The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-07-02, Page 4le,1,E POUR
THE . GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
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GREENER, THUMB
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aalfteataitaiseirOtoweie over.' . ev-
eral,people came to me con8den ai-
aAnnd said: "If only it had been.
day later. I ` would have had the
Peat rose iii the show." Well, that
l lust 'a measure of the high de-
gree (f competition which imbues
our shows. It is certain that this
rnistfortune.could not have happen-
ed' to a nicer show. I suppose it
Was the imminence of the show
which induced me to read up on
the subject of cutting flowers. Ti
understand the theory underlying
• this cutting, for exhibition or for
house decoration, a brief excursion
is necessary into the. science of
hydraulics. Of course, it could be
explained surgically too, but as ,we
are just now so hydraulically -
minded let surgery pass. Anyone
who has . noted the elevated water
tank which supplies Goderich can
visualise what would happen should
the. pipe leading down from the
tank, be severed by an ardent
gardener with his secaturs. 'All
the water would run out. Speak-
ing generally, flowers may be'con-
sidered as a . close parallel. To
stop this loss of water from the'
flower, it •is, desirable to cut only
in.,the cool• of the evening, when
the discomfort index is at say 99.9:
In addition, it is esirae o
• have -at hand not a basket but, a
bucket of water. The deeper the
flower, stem can he plunged im-
mediately into water, the less will
be the loss •of water from the stem.
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By G; MacLeod Ross
t.ibular stems, it becomes.. n.•
sary to cut off an extra inch or $o
under water to prevent air- lock
in the stem. .To go one stage
further and make doubly sure, of
a fine upstanding head of bloom,
it is advisable' to plug the end of
the stem, under water, with absorb-
ent cotton. Poppy stems should be
cauterised with' a match flame the
moment they are cut. Flowers
with more woody stems such' as
lilac, roses, mock orange, may be
;hammered flat for .an inch at the
of the stem before being placed
up to the base of the flower in
water. Phlox has an almost bam-
boo -like stem structure, Do not
cut this too low as it i$ woodier
neafer the root. Wiring is another
expedient for keeping the flower,
head erect , and is applicable to
roses, carnations and zinnias, but
it is notany substitute for as great
a depth of water, short of the
flower itselaf,• applied' immediately
the bloom is cut.
One more tip for tubular stem-
med flowers. Sever with a sharp
knife and give a clean cut, normal
to the axis of the stem. Do not
use secaturs which tend to collapse
the tubeand so restrict the passage
of water up the stem. By the in-
teiligent'applica'tion-.iSryau h-prire
gardens of,late, curiosity as. to the
reason' for this was satisfied the
other da by a correspondent in
the Sunday Times who explained
that it enabled the owners to
watch their phlox by night. • •
Plaint Purchase.
Members are hereby notified
that their Iris catalogues will not
reach them until early Jail. ''~The
date by which- orders are to be
sent in to the treasurer is there-
fore extended to ten days after
eeeipt ofe .the;,,W, talagstes- .
members.
District Meeting
The Society's next big day is
Wedpesday, July 8th, at 1.30 p.m.
in MacKay Hall, when. delegates
from all the 1? societies in District
No. 8 will converge on Goderich.
We hopeto have with us our Pro-
vincial President, Dick Gannett,
and John Clark, the O.H.A. Secre-
tary. All our local members are
urged to attend and play their
parts as hosts. These should 'bring
withthem sandwiches and cake,
both of which will go into a com-
mon, pool, thus ensuring that no
one 'will have his own cake and
eat it too. There are 17 door
• prizes to be won,, The following
I form the welcoming' committee:
Registration, Lewis Taylor ; ' lunch
and door prizes, Mgrs. D. Challeng-
er; decoration, Mrs. W, G'. Moor-
head; tour leader, Dr. J. C. Ross.
The whole affair.will be under the
baton of our district director,
i ford H. Epps.
Poster Competition
Winners in, this competition for
Girl Guides who designed posters
advertising the Flower Show were:
1st, Sandra McMillan, 109 New-
4,cate street; 2nd, Judy Weber, 196
Strang Court; a3rd, Joanne -Shear-
down, 213 Mary street. The prizes
were five,. three - and two dollars
respectively. ,,
ciples, flowers can 'be made to
survive longer when cut off from
their natural source of water pres-
sure, the root.
Mention of phlox reminds me
In certain flowers, such as del- that a number of people have been
• ph'iniums •and--l.upins; having „clear, installing. electric light. in their
THAN
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who attended our car -Auk ion
,We Auctioned... From -12 to 6; -But. .Didn't.
Sell All Our 'Car~s
48 WERE SOLD
Here Are A "Few Of The Ones We Have Left
AT: AUCTION SALE PRICES
1952 O11.r;VROLET 2 door ' ONLY $299
1952 DODGE 4 door ONLY
j • 1954 PONTIAC 2' door . ONLY
1951 CHEV,, ,OLET 4 door ,I,, .ONLY
1949 METEOR • 2 door - ..- ONLY
1951 OHINROLET 2 door ONLY
1951 CHEVROLET Sedan ONLY
TRUCKS ! TRUCKS !
1956‘DODGE 2 ton Van — LIKE NEW
1956 DODGE 1/2 ton
1952 G.M.C. Pickup — NEW MOTOR
1952 G.M.C. Pickup - REAL SHARP
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"Huron County's Largest Car Dealer"
ZURICH - . 'Jack Pearson, Prop. EXETER
NILE
ROYAL' TOUR
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it used to be," said the Chief In-
formatiga, Officer.
Among thetisk press.. repre-
sentatives, we met a girl hobbling
around with her leg in a cast. She -
was with the British Broadcasting
Corporation and explained that
when she was getting off the plane
,Y.,Qander,,,N.raeleundland,.. a_piep,,„
of heavy luggage....felLon• hex -:fat.
and broke a• bone in it. Present,
too, were dark skinned correspond-
ents from theaDritish West Indies.
We waited three hours Tuesday,
along with 10,00Q other people, to
see the Queen. board the Royal
yacht Britannia, docked at 'the
Queen's Quay at the foot of Sher -
bourne street. While waiting, we
strolled over to the side of the
yacht . to watch two of the 'crew
members splicing a cable • which
had been damaged in' tieing up at
Montreal harbor, ' They were two`
youths from Lancashire. As they
worked, a shabbily dressed old
man came up to chat with them:
He,, too, ahad a distinctly English
ace-ent. e told the._ Royal yacht
Johnny Baker
Tournament"
Held'
Goderich. Lawn Bowling club
held a tournament here on June 24,
with prizes donated by John Baker.
A long-time ardent bowler, Mr.
•$akar is well known in Western
Ontario lawn 'bowling circles as a
•g'If/ '.,spar �u'••ii#1Al -'...e.•`41C+A 4:{--!Okv'JIYfnW' tA'1
- Winners of the tournament were
as' folldws: first ' prize =-- Archie
Townsend (skip), Jean Price, Ever-
ett' Harris; second prize—Stuart
Robinson (skip) Julia Beevers,
Helen Allison; third prize -- Ray,
Sperling (skip); Mrs. F. .Overholt,
Mrs. C. Holland; fourth` prize --Cliff
McManus (skip), Mrs. A. Scott,
Arnold Fisher; fifth prize ;Peter
'Bisset (skip), Frank McArthur, Mrs.
Arnold .MoConnell; sixth prize—
Ernie Pridham (skip), Mrs. G.
Baechler, ' Mrs. E. Sale; seventh
prize -- Earl Allison (skip), Mrs.
Alice Pridham, Mrs. Queenie Rath -
'burn.
'Winners -had choice of prizes (in
the order that they won) ranging ,
from blankets and lawn' chairs, to t
lamps, toasters---and-'turkeys. -Clubs
-from Forest and Clinton were also
represented.' r,
The• pupils of Zion Central Pub-
lic School, Goderich Township, en -a
joyed a party'4ast Friday morning
,and entertained their mothers with
a program. They crowned the
junior teacher,' Mrs. Ray Fisher,
as "Teacher for the Day" dud Betty
Kerr presented her with a gift.
Darlene- Stewart read an appropri-
crew members that he once ' be-
longed to the Royal Navy. He
spoke with affection of places in
England, familiar to ,the sailors,
where he had served. Thus, the
Lancashire lads recognized him as
an old Royal Navy man. The old
man talked on as he re -lived the
days of his youth in the navy. Then,,
he strolled away with tears in his t
eyes' over such happy reminisc-
, ences.
TRIPLETS
Mr. and Mrs. • Cayley gill are the
parents of a brand new. set of
triplets born 'to them last Thurs-
day evening. Mrs. Hill says the
three girls will be called Margaret,
Claudia and Shelley. The Domin-
ion Road Machinery Company,
where Mr. Hill workk, •has given
the proud couple a year's free
supply, of "Drypers."
,.~<RURAL,isC,08RO S
Signal -Star normally pub-
lished on Thursday July 16,
will 'be published Wednesday,
July 15, intead. Rural cor-
respondents' must have news
in that week no later than
Monday, July 13. This is,°es-
sential._ _a, -
RERSQNALS
Mr. and -'Mrs. Gerald Emins, of
Ottawa, visited last week with Mrs.
Emma' parents, Mr .and Mrs. W. J.
Taman., Miss, Delores Taman re-
tprned ,to Ottawa with them for a
Vacation.
Miss .aVla'rgaret Crawford ha's re-
turned from a pleasant hoilday
1310 spent at St. Hubert, Quebec, and
ntreal..- She -was the - ueat c,
gr. Dan .'Williams-..andwl rs..a Willa
Hams, formerly June Goddard.
Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Wilkinson,
Wellesley street, attended the fun-
eral of the fernier's father, Mr. G.
W. Wilkinson, at Fort William, last
week.
'Mr. ' and Mrs. Henry Kanyar and
children, Jimmy and Kathy, of
7THvRSUAY, JULY 2nd, ,1850
'Erie, Penn. spent y a week'a vaca-
tion with their aunt, Mrs. (Capt.)
J. Vickers.'
'Mr, Bill landed, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Allan I.irnfeld, has. completed"
his Bourse at Toronto Teachers''
College and has secured a position
as teacher of Grades 6T7 at 'horn -
hill Public School.',
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Mr. and 'Mrs. John D. Clifford,
of Detroit, spent the past week -
'with Mrs. Clifford's sister, Mrs.
Wan. McGuire and Mr. McGuire,c
digin avenue. as -aa,
FINDS OLD COIN
While:,, playing in Harbor Beach
sand, Diane Gauley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold +Cauley, found -
an old Canadian coin. It was dated
1859, and had a likeness of Queen
Victoria on one side.
NILE, June 30—Twenty-nine la-
dies and girls, mostly W.A. mem-
bers, enjoyed a bus trip to London
last Tuesday. They visited Fan-
shawe Dam, Storybook Gardens
and_ -took. .in dinner .axial . a show.
,b,efore returtiing.;al` ome., Alvin_ Sher=
wood was the bus driver`.
,Miss Mario% Orser, nurse v in
training at Victoria Hospital, Lon-
_, . ii,__.was 'a _ recent _visitor.. at her
home here. ,
Congratulations to Wayne Fee --
ken on winning the grade 10 scho-
larship at G.D.C.I. This is the
third. time in four years students
hale brought this' honor to our
community and we are proud, of
them:
The 4-H girls held their 'second
.meeting atthe home of their lead;
er, Mrs: Hugh McWhinney. Thin
ning, transplanting and' weed con-
trol were discussed. z The hostess
served cake and ice cream at the
close cif the meeting.
The sympathy of the community
'is extended to the family of the
'late Mrs, J. McCann- and other re -
a latiyes in the district.
Mrs. fl.ughs'McWhinney went to
the Stratford hospital on Sunday
where she was undergoing surgery
on Monday. Her many friend
wish her a speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. Orland Bere and
family and Mr. 'and Mrs. Graham
McNee and family attended the
Bere Reunion at Goderich on' Suit
day. `-
Mr. and 'Mrs. Worthy McNee and
infant son, Douglas Earl, of Bel--
more,
el=more, visited With relatives in this
di trict on Sunday.
We talked .av'ith a man from Osla
awe who had served la years in
the Canadian Navy, including ser-
vice in World War IL He stated
he thought the Queen should visit
longer with the disabled veterans
in Sunnybrook Military Hospital
than Chat which was :cailed for on
the schedule. "After all, they
practically gave -their lives- for
Queen and country," he stated. "In-
stead, officials have arranged for
her to spend much mote, time by
comparison with a 'bunch of stuff-
ed shirts," ' he stated: And so it„
.gees;=with .arta ngers4r ing_..to set;
up a schedule suitable•to
. , all but.
which was, apparently ,displeasing
to some. '
,. ..v e _.arem humbly prniid Ja'1'have
been present at the gracious. Tor-
onto function for the Royal couple. t
It 'was the first and willprobably
be the last such function we will
have the 'p'rivilege of attending.
But we shall always remember it,
PORTER'S ' HILL
SAFETY PATROL TRIP
The Goderich School -boy Safety;
Patrol were the guests last Sunday
of the Goderich Jaycees on their
annual outing. 'This year the boys
went to a ball game in Detroit.
When asked what 'was• the most
interesting part bf the .trip, Coun-
cillor Bill Taylor, who, with Town
Constable Ross Crawford, accom-
panied the boys, said that the ap-
petite of the patrol -boys was with-
out a doubt the most interesting
part. f`We fed them chocolate milk
and doughnuts on the ''way down,"
he said, "but ten minutes later we
stopped and they ate pop and other
stuff!"
Seats 6 intchoutf't
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aasaa
ate ,addres's. Lunch was served at
the° close of the program.
One of Canada's largest print
shops, the federal government
printing Bureau, employed 1,670
workers in 1958.
,PORTER'S 'HILL, June ' 30.—On
Thursday evening last S.S. NO,, 5
school held their annual picnic- at
Harbor Para, Goderich, with a
large attendance. , After enjoying
a bountiful supper, races were held
under the supervision of the -teach-
er, Mrs. 'Cooper: ;, Prize-win.ners•.
were as folld'ws: Boys and girls, ,5
and under—Peter Idsinga, Kaven
Cox, Hattie Idsinga; 'boys, 6 8 John
Manning, John Cox, Murray Tor
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fence; girls, 6 8 Sandra Idsinga,
Colleen Lockhart, Maxine Pickard;
girls, 941—Corrie Idsinga,. Sharon
Lockhart, Bonnie Cox;,boys, 12-13
—Richard Jongejan, Terry Bauer,
Donald MeDougalla • girls, 12-13—
Betty Idsinga, Pasty 'Cox and Peggy
Anne Betties (tied), Joanne Harri-
son; boys, 14 and over—Bob Proc-
tor, „John Idsinga, Bruce -Betties;
'young girls' race—Gail Lockhart,
Sharon Lockhart, Betty 'Idsinga;
married men's • race:Harry Tor-
rance, 'Bill Cox, 'Keith Cox; mar-
ried women's race—_Mrs. A. Lock-
hart, Mrs. .B. Cox, Mrs. E. Cox.
There were also wheelbarrow,
three-legged, sack race. and a pea-
nut scramble for -the small ones.
On Friday ' morning last the.
pupils presented their theacher,
Mrs. ' Cooper, with a gift as she
will not 'be with them next year.
A well -worded address was aead
py John 'Idsinga and a 'clock was
presented to her 'by Bruce Betties.
Mrs. Cooper thanked them for
their .thoughtfulness.
The W.A. of Grace Church will
meet next Thursday 'afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Wil -mer Harrison.
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CREWE, June 30.—Mr. and Mrs:
Bert McWhinney attended the wed-
ding of Mrs. McWhinney's nephew
at Echo Bay an Saturday, return-
ing home on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Jack Curran at-
tended the 'baptism of tw,o little
girls of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ken Oke at
Taylor's Corner church on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Parker and
Bradley, of Luckno*, were"week-
end visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Curran.
Mr. Roy Maize, of Ayr; spent the
week-eiid at Crozier's and also at-
tended the wedding of his niece,
Marlene Maize.
Messrs. Douglas Reid, of Sarnia
and has brother Jack, bare gone
on a vacation to the Western pro-
vinces.
A few ;from this locality attend-
ed the picnic„ of the United Church
of Dungannon at Kincardine 'on
Sunday.
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'WOMENS INSTITUTE
• Members of the Goderich branch
of the Women's Institute enjoyed
a bus tour oh Friday- last. They
journeyed. to Port Weller which is
situated at the ehtrance, to the
Welland Canal from Lake Ontario;
and saw how the locks are oper-
ated enabling large vessels to
navigate that section of the St.
Lawrence Seaway,,
They visited Queenston and
Brock's Monument with its 235
aleps up the tower. The Floral
('lock , constructed in 1950 and
p1att'errted after one an Ediri(burgh,
•Scotlatfid, was the next point of ,in-
terest on the tour.
A trio through the No. 2 Niagara
11'ydro-Eleetric power plant was
most interesting and instructive.
They were shown ,films 'on the
development of hydro and were
taken 245 feet belt)* "ground in
32 seconds:
On the 'return trip they visited
the rose gardens at Vineland, and
rock gardens at 'Hamilton.
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ga'Yding dial -service. As you know, your
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