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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-05-14, Page 14 112th Year No. ' 20 oberttlj • • A GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY; MAY 14, 1959 • 0' b'• " Sgt. Charles N. Anderson, head.. of the Duron i`ounty detachment of the Ontario Provincial . Police, seen on hospiital bed[, was one of the 440 • persons who gave, their blood at the Red Cross_, Blood Clinic held at Goderich on Tuesday of, last week. Standing behind, from left to right, , • are: Dr. J. C. Ross, local chairman, of the -blood Mfs; Frank Curry, the assistant' organizer;'• Miss Valerie Bennett, a nurse with the Red CroSs derson„ of London,' district chairman.' of the Canadian Red Cross,Sodiety. S -S Photo by R.H. • GRADUATE NURSES RAISE .RATES; PARTY FETES 3BRIDE-ELECTS The Goderich Graduate Nurses' Association, meeting on May 4th, voted to' raise the daily rate for special duty ,nursing from $10 to $12, effective 'May 11. They also -voted-to: invite gradu; a'te nurses from Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth to attend a. Florence Nightingale Memorial Service here on May 24. • The president, Mrs. ,.rehn String- er; presided. A report was given ' by Mrs. James Donnelly on the nurses' dance to be held at„‘ the Arena in. June'."" �4 " Following the business session a surprise bridal shower was held, under the d'irectioii of Mrs. James -Bisset-and-Mrs. "Bar --..I erry - or-. three bride -elects, members of the Association. They are Misses Hogue and Chisholm of the Huron {€otiinty Health Unit- and ,'Mrs. Muriel Magie. A mock wedding ceremony was held with the fol- lowing taking 'the respective roles: Mrs. George MacEwan, minister; Mrs. Blacker, father; Mrs. Dorothy Easter, bride; Mi's. James Don- nelly, grbo ; Mrs. Herman Fisher, best man; •Mrs. Les Riley, brides- maid; Mrs. Wm. Dean, flower girl; Mrs. H. Enzensberger, ring bearer; Mrs. Harvey Baxter, soloist. Each of the bride -elects was pre- sented with a Wedgewood vase and, each expressed thanksfor same. Suitablescrap books were also pre- sented to the bride -elects. The, 'evening was concluded with. a lunch served by the committee. -Pouring tea were Mrs. Josephine Chisholm, mother , of bride -elect, Rpsen'arie Chisholm, and Ws. Frank Walkom, sister of, bride- -elect, Muriel• Magie. Plans Proceeding To,Alter front -4 Part Of Theatre 1 Single Copies10e1 j pe To Begin New Wing Today ccommodate 90 -Ton 'Spirit' B. M. Ross, local engineer, has been instructed by Town Connell to prepare speaiificatio`rts for alter= ations ,to' the front part of the town -owned Capital . Theatre on West, street. 1t• is planned to set up police headquarters in the front of the building. Alterations to convert the rear part of the theatre. into a fire hall have just been' com- pleted. At a special meeting Friday night, council authorized the pre- paration of specifications • and call- ing of tenders for alterations to the front part.. -It` is planned to locate offices of other town officials in the fnid-section of •-the -theatre, between the fire hall and the police headquarters. Last week; the federal depart- ment epartment ,of public works called for tenders for construction of a new federal 'building on the site of the ' present Town Hall. Deadline for these ,tenders is 'June 17. Also • last week, council called ,for tenders for a new garage to accommodate town -owned vehicles A site for the garage has not been announced yet. " Oneof the volunteer firemen has applied for the heated apartment in the Capital Theatre. At the meeting on Friday, council decided to,offer to rent it to him for $65 monthly, OFFICERS .INSTALLED IN HURON PRESBYTERY Mrs. Allan McTaggart, of Mon- erief, was installed as 'president of Huron Presbytery W.A. of the Note To • Lions On page 14 of this issue of The Signat-Sfax appe.,ars,.a story_. re -Professor Carl F. $ljnck who was to add're'ss the Lions CIuib here on May 22 on the subject of "Tigger'- Dunlop. This page had already gone to press when word was .re- ° ceived from Prof. Klinck that . he, would be unable to be present due to unexpected de- velopments. ` As a result, his Visit here is being postponed until a later date. L-'ArdIm- Leads Jaycees For 1959-60 Larry Aldham has been elected president, of .Goderieh' Junior Chamber of .Commerce for 1959-60. He succeeds Wikliam Anderson. Other officers elected at the Jaycee meeting last week were: first vice-president, Bob Chisholm; second vice-president, Howard Kuenzie; secretary, Mike Thack; treasurer, Pete McCauley; direct- ors, Carlyle Bannister, Bud Clem- ent,'Elgin Fisher, Larry Owles and Rill Taylor. J. H. Neill, curator of Huron County Pioneer Museum, and Larry Aldham outlined plans foi- e -loving tber retired CPR steam loco- , motive, The Spirit of Huron, to the museum. TJnited Church at the annual meeting. Among. the Goderie-h women officers installed were: Mrs. Archie Hamilton, corresponding. secretary; Mrs: -W: W. Talmay, press secre- tary, Mrs. M. Bean, -of Auburn,, is treasurer and Mrs. William Higgins, of Auburn, was given a life -membership. WORK_' CAMP About 50 United Church young people—mostly from the Huron- Perth area — will report for a "work camp" at Goderich' Summer' School this week -end. The girls plan to paint tables in the kitchen, houseclean calbins,'and so on, while the boys will move one .of the cabins to a new location. The young people will arrive at the school Friday evening, states J. A. Snider, business manager. • SAFETY CHECK CARS More than 600 cars of service personnel and • civilian 'employees at .. the_-II,-.°C:AA.i , ;Station,._: -.Clinton,. received 'their quarterly safety check from the O.P.P. last .Thurs- day. Of ,t20 cars checked, 602 cars passed the test without dif- ficulty. Parking Meters TStudied Parking rrieters were the subject of a panel discussion attended by representatives of Goderich, Clin- ton, Seaforth, Exeter and :Wing - ham in Clinton last week. Councillor W. J. Taylor and J. E. Huckins reported their impressions of the meeting to Goderich Town Council when a special council meeting was held here Friday to discuss further alteration's to the Capital Theatre. Clinton is ready to install park- ing meters providing Goderich and Seaforth will do the same, said Councillor Huckins. According to statements made at the meeting in Clinton, Stratford receives an average yearly rental of $60 from each parking meter, while the yield at London is $95 per meter per year. At Listowel, a town constable services the meters in his spare time, it was reported, Listowel is considering the installation of ad- _ • Boa-Caunty_Town ditional meters, safd Councillor "Listowel paid for their meters in two and a -half years,' added Apparently, the usual procedure is for the parking meter company the meters until the meters are The use of parking metcrs has been. suggested here before as a possible remedy for the local park- ing situation. Also, some viel. meters a,s a source of revenue for the town, Council did not take any action on the report Fr:clay but will likely give it further consideration later meetifig• ("! waSannatincul yesterday that rinton ,,Town Council had voted 5 4 in favor of installing parking mc:ers in the business section, pro- eelt Goderich and Seaforth do rJ. The Spirit of Huron—a museum piece sd big that an addition must be built to house it --reached the end of the line at Huron County Pioneer Museum at about 5 pm. Tuesday. Herb Neill, the moving spirit behind the Spirit of Huron, expects that work will start today or Fri- day on construction of the .addi- tion, which will be 60' by 62', two storeys high. • ^ The 73- ear -old curator is ' con- fident that the 90 -.ton steam loco- motive's most glorious days lie ahead of it. With 'steam, engines rapidly..being replaced by diesels on Canadian railways, the historic- al value of the Spirit of Hurpn will increase every year. • l Herb Neill dug into his own pocket for $3,800 to buy the loco- motive from the OPR. Huron County Council had already allocat- ed about $6,000 for construction of the museum addition, which will house other exhibits as well aa,•the 'engine. • , All -Night Guard Ah all-night guard will be kept on* he Spirit—also known' as Old 6275—until the walls are up. Mr. Neill was preparing' to bed, down in the cab of the locomotive Tuesday night to keep watch on it,, but friends;_ anxious for his health, wouldn't let him. They, kept guard instead. Released by day, Old 6275.. came off the CNR line in the Edward coal yard. The once mighty "steamer" was hauled more than two-thirds of the dis- tance up Trafalgar. street towards the museum Saturday with the aid of portable track, .a winch, other heavy equipment and, volunteer labor. Larry Aldham, president of Goderich Junior Ohambber of Com- merce, estimated that well over 2,000 people 'watched the moving operation on Saturday alone. There were seldom , 'more than a few hundred on hand at any and time, but people were coming and going all day and all night practically. In an effort to pay !back the generous' curator, the Jaycees are selling shares in the Huron Big Pound Engine Co. "The Jaycees have rai'sed'" about $400 in shares right' now," Larry staled at mid -week. ' • "Anyone wishing to buy a share should send the money to Junior Chamber of Commerce, Goderich. A share -,will be sent to them in the mail." Shares are available in two de= nominations --five pounds for 'one dollar or 25 pounds for five dollars. Started- As A Joke The idea of .obtaining a steam locomotive for the county museum all started as a joke, explains Jim Chisholm, 'who Jives beside the museum. the CPR on Thurs.. "One day I said to Herb Neill, We should have a locomotive in here and then we'd have a real museum.' "He said, 'Maybe we could.' And• that's how it, started. • "After that, we talked about it night after night," recalls Mr. Chisholm. In these talks •last winter, they planned the route and- worked out the innumerable details connected with the ambitious project. ' ! Mr. Chisholm, who often helps out at the museum, figures it will take about two months to do a really complete job of shining up Old 6275 to leak like new. Beneath "its black coating, the locomotive's bell is solid brass. It will take time to polish up the bell like new. It will take more time to scrape off the remainder of the. 60 -foot long steamer. Harry Adams' winch was used to haul The Spirit of Huron along Trafalgar street. After each move, the porta'b'le track was picked .up from behind and put down in front again for the next move. Many Helped Larry Aldham figures, the tough- est part was getting the steamer up a grade just outside the coal yard. Two road graders were used to_help,the _winch at this point. The graders and a hydraulic lift truck, for moving the portable track, were loaned by Dominion OTHER ITEMS APPEARING IN PHOTO OF ANTIQUES On page three of this issue ' of the Signal -Star appears' a picture taken at the antique fair' of the Arthur Circle of Knox Presbyterian Church. Among the antiques shown in the ' picture are the following; coverlet, owned by Dr. J. R. Leitch. It was hand woven from wool -card- ed on the family fanm of his great- "grair, lfsthet, ugsld i; fteh, Car-. adoc Township, Middlesex County. An old brass tea kettle and wrought iron stand, the property of Dr. John Wallace. A silver cream and sugar, the property of Mrs. A. McConnell, brought from Tipperar„yy....4,reland, in 1$32 by Lieut. Col. Hodgins. The silver tea pot, which Miss Wopdruff is shown holding, was originally part of a silver service presented in 1876 to M. C. Cam- eron, member of Parliament for ssiitii liuro .` .� .... �-.. NEW TEACHER FOR G.D.C.I. Principal A. R. Scott has an- nounced that Mrs. Audrey B. Stevens, who has been teaching at Huntsville High School for the past three years, has been engaged by the GIJOI Board as Home Econ- omies teacher with duties to com- mence 'next September, Mrs. Stevens has had seven years teaching experience in all and for several •years taught at Seaforth. She has a home at Seaforth and will reside there. commuting to' Goderich for classes. Mrs. Stevens has done some supply teaching at Goderidh in past years. She will replace Miss Jean El- liott. who has been a specialist,i in Home Economics at (ma for the past seven years, Miss Elliott ' has resigned to accept a position! as• instructor at Peterboro Teach -1 Vers' College. She win also be Deqn of Women at the College. I Although the deadline for resig- , nations of teachers is May 31st, it is ,expected that the rest of the I GMT Staff will remain intact' will hold their annual copeeiirt in. the auditorium of Goderidh District, Collegiate Institute on Wednesday egening, May' 27. Al- though the chorus isreomposed of many more fftan appear tn the above picture, the group ,here is representatilk of the fine organ- ization of male singers. ttaplt row, left to 'night!' thh Ross, Mal- '.- calm Campbell, Jack Prith, George Parsons, Robt.Invirin., Ross, 1-0•The slow. Serond row, left to Bill MacLaren; ChaSe, Larry ,Aldhainf Harold tRettger, Eric Smith, Ken Sowerbir, ..kmeS Oorran, First. row, left to night: Elwin Merrill, David Medley,* , Cyril Trencipade, Bert Mecre,ath, Bruce Clifford, Dorian nutledge,,, Don Sphonds.. Standing in ofront ate: George Buchanan, conduc- tor, and id Stllea, wastrplanist, Candidates Gearing For .lune 11 Election With the Ontario Provincial elec- tion on June 1:1 only about a Month from now, the political pot is starting to simmer a bit. Enumeration of voters in the town of--Godlericki is. scheduled to be completed today, i'nursu`ay. In the rural -areas enumeration will commence oh sionday and be com- -pleted by next Thursday, The .Progressive °Conservatives have already set up a committee room at Goderich which is located on the western half of the Cornish Electric building on West street. A Liberal committee room is to be 'set up later. Only top brass' so far definitely scheduled to address meetings in this--area-:-is Premier Lcslre r'rost- who will beat Wingham Town, Hall on Tuesday, May 19, at 8.15 p.m., In the riding of Huron, Charles MaeNaughton, Exeter, •who has just, completed his first sitting in he legislature, will be the Pro- gressive Conservatiiie candidate. The Liberal standard bearer is Harry Strang, of Usborne Town. ship. 'Both candidates were in Goderich on Tuesday of this week making some rounds of the• largest municipality in the riding. In the riding of Huron -Bruce, John •W. Hanna, of Wingham, is the Progressive Conservative can- didate and Rae Watson, of Luck - now, the Liberal standard bearer. Both candidates in Huron plan to make personal ' visitation, as much" as possible, a major plank in their campaigning. "As far as Is am concerned .the PC campaign in Huron will be based on our record of accomplish- ments and a sense of 'faith in the future of Ontario and Huron,", saki Mr, MaoNaugh,ton• "I clon't• propose to Make a lot of profnises. .The Progressive Con- servative accomplishments of the past will he related to the admin - ,"I hope to continue to give the close personal representation to every citizen in Huron that has been given in this riding in the pant," re Stated. Mr. Strang outlined three major *planks in his upcoming campaign in _Huron. `We contend the Frost government has been in office too long and there is not enough op- position," he stated. "We also feel that this riding, because it is one of the most. important agricultural areas in the province, should be represented by'a• farmer,', • "We do not approve of the rather master -servant approach to provincial municipal relations' which has been displayed by the Frost government," said Mr. Road Machinery Co. Ltd. A truck from, the PUC, and PUC workers. asSigfed -for a while on Monday, LoCal railway men gave their time freely every day, said Larry ' •• Aldhain, who praised their genez- osity. Trucks were supplied by 'local garages, and aid was given by Jaycess and many other in- dividuals and local firms. • Bill Brownlee, railway section head, was one of those who gave tremendous help to the project. Harry MoCreath, Jim Chisholm and others were on the job most of the time until the Moving was cm- pleted Tuesday afternoon. Herb Neill states most appreci- atively: ."I wish to thank everyone who help'ed in any way in carry- ing this project to a successful • completion. Their co-operation has been just wonderful," • As The Spirit of Huron was haul- ed along Trafalgar street Saturday, • someone .in the cab usually rang the bell at each move. For the children, it' was almost as good as a circus. - Casey Jones? . As the locomotive slowed to a moves, a little boy on the sidewalk . turned to his . father and, motion- . . ing towards the -man in the cab, asked, "Is. that 'Casey Janes -that . No inlaying was done on Stuiday. The locomotive was left parked on., . , grounds by Monday'.night. ' -, Trafalgar street, -just west of Vie- ... _,_ toria street (highway 21). 'Moving . , . -4. Was resumed 'on Monday and the Considerable shunting back and . engine had reached the museum eum grounds and through the garden on the adjoining Chisholm property before Old 6275 was sold: , The locomotive, now rests on .. rails embedded ' in cement on the site. of the addition to be -built . • 'at the rear of the museum. . ers from. putting up steam en Old 6275, so she could not move under . her oown power.. As 'the moving, operatiOn neared . completion Tuesday; Harry Ma. Creath told a newsman that "ft ''••'• figured out about 99 pereent the ' .. way we thought it would." , Broken Rail , The operation would have been • finished a little sooner, however, day afternoon. Another piece' a , rail had to be taken to a welding . ' shop, cut. to the night size. and - fitted into the track before the , locomotive could be finally shoved ' . into her la,st resting plaee. be organized to sell shares in The - , .• Spirit of Huron, says Larry Ald- tam. Municipal councils and ser. vice clubs.throughout Huron • COW, ty will be asked to help out in the fund-raising campaign, The museum addition will be of . . wooden frame•construction, cover- ed by steel. The east wall of the last addition was built so that it , can be removed and serve as the east wall•for the new addition. . Ace.erding a) information obtain- „ .- ed .by Qoderich Jaycees, The Spirit ' " of Huron , was built in 1910, with 1913. It was used as a. yard engine ' here at the time ef its, retirement ' . . en December 9, '1958. The bneit: modern diesel locomotive. When, asked Tuesday night how . he felt after getting the . 90 -ton ' . steamer finally into place, Herb ' . Neill, the kindly curator, smiled . But .there was an unmistakable note of pride in hiS- voice. ,, MR. EBB ROSS, Presicl,nt-elect of the Goderich Lions Clu for 1959 - County Seeding Nea,rly Finished . Spring seeding operations are practically completed in the nun- ate•ording to the, Huron County Irretbe northern -awl of the co.unly have still to finish. Spring OW11 t grains, as well as hay and pasture , are making excellent progress. Some corn has been sown, as well aslurnips and sugar beets, There is, flea beetle daniage on early , turnips. I The tenth annual Spring sale. \,vas held by the litiron County H'ereford Association on May 121b.! Seven tested bulls averaged $52.6.00! „nd eight approved hulls averaged 'lhe top priced bull was a polled , ,hull consigned by ' Ernest Brown, (yf Clinton, and bought by A. .1. Campbell, R.R.. 2, Thorndale, for $725,00. Mt. Brown also consign-, Wilson, RR. 2, Auburn, for$705.00, Ten bred heifers av eraged anizo. The top prieed heifer was consigned by Hirtzel Bros., of Crediton, and .was sold to L. 'H. Armstrong SZ Sons, of Burlington, $K5i6n0g,soo.County, Nova gcotiai for Seveil. open heifers averaged .each a'nd three cdws caivos at side averaged $336.00. 021130. ; WIZ iner ommena Travel lime to Toronto will be cut down June 22 when, the C.N.R. inaugurates, a fast, Railiner service betWeen Gode- rich, Sera tford and., Totten to. 'The present train serving •Coderith Will be discontinued, self-propelled Railiner, shown above, will replaree it. So that the general public Night look it Over the Railiner malee a Ofeview trip to Goderich on Wednesday, May 20.' It will be open for inspection at. tbe CNA Station from 4,20 to une 22, the C.14.11. • Dayliner Will. leave Goderieh at 4 pan., and - arrive in Toronto at 8.S0 ' daily except Sunday. ft will leave Toronto, dairy exeept rive 'at Goderich at 1,410 All of the time '' IT Da li