HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-01-04, Page 6At .,the. endto of the: year ., as 1
w.r'itu tl?iaz i • am forced to re-
view the .events of-:he,past. ft
ftsis been said that success
futur_ a -depends: an ability
to avoid repetition ,,,.of mistakes
the
-past.
That. we 'as Earn 4144, have,
*ode' mistakes- iii..„,.�e. • past;,
here,' is' little doubt. When
e. Were given a support Price
tP 'lfor hoge we *were much
0o enthusiasti and• paid dear
for our enthsiastn; Fort-ttn-
i 1y . Most hog producers
�ttieedthe stand . without
+oninjury njury but few of us
would like to repeat the ex-
,perienee, With a floor price
ot;.17c for m'lk powder, we
managed to put that industry
into a. situation that. is still
quite Painful. - •
-We-,-would-=doo-well"ta "recog
a.410‘10. weaknesses. I-' think
e' need to admit that we are
descendants of that part
the„ population of the old
l ids
the.
was -just as little
More "daring, more :energetic,
More Confident, more 'ambitious,
mid ',more patient than those
who Stayed -in the home lands.
V'e Perhaps should also admit
t<'.we are a little more short -
tett
..;,WOnder
hort-
ted.
„,Wander how many of our
ti obleins could be, linked to
ese characteristics? In the
oiler;, industry 'it was these
ties : that made 'us jump.
`c.ine•• hundred to a thous-
S^dx . to 'teri thousand to fifty
valid. It is said that we
.,three• steps forward and
two back. To , me.. the
industry ; is taking the
°Ce„Sups' back as is the dairy
i roducerat perhaps, have jai-
connplished this. and are again
ready to Step ahead. Beef men
are apparently- going. from the
second Jo the thir,.d step. .
z Wonder- if it was the cau-
tious people who stayed at
home that has - enabled SSV edea
to 'flQW have thesecond highest
standard of -living; surpassing
Canada, now • it third place.
The 'passing title. horse in
favor of the tra for was inevit-
able but would we not have ending her Christmas •coca
tion�•
been better off had -it taken .a` s with her' parents, Mr: , aud,
Little longer? 1krs.,, Frank Yeo,
An article in the Family Her -Mr. and Mts. 'Harry Chdmore
NCt... e. E,` :Jilt 4,
Cli lstivas4 gu sts with Mr'. end
Mrs. harry Williams _were Miss
Sandra Wil #ams, .,Burlington;'
Mar, Awl Mrs. Barry --Sipe and
Teresa Lon on;' Mr.and `�I1rs,
Georg B l on, and, Mari,,.e, and
Mr' ,ani . rs,• W. Bolton, of
Goderich -. • ,4, • .• , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank ' Lawson
and family, of London, and "Mr.
and firs. Nelson {Brown, of De-
trait, were holiday guests of
Mr. And Mrs. 1). E. Gliddon. Mr.
and Mrs. Gliddon and gusts
spent Christmas Day .with Mr.
arid Mrs. A. Grange, Anburn,-,,
•Miss .Eleanor .Yeo, of Royal
Victoria Hospital, Montreal, has!
returned to her duties a€ter!
ald which stated "Under its new
minister, Bill Stewart, Ontario's
Department of , Agriculture is
set to .launeh a massive earn
.t i farmers` to increase feed Toronto Wstern Hosp ,
and Paul. -spent Christmas with
Mrs. J. Cudmore and Miss. Rita;
Pg "' ital
Cudmore.
ai gn aimed at inducing On Miss Frances McCullough,. Of
aro WeStern
grain _-product�n,.r by 2 Thspent Christmas with her par -
biggest itfir: -anti Mrs' Frank--�Ic-�
v 1lents. �eS•
biggest reason is fear t
tern Canada will have another
-short-crop;" fi.
Doesn't this "massive . eam-
paign/z •lt,in-.exactly with the
characteristics listed that have
proven our downfall hi the past''
Is "fear" a good foundation on
which to base constructive
thinki:ag?... ..:
I. have long advocated that
Ontario farmers should,...base
their farm operation:"nfore
closely to the production of
their land but it should be a
balanced production. -,
• If the west' gets rain in June
and July to up their yields will
,Ontario farmers have oats at
$30 a ton again? 'If feed grain
is short and "buttercup" has
to eat `hay it might well solve
our butter surplus problem.
Produce good crops "yes" but
let's remember our weaknesses.
Cullough.
S.S. Christmas Concert
The Christmas concert of the
Holmesville • United Church
Sunday school was held on De-
cember 21st. Rev. C. G. Park,
minister of the , church was
chairman, The pr ain open -
od �yith a NativitScene put
n by IVlrs. Ni"tiian` Heard's
class. Mrs. • Jack Yeo's class
did” the 'Christmas story in
verse and song. Eleanor Lobb
sang a.;,;P-solo accompanied . by
lobs. Jim Lobb at the piano.
Mrs,- J. Grigg's class recited
"Blessed Child. of. Christmas."
The girls in Mrs. Frank McCui-
lough's class put on a scene
titled "The aroll.ers." Mrs. E.
"Potter's class .of boys sang two
Christmas inim"bers: Mrs. Frank
Yeo's elans; the_J-unior Bibb
Class, put on, the J.B,C. News-
cast, which was written by Ja"k
Norman; Before Santa arrived
ot!'t,� +he aift fr�nL
aroun' the ecor'ated tree, Rev.
and: --Mrs. Park_ shewed slides
their trip to Trinidad: Santa
was assisted by Rev. Mr.- Park',
Carman • Tebbutt and Bill Nor-
man. ,
� , k -DIAMOND. ``�•� �.,-;
- � INSPECTION
i n you are uptown drop in and 'have us check your
niond setting to make sure it iso solid, We 'will also..
e'the time: to clean your diamond free of charge
NILE, jan. 2. -The sympathy
of tlie,epmmdnity is 'extended
to the'faniily of the late Gordon
McPhee who passed away sud-
denly last week. He was a
valued"Theniber of- Nile United
Church, having been a member
of the .session' for a number of
years. He will be greatly miss-
ed ,in this community.
Service next Sunday will be
at 2 o'clock, when the Rev W.,
J. ten Hoopen, of North Street
United Church, Goderich,
hold co
pastor-
also
Sunci
o'cloc
The
muniioni_ service for the
Charge. ' • There • will
e a :baptishial service•
school will be at 1
for ,next Sunday only.
T.P.U. • will. meet in the
churcfiN' baseJnent on Sunday
evening. at, 7 o'clock. _Tile ser-,
vice will he in charge of Bar-
bara Taylor. ...
-' • Miss Marian Orser. 'Reg.t' ,
of. Nipigon, is visiting her -mo-
ther; Mrs: Wiggins, Mr. Wig-
gins and Eric. °•''
The first meeting of ,the Nile
Sharilyn Bell, of fEdmon.
award and frip' to New Yo
test. of Qanadian company:
coral 'Jerseyknit -stilt wit
Runner. up -models-- stand on.
were:' .men's high, Wes. Bra,,
'hock' `,tow, WO* Wagner,
1adie4” 'high,, Mrs, Bert Craik
low; _Mrs. Bell; .JJantilton; - most
lone hands,,ade to , Iloilo*more, Robert Daer, Planar
are being:Made parties in 'the future • as VOA
was re �ze51;for the hall. fund,
T
. School. Section• Officers.
Ralph D 'Mn o was elected
ehairma °:at. the annual _school
meeting 'held U,S.S, No...5
>• liullett and Frank Raithby, sec=
retary, The retiring trustee,
William Moss, was re-elected
Or another—three—ear . termi.
Kenneth McDougall was.elected
to finish out the "term of Ted
East. who had resigned when
he hadbeen appointed by the
Township Countil to represent
them on' the G.D.C.I. Board.
The minutes were read by the
secretary -treasurer who also
gave the financial statement of
the section, .
Deanery 'A.Y.P.A. Party' '
Baskets • of poinsettias,' light-
-ed ' candles, decorated pine,
. cones, glittering tinsel and • -a
brightly lighted Christmas tree
-- ' Forme. e setting-- for -the -Am--
glican dung People's Associ-
ation o the Deanery of Huron
when th y met for their annual
,party in"the Auburn Cominun-
ity Memorial Hall. Nearly 100
young people attended from
(''roe rrich,-,-Vlingha.mr_Wroxpter,
Gorrie, Brussels, Clinton, .Blyth
seen In centre of trio, won •cash and the surrounding district '-as,
k City in Young Stylemaker Con -
Here, size models prize-winning
matching polka-dotted. blouse.
cher side of her.'
ACBURN, Jan., 2.-714, land Mr and Mrs. Wes: Bradnocle
„Mrs.• Charles 'Scott "were recent. were, New Marys, ;visitor -s- With_
visitors .with Mr.''Kenneth Pur Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hoge and
vis and his sisters, Misses Mar family and, Mrs. Homer Hoge.
garet, Annie and Elizabeth at the R.C.A.F. station at ''Clin-
urvis, of Mitchell. ton,, . - . -
.,- Warras, Ii' •..,1 -Winston: -is:.,, ..Mrs... and:. ldrs nn the Le
a patient in Alexandra Hos- Dougall,- Bernice and Allan;
pital, Goderich: - • - -a,,,,,.:::: tnd Mrn and Mrs.=2red= ofl
Mr. and ,Mrs. Stan Polich, visited -on Monday with Mr. and
David, , Rodney and Heather Mrs. Hugh - McCrostje, . Annette
visited last week with Mr. and and Dale, -RAI. 5 Goderich.
Mrs. -• Frank : Raithby. ' The
Polich family resided here for
some time before Mr. Polich
was stransferreci- to Western
Canada. He is now back to
the R.C.A,F. base at,. Clinton
and resides at-Egm„gndvil'ie.
New Year's guests with .;Mr,
Walter Wagner, Mr. William
Wagner and Miss Minnie Wag-
ner were Mr. and. °Mrs.. Fred
Youngblut, Marie, George, June,
Louis, Carl, Laura and Mr.. and.
• 1VIrs.-. Toni, ,You blut,' - all of
Woodstock, and. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilfred Sanderson, Barbara,
Margaret . and Mary.
Mrs. Her Hoge, of Sask:
atoon," s
in
. a few days with
her au M- arlesStrau-
ghan.Mrs.
'" "'Mr. and Mrs. Clifford, Brown',
William, Shirley, Carole, Ron-
ald and Nancy visited on Mon-
day.rwith''"the-fornier's brother;
Mr. *•Howard) Brown,'"' and ,Mrs.
Brown,-, at •Monkton: ' .
Mr. James Perry, student ed Church.,Besides his sorrow,
minister attending ..Knox Col- ing wife, 14,..former Edith Mc-
•
lege; eondiZcted the service .at 11ianus,�-he... is survivedby . two
Knox Presbyterian Church last , sons, James, 'Colborne Town -
Sunday while the minister, Dr. ship, and Thomas, Owen Sound;'
also three daughters, Mrs. Ross
(Nora) Pennington, Vancouver;
Mrs. -George (Jeep- Brown, Lon-
don, and Mrs. "•Leslie (Joan)
Biddie, Montreal; nine grand-
_ Ichildren. The largely , attended
funeral services were conducted
,by the Rev. W. J. ten Reopen,
of • Goderich, with temporary
burial taking place in Colborne
Township mausoleum. The pall-
bearers were 'Messrs. Arnold
Young, Fordyce Clark, Peyer
well as the young people from
Knox- Preshyterian and , Knox
United churches- in the village.
The evening was spent dancing
to. record's around the Christ.-
,mas -tree -which -was--set in the
centre of -the ld• r: •rizes,.werti
given for not►elty dan•ces"-sif4Ii
as, the spot dance, and the elim-
ination dance. The guests en-
joyed musical arms, snowball,
the twist, jiving, waltzing .and.
the -foxtrot..- rLuncb was served
by the Auburn A.Y.P.A. assist-
eed. in the ; kitchen by Mrs.
George Schneider, Mrs. Andrew
Kirkconnell and Tom Hag-
' TheYofcere - [ ery are:, president,
W g ;
vice-president, ., Wayne King,
Wroxeter -Gorrie; secretary,
Miss Linda Templeman, .Wing-
V'isitors with Mr.- and Mrs; ham; treasurer, Kenneth `rPol•-
iylereditb Young andfamily-oh-lard, Brussels; chaplain, Rev.
Christmas day .were Miss Bertha G. R. Atwell, Gorrie. Plans
Webster,. of Toronto Mr: arid were made.: to- hold a skating
Mrs, Lorne' Popp • and family; •pat': and a broomball game `in
Mr. and --Mrs. Ralph'' -Caldwell, Wmgham some time in January.
all of Blyth, ' and Mr. George . ' Walkerburn Club
-Wilson, of Auburn.The Walkerburn Club held
-Gordon Oliver McPhee " .., thein -last meeting -' of 1961 at -
Funeral 'services were held the home ' of •Mrs. Stewart
last• Saturday at the. J. Keith Ament with the president, Mrs.
Arthur . funeral home for ' Gor- Leonard :Archambault, presid-
don Oliver McPhee. He passed ing. „'t Mrs. George Schneider
away suddenly at his "home in gave _the Christmas message
Colborne Township on Thurs- and led; in prayer. The min-
.day- evening. ' Although in his utes of the previous meeting
usual good . health, he was fn- .were' read by the secretary. Mrs.
stantly stricken and passed Lorne Honking. The, roll' call
..
aid' rnbers
..away before medical could was answered ,.by 18 me ,
be sumiixoned. He was born in one -visitor. ,a' d, :several child,
Colbthe -lorneate Thomas •Townsh'ip,McPhee the sonanof ren. ••'dona inn of $15 was
sent . to the Cf rildr n's, A.id So-
ciety. A
ciet'y. The draw prize, which
Mary Young- and was in -,his was wdonated by Mrs. Joe Hunk
65th year. •��,.e, was a -suen�ssful ..
in all cernmunity
-farmer and,tookr..a1keen iiiterest ing, was won by Benda„ Arch -
activities. He ambault. Plans were made for
he Nile _ Unit- the next meeting which will
. be held at -the -home/of Mrs.
Garth -McClinchey with Mrs.
Guy. Cunningham and -'Mrs. Ted
Hunkingj .charge of the pro-
gram. The, roll .call is to be
answered by ' each member tell-
ing the name.of her first boy
friend. The lunch „ committee
will be Mrs. George 'Schneider,
Mrs. John Snyders, Mrs.- Joe
Verewey and Mrs. Worthy
Young. The • interesting pro-
gram of the afternoon was in
charge of- Mrs. George Schnei-
der and Mrs. William Hunking.
Mrs. Schneider -led in the sing-
ing. of -Christmas carols• and re-
citations were given by Louise
Bisset; Ross 'McPhee, Clifford 1•I,unking, 'Cathy Schneider,
United Church -Women will be D. J. Lane visited Ins son, Don
held in the church basement oh! ald.. in Montreal.
Wednesday, • January , lOth.."'Mrs. •'Charle?; Straughan and
947k,SQUARE • GODERICH
BINGO at LEGION
Y --JANUARY Y 6
AT 8.30 P.M..
15 GAMES X100 ,
The prize for 'each regular game will be ,,$12.00
4"- SHARE:THE-WEALTH Jackpot'- Combined: 1
JACKPOT OF,$8,0,,00 IN 5,6' CALLS- ,
Stionorad by Canadian Legion Branch 1051• '•
No ,.parson i;,ildar ; 16 ..admitted to . Legion -Hall
YOUR-Bsement An :Aist•
AS. 1•111UN:TERT1M►E :PROJECT
1.
Yau can transform t rips wasted.area
into an attractive Living Roam..
" IS THE TIME TO 'REMODEL -�
Kitchen, Bathroom. oil Attic!
UpP1�,TEf
11 3` ...GIN ,AVE. T-�- GODl OR ECOIONtiCAL
ERICH ..
', •: pop)3; 1 RB'A ITE,. c”-KOWE yt.13 .
TI 4T NO -`ii , out Will "find Meu-,and Materi-
at r asanable cost. The' winter months •
r
It d'increa 'efjour:property' Valh and provide
c1itiional 'lt�rilig spat' for your ,tater enjoy-.
tett ..
v i fit f h 1i
McPhee and. Girvin Young. The 'Vaughan Hunking, Murray
beautiful `"floral arrangements
and tine •donations to the Can-
cer Society bore 'silent tribute
to a loving father, a kind
neighbor and a faithful friend.
Relatives and .friends• from a
distance ; were -=present. .from
-_C
ilton,_olborne, Vancouver;. _
Windsor, Montreal, ,,London and Hunkrng,-` 1Virs. Lloyd- `McClin
the surrounding district. • chey, Mrs Garth McClinchey
lasso James Walden
Mrs.
and James—McDougall.
A one-time resident this _
village, Jesse James Jj. Walden, Guests with and Mrs:
-Charter Bre'ektnN o `tfr hhli=-
day weekend were: ' Mr... and
Meg. M. C. Brocklebank, Dennis;
Gayle and, Bryan,. • of ; London
and Mrs. Victor Campbell an '
.Larry, of Toronto.
Hunking, Rickey Archambault
and Bobby - Schneider. Solos
were sung by -Louise Hunking
and. -Wendy -Schneider, and 'a
trio selection . was sing ,, by
Brenda ' Archambault, • Nancy
Lapp and. Shirley Hunking.
Lunen was ,served by Mrs. Ted
Ili�rr{CCf :.
�r. ..: • .�Y.i.
•
AMMIV
Wised.' away -last -wee
forth hospital after
,illness. He •:was' in
.yeas' andv' vas . born, 3
trict. As a youn
in 'Sea
a/ short
hig 86th
,t -ls -dis-
man, the
late Mr. Waldeii , 'ent to •the
Canadian West where he oiler•
d -an -implement business -and•
also` -farmed-lir -both-Saskatchr--
ewan and Manitoba. --Ale re-
turned to Ontario in; 1948 and
has., been a frequent `visitor to
this village. While in Manitoba
-he._.tdarried Leila.S arlingwho
passed away in October, 1912..
He wa'S' also. predeceased by one`
daughter,. Mrs.. Joseph (Marj-
orie) Slaughter., in July, 1961,
and a. grandson, Donald Lock-,
man, : in March,' :1960.::
survived by one gdaughter, Mrs;
Cecil, (Edna) Lockman, -London,
and one son, Clarence, of -Sea-
forth; two ••brothers, ,.:William,
131ytb,,-.and-2erey uburaa;,►n .
sister, -Mrs.„"John (Thirza) Cald
well, Blyth; eight grandchildren
anda.....fve great-grandchildren.;
Burial took place iti• Blyth Un
n- cemetery from; the O. A.
Whitney - funeral . , ome with-
Rev. J. C . Britton of- Northside
tlfiited .Church officiating,
bearers were Vidor ' Walden,
Gla ence`Lockinan,, 3ohn ,Fraser,
Lloyd Walden, :Tarr, . Caldwell.
and; Ralph cosu el .., Flowery
bearers, were.. Sydney McClin-,
did; - Laurie Stoat a ff il. W'al-,' -
den and William.; Bgrburti:
•
Beat the weather the modern way with an automaticilecc•
dryer.. Whatever the weather clothes dry- : way you want
thew-fuffy` dry for immediate Storing or damp dry' for
crisp ironing. No more -lagging heavy baskets of wet laundry
to the clothes line. •
You can dirndl and dry -a wl ole load of laundry electri
for less, than, sax cents. Why be old-fashioned when modern
electrical living is so easy -so inexpensive.-,
You get more out of life. when °you get the most out
of electricity.
Hall` "Comthlttee Euchre Party
About t0' person.s,enjoyed;'the'
prpgressiv'e- euchre `°party► held
as• week.',. in the Community
-'e oriel. Hall s nsotred- by the
'hal : committees, ;The, garnet
-Were conducted. by; -Oliver Art"~
•derson Robertltur end Wit.'
lia1
m , Crai , e' - president,
Williati % 'Cratg, spoke a. •f'cW
word and • called` Ross: Wilson
to .the platform., -to draw ;the
Winner for the 20.p011tur turke
on which ,tickets, had been,' sol .
William J. 1lAllahan, of 13lyµthl LL
d,tc r��^
' Examples -
Regular
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i $100,00 - f,
f.ECULAR 12SO
REGULAR' =29.95
tGULAR 39 5b
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RGU.a R 32.50 2► 2.50:
:41'LC JACKETS
REG.Y22.f501 .00 G. 18.95 1 5.25