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to -be -out. of -line with am alternate -
location. Goderich was found want-
ing, as far as this particular indus-
trial prospect was concerned.
On the other hand, His Wor-
While the fond hopes of a good-
many
ood
many . residents of Goderich and
district will be dashed by the news
that an• industry has decided not to
locate in Goderich, there is evidence
that perhaps an even larger number
are not .disappointed.,
In a report to the townspeople
by Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor and presi-
dent of, the industrial commission,
it is indicated that the • industry
concerned "cased", the place pretty
thoroughly, and came. up with a
negative clecision based almost en-
tirely on economic grounds which
have little to do with enthusiasm
or lack of it on the part of Goderich
-residents:..._-. _-r..__......a.. _ _ ..� �..
Costs of , raw materials, costs of
• labor and costs of plant. under the
proposed arrangement -were found
ship indicates, and one cap imagine
rather sadly, , that the response to
the financial scheme calculated to°
bring the industry here was less
than enthusiastic,
- Frustrating as it may be, it ap-
pears those keenest on getting indus-
try here will have to do it ; therm,
selves., It is difficult td.. dismiss the
idea that,there is a large body,' of
opinion here that wants Goderich
to remain a . small county town,
"prettiest -town ire- Canada", a- quiet
dormitory type of community. It,is
not easy to discern who rejected
whom
Red. Shield Campai
The early days of Spring bring
with them- sales at all the stores .. .
bargain days. when your money, goes.
farther. New drapes for the living.
room are cheaper .:. paint for the
house, garden tools for the lawn and
flowers. Spring also brings. with it
the Red Shield campaign of the
Salvation Army. And what a bar-
gain it is. Nineteen services to hu-
manity are supported - by The Red
Shield Appeal.
May marks the start . of the
Salvation Army's Red Shield Cam-
paign. The money,you provide out
of your. abundarree'will go to smooth
sorrow, and ease the load of, others
LSD- D�
There are no validated studies
too. show - that 'creative stimulation
results f ram the use of. LSD, Sidney
Katz tells teenagers . in the ' May
issue of the Canadian Churchman.
Writing in "Trend", a special
youth. supplement .to the% national
monthly church paper, Mr. Katz
states that the drug ' LSD does
nothing for the unprepared mind.'
"At the ve most the claim can
be that,. in soda igtances, ,a .highly
talented. and creative 've artist; 1h has
mastered the -techniques of his art,_
may derive certain added insights
from the chemical" , he writes.
-- Mr. Katz, well known on social
- affairs, says an ,,USD user, often ",suf-
fers the ' delusion that he has become
creative under the influence of LSD.
"What really happens is that he has
lost his critical, discriminating capa-
city and this enables him to discern
gn
who might, become desperate.
Through the community's cofltii-
butions it, provides a helping hand
and gentle counsel of the Salvation
Army's trained workers. Help that
Shield cover with protection and
relief those whose need is great.
Captain R. Wombold, local
corps officer, states that there will
be a door-to-door canvass on Mon-
day, May 8th. Captain Wombold this
year, as in the past,- is grateful for
the , help of the Canadian Legion,.
Auxiliary. who so willingly help with
this appeal year after Year:If If you
feel you could help with the canvass
please call 524-9341.
genius in his handiWork".
Mr. Katz, who says he ha& re-
ceived confidential, infor ma tion
friends about the havoc being
wrought by mink -expanding chemi-
eals", predicts More tragedies will
occur until teenagers, parents, doc-
,proach the problems realistically. -
WiSely and cautiously used
55 Years A> o, -1912:
Lang
at a sp acil Set*vice, at Knox
► s" gat en �► Ontario'sChureli ea Monday eYeil,ing, They
#�tquor licensing methods, Per* are Peter Jaltnes; Waa,ter, $, A:,
taming to Goderich hotels, was and James Brain, B, hA.e Their
the trn ont pare story cog led by ,ordination w#lt hark tk�e enta y
The Signal la their issue Of lvlay intcl the ministry o1 four Yung
2`, "19i�; `T�tidw�tten�-�saourit �f • '�'on ,f�o�r►-I�n,ox �Fresbytea�,_ . -
c?►ureh here, during the past
the investigation occupied four two years Rev. Robert Bisset,
dained two years
solid columns of print en the
front -pale, three Glunlns onpage and Rev. A. lacl)onald were,
or a - _
4 and the story concluded with a Delayed this spring because
half.cplumn on page S. Highlights of abnormal ice conditions on Rev. J. Denald MacDonald,
of the . proceedings appeared in ¢ sake su erior the grain shi iii "Blessed
Street United . Church
bold type at the •#op of the page season Opened at Goderich her- "Blessed` are the peace.
as
Mr, Eudo Saunders "'chief of On. bor on the weekend with a bang. makers.," (Matthew 5:9)
' Arrival,' of the Vandoc on Sat. "This is my commandment that
talo Lique'r License department, uxdaY from the lakehead marked ye love one another" (John 15:
hears evidence concerning hotel-
m
p Farr tls declaration; Com' one of four boats in over the week. What wt5uld you call the number
or As uiter Patterson cha charges againstnSpecte end which pogred nearly a, mill.. One problem of this modern age?
or Asquith deny against The population explosion rates „
ion bushels el grain into' eleva«
them:eri
other hotelkeepers in' God. ;high, as do hunggr and want, But,
tors here,
have swear they did not pay to Ione basic achievementhas eluded
iso=,ing Canada Week, which
have their licenses fixed. roan for over 6? years of this
want international this year and
A specialah meeting of Town may become 'coast -to .coast in twentieth century.- he -,has con.
council was heldlast Fridayeven- scope next Year, wound, Jill here tinually failed to find 'a road that
ing for the purpose cif renewing Saturday when Toronto Shopy's leads to Peace, and this failure
a alive • tooth with the Gf f r rel• clinched the grandchampionship constitutes mankind's great
hed • the a harbor
n.of freight with an 8.2 win over a leg -weary, social problem, -
_sheds at- the harbor and to, 'put Ti human;_ life as 'we have come
Elmira squad
keeper '
the first grain boat in and was 12)
through,.• finally, the sale of the AGO 1966 to know it on this whirling planet
p �, ONE YEAR 96
summer hot o er• to C. . , is to continue at a11, the achieve.
C. Lee.','; The strike of employees'at God- ment of a peaceful way of life'for
Read of the Signal Star erich Manufacturing Co. Ltd., mankind • becomes an absolute
might • : interested in this ad. has _moved into its ninth week necessity. Peace is no longer a
vertisement which appeared in and union officials say,there is no luxury for" the few. Wars ' musi.
the issue of May 2, -1912. Settlement in sight. end. Cliches such as "limited
"Excursion from Goderich to "The.way it is shaping upnow, war",, ' "preventive war" and
D it on steamer Greyhound, it 'could be the longest strike in
Ding to Detroit June l4thi re. G)derich history," said T. G, man's greed and hate are only
turning June 17th; 2 1'/2 days in Harkness, business agent fpr the additional roadblocks thrown ac.
Detroit. Detroit Tigers and Pen. United Brotherhood of Carpen. ross the path of man's search for
lnant Winners play ball, June 15- ters and Joiners of America. peace. ,
16." Sixty-four members of Local Peace is the location of thekey
Word was received on Satur. 3054 of the union have been on • that will lead to co -existence;
day of the definite intention of strike since negotiations for a - Peace is learning to live togeth.
the Militia Department to hold new contract with the company er with people of other races,
a training camp at Goderich this broke down. creeds and colours in an atmos.
year. TIcI camp will be a larger Milton Rayner, manager of -the phere of justice brotherhood
one than last .year's and will Bank of Montreal in Lulcknow for and mutual concern. Each' one of
include infantry, cavalry andart. • the pasttenyears, hasbeentrans. "'these virtues i$.'a distinctively
illery, ferred to Goderich as manager 'Christian virtue. In fact where
Under the heading; Local Top. with the move to take effect in' such virtues are lacking, man is
.ics, the. following incident is re. m'd-May. running in ' direct contradiction
ported - A business booze has boosted
:,, others that are used to justify
'to the basic teaching of Jesus.
this sort because of what Jesus
taught concerning God. God,
Jesus. tells us, is equally concer.
ned 'for every nation ender the
sun. He plays favourites to no'
one. This God cares for the in.
nocent victims of.Hiroshima, as
much as for A•mericanyoungmen
spared, when such bombing for-
ced the surrender of Japan. lie
cares even for our enemies. We
are in fact, constrained to love
them,
Many accept that God cares for
some people but 'find it hard to
credit a concern that is equally
bestowed upon all sorts. Can you
imagine a God of such tolerance?
But,-'peac.e-,nnd. OnSequent co•.
existence' continue elude man
because he. refuse to accept
a basic' premise of Je s, namely
that Love knows no ographic
borders;, is impeded by no pot.
itical philosophy and s ,fes
`rated by no kind of c
system of economics. Love,
"thank heavens" is made of sten•
ner stuff,
Now, recognition of this un:
iversal way .of love does not imply
tit there are no differences be.
The United Nations is based on
the, 'Proposition . that , people of
many natioei sittinein council
1.-epresenting the divergencies of
e on es. p Y ' assess fairly and justly problems
races, creeds, ,colours and
social positions are better a.ble tO
W. H. Bullard, the town elect. the employment level at The • The Christian man in this age
rician, had an unpleasant and de. Dominion Road Machinery eonl:, is forced t 0 a philosophy of
cidedl • noverexoerienc an to a record level of, 310
-day afternoon. He was at the top personnel. L. B. "Buoicy"
that frustrate men' and ii [t ns in
their quest for peaceful exist.
encs. --
Such a role must never•be ass,.
umed by a few nations, polder* ti
ful, and civilized as they may
appear to be, For whatmayseen
fair and defensive to one° nation,.
may well be viewed a$,, quite off.
ensive to another. Mankind must
learn to Sit down together and
seek solutions that stand in the
way of worldwide, goodwill.
Jesus directed his followers to
be "peacemakers".' itGouldv'ell
.be that he imagined that such
«peacemaking" must begin in #tie
life of the 'ordinary, individual.
Peace wi1L•ntttbe.poSsible,for.
nations until it is first found
to be workable ameng individuals.
Peace will never be promoted am.
ong nations When millions- of in.
dividuals harbour hatred totNards
individuais`of theirown nation and
• province. Shallowness and• mean. -
ness make no contribution .'to.
-ward brotherhood.
As individuals, our possible
personal contribution toward a
goal _ of universal world brother.
hood may seem' insignificant to
you, bat -when such small offer.
ings are multiplied by many
thousands and millions.- a rough
path will begin- to appear,
Jesus did not regard the con.
tribution of even one inividua'1
as meaningless. He acted out in
his.. own life the conviction that
men c�ui live as:b Q :er.st. iwon ave
never been quite able to forget
this one signal and outstanding
example.
Idealistic, you say? But what
other way is there? •
Letters To The Editor
of an electric light pole in the . rn, Plantpersonnel mana.ger, has
vicinity of the Kensington fur. hired 100 men for the company
.niture factory and had loosened since last December and..".‘still Dear Sir: , .
the wire for the Purpose of tight, has room for more." In your last editorial you wrote
. "The town is tense". Unlike
-- -ening it when the pole, broke off„. . ji,,,_ William (Bill) KearnS-lia-s.
. at the ground and fell righfover been. appointed editor. of The . virtually'all other newspaper re.
and MF.-Esuliard of course,.ca.me Signal Star succeeding. M.E.C. ports by various newspapers and
dow-,i with it, He got a bad shak- (Mike) Cowley. M:':. Kearns media, yOur davorable account
on this subject ma.8 a -pleasure •
ing up but was verY fOrtimate in assumed his new dutieS this week.
to read: your story' ,about it Was, ,
not sustaining more .8erious. in. . -,,Mr. Corless mlnager of the
jury. The pole, it w.as found had Goderich branch of the Bank' of excellent .and will contribute to
rwoetit:hdt banr:easit sooffo.n ; as the wire . Wintreal.,: announced that const.
was released ', Mr. Bullard's ruction of spacious„ new, kir.
• , , conditioned premises for this . people in thiS town andlet them
a better understanding between
feel . we''' still live in a democ.
15 Years Ago, 1952 , bank is scheduled to begin' in
LSD may p'rove to be a boon to man -
'kind. It may, in certain carefully
selected cases, enhance creativity
and religious feeling, .he states.
"But, for the most part," he
says, 'Ipsychedelic substances are•
being used destructively. The full
story of suicides, accidents, dis-
rupted lives and mental breakdown
precipitated by the use of LSD has
yet to be told",
Not For Convenience --
Dissenters should be given rep-
resentation on the Anglican -United
Church general commission .on
union, The Canaclian Chutechman
- states in an editorial in its May^
The Churchman, the Anglican .
Church of Canada's national month-
ly newspaper, charges that gloyal
recoid of , service second to' none"
and who now oppose union with the
* United Church, have been excluded
from the commission.
Each denomination has a group,
of 20 'persOns on the,/ commission.
The Anglican group was appointed
by the cliureh's National Executive
Council in consultation ,with an-
other committee, Christian Unity
and the 'Church Universal. The
commission meets for, the seeond
Editorial
',time June 13-14.
The Churchman says the An-
glican Church needs to review the
membership of the comrnission, arid
must exercise extreme sensitiVi
in its appointments to the future
sn-commissions which will study
legal, doctrinal, liturgical and other
"It Will be a tragedy if the dis-
senters are left_as a wailing voice
in the wilderness. They have been
loyal members -,of the Anglican
Church of Canada," the editorial
The editorial says church union
must be a union which draws to-
gether people of faith and convic7
tion in a common conirnitthent to
" Christ, not just an amalgamation
for institutional Convenience.
Brevities
Our own Canadian Indians .-iave
a way of expressing 'faint praise
for something, :when they remark:
``It's better than, a'slap in the belly
- with a wet, fish!" Almost anything
is better than that, any experienced
man wpuld tel! yo.u.
pression whi61-1 seems to thinly. \ill
envy fof others: "With some people,
even their roosters. seem ,to lay
Established 120th Year of',
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-L-0— The County Town Newspaper of Huron —0—
PfibLished Goderich, Ontario every Thursday morning by
Signal -Star Publihing Limited
President and Publisher Mallaeill.K Wm.
S. -7. HILLS, PlanVgapt.
1848
Subscription, Rates $$ a Year—To U.S.A. $6 (in advance)
AuthOraee as Second Class Mad, Post Office Dept.,
Ottawa' ana for Payment of Postage in Cash
mid May. But may I say „a few things?
Five years ago..I moved from
'Today marks the openingof the • Thirty. six members of St.
Lions Club's campaign to raise George's,Church, Goderich, and Kitchener to Goderich`and will
'never regret it: It is a wonder.
$12,000 , required to install a one member of Christ Church,
ful place to live and work, with
permanent floor in the arena. Listowel, were confirmed'onSun.
the modern schools, swimming,
Close of the public subscription day evening by Rt. R ever end H. F.
campaign is set for 'Saturday, . Appleyard, Bishop, of Georgian fishing and beautiful. ••silrioluid,
j'une 14th, since, aecerding to , .Bay. sernion to the can. • ings: is a plb.de where you
Arena -Commission, actual floor' didates the Bishop emphasiized can„bring-your -childreri up dec-
l'arnroperations will have•to be.
ority, of the high school students
that "Freedom is not getting out
gin about july 1st if the floor is of responsibility, but having the
are good, hard working people
.ttrbe ready for use for Old Horne righ to make our own decisions
with' a gOod future arid life ahead
responsibly for ourselves."
Hockey sticks have been put and very few have tiine to goof
Wednesday, May 28th, has been
around. The survival of Canada's
set 0.s a spegial day for digtrict away and 'soccer balls have been'
Lions to participateAn the God. brought out in Goderich for the
young people. it, • r
erich Lions' perch derby and . su-rdrner. More than 100 boys
invitations. will be. forwarded to- aged 12 'and 15 have been placed
1 ike to live in peace. But right now
district clubs shortly. Special on four bantam teams in the God. . •
0I am fed up with some of the
prizes will be awarded and a erich Minor §occer Association
other kind. In every town, bi
banquet will conclude the day's and they will be playing socCer
small, you have some ro
outing, ' • until the end•of August..
apples! Since I bought a house,
About 16 new Canadians from .
Europe „have recently been em. The Goderich chapter of Beta
I spent every minute on . it to
Sigma 'Phi celebrated the 35th
make it a beautiful- place,to live
ployed by Dominion Road Mach. anniversary of the organiiation's
fotinding at a banquet held in -
inery Company to, aid in a busy in: {,,But furthermore, since I
program of work now under way the 13edford Hotel on April 26th. 'moved in I have been bothered
at this plant. Mr.. John K. Sully' The first chapter of tife Sorority
punks. They broke my garage
general ma.nager of the company, was,.formed in Abilene, Kansas.
windows with 'stones, last sum.
stated that skilled tradesmen and T here are now 8,000 chapters and'
nrr, they stOle that big sign
technical personnel were re. 185,000 members of 15 countries.
from, West Street, from the hor.
quired from these European coun. Melvin Good was elected pre.
ticulture society and put it up
tries in order that "Dominion sident of the Huron County --Road
in front of any--hopse and many
„Roads" could fill their- defence Superintendents' Assoziation at
other dirty...ras. -B,ut last Sun.
contracts with the federal gover. its annual meeting held recently
nment. in Goderich towuship hall, at
Queen Juliana of the Nether.. Holmesville.'
lands came back to Ottawa and Goderich area 'residents tea.
a warm welcome recently„ for. a tured prominently in 11,000 farm.
six-day, unofficial visit to the. 'ers 'with $1,444,287 invested in
nation's ,capital and the Wartime common shares of the ill-fated
birthplace of her third child. On , Farmers' Allied MeatEnterpris.
hand to join in the enthusiastit es Co-operative Who probably
greetings Were Rt. Hon. Vincent won't get a: cent for their shares,
Massey, Cana.da's native.born a' cieditors meeting was told
Goyernor.General, Who greeted last Thursday. 4° -
royalty for the first time in his Area newsrrie.n had an opportun.
new appointment, and a beaming. ity to view the site. of the 1966
Prime Minister Louis St.- Laur. plowing match near Seaforth re.
Ten Years' Ago, 1p57 the focal committee which has
nearly completed their plans for
the October 11, 12, 13, and 14th
matoh: Officials who have attend.
ed, most of these matches indic.
ated this is the' first time thez.,
have not been crowded for space
for the tented city &Kea.
Ronnie Feagan, he-at:ling for his
second- -dom Won dashiwinnine
title tallied a 3 kart.trick Friday
night at Mohawk Raceway, The
clever young reinsman from God.
erich, who reined 213 winneri in
1965 poeted three wins and one
third frotri five drives on thenine
race card.
A century and one-quarter of
servioe te the spiritual life Of
Goderich will be observed by
North Street United Church, on
Sunday. It was way back in June
30, 1832, that a handful of people
gathered ' the office of the
*Canada Co any here for the
first recorded meetieg of the
Street United congregation orig.
"Juron county,council will have
nine additional members next
year due to a change -in the-Miin.'
icipal Act, states A. H. Erskine,
county clerk -treasurer. Nine
municipalities Which do not have
them In 1958. The change will
send the membership of Huron
county council 31 members up to
40 members.
Two young men from the con.
gregation of Knox ichurch will be
ordained into. the miaistry of the,.
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Personals
bell, 200,, Wilson . Street, have
returned tiothe after spending the
winter in niscon, Arizona.
ming Faye E. Mo10.dylieg, N. of
'Victoria Hospital London Ont.,
visited with, her 4.-reinchriother,
Mrs. Catherine Chisholln.
iiiejbe T. PRYDE SON
Memoriais
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unam. or 200 Gibbon*, 13t. 5244465'
a very strong -wire on my do,or
handle which ran over the road
to a dark spot 150 feet away
and tied it tb a tree.. That means
it would -be .a deathtrap for any
motoeist or some young people
on a motor bikel Furthermore,:
they stole and broke a hundred-
yeariold bell from my name post,
which I found late! en the,pther
side. Those .1-fooeleme are not
only -trespassing and prowling
at night, but they are Constantly
wilfully destroying property. We
have a good police force, bet can't
be every.where.' I know the name
and I have ser this scum, but the
police need proof. Thisonly Con.
fir ms my distaste for such_hood.
lums and increases my sorrow
for thie 'Vile behaviour; The0.0
young -punks seem still under the
• impression that the
world owes them.something. You
would think they are grown.up
boys with -grown-up ideas. I ,won.
der what is next? I won't take
the law in my iown---hands, but
can' and will protect my family
and my property. Qne of these
days I will get one of those
eeulprits and bring him to justice.
Carl A. Nall;
138 Wilson St.
The GOderich Folk Music Guild
is a recently formed • grotip of
young people-S.boet ten at pres.
,ent, only some of whom -actually
perform. We are sponsoring a
,..eoncert on May 6, Maturing folk
and country music with perfor.
mers from the Goderich area and
Toronto. The proceeds will be
used to help establish a coffee
house in Goderich to. provide'
a, "place to go" this slimmer
for teenagers and young adults.'
Eyery weekend it would have en.
tertainment, both local, andfrom
other parts of southern Ontario.
We believe that folk music, be.
cause of -its uniVersal appeal,
could become very popular in
Goderich, II it is. not so al.
. ready! During the week our coffee
house wpuld- be open afternoons
and evenings, as a place for con;
versation, cards, poetry read.
ing (1), chess etc. We 'would
like to experiment with' various
fancy kinds of coffee and teas!
Earlier this year we tried to
get the support of the town incur
effort (*e feel that our—idea
would make a great contribution
to the ,,Scanty recreation avail-
able here). Despite the help of
Mayor. Mills to our cause, we
could not arouse anyl'interest
in our .prOject. have C.
hope very Much' -that MI. se
who see the need for a e t.
er variety of. available .recre.
ation,- will come' out fel our con.
cert and help make it a success.
Many ,people in Goderich will
remember the folk concert of Jan.
uary 21st at the High School
(sponsored„by the Presbyterian
Young People for their Orphan
project) which we helped to or.
ganize. This concert will be just
as good, and we hope to see -every.
body there!
Goclerich Folk • Music -Guild
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