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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-10-29, Page 2,1,; .t., r '• The Goderich Signal -Star, Thursday, October 29th, 1964 ditorials... WHY WEAR A POPPY? a. "-The world will little 'note,. nor lottg The lady smiled in her wistful way remem'be'r, what we say here; but it van And answered, '`This is Remembrance never forgot what they did here. It i;.' Day, 1ncl the peppy there is the symbol for The- gallant leen who died in war. And because they did you and 1 are free -- That's why we wear a poppy, you see. "I hal 1 a boy about lout• size, With golden hair and big bluff l.'eyes. Ile loved to play and jump and shout, for us, the living, rather tobe dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here' have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us ti) -be here de- dicated to the great task remaining before us, that from those honored dealt wN take iner,eased devotion to that cause for whieh they gave the last measure of devotion; that we, here highly' resolve that thesefree as a bird he would race about. dead shall not have died in vain. As the years went by he learned and grew ___...Ahraharr>,Lirre; li s i it at (lett 'sbure -Ant became a utast — as you will, t'o,o,. whit. dedicating 'a eenief'ery'in which were buried 'soldiers of the Am,eriearli Civil War, He glade his' famed Gett;t•;sburg.,address on November 19, 1863, whieh means the 101st anniversary of that address will be coming up next, -month. ' On November ilth in Court House' Park, Gode'rieh, remarks not unlike those made by Li'neoln will be heard a;aiti, ex- cept that they will call for a rernembranit' of those Canadians who laid down their lives in World Wars I and 1iIwr' The im- mortal words of John McCrae's "In Flan- -delis' -Field" will also ring out again: . . . "If ye break faith with tl who die 've Shall not sleep, though poppies,. grow in Manders' Field." , So soon the younger generation for - , gets the sacrifices that were male on their -behalf. All ,too' soon, they forget even "Ile was fine and strong, with a boyish smile, licit he'd seemed with us sonic a 'little while When war broke out and,he wept away. I still renlcilnber his face that day • Viten he smiled at, ale and said, `Goodbye, I'll be back soon, Mons, so please dont cry.' `. But the -war went -on ;and lie fia,d- to --stay; And all 1 could do was wait and pray. His letters told, of the awful fight,' , (1 can see it still ill my dreams at night), With the tanks and guns and cruel barb- ed wire,u. And the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire. "Till at last, at last, the, war was won — And that's why we wear 'a poppy, son." The small boy turned as, if to go, what •a poppy symbolizes. In the OctoberThen said, `;Thanks, lady, Pm glad to issue of •The Legionary under the headine• kno« . • of "Why Wear A Poppy`?" was published That sure did sound like an awful fight, a stirring poem written by Dori. Crawl(irl d But your son — did he come backwall of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch at -• right'?" --- -.P -erth,._-Ontario:-- -It -reads s . A tear rolled down each faded cheek.: • "Please wear a poppy.", the lady said She shook her head, but didn't speak. ,end held, oneAforth, but I shook my head, Then I stopped and wattled as she offered i slunk' away in sort o% shame, them there, ,And it you -were ale you'd have done the. And her face was' old and lined with Bare • same ; .• -, levy of �iL xll .. in...�'�i��� is oft delay Tart . Y��^s�- -ear � grad -x� ode-=--- - - - • .- _.. . _ , .. _ ...4"---.....- , - ----_ . _ , h:,ctu�9��e 7.11' ...�. �lYl��'t2f���t� s'e fade. ' thousands paid ! -.- And so then we see a poppy' worn, A boy came whistling down the street, • bet us reflect on.. the burden borne Bouncing along• on care -free feet. , By .those. who gave their very all - Ilis smile was full of joy and fun, When asked to- answer their- country's call "Lady," said lit', ''may I have. otl,e? That we at ..home. in peace alight live. When she'd pinned it on he turned- to say. Then' wear a poppy! Remember — and Why. da we wear 0 poppy today ? 'Give! . SALUTE TO , SALT r ,,••,,,,-,;, -Ii -, ,,,; > , 1.s;ttj 1,366 it small i•oni- p1(1',"j itt • (lay. �1TaeE 1n 'fttmilic�s of God. latay--',�t:IW•fotute, ti•iti',,Qatlerieh for the, pltr-'-t't�ich, It,w�<ts'tlu' first. SA,It, well ,in Noi"th pose ot"•etp,l•ot'inr;': this, tfistriet forriil, •The Anrii ri a" where the- fully. 5tl;tlirttted brine si.t-t:...c.hoset1 for these aetiviti,'ll.as Sal t, wa it ptult( i1 out of_t_hc rot�k salt 1)1d, ford. This vies the beginning of GoJerieh5 '' pie- YAi?;one the lahor'e1's 0,11inon, on, the sent''ritilti-lnirlioti dollar salt inch'try which projeet w>ls• I t ppte Disney, eeeeell itht'r now ineledes the minim :of -'-rock salt. - of Walt Disney of Hollywood movie fame. 'T'lllts,'tlte moth anniversary of the dis-' The latter• evert went down to Salt ford, eovery 'of salt at Goderich and, indeed on when h_ e"'visited Goderich in 1'147 and sat, the entire Nerth American continent, Will where ,the hole was that h is grandfather .obseyseel in71966. clorlerieh �hoiiid not helped' dig. .The eompany.-(trilled' some let 'this inilestone go by withotilt, due re. 900 feetfw•ithout any sign of oil and 1verl,('1)nnttime ,:- ready ;1' ldy to give Up the project. -During the -. It may even be the sub,jet't o , a new night. when 1CO'1'kln('ll were absent, some commemorative postage stain p. Several prankster poured oil down the drill hole, hundreds of. thousands 'of Such stamps The next morning, when -the workmen' are issued from time to time to mark some, found this sign of N' hat they thought was speeial event in ,the history of Canada, striking oil, there vas great ,jubilation. The Goderieh'.s salt discovery is more than igen continued to drill deeper. with Treat likely to be the oeeasion for sueh an issue. enthusiasm., In response to questions raised in the When they had reached the 1 OpO- Hottse of (_'onlmens, Hou. J. R. Nicholson, the postmaster general, said the issue will foot 'level they struck a solid salt. bed• be considered when the 1966 • program is The news spread like wildfire. Before long more companies were formed and Six wells were drilled within a radius of an eighth of a mile. At that tinge the bed was supposed to be (suite small, and each company was afraid of missing the deposit. under study. , It is good to know that recognition may be (given to a discovery, that has con- tributed so mne'h to the economy of God- erieh, Huron County and Canada. With the progress of science today, salt 'could. The most important one and the. one well become an eyen more important in- whieh remained longest in,' operation was gredient of produets yet to be „formulated 'o(vned by Peter' 3iacElvan, forbear of the' and manufactured in Canada. • EDITORIAL I NOTES The Warden's Banquet -at G-odcri(rh next 'Wednesday evenjng 1('il1 .be a. God- , erieh area affair. Not only�`�lvill the War- ders -to be honored, Reeve' Ralph Jewell of Colborne, he from the iniuledia.le area but the chairman will be „also, former Reeve Walter .1. Forbes of (;od''rie11 Town- ship, a past Huron County 'Warden. It isn't likely that this neighboring town - Ships set-up will be repeattott' here for many years to come: l-Ielp the Boy Scouts this Friday anti Saturday --- Buy an apple, er • Established 1848 1$ /S1 A 50 per cent increase in the length of the 'operating season of grain • carriers and other transport boats on the Great -hakes would allow' almost a. 25 per rent decrease 111 itllit cost of transportation, a siirvev predicts. All that now 'remains is for ,someone. to come up with an idea'Thi' keeling th'e (treat' Lakes from freezing n>p during the winter months. Canada's Olympic team uses Soper Plenomins, says an advertisement in a ince] drilg store. So - that's what the trouble was wits) Canada's display at Tokyo! V � (!nn!rir!- 'i Yt�t1- 't tr 117th Year of P . ublication —0— , The County Town Newspaper of Huron --p-. Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by -o Signal -Star Publishing Limited GEO. L. ELLIS, President and Publisher' A R. G. SHRIER, Vice -President and Advtg. Mgr, S. F. Bills, Plant 'Supt. Member of C.W.N.A., O.`OV.N.A., C.C.N.R., and A.B.C. • tiOic s It „ °Subscription Rates -- $4 a year. To U.S.A., $5 (In Advance) Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept.. Ottawa and for Payment of Postage in Cash. • , w 64♦ MESSAGES FROM . TH.E WORD The Goderich Ministq,ia:l AsscS. WHAT KIND OF SPIRIT.! 1 involve more problems, more By Rev, W. J. ten Hoopen, anxiety, he cannot decide. He North Street United Church f looks on. He does not move a hand, he keeps silent. This is,':;a dangerous spirit. There are, rowever, exceptions" There is a Martin Luther King whp has Spoken for the sake of right- erisness and it Ls a great recog- nition that the world bestowed upon him in awarding him the Nobel Prize, In the meantime a few have met death at the hand of those ,who were filled with a spirit' of hate because the majority didnot have the spirit, the courage to act` -for the sa e of rightdousness.,What There is another Man Who for the sake of the Whole world, for all mankind, decided that only suffering for righteous- ness' sake is following God's, will. This. man is Jesus. With 'him man loses everything as He did. With Him man finds 'everything as He calls out "blessed, blessed." What kind of spirit shall prevail? Ultim- ately, the spirit of Christ, for His is'the Kingdom and the pow- er and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. • "Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteous- ness"'sales: for theirs is the kingdom of God." What kind of spirit is influ- encing society today? The an- swer is on the front of our daily papers and in our monthly magazines. Report after report describes incidents where people fail to come to the rescue of justice and righteousness, A mall group of students in Que- bec spoil' the visit of the 'Queen ec•ause the majority is ,afraid ami does nothing. A woman is stabbed to death while doz- ens of onlookers are scared to move a' hand. A girl is raped after seeking _for help and get- ting no response. We may see with our own eyes how injustice is done to persons, communities and innocent groups of society, but we are apparently not in- clined to come for*ard and let our voice: be heard or take any action for the rsake., of right- eousness. - When Jesus spoke 'these words, we must remember that this does not refer' to the right- eousness of God. You may notice in this Beatitude that the definite article is missing. It has to do with suffering for a just cause. Now the question is, many will say, what is a just cause? Are we failing to recognize justice any longer? Are we so wrapped up in our pursuit of.. our pleasures, our work, our own security than we are Unable ..to. _.see_. where there is injustice? There might be another rea- son why we are seeing this spirit of indecision, of fear to act. Man is living .in a very complex society. -His life is filled with ',insecurity, with anxiety:: and, ,h.e.,.,ktas to ar c�i�.;-ana�r tx' Man -himself' ls' -eaten up inside with the feelings of meaning- lessness, ° He cannot find a bal- ance, - a foundation that -will steady him.. Besides, there may be the marriage problems, ,The family problems or the fear of losing his job, business 'or 'health. Map is suffering already too much for -his own good's sake and he cannot afford to add anymore to this. He is involved s ,The first already to his wit's end. 'Con- traduced in Holland at the end sequently when he is. confront -visited last weekend with • Mr. of the. 16th century were limit- ed -with a,',dec"i ion that might and Mrs. Elton:Draper: cc=To.:narr'ow ribbon and -lace. PORT ALBERT PORT RT ALBtERT,--Miss Betty Glossop of London, Mrs. Art Forster's granddaughter': left on Tuesday for Halifax. She was .chosen from, 20 girls as a Lieutenant for the Royal Can- adian Navy. Mr. and Mrs, L. A. Brentwood and another couple fromwHam- ilton attended. the RAF. reunio.n. in Goderich on Saturday and also visited with Mrs. Harry Lednor. ' Mrs. Tom Dickson sang a solo -at -St. Andrew's United Church evening service on anniversary Sunday i y whioh was much en - .There was an„aerror-in, at z..�,..11.-wv. .,..,._.. Vii. news. - M Mr. ,an�d�.Mrs: Don 1ohnston of Brantford visited with Mrs. Will ''Vrooman over the week- end. Mrs. Vrooman returned with Mr. and Mrs. Johnston for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gaiser and Kimbellee of Dashwood, and Mrs. Wilbur Stewart of London visited one day last week with Mrs. Elton Draper and Mrs. F. Willis. Mr. Don Fritzley of 'Burford 50 Years A.94--1914 Ernest Ernest MacMillan, U. of T. student, wrote a letter from Germany to his father, t Rev,, Alex MacMillan, former paster .of Smith's hill Presbyterlian Church. Ernest said that since_ Germany declared war he was •!eing detained in Germany and had to report . to authorities every 24 hours under penalty of death if he failed to do so. A wild cat in the Menesetung Park area was causing alarm. It' was playing havoc in tf chicken coops. Students at Goderich Colleg- iate were, disgruntled. A new method for examinations per- mitted them to be called at any time without previous notice. It gave the , students no oppor- tunity to "Gram." •• - 30 Years Ago -1934 A'rThur oy relior ed -Ta Cd1- borne • Township Council•that his, hound was killed and wish- ed council would have the taxes -on it cancelled.. Dry: Harold Box of Toronto was guest speaker at a meeting of the Huron Dental Society held in the rooms of Dr. Mabee; Goderich. Goderich citizens expressed appreciation for the action of the Bell Telephone Company for paying 35 cents per hour to men working on their construc- tion program in Goderich.. LETTER TOHTHE EDITOR Dear Sir: Just sending a news item.for your paper on our appearance at the Ontario Hospital. Hope you -cin mate- use of. at: .. . I don't know when'we ever put on a program that was as well appreciated and I must say this hospital is to be com- mended on the wonderful work they are doing. They need en, tertainment which helps the morale :of the. patiens , 'vitt' • PHHNn'NiiNP1lVW.YAAiNiG' MGM4 fdlNtY, ,lyt 1 ]wT1W'.a .IMi 'I,,IN' Y 1 ..... u .... .. y, , ,.TRMITIMINMWAYN1h119MWL1 '•were•~ -•only i"oo gl'a,�"`t'o.-b"lay- ��'°a'""Fit'1� I�1dotPt. show for them there the other , v w 1 115 ,Years . Ago Inti Goderich. Huron Signal editorial: The comparatiive stand -still condi- tion. of our country has not resulted from the fact that we were not united to the Re- public of United States, but from the fact that we have not emulated 'the Republicans in their enterprise and pat- riotism. We have looked on, whining and lamenting our own want of energy, and ridi- culing and despising their, ac- tivity. Let us now throw aside this silly unproductive, self-conceit. Let us pluck up the courage of, men, and in- stead ' of indulging the beg- gardly practice of calling for omeb(ady.ei:p_: us, let us help ourselves -- instead of . cringing for An- nexation, let las at once feel and proudly proclaim that Canada is ours; and feeling this, we will speedily scorn the idea of cringing for assist- ance to render our Country, great, prosperous and happy. 15 Years Ago -1949 Goderich Boy Scouts' sold 22 bushels of apples on their Ap- ple Day effort. Miss Helen Montgomery, 4.R. 4, Goderich, was' the winner of the Hugh I. Strang scholarship at Gederich Collegiate. A 'large driving shed at the rear of the British Exchange Hotel was razed by,.. fir.e,... 4.t. -the- fall- convocation of 'Mc- Master University, Fred Allan Jewell of Goderi'Ch received his B.A. degree. 10 Years Ago -1954 Goderteh;'pubIIl sc'h'ool-` pup- ils agreed not to, ask for hand- outs for Hallowe'en. - Instead, they would ask for donations to help th'h victims pf the Hurri- cane Hazel Relief+Fund in the Toronto area." Emerson Overholt, 'Huron -road,, reported—his—apple-tree night? This was -made possible through the A.F. of M. df which. we are members. Trusting .you can make use of it' and anything y,ou wish to add to it Ls O.K. Sincerely yours, EARL , HEYWOOD, Wingham, Ontario, automatic looms in- -- - memoril i## IouR S scou-- - L.E a THIS FRI. & SAT. OCTOBER 30 & 31 FRIDAY 6-9 p.m. SAT. 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