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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-03-21, Page 3J Everything under One roof at discoun.t prices. YOU'LL FIND IT AT THE WINGHAM SALES ARENA! Bulk food, discount groceries, frozen boxed meats. Hun- dreds of other items to choose from including bulk cookies, bulk baking goods, bulk spices,, bulk nuts, candy, pie fillings, bulk peanut butter, honey, bulk soaps and detergents. Pro- duce like apples, -oranges, bananas and potatoes. We have clothing and footwear for the whole family. Work shoes, rubber boots, work clothing, blue jeans, cords, rug- ger pants,logging suits, sweaters and jackets. New and used furniture, antiques, giftware, living room suites in 2, 3 and 4 piece sets, solid wood table and chair sets, buffet and hutches, dining room suites, bedroom fur- niture, dressers, chests, box springs and mattresses. Carpet and no wax flooring. Roll ends, remnants and com- plete rolls. Bring in your room sizes. Sporting goods. 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Return tits cou opop tpt0. 1 Get Ori ®' Pubbcatlons Canada. W 0. Bow 1986, t:Oil B, Ottawa. Ontario KIP 6G6 'please send me the pubhcatlanlsl entitled %, ThrJob Idea Book tor Women " Women ' Your Family Allowances Publications to be sobbed in O English • French Name Address - City -... Province -__ .... ..- Postal Code' _ _ L2677 -WA- 1 (Please Donn Can a Proposal could cut Continued from Page 1 the area are aware of the proposal, though not too much has been said about it yet. "I thinkpeople are disappointed. It's rational to r county but the 1100 like to be "kiting . "o `t.Vbice especially, since govern- ments tend' to be ' urban - dominated and you would lose a farm voice." He added that he doesn't think the fact this riding has been historically Liberal has anything td db with the proposal to eliminate .it, though it does make for interesting speculation. For a number of reasons, it is not likely ' any redistribution will take place until .after the next election. This is just the first draft of the commission's proposal and it will not be submitted to the Legislature for' con- sideration until after public hearings have been held in April and May. The hearing for Huron County will be held at Kit- chener on April 16, while the one for Bruce, and Grey will be. held May 1 at Barrie. Members of the public are invited to make their views though' .they.:nit:st give written notice, 'and Mr. Elston said he is hoping people will speak out. "I think people should be keenly aware of the fact that once a seat is takenfrom them it's unlikely they -will ever get it back. We'll just keep losing seats if we don't stand up at some point and say enough is enough." If the redistribution does go through as proposed, it will pose some interesting problems for the incumbent members, he noted. It would leave two members living in • Huron County and two in Grey, with no one living in the -new riding of Bruce. The recent- proposal is just Van Egmond house pictures are shown at Majestic WI BRUSSELS — The Majes- tic Women's Institute held its education and cultural acti- vities meeting in the library last Wednesday afternoon: Mrs. Marie McTaggart open- ed the meeting with a St. Patrick's Day verse and presided over the business. It was announced the next 4-1-1 club will be on hor- ticulture and Mrs. Edna McLellan and Mrs. Marie Stute will be the leaders. The Huron County Nutrition Committee is holding a health promotion night March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Huronview auditorium at Clinton. 0 Delegates. to the rural seminar for vital people Mardi 30 at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre are Mrs. Edna McLellan and Mrs-. Marie Stute., Mrs. Leona Connelly will attend the officers' conference at Waterloo University in May. Meniliers were asked to bring their complaint sheets and their questionnaire sheets. A' report from the district executive meeting was given by Mrs. Doris McCall and it was decided the group should write its history and have it published in the new Huron County Atlas. . Mrs. McCall reported on the Cancer Society cam- paign and said she is taking orders for daffodils on behalf of the society for delivery March 30 and 31. The roll call, "A historical site I have visited", was answered by 22 members. The motto, "History is in the making, tow is the time to record it," was prepared by the latest in a long line of redistributions which have ` seen the electoral map of Ontario re -drawn to mirror changes in population pat- terns. Until about 1925, rural ridings held the balance of power in the Ontario with .Huron, Mrs. Leona ,Armstrong and read by Annie Shantz. Mrs. Margaret McLeod in- troduced the guest speaker, R. Newnham of Seaforth, who gave a very interesting history presentation,, show- ing pictures of the Van Eg- mond House and the Huron Tract. The next meeting will be a dinner meeting at St. John's Anglican „Church April 11 at 12:30 p.m. Bruce, Grey. and Middlesex Counties -electing three members each. °Those "12 seats had dwindled to five by the 1975 redistribution and would shrink further to four under the new proposal. Auto Irrstrrance Questionnaire • Does your current insurance company have agents in Canada and the United States? ® Do you have emergency road service protection as an integral part of your policy? • Can your agent personally handle many claims up to $ 1000? • Are you receiving discounts for accident -free driving? If the answer to any of these questions is no o a , then it's time to call me! STATE FARM INSURANCE RICHARD GIBBONS 25 Alfred St. East, Wingham, Ont. 357-3280 hbor'ood net Stale Farm Insurance Companies Like a good I3 _ 9 Canadian Mead Offices State Farm is there. Scarborough, Ont. Now you can look 'AS FRESH -AS -NEW' i WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING GOOD, GO FIRST CLASS. TRY US SOON . AND SEE FOR YOURSELF A . CLEANERS AND MEN'S WEAR Wingham; Ontario. Ph. 35 7- 1 242 i Morning Star Lodge holds monthly meeting BRUSSELS — The Mor- ning Star Rebekah Lodge held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday with Vera Hastings in charge, assisted by Marguerite Crawford, past noble grand. District dues were paid and a donation was made to eye research. Mrs. Crawford reported on the Pilgrimage for Youth speaking competition held at Clinton which was won by Angela Petten of Gorrie, a student 'at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. District President Marion Rose of Seaforth will make an official visit in April. The district meeting will be in Seaforth April 25 at 2 p.m. Birthday greetings were sung to Helen Bray, Jane Hall and Dorothea Ritchie. After the closing of the meeting, a few games of bingo were played, followed by a lunch. Mary Davidson won the travel prize. a FJ q g e a s a q a a R i"e6a"% ?§as AR s gsW3• - " WeBiiEff3V5e19iSS aF46iieFesERBiBB$l Knechtel's Save Tapes s.,.,„,,= 1119.1 40 for Cash • .... OP 0.1• plgo Ron Cooper, Knechtel Food Store manager presents Marg Pollock, representative of the Wingham Day Care Centre for the Homebound, as well as Ken Davis, a client of the centre, with a Save -A -Tape cheque in the amount of $268.35 with which they plan to purchasea Iiew exercise bike and a blind for the lounge. Anyone wishing details on the Save -A -Tape plan should inquire at Knechtel's store. Associate Store