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Correct procedure for bathing a baby is demonstrated by a public health nurse from Huron
County Health Unit at a "parents' night" held in connection with the unit's pre -natal classes.
There are four series of pre -natal classes annually, in' Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter and
Wingham. Photo by MacLaren's Studio
TURKEY DINNER IS ENJOYED
BY MEMBERS AND HUSBANDS
A very enjoyable' event took
place on Wednesday evening,
January 30, at the Salvation Army
Citadel when the Horne League
headed by the secretary, tMrs. E.
Dixon, welcomed tthe members and
their Ilusband.s to a turkey dinner
aneall the atritintinings. A social
hour was spent afterwards and
Lieut. R. Southbloom pronounced
the benediction.
BINE
LEGION HALL
GODERICH
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
JACKPOT OF $50.00 FOR FULL HOUSE-th 52 CALLS.
1st GAME STARTS AT 8.30 P.M.
IN AND OUT
Goderich is again short one
police constable. ' After only
a few days on the job, Albert
Kope called it "quits" last
week -end. ,Members of the
local police co•tnmittee plan to
meet within the next couple of
days to try again. Still on file
are several applications which
were received at the time Kope
was appointed. Kope, a Kit-
chener man, had been engaged
to replace Constable A. E.
Delves, who `had resigned after
only a short time on the job.
Projects Casting $699,01
Given "OKay" Here In 1956
Ninety-eight construction pro-
jects with a tota1.rallue of $699,015
were given that green light here
during 1956, according to figures
compiled by the town clerk's office.
The total value of 1956 permits
was far higher than in 1955 when
101 permits were issued for work
costing 4175,005. But last year's
total was still low in .comparison
to 1954 rowhen 130 permits .were ap-
proved for work costing $1,882,660,
Principal reasons for the high
-1954 total were permtits for eleva-
tors, valued at $700,000, and the
Huron C•ounty[Court House, valued
at $640,000. Forty-eight new dwel-
lings, including 26 rental units,
Awarded
$13,500
A Wingham man received
$13,500 plus costs when a suit for
damages, scheduled to be aired
in Supreme Court here, was settled
out of court.
The settlement was announced
by Frank Donnelly, counsel for
Donald Hopper, Wingham, who was-
badly
asbadly hurt in an automobile ac-
cident one mile west of Elmira on
June 10, 1956. Hopper, the plain-
tiff in the case, suffered a broken
back and two broken legs.
The defendant, Victor Zieske, of
Elmira, ,,,gtvas represented by Mc-
Gibbon & Harper, of Waterloo.
The case was to have ,been heard
by Hon. Mr. Justice Thompson in
Supreme Court here.
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Now the English try to bolster
• up their poets,1 Shakespeare and
Byron, which is 'quite proper, but
they will' never overtake Robert
Burns. They have not the mater -
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were also approved during 1654. 4
There has since been a decline
the number Qaf new hones 'built.
Fifteen permits were issued for
new dwellings in 1955, and 13
'were approved last year.
Largest permit oisstaed in x.956
was for the $423,000 addition to
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital: Next largest project ap-
proved was construction of eleva-
tors at the Upper Lakes & St.
Lawrence Transportation Co. Ltd.
property for $100,000.
Following is a list of Other per-
mits issued last year:
No. Value
Additions, repairs and
alterations (residen-
tial, church, etc.) . 58 $21,715
New dwellings 13 $82,800
Conversions . 2 $ 3,000
New garages (private) 4 $ 1,100
Alterations, e etc., to
business property 14 $20,700
Service station 1 $13,000
Pentecostal [Ohu'roh 1 $30,000
School additions 1 $ 1,000
Rifle range (GDCI) 1 $ 1,000
Frozen custard stand 1_..$ 1,700
November Tops
Following is a breakdown show-
ing the number and value of per-
mits issued in each month of 1956:
No. Value
January 1 $ 4,500
February 1 $ 3,000
March 3 $16,400
April ,. 4 $ 8,700
?4ay 18 29;275
June .- 13 Va9,900
July 15 $13,990
August 8 $14,000
September 20 $19,375
October 7 $ 4,700
November 5 $523,850
December 3 $ 1,325
Total
98 $699,015
Council. Considers
Requests Re Fair
Ken 'Pennington, chairman `"of
the Kinsmen Trade 'Fair commit-
tee, asked Town Council Friday
for its co-operation in staging the
fourth annual show here August
14-1'7. He was advised to put all
his requests in written form for
consideration at a later Council
meeting.
Mr. Pennington told Council that
the next fair will have a larger
midway, which will be located on
the grounds inside the racing oval.
For this reason, the , Kinsmen Club
wishes permission to remove a
'portion of the 'fence between the
grandstand and arena, so as to
give -20 oft 30 feet access to the
race track. The fence posts would
not be removed, said tMr. Penning-
ton, and he promised that the
boards would be put aback on after
the fair.
He noted that the fair had en-
joyed "wonderful co-operation"
from Council in the past, and that
town workers had helped with
fences, etc. He hoped the com-
mittee might have the same co-
operation again. Mr. Pennington
added that the club is concerned
about police assistance for the
forthcoming show.
He indicated that here will be
civic reception for visiting officials
in connection with this year's fair,
and it has nat been decided if there
will be a grandstand show.
The club also wishes to have
control of the refreshment booth
under the grandstand for the fair
days, he fold Council.
Letter to the Editor
((Note: The following letter was
Written by Gavin Hamilton Green,
94 -year-old Goderich resident who
is a staunch admirer of- Robert
Burns, Scotlanl's national poet.
On the occasion of the 198th an-
niversary of the birth of the bard,
which was celebrated officially last
Jan. 25, Mr. Green 'says he would
like to answer a rew charges made
by Burns' critics.)
Editor, Signal -Star:
Sir.,—On January 25, 1759, there
was ushered into this world_ near
the- Town -- of Ayr, Scotland,- in a
humble cottage, of humble parents,
a --man -ehifd whose-b1TTlh-is- ceie-
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Representative
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EBB ROSS
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ro>`lihve to do to make sure that
your kiddies won't have to 'give up
everything.
This really is the wonderful thing
about Life Insurance.
See me today about protection for
your family.
Goderich, Ont, Phone 37
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ial to work on.
Now the critics of Burns try to
make him out an awfully bad man.
There was one in a town where I
"Rabbie" Burns
once lived, a young doctor, who
gave a lecture under the auspices
of Saint George's Society. Ac-
cording to this young• doctor,
Burns was a very bad man without
any redeeming features.
Now I think the doctor knew
better or he should not have at-
tempted the lecture. He may have
tickled the fancy of the English
and the Irish and other national-
ities of his audience, but he did
seven years ago- she was an "ugly duckling" !
Look at har now ... smiling, self-
assured,
elfassured, the centre of attraction.
It wasn't always that way; 'as a
child she 104,uneven teeth, and
was self-conscious about it.
Knowing that she'd need long •
and exlfert dental care, her father
saved for it through a special
account at the "Royal". And
when the time came, he had the
money to pay for treatment that
helped transform a shy little girl
into a radiant young -woman.
The need for ready cash, often
substantial sutras, may come un-
expectedly. That's why it's wise
to form the habit of saving a fixed
amount every month through a
savings account at the "Royal".
After all ---- There's nothing quite
like money in the bank.
THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
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• not tickle the pate of the Scottish.
This young doctor should have
known that blood runs thicker than
i water in the veins of the Scottish
race, and, Doctor, if you or any
lecturer wants to get any of the
Scotehman's silver, play lair when
you lecture an Robert Burns!
What about Mr. Shakespeare?
i Now -some of the language in his
poems is brassy, so very brassy.
They will tell you to look at the
Classical language of Shakespeare's
poems and plays. Are they not
taught in colleges and Universities
to show you how to talk in polite
1 society?
Burns a drunkard. Well, how
abort Mr. Shakespeare? „Did not
he 'die to pays td the other world
by drinking too much sack? And
sack is a very high class drink.
Mr. Shakespeare and Lord Byron
were bothwealthy; had their wine
1 cellars to go to when they were
dry. They were not like poor
Bobby Burns, who had no wine
cellar filled with sack and other
high class drinks. Burn.s plowed
all day, then walked to. the village
tavern to get a few drinks of ale
and an occasional glass of Scotch
whiskey' with his friends, Tam 0
Shanter and Souter Johnnie.
He died young and passed to the
other world, but not from drinking
sack.
QBITUARY
Stony 'Dunbar, who died sud-
denly at ,art lib= Grey TTw fl
sails on litbrunrYlib 69th
year, spent, 111W entire 'life in 'that
coznan unity.
-Fukneralserviees were conducted'
in 'lfaao Presbyterian 4Chureh,
Ethel, on Uondny Ihy Rev, C.,;
Thompson, 'with f,r, termento an
Mount Pleasant cemetery, J t icl,
Surviving are va dan ,titers.
'Betty, ]1Trs. Clarence tlbrson, of
Fordwich, and Ruth„, Mrs. James
Slreach, of Godea'ieh; five grand-
sons, and a niece, Georgia, Mr's.
William Schaefer, of Goderich,
MRS. ANNIE STOWE
- A former resident. of Goderich,
Mrs. Annetta (Annie) May Stowe,
widows of the late Harry B. Stowe,
died at her home in Toronto on
Thursday, January 31.
Funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Mathewson, of Danforth
United Church, at the Ralph Day --
funeral home on Thursday at 8
p.m. The body was then taken to
Goderich where service was con-
ducted in the Lodge funeral home
by Rev. A. E. Eustaee, of North
Street United Church, on Saturday
at 2 p.m. Interment 'vas in Mait-
land cemetery.
Mrs. Stowe, who was in her 74th
year, was born in Goderich. She
was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Buchanan. She
resided in London far several years
before moving to Toronto,- where
she lived for more than 25 years.
Her husiband, Harry B. Stowe, who
was in the railway mail service,
died in 1951.
Surviving are two brothers,
Walter J. Buchanan, of Goderich,A�� RELIEF O8
and Harry F. Buchanan, of Smiths
Falls.
Pallbearers for. the funeral' were'
W. Percy Johnston, of Goderich,
ACHING
Leonard M. Buchanan, of Lambeth
and Reg King and Bert King, both-
of Toronto
Among those attending the fun-
eral were Mr. and :Mrs. H. F.
Buchanan, of Smiths Falls; Miss
M seLEs
Etoile King end 1jeg. and Bert
King, Mrs. Harry James and Dianna
and Miss Marion Stowe, all of
Toronto; Gordon Johnston, of
But he was an awful fellow, Paris; Mgr. and Mrs. W. E. iMcl-lroy, -
Burns, his critics say, for women. of Grand Bend; Mrs. M. Thom,
Well, what if he was? Why should of Bayfield, and Leonard Buchanan,
not the poor man have some little of Lambert. `
enjoyment in his short life, besides o— o
small- ale and Scbtch whiskey? In Canada there is one passenger
And you show me a man who is automobile for every 5.3 persons.
not fond of women, let them be
English, Irish, Scotch or any other 1
nationality, and you will find some-
thing lacking in his make-up.
You would think to hejr' his
critics talk that Bobby Burnwas
the only man who had three sweet- .
hearts on the .string'at the-- same- --
time. What about Mr. Lord Byron?
Did Piot-"iiia"'Wife`` fir`d'"Yithf' TO?
flirting with another woman, and
he. •went to live and die in a
foreign land..
But Byron's poems had life.
rhyme, sentiment and reason in
them, -which came from the Scot-
tish blood in him, I believe his
mother's name was Gordon.
At one time I was at a dinner
party wh re the ' fiasked the
4bles i 'Bttr ' grace:
"'Slime has meat -and 'a neat,
Some wud eat, but want it,
But we hae meat 'and"we' can aft
Sae let the Lord be than'kit."
Well, naturally. the conversation
turned to Burns. There was pre-
sent a very .strait-laced maiden lady
-Fof....,Enl lish—laarsuasion who said, I-
I
f Did -not•that Btfrrink whiskey, j-
flirt with girls, and they tell me
he once made a poem on a louse?"
. I said, "Yes, and what about it?"
And did he not also make a poem
on the Deity, and the devil and his
bed, and on his sweetheart, High-
land Mary, and to Mary in Heaven.
to a Mountain Daisy and a wee
mousie, and that immortal poem
that pictures the Scottish' farm
laborer's hoarse, "The Cotter's Sat-
urday Night," which will go down
in history as one of the greatest
classics written by mortal man?
% donbt if any of the English or
other poets •could make a poem
on a louse. Why. it took brains
and genius to write that poem.
There could not have been any-
thing so awfully bad in Burns for
he was in church on the :'sabbath
day when he saw this little louse,
and the lady was in church also
on the Sabbath day. Not such a
bad lady. Now., Mr. Louse could
not have been such a bad louse
for he also went to church an the
Sabbath day accompanied by a
Iady, so why should not Burn's
lirttle lousie be entitled to a poem
as well as Shakespeare's "The
•Merry Wives of Windsor-"
Now poor Bobby Burns died at
the early -age of 37 years- Lf Burns
had Lived in the flesh to as old"
as
ld-
as Shakespeare, what poems and
songs he might have given to the
world! But those mdrtals that the
gods love die young.
If you want a sermon, read
"Cotter's Saturday Night." If you
tare down in the dumps, read "Man
is Made to Mourn" and "A Man's
a Man for a' That."
GAVIN HAMILTON GREEN.
P.S,—Irl singing Burns' praises,
I do not wish to show any dis-
respect to the English poets. Shake-
speare or Byron, but I believe in
giving Burns his due as well as
'the Devil, or Shakespeare or Byron
and other poets. ---G.H.G.
7 N*1DON SCORNS
At the :aiX tables it dupItc
bridgt pled en Monday n
the winners were:, Mr. and yrs..
Frank Curry with 58%; Points; Mr,
r>d Mrs. Iran Papertnek wzth 61%
points; Mrs. 3. V, 'Mow** ;end, 31rs,
J. r. W3aceler,with' l *ints; 31ni,
A. A. Nicol. orad: 'ls, Slitunder.o
with 5015 points.
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