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A STRIKING PATTERN OF LIGHT AND SHADE is cre-
ated by the windows in the corridor which joins two
wings of the new Howick Central School now near-
ing completion. The corridor will be used as part of
the auditorium when needed.
—Advance -Times Photo.
A Home of Your Own
FIT HOUSE AND BUDGET
Fitting your house to a build-
ing budget can be quite a pro-
blem. Naturally, we cannot
all afford to build a mansion,
but one of the marks of a good
builder is to be able to build a
nice house at a reasonable price
and you may be sure your build-
er will do his utmost to keep
within your building budget.
Builders agree that it is false
economy to use shoddy materi-
als and accept poor workman-
ship to reduce costs. Budget -
wise, the best house to build is
the 11 -storey house. It has a
pleasing appearance and is the
most practical and economical
house to build. In the first
place a square plan looks better
with•a 1i -storey house and a
square plan is much 'cheaper to
construct than a sprawling bung,
alow. A 11 -storey house with-
out dormers has a simple roof
that will also save you money.
Two additional bedrooms can
be put on the second floor of
the 1 -storey house when funds
become available.
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KNOW THE RULES
To build a good house you
not only need the right tools,
you must know the rules. One
of the builders' essential guides
is his book of regulations or
standards, also know as the
building code. There are
municipal building codes and
provincial building codes, to
which houses in a particular
area must conform. Housing
Standards, published by the
National Research Council,
Ottawa, are prescribed by Cen-
tral Mortgage and Housing Corp-
oration as the minimum re-
quirements for houses built un-
der the National Housing Act.
Any builder who wishes to build
with NHA financing must know
these rules. The future home
owner will also find it to his
advantage to study the housing
standards. A copy must be
obtained free of charge from
any office of Central Mortgage
and Housing Corporation.
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FIT HOUSE TO LOT
Do you know that putting
the right house on the right lot
constitutes a very important
part of house planning? The
house must blend naturally with
its surroundings. A house set
low to the ground is usually
attractive and for the house that
'stands high, the correct dis-
tribution of shrubs and trees
will lend balance. People are
often disappointed about the
naked appearance of their house
'when it is completed. They
think it doesn't look like the
'architect's original sketch.
That is because they do not
realize the trees and shrubbery
the architect roughs into his
sketch are an integral part of
rthe plan and not just window
dressing. That is why there
should be provision in your
house budget for the landscap-
ing of your property.
Twelve Killed
In District
District No. 6, Ontario
Provincial Police, reports
eleven fatal accidents during
the month of June, in which
12 persons lost their lives. Per-
sonal injuries were suffered by
104 people in traffic accidents
in the same period.
Figures for the province
show a total of 2453 accidents
with 95 persons killed and
1493 injured.
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At Harriston
FORDWICH--Gladioli and
shasta mums decorated Holy
Family Church in Hanover on
Saturday for the wedding of
Eileen Matilda Frank of Han-
over and Bernald Earl King of
Harriston. Rev. Joseph Walsh
performed the double -ring
ceremony and Aloma Kelley
was the organist. Sheila Spiel-
macher sang "On this Day, 0
Beautiful Mother".
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Frank of
Hanover and the groom is the
son of Mr, and Mrs. Garnard King
Mr. Frank gave his daughter
in marriage. She wore a floor -
length gown of French taffeta.
Lace embroidery accented the
scoop neckline of the shirred
bodice and a large back bow
marked the beginning of the
semi -shaped train. Her finger-
tip veil of imported illusion
was caught to a beaded tiara
and she carried a cascade bou-
quet of pink Delight roses,
centred with a white orchid
and stephanotis.
Mrs. Donald Wittick, sister
of the bride, was matron of
honor. Her street -length gown
of turquoise chiffon was worn
over taffeta. She wore a
matching floral headdress with
veil and white accessories and
carried a crescent bouquet of
white shasta mums and pink
carnations.
Audrey Beckberger and Ber-
nice Berta, cousins of the bride
were junior bridesmaids and
wore pink dresses of similar
style to that of the matron of
honor. Their crescent bots•
quets were white shasta mums.
White nylon organza over
taffeta dresses were worn by
the flower girls, Deborah Litt
and Rosemary Dosman. They
were trimmed with lace and
embroidered medallion, with
cap sleeves and Peter Pan
collars. Their accessories were
pink and white and they carried
blossom baskets of white Pin-
nochio mums and tinted pink
and aqua carnations.
Best man was Bruce Dads -
well of Harriston and the ushers
were Vernon Gilmore of Barrie
and Gordon Frank, brother of
the bride, of Wingham.
The bridesmaids bouquets
and a three storey wedding
cake decorated the table at
the British Hotel, Carlsruhe,
where the wedding breakfast
was served. Guests attended
from Harriston, Barrie, Buffalo,
Kitchener, Galt, Fordwich,
Palmerston, Hamilton, Wing -
ham, Toronto, Kincardine,
Campbellville, Goderich
and Hanover. Mrs. Mary .
Frank, grandmother of the bride,
was among the guests.
The bride's mother wore a
dress of Chantilly lace over
taffeta in a dusty rose shade,
with hat to match and white
accessories. The groom's
mother was attired in a white
and blue organza dress with
matching jacket and white
accessories. Mrs. Frank's cor-
sage was white carnations and
white Pinnochio mums and
Mrs. King's was pale pink
carnations and pink Pinnochio
mums,
The bride and groom left
on a wedding trip to Barrie
and other northern points. For
travelling she wore a three-
piece yellow suit with white
and malt shade accessories.
She also wore a white orchid
corsage.
The couple will live in
Harriston.
SCHOOL CLOSING
FORDWICH--A formal clos-
ing of School Section Number
5, Orangchill, will be held
in the school grounds on Sun-
day, August 4th. It is hoped
all former pupils, with their
families, will be able to attend
This will be in the forth of a
picnic.
Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, August 1, 1983 - Page 7
Very often you'll hear the
old-fashioned advice which
cautions the home gardener
against feeding woody plants
such as flowering and ornamen-
tal shrubs, evergreens and
trees after the first of August.
The fear is expressed that such
a feeding will "stimulate soft
growth which would be readily
killed by frosts".
This is a lot of nonsense
because the most important
feeding of the year for woody
plants should be made about
August 15th. When fed at this
time shrubs, evergreens and
trees not only make better
growth the following spring,
but are actually more resistant
to cold than if not fed.
A mid-August feeding fits
in with the pattern of growth
of woody plants. If you were
to go out into the garden and
examine them carefully in
early August you would see
that the twigs have stopped
elongating at the ends, so no
further growth in height or
width of a shrub, evergreen or
tree takes place. Instead, the
twigs and to a lesser extent the
older branches begin to swell
in diameter.
What they are actually do-
ing is taking up food just as
they did earlier in the year but
instead of stimulating the
lengthening of the tips of the
twigs, this food is now stored
in woody cells. Next spring,
long before soluble plant foods
are available directly from the
soil, this stored food is with-
drawn from storage and moved
throughout the plants to pro-
duce luxurious new foliage.
Sine the spring growth is the
most vigorous of the year, un-
less such stored food is avail-
able the shrubs, trees and ever-
greens w' ll fail to make new
wood rapidly.
It's worthwhile noting that
in the case of evergreens the
stored food seems to act as a
form of anti -freeze reducing
the severity of winter killing.
It lowers the freezing point of
the sap.
Last winter many yews,
cedars, and other evergreens
were badly burned. It seemed
to me that there were more
burned needles last winter
than for many years.
A good friend of mine, Dr.
Milton Carleton of Chicago
who is one of North America's
leading research scientists, has
actually tested this with a
hedge of Rich's yew in the
Chicago area which was ex-
posed to direct west windswith-
out any protection. The half
that had been fed with a high
nitrogen fertilizer in mid-
August came through a severe
winter without a single bumed
needle, while the unfed half
was browned out on practically
every branch facing to the
south,
When feeding in August
make sure that you work the
plant food into the top inch or
so of soil and then give the
area a good soaking, because
the soil must be moist for this
late summer feeding. It is
also important that the bark
should be wet down with the
hose occasionally so it remains
moist. When dried out, it
cannot transport food readily
and can prevent the food from
reaching the twigs for storage
purposes.
Early August is the time to
give your roses their final
feeding of the year. Roses re-
quire nitrigen, phosphorus and
potash for best growth and
bloom. It's true that some of
these elements are present in
any soil, but my experience
has been they are not often
found in adequate amounts or
available forms.
No matter how well you
prepare the soil and how rich
you make it before planting
time, feeding is necessary to
replace the nutrients with-
drawn from the soil in the pro-
duction of foliage and bloom.
If replacement is not made
the results are quickly seen.
If there is not enough nitrogen
in the soil, leaf and stem grow-
th are retarded. Without the
help of phosphorus you get
smaller and fewer blooms. The
potash acts like a vitamin, and
if it is deficient niether the
nitrogen or the phosphorus per-
forms its functions well.
WILLOWS FROM ONE INCH
TO 100 FEET TALL
Dwarf willows of the Arctic
have been known to grow to a
height of less than one inch.
Other willows may grow to a
100 feet tall, or more. Over
100 species of willow are found
on this continent, out of a
planetery total of some 300.
Take Safety Measures when
Staring Old Refrigerator
Removing the door of an un-
used refrigerator when it is stor-
ed or discarded is the only
positive way of insuring the air-
tight
irtight cabinet will not become
an instrument of death, an
official of the Canadian Coun-
cil of Appliance Manufacturers
warned recently.
"All Canadian manufactur-
ers build refrigerators with a
built-in safety feature which
makes it possible to open the
door from the inside. However,
the deaths of young children
occur when they crawl inside
older units," he said.
"Parents, or those storing old
refrigerators, can turn the re-
frigerator door to the wall --or
remove the door. The latter
can be done easily without
Brautigam Reunion
LAKELET--Members of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Brautigam's
family, of Clifford held a
family reunion at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gadke,
Lakelet, on Sunday afternoon.
Those attending were Mrs.
John Haley and children of
Sudbury, Mr, and Mrs. Jim
Stanley of Hamilton, Mr. and
Mrs. Keith Brautigam and son
of Clinton, Misses June and
Diane Brautigam of Mt. Forest
and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Brauti-
gam of Clifford. One daugh-
ter in Clinton was unable to
attend.
damaging the door or cabinet
of the refrigerator," he said.
An estimated 100, 000 re-
frigerators are discarded in
Canada each. year. Many of
them are left lying around base-
ments, yards, porches, summer
camps or cottages, garages and
dumps without adequate safety
precautions being taken.
"In 1962, there were more
than 275, 000 refrigerators sold
in Canada. There is no way of
knowing exactly how many of
the replaced units were traded
or discarded, but each improper
ly discarded unit is dangerous
to curious children," he said.
The safety type, spring latch,
magnetic door and magnetic
door seals were designed strict-
ly as a safety feature. These
safety type door closing devices
are superior to the old door
latch and provide longer life,
less service, better door seal,
and a definite safety feature.
The Council listed alterna-
tive precautions that could he
taken to render the air -tight
cabinet harmless:
1. Remove the door. Even
with the latch removed, many
freezer cabinets have doors too
heavy for a child to lift.
2. Remove latch stops so
the door won't lock. This can
he done by removing four
screws.
3. Drill holes in the cab-
inet and remove the tubber
gaskets around the door,