HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1960-01-21, Page 3•
PIan A New Road For
own. sSouth, ,rection
Some month..s..ago; the 1969'pay for the road," Mrs. Lorne
council, promised a delegationtThurlow told` the new council;
from the !southern outskirts that "and we strongly recommended
a road would .be built from Ben- it,, but 1 And it has not been
_nett street to the trunk sewer, settled that you will. ,.do that.
along the .!hitherto- unopened 1 would like to have a specified
Gibbons street- extension known date- When • the road will ,be
as.Java street. A sewer iS going finished otherwise it might be
in, anyway,, to serve the pro- years, 'because: we., cannot go
.posed, separate school, and:c'oun- ahead with subdividing u i•1
ell undertook to provide a road the- road is in." - ,
"as soon ' as sufficient 'land is
' available for a 06 -foot road al-„,
1Qwance. " South of `..Bennett
street, the road allowance is.
only half that. Property owners
,were , willing to donate the
necessary .land: . " -
"We had a written agreement
-.to do this if the town would ,-as thediscussion .got i<arther clerk was instructed to notify
Mrs. Thurlow that we will put
in a serviceable road as soon
as' weather permits."
NORTH ST., ANNUAL.
MOinnUal. meeting elf North
Street United Church. will: be
114 axe lotn!rday'::eve0ix)g;- Feb-,
ruary 2Q. Last year the annual
meeting was -held, during the
first week in February.
afield -the measure of control
over water distribution which
the Ontario Water Resources
Commission 'Tay ,e=creise.
.: Representing the separate,
school board, J. E. Baechier and
Dr. T. R. Melady appeared a
little later the, same evening,
The town'sgrowing pains to and express'ed belief . hat all the
sewer petition required was the
the south present, council with Thurlows' signatures. They
a• problem of same, kind at al- learned that, 'ether lots non the
most every .:sleeting, This ,one ,route acre Owned , by John Bos-
invol'ed private property on the veld, who has not :signed the
route of .the sewer; the matter.,
petition. W.
of water service and the cost On motion ""ISf° .Councillors
bo SabsegfuVrit hhilteltol'debs, and ,Robertson and- Huckins, the
ycr�.ao 0vi
B1NGQ_atLEGIQNJI
SATURDAY, JANUAR-Y 2
AT 8.30 P.M.
15 GAMES -- $1;00.
4 SPECIALS.
4 SHARE -THE -WEALTH.
JACKPOT OF $65 IN 53 CALLS.
Sponsored by Canadian Legion Branch 109.
A•MyT•�.: PHONE
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A Kt ''1V. �.-�Ti. R.-l..�ir•_�..
Now. Playing—FABIAN and Carol Lynley,'in-1140U.ND
Mon., Tues. and Wed.—Jan. 25, 26, 27
, Alec Guinness, Bette Davis and Nicole Maurey
Daphne DuMaurier's suspenseful "novel adapted to the
screen by Gore Vidal and directed by -Michael
Balcon.
- -4DEQG .. V1AN"—In Color_
"The SCAPEGOAT"
Thurs., Fri. and Sat —Jan '28, 29, 30. --
Jeff Chandler, 'Orson Welles and Colleen Miller
A small town sheriffa wealthy and ruthless ranclier—
plus a ,murder mystery, that resolves itself.
•��/AI Iw isl ■�1 �i..lt ��`,1�.A^'■ \.I �•\1/77.
— In Cinemascope —
C Oorning—A British Double Bill—"Blittkreig" i and "Sea
otSand'"
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10 " Burial's Apnually.
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It will soon b9'a century since Q.
the first, interment .in' Maitland
Cemetery, and 4the years have.
seen many ' changes ' in the
grounds and in administration,
none mom, extens_ive4and 'bene-
ficial than during the`past$ew
years durinrig which it has been
governed by Maitland Cemetery
Commission, rather than a com-
mittee of town council. • Today
the burial -ground is one of the
most beautiful and well eared
for anywhere in Canada. .
No man-made beauty can
,equal the: white shroud with
which Nature enfolds the rows
of graves at -this time of year.
It is unmarked.1b vehicle tracks,
��.nnets.&oads�.-,are�lnsed,�.,.;�.n�,
and all winter interments made
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JANUARY D1ISCbUNT
1•
SALE
of new, high quality
Men's and Children's
Winter Boots_..._
inpopular Flight and
Polar styles. •
HEP
are •snow-covered;• cars damage
lawns and markers.) But the
coming Spring, as never before,
will reveal the handiwork of
caretaker J. N. MacDonald and
staff, not only in the neatness
of plots but the laying out and
seeding of new areas.
When • thecemetery was in
charge of a council committee,
the_ chairman was, changed year-
ly, and there was little continu-
ity in administration. Now the
chairman and his colleagues
carry on continuously 'the pol-
, icier experience has shown..
adwa abed ts. • ,-,,--- W -
{-"We-put in so muclrfence and
0171nyll ewers. ea 'sr '-s id
=..�Q.t".G34:W �ael&rcati;�.�22.�rn�ta:,
for some years past. "When we
took over, there were trees with
branches close to the ground.
Now everything is trimmed up
MEMBER
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MacEWAN
INSURANCE
AGENCY
F YOUR AGENT d PERSONAL-
- A s S O • SERVICE
44 North St. Phone JA 4-9531
ANIN,DEPENDE INS 1„,, C:• e ,ENT.,
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w ► t h - � Gi'r'ls and ladies w�Jth'
cot% quilted lining. Reg.
Stun: x36
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aot yer p1F1 ps
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Act . ar
hnti� pipids I
9tdai rre ke°
Ladies',
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itiOttel'S
meteOyu-
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Ladies . '$` o a na` I.
9 43hte s, x
REGULAR 696
F u .1 1 fashioned
'nylons, 45 - 51
and ;60 gauge.
First flu ality.
Sale Special
says.
Sport
Shirts -
Sleeve
un rayon long
Bois spun style
Pespot shirts. As-.
sorted bx
Sizcoloe
to 12 feet, alid you can see the
whole cemetery wheel looking
aeross- the grounds. Last year"
and the )j''all before, we cleaned
up and seeded down the whole
! 'si de a year- • we -also
cleaned up the west side. and
completed it reader •for burials.
A year and a half ago wehad
til -.wl t4 ,t iely- in behind
seeded with rye and oats, then
cut the crop and now it is seed-
ed for sod."
Trees -Planted
Reforestation work includes
the _planting Of X7,000 trees be-
tween the burial ground proper,
and the natural woods. at the,
ravine,
Members of the 1960 commis.
si=on, • hi' "addition to -Mr. :'dac-
F•"wan, _.are 4,,.Seaman, Floyd
Lodge, R. G. . Sanderspnr_ and
George) Filsinger. •- Secretary-
treasurer is S. -:H Blakre
Original 'land purcliase,..1858,
comprised 30 acres ,from John
,Meponald's farm: and it was not GEORGE- Mac�WAN,
until 19!3Y`1g:'yeat�S�l-a`tef•—that'„,,,,,,,,,..........,,,,......-z,....,,,....,,,,,,,..“,.:
66 acres,was bought from the Chairman of Maitland
McLean state. A small- section Cemetery Commission.
on the west has been aAlien'ated
-to the concrete supply company,
44
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e.nt-
e"tte ”'i�0�41Ce.
At vile
time" of the first pur-
chase, there was an Anglican
eerhetery on St, George's cres-
cent, and possibly also one on
ring
, rib
rig pool. at Nelson and Vic-
toria streets. 'Both were of lim=
ited area, and the town fathers
of 1,8x13 exercised•-eomniendable' able' equipment, and its. care is
foresig 'l"'1n-•- hr r-i•nvestinent of a "must" with the commission.
i
i'1'$00 'Alley. E. L. Elwood rbring '
, (�c � "Every fall the men it
kir .of -St.. George's, 1849.1887) -lin '-Air.-M-aoEwan said, :`and it
•bought"in• the new .cemetery In!is overhauled and painted be -
1870 five lots for family use. At fore it is ready to go out "in'
- ' ime the mayor was P. A. the spring. Any equipraze.nt 'we
McDougall, while°.tl`re reeve was buy we. -•+•oak' a-fe r`f";Aa'n Zt-ira .i
Robt: Gibbons. and the deputy got to be in good shape:" `
YeT V?etlor. The commission has a_budget I
100 •Buitials A Year. of a . little over $14,000. .Mr.
Burials ,number about 100 an- ;MacDonald is a permanent em-
nually. In 19115, perpetual care ployee, and the others are not
of graves was provided---- for on the payroll in winter. At the!
those wishing t•0 ppl�ay, for -i t, -but . preseri:t time, a mini'mum°.--d-l-
this voluntary plafi had the' dis- $8,000 is required from the town'
advantage: that plots owned by toward expenditure, the re!'
lly.
non-residents or neglectful toward
-coming from interest,
kinfolk could be seen covered sale•, 01, l .,ts,, ld,...11l ,e.pPning
tV11-`-turtl, ""gl'a'ss`" -r glit"be ire—of graves.
ploiscanefult:yt,,..ma i n to i n Pd�a .-he..•la,a�ez---=matrsodez
in 1949 all plots were brought built in 1952, is indirectly due
under perpetual care and pro -1 to Chairman`MacEwan, who sug-
vided for in sale price of hots. gested it as a philanthropic ob-
This, of course, meant mainten ject to Mrs, McPhail, th•e former i
ance of hundreds of lots for Marion' Ingles, school teacher.
which care had ndtt been pur- It lus erected iri the same 'year
chased, but that financial handl and by the same contractors as
cap is slowly being overtaken. the new Knox Church. Inciden-
In town and board perpetuity' tally, stones from the old church
accounts, a backlog is being form the steps of the "baby
plot" to right of the cemetery
drive. They are not, conspicu-
ous, and many persons who fre-
quently visit the cemetery have
never noticed the beautiful little
plot for infants. 1
• 'Many visitors to the cemetery
seem unaware of certain rules:
"Visitors • shal r atw;.,uv.aak. or.
drive over the burial lots lr of'•
others.-
"Children under 12 must be
accompanied by an adult who
a i in.g sun en graves. shall -maintain close contact with
Years' go, when the average them. ,
family was much larger than "No dog or other animal shall
now, the head of -the household be permitted to run at large in
often bought eight, ten or even the cemetery.
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'HISTORY OF
3 i ra '4
firs used;— It turned out, • in
rlfaii,y cables,, that lots w_ ere never r
used or paid for-, and had to be
transferred; but that system "no
Perpetual Care A "Must”
• Perpetual care. of so large a
cemetery requires a lot of suit -
Thursday, January 2�Ist; 1964 Thursday, Jan. 24St 1960
uYanre�
In- TAppeal..
° Jutda neat wasthe statement in this. lease" the..
day o? last week in the. appe ll;justrce sato, ."The tria.1•,Iud
against the �;ort!victiQn of Stev n ruled 4 nadmissxble,, so it Xnust
Truscott, 14, of' Clinton. ,have, been, at least in part, arna-
w Truscottwas•1'4und guilty in ,.e'ritninatory.'�""
September and _sentenced' tQI •
hang for the'naurder_of 12-y+
old»Lynn Mauer;
Execution date is Febrtiary 16.
It Wes set- back, from December'
MERCHANTS. MEET
Goder3ell merehan:ts,
me•etirtg "'last Thursday night
whie • was' a pre'llrninaxy' tQ-
8' to allow for the appeal, - a wards an over-all' oxgataizatibn4'
Dinging on,the decisioit of the' meeting to be';pi.anned for a.,. -
five -mann appeal court is a. fur- later date.
ther appeal announced. by pe- - ---- .-
fence Counsel John O'►Dr'iscolt. Mr. Walter Westbrook, recent
Mr. °':Driscoll said he has, filed ly of Comber,_Qrn,tario, hatt.forn%
an appeal against the decision erly of Goderich, will manage
of Mr.�Justice Schatz, who ord-''one of the new stores -and -busk,
ered the boy tried in an adult nesses being located at Exeter
court.
Throughout the three-day ap-
peal, 'the •youth's father, W/O
Daniel - Truseo'tt, of RCAF Sta-
tion, Clinten, sat in. a rear seat
of the court, _ calm, but intent
: ► _. --j- iseoll •antl�
and Grand -Bend, by the 'Conklin
Lumber ` Co., Ltd. ' Walter is al
Gederich boy, being a son. of
Mr. George Westbrook, who has
long been acquainted with the
lumber business.
Bowman, director of public pro-
ecutions, reviewed the evidence;
b u g h t forth during the
September trial.
Mr. ,Bowman refuted -a claim
made yesterday by defence,coun-
sel that the trial jury may have
been prejudiced because Huron
Crown Attorney Glenn Hays
mentioned a signed statement
during his address to the jury.
' Mr. Bowman added 'that it was
crown counsel's_ duty to point!
o'ut to the jury what he intends]
Prov
p it dtir-�rrg tie lira}.
edeiits�, ., Ming per-
mitted mention ,.of a1�1,.ements,^t
but nod, their contents. ,
Mr. Justice Lebel pointed out
that the ..previous judgments
"lay down rules. applicaiale only
to those cases."
St. �-,Gee g '�� S1vening Gtt7'i
met on January 13th with Mrs.
W. Bradley presiding.
The meeting opened with a
Scripture readI ig„,by. Mrs. D.
Walteilbeek. The reports of the I
secretary and treasurer were'
to ' e and.the evidence he
laps to-subin'
adopted and a ways and means
committee was appointed for the
year. - _
-
Mrs. R. Needham was con-
gratulated oh -her choice of poin-
settias for. the Christmas decor
ation of the church. Mrs. G.
Harrison was presenTed With a
gift' as a token of thanks from!
the menibers of the Guild, for
the way 'in which.she carried
out the ---duties of president for
the preceding year.
Mrs. W. Bradley arid Mrs. .W.'
and interesting talk on the his-
tory and development of the
Evening Guild since its incep-
tion in January,- 1953..
an unch was served by Mrs.
W. Taylor, -Mrs. R. Nicholson
and Mrs. M. Simpson. -
the pulpwood harvest annual-
ly.
built up;---'a•nd with current in-
terest rates on bonds the corn -
Mission can look forward to the
cenietery becoming`self-sustain-
ing in slue course.
What a plotholder buys is the
right of. burying human remains
and erecting suitable memorials
subject'to the regulations.'Lots
"`may not be- resold whereby a
profit accrues td the owner."
Perpetual care iecludes mowing,
clipping, seeding- as necessary,
ander 1U ' k
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b Oyer. •Z. SIi G,;
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,Seamless - M e s n
Nylons 400
needle. Fine q,iali- I
ty. Poly packag-
ed. Sale Special
JUNIOR
CHILDS
Training Panties
Childs ,balbrigan plain and
printed training panties.
Sizes 2-4-6 for -
REG. 25c
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'"MAN OF THE
YEAR", BY MOM
AND THE FAMILY,
REMODEL YOUF-NOME
for a bright new Iookthafwjll
-bring .cheer the year 'round.!
LONDON DIAMONDS
vs.
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Friday, January 22
at 8.30 p.m
Goderich Memorial Arena
ADULTS 50c
STUDENTS AND CWIxDRE'N 25c
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