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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-05-08, Page 2• Blue River Diamond and Wedding rings ...so beautifully styled . . . so beloved for their quality. DIAMOND AND WEDDING RINGS Guarantee Certificate and Insurance Policy Free of Charge HAMILTON'S Wlnghans Ontario the Women's Association of the United Church in Lucknow, on Saturday af- ternoon, May 31st. The local Women's Institute are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Institute with an entertainment and dance in the Community Hall on Friday night. Plan to attend, Mrs. Archie Anderson of White- church has been renewing old acquain- tances in the Community. "The W. A. of the United Church is sponsoring a play "Adventure Bound" by the Auburn Baseball Club in the Lucknow Town Hall on Tuesday ev- ening, May 6th. , WESTFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Taylor, Miss Norma and Mr. Eddie Taylor visited on Sunday with Mrs. Jessie Snell of Stratford, and Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Snell of Mitchell, Miss Ila Taylor of Stratford returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sweeney of Brussels. Mr, Stan Able of St, Thomas, Miss Jean Campebll of Kitchener, visited on. Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. John Gear end Mari- lyn of Kitchener, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McDowell. Miss Gwen Cook of Toronto, spent Sunday With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cook. Mrs. Stanley Cook, Mrs. Wm. Mc- Vittie attended the Presbyterial at Exeter recently. Specializing in Cemetery Work Only BOX 373—'PHONE 450 Wm. Brownlie Inscriptions Repairing Sandblasting Memorials 25 years experience WINGHAM - ONT. Orders should be placed as soon as possible The Latest in Portable Sandblast Equipment For Summer Hoene. and Conages-. draws cold air our of room —sends to lat in to re- place k Mond of bacilli outside—circulatez &la— mes fuel—oo more cold evenings sr cause lf,riar TWEED STEEL WORKS ...mg, era 36 1, MAW. 014 DRIVERS! TO ENSURE SAFE DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER Let Us Check Your Braking System OUR MECHANICS ARE SPECIALISTS . AT RELINING and ADJUSTING We Recommend and Use "MINTEX" BRAKE LINING Extensively. Used by the Army and Air Force. — We Invite You to Come In at Anytime — OUR PUMP SERVICE IS UNEXCELLED Bert Armstro; YOUR B. A. DEALER TELEPHONE 181 WINGHAM piano duet by Mrs.. Will Rutherford and Miss Carol McCrostie, songs by pupils of Fordyce School, a reading, The New Woman" bz Miss Eva Greer of Lucknow, who also brought greet- ings from their Institute, a piano solo by Mrs. W. Rutherford, violin selec- tions by Dr. Little of Lucknow, and a one-act Play "The Twins" by Mrs. G. McPherson, Messrs. E. W. Rice and Fred McQuillin. At the conclusion, a three-story Birthday cake adorned with 50 candles was given a prominent place on the platform while to Mrs. Gordon McPherson, file present Presi- dent, and Mrs. John Miller of Luck now, Mrs. Durnin Phillips and Mrs. General Accountancy for the SMALL BUSINESS MAN, PROFESSIONAL MAN, and THE FARMER. BUSINESS & TAX SERVICE S. J. Pymm P. 0. Box 74 'Phone 23 LUCKNOW - ONT. (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Miller of Lon- don, were home for the week-end. Mrs. Lorne Ivers of Dungannon, the District President, will be guest speak- er at the meeting of the Women's Institute to be held at Mrs. Gordon Rintoul's on Thursday afternoon, at '2.30 E.D.S.T. Mrs. Gordon McPherson, Mrs, An- drew Gaunt attended the Presbyterial of the W.M.S. of Huron held at Ex- eter laSt week. Rev. M. G. Newton was in attendance at the meeting of Presbytery also held in Exeter, Mrs. Jas. Gaunt, Mr, Ed. Gaunt and Miss Jean Aitchison were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Shickluna 'at Port Colborne. Mrs. Gaunt remained for a longer visit., Plans are being made for an after- noon tea and sale of baking etc., by Wool Growers' Organization WOOL Ship Collect to Our Registered Warehouse No. 1 WESTON, ONTARIO Careful Weighing Reliable Grading Obtain sacks and twine from Geo. Haldenby, Holyrood or /direct from CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LIMITED , 217 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada A' 5 00 MILE JOIntliZT•!. TO BUT Ail IXSURAXCE POLICY I 'ELMO 6* /11.11111r 1111=1111..— .11131P.-74 P 1. • ery. '(4 • mr.42i4r.m. "*Ib.41.."'w==;=.."' . ••••••••omg In 1845, Hugh C. Baker a Hamilton banker, felt the urgent desire to obtain security' for his wife and chil- dren. But there was not a single Canadian life insurance company in ezistence at that time. So Atr..Baker. covered the 500-mile journey to New York on horseback, by stage-coach, and finally by river steamer down the Hudson to buy life insurance. Returning home he resolved to help his own country- men obtain the same security. With a few associates in 1847 he organized the first Canadian life insurance comp pany—the Canada Life. Throughout its hundred years, this Company has brought security and peace of mind to Canadians in all walks of life. t.rtg CANADA LIFE S' S t I 1? ANCE 0 411 1) 4 r COLIN C. C.L.U., Manager C. HOPPER C kW RRY'ANVS' . 'RANI —. Om. PAGE TWO. MaramitorsamommarranowmarmIPM THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, May 8th, 1947 cheese, beans, rice (when obtainable), corns, lemons and syrup, The Bureau computes its index by averaging the weighted representative price figure for each of six main es- sential-item groups; fuel, rent, foods, clothing, home furnishings and ser- vices, and miscellaneous. Among the individual items, the bureau reported some "quite important" living require- ments remained comparatively stable, and in the miscellaneous index, 20 out of 37 items either fell or increased less than 10 per cent. ,The Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost-of-living index does not give a true picture of existing prices, The food group advanced 47,4 per cent, clothing 31.1,, home furnishings and services 28.2, fuel 10.3, rent 9.2 and miscellaneousi 12.0 per cent. By far the greater part of cost-of-living ex- penses of any family comes from the food group where the price increases have been the greatest, and therefore, the cost-of-living index increase is much greater than the Bureau estim- ates, as any housewife knows. year of $352,000,000, predicted a high- er national income for 1947; and warn- ed. Canadians not to get too optimis- tic about the future, The surplus, • which is the first since 1930, compared with a deficit of $2,123,043,000 in the 1945-46 fiscal year and will be applied • against the country's net debt of $13,000,000,000. Revenues for the year at $2.9 billions are $509,000,000 above Mr, Ilsley's forecast of last June. Expenditures at $2.0 billion are $137,000,000, or 5 per cent below the main estimates for 1946-47, Funded debt has been re- duced by $283,000,000, This cut in expenditures was largely elimination of non-recurring war expenditures which could not be cut off when estimates were prepared, Others will be fur- ther reduced this year, including war- time subsidy costs which accounted for $208,000,000. Mr. Abbott warned that, while this surplus is a real one and one from which encouragement is found for the future, yet is has been obtained at high levels of revenue and 'expenditure which do not necessarily give an ac- curate indication of the shape of things * * * If You Know Your Car Will Start Tomorrow Morning! I * * * UNPRECEDENTED SURPLUS Finance Minister Douglas C. Ab- bott on April 29th announced an un- precedented surplus for the last fiscal 11! Iowan1111111310111iiiammiontimitimmisismilwillEIR8111111111111ismoh 5HUR -GAIN U -.1--, FEED SERVICE a.= a i _ I •E • I YOUR i . il i I DAIRY i -I, N i is = . CALVES w i , . .... NEED A GOOD START 1 if they are going to grow into the big roomy heifers i that will develop into the high, producing cows that N you want in your dairy herd. 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The roll call was respond- ed to by suggestions to improve our Institute, It was agreed to invite Mrs. 0, G, Anderson of Belgrave, to address the' June meeting on the "Plans for Hospitalization". Mrs, E, W, Rice and Mrs. Elwood Barbour with the Presi- dent, Mrs, G. McPherson and District Representative Miss Mary Murray, were appointed as delegates to the District annual meeting to be held in Blyth. Mrs, Lorne Ivers, the District resident, was guest speaker choosing as her subject, "Women and Canada To-morrow". Miss Doris Taylor read "The Story of a Bunch of Bananas", Mrs. Barbour, Mrs. McPherson and Mrs. Rintoul were appointed a com- mittee to arrange for procuring a play. Lunch was served by Mrs. George Stuart,_Mrs. L. Wood's and Mrs, Fred McQuillin. Mr. and Mrs. H, Kruger. of Detroit, were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. Thom, on their return they were accompanied by Mr. Thom who will spend a few days with his sister, Mrs. Gillies, Detroit. Mrs. Laurina Wilson has been nurs- ing Mrs. Sara Collyer of Lucknow, who is a patient in the Goderich Hos- pital. Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Office Department. FOOD PRICES STILL RISING Any housewife knows that food pric- es have continued to rise, and now the Dominion Bureau of Statistics con- firms the fact, The Bureau has final- ly admitted that the cost of keeping the larder filled, the body clothed and the house furnished is considerably more than the official cost-of-living index. Between August 1939, and ilhe end of 1946 the official increase was 26.1 per cent, and by last month it had risen an additional 2.8 per cent. These figures have been very mis- leading. For example, egg prices are 70 per cent higher than they averag- ed in the period 1935-39, and in the same class are round steak, rolled rib roast, stewing beef, veal, bacon, lard, Hugh Gage VIOLINIST in RECITAL St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9th 8.30 o'clock Admission, 50c U • SHUR-GAIN CALF STARTER Yon can make sure it will start every morning—and operate dependably every day—xi you have it serviced regularly by our trained mechanics, using ' factory-engineered partal INCOME TAX REDUCTIONS The Canadian taxpayer collectively has been given $110 millions in per- sonal income tax reductions in Finance Minister -Abbott's budget this year. There are no other tax changes which Will affect retail prices of goods or ser- vices, and' no apparent budget measur- es to stem the rising cost of living. Having cut 550,000 Canadians from the tax-paying class through the June budget, the government this year has decided against any change in basic exemptions which would add to these ranks. Any substantial change in these exemptions would have cost something like $150 millions in reven- ue, and Mr. Abbott made it plain there wasn't this much to give. Married taxpayers with children, drawing a middle-class family allow- ance in the income tax brackets from $1,800 to $7,500 get reductions on the year's tax ranging from 27 per cent dowry to 15 per cent. A married man with two children, earning $1,800 would pay under the Ilsley budget this year a tax of $22 and would receive $144 (assuming average age) in family allowances. Under the new rate he will pay a tax of $16 and get $144 in tax-free allowance. The actual. per- centage reduction is 54 per cent but the new rates do not become effective until July 1, so that the new saving will apply only on the last six months. At the $2,500 earning level the same man is now paying $193 tax on his 1947 income and_ getting $144 in fam- ily allowances. In other words he is making a net payment of $49. As a result of the new tax he will pay $161 or a net amount of $17. In the $5,000 bracket the net saving on the year as a result of the change will be $141; at $7,500 the net saving will be $259 and at $10,000,$359 ( a 14 per cent reduc- tion on the year). The married man with no children earning $2,000 a year is now paying income tax at the rate of $118 and un- der the new rate would be paying $70. The fact that he gets the saving only for six months of 1947 means that over the year he will pay a total of $94 or a saving of $24 on the year. This is act- ually a. 20 per cent reduction. If his income is $3,000 he will pay $326 over the year instead of $383 or a saving of $57. At $5,000 his saving is $152 and at $10,000 it is $367. The single man earning $1,000 gets a saving by the new plan of $13' on the year. At $1,500 he saves $30; at $2,000 he saves $47; at $3,000, his saving is $87 and ,in the $5,000 class he saves $185, These per cents reductions range from 24 per cent at $1,000 to 15 per cent at $5,000. McCoil-Fronteutte Products Telephone 62 Wingham SEE TM, Al YOUR GOOD EAR DEALER Murray Johnson 7Ze ote'S";ta,,teki•ot SERVICE..SAFETY • SATISFACTION-! '400 -Your Authorized Dealer for Chrysler and Plymouth Cars and Fargo Trucks WINGHAM ONT. Victoria St. Phone 417 We'd Rather Prevent breakdowns than fix 'em! 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 * * * WEEKLY THOUGHT Next Sunday, May 11th., will be Mother's Day, Remember to remem- ber your Mother on "Her Day", Every day should reality be "Mother's Day" and Edgar A. !Guest has beautifully ex- pressed those sentiments in the fol- lowing verse: "Let every clay be Mother's Day! With love and roses strew her way, And smiles of joy and pride! Come, grown up children, to the knee Where long ago you used to be And never turn aside; Or never let her eyes pow wet • 'With tears, because her babes forget." * * KNOW WINGHAM A favourite picnic ground and swim- - ming hole much patronized by people from Wingham and the surrounding • country, and which has been known • by many different names over the years, is found at the bend of the Malt- !! land River close to the Junction Road i and near the "B" Line. ST. HELENS Friday 'evening marked an important U event in the history of the local branch • when tho fiftieth anniversary 'of the al founding of the Women's Institute was celebrated at a large gathering in 2- the Community Hall, A profusion of • golden daffodils and streamers 'of gold and blue, the Institute colors were ▪ used on the platform, to make an ef- • feetiVe setting for the interesting pro- III grant for which Rev, M. G, Newton ji presided in his usual efficient manner, 1 The singing of 0 Canada, and the In- • stitute Ode was followed -with solos LI- by Anne Todd, Mrs, E, Rice and N lVfiss Marie Cupsky, duets by Misses • Doris Taylor and Isobel Barbour and Mr, and Mrs, t, W, the, A reading L by Barry McOuillin, the "Shoemaker's ljance" by pupils of St, Helens School,