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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1960-08-04, Page 2The Goderich Signal -Star, Thur a .tat 4th, 1960 tK --0- The Established 1..848 bi its 1,13th year of publication nderirk� tignal-O#ax County Town Newspaper, of Huron ee of�.�ks �Ft . cN m r �+• -a^z raa-fa a ...19 „r.,,- $ eJL,-.,,, i K� 'tC , 3 . 1 . n . -..0 i .. + � "1`i r . +'t.: r•.+=' a ,aCt' �'!',,Tfi" _lY`S,' ,rTt�i,,... Subscription rates $3.00 a year. To U.S.A. $4.00 (In advance) Authorized as Second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Member of C,W.N.A., O.W.N.A. and A.B.0 Circulation -over 3,300., , m,:,-.5,;',, lit;-,e:'::-.st ,,,A -t^ w ':mss - .., w n.a • PtUU s Published �► 1� by cr k� Signal -Star Publishing Limited DOWN MEMORY'S LANE 50 Years Ago -1910 Donald MacMillan, of Gode- Tt Town Council "`i i�ially de,llded'rich, was given the opportunity to give the C.P R. the.. privilege of laj-ing a switch across Harbor' street to the site of the Western Canada Flour Mill's new ele- e attar. -r�5+z•euxv,•x,..,]....,I'.4-"-.lt;'-t'xS:i?,U, ','z ,..• ,� , t• r ' 'for Bruce �ot�i�t e�re.ay. �` tati;ti that 26 were camping at i Camp Snohomish near Sauble • Fabs, A ---p ty in a band -wagon can their way to lenesetu,ng Park t �aat'rnd.�,a..rpieiuc of Odddellows GEO. L FTJT.IS Editor and Publisher- • ONTARIO NORTHLAND RAILWAY minion governmenta are to finance a report Ontario ,le vein) have not travelled 'later this year on the feasibility of making ' on the Ontario Northland woul(12 be as`ton- Moosonee a 'salt -water Port ancl a traits- ishea zit the quality pf it ts (11(11 nue nt and shijmietit eentre for iron ore from tho_b Bel- aervice, and the extent of the Coininiasion's "Ocean port blea has been a dream for iiiteee--tiiree boat aervieea Atin1 a telephone and•1ie'be,k'lhs ran into a vioTeiit storm. The to and seats of the band -wagon were blo'wr� off, and the occupants off the rig thrown out. The horses ran away and collided- with a rig driven by J. H. Simpson Who 'was cunning to .Goderich ,with a load, of butter and eggs. 30 Years Ago -1930 James B. Reynolds had secur- ed the services of Charles Hal - years, a11„,.1 the •1'emiska11 Ing & Northern 5v•,tt'ltl. ' I t'1•tItly lllltl' Tomorrow' of Ilett, matchmaker of the Shaul- _ Ont111lt) Railway, it \Ca5 tllell cillled did 111{' I11't{V•iltriII1\ {\enetl sv,teltl are \V'i'ii at'tii•ock Athletic Club, of Toronto, t0 assist him in ata' ,ing a ,box reach MUt,onee ill 1912, lrtlt little truftil' 1 )1.111 ilt U booklet lav 0. '1'. ll. 1W"illiamsull. Ing tournametlt at Goderich. It resulted nor vvas lllttt•h t'sIvet to{i. 1 itl it. l'NIt Ittll{lieity _ttttit•al. • Ile yi-rite,: "Thewas to be in aid of the crippled • art:.frtint-Ntrrtli.Kii,\'''"1the linty in its first 1 lorrer--terni tvt•itltutlYt fur (hitti.tio. Nu.rtItriiIC ehlldr.en o'f . Huron County. year o.p,;'Bell up the ( lili;t;[ mineral arta Llai Iway olid :tom altl•Mar\' service., i, ititleet,l and latel'-s;'1•V'1'tl many oilier 1ltlli:ll2' t'111t'1'- v'i't'v' ill':"11I. It flit• faith and optimism prises, ,Ditto ttf 111e1t1 much Itttlrt' :'iitportant which inspired the 1ul'11ino tit 1llt' iirSt 5f )ll than t,{{Lalt. It developed the ttlav belt Hai 190 2' ha, not !well lo.i, Northern 1)11,- farlllill!_• area, served Several hydro -cu'f'f rie tar:u will x1{1{11 be elttel'ltlt! an -era a llf pros._ power tIeKelultlllenta illitl made t'. iiirt'k'tittlls Itei'ity" unequalled lit the hast." ELLIS IN WONDERLAND EDITOR'S TOUR OF MERRI E. ENGLAND Among the boxers signed was "Frenchy" .Belanger, ex -champ- ion of the world. The studio of Mary Howell, Spadina street, Toronto, was a meeting place for a number of Younger ex=residents of Gode- rich. .. Among those present were: Misses Leolla Hern, Helen Moyer, Agnes Fraser, Evelyn Reid, Charlotte Panzer, Mary Farrow,' Mrs. Gitson• (nee Laura Brown), Dorothy Westbrook, Olive Anderson, 'Marjorie Heth- erington and Messrs. Doug. Wil (Continued from page 1) watered chicken. and rice, Ma-- settled down. John hugged the son, Reg. Williams,MessrA. M. Ro11- looked a bit different. from clr:\s tyle. But there were o, driving wheel while L.z>ras fox.-son, E_._...Pritchard, Morrison •r Ke., ter'elatzmd.�'q'Bu Zt.:d�cd.�.lo:cam. loo.e= f'• lrrtarl�,�rdol?r -1 t•2ng establish titled .!i ith• dire.. El insteatupsI Kay 'and-MilsWeir. $y. - We spotted towns .and I mcriits specializing in particular of rural England and a most 15 Y Ago -1945 cities and obviously they were Much largelt- -tha- the- -Irish villages and had row on row of houses packed closely tuaa."..a.e .y. .-.ming, gether. Yes, it was merrie .' England. At exactly 9 a.rn., Sunday morning wheaded 4British Summer Time) on Fri- far famed Petticoat . Lane. day July 8 (Five hours differ- Why it -has that name we are ence in time between Toronto `C not sure. But there on a and London. England) we ,a Sunday Morning carts are tame 'to a smooth landing at lined up and filled with all 'London .Airport. As we stip- kinds of gaudy, goods. all ped out of the plane every- i cheap material but claimed thing seem -ed so strangely dif- the best of materials by the° d'erent. Even the air! And, . men who sold them. The sel- seemed to hit you in the face.. • of course. as forecast. there i tiers were cockneys -sharp - was a gentle rain falling. tongued. witty. fast -talking If you're not too weary • fca ..lesmen who are capable of losing this lengthy epistle of ' se'lini even refrigerators td ••Two Innocen Abroad" to the, But here we were in ;ng-. tli:� Eskimos. We were w�:rt:. .•colaiies•• we:'11. take you far- -land after a 7'' hour trip (Only, e l in advance to keep our Cher i.ext week into rural Eng -1 seven hours coming back). It} hands on our pocketbooks for land. But we have o write it', seemed incomprehensible,aea ec- -(lie .salesmen tx'ere only . inter,- anvway. for-certainreasons, to- ;ially when we remembered that, est.ed in getting your money justify our trip. So, skip it if it took 41;; hours to' travel- h, i„ whatever way they could. woo wish, and "when we have foods from all parts of the helpful Automobile Associa- -wot'id and served by natives of ; tion members annualhand-- the respective countries. It \vos book provided by a cousin, Tor11 ,Ulric: ewlh •.w4h--_the.. RCAF at Clinton, Ontario, and who spent his wartime leaves in England touring the Eng- lish countryside. However, we fir.i d the English roads so well marked that. we esperi- ear's Robert .Muir, former Goderich resident; was a member of--t-he crew of the i1,1 -fated steamship H'amztnie-wrhielr'bur ne i to the water's edge at ,Sarnia. Bob lost all his tools and personal effects in the fire., A news deatch from over- seas stated t t F'L, A. , R. eoced• surprisingly little dif- Pinder, of Go' erich, was suc- fleulty in making the right cessfii}» in sinkinr, a Nazi sub - turns. ev:.en . though some of marine in the Irish Sea just be- fore V -E Day. It' was the third be - 'them came up so fast they JJ -boat to be sighted and attack - by >'. L. n Pit for lead Vivi-famous "Swing and Sway' -Band" of Sammy Kaye while' attending a downtot�vn theatre in Detroit. 10 Years Ago --1950 X11; a .meeting of the Masonic i,,ia'OktZ g' '' r"O'tit4UiO. at. TOT onto, A: #t., Scott, of Goderich, was elected district deputy grand master f,�r South Huron. The Public, School. Board de- cided to • lease Ce�ntf al School to Huron County Council so. that FKtt-=arri}acui is gilt ' .0 started., there. -Mr. L. E. Dan�eey, K.C., went .to Alexandra Hospital with a broken hip as a result of a fall at his home. ' Huron County ' Council held their' picnic at Harbor Park. The sports program was. con- ducted by N. W. Miller, A. H. Erskine and W. C. Attridge. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. In 1880 Mrs, Etn,ity I -toward Stowe of Toronto gained 'fame for what achievement? 2.Offt•cially, who appoints the lieutenant -governors of the provinces? 3. Family allowances and old age security pensions are paid to .all C'anadians in the 1-15 years and 70 years and over age groups. Combined, do these two groups represent 8.3, 22.1 or 38.3 per cent of the total population? 4. In the past 10 years how manyyys� Canadians ha,,emigrated to Pie United St'dTes? 5. On the average, engineers and architects are Canada's high- est earners. What is their average annual income? A'NSWERS..„ 5. Their average in c o�tne-z I "'$itt4;581 1:`" year. 3; They constitute 8.3 per cent of the total-poputtion. 1. Mrs. 'Stowe was th-e fist 'woman auth- orized to practice medicine in "Canada. 4. In 10 years emigra- tion from Canada to the U.S. has totalled 345,000•. 2. Official- ly, - lieutentant-governors a r named by the Governor-General; 'in fact, theysare selected by the provincial governments. Mr. Jack Barry and Miss Ber- nice'Fuller, of Hamilton, spent the holiday with. 'Mrs. Reg. Fuller ed James Richardson & Sons Ltd.. "Serving the Feed Dealers of Western OntariO", PHONE JA 4-838S, G-ODERICH ----a-distance,of about- 13o -mile?... oar tour we 'cltecked-OUr- 'couple •-iif 'weeks froin no‘V-We'll wallet about every three min- gently wake you from your,: We made. nd reserVations wr; to see if it was still there. slumber and advise you that i Nviratsoever in. advance. De- -In fact, we kept our money in --It is Finished:: spite that, we were fortunate thfere different pockets to . in getting accommodation in a‘?bid having -all our, eggs in Merners Hotel near Picadilly one basket." We managed to . Circus where we ran intci Mr. survive running the gamut ueath Kir.gsmill uf the store of that of hocksters' stalls with our name on Dundas street, Lon- money still intact and no pur- .1 heard that if you tatid for ways remembef, Petticoat_ nquest tindl 'don, 'Ontiirio. We had,. often ch,ises made. . But• we'll al- t. ce'oss between the canadian National Exhibition, malway and Covent Garden 7\laeket at London, Ontario. any length of time in Picadil- ly Circus in old London you are bound to meet sonleone that o.ne. All we could see .were -people of every nation- .ality in the world, many 'in native cOstume, 'going past us. But sure enough, the maxim proved true. We were ,there but a inatte,r of minutes SA hen , ,we ran into someone with whom we had gone all' •ithiougli high school together was Father John NAnin, now , -the parish priest at the large , Roman Catholic church atop the -hill at Guelph,,,, Cintario. We hadn't seen him -for • years and our reunion was a Next, We startcd touring Lon. don. So many places in so short go in -to detail. In St. Cathedral our guide was ex- plaining the statues. At ore point he was talkingealene tae Duke of Wellington and his horse. An. American 'tourist couldn't make out what -he was saying so he_turned around and a&Ited a' _lady what was being said. UnfOrtunately, the woman he asked was an English woman who dropped her Hs and she explained: "why, 'e's talkin' about the Duke of Wellington Fascinating was the Tower of 'London built by the con, q uering Normans with stones' brought up the Thames River ,in barges from France. Why bring ston_es from far -away France "Aiirlien England had plenty of stone? Merely con- venience! After all,, the Huron County 'Jail at Gode- eel', we are told,, is built of stOne 'brought.. over from -Michigan. Why not stones ;from 'Huron 'County? Simply fbeeause boats took cargoes of salt from Goderich - to IMichi- (ballast on the way back they brought gone from 'Michigan. In a like manlier; The Tower of London it made of stone tfrom France. We got .a kick out of the ravens on the 'rower of London , grounds. The story goes-. that, once no raverrromains in England on 'that day England *ill fall to an enemy. Hence, the ravens are Zealously gnarded by the teefeatera (who tot u,s.guardx. weird (World t)if but%titand there areno finer ‘all of London than hero. We "tent into. iene tgablisliffnent terVing food from India.- We Di•oppin4 into our first pule in oodon, we had our first taste ,f "bitters." •At room temper - Hoe, Nva a conaparat•vely beverage. Seated at our was ,a visiting American moisi. He was a geophysicist alie teaching. staff .of Colurn- ia Univeraity„ New York, and' eas on his way to attond a, .onventiob in Finland. Strange -e, y enough, he, was well acqiulint- 'd with a friend with whom we l'oronto. The latter man is Dr. John Tuzo Wilson. of the CM-, ear was president of the.world-! eide organization of geephysic-; st,z. We had an intefesting'i hat as we si;p0P"tretters" and; igrk_Td they were "not bad" Many were the historical pl,,e•e.; we visited in London' ontil we carne to the conclu- sion ,,thal just. about every boi:ding in the city wa'S 'end- if we stayed,' there for ...se‘ifl'al years -let alone three ..vecks-ove could .never begin to visit all the famed spots. But we will mention one- Dick.sn's Old Curiosity Shop. It .was there we caught up..on our card wTiting obligations to folks back home. We fell down on this job.' There was entirely too much to see to .waste valuable time in 'maid-, ing cards: A coroner's 'fury at ensall decided July 21 that Sheriff Nele son Hill, 70; Goderich. had been asleep at the wheel. when his) car crashed into a concrete bridge near Kippen tact May 22. Testimony showed the aeci- dent.victim had been travelling, north on Highway 4 when his car veered out of control and crashed into .the bridge. He died of multiple injuries. He had been en route home from attending a baseball meet- ing at Simcoeo Four witnesses. including OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons,•Exeter. e)caiiiinggLak Jim la -repeat, by Crown Attorney J. W. Bush field, Wingham. Coroner was Members of the jury were: Orville ,Workrnan, foreman; Lloyd Lovell and Dunean C.00 er, all of RR 2. Kippen; Hector Forcier, RR 4,„ Zurich: and Jos- eph Cantin. RR 2. Zurich. ED0111 "What a lovely(day, let's cause accidents" C -LO S D For Staff Holidays' We will be open this Friday and Saturday until_ 9 p.m., to fill our customers' needs fdr next week.' RYAN and SON JA 4 8662 Notice of By -Law guarantees. most' for your money. No extras or hidden costs like service contracts, tank insurance, burner motor to operate. 2. CLEANLINESS. Only. GAS burns cOmPletelY, without smoke, soot, or oily grime. Saves you money on cleaning, painting and -decorating, too. '3. DEPENDABILITY. GAS is' always there when' you need it,, and you, pay for it' after it has been used. 4. EFFICIENCY. Tests show GAS units are more efficient than those using other fuels. , 5. QUIET:TROUBLE-FREE OPE,RATION. Nd compli- cated moving parts to wear out, ts become noisy -- so no expensive repairs or part -replacements. 6. IT'S COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC..A simple thermo- stat does all the work. Automatic cab:6Th ensure carefree,, safe operation. Inatant heat, is available when required. o TAKE NOTICE that By -Law Numbered One of 1960 of the Board of Trustees of The Roman Catholic Separate School' for the Town'of Goderich, was passed on the'27th day of May, 1960. AND TAKE FURTHER -NGTICE that the. said By -Law was passed for the purpose of borrowing moneys to pro, vide for ,erecting, equipping and' furnishing -a- three room AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the ,amount of money to be borrowed for the provisions aforesaid, is the sum of Eighty Thousand ($80,000.00) Dollar's in be secured by fifteen 'year debentures of the 'said Board dated the 15th day of July, 1960, and that the said surn 'of Eighty Thousand ($80,000.00) Dollars to 'be borrowed pursuant to the said By -Law, the interest thereon and the said Debentures shalt be and are by the said By -Law made a char-ge -upon. ..the4_said_.schnal_housel_proparty_anci_all. _the other real and personal property in the.said Board and upon all 'separate school rates of the said Board until the "said Debentures. -and eachs*and every 'Of „Ahern together with interest thereon shall have been fUlly paid and AND TAKE °FUR• THER NOTICE that the said Deben- tures 'will bear interest at the rate of six and one-half per cent (61fi%) per annum from the date thereof and • shall be repayable in accordance with the" following schedule 'of payments. SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS • "'Phe time has come," the ‘VaIrtis said, "To talk of many things . . . of cabbages and kings " And so it was time to leave London and see the beau- tlful rural parts of England - fire fields *here the cabbages are arown, the friendly 'fanrn folk who grow them, the places where kings flourished in the where they have lain entombed for centuries. To -do this we needed a little car so we rented a Ford consul courtesy of the Canadian Bank of Commerce's manager in Berkeley Square, London -B. W. Dashwood. He's )11 old friend of Art "vVaters of :he Canadian Bank of Com- merce, Goderich, dating back to Winnipeg days together. John Thorpe took the wheel arid for the first few hours 'clung so, cautiously and ten- .‘acioualy to the left 7111 the WOuld wear out the left ettnbs. But as we headed north into rural England and John be- trame more accustomed to being right by driving on the left hand gib of the road we, Year 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ASK FOR INVITATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS 0 ACCESSORIES COME IN AND ASK FOR YOUR FREE BRIDAL GIFT REGISTER Principal $4,000 $4,550 $5,000 $3,705 $5,000 $3,055 $6,000 $2,730 loterest, Total $8,200 $8,290- $9,030 $8,380 $8,055 $8,730 $8,950 $8,495 $8,520 7. LONGER LIFE. 30 year-old installafons still 'work perfectly. There is little, or no depreciation with GAS heating equipment. 8. NO STORAGE PROBLEMS/ft messy tanks or bins, adds valuable living space to your home, 10. NO DELIVERY WORRIES. GAS travels in under- ground pipes, safe from weather hazards: No damage to lawn, shrubs or basement from spilled -fuel . . no:damage to your driveway by heavy delivery trucks. .2je„ 11. GAS IS PLENTIFUL. Huge storage faeilities right here in Southwestern Ontario ensure that plentiful supplies of Natural Gas are always available. UNION GAS. COMPANY OF CANADA GIVES YOU THESE EXTRAS: 12, FREE_ HEATING SHRV __EY. One of our heating ex- perts will make a lya.senient-to'-attic surveY. of your home, measuring every room, .radiator or, duct, window and door. A heating technician will analyze and approve the results and recommendations of this survey. , 13. TEST -PROVEN EQUIPMENT INSTALLED. Based on this survey, a registered heating contractor will install Test Proven equipment, guaranteed ' to match the heating requirements of your home. The installation will be supervised by one of our v-iho gives patient attention -to every detail to ensure the best possible performance. 14. Alt EQUIPMENT GUARANTEED. AII local i.athor- ized henting contractors and Union Gas Company sell only quality e4uipment that meets the require- ments of the Canadian Gas Association and has passed rigOrdus laboratory testing procedures. , 15. COMPLETE FOLLOW-UP. After installation, a trained inspector chec16 to ensure conformity with all Ontariolauel Board and tocalyegulations. 16. EASY TERMS. No payments on equipment till September, 1960. ,Low monthly paythents, 5 years to pay. Cost includes delivery and installation. • • 17. EASY BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN. You can equalize H. 'FREE, LIFETIME BURNER SERVICE. Our ex'- perienced service staff provides free Service every . day of the year to ensure the peffect operation of your Gas Heating System. This service costs you nothing. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the said By -Lao Numbered is on file at the Office of the Secretary -Treasurer of the said Board, Goderich, Ontario, and may tie ekamin- ed between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon, Mondays to Fridays, inclu- sive. 19. FAMOUS BRAND EQUIPMENT, Only equipment , • of lea-dingurawallettrrers is used; and all -equipment has to pass 'the renuirements of the Canadian 20. FREE' ADVICE. A trained home economist is on the -staff of every Union Gas Office. A telephone call is all that is needed tb bring her to your home to advise you on how to get the best out of your Gas appliances. 21. POPULARITY. Throughout the entire country more people are switching to Gas than to any other fuel. In Southwestern Ontario, Natural Gas is serving more than 219,090 satisfied customers. See your H EATING CONTRACTOR or UNION MPANY OF cANADA.,, LIMITED CO HEAD OFFI: CHATHAM, , 35 Colborne St., Goderich ONTARIO Phone JA 4-8317 DATED at Godericii, Ontario) this 8th day of June, 1960. GODERICH PHONE JA 4-8331 • THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE' ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL -31132 D. D. MacM1LLAN BRECKENRIDGE HARDWARE PLUMBING and HEATING LUMBY REFRIGER4TION GODERICI41 PLUMBING. AND HEATING PINDER PLPMBING GODER1161 ELECTRIC