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OH, HOW WE DANCED! 1
Have you watched teen-agers
dancing lately? If you haven't,
and you are old-fashioned, and.
yourblood- pres'Snre is high,
take. my advice. Don't.
Saturday afternoon, through
sheer inertia, I fouhd myself
before a television set showing
ohe of those teenage dance
rograras.;.—F-ar4thateiy
neither old-fashioned nor'high-
biood-pressured (it says here).
But 1 must confess, 1 was wish,
ing, I were 25 years younger.
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tango while youwere doing
brisk fox-trot?
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."flow many of tliZm," I qtteie-Avith the Huron Co -Operative
ied, 'have ever been to a real I lled;.cal Services in Clinton,
old. country square-danch
e, were :,,er,• :• in March. • •
•the sign that • the dance was ,Mr. and'Mrs.. D, E. Gliddon•
over was not the band playing spent the weekend in Detroit
'The Queen,' but the stovepipes with theft, son-in-law and daugh-
coming- down when the, tight ter. Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Brown,
started? Miss Eleanor- YVo of Toronto
spent a few days et the 'home
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1101.,1* VILLE. — 'qVtr.§, .M. progranvwith, Mrs, Wm. Yeo
Steckis a patient St. Joseph'S the piana. Those assisting
Mrs.. Farquhar. were iMrs. Harry;
tfos,pital, London, .following a
Williams WS. Otville
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-fall it -_home, when she Mts.' John Huller and-. Mit: Car.:'
broke her hip. , !"-.. • map Tebbutt, Mrs. Win. Nor -
Mr. Wallace 44very Ls a pat- man gave 'a meditation on
fent in Victoria; Ifo,spital, Lon- Prayer. The business was con -
don, f011owing surgery. ducted by the- president, .Mrs.
M.r. Ted McC.11111Ough has re- T 1-.vd Bond, with Mrs, Harry
turned, to Sundridge, Ontario, Cuamore giving the seereary's
after spending his vacation report, aid Mrs. Jack Yeo re -
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. porting for the tre,asurer. Mrs.
.McCullough, Ted has harry Williams read the cor-
resigned from the staff of the respondence. The Holmesville
Royal Bank in Sundridge, and U.C.W. will again canvass for
will start in his new positio-n the Caneer drive, with the vol-
unteer canvassers ,being Mrs.
Harry Williams, Mrs. 'Wm. Nor-
man, Mrs. Edward Grigg, Mrs.
Carrnan'Teb•butt, Mrs. Kenneth
Harris', andipIrs. Wrn. Bender.
'Mrs.' D. E. •Gliddon reported for
th,c*Tuying committee,and Mrs.
Eldon Yeo for. the •supply com-
w.as„..decid,od.•ta-cato
for a Father and Scin banquet
on April 1,st. The meeting
closed with prayer by Mrs. Stew-
art Farquhar. A delicious lunch
was served by th.q. hostesses,4
February meeting. The .call 74tra...nrriL.'4:14:71r
E. 'Gliddon, Mrs. kenneth ' Har -
worship was given by the lead
er, Mrs. Ray Potter, following ris and Mrs. Reg.:Mg:II.
the theme of Peace. The Scrip- L'Aii,,Q1-0 PHOTO
tura was read. by GaryWhile dOint same '
cleaning last week, "Dia" Har-
rison, West street' barber, 'Came
across an old tin 'typephoto-
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graph which must be well over
half a century old. It was pre-
sumably once owned • by "Carf"
Dunlop, late Goderich druggist,
who once owned the building
now owned by "pick" Harrison.
The picture is that Of a.n old-
fashioned garbed man sitting
in an old democrat drawn by
a team of horses.
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""--lroVETS-nrat'VaTi6L o v.
but sweetly, to the slow num-
bers, heads knuckled together,
bodies scarcely moving, intent,
-rserious,, ,tekaer _yet strangely
"impersonal.
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But when the music begins
to clang and thump, they come
into their own. They laugh;
they bob and bounce; • they wig-
gle and, jiggle and giggle. Their
faces light up. Their feet weave
and shift and trace peculiar
patterns. They ,are very young
and very much alive; and com-
pletely caught up in that most
ancient mans of communica-
tion—rhythm.
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Watching .thenr, 1 was sad.
-a•-pre4-tT- bit fter-titineee -after-
all, to .have been toe yOung ..for
the Charleston, too old for the
Twist. '
'But I couldn't, stay sad: ',Let-
ting my Mind- drift badc over
the years, J• „actually began to
feel -sorry for ..the youngsters.
"Thes.e. kids I thouaht
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have mastered a step as I did,'?'
Sure, they can do the Cha -Cha
and the Twist and the • Bossa
'Nova. But is there.a single one
• of them who can base a whole
ere of dancing on one step -
the fox-trot—as I did?"
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. There- are ample -bosomed
middle-aged ladies across the
'• land who will testify that Smi-
- ley was a corker, if not.a terror,
when he tripped the light fan-
tastically.
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There 'are grandmothers in
Canada, England, .France„, and
. Belgium whose eyes still light
Up when ...they re.merriber the
way we whirled about' the
,dancehallsr a symphony of
• smoothness, a fantasy .-01 Lox-
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ave
ever tried to fox-trot with a
brawny Land Army girl who
was bound she was doing a
waltz, and could lift you right
parer!'
Foiik Yeo. ---
The Messengers
The Messengers of Holmes-
ville 'United Church met in the
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"How many -of them," I con-
',idered, have walked up to a
flashing -eyed young French ma-
tron in Brussels at a nightclub,
toed to, her, -timed to her
husband, asked her for a dance with Mrs. Potter giving a pray -
in impeccable Grade Eleven er on Peace,' Laurie Ginn re -
French, and received a- slap in ceived the offering. The •Iusi-
the face from her, a kick in ness •Was.conductexi, by the pre -
the groin froin her husband?" sident, Janice. Trewartha, and.
Messenger buttons were given
at the roll -call. The study per -
1 have my • memories. Long iod was taken by • the leaders,
before these kids were running with Mrs, Francis CantelonOn.
around with their diapers clang- duffing a craft period. Sharon
ling, I was cheek-to-cheekinc, Potter gave the, grace before
it on enchanted suerimer even- lunch. Avasserveci, by Mi -s. Ger-
ings: and breathing heavily into ald. Blake,, :Nancy Ginn and
the ears of their' Aunt Mabels. Glenda Blake. , The World
Friends' were given out by Mar
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"How many of these kids,"
I wondered,, "have' ever danced
with a Brazilian beauty who
couldna speak a Word of Eng-
lish, and Was doing a dreamy
4g4r4 'f&,J •" As.r`
No. ,Let then) have their fun.
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Sentence . The, IT.C.Wv
. of flormosville
I',nited-Church met in the'Sun
®� t - ' 6 . ts
day school room to observe
yorld Day of Prayer. The
meeting was in charge ,of Group
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George P. Burns, 37, of .Lon- 2. ‘yith,Mrs, Stewart , Farquhar
den, wag sentenced on Friday,
in the chair. Mrs-, Ft -n -(01113r
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„ took the lc,,ad ' in the prepared
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, at Goderich to three, years tn
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tering and 'theft' at McLeaji's
Service Station in London Town-
ship on February. „lith. The
goods stolen consisted of cigar-
ettes, tobls',. keys, etc, , Magis-
trate Glenn Hays' handed out
the sentence.
CRAIG FUNERAL
Pallbearers at "the' funeral of
Ernest eJames _Craig, at Stile's
funeral home on Thursday after-
noon of la•zt week were Ralph
Josiing,' Joseph Addison, Arm-
and Bedour, ''F,ver914' Harris,
William -Johnston and Jack
Murchisai. ,
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lornrwrrasurcurulmtrurmi,"•trrmumilm,1,....a.ntort. awe...Ayr-ma
Burns was aLso' sentenced to
one yearin prison, concurrent,
for stealing a 1954 motorcar
from Peter Borden.'s service sta-
tion in London on February,11,
For break, enter and theft
of a .1960 car fro'm ;the. South
End service station in Exeter.
On February 11. .Btirrts was sen-
tenced' to two years in the, ' ,
penitentiary, consecutive to the
other sentences. •-7,
For the.theft of gasoline from
the. Robert Dalrymple garage
in Bru:cefield on Fe",.bruary 11,,
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Arnold Clarence Kregar 23,
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LETTERS. tO
THE \EDITOR
TM. SIGNAL -STAR.
tear $ir:
Itreally.didret do much good
finding Out who R. P. Howe
was. His letter- was' , a real
disappointment •
'Mr. Hrwjjs obviously much
out or,fouwith the youth of
today. He says that "the appeal
for the vocational courses at
the Clinton sehobl 'seems to be
on the way down" and urges
that this be,eneouragedon the
'ground that "children" in grade
eight don't know what they
want to be.
Really this, sounds as a plea
to go backwards, to return to
the se -called 'good old, days"
of Lath English a:111j4J1or
o t e three It's so to speak.
Mr. Howd•eis entirely -unrealistic.
Today's world is, becoming in-
creasingly complex. No longer
can a. farmer depend on mus -
port hiMart54'n4"-self: 'iriodiMay- he needs
both money and. extensive tech-
nical education, a knowledge
of ' machinery. impossible ,tf)_
tach himself.. And today's fac-
tories have irwreasingly -cam-
plek .equipment. I don't see
where Mr. Howe propos e'S to
find the men to service and
buiichthis machinery.
Nor do I unddstand where
Mr. Howe is going to put those
students that don't fit_into Latin
and History studies. There,are
many kinds of people to make
up (this' world. We're not „all
the same. Some have a natural
way with machines and there-
fore should .be so taught. But
if students shy away from the
Clinton school and stay at
GDCI where some of them do
not properly belong as school
principal, Okal.Day say.. is hap-
pening, then Surely -some will
end 'up' as misfits. Is not this
the source bf some of our drop
outs, those students struggling
with Latin that should be study-
ing something else. somethag
that's 'offered in Clinton. '
My, suggestion -to R. P. }low
is to look to his strbject
more, closely. top judging ,to-
day's youth vtlIth those of gen-
erations ago. Today's young
people are quite a different
breed.. They are, despite de-
linquency, a 'more mature and
mote knowledgable . people than
50 years ago, .or even 25 years
ago. -In sh9rt, much more ma-
ture than their parent's were
at their age,
Look again Mr. Howe, Times
have changed,
,Gregg Williams,
Goderieli,
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Dear' Sir:
1"--thris
Maitland River were all very
nice last week. (Maitland River
Conservation Authority plans to
buy Falls Reserve). It's per -
soon 15e here and We'll be able
to get out and gee the Falls
again rather than just read
about it.
Bzete,Thr,•wrIting,tt,isesurge, the
powers that be to invesrkvhat
to me seems a trifling amount,
$7,675, for 299 acres.. To the
farmer it is surely land that's
virtually worthless anyway. But
to the rest of us, if properly
handles', it could mean a great
deal. ' ,
It is good to see someone is
taking a concern. _about, our
river. It's good to see that
someone is looking towards the
future without caring •for what
dollar returns they are going
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"We have in Mr. 'Hopkinson an
unsung industrial commissioner"
Dear Sir:
I noted in The Signal -Star a
request tom Councillor Bert
Squire that a sign be erected
showing where the Sky Harbour
airport is located. -"Reeve &'rank
VValkom doubted its legality,
and the issue was defearbd.
Councillor Squire said the sign
was his idea, not Sky Harbour's.
This to M2 seems very small
pay • to someone who has not
only, the most up-to-date
airporVior milers around. but
,who also has been clirectlY"'re-
sponsible for industry coming
to the town, of 1pderieh. "I
don't ,kri.Ow just what kind of
to but any Contribution to this
airportrfrom the lomat of Gode-
rich, to my wayof thinking,
is justified: "
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uriPat I -trial commissioner who has for
the past 20 years sold the town
of Goderich in far away fields.
He is in the fortunate position
to da this because his business
takes him from coast to coast in
North America. I know this to
be so because I have been with
him on numerous occasions in
both Canada and the United
States when he has gone out of
his way both .financially and
time-consuming to praise and
sell his home town.
Anyone interested enough- to
find out -just how much air
• Conserve The 'Maitland,
' Goderich.
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$40 THEFT
When ilectricians were about
to install five heating units,
yalued 'at -$40Q, 'in the senior
citizens home now under con-
struction, they 'found them Miss-
ing.' The,stolen unit S Were
packaged in 17 cartons. •
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travel comes thrbugh the town
of Goderich 'cando so by
dlieek-
ing „their arrival and departure
log.
Very fd,w people in this town
realize the scope of business
being done at this airport and
the manner in which .it is ,car-
ried out.
Anyone arriving at this air-
port or anyone who visits the
lounge has 'coffee on the house,
and is no charged any, foe
whatsoever foi' landing (other
airports do).
The cost of this little service
for one year I think would, be
a lot morethan the cost of any
sign that -could be •ereeted. ,
ould-Itlre-ru'lfave7erety on .
connected with the •linsiness of
running the town of Goderich
talk to the .mgrs. of the foltOW-
ing industries: Dominion .Road
o. Ltd.; Dearborn Ste1 Tub-
ing Co. (Canada) Ltd.; Sifto
Salt:- Upper Lakes Shipping
Ltd.; Goderich Elevator , and
Transit; 'Goderich Manufactur-
ing; Akramold; Sifto Salt Mine;
Goderich Warehousing,
and ask them what part Sky
flarbour Airport play in the
role of running their respective
businesses.
I think that if ,this were done
their views •might be 'brought
up to the present day standard
of travel and business com-
municatiot,
Miring the 'summer; most
every Sunday morning, between
five 'and fifteen planes arrive
froni different tirports from
both Michigan and Ontarko.. to
have breakfast in our town.,, (In
aviation' circles this called a
breakfast flight- �r 'dawn, patrol).
I feel that- the restaurant -pro-
prietors appreciate this "busi•
ness; also the taxis, grocery
min, • etc. -
aviation circles to be -one of
Canada's' topmost authorities in
airjravel and has won numer-
ous awards for his contribiition •
- • aviation in, Canad..a.4
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JEHOVAH'SoWITNESSES
The Goderich Kingdom Hall
will .be,closed this weekend as
members of the local congrega-
tion travel to' Mount Forest for
their semi-annual circuit assem-
bly. Mr, Gerry Amoroso said
it is expected that over 600 will
be in attendance. All sessions
will 'be held'in the Mount Forest
District High School. •
think we should all 'help
this man to help,
ourseIveS. In doing so, we will
not only help .to drake Gode-
rich grow; but people,from the
outside When, arriving at our
modern and up-to-date- airport
will know we are thinking int
the twentieth century.
Robert- Chisholm,
Goderich, Ont.
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:or Listow01. was fined $35 and •
Lcosts,'.when he pleaded guilty; /17:
Ito unldwfullY having liquor in
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,ode,rich on February -5. •de
.1 Harry Let,, London. was fined
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I'S:K:5 and cost(_ when he pleaded
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!goilty to unlavyfully hayiag
quor n co1borne Township .,00
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Steering Safety •
Checked
(Before -It Is The • -
Cause of An Accideht
G)ou-her, Bly', h. plead
d euiPy to being intoxicated
in a pnblk p13C2 in Seafiirth on '
Fehruary 22, and \\I.H,find $15
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No:krnan. R.R. 1.
Varn11. ‘‘. $10 and co,1,
sh h- 1)1":!(1-5
Auto. Body and A!ign;lient lo y(Id1"'
r:n, a 0.g.,4.-,vav m Gwler:.(.0
24.
Huron Rd. — 524-7231
:James Richardson &. 'Sons Ltd.
"Serving' the Feed Dealers of Western Ontario'',
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amsontorommimmeminons.
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Seed and Fertilizer Supplied
— Grades
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Short, Stiff Straw •
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With increased demand for 2 -Rowed Barley for
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Monday, March 9
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The Goderich Campaign is being sponsored by the Maple,
Leaf Chapter of ,the assisted by the Ahmeek
Chapter of the I.O.D.E., the- Wp.men's Hospital Auxiliary.
the Legion radies' Auxiliary and the Home and School
Association.
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• Wonderful n e w - a gain
Navy is prdminent in our
fleet of just- in suits for.
Easter.
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The cover story this year is wrapped hp in wonderful new fab-
ric textures and soft pastels. All the fabricg have a wonderful
textured look and fee. Small collars on a, garmeAts., . one of
these fshiOn-wise coats would be wonderful &vet a new print-
ed silk dress or in contrast to a navy suit or dress. Come in
this week • and outfit 'yourself .for spring. You will .giVe your-
self
•a teal lift.
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-The-,London-Area--Blood--Bank—of which--Goderich-district is • • °
part, mist the Red Cross over po,oco to operate last year.
2. The Red Cross supplied more than 10,000 bottles of blood free
in our area, last year.
3. Hoipital beds and wheel chairs are supplied free of charge by
the Red Cross Loan Cupboard for Gederick area residents.
Goderich-veterans inmilitary hospitals are given freeicigarettes
• , and. also movies. The -Red Cross lodges provide accommodation
" for visiting wives.
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Swimming and water-iasety -tests are conducted in 'this, area by
the Red ,Oros. •
6. Handicrafts are taught gratis in military hospita• ls, to veterans by• the 204 Cross, „ •
jf Red Cross canvasser does not Contact you at your
hipne, leave your donation at any bank in Goderich or
with the chairman, Mrs. 'Frtn.k Curry, Bedford Hotel,
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