The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-11-19, Page 1'Olt UK MAXI ...::t....
106th Year—No. 46
.GODERICE, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 1953
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AND ....BERE AND THERE
Christmas is creeping up.
M. Leonard Durnin who has
been at the Dominion Store, Gotta -
rich, for a little over three years
has been named manager of the
Store. Mr. John Preston, .who was
manager following Mr. Cyril
Brown, has been named manager
of the Walkerton store.
Another bjisiness establishment
opens on Hamilton street, . Satur-
day—the Western Tire and Auto
Supply Store, managed by *George
Bowra. It is located next to the
Beatty Washer Store.
In the •brilliant, summer-like sun-
shine of Sunday afternoon we
strolled aboard the Ontadoc, first
of the winter fleet to tie up at
Goderich harbor. Incidentally,
estimates have it that as many as
20 boats will make utb Goderich's
winter fleet this year.
But to return to the Ontadoc.
After a tour of the boat we landed
up in the kitchen where we were
greeted by a distinguished looking
gentleman impeccably dressed in'
the -all white uniform of a chef,
high hat and all, finished off with
a snappy black, bow tie.
He was Sam Robinson of Wiarton
who will finish his chef's duties for
the season at the end of the month.
Sam was getting ready a flock of
milk -white chickens for Sunday
evening dinner. We won't go into
details here but if anyone tells
you the crew of a grain carrier
doesn't "get the "bestest" and the
"�mostest" in the way of meals
just take a peek at the larder in
the kitchen . of any of these boats
and you'll soon change your tune.
We learned that Sam was not
only a-'chefbut "a man of many
parts." In brief, he is a violin
maker, a farmer, a chef and a
minister. He has a 100 acre farm
just south of Wiarton which he
works but which is run by his son
when he is not there.-- He is also
a minister of the Reorganized
Church -of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and preaches around
the countryside when not aboard
ship. •
Violin making started as a hobby
but is now a fair side business,
In the past ten years he has made
20 of them which sell anywhere
from $50 to $100. The wood in one
which he is now making came from
the Tyrol mountains of Austria.
Wood in .some of the other violins
he has made came from Goderich.
Violin making comes naturally
to Sam. His grandfather, John
Smale, was a pioneer of Lambton
County, settling near 'Oil Springs.
With only crude tools of the early
days he made many a. violin, com-
plete, even to the strings which
were made from the guts of sheep.
Musically inclined, his grandfather
organized an orchestra near Oil
Springs in the early days which
was known as "Hale and Smale's
String- Band."
Sam's cooking has made for a
happy crew. But Dan Cupid is
entering the picture next month
to make it an even happier crew.
Four of the crew, .somewhat of a
record, are all getting married
right after they sign off for the
season at the end of this month.
They are the second mate, ' the
third mate, the wheelsman and an
oiler!
• OVERHEARD ON THE SQUARE
—"Old Man Weather has sure been
good. to us for a long stretch." .
Local Curlers
Elect Officers
D. G. Grist was namedresident
of the Goderich Curling Club at, a
Meeting of the group at 'the arena
on Monday night.
Other officers named were Merv.
Bell, vice-president; Glen Gardiner,
secretary; Burns Ross, treasurer,
Directors of the club will be named
at a later meeting. The group was
told that there was considerable in-
terest in curling here among mein-
bers of the air force at the Clinton
station.
Little Snow
Even in 1848
Spring-like weather Tuesday and
Wednesday shot Goderich thermos
meters up to an unseasonable high'
of nearly 65. Court House Park
trenches . were filled with sun bath-
ers. Mrs. Earl MacLaren brought
from her garden to the Signal -Star,
office a bouquet of roses and Cal-
endulas. District hunters report-
ed seeing numerous snakes. Rev.
R. G. MacMillan wore in his coat
lapel a full-grown dandelion in
blossom picked from his lawn.
Ye Signal -Star ' editor, fearing
Florida planned to invade ,Huron
County, went exploratory and
spent hours delving through the
venerable pages of the Huron -
Signal, predecessor to the Signal -
Star, to see if the 19th century
had any weather like this. Be-
lieving every winter in Huror-
County in the 80's was nothing
short of a continual Yukon bliz-
zard, he was astounded to find the
following amazing confessions:
In January, 1863 '
Here's what The Huron Signal
of January 8, 1863 (90 years ago)
had to say under the heading- of
"Our Climate":
"The `oldest inhabitant' of Gode-
rich must feel convinced that a
gradual change is coming over our
climate, for better or 'for worse,
just as we may happen to look
at it. Twenty years ago, it was a
rare thing indeed to see the snow
less than two feet deep at Christ-
mas, and the regular January thaw
was looked for as a temporary
respite from the rigors of a Can-
adian 'winter. By degrees, how-
ever, as the -country became open-
ed up, the snow was more and
more tardy in coming, until now a
January thaw is almost an obsolete
thing, for the very good reason
that there is seldom much snow on
the ground by the first of January.
This season, with the exception of I
a snow flurry of three days' dur-
ation, has been unprecedently mild.
Milder than that of even '37.
Christmas day last (December 25,
1862), might by a very slight
stretch of the imagination, have
been taken for the first of May—
no snow on the ground or frost
in it—the atmosphere mild. and
genial, and the whole appearance
of nature in that state of repose
peculiar to sprung. Since that time
no snow has fallen, and, we record
it with pleasure, ploughing has
been done during the past week in
both Huron and Bruce! 1 Hence-
forth,let no foreigner attempt to
write. down Canada as a country
frozen during half the year.
Should the amelioration of our
climate at present experienced
continue in coming years, there
would be little further to desire• in
this respect."
No Snow—Feb., 1.848
The very first issue of The Huron
Signal—that of February 4, 1848 --
which will be 106 years ago this
coming February—had the follow-
ing to say about "The Winter" of
that date: .
"Up -to the present date -it has
been - a 'remarkable winter. We
have had but a very few days of
even indifferent sleighing, and' of
late it has required some compuh.-
tion to convince us that we had
not advanced into the month of
April. There has been no -fishing
on the ice, or rather there is no
ice that can be ventured on. The
roads are occasionally dry and
hard, but there is no snow. And
men are wondering, and wishing,
and looking anxiously to the heav-
ens but still there is no snow.
Young gentlemen have been pro-
mising sleigh -rides to young ladies,
and the young ladies are impatient
for the fulfillment of the promise.
But, alas, alas!—THERE IS NO
SNOW. Even • the 'Huron Signal'
has been some weeks later in mak-
ing its appearance in consequence
of the incontrovertible fact that
THERE IS NO SNOW. It is a
lamentable case! And as our Dis-
trict Council which met upon the
first instant has apparently more
business than it can properly ac-
complish, and as the new Parlia-
ment is likely to have enough to
do with its own affairs; we would
propose an immediate petition to
Sir John Herchel, requesting him
to enquire at the Board. of the
Weather and ascertain the causes
why we have had NO SNOW."
Nominations Here Nov. 27,
Clinton Chooses Tomorrow
Clinton voters will nominate can-
didates to stand for election to
Town Council at a nomination
night meeting tomorrow, first to
be held in the county for this
year's municipal elections. 'An
election, if necessary, will be held
on December 1.
Goderich will have its nomina-
tion night on November 27 with
an election, - if necessary, on
December 7.
Candidates proposed on nomin-
ation day will have until 9 p.m.
the following day to qualify for
competition in the elections.
Both Reeve John Nediger and
Deputy -Reeve Melvin Crich of
Clinton have signified their inten-
"tion to run again this year. The
-Clinton nomination will be held in
the Town Hall auditorium.
In Goderich, c
h ,
MaY
or J. E
Huck-
ins
has indicated he will stand"for
the office of chief magistrate 'once
again.
List Dates
Following is the list of nomin
ation__ and election dates in the
various Huron County municipal-
ities, first date being nomination
day:
Ashfield ......... Nov. 27 --Dec. 7
Colborne Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Goderich Twp. . Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Grey Nov. 30—Dec, 14
Hay Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Howick Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Hullett Nov. 27—Dec. 7
McKillop Dec. 28—Jan. 4
Morris Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Stephen Dec. 7—Dec. 14
Stanley Dec. 28-4an. 4
Tuckersmith Dec. 28 --Jan. 4
Turnberry Nov. 27—,Dec. 3
Usborne Nov. 27—Dec. 5
E. Wawanosh Nov. 27 --Dec. 7
W. WaWanosh _ Nov. 27—Dec. 7
Clinton .... _. .Nov. 20—Dec. 1
Exeter Dec. 7—Dec. 14
Nov. 27 --Dec. 7
Goderich ov
Seaforth Nov. 30 ---Dec. 9
Winghem .. Nov. 80 --'-Dec. 9
Blyth Village Nov. 30—Dec. 7 -
Brussels . Nov. 27—Dee. 7
I1lensall Nov. 27—Dec. 7
WHERE IS IT?
The problem of a missing
truck had everyone, including
one of the town fathers, com-
pletely puzzled Monday` morn-
ing.
It all started when Deputy -
Reeve Joseph Allaire, who runs
a transport business, discover-
ed one of his trucks missing.
To make matters worse, who-
ever had taken the truck had
moved Mr. Allaire's car out of
the driveway because it was
in the way.
Completely baffled as to its
possible whereabouts, he check-
ed garages and parking lots
around town for two hours.
Finally, completely baffled, h'e
called police in on the hunt.
One of the constables, check-
ing a downtown garage in the
afternoon was told by an em-
ployeethat he thought he
noticed the truck at the Huron
Body and Fender Shop. "1
hope so," commented the con-
stable.
Sure enough, investigation re-
vealed men at the fender shop
busy pounding out a dent.
It seems the deputy -reeve
had not been told ar-
rangements had been made a
couple of weeks previously to
pick up the truck and do the
repair job on Monday.
Huron Gets
Storm Grant
Huron County will benefit from
a grant of $137,462 made by the
Federal. Government on Tuesday
for the relief of tornado victims in
Huron, Perth,. Lambton, Middlesex:
and Oxford counties.
County Clerk -Treasurer A. H.
Erskine told council at its opening
session Tuesday that he had been
informed of the grant by A. Y.
McLean, of Seaforth, former M.P.
for Huron.
The grant will match one of a
similar amount made recently by
the Ontar"- Government and one
of $100,000 made by the Canadian
Disaster Relief Fund. Mr. Erskine
said that there was no indication
of Huron's share of the relief
money. At its last session, council
voted $10,000 toward tornado re-
lief.
Announcement of the grant was
made in Ottawa by Hon. Walter
E. Harris, Minister of Citizenship
and Immigration He said that de-
tails of the method of payment
would be worked out with the Cau-
ac tan Disaster Relief Fund and the
count committees.
Museum Addition
Gets Council Nod
County Council at its session
yesterday approved building an ad-
dition to Huron .county Museum
on . North --street-; n_Goderith to
house some of the larger pieces
of machinery now being kept out-
side.
Recommendation that the addi-
tion be built at the north-east
corner of the building was includ-
ed in the report of the historic
committee headed by Deputy -
Reeve Joseph Allaire, of. Goderich.
County Clerk -Treasurer A. 11.
Erskine told the council that it
could be built at a cost of approx-
imately $1,500 from current ex-
penses without any addition to
next year's museum budget.
In the report it was noted that
paid admissions' to the museum
this year had totalled approximate-
ly $1,700 and that a grant of $600
had been made,by the Province'.
Tributewas paid to the work of
Curator J. H. Neill, who appeared
before council. Mr. Neill reported
that during the year 55 school
classes had attended the museum,
compared with 20 last year and -567
children had toured -the building
in June. To November 1, 8,097
visitors were registered, compared
with 5,811 to the same , date last
year and 1,926 in 1951.
During the year 50 feet of new
show cases were constructed and
a general plan of improvement to
the building was carried out. Mr.
Neill told council that several
relics were •being collected and at
present he was looking for early
types of steam engines.
Baptist Services
Largely Attended
Life Giving services being held
at the Baptist Church this week
are attracting large congregations.
The services started on Monday,
with Dr. P. P. W. Ziemann, a well-
known preacher in •the area, as
guest speaker, and Marion Crowley
Newby, of Toronto, as guest soloist.
The services have continued each
night through the week and to-
night at 7.45 o'clock, Dr. Ziemann
will speak on "God's Refugee
Problem" and will present a film
strip and recording. Tomorrow
evening the title of his address will
be "Fighting God," and a colored
sound film will be shown.
Sunday will see the- closing---isf
the service series when Dr. Zie`
mann will speak in the morning on
the subject "How to Have Power"
and in the evening on the subject
"Time's Up."
Dr...Ziemann's forceful addresses
have been, of great Interest to the
congregations and Marion Crowley
Newby'S spirituals have been
especially appreciated.
MRS. ALMA K. SCHNEIDER, director of the. Denver mint, and Guard'
Capt. JACK CARLSON display a homemade Union Jack that flew over
the mint for nine minutes before it was detected by a guard. Mrs.
Schneider also holds a lock the practical joker used to secure the
British flag in place atop of the pole, and a note pinned to it reading:
"Just charge it—Winnie."
County Council Told
Of Progressive Year
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Conclusion of the year's business
was started on Tuesday by Huron
County Council at its final session
for 1953 in the Court House.
Members were welcomed by
Warden Alvin W. 'Kerslake, of
Hensall, who expressed pleasure
at the successful year the county
had enjoyed. '
The warden extended sympathy
to Reeve Alfred Moffatt, of Tucker -
!smith, who suffered a heart attac.4c
and is in hospital, and to Reeve
John Nediger, of "Clinton; whose
mother died in Clinton.
Financial Statement
I The financial statement present-
! ed by County Clerk -Treasurer A.
H. Erskine and Deputy Clerk -
Treasurer John G. Berry, showed
that up to October 31 the county
had receipts and disbursements of
$369,410.03.
Huron County highways report
showed revenue of $510,916.30 and
expenditure'of $497,355.93 leaving
a_ bank balance .of $13,5.60_.37, -- _
Huron County Home report
showed that $52,529.16 had been I
received in revenue and expendi-.1,
tures of $50,781.93 made, leaving
a bank balance of $1,747.23.
In the estimates for the balance
of the year, it is expected that
receipts will total $309,670.25 and
disbursements $214,496.46 leaving
an - estimated bank balance of
$95,173.79.
Compare Years
The officials noted that in com-
paring -the-close of 1953 with the
close of 1962, it is found that the
county had a bank balance of
$114,000 at the end of 1952 but
owed the County Home ,building
fund $50,000 leaving a' net of
$64,000. After paying the levy
for the County Home building fund
for 1953, the report notes, and
allowing for $20,000 levied for
Wingham Hospital, the county
should have a balance of approx-
imately $95,000.
This has been accomplished, the
report says, even though' $10,000
was granted to the. Tornado Relief
Fund, which was not included in
the estimates. s
Not Velvet
"To spoil any idea that this
$95,000 is velvet," the report con-
tinues, "it belongs to the Court
House building fund. The county
highways have advances of $150,-
000 from the'Court House fend and
this general balance is just what
is required to bring that fuiid back
to par."
The year has been an exception-
ally good one, the report concludes."
"We have strengthened our cur-
rent financial position regardless
of steadily and unestimated rising
costs, particularly in hospitals,
registry office and jail:,
Council also received a number
of resolutions and letters, which
included the following:
Resolutions
From the Town of Burlington,
asking that the speed in school
areas be limited to 15 miles per
hour. Referred to legislative com-
mittee.
From the ,County of Waterloo,
asking that the deer season be
later than early in November due
to the' fact that up to December 1
someFiled. cattle are still in pasture.----
From the "County of Simcoe, ask-
ing that the Department of High-
ways be requested to increase the
road subsidy to 80 per cent. --
Road -committee.
From the Girl Guides, Huron -
Perth division, asking for a grant
and pointing out that -Perth County
Connell has granted' the 'r"ou
$100.---Financecommittee. g p
Rental Hautes
From urban municipalities in the-.
COMING HOME
Goderich's first casualty in
the Korean conflict, 24 -year-
old Pte. David John Pitblado,
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Pit-
blado, 11 Cambridge street, is
due home shortly after a sec-
ond tour of duty with the Can-
adian -Army in the Asiatic
theatre.
Pte. Pitblado, who joined
the Princess Patricia's Can-
adian Light Infantry at Sarnia
in January, 1951, left Canada
in July of that year to take
advanced training in Japan.
He was wounded on October
23, 1951, suffering injuries to
his right kneecapand. above
ig
his right eye.
After 16 months in Korea,
he returned home on furlough.
only -__to__return_to the battle
front in June of this year. He
was due to arrive back in
Canada at Vancouver last Sat-
urday and after going to 'Cal-
gary is expected home or. a
60 -day period of leave.
Kinettes Name
School . Winners
Recreation Secretary Resigns,
Bills Pose Problem To Council
Choose Two
Const,bles
Two constables for the town's
police force which will take over
policing duties in the town at the
beginning of next year were hired
by Town Council at -a ,special meet„
ing last Friday.
Council has still to decide on a
third constable from a number of
applications.
The new. policemen accepted are
Albert' E. South, of Woodstock,
and Howard H. Watson, of Toronto.
Mr. South is 33, married, and has
had four years experience with the
City of Woodstock police force.
Mr. Watson is a native of Tor-
onto and is 28 years of age. He
served with the R.C.A.F. during
the Second World War and wa:i
honorably discharged with the rank
of Flight Sergeant. After the war
he served for six and one-half
years with the Toronto police de-
partment and is now employed as
a bailiff in Toronto. Mr. Watson
stated, in his application that he
has spent several summers in Gode-
rich and has relatives living here.
Council made the selection of
constables from more than 50 ap-
plications.
F. M. Hall, of London, a former
Chief Constable in Woodstock, was
selected last week to head the
local force when it begins its
duties.
Sixteen members attended a
regular meeting of the Kinette
Club of Goderich held on Monday,
at the British Exchange Hotel.
The president, Mrs. Max Cutt;
announced thatplanshad been
completed" for the ]fridge marathon
which commences this- week. Pro-
ceeds from this project will be pre-
sented to the Kinsmen Club's Play-
ground Fund. Club members vot-
ed to hold a raffle for a wool
blanket and motor rug, the draw
to be made on Christmas Eve.
Mrs. H. Hibbert was appointed
representative to, the Girl Guide
Association, to replace Mrs. Wil-
liam McGrath. Winners in the
club's annual appeal for dolls to be
distributed as part of the Christ-
mas Cheer project were announced
The winners were: Public School,
Wendy Anderson, best doll; Jean
Council Approves
Saturday Closing
Iluron County Council at its
opening session on Tuesday after-
noon decided to close county of-
fices on Saturdays.
Recommendation that the • offic s
be closed was included in a report
submitted by County Cork A. II
Erskine. The report pointed out
that Government offices are now
closed on Saturdays, along with
banks and lawyers offices.
Mr. Erskine pointed out in his
report also that the County High-
ways account has been strengthen-
ed to the extent that one mill can
be transferred to the General Ac-
count nett year without interfering
witn the road program.
News grants available this year
from The Provincial Government,
the report said, were by the Ife-
partment of Agriculture for assist-
ance in tree planting and from the
Department of Education for the
County l'duseum . The county re-
ceived -$1,000 towards the tree
planting and $600 for the Museum.
The clerk reported that during
the year a number of estates were
advertised that involved persons
whose---._-hospitalization----had -been
paid by the county. Claims were
presented by the county and over
$3,000 was recovered.
SHEAFFER'S HAS NEW
WRITING'"T iSTRUMENT
Advertisements in daily
newspapers announce the in-
troduction on the Canadian
market of "Fineline 500" Re -
ti actable Ballpoint, a writing
instrument which is the pro-
duct of the W. A. Sheaffer Pen
Company of Canada. Manu-
facture , of this item will be
started this week in Goderich
and will be completely manu-
factured initially in the pro-
gram now under way in the
temporary Goderich location
of the ' company in the old
Goderich Collegiate.
94TH BIRTHDAY
Mrs. E. W. Carrie, widow. of Che-
late Rev. John Carrie, marked her
94th birthday last Friday in Alex-
andra Marine and General Hospit-
al, where she is a patient. Mrs.
Carrie i"s well known in Goderich
and district. Her husband was an
Anglican minister in the Dungan-
' non area before retiring to Gode-
rich.
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. Goderich Recreation and Arena
PESKY CRITTERS
Council, a little more than two
It took a bulldozer rather
than a bailiff to evict this
family.
And the family didn't like
the idea at all.
The family had its little
home situated right smack in
the centre of an area being
cleared for a road where 26
new rental homes will be situ-
ated in the south end of town.
Workmen started the, road
job last Friday morning, but
the family put up a fight' and
as a result the workmen ,had
their clothing ruined.
But the little family decided
it wasn't worth the fight when
the big bulldozer went into
operation. So, mother, father
and children marched off in
single file.
But the family of skunks had
their tails hoisted in the "air'
as they reluctantly gave up
their domicile. As a result,
worlttnen had to change their
clothes and fans at the nearby
Public School were turned on
to rid the building of the
obnoxious odor.
` months old, hit a stumbling block
Monday night with' the secretary,
Mrs. Harold Chambers, tendering
her. resignation, andthe receipt of
several bills, some dating back to
1950.
• Although the secretary tendered
her resignation, council took no
action on it, and Mrs. Chambers
agreed ,.before the meeting ended
Will investigate
`Booster' Tickets
-Possibility of selling "booster"
tickets for year-round reserved
seats at hockey games at the arena
will be investigated by the Gode •
rich Recreation and Arena Council,
it was decided ata meeting of the
group Monday night:
The council decided to authorize
its program committee to work
out details of the ticket sale.
"We .should point out," Mayor
J. E. Huckins suggested, "that- the
idea of the tickets would be to
boost the arena and the local
hockey club."
Council agreed that $2.50 would
be a reasonable fee to charge to
hold the seat for the season. It
was suggested that a time be set.
possibly 6 p.m., before which per-
sons with the "booster" tickets
would be required to pick up their
seat tickets on the day of the
game. -
Request Increase
In County Grant
An increase in the juniortextei -
sion grant from $1,200 to $1,800
next year was recommended to
Huron County Council at its open-
ing session Tuesday along with a
proposal that a deficit of approxin:- Another bill was for $1800 for an
ately $0 thisyear 0.be aid. 3
p ice machine installed during last
The recommendations came from
summed "I thought we had money"
to complete the business arising
out of the meeting.
In her quitting notice, the secre-
tary charged that she had' received
"no co-operation" and that she had
been "a secretary with no cor-
respondence."
She clarified the latter statement
by explaining that she had never
received a post office box in which
to receive mail addressed to the
council.
Nothing Done
She charged also that original
plans of the council had not been.
carried out: "Mr. Wakelin (Lorne
Wakelin, arena manager and re-
creation director) was going to do
certain things ,and I was to do cer-
tain things. 'Nobody did anything
about it.' It's not Mr. Wakelin's
fault," she said.
On top of the resignation, coun-
cil also received several bills, some
of them dating back to 1950 when
the former arena commission was
in operation. Other accounts in-
cluded one from the Public Util-
ities Commission for a total of
$1,229.99 in power, commercial
light and .water bills.
"We're getting bills that no one
knows anything about. No one
can run a business like that," com-
mented Gordon Bannister.
"If -these accounts were rendered
when the bills say they were, Mr.
Harper would have noted them in
his audits," said Mayor J. E.
Huckins. "The bills evidently
could net have been rendered to
the commission."
Commenting on the P.U.C. ac-
counts, J. H. Kinkead, council
chairman, explained that in former
years the arena operated for six
months and closed for six months
and a nominal sum was charged.
This year the arena operated dur-
ing July and August when -a skat-
ing school was held. Council, how-
ever; received a bill for the . month
of September, he said. "Why
should we pay rates for a month
in which we are not operating""
he asked.
Charged For Month
Mayor Huckins, after looking
over the bills, noted that there was
one for October. "We only used
power for five days but -they charg-
ed us for the whole month," he
said.
the county's agriculture committee coming in from the skating school,
headed by Reeve Dan Beuerman, saicliayttr fluckin __"A�the Sime
of McKillop -Township — of the audit, there was $2,000 to
Growth of junior farmer activ-
ities in the county was described
by Harold Baker, Assistant Agricul
tural Representative. Addressing
council, he said that this year saw
24 4-H clubs in operation with a
total of 347 members. Of the total
membership, 323 competed in pro-
jects and 14 clubs- had every mem-
ber complete projects.
This year, he said, prize money
will total $1,550.50. The program,
he said, had been greatly assisted
by the efforts of 41 voluntary lead-
ers. In addition, six Junior Farm-
ers and six Junior Institute clubs
were assisted by the Department
of Agriculture. ,,
G. W. Montgomery, Agricultural
Representative, told council that
he predicted a great increase in
4-11 club activities next year.
The agriculture committee, in
its -report, also told council that
a Livestock Protective Association Mr. Kinkead, who along with
Branch has been set up in the Mayor Huckins was a member of
-county. " Special projects were car- !the defunct arena commission; told
ried out for the control of. leafy the council that for the past four
spurge, buckthorn and barberry. I years the commission had always
TEND MEETING ; had an overdraft. He said that inATTEND4ar1 'Banksand MEETING
Legg former years finances were ,always
attended the Provincial Command low thatt beginning of the seas get
of the Ai Cadet League in Toro..; ► and l wasphardowork a end �' all the bills paid off by the end
last Saturday representing the of the season.
Maitland Squadron. I Meanwhile, the council decided'
that the bilis dating back td 1950
on which members were not clear,
would be referred to the arena
manager to check and see if the
accounts had been rendered pre-
viously, and what work had been
done by the firms submitting the
accounts.
be paid by the school," Mr. Kin-
kead -told the meeting. "We had
the money and we didn't pay it
'(the bill),", commented the mayor.
The last audit of, arena commis-
sion business was made in August
when the arena commission term-
inated its 'tenure of office. Short- +'
ly afterward the recreation and
arena council was formed.
Council also received and agreed
to pay bills totalling $356.80 for
canteen supplies purchased since
the beginning of this season. "We
purchased these things in good
faith—the bilis should "be paid,"
said the mayor.
Overdraft Likely
When asked .how much the coun-
cil had in the hank at the present,
Mrs. Chambers said that it was
about $800. "It looks as if we'll
have to have an overdraft," noted
Mayor Huckins.
Stdveng, most dolls; Separate . ■
ael BAd Mich- Decide a. Against Removing
ael Date. Cash prizes will be pre
sented to the winners by the school
Roads From County System
principals.
c iiliity, asking that council request
that the minimum population of
5,000 for a centre to obtain rental
houses be lowered. — Legislative
committee.
From East Wawanosh Township,
asking that the boundaries of Gode-
rich, Wingham and Clinton col-
legiate institutes be changed to
take an area of the township into
the Goderich District Collegiate
Institute area. — Legislative com-
mittee.
From the County of Elgin, ask-
ing that the Department of High-
ways make super highways in the
province toll roads. — Road -com-
mittee.
From Simene County asking thnt
the acreage required by any vet-
eran purchasing land under the
Veterans' Land Act 1n_ towns,vil-
lages and townships be reducd to
two-fifths of an acre. The resolu-
tion pointed out that the cost of
providing
services
ices to veterans pur-
chasing fand in urban centres anti"
townfi?ips tinder V.L.A. was becom-
ing prohililt-ive.—Legislative com-
mittee.
Seven roads which the Iluron quarter miles away was also a
County Council Road Commission county road, he said he felt the
recommended removed from the ninth concession was still heavily
county road system were retained travelled.
"Horse and Buggy"
in the system after lengthy debate . Reeve Eldon McKinney, of Wing -
and several votes . gat yesterday hang, said he felt there were more
morning's session of council. county roads than, there should
The mileage of the roads, which be. Several "horse and buggy"
were proposed by the commission roads are being maintained by the
to be turned back' to 'township county, he claimed.
supervision, totalled 17.9 miles. In reply to a question, County
They included .75 miles in Hul- Clerk -Treasurer A. H. Erskine told
lett Township; 7.5 miles, ninth council that the county system
concession of Morris Township; .5 now included about 400 Miles of
miles in Morris Township; 2.5 miles road.
in Tuckersmith Township; 2.5 miles The recommendation was includ-
on Howick-Turnberry boundary; .4 ed in the report of the road com=
miles in Turnberry Township and mission, which noted that consider -
3.75 miles in Colborne Township. able gradingand paving had been
:Debate on the, proposal started accomplished this year along with
when Reeve HrvyJohnston,v a e of
Morris, claimed that there was
about three-fifths of, a mile of the
ninth concession in .Morris within
the Village of Blyth. He said that
he did 'not think that the time fihd
come to take the road back into
the township system. Although
the boundary road one and one -
construction of bridges at Win-
throp, Jamestown and Fordwith.
The report showed that $60,367.
10 had been spent on bridge con
straction and $60 988.33 _ on. road
uc
constr
ruction.
Maintenance t nance of
bridges and culverts cost $8,984.19
and maintenance of roads
$244,313,24. •
REPORT SAYS PROGRESS
IN TREE PLANTINIG
Huron County's tree planting plan
apparently is meeting with the
approval of county ratepayers, ac-
cording to a report made to County
Council by its reforestation com-
mittee under the chairmanship of
Reeve Cliff Rowland, of Grey Town-
ship.
During 1953, the report said 139
acres were planted with 1118,000 '
trees. Applications for /954`' had
to be closed at 190 acres to be
planted with 290,550 trees.
In 1952, 82 acres were planted,
so that the work done this Year
and the proposed work next' yt'ar
shows a substantial increase.
A grant of 1/000 received from
the e
crimen
pp of Agriedltttre
materially assisted the • p am.:
The committee recommend tat
it... be Authorized . to
trailer at a cost
of
8t
e
tv
$378 to be used,,to con 'rey, the,
tractor and treeplanter 'from one
1 planting site ; to a'nother.' , ' ,