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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-12-20, Page 1FROM YOUR SIGNAL- AR EDITOR AND STAFF: GeorNe L. Ellis, Mrs. D. L. Ellis, Robert G. Sprier, Stanley Hills., biers. Ethel Green, Art Elliott, Austin Purdy, Robert Henry, John Buchanan, Mrs. Marr Manning, Ken Turner, Bill Pollard. Mawr rFROM YOUR FAITHFUL RURAL NEWS CORRESP011IDENTS Mrs. Wes Bra,dnock, Auburn; Mrs, Ray Finnigan,. Crewe ;* Mrs. Charles Jefferson, Donnybrook; Mrs. L. Stingel, Dungannon; Mrs. Frank McCullough, Holmesville,; Mrs. Leo Courtnepr, Kings- _...,wilt. _, ._•...,..�. ., w + r•r : .. .rr u- d: bridge; Mrs. Earl Howes, Ashfield; Mrs. Graham McNee,,. Nile; Mrs. Arlie Lockhart, Porter's Hill; Mrs. John Lindsay, Bayfield; Mrs. Clarence Hoy, Port Albert ; Mrs. Peter Harrison, Taylor's Corner; Mrs. Allan Miller, St. Helen's; Mrs. Frank Rising; Sheppardton. IISth Year No, 50 Santa was a busy man last week visiting many Christmas parties. Above Santa. hands out Christmas stockings to „eager youngsters at LETTER TO EDITOR the Lions Club Christmas event held last Thursday at the ilarbourlite Inn. (Signal -Star photo) December 14, 1962. , TheeEdiitor, SignaLS,tar ear • I feel that Mr. Craven's letter of December 3rd, in which I was berated for my views on Civil Defence and atomic war, calls for some further com- ments. Mr. Craven states .that Civil Defence firmly believes in three propositions: (a) We will be victorious in the event of war, (b) We will continue as an or= ganized nationat the termin- ation, of a war. (e) We will pre- serve the advances which civil- - ization has made until now. I feel that I am only one of a great number of residents of this area whose common sense tells them this is wishful think- ing, a deluded "heads -in -the - sand -to -the -Adam's -apple" type philosophy, in view of the vast amount of published authentic data to the contrary. I also feel that this realistic view on our part accounts for what he calls their lack of interest in civil defence and also their reluc- tance to offer services to' local emergency measures commit- tees. Major-General W. H. S. Mack- lin, a prominent Canadian of wide military experience, • and one of the last persons Mr. Craven can label as a "peace at any price" monger, stated recently; "The hydrogen bomb is much too big. A mere uv dozen, ac- curately delivered on North. America, would put the sur- vivors back into the stone age... No defence has `been, or can be, devased.• If the bomb is`ever used, .both sides will perish mis- erab.ly. We cannot wage a nu- clear war and. survive it." We have only to go to the results of bur Civil Defence ex- , ercise, "Tocsin" 'B'," held last yea, for equally emphatic evid• enc6•. It was assumed Canada was attacked by a fleet of bomb- ers and a handful.of missiles. The official results of this` single simulated raid: obliteration of 15 cities with 2:6 millions dead, one million injured, plus deadly fallout dii''Countlnss'others::' '.i'oi'• onto had 600,000 dead, Ottawa 175,000. This was also ail ack• nowledgment of tli'e utter. , worthlessness of NORAD as a military instrument. lit When the refugees from these stricken cities head for Huron County, Mr. Craven claims we can '.have traffic conditions "equal or better to those Which we see on the roads during hell= da seasons." He states that evacuation can be "orderly, fast, an 1C'of' aone •'wlio d efficient �! tried to move through ;a mix ture of Grey Cti traffic and y � Toronto fog a few 'Weeks agoi no further argument is hece- • sant. An emergency of this sort could not be handled by arixtfibandedalocal._volunteetss, no matter how courageous and keen. Regiments of , trained troops wottid be needed to -keep order of any sort on the roads, not to mention the requisition ing of supplies and billets, the. shooting of looters, and, so forth. Local volunteers will have plenty of chores. I think advice. given to officers of a local in- dustry, at the height of the Cuban crisis, is worth repeat ing: "In the atdvt.-04.,.of anything happening," (meaning an atomic attack) "arid you're still alive, come in the next day and we'll see what • should be .done.' Sound advice, it strikes me. No, Mr. Craven, I feel that if man is to survive on this planet he must learn to, er . •, if you'll excuse the nasty word, "negotiate." I don't think cour- age enters into it as much as common • sense. Seems to me there's too much ,courage on this world. It's one of the things which has got us into many of our troubles in Atte past 5,000 Years, after original episode involving a woman, a snake and apple of course! I grant we take chances when we' offer to negotiate with the Rus- sians, but we're taking far •rnor chances when we go blindly along with the bellicose Ameri- can Brass, not to mention the loud -mouthed lame -brains of the (Continued on page 4) James Family Anniversary The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Warren James and family, a7 ,Bruce'street, was the scene ,of •a pleasant family gathering De cember 7. when .Mr. and. Mrs. James observed their silver wed- ding,anniversary• A turkey buffet supper waa served to a large gathering o the family, with a three -tiered wedding cake an attractive cen- trepiece.. Nearly " -40 guests were served. Those attendipg and enjoy- ing the dinner and evening of music and games included Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Naylor of 13e1 - grave; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mocs. Goderich, and their son Fred of Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moss and family, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. Dave McClinchey and fam- ily; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. Leon- ard Sheardown and family; Mr. and . Mrs. Wilfred Greenwood and Nancy, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Moss and Jim of Au- burn; Bill James, oldest son of the celebrants. • The Family Other children are Fred, Mar- ilyn, Sylvia, Tommy and Gerald Noel. Mr. Janes has four. sisters, Mrs. Mickland of Detroit, Mrs. McConnell of Detroit, Mrs. Herb Simpson of Windsor .and Mrs. Archie Newman, also of Wind- sor. There is. also one brother, Gordon James of Windsor. One brother of Mrs. James, Harry Moss and family of Platts- ville were unable to attend. GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1962 MaiI Volume Up New gook For DRMO Holds For 'New Record P°l'ce Office By the time Santa has made his last Goderich call, the local post ,office will likely have rack- ed yup another new record for volume of mail handled over the Christmas season. .Postmaster A. M. Homuth ad- yised The Signal -Star Wednes- day afternoon that it appeared likely, on the basis of statistics maintained up until that time, that there would be an increase in volume of about five or six percent. Last year there were 176,000 -pieces handled, approximately, considering only letters and cards, and not including parcels. It looks as though, this will ex- ceed 180,000. pieces _ this year, despite the 'fact more metering equipment- has been added in the past year, eliminating a great deal of metered mail from the count.. Crisis Passed Parcel volume appears to oe appreciably greater this year too, and fears were held that owing to the bad weather that prevailed last week, there would 'be a last minute rush of parcels from the rural routes. How- ever, this past weekend saw the hump of the volume of rural outgoing mail, and by Wednes- day local mail volume was start- ing to slide a bit. Mail Earlier "People have been mailing quite a bit earlier," Mr. Homuth commented, indicating that mail early campaigns over the years are taking visible effect. He pointed out that the growth of the • town over the past few years seems to be re- flected fairly precisely in the mail volume, and the way things are at present, an increase of around five percent can be look- ed for , each year. John K. Sully, president of DRMCO, left Montreal by plane Wednesday on a business trip to South America. Alterations to the quarters of the Goderich Police Department are nearly complete,,' -and when some plastering and painting has been done next week, the offices and cell block will have "the new look." Workmen were busy this week installing a eeiling over the two rear polite offices which extends partially over the cell block. The result is to divide the vertical i pace into two levels; making an extra floor available for extra office space or storage. One result will be to give privacy to the offices, as hitherto ,anything spoken in the police offices was clearly audible in the cells. On completion of the carpen- try and touchup plastering, the section of the quarters under renovation will• get a new coat of paint for the first 'time in three years. Children bf the membAei s'"" oT' Goderich Kinsmen Club enjoyed their annual Christmas party Monday evening at Harbourlite Inn when more than 100 child- ren and adults joined in tiie fun. ��., • About 60 you4hgsters were presented to Santa Claus and received gifts of toys, and were further entertained with re- freshments'. and a highly pop'.t-„ lar program of cartoon movies. A feature of the evening as far as the adults were concern- ed was the -lucky draw in which Ray Hoggarth, George. Vanstcne and Bill Taylor were winners Mr. and Mrs. 'J,, J. Moody, Warren street, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Herb Moody of Clinton. A wartime air gun - St. Thomas for the holiday sea- I ner, he now prepares Trade son. Exams for the RCAF. Single copies IOc Family Party. An atihual Christmas event, the DRMCO children's Christ- mas party, held at the Harboui- lite Inn onG Tuesday evening, was attended by nearly 600 peo- ple comprised of the company's employees and their families. Festivities included a grand march _ of the children, enter- tainment by Earl Hay„w`o"Eid and his CKNX artists, clowns, sing- songs and a visit by Santa Claus with gifts for children of all ages. Door prizes were won by, Mrs. Herman Fisher, Mrs. Jack Grace, Miss Ruby Comrie, Mrs. Cyril Tranquada, Mrs. Frank Pett-t4is, Mrs. Peter Collier, Mrs. Jairie ••Fellows, --'Mrs. Terrance Fisher, Mrs. John Frith, Mrs. Garry Ross, Miss Joan Dever- eaux, Mrs. Lloyd Atfieldi Mrs: Fred Todd, Mrs. William Bar- low, Mrs. Robert Straughan, Mrs.. Bruce Sowerby, Mrs. James Helgsic, Mrs. Bert Squire, b Mrs. Bower Farrish, Mrs.'' James Mayor Ernie Fisher., master of ceremonies, introduced Air Vice - Marshal and Mrs•. J. A. Sully. A ,greeting was extended on be- half of the company t� all pie - sent by Mr: John K. Sully, sident of DRMCO. Mr. Harold Chase, representing Local -1863 of the International Associattor+ of Machinists, thanked the coin- pany. A delicious luncheon was served with background musk' by Mr. Bob Paige on the ac- cordion with his sop Colin -.,'n the drums. • The evening concluded with the singing of the -national an- theifi. AIRMAN DECORATED Sgt. Thomas Little, Blake street, was recently decorated with the, C:D. by Group Captain J. G. Mathieson at the RCAF, Christmas will be impressive- ly observed in Goderich churches with special services, messages and music. At St. George's Anglican Church there will be Holy Com- muniofii at 8.30.a.m. on Sunday, Christmas hymns and carols at 11 a•m., and evensong at 7 p.m. On Christmas eve, Holy Com- munion"will be .. at 11.15 p.m. On Christmas Day, there , will be Holy Communion at 9.30 a -m•, and a brief family service at 10.3 '.a.m: On Christmas eve at North Street United Church there will be an organ recital of Chris:- masmusic by L. H. Dotterer at 8.30 p.in., followed by a carol singing service at 9 p.m. Ou Sunday there will be special Judge P. S. MacKenzie of Walkerton, sitting in county court here, Wednesday after- noon; acquitted Nathan Silver of arson in connection with a fire in' his store at Hensall, April 5 last. Accused had been com- mitted for trial by Magistrate Glenn Hays at Exeter 'some time ago. "The evidence does not satisfy me in my own mind, beyond a reasonable doubt, that this fire was wilfully set," said his hon- or, "nor can I see that the evidence is sufficient to convince me beyond • a reasonable doubt that the accused wilfully set this fire. I have grave doubt, and I find a case is. not ,gstab-- fished, in my mind. I there- fore find•• the accused not guilty.” - "Thank you," said. Mr. Silver from the prisoners' box. Martin For -Defence Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane of Exeter conducted the prosecution. The defence was in the hands of G. Arthur Mar- tin, Q.C., noted Toronto lawyer, assisted by Robert Carter... A complaint of improper de- tention in -'pol,iee cells, allegedly without opportunity to consult counsel or apply for bail, came before the police commission Monday as sequel to a letter from the law firm of Donnelly, Donnelly and Murphy, , repro- enting Lyle Thurlow, of Gode- rich. In a two-hour session the commissioners — Judge Frank I' ingland, Magistrate Glenn Hays and Mayor E. C. Fisher -- discussed the Liquor Control Act, the Bill of Rights, "pre- ventive justice;" and the ethics of awakening lawyers and jus - The highest graddt' Bert ficate" available hi St. John Ambulance first aid titaining rats pre- sented Divisional Superintendent tendent John ``Wilson (2nd from left) by Col. Douglas Campbell, Prov Aviiycial TSepttty-Con'itnissiofiier of the Assooia- tion at a meetin of the God... ich branch caln- mittee for Iturori4ast Week. At right ar4 dill neW chairman of the G'bderich .cOmmitteet Brig. G. McLeod Moss, and Lieut. Col. T. Mur- ray MacDonald, former chairman, now West: ern Area commander. Brig . . floss wale also named chairman of the" financial committee which will conduct a campaign in Iluron earl y in the New Vear , (Signal -Star -photo)' .. i+�•ua.�. tai w.c lilluuir. I pullet; guiu�lncc. . of the • night. • "We cannot condone the mat. Thurlow was' one of fourl,ter of an arrest," said Judge young men in a car halted at a Fingland, - "when summonsc3 gasoline station a1; 3 a.m., Nov- might and would meet the usual ember 15, when ConstabH conventions of "administration George Bacon found under a in this town." seat a bottle of liquor and took ' Tragic Thing " Thurlow, who admitted owner- "To spend a night in custody ship, to the station. Much argu- is a tragic thing for anyone,•' meat centred about whether he said Til1gistrate Ilas, "and it was detained against his will u is inev;tsble that the c.perielice stayed voluntarily. The con will come to certain persons, to stable denied that the accused maintain order, but it is cer- was denied access to counsel, tainly to he used with car', but reported that the other and, to detain anyone overnight members, of the party—Gary is a serious step. I take it Inc Ross, John Thurlow and Glen police under,taXid a man should Allen—created a disturbance tin (Continued on page 4) he station and Lyle Thurlow had said he did not want to get into more trouble and woul l�x stay at the station. 11e added �f ; � S •F F ; t Y5. that Allen, owner of the car, later drove the wrong way ony=y the Square and had four charges •n all laid against Allen and Lyle Thurlow had played Industrial League l hockey . that night. Police Chief Fred Minshall, 3 s 'consulted on the telephone 5 Bacon said, had told him to put Thurlow in the cells ,mail morning. Was Hef4. , l" f bariiel Miirpliy, T'hurluw's counsel, pressing the point as • ' x ��." to his client staying voluntarily, r kph demanded: "Could he have gone, home' after the chief ordered him into the cell block?''� x.{ "Not unless I• ,released hint," the constable replied.' ' 1 ` The chief said that Thurlow was merely detained"as a`trans ienf•" "Freedom is a very preciot's thing," said Mr. Murphy, as dis• cussion neared an end. Judge Fin land expressed the view that t h e1 in loom a t was p based on techiticalitiet. The commission made no for. mal„judgment ,on, the case, but laid down certain ptineiples for PLEASED, WITH $15;000 BEQUEST TO HOSPITAL In renewing her subscription to the Signal -Star, Mrs. Ruth Hamilton Larkin of Riverside, Ontario, refers to the bequest of $15,000 left to Alexandra Hos- pital from the estate of the late David B. Anderson of Windsor. "Mrs. Maude Anderson was Maude Start who was brought up in Goderich by her uncle a Mr. Secord who, I believe, was a lumber dealer in Goderich in the 1890's," writes Mrs. Lar kin. "Her father was Judge Start of Hamilton andher mo- ther was a Secord. Mrs. An- dersop attended _Goderich Col- legiate Institute and later gradu- ated as a nurse from a Chicago hospital. Mr. and :,•Irs. Ander- son spent a good many sum- mers in Goderich at the Sunset Hotel._ I am delighted they re= membered the. Goderich hos- pital." Four "court officials , carried into court the • exhibits put in yesterday during testimony of 13 • witnesses: • Jack " Drysdale, William', Brown, Hensall -fire chief Byron Kyle, Provincial Constable Murray Peer, D. '•1. Lucas from the provincial • lab- oratory, Inspector Robert Kaui: man of the fire marshal's staff. Alfred Scholl, Morley Fraser, Harry and Annie Horton, Irene Davis, Provincial Constable C. G. Gibbons, Byron Matthews of Granger -Taylor dry goods, Lon- don, and Davis L. Smith, To:: onto accountant. SlipperyRoad Accident Cause Slimy, wet pavement, frozen into a slippery sheen Tuesday evening resulted in two col- lisions with hydro poles at tne corner of Victoria street anti. Britannia road, painfully injur ing an Owen Sound woman who required -12 stitches for a face cut. Could Not Stop Ross J. Howell, 30, • of 132nd avenue, Owen Sound, -was driv frig south " on Victoria street about 3.40 Wednesday mornmg, and on arrival at the Britani.ia road intersection, was .unable to stop, sliding right through the dead end stop, striking a hydro pole and causing about $400 damage to the car. • Dahl- age {)a11rage to the pole was estimated at $150. His wife, Beverly, was thrown against the front of tie 1963 model Chrysler, property of A. and H. Auto Sales of Owen Sound, and .required a dozen stitches to close face cuts. Also Hits Pole Dan I1tirbins, 20, of 97 Picton street, was more fortunate • in an accident, at the same corner. When turning left onto Britan- nia " road from. Victoria'- street about 10.25 Tuesday night, h,. slid across the street strikit_g a hydro pole, causing about $75 damage to the car.' The accidents were investigat- xd by Goderich police. Christmas music and message at -11 a.m., and at 7 p.m., the pageant, "A Little Child" will be presented in the Christian Education building by the jun- ior congregation. "The Third Christmas Story" will be the sermon - subject at Victoria Street 'United Church at 11 a.m., on Sunday with special Christ- mas music. Midnight mass will be cele- brated at St. Peter's Roman ' Catholic Church on Christina. eve. On Christmas day there will be two morning masses. Assisting will be Father. James McCabe, S.J., from India. At Knox Presbyterian Church a Christmas eve service will life held at 11.30 p.m. On Sun- day at 11 a.m. the sermon 'sub- ject will be "Saviour" while at 7 p.m., a candlelight carol ser• vice will be held. A Christmas messge will ue delivered at Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle at 11 a.m. on Sun-` day with a special service Jf song at 7.30 p.m.• ,,.- . "Receiving God's Gift" will be the sermon subject at Goderich Baptist 'Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Sunday school cantata will be ' presented at 7 p.m: • • At the Free Methodist Church, "Giving Gifts" willbe the ser- mon subject at 11 a.m., with "Christmas In Song • and Ser- mon"- being presented at 7 prim:: Sp ei r Christmas services will be held at the Salvation Army at both 11 a.m.. and 7 pan. on Sunday. ' • Changes..; On • • CountyCouncil Huron County Council' has" undergone a 20 per cent change over for 1963; seven of its 35 seats will be occupied by new -members. Also there remains one election, in McKillop, where nominations will be held Decem- ber 28. , Reeve • Dan Beuerman, 15 years in-.council„will-be-nona- i.nated, but whether or ' not he will be opposed is not known here. No more will Harvey Cole- man's cigar smoke rise from an end pew to right of the .war• den. The Stanley reeve,- eight years an the county body, tori his council "if they wanted to make a move he would not stance in the way." Deputy reeve Alvin Ran ran for the senior post, but was defeated by Ernest Talbot, and Elmer Hayter lits the deputy office. Mr Talbot got over 100 majority at the Bayfield poll: Valentine Becker, reeve of Nay, gives way to John Corbett. In East Wawanosh, the reeve - ship relinquished by Clarence Hanna falls to Ernest Snell. ' William Musser captured,,.th deputy reeveship of Exetoi from Claude Farrow. George M,cCutrheon;•: reeve of Brussels '.an'd'warden for 196A did not seek re-election, and Brussels will be represented by Calvin Krauter. Reeve Scott Fairservice removed from Blyth Which will send William Morritt to count council. ' Two of the preseirt„ member;� served only • part ,of the 19C1t tenni: J. A. Sutter as deputy reeve of Clint6n and D. Geiger; deputy reeve of Hay. Despite very:stormy and blustery weather con- ditions,.,most of the staff of Alexandra Marine and GGeneralIIospita1 were able to attend and enJoy.the annual Christmas party Wednesday evening of last Week, when a Christmas re- past, carol singing and amusing skits Made pp -an enjoyable progrann. stere is a partial.. view of the gathering in the 'citfeieria as ca 1`it b The Signal -Star u e ' c r. g ytold a Si' alb ` • . C t� 01010 y- Among the students from dnt• of -town schools who have AZ - rived home for the Chrisfm ' vacation are: Jerry Etue;',Un versify. of Detroit, with his pa ents,Mr. .and , Mrs. Lloydpw•Etue, Douglas Madge, Huron. Col1eg ll, London, with his family, Mrs. Madge, Derek, Debbie an avi i ave Leeson, Huron Co ' lege, °London, With his 'paten` Mr. and Mrs. W. Leeson:' 14fBett ger ' l� ,••Hiui;on Gallego, tondo With pia:pat'ents , Mt,.;a nd %rola Bet a Te Sa versity of Torontei, with els en , a r.,Mtai 3'' �. , � tt3. NtltY With ,n4� w tL� kelt", .y . •�'• and Maitght.'