The Goderich Signal-Star, 1940-11-21, Page 1Combining, The Goderich Signal and The Goderich Star
NINETY-SECOND YEAR.
Additional Grant
of 050 to Library
CoUncil 'Wormed that Ai'rmen.,,
Are Ailting' for Superior '
Tyke, of Bookt
•
As theresfilt Of repreeentatitmS made
at the Meeting of the Towle Council on
Vriday eight last, an additional greet.
• $1,50 is to be made from tateliciPal
funds to the PublIc Library Beard for
the Purchase of books to 'meet the In-'
creased derelict upcm the library, resielt;
• several hundred eirmen.
*essFs. P. la Beacom end Stew
-
house appeared before the ;COunell 1)4
behalf of the Library Board and stated
that rauch interest was being. taken In
14r ,forCee,
The reading these men wanted was of7
serious type; they asked for, eery little
• lictioes and to propure beolte of the
Wad that appealed to", them the Booed
et tee
• would e require edditienal, funds. It
evideet the men would use the
„ltbrary a great' deal, during the winter
•if seitable books were available, and
reeding of the kind they evidently
vVanted would do nuteh good.
Beard intended also to add• to,
tile naagaziee list in the Library; eight
• British _magazines were -already being
taken. • ••„
The matter was referred to coin-
mittee of the whole, and later It recome
• mendetion for • a vote ,of $150 was.
• adopted. ..,
All members of the 'Couacil were
present. ,
.,A petition:from residents of St Vie-
• cent street for •the pacinger
la street
light between the !present light” and
North 'street was- sent ;0 the water,
light .and herbor conneittee.
Two applieation,s, for building per-
• Mits were. presented: One from *John'
jeff,ery for an acteitien to big. gala&
on Warren street; the other from W.
•E. ,Kelly for repairs to the 'Beer and
----feed- store -on -Hamilton street,.
' . Complaint of ..`NuiSaute" •
,• A letter item D. E. Holmee advised
that he had had complaints .from oee
or two residents of +St DavicrS' Street
-to the effect that the Town had "dumped
obetruetlent-to-efoottetreffic elting the
• north side of the street, niere espeetal.ly
between Victoria street and Oameela
road," and •his • instructions were to
take action against the Town unless the
--entterafite-----wertesqkenioVedet -
- Oouncillor Bingham ;said. the. peblie•
*arks conamittee had Carried •olit the
instructions of Council as "a tempoxary
..ecention" and asthesfeundatien. for` a
• sidewalk. „ •
Mr. Heinfes' letter *aserefereed to
• the Public worke eommittee. •. --
The Depute !Minister of Municipal
• Affairs, Toronto, advised that et"sehool"
for municipal officials would 'be held
In. the Town, ga.11;4Seaforth, on, uNeirenst
'ber. 20th, end all (Advents, elected and
appointed, were invite to attend.
The Clerk and Assessor were given
,peemissioie to attend the school, along
• with any. Members ef the !Connell who
might.tyleh to gee.
A copy of . the Presentment of the
,grard jutY. tit 'the leecent assizes- was
submitted by the Deputy Sheriff "as re-
• -, queetecl by, Mr. Jerstice Urquhart," It
- -dealt *with matters in toenection with
thesgeol and court house,
A me.mber queried : "letrhY bother ehe
Town Council. about this?"
• The presentment was referred to the,
Reeve ,and Deputy Beene, menebers of
. • the :County Connell. • •
• • • Committee *Ports
The finarce cOmetittee reported one
tett adjustraents and* that, the Town
solicitor had ieettetlse- egalest the
Goderich Manufacturing Co., Ltd., for
payment of bonus. loan arrears.
The public works committee recom-
mended _granting of perealesioe asked
by the'Provincial Department otHigh-
ways for the eutting out of zection of
• the cement curbing and the :building of
a roadeerie Into thelt building oz 1st
• stief, tho -Province to pay .posts
and the Work to be done to the eatie-
fectiOri of, the chairman of the publie
orks -committee. Other recomme.teltit
t were : That the matter of a catchn in front' of Norman MeelCay's
pr�perty on 'Wellesley street be looked;
Into by the chairman ef this coltimittee,
elle that the matter of ,erectleg. a public
• lavatory in Court' House Park 'be ..left
S 'With- the. Pa•rks. nd-publit-worktereine
nil t tees With power to act; Perioissien,
eta eetei given J. Naegele for the
erection of a penient eurbing in. froet
of his .property on South street; .
The fire •tetionilttee !, reported that
there seemed to be considerable diffi-
culty In obtaining 33x5 tires and tube
'for the Reo flee truck and, recommended •
that the committee . consider the pur-.
chase of four 20-1neh erbeele tob replace
• the present wheels and also, five tires,
.32X6, 10 -ply. ••• •
The cerhetery and parlis committee
recommended that, 412, the preeefit lease
of the Park House expiree on Decotiber
• elst next, a neve lease be drawn up at,
5 per month. (The 'present 'rental is
$25 menth). .
CotuacillOr Baker's 13ereavetnent
Councillor Baker was celled away
Jut before the reacting of these:reports,
and when it was learned "that hiA deter,
Miss Isabella Baker, had passed away
t Mayor Mack:Wan expressed, the , ayire
pathy of his fellow-councilIore tind a •
motion of condoleitm 'was a.dopted, by
the Couecil.
ing from, t e presenee in. the district of
APPOINTED INSPECTOR
OF COUNTY HONE
REEVE GgORGE, C. FEAGAN4
•
who annoueces his intention Of retiring
front Colborne. Township Council on
taking over the position of Inspector
of tee !Heron County Mime it Clinton.
.
Sacrifice' Needed
_
for a Better World
Rev. J. M MacGillivray Conduets
Knox 'olettreh Anniversary
Serslces
, The •Or4rices .of Knox Preibeterian
church on Sunday bet were, in °beery-
anee of the 113th anniversary of the
liatinding of Preebyterianisea*Gedee
„rich. They'. were 'ednducted by Re.s
elaeGillivray, ILA., of St. Andrew's
claurchs-Sertaia, andtewereeatteeicled by
larg,e congregations. - 4
For his morning semen the predeher
took as his text the words of 1St. Paul's,
Epistle to the ItCemenst 12, 1-•--+"1 be-
seech you therefore) brethren, by the
cietseef "'God, that ye preseet yoer
bodies a living- sacrrnee 1io1y accept-
able unto ;God, Which is eour reasonable
service.", • -
.• ,
• -Christianity, e said, is,a religion Of
aerifie te-e—sT1WWtietfixieseroferehrietAeas.
the carrying eut,of an eternarprincited.
T4he 'Creator:I:f the eaetitiea euffering
God, and in Hia 'plan it is .necessary
Boinetienes that Mee should he called
upon to sacrifice theinsetves for the
take of Others. • •
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• Before the last war the world seemed
to be making progtess in civilizatiOn
and culture.. Then, like.a !bolt ft -one the'
blue, •came the world War, 'and the
things which had aeemed se splendid
-were sbattered and scattered.
"Again, today', we are celled upon
to sacrifice for , the 'things we hold
most dear, and on e ecale 'ley& hefote
known," continued the speaker. There
can be no war without sacrifice, and
the sacrifice S of the last war were as
nothing compared With those we shall
now be celled iipon to make. Once
more. the world Will know the agony
and th,e inevitableness • of vicatteus
sacrifice. There is no 'other war by
which the Werld can' be sated.
The last'war was feught to "make
the world safe for demoCraey tbut
epee the war men did not prise seffic-
Jenne What they had won. They
ignored' the fact that eacriece Is the.
c.entrel principle of life ;,,they returned
to the old ways Of self-indiilgenee
self-seeking, and again a terrible War
Is upon es; again it ie necessary that
saerieces be made for the presereetion
of our democratic -way of life. .
•In civic governinent the Vale prins
ciple .is tit work. ' Some of our best
citiwns will not take office becauSe it
means, the sacrifice of comfort or of
• income. 'The churdh, Joe, cannot , die -
charge its glorious miselon Without
ea.erifiee on the park of its members,
cannot'have a better vitorld,frithout
sa 'alike.
Special music was rendered by the
choir udder the direction of Mies
Eleanor Snider. The eheir +•sang two
anthe-ms, and Mrs.. 11s1C, Revell, Miss
•Mudeleine Lan`et, -Mee: JLC. Dunlop and
Miss Gertrude Itaist gave quartette
Telectlen.es - • - --•• essest
In theeeVening MaeGillivray's
• subject west "The Sib 'of LukeWerm-
•The anniversaey obsereanFe is Wing
• concluded with a slipper* at the Chureh
thie (Teuratlay) evening, to 1* &Veil
by' the Ladies' . Aidt Society of •the
church. '
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Cem• etery Plot for Veterans •
GODERICH, ONTARIO,, THURSDAY, ,NOVEMBER 21st, 19-40-
Friday Municipal
Nomination DayFlying
Thirteen, Munici.p4ities in the
County to Have "Early" -
Elections
Thirttoi Huron • COunty MultielPoie
ttlea will held .anntiel nentinatione
°Weer on Friday, November 22, or, on,
Uozelay, feleeemper. 25; with elections,
if necessary, on, Monday, December •24
They are Goderich (town), Clinton,
Henealle Wingham and 4 Bletli, and
Townships of. !Goderiela, Colborne, East
• and West Wawanosh, Turnberry, U111 -
lett, AShfielal and Stauley. Election
day fot the to:Leaning eleven munieipal-
itiee will be the first Mondayrin Jana,
Gederich, Clinton and 'Claiborne
Township will also vote on whether the
inu,nielpalcouncil shall reinain In of
&ir&rtwoyereT-Ifiltome
menicipelities holdingeeearly"-elections
the term twill automatically be for two
•years, this year's council having, failed
to submit a. ballot On the question,
011n-tenee1soewII1svOte' to eeleet-as 1B oa ril
of Education for the first time A.Year
ago the electors •voted le. favot of
setting up such a body,' doing away with
collegiate and public school boards.
Election Prospects
• .,The retirement e 'Warden Feagan
from rnenicipal life, on his, 'acceptance
of the* post of insPector of 0:te County
Home, will make •a vacaney in the
reefeship of Colborne Township, and
Nelson McLarty and Wm. Thom,, of
•this, eear's Coped', and, William L.
"IteengS a '-former member of . the Coun-
cil, are mentioned .as Possible asPifautts•
•-From •Goderich Township comes the
report that mitnicIpal affairs are quiet,.
and so far as Ithown Reeve Bathwell
and his cooncillore will all'be up for re-
, election. ."
To:TRAIN AS .PILOT
Lesle Naetel, One Of a grOup Of•young
men of this toivn largely responsible for
the establishment of Sky' Harbor sas a
civilian 'airport' More, than tWo yeaxs
age, hag achieved his ambition. He has
been accepted as ti student pilot.'in. the
It.C.A.M, according to word received
here. Leslie, who already holds •a
private pilet's license'recently coma-
pleted a eeetee tit G.alt'Aircraft School
and promptly loine-d the E.A.F. for
ground duty. New bels' Oleg to train
for a pilot; something he pas so far been
prevented' from doing by technicatities
-t ett ;baize Sheatestee.reorete _ _HeeetYe„ho
leig,-he ectmes' to Sky Bather° Lor his
eleinentary training .
NEW PASTOR,.
ktev. Jr. MCRaye of Iron Bridge. Re
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wives and Accepts Call from Vic-
toria, Street and Union ,Churches.
• A Meeting, of the ,congregations ef
'Victoria. stteet United chuirch and
Union church, Goderich township, was
held at Victoria" Street ow Monday
eveeing to constder the •calling • of 'a
pastor to 1111 the vacancy created by the
removal of iltev. L. Brewp, to Pem-
broke. There Wits a 'fair representatiim
of each cengregation present. Rev. W.
A. Bremner of a4eaforth, clerk of,Iluron
Presbytery, preSided.
It was decided to extend a unmet
-
moue Invitetion to Rev. Arthur 'a. no -
had been made of the tom' branch of Brid'ee, • Ont., who eon
-
Deputy Reeve Brown s:xid enquiry . Kw,
the,Canadian Legion whether there teas
a plot in Maitland cemetery set aside
for war • veterans, He had replied
• there was not; there had been ro re-
- quest for it. It' had been pointed out
that there were in town veterans with
fatnily 'aud that when the time canto
.
to lay them aside it would be fitting
that tho should Ile with their comrades,
„ Ile had promised to bring the matter
up In'Council.
There was no urgency about this, the
Deputy Reeve continued, but with so
'many men of the air force here it
ducted the orvices 111 the, two churches
last Sunday. Mr. MeXaye has ae-
cepted, but will remain in his present
(thgrge until New 'rear's.
Mr, Melcaye DTI). Yonnr, man, .married,
With three children,
would be well to make provioion for
any eventualities, in a group of this
size. '
In eommittee of the whole it was
decided that the !Council chould 140 to
the cemetery to look ever the grourd
before dealing further, with the matter.
LODGE' ENTERTAINS AIRMEN,
Huroo Lodge, Ne. 62, LC:0X., enter -
Weed tweety-live • airmen from Port
Albert at *a social evening in Odd -
fellows' Hall on Montlay'ilight ,Games
land; cards were played and Jun&
served. The Oddfellow's prose •hold -
Int; one 'of these- "get acquainted"
socials each* fortnight. The first one
was voted a decided. 'suecess,
• •
AFTER TWENTEIGHT YEARS
A. T. Kaitting hae resigned his', posi-•
tion as engineer at the Goderich
Elevator Co. plant to take a position at
•the Port -Albert airport. Arthur held'
his job with the Elevator Co. for
twenty-eight years, vvbich is' somewhat
of a reccird. •
AT THE WATEMONT
The str. Beaverton came into port
from Fort William. on Friday morning
and took on 3.10 tons or $alt She
eleared etititte .eyening for 'down the
Lakes.
The tug Fairport telt in here on Fri-
day Morniug, en route from Toledo to
Midland. ',She took on coal here and
headed out On ,,lioncla,y shortly after
noon, The Fairport, an American
-
owned ug, will be ' used to, clear the
jj around Midland harbor this winter.
' The str. Algorall arrived from *Fort
William on 'Saturday morning with
'100,009 'bus. of --wheat for the mill.
,She eleared„ light, on Monday morning
for Xi11arn0., z
The ISuperior %came in on 'Sunday
'afternoon. from Fort William with
89,090 busof grain for the elevator;
She began. loading 700 tons of salt on
ondayestmornintesnirde-elegeett
Montreal -late_ that evening with b.er
carp: • . •
Bert MacDonald has the meter of the
pleasure craft "Captain jeelan:" in hie
,sbaa, at fate bamor,..wberejt
will undr-
go a complete overhauling, It was
quite a job - lifting the 1100-1b.r
cylieder engine from the Ship into the
shed, but the job was acomplished on
Wednesday afternoon. Ab. Leonard's
derrick boat was pressed into use to
elft the heavy machine to the pier;
where -it was fastened to a cart. It
was theft pulled up the bathing -house
steps tai runners and wheeled, into .the
shed. . This will be the Beat time the
engine has been overhauled since 1036.
The str. Mantadoe arrived front Port
Williamlihis (Thursday) morning with
245,011 bus. of wheat for the elevator.
The str. Hindman also arrived • this
morning from Wort William, with 190,-
000 bus. of .wheat for the elevater: '
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'STUDENT -PILOT. LOD& SAFELY
A, student -pilot, exicountaring minor.
trouble -in -the airesbrought his 'plane
down safely in a sod Beld. inGoclerich
township Tifesday. 'He telephoned his
base _and very shortly another 'plane,
with a mechanic, 'pelted up talengeide
the first Phew, as a:farmer's wife and
Jr eamily looked on through the
kitchen window. Repairs • made, the
twoenachinee.took off without incident.
•
-TAKEN • _
The automobile of' Percy Sterry,
Singer gewleg machine agent, Was
stolen, from' its, parking place on the,
'Square on --Tuesdey-olghtt Short •
after midnight, • or early Wedneeday
morning, sTraffic Officer James Culp
found thel, machine, abaedoned, near
Port Albert ,airport. The windshield
hadbeenbroken, but etherWiee the ear
was unharmed. ,
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• POST -NUPTIAL SHOWER
Mrs. Laura Dexter attended a ehower
• in honor of her daughter; Mildred, who
Vas recetitly married to,Alfred Nichol.
About two hundred friends and neigh-
bors gathered at their holne near Brus-
sels and enjoyed an evening Of garnet
and dancing. , Many gifts were re-
ceived by the bride and groom.
, • Nxvv POLICE OFFICE
An office ' for the Provincial' and
County police has twee opened on the
second floor of the Masonic Temple.
URON COUNTY WILL CLOSE ITS
ONE HUNDRUIll YEAR DEBT -FR
L. Whyte Ileatiti
School Co.
Directors Elected at Meeting of
Shareholders Yesterday
--More Students Here
At the meeting of Shareholders of
' the 'Huron eternity Flying Training
Saadi, Limited, held at Oddfellowa'
Tron yesterday ' afternoon, directors
sweearfeo'thelected on:. 7$140.;
forth; John Et. Douglas, (ittelph ;". Thos.
Prycle, 'Exeter; ;Rug% Hill, Colborne
tov1114.0t; W. Uaacke, Geo, O. Feagan,
Gioderiehlownship, . _
At, a Subsequent meeting of the
directors, Ur.''WhYte was elected presi-
dent and acting secretary;. .W. Haacke,
vice-president; j. li. Douglas, managing
director..
There was a note oe eheerfatneaa_ at
Sky Harbor airport yesterday , wken
shareholders of , the Puree County
Flying Training Co. Limited, the
operating company,_paid_ en'ofhcial,ine
Seeetion vielt.t0 the FtleitientaitYls44-64
The visitor e were Aoki that after ten•
days of gales, ram, and snow, groueding
all machines, the atudents had Just com-
pleted the third successive day—Mon-
clay, Tuesday and !Wednesday—of good
flying weather,; and had averaged 120
hours of fisting on each of these days,
!bringing the training schedule again
up to date.
Last night Manager John R. Douglas'
made the announcement that three new
buildings are to be erected et SitY
Hieher. They are an additional
stedente' quarters; -civilians' quartets
and a recreation hall.
t ;New 'Claes of Students
Last Saturday thirty-five additional
students arrived at the . airport for
training, bringing the number up to the-
maxim:Pm of seeenty. s These boys come
fromenearlyeeverieetrovinteebeaCenade.,
Several . are from Newfoundland. 'There
areno Americans in the class, as there
were in the fleet group, which is sche-
duled to ginduate • to a Service Flying -
School on December 10th. The new
students are:
Brown,. W. B., Victoria, BIC.; Cone
over, je E., Hamiltoe, Ont.; Galloway, •
K. A.; Milton, Ont.;
Goodyear, De•
Corner Brooke Newfoundland; •Gosse,.:,
D. et, "St. •JOhn'e, Newfoundland;
Green,'3S G., St. John's, Newfoundland;
Haywood, R. A.; Vancouver,' B.C..;
Hemphill, A. • S., -Winnipeg, Mans;
'Lauder:AK-M.'-Sydney ; Layne, TS J.,
Sacramento, Otile Lean -lige, St.•
John'e, , Newfoundland;'Lee, M. S.,
Owen Sound; 'McIntyre, R. B., Kam -
loop, !B.C.; Meyers, P. D., 'Vancouver,
MC. ; Moran, A., Windsor, Ont.; Mpr-'
tgan, John's, Newfoundland;
morriee, 5. M., London, Ont.; 131urray;
W. S., Chilliwacee. B.C. ; Pease, F. F.,
Victoria,- B.C.; peter, .G. G„ Chatham,
Ont.; Pficule, F., Windsor. Ont. ; Quin-
lan, D. W., Grand Falls, Newfound-
land ; Reid, T. J. M., Lenmington, Ont.;
Shenk, K. .L.,, !St. Ca th.arines, Ont.;
Snyder, G.. F., . Hatrowsinith, Ont. ;
Stephenson, W.. H., Belleville; Ont. ;
Tarnow, J., Toronto, Ont.; Tees, at F.,
Thorped South, (hit.; Themes, T. .T.,
•Leamington, Ont.; Theme, C. Re Gold-
fields, Sask. Tilley, Ite Elliston, New-
foundland ; Turner, E. G., Acton, Ont.;
Tumour, N. !C., Saskatoon, Sask.;
Vatcher, W. C., Newfoundland;
.T. te, Toronto, Ont.
When an R.C.A.F.' student leaves
Sky ',Harbor he will have had fiftst
hours' actual flying "under his belt."
"Whether or • not this can he aceoni-
pliahed -by 'December 10th depend's; en?-
tirely on the weather. In till other
.
Wardgn: Geo. 0. Fen= Appointed Inspector of the County Home— sberhaGonelhesti"i•e•
•c'fgrAvPillitsioLitialuigiihtto at dthilmn
some eases ahead ocechedule.
Reports are* current that ten more
* • aeres of bush clearance tin thebank of
Children's Shelter td Be Closed at End of This Year—Warden's
Committee Rep6rts on Spending of'Money for Patriotic Purposes.
t.
In .potet of business presented legt
-sveek's November • session of Oeunty
Coto:wit was one'! of the lightest oe
.record, but !what it lackedfroma busi- •
noes standpoint iva4 ofeset afi abund-
ance of helPful and enlightening dis-
cussion on a wide Variety of subjects.
AVIth the esual meeting place at the
Court-Ilause-bieuse by -the !Suprema,
°purl, sesslents irete, laeid ' In 00(101 -
lows' Hall, beginning on Tuesday at 2
Pen. end coneluding !Friday noon.,
The appointment of Warden George
0. Feagen to the poeltion -M County
Ilotne inepeetor was one of 'tlie high-
lights of the ,sessioe, etr, Feagan ail„-
aitteicing retirement,frommunielpal-
politics, Another /Veteran, Reeve
GeorgealeNall of Blytit, also is quitting
Publielife. Deputy Reeve B. DAtroWn
of '1131oderich told, his . coteaguea -he
would not be back in tOoanty Connell
in 1941. But with the majority of
members it aVas a ease of "wait . and
see.", •
' Treasurer's Statement'
Treasurer A. IL Erskine peesenteds
report for the first ten months of the
year, Elbowing receipts of $135,807,03
and expenditures of $132;887.40 --it mit;
plus of $3,010.17. In the Ocienty hleth-
ways accouit there 18 a surpluh of $4,-
410.59, and Smaller credit balances in
the Provincial highways anti County
'Horne accounte.
Mr, lerskine. estimated , a probable
surplua on the year's eperatione of
.over $4;000. Ile Said:
• "The ,Ootinty, tiwrefore, will end the
'year 'out of debt, aled with a good sur-
plus. AS far aS I can learn from the
tecotals available, this .is the first time
in the 100 'years since Incorporation
that. the' County has been out of debt.
, We therefore, enter our second century
de14-free, and well able to meet our
oblimitions as they,pregent themselves,
maintaining essential services,at a high
standard, -and ',better able to Increase
our war effort"
The report was received with hearty
applause.
Sabbath' Observance
Considerable diseusaion an the 4);
Jeet of Sabbath observanee was pro.
•voked" by a letter from 'Rev. J'anlea
Anthony, retired 'United .411turch etergy-
man. The letter: '
Warden and C‘ouneil, '-
County of Iluron.
. • am drawing your at-
tention to encroachments tiegt have
been made on the Loyd'as;Day.,- Asyou
are awtire,„ Somm
e 'farers drew In their
grain op .Runday. •I». some quarters in
the Province cheese -making operations
4are being carried on, on 'Sunday. Folk
mere oeteleenting on this day. What
I, tun proteeting against le not only the
violation Of the sanctitY of the ;Sabbath,
but the spirit that looks upoe such
violation WithOut protest. • -
' -This is not a light matter, for tvith
the &Torture 'efthe Sabbath goes all
'that is 'Valued ,by the 'best folk, living
and. dead: No nation has proepered
-eh:ai leas sedate:lied tlie Sttbbath Day'
"I am not aware of the law in this
matter, nor . thist'A a *" matter
for the courts mainly. What
X should ijko you to do is to stiffen the
backs and Strengtheo the band of ,our
law officers under your jurisdiction:mid
eegondly to urge our, people to rem:ene-
berehat we have the Highest Authority
fer !Sabbath. observe/we, Only as We
obey His Iowa, may we look for the
best things in life. I dm sure that you
will giVe this matter your -honest. and
Serious' consideration, as; the Saltbath
'Is one efethe hest .gifts that eyer des-
cended from heaven 10 earth; '
JAMES ,ANTEtetete`.
Exeter, Nov. 12, 1940.
What Councillors Say About • It °
Reeve 4. it S'eott said that never
before, in bit experience did farmers
have the same oituation, to deal with as
they had this year, owing- to exeesSive
rainfall, . and for that reason some al-
lowance must be made for ,Sunday
work in order to save the 'crops. He
had heard no tomplainta in ?Seaforth.
;the opinion of Deputy •Reeve
Brown no farmer was in error in work-
ing on .Sanday to save MS eros, but
there waelno eecuseloe cheese -making• :
or bingo games. 0 9,
"The enforcement of the law is up
to the.munielpality in which the aaw is
broken., The police vorantittee had Ile
complaints of breaeltes of the Lord's
Day Aet,"ar observe( Reeve )George'
Me-
Na1L
"Sontetiinea itis absolutely necesSarY5
• to run a elieese 'factory viten milk
ealinOt be kept over Straday," was the
Wontinued onpago G)
Lake, Huron is to be cut this winter,
but Manager. Douglas said he 'knew
nothing 'neet.this.
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Editor The Signal4Star.
• "StreetAre the eitiZenit �f his eOra-
inunity "Coldrmanneted and ,sne4bish2
We hope net; but reports frit= the
airports Of tili'Y';ilarbor and Port Albert
claim we are.
One lad just arrived fronti kittelalid
WAS asked, "What do you thiek Of
Canada?" Ilis reply Made US VIII*,
eto far we don't think' Mizell of it.
Mien we hare beenixere a While, mr.
as we shall like it better.
people, here are so different WW1 our
folks over thete. The'SeteetadienS ere
welcomed with <men aim% .'and are
atcepted as one of their folks. "Here in
ellada We are Made to feel out of
t Inge,, are not accepted as one of ,yout
We are kept at e AiStance, and spoken
of ase4those Englishmen.' " Even the
lads, from Western Canada claim., we
are 'seancloffisli. trite Weetern people,
hey Claim, are friendlee vtarinthearted
righPleeAt awnato. ne!ea: 0--lafttLeett. Ifteren
ese boys are -So -far away •from:
their Own people. Ian't it possible for
us to thaw out 'e little, and try to
male these line, eOurageous ehaps ,ee1
• o.hQrneTeLthia
ctimmeuity .ahould feel a little 'Mall
when they ,consider the hearty reeep-
tion given our owe lade •on, their ar-
•rival in England, and that of the Eng-
lish hoes over here.
If we here In Canada can't offer our
hospitality to theee fine lads, wbele the
folk In the Xothetland, with aQ much
one their shoulders already, reeeive our
toys so, kindly, we aren'tenuch good'.
You knowe a stalk, e handshake, a,
pleasant 'word, e friendly interested
chat, an invItatiento tea, or to Spend
the evenieg enjoying your family- life,
will makeesuch differeace to these
lads; and, make them feel they. are one
of us. *.
about it, folks?,'
• , SliMPATHIZER,
- [Ed. Note.-etWee should be sorry to
thiett this eettereeteleleterepreeentesene
general feeling among the airmen. So
fait, as our observatioe goes, they seem
to be,appireeiative of the efforts Made
to entertain them and make them feel
They are Weekeitie -Wince* us. Howevere
if some of our people give the empree-
sion,of being, "dold-rnannered and enob-
bi8.11;"e -eerhaps, "A. SYMpathizer's"
letter will persuade them to unbend and
extend a .frieedly hand to ;bee gueste.
Thetegenereleotainem-amongeourstetvrtes
people, so far as We have been able to
leaen it, is that the, nien at both air,
port e are a particularly fine lot of
young._ sfelleweet Alidithal1164erTeli.--1
hollered: 'mull privileged._ by their
preseifCe here.] I.
•- WITH TROUT 'FISHING
SAYS- HE'.IS °THROUGH
. .
JackGraham Lost Entire 'Stock .of
Trout,Nets in Last Week's Storm--
, Would Take Over $1,000 to Re-
place Theni. •
Jack Graham, veteran Great Lakes
fisherman, says he is through With
trout fishing. He is without ,nets for
trout thing •apd does, net 'believe it
would be worth his while obtaining
mere. In lase week's beg storm he
lost his entire stock of trqut nets,' four
boxes of. iv* and eight boxes of old
nets. , •
'wouldn't have taken:$806 fdr, the,
net I lost," Mr. Graham declared aftet
finding them torn to. ehretle off 'Killeen
oh Monday morning. t He had spent
all last whiter, working from 9 o'eleck
Ei the morning until 8 at night every
week -day, rnendieg the old nets, until
in the spring they were almost as good
as new, but. he had not had Occasion
to use them- until last week.
Mr. 1Graliam had—put hisenete -in
waters varying frcim ten to efteen
fathom .e in depth, a short distance
this eide of Metall at a place where
had Made an almost record haul of
2200 lbs. of trout a • year ,ago. He had
detained his -new bets from Belfast,
ereland, at a eost of $4 a pound. To
replace the . twelve boxes, which con-
tain sixteen pounds of nets to the box,
wduld vest over $1000, as the cost has
gone up to .$6 a pound,. because of
war conditions.
• Mr. Grahani ie not reeking for sena-
pathy beeause Of his losse but tleOleees
• that frost note"' on he will confine his
;activities to perch fishing. His friends
eretinelined to believe that when Jack
has recoverecefrona eheblow fate Ittrbel
him 'last week he will procure new nets
and will be again laying thein in the
lrolitelitittee " "
• war THE RED' CROSS DOES
• Supplies shipped, from Canada- by the.
Reclseltross are awing distributed every
day to, air-raid vietime in -Britain, 'but
at the same time good eare is being
taken of the met) of. the Canadian
foiettS in !England. • When the men peed
• woollen comforee :and -"other eupplies
they approach the commanding ofeeer
and he,. In tern. requests heCanadian
Rect 'Cross in !England for 'supplies..
• Pee letter .r.,ete!,,ived from. the offieer
c'ommanding 11 etinons `Vanadiaii. Unit
• now in England said, "I wish to thank
the seentellan Red Cross most sincerely
for the articles siipteled to the hospital.
and 1*() the comforts for the men, all
of which- reached tts in good Order." :
The officer commandleg a Catiadian
base- de'Pet tor 'medical steres wrotte,
"Stour prompt response to my request
for . the 'Red Cross comforts ise yery
Much appreciated. These articles, 111 -
eluding sweaters, Pyjamas, socks, mit-
tens, searVes, wristlets( and balaclava
helmets, ate most Useful .and most ac-
eeptable, and they have been issued.
The personntl.of this unit ,join me le.
' thanking the teanaditte Red Cross mcist
sineerely.
BY-ELECTION PENDING
At an eitentive meeting of the
Liberal Associatitai • of Huron -Blake
(Peovinelal), held at Lucknow, John A.
Johnston, .;of Mildmay, was .recom-
mended for the post of returning 'officer
for the pending thy-eleetion to fill the
seat in the Legislature vaeafed by the
death. of C. A. Robertson,
THE WEATHER
1:11e temperatures for,the past 'week
an* for the corresponding weeklast
year, as Officially recorded, were as
follows: ".
1940 . 1039
Max. Min. Max. Min.
Thurs., Nov. 14 ....40 27 42 23
Fri., Nov. 13 30 20 53 32
bit, Nn 33 ; 27 i5-40
Sun, Nov. 17 „:40 30 .54 30
Mon., NOY, 1 42 30 40 39
Toes., Nov. 10 • 49 20 40 20'
Wed,„; Nov, 20 --Mt 39 30 19
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First Planes
Port Albert School
Construction to Pr0000d
Air. -
port through the`Wintor
Mouths
The, drat eomplentent tJf borabirog
planes to be Atatd, at 'Port Albert
gation 'Moat flew over Ooderieh ia
formation on Tuesday and the mita**
are now at their hangars at the big
airport awaiting the eonamencement
or training operations. They are
British twin -motored models, the same
as used in Britain for 'training pUrz.
poses arnight-dying schools.
Annotuteenten,t Was made at Ottawa,
in, the nouse of Coanralnas, by non. O.
O. Power, %balder ter Air, on Monday
night that the British Government had
under egie Cominortwealth plan and,
eosting, 420,000,000. The nanaeS Of the
schools were not Mentioned, but it II
presumed that Port'Albert is one. It
will be, used exelusively' for , training
R.A.P. pilots under R.A.F. auspices.
It will be administered rrolil Ottawa,
however.
Construction. on theground instrue- ,
tioa sehool„ one Of the large buildings
on which a late start was, raade, ita.„
making good progress. It 1$ eXPected
that it will be "closed• in within three
weeks, ready for the painters, steam
titters, etc.. '
ThelSterlin- !Construction Co which
had- Abe.. eontract for installation Of
sewage and water supply' systems, has
Practically tompletedits Job and has-.
already shipped some of its machinery. ,
Bet there IS plenty of work yet to be
done at Port Albert and Many dosses'
of mechanic.s, will be engaged all
winter. This, however, -will not hold
up actual training operations scheduled
to start any day now.
When itt the last war members of the
-'01,41.Fr`M-Paigraild at woviii to write
to relatives and friends in Canada they - •
invariably wrote of the mud at Sal -lot
bury Plalus and other English camps:
Today- the shoe is, on the ' -other- toots.'
-Old Countrymen now at Port 'Albert
are writing'Some about ;the slithers
of mad there. Mud, mud and more
mud. !Some of: the 'English lads have,
taken to calling the piece "Mud Albert."
This__eonditian. Of-. contse.,....u,... vaz,.
temporary. In the spring the .campet
street's will be, paved and this winter
jack Prost will do.some.pineb-hittingt!.
READY-FORVINTER,
Greatcoats Issued to Members of '``C"
Company -0X; instruits Men It
Wear Complete. Army Uniform cut
DrilLt"
Smart new greateoats for winter
wear were issued to 12.5 members of
"0" •Company, Itegie
ment, at the armories on Tuesday even-
ing. The-: ',Clinton 'mOmbers of -"C" •
Company .made the triphere to reCeive
their issue alopg with the Gederigh
lais Tbe company Is stilt about fifty
coats 'short, but t heee are expected to.
arrive very 'shortly.' • • '
• The boys are extremely well pleased
with the issue, ..both as to eolor 'and
general lit. As, one Private put' it; the
cat's, although only out of stock, are
as good a lit as the made-tee:let:sure,
coats issued to raerahers of the.,,aative
• service.
The entire -0" ,Company was in- .
epected by fLieut.-Col. Pl. C. Dunlop,_
0.0., on •'Tuesday night. 001. Dunlop
made it plm
ain to the en that they
were to wearethe regular arnatt
including trouser, blow, greatceet
and -shoes,- whenst heyedrilledeen
days and Thursdaye, Some of the
men had been turning out wearingeheir
ciellian shoes.
• Goderic'hboys who are memberof
the staff at No. 11. Training. Centre,.
Woodstock,have ben drawing a great
deal •of • attention to' themselves 'while
• home -on leaves this past week. -The -
attraction is the new dress' uniform
which is a part of the staff's werdrobe,
worn by them ,when off duty. The uni-
form is a radical departiere • from the
regular array khaki, it being navy blue,
with a red stripe dowe the trousers.
A navy blue peaked hat,' with red band,
is worn with the very sraart outfits
klrom a distance, tile uniform 1oolr4
• very .muCh like that of the navy, for,
which. It was taken sliy many towns >.
people until -closer serutiny revealed the
seeerel dIstingulehing marltingei
Goiletich Men Report Poor Weather
for Hunting, but Have Fair Luck
• Goderich men, • retureing from deer-.
hunting. foraYs into Northern Ontario
woOds,, report° elle antlered creatures
os fairly plentiful this fall, although
net ell the parties feterned with their
fall quota of deer. .0ne party, 'made up
of 'W. F. Saunders, D. D. Mooney, Cecil
• Attridge and Jaines Donalasor, brought
back their allotment of two bucks and,
two does and one of their party,
Saunders, had the added -thrill of
shooting a black bear.
'Mr. Saunders • shot the bear 'op-
promimately 000 Yards from clump. Ile
was 411one, walling for deer to appear
on a runway, when the shaggy beast
hoveloto viewennaware of the presence
of men in the vicinity. Iiaving Plenty
of time to aim and with an 'unobstructed
view of the, animal, Mr. Satunlem drop.
pod it With one aleot through the heart:
limiting in the Birch Lake region, the
party had poor Weather for the greater
part of the time; but, considering that
• they more than 1,,lottle good on thele
quota they are not complaining.
Dr.' L. AL Mabee, veteran of Many
,years' b,unting, aft: a year'S .layofe
from the sport lieca se of illness, so-
journed into the La e'-'11/411pissing area
with live «aft friend. for a
hunt. The party • real, rued with 43;111,y
two latle and a doe. They say that
theiV d4g8 were tot va-zcli4:tig and
,sent the animals, into runways occupied
,ItY a nejghborieg party. This •party,
'h -ad their fell 'allotment a: few days
after going into camp and they gave .
the dogs from the !Galt camp ceedit
for their "flood luck. • „ ,
Dr. Mabee's party' was without
guides, having theen :ewe; the ground
se many times that they farnillar
with, landmarks and with th*--aid of '
their compasses being able to Mud their -
way back,to camp. At that, Ik-Afabee.
reveals that he came close to being lost
one day 1,Vhen „he went out alone •and
fourul, after several heure of beating
througIS the bush; that he had left his
Compass at camplly..ithortting be ate
traded the atteution of one of his cern- Ser
panione, who lueltily was not far away,
and the two ina.de their 'Way hack to
camp without lurther difficulty.
"JAW.' and "Nole!' McDougall,
Clayton Niseins, Alvin Proeter and
Everett Elliott returned from the
Pau* 'Sound district after a week of
bunt ingv, 'with ,only 41 buck and a doe
to their credit, Poor weather attended
the party most of the time they Were
in camp.
Matt)Ainslie and !George' Nitathicson -
returned on [Sunday from Manitoulin
Island with- two bucd,.,-, They report
the weather as having been very poor
while they were in camp, .)»ft, managed
their quota.