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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-04-09, Page 2PLGE TWO THE GODER1CH, SIGNAITAK Alt Gn txic1 'ignaL'tar HURON" COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited • Subscription Rates Canada and Great Britain, $2.50 a year: to United • States, $3.50. 4trictly in advance. ' Advertising Rates on request. Telephone 71. Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A., e 420 Temple Bldg., Bay and Richmond Q,s a e' Sts., Toronto. - s \\ n Member of Canadian Weekly News papers Association.. ' 9 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Weekly Circulation Over 3,000. GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. THURSDAY, APRIL 9th, 1953 0 • V 6.A EDITORIAL NOTES national economy is beneficent or otherwise may be a matter of dis- According to the "experts," most Pute, but it is now solidly estab- 1 *ffic accidents are caused. by 1 lished, for who would be so bold ignorance and foolishness. And 1 as to challenge the wishes of the gistrate has the job of j great majority of the people? In - deciding which party (if not both) deed, it will require considerable has shown the ignorance and foot I firmness to resist further advances ishness in paternalism when politicians are all too prone to compete for the favor of the electorate promise of and largesse. * • * The consumer'price index, which is taking the place of the old cost -of -living index, shows a drop of seven -eighths of a point for February, the fourth drop in as many months. A cut in cigarette prices is a leading factor in the February decline, so non-smokers will not benefit greatly. Lower prices are shown for tea, oranges, potatoes, beef and fresh„ pork, while butter, eggs, tomatoess hain and chicken were up. * * *. The Provincial C.C.F. party in Convention assembled at Toronto last week excoriated Education Minister, Dunlop for his "reaction- ary and near-sighted educational policy" and demanded his removal tram office. One of the counts .against Dr. Dunlop was his alleged Lack of support of some of the frills that have been adding to the cost of school maintenance. We are not in a position to know just what the Minister has been doing in this connection,but to the degree. that his influence has been used for the simplification of cur- ricula 'and the lessening of ex- pense we would say that he is deserving of the thanks of the people of Ontario. * #. - * "The world is waiting for the sunrise" but is not overly optim- istic about it. The people of the Western democracies are divided among those who are hopeful of peace in Korea and a lessening of the tension in Europe; those who are inclined to believe that Malenkov is no - improvement upon Stalin and that the Russians are still playing their old game of cunning deceit, and, ,thirdly, those Who are , just waiting and will not be surprised in any event. Perhal;s we should loon to Red China rather than to Moscow for the next move. The Chinese may be getting tired of taking orders from Russia and may be ready' to call off hostilities which have cost them so much and brought -then so little in return. * * T The Ottawa House resumes after the Easter recess with the hope of concluding the session in time Lor Parliamentary led4ders to attend at the Coronation. This coulds be accomplished in good order if some half-dozen Opposition . members would let up on the flood of --drear3s-repetitious talk_.wjth -which they. have flooded the pages of Hansard since the opening of the session. Reading the Parliament- ary arliamentary reports, one wonders whether this useless- talk comes from the speaker's desire to hear his own voice or from a wilful plan to waste time. Among the half- dozen the same "argument" is re- peated over and over and ' over, although they must' know that it is having no effect except to tire the rest of the members. After a11, 'perhaps the member's pay is mot too 'much for staying in his seat and listening, or pretending to listen, • while- the marathon talkers ramble on. * * * Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, former Prime . Minister of Canada, is quoted as 'stating in a recent ad- dress that "the state in Canada kas grown to all-powerful, mastod- otic proportions. If there is one peril worse than the Kremlin to- day, it is the increasing ascendency of power of the state over the individual in this country." Ex- aggerated, but containing an - ele- arie: it of truth. On the other hand, Mr. Meighen might have said that • the greatest evil that has grown .ap_ in Canada in recent years is the tendency of the people to look to the state for relief of all their difficulties. The one evil is the counterpart of the other. In war- time Crevernment controls were considered necessary for the suc- eessfiii prosecution of the war, and there was bred in the people a dependence upon Government which has been intensified by the osy -acceptance of social services, dotes, handouts,' whatever they may be called, which were not thought of a few decades ago. Whether this radical change in the more * * * by the more It seems to be settled that Can adian voters will go to the polls in a Federal election some time in the coming summer or autumn. The C.C.F. and Social Credit parties announce -their intention to invade the Eastern Provinces in a country -wide campaign instead of confining their main efforts to the Western Provinces, and if they carry out their plans many ridings will have four -cornered contests and new political angles will be presented for the consider- ation of the electors. Here in Huron the voters are pretty well wedded :ito the two - old parties, both • of - which have their candidates already in the- field. The C.C.F. has not had much suc- cess -in its campaigns here, but it has a following, . comparatively small. The Social Crediters would, have to bring their support up friim the roots and it is doubtful if they will make the effort. How- ever, election time may develop some surprises. HOLMESVILLE Farewell o Hunting HOLMESVILLE, April 7.-t0is- sion Band. — W ilhelmine Mission Band of Holmesville United Church met in the schoor on Wednesday of last week. Dawn Grigg was leader. Cathie Potter led in pray- er, and Iva Glazier read the Scrip- ture. 'Marion Lubold read a story on Peace and Leonard Wilson read 1 a temperance poem. Kenneth Potter played a piano solo • and Eleanor ,Yeo read an Easter poen. There was an Easter egg -rolling contest. The, study books were read by the leaders, Mrs.- Frank McCullough and Mrs. Jack Yeo. The Easter service in Holntes- ville United Church was well at- tended, when the minister, Rev. M. G. Newton, assisted by the choir, under the leadership of the organist, Mrs. W. `Yeo, told the story "Peter and the Resurrection" in serinon and song. Mrs. Carman'rebhutt, Mr. and Mrs. frank McCullough, Jim and David spent a day in London re- cently. Mr. Nelson Brown, Detroit, spent Easter week -end in the village, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Glid- don. , Miss May Jardine, Goderich, was a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCullough. Miss Minnie Proctor, Clinton, was an Easter day guest of Mrs. Brogden MacMath. Miss Ila Grigg and Miss Eleanor Yeo, piano pupils of Miss Eileen trlidciotr,-pltyed--in--the~-music -re-, cital at Blyth on March 30, put on by the Huron -County branch of the Ontario Registered Music Teacher's• -Association. Others from the district that attended the re- cital were Mr. D. E. Gliddon, Mrs. Pamela Saddler, Mrs. Edward Grigg, Mrs. Frank Yeo, and the Misses Dawn Grigg, Mary Helen Yeo and Frances McCullough. Only a few of „the hundreds or careless people who start fires like thin every yt'ar ever see the damage they do. Even if this hunter's cabin survives it won't do future hunting-much,goof;--there '11 be no hunting for years to - corne—nor any Montes, newspapers -ur hunks made ' from those burning trees Down Memory's. Lane 50 Years Ago The lake water was unpleasantly cloudy, the winds having made it after the fashion of "stirabout." - The tugs Evelyn and Sea King made their first lifts this season and they were .about equal, nearly 1500 pounds each. • Goderich had 112 telephones and several more were to be installed shortly. Mr. Hamilton McManus with his wife and family left with two cars of settler's effects for Manitoba. The capture of a, stray muskrat in the window. grating of a store on the Square attracted quite a crowd and for a time there was a discus - I sion as to the genus of the visitor. Kavanagh of the shoe store de- corated two pretty windows, both identical. A large prettily dressed arch had gates attached to the uprights. They were ajar and in the opening was an Easter Lily in bloom.- 'Arch and gates were made from cheese cloth and the whole decoration reflected credit on the designer. - 25 Years Ago At the special meeting of the town council a grant of $400 to the Fair Board was passed. A. letter from the -secretary asked for $500, but the council decided to trim this a little. The Ontario Government seed j cleaning train was in Goderich at the C.P.R. yards and . was visited' by many. The ,train consisted of 1 three cars, one the lecture car, another the demonstration car and QUICK—CANADIAN QUIZ - 1. Where in Canada is more than 700 miles of narrow guage rail- road in use? 2. Ottawa's spending for purposes other than defence was $36 per capita in 1939. Will it be more or less for the coming year? 3. What is the difference in level between tidewater on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Super- ior? 4. The present Queen Elizabeth bars what relation to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, after whom Prince Edward Island was named?. 5. In 1952 was the increase in labor income more than, equal to, or less than the increase in the volume of national produc- tion? ANSWERS: 5. Labor income in - eased 12 per cent, volume of national production only 6 per cent. 3. 600 feet. 1. In New- foundland. 4. The Queen is Prince Edward's great, great great grand- daughter. 2. More than fourtimes ns much, $165.... Material supplied by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the hand- book of facts about Canada.) DOMINION CHAMP A former Goderich resident, Percy E. Sheardown of Tor- onto, was a member of the team of four Which ° won the Dominion of Canada champion ship in a bridge tournament at the . Toronto Whist Club last Saturday. Taking art in various events wire 'the fol- lowing from GodericP: Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hunter, Mrs. A. A. Nicol, Miss E. MicNaughton, C.'. Chapman. ./ 4 Obituary. WILLIAM E. MORRIS Services for William E. Morris, 63, who died in Toronto General Hospital, were 0,gonducted here Monday, at 2 p.m., by the Rev. K. E. Taylor, St. - George's Church, assisted by Rev. R. M. Weeks, of; Thorndale, in Lodge funeral home; and interment made in Colborne; He was urtmarried, and was born here, and was a son of the. late Mr. and Mrs. William Morris. After going to Toronto he was a crane operator.' He was a member of the Anglican Church. Surviving are one brother, John, Sarnia; and seven sisters, Mrs. Comma Wiles, Mrs. Reg Fraser, Mrs. Adam Gorl, Mrs. A. M. Weekes ' and Mrs. William Lawr- ence, Goderich; Mrs. Walter Boyce, Toronto, and Mrs. Alice Holmes, Sault Ste. Marie. Pallbearers were -Grant Boyce, Walter Boyce, Harry Symonds, William Morris, Thomas -,Morris and Guy Griffin. JOHN ABERHART John Aberhart, of Woodstock, died suddenly Sunday 'at his resi- dence. He was in his 78th year. Born in Huron County, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Aber - hart, John Aberhart spent many years in Western Canada. He had lived in Woodstock for the past 25 years. Mr. Aberhart, a blacksmith by trade, had been employed by the Standard Tube Co., Ltd. until his retirement -some years ago on ac- count of ill health. Mr. Aberhart's wife, the late 1: 4. Flpra.-'Karn, predeceased him in 1935. The late William -Aberhart, ppremier of Alberta, was a brother. Surviving are one sister. Mrs. George Mcisaac, of, Lake Worth, Fla.; two brothers, Charles of. Lon- don and Louis of Seaforth. • Funeral service was conducted in the Rowell -funeral home, Wed- nesday, at 2. p.m., and interment was .made in the Presbyterian cemetery, Woodstock. MRS. FRED DESJARDINS The death occurred at St. John, N.B., of a Native of Goderich in the person of Etta Hood Desjardins in her 69th year. She was the eldest daughter of John J. Hood and Maria Hand, late of Goderich Township. Mrs. Desjardins had been in poor health for some time but the end came suddenly last Monday. She is survived by three sons and one daughter of St. John, also by four sisters, Mrs. 'Win. Gal- ley (Gertie) of Vancouver, B.C.; Mrs. Jos. Fileck (Ida) of Lewiston, Idaho; Miss Frances Hood of Palm Beach, Florida, and Mrs. Henry Kummer (Vera) of Dearborn, Mich. 1 Mr. De"sjardins, also a one-time resident of Goderich, predeceased his wife by 14 years. A vigorous lady of about 60 asked the airline reservation agent about a vacation trip to Chicago. He quoted the fare and the time schedule. . "Do you mean to say it takes less than three hours to get all the way to Chicago?" She demand- . ed. "Yes, two hours and 45 minutes." THURSDAY, APRIL SW., 11053; Canadian VC's -To Attend Coronation When Canada's Reserve.- Army 'Coron'ation contingent assem- bles at Valeartier, Quebec, ilt a few weeks it will have the dis- tinetion of having both its Commanding Offieer, Lt. Col. C. ,C. I. Merritt (at left) and Se•con•d-in-command, Lt. -Col. Pahl Triquet, both wearers of the Victoria Cross. Col. Merritt won the VC at Dieppe and Col. Triquet won his at Casa Berardi, °Italy, during the battle for Ortona in 1944. - The lady said, "Then I guess I'll take the train." "But look at "the time you'd save by flying," the agent protested. "Young man," she retorted. "I've been saving time since I was -as young as you are. Now I intend to use some." The Reader's Digest. Cop: How did you knock this pedestrian down? - Driver: I didn't. I stopped to let him cross the street and he fainted. - It pays to use the Signal -Star Classified Ads. the third, the .machinery car. The various seed cleaning and grading machines were in operation and farmers -were able to bring their seed grain and have it cleaned. Messrs. Carey, Walker and Com- pany announced that they had. taken over the stock brokerage branch of the business formerly carried on by O. F. Carey & Son, Ltd., and had installed a teletype machine by means- of which all sales on the stock exchanges were 1 automatically recorded. 15 Years Ago Those who saw George James crossing the Square in uniform were mistaken if they thought there was'going to be a band 1,011, cert. George was jut breaking in his new caretaker's suit which he was to wear while on the job at the Court House. He wore his old clothes while he cleaned out the ‘court room in preparation for the court session, •but donned the spotless uniform after the work was done. Captain F. W. Ironside was wel- comed by civic officials when he brought the 'government fishery patrol boat, Miseford, into the har- bor. The. Miseford was the first boat to enter the port this year. Capt. Ironside was a native of" Collingwood. Frank Vines received his private pilot's license from Ottawa and realized the burning ambition of his boyhood when he took his first passenger aloft in a plane from London. - Letters to the Eciztor- - The Signal -Star welcomes letters on matters of public interest but does not necessar- ay agree with the opinions extiressed in _:,letters to the editor. F. D. Richards Advertising Inc. 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, April 2, 1953. Mr. George L. Ellis, Editor, Sinal -Star. Dear Mr. Ellis,—I thought you might be interested in the attached announcement we received from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. You are to be congratulated in joining this organization, for in this way you render a service to your advertisers . and cerfainly make it a lot easier for the na- tional advertising agency. While we do not place any space in Canada, I was much interested in this notice. - I was born in Godericl+i and am still a subscriber, and my mother and brother are living there. - Sincerely, E. A. ELLIOTT, Vice -President. Goderich, Ont., is right or who is wrong must be left to our citizens; they have eyes to see and ears to hear and must be the judges. I should like to point out to the minister, since he likes to point out my faults as Mayor, that it is time he realized that if he cannot interest the young people by his interpretation of God's word, or, in other words, educate them away from the drink, he has no right to expect legisla- tion to take the place of Bible teaching. He • is quite concerned about the matter of my oath of office and about my confused think- ing but there is nothing in the oath 'I took upon entering office that - prevents me from making :certain remarks about a law that has become, yes, a menace, to our county. There never will be a law that can make people Christians; that can onlybe accomplished by education. I am sure that a certain part of the county's population will agree with him in his contention that the C.T.A. is a good law. I am referring, of course, to thet _boot- leggers. It could be he rats a bouquet from each and everyone of them; at least, he deserves their sympathy. Also, I am quite sure that in future, people who feel the need of a minister's advice April 6, 1953. ,when they are in trouble, Editor, Signal -Star. • make sure that the minister hey go. to will regard their' troubles as a sacred trust and not to be aired in a newspaper controversy. Of a certainty, the C.T.A. was born in the days of the horse and buggy and that's where it belongs. Yours sincerely, .1. E, IIUCKINS. Sir,—When I took exception in our council meeting to 41E' article in the Globe and Mail -f did so in the interest of - the"town of Gode- rich. Seve1.aI-e'tf our council mem- bers came 6 thlir feet to signify their a royal of my statement. To thestii, I am deeply grateful, as they. re men of mature judgement and keen observation. I did not think I would be involved in a con- troversy with one of our ministers, who though he has only been here 11111111111.11111111.1111.11.111.1. OPEN UNTIL 10 P.M. EVERY NIGHT Every 24 hours, your heart beats 103,689 times; your blood travels 168,000,000 miles; you . breath 23,240 times; you eat 3is_ pounds of food; and you speak 4,800 a few months, thinks he knows words. more about us than people who` have lived here all their lives. It is not my intention, Sir, to continue this controversy; this is my final word on the subject. We really have amazed each other, but the most important part of who Back in 1010 it took 35 man- hours to produce an acre of corn yielding 28 bushels. Today, with modern machinery, the same acre, producing 38 bushels, requires only 17 man-hours. ANKS • • • • • • • 1 ••• • • 3 f• • • • • •� 9 • • • The picture on front page and again here just about tell the story. 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