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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-09-12, Page 2• rr •• 'i� "�� •gip: N,�l t.�,yy! • 4 TUE GODERICR SIGN . •.�-TRAL=V{ir�• •'.y�}+,�,d-u4Y'wa(1_ofMrY� Sz — , • .r • jHVM1:PAY — • rn;,l . OEtIlt' ('i1fl1ut-Inr HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOSTWEEKLY •- .� EW stablished 1848. In its 110th year of publication. Published by Signal -Star publishing Limited • Subscription acres—Canada and Great Britain, $3.00 a year: to United ! States, $4.00. Strictly In advance. Advertising Rates o^ request Telephone 71. Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Otit-of-Town Representative: C.W.N.A. 237 Foy Bldg.. 34 Front St., W. Toronto. Over 3,000—Largest circulation of any newspaper published in Huron County—Over Somber of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Member of Ontario Weekly Association, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher! 3,000 Newspapers THURSDAY, SEPT. 12th, 1957 FREE PUBLICITY AND NEWSPAPERS Because some organizations seems to take for granted publicity given to thein by news- papers, the following letter in The Aurora • Banner (cireulatioi, '2,18O) by the editor of that weekly newspaper is revealing. The contents of the letter, add>;jssed to the newspaper's readers, are self explanatory. lt• reads Dear Readers:— One ii' of you has just called the office with a not unusual request for publicity relating to a coming event. What was- unusual about the conversation, was' a comment that was loade. "You are always so generous with 'your pub- licity 1t' t'1'dt'y' organization its towel, how can you afford it'?" This i, the first time in my more than six years with the Banner, that a, reader has ree- agnized, that sputa in the paper costs the ► oolupa;y money, when it i; donated towards a worthy cause. Editors 'chalk this up to their aorttritnttioi toward the building of a com- munity In England, lay informant told 1110, an editor holds one of the highest places its the ' tit In Canada they esteem � t the c omtt;11 1 y. remarked. an editor is taken for granted by the majority of the populace. This reader ,zalsb remarked that they were astounded at the -lack of courtesy extended 'to an editor on this side of the Atlantic. This was a matter I have often cogitated, but taken for granted. Fortunately for we of the press, there are several organizations who make a practise of Sending us tickets to their functions, with a pleasant little notation "hope you can conte -and thanks so much for your publicity." Bort the majority expeet the press to attend their .affairs. pay their adiittanee, give advaueed publicity to draw the erowds, take pictures (store about tltent later) and then to cap it all by to big write-up of the event after ward. They assume the attitude, that they are doing the press a favor, by helping to till its printed pages each week. The press is a liaison between orgatuza-, tions in any town and its citizenry. , if it is a good- press, it takes this responsibility seriously. and endeavours to provide a service, only a newspaper i; capable of doing. But should it be all one sided? It ;tight he interesting for our readers to huow, a breakdown of costs has proven that III order to make a legitimate profit 111 0 market of continually rising prices, itteltuling labor, material, overhead and depreciation, we ;rust get S4 rents an iielt space rate. When we take pictures of pleasant events, or persons %vlio are 1n the hews, we not only have to pay, for til;, developing:, photographer's time, the slit and express charges, we also have to charge against 0 picture the amount of space it takes up per eo111utn hurl. it isn't just the initial cost or a one column cut at say $3 or a four col11utu cut. at $11, it is all these other „things added to it, that stakes the contribution the paper makes to alt event, a fairly worthwhile effort. I have an unshakable faith itt human _nature, if the press is ignored; I chalk it up to thoughtlessness, not intention, When I receive a letter expressing gratitude 'for an effort publicity wise, I am like a child with a new toy and show it to everyone in the •offiee and usual- ly share it with our readers. I tint deeply grateful that ;t new Canadian has joined an organization in town and brought to its atten- .t.ion how smell courtesy is deserved and ap- pr-eeiated by the press. (Ri' I)orotlly Barker in 'I'iie Aurora Banner)-, EDUCATION, FOR TH A staggering sum of money is being spent an education today and we are being told that• 111c must spend more. Teachers' salaries will rise, new buildings must be built to provide rooms for additional numbers of children; new busses bought to bring them to sehool. To the taxpayer already burdened Iteav- dy, however much lte believes in the wisdom. or necessity of education, the prospect is dis- mal. The municipal councils, raising- increas- ing amounts of money every year, the major part of it to pay for expenditures outside of their control, the situation is extremely dis- tasteful. School boards are in 0 diletuna, fac- ed with the ohligatiott of maintaining efficient staffs and providing new classrooms at ever- increasing costs. To a province with the courage to at't upon it, there is one simple effective solution. It is to reserve the present otlieial attitude towards secondary school education beyond pubic sehoc)l a privilege to be earned, rather than an obligation to be endured. To let, both children and parents know. while their children are ,just starting. public sehool. that their education beyond eighth GROWING OLD Vital statistics show that longevity is noticeable on the part. of resislel1ts in this area of 4'nutrio. Whether it 's the refreshing breezes otl' the lake, the life of hard work f hey went through or what, the fact remains that, many people reach ;a comparatively ripe, old age. For this reason, the following. editorial itt The lltintsville Forester, will be of interest to elderly folk. Says The Forester: "Ninety --one years ago our methods Of liv- ing and earning a livelihood were considerably different from the process today. Basically, however, the method of living a graceful and productive life has not changed, as is evidenced by !the recipe of "Ilow to Grow Old (,race - fully'," as- told by Mrs. If. Jenkins, of Trout Creek, who is now in her ,91st year. here is' what she says: "First of all, 1 would think, it would be best not to dread being old. • "Old age does not come at any eertain time unless it is in your hind. Health has quite a ' BEWARE t OF TH There have been stories in the press, &tr- . mg the past eouple of weeks, rela4.ing t0 motor- ists being slugged or robbed by hitchhikers they . had so kindly picked up. We urge all motorists not to piek up these "roadside heg- gar.s," unless they are well aequainted whit them. It is too dangerlrt►s---you may be the ci'ext viet int. There is a late booming hitchhikers, and it nit too bad that the 1'rftvineial Police could not the given authority to check.these thumb -«•elvers when they are keen along the highways. Few t.humbers pay any attention to the taw against soliciting on the travelled portion of a highway. Many shout abuse al drivers who do not Ree fit to provide thein with trans- portation. ft is probable that many who avail ithemseIvps of free rides are as well slide to pay folio "4.rittt ,as the drivers who pick them up. • ?lie serious part of it all is the erime that. sr !results. from peomi:tcuons pickups. Not long - ago "a United States. publication gave a long fis;t,of h'oniieides in which motorists were vie- , 3izrisl.of hitchhiker*—some of the latter wear- atg. ,tiniforms of the armed services. nouht- there 'is ,no .hi i+" °t ratio of t'riminnlly OSE WHO EARN IT grade at public expense must be earned by serious study and good marks would result in a greater appreciation of opportunities 11011' treated lightly. .Elilpivatiorl of the lazy, the indifferent, the unambitious front- high, schools would be a two -fold benefit. Les:;.' -'buil -ding would be re - required, and less additional staff. The non- students would" become ~wage-earners, or ap- prentices to trades, or students in' trade train- ing schools; learning to work rather than loaf through classes, and no longer being a 'drain o1i the taxpayer. All sorts of subsidiary- but• ituportallt bene- fits can be envisioned from such a .step. The teacher will he relieved of the burden of trying to drill lessons into unwilling minds, of trying to discipline -idle and wayward pupils whose chief -.intent is to bait the teacher, for excite- ment. A respect, for study- will be developed, ,onuses will strive to develop their ability, and honor will be paid to intellectual attainment in a degree not done 11011. ( ►ne could go on, but first the taxpayer must rise up and say, education for those who earn it : and only for those. --Blenheim News. GRACEFULLY lot to 'do with it. Your state of mind is 0 ^►•eat factor. Be active, cheerful, control your temper, if possible, don't -be anxious and fret- ful, or worry about the future, for worrying gets you nowhere, except that it can snake you feel old before you are old. "To grow old gracefully, try to reason with yourself, instead of worrying about. some- thing ,you can't. avoid; try helping someone who needs help—they are not hard to tiled, When you etre approaching middle life, and you haven -'t ;as notch work as formerly in your home, join' some association, and work in it, give a senile instead of a frown, etiltivate a cheerful outlook on life, have a hobby; if you 1101)1)011 to be clever at needlework and handi- crafts, trach others ' who have not had the opportunity as you have had. Read books, for reading ean give you many pleasant. hours. Love sbegets love—try it. Anil finally, have faith in God, pra}, to (nod, and have faith that your prayers are not' in vain." E HITCHHIKER minded among hitchhikers than in any other group; the•fae't remains that persons have died who would have been alive today but for care- less good nature i1► giving strangers a lift. in horse -and -buggy days it. was customary for )!Irivers to ask pedestrians, "Going far?'', and to offer a lift. The practice was not with- out hazard even then ; it, is a thousand times greater now. Giving rideg to acquaintances is one thing; picking up strangers is something else. Every driver thinks nothing can happen to hint. - So the attaeks continue. As the Renfrew Mereury Slates, many motorists find it. SJifth'Itlt' to pass a hitchhiker on the road, and more particularly ,tervieemrn. The hard lesson, however, that is all too often• learned is that the first ninety-nine hiteh- hikers may be respectable and perfeetly safe to give a lift., hilt the one hundredth 00nld turn out to be, a hoodlum --a plink who sh1►i11r1 be shunned Ibk society. We again emphasize that the safest coarse for all motnrists is to leave the hitchhikers by the roadside, and 1101 endanger your lives, and possibly the lives of others. - 4titith halls aecord news, 1 Down Memory's Lane .411._.. 45 Years Ago Goderich Collegiate Institute had an enrolment of ' close to 200 .pupils. Stats members were* J. P. Hume, principal and science mas- ter; H. I. Strang, classical master; A. M. Robertson, mathematical master; Miss Clifford, teacher of modern languages; Miss Lilian B. Fraser, commercial specialist; and J. A. MacLennan, teacher of junior English. At Victoria School, the new principal, 11. It. Long, took charge, with. the following assistants: Misses Le Tozuel, Miners, Marion Fraser, K. Watson, Wiggins,Par- sons, Vesta Watson and Grace Dickson. Miss Sharman was principal at Central School and the other staff members were Misses Burritt, N. Graham, May Stoddart 1.nd Retta Clark. J. B. Hunter was in charge,. of musical instruction at 'both public schools. Work on the Masonic Temple was progressing slowly as difficulty was being experienced in getting the brick required for the project. Due to heavy rains, which had persisted for six weeks, many fann- ers were in despair of sav:ug their crops. At Port Albert, some stooks of grain were carried out into the lake by the swollen streams. 25 Years Ago Councillor E. D. Brown, -chair- man of relief, unfolded a plant to purchase a civic wood lot and ask those on the relief list to chop down the trees and cut the wood in the fall so it would be dry for use winter. The men would receive wood as their pay and the town would save consider- able money on relief costs, he suggested. After a lapse of 36 years, during which each thought the other was dead, a brother and sister were reunited in Goderich.' They wero Peter 'Hussey, of Los Angeles, and Mrs, (Capt.) D. F. McCarthy, of town. After unsuccessfully search- ing the:.cemetery at Kingsbridge for his sister's grave, Mr. Hussey returnd to Goderich to learn that she was alive. Real Morand, of Montreal; ar- rived in Goderich 'to' take over as manager of -Peoples Stores. Stepping a half mile in 1.011/., Ramona 'Grattan won the free-for- all -at ,Belleville. - Joltr-uy _Mullin was in the sulky. Miss Nora Costello and Joe Tay- lor won premier honors, while Keith Saunders captured tate boys' marathon event, at the annual Goderich Collegiate Institute swim- ming meet. Arthur Doak -was the junior 7aetance champictl. 15 Years Ago Town Cowicil asked that an in- spector be sent to Goderich to look into a•proposal that a govern• ment housing project be started here. A resident of Goderich far four years, J. D. Thomas, organizer for Imperial Oil, was granted leave of absence to do special work in the Department of National Selective Service at 'Ottawa. A big tractor with tank trailer, containing over 1,000 gallons of asphalt for Port Albert airport, upset while descending the south hill leading into the village. The driver, a Toronto man, was unhurt but the equipment was badly dam- aged and a great deal of the as- phalt poured down the bank. Due to rapid development of war industries and a serious short- age of electric power, Goderich residents were warned by Super- intendent Kelly, of the PUC, that hydro might be cut off in the town at a moment's 'notice. Charles Kelly, an engineer on the William Schupp on the Great. Lakes for many years, was re- covering from an attack of malaria contracted in South American waters. He spent some time in hospital as British Guiana, then was flown to Miami and sent by train to his home in i'roderich. One of his boats sank off the Nova Scotia coast in the first year of the war and he was rescued from a 1 ife at. 10 Years Ago embers of •the county roads committee, with Warden Brown Smyth and County Engineer T. R. Patterson, attended the dominion road convention at St. Andrew's - by -the -Sea, New Brunswick: Com- mittee members included Reeve George Ginn, of Goderich Toatn- ship, who was the chairman, and Reeve John- Armstrong, of Hullett Township. Reuben Besse, who had operated a dairy in Orangeville, purchased Cecil Baxter's dairy business in Goderich. Letter to Editor • 'i«. +4a!yf..ret`+c,S':3k`r�°3v ham: 'I'he Robert MacKay memorial scholarship, valued at $200, was awarded to Donald Scott, son of Mr.:.ud Mrs. A. R. Scott, of town. Ile graduated from -GCI with first- class honors in 10 subjects. Councillor J. E. Huckins com- plained that Goderich hydro con- sumers were being charged for voltage they were not getting. As a result of this complaint, the Public Utilities Commission sent a letter to Ontario Hydro drawing the matter to the attuition of the provincial body. - Town, Council + •appointed J. K. Hunter town solicitor in place of D. R. Nairn, who had intimated his decision not to resume the position. o ----0 Q Grass Silage In The ...Dairy Ration The difficulty of curing good quality. hay under adverse weather conditions has resulted in a great- er interest in grass silage as a means of conserving a larger por- tion of the nutrient value of the meadow crop when harvested. Re- sults of experimental work at Ot- tawa and other research' centres have shown that grass silage can satisfactorily replace good quality hay cured from the same crop, as part or all of the roughage ration. While considerable attention has been given to evaluating concen- trates in relation to the nutritive value of hay in dairy rations, the effect of varied ratios of grass sil- age and concentrate on milk pro- duction has received only limited study. In a recent experiment .at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, cows were fed grass silages at rates of 3, 5, and 7 pounds of grass silage per 100 pounds of live weight daily. I Concentrate Was fed to supplement each rate of silage feeding in amounts to provide the standard nutritional requirements for body maintenance and daily milk pro- duction of each cow. For example a 1,200,pound cow producing 30 pounds milk daily received 60', pounds of silage and 11 pounds of concentrate -at the five pound level of -silage daily per 100 pounds body, weight. The results from this experi- ment indicated that cows.producing in therange of 30 to 40 pounds of milk daily maintained yields when grass silage was fed at the rate of five pounds per 100 pounds live weight with concentrate to meet requirements as well as when fed silage at the relative rate of three pounds and a much higher level of gran. Feeding silage at the rate of seven pounds per 100 of body weight daily resulted in slightly better milk yields than the usual ration • of mediocre quality hay, silage and concentrate but the yields were below those when sil- age was fed at the five pound level. The percentage of butter fat or 'solids -not -fat in milk was .not In- dluenced by the different levels of silage feeding. ».:.a:�•e.ca: The cost of nutrients supplied by the grass silage was only half that of nutrients supplied by the con- centrate in the raticns fed. 0 o n "One of the most tactful men I ever knew." says a Florida manu- facturer, "was the man who fired me from my first job. He called me in and said, `Scn, I don't know how we're ever going to get along without you, but starting Monday we're going to try'." Goderich, Cut. Sept. 6, 1957. Editor; SignalStar. Sir,—Please accept our hearty thanks for the great co-operation we have receivedfrom your paper during the past few weeks. The 'lay -mats of our advertisements, the composing of the informative ar- ticles and the editorial note were most appreciated. The publicity you have given Bethel Tabernacle has greatly help- ed to make our dedication and official open)a)g services a great success. Rev. Mr. McAlister re- marked on the excellent coverage as well as other guest speakers who said -the newspapers in their communities would not have done as well. I personalty appreciate the won- derful news item printed in this week's. paper. Please convey to the reporter concerned and the ones who worked on the advertise- ments that tho board, minister and congregation of Bethel Tabernacle are greatly indebted to them for the job they have accomplished on our behalf. Yours very truly, REV. RICHARD J GREEI&„--. A thriving town is emerging on the Ottawa river, 12 miles west of Pembroke. Petawawa, known to thdusands of soldiers of the past 40 years as a wartime emergency and peacetime militia camp, is being turned into a permanent' modern Regu lar Army base. By 1959 the 150 -square -mile camp will be occupied by an estimated 12,000 soldiers and dependents, making it second in size to Camp Gagetown, N.B. A further 1,000 -family living units will be added to the married quarters area above- ASHFIELD • ASJJPJttEILD, •Sept. 9. — Mrs. R. White and her nauQhters. Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Thomas, and her granddaughter, Laurie Stephen- son, visited with Jack MacLennan when they were at their cottage at :uverhuron. Many new lots have been pur- chased along the lakefront where cottages will be built for use next summer. Congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Simpson on the birth of a little daughter, a sister for John. Miss Beverley MacKenzie left last week for Brantford where she begins teaching. Miss Audrey Ross, who recently graduated from St. Joseph's lfos- pital, is spending a few holidays parents,Mr. with herand Mss. Will Ross. Miss Maryanne West is teaching naer Hanover. The Presbyterian Camp at Kin - tail Beach closed, on Labor Day. There have been camps -for boys' and girls' groups since the end of June, With• Rev. Fox, of Windsor, in charge. The number attending was larger than usual. s • INVITATIONS • ANNOUNCEMENTS • RECEPTION CARDS • THANK YOU CARDS styrt:a c� IMT[-MATlOHA[.-AT(AFJS Featuring "THERMO-GRAVURE" PRINTIN_G • • (Raised Lettering) LET US ASSIST YOU WITI-I YOUR WEDDING PLANS ... You may select your Wedding Invitations, Announcements and Acknowledgments with complete confidence as Eo quality and correctness of form. WE ALSO HAVE PERSONALIZED WEDDING NAPKINS, MATCHES AND CAKE BOXES Goderich Signal -Star PHONE 71 WEST $T. 'Tom got me another phone - it's right here in the living room"! "Another phone" might easily be prescribed by your doctor to save steps, conserve energy. Always within reach, extra telephones stand ready to serve you day and night. Yet an Extension*. costs less per month than a couple of balls of fine wool! EXTENSION PHONES cost only $1.25 per month — even less in some communities. IN COLOUR TOO — streamlined sets in dark velvet -red, cool moss -green, warm pink -beige or rich old-hrary, There is a one-time $12 charge for the colour you choose. Call your Telephone Business Office. •Wherever 4' telephone has been installed, we can put in "extensions" (additional phones). t fi r +.<..*- • • { t