The Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-04-04, Page 13gar
No. ,14
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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.
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You' It come back smiling on the money you saved going.
The Volkswagen averages 38 mites to a gallon oUgas. In
fact we've heard a few owners claim -50 mpg. (They're either
very good .drivers, or o little weak at mathematics.)
The Volkswagen is small change in otherr departments too.
For a start, the oil never needs topping between changes.
And even, when it is time for °zhange, twa and orae -fifth
quarts will do St. _
When 'it comes to the cooling system, your expenses come
to zero. The r ddiator can't boil over or spring Leaks or freeze
up because .there is no radiator. We cool our car with air
instead of water. ..:
On 'a long trip your thouglifg may ford to'servite and re-
placement' parts. Don't worry. You can be miles from nowhere
and still find VW service. (We hve 346 dealers right across
Canada.)
As a matter of fact,why not test drive 'a Volkswagen
at your nearest dealer now? And since it
only costs him a 'couple of. pennies, feel free
to head for the city -limits. .
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