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THURSDAY, • DEC. 4th, 1958
TOWN NOMIN
"I disapprove of what you say; but I will
defend to the Beath your right to say it." So
said Voltaire, French philosopher and .satirist,
many years ago.
It's a good maxim to keep In mind when
attending a nomination Meeting, whether it be
in Harlem, Hamilton or here. For example,
we s'till do not approve of ideas -held by some
council members at the nomination meeting
.Friday night—that it's a wise move to take
the old Post Office in a swap and make it into
a Town:Hall. We feel that the passing of time.
.will prove this. However, we most emphatic, -
ally defend the tight of anyone to say what he
thinks at' such a meeting. tt is not only the
right bitt' the duty of a' town councillor to
frankly express his views on matters pertain-
ing to the welfare of the community. By the
same token, it is the prerogative of au editor
to say in his editorial eolua'rt'ta~'what he believes
to be best for the eomniun vin the long run.
News columns report what .is said 5r done at
meetings. 'Editorial eolunilis express the' opin-
ions of the newspaper on the subject in clues-
,
It would seem that the Post Office -Town
Hall swap is a practical eertainty. Why flog
a dead horse? ' May the soul of the deal .iest
in peace r ]!ay' it emerge, as econoinical as its
pressing promoters imagine it will!
.We' -would like at this tilde to pay tribute
. tQ the conscientious and enthusiastic efforts of
Mayor Ernie Fisher. Next year will 'mark his
seventh year of municipal service --two years
en cottneil, two as deputy reeve, one as reeve,'
this year as mayor and ripe given a. well -de -
.served -acclamation as mayor for a second term.
Re has worked hard and well and is 'd.eserving
of considerable credit for his progress in var .
ious ways. Reeve o Jantes Donnelly, given an
acclamation as reeve for a second term also,"
will start his ,fifth year of ninoicip'a1 service in
1959. Reeve Donnelly is well-gnarl:fled to serve
ATION MEETING
the town with distinction in his particular role
and .we have no doubts but what he will.
Contesting the post of deputy reeve are
.councillor Frank Walkom, who has been town
• councillor for four years, and eouncillor Wil
Liam Tipple, who has been two years on cotut-
eil. Either of these men could handle- this post
creditably. The ratepayers 'will make their
choice on' Monday.
-We regret to see councillor C. M. Robert -
sun retiring front municipal service. He has'
served faithfully and well for a total of seven
years—first, as councillor• back, about 1920,
' 'then for a.three year stretch froi.1.952-54 and
another' three years from 19561-58. Obviously
proud 'of his town for years,' councillor Robert-
.
-
5ou has fought for all which he believed to be
in the best interests of the town. As chairman
of the water, light and harbor committee and
also, for. the- past six months, looking after
�fi�trrl�l'i-e -won , }te--has-done- a great-deaf-'nrore
work for the welfare of the community, than
that which appears on the surface.
A number of projects on which the council
has been working may be culminated next year.
it is for this reason' it is regrettable that a
two-year term is not the rule here in order
that the .eo neil__inigh-t have the -benefit- of. -con-
tinuity of experienced service as .a group..
Among those seeking posts as councillors
are three men who' are newcomers in the way.
of experience on the Goderich Town Council.
We commend them for offering their services—
and' regret that niore did not do likewise. The
ot'h'ers, two,of whom are men of long experi-
ence and former mayors -J. E. Huckins and
John Graham ---and Mrs., May 'Mooney and
James Bisset could .give council -the- benefit of
their previous experience' Which` it will un-
doubtedly welcome."
Monday is election day, Vote as you like
—but" vote.
,WISDOM AND EDUCATION
Edgar White ,jurri,l1,- noted rintl,ior,Jeacli-
er and eorumentator, writes that the• spirit of
man must 'always be, fret,' to soar. ITe asserts
that this is because' wisdom and intelligence
eorne froIu within; they cannot 1,}l,4„ talrgh;t, they
Must bes unfolded. Solomon was reputed 'wise
because he. asked' for an understanding heart
rather than great riches. Tt was Solomon who
said that "Wisdom is the principal 1bin,;; there.
fore get wisdom; -and with all thy betting get
understanding," .
So the topio of this pre--4abbnlh evcniil 5
meditation is: ' Art' Yon Educated?" •
Real .edneation, according to Burrill,
something' that cannot 'he i•l poss-(1. 'from wit }t
ont hitt (Mine, from vrithill. "Keep thy" Ilt'ilrt
W-ith all diligence. for out of it are th(x,isslies
of lift'.•' True is it that ''as (a man) tlihliketh
in his, heart (not in his 11e;1di,.•so i. tie.
A man can be sehooled in (track, Latin.
Algebra and (ieonlet ry and yet riot` hp edileilt ed.
With th'esc he'1liist,be; tticil 1u listen to t}ie
a lasting educat'olt •than a',marriage license
would indicate a lasting marriage. The spirit
of nia'i1 must always be free to soar.
Facts we learn in -school too often arc no.
longer' true when have- graduated. Even
1 0 ,1 ' definitions are outdat('d by new discov-
eries, every decade; we must continually aban-
doit '`.truths" in onr advance toward the trnth.
Yoii 'are edn''eate(1 if you have attained the
,tl,ilit►- to soar, Yon are educated if you have
achieved emoti40011 guidance, self-control, dis- I
eiltlined feolin;rk. These ..are topics entered in
the i Yttrrit•nJltnl of the heart ----not the lferad.
The Net 1, that von are not educated unless
-;von i - enrot-ic•rrrk--}ttive..-hpun--erlaiimtecl: Wlieii '
These have been educated you will have at-
titili,•tl• tiielerstanding., To understand all is
tri forgive all, 00(1 .there is no education worthy
1 he palm that does not possess compassion.
Lt10,0 ion i , the ahility to understand anyone,
nti\'w I0 l') .:at any time, •
li;ilil o said: "Yost cannot teach a man
voice of the supreme I1ite11igent•4 Wit hill hi,i1n-,, :Iii�•thiii. voia t;ai1 only ltelp hint to find it with -
,Self. A eolleve diplopia has no more to du«•Illi • l' liitt1self. "l+7xehange. .
W,
THE' GODERIGN, SIGNAL, -STAR
Down Memory's Lane
45 Years Ago
By a vote of 630 to 95, Goderich
ratepayers approved a bylaw auth-
orizing Town Council to guarantee
'the bond -s of the ienerican Road
Machine Corltpany for $50,000 and
to give it a fixed assessment of
$10,000 for a 10 -year period.
' The Signal, tcarried the following
business anlhouncement: "Mr. W.
G. Lumby, having purchased the
tonsorial parlor and barber shop
in the Bedford Block, occupied and
-conducted by Mr. H. B. Boehmer)
welcomes all old patrons. Satis-
faction guaranteed."
The Public school board regret-
fully accepted the resignations of
two teachers, Miss Miners, of Vic-
toria School, and Miss Nellie Gra-
ham, of Central School.
Constabletundry brought in a
'man who had been begging his
dinner at district` farmhouses. The
"beggar" had over $900 in his
pockets when he was. searched at
the county jail.
An impressive and sad spectacle
was the ,funeral cortege of the fiye
unidentified sailors buried in Mait-
land cemetery Thursday afternoon.
Four were from the steamer James
Carruthers' and one. was_ ...from_the-
steamer McGean. Both ,ships went
down in the great storm of Noyem-
ber 9, 1913. The streets were lined
with people as the rive hearses
passed through town to Maitland
cemetery.
25 Years Ago
"The days of barter are still with
us," said The Goderich Star. "This
week Lee Ham, the big East street
Chinaman, who does The Star
laundry and collects 13 cents a
week for extracting the printer•
ink from the roller 'towels (a big
job), traded two ducks for a billy
goat weighing 125' pounds. Thi'
goat belonged to Joe Webb, but
Joe and the goat fell out when
the goat bunted him into theTbriak
as the pair was boarding the For•
rest tug the other 'day. Both ,Too
and the goat •were obviotisly' re's•
cued. Joe had, given three ducts'
.and iwo..kons..for,.,.the._.bi11y, so._he is
out, one duck and two, hens on flit,
deal, but has the. satisfaction 0,
•kiiowing the goat has been sOntei+e
ed to die—for goat meat'•is said to
he the foundation of a rfinnews
Chinese- dish. Lee Hani is non-
committal on the subject of c:tpilal
punishment for the goat. We ask
ed him and all he said was, "Thin
teen cents," meaning the amount
for washing the ink -soaked print-
cer's• towels."
Mrs. L. Hetherington, was elect.
e(t presicicnt of Ili!! WMS of North
r to +igtgpe v„mozigt av,q osis wort 'c°vivz,, ra; t�;4;,,T.g. � , ..n°� ,� •ti � ;o., 45 4, r+�� ► 14 wr r ► St eet United Church, rest Robert
p Johnston was elected president �►f
the Woman's Association of that
church.
Mrs. B. Wilson was the new pre -
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REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
COMING SOON
i When a .small boy, visiting on
my eldest unete's ,.place in the
country, 1 - climed boldly up the
wart of a corn-ctib and on to the
edge of the roof and reached the
top. The crib was built with was
pine poles and the wall was as'
good as a ladder. And the roof
was not very steep. I felt, like a
conqueror until I thought of get-
ting down. Because of the projec=
ting roof, I could not see the lad-
der -like wall and the ground at a
tance looked very'far,
1:,pirxttriaiel , ]xiy .rit¢.leaa. -stout
sen entire—along. I kn>3w the
strength of his brawny' arms and
the warmth of his big heart, And
when he said, "You just jump
down and I'll catch you,” I knew
he would and I jumped. I had not
heat'rd then of rockets'to the moon
Now I wonder how the space trav-
elers are going 'to Ind on the
moon. And how are they' going to
return to 4arth? When the fric-
tion of the earth's .atmosphere be-
gins to burn up the rockets, the
train inside would seem to have
little chane. No doubt this phase
of the space trip is giving some
concern to the wise men.
'"ale are often confronted with the
problem of coming clown or get-
ingwbtreieff44194tel
the consequences of an action and
to think ofthe end of the matter.
The Greaf I3oolc will give you a
stare plan of life's journey,
sident of the WMS of Victoria
Street United 'Church.
Several, members of Town Court
-cif-objected to the ' Pil 's plates to
erect a standpipe near the public
library. Councillor 'Brown said it
would be "ani unsightly • thing" , in
the heart 'of the town.
15 Years Ago
Robert E: Turner. was elected
mayor by acclamation. Fie suc-
ceeded E. D. Brown, who retired,
after three years in._that_ position..
TWo 'hundred volunteers gave
donations of blood when .clinics
were held at Goderich anti Port
Albert.
Noting that the local Medical Of-
fieer of Health had been receiving
the. princely salary of $100 a year
for longer than anyone, could re-
meiriber, The Signal -Star suggested
it was high time Town Council in-
creased it to a reasonable figure
in keeping with, his numerous
duties.
Owing to shortages of manpower
and materials, work on the recre-
ation hall and other, new building
at• Sky Harbor was proceeding
slowly. .•
Goderich. Lions Club announced
plans to sponsor a juvenile hockey
team in the OMHA. ,
10 Years Ago
Mayor George G. MacEvVan Was
re-elected by acclamation. There
were to be contests for the post-
tions
osttions of reeve and 'deputy -reeve,
:batt all other .olives -were. filled by
silligtiitilWAtitsoCiatimi 'Witte
Girls' Trumpet Band realized $150
from a tag day held for the benefit
of the band iVIembers of the band
were the energetic taggers,.
Godericlt was having September
weather in December. The sun
Was shining and it was a far cry
from the year beforewhen there
was six inches of snow ,on, the
ground on December . Many resi-
dents contrasted the weather' this
year with the weather in 1940,
when a big snowstorm started on
December 2 and blocked all the
roads by December 4.
The inter -School' soccer chanip-
ionships were won by the Victoria
School seniors and Central. 'School
juniors. More than 100 boys par-
ticipated in the games.
Hundreds of people visited the
plant of the Dominion Road Mach-
inery 'Co. Ltd. on the occasion of
"Visitors' Day."
QUICK CANADIAN QUiZ
1. Canada produces what proportion
of the world's newsprint?
2. The B.C.-made dugout canoe Tili-
kum is famed for what voyage?
3. Which is the greater amount, cus-
toms -duties -on imported goods or
I G MAKE IT FOR )0U, AL
. -A1412, PO IT FOR NCTH/NO
StINE WOO ARE
•� • 7Ir LET'S DACE )TY
Per Peat excuoe
Isales .takes on Canadian-manu•
factures _goods? •
4. Who designed Canada's first post-
, age stamp?
5.On consumer goods and services
Canadians spent $1.9 billion in
'i
' -R . What. wasthe .1957- Cal
'0f ueh=- pendin'grf :_ P—
ANSWERS: 5. $19.5 billion; 1958
spending will exceed $20 billion.
3. In 1957-58, customs duties on im-
1
THURRSDAY, DEC. 4411, 1958
ports were $498 Million, sates taxes
on Canadian -manufactured ' goods
were $703 million. 1. About 50 per
cent. 4. Sir Sandford Flen,iing, who
also helped build CPR, invented
Standard Time system» and was
,Rhaneellor. O ueen.a -into ersity: -:
canoe, went under sat nom Via
toria, B.C„ to Australia and then
on around to Margate, England.
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Elections will be held in the
Township 0f1Goderich
for position of Reeve.
Monday, December
1958
between the hours of 9 a.m, and 6 p.m„ at the following places
and with the following deputy returning officers and poll clerks.
Ward Place D.R.O.
1 Orange Hall
2 S.S. No. 2
3 Albert Schilbe's
4 H. Tyndall
5 . H. McCartney
6 Township Hall
V. Falconer
H. T. Sturdy
Chas. Wallis
Elmer Trick
H. McCartney
Reg. Miller
Poll Clerk
H. Fuller
Cliff Sturdy
Wm. Mcllwain
Don Middleton
Les Pearson
E. L Trewartha
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