The Goderich Signal-Star, 1956-08-16, Page 8PAG ittGaT
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THE GODS RICIT SIGNAL -STAR
BREAKDOWN OF
TOWNSHIP TAX
Sieh Township's 1195 '► tax
vas set last week, is
broken down as follows: meaty
;Se 42 mills, township genal 10,
general school rate 3, Clinton Dis-
trictt 'School chool 6, Goderich ;r is -
1.40
s-.Iri0t. )Coe hate Institute 7.6, and
fiownsitip seigool area 7.2.
The rate for each school section
as follows: S.S. 2, 11 mills; S.S.
0, 7.8; S.S. 8, 5; S.S. 9, 8.4; U.S.S,
2, 14.1; U.S.S. 12, 12.5, and U.S.S.
10, 12.8.
s reported in last week's Signal:
Stale the township general rate is
two mills higher than last year.
At the August meeting of Gode-
rich Township Council in Holmes -
the following accounts were
paid: D. E. Glidden, relief, $3.80;
lkMunicipal World, supplies, 912.81;
Town of Goderich, debentures,
$3,937.31; Town of Goderich, fire
call, $50; R. C. Hays, fees, 916.10;
Road Superintendent's pay roll,
$3,876.34.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY I
CHIROPRACTIC
HERBERT B. SUCH, D.C.
Doctor of Chiropratic.
Office Hours:
Mon., Thurs.-9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tues., Fri. -9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wed & Sat. -9 to 11.30 a.m.
Vitamin Therapy
Office—eari rner of South St. and
Britannia Road. Phone 341.
A. M. HARPER
Chartered Accountant
OffCe: House
343J 343W
33 Hamilton St. Goderich
A.J. `Bert' Alexander
GENERAL INSURANCE
FIRE -- AUTOMOBILE —
CASUALTY
Get Insured — Stay insured
Rest Assured.
Bank of Comm. Bldg.
Telephone 268.
efts Aiitliala ee
Roomy - Comfortable
• Anywhere Anytime
PHONE 399
77 Montreal St., Goderich
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OUT ON A LIMB
WITH BILL SMILEY
Of all the attractions a small
town has to offer, there is none
that is so sure to bring everybody
on the run as a geed .fes And -
there is no fire quite as thrilling
as a big barn sending a blazing
column into the night sky.
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It's not that people enjoy wateh-
ing somebody else's property going
up in smoke. But they ARE sort
of disappointed when they madly
pursue the fire truck and it's only
a chimney fire, that's been put
out before they get there.
For pure excitement, you can't
beat a barn full of hay. We had
a dandy, about ten :miles out of
town the other night. The siren
sounded about 10.30. I wasn't go-
ing to go, as I was having a basket
of a time trying towrite this col-
umn. But that siren is a chilling
thing -that works its way into the
primeval corners of your marrow,
and makes you want to rush off
in all directions.
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So I rushed. By the time I got
out of town, the fire truck was no-
where in sight, but a lot of cars
were tearing off to the south, so
I joined them, and tore as fast as
only A-1 used car would tear. People
kept turning off at different side -
road corners until I was roaring
through the night all alone and
I began to think of turning back.
But just then I caught up with
two kids from town, about four
miles out, bicycling like mad down
the highway, aaad.I .knew I was on
the right track. The kids always
know.
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In a few moments, you could see
the fire in the sky. It was a warm
night, without a breath of wind,
and the orange smoke made a pil-
lar like an atomic bomb explosion,
against the black. I couldn't get
within half a mile of the lane.
Hundreds of people and cars had
sprung out of the earth, for ten
miles around. There Must have
been 200 cars.
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Kids who should have been in
bed long ago were running dawn
the highway, falling over each
other and yelping excitedly. Fat
old ladies were hustling�alongat
cn ble_ AC.5,, pt.tln d_-. Ever57
body was secretly_. wishing they
enc • n sena to pal well over. The
usual 'fig et a faunf to for
the first 10 sears. who j
e to am
themselves in the lane so the flea
truck has to ge through the fields
and get stuck.
Nothing bursas like an old barn,
well seasonedand full of dry hay.
The searing heat keeps everybody
well back, and the hundreds Aust
stand there, fascinated, the light
from the j're changing their faces
so that ugly people look fine and
handsome people ugly and happy
faces gloomy and so on.
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The farmers from the district
stand around with their arms fold-
ed, a stern end sad expression on
their faces. They know ;*'enter than
anyone what it means to the own-
ers. They know it could happen
to- them and have a momentary
'pang of something near panic.
Teenagers with their girls take
the opportunity of leaning against
each other and holding hands. This
is real romantic. They too are a
little sad, with the knowledge deep
in them that they are sharing
something strange and stirring that
will never be their's again.
Even the kids are pretty quiet.
For once they are up against some-
thing that shakes them. The in-
credi'ble flame, the blasting heat,
the crash of falling timbers, the
booming and whanging of the steel
roof as it buckles, the smell of
roast pig, -are things they'll never
forget. They're lucky, those young
ones. Lots of people go through
life without ever seeing a good
barn fire.
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Then there are the self-appointed
fire chiefs. They are more inter-
ested in what the firemen should
be doing than in the fire itself.
"Don't see why they're soaking
that hay. It'll burn all night. Why
don't they put the water on the
house? The barn is gone. They'd
better stop putting water on that
silo. It'll crack. Took them long
enough to get here. They don't
seem to know what they're doing.
Why don't they get more pressure?
They should have another hose on
it." And so on. The ones who
offer most of the unsolicited- fire-
chief advice are always standing
well out of the way if there's a
hose to be moved, or some heavy
lifting to be done.
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In the meantime, the firemen,
volunteers all, are working might-
ily to control the inferno and save
other buildings., Smoked, seared,
roasted, baked, and almost fried
they are soaking wet, filthy and
tired, but they'll still be there at
two o'clock in the morning, pour-
ing water on the smouldering hay,
long after everyone else is in bed.
Their annual pay isn't enough to
pay for the clothes they ruin. They
risk their lives at every big fire.
But everyone else knows more
about. S • ting a -fire than they, it
-seems
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bfuin't..h�si�t..?h.o rlaz + .f}+ir+.0 tin _for
from the road. _ -- 'tae people Wno own lane
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The lane was full of cars, though,
for once, the drivers had had
Dirt in V Grain
'Corning T `v W a0. `= "hard ifs
THAT BIGGER
G. B. GLANCY
Optometrist --Optician
(successor to the late A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 33,
Goderich.
HAROLD JACKSON
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
HURON AND PERTH
Phone 474 SEAFORTH
P.O. Box 461
FRANK REID
LIFE UNDERWRITER
Life, annuities, business In -
*times.
Mutual Life Of Canada
Phone 346 Church St.
0..7. CHAPMAN
General Insurance
Fire, Automobile, Caualty
Real Estate
SO Colborne St., Goderich
Phone 18w
KDW &RD W. ELLIOTT
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
Correspondence promptly an-
ewered. Immediate arrangements
can be made for Sales Date by
calling 1'hoee 1621J, Clinton.
Charge moderate and satisfac-
tion guaranteed.
1 ,11111.111/sr..
MARKET
"Soon now, the large : group of
•`wear and post-war' babies will
begin reaching legal drinking age
and (we) the brewers will have
that bigger market for their pro-
ducts. And it should be the best
group of beer drinkers to come
along in a long while, because
more of those people have seen
beer served hi their home and
come to accept it as a perfect
social beverage than ever before in
history. Nothing we can do to
speed up their entry into the mar-
ket, but it's bound to come, just
as sure as day follows night.
"We have no intention of giv-
ing up our right to sell alcohol in
your living room, • and there is
nothing anybody can do to stop
us.
F. T. Armstrong
OPTOMETRIST
T
Mese 1189 for Appointment
SQUARE, GODERICIII
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"With complete and admirable
frankness the LBI, (licensed Bev-
erage Industries, -Inc. public re-
lations voice for the liquor traffic
In the U.S.A.) freely admits that
its goal is 'an expansion of sales'."
THE VOICE --May, 1956.
This advt. sponsored by Huron
County Tempeeance Federation.
FAST RELIEF FOR
TI RED•
FEET
barn, there is first piercinganxiety,
as they try to save the stock. Then
there is a sick, hopeless feeling,
as they watch part of their daily
lives go up in flame. There must
be some disgust with the avid
curiosity of many of the spectators.
When it's all over, there is the
dead feeling of nervous and physic-
al exhauetien. There's a dirty
mess to clean up. But in a few
days, that wonderful thing that
keeps humans from jumping off
the nearest bridge returns to them,
and they start making plans for
the new barn.
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OTTAWA, Aug 9.,--F4Fton Car -6 -
diff, Co seevative MIP for Kieron,
complained in the Colleinoaas today
that Western Canada was shipping
inferior feed grain into Ontario.
During House consideration of
Trade Department estbnptes, Mr.
Cardiff said Western Ontario farm-
ers were not satisfied with the feed
grain, that it contained "a lot of
dirt and stuff" and that it should
never leave the head of the Lakes.
The member said there was a
80th BIRTHDAY
A family pasty dinner was held
on Sunday m the occasion of the
Seth birthday of Mats. Mary Sander.
son, Newgate street. . The dinner
was' attended by: Mr. and. Mrs,
Harry Sanderson and Marry Jo, of
Ingersoll; Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Brazier and son, Warren, of Tor-
onto;
or
onto; Mr. and •Mrs. M. V. Sander-
son, of Lueknow; Mr. and Mrs. R.
great deal of dissatisfaction in not , G. Sanderson and sons, Robert, of
being able to tell whatrade was Goderich, and Donald, of Toronto;
being purchased. That should not Miss Joyce Gingrass, of Guelph.
be the case, he said. The grain o 0 o
was bought by grade in the west Mr. and Mrs. J. Carmichael and
and the farmer only got -paid ae~ three children, also Mr. 'Chipman
cording to the geade he delivered. Smith, all of Toronto, are visiting
When it reached Ontario it was with Mr. Tone 1VianjUris.
mixed with a lot of brash.
If Canada was short of grain,
that would be a different story.
The sort of grain eastern farmers
were getting should be burned, the
said.
Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe said the I
Board of Grain Commissioners had
no authority over the grain after
it left FortWilliam. The grain
was shipped out from Fart William
under a Government certificate.
He had every reason to believe
that at that stage the certificate
was correct.
What happened to the grain
after it left Fort William was be-
yond board contra and must re-
main so until there was enabling
legislation from :he Ontario Gov-
ernment permitting the board to
.control it.
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REPAIRS
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TV Testing Equipment.
TV ¢tEI I•Ab INSTAiLATION
AND SERVICE --
ANY MAINE,
MacDonald Electric'
Goderich phone 23$
TWO FUTURE EVENTS FOR
HURON COUNTY FARMERS
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Huron County
Farm Report
By A. S. Bolton, Asst eAg. Rep.
Rain storms occurring Saturday,
August 4th, and through the foie
lowing week have darnlaged the late
grain crops in the County con-
siderably. .Many excellent fields of
oats have been nearly flattened by
the storms. This, of course, makes
harvesting difficult and reduces
the yields. Approximately one-
half of the wheat crop in the south-
ern half of the County • has been
threshed, while there .are still a
few fanners finishing haying oper-
ations. Hay aftermath and pasture
continued to make rapid growth.
On Monday afternoon, August
6th, approximately 8,000 people
attended the Morris Township Cen-
tennial in Brussels. Ninety floats
took part in the large centennial
parade.
The second Huron County Fruit
Growers' Twilight meeting is to be
held in the orchard of Ball Mc
Kenzie, Exeter, on Thursday,
August 30, at 7 p.m. Those On the
tour will gather at the Exeter
Arena at 7 p.m., and will proceed
from there.
On Friday, August 31, -members
of the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association will be
making a one -day bus tour to
Simeoe County. Passengers are to
be picked up along No. 4 Highway
at designated points from Exeter
to Wroxeter.
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A helicopter may hover like a
bird, but when it comes down
to roost on a roof it weighs
plenty, and sets up quite a strain.
So engineers have devised a gim-
mnnick. The whirly-bird lands on
an aluminum raft floating in a
shallow pool of water. The ma-
chine°s weight is spread over the
area of the raft instead of joist
'that covered by the landing gear.
No doubt they figured out,
too, how passengers can get
"ashore". Certainly men 'who
work with aluminum are mighty
resourceful. ger fact, they keep
us busy supplying them with
this ye—male modern metal,
at homeand in foreign markets.
Gh MlfilVJM r_20141PANY OF
CANADA, L`l`I : (ALCAN)
ARE AUGUST
DAYS
r
• ow. ,..,N..., .°
and warm weather means fre-
quent changes. Insure your com-
fort and appearance through dry
cleaning that removes soil and
adds longer wear to .clothing.
GODERICH
DRY CLEANERS
} WEST 'T. o /2 2
C.R.LOWERY, PROP.
NBBNDA•D•.
HEALTH UNiT
STAFF CHANGES
Several changes in the peesonrel
of the ,Hnror. Cgiulty Heath Unit
have been aimounced by the direc-
tor, Dr. R. M. AMU, of Goderich.
The supervisor of nursing, Miss
Nerah t Cunningham, has resigned
to enter postagraduate studies. A
native of Vancouver, she had eerv-
od with the health unit since it was
organized sever, years ago.
Miss Cunningham was succeeded
yesterday by 'Miss Jean Falconer,
who was 'fonanerly supervisor of
nursing in Prince Edward County
Health Unit. A native of Huron
County, her family's home is at
'Bruoelield.
'Three other staff„ nurses have
resigned and two replacements
have been named.
Miss Jean Marshall, who served
the unit for five years, has aceepted
a new position in public health
nursing in her home city of Tor-
onto.
»an Cupid is responsible for
luring away Miss Mary Love and
MissBarbara Sauer. Miss Love,
wrho had been stationed at W6ng-
ham since the health unit was
organized, has left to marry J.
Broughton, of Atwood. Miss Sauer,
who had been stationed at Clintons
for the past two years, has moved
to Sarnia as Mns. Don Dale. Her
husband was formerly en the .staff..
of Clinton Public Seli ool.
Two new appointments to the
Nursing Nome
Pleasant surroundings.
Operated by Reg. Nurse.
Properly balanced home
cooked meals.
Tray service.
Mrs. H. Earnshaw
'PHONE 1593
53 NORTH STREET
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staff are.Miss Glennys Mowat, who
comes tram Woodstock, and Miss
Sarah Goertien, of St. Catharines.
ENJOYS HER S. -S.
"I would be lost without the
home town.pa ; I read it now
more thoroughly than 1 did when
I lived in Godenieb." So writes�
Mrs. J. Cuninghame (Peggy, Par-
sons Curinghame) of North Syna-
euse, N.Y., to the Signal -fir.
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ESCAPEo INJURY
Eight people and two dogs
escaped injury when a parked ear
was struck by another auto on
Illaway 21, one and one-half
miles north of Amberley, at 2 a.m.
on Thursday of last week. Pro-
vincial Constable Alex. Twaddle
of Goderich, .sraid4hat a ear owned
Hugh J. Green,' of Windsor, was
parked on One highway shoulder
T iU SDAY, AUGUST' 10th, 1956
when it was sideswiped by as auto
driven by Edward S. Letts,of
Awa Cragg. Duress tallied $$50Q,
Iii the Windsor ear were Green',
Inas wife; five children end two
dogs.
Reid's Upholstery
59 'HAMILTON STREET
Have your chesterfield suite, and
occasional pieces re -done in the
better quality fabrics.
See us today. Estimates given
freely,
Free pick up and delivery.
Phone 1102W. .
BRUCE E. RYAN
GENERAL - CONTRACTOR
We Plan and Build
CUSTOM HOMES
Also store fronts, modifications and all types of roofing under
guarantee.
For free estimates, phone or contact
BRUCE RYAN, 175 BROCK STREET.
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CORPORATION LIMITED
148 THE SQUARE
Telephone, Goderich 797
look in the
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When a dealer's name slips your mind but you remember
where he is located, YELLOW PACES can help you out fast.
Suppose you want a store on Pleasant Ave. that you know
sells air conditioning. First, turn to -"Air Conditioning Equip-.
ment & Supplies" in the "A" section. Then look for the familiar
.. address in the list of dealers.
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