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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-01-18, Page 7Itionfollowx, iso, 1001 Annual "Meeting of Shareholclers 7 1 oluntary Curb.'on-Spn'ding tGeneral Maitage.i:' MAIM Speed ltd.Reports 2 Ork:armament an4 Preserve our Free Economy Deposit Accounts -votiont.NwrolArNstO cigbome Municipal' Conitea ,Met tha,,,,,ToWnShip Rath VarleW, as' Per statufe, the felloWing taking the 'necessary declaratt4 O. oftice; for rg:eye; E. Stanley SnYfieifnfet: eo•uneillorS, 4Mts 'XiOnton, Montgomery, l'erenceiunter,4joint Kerni han — • Council met at -2 p.m. Pursuant to •adjontament for Muller in the .town Goderich. ; Reeve Snyder adttressed theCoun. T. Atkinson, General Manager, voen kIne•ao/eclWiffeWreellarlisrue4swthoardtsw. in reviewing the bank's 1950 Annual be brought before the Council at coltro. a useful but no substitute fo_ r Report,. pled •th4t total asses a. different times, and asked for their tecitattacli an intk* isionlmili.tarY .„ itoyal' .13exceeded $2,40.7,00%00, ank. of Canada coToperation. now The business f•the year.was then. Phiiical.. • . 9 Axpendititres must be .tut. • President Point in.the' field. of Canadian tbe-iiighei_s(t commenced,,' by the reading of the December minute% which were • proposes tour pointvanti,inflation banking. Deposits had also pact:ens- adopted as OW on motion of Jamea "ed materially to reach' $2,337,503,- ,Hortoh and, Terence Hunter. . 46$, the highest, point in the his- The following communications „ • preogiaiiiirte .4- .110W 'Me, spiral Can. eandermine the. very,LbitsiS a free. .0:Median elemeeracsi'and the posl-' tive steps Wilk% shoStild• be, taken .ncese to Meet this threat. vvere eta- ' Pluesized„ by. .Tames 1Vinir in his ' Presidential. address at the annual . Meeting. of shareholders of The Royal Bank or Canada, • - The ISerean war, said Mr. Muir, . sea.S the ',threat of war elsewherS, had posed new inflationary problems' an. ;economy already la -retied „ the long, Struggle against infla- tion since..the .01Ose, of World War ' U. "We no longer have. that ex, oess capatity in capital. and men, . power thalCuutde pOssiblemore guns and more butter hi the early' years sit the last struggle. , • • "Full empleyment of men and resources is a Symptom of ec:Onomic strength in peacetimesit meetts how- ever that -any,. ae‘ditionall, ,ilemands -• upon the economy:,, Can, be raet only toy. demaed • elsewhere. This means that the additional ,de- mand upon- our eeonomy arising, out of rearmament , must' be it by eating back 01.1r. normal peace- s•tinie demand fee eapital and con- „seqmption f_gtteds. . • . .,• COST OF REARMAMENT 1 "Thig' curtailment ,of .1-16heetime, demand° is' the cost of :Wartinie- re- • armanieht. ; This „cost cannot be 'postponed: must be, met at one. And the fundame.ntill problem of„ • war ..0.ionotnies Is ,to eusere that•. ; oely the least essential part 'of ileacetime demand 4 nine curtailed. "In this 'way we can reduce t e ' , .disloCation of -our econonly cause .by new 'armament. expenditure: if we can redu&?. 'this dislocation we . tete inerease'theettectiveness of, our war effort, and at the same time. we •cati assure that the freedom we eim. defeed will in fact be ,preserved. , • • ."Whalt part, of peacetime deniand • can. most .economically. be''Sacrifieed 10 the heeds '`ef defence? .' • , • "There are broadly' three areas of demand, in which cut-backs might conceivably be 'made.. ” They .,are (1). the deinand; by sviisutin.erS, for ,irtirtible .goods ;• (21 • densafid by business. for material's needed. in 'Ithe espansion of plant and equipment'; and (3') the dem.and, by go.veriunent for non_military • 'goods and services, .• • • .• •s'Further inflation ,can be avoided - if , the money .valtee of increased • armament is offset, by •thesreduced demand by consupserssbasiness,and. ' goyermhent for nonsesilitary goods and services.. •• copritozs NOTENOU.GH :Once. the 'netts ' 'volnulary saving have been reached we are forced to. rely' on • increased taxes. alid on controls. Physical -,eontrols may operate indirectly'. ;through'. credit_ curbs or direetlyn 'through gpverinuent allecation • of scarceeinaterials • cembined vase •-ibus degrees with. Price ventrol and • ratiouitue. . "These,physical controls- are not, properly. • speaking, della ammo.. at ; ,all. From bitter experieneeg after the last. war, we know 'that • physt: cal, controls' .conlea* but do ; not directly ‘reduce inflationary pies- . sure, They., ;attack , the symptonis and -leave .the disease itself tin, checked. Their Droner use IS .to disrert demand ,froin scarce te se- lativelr loss scarce Rods and sets,. nn :„ylees•s or, in sonid cases, to provide v a stop -gap until fiseal 'and , mone- tary policy can. reduce •inilgtionary pressure through direct action. Physical controls haye- their use,. , especially in total war, but they • are no stthstitute, nTar'.tievices' that really atteek inflation. '• - •• • • 'TO 'FIGHT INFLATION .1 "The 'enggestions made in this appraisal, of•wavs to. fight inflation tory of the bank. a • Were received': ,TAXES • 001J14)1.BE00111t TWO-EDGEWSWORII The)niosit peweer01. 'Weapetr 'in the fight against Infia.tion is genesally supposed to be. a stiff increase in the •incOme tax. But the -Lest of efficiency must- be that any .inceme, tax increases shall penalise spending and re- -Ward. saving. • • Such. a - criterion \\Tepid rule out drastic increases ins corpor- ate taxes, especially, exeeSs pro, taxes, • tend' to enconrage :,waste . in management; .add, in addttion, excess profits taxes are .arbitrary in their inspect. and • inflatieaary ie.' their final -effect. - n ,' The personal.' Ineorae it Is -Itself a blunt instrument that may 'hit' spenders, saversr nevertheless •proie to be the only weapon -with „spfs‘, ficieut power to cheek Spendihg, even -though in' the process some, saying is hit asve11. , To minimize these faults, and ensuresfairuess, weuld Sng- gest, that any increase in income. [tax burdens. Should 'recognize: (I) that.an effective:attack upon • infiaitionary .S.pending can onlY be made. by broadeeing the .tax base throtig,bloWer peremial emptions; ' (2) ,tithat equity de- anaitdS the vigiorons reduction of income tax erasien, neW• all toe apparent outside ,the fixed wage and salary group; (3) „tin* • equity and efficiency,: elike . de- , mand•the exemption from income. tax, Wherever possible; . of the bona. fide saving. ef the• •In its simplest foran, this. might Theitrde the limited ' exemption of insurance premium,s. and. of net- purchases of savings bonds over the year., . fIM awaie that to implemenit .the,•titird suggeStion May be work' for a genius in political and sociat,“inveetiort; .'Inft, 1fso, we shOuld • be . looking nfor him. Otherwise, as tax rates . rthe, the. - blunt instrument of the ;Impute tax may, become .a• dartgerbus and perverse weapon. .that penalizes saving even more. than it pena- lizes; spending, • ' .• • The • failure to exempt •Saving ;when income taxes are very high Will not only reduce* their:, power" to prevent. inflation in, the -Short nue bre MaY in the long run, prove tt poshtive claeger to demo- critey itself. The eetremes of "left", and "rbsrltt" in the. world •todaY .are inediated.lir tbe greats democracies by ti strores'middle would be a ' tragedy., iegeed if dentocritay 'sboUld 'per- • 1st because. in the supposed interest • of its esi'n defenee , it this • guard:Fah. of dentoeratie • There had alse been a gratifying Froro, the Department of High- . increase, in the number of the vrays, re 1951 road; appropriatiou4, bank's depositors, •the, aetuar num- Salvation Army, London, request., :her .0 tiosounts heing over 2,000,- ing, the 1951 'grant for social set*, 000, Vractically -1,900,000 of whir& vice work. were in Canada. "Since jantuiry 'The agricuitur-ar representative, I,' 1045i the number of accounts Mr. Bennett; and Mr. Elmer Robert, on -our books 1n' Canada has in- son asking for . an increase' in.gratit creased by abeut 000,000, Dr 40%," for the Huron- Crop .1mprovement Said Mr. Atkinson, A.ssociation. This organization is An increase ,of $926.895 in profits 'putting on a special project •through Was noted by the General Manager. the live district high. schools in Atter providing for the usual de- the county, ,This,will entail eXtra -ditellons) including taxessof 44,012,- expense. Also the Association is 000, and dividends, there was a having, an eictra, prize -list. for feed i-earry-forwaril. to profit and loss grains Judged by- mill men only.. 'wool:int of •$3,059,725, bringing this Thla is the farmer's own feed grain and will be judged for •quality, account, to 40,920,039. Pram this weight 'and.grindieg qualities. This totul,$6,000,000 has been trans - should interest all farmers. who do ferred to the Reserve Pund, wthieh now stool at $50,00,000. # , not „make a Practice of griming seed. This sebd fair will be held NEW BEANCIIES the Olinton Collegiate Institute "During the13'7'eltr,"it'liew branch on March 9th and 10th. . officets w,ere completed, in eddipon The Ontario GoOd Roads Associ- to whiell rather extensive renoya- ation, asking for membership fee. tons were made to .63- other offices. Min John requesting a tet- ,,tlement in copneetion with Shei1ttllnnal- Work seas commenced on an 1,4' new braneth buildings ,and extensive,atteratibu projects whiell • syork 'bad net been. com- pleted by the year's'end.• have Opened P.4 full-titue branches and -Sib-branch. 'We are new operatt pig _653 ibra nehes, and 737 Sub- brancheS' in Gariada." ef tni ai4)4T Eat o41,11bOrri, rs. Ed, Meottilt, ;11914 meeting a the VV.a.-S, ivils held tn. the shurela echoblroom e „ Wedne4- da Y afternoOn. •Te Meeting wal led. -by yred. CO011 and openea with a IlYalis and prayer by -.Mrs. Fred •Dook.i.The Scriptutre lesson, Matth'ew 10, was. read by Airs. Net', man McDOWell. 4 reading was" given bY,lgrO. Jtiel4 .131,1Chana'Tak.' lug Accoupt,"and the study book, "'Through, Partnership Work in Japan.", was taken by Mrs, IloWard• Campbell. Mrs. Fred Cool; read two letters from people in. Greece' whohad received article's f.reila it parcel sent ,frova......the- W.M.S.it year ago. Owing to the absence of the president,. 'Mrs. %Via. Me- Vittie, •the business ..part Ile meeting'. was taken by, xbe vice! president, Mrs; Chas. Smith. flaw weremade for making a baby's, layette. !The tinaneial report. was given: Annual n)embers' fees, $10; four new life members. • $1(10; autumn and Easter thank-offer1 461 ; collections and, donations, $00.50. Sent to Presbyterial secre- tary, 4205, which .put the Sooleily well over the allocation.Tile meeting closed with m a hymn and the benedietion. ' Ath 10. TRADPREt. .1116 General ' Manager rePorted Another satisfactory , year ,for the bank's_branches•in theWest ladies:. Central. and stioutp . Ames:lea, encl. in other areas .oetside Canada.- He .not ed. -pa &dente rly . t he sin -wort ant service perforatied by these branches in faeintating'.aed;prOmoting !trade between' Canada and other. nations. An importent and neeeseary coMples ment •to the ..Goverriment'S :trade activities "ere the banking SQ11"leef4 and„'•41 rs t-li a lid '. knowledge • whieh no•ur branChess abroad can- and do contribute.' .With our. ',chain new slumbering bi- offices . outside . of -Canada and with officers who have been trained on the 'ground,' .speak, ,the •laugeage,'.and are • fully eon - versant with loentsreqUirefeents, .we are 111 en , unrivalled posiltion Ito a'...sitsts Canadian 'exporters and l'imPorters • and.. all ' those - direetls•. - intereited ;•in the 'deVeiopment ; of t foreign •Oommerce; • Over the years ;11-rf. foreign . serriCe of the , bank itas•,offered expellent opportunities. to young Canadians •who 'have de: sired to make,:, ft career of inter- national' bank -leg. Seelt eeportnni- ties • still .exist for -Voung men of coerage who have the beckgroaed and Preparation required to quali0 for inesortaut• pastsinsour foreign' rietwork of branches. ' -• TRIBUTE TO ,011.,APF - , "The gratifying figure- we have fhefore us today, are due to a vers la rge- . degree te. tire ' . efficiency. . ; 6 a- thusiasne. and aggressivetiess of. the members a • .the :staff from 'junior (-Jerk .Up, and it is fitting that I should, say to them „a formal but VPi*Y:". stneere thanks' for a job well some degree' the bona fide SUN.- ' done. • . • leg of the piddle: ' 4) Direct controls,;„ espeeitely in ilit the ordinary:day-to-day bust- ' , lins forne ot price eeetrol atid .°"•5 of ; t'li'' banks 0" staff. P011 re tiouleg, :Weald ' be measures. sinned thilmepy traditioe of -friend- • of the last resort, and. should lineSs alWIlY'S ilgS0(41,11(4i with. The• • he ,treated 'as atop -gap devices, .not, a8 'substitutes for a true • , anti-inflationary policy. • "PerhapS. we . shouSd not . ignore' the possibility that, having failed 1:o realize their. hopes of eapitaligt catalyse.; through' .11°st-war depres- sion, the cOmmuniSts are now trying to engineer . capitalist' - collapse thraugh .'....the„ • inflationary presiiow the organization. . , A Of .a. ctintinuouS armaments boom.. ' "1- (1116. uss"re. the Directorsland 1344 ,once • the. required 'anionnt of shareholders. that morale' is high. arMaments expansion. has been de-' •tinit that 'whatever .new•Prise's eonse Iermined, the • inflietionary' problem ation ;le; in the neesopeninS`' yteir.' created • by ..ithat . expansion must :votir sfaff will Ilumsurt, 1•10.- ' ' somehow'. be met. '• Alba • • PORTER'S HILL , .DONISTXBR9Q1C, Jau i. --/The Many friends sou were sorry to leara!. that she had .fraetnred.•'a 11/P I. 4441; at her, home in Wingharn arid Wish, for her -a Speedy au d Complete re- Cevery. - ' Mr. and. Mrs. W. 3. ern*, on Allen and granddaughter, ' Carolyn CraigAnburn, were Sunday Viators with ;Mr. and Mrs. R:Cluim- aey and Gordela. • - Mr. and Mrs. -Win. Webster, Mrs. Geo, Webster, Mrs. ':Stuart Chata.; ney and,Diane were r,eeent viSltore with Mr. 'and „Mrs. Clliff Henciersbn itt Kippen, . Church, ifirerlfers Meet. The and W.A. held their" regular meeting •ou Titesday afternoon, at the hOtue of Mrs., Mark .A.rmstrong, witha attendance": of ten, The meeting was arranged and presided over by Mrs.. R. Charane,y. , The responsive service at, found in the Missionary Monthly was. used, in Opening. The treasurer'ii 'report ,showed the allocation, had been ex- c‘:edediv $2.0`last year. There ,)vviA a discuSsion on the 4eiking, of quilts, etc., ete.,,.for the,Spring bale. , Norman. T,hompSon , gave a teading.ou paission Werk in Angola, and Mrs, Edw.. Riabinsen , read an article on Christian stewardship. The, first eight verses of the etit DONNYBROQ PORTER% HILL, Jan. 15. ---Miss 'chapter of St. Miltthew were read Phyllis Harris*, of London, spent as the lesson,' 'Ir. Stuart, Chem-. ;the' week -end • at. her home. ney gave *a reading, "Thoughts for .MISs Audrey Harrison has secured the _Nem :Kger„,,','; Mrs. •Thoraas of it tio•sition, 14_,the_F,, mpuument p.r., Toronto fivored•With a solo, accom- lice in Godeach. •panie-d-hy-herenother, Mrs: ' ,(Rer.) A euchre; . emr,..iirid Anne, ,'ivin, .0. C. -Wagflineten. The 'second half be. tteld'in the schoolhouse this . of the- ehaPter in the study book, Friday evening, January to. Irwin'S • The 'United Church Re-enters orchestra -will st'eiply. the music., iJapan, throu4 --Partnership in Church* Work," ''Svaessread by- Mts. • Tile W.A.• of Graces.'Ohurch....met Jeffenson. Mrs. ' Washington at the parsonage at Buyfield'with I °I -las‘ eleeed the ',meeting • with prayer. a good attendance. The preside4, Lunch -was- sereed by- the --itosteSs;• Mrs. A. Hai:ries, opened the 'meeting 'assi.Sted by Stns. Chas. JefferSon with a hymn, after -which Mrs. Renner'. led• in prayer.. The 'Scriu 'll'ild 1.11' Edw. Robinson. `, Sure; from Matthew 5, was read • -by Mrs. Wihnerssl-larrison. The • . waS answered by -the pay- - , The various...by-Saws pertaining JIM' of." feei. The traVelling apron to salaried • and nOS'snlarled of- Was started out and alsost birthdhy ficials, the appropriate bylaw for roade and bridges 'and,. the., bylaw for borrowing money were passed. • , Motions . J ames Herten.---pirold. Montgom- ery: -That the -Clerk•send .in re••, quest Act "Mr: .Coombs, '• district. engineer, for the sum of $5:000.00 to be ellowed fel. new bridge on Sharp's' Creek.. . John Rernighan —Harold- Mont- • gomery That thd ;Connell give fee home of • Mrs. Jobe siNfeCOwan. „ authority to the Treasurer to bore Estelle Cox; who is teaching Tow ,$12,006.011s for Township pur- Kinbure, was home for the week - poses if and when. necesSarY. Harold Montgomery-,--Jatnet-H•ets • . end: • " ton.:- That • 4 $15 grant be givep the ' book was. Started. It was planned. tlitic• pot -leek sePPer. •'wOuld be served at the annual emigtegational metIng- to be .held.. Teesday, Salm- ary lpth. . Mrs. Renner.. conducted a •Contest,. which everyone -gnjoyed. The meeting -elosed with hymn after ,which- Mrs. Renner and- her helpers., Mrs. Alvinspettles and MrS. Allen Beetles, served.a lovely lunch.' The February 'meeting...will be alt Roeal Bank of Canada. "Fer their friendly emiduet of business as well as for their' readi- ness to rise and meet' emergencies, 1 eXpress t•he thanks of manage- ment •• to; our almost 12000 'staff members and as 'well te., those Othet. employees of the bank WhO-coniti, ibute so, inueh to the effivieney Of. Huron. Crop -Improvement Associ- ation. • - ; • • . ; , , J elin Kerniglian--James liortoel That • the -final': date for extending the collectees roll -be March 10th.. - "Teeence Hunter es-, . John . it erni- ghan : Thtit, the Council joiii add ailoiv $95 pers_delegate.for the. ,Good s Roads and Meuieipal,-Affaies ._cen- I veetion. at Toronto. • , ' . . . . . lanies Horton-sTerence Huieter: That ..Wie- pay ' the - . Meteopelitau ,CasultIty , and .WaSvanesa . 'Matted, insurance. • Coulee IlieS. $52.50 for s burglary •ineuisinee 'and llotids.1* • ;.!' S' Terence Hunter --:--. John. Kerui- l • '-ghan .: Thar -the usual grant, of ,$25 i lie given the Salvation Army; . Terence Hunter' es John Kerte- ; •glum: That 'Reeve Snyder . , awl. George Bean be a eimunittee to net for Council re, the John •Allin ditch' (pine . . James Horten—on Hunter That till aecennts be paid : ISoad i veuehers. $56:1; Earl. .Martitt and Gerard. Lassaline, fox • homily, ,$4 Wm. Sallows, old -age pensimts, '-eX-; penses and. stamps, - $21: ;' Municipa I ; World, , Rel. -Seed :Statutes,' - $25; ("aunty of Heron, indigent patient, !. $45; .Salvation Army,. London, $25'; ; R. G. Bennett, hgrieulteral 'repre- .. sentative; grant, 115; .OnttiriO'Goed Roads - Asso,ciatime. ' membershin • fee; $Si- -R, J. Moofe;' .Towinship„; Hall telephone account, ..$11.20;.:' 'Frit nk 1 in ,11 ellw a in, 'aeetanit, - Tow es i ship Hall,. $10.; Gordon Jewell, '111, ;suraiiee, $52.50: Sanits Coal -Co, re- lief account, $8,S5; relief account, $141.15; , Wm. ,Westlake, salary4 $8511200v.eci.by james Horton .we ads, Jenne to meet .I'ebruary 6th nt .2. p.m. • . . , . ; WM.. SALLOWS, Clerk.1 ss- . „ . ____....._. . AVE,STVIE. IAD: . . „ WESTFIELD, Jan.' 16.. --Mr. and ' , ... Mrs. Norman MeDoweil ' and, .Mis. 1 and Mrs. Howard' Catupbell, Ilsited . :. on Wednesday ' eveni g With . Mr. • " ii. and Mrs, Ales:. Robertson Of White- "As a *Meting to `this end 1 slionld . would, 1 think, be • broadly' aecept- like .once more to emphasize the able to a majority of citizens, moral and econoirdc. obligetion of whetheisinside or outside the gevern- democratie governments to male- •ment. , I would eunimarise them as. tain ordinary extientlitures ti•t.' the follows: • . lowest possible level. If demottatic Voltintary sating through the etteeriVinents fail to sneet this obi'. patriotic reettaint, of constunP: onion. they Will. in effect he, giving, tion shoukl". be encouraged, by. a measure of atd and comfort to -the 'enesq-. At this Stage...the most arsenul of war centrols is the con- . trot of ordinary' governmeat expen- diture. • • Emphatically, the price of air Safety is.; net only the expenditure exiainple„ _of government, business, -and' PrD- vette citizens: ,i.e., throttgh less • noti:military expenditare by govermilent. leAs , pension baSiness, sleks • coniti0niltion, (especially on ;credit) on. 'thes• part of. private .Sasit Smits providep by snving • . and taxes, but eternal vigilance .21 Volnutars saving ShOuld he over the 11(054 10 101(41 itilleSe funds enpouraged; • borrowing, , are pia., A ' major defence' effort esuraged.. -and' dont' poll0 hos' such an i*pact upon our .emno- • tnade effective ' allocting Title resources and ()Ur standard oi • (Vainited movement tower& living that a .demoeratic •goVernment , higher intereid rates., Would. be guilty of errminal 3,1 Taxes required, to prevent in- gence If it did ma do all it (amid .41hrtion sintfild Ahientilize Oen. to preserve , the free ee0110111y by sumPtion and. reward saving. confining its ordinary expenditures . whether through direct' taXeS -to absofute minimum: 011 00.11S111511114611 Or 00110' "We havii all heard At stud nt 11101510 take.% That exempt to One titne :or another that American Mrs,Vin..Poil;ter• Was leader for the Meeting, taking the theme • (Ooderieh TOwnsilip), to The T:TNION (otalerich' '.To' wnship). Mmicing Together wit s. hymn "statitling at the Portal" was Jan., 10. --The anninti,, meeting' long. ,The roll, can .was, answered - Union th1R4td Church will be held with- the text..Word q.ove." The on Wedneadtly. evening, tnuarlir Merlpttire leeson was. taken iiiom .• .24th, at the hotnr-of Ur, atanley ItomanS, -Stit, chapter. • During the ••teflw41ln,„ ..bin41ttess period 4130 treasurer's, re- 'hiketiog,...trhe 3a,nuaryitort A,414. read by Mrs. Puller,aMw l5100thlg of Tinton , was- held ging a "prosperous. year,.. with a on Wednesdays January lOttho reawnable balance on hand atter, 1)1110 ho,tue, o Mrs,, tleorge 481 cilwa1n,.,m041tlbt4 the allocation. Mrs, Ve* wire 11011511,051 *14filbers present, Oltire read tile report it the dower • '• • • • capital is taking over. our econority, My reply is simply that, if this is true. then we hare no one te biome but ourselvo. If 'Canadian Clipital is not playsieg a large enough Ala in developing our resource's, a cid expanding, our nd us try , the reason must be not that Canadian capital is 'too -meagre dor the Joh, spire- -Of-41w, stakes, Canadian , eePit al' ,refueet:ni, lte take the risk, .Prom here on ler Jus ,See ,to that 0110' vision,. our energy and Or risk-taking spirit are riot • fothel wanting. Actually it new- .spirit of -enter- prise is' :thread in the land-ssper- Smelly I have great faith in it. T believe this is the spirit appro- priate to the trne Canadian ehar- actor. Et „may not be toe mneh t� Mope Ito t Canada May •,•hectime.. as it were. a working model of' the We, eeortomp in melon, and ft MITStant reminder' to the world tit large /hat Attie road to economic _freedoM is also the. shortek and safest road `Soel.al progress!! . • fund which also • had been, quite ktteeess01. An account, was giVen of ethe bale which witspacked and church. • t tr, . N1.1`4,43 Mildred CbsIk Belgaive shent the week -end With her cousin, .Violet Cook; - Thcsacranten't Of the Lord's Sup- per ,WAS diSlieWd" nt the church serviee oil Sunday.; Commencing ;Stuiday„Ittnuary, 21st,' the. church services will be held in the school room for the. Tema inder of • the winter. • • :Sir.' and Mils. 'James McGill, of Clinton and 'Mr. and Sirs.,,R. see-nt7sSfSBIS'XfVwssru_svisitorsineN_St-- -field 'on Sunday. a Mr. and Mrs. Chits. Smith and Sierjorie„ Mrs,* Elwin Taylor and Miss Nbethit 'visited with. Sir. and Mrs, • Mac Newton' et. Gotrie. Mr.. and Sirs. Maurice Bosnian And Mr. Harold Beeman. visited on Saturday With Mr. and 'Sire, Dun- can MeNichol of Walton. • nnd•-Mrs. Earl Wightman, Mr...Noreann.. Wightmen and ,Mrs, Thos.' Henry visited on Tuesday with* Mr. and Mrs....WeSley Stack- house of Brifeetield,. Mrs: ilenry reeinined- for a longer visit with 'her Sister, Mre. •Sta6khouse. Mr. and Mrs. ,Jim Boole and Jueietraf Crewe, Visited on Smithey With Mrs. Pred• J. Cook. • • '•Mr. Arnold Cook visited on (lSun- day with Mr; Thos. Cook o t Vic- toria Hospital, London. Mr. Earl. Wightman spent': a '001111101111' days the first •af the ireek with Mr. and Sits. Elwood Stnek- forwarded to Toronto. ?Jens Were hotis6„0 Lontioh. made regarding homes for the meet: Mr. hineraqn' Rodger spent 0 ings throitgliont the coming year. couple ofodayS last week with -Mr. TOW trenSillies heriks• were audited and MI'S. Maniel Cook' Of Milburn. by Mrs. 'George likilwain •and Mtg. find, 'Sirs.. East of itom•• The nleetingl;tos brOuglit don vigited on Sunday 1;:ith Mg, to, a dose 'with the byano' .'Tstke kid, Mrs.,' Wm. 'NfeVittle. ' lv Life and `tet II afte.r Aft and,,,MrS..W01:-IleVittie left Willett the hostess served dainty' on: Tnesday to spend isatne time lunth And a soma balf,iiour Wits With Alr.. land Itoy Vent a pool, Mr, and MrS." Wra..Ettgi: ASIIFIELD ASHIPIELD, Jan. 15.. -Mr. George Dunbar of, Ethel was a Sunday visitor .at the home of his brother- in-law, Mr. Amide MacMurehse Alias Sadie Jellison gave a miss cOliSeous shower last' Thursday evening • in honor of • Miss Gretta Catapbell Lucknow. • • The • Y.P.S. of Nshfield T;resbys terian,Church held a social evening on Friday at the home -of • Mrs. Dan Rose, sT,,he next meetingsis to lie in the manse, at Ripley. The annual meeting of the Ash- fle4d Presbyterian congregation will be ,held oe Tuesday, January 23rd. L Keeps; Our Pr',ices Iteasonals*' ._ _____, In thee days of soaring costs, exert and Careful. plantiitirl)y• - e'Verieneed personae' keeps fpe... traditional. high standiard ;if Oranson 'Orviee available at moderate priceS. . ... . ,. . . • . 00piRICH'S ORIGIN4,1. FUNERAL HOME 17 MOisITREA1 1 NMILLER TECEPO6NE 399'11A/791.'0" I day_01,%ening ef last. week, when BENMILLER;- Jan. 16. -,-Me.- and thirty-three Sunshine-Sisters:o e;•- 13ennaller W.A. sat down , to ,ft . turkey dinner With *allecthe• trine., Mrs. Stanley Vanstone. • • mings. Mrs. Fleteher Fisher, presi. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Young and dent ',of the'. W.A.,„. had' Charge ot*-- Peggy, of Goderichr spent Sunday the entertainment:After the dinner. with Mr. ftild„31r.s.,•Girvin Young., . and-§peeclies, tables *ere eleared, Xi'. and •Mns. Jack, 'White and away eind the rest of the evening ,son,. a Detroit, and Mrs: Arthur was spent in playing, court Whitt RoAs called on Ms. Polly Walters Mrs.. Stanley ,Snydtr held • the , high i on Sunday. ' . - score card and Mrs. John Xernighan . .Stnishine Sister.--- A suceessful was low scorer. Each -received e• „ banquet w,is 'held ,aft -the Brtash. lovely prim.. , , Exchange Goderieli, Tue- A. Craig of 'Teronto were' week -end visitors ;with Mr. and In ,the past fifteen years the '7' • Royal Bank's assets and 'depo- sits have multiplied Miles, .timps over. Our position among the woricPs great banks is a symbol of Canada's great and growing importance among the /lotions. As compared with 1935: 8 a Place la which to live and work, to carp money .arid enjoy it, A Canada grew tremendously Auring.1950, It grew with new and bigger ' „ oilfields, factories, Mines, homeSpsZhools, srofes,anel trade'. In :fiet,.Canada • grew in practically eveiy department of life and 'effort. The Royal Bank of Canada shared in this groWth—growing • with the'..country, helping it to grow. For there is:no field;of ° Canadian expansion in which the Royal Bank has not shared. , Our loans to farmers, fishermen, industrialists, to firms large and small and to individuals, showed marked increase during the. year just closed. Our deposits grew to $4,3 37,000,0(M; our assets to over $2,497,000,000—both new records in Canadian tanking.. We improved oter premises in many places t0. provide faster, Canada's' population .. - * more'convenient service in congenial surroundings, an.d we has grow,e by '-'--- — - - Irpenean-nittriber of rrew-Thiiiiithes to serve -lip -Mir -• ,. 3,0013,000.3inter 493-5-.-” ' ' expanding communities in cities, towns and rural areas. , , direpss ttilrd. , ' • coaltsgsweses,...., • 4 Manufacturing wai. almost throe, times enlister. Looking forward, we shall continue our efforts to serve all Canadians efficiently and in a spirit of helpful friendliness. " Exports, In della,' tialueviare taw *Wel; greedier .antellapbit* fivi flows arsitit. kern arid steel readection • was neariy • four tknosferositer. ,Oilprodtst1onwds tWontry thee Stifiteri. C,Ootnrction lost riot ;•• vids almost " ten arsetora BANK A GREAT 0ANK SERVIN6. ,k GROVVIN,O. UNritY: GODEltiCiatitANTiit:W1 13. mama., manager. t