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TH1JT SDAY, NOV. 13th, 1958 ,
DEMOCRATIC' LAN DSLIDE
To most Canadians, last week's congN' — ' The drive for right-to-work Maws proved
aional election i11. the UnitedStated' vvas a,iii uupopular, This indicated that efforts to cut
snrpi•ising. The I)eni,ocrats piled up a spcl - spending face difficulties, and regulation -of
labor is unliely soon to go beyond the Iien-
tacular , victory o}der' President I']isenhower'sw necly Ives bill ,which business groups fought in
Republican foitcros. ,T.hia- ui-ea•us a- Republica -0, the last Congress. The.. effects of foreign poi -
administration 'mild- a Di"inoeratI legislative icy issues, generally speaking, wove largely
body. _ invisible. '
Vice President Nixon's prestige has now One thing the election showed was that
dimmed considerably, especially since it was, the farm vote in the U.S.A. is rapidly dwind-
he who largely set up the•line for the national ling, with millions moving off the land. At the
Republican campaign and most of the sueeeSS- 'same tittle large indut;trial centres in several
ful Republicans did not follow it, fans states show a rising labor vote.
CARS BY THE INCH
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Jo a ce1'tain eX•tt'111, llliyi4 }bananas by the dozen to buying thein
and will continue to be even 'Insert', `o, a• prod- by , the pottlul,, Remember -when?
Iem in Uuderi.ch. fie .11it�^i' 11t) street patki)lg Start of this movement will no doubt come
meter's like those to be round in many munici=' l'ronl New •York (`it}•. There, the garages are
palities. But delay my in stalling thein might already ,adding 15 to 30 per' cent for extra
have paid of1'.. It kooks as if the tie.‘v type will long or wide cars. Garage spaee"there has pot
soon be necessary—one, with something.- like bat the number of cars they can handle
an electric eye whieh will record the exact has.—beca>tinse, the Cars are getting so •inueli
length ,of the'car till set a charge accordingly, larger.- Garages even' have to pay. higher in -
Charge for parking may be by. the int It iii the surnllt•e charge, I1Ow beeauste of increased dam -
future. And tlri-5 because ate ne-w ears are a '(} resulting from the larger cars.
{rettiii'' lolltrt?1' andtviclol'. There can be no doubt about it that, the
'Phis eliaage 'will be' as. tiiflictl.lt to net tisTr -larger gars-rx•re, ire.a't-i-ng---4-ifieuIt;ies in more .
tc, as when the curing' over was shade from vt'iiVs than one. Are they necessary
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HOW'S YOUR POSTURE, TEEN AGERS!
Posture is important. And p Ssil.)ly no- they walked aerosslhe stage...Some girls in.
where.i:s it more lnil)OI'tallt.'shall \f he von c ' semi -formal 'attire were 111) dolllrt inspired by
, ;' 'their very elothing to walk in a manner bectoiti-
att( clitirtY e(il leg;ial t . ' For then, as atom en a• (1', •
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M5"...15 THERE ANY VARN/5H , '
REMOVER /N THE HOUSE
THOUGHT I'D START
REF/N/5H/NG THAT.
OLD TABL.ETQN/GHT. ■ .r ■
Down Memory's Lane
45 Years Ago
"Not Goderich alone, nor On-
tario, but' the whole of the Ameri-
can continent, if, not the civilized
world, stands aghast at the terrible
catastrophe,"' said The- Signal, in
reporting., the storm of November
9, 1913. It was estimated that
around 200 sailors lost their lives
when ,-at least seven ships went
down between Goderich and Sarnia.
These vessels were believed to in-
clude the Wexford, James Car-
ruthers, ' Charles S. Price, John R,
McGoan, Argus and Star Douglas.,
Among the, missing sailors were
three Goderich'boys, Murdoch Mae.
Donald, Donald 'MacDonald and,
James Glen. '
Knyvet Naftel found the bodies
'of'-thre-e "s'a'ilors-wa'she-d -up- on- the -
shore on his father's farm, about
,five miles from Goderich, 'Seven
bodies were resting at . William
Brophe,y's funeral parlors in Gode-
rich, 'The Signal. com:mcrnted: "The
whole town is turned into a frenzy
of excitement which is perhaps
unsurpassed. in the history of the
place."
J. W. Truslcr presented , the
Town Council with a large oil
painting of -the late Benjamin- Par-
sons, who was first mayor of_the
town, 1850-51. .
As the investigation into the
Ontario West Shore Railway didn't
seem to ,be getting anywhere :fast,
1 'l'o\vn Council instructed Mayor
Reid to take the matter rip ,with
the Ontario Riiilway and Municipal
Board at its next ineeting.
It- was announced that Huron
County residents would vote on the
Canada Temperance Act on Janu-
j1 pry 27, J.914 , inst,e0 of November
24 as originally scheduled. I�
25 Years' Ago.
A cold snap h<l(1Iaut lhe boys in
the notion of putting no their
skates. There, was 'talk of itirriciTig,
1 e •lllnior tcam in Goderich. Some
of the junior players 'around town
I were Norman Warnock„ Jim Shear-
dowih„ Arnold Doak, ,Harvey Scrim-
geour, Pat Page,. Harvey Stoddart,
Arthur Doak 'and Bill Robinson,
Two bundred,.,,eords 'of wbpd fell
before the ` axe and saw• at the
town's woodlot in Colborne Town-
ship during the first, 10. days of
operation, 'The force ,of men varied
from six to 21. The wood cutting
project was designed to give work
to Goderich men who had -been
unable to find jobs elsewhere,
Citizens who had been• complain-
ing of low water pressure were
very interested in a report Which
a Hamilton engineer, E. H. Darling,
presented to Goderich Public• Util-
ities Commission. He recomrnend-
cd the building of a new well, the
installation Of a' duilicate 'main
from the pumping station to the
centre of the town 'tat a cost of
$15,000) and the building of a larg-
r standpipe. He condemned the
installation of • two-inch mains,
The temperature dipped to 12
degrees in Goderich on November
16. There were 14 inches of snow
on the ground, roads were drifted, �,
auto traffic was almost at a stand-
still, people were "staying indoors
and business was suffering. 'The
Goderich Star recalled that on the
same day•,the,y.oa.r'•beTore; the town
was basking in summer weather,
the rfnercury rose to 69 degrees, the
dust.was flying and the breeze was
balmy.
A daring rescue took place en,
the rough meters of Lake Huron.
John McLeod, jr., and George
Sturgeon were returning to Bay-
field harbor in a goat owned by Mr.
McLeod's 'father, when the rudder
bi`'oke. After several tow lines
broke, the helpless craft was. finally
brought in off, the lake by another
boat manned by Lohis McLeod,
Ritchie McIlool, John McLeod, sr.,
and Jimmy Sturgeon, They were.
headed for the narrow channel be-
tween the piers when the cross seas
'caught them and smashed the boat
in two against the pier. She drift-
ed onto rocks and finalI' sank in
the shallow waters of Bayfield
harbor.
15 Years Ago
Poptny Day sales :exeeeded 5340
in Goderich. as compared with $327
the year before,
Mavor Brown, after three years;
in the position, decided that he
would not seek re-election.
Since no new cars were being
. �.usctina
wartime, used cars were bringing
high prices. The federal govern-
ment slepned in and announced a
schedule of priee ceilings for used
cars:
10 Years Ago ,,
Ratepayers were to be polled on
a 'proposal to pay $500 a year to
the mayor and $250 to other mem-
bers df Council.
GDG! NEWS
CHRISTMAS EXAMS STARTING °
NOV. Oth NOW IN SPOTLIGHT
v'I
ith the excitement of the foot-
ball season and Commencement
belonging to the past, the thoughts
of all students at GDCI turd to-
wards the darlr;• clouds coming over
the near horizon—Christmas exam-
inations. They start one week from
today -- on Thursday, November
20th for all grades, -except 13,
whose particular timetable varies
from the 14th to the 26th.
In the realm of sports the girls
volleyball team's, senior and junior,
are the sole subject of attention
now; with the exception of bowling
.and curling, of course.
An organizational meeting of .the
Curling Club was' held on Monday,
and -curling was scheduled to start
on Wednesday, according to my
spies.
In bowling, we still have a tie, for
first place between the "Cool -Cats"
and the "Aces," 28 points each,
In second place, only two points.
behind, are the "Raiders" with 26
points, In third position are the
"Lucky -Strikes with nine points.
Bob Kinkead still •leads the trophy
race in all three events, high aver-
age, high triple and high single.
Briefs: A week ago Wednesday
a big one. . • The merchants in
town ,are. earnestly ti}anked for
their generosity to our advertising
salesmen. .. At an assembly held
on Monday, the theme was Remem-
brance Day and a film was shown
in that connection... 'I thought
the school Glee Club. did a wonder-
ful job at the Commencement,
didn't you? .. As Valedictorian,
Martha Jackson was interesting,
competent and well-prepared in her
address, as was the guest speaker,
Judge Fingland. . This, is the
last column until after exams,
(December 4). So,, see you then!!!
GODERICH 'HUNTERS IN
PARTY GETTING 8 DEER
A total of eight deer was bagged
by a party of 11 hunters, four of
them from Goderich, in the Parry
Sound district last week. The
hunters, operating at Crane Lake,
were accompanied by three guides.
The Goderich hunters were Jim
Sheardown, Austin Purdy, Harry,
Elliott and Archie Tbhnston and4
.the rest were from Toronto and
Parry Sound.
was teacher's convention and last
Tuesday was -Remembrance Day,
So students had two holidays in as
many weeks. . The collegiate
played host to the Local Teen -Town
and the Teen -Town convention over
the week -end... Write-ups and
class -reports for the yearbook, are
• due right away. . . Wingham won
the football championship in this
district.' and meet Stratford in the
Western Ontario • finals this week.
No results, yet... The Yearbook
Hallowe'en Dance help tWo weeks
ago was a, great success financially,
netting us $133 dollars, and a great
success socially... Congratulations
to the ten lucky people who won
free yearbooks at the dance —
Rates for private and semi -priv-
ate rooms a. "ATexandra Marine and site of a dried-up lake-or--poirdr -
General Hospital were increased by Thomas O'Heir, leader of the
75 cents per day.' Miss Rita palton Girls' Trumpet Band, announced
was appointed assistant superin- that a parents' association Was
tendent of the hospital. being' formed to` help further the
Ken Waters,- formerly of Clinton progress of the band. '
but now living in Goderich, was - A' CNR conductor, Edward • Mil -
elected second vice-president of the ner, of Toronto, retired after 46
Ontario Minor Hockey Association. years of service. For the last five
Some 18,000 tons of earth were years of his'career, he was pas the
poured into the 'ca„ve-in on the,9th' run from Toronto to Goderich.
concession of West Wawanosh- to • Town Council related the skating
make the road passable. - One popu- rink, to William Garrick for the
.lar theory- was- --that-•this.•was_.,the--1048:49..^.season_ __The.:rent .,was _$600 _._..;:.
SEE OUR COMPLETE SELECTION OF
Perso : `Chris as Cards
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AS FRIENDLY AS A HANDSHAKE
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SEE THE NATIONAL LINE
THEY'RE DISTINCTIVE — THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL — THERE'S A WIDE SELECTION
BUT. .Qrder Them EARLY
for best selectidn and guaranteed delivery
when you need them.
THE SIGNAL -STAR
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-T SDAY,TNO'V:.-13th,w-1958 m - `.
NORTH ST: W.M.SI HgtP
IN MEMQRIAM�.-PRQ,iECT
North Street Unitesw.-S. diet
in the church'hall with the presi-
dent, Mrs. D., D. Mooney, pressing,
114,4s. Elwood read the Seripture.a d -x
Mrs. Mooney gave a report of the
West Section meeting held in Ben -
miller on October 8th. A collec-
tion was received to Help furnish _a
kitchen at - Cold.,,Lake In memory
.of the late Mrs. Wheable. Hospital
visitors were appointed and a non
inating c'cunmittee composed of
Mrs. A. L. Cole, Miss F. Sturdy and
Mrs. F. Walkorn, was nanned to
bring in a slate of officers for next
year.
The devotional part of the meet-
ing was taken by Mrs. Dockstader.
The study book chapter„ was re-
viewed by Miss Crawford and in
her absence was read by Mrs. C,
M, Robertson.
Two delegates to the leadership
training school at Alma College,
Nancy Hughes and Elizabeth Har-
ley, gave a good report on the time
they spent there and told Of the
many benefits derived .from it. ,
Miss Barbara Eustace played the
accompaniment . for •a duet by
Leslie Eustace and Jennifer
Par-
sons.
Banff National -Park, Canada's
first, was established in 1885.
WE NOW HAVE
BUDGIES
• AND
HARTZ MOUNTAIN
CANARIES
WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF CAGES
AND PET SUPPLIES,
WHY' NOT ORDER ONE OF THESE AMUSING
PETS TO -DAY?
RYAN
PHONE 34,
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The Custom 300 Sedan, lowest
priced of all Ford models, puts
elegance within the reach of
any budget.
rig
you've been looking at new cars; hunling. for 614
that, fits your needs (and 'your garage then the
man to see is your. Ford Dealer!
He's got a car that's beautifw4 right in every
way! .Its sling is elegant withputeing extrava-
gant. lt.'s nimble in traffic; q'dt enm fon long i`iHves.
It's trim on the `outside, spiiciops inside,- with
extra head and red moth all around.
Economy just starts with? Ford's low price. A
powerful Six gives up to i0% better mi-lefige.
The standard "V-8 now thrives:, On regular gas.
And -Ford's standard oil filter stretches oil changes
to as man' as 4,000 miles. -
See your Ford Dealer and take a di,scouery dric'p in
the car that's beatitifully right ... for yoti
The Sunliner looks smooth and
rides smooth, too, with Ford's
automatic ride control.
Wendt; features (iHsstrated or mentioned ore "Standard” on Some ntodela, optional at trtra cosi orro11,e)44
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