The Wingham Advance-Times, 1947-11-20, Page 2I, Chesterfields and
STRATFORD UPHOLSTERING
COMPANY
42 Brunswick St.
STRATFORD — ONTARIO
Enquiries should be left at R. A.
Currie's, Wingham, as soon as
possible in order to have work
Wm. Brownlie
Box 373 'Phone 450
Alfred St. Wingham
Inscriptions Repairing
Sandblasting Memorials
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The latest in Portable Sandblast
Equipment
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MONUMENTS
A family plot should be graced
with the shrine-like beauty of a
monument which will be ever-
lastingly a tribute to those at
rest. We have many classic
styles to suggest, and will work
with you on custom designs.
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Occasional Chairs
Repaired and Recovered
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delivered in time for Christmas.
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GIFT WRAPPINGS
,,TAGS S SEALS
All the Latest
BIBLES-- St. James' Version
Moffat Translation
Choose Your GIFTS
for Christmas, Now!
Oil Paintings $6.25 to $27.50
Framed Prints .......,......,-.........$1.75
ORNAMENTS VASES
from 35c to $12.00
WROUGHT IRON CANDLE
HOLDERS, $1.25, $3.00, $3.50
CHINA FIGURES .7.41.50 up
Cups and Saucers $1.25 to $3.50
TRAYS and. PLATES
LAMPS 20% Reduction
TABLE LAMPS
Reg. $32.00 for $25.60
$17.00 for - $14.00
1 Pair 0.7.50 $14.00 pr.
TRI-LITE FLOOR LAMPS
Reg. $23,50 $18.80
$22.50 for $18.00
C. C. McKIBBON
Ideal for washing dishes
DREFT, pkg.. „ _ .29c
Healthful and Nutritious
Neilson's COCOA
1/4 lb. 22c lb. 33c
Makes Housecleaning 'Easy
SPIC and SPAN ....28c
With the Shade-grown Flavour
CHASE & SANI301214
COFFEE
th lb. bag 1 lb.
31c 55c
Granulated or 'Yellow
SUGAR . — .10 lbs. 98c
Scotian Gold 20 oz, tins
Apple Juke — —2 - 23c
New Pack 24 oz. jar
PLUM JAM — — 29c
lesmommuedon. .ffammorm•
S tOndy• Creek 20 oz. tin
Sweet CHERRIES 33c
A Hard Wheat FLOUR
ROBIN HOOD
24 lbs, $1.29 7 lbs. 43c
A Meal ha Every Tiri
Oxford Inn
Chile Con Came ....21e
Van Cantp 20 Oz. tin
014S & Beans —2 - 35e
A Cool Weather Cereal
De. Jackson's
Jiffy Porridge, pkg. 17c
Dr. Jackson's Meal — 29c
Vegetable, Celery, reef, Ox-Tail
Asparagus
CAMPBELL'S SOUP
10oz. tin — ......2 - 25c
Jolly Good 16 or. pkg.
DATES . .29.
Club libtist 16 or. ja
PEANUT BUTTER 431
Grit IVIixecl
PEEL, 8 oz. pkg. y — 17c
'rose Ilrand 32 or. jar
DILLS . — — ..33c
Try that 13risk 'Flavour
LIPTON'S TEA
Red Label, 1/4s , _49c
Orange Pekoe, Y2 s ..52e
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SPECIAL I
Grapefruit
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6 for 27c
L IN Sit Mt IS
Plain or Salted
13a tithes 6 oz. Pkg.
SODAS ..... .2 - 25e
Parker's
CRAX, 8 oz. pkg. ...19e
Aylmer Ungraded 20 oz. tin
PEAS ..........2 - 33c
traeside—First Grade
BUTTER, lb. .. .63c
8 oz. pkg. lb. pkg.
TEA 39c 75,e
No, 1 P.E.L Ili lb. bag
POTATOES .$2.59
&midst Site 288s Doz.
ORANGES . — .29c
All merchandise sold at your
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isfaction.
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KING EDWARD VII
Nett Icings toilay cooking,
and king Edward VII Was
an expert in the preparation
of succulent dishes. with
him, cooking began u
lobby which he cultivated
into a high art. In the
kitchen he halted many
, royal dish and cooked to
perfeetion tasty meals:
Values effective 'until 'closing
• time, $dtoday, NEW.,
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This will perhaps surprise you—the number of
gifts to be selected at our store--and ALL FREE
of tax.
"GIFTS THAT LAST"
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Vol 75 — No. 12
OUR MEASURING
SYSTEM OUTMODED
The Anglo-Saxon race is known
throughout the civilized world for pro-
gressiveness, ingenuity and inventive
ability, but we still use a complex and
clumsy system of weights and meas-
ures. Many of the foreign countries
with which we trade, like France, Ger-
many, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Spain,
and Latin American countries, use the
more scientific and practical "metric
system,"
The haphazard origin of many of our
weights and measures accounts for our
somewhat unsystematic table of stan-
dards. Most of these standards were
originally inaccurate to a crass degree,
and exactitude (without which there
would be no modern science) was
deemed unnecessary. In the not too
distant past, the distance a person
could spit was accepted as a unit of
distance, and cooking recipes often cal-
led for several "gurgles" of molasses
from a jug,
In the Middle Ages, Henry I de-
creed the English yard to be the dis-
tance from the point of his nose to the
end, of his thumb. In 1224, the inch
was declared to be the length of three
barley corns laid end to end. The foot
has an obvious origin, The pound is
roughly equivalent to the old Roman
li'bra (lb.) and was long defined as the
weight of '7,680 grains of wheat—later
changed to 7,000 grains (avoirdupois)'
under Henry VIII, The grain is still
the smallest unit of weight in our com-
mon, system.
We have the "long ton" (2,240 lbs.)
—the historical ton of England—and
the "short tog, (2,000 lbs.), in general
use in fixing transportation rates. ° On
land, we use the English mile (5,280
feet), on sea, the nautical mile, (6,080
feet). Our "heaped" bushel is over
one-fourth larger than our "struck"
bushel. Our "dry" quart is different
from our "liquid" one. And a pound
of gold weighs 12 ounces, (troy
weight), but a pound of feathers is 16
ounces (avoirdupois weight).
compelled to use it to meet foreign
market requirments And our adoption
of the metric system, not only for tech-
nical use, but for use wherever weights
and measures are necessary, would put
us in gear with our foreign competitors
in world trade, It would simplify our
present outmoded and internationally
obsolete units. Science, industry, and
commerce would operate on o common
system. Our measuring system should
be revised.
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the state of the weather—other than
by prayers for Divine intercession. The
method employed is the use of dry ice
—solid carbon dioxide—"sown" upon
likely looking clouds from airplanes.
A relatively small amount of flaked dry
ice is dropped on the cloud and within
a few minutes, as a result sf the super-
cooling effect of the dry°. ice "seeds",
globules of moisture are 'formed and
fall to the ground as ordinary rain or
snow—depending on the season.
This schenut has already been used
with good results in some of the drier
areas of the American Southwest,
where there are a number of enterpris-
ing young companies in business as
professional' gain-makers.. And already
districts adjacent to the drought areas.
are complaining that this man-made
rain-making is stealing their needed
normal moisture.
Scientists are exploring new avenues .
of weather control. One of these in-
volvei dry-ice attacks upon forbidding
clouds in winter time to prevent hail
and ice storms. The theory is that the
dry ice will bring snow which will be
a lesser evil than a freezing rain. An-
other idea being explored is that -the
fury of electrical storms can be dimin-
ished by the judicious seeding of ice
nuclei. The field of possible weather
control seems boundless, and the re-
sults of such tathoeting with the weath-
er and with the laws of nature are un-
predietible, •
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WEEKLY THOUGHT
Learn to hide your aches and pains
under pleasant smiles; no one cares to
hear whether you have headaches, ear-
aches or rheumatism. s *
KNOW WINGHAM
Wing-haul and district are very for-
tunate in possessing one of the best-
equipped small hospitals in Canada.
BELGRAVE
United Church News
"Men and Missions" Sunday was
regarded in the United Church last
Sunday, and two of the local laymen,
Mr. R. H. Coultes and Mr. Earl And-
erson, spoke on the two phases of the
work, Home and Overseas Missions.
Clifton Walsh sang "Bless this House."
At the evening the ladies of the W.
M.S. held their Autumn Thankoifering
service, with Mrs. (Rev.) W. Rogers
of Blyth, as guest speaker. Mrs. Geo.
Michie and Mrs. Geo. Johnston sang
a duet.
Don't forget the "FOWL SUPPER"
on Thursday evening, November 20th.,
from 5.30 to 8.00 o'clock. A good pro-
gramme to follow.
The Young People's Union will meet
on Friday next in charge of the Chris-
tian Fellowship Committee. ,Mr. Geo.
McNichol will give the topic.
The Young People are preparing for
Two Special Sunday evening services
prior to Christmas. It is hoped to hold
a "Candle-Lighting, Service" on Sun-
day evening, December 14th, and on
the following Sunday, the 21st of Dec-
ember, a pageant, entitled "HOLY-
NATIVITY."
Rev. Mr. Moores was in Clinton last
week attending a Temperance Confer -
once.
Belgrave School pupils took advant-
age of a new service this week, render-
ed by the School Area, where the pu-
pils get free dental care.
Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence Vannan
were in Windsor for a week,
Miss Lois Kelly, London, was home
for the week-end.
Miss Merle Anderson of Fergus, was
home over Sunday,
Mrs. Harvey Watson, London, was
the week-end guest of Mrs, Dunbar.
,Miss Elaine Walsh was in London
recently the guest of Miss Kathleen
Townend, •
Mr, and Mrs, John A. Geddes are
in Wingham this.. weekwhere Mrs.
Geddes is under the Dr's. care,
Beigrave Community extends sym-
pathy to Mr, and Mrs. Harry Goll in
the sudden passing of Mr. Goll's
mother.
Graeme. Anderson was in Tor-
onto.
Mr, Ross. Procter of Ontario Agric-
ulture College, Guelph, spent the week-
end at his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Keating and
Catherine of Wingham, visited *lib.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Wheeler,
Miss Mary Hill of London, was the
guest of Mr, and Mrs. Clifton Walsh.
Mr. and Mrs, Albert Vincent spent
the week-end in Grand Valley.
Mrs, Alex ,MacSwain spent the week-
end with her son, Mr. Roy MacSwain
and Mrs. MacSwaifi.
.Mr. Leslie Vincent is taking treat-
ments on his leg in Victoria Hospital,
London, once a week,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Armstrong and
children of Thorndale, were home for
the week-end.
Mr, and Mrs. Geo.. Cook and Mil-
dred, are in Toronto to attend the Ice
Follies alto the Royal Winter Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Geddes have
returned to Toronto after spending
their holiday at She home of his moth-
er, Mrs. W, J. Geddes. .
CONTRACT BRINE
Bridge Club members will recall the
following hand from last week's game:
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
842AI
3 1086
¤ K '7 6 4
4 632
• IQ 5 A, AJ1076
3 A95 V 3 2
# 2 w -e• • A Q 10 5 3
4 AKQJ95 S 4 8
A 9 3
3 K Q J 7 4
• 98
4 1074
A hand that VI make a grand slam
in either of two suits or in no trump is
a rarity. Played at eleven tables, the
hand was bid six times at small slams
and once each at seven clubs and seven
spades
Consider the, following bidding
(North and .South always pass):
West East
14 14
3* 4*
4V 4*
4NT* eq.**
5NT* 64**
'7*
*Blackwood asking bids.
**Responses, showing respectively
4.4 4.1.40.•
two aces and no king.
West's raise to three spades having
established an agreed trump suit, East's
four diamonds response is a cue bid,
showing the diamond ace together with
a mild interest in slam. Similarly,
West's reply of four hearts is another
cue bid, showing that ace.
Since East indicated some interest
in slam, yet his Blackwood response
denied any king, he must have a good
five card or longer spade suit. This
should be a clear picture to West.
Having located all the aces, and hold-
ing nine supporting" tricks himself for
a spade contract, West can bid seven
spades with full confidence of success.
Seven no trump would depend only on
the club suit breaking, and would be a
good bid in a duplicate game.
`PAOE TWO
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
Thursday, November 20, 1947
Donald Rae & Son
• 'Phone 27 Hardware arid Coal Wingham
CO-OLERATOR FRIGIDAIRE-81/4 ft. capacity
Frozen locker stores 1 bus. fruit or 5 ice cube trays
Chinaware
Imported English China Tea and Dinner SETS
ODD CUPS and SAUCERS ic>r China and
Semi-Porcelain
ODD PLATES TEA POTS, ETr.
•
Hobby Cratt
Full line of Craftmaster POWER TOOLS, also a
complete line of PULLEYS, BELTS, Etc. , •
Sport Supplies
Hockey SKATES and BOOTS—A wide selection
HOCKEY STICKS — 30 dozen to choose from.
SKIS and SKI EQUIPMENT
SLEIGHS and TOBOGGANS
• HOOVER VACUUM CLEANERS S
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Full Christmas Stock now on hand
If we ship to or from many of the
states in the United States, we find
that there are dozens of sizes of bar-
rels and bushels to conform with in-
n dividual state laws; and, if we ship to
many of the overseas foreign countries,
we must use the metric system. Un-
doubtedly, the metric system is far
superior to our haphazard system, so
we should adopt that system too.
In 1791, the metric system was adop-
ted by the French National Assembly,
and it has been the model for most of
the civilized world since then. The
common unit is called the "meter" and
it is the ten-millionth part of the dis-
tance on the earth's surface from the
North Pole to the Equator through
• Paris-39.37 niches, or slightly more
than our yard. To the fractions of the
meter, they use terms derived from
Latin; for instance, the tenth part of a
meter is called a "deci-meter", the
hundred) part a "centi-meter", the
thousandth part a "milli-meter". Mul-
tiplying by the same numbers gives the
multiple units, distinguished by Greek
prefixes—"deka", "hekto", kilo", etc.
In the metric system, all measur-
ments of weight and capacity are again
based on the meter. In consequence,
the three basic units can be readily
understood in terms of each other.
Thus the "gram"—the weight unit—
is based on the weight of a cubic cen-
timeter of water. 'We instantly know,
for example, a "kilogram" is 1,000
grams in weight.
The "liter"—the capacity unit—is
equal in volume ,to a kilogram, or a
thousand grams of water, Each of the
three units, i.e. length, weight, and
capacity, uses the same prefix for its
multiples and divisions. In the same
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W(H)E(A)THER OR NOT
TO MEDDLE
Where is the line beyond which man
cannot or should not venture? That
was the moral of Mary Godwin Shel-
ley's grim tale, Frankenstein; and man, • manner the scale of temperature—the with, his tampering with the weather,
Centigrade (a hundred steps) is ibascd may unlock devils also that may he
on tens, The freezing point of water is too frightful to control. A McGill
0,degrees, it's boiling point is 100 de- University professor recently .warned
grees—both numerically logical extrem- that man's meddling with the weather
ities for a scientific scale. may have an adverse, if not disastrous,
Scientists the world over use this effect by upsetting the delicate balance
metric system for its simplicity and "of Nature,
l eotwenienee. In our own laboratories,! A recent scientific development of
physicists, chemists and technicians !great interest to all of us is man's
have long used it. Our exporters are °attempt to excercise some control over
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What Would
You Expect
to find in A" Good" Furniture Store
For Christmas?
Little Tots
HIGH CHAIR
COMMODE CHAIR
CRIB & MATTRESS
CARRIAGES
DOLL CARRIAGES
BABY SWINGS
DOLL HAMPERS
LUNCH SET
(Table, 2 Chairs)
VELOCIPEDES
WHEEL BARROWS
BATHENETTES
Dad
SMOKER
CARD TABLE SETS
FOOT-STOOL
LUGGAGE '
SUITCASE
GLADSTONE BAG
BRIEF CASE
Mother
BOOK-CASE
EASY CHAIRS
COFFEE TABLES
NEST TABLES
LAMPS
MIRRORS
HASSOCKS
STUDIO COUCH
SOFA BED
BED-SPREAD
SEWING CABINET
SATIN CUSHIONS
RADIO
REFRIGERATOR
KITCHEN STOOI.,
STEP-STOOL
CARPET SWEEPER
Misses
(or the Girl Frie.nd)
WALNUT CHESTS