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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEB1ZUARY 5 199
AWAY, DOWN ,DEEP
tea
Great Lakes Sailors From -Goderich
Head For Florida In Car Cavalcade
Here's what it loo like,way down at -Vie Ila-
n= of the rock salt mine at Goderich Harbor.
The Pictare was taken iinmediatelybelew the
shaft and looking in a western) direction: The
tunnel extends 50 feet to the west of the shaft,
as seen above, and it also extends 30 feet"
to the 'east. The ceiling is 12 feet high and the
tunnel is ten feet wide. Hanging from ceiling
in the immediate foreground is a. 600 gallon
water barrel which is used to bring up water
from the mine to the surface for disposal.
The first! station is at a depth of 1,042 feet
where a salt bed 23 feet thick is to be mined.
Drilling is proeeeding• deeper also and this
drilling is now at a depth' of 1,200 feet. This
will continue until a depth of 1,760 feet is
reached where another station to mine the
salt will be set up: 'At the 1,760 depth the
.salt bed is 70 feet thick.
Finds Cuddles Wasn't Finds Man Didn't Intend To Drive;
Wilfully Neglected
Charge Dismissed
• . •
Was "Cuddles" wilfully neglect- his erimloyer; to pick up the pet's,
ed? and bring them back to Sarnia. no of •
. phd' i
Noesaid the Court after,a parade He sent along a dollar to. buy the ecause he a
of witnesses gave evidence in a pets food, but the money was re_ driving 'his car when he entered
- tvvo-hour trial here Thursday. turned to him later because the
vt. Cuddles, a small, black -and- animals appeared to have been
brown dog, beloiags to -Wilfred Mc- well fed during the' interval. •
Donald, e fisherman who rworks On 'Friday evening, •Mr. Siddall
elle- out of Goderich, Bayfield and" other picked up the dog at Mrs. Loege's
1111, ports.*place and took it . back tic, Mr.
It was alleged •that he wilfelly McDonald in • Sarni.
'neglected till •':I liA• a Its Own Sfory •
by failing to proyide theme,with Mr. McDonald told the- court
' suitable and •adequate food, water, that When he left Bayfield Wed -
shelter and care.. . nesday, he left plenty of "grub" for
„ •Mr..McDonald, who pleaded not Cuddles and the cat.' He put out
guilty, was represented by Frank three or four pounds of stew meat
Callaghaneof the law firm of Don- and a loaf of bread for the dog,
nelly & Donnelly.‚whigh slept under the house. For
• The fisherman had been taying the cat, he left three 'pounds of
at a cottage in Bayfield, the court fillet vL perch in the been, he
was tolct A neighbor, Mrs. aVlaude stated.
Weston, testified that her daughter In addition, there were mice
took food over, to the dog and cats and rats in the barn as standard
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday equipment, Pliie a oheStafieId and
and Thursday in- the week before mattress on which the cat could
Christmas.. They did not see any sleep, according to Mr. McDonald.
sign of Mr. McDonald. during that In other words said .Mr. Cal -
time, she said. laghan, Smiling, "The cat was treat -
She Saw No One ed just like a king." This 'drew
• "There -was no one •there and chuckles from ontolikers in the
the log hadagole dew- -she lane ee
fied. "It was just frantic; running, wpm -mad was ask';if he
up and down the street." Besides, had seen' tracks left by Mrs. Wes -
it barked pitiffilly at nights., she ton when he 'went baek to his cot-
statedtage at nights after being away
On Friday, of that week, Cuddles during the daytime. His reply was
and A inialec919U0 cPt wereepick- that. because of the snow, there'
ed Up i.r; Inpecion Art Serirefigll,IWere timea "a couldn't see
• of the Ontarie Society for Preven.: me own tracks."
tion of Cruelty to Animals. He • Hazardous Occtipation
was acting on -a complaint. In submitting that his client did
In the meantime, two other Bay- het wilfully heglect the pets,- Mr.
field residents—Glen Brandon and Callaghan Stated:. "Surely when a
Mrs. Dorothy Hovey — had also .rnan ,is employed in a hazardous
taken food to one or more of the occupation like 'fishing he has a
animals at the McDonald ,cottage. legal excuse for his conduct.'
Inspector Jennings took the dog. Delivering judgment, Magistrate
to the home of Mrs. Shirley Longe, D. E. Holmes noted there was no
whose husband had been working evidence to suggest Mr. McDonald
with Mr. McDonald. Mrs. Longe hadn't been living at the cottage,
testified thatthe deg refused to except for the evidence given by
eat when brought to her, place. , Mrs. Weston and Mrs. Hovey. The
At one point in the hearing, pro- man's tracks could have been cov-
testing what he considered irrelev- end over by snow, the magistrate
ant detail, the magistrate admon- stated.
ished, "Let's get to the meat of He continued that if Mr. Mc -
this thine." DOnald left for Sarnia on a trip
The defence produced witnesses which he didn't think Would he
who testified they had seen Mr. long, and if he left behind what
McDonald at the cottage in Bay- seemed like sufficient food for his
field on Monday, December 15, and pets; don't think' that's out ,of
on Wednesday, December 17,
Frank. McIntee said he took the
.man to Goderich Wednesday morn-
ing and saw him later the same
day in Sarnia. They planned to
fish out of Sarnia.
When, some of the crew drove
back frim Sarnia on Friday, there
was not • room for Mr. McDonald
so he had to stay behind, said Mr.
MeTntee.
, Mr. ,McDonald asked Ed, Siddall,
A ,
TWO MEN RETIRE
FIRM HONORS 174 YEARS .0
SERVICE BY FOUR EMPLOYEES
The famed Pirate sailors' of
Gasparilla Day at Tampa, Flor-
ida, had better look to theie
There's a Veritable
armada of two dozen Great
Lakes ,sailors from the Gode-
rich area heading down Tampa
way. ,
noWever, they're not going
by boat but by ears, One
cerlead containing four ,Gode-
rich sailors, left early lea
week, while another carload
left later in the week. A third
carload left this week. Still
more are scheduled to go.
The carload which left this
week was delayed until the un-
employment cheques at the
National Employment Office
were ready for them. Soon
after these 'Were pieked tip to
supplement the , mbneY they
drew from their bank ac-
counts, they headed south.
Sop ,look out you amateur
eailors of Tampa's Gasparilla
Day because some roaring
Great Lakes Sailors may be .
down in your area and take a
fancy to riding that big, pirate
ship you have for your annual,
historical event to recall when
Pirates captured Tampa.
ANNUAL MEETING REPORTS
Begin Housing Project
By. End Of February'
• There is a possibility that con-
struction of 14 semidetached rent-
al housing units may get under
way on South street by the end of
February..
"It would work in nicelywith
the winter wo* program,", said
,Mayor E. C. 'Fisher at a Town
'Council meeting last Thursday.
'Council passed a by-law author-
izing.the signing of an agreement
between the town, the Province
and 'Central Mortgage & Housing
Corporation.
Town Clerk S. H. Blake stated
a housing- official.- had been in
town about one 'week earlier and
said that tenders would be called
in about two weeks. It would be
about three weeks after that be-
fore the contract could be award-
ed. '
est of the seven duplexes will
be shared as follows: CM:RC 75
percent, the Province 17ie percent,
Town of Goderich 71,e percent.
The town can raise its share by
issuing five-year debentures, , it is
understood. Since this is a t'full
recovery” project, the town will
receive full 'taxes and will re-
cover its capital investment gradu-
ally through a share in the rent*.
According to a formula used by
the federal works minister, the
rental for three-bedroom units in
Goderich should not exceed $67.50
monthly.
"Whether we can achieve the
,$67;50 a =nth or not will depend
on' the submissions made .by con-
tractors as a result of the tender
'call," said a houSing offi,cial in an
earlier letter leo council.
Opposing Candidates For Election
7
:vox Has 1,742
ovii Under Pastora
At the annual •meeting 'Oa -Knox
Presbyterian Church on Friday,
abut 270 of the members and
adherents enjoyed a dinner pre-
pared by the Ladies! Aid Society
'under the convenership of MTS.
Harold Rivers. Following the din-
ner, a sing -'song was led by Mr.
L. Hyde and Mr. W. H. Bishop.
Mr. H. 0. Jerry was elected
chairman of the meeting and Mr.
Neil, Shaw was elected secretary.
The minister, the Rev, R. G. Mac-
Millan, paid tribute to the work
of Miss -Woodruff, deaconess, Mr.
W. H. Bishop, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.,
director of praise, Mrs. L. Govier,
the church secretary and Mr. L.
GOvier, the -church officer.
The, report of the Kirk Session
phowed that 137 new members had
been received into the church dur-
ingthe year and a total communic-
ant membership ef 960. There
were 63 baptisms, 36 funerals and
18 marriages.
The congregation elected to the
Boasid of Management for a three
year term: Messrs. IC.C. .Cett, W.
R. Gardrier, G. Hays, Q.C., H. 0.
Jerry, P. S. IVIacEwan, Dr. G. F.
Mill's, R. G. Ross, and J. A. Schader. Mr, A. M. Harper and Mr. F.
lglacDonald were apPointed audi-
tors. The reports, of all, the or-
ganizations showed' progress and
the financial statement of the
Bbard showed .that $10,841.00 was
railed forthe Missionary budget
and a total of $32,366.00 for the
current and the building hand. Mr.
Ebb Ross, assistant treasurer, pre-
sented the financial reports. The
meeting authorized the Board of
Management to „help some ' new
Presbyterian 'Church in Canada to
the extent of $1,000.00 and the
congregation accepted agoal. of
$L5,000.00 for their missionary
givings in 1959. The general ac-
count Showed an excess of $330.74
in receipts over disbursements in
1958 with a cash balance in the
bank at the end of the year of
5528.53.
'Mr. W. R. Gardner expressed the
thanks of the congregation„ to the
Ladies' Aid . Society for the fine
dinner and Mr. H. 0. Jerry paid
tribute to Mr. MacMillan and his
wife for their leadership.
The Session of Knox Church is
made up of the 'following: The Rev.
Robert G. MacMillan, Moderator;
George W. Schaefer, Robert Bisset,
Clerk; G. A. Bisset, A. Horton, H.
Greenwood, H. McCreath, F. Lodge,
A. Butler, A. S. McLean, F. Mc-
Arthur, F. Clark, G. G. MacEwan,
R. J. Bell, Dr: H. R. Hall; .A. H.
,Erskine,e11. Henderson,' G. Lodge,
,M,,„ Tyndall, E. Elliott, A. Alex-
ander, W. Bisset, C. Lowery, Wa
Ross, W. Aaher, L. Hyde, C. Mac-
Donald, A. McConnell, F. Mcilwain,
G. McManus, G. Walter.,,
An Opportunist! MORE CHECK-UPS FORESEEN
The report of the Kirk Ses,sion..
among other things, latated; Iz
1058 the debt on the building debt
Was retired and the church gave,
the largest amount in ItieteXY SO
the, Budget af the General Asse4.1
blY; highest cemariendation weal°
the Board of Managers: under the.
ohairthanship of H. •0. Jerry; trib-
ute Was paid to the ushering' com-
mittee. under the superviiion of J.
A. McConnell as chairman; Kiss B.
J, Woodruff, director of Christian
Education, was welcomed be' the
church and under her direction
the Church School was conducted
together with the leadership of
Mr. F, Mellwain, Mr. J. Schaefer
and Mies U. Macdonald, as well
as the faithful Sunday 'School
teachers; the Sacrament "of the
Lard's Supper was observed on
four occasions daring .the year
with attendances.as follaws—Janu-
ary, 489; April, 600; June, 523;
October, 527. In October, Robert
Bisset • was -elected Clerk of Ses-
sion, replacing George W. Schaefer,
who served faithfully in this,office
for about ten years; regret was
expressed on the death of A. H.
Erskine on June 18th who served
for many years as treasurer of
the congregation.
There . are approximately 1,742
•under 'pastoral care at Knox
Church and the number of families
total 615.
7. -s Are Warned
ill wind which blows no man T.
-no good. Even the snowy
some good to some women. About Excessive Loads
winds around here can blow '
And they did. Visiting with
her aunt, Mrs. W. MacDonald,
ASHFIELD, Feb. 2.—It's an
it, William James' Drew, 34, was
found not guilty on a charge of
having :eontrol efthe vehicle while
his cdndition was impaired.
Evidence: in the case was heard
last fall. At that time, proceed-
ines.were .ad-ourned until January
by agistrate vino
asked that written arguments be
submitted by James Donnelly, de-
fence counsel, and Crown Attorney
H. Glenn Hays.
A,t the 'hearing last fall, Mr.
Dbnnelly said it was admitted that
his client was impaired by alcohol
but it was not admitted that he
had care or control of -the vehicle
or ...that he entered it with the
intention of setting it in motion.
Mr. Drew's ear was parked near
the -refreshment -booth at the har-
bor on the night a October 19.
On that particular !night, a woman
had been shot irl,Colborne Town-
ship and police were conducting a
manhunt.
defendant- said -he ,had gone.
dowlito the harbor to sit in his
car and drink while listening to
the music on his car radio. He had
one pint of liquor and four bottles
cif beer ln the ear. •
his_intention, he testified,
to listen to the -music until drowsy,
then "sleep it off" before driving
homesober in the morning. He
tisually did this two or three times
during the summer, he stated.
Since it ,was a cool night, he
had the motor on from time to
time so the heater would warm
the car up, he added,
Took Keys
Cpl. Helmer Snell said that when
he saw the man's car that night,
•the keys were in the ignition and
the motor was running. The of-
ficer took the keys away and the"
man dozed off. A few hours later,
Opt Snell returned the keys to
him, and Mr. Drew drove home -
around 4.30 or 5 a.m.
Mr. Donnelly argued that his
client was wing the car as a
haven rather than as a vehicle,
Agreeing that a unique .poiht was
involved, the magistrate asked for
the way, written arguments.
There was no evi'dence that the Delivering judgment on Thurs-
animals were suffering, to any con- .day, Magistrate Holmes stated:
"May I, first of all, commend both
counsels for the very able argil;
ments -they have submitted in the
matter."
The magistrate said the person
in the driver's seat is deemed to
be in charge of a vehicle unless he
pan establish that he did not enter
niggle ,for the, purpose of
,
The Magistrate continued that
the court had to decide "how much
evidence was necessary to show
that, this accused did not enter
or mount the vehicle for the pur-
pose of setting it in motion."
After ,considering alla the evid-
ence, he said he was of the opin-
Menzies, general :manage! of the ion that the man did not intend to
plant, made the presentation to move the vehicle at all during the
Mr. Young whileeMr. James Wil- course ofthe evening, until he was
kihson, superintendentof the more or less ordered by police
plant, made the presentation to to move it in view of ciremnstances
Mr. Newcombe."which .had arisen., Therefore, the
Bath men saw service under eharge was dismissed.
three different firm names --West-
ern Canada Milling Company, Put-
ity Flour Company and now Maple •pup as Exhibit ‘`A" to show the
e Com•atlY.'Mr. Young state of her health.
e o er wP was in
years of service. 'It4"VgM'titrtiffet"
e •• -
men, Harold ,Hoggarth; with 45 Of service. Mr. Mv0-combe was a, Thus, Cuddles missed a chance to
years and William Deer with 3 traVeller for about 12 years for make 'history by becoming the first
years are continuing on. Purity Flour Company, superin- canine to put in an official appear -
Wallets and a purse of •money tendent of the feed plant for sev- ante -WI the court room of the
were presented to both Mr. New- eral years and was latterly stock-11111ton County Court House.
cbarbe and Mr. Young. Mr. R. M. keeper. It's h titer :life. • 4,
and family 'has been Miss Ever since the Provincial weigh
Barbra Wenzel, who is attend- . scales went into operation last fall1
ing .an Art College in Detroit. on No. 8 Highway at Holmesville,
and stormyat periods while
The weather was both windy ' per•m dl,c drives have been made•
• Miss Wenzel was holidaying -
here. However, she capital:.
• ized on it instead of lamenting
about the weather. Setting
up her art equipment, she
painted winter scenery,pic-
tures with the big snow rifts
and all.
on truckers- Cartying excessive
loads'. It iS expected that with
the -coming Speing' this check-
ing -up on truckers will be more
pronounced' than ever before.
At Magistretes Court in Clinton .
Holmes found Irwin leeouse, a r
on. Tuesdey, Magistrate D. E:
ire Equipment Is
'Mount Elgin trU'cker, euiltY of
and its load actually.totalled 71,500
pounds, a tan and three-quarters
over the limit, ahe inspectors -said..
The driver, Kerwin, claimed he
drove the transport with a load -or
22 tons of corn over the. depart-
ment's ,seales at Ajax the following
morning- and was passed SV
passed
question.
carrying an eXcessive Wail on his D
ungannon Topic
Ch
tractor -trailer„ transport on pecem-
ismisses arge was fined $20 and costs
bet...9th ,in Goderich Township. He •
_ was the loth coeviction under
laid- Re -kcitient the Ohterio Department
•
port regulations for. Prouse. He
was warned by Magistrate Holmes
On Huron Road that if he continued to operate
siclerable extent, concluded the
magistrate in dismissing the
charge.
Incidentally, all the while that -
the charge against her master was
being debated, Cuddles waited anx-
iously outside the court room. HaA
it been deemed necessary, the de-
fence .was prepared to call he
A total of more than 174 years
of service to one organization on
the part of four of its employees
were •honored last Friday at the
plant of the Maple Leaf 'Milling
Company,.
Two of the men, Harold Neely -
combo and Lorne Young, retired
as of last Friday. The former
er 43
'JOHN W. TIANNA, M.P.P., of RAE J. WATSON, of Lucknow,
Wingham, who will again be the Liberal candidate for Huron -Bruce
Conservative candidate for the in the next •provincial election.
Huron -Bruce riding.
CHILDREN ,GET NICE GIFT
FROM PROVINCIAL POLICE
The School for -Retarded
Children which is located at
MacKay Hall, is progressing
very satisfactorily. There are
at - present' six PuPiii. treasurer of of the Association,
Mr. F. A. Waters, expresses
"sincere thanks" to the Prov-
incial Police Association of
HuroteCounty for their recent
kind donation. -TheePravinciel
Police made a gift to the
school of records and a beauti-
,ful record player. The child-
ren., eta°, are very obvieualy
pleased with the gift.
Gaunt Heads Ont.
Shorthorn Club
'Family
Marks
At the 'annual meeting of the
Ontario Shorthorn Club, held aC
London, Andrew Gaunt, Lucknow,
was elected president of the pro-
vincial club.
In her annual report, Secretary
'Mrs. C. C. Gove, Guelph, stated
that 12 regional shows had been
held during the past year, with
149 breeders exhibiting 779 cattle
(three of these were Dual Purpose
Shorthorn shows). There are 17
local clubs, ranging ,from the Ot-
tawa Valley Club in the east, to
the Tri -County Club in south•
western Ontario. During the year,
some 700 leather wallets were
given to 4-H boys'and girls follow -
completion of their projects.
Again, it is planned to sponsor a
Boys' and Girls' Heifer Clags at
dieneNational-Exhilaitien,
In the Master Club contest,
where points are given to the
Clubs having the best all round
activities during the, year, the
trophy went to the Tri -County Club
Went -Elgin -Essex), with the run-
ner-up being" the, Hi -Land Club
(Dufferin and Peel).
Principal speaker during the
business session was W. A. Suther-
land, manager, M. F. Farms, Mil-
liken. Speaking on the topic of
"Shorthorn Steers in the Feedlot,"
he, quoted 'figures regarding
group of 57 Maritime Shorthorn
steers fed on their farm last 'fall.
On fall feed, they made gains of
2.75 pounds per day, and when
Marketed, 49 graded red brand
•
mereial. 4The catcasses dressed
5§%. "There is a definite scarcity
of Sharthorn steerS for the exist-
-ing demand," he concluded, "and
More comniereial herds are a
necessity."
Reunion
Birthday
A beautiful wrist watch was pre-
sented to Mrs. C. W. Worsell by
-hereafamily, at.,a.eineer eaelae eater......eaee the Bilge enehiaeleand for the •diYisiellof a the - Deeartilfent_ of meeting.
dair7iir ee'rehraTiTiir of Ter 70Th purpose of Saveathig an oath- thar-Transpoi-1,7 and r Inspectors J. R.
birthday.he would tell the truth. Jacksaa, Chatham, and E.• Stevens
The dinner, held at Tiger Dunlap The rnaaitrate said he was of Orillia,
Magistrate D. E. Holmes-disiniss-
ed a charge against Benjamin
Adair Davidson, 23, of failing to
his truckin,g Vehicles without pro-
per licensing he gold expect to
receive "the limit" as far as the
court was concerned.
Prouse pleaded guilty to a sec -
signal a 'left turn.
ond charge of having a vehicle
Davidson, assistant pastor of the without a proper license and was
,
Pentecostal Church at Clinton, was fined $50 and costs. .
Wg.sein ,
driving a truck for a Goderich man Magistrate Holmes told the court
when the truck collision that truckers "will have tomend
with a car driven by Len. McGee, their ways." ,
of Goderich, on Huron road oW Evidencewas heard from Patrick
,
December 4.
J. Kirwin, R.R.2, Mount Elgin,
The magistrate expressed sur- driver of Prouse's tractor -trailer;
. '
prise when Davidson, after enter- I A. G. Leekie, of Kitchener, in-
ing the witness ladx, refused to spector 4or the WesteTil Ontario
DUNGANNON, Feb. 2. — The
Dungannon Women's Institute met
at the home of Mrs, C,- Balateaee
januery 29th with the president
opening the meeting Nineteen
members answered the eoll, "What
1would do it I were 21." Two
visitors were present.
Mr. K. Dawson spoke on the fire
equipment project for the district
surrounding Dungannon. A piano
instrumental was given by BilV
Blake and was enjoyed by al]
present.. The motto, "The doors of
wisdom are never' shut," was given
by Mrs. K. Finnigan.
Mrs. McWhinney is to be leader
for the garden club with Mrs. Me.
Nee, assistant leader. The topic
on Education was given ffry Mrs.
Zinn. The hostesses served re-
freshments at the close cif the
Inn WAS attencleci 14i her f.eut sons 'aware Menionites had sueh oh-. Prcusa Was defended by J. C,
and their wlvos, aaiignier and
FOlioTiving the dinner, th`ere• was
he. had heard of a aPentegaslaletaiee_Attorney
jection but it was the first time meeriee,
prosecuted.
-Glenn- Hays, -Goderic-
soden- aW, an nine of Ingersoll, while Crown
grandchildren.,
of Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Worsen on indicated that his objection was
the same view. Mr. Davidson
a family get-together at the home ing
Evidence showed Prouse was
because of his own personal belief icarrying a load 3,500 pounds over -
Victoria street. Many flowers and
cards were received by Mrs. Wor-
sen, sr., who resides on Keays
street.
Besides Mt. and Mrs. C. J. Wor-
sell and three children, the pirth-
day celebration was attended' by
Mr. and Mrs., Harry Worsen and
son and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wort
sell and son, all of Goderich; Mr.
and Mese...Charles Worsell and two
children, of Kitchener; and Mr.
and Mrs. L. Ellwood and two
daughters, of G
veered to the
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and not necessarily the belief of
.his church, .
Since the crown attorney had no
objettion to hire not taking an oath
on the Bible, Mr. Davidson was
allowed to go d ahead Antestify,
Car Sounded Horn
The car and truck had been
proceeding in the same direction
before the accident occurred. Mr.
McGee said he sounded his horn
and milled out to,pass the truck.
As he .came alongside,"the truck
0 1 1e an ft d a
collision
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Menarik and
daughter, of Ottawa, spent the past
Week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Pinder.
Mrs. M. H. Martin has- received
word of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Grodon Ainslie, .of Orlando.,
Florida. Mrs. Ainslie was a resi-
dent of Goderich a few years ago,
Burial will be made later ih Mait-
land cemetery, Goderich.
MTS. William Meyer attended a
mother and daughter tea held at
St. Joseph's Hospital, 'London, on
Wednesday, afternoon of last wee4
ineilenerenfe_theestualent nurses, re-
ceiving' their caps. Misses Norinc
and Ann Meyer were among the
student nurses.
Mr. and Mrs. George Parsons"
and daughters, Jo Ann and Jen-
nifer, left last Friday 'by caf, for
two weeks' holidays at, St. Peters-
was the result, he teStified. He
saw no signal before the crash to
indicate the truck was going to
turn left.
Ken Croft, a passenger in the
car, did not notice any signal from,.
the truck either.
'Mr. Davidson testified: "I noticed
a can behind me, Then I turned
my signals on and proceeded to
turn." • He stated he put his signala
lights on 1.00 feet before making
the turn. ' • •
The magistrate felt thet if the
signal lights were on as the truck I
driver claimed, the persons in the
car could have missed seeing them
in the relatively short distance of
160 feet. Because there appeared
ta. he .some reasonable doubt. in
regard to the circinestances, the
magistrate dismissed the • charge.
There was about $600 damage
to the 'car, the court was told,
Frank Dannelly acted as counsel
for Mr. 'Davidson.
Though the charge was dismiss,
burg, Florida. While. they are .ed, the magistrate issued this warn -
away, ,Mrs. G. L. Parsons, of Owen
Sound, is visiting at' her son's
home here.
Mr. Gordon Sampson, Britannia
rotd, has returned after a month's
visit in England with his parents.
Travelling by Pan-ATnerican jet
clipper, he left London, England,
at 11 .a,m. and was at London,
On rio, airport at 930 pen. He
ha.stopovers at Gander, New York
in: "I would urge upon drivers,,
,who want to make right or left
turns, to give their signal in a
reasonable time.” ,
;A driver risks an accideht if he
does not bother to signal until just
a few feet before he Makes a turn,
the magisti.ate concletled.
I, •
RECALLS TITANIC' DISASTER
A well-preserved cop ' of the
weight even after allowance, was
made for 400 pounds of ice accum-
ulatedunder the truck.
The specified weight of the
tractor and trailer together was
24,300 pounds. Prouse claimed he
was carrying 22 tens of grin from
the Goderich Elevators, for a total
of 68,3p0 pounds which would' have
sliehtly exceeded the autherized
weight for the vehicle of 68.00,0
pou nds.
Provincial weigh ,scales ' at temperatures, sunshine, rain.,
Holmesville showed the transport etc.
Snow -81 Inches
A,.
•
Total amount of snowfall in
s-,
winter has been 634 feet_ From
November 22, 1958, the date
of the first snowfall, to .the
preaent; time there has been a
total of 81 inches. This in-
formation is from Mr. George
• Salkeld, Bayfield . road, who
keeps statistics for govern-
ment records. Although you
can not see a depth of 6a,
feet of snow around, sine
• some has disappeared through
• thaws, etc., that is the actual
, amount which has fallen. Mr.
4,Salkeld also keeps records ol
ROCK SALT MINE
the difference in time zones .be. for April 22, 1912, was found by i
tween the two different cities of Malcolm 'Nth/hell in the basement'
London. -, at Campbell's Drug Store a few
Mr. and Mrs. Same -
Phu** and 1 days aqo. The issue featured de.
family. of Exeter, spent the Week- tails of' the sinking of the liner
endmith Mr. and Mrs. John Pinder: Titanic. .
, . , ,, ,
,
ilere are shown a group et Alders 0ildrig at the
They are, fratiale0.•to right: James &Brien, 'MOM.,
'Wlnter C Snedae'n and Sam Milligan,