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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-09-05, Page 7The High Cost Of Sitting Still very motorist is concerned 1 the cost of "running" his car. Often he assumes that the main expense is gasoline. Which is why we set out recent- ly to see exaotly where oil and gasoline fit into the annual car I/prating bill. Several studies of car oper- ating costs have been prepared by technical magazines, re- search engineers and automo- bile associations. We examin- ed four such studies, prepared by four different agencies. The figures in each varied slightly depending on the sur- veyors' terms of reference. But in each set of statistics a similar theme prevailed: about two-thirds of the average motorist's annual operating ex- pense is incurred whether or not the car is running or sitting still. The remainder is "running" cost. Gasoline, which is part of running cost, accounts for only 20-25 percent of a motor- ist's total bill. Here is how one of the typi- cal studies breaks down. It was based on a late model six cylinder standard car, travel- ing about 10, 000 miles a year and averaging 18 miles a gal- lon. The total annual cost in this case was $1, 099. Of this, $717 (or 65 percent) was fixed cost. The biggest.portion of it was depreciation at $555. This is a major consideration on newer cars but it levels off as the vehicle grows older. (A rule -of -thumb for calculating your own car's annual depre- ciation: check the classified ads for current price of your make and year of vehicle; take off about 10 percent to get true market value; subtract market value from the price you paid; divide the difference . FI'IIAaCEx tOk161,0110 sS' ADVERTISING THE SPORTSMEN'S water show was this float in the Frontier par- ade. The boat is the 75-h.p. fibreglass unit which was used to tow the skiers in the show on Sunday. —Advance -Times Photo. Chin Family Scattered from Coast to Coast When school opens this week, Jack Chin, son of Mrs. Charles Chin of Toronto and the late Mr. Chin, will be a member of the teaching staff of the Kin- cardine District high School. Mrs. Chin, Jack and Miss Gladys Chin were callers in Lucknow last week when Jack was up to Kincardine to make arrangements for a boarding house. Lucknow and district resi- dents have retained a warm friendship for, and a keen inter- est nterest in the Chin family who spent several years here in the rest- aurant business and where ten of Charlie's and Rose's fourteen children were born. A few years ago the family moved to Toronto, which is now the Chin "headquarters" al- though members of the family are literally scattered from "coast to coast." Jim, Harry and Frank, who were born in China, are em- ployed in Toronto. Albert is sailing. Sam, Bill and Charles are graduate pharmacists in Toronto. George, a graduate of Ann Arbor university in Michigan, where he had a hockey scholar- ship, is employed with an oil by the number of years you have owned the car.) Other fixed cost items were insurance at $90 (this varies depending on where you live and how much coverage you buy), licences at $24 (these also vary with car and province) and miscellaneous items at $48. The last include such ex- penses as parking or garage rental. Some motorists have no such expenses; others pay $10 a month for garage rental; others pay $20-$30 a month for daytime parking space in 0000000000000000000.0000000000.000000000000 CEDAR GARDENS SELLING OUT ALL STOCK ALL NURSERY STOCK GOING AT A Third Its Value ALL NURSERY STOCK MUST BE MOVED BY SEPTEMBER 30th — COME AND GET YOUR ORDER READY NOW R.R. 2 Brussels 29-5-12b GIANT AUCTION SALE at the LISTOWEL LEGION AUDITORIUM LISTOWEL, ONTARIO SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. ith 1:30 O'CLOCK SHARP downtown lots. The running costs totaled $382. They included gasoline at 21 cents a mile, or $250 a year. This was reckoned on gasoline cost of 45 cents a gal- lon. Variations in the price per gallon of gasoline make less difference, over a year, than most people realize. For instance, the same motorist paying 42 cents a gallon over the year would have saved $17, representing only about 1.6 percent of his total car operat- ing expense. Oil costs in this study were reckoned at $12, maintenance and repairs at $90 and tire costs at $30. Tire costs are calculat- ed in various studies at from 3/10 to 1 cent a mile; they de- pend on the size of car and the way the motorist drives. Naturally, figures vary with the individual and the automo- bile, so we don't presume to say that this breakdown will ap- ply to everyone. Nor do we suggest that everyone should get on the road tonight and drive hard to bring "running" costs up to "fixed" costs. This PPSO\AL NOTES —Bill Stephenson, wl o was formerly a hairdresser in Wing - ham, has successfully passed his basic training as an Air Force policeman at Camp Bor- den and has been stationed at Chibougamau, Que. --Mrs. J. Reavie attended the United Church Women's course for leaders at Alma Col- lege, St. Thomas, frorn Mon- day to Thursday of last week. --Mr. Harry West has return- ed to Gardena, Calif., after holidaying with relatives and friends in town and vicinity. --Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Hay and Brenda of Varna, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Higgins and Don- nie of Brussels and Mr. Robt. Sutherland of Toronto spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Agar. is merely a mathematical re- minder that there is more to the annual car bill than gas and oil. Quite a bit more. —Im- perial Oil Review. --Mr. and Mrs. Don Del - mage and baby, Gail, of Lon- don, visited over the week -end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Harris. —Miss Margaret King arriv- ed home from Germany on Fri- day after an absence of two years. She will be teaching in London this term. Miss Mary King enrolled at St. Joseph's School of Nursing, London, and started her course on Tuesday. —Mr, and Mrs. Don Biggs are holidaying this week with Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Biggs at their summer cottage at Wilber- force, ilberforce, in the Haliburton district. —Miss Shirley Agar of Tor- onto spent last week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Agar, Edward St. --Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Burns of Windsor visited with Mr, and Mrs. George Tervit, Minnie St. --Werner Schirmer of Lon- don spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. A. Schwichten- berg. AUCTIONEER LEO BIRD WILL SELL WITHOUT RESERVE A LARGE SELECTION OF FINANCE COMPANY REPOSSES- SIONS, BANKRUPT STOCKS, BAILIFF SEIZURES AND PER- SONAL CONSIGNMENTS CONSISTING OF MODERN HOUSE- HOLD FURNITURE, TELEVISION SETS AND APPLIANCES. THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF ITEMS TO BE SOLD: 17 cu. ft. chest freezer that holds over 500 lbs. frozen food; auto- matic washer and dryer in new condition; 2 electric ranges; 2 refrigerators; 2 washers with pumps; 3 chesterfield suites with foam cushions; 2 davenport suites that make into a bed; 4 bed- room suites complete with springs and mattresses; 4 39" contin- ental beds complete with headboards; 48 key concert chord organ with music book; 6 21" television sets and 2 17" sets all recon- ditioned and in A-1 working condition; combination radio and record player; 9 piece coppertone dinette suites; 2 7 piece and 1 5 piece kitchen suites; step and coffee tables; living room lamps; hostess chairs; step stool; high chair; gossip bench; chrome rocker; writing desk; radio; 2 full size new mattresses; 9' x 12' rug and many other items too numerous to mention. WE WILL ALSO OFFER FOR SALE A LARGE SELECTION OF CHESTERFIELD SUITES, CHROME SETS AND BEI) - ROOM SUITES THAT WERE PURCHASED FROM VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS at the 1963 LONDON FURNITURE SHOW. ALSO WE WILL BE SELLING A GOOD SELECTION OF BRAND NEW CLOTHING FOR MEN, WOMEN—CHILDREN AND BABIES—THE FOLLOWING BEING JUST A FEW OF THE MANY ITEMS: Slims, slacks, blouses, skirts, peddle push- ers, shirts, men's socks, ladies' nylons, underwear, 2 and 3 piece outfits for children, BACK -TO -SCHOOL clothes for all ages, teen size dresses sizes 8 to 16 (nice assortment); boys' two-piece suits; baby clothes of ail kinds; exceptionally Targe assortment of ladies' dresses and suits (Taffy Stores bankrupt stock), DON'T MISS THIS AUCTION SALE AT THE LISTOWEL LEGION AUDITORIUM SATURDAY AFTERNOON—SEPTEMBER 7th -1:30 SHARP AUCTIONEER — LEO E. BIRD TERMS CASH -- CHEQUES ACCEPTED ON FURNITURE 3% sales tax in effect. TWO KEY EXECUTIVES of the Friesland Cattle Breeders' Association of South Africa have ended a two-week tour of farms in Central and Western Ontario. The visitors were D. Beal Preston, presi- dent, and N. F. Fourie, secretary of the Association. Their visit was jointly spon- sored by the Department of Trade and Commerce and the Holstein -Friesian As- sociation of Canada, that they may in- spect pure-bred Canadian Holstein -Fries - Ian cattle with a view to the possibility of introducing them into South Africa. Their tour ended with a visit to Ottawa where they met with officials of the De- partment of Trade and Commerce and Agriculture. Seen here, left to right, are: G. M. Clemons, secretary -manager, Hol- stein -Friesian Association of Canada; D. Beal Preston; N. F. Fourie, and H. Leslie Brown, acting deputy minister, Depart- ment of Trade and Commerce. Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Sept. 5, 1963 -- Page 7 PERSO \AL --Mr. and Mrs, Jim Newman and Kimberly Anne of Sarnia and Mr, and Mrs, P. Bedard and Steven of Riverside, spent the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Newman. --Mr. Muir McLaughlin of Sarnia and Miss Meta McLaugh- lin of Toronto visited over the week -end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. McLaugh- lin. --Week-end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wild were Mr. and Mrs. John Wild and Devin of Scarboro, James Wild of Newpost, Mrs. G. Droumbolis, Mrs. Stan Peck- ham, eckham, Mrs. R. Prestage and son Ricky, all of London, and Brian Mowbray of Lucknow. --Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Loppe of Port Elgin visited on Sunday with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Edwards, on their way home from Kentucky. —Mr. and Mrs, George Wil- liams spent the holiday week- end in Port Elgin. --Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Parker are spending a few weeps at company in Edmonton, but is being transferred to Calgary. Morley is a high school tea- cher in Ottawa, Gladys will teach high school English and history in West Toronto this year and Jack, a graduate of Queens University, Kingston, is coming to Kincardine. Allan, the "baby" of the fa- mily is starting his second year in dentistry in the University of Alberta. Mary and Margaret, both re- gistered nurses are married, Mrs. Mary Jung lives in the States and Mrs. Margaret Wong in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. --The Lucknow Sentinel. \OTES their cottage at Pine River Beach, --Mr, and Mrs. Frank Gib- bons and daughters, Vicky Anne, Francine and Patricia of London, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Web- er, Denise and Danny of Strat- ford, spent Labour Day with their parents, Mr, and Mrs. James Gibbons. Misses Shelia and Ruth Gibbons returned home on Sunday after spending a week with relatives in Detroit, Mich. —Mr. and Mrs, A. M, Litt, Linda and David of London, spent Saturday with Mrs. Paul Husband and Mr, and Mrs. Barry Wenger. —Mrs. Ross Thomson, and their children visited on Friday with Mr, and Mrs. Stafford Bateson, AMISH PIONEERS Amish settlement in Canada began in 1824, in Wilmot Township, Ontario. The land given these devout farmers was previously owned by a sympa- thizer in Munich, Germany. The Amish Mennonites, as a church, date from 1690, when they separated from the Men- nonites in Switzerland and Alsace, preferring a more strict way of life. NO SWIMMING Loblolly Bay is not a body of water on the coast of Ireland. It is a shrub or tree of the tea family. Growing sometimes to a height of 60 feet, it covers vast tracts of swampy land along the Gulf of Mexico. FOR SALE CarmiChaeIs YOUR FAMILY STORE Josephine Street - WINGIAAM Illness necessitates sacrifice of this excellent, profitable ladies' and children's clothing and dry goods business. Stock, fixtures and equipment with lease on building available. Bell Telephone accounts office included in the business. APPLY TO ELLIOTT REAL ESTATE WINGHAM WINGHAM 357-1590 BLYTH 104 29-5b THE .. . Liberal Party POLICY that will meet the growing demands of our Economy in this Province for FARMERS LABOUR INDUSTRY and BUSINESSMEN alike A SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL! VOTE - LIBERAL VOTE Murray Gaunt IN HURON -BRUCE RIDING — SEPTEMBER 25 Huron -Bruce Liberal Association