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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-08-15, Page 1110th Year—No. 32 .7.; ILI, rT4�rs Inva •7L�cal Homes Trawlers ransacked seven Gode-O-;------- rich homes while the families were out over the week -end. Police say that about $18 in cash and $90 in goods have been re- ported missing. The homes were entered be- tween the hours of 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in most cases, states Police Chief F. M. Hall. Two residences on Britannia road were entered. Others that were ransacked were Cu Eldon, Gibbons, Elizabeth, St. Vincent and Keays streets. The chief said he did not wish to disclose the names of any of the people victimized as he has not had an opportunity to talk with them. The chief has been on holi- days and said he had not handled the investigation himself: In at least three cases, nothing was taken from the homes though they had been ransacked while the occupants were out. Cash amounts reported missing in three other cases were $2, $6 and $10. In ad- dition, e watch and an electric razor were reported missing. Asked if the householders had left their doors unlocked, the chief said he understood that entry had _:i ern .gained via,scell,.aenan Itchen - 'windows --some- of the --instances reported. The chief said he did not know whether the prowler ar prowlers had actually been .seen by anyone. Surprised Prowlers? Through private investigation, it was learned that one of the homes entered was that of Mrs, Frank H. Johnston, of Britannia road west. It is believed the prowlers were in the act of. going through her home when they were frightened away by the lights of her returning ear. Nothing was missing front' ' home, but a ladder had been taken from her garage and was standing in the breezeway when she arrived home. Entry had been gained through a rear bedroom, and she found the ,front door of her home wide open. The prowler, or prowlers, had apparently knocked over a candlestick in making a quick exit. Since -the intruders passed up valuable goods in some houses, it is believed that they were mainly interested in Ending money. A report that some bonds were stolen frpm one house was not confirmed by police. One woman on Wellington street ma ha seen the intruders. Look- ing -at-about 12.30 a.m. Satur- day f she spotted two shadowy fi• es around a neighbor's house. Af a while, they got into a car, • obtrtt tttnat = GQDERICH, ONTARIO, TnugsDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 -Sports Car Fever A crowd estimated at 800 persons watched 60 sports cars perform in a meet held Sun- day on the Port Albert airport property owned by Reg. Mc- Gee & Sons. One of the com- petitors was Mike Thack, of 'Goderich, but most drivers were from London, Sarnia and Part Huron. One of the cars seen at the meet was a $10,000 MercedeseBenz 300 SL, said to be capable of 165 mph. Six hundred hat dogs were sold, indicating that a good time was had by all. Mike Thack and others are planning form- ation of a sports ear club in ;Goderich. 0 0 0 Cowboys, Indians Pep Up Opening flf.Trade Fair It's fair, time! The fourth annual Goderich Trade Fair ;got under Way last night with a colorful parade stag- ed by the children of Judith Good- erham Memorial Park. - Costumed as war -whooping In- dians and gun -toting cowboys and cowgirls; the kids had themselves a time as the parade moved from the playground through the town to the arena. Goderich Pipe Band also took part in the parade. Later at Agricultural Park, cai?i$tres Were lighted and peace talks were held before the cowboys and Indians called it quits and headed for the midway. The fair, sponsored by dnderich Kinsmen Club, will run for four days, closing Saturday night with a .stage show and fireworks display. Friday is Children's Day- and midway . rides will be five cents each from 2 to 6 p.m. All booths in the arena arefilled this year and there are several outdoor exhibits. The outdoor displays and midway are situated inside the racing oval in Agricul- tural Park. which contained at least one other person, and drove away. The woman learned later that a house a few doors away had been entered the same night. Speed _Boats, Skiing Feature Hrbor Show If the weather breaks fair on Sunday, the population in the Goderich Harbor area is likely to increase by several thousands of people as the third annual watir sports day program gets under way. Sponsored by the Goderich Aqua Club and the Goderich Lions Club, the proceeds from the day will go towards recreations -and welfare work in Goderich. At two o'clock Sunday afternoon, nearly '70 power speed .boarts from many parts of Ontario and the United States yvill be snorting, jumping and hurtling their way across the waters of the harbor in a series of spectacular races, super- vised by representatives of the On- tario Boating Federation. 'Phe boats will be all classes of hydro speed boats. Each class is riated by the horse power of the engine and the type of fuel used. In the fastest class, "The unlimited class," the rack is open to boats of any h.p., and any methods used to "soup up" the speed of the boats. Since the tees here are sanction- ed by the Ontario Baat ng Feder- ation, they will count in a. series of races held throughout the Pro- vince in the final season's standing to determine winners in various - classes. All boats belonging to this Federation are obligated to attend any race meet sanctioned by the organization. A crash 'boat, manned by Clyde Everett and Con Baechler, will be available at all times during the races 'in case any mishap occurs. Evening Show The day's program concludes with a water sports program com- riMtcinrg at seven o'clock in the evening. The same_ ticket pur- chased for the afternotn show en- titles bearer to the evening per- formance also. This show will be by members of the Goderich. Aqua Club and will include, group water skiing, trick skiaig, children skiing, . clown jumping, tandems, etc., with the grand finale at dusk in a colorful display of torch skiing. Taking part in the program will be Bruce MacDonald, Allan Mac- Donald, Ron Bushell, John Mac- Donald, David Mallough, Sylvia Skelton, Faye Brereton, Bud Wil- liamson, Wanda MacDonald, Joan Alexander, Martha Jackson and Nina MacDonald. Master of ceremonies for the evening show will be George Jenner. "Nip" Whetstone is chairman- of the Lions Club committee arrang- ing fon the water sports day pro- gram. Two .Goderich boys, Sgt. Tim Sale and Sgt. John Morris,.of Maitland Air Cadet Squadron, get instruction in correct artificial respiration from F/L S. Cooke, chief switnming instructor at RCAF Station, - Greenwood, N.S. John, is the "vict m'siv Time -applies The treatment in this photos Thirteen Maitland Cadets attended the two-week camp at Greenwood. MAITLAND CADETS RETURN FROM NOVA SCOTIA CAMP Thirteen tired boys, all members of Maitland Air Cadet Squadron No. 532, returned to Goderich Sun- day evening from the RCAF Station at Greenwood, Nova Scotia, where they attended summer .camp for two weeks. The boys, escorted by F/L. J. M. .Cutt and F/O. H. B. Hibbert, were: Cpl. T. Sale, Cpl. B. McLean, Cpl. P. Moss, LAC P. Linklater, LAC B. Vincent, LAC B. 'Clement, LAC G. Mabon, Cpl. J. Morris, Cpl. -P. Wilson, LAC P. McIver, LAC J. Bridle, LAIC D. Jeffrey and LAC J. Sully, During the, time at camp, the cadets were given instruction i.0 drill, • rifle shooting, swim -ming, safety equipment and contact train- ing on various phases of RCAF life on an operational station. The cadets were taken on a familiariz- ation flight and given a bird's eye view of Nova Scotia. They were also given a chance to sit right up with the pilot and take a turn at the controls. Cpl. Moss, Cpl. Sale and Cpl. Morris were chosen to take a special NCO's course at Green- wood. As a d. a result of this course, Cpl. Sale and 'Cpl. Morris were successful in qualifying for their sergeant's stripes. Cpl. Sale obtain- ed the highest mark on the course. Station Greenwood is the home of 404-405 Squadrons which are charged with the responsibility of protecting Canada's eastern sea- board. These squadrons are pre- sently flying Neptune aircraft but will soon be converted to the latest type of aircraft, the Argus. Sta- tion Greenwood is situated in the heart of the beautiful Annapolis Valley. Maitland Squadron will com- mence training again on Septem- ber 10. Boys interested in joining the squadron may obtain any in- formation from F/O. D. A. Fincher, F/O. Hibbert or F/L. Cutt. o •0 0 WIENER ROAST CONCLUDES 4-H GARDEN CLUB MEET Goderich 4-H Home Garden Club held a meeting,on Monday at the home of Shirley Squire, Mill road. After the roll call was answered, Miss Patterson gave instructions for Achievement Day. At the meeting there were two visitors and one guest. The meeting was presided over by the president, Shirley Squire. Later, a wiener i roast was held. Miss Lois Camp- bell. and Mrs. Clairmont took pic- tures of the club members. 0 Now Past 8,000 The 8,000th visitor for the season was recorded at the Huron County Museum last Friday. She was Mrs. Tom Caldwell, of Port Colborne, Ontario. If the present rate of attendance continues, it is likely a new all-time attend- ance figure for a yeaa will be chalked up at the Museum. 0 0 0 MYSTERY EEL CAUGHT HERE The chaps from the Fisheries Research Board would like to con tact an unknown lad who caught an eel while fishing off the south pier at the harbor last week. • The fisheries men believe_ that it was a deep-eea eel—a type they have never seen here before—but they aren't sure because the ang ler, disgusted at his luck, cut the head off the . two -foot specimen after he reeled it in. He left the remainder of the creature lying on the dock, and it•as takentofisheries w the fi t ries men by another citizen. The govern- ment men were keenly interested and would like.. to speak to the angler to obtain further descrip- tion of the head.' . They doubt that the eel was one of the common lamprey variety which has been causing fishermen concein in recent years. They believe it was a deep-sea eel, a type never before known to invade these .waters. The fisheries men have since left aboard the Stenodus for the head of the lakes. 0 0 0 PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Habkirk, of Windsor, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John Nivins, Cameron street. Rev. J. E. and Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Karen Mitchell and Miss Lorraine Sumal, of Detroit, visited last week with Mrs. Mitchell's mother and sister, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Martin, 87 Quebec street. Mr. and Mrs. James Prest and family, have returned from a motor trip through California end Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Jack - Tebbutt, Paddy and Wayne spent the week- end with Mrs. Tebbutt's sister, MrS. Shern Willows, at Orillia. Misses Deanna and Shirley Mal - lough have returned from a week's visit at Orillia with their sister, Mrs S Willows OIdest.Laker, Starbuck Scrappe Once Member Of 'Poker Fleet Once a member of the famed held in that lucky hand. Thus, "Poker Fleet," the oldest steam .it became a member of "The Poker boat in service on the Great Lakes, Fleet." Actually, it was the Min nesota Atlantic Transportation a familiar vessel calling at Gode- ,Campriiy who were the owners of rich Harbor For the past 18 years, "The Poker Fleet." During World the colorful "Starbuck" is now War 11, the entire fleet was pur- being scrapped at the Lakehead. chased by the United States gov- Thus ends 09 years (one year ernment to press into service for short of the three score and ten war. work, But "Number Nine" years alloted for the human span was considered too old for service, of life) of service on the Great so she was laid up rind offered for Lakes. The "Starbuck" was built sale. at Cleveltird, (5'hio, in 1888. She Along ealne Ken Powell, of Win - was originally called the "Strait- nipeg, who; incidentally is a diree- ion." At one period in her long tor of Goderieh Elevator End Trau- career, her owner was in a poker sit Company Limited, and bought' game and lost her in a game of the boat. He named her the ".Star - high stakes. Her winner won her buck" and put her into the grain by drawing the desired card, the carrying service ,lout of ,.the Lake- n.+ze of clubs. Hence her new head: Ilse later bought another owner called her Number Nitre boat, a tanker, and named itthe and named other boats he owned. "Stni'be:ile" which also went - into in accordance with the cards he the grain .earrying service. At least 18 years ago, plans for scrapping the ."Starbuck" were considered but since then she has carried more than 20,000,000 bush- els of grain into Goderich from the Lakehead. Last trip of the "Starbuck" to Goderich was on July 1lth of this year. Her last trip this month was to Duluth before she returned to the Lakehead where she is now :being scrapped. On Wednesday of last week the entire crew was paid off and bid their last farewell to the old boat. Included in this crew were no leas than 12 men from Goderich and district. They all came home to- gether from the Lakehead by train. They are: Ken Fisher, chief en- gineer; Dawson Lamb, 2nd engin- Per; Ctarcrwd a Essex, 3rd engineer; Donald Cartnpbell, 3rd mate; Paul Johnston, wheelsman; Emerson eWillis, night cook; Ron Perrott, Joe Kelly, and Ted Roe, firemen; Gor- don Smith and "Jiggs" Cates, deck - hands; Sid Laws, oiler. The last captain of the boat was Captain Carman Deckster. Asethe "Starbuelc" headed for the bcncyard, she carried her original engines and original )oiler. The Superior, built in 1889, and aLso a frequent caller at Goderich harbor with grain -cargoes, has had ehree .sets of engines and at least two sets of boilers in her day. The "Starbuck" even had the old, or- iginal wooden pt.nel deckhouses on her as she headed for her disap- pearance from the Great Lakes and scraping at the E�akehead last week. Farewell, little of "Starbuck." Your familiar little lines will be missed on the Great Lakes travel routes! QU inglo 'Co ie G CHECK CHEAPER In a new development Town C. WITH CANADIAN BOY SCOUTS AT THE WORLD JUBILEE JAMBOREE Special to The Signal -Star from Overseas by Art Peachey. The Jamboree is a large tented city of 35,000 Scouts, 5,000 Rover Scouts and 5,000 leaders. The eode letters of the Jamboree are J.I.M. which stand for the first letters of the Jamboree, the Indaba and the Moot. The Jamboree is for boys between 'the ages of 14-16 who have obtained the highest a- ward in scouting their Queen's Scout badge. The Indaba is a gathering of leaders who meet for discussion' end to talk about the different Scouting plans in their respective countries. The Moot _is?_ler __Ro_v_er Scouts ;who are in the age bracket of 161 to 23. The reason for this mass gather- ing of Scouts is to celebrate the golden anniversary of Scouting and to celebrate the 100thbirthday of the founder of Boy Scouts, Lord Baden-Powell. Probably the most important reason is to promote a struiger bond throughout the .scout movement and to promote world friendship. . There are seven sub -damps all named aitei:,:previous places where the Jamborees were held. Five of the sub -camps are for the Scouts while one is for the leaders and the other for the rovers. Can you picture a town of 7,500 people who are all living under canvas and who are cooking over camp fires? Well, if you can, their you know what a sub -camp is. Each sub -camp has a fire tent, a post office, a Scout shop, a bank and stores where the food supplies are issued from. On most of the sub -camps there 'are pools , which are used strictly for swimming. Each of the sub -camps has running "water for latrines, washing and showers. There are about eight abluticns on each of the sub - camps. The meal camp has also an ideal shopping centre with five branch banks, a large post office, three restaurants and two scout shops. There is also a cinema, television tents for watching and broadcast -1 ins TV, a large arena which seats ' 10,000 people. The Duke of Gloucester opened the .Jamboree on August the 1st. Ill arrived helicopter � rr vel by h );copier � •n d after a short speech the Jamboree was officially opened. The arena was packed with over 50,000 people who filled the stands and the in- s field itself. The next day, our troop yveneon tour to Sheffield, w:. - c most of the j famous steel comes from. On August 3rd, Her Royal Maj- esty, Queen Elizabeth II, and His i Royal -Highness, the Duke of' Edin- I burgh, visited the camp. They inspected the camp and passed withal two feet of where I was standing. While some of us boys were standing by the sidelines and watching them inspect the camp, the Duke of Edinburgh came over and asked us how we were enjoy- ing ourselves at camp. On Sunday, August 4th, the troop went to'a mass Scouts' Own inane arena Which was attended by 20,000 of the Scouts from all serotestant denominations. Another highlight of the Jam- boree was the appearance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the arena when they put on their famous musical ride. The musical ride was tat exhibition of horse- manship. With almost unimargin- able formation, they emerged with great precision and horsemanship. 11 really was one of the highlights of the Jamboree. After the musical ride, a tor- rential rainfall flooded many camp- , e.rs 'from their tents. Some 1,500 people were evacuated from their j tents and put into large marquees. Some of the puddles were over 21e feet deep. The next .day our troop went to the hippodrome in Birmingham and saw the "Stage Show" whic-h was put on by Scouts from London, Plan Next Meet For Hay -Burners Harness racing fans will get an - Other serving of their favorite sport at Agricultural Park on Labor Day. There will be five divisions for this meet, with purses totalling $2,100. Though it is still early, some entries have been received already and it is shap'itg up as a good meet, sass Reg. McGee, secretary of Goderich Trotting and A„rieul- tural Association. The three-year-old pace and the free-for-all event each offer $500 in purses. The three other events are: 2.20 to 2.23 classified, $400; 2.24 to 2.28 classified, $400, and 2.28 to 2.30 classified, $300. England. The large theatre was packed ,and has been for every show. The next day we travelled by trans to Stokes -on -Trent, where we saw a football game, helicopter ex- hibition, drill demonstraticus and band music. On Thursday, Lord Rowallan visited our campsite. He is Chief Scout of the Would. The camp so far has been very enjoyable except for the rain. 0 0 0 New Plant comes Her-. A new service; for the Goderich district, a ready mix concrete plant is under construction and -is sche- duled to go into Rroduction early next week. It is located almost opposite the W. A. Sheaffer plant on the Huron road. Known as Huron Concrete Supply Ltd., it is an offspring of Perth Concrete Products Limited, of Stratford,.- ,of which E. I. McCor- mick is plant manager. When in full operation, the plant will be capable of turning out up to 300 yards of re, dy mix concrete per day. It will eventually be in charge of Ken McMillan, pf Gode- rich. From its Stratford plant, the company is at present supplying the ready mix concrete being used for construction work at the rock salt mine at the harbor. The new company here expects to deliver ready mix concrete to jobs within a wide range of Gode- rich. The management said it is locating a plant at Goderich in the belief that the St. Lawrence Sea- way will bring to the Goderich area new developments. Council has decided to seek in- formaticu on the feasibility of con- verting, the local water supply sys- tem to the Ranney well -point sys- tem at a cost estimated roughly to be $2116,000. But, in the meantime, Council still sticks by its previous decision to proceed with a proposal to con- struct a $382,750 water plant fin- anced through the provincially- sponsored Ontario Water Resources Commission. The Ranney method was brought to Council's attention for the first time by Councillor Pester S. Mac - Ewan at a special meeting of Coun- cil last week. The meeting had been called for li the purpose of discussing a land assembly plan, so injection of the water issue was an unexpected development, mem- bers of Council said later. Mter hearing Councillor 11¢ac- Ewan, who submitted some liter- ature on the ;Ranney methbd, Coun-- cil approved the following motion: "That James F. MaeLaren'Associ- ates (Toronto firm of consulting en- gineers) be requested 'to investi- gate a Ranney method water sup- ply system for ]Goderich and su'b mit their findings as soon as pos-° Bible,,, The MacLaren farm has been working with the Public Utilities Commission for .some time on plans to construct a new water plant to replace the present system, which has been termed "inadequate and obsolete" by some local officials. Original .Proposal For some time, Council and the PUC considered a $582,750 plan Urges Revision "The whole Highway Traffic Act should be .streamlined, gone over thoroughly and brought up to date," urged Magistrate D. E. Holmes in court here last week. He -had just disnfissedn , i fie - against a Goderich man of having a permit while under suspension and while prohibited from having a motor vehicle registered in his name. It was disclosed that the govern- ment department's letter, notifying the man that he Could not have a vehicle registered in his name, was mailed to the wrong address. There was no follow-up, so the magistrate decided that the man had not been properly notified. KLAN which words include a -pumping station on the shore at the ead of Picton street, new intake, a filtration plant and a main up t hill to Hurd. roYJ. At a "showdown," meeting a coupte•of weeks ago, Council sliced $200,000 off the total estimateliil cost by deciding to leave 'a filtra- tion unit out of the plans." A majority of Council members thea voted to ,move ahead with financing of the project through the 4%. These decisions still stand, but Council did decide last week, as a result of Councillor MacEwan's in- formation, to seek 'a• report on whether the Ranney system would be feasible here or not. The Ranney method would elim- inate necessity of having an intake pipe and filtration plant, it is re- ported. Under the Ranney method, it is said, water would be drawn through Lake Huron shoreline gravel by means of a well -point system. The Ranney method's total esti- mated cost of $210,000 would in- clude $50,000 for a pumping sta- tion, $60,000 for a main up Picton street and $100,000 for other works. No Officialf Chane ._ Questioned this week about the latest development, some members of Council stated that nothing has been changed yet. The previous decision to proceed with the $882,750 plan, without filtration unit, is- still on the books. However, Council felt -that any suggestions should be investigated if any savings can be made. While the Ranney system is new, the idea of using wells as a source of supply has been considered here before. On previous occasions when wells were Mentioned, En- gineer MaciLaren indicated that a system of wells likely wouldn't be nearly as satisfactory as a systems; supplied from the lake. le'rsulttiitor • C. M. Robertson and S. If. Blake, town clerk, were auth- orized a corl'ple of weeks ago to go to Toronto with PUC represent- atives to interview Dr. A. E. Berry, general manager of the OWRC They were instructed to seek hir; approval of the $382,750 plan and arrange far ,financing it through the OWRC. They have net gone yet and probably will not go until a da cisian is made on the feasibility of the Ranney method. ans Vote The Politician ne Of Woodbine's Best . The Politician, owned by Hugh Hill, of Goderich, has been elected by hairless racing fans as one of the most sensational finds of the current season at Woodbine Race- way in Toronto, e In his first year in competition, the six-year-old son of The Diplo- mat has won three out of four .~tarts at Woodbine. Hugh can be pardtned if he chuckles whenever he recall., thlit he bought The Politician "for the price of a good brood sow" last November. 'He perchased the horse from Wes Litt, of Stratford, at a sale of standard breds in . Toronto: Obviously, Mr. Litt had no inkling of The Politician's potential as a racer or he never would have sold him, Hugh himself admits tat The l'olitician'.s performance has been "a big surprise to everyone"—but it's bee,n a most pleasant surprise from Hugh's standpoint. 'Hugh trained The Politician, but thehorse has been driven in com- petition by Keith Feagan. The Politician ran his first race at Clifton on June 12. That day lie finished fourth in the first heat, then broke in the next heat. At the July 1 races in Goderich, the horse was taken out' of the first heat by an accident, then came batik to win the second heat. - ' In his first win at Woodbine Raceway, The Politicieit paid $108.40 for a $2 winning ticket. His winning streak at Woodbine was extended to three races. Then, in his fourth start last Saturday evening, he was boxed in and placed third in a three-way photo Crush. Time of that race was 2.07 1/5. Being a son of The Diplomat, The Politician comes by his speed honestly. The Diplomat is re- membered as one of the greatest horses ever to appear on Ontario harness racing tracks. It is fitting that Hugh should own The Politician since Hugh himself was active in the role of a more conventional type of politic- ian for a good many years. Until a couple of years ago, Hugh had never owned a race horse. Then he acquired Brownie Bars, who finished in the money on' a good many occasions before being sold :by Hugh. Right now, Hugh is training Lotaia Volo, a five -year -odd that hasn't been in a race yet. • Other Local Horses The Politician is not the only Goderich horse that has been go ing places at Woodbine this sum- mer. H. 0. (Bud) Jerry's Inn Chips paid $128 for a $2 winning ticket in 'her first race. June Ale worthy C.. another Jerry entry, has also been making a good shocw- ingon the Hogtown track. Valuable Jerry Lee, owned by Reg. McGee & Sons, has been stack- ing up well with the competition, as has Lena's Pride, owned by Pete Eisenbach and driven by Keith Feagan, and Lady Lee Bark_ .• a green horse being raced by Mery Fisher. Bill Gardner. a well-known train- er from Goderich;• is keeping rig,te. up with the leading drivers an Woodbine. The grain carrier .%tarbuclt, now beitif? scrapped, ilio docked tat Goderieli, Ele1; ilt l' afltl Tt'A>nsit is in the foreground 'of this picture token when on eiie of her frequent trip into, thi s 'fig 'The other vessel is the A. C. i t nnr'tt. ,ta