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Persons in Huron who cherish this
county's history and are willing to' pay
for its preservation must have been
shacked to learn last week that Huron
County Council was actually giving con-
sideration to tearing dpwn a portion of
the former ,Hudson County Jail walls to
make room for an addition to the
assessment offices on Napier Street in
Goderich.
Reeve Harold Lobb of Clinton, a can-
didate for the wardership of Huron in
1973, suggested that removing one exer-
cise yard was a small matter in com-
parison to some earlier interest for'
demolishing the entire structure.
Perhaps. Still, which is more righteous
... to kill a man or to sever his right arm?
The, former Huron County Jail is a lan-
dmark in Canada. It is the only building
of its kind in North America we've been
told. It happens to stand on our doorstep
and many citizens feel it a duty and a
privilege to protect it for,the generations
to come who will want to see and to
savour their heritage.
No one said that such things come
cheaply.
Goderich. Reeve Paul Carroll was ac-
ting wisely,. when he urged the property
committee `to investigate possible alter-
natives which would save the jajt from
unnecessary mutilation. A little younger
than most members of Huron County
Council, Reeve Carroll already appears
to appreciate Huron's passing history
more than the'older gentlemen of coun-
cil who allow dollars and cents to cloud
almost every issue before them.
it may be up to Goderich Town Coun-
cil to lead the way to an acceptable
solution. Incoming 'Reeve Deb Shewfelt,
the man who fostered the plans for the
town's takeover of the former jail, may
be just the fellow to take up where
Carroll left off last week.
Kid Stuff
The wise guys
tell. me
that Christmas
is Kid Stuff...
Maybe they've got
something there -
Two thousand years
three wise, guys
chased a star
across a continent
'to bring
frankincense and myrrh
to a Kid
born in a manger
with an idea in his head...
And as the bombs
crash
all over the world
today
the real wise guys
know
that we've all ,
got to go chasing stars
again
'in the hope
that we can get back
some of that
Kid Stuff
born two thousand years ago.
by Frank Horne
December 1942
ago
Worth a look
Deputy -reeve Eugene Frayne of Ash-
field Township, defeated in the Decem-
ber '4 elections in that municipality, had
a final suggestion for Huron County
Council late last Friday afternoon,
-Hopefully,.,someone will accept Frayne's
idea for what it is worth and bring it to
council or one of its committees for
debate next year.
Frayne commented that in his opinion,
the Warden of the . county should be
selected by the previous year's council.
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be better qualified to select the 1973
Huron County Wardens than will be the
1973 council with a large percentage of
new members, many of them totally un-
familiar with the work or the con-
tributions of each of the five candidates
on the slate.
There may be rules and regulations
which have traditionally governed this
matter. But rules' and regulations were
meant to be changed when they can be
proven inferior. This may be one time
when a thorough study of the selection
SEAR EIIITOR
Say ed to scar' e
Dear Editor:,
On behalf of our Salvation
Home League, ('would like to
thank one and all who have
helped by giving money or
clothes for the many parcels I
have been able to send to
missionaries; also for used
cards and Sunday School
literature which many or-
phanages and boys' and girls'
homes have been glad to
receive.
If you could read some of the
letters received from those who
receive parcels, you would
know how much they are ap-
preciated, especially children's
,and baby clothing which are
always needed.
Major 'Wight and also the
matron of the hospital where
she was last year write too,
saying how thankful thg,,people
are to receive something from
Canada. So I would like all
who have helped to know that
it has been a worthy cause.
I would also say that i+hat
I've done and still am doing is
for the Lord's work and as He
said, "Inasmuch as you have
done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ' ye have
done it unto me.'
As a Salvationist, my calling
has been "Saved to Serve" and
the Lord's work is not what we
do, but the motive behind it.
Others who have helped with
sewing are our Home League
members.
Christmas to me means a
thankful heart of love to Jesus
who is our only hope of, peace
and happiness. May it be a time
when young and old can truly
say, "Christ is my all in all".
Again, thanking one and all
for help given and God bless
you one and all.
Winter
Woruterland
From . the looks, of things,
we'll have a white Christmas
this year .... although I'm
taking no bets. After the crazy
'weather we've had all through
1972. it is apt to thaw and get
slushy and green for the
Yuletide. And everybody will
get pneumonia for the holidays.
Anin't I the cheerful soul?
Is want fo draw your atten-
tion,'to the Letter to the Editor
this week from•Miss Lily Blan-
ch,+ard. For those of you who
don't know this little lady,
Miss• Blanchard is as much a
part of Christmas in. Goderich
as lights on The Square or ice
on the lakeshore. She's a dear
woman with a heart as big as a
washtub. She thinks of others
constantly .... and lives ' Christ-
mas all year. through.
Miss Blanchard wants to
thank all the generous people
who have helped• her send over
(30 parcels to missionaries in all
parts of the , world throughout
the year. (And if you, go to her
home today, you'll find her
porch and every nook and
cranny in her household over-
flowing with brown paper
"packages tied • up with string
and 'ready for packing into
larger cartons for mailing;.)
h just want to. remind
everyone of the unselfish work
this woman does every day of
the year .,.. and the simple way
you can help her continue.
Miss Blanchard washes,
presses and packs tons of used
clothing in a .year for the
missionaries. She used to foot a
good deal of the cost. for
mailing out of her own pocket -
hook but in recent months, ap-
preciative Goderich and area
citizens have been sending her
mobey for postage. A dollar
here and 50 cents there; you
know, n send plenty of
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Lily So, Miss Blanchard presses,
packs and prepares for her
Barricade down missionary friends. She,lugs the
An Open Letter to Goderich boxes to the Post Office. The
rest of us pay for the stamps. It
Township Reeve 'Everett is a great way to spread Christ-
McIlwaln. mas through the 12 months.
Tjear -1GCr. eeve: .13.Pmethher _..Miss.r...S1a.nchax.
With the sleighing season this Christmas if you care to.
almost upon us, :it"haa once
again become necessary to clear
a crop of dangerous and
unlawful obstruction from
public roads at I"3luewater
Beach.
"Clear Vie Drive", a 66'
public roa since * the 1922
original survey, and over 'which
I have been driving for 26 years
(with a few minor interrup-
tions) was completely blocked
once more. As ytou' know, this
road hal been maintained,
from time to time, by Township
equipment - i.e., filling gulleys
and grading. It also gives ac-
cess to one of the few retraining
portions. of lake frontage in
Huron County where the public
can view the sunset without
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And by the way-, we won't see
Miss Blanchard on The Square
Christmas in the little grey
Salvation Army trailer. There's
been some hitches inthisproject
for this year;.... and although
she'd really like to do it,'Miss
Blanchard feels it is just too
cold and she's just too weary to
staff the sidewalk -kettle once
more.
* * *
The following small bit of in-
formation is more for the
benefit of our proofreader
Helen McClinton than anyone
else. Very conscientious about
her work, Mrs. McClinton has
asked me to explain the odd
breaks in some words. She
wants me to tell you it is the
fault of the computer (that
same beast as was the topic of
this column last week). That's
why you'll find words like
"the" with the,"th" on the end
of one line and the "e" on the
beginning of the next line.
By the way, you may be in-
terested to know that the com-
puter 'is working like a charm
(touch wood) right now. I guess
it got the bad out of its system
a couple of weeks ago.
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Next week is our special
Christmas edition and I hope
you will appreciate receiving it
as much as we'll enjoy getting
it out to you.
The children from Goderich
and district schools have once
more furnished us with some of
the most original Christmas
messages you will have the
privilege ' to read anywhere.
From the youngest children
right up to the young men and
women in our elementary
schools, the , kids have respon-
ded to our requests with zeal
and appeal.
Also next week, you will have
a Signal -Star staff picture to
add to your holiday mirth. I
suspect that some people will
hang the photo •on the dart
board during practice 'sessions
or wrapthe innards of the
Christmas goose with it.
However you greet our
Christmas issue, please know
that it was puttogether with
you in mind. We hope it w411
provide. something worth
remembering this Christmas.
* * *
We've published in last
week's paper and again in this
week's issue the names and pic-
tures- of those men and women
at Dominion Roads Machinery
Company who have served the
firm for the past 20 to 25 years.
I believe Goderich should be
proud to have an indpstry such
as DRMCO within' its boun-
daries ... a place where
stability is' proven and progress
'is assured.
In recent years, DRMCO has
become known 'world-wide. Its
fine products are respected,
another sign of the constant in-
tegrity of the firm's personnel
at all levels. '"
News that DRMCO has
agreed to purchase land in the
town's Industrial Park
promises even better things for
the future here. As 1972 draws
to a close, its •hats off to DR
MCO .... and may its troubles
be only minor ones in the
coming months and years.
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jOOKiNG BACK
70 years' ago .
Engineer James Murphy of
the Grand Truck Railway was
killed in a rear end collision
near Morrisburg. The 'same
en ineer was said to have
saved tidemeter'? 0f te"Press
'excursion t� the maritimes one'
year earlier from disaster on
the rails.
D. McIvor of Goderich and
N.D. Rougvie also of Goderich
won the Sovereign Bank Silver
Trophy in a marksmanship
competition at Clinton.
...Thecelebrated evangelists
Crossley and Hunter were 'to
start their work in Goderich on
Sunday" at Knox Church.
Evangelists Crossley and
Hunter also announced they
would speak to "Men only" on
"Social Sins" and urged every
man and boy in his teens to be
present at the Opera House for
the remarks,
The voting on the Liquor Act
had taken • place but returns.
were said to be far from com-
plete. Latest figures for across
the province showed however
that I62,180 supported the new
act while only 86,974 opposed
it. The vote required to make
the Act effective however was
something over 212,000 and it
was . felt there was no
probability that the complete
returns would bring the vote in
favor up to that figure.
A special meeting of veterans
from the Fenian raid period
was held at the court house
with about a dozen members of
the old guard on hand. It was
felt that more would have tur-
ned out but for a storm.
- Capt. W.H. Gundry, of the
British West African Frontier
Police, and of "Goderich, arrived
home looking well and vigorous
after a year's service in the
tropics.
The tamptatlon Of Christ ills the subjaat bf. thlie unique
UNICEF Christmas card. 11 you (live Christmas Cardsat
this season 01 the year, why not spend 'money on cardss
which will help somebody Somewhere?
25 years ago
Members',' of the Goderich
Women's Institute entertained
their husbands for a Christmas
party with gifts ,going to the
needy.in battle scarred Britain.
In his annual report to Town
Council J. E. Much, secretary
of the Fire brigade, reported .51
calls, during the year. Five were
for .practice, one for a parade,
six for false alarms, twelve
were meetings, 20 were chim-
ney fires, six for other types of
fires' and, one call was to the
village of Saltford. The
estimated fire loss for the year
was around $3,894,
Rev. George Webber, general
secretary of the Lord's Day
Alliance of . Canada, said in
remarks to the Huron
Presbytery of the - United
Church of Canada, that con-
cessidnaires had ' violated- the
Lord's Day. -Act at some of the
summer resorts one of which
was Grand Bend.
In • an editorial the Signal
Star urged the chairman of the
schpol board to make a public
statement regarding the
suggested poor conditioh of
Victoria School.
World . War Two veterans
were warned that December 31,
1947 was the deadline date to
register the training under the
Veterans Rehabilitation Act.
Following municipal elec-
tions the town council of
Goderich was shade up of
Mayor, George G. MacEwan,
Reeve, John E. Huckins,
Deputy Reeve, Clayton Edward
and Councillors, Earl Elliott,
Fred Sturdy, Reg McGee,
Thomas Taylor. Leo Walzak
and John H. Graham.
5 years, ago
Pll�nt#
for <.a=aneetina3 -to,=fvrt�rr-a�_:Y
Chamber of Commerce in
Goderich were ""shelved
following town council's rejec-
tion. of a proposal to move in-.
dustrial and tourist promotion
into the jurisdiction of such a
chamber.
A December sleet storm
swept through Western Ontario
and caused a number of minor`-
traffic accidents, a series of
electric power failures and,
disrupted the transportion
schedules.
An auction sale of articles
lost, misplaced, or stolen, that
had accumulated at Goderich
Polict headquarters over the
past years took place at the
police station.
A special' ' Christmas carol
sing was planned by the Vic-
toria Public School Carolers to .
be held in Court House Park.
About 400 students were expec-
ted to turn -out for' the event.
The Goderich Sifto's dumped
the Owen Sound Grey's 8.5 in a
high. scoring match at the
Goderich arena led by Sifto's
centre Mayo. Paquette who
scared three, .
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