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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1957-09-19, Page 1k, a s ° 1110th Year—No. 31 GODURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1957 . - From the time in 1914 when Canada sent her soldiers across the Atlantic until 1957 when the last Canadian soldier was with- drawn -from Koreas ribbons and -medals-- - - - have been awarded to Canadian service men depicting Canada's part in the strug- gle to maintain and uphold the principles of our free way of life. The soldiers of Canada have fought in many countries throughout the world, The above rib- bons, medals and stars have' been award- ed to service men for three major con- flicts. Left to right: 1914-15 Star; Bri- -tisli-WarMetiala Victory -Medal; 193945 • Star; Italy Star; France and Germany, Star; Defence Medal; Canadian -Volun- teer Service, Medal and Clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal. Plan Races Followed By There will be another harness° racing meet in Agricultural Park on Saturday, October 19. This announcement was made foollowing a meeting of Goderich Trotting and Agricultural Associ- ation Tuesday night. The horsemen's banquet, a popu- lar annual feature now, will be held after the races, states Seem- tary Reg. McGee. In event the races are called off due to rain, the banquet will still go on as scheduled. All of the races on October 19 will be classified events, says -Mr. McGee. This will be the fourth harness meet of the season at Agricultural Park. Oct. 19 flanquet "FI ir r iu Present While ,there are more cases of "flu" around the Goderich district at the present time than usual -they seem to be of the ordinary variety, according to a local doetor. It lasts from four to five days. This is the usual length of the Asiatic flu, no specific cases of which have been reported •in this area so far. Even •if they were cases of Asiatic flu it would be dif-- ficult to tell the difference be- tween it and the common var- iety of flu, the doctor stated. Where three streets join—Montreal, lovely corner is made. But it is also traffic standpoint. • Waterloo and Elgin—a a dangerous one from a Learning is a serious businessafor these young ladies. With achool days well into September, they are getting into their stride by p19g- ging at home work. Legion Presents $1,000 Cheque Lions Give 5,000 To Hospital First revlar meeting of the Lions Club for the season was helki at the Bedford Hotel last Friday evening under the chairmanship of the neW presideot, Glen Gardiner. The stun of $5,000 was voted by the club in aid of the new wing at Alexandra Marine and General Hoapital., Mr. Max Cutt was present to explain the organization of the Maitland Air Cadets who are seek- Oag a sponsor. Members of the Lions 'Club were invited to visit Sky Harbor last Tuesday night to see the Air Cadets in operation. An executive meeting in the near future will deal with the matter of sponsoring the Maitland Air Cadets. Plans were made for the peanut drive held yesterde§. Chairman of this group is Ebb Ross. The 35th anniversary of the Lions Club is to be held, on October -25 and a committee of past presi- dents, headed by Harvey Erskine, is drawing up plans for it. 0 0 0 Rebekahs Have Wheel Chairs A cheque from Canadian Legion Branch 109 for $1.000 to aid in furnishing the new hospital wing was presented to representatives of the hospital board Thursday night. The presentation was made by Eric Johnstone, president, and Neil Shaw, vice-ptesident, on behalf of tire branch. J. H. Kinkead, chair- man, and C. F. ,Chapman, secretary - treasurer, represented the Board of Governors of Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in the cere- mony. An appeal for sponsorship of the Maitland Mir Cadet Squadron was made to the branch by FULL J. M. Cutt, commanding officer of the squadron. The request was refer- red to the executive for study. The Kinsmen Club is withdraw- ing as sponsor of the squadron. tar subscription rc:44 Cu Apr! ADA 04....CA) SIFIZIe Copies cie Vandoc Departs New Look At Harbor -Area 5 Boats Remain boats and barges that have been - The Vandoc, one of a fleet of six I As Salt Mine Progresses of _the slow grain market, cleared As local residents visiting the laid up at Goderich harbor because for the Lakehead Monday evening. site have learned and as former residents returning here will see to their surprise, the terrain at the foot of North Shore Road "ain't what she used to be." The entire quiet. The Vandoc will go to the landscape north of the harbor en - Lakehead for a load of barley de- trance is being transforpaed as stilled for Milwaukee. Two boats work on the rock salt mine pro- ceeds. Back ,filling and grading of the area is now 75 per cent completed, according to J. C. Milling, engineer in charge of the project. What was once little hills and valleys is The departure of this grain carrier, here slace August 21, is not signi- fieant of any change in the grain Movement picture which remains and three barges remain at the harbor now. The Norman B. McPherson arriv- ed here cis Wednesday with grain from the Lakehead. The Bricoldoc came in on Sunday, the Hudson on Saturday and the Brown Beaver on now a level stretch and the original Thursday of last week. level of some portions of the land The tug, Ian Mac, will be leav- ing Goderich this week -end for Amherstburg where it will be en- gaged until the tie-up of naviga- ticu. It will be used in work in connection with making a new Channel near where the Detroit —Goderieh Rebekah Lodge .mL with Past Noble Grands filling the various chairs for the meeting. Several committee reports were read and a closing report for the work of the C:P. and T. committee in the past year was read by Mrs. Irene Harnock. It was stated there are 15 wheelchairs now in the hands of this committee. Nominations for new officers was concluded and these are to be installed by the new ,D.D.R, Mrs. Ada Yritzley, and staff'at the first regular meeting in October. The evening was concluded by playing "500," Mrs. W. Lawrence being the winner for the highest score. Miss E. Driver held the lucky cup. A lunch was servedby Mrs. L. Riley and her committee. 0 0 Students Start Next aYear Book River empties into Lake Erie, part of the preparation for the new St. Lawrence Seaway route. 0 0 0 No Time Change 'Til October 27 Some of the towns to the north of Goderich are reverting to stand- -ard- time—on September 293- -but oderich and the majority of other wns will continue uatil October Z7 before making the switch. Local time policy was set early this year and there has been no talk of changing that decision, says S. H. Blake, town clerk and treas- Orel% In some cases, communities less than five miles apart will be on different times for a one-month period this fall. Thi.i situation will- be in effect at Southampton and Port Elgin, with Southampton remaining on fast time until the October date and Pert Elgin re- turning to Eastern Standard Time at the end of September. Reverting to standard time Oc- tober 27 are Walkerton, Listowel, Goderich, Mount Forest, Dundalk, Markdale, Wiarton, Thotnbury, Ohatsworth. Meaford,'Owen Sound, Southampton, Wingham. Expected to revert to standard time September 29 are Chesley, Port Elgin, Paisley, Tara, Durham, Work has started already on a Hanover, Neustadt, Kincardine and 1957-58 year book to be published Flesherton. by the students of GDCf. The year book that came out last June was the first published at GDCI in several years. Editor-in-chief of the 1957-58 Wilson on St. David street Wed - year book is Carl Schmidt. Teach- nesday afternoon. The stove was ers who are assisting on the pro- red hot, but it was checked before ject are Mrs. S. Ogg„T. A. Seaman any damage resulted beyond some and Mrs. Katherine R. Diggon. blistered paint. OVERHEATED STOVE An overheated oil stove brought firemen to the home of Charles is some 11 or 12 feet higher now. The office being used by the resid- ent engineer was once Iuckins re- freshment booth and stood on what appeared to be a small hill. Today it stands on land that is below the level of the general terrain. The big transformer, which will supply power for the whole rock salt plant, has been practically completed. The road paralleling the western side of Silo; Harbor and leading from the end of the North Shore Road to the north side of the channel has been finished. Some time in the future the land between this road and Snug Harbor will be landscaped and will present a vast- ly improved appearance to that of now. The main shaft of the rock gall plant is- 16 feet wide. Circling this shaft and four feet_out from it piles are being driven and a cir- cular cement wall is being built down to a depth of about 40 feet reaching right into solid rock. This part of the work will be finished on Friday. Then, the sand r3nd water betweeen this wall and the outer wall of th' main shaft %val. be removed, producing a vacuum and preventing any sand or water interfering in the construction of the main shaft. The main shaft of the mine Vvill go down to a depth of 1,800 feet. Icanda Limited, an Italian will be finished with their pat of the project on Friday. The engineer in charge of the par-. titular part of the work they have clone is Carlo Brunner, ,native of Italy. Awhose forbears originally came from Germany. When he leaves Goderich this week -end he will return to Montreal where he will work on plans for the con- etruction of a new plant for La Presse, Canada's largest French- Canadian daily newspaper. It's A Go ! To check on persistent rum- ors that the F. W. Woolworth store had changed its mind about coming to Goderich, the Signal -Star went to the most reliable local source of inform- ation. Jt was learned there that the real estate deal had gone through and the property for the store is now owned by Woolworth's. It was further learned that the sum of $35,000 was paid for the old British Exchange Hotel site. On top of this, an additional sum was paid for the Art George property on South street, which adjoins the British Exchange Hotel pro- perty. There is no local source of information to learn just when work will commence on the building of the quarter of a million dollar store that has been planned. A Goderich Train In Fatal Crash Two younraXitchener women diethinstantly when their car was demolished in a collision with a Toronto-to-Goderich CNR passeng- er train, at a crossing about 22 miles east of Stratford Saturday night. The crash victims were Mrs. Win- ifred A. Litwiller, 34, and Miss Elsie Mazur, 27. Police said that the car was carried 1,500 feet down the line by the train before coming to a stop. The train engineer was A. John- son, of Stratford, and the con- ductor was G. E. Urquhart, of Toronto. Plans Said Now In High Gear To Ice OHA Junior Tet The lid's off! Goderich Booster Club announc- ed today that it is taking immedi- ate action to organize a junior "B" hockey team to represent this town in a proposed six -team OITA loop. The announcement came follow- ing a Booster Club executive meet- ing in the Town Hall. If local citizens co-operate as ishaped, hoped, club members visualize a winter of fast, exciting nockeya-- the kind that draws good crowds again and again. Club president Walter Rathburn and JacEvans are already out hunting for players. They state that they will depend on members of last season's On- tario champion midget "B" Gode- rich Sailors to form the nucleus of the new junior "B" team. But they expect to bolster the squad with junior -calibre players from such centres as Kincardine, Clinton and W:nghams Suggest Six -Team Loop The tooster Club is filing an entry with the OHA. It has been suggested that GOderich wou,ld probably perform in a league with Sarnia, London Lou Balls, Wood- stock, St. Marys and Seaforth or Stratford. At present, centres such as Owni Sound, Burlington and Waterloo also have teams in this junior "B" league, but Owen Sound doesn't like the long trips south and there is a move to split the league into .two separate groups. Slice Stratford dropped out of senior "A" hockey, hockey men there have been considering the formation of a junior "B" :team, but no definite decision has been made yet. If Stratford enters, Seaforth 'might, drop out. Both Seaforth and St. Marys would prob- ably lose players to Stratford if that city iced a team. Until the Booster Club announce- ment was made today, Goderich fans faced the prospect of a rather quiet winter in comparison to some of the busy hockey seasons of the past. Goderich Recreation and Arena Committee had indicated that it *ould probably operate a juvenile team this w:nter -and conduct the usual minor hockey program, but there were no other pPans .It is assumed that the Recreation and Arena Committee will drop its plans for a juvenile team in favor of the junior "B" squad being organized by the Booster Club. Saw Arena Committee At the Booster Club executive meeting in the Town -Hall, Jack Evans reported on information he obtained at a meeting of the RP - creation and Arena Committee re- cently. Jack Freemansecretary- treasurer of the Boo- er .Club, dis- cussed the club's financial outlook briefly. In a statement following the meeting, the executive of the club stated: "We know very definitely that many people in Goderich and district are interested in encourag- ing hockey here. With everyone's co-operation, we are confident that we will be able to ice a spirited, fast -sting team that will pack the fans into the. arena." The club does not plan to pay salaries to the players, according to the executive. At the meeting, there was little enthusiasm for the idea of only juvenile hockey here this winter. It was pointed opt that there are no other strong juvenile teams in this area. If Goderich decided to enter juvenile classification, the team would probably have to be satisfied with playing exhibition games most of the winter with teams brought in from a consider- able distance. Good Material Here At lefist five members of last season's dazzling Midget Sailors have received invitations to attend training camps of outsie.- clubs. but this fact doesn't necessarily mean that they will join the out , side clubs. Warn Boiler Could Cause Shut -down Board Okays Repairs At Old School The boiler in the old collegiate building needs repairs at once and should be replaced within the next two years, Goderich Public School Board has been advised. These recominendations were contained in a report sent to the board by W. P. West, chief (n- Igineer of the insurance company which carries the risk on the boiler. On motion of Trustee Robert Itae, seconded by Trustee Dr. .1. R. Leitch, the engineer's report was referred to the board's pro perty committee. The committee was given power to act on neces- sary immediate repairs and asked to obtan an estimate on cost of replacing the boiler. "In view of the general condition and age (38 years) of this boiler," wrote the engineer, "it is recom- mended that 'consideration should be given to replacing it within the next two years. "It is also recommended that an attempt be made to stop the leak- age. A serious shutdown could arise during the w nter months if the leakage is allowed to continue." Enrolment Breakarlown Principal H. M. Shackleton re ported total enrolmant of 824 pupils as of September 11. By grades, enrolments are as follows: kindergarten, 415; grade 1, 119, grade 2, 88; grade 3, 103; grade 4 07; grade 5, 76; grade 6, 88; grade 7, 69, and grade 8, 01. The principal's report stated that 12 cases of irregular attendance `k1 had been investigated by the at- tendance officer during the past year. Town Council will be asked by the board to provide signs, as ap proved by the Department of High ways, on streets near the schools to warn motorists or children cross- ing. A motion to thi.s effect was made by Trustee Harold Shore, seconded by Trustee Don Aberhari, and approved by the hoard. The Girl 'Guides were granted the use of the former home econ wades Mom in the old collegiate build og for weekly meetings They were also given permission to use the gymnasium on October 2 The board gave permission to the Federation of Women Teachers to use the public school for a regional meeting on October 26. sl • L Hope To Finish Paving Of Hill By Week -end " Reeve E. C. Fisher, chairman of public works, said' today that the paving of Harbor Hill and certain connecting roads should be cora- . pleted by the_ week -end, barring unforeseen unforeseedevelopments. The base coat has been laid on one side already. The hill will get two coats before the project has been 'finished. The town grader .was used to prepare the base, while town work- men are' raising the catch basins and doing other preparatory work. Larry Jeffrey and Dave Leeson haVe invitations to attend the Burlingtiw junior hockey camp. Bill Gallow and Bill Fritz - ley have been asked to attend Montreal Canadiens' hockey school this fall, and Ron Williamson, goalie of last season's champion- ship clubhas been invited to work out with Dixie Beehives, a junior "B" club which is sponsored by Chicago Black Hawks. Another lAal boy of junior cali- bre is Bud Willjamon, an player with Dixie Beehives in the Metro Junior "B" League last sea- son. lit is scheduled to rep -ort to -the Barrie Flyers junior "A" train- ing camp about the first of October. If some of the above-mentioned players have been planning to play out-of-town this winter,,the Booster Club executive hopes that they will perhaps reconsider mow in view of the announcement that a junior "B" team is planned for Goderich Lavis Contracting Co., of Holmes- ville, is Supplyin,g and laying 1,100 tons of hot -mix asphalt. The mix- ture was specially desiOned to stand up to the heavy traffic on Harbor Hill. Altogether, $15,000-- has been budgeted for the paving Of the hill and connecting roads, but town, officials hope that it will be done for leas. Next week, town workmen will start on the sidewalks, said Reeve Fisher. There are six stretches of sidewalk to be laid. Plan Evening Classes To Start Soon AtGDCI Registration night for evening classest Goderich District Col- legiate Institute will be on Mon• day, September 30, at 7.30 p.m. Principal A. R. Scott said today that there will be courses avail. able in basic English, bookkeeping, typing, sewing and shop work. He said that the school is pre- pared to offer other courses as well if there are enough persons interested in taking them. Anyone interested in the courses listed or in any other course that they would like to attend should either register on the evening of September 30 o- phone the school before that date. Many person: have derived ,great benefit from attendance at these night school classes in the past., it is pointed out. Some attend to learn a new skill or improve on their knowledge of a certain sub- ject In many ca,“,,, the training gain- ed in the night classes prepares the student for higher responsibilities in business and industry. Eleanor Erskine Heads Beta Sigma Members of Beta Sigma Phi met Wednesday night of last week at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Erskine. Plans for fall activities were made. October being the "rushing month," names of prospective new members were submitted. The officers for -the 1957-58 teal are as folloWs: president, Mrs. Eleanor Erskine; vice-president, Miss Dorothy McCabe; recording secretary, Mrs. Gladys Nicholson; corresponding secretary, Mrs. lay Wise; treasurer, Mrs. Grace Adam.% program convenor, Mrs. Marjorie Miller; social convenor. Mrs. Kay Alexander; librarian, Mrs. iLennt, Pennington. ST GE RGES CHURCH AS PL S FS A FALL SCHEDULE Gcorge', church W.A. held , first meeting after the summer , holidays 00 Tuesday afternoon of last week with the president, Mrs. Rog. Needham, presiding. The opining prayer and Scriptture reading for the day were tak(ii by the president, followed by the read- ing of the Litany by Mrs. 'A. Palmer'. A minute of silent prayer was observed in memory of a late mem- ber. Miss M. Middleton. The vi*Sit- ing committee reported a goodly number of calls made during the summer months. Mrs. F. Hunt and Mrs. D. Wi-lt offered to do visiting this month. Mrs. D. Wil son, supervisor of the Senior Girls' Branch, reported on a sports day held at Clinton which the branch attended. Mrs. B. Graham report- , ed on the work being done by the Little Helpers brInch, showing the difforcrlt cards and literature which are sent out. A shower for the Cancer Soeiets, is to be held at the October meet- ing. It was the wish of all pre- sent that flowers be placed on the altar the fourth Sunday in Septem- ber in memory of departed mem- bers. Mrs. F. Riley is to be asked to take charge of this. It was also the wish of the meeting that there be Thank -offering boxes. The Fall Deanery meeting is to be held in Hensall in October, date to be given later. The president, Mrs. Needham, read a greater part of the address given at the annual meeting held 'n London by the president of tht Dioce.sin WA of Huron. Mrs. 4 C. Calder, after •which Mrs. T. Pritchard continued with the stud5 book on South East Asia. Tea was served by Mrs Monday, Mrs. Newcombe and Miss Etta Sault,. , r (*eel] Day, centre, new president of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers AsNleiatioa, Cf,ilteYS ad the Banff Springs Hotel with William Telfer, left, managing director .of the CWNA eatl Draayer, immediate past efesident. The trio isn't diseusaing annual meeting busineN, tlioy ae 024,,, aminine a copy of "Just My Views." a hook written by Mrs. Day about last year's ClAirkTA' tia;it fit Europe.