities. Thetheme of the colife renee is "Young Canada Tomorrow." •rhes,e ltizelts of tomorrow have as their present purpose attempts to combat any teudeney towards juvenile delinquency and; in general, co—make of today's youngsters good citizens of tomorrow. Among the sub- jects they will disc'uss are: 'been Parent R,ela- 1 onship ;. Racial Problems ; Competitive Sports. In addition, there will be workshop groups in \vhit'h instruction will be given in leadership among. teen avers in the .carrying, .on of games, elant'ing and drama. lit brief, the. \•holt,e, object of the confer- enee is to ,instruct leader's who will help de- velop teen agers become good citizens. May the conference here meet- with, ,every success is• the wish, of the Signal -Star and may it not be the last time that. such a "'conference is held here. ' - 45 Years ASO ' . William Lane, secretary -treasurer of the horticultural society, report- ed that membership had grown from 81 last year to 112 this year. There was only one patient in, Alexandra Marine and General Hos- pital at the moment. There were several days during the previous - weed, when there —weren't any patients at all'. The editor of The Signal figured Gpderieh must be a pretty healthy town. A mail, box was damaged and several fences were pulled down ' in Goderich on Hallowe'en. A horse belonging to Thomas Videan, flour and feed dealer on Hamilton street,. died very sudden- ly while drawing a load of grain up the hill from the dock. , -. Miss. Florence Smith, who 'spoke on the life and work of Rudyard ,Kipling, won' an oratorical contest at the semi-monthly meeting of the GCI Literary Society.' , • 25 Year's Ago. • The local fishing fleet --five tugs —brought in four and one-half tons of perch and trout in a single day. This was as much as the average two weeks' haul for the fleet. The boats were operated by the MacKay Bros., Peter MacDonald, "`Mac" MacDonald, Graham BrOs. and "Reddy" MacDonald. 'Goderich business places, with perhaps a few exceptions, planned to close all day Saturday, Novem- ber 11, in observance of Remem- brance Day: ' • J. P. Hume, principal of GCI, an- nounced that Alex. G. , -MacVicar had won the' MacKay memorial scholarship, valued at $200, and a Carter scholarship with $60. Mary I. Hueston, of Goderich, was the winner of another Carter scholar- ship valued at $40. . At the GCI Hallowe'en masquer- TH EL ____H_QC K EYPICTURE w ade party, the prizes for fancy dress h� gar-ere,...awarded...to_. Agnes._.Thorne The hockey season, opens here `iaturday ieneed by praetieally"all small Ontario centres, and HowardWilkins: Prizes for comic costumes went t0 Ruth Daer •evening. w'lth -„, ,' t(1('k ' 1)1?1\ 1118 (,0(ll'1'll• 'h there w las” it tulle when 'small town arenas tand "Sammy" Duckworth. Sailors in a Junior B fixture. On the basis "o111c1 be crowded to 'the rafters with loyal Two men made off with a, bag fans cheering. on local boys willing to "do r full of chickens after clubbing the o£ the teams for which they have previously di.e'' for the honor of thei>Y native. t'ow'n in the hired man• over the head, , at the farm of Jack McMillen, concession perforated, the lice -tap of 'the local junior 13 realm of hockey. But tinges have changed :6,,Goderich Township.. • ••-„' team looks formidable, however, time alone and stick ep,iAodes.are few and far between in "15 Years Ago will tell how ood they really are, • Ontario centres.. Today, .'huc'key is a business. • After practising as' a physician and surgeon for nearly half, a cen- ' 111 • uoderieh, as in praetirally all ,towns .A's. many or More' youngster`;' play hockey as tory, Dr. A. H. Macklin announced in' (Ynt rio today, the hockey picture is vastly ever before.. But not nearly as large a per- his retiredlent. • He served as changed to what it once was. Isere, as else ceritage of them continue to play on down mayor of Goderich in 1908-09. ' i re-._t.h,e.'`.'lo-i..a,L.',''t,.eant-is intide_-u_p_.of a couple through, they years, as ti olive did, When The window soapers were out in' whe larger• _numbers . than .usual; for • 10cal player, 'w'ith the rest conning from then feel that the- calibre of 1hoek•e'r`'the' Orr Hallowe'en this year. Girl's were ,of 1 good -enough to, get them into the worst offenders and did the outside -centres. But,' in, tl'v.eurdance with, re- playing is not gulatiulls, the int pu-rte are X111 perfectly eligible: professional ranks or' (wen 'into good paying slickest jobs, 'said 'police, Employees of the Goderich Organ -There are, for 0\zimple, several from the RCAF "amateur" ranks, they- ease ,hut of the: game. 'Co. made (.presentation to Albert ` Station at Clinton who ar.o entitled to play for As result,' very few- towns or villages have Shore, en the occasion of his re - a Junior teilltl i11 the 11111011if ti11y e10 -est to enough lottil players to ice a team which would tirement after 23 years as super - which they are stationed whir11, in 1 his ease, get very fag' in today's set-up. Hence, the need' intendent and time -keeper. Of' these towns and yi1'1'.tnes to an<Vment their William Bell;• son. of Mr, and hapj:xns to be Godt rich, t 4 r Mrs. Kenneth' Bell, of Goderich, A full pili' else 11I►t'r•e i11 this issue carries hail teams with imported pAicl ,or semi -paid won a $1,000 victory bond in a pictures and dehlils •w•11ich int roil 1(5 'the ne11 11oeker stars, Anil,' in Many ' instances the draw held- by Kitchener -Waterloo Gods r ie}t p1'lyt rs to ditit.l']t.t•. hoekev .falls. (-, re- `1(o'al" teals has often glare strange' favus on .Rotary Club, = I ' ' John W, Bell,. Huron road, was .dit for th,(5 information 15.dile to The various ilii "-Mij- tp ai11} 0 ;lai•r or rhe set (nr fth 1t appointedmactingsek-tb " vf•'-Ni-aft sports-promot111 . tiring' who have sponsored has familiar faces.',land cemetery . to succeed , H, the page—who ll;tve_, ,P id for it publication. , , Whether roll, lie it or not, that's the Witmer. r, 10 Years Ago Sport, furls might keep this filet 111 mind when hockey l ictllr1 today. Even ( city the size of C; F. Chapman was elected pre - t h 0.V17r.;l.tl.:r.ht?_.lpa;te...., ...._ - 1 0(1011 \i•llittl Sh(�uld be able t(') produce sident of Menesetung Canoe Club. ' Over tire years; the -(';(rderieh Dion: ('ink enough total brew 111(11cey pl(y(rs for several<•''' Goderich Lions Club netted has Shollsl)1'e(1 >e'e" WOO ho('lcey \\'►Bell 11115 re teiillls, ]ills 1(1 1111 1)01.1 still's t0 I('0 it reasonably.about $300 from a community auc 1 „ tion sale at Agricultural Park. Dis- stdted i11 the (it'veloplll)'lit of nla11y good total 'good tenni. '1'hit1's tt(illy's •pattern and there's trim farmers donated considerable hoekey plrt d -r'-1':: ' 1'oit as they. 141.11\ 11p they certaitly nothing 10 indicate there will he any Produce for •the sale. •-• move (nit of town and • tiled' 4('1'Vi1'es 1111' lost change ill that pattern Sor ti^)111e, time to e011lP Albert Mero, Bruce St>eet, had a ,_ Acuriosity in his garden in the shape to (rod,'r•i,'it. w'hi,•h i, 1h,' ,nine all that. exper if over, ' of a tomato plant that reached the The Saltford bridge, which was closed for several days while re- pairs were being made, was opened to traffic again. Robena ,Grant was installed as. president of the ,Goderich chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, sorority. The chapter was organized on Novem- ber 2 after a banquet in a local hotels DCI students assembled in the au itor"iuin 'to hear Dr. Charlotte Whitten speak, .1. • A REAL DEPRECIATION FUND 1" rtul 1 he' ,t,1rt, •11' hospital plan l,tt)•r(11 ia- tit►T1N, 1h,' t nt1;trig I;ur'e) 1(11( 111, pressed for iltell).Miun of if'pret•iatiOn in the cu,t; ('1I Il,le for federal i.outrilmtion, 1: p0111t e(l out by F1.111('rtnn of' "trio' (►ntario Itospital Ser- vices •('Oillllii:,sit)il, h0Spitltll„(t1 weal' out, it is nlecessi11'y t(1 1'epli11',' them, 1(1111 the cost: should be melt in part 11y the 1)olllllliorl Government, Nt) progress \•its 1(111(1,' \•1111 t h,' late admin;,..,_ tration 1(lllli10,- tratiotl in this nlatler, nor ,O far, evidently, with the pl•esent gOVerlllui'n,f,r•• Pre1nier Frost., however, ,las informed the (lniar•io Ilospital A. oci0tion that the province will snake to general hospitals ( special grant 0f $1i0 ,per b•ed to offset bltil(ling,deprecittii4)0 costs. Mr 11'rost 5ai(1 he (lid not see how•any butian.'ss 00111(1 operate ' without allowing for depreeint i1)lr 00 buildings, That., of e(nrse, is true of hn4il,le,);,s eone('rtls, but general hospital, seldom llitv,' any money 10 "tuck (witv' ink). 0 depreeinti (11 aeeoulilt. 'I'lle Ontario (;overll- 1Tlent 110: long required them 10 'set 19) 410 11 lin 111'e0111, 1111(1 he telplired w•1'iteuff 011 1957 ()per It tun. (,1' Arexan(lrll Marin, and (h'iwral 11((:liit111 w•it:-•'0.),(15i'. As pointed (011 in these 'anvil(, last April, 1Itis turned a small credii 10(111110(' into a •,111)stitllti111 deficit. Mr, Frost's remedial measure ('Vi(le'lltll- 1N in recognition that Hospital depreciation funds exist only on paper. �. The (roderich hoard, undoubtedly will .vel_ (',rue the •sipecial grant, w}lich may. run about $14,000. Ilowever, the public -should not get the i(}ea that it is over its financial worries, While; -rite 1(rovineilrl- govern'ulent this year tlotilrle+1 it4 ttrstetlot i(in grant, the iiew• wing her was hell to 'be almost eomplete(1 ill 1957:} A eat (teal of •nl0rley \'1111 st ill bre needed if the`hnspital is to perform the services expected of it. (n(1 much of it will have t0 e0nie from private don011011s EDITORIAL NOTES d. 99.9. ft titkes a itlaor ('0.1a.strophe t0brit-4.,r 0111(..1c l 10111)101, ,the, bt%4t -in, human nature, 'This 1,V(; X1'111 111.1-' fie�l in the 4pirit shown by the entombed miners tipeaking of diyrzstet's, nrxt �ltnd(y vrill be in the i pritu'h'il1 I)i44gtel' atlel by the respolise from 1)•'0ple all. over this, eOntinent to aid the 45th anniversary ()Utile great0)4t One to ol.ci11t ill this area, the -('great makes storm of November 9, 1913. Fali CIecir-out SPECIALS BUNK BEDS , iiy• complete masesses$74.90,_ Space . Savers. Rog. $55.00, for 35.00 BOX SPRINGS MATTRESS with legs if desired. This is a• 180 -coil mattress attractive ticking. abnormal height of 12 feet. Letter to ,Editor Editor, Signal -Star. Dear Editor: Another year has rolled around and I forward my renewal to the Signal -Star which I still enjoy read- ing. I ann still interested in all activities rn' OntariD. Your mayor, is from one of they oldest pioneers' of olborne Township wnshipand by the reports about him appearing in the Signal -Star he is doing an excellent job. My brother, John Flick, is still taking those Tong walks evert though he is more than .82 years of age. My 90th birthday will be on December 18.. I am the oldest member in the 3,200 membership oyhe First Methodist Church of Santa Monica. I am still able to work among the flowers which I love to do. My two sisters in Pon- tiac, Michigan, one 96 and the other 91, still write me letters. My name used to be Leah Flick. Sincerely Yours, MRS. 'LEAH SSHETLER, 1760 Tenth Street, Santa Monica, California HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY INFORMED' RE 'EVERGREENS Members of the Goderich Horti- cultural Society enjoyed asking var- 4 less# > " fit @` est sneaker~ at the. 'regtilaV'let%isfasssIstsitteekoi held at MacKay Hall. Mr. T. Shut- tleworth, of Little Tree Farms, Londoh, described a variety of elks ergi•eens and other shrubs "which may be used in landscape work, with warnings of the particular diseases and insects to which each may be susceptible'. 'The amateur gardener can save many shurbs from destruction through recognition of the plant affliction and the application of ' . ute,dies.. l •we recommended . shown offsshrubs, with regard to methods of proper pruning, effec- tive planting, color and use in hedge work. After answering the problems voiced during the ques- tion period, the speaker was thank- ed by Brig. G. M. Ross. President J. P. Warren conduq-' ted the draw for door prizes whio1 were won by Mrs. C. Saunders, Mrs. McKenzie, and -Mrs. 'A. Wil- kin. District reRresentative, Mr. C. Epps, complimented the Soci gawk eLourestanding::spealg;'ten% • obtained for the regular Members then gathered in groups for further discussions of the ev- ening's topic, over the tea, cups. Conservation ,„means wise use by everyone always. ONE 1N A SERIES ., Ideas For Santas Who Like To Be Different et. Practical). REV. ROBERT 11. HARPER • BATTLES ON THE GRIDIRON While we think of the wars that ,may ravage the world anew, bat- tles oh the gridiron have already„ begun., _There will, _ be _ ,claims' '153r big teams, if they' suffer defeat by smaller "teams, that it is early in the season; there will be upsets of big teams because some stnall- teams have "pointed” for certain games, fnd there will be records broken. But soon after January the First, when all the bowl games halve been decided, the colleges and universities will be down to their regular work. Let us hope that the lines in the paraphrase written by some, col. logo boy—years- a -go:— Lives of football men remind us That they write' their names' ) in blood, And, departing leave, behind them Half their faces in the mud," may not be true of present war, riors of the gridiron, thanks to better training and conditionings iliore open play, and many . safe- guards. And we hope the brightest memory of this or that star may be the fair way in which he play(,ed the game. Surprise the KidS •, i by presenting them with a Play Room'mof their very own. Chances 'are it's easier than you think, too.. Plan now to convert that idle room or basement into useful living space. Mom will be really pleased,. too, because the children can romp in their own "rumpus room" and won't be underfoot on those bad weather days. l' PLAN NOW TO HAVE THE WORK DONE BY DEC, 25! WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP Y- IJ WITH IDEAS AND THE SELECTION OF THE RIGHT MATERIALS FOR THE • Jo$: • GODERICH MANUFACTURING: 0•. 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