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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-03-12, Page 2PAGE, Two Sae THE GODERI,H S1tNAL-STAR arthr riT , 41 4,1 Established 4848. In its 112th year*,r, of pub,)icatton nal-` : iCE spager •ci ti Dowtr Published by Signal -Star Publishing Limited .bscription rates — "$3,00 a year To L alvance) Authorized a$ 1'!;,; Utfif•e Department, Ottawa. 'tlen;be•r yuI C W N A., O.\\'.;:.\. , ;:.J A B C. Circulation ---over 3,000• GEU L. ELLIS, ' Editor and Putblisher. I'i`lf'Yall.11'. '�1:' ,R-Cli 12:h 19: 3 TORONTO'S' ANNIVERSARY The 125th tenniv.•r,ar•v of the, ,a Vrl)A.�1•at.��ii of the City, of Toronto Was observed int, March 6th. In the early- days of l'pl� r" t_'aiia�ia,, UvdFa rib and• the present City of Toronto were at hither ends of an old Indian trail which eon- taeeted Lake Huron with Lake- Uutariu. It seems only fitting at this time ,that Goderich sb tild give a "bottoms up" toast to the other end of the old Indian trail which has grown considerably More than the Duron' County seat in the intervening years. • in fact, metropolitan Toronto is today pushing the L500,000 population mark, Two factors have played a prominent part in Tur- onto's phenomenal growth of late: 1. A build +ing boom since the end of World 'War II ; 2- Many 'European imrnigrants have settled there'sin.ce war's end.' changing its character from that which wvas once predomivan-tly Eng - 'fish, Irish and Scottish. Many of these, new Canadians live in the downtown section in houses va,?at' d by --native born Canadians who have 'mov,,ei ti'ie au},u;r , • Earliest date' for white .,nen to visit the glee of Toronto' i- :vs.ji as the late 1600s when a French mi .Sion `S -a; e tablished thr,n a fur trad•inn'.po t :n. the 1720s and finally 'Fort Itnuille hu:lr. 1,y the Fr,11,.h govern- ment in 1749. But *iaite 'n.e it first �' T.';1 (a,i 1•.r::t h- . lore Toronto sin••,•('l: r.1-.:a:ti up at the mouth r 1%H, - Maitland:, ;;-'-Maitland R:v'r n 1615. .n his 0 45 Years Ago $2,500 in cash, plus pledges o2 The old lighthouse, a Goderich $300 more. landmark for over 80 years, was 1 he mayor received a letter from W. G. Coutts of Big Stone Gap, 1 being, remodelled. The residentia,,, Virginia. Mr. Coutts was still keep - part was, being pulled clown and' in, an eye on developments across the fewer was being built five the border with a view to possible feet h:wher to accommodate a re- opportunities fir the advancement vJlv'ing ilashLght. Tne work was of Goderich, his home town. being done as a result of the ter- 10 Years Ago r.b,e gale of, November, 1913, in The formal re -opening of St. which so n1.;n). sailors went °down Peter's Church, after extensive de- v.,th their ships. if was said at corating and renovating, was mark - Ian inquest that the lights at Gode- ed by the presence of the Alost r;ch harbor were insufficient. . Rev. Bishop Cody of London. Lt Victoria Street Methodist Church' was his first visit to Goderich: was preparing to inark its 3btli' The Tuckersmith Municipal ,anniversary. The edifice and par- Telephone System "cut in" the 126 sonage were erected in 1878 at a subscribers .in she vicinity of Bay - cost of $9,00A. The first minister I field to a switchboard' of their own. —and the than who was instru- t The occasion was marked with an mental in building the church— impressive ceremony in the new was Rev. 0. G. Colmore. Bayfield telephone office. The Signal's Carlow' correspond- Six tenders for garbage collec- ent reported the following items: tion were submitted to Town Coun- "Tom Wilson is' considering the cil but none was accepted. In - purchase of a new cutter, but stead, the council decided to, have thinks it is too near spring to buy garbage collected as a direct mun=' one just now.... Samuel Sleep- icipal undertaking. Plans were pard is making very frequent trips made to purchase a truck. to Dungannon and the result is Council's industrial committee being watched, with ,interest.. -• • recommended acceptance of Ser - William Watson is driving his new vice Electric's offer of $1,500 for driving horse with. which he is the building at the corner of Vic - taking in all the dances in the toria and Newgate streets. ' neighborhood." The vessels Imperial Kingston The old Goderich fire engine, and Imperial Simcoe were impri- soned in. the ice jam at the en- trance to Goderich harbor. More than 250,060 Canadians will receive free blood transfus- ions through the Canadian Red Cross in 1959. fh present City of Toronto Was not founded as a settlement, however, until 1791 when Lieut. General 'Jahn Graves Simcoe visit<d there, decided ;to call, it "York" and made it the capital of Lipper Ganada in pre ferenee' to Newark later called "Niagara"). - It was some 36 years later -'-in 1$27—that Gode- rich, was founded as a settlement by the Can- ada C-oaipany. Thus, Toronto had a ]lead start Gil Goderich in this -respect. - • In 18:34, York was incorporated as a .city and its name changed to Toronto. At this time its entire population was 9,000. By way of contrast, Goderich was incor= rtorated as a town in 1850. This means that 'const'ructed in 1873, was giv n a test at the corner of last slue. next year. 1960. will mark the 110th anniver- sary of Goderich's incorporation as a to'nn. ' In° the years that lie ahead, ,G-oderich will gr•-.Nv but it is unlikely that it will 'ever record the same fantastic growth as Toronto. In fact; we wouldn't want to see that. How often have on Tuesda�yy afternoon. Apparent1 it 'vas still' in satisfactory working condition. 25 Years Ago A big wolf was .patted by Morris tinington and B. ' Hoffman, who bad a fishing hut on the ice off you heard Torontonians .andvisitors to that Bluewater' Beach. There was spec• Letter To Editor _ __ THURSDAY, MARCH 12th, 1959 maintained or somewhat higher domestic . usage, suggests , produc- tion should be n•}oderatel + higher. ear. . •n lar.t. • ,, ha Y �, tyIG{.W"'^^1��� ;�. ,y::=aiilf�a•ph With dry whole. milk, a export. market is all-important. "The first company or country to develop a satisfactory instant dry whole Milk will have a tremendous ad- vantage' in export markets markets whioh to me will be more important than our home market fur this product." butter problem the same as a few years ago, which will not be solved until the economic factors are ad- -Praitttictfolrof •tiieeso -Should• • the highest in.several years, he said, with consumption at least maintained.' The export picture appears better but the current hi'h prices are not expected to hold for the year. Exports of evaporated milk may be higher than for some time and this, ebupred with an anticipated March 6, I959. Editor, Signal -Star. Dear Sir, Please, find enclosed my subscript*for $3.00' to your valuable paper, Although we have been away from Goderich a long time, we are still quite interested in knowing how the "Old Town" is pushing onward in new projects. Wishin•e you and staff all the best in 1959. Sincerely, 111r. and Mrs, Ben Gray • MILK LEVELLING -OFF TREND 15 FORECAST What lies ahead for Canada's dairy products? -Win production continue to outrace consumption? These questions were paramount in a1ks by D• G. Goodwillie) Dairy Products Division, Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture, to Western Canada, dairymen. , He felt, that "there is reason to believe" milk production will be slightly lower, because (1) There are fewer cows; and (2) No im- rovetnent in feed and producing conditions are foreseen. • Mr. Goodwillie predicted a level- ling off trend in the fluid milk market would. continue.He said, too, that competition is slight be- tween fluid, evaporated and dry skimmed milk, and that the use of all three, products in the home probably increases consumption of milk. ,Less Butter He looked for less butter this year. after 1958 saw production 34 million pounds higher than ever before, but he cautioned that "it `looks as though we may have a • t'tvay. "Toronto is,.getting so big now that Ashfield Fe�erat• iOn Declines To inwe-l1 be happy with just •a nice. normal;' south. Endoee etlIen��Rl Colhnrne Twnsh.ip-frmerwasrears ww-ith nonef surprsed one morning tofindMalign that bitter cold combined g os in the Bruce :t 'S .not enjoyable living there any longer.," p d th 1 that mushroom stuff, But, in the meantime 7 . deer feeding from a haystack at' Of es ern Grain Freight Subsidy � u r r � offer the rear of his . rn. 1t was su-,-• r� wv . l ,.t. rl t�, assn, Toronto that ww e c h f� �e ,. asI on e .. w•;ar-.ury of *its incorporation as a -city. It • is man around like a puppy, might * : ; fl ' r r c f th 1` Stn anti i- Bested that a awn; which was • following an Ashfield Township r14,stine(1 to lieenrne one of the' be from this ,same herd. :. ear]v In the ntury. - SOME ABUSE . PLAN • At this t:m of year, it.aS not' unusual to hear remarks passel about persons' wvho would :rather draw their unemployment ' insuranee mri benefits than work. The implicatirin • is that there- its • no particular difficult about doing , say's The Arnprior Chronicle. Says The Chronicle : `'The fact is, how- ever, that every person who is in receipt of benefit must' declare, every time he receives money from the Unemployment•Iprsurance Com- mission, that -he -is able, ready, and willing to A �v©�tk,, iareuver, ani one_ -.refusing ,an-o_ff_er, of tagitable employment is likely to he disqualified Pmt receipt of benefit, •"In, order, however, to test the sincerity qr insincerity) of a person's declaration that i - 41e, ready,, and willing to accept work, UU must' have a suitable job opening to - -t' 1 Mrs, 'E. C. Beacom and ?Hiss P. Grassick were the winners in the tournament held by Goderich Badminton Club on 'March 13. You could buy a new, 1934 Chev- rolet for $710 (plus freight from' Oshawa), according to an advertise- ment which appeared in The Code - rich Star over the signature of George G.' MacEwan, local dealer. Mrs. C. H. Humber was elected president of the Mission Circle of Goderich Baptist Church. 15 Years Ago' • A community hall and skating rink, with ,artificial ice, was the project advanced by Councillor E. D. Brown at a Town Council meet- ing. He suggested the project as a memorial to -the war dead. About 100 citizens attended a dinner gathering, held at a Iocal hotel, in honor of Frank Gillespie, who . was being transferred to Sarnia after more than four `years as manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Goderich. For efficient service, Company Sergeant-Major Junes W. Shear - down, Perth Regiment ('Motor), was awarded tfie Canadian Effic- iency Medal and clasp by the De- partntent 'of National Defence. The son of Mr., and Mrs. ,Wren Shear - down, of Goderich, he was now serving - -.in Italy. -- The first ight days of the local Red Cross drive brought in nearly • 1 wvhi •h that person can }tie referred. Here is an area in which employers might well work more closely with the Commission. "The' Commission's National- mpl i e-nt Service is designed specifically to .find the right worker for the .employer's job and the right job -for the unemployed worker. Matching -the worker to the job is a highly skilled occupation .,,and the `NESS has the staff to be of great as- sisthnce to employers in this regard. • "Incidental in providing this, service to workers and employers, the Commission would be placed in.:.a . much_ better position to check on the availability . for employment of claim- ants. Canada's , unemploymen;t . i.nsn n"e plan was created tohelp the unemployed through periods of genuine unemployment: 'We are all losers when those who are unscrupulous abuse' the plan." , ,„, NORTH AMERICAN PEFTTi SE BIRD FEEDING 5TAT%oti The Ashfield Township Feder- ation of Agriculture at its meet -1 ing last Thursday in the Township Hall . decided not to endorse a peti- tion for' the removal of the $5.00 per ton freight subsidy paid on Western feed grain by the Domin- ion government. After considerable discussion, it was decided that most farmers in Ashfield bought a considerable amount of Western feed grain and that • the $5 per ton freight sub- sidy paid on it by the Dominion government was a benefit. Mr. Carl Hemingway said that this was originally a war time measure that had served its purpose, that ali of the $5.00 may not be 'passed on to the farmer; also that it was of much -benefit to the feed dealer and the vertically integrated con- tract feeder or commercial ,oper- ator than to the mixed farmer who grew most of his own feed. • Mr. Hemingway also reported on the,;:finances of the county Feder- anon ' and _stated, that `they - were falling back at the rate. of about $1,000.00 per year. As the Town- ship P.A. bank tmlance had been reduced 'this -year from Over $350.00 to less' than $150.00, due partly to the policy of spaying ,$2 to each 441 club member in the township on completing one project (to -the -amount of $64), it was -decided to ask that the Federation levy he raised from 2/4: mill to 14 mill, as is being done in most townships. This, it was ,thought, would balance the budget at an average cost of, about 75c per tax payer. The circulation of ,_.the Feder- ation newspaper, t'The 1 -lural CO.- Operator” Co-Operator" also entered this argu- ment. It was felt by some that the mailing list for this area is changed little in ten years al- though a revised list was sent in last year. ' The Huron Beef Producers bus trip tb ,Iowa on :March 16-17-18, was outlined by the county Field - man and at least one director made application. fora seat on the bus. The Women's Institute petition .to have daylight saving time abol- ished was thought by ntost direct- ors.to have little chance of gaining adoption but it was thought that the Province should regulate and standardize the dates of begining and ending .of 'daylight ,time. • The poultry producers in the township will be .called to a local organization meeting in the near • future. An essay contest- for rural seven and eight grade pupils, sponsored by the O.F.A. ,'woman s committee and to be written. on "Belonging to a Co -Operative," was endorsed and three prizes 0f $5, $3 and $2 'are offered for the best three essays.' They will be passed on to ' oompete, at county and provincial levels. All essay papers are to 'be in the hands' of township secretary by .Match 27.tb to;be judged and pass- ed on to the county office by April , 1st. OF LAMP SHADES • All sizes -to suit your every need. I'Jjatc APPLIANCES 2fica,fOR1 ALDAIREER IV C� „GODERICH,vwflwSQUARE •• intw.c 586 YOUR MONEY WILL EARN invested for 5 years in a British Mortgage & Trust Certificate. ° -To invest-- just -send in .your' cheque British Mortgage does .the rest. British Morta4ge & trust Founded In 1877 Head Office. — STRATFORD For full information send in this coupon tisiLrams emir ono aim maw aim- t M To 'British Mortgage & Trust Company, Stratford. Ontario. 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For example, with a Mileage Maker Six engine you get up' to 24 miles per gallon of regular gas. Ford gives you a choicel of 18 models. In 5 series, that start with the low-priced Custom 800 and Include the Fairlanei Fairiane 600, GR1a ti® anti Station Wagons. Six or V-8 available in all modeli. riaphIsth arra aMrPsfroo tr 24 shone 83 - GODERlcH MOTORS fOIL A BETTER BUT IN A USED CAR• OR ToIICK, BE SIIftE TO SEE OUR South' ttreet