The Goderich Signal-Star, 1945-10-25, Page 1,
NMETY-474GUTO YEAR.
Caretaker ofiViacKay
hall Appointed
004144 Has ,rvvo oiber'poduccas
to Pill -To Prepare :Brief.
for Harbor
"JOB:a pretty serious situation
people seeking.a plate to live In are,
turned away because theY have ,ehild-
xen," Said Mayor D. D. Mooney .at'lthe
meeting of the Town Council .on Fri-
day night, citlng a case which had,
•eome to hs..attention. "How is the
town to, grow if .people :cannot .have
children?" he queried., '
The Counc,11 ensured living accom-
modation for one smell, fainilY by the
4 appointment of Gordon' D. Pangitan;
formerly- of .the eairettiker
of MacKay Hall, with .living quarters
In the hall. Mr. Pengman was chosen
from eight appliCants. He .and
wife and two Children have been living
tourist cabin.
The Comeil had before it the resigna-
ten of William .T.A7.13ecle.ats night con-
stable: to 'take effect October 31st. It,
was understood that Mr. Beek, who,
has had the ,position only twelve
months, did not like the long hours,
and the question wee raised -• whether
recent Provincial. .legislatien
necessitate the engagement of 'a third
'constable, .giving each..man _eight hours
•on duty. It was decided to advertise
for applicants for the position pn the.
old basis, and in the .meantImewto
inake enquiry of the Ontario Labor
Board as to whether the legislation
applies to ,police officers.
Still another ,post to be filled is
that of sexton of Maitland cemetery,
• the present sexton, •Jcihn W..Bell, hav-,
ing declined to live in the, A:Welling at
the cemetery .during the winter and.
' having asked for some, new arrange-,
the
I • z
position Were receivred;-.1-Urit-was--de
cided to .table .them until the, •nex
meeting 'and Iri.the Meantime ,tO' se
if Mr. Bill would carry ,on for .a time
On recommendation of the fire corn
mitteer George Beacom, Whose offiC
has ,been that ,of "acting fire .chief,'
was named fire .chief, viith an increas
of allowance from 1120 .to. $150.
.Engineer Cadet() 'Brief" .Harbor .Road
. Another .step In the matter .of th
north harborroad was .taken .in the
*decision' to .ask Engineer Code to Mee
the Council .and .prepare .a .brlef • to
be presented .to the 'Department *. 0
•Public Works ,at Ottawa setting forth
the benefits to .be. derived from- .the
*,construction of the road.
All the .members wereprnient .except
_Reeve Attridge ,and Councillor Iluckins
Chief of Poli,ce Ross reported as
_follows On weights • of coal inspected
from September 20 to October 11:
Town ,Company
.Scale ;Weight
Dean. Coal Co. 2040lb: 2000 lb
C. Edwards Coal Co* 2740,1b. 2700 lb
•C. C. Lee Estate • 4220.1b: 4210 lb.
Saults Coal Co. ...... 14801b. 14601b
.Sea.broak .Coal C9. 300,0`.1b. 3150 lb.
A request from AE. Townshend,
Goderich township, for permission to
use the Agricultural Park .for a sale
of cattle was left in the hands of the
;chairmen of the parks apsIpublic works
,committees. •
Burton R. Robinson, for the local
C.U.F. committee, . requested the- use
.of MacKay --Hall .or the Town 'Hall
auditorium. for October .26, _November
9, 16 and 23, and inquired as4to
the rental The use of the Town Hall
-was granted at $10. per meeting, -pro-
waded ,the- dates do not conflict, with
the municipal nomination meeting. •
Applications for .lifilding..Perinits
0..J. Ranniater-applied for a -,permit
to inove the house .a.t the corner of
Elgin .aveiane and Victoria street to
*llit 418, Britannia road': -Geo. .Stokes
asked a permit for a workshop, 16 X:a2i.
on Park street. Applications from Geo.
plum were for a. garage .and a stable
on Bayfield. road;' from Charles Hunt
and LI." C. Kerr ,ga.reges on .St.,
Patrick's street and ....11iirem reed, re-
spectively. Other applications, for.
r,eshingling ,er, other ininox improve-
ment, were frona Alex. Yew Estate,
St. Audrefe's .,street,; M. .Stapleton,
Regent street; Mrs. .jae., ARS. „Adams,
Britannia read; Russell Drennan, Bay-
field road; ' WM. ,Marvelek; Cobonrg
street; P. J. Buehler, Napier ,atreet;
C. M. Robertson, Park street. -
W. A. Smini was heaXti,.Ve, ith regard
to -water supplY!,fer some lots he pro-
posed to inirehase on li4r.tha street.
It was decided 'the !council Shotild* look
over the property hamdoeidixig vault
Should be One. • ,
k. request 'frein the,.BeIi Telepliene
Co. for approVa/ by bylaw .of the erec-
tion 'of one pole en Cambria rott41 was
. referred to be. plog.te works
mittee. L., ,‘
The DepartMent dt Munieipiil Affstiret,
. Toronto, advised that approval was
given the. essence '',ef bylaw No:. 7, with
respect to, ,a grant to the Canadian
Legion, brit as the . form • of the bylaw
ftd not conform to the requirements of
tlie Department a salnPle bylaw Would
be forwarded.
Oaymen's offer of $10 for
ot 1.22, Wilson *street; Was referred .to
0 public works ; conunittee. Ur.
Chapman stated that his intention was
to usethe •lot for A garden Untilsuch
thne as labor and building materials
Were not so scare as at present' and
then to build a..hoese for renting, -pur-
poses. •
A letter from B. W. Beattie, London,
was with. reference to unguaranteed
bonds of the former Ontario West Shore
Railway held by' him as executor of
the estate of his father. the late Dr.
'maul Beattie,. ,,As he had' learned
that the sole remaining ..asset of the
Contpeny, the right-of-way, Was being
purchased by the Departnient Of High-
ways, he &limed 5. pro Tata distribu-
tion of the proceedA between hit:11801f
And tbs concerned.
(Of the bends of the Itallway *400,-
000 was guaranteed by„the
nunlelpat-
Itle And 420*000 WAS- ungneranteed,
ny, decision of the Itallway Board only
$20,000 og 'Ole* unguaranteed bonds,
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ODERICII, ONTAlgO, TIMRSDAY, OCTOBER 2504 1946-,,
°
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'NO. 4$
Tax VITATERF. RON'T
.„.
Arrivals at the goderikla elevator the
past wee . Saturday., -,F..„ V.
Massey, 1' 3,500 bus, 'oats, Wheat and
barley; day, Canadoc, 253,000 bus.
at d barley; Monday; Starbuck
La 0 us.barley.
• vintadoc is due at the elevator
Friday orming, .. • 4 "
Two in re barges, the'•Mitchilbre and
the Delcote, have been berthed beside
the .'.Swederope at the north side of
the .harbor. Wiley were brought In,
light, by the tug Sulphite, and, will be
used 10- the Elevator Company for
euxillary storage during the winter.
* * •
Sunday was like a simmer day at
the Waterfront, with the exception thkt
nobody was in bathing. There 'Were
scores of tars, many of them having
brought .anglere from .a distance to
try their luck with the perch.. Bert
Macdonald's launches were plying to
and from the outside breakwaters, with
the fisUers,.ineet of. whom •seemed to be
getting .good.catches. Those who
weren't pulling in fish were ,eujoying
the sunny fall AO.
About the middle of the afternoon
a -naiddle-aged man (name unknown).,
.bailing from Kitchener, fell off the
Sloping outer side- of the southwest
breakwater and was in ,danger, of
drowning until Albert•Salman, a.youug
man „from Kitchener, ,plunged in .and
.drew .him to safety. -He was taken
uptown to. the Bedford .Hotel 'and..put
•in bed, .and later, after being ,outfitted
with .dry clothes, .he .left for home
none the worse for .hla cold .bath.
PRESENTED
The folleWieg letter to *dyer Mooney
from the DepartWent,oD Naval $erve
tit Ottawa, dated October Oth, was read
at, Friday nignt's" meeting Of the Town
Connell.: '
advise-yoti that 11,1$1.0.S.
`Goderieh' is shortlx, to decommission
and will, therefore, no 'longer require
spouSorship. - •
`tAs it is felt that gifts from gponsors
Were ,donated to naval personnel rather
than te the individual Units in which
they serve, upon decommissioning the
non -consumable comforts-, Neill • be
brought ashore •for redistribution te
other units remaining in service, 33y
this' meanseomforte will , continue to
be of benefit to naval personnel even.
though the ship which first welcomed
• them be -no longer in service.
• "It was thought that this plau should
.T0..PURCHAATTACHREENT
„FOR -INFANT INCUEATOR
••••••••••••••••••••••
• The Women's Hoapital Auxiliary .held
„the regulai: meeting ,on Monday' after-
noon, Mrs. D. E.CanpbeU Imesiding.
*It was .decided to .purchase an oxygen
at,gnt in-
ubator „purchased over .a yeat ago:byr-
the Auxiliary.
The lollowing .ladiesi .volunteered .to
assist.at the -Tie -eon bingos' .in •Novem-
ber : :Mrs. E. •MeLaughlin, Miss E.
Maiffts, ,Mrs. 11. M, -Monteith and Mrs.
W. Coulthurst.
The .usual sewing will:be done at
the hospital each Monday afternoon.
, •
ERICH"
HE TO
appeal to denorSip: that it ensures'that
.maximule of benefit will be derived
from, the:fruits of their kiedeess • and
generesity; .„
"Arrangements. are being' made for
snips, bells to be given to sponsors after
decenimiSeioning as a Memento of their
asSociation with the ships. ...With .the
bells -will , go suitably , prepared; Pre-
setitatiOn Scrolls. Naturally, some little
time Will be required in theYreparatien
of the above, but you will be advised
AS 50011 as the preeentatien can be
made. .
`,`The Department takes this oppor-
funitY to express Its appreciation. of
your efforts en behteif of the' crew of
this minesweeper."
Also from the Department came a
picture of the ship% It -ascot, which it
was decided tcr have framed and hung
on -the wall Of the Comeil 'chamber..
New School Needed
Sa,,ys Mrs. A TayJor
Urges 'WOmen to Attend at
•„NoMixiation Meth* to
Support Project
• An exceptionally interesting program
•
was .presented at the meeting of the
Victoria Home and School Club on
Thurtday evening, October 18th.
'• • A. short business session was con-
ducted by the -president, Mrs. E.
Videan. The treasurer,. Mrs. R. Wil-
son, reported a •balance on hand of
$162.25, and it was decided to continue
the donation of magazine subscriptions
to the school.
.,It was also decided ta, invite Mrs.
O.fGtb&r
-guest speaker tit the November meet-
ing. Mrs. Moore, a former resident of
Goderich, it a member og the executive
of the Ontario Home and Sehoor.Feder-
ation, .and a member of the Stratford
Board of Education.
Mrs. G. Bowra reported that 'a num-
ber -of articles for a layette had been
donated for overseas, and furtifer con-
tributions Would be welcome. Wool
would .be supplied for • children's
sweaters, etc., to any members willing
te help in pis way. •
Mr& .ATaylor, spoke on the' need.
• *am MOOSE ,.ON „EI.RST flAX
Ween .Harvey..Ba.xter and .Allan Lin-
field left :their... SerVice•station In Gocie-
_Nth an ,the 12th. of October; accom--
_Panted .by,Jamee Macon of gaMilton,
theY . intended to : @pend :t'wo weeks
Jaunting moose Itethe RapuSkasing dis-
.triet,' At .Kaphskasing they were
•joined by Art Valley aed ,a guide from
•that .town and continued on a 1147 -
mile .trip Into the north. Their luck
was .so unusual that on .the first day
each of .the four .had shot h moose,
.probably .establishing .record for
lifintieg. • ••
AS the weather ,had turned warm;
the _party, .wishing tcePreserve as Much
of .the .meat as ',possible, .reluctantly
turned heinewa.rd .and arrived back on,
the 1912i:thus depriving themselves of
half of their Intended .holidey. '
,Since their return, the- meat rations
have .had no disappointments ter num-
bers of their. friends.
, No deer .ar .bears were seen in the
neighborhood • *here the Moose . were
bagged. •
. •
- • JUST .A lime.
Wednesday .night of next Week IS
Hallowe'en. and it wouldbe just as
well if people who ordinarily ,.pnt out
their gar,bage .cans •that .nigh,t would
keep theta inside .over -night and put
them out before :9 o'cloek ,the next
morning.. t •
those held by the late William Beattie,
were to be..considered As outstanding.)
The matter' Was referred to .the fin-
ance. committee;
The Inatitute$01 Local Government,
Queen's University, Xiagsten,..has pre-
pared a booklet, "!‘The Municliesti \Conn -
All and Couneillor hi.Ontario," and sug-
gested :That: the Council purchase- a
number of coplee. Council decided to
take ten copies, :at 40e each. ,
, CommItteli.E4ipetts
• The public. works Adnunittee recom-
mended that permission' be g.ranted0C.
I. Bridgwater for a stgn everhanging
,:the • sidewalk at his plaee :of business
" on .:EaSt .Street; the bond 41 'indeinnity.
tlaaving been,kligued, and the •Goderich,
Bottling Works be given ,p,ermission to
lay a eement driveway at their p?sop t;
ety
'
The lire comitittee ,reported that .41.`
CheqUe-40. $1.00 had been received fr MI
•Illigh_111111 for services rendered by;
the •Town lire brigade On September;
17th and recommended that ..05 be:
turned' over i. to the firemen. -0,weri
retommendations were that -0eorgel.
Beiwoin be .appointed lire chief at $150;
per annum, and that C. 0: Moons be
asked . to -restrict MS -Welding work to
daylight hours and to discontinue this
,work on Sundays.
Committee of the whole recommended
that the offer of Walter It. Pierson of
$15 per lot. for lots' 1 and 2, Huron
road, and lots 1, and 2, °Cedar street,
beaccepted, and that ilarry hesnell be
offered seven lots on Mary and •Martlut
streets at $5 per lot.
The titmice committee reported a
number of accounts passed: , •
By resolution . building permit No.
284, passed by the Council on October
Oth, was 'cancelled. This Permit was
for four frame cottage., 25 x 80 feet,
which a Detroit man proposed totbulld
oil' Eight avenue between Essex and
WelieSley streets. Objection had been
raised to the erection of that class Of
building on the avenue.
Coun., Prevett brought nP the .matter
of*La subeeription to the ninth Vietdry
loan AS Si Seta:off to. the campaign, in
which rettiroed servicemen Would, be
starting outon the following Monday
inoreineirlt WAS deeided that the
Mayor; the Treasurer and the chairman"
of the .finante committee should look
over the Town' S bond Oat to see what
eould be Converted for- Investment at
this- time.
SIX TONS OF CLOTHING
SHIPPED AND MOR E TO GO
A busy „group of Workers was en-
gaged On Sunday afternoon bundling
the clothing collected ,here during the
national clothing tainpaign, whichrre-
suited. in a shipment of six tons .being
sent forward -on Monday. Under the
leadership of Mr Jklartin Stewart,
chairman of the t4on.10, Club committee,
the clothing was sorted and packed in
cartons... The goods were of fine qual-
ity and included clothing for men,
wonsen and children; besides shoes and
bedding.
Further ,contributions have been re-,
ceived this week at the local head-
quarters, the Stewart flower shop, and
another shipment will, be made at the
week -end. •
• The school Children of the town
A1 1 t
er and o • api
Theatre put On a `shiny for them on
Saturday morning, the price of ad -
Mission being new or used articles
suitable for the collection. It proved
an unqualified success, fat 2,500 peunds
•of e1athieg were brought in. Some
•of the children carried bundles almost
as big as themselves, Prizes of $3, $2
and $1 were giveii for the largest
parcels. The. first was Won. by Jimmy
Webster; who had 82 pounds; . second
by. Martha Thompson, with 63 pounds,
and .third by Jimmy Beattie, who had
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of a .new school. The School Boar,d bO.pouncls.
was in favor of the idea, and Horne
and Schpol members could co-ope.rat
.by.attending the municipal nominatien
meeting In the Town Hall on Friday
evenipg, ',November 3.0th, and ,givieg
their wholehearted support to the pro-
ject. The,present-arrangement for .the
use of a .rooin at the Collegiate Was,
• Mrs. _Taylor / said, only a temporary
solution. If .there were an increased
attendance -.there .next year, the room
would be .rieeded, and the seine dif-
ficulty would be encountered again.
.Mrs. Taylor referred to a report that
Stratbroy is .planning to build a new
.t welve,room school, with gymnasium
.and
auditorium to seat 500 to 600
.peo.ple, to .be .used as e' community
centre. The .plans, she said, have been
passed.hy the Department of Edlication
and .fts.soon as. Government perrniSSiOn
.received °And, •materials are avail-,;
able ,the work on.the building will'
commence. "If, .Strathrby cap do it,
wly not Goderich?" the speaker asked.
• .frs. Videan introduced MiSs Gard-
iner, home economics teacher at the
Collegiate Institute, who had conthental
to ,,jimige..the Contest in meal planning.
The .audience ,divided into four groups,
each group planning a day's -meals for
a family of .four, father, mother and'
tw Ahildren of school age. Mise
Gardiner .exialained her method Of
judging, .she ;made-. suggettions as to
how the varbaus menus could be im-
proved, and .eongratulated the various:
greups on .their efforts. . She also gave
a ,brief.,,eutline ,01 the home-economice
course ler grades and 8, 'which -was
most intereatingno aim is to teach
home-mliking, and the course includes
general housework • as well as eoeking
and sewing.
Mrs. MeDoligall save a short teik on
mimic appreciatiou, illustrated by "a
fine piano :Selection,' and also condueted
musical' ignie ;which Was enjoyed
by all. -
Mrs. Overholt ceintributed a baumor-
.
ous reading, ;and a teontest was held,
In which cate .and Nwitc)les were tore
from . pieces of .paper and pro4ded
Much merriment. Prizes for the ftti-
ishee Produet .eeere awarded to NW.
'Townshend and . less aurae. •
:Mrs. Videan tleanked:1111 the laid4Wel
who had taken . part ii the program,
land the meeting egiesed .with the.. sfv-
eJ YOUN6PEOPLEIVUNION OF
.NOTH .ST. UNITED CHURCH
Over thirty. young:. people" .gathered
in, the church hall t of IslOrth street
ited •church to enjoy what proved
to be a most interesting meeting of
e Young people's.; •Union. The open-
ing worship ,service was In charie of
,•
Audrey Barker and Joyce .Hadden,
with Marjorie Baxter and .Joan Scott
assisting in the reading of poems and
the Scripture. ,Barbara and Margaret
Henry contributed to the service by
rendering a Piano- duct.
• After the worship service the 'Min-
ister, Rev.' R. 11. Turnbull, , gave the
report of the nominating committee
.and installed the following as ,thc
scatters of the Union for the forth-
coming year: President, Marie .Smibert ;
Vice-president,, Keith .Jackson; secre-
tary, Yvonne .Sheardowni- treasurer,
Donald ".Seotti; conveners--Claristaii
fellowship, Audrey Barker; ,(hristian
.rals,sionS, Barbara Henry; Christian
culture, Carlton, Worsen; Christian
' Citizenship, to be • a.ppoitited.; recrea-
tion, Bill Moorhead.; pianist, Mrs.
Murray. Hetherington.
Miss Sinibert was Welcomed to the
chair as president and presided- over
the remainder of the meeting: , Each
of the conveners Was ,called niacin to
ispeak briefly on plans for future meet -
Inge:. The meeting was than.cltided with
a Lively and enjeyable singsong led
by Mrs, Murray Onthealtigtcoa. The
reviler meetings 'of : the Union are
to kJ: on the_seeond And. ieur.tb, Mon-
days of _each- month ,at 7.30
W..C.TX. MEETING
The regular meeting of the4W.C1.T.11.
Was held on Monday, October 22nd, .at
the home of MUG B.; T. Phillips, East
street. Bible readings were given leY
Mrs. Snell and AtritiL Ohlero And prayer.;
was offered. by. Mrs. Centelne Mra,
Philips - had charge' of the business.
The treasurer's report,* reed by° Aire.
Snell, !••showed that $113.00, had been
raised for war purposes. $70.00 for the
Red Cross through tehis in niemberi'
loniesi and 43.7 for British war rictinas
by Voluntary gifts. Arrangements were
*made to carry on. the work and .have
)arally and tea. in November,,, also, a
..teAnoerance"..conteet -An., the Mind*/
schools, Mrs.. Ohler dosed, thereeeti
hog . with prayer. •andA)Irs. Phillips
served, lunch diving a soelal half -
hoer.. t
eota91tNE' riot
MIMEO
• Gore *non, 'fitteenl'eaPold youth•
of *Colborne • township, sattnined pain -
fel, ikiiirles • In an accident on the
eounty read between *Mimed and Ben -
miller test Friday night. Alke. Is in
iAlexandra llOspital suffering' with a
severe wound in the neck wilt* pene-
trated to the traeliee, also frem, cott-
cuaelonand deett 'laceration/3 Of the
scalp.. The youth .• was injured When
the bieyele he was riding collided with
a ear driven by 'Thomas Mitchelt of
Sanford which he was backing on to
the road. Bolton's heed, And Peek
went through, the 'glass of the rear
window of the tar,. Ile did, not lose
consciousness,. and after _the accident
walked about for a, -while before he Was
removed to the hospital*. Provincial
Traffic .0ffleer *Taira& Culp investigated
the. accident. • *
EX -PREMIER DRURY COMING
The board of Trade Will hold the
annual "rural' relations night" on.
Wednesday, November 14; "heti Hon.'
E. O. Drury, of Barriefotmer Premier
of Ontario, will be the MI6 -it .Speaker
at 4''bonquet in X.Criox, church lecture'
hall, to whiell 16C,i gneits hate been
invited.
,MuISTspiTE'S COURT
° After pleadieg, guilty , to, operating
a ear Witheet a •driver'sPetudt. John
Goderich, was lined .$10
and costs by Magistrate A. P. Cook
In today's eotirt. Chief ,' A.. C. Rims
stated the swooned had backed the
car off the street and damageda house
by knocking off three ,bricks.
Dalton M. Xegenzie, of Arkena,
Charged with vagrancy. was given.'into
the care of ,his parents for medical
troll/lent. lie was wandering -tirk,nt
the town of. Seafortb wbzi pleked 111)
by the police. • •
ANOVIIgit nocToit FOR Gannition
Dr* William X. 'Wafters, of London,
has, parcliaseit the residene of •Mr.
and Mrs. Hector nays, on St; Patrick's
street, .with, a view to engaging in the
practiee of. his profession here. tre,
has been' With the Itoytti Canadian Air
Vore0., latterly. . at Toronto,. and. 'OZ.'
peete to be Able to eohinteiiee his Ode.
tiee here ...aboet the tniddle '.of
November*"
eavy Docket for
Next.lifek's Court
Platten Brsothers„to„Fice Trial ou
Theft Charges '-;-43e'veral
Damage Actions
The falI aSsIseS of the SuPrePe
Court Of Ontario wili open here on
'Monday; October , 29t11, with Mr.
.Justice Wilson presiding; •
The docket is a heavy one, as there
are seven Jury 'cases ,listed besides
three non jury eaten&
• 91.‘he three Platten brothers, .DaYtert,
Charles anti Marvern, will face dial on
charges of breaking' and entering and
theft of it site at the. Seaforth Cream
,eVinthe
ngj-uAeYlleticte trial ile ''' Ad ttrhel Pbryjury.elfrelirY
h
'=Nlarven. Platten is to be tried.on the
additional charge of the, theft of a
car from W. A. McTear, of .Stratford,
on the night -of the Seaforth creamery
robbery, • •,
Another jury case is that of Rex vs.
Arthur. E. Parry, of Clinton, who is
charged With defthatory libel against
the personnel of the Radio School at
Clinton. •
In the action of Arnold,, F. Shultz,
•Goderich, vs. Thomas Hackett and Eric
Hackett, of Ashfield, the plaintiff seeks
•slated damages of 417,800 Ler injurieg
reeeiVal in an accident at Lueknow on
November -4_044, when he alleges he
was stip& by a car owned by Thomas
Hackett, farmer, of Ashfield, and driven
by Eric Hackett. • The defence claims
the plaintiff failed, to keep a proper
lookout, cressing the street in a manner
unexpected of pedestrians and not
giving notice to the operator of de-
fendant's car. 9
Ione and George Baechler, Goderieh,
are plaintiffs- in a motor damage action
against james Swanson of Stratford,
arising-lifeofan accideut on highway
, two miles north of London, on
November- 30,' 1044. The plaintiff
e-32:
'of $2;800 for loss of wages, pain and
sufferink.and-$15,0d0 general damages.
Ione baeChler, his wife, enters a -claim
Of $1,000 • for the loss of her motor
car.
The defendant, Swanson, claims the
plaintiff did not keep- a proper lookout,
'excessive and immoderate speed.
• Three actions for divorce are Listed.
an, :4.1.1r
_MRS. 1VIcORRATH LOOKING
TO THE .CENTURY MARK
• Mrs. William McCreath celebrated
het ninety-fourth birthday on Tues-
day at the home • qf her son Georcre
C. MeCreath, . at Detroit.,„ With her
were Capt. and Mrs. M".14,*:'. -MacLean
of Cleveland , and Mrs. (Capt.) D. J.
yslop• of Geneva, _Ohio. Hersons
arry McCreatb."' of "town and B. ,11.
McCreath. of Toronto were unable to
attend owing to the Victory loan cam-
paign. There .is some doubt whether
Mrs. McCreath's age is ninety-four or
ninety-five Years. • Some *records indi-
cate; she ,was •born in 1850, while •the
family Bible has the record as 1851.
She was born in the log cabin on
the present site of the Ontario Agri-
cultufal Cellelge oat Guelph and her
father, the late George. Currell, helped
to bend the first corduroy road be-
tween Guelph and Gederich, later
settling in Ashfield. For many years,
with her husband, the late William
McCreath, she was a- resident of .Gode-
rich and she lives now with members
of her family, making occasional' visits
to her old home:toWn;
She is , 18 exCellent Irealth and
has recently concluded a lengthy 'motor
tear, She is looking forward to pass-
ing the century mark and the fact that
she has changed very little In the past
twenty years seems to assure her at-
taining that objective. Her , many
friends in Goderichwish* her continued
health auktoomfort. • •.
•. EVENING AUXILIARY.
The Otani= thank -offering meeting
of . the Evening Auxiliary of North
street United church was held in ltie
church on Thursday evening, October
18, at 8 o'cloek, with a good attendance.
The meeting opened with the singing
of "FrolfurGreenland's Mbuntains."
after which Mrs. Clairemoat led in
prayer. Mrs. Webb read the Scripture
lessen. Mary Pridhaei favored with a
piano. solo. Mrs. 'S,fonli souse intro-
duced the guest speaker, Miss *Edith
nark, a missionary on furlough from
Africa. MiSs Clark in most interest-
ing 'manner told of many conditions
which she found in Angola. She also
stressed the need of naore missionaries
in A.frica. HrS. C. Robertson offered
the dedicatory prayer. Mrs. refining --
ton ,sang a eolo in ,her usual pleasing
weeper. On behalf of the society Mrs.
Ndole moved a vote of thankto the
speaker and the Others taking, part.
The meeting closed with the 'singing •...• N ][..1
1111NT11 VICTORY .1.40AN
of St hymn and prayer, after which
litneh wag served by group 4. • -
Ornerat$ /*OM "
TWO ,B0:213, ARREFLICA.
'PeiiCe are investigiiting breitk-in and
robbery of summer cottages ht the
Goderigk toWnehip dietriet about ,sis
miles *with :lot Goderich at whet is•
known as 'Burke's' Beach. Cottages
evveed by M. T. CorIeSa, Mies Shirley
Bowden .0.' B. Lohli„ Orval Lebn end
A. ilitehell, all 'Chilton , residents,
. were broken into some time during the
past week and besides ditma.ge to build-
ings and seeseIesieVandeliern.conraittid
quantities of valuables, lueluding inns,
binoculars, bedding, dishes, cutlery,
radios and pictures, were.. stolen.
It appears that the robbers had been
living in the Oriel Lobb cottage, whiela
is on the hillside and Commands a view
of the lake and beach from both direc-
• tion a distance of MAWS' each way.
Articles from the other cottages had
been carried there and were partially
destroyed or ren red Wholly unusable,
Damage to buJldings. is extensive in one
or more maces.
Two Boys.Arrested at Bayfield
Yesterday two 'teen -lige boys, said
to be from.,Aylmer, were arrested at
Bayfield by Provincial Constable
Wil-
Ilain Gardner, of Goderfch and Ceti -
stable John Parker of hayfield. They
were found in a cottage at hayfield
and aemitted that, they had entered
cottages' at the village and on nearby
beeches. They were brought to Gode-
rich for an appearance in court.
•
YOUNG ARTISTS GIVE
FINE =swim PROGRAM
•
A rare musical treat, -sponsored by
the Goderich Mesic Club, wee *enjoyed
by a large audience at North' street
United church on Friday night last,
when the Toronto Junior Conservatory
Trio presented the program. The mem-
bers • of the trio are May Ann Pau/
aged, fifteen years, violinist; Carl Xaye,
thirteen years, 'pallet, and • Dorothy'
Applebaum, fifteen years, piaeist.. •
The \, artists •played • a number of
4- • '
nembers. The piano eolo,s. were 'Chopin's
"Impromptu," "Clair -de -lune," and "The
Little White Donkey." The violinist
played "Spanish Dances," and the
'cellist's numbers were "Call of the
Night" and "Showboat."
Mary Ann Paul is a niece of Mrs.
Bruce Tennant of town and her mother,
Mrs. G. F. Paul, played the piano ac-
companists for the4goists.
The church "was- 'decorated with
chrysanthemumsoladrihe young ushers
in their' long formal dresses made a
Pretty • background for the visiting
artists in their formal dress,
. . ST, GEORGE'S WA. .
. The October. Meeting of the W.A. of
St. George's church was held .4n the
Guild room, with.- eighteen members
• present. In the absencd-Jaf 'Mrs. -Dun-
bar, Miss Burritt presided. The secre-
itary was requested to send a letter to
.Mrs. 'Dunbar expressing the deep syni-
Pathy of all tfie members • of the, W.A.
in the passing of the beloved rector,
the late Res. W. Dunbar. Instead
of usual chapteri from the stthly
book, Mrs. Monteith read an interesting
letter from Miss Margretta Fowler of
Swan _,River, Man. A large amount
.of used clothing' was taken in for the
national clothing collection. Miss Bur-
ritt elesed the meeting with prayer,
and tea Was served by Mrs. Riley and
-Mrs. Shore.' •
THE WEATHER
Temperatures ofrthe past Week in
Goderich, with those of the correspond-
ing week a year ago, as officially re-
corded, were as: follows: . •
. `•• 1945 1944
,Max. Mifs. Max. Min.
Thu• rs., Oct., 18 ....71 * 53 66 46
lere.-70ce, 19 51 61 37
Sat., Oct. 20 58 48 52 33
Sun., Oct. 21 64- '45 56 37
Mon., Oct. 22 59 41 51 • 28
Tues., Oct. 231) 48 • 35 56 48
Wed., Oct. 24 45 31 60 ' 45
RESIGNS EXPRESS JOB
After thirty-three years' - Service,
George McLeod is resignieg his .posi-,
tion as carter for the C.N.R. Express.
In all that time, Mr. McLeod proudly
states, he has missed the early morning
-train only seven times. He Ilea been
in oilliging official; and now feels he
deserves a rett. His plans for the
future are indefinite, ,
• ENGAGEMENT' ANNOUNCED
The. engagement is announced ' of
Ellen Katharine Morray, only daughter
of Mrs. Ellen Murray and the late
Crask Murray of Goclerich, to Vernon
Douglas Smith, elder son o,fs. Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Sinith of Toronto ; the
marriage to take place early in,
N
oimetly Ticket
Wiiis iie
AttOr Hot 0aanp
'Vake Part in
ler the 'Winners
theI.
A lively election campaign Came t.
a close on 'Monday morning when the
students " Of Goderich' Collegiate
tute. gathered in *tile woad* hall,.
listened to speeches by the candidate*
011 the variouS tickenrfor the Student*
Councilexecufive, and then polled their
ballots* '•
In accordancewithprevtellii alere*
Inent,the ballot was taken on the OM?*
ferable. vote plan, each Vete; 'indicating
On his or her =ballet the order of pre-
ference for the, three tickets, firsto's
Second or - third. Bill Neyweonibe'e
ticket *as found to have the greateet
number of first preference votes, Jim
Donnelly' s' second, and Don Scott's
`third. With Scott eliminated, and his,
second preference votes emitted' for
one or other Of the other We caw*.
didates, it was found that Donnelly had
a majority of 13 and his ticket wax
Accordingly declared the winners.
The elected officers are Jira Donnelly,
president; Eunice Milne, vice-president;
Peter Patterson, treasurer, arie Eleanor' '
Martin, secretary. *
, At the noon -hour a parade was
•forraed, headed by the students'. band,
and made the elreuit of the Square,
with the 'elected ofeeers riding in
triumph. Bill Newcombe and pon, •
Scott, good. sports, were in the band
which, tooted for the winners.
Arrangements for sports, dances and
other school events of, the coming year ,
wig'be in the hands of the elected, °
officers, $rnd 111 addition.President Don-
nelly and his executive are believed to •
have under their hats other 41eas to
make the -Students' Connell more thavs„ • -
eVera force in the lives of the students
„T:0 pRESE*T TVITO
'Ma IS- La
•
Two'Huron county districts will .be
rewarded for reaching the highest per-
centage over their 'objective. A plaque
representing the ninth Victory loan
official insignia and. mounted will be
presented -one to the tovvaiship and
one to the town or village that ex-
ceeds its quota on the largest per-
centage at the end of the campaign,
In the eighth"' loan, Brussels, undet
the chairmanship of Robert' Bowman,
won the plaque, followed • closely by
West Wawanosh and Wingham.°
Keen interest in the districts. in Win-,
nine the plaques has belie. shown be
past campaigns, as they- remain a lite
ting tribute to the town or township
for' the splendid part Played in pro-
viding the sinews of both war_Land
peace by their subseriptions to Victory
loans:- , •
ELY= ALREAD'k OVER ITS •
QUOTA- FOR NricToitY LOAN
•
•
.The ninth Victory 'loan drive, which
commenced on Monday, is making good
progress. The village of Blyth leaped
into prominence on the first day, re-
porting subscriptions of 168,000, whiqs
is $4,000 over the quota for. tliV village.
It is still away thine lead &Meng the
minicipalities, East Wawanosh and
GoderielPtownships being second and
third with 44.18 and 42.91. pereentago
respectively. /
As usual;ssthe air schools • hare' been
quick an the trigger, both- Central*
and the:Clinton Radio School having
already exceeded their quotas byssub-
stantial amounts.
• 4'
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RASPBERRIES IN OCTOBER
Mr. and Mrs: David McGratten•
moved in to Goderich trom, Dungannon.
a year ago and anlong • the pleasures
of their first year , in town has been.
a crop of second -growth raspberrieff, a.
elle sample of which they presented
to The Signal -Star. Mrs. MeGjattea
considers two .crops of berries ni One
year deservessorae special notice, and
slie expresses her sentimentsethus:
.tny lirst year off the farm, .
Id the garden My •berries I'm picking.
Some people .grumble abOut the rain,
.But Tsdy, let's stop ottr kicking.
In a world so full ' of plea sure, r
Handed to • us in good measure,
Let's smile throughit all and in tireend
We'll find the. premised treasure.
,113116r•••••
• NO APPLE .DAY -
The Boy Scout "apple day" Will' 'be
ft, minus this year,.. For one thing,
the Scout organization has lost it*
leader, Mr. Carman. and Is not aetivel;
and for another, pot many tipples are
available. So' an interesting.„annual
. event- will be missed this pear' .•
,
.•FORMER GODERICII ROY
1., MARRIED •
• Cpl. John Ralph Griff, ion of . Mr.
and Mrs. 11. S. Griff, Stratford, former.
-
l,y of Goderieh, was one' of the prin-
cipals in a wedding at St. 'Andrew's
church, Stratford, on Wednesday;
,October 17th, the bride being Ellen
Lyda, daughter of Mrs.: Brown, Strat-
ford, and the late W. W. 13rown. Bev,
13. L. Walden oftielated. After a trip
through the States of Miehigan and
Ohio the couple will reside in Stretford.
FROM A CALIFORNIA. READER
Many readers of The . Sigettl-Star,
partiettlarly 111 Colborne township, will
be interested- Of news ef Mr. John
Levy, who with his tonally left. the
township years ago to Jive in' Celi-
fornia, Mr. Levy writes from .Glen-
dale, renewing' his subSeriptinh
The.„ Signal -Star, and says: "We
are all:quite well; but 1 am not as
Spry
as X' used to be. ,*The weather 10
quite °fine just now. No rain in the
strainer.- IloWever, !When it reins it
pours' is stately true of this- State.'
Mr..LeVy saysf "We majoy the Miter'
so much. It keepS ua in, tooth Witb.
the old town." 4'
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T1114SDAY, 0011013ER 25th '
Distriet Quota To Date
Village of Blyth $ •64,000 - . $ 73,150
East Wawanosh Township 97,000 42,850 2
Goderich Township 120,000 . .51,500
265,000 73,250
• 108,000 ' 20400
142,000 35,200
209,000 43,150.
.. .249,000 48,950
*• 005,000 114,250 .
97,000 10,800
Town of Wirighata
TurnberrY Township
Usberne Township '....-... ...
Village of Exeter
'Town of. Clinton
Town' of Goderich ,
West iVirwanosh Township ....
Zurich land Hay Weet . . 128,000
liowick' Township . , 314,000
,
Stanley Township 144,000.
,Colborne Township .4... . 03,000
'ToWit of Seaforth .. . .. 220,00P
Iluilett Township. ... . .. . . 142,000
MeXijlop-Township 142,000
Village of Drussels ... 104,000
Grey Township .. . ... . 107,000
Ashfield Township' ... . ..... '148,000
Stephen "tett ' • 08,000
Tuckersmith TOwnship .142,000.
'Stephen West' .. ..,........ .
liou8iot and. Hay . . .. 142,000.
Uorris‘.TO*nship .. . .. . . .133,000 :
floral Count Y total ...
Air S'ehoolS, • 50,300
CoMbined total ; $4,220,500
-21,950
52,250
• 28,000
14,400
82,000
20,350
" 18,050
'12,000
.17,900 -
14,350
• 8,850
• 18,200
4,750
5,950
5,250'
$ 103,940.
D0,600
4 880,00
Percentage
114.30
44.18
42.91
27.64
2644 .
2440
• 20.0$
• 19.6$
17.31
17,15
1040 *
16.97
:15.40
14.87
14.4.
32.71
12.12
• 10.170.58,
910'
511
4.10
S.94
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