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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1953-11-04, Page 8, The minute you take the wheel of an Oldsmobile your lesson in pleasure starts! You'll sense that you're driving one of the finest ears of your lifetime ... the finest Oldsmobile ever built ! Both the Super 88 and Classic 98 represent a pinnacle of automotive achievement ! They're packed with horse. power! They're deep in comfort! They re bathed in beauty I Xn the Old days an ironing heard was an ironing board, and that was that, but novvadaye things are a bit more complicated, Down. at .1431w. Pat- tison's new store, you have about four models to choose from, and one Of them is Se constructed that you can raise it to any height, aceording to your size Or Whether You use the sit- ting or standing position. Modern ironing boards are made of aluminum, although the wooden type 15 still available if you want It. Ironing boards have accessories, too, juat like ,ears, you can get special ironing pads Of foam rubber, which are supposed ta lessen the work of ironing, and take the place of the folded clothi, that Grandma, used to use. You can, 1.1sci get a gadget • that sctliacinhipnsg up on the, e 6b i"lclep dwitthhea cord spring f from getting tang:1040d if you want some- thing really 'fancy you can get the same thing wall a plug- in at the base. 1301111/11111G NEWS Feel. .the spectacular response Oldsmobile'sof proven Auto- matic Transmission. Flashing getaway is yours at the touch of a toe, thanks to the perfection and efficiency engineered into Oldsmobile's famous automatic transmissiom a transmission that makes light work of even the heaviest traffic. And Oldsmobile offers you a world of optional features, plucked from the future by the industry's most forward-looking research and design men. Visit your dealer soon and get acquainted with Oldsmobile. From the moment you take the wheel" you'll agree that Oldsmobile is the "Big Feature" car of the year ! A gar cry from the al eaiiirons of yesteryear! Down at Stainton's the bpys are get- ting ready for the big hockey eeaspn ahead. Murray Stainton has put in a very attractive window display of skates, hockey accessories and what- not, 'even to the simulated snow, And as a fatally that have been intimately connected with hockey, the Stainton's know what they're about when it crimes to hockey equipment. We were interested to find out that Stainton's have a matched set of skat- es and bpots that sells for the princely sum of $57.50, Never knew before that skates came that, high in price, hut gurray assures es that this c.c.yr, 1.'aeltalterry matched set is the Rolls Royce of ice skates, for those who want nothing but the best, Incidentally Stainton's are getting warmed up for their skate exchange again this year. A popular •department with the smaller fry with growing feet the skate exchange is the place where you trade in last year's outfit fpr 'a size larger. Prices vary with the con- dition and original price of the skat- es, but are quite reasonable in com- parison with the cost of a new pair. GOLF CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1954 Picture News from C-I-L GREAT NEWS for women! Sweaters that won't shrink! But this • is only one of the blessings that "Orlon"* will bring to sweaters. They'll have kitten-soft touch, will hold their shape better and launder so easily. "Orlon" will bring new, modern-living features to other garments, too warmth without weight in dresses, skirt pleats that stay in through many wearings, quick wrinkle-shedding in cosy winter suits. *Du Pont's trade-mark for its acrylic fibre. PAGEANT RED, Castle .Grey, Herald Yellow! These are just three of the nine fashionable rich shades now available in the Coronation Colors of C-I-L's "Speed-Easy Satin". This is the scrub- bable latex wall paint that goes on in a jiffy with brush or roller, has no "painty" odor, Ind dries in just 30 mifintes to a smooth, Satiny surface. color, were purchased at McRibbon's, so we paid Jack a visit to find out what it was all about. According to Jack the new pills are a combination of aspirin and antihis- tamine, the latter a drug which has become quite famous in the past couple of years. The combination has proven quite effective against colds, Particularly if taken in the early stag,- es. Naturally no drug manufacturer will guarantee 100% results, but a lot Shopping- Around With the cough and cold season 'Wining• On within the next Month or 110, we were interested to hear from one of the townspeople about some new pills en the market which cured a cold in a matter of a couple of days, Whieh was wonderful news, if true, since modern science has been trying for some time to find a per- scription which will do just that. Ac- cording to our informant, the new pills, which were a violent pink in ef People have been getting relief front the new retnedY. Good old-fashioned individual Ser.' vice in the shops is something you don't see too much of these daYs, pecially in the big cities. Shopkeepers in the twits know their customers wants more intimately and are able to give better service because of it, * The idea was forcefully brought home to es the other day, when we were in visiting Dan Adamson, in the Wingham Fruit lVfarket, pan was touring the store with a shopping bas- ket, looking thoughtfully at the stock and taking articles off the shelves here and there. Not seeing a shopping list, we asked him what the score was, "Just making up an order for pne pf our customers," Dan eitplaleed. "She said to send up one of her usual orders," He kneW what she wanted too. Im- agine trying to do that in one of the new super marketst Telephone 139 ,The Wingham Golb Club held its annual meeting Wednesday night in the Legion Home with about 40 pre- sent. The chairman of the various committees gave their reports for the past year and it was quite evident that much useful work had been done and that the club is definitely going ahead. President R,' H. Lloyd outlined the progress made and stated that he felt the heaviest expenditures haate been taken care of and that the club should be able to operate, with considerably lower expenditures in the next few years, Treasurer W. B. Conron in his report stated that the club is in a sound financial condition. Chairman of the membership committee, N. J. Welwood said that the minimum ob- jective for membership had been reached with sq active golfers in 1953 and he hoped that this would be add- ed to next year. Dr, G, W. Howson, chairman of the property committee stated that a lot of the brush alorig the boundaries of the property had been cleared up this past year and that' some gravelling had been done on the lane. He com- mended the ladies for the outstanding job they did in fixing up the club- hOuse. He said the problem of cattle getting onto the course should be a • thing of the past now that a new fence had been erected. along the western side of the property, with a gate at the lane. W, H. French, chair- man of the finance committee said that we must face the fact that -we have' not been paying our way this Past year and that the club another year must raise more money or make sure that the expenditures more close- ly match the receipts. In the report from the Green's com- mittee, submitted by the chairman, Herbert Campbell outlined the work that has been done on the greens this past year. He felt that if a continuous plan of fertilization, spraying and seeding were adopted, the course should have excellent greens in suc- ceeding years. He summed up his re- port by saying that "Nothing gives weeds a better chance than having a poor growth of grass." W. 13. Conron gave the report .for the ladies and it was quite apparent that the ladies had done a fine job of raising funds which made a very worthwhile contribution to the club. The election of officers saw many of last year'd officials returned to the positions held in 1953. 'the new slate of officers is as follows: President, R, H. Lloyd; vice-presi- dent, J. H, Crawford; secretary, John Cruickshank; treasurer, W. B. Con- ron. Committee Chairmen: finance, W. H. French; membership, N. J. Wel- wood; greens, Herbert Campbell; pro- perty, Dr. G. W. Howson; club cap- tain, Dr. W., McKibbon. Marian Williamson Girls' Group Meets The regular monthly meeting of the Marion Williamson Girls' Group was held at the home of Jean Campbell, on Tuesday evening, October 27th. The meeting opened With the call to wor- ship by the acting president, Jean Campbell. The Scripture lesson was read by Gladys Guy and Mary Fran- ces Currie led in prayer. A Bible Quiz Was conducted by Audrey Gilmour, after which Mary Scott and Lbuise Campbell read "The story of Senditte, an Aftlean" Christitte." During the business part of the Meeting, the secretary and treasurer read their reports, The roll Was call- ed and the offering was r`eeeived. It was decided that the next meeting would be a handkerchief shower. • Mrs, flotilla/1 Fry read the story "On Safari in Atrial." Barbaro. Mer- rick read a peom. Chapters six and seven of the study book "Get Through or Pie" Were read by lean Campbell followed by a Hallowe'en story by Mrs, Norman Fry. Seethe. Smith °las- ed the Meeting with a prayet, Lunch was served followed by the benedic- tion. . We were pleased to welcome into the group three new Mentbers, Glades, Lenora and Sharon buy. CK1'tX Bowling League A total a 32 CRNX Bowlers visited the Alleys on Friday and Monday evening for the regular leagee games, All five teams were represented, and the final placings are as follews. (Bas- ed on scores of top five bowler only.) John Stropg's team, Triple of 2331; team average 155,4; Strikes 40. John Cruickshank, Triple of 2158, Team average 143.8, Strikes 34, Bob Carbert, Triple of 2092, Team average 139.5, Strikes 25; Gord Symons (Friday Nite Gang) Triple of 1938, Team average 129.2, Strikes 21, High Men's single, Doug Murray, 254; High Men's Triple, Doug Mur- ray, 613, (average 204.66; average to date .189.) Most Strikes, Doug Mur- ray, 12. Most improved man bowler, (corns pared with last week) Harry Foster improved 48 points on his average, bringing nite's average to 183.66, Av- erage to date, 149.66. Men's Consolation prize, AO Croickshank, High Women's Single, Audrey ridge, 200; High Women's. Triple, Mary Carbert 454 (average 151.32, av- erage to date, 122); most atrikea, Mary Carbert, 7,. Most improved woman howler, Mary Louise Vlach, increased from last Week at 78.33, to 125,33 this week, an increase of 47 points. Grand averat,:i' to date 102.5. Women's consolation prize, Mildred Commercial League Bowling The following is the league stand- ing in the Commercial League: Orio- les, 14 points; Bluebirds, 14 points; Wrens, 12 points; Cardinals, 10 Billejays 9 points; Canaries, 4 pointa. High Ladies Singles for the week, Mrs, J. Smith, 115. High Men's Single tied B. McCul- lough and H. Carmichael, 225. High Ladies, 3 games, Mrs. .1. Smith, 446; and Men's. High, Bruce McCullough, 612, Others ,getting into the scoring of over 300 this week were L. Crawford„ H. Taylor and J. Dreahmann. SIR SWIRIET EXTRA MILEAGE risco loot The winglliun Advanee-Times, Wed , — r Nov, 4kb, .1.90 A HUNGRY FOX saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remark- ing, "1 thought those Grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour." Thrill ... to surging Rocket power. The famous Oldsmobile "Rocket" engine sets the pace in power: standards with a 16G-horsepower rating, an 8 to 1 compression ratio and a high-capacity, 12-volt igni- tion system. lIere's all the power you'll ever need, balanced With brilliant operating economy. 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