The Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-08-28, Page 24
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GEO., L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher.
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(EARS
When they;,,, Canadian Weekly Newspapers and women on the staffs of daily newspapers,
Association meets next week in Toronto for in radio and TV work and in the .advertising
world, and for that matter, in all walks of
its 39th annual convention, delegates will have
in mind that association of Weekly editors and life, who can take more than a passing interest
r y in the -'CWNA annual get-together, for many
publishers as a group is almost 100 years old. of them got their start on the'h iinetowh week -
Next September, 1959, will see the 100th birth- ly. Because of this they are strong boosters;
day of .the founding of the Canadian Press conscious of the importance of the weekly in
Association which included weeklies as well 'as many small communities.
daily. newspapers. To `these people and, We trust, to our. sub-
• There are in Canada today, more than a scribers, many of the problems to pbe dismissed
dozen weekly newspapers that were 'charter • ,next week will have real meaning, 'problems
members of the Canadian Press Association such as the rising costs' of materials and equip -
when it was formed in 1859. A number of ment and the shortage •of experienced' workers
years ago the dailies and weeklies separated and our constant fight to keep advertising and
to form their own associations, and thus the subscription rates„from rising. To this can
CWNA and the Canadian Daily Newspapers be added, of course, the rapid growth in Can -
Association were born. Both groups of course, ada .of communities which, often means that
still retain membership in, the"century-old Cana- weeklies must expand their plants • and buy
dian Press Association., new equipment.
To put it another way, Canadian weeklies These are some of the problems that will;
have stood together as a fraternity since long confront delegates next week and in attempt -
before Confederation, enlarging their member- ing to find solutions delegates will be giving
ship as the various provinces came into being. real service to the industry, not only to CWNA
Today the CWNA has 517 members from- coast members but non-members alike. From can-
to coast representing every'provinee and vir- ventiou deliberations .will come -much that
tually' every- community. • • will benefit the subscriber and -the public.'
Like all conventions the OWNA get -to-
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come fartaway INewfoundland and front:- i 4; gether will have it social -Side when delegates
Van ouverIsland. nd. TheS ss 11 meet to diseuss willggreet old
ends and make new ones But
eoninion problems in publishing Canada's well ' over and through these pleasures 'will -run -the
read weeklies. As always* too, many wives serious 'thread of- discussion .in the interests
and children will be present for they. are part of members and the 'puiblic.,•
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of the- CWNA family. Indeed many of them. And lest we be thought ungrateful, may
as our readers .know, are active workers on Nye say as we have before, that the faithful
-the family newspaper. • subscriber is still the keystone of a news-.
It can be truly ,said that there are men paper's being.,
GUELPH HONORS GALT OF HURON
A standard ' b'iographicaL -- work accords • tanguishene,• thence 'by boat to, Goderich, ss -here'
generous space to the life of John Galt, he rejoined Dr'. William Dunlop.
"novelist;" and .Lists his , books on Scottish • John Galt died at Greenock, Scotland, in
life• about 150 years ago. These are in Gode- 1839, ,leaving three' sons: John, 'Thomas, and
rich public , library, though not, it is said, in Alexander,- all prominent.. in the ,early years
keen,_ demand of late. -It was not, however, of the young Dominion. Sir AIexander Til -
on aecaunt of 'his 'literary ,eminence , that a loch Galt (Tilloch for his .mother) was first
„plaque in /.honor of ,John Galt was unveiled Finance Minister of Canada and later,' first
the other day ' in Royal City Park; Guelph. High Commissioner to London. John and his
From reports. of the speeches, • It seems that, family resided at Ridgewood Park, later known
,belated, recognition w'as there given to Galt•'s as the Attrill place. John of the next .gener-
"wise decision" in choosing •the location of ation was postmaster of 'Goderich from 1898 to
-Guelph:-Wherl Galt in 187 a ceremony 0 — 19'18 Two of his daughters; Mrs. Gc F. Clin-
2 made f gan and itI'rs. (Dr.) Ivan Wilson,' are residents
felling the first tree on that site,' it was merely- of Goderich. Their youngest sister, Mrs. D.
a pause in the greater project of pushing A: Mitchell," lives in :Guelph, and it was her
through to Goderich. He. wrote that he :` cans- daughter,- Helen Galt Mitchell, who uuveij_ed
ed a road to be opened. through the forest of the plaqu e:1U Memory of her,gre'at-great grand -
the Huron 'Tract nearly 100 miles in length." fathbr. •
He was a promoter and later suj)erintendent " , A ,message of "warmest greetin.gs" came.
of the Canada ('ol'ripany, to which the British. from the royal 'burgh of I.rvilie;Ayrshire, where
Governrnent.sold one million aures of territory John Galt was .born in 1779, as the Guelph
"lately purchased from the Indians" and in- • ceremony sponsored by the Historic Sites Ad-'
eluding nine townships• of what is now Moron visory Boiled rolled back the years to St.
County .Galt first sully the western end of the Ueorge's Day, 1827, and honored a eo-fonuder
Huron road by taking the land route to •Dene- of ITuron County. '
THE POLiCE *-SITUATION. •
The. GocIeriyh.-Police ('ornlnissiim is to be ginning of.•this year. 'We have every assur-
colnmended for 'taking the bull by the horns" anee that the Commission will deal with the
and asking for the resignation of'Polic,e Chief matter in a manner that Will take •into eoiisid-
Hall on -'the basis of information. 'presented to oration the welfare of this town and its citizens.
the, Commission .last Friday,,We are confident Oil •October 4, 1957, the Goderich Town
that the move meets with thapproval of more ('oiincil, with the exception of the then Mayor
than ,;90 per eent - of 'ei izetis acquainted , with John Graham; went on reeord as passing a
the situation, vote .of confidenee in the Goderieh Police Force.
Since this editorial, was written Monday Maybe it was justifiable at the time, but many
evening for 'the editorial page which goes to' people found the vote difficult to comprehend.
press every week on Wednesday morning, it ()ne of the council even went go far as to say
is not known at time of 'writing what 'will take'it was ",The best police protection thatGode-
__pl:ace at the, Police Commission meeting Wed- w ,rie'h . has enjoyed' in quite ,some time." It
nesday afternoon. If that meeting is con- could ,be that, even those -'who supported the
chided in time 'Wednesday afternoon the re- vote of confidence didn't genuinely believe in
sults, should be on our front page which is it but that the purpose of it was for a certain
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normally all sc,t ul� and ready to„rr �> by 5 p.m., other angle entirely. , v
Wednesday, with the press run being., made There is' • a- very considerable .amounts • of
Thursday. morning. 'interest •being taken by the public in the pre -
The Police Chief has until 3 p.m., Wednes- sent /police situation.' There are many who
day to hand' in 'his resignation, as requested feel—and Who have said so—that what the
by the Comiilias'ion. If this ia'not done, then Police' Commission is now doing should have
the Commission will undoubtedly lay ' formal been done several, years ago by those who were
charges against him under the Police Act. The in, a position, to do it. It wou)d have saved
.hearingi '
of .slices •ehalsges 't.�alit?s �p1a�P._• a few,: nran��cz lieada�che in tine interim. •
days ater. The Policy, Chief is entitled to It )is unfortunate that Goderich has re -
have eotinsel support his ease as, indeed, iS e.eived such widespread, unfavorable Publicity
the Commission' also.. over its police situation but, it would appear
It ,will .be the first real -test for the Police that the time is at . hand w'h'en•'"proper steps
Commission 'since it -assumed offflce at the be- are„ being, token to clean *things up. • -
DON'T KILL YOUR HOLIDAY -- AY ACCIDENTS
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t nt'ario's pleasure loving citizens are an- yourself plenty of time to get where you are
ticipating the last long week -end of our sum- going and to return to •your home without
mer season. Labor Day week -end always undue hurry. Don't he,, so rushed„ that you
builds up to carry the greatest, concentration liaw to thke'ehances'on the road., • •
of traffic 'on the highways of the' Province. Don't • drive excessively .fast after dark.
School 'opening immediately after the long Excessive speeding at night is like driving
week -end prompts many families to make this with a bucket over your head. Don't be a
week -end a last happy fling with all the family "bucket head" night driver'.
together. Let's keep our families together by Make sure you always take along your
Safe driving attiiudees on all roads all of the sense of responsibility . . . your responsibility
time. Motorists are warned that a, moments r to. drive with ,care and eonsideration. Your
inattention can be your' last moment on earth. responsibility to SLOW DOWN AND LIVE
Plan yoiur trip with safety in mind. Give .. ., and to let others 'live •too.
n o, cul lC4 I>4U1A 1M if are 4. 1nxplt i elle? inN5�:"5;"1T3 0 ave
1. H'o'c'' mb y lti8 Xal p s the estimated first-year men and children. 3. 1,800 per-
sona, 1. There are 29 parks; Banff,
there. its hada7'cost-of the fetierah'provinciallios- founded 18$5,•. -was first. 4. Cost
24W1nit iso art1on Of 4anadai s pita! insurance plan? was originally estimated at $365
knOWn hydo-electric resources 5.0f the 2282,000 ,immigrants who million; more recent estimate is
,&ittn now in u$e? „ entered Canada in 191'1', how million, 2. -Less than r one-
-; H°hw-many died -in the Halifax. • «manly were women and children? quarter.
45 Yoars ASc►
The Kensington p'►ii5niture 4om
pany factory, opposite the .-Grand
Trunk Railway dydds was destroy
ed in a $100,000 tete which was,
first discovered at about 2r 'a.m
Friday. There was about 875;000
insurance on the loss. The fie -
tory,
e•tory, which employed'60 me''1, wa
owned by F. G. Rumball, of Lo
don, and J. A. Runahall, of Dodo -
rich. It was • reported' that, the
factory might be rebuilt at once
"if, Suitable arrangements could be
made."
;In a letter to Goderich Town
Council, J. Grigg, of, Exeter, com-
plained that during the breaking
up of roads in the spring, it took
him three hours "with a ,fair horse
and no stops" to travel from Gode
rich to Sheptiardton. To speed up
travel, he suggested that autos be
fitted with' special wheels so, they
could use the rails laid down by
the Ontario West Shore Railway
Company.
A young Goderich man, •Tom
Tufford, rescued P. L. Jennings, of
Toronto, who was clinging' to an
overturned rowboat at the tiiouth
of the Maitland River. Another
Toronto man,'Ernest Mason, drown-
ed before Tufford could reach him.
Ati well-known Goderich business-
man' spent 48 hours in an entirely
unexpected fashion. He drove' to
the harbor to'meet the steamer'
City of Detroit and went aboard
to do some business, leaving a
young lady :companion seated in
the automobile. Before he finish-
ed his business, the boat'' moved
off and he had to stay on board
and make the trip across the lake
td Mackinac. It; was two days be-
fore he got home to look up his
car and the young lady. The man's
first name was John but his sur-
name wasn't published. • •
25 Years Ago
At Toronto Exhibition, compet
ing against 1IW best Class "B"
aniate
riders of Canada ada andthe
: ur
-United- States; -Bill---Lumby; -jr: --of'
Goderich, rode his motorcycle to a
sensational victory in the five -mile
event.
Rev. Donald McLeod, a native'
of Ripley, announced that he was
establishing the Huron. Commerc-
ial Academy at the corner'. of Wel-
lington and Picton streets in Gbde-.
rich. Before her marriage; Mrs.
McLeod, a native of Clinton, taught
commercial subjects in Ontario
high schools.
Presentations were made to"G. B.
Davies, who was moving to Owen
Sound' `after seven years as organ-
ist of St, George's Church in Gode-
rich, .
The children, of the County
Shelter spent a day at Sunset Beach
-as guests of Mr. and Mks. J. B.
Reynolds at their cottage. Every-
one had "a whale of a time."
The Stratford ,CNR Band played
a concert in Court House Park
Sunday evening.
15 Years 'Ago
The Goderich Lions Club netted
about _$2, 90 from. the .carniival-stag-
ed in the West street rink oz
Wednesday and Friday nights.
John Elliott, 88, returned to his
home in London after several busy r.
days during which.He met scores
of old frie dS in, Goderich and
vicinity. " H delivered an address
at the annual memorial service
at Colborne cemetery. For part of
his" stay in town he was -entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. _Robertson,
at whose house he met two old
friends, Mr. 'and Mrs. John Robert-
son.'
Mayor E. D. Brown described
the •housing situation' in. Goderich
as "acute." A committee was set
up to make a survey of the town
in an effort to learn if available
living space was being utilized,
with a View to taking steps to in-
duce citizens 'to rent little -used
parts of their homes.
It was reported that the old
Hibou, raised sprite time ago from
the lake bottom near Owen Sound,
was being equipped at Montreal
as- a refrigeration boat and would
enter the fruit .trade 'on the At-'
Ia'ntic coast.
Nursing Sisters Margaret Mit-
and a la•''Dalton arrived di.
- their hoi?es• ip Colborne ", owns p
and Kingsbridge, respectively, after
- a five-week journey from - South.
Africa, where they spent over a'
year in the nursing service of the
British Government. Nursing
sister Ida White, of Goderich, re-
s. mained ,in South Africa.
Lon
10 Ylars Ago
Town, Council again refused to
approve .Goderich Public School
Board's request for permission to
spend an additional sum of $60,000
.ou a new School for which $325,000
had already been voted. Council
suggested the board, obtain the con-
sent of the .,ratepayers.
Due to shortages of materials,
the proposed, artificial ice arena
;, would not be built in Goderich this
year, it was announced by D. D.
Mooney, chairman of the • arena
committee.
Determined to beat the heat, gn
82 -year-old man went swimming
the harbor beach. lie made his
way out to one of the floating rafts
and climbed, aboard. Unfortunate-
ly, his upper plate was loosened by
a slap on the cheek from a high
wave. The false teeth sank to the
bottom of the lake and efforts to
recover the dentures were un-
successful. -
A quilt made by Kintail. Wo-
men's Institute won first prize of
$100 at the Canadian National Ex-
hibition at Toronto. The special
competition drew 17 entries from
all parts of Canada.
Nearly%0 applications had been
received at the Goderich" office of
the National Employment Service
from young men wishing to go on
the Western Harvesters' excursion.
They were due to leave in about a
week.
- PORT- ALBERT
PQRT_.A;LIIDRT, Aug: 25. -Last.
Sunday concluded morning services
-at ;Christ's Anglican Church. Mrs.
W, Nevins; _'soloist iii St. George's
Church, London, sang 'We. Must
Pause for a Moment of Prayer.”
There will be • no services next
Sunday. ' Services will be held at
the regular time, 3.30 p.m., starting
September 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Foster, of
-Kitchener, .visited relatives and
friends in the :community on Fri-
day.
Mr. acid Mrs. A. M... Dunlop, of
Kincardine, spent Saturday with
Mr. and M.S. Walter Tigert.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Martin and
Mrs. Page, of London, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. David Martin last
week -end.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Vrooman are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Don
Johnson, Mr. Johnson and family,
in Brantford. '
Mr. and Mrs: Arthur Tigert, Aud-
rey. and Don, . of St. Catharines,
Visited relatives here on Sunday.
KINGSBRIDGE
ST. A.UGUSTINE, Aug. '25. —
Congratulations to, Miss Betty Dev-
ereaux for successfully passing her,
fifth year examinations in the
Wingham High School.. .,
Miss Rita 'Kennedy, Seaforth, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Kinahan.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brophy and
Pfamily, of -Nova Scotia, are visiting
Ambrose and Mary Ida Brophy this
week.
'Miss Anne King, Lucknow, visit-
ed her sister, Mrs. M. Redmond,
last week.
Mrs. 'Louis Hogan and family
visited the Theodore Redmond
family on a Sunday recently.
Misses 'Bernedette and Kathleen
Leddy spent a_ few days with their
aunt, Mrs, P. Murray, ,Kingsbridge,
last week. '
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Redmond visit-
ed ' friends in Seaforth lecentiy.
• Miss Joan Devereaux spent a few
days in Kitchener last week..
Miss
eek.-
Miss Cecilia -Knob, who has spent
this last month with Mr, and Mrs:
Raymond Boyle, has returned to
her home in .Saskatchewan.
ASHFIELD
ASI1ktra LD, Aug. 25.—Mr. Willis
MacMurchy, of Montreal, with his
daughters visited his mother; Mrs.
David MacMurchy last week.
Miss M. Robertson, of Ottawa,
was a guest last week with her
cousin, Mrs. K. Farrish.
Mr. and Mrs. George Cammidge,
of 'Elmwood, visited, at the home
of Earl Howes on Sunday. -
1VlisseS Mina and Charlotte Mac-
Kenzie have returned to Toronto:
Mr.. Kenneth a elide
`t
irrlib r dile w e
„Allan Cowan, of Sarnia, is
ing his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cowan.
-Mrs. Schillross and children, of
Owen Sound, spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Hector MacLeaf.
Letters To. Tbe Editor
Editor, SIgnal-Star.
Dearor
t .
, ,:448fg riOeri .•to, , e;
Signal -Star, ways 'very int ested--
and disappointed--rto read of what
appears to be a most unhappy de-
velopment in the Bluewater Beach
area. I refer, of coarse, to what
appears to have been efforts to
block off a public right-of-way to
the lake to the- public.
As a summer resident of Gode-
rich' Township, and one who de-
pends upon a public . right-of-way
for access to beautiful Lake Huron
and its sandy beaches, I was most
upset to think that residents of
Goderich and vicinity would even
think of such apparent highhand-
ed action, let alone try .to carry
it out.
In the course of a very quick
visit to Goderich recently, I took
the liberty of inspecting the par-
ticular right-of-way, At the mo-
ment, its final approach . to the
lake is virtually inaccessible, and
I would be quite prepared to ac-
cept any necessary increase in tax
if Goderich Township would pro-
ceed to make it passable --steps,
.perhaps. Thus is littletie enough, �b,
1
the lake and beach to those not
fortunate to possess cottages or
lakefront property. '
If; in the improvement of this
right-of-way, undesirable, bother-
some .or illegal ' activities result'—
which, perhaps, were what the Dlue-
Water Beach people Were 'trying to
discourage—then the proper cqurse
is to call the police.
Goderich and its •vicinity Are too
nice, to ,be spelled or even ;blemish-
ed by such reported obstruction-
ism, and 1 am sure we've seen—
and heard—the last of it.
Yours sincerely,*
T. R. Lee.
R.R. 2, Gederich.
Editor, Signal -Star.
Dear Editor,-- -
Enclosed • find money order for
renewal to the" Signal -Star. I look
forward to getting it every week.
It is better than a letter for it has
more • news.
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You can convert
your
VICTORY BONDS
quickly andprofitably
at yournearest branch,
of the
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THURSDAY. A1J ►"T 28th., 191 8
During the last few monttis -i
have seen several comments • on
the. Test history of Alex 'ndrdra
e
Marinand Gene al"`Hdslsil>a „
the new wing which looks very up.
to-da��,^.'��.t�er�;p—.-. - J�
•-.4'yI.`..Y-:"'-iest sE askiiist -rW s 1ght .1' •..
interested to know 1 was .the first
one toride in the new horse-drawn
ambulance in December, 1912.
brother took, his team and got it
in Goderich as they hadn't 'any
permanent driver.
The most outstanding part of
my trip was piing dpwnSouth
street 'and seeing the old town
clock. It was 25 minutes to one.
Its memory is dear to a hit of us.
' Sincerely,
Lloyd Walters.
Ogema, Sask.,
Aug. 7, 1958.
LEAVES $218,826
G. Roy Sproat, former Seaforth
resident who died spine time ago,
left an estate. valued at $218,826.
Prior to his retirement in 1936 he
was associated with the legal firm
of Millar and }Winer`. In this
capacity, he was an executor of the
famous Charles Millar "stork
derby" will.
one simple,
convenient transaction
•O.
mum •Ili .r
immediate cash -
adjustment
no new payment
required
b�gher investment.
-- return
'MY DAM
Goderich Branch: BRUCE ARMS'T'RONG, Manager
W.ORKINO WITH CANADIANS :IN' EVERY" WALK, OP 1.108 SINCI 1817
TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION MEANS
EASE AND COMFORT TOMORROW
UNION AS COMPANY'
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These construction sign' —
will be "'erected ih Gode-
rich by Russell Construc-
tion Ltd., Burlington, On-
tario.
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Watch for your
SIGNS OP PROGRESS
PICTON ST,
ELGIN AVE.
WELLESLEY ST.
ESSEX ST.
WATERLOO ST.
•
If yon live or work on any of these streets,
you'll see these bright red,• yellow and blue
signs going up in the near future. They'll
mean„tliat work has started on the Natural Gas..
distribution lines for the homes and businesses
on .these streets':'
'I`hey'll also mean yott can expect a knock on
your dome from a courteous 'Onion Gas rep-
reseiilntive who will identify himself,
• HAMILTON ST.
NEWGATE S'T.
EAST ST.
HURON ROAD
MAPLE ST. °
,This work will be completed as quietly -and
efficiently as possieble, and disturbed' areas will
he restored to their normal condition with the
least possible delay. Union Gas Company, is
happy' to bring the many eonveniences of
natural gas to the, homes and businesses on
.these streets.
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