HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-10-17, Page 2The Go1erich Signal -Star, Thursday, October '17th, 1963
A DESERVING. AWARD
_Always a fervent admirer of the tie-
vt,titttt and iligt'lltlit\ of .I. '11. Neill itl his
capat•ity a, (qualm. of the Huron l'utttity
1\'lti.et1111. Ivo afro hajyh\ to see further
...----justifiable recognition of iii, achievements.
Th,, time, he has been. a\\ at ilt'il 'ti certif-
icate of commendation „tt' the American
y\,sttt•iatioll for State and lltFeitl history.
Thr award \t at; first itituounet'tl at the
As,t 'iitt aril , 1\V t'lli \ -third itititlitti meeting
in• ltaltigh. North Carolina, and the chit',
11utd„ r'att : .• For contribution to a hotter
tttltit'i',titlttting itt loyal history 1itrtttlgll
effa•t•ti‘e ,nrtl imaginative display and inter-
pretation of his private eollet'tioli of mus-
eum 'objects."
N1't: tlu_...titit 'know exactly `tort' \1 r.
Neill's outstanding \\ ork at the Iltirott
'AItiscunt \vas brought to the attention of
the American AssoriatiOtt but we \vould not
110 NtlipriSed osie or elore, the many
did They have heen loud in their prs.i:,e
1110 unusual and impressi\t. display at
'the 11111s0.11111
)111,1* 1'0001111y, :NIL Neill received an-
other how r when 110 NVilN Matte a 11fe 111C111 -
here Or tile 11111S011111 Sevi 1011 OS 1110 011tali0
Stlelety for his 27 years' \vork
with the museum.
The coimplete realizatjon of the con-
tribution to the sitecess of .1 luron l'ounty
MitseArrin by 'Air. Neill will unfortunately,
only come to pass when Ali% Neill is no Ion:
ger there._
TOWN'S STEADY GROWTH
1),1011,111m11 (i0(lerlell. ii511 111e
itit Iii,•rease of 125, not as much a, had
been ant.cipitted some. It follows the
gencra, pattern of an almost annual in-
crease. steady but not startling. .
In the pitst dozen, eitrs,.• there hits
1/(..,0)1 1111 11101'eaSe 111 the T()\vii's population
erease wily in three of th(:).H. The deorease
years \Very 1955, 1 95ti and 1957. The
year in \whieli the largest dierease was. re_
the impidation Jumped by -4-23.
crease of 207 over the previous year and it
I)I()Yeo, at the now Ontario Government
Hospital would boost the populztt ion in -
tile °ill:trio Hospital at present is about
150. lo\vever, itll of them do not live in
tioderich buil rat her in other centres as well
since quite it number of them commute to
work daily from municipalities its far -as
miles
It v-ould appear at present t hitt Gutter-
ielt is in for it steittl, healthy annual grow-
th in. population .over the next fevv years.
However, the pieture Nail(' quite easily 1)e
here of one o comparatively large
industries. shoidd this he the ease, then
1.0.00n, mark. At the moment, howl4v-er,
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK
1)ctober 1:1 to 1 time to reflect on .the
services rendered it community by it -s news-
ol‘ sii-11 services tinder the heading of
do not propose to publish them
her,' Utt: ‘vould like to drit\v attention
to the eomment of The London Free Press
"Like wany Others \vim) toil for the pub-
lic, the:, are used to being.; taken
wt, 1„.lieve that the week-ly newspapers
of Huron County are definitely-a.bove the
average of ,vveekly neNvspapers' in all suelr
areas across Canada. 'They are, in 'general'',
performing an invaluable servive for thi,
County.. In order that they might eontintte
to do so they insect' the'support of their
readeYs. financial and other\vise, since the
difficulties and continuously rising costs
of publication present a constant vhallenge.
A reminder of this is the fact that durng
the past ten years in the Ilnited States
scum> -1-iss.Americair towns have lost :.their
newspapers and no\v have no ar,oeney to per-
. form t 111. functions that a ne‘vspaper eau
in whieh he is interested should. be getting
more newspaper publicity. Indeed, it
should, brit thero, was DO mention made
vvhatever that the same organization should-.
be running some paid newspar)er advertiS-
ements to help suirsidize the 0.,osts .to the
newspaper of running the. fre'c publicity
it run for this. Organization, We do
ttot feel that this org,anization alone is
have the same habit also. 1)0 you knoNv
thee there are at least :l0 org,artizations
also know that if The Signal -Star ran all
the free publivily sent tp it, by these var-
ious organizations that it 11'0111(1 a111011111, in
1,,k, a year's 1:111e, -hi about ten newspapers,
years ago:
the loyal -newspaper is expected to pro-
claim it with a grand.flourh-;11. Ins starts
a two -penny tipsiness, his first thought is_ t -o
bribe the loeal-editor with a five -rent cigar
to write up a five dollar puff.
"Everyone wants to. lte 'put . They
are the big. '1', but no one says, '1 tore, AIr.
1.;ditor, put yourself inside this new suit
of clothes', or 'throw yonrself outside of
this .oyster -stew' or 'stuff this NViltell into
your poeket'. ()11, no, of -course mit; that
would cost something. The shoe is .011 the
other foot, you See,
"There are so many, many ways' tit
\vhieli the local editor is expevted to -ham]
out free publicity Ivithout adequate comp-
ensation for saine. For example, when the
.ntinstrel troupe arrives in town the agent
immediately rushes to the local newspaper
alive and slipping the_editor th`ree, tickets
he whispers, '1)raw 'us a:big-110115e. Put it
in strong.' And patting the editor- patron-
izingly on the shoulder,- the a.gent admits
'the inferiority of the trotipe 1)111 we are not
"And. so it goes: All are anxious to
appear favorably in print, but few are
willing to pay for it. The loeal.newspaper's
tinie Avorth nothing, but to bother it
-writing puffs for ambitious persons. It
doesn't yoSt him or his staff. anything to
li.ve; he never eats or drinks, or travels, and
money -is of no use to him. Put it in.
•So, on the-oecasion of National News-
.. paper Weel(, woulil draw to the atten-
Afon of some of our readers the fact that
their attitude 011 free publivity is not nn -
like that held by readers a cpitury ago —
. and it should changeo ever,v-thing else
has lia'd to change.
We Read That .
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each 20 p.c....-. in size, devbted just t--) pub__ til;e: sometimes the r,ves have it and
licity for' \vithout any nor times the nose.
mai lieW, :1(1Ver11tielllellt:, 111
, hoard their money just to he al lo to
Btu it would for -
granted V the. org,anizit t ions Ne \vspapers Tlie.ce's nothing Ilkh 10
jlIS•t can't operate on fiThe publieity aloor "II"' that (.m01'111(41 pff husband's
fact in mind,
While ne\-vspapers lurk* see11 111/111.1-,
changes over the years, there is -on.
hat has never ehanged the atteisipts of Yon should lie,T .t our eye ou tlic
its readp-rs to get. free pithheity into it, ball., . your shoulder to the wheel . . .
eitin.r for their individital benefit or. for .votir ear to the ground, if 'y011 NV/1111 10 get
the organizations, thi,y represent, As proof ahead. We ask, how in the wOrld are you
of ro-pruhlic.h editor;;f1, in part, rf' to got any lx-ork done in 0 position
appeared in 'file linron Sienal rk. that?
top . digging a hole.
Established ohe oif,fis)erid. 9tar 116th Year of
1848 titict - Publication
The County Town Newspaper of Huron •
Signal -Star Publishilig'1,imited
GEO. L. ELLIS'', President
and Publisher
R. G" SHRIER, Vice -President
and AdVtg., Mgr.
S F. Hills. Plant Supt.
Subliteiptioh Wei $4 a year. To:U.S.A., ,$5. (lit advance)
Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Offlee Dept.,
Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash.
MESSAGES -
FROM
THE WORD
BY
GODERICH MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
GOD'S STOREHOUSE b. This meaps thole. is no
By Rev. R. Clark, Bethel Pente- 4 limit to v;hat ife can do.
V. What Does God Have to
Draw From!?
1. God has riches, untold riches
in glory.
2. God holds the wealth of the
world in His hand.
costal Tabernacle
But my God shall supply all
your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19.
What a glorious promise!' The
beauty of it is, that it is not
a promise just to the Jews,
but a promise to all.
I. Who Is the Owner
Bank?
1. God the Father is the owner'.
2. Our God, our heavenly Fa-
ther awns the -bank. ,
II. God's Word Tells Us
1. He shall supply.
2. There is no "perhaps" Or
"maybe," but He "shall sup-
ply all your need?'
3. Every need is supplied.
III. How Much Can He Supply?
1. All your need can be sup -
2. A little girl said, "The Lord
is my Shspherd; that's all
3. These needs may be physical,
spiritual, or material.
4. God is able and willing.
IV. What System Will God Use?
1. According to His ,great riches
these needs are supplied.
a. His riches will never be
exhausted.
of the
In terms of cost to you,- tlie
newspaper costs almost nothing
what a newspaper means to
you ... everything.
Newspapers are more than
purveyors. of neWs; they also
have a hand in creating it by
digging it out of nevirs sources
who don't realize they have a
news story.
There
antee
ands of
are banks that guar:
hundreds and thous -
dollars'. There is na
Down
emory4 La
kinetophone or Edison I 11 Years Ala
SO Years A90,1913 5
talking pictures will be seen
here for the first time 'at the
Victoria opera house on Octo-
ber 20th and 21st. It is pre-
dicteThfor the kinetoplione that
real..fiesh and blood actors on
many stages in the* *arious
theatres throughout the coun-
try will soon be a thincof the
limit to the riches of God.
1. It. is in heaven (II Corinth-
ians 12:14).
2. It is where God's throne is.
VII. Who Makes Good t he
Promise?
1. The Lord Jesus Chzist takes
care of the promiSe.
2. The text . reads, "By Jesus
Friends, if we are in poverty
front a spiritual standpoint, we
are responsible. Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and
ye shall find; knock, and it
:hall be opened unto you (Mat-
thew 7:7). It is all in one three -
letter word:
Knock.
Ask!
past.
Goderich 'will be lighted from
the hydro -electric lam'ps very
soon. This statement was
made by Mr. Fred *Gould to the
Signal on Tuesday.* A gang of
17 men is working in town
getting ready.' At present they
are working on the Square pre-
paratory to erecting the new
lamp poles there.
Cockburn Hhys won the all
round senior championship at
ate annual ,Goderich Collegiate
field day. The junior champ-
ionship was taken by 'Frank
B,aechler_ About 309 -attended
the meet at Agricultural Park.
daderich was debating whe-
ther to hold ‘a regular market
4ay in order to attract more
farmers' trade to town.
30 Years Ago -1933 •
Captains calling at Goderich
port will henceforth get their
storm warnings from the fed-
eral Officials in the post office
building, as the pole whielr has
displayed these signals from
Lighthouse Point, blown .,Clown
in the big storm of the past
summer is not to be erected
again, for the time being at
least. Heretofore, the warn-
ings -which came over the tele2
graph Wires, were delivered to
Bert Bogie, - who posted them
from the pole.
Given a week in which to
raise money for a $10 .fine for
driving- an, automobile:. without,
an operator's permit, a- young
man from Brussels walked into
Magistrate Reed's office, said
that he was unable to raise the
money and asked for commit-
ment papers to the county jail.
He was accommodated and
made the trip unaccompanied
to Governor Reynolds' lime-
stone palace where he will
spend the next ten days.
Goderich elevators, in their
annual report for the year end-
ing July 31, 1933, reported
handling, 9,526, 680 bushels of
grain from the head of the
lakes as compared with
7,251,325 bushels the previous
year. This was an increase of
over two million bushels.
. The annual fowl supper and
entertainment were held at
Nile. The entertainer's includ-
ed Edgar Sheppard, Miss M.
Pentland, Miss Tyndall, Mr.
Newton, Miss Alma Howell,
Miss Vera Hudson.
15 Years Ago -1948
Despite a threatening ! rain
which fell intermittently„, the
first annual pushmobile derby
sponsored by the Goderich Re-
creation Council attracted half -
a -hundred partieiunts with 25
vehicles and 'many spectators
lining the half -mile course on
In Goderich
Yfore than 83 men sat down
to dinner, following the an-
nual Blanshard Agricultural
Society Show, held at St.
Marys, The Huron %Signal re -
Ported. Following the din-
ner, the usual loyal and pri-
vate toasts were made. A
number of choice songs add-
ed to the hilarity ef the even-
ing. The cattle shown were
in better condition' by far
than those found in older
settlenlInts. Left in St.
Marys for cattle sold to deal,
ers from afar was $2,300.
East street and around fhe
Square.
Miss Kathleen Curson has
just returned home: after an
extended holiday of three
months --in which she toured
ngland and Wales. Among
the forty-od,d cities and places
of note 'she ;visited, she was
most interested in the cathed-
rals of Gloucester and Salis-
bury, the castles of Conway,
Carnarvan, Corfe and Cardiff,
the college towns of Oxford
and Cambridge, the -beautiful
country roads of Hampshire
and Dorset and of course the
sights of London. "I had a
marvellous time," Kay says.
Miss M. Dickson resigned as
superintendent of Alexandra
Hospital to take- tht same Posi-
tion at Lady Minto Hospital,
Chapleau, Ont.
Mr. Reg. McGee sold his gar-
age preperty on Hamilton
street. It was purchased , by
Will Reinhart of Stratford who
planned to open an electrical
goods. store
A practical prankster told a
'Circuit court judge from De-
troit who was perch fishing at
Goderich harbor that his tatch
was over the legal limit and
that a gape warden was ap-
proaching. "I never saw jus-
tice move faster," laughed the
prankster as he iold how the
judge hurried away to hide his
catch of perch.
10 Years Ago -1953
Appreciation of co-operation
received by officials Tesponsible
for helping bring the new Sheaf-
fer Pen Company plant to'Gode-
rich was voiced by MaYor J. E.
Huckins at the Industrial Night
dinner of Goderich Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Guest
speaker was Leon 112 Black,
manager of the new plant.
Mr. Huckins thanked Deputy
lf:ceve Joseph
of Town Couneil's
committee, CoUncigoi Ref
Solicitor J. K. Hunter 44
Hoffman, president Of the
pees, all of whom were
mental in locating the 14
waneTrelk8a.gyaeetdayrtrimd vasratrGo.tteoedividdteartihrriotelinehrQte;fTwo
John Facey was drowned
day afternoon when lie sf
fropmoptuhlaeast`Siooanuntlnlo,of ubcrnoecalebliwra;.:0,11
the 1952 figure of 1,118,
1943, the population Was1,1
sliFipivweefraermadsdiend
ease of 24 over that
ation program in Huron Couel
mer Harrison, John Rink
One Year Ago -1962
Town Assessor E. H. As,
has completed his assessitt
survey of the Town of Godo'
far 1962 and the new populati
figure as of October lsitis6
an increase over the Pasty
of 207.
The largest ship to
p`Ort this season, the CSI,st
er Georgian pay readia
Sifto loading dock Wedn
from Sault Ste. Marie,
Goclerich member of the
man crew is Keith Math
son of Mr. and Mrs. Make
Mathers, West street.
Georgian Bay, 620 feet long
skippered by Capt. Oli
Cromwell of the "Soo."
THRIF
to your childrn
orge them to SAVE in thei
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Account is computed twice: each yedr,
October 31st ,and April 30t.h. This_ means
that money in your -account by October 31st
will earn 4%.
You'll be wise to make your deposit soon,
or to open a new BRITISH MORTCIAGE Account.
Yon'. money .carns 4% interest.
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