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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-03-12, Page 12B E R THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR r"4-h.:'..k+M�litl{4tlWG'...ac U' •: Ar.IY➢kn( ..+9rKs+W--.64d.. a,. u. �w••i4'.�¢.ww u.., �.yy one THURSDAY, MARCH 12th, 1959 w'.1.,, AdAl ti Something To Ci'awAb�ut. • «d" Il. a..--r'."'.•1-L�Sy T.r..nu. kl�'.M 0,-2,1igtMfu,1 • • OUR QUALITY MILLWORK and LUMBER USED IN BUILDING THE NEW STORE OF F. W. Woolworth Company Limited IN GODERICH LET US HELP YOU WITH YOUR BUILDING PLANS ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN AT NO COST TO YOU BUILDING MATERIALS EOR EVERY PURPOSE ODERICH More than 90 per cent of the work pf the Canadian Red Cross is done by volunteers. The Canadian Red Cross Society commemorates its 50th anniversary in 1959. • • ' • OUR SALU1E TO THE NEW GODERICH STORE, OF F. W. WOOLWORTH COMPANY LIMITED PLUMBING AND HEATING" SUPPLIED AND INSTAILED BY NUFACT1 CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS FO ALL YOUR NEEDS RING CO. "Your` Headquarters For -Ali Builders'. Supplies" Ctriiiti�n Work On F. W. Woolworth Store Started Last October 21 Tenders were' called for the' building of the new Woolworth Store here last Septembers with the deadline for receipt of them on September 29. Seven general con- tractors -were invited to submit tenders, the successful one being A. Lombardo and Son Construction Company, of Windsor. . Ori__.M.onztay; ctuber- 20,� nretr- started a survey en the site and by Wednesday, October 22, , a big excavating shovel was at work clearing away the remaining debris of the old British Exchange Hotel and excavating for the footings of the new building to be erected. At that time it was announced that plans called for the opening residents found.re an March' b of the new est 1959."Al�thou'gli many Goderich it difficult to vis- ualize that it . could be ready by that time, douts were dispelled last week when it was made known that' the official opening date would be Thursday, March 12th. Space occupied by the Wool- worth store at Goderich is approx- imately 13,000 square feet. This is but 2,000, square ' feet short of the 15,000 square foot store built at Leamington, Ontario, and,,,•open ,ed last year by Woolworth's. As Canada's 213th Woolworth store opened at Goderich today, 62 years atter the first one was opened at Toronto, some • para- graphs from a • publication of the F. W. Woolworth Company of the United States reflected Canada and - Canadians to American. readers. -.They read; in part,. -as follows: "The' growth of Canada's own Woolworth's is but a „reflection, of the growth of the country itself. ' In a century that has been charac- terized by industrial development, the industrialization of ,Canada still stands out as' a notable abhieve- ment. When Woolworth's opened in Canada'at the close of the nine- teenth century, Canada was prim- arily . an agricultural nation. To- day, although she remains an agri- cultural giant, Canada ranks among the great industrial nations of the would. LIMITED Self-made men should be more carefulin selecting t'he materials they. use. You are there in every act of mercy and compassion performed by the Canadian Red Cross. "And her growth is probably• only beginning. Blessed with an abundance of sue'h vital natural re- sources as oil ansi,uranium, Canada is generally regarded by .author,- ities as one of the most promising ecOnonlic frontiers. o'f Ca adWoolworthisanto goal part Limited, F. W. Woolworth Co. integral receives the support and benefit of the total resources of the parent Company.. At the same time, Woolworth's in Canada is entirely Canadian in operation. That is, it is managed and staffed by Canadians at all levels; all purchases are made in Canada; ,and all bot a small per- centage of goods sold bre of Can- adian. origin. At all times the Can- adian company its represented in the management of the parekit company by a Canadian membr• on the Board of Directors. "The . employees of Canadian Woolworth's, enjoy the Soma bene - its and protections as those of the Company in the United States; vacation in the Pension Plan, and eligi'bili'ty for help from the Em- ployees' Benefit 1~'und. Store man- agers and executive personnel at all levels are eligible for profit- sharing, They also -enjoy then ene . fit of the Group Life Insurance and M. Disability Policy. ^" "Woolworth stores in Canada are, in general, worthy represent- atives of the great country th, serve. They have undergone the same evolution in policy and the same improvement in physic 1 Characteristics' as their counter- parts in the United States. As th economy ; of 'the Canadian natio "4v,::•>1" Despite the fact that there is plenty of snow. around Goderich yet and the appearance of the countryside is far from being Easter -like, the time associated with bunnies, such as pit- tured above, and Easter eggs is—not far distant. Easter Sun- day falls this years, on March 29---ji st a litle more than two weeks away. Easter takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon god- dess, Eostre ho - ,-represented- "jib ' spring.----A,nglo-Saxon tribes held a festival in honor of . Eostre every April. continues to expand in the --years ahead, F. W. Woolworth Co., Limit- ed, will undoubtedly assume ,an even more prominent role in the Woolworth organization as a whole. "Woolworth's is justifiably proud to be a contributor, in small part at least, to Canada's emergence as the bulwark of the British Com- monwealth of Nations and as a world power in her own right. Canada's Woolworth's is ready for the future." CLAIMS SNOW FENCE SEL � HIS INTIR Menibhrs of 'Colborne 'Township Council, at a meeting last week, expressed agree>pent with roads superintendent; Melvin Good,that snow fences in such• a, winter as this one represents "mo`ney thrown away." • "•i think it is a bill o expense," he said. "You spend $7'OO or $800 a year and, have not ug., for • 4., If you put that into a truck to help the plow you would be farther ahead, Of course, there are • a lot of places that have to have fence." Reeve Ralpl Jewell presiding, council passed `a by-law authorizing expenditure of $23,000 on road construction and maintenance. Of this amount, eligible for - subsidy, $9,000 is fdr obnstruction includ- ing $5,000 for roads, ,In the main- tenance total of •$14;000 the big items are $5,000 for roads and $3,000 for Winter control, sanding. Council ordered tenders be call- ed for 5,000 yards of gravel to be PP .Concurrence .was,- given ,a County council proposal for d'syli`g�ht sair- ing time from the last Monday in April to - the' last,,, Saturday in September, '`WINg A ' Q.A.C. Ben' itiehl WtiS a winner In the Olivestock Showmanship at the , at. 1 Guelp'hi on VItednesday of weeIG ,. ere- proud to have been chosen to do ALL THE ELECTRICAL WORK at thenew WOC.LWORTh STORE 1st acDON ELECTRIC CO. LTD.