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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-12-31, Page 2tl Thursday, sday, be/•emlber 31st, 19557 `:,=.Phis Goderich Signal-Star,h t%ilie (p?Lrrtrt —0— Tete County Town . Newspaper of Huron —0-- s • Established. 184a In its 112th year of publication) - ar ' Len's Cathedral, Kenera. ' r ►i'vwo +rico--a meager and an MEMORY�; �� ) orial Arena, whchwas to open.. • albout February .,\_DOWNJ — ,,. • ' 4W► Years '�►go--'<914 w?ithe. Collegiate In- Rev. G. W. As a result of the nlunieipall stitttte.t *of Goderich Baptist Church, ac- = nominations meeting, M,a y o r, Rev. G. Murray Whit; who cepted a call to Alderwood Bap - Reid was returned to bflice, gand had been Anglican rector at tist Church, 'near Toronto.. { Councillor J. C. La1thwai be-, Blyth, Aubuurrn -and Belgrave fox & -reeve ,*b actlama- less than a ear, 're'ceived ap- A classified ad in t1�e Signal - Lame deputy ytar brings quick results. tion. For the office of reeve, poilrtment as rector of St. Al -AI Published jp by C0 1.16 Signal -Star P,hblisi'ing Limited """'' r'•y'^� there was' a contest between '"75PAFER$ CQ' ' - l u U.S.A., $+1.00 (In advariug) ager+ Elliott,' who was reeve In Subscription rates — $3.Uu , 1914, and Dr. W. F. Clark, who' ;.lad been deputy -reeve. OE �0LB'RNE Authorized as second-class mall,' +Post Office Department, Uttawa With six ,town councillors to T9WNSRIP.• ' Member -ef C_W.N.A.,�l O W.N.A. and Aa Edi o , be e1,e,1;f; ,�,,a,Fthere were eight yr GEO. L. EItL Editor and Fublsher, candidates: 'A„e„.F,lliott, J. H. Circulation—over 3,300. , W. Proudfoot, jr.,• Hear�ng' ...---...—__4_,,a,—.............ys and, E. R. Wigle, all nlenlb,ers of Notice O - 'THE p�q,�s�.NG �Y EAR � the 1914 council, and W. ' F. • 11'oser, A. J. P'altridge, ontarf® Mr,ln�Cl�3al + BOard .. µ Young Canada Week in April ehalke�:l Saunders and Joseph D. Wilson.. ' ";" "-',- The y.ea.r 1`144'veitneasea definite devil- referendum,asking "Are ". }. in you in tor of mualskinal voles • With reference to ,.Subsection 10 of 'section 453 of •mems contributing) to the et olluluic 'up a newall-timeall high 1 attendance. 111`1'`I'.11 ln'.4p- for en?' was to be R.S.O. ubse c. 243), . ud�:rteh and now, d years (rharles t11I10 u� , f ton ad, t of that lion. M. B. Dymond, Ontario submitted to the'vetersai Gode- The Municipal Act end, there is J.1,1�1b?ik��l�'fs•ft'1�'le• evidczlce 'of",•,ail-,“sal Beat' of the Town - such as�tirailce that rich on +J�an•uary +I:: . µIN THE MATTER of the app - Aontinued growth in 1960. We tlg no•fw inistt'r of lb(-altil, �lerna"'and Laura° S9lelgrove,• l ,be no thautre ill size of illi' two little girls who lived:.,o I'' ship of -Colborne for relief from ,its obligation to rebuff • beiie\'l' Clt''1°I'ich will e\'Cr he a hasboo11be n`Il there'. ruil�)til\(l tlgovt1I1111eI1t hospital to be built' Cambria' road, handed the treks- the bridge on the, road between Concession X111 r XIV, such X13, for (ample,long carnia proposed 111 user' of the local relief fund and 11111\ -he, in ,tit' lone xun, it'''t just aS \\•ell at Goderich.” Quut:ng 1)r. 1)y nolld, ° the i \\a dollars. The,', res raised the -- WD, in the Township of Colborne, '` -1lacN' funds ll making a quantity of tihut t doh , e the trowth. in for s�%ne •,flus )it�alwvut11ti be built tu'a r earl�iltst at date thv s,eady growth. I dainty hairpin holders; which '. TAKE NOTICE that a Hearing of alt parties in, ' heal terested in the -support of or in opposition to the said w Ptl(t , , g, , puss' -lilt in M41je summer of 1959. they sold t0 the neighbors, C,\ h ed tivel' tumbtl t'll's of 19;)f1 Mrs. Carrie, of Cambria road, Goderich 111 l;t \ ll•� t}; 11' < ' t' letter t�> epi lication will be held at the Coyrt House, e 11:1\ e picked (1111 0 number of news hl� 1- Mae:Niihau, (11$ �,l)dl ril'h 1eCei\'ed •an 111ttlesC,il1' Ont. ,,on reflect al'tiyiti"t's lac- \\x, ill �1'�>til uuultAll .11e�=lolour' of the from her son. (. i 1, who was b , on Wednesday the 13th day of January, at the hour Lights which serve e t of 9.30 A.M. Synod Of' 11a1011ton and I,unllln} of thr stationed at Lelia\re, France. ally (lnrinr the year. Ile"\\as chaplailn for an English :1t tilt beginning of +h,` \'t'aI' \\ 11 Mod 1yi't'�1t1'tt'l'1i1Z1 ('lllllh'11�.I11 l'�111:Ida. .e4inie'11T :lull h.ai ch.ir-e�of 011e' p -a 1i1lls; last Qt out of -town 1'llr'titnli1 anti (.liall!C9ltr 1:111+5 \\t'1•t' ref -looted 1.11 the ,f the YMCA camps. Y Y annoti11C',l'l lent of the". gown of tIode'I'1C11 to 25 Years Ago --1934 I'\P\C ht'il1'�.`+ v'•5:ti'11'� :11 litl,lt'1'll•11, 1\Iln\\'- � J11'. and .Ill's, 1♦cflill'la L'il.11'lCS V , 1 ,, pr,'- , , lit' 1 t` i',ltl. \\ ill, 1 , 1{ } 12l',.Y, ho\\' 1'1'adt,t'9 l.la•, ..-lo 11.,rT'1xTi � f t' 1 } t 1,,,,• t,li'�','l l,ll'�it llL,' 1lllill ':i '',.•,•k et':t':); atl'ti tilr:l• 1;t)A(]e11 sent \''h,'1•t'i11 11t' t,' ltarot'1 11ti.111,'+'� „f 1,1'1'111- l i,1 , ,, .i,t',1 li\ .11 . anniversary road- li„s Illy at their 11,)Illc 00 -.�.t. ,• r:.1\\ Aj ,, it 1\: 11' 1t. 11 11)arld `su•cet. 'ers iltl\v li\-i112” Ht ,l Afant .0,11,11'.,, WO Won- 191 �1i1\',, lit>t1 1'.Lll set it 1'1`clli'll 101 1 with A Christmas blizzard, a(jk'1'ed '''why t1 i11t' 1`f OUT' rt'llidrS •dt', not i,\V'1ls 111 t itliil�l�l wit, 11 tlit'l'e•11'+'11' Illy\Vin s lip to flu mph,• p•,:ralyl.cd i•,t, j; 'iTt'1l 1 ,�� {I"'f 5t'11'� .lit i 11 donated blood :1t the ,1l!'ti !..:,tyle' 1 and i olated f:+l'lns 00,10, :11 t,l' 11 l,,'I`"t11� who ll,tlltlt''!• ti on `terns. 1'1,t�s 1'i,l,t+l 1)t,11ttI' 11,111 C hold ,ht'rl, 1,'soS hnllt the,. district, * of lin ,1.1+1 „�A C0(rE�iicll Storrs, in common '�P\t, \1e +jll ttf'1 tht 1'07.'.1_ Milli �roo ll \-e'-t >1,1110 tl'ains , triullcrich vv'llh s,ores '"in other Ontario lalldmarl: at' T1linnr+Ilr>,�n h\ tire—the e' �n 1 1' Centres; reported the ''b e s t Tt ,11 •11111.• when 11;1' l'N1 ll1 tti_tt)'ltt', ° 11 1•. `tV' ht'1st11,laS trade since 1929. (oft'! '" tllry f)1,1 fl)i'Ih.( r� �llt per lilllt'l� ��llt,l� �t'I'V'it'i' l�l'tvV't'1'll 111'1'1' mit �1�U1'lllItt), „ There ‘vas a splendid attel:d was followed h�• r'nnrrrn on ,�hn 19,t t of .,nth at .the cA)mtnuliity carol 1 ' for i11i1!',' ;1 1'''t11iI't,, l.i 1'11\\ 111 \\'i:a 1•!'1-1t'''t'1'l1 :11 c .0111u(1111'e [i1j11!Yt\nnf�il 111 11 111t'itt of the 1,,'li�t'•'ittl ,-'Boll 1111;11'1,1 :1Lr.1t1.1Lw•c'('fyle' in°the Foresters' Hall at gre profeeti011-011+1 righ11y so, A10,11.11.00 the Sunday �ev'ening 1 `. 11',LtL, 111:11 • It i):i11111','Ll to hull a new, 't'\\ -(t -t(10111 ) .l,ct.d110 Christmas.' Sunday. The ni n- t1i1 al't:1'lh ill .181111:7 I'\•ll\ T \ 11. alllll ,(1 (1�I^.sl1l1NS tree also dre,jl •1 o5t) \V•1'1.11.,1 11,, -en- , •},l,Ei; In till' south and o in, innv�,;9,y iul,llitte;l ta�1t 1 A'th,'r' .t turn- � bole S'_t ousiuess people signed a pt -a large crowd to the hallon " " l,. r I �Illlitrl' r Ol)1lra',:Il , t -)I' ii11'lne'r�s. „„ `t ti 1 • 1 },Il' two-huill' )al'li:ll; l,Jl tilt' �larlrla'y afternoon. Ago -1944 h1' �,i�', .j-...k,Uill 1' aV Or not, is now a the lr (it t, l n l 15 Years, A i 1 i 1. �'llllnt''1 � ,A v*:,detears0\\I1 11 9 4pape litt.t} It 16 -Town 1'++t�.11t'i 'varied.'�upiuiou. ` . m; n, Stuart J, ' Mason, 57, died tt'(1 :t Till,( i11�C1 it pl',)1)l)�al to lll�ttlll� ; ' • -,.,� ll)llt'I's of. the duly!''''' Lhl'l�tlljils dee- Tr'.j in Goderich, where he had made his home for the past 14 ,ears oj;ltlllg contest' in iO 1C'T'i!'11 \\','rt.' 011110011 -parking meters. his was .connected at Var10t15 ted, This yearoinlort11001 ;ly, the -, test 1;01'0�rniCosui'nt I�lus})iof the )tall vv�atl't r l�tll�}l�ly� �1v]litut`tiHe with The Star, The Signal t\'r19 not held. layer, u'a announc.ell in dtlale at 1;1:01:1.~(1(1. ()f''altd the amalgamated- Signal- ®f'or prosperity, hap - 'Ab , of thea rate }11) out �l).1)E r e'l.Il •1• r).,) Star. ,' fi ro /"fit 'SK t; \" ,• F >41 v The Jewellery and gifts.bull ®pineSs and good 0. It l etc'turn;d' l)nt to vote On Flit by-law rt 111+ �\'lll(�11 �t011l'I'l'il1 \\':1S to pity 1' IieT of the late E.'C. Robertsoni • l,ling,e of the Town Hall property for figure bits •sloth been altered. ��,j�� }riN ^ ; tliC n Tttl\• Sit\\• a petition being. circulated; 'purchased by George Fill 0 • health in 100. ?��<:�� • lis the Post Office property. The by-law \\ i3s • { ,, • us singer, of Goderich. • AdY r 4`'>" • h t so per i.ent of' Rev, Harold Currie, of Ben • s . O a-pproved by a major'it'y of 535. Silen�e c), calling for a vote in Huron +,County rt I g 4 miller, received a call from St•l ® ; • `," >.f, .�' " ' } ratepliy'er, t1u the subject at 1h,,.nnluinlltioal repealing the CTA: About1�An'drew's United Church, Wet-; •® • g this November ':;aver further con- the residents of Goderich were reported) • •• .,, p f Tory' c Alava s At Your -Service.,.. Your: Federal •. --meeting' 111., . sent tc� the move. it'; R�°�l.gned:the petition. Town Connell, ora.. Grego was ele-ted pre. ®Member, Q --m- Isidenn of ,the Western Ontarlol • y a• ' The anni1ar meeting of the GMacrieh voted is-`' in favor of repealing the CTA, a large i11- With the sale -of the Fashion �lloppt' 'Athletic Association, which wase e .. . •Flortictlitltral Society reported ill August, th � tj,`r ll ehange in o\\nership formed to encourane sports •ini © L Elsto .Cardiff : -- -��r utast in ,membership. The organizationit1l• rich. • is a real credit' to Goderich •aii'd is. corn- «fes•lreeorded�l tl'flsihless within a few weeks district to\vns, including .Gode-1 � � . paraticely sped{mg, an-nilgra ndinn one. 10 , Years Ago -1949 �••w•®•••• There was an enro'1•ment of®®••••®®•OA••iOs®®•�•m!!te®••1� --.— `� Police were e117�ck1nr grain truckers September sats• the third strike 0f --r — , t f Co erieh and workmen on the addit•iuu to Gllel. an ht_ 1 � 011l limes, Band r • ra New Year's Resolution; • about I„ ctrat'4 die custom in Pails, 1i,. '.•�,.�• � �.,._"t; ,►f' Gorman• origin, '� CHRISTMAS TREE ,ORIGIN Ithe- custom of the lighted,. Or- France, after, her leamarriage ns r i 1�:ito (By B. B. Perry) laden fir tree as a' Christmas, Duke us not forget that the a ration• Martin Luther is Prince Al,'bert. of Sb oxty,, bus- • "Let said to have started the idea. (band pf Queen Victoria, brought Ghri:lxtmas tree. is completely $..t,., Winfrid, a German priest it.. to England by setting up - a ' Christian in origin and its known o v before The Beloved Luthe'r's time, isotec- also tre But h story reC,vea1s that hie in of Christ. lighted evergreen tree lcea'lly given hcredit. is no -' oubt that ;to -goes back to 'the very beginning many centuries Gerrn ,p„ cgni- of civilization. ,Dtaxung_the Sate munities along the left bank .af urn iia, the Ror tus., ,,trimmed the Upper Rhine River develop trees with, frliikets and small" ed 'the custom of the Christmas masks of Bacdhtis, and placed tree that is now so much a part thereon twelve. candles with 'an of bur Yuletide decorations. By image of the o a on d t the ewho the middle of the 19th century, it had been'- adopted as, a coin- lived and died before Christ, mon custom in other countries. was born, wrote of the custo ----" Iegrari 'stldiers and, later, of decorating trees with swin German immigrants, introduced tree hung s. with apples, anaient wass�de- picted and interpreted as a symbol of the coming of Christ. :symbol of the com g All down throug heh evergreen ) to pagan people, trees were a sign that- winter would end, and warmth again retCtrn 'to the earth.. • "To early Christians, the ever- green tree's year-round verdure signified immortality. Although it is not mentioned. -int the Bible, ancient writer(• have revealed that on the'',..i;gili,,,(hrist was born all the trees forests,, even thAse I „7frozen 'German custom to the United State countries, bloss'ublined fb,r enc War times. night .and bore fruit... .-. in Revolutionary Princess Helen .,Qf Mecklenburg "Some beautiful legettds�•e'�iist, A4 B. C. STRAUGHAN, Clerk, Township of Colborne. -52 New tear's • • • Ring Out The, old • . , • Ring In The New o To my many friends • • with whom I am not ,1 0 • • • • m f^► rutin �'S e • 0 0 0 0 0 a:. d Please sincere accept my good wishes 'Sr rrll\1'av3 lending I11g Olt n . l Tt 4 , TheConcert was i% ,tviiti' warnings re exr,'Rci\'e loads. problem that 1100 1;t l'lliltstant' \vrl'tl'11111n. Silrpl''lSlllg Stil'ctSS and it \V'115 I)l ti 1lilet1 lo Ill h13 mal,lothl speeeh i11 1111 Ontario wake it an annual event. Legislature all 'l' ;-lu ilary. C. S. MaoNo110h1- A reeo1'tl enrolment' of 1,65'S4 17upils at 011, M.P.P., urgt'd that " dies+, lippropriat,- local schools was ai•inolull'ed in Septeull)er. in -Trowel -0 ..,int 01111 ma lltell O,'tober sawStevrll. Iruseotl, 1-1. co11 reeognit.nn, in , 't h'e ' ivf n to the are'' where the cairn •t3vi1•tt',l 011 0 murder charge, which brought }} Anel' �� n ltlhll('ltV' � in papers }:1'0211 coast' t0 l•Oilst.l ,. of'Dr. "Tiger" Dunlop is loc,atod., Nothing }1 p has suint h.een done, but, it is h'nt'1f that 'The same mnnfh saw Frank rknnelly11 dt,e -attention w k. ).t i\in tiinpnrtI11t ilint,1 a judge the- a n 0, projeet bnee:' the new re-routa-i highway Ontario. I' , i at.Saltford is cnmpleted•probably 1y next lich', progress \a5 jekntted with' Fall ,,,.....,-,-...,.7;!•,t', announcement that its population vast Tn Mareh, a'•town de1e^_'atiolt, went to 11.120 --an all time high,. Another mark, (itreen:s''Park regarding the joint .watelr ofl1eprogreserichwas ,stlrecorded overied November, embi r s;fstem. of the Tow0,nd that wait(••,woul.l ,qtr :• he serving'the proposed new .,1cernment 1111011(5 Biggest milestone oftprogress for, hospital a ital sciiith of ttownThis matter is the year was reached ind �oiuultlNovemberwiith\ still in an unsettled state but efforts are the official opening of At being made to reach a final agreenient. , '+Dollar icf to altti Goderi h Mine. til€tl)(' 1 • In March, the Bell Telephone Com- C > el 1)("T pa.than ny made a survey which revealed that •P. Scott predicted a regist i-atittll"ilt (, of Isle Signal -Star had a' rPa•dership of more 700 within tothee� the e`four fl pltltltve a'lf'1 f CI 1 •ri 'h A. p< iucl ilg A f 9iT'per^centr"nth'eTfl\\r1n n,- e The Square saw ti new, modern stets, Dominion Road Machinery ( niiiaii�=,1-J• i - opened in mill -March with' the coming of ited .was under waytlio. CTA vva, yf,tt�d:�ttt the F. W. Woolworth 'C otnpan'y here, .. A section of the Maitland Colf . Clnh in Huron. County. vv In theotSOstrikeC moof nth, i wag sold in mid-March to the Otitwio "Cll)(I had, , Government. as 'the Department of High- ils in ohjel'tinn to a feared dismissal All ,,.• -wa-vs made plans for the non truetion of1 seined li1j111soopas ell the year 1`1 >n. What millifili dollar bridge w''r the River. - will happen in 1960? •"` • -Y.--- naatds T..eIIs �'Storym•-� .: (By G. j. Curren) • the picture. She went home and "Oh, off•ycith you,„" he smilingly In the • office at the Huron placed her thoughts on paper '. said, -in the form of the following,"I've other things to de.", County :Vluictim hangs a picture poem: 10h citizens of Goderich which many visit7,'s ,top to `x- "~ Anti all the country round, }'. tl wonder if you realize amine. It is neither a picture ""- THOSE „HANDS The treasure you have found? of anthira . historical. nor of r picture of a pair of. hands - IHow else could ancient crafts srctne timer mer who lived in i;r.,`olded as in prayer; ! and'such, the district. Ind as 1 passed through the'Re saved for future man, It's simply a picture of a pair, ' museutn -- "Had not such a magic, touch of strong calloused Work -worn.' found. the owner there, iEnclnwed those fol ed hands. -- hands , palms' together in I shook those hands, those clever,tSy Mrs. Robert Mitchell, R R, repose. The caption reads. hands, � (1 Listowel, dtit.t formerly EdithR 'Alands of Ja'H. Neill, curator, 'stat fashion tools of yore, 2.it isle, eorris, Ont.) flounder and builder 'of the The flour mills and lumber malls'•, , Huron County --Pioneer 141us .and many, many more. .'-!''''-The County of Huron is M- eant" !deed fortunate in baying a man ry(t, Neill did not place this"My thoughts went backward of Mr, Neill's calibre in charge picture there, as he is a mod- through the, years l of their museuttl. Ile has built cit man. It Was placed there by 'Till I was, maybe, ten. it up from what you might Fall hit' asaociatEs. Thaase hands. is nthe i took my shoes to Mr. Neill 1 "scratch" to a museum ,which is whole story 'behind t. • The heel was off again. i fast becoming w e 1 1- k n e w al h It arses nor tell of the earlier' Ile asked me " throughout my mother Canada and the Un - years when those Rade 'hands was"ited—States. It has attracted trade and repaired shoes 'andi And "II av was school that day," over 20,500 visitors this past .hassles in his -little shop in Our chatter made a happy buzz season- the village of Gorri'e.... Often 'Was bettel far than play, Although long past the age tippled, Malting. special shoes for t e 1. +piled, young and ale', �� And asf" hog hammered home •the when the average man ,would nails i have lain down his tool's, Mr. were unable to Walk grope y l Weill is to be found in his`, Mr. lith ,an ordinary .shoe. Throulgh And" made the heel like new, �'�orkt ijs work he gained their t`theirever- I hoped e wouldn't' charge too shop wkingmaking away 't friendship, �hImoelso restoring c . gllienccame '{Buse nkles, then, were' few.!titles to their original cmi'dit n he inuue . and "rho she waS 'axed' I put it orfiso that they may be preserved a 'd•h' how 1Y 'at Thea►' tried to ti'a my 'due. 'for posterity:. Enjoy Rel�xed Family Living. in a BASEMENT RECREATION' ROOM that can be built easily • - and inexpensively. • , ESSEX, 'd'ORDA:N'.,, DURAIVT . , more than 2,400 different, cars have been made in Northµ America, these, less than thirty still +Aske new a'ppeara11ces Of each year on Canadian roads. , The reasons for failure were many, but the under- lying factor was. the inability to make annual profits sufficient for survival and progress. This, is a dramatic example in -just one industry of the rale of profits in helping .0, company survive 'and grow. Without profits, only' one road faces any company. It.must lay off its employees, close its doors and 'go' out of business. 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The [et and the family carr oge 471Wermean . lower- gasoline prices owNpalttaterint 401.F..1A4A•HA,tiA4, The new DC8 jets are poweed by a special Imperial jet fuel, as carefully4- . tailored for its job as the 'gasoline for,.lyour car. e Today gasolines and jet flick are only two types of a whole range of products made by Imperial from pel,roleittn. These products—over 600 of them—cover everything: uses which-, are turned into plastics, waxes for all kinds of needs, greases, lubricating oils, -fuel oils 'and asphalts. 'This efficiency in getting everything out of every gallon of crude oil is an —important reason for lower fuel prices -whether for a DC8, a' jalopy pr the new family car. Gasoline is a bargain: in the last five years the average price of things people buy has gone up nearly 16 per cent, while gasoline his actually gone down about half of one per.cent,* - n *DAS whiotesale price iirdex. • iMPERIAL 't .rL Inot..u-•EAD 0 for 794eare a loader In Canac i' ,.Qr`OW'tb,,