The Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-11-27, Page 4•
LEGION HALL
GODERIOH.
Sat., Nov. 29
JAOKPOT of $43.00 for full house in . 48 calls.
If not won on Saturday, value of jackpot and also
number of calls will bb raised each week until it
is won.
17 GAMES $1.00
$5.00 CASH PRIZE
4 SPECIALS --Share the Wealth
Doors open at 8.30 p.m:
1st game starts at 9.00 p.m.
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REGIONAL SHORTHORN
CLUB ANNUAL MEETING
The Perth -Elul on Shorthorn Club
• will hold its annual meeting in the.<
form of an evening banquet at On-
tarto: Street United .Church, Clinton,
December. 11, with the principal of
the Ontario Veterinary College,
Guelph, Dr. T. L. Jones, as gusst
.speaker. Wilbur Turnbull. Brus-
sels, is president ot; the club.
During 1951 about
were eaten as horse
United Kingdom
53,000 horses
[neat
THE-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
NOMINATION MEETING
Vote for Reeve, Four Council Seats
in Goderich Township Next Monday
Guderieh Township voters will go
to the polls nest Monday, December
1, to elect a regve and four. eouu-
eillors to represent them to 195.1.
Atter serving four years us a mem-
ber of the 'Township Council, Ed-
ward Grigg auuouuced to the noun=
'nation meeting at Clinton Towu
Hall ou Friday that he had decided
to oppose piste re-election of Reeve
Gordon Oris.
With the retlretneut of Arnold
Rothwell after one' year as couucll-
1cr, that means that • there will be
ut least two new faces ou the 1053
council. Councillors John Deeves
and Clayton Laithwalte announced
that they would allow their nausea
td stand for re-election. The three
other candidates for the our coun-
eil seats are Wilmer Harrison, Kew
nett 3leruer and Robert Smith.
School Board
There will be no election for
trustees for the Goderich 'lbwushlp
Area School Board his 'year, :as
both Everett alclilwain Lind George
Potter were returned bs acclauaa-
of gravel, au adequate., supply for
some years to come, which would
make the coustructiuu of hard -sur-
faced roads unueeessury. The town-
ship had also bought au acre and
u half of land uext to the Town•
sthip slued at Holtnesville for use
as a softball diamond.
Au attempt was being made to
provide n sitter warning device at
the railway crossing. Delegations
Wad conte from the C.N.R. attd the
dephrtnient of hlghwa►ys. A flash-
ing signal would cost abut $4,000
of which 40 per -cent would be borne
by the railway, 30 per cent by the
department of highways and 30
per ceut by the township.
In closing, Mr. Orr said he was
standing for re-election, Ile telt a
senior man was needed on the
County Council, there was a lot of
work to be done and he wanted to
complete it.
Candidate. for Reeve
In announcing his candidacy for
the reeveship, Edward Grigg. re-
viewed the work of the 1952 council
and said. that the. tax rate had to
tion. There are tive members on be raised one mill. Snow plowing
the school board, elected in alter- !aid been the biggest item in his
nate years for a two-year -erm, four yeatrs ou council, amounting to
three being elected one year and $7,129. not including the use of
two the next. the grader, which had also cost
George Ginn was 'elected cltai:- more money this year.
man of Friday's meeting, which waist In addition to a necessary over -
quieter and more poorly attended haul, the grader had been damaged
than usual with no heckling and last winter and had finally given
only one or two questionsfrom out in September. The tires had
the audience.
Iu reviewing the year's activities,
Reeve .Gordon Orr refeued to tie
death of the late King 'George VI
and th ascension of Queeu F)tizabcth
II 'to the throne of the Common-
wealth. He expressed the hope
that the young queelt would have
a long and successful reign •
Mr. Orr expressed thanks to' the
Town of Clinton for providing ar
commofiatlon in the 'Town flail
for tate nomination u►eetiug but
said he thought it had been sho,vu
that the township was ready for
a hall of its own and hoped that
also to be sent away for recapping.
Referring to the purchase Of the
farm as a source of gravel, Mr.
Grigg said that the township used
to use four to five thousand yards
of gravel annually but novo used
10,000.
Councillor John Deeves reviewed
the negotiations which had led to
the signing of contracts for . lire
protection with Goderich, Clinton
and Bayfield, doing away with the
delay in answering fire alarms. -
He said that thepurchase of the
mower had been a big help- and
that most of the roads had been
in the steps would be. taktu-.towards get- -mowed twice. -•He also said that
ting one. the snow plowing last December
County Council had been the biggest hens in raising
- Referring to the work of the expenditures and that a new warn
County Council, Mr. Orr said that ing light at the railway crossing
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he had been a member of the agri-
cultural and legislative c*camtuittec;.
He said that he was especially glad
to be a member of the former be-
cause he represeuted.a municipality
primarily concerned w=ith agricul-
ture. top had cottsisteei of dumping three
He spoke with regret of the pass- loads -of gravel on It. Half of it
ing of County Engineer Roy' fatter- I was in the ditch now and snow
son, whose position was being rap- I plowing would put it all. there, lie
ably tilled by itis• son, Peter, the 1'warned.
- 'Mayor G: V. Nott -of Clinton, a
nominee for•,reete, thanked his nom-
inator and •seconder but declined
to stand. He also brought greet-
ings from the Town of Clinton.
Councillor Arnold Ra.lhwell said
that since the tire on his farm he
had a chance to sell it and, if he
bought another, it might not neets-
late piing, an event which cast col- sarily be in, Goderich 'Township.
siderable gloom over .the de4etgates. For that reason, he would' not
Nevertheless.. a number Of r<r•, Lit- stand for re-election.
would cost the township $`_5 a
t)iu1lth. to maintain.
Road Surfaced
'Mr. Deuves said that the county
had finally surfaced the 11Th con-
cession but patching Of the hard -
third 'generation of the one family
to till the post. .
Few, if any, of the municipalities
had been in favor of :an open deer
season, he said.
He said that he had been it
.delegate to the t►utaa-jo Agricultural
council. whose meeting in Toronto
had coincided with the death of the
I nartb 'of the Cut Rue and I think
Witt part of the tuwnehlp Should be
"represented. Suow plowing cost
over $0,000 but it was a difficult
situation to copewith last Decem-
ber and everyoue wus able to get
house fur Christmas and New Year's
Day."
It. G. Smith said that the reason
he was allowing his mine to stand
was .that there was no represent-
ative 011 council for his part of the
township.
Kenneth Meruer said that the
1052 colxttcll had dune u.. wonderfrtl
job. Ile dropped out lasj .year be -
cease he was too. busy but he had
more time ou 'his hands now altd
since tit„cu'e was ,,going to be an
electluu for council, lie would allow
this Dante to stand.
- Hospital Board
Wilmer Harrison said that he
hud previously served ou the coun-
cil for two years. He was defeated
lust year but had represented 'the
township on the Goderich Hospital
Board. •
Ile said he had been all through
the hospital and praised the facil-
ities. A wonderful Job was being
done but he felt than expauslom
of the hospital was ueeessary, at -
though the Proposed addition to the
county home would ease the over-
crowding at the hospital somewhat.
It would be impossible to take over
the old Collegiate building for u
home for the aged, because it would
cost too much to renovate it.
IIe said he realized that property
assessments were up but felt that
ute►►datious had been made to the
government in the iuterests of agri-
culture.
Referring to the county ass(ts- is
repi)rt. Mr. Orr _salid that while
antieh hid been aeconiplished. the
twain burden .of the work would
He sand that he and Ross Middle-
ton had gotten up 0 petition to have
the Bayttield road repaired and
taken it to the county council road
committee who hope!! to be able
to do something soon.''
Ile said that he had enjoyed his
continue to fall on the assessors of year on council. The-tow•nshin ear•
the mttuieipalities themselves. nival in the spring was a success
Pioneer 'Museum • and the purchase of the power
Ile also spoke of the succ-tssful Mhad been a .owervise move:
season at the Iluron County Mus- Tells the Trutli
- emu and recommended that teaelt- Councillor Clayton Laithwalte
ors arrange to have their pupils said that someone asked hint if he
talon on e•ondueted tour; of the -was going. to Ma lie 0 speech and
- exhibits. Its making artan.ettt itts be staid. "\ 1'nt going to -tell_
in- :advanet, su.)errisOd-„bits co'til,:il .alie tri tli
be arranged. "The warble. flies -seem to have
Turning to the work of the Town- died a'M:ty--and the crofts are in
ship Council, the Reeve mentioned Iso, I don't know what platfonu I'll
'' the purchase of a farm on the tali 'flan on e tcept: my past record of
concession as 0 source of gravel. service," Mr. Laithwaite said.
The f:trnt contains -10. square rods "But, I'm 'the only candidate from
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What kind
of -:people
borrow money?
there appeared to be no stops of
cutting dowp on expenditures for
schools. Teachers' salaries were VP
but good salaries had to be' j aid
to keep well-qualilled teachers.
Attendance was up to Phe point
whtete the school inspector had said
that pupils of grades seven and
eight In S.S. no. 0 had, to be pro-
vided with tramp ortatiou to an-
other seineol. Indoor plumbing hail
been placed in S.S. uo. 0 and oil
Ifl-utini; iii S.S. uo. 6 and S.S. no. 10.
Mill -rare Up
Hvery school ought to have the
saute facilities as all the othera.
Mr. McIliwain maintained, hut they
had to be brought up to standard
while keeping the mill -rate ,on "u
fairly even level. Aibe rata; was up
els-tenths of a Mill this year.
Township Clerk Robert Thomp-
son, who was in charge of receiving
nominations, pointed out Phut a
breakdown of expenditures showed
that the biggest item was for
school at $30,341, while the county
levy was $20,485, other township
expenditures totalled $20,312 and
$15,000 was spent on the telephone
system.
At the request of County Clerk -
treasurer, Harvey Erskine for a
history of the municipality, Mr.
Thompson said his mother had been
gathering 'information, much of
which was of unusual interest:
Ile reported tihst 12 people had
refused to pay their Fexteration of
Agriculture- nixes and there had
been no appeals from the 'voters'
lists. -
was u reflection of the 'improve-
ment its property values and rising e
prosperity.
Reeve Stanley Snider brought
greetings from Colborne Townshia.
He spoke of the good relations' es -
'sting between the two townships
and hoped they would continue:
Councillor Untold Coleman of Stan-
ley Township also spoke.
School Board
'George Potter who was returned
to the Goderich Township School
Area Board of Trustees for a two-
year term by acclamation, said he
thought there ought to be more in-
terest shown in the boa'rd's activi-
ties.*
ctivi-
ties. -
Expenditures were up, he said,
but lie- felt that the schools_sltuultl
be kept up is well as the homes
of the children. 'He -pointed out
that an increase' to population
Meant that there were more chibl-
ren going to school.
Everett Mcillw•ain, also returned
for a two-year term on the school
board by acclamation, warned that
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