The Goderich Signal-Star, 1949-01-20, Page 1'
The Januery..SesSion of ,the 1949
County Counell, opened. on Itteladay
afternoon. Of the'.'twenty,eight,
.members present,* only • three', -are
'entirely new •--0011Att 1ogl041to•P4
'They are SaMOS'It.!, Stirling,'•Whe
.proudly ahnOUtteeci that -he 4t3,--tbo'
eldeat 'nieMber. 111,-„TearS, and the
same Age,,,74, as Itt•,.gon, Winston
Churchill;'Deputy .11eove Goeidy.
of 'Hevvick,township, and , Reeve
.weitzer of Exeter. All t.lie others
-have, hadformer expe.rieece on the
ConntYboard. ,
- John W. -Armetr6g;,‘Reeve . of
Was:: 'elected. ' Warden for
-194,11-;•*44114:,.. 44-4:•:,,lqleholSon, Tucker -
smite, was runner up, .and other
.pandidatee... for the 'honer Were
Reeves p•*. . Beeerotit' of East
"-,WawanOSh and W.'•' -}l; Woods - ,of
•Turnberry. The VVaiden. „was chosen
in ,a. caucus Of Liberal. menlbers.
• Reeve Hugh, Berry, -,last tearre
Wardell, ,es,Corted tile new :Warden
.-to,„the:„ehair,2gongratulated hitn• Mad
assured .him Of*.the
• co-oper-
ation. . , 7
'Top. have ' 'the ..abilitY for, • the
..i01)," Mr. Berry added as he handed.
him the "keyr,,,of the 'Comity., •
'••• Warden Armstrong expressed his
thanke`fer the honor. Ile hoped he
;_WOnici be able to fill the chair itS.
.well'aa had pastwardens;, whose
;Ames' if whale. be .clitticult. to fill.
The past year !had. been 'a beiletiful.
pne in the ,County, the Province and
• the:Dominion; and he,hoped 1949
Weuld be as -prosperous. As people'
are_:,demanding '•)nOra.,;_sertice, there.
Pertance. 'up for diSeitssion.
ho d• the committees
, within theirmestimates.
,77.9,Tidge7113: Vettitto7A-dmith, st-eramihktik,
• 'After asheiniStering' the',,eatli•••Of
Office, .Judge `CoStelle addressed. the
Council. . He ',advised the. new
.1,41141ux.,,aoL4lie:tradition of
pant; eotincilS and walas
•• would not go attraY. He liked to
4
D NEW wAit.
. ' •
John W. '-•••Arrestroug,, elected
Warden.ef Oeunty. was born
liftytthree' years 'ago and haS lived
-lite in Ilullett township.
followed -1.11 footsteps Of
1ii' father,. Matthew•••Armstrongi
When, entered municipal. life,
fOr the latter was .reeve. of Htillett.
had' ,,inenlber of Boron, County
Council for several years,' He •1121
no in eighty-fourth year and
Was of the first to be told ef
his son's election. '
Warden AtAnolftong. •operateS.•
0 -acre farm ant .specializes in
beef cattle. e, serve 7111,e ,te
,ship'14'.v•reouneillOr for two. years
?Ad • now in his sixth terni, as
reeve.- was for threet- years' on
the good -roads eommittee 01' the
County .Council and has been chair-
man of, tile 'agricultural fioranlittee
and a inembei.",•ef 6ther, Iniportant
..cominittees, He is , First. "World
'SiV,ikr 'veteran, having --'serVed with
No. 1 Machine Gun: Corps for two
yearS. , t • .
He •Is'• a menihe'r Of the United
Church . a Liberal in politics, and
A.metnile,r of the Masonic, Ledge in
Hullett. His wife is te former
Gladys Taman,. .Blyth, and they
lia'Ve tWO children Doreen; Doreen,' 19, and
Kenneth, 16, both at school.
,
STANDING' COMMITTEES
or. Opuirrir ,CoutreiL
inittee , was approved :at.'tne Wed-
nesday morning session' of the
-CPunt-9-Conneil
' •
-E5teeutiVe:•"-11;.,:johnsOnrii.*?
G,' Arinstiiing,4 S. • Snyder, W. ; J.
Baker,
•Legislative -7,, A. lYicholson,
ttr1l4*hoOmr--Betys,(ez,
D. Reuel:mann, •
Finance -.-F. „Sills, G. Mathieson,
'"Abottt ninety Goderleh.'boYs, naTeMbers .6f the Liens -sponsored JioCkey and •baseball..te:iniS; Wer p feted` at a. banquet n t 'the: British
. . , •
Exehange Hotel 4in. Friday night. Seen_ here is the head, table hnd -few of the many boys who were "guestS of the_ Lions Club. .
bright 'picture- Was painted- of Goderich?s :prospects for ,future • winning:teams with So many excellent ---yoUng athletes Nine% ;dew:
SP:0114-T.'.11SVIAttl, •••••
, . .
LAN FOR NEW SCHOOL
A' special ,ineeting of the Publie
;School -!oard was held at Victoria-,
.Scliool on 314anday: night to cOnsilder
.'evlSed ;-P140:•,..Prepared.-by'.4rel4r.
teCt .(.4.11.1in :for ther",, proposed new
-
801001, '1..tr-,• ...9111„ln 'wus in attend-
4nee. -With the .,E0Ard.,
was passed -asking Mr.;
Gitlin., :to. ,SiAlgalt the , reviSed
to. the",Department.,Of EdneatIon for
•approVal..•
.It,Was •deeided to ...change :.the.:
regular" meeting ,xiight. of the Board
from -the first to the -second' ).'Inesday,
night of the nionth„ the :Town
•Tilesday night for,regolar meetings.
70rTICEIW, 0.1? BRANCH 109
• '•oliisTADIAN LEGION
. Tho "Town...Council held, its ftr�l
nie-eting "..e.a. • the altered "'regular
Meeting .night,.-Tnesdoy, this,
Ati the,..xuendiers. were ,preSen
'A; delegation,frOnty‘the 131y1h Lions, ,
Club WAS present, -including 0rOv0
presldent, li. U, Ph11111 P011'
aid gewes ,tindiGordon _
Elliott""expiiilned. that the, pnrpose,
oflheir'vlsit i'vAs to., enquireif.Ahe •
eld Skating' rit* here: was....for:
and, if. so, On witat:..terma,---4-,
;There was .a. , general .ditietitiSlen.
on the inatttr,,,':with the, ,eonetotde.n..,"
that the ,Cotiocit Was not :yet reaq.•,,
to -make p.top*Otticip,
awl :first- of 'all would have (!Ofl-
ultSUlt ;the .
plans for the new arena.
Ii,03,r,-,•Areeken4.4-41P
fore •the • the
that, as he is. already payin,g,',
Public halt.' he •Aettld.' Aet he, :1;
quire& to parnn 4Additiopal1' 11.00/100,
fpr operating' A.lunch coot -ter: Tin
wasreferred to continittee';,Pf,;tii
whole. • .','•• '
A ,letter'.froin the Board of.•rrrie
.reneWod'',, the.. , eek4;
sigpS b' iikac.0 A
houses be p?,'Operly • naMbefed,, and'
that the a road, to the* golf • groUtid.P-•,
lie put ghx‘' coOlti•eii
manner..^..These 'wete. ;
ferred to the
nattee:„...! , • • ' '
.
An :invitation •''frona
Turner to attend usekvite- .0.f.Ver' • ,
t'eria.street' United aurelfert,Febri....
ary.,6, whetr-the.Miniater,OfIleelth„,.•
Hen. R; T. Kelley, isto be pies: • •
was: accepted by the 1' olnielli:•4a.
• ,was,..„,41..the,,....invitatiton•-iotl;
"Rood' ,of
:augural. meeting Of that body. tor-
-1949, 'on ,tianuary 21
Ad offer ,froni .C. D. Robinson:,
e e
at the ,Merket.Scale and7st, OkYdrO,
on -a- trial basis was referre 1 -to the.,
indnitriaXcenaniittee ' '
..,,,J)4,445
. A etl ter rom the secretors, of the,:
itail*ay Assoeiation • ,!,of
Canada --
asked that the.,•Coundlr,if'intencliiir
to adopt daylight saving .tilIJC tii
Year, • have the dates • correspond -
with those' adopted.-by-the-tailweI4'
for-theie-Horing-and -
'schedules..f; 'These ..dates areSim-
day. April 24, and •Sunday,'Se114- •
her 25. Tlie reguat...Was referred.
to the special conomitt.pe.__• ,
.ji•e• finance- ..continittee-
large tenther.. Of "'accounts and. 'ret,
Poallnended that i,.'grant of 75
be!!ernade to the ,SalvatiOn:Arni,N•;,-10,
aici of Ats'"Resene lionie; that
to .ifiV.BWareff_riffid7W7-.•,--
Its ' 1949 half -mill levy; ilhd :that
the . interest on the Robert MacKay ,
band flint] be paid ' to the. Blue ,
Water Band.; . •• • ,
. The -installation. of . .oflicers of
Goderich Brandt, No. 199, Can-
adian,,:Legion, took plade at their
first -regular ineeting:*for . 1940. on
ThursdaY., January 13th, at ,their
hall on Kingston :street.
. The folloWing were installed by
Past DiStriet Coinmand-er Norntan
W. Miller: Hon. presidents;'' C.
'1)uniop; D. D. Mooney:- president;
L.- Riley; '1st vice;presidAnt, 13. Y.
..licCreath1; 2ndvice-president,- W-•
Parker; Secretary, O. Miller; assist-
ant secretaries, J. MurPhy;
McDolia treastirer, "J. juck;
as-
sistant treasurer, J. Whaley ; chap -
:lain, Rev. B. •H:, Farr; auditOrs,
-and younger,. men in the, Council.•"LaWson; ' Gowdy,
Years. agdY,it • was the practice to • C. Rowland,. :Fin-
• Gow v SWeitzer, 13.4er./.
. their ',sixtieth year., . 41 think • Ve. ,Property-Beayer. G. ArniStrong,'
faiLleaveiiing to M. .TohnSoe, Beecroft, ,Nicholson..'. •
Iceeiti young': blood :in their,.: Plate." , Cenntf-THeine Bee -croft -
Ile; co.ncludeik .1)3! ..exPressing- hiS lake; .,Cousins, . Berry, M. -johnsolL
appreciation • cif:.•„the' 'eentribution Agrieeltere, FarriSh; SeYdel%
reede• lihn hy,,Iiist.year's„ Betierreenn, ,Fienigen,
for his wOrk. Yeirts. in the, Lawson,
, juvenile for which ',he had. NieholsOni ' • .wiutes;
received ,reniune,ration.. . Robertson, • , • • • • •
Judge -- Co,stello.1.4tefr, observed • COininittee--Berry, • G.
that Illis-was-the...10ilth_elertion.. of; raStiont NI:jolinson j
Huron- sfoulty54. Warden, ageOrding. -croft,..- A. -, Nicholson:.
to information giveebbn. He felt , EtlimMation
the ,County ',was', not. paying..suf-.: Son; Finnigan, --Kerslake, Nett."' '
*lent tribute to One of the great • Library Snyder, - Mathieson,
feunderscOf the country, Dr "Tier" Lawson, W. A. Galbraith, A. :Amy;
Dunlop. • ' • '4 II. johnstom • , •
. .
,pietk W. avillier.stated theeiee- ,Healtli and :Hospital -F.. Sills, G.
tiolL,ofJtho.,ftrst_warcicn,.dnted back ,Arnistmtgl Blanton, •Ferstake,
108- years: . ' • .Netf; •
'Rei. R. O. .:.111.aeMillin • Invokes Reforestetion-tC. IteWland -(one
• „, • • Divine Guidance. • . Johnson (two ' years), V.
„ . .
Rev.. R,.''•0•.. of Knox J. Parrish (three years). •
- Presbyterian; 'elnirch--retid a Scrip- - Airport -Lk Benermann
ture: passage fron-YDWUCTY:97f674.18.-- , Baker: . •
hope you will feel that ,you are Police -H. Johnston, Finnigan, J.
undettekitig • a trust given you 'by. Stirling. . • • . • •
your :fellowmen, and by the Great --Good Roads.= -Woods, b. Johnston,
Ituler, all," sad.E: Webster. ' • • ' •
"Hear- God's side in every argu' Criininnl Audit—J. lq,cNtibb, 'N.
:-Ment..,-Seek not yoilkt: -pwri.' W::1-01111er,''jUdge ‘Costello. . •
only;. but.. havedue reiard-, fox. that _ Consultative ----Beecroft, Hex -Slake,'
Of: others. iiiid"'greirt. !err's!: -71 "
s!wish your ,adininistratton this
year maybe accebtahie', lit •the sight
of-' God, and, th�reby be. one
prosperity fand IirogreSs';''!',
.; Vates-of-thanks-were-tintuamous:---
• '1Y...tendered. to .1.10, Ur, Mitellillan
iind judge Costello. -
' . I/age:ilium. 'Zikeittii- ad-
; dressed -the Council 'In support -Of a
requested that -ihe-Connelf pasi'"the
:fieees-sarY. bYlitiv to . detach' that
WnSh1P- • from Win -ghat*. high'
,schools distri&. ,,Referred to ,eddca-
tion. committee.. • ; ,
--„Reeve, Miner Wehaten :Was- op -
Pointed to ' the good roads cow-
- grant to the Navy Leagee and Gi niittee for three years. •
Parsons ;and Pre'vett •ad-, .following were. named a
dreSSed the 'Council in support of Striking eturanittee;,.. Berry,
grant to the Blue Water'HighWay, George :Armstrong,' Murray Sohn-
AssOciation. • son, A. W. Kerslake, J.13. Beecroft:
After reading ik request for a Eight -mill Rate' in Prospect
grant from -the! Canad1a4 Institute - In; submitting • the 1049 fillaneitil
for the -01erk...N. W. Miller 'eStiniates on, Wednesday morning,
'Stated, 'there Were, forty4our. blind COunty, Treasurer A. H. Erskine
.peraeles in Mixon county. seggested, to the trieMbers •theY-
lf‘equest from 'West Waviranosit . would need •put on rase;coiked
The !Coundi of West .WaWailosk „,. • .(Centinned. On 'page 5)
Itep011s .Show ,,a ProsperouS:'
..Year-40fficers , Clicsen
for 190 ,
. One of the ,largest attendances
- • •
on -record was pres,etit at the an
, •
nual vestry meeting of St Gebrge'S
on Adnda.y,,..evening.
,The ;meeting was opened with
ale -Nat -ft
Owijei First
'-kfailtig referred to kr, 'A.', '3,
Mega*, former well-known resident'
.of Gtoderich-tiowa of Vitneouver,- tre.
. ' quer/ °Win) ofted, the first* ear `in
Godefich?" the editor has -received
letter.,,in „which- Mr. Kelly
Xi'ganied for the distinction.
en*,..thiS does not accord with,
Uhe stateMent inaile "XIop .and
Go Fetch in The London riee
Press, we accept 'this solution of
much-discusseCquestion;
, 4;a1r., ,iyfergaVv's letter, will
. be read: with ,especial interest .by.
*old friOids . Ooderich,• is as
-follow/43'e ' • ,
very interesting letter just
feeetved, and I -tote the (Inert, re-
gardiug..-the ownership of the tirst
• ear ,tioderiChs. ,PersoinillYy, .P.1A-
''.11eVe this to have. been our hint:nal
'friend R. Xelly..• though it may
be y; Murney, but X am sittiSAed.
It was either. one these. In tiny
Cases J.B.K. ,was the agent from
Whole X bought mines' and. X thin,
Iwo's, third. I Weil remember When
011,1 Viiiitoti got 11.10. and lie(11(1,not
,linve much pleasure,„ from 1t, as lie
never seemed to, actfaire the teth,'
411(11:43 'a driving; COulit not room -
„Tier, how to Stop the eat.; On one
cusion. when bet'. wanted to .stop
kept ofiulling • on wheel. as he,
Would, do. on the lines when- t14.1ting•
hO Se-r-tifi the time saying, "Whoa,:
, "As.' to the trouble meetiiig
.horses on the road,. X, recall an iii-
oldent lit which t was a principal,
X Watt returning from Clinton and
;lust east of -X1ohnotiville 1 ,Oati
o erich
114tse And buggy amiroalehing with
a lady driving, accompanied bY,
Iwo ' children. They stopped and
the latly---jtunpecl-•otit-;-and-. galloped.
for ,the . fence, leaving the ,children
to ,shift for themselves. When • she
:reaehed; the fence she sat there,
wringing her hands and 'crying •,‘Oh
he'll "lever pass 'Witt thing and. we .
Will all be Seeing the 1)08,
of trouble, stoPped. at 4
distance tiud walkedi-down to "the
Party and.after petting' thS 'horse
11 monientil gradually (10,Wu
to. the .car In • a. few mhattes
he: had , his head, over' the -.door
looking or the seat for something
that ' might tiekle his palate;
tinailY got,: tite.,lady lin* her
place anda'starteil on her journey
With „much treMbling,
There were ,,,Inarly Suelt 'thitIgt 4tApt,
frova7time to tline itt these.
days. ,
"X do ',net anY car 'there of
the deseriPtion given ,by the lady
who wrote . the X4otidon !paper, nor
can We. agtre, out from her deserip•-,
tion who they nutit...,have, been.
well remember the. oars owned kit
13111Y• Marlten 'bat ofthe others X
have 'recol'ieetion. -This .Is very
interesting history and X IfOrte'.•you
will. be able to, untangle • the putole.
XII any .catse, X Would judge our
lIne old friend” J. XL ittelly would
kilo* more about it than any other
num' • a
$011t pl:ftttlOot :never. grow,
Sincerely yolita,
'f it, 3e AlgtaAW..
• • . • . • _ •
prayer by the---rectorr'Rev.-=-..B.•H.
Farr, and the minutes, of the 11
'vestry meeting - held _Ian -nary 19,
1948,. were 'read by the vestry ,clerk,',
4."P, .
The. :annual "Statement read by
P. F. Carey, tieasnier„4116*-ed the
chtirali' in a hoiind
although expenditures had
riseii greatly- durifig-the-past year-.
'MISS Thtte-PlYilmota.iread: the
of the Sunday school, Miss Helen
Yidean that of the .Mrs,
-Grace -Patterson reported for •• the
Womee's Mrs. - it., Needham,
for the Wonten's Auxiliary, .Mrs. P.
F. Carey for the Margaret Seager
Club, Mrs. Vilrnot for --the jtinior-
and ,-,M18$ .• "tidean for - the
church choir.• -
$.• H. • Prevett, chairman. of the
'Property .conhnitted; reported .that
clitring='-the .year eonsiderable-
pairs-had been 'made to the chureh
buildings and for the. present all
Aver° in good condition. II. C.
Blackstone, rector's warden for
19480. and H. .Ford, people's
Voarden...-„addresSed-:. the meeting,'
•stressing the. Importance of •eon-
tiattetr;.-and•:.-.inereased -contribution:
e church as th'e,cost; of inain,...•
9 -tp
tenance- was ' constantly rising,'
• The • rector advised the meeting
that -he -had 'chosen M. as
his warden for .1949, • anci •the deic
gregatiOii. chose Col: A. Study
as people's warden. ••
".'- • 4,Silleers : APparited _;
G. V. Parsons, Dr, J. A. Graben'',
and R. VVhateley.. Were nainett
lay delegates. ' the, Synod and S.
11. Prevetti A. gtittfly 00,1: G.
N. Dowker. substitutes. „if,- 'V.
Whateley was re-aPpohitetienvolope'
Secretary, HoWard -14leNee assistant
secretary and vestry
„clerk, Douglas WilSon was chosen:
as . „ chief • siclanntn--.• _and ,
Mothers, J- Roberts and C. F. Chap;
inan Were, re-apPointed -auditors. .
-The .foilovang.were chosen for the
hoard of management, for 1049! R.
0. Ilays;, ItVg.,•Johnitoti,
v.,Pro!ttottftIIt*,,Oio,-aktckstttneo.tti,,,T.
Heistrop, J. Murigan, IL It; -Nun-
day, ..Alatherst-IL-NewcOmbe.
G. L. Parsons, D. J. Allan, ,C,. Stant7
fortli.:: /I.. W. Shore,. R. Sovirerby,
D. •WilSoili B. 'Wilmot, S. Anderson,
11. Wilihmis anti R. Smith.
An account of. tire growth of the
BIGliVINDWIFORM
PASSES GODEB4011 •
SGE—GVATHERINSTAT
ARTHUR cDt0LE—SUPPER.
Reading ' reports .• of f• Tuesday
night's- ,storin, the 'daily press,
Goclerich: 'people feel that they got
off_ 'very easilY,, While:IpOints ,1111
e'arTre--1Merff'Peilinetfra...
more or less heaVy damage, the
01113' thing that disturbed ,Goderich
folk was the failure of the 'electric
lights for several hours the early
inoiii7' and that7-was due 7 -to --
breakages. elsewhere along..,. the
1Hydro--.-lines-. Branches were blown
off a few trees 'and. .other minor
damage done, but there WO'S nothi4
to indicath.that ' ,severe
storm' had passed over the 'Province,
Abe*, seventy -Ave. ifiemberS,• with
neW 'inenthers Eariraterrirrilie
:Arthur Citele of „Knox:Presbyterian
. .
Churek enjoyed the delightful ad,.
nual,."fee supper" held in the lecture
rirtinrkifgelrtof4frontittrie
'ing. During. -the. 1. -dinner• , short
program was , carried out. This
included 'two SOWS,- YOtt
"Alone". and -`•Marta," hy Mr. Glen
) go, and on ,original- -Toredy.
about tlie .composed, by Mrs.
C. Edward and- sting hy a group of
' nejnbers,:' Mrs. Edward,: Mrs..
opper, Miss Macfle, N.
Hill,. Mrs. .Ray. jacksen iand •
Gorden,. Kititting. '
The piesident; Mrs.' John Patter -
§04, welcomed the .menibers -lead
guests and_ 'thanked every -one Rix'
any.. asSistance,,given her, and 11 iso
Sprielf guests of the
evening.' •
Rev. R. a. MacMillan win( ealle,d
bon and spoke briefly.
•-•.' Th6 regular' monthly•nieeting was
held after....the sttpper, With Nirs.•
'Patterson hi the chair. -Mr, Mae-.
DtuD WM' 1•03DAD*:
INSTALLS OrFlogits.
- The,ipstallation ,of „.officers • o
Blue Vitater Lodge,,..:No... 1863, Inter:
national. Asseciation of Machinists;
Was held .at the last regular meet-
ing in the British Exchange' Hotel.
The f011owing, officers •were instal-
led. President, John P. Grace.; vice -
presidentr-Ea,r1,--Norman4.-recauling.
secretary, Howard W, White,;, fin
'andel ' secretary, Stephen Helesic;
„treasurer, Ronald 'R. Price; con-
ductor, Harold 0. Sheardown;
.sentinel, jamesAL Morris. Trustees
dre Warren A. James, , Leslie Pit-
blado and .Donald A. Stiuison.
.The presentation of:a gold pen
'and pencil ' Set' to Past,; President
David .1Iarman was inade by James
.1",. Morris. 'A -large nuMber .0f -new
members were initiated..
tiring efforts and work -a -1'10'31g the
If
youngest tinenibers„,of thq," church- •
• In .isummarizing,thelear 1948. in
St. geOrge's, the recton thanked, the
Warttens, thet heard Mintigement
and :Meets:Of the church
for their' -- assistance 'anti stated. it
„was moit' ,gratifying `to See thc.
ettendanee at Oil Services marked-
ly Inereasing. Ile .VeaS" coefident
diet .the congregation joined
hid In 'Weleonaing several new
, to the,. Church; Corditellting
on' the Appointment bf .Bishop. Lux-
ton) he said he .felt, the church
throughout the'. Diocese' weeld :seen
feel ; the kteritiail. guidance ,taid
Strong leadership which will be
provided by. the Bighop.; The Sim -
day Sch001-waS eXCellent, condi-
Hen, thil• largest Weekly at-
tendance for ninny years* and a cap-
Alliftit4tAit-Aar,49A1„ghOgs.,;„„ ho
organizations had been most , sue-
cessful. and lie"asked that this Ane
'work conttnue, ,
, ..closIng the r!ector rend the
names of those who, had been called
to, higher service. This was fol-
lowed' by praYer and, he aged for
'jnnior "...etingregatioi.i•vos-presente$11 .Gied's blessing on all..
Construot4on Expecte
• • to 'Begin- Early
in Spring
-91.3711:7ArTIFrW42-7illi
the new artificial ice •atena by the
Goderich recreation • centre' ...Om-
mittee a. meeting on Wednesday
_night which placed ,its stamp of ap-
ag111,1111'1111(1 Muriiy
acDoii.;-
aid, J. K. Hunter s t. -at -arms
Venus; assistant sgt.-at-arms, H.
0,
-„,CominitteeS.." a -re headed -as
fol-
lows Entertainment, .T. Cuthbea-,
Son; property, J. Sheardown; house,
11. 'Dueltworth;, menibership, W.•
Parker Sick,. Rev. B. II._Farr. -
fffirtr;z:1771Taa—spcii•MCrN.
Donald.". .T. • K. Hunter is adjust-
ment officer.
"Jackson gave the Scripture reading,
St- John 1:1-13: Mrs, Gee.: Mac -
Ewan 'gave a report of the Pres-
byterial 'W.M.S. meeting held at
-Clinton --on-January - Itifsiness.
•of the.meetings for,the coming year
was, discussed and committees re -
Ported.. The guest speaker of the
.evenind was. ,Rev. (Mr. McMillan,
Who gave a thorough summary-. of
the .-priifer --Organization . ,and con-
duct of • chnrch vocietieg. He
41Vised 'the 'members- to,--qpity-th
preSident,n' to give her their slip-
• ped, to respond .withont being
eonxed, to take part disc,ussiens_
and not let meetings drag:.
Mrs. Patterson thOliked --Mr, Mac-
- MIMI, for -his -interesting -and -en-
lightening address and the. meeting
•was closed with a- hyinn find prayer:
,
,•4r
.td/LIC BOTTLESAtEING
prOVAll 011 the . final of Archi- .
AT COSTELLO_ ,RESr0E.IirCE
tect „Clio ries Cr and --.-announced- • .
i
EARLy_muNING_FIRE,
that tenders- would 10 (ailed• m -
mediately."
The resolution' Crating for, the' ac-
.
ceptance of the -.1plans' was moved
'by. Dr. -3.-A. Qranfill, ;seconded. by
Stan Pre et t;;: nd pasSed .npanini.7
0)1813'.
11
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x
p
ec
t
e
d
that work A n the
•'; •
. •
early- in
fOr *ti:Iricli,ng of
steel- cOnstrUctitm. 'The. ice stifface
is to he 80 by 1-80.;, feet.'
• The .entrance to 1)(),, 011 WeSt-
,
stfeet via a public space. lobby with
tWO , telephone booths . fpr the yeoei•
venienee ,of prjtrons.Both to - the
right ofid•Jeff -etr- the lobto.vSfair..
will 1"ead doulY to a team dressing
rnom• which Will have shOW.er8 and
O CO*, and also to a Pnblic dress-
ing, -1!0011 I. Public toilets- be
--fccated at -the southeost-and-sonf
,a.nd it .0eeittl with. 'or thanks' waS, After -the ' adjoumient of '7the
extended to MiSses*Otgan Irwin and theeting tea WaS SerVed by. the
Joanne Puckworth for :their un •- 'inetifS
grANIArit WeDgur
1toove,of Colborne. Townoldp
'MILKED' --FOE 'CASH
- An epidemic of money thefts
'from milk bottles, principally. 111
the ,north and' northwest section of
tOwn, is reported. At loft two
iocal dairies state they have been
teceiVing numerous coniplaints
1(ttely. •• •
Fire; iVihich staitted in a .cthininey
at the -home of Judge T.. 1\L' CoStelloi
spread t� the attic,: where it was
confined by, the• work of the fire
brigade early Satiirday. niorning.
The :firemen --p.rked for two ,hours
'‘Ulth twO streams of water -and
-
were .kippamended fortheir work by
judge-,-Gosteleo7-77,-The
second-ifloors of•the residence were
damaged by smoke and water. .
A fal se,* a lapin • a bou t 4 a.m. while
the ..lirigode' was at the Costello
home paused • some cOnfuSiciii. It
was suspected.that it.had been put
111 iby. some inisahievons • person.
Three_ sitiths. .were questioned by
Ole police,. but they told strarglit
story and it is IIDNV believed . that
the alarm • was set ,oe by. an
accidental: jar,; as had • happened
on other • occOsions.
weiit corners of the blinding. ..--
oLD-ActE PENSIONS
•
. Froth.the lobby steps wilflead up .
front both left and'right to a proth- _, • 1 BOARD'.DISSIOLVDS
4,1111(le circling- the four fiei.S..of seats
with a seating•capacity. for 1,200. Mem.bers--of-..-theivon..--0-14:7Age..
A large Caere -en ...and • coneessiOn Pensions. and,- Mother's Allowance
space will -be leca,ted at the West Boord ,have received official 'notiee,
PRY -Or -tile-girOi*. (Itr("1'the. iee-•.• from, ilticeirraiirilf 'that fiWiffieard.
'makings plant. -There • Will be an. has been. abolished and -that the.
entrance at the west end of the work -for which -it MIS established
-.11 1. vim -Jorge enOugh to eii ale ii, -treekS,' s -ens ago is in -future , • tio lie 'the.
or a. team- of liorAes to enter for • responsibility' Of the • Ontariati)e-
Police say theircruiser has .been
at 'Work 'in the' early morning hours'
rine traps have been set, but so for
without success. Vhey..-4belleve "the
irwarefrihri-thel-6.,
late teenS. A servey.has revealed
that the money ts usuelly taken he-
tWeen the lours. of .4 and 7 o'clock
hi the Meriting. . • .
Amongst householders who have
Complained are " those living . on
North, Nelson, Bruce anti Angleseli
• StreetS and ---Elgin- -avenue.
In no eases have there' been re-
ports of any 'milk ticketstaken,
the'possibility of n. horse show, etc.,'
in the arena.
• -The areno,wil,Lbe built about ttia-
feet fronf- the sidewalk on West
s'reet in „ order .to allow room for
n ascii ping. On the Waterloo'
sir6et frontage the building'will he
erowded closer to the street. .
Mr. Code, a surveyor from Lob -
'don, • took new levels last -week
of the rink pro.pertit-.' ., •
Mr. C. 'F. -Chapman, treasnrer of
the recreation. centm (.011111'1 Ittee,
provides •The Signal -Star with a
finanCial statement" as of Deeember,
31, 1948, as follows:
eash in bank .$ 1,298.01
Dominion of Cifnada, bonds 22.000.00
rnpaid pledge's . 4,786.8ei
plirtment of Public Welfare.'
--In-- future applications --for
Mons will be reeeived by a local.
functionary to be forwarded direct,„,
ly,to Tpron to.,
Members of the Huron board
which -has been clissolved were W.
R. Archibald, of 'Teekersmith,
chairman; John L. ',IleEwan. Wrox-
eter ; Mrs.. N. W. TeeWartha,
; Mrs.. F. It.. Redditt: Goderieh,
and Mbert BOwinan, Brussels:
•
VORREeTING. AN ERItOR
By an inadvertence, The Signal -
Star last Week, in its report of the
Supreme Court sittings, stated that
Ralph _Parkinson was • the driver
of the vehicle In the accident which
"-artai Th1, was ouit:4111trrect ;
ahother than was the driver, ond
the use of Mr. Parkinson's mune in
thts connection was Al mistake.
ENGAGEMENT', ANNOUNCVD
Ws. Cetio.4. :thiore, of MiderPh;
WiShe$ to 111111011800 the engagethent
of her, 'daughter,' Donna Olive, to,' • TEM WEATHERr • •
•Arr'.. Frederick 's-cr •.1.. Young, sen of TemperatureS 6f the. past X.Veek
Mrs.. john.loung, of„Dunkienon;.. in---0-oderiehrWith thoSe ot tile ear=
the wedding to take place en at rest-knit:ling :week a- year ego, as
urday;t Sapeary 211tl1. officially, recorded; were as follOWS
14411 ' 1948
• .• MAX. Min. Max. min,
Thars:, 1111 1J 38- --,428 2 17
;Tan. 14' .31 2051 10
Sat, 'Jan. 15 ..45 32, ' - 8,
Stln;, Alan. 10. ,.5() 35- .„29° 18
-Mon.,. Ian. ,•17. :•430 ' .28..-23 .12
, .18 .56' 30, 14- IV
Wed.,. TaiL 19 ..53 ° 25 '• 24
•, •
Agnit
i)optity IZeevc of Gotrieh
The Propose(' Armory ,
A letter from the ' Lendonoiliee- •
of'the'bepiirtment Of National De.'
fence gaveseine- firrtirerrAnfolgilF-
talon with -regard to -the -
building, of an urnaory 111 Goderigh„
The letter stated that if the 'TOVX
provided' a ten -acre' site it Was: un-
likely there would;lie--any7filttlibtT
expenseto the municipality. Tif."e'
cost of operationornd-nraintenanee
would .normally 'b borne by tite.
Department of Defetnce. It WaS"not
:possible to,statedefinifely- heW"soon
the, project could lTe undertakeL"
To Give .4111.g.frr-a nOttei..0114.0.to.,..
- 011 the molten of.DeTtuty....tteeve
Baker and Reeve MathieSOn,'
Coun-
ell (leaded AO requestLthe .._Couuty
Council to .passa fesoltition Teton-t-
ine:tiding lin fuliendnient to reguiti-
tion $0 of the Gatte. and' Fisheries
et- 4)ertabb4ng: quetn On
perch. The "PcPutY 1-1.eeve state‘t.
that 110180.118.-colping to Goderiph'
from censiderahle diStanees---frein,
Londen, St Thomas, Stratford,`De,
trolt and "other points' -sometime,. •
If fishing *conditions were' unfaver-,!'
able, would go 'home 'without 13.
catch, 'and he thought 1.13 It the re-
striction to a catch of tWenty-iive'• .
perch „shall& he removed ..so.Ait
on a geod.'day Iniglers ,might,make
up for the poor ilnys;•
The Mayor-- was authorized to
issue a • worrant instructing , the „
Treasurer to hold a: tox gale in 1940,, •
mrs. Irene. MaeK ay was grAnteil(
the Use of. the :MacKay,. ,bage.
4tiout."441,43 ..•
• •
duet a class fer inajOrettes.; - • „..
BylaWs 5 and 11 of 1949, ,gyV* •
the Bell, TelephOne Co.opermiskitin
1.0 doswork on-Cambrin reptd, Albert
street and Ifritannia
passed.
Provide Site for Arnie
n ,connfilftee of 'the whole the
foiloWing• reeonimendalion's were
mode.: That WO' fiction he 'taken
on the 'reatieSt. of 'Roy. Uree:kenridge6
for a rednetien.. in h is restaurant
,liconspOlitit the Devi rt t of %Nil*-,
nouni lIetence be ath Ised that the
riowir.W111 (lona tZ•,, 011 a) iiioriekgifr-;
providing the project l undertaken
:Within a' reasonable time, •
These ,recomMene Were ,
adopted and the ounel) adilourtied.
Miss K. Cuysons Taiks. with Cousin in
England via Fred Bisset's Radio Station*
After t;ying for several- -months,
Roland Page,' of ilenh;vort:Thaines,
114.4,4ina, flintily Was snccessful 131
Italking- Via amateur:radio, Will Fred
,Bissetflt AnItlord-,110ights And then
!With his eotisin, Al1S4 Itay .C.drigott,
of the' (Oda:10v postOtlice staff.
Wiien,Vred phoned Mil -Is CutSon thnl
liC contacted lionSin at- 8.30 ,
a.m. Tuesday, Nliss .Ctirseti and her
fat her. ‘.1...11....thirsort; lost TA() tittle,
'ivil!lie/rget4ft(111•gtiv'et?itY8illilitootte•k;:thIle,eloltus:
ver!sed owith the fointi‘-e baek Wine,
' Miss rhirsott stated :-tliat Sane
time ago ,she sent °a .copy of ,T1w,
Papal -Star:. citintalniug 1,14:: picture
011(1 alerY" ot 'Fred, to her cettsiti,lii
Englatid with the' silA.Pestio.ti
lie try to get 111 toilet) wi,t1i.
'station. ,Ailds the; V.Inglfsh censiti
'tried to de 'over a period of seine
-
time, but without
A -linage to . talk freqUelitly witai %it, • .
*Mimi,. at Ilamilton,Ont. liter
°Whe' of* the s.itptien _tat
is A hardware traVeller and or blet
lost ‘1.11t to (lodericli he :told 114.1*
(ltirsOir of his t4t04s withlitt coniSin
it Pinglatid. The 1t1ini1to4 matt sal*
1i knew Frei' Bisset at nederich
And .tokl, the "Miglisit operator the,
best time ,to rench 04114 he
abotit 9 a.,m4 rfARterll NtAl11d(1111,,,
11t110. .Atior trying for several 44y
the thiglisit operator mot,
the ('nt/let at 41)out this lour.