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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-04-03, Page 1...x. •994.4 .1 Cr. .• . • Q s 111th Year --No, 14 GO IERICH; ON.TARIQ, THUWAY, APRIL, 3; -1.458 // S elcome,-_h .play--rnornipg!" age to age shall say : "Hell today is vanquished heaven is won today." Lo! the dead is living, God for evermore: Him, their true Creatdr, all His works adore. In tune with a Progressive Con- servative smash Chit .which swept the country fromcoast to coast,' Aston Cardiff reached a crescendo on Monday that' struck +his iii �s note in 18 years as a member of bhe House of Commons. True to the familiar words of a humorous ditty, "I Got Mine," which he has, sung at gatherings in Goderich "from tine to time for several de- cades, Mr. Cardiff got his biggest Victory of the entire six times he has. been elected in Huron. Gathering a total of 13,885 votes, Cardiff recorded a majority over his Liberal opponent, William G. Cochrane, of Exeter, of 6,647 votes_ This was almost double the maj- ority he obtained in the 1957 elec- tion which was 8,453 votes: - Every single community in the riding gave him a majority except I4ay Townsthip where there was a-� tie, 602 for Cardiff and the same number for Cochrane. In the_ earliest results which came in to the office of the Return- ing Officer, J. H:.funter, after the polls closed at 6 p.m., there were indications of the final results. At 7.40 p ;M., .Mr. Cochrane phoned .Mr. Cardiff, offering congratula- tions and conceding his election. 83 Per Cent Vote Atotal of 21,123 of Huron's 25,317 eligible voters went to the lions on Monday, which was slight- ly over 83 per cent. Itis believed that Cardiff's ma- jority on Monday was not only the 1-argest IOL- any- cartdi .. history of the riding of Huron but also kin the histories -of 'the former ridings of North Huron and Hur fn - Perth which were merged into one riding in. 1953. Hibbert Township . _gave a Con - i Maple Leaf LODE Discuss Projects Attend. the Church of Your Choice on Easter Sunda Six Nations• Indians In Pee Wee Week Opener The ninth annual Young Canada Week pee wee hockey tournament m. Decorate Now ! those two clubs 'won't be here this will be officially opened at 1 p.m. •time, there is a possibility that on Friday—and the first game be- Leamington n Pee Wees and Quebec tween Kurtzville and, Sour Springs Visitors from many parts of City Pee Wees will playn for this Pee Wees (from the Six Nations Ontario will commence pour= cep: The East-West game is sche- Actually,Reserve) is expected to be a rouser: duled for- -next .Wednesday, night the first 10 garp�es of at 9 p.m. the steadily growing tournament were played last Saturday, but it was decided to hold` ^ the official opening on Good Friday. The tourney, sponsored by Goderich / take notice of the degree to. Lions Club, will continue through which the citizens of Goderich until Saturday, April 12, when the grand championship will be de- cided. If past performanees are any.in dication, the Sour Springs Pee- Wees will likely make an appear -mice in -Indian regalia head feath- ers and ,the trimmings. ,The Kurtzvile Pee Wees have been warned to hang onto their scalps for this one!. Incidentally, the nathe of Six Nations is applied to a confederacy of six Iroquois tribes, which once had a repuation for being extreme- ly war -like and powerful. The tribes are the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas and Tuscaroras. A big crowd is. expected to be on O' Game has featured- Winnipeg and St. John's, Newfoundland. Since ing into Goderich this week- end for Young Canada Week. These visits will continue_ all Easter Week. The people from. out-of-town will undoubtedly celebrate Young Canada Week. It is for this reason the Young Canada Week committee urges -that ,-a1.1-homes.-and • places of -business be specially decorat- ed with flags, bunting, etc., " to mark the occasion. They urge that citizens share in this event with suitable decora- tions. Will you do your part? and district are still required for the billeting of visiting players. Anyone who can provide accom- modation is asked to call any mem- ber of the billeting! coxnmittee. Their names and numbers are list- ed in an advertisement appearing in this .issue. hand for this interest -packed game Though this year's tourney is the on Friday. The time again is 1 ' biggest yet, many will --be sorry to 13,m -see, that two popular entries. of Officials expected to take part 'former years ate absent. Winni- in the opening ceremonies are Big peg ,Mustangs,, did not- enter this Chief Ernie C. Fisher, mayor of 'year and the St. John's, Newfound- Goderich; John Bell, of Listowel president of the WOAA; Sheriff Nelson Hill, of Goderich, chair- man of the Young Canada Week Committee; Glen, Gardiner, presi- dent of GOderich Lions Club; a representative of Goderich Minis- terial Association, and others. Around 1,500 boys, reTiresenting 87 teams --largest number of en- tries in history—will play in, this tourney. Need Accommodation ,A number of homes in Goderich land, Pee, Wees have withdrawn. The St. John's team has been re- placed --by a Kitchener squad. Sev- ral other late entries had to be declined because the tourney was filled up. Elsewhere in this week's issue, a group of public-spirited Gode- rich firms has sponsored a full- page advertisement containing the complete tournament schedule and a special welcome to the visitors. In past years, the East-West Cup Once more there is an entry from Port Huron, Michigan, which makes the tourney international in scope. An6ther entry which will be watched with interest- is Watford, the team with the all -girl line. The Watford Pee Wees will clash with Kincardine Pee Wees this Saturday night at 0 p.m. Though Winnipeg won't be re- presented by a team, a Winnipeg youth, Morley Meyers, 17, is ex- pected to arrive on the noon train today. He is paying his own way here to referee. EC servative' majority for the first Cline in Its history, Only in the Dublin poll did the voting hold to the long-time Liberal tradition. Liberal 4n- he- e1eet41 - the township of Tpckersmith and the town ' of Seaf rbh- went Con- servative in this one. The town ofGoderich, which gave Cardiff a majority of 563 in the, 1957.election more than (klub- ' wkil. k ub- led that majority on Monday when it gave an edge el 1,234 votes. "We can't all win; at a time like this I always think of the people osingT" said Mr_ Cziriiiff. after his victory became apparent. "'I have been very fortunate, - and I am grateful to all the people who worked for me and voted for me. I `should like to say that Mr. Cochrane, in my opinion, did very The April meeting of the Maple Leaf Chapter, IODE, was held at the home of Mrs. John Wallace with 29 members , preseo.t,,.. The standard was brought in by -Mrs. Leo Walzak. The regent!, Mrs. G. Ellis, presided over the meeting at which various projects for the coming year were discussed. Mrs.- Gordon Kerr was named as a delegate to the annual meeting in Hamilton, replacing Mrs. H. Spring, who is unable to attend. The Empire and World Affairs convener, Miss J. Saunders, read a short autobiography on the life of John Diefenbaker. This is the first of a series.,,about the prime ministers of th'e commonwealth. Miss E. Cooper moved that the New Canadians who recently received their certificates- of citi- zenship be asked to the next coffee party held by the Chapter. It was decided, also, that the Chapter will join the newly organized film board in Goderich. The conveners of the Opportun- ity Shop reported that new cover- ings were being put on the floors of two rooms in the shop. Members favored the idea of having another shower for the Cancer cupboard. This is to be held at the May....meeti;ng.. Mrs. R. Breckenridge moved that the Chapter provide means financ- ially to send a Girl Guide to camp this summer. The ways and means convener, Mrs. H. Bettger, presented- various projects for the group to discuss. Two of these were approved by the members. One is a fasl4on show in the fall. It was decided that the committee should go intothese projects more fully before the next meeting. A letter was read by the Educa- tion convener, Mrs. I.f. Hopkinson, from a student thanking the Chap- ter for the financial aid that was obtained for him through the pro- vincial Chapter. Mrs. C. Edward thanked the hostess for her home, after which lunch was served by Mrs. D. Leitch and her committee. One of the members of the El- mira team is John Diefenbaker, said to be a distant relative of the Prime Minister. In preparation for the big week, the compressor .at the local arena is being checked over this week to make sure that nothing goes wrong. Tournament.trophies are now on display in the window of Craigie's cigar -store on the Square. - Hundreds of meals will be serv- ed- to the visiting players at the arena during the tournament. Saturday's Games In order to run off the schedule, longest one to date, ten games had to be played on' Saturday, although the official opening of Young Can- ada Week will not ,be, held until Friday of this week.' These games were in the "D" and the "C" series. It was Grand Bend vs. ,Ailsa Craig in the opening game at 9 a.m. The boys from Ailsa Craig blanked the Grand Bend young - (Continued on page 6) , Merchaiits Vote Open nSah,rd�yNights ation might assume other duties besides the regulation of store hours. One suggestion was that the association hold four to six meetings per year. Other sug- gestions were that the association advertise the advantages of Gode- rich as a shopping, centre and,,take some part in tourist promotion. He said he understood that the federal government intends to spend $8,000 on Snug 'Harbor im- provements, and he noted that last year Mrs. George Filsinger had led a campaign for improved facilities for yachts visiting Goderich. Projects such as this might he undertake, by the new retailers' association,- in --future*. it Kas,:P' :_ gested. A secret,.hallot was held to deter- mine whether stores should remain open Friday or Saturday nights. The majority favored staying open Saturday nights 'til 10 p.m. from April to December inclusive. Stores operated by members of ' Goderich Retail Merchants' Associ- ation are to ' remain open every giturday night until 10 p:m: for the remainder of this year. The decision to remain"' open Saturday nights; instead of Friday nights, .was reached via a close_ 23-21 vote at the Town Hall last Thursday. Representatives of 45 local re- tail establishments cast ballots at the meeting. In addition to the 23 in favor of Saturday and 21 in `favor of Friday, one person voted -iaa favor of3,ting,oe_ both nights. William Wilson, president of the newly organized Goderich Retail Merchants' Association acted as chairman for the meeting. He asked if those present felt that the attendance Was large enough to justify the formation of the association. One merchant said that while there were some who were absent, the retailers who were present at the meeting look- ed Iike a' representative -cross section. • Another businessman said that the organization should carry on. There were as Manly present at this meeting as he had seen at any similar meeting in the past, he said. Many of those absent had said that they would abide by the decisign of the majority at the meeting, he added. It was reported that 102 letters were sent out before the meeting. T , enty.-thee of these were sent TO Orate tfpttato'rs;•-'buts- tTnik-two of them attende the meeting. Of 13 grocery s to which letters had bee sent, only four were represented at the meeting, it was estimated. It was pointed out by Mx. Wilson that the Retail Merchants' Associ- The pipe 'band was present on Monday evening to take part in the celebration in. Goderich to mark 'the Progressive Gonservatibe victory, The above picture was tdken during the festivities. Seen, from left to right, are: J. M. Donnelly; president of the Goderich Progressive Conserva- tive Association; Piper J. N. MacDonald; Elston Cardiff, the winning candidate; John Morrissey, warden of Huron County. S.S. Photo by R.H. wl. He ran a good, clean cam- paign acid he worked hard. I've nothing but praise for him." VictoryParade The ; cplpbrhtion. of J e Progres- sive Conservative ° victory started an Goderich. about 10 p.m. After gathering in the store on West Street recently vacated by Western Tire and Auto Supply, a parade was formed which marched around' the -Swam,- It was -headed - by _ a pipe band with Mr. Cardiff follow- ing in a light truck behind and -then .a motorcar a _iof _followers. - Just before the parade started Mr. Cardiff briefly._ .!addressed the gathering in Goderich. "I have no regrets," he saki. "I -waged -a -- clean. campaign. I want to thank all you people who worked for Me. -Witiioui`yo t, T could -not have won," he stated. In reply, to a question he said, "The C.C.F. party should never have been recognized in the first place." Collection of returns. for Huron ,. Coty _ Was, --.done. _- speedily. . .and..... efficiently under the direction of the Returning Officer, J. K. Hunter_ The' final totals for the riding will be announced on Monday when the votes of the armed forces are learned_ - The 209 seats obtained by the Progressive Conservatives across Canada' gave the party the most one-sided election victory in the 91 years sipce Confederation. The Liberals got 47 seats and the C.C. F. dropped to eight seats. k ill Open Extra Room, Perhaps Two, At School To keep pace with the .record enrolment at Goderich Public School, it is expected that one additional classroom—and pessib- ly two—will be opened in the old collegiate building next Septem- ber. The_ -board . has advertised for teachers. It held a special meet- ing on sfarc•h 27 to consider ap- plications and to review the salary schedule. The existing experience allow- ance' of $100 per year up to a maximum of $400 was changed .to. $200 per year up to a maximum of $800. The increased allowance, which applies only to experience gained while holding an acceptable cer-, tificate, will go into effect in Sep- tember. Fourteen• applications from teachers:. were considered at the March 27 meeting; since then, more have beer' received. At another board meeting on Saturday afternoon, six applicants were interviewed and it was de- cided to offer teaching contracts to three of them. A further meeting for the pur- pose of confirming 'these contracts was scheduled for late yesterday afternoon. o• BETA SfGic"i+f r y, -:, COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL Beta Sigma Phi met on Wednes- day of Last week at the home of Mrs. Leona Pennington. It was decided to .donate a Lyre to the Huron County Music Fes- tival as in former years. Some of the members volunteer- ed to take part in the Cancer Blitz on April 17. It was decided that the Sorority join the newly -formed National Film Board in town. Two of the members are to attend 'the lessons being given in learning to- run the projector. Plans were discussed re the an- nual spring dance. ORIDI R TOTJ-1E READERS OF THIS PAPER) Improving During the past week, ap- proximately -100 persons, who have been registered at ,the National Employment Office, Goderich, as seeking iploy- ment, have secured jobs. The jobs obtained have been in various lines of work: It is expected that with the arrival of Spring the number of un- employed in this area will con- tinualIy decrease. Statistics at the National Employment Office showed. _1,055 seeking employment up to last Thurs- <day,_ March 27. Of this num- ber„; --86.9 were men and: 186 were women. At the same time one year ago there was a total of 660 persons seeking employment — 543 men and 117 women Jaycees Plan Tourist Folder Special Easter Church Services Special services in . Goderich churches will mark the close on Good 'Friday of the Lenten season and also the observance of Easter Sunday. At St. George's Anglican'Church at 10.30 a.m. on Good Friday there will be a special service and short address. On Easter Sunday there will be Holy Communion at 8.36 and 9.30 a.m., and Choral Com- munion at- 11 a.m. with evensong at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m:, on Good Friday, Vic- toria . Street United Church will have a saci°ed 'drama service, "The Challenge of the Cross " The Easter Sunday service will be at:u" 11 a.m. Al. Benmiller United Church there will be a Sunrise • Service at 7.30 a.m., with the regu- lar service at 1.30 p.m. Service at Union will be at 3 p.m. At Knox Presbyterian Church a Good Friday service will be held at 11 a.m. 'The Easter Sunday service will be at 11 a.m. On Thursday at 8 p.m., the Or- dinance of -the Lord's Supper will be held at the Goderich Baptist Church. Easter Sunday services will be held at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m Easter Sunday services at Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle ,will 11 a.m. and 7'30 p.m. The 11 a.m. service at North Street United Church Sunday will be an Easter service. At 'St. Peter's . Roman Catholic Church there will be masses at 5 a.m., on both Thursday and Good Friday. There will be a midnight mass on Saturday and two masses on Easter Sunday morning. The Salvation Army will observe Easter Sunday with services at 11 a.m..., and- 7 pan. There will be an Easter Sunday service at 11 a.m., at the Free Methodist Church and one at 7 p.m. An ambitious program to' bring more tourists to Goderich is being .planned by Goderich Junior Cham- ber of Commerce. A folder, showing all available summer accommodation within a 10 mile' radius of Goderich, •is being prepared for tourist distribution. -Elsewhere in this issue there ap- pears an advertisement asking all operators of hotels, motels, cot- tages,, cabins -and guest homes to send a. -.list of their facilities and prices to the Jaycee tourist com- mittee in care of Ed. Stiles.. secretar}y. This information tnust he com- piled by April 30. Preparation of the folder is ,just one phase of the comprehensive tourist promotion program ,present- ed by Karry Aldham, committee chairman, at last night's meeting of Goderich Jaycees. JAYCETTE CLUB' -HEARS ABOUT COURTS OF LAW The Jaycette Club met at the -home of Mrs. Walter Rathburn with 11 members present. Mrs. Rod MacCuspey presided. The set-up of the courts of law and how they- are conducted was the topic of an interesting address given by James Donnelly, guest speaker of the evening. Mr. Don- nelly was introduced by Mrs. Will. Reinhart and thanked by , Mrs. Walter Rathburn. At the close of the meeting, the hostess and her committee served a very_ delicious lunch. Ocean Going Boat May Open Nlvigation Here Official opening of the naviga- tion season at Goderich Harbor 1 t:h year will fiepet d nu :cid ing of the exceptionally heavy ice field which is blocking the head of the St. Clair River. If it is I cleared within the next tew days, the first boat of the sensoTr -iota Goderich may be on the week -end. Waiting at Sarnia with a load from Imperial Oil is the Imperial Quebec. Just as soon as she cat get through the ice field at the head of the St. Clair River she will be on her way to Goderich t will be the first time for this boa e - o' a tanks _built .. at �ft+I � ,, �` t, Cogwbod as year, o come to ,, I , /, / Code ti h. (e.) Opening of navigation hore is already later than last year Since 40 , the first boat in- Impieriel London —arrived at Goderich on Match,„;,, a A HAPPv EAS? R "'' 0 ALC/ of fast year. Two years ago the first boat in was the same Imperial Lorido'wh lrarrived -en-April 6, Work has started on 'fitting' out some of the -boats Of he; winter storage fleet here. Soe of the crew have already arrived , but most of thein `will nut be along until the fniddle---or towards the ' end of the month. Commercial fishermen at the harbor report good catches of perch—averaging from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds in each ` lift. Soon the catching of perch will be•drop-, poi and attention ,turned to •white- - 1i h.- ,Ori a th ereh .cat stat`ta in Er e, a derarid ' for perch on United "States. tititke • drops since the Lel a is .perch are more plentiful and tire' fatter than the ones that . •t caught in Lake Huron, it it tt(4014,