The Goderich Signal-Star, 1944-05-04, Page 1P ;••• •
usic Festiva
a Splendld SReess
Vocal and Instrumefltal Talent
Present from Maly Parts -
.:9.0130.491.10Y"
, The Goderieb, FeatiVal,oi Muare,'held
thie.Week 111,1,190h street United eharela.
Under !..the ,auspice o the Goderich
Music Wee,' a 'highly Sliceessful
event provided d•elightftil enter-
tainment to the Wade loyerS ef the
tOwn and district. • • "
Mrs, J. 0, McDougall: president" or
the- Goderieh nage Club, was ably
assisted by members of. the Club, ,._The
church, kaditorlara,. was beautifully
decorated 'with. flowrg.'
The adjudicator, Mr: Cyril, Ilara*
shire, directoref Hamilton Conserva-
tory of Music, Won the respect of the
eompetitors, as well as of the audience
by his •fairnesS hi judging. When he
criticizedadversely, lie eXplaiiled"whe,
and bus humorous remelts kept every-
. dile else hue.00d.huMor, Many times
he stressed_ the imOrtance ef phrasing,
and-tO the 'idle people he ,emphasized
AMA they •sheuld show brightness in
the •'prettylilting. test Pieced. Many
times he spoke of the "nice perform-
ance" of the • conteStants, 'and -the
"• loveli tones" of the the choruses. He
• seehaed to -have the knack not' raakin,g
• the song felt' as he illustrated it him-
self. • ,
• Ile remarked that the finest interest
anyone can liave is performing with,
others, ' especially In duets, quartettes
and choruses, and he advised frequent
"getting:togethee to ha s:e more og it:
• Two boys, - Itayinonir • Cat and
.CharleS Hawthorne, were highly corn -
mended, for their band ,inusic on the
'•eornetand the hornJespeetivelY. Both.
were given an ovation by phe audience;
-and high marks by the 'adjudicator:
"Someone • his- done an .exeellent:thhig
in organizing a band • here," he 'said.
HighiurkS given ,where he: con-
sidered- thef'.were deserved; this was
• true,I,pairticalarly on Tuescraf evening.
-John Donaldson WAS the only Om:
SEEKING R*.i01UUITS
`11OR THE AIR FORCE
The ReYal -C•anttdian Air Force ' has
teneotinced that it if .recruiting for air-
crew. egain. For the 'Mit few ,mentlie
recruiting, ceetres have •lute uuneuallY
1(4* quotas to lilt alai :recruiting 'hete
been nearly a minimum., This feet, to-
gether with the recent announcement
that twenty -Mee' ale training stations
across ,Canada were 'being closed, has
left, the impression diet the service wit -kit
not 100414'40r men, to operate the
Planes. ..
Wing Cominandee J. `• M. Roberts,
officer . commanding No. 11 Recruiting
Centre, Toronto, 'peints out that the
quota at his and other stations has been
pushed higher again by Air . Foree,
headquartersand that the 11,„0.4.F,
ir aftevall the airerew it een get;
He said :further that the member of
aircrew needed by the service this year
is atlinest as 'high as it was last year,
if
OBITUARY .
. J. MaelcAS -
Word - was received today of the
death ,at Dunnville of , A. J. MacKay,
-formerly manager of Bank of
Commerce here and for the ladElliirteen
years or more manager of the Penn -
Ville breech. Mr. MacKay had :been
seriously ill .for several months._ His.
Wife survives. • The funeral service,
with Masonic honors, will be -held at
Dunnville at .12 o'clock noon on Satur-
day, and the -remains will, be conveyed
to • Toronto for interment. In Mona
Pleasant cemetery.
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• -
COLIN TVII.IRRAY
• 111 in the _hospital for the last four
MOntbs, Colin Murray passed away on
Monday night, in his eightieth year.
Born in Goderich, he was the son of
the late Colin. and Christine .MeLeati
MArray„and hadJived prectieldly -all
his life' here, plying his trade ;as, a'
ils-horman..- ,Ile was a Presbyterian.
His idfP, formerly. Catharine Stewart,
predeceased him thirty-two sears ago.
Surkying . are four sons; John, of
Chicago; Andrew, and Donald, of De -
ember for Huron *
ctopmIca YOUNG CQUPT4B
Discusses Hydro
Dr- Hobbs ; Taylor Addresie4
TWA Bap,. 'XVIOeting on'
• :PrQ*0.4 Affairs...
'
I• nterest in Provincial PolitiCal affhirs
Is not at -hitch tide in this ,town, ii it
is to bejticlgea•by the atteedanee at the
meeting the Town 'Hall en.,Moialay
night lila at Which it was advertiSed
that Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, M.P.P.,
.. •
Avould be present to.give a report of ,hie
activities tte inereber of the, Legislature
fer tbe riding of Iltiroir.,
At 8,30 p.m. there were tweety-tive
pereontein tbethall, including the mem-
ber, and three more Caine in „later.
Three a these present- were ladies,
,Mayor R'. J. Turner acted • as chair-
man, 'stating ha his introduction of the
speaker that the meetiegs., was' non-
partisan ..a.nd that it would afford the
member* an opilortunity- of ascertaining
tlie. views of those present en Matters
in -whieli they' were interested.
Dr,. Taylor devoted most of his ad-
dress to. Hydro -affairs. He mentioned
the uniticatien of 121 rural districts In
the Province in one unit, with uniform
•rates, resulting in a reduction qf
charges:, to farmers in this, county,
though customers in hamlets -were-pay-
1ng more.' He tola of discussiOns with
Hon. Ce. H. Challies, the Hydro member
•the Cabinet, and with 'members of
the Hydro -Electric Pefver Commission
on the rate question, but intimated
that he ,was not- sufficiently acqtlainthd
with Hydro details • to - Meet the
"multitudinous". explanations and . ob•
jections toa. uaiform rate. He spoke
of the "hard, autocratic_ pelicy'? of the
Hydro people qua 'their "armor of self,
.satisfactfon," and said he intended to
learn. more about these things in the
'next si4, months So that he might more Thursday 'evening , last. The meeting
effectively present the ease tor a mu- Was.in„charge of 3, B. Mathesen, ,who
fication of Hydro rates over the spoke on the prospective program for
Provine& -
Referrint to the last annual Meeting
ef the Ontario Munieipal Eleetrieal- As-
sodation, at which a flat rate pre-
p° al--vvas_Noted, down, Dr..Thylor. said
a annor was going- the rounds -that if
ra es were unified the surpluses in the
cdrumissions
petitor in the boy's vocal solo eleRSZ-
&Ott ; -Colin, of Winder; and two
- The,. test -Pie`a. was -"Lullaby," Willer .--4•Etegreetre,--MrS, J. PowelSon- and - Mrs.
M. McDermott, both a .Detroit,
else • two 100-therS, •.11e.Y.-Lt_TIAtWiek•
1‘,1,Eurray; of •Dowagiac,. Mich., and Nen,
oD Port .Stanley. The funeral took
Place fr,im Brophey's funeral -home,
Montreal street, this (Thursday) after-
noon, Bev. Richard Stewart Of Knox
Presbyterian church officiating. Inter --
'tient was in Maitland Cemetery, the
pallbearers were Norman and John
• cKay.,,Tolii,e•_and_lktificolm Graham;
'Iebbert Weston and Dan. ,--MacLeod.
The two. pothers. and the !sons and
d aughters of "deceased- were:All here,.
lwftli,-Mrs, -Neil ,Muretty,--Port- Stanley ;.
Mrs. John Murray, Chicago; Mrs. Don-
ald_MnrraY and 'Messrs. Powelso_nitind
McDermott, Detroit. • ,
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. . • .
• Hampshire paid -was richly-ade, ted
to •-a----boyis- --mice, • - .on Mr, aed Mrs. :Wilfred Donaldson,
.Trafalgar Street,: has an expellent
voice and reteived the 'highest perks
at tee Tuesday afternoen4eession, 84.,
In the Oliva' choruses 'grade I, Cen-
tral *School, was .awarded the highest
standing, 83; 83; and, 13:C -Class „24, girls'
vocal solo, every contestant' gehieved,
the over-eightystandard, with Eliza --
--beth •Robinseih Goderfeli, ranking -first
with 84 marks. • - .
The girls' chorus, fifteen and under,
•Was won by -the- Collegiate; Institute
under tte direction of Mks, C. Edward.
• T. , ieces were "Come pito Me"'
. and "Gossip Joan.", They•were,a*arded
the highest marks obtained on Tuesday,
86 and .84;- a total Of 170.
The- following IS the list; of marks-:
Class 4 -Piano solo, •9 and under:
. test piece, "Slavic March," Tchaikow-
sky-,--Eleaaor Lauder, 80. • .
• Class 47 -School chorus, Grade- I:
"Balloon Song" -Central School, .831.
grades1.,T andlkStl-Peter'S' School, 82;
grade 1, Victoria School, 79 grade II,
"Pussy Willows," Victoria4dboo1, 7,9;'
Central School,' 78, -"• • _
Claps 24--:-Gir1's vocal sole; 8 and
under, ' "The • Little Lost „Kitten" -
Elizabeth Robhison, Goderich,. 84; "lane,
-.Graham, 83; Agnes • Chisholm, 82;
Juanita :Webb, Sl; Rhea Hall, -Blyth,.
Public School- Civilises
'The public school chorales were con-
ducted by Ray Mulheroii; music in-
structor, Gederich ; for St. Peter's
School, by, Mother Majella, and for
Blyth and Auburn by Miss. Elizabeth
Mills,zof Auburn.. , •
Class 27 -Boy's vocal solo, eight and
under, "My Comical Puppy" -Gary Mc-
Laughlin, 83; Grant •Allaire, 80; John
" McDougall, 78: • • . •
Class solo, eleven_ and
under, "Rereance iii -X" -Mary Jean
Fuller, 81;• Ruth Reed., $0; Mary Lou
•..-Mathieson,,78; Margot Demerol,: 70..
Class 48 -School, chorus, all grades=
(unison), "klo.vv,„-Blow, Thou Winter,
Wind" -St. • Peter's Scheel; 80.
Class- 25------Girls-s vocal- Solo,--eleven-
and under, "My Secret" (Italian (Italian folk
Mary Lou
Mathieson,fi8; Lela, Jervis, $1; Margot
Demaray, 81,• Frances Eleanore Brere-
ton, 69-; Jonn Allaire1 80; Lois Camp,1
bell, 79; Mary Jean Fuller, 79; Eleanor
Lauder, ,7,81-• • •
Claes 714ituao solo, twelve and
• • under, "Monkey in the,Tree"-Margaret
Jackson, Auburn, 83; .MarYbelle Chis-
holm, Si; Patricia Demarttet 80.
Class 28 -Boy's vocal solo,"Lnliaby"
Dorialdson, 84:
Class' .8-Pittno* solo 13 did Under,
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Mr. Harold Taylor, oftown, is'eetting
.out at: the end of this niaiith Qn'a WI)
to distiantMfiavieU', it the' mouth of
the MaelielezieltiVer,'IO' he engaged ;Or
five ,years Off,, -.6. student toissioegry' for
the churcli"Of Eagland itt Caneilte. Mr.
Tighe* has for some' years beeu pre-
paring himself TO .the serviee OJOS
church,- and. hZ3, Will have the geed,
.wiShes of his many 'friends fOr itis suc-
cess, in the ,work Which lie is Under-
taking. Ile wili be. eceompanied. DY
his wife, who fer some time haS been,
engaged as dietitian at AleXandra "lose
pital and has .now tendered her
resignation of the Position. They Vali
to -go to their destination he the- Far
North by way.' of Edmonton and the
Peace and Mackenzie RiVers-4-a. journey
of over two thousand Miles.
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THE SIXTII ITICT
THURSDAY,
(anyaising •
I)istriet itueta,
B.ossela . .. 74,600 ,
• Zurich and 'Llay West • ' •• 88,
Colborne °T-ovveihip 04,600
Goderich,TownShip 82,000
cgintoit. .... . ... 1.76,000
• Goderich Town- . .. . . 425,000
Seaforth .. 163,000
Heel:mil and flay East 08,000 ,
StaIileY Towesliip „ • 09,000
Wavvanosh West , 67,000
Ashilel(l Townselp . 100,000 '
Blytli • .. . .. . . . . 45,000
1Vingliain 187,001)
TuCkeismith Township ' 98,000.
1Vlorrie Township . . .. ... 01,000°
Grey Township • 114,000'
Exeter' 147,000' '
Alsborne Township ....... . . . 97,000
Stephen, East .. 64,000
Howiek Toweship ..... ,. 220,000
Wawa nosh , East 67,000
AfeKillop Townehip • 08,000.
' Hallett Townehip" 98,()0Ostephen west•
04,000
Turnberry Township 74,000
, • flehoole ....... „...... .. . ..„„ 160,000
ENGAGEIVIENT-- ANNOUNCED•
, Mr. and Mre. D. A: *Ma.CDOeald • of
Lucknow announce, the engagement of
their youngest-•daught,er, Elizabeth, to
Dr. John Donald FOrde of Hamilton,
the marriage to take place at St. Giles'
church, Hamilton, on May 27th at 4
&clock. .
'Two' Little Froggies"-Mary Ann
-Erskine, 80; .Margaret Henry, 79; Bb
.Alookeead, 79; Shirley Robert:sell,. 78.
Class 48 -School chorus -Grades III;
IV, V, Victoria School, 80; Blyth, 78;
Grades--Ill,V, Central
Class 19 -Piano 'solo, ten •and under;
"Minnet in G"--Rittlrilteed; 79; Cath-
arine -"Addle, 79. „ • ; )
Clais 34-Vocar-"dnets, twelve- and
under, ."Shnta Lucia" -Shirley .Phillips
-and -Irma 'Wallace, Blyth„ 80; Lola
Jervis and Gloria Palmer, 7.9; Helen
Willis • and Evelyn Turton, 49; Rose
-Hartman • and Margaret Henry, 78;
Marguerite Hall and Joan Kernick,
' .
• Class 18--:Pleno -solo, twelve and
under, "Gavotte in G. 'Mlnor"-Mary-
hen.e •Chisliohn, 81 ----Patricia Demaray,
80.e. . ' •
Class voctil solo fourteen
and. under, "April Goes '
Sean Scott, 79; Marie Raithby, 77. ,,.
. of-holding-six/tiler meetings -thretughout
A WARTIME ROMANCE',
A marriage .whipli took place in Si.
Michael's" Cathedral, Toronto? en. April:
Li, VMS the enbeinatiOn Of a 'romance
which began in Gotteriele The bide
was Audrey Marriott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ChaS, .Marriott, „Toronto, and
granddaughter of 1Vilehael Carneyief
Goderich; and the _bridegroom was.
Lieet. 3', Jul.:igen:Ian of. the United
States Air Force.- Ted bride was stay.:
ing with her., grandfather here white
Lieut. Jungerraan Was at the Clinton
Radio Scho61; and.the two -met at a
dance in the Masonic. Temple here,
After the happy pair had exchanged
vows in the ceremony at Terento;
thy fieW to Los Angeles, ,California,
for their honeYmoon. •
HOLSTEIN CALF CLUB
,
= . The • organization meeting. of , the
Huron Holstein. Calf. Club 'was • held
,in the agricultural , office, Clinton, on
wouldbe thrown into a jackpot foi,,
the benefit Of the whole -Provincial
system.. He had a suspicion that this
rumor. was invented to' influence the
vete against a, eniform • rate, and he
intended to find put about it. .-Goderich„
with -a surplus *of 860,000, 'would of
cOurse be intereited. • •
*To. Decentrallie Industry
Ontario, said Dr.- Ti,iyler, is Tthe
leireal place for the location of in-
dustries reqUiring skilled labor, There
-is a prospecf 91 the transfer of such-.
'industries from Europe as a post-war
development_ , These shauld...no
centralized' in the eitieS, and with
Hydro power' available 'they couldbe
distributed in smaller _places .over the
Province. He •writild- continue to urge
unification of power rates, with- this
end in view. •
Turning from the Hydro question,
Dr. Taylor mentioned'. briefly other'
matters that had • comae before the
Legislature; speaking particularly of
a -new- department -6f the Government
which,' had been created to deal •solely
with post-war planning. There _would
be Uneasy, trying times after the war,
he*said, and It wOind require the col-
lective brains .of _the -Province ite....deai
with' the problems thet would arise:
Job's now vac,mit Would be held by the
GovernMent 'for .returned member -'of
'the forces. Municipal heedseshould
plan te provide employment. 'With Sky,
Harbor dropping out of the air training
plen, the speaker aid the air station
possesSed facilities' for- a rehabilltatiOn
centre , and convalescent hospital *for
solaieri thanewhich,he knew no better.
in Canada, and he advised that; a
prepoSal to this effect be presented to
the Provincial and • Dominion Govern-
ments.
In-eonchision, Dr --Taylor urged sup-
port of the sixth Victory loan. .
-.A brief discueeion fellow.ed, in which
Town: Councillor j. E. lInckinS and,
131ackstone took part.
• Dr.. Taylor intimatecl his intention
the members this, year. The eleetion_of
officers-resalted as follows: Ed. elution,
Gogerj44-weac1aat4r
1eslioro,.7f.Tratakilt-X01:pr
Another Busy We
inGrain Trp,
Si* Cargoes Received Tine Weel;:
'Perch Biting: Freely: -Notes
fXonl.the 'Waterfront
• . •
-Five cargoes aggregating nearly .
. , ,
inillicnt
busliejs of • grain were •dis.•
charged' tit the Goderich elevator the
past Tiles,' were, ,the
oa Friday, with 200:000" btie, 'sheat;
A. A. ,liudgon, - Friday, 14,000 bus:
barley and, oats ;'''Windoe, .Saturele,Y,
261,000 bus. wheat; F. V. Massey,
day, 108,0001:me, wheat al ryb; For
Wildoc,,Moeday,, 248,000 b•us.• wheat. .
Todey the Canadoe le 'ilischarging.
her cargo of 2A0,000., bus. 'wheat at the
Western Cenada mill. '
.Thei etr; Canadian, -arriving .on Sun-
day from Sarnia, took on salt .at the
Voderich Salt Co, warehouse and
cleared' fer up,the Lake& _
The perch rim is ibe, and. Bert Mae -
Donald's boatS are in cemmissign to
-CaiTy: =glen DP w
to the breakaters,
where some gdotir-eatches are beteg
made. The ceraraerwal lighermen also
are having better luck, the Diu3,, -on ex-
port td the States having been lifted,
with a resullant -betterment in' yriees.
While the_ P. V. Massey wee in port
Capt. Frank McCarthy left for London
t� see his :raether; who is critically 111
in hospital there; Capt. J. B. Foote,
oWner of the, Massey, took-eharge when-
eli4 cleared on Sunday night:
h‘he foghorn'on the outer breakwater
was out of copniission -for six days,
both metas. ,haying burned out after
many yearS' serVice., One of the meters
was .repaired and was replaced yester-
day, -Fortunately, the-e-wetither Was
Clear dining the six-day period and the
foghorn Was -not needed. .
,RED CROSS DONATIONS . •
Taylor's Corpers,,Goderich T -p...8 56.69:
Goderich Tp., North End . .. . . :150.00
Red Cress.'Workers, bridge Mar-.
athoni22-25
• ,
Cross •Wor1r7s....mar
'
'orners„ LiOdetial
Ortieeetkvii,g-
Britain" 'Fund) s150O
PletrOT ieolleeted.,• .
FAUCELS.kOR .NANY MEN
The evereeas parcels, venneltt(e last
night packed thirty -Fee, 'boles, au
eday tiventpseven ' of these Were, sent
to mea in the paval-eervtee.;
Those :Wit° took part in ,thte packleg
were Mrs: 1). J. Lane,:*Mr. Whitting-,
bale, Igite-7-iee' B. MacVleari M. Beaeoro,
amit, E. Roberts; , A. 11 _Jane,
-Turner. JOS, .Jriele* and Reg.
Needham."
JONG'S
OTTAWie.,,, May; 3,e --State Secretary
MeLerty announced 'yesterdeY a Pre-
c,laniation; is being isSOOd AXing 4/4114114,0
day, -Julie 8, for the:celebratien of the
King's hirthdaY itt Canade, although
war, Couditions prevent preclamatl'on
of a. Public 1191-ida$'• • King ge°r0 was
11 December 14,1895, but -his birth, -
is celebrated in June because sum
-
Met* is epusidered more aPpropriate.
pAsTuo DEMONSTRATION PLOTS
Bruce Matheson, agricultural* repre-
sentative for Thiren edunty, is promot-
ing the perranneet pasture project being
'carried out- in various parts of the
Province- by the Ontario Repartment
of Agriculture anti.' has made a selec-
tion of four plots of live acres each in
different sections of the county- for
4einoristration purpeSeS. The objects
of the projeW are: To *improve the
and quantity' of pasture per
acre; to provide better pasture through-
out the growing season;. to increase pro-
duction df ,kmeat and milk at lower cost;
to reduce laboeoduring the rush period.
The farms selected for the tea plots Are
those of -.Oliver Bovecliffe,, Hensel";
Frank" Young; Carlow; Jaines. Scott,
.Sea.forth, and Harvey Thus, Bluevale,
ing, secretar - Tee-pros:A.
pectiVe nieinbers.- ,U-,t,,,v,•,ext,•,.e.„,..*eir,„ -
enter th, Club shourtriterrifil,
with: -.Mr.- Hume Cluttme. Club super --
visor, ,or .3. B. Matheson, agricultural
representati•ve, or -any one Of the
HolSteia breeders in the county.
One of the men believed to have been
on the..Arthabaska,u, the Canadian de-
stroyer that was sunk on Saturday
last of the French •coast, was AB.
Frith, a forme!, Goderich boy
-whose mother,' Mrs. Willielmina Frith,
now lives at 904 Dufferin ave, London,
Ont. Bill'S name is 116t -in ---the listof
survivore, The family lilted. in -Gode;
rich about, two years,and the •father
did .here` some_tep.-„ye-ago,---after-
'Which the family naoved to I.ondon.
Bill was on the _Port Arthur last
Suinraer when she ,rammed and sank
ttn eneiny submarine in, the Mediterran-.
ean. Many of the Arthabaskan's crew.
were pieked up by a German vessel, and
Bill may be one of these,
• •
DWELLING 0011,1SE ,BURNED
Fire of unknown, origin, • completely
destroyed the frame house on the Me -
Manus farm, &Cress the 'road from the
Sky Harbor air.station,' this morning.
'The -fire broke, out shertly after '11
o'clock. The town fire brigade went
to the scene; but without water conq
do nothing, and -the contents pf _the
house Went up with. the flames. The
house was occupied by' Mr. and Mrs,
IslarraY Hardy and their four young
ertildrere *--,dilr.7.--Hirialy•':is ...employed at
.e.„„turper4:::;--_ • • -
••• '
- • ' TILE WEATHER
Te'ruperaturee of the pait two weeks-
- •
in. Goderich, with those 02 the bore
tedPonding weeks kyear ayo, as official-
ly recOrded,' were as follows:
• . 1 1944 1943
••
, • ,Max. Min. 11Iax. M.
Thurs., April 20 .58 32 41 29
Tri., April 21. 24'
Sat„ _April' 22- 89 32 24.
Sun., April 23 • 46 41 , 420
Mon., April .24 ..,.66 44 - ; , 36,
--Wed„ April -26 -36 •-47.-
Tues„ .April 25 42 ,,49 •30 G. Knighton of, pert Colberae,
merning• discolirse,,,„.
Thurs., April 27 ..59 36 ••• 46 • is4 -.0,0Ticed as his subject "Spiritual &ft-
.Stin„ Apra -30 40• 52 33 were • smoother than • butter, , but
•
Men., May .72 ".2 52 ' 43 IL ,
2392 4587 ,,1] ;9•°O -P and Applesauce." Ills text
74r was in , his heart; his words
Fri,. April .i.28
Sat, April 29. ..„61 was: ,*,The .ve'ords of hi S mouth
74 56 481
were Softer than oil,. yet were they
00
Ncliv Localtes •
for Hw
ydro Ee
roWPr, 'Ver WUl ay 814ght,IT
Titerg-ReductioU for- -
Other Servipet . •
.Godeeicles cklitirteeetie power 1411,".,
received last week by. the PulAic
UtiI-
ities CoMinissioe; eleowe a • eredit of
$4,7.64,98.
The, ',Monthly: bilis rendered during
the, year ending Oeteber•-' 81, 113404, .-
tetalled S51,048.11„ whilellie total cost
oe pewer supplied in this period was
449,283.18# and the lecal Hydro re -
&elves a credit for the Iiiffereneeo -
414,7C4,98.
The leterim "wholesale" ' rate -704A
is, the rate on ,which the monthly hiU
rendered from the Toronto office are
based -is reduced freen43,-r$ Per 11,1e per
annum- to *84. •
• The new rates to local consumers,
adopted bythe locttl POPInlieSiOn 01 the
recomniendetion of, the ProVinCial• body,'
show some slight changes. •
For domestic lighting the 'eonsmnIF •
tioe .eherge, will now. be 2.8.9 per kiee, ,
watt hour for thefirst 60 k.w. hours per
Month pluS1 cent Per k-,,Ve.lietheror alt
additional consumption: during the
month.' • Minimum ' ineethly bill, 83,e
trees. PreMpt payraent discount, . ten ,
•
For eopmercial • lighting the 'Service
eharge will •be, 5c per -100 watts of
Metalled capacity. . Minimum service
charge per month, 60e, 'Consumption-
charge-•-e2:4c -,ter.iiiloteatt hour for first
100- tours" use •of installed eapaelty;.
plu80,0c per k.w. hour for all addition-
al monthly. emistimption. Minimum
monthly blil, 83e. 'Pronipt Payment
discount, ten -per cent. - •
The New Power Rates". .
For power there is &service' charge
of 11 per hp. per mentir.of ,Conneeted.
load, or maxiinum demand. The ' con-
sumption 'charge is 2.3c per k.w. hear
for the tirs,t 50 hours' use. per ',month'
of connected load or maximum demand
Pies per levv,._ how, for the second
60 hours' use; plus 0.33e per k.w. hour '
for 411additional: monlb137 eonsumption. -•
• Se,--4)9Wpr-hgare•,--the/e- 1S -U:-d5
_
cbtibtof ten. per dent,. and a further
'per 'cent.
•
161-7-git. Goderiele Elevator' diSeount, 20 1
rompi.--Pazdtelit-eliseetutet.-refl
• 7-ir
er cent.
orThe lia.t rate for' water heaters. will
th St -Chlireh new be 47ceper 100 -wadi per. month,
• with a pronipt payineet discount „of
Annivergary Services on Sunday ten- Per cent.
Attended by. Large
Congregation
The new rates for dornestic and. eora-:
mercial lighting apa for.fiat Tate -water
heaters show slight reduction from
those hitherto in ,effeet. , .Tlpower -
„Large congregations, interedting ser- rate is slightly ..inereased.' .The rates
-Mang- and excellent. music' marked the municiptd street lighting are not • • .
enniversary services -of North street ",ti.a.;:iged. • . • .- • ,'' ,
1.lxiitercliurch ort Sunday last ' The new ratea will ,•go, into effect
, The•visiting,speaker of the day Was ' • ...-
June Iscireart. - ' -,. - '
Tues„ May 2
Wed., May 3
7§ 60 4, 36 lawn swords" k Psalm 55:21).
9 ---_Plano solo,____Jbeeteee Inn" the -riding. • -
'Under, "Preludeitt C.Minor"---*-Christihe
Leishman; 81.
Class 35 -Vocal duet, fifteen and
under."Neeturtitim"-Einmietobertso
and -Shirley Robertson, .• .79; Mollie
tisget and jean Scott, 7/.
Class' 23 -piano duo, fourteen and
under, • "Country Dance"--Erania and
Shirley ,, Robertson, 82; -Barbara Mc-
Lennan and .Mary Pridham, 80:,
Class 49 -Girls' chores,.,foniteen and
under, "Spin, lefitidele, Spin" --Victoria
School, .84 ; Central School, 82;
(Cehthilled Ati page 4)
,•
LOAN IN BUM
$3,000,000
MAY 4
• Subscriptions
• To Date
* 4 55i100
51,850
83,850
a9jocr
82,800
/97,356
74,750
- 40,860
• 40,850
27,050
41,260
18,300
72,700
37,200
88,250
40,660
151,600
30,400
, 18,450
00,000
17,600
25,250
24,050 .
10,600
' •7,260
139,450
••PREORYTERY MEETS
The 'Huron presbytery of the United
Churqipmet itt Wesley.Wais ehurch,
Clinton, on Thursday :last With an
attendance of sixty ministers and lay, -
men repreaentative Of thirty'„eharges
Rev. IL V'. Workman of Seaforth;chair-
man .of the Presbytery, presided. The
following nominations (were made
Commissioners to General Coeference,,
Rev. A. B. Irwin; Exeter, and N. W.
TreWartha, 'Clinton"; tb the Conference
settlement committee, Rev.- . A. Lane,
Clinton, and Rev. rt. A, Brook, Ileeettll.
R6V G G, turton, of Ontario street
church, Clinton, wee' 016eteachairman
of the Presbytery for the coming year.
' CADET INSPECTION '
" The annual inspection' of, the Gode-
Percentage rich Cadet Corps will, be _held .at Agri
7445 - cultural Park on "Thursday, May 11,,
58.92 at .2 'p.m. .The.: inspecting officer, will
.52.89 be Capt. W. le Cochrane, district 'eadet
48.41 .officer, • M.D. No. 1, London, Wha. will
40.76 take the salute. The eorps has been -
40.43 • uneer the direction of Cadet Ofileer 2nd
45.e,5 W.A. It Scott, assisted by Lt. W., F.
41:08 Walk= of ."0" gompany, Middlesex
41.20 and Huron Ilegiteent.'-- •
'
41 20
41,25 Goderieh peopleaistefted with, interest
40.06to the life story of Lag.,.,Sinn. Wilfred
38.87 Greenwood es related on the: Vietor
7.95` loan program' eomieg. Over 1413 0 on
*36.53 Wedeesday eveeing. Wilfred was in-
. 35.57 troduced over the an by Katharine
35.10 Hepburn, femme film •Rtar. Three:
31.34 weeks ago The Signal -Star hitd the
28.82 stoev of the young mate son of Mr.
. 27.68 'Torbert Greenwood ef town, vvild' has
2620 survived three torpedoingterin nearly
2576 fourS.'ears of serviee With the navy.
• 24.54
10.40- Itev. Lawrenee It. Turner, BA,, of
9.76 Crediton, wifl preach itoVictoria 14treet
87,15 United chUreli next Sunday, May. 7, at
11 o'elock a.mand itt 'Union et 3 oleldelz
pan.'
These are Vital Facts :-
Sales to Thursday night for o
5th Lo -in (Nov. 1948) $ 35,559.
Sime Citi4ens, are holdin
• -
r
oderich lYIUST-liaye.V10445r -a-clailraVerage-ok:07,056,
*
to reach our quota .0 $4.25,960.4,.
•
*
if you can't save now ;when 16bs are plentiful, when things
"are unobtainable and when thrifty living is fash1abl,9;
WHAT or.,THE rovii.RE?
A
ALL OF US CAN AND 1VITISIr BUY VICTORY -BONDS
Victory will" CoMe sooner -With fait fewer eastiaes--1
-if evei7onewithOut xepiion will
r
-„.
PUT VICTORY FIRST
"This great human World," said the
Preacher, "LS one that has been soft-
soaped' and 'apple -sauced' -so-16ng that
It. ha 's beeon$0.$flppery that people
and7rtions_ean.3 stand. up- The_Ltieder
"tinderneath haS• come into play and
we see the result of it in Italy, Russia
'and -other battlefields of the World."
" 'Soft-soaping' As „found in peoPle
who, *tell you kindlywhat they think
about you to help..You out'," he defined;
" 'and, -lipplesaiicing', in peojtIe-whp tell,
Yeti yen are the finest ,person- the
'world.' We are all more or less af-
fected 'by Vanity which creates in the
individual a false sense of ireportanee,
"Why is it --that-we are so gullible
te adoration 'and superficial praise?"
the4speaker asked.. "Neville Chamber-
lain Went to •MiinIch ,with nothing but
an umbrella t0--•! confer ;with -two
Murderers.. He cante•• back and said
alt was well and tbe•world 'was 'saved.
A- lot of people sWollowed it all; but
some knew it was a -silly: Ile; far AO
had seen hundreds arid thousands 02
iiitelligent and resourceful ,Germans .on
the March. It *as nothing lint -apple-
sauce
°•"1,Vhat is the cure? We mut be
vithLourselves.----Our---lazineis
'intellectual and. moral ineptitude., are
• .1 the „cause of What is happening 1n -14e:
world, and we can sitVe it by • morel
and -spiritual eptitude. Je.ee's was the
world's greatest reetist, Who said,
4131essed are ye- when men shall revile
won and perseeute .yell and say.. all
hianner- Of things against, you *falsely.
foe Iny aitIe; rejoice, andbe exceeding
,glad, foi great is your reward . in
- • -
' At the4vening service Mr. Knighton'e
eubject was in the form. •,pf a question:
"What kiwi of world will emerge from
the war?" Some people,' -he said, feel
that . the world is- becoming 'worse,
"going to the devil." That was not his
belief. Life is good, the World is
beautiful. The troehle bi the world
Hes with men. 'What is needed Is ,a
Christian demodracY.- Men should seek,
to keowlite-mied of Christ; and knew -
lug nfin wattid• give themselves to the
service of hunutnityso that might tante
to reality' the' vision of e neW ilekVen-
end a new earth. •
Both Morning And evening' the
mrisietil, portion of the serviees, under
the direction of Mr, RAY Mulheron, was
beautiful ifnd effeetive. In the morn -
lug the -choir rendered the fintheia
**Open Our Eyes," 'and', Mr. 0. w. "At-
tridge:,,,eontriltnted n
Mrs. T. 'Willard Heath, of 'Mitchell,
%s1M 11u gin tsoloist at the evening
seeetee, when 41,g1in the mushy by the
choir Was of a high order+. Mrs. Heath
sang "The Publienn" with fine feeling;
awl -also in splendid voice "The Parting
Prityer." Me' choir • rendered' the
anthem „"Go Not Vale* A piano deo by
MIPS 'Walkout, Of Mitehell; and LAO,
Herbert, of Port.Albert airport, eteeom-
ponied the organ during the serviee.
The services were niVhargo of the
pester of the church, 'Rev. 11.11. Turn.
bull, and at the eveniegseryiee iteV.
A. I. Meltaye useleted, the gerviee fl
Victoria Street church" being. withdrawn
for the oceasion.
Ip 'YOU. nAvg. NOT 1URCI1A
YOU HAVE P:t70/11.A.S,E1:?LRECON§AbER.:BUY MORE
ONLY EIGHT pAys 'ups
TIRE POLLOWING XS A LIST. OF BONDS WIIICH
ARE BEING PAID 01T-
1 Can. at Ilaiiway:7;570 due:, ;tidy, l060 -Calle. July 1,, 1944
it $103 teS".Fueds-•-.$1151h, Can, Puede.
2 Can.t.Pacille Itailway,--5% due Dee. 1, 1959-"--lett1iable ;Tune 1, 1044
tit $104 U.S. rt1fla15,-4114.40 Can. Funds.
WoolenS-13% title 1.053-va1led *,TrtlY• 1, 1944 at 8100.
4 -General Steel Waree-e-41/4 go due 1t)52 -called ;Tune 1, 1941 at $101%
Gas & Meet* 6%% due 1"94"6-Letilled, My 15, 1014 at $101
12 you own , any o2 the above Bonds, cOnsult your banker and
re -invest In Dom. of • Canada Sixth VictortLoan Roads
(Inserted by`Httron County National War Pinance (iommittee)
, 144
Rebate on 1943 Bilis"-
-As-stated-last Aweek-,-there veil
a rebate of ten per Cent:of the tow- -.
bills of the year 1943 for .domestic and .
coleinerelei lightieg and • poweee. but
not on fiat rate heaters Of on municipal ' •
services (stree.t.ligirUeg and power for
the waterworks plant). Jc
As it will take weeks for the locai
office to, figure out the ten • Per cent. • .
rebate on the 1943* bills for the 1800,
consumers in town, it Will be perhaps'
three months before ---the credits can.
be, put through,
REGISTRATION OF Q.
BASEBALL PLAYERS'
• ;The Western Counties. Baseball As: .
iociatioa is conducting a registration of
all boys of paying age in. thecounties
of Huron, Middlesex,-.Lambten„ Kent'
and Elgin,- the object being to ascertain- -
how .many 112 this territory wish ,:.•to
play' hall this season, and to see that
witching anl. equipment are- provided
as needed. , • -
Leagues„will be arranged in the fol-
lowing • classifieation,: 'Minor bantam,
under 18 years May 1944; bantam,
under i5 years; midget, under 17 years;
juvenile', under 19 years;. junior, under,
21 years.' In•ettat case May A, 1944,1s
the date et Whiett c.ge limits are fixed.
',Each boy in this district is asked to
send a statement - of his name, age and
address, stating the, exact date of his
birtIvray, to 3., A McConnell, Goderieli,*.-
APPOINTED *TO OTTAWA
Miss Mary 0. Thompson, 13 A, daugh-
ter of Mr. and ,Mrs. Bobert G. Thom*
son of *4oderieb-township, hati been.
appoleted cd-ordinaitor of the acti:vittekt
of thelegal department, still Working
neder the Income Tax, Division.... Miele
ThompeeifWas selected for this position
•at her gradttation from 'Western- 17.
and has been gaining experienee for the
‘past year in the, London division Of
income taX. 'She is the first person* •
in Canada to hold Ms position, as it
is an entirely new Post:that has been.
created. She 'eaves- inunediately for '
Ottawa and we all wish her lade in" her
nesV appefutment; -. „Clinton :Nevm
Record. • -
•NORTII ST.' IJNITED WAS.
'Tile regular monthly meeting of thi
North stfeet'United chureil W M S was
held itt the church Porter on MondaY
afternoon, With the president, Mrs, 0."
M. Robertson,e In . the chair. It was •
decided.: to have 'a social•vaftertioOn
the church- hall on. Mayl2th, at which
time all goods for the missionary bale
are to be brought in and paciced. There°
is also a ,quilt to be quilted, after which
'pot luck" supPet will be served. '
Mrs. Howard Roberton tookthe
choir for the devotional period. •After
the singing of it hymn, short prayers
were given. by several imbibers. Thie
Weg followed by the reading of t116 tilst
Psalm as the Scripture lesson by Mrs.
Elmer Sheardown, Miss Emily.thichati-
an, .recently returned to town froM.
Toronto, very ably dealt with the flfth„
chapter of the study book,-whieh fri alt
especially interesting chapter. mra. R.
G. IloWard gave it splendid.report a,
the Presbyterial, meeting hb1(1,1n thq.
Ontario street Vatted church, Clinton,
on April 2/th. This was followed .by
prayer by Mrs. Me Itowen.: After The
stoginoi. of a hymn, the meeting watt Ws
-
missed witb prayer by Mrs. Vlovvargt v -
Robertson...