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2 The Godericfr Signal -Star, Thursday, November 12thi. 1959
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The County Town Newspaper of Huron —p—
Established
1848
tri its 112th year of publication
Published•
by, "CV ba
Signal -Star Publishing,Limited
Subscription rates - $3.00 a year. To U.S.A.,$4:00 (In advance)
Authorized as 'second-class, mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.
Member of C.W.N.A•, O.W.N.A. and A.B.C.
Circulation—over 3,300. GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
WATCH FOR • THESE OVERTURES
Changes in shopping habits and shop- destriaus only. They eats .cross at will
ping facilities are beeoming more pro- without fear•,o'f being hit by pressing trucks
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flounced. They are innovated in the L'.Ilit- or cars. •
sod States and, as in so many other things, „ . Should the downtov n `` mall system''
evenbually find their' Way into Canada, ever be adopted in Goderieh for the benefit
First, it was. the shopping' plazas on of shoppers, the unique wagon -heel Court
the outskirts el' 1'.111`, \with ('nnm
ln(1i(•1u; IiO11;t' Sflllar\w
e would' be an admirable one. Medd, merchant tailor, of Marine and General Hospital, the annual Remembrance Day
Lar parkin:; areas around then). Now, to 1In\vever, the necessity, for such it move Auburn. • here. 1service arranged by the Wo -
Combat this 11111\'(', "mall systems- in down- cis far as---(loderielt' is eoneer01`(1 is a long; Guy Brothers, the far:famed' Tov n Council interrupted itsI men's Institute. Rev.' B. F.
town areas are be:11', irts?'opte(i. tir'v('ral was. off yet.. If that clay ever eome.s how -!minstrel troupe, proved a good regular proceedings Tuesday1.Green was, in charge of•the int -1
and 'gave a
r ssi\ a service
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.' �markits appreciation;
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blocks of ste't`et;, 11itelt htl;i111`;; section t'\'1`1, strangers will find it rather hafflinis ,opera house. Their band parad-of the unselfish services rend -i -'.tort address in keeping with
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`are '•hl(,(•ked ,i11 1t'1 motor t1,1hi,• and t(1- 1' r1.1t' the Square via side streets, :Host ed around the Square at noon;ered to the people of Goderich;.the occasion. The United churrTh ,
there i'; n,1 parkn(, t(1 van.; in 111 ',1' 1(11(1'1(;, of t11('01 find it difficult ennitgh not tc, get • and again in the evening. . 'i by Bert MacDonald, who was the; choir contributed a number and
The si,lr'\\illks ;1111{ -streets are -open to pe- ; lost in (,ode'rich as the lay -out is nn\v. 25 Years Ago -1934 unofllcial" lifeguard and man on Mrs. Claire Johnston of the
More than 70 personsattend- the spot whenever help was' Lucknoy. Ladies' Auxiliary sang
TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT NT ACTS. "" ed the guilty tax sale in the' needed at the local harbor, A 1 "0 Valiant Hearts." Members
�ourt hawse here. Twenty three handsome, the loed,�+lrist watch; of the L�.gion and the
T1 ; 11iff]('1111 to (l1111141't' 11t' ('11nal1il 10 111\ laid l ; ''. -11`1 sally !selling' 10tnxil'ilt properties' were sold for a total. was presented''°10 :11 r. MacDon-I Ladies'anceAuxiliary were in atten-1
in; fi( 110.1 :.i. Bringing'illluxi('rttin 1.1110.,1, of 52.570.45 in one and one-half ald '(' .1('t \\ :tri telt' Liquor Control " 1 tr w
hours. Huron County C o•unc,il caaled At the service that followed
111th 'the (-'ll11111\ (, (('let where r1 1]11';,'11 11;1` About 50 war veterans march for tenders on the relnodelling at the 'cenotaph .the Institute!
Act beetinse tel,' t 1.1 i; ,tl•1,1k. pro11ibitory „ lvreath was laid 1� Mrs: 1'om
'II, liquor brought in- t o shine for 111A personal ed in the C anadi - region's and extension of the county' Y
while' telt' 1,1..1 rr u!utt,ly. N('v'11114 (,r famil\• use,: pr0vi1led he pay, for' it in annual church parade. James registry office in Goderieh, The \f1 affin, whose son, Ivan, lost!
r(' t1(..;; \\ 11„ wilt url tl.vur to 1' lis (111,<r1, 'or iil1`!rl111) liriu<,i41 MacVicar, president of Branch est1111a.ted cost \vas 550.000. hu; life In the last war and \ir.�
les;; t1( t l (�lvitu( t' t l 109, was in charge, E. A,'Holyer was elected pre• s.tatart Collyer of the I.ucknow,
do se. - ill fins hien ,curly used in reesen1 years 1. Two mer] were injured• when sidcnf of the Men's Club of St, Legion also placed a' ', rcath,,
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11,'1'(,,1 any' eiu!,t(r111 ILt, net the s11 j11:t, 'T11 (JA, the (',04\'0 .1t.torncly 11x1; a c}elivel•y \
truck co11id'ed v}t a George's Church. The Last Post and Reveille were
sounded by ,Mr. Bud Orr of
may we ni 'k1`, 11"' euipluitieally vicar 111411 11(1.11t '(1 (1111, l; used,used,almost (?x1`}1111\ely 1(1
Bel rave.
thk 001111C111,i1(,t'•. 11,,1 pr,,i),,�it,( 0,i\';,t' 11; 41:',),,et'11t0 iuu.11eg!rers 114(1 is regilt'(1('Il ll\
flatly in 11111 40 County for the !south Tov\nship, Kingsville, Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Miller,
readers 11u\�' t o vote., ((11 \,1\' '1111( r at li, many a effel tier lr xi;luting fnr 1 11:; l)ir• k^ More 1 Wheatley, the Corporation of and Larry, of London, were'
read 1>re \\cr and distillers. ,:,s+
As fur u, \\'' . 1rt' 0,)11 111,11, 1'110 (1(','iai((lt ;hi0, Burleigh.Anstruther.. Learning- ,week -end visitors with relatives
is one th111 r,';t. vv•ith. ib ;ii,1iv'i,lluil and. . ,.1-;• f11r 1(ae1: a; 111 11.ast tw1 yens, afro, ,than 51 dry centres ;wet, at=l,on, Bowmanville, Pittsburghlhere. 1
we 1.l\'t' no .11:.•lit i('.1• i,l' �'\ �'i1 I r\ :11:( 1) 4\'(' iti4i11'1('td 411 r(' 11•int thr ('T.1 i11 its ('n• :aciicd in 1958, This year s0 far Township, Tisdale Township, 1
f 1 -t8 dry area; have been attacked 1esherton, Dundas and Burling
,inf111rlir,• voters en- \1;1\' ,(r t I1�' (�t11,,',•1•, l ll','1 t' ill order •Chili. neer 1•t'ad('1'1, 101.111 ,e,',,t'1,C1 coJlft•011•teCl with Local Op-
ton. Taylor. sk Corner• 1, 1ti'hnl. ,lr. ttl- \\•hut it• is cell ,11(n1t1. ��'r 1`uut'lud�',1 thin. 'tio11 votes. 1'he \vinninn of thisT.,,,� • • � � Royal F. '_1loulton...`j,� ln\�' ?1t�,t1tl 11 ic�1:,�r ,,: '
.ally.,, (I(i4 1ht' t'1•.A 110.'.• '1'„ ''''t tel,,' lr',�e1- as \1'(',111\•(' 110\\•; that this' would 10 fteti1.4y,\•0:e represents a 'potential of General Secretary.,
atngI( on t1(;; \vt',',,111..",'I'",1, 11:1 }1 til,' Crown a Thr'' 1(',x111 phraseology 'us1'(i in thi' ('T.1, 'nr literally thousands of extra dol The Ontario Temperance
•,,.rs for the Liquor interests. In, Federation,
Attnl•ney's l�tfi,.t', in p111•lieally ,,any other govern1'nent 1 t one small community alone the Stephen and Mark, of Windsor,
The, t.'x[',.1 i� fin„' } y111 11i+\hihit:11. �n1,' tor that matter, i, su1`11 Hilt t1(,' avrrn'rf' liquor side of the vote paid out .Mrs. Floyd Leslie, of Leann- spent the weekend with M.r.,
of any i111(,xi(tn'1:11, liquor }n rho„ t',(1111ty. wenn ((n Chu ;tweet awotil11 11e none the' wiser inure than :510.000 to win.' My ingtan, left for leer home on and Mrs. Irvine Oke,• 1
• The 7.t'.1, after prnvi(lill(, for the. ;ii!,. et' aftt'r. he had waded .through it -it, indr'ed, -.yarning to 'the good people of Satui-dam after spending a week 'Mr, James Miller, of Trinity;
Hut;oil Counly is to ])sten to vwith ,.her mother, Mrs, John Bay Nfld. , `;pent the week with
liquor, regulate; th1'� lni1111101' ;It Wilit'h it 110 oven -lasted throunh•the 'first 'e\\= pane somebody' else fora while and Foster, Miss Donelda Bannis- Jar. and 'Mrs. Peter Harrison!
can be srrld and u>ed, ., grapes, ' to take cognizance ,of the total ter, of Brantford, spent- the and 'Jim. - !
The ' ('T-1 ,,Fates throe offences: `liffee'it to say; thele, that the CTA is provincial picture of•the liquor ;week -end with her grandmother, Mr, Roy Wilson went,to Brant -I
1x in1((\11 thine• 1i1 nor• fnr sale, used exclusively to prevent the sale of li- trafiie:-claily newspaper' report
1. I> t Min. 1 in of teen -a e drinkin boot-
ll llclt, ill t\ fi( [ 1 ten r a;, \wl1F,('tin 4ire 111 .� ,0\'1(111, p1n,1111t'; ~ " in
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legging, impaired driving, and
�whielr '111, cc�7 (}_ set-up fnr St, It �� b, P g,
proven ,t' `ir erltlarit-ies -in -the siih - rrnrl -trs-r--rrf - �lttbr is frquor Index
r ��.�., fl rr so On Ll
actual sale is
mg is •fouii 1 , This is the ('0 irere 1110st ('0111- l,'911nr.. 'Ther(' you are' -Where .are wou'� any law, and Huron has a law
•na'w that -has and will do much
DOWN MEMQRY'S LANE
45 Years .Ago -1014,
Hallowe'en activities w e r e
summed up by The Signal's Dun -
top correspondent as follows:
"Saturday night some of the
young freshies of the neighbor-
hood spent some unprofitable
time conveying wagons and such
like heavy articles to the top
of the church sheds and the
roofs of barns, also overturning
any small ibilit1Yti"gs -that came
in their careless way. It is time
such vandalism was stopped.'
The Star Theatre closed its
doors Tuesday night. It. was re-
ported that it might re -open in
a week or so under new manage-
ment, Like many other busi•
nesses, the movies were affected
by the, general financial depres-
sion. . .
Issuers of marriage licenses,
as listed in The Signal's business
directory ,Were' Walter E. Kelly,
JP, of Goderioh; and J. VW.
ST. HELENS
ST. HELENS, Nov. 9.—Mr.
Callum Cameron, of Detroit;
CNR train at the Crossing on spent a few days with his
brother, John, and )Mrs. Camer-
the 9th concession of Goderi'ch on, '
Township. Miss Donna Woods, of Water -
Mr. and 'Mrs. John Manning, loo, and Mr. Roy Hawley, of
Oshawa, were week -end visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Woods:
Miss Jean Austin, of Listowel,
will be the guest speakr at the
autumn thank -offering of the
WAIS., to be held in the United
church next Sunday evening at
of Auburn, celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary.
15 Years Ago.. -.1944
Councillor E. Douglas Brown,
a former mayor, announced that
he was retiring from municipal
politics.
Hume Clutton was elected 7,30, Miss Austin has returned
president of Colborne Federa- from -g• trip around the,,world
tion of Agriculture, And spent three months with
W. F. Saunders was named ,to her niece, Miss Margaret Leask,
head the ,Menesetung Canoe, a missionary in Jhansi, India.
Club for the coming year. She will show moving pictures
Western Canada Flour Mills of 'her trip which ;included' visits
awarded, a contraot for the' re-. to Hong Kong and to India. A
vamping 'of the footings of its cordial invitation is extended
warehouse, 'Phe original found -Ito everyone to attend.
ation was built in 1872. 1 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Humphrey
10 Years Ago -1949 l observed their 67th wedding an -
A ..,,Goderieh native, Mrs. W. ;niversary on Monday.
H. Miner, of Chazy,..New York,' The Conimunity Hall was Well
donated $1,000 to Alexandra filled on Sunday afternoon for
ford last Thursday for Mrs.
Wilson, who had,Yspent ten days
with their daughter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cud -
pore, - who are the
proud parents of a baby girl
(Karen Elisabeth) (born at Brant-
ford
rantford hospital on October 26. -
The Ladies', Aid met in the
schoolhouse on Wednesday ev-
ening. Mrs. Barrie ,Walter. vice-
president, conducted the meet-
ing. The bazaar held in Gode-
rich on October 31 was reported
a huge suctless, some $230 being
cleared by the ladies: The
hostesses for the .evening were
Mrs. Ben Whitely and Mrs. Ken-
neth Holmes, who served a de-
licious lunch.
The church service on Sun-
day was conducted by Mrs. Pat-
rick And Mr. Ted Dunn, of B'ay-
field, in the absence of Rev. Mr:
Patrick. Mrs. Patrick gave a
timely address on 'Armistice
Day. The week previous, Mr.
an address for the laymen's
association. Special music was
provided by Miss C. Clark, Bay-
field and Rev. Patriek and Mrs.
Peter Harrison:
Sin has many tools, but a lie
is the handle which fits them all.
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Regular Hours — Tuesday Nights, 7 and 9 p.m -
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, .• -^_____ __ _ �eountyf Chanor t the gso�cdalled yourLetters To Tfre :Editor ant 1
moiled than
',the
Control Act. 1
a driving, following are the muni
Fort Madison, Iowa,' Thursday, Friday and Saturday, j paired bootlegging, and The cipaliti f operating under the'
'\ovs 2, 1959. 'November 26;' 27 and 28. =o 'many ,other misdemeanors I
Huron 'and Perth, which is' that there was simply no altern-' Liquor Control Act that have...
Editor, Signal -Star. ais-o d•oti.n. on' the same issue' ative than to get rid of the voted down further liquor out
Dear Sir,—Enclosed is. renew\'• ovember 30,'are the only two C.T.A. Sozernany Huron people lets this year -the large major-,
al of my Signal -Star subscrip ` (041tic; inbatario which still: have been told that black is its of vvhich..ha-ve.�been for cock -
tion. I- do so enjoy eettin, the remain under the CTA. Most white fur so long that they are tail bars and liquor dining
paper. ,each week and keeping abandoned it before the, turn of now' believing it, and the sorry lounges, which are licensed to ,
up on the gaing-ons in Code I rile century after a oriel trial.' part of it is that too many 0 operate centre 1 a.m.: 1
Lae -fhc last two counties to repeal:our. 'good ,�(:,hurch people ar-e..:, Sl, Thomas, Grimsby, Norwich,'i
Sincerely, he Act were 'Manitoulin in 1949, numbered amongst -;them. Victoria Harbounc, Erin, Palmer-'
Mrs. L. H.i Black. and Peel in 1951. This letter is one of warning. ' ston and the Canonto Townships,
The Huron Citizens Legal Con-: Beware of the "Wolf in sheep's Murray Township, Timmins,!
Gudcrich, Ont.,, trot Committee, headed by' John clothing." There is a potential Gananoque, Drury, Denison and'
....do,, ; Nov. 10, 1959.,; E. Hu kins, Goderieh' councillor; revenue of over $2,000,000 an Graham Townships, Gosfield
Editor, Signal -Star, j and f&,mer mayor•,, look upon '
Dear Sir: - ,, the campaign as a crusade to
I would like to take this oP ; establish an enforceable liquor;
portunity to express a few tom-, law in Huron county. They con-
' ments through your newspaper tend that the stro-ng provisions ; `__
concerning the official opening of the Ontario Liquor Control'
of the Sifto Salt plant and mine' and Liquor Licence Acts will 71
last Wednesday afternoon. enable the police to crack down '
I was fortunate in "f�t(1'f,i Pre.' on teen-age drinking. The CTA r.._I11
sent as the representative of; provides no penalty for 'SLipply- l j
the Goderich Junior Chai n}•ei' .i liquor or beer to minors, I
of Commerce, and along \lith whereas under- Ontario law,' __ill
some 275 other invited guests which would apply afte"r the re-' _
' -enjoyed the entire proce(dinizs.
_. few local of the C'TA. any person ,
There foaled guilty of "this offense in-;
curs a jail term of from one to j
three months. ,
If Huron rejects the CTA On
November 30, LCBO stores and!
brewers retail stores, could be
established in the major county)
towns where no local option by-!
law was- passed prior to the in-
troduction of the CTA. How-;
;ever, no hotel, tavern or public;
house—licenses could go into -
operation anywhere in the
::,runty unless a further vote' .
were taken and passed by th'r-ee''
fifths of the electors of the in-
dividual municipality concerned,;'
Yours truly, ' .
,1. E. Huckins, Chairman
Huron 'Citizens Legal !
C q
trot Committee.
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were quiteganizations and 'businesses but.
,the majoritysof those in atten
dance were from,,,TorontO,' Mon.
Area?, and other points about.
The highlight of Ihe official
opening proceedings, to me at
least, Was when.our Mayor, His
Wqrship Ernie Fisher, was cal
led upon .to say .a few wolds.
For those of us who were theiT
from Goderich. this was a mo
ment of pride, because our
. mayor distinguished. himself
-4! nobly, I have hea'rd the Mayor
spa'ak on several occasibns but
never with more impact than
his speech carried pre. Wednes
day, I, know that the impres
sion made with the out-of-town
guests at the table at which I
was sitting was a lasting one,
and the comments .atterwards
concerning him verified this, Dear Sir:
All too often you hear out-
ptanding men severely eriticized
on petty matters, while people
are prone to forget the tremen-
dous work that is being done
for the' betterment of the corn-
munity. And for this reason
I am writing this -letter letting
our town know that we have a
man at the 'head of our muni•
.aipality who, when representing
, our communityq is second to
' n'one.' Ile is a credit to himself
and our town, and I only wish
that everyone could have heard
him Wednesday as did. '
Larry Aldham,
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Editor, Signal -Star.
-Editor, Signal -Star.
Dear Sir:
In a little more than two
electors of Huron
at the polls on the -much debated
Voting day is Mopdhy, Nov
anther 30, and the p6119 will be
open from 8 a.m. MI 6 p.m.
There are 146 ,pollin4 subdivis-
ions In the County. Regulations
governing the votp will be sim-
ilar. to ,those in a Pedotat
isaVe
what you can do with the
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WESTON'S ?LAI N OR SALTED
Save 8c
Some years ago my business,
assignments took me into Huron
ounty, I looked forward with,
lleagure to my checking in at!
one of the best hotels in West.'
ern Ontario, locaCed on the "rim
!if the wheel" in the town of.
Goderich. The rooms were spot-
e.:s..• and the meals served in
one of the best appointTd dining
rooms,..were of the highest qual-
itY. There were no noisy or
smelly beverage rooms, and one.
retire i.fter a busy day'
without the annoyance of-noisy-
lrawls in the corridors. This
completely sold ow the Canada
Temperance Act in II u r n
County.
ation, being' the firm-itiymin to' ,v--Plans-now,,to have these jobs done durin the cold
The Ontario Temperance Peden, - A
4,ep.,,,e41,11to this pasition,' weather lull when men and materials are more
"We're
gin
pretty
busy
but...
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--SWIFT'S QUALITY PRODUCTS -
HANDY FOR SANDWICHES, COLD PLATES SPECIAL
3c OFF -PACK'
From now on throughout the winter we'll be glad
to take orders for your jobs of renovation, redecora-
tion, Mintenance, repair and cleanup.
express .1by views as one who
Once, and, who has tovered bust-
itegs ass; ".nni'ents' man
:if our country.
One would get the iropression
is beins einducted by the liquor
Burg!) County was the only
Par Ole convenience •of tovek,,aiiiii$, 'with juvenile delin-
'''r§ Oro erg, ili?,400:04440A.,druhkennessi "drinking
Plan to help yourself and at the
same, time help yiwr community
to inirease employment this
winter. Call your National Em-
ployment Office for advice and
lanai by Authority of the
' Minister of Labour, Canotia
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