HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-05-03, Page 15Two more milestones of 1962,
Easter and Opening Day, have
whipped past, and I managed
to come through, if not with'
flying ,,colors, at least without
disgracing myself.
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Easter was a regular fan-
dango around our place this
year. With an organist, an altar
boy, and a girl chorister in the
family, and about six .church
services on the ,week -end,. the
dog, the cat, the kittens. and
myself had to walk warily, ,as
the bodies hurtled by at the
speed of those in an old silent
,Movie.
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Climax of the. week -end ar-
rived on Easter Monday, when
Kim Smiley made her television
debut, with a recorder . group.
I drove a .carload of the kids
to the studios, my ears ringing
with last-minute instructions
from the boss, • about combing
the child's hair, making sure
her slipwasn't showing, -and
about 14 other items.
* *
1 did my best. But I'd like
'to see some of you fathers' try-
ing to comb .a kid's hair when
°she's wild with excitement
about appearing on TV in a
few minutes. Ilr's like trying to
lasso a. humming bird with a
lawn hose. And sure enough,
her slip was showing; plenty
of it.
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During the Easter holidays,
les girls went off to visit Gran-
ny, while Hugh •, and I stayed
home to work. Something was
proved which we had both sus
•petted. ' Females are directly
•'responsible for 97 per •cent of
,the noise and confusion in the
average household. It was., as
peaceful as a tomb while they
were away. ° And just about as
interesting.
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Then along came Opening
Day of the trout season, the an-
nual shedding of winter's cere-
ments. Usually; it's an exhaust-
ing ordeal. You stay up until
-two `in the morning, the night
before,, making plans for next
day, over ' ' a noggin, • with a
couple of wild-eyed friends.
Two hours later, ,yah groan out
of bed, totter into the cold
blackness, and spend the next
14 hours lurching through.
swamps, frozen, frustrated and
wishing you were 18 again.
d: * 5
This year, I . tried a new tech-
nique, and it was the best Open-
ing Day I've eyer experienced.
I passed up the night -before ses-
sion. When the alarm went off
at 4 a.m., I shut it off, chuckled
fiendishly, and went ' back , to
sleep. I rose at 10, had a
leisurely breakfast,. and arrived
at the trout stream about the
time the others 'were going
home. Three hours later,. I had
had a pleasant•outing, had taken
as many trout as any other
year, ' and didn't feel like- the
wreck of the 99. •
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Now that 'those two land-
marks in the year have been
successfully negotiated; .vWe can
'turn our thoughts to more°trivial
-things. Like politics, for ex-
ample. Yes, gentle reader, tht
mighty stirrings of that big, lazy
hibernator called Democracy are
bei.ng,Jhea.rct ._ice. #ttg. ,lander _The
-big-game hunters are sharpen-
ing their spears' and arrows, and
the beaters (that's us-• voters)
are being harangued before we
start out^ta..flush the beast into
--the -open:
As nearly as I can make ont,
from listening carefully to
spokesmen of the various par-
ties, the Tories .are,, going to
be turned out without mercy,
the Liberals are going to be
turfed out with a shellacking,
the NDP hasn't a hope, and the
Socreds' claims are in the 'realm
of dreamland.
*
If this is true, why have an
election that will cost the voter
22 cool millions? Why riot just
go bumbling and stumbling
along? Everybody says the
Yanks will own the place in a
few years, anyway.
* * *
I have a suggestion which
would save us all those millions;
as well as a lot of potential
earache. It's simplicity itself.
Every four years, let each party,
nominate its choice for each
seat in Parliament. Then. we
accept them all. This wouldn't
cost a penny.
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In this way, we'd have about
1,100 candidates, all good men.
This is too many. We 'don't
wane to have' to build .an ad-
dition to the House of Com-
mons, with all those school ad.
ditions still to be built. Welt,
here's what we'd do. We'd have
the 1,100 draw Tots, for the seats
available.
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The lucky ticket holders
would become MPs: Each would
retain his own party, member-
ship; so that we'd still have a
loyal Opposition. The party with
the,: mostluek,,: ►ould=form the
government. We'd save all that
election money,, and we wouldn't
haveall those broken hearts on
election night.
* * * .'
There'd be just as much sus-
pense, under my plan, as there
would be with , a regular elec-
tion. And I'II bet you a spoiled
ballot -"to an ancient senator
that we'd have just as good, or
as bad, government.
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The only improvement I can
see to the suggestion would be
to• combine the event with a
national sweepstakes, based on
the draw. All profits would he
applied to the national debt.
Who is with Ins' in promoting
this sensible -policy?
In the period -1950-tri;960.
the per capita output Of goods
and services increased by 00
per cent in Japan, 85 per dent
in ‘Germany, 75 per cent in Italy,
42 per cent in -France, 40 per
cent in the Netherlands, 28 per
cent in Sweden, 24 per cent in.
the United Kingdom, and 11 per
cent in Canada.
This team from Little Bowl, Goderich, won
the Ladies Inter -Town League. The final
roll was held at Goderich- oil April 21st. The
Goderich ladies won by more than 1,000. pins
over the period of six weeks du3ring which
they competed. Other teams in the league
were from Exeter, Kippen; Stratford, St. Marys
and Mitchell.
Seen in back 'row, from left to right, are:
Faye Shear down, Mary Johnston, Marion Mc-
Leod, 'Doe Queen, Marilyn Bannister. Front
row, from left to right: Shirley Calvert, Marj-
orie Moore, Jean`McGuire.
Photo 'by K.H.
- MRS. EVA MAE BLACK •
A•. Goderich .resident`• for •54
years, Mrs. Eva Mae Black died
suddenly on April 24 in Alex-
andra Hospital. ' A. daughter of.
the. late Arthur and Esther
Burns Carter, she was .born in
1885 at Winthrop, near Sea-
forth. Two years later she
moved to Blyth where she lived
until her marriage in 1908 to
Charles Black of Goderich. She'
was a member of Knox Pres.
byterian Church, the • ,Ladies'
Aid, and the Arthur Circle.
Surviving are her husband;
two sons, Robert Reginald Black,
Ancaster,; John Charles Black,
Simcoe, and five grandchildren.
1tev. G. L. Royal conducted
the funeral service on Friday
afternoon at the ' Stiles funeral
hoine. Interment was , in
Maitland cemetery.
A. LOVE
George A. Love, 69, of Gode-
rich, died April 20 at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital,
Goderich. Born in Toronto, son
of the late Alexander Love and
Harriet Soole, he worked as a
printer, and had operated a
store at Shipka, in Huron. Coun-
ty from 1943. to 1951. He re-
tired to Goderich in 1953, and
was a member of St. George's
Anglican Church, Goderich..
He is survived by his wife,
the former Jessie R. Scott,
Goderich.
Rev.. H. Donaldson, of - St.
Thomas Anglican ChurcV, Sea-
forth, officiated •at the funeral
service on Monday, April 23, at
the Box funeral • home, Seaforth.
Burial was in Maitland Bank
cemetery, Seaforth.
The lakes and rivers of Can-
ada cover: an area of 291,571
square miles, an area consider-
ably larger than that of the
proyince of Alberta.
Only about half of Goderich
bicycle owners, have obtained
their -ti, ycle licenses for 1E4342
so far, Police Chief Fred Min-
shall6states. He points out
that deadline for - the secur-
ing of these licenses is Tues-
day, May 15. They can be
obtained at• the Police Office,
West street, between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., daily. A total of
about 800 licenses is usually
issued in a year. • •
4VBURN'a April 2S, --» Miss
Jgsephint—Woodcoeiti 'district:
president of West Iluren, was
the guest speaker at the April
Meeting of, the Auburn Wo-
Men's Institute when they islet
in ° the . Community Memorial
Ilall. The president, Mrs. Ed.
'Davies, was in charge and'wel-
coxne'd the guest of honor and
the- members of the Londes-
boro and Blyth branches.
The president opened the
meeting with a poem, "Don't
Worry." The pianist for the
Played With
Winnipeg Team
y> Mr. and Mrs. H. Tichborne
.had as guests from Winnipeg,
the latter's niece, Mrs. Alex Mey-
ers, grandniece, Mrs: Wm. Avery,
and her son, Neil. Mrs. Avery's
older son, Grant Avery, is a
member of Winnipeg Mustangs
and was playing defence' in the
Young Canada Week hooey
tournament. This team won all
games but one in Which they
played and took home three tro-
phies. Enroute to • Goderich
they were winners in exhibition
games in Parry Sound and Kit-
chener.
Other visitors who attended
the hockey games in which the
Winnipeg team played included:
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Mowbray, of
Wingham; Miss Annie Kennedy,
of Wingham hospital nursing
staff; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Durn-
id, J. D.-Durnin and -Mrs.- Ross
Durnin, of near Lacknow; Mrs,
Robt: Button • and Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Button and family, of . Luc=
know. .
meeting was Mrs: Robert J.
Phillip$; The •nninutes - te?:e' !'
proved• as read by. the ,secre,
JOY, : Airs. Thomas . h1aggitt. A
'card: of thanks was read froze
Mr. 'and Mrs. Frank Raithby , ex-
pressing their, appreciation for
the assistance the members had
given them when they lost their.
home in a recent fire.
It was decided to purchase
a picture of the Duke . of Edin-
burgh the same size as the pic-
ture of Queen Elizabeth 1l which
now bangs in the hall. Mrs.
George ' Millian, the represent-
ative of the W.I. at the Hall
Board meetings, spoke of the
memorial plaque to be placed
in the hall before the 'official'
opening. Mrs Millian, Mrs.
Thomas Haggitt and Mrs. Robert
J. Phillips were ,appointed the
committee to obtain this plaque.
The president was named as a
member of the ;new Hall Board
tql„represent the W.I. Mrs.
Lloyd Humphreys and Mrs.
Robert J. Phillips were named
delegates to the •district annual
to be held in Clinton on May
Tweedslnitir Book The .co -I
witte0x.charge Ahe Sia
Sister banquet reported that the
guest speaker will be Miss' Ansa
1101)011W, woman's •, editor ,of
CKNX Wiugham, Tickets; `:are
available from Mrs • Robert, J.
Phillips; WS, Norman :McDowell
and Mrs. Frank .Raithby',
Mrs. T, Fairservice,' of Lon'
desboro, gave interesting read-
•
ings. An instrumental, "Isle, of
Capri" was prayed by Mrs. Rob-
ert 4. Phillips, Mrs. Lorne
Scrimgeour "gave the reading,
"The Legend of the• .Dogwood.
Tree.",
Miss Josephine Woodcock was
the speakerof the afternoon and
spoke of the qualities of an
ideal Institute member. She
stated that each member must
realize that she, is important to
the organization and must give
inspiration by being the Doer
and the Giver. She must also
be enthusiastic and honest and
Must not expect something for
nothing; above all she should
always be loyal. In closing she
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Bring some cars home and they'll take you to
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Not a Volkswagen.
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When the time comes for maintenance, you'll
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