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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-11-14, Page 1obtritt (Ma tl "ne Combining The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star IsliNVIIrsaWOND YEAR. jury Acquits:in, Manslaughter Case ,ge Against Lorne .7=1in.° of Ethel, in Death of Two Girls : Huron CountySittings of the fall assizes and ISISprente 0oUtt-of_ Ontario ,entered, the second week on. TOesday noefs ZIU ,hefore evening adjeUrnMent ••wastakern the Jury aittIng on the ease ' of Lorne , Jardine, aged twenty-three, ,eiaaigled with manslaughter, 1.01.4 re- turned a verdict of nOt guilty. ' - The Jell' 'also AO:witted the Ethel youth of an alternatiSe reduced charge of dangeroll$ "driving; ' -on which. it had • been instructed. by JIretiee Urclobart , to deliberate if it floand Jardine was Both verdicts were returned, Issi the jury within halisaashour after 'retiring, "I have nothing to say. You are discharged," iwas his lordship's only eoniment, • ' --- Ins view -Of- thesiaet-thatojarclinesds ikeady had caused a Supreme 'Court writ to be issued claiming' unstated damages frani, the County of Buren, drench; of the address 'to the Jury of CanrUbeil Grant, defence counsel, had to do with the alleged defeetive- ness of the COuntY bridge on Whiels the fatal aceident occurred. •"Efe called. it ..,cleath trap," reviewing "eVidence of having,Previosisly been struck by a caterpillar crawler, a old breaks Rada • damaged ,shoe plate and guard. rails, 'There is no evidence that jardine was driving itt'iurexceasive speed," S said Mr. Grant.. He may have been negligent, but he was not eriminally, negligent. There -Were 'no signs, lights ..4r guard rails et ,the app•raach to the ridge. . There ois evidence that ads-ofseigliteenstonssloadsltaafied.ele.r --this ancient.ten-ton structure. It was never built to carry such loads; It is • 4 bridge of the horse.ands," buggY days.. Jardine- is a viCtint of this • dangerous -death trap and n0;4 •Crird- ioals'Ale is a vietthiToreireunastartees- SontebodeS duty it Was -to keep this highway inia safe condition and it was • not. done." " . ' n• Crown Attorney Reviews Evidence ' •Crown Attorney Holmes' addresstook a little over half the time of- Mr. 'Grant's; being condned to a, review a the evidence. He recalled that of the two etiteesses who had heardetheerash ha1f4t-mile away and -two who -had heard it one mile awaY- _ "If the Jardine car had been travelling at -a moderate rate ,Of speed ,the noise eaused by *the iinefiret would never have been •heard at thee dis- tances," the Crown contended. *1 sob - mit that Jardine's car hit the first. guard rail support at the southeast eater.' No car travelling- at a models-. te rate of speed •could have done the diunageJ this car did. . . After the ,first impact It bounced, ' rolled and binnped or a dietence of 1.18(feet. . • On ite Way it%rammeds a guard rail that pierced its body and entered the gasoline tank, but that did not stop , Recalling- evidence, tele._11-ctleieS said at one point the Jardine cat must have ZS,0011 on its nese while one of the top, steel girders of the -bridges tore out a piece of the Steel tire cover.on the rear f the machine. • -daence has said .that. this ridge was a death trap, that it had outlived its usefulness. It was no such: thing. It would be there today th its original condieion. it Jardine' had. used ordinary *care and precaution."' • Justice Urquhart's Address ' .Justice Urciuharts charge explained the law with reSpeet te the difierent •degrees "of negligence. He warned. against' confusing the civil features of ' the ease with the erikinal. The Points to deeide were: Wee the accused guilty -of some kind of negligence? Was the bridge faulty? -'Wee it, in *is ease, the lag' straw that -broke the came) ,baek?-referring, to the Orow,n'ts al legation that the jardine • car had struck tlie bridge. if Jardine was not gailtY a man- slaughter -if jury should iind that there was, no evidence of grOssegli • ence, it was- their duty to inquire if he. v'as guilty of driVing in a manner dangerous to the public, havirtgsregard • to all cireumstanees, Justice Urquhart concluded. , • With' Jardine forolally arraigned,: a plea of not guilty taken and the -jury .selected late too Thursday; the .trial Commenced, on, Friday morning, eon- , • Ithmell all that day and up t6,1.30 Saturday, when a Week -end adjourn- ment was taken until Tuesday after- #rtoon of this Week. . . • 'Crown Attorney D. E. Hobbes acted ae ietsecutor, end Campbell 'Grant •-•"(Wilitertort), and. P. R. Darrow were defence tounsel. • ,4/ In his outline to the jury :kir, golmee stated that at 12.30 Midnight on July 7th last, on a county gravel road three Miles south of Gorrle, in liewick town - • ship, there was an, atecident on a bridge ASSESSMENTS CONFIRMED At -Ore adjourned raceting of the Muriicipal Court of *Vision, on Thurs- day night laat, the remaining assess, xoent aPpeala-Hthoae of the 41odertch Mfg, Pe9 the Dominion Road, Machin- ery Co., the ',Gaderich Salt Co. and the WeOtern Canada Plour disWiSSed .and the assessments con- firmed. It is. underatood that appeals will belaken to the °orally 4'Udge, by Sorne of therse Aram. "' • " Warden's Speech at Council Opening Reports tvork Done and Indicates Sorno Things to le Done, " In his remarks to the 0oUritY Council on' TuesclaY afternoon, at the opening . • Iffe-NOIrsstalItessiort.-ssWarden- George Feagau expressed his regret that Reeve :Gamble Howick was ili artd would likely he unable to attend anY meetings', Of the present session. alsoexprees.ed soerove et the death_ of George II. Elliott, Inspeptker Of -the' County 'Home and form,er Warden of. Huron, Constable 11: E..XeCost, David* Oantelon of Olinton, a -former Warden, and ex.:Reeve B. C. Muonin'gs lof• Gode- ,righ. , sSinee t,he June session,. he. said, Wonderful develoPinents bad taken place fit -Sky Harbor airpert and now the training school there was gtoing at -full' time, The Ward ea referred also to the airport at. Port Albert and pressed pride ,in Huron's-,thaving two Etapire training sehoolS within its hounds. . The Warden's committee had lead a great dealsof work to do thia year, she reportedt There had been five riatriotic rallies and expenditures for patriotic fundks inS to the present were around 'ZZAKI.07-7Tflre-lirs-tifilifrfal-erttrlegtreple and telephone, lines at the airports •' 64 Fergus6zi • would increase these expenditures •to Mr. Ferguson ie opening, his remarks. over $2(100.:ST 'Itlite'S'S;ed. -8ttE5Irg' faitlivvut-°1'eo The road coramittee hid had: on operative moveraents. Nothing would siderable trOuble thisfeaT-owling-to-the niore greatly Promote a commen under standineand-better feeling -than *her - been, dime in the way of repairs as in Inge of the kind he was 'addressing.. other years, the. warden stated. The. comniittee had built ashed at A.ubufn for the /seeming of road. neachineey, The, *minty Home committee had ;pure chased: fifty acres of land, and thehoihe ancl stables had both' beea'rem,odelled. , Warden Feage,n stated that only olle -Child -Was being -housed at.the. Child- ren's Shelter and Jae suggested that the committee discuss the -poseibillty, of lived the souls of Drake and Nelson disPensing With the Shelter. • .and Wellington. , • British Greatest People in the World lion, G. X. Ferguson at Board of Trade BanqUet-Praise forlAir Yoree 'Addreasing an audience of nearly two hundred assembled about banquet tables in, the leeture !get= of Knox Presbyterian church on Vriday ven- ing, Oen. Hoeverel Vergakiote former premier, of Ontario and High Comes- sioner for Canada in Orea,t Britein, urged. that Canada stand firmly for t'he• defence of liberty and deeeney in the 'World as -a :partner Jo: the Britieh ,EMPire. The ferVidly patriotic ad"- , dress, lighteued• eita•rateteristic hunior„ Was heitrd with, dose attention The ga.thering was arranged by the, Beard. Of 'Trade as a "rural relationS • night," and many representative farm- ers were preeent along ,with towns -- people and irisitore. .•---Attethe-table- were several -men of tlte Mx Force who received it par- ticularly warm 'weldome. Gee. W. .Sentagfers 'president, of the Retard of Wade, was. chairman. • The „banquet Was prepared and served by neerabers Of the Ladies' Aid Society :of KnOx church and enhanced the already splendid reputation of• th.e Society for the excellence of its dinners: On the tables were .toothSom.e MeIntosli Red apples donated by 'Gee. Leith; 'waite, one of Huron's leading erchare- 1st% • , • - Mayor aelaciEwan •tw.eleoniec,1,,e, the guestasie behalf df the town of Gode- rich and. the 'speaker Of the evening was introduted to the :giftlieringe,by Judge ,T. Costello,wIto Was a member of the Legislature under the • se, JRSDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1940 REMIMBRANOX 03ERVIOZ ,Ileid at Antler/0 00 Airellent 0 • Intlemellikt 1117"4/1"' Owing, to the adverse" weather condi- tion* which prevailed on Monday,. the itenrembrance Pay service was held in the , armories, instead of at. the Onotapit irr Court House Park, a� is the usual custoana, The, WA Guides and Brownies, Boy Seouts and Cobs,' V"; Coy, Middlesex - Huron RegineenteineM'Otrs Of the F. end acie.e..v. and the members of Poet 109, Canadian Degiora were, drawn up on parade Within. the spaeioua Capt. the Rev, Lane presided. Rev. Ws • -,P. Lane caviled the 'service wittepraYer and Re*e. Calder con- tinued with prayer,. for those who had• fallen in the last war. 'Lest Post" was sounded by •Pte. Robert .genrY, colorst were losvered and two minutes; of silence mats observed at itreclook. At the termination"... ",lteveille" was •sounci-erthe-ediors evefele-iTge* presentation of wreaths was proceeded ,with. Rev. j: H. Barnett coeeluded the „service vvith prayer. ' -Wreaths frons the earious societies and organizations were Placed at the cenotaPh; -For -the Province' of Ontario; by Mrs 11 Palmer, ; Town Gederich, Meyor IL. J. A. :VfacErveen;eRoyai Air Force,- Group Captain P.-De-Itobertson, Port .Albert Aire NaVikatiOU Seh()01; RoYal. Canadian Air Force, Fligert-Lient. Steevese '"p" Cloy., Mid-, .dlesex7illurott Iteghnent Col. C. Dunlop; Ahineek Chapter, LO.D.E„ Nfts. 3.), 'Lane; MaPle Leaf ChaPter, 'Mrs. n, J. •MeMehen; Re- bekah Lodge, MrS. G. W. Buehler; Lions ChM, A. H. Erskine; Maitland Lodge; *A..F. & A.W., R. Bisset; Hurort Lodge, LO.O.F.,,A..Cortrfield; 'Goderich Ilegiate Institute; Principal A. R. Sett, Victoria School,' Principal R. StOnehause; pentr,s1, School, Prin4a1 H. Shackletoti ; Girl Guide's, and Brown- ies, Kathleen MacEevan and. Joan -Thiecle&rifief SierSiediffritier-CiihCBIITY,7. Newcohsbe; Brandi' 109, Canadian Legion, j, Rev.' D. J. Lane. armouriced that the veterans,' salute at the meraori'al Wo ise dispensed with -in _vie* of element weather, but added All know •that .the fieartS of the..veteranS we do salute . all those whd fell. In. the, last war." • The ,Goderich band 'corittibuted. 'Several -patriotie numbers, during •.the, service, at -thesarnsorieS. heavy rainfall and not as hinch had weecould only have*this spirit ett a wider field, he said, the nations would have -peat:* and happiness., nob wax. He 'was especially pleased ..to meet so many Men in uniform particularly the men' from Great k3retain.. His experi- ence overeeas, he deelaeed, had shown him that the British were the greatest peckple iii the world, and in their -spirit" Complete satisfaetion was expressed • 'The British, EmPire is the greatest Withsthe Work Onfrs. Chaffee, engaged Civilized' force. the world has ever lait' year as social serviee Worker: Be- 'known," said the speaker. .A. visitor to cause of her week* the Governinent England may see the beauty' and the Material grattdelir Of the cottritit; btft one must live amoiii,igi,1•.them, to knew The worth -elf -the -13 hsPe6Ple• boys and girls at ,seltool are taught the 'history 'Of their country and the great events that have Made for .the develan- sm,erit Of the Empire that today stretches around the world. , • • ',.. , • Prefers Term "Empire" Mr. Ferguson said , he liked that word ''tEnilpire,"' and :he .sketched the difference, in his mind, between Enipire" and "British Com- monivealth.• of Nations!' The Empire, he declared, .extended away beyond and signified much more than the Common- wealth...- The British people were fighting•to- day for ' incliiridual. liberty, for phrist- ianity, said the SPeaker--"and arm% they -fighting wonderfully, well?" Mr. ,Ferguson went,on to tell Of the _hold- the nionarehr has an the people of Britain. Ife did not think anybody. • wo.rtici. try to upset it or ".would get very ;far If he did ,try.' ° • Canada:, he said, could, take one Of three Wayseeindependence, -union with- culteral committee,be asked.to'organize the United States, or the maintenance • grant had been ,inereased 'froni $100 to $500.„ The Work of theapolice com- mittee Was reported as going along eery smoothly. ,; Plans for the sinternational plowing match*of '1942 were already under way and, the ;various chairnien had been appointed. They would pick their own cammittees. , The Warden congratulated J. C. 'Shearer,. Huy.= agricultural represent- ative; on the line Work he had` aceom- iplished in the last year. -A short couns'e in farm work was to be held at Varna frere November 20 to Demnber 20, and junior farmer's. of the •countY , and taken nemereus prizes in various cone petltione. The Warden. suggested the appoint- ment of a dommitteeld deal with the 0ounty's centennial ceIetheitiolithi 1941. ,The County Should be out of deb't oy then,. he said, and some kind Of cele- brit•tion would the In order; Coneerning the formation • dounity .unit of the Federation oisAgri- culture, Mr. Feagan said that ,he had forwarded a Motion, which had been seeonded by Mr; Shearer, that the' a.gris Heroes of 191448, Are Not Forgotten mpressive Memorial Bervice Held at Enox Chur,13, Sunday Moronic large congregation t,urued out at Knox Presbyterian church. on •SeaniaY morning to pay tribute to Canada's herOes of the atet 'War In en ImPressive remembrance Serviee. Forming at the armories and marelling to the chureh, the following organizations filed into thee auditoriem to OeeuPy the centre seat, While the assembled congregation etood; Girl Guides and Brownies; Boy Seouts and Cabal., emitingeats of Royal Canadiao, Air Force and Royal Air Force; metabere of I'Nest 109, Canadian Legion; "0" Coy., Middlesex -Huron Regiment, and the Ahmeek and Maple Leaf Ch.apters, I.O.D.E. • ' were the following, officers of the air forces and army: Group Captain P. D. Robertsee., 0.10. at Port Albert Air Navigation School; Col. McDonald, * _Widdlesexel-Xuron Regiment ; Squadron- :Leader -Ne-ille,---Stpradroir” Leader 'Bayliss( Squadron Leader Orme> and Flying Officer Cowan, ]LA. F.; MVOS' Sturdy, 'Woodstock Training Centre; Lieut. -Col. H. 0: Dun- lop, Lieut B. Twamley, 0. Coy., Middle-. sex-ssuron Regiment; "Mstj'etr D. R. „Nairn, Elgin Regiment; Cart. P - Carey, of the'recruiting office, London; Lieut.. J. Fidler,. Middlesex -Huron Beglinent. • • Several Goderieh members of the Elgin Regiment -attended," Marching with, the Middlesex -Huron. Reginient. The colors of the *I.O.D.E., Girl. Gnicles. and Brownies, Boy Scouts and Cubs and of the Legion were presented to Captain the Rev. D. J. Lane, who placed them in their racks 'at the front of the Church. . The color -bearers were; Selie`3111"eVlear 00'11W Havel Ilartevell; Girl Guides, Kathleen •MdeRvettne--anti;-„rtiorothy -SISteDenalds• Brownies, Loraine Allin and .Agnes Snider; Boy Scouts, Fred Dowker and RiU 'MacDonald; CityS,„ 'jimmy Saund- ers and Peter Patterson; Legion, Alex. MeNevin and George Baxter. Prayer for those. who s had given Up their lives in the Sast war was given by Mr. Lane, ending with the Lord's Prayer in unison. Glen Lodge sang in splendid form "The Lerd IS' My Sheppard," and the choir rendered • an anthem, with :Viiss Meaner Snider at the organ. • . The Seneton, -- ristmas Cheer for Overseas en Generous DonatiOne 'Enable Cone- ; mittee to Fili Boxes to -Ovatiowinr Mr. Lane chote as.his text, 'Greater love hath neeman than this, °that- it man lay down his life for his friends." slt is twenty -two -years since the Great AVillt was oficciallY, terminated. Tarty' we are , gathered - :here to ' pay, ahoniage to that great multithde of cora- ---•Tineteenesoldiera-ande-twoesailore, ,rades le arms' who laid .down their Goderich men -'S'erving with the ISni. llYes for their frieads. , We remember pires*, armed forces either in England or them with reVerence, with sorrow and on convoy duty . On the nigh seas,..,Will. '!Yet with praise -praise because they have their Christmas brightened as a were willing tO give themselves for the .result of the work of the oversews .great cause for will& they fell." pareels committee on Tuesday night. The'speaker expressed the belief that Goderich citizens, apparently infle.. the Young as well as the old will re- eziced by the Chris.tonas '• spirit, Were meMber them; not perhaps in the same generous with both-eash and proviiioris, was* but in the same spirit. "As the Mre. D. .I. -Lane,. convener -of -the chin- tirlA ofeeneenibrance returns, thoughts_ feet below. Be landed on both feet,' mittee, announced, and More than' Win tare to , those who .have fallen but Slumped to the ground ° and, wasi enough of eveVything was, provided. and many it brave heart will 'to -day be unable to rise. • Iii great pain, he ,was Some articles had to be held over tor torn between pride of saerifice and rushed by turibulfince to the hospital, the next packing, which prohably, will sorrow, in 'giving up loved. ones." - where the X-ray revealed that the' take place immediatelY after the New "As the day of emergency is again hones of 'one foot were broken, while Near. Only • those. .articles which will euPon uns, it will be met ,again in the the other foot was badly bruised and kkeep were retained. The boxes were ,same brave way --it is being met again his back wits strained. . filled ' to overfloWihg. Delicious fruit by h.undreds sof thdusands lik•e those .. Waltes is one of the town's leading cakes snuggled Alongside of flashlYght :before them, whose love was so great yOunn• athletei, excelling in hockey and batteries and figs and chocolate sals. as to give their lives -a love than basebeall, is well its competing, In inanY Coffee and Chewing PIP. contended for 'which Jesus said there was no greater. othee sports. It is believed be will be gPa.ce with notepaper and fruit juices. The shall. not grow old!" We lost to the hockey team for the coming ge .should remember them hecause we .winterss. • . E:very man' received at least two tar bags of salted peanuts, the gift of a should value the heritage which- is Veteran who claims that he eteverswagentiMein proportioir-to- wiratOliat herit- able to get enough of them in the old age has cost, and there are few things MONDArif STORM Itydro Current Oft Temporarily Damage to end The violent windstona which swept over this district on Monday lett con- eiderable damage in wake and ceused some lueonventerteee. Hydro lines were blown down. and the current temporarily eut off by the gale, which . at times reached VeloCity of over sixty rallea per hour. Considerable 'damage was done to buildings at the Port Albert Air N'avi- gation ',SchOol; particular to .builti- ings. not yet, cempleted In which opan Spaces allowed' the wind to enter and work havoe. 'Sky liarbor the root was blown, off a. temporars office band- ing. Orcharda in the district Suffered, old trees espeelally being unable to withstand' the violent lalast-s, and towzi also many tree liMba were seat, tered Omit, 4Vt Harold Blackstone% storeenr West Street it large tin sign whieli hang over -theekreetrouteidetlielitoreebrolmfrom- itsagey wires and swung inwerd, break - hag a large plate glass show:Window into smell pieces. „ , • - - At the v4-aterfront the full force of the wind was 'felt and for a while in the evening there wassmerryeeonflision everythieg Movable around . the harbor was . being tied dowe. Bert MeeDonald, with -,the help saerial friends, lashed. the ,launches AnnaMae and Captain atohn tight in ,snug Harbor, but he neglected two other amalr' motor' lannehes' whieh. were tied to 'a buoy in the same cOve,' and as a result he 'spent 'the next . three days resurrecting one . of the boats from a. Mao, at home. 'Sheldon,. was a line, waters'. grave. The launches, of a upstanding', Airougirtful youth,. quiet steel type used. during the Winter for mad. unassuming, but with the faculty breaking :thrOi)t.4 t..40 ice at the harbor, of. making warn friend's wherever. he were swept out of `'Snisg Harbor" went.. it, as is feared., .he has gone across the main ltarbor to the northeast down veth his ship, he, will be sorely side, where . they lodged against a siSssed„ not only in the home in Which. dredge. One turned *on .its side and he Was So greatly loved, but also by was swamped and sank.* _The second, many t omradesi, and fileadie.• water, was, about to Dan Rose also" was ninet.emi years aufferathe,,,fate,,,of----the .first,--OnC,‘When....1)f.agei;''''He'war.bora discovered, 'Salvage operations for the of Mr. and Mrs., ,Tames Bose, and. came :arrukenalsonela we.reshegun immediately from the Weet three years ago, and re- end With Ab, Leonard's der-- sided With his aunt, Mrs. Gra* Long, rick. boat '•the craft was raised en Wed sear-liochaish. • At times he viSitesi iiis oesdaY. The launch is now ••in. drY-, aunts in •Goderich; above mentioneds dock repairS, tike,wateraitilied---He--beg'atir'lits brief lite as. a --Seeler engine being the worse for the ducking. this spring as waticlimansors the Anna: The Str. 6A. A. Hudson was Storms C,, Minch. He was a lover of outdoor hewed here for two days %before the .eifeand, came 'into eome prominence rougb seas would permit. its loading three years ago *lien he shOt 'a wolf salt. TWo fishermen, Jack Grahams near Lochalsh. brother, „William, of •Godericle, and Louis eieLedd, - of also. has been living with his , aunt, Bayfield, had nets laid when. the violent Mee Long. • winds struck aad, were unable to *lookThe Anna C. Minch was last in .C.SOde- fOr them Until this (Thursday)" morn:- 'rich harbor on October j.4th and on ,ing. They erispeet the nets be tors). that occasion both, MadMatli and Rose to shreds ifthey ever do Ideate them visited theie relativee he, reJ»i. * 4. F LLS 22 PET harveee agtobneer Pedoc$Psvni Wlvihth6-4trhee-P--Anresunina ede. Minch were well knowle•-in Goderich, 0110. 418 Two Goderich Lads Feared Lost in Storm Ott Aama C. Min& Believed to Have Younderad in Lake Walesa The storm on Monday night and Tat* day was reminiscent of the diaastro0$. storm isToverub.er 1.91$, when =AY 'atauoeh ship* aod gallant were lost. en the 43reat Lakea and -Osederich holes were ealled Won. tie Mourn. ' This vi'teles storm was not eto serious in its eonaequeuees as that gt, twenty- seven years ago, but. four vessels are, reported /oet on the Palms, and. again Ooderiela home's, itave been Stricken. The Steamer Anna 0. Afigehk VW* . ten grain.earrier, we)). known in °ode -a rich harber, r000rted havefound- ered on. Lake Mfehagan, and With her, it - ualaiWIVeilee-Tirliairisktelattsiriclest- One is •Sheldon Maelfatih, onay Son of Mr., and Mrs. Samuel it. MticrAlath, Bast street, and the .ether la• Dan Rose, nephew of -the MiSses Jane and Umme. Rose, Brock street. --Sheldon- MnelMath /was born nearly', tvveuty years ago at liolMeaville, cow., WS' to, Godericli with bia"tatoily years ago. Thia, was Ilia era season as a sailer. lie was the only son of the family. There are four sisters: lielen, In the Civil. $ervice at London, Ont.; Esther, teaeher in SA.. No. St GOdedch -tovriNlip ; Grace, in, training at Victoria Hoepital, London, and Imes • • • . Walter Westbrook Severely havingeelrept shiP" here during the.' Will Be Laid tip for Some rune pat winter. Gordon Jeffrey of-'06111ings Walter 'Westbrook, nineteen -year-old wood„,,. second Mate 'Ofi the IMineh,„: son of alr. and Mrs. Geoige,Westb:reok, tended. the Ship with his w5fe._- They Trafalgar street,is,,io ;Alexandra Hos- 'Weee cbnstant- vlieitore- at the ledine pital, suffering feonelsevere injuries, the. Mr. and Mrs: •Arehle XaeFie, Victoria result of an unfortunate a,seident late ASbrea, ItTS. Jeffrey being cotisin or. 1Vednesday aftern000. -Walter, who is Mrs. MeePle. employed as a earpenterSwas rePairing Mr. and •Mrs,, Kirton of Owen the roof of the Salkeld apartments on Sound, -stewards on the Minch, kept Kingston street •-evlien he overstepped ship on the ete. Riverton here during the scaffold on •whieh he was werkine, the winter. and hurtled fo the ground tsVenty-two Captain D. A. Kennedy Of Coiling,' wood . and Chief , Kogineer • Vincent, Rieve - of Lefroy were both here for several Weeks last Winter. While' the Anna C. Minch was being chaiiged from its Whiter qttarters to tb.e elegafor: Chief Engineer Rieveis rather well known• in Goderich. NOVEMBER rtAcnus . • • This has, been aii 'erratic season, e was demonstrated when iserey )3etker picked an elevenspiart , basket . a peaches off a tree at his plao on the Bayfield 'road fzul: Monday. • • I den, _Veterans who assisted With the so valuable as those privileges which this unit in Huron 'County. "1 think of the British .conhectiori. Hesbeliet‘ed that, as this is an agricultural county, that Canada should continue as one of Packing remarked that they would have ltave been Purchased for us •tts- thee, .'' this • is. very impOrtant," Said the _ the arms of the great structure that welcoines1 such generous and attractiblood ve . Warden. • • stands for the. liberties of the world, gifts tweatssfise y,ears agb. .• Privileges, Founded on Sacrifice the British Enspires . . Parcels were sent to the following' •• "Anyone who holds lightly the The itarden, OmPlimented Ctemty • Praise. of. the Airmen 1 men ; Pte. W. J. Anderson, Spr. It W. privileges and rights - of the British Speaking of the rAir 'Force, -1(rr, Ben, Spr. W. J-: BuChanan, Ptee•Carl subject shows himself absolutely ignor- Treasurer -A. Ile-Ferskine' on the way- _ -- _,_ _ . • he had, accepted and carried out the ' ant of the sacrilleee by which he in added work of collecting the national herits these privileges,. Of this Empire defence" taxer. - 7,.. of ours, it :is *true, to say that the Fergpsori oppressed iiiisetedneration of the young fellows who bad volunteered to "risk theirlives in air 'warfare -not as a ;Sporting adventure„ hut taking on themselyes responsibility for the pre- servatiorra the lb est things in life, he speaker' had word of warm admiration also for the way in -which. the Britigh 1)6016'a -re -faking the Ger- man bonibingratids. When the history di the wer-le.-weittee, he ,said, there will be no more, glorigus story than ...that of the London. who stood firm when their • houses . were Bloomifield, Pte. 'Wm. ,Duck worth,. Lieut. J. K. Hunter,. lqe. '1i. MeL. Kingswell, Pte. Vie. Irisconeb,„Spr. W. N. MaeDon- ald, Sr. T. R. Pennington,,Sipr. 11. Meefillan, Sgt. Coe, Staetleton, Pte. D. Thorups'on, Stet. MacDonald, Pte. J. F. Milton, Pte. J. Ilohner; Pte: T. J, Hussey, Cpl. 'W. MeDougall„ Pte. - Gordon -Liscomb, Wilfred Greenwood, anti-aircraft gunner ; Albert Roy STilhala's; able-bodied 'seaman.; the eommittee entrusted With Tues.'s day nigitt'e packing was composed of Mrs. VA-, Lane, -cony .oe Mrs. -4Valter ;teinesknocked. to Pieces and their child- Newcombe, treasurer ; el7: 1). J. Lane. ren They, tc)Of were doing tbeir4 Airk. ,'AidArehen, Airs: Roes. Tich- thetr borne, Mrs. Sian.' Snider, Herb. Jane part in the preServation coontry and all for will& it stands. au& I). FI• Itev. A. C. Calder, in moving a vote foundations were laid with the loskr.ef voLuwatits WANTED our first-born sell -f- and the gates kept . . , Asriew opportunity , for service will. younger sons. But behind the privilege.s . . soon be available for the women who ..NV enjoy, it behobves us to remember have- been Tunable for various reasons those' who, have, laid do -17m their lives; tos;help with Red Cross knitting and in sacrifice, those thousands of friends, sewing. ' . , brothers, sons and reiallyeg Who 'died Volunteers are, now asked for wild. on the fields of Menders and on the - would be willing thk dartt seeks for the high 'seas and enabled Britain, to live men of the *Air Force. Title serviee -and Canada to Still be Caruide: - would' be *greatly appeeciated by .the eWe will remenrber them because .we „ men. It would add to their Camfort, can't forget that ans Ennsire, bunt so .. . 'Would help to , conserve sepplies ' a high, is a golemn trust". ' • .. wool, ahd will provide an opportunity err. Lam exhorted the congregation for a number a women who may be• to pray that we may be worthy of their Unable, t() telp in any other Ways' • opeo ip later days by the loss of our • of thanks tO•the speaker, paid a, tribute DIVERyliN4 TIIE GEESE. .to the.men of tlie Royal Air' Force So far ' the § fall no Canada geese have been seen „over Goderich on their expressed hie Coniplete eonfidence 'flight to the south. NimrodS like Art vietorys . "God will Vindicate sacrifices and equar to the battle for the freedom and &verity of the wolede '- The 41-irl Guides :are willing to Te to God give us strength, not only liver thes socks to those who, volunteers' .as ere think Of the past alone but for aucl will call for theta when completed., the future, so that another vietory may Those willing to undertake this very necessary ,piece of work are asked to located at that ,point, A rear driven Writeortelephone Mrs. Albert Taylor Lorne jareine was proceeding north. (telephone 571) and teeir names will anti a. point 500 feet south of she be placedon the list of helpers. Please outiterly 'bridge entrance there was a gitY if you would lie willing to *Wash dotwn 'erede. The .Crown maintained and darn, or just darn. :OR' 'TIMES DBCORATIONS. :that the Jardine car struck the south- east end -post of the bridge, breaking a girder fuel causing a corner of the bridge to settle. Two girl paesengers. '* Were eettePulted through file 'roof of the ear. One was eoinPletely decapi- teted, thee head, and body being found twenty-five feet apart. The , Crown maintabled, he cootinued, thatear *"•) twa.s• being drieete at a eery high, rate ot Speed, that th'ere was negligence; and . that a proper lookout. sonsssiot kept by , the driver. It was furtlibr alleged that the ear had struck . the bridge with very great force. „A witness, would be produced who heard the crash a mile away, another one.half mile distant, County Engineer's Evidence • County Engineer T. It, Patterson, Wire made a plan of the same of Ilo iteeidolt, could not give the age Of the bridge, butmaid it. had no defects prior (.0enthami 4)14 page 4) •••••••••••......"..* ".Ilditor The Signal...Star. •Now that the "improvements.". to the Town Ilan have been comPleted, it would be a good idea for the taxpayers to take it 'rook at the "decorations" - that is,, the variety of eolors of paint teat go to,snalce the 'building resemble the rooming% work of a kiralergatten pupil, -Was th& nu*, to outdo Jaen% and his coat of many color? TIOAV II11101 better-tind , how much eheapereeit would have been it the building lad been painted one eoloree or two at the moefeeinetead• of', the • conglomeralion of colora that make 11 Wok like it circus ,Nvagon,. The modern trendtowards appears to be a» 'unknown quantity around the Town hall. , intaiseit,, he declared. jennines and Dr. Mabee say• the birds The motion...was: seemided by George Leithwalte, speaking for the rural. community, and . was endorsed by the applause of the gathering. Group Captain Robertson, RAJ?. Group Captain. Robertson, ofileer conemanding the Port Albert Air MINI. gation School, received an efithesiastie greeting an lie rose to ,speak'. Ile- said that the warm reception givert them made the airmen feel that they were Johnlitettalerliedylfri.,01titiratybriincigherisitivreeilit t "only eoming from one brlinelt of the had' family to another." The 13ritish people linth.9! (1),nfr°1* • • were slew to make friends, but theY were very appreeiative of kireinese. He' lied been in -many parts of the orld, but had never met with so ranch kindness and good fellowship. hle be- lieved' that something good had moe out of the •war 111 this draW' ing of the "family" eloser together. 1n conclitd- Mg he explessed his shim:* thanke and aPpreelation Of .air this locality hag' done and le doing for us." , Brief remarks were elven altso by It. A. Kelp -elle of Tdi.vnto, who aecom- panted Mr. Fergusoli here; D. L. Rice, 0,C, Perlh, Regiment, and Ohas. Pihguran, . of Ktralterd, who efolveSed tare flying 'down . the centre. of, Lake be ours as we are used as inAhuments• Huron to avoid the airpiasaes at Sky ia. H1s. almighty: hands." Harbor. Dr. Mabee says .flying should After the ConelOion Of - his lorceful be suspended during the open ,goose sermon Mr. Lane returned the colors to season and :Mt Jennings says lie's going their bearers and at the sounding of the to see Mr. King -about it. Last Post the colors, were lowered ptind a period Of SilOtlee VMS .0.1W;erVbd :With Pirehlen responding to in 'alarm sent heads bowed, At the reveille the color • in at the noon hour on Mendity found were raised arid .the National Anthem, only it chimney fire at the home of was sung.° • . • „After the benediction; the various organizations' filed out of the church,. fornied in parade'and, led by the Luck new pipe band, marehed doeVrt Vietoria street to Kingston street and back to the Square. At the corner of -East 'etreet and the Square, Captain P. D. Robertson, R.A.V., took the maroli Post salute. , ,- • :Ran- CROSS UE0E/PTA - thti regrets a Mayor Itenry Of Strat- ford at 'his being untibl to attend. J.- D. Thomas, et the loell War ser- vices committee, expressed aivreeia.tiert ef thergooe work of the ladiee in pro- vidingIlie dinner. ' .`" 'Weal solos weregiven by Gilen Lodge and J. P. GilleAlle, vvith Miss 10. Snider at the piano, arid Iteeve It. Redmond of P,aat Wawanash ton. tributed violIn solos, with piano at- eompananitait by Miaa Itedefolui. 'The gathering was broused to a close with the singing of "t.) C'anada." St. Peter's (Separate Sehool , . Pupils , A ^ $10.00 Ladies of lilt. Peter'e Chureh 10,20 The War Aid k-ilittelety 22,33 Business. Women s .C.1111) • 24.2'5 10.00 30.00 'Rebekah Lodge. No. 19 , Pledgee' - inture Service Club" Established as Recreation Room : for Service Men The newly -instituted "Empire Service -Olub”--recreation quarters in Goderieh, for rhen-of the rifnadian and Britigh Active Service 'Forces -received its onicial opening on Saturday, evening, with , a danee and social gathering. The new 1ub has its home in .1taeKay Hall, which has been completely re- hovatell and re -arranged by . the two ehapters Of, the ,Daughters Of the Empire, Ivho are sponsoring the club. —Over ninety airinen from Port Albert and ,Sky Harbor .airports 'and seferal soldierS from neighboring units were enu'rtiiined and _had the opportunity of Lawting some fifty Oaderich girls who had beeth Invited, by the *WI& of the -Airs. B. J. MeMehen; regent of the Maple Leaf Chapter, ,Mrs. J.4.ane, regent of the Ahmitek Chapter, and Mrs,* D. 10. CamPtell, chairman of the wet/11Mo in ehtirge of the qaarters. \WV' introduced by,' Mr. ()harks Wilkins, who acted as Mastersof eercs monies, the three ladies' briefly spoke words of we/ceme 'to the 1/101 of the isetive service and cordiallyextended the iiss: Of the recreation rooragto them. Flight Lieutenant Fletcher, adjutant at Port Albert, expressed the Itintlefet4 apprE,:i*I41071 Of. the effort the ladies had put 'forth in armoging the • rooms for. their use. _ • Mr. Molting got the .evening uinter Way with some well-reudered patriotic solos, being accompanied at the piano by Mrs, .Meakins. MrsMeakifas pro- svided the music also for dancing, beifig relieved at intervals throughout the eisening by some -44- thealeinene who dielgaSeel ,eoneiderable talent vrith the keys.. • The airmen mime' easily with the .eiris,:„ althoughthe preptiederanee of men: made it neecraary that many of them sit, out dances a :.ile their buddies took the floor. Introductions, 'Were not aaked for, •lf,4 all of the 'eeung people, joined in the ieforiami spirit of the haPpy gathering. Refreshments uvre p.erved Ur the (members of the L0.0.11 aral tho even - lug coneluded with f1i» singhlg 4fthe National tAathelit, , The club quarters ht'..i.vel*or made • aiallable byo arrangement- with the . truseees of MecKaY Hall. The: chairs In 1110 11111111 auditorium of the hall have been taken 'up and the room hag been handsomely deeorated and arranged Ily theliadies in cha,rge. Flags and red; white and blue bunting adorn the walls. A large- fakesiale of the crest • is hung at' • the front of the • room against it background of blue., The emblem, skillfully printed on stiff eardboare..is the. work, of Wes. Harry Watson. . ,A voinfortable lounge has, been donated to the club by the Wene'en's • • Inetituteie and the Canadian Legion War Services teonniiittee has donated „ 4100 in the forth of slimes and bridge • 'tables. A minlature"billiards table in the donatien of Mr. I% 1 Tiffiberti while • writing paper has been donated by the local branch of the 41anadian Legion.' • The 'Lions • .Selub has donated $100 towerde the • vost of equipthent. ..Tteeding material will be available to the Men at all times and it pleno and ni0k1ot10oi1 Wili. provide musie for • them: The eanteen, providing the hien with, - soft drinks, eigarettes, and other re- - freshmezits, Will be open from 4 P.M. to 11 P.m. on week -days and from I,, p.m. 14) 1.1.' p.m.. ort (Saturdays and Sundays. 2 It will be operated bas' the, Indies ot the 1.0.10.11. Any man on active Service, whether° etationetl at, Gotierieli or visiting here, will he welcoine :It the rooms at all , Those in charg.elof the operation of the "rizaPire •Serviee CluW are; Chair- man,' Mies 0. II. Campbell; viceeltair- -man„, Mrs. P. It. Itedditt; secretary, lAtrA• C. Ileaccom; treasurer, Mic.,'s 'Minnie Campbell; the regents. Min. It lieMehen of the MaPie-,Leaf Chapter - and Mtg. 0. 3. Lane of tile Alimeek .0bapter, I.01)11,„''',: entertainment eerti... inittee.- \ira 13 V. flays, ikliar A. II. Taylor, 3,Irs. II. C. Ihnolop, Min. C. X. • SLItrader; aervice eommittee- 'Mrs. D. Mooney, A & Nicol. Mnta W. P. P. I). Brown: food corn- Jareca lino** Aim. E. (A„ A. Nicolg.'Mrs, A. L., Cole.