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10 The Qoderich Signal -Star, Thursday, September 12, 1963
Editorials • •
HURON COUNTY'S NAMESAKE
"skirting t1te southern Shore. of Sag-
inaw Bay in ;11iehigan, almost directly
is !Lyon. County. We don't know whether
whether it was Ontario's Iluron
However, historical data records
i/ed 1S59. On the other hand. the Dist-
IllIrD11 III Ontario W•as so !tallied ill
ls:11 That was wheiLit comprised the pres-
ent ..,;inties of 1„Iiirlui, Bruce and Perth
\‘,-'.1 as- the townships of Iiidtltilph. iend
Mt:ti.Hvray. In subsequent years, Huron
l'ounty's area became as it is today Nyith
the aforementioned areas separated
vre,1 ,•arries -its established date as 1841.
1 wo
s IlitrOn County has. an area of 822
in contrast with Ontario's
Iliv• 12.27, square miles, about two -
Dow --
n memory's
50 Years Age -1913
With- this issue of The Signal
a change takes place in the
management, the plant and busi-
. ,ness, of The Signal Printing Co.
thirds of the size of its Ontario. counter- Limited, having been leased for
part, 1 )onsity populalioil in the two a term to Mr. A. E. Bradwric;
gounties is somewhat similar. In Mich...late editor and publisher of the
gan's Illit•on. there are 41.3 people per Parry ,Sound North Star.
square mile whereas, iu Ontario's Huron, After more than ten years of
there are 39.1' persons per square mile.
There are 50,0'21 people living in Ontario's
Huron and 34,006 in Michigan's Huron.
Both eounties are predominantly ag-
ricultural. AIichigan's Huron boasts being
',the first connty [fitted States' navy
bean crop and a reeent state leader in oats
and beans. to watch over the 'columns of
Our own County of lluron led all The Signal week after week,
other •younties in Ontario in the, production
of poultry last year and also cattle. It
also stood hig,h in the production of, hogs.
As the' years go hfv, both counties will
being agricultural "and
as has been the case with other counties 30 Years Ago -1933
There was a big time at Port -
almost incessant work in the'
editorial and business manage-
ment of ,the Signal, I feel the
advisabili,ty, if not the need, of
a, rest and change, and I am
taking this method of obtaining
them. The step is --taken, not
without regret, as I have loved
and I have had the most pleas-
ant relations with the readers
of the paper, the advertisers and
otheY4 patrons of the offite, as
well as with the staff.
rial centres.
DID' YOU HEAR ANYTHING?
lo•ealiing the sound barrier. A long
distat,_ •t phone call to l'he Sig,nal-Star
Ati eftic.ial stated that from 11 •Fri-
day t',!.• a certain period, NOIZAI) would be
-- that the planes would be ,flying
abo,- the IllilliIIII1111 :15,000 -root altitude
and ".ero Ins any resuPting son-
itnises
-aril nor were there any planes
er's Hill on Labor Day, when
nearly one thousand people at-
tended the annual field day of
the Goderich Township Men's
Club. The cravvd was most gen-
seen. But, they were tip there! That ial and orderly and thoroughly
vourtesy call,- however, was- something enjoyed every number on .the
new program. lhe weather was
ideal and the affair well plan-
ned and thoroughly organized.
'the big feature was the parade,
which, owing to the splendid
efforts of William Perdue of
Clinton, chairman, was a huge
success. There were thirteen
classes and'all were well- filled.
The parade was headed by
horseback riders, E, Cox, E.
Switzer, C. Cox, D. Schoenhals,
vuodt,s and Cox, followed by the Clinton
rnited 'States planes —
decoratd cars, an,
on foot, jazz bands, hard -time
the air over Uoderieli last Friday moving. vehicles, clowns and classes for
hard -time. dress, ladies' comic,
ladies' fancy, -children's fancy
and 'comic. A buggy dating as
far back as 1860 and a baby
cost. I:414- the aqtounding likelihood that carriage of even tnore ancient
the bricks -and -Mortar price of the fair and vintage were in the parade.
During the past yeifis or more, the
Goderieh area has been subjected to some
rather rugged blasts which have shattered
house windows, left cracks in \valls and
chimneys and jarred the nerves of some
people.. WhileL some other reasons. have
been given for these blasts, it is believed
that the breaking of the sound, barrier
by planes overhead has been the chief
THE WORLD'S FAIR OUTLOOK
:T.,-!ni,2rerotisly near the point of . eoin-
ol!aps... the structure of plans 16r
i . P.167' Hs been re-inforcetl, by re -
ado:. ',r Frain•e, has been named to fill the
yotoiniss,ioner-general made Vacant
I•es:gitation of Paul liienveint..Other
toge,,,•1• .vitlt additional planks to bols-
ter :be faltering strueture are yet to be
;41'11,0;4o -it. - brief, men mulled sortie
Line 'to direct the 0fli-iirs of this gig -
anti!. -ntorprise since 1.01110 to realize the
;job \v,,, ,just• too big for them. There are
pletit., or lieplaehes .still• ahead for the
men e.'11?) arecand,,Nvill be itained.,1ft, direct
the, atiiiirs of the 1967 World 's
rili,t on -the job, will put
a disTinet dint in Canada's chat -ices of ever
incl u(1-
Away back in early _.\ingtist, -The Eln-
an,:1;i! Post foresaw troubles ahead for the
commenting- on discussions held up to
that limo and was,quile apprehensive a-
hout lises, entire outlook. It has since been
proven that the grave i•onsern of The
l'o,t was warranted.
what The Po,t „aid away
would appear
baek
tit this 1:111e that
Canada's World F'air. in -.Montreal (.0111(1
,i financial nightmai and a source
11S.' eillhalTi17•Anlenl ;,,1 11 Canad-
and re. pOnsible peorde t1101-.
ametio; the corporations planning.
to In\ e -t in exhibits.
: The Canadian peoi)le who 'will
t'o,a the bills have been given only.
ir.1,-,e,t idea of vs -hat the project may
its associated services could. make it as
Gid" Litt, Goclerich ciety that religion still has a
expensive as iiiotlier St. Lawrence Sea-. "
man, entered the Hall of Fame hold upon the liNTS of some.
way. _No_ offieial estimate has yet been •
'in the harness racing world and My conviction has been for
published. _But Arontreal is building 1wolput his town on the map yester- sometime that you had com-
islands .1w. he fair. Mayor Drapeatt is day at the Canadian National pletely given up any connee--
kilking about extending his SUbWay uniler,Exhibition: -Toronto, when he ,tion whatsoever with these sects
the river „to the site.__.There,,a.r_e going .t() 'drove his, Bedford Grattan to.
l,victory in the Futurity for pac-jcinfotCnsruirsetenwdhnentliurr-:cIalloemd. dIisaamp-
lie very large bridge costs and extensive
Then there are ; ers, competing against the best lpointed or encouraged. You
1142;1m -fly construction.
,lthree-year-olds in Canada.
the pavilions, the utilities and scores (H., 1-1 have completely 'bowled , me
115 Years Ago
In Goderich
The population -of Toronto
WSs. announced in The Huron
Signal, as re&i,rded in The
Globe, as follows: Total num-
ber Of persons resident,
23,503; member, of families
absent, 756; persons resident
not member, of families,,
other than servants, 2,355;
householders, proprietors of
real 'estate; 1.358; non -pro-
prietors, 2,686
classes of the public schools
will again be housed in separ-
ate buildings.
An ,impressike memorial- ser-
vice in tribute to those who
gave their lives in war service
was held on Sunday afterndon
in Maitland cemetery, where
former meinbers. of- the army,
navy and air force are interred.
The service was sponsored by
Branch 109, Canadian Legion,
led by the president, Clarence
Lane
10 Years Ago -4953
Goderichsappears headed for
another housing boom with de-
cision made by Town Council
last Friday 'shied to apply for
25 more, new rental homes to
be built' there. " Council'. also
passed a motion requesting the
Ontayio Department of Plan-
ning and Development to send
a representatiye here to view
prospective lots for the homes.
Lightning struck the large
frame barn on the farm of
Edgar Trewartha, near Holmes -
vine during the electrical storm
on Friday morning and the re-
sulting fire destroyed the barn
and contents including the sea-
son's crop.
One Year Ago -1962
J. E, Baechler, of Goderich
ManufAuriitg Company Limit -
day sfor overseas tb attend the
European Economic Commun-
ity sessions. He is one mem-
ber of the 16 -man Canadian
timber trade mission, arranged
by Hon. George Hees, Minister
of Trade and Commerce.
with a thrilling reality, and, the
'force of the proclamation was
so demanding of an answer."
Theo, have you gone religious?
The preacher's job is like any
job—make a dollar, be as vague
as possible, put in a day's.wopk
and seek to escape into some
kingdom of pleasure! am
shocked to hear you uttering
such heresy to a modern man's
mode of ethics. I suppose when
Christ was on the' earth, and,
Theo, you'll be upset to learn
that I do believe with all my
heart that such a man as Jesus
,ChriSt did live, there was a
certain forcefulness about His
character, sIlis message, His pre-
sentation. But, dear old friend,
this i§ all past and gone. Some-
how His followers have not
'been infused with the vision
He had, or el,se they refuse to
have anything to do with it.
I don't know what the answer
You say the sermon was "so
demanding of ansanswer." Can
it be true? Is there still in this
Reaching?' "The- -kite' -flint
awakens and provokes us to
reply? Surely not. I cannots
believe it! Did you answer,
Theo? Did you crawl on your
hands and knees. in false hum-
ility? Did you shout out and
disturb the sleepers by saying
"I BELIEVE!"? I cannot help
MESSAGES
FROM
THE WORD
BY
GODERICH MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
A LETTER TO A FRIEND
By Rev. G. L. Royal, Knox Pres -
Dear Theo:
I was completely taken aback
bY the letter 1 received this
morning. Vie program you
outline is quite amazing. I did
not ..know, you were thinking
along 'theSe lines. It is an
astonishing feature of our so -
necessary, facilittes. This makes Proha°le 'heat being,paced in 2.101:2. The
0 vapital cost anyWhere be't ween $500 mil- Goclerieh horse won the first
lion and $700 Million. SD far, only a fig- twO heats, finishing second in
tire of $40 million- ($'20 million from Olt- the third heat, won by Domin-
aWa. $15 million from Queliee, :145 ion Grattan.
from Afoul real ) has been made pub' i 15 Years Ago -1948
But this is little more than working capi-
Almost one thousand girls
tal and seed moipy to get the -Vanture go -
and boys were registered at
ing. Perhaps $100 million or so of the
Goderich schools on Tuesday.
capital cost !,f the fair will Le met by the
indifstries and foreign governments 'that
put up pavilions. lint is Montreal able
bee City ready to fork over perhaps $'20()
million each
Seoond: Although fearful snms of
taxpayer money may be involved, theri,
is still no formal agreement on which gov-
ernment pays for NV21111. It is Self-
defeating foi- 11, various governments* to
let the fair pass the point of,.1.1(i return
without agreeing on how ,osts \vill be
shared. This iF;' an invitation to finaneial
:irresponsibility and administratiVt.' chaos.
\\That happens, forexampli-‘,"when the fair
is halfway toward completion 011(1 Mi.Int-
real says it iS jumble to finance anything,
more? Will Q4+ebee then he (xpeete,l to
pi ek up lie tab ? sf suspect
the rescue job.
We cannot a fern -el ,to have a flop.
Even ni Ore import ant, We cannot 0 fiord
to let the most spectaettlar velebration pf
our 100 years of union degenerate into, a
federal -provincial,. wrangle that exacer-
bates, divides and embitte_rs_
People Ir/10- f -r had it so good wan 't
1,, Ills Wire, "We should have believe it until they haven'j.. got it.
colthi
's a good thing that ,women rarely
know what they want . . just lbak }mitt.
vail live a few minutes tvitliont. imi"ch they get, as :t is!
,t h.; ,vHionl. fooit or an entire lifetime with- , A man with lipstick on his vollar
out an oriminal thought., advised° to rub it off with white bread,
11e might also.try going out with a taller
that." man is slightly taller in the -morning,
•tha is in the evening-. We have nev- There's not much future in being -the
er tcsted this, 1)111 we do know (fiat people mouse tsliese (lays. If one group of scien-
have a. tendeney to. bee01110 "short.- to- tists isn't trying to give you lung cancer,
\yard, he end of th'e month, another wants to blast you off into space.
1k, t hi, prosperity. -
Est ablishea
Otle (.613bertril Wigtutta-tar
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•You said, and I quote from
your letter, "the people I met
at the doorof the little church
were, I believe,• the most gen-
uine I had ever _contacted."
Now, Theo, you know better
than that! We have had ..this
same thing out many times and
we both concluded that hypo-
cricy was the church's holy
Accnmmodation was taxed at essence; in other wprds, they
the Collegiate -InOtute and two saY' one thing, but they mean
another. To go with another
quotation frofn your rather be-
wildering letter, "I felt a
warffitli
had not known since- a sinail
wishing it were so though.
suppose a return to a greater
faith wouldn't be a bad thing!
Your final description of the
singing startled me. You- said,
and I quote again, "the. hymn
singing was enthusiastic and
with feeling." When I attended
that 'funeral in 1935 we sang
two hymns: that is, we were
supposed to sing two hymns
but, if I remember correctly,
we all stood there like' stone
statues and listeneeto the or-
ganist play the same melody
over five or six times. Mind you
organist did play it well, with
trills, and crescendos, and dim-
sYeQnuseasie Ptaakrdinogn lineaev,e Iolloyaothuer
Ising! There was' no joy, no
linuendos. But, we did NOT
saying such a thing to an old,
and one I considered severely
tried, friend. However, I can-
not agree. I haven't been in- to be enjoying the thing. In
side a church since 1927 except 'fact, no one knew his part very
well. _They say -the Christians
used to be great singeri. 10'
remeinber an old,. dear of a
Sunday School teacher telling
us as boys (and not very well
behaved at that) that Paul and
Silas sang while an earthquake
took place if I remember
rightly the jailor was terrified
and came to the Christians for
help. Theo, do you think you
were projected into the past
and felt amongs0 a group of
Christians? I know it •sounds
crazy but it's the Only answer.
I'm going to write you .again
about this matter. I am in need
of a' little time to think your
letter over. Maybe I should
come up and pay a visit and
perhaps you would take me to
this church where everything
sounds so strangely out af tune
"enthusiasm or feeling" to use
your words. It was all part
ef, a play and no one seemed
at the funeral of an old repro-
bate in 1935 when I was treated
to the most inconsequential hog-
wash you ever heard. What a
'fine fellow he was? What a
pillar of the community? What
a loss? Ha! Warmth in a
church—you're way out, Theo,
way out! And yet,- somewhere
out of the past a small voice
speaks to me and says ,"it could
be st." There .was a time in
my life when I considered- the
ministry of the church as my
calling, but, after attaining
manhood I soon lost any inclin-
ation that way. If only this
warmth you speak of were so.
I fear you are deluded,' old
friend.
I believe I gasped for oxygen
„when you stated, and so blunt-
ly, "the Word was preached
Careless cjiirge
After Car 'Ras
A charge of careless driving
has been laid against Zebedee
Brake of Brampton, Ont., as a
result of a one -car accident in
which, he and two passengers
narrowly escaped injury about
5 a.m. Saturday when the 1956
AuStin he was driving left the
road and rolled in the ditch.
Brake was driving .sou,th on
No, 4 County Road about a
"thile and a -half north of No.
25 County Road when the car
skidded sideways on gravel and
wound up in the ditch. The
car, was damaged to the extent
of about $250, according to
Provincial Constable R. M. Pri-
who investigated the accident.
Girls Take Car
Five juvenile girls at Clinton -
are in trouble as the result of
a car being taken fOr a ride
The -inciderir
through the car being damaged
as the youthful driver attempt-
ed to turn the 1955 Ford from
Highway No. 4 onto the 2nd
concession of Hullett, failed to
straighten out the wheels in
with what we call modern and
sophisticated., If you are telling
me the truth about your feel-
ings—you've never lied to me
before—I think I'd better came. natural expression." Some
Your friend and puzzled cor- tics suggest that the Spasm
respondent — Seeker. School is _with us again.
;id: tatriaitt9guleiesBdur jait,apc1Theati,uoviceisAtitesyeitiaRlco.shstyvinii.
the Godericitt detachment;
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Gda teeantilianlco aeuerouds: p:ieetd.a. 1941:10unn.•e=F:orirldla,iettseidatttial
Ethienc
Malptie.Y, Preston; Mrs. 1111,4-
Mai's. HeulraoroencTe owC4. shDiam,
last week. Interment \vas
five daughters, Mrs. F. (Do.
(Norma) Pender, and Miss
Surviving are her im$
Eug e_A:11,10awHicaur(rdooini (vReT)uotwwh)nsathjsoolpi;
Gsni%leinelo,' ,
19TfbMortsih of Port Albert; and
Melinda Black, Dungannon;
brothers, Case Black, Kitehet
Cecil, Britton; Lloyd, Elmer
Victor, all of Port Albert;
Roy, Lucknow.
The Spasmodic School w
name applied to a group of
19th century poets in Eng
whose writing was characl
ized by "over -strained and
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We chose Sport because it has 25%
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,Those whitewall tires aren't for show.
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__We've got instant heat, too. (Now it
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In fact we've made the whole rear door
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