The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-03-28, Page 111ib Year—No. 23
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Here are the Junior Bowling Champions 'of the Little Bowling Aca-
demy foe 1956-57. Standing, from left to right are: Don Rouse, Briane
McLean, John Gower, Bill MacDonald. Seate.d in front, from left to
right are: Winston Kerr, Don McWhinney (Capt), Notin Glenn, David
Gower. David Gower holds an award for being high average and
Capt. Don McWhinney holds team trophy and also high triple award.
Norman Glenn holds award for being high single.
Confirm $17,000 Grant
For Psychiatric Ward
pee -thief -lc unit at Alexandra Mar-
ine and General Hospital, Goderich,
was nonfirmed on Ihe Week -end by
Dr. Mackinnon Philtips, minister
of health kir Ontario,
The grant was not unexpected
as local authorities had reeeive-d
unofficial asaurance Some time ago
that it was coming . The amount
of the grant had been included in
the loeal board's total estimates of
money availalble to finance the cur-
rent expansion program
In saddition to the provincial
grant, there will be a $2,000 fed-
eral grant for the psychiatric upit.
The unit will be located in the old
part of the hospital.
Establishment of the two -bed
wand has been recommended by
caunty law enforcement officials
and others. They point out there
are times when such facilities are
needed for the care of mentally
unbalanced persons who cannot be
looked after adequately elsewhere.
The contract for the `new 42 -bed
wing for Alexandra Hospital was
awarded last October for $423,441.-
74. It may cost $25,000 more to
make necessary alterations to the
old part of the building. Then
there will be the additional cost
of furnishing and equipping the
new and renovated sections of the
At the same time as he announc-
ed the Goderich grant, Health Min-
ister Phillips confirmed an addi-
tional grant of $11,230 for Wing -
ham General Hospital
Stores' Salute
Friday of next week—April
,S=7•Atin:M;lirk the first Friday
evening for Goderich stores in
be until 9 p.m. On Saturdays
the closing hour will be at 6 „.
p.m. Stores participatinb in 1
this plan are listed in an ad-
vertisement appearing on page
night open next week, the
Signal -Star will be publishing
in its isAie of April 4th a
page of advertisements from
merchants with special offer-
ings to mark the occasion.
Watch next week's Signal -Star
for these specials and plan to
shop early Friday evining to
take advantage of the merch-
ants' salute to Friday night
Band .Will Appear
At Hockey Games
Goderich Girls' Trumpet Band
is practising in preparation for a
parade to mark the resumption of
the All -Ontario Midget "B" hoekey
finals in Goderich on Friday, April
5. The band will play at the game
on Saturday night also, it is expec-
Plans for band operations this
coming season are uncertain at the
rnomentebut an effort is being made
to revitalize the band.
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28th, 1957
'Eleventh Hour" Parley Here
Evening Of Jubijation
By Talent From Distric
A delighted aadience of 450 per
sons applauded as the Harbouraire
- preach it with the discipline *of
s yesterday.
presented a tenth anniversary can
tett in the auditorituri of Gode
rich District Collegiate Institut
titfonday evening.
Conducted by George Buthanan
the male chorus, comprising mor
than 30 Goderich and district men
displayed great versatility as the
rendered selections ranging froi
hymns to novelty numbers.
There were heavy ovations als
for the co-stars, soloist Bonni
Junior Misses. And a well -desert,
ed 'bow was taken by Ed. Stiles
who, as pianist, was probably the
busiest performer of all,
In holding the concert, the Hat
ibouraires hoped to raise funds to
go toward the 'purchase of "browi
watch jackets," said Conductor
Buchanan inaan on stage interview
with Bruce'St. George, master of
ceremonies.
``'We- have them en order, so
we're glad to see some people
here tonight," George explained
in a m'asterful.understatement that
was greeted by appreciative laugh-
ter from the audience.
George Parsons, president of the
Harbouraires, said after the con-
tcert that the group had realized
the sum of abent $200. By adding
this to funds raised previously,
the Harbouraires are not too fai.
from their objective now, he stated.
Following is a mueic critic's re,
view of the concert program:
(By J.F.S.)
The Harbouraires' tenth anniver-
sary concert on Monday was an
evening of jubilation. Many were
there in a spirit of congratulation,
knowing something of the woelt
that has gone into those 10 years;
many were looking forward to
entertainanent -of awhiele the -winter.
'television series had given a pre-
view; few went away at the end
of the evening without feeling that
congratulatinn for fine entertain-
ment was indeed the order of the
day.
Those who look forward to oc-
casions like this are sometimes
disappointed; but the auditorium
was well filled, the stage fittingly
set and lighted, and the resulting
pleasurable anticipation was re-
warded with much fine singing,
Our host for the evening, Bruce
St. George, ensured that all went
smoothly "out front," and Ed.
Stiles. played his accompanirnents
delightfully right because he was
.so unassuming about it .
We went to hear singing: we en-
joyed a wealth of styles and voices,
for the program had been planned
to give us variety. In addition to
the Harbouraires, there were the
Auburnettes; they have been for-
tunate in obtaining a fine contralto
eince I heard them last, and are
echieving a blend in their singing
which will become even better
when a good balance'is maintained.
The Junior Misses identified
themselves firmly with their own
generation by showing that they
were well ',able to cope with the
songs of .this modern age; they
should leave the straighter lines
of older music until they can ap-
Diction Pleases
Throughout the evening we were
- pleased with the good diction;
e seldom ean it be said, as. here,
that we heard every word.
, Bonnie Gowman's solos, not ont
e was the enunciation clear, but
, words often distorted in singing
n are spoken. Most of the selections
were admirably suited to her own
o charming style; this beautiful light
e soprano was at her best in the
e quieter numbers, and we were
- fortunate indeed that she had been
, invited to contribute to the pro-
gram.
The Harbouraires sing for the
- joy of it, but that does not excuse
them from the rigour of hard
1 work; under the respected leader-
ship of George Buchanan, the jay
and the work have produced a
chorus which maintains a surpris-
ingly consistent high standard, in
spite of changes. There was little
evidence that some did not know
the inusic, and eveiw song had a
finish that told of teamwork.
We should all be our own critics,
of course; this concertgoer liked
especially the singing of the seren-
ade (Swedish Student Song) and
the Negro spiritual, "Go, Tell It
on the Mountains." Ray Gibbon
sang with a fine assurance, and
Dave Medley's ' voyage into the
upper reaches delighted everyone
—including his husband, I should
think!
The choir is a blend of good
voices, in which a fine firet tenor
section is well supported by the
other parts. Goderich is proud of
these `men, its sons (and fathers),
and would like to look forward to
frequent part of its growing
musical life.
Captain Lives Aboard His Boat
Every Day Of Year -For 17 Years
Search the Great Lakes from
end to end and it's doubtful if you
will find a parallel to the case of
colorful Captain Sammy Brunet',
of the barge Krupp, one of the
boats of .the winter fleet in Gode-
rich this year.
For 17 long years—every day of
the year—Captain Sammy Brunet
has lived aboard his boat. The
normal procedure for the Captain
of any boat is to head for home
at the end of the navigation season
and not to return to it until the
sailing seasan opens the following
spring. Rut that's not for Sammy
'because he loves to .stick with his
ship even after all the crew has
left.
It isn't because he hasn't a home.
He has e lovely home at Hochelaga,
Quebec,' but he lets a relative of
g his live in it while he and his wife
continue to live, year in and year
out, aboard the Krupp. The rea-
son? "It's nice 'and quiet with no
one to disturb me," says Captain
Sammy.
Of the 17 years he has lived
abenard boat, he has wintered at
Sarnia, Port Colborne, Midland,
Port Arthur, Fort William end,
fon the filtet time at Goderich, dur-
ing the past winter.° -
Altogether he has been on the
Krupp for 21 years. The barge is
owned by the Mohawk Navigation
Compeny of Montreal, whoaecon-
sider Capt. Sammy Brundt, 69, as
a wise, old navigator who haS done
a lot of navigation in troublesome
needs over the years. During his
sailing days he has served on more
than a score -of ships.
Sam was born at Valteyfield, Que-
bec, where his lather, the late
department. At the tender age of
14, Sammy decided t9 make gaffing
his life work. In the years shake
he has served On at leaet five boats
which sank—all in the area Of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence. He' has
weathered many storms ,on the
Grdat Lakes and in the Gulf of St.
,Lawrence when the boat on which
he was sailing was threatened by
them.
The Old Days
His first job was on the "Kitty
H," carrying pulpwood and also
coal in the St. Lawren,ce River and
Gulf of St. Lavvrence area. As a
boy of 14 he was, a deckhand. He
recalls that in 1913 deekhands got
$4 a month and their board. To-
day, he says, deckhands get $280,
a month, plus board, vacation witht
p y, overtime pay and a bonus.
Back in thb days of 1913, th
weals that deekhands got consisted
of salt pork, molasses, potatoes,
fish and bread, he said. You would
never see a pie or a cake. You
did all your own cooking and the
boat was sailed by hand. Whiskey
and rum was thrown in as part of
the board. Yoe could gei a gallon
jug of rum dr whiskey at any
grocery store on St Paul street,
Montreal, for $2, he said.
When the Krupp wintered at
Sarnia in 1951, the Company for
which Capt. Sammy Brunet worked
offered to pay all expenses and
send his wife and himself en a trip I
to Florida. But Sammy turned the '
offer down, preferring to live all
vvinter on his beloved barge. About
seven years ago he did make a
flying 'trip to Montreal but found
so' many of his old friends dead
and gone that he berried right
lafick to his barge.
This season will rna.rk the 55th
year he has sailed. And Captain
Sammy Brunet intends to keep
right on sailing and right on living
on the barge Krupp until his
earthly voyage is ended.
S,
SENIOR MERCHANT RETIRING
At nine o'cloak Saturday
night, a merchant on the
Square will vacate a crown he
has worn for some yeers now
still actively engaged in (Nisi-
tElecattere in this issue, an
advertisement an/tour-wed that
Dan O'Brien will retire froth
huainees on March 30th and
thot his son, JOseph,
Name the bnsiness.
His retirement will conclude
rich. Dan came to Goderich
on June 12, 1M, &aria Streit -
feat tO go into d buWlier busi-
ness on East street with Tore
Legg. This pantnership was
dis.solved in 1916 and Dan car-
ried on in the Eaat street
location until 1925. Then, he
moved to West street in the
.store note occupied by Western
Tire and Auto Supply. In
1938, he purchased the Dean
Block at the cerner of East
street and, the Square 'where
he has since beet) located.
Iris plans for the future?
gJust to take it easy," says
Dan.
He hes been working in the
meat business since he was
14 years of age and feels it's
time he had a chance to relax.
Join the Royal Canadian Navy
and see the world. That's what
Jim Adam, eon of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Adam, Kingston street, Gode-
rich, did. Here he is seen having
a cooling soft drink in a canteen
hangar at Key West, Florida. •He
is part of a R.C.N. jet fighter squad-
ron in Florida for a month's all-
weather flying with the U.S. Navy.
This is in preparation for service
,on board Canada's new aircraft.
carrier, HMCS Bonaventure. Out-
side the canteen and over Florida
ane flying their Canadian Panshees.
Jim's home base is Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia.
011 BOAT IS
FIRST ARRIVAL
It was "old stuff" for Captain
Ames Burns of the oil tanker,
Imperial London, as he eailed'into
Goelerich Harbor about 2 p.m.,
Monday to officially open the navi-
gation season for the port of
No less than three times, this
same boat has opened the naviga-
tion season at Goderich. Before
sailing from Sarnia to Goderich
with a cargo of 2A000 barrels of
gasoline from Imperial Oil, the
boat officially opened %the season
at Sarnia, too.
The season was apened here
about bee weeks ahead of last
year. The imperial London, ar-
rived on April 6 and about the
same hour as this year.
A civic reception was accorded
Capt. Burns in the Town Council
Chambers where he was presented
with the traditional silk hat by
Councillor James Bisset, chairman
of the Harbor committee. Also in
attendance were Mayor J, H. Gra-
ham and councillors Charles Rob-
ertstan, Joe Allaire and P. S. Mac -
Ewan.
The Imperial London encounter-
ed heavy ice 15 miles into Lake
Huron as she left the St. Clair
River. There was an expanse of
ice to pass through between the
open water of the Lake and Gode-
rich Harbor but this was accom-
plished without difficulty.
Host T� 150 Assessors
From Six Area Counties
Nearly 150 assessment officials
gathered in Goderich Tuesday for -A
theaaintialerrieetirag of district four
The delegates, who mef in Mac- a
W..Oliver, of the Department of
sse.ssment, addressed the meeting
first on the As.sesrnent Act and
Teachers' Negotiators
GDCI .Board .1n Huddle
Top negotiators repre.senting agreed that there was no partieulee
both sides will be on hand tonight reason that they coUld esne kir '
when Goderich District Callegiate barring the press. .
Institute Board meets in a n Frank Don,nelly, one cf the Wane'
eleventh -hour attempt to settle a members, said the meeting held
teachers' salaries dispute that is last week was not a corranittee
attracting province -wide attention. meeting as far as he knew lia,
Tif agreement is not reached to- was just an extra naeeting of the
night between the board and the board, he said.
Ontario Secondary School, Teach- Moro Than (bateau
ers' Federation, the teachers' body There have been some suggeo-
has .stated that it 'will take new tions that far more than just a
action against. the board. local issue is at stake tin the curs
It is assumed lay board merabe.rs rent. dispute. This Iine of thinking
that this would mean, that Gode- would seem to be borne out by
rich would be "pinklisted" by the a glance at the names and positione
The federation had set March 26 to attend tonight's meeting.
as deadline for settlement of the If the teachers' ;federation wine
dispute, but agreed to extend the its demands, the way may be elear-
time limit so that the board could ed for it to press similar demands
.of Fort William, chairman of the
obtain the advice of D. F. Hassard, in otnhiegrhttis
mtricteetincIntav.veilli start off
Ontario School Trustees' Council. es a "special" meeting, Chairman
Also expected to be present for Patterson informed the Signal -Star.
tonight's negotiations are S. G. B. It will not be a committee meeting.
retary of the •OSSTF, and Mrs. Jean
Robinson, of Toronto, general sec wonitildregtiorlignmarieelytinteeefltheied laneol
Watson, of ,Innerkip, secretary of Tuesday. If time allows, said
the Centario School Trustees' and Chairman Patterson, the reguler
Ratepayers' Association. This as- meeting tinny be held tonight -fot-
sociation is affiliated with the On- lowing the special meeting.
four-hou,r board meeting held on Up until a few days age, seven
$5,500 in special allowances for interested in coming here to fill
remained _unsettled following a plentiful," states the chairman.
nine of the 20 GDCI staff ,mernbers, these positions have been "quite'
Wednesday of last week.
sides Mr. Hassard, the council may this year from four GDCI staff
also be represented by P. M. Muir, .otriveemr
its executive director.
tario School Trustees' Council. Be- Resignations have been received ,..,._
The dispute, involving a total of And applications from teachers
.Involves $5,500
- applications had been received for
Many .Applications
. resigned
Newsmen were barred from the one oft the positions, for example.
meeting, though it was Jearned In setting its 1957 ---budget - tan
later that not all the board mem- few weeks ago. the board estimated
bers favored this secrecy measure. the costs of instruction at $99,000,
It was pointed out the ratepagers an increase of $12,9130 over the
have evety right to . know the 'de- actual cost last year.
-The -east of the elisputed expeen
At last week's closed meeeing,
Mr. Robinson, ossTF general sec-
retary, was called in on bwo or
three occasions to discuss the post
ition of the teachers. He refused
to discuss the issue with the +press.
Though Mr. Robinson would not
say exactly what action the feder-
ation would take if the board does
not grant the special experience
allowances sought by the teachens.
it is assumed the board would be
' At. the previous board meeting
on March 11, Principal A. R. Stott,
who is also secretary -treasurer of
the iboard„said, "You're either
black or white in the eyes of the
He said that secondary school
anywhere in.the province without
going through the federation.
When a teacher who is interested
in accepting a new position con
tacts the federation office, the fed-
eration official-, inform the teacher
0 • if there are any differences be
tails of vvhat done with the
number of arnendments end maney they provide.
hanges which have been brought- After the meeting _Chairman
Kay Hall, were welcomed by Mayor e
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Plans Canvass
The Goderich branch of the
Canadian Cancer Society is -comee
pleting plans for its annual cam-
paign under the chairmanship of
Ed. Stiles. Each local organization
has been asked for five canvassers
-to assist with the blitz ,style cam-
, paign taking place Tuesday, April
The blijective for Goderich and
District is $3,143.00. The funds
raised will help toward the ex-
panded program within the unit,
with' a laige percentage of the
money raised in the community
being used for cancer control work
right at home.
Through these funds increased
assistance will be provided to pat-
ients by supplying cancer dress-
ings, transportation and boarding
out facilities for patients taking
DRIVE BRINGS
400 MEMBERS
Last week's membership cam-
paign was very successful, it is
announced by the executive of
Goderich Community Concerts As-
sociation.' More, than 400 mem-
bers were enrolled, assuring an-
other good concert season.
With the Hart House Orcheetra
under the direction of Boyd Neal
already booited for one concert,
the executive`chose for the remain
ing concerts, the Carolers, a vocal
trio, and Wen Marsh, who is a
brilliant pianist,
A Flying Visit
A Detroit couple, Mary Lou
Swan and Joe Dolwick, landed
in the latter's private plane at
Sky Harbor Airport Saturday
morning. They flew up from
Wayne Airport, near Detnpit,
in one hour. While here, Niles
Swan visited with her mother,
street, and her grandmother,
Mrs. Susan Grigg, F2don street.
Mr. Dolevick expressed plea-
sure in the courteousness
shown at Sky Harbor Airport
,by its manager, Keith Hop -
Postpone
Festiva/
Due to fnetifficient entries, Gode.
rich Little Theatre's 10th annual
Drama Festival has been postponed
until further notice. The festival
was to be held during the first
week of April. .
The play, "Battle of Wits," which
the Goderich grup was preparing
as its own entry, will be presented
at a later date. A list of the east
for this play appears on page fl of
this issue. The story en page
had been printed in the first pre;s
run, before it had been decided
to postpone the festival.
J. H. Graham and Harold Gowdy. I
warden of H y.
Grey County Assessor Stewart
Howey was elected chairman of dis-
trict four, succeeding W. H. Moore,
of Listowel. Huron County Asses-
sor A.*A. Alexander was elected
to the executive, filling the vacancy
left by the death of 0. W. Sturdy,
of Goderich.
The meeting brought together
officials from the counties of Bruce,
Grey, Dufferin, Perth, Huron and
Wellington. The visitors were
taken on a tour of the new Huron
County Coart House by Mr.
bout in recent years. He an.twer_ Nelson Patterson sai'd that. the
ndgqikueitshtiotnhseofehtahnegea.ses.essors deal- press had been excluded from the
meeting at the requeet of Mrs.
"That was her wish," said Mr.
Patterson. "Whether that will be
the wish at this meeting Thursday,
I do not know yet.
"As far as I am concerned," he
told the SignaleStar. "I think there
should .be a full report. The tax-
payers have a right to know what
is happening.
"If it should be decided not to
allow the press into this cmeeting
Thursday night, I will see that you
A question box period was in get a full report on it," he asserted
charge of A. K. Mair, of the Two other board members, who
'Municipal World, St. Thomas. were contacted after the meeting,
Thomas, editor of the Municipal
World, spoke on legal aspects of
the A.ssesement Act and quoted a
number of decesions brought down
by the courts of appeal covering
different aesessment cases.
Prof. F. F. Marwick, of the
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, discussed eoil classificetion
and methods of working various
typee of soils profitably.
uron-Kinloss Will Buy
°cleric* Rural Phone
A proposal to purchese the phys- Earlier, it was reported that ap- to purchase the physical assets of and its staff
Telephone Company Limited was
tween that particular school board
ieal assets of the Goderich Rural proximately $20.000 would be in- the Goderich Rural system Standi
approvdd at the annual meeting volved in acquisition of the lines The rneetine
passed a motion to
. . Following the special board
of the Huron and Kinloss Municipal of the Godench Rural system. It increase rates, but no figures were
Telephone System Tuesday. The ' was understood that the purchase made putblie immediately.
meeting was held in the Township did not include all the assets of Stewart Needharn was re-elected
Hall at Ripley. the company. company president. Murray. Camp -
The Huron and Kinloss System, The move is in keeping with bell and Bert Maton were returned
reported to be "in good shape," Ontario Telephone Authority policy commissioners Fr n i *G 11
has 850 subscribers. The Gotierich of encouraging grouping of smaller of the Ontario Tele hone Auth
Rural Telephone Co. Ltd., which
has its head office at Dungannon
serves around 600 subscribees in Specifically, Huron and Kinloss; system, attended .the meeting.
an area extending south from Am- subscribers were asked at the meet- Purchase of the G.:Merkel Rural
berley Carlow,and east to the ing Tuesday to ratify the action eystem is not expected to involve
vicinity of Blyth. of the commissioners 't •
offering any change of personnel,
phone companies to meet toilet tiy, end former manager and super -
demands for service.
intendent of the Huron-Kinlass
in
The membership campaign of the Godierieh
Community Concert Association got under
way last week with a dinner meeting at St.
George's Anglican church. Above are
ahown some of the members who are
actively engaged in the work of the associ
ation. Front row, from left to right: Mrs,
A. Lucas, headquarters secretary; Miss Helen'
Walls; Mrs. C. Viwartit, atisiDtant campaign
chairman. tlaelc row, left to Stuart
Nall, New Vorh Cify, tepreieemtive U' the
meetirig. S S. Photo Jay alt.
meeting held on Wednesday of
late week. it was learned that a
again voted to stand pat on their
present offer to the teachers. Thies
offer includes an increase of $706
for every member of the present
teaching staff,' except the pialn-
ripal. He would receive an ii;*
erea.ce of $1.000
The real dispute centres on enii.
perience alawanoes and does not
directly affect the majority 10,1
teachers on the staff.
The board first offered to pay
the special allowances for experi
ence, then withdreva this conces-
sion at a later meeting. The teach-
ers n s is t the boa ad had no right
to withdraw its offer. • ,a
'Mrt. Watson. secretary of that
Ontario School Trustees' and Rate.
board all -through its four-houx
Board hold,. membership in thc.
Though no itsue waseeettled pi
the meeting, Mrs. Watson said she
was not diecouraged.
"There's a lot of monq mole
ed," she told the Signal -Star. Foe
this reason, she explained, slit. vim
were taking con.siderable time.
"There's a lot of good fellowshiii
on the ,board," she added. mince
of this, she was optimistic about
the differences being settled.
She said that, for the past Hive
years, not a single high school ea
Ontario has been "parRclisted."
'ft was learned that, during thi
meeting, Mrs. Watson had talked
by telephone to Mr. Hassard. chair-
man of the Ontario Taustees' Colin
cil, to ask his opinion on the din
While Mr. ligassord wa3 on the
line. Mr. alubinstoV was calledirato
the conference Vo011n. The teaelters"
federation ima set non Tuesday,
March 20, aA• the deadline Tor the
board to chmrge its stand.
Extend headline
,the latter agreed to htkl,c