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Page A10 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Although ~first instituted in 1915, the idea
of daylight time had been batted around for a
more than a century. Benjamin Franklin sug-
gested the idea more than once in the 1770s
while he was an emissary to France. But it
wasn't until more•than a century later that the
idea of daylight time was taken seriously.
William Willett, an English builder, re-
vived the idea in 1907, and eight years later
1 Germany was the first nation to adopt day-
light time The reason: energy conservation.
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Daylight savingss
time
Britain qutckl fo yowed suit and instituted
British Sumner Time in 1916.
Several areas, including parts of Europe,
Canada and the United States, followed suit
during the First World War. In most cases,
daylight time ended with the armistice.
During the Second World War, a different
form of daylight time was reinstated by Brit-
ain and clocks were set two hours ahead of
GMT during the summer. It was known as
Double Summer Time. The time shift didn't
end with the surnnr, as clocks were rolled
back to be or}e hour ahead of GMT through
the winter.
The Uniform Time Act, enacted by the
U.S. Congress in 1966, established a system
of uniform (within each time zone) daylight
time throughout most of the U.S. and its
possessions, exempting only those states in
which the legislatures voted to keep the entire
state on standard time. from www cbc. ca
Photos by Dominique Milburn
Kub Kar Rally
What started as a Boys Club initiative to get'
kids and parents involved in the church has
morphed into an annual Kub Kar craze that
draws both members and non to the race track.
in pursuit of top titles. With 34 cars registered,
race -car fever spread quickly as competitors of
all ages took to the ramp in pursuit of glory on
Friday, Feb. 27. This spin-off event is free of
charge for anyone who wants to join in. The
Race takes place at the end of February each
year. Above, eight-year-old Cecil McMichael of
Clinton was one of :more than 60 who turned up
at Trinity Christian Reformed Church .on Friday
evening for an annual Kub Kar Rally. Right,
another entrant eagerly watches race results. at
the foot of the track.
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