The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-03-19, Page 1'4
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p.. Hugn Adams eagan,
R.C.M.P., aged go, a native of
Colborne Township and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Feagan,
of Goderich,lias been honored
for saving the life of a man
just east of Kamloops, British
-Columbia. Cpl. peagan• was
ethicated in Colborne Town-
ship and at Goderich Colleg-
iate and has been with the
RaC.M.P. since 1950.
The doctor who attended the
injured man and also the Of-
OeT-'t01/1111 ilTICtlil g "e isan,- '
loops Division of 'the R.C.M.P.,
were responsible for recom- •
mending that Cpl. Feagan be
, given recognition for Saving
the life of a service station
manager, near Kamloops, B.C.
Prompt attendance and applic-
ation a artifscial respiration
were credited with saving the
man's life.
Supt. R. W. Wonnacott of
the Kamloops Sulbdivision of
the R.C.M.P., officially present- a
li
:Jo
CPUFeagairwithl tJT
ate'from The Ylost Venerable
Order of the Hospital of St,
John of Jerusalem), Priory of
Canada.
Following is an aaceunt of
the incident for Which Cpl.
Feagan was honored: •
While ,patrolling in the
Police Van at Kam.10,eps, B.C.,
Cpl. Feagan received a call
Via radio that a man had been
found lying on the floor in
the Home Service Station, just
e oberit
et of 'Kano Odios. enmme
ately patrolled to the scene
where he was met by an ex-
cited citizen. This citizen hur-
riedly explained that he had
walked into the service station
to ask the attendant for some
gasoline and found a man ly-
ing on his back on the floor
in the office, apparently dead.
Cpl. Feagan said he could
See blue smoke inside, the
doors of the station all 'closed
and could hear a motor runs,
'-'4"—lrun • 601. OVA -1111Mearai4:
ly radined the office
to send an ambulance with
oxygen.
Feagan then entered the
Service station., thrownig the
doors wide open, and instruct-
ed the aforementioned citizen
to open more doors and shut •
off the moter of the track
which was -running, Then, Cpl.
Feagan hauled the asphyxiated
man frombehind the counter
and commenced artificial res -
palm
1,416rdo
until ,the ambi
rivireedtiLncto:iftoerr;we
ci
abaegti'.
Finally, the victim wata..re»
yived,jUSt abant 'the same PM
• as the doctor and coroner nts
rived. He was sent to hos-
pital for several days.
By strange coincidence, Ont.
saFeagan had attended welaas
artificial respiration Only a few
nights prior taihe night on
which the aforementioned in-
eident occurred.
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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959
Public School Figures
School Rate Up 6
ills Is Forecast
CPL. KAGAN RECEIVING CERTIFICATE
Mad March Wind Platys
Havoc in Big Storm
The Goderich area was, forturo 0
ately, at the tail end of a mad ,
March. wind which on Sunday night
howled through a widespread area
of Western Ontario. It was only 1
about 55 m.p.h. around here in
contrast to,98 m.p.h.. in some ~areas. I
Biggest inconvenience, was the
hydro failure between 3.07 p:m.,
and 6.30 p.m., on Sunday. It was
caused by a break on 'the main
line just west of Seaforth. Some
Sunday evening meals were late
or elw cold ones .aerved. People
kept snapping on electric switches
forgetful that the power was off.
---FaTorite-TV---programs-were-miss•-•
ed. In fact, the taken -for -granted
electric power in genera was miss-
ed. At Alexandra Hospital, •the
emergency poweramit was put into
use for the first time since it was
installed.
A few TV aerials were blown
down and a few blown -down tree
branches' were to be seen here
and there. No C.P.R. train was
in on IVfonday. No damage was
done at the harbor since the wind
---ttardirr-biteirlire—guittrie
held the boats.
But it was a blinding snow storm
elsewhere and police warning's
were sent out Sunday evening eon-
stantly for motorists to keep off
the roads. Numerous, Goderieh
people headin"g home' couldn't
make it and were obliged to stay
overnight at Stratford, Dublin or
other plates. Barricades were put
up on highways and motorists were
advised not to proceed beyond
them.
There were numerous car ,ac-
cidents but none 'between Clinton
and aoderich. On No. 27 in Ash-
field Township, there was a two
carcrash at about 3 p.m. On No.
8 highway 'between Seaforth ahd
Clinton there were two accidents
•'` late Sunday afternoon each of
, ,whigh,'involved three cars. At
40
BRIGADIER ROSS, WINNER
Easter Ahead!
.,,Despite the, fact that it's
rather wiatry looking yet,
Easter is just around the
corner. Baster Sunday is
'March 29th. This means the.
• .famiIywjUbe4aaking arnund
for special purchases in con-
nection with this holiday.
You'll find. some attractive
special buys offered for the
Easter season ,in display ad-
vertisements of this week's ,
Sigaal-Star tkihm oki-gr- -
right now and see just 1,vhat
yau've been wanting. Make
it a habit every week and
you'll save dollars over a
period of time. „ •
about 7 pm., at Brucefield there
was another three car crash. Three
miles west of 'Seaforth on No. 8
highWay there was a tail -end pile-
pasafarnize-aaras--ab,out•--7-4,ma--Suaa--
day..
Provincial Police found it almost
impossible to get to the scene of
accidents. Provincial Constable.
Don Hobbs, weighing 250 pounds,
was coated with' ice and blown
down the highways as he sought
to investigate 'accidents on No. B
and No. 4' highways Sunday night.
,
DIES IN HOSPITAL.
Severely injured -in a fall at the
harbor on March 10, Geoffrey
Pea•chey, 47, of Goderich, died in
Alexandra Ikgpital , Wednesday*
about 1 p.m. The body is resting
at Lodge funeral home. Funeral
service will be held at Knox Pres-
byterian Ch.urch on Saturday at
2 p.m. Full details. will be Publish-
ed next week.
Goderich Public School Board
is asking for a $110,000 share of
town tax money this year, com-
pared to $76,535 received last year.
The additional amount which
must be raised this year is equal
to about six millon the tax rate.
Teachers' salaries, which totalled
$98,213 last year, are expected to
total about $122,000 this year.
Aside from salary increases to the
present staff,, it is expected that
two more teachers will be hired
this year.
Estimated capital expenses of
$20,000 include the cost of pur- p
chasing the site•for a new school, • • •
were $16,378.
etc. Capital expenses last year Municipal Board
On Monday tile board accepted,
fg teachers: MisneWilkin-•
with regret, the resignations nf.the
ollowin
Approval
Wilkin-
son, Mrs. Alice Andrews, Mrs. Mary
Hearn and Mrs. Georgia Schaefer.
The secretary presented a num-
ber of applications from, teachers.
applying for positions on the staff.
The matter of hiring new teachers
was left with the School Manage-
ment Committee With power to a•ct:
Graduate Nurses Go All -Out Irish
Foy St. Patrick's Tea And Hat Show
A capacity crowd of Easter fash-
ion-consuous Godericn and district
women attended the St. Patrick's
tea hat show arid bake sale spon-
sored by the Goderich. •traduate
Nurses Association in the Green
Room of the Legion Hall, Wednes-
day afternoon of last week.
Guests were received jointly by
the convener and president of the
Goderich Graduate Nurses' Associ-
ation, Mrs. John Stringer and Mrs.
D. Easter. Mrs.,Bert Baechler, was
co -convener ' arid_ Mrs. Reuben
Brewer was i -convener of the
tea
room, which was most appropriate-
ly-dnen'rat'ed-wittriristrMotifr-Pots-
of shainrocks on each tea table
and flowers by Denomme on the
stage. - "
„miss R. McGuire and Miss M.
Glen poured tea and each -waitress
carried out the Irish decor with
gre,en aprons and ties. They were
Mrs, Bert Baechler, Mrs. K. Daw-
son, Mrs. Wm. Dean, Miss Ruth
Hope, Mrs. II. Hibbert, Xissporis
flawthorn:e, MTS. J. Earnshaw, Mrs.
W.-Lumby, Mrs. G....,..MacEwan,
Mrs. Don McKay, Miss Lena Rubin-
son, K. Scott, Mrs. M. Henry
and Mrs. Earl Itaiwson.
The hat. showings were convened
and aptly commented' on by Mrs.
J. Bisset with Mrs. H. 0. Jerry as
co -convener. The members who
modelled ,the lovely spring hats
provided by Miss Ma,cVicae, were
Miss Rosemarie Chisholm, Mes-
Photo Of Lily In Goderich • Garden
Is Winner In rovmcial Contest
Guest speaker at the meeting*
of the Goderich Horticultural So-
ddy in MacKay Hall on Friday
evening,' was Mr. Jack Arming,
supervisor of the Ivey estate gard-
ens in London. He was introdueed
by the chairman, Brigadier G. M.
Ross, as "a Devonshire gardener
of the ,old school."
Mr. Anning talked about' pre-
parations for "making 1959'? our
best gardening year," interspersed
with commentaries., in poetry form,
Slides were Shown of the plantings
at the Ivey estate, Oncluding an-
nuals, perennials, shrubs and trees
of evergreen and ,flowering -types.
The display appeal of separate
color groups of cannas, ,begonias,
Iceland poppies, azaleas, etc: was
clearly illustrated. After the
Showing of pictures, members ask-
ed many questions about horticul-
tural problems, which'were freely
answered ,,by the speaker. Mr.
Moorhea&moved a hearty vote of
thanks to Mr. Arming for an 'enjoy-
able program, „_
Congratulations were -Wended
to Brigadier Ross, who is the Win-
ner of a too prize in the Provincial
'Photographic Contest, for a photo
• of a Gold Band Auratum. Lily,
grown in his Goderich garden. If
is hoped that this honor will be 1
an encouragement to menabers to
enter the annual contest.
Brigadier Ross outlined some of
the highlights of the annual meet-
ing of the .Ontario Horticultural
Societies, held recently in Toronto.
He then called on Mrs. E. J. Prid-
ham to lead a discussion of the
sprays and dusts, used by mem-
bers. for the pest' and diseases
which affect roses.
The date announced for the vine
meeting of IfOrticulturail Societies,
--"-ttrbr-belst-saw-Goslealaithisis•July
Entries in the Bird ,House Contest
will be displayed atthe April meet-
ing and the posters will be shown
at the•June flower Show,
Door prize4, inelliding begonia .Cooper, Elliott, Riehl,
, _ plants donated by Mr. •'Anning, Lamb, McKee, Moorhead,
- worn won by Mestla.mea Foreman, Taylor and Mitses
A•554
Ben Riehl, of Saitterd, is shown adeepting the trophy Which
acclaimed him the Grand Champion of the VeZinary Division
Of the Ontario Agrieultdral College, Guelph. A fourtli year student
at the Ontario Veterinary College, he is the sen of Mr. and Mrs.
LatiRiehlaSaltforal.••••=1 ,caraward-wasa-presentoda-to.-11
by Mr. Doug Sanson, of Guelph.
Argyle, and Campion. Tea was served
Mr. L. amid talk of new seeds, old Resta,
Gracey and Florida.
(lames G. Lana.way, •Wm. Johnston',
Leslie Riley, M. Magie, H. 0, Jeri
Much 'amusement was shown
with some of the hat and dress con-
coctions shown by the models.
Particular interest in 1w,n2d3esses,
one the wedding • dress of Mrs.
Elmer Sheard.own and a formal
beaded dress worn to the opening
of Parliament about 1927 by Mrs.
Robertson, wife of the M.L.A.
that time, was noted.
The bake table, , well supplied
with many tempting viands, was
• presided over by the .conveners,
Mrs. Wm. Bradley and Mrs. Win.
velt-vvitin Miss -honer -assist-
ing. ,
tA. draw for two aluminum chairs,
convened by Mits. Hugh Glenn, was
made by Miss Dale Johnston,.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Johnston. The lucky winner was
Mrs. G. B. Claney, Huron road.
Mrs. Henry Bradley easily topped
ill ticket sellers' by selling 30
-books.
The kitchen conveners were Mrs.
Harvey liassaline and Mrs._,Howard
White with Mrs. H. Bradley and
Mrs. Lenore Sutherland, Publicity
convener was „Mrs. Henry Enzen.s-
berger.
Awaited
On GDCIWing
A by-law to provide for the issu-
ing of V240,000 in debentures, to
finance construction of.an addition
to GDCI, Is now before the Ontario
Municipal Board.
The by-law was given two read-
ings by Town Council but must be
approved by the Municipal Board
before it comes up for final read-
ing in council.
Meanwhile, GDCI Board has re-
ceive.d a. letter from C, W. Booth,
-deputy, minister of education, ack-
nowledging receipt of sketch plans
from the architects, Shore &
• -After assurance of financing has
been received, says Mr. Booth, the
board may inStruct the •architects
to draw up final plans. These
• plans must be re -submitted to the
ddepartment of eduCation before
tenders are called
The deputy minister noted in
his letter that the board proposes
to build three classrooms, plus a
science room, a commercial' room
and a music room. This new wing
"VtIttid-ae Main° date- 180 -pupils. . -
It is also proposed to extend and
convert the existing cafeteria- into
gymnasium and build a pew cafe-
-teriar-Mr. Booth observed . .
• When two readings were given
to the debenture by-law at a 're-
cent council meeting, Town Clerk
S. H. Blake 'estimated that the
town, will make annual payments
of about $2,500 as its share in
retiring the debentures.
_
Mr. and Mrs. George Feagan,
Bob •Dures, of Nile, and Wm.
Feagan, of Sarnia, are on ii holi-
day trip to Florida.
Friday Night ,Shopping
Gets Edge In Voting
Twenty-nine local retailers voted cember 23. The motion stipulated
Tuesday on whether to stay openrthat the closing hour on December
1424 will -be 6 p.m.
Friday Or Saturday nights this
There was also a motion that
year.
By a margin of 19 to 10, they
expressed an over-all preference
for Friday night shopping, starling
stores remain open -next Thursday
night, March 26, until 9 p.m. be-
cause Good Friday is a holiday.
One businessman asked what
tIns week -end.. others' thought of the 1WQ-heur
William Wilson acted as chair- parking proposal. A' tWo-botn
It .Won't Be Long
Now...We Hope!
Soon the upper reaches of the Maitland River,
will be breaking up and ice jams pouring in -to t
bake Huron at Goderich. Here's- what it looks
like right now on the Middle Maitland, about 40
miles Inistream near Brussels.
—TelegramaP,hato
Single CoPies
DEATH SEPARATES CANADA'S
OLDEST TWIN SISTERS AT 92
Canada's oldest twin sisters were
separated by death on Tuesday
when Miss Martha (Mattie)
Ilwain,' who celebrated her 9?nd
,birthday, on rMarch 1st, passed
away on Tuesday. Her twin sister,
Mrs. John McPhee, lives' with herl
son, Mr. Thomas McPhee, and Mrs.!
McPhee, at Auburn.
Miss-MeIlwain was a daughter,
of , the late Mr. and Mrs. Davi
McIlwain, pioneers of West Wawa -
nosh, and lived in West Wawanosh
Until 1914 when she moved to Col-'
borne Township, Where she resided
until 19.6. Since then sho lived
with another sister. MrS. Mary
Tiffin. 113 Brock .street. Goderich.
'The funeral service will he held
Friday' at 2 p.m., at 113 Brock
street and will be conducted by
Than, , parking limit on, the SqUare on
sible Choiceksmas given to each
Pes- Fridays and Saturdays is one of 1 •
.A ballot, containink four
the proposals which Town Council 1 •
Another businessman sUggested d NL
store representative at the meetHospital Boar
- ames eo is studying in connection with the
reviiion of the traffic by-law.
that it might b'e wiseafor repre-
o'ver the situation. • allak As Administrator,
sentatives of the . merchants. toa .
meet with council members toialk
Rev. ,R.1). Kennedy; of Dungarinon.
Interment willbe in -Maitland
cemeistse
1.7M
meIlwain !was a member of
Nile United Church. • The two re-
maining sisters are now the only
survivors of a family of 12 -In
which there was another set of
Mins.
- 'Each 'Year the twin sisters, Miss.
McIlwain' and Mrs. McPhee have
Celebrated theirbirthdays together.
Their 90th birthday.was a special
occasion when a 'party was held.
At ,this time, the twin sisters wore
identical gowns of figured taffeta,
trimmed with rhinestone buttons.
Many cards and. gifts were receiv-
ed, then. ineluding a hig bouquet
of rod roses from grandchildren in
Vancouver:
ing.
Seventeen voted to remain open
Friday until 9 p.mand two wore
in favor of staying open until 10
p.m. Friday.
Six favored remaining open Sat-
urday uhtil 9 p.m. and four pre-
ferred to stayopen until 10 p.m
,.
Saturday. .
As the meeting opened, the
chairman emphasized that he was
not taking any side on the matter More than 30& people lined up
himself. He felt the -proper way on the Square for the opening of
to settle the question was by ballotthe new Woolworth store last
He expressed the hope that all Thursday morning. • A free one
would abide by the decision of the pound bag of coffee went to the
majority, whether that decision be first 500 customers which was all
Friday night or ,Saturday night. gone by early in the morning.
Christmas shopping hours were "It was just about the best open -
also discussed. An overwhelming ing we have had for any of our
majority of thos,e present voted in stores," said Mr. Clare Sockett,
favor of remaining open untd--97!manager; ..-who--expressed pleasure
pan. starting 'Friday, December 18, on the fine re-ception given by the
and centinuing through until De- district.
_ • ^
OPENING , OF WOOLWORTH
STORE HAS.'BIG CROWD
Grant:Higher Salaries
To Teachers At GDCI
A higher salary schedule for the
teaching Staff of Goderich District
Collegiate Institute was agreed
upon Friday night by, the' board
and the teachers' representatives.
In future, there will be four
salary classifications based on the
varion„a_ne4ifinateaLniA,Audifigaz,
ions—specialist and non -specialist,
The 195940_minimum and max-
imum salaries will be aa follnws:
Classification 1—$5,100 and $8,400;
Classifleation1,—$4,900 and $8,200;
Classification 3—$4,700 and $8,000;
Classification 4—$4,500 and $7,800.
The sehedule of 'Minimum and
maximum salaries Which has been
in force this term is as follows:
specialist -,--$4,200 and $7,200; non-
'5eeialist-44,000 and $7,000.
Under the new agreement reach-
ed Friday, substantial increases
la-alafnagna.lan•ihea.ronilinin
vice-principal of the school.
All Staff members, except prin-
cipal and vice-principal, receive
an inerenrent (a oatoniati c pay in-
crease) of $300 every year until
they reaeh the maximum, for their
cldssificatioari.
Mr, B. Leo Walzak, 48, of Gode-
Hell, was named Administrator of
Alexandra Marine • and General
Hospital at the Hospital Board
meeting Monday night, .He
be ?t1 charge of the entire' oper-
ations and his aetual duties will
commence on May lst,, Mr. George
Parsons, chairman of the board,
announced.
Prior to taking over his hos-
pital duties, Mr. EalzA, will h.av-e
a month's training at two small
lyispit_alk.in. Ontario in hes-
pitar administration. After assurn":
ing the post, heplans to take a
.three year extension cours in hose
pital administration from the Uni-
versity of Toronto,
Under Mr. Walzak, operations at
Alexandra Hospital will be set up,
in various departments. Mrs.
Dorothy Easter will be the director
of nursing. -Mr. II. C. Williams,
who has been temporary business
manager since the first of the yCar,•
will remain on as office manager.
Separate departments will .also be
set up under' the following head-
ings: kitchen; maintenanc e;
laundry, The hospital is now ad-
vertising for the services of, a
qualified dietitian.
There were about 18 applications
a•theanasitiaanatdatesonnealabadak
andra Hospital for a HosPital
Administrator.
Mr, Walzak came to Goderich
fronf._ London 15 years ago with
Holeproof H-osiery, latterly known
Os Julius Kayser and Company
Limitedserving the past 12 years
Harbouraires
Applauded By
U.S. -Audience
The Harbouraires, that renown-
ed chorus' .made up of Goderiek
and district men, won 'hearty ap-
plause from .a U.S audience Sat-
urday
They crossed the border to sing
in- the 10th annual "Inter -City
Sing" sponsored- by the Schubent
Club of Port Huron, Michigan,
In their first international per-
formance, the Harbouraires were
eenducted by George ,Buchanany
with Ed. Stiles as aceompanist,
About 25 of the Harbouraires
made the trip. Most of them went
in a chartered bus, but a few ,went
in car's. Several other people went
from .hire to see and hear the
Participating in the program
„we seven choirs featuring nearly
300 male voices.
Besides the Harbouraires, the
following groups took part: Norton
Male Ch6rus, Flint; McDowell Mak
rhorus. Pontiac; AC Spark Plug,
Male Chorus, Flint; Detroit School
men's Chorus; Chevrolet Flint Male
Challis and Port Huron SOuberi
Club,
.One of the highlights of. the
program was the reading of a tele-
gram, from Mayor Ernie Fisher, cif
Goderich. He sent along the good
wishes of the Town of Goderich
sponsors of the Inter -City Sing and
to eeervone present.
"The'Lord Is My Light" was one
.the solo numbers sung by the
Ilarbenraires. . George Buchanan
conducted the seven massed ctioira
in two Italian folk songs, which
were extremely well received by
he audience.
All choruses participating in th
-5.6'7'Sttirvrt* lffirfattirlffif
the Associated Male Chocuses• of
America,
The liarhouraires will present
their foie -lb concert in
Westside United Church in Owen
Sound on March 29. Plans are
&so being considered for a con-
cert in Goderich- this spring.
LEO wAta-"Atc
"P.
as manager of the Goderich plant,
operations hertr. He has taken an
active part in community afTairA,
being a past prtisident of the Lions
Chib, on the Town Conned for four
years and engagein activitiee6f
St. Peter's Roman
'Catholic Church
of Which he is a member.
,LEGrOW" LADIES DONATE
$100 , TO TWO CAUSES.
The *monthly meeting of the
Legion Ladies` Atiaillary of branch
MD Was held in the Legion rooms,
March llith, with 39 tnernbers an-
swering the roll eall,Seven new
members were initiated. &Vera
fdturo.
The TO' call at the next Ada*
ing is to be answered with.,
donation to the canter 'eup
Two donations of 50' each t „thi
Girl Guides, and Museular nystt*.
pliy were made.
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