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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-03-20, Page 2If You Know Your Cur Will Start Tomorrow Morning! You can make sure it will start every morning--and operate dependably every day—if you have it serviced regularly by our trained mechanics, using factory-engineered parts! We'd Rather Prevent breakdowns than fix ex A simple inexpensive "tune up" may save plenty of money later on. Don't take chances! Have necessary work done NOW by our expert mechanics. PROMPT and DEPENDABLE service at reasonable prices is our policy! EDWARDS' Motor Sales Your Authorized Dealer for Chrysler and Plymouth Cars and Fargo Trucks WINGHAM ONT. Victoria St. Phone 417 The New Willys JEEP Now On Display For demonstration Phone 194 or drop in at HOPPER'S GARAGE No. 4 Highway Nbrth of Town Trucks will be available in the near future. st Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM ONTARIO .Subscription Rate-,---,,One Year $2.0.0 Six Months $1,00 in advance To V. S. A. $2.50 per year Foreign Rate, $3,00 per year Advertising- rates on application, Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department SUN SPOTS AFFECT CLIMATE Astronomers predicted two years ago that th'e years 1947 and 1948 would be featured by violent climatic extremes due to the sun spots reaching their maximum size in those years. The scientists cannot tell us why, but they can forecast when the recurring cycles of sun spots will cause colder weather '• and greater precipitation on the earth. The present cycle of sun spots will have its greatest effect on our weather during this year and next. The inter- ference with and disruption of radio broadcasting and wire services has been increasingly worse as the sun spot cycle is approaching its peak in- tensity, but comparatively few people gave serious thought to the phenom- enon. However, after the record- breaking blizzards this past winter, the number of sceptics is much smaller. Forewarned should mean forearmed, so we should now prepare to exper- ience excessively heavy precipitation this summer and next, and get ready for another disagreeable winter next year. Stocks of canned goods, dehy- drated foods and staple provisions, like flour and vegetables, should be on hand before next winter's predicted stormy weather arrives. The bakers should make certain to have ample stocks of yeast available for the win- ter of 1948, The cycle of sun spots occurs on schedule every eleven years, but the present one is the most violent since 1940. After the spots reach their greatest size they gradually diminish and the weather on earth improves un- REMEMBER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2nd, 8 p.m. WINGIIAM'S YLE SHOW PRESENTED BY Clothing, Shoe, Drug & Furniture Merchants Of Wingham SEE WHATS NEW IN THE FASHION WORLD SEE Mme, HORTENSE GIGNAC,Mnis Hear Wingham's Finest Artists Provide Music NOVEL FEATURES to be shown ADMISSION 25c Entire Proceeds For Summer Recreation Programme. DON'T MISS IT! What Does A Bank Mean To You? -vriff* Friend!- 9 Neighbour S Stop and think how close a neighbour a bank really And how friendly and useful a neighbour. You can use It to cash a cheque, make a deposit, pay a bill, obtain a loan, and perform other banking Jobs. A bank is as essential to the welfare and progress of your community as the local drug and grocery stores, church, school, police and fire stations. Over 500 branches of The Canadian Bank of Commerce serve you in cities, towns, villages and hamlets right across Canada:. You can consult out local Managers any tittle: THE CATADIM BANK OF COMMERCE Wingliam Branch R. R, Hobden, Manager 144 age*Nakemal. Protect Your Chicks This year there are more early chicks than ever before. These chicks represent your future in the poul- try business for the coming year. Give them the maximum protection by feeding SHUR-GAIN 18% Chick Starter SHUR-GAIN is, the feed your chicks need— It is specially fortified with all the essential minerals and vitamins. It has the right balance of vegetable and ani- mal proteins. It is freshly manufactured as you need it. Local manufacture means it is low in cost. SHUR-GAIN 18% Chick Starter, CANADA PACKERS, WINGHAM VICTOR GASEMORE, WHITEGINII IIIIINNEY BROS, BLUEVALE MeNEE DELMORE DAUPHIN & WANT TEENER 1 PAGE TWO THE WINGI-14111 ADVANCE-TIME$ T1111,radayo March 20, 19417 til the next cycle starts, We, who have experienced this stormy, winter of 1947, now are qualified to talk like the old-timers about the bard winters we used to have. 1947 will go down to history as'the "Yehr of the Big Blow", in more ways than one, * * WELL DONE! The greatest praise is due all the faithful men who worked day and night throughout this last blizzard and the preceding one in the gigantic task of snow removal from the streets, roads and railroads. They did a mag- nificent job and kept the discomforts caused by the blizzards to an absolute minimum, True, the work of these men was of an emergent nature, but their faithfulness to duty, or work that affected the welfare of the general public might well be emulated by the workers in many other important in- dustries, Thanks for a good job well done * * SEEING IS BELIEVING Recently, Canada took firm steps to stifle Russian sniping at. Canadian- American military cooperation in the Arctic. The military attaches of six nations, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Norway and Mexico, were flown from Ottawa to inspect the experimental station at Churchill, Man,, where they and the accompanying newsmen found about 315 Canadians from the army, navy and air force, and 110 Americans, mostly army engineers, engaged in testing military equipment, chiefly vehicles, under Arctic condi- tions. External Affairs Minister Louis St. Laurent invited the Soviet Union and other members of the United Nations to participaie ivith Canada and the United ,States in the development of knowledge about the Arctic regions. He made his offer in, a speech to the Rotary Club in. New York and made only one reservation that any joint en- terprise in the northern areas must be established "upon a proper basis of re- ciprocity," such as now existed in the exchange of weather information be- tween Canada and Russia. * * ONTARIO BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS The Budget Provincial Treasurer Leslie Frost' rought down in the Ont- ario Legislature on March 11th fully justified the unprecedented action of early presentation. It is an extraord- inary fiscal achievement. It contained the fdllowing highlights, There will be no provincial tax on individual incomes. A tax on corpora- tion income of 7 per cent designed to produce $38,500,000. No increase in Ontario succession duties. Province has spent $231,045,373 on Agriculture, Health, Education and Welfare in four fiscal years. Twenty- five per cent of the cost of construct- ing new county homes absorbed by province. Grants to hospitals on basis of public ward beds, $2,200,000. Grants of $1,000 to $2,000 per bed to hospitals for capital expenditures. Special grants °tailing $4,000,000 to universities. venues, on ordinary account were $139,358,000 and Provincial expendi- tures on ordinary account, after making prOvision for sinking funds and debt retirement amounting to $5,441,300,00, were $138,899,600:00, leaving a Surplus on ordinary account of $454,000. There has been a net debt reduction of $13,712,5$1 in the last five-year period, and a surplus of $367,143 is forecast on ordinary account for 1947-8. • * MORE TOURISTS COMING Since January 1st, the Canadian Travel Bureau at Ottawa has received a record-breaking number of letters from would-be tourists asking for in- formation about Canada's attractions. Over 50,000 letters, double the total ever received 'before during a similar period, have been received, and the present enquiries average about 1,200 a day. Tourists go where the attractions appear the greatest and stay the long- est where they are made welcome and enjoy the most pleasant holiday. Many tourists just tour the country going from place to place and stopping where the attractions and accommoda- tions appeal to them the most. The tourist trade is big business in Can- ada's economic life and should be en- couraged in every way. Courtesy and fair dealing with our tourist guests will result in the good will that will bring them and ,their friends back again and again. • * * HOLIDAYS Now is the time to prepare for two of Canada's national holiday's, May 24th and July 1st, Wingham should havea good sports' programme on each of these festive days, "Put Wingham on the holiday map"! Our local young people, and adults, too, need entertain- ment here at home. Make Wingham a "live" town and not a "vacuum" on holidays. ▪ * KNOW WINGHAM Nearly all the streets in Wingham are 100 feet wide, but Edward street is an exception. It is only 50 feet in * widt IL * * WEEKLY THOUGHT Be positive! Have an opinion! Ex- press your ideas! How do your Town Councillors, sports organizers, church officials, politicians, radio broadcasters or newspapers know what you want if you never tell them? So often the pas- sive majority is ruled by the wishes of the active minority merely because the many have the least to, say.. Make your views known to "the powers that be" so that they will have a 'better average viewpoint on which to base their decisions. !LARGE CROWD SEES GORRIE WIN GROUP A threegoal efkrt by Heibien Gorrie to an 8-5 Win over Londesboro here Wednesday evening, and as a re- sult clinched the W.O.A.A. Group 2 Intermediate B Championship before a capacity crowd of upwards of 1500 fans. Gorrie led 2-1 in the first period, and were up 4-3 when the second stanza ended. The winners tallied four tim- es in the final twenty minutes, Landes- born clicking "-for two. For the losers, Shaddick was the top performer dent- ing the twine twice. Gorrie, Goal, King; defense, Irwin; B. Farrish; centre, Neilson; wings, K. Underwood, Hejbien; alternates, John- son, Zimmerman, Townsend, J. Under- wood, Harrison. Londesboro, Goal, Sundercock, defense, D. Snell, Riley; centre, Tunney, Wings, Radford, Car ter; alternates, Lee, J. Snell, Shaddick, Miller, Brompton,Tamblyn, Referees, Young, English of Wingham. Summary -First Period, 1. Gorrie, Heibien, 4.06; 2. Gorrie, Townsend (Heibien), 7.16; 3. Londesboro, Miller (Tutiney), 8.02; Penalties, J.Underwood, Irwin. Second Period, 4, Gorrie, Neilson, (Harrison), 7,40; 5. Gortie, Heibien, (Underwood) 9.29; 6. Londesboro, Riley, 11.02; '7. Londesboro, Shaddick, (Snell) 15.20; Penalty, Shaddick. Third Period, 8. Gorrie Heibien, 4.32; 9. Londesboro, J. Snell (Tun- ney), 6.18; 10. Gorrie, Johnson (Hei- bien), 13.46; 11. Gorrie, Harrison, 14.37; 12. Londesboro, Shaddick, (Lee) 17.40; 13, Gorrie, Johnson 18.07. Penalties, Irwin, A. Farrish. + BOY scour+ tit NEW S al? 4":0+tHritt.0****** Tuesday, March 11 As usual the meeting opened with the horseshoe and a few remarks and instructions from the Scout Masten Patrol corners were then held at which time attendance was marked and application forms handed in. A knot race was next and the pur- pose was to see how many remnetnbered the knots learned the pteviout week. Following the race a new knot was added to the list, this makes Six knots which must be known by all Stouts before they are able to pass the tender foot tests, Recreation was the next item on the agenda and a game of NIritialt Buli- dos" was played in real rough and Grants to school boards are to be paid in semi-annual instalments. One mill subsidy is to be continued to all inuicipalities, Additional assistance approximately two and one-half times greater than preceding year for public libraries. Mining Tax Act is to be amended placing imposts on a royalty basis. Gasoline tax is to remain at 11 cents per gallon following the lifting of the three cents federal levy. Cities, towns and villages are to ,receive a share of the gas tax up to 50 per cent of the road expenditures or a maximum sub- sidy equal to one mill of the general assessment, Balanced Budget for fiscal year end- ing March 31st., '1947. Provincial re- tumble style. The first games. in a series of floor hockey were played and the Wolf Pat- rol proved to be the top team. The first game was played by the Wolf and Fox Patrols with the Wolves winning by a score of 21-0i, with goals by Ray- mond Merkley and John Hanna. In the Eagles vs Beavers game the EagleS come out on top by a score of 3-1. The Eagles scoring men were Maurice Stainton, who pushed in two,. and Bill Bain,, Laverne Newman count- ed for the Beavers. The two winning teams, namely the Wolves and Eagles played off and the Waves, became the undisputed champ- ionsions by defeating the Eagles 3-0, Goals by John Hanna scoring -twos and Bob Kress. Time permitted' the two losing teams to. play a game in which the Foxes de- feated: the Beaveis by one goal, the score being 3-2. Barney McIntyre scored two for the 'Foxes and Jim French one while Art Simmons and Floyd Jenkins each pushed in one for. the Beavers: •