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HURON ESCAPES . THIS TIME
Redistribution of provincial ridings,
first in 10 years, is' to alter most constit-
uencies and. increase Legislature member-
ship by mine to 117. Toronto loses threes
heats in cerj:tre of the metropolitan area,
...while.u t
the h ri�uan .r t
r nX '
t� � marts
mine. Prepared for a first -time by an in-
dependent commission, instead of a L'eg-
isiature committee, -the 'report was com-
pleted last August but tabled in the
House by0Prfeii e Ribarts only. Wednes-
day of last week. A hall resulting from
it .will came before the privileges and el-'
eetions committee. - . •
One. press report has stated that the
recommendations "virtually wipe out"
county .boundaries. Most counties ' are_
.cut up; anyway, Huron surrendering nor-
thern municipalities to Huron -Bruce some
years ago, Evidently no further change
is now recommended, ' and upon enquiry of
the Chief Dlectoral Officer" Roderick +Lew-
.` -th'is--~tivas-.--fro rrmed. Mr. Lewis,
who i$ also clerk of the Legislative Assem-
bly served on the redistribution commis-
sion with Mr.. Justice -Richardson and
Prof. K. Grant Crawford, a former city
clerk of London. • -�
What happened, in rearranging rid-
ings into permissible population units, was
that the commies -ton made nueperotts
ges in. tete Essex.-Kent-Lambton area below
us; then came along to Huron and found a
000-50,000 for rural"onstituencies. To the
north, four riings contained only suflie-
lent Population for three. 'Three Bruce
municipa` ties were added to Huron -&use,
and the rearranged ridings of Grey-13,ruee
and grey South constitute the surviving
trio. . ,
Ho:
n. h
C ale
' ed the commissio e
.:u
erpaf'ify, the villas
cNaughton had remind-
of a new
,a... ... t SLIk3.. mink
of
Ba..- '
y
fire
ld. Others
k
ors
, ere the townships Of Goderich, Hullett,
Stanley, Hay, Stephen, Us�borne, McKillop
and Tuckersmith; the towns of Gederioh,
Clinton, Seaforth and .Exeter, and the vil-
lages of Hensel! and Zurich.
The redistribution has been made nee-.
.essary by two Main factors. One is gen-
eral population increase — 25% in Ontario
in the past .decade. Tile offer is movement
of population to large urban Centres.' At
next provincial elecction, Metro Toronto
will have 26 of the 117 seats, or nearly one-
quirter. '
The riding with smallest population,
.Thunder Bay, has 32,728. Huron is not far
above, and obviously is not safe frolxi re-
distribution after next census, now only
six years away. Gaderieh, gaining substan-
tially in recent years, constitutes one-fifth
of the riding's population, as the other
municipalities have not kept pace. If con-
tinued growth in provincial population
brings about still larger units for elector-
al purposes f— the measuring stick for ur
bait. ridingsis.-alre'adv' 60,000=70,000- •we-
pray not again remain undisturbed. The
new total of 117 members in the Legis-
�Iature� .iia seem to some people to be un-
wieldy, but with fewer there would have
to be higher population standards for-th
constituencies.
AN IMPORTANT ,DECISION
Selecting the right personality to offi-
cially open any event of -Canada-wide inr-
porttn've earl 'be a matter of coneern. The
e esulte stire14iaeredeeisiten--.rano ei . .
th:-lend
color, glamor and prestige to • the event
right from the opening number' on the
program, .or, e.ke launch 'it in a .dull and
inauspicious manner.
Such a decision has to be made soon
by •The • Ontario-I£lowmen's Association,
'<'V'horn • will it choose to officially open The
international Plowing Match to be staged
.clear 'Seaforth in 1966? Not only should
strch a person be internationally kno}vr
but .a.lse, in this case, preferably have some
Iluron County' background.
• :Who, would be more fitting, then, to
officially open such an international event
• in Huron than , the internationally -known -
Hollywood producer, Walt" Disney, i; -
i i strous descendant of Huron County pio-
neers ,who plowed the sail of 'Huron back.
in the 19th ,gentury?
• This' world-renowned' movie producer=
-left no doubt as to the 'affection he holds
f'or the county of hi forbears wlten, in
.lune, 1947, he sentimentally toured places
in Huron County where his .father, his
'grandparents and his great -grandparents
onee 'lived. We are eonfidelnt 'he' woul d
love to return to Hurcrrreepealieeand at the
same time, officially open The Internation-
al Plowing Match here in 1966.
- • On the suggestion of Hugh Hill of the
Huron Plowmen's Association, the Ontario -
Plowmen's Association will be advised to
extend' an invitation to Walt Disney for
the afoI'ementi )ned purpose. '
This writer;: recalls the clay- in ';Bine of
1947 when Walt Disney called at our home
ir1
Goderich to take ns along in his ear•on',
a. tour ,of, the- pla 9es around theCounty
he wished to visit. With us, too, was a ..
{locder-ich'relative of Disney, the late Peter
CantelonJeand i rs. Cantelon of Lighthouse
Street. We were most,- impressed with
tris very. friendly and unassuming per-
soniilit,v; this marl of considerable means
showed such-•genui+ne considerateness for
all with wham he cane in contact.
The first place_wc visited was the e1.1
cemetery atop the hill at Ilolmesville in
which sotSrtc of his ancestors lie buried.
()n one 'of the tombstones a verse read;:
"Pioneers in sileriq e, their duty fulfilled.;
1+'aith"in the `uture, beyond the hills."
Ano.t her spot w4 the' now "scarcely
distinguishable Location on - the Danks- of
theMaitland River, n'a rlv a mile up the
river from F'orrester's bricigcr. Here, Walt's
"great-grandfather, Eliae Disney, started a
grist mill ,which provided flour far -the pio-
neers of the district. Elias came' out from
'Ireland in 18.1'6 with his three brothers to .
New York City. His three brothers re-.
nlained in New York to go into business
but Elias headed for Upper Canada and
eventually Holmesville. To Elias Disney
and his wife was born a son, Kepple Dis-
�; trey (Watt's'-grandfath r)_ who .tnarrie "
vale, Ontario, where they also farmed.
At Bluevale. there was born to Mr.
• and Mrs. Kepple Disney a son, who was
me'd.-Elias ` after his grandfather. �°(Tli
Na's
Elias Disney was to -.be the father bf Walt
Disney.).
•
Renting his farm at Bluevale, Kepple
Disney moved to Bothwell, Ontario, to e'n-
igage in drilling for oil. Later, when word
spread there might be oil in the Go-derich
area, Kepple:•riloved his family to Gqd-erich
and worked for the late Peter MacEwan
drilling.. wells for- what was hoped to be
oil, but which later turned out tp be salt.
While in Goderich, • Kepple lived in the
MacEwaii house on Ca'm'bric 4oad. It
was at, this time that Elias Disn y., father
, of Walt, attended Central Public Scheel,
now th,e �Hurou County 11'Iuseiim. �It' will
be recatled-by some that when Wait Disney
visited Goderich in 1947, - he visited his
father's old school and drew caricatures
'of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, etc. .`t)
•the delight of the- pupils)'.
{Same 1877 .and Kepple Disney decid-
ed to' move with his family to U.S.A. He
first went to'Ellis, Kansas, and later mov-
cd to Chicago. In Chicago, his son,
grew up and married Flora -Vali and '}to
this ,c1(Yuple was born in ('hicago, •NV'a1t 1
Disney, who wits destined to becori)e world-
wide known in motion pictures, radio and
TV. :Shortly after Walt birth in Chica-
go, his father decided to move from the
city and went to a farm „near Marceline,
Missouri. There, with three..brothers and
a sister, Walt .attended a country- school,
followed by a grammar school in nearby
Kansas (:'it.y. Walt's.._ first 'J ii' , ,itehile `still
fittending sehool, was a paper route which
required him to • arise _at 3 :30 a.m. daily.
A -iter a series of ,jobs, ,lip eventually .t-urn-
erd t.) cartooning and from there catapulted
to various enterprises along the road •wh'i'eh
finally Drought hililto outstanding success
in California..
:It is our hope that Walt Disney - w'ill
make another sentimental ;journey to Huron
County, the land of his forbears, and that
}re v -ill, at the same time, offreially open
Tlie International Plowing Match near
Seafort1, in. 1966.
Mary Richardson of Holmesville. Kepple
and his bride lived and farmed on the 12th
concession of Goderich Township for some
years and then • decided to 'Mover -to Blue -
I.O.D.E. ANNIVERSARY
'Congratulations are in order 'as the
nt lebrates .the 65th anniversary of
its. founding on Saturday, -February 13th.
_ In Goderich are to be found two bran-
ches of the LO.D.E. — the Maple Leaf
Chapter and the Ahmeek Chapter. Both
of these `cirapteis over the years have done
yeoman -set -v -44%-k) this community in var-
ious ways. Because of, inspired leader=
ship from its succession of ..regents and
its devoted men1bers,. work has been done
.in the community of a magnitude which
would' only be :fully :realie cl-1aad ese iwo
chapters. never existed- in Goderich. They
are deserving of the higihest esteem and
thanks .from th citizens of Goderieh' and
district.
Established
1848
nbertrtp
ANL
t �} t- tar 118th of
i `Lh PublicaYeartion
•0-- The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0—
Published-
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Published.. at Goderleh, Ontario every Thursday morning by
Signal -Star Publishing Limited``'
GEO. L. ELLIS, President . R. G. MUER, Vice -President
and Publisherand Advtg, fir,
S. F. Hills, ' Plant Supt.
Member df' C.W.Ni:A�, d.W.N.A., C.C.N.R„ and A.B.C.
RELIGION IN THE NEWS
By* Rev. W. J. ten Hoopen,
North . Street United.. Church
.
Rel onion is on the air -,and
on the screen and in the papers.
Why is ,,this eo'ie There are
rTiartpt' reaoais: Cine reason is
that it is a controversial swb-
jet:ct.
Pupils 'at the Public Schools
may choose any subject for
their public speaking contest,
except 'politics arid religion. Re-
ligion is bound, up wcitin icfe- in
such an intricate 'yv+ay that no
one can escape ita He mray re -
get 'p't sitively tvr negatively 'but
man is alWays \involved. •
The apostle describes the rea-
son in this way: "In Him we
ti've and. moye and have our.
being." We bump into God
in 'all the experiences of life
and we have ;an •insatd'a►ble long-
ing to int prey Go We ale
anxious to have all' the answers
for 'the questions that arise in
these experiences of life.
At times you aneet a person
who .can be described as. Mr.
Knave -it -all. A 'person•'who rhas
all the•answers in relligi'on must
.be God Hintseif. He 'becomes
a .fanaatic,_ .He_.lives and ,moves
and -lies -his-being- in hi'hiseif:-
Luther once said that 'a. 'god
comprehended is not a god.
The Bible states in various 'ways
that God, the Creator of Heaven
and Earth, is beyond our 'un-
derstanding. Paul anust con-
fess and say: "Great is the
mystery ,sof godliness."
As soon as you begin to con-
fine this mystery in 'words and
statements and 'Full it down to
human interpretation, you have
lost the mystery and are in-
xelivedein.-a..-con overs..,
� y.� The
Bible does not argue nor seeks
to prove. It testifies. and (bears
witness that there is a God, that
Ile has acted in .the 'lives of
men and that in Jesus Christ'
He, has came in the flesh. John
says: ... "the life was made
manifest, and we saw it, and
testify to it, and proclaim to
you, eternal life .wihich was with
the Father and,.wae made mani-
fest 'bo
Looking at 'all the various
claims made on 'behalf of God
for the Truth and listening to:
those who .claim Steekno'w it all,
I cannot help thinklng that
Gerd
atnttsttr Tau ` gTi at o'ir ioal-.
ishness and' perhaps mare .so,
looks 'upon us in pity. `
It h'a's 'been 'said that rwonsluup
is man's highest activity. It is
an indispensable part of the
Christian life. For w'ors'hip Is
the celebration of Mystery, the
acknowledgment of a dept
and dimension of life which
eludes our VOLIT4yrethension, do
.tvthiCh we confess the gr'&atne s
of God which is past) all our
finding out. At the same time
we confess, our faith in`SGod,
Who :commanded lighi.L'bo Shine
out of dankness,, hath alined in
our hearts, to give The light of
the Igwowledige • 'f• the glory
God in the £ace of Jesus Cth'rist."
jt is the task of the Church to
make this' relevant in all the_
experiences 'of life.
HOLMESVILLE
&10:L4/1EVILtla .. _— Kr- Ted,
feCallowgh d Tor'onito ; spent'
Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and' Mrs. Frank McCullough.
The Messengers of HoLmes-
vi'lle United Church.met, in the
Sunday school room 'when the
call to warship was given Iby
Mrs. Roy Potter. Janice Tre-
wartha played -the piano for
the hymns. The Scripture was
read by Sharon Potter. Wendy
Miller gave the prayer, The
offering was received by Allan
Pocock and Gerald Trewartha
gave--the--d edicatiorr-prayerr-Mahe°
roll call was given by :Janice
Trewartha. The chapter in . the
study book was read by Mrs.
Francis Gantelotr and Mrs. Roy
Pottereread a poem. The World
Friends ware.. d'istri'buted by
Marlene.' Yeo., :Wendy Midler
and. Marlene Yeo were appoint-
ed 'program conveners for the
month of February.
T. PRYDE & SON
Memorials —
Finest Stone and Experienced 'Workmanship
Frank MciiWain
REPRESENTATIVE
524-7861 or 200 Gibbons St. — .524-9465
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How can you
sage $2
on Canada's.
finest
white paint?
•
C.ITIN I:ATEXLTOI'E
SA
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adds Brightness
55..Y(1ll'11 .A► p -,..i910
Town Council An. ante eom
mitateo recommendedthat the
eptiol'on 'the 'Sunset Hotel for
$6,000, 'given to C. C. Lee be
extended to the end of the year.
T
_ lte'a'cti'on 'brought by. J. T.
Gelelthorpe 'a'g inst;, W. Moyes
for spec !e pertermuance '4f an
Agreement 1
gr,e
eunxerit bo , r .gia've plaintiff
$60,000 ei "paielLu'p stock in the
,
afar
ao
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t
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nic. and $4p360o stock in
the Maitland River Power Com-
pany, Or in the alternative for
X100,000 damages, was settled
by the delivery of the stock as
cbaianed by the plaintiff and
SKI MOBILE.
acilsrzAIL, i11Mr. and Mrs.
• Ken Smith of London used
"bhol f Std utile" method of
trartstportation to travel Jobb
,Kelly's snow-Ib1o+cke4 road in
order to rerar,bu 'thei'r cottage
at Shamrock Beach this week
end. It has Proven its worth
as a snow vehicle by 'oacrry-
pie--and-th+e/
the mile and &ha'l'f distance
for No. 21 highway to the
bank of, Lake Huron. Mr.
and .Mrs. Smith carried suf-
ficient "grufb" for a week's
'stray at their "winter resort"
cottage..
115 Years
1S Y`ears Ago -.,.195Q'
�+.. The Signal�,Star lanotyrkae eper-
ager, .ustitn • 'u'dy; ,beat �attb a
In -.God eric ;arw egg e'atin'g contest eeox'd
held 'previou* 'b' . a LOPdQU,
The tannual
r 1 l meetitug of^ t 'e Free ,Presse m'an. Be ate 41
p;grt,iieT r+al; SoGieby .af dhe+
United Counti'es:. Huron, eggs in 22 minutes. Bth ins
"Perth ands ..,Brace, was. held, ti.eggs to pini. from 'the grog
et the Huron:lIotel Cro, er were C1ayloh' Nrvtns,. Hen
der> h, Mi;kler, . Pon 111a1aKiay 'an4 Bo
Robert Gibbons R b' ns w
to as�
elected
'president and the t i,ce-presi; oar '• ,
t'o ask.
dents were Jahan Annand a�ntri:`" kis at ot0n!oitl was . f ...
. L. x
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a I ,.. e' 3..'�0 9`'�'
�"aao
'lVfiliT'` .
f e7r th ,
'treasurer Gyri R. G. Ounn2ng-
'ham.
payment of a'tl costs by 'the de-
fendant.f
35 Years 444- 1 3Q D ,
The, annual meeting of Knox
Pre-by,terian Ohurah a ° ted
C. K. Saunders as echargreen.
Rev. R. C. >1V1cDermid 'was anin-
liater. The statistical, report
;)bowed 723 members on the roll
West street .rink and the ex-
kibitiett huiiding at Agri,eultur-
al Park.
Six liew students enrolled at
Sky Haiib cur Air Services to
te'ke am approved tourse~ of
pilot •larain'tn'g. They ' were K.
Thompson, C. Dunlbar, L. Gil&
bertson, E. HttraPhreys, R. Lloyd
and N, Grain.
1Q Years Ago --1955
Tile National 'EmripQoyanent °d
-
ace at 'Goder1icb''listed 780 in
48 being added in the .pasty ,s,M,,'9n.. Couwtty,,seekinrgee 'ploys
The Goderich "Curling Club menta
held their 'firs't games of 'the
season at the West street rink.
Faux boys from .Nile appear
d-tbefore---Viragiistaate- Reld---at----
Goderich charged with iblc wing
red. pepper into the faces _of
some persons coming from a
dance. Th'e.boys said they orig-
inallyintended to sprinkle the
pepper on the stove 'at the
dance.
Nage
br*text iuto and a gnu
aa'tie •fire. Stolen,.
I'allir fr Y the par*
in the ,sol o is aground
ni fer . Piteor s• ' rake two
in h ",, eft has ,•
e ; oyees. of a the
Sheaffer Pen Company,
ariawere bat receive' a
sharing. payment of, 5 R
of, their "e'a:in� or 'the.
quarter enable; . Fe►br #a
1'055,'
bre y0/0 AO -196
Chxoni e, , ab
me .irnn
4
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sci`tne salientsapt.C1-1 S
fon.
Bert Medd, playing IWjth,
lie Rance, got a Perfect
beige 1iand.
Prize winners at a card
held at l n'tbri+dge were
James Sinnetit, Mrs. he fr
Frank Austin . and. Ra
Hogan.
About a dozen "Yellow
beaks" were noticed at
feeder -of -IC K: Dawson -at
gannon.
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James 1Richa;dson & Sons Ltd.
"Serving -,The Feed Dealers of Westem Ontario"
PHONE 524-8388; GODERICH
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LADY ANNE & - FELICITY
Over 65 pieces in each set - Service for eight
Regular 180:.:.11'9 -•
NDERSON"S
The Square BOOK STORE , 524-78
Itlu'.:.UesnH.see'RtLR�%YF_'[T:s:AIStJe.;lOrt:aaf}y yy^,�,•�.a
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qty beer
the hack
searcchec
P.
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• r -any e
1' bottle
the frot
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ked car.
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days 'w
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GILLS
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•Inside each giant -sued
box of OMO detergent
(marked "January White
' Sale") there's a coupon
worth $2.00 off a gallon
of any C -I -L White Paint.
Redeem it here.
C-ILOMO
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McArthur &
Reilly
WEST STREET
Standing behind the stainless steel milk
storage unit on the farm of Hugh Feagan
are left to right; Stah Mcllwain, Hugh Fea-
'gan, Doug McNeil;. Cliff McNeil, John West
brook and Maurice Gardiner. These produc-
ers . won awards at a, recent Huron County
Whole Milk Producers Association meeting
in Clinton. The producers awards were for
scoring 85 per cent or higher in farm inspec-
tiongrade orre:nick output for the past
15 -month period. -
The storage -unit that has been instal-
led on the farms of all these'producers keeps
their milk at a constant 36 degrees. The
milk is taken from this container ' directly
into Gardiner's Bulk Milk Tank Truck whit
is insulated and allows the milk to rema
at a constant temperature until it is. take
to the dairy. The. installation of these u
its is largely responsible for the high qua
ity milk they continually produce.
'Only' seven' Huron Milk Producers Igo
aw'ar'ds and two or these were from th
-southern part of the county: •
Gardiner's salute these producers wh
have given them nothing, btit grade one mil
to offer their custoniers. -.We at Gardiner'
are sure that these awards are only the fi
of many you will win in the years to com
ub, scrlptlon.. Rat as. --$4_a_ year. To U.S.A., $5. tin _ Advance
lq
Authorized as -fid Class. Mail; Post 0 ;; ce Dept..
Ottawa and or Payment of Postage in Cash. ; , a
SELLING NOTHING BUT, TOP QUALi'i°Y DAIRY PRODUCTS
.$4 STANLEY STREET
DIAL 524-782