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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-04-27, Page 1- • .' .h ..Year—, -No. 17 ignat= GODERICH, ONTARIO. THURSDAY, APRIL 27th, 1961 ..L -FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RECENTLY PLAN A CHOIR OF MOTHERS FOR MOTHER'S DAY SERVICE PORTER'S HILL, April 26.— Mrs. Elgin Cox was hostes when the executive of -Grace Church Sunday School met Tues day night. The meeting opened with prayer, followed by a de- votional reading by Mrs. Alvin Betties. Mrs. E. Cox then read a. short_.article__with a missionary theme. Bruce - Harris read --tile minutes and -treasurer's report. The superintendent, Mrs. Gor- don Manning, led the business discussion. It was decided to have a com- binedshurch and Sunday School service on Mother's Day with a choir of mothers. Plans were made for the an- nual picnic to be held on July 24 at Harbor Park. The follow- ing. committees were appointed: te: Wrs. George Mathers, Mrs. Ah,_„T Betties; fruit drink, Mrs. Donald Harris; sports, Mr, and Mrs. William Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Torrance; ice cream, Mrs. G. Manning, Bruce Harris; serving, Mrs. John McCowan, Mrs. Thomas Sowerby, Mrs. Ar- gyle Lockhart, Mrs. .William Townshend, Mrs. Wilmer Rid- dell; cradle roll and kinder- garten, prizes, Mrs. William Cox and Mrs. Ray Cox. of her nephew, Jeffrey Bell, s infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bell, Exeter. The Sunday School annivers- ary was planned for the second Sunday in June. Committees were appointed as follows: speaker, Mrs. G. Manning, Mrs. R. Cox, Mrs. T. Sowerby; music, Mrs. W. Cox, Mrs. A. Harris; flowers, Mrs. H. Torrance, Mrs. E. Cox; ' collection, Claire Cox and John Harris. The gift of a large map of the Holy Land from Mrs. Reid Torrance and Mrs. Harry Tor- rance was much appreciated: A pot luck lunch brought the evening to a •bclose. Mrs. Harry Torrance has re- ceived word of the sudden death Seek Water for New A delegation of four property owners in the Clingan subdivi- sion at the .south end of the. town appeared at a meeting of the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday evening. They seek the extension of water services to that new area. • They were given the cost for this installation, apportioned among the ten or 11 lot owners in the area.' The delegation was composed of G. B. Clancy, Jack Brady, Harold Jeffrey and Tom Ruckle. It was decided to postpone the painting of the town's water tower until a later date • when it was hoped more finances would be available at that time to do so.' Manager Elmer Weaver said that the tower had been' painted once since it was erected about 13 years ago. All members of the P.U.C. were present at the meeting: Chairman G. G. MacEwan, Mayor E. C. Fisher, W. J. Mills, George Filsinger, G. F. Whaley, Man- ager Elmer Weaver and secre- tary, - Miss Helen McCarthy. STRANGE MALADY A number of cattle are report- ed to have died ,on various farms in' Ashfield and Colborne townships of late as a'aresult of an undetermined disease. In the case of Some -calves which died, the dead aninlals have' been sent to Guelph for a diag- nosis but reports are not back yet. To Gananoque Bantams Given- Loyal Support InOMHAFinal • , Although they lost out' by a 6.3 score to Gananoque in the final game for the OMHA "Ban- tam "B" championship, the Goderich-bantams were treated royally by local fans for their .fine showing. More than half the -300 spectators at the "Ted Reeve Arena, Tbronto, where the final game was played Sat- urday evening, were front ,code- rich. ' They went to Toronto by bus and in many cars to root for the Goderich team. . When the Goderich team ar- rived back home at Qode'rich about 12.20 a.m., Sunday, they were escorted from the town lin3it o tjie Square by a pollee cruiser. Numerous citizens were also at, the town outskirts to greet.i . Then, 'two trucks from 't ' oderich Fire Depart - Ment 6 e them a "Welcome Horne" ride around the Square several times as the town fire siren also joined in the wel- come. Following this, the young - players were taken to the Club Grill for steak dinners. ' The team manager, Howard Carroll, said the Goderich young- sters displayed excellent sports - fans of , bth.t amsshowedmanshand thatthe hest of ' friendliness at the game in Toronto. The trophy won by Gananoque this year has never been wort by any Ohe team two years in suc- cession during the past 16 yggr's it has been up for competition. i Last year, Goderich won the 1 trophy by defeating Unionville. Both the coach, Al Dowd, ana the manager, Howard Carron, have expressed warm appreci- ation to Branch 100 of the Can- adian Legion for their support during the season and also to, the mothers of the players. µ'ie, mothers" of the players arran ea a party for the members of both teams at the Goderich Arena following the last game here with Gananoque. At this tune, free ice cream was supplied by Bisset Bros., and donuts by Won- der Bread. These same mothers made large placards for the -chartered bus which took the Goderich team to Toronto on Saturday. They also made hats and large corsages in Can dian Legion colors for the Goderich fans to wear at the game. In the game at Toronto, the Gananoquepteam led at the env of the first period and also by a score of 4-3 at the end of the second period. The youth play ers from Eastern Ontario added two more goals, in the third per- iod to end the game it 3 for Gananoque: The Goderich players: are grateful to the O.C., or the RCAF Station at Clinton fir use Of the ice surface thi'' for practising after the, ice iWall re- moed from the Godericia Aorelia following Young Canada Week. Don't Forget The late Sir Harry Lauder's famed song, "Oh, It's Nice to Get.jp In The Morning, But It's Nicer - To , Lie In Your Bed" will have special em- phasis this Sunday Morning. At '2 a.m., Sunday, Goderich will officially move into Day- light Saving Time for the season. So, before you re- tire Saturday night don't for- get to shove those clocks ad -:on _ �k1e a _hag_ Two New Nurses ForCounty, Unit Two graduate nurses are-tak- ing re-taking their Field Practice work with, the Huron County Health Unit to equip them in specializ- ing in Public Health work. Miss Shirley Johnston, of Nap- anee, „Ontario, received. her training at Belleville General Hospital and attended the Uni- versity of Ottawa. ' ' ••'" _ Miss Carol Juno, of Montreal, Quebec, received her training at Montreal General Hospital, and took the Degree Course at Queen's University, Kingston. She will work- with Miss Marg- aret Keogh, Wingham. Another nurse, Miss Freda Hilton is scheduled to arrive in the County on May 8. She re- ceived her training at St. Joseph's Hospital, Vancouver and has taken the Advanced Course in Public Health Nursing at the University of Toronto. She will work with Miss J. Fal - cozier of the, Huron,- County Health Unit. Mrs. Rosemarie Evans, one of the Health Unit nurses, attended a conference recently at the-. University of Western Ontario on "The Care of The Cancer Patient." FILM PROJECTORS Mr. J. E. Wright, of Goderich instructor for the Goderich and District Film Council, has com- menced his spring class with six registering at the Goderich Pub- lic Library. Kinsmen. Elect Pete McCauley. Presiden The Goderich Kinsmen Club voted $100 to a Huron County Home project at its meeting on Monday evening. This project, taken on by the district Kinsmen clubs, is to buy an organ -for the new Chapel being built at the ,Huron;County Rvree, fehe Aged, at Clinton.. ar t- Club President Harold Hibbert was•'in charge of the meeting. Plans were made to attend a meeting ;at Kincardine at which Wingham and Goderich 'Kins- men will be present. Rill Wilson, chairman, and Mac Homuth, as co-chairman, conducted the election of of- ficers. These resulted as fol- lows: Past president, .Harold Hiboert; president, ' Pete Mc- Cauley; 1st vice-president, Joe Heifer; 2nd vice-president, Wilt Denomme; secretary, Maurice Gardiner; treasurer, Lyn Cor - dick; registrar,- Barry Whet- stone; directors, Pete lsergmans, Bili Hanly, Deb. Shewfelt. These officers will be installed at the club's first Meeting in September. - - Mail Times The switch to Daylight' Sav- in Time this week -end is a reminder to note mail arrivals and departures at the Gode- rich. Post Office, eftectii,e Sun- day, April 30. Following are the times under D.S.T:: Mail leaves Goderich at 3 p.m., and 6.50 p.m. Mail arrives at Goderich at 7 a.m:, and 1.25 p.m. On Saturday, only the one mail leaves at s p.m. On Sun- day, only the one mail leaves at 050 p.m. Signal -Star readers are ad- vised to cut,,out this schedule and post, it up since if will be found to come in "'h'aiidy" for reference time and time again. The retiring Kinsmen Club president, Harold Hibbert, is seen' at top, and the new president, Pete McCauley, at the bottom, BAYFIELD WOMEN ARE INJURED IN CAR CRASH Two Bayfield women were taken.. to Clinton General Hos- pitaLwith undetermined injuries as the result of -a milk truck and car collision on county road No. 13 and the '6th concession of Goderich Township, Tuesday. Mrs. Grace Hutchings and Mrs. Barbara . Matthews were passengers in a car driven, by Eugene James MacLarin, Bay- field, which was in collision with a milk truck -driven by Martin eter Brand, R.R. 2, Bayfield. Cgnstable Ross Balls, of the OPP, Goderich, investigated the accident which resulted in about $1,100 damage to the vehicles. --T.- TWO-WAY RADIO A two-way radio has been installed in the Goderich Police Department cruiser. Cost of equipment was approximately $1,900. The installation gives z1olice-Departmertih in the way of speedy communic- ations. Final Coun of the Liquor Licence Act vote here on April 99th are: Re dining lounge licence: 1,643 voted "No" and 1,330 voted "Yes." Majority for "No" was 313. Re cocktail lounges: 1,704 voted "No" and 1,263 voted "Yes." Ma jerity for "No" was 441. There were 89 spoiled bal- lots on ,.one of the questions and 86 spoiled 'ballots on the other question. °- iT. lin. Al li'3', " a1IEES ';.`"0 -Ax BLOQp DONC CLIN1C MAY. The Canadian Red Cross Blood Donors' Clinic is to be held at St. George's Parish Hall on Wed- nesday, May 3, between 1 and 5.30 p.m., and 7 and 9.30 p.m. Chairman of arrangements for the clinic is Mrs. Frank- Curry while Mr. Leo Walzak is in charge of soliciting industries for volunteer donors. Those who haven't given blood before are asked to ' register at Denomme's. Flower Shop. Mr. Walzak points out that the London depot of the lied Cross keeps Alexandra Marine and General Hospital -blood bank constantly supplied. "We have not run out of blood so' far but there, have been times when we came close to it," said Mr. Wel: zak of blood spplies at the hos- pital. He pointed out that there is no charge either to the hos- pirjT-or to the_patient tor the oiood upplled hy,the-Red. Cross.. It is during the summer time that most accidents occur and ,when there is the greatest need for blood plasma. There have been cases where city hospitals have run out of blood plasma. Mr. John Ander- son, of The Red Cross Society, London, told The Signal -Star o1 one man in .Victoria Hospital, London, who` has needed 100 bottles of blood: for transfusions and that he is still bleeding. Ctrl Guides. Cookie. Blitz Around Goderich on Satu1 day, you •tvill see the Girls in Blue. Laden down with cartons, they will call at your --door. For this Saturday is Gjrl"'"Cuide Cookie Day. he Guides of First, Second and Third Goderich Companies will call at every home in town with delicious cookies for sale, The cookies, decorated with the Guide Trefoil Emblem, are hand- somely packaged in boxes of blue and gold, the official colors of guiding. Illustrated with pic- tures of Guides and Brownies, their emblems and badges, the boxes are as good to look at/ as the cookies are to -eat.' For many years now Girl Guides in Goderich and through- out Canada have held Cookie Day as their one annual fund raising project. The commun- ity that supports ' Guiding is building for the future for it is standing behind a program aim- ed at developing responsible citizens of 'the young ladies in its ranks. JUDGE WILL' HEAR PROTEST OF ELECTION Judge Frank Fingland has set May 26 to hear a complaint involving the protest of J. L. Ryan, of Mchiilop Township, that- some -voters- in a Hibbertr McKillop joint school section election on March 15 were in eligible. The election was to name a five -man school board h - e ' arate School Union School, sections , Hibbert and No; 1 in McKillop. ,Flanked by their coach, Al Dowd, and their manager, Howard Carroll, members of the Legion 'Bantam "B" team are shown above. , The pictured was taken,, far the Signal - Star at 'the Ted Reeve Arena In Toronto, following the . final game in which the Goderich team lost to Ganarloq'ue by a 0.3 score on Saturday evening. Th''"Sienal-Star'off= ers, congratulations' on the fine shot ing of the Goderich bantams since the play was closer than the score indicates. Single Copies 100 n.m i-Iuoridc"tio_ Seen. At Parents', M eet The April meeting of the Home and School Assooiatia* opened with the president wel coming. the guests, and the sing, ing of "0 Canada" and the Lord's Prayer in unison. Miu- utes of the last meeting were read followed by the treasurer's and finance reports. The prre- f silent then stated that the nom- ination forms were now being ail' ;zi'i issuedemandbers it. -wis itoll be hoped than, 1111 itt ; attci turn to the school or to Mrs..,' 0. Jerry by May 6th. The at~ tendance banner was won int Mrs. Cory for Victoria Schen. and Mrs. Kaasalainen for Victor Lauriston School.• The play by the Goderich Little Theatre, ' "Joe's Awaken- ing," was presented. The cast was Ted Roberts as Joe, Judith King as his wife, Mrs. Walter Rathburn as his mother, Cart Dorland as Tom, and Heather Muir as his wife, with Mrs. Vir- ginia 'Lodge as the prompter, it was a delightful skit on .how to get "Father" to attend Home and School meetings. A well-known and 'popular Goderich couple, Mr. and Mrs, Albert Taylor, 159 Keays Street, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 29. For the com- plete story see page eight., Photo by R.H. ' Municipal .Officers Dis.cus Subdivisions Because of the continuing ex- Y pension of many municipalities today, subdivisions was a lea- 1 tured topic at the meeting of L the Huron County Municipal Of- T ricers Association at the Huron't County Court House on Tuesday and Wednesday. The setup; pia trol of subdivi with at the We( our Municipality." More &than 150 attended the uncheon held at the Canadian egion Hall Wednesday noon. he reception was provided by he County of Huron and the Town of Goderich. Among representatives pre- sent' from the Planning Branch of teeth. In these days of short - of the Ontario governent were: _ age of dentists it would be a R. E. Roberts, M. Sinclair, M. great help • to our children's Macklin, A. -Kellerman. I. Ander- teeth, it was pointed out. hi. son and H. Hidaka. the towns of Clinton and Sea - President Alex Alexander pre- forth,there are natural fluorides sided at the Municipal Officers' in the water but unfortunately program on Wednesday after- not here in Goderich unless you noon. The minutes were read own a deep well, it was stated. by Secretary John G. Berry. The With the aid of the . fluorides 'in question period was conducted the water, either naturally or by W. G. Pack, of the Depart- artificially, teeth are ,more re- ment of Municipal. Affairs. sistant to decay, Dr. Allis pointl Last subject discussed for the ed out. The president thanked 'afternoon was that of "The Re- Dr. Aldis and the meeting dos- lationship Between The Plan- ed with The Queen. ning Board, the Council and the County." Mr. James McQuaid, of Mc- Killop, was elected new presi- dent of the Association. Other officers elected were: 1st vice president,' Mrs. Edith M. Cardiff, Grey Township; 2nd vice;pre- sident, John Livermore, Clinton; secretary, J. G. Berry, Goderich; treasurer; S. H. Blake, Goderich; executive, ri Campbell. Hen- sa , Wm. oberts, Tuckersmith, and W. G. Hanly, Goderich. ding and con - ns was dealt nesday morning Community Planning Workshop under the headings of "Building Bylaws and Subdivision Control" and "The Planning Policy of Your Municipality." The program got under way Tuesday evening when the visit- ors were welcomed by: Mr. A. Alexander, president of the Huron County Municipal Offic- ers' Association; Warden of Huron County, Reeve Ivan For= syth, of Tuckersmith; Mayor E. C. Fisher, of Goderich. Mr. John Pearson, from the Community Planning Branch, spoke on 'Your Local Planning Problems" which was followed by a panel presentation under the topic of "The Property Own- er and Planning." , On Wednesday morning, the following two subjects Came ender discussion: "Building By- laws and Subdivision Control". and "The Pi : nning Policy of The president thanked the east for their performance and introduced Dr, R. M. Allis, the Medical Health Officer for Huron County who stated that, unbe- known to most people, more than -600 children a year are admitted 'to hospital for cases of poisoning, mostly under the age of six: The major cause of children's accidents are auto- lnobilesr-secorfd; . drowning an>d: : �.,. third, fires. Accidents in the home are firstly falls and then poisonings, he said. He stated that the pills of today are so attractive to look at that .children are tempted, especially when - left to places where they may be picked up by small children. In London, On- tario„ most poisonings are by sleeping pills whilst in Toronto it is' aspirin, he said. • The film„ "One Day's Poison," taken at the Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, was shown. It was very -poignant -rand a film which, if all saw, they would put dang- er drugs where they belong, under lock and key ' The second film shown by Dr. Aldis was on. lluoridation and how, with its help, there is a. 65% ilnprovement in the health FAST TRIP The Bricoldoc is believed te have made one of the fastest r turn`•trips between Goderich and the Lakehead ever recorded. Her Captain is Charles E. Robin- ' son, of Goderich. She left Wed- nesday of last week and return- ed Tuesday of this week fer an elapsed time of four days and five hours. I1 usualy takes five complete days to make the'trip. I-Iorti. u Recor "Goderich., Horticul Itur ings ral So- hla ing the. services of susout- standing men as Marshall Bart - man, of the Federation of On- tario Naturalists, for the month- ly meetings." This comment aptly described the feeling of all members at the meeting, in St. George's Parish Hall. on Fri- day evening. Mr. Gartman explained the work of the Federation, which was formed by student groups from the University of Toronto and from the O.A.C., ,for a cut. total interest ,in nature' study. He mentioned the distinguished 'series of nature recordings pro- duced. by Dr, H, Gunn. Be- cause of the ext, rely fast vib- rations of tones, b d songs are very difficult to res d, and this series is truly accur e, "In one family of ture — orchids, there are 35,00 : species in 800 genera," said Mr. Bart - man. They are found a ery- where in the world, exceptin the Polar regions. -. However, the first 'real interest in orchids was for medicinal purposes, not their beauty, and vanilla is just of antsproduct. of these lovely pla The seeds of orchids are so small that they can be projected thrdugh a hypodermic needle. But the mature- plant ranges from one half centimeter to 44 feet in height.- Records show that some orchid plants have, lived for over 100 years. - Mr. Bartman's skill as a spec- ialist _photographer of nature was Clearly evident tit the rare- slides shown of orchids girowing in Ontario. Exam les of beauti- ful species in color, of varied form, and unusual habitat -••all of these-fiowolts had the texture Mists See of Nature common to all orchids, like translucent -stardust: The speakersaid that sumach ' is one of a group of plants which are. poisonous to orchids. ,Mrs. o. to ghees expressedt ap Strangely , enough,- the lady- p speaker for the slipper is as toxic to. some excellent program and pointed out the obvious courage and People -as' poison ivy. Native patience 'required 1 obtain the orchids were shown growing onmaterial shown. - Flower Pot Island which has been reserved for their perpette ation by the government. Mem- bers were amazed at the pictures of a laborious trip to James Bay, from Moosonee, by canoe, for Mr. Bartman's picture of a rare orchid. The concluding scene was a beautiful sunset over 4 Bight in the Midst of "Plowing thc,,, ields ,and seat ing: the goodseed en the land", is ,this nir oh the £arrm o . Freived - Crawford, .. ° 13, Gods rieh, `a .ormer ig`nal i r e , f oorres �l �1 ws indent, fired is seed at far right as, his 'dog, �TTwin- kie" cheek to see 1h, - t -ie ai d` its vatting the right r�f►ax� .. tor. At the left IS his five-year-old son, harles, and the hired man, Rt'einlhold ,Rani, who is five,_ ears ont in Canada( from Hanover,tlettnanY. y. :; ' Photo by R.4,