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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1948-02-25, Page 6MONUMENTS 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. Wm. Brownlie. Box 373 'Phone 450 Alfred St. Wingham Inscriptions Repairing Sandblasting Memorials 25 years experience The latest in Portable Sandblast Equipment All Work Personally Executed 26,531 more of these placements were made through the Special Place- ments Division for physically handicapped workers- 204 for persons totally blind, 825 for persons totally deaf, and 53 for persons handicapped by double amputations. • Make full use of your local office of the National Employment Service. Department of Labour HUMPHREY MITCHELL, Minister of Labour A. MacNAMARA, Deputy Minister IF Chesterfields and Occasional Chairs Repaired and Recovered Free Pickup and Delivery STRATFORD UPHOLSTERING COMPANY 42 Brunswick St. STRATFORD -- ONTARIO Enquiries should be left at R. A. Currie's, Winghatn, STATEMENT o f Respective Functions of The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and the Municipal Hydro Commissions, with Particular Reference to the Present Emergency. In view of the apparent public misunderstanding of the respective functions of The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province and the Municipal Hydra Commissions in the municipalities, this statement is made to clarify the situation. The function of the Provincial Commission is to generate or buy electric power and to sell electric power to Municipal Commissions and directly to -rural consumers and to certain industries. The function of each Municipal Commission is to sell to its consumers within the municipality the electric power purchased from the Provincial Commission.' In practice, the Provincial Commission and the Municipal Commissions endeavour to co-operate with each other in the public interest. By reason of lack of rainfall last summer and autumn and by lack of thaws during the present winter, there has been a substantial depletion of the storage of water necessary to maintain' a high level of continuous genera- tion. The resulting loss of production of electric power has taken place in Ontario and elsewhere where power has been purchased both under contract and in excess of.contract commitments by the Provincial Commission. This loss of production of electric energy has become so serious that certain of those who had contracts to supply the Provincial Commission with electric power have been compelled not only to withdraw the electric power they had been supplying in excess of contract commitments, but as well have been compelled to reduce delivery below con- tract requirements by a further reduction of 8,000,000 kilowatt-hours per week. As long ago as December 15th, the Provincial Commission notified the Municipal Commissions and indicated to its direct consumers that, in addition to cuts already being applied to direct consumers, it was evident that, unless additional voluntary savings could be obtained, theCornmission would be obliged to order the municipalities to reduce their loads from time to time by as much as 15 per cent or more. This notification was given for the ex- press purpose of obtaining greater conservation of power and to enable each Municipal Commission to plan in advance the most equitable allocation of power within the municipality. The Provincial Commission received notification that the most recent cut of power purchased under contract would be effective on Monday, February 16th. In order to make an equitable reduction of power delivery to all Municipal Commissions, it was necessary for the Provincial Commission to compute for each Municipal Commission the amount of reduction if would be called upon to absorb, after taking into account the amount of conservation already effected by each Municipal Commission since October, 1947. To enable the -Provincial Commission to complete the necessary computations and to notify the majority of Municipal Commissions of the amount of reduc- tion each would have to 'absorb by Wednesday, February 18th, it was necessary that a substantial reduction be placed in effect as of Monday, February 16th, so that there would be no risk of an actual power stoppage in de- liveries by the Provincial Commission. To accomplish this, the Provincial Commission requested the Municipal Commissions of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Windsor and Peterborough to reduce their takings of electric power by specific amounts during specified times, and also requested these Municipal Commissions to, in the mean- time, treat the request confidentially and not to give if to the press prior to the notification to all municipalities on Monday. This was done to avoid statements appearing which might have the effect of creating quite erroneous impressions of the amount of reduction necessary in each particular Municipality throughout the Province. In relation to the reduction of power, each Municipal Commission was faced with entirely.different considera- tions as to how available power would be allocated within each municipality. For this reason, it was not feasible for the Provincial Commission by a general statement to indicate to the consumers in any particular municipality the allocation of available power that would be made by the Municipal Commissions. The Provincial Commission is delivering to the Municipal Commissions'and to Its direct consumers all the Oft= tric power if is able 'to generate or buy. - It is the function of each Municipal Commission to determine not knly the allocation of power among its cow., turners, but also what public explanation may be desirable in relation thereto. THE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO • rt 4 • ay I WINGHAIV1, ADVANCE-TIAMS Wednesday, February 25, 194 jobs were filled through the National Employment Service in twenty-two months—January, 1946, to November, 1947. 421,146 of these jobs were found for veterans. 5,534 more were found for persons in the higher earnings bracket through the Executive and Pro- fessional Division of the Service. The prizes which were fowl were won by Mrs, Jesse Wheeler and Mr.: Neil McCrea and Mr, Herb. Wheeler tied, with Mr. Wheeler winning the tie, He donated it back and it was arcs- Toned off and bought by Geo. Jordan, ,Consolation prizes went to Mrs, C, R. Coultes and Mr, George Grigg. The Lucky Draw prizes, a bushel of groceries was won by Mrs, Calvin Robinson, a gallon Thermos Jug won by Mr, Irwin and a chiCken was won by Hugh Blair. There was a good crowd. The next dance and euchre will be-held on Eas- ter Monday night with the Ranch Boys for the Dance. Mr, Gordon Nethery and Mr, Gor- don Bosman have purchased a Hornet Chain Power Saw, and have been try- ing it out this week. WESTFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell and Sandra Lynn, were week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Stanley Abel of St. Thomas. The Young People of the Commun- ity enjoyed a skating party at Goderich on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vincent of Mar- noch, visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. McDowell. Mrs, J. Killough of Dungannon, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Wal- den and other friends. The school children and pre school children of the Community enjoyed a Valentine Party at the school on Fri- day afternoon, each one received their , share of Valentines and candy. Lunch was also served, The regular monthly meeting of the. East Wawanosh Federation. of Agric- the Co-Op, Club Rooms, Belgraye, ulture was held on Feb. 5th, 1948, in with 14 members of the Executive and Directorate present, The minutes' of the December 10th meeting were read and adopted on. motion of Chas. Robinson seconded by Aldin Purdin, Moved by H. Campbell, seconded by Aldin Purdin that each director canvass his section for subscriptions to the Rural Co-Operator, names and subscription fees to be brought to the next meeting, Moved by Orval Taylor, seconded by Howard Campbell that the Feder- ation , sponsor a Calfhood vaccinotion, project this year, Reports were received from the con- vention delegates, Mr, F. Jardin, Mr. J. Buchanan and Mr. S, Hallahan also from Mr, H. Campbell, county dele- gate. -• Moved by Gordon Elliott seconded by Roy Easom that the meeting ad- journ to meet again, March 10th, On Friday morning 20 of the ladies of the community met in the school room and quilted and tied three quilts for the European relief • bale. A pot luck dinner was served and after the completion. of the quilts the ladies held their World Day of .Prayer -service, with Mrs. J. Buchanan as leader, and Winnifred Campbell at.' the piano. Prayers were offered by Mrs. Win, 'MeVittie, Mrs, F. Campbell, Mrs, Gor- don Snell, !Mrs. Marvin McDowelll, Mrs. j. L. McDowell, Mrs, Gordon Smith, Mrs. Wm. Walden and Miss Mae Wightman. The Scripture lesson was read by jonetta Snell, The besia ness was conducted by the president of the WM,S. Mrs. McVittie.- The roll call was answered with a verse of scripture, Mrs. F. Campbell was re- quested to write a letter to Mrs. Robt. Longley of Toronto, a former mission- ary to /China, and a former member of this community, who recently was be- reaved in the passing of her husband, Rev. Robe Longley. It was decided that each member bring an article or articles of clothing to the April meet- ing for the Relief in Europe and Asia.. The collection amounted to $10.05, The meeting closed with the benediction. The members of the Mission Band' met on Sunday afternoon with Bobby Carter in charge. The meeting opened' by repeating the 'Members Purpose. The Scripture lesson was read front Matt, 6: 25-32 followed by prayer by. Mrs. Norman McDowell. The Study- Book was taken by Mrs. Chas. Smith. Readings were given by Gerald Mc- Dowell and Donna Walden. The story' was told by Hrs. Norman McDowell.. The meeting closed with the benedie- , ti°n' Mr. Albert Stein of Craik; Sask., vis- ited a few days with his cousin, Mrs. Maurice Bosman and Mr, Bosman. 1,500,000 w . COUltirEOTIS You MAY never meet her but you do know her cour- teous, friendly "Number Please" and polite "Thank You," Though switchboards are busier than ever with the many new telephones, hers is still "The Voice with a Mote telephones are being added right along. Our eon- stant aim is to provide more and better service . always at the lowest possitie cost...to giv e greater value to every telephone user. rHr •Ittt 1t:1 att titit t t Or tit HA ha Women's Institute The Belgrave Women's Institute was held on the regular date at the home of Mrs. John Anderson, with a good attendance. The president, Mrs. S. Procter, was in the chair and opened the meeting with the Institute Ode and The Lord's Prayer. The minutes of the last meeting and treasurer's report were read and adopted. During the business period it was decided to donate twenty-five dollars ' to the Nurses's Home Fund of Wing- ham General Hospital, twenty-five dol- lars to Children's Relief of Europe and eight dollars as special prizes to the School Fair. The prizes this year will be offered for Junior Girls best fol- iages started after April 1st, Sr. Girls, a button hole and button on white cot- j toll. For Junior boys a collection of ten ,vegetables, one variety of each, and !Senior boys a hammer handle. Mrs. Neil 'McCrea thanked the lad- for kindness shown during her ill- ness. Mrs. George :Vieille sang a solo, "The Rose of Tralee" with Mrs. John Coultes at the piano. Mrs. Cecil Wheeler gave a demon- stration on Resuscitation with Mrs, °John McGill as the drowning victim. She also gave other helpful and timely hints. The Roll Call was answered by Latest Medical Discoveries. The guest speaker for the afternoon was Dr. Harper of Brussels. He spoke on the subject of Arthritis. He told of ' the many kinds of arthritis and the dif- fact' cures. There were seven million people in the United States afflicted with the disease last year and is onee of the must baffling diseases. Tile thanks of the Institute was expressed to the Dr. by the President. Refreshments consisting of baked beans and brown bread and butter were served by the hostess assisted by the committee in charge. Miss Elaine Walsh musical supervis- ^rrr, has been confined to her home through illness. Mr. John Leitch visited in Toronto. Quite a nuniber enjoyed a good skate on the pond in Cook's field. The young folks have missed the rink this year. Mrs. Ernie Crawford and Linda, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook. Miss Merle Anderson of Fergus was home for the week-end. Mrs. Robert 'Grasby and baby, Don- na Jean, have been staying with her . parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Arm- strong. Messrs. Jack and Gibson Armstrong of London, Were home for the week- end. Master Frank Hallahan was a patient 'in Wingham General Hospital suffer- ing from an infection in his eyes. Summoned by Mistake Mr. John Leitch got quite a surprise recently when be got a summons for speeding on Lake Shore in Tor- onto. The Toronto Police Commission 'owe John an apology as he was right in Belgrove that day. Euchre and Dance The Athletic Association sponsored Euchre and Dance in the Forrester's Hall on Friday night, with Don Rob- ertson and the Ranch Boys and 'Geo. Jordan AS floor manager. BELGRAVE Lenten Prayer Meeting The first of a series of prayer meet- ings to be held during Lenten period was held in Trinity Anglican Church. Thursday night. Rev. Henderson was in charge and Rev, Moores was the guest speaker. The next prayer service will be held in the United Church on Thursday, February 26th, at 8 o'clock. Tobogganing Party The Young People's Society of the Knox United Church held a toboggan- ing party on Cook's hill, Friday night, , Ideal weather and moonlight added greatly to the evening. Hot dogs and coffee were served later in the church.