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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-09-05, Page 1fPe )ed ' • zA GODERICH, oNiAR19, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1957 rSUISScriptiO1 a "`SPA. $4 Single COS/ISIS 74 Unemploye Figure Up Unemployment in the area serv- Offiee at Goderich, which means most a Huron Count', is alSOnt 20' per coat higher at -the present time than if' was at the saese time 'a Year agO, Thie is mainly due to the feet that 25 seamen are listed- as un- employed now whereas they are not normally laid off until much Sater in the .year. , Early layoff for seamen is due to the elackness in 'the grain carrying trade. Increased unempaoyment is also Iclue to the usual extra summer help at the [RCAF Station, Clinton, being laid off. This help is hoping bo locate again shortly, basing this hope on the rumors that ,part of the RCAF Station at Aylmer is being moved. to Calton, and also that part of the RCAF Station at Cretmlin, near London, is being moved to Cen- Unemployed in this area as a August 29 were 161 men and 90 women for a total of 241. At the sante time last year there 'Were 124 men and 76 women for total a zoo. ,The unemployment increase in the Huron County area -has -not been the case in some other .areas in Ontario. A current article in. The Financial Post says there is likely to be more people- than usual thaf . -reason it suggests that a thorough overhaul of the National Employment Service might be ad- Conthuing on -the subject, the Financial Post says: "Tfie National Employment ger- vice was set up in -1940, after tee years of elepression and. chronic unemploymerd. It etill operates under the Unemployment Insur- ahce .Act and is .closely connected with the 'Une-mployment Insurance Commission. This means that the formation about jobs -is linked with the welfare function of paying benefits. to those who can't find work. "This is very bad psychology. It -wholle.operation, lowers the morale of those -whe apply to the NES for help in locating sobs, and -tends to . make the NES staff behave like social workers instead of (what they in fact are) job brokers. "The job of NES is to • collect and co-ordinate all the available information about jobs and job- seekers and make it freely avail- .abie to anyone who has a job that needs doing or a skill that 'needs using. The justification for gov- ernment action in this field is that .a government 'agency can serve anyone, End can bear- the costs dbing the job on 'a national baSis and in bad tkmes as well as good. This is a positive ,Sunctioh. R heeds to be cut away from the Degative concept of unemployment. Perhaps NIES -should be transferred to Trade and Commerce. Certainly it should be given an Act and an atmosphere all its ovve:" !beck Pharmacy To Open Monday The Rieck Pharmacy will open for business neat Monday on the' Square in the premises where the. late J. H. Lauder operated a drug! store for many years.. The new proprietor Ili/a-Larry Rieck, fornlerly associated with the Smith -Graham Drug Stores in Lon- don. Married, he has a two-year- old son, Stephen. Mr. Rieck is a veteran of the Canadian Army Signal Corps and a graduate of Ontario College of Pharmooy. , The store will be open Monday but a grand eopcning ,celebration will be staged rater; says Mr. Rieck. "Go on home, Paddy; summer holidays are over and we have to 'go to school now," is what Johnellughes seems to be telling his dog as he and his two companions headed into Goderich Public School cm Tuesday, opeising day. Paddy stems to be taking a dismal view of the situation just as many a , dog hadeto on opening day. But then, lots of boys weren't particularly happy about the entire situation, either. Also in the"picture .-are Bob Boutilier and Coeirad Watters. Buildin Projects Hit I 5 -610 T t 31 Twentydour build:ng permits for peojects valued at $31,095 were issued during August by E. H. tor. FOT the first eight months of the year, 102 permits were issued for work estimated to cost $165,610. Largest permit issued in August was one for a kitchen and class- room at St. George's Church. This addition, of frame and brick con- atruction, will cost $14,000, it is Most penmits issued in August wene for alterations, shingling and repairs. The oily person applying for a permit to build a new resi- dence was Thomas Caldwell, Jones street. On his applieation, he out- lined plans to build a five -room famine dwelling, 24' by 36,' at an estimated oost of $6,000. Two permits were granted for remodelling stores. Total estim- ated cost of these two projects is $2,500. !James Campbell was grant- ed a permit to make alterations to Creath's Grocery on the Square, End Frank Bingham received a permit to remodel the front of a store formerly occupied by the TO CELEBRATE 60th WEDDIk ANNIVERSARY THIS SATURDAY A well-known Goderich couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Allison, aged 83 and 84 respectively, will celebrate their 60th wedding an- niversary at their home on Cam- eron street on Saturday. They were married at Toronto on September 8, 1897, by Rev. Mr. Hicks, a Presbyterian mhisfer. The bride was the former Frances Elizabeth Bell, of Floss, Ontario, near Barrie. After he Was mar- e ried he had but $25' left in his pockets, he stated. 'Mr. Allison was borifti5il a farm - in Tecumseh 'Township, near Bee - ton, Ont. He lived 'on the farm (until he was 17 When, after a bit of reflection on the future, he went to his father, he told the Signal,-. Star, and said, "Dad, I can't gee any future for me as a young man in farming.'" Soon afterwards he" ttruck out on his iwk, Until his retire t ahout eight years ago, he has een active in business ever sinee he was 1/7. He opened a flour tard feed store at Allendale, Ontario, when he was . only 17. After a year's tryt at that he decided die couldn't make it pay, so turneit -40,,bUte;hering, He ctii3ert-aarirvliolesale,--buElien Jug us ler out -a Beetore On- tario, for 'knees years. Then, he started in as asSL'esead„ Indelaer at Slay nee Ont. After tWo.-- butcher shop at Beetoll and eon - bought out his oppesition. He ran the village's only butcher shop for ten years. Towards the eid of the teri years he had his eyee on rapidly growing Toiconto. He erected a building in New Toronto opposite the pre- sent Goodyear piant and planned to 'use it, aneng other things as a place to ship carlbads of turnips to, from the Beeten area. Just as he was getting ready to `start in on his Toronto venture he noticed an advertisement in a Toronto newspaper saying that ,Tarn Legg, of Godelielln was 'offer- ing his butcher business for sale. rich, looked the situation over,, end deftded to locate here. He pur- chased the Legg business in March, 1923. At one time during his resicAnce in Goderich, –his two boys, Earl and George, carried en the busi- ness While he went to Hanover store. Staying there a short While, he fatally -mine back to Gederich and bought the° butcher store on Hamilton street from W. Smith. After being there three years, he .0yed to,t, the location where G. After being there five years, he deckled to attire. While the above is a general re- view of Mr. Allison's business ae- tiVities it doessnot -weer everything fully! for ellarlie has been a ver- satile busSiess man from the tender age of 17. Textile Shop on West street. 0 Other permits issued were as - Miss Esther Garrow, repairs to dwelling on North street, $400. Gordon MacDonald, moving gar- age from Brock street to ,South Albert Shore, Victoria street, re- moving chimney and rebuilding, ead installing furnace, $75. Walter Hancockns'Elgin avenue we,st, building new chimney and furnace and minor alteratidis, $1,000. Misses F. and G. Sturdy, 13ayfielti road, re -shingling roof with asphalt (Continued on page 4) Wins $1,500 The one ticket he purchased was good enough to w:in the boat, motor and trailer, valued at $1,500, for Bert Robinson, production control man at the Sheaffer Pen plant. Conducted by the Lions Club, the draw was made during the harness races at Agricultural Park on Labor Day. Not being a water sports fan, Mr. Robins -on now has up for sale what he won in the draw. He lives at 171 East street. SU Home bow U.K., Local Rover Hact 'Smashing' Time John Simmons arrived home Saturday after a five-week over- seas trip that took him to the World Rover Moot held in con- junction with the World Jubilee Jamboree of Boy Scouts in Eng- land, "I had a smashing time?" re- ports John with a smile. Though he found it a bit too wet over there tat times, most of his trip went according to schedule except for a 40 -hour delay at London air- port on the way home. The delay 'was apparently caused by a com- bination of engine trouble in one of the chartered planes and un- favorable weather. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Simmons, of Goderich, is attached to 3rd Goderich Rover Crew. While overseas, he also visited Scotland. Ireland and France. Art Peachey and Bill Haysom, two other Goderich Boy Scouts who attended the Jamboree, arriv- ed home several days ahead of John. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Allison,' well known doderich residents, ' will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Saturday. Swimmers Win Merit Awards hi Tests At Pool 1 The Award a Merit, third high- est lifesaving award in the British Commonwealth, was won byerthree Goderich swimmers in Royal Life- saving Society tests held here last Thursday. The award winners were Eleanor Emerson, Pauline Hill and Bill Gallow. Bars to the Award of Merit were won by John-eitvne, The examdnaticiis were ccnyluct- ed by Mrs. A. M. Harper at the pool in Judith Gooderham Mem- orial Park. On Friday afternoon, the rern.ainder of the Royal Life- saving tests will be conducted by F/0. Bud Havter at the pool on Clinton RCAF Station. Local Cadet Tops In RCAF Reserve Training Classes It has been announced from Lee don RCAF Station that WO1 Chuck Townsend, of Maitland Air Cadet Squadron, Goderich, has been sel- ected best all-round cadet in the summer reserve, train:tig plan con- ducted at that station. A former fnember of Maitland Air Cadet Squadron, Maurice Loi- selle, now living in London, ob- tained highest marks in his class at the same station this summer. -Maitland Squadron here has also beat notified that Winston Kerr and Grant Townsend were success- ful in passing the RCAF courses which they took' during the sum - INVESTIGATE GARBAGE TRUCK • FARQUHAR R. OLIVER, Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Leg- islature who will address the an- nual meeting of the Huron Liberal Association (Provincial) at Zurich Community Centre on Friday, September 13th. Committees Are Named A group of local officials went to Kitchener Wednesday .11 con- nection with a proposal to pur- chase a new garbage truck for the town. Decision to seek prices and information ori new equipment was made at a ToWn'Conicil meeting several months ago. e In the group Which left Wednes- day were Mayor .1, H. Graham, Reeve E. C. Fisher, Councillors I Joseph Allaire, James Bisset andj William Tipple and Town Clerk Mr. and Mrs. Colin Willis, Joan and Scott, of Toronto, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs Alex Mallough last week. abor Day Harness Meet ives Full Value To Fans The Weather Man held. off the showers just long eneugh to allow 2,000 harness raeng faras to get their money's wortb at Agricultural Park Monday afternoon. With $2,300 in purses at stake and 9iX classea going, there was plenty of excitement for those who watched the third meet of the sea - Governor G., owned by George Treagan, of Goderieh, End DT. C. A. Home, of Mitchell, turned in eye- opening performances in his first two official heats. Starting fn eighth position eatii time, the horse went on to scoot past the rest of the field for easy wins. (Taietead of being hitched to the :usual raping. "bike," Governor G. stepped out both timee in a cart with long shafts. It was decided to hitch hidi in the cart after at- tempts to race him with the bike failed. Seems the -horse is temper- amental and Melts. In the cart with long sciafts. veteran driver Jack Baker sat .a gaod, safe diatan-ce back from the flying hooves and Gove:nor G. took off for the finish line without any further (trouble. When the races started, Ron McGee, pileting Valuable Jerry - Lee, was the best-tireseed driver on the trash. In het, he won the $10 award donated by Ross Scott, of Brucefield. Three-way Spill Then` Fate stepped In. In the last heat of the 2.20-2.30 etassified race, his new driving outfit was practically ruined, when the horse went down with two- others, Ginger Chips driven by Bill Gardner and Royal Abbe W. driven by Ab. No one was :njured to any ser- ious extent. Ironically, Rom -any, the horse that jumped to start the mix-up, stayed in the race and -finished third. The $10 prize for the horse going (Continued on page 4) OVER Four Local Schools Open Foil* New Term The executive of the Goderich Home and School A SSOCi ation met at the home of the president, Mrs. R.: H. Cornish, Thursday even-, ing of Last week and appointed the following committees for the com- ing year: Isrdtr . at-toe—Mrs. Jas. Sale and Mrs. B. Worsen; Social committee — Mrs. W. T. Ltimby; Mrs. A. Hugill 1 -id Mrs. G. Meroe Membership committee — Mrs. R. Bentley and Mrs. 13.‘ MacDonaldc Finance committee—Mrs. C. Wor- sell and Mrs. F. Sandy; press sec - Mrs. G. Walter was appointed as an executive member to replace Mrs. B. Jerry, who has resigned. ANNUAL LIONS CLUB PEANUt DRIVE SEPT. 18 The Lions Club is planning an bolding its annual peanut drive on Wedneezday, Sen.tember 18. Cu September 22, t'he Young Canada Week committee will hold a dinner for the refeyees who donated their services to the Young Canada Week Pee Wee hockey tournament. The sponsorship of the Maitland Air Cadets, formerly sponsored by the Kinsnun Club, will be discu-s- pd at the next regular meeting of 111C` Lions Club. The financial statement of the Lions Club, as of June 30, 1957, has been completed and will be Published soon. 0 -0 ATOMIC ENERGY TO BE SUBJECT AT CANCER MEET The local branch of the Ct. nadian Cancer Society has annouced that Dr. J. C. K. MacDonald, senior physicist with the Ontario Cancer Foundation Clinic at London, will be the guest speaker at their regular meeting Mriiday evening. September 9th, in the Legion Hall. His subject will be "Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy." These meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome to This town's student population is up slightly over ,last year, ac- cording to a check of opening day enrolments at local schools. , By Tuesday, the first day back in the classrooms, 1,436 pupils had registered. This total is 13 higher than last year when 1,423 enrolled on epening day. Following are the opening day enrolment figures for each school, with the 1956 opening day figures in brackets: Goderich District Col- legiate Institute 450 (455), Gode- rich Public School 819 (810), Gode- rich Separate School 137 (128) and Goderich Business College 30 (30). There is an additional grade 10 class at GDCI this term, states Principal A. R. Scott. While no additional teacher has been en- gaged, the school has found it necessary to install desks at the end of one of the shop rooms to accommodate the extra class. The gymnasium is now in con- stant use during school hours. In fact, three periods weekly are being taught in the cafeteria be- cause the gym schedule is filled. GDCI this year has five grade 9 classes, four grade 10 classes, three grade 11 classes, two grade 12 classes, one grade 13 class and one special commercial class., Six New Teaahers There ate six new teachers at the collegiate institute for the ! 1957-58 term. Mrs. May Ander- son, formerly of Trenton, teathes1 mathematics. Dozald McKee, who , comes here from Dresden, wilL devote most of his time to teach -1 ing agricultural classes. Robert Smith, formerly of Nap- anee, teaches French. Garl Dor- land, who has been associated with the Windsor Recreation Council, is taking classes in junior science and social studies, as well as phys- ical education. , There have been two changes in the home econOmics department. Miss Jean Elliott, a former GDCI staff member, is returning after an absence of two years. She has been living in Galt. Mrs. Grace Donnelly, a Goderich resident who has been teaching in Mitchell, haS joined the local staff to teach hoine econornics and Latin. "Everything turned out about/ as expected on Tuesday," said Prin- cipal H. M. Shackleton, of Goderich Public School. So far, 819 pupils have registered and a few more are expected to come in shortly. In the kindergarten section, 114 have enrolled, compared to WE last year at -this time. Some kindergarten pupils started. thi§ week, but others will not at- tend their first classes until next week. There are three ew teachers Goderich Public School this year. They are Mrs. K. McAllister, Mre, Douglas Hesk and Mrs. 11, Klinck. ° The staff of Goderich Separate School for the 1957-58 term con-. sists of the principal, Sister.Alex- andrine, and Sister Mary Immacu- late, Miss Terpstra. and Miss Anne Steffler. Mrs. Floreneee Weaver, principal of Goderich Business College, re- ports that all indications point to a capacity enrolment of 30 stu- dents at that school. Goderich Scoutt Enjoy Week -end Camping At Lake A week -end camping expedition to Duncan Lake, near Eugenia, was enjoyed by members of 3rd Goderich Troop of the Boy Scouts. The trip was financed by proceeds of a bottle drive in which the boys participated earlier. In the party were 23 persons, including Scoutmaster Glen Lodge and David Thorn, Rover leader. The leaders were assisted by three Rover Scouts, Art Pent:ley, Jim Gillespie and Wayne Willis. Leaving Goderich on Friday morning, the Scouts camped out for three nights and cooked their own meals. They even managed some fishing, but didn't neeessmily catch many fish. All arrived home in Goderich on Monday afternoon Pool Closes For Season The swimming pool at Judi& Gooderham Memorial Park close61 officially last Thursday when the adult classes were completed, says Jan Kane, instructor. The child- ren's classes closed a tew days earlier than that. The season was "very success- ful," and perhaps. even better than expected, reports John. CELEBRATES 85th BIRTHDAY BY GOING ON AIRPLANE RIDE Do you think you'll be going for a "flip" in airplane on your 85th birthday? That's what Mrs. Ben Allen, Victoria street, did on Tues- day. It was het 85th .birthday and her son-in-law, Cassius Mc- Cormick, of Mincie, Indiana, took her out to Sky Harbor Airport for a half hour flight ever the Goderich area, itclud- ing passing over the old Allui farm where, Mrs. Allen said, .she tried to pick out from the air what Christmas tree she would be using this year. "Just routine," Mrs. Allen .aid in commenting on her flight. She has been on them before, in recent years with her daugh- ter tied son-in-law who are airplane enthusiasts. A cablegram arrived OD Tuesday from her granddaugh- ter, Virginia Trow, of London England, expreseing best birth - The Mien home had mar* haliday week -end guests who were there to honor Mrs. Allen on her birthday. They were, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Trow and' , Benjamin, of Strattlord; Mitis Marion Trow, of Montreal; Archibald McCormick, of Tor- onto; Mr. and Mrs. Cassius Mc- Cormick, of Muncie, Indiana. Some of the nurses at Alexandra Maine and General Hospital stand on the steps leading to the new wing. They are, fronn left to right: Mrs. Robert Howard; Miss Margaret McAuley: R.N.; Miss Lila Younghlut, assie . taut uperintOndent,-;‘ Miss Leila Itikir4c6n, R.N.; Miss rarritiit, 'ILIV.; Miss Mildred Mar - Superintendent; Miss Vda ntmesi aide. S.S. Pligto by HIT