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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-12-10, Page 1dor 'Mg SWAMI AND....HEBZ AND THERE Goderich his rung up its second million so far this year. First, it was the "million dollar" Sheaffer plant. Now, it's the new million bushel grain elevator bins being built at the harbor. "Watch Gode- rich Grow" could well be the slogan for 1954. • It's a heart-warming gesture on the part of members of service clubs at London. Prominent citi- zens of the Forest City take their turn standing on the street 'edrners ringing bells and ssoliditing from passers-by donations to the Christ- mas Cheer Fund of the Salvation Army. Play safe, kids and- let the Kins- men Club put illuminated tape on your bikes to prevent accidents at night.- Go to the Town Hall at 9 a.m. Saturday and have this done. See details in advertisement else- where in this issue. It's to be hoped that the usual false rumors spread around at municipal election time will be quickly forgotten and thrown in the garbage cans where they be- long. Godenrch has too much ahead of it to be done to be divided in any way in its march of pro- gress • and ro- gress•and every shoulder should ibe put 4o the wheel in a united suppor#of the present council and the to`n as a whole. The current issue of Hardware and Metal; national publication serving hardware stores, etc., in Canada, carries a picture of last year's Christmas display window of Breckenridge's Hardware show rooms on North street. These windows again this season carry an interesting display. Talk about ambitious hens! Mrs. John McWhinney of Nile has a pullet which laid an egg containing three yokes. "How do you ever put in your time living in a small town," our city cousins have asked us. We have invited them to come up and see us some time to get an eyeful of just whaLa busy life the average person hasWin a small town. We venture to say that the average person in a small town has a much busier life than his city cousin what with entertainments, meet- ings and what -have -you to attend. Take this coming Friday night as one example with a Lions bingo, a hockey game, the annual Colleg- iate Commencement,' the Sunday School Christmas concert at Knox Church and half a dozen _other events scheduled. Some city folk have about as much idea of life in a town as some United States citizens have of the geography, etc., of their neighbors, Canada. OVERHEARD ON THE SQUARE —"Christmas is almost here and I've hardly got anything done yet." Goderich Flyer On Plane Which Escorted Queen 106th Year—No. 49 , GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 1953 graduation Friday, Night Graduating students of Goderich District Collegiate Institute will receive their diplomas ! oio rrow night at commencement extncises to be held at the collegiate audi- torium. • Addressing the graduating class will be A. Y. McLean, of Seaforth, former M.P. for Huron. Opening the program will be the chairman's address by A. R. Scett, principal of the school, followed by the presentation of honor grad- uation diplomas by Mrs.. K. R. Digg�on. _ H. M. Ford, chairman of the collegiate board, will present sec- ondary school graduation diplomas at and intermediate certifie es willam be presented by J. A. Sc an. Valedictory The valedictory addresswill be Lau given by Miss Eleanor der. I Mrs. E. C. Pridham willpresent I the Ahmeek Chapter, .O.D.E.,k scholarship to Betty Black; Mrs. present Clayton Edward will pr nt the IMaple Leaf Chapter, I.O.D.E., scholarship to Colleen Dickinson !and the art prize to Sylvia Chis - 'holm. Presentation of th e prize !for the highest standing Grade IX Latin, donated by the Catholic Women's League, will be ade to i Richard Madge by Mr A. J. Wisser. "Quem Pastores," an carol, octet will be sung by a boys' et fromople the collegiate and "People, Look East," a French carol, willbe sung by the Collegiate Glee G b. Followes, ing the exercis parents and friends will have an portun- ity to meet the graduatesin the collegiate cafeteria and a :even- ing will be concluded wit ancing. in m s. old op hid A Goderich boy, Flying Officer James 11. 'Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Wood, was a member of the Brew on a Lancaster which recently escorted the stratocruiser carrying `Queen Elizabeth and the -Duke of Edinburgh from mid-At- lantic to Gander, .Nfld.—but hh didn't get to see the Queen. In a Letter to his parents, Jim said that by the time the Lan - casters got from -their base at Greenwood, N.S., to meet the fast stratocruiser it was just a case of "Here comes the stratocruiser— there it goes." By the time the Lancasters reach- ed Gander, the plane bearing the Queen and her, husband had re- fueled and taken off for Bermuda. Both Jim and his brother, Flying Officer Murray Wood, are radio officers stationed with No. 405 Squadron at the RCAF station in Greenwood. With them at the sta- tion is another Goderich boy, Pilot Officer Bert' Cutt, who recently graduated from the Clinton station and is at present home on leave. Jim and Murray are eXpected to arrive home on Sunday to, spend Christmas here. They have a two - weeks leave before returning to duty. DRMCO PARTY The annual children's Christmas party of the Dominion Road Ma- chinery Company Limited is to be held at the Goderich Pavilion on Tuesday, December 15, at 7 p.m. Santa Claus Is to be there with gifts and a complete program of entertainment has been arranged. Sessions Planned By Figure Skaters First session of the Goderich Figure Skating Club is slated to get underway this Saturday at noon" with members of the junior group taking to the ice under the super- vision of Maureen Carthy, of St. Catharines, who has been obtained as instructor. Registration will be held at.noon, and mothers are 'urged to be pre- sent with their children. An organizational meeting, of the group was held last week at which temporary officers were named. At a week -end .meeting,Ernest,Breck- enridge was -named president. Mrs. John Sully and Peter Zimmerman were named directors. Intermediates will have the ice on Saturday from 4.30 until 6 p.m. and the intermediates and seniors on Monday at 8 p.m. A. Y.-; -McLEAN who will be guest speaker at com- mencement exercises in Goderich District Collegiate Institute audi- torium tomorrow night. • ' REGULAR MEET HELD • BY. MISSION BAND • Marion Currell presided over the regular meeting of the Victoria Street United Church Mission Band, and opened the meeting with the Mission Band prayer, pur- pose and hymn. Sherrill Carr read the secretary's report and Jerry Linfield gave the treasurer's report. The offering was received by Donna Fritzley, after -which the offertory prayer was sung: Mrs. Williams presid- ed for the election of officers. Mrs. Currell conducted the wor- ship period, when Sharon Backler took the B'i'ble reading.. The story from the study book was much en- joyed. Parents, friends and mem- bers of the W.M.S. will be guests at the next meeting, December 21. UNIQUE CONTEST If you're driving through Auburn during the next week, watch for some colorful Christ- mas decorations. The Auburn Horticultural Society, -a live -wire group in the village, is sponsoring a unique contest offering prides for the best decorated prem- ises, and with the interest the people of the village have been showing in the society, thecon- test should prove to be highly successful. The society, which has done a considerable amount . of beautification work at Auburn, is offering a number of prizes and judging of the entries will be done during the afternoon next Thursday, December 17. St. Peter's C.W.L. Has Christmas Fair The banquet hall of the British Exchange Hotel was transformed into a gay fairy land Saturday afternoon when the C.W.L. of St. Peter's Parish held its annual Christmas Fair. The entire hall was decorated with streamers, ever- greens and tiny Christmas lights. Each booth carried out the Christ mas theme. The president and overall con- vener, Mrs. Charles Gibbons, wel- comed guests and patrons. Among the many attractions were the 'country store, convened by Mrs. J. Sherrit, whose assistants were Mrs. R. Buchanan and Mrs. L. D�o nstb candy bar, managed by Miss M. Evans and Miss C. O'Neil. A novel attraction this year wasthe Parcel Post. A quaint and cleverly original winter scene designed and created by Lorne Chisholm gave charm to this table, convened by Mrs. 'C. Baechler and Mrs. J. Chisholm. The bevy of beautiful dolls, all attired in lovely hand -made clothes from tiny babies in cradles, to a gorgepus bride, were a tribute to the ladies who dressed them. This booth was staffed by convener Mrs. E. A. Carney, whose assistants were Mrs. Lew undari and' Mrs. Ray McIntosh. Baking was under the manage- ment of Mrs. Charles Bridgewater, assisted by Mrs. Len. Jeffery, Mrs. K. Croft, and Mrs. L. Ouellette. There was a wonderful variety of all types of home baking. Fancy work and aprons were convened by Miss M Lacey, assists .I w Close races featured -Monday's municipal election in Goderieh with the posts of mayor and deputy -reeve at stake. At left above is Deputy -Reeve Joseph Allaire, who defeated Councillor John Vincent by a majority of 46 votes. Mayor . J. E. Huckins (centre) was returned to office. defeating Councillor C. M. Robertson (right) by a majority of 53 votes. Huckhs.Retains Mayoralty; AI!iire A�ainflani,tv-Ppv �e AT THE WATERFRONT •• Goderich's winter fleet is rapidly 0 Mayor J. E. Huckins, 'a veteran campaigner in municipal politics, was returned for a fourth term of i office and Deputy -Reeve Joseph Al- laire for a third term in municipal elections held here Monday.. Both candidates were taken right down to the wire in their fight for the seats, with Mayor Huckins de- feating C. M. Robertson, a council• for for the past two. years, by a majority of 53 votes, and Deputy - Reeve Allaire defeating' John .in - cent, a councillor for the past three years, by a majority of 46. Huckins received 917 votes, com- pared with 864 for RobertsonAl- laire received 912 votes, ,compared C with 866 for Vincent. . A total of 1,801 votes bf an eligible 2,925 turned out to . cast their ballots—a percentage of 61.5. 1 Win Seven Polis Huckins and. Allaire each won' seven of the thirteen polls, with Robertson and Vincent each win ning six. Voting was light during the morning, but picked up gradually during the afternoon. By 5 p.m. close to 50 per cent had cast bal- lots in all polls. "" s. through the day the Gode ed by Mrs. G. Whaley, Mrs. Guitard: r cH Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. William Dean. his part of its Get -Out -The -Vote! Highlight of the bazaar was the campaign, called voters by tele - tea under the convenership of Mrs. phone. to see if they had cast their ballots and had cars and drivers A. Wiser and ' Mrs. H. Simpson, contributed by local car dealers assisted by Miss E. Tobin, Mrs. L. available to take voters to the Chisholm and Mrs. T. J. Drennan. polls. Presiding at the beautifully ap- Returns from the various polls pointed and original tea table were came in fairly rapidly to Town Hall Mrd, C. Raymer and Mrs. E, Dean after the 13 booths had closed at The large table was unique with 6 p.m. As a result, all returns green- cloth, white candelabra and were known before 7 p.m. tall red tapers. The centre piece First returns saw the battle for was original and composed of a the two "posts see -saw until, when, bank of white snow upon which about seven polls had been heard were tiny white reindeer, point- from, Huckins and Allaire started setta and small' pine cones charm- to build up a majority. ingly arranged. This provided- a Lead Drops lovely foreground for the dainty A slight flurry among the watch - tea tables each with its different ers at Town Hall, was visible when, centre piece of cones, pointsetta. with Huckins enjoying about a'70 - and red candles. point lead, returns came in from Serving were Mrs. E. Jeffery, polling sub -division- No: 10, show - Mrs. Bert Baechler, Mrs. R. Jeffery, ing 121 votes for- Robertson and 85 Mrs. W. Reinhart.. In charge of for Huckins, cutting the lead for tickets were Miss H. McCarthy, Huckins by ,36. Mrs. L. Walzak, and Miss C. Leddy. 1 The last couple of polls to make Winners of the draw were—Large returns, however, showed slight cake, Mrs. McQuade, Seaforth; majorities for Huckins, giving him small cake, Mrs. Myers, Goderich; enough to win the election, turkey, Mrs. Evans, Goderich; Greatest majority for 'Bucking parcel post draw, Dianne Harrison.was piled up in the largest poll in town, No. 2, in which he cap- tured 151 votes,compared with 81 Air Cadets Have for Robertsona majority of 70 Christmas Party First of what is hoped to be a series of annual Christmas parties was held by No. 532 .Maitland Squadron of the Air Cadets at their headquarters at Sky Harbor on Tuesday, night, with about 125 pre- sent. The cadets, under Flt.Sgt. Roy Venn, had complete charge of all arrangements and officers and in- structors and their wives were present as guests. Also present was the padre of the unit, Rev. R. G. MacMillan, and former adjutant B. F. Hill, allow with members of the civilian sponsoring committee, John Marriott and 'Bud Worthy. Entertainment was provided by a quartette made up of Flt. -Sgt. R. Madge, Flt. -Sgt. F. Moss, LAC. R. Woods and LAC. W. Bowick. The, quartette, in addition to singing several numbers, presented an en- joyable skit and led in the singing of Christmas carols. Lunch was served by the cadets after which films and dancing were enjoyed. How They Voted In Goderich 'Mayor Sub -Division 1 - HUCKINS .... 37 ROBERTSON . . 46 Rejected .. 1 Totafs 1,... .... 84 Sub -Division ALLAIRE VINCENT Rejected 2A 2B 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -'10 11 12 Totals 75 76 97 63 72 38 AO 47 89 85 45 103 917 32 49 110 25 64 32 96 41 97 121 72 --179-• 864 0 3, 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 20 107 128 207 91 137 70 186 89 187 208 120 187 1801 Deputy -Reeve 2A 2B 3 4 5' 6 7 8 9 10 1.1 12 59 59 101 57 74 • 28 80 49 114 96 61 93 47 68 105 34 62 41 103 37 71 108 58. 89 1 1 1 0 1 .1 3. 3 2 4 1 5 Totals ',;'• 84 '107 128 207 91 137 70 186 89 187 208& 120 187 Totals 912 233 180. votes. Robertson's biggest win was iti polling sub -division No. 10, which he won by 36 votes. The defeat was the. first suffered by Vincent since entering the municipal -scene, -and the first for Robertson, who last year headed the polls in the election of council- lors. CHRISTMAS BANQUET 'STAGED BY HELPERS The annual Christmas banquet of the Victoria Helpers was held at the home of Mrs. Charles Breck- ow, Palmerston street with 16 members present. After a turkey dinner, the business part of the meeting was conducted. The meeting opened by singing a hymn followed by Lord's Prayer in unison. The Scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Ruth Taman. It Was moved we donate to the Christmas offering, to the Sunday School and to the choir, to help• purchase new. gowns. ,;,fit was de cided to send a gift to the former teacher, Mrs. H. Mew, at Bens - earth, Man., who is ill in the hos- pital. The meeting was turned over to Mrs. Williams, who con ducted the election of officers fbr the coming year. Officers arc as follows: Honorary teacher, Mrs. R. N. Mew; president, Mrs. Ruth Hayden; vice-president, Mrs. Amos Osbaldeston; Secretary, Mrs. Mary Morris; treasurer, Mrs. Sam Argyle; pianist, Mrs. Charles Breckow; assistant, Mrs., Mary Morris; representative to ission- ary Society, Mrs. George Baechler; class teacher, Mrs. William Taman. . A vote of thanks to Mrs. Wil- liams was recorded. The class ex- changed gifts and the meeting closed with singing of Christmas carols. Mr.• and Mrs. Fred Whittingham are residing in Toronto temporar- ily where Mr. Whittingham has Peen transferred with Stedman's Stores. taking shape at the harbor with Jack Price Plays' With Black Hawks Playing the first part of this' season with the Ottawa Senators, Jackie Price, young Goderich hockey player, moved up into N.H. L. competition during the past week with the Chicago Black Hawks and scored a goal on Sun- doy night %irben the Hawks defeated Detroit Reid Wings 50. Price, rhe -played a few years ago with local teams and later'wiith Galt Black Hawks, was on the Goderich Flyers fastball team this year. ' He finished otit4st season with the Chicago BlackHawks- on de- fence. On .Tuesday night, in an exhibition ga,nie'at Galt, Price got an assist when Chicago and Galt played a 3-3 tie. Another Goderich native on the Chicago lineup, Al Dewsbury, came through with a goal last Saturday night when the Hawks defeated New York Rangers 2-1 and scored another on Sunday night. MAPLE LEAF CHAPTER HOLDS REGULAR MEET I ParksCommittee HasActiveYear more boats arriving to stay for the winter months. During the past week, the Fort Willdoc arrived with barley on Wednesday of last week and clear- ed again on Saturday. The Quedoc arrived Monday from Fort William with a cargo of winter ' storage wheat. Other steamers which have arrived re- cently for winter storage are the Vandoc, with oats, andLthe Cana- doc, with wheat. The regular monthly meeting of the Maple Leaf Chapter, I.O.D.E., was held at the home of Mrs. R. M Menzies on Tuesday evening of last week. The Regent, Mrs. A. A. Nicol, presided and there . were 31 members present. The members voted a donation of $15.QQ to the Children's War Memorial Hospital in London and $10.00 to Byron Sanitarium. In the absence of .,the treasurer, this report was given by Mrs, H. M. Ford and the assistant treasurer, Mrs. F. Noble, gave, a repott of the Special Fund. Mrs. Fred Sturdy was given au• thority to purchase 8 or 10 Christ- mas baskets for the Chapter which will be distributed to the needy during the Yuletide season. Mrs. C. Edwards, Educational Secretary, had purchased an Art prize which is given annually to one of the High School students and had the prize, on display for the members to see. Mrs. NI. Mathers reported that She had visited a number of th sick both in the hospital and . in their homes. It was decided to give the annual donation of ice cream to• -the patients in the hos- pital at Christmastime. Mrs. S. Prevett was appointed to represent the Chapter in the4'local Association for Girl Guides: Re- porting for thue Canadianization and Immigration Committee, Mrs. E. Weaver gave a most interesting paper on the opularity of Her Majesty the Queen among her peoples both in Great Britain and the Commonwealth.. Plans for the annual party for New Canadians were well under way and it was agreed that everything pointed to a most successful party. 'Mrs. C. Edward thanked the hostess for graciously offering her home for the meeting. The meet- ing closed with _the singing of the National Anthem. Tea was served by the tea committee. COUNCIL GETS REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Town Council at its meeting Iast Friday night was asked to consideF payment of a payroll of $2,Q1)J,„for the Goderieh volunteer fire depart- ' ment. The request was referred, to the finance committee. I A report from the ,fire depart- ! ment executive said that the de- partment had held 12 meetings, attended 20 calls where services were not required, nine rural 'calla, 21 practices, four false alarms, 16,, fires, two parades and four dump fires. CHURCH BOWLING LEAGUE St. Peter's B 64 Victoria A St. George's Knox C Knox A Victoria B • United St. Peter's A Knox B 60 51 48 37 36 33 29 • Baptist 277 High singles D. Masse 291, B. Bedard 267. nigh triples, T. Bed- ard 660, A. Drennan 663. A busy year in the work of Town Council's parks committee has been reported by Councillor Frank Cal- low, chairman of the committee. During the summer, Councillor Gallovr reported, a net profit of approximately $900 was realized in ball park operations at Agricul- tural Park, most of which has been ' spent in park improvements. A new sidewalk was built behind the grandstand, primarily to .prevent cars from bumping into the stand. At Court House . Park, the com- mittee has removed a number of old trees and had them replaced with new ones, although vandals have destroyed several of the new trees. At the tourist park a successful year was realized with upwards of 30 trailers there several times during the summer months. Wading pool operations were carefully supervised, Councillor Gallow reported, and construction is nearing completion on the new swimming pool at Judith Gooder- ham Memorial Playground.. During the year also a new mower was purchased anrdtt heavy- duty chain saw for tree trimming and removal. REGULAR MEET HELD BY AHMEEk CHAPTER The regular meeting of Ahmeek Chapter, I.O.D.E., was held on Mon- day afternoon at the, home of .Mrs. A. L. Cole, Britannia -road, with 16 present. The Regent, Mrs Walkom, presided. The treasurer, Mrs. Gibbons -pre- sented the report showing all al- locations paid and a substantial balance. Mrs. Cole read notes of appreciation from those who. had received flowers. Mrs. G. Paterson chose as her subjects for Empire studies, the visit of President Eisenhower to Canada and the world tour of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, telling in interesting detail the many public and social functions at which they will of- ficiate on this trip. Miss Farrow expressed the thanks of the Chapter for the hos- pitality of the' Hostess. Sandwiches and tea were served by the hostess and lunch committee. Mrs. Chas. Hall and Mrs. Fraser McTavish of Windsor were week end guests'with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Breckow, Palmerston street. Mrs. Lila Mitchell Pelton of De- troit spent the weekend with Mrs. Ismay McLean. Grain Bin Projec To Be Million Bu 4.10. 0 The Upper Lakes" and 'Se" Decline Recorded In Huron Level Level of Lake Huron at Gode- rich 'declined during November, according to a report made by the Canadian Hydrographic Service in Ottawa. Level m November stood at 581.16 feet, according to the re- port, four inches lower than October. The figure is five inches lower than November, 1952; 21ti inches lower than the highest November; 43', inches higher than the lowest November, and 8' 1 inches higher than average. Hunter. Wins In Colborne Voters in Colborne Township on Monday chose Terence Hunter, a member of last year's council,'as their new Reeve for next year, giving him a majority of 58 over his only opponent, Harold Mont- gomery. Hunter polled 279 votes while Montgomery polled 221. The election for reeve was the Fly one held in Colborne this year. When nominations closed, four councillors and two school area trustees had been named by acclamation. Six men were nominated to run for the post of 'reeve, but four dropped out leaving Hunter and Montgomery in the running. Mr. Montgomery had been a- member of council in previous years. Reeve for the past several years, E. Stan ley Snyder, declined to run this year. Graham Defeated In Ashfield, Elmer Graham, reeve of last year's .council trailed last in a three-man race. Victory went to Cecil Blake, with Kenneth McKenzie running second. Blake polled 548 votes, McKenzie, 279 and Graham 69. Meitibers of coiiaierr elected in Ashfield were Donald McKenzie, Jack Bradley, A. Ritchie and Thomas Howard. Fifth man in the race was R. Wilson. Elerted to school board were Marshall Gib- son, Jack Gould, and Walter Al- ton. Defeated candidate 'was Gor- don Finlayson. Also defeated in election for reeve. was Harold Gaunt; who head- ed the council last year in West Wawanosh. Mr. Gaunt polled 280 votes and was defeated by John 1 Durnin, who got 400 votes. Named to West Wawanosh coun- cil were Harvey .Culbert, Orville McPhee, Eldon Miller and Lorne Durnin. Defeated council candid- ate was Gordon Struthers. In Hullett, Reeve W. J. Dale, rumored as a candidate for Huron County Warden next year, retained his seat by the narrow majority of eight votes over John I. Rapson. Dale received 443 votes an J Jt p - son, 435. In' Stephen Township,' John Morrissey was returned as. reeve by acclamation. rence Transportation Come Limited has enlarged its plans for the Purity ]bill! here and will now. build grain elevator bins .with a' capacity for 1,000,000 bushels. There will be a total of 24 bins, each 100 feet high and each wjtil a diameter of 24 feet, six inches. A phone call to . the Signal—Star Tuesday morning from the Carter Construction Company, Toronto, which firm has the contract to build the bins, announced the plans of the new operators of the Purity Mill. On Wednesday of last week the Signal -Star was informed by Mr. Gordon C. Leitch of Toronto Elev- ators Ltd., that The Upper Lakes and . St. Lawrence Transportation Company Limited had taken over the Purity Mill and would erect 15 new elevator bins with a capa- city of 600,000 bushels. The fol- lowing day a purchase of land was made which -enabled the aforemen- tioned company to proceed on a larger scale than had been an- nounced. Mr. H. O. Jerry has sold his harbor property for the reported sum of__ $3,000. It is this sale which provides the ground for the enlarged building program. The new bins will be built on the west side of the present Purity elevator bins instead of behind the present bins, as originally planned. They are to be ready for use byJune 1 of next year. They will likely mean a considerable increase next year in the number of grain boats coming in to. the Goderich harbor. Mr. Jerry will continue on in business at -his present stand and if and when it is removed at a later " date will carry on in the coal and hardware :,business in whatever other location, in town he might decide on. ' Initiation Staged By-Goderich Kin Twonew members of tate Kitch- ener -Waterloo Kinsmen Club were initiated on Monday night by as initiation team from the Kinsnlea Club of Goderich at a meeting held at the Walper.House in Kitchener.. Members of the team are Presi- dent Frank Skelton, Past President Carl Banks, Jack Marriott, Jack Frith, Bert Such 'and Bill Ross. Two former members of the Goderich club, now with: the Kitch- ener -Waterloo club, Ross Penning- ton and Bill McGrath, assisted in the ceremony. LOCAL KINSMEN ATTEND INTER -CLUB MEETING Members of the Kinsmen .Club of� Goderich attended an inter -club meeting at Durham on Wednesday evening of last week. Representatives of 20 clubs in District One attended the • meeting, which was chaired by District Gov- ernor Irvin Cantor. Deputy -Gov- ernor Wes Wright. of Durham, win, there also. Present from Goderich were President Frank Skelton, Bill Wil- son, Leonard McGee, Lloyd Reiner and Norman Pring. For First Time In 35 Years When it comes to chance meet- ing of old friends, Clarence Mc- Donald, of Goderich, seems to be establishing a record. For the seeond time in little !more than a year Mr. McDonald Ihas met a friend he hadn't seen in more than three 'decades. On Monday, a man walked into I Mr. McDonald's shop ori,.lrlewgate street and introduced himself as I Mr.' McKenzie, of Chatham. "Not Wilfred McKenzie?" asked Mr. Me Donald. "That's right," replied the visitor. . In Same Unit The two friends hadn't seen each other since June, 1918. They serv- ed overseas during World War One in France and it was at that time 'that Mr. McDonald left the unit, No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, to be invalided tto England. They had trained at London, Ont., and had gone overseas together. Mr. McKenzie had heard Mr. Me Donald was in Goderich and decid- ed to drop in and see him on hit way to Wingham. It was just a year ago last August that --Mr. McDonald and two old comrades from the same World{ War One unit were re -united in Goderich for the first time sine 1919. The two who visited Mr. McDon- ald at that time were Victor Ball, of Fernie, B.C., and Henry Fawcett, of Sarnia, and the three spent a day together talking over the time they spent together overseas. Mr_ Ball, proprietor and publisher of the Fernie Free Press, was on his way to attend the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Weekly News- papers Association in St. Andrew's, N.B. Those who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity had the chance to ride to the�ol)s in a brand new car. The cars, shown above, were donated along with drivers for the who » day, by ." rich dealers as part of the Goderich.. Junior Chamber of Commerce' Get -Out -The -Vote campaign., The, Jaycees also distributed stickers and provided milk bottle tops to dairies in town urging voters to cast their ballots: Shown in the above photo are, left to right, Cec Hoffman, president of the Jays, ,fir O'Brien, chairman of the Jaycees municipal affairs committee, and ,Bob Chisholm, a member offthe, cern- mittee. ` (Signal -Star Phot$ bey Henry.J • 1 h.