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103rd TgAR°
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBJR.28th-, 1950
GODERICAA PEAL FROM
COUNTY ASSESSMENT DISIVINSED s, PROFESSIONAL MA.TTE
• Doctors by ' the dozens wore • '
• IP
in Knox Pulpit.
• NoToRs Discuss.RS1 ottawa Preacher
00sts .4.00.0se4Against ,ToWn—
Grei Also Losefi ."
' k\
Its Appeal
The. appeal elsy. the Town .Of
Goderich against •-te4s./jureaisCeluntY
*aigeeement of .$432,l18 3.1es 're-,
sinned Monday morning sbeforee
Judge T. M. C'osstello, and after tin
all-dey 'Vern wes adjourned' esntil
Wednesday. , , • ,
. ToWne- Clerk S. •H. Blake vetis re-,
celled by C. Hays,. KiC„,.. County
Solicitor. He . said that the ToWn
had • not Made. 2, detailed ass,ees-
ment for many yeas, . the eames
system- beieg followed. . dolm Wig -
nail made a partial aSsetement
under the Obunty system, and, the
Tawe assesement as compared with'
Wignall's ivs lower. Thee, TQW11
was not following the card system
for 1950. To the ,.euggestion that
the County assessment seefite an
equalized one, Mr. Blake replied.
that there: were inequalities whieli
should be ironed out, •
Mr. Blake In answer 'to 'Mr:
Hays', " euggations, -,TO---w.hY the
assessnient-- was sttirted
at par; statede.that, in his opinion
, all:tennis should be equal, Goderith.
-with MO others. • •
Mr Hays reviewed at length the dozens' of court$ of •revision . on
industrial life ' Of-, the • tewn,"' also aseesSment . appeals, . and Grey had
Its facilities and. educettonal . ads zitoie than any other. • Though at
'vintages, stressing' that. there had. the outset of the County .system be
been expansian. The witness ad- had 'some. doubts, new he .had. no
raitted that. lands..in.theeeleusiness &MIA that It was a goal innovation •
section .whe at a, 'premium., aniewatildeworksout ewelleinellesron
-. Mr. •Ilays' suggeption that none and other eountiee. The Comity
,Of. the other towas could hope :to assessar .had the opportunity ;of
...equal Goderich as a desirable Place •.visiting' and cemParing lendss and
te. carry on business, Mee .•Illake, buildings, In one part 'with anothei.
did• tot agree.- In his opiniair • all 'Ode • reason Why • assessments ha
Were,equal. , . . • . „rural ratuticipalities. were -difficint
Town •A4essment 'Too' High—Clerk was that assessors were not sufs
ficiently paid, Their nein*, ,coniel
• *ToelPeank Donnelly, H.q.:, eoueseel net hd. dope' •for $500. °- 'ROO .anel
for flee rad .Stephen eTownships, Urban municipalitiee • *wouldse . get
Mr. Blake gave the opinion that what they peid for. •
„the Goderich assessfnent was ten • "Grey puts into the box •tWo..er
- per cent. 'too high. • • • three' witnesses iincleding asgessore
'Comparison., a .$0ede of the as and thesseeve.. •These men, are not
eesswents. admitted .as • s exhibits prejudiced, Mit may see through
were: George Baechler tcrife.),- differeet- eyes. The County: atsseee
ToWn'asgessinent $2,200; Wigton's, ,sor leved practically all his life lie
$4,050; • leeingeld, propertsse T,own, Grey, was successfeil farmer, no
compared With Wignall's living in Goderich. Hee seems to
.$6,570; Quebec be: thoroughly fair in assessing:
street, $1,600", with $3,12ae "Tbe plaae, a <seed deal of Value •on his
.Castie,." ToN711 asseesnaent $4,500, judgment, based" on his knowledge
with $8',000. If .. was adinitted of tie county, , and fairness Joe rill
$1,575,, on the Gitson property was nartles.".e. . • .• • S
colieerVative estimate. • ' • • In the. Township of Grey.; apptea. „mr_, Batries le native of wino,
• -Miethers, _ catied
by et.. K. ' Hunter, in thebo, cam-
parineie 'were- made 'between.' pro..
pereies in Goderich and Blyth.
.No Grounds for Appeal --41/r. ItaYS
Mr. Hunter announced -that the.
.011Se for the town was' closed,. and
Mr. Ilaye neoved . that • the To.wn
had failed to • .establish rev •
• , .grounds for an. appeel. ,He argued.
that the assessment was an equal-
' iztition between municipalities, not
an argument as to whether one
plate in Goderich: Was assessed
, equally witli another „place, but
whethere,Assesser Alexander had
u.Zet,f • yardstick 'fairly. Thete
- Was rro, attempt to eall Mr: Sturdy,
• the .Groderieh• assessor, to give. the
einirt the benefit of his knewledge,
per to call eel.r, •Wigeall. Hee it
they sho:uld baire been called. • ,
Discrimination Shown—Mt. Minter
s Mr. ilunter argued' that the
County.•,ehould show how it . 'arriVe,
• 'At its figure. There was not the -
';faintest clue' to it. Discrimin'ation,
had been •exercised 'against Gode-
rich. Ob§olescence has been proved,
and oeviously 'there Were incon-
isistencien, Mr. Hunter 'argued.
Mr. Hays in reply :sabmitted that
the Town of Gaderich had ciectined
to adopt the card •systam. No
. attempt was made to complY with,
. the equalizatio,n,i'and the 1950 as-
sessment was to be Wised on the
.old-faehioned "system., •
Declaring that he wished ell' the
• informatioa before him, :Judge
• Costello raled that the" wetted hear
7, further evidence.' • ^
;Witness. for Defence .
• John, Wignall, present itsseeeor
for Kent Countee was the first
nese called by Mr. Hays for the
• County. *Ile geld he •was appeleted
assistant •assessor for GOderich •and
started on May 29th. He did a
• cedss-seetion, and at the request
of the TOwn another was done, . He
advised the Council by letter when
••it was , coral -Med, with; ,certain
blanks which. Were subsequently
filled, in. • The cards, sent toe Mr.
Alexander; were completed in
• etatufory time. He Used the, black
book as the yardsttek, starting
Goderich at no per cent.
.
No office Wae pfaVided for him
by ',the Town—and. etherneeseeeseasa,
• , alternative bet to Work In Mr.
, Alexander's office. If •,he had •111
diffiefilty,' Mr. Alexander gave hirn
• guidance. •
De -Scribing hie methcals, Me. Wise
iiafl Seld he rvisited the, properties,
naked. fel. detalle of buildinge and
glowed for. delmciation.. In' his
opinion ,,the total aesessmenee set
out for Goderich, $4,321,518,'
• „ ' and . jest aSSeesibeent. . . •
.Seked"-by
regarding his experieecee Mr. • Wig -
all said* he Was for • nine s,eai'S
• with an assessment departmebt in
IVA-land. He said that instead of
taking ,aff something for obsolee-
cenee* he alloCved for loeation.
'Appeals' DismisSed ,
After heering further • evidetice
and argnment. of cotensel en Wed-
nesday; ;,Judair* Costello , dismiseed•
the, appeal of the Town of Gode-
rich Against tile Caitnty aseesfee
Mein of $4,321,518, *with eostS
11,SeSSO tit tile tovvn. , • • .*
Judge. Costello also gave judg-
' ment dismissing the appeal. of. the
',Township' of.. eGrey ' against,: •else
• Nunty asses.einent „' of $3,059,915,
'each side to pay its own eosts,
In 3,giying Judgment on the Grey
appeal Judge Costelle,said be bad
had..a lot to do' With all munielpit
ities in the count. He lied. held should the 'appeal he tiNmiSSO:
,
BACK TO STANDAR)) TIME
per104 of daylight saving
.tinte in Goderich ends on .Sun- •
, day, October' 1.st, at 2 a.m.
To iguard against losing „itn
• hour's sleep, Sunday •mOrning
by rising too ettrly1 it would
. be Well -before retiring On Sat-
urday night- to set. timepieces
back 000 hoiir, • •
,Itemember--,turyt the clock.
back onChoUr---'not ahead.
Visitors to Goderich when the No.
2 district Meeting •of the ,Ontario . ,
H., :Y. ROLE VISITS PARENTS,
HERE .„
A recent interestinge. visitor In
town,was Mr. Harry J, Boyle, well
known to readers of The Signal -
Star. Mr. Boyle has an important
pgsitian with the Canadian. Broad-
casting Corporation, all its grains being being under his direction..
He, represented the C.B.C. on, a
trip to, Eurepe this year, spending
much' of hes tinee oh the Contrnent
With hist, wife„ awl children, he
was the 'guest' of hi$ parents; Mr.
and Xisee Willitenes 130Ylets ga,st
Street, while In town.
for niuversary
'Medical. Assoeiation was, held here , Sunday was a memorable day in
en September, 19th •and 20tb.
the long heetery of Knox Preeine
renters and their wives to 'the
nuMber of .about seventv. were pre- teen. ClinrOn, when ,the congrega-
sent from Brant, Waterloo,..Welling. ion observed the 115th anniversary
ton, ns Oxford, ' Perth,,, liurou and of the founding of the Presbyterian
Norfolk counties. • ,
A business) meeting on, Tuesday Church in, Goderich. „The 'sanctuary
evening, September 19th; at Alex- Was beantlfnlly decorated with
andra llospita„1, Opened the session. autumn flowers, and large eongregae-
The husittess of the asseciation was•
tions were in atte.ndatiee.
disetissed • and along .with other. . .; •
service in North &tree!,
items was a brie reference to an e•vening
unusual .forzn'af• a well-known ail- United Church Was withdrawn to
merit which et the time" of *the allow rainiater andecengregation to
meeting was prevalent in Goderich, attend the service at Knox.
Sessions were held at MacKay Scholarly and earnest sermons
Hall on September 20th and a the guest preacher, Rev. • A. 'Ian'
luncheon 'and evening dinner at Burnett eminent divine of St An
-
the .Pavilion that , day. At the drew's Presbyterian Church, Ot-
noon luncheon the speaker. was Dr. tawa ; eolos by Mr. Ronald Stewart;
Milne sQ. Hervey, of Kitchener, 'noted Canadian tenor, and, 'antheetie
President-elect of the ,Oritario effectively rendered by a ,full
Medical Aesociation. "Voluntary uadet W. II. Bishop, director ”Of
pre-peid• medical care plans can' peruse, weee features of theseryiees.
provi'de better medical Services for Solos sympathetically find beanti-
Gana.cliansthan. can any Govern - fully mpg by Ronald Stewart at the
melet-run --seheme," 'Dee morning service Wee: "Haw Lovely,
1:1,araeas e.Statings tless,..t the •:stancla;rd ,ThY. PWes110-.0" ;t1A-(-141e)
of raerliear cm* hes-rlsen very con- 'With a Voice or Singing' (esiattin
siderably in thp .same way as has Shaw) ; "He- Hideth My Soul"
the cost alining In the past twenty (Kirkpatrick), and "Trust in HIM"
year's, Dr, Harvey added, °The eget (Hamblen). • e.
of medical care has sky -rocketed 0 The Pre:"acher
as that 'e.are' has improved.. .A11 the • "It' is a great privilege and
way' along the lirie we are paying 'pleasure to share wieh•foUils
the d011ar pile* for better health 115th anniversary, and. to bring
Canadians want an increasing• de- good wiShes from the kirk session
greee of medical- are -necarity; ;Yet of -St—Andrew's' 'Church; Ottavvar
more and more of . them appear- Revellre Barnett tbe 'congrega-
uneble to pay for it." • • tion. "Yon, are almost as old as
°At • the afternoon sestet= ad- we are, but we cannot . boast we,
dresses were head from. *Dr,''s P. have so neeutiful a chureb.." •
parquaiarson, [University of Tor- "Stand Guard were"the subject
onto, and • Dr: 4. .Elvidge, of the visitine preaeher's Serneon,
McGill University. based On -the text, "0 Timothy,
Knox Ciiiircti- Reclecoratect
•
;On Wednesday morning a coffee keep that Whie.h, eofnmitted to
Party, eves . held . for itifo WiyeS: thy truet"' (I Timothy , 6 :20).' •
the, visiting doctors rip the. home neViien .Yreuth. and age, fled "ri. 'eatfc.
sof ,Dr.. and ,1VIes,.- N. C. .Jackson, mon meeting ground etich as St.
Church street. The ladies *leo , Paul, found With •'his loved and
bridge and golf. at the elititime .youthful pupil, there is emilething
•Golf. Club. dining the aftetnobn. pure and ,beautifui in •it," said the'
On or• the bridg'e prliesieinnerS
was Mrs. .T. NV, Wallace. ,
;
ROT. 'BARNES TO PRA:0-
VISE LAW IN GODERICH
Goderich . LS shortly .to •hrive an
addition. to its legal: fraternity, hi
the person of Mr. Robert' E. Baraes,
son of Mrs. H. L. Barnes of •town.
1.hae,,stere soine:11WitTrAht6. -114S- fath-ean'qbe
takes ''which :were afterwards' ace, late liarVey L, Barnee, e,vtis• iteprac-
-1— Hoor. barrister.. He '.received • .his
punted for; continued '1 is Hon r
He felt tbe structure. *invelving primary educations in Windsor, iite
Minions of dollars ',should not • 110 tended •Trinity . College, School ate
upset because of these. ' Port Hope, and • listen, his mother
Goderich Valuations and her family leaving Moved tie
In ,dismissing the appeal of the Goderich, he was a etudent. 'at
Town of ,Goderieh, Judge Costello Goderich Collegiate Institute. •In,
said it might be embarrassing .1
„ -° Septemiter, 1939, at the outbreak of
quote some of the figures. "'N'illg World War II, he erflisted. in 'the,
in the • County town, he did' 11, •
12tie• Field Battery, London, and
believe the town had been preeinee was in active sereice for six ;veal's.
asseseed. He. felt Mr. Wignall had He was Meneioned in despatches
made ,a fair *aesessinent, of •the town.
„,„„ and Tose to a.• captaincy. • He 'had.
$iuu taken' an honor la* course atsthe
One' property 'assessed' f
was rale'ed by the new assessment University of Toronto, and on his
to $1,150 and sold for $3,500 e an- return•from war 'serviee he 'finished
other assessed • Or e$f)00,-. raised to his- course at Osge6ile grade --
$1,525, was sold. for --$50.160•; 'and se ;sting leeseseese.• ,
third, from 1800 t�$4275, seld for
$3,800. He was articled: 'es a studeet
• •with the legal, firm Of White, Bristol
- Judge Costello stressed' thar be & Co.; 'Toronto,: and tiptin grad's -
wee not gove,ened by hie sale prices. atio.n xeMairied as a member of the
He felt,' sonie were too' high lent firm until•edeceding to make his
must *be givearesome censideratioe. home in Godbrich and eegage in
. •
It is self-evident thee the Town thee /standee of hiS'professifen here.
has not made any ease .at and He has taken ean office onWest'
I .have, no hesitation in ills niseinis
street, and expects to. occupy it
it. .I wonder why It was brought." within 'the next few .day. '
Each of the: other tilanicipelities .
represented in efipporting tin) Teesum
E IVIOVE A1O.NG
County' will pay its own vow's. ,
Counsel' 'Argument , ARMIES
J. K. Hunter, 'clunsels for Gode-
rich, argued that tog much of the Saltferd!s Dutch. population de -
County .* assessment • had been 'creased by three- in a two-way
charged to iGoderiche' All assessors 'family Move on 'Wednesday. Mr.
called had eonisidered assessments and_ Mrs. G.. J. Heybak and their.
fair compared with Goderich. Were seven eeldildren, who came to Salt -
they fair before they had loeation ford ,frMn gonanci on 'June 8, 1049e
-obsolescence' taken off? ' . Moved to- R.R. 1, Blyth, where the
,Evidence given by 'Goderich wit- Tamily lute purehased a farm. On,
nesse g was that they were asseswd Wednesday also; -Mr; and ears. -K.
unfairly. A• great deal was made Korkman.and foam childten • arrieed
of . differeeces• between assessment at Saltf-ond from Holland ' to -take
and -selling prices in 'Godericli. —In up residence in the lipase Jute
reeent years the . town had been vacated hy the Heyink family. The
going through an inflation stage. Kolkman -fanilly Wili be eniployed
Mr. Meter: submitted .that. there, by the Sanford Heights Creapiery,.
was no evidence ae- to • how the where .most of the Heyink Lamily
figure of $4,321,518 was 'arrived at. were working until thie week.
The ,WIgnall and Alexander reports The Heyinks have' purchtised the
were not filed. The figure repre- farm of Bert Allea R.11 1, Blyth,
sented a total of something,' but of and Mr. Allen is retiring to Londes-
what? There was no sworn . evid- •bor.o. It is a..1.50-acre.farm and has
ence as to who made ,that total. fen acres of Orel:tend. . Of the seven
R. C. Hays, K.C.; aubmitted that Heyink girls and boys in Canada.,
keeping Goderich ,as the. standard two girls' are woidring in *doctors'
was laid, down sin the =peen, and homes in Goderieh • and five are
Alt, Alexander bad, eferriedeent .eae with. .the _parents._ There are...four
plicit • Inetructione as. laid 'other- ablldteir
In, the statutes, and...made.. a 90 'land. A nee Deeeh family, the
Per cent. valuation from ,Wignall's Htleinks • have made friends... with
report. -The taven -as.eeseinent,' he ale those with who'll . they have'
cleinied, wits so. far out-- in vale- comein contact. ,
• The redecoration of the interior of Pre031:' terian
Church; as a part of the renovation of the entire buircling,.
was completed some weeks ago, and at present a thorough
.scheme of repairs to. „the exterior C'arried out. • •
The Board ciT Management left the color scheme and
•
decorations of the church iii.t.erior to the decimen of a ,
church 'artist who has stu.died in Europe, with the result
that ,Knox Church is •naw ,considered one of the most
beautiful in Ontario.
,The walls are m a pastel green-, Wit• 'the:doors and -
other -woodwork , pale grey. On the -vvalls at .either
-side of the.. choir loft is. painted a vine "bearing. trUit and
'inset on one iis a,,painting of the "Burning ,Bush,"
and on,.the other side an open Bible.
..
, The signifieanee of this effeetive decoration" was ex- ,
,plained by the -m,iiiister of :the church,' Rev. R. G., Mac-
, , Milian, at the edicdtion ;service on , June 25th_. " . The .
• grapevine was hoseri for the lesson ,in .the parable spoken •
by Jesus as 61 in the 15th 'chapter of St. John's Gospel,
The "Burning Bush," with its motto, "Burning but
preacher, „He described .the• home . not ,eonsumed," is the Presbyterian emblem, exemplifying ,
background of Thuothy"!. and • his
the life and growth of the churchin generation after
.constailey - in . his relations with.
Paul. In hie letter, the great
apostle is exhorting Timothy . to
etand guard andbe true . to the
faith.
.., • s
Things to Guard
"On ibis anniversary Stitiday" are
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and to those *hese parents said;
"ilemeseme "ber-e-whesae—seneetteed—w-heses
daughter • you are and. forget
to say your prayers' e The peece •
e
cottrage and hope- of those who
have gene before lai4 the e01.114(1114''',k.,
generation of the men and women' who ,have -worshipped.
cl,od without' ceasing.
. .. .
The . openbook stands for all the ages as the Word
of God. .,
The railing, of the' gallery is painted grey, with the-
• olt_gold ,The pillars_ supporting" the
, .gallery.'" resemble polishedoreY . mar,b,le., , The memorial
-eetestbletseitee----triecesoaless---antell—c•re ',„ Wear , all ig the
'ereaniepainted ceiling with its co'ral-brown rafters.
—Photo lee Henry
tion of the church.' One of the .
'privileges. to be guarded 'is .the opens.
-Bible, for. NN;hieh twiny gavp their
lives. They. would wonder if this
treasure were, guarded at 'all, • or ;
would they tbitik many of us have' rivaL' of graincargoat -the
lost the serenity of 'vision ' tied-
, ees. * ,es
Pertce •M this Book df - tiooks? i*cr000.1(th elevator; , Monday —
. The, speekei, ' ipfenriiig to „ the [Howard Hindman, .105,000 bus.
graves .�f • the Martyrs, reminded ' suffering to 130
burly ' ed 'heat • Starbuek
mainthre tain the Presbyterian * fa ith. oats. Wednesday —'
that ehes beeh. •,00 Y0' .-ereel.
‘
shed blood. and given ' ell they 83,00 bus. wheat, firtX,
• 0
•for which 'men. 'tine women '.have 61,1-11tel.,10r,
°et •steer. • • • r Thee He warex-
eeld.-0ats and barleyd Hindman is
In the terrible .jeopardy - of the ' pected at the elevator Friday alga.,
world -today one other holy thing
P0 .be guarded is Christian morels...
Everywhere there.ie a• falling away
froxn the tenets of the cieurch.-There.
a reaction .frOm Victorian titnes.
Remember, warned tho.. preacher;
thia decad-ent merelity is ,the direct
suecessor of religious apostasy. '
imvg zolig
rxEia) PAY M GXEBRQJI
Abeut sixty Lion visitors Mende
with. the Goderich Weis insa 'Wien
sports. daf ;be , on WedueedaY.
They were treat St. May, Strets
40?11tc1eU, Seafoeth, ClbetOu
1331411e itl'eveerarttinei -E'retie eleihere
George :MacEwan, sitin tbe, .cup for
lawn bowling, While 'it S. Newell
and W. 'Hare -ef St. ,itirys ,fluiShed
eecond. Some twentybowlercorns
peted. • „
About fortY engaged, in.,the golfs
lag cempetitions at the Maitland
Golf ClUb. Winaing team' Was
Messrs. Martins Odbeet; ,LOuch and
White... o f St Marys i Other win-
ners at golf were:, Lw grpss, Dr.
Walter Oakes of Clinton; second
low gross, Wm. Elliett of 1Miteheill
hew net, Clare Odbert a st, iviarye
second low net, Del Leitch of St.
Marys.
lunch at the Maitland crab'
hoase ended the day: Dietrict
Deputy Gevernor James Kinkead
presented the prizes. Lions Ed.
jessop and Doug. Mooney were du
charge .of -the golf competition U1111
L1011S George MacEwan and ip
Whetetone were in charge of si
bowling tourney,
'BOARD Or TRADE MATTERS.
A meeting of the industrial com-
mittee a the Goderich Board of
Trade was Set for Wed:I:weans",
October 11th, at an executive meet-
ing of the hoard on Monday night.
A letter is to go forward front'
the 'hoard toe the er Onion -Chamber-
of Commerce coegratalating the
newly -organized- aseociation on the:
obtaining of • its 'charter and offer-
ing any aseistance deSired in, any
of the J'unior Chamber's efforts to -
Wards. bettering the tovint.
A letter was 'received from Ile
Oldham pf Toront6; United Xingdom
Trade Commissioaele, expressing
MS s that/lee' for, being- shown rabouts
Goderich by ,the • secretary of the,
board, WA : Obtilthuret, on e recent
visit here. • • • .
MeKim Advertising Ageecy, Sera
a letter congratelating the board
on the., comprebeneive literature On
tvi,hleirdteodwntooftlieGomd. recently for -
AT
THE
WATERFRONT -
Stirred up by winds, the lake.
water w,as'enudely at tete beginning
of the week and fishing was poor,
.but by Taesday thes• vvatet had
cleared and• perch were again be 11:
caught • in good numbers. Minnow -s
are. now available for bait.;
•
• "The'. ealr is great to guard that A .VISITOR FROM CALIFORNIA'
Which. is committed to ' our trust*. After 'a. long absence from °hie -
Stand guard for the `ehurch, state lnative town; Mr. Clarence Penning-
ton, of .Oceanside, California, spent
;shone that he . WInidered The Remembering fhe , ten 'bicycles
'citizens allowed it to 'go on Which the *Heyinks beotight wirt
long as it had: 'Some had carried them from Holland to Sattfor`d,
,the load for ,othera, and he ,hoped The Signal -Star asked Mr. Heyink
a system "Weald he arrined at which if they were an 111 use. "We don't
would be equitable' to all. - nee them very ,entich in Canticle,
re---Heys---argnedest-1 iseausie estheres--itreestooe-•aesseny
.mtil asses:se:tent was fair, just end "hille ',here; it • is not • flat *cOtintry
.reasonable with .regard to •other like Holland," he said.
towns and inutrieipalities
"The questton is whether each
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' THE 'WEATHER •
in.unicipality is assessed a 'fair ,poy- Temperatures. of the past' week
tion Of the. tax," Frank Donnelly, In .GOderieli, with those of the
X.C., said. The •town had nude ,corresponding week a year ago, as
no efeort to .show • thttt Goilerich othe recorded, were n.q followa t.
wea higheiw,asseeeeds The Sture,s 1050 1949
assessment was '20.5 of the value• Max. Mine Mtn.
and •IVigaell's Woe 40 per -cent. Thurs., Sept. 21 66 48 '67 44
'The town had every opportunity Fri.,' Sept. 22 e62 49 04 50
to find hoW • the. $4,321,018 eseess- Sata Sept. 23 ..48 42 .50, 45
ment Was, • anrieed •rit from wit-. Sun, Sept. 24 .2S0 48' , 41.
.neeses, aod faded to proVes its ease, Mop., Sept. 25 ..04 42 " (35 40
E. r)„,BeU KM" and W. (e. Tueeei Sept 20 .70 54s 71 47-
Coehrene, for Exeter, . and 1 W. Wed., Sept. 21 ..71 50 —95--• - 52
Bushileld, for • Wingbanl; •J'ained
with other 'Outset in asking forl W/O. 11 1 Holgate and. Mrs.
dientiseal. * neignto end family leave title week
Mr. Hunter' in ronly pressed that .for Ottawa, Mr. Holgate- laving
rosts be asgessed to the County been transferred to headquarters
there.„
and business, blit above all for the
holy ehbegs of religion. ,Keep thy
heart on guard." ,
Evening Serwke • • -
The .subject Of Rev. Ien• Burnett's-
eernion at the evening service wag
"SittingsDown in the Kingdom- of
God," and the text was front Luke
13:29.
The speaker stated that at the
morning service.. "we, looked back-
ward to the -heritage bequeathed to
US by - our forefathers. Now •-eve
innet look r.orward to the end of,
the road, andthe goal that awaits
. .
us." • " '
••He -referred .to the Man who had
listened to Jegus, then asked "Lord,
are ..thete few that be saved"
Jesue didu't answer the • question
directly, but painted out that end'
one hed his oWn responsibility in
'striving to nter in at the 'strait
gate; then stated, "They shall come
from, the eriet and from the west,
and from the north afid from- the
south, and Sit clown in the Xingdoni
oT Goa." . ••
"We sProetirnee evlandertr", Add
-tliS---preimhcr ,"what Heaven' -Welt
lie •like, and the.,text„ provides a
beautiful picture. When 'Heaven
is won our • journeyings .. will be
over. Until the life .is ae_ voyage
and there is no ptiuse inthe cycle
of time. We shall travel -themegli
the heights and the -depths,' from
the eradle to the grave, butthe
day is ,comieg when we shall be
home at last. • *
all separations will 'be over. Here
.we must part, but overthere the
sorrow will, be oVer, and there will
be me more tears."
The final thought was ;that ther,
will "be perfect fellovvehlp In
several 'days Goderica at the
week -end anderenewed old aequaint-
maces.- He is the on of the late
W. C. Pennington, an old-time resi-
dent here. He was a machinist
with the Doty, Engine 'Works here
and later went to Engrand, where
he spent several years, finally re-
turning 'and settling in California.
In Goderieh he visited a niece,
Mrs. Carman, Stevene, Se nephew,
'Mr. Sheldon Banter, and, his
cousins, Mrs. Annie McIlevain and,
Mr. Thos. gi,ilett.
Premier Frost
Invited toOpen:.
Memorial Arena
lecture hall for the social gather.
ing held after the.,ev.ening service.
T15 ladies of the church Served tea,
assisfed by iembers of the C.-G.I.P.
Rev. Mr: MacMillan introduced
Rev, Ian Burnett Mid Mr. Ronald
Stewart. • •13ath spoke appreciative-
ly of their' visit and commemn
the congregation af ,Knox Church
for- their interest eie having the
church. property _renovated: and
-decorated. :Sir, Stewart --added--that
he would like, when the Aline cattle,.
to live In Gbderich. • '
:Mr: Burnett, near the close Of
the evening, answered •a 'telephone
call from 'Ottawa, fled was in-,
formed e that his house had been
fobbed. Asked by The ,Signal -Star
if "flitchhad been taken, he said,
with other articles, all of his wife's
jewels.
The evenin was ha ily ent
soc al y ansleeIrs Stewart 'added fo
ifs pleastire.b getteeouely sieging
several 'gelled:ions.
• The Anniversary ,Coneett
There was n large attendence
at the anniversary eeneert on Mon -
Heaven. Duties and cares Will .be day evening( and the . hearty afe
forgotten ..and hope will Ifecorne n PlauSe With winch every number.
reality -'"when we eliall go lipme, Nene received sees a measure of the'
and- sit down together 'in the Tt'in g • , excellenee of- program Re-'
dont of God." „ • !seated. .Mr, Iterfaid .stowart addbd
Thel.'e Was beautiful Mush* else.' to the taetedririty which 11;f4
at the eVening gerVieies aln Imam eplendideedee has won in Goderieh
'Stewart sang three • solos,. "When The selections of the. St, Marys
They Ring the Golden ',Bells! for
:Yen and.' Me" (pe Marbelle),
•".qotind an Alarm" (I-Inndel), and
'I Walked -Today ' where sjesus
Walked (O'Hara). . Tho ebbfr so:
"The 150th Psalm," by Caesar
'•
SZiattl 'Gathering • .. brought out with the ...skill of a
Ilaskets ,of 'flowers, decorated tbe mask% hand,
4 ,
. • • -
' The Chatham Maroons, lest year's
,elichigan-Ontario - League*. clump -
ions', headed ' by Rosie StOddart,
former' • ,GelleriCh boy, will meet
Stratford Kroehiers of the Junior•
0.lI.A in Goderich• one eltinday,
October 16th; when Goderich's
Memorial Arena- win' be formally
opened. Thee Barrie, Flyers • were
to come, but are..utiahle to,. make
it on the. arena'foriaittl opening
date.
• Canavtla's Well-known hockey
broadcaster, Foster Hewitt, and hie
Son; William, will be 'peeseet for
the- oersesion,. „provided the , date
does uot conflict with Mr. Hewitt's
radio broadcast scbedule: , Foster
Hewitt will do a local broadcast
a the game from the recently -con-
1
structed press gondola , at the
arena. ..If 'Foster is -enable to come,
the broadcast will be done by his
son, •William.
. Between periods there will he
exhibition skating by Miss Toby.
Keeler of the Granite Skating. Club,.
Teronto. -
,Arcem officials are awaiting con:
Ormation, from Premier, Leslie
Frost, who .is at present 'attending
the Fe'deral-Provineial constitution-
al conference at Quebec city,. and
who is expected to take pert In
the official openingeeremonies here.
Also taking part will be district
'Members of Parliament, Goderich
officials and other dignitaries—
The Goderiel Trumpet
Band will put on a tattoo and music
will he supplied :by the Goderich
Bine Water Band. A Goderieh
minister Will dedicate the new
arena. . .
4. wide c,erneet Walk has, been
'completed in front of the arenit
and_ a'.Xlevs', ,SideWalk connect e Aids
-protionadta evitirstiteetoner sitleevelke.
-"Arena Manager. Lorne Wakelin is
corhyitaitir-arrangenients for the,
appearance' at the arena on October
24th a the International Ice 'Revue,
which Will undoubtedly be the mist
'colorful ettravaganza' in the way
of an ire show ever NS"bd seen
Goderieh ',In the troupe ere fiety
,prefeeesional perfornierei
Midday Darkness
aused by Fires
000 Miles Away
' Gederich citizens'. oh Sunday ,
nessed, an' atrao,sphe,ri,e phen6aesetion
which bids. fair 'to godowil li
history along with the dark Monday
. • .
•of September ,.5t11,• 1881., About
nee!' ,the asettmed' p,eeullat
hrenze hue,' -while. the IleaVy: ,ciond.te
above too lr 'On a 41TU1lar hue.,
Gradually the light of early after-
noon disappeared until it was a's'•
ciLhigrttiS"Waert,9peuntlosi; slat4rtlbee."Utiereat 4:7
automobiles:moved wftli lights burn-
ing, streetlights--Ivere .:tniedd on,
The effent. was. weird; almost ter-
rifT3Thillegie Were all eotts of coniee.
. •
tures -aa to. what -Was happerking— -
a big fire at Detrolt?—an atomic ,
bomb dropped soraewhere near .
enough to send Its 'rays
an unheralded eclipse *of the aura
What else?
Perhaps there were some wile,
thought . the ,World ,was diaeolving, ,
but this writer 'heard nothing, of
this sort. Gederich.people took the :
strange phenomenon (Wilily, wait-
ing for an explanation, wilt& soten
came by redio., Extensive ferest„
fires in Alberta ; two thousand Miles
away, hail sent up dense smoke e
which, driyee by a stiff westerly
wind, moved ie an immense column
acrose the continent, temporarily
blotting opt the sun., . •
The most intense darkness here
was -at about o'clock- and; by
o'clock daylight was returning.
. Many recalled the dark day 'of
1881 which they themselves re-
membered or of which they . had
heard iele read. • There ' were diffeee'
etices, of course,; but the %age
forest fires, was tne sante ee in Stine,
day's
northrea4dloinentoons.preaTdilethree •IeNevesseti*s.;e.
.quiekly of what was goinW.ott, 'and,
by all e accounte the 1881 daritne'si
lasted. longer then did., Sunday's,
NeseSpriper dispetches indicate
that the eoltunn smok,e has new"
reached northern Europe and ban
created eonnnotion and. noneern
there. 1
The total eclipse of the 1110011. ,
took place on Monday ;night ace
TRAIN TimiEs ebrdiug to seine -Nile, trftet Sun: .
The railwars pave remained On day's experience it was not.. LOB
standard tune during the period of eitlered 111U 11 of a show •and moat
daylight eavinge travellees, ;will people here didn't e'ven .bothen •te
,
nave to- bear tide in • la in d- when leak ti t-
Godet•ieh reverts to standard Ole
nn setin-shie next's • There '
change in the C.N.Its eitheseetaiele a -
fecting Goderieh. but .• there is eine
ehang-e .on the C.P.R: The incosning _ — • '
instead of 1.40 p.m. The outgei rig inGiiderichjijnior
(1,:cllmaydr::.ileY°:::(7hit:htt);iiirtli'ilnn'i
trein leeves at 4.30 as before.
arriee at. 140 p.111.,
e,..
an of the com-
mittee. Where only one name an -
pears in conneetion with a e0111,
mittee, thete are others on time'
committee but their names are not .
published entil such time as they
have expressed their willingness to •
act.,
The committees. are:
Industrial Ilelations and Promo- ,
tien—Ilarold Blackstone. ,
illoCtia.uncil (.1oinm.ittee—Owen HU111-...
Project Conunittee Gordon Bare' •
*nisi en Harold Blackstone, Bert ,
8,uj3chrt'lletin and; Ticket Committee-.
The executive.
. Publicity and e Public 'Relations
Committee—Bert •Such, Herb Davin -
ion, Keith Cutt, Elmer Gaul. '
Membership emiunittee 'Wile
ealfinno.hilisi!e•t, till Wilson,. Cecil Hoff-
.
and'Reception-L-Eric"Jonn-
son, JOe Allaire, Frank Skelton.
-.Program — Den Walter, Ralph
Hendersoe, Gene 'Ryan.
•
Finance—The exetutive.
Better Business—Harold Hibbert.
aft....1.602Losor
ARV: M. N. SULLIVAN
Franek.
String Ensemble were well ehosen
and effectively rendered. St. Marys
fortunate in having such an or-
gonixation*., The evening reached
its heights in the organ nunffiers
'lay Mr. W. II. Bishop. The power
of • the splendid instrument MIA
MATCH AT. '§rg:tgAn3"'
Esroit—mtion__
airAusErvp-crointmtdz
..LEGIONETTES .ENTERTAINED
After the softball game at ,Geod-
erleim Park last evening the Legioe-
ettee were the ,guests• Of • lete. and
Mre. Harney 'Fuller at a, banquet
at .their -farm' home on the hayfield
road: • Thas.*.iind a most enjoyable
tithe, and , the hospitality .01 Mr.
710(1 Mrs. Fuller is Much ,aptirt:O.
ated..
,
•
QUAD—BOGIE
• , Dior piek and white , gladioli
formed the background in Leeburn'
United Church oe; Septeneher 23111
for, the marriege cif Miss Evelyn
Irene ;Bogie, daughter •ef Mr. and
Mrs.,,AndreW Bogie, Colborne 'town-
ship, to Mr. John • Everett Quaid,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Quaid,
Sanford. Rev. Joseph Harrower
officiated. • • Accompanied by Mrs.
Robert Bogie, Miss Olive Miller of
Toronto sang "I Love Thee" prior
to the service and "Until". during
the eigning of the regleter.
Escorted by her father, the bride
was gowned in gardenia white
satin, fashioned with portrait neck-
line outliged with lace,' and 1 ng
tapering sleeves, Hip paniers
set the Inieque. Waist and she ,wore
a fingertip , veil held by •"it Juliet
can' of pearls '• She carried te cas-
cade �f white gladioli, Romance,
roses and stephanotis.. She else
Wore the groom's gift of a three -
strand necklet ofe,pearls. Miss
Eleanor McDougall or Goderieh, as
maid orhonor, was attired• in petal
pink taffeta, With net yoke and
shirred ehoulder, fiche. The' ,wide
skirt nnd slimly fitted hipline and
bodice were offset by rosettes of
taffeta and net. , She worse long
inatehing mittens and floral head-
dress and carried a -basquette of
contrasting gladioli petals. Miss
Annette Dicksoin the grow's niece,
was iloiver-giri, dressed in princess
bitie taffeta, long matching mittens
,and floral headdress. . She earried
a tninhaure; lairequet,tes - of vantrages,
ing gladioli petals. MT. Meryl
Yesterday's shoot of the Oade-
rich 01.1n and Rifle Club produced
the following scores: D. Wilson;
15-14; C. Prouse, 1343; W. Lumby,
20-21-23; B. Beck, 17-18; A. Gil
-
heft, 19-19; Gilbert, 12-17-19;
J. Neff el, 15. ..
1, T<d
he ub held a meeting last night
and areenged. to daisy n big shoot
at SkyeV
, erger' on October 28th.
Iethette .7te Lontioh are, putting ie
grand trephy for the highest isearti
in a fifty -bird handicap event,
Members of the •(-181) went to the
how or Ashley Gilb0Te on tin'
Hilton road 'Wednesday evenieg to
witness the Joe reetiesEzzard
Chariesi ehampleneniti boxieg bent
00 the tv
eleision rind report 111(1the tecePtiOlOclas unusually g,4)0(1,
• ,„?.zEr.:e I
91ES AV DETROIT
Rev.", Maurice N SidliVan, native
of Ashileld' township, died suddeeles
at 'Detroit on Friday last. He was •
the son of the late John Sullivan'
and Margaret Dalton , Sullivan of
Kingsbridge and is survived by one
sister, Sister 'St , Maurice, Of St.
Soseph'e Convent, Sarnia. Ile -was
ordained to the Catholic priestood
'and was pastar of St . Joseph's
Church', 'Clinton, for several Years'
Ill -health overtook him and he had
nothad a pastoral- charge for the
last twelve years.'
Obsequies at London
„Solemn pontifleal requiems. mass*.
for the Rev. ,Maurice. N. Sullivan
was celebrated 'On, Monday hi ,St.
Peter's. Cathedral, ,Lontlore. The.,
mass eeve.s eelebra,ted. btie' ykiret.
TteV. John fe 'Cady; 'Bishop of
Quthd brother of the. groom, Wale London.
best men and theushers were :tin Deacons; of "the mass were the
Graham Bogle, the brides; brother, Rev. I,. A. Wemple and the Rev.
and Mr. .Mnitlenel Montgotneryt, A. J. Durand, both or London;
Tteeeiving at the British Ex. Deacons of, honor were the 41ev.., •
chenge liotel,',3 the bride's Mother Miehnei Dolton, of Wlndsor :ansi.
was frocked 111 nawy blue erepe,and the Rev 4. P. Sealigi, .of 'Prairie, .,
lace, matching velvet hat Siding. Masters of 'ceremonieg were
and white accessories. She wore a jtlie Iter. J. J. Kerrigan end,' the •-
coneage of 'Wiser Reed blites'mums Rev. T. le MeManhgt.both Of St
t,eiteplannetis. --The -groani's ' telese: Seni4xisiesve
ther .assisted, costumed in bevy Bishop CoelY preached the funeral
'sheer with ,minching hat and cote •oration •-In the eatiettiaty • VVere'
•
niage. Qt. Dior 'pink and white mums. sofne limey monsagnoes and •Priests
For 11 motor trip through Eastern and tw:enty sister§ iturronild-
Ontario hell New York State the ing eseligibus. communities. -were at -,
bride wore 0 pearl grey gabardine the .mess, • ,
J •
SVit 110 55 1)1110 aeenesoriee' and eor• „ Pa llbea Tors were ell , priests..
tag e Of rags -me orchllsls .071 their They were ie The nee; It R. Cassin, •
return the happy eouple wihl reehers Rev. J. In 'O'Donnell, Rev, IIarry
hi sa rn la. • Larragh; Rev. John Lynck; Rev.
Gruests were present .from Lions 'Raymond Grooine,and Rev. Charles
Head, Montreal, I)etiatice. (lido, Campbell, Enrial !wasIn t Petees .„.
Imcknow, Wingbam,. „Myth. Port eetnetery, Father 1)004 Conducting .
fl 1 11 fi tit /Toronto and, Go(16 'thevervhee at, the, grpW3.
`riele
• Prior to the wedding etre. +et, ,Five Members . of ,
ewe. , Hun tet held, a elnisver at her .11111tor ehaltther Of ("01-1111)0rve nt
tended' it tegiolial, meeting. at
0,ghava tit the fiimplt-clui. They
were 'Harold, Illatyntone, Jr., Ma*,
OW, Bert Such, '.kfecii. 'Orman
ond Dr.. Walter rAttle.
home in honor of the hride.10•be
and Mrs. Atutrew Bogie entertained
at;71 tronssean tea .fOr her daughter,
on WiAnesdayafternoon and eveno.,