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One of the highlights at the annual convention of the Ontario
Weekly Newspapers Association is the awarding of ..the trophy
for the best agricultural reporting done by a weekly newspaper
, in the past year. The winner at the annual convention recently
held at London was Dick Pearce, news editor of The Siimcoe
Reformer (left), Don Fairbairn, (centre), well kr'own for •his
work with weekly newspapers in this province and for bis popular
o-- prograiieig?hhorly_ News,,'.,cted as judge this year. Don
was in Goderich in August, 1952, for his broadcast at the Goderich
Old Girls and Boys Reunion. With the two D's is the chairman
of the, Awards Committee for the Ontario division of the CWNA,
Bill Tames (right), editor of The Bowmanville Canadian Statesman.
NEW CONSTABLE HIRED
FOR GODERIGH FORCE
A new constable for Goderich
Police Force was hired in a by-law
passed last Friday night by Town
Council.
He is Henry Donald Hobbs, of
R.R. 3, Lucknow, who started his
duties on' July 2. The new con%
stable replaces Constable John
Cartwright who left on Sunday to
join the Ontario Provincial Police.
,Constable Hobbs is 32, married
and has four children. He came
to Canada- from England in 1951
and had served as a constable in
Hampshire, England.
SUNSET -DRIVE-IN
THEATRE, GODERICH
11/4 Miles East of Goderich on Highway No, 8
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`BIG GUSHER"
JULY 14-15
WAYNE MORRIS, PRESTON FOSTER
and
"HOT NEWS"
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" NORTIIWEST STAMPEDE"
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Children under 12 in cars free.
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rant To llospitaa
Goderick Township Connell held
the regular July meeting. in
Holmesvil.le on July 5. A state-
went of debentures was received
from the Town of Goderich. County
of Huron set a rat of ten mills,
and equalized assessments for the
County.- -
The - Public Hospital in Clinton
was given a grant of $500..00, to be
paid later in the year.
Following are the accounts:
Skeach (Alpe Supplies, Goderich,
$3.50; ,D; McDougall, F. McClure
and G. Rathwell, services' as fence-
viewers, $5 each; Municipal World,
supplies, $2.18; Thomas Rathwell,
cattle damaged by dogs, $50; Reeve
and Councillors, services as road
commissioners, $35 each; direct re-
lief, $30; Bayfield Fall Fair, grant,
$25.00;' John Howard, insurance,
$313.73; Road superintendent's pay
roll, $1,248.09.
Council then adjourned until
August 3, at 8,3.0 p.m.
PAY FOR PUC
Remuneration for members of
the Goderich Public Utilities Corn -
mission' was approved -by Town
Council last Friday night. Council
approved_ a resolution passed by
thecomaannssioai in Agnil"that " nem='
)bens receive $150 per year for time,
and service during tenure of office,
commencing in January of this
year.
"Well, I must be going."
"Don't let me keep you if you
really must be going," said his
bored host.
"Yes, I really must go. But,
really, I did enjoy our little visit,
Do you know when I came in here'
I had a headache, but now I have
lost it. entirely."
"Oh, it isn't lost," was' the
patient reply. "I've got it now."
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GODERIC
OTA ' , THURSDAY, JULY
The summer bridge, `five hundred.
and garden tea, of the Mimeek
CheRter, D E> wii
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for an earlier date, will hoiw be
held r - 4111 Wednesday` afternoon,
jitly 21, on the lawn' of the regent,
Mrs. C. Duatow.
The tea conveners are Mrs. A. H.
Erskine and Mrs., E. J. Pridham;
bridge convener, Mrs. T. Glazier;
"500" convener, Mrs. 11, Dodd,
Mrs, W. G. MacEwan will be in
charge of the home baking table.
GUILD MAKS PLANTS.
OR 6 RD'EN PARTY
The theme for the July meeting
of St. George's Ohurchwoma,'s
Guild was in keeping with Domin-
ion Day. Suitable by tins and pray-
-ers were used- The-Ser;gture_ was
read by Mrs. H. Palmer'
Thank you notes from Mrs. A.
Hugill and Mrs. Weatherhead were
reed. Final arrangements were
made for the annual garden party
which will be held on the rectory
lawn on August 12, with Mr". E.
Mel wain and Mrs: M. Hanley as
conveners. M>;s. E. Sowerby and
Mrs. H. Tichlborne will be in charge
of tea tables, and members of the
Evening Guild will look after fish
pond and afternoon tea.
. Janet Hugill played two piano
solos. Tea was -served by Mrs. A.
Shore and -Mrs. H. Dodd.
memeimmeiminmemmme
GODERICH PAVILION
DANCING WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS
SATURDAY NIGHT—
LONDON ALL STAR BAND—with George Tingey on trumpet
and vocals by June and the Quartette.
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS SQUARE DANCE NIGHT
with CLARENCE PETRIE and the NIGHT HAWKS.
The Pavilion is available for afternoon and evening ren-
tals. The management caters to luncheons, banquets, wedding
receptions, etc. Phone 675 or 419.
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1 INCLUDES 10 BANDS: Mount Forest Cameron Highlanders— •
• Meaford Pipe Band—Owen Sound Pipe Band=-Lucknow Pipe •
• Band—Listowel Pipe Band—Palmerston Pipe Band—Kincardine •
• Pipe Band—Fergus Pipe Band—Brussels Pipe Band ---Arthur. •
a Pipe Band. , •
• Parade •to Park Starts at 1.30 , •
• A GALA DAY OF BAND COMPETITIONS, HIGHLAND DANC- p
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FOR SUNDAYS AND WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The Goderich Medical Society has ' arranged
with the Alexandra, Marine andGeneral
Hospital, Goderich, to provide a doctor for
Town pa/Merits who are -unable to obtain the
services of their regular medical attend-
ant.
It is emphasized that this arrangemient
applies to genuine emergencies only and not - to
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TOP SCREEN 'FARE IN AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT
Now—Thur., Fri. and Sat.
"The Master of Ballantrae"
—IN TECHNICOLOR—
Stirring adventure drama written around a titled Scotsman who
opposes the •English' crown in a losing cause.
Errol Flynn — Beatrice Campbell and Roger Liv'esey
Mott:;" Tues. and Wed.
"KISS 1'V*E KATE"
—IN •TECN'NI,GOLOR— • -
With music by, Cole Porter a grand musieal romance becomes
"a great screen hit!
Kathryn Grayson -a- Howard Keel -- Ann Miller
Coming—"GUNSMOKE"---In Technicolor
with Susan Cabot and Audie Murphy.
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ADVENTURE STORIES AT THEIR BEST.
Now—Thur., Fiji. and Sat.
"BLOWING WILD"
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The superb cast is only one mark of excellence in this story
of a wildcatting oilman in Mexico.
Gary Cooper --Barbara Stanwyck-Ruth Roman & Anthony Quinn
Mon., Tues, and Wed.
"ISLAND IN THE SKY"
A tense and interesting drama unfolds when an army4transpeirt
plane is forced down in the Arctic.
John Wayne -- Lloyd Nolan — Andy Devine ,
Coming—"THE ;STRANGER WORE A GUN."'
A. "exciting Technicolor western,
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7 The move from Clinton to God,e-
rich of ,the Iluron County Health
,Vnit
which was corn leted official,
7 on the first of this month, mark
tlhe beginning of the sixth year
-Of the organization's .service to the
50,000 people of Huron County. _
• The Unit was inaugurated on
July 1, 1949, and operated at Clin-
ton up until the end of last month.
New quarters are located in -the
old Goderieh Collegiate Institute
building, where other county offices
are now housed.
' Timing of the move was govern
1. d"by the fact that the county had
g five-year lease, dating from July.
1, 1949, for ,the unit's quarters in
Clinton. The move to the tempor-
ary quarters in Goderich was start-
ed in mid-June, and the last truck-
-load -. of :furniture---and--lles.
'brought from Clinton to Godericfr
on Wednesday, June 3D.
Some members` of the county
health unit are permanently sta-
tioned at other points in the coun-
ty. Two nurses are stationed at
Exeter, and one each at Wingham,
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Seaforth, r'th,. and Clinton.
the Nnrses Can redlle. 'm o
ve
c'e in
of ' unit headquarters from Clinton
to Goderich are Miss Norah Cun-.
ninlghaam, supervisor ` of • public
health nursing in, Huron; Miss
DorotJhy, Wick, public health nurse
for the town of Goderich; Miss
'Jean Marshall, public health nurse
for the rural areas adjoining Gode-
rich.
Also operating from. the new
office in Goderich are the unit's
two sanitary inspectors, William,
Emmy, who is responsible for
North Huron, and•.xabert Hale, for
South Huron. Out on the job, the
dividing line between their areas
is No. 8 highway, except that In-
spector Empey's territory include4,
the tow% of Seaforth. ' The unit's
veterivatrian, Dr. T. R. Melady, Dub-
lin, also ---11 a • e_._.gpacg in the
Goderich headquarters.
Other( in the health unit head-
quarters are Miss Beryl Pollard,'
ctlerk . for the nursing staff., and
Miss Wilda Wilson and -Miss Betty
Macdonald, clerks in the general
administrative office.
Personal Mention
Mr. E. R. Tweedie of Columbus,
Ohio, is a guest ,with his brother,
Mr. C. C. • Tweedie and Mrs.
'Tweedie.
Mr. George James has returned
from Westminster Hospital, Lon-
don, where he had been receiving
treatment.
Mrs. Stanley Crawford• has re-
turned from Alameda, Sask., where
she attended the funeral of her
father, Wm. J. Lapp. She accom-
panied her brother, Wm. and Mrs.
Lapp and family of Wingham who
motored out.
John, Paulette and Mark -Shep-
pard of Centralia have been visit-
ing for a week- with their grand-
mother, Mrs. Capt. John Vickers
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ginn.
Mr. , and Mrs. D. .-M. Hunt of
Louisville, Kentucky, were recent
yisitors with Mrs. John Clark, Net -I
son street.
OBITUARY ' .
MRS. JOSEPH 'COURTNEY
The death df Mrs. Joseph Court-
ney occurred suddenly in Detroit
recently from a heart attack. She
was planning to return to Ashfield
Townshipfor a visit on 'the day
of her death.
Mrs. Courtney was 73 years of
age and was the former Grace
Westrape.
The remains rested at thg home
Of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. -and Mrs. Connie Hogan, con-
cession 12, Ashfield. Requiem
mass was sung at SL Joseph's
Romari . Catholic Church, Kings-
bridge, with interment in the. ad-
joining 'cemetery.-
She
cemetery.-She is survived by a sister, Mrs
Edward Shiflett (Nora) of Detrol
and four daughters and three sons':
Mrs, Walter Judge (Marie) of Jack-
son, Mich.; (Rita) M Vis. Torn Bryan
of Toronto; (Vivian) Mrs. Connie
Hogan; (Grace) Mrs. John Austin;
Leo ,and Joe of, Ashfield and Fred
of Whitmare Lake, Michigan.
• She waspredeceased by her hus-
band, a son Edward and a daughter
Fay. •
Mr, Wilfred McMillan is in Tor-
onto General Hospital and is pro-
gressing favorably after a serious
operation. "
Mrs. Harry Hoebeke and her
sister, Mrs. Cooley of Detroit spent
ten days at the Bedford Hotel re-
cently while visiting friends in
town.
Mrs. Charles K. Saunders is holi-
daying in Toronto and Muskoka.
Guests with Mrs. J. W. Craigie
at Craigie Rook are Mr. Ernest
Craigie of Buffalo;. Mr. Jas. Halde-
man and daughters, Dianne and
Linda and Mr. Bruce Donn all of
Kenmore, •N.Y.• •
Miss I. Matheson of Welland is
at her home on St. Patrick's street
for the summer months.
Miss Josie Saunders has return-
ed home after attending the Inter-
national Conference of Social
Workers held in ,Toronto; and the
Canadian Ashram held at the On-
tario Ladies' College, Whitby.
Mr. Jack Rhynas of Toronto visit-
ed last week with his aunt, Miss
Grace Rhynas.
Mr. Bert Kempster has received
word that he had received first-
class honors in obtaining his Grade
IV counter point theory in the
Royal Conservatory of music.
Miss Marie Sm;ihert, formerly of
the G.D.C.I: staff; --leaves this .week
by plane on a trip to the British
Isles and the continent,.
Mr. and Mrs, W. E. lAushell have
returned from a motor trip to
Toberm'ory--and Sault Ste. Marie,
returning via North Michigan and
Sarnia.
Mrs. Gordon Murray and Joyce
Anne and Dianne of Port Arthur
are visiting with the lady's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Homey.'
• Recent visitors, with Mr. and
t Mrs. Thomas Chisholm were: Mr.
and Mrs. Engel, and family, of De-
troit, and Mr. and Mrs. Melady,
and family, of Belle River, Ont.
Mr. Martin FinIeon and son John,
Mrs. John Finleonand family, of
Detroit, are renewing acquaint-
ances in this district.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Lee and
daughter, Katharine, of Toronto,
are spending the summer at the
Hotel 'Sunset.
ALBERT PENNINGTON
Albert Pennington passed away
on June 24 in 'Alexandra Murine ; musical
and General Hospital, Goderich, in 1 1948,
bandmaat'er.
his 73rd year, afte? a short illness
from a heart condition. He had
been in failing health the last few
years.
.He was the eldest of a family of
six children born to Thomas and
Elizabeth •J. Slee Pennington and
was born in Devonshire, England,
and came to Canada with his par-
ents when eight months old. He
spent his childhood in Goderich
and Colborne Townships and when
a young man he went west to Al-
berta where he married and settled
at Pincher Creek, Alberta.
-fie and his wife came east in
1945. For some time they lived
at Windsor, and later came to
Goderich and had resided 'on Pic -
ton street. His wife passed away
last August. His mother and
father and two brothers, John T.,
and Charles, also preceeded hinq.
He is survived by three sisters,
Mrs. Susan Freeman, .of Goderich,
arid Mrs. Ann Shaw, of Vancouver
B.C., . and Mrs. Clara Phillip, of
Adrian, Mich., and several nieces
and nephews and cousins. Burial
was in,Col'borne cemetery.
Franz Lehar, the Hungarian
composer who died in
was the son of a military
JOHN R. McNAB
John R. McNab, well-known
citizen of Lucknow, formerly of
Dungannon, died in Toronto on
Monday, June 28, from a coronary
thrombosis.'
He had gone to Toronto by train
that morning and was staying at
the'King Edward Hotel, where his
death was discovered on Tuesday
morning. According to the coron-
er, death occurred about eight
o'clock Monday evening.
Before moving to Lucknow on
his "appointment -las first manager
of the Lu'ckn•ow branch of Silver -
wood's creamery, Mr. McNab for
years conducted a produce busi-
ness at Dungannon. '
Hie was predeceased by bis wife
seven years age, by his son, John
C.,former reeve of Lucknow, who
sucdeeded his father as manager
of the Silverwood's branch on the
la•tter's retirement some Years ago
and who was killed in a highway
accident in July, 1952, and also by
his daughter, Margarets who passed
away in April.
A? private funeral service was
held" at Mr. McNab's residence in
Luellnow on July 1, Rev. Mr, 13aulch
offiiceating. Interment was in
Greenhill cemetery.
NOW IT'', DOW'
`* DONNELLY
Called to the bar on June ",
foliawiig •
his graduation
front
Os ode J ���MDo ely
B.A., has since become. associated
inbusiness NO his father, Frank
Donnelly, cpc., under the name ' of
Donnelly and dbonnelly.
In his final year at Osgoode,
James Donnelly was awarded the
Benjamin Luxemburg prize for ob-
taining the highest marks in the
subject oaf bankruptcy. Before
entering Osgoode, he graduated
from the University of Toronto in
1950 with honors.
Mr. Frank 'Donnelly has been
practising law in Goderich singe
1930 and in that time has- become
widely known for his able court
work.
Another son, • Richard F. Don-
nelly, who graduated from Osgoode
Hall in 1950, is practising law at
o h :a
PORT ALBERT
PORT ALBERT, July 14.—Mr.
and Mrs.' Eugene Kitchen and two
children, and Miss Helen Hawkins,
all of Saginaw, Mich., and Larry
Hawkins, of Rogers' City, are visit-
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Tigert.
Mrs. James Young and daughter,
Mrs. Gordon Martin, visited 'last
Sunday with relatives at Ripley.
Mrs. James McKenzie, of Kitch-
ener, is visiting at the home of her
son, Roderick McKenzie.
Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Cunningham
anti son, John, of Walkerville, visit-
ed for a few days recently with Mr.
and Mrs. „Charles Crawford. Mr,
and Mrs. Crawford returned home
with them for a visit.
Eddie Tigert, Miss Isabel Tigert
and the .Misses Lorna -and Joyce
Feagan, of Benmiller, visited last
week with the former's grand-
mother, Mrs. E. L. Root, of Albin,
Mich. -
Mrs. Tom Dickson is spending
the summer months at the home
of her son, Melvin Dickson.
Service in the United Church this
coming. Sunday afternoon at 2.30
p.m. will be in charge of the Dun-
gannon Y.P.U. in the absence of
the pastor, Rev. George Watt. . The
following.•two Sundays there will
be no service, as the pastor is on
holidays...
Farewell Social. --Friends gather-
ed recently in the school house
for a farewell social evening for.
the school teacher, W• Spivey, who
is leaving this district for a school
near Sarnia. Euchre was played
in the early 'part of the evening,
followed by lunch. Presentation
of a radio was made to' Mr. Spivey,
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9 p.m. ALL STAR PROFESSIONAL STAGE SHOW
SHOW BAND — BEAUTIFUL DANCING GIRLS
ACROBATICS — OUTSTANDING GIRL ENTERTAINER
COMEDIAN (Just back from entertaining troops in Korea)
And many other sparkling entertainment acts. '
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