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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-02-17, Page 8HIGHLIGHTS from the HIGH SCHOOL W.D.H.S. Girls’ Basketball The odds were heavy that it couldn’t happen, but it did. The Wingham girls challenged the Clinton girls’ basketball team to a tussle last Tues­ day, February 9. The Clinton girls had already visited Goderich and Seaforth and had come out victorious. The Wingham girls had played both Goderich and Seaforth but • ended up holding up the bottom end. Both teams were well-matched and I think that this was one of the calm- games that I saw, X figured the play­ ers were very lucky tQ come put alive. Some of the Wingham girls recog­ nized a few of the Clinton veterans and here and there one could see players from opposite teams taking time out for a chat. On the whole, true school sportsmanship was shown throughout the game. The Wingham girls seemed to be always one step ahead of the Clinton lassies, but nevertheless the Clinton girls played a very hard game. Now that our girls have found the path that leads to victory we hope that they won’t be wanderers but will stick right to it, The score at the end of this all-im- pbrtant game read Wingham 18, Clin­ ton 17. The Fanning Mill by Bob Carbert ARMITAGE’S .OFLAUNDCRERSy AMO CLEANERS MEMBER 7/ | | Men’s Wear Ready Made Clothing 2 Ladies’ Hosiery s E fllll PHONE 172 WINGHAM VE MONEY by PREPA YING Donalda MacDonald 0-0-0 W.D.H.S. Boys’ Basketball The junior and senior boys’ teams of W.D.H.S. experienced a dark day on Tuesday, February 9th, when they met the boys’ basketball teams of the Clinton Collegiate Institute, Truly the scores of both games for us were al­ most humiliating. Nevertheless we entertain hopes of triumphs before the season closes. First, the junior boys’ game wound up with a victory for Clinton 56-16, a score which, compared with that of the senior game, is not quite so bad as one would be led to believe. The principal scores for Clinton were K. Porter with 17, R. McKay with 10 and B. Thomason with 6 points. The remaining 23 points were divided among G. Telford, D. Snell and B. Sharkey, each with 4 points; P. Jones and K. Farquison each with 3 points; H. Calquhoun and G. McDonald with 2 points each and B. Galbraith scored the remaining point. For Wingham, Jim Campbell scored 5 points, Doug Murray, 7 points, Frank Houghton, 2 ington and point each. The storm senior game aster for W.D.H.S. The score was 58-5 in Clinton’s favour. D. Ladd led the assault for Clinton by scoring 13 points. G. Tilbutt ran a close with 11 points. For Wingham 3 points; Jack Hall each scored points and Ian Hether-. Dick McCutcheon one > really struck during the which resulted in dis- ■fr WINGHAM * «3\ INCORPORATED ••••••••••• FINANCES Most people in business, whether they be shop-keepers, professional men,-salesmen or farmers, realize that you can’t operate a business properly without a sensible and sound finan­ cing system, You have to have money, to make money, to be able to take advantage of the opportunities that arise. If you haven’t some capital to run a business and you have to oper­ ate on borrowed funds, often times the interest rates can be more than your return. This is especially so in farming where there is an increasing amount of money invested. It used to be that the average 100 acre farm could be bought for five or six thou­ sand dollars, you could equip it with a full line of implements and four horses for less than the price of to­ day’s tractor, and you could buy a whole string of milk cows for the price of a couple,of springing heifers at today’s community sales. Today the average farmer has an investment” that runs anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 dollars. This is spread over a farm, a tractor, and a full line of power equipment, a herd of cattle, some hogs, poultry and a long list of so-called labor-savers, and modern appliances. Many of these were un­ heard of in the ’old days and so they did not' represent the temptation that they do today, to those folks who had extra dollars in the late 40’s and in 50 and 51. At the same time, I would venture to say that more of those 20« to 40 thousand dollar investments are paid for today than were the 10 thou­ sand dollar investments in the 30’s. There are fewer mortgages, less back interest and back taxes, fewer debts than come folks some invested it in capital assets such as equipment, improvements and addi­ tional land. One of the great problems of this recent farm boom has been the huge amount of money that a young fellow has to be able to raise in order to start out for himself. It would be foolish to say that most farm boys have that kind of money when they there and who say, were in those days. Easy easy go is the word and had the money spent it, but I prefer to say they ■ W Bn, At# W do? There are many eases kof* good, solid With from tenep simply because thpy could not Jay their hands upon the kind of money needed to give them the iiidependance of owning their o\vn farms, There are not top mapy investors these days. The retired farmers who used to move to town and let out their mopey on mortgages, find that they need most of their farm and chattel returns to buy a house in town and finance their day-to-day life. Here then, we have lost the principle method of financing young fellows who wanted to start. We have recently seen the Junior Farmer Loan, the Canada Loan Board and the Veterans’ Land Act take up part of the load, but they cannot pos­ sibly finance the huge investment needed for today’s farm. Here is a problem that must be solved if we are to keep our farming land pro­ ductive. How to finance the young fellows who want to start. Farm fin­ ancing is different than that of a shop-keeper who knows approximate­ ly what stock he needs to lay in, and approximately what mark-up he can receive. His estimates ■ may be opt somewhat, but generally speaking, he knows ahead of time what he can spend in stock and ’ improvements. Not so the farmer. I once heard a man say that he never invested, his own money, but always borrowed from someone else. Then, if he lost it, he wasn’t broke. It isn’t possibly the soundest way to do business in the world, but most of the successful businessmen in any community have “gambled” with bor­ rowed money and ■ have struck it rich. On the other hand, most of the failures have made bad investments with both their own, arid someone else’s money. Financing is a very com­ plex- topic and one that demands a lot of study. citizens, becoming discouraged the whole thing and departing the farm, to a day-to-day exis- in factories, op in industry, H.J. CORNISH & Co. '1 J Certified Public Accountants H. J. Cornish L. F. Cornish D.* Mitchell 294 DUNDAS ST. LONDON, ONT. ■MUk* > ft? 1 <1 "%f ■ fci Bill /1 ' 7 I WOULDN’T have any PART of it •’And neither would my Dad. He knows the value of trust company experience in looking after an estate. He wouldn’t be without it!” So many wise men to-day rely on the experience and co-operation of a trust company. Write for free booklet headed: “Blueprint For Your Family”, covering some aspects of estate ad­ ministration. Town of Wingham 1954 Taxes Taxpayers may make -payments on account of 1954 taxes up to 80 per cent of 1953 taxes. Interest at the rate of Four per cent, per annum will be allowed on such prepayments.- Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer’s Office, Town Hall. W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer, Town of Wingham NEW FORMULA CHICK STARTER MS GREATER GROWTH i There are 2 important considerations when buying a Chick Starter- ss I II s PERFORMANCE and ECONOMY You get both these SHUR-GAIN in “New Formula” Chick Starter. PERFORMANCE in 25% greater growth. ECONOMY in local manufacture. men CANADA PACKERS LTD w WINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE 1-3 Dunlop St., Barrie Phone 770 Evenings by appointment. THE STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION HEAD OFFICE 372 Bay St.. Toronto G second scored George Bev. Brooks Horton and one. Hugh Sinnamon 0-0-0 Girls’ Thursday Game On Thursday, February 11, 1954, the Goderich girls visited the Wingham girls’ basketball team. The game was very close but most of the time the Wingham girls were leading. Nearing the end of the game the Goderich1'girls tied up the score making the game more exciting. At one minute to play Goderich bobbed in two baskets, one right after other. Both teams played very hard I think that this was one of roughest games yet. The score at full time read God­ erich 24, Wingham 20; Ruth McNiven led the Goderich girls' with 12 points and Feme Cook led the Wingham girls with 11 points. GODERICH — Ruth McNevin 12, Margaret Emerson 8, Marilyn Wil­ liams, Shirley Leitch 4, Beryl McCabe, June Willis, Rosemary Clark, Audrey McCabe, Joan Cowley, Pat Samis. WINGHAM—Feme Cooke 11, Mar­ guerite Ford 2, Mary F. Currie, Lois Thompson 4, Donalda Donna Coupland Doris Doubledee, Thelma Bennett, Berva Gallaher. • I1L/111 11 ILjljlj Optometrist Patrick St., Wingham MacDonald, 3, Sandra Smith, Grace Thompson. Marlene McKenzie, Donalda MacDonald 0 - 0 - 0 ” Boys’ Basketball Thursday, February 11th, was a brighter day for the junior boys’ bas­ ketball team of W.D.H.S. They joined in a contest with the junior team from Goderich and, by only a slight margin of two points, lost the game 14-12, Douglas Murray was Wingham’s most outstanding scorer with 6 points to his credit. Dick McCutcheon scor­ ed 3, Leslie Showers 2 and Ian Heth­ erington 1. Once again the senior boys met more than their equal „and didn’t do quite so well. Goderich came away victorious after inflicting a humilia­ ting defeat of 62-16 on our seniors. It was a black day. By the end of the second quarter the score stood at 24-6 against our beleaguered team. By the end of the fourth quarter the score rested heavily against W.D.H.S. 38-10. For Wingham George Hall and Bill Laidlaw scored 5 points each; Bev. Brooks has four to his name and John Congram 2. Let us not be too downhearted about such a score. In the event of a victory, such a feat would' be considered unique and be all the more celebrated because of it. OFFICER TRANSERRED Constable Henry Christienson, a member of the Ontario Provincial Po­ lice detachment at Walkerton for the past year, has been transferred to the Goderich detachment and commenced his duties there on February 15. I. H. Wade, formerly of the Goderich de­ tachment, will replace Const. Chris­ tienson. LEAVE FOR KOREA The huge military establishment at Camp Ipperwash will be vacated with­ in the next two Weeks. The second battalion of the Queen’s Own Rifles is preparing to leave for Korea oh February 27th. Before leaving the battalion will hold a church parade in Forest. A,/'J ft is^ll Every fifteen minutes, a Canadian suffers serious injury in a traffic accident. Every four hours a life is lost. Every two minutes a fender is smashed. Insurance cannot restore life or mitigate pain. All it can do is relieve the financial burden of disaster. Even then, the bill comes high. « ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION .. Last year, companies writing Automobile Insurance paid out more than $75,000,000 in accident claims — a part of the cost of carelessness and discourtesy in driving^ o ALL CANADA INSURANCE FEDERATION on behalf of more than 200 competing companies writing Fire, Automobile and Casualty Insurance*