The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-08-13, Page 1F
106th 'Year -No. 33
GODERJCB, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th, 1953
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Subse
EP CANAD
Former Residents Lose
Toronto Election Bids
twoormer residents of Gode-
riG who contested metropolitan
T.or nto, seats in the Federal elec.'
tion or,JMonday were both unsuc-
cessful.
Irl Yore East, J. D. Thomas,
former Goderich resident manager
for Imperial Oil Limited, who ran
on a Liberal ticket lost out to the
Progressive Conservative candid-
ate, • R. H` .McGregor, who had a
majority of about 2,380 votes.
Lit the Danforth riding, Dr. Uns-
wet% N. Jones, who attended the
cold :iloderich High School," also ran
on- a Liberal ticket and lost out to
then progressive Conservative can-
didate, R. H. Small, who had a
mafority of about 790 votes.
Thomas lived in Goderich
fro 19r , ; 1941. He was par-
tiall . respon'sible for the Inter-
nationa P1 ring Match being held
at 'ort bert, in 1946 and is today
ex et v vi -president of the,
Wosid Championship Plowing
Match' to be held at Cobourg from
October 6 'lo 9. An employee of
Imperial Oil for 33 years, Mr.
Thomas was given temporary leave
of absence from the company in
order to contest the York East seat.
Mr. Thomas is married and has
three children, Gwen, attending
East York Collegiate; pouglas, a
securities analyst, and Irma, who
is now' married.
A dentist, who is now engaged
in commercial enterprises in Tor-
onto, Dr. Unsworth Jones attended
-high school at Goderich. His
sister, Miss Evelyn Jones lives • on
Napier street, near Alexandra Hos-
pital. Dr. Jones is a native of
Colborne Township.
Well-known in Goderich as an
auctioneer, Donald Blue of Ripley,
the Liberal standard bearer in
Ernce,.lost out to the Progressive
Conservative candidate, A. E. Rob-.
inson. Also known in Goderich
because of his chartered account-
ing business contacts here, J. W.
Monteith won for the Progressive
Conservative party in Perth.
UPPER SCHOOL RESULTS
Goderich District Collegiate
Upper School results are on page
five. 'DONALD B. BLUE'.
J, D. THOMAS
By -Law Authorizes Forming
New Recreation Committee
Goderich will have a- recreation
and arena committee, according to
a' by-law passed 'by town council
at its meeting last Friday night,
although members of the proposed
seven -man committeee have not as
yet been selected.
A further by-law will be neces-
sary, 'Town Clerk S. 'Ifs Blake 'in-
formed the meeting, in which mem-
bers 'and officers of the new com-
mittee would be named.
The by-law came as the result of
several weeks of meetings and dis-
cussions on the proposed new. com-
mittee.
Council felt the committee
should be formed in order to get
a grant . from the Provincial Gov-
ernment, covering a percentage of
money spent each year on recrea-
tion in the town.
First proposal was to name the
Memorial Arena Committee to be
the new recreation committee, but
at a meeting a couple of weeks ago;
council • decided to ask various
groups in the town to suggest
names of members.
At last Friday's meeting, names
of two persons -both of whom were
metnllbrs•'of- the - arena committee-
-were suggested by two organiz-
ations. The Lions Club submitted
the name of S. H. Kinkead, who
represented the Lions on the arena
committee, and the Kinsmen Club
submitted the ilname of Walter
Westbrook, who represented that,
club en the arena confthittee.
Acetal naming of the new com-
mittee is expected to come later
this month or perhaps at the next
regular meeting of council early in
September.
Local TenderAccepted
For New Swimming Pool
Work is slated to get underway
this week on construction of the
new swimming pool at Judith Good-
erham Memorial Playground fol-
lowing awarding of thecontract to
David Ross, of Goderich.
The pool is expected to be fin-
ished in 12 weeks.
Although it won't likely be com-
pleted in time for any swimming
this year, the pool_ is expected to
be a decided asset for the town for
next summer.
Amount of the testier submitted
by the Goderich contractor was
$36,722.50. Total cost of the pro-
ject, including installation of a
filtration system, fencing and paint-
ing, to be supplied by the town, Is
expected to reach165,000.
The swimming pool will be the
gift of Harry W. Knight, of Tor-
onto, a former resident of Gode-
rich, who made the offer to- build
it last year. The tender was sub-
mitted to Mr. Knight for approval. The Quedoc • and barge Portadoc
First Tenders High arrived from Fort William on Mon:
First -tenders for the pool were day and left again on Tuesday
called a number of weeks ago, but 'afternoon. The Imperial Kingston
all proved• higher than anticipated, was in port last Friday with misted'
by the special swimming pool cam- fuel from Sarnia and left on Sat-
mittee which had been • set up by urday.
town council, and none was ac-
t repted. "ECHEE BON"
New tenders for the project were .A letter of thanks has been
called once again in July, with the received from Pte., R. K.
result that the bid made,,;by Mr. Snell, serving with the Can -
Ross was accepted. adian Army in the Far East,
The contract between Mr. Ross for' sending him each week
and the pool committee calls .for • copies of the Signal -Star. He
building of a 59 x 100 feet, rein- stated they kept him up on:
forced concrete pool and modifica- • election news. Pte. Snell also
tion of the existing wading pool. wrote: "I also think you - new
The contract also states . that set-up of the front page is, as
earth taken from the excavation the Japanese put it, Echee Bon
for the pool will bc''deposited at (pronounced 'Itehi bun') which
place yet to be specified. means Number one."
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IAT THE WATERFRONT
Visitors to the' harbor are com-
ing from various places in Canada
and the United States. '
Latest visitor was Charles Miller,
of New Freedom, Pa., 'who a couple
of years .ago " brought a. group of
high school students 'here on a
tour. The boys were given a boat
ride by Bert MacDonald, so Mr.
Miller dropped in to see Bert once
again.
With him were his wife ,and son,
Charles and Margaret and Ronnie
Marstellar, of, Stewartstown, Pa.
Mr. Miller is now art director at
Susquehannock High School. He
brought a group of farm boys here
when he -taught agriculture.
Shipping has been fairly light
once again during the past week.
SPLASH!
It wasn't a tidal -wave, but
harbor observers claim there
was a good-sized ripple when •
a portly Detroitwoman lost
her footing while getting into
a rowboat the other day and
was dumped into the drink.
The woman and her husband
were getting set to head for the
river for a bit of fishing when
the incident • occurred.
Her husband leaped in after
her, but it took a great deal
of tugging and manoeuvering
before the lady was brought
out.
,Changed into the largest
bathing suit Bert MacDonald
could fsnd, she and her hus-
band made Light of the ex-
perience and continued on
their fishing expedition.
Show Attracts
large Crowd
Ede Kiraly, the stylish skater
who was once runner-up to Dick
Button for the world's champion-
ship, highlighted the weekly show
presented by the Goderich Summer
Figure Skating School at the Mem-
orial Arena last Saturday night be-
fore
efore a crowd of over 1,000 people.
An instructor at the school, Mr.
Kiraly was called back for several
encores as he presented a dazzling
performance of precision and
ability. .
Another feature of the show was
the finale, a Scottish number star-
ring Avonelle O'Connell, of Phila-
delphia and formerly of Stratford,
Who performed a sword dance on
skates. Pipers Frank Mutch and
Hector Kingswell, of 'Clinton, pro-
vided the music.
Little Donnie Jackson, of
Oshawa, once again thrilled the
crowd with his sired and' balance
while featured in duet perform-
ances were Maureen Carthy, of St.
Catharines " and Marlene Kistner,
of Kitchener; Suzanne Peever and
Pat Slade, both of London.
Solo Skaters'
This Saturday night's show pro-
mises to be another top-flight pro-
gram with solos to be- performed
y poiflijar- Raymond Blommer, of
Milwaultees-C,iare, Nettleton; of the'
Minto 'Skating Club; 'Marilyn
Schiechter, of Kitchener, and Dick
Curry, of Philadelphia. .'
Elaine Richards, Oshawa star,
and Mr. Blommer will team up in
a skating duo, while pair skating
will be performed also by a sister -
brother combination, Mary Kay
and Richard Keilar, of Buffalo.
Featured in a trio presentation
will be Paula Flynn, Martha Gib-
son and Pam Ryal, all. Buffalo
skaters.'
The program will have a jive
number performed by a precision
group and the finale will be a big
production number with a South
American theme. ° `:
79.2 Per Cent Cast
Ballots In Huron
With 26,178 voters eligible to
cast ballots in Monday's federal
election, Huron riding fared quite
well in getting 79.2 per cent of the
electors to the polls. 4
Final tabulation showed that a
total of 20,738 voters cast ballots.
The figure, however, is slightly
lower than the total number of
•voters who cast ballots in 1949 in
the 22 subdivisions making up the
new Huron seat. In the last elec-
tion, there were 21,601 people who
voted.
One possible reason for the de-
crease in the number exercising
their franchise is that the number
of persons .enumerated as eligible
to vote was smaller this year than
it "was four years. ago. A number
of townships showed decreases, al-
though in' Goderich the number
was increased by 91 -from „3,479
to 3,560.
Actually, the vote was considered
by officials of both parties to toe
quite • good; considering the fact
that a number of people would
have been an holidays and also th
seeming apathy on the part of a
number of eligible voters.. •
4 DIS'
St. Laurent.
Greets Second Term
INTERESTED?
If the gross income of your
family 'is not less than $150
a month and you would like
a brand new house to rent in
Goderieh, an advertisement to .-
be found elsewhereg in this
issue of the Signal -Star can
give you details. An applica-
tion is being made to the Pro-
vincial Government for more
houses to be built at Gode-
rich. A survey is being made
to learn how many people
want such a house in order to
determine ow many . such
houses to b built. If heads -
of households want a new
house to rent they have to fill
in an application form at the
Town Hall on or before
August 25.
More Charges
Suggested in
CIubHearing
A suggestion that further
charges could be laid as a result
of the July 4 raid en the Park
House was made by Magistrate
E. Holmes, Q.C., last Thursday
the hearing in police court of tw
charges laid under the Cana
Temperance Act against Dmyt
Pysaniuk, manager of the club.
Decision in the case was reser
ed by Magistrate Holmes until t
>t day's session. of police court.
Scanning the rules and by-law
of .the Park House "bottle club.
the magistrate noted that it was
possible officers of'the • organiz-
ation could be charged, if they
were still' officers.
The by-laws named Joseph A
laire as president' -Robert Wilso
208 vice-president; William Wood an
97 1larVey Webster as director
108 Pysaniuk was listed ' as secretar
39 treasurer and manager.
502 "Quite a representation of ceit
zens," commented the magistrat
"Yes, quite a representation
agreed Crown Attorney H. - Glen
Hays, Q.C.
Pleadi Not Guilty
At last ' Thursday's hearin
which lasted through most of t
morning session and. part of th
afternoon, Pysaniuk pleaded not
guilty to a charge that he unlaw-
fully exposed or kept- liquor fo
sale, contrary to the Canada Ten
perance Act.
Constable J. L. Finegan sai
that on the night of the raid h
collected membership cards an
punch tickets from some of thos
135 in the club. One of the ticket
12e he said, bore the number 251, an
149 had four of the 12 marks punched
124 The constable said Pysaniuk ha
86 difficulty finding the beer cas
135 bearing the same number,. an
755 when -it Was found it contained 2
empty bottles.
Constable Finegan said the ac
55 cused had no records or books con
53 taining a list of members' name
.12 Asked to explain this when he too
31 the stand, Pysaniuk explained tba
27 he had such a book, but "someon
63 swiped it."
27 - Bought Tickets
63. Arthur Murray, of Dunlop
351 identified ticket number 251 as
belonging fo him and said he had
paid $f for it earlier on. the night
71 of the raid. He said ho bad
.18 ordered beer.on July 1 through the
95 accused and did . not pay any
1001 money for it at that time.
Only one witness, Mrs. Annie
d5 McCartney, of Goderich, claimed
66 she paid money in advance when
12 sheyordered beer and did not pay
49 any money on the night of July 4.
94 Three others, Morley McLean.
33 Grant McPhee and Arthur Thomas,
735 said they bought punch tickets on
the night of the raid. Mr. Thomas
104 said he had ordered beer two
115 weeks previously but paid no
79 money at that time.
73 Constable James Moore testified
that in the raid there were 1,095
59 pints of beer and ale seized to -
15139 with 352 empty bottles.
33 Bottles Not Marked
He testified that in a soft drink
860 cooler there were 75 bottles of
beer, five"of which were not mark-
ed with numbers.
Pysaniuk, clarifying the rules
of the club, stated that members
pay $6 per case when they order
beer. When the beer is delivered,
he said, the' case Is marked and
each bottle marked with the meni-
ber's number.
In some cases, he admitted, peo-
28 ple have ordered beer and not aid
59 for it at the time.. ''They are
48 friends," b explained.
54 Asked abut five unmarked bol -
18 ties of beer in the soft drink
207 cooler, he testified that they were
his own. "1 ordered a case of
her for myself once inn while,"
D.
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ow Huron Voted
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o 0 2
CO,att `°, '3 4-
o 1. 4
,Q sa ' • Total
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En ASHFIELD a
1 10926
2 106 28
3 83. 44
4 - .. 68
5 ,. ''''' .. 20 .:
6 39.. 47
7 ...... _ .... 45 45
Total 470 332
BLYTH
1 ' ...... 138 72
2.134 38
Total 272 110
BRUSSELS
1 120 68
2. .... 75 45
3 111 65
Total .. 306 178
CLINTON
1(a) ... _. 102 68
1(b) . 96 76
2(a) 109 _ 68
2(b) . 98 89
3(a) 108 60
3(b) 91 90
4(a) .61
4(b) 169 61
Total 777 573
COLBORNE
1 ..:68 38
2 42 tib
3 108 66
4 45 44
Total "263 216
GODERICH
2(a)1 78 49
1993 92
3(a) $0 - 943 7
3(b) 70 , 88
4 .... .......... 1226 82
5106
6 ........ .......... 67 66
7 1«J' 123
-8
9(a) 81 H1
72
9(b) . .8661
75
10(a) (14 82
10(b)' .... 85 79 TUCKERSMITH
1 91 93 1 91
2Ta)...............•...
12(b) , . . 88 59 2 - 78
41
Total 1442 134!523618162:6:
316 4
GODERICH TWP. 5 56
1 107 63 6 47
2 82 3?. 7 25
3 86 511 8 14
6
4 82 - 26 Total 416
5 79 48 USBORNE
62 29 1
66
Total 498 248 2 57
GREY 3 45
1 58 43 4 69
87 63 5 89
3 66 47 6 67
4 ....... ....... 66 61. 7 ' 79
5 134 81 Total 472
6 60 66 E. WAWANOSH
7 ` 43
Total .. 536 419 2 102
HAY 3 64
3(a)Total a 46 516 5 50
3(b) 36 110 Total 318
51 97 W. WAWANOSH
4 93 158 1 88
23 79 2 88
5 .. ..
6 114 78 3 52
7 26 47 4 48
8
Taal 468 748 6 177
HENSALL Total 358
1(a) 115 91 EXETER
1(b) . 97 96 1(a) 119
Total 212 187 1(b) . 89
HULLETT 2(a) ... 134
181 31 2(b) . 162
2 - 52 44 3(a) 118
3 ....... 51 65 3(b) 97
4 =.,, 117 8$ 4 64
5 29 22 Tdtal 783
8 64 . 52 ADVANCED POLL
71 71 • 4
Total 465 423 Grand Total 10,975.
. .. 99
1
2
3 ..
4
Total
1
2
3
4
5
fi
HIBBERT
65
70
92
77
" 304
McK ILLOP
20
107
107
103
337
MORRIS
79
83
108
p, 128 ..
85 .�
81
Total 564
SEAFORTH
1 78
2 96
3 82
4 39
5 " 50
6 58
Total _ 403 '
STANLEY
1 .. 42
2 58
52
4 164
5 67
6 ... 77
7 ... 17
8 137
Total - 614
STEPHEN
1 97
2 68
3 82
4 88
5 36
6 . 103
7 34
8 ». 83
9 38
10(a)32
10(b) . 32
.,,, Total ' 893
Permit.' Values Hit 2
Total 0f $31i75
Nineteen building
permits val-
ued at $311,875 were granted dur-
ing July, Town Cierk S: H. Blake
reported to town council at its,
meeting last Friday night.
Largest single permit was for
the new Sheaffer Pen Company of
Canada, •Limited, , plant for $250,-
000.
Permits were also issued for
six new houses.
A number of the other permits
were for additions or alterations to
existing buildings, and one was
for erection o% a storage shed at
the Goderich' District Collegiate
Institute, valued at $3,000.
NEW SERVICE STATION
A new, modern service station
,is planned for the corner of King-
ston and Victoria streets on the
location of Samis Motors.. It will
be a B -A station run by the 'pre:
sent operator. It is understood
David Ross Construction will be
in charge of its erection.
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1ptlun�1r U.3 13,50
Capin'
Conservative Member
For New Huron Riding
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ELSTON .CARDIFF
A. Y. it:CLEAN -
By . Tattoo Crowd
Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band
scored a hit 'on Tuesday night at
cl a well -attended tattoo held in Ailsa
et Craig.
The big demonstration included
s, 11 bands and 'was sponsored by
d the.Ailsa Craig Legion. and Parks
. committee.
d he girls' band, led by Don
e of , drew loud applause from the
d audi ce,,as they paraded with pre -
4 cision orm in their intricate drills.
Last Sunday night, the girls'
- group and the Blue Water Barad
- provided another concerts at Court
. House Park with a large crowd in
k attendance. These weekly coa-
t certs are proving more popular
e all the time, and many people, 1
including several visitors, have
commented on the •high quality f
of the musical aggregations,
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Elston Cardiff, 64year-old :Brow
sels farmer, swept to a victory for
the Progressive Conservative patty
in the.new riding ; of Huron is
Monday's election,: 'defeating the
Liberal standard bearer, Andrew
Y. McLean, 44 -year-old . Seaforth
pleblisher, in 'a battle that ' was
undecided until returns from the
last few polls were received: '
With Mr. Cardiff. leading by
slightly over 1,000 votes and ,only
a few polls not heard. from, Mr.
McLeanconceded the, • election.
shortly after 11 p.m.
Final cgunt showed Mr. Cardiff
with a total of 10,975 votes com-
pared with 9,763 for Mr. McLean--
a majority of 1212.
About a half hour after the poll*
closed, returns showed Mr. Cardiff
taking an early lead, a margin
which increased until the last" poll
was. counted.
Initial returns from Morris show
•ed 'Mr. Cardiff taking a strong lead
in his home area, while Seaforth
voters went heavily. in favor of
their native son, Mr. McLean, Final
tabulation showed Mr. Cardiff with
a majority of 274 in Morris, while
Mr. McLean racked up a 352'Major-
ity in Seaforth.
Goderich Switches
Voters in Goderich, who gave the
Liberals a majority of 235 in the
1949 election, did an about face
this time and gave the, Conserv-
atives a majority of 126.
In all, Mr. Cardiff took' major-
ities in 17 of the 22 divisions mak-
ing up the . Huron riding. .Mr.
McLean's five majorities were•scor-
ed in his home town of Seafortbi,
in Tuckersmith, Stephen, Hibbert
and Hay. -
Conservative party`, stalwarts in
fYoderich kept a close watch on the
results at -their committee rooms
in the British Exchange Hotel and
even before the contest had been
definitely decided, they started a
jubilant celebration to mark the
victory.
Automobile horns blowing, and
the skirl of bagpipes and drums
signalled the :vietory celebration,
as Mr. Cardiff aitilved in town ac-
companied by. the' Brussels Legion
Pipe Band.. The band • also made.
a victory march:. twice around the
Square:' - „
Celebration
The celebration actually began
at 't'4 ingham, where a bus and
motorcade started off taking Mr,
Cardiff and a party accompanying
him'on i tour of the riding. From
Goderich, the group c0 nued to
Clinton, Seaforth and Exeter. 1t:
was in Seaforth that Mr. McLean
and Mr. Cardiff met and the loser
congratulated the winner..
Result of the advanced polls
which were held in Goderich last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
failed to give a true indication of
how the vote`, in the county would
go. The poll, first one counted
when polls. were closed Motnday
night, showed Mr. McLean with 15
otes and Mr. Cardiff with four,
iter. McLean, member for Huron-
'erth riding in the last House of
Commons, and Mr. Cardiff, member
or Huron North, became candid -
(Continued on page _5)
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44 he said, but 1 did not sell ft."
26 Pysaniuk was represented by
38 Campbell Grant, Q.C., of Walker -
47 ton.
42 Followingthe hearing, Mr. Wood
240 issued n statement denying•thgt he'
was ,a director of the Park House
Club. Ile said that his ,lawyer was
contaeiing Pysaniuk pointing nut
that he had resigned last October
and that his name should have
been strickee from tile_ constine.
tion. - .
Mr. Webster has also issued a
statement denying affiliation with
the club. .Ile said he was not a
15 director and not a member of the
club.
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9,763
OnIy T nDea S Rernain
Contest On Last L
t
Contestants in the Goderich "Good -Will" Shopping -Club
Contest are reminded there are ten Grand Prize Awards to be
given out at the dose of this contest onSaturday, August 22,
and ANYONE CAN STILL WIN' FIRST PRIZE. But the •real
workers from now on will be the ones to finish in the first
ten positions.
Last week Mrs. Norman Clair- regular subscribers. . By contact-
mont turned in the most votes to ing these people and selling them
win the $5.00 cash weekly prize. new subscriptions there : is a
See the advertisement elsewhere wealth of votes to be obtained.
in this issue with the list of mer• Club merchants can stimulate
chants taking part. Buy from these sales by offering "Double Votes"
merchants and receive the votes on special items or the payment
that will boost your number of of [ccounts. This will benefit
votes. Read the rules and regula- both merchants and contestants.
tions sin the advertisement. a Here sis •the standing according
REMEMBER, Signal -Star sub- to votes •for publication up to
scription votes are BIG VOTES Saturday noon last:
and these added to your store votes Mrs. °Norman Clairmont• 358,825
will increase your total CONSID- ianne McConnell 299,750
ERAIILY. Get your friends to Agnes Chisholm 290,500
renew or take out .a new Signal- Clara Wilson273,051
Star subscription and get the ad- Earl Raithby 270,101
vantage of these votes. Mrs. Geo. Hutchins 251,21S
A renewal for each year to the Mrs. H. Doak 224,560
Signal -Star brings 4,000 votes. A Mrs. Reg. Williamson 220006
bonus is given to any contestant Mrs. J. McNevin 200,176
bringing 'in five renewals at one Mrs. N. Warnock 170,575
ime. For example, five renewals Mrs.'Wm. Mitchell 106,075
t 4,000 votes each means "a total Aima Chisholm 161,750
of 20,000 votes for which a bonus J. Marriott 156,000
of 5,000 votes are given to make a ,Mrs. Leroy Taylor , 148,775
grtotal of 25,000 votes. • Mrs. Ralph Jewell .. 123,075
New
subscriptions bring even Mrs. ,H. Musgrave 73,100
vera er votes -6,000 votes for each E. Gibson ,... 52,650 .
r. Five new subscriptions at Gwen•Stewart ... 50,900.
6000 votes each means a total of Mrs. G. Stewart 42,750 '
30,000 votes. Add to this the Betty D. Carrick 42,100
bonus of 10,000 votes for getting Mrs. Carl Sowerby 39,775
five new subscriptions at one time Mrs. Frank Chase 39,350
and you have a grand total of Mary Alexander .., ., 38,8'
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40,000 votes. You can see, then, John Ladd: 38,000
how quickly you can boost your Mrs. Harold Ashton 36,200,
total number of votes by getting Glen Gardiner .
Signal -Star renewals and,new sub- Mrs. .R. J.rpSallows. • • 35050
yyvv35,61111#
scriptions. The, Signal -Star can Miss Lynda Holland ... 3
supply contestants with the names Mrs.; Ru h Davidson .., 32,625
of
of people on rural routes• out of Mrs. D. .*Graham .. 25
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Goderich, Auburn, Dungannon . Mrs. Chas. Crieieford ;.
Port Albert, Clinton, Blyth, Luck- afnes. Argyle , ..
now, Reynolds_ Kingsbridge, Clio- • Contestants with less than
ton `and K •ntail •who are not now 'votes not shown in above *tending.
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