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TRIES REPEL) ONSLAUGHT
•4,. massive Liberal onslaught fOrce4
only slight cliinks in -the apparently im-
pregnable ProgreSsiVe Conservative amid!.
in Huron riding on Monday evening.
- Typical comment from a "Grit,'who
\\,-atched the results coming in, was: "If
.you put a monkey up and labelled it pc
.t would, get a majority in Huron.
Sour -grapes, claim the Conservatives
who, admitting their entrenehed rural vote,
point proudly to the qualifications of Bob
McKinley, hand-picked by tho. pa' rty elite
as.a. successor to vetetan Elston Cardiff.
TheAct is the Liberals have much to
concern them following this particular
election. For the defeat -of highly -touted
1VEl1'it' Edgar can only be c6nsidered as *a
serious setback Lo the party's hopes here.
„If ever.,the time Was .ripe for a set -ions
the election in iluron. With veteran politic-
ian Eton Cardiff throwing in. the towel
L appeared the most open, political race
in 25 years.
"Time for a Change- thundered th
Liberal spokesmen; as they launched their
most extensive—as well as expensive—
eampaign ever in Huron. For them teaoher
Edgar appeared ty be the man to turn the
previously strong Cons.er•vative tide.
Unfort-unatety-for the Libeials he was
forced to stand like King Canute. as the
1\6veS of PC votes lapped round his ankles
on election night.
• His eampaign machinery- was excellent
to be. In Goderich in
particular a smiling Mait had become a
fixture at soeial events for the past few
weeks. "
On election day itself the PC's could
ti oiily one ear for every two provided
hy the Liberal; team to ferry voters lo the
polls here. But .as one PC 'organizer re-
marked: "It doesn't matter, they'll vote
PC no matter who takes them.''
However the Liberals"- did _show a
marked improvement ill Goderich halving,
the 700 majority sigai-ned here by Cardiff
in the April 1963 election.
Clinton turned out to be the biggest
blow to the Liberal hopes in this election.
At their main headquarters there officials
listept in dimay as the results came in
from the six polls.
Instead of the expeeted big vote pick-
up they trailed by twti votes when.the final
eount had been made.
Areas where the Liberals pi:eked up
• most support were Colborne Township,
Goderich Township a n d surprisingly
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enough McKinley's home town of Zurich.
New Democratic vandidate J. Carl
Hemingway of Brussels brought up1'
rear of the field to serape an additional
149 Votes over tind.,•above the ones he
received NN;lion he stood in ,Irtie of 1962:
His total of 1,130 showed that •Huron was
-not-read-y-to:.:go-aleng,--wit4i-theemuchAn...
creased NDP vote in the rest of Canada.
Local Tory leaders can pat themselves
011 the back for running a sotiAd, if rather
(11111, eampaign. The presence of PC leader
.John Diefenbaker was the one high -spot
of their 'Campaign and no doubt was a
deciding factor in strengthening an already
stalwart party vote.
Now it is all over including the shout-
ing and one eanonly hope the people...of
Canada will not be aSked to Aturn to
the polls again for a. reasonably sub-
stantial period:
For PC's in Iltirou the "picture looks
rosy. The Cardiff image has been replaced
by yet another Conservative image for the
p -o -t tut y. • •- . .
The Liberals are .simply left to lick
their wounds and wo;),der. at just how long
it will take to dislodge a Conservative from
this riding, .
. Politicking
for a time and
ha ve v it neSSed
has now been .completed
we are fortunate here to
a campaign. unsullied by
unwarranted personal attacks. The victor
has had his moment of triumph and only
the \\TVaTy path of responsibility lies before
NEW FORM OF ".KICKS"
\veek it xVitti ObViOUS what all the commotion
It appears a group of thrill -seeking
hell -raisers has found . a new form of2
"kicks"' here in Goderieh. They are liONV
• pacing fire engineson their way to the
Inc.
.The sound of the fire siren has - be-
,c0ine 'the vllr to burn rubber" in the
wake of the auxiliary.crews as they rush
towards a reported blaze.
Like vultures awaiting a prime.eadaver
lite local thrill -kids login to hovCr in the
inemediate vivinity of the fire hall within
seconds of the-,sirtn sounding.
coneerned. Secondafter the siren started
ears began to slip into their starting 'posi-
tions
As the fire trucks, with danger signal;
flashing, pulled out of their sheds. :to fol-
low the poliee cruiser through town then
the uninvited convoy; gunned its motors.
It looked like the. mass start at Le
Mans with unskilred drivers behind the
wheels. Cars and small motor cycles raced
out of -side streets fromall angles cutting
and thrusting a path infto the high-powered
tl.o.W..of traffic.
A -dozen near misses took place within
a matter of seconds -11S more than 20 cars
joined -in hot purSuit. Admittedly a.number
of these belonged to the auxiliary firemen
whO had failed to make- it to a truck on
time, but these formed only, a splinter
group in. the general helter-skelter exodus.
There is no immediate answer to the
problem. At each of these emergencies the
police are hard pressed enough to clear
a way for the fire trucks to .get to the fir?,
without ha,ving to fight a.„...reargnard action
at the same time. ,
It islip to the average 'citizen to take
action. Goderich is small enough that most
of 'these unwanted motorists earl be reeog-
nized They should be "sought out and
warned 'before thj paper has to ,print the
pathetic. story ,of someone losing .hislife
Inzcause .a safelty device has; become a rally-
ing call for irresponsilble° actionctri.- the
tow)i's streets.
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From .carefully chosen vantage spdts,
such .as the service station lot' across the...
road, the youthful "sports" wait to roar
.off in, hot pprsuit knowing ,full well the
twlice cruiser will be leading the way.
Squealing tires can be herd block*, -
away as these drier -creatures treat the
emergeney situation as if they were on the
.set for a teen -drag movie.
"Fun, fun; ftin" it might he to these
• misguided road- hogs but it canonly be
Jteseribed as sick humor where road ac-
' eident victims can be left "laughing" all
, the \vay to the Torgue.
Householders with .small children in
•tfe• immediate area of the fire station have
'exp:isz:sed eeeeern over the conditions that
ti V minutek after the siren'
(-xis'. for lip te
:roes orf.
Said op,. \veel
us to go im• on the
kids. These fire-eli
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thing as though 't
them.'' .
isnot safe for
Tet alone the
at the , wh'ole
e provided fr
SS Year* 4490-s49-.10
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A Weal. youth .Was, committed
to stand trial for the .nnirder of
'Lizzie Anderson following a pre-
liminary hearin# WhiYh lastW
less than one hour. The 'hears
ing was held ID he council
chambers of the town hall and
a large crowd of curious specs
tators had tilled the roOni more
than 30 minutes before the hear-
ing got underway. This necessi-
tated the clearing of the court to
make room for the 35 witnesses
who had been subpoenaed to ap-
pear.
Mayor Cameron announced he
would be seeking re-eiectiOn at
the forthcoming municipal elec-
tions. A number of town coun-
cillors said they would not be
seeking office for a further term.
'Tired of it—sic k and tired of
it," was the comment made by
one town father.
• 35 Years Ago -1930
A garage and stable at Au-
burn was destroyed in av$10,000
blaze which was fought by mem-
bers of the Goderich fire bri-
gade. `-
A delegation of Goderich offic-
ials requested a grant ofs$10,000
from the government to help
ation in the town.
The lake level at Goderich
was reported- to be dropping ac-
Yoars Ago
In Godorich
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A serious aecident happen -
Pd to Mrs. John jolinston and
her daughter,-fiecond conces-
sion of Goderich. A quantify
qf dantis gunpOwder spilled
on the floor of the root house
was kindled, The explosion
ignited the clothing of the
lady and her daughter at 'a
time when -no other members
of the 'family were present.
Their garments were burned
on their bodies. After 11
" days of suffering both the
mother and daughter died.
cording to ,the Canadian hydro-
graphic serivce report.,
Members of the Maple Leaf
Chapter of the IODE established
a $1,000 endowment fend for a
room at the Alexandra Hospital.
15 Years A4O--1-950
Goderich town council voted
5-2 in favor of payment for mem-
bers. ThesnafOr's salio was set
at $300 year with a deduction
$5-f6re"delfrelitl1fdirbrep
mittee meeting missed. Other
members of council had their
salary set at $150 a year with
ANN
LAN DERS
Dear Ann Landers: My parents
have gone on an honesty kick.
They sat i1 of us kids down
the other night and told us that
each one pf us can make the
world a better place by...being
better ourselves.
My dad- said a lot of people
are crooked because nobody ever
explained the difference between
right or wrong. He said this is
a responsibility of the parents
and he wanted to make sure he
didn't fail us.
. There are certain 'things we
couldn't agree on. We'elike
you to give us the final word.
Like:
1. Is it honest to reuse a post-
age stamp that was missed bS7
the cancelling machine?
2. Is it, honest to take home
the statihery from a ,hotel
room?.
3. Is it honest to tear a coupon
out of a magazine in a doctor's
office?
4. Is it honest to keep a quar-
ter if you find it in the coin cup
of a public telephone?
5. Is it honest to help" your-
self to an old vase that your
neighbor • has thrown in the
trash can?
You are going to settle the
arguments, Ann, What do you
say?—W.W.R.
Dear It would be
wonderful if more families argu-
ed about what is honest, instead
of which TV show to watch.
• En answer to your questions:,
1. No. The stamp already car-
ried one letter. That's all it's
supposed to do.
, 2. Yes. Hotel static;nery is
placed there for the person who
occupies the room.
3. No. Magazines in the doc-
tor's offices belong to the doctor.
4. Yes. Since it would be im-
possible to track .clown the per-
son who left the coin in the
phone booth, I say, "finders,
keepers, losers weepers."
5. It would be best to knock
on your neighbor's door and ask
for the vase. It may be that she
meant to present it to the trash
man. ,
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--Dear-Ann ,Lasulers :-Ev ery of-
fice has 'a self-appointed oracle
whp thinks he knows everything.
Our office oracle says a gentle-
man need no longer take the
outside when walking with a
lady. He says it made sense
when women had to be pre_tect-
ed from mud splattered ty
horses' hooves, but not anymore.
We say it is still good man-
ners. Yes or no? ---JN and LF.
Dear JN and LF: The -way .1
heard it was that the gentelmen
took the outside in the days, of
open: saloons to protect the
ladies from.the drunks who.were
lyin4 in the gutter. No matter
what the original "reason, the
tradition is still with us. Men
SHOULD walk on the outside,
closest to the street.
a
acdUctiQn ler Sneeti4s miss-
ed.
Members of the local racing
association asked council for per-
tills41011 to lease the stables at
Agricultural Park for a nominal
figure. It was peinted Q14 that
U the town made repairs to the
stables the ,association wouii
then maintain them: '
The bearin'g of 'charges against
a Stanley Township resident for
keeping. a common bawdy house
was adjourned for one week.
Three men and tire women were
named in the charges laid after
a raid on the house by O.P.P.
officers. '
10 Years Ago -71955
Alexandra Marine and General
HoSpital• Board officjals estimat-
ed the cost of the proposed new
wing in excess of $360,000.
A firm of Toronto engineers
suggested far-reaching changes
in the town's water 'supply sys•
tem after a survey here.
George Filsinger became the
first Goderich re-sident to strike
oil on his property. A ,gusher
ef oil shpt up when he was
working on his basement floor.
It was then discovered that a -
nail. had pierced a pipe just be -
President Evelyn Carroll was
nominated by acclamation to be-
gin her fourth term as the pre-
sident of. the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Royal Canadian Legion.
One Year Ago -1964
Action on the proposed ap-
pointment of a full-time. fire
chief was deferred for six days
by town council, This was after
a dele,ption asked for the mato
ter to be the subject of a plebi-
scite at the December 7 election.
Reeve Frank Walkom announ-
ced his -intention to contest the
mayoralty following ge news
that Mayor May Mooney would
retire after one year in office.
Bill Kirkey. was chosen "Kins-
man of the Year" for District
One at a meetingof the area
clubs held at Niagara Falls. The
award is made on the basis of
promoting fellowship.- and out-
side interests.
Dr. G. F. Mills announced he
would be moving to Barrie after
eight years in Goderich.
LETTEli.10 THE
EDITOR
Dear Sir: • „
recently returned from a
visit' to England where I renew-
ed acquaintance and friendships
with a number' of former RAF
people who were stationed in
Goderich during the last war.
My .god -daughter, now 20, is
-fvfaTY, daughter of the IMF'
Commodore John Innes -Crump
and Mrs. Innes -Crump, who lives
in a charniing 300 -year-old Kent
cottage'anct teaches at Benenden,
Princess Anne's 'school. There
are also three other Royal daugh-
ters there—sister of Jordan's
King and two little dark-skinned
Ablayssinian princesses.
My friend remarked that it
seemed strange to be "teaehin
the Queen's English to the
Queen's daughter."
° I -was also entertained by the
Brian Lewises, now Lord arid
Lady Essenden, at their pal -
house in Belgravia.
They rented Mrs. Baker's
house on Caledonia Terrace in
named Sambo. As you may re-
Goderich and had a black poodle
call, there was no vet in Gode-
rich at that time and Mary and
I -sat up all one night, pulling
Sambo through an illness. 'Re
did, t6o! He has, of course,
since gone where all good ca-
nineSS go, but ours was a joyous
reunion.
MISS ANN WURTELE,
5 Lark Lane,
Woodstock.
Dear Ann Landers: Is it true
that some people are born hot-
blooded and others are born
cold -brooded? "
My sister and I were married
the same year. Her husband is
Norwegian. My husband is
Italian. She says her husband
doesn't care a hang about sex
and if she didn't remind him
he., would forget about it alto-
gether. When I told her my
trouble is just the opposite she
said, "Sure. You married an
Italian. They are born lovers.
My husband is a Scandinavian.
They are. cold by nature."
True or false? Is it in the
blood? -110T AND COLD RUN-
NING SISTERS.
Dear Sisters: False. It's NOT
in the blood. It's in the mind.
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Artn Landers Will be glad to
help you with yoUr problems.
Send them to her in care of The
Signal -Star, ,Goderieh, enclosing.
a stamped, self-addretsed en-
velope.
s4-4.
.„THE GODERICH
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INMERIAL ASSOOATION
AN impRessioN OF TRUTH
By Rev. 0. L. Royal, Knox
Presbyterian Church .
.1 have been reading a new
book (new to me, that is) this
past week entitled,, The. New
Reformation? (SCPress) by
the "Honest -To -god" Bishop,
John A. T. Robinson. It has been
a marvellous revelation. He
leans heavily.ii poll Dietrich Bon-
hoeffer and Pa Tillich, but
within his pages are some of the
most dyn,amie material read in a
long time. He is making a val-
iant attempt to steer the Chureh
into proper and constructive
channels. For one example he
quotes Bonhoeffer as follows,
"The Church is her true self
wily when she exists for human-
ity. As a fresh start she should
give away all her endowments
to irsctztizde_snoneielyd%.
ree-will offerings efs,„their con-
gregation, or possibly engage in
some secular calling. She must
take her part in the social life
of the world, not lording it oVer
men, but helping them and serv-
ing them, She Must tell men,
whatever their calling, what it
means lp live in Christ, to exist
fer others." This, mind you,
from a Man condenined to death
by the Nazis (later executed) and
lying exhaUsted in a prison cell.
It forms a remarkable comment-
ary Cm the habits of . the modern
church. There is an impression
eif truth ip these syllables. The
words that stkke out and pierce
are, "not lording, it oiler men"
and "what it means to live, in
Christ, to exist for others," HoW
strong is our compassion today?
How interested are we in the
plight-ofsotherass -
Bishop -Robinson is not a man
to draw back from a challenge.
He tells us that the church of
the -20th Century is but another
"fraternal organization," "a sec-
ond-rate service club," a per-
verse study in "superiority com-
plex." One quote may suffice,
"It has been an institution along-
side, -not the leaven within, the
world it exists to change." This
is certainly illustrative of mod.
ern churchmanship. May I be
so bold as to rob his book of.
another quotation, "We have
got to learn that the house of
God is primarily the World in
'which God lives, net the COrl-
traeferS hilt set up in . the
grounds." How many Men think
of the Church of Jesus. Christ
as a building situated at the
corner? . How many men today
remember that Christ Jesus
walked andStalkedsand ate and,
instructed men right in the situ-
ation where men are, found? in
the streets? in the market -place?
ID the cloldrumhurdygurdy of
life? Christ did not wait. for
Zacchaeus to come to the syna-
gogue—no He went out into the
concourse of daily activity and
brpught that man down out ol
the tree. When thesdivine call
wt out to Levi (Matthew) our
Lord did not stand apart wait-
ing for this tax -collector to make
up his mind—Ile- -went to the
place where the "receipt of cus
toms" were received.
We' allow` too often our lofty
steeples to be our carir ;jam;
we pride ourselves in the beauty
of a sanctuary and hope that the
"outsider" will appreciate it in
his tgnorance; we form organiz-
ation upoo organization that we
might thieve away parental re-
sponsibilitY and say it is "in
the name of the Lord." Jesus
met man as Man—He always
preferred the title Son of Man
to that of Son of God—in time
Levi, Zacchaeus, Nathaniel, Tho-
mas- et al came to know Him
as Lord—but first, as Man. Do
you remember that sub • e
moment in history when Tho as
met the risen Lord, "My Lord
and my God."?
The plea is for some warmth
in modern Christendom. Robin:
son states Without evasi
equivocation, "modern
man; -Whether as an 14
wselser, or as an' iatcki
deeply estrange,c1 from tile
tional life 'and teaching ,
churihes./' The only
where a man can come int
tact- with his God is.by
sponse to the calling a ala
Spirit, This ,inust bring
the searchlight of an
our 'present preacherings
jugs. and 'doctrinal enh
Man isto be met as man,
Scriptures are to be sc
for the living Christ,
Faith is not poured into
container but into many
individua is an individuol,
Christ Jesus confr9ts111
such.. We are starting -11
wrong end—we must acte
man where a man is for
is the situation where c
meets him. Our "Anew
shessneffiess„ofs.God-irs6 '
—we can sow the seed, but
will surely, according to
Will, nourish it.
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cardine, has been moved to
Toronto branch.
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