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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-09-02, Page 8IT TOOK OVER T"W`Ja HOURS to clear the wreckage of a car -truck accident at Morris - bank on Monday morning. Finally the small car, in which Mrs. Selena Johnston died, was pulled from the ditch by wreckers. PERSONAL NOTES and Mrs. :an Mac-. Laurin and family are ::siting 'with his father, L Mae - Laurin in Toronto. —Rev. Douglas and Mrs. Fry and family of Sea.:rth, Mr. .and Mrs, Norman Fry and fam- ily of Harrlston, 'r'.r. a7id Mts. Ronald Rae and Ba:Wa:a of Lon- don. Mr. and Mr-. F. Goner of Guelph, and g:aldsi. a, Ted Cooper of Miami F: r;da, spent Sunday wit: '.`.::. No:n an Fry and Mrs. Sr. . - . . —Mr. Walter ..: r.:m, t o has been a paries- .r Toronto General Hospital - . :: e past couple of weeks, ..as able to return home last _. --Miss Agnes -i , cf Bos- ton and Miss Ada ::::.hv° of Tor- onto were week -e :d visitors with their aunt, ,iiss Mary Ada Brophy of Minnie s:eet, Miss Agnes Brophy remained for a longer visit. —Mr. and Mrs. Pat Brenzil and family are sise.nding this week at Bruce Bea :n. —Miss Helen Haines whohas been visiting for a ;;eek with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vic - for Haines and: other relatives. left tart Thursday for Germany where she wFi teach for another year. --.Mrs. Mary Cleland and Miss Mary Ann Cleland returned horse the beginning of the week after spending three en;oyable weeks touring Eng:and and Scot- land. —G -nests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Beirnes �y.erthe v,ee-:-end were M:. and Mrs. F. McClure of Goderich, Mr. and Mrs. W, Sho .idice of Brussels and Mr. and Mrs. R. Fisher and two children of Bloomingdale. —Miss Ella Davidson, of Scotland, is visiting with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Scotty Ross this week. —Rev, John E. Ostrom re- turned this week from a flight to California where he visited with his three sisters at North Holly- wood, Hemet and San Diego. It was the first time he had seen his sisters for eleven years. —Mr. and Mrs, Archie Cur- rie of Westbank, B.C. , called on Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gilmour and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mc- Kague on Tuesday. Work You Do Before You Touch a Brush Is the Big Secret in House Painting In summer it seems thathalf the Canadian householders be- come housepainters and the other half fence -leaning "sup- ervisors". Elven with the highest qual- ity products the first rule of painting still applies. There's no such thing as a good paint job on an unsatisfactory surface. The weathering process sometimes leaves the paint sur- face powdery and chalky. Test the amount of chalk by holding a double thickness of coarse cloth over your finger. Rub it for a distance of eight or 10 in- ches across the surface. If enough chalk comes off to fill the pores, it's too much. Shiny -glossy paint is the op- R most of the chalk. But for best results mix a batch of cleaner from the following ingredients: 2/3 cup trisodiurn phosphate (like Soilax); 1/3 cup detergent and one quart of household bleach. Add enough warm wa- ter to make one gallon. Swab this on the chalked surface and rinse with a garden hose. You can use the same clean- ing preparation to get rid of mildew and glossy paint. Swab it on the affected areas and rinse. Popped nails have to be driven home. If they won't stay down, use the next size larger. You will also want to calk or replace cracked siding or split shingles and fix joints which have opened up in trim, doors and windows. Watch for signs of paint corn- ing off. Look under windows, along the bottom row of siding, on trim, windows and doors. Scaling, peeling or blistering usually mean that moisture is getting in behind the paint sur- face. The trouble may be minor — cracked siding, de- fective flashing around the win- dow frames, for example — and the remedy obvious. But whatever the cause it is well 1'•; worth your while to find it. A serious moisture problem not only lifts the paint but also re- sults in structural damage even- tually. All peeling and blistering paint must be scraped away. If traces of paint cling to the wood, sand them off. To be on the safe side, work a little beyond the area of obvious paint failure. Apply a primer to these worked over areas and use a medium grade sandpaper to smooth the edges of the re- maining paint. polite of chalking and is usual- ly found in protected areas. The surface is very shiny and usually has a filmy coating of dirt. Look for glossy areas un- der overhangs and porches. You may not recognize mil- dew but you probably have it. Mildew looks like ugly grey dirt. But it is really a living organism feeding on the dried oils in old paint. If you paint over mildew the new paint can- not adhere well. Dealing with chalk, mildew and gloss, however, should give you no trouble. A hard stream of water from a garden hose will often chase away WASH AWAY LOOSE CHALK AND MILDEW News from Whitechurch Mr. Allan Scott, assistant agricultural representative of Sirncne County had charge of the services on Sunday at Cal- vin-Elrick, while the pastor, Rev. Arthur Jackson is on holi- days, Mr. Scott is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Scott, 6th eon. Misses Patsy Caslick of Cui- rass and Darlene Coultes of E. Wawanosh visited last week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Earl c',aslick. Miss Helen Currie of London spent the week -end with her parents, Mr. and Mts. KenCur- rie. On the week -end, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Elliott and family of Ottawa, accompanied by Miss Leah Currie who had gone with them to the Maritimes, visited with Mr, and Mrs. Keri Currie and family,. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Currie and Mr, and Mrs. Rus- sel Gaunt and gave reports of their trip. Mr. Jim Falconer and Lois and Mr. Percy Vincent of Au- burn were Sunday visitors with Misses Annie and Mary Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mac- Intyre of Wingham were Sunday visitors with Mrs. Cecil Fal- coner. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Emerson of St. Catharines spent the week -end with Miss Lila Emer- son. Mr. and Mrs. Ben McClen- aghan and Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker and family of Lucan. Visitors last week and on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ger- sham Johnston were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Smith and family of Kitchener, Mr, and Mrs. Jack Johnston, David and Don- na Jean of London, Carol Anne, Ruth Ann and Paul Johnston of Listowel. On Sunday, Jim Robinson of Donnybrook and Miss Dianne Smith of Kitchen- er accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Johnston to the Smith home at Kitchener. Miss Ileather Hand returned home on Tuesday from Trenton where she had been visiting with Mr. and Mrs, Eddie Hand, and Bonnie, who are now on holidays. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ritchie this week -end were Miss Winnie Greethy and Mrs. Ruby Klempp of Lumsden, Sask. The ladies arrived at Collingwood by car two weeks ago and hope to visit relatives in Ontario until the first of Oc- tober. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tiffin and Joyce were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Russel Dome of Brussels. Bevan Tiffin and Ronald Schefter are now employed at Stanley -Berry Limited, Wing - ham. Visitors with Mrs. Mary Chapman Sr., during the week- end were Mrs. Ridout and Mrs. Gordon Lemon of Stouffville. Department Action Doubtful On Gr. 13 English Review Continued from Page One by the students in the 1364-65 year. Mr. Madill said that for the first time, English teachers had been asked to submit their own grading of each st:dent. These gradings were supposed to rep- resent 25,70 of the final marks assigned to each st: dent. " Since the marks released were so much, at variance with the teachers' judgment," said the principal, "it would appear that the teach- ers' submissfons ..srhavebeen largely disregarded." Even though the department of education reviews the marks and decides on higher figures, the problem of university ent- rance will not be solved in time for many student: who now find themselves with percentages too low for admission. Mr. Madill quoted the case of one student in Grade 13 here who would ha -,e achieved On- tario Scholar standing with a few more mars in English. Of the 44 students who re- ceived passing marks in English at the W,D.H.S., the topmark was 70070; 16 students weremark- ed in the 60 -Th range and the remaining 2" were graded down from 60 to 50%. In addition, a sizeable percentage must have been marked below the 50% passing grade. Some authorities have ex- pressed the suspicion that the unexplainably low English marks may have been caused by the use of computers at some stage of the marking process. LATEP REPORT Reports in Wednesday's pap - McKenzie Bridge Work to Start Early Next Year Town council met with auth- orities from the Department of Highways on Thursday to settle details in regard to the new span which will replace the old McKenzie Bridge over the Mait- land River on the northern edge of town. Highway engineers earlier made changes in the design of the structure, in an effort to save on costs. While no accur- ate figure on the cost of the bridge has been released it is believed it will amount to close to $350, 000 including neces- sary land and engineering. The total will be subsidized to the extent of 00 per cent of the construction cost of the bridge itself and 50 per cent on any necessary land acquisitions. Earlier in the summer coun- cil was informed that the de- partment would call for tenders about mid-August and that the contract would be let about the first of October, However, on Thursday the council was told that it had been necessary to delay the call for tenders but this would take place shortly, work to start as early as pos- sible next year. ers indicate that Mr. Alfred Bishop, who is quoted above, has retreated from his original stand that "thousands" of ap- peals had come in and states that reports of astronomical figures have been "overplayed". In Mr. Bishop's,latest words, "The number of appeals inEng- lish apparently has increased, probably a small amount." There is no mention in the most recent report that the De- partment of Education will un- dertake a general review of the results in the Grade 13 English examination. It mentions only that routine appeals by those who failed will be processed in the normal manner. It is ex- pected that the review of ap- peals will be completed about October lst---- a rather late date for students who are seek- ing admission to already over- crowded universities. Dead- line for appeals was September 1st. The registrar is quoted as saying, "The normal pass rate for students writing English is about 80 per cent. When all the appeals are dealt with I'm sure the average rate will be about the same." JOHN C. WARD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT PHONE 200 ,.—.. Wallaca Avortuti P4, USTOWEI., Ont. GODERICH BUSINESS COLLEGE 24th FALL TERM OPENS SEPTE1VEBER 1ti Practical instruction in all Commercial Subjects SENIOR AND JUNIOR COURSES Examinations set, marked, and Diplomas issued by THE BUSINESS EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA Modern Equipment -Qualified Teaohers-Monthly Tuition $$2 Dial 524-8521, 7284 or 6307 for an appointment 19-26-2b WHY NOT SEW AND SAVE WHEN YOU CAN BUY THESE WONDERFUL NEW PATTERNS IN COSY FLANNELETTES AT SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE? 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