The Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-12-18, Page 1,
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111th Year --No, 50
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GODERiCH, ONTARIO, THURiDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1958
Single 'Copies 7, •
spitaI.Bpard.,S0: eking
ar Debt Still Owing
Concerned about the financial
, picture of Alexandra Marine and
-General Hospital, a delegation from
the board will shortly interview the
Ontario Hospital Services Commis-
sion in the hope of having an ad-
justment made, in the present
grants set-up, The. hospital hoard,
which met Monday evening of this
week, will seek means of ecuring
more financial aid by a revision
in the calculation of the grants
payable.
Total cost of the new wing plus
other elcpenses in connection with
it total $560,609.12. -Total revenue
to meet this expense to date,
amounts to $488,954.45. This
means the hospital board still faces
a deficit off$71,654.67 in meeting
expenses in connection with the
Santa. Claus , t/tras more Peopular than ever in '
Goderich on Saturday afternoon as ' he handed,
out 1,550 bags of candy, fruit -arid- nuts:- As a.'
rule, some bag:fire left over blit this time the
youngsters from Goderich and the •rural area
around eleaned out Santa's supply completely.
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'Members of the Kinette Club 'helped Santa fill
the bags prior to the event: The firemen assis-
ted 'Santa onSaturday., The Town Police-• as-
sisted, too. •Piro members of. council,.. Walitom
•and Tipple, were in charge of arrangements.
S -S Photo by R.H.
construction, furnishings, • etc., of
the new hospital wing.
Total expenses are listed as fol-
lows :cost of constriction, $413,-
508.12; professional fees, $31,942.26;
cost of pipeline to, supply heat
to hospital, $34,912.63; cost of
equipment and furnishings pur-
chased, $62,586.11; cost of auxil-
iary power unit now being install-
ed, $10,360; equipment still neces-
sary to complete project, including
refrigeration unit and minor °per-.
ating room, $7,300.00.
Source of revenue, totalling
$488,954A5, came from •town- of
Goderich debenture issue, grants,
funds, bequests and canvass of
industries and individuals.
, The Appeal
In its presentation to the On-
tario Hospital Services Commission
the appeal of the Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital Board will
say: "By a revision of the grant
structure effective at January 1,
1958, the payments to hospitals by
the Provincial and Federal govern-
ments were doubled. This revision
has a tremendous effect on the
financial position of the board of
this hospital. You will note that
the Provincial and, Federal grants
under the present calculations
amount to 25 per cent of the total
expenditure.
"In planning the project,. the
board tried to make arrangements
to complete the work as quickly
and efficiently , as possible. The
need was urgent. The Board as-
sisted the contractor in every way
On
possible, and ordered- the equip-
ment without delay to make certain
that this community would have
adequate and efficient nospitaliz-
ation as quickly as possible. Now,
it would appear that by efficiency,
the Board has penalized this com-
munity. JI the project had been
delayed, or if the Board had plan -
red less well, larger grants would
have, been paid. For this reason
the Board seeks a revision in the
calculation of the grants payable."'
The conclusion of the presenta-
tion :reads: "In the original .plans,
the Board requested funds .from
the townships which this hospital.
serves. Two townships have re-
fused to accept their responsibil-
ity. The officials in these town-
ships claim that since the Govern-
Tdr$ Surprise $ ariia, 4-3;
Moet.Loodoiltier6 Friday
Dishing up plenty of haekcheck- -Bob Beutenmiller scored singleC
ing 'and ' playinggood positional
luickey,scae.Sailors served a
surprise victory over the l'eague-
leading Sarnia Legionnaires at the
Arena on Saturday evening and
skated off. -'with a 4-3 mrtime de-
cision. It marked the first defeat
,• of the season for the Sarnia team,
•-*ho-• had 12 .straight ,wins, up to
that time.
It looked like' a scoreless first
(period until Sarnia drew first blood
with only two minutes left in the
period to play. ••
Popu ar :-with another goal -after three min,
erics, La men Be
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More than 150 gift subscrip- -ntes -of-play-but -Gocierick---came•
.back at _the..16.50 mark tocore
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tion S to the Signal -Star have and end the period 2-1 for Sarnia.
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weeks. It is expected that this ' At 6.34 in the third period, Gal-
- - 'been ordered in the last two '
low evened the score of the gaine
• number will be increased quite with a counter for Goderich.
' "--.A" committee of clergy and lay- the 29 areas had repealed the law. a few yet, particularly by •re- ! Sarnia's laSt goal. came at the.8.00
men representing Huron and Perth • 'The two areas in Ontario at pre-- sidents of the rural area about mark .of the third period. Thirty -
counties has been named to make sent under CTA, Huron and Perth Goderich. For their conven- P eight secontWiater,,,Glenn Richard-
' a study of the Canada Temperance ,counties, adopted the measure in ience, the Signal -Star office will .• son scored for Goderich to tie the
Act and to ,see if it would be ad- 1914 and 1915. Their action, Mr. be open Saturday afternoon ,Score at 3,-3. No other counters
Visable to have the Act amended. Moulton said, represents a revolt when they are in town Christ- were registered the regulation
The move was the outcome of a against the practically paralyzing mas shopping. • May we sug- time .ended a tie. •
• meeting in Stratford- on Monday
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Sarnia. opened the 'second period
Study Of C T A —
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wh-en-representatives-of-chure
in both counties attended the meet-
ing arranged by the committee of
evangelism and social service of
the United Church of Canada, in
the areas concerned.
Discussion re abolishing the -CTA
has- been before numerous muni-
cipal councils in Huron of late
and the subject is expected to be
given a complete review by the
Huron County Council at its session
-fn January„ The-CTA-is---also--on-
the agenda of Parliamenrwhen it
meets Tantlary.
The members of the committee
named at Stratford on Monday arei
Gordon Hale, St. Marys; Frank
Howson, Wingham; S. Skinner,
Mitchell; Elgin McKinley, Varna;
Gordon Manning, Clinton.; Rev. G.
M. Lamont, Mitchell; Rev. W. S.
MacLeod, St. John's Church, Strat,
ford; Rev. James Semple, D.D., Sea -
4'A forth; Rev. W. F. Krotz, Dashwood,
president of Huron Temperance
Federation; and Rev. C. E. Peacock,
• Bayfield,. secretary of the commit-
tee.
The committee , will work with
existing erganizations, and it is
hoped that when some concrete
suggesCons as to amendments to
the Act have been reached, a dele-
gation will present the recommend-
ations' to Hon. Davie Fulton, Min
ister of Justice, Ottawa.
Dr. Semple presided at the meet-
ing, and the , speaker was Royal
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Moulton, Toronto, executive sem:-
tary ,of, the Ontario Temperance
Federation, Mr. Moulton gave
something Of. the history of. the
influence on the progress of local gest that rural residents check After six. Minutes of play in tbe
n--of--the -requirement of A with us to see if their neigh- overtime_period, Gallow, on a pas4
three-fifths majority. ' , - bor is a regular subscriber --to from 'Tesaier and Kasen, scorer
"Counties largely dry under the Signal -Star? If they are the winning goal.
municipal local option frequently I not, why not send them a gift - - '''''' , Edge St. Marys
fund their by-laws seriously im- , subscription? Cost is only $3.00 At St."Marys on Wednesday even -
paired in their operation by thel and it will be enjoyed by them
presence of' seine municipalities,1 the year round, ing of last' week, Goderich ,edged
the St. Marys Lincolns by a 9,8"
frequently small ones, that persist- Ls. . _ count.
eptly voted wet," Mr. Moulton said. l • ' The Lincs and Sailors were tied
"In self-defence they reverted to ;
the old and long -quiescent law , VVARNIN 7-7 ,at the end of,regulation time,
which furnished complete county
goals. .
Dusty Aldis was the only two -
goal man for the Lincolns.
Larry Hossack, Norm Noble,
Terry Oliver, Dick Stevens, Charlie
Crana and Lawrence got the rest,
St. Marys outshot Goderich 34-32.
OFTdhthe f urth •-pl a ce Lo
don team meets the Sailors at Gode-
rich and the game Sbould provide
'a chance' for -the 'Sailors. to • get
another win and strengthen their
held on their present position in
the standing.
Lose To Greys
The Sailors lost to Owen Sound
Greys, at Owen Sound on Tuesday
„score ,,,of _
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Bernie Lawrence shot the losers
into a short-lived lead at 1.20 of
-10ealLeption.on -a-straight_maj_a,rity FRE ___c
vote." , . overtime but goals by Ron Mason
and Bill Donohue gave the SailorS
--Me -Moulton went ,on -to -point- . . - their .margin to. win...... ' ..:.. ._
out that the Canada Temperance' The Goderich Fire Department Mason, collected -three goals to
Act does prevent the opening of : answered two alarms this week,
liquor stores, brewers' retail stores, both of Which were minor fires.
beverage rooms. (for both men and I First one was at 8.45 p.m., Mon -
women), establishihents such as
hotels and restaurants, for the
serving of beer and wine with
mealso.Acktail lounges, and cock-
tail bars.
He explained that, under the
Ontario Liquor Control Act, hotel,
taverns, restaurants and clubs of
various kinds, such as, golf and
other sports, veterans' and social
clubs., may apply for Licences.
"Liquor stores and Brewers' Re-
tail Stores are opened , arbitrarily
by the Liquor Control Board and
the Brewers' Warehousing Corpor-
ation where business would seem
rofltable in any municipality,"
f. Moulton stated. "The CTA
curbs consumption and eliminates
drunkenness and consequent social
tnd police problems attendant to
public drinking," he added.
Mr. Moulton also explained that
up. until.' 1949 the Act was still
Act, which was passed by the operative in Manitoulin Island and
Dominion, Parliament in 1876, Peel County, but both? lost their
Shortly after the CTA was enact- status at that time. "In both cases
it was due altogether to a subtle,
despicable procedure on the part
of government officials with liquor
interests to discredit the Axil"
Mr. Moulton said."They were
successful."
ed, it had spread quite widely in
Ontario, Mr. Moulton said, and by
the end of 1885 some 29 -areas in
this pro\ ince had -voted themselves
under the jurisdiction of the Act.
By the ond of 1889, every ane of
day at the home of Miss brace
Robertson on Quebec street. There
was an explosion of gas in the
chimney which blew out the
thimble and spread soot all over
the dining room.
Second one was at 9.30 a.m., on
Wednesday at the home of K. W.
Chisholm, Bayfield road. This fire
was caused by an over 'hot electric
heater. Damage' caused was mostly
by smoke.
Pire Chief J. J. Hoggarth issues a
warning to all about 'possible fires
during the Christmas season. Ile
urged that every precaution be
taken in the matter of lights on
Christmas trees,
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CASE DISMISSED
A charge of perjury against
.loesph R. Daer, 22, of Goderich,
was dismissed on Wednesday of
last week when a jury at Huron
County Court House brought in a
not guilty verdict after deliberating
for an hour and a half. The trial
was the result of testimony given
in connection with the hearing of
a case against another person in
connection with the C.T.A. on May
• 29 last.
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19 BOAfS LAST YEAR .
Last Boat In Battles Ice;
ssels
Winter -Fleet 1
• After battling ice floes in
outer Goderich harbor for
about 24 hoUrs, Maunaloa 11
• finally arrived, in the harbor
'about '8 p.m., on TueSday to
bring the total number in the
winter fleet here to 15 boats.
This number .is four less than
last year when there was a
total of 19. The Starbelle and
the Prindoc were scheduled to
join the winter fleet' here but
are hot likely to do so now
because of the fast freeze-up.
The Maunaloa II arrived off
the harbor about 8 Pfr.m., on
Monday but experiended difli-
time she was .broa si e. 0 ie
harbor, entrance in an effort
to work her way in. Tugs
finally broke e o,gh ice for the
vessel to backway into the
harbor.
The Hudson also experteilc-
ed difficulty in getting in when
she arrived at 5,30 p.m. on
Monday. It took several hours
for the Hudson to make it. In
her first attempt the vessel
was stuck between 'the piers
and the breakwater because of
the ice formation. The tugs
finally pried 'her loose.
Other Vessels here now in
the winter fleet are as follows:
Howard L. Shaw, Victorious,
Algosoo, Superior, Bryn barge,
Altadoc, Collingdoc, Barge 137,
Alexander Holley, Glenbogie,
John B. Richards, John S. Pills-
, kory and Edwin T. Douglass.
Siddall's fishing tugs are
scheduled to leave Godfrich
arbor soon for Sarnia where
winter and, weather permit-
ting, fish out of there during
the winter months.
A Minneseta man wanjur-
ed on Thursday of lastweek
when his clothing became en -
'tangled in a long unloading
boom 'of the coal carrier Peter
Reiss, out of Toledo, 011ie,
• The sailor, E, •J. Neilson, was
taken? to hospital here with
Severe head cuts and injured
legs but is now in satisfactory
condition.
The ma& was injured while
oiling the Boom after climbing
up a ^toal pile and ladder to
the boom. The boom was used
to unload the cargo of coal
when a hard pan of ice pre-
-vented the boat from lying
alongside the wharf. Instead
Of a Wirt -hal six hours unload-
ing time, it took 16 hours be-
cause the coal above the'water-
line had frozen in the boat.
zuktihouP.otoaatel
Goderich harbor it had to go
stern first into the lake, a dis-
tance of about two miles. The
packed ice prevented the ves-
sel from turning around and
leaving the harbor in the nor-
mal manner.'
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lead the winners. In addition to
Donohue, Don Brown, Chuck ,Con-'
nelly, d
Ron Jessop, Jack Price an
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W•LTF AP
Sarnia 13 1 0.116 4-1- 26
St. Marys , 9 5 1 82 71 19
Goderich 6 7 67 84 12
London 6 8 0 60 79 12
Woodstock 2 13 0- 64 133 4
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Legion Squirt
Hockey Is Now
Well Under Way
.- On -Saturday,-Deeember .6, .the
Legion Squirts Started 'the hockey
schedule for '58-'59. The five, six
and seven -year-olds started off the
season„ with a game before the
junioillt The youngsters. ,are the
Cruisers and Corvettes arid will
play before each Juniorgaine (oh
-the -week-0116). .
TheCorv.ettes wen:the first game
-•() over the Cruiseie. :OnStittirday
morning, the Ground Crew won
over the Air Crew 2-0.. The Arta.
TerY trounced the Infantry also,.2-0.
. , The next games•were played last
Saturday morning with the follow-
ing results: 'The Ground Crew won
over the Artillery 3 to 1.
Scoring for the winners were
Fred Gilbert and Jimmy Gerry;
for the losers, David Brereton, In
the second game,. the Air Crew beat
the Infantry 2-1. Scoring for the
-Alr 0.6V: Richard-Prest and John
Whitten. . The lone tally for • the
'Infantry was by John Adams.
The Cruisers and Corvettes play-
ed at 7 p.m., ahead of Sarnia and
Goderich; thegarne ended in a 3.3
tie. Shawn Atfield scored two
goals for the Cruisers and Ken
Meriam netted one. Scoring for
the Corvettes were Wayne Fisher
and Tommy Crawford.
The schedule for December 19
and 20 s'• as follows: Friday, 7 irrn,7
Cruisers and Corvettes. Saturday
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morning -7,3O, Crew vr." Arta-.
lery; 8.30, Ground, Crew vs. In-
fantry.
The standings to date are: Air
Crew 2.• points, Ground Crew ,4,
Artillery 2, Infantry 6.
Judges To Tour
On Tuesday -Night -
Judging in the Christmas Decor-
ating Contest, sponsored by Gode-
rich Jaycees, will be gone between
the hours of 7 and 11 p.m. on
Tuesday; December 23.
Prize for the best -decorated home
is a • $25 merchandise certificate.
There are several other prizes for
homes, and a "plaque of merit"
will be awarded for the bestdecor-
ated place of bmminess.
It is not necessary to file an
entry form for. this year'S eontest.
Judges will tour the whole town
before deciding on the prize win-
ners. .
Many Attend Christmas Party
Of DRMCO Employees, Families
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The annual children's Christmas • kiddies present.
party, sponsored by The Dominion Mr. L. B. Graham, chairman of
Road Machinery Company, was held the party, read a telegram or fetiel-
atAhe gOderich Pavilion on Tuts- tations from M. J. K. hoi4, gyn.
day' eveningeral manager who was unable to
The large attendance of nearly attend as presentiy away on
400 people was made up of com- business in the United States.
pany employees and their families, • Winners of the ladies' door prize&
The patty commenced with a were; Mis. Robert Allin, Mis. Adri-
rousing parade' of kiddies led by. enne Beattie, Mrs. .Jean
members of the Goderitir Girls' Mrs. Don MacKay,Miss Mary Joyce
Trumpet Band. Musical selections Ellwood, Mrs. Eileen Bbsnell, Mrs.
by Elgin Fisher, followed" by -J i .GeorgeMorley, Mrs. Don ilamilton,
and Ruth Anne Kolohan singing Mrs. Frank Young, Mrs. Archie
and playing the piano and the Jef- Johnston, Miss Joan Devereaux,
trey brothers and Leonard Bedard Mrs. Grace Thompson, Mrs, Dave
on the violins received a large Harman,, Mrs. Donald Chase, Mrs.
ovation. „, Olive White.
Puzzling and highly entertaining . Mr. Bruce Stilly, on behalf of the
acts were presented by Mr.,,Iton management, welcomed the guests
FICA and his assistant from lenand thanked---theoyees for
don. their co-operation in helping to
Mary Lynne Leonard, . gaily at- make the affairs of the company
tired 'in the authentic Highland such a great success in 1958,
regalia, presented, the Highland Mr. Bert Squire, represeoting
Fling to the skirl of the bagpipes Lodge No. 1863 the Internation;
played by Bill Miller. al Association of Machinists, thank -
The entire ,audience participated cd the company on behalf of the
in the singing of well-known Christ employees.
Inas carels. The master of ceremonies was
Preceded by telegrams, the ar- Ffarry Bosnell, DRMCO director of
rival of Santa was the highlight (if purchasing, whd invited the guests
the evening. Arriving down 'the to partake of the plentiful luncheon
chimney on the stage, Santa pro- provided,Mr. Bob Page played
seeded to hand out gifts to all the the accordion during the luncheon
EARLY PAPER
NEXT WEEK
Extend, the season's greet-
. ings to your customers in the
Christmas greetings issue of
the Signal -Star next week. But
please note—next 'Week's,issue
has to be published on Tues-
day, December.- 23',. -in, order
that it might be in the hands
of the readers by the day be-
fore,christmas. -.This means
that copy for these Christmas
greeting ads 'must reach 'the
• Signal -Star by this -Saturday;
December 20. The co -open
ation of advertisers is respect-
. • .figly. -rein:nested. -Rural --eor- •
respondents must have news
items in by this Saturday.
These advance dates are neces-
sary in order to have the paper
published on time.
The issue of the week after
thatIvjltberputifitilied on Wed=
Ilicernber 31, One day
- ahead of the regular -publisk% T-
ing date. Advertisers and'cor-
respondents are asked to note
this -date' also.
BETA SIGMA PHI GIVES
$50 TO NEW SCHOOL. HERE
Members of Beta Sigma Phi and
their friends held a Christmas party
on Monday night at the home of
and Mrs., Walter Rathbun.
The evening was spent in playing
"500." The winners with 'high
scores were Mr. and Mrs, Frank
Young and for lew §core, Mrs, R.
Chisholm and -Mr. .1. C. Marriott.
A buffet supper was served With
Mrs. Leo Miller as convener.
Gifts were exchanged among the
members of the chapter,
At -a.previous meeting, Mrs.
Eleanor 'Erskine reported QI1 the
Meeting 'she attended to 9rganize
a local association for retarded
children. It was decided to donate
$50 to the local school for retarded
,children.
. Miss Kay Whateley was a recent
visitor in Toronto with her cousin,
Mr. Hugh Downie and Mrs. Downie.
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Bantam, Midget
Teams Split
ith Clinton
The Goderich bantam and midget
'teams played host to Clinton Fri-
day night at the local arena. In
the first game, the Bantams de-
feated the visitors 5-0 for a very
impressive start.
Bill Wilkinson led the •winners
with a pair of markers • while
Dennis Williamson, Gary Doak and
Doug Harrison scored singles "Rielt=-
Mg up assists were Dennis William-
son; Wayne Rumig, Don-Me-CabeT-
Ray Black and Don Gower..
It , was interesting to note that
ment Hospital Plan becomes effec-
tive, it is unnecessary: for them to
make the' payment." The Board
loses $11,800, with no hope -of secur-
ing these funds.
"It is the belief of the Board
that the ratepayers of thip Town,
and several townships • have„.
through debenture issue, grants
and, bequests, contributed gener-
ously to this project. It is also
apparent that the Board must re-
place the old building. This cad
only be done through bequests and
donations from interested citizens.
The Board is anxious to meet alr
expenditures related to the lare:
sent project, before attemptingimy-
thing further.”
Saunders Resigns
Mr. Frank Saunders, who has
been business manager of the hos-
pital for the past 5% years, has,
tendered his resignation to take
effect at the end of December, 1958.
The hospital board is now advertis-
ing fof a replacement. Mr. Saund-
ers- prang "to- spend "1-0-11daYsln
Florida and return to..Goderich in
,the spring. He feels he would like
to have more leisure time than he
has been able to enjoy for some
years now.
It was reported that the lire
alarm system at the hospital has
now been hooked up with the Gode-
rich Fire Hall; also that the stand;
by electric- Plant will be in oper-
ation in a few days.
The - Maitland Ladies' Golf Club
"has loaned- .its -_W _set _to_
pital to use during the winter
months. It has been placed in
hatu :MOM:Mr-the -first-floor of
the old building.
Bail Set Here
Of
ttt.
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In ..$6,500 Haul •
Two susPects, Who were* nabbed
less than six hours after $6,500
worth of jewellery was stolen from
Exeter, appeared before Magistrate
D. E. Holmes at Goderich Thursday.
Bail for William A. Lovejoy and •
Ernest J. Courtney was set at $1,000
cash or $2,000 property in ea&
case. They were remanded -to ap-
pear in Exeter court, on December
17.
Lovejoy, 40, gave his addrest as
Jamieson avenue, Toronto, and •
Courtney, 38, resides on King street
west in that city.
A burlap bag, containing 78
watches and 21 diamond rings, was
recovered by police from an old
shed on the outskirts of Stratford.
The jewellery was stolen from the
Jack. Smith jewellery store in Mc
eter- -early- on Wednesday morning
of last week.
.. -Stratford citypolice„ working
closely with Provincial Police, got
on the trail of the suspects when,
two city constables became sus-
theeach boy scoring a goal played for
.picious of "dirty skid marks"' left
Lions Pee Wee team in Young
Canada Week last Easter. by a car which sped away as the
cruiser approached.
Red Cross Money
The visitors outplayed the locals
in the midget game to come out
on top 7-1 for a well-deserved win. In another case which came be
fore the magistrate here, Clarence
Goal getters for Clinton were J.
Meinema, 19; of R.R. 2, Gowans -
Jacob and R. Livermore with two
town, was remanded to jail to be
each. D. Scruton, R. Cummings,
B. Murray notched the others.: The $entenced at a later' date,
lone scorer for Geclerich was Ed. He pleaded guilty to breaking
taithwaite, assisted by Den'Currell..
PAST NOBLE GRANDS
HOLD -CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Past Noble Gra,nds' Club of
Goderich Rebekah Lodge No. 89,
held its Christmas party at the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Bell on
Tuesday Of last week.
Mrs. Ada Fritzley, president, pre-
sided' for the business meeting.
The members exchanged Christ-
mas 'gifts after which "500" was
played. The winners were Mrs.
Elizabeth Newcombe and Miss Edna
Driver.
Lii4ch served .by the refresh-
ment committee brought an enjoy-
able evening to a close.
into the S.S. No. 5 schoolhouse in
Grex Township and stealing a $30 .
record player and about $10 in
Red 'Cross Money. The teenager
also admitted breaking into the
S.S. No. 6 schoolhouse in Grey
Township with intent to commit an
indictable offence.
At t„he, time of these offences,,
said Crown Attornik H. Glenn
Hays, the youth was accompanied
by two others who were later taken
into 'Custody at Stratford On other
matters.
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Mr. Donald McBride who is at-.
-tending the Royal Military College
at Kingston will spend his Christ-
mas vacation with his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Cecil McBride, Elgin
avenue.
Pion $65,000 Project
To House Senior Citizens
!. Steps will be taken to build an
e,.,i,ght-ap.,alr meat housing project for
/ senior citi7ens prMaing There is
Grabs. Store s' Cash. Box resPonse to a survey now
bJing conducted by Goderich Kins
After Distracting. Grocer
men Club.
A cash -box, containing about
$600 in cheques and cash, was
stolen from the Red & White groc-
ery store after semeone distracted
}tirvey Cutt by smashing a window
at the rear of the building.
• There was about $128 in the
cash box; the bulk of the loot was
in cheques, said Police Chief Fred
Minshall.
Mr. Cutt was alone in the Vic-
toria street store Monday night,
en e
hear t e soun. o 'tea in
at the rear of the shop.
While he was back investigating
the broken window, someone slip-
ped in the front door and made off
with the cash box. Apparently no
one saw this person.
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The theft was not discovered im-
mediately. When Mr. Cuttreturn-
ed from the rear of the building,
he phoned his On. Max, who came
over. They put on a storm window
where the window had been smas
ed.
As they were closing up shop for
the night, it was discovered that
the cash box was missing. Town
police received a call from the
store at 11.35 p.m.
missidgweershvibeer...reserahl
a fishing tackle box, said Chief
Minshall.
The rase is being investigated
by the chief, Constable M. F. Smith
and other members of 'the depart-
ine n t
The project, which might cost
around $65,000, would he financed
mainly by a federal -provincial part-
nership
"Rentals will depend on con-
struction costs hut will he ap-
proximately $35 for a three room
apartment and 1 for a bachelor
apartment," said John Scott; pre-
sident of the Kinsmen Club.
Long interested in the welfare
the town's senior citizens, the
insmen sponsor the Goderich
Octogenarian Club.
Early in NO'ember, Town Coun-
cil took an option on the Harnwell
Estate property, at the co ner of
as the probable site of such a pro-
ject. According to the terms' of
this option, the property may be
purchased for 0,500,
Must Prove Need •
Before it can proceed further.
the kinsmen Clubmust be able to
show the provincial and federal
vernme4,4944104.4410,s,at, leas
bona fide applications ler, 'senior
citizens' housing.
All persons interestetl are asked
to fill out an application form
contained in an advertisement mill-
lished in the centre Pages of thiA
week's issue of The Signal -Star.
Completed applications should be
forwarded in care of the Goderich
postmaster.
All persons who are 65 years old,
capable of looking after themselves
•and who have an inane not ex-
ceeding $180 per month per couple,
or $100 for a single person, would
be- eligible to apply for either a
three-room apartment ' or a two -
room bachelor apartment.
If the Kinsmen can' obtain 16
or more bona fide applications for
this- type of housing, members of
a limited 'company. This company -
would have to raise 10 percent of
the cost of the project.
The provincial government would
later make a grant to the company
of five percent of the Project's
total cost. Thus the local com-
pany's outlay would ' eVentually
.only be.five-pereent: - -
And it is understood that .this
balance would eventually be re
covered through rentals.
Gathered Information
In the initial stages of this plan,
considerable information was ac
cumulated, by Town Clerk S. H.
Blake. He passed it along to coun-
cil, which asked the town solicitor
J. K. Hunter, to look into the pos-
sibilities, Mr. Hunter contacted the
Kinsmen Club, which is now Spar -
heading the project.
Two senior citizens' housing pro
jects have been completed success
fully at Stratford, and a trip 'las
made to that city recently by Mr.
Scott, Mr. Hunter and Bert Worsen
in the course of investigating pros.
Oda. for' a similar project here.
The 'Stratford Proleots two
--riartinen4--,,- Were Jriltiated bY
Str alf6thlahgrAgiV1t. bet
of the Stratford ditiV4i1jititto
a Goderich Kibsitieti
in January, lito.ftitter4dt
be discussed at that the. -
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