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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-04-04, Page 13gar No. ,14 Ip G�ERiCN, oNTAItic; THURSDAY, APRIL 4,1963 ARLOW,--The annual mee� f Tiger Dunlop Wonlen'S of held at the Towns14j on*Wednesday; of last week, on Richard Buchanan R W president. Presidin, to . president. the. now ,ttp president, Mrs. Terence t president, ter.. he roll callpayment next on, a sugbestionor r`s program. w re read by he minutes o who also read a install the ()facers for the year -19G3.64 front the slate brought inby the nominating commit - Mrs. Falkiner, 1Vlitss • Jean crlen and Mrs. R. Bean. They are: Past presidetit,'Mrs. Terence Hunter; president, Mrs. Richard Buchanan; 1st vice- president, Mrs. Ralph, Jewell; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Ernest BAg1e secretary -treasurer; • Mrs• Lloyd 'Young; assistant, Mrd. James Horton; district directors, secretary the Mental Health�Mrs. T. Hunter, Mrs. T. Lamb;1 r:from . • tion thanking the^nx��M' tranclt- direetors, -Mrs.-;-.:Gliuo: ocia ldn for their past generosity t. again asking for as•deeidedsend $10. year he tidal reports read. the Home "E4on= Letter from h ist requesting the preference- -the ladies for the senior rt courses available in the ring year was read. The liters voted on "Block Print- , as a first choice, and for esserts" and Window treat- nt" as second and third dices. ie Officers' Conference at elph for secretary -treasurers, discussed, and it was de- ed to send the secretary, Mrs. yd Young, to represent the anch. The conference is to field at the O.A.C. at Guelph, ne19and 20. pril being Cancer Month, the esiden asked for volunteers to nvass the township and 12 les .offered to do this worthy rk. Thank -you notes were read d flowers and cards were' sent members on the sick list. ?Mrs. Tait Clark vas appoint - curator in charge ' of the eedsmuir Book. • bars: -E. Hunter-'gave_a. short the rt on 'the progress o e esent 4-H•.Homemakers Club "Being Well Dressed and ell Groomed." Reports of the standing corn- ittee conveners were given d'approved•. rs ce fifi New O The meeting was then turned to Miss Josephine Wood - Alun, Mrs. Ed. Montgomery, Miss Jean Glen; pianist, Miss B ' Long; assistant pianist, Mrs. R. Bean. ,The standing committee :con- veners are: Agriculture ' and Canadian industries, Mrs., Girvin oung, Mrs. 0. Pocock; home economics and health, Mrs. Elmer Hunter and Mrs. E. Rea- burn;:citizenship and education, Mrs.- . W. _ Harder and' Mrs. IL "Brindley; 'historical research and cui-rent events, Mrs. Doug McNeil, Mrs. Tait Clark and Mrs. Fred Gliddon; public rela- tions, Mrs. Tait Clark and Mrs. James Horton; resolutions, Mrs. E. Adkin and Mrs. Ralph Jewell; representative to Cancer ,Soc- iety, 1VIi's. T. Lamb; card .seecre- tary, Mrs: E. Crawford; audi- tors, Mrs. R. Bogie and Mrs. E. Bogie. --Miss Woodcock gave an in- teresting reading entitled "What a good W.I. member should 'be.,,,' Mrs. Gordon Kaitting favored with several selections at the piano and also sang several songs and hymns suitable for the Easter season. The meeting came to a close with a social holo' .with lunch and tea served by the hostesses, Mrs. G. Kaitting, Mrs. R. Buch- anan and Mrs. Tait Clark. The 14th anniversary of the Goderich Kinette Cii►b was cele- bratqi by two groups of mem- bers Monday, with 19 attend- ing the regular meeting at 1Vleadowbrook Inn. Eleven of the members had dinner local- ly before the meeting, whereas a group was able to attend a celebration dinner at London. OTTAWA, - A $1.,$5$,567 • sale of 1W Canadian road graders t,,iid'spare parts to Arge atuia was announe- :ed by the Hon.' M. Wallace Mc'Cuteheoii, Milliliter of Trade and Commerce. The sale was made by the' Dom- inion „Road Mathiiiery Co., -Limited of Goderich, ..Out- ario, to the Provincial highway Administration, Prov- iure of Santa Pe, Argentina. This is the second instalment of a Sale of 14,5 road graders to Argentine provinces made by t his Canadian company. The first contract, which covered the sale of 45 road traders, was. vas, signed on May 31, 1962, with La Pampa Province. Work Meeting President Mildred Whetstone presided over the meeting which was taken 'up with plans 'for the interclub meeting April 24 when decisions were- made on the menu, prizes, favors and enter- tainment. • Secretary of State Ernest Halpenny,..rig it, checks agreement for sale to Argentina with .1. K. Sully. president of Dominion Road Machinery Company Ltd.; E. C. Hill, direc- tor of the company. The major contract was official announced by the Department of Tradeand commerce last week. It was Earl. Grey, " dortori -of, fOOtball's Grey Cup, who sug- gested_ that,the uggested:that,the Plains otAbia. a. ham •,should be- preserved, sa national monument. ASHFIELD,. April 1. - Mrs. David MacMurchy.. who spent the winter in Ripley, is home. Mr. and Mrs.. George Foster and -*Donna • of • Rodney "spent Sund , with Mrs. Kitson. Rev. D. J. ,-Lane. of Clinton preached in Ashfield Presby- .terian 'Church' on Sunday. y. Mr. • and Mrs. Don Compton of Wingham were Sunday visitdrs with Mrs: Sandy Mac - dora1 d. About 60 members and guests Of the Maple Leaf Chapter, I.O.D.E., including members,'of the Ahmeek Chapter, attended a• luncheon held on: Saturday, March 30, at . Harbourlite Inn in honor of Mr. Kala Uka. Mr. Oka is a Nigerian student study- ing for his Masten- of Arts de- gree.:of Tor `--"" rsitY ive U t then a Tor- onto on an I.O.D.E: scholarship. Arrangements for his..vil;it were made by Mrs. W: A. Oakes, con- vener of Commonwealth rela- tions. a .. For residents of Ontario not eligible for group coverage English, spoken with -a slight accent, .he -summarized the his- tory .of Nigeria from the year 1472, when the Portuguese land- ed at Lagos,- up until October lst, 1960, when Britain declar- ed Nigeria . independent. He explained the. new Nigerian flag — two strips of green to show that the country is and dominantly, .agricultural, the • strip of White to indicate the surrender—df the • various tribes in Jii struggle forunity, under orfe-single government. 'those of the South. 52 percent the Northern Nigerians are lof of the Moslem faith. They are i taller, average height of men of the North being `six feet. IThe Southern Nigerians are of a stocky, thick -set build with average height of five feet eight inches, and are hard-working and ambitious. In answer •to questions from members of both I.O.D.E. chap- tcr5, Mr. I7kd described the day of a Nigerian farmer and he explained that the school sys- tem is based on the British standard. The " teaching and speaking, of " English in the schools is compulsory from the third grade. Industrialization is coming -to the country, such as timber,_is,, no longer export- ed b !.made into plywood and used for boat -making in Niger- ian factories. Mr. Uka's impressions of Canadians and Canada are so favorable that he 'declares he -will do his best to change the Dressed in native costume, a colorful blue and black robe, Mr. Uka introduced his_Inform- al but scholarly address With colored picture -slides, showing the modern buildings and brid- ges in his borne city,; Lagos, the caplt 1 oNigeria. . Tropical Land Nigeria is wholely in the tropical region, and has only two seasons—dry and wet! Be- sides being composed of num- erous tribes, speaking . just as many different languages, -there is also the over-all difference of enStraherto the coffers. Many Man-hours The man-hours of work in- volved in this sale are estimat- ed at well over 2c,0,000, and the company estimates that it will provide a market for spare parts for a period of up to 20 years. There will be over •t15 Canadian sub -suppliers :avol•:- ed in providing components ai:d material's for the ,contract. The transaction was negotiat- ed under the Canadian Govei ri- ment's longtei`fn'� export !inane- j Men Needed ing f: cilities, which were estab- lished to enable Canadian pro-ersand parts from Argentina, ducers of capital equipment tb to be delivered "before the end of summer" will result in the hiring of "about 5.0 more" men , at the Dominion Road Machin- ery Co. Ltd., here a company spokesman said. The company man, comptroller of the supply i,ng company. With • the conclusion of • this agreement, the total amount of export financing extended to Canadian exporters under sign- ed contracts his reached $105.3 million since ions -term tinan�•- ing facilities %ere established by the Canadian Government`r' late in 1960.• Additional coni- iaitm2rit_t, amount1ng.. to $50 mill"ion, axe approaching the final contract signing stage. ing postgraduate courses in �I Britain, to come to Canada in- stead. He finds Canadians warm and friendly . and sympathetic towards the aims of Nigerians in developing their own coun- try. He will go back to Nigeria in 'a year and promote Canada: Business Meeting A short Chapter meeting in lieu- of the- April meeting fol- lowed the luncheon. It was, an- nounced that Mrs. T. Orma_ ndy will go as delegate to the an- nual convention in Hamilton, April 24-26. All members who wish • to is ' tOL and Victoria House us e visit Eldon House • in London, June 4th, were urged, --to notify Mrs. J. Leitch or.Mrs. J. Skeoch before or at the next meeting which Will be • held at the home of Mrs. S. Anderson on the even- ing of May ,7. Mrs. J. Leitch, convener of Empire and world affairs, stress- ed the importance of the wo- men's votes in the forthcoming election and urged the .mem- f ptm he,.•people of the North from trend of Ni er n students seek• b rc to�xerc 3 W iii _ �aaeJtl� a.risi.=-�S.cru• _ _ .. ... _ .... lency Erasto M. Villa, Ambas- sador of Argentina; Mr. Hugh T. Aitken, President of the, Ex- port Credits Insurance Corpor- ation; Mr. J. K. Sully, President of Dominion Road Machinery Co., Limited; 'and Mr. J: C. Frse- QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ 1. How many rooms are there in the Centre Block of ,.the Par- liament Buildings in Ottawa? 2.Over the past five years which Export financing for the grad- ers and parts, worth $1,858,567, will be provided by the Can- adian government. The deal was announced earl- ier Tliursday from Ottawa. The spokesman said the sale was made to the Sante Fe Pro- vince in Argentina and that the "company has more deals pend- ing" in that country. -Last year it sold 45 graders to another provincial government there. ^ The order will involve more has risen the most, the aver- than 200,000: man-hours of work, age.,.,lurly wage in Canadian, with materials and parts from i acories or the cost of living? more than 65 Canadian fif'ms: The- spokesman said that no orders had been placed yet as a result of a foreign trade delega- tion who toured the plant Wed- nesday, nesday, but that the company "hopes' deals will result." Another foreign group in- spected, the plant and - machin- ery Monday under the Dominion government's "shop- window" worldw plan of exposing potential buyers_to Canadian goods. At a brief contract - signing ceremony, J. K. Sully president of Dominion Road Machinery, said the company had made 3. Will the election of April 8, 1963, be the Dominion of Canada's 13th, 21st or 26t1i national election? 4. What is the main 'cause of ares in Canada? 5. Which contributes most to the personal incomes of Can- adians: labor income, invest- ment income or government tt`'ansfer payments? ANSWERS: 5. In .1961 labor income of Canadians was $18.9 billion, government transfer payments _to persons -were $3.4 billion, investment income was ��j,�}dili'nn_.._,�t ti'mll hP the 26th national election. 1. There is a total of 490 rooms in the Centre Block. 4. Smokers' care- lessness caused 31,037 of 79,61 1 reported fires in 1960;es caused by electricity led ifti dollar loss, $14 million of a total $129 million loss. 2. From 1957 to 1962 average factory wage rose from $1.61 per hour lb $1.88, x,16 per cent; cost of living index rose from 121.9 to 130.7, or seven per cent. AGM t. 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