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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-12-30, Page 2aoderielt •0 10 Et •t, • • Paul learned in Lucknoir's Scot - DON'T HIT THE ROAD JACK' - tish clime Pear Air. Red Wing Star, Panl IfenderOen, Sats as fast as a. quick fire . gun. • One"more for the road 'on New Ygar's Eve may •mean_one more for the cold slab the following morning . This is the warning that has come out to motorists ever sinee Ihe motor ear arrived'.7 to eoptPticate our Ikteehinalian ergigs. No one wants to be a party-pooper at a time for celebrations but we are suf- .., ficiently vindictiveto want you to stick around long- enough to share the com- munal hangover. • A couple of dollars for a cab is a small price indeed when the alternative might be scraping what's left of you off one of the town's roads. If You "hit the road jack" in this- vay' you certainly 1von't come back. One word of ..warning. Don't try the old dodge of : -1'11 'take, the 'ear and if I have too much 1 '11 get somebody to eall .ine' a cab." This never works. When you have had that one too many your ego, is so super charged that in your own estimation you ean fly home, without wings, so what is there to driving a earl' - Picture the sedge. as the host and hostess see you to the door (their own of course). You politely slur: `Woodnig,ht Fred, goodnight H ose, great time tonig,tht. Come round to our place tomorrow and we'll have a„belt to make us. feel better." The farewells ended, you face' the .cold night air and your inevitable automobile. -Sure you feel great- but maybe- yoi. notice that your legs are acting Up a bit. It felt as though you were wearing some- one else's shoes as you negotiated those steps outside the front door., In fact the little sidestep you make instead of going forward 'becomes 'a laugh line between you and your wife. "Look, somebody moved the steps on me," you ehortle: Then you beat a path to the car and -vonteMplate the drive •home; Yol.t_ fumble - a little ,with your ignition key but tha„t's not too unusual after a night out. Tfie ,wife, as all wives, is .quick to notice if anything :appears to be 'wrong. "Are you sure you're all right to-itiii,:e?-'7- she asks. the full fury of a scorned male. "Of course I'm all right\ Do you think Vm drunk or something?" Silence follows only interrupted by your indignant mutterings. The car is eased into Oar and you are off .and weaving' on a eourse that niigllt i'.1011-4, you -home or into the - waiting- arms of a mortuary attendant. Time and 'again you might have had it made but there is a terrible finality about the one time you don't which stacks the (Add.s against you. For more years than We care to re. member safety experts have been pre- paring codes of ,conduct to be used when one attends a bash and alt1,:iVetithere in a ear. • in South Afriea, for example, a person who has a glow on e?11s the police and demands to.?he takyAsh nue. Unfortunately the '(laturdian pdfice feel they have better things to do than act as chauffeurs to drunks. This has- led to the arrest of more than one South African over here. Many communities provide their own "save -a -life" team in the form of a service club which proNides a car service to take people home from their parties. This eould be undertaken in Gode- rich and might be a partial answer to our problems. • The only drawbaek to this has been the faet that club members don't like to be left out of the fun. There was one unfortunate cVmple where one of these. "angels of mercy'. was picked up for impaired- driving. as he drove an int-oxi- .. ('0 ted group home. Perhaps the only effective control would be to ban cars from the roads on Christmas and New Year's Eve. Excel). - tions would Of ,conrse,-be made for driverg W110 COUIld prove they were out for any other'wpose .but partying. The mere in- cidence a alcohol on a person's breath would have to be brought in as. grounds for convietion. This limy sound drastic but surely no asutes can Lie too s• sere sv,lieti lives are at stake. We suggest you eat, drink and be merry but if you exceed the limit, try .e-rawling home instead of driing. It. may be ha • 1 ic on your hands and knees but it's "All right." you bellow back 'w,ith a safe/. Way to travel. own • Memory's Lane 55 Years Ago -1910 Mayor M. ,G Cameron was re- elected after light voting .dur- ing the municipal election. It was reported that a, stormy meeting was anticipated,. for the Colborn, Township elections scheduled for the Carlow Hall. The 'questions concerning an electric' railway and the tele- phone service were said to be the main bones of contention. Arrangements were completed for holding regular monthly horse markets in the town. . • A fire broke out in 1be' West. .street skating rink and was re- norted -to have done consider- able damage before.itwas bro- ught under control., Goderich Townslia council was returned by -acclamation. Two residents withdrew their names to make it no contest for the position of reeve. 35 Years Ago -1930 7 ThZ, annual Christmas tree concert was held at Unionl 'Church *_(:;),derich Townshipi n d the„..-tin73:,• school \vas filled 1 ▪ to capacity At a joint' tqecting of the; omior and seolf,r auxiliaries of' George's' C'llarch, Mrs. A.: Laser and MN Slack were pre- sttnted with life memberships. / cloderich public works com-, rnitter presented a plan to coun- cil dealing with specifications, *for..a proposed curb and gutter', around the court house. J. A. Simmons and son, a new plumbing firm on Hamilton street, requested permission to 115 •Yews Ago In Goderich The Huron Signal Editor announced: "We would remind such of our subscribers who intend to pay us with cord wood or farm produce that the roads are now in excellent condition. erect an electric sign. Reeve Turner emphasized the need to keep town work for town workmen. "Keep the money right here in Goderich," he said. 15 Years Ago -1950 An application for a recount of the ballots cast forthe mayor- alty was received by Judge T. M. Costello. This came after a final count gave J. E. Huckins 815 votes to 814 for W. J. Baker. H. Glenn Hays, Seaforth, law- yer and Crown Attorney for Hu- ron County was appointed a King's counsel. 'Mr. Hays at- tended -Osgoode Hall, Toronto, liPfnre being called to the har.in 1n3. Charges against three district Mon of bringing liquor into Hu- ron ( ounty contrary to the Can- ada Temperance, Act, were dis- missed by Magistrate D. E. Hol- mes. Twenty-two cases of beer and sevevil bottles of litiuor vk ere ordered to be returned to Hu. men. 10 Years Ago -1955 Councillor Reuben Besse an - nounced he would be resigning from counzil at the inaugural meeting because he was movin to Wallaceburg. --,A blaze completely destroyed! a feed shed and tractor valued at $1,200 on the farm of John Gllusher on R.R. 2, Godericii. Provincial and town police praised area • motorists for the low accident rate during the holiday 1,veek?nd. . -A five man coronet's jury_ urg, ed-POliee to elfminate all inegal liquor outlets. in the town: bottle of liquor was found amongst the wreckage of the car in which three Goderich youths died. The Crystal Club at Dunlop wag raided by O.P.P. officers and the owner was Charged with keeping liquor for sale. One Year Ago -1964 Goderich town police made ap- plication for a pay increase. Lar7y Papernick, Leroy Bed - oar and Walter Kelly played 18 holes at the Maitland Golf course on ChristmaS Day. J. K. Sully, president of the Domitiion Road Machinery Com- pany, returned from a three kveck sales trip to the West Af- rican countries of Nigeria and Ghana announced he saw poten- tial for his company in that mark( t. Police were searching foi. thieves who broke into . two Goderich homes. The homes of Frank Clark on Nelson -street and Harry Barker on Hintks street NN'Ire both robbed while their occupants were at church. To be in the right place at the right time. For his excellent shape there's' a very gooci reason: Q His home is Goderich during off season. • Recently he m'et ill luck, When hit on head by tlying puck. The gash etn his.head—pparent- 4y sore -- Received two stitches, the puck got four. For years -fans raved about Gadsby and Howe, They also include Paul Hender- son now. - May he last as long as the other two Hockey players like them are few. Why do I fail to Menti()/1 some others? We Huronites are clannish as brothers JOSEPH I. SULLIVAN, Arnold Home, Detroit. Dear Sir: First, I inust comment on a well -composed Wiort story titled "J. C. Hindmarsh Answers Crit- ics" in last week's Signal -Star. Mr. Hindmarsh, I fail to see where you get the idea that the boys playing -hockey are being taught to be - "Hoodlums." I think you have missed the point in Mr. Wilkinson's letter. At least I certainly donot think that he was- advocating dirty hockey (as it is being termed) and telling the players to attack their opponents in the alley back of the arena. - In my eyes, I see. a great dif- ference between what I call' "Hoodlums" and a hockey play- er fighting on the ice which YOU think • are "Hoodlums." I'm sure, Mr, Hindmarsh, that in all your years of clean living you =1St have been in Aias eQUIAC Fof $104t$ 9ver ,419111,011Ing or other and I'm also ,$urto that YQU Would not like to be called a "kloodluM" in the "local rag" or otherwise, for that matter. It is very true ,that hockey is big business In' Canada, but it is not .(true that dirty hockey is be r business. If it were there wouldn't be Such a thing as the "Lady Byng" trophy for the most sportsmanship player of the year in the N.H.L. It is true that there are fights in most big league games, but, I fear not, plat there would be, a loss of gate' receipts if there were none (fights). Last MondaY night at the local arena an exhibition game took place between a team of grown tnen from- Brumfield and our. own.locanfouse League Midgets which I do my d— to coach. The olVtidgets wan and not a bit of foul play could catch the eye, by either team. Please don't push this bull- fighting bit—that much blood is'not necessary, besides, I hate cruelty_to animals. I'll take -hockey, nodirtY hockey; just good hockey l•nd let you watch the cat Aghts, the phony wrestling and our friend "Kitty," 'With The Heart of Gold." And by the wayolVir. Hindmarsh, if its blood you're looking for, .save the tubes in your TV, just turn the pages pertaining to the Viet Cong and the •racial problem in. the U.S. in the late issues of Post and Life magazines. There it is, blood oozing from the wounds and torn limbs 'Of bodies that have been blasted and torn a- part by bombs and "mobs" of all colors, including white. So you see, Mr. Hindmarsh, that there is a much bigger problem facing the people than the con- dition of hockey in Canada. Thank you, and a Happy New Year. JOHN HOWARD, 46 -Church St., • Goderich, Ont: ANN LANDERS Dear Ann Landers: I woul like to comment on the lette from the person who wrote abou pornographic snapshots and dos ed with the line, "If these sic people knew how many 5airs o eyes saw the pictures befor they left the drugstore they' be a whole lot sicker." He sign ed himself, "Your friendly Fin isher." That person was not a finisher He was a clerk behind the coun ter in a drug store. I know be cause I am a finisher and al professionals in the field are d I friendsabout my relatives. I've rl told him dozens of times it is humiliating and I wish he'd stop. - I've also told him he bores peo- k ple -- that most folks couldn't_ f care less. e There are plenty of things d wrong 'with my husband's rela- - tives and if I wanted to pick them to pieces I wouldn't have Lo look far. Is there something . I can say to make him see -what - he doeS to me when he tears • down my sister, brother, par - 1 ents, cousins, aunts and uncles? —CHAGRINED. aware of the law on indecent photos, as well as our code of ethics. We finishers do not return pornographic pictures. We send a notice to the customer' ex- plaining the reason we cannot return his pictures. We ask him to allow us to destroy them in his presence. Our comliany records show that the pereentag'e of porno- graphic pictures is infinitesimal abou44G-pieturewper two atrd a -half million snapshots. Clerks in drug stores who spend their time opening up the envelopeto Iook,at the custom- er'pictures, should be smarter than to write to Ann Landers about , Dear A.P.R.: Thanks for an enlightening letter: Experts such as you keep me on the beam. '1 am' -grateful that you took the time to give us the straight scoop. * * Dear Ann Landers: "God bless you" for praising the teacher who was kind to the six-year-old boy who wet his pants in school. The letter was written by a 46 -year-old man. He said, "I will love that teacher till my :lying day." She gave him some lry underwear she kept there f that purpose and asked him to have Ills mother launder it and return it for some .other little boy who migtht need it. Our own little girl was barely six when she wet her pants at the blackboard. Her teacher was not so kind. She shame' tin child until she fled from the room in tears and arrived home sobbing. It took a lot of talk - OtIr Established rtbrrtrh etglutt4tar 118th Year of et- . ing before I could persuade her to return to school. • 1848 Publication I wish every teacher knew —0— The county Town Newspaper of Huron —0— - what an impact she has on the Published at Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by lives of the children who are entrusted to her care. Please them.—ONLY YESTERDAY. Dear Yesterday: You told hem --and 1 hope they believe it. I remember every teacher I ever had and some of them were completely dedicated and won- derfully wise. (P.S.: My geom- etry. teacher should. be canon- ized.} Dear Ann' Landers: For 20 years my husband has been mak- ing disparaging remarks to our Signal -Star Publishing Liglited ROBERT G. SHRIER M. E. C. COWLEY President and Publisher Managing Editor S. F. HILLS, Plant Supt. Member of C.W.N.A., 0.W.N.A. and A.B.C. • 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. Cear Chagrined: A husband diminishes HIMSELF when he makes disparaging remarks about his wife's, family. If mud slingers realized that they get more mud on themselves than on the target, they'd have less to say. Ow• Mr; t• yg,Wur4leedillrigl ,64'Prr wY19thuo-41 opotsmanship,- Z oat not think I would JiaVe to crosspens with a critic of Igr. Hindmarsh's Iteading his • past letters re o ext htee nr ssirejekettis' QVirblee-dseegen14aftolimaovset subjects and is not afraid to state them. This I admire, but when it comes to making state- ments that are not true, then we have a different Sitt.lati,914 vVith this 111100,1 offer•ILLA flindmarsh iaOialte-40to hi4. renlarks re hockey hoodlums arid juvenile delinquency. We are all too familiar -with your brand of MeCarthyism, for inyrogf I .COUld ilat care less, but for the beyts, Iltay prove your insinuations. This is.,my chal- lenge, name one boy who has played ,hockcY in Goderich for the Junior "13" or any other team I have been VOnneeted witb —and this as in Pee Wee; Bantam, Midget and Junior—iq the pest 15 years, and this give§ you a lot of:boys to choose froM who44s ttirned into a fiood1un or juvenile ,delinquent as ye term it, and I witi make a pat lic apology for my remarks. If you Cannot substantiate youi clPinions .with proof, then Mil Hindmarsh, have the courage tosadmit it. You mention Mr. Con Smythe', I am sure Mr. Smythe had manY sleepless nights thinking about all the hoodlums he had sent out into the world from the Maple Leaf hockey team. • I also send you an invitation to come down to the arena any night we are practising- with the Junior team ,to meet the boys (this way it will not cost you 75 cents), but at least you will meet each one personally, and fl.at have to rely just on your own opinion without first hand knowledge. Don't worry •that they Might attack you as a bunch of young (hoodlums might for the remarks you have made about, them, because, Mr. Hind - marsh, if one of the boys used language .to any official such as moron, spineless, and words that you seem ashamed'to print fully, he would be assessed a game misconduct and a $10.00 fine by the • O.H.A. In closing, I do not retract any statement I have made no matter how you interpret them,, and I am proud to have been connected with'. all my "Hood- lums and Juvenile delinquents," past, present and future. Yours very truly, JIM WILKINSON, 125 South Street, Goderieh. Pea. kr chtad „And 4ilubjed 4:0104t ° Darling 4tz company of Canada Ltd. 'Phan, 118F269;',elairston Pqad.11p#11, *gee flIAPI.blir '• Atf Carol originally meant a song, accompanied by dancing. 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