The Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-11-06, Page 2-
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THE GODERICP° SIGNAL -STAR
ae (tibru1 tonal -iter
HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY
Published by Signal -Star Ltd.
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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher
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THURSDAY, NOV. Oth, 105
H.J.A. IS MOTTRNED
Ibody who sees virtue inthe United
Nations organization. )
Within the lust two or three The Detroit Free Press, sizing up
by Goderich has lost a remark- the pre-election sjtuatiou, is equally
able number of citizens prominent doleful, expressing the belief that
in the life of the coni,munitc. We unless Eisenhower Ls elected "the
• seed not not mention theta—their names future of this country is duck,
and personalities are fresh in the uncertain and frighteningly pre -
winds of our townspeople. One of
them, 'Hugh John A. MacEwan, was
ill and retired from public life for
several years before he 'passed
away last week, but he had estab-
lished a record of mtuiicipal service
that stands unchallenged 'in the an-
nals of 'tire town. That he was
Mayor of Goderich for twelve years,
retiring without defeat, does not
tell the whole story of his
niiunicipal.life, for before enteriug
the Towu Vounil he was Reeve of
Colborne Township for several
years. In other spheres also he was
a leader. He was recognized as the
most prominent 'supporter of the
Conservative Tarty in the district
and gave that party valued service.
He was a devoted Presbyterian,
clerk of the session of Knox Church
for many years and zealous for the
prosperity and influence of the
church. The memory of his friend-
ship, kindly and charitable, is
cherished by numbers untold.
To the ,roll of Goderich's men of
distinction and eminent service who
have passed on itt recent years, is
added one more ---111. J. A. Mac -
Ewan, public sery:itit and good
citizen.
t
carious."'
However, if the majority of the
people of the United States should
choose otherwise, we should not
expect • that great country to sink
beneath the waves of desolation
and ruin.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Hydro prices to go up at New
Year's will take some of the icing
off the half -cent reduction in the
price of gasoline.
•
Voters' lists for Goderich have
been issued, and as municipal elec-
tion time is not • far way it would
be a good idea for those qualified to
vote to see that their Mimes are
listed. •
GIVE 'rad: MUNICIPALI=
TIES A CHANCE
,gown Memory's
Lane
45 Years Ago
1'. 1'. Dun was building a 1em-
ent block storehouse betuud his gro-
cery store on, the corner of last
Street.
of the goveruutt ut steamer Lur-
liue nothing could be seen but a
piece of her machinery oe'the spot
'here the vessel was wrecked.
Henri 13ourassa-was defeated try
the liou. Adelard Turgeou in the
bye -election for the legislature at
Bellehas+se Iiy a majority of 760.
It was announced that passen-
gers leaving Goderich on the 4-5l)
p.m. C.P.lt. train eould have sup-
per at Guelph Junction in the cafe
ear and pai•s-engers leaving Tor -
'onto at eight a.m. could have
breakfast.
25 Years Ago
Jack McI)ermid was appointed
organist of New St. James' Pres-
byterian Church. Loudon,
\I r. 'tVillinin Sharman returned
to the :naive management of the
• • •
Agriculture Minister.. Gardiner
announces that Federal freight as-
sistance-in
s-
sistance-in the shipping of Western
feed grains to Ontario and other
eastern Provinces will be continued
during the coming year.
• • •
Fun is fun, and boys will -he
boys, but Hallowe'en pranksters
should- not be thoughtless. It. is
not fun to wake up in the morning
and find ,one's garden trampled, or
fence removed, or other mischief
-done that causes needless work 'or
ex1N'n5e. There's a limit.
As a consequence of the Federal -
Provincial agreement on tax rental
the,,.Urovince of Ontario will re-
ceive additional annual 'revenue
estimated at a minimum of• $25,-
000,000. Municipal representatives
have asked that, as the Provincial
Government already fias a surplus,
the municipalities -should be given
relief from present high taxation
en some definite *stem.
Premier Frost hus given 'a bluut
refusal to this request, advising
the municipal heads to tarn deaf.
ears to appeals for 'additional spen-
ding but hinting that the Govern -
went would..contiutte. -i.ts, .(wlit* ...of..
grants and subsidies. -
This is most unsatisfactory from
the standpoint of sound finance.
'The municipalities should not have
to go to the Gov-ernutent. for grants
to be: given with strings attached
that frequently mean further ex-
penditure that the ntuuicipalities
can ill - afford. It may suit the
Premier to keep the municipalities
on the ragged edge and grateful
for occasional handouts from the
• Government, but it certainly is not
fair to the municipalities.
As the Federal and the 1'rovine•ial
{Government , have been agreeiug
upon their ream rate spheres of
taxation, with considerable benefit
to the Province, the municipalities
zhould be. allotted sonic additional
soigne of revenue to be collected
Ind to be expended bythe tnnnlet-
!palities. Municipal councils wouid
then stand on their own feet, and
could Valance their own budgets
-witbout overtaxing the municipal
mtetipayers and without sitting on
.site doorsteps at Queen's Park' look-
ing for a grant towards some needed
provement.
• • •
it is heartening to read that the
ext„7lrsion ship Hamiltonian;' which
was burned this summer, is to lie
replaced by an all -steel ship with
capacity for 1,0x10 passengers. iu
recent years so many ships on the
(1-reat Lakes have been borne -d or
otherwise retired front' service that
it looked as if_pleasure trips on• the
hakes wouid soon be a -thing of the
past.*Perhaps the replacing of the
Hamilton ship is' a sign of revival
of the lake passenger business.
Perhaps some day we ;hall see
some successor of the good ship
4;revltntutel-- taking. .ore:,a....41arla'—a.it..
e:oderich hariHir for a trip to De-
troit as in the good ,r1d days of
memory.
THE U.S. VOTE
INFLATION AGAIN
In perusing the minutes of
the Towu Council for -the year•
1S57,r11arry McCreath discover-
ed that in that year the council
issued debentures totalling
$2,500, fur the erection of the
Grammar School. later Central
School and now. the HIuron
County Pioneer Museum.
The log cabin erected along-
side the museum in 1952 cost
the same amount to .put ut) al-
most 100 years later although
the two btaldings are a'pprox-
ately the same age, the log
cabin having been transferred
here front the Lueknow dis-
trict.
After cotniraring the original
coat of tete school with the
cost of eret•tiug the log cabin
anew, Mr. McCreath suggests
it would be interesting to know
the original prig of the log
cabin. although Whether ` a
money cyst could be Iixt-td on it
is doubtful.
ATTEND WEDDING
Guests at the Burry -Young wed-
ding in Detroit last Saturday it►-
elnded \I r. ('t►li11 Young. \Ir. and
\irs. Douglas Madge, Mr. • Gerald
Fisher. Miss Betty Sowerl►y, Mise
Viola Schmidt, Mr. 01141 Mrs. 'Ar-
nold Young and Mr. and Mrs. -Ben
rrahiui. The br•idt' was the for-
tu r \fisc \laxine Young. daughter
of lir. and \Irs. Joseph Young.
Detroit. ft-trfit`t'rif of•Coltx►rite Towu-
sitip.
For results—Try' a ela:ssili d ad
in Tltt' Signal -Star.
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Sharman shoe business.
Two hundred and sixfy i►ersous
were killed when a Passenger
train Laluuge'tl over a precipice be-
tween Sarajevo and Mostar, Jugo-
slavia. •
Ken Maynard was starring at
the Model Theatre itt the l►icture,
"1'he 0lverlttud Stage" and Ronald
Colmar -and Vilma 'lanky were up -
nearing in "The Winning of 'Bar-
bara Worth."
15 Years Ago
C. M. Robertson announced
sale of itis grocery business at
corner of HanttltIon Street and
Square to J. A. McMillan.
The congregation of Victoria
Street United Church had the
pleasure of hearing a former pas-
tor, the Rev.. F. W. Craik of Peter-
borough. who occupied the pulpit
of the church at both -services.
The schooner J. T. Wing was
seized by the Royal Canadian
Mounted Pollee at Amherstburg be-
cause -of a misunderstanding on
the part of the owners in regard
to Canadian shipping laws in tht;t,
tieing of United States registry, she
allegedly carried a c ter•ho of cedar
logs from one Canagian port to
pother.
A royal welcome was extended
to Capt. Alex. Craigle of Cleveland.
a native of Goderieh. when he
piloted the steamer, William A.
Reiss. flagship of the Reiss line.
into the ltarlx►r here, with a cargo
of 592,000 bushels of oats. .the
largest single consignment ,of the
year for this port.
the
the
the
County and District
- Mr. and Mrr- Thout,as Walker of
Brussels recently celebrated 'their
tiftieth wedding anniversary:
znoug those present for the oe-
Cat iuu - were Mr. "•aud Mrs. Will
Sallows, -Mrs. 1'ercy McBride 'anti
Mr. and Mrs. J. yleltride ,uf Cul-
borne-To%v"uahip.
A dust explosion ,followed by :►, Two Whitechurch Men
Ed Moore, 44, of the 1Vitiite-
church 'distriot, had his left arm
('aught and badly mangled in a
corn-pie}tec at the farm of Robert
Adams on Thursday last. Ile was
robbery at Brussels within four
loris. 'On the previous Saturday
Peursou's clothlog store wits en-
tered in the early morning hours
and $300., iu u:ssh and $a)0 *worth,
of huts, shoes, shirts and socks
were taken: fart or the stolen
goods has since been recovered,
Machines Injure
tire in the' C, Lloyd & Sou door
and sash- factory at N'iughatu• settt
one matt, Gordon L diet, to hos-
pital with Jturus and caused daut-
age to the extent of several hun-
dred dollars. taken to hospital, where the arm
The first • burglary eve.; kuovv'n was amputated. John Gaunt, 52,
of the saute district, working at
Duncan Kennedy's portable saw-
mill, 'had itis right )fund badly
lacerated in :t buzzsaw. •
• • •
It is suggested that the Ottas:
Government may do away with the
annual $2.50 license fee for radii,
but place a larger feerm television
sets. An Ott0wa pre-s.s eorrc's[s t,
tient sets sone -thing ineonsistetrt nt
suet a policy : removal of the radio
lax, he says, could 'make it mii'-c
difficult to justify a license fee for
television. It would ,be 114) more
arbitrary, however, than imposing
a he:n-y- import duty ori ltxuri,
--
whilet admitting ue1't'ssatries-
free. Ibadio has bt•('oute almost
universal: it will be a long time
before television 15 used to any-
thing like the same extent. And
the costof collecting a $10 or $'_t)
tax on telt vision sett .will be pro-
portionately much less than the
collection of the $2.50 radio tee.
• • •
«'alkerton's good fortune in
landing a fine new industry IF the
envy of other Western Ontl ,riu
towns.,Mayor Buehlow and his as-
sociates who persuaded National
Carbon Limited toplace their
branch factory in the Bruce county
town are to be congratulated.
Refere'nc-es in the weeldly press iadi-
rate considerable sle'ulation as to
hove' they did It. Geographically,
Walkerton has no special advan-
tage. Nor has it any advantage
over many other towns in power
and freight costs Several "ether
towns. we understand, were -dodo
consideration by the company, but
Walkerton was chosen. The reason,
0e-orcline to one newspaper eeni-
tment, was the matter of Swage:
they are low In Walkerton. t►tlter
tow tei should not begrudge that
town its good luck. Every new
industry • brought to the distriet,
enhances the prosperity and in
tluence of the entire district-
besides, there are other fish to be
*mid.
As this column is' being written
The necktie of the United States, are
sleeting their President for the next
lour ye ars. As- the strains of "I
Like Ike" and "I)on't Let Thetti
Ta-kae It Away" fade into the dis-
tatnce we fancy we can hear the
rustle of 'fifty million ballots drop -
ging into boxes, or the clatter of
thousands of voting machines, and
in a few hours we shall know
whether Ike or Adlai is sentenced
to four yearit of hard labor in the
'White liouse.
If we are to believe all the px)lit-
ltsal writers say. there is a rather
'faunal prospect for oar friends
serosa the way. Col. Mc('orntick's
paper, The Chicago Tribune (Ile
rirblican), says that I isc'nhower is
111 -fitted for the Presidency-. "SVe
doubt," it says, "that his experience
as a military leader has quallfletl
him for the very different tasks of'
political leadership. IIe knows and
has thought far less about domestic
questions than a protapective I'resi-
dent should: . . in the course o1'
the campaign Gen. Eisenhower has
'shown ti dirTtfon to trim, and to
"raver." In ,spite - of these and other
tjaulfta
4rhieft, It mentions, The
Telirune aft gist S its ,readers to vote
Tor tkI*4-itlrctnnpetent' person, he-
ieitto* lift Its 'opinion Stev,enson, the
Democratic candidate, .lis worse.
erbe Colonel hns no nse for any-
to have txxttrred iu the village of
Bluevale tuck place on a recent
night'' when Muf ittt's general store
was entered by the forcing of a
door and a quantity of eigarettes
and some• cash front the till were
taken.'
Rev. John A.' Agnew, who diets
'at Victoria Hospital, London, last
week after 47 years' service in the
ministry of the Methodist• and Uni-
ted churches, was a native of
Lucknow. Among his pastoral'
charger; were Churton and St.
Marys.
Neighbors of Logan ('leave,
Stanley Township, drover at bout
30 tractors on his farm on the'
Bronson Line and completed 60
acres of fall plowing while he was
" THE QUALITY OF' MERCY"
(Stratford Beaeon-Herald )
In magistrate's eourt here Tues-
day afternoon. a man appeared be-
fore Magistrate D. E. Hculnie's. Q.C.,
of Goderich, charged with careless
driving. Asked to plead, her evad-
ed the .issue *and started one of
those long stories.
.Taking ti second look. Magis-
trate Holmes • figured it would" be
somewhat unfair to hare the man
plead considering his condition, and
he cut the long dstory short. He
told liim to go home and come bark
in a week. "in better • shape."
- The maty extended his thanks --
somewhat elaborately—and- walker'
away. He stopped. however. when
he got to the door, pulled his arta
away from the-oflieer helping him.
and .called to the -magistrate: "it'll
be all right if i drive home. tvtit +tf
it, heir' '
.When order vv-:ts restored. \tag-
istrate Holmes suggested to the
mean that it might be disastroi>s if
hp did. He also suggested tri the
police that they play host to the
man .for an hoar or two, and then
let hint drive home..--E.A.
itt hospital at London. He %vas
injured recently in a motor car
accident.- Ralph Cornish. also of
the Bronson Line, who had bren
seriously ill, ‘vas similarly favored
in the plowing of 35 acres of
laud.
A public school s' the Centralia
R.C.A.F. station was officially op-
ened on friday last by Hon. .1, - A:
D. McCurdy, who is distinguished
as the first Canadiau ever to fly
a heavier-than-air machine: He
was later Lieutenant -Governor of
Nova Scotia. The new school has
an enrolment of 377 and has facil-
ities for over 500 1811)115.
A. Y. McLean, M.P.. flaw—mug:.
that annual payments of $2.581
will be made to Huron County and
the-Tovvnsltips of Uslx)rne, Stephen
and Tuckerstaith in, lien of taxes
on Crown -property in these muni-
cipalities. The county is to re-
ceive $702,- Tucker.wnith $123,
Stephen $1,254, and t'shorne. $202.
Brussels Has a e
Brace of Robberies
Thieves broke into the Mc-
Cuteheon garage, at Brussels early
Tuesday morning last week anti
made awa1r with .$1:15 in small
bibs and silver. It was the second
READERS -NOTICE ITt
When an error appears In an
advertisement It is surprising how
many people notice it and bring it
to the attention of the advertiser—
prev.iding proof positive of the
number of people who read the
ads. Such an error appeared in
last week's advertisement of the
Fashion -Shoppe and several hun-
dred copies of the paper went
through before the correction was
made. Under the heading of win-
ter coats it was inadvertently
OFFI.CER.S INSTALLED\frg. ('." C. Tweedie, D.l t l' of
District No. 2.3,. and ;t tenni from
Getlerkh. with Mrs. George it0ee-h-
ler ns deputy mnrshn1, inert:t Hell
the 1952-53 ofii-ei rs of E leln -i
Rebekah i.exlge, No. 117, 711 :(e'n
forth on 'phi etdary night e,f Inst
week. Airs. Tweedie present el the
retiring noble grand, AIr's. \fe•(ie,n•
igle with the jestei - of ht r office
and Mrs. Benton of t oderleh .,poke
briefly. '
~or reAtilts—Trs d ad
In The SIgn.tal44t tr.
leture----News
from C -I -L
40akt,,
TEMPER SAVER is this new polythene plastic -tray that releases ice
cubes in, a jiffy, all at once or one at a time. No more jabbing with
a knife or holding under the tap. "Just flick the wrist'', says this
pretty friss. Polythene is odorless, tasteless . '. won't freeze in the
refrigerator tray compartment.
DAUGHTER'S SUITCASE is -a junior
edition of mother's in this happy
holiday picture. "Fabrikoid" and
"Fabrilite" are very popular for
luggage. The chances are these
versatile materials were used for
the little girl's shoulder bag,,_
mother's handbag and the cac
upholstery, too. These chemical
mat rials are easy to clean, inex-
pensive and resistant to scuffing.
CAPTURING summer activities
with your camera gets a lot of
help from Du Pont "Varigam"
projection piper now available
in Canada. Provides ten contrast
grtdes in a single paper, gives
high quality prints of the right
contrast from every negative —
thin, normal or dense, Mk
dealer about "Varigam" or write
C -I -L„ P.O. Box 10,, Montreal.
Did yam -know?
Between 1945 and the end of 1951,
the general - wholesale prices index
in Canada increased 82 per cent. Dur-
-' ing the same period, the selling prices„
index of C -I -L manufactured products
increased only 35 per cent. ,
-)i Rv'INr, CCANAD AN i
THRe)UGH CHFM1 ,TPY
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED --. MONTREAIi
THURSDAY, 'NOV. OOth, 1'
JIJNIOR
MATRICULATION
IF • YOU IIID NOT FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, DO SO
NOW BY STUDYING AT HOME IN SPARE TIME!
The High'School course offered by this 54 -year-old School pre-
pares you' to write examinations for a Secondary School Gradu-
ation Diploma. (Junior Matriculation in Ontario).
Progress rapidly. Low monthly payments
inudes books:
DO NOT ALLOW LACI{clOF EDallUCATION' TO HANDIC.9►L'
YOU. AVE WELCOME ENQUIRIES FROM THOSE OUT OF
SCHOOL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
'PLEASE Nt 'rE : The :lmericau School is primarily for.`
adults and will not accept students who eau and should
attend their fecal High School. Please do not write
unless you are over 16 years of age and are neither at-
tenditng nor able to attend resident s4 1'1401.
AMERICAN SCHOOL, .
312 right Bldg., 422 Wellington St.
LandonW, Ont.
Please send me, without obligation,
School Bulletin.
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stated that winter coats which reg- anniversary sale continues with Chet
uiarly sold at $9.105 were on sale in
bargains offered in last
at $27.00. This should have read week's advertisement.
coats at $37.00 which sold regul-
arly at $39.95. The error was made 4 For results—Try a classified rid
when the Eine was re -set to make
it larger tyipe. The Fashion Shoppe in. The Signal -Star.
is6 3'wt& Rotected Contettet
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Independent t boratory tests proved that the
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