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HURON COUNTY'S • FOREMOST WEEKLY O
Established 1848. In Ats 111th year of publication. 4
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GEO. L. EL{.IS, Editor and Publisher.
THE GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR
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RSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1958
MONDAY'S FEDERAL ELICTION
Never before have there been so many
promises of stlehr great' magnitude (Even the
word `'tttillion.s" is now just chicken feed)
made by so many Canadian politicians in such
a short time as is the as on the eve of M.on-
day's Federal eleetio-n. 1s- it any wonder that
to many electors the whole situation might
he a bit contusing
to Like others, there aro tinies when we feel
quite ,definite on the outcome of the fort}( -
coming election Then again, we recall, -how
many •',tuthoritit s" made predictions on the
last one and how tar out they were when the
results ',ante in. One jitst'never quite knows,
does one'?
Rut w 1ii1•hever way it goes, it is' to be
OUR
hoped that it • will go, far enough in that
direct :flit that there will be. no repetition of the
last ill -balanced set-up in the House of Com-
mons.
45 Years Ago
The Columbia Grafonola, ►a • per-
fect musical instrument that will
last a lifetime," was advertised by
Walter J . Harrison, Goderich
jeweller and optician. The price
was $45 or "less than 25 cents a
ay.
Town Council was considering
the purchase of new furniture for
the Council Chambers.
D. F. Hamlink was the prime
mover behind a project toprganize
a canning factory at Goderich.- For
the first year, it was planned to
handle nothing but tomatoes.
J. H. Edward sold his trotting
The total amount of interest shown gen horse to a man from. Columbus,
er<illy in the local field seeni� even a bit less Ohio.
A violent windstorm on -Good
th<rlt'�'it
vas at the June 10th election last year. Friday, March 21, unroofed many
e fee
Put feel the turn -out ofvoters - � barns and levelled u to a tc the polls windmills and
oil -Monday will le good. Then will come the., fences throughout the dristrict.
v, rdi,•t iind the inundate forthe government -'reported Among thedamage propertwey re ownersBogiewho
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t 1 tt l down II jobthat a 1 � t iieeds of Sheppardton; John .Parrish,
loin. Will Stirling, E. V. Lawson, M. J.
In the ver,iaeular of the boxing ring, mav Tobin, George Andrews, T. Gundry,
Geo111,- hest party win. And mks- it then meet ! alkeld. Bisset and Mrs. J. u T.
with .ueces- in.1he task' that lies before it for • 25 Years Ago ®
the Ave-lfare of Canadians 11i general.
Fire, believed to have been(caus-
dam-
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ELECTION OFFICERS
('ana,liati. can for the most part be Very
proud of the niers and women who run the
, nation's eleetiou machinery. One of --the fel-
- tows Who gets- least attention during the elec-
tion campaign is- the- local returning. officer,
and yet he is one of .the most important cogs
in our democratic election Ina-chinery.
The returning officer for each of the con-
atitueneies across Canada is appointed by the
party in power.. He holds this position as
long as he performs his dirties efficiently, or
until he resigns. It is interesting' to note
during this election that a large number of
our returning officers were appointed by the
former Liberal Government, and they have
held on to their jobs under the present Pro-
▪ gressive Conservative administration.
• The secret of a good returning officer is,
of .course, that he divorce himself - entirely
from alltpolitical parties once he is appointed
• to his position. Ile nit1.sf attempt 'to be absol-
utely impartial. He must enforce the pro-
visions of the E1e.1'tion Act to the very `best of
his ability. ft sets forth his duties, his pow-
ers and -11'1:s obligations.
In new demoer leies « «•here self govern-.
For
me111 i, beinv attempted for the first time, one
of the 'great prob(etits faced is the honesty of
election officers. Traditions -of fair play have
not been built and too often the- ,.nen and
Women of new nations are not familiar with:
the responsibilities they owe if democracy is
to he successful. We in Canada: can be 'proud,.
for the most part, of our election officers.
They are aware of the great responsibility
that is theirs•ra•nd they usually perforin their
task for the benefit of -the nation and not for
the benefit of the political 'party that appointee
t hem. ,
And so when you go to east your ballot
in the coming election you can he pretty sure
that yon are faking part in an holiest election.
Y'ou can he pretty sure that your vote is going
to be counted the way; intended that it should
be registered. In short, you know that yours
vote is a iniiihty- inipartant part of the .total
election picture. Without your vote the
nation cannot expect to have good goverii-
nrent. Thanks to the honest work:. of our
election officials von can he certain. that dem-
ocracy is working •efficiently for both You and
('anada.
DEAN OF CANADIAN, COLUMNISTS
54 years, on t11(Y Mail and Empire and
Eater the Globe and -Mail, J. V. McAree wrote
the colliniti' bearing his narfle. 'Edifying, en-
tertaining -and often irritating two generations
of rea(it''rs,' he' discussed a great variety of
themes. He 'was a connoisseur of detective
stories and I ,acct rev,ie. e,l new, or rediscover-
ed works of this kind. A native of Toronto's
"CabbagetovvI1,'2 about which he wrote a book,
"Verde" Me rep was of Irish descent and his
outspoken Views • often aroused controversy.
• Many letters, 'approving. or dissenting, reached
his desk. testifying in citoer•ease to -the- read=
ership of the col11rn—the important thing to.
the newspaper. iMr.•McAree campaigned con-
tinually -for :correct; use of English, nand in
this eoonection many ,persons doubtless read
his, -column with „benefic•ial results. There is
:such evidence that more could profitably have
done .,,,. The' veteran columnist detested pre-
tence and pinletured many a sham. Physically
feeble for the past two or three years, since a i
heart attack, his work ,demonstrated that his
mental vi'gOr 'Was' unabated. Ile (licit as he
would have yVi.hc(1—suddenly on completion
of the doily- to-k—at his home in Mimic()
la,t His final column appeared
oit that day.
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are morally.
responsible for 4
safe driving
You, as a driver, are required to know the Rules
of the Road to qualify for a. Driver's Licence.
But your obligation in driving is ,greater than
merely knowing how.
You -must also practice safe driving whenever you
are behind the wheel of a car. y
,Remember that you are moraPy teppbrisible for
the safety of everyone with whom you share our
streets and highways.;,, *_
ONTARIO" DEPAATMENT OF TRANSPORT
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ed by an overheated stove,
aged the Dominion Store in
rich. The store was closed
few days while repairs were being
made. -
The after crews bf the William
C. Sehupp and D. B. Hanna, of
the Union Transit Co., had report-
ed and the boats were being fitted
out for the season.
It was announced that education'
costs in the town would be down
by more 'than $2,000 in 1913.
Councillor Brown suggested that
the • iown..._teani be. used to^ .haul
wood gathered- nn the beaches by
citizens who were on relief.
15 Years Ago
W. E. Elliott, a Goderich native,
resigned from the Wartime Prices
and Tracie Board to . join the staff
of the Toronto Evening Telegram.
Due to continued ill health, L.
L. Knox resigned as town clerk
and treasurer. He was succeeded
by N. R. MacKay. O. , W. Sturdy
was named assessor and tax- col-
lector, the position formerly held
by Mr. MacKay.
In a hockey accident at the West
street rink, Bruce MacDonald suf-
fered 'a fractured arm. .
Two RAF men died when an
Anson bomber from Port Albert
struck a tree' and crashed on the
outskirts of Kincardine. Three
other men wer, injured.
Goderich 1o`st •a sterling citizen
with - the passing of Thomas
Gundry. who had - been. ' an auc-
tioneer for over half a century.
10 Years Ago -
Owen Hanfilton, a former part-
ner in the Weston Dairy, purchas-
ed the Goderich Dairy. from J. A.
Snider. -
A delegation headed by G. L.
Parsons went to- Ottawa to urge
immediate repairs to the Hood -
damaged piers at Goderich harbor:
Other improvements, including the
removal of the island in the har-
bor, were also sought.
A tax rate of 2.4 mills was set
by the .Goderich High School Area
Board. (In 1958, the GDCI mill
rate will be 8.4.)
Thorold defeated Goderich Lou-
zon Flyers 8-5 in the first game of
the OHA Junior "C" semi-finals. A
special Cdr, `train carried 200
Goderich fans to -Waterloo, where
the game was played.
A. C. Ross was appointed Divi-
sion Court bailiff to succeed the
late J. 1i. Hays.
ASHFIELD .,
ASHFIELD, March 24.—Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Ross and son, John, of
Oshawa, visited last week with Mr.
Wm. 'Ross:
Miss Mabel Macdonald, of Wind-
sor, spent the, week -end at her
home here.
Mrs. Rod MacKenzie, who was
in Toroate ler the winter, is home
again.
Miss Alma Johnson, of Toronto,
was' home - for the week -end
—Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Macdonald are Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen Elliott and Bill, of Lans-
ing, Michigan.
Mrs. Archie _ IacM urchy is spend-
ing a week in Detroit. •
Mr. and Mrs. Allan MacLean
and children, of Collingwood, spent
the week -end with D. A. MacLean.
Mrs. _Emile Norgaard_ is visions,
with her brother, Bruce ,Macdonald.
Mrs. N. Jackman, of Toronto, is
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`a guest of her brother, David Mac.
Kengie.
Those making tnaple syrup re-
port a good run of sap last week.
'Born.—In Oshawa,. on March 17,
to Mr. and Mrs. Rinse Wiersma, a
son,
Jack Johnson, of Toronto, spent
the week -end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Jamieson
visited with their daughter, Mrs.
Whitehead, on Sunday.
Guests with Mr, and Mrs. Frank
Hamilton on Sunday were Mr. and
Mfrs. J. P: Smuck, Mr. and Mrs.
James Spi lsbury and- family, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Hanna and family,
and Misses Raelene and Lorraine
Hamilton, all of London.
GDCI-- Curlers.
Compete Against
Club Members
With
a total of 16 rinks taking
part, students of GDC1 competed
against senior members of the
Goderic4 Curling Club on Wednes-
day of last week. Final score was
five wins and a plus of 56 for the
senior club and three wins and a
plus of 41 for the students.
A quartette from GDCI enter-
tained with songs and rock and
roll music during the supper hour.
Curling for the season was
Wound up on Wednesday night of
this week with a mixed bonspiel.
Prizes are the Labatt trophy and
the Walker trophy.
:The annual banquet will be held
on Thursday, April 17 when a new
slate of officers for next season
will be presented.
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IlliitYRSDAY, MARCH 27th, 1958
Although Cat ash's041 agricul.
tural production has Len steadily
increasing, over the paat 10 years
the number of farm workers has
declined by an average of 30,000
persons annually.
`Canada's primary textiles indus-
try employs about 82,000 persons
in 700 establishments spread over
the 10 provinces. The industry is
84 per cent Canadian -Awned, con-
A classified ad in the Signal- pared to 48 per cent for all manu-
Star brings quick results. i facturing and mining.
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"Ryan's" Feeds made fresh daily
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