HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-02-10, Page 10by Bob Carbert
The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday? February 10, 1954
not wired for hydro these days, am?’
the Ontario Hydro Commission is
rapidly extending line? to include ;
even more remote areas. With hydro,
a new field of modernization and
mechanization has been opened up.
There are literally hxmdreds of things
that can be bought and installed in
the home or in the barn, once you
have hydro.
One of the most important of these
is the farm water system. I see
where an agricultural economist tells
us that only 41 per cent of the farm
homes in Ontario have running wa
ter, That is actually a pretty fair
estimate, I would say, for it wasn’t
too many years ago that a tap in a
"1 farm kitchen was just as much of
[ an oddity as a television set is in
' the farm home today. The farmer
has a little more expense in installing water than his ‘ cousin in town.
He has to install a pressure system
on the water supply and in many
cases, that water .supply has to be re
newed before the system is installed.
This means deepening the well, or.
drilling a new one. The pressure sys
tem costs a lot of money and it takes
•'a lot of pipe and fittings to install a
complete water system on the farm.
When there are cattle, hogs, poultry
and horses to be equipped with wa
tering basins for the winter stabling
season, the milk house to equip with
cooling and washing facilities, and
the farm home to be supplied with
water, there is a lot of pipe to be
cut and threaded, a lot of elbows and
fittings to be installed.
One way of lightening the work
and cutting down on expense of in
stallation is through a couple of re
cent innovations in the plumbing field.
If you are thinking of installing a
new bathroom in your home, or doing
a major repair job to an old instal
lation, consider well the advantages
of the new copper water piping that
comes in long rolls and can be
threaded down through the partitions
in much the same way as the heavy
hydro wiring, used in house wiring.
It will bend, go around corners, and
no bothersome fitting and cutting is
necessary. Even a rank amateur can
do a lot of the plumbing himself. All
he needs is help with the fittings on
each end of the long lengths of -cop
per piping. '
There is another new innovation in
the water piping business in the new
plastic piping that is being used ex
tensively in many areas for conduct
ing water from one farm building to
another, or as a temporary conveyor
of water to outside watering tanks.
It can be fitted with a knife and
screw driver, and will stand a lot of
abuse. It will expand with the frost
and not burst, the hogs can chew it,
the cattle step on it, without appar
ent damage, but it is better buried
under
into,
being
waste
disposal units in rural areas,
supposed to last a lifetime.
It is true, that many of these sys
tems run into money, and the kind
of money that people find scarce
these days. But sometimes when all
is taken into consideration, you won
der whether a water system is actually
a luxury, or a necessity. Most/people
who have such a system say it soon
pays for itself.
LUXURIES OR ESSENTIALS
There are a lot of things that we,
today, consider as essentials and ne
cessities, that not too many years
ago were considered to be luxuries,
if they were even considered at all.
Our homes and places of business
have come a long way in the last
generation. Look over the things that
have been added to your home for
example in the last 20 years and
you’ll see what I mean. The rural
electrification of Ontario has pro-.
grossed rapidly until we are now ap-(
proaching the saturation point. «
There are few farm homes that are
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Edward Street Wingham
‘•What's
s
new?" at the Edig-
hoffers store and you’re liable to get
the answer, “Mr, Man shirts and
leather collars". And perhaps you’ll
be as confused as we were when we
heard the answer,
Actually it’s a lot simpler than it
sounds. It’s all part of the new parade
of spring finery that's beginning to
come into the Edighoffers store in
preparation for the fine weather
ahead. It may not feel very much
like spring at the moment, but the
merchants, who have to keep well
ahead of the seasons, have already
done practically all of their spring
buying and are beginning to get ship
ments of the latest spring wear which
were ordered earlier in the winter,
The “Mr. Man” shirts referred to
are the new tailored mannish looking
blouses, which -are the . latest thing in
women’s wear. Cut in the man’s style,
•these blouses have lines'which have
been softened only a little to achieve
the feminine touch which is so neces
sary in even a mannishly-styled gar
ment. The blouses are usually worn
with black string bow ties, adding
further to the masculine motif.
Leather collars are. something new
these days, too.
leather,
sorts of
tailored
popular,
idea is
sponged
purse without getting wrinkled.
Leather and simulated leather jack
ets are also coming to the fore these
days, presenting a change in texture
from the usual run of fabrics. While
the leather jackets and jerkins are
a bit on the expensive side, there are
some very acceptable substitutes of
vinyl plastic, which look quite a bit
like the real thing and are much more
reasonable in price,
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Patrons of the Walker Home Fur
nishings store can get a free trip to
Stratford, any time they’re in the mar
ket for a Kroehler chesterfield suite.
And if y.ou arrange it right you inight
even get a free dinner out of Jack
Walker, but don’t say we told you.
Jack explains that there are so
many different models and styles of
^roehler' furniture that it’s impos
sible to stick them all in his store.
So to give his customers the utmost
in choice and service. Jack
them down to the Kroehler
room in Stratford.
Here they have a sample of every
piece of furniture the Kroehler people
make on display in their large show
room. Furthermore the pieces are up
holstered in almost all the different
types of fabrics available so that you
can see how the fabric looks on a
piece of furniture, rather than pick
ing it out from a swatch. All you have
to do is choose the style of furniture
you want, pick out one of the many
types of upholstery , material and
Kroehlers will do the rest.
drives
show
Made of white kid
•they can be worn with all
different dresses, adding the
touch which has become so
One of the beauties of
the fact that they can
off easily, or carried in
the
be
the
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When Service
is Required
on your
Lighter or Pipe
send it to
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W.M.S. Meeting Held
The regular meeting of the W.M.S.
\ras held at the . home of Mrs. R,ay-
mond Henning on February 3rd. The
meeting opened with the call to -wor
ship by the president, Mrs, Nichol,
followed by prayer, The minutes of
the previous meeting were read by
the secretary, Mrs. Felker and the
financial statement, by the treasurer,
Mrs. H. Robertson,
Arrangements were made, for the
World’s Day of Prayer on March 5th,
to be held this year in the United
Church. The supply secretary reported
that the society would be responsible
this year for clothing an Indian boy
12-15 years of age, Following the roll
call and collection, Mrs, Wm. Mw
dell gave the dedicatory prayer.
Mrs. Smillie, the welfare secretary,
was in charge of the devotional period
taken from the study book, "Voy
age of Discovery" on hospital visitors.
The hymn, “The Sympathizing Jesus"
was sung and the Scripture study
from St. Luke, chapter 15, was taken
by Mrs. Bailie, who also read a paper
on what to do and what not to do
when visiting patients in the. hospi
tal.
Mrs. G. Mundell told of the work of
several hospital visitors maintained
by the Presbyterian W.M.S. Mrs. O.
Moffatt fav.ored with a piano solo,
“Humoresque".' Mrs. C. Higgins told
of what the hospital visitors mean to
little children and Mrs. Smillie told
of their work in nursing homes.,,.
Mrs. Smillie gave a very interest
ing and heart-touching illustration of
her own hospital experience, leaving
the thought that a word of prayer
and cheer is often what is needd to
start a patient on the road to re
covery. Following the hymn, “O Sa
viour, Bless Us 'ere We Go" the presi
dent closed the meeting with prayer.
Mrs. G. Mundell, literature and li
brary secretary, had the Presbyterial
W.M.S. travelling library book on dis
play at this meeting.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Don. Robertson at
8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2nd.
A social period followed jvith re
freshments being served by the hos
tess, assisted by the lunch committee.
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Town of Wingham
1954 Taxes
Taxpayers may make payments on account
1954 taxes up to $0 per cent of 1953 taxes.
Interest at the rate of Four per cent, per annum
will be allowed on such prepayments.
: Prepaymentsf of taxes must be made at the
Town Treasurer’s Office, Town Hall.
W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer,
Town of Wingham
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