The Goderich Signal-Star, 1945-12-27, Page 1Itetirifig Members
Say, Firewell.
Town Council. Deals with Some
Important IYIatters at Last
Regular Meeting
The ToWn CoUnell of 1945 met -on
Friday, night .for 114 last regular meet-
Couneillor$ Seabrook and Mathie-
sOn were not preaeut.
"Mayor Money epressed aPpreci-
ation of the te-operation and SuPPort,
he hadnrecelved fromf the other ,mena-
hers daring' the year and said he re-
gretted that several of the members
would not be in the Council of 1946.
He hoped their absence trOin, the board
would not be permanent and that the
associations of the past ,year might in
time be renewed. In the meantime he
trusted that the outgoing , members
'would continue their interest -in the
proceedings of the Council.
.Coun. lluCkins said he had enjoyed
Working' under Mayor Mooney. The
• members had not. always seen , eye , to
eye, but they had never • pile away
from Connell. meetings with. a ,thiP, en
the shonider. He hoped, His Worship
would hail) a 11413PY year. with the
new Council, and he assured him. he
. would watch -their doings With an
eagle eye.-- ,•„,•
. Prevett said he hidenjoyed
his tvvo years in the Council. Apart
from the ,pleasure serving the Town
it had been a great -experience for. hint.
He' would watch. with 'Interest. the
progress•Yof,events in years to come.
Deputy Reeve 'Attridgealso ex-
pressed his good wishes for the new
Council and his regret that circum-
stances compelled hiS retirement from
the Council.. . ' • ,
Reeve' Baker said he had been 111
the Council for eleven years, and it
hardly seented, possible that .he would
not be a Member in 1946. He had
always acted 1!�r- he considered
the welfare of the town and felt he
had done a "pretty fair 'job." He
'considered the present body an ex-
ceptionally good ;Council...and he hoped
the incoming Council would 'work, for
„ the beSt 'interests of the town.
The Attic collector ,reported collections
Of $2,353.03 in November,-, .including
$928.13 of arrears.
Applications for building permits'
were from Albert J. Kneeshaw, who
proposes to rebuild a barn and make
a barn and ga.rue combined,. on Maple
street; ,Robert' Foley, Raglan street,
for a , sun', _poreh, and W. A. McLean,
Hincks Street, . fer an addition to his
• garage.
Cheque for 0.W.S.R. Right-of-way
A letter from the Ontario Depart-
:
naent of Highways .encloSed. cheque
for$6362.80 in pay.ment for the right-
of-way of the Ontario West Shore
'Railway and it was left to the 'Mayor,
the Clerk and. 'the, chairman, of the
finance coinmittee to arrange payment
to the municipalities interested of
their respective, shares,.....Gederich's
share is about $2,400. -
The Dominion Road, Machinery Co.
wrote with regard to the condition of
the chimney at.the.Victorlalst. foundry,
•which the Company- rents from. the
Town: There' had been •le'fire on the
roof, caused by the ecinditien of the
chimney; it waS put out by the'
foundrymen, but the Company urged
immediate -attentling „ •
Connell thought the condition Of the
, chimney Was the responsibility of the
Company,- and a -motion was passed;
-•advise the Company *to this effect.
The secretary of the Empire Service
Club wrote -with regard to final -ar-
rangementa in the closing of the Club's
tenancy of MacKay Hall. Council left
this matter to be dealt' With by the
1946 Council. „
An offer of $25, from It.. Doak for
the east half of lot 251c-tigin avenue,
, was declined, astheproperty had al-
, ready 'been -diSpoSell Of.
R. C. Hays, 'IC;C,!, wrote in behalf
of a*wal\Zeran,- Harold Stewart,
who is buy the • Jenner property on
Britannia.: road acijbliaine' Agricultural
Park. In order tas come under 'the
regulations for assistance:to veterans
his clientmust have a half -acre- of
land,,,andjhe property he is purchas-
ing contains only. two-ififths Of an
acre. Ile Proposes to purchase from
the Town enough of the roadway lend-
ing from Britannia road to the park, or
alternatelyfront- the north end of the
park, to Mike tip the required amount
of land. He would not fence , off the
land and it would be returned to the
• Town when his obligations under the
Veterties1 Land Act shoifidbe fulfilled.
• ,The Council was.sympathetic to the
pope -al, and it was left to the ,Mayor
'and Clerk to see what arrangement
cOuld be made.
A letter from Smith, Rae, Greer &
Cartwright, a Toronto legal firra, act -
',dug for the insurance,company holdlng
an aecident risk for the Town, Was
" with regard to 6an action entered
against the Town and the Public
Util-
- hies Commission by Norman MaeDen-
ale in behalf of..his ifive-year-Old soia,
„Chester MaeDontild, who was severely
.infured in July last by coming, in con-
tact with an eleetrically-eluirged wire
in a tree near•hig home on, Warren
street. The Odin Is ter $15,000 tor
the infant plaintiff for general damage,
ei,000 for the infant 'plaintiff for pain
and saff,ering, $1,600 for the adult
plaintiff for out-of-pocket expenses,
and the costs of the action. •
The amount claimed is in eleekiS of
the araoent for which the Town
insured, and Council decided.to ask the
legal firm to protect the Town's inter-
eits, rrank Donnelly 'Is counsel' for
the.phdatiff.
Reports of Conimittees
The finanee eommittee recommended
a grant Of $100 to the Goderich branch
or the Nays*. League; that the copy of
the reso ution from the Town of
-retrolia
• returned
taxation
Ornglatt
,'TOwfi
of $5 el'
that a
friAn
TO nAvg ImpouTANT
REHASILItATION POST
19-arde,eit „ . Madionald, 'Bruce
street, ULM •ieeeiVed notieek freen the
!Ace of, the district superviSor Of
Canadian •Vocatienal 'XrainingiLon
don, t bis appointment as 'district
repregentative Of that office. Ur; Mae -
Donald's territory will eXtend front
Lend's End, "With. head-
quarters in Goderiela. He leaves. on
January 2nd "for Londer to receive
two week* instructions in his duties.
It is understood that he will be in
charge of training of 'discharged serz.
vicemen ji trAde$ suitable to their
talents and the 'plaeing of them hi
positions.
Mr. Mac,Donald is a veteran. 'of two
wars, having Served tlaree years over-
seas in the .first World War, in the
throes .of which he won the Military
Medal, and alse,-three years overseas
in the second 'war, with the Royal
Canadian Engineers. He expects to
continue With. his ,slioe repairbuSiness
on Noitit §freet ,
Lions to rut Two
Hockey Teams on Ice
OEBISTMAS bONERT
SALTFORD
An elaborate program was provided
at the Chiistmas Concert of the .Salt -
ford 'school on Tu.eSdaY, December 1804
Rev, B. H. Farr, rector of St. George's
ehurchi, was the chairman.... T3:te• pro -
grain was as fo' Scheel choru 'q!s. Merry Christmas
lsws.:
All"; welcome!, Barbara Buchanan;
selmal chorus, "White Christraas;”
recitation„,. "If You're Good," Audrey
McCabe';'' recitation, "Soap the 0p
pressor," Leonard Jenkins; Danish
dance, senior girls; play, "Choosing a
Doll," 'juniors; recitation, "He Could
Help," Kenneth Wilson; solo, "Christ-
opher Robin," Emily Wilson; recita-
tion, "The Toys ' He 'Didn't Like,"
Junior White; Christmas cavalcade,
junior and intermediate pupils, ,soloist
Mildred Quaid; .recitation, '"Christmas
Secrets," Marlene Linington; 'recita-
tion, • "Christmas Baking," Audrey
Hamilton ; play, "Qlfristmas with the
Ruggles;" solo, "Toyland,",, Kenneth.
Wilson.; recitation, ..1`.*:VVIly Pm So
Good," • Jimmy Stephen; reeitation,
With the, Possibility of it Thitcl
'Art Doak to Manage -
the 'Midgeti''
The 'Goderich Lions Club has "an-
nounCed that, it Will again enter ilOckeY
teams in DOth the Ontario juvenile and
;Midget series, with the 'possibility k
a Bantam team also beb3g iced. • The
juireoile,Aet-upis much the seine .as
last year, with Nip Whetstone peek in
his managerial role and Joe Murphy
ai'ltin'ebaehing. • Jack Macl)ougall will
be-,seeretary-treasurer.
:The midgets will have as manager
you
Valuable Paintin;
Owned in Goderich
a returned inv. and one of the town's
most popular players of pre -War years,
in the xenon of ")Bucity!' Art Doak.
Art saw war, seryice mtich of the
European cavaPnignt, until he was in-
-jured last- spring When a laid mine
exploded at' „his feet, The Injury
neceSsitated the loss' of a foot and
appeerethat the time to terminate the
hoekey career • of this colorful „player.
But "Bucky" has again shown. the
courage which: dominated his iildS/
on the ice by leareing to manigula.te
his artificial foot to uy extent that he
eau now skate with the team whieh
he hopes..to manage to a group champ-
ionship,
Harry Westbrook coach the
Midgets and Bill Woods is secretary-
$reas,urer. Both the juvenile and
Midget teams have held several prac-
-tices during the past week, but neither
coach has arrived at any definite del
cision to his playing personnel.
Groupings and schedules for both
,teams are expected to be announced
in the near future. '
The !Juniors Are Practising
Tne privatelY-sponsored Junior entry
from this town has held fourworkouts
to date at the West street arena and
is rapidly rounding into shape.
-Fourteen players were -out on Monday
night when coach Wa.11y Westbrook
handled the team. It was the first
time Wally had been With the team
this year, as he hasn't yet moved back
"Kris 'Kringle," 33enson Riehl; ribbon, to Goderich :from Sarnia, where he
dance, juniors; recitation, "Where' has made Ids home for the past four
Santa Lives," Doreen Lamb`;' chorus,' years. The players, were very em
"Ship Ahoy" and "Sailors' -Hornpipe," thusiastic as to the way their new.
•senior girls ;..recitation, "What Maher
Geese's Children Want for Christmas,"
-Shirley Riehl; recitation, "Jest'fore
Christmas," • Arnold* Mitchell; "Hang-
ing Up StockingS,". Jimmy Buchanan,
eggie Riehl, Bobby McCabe, Jimmy
ivini; play, "Peace on Earth,"
seniors; recitation, "Christmas, Time,"
Ethel -Thoinson; recitation, "His .Let-
ter," Jerry Riehl; "Wedding of . the
Painted Doll," junior and intermediate.
pupils ;" monologue,"Miss Prim's
ChriStmas Shopping," Marion Quaid;
Dutch dance, Audrey McCabe,. Doreen
,Lamb, Dorothy McCabe, Mildred
'Quaid; pantomime, "Packing the
Pack," Virginia McCabe, Pat ,,Nivins;
recitation, "What the Stockifig Said,"
Donna • Harrison ; recitation, •"The
Presents He. Wanted," Arnold Lafith;
"Father Time's Mutiear- Review ;"
school chorus "HaPpy New Year:"
°posing that dwellings of
vieemen exempt from
ten year) be filed; that
oniplOyees of the
id a Christmas alloivanee
The mnunittee reported
moot had bee teethed
Ovid Trtias
"Good-bye," Audrey Hamilton.
Santa Claus arrived to distribute
fruit, candy and glfts, which included
a box of apples donated by Mr. T.
Morris of Sanford, and the program
concluded with the singing of "God
Save the King." •
0.1.4
NO POLICK-CobRT TODAY
There was ho Police Court session
today, all cases being adjourned to
'next week's sitting.
ing the Town's Share of the railway
tax distribution to be $227.85 and 'a
debitto the same amo.unt for (lode-
--InStitutions:t
Accounts passed V�r paynient included
$47.60, for street‘lighting in 1945.
The public works committee- reconi-
mended that the offer of A. R. Mohring
of $6 for a lot on Cypress street .be
accented, and that W. J. Leroy' Taylor
be granted the'east half of lot 251,
Elgin avenue,:providing. he builds on
the lot within one year. ,
speeiiii committee recommended
/that arrangements be made with the
bandmaster regarding an entertain-
ment to be putt -en for the members -of
the band, and that the use of the
Town 110.11 auditorium be granted for
this piirpese. •
The industrial coniMittee recom-
mended that the : -Mayer and Clerk ar-
range to ,havev• W E. Hodgson, of
Toronto, look oVer .the` foundry' pro-
nerty. Mr. Hodgson recently wrote the
Connell asking if the foinidrY was for
sale.
• These and routine *reports ef other
committees were 'adopted. '
• W. C. Attridge Appointed Additor.
Bylaw No 22 of 1945, appointing
j. W. Monteith auditor .of Town Ow -
count -4 for 1946, was. rescinded, ,In order
that W. C '
.' "Attridge who Is retleing
from 'the Connell, miglit be appointed.
Mr. Attridge • did not vote on the
Inotion. . • * --
It was pointedout that there Was
coach had handled- them. •
The exact Inake-up of the `team is
still pp in the air, but Gerry Ginn ap-
pears to have the goal-tending_Job
cinched, . There is a possibility, that
Jack Holnies, who has, been trying
.out with the Stratford Junior Wentry,
will .be back in Goderich before the
lecal .teitm's schedule gets under way.
The management does not try to bids
the fact that '4,41,ey would 4e Jack on
the Goderkielrftam, as he would be a
bulwark of strength to the defence,
'but at the:same 'dine. they would like
to see him land a position wherever
his talents as a hockey player merit.
Only out-of-town man the Flyers are
counting on to date is Al. MaeDonnell
of the pliapn 1%C.A.F. 'station. .4.1.
will beavailable to , the team after
New Year's.
FIRST 024.- GAlyIE IN. .
GODEIIICH JAN. 7th
The schedule for ,group , 6, Junior C,
has been drawn up and the
first game in Goderich will be on Mon-
day,, Jartuaity 7th, with Listowel as
the -visitors. '
The group includes 'Listowel, Luck -
now, Winghltni,,Palmerston and Gode-
rich. Playoffs, to commence -February
15th, will be' between ;file -first and
third teams, the second .and fourth.
The surVIVOIrs play for the •:group
championship. In the play-off series
sixty minutes will Constitute the first
gaine. If a tie exists at the end of
the-lecond ganie, fen minutes overtime
v011 be played. If the score is still
a tie,' a sudden -death, .gatae will be
played to a Apish. • • ,
The 0.11.At will appoint _referees;
the visiting teain: will provide 416 lines -
Man.
The Schedule
Jan. 7—Palmersten. itt Winghem
Listewel at Goderich
Jan. 9,7-Lucknow at Palmerston
• Wingham at Listowel
Jan. 14 ---Palmerston itt LucknoW
-Goderich at_Winghara
Jan, 18--I4stowel Lucknow „
Palmerston it.t Goderich
Jan. 21—Winginun at Goderich
lao..237-Goderich at Palmerston
an 257 -Wine -km at Lucknow
Jan. 28-1fLucknow itt Whigham •
Palinerston at Listowel '
Jan, 30—Goderich at Listowel
Peb.1-1,Vinghtim at Palnierston
Feb.. 2--Lucknow tit Godericit .
Feb. 4' Listowel at Palmerston -
VeliC 0—Goderich at Lucknow
Feb. 11—ListoWel at
Feb. 18—Lucknow at Listowel,
CLOSE TO ZEROBIIT ABOVE
London ,had an official 1W -below
temperature. on Sunday morning, as
reported by Tile Free Press. St.
Tholnas reported 20° below.. Here in
Goderich the official report for that,
passing out °
and as the -dawn
of a New Year
approaAhes
The Signal -Star
takes the opportunity
no refleetion.whatever on Mr. Monteith, day was 30 above zero—and that is
but Mr. Attridge 'had given a great the coldest it has .been her so -ktir
deal -of time to the Town's affairs and
It was felt , that ' it: Was only 'right he
should have the' appointment.
Bylaws 30,' 31 and 32 were put
through. No. 30 appoints:* W. C. At-
tridge auditor of. Town'accounts for
-1046. No. 31 is for the .sale of lots
16, Pt, 18, 3.9, Vary,. street,: and 22,
24, 24,1lartha street, to Harry Bosnell
at $5 a let.; No. 32 grants permission
to the " Belt Telephone Co, for. the
replacing of tt pole on thets,Uaitiand
itiver •. '
Negotiations Baechler, Of
the Goderich Mainifactering 'Co., for
the eloeing of Albert street north of
Wolfe Streetf, "had been In ,,progress,
and the' Mayor and Clerk were ein-
tniS winter. As a winter resort Gode-
rich has it al! over these eAjd places
&mit ,sodth. •
A RAII OF SIONSHIN)6.1
To •.do each day some little thing
"That .will eause. msr brother's heart
itp sing; .
That x through life may happy be
In giving to (Akers what's given to me;
Por a ready smile and it word ok4e1teer
Will brighten` it heart no intitte.r how
Mid, cause a Rey of Stinshiee ,
. .,,
Then let 'lie all - with hearts •sineere
do forth to battle and never fear;
To do each day what's brave tind
powered to iiet- in the inatter. true -t- .• , ,
Council adjourned at • 9•40 and That's, my -friend,. what 'I ask iir you,
"tnisft was written to its record wt.:: Then smile whatevbr.YOn have to hear,
less. a %weird meeting should be noes- 'Perhaps /twill dispel a .sorrowin
before the new- Oiseng tear
sary uell IS, 08vorti ,And caukitinstiv
se a Itay of e
1.
' WILL. J. JOHNSTON.
show. in.
of tepdeling to
all its readers an
friends
cordial good
wishes for aJ
happy' and
prosperous -
1946
Rare Work of ItalianPainter
on Loan tct Western
niversity
- LONDON, Dee. Still life
painting of nnestinted Value, one of
four known works by the Italian
painter, Mattimeo Dattera, has been
leaned to the UniversitY.- of Western.
°uteri() Ar dipiAy during the Winter
Season. The painting is, the property
of Gavin /L Green, of tioderiell. •
It is net known „how the rare work
found its way to Western. Ontario..
-Of the three other pieces' known to
exist, two are, or were just prior to
the late war, exhibited at the C ra
(1alleries at 13aga,mo, Italy. The' otl
is now at the Wordsworth .A.thene m,
Hartford,. Conn,
"When the painting was loaned to
the University several weeks ago, clue
observer noticed that on a ribbon serv-.
ing as 4 page mark in the one book
included among themusical. instru-
ments which make the work was iothe
name of the painter, • Correspondenee
followed with the Metropolitan Mus-
eum, New Xork, and the history of the
artist was learned. The Metropolitan
IBtsaetitferah. .
as none of the works of
Battera also painted under the name
of Bartoleino I3attera, and was active
near the end of the sixteenth and the
early part ofthe seventeenth centuries.
He instituted a 'type of artistry unique
tO that age, bgt which is now proving
popular among modern lartists. "
seemed to anticipate tha,t later -day
phinters would use more straight lines
and curves than was the custom of
his 01,V4 'period. HIS work is marked
by that,fact.
The painting now hanging .at the
McIntosh Gallery at the University is
a picture of intigical instruments, a
sheaf of music, and one book. The
instruments are arianged in 'a pleasing
display, with a beam of light illumin-
ating some sections of it. -
. The public is invited to view the
painting.
°magmas :colicirsv
viorozta„ 8T. UNITED S.S.
On Friday ven g the, annual
Christmas' coneert of Vitoria etreet
Cuited ehureh was held in the ehurch
parlors, with a capacity audience. The
waster of ceremonies was the nainleteb
Rev, 14. IL Werner, who expressed LiP4
pr4elatio11 to the Sunday •Hehotd eUper-
hatendent, Mr. Charles ItreelgOw, and
nis staff for the exeellent work done,
indicative of much work and tmeAs
,usual, old Santa put in his appear-
ance, distributing nuts, oranges ,,tind
candies to eager ,and eTpeetailt boys
and girls. The primary ' and• junior
classes were WWII, in ev.idenen' In the
program, reflecting credit upon their
teachers, Miss Coleen Thompson, Miss
Pearl Itoope, Miss • Evelyn Breckow,
Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs, Fred Wil-
son, Mrs. G. Curren and the minister.
After the excitement of it all, tired
eyes Indicated that the sandnian was
ready to take over. ••-
THE WEATHER
Temperatures of the past week in
Goderich, with those of, the correspond-
ing week a year ago, as officially re-
corded, were as follows: •
1945 1944.
Max. Min. Max._ Min.
Thurs., Dec. 20 _21- 6 31 22
Fri., Dec. .21 22 10 31 . 10
Sat., Dec. 22 ...,20 6 20 15
Sun., Dec. 23 17. 3 24 17
Man., Dee. 24 24 4 24 14
Tues.,' Dec. 25 37 23 ,,25 23
Wed., Dec. 26 33 28 23 17
,
SHOOTS 65 -LB WOLF-
•
hgnting on Wednesday be-
tneeilDunlop and Leeburn, , 144,tar*
Buchanan, Colborne township farmer;
sl,tot a 'wolf weighing about sixti-fiye
'-'•---"...4.1rotinds. Two wolves were Spotted
,Inear „trstrawstack and Mr. Buchanen's
itin wAs successful< in killing . the
female. The male -made his escape.
A bounty of $25 is paid by the County
land Province jointly for Vhe killing of
-a wolf.
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE-FROIVL
HOLLAND • •
The-christmas season brought it real
thrill to Mrs, L. J. Calvert, of town,
And her little daughter, jecelvi,, wbo
are staying with Mrs. Calvert's ,par-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. W, J. Hodge,' while
her husband, Major L. J: Calvert, is
overseas with the Canadian AbnY
Medical Corps. On Frid'ay last Major
Calvert spoke to his. wife and daugh-
ter from -Hilversum, Rolland, over the
transatlantic teahone, sena* Christ-
mas greetinge, Major Calvert has not
seen his two-year-old daughter; so the
.conversation, brief as it was, was per-
haps as great a thrill -to him as -it
was to little Jocelyn...,
BENMiLL'ER
BENMILLER, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Frank-
lin Mitchell is the new president Of
the Women's Association for 1940. All
the other officers remain the same. •
, Many from here Ifstened with intereA to the devotional hour, over CKNX
by the Rev, U. E. Cronhielni of Ben;
Miller last week. • , • -' •
-Mr. and Mars. Girvin -Young of Gode-
rich were with Mrs. Young's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Long, for Christ-
mas.
jtev. TJ. E. and Mrs, ,
David and -Mar' were With Mr. and
Mrs. T. Wilson for Christmas Day. •
Mr. and Mrs. Bowden of. Orillia
spent the holiday with MrS.,Gledhill
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Kilpatrick and fain,
ily of Toronto are holidaying 'with
their parents at Benmiller, and Ash-
field.
. Mr. sand Mrs. Grange and family
and Mr, C. J. Wqlters and I3enson
mere with Mr. , and Mrs -.1 Wes Mc-
Lean, Goderich, ,,for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs.. Courtland Kerr and
family spent Christmas with- Mr. and
Mrs: Aljoe Sanders of Exeter.
KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR
Miss Susan Acheson, •• well-known
resident of Hohnesville, _while walk-
ing along highway,No. 8 was knocked
down by a truck owned by the Kalb
fteisch Planing .1%1111s of Zurich. She
was taken to the Clinton hospital
Police investigated.
Thievery a
Should Be Sto
Saggestions in Lotter 10
Town ,ta
A letter from' it, C. Bays, vela
at the meeting of the Town Mandl .
on Friday night last, contained
some, criticism of .the lire . 'pro-
tectiou service and smne, suggeetions
for Its improvement. ,
At the Park ilouse tire I belleve
that there Was one Policeman on tintY
on -the corner of West and Wellington
: streets directing traffic," Mr, Hay*,
l•wrote. "There,was no> policeman, as •
I far as I was able to see, on duty at
the Park House. The result was that
a nunaber of hoodlums, who had no
respect for other people's misfortune,
ransacked the building ate'carried
away with, them a great many valuable
articles. I -am advised that they even
took the thickens out of the refrig-
erator, stole bigarettes, rings, Jewellery
and other articles. There was one lone
Searchlightplaying oupthe front tor the
building, and no one to:prevent these
sneaks from carrying Mit their thieV- "
, • . *
-X -understand that ,inuch • the same
thing occurred at the Graham tire,
that once the lire took place the•whole„,
house became common property for the
public at larg&. There again Was 00
policentan on duty at tle are itselt;
the only policeman I w,4s able to see
was out by the•lire truck, and there
was"tontinual traifle in and out of the
'houseit is bad enough to suffer lire .
loss, bat r think it is a lot worse to
have thiS rabble preying o11. people's
misfortune. I, tnerefore, 'lave sevetal
constrictive snggestions:
"1.
That the moment the lire alarm
Is sounded there be ats least two penes- ,
men or deputy policemen sent to the
pscteeni eni-s". o.fthe 117 . w.ith in„structionstt„o,
keep all unauth.orized persons off the -
"2. That • the Town purchase. ,a
, searchlight equipment so as to flood, -
the building with lightin till's way .'
the flreMen, would nave a better Opper-
tunity of seeing what they are doing,
and it would be ofiess danger to them
In going up and down ladders or
watching for falling timbers, and at "
the' same time it would prevent these
thieves from carrying' away their loot,
•
$
That130:ziesrinduse thsrel.ni Titurchese,altaA•ee'xisfeodg'
almost entirely at the start of „Ores in
the cities and thy have been doing'
effective work at our airports throngh-
out the war;
4. 'That the Town engage'two'fun, '
time firemen, one of whom would be
alerted at all times, and the other one
readily s, a ailable 1 feel sure that
these men could be recruited from
fire -fighting units who served with ,Air
Force corps during. the war, enci have
some technical knowledge of .machin:-
ery and strategy of tfighting fires."
-5. That. All People who park their
cars within one block of the hydrant
or the place of the dre,be prosecuted
under our bylaws.
_
As I 'have said before, 1 know notb.-
ing about fighting a fire, bat it seemed
to me that at the Park -House fire the
wrong tactics were,.employed, anti that
the fire should have been fought-
ago-inst the fame rather than with' the
flame wdh drove it through the entire
building.
'However, I am very seriously dis- •
turbed over the looting -'and thieving
4,
'Twas the Gladdest Christmas in Years
The first peacetime Christmas. since
1938 was celebrated with a hyous
relief from the anxieties which marred
the Christmas seasons 'of tig.%wartime
years. Family gatherings in maby
homes were enlivened by the presence
of a father, 'husband, brother, son or
daughter who in recent months had
returned from -service in a foreign
'laud. The world might mit yet be
free of. all its troubles; but with the
boys home at last many a mother's
world was just the gathering about her
own fireside. • •
The great. Christmas festival was
celebrated in the churches with special
music and appropriate addresses from
the pulpits. Large congregations took
part in the Sunday services.
For many 'days before Christmas the .
that is carried on by • irresponsible
stores were crowded- with purchasers, rows wtho tate possession of a
and sales in many_lines were'restricted burning' building. I feel that there
.only by the scarcity of available goods.
Santa Clans must have ball one of the
-busiest'-nights of his life 'filling stock-
ings and loading trees with gifts.
The posto'ffice handled a veritable flood
of letters, cards and pareels;; the week
before Christmas wits a record-breallei
isleintthoeut.-amount of mail received and
Boxing Day—the day .after • Christ=
Inas—Was pretty generally observed' in
town, giving many weary people an oP.,
portanity for W/eleome rest. .
a grand and glorious Christ -
It
mas.
WAR
Goderich Old Boy C. O. of Oshawa Regiment
Lt. -0).0 L. W. Correll,
Tho Times-Ottzetteot a OshaWit I
records in elaborate detail. the return'
home,of the lith Cantullan.,.Ar nored
Regiment, lst Ilattalion, Ontario gi.
molt, after six year and threr ins
continuous *serviee., Ooderichi
ticular .interest In this unit f
fact that 104 coMintintling
(lett), greded byietkellitt return'ot
Lt.-CoL Lloyd W. Currell, T.I4 bode..
rich Mei 110Y0 and a resident of Gode-
rich, Sgt. F. 1. Cook. Is on its roll.
ft WAR Adjutant Currell 4iviten the
twit` Wag ordered to, inobilite on
lieptember Ist, 1039, and after. succes.
've promotions lie beenme Lieut.-Col-
ana. was appointed eonimanding
,
Ids it giment to Gsban/a.
oftledr. lie is o son ,ipof "Sirs. Curren
of town and the late mit: Curren. Sgt.
Cook is the on of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Coolz.:?firock street. town.
This was Col. Currell's seeond taste -1 Taylor's Corner 'Unit
of' war, as he was,.overseas with tla% Maple Twif Chapter.10 T
IInron Itattalion for nearly foitr.years; (TU 'et 1!nr4, Itritsin) ti4).04,
the iirSt World War., 4oderle1k4otneies
should be prosecutions launched espee-
tally in the .Park House lire, . and I
think, possinly, with a little investiga-
tion,the policewould be able to ascer-
tain Who Some of the guilty culprits
a re, and deal with then,. accoreingly.
"All one has -to-- imag,ine
one's own plaCe ,on fire with' these •
conditions prevailing to • bring home ,
what a serious matter this is.'
sincerely„trust that your Connell
takes appropriate steps to remedy. the.
Matter." .
DEPUTY -REEVE..- LOVE'S
HOME • IN STEPHEN BURNED •
GRAND BEND, .Dee. 27.—The home
of Deputy ,Reeve Thomas Love, „of
Stephen township, an insurance agent
in this village, was destroyed by Are
discovered hi the house at 3 o'clock
WednesdaY afternoon, Mrs. Love was '
alone in the Louse when, she notieed
the fire that broke Ord: near the china- .
ney, apparently frem at heavy tire' in. • '
the stove. ,„,Mrs. LON't called the tele-
phbne operator at Dashwood,' vvho sum-
moned neighbors in the Grand. Bend
area..
The -Grand Bend fire department.
with. its chemical tank was 'unable to
control the outbreak and the Dub.
wood, Zurich and Centralia airport '
brigades responded. They, by using
neighbor's' wells and cistern, were able
to check the 1111Meg bot only afterthe .
house was ruined.
•
Two ad,joliffng' homes of .011ver
Turnbull and David Baird were saved
by the ,flremen. The front of' the roof
and walls of Mr. Love's lionie reinailied
intaet, but all fliruiture- in the upper •
floor .was lost. 'Contents of the lower
floor were removed. VO.,Mervin Leve, *
Toronto; lost his university hbolcs• In
the blaze. '
Vstinitite of the damage was unaVait,
able immediately. There was insur-
anee toverage.
NEW LIMITS
•The Puhlic t/tilitieS Connuissionat
the ropiest of the Toven*,(Aranell, 'has
given instruetionS for tlie Aristalling
of 'street lights at the cornerM Blake
and Hineks streets and the ,corner of
Make and" fionth streets. •
p.The Bydro power bIll or tlnemlwr
was '$3,18141.
CROSS RE