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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1960-03-03, Page 2•••' • ••••••• ' •- • • , , • . , ...ciesszenum.. The Goderick, 10e4 a br (Snittrirlit iNgnal-i'tar *4)% -0- The County Town Newspaper of Huron- Established 1848 311 its 113t1t.year of publication • • Published • °I+ by. • ef 1.16 ..Sispi.olsSt.a.r. 'Publishing Limited Subscription rates ' - „ $3.60 a year. To 'U.S.A.S4.00 (In advance) . . Atithortzed as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. , , Member of ..C.W.N4., 0.W.N.A.. and A.B. .„„ Circulation -over 3300. ., ; GEO. L. ELLIS. Editor and Publisher:. —PUBLIC7SERVICr-TCYR'TCYtr'—'1-- Iu a town it is surprising the large. number of meetings or affairs whielk are staged by' its many.different organizations. Soou, Spring will be here and there will be. the usual flood of rummage sales, card par. tie, teas, bazaars, meetings., bake- sales, auction sales and".what-have-you. • It is -advisable that the various organ - is not held on a day when too -tnany other events are taking a)1ace, too. Otherwise, patronage of their affair might not .be as large as it could be. After all, there are just so many people and those people ea it ,•• 44. ttArst.,ite44011"nr day. .1queh belter would it be if the events were spaced out $o as not to confliet with one-anothttr: It is for this reason that The Signal - Star renders a public, service by keeping a *Coining Events diary. In it is kept a list of things which are to take place On:certain 'days. Organizations should keep The, Signal -Star post ed :well in advance WAN les on whiel they plan to hold certain events. 'These 'are -posted hi the book- and there is 110 charge for this serviee. When other organizations are trying„.to seleet 11.,sititalgs _ tTVte Tn-fhetrevent .T1ie-y-ireir443Zy plione The Signal -Star to find .out what events •\""' are being 'planned by other organizations on the date or dates they • have in mind. In this way, they are provided with A guide in the selectiOn of a date which will be most 74--tvant2igtota4a.,--'41.4rtrie-44`,04.1:',;4t.st,I';:you eontemplated dates well in -advance. Phone us for informatioa_as_t_o___whatrdates.'have aliTeadY'lle.en 'bOOked. It wilf help you and - The Signal -Star will he pleased to render) this service for you. TRAFFIC 15 NO. 1 POLICE RV .1.1 -0•••••1 -At .17 weeent me.,11712. c_.tions. 1)111 .1006 DIA 1110111th' )11111dreas (-& ees',4*, whielt. . "t11914;;V@taRMV.11,-vntiti'114:Ittiftiij•Illtrefe 1 whereas, now there: ari? six'.1:or a .popula,Con - Irri.:Te.- vr-rrnta ri; cat • . that t he 1 w o-poliee n, era \vas I on ore th tun t or age. That, 01:- C(..)11rS,'Hi 11'10 s.101•Iy. :d(. (1 " _traffic has aittually'rilted iu the creat Ion ,-----of many offences, sue!' a. impr.oper ,park- ---ing, failure to. produce li..ense, mineee-ssary noise; leaving scene o: aecident and a sote • of 'other things Unheard 'of in. horse -and- • tifte.ow days. , 1:feee what ths foree:-was _Tansy. with_ last year, in oonneetion w4h ' :motor vehicles ,.ottly, as shown by. Chief .-Arinshall's report t•breaches of Ontario Traf- fic.Act, 190; Criminal Code, (drunk and impaired driVing, ete.-) 31 breaches of town (raffle bylaw, 177.. .Thnt.'thakes 39S prose- _ teen. stolen cars were recoxered.'• \-71iivli gets about ;1,400,000 a year tlia( V,hy,• so traffic policing is expensive to raunieilLilitieS. 'Add- the activities of pro.-` N:111(•116111,0 in this same 'district: and 'y..112ro."zetting into heavy statist is. Nowa-, days.' also, muniepalitie. :Ai well' as the •Provinee have -to build paving whieli horse- drawn, traftio. 110V(ir -1(1011)a11710(). 'Premie.r Fyost -told -the Good :Roads Association last )yeek outlay on bii.`„,"hways his,..year ‘vill la, $400,000,000. Theft, 'were 4,325 motorlicenses issued last year for Goderieh and immediate district, which is. roughly 1/400 of the Ontario total, so our share, 9f the 1960 road bill appears to be $1,000:000. Good thing they borrow about half of it. Or irs. it /•:-.-tVe lend our share Of that, too. CONGRATULATIONS, "GOLDIE;q 4 . Our congratulations to a neighboring sk.hools and at the 0 A_ C" Guel h. ft r eu spdminan,----11-7-M-- 7sTrdir, -trimly-years m rmwsnoporWork7- tealstsr: - Buckingham, publishor of the Kincardine 'chased the Kincardine-News.in 19i3 from the son of a newspaperman who also lama News. lie was recently elected president, a ....... native of Mt, Forest.' Extremely active of Class "A" newspapers in Canada, a in community affairs, "Goldie" has served . select _group of the larger weekly news- his adopted munieipality well and we are papers. . Anre' he will do likewise with characteristic A native' of Mt Foia,st "Goldie" was „enthusiast!' and .obtitnisra in Ids recently- . , educated at Kincardine public and high ,c,(tiiired new office.„ „ ' — , • •-• DOWN ON THE FARM Old Almanacs Proinded LivelyTime • • .(By Harry J. Boyle) i Laboriously grandfather,Ijokfis from the almanac, ... We were never shy of some. thing.,to talk about in the emu). In addition to inforniation about trY-42.5.101* as;ite.12.24..alinana ca • the Oases of the snoon,, the signs •of the Zodiatri detailed weather forecasting, news about planets, eclipses, holitiasss and anntv4ieleSyou could pick tip valuable data about. the exact time the seasons would. begin. is -infcsanatiststs.wassen.eugL ,prOvide a good, lively dinussion ' at any time.. • - I can still see that 'yellow almanac with the .bespecaeled and bearded face of Dr. Chase, hanging on the nairAbeside the, `+.13y golly, look what it says. on a cold winter night so long ' '"llome 'Sweet liome.ts 11 People born between rebruary Ian. , fancy lettering._ proclaiming . t - he wi 11=1 Maruch 20 are People (4 7 "It says we're imaginative and • . I • iideas and ,are -very evening when the wind howled laedli .. - • , und whistled around the eaves,' / and the old pine boughs scraped like new never too adept at reading.ldw-e-Gaaeriljniet:he pa broke up., the party .,waornoteuirldtstsosthp_eroellndiatiitnueitt: uthpei 4,d4couta_mpill. ti:Ianialrt:.414fine4,716-conju5Idni7t4".413.444- see whagi. "read--elowly, eye; she --:says it's the real, golly was funnY. 'because, fiance was 1. it's amazing "Unsettled tIvveahatthetrtiosBey follas titil.iwnashisdivsoppaatbetdh -eatfyt.4-n. 4 bowl spy •apples from the gaging to be mild .tomorroWr body was in good humor. weather guys in the paper. Wiry, do you knoW they said it n§ cold can predict. Better than the . Of crisp, part of the cellar. ,Eyery. To father the aewspaper• was thesiife'lxf.sssof .-ViriffniniteittiOno Lt was sacred and lic devoured it front front to back. . "It said stormy tomorrow," he anhounced, rising to the bait. ,Qrandfa.ther had moved on.. I went -off' then` te..bod• with 'warm-fee/Me-about the-f;":7- ily, and ,I could hear the Inur. mur of their voices hs I drifted pff • to sleep, scaroelY aware of the magic 'of the almanac in bringing us:all-sarelnSt together THE SENTENCE THAT IS IRREVERSIBLE IS 1 NOT JUSTICE DOWN 'MEMORY'S LANE I pounds, ..• a' —.I— --------,--------- • - - -.--"----;-.7 --,:'—i- - -7'-------------- ----. •• . ----It's againjim° for .local orgaiiiiations, ,r.ii(1 sinee that'. titne fills saved himself , and Merchants ,to take- a good hard look hundreds. of dollars by ' giving a polite, at.the various propoSals wit.a.11 are resell"- 1.,11 fillii, - "ilo". td all strangers:10)o, alt- .. cd -to them (hiring eaeli year by individualSH,roaell' hint _with protnaional sehemes from who. Coma into this efouniunity. n:itli -:(ssorl,- tatside the community, .. .... e.d promotional schemes, programs, laiiPlcs, (lranted, funny of :the scheines are book covers_ and other siMilar,vehieles de.. I..gal and have -114th soundiag indtiveS, but signed' as. revenue gatherers. :avestigation will generally always show LOOK OUT FOR "PROMOTERS" Last year in the Town 'of St. :11_17*.}'; 11/.11 the malt -selling it makes it wortli- . 11. Lg-7-g-drirsTiTe, promo ers t 11 0 e or iimselfwlien it eoznes ade .of .witu,. several ...thousancV__1101lar,sLhe__finaneial sreturn- One__ indiVidual for which the local Supporters did not 1.)wi1 last year with, :over one: thousand „ receive nearly their proper value. , (Ii.11ars (dear for a few days work. '• Fortunately not all merchants or or- The slogan ."investigate before you ' _Kanizations tend to los!, out in these schetn- invest," could stirely'be' taken more, sor- t ea. One merchant told. lis--thathe. got ica,sly in - this . community •is vilsowliere.- "peeled" for a large sum a few years ago Si. °Marys Journal -Argus --WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR THE' AGED j • •-.• itir•-apaaa, • e - eat191'' After a hectic intermediate play-off series, -the GOderich hockey team was ousted by the London clot); In its account of one. of the games, The Signal said: "The' riiik was again aired with a crowd of very enthusi- astic sports and it might. -be ,re- marked that the Menesetung Canoe *Club. boys have few eqtlals when it comes to con - About. 125 million pounds of dry skimmed milk will be manu- along e upper bedroom n- . in -handy. friendly. Suddenly he might stop and dows, -the almanac would. come While mother was busy darn- father looking up over the ing or 'mending, father would glasses woald say, "Well go on tell me the rest." peruse the paper. Grandfather,,. not a reader, would get a bit to the sideboard, he would rum - but father was hooked:. Going Grandfather turned the page who was strictly a talker and fidgety. yhe pungent tobacc tnlika-s,W4i414.01lti--41,-11--1141,04 - 9 mage until he found Dodd's t ams:-.-Wlsietr-s.waseinnther PO is iiionStidelie afierhe 0dcar&favorite, and, looking up the fully 'lit his pi -pc with a cedar horoscope, %%Thu laugh, splinter. red heifer." people in that period lack d. that it --'"Jetikliir Irittiihr,TO-setrtliNt sa3`.'sYou forgot to ad . Father, intent on the world's cco4efi(ciebnycowahnidzilsa.r„e ,easily influ- happenings, would simply grunt. ..Then there was the rittial of 1 4 She s from that cow he looking up what bought two years ago from Ed. said about each That cow was one of , the best always laughed that Ed ever had." to the variation There might be another grunt an from June from fatiter,..#4,44) . _ • " "You could stand.aooiterscow. wide zolbat.:_heite,,i...s.sa.m to fregitel yria, the horoscopes of us. 'Mother when she came of her own. . It 22 to July 22. under the- sin' --4P.LICA*12 rstbnding Choose a -jol;jrecent but we miss the ap- 1•ssearauce the .oiti.te.wn-elocks"-m,-+';1•;', Letter To Editor 870 Minto - Feb. 25, 1960. . The Signal -Star, - Goderich, Ont. Gentlemen,-Enolosect is post- al for $3.00 for extension ofotir S subscription to The Signal-tir. - It is over 50 years since we alattCd4rcttn.Gades40,a041,:atanY.:-,-.'. Of the 'Older folk ° are passing on but we look forward each week . for The Signal -Star tvhich us- ually reaches' is :on Monday.-- We are pleased to -note the writings. of our old friend Will Elliott; -and folloW with intelest the -progress of the town, the new post (ACC and the changes it- has occasioned, the rock salt . plant and the development of the southern side Of town. The • new Court Ifortse looks well in ham -less and mtodiness-to • ...tedastpiriggak7.112‘ Our eangratulations - on the- 'Fai:veravatild look up oVer his ,ticeessq,wou•• ld find that father. steady .:•improvement ,.of your • , glasWe ses. "Ile wants too much 'paper and good wishes for your + • money for that. heifer." er, There wlis a note of finalityland Yours truly, as he adjusted the glasses, shift- precise ., mind and might have been a good scholar or Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Davison. born under Virgo, had 'a logidal future. ed the rocker and went batik to teacher. Then the sting came • his nes‘spaper. Grandiia would when it said that "he •must , guaril againSt pettiness and Dy 'Coldness." • • 11 .Mine came under•Libra and found that 1 was artistic,' sensi- ve and an idealist. I had to be practical -to' succeed. I had to guard against fickle love dis- tr;pting my ambition in life„ This Called for some 'joshing about Betty Jenkins. They they started quoting take. the pipe out Of lifsi and lean over to pat old Ta stretched out on the mat. TI he would .whislle a nameles tune through his. gum§ and look up in time to catch me looking at him„ , . "I think he would be reason- able," Grandpa \coed say after due pause. "'think he 'needs the money for a indrtgage pay- ment." Nothing --would happ Grandpa would get up and go over to the windqw. - "Sure is a ritSsnorter tenight. Bet she goes down•below zero." Then- he would reach up and unhook the:almanac. There would he. silence as he -44,1„;111r_osigimlzther-- manac.. "First quarter of the • moon onight." That was the' opening shot. Mother would mumble some- hing about- being able to ied it becaus'e of the weather. "$un rises tomorrow at 6.551 nd sets at 5.33." ' 1 of •the dairy industry Children s Aid SocietTVias Rev. R. G. Macmillan, who succeeded A. P. Wilkes. - • , Sponsored by the. Women's Institute, .a tworday course in smocking was conducted at Mac- Kay Hall. A new oxygen tent was in- stalled at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. Canadian condition Legion Branch 109 and the Wo- in other exporting countri represen a co-nsi able drop from, the quantities produced in 10513:in4 1959. it A record ainount, of over 40 million gallons of ice-cream was manufactured last year, a 15 `- per cent increase over the pre- vious year. • Dr. Derby also discussed' the a men's Hospital Auxiliary made particularly Australia and N certed looting. Their songs cost. Canaddi exPort prospects, were much enjoyed." 4prospects-16r-exportin41 es; ew contributions to help cover the Zealand and speculated- on arm Mi. agement pro -hi -ems were discussed at February meetTngs', oe-the West' Huron Predicts tings were held at Holmesville, Farmers' Institute. The meet- Itenmiller, St. Helens' and other 1•district points. A number of new families came to towu with the -Amer- ican Rodd Machine Company of Canada. This firm had started to manufacture, and had 'just I1"tT essential' , eal pillow Lions- Club. , The appeal was -given favor- sniplifying system for bed care was "p trek Pl.)le consideration and. a decision. is to be . . aft" .the original estimates- for the 'Huron t lade later at a Goderieli Lions Club.exeeti- Comity_ Home. It was 1110' doubt one of Ove meeting: Possibly it will result \in a • • • . aeveral-things- abandpned in, an -effort to --Mous eomity wide project. Whether -it is' 'bring the, total cost of tlie new addition in that or whether the money eomes • tr-O-in line with that' approved by the poWers s-rvice of all kinds is itamaterial. The - that be. i-4.iportant thing is to raise the, money- • Now, witlt construction work already :cad raise it- fast.: When itis remembered tinder ,way, it i•PS thought by some that this tile' pleasure that s leh. a system • wottld ,•,„.:,,,. . system sheitild be in. And •if ist IR tO• be in, Aring to people •in-th,•stioset yeas of`their • . ••-+ it will have to be installedk, right -ftWay Frq. it. should be a project to mit through _ . before the walls are plastered in. Other- 1+, ithout hesitation. The, County Italie reai- . wisejnstallation later will be more • costly. • dents, while lying in bed; eati tune in to The Lions Club ,of Clinton has taken . church serviees, concerts, 'km., and rontrol , - it. upon themaelvt to do an emergency j�!. -the voltime to suit their own .partiettlar , -. •-- They seek to raise $6,000 -to have this' work m•cb(1. It is surely a most worthwhite.prn- t. •. Aone. They are counting on help -from i al and could only be fully appreeiated if • - service clubs. throughout -the county. On , one were to find, oneself a Iiiirtin County Friday night, a delegation from the Clinton _Home nesblent in need of entertainment club made an appeal before the aoderieli to pass away the lingering hours. . WE READ - • THAT . . .. r1 is part of litiman nature_ t -o 'think . °illy -those faults we 11 til in on r-1 yes Wise things and do.ridieulons'ones. ,re insufferable to tis in others. rs*-•_"' ' ' - •- ----• is •• • . . • . .e..-*--+ • • . :•-1-- _.s.-. • .. Sneeess is. relativf; _the more sueeess . „. It -is woman who saves what. innii ?viols -';":H----the more relatives, • 1.7 he is to remain 111/111. ,,!..f...1.,., . . • • • • 41..- 0 * _0 . •, •. • A girl sa woman when SiIn SI,OpS Pooking- fOr -an ideal man and starts look- iing around for a huahand. • •• • • GOtx1 manners is !lie ..art of making thDae people easy with whom tve converse. '..Whoever makes the fewest per. ons uneasy ,the;beat,bred in the eompan . ' • . • / Give to it pig when if:grunts and to.a 'child when it eries,•,and you will-• hive a -fine pig and a had - • 0. • • A husband 'never appreciates his wife Ao thoroughly as .when she is good enough , to realize that h4. loves her truly all the time he is too busy to be hotherea with her. — ' dar cheese and possibly g-ehrbutter to the United Kingdom 'tithing • . • . the coming season will be goy - Output In 196 manomer. it Iappearsi t;hat there will be a demand for cheddar To Be Smaller cheese, but the supply position ' is not likely to be so acute as erned by two factors -supply • ...... O- d d rid " he sa'd "At the to sforce price to the high level Az -Canada's milk production this Year is expected to be about,200of last season." ' shipped a rockscrushing-pl nt million -pounds -less -than -the --18 — to Vancouver, B.C. 111 billion pound output of 1959, ---,Robert -Hobson, said_to-b e _the according -10 H -A -Denby first white boy at Goderich, died directorof the Dairy • Products in Stratford at thes.age of --94: Division, Canada Department of Ile came with his parents to Agriculture. • t.t• Canada in 1818; from Ireland. He told the Dairy Farmers of The family reached London Oaoada.th_a_t a downward trend when there were only two set- in cow nun/Vets, which started tiers there. Ten years -later;' in 1957, will continue and, with th0 travelled to Goderich. I3ut, an appreciable increase in milk per cow unlikely, total produc- tion will be -lower. • Dr. Derby pointed old that a 30 Years Ago -1930 1959 world_ phortage of dairy Products, due tcydrought-in the United Kingdom and western Europe, opened export elannels and allowed Canada to reduce its holdings of batter, cheesp and dry skimmed milk to ,a level more in balance with do-' not liking the prOspects- here, they 't.etraced their steps end settled. in Wilmot Township. A piVblic -meeting was to be held in the Town Hall on March 5 to organize. for baseball for the coming season. Monday, the 24th of Febru- ary, was .more like the 24th of May in, Goderich, with the snow all gone, the sun shining and mestie requirements. warm southern breezes blowing. He said. if predictions for int - It. C. Postelethwaite, who was iproved economic conditions- inl already "street inspector, was aP•11960 prove true, and with a p,olnted weed inspector by Town normal Jnerease in population, _ . the clittrilry can look(forward to Some ▪ district, farmers had greater sales of fluid milk, tapped trees and were busy in cream, 'cheese, ice cream and the sugar bush by the end of concentrated' Milk Koducts. February. Dr. Denby, in a sweeping re - 'F. An', Years aAs,gs"-CPIR945sta. tion ed that in 1959 butter produe- view of Canadian dairying, 'net - agent here for the past seven tion was 324 million pounds -12 years, was guest of .honor at a -million pounds less than that of .fawc1l dinner given by 25 in-. the preceding year. "And," he duktrIal and -business associates. Hded, "if there is a further Tie was being transTefftd to reduction this year, the result Shelburne'. should be a better balance with Lt. -Col. (Dr.) A. Harold Tay- consumption thart in the past tor, of Goderich, was .appointed fow years." to the command of„ the military Cheddar cheese produCtibn hospital at Edmonton, Alberta. last ,Year was estimated at 105 While patrolling the Blue million pounds. Domestic inv. Water Highway on March • 8, -ippearance was about 82 mil - Traffic Offieer.s• Jsmes „Culp and lion' pounds, with exports Frank Taylor spatted' dande- smo,nnting to_ between 17 and lions in full bloom in a field 18 million peunds. Stocks at near Port Albert: They_pirked the beginning 6f 1960 were 521/2 3 bouquet &Soh to prove to their million pounds. friends4-that spring was prac- Production of evaporated tically here. whole milk last year was about Lawyer L. E. Dancey went to 317 million pounds and the the Red Cross headquarters on dustry entered 1060 with. lowet West street to make the first stocks than a year ago. sProb- Contributibn to the 1945 cam- sible domestic market this year paign for funds in Goderichwill he ahead 320 million 10 Yliars Ago -1950 pounds, with proirpeets of ex - • Plant were Ibeing made for ports for an, additional three the grand opening of the new million pounds:This year's pro. Park Theatre, which had seat- duction, predicted Dr. Derby, Ing apathy for 500 persons.- may. be a record otttpu't of ba- ne .new president of the tween 320 and 325 million —now long does it take+ for a sum 61 money to double itself by -means -of 'compound -interest? For any rate of_ interest not ex- ceeding 10 per 'cent, the number Of years to double' the capital sum is approximately the num- ber 70 divided 'by • the rate. Thus $100 at 5 per cent would become $200 in about 14 years. • . ' • . ..„ • • • • . • I�EODIflG •,„ t. 0 •ab ASK FOR pulM • INVITATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS O ACCESSORIES . COME IN AND ASK FOR YOUR FREE BRIDAL GIFT REGISTER :.- GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR - PH -ONE JA 4-8331' • • • ' The ,,,aiTare..1`_cailnibal" collies to us in a curious roundabout `way froth the Spanish name iCaribales and the Latin word icaltio, meaning a dog. This is `what the 'Spaniards called the Caribs„ a fierce man-eating race of .South American Indians. • Then,- by way of •pointing- out that thep natives .were as sav- age as wild dogs, they changed - the -name to Cannibal. DON'T WAIT 'Ill SPRING to plan that new _hOUSe-m-46Pais-4104L'Pf4g-04-1-- JUST CALL "e' Percy Riley • 179 ELGIN AVE., EAST. tra -• GODERICH and book your job' for spring or your inside work now. Cargentry. Cement. General RePairs 9 - ,001111 s • 414•4•10..01 • -..„ he Red Cross • And you. are there too—through your 'financial support. It is your help that keeps'the Red Cross On the job—. actiye and strong to carry on -its Many humanitarian endeavours. • ' With your help in 1960 the Canadian' Red Cross will continue to serve this community, this province and this nation. When help is needed in distant lands you know the Red Cross will be on the job! Money -alone cannot buy the many services and programmc,s provided by the Red Cross. Combine it - with the yolujitary effort of millians oiCanadians, and. the Red Cross will be able to meet its round-the-clock • ,,,cfemands. You can do your share by giving a generous donation when a volunteer Red Cross canvasser calls on you. If you are not at Mine when the canvasser ....2Callsrpts3ase sendyour contribution to the address-below.— Serve again by giving to the RED CROSS 6140 . Donations may, be left at any Bank or the Bedford Hotel Campaign DaieMarch 14-18 • ! • , • , 4...rt `4,4II; t• . 0 • *14