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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1943-3-3, Page 49 -- THE BRUSSELS POST •narIox co1JroN RANKING Beginning March =st, the 3,2.00:. branches of the Chartered Banks of Canada, undertake another wartime service, namely Ration Coupon Banking. It is a vital part of the nation-wide rationing program. Pada vor,e Sdowere Ztoto 1 .If you are a merchant, jobber, wholesaler or other dealer receiving ration coupons from your customers, your bank stands ready to :show you how to deposit or .otherwise deal with the coupons- you receive. The same applies if you are a " quota -user. 2 It has nothing whatever to do with your regular bank account, in which you deposit, dollars and draw cheques in dollars. 3 It is purely a relationship between dealers and :_commercial' banks. Ration Banking begins only after the consumer has used his coupons to purchase rationed commodities. • 4 The banks' job is mainly of an accounting nature —acting as an agent of the Ration Administra- tion, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, under carefully defined regulations. 5 Ration Coupon Banking relieves the Ration Ad- ministration of the tremendous, burden of hand- ling, verifying and accounting for used, coupons with which consumers have obtained their supplies. 6 If you area consumer only, it in no way'affects how much or how little of rationed •commodities you receive. Banks do not issue ration'•coupons, nor do they have anything to do with the actual rationing of commodities. By this important addition to the..;manz wartime services they perform, the Chartered Banks Serve the nafion, facilitate business, and seek to save time and-eacpense "'to `the country. THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA „; Rev. W. J. Hamilton Passes, Was a Milverton Native ,.- "The Watertown Daily Times. of Vet.. 21st, 1943, give the; ,following =count of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton. Rev. William J. Hamilton 73, :nefir'ed Rector of 'Trinity "Anglican ,Caliiarch, end Nationally known 'ro:estant Episcopal Churchman 'Med • suddenly at his home in ansburg, New York, Sunday, of za heart attack. Rev, Mr. Hamilton h6a" served as Rector of Trinity church here for 31) Rears and retired last November 1 i tvaccuse of failing health. In , ember Rev. John T. Travis was enacted to succeed him. ` ! A service will be held is the 'was graduated from the McGill Trinity Episcopal church ?i•''otsdatn;:' Uiniversity in 1895. . He was ordain. Wednesday morning, Venerable A; ed a deacon by Rt. Rev. William Abbott Hastings, D.D. arch deacon" Bennett Bond archbishop of - Mons, of - Albany will officiate,4r6 the • real on Trinity Sunday 1395 and In absence of Rt. Rev, G. _Ashton 1396 was ordained to. the Priesthood Oldham, D,D., bishop, who is - now at Trinity Ohureh, Montreal, ,by in North Carolina. Other clergy of .archbishop Bond, He was .chosen. the Ogdensburg deanery will assist. from a class of 16 ordained •,t ,:that. The body will be placed in' Bayside" thine to deliver the evening sermon Cemetery Vault in -. 1?atsda—n ; �'„,at--Trinity church in the Canadian, await burial in spring ' - Metropolis, The body will be brought fi+t the family home in Hogansburg Tuesday and placed in the church„ He was born in Milverton, Ontario, Oot. 18, 1869. a son of Richard and Alicia Hamilton. He was educated$ l]iJt Stia"1 ord Cdllegiate Xn0tiiittll� land 4 New Tractors, Plows and Cultiv at rs. 5 Good Used Cars' well tired 2 Good Used Trucks HORSES FOR SALE AT ALL. TIMES:,. 5 Sows and 5 titters of Pigs For Sale L. and W. Served in Vermont He -served at -St. Michael's Church Brattlboro Vt., at Christ's Church Delaware City, Del., before coming here;as Rector of Trinity Church. on Sept: 1, 1911, Upon his "retirement, as rector here Ile moved -to Hogansburg.__-He _ had served under five Hishopa' Rt; Rev. =Richard H, Coleman; Bishops sat of Delaware; • Rt: Rev. R.t, Rv, A,C,A:' Hall,' Bishop of Vermont; Rt , Rev, 'William . Cdosswell Deane, 0 'tAlhany, Rt. Rev, Richard H. Nelson, . of Al, bony and Rt, Rev, (3, Ashton Old - hem. incumbent bishop of the ...'Albany diocese. 1 During his long service Rev:- Mn }'Hamilton played a prominent part in °the affairs of the church in the state; kand nation, He was t eleete4 l -.clerical deputy- to the general,: national conventions lour tunes he was chosen delegate to the• Provinc- ial :Synod of the states of New york and New Jersey 16 times, he served as a.member of the board of dtoces• `' an missionas a 4 hoard of dieees;san • other P,lrnrch hoot Nelson he was ex member council, anofd the on otors annds Under Bishop o amtning chap sin for all candidates for the priesthood in the, Albany diocese, and ho served Listowel, Ont. -on the beard which redivided the state of New York into six Episcopal diocese several years age, The division lucluded the . ,'etly Of New York, Promoted Weekday Schools Closest 'to his preanal wishes rims the promotion of weekday chut ch schools which he inaugurated Be), eral years ago, He pioneered ,n the movenent which has spread to all parts of Northam Now York, and which now includes ;all religions, The cleric was personally a man of unassuming dignity, 11e loved the North country' mild took a keen interest in its ,history and develop- ment, On Sept, 11, 1893 he married Miss May Fulton, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Fulton of Hogansburg, The Fulton played - a prominent part in the forestry indnsitles of Northern New York. Mrs. Hamilton died Sept, 6, 1933 and is hurled at Bayside Cemetery here. He is survived by seven children. They are William Fulton, Hamilton, Rochester banker; Miss Elizabetn Hamilton a teacher in the . Staten Island schools; Mrs, David (Alicia) Neville and Mrs, Wesley (Margaret) Ensign of New York City; Mrs. William II, -(Esther) Couch of Darien, Conn., and Misses Mare and Katherine Hamilton at home, 'MT Hamilton was an uncle of Willie; • Seblien, Dr. J. F, S•ebben, St-atford, Ont.; Elgin Hamilton Mrs., P.. R, Glenn of Toronto and Ira .Hamilton of Milverton. Williams and James S'ebben R.R. 4, Stratford, Mrs. 'Dr. J. F, Sebben 106 Cobourg St„ Stratford and Elgin Hamilton Toronto, have retnrnei to their respective homes from ` Pots- dann, N,Y., after attending tha funeral Wednesday 34th, of Rev. William J. Hamilton, 73' yrs., native of Milverton, whose death occurred last Sunday in Hogansburg near Potsdam, • The late Rev. W. J. Hamilton was a cousin of Joseph R. Hamilton and Mrs. John Bolger, Walton, Ontar'o,. and Mrs,, Nellie Hodges, /mean Ration Couon Banking Now In :Effect in Canada MONTREAL, :March—Ito/ion Cou- pon Banking came into effect March 3M in 3,200 branchee of the onarter• ed banks throughout Canada. For the first time Canadian business 'houses will now be writing cheques, fled • the banks- holdiug accounts, expressed in terms of coupons for sugar, tea or coffee, or butter, instead of in- terms of dollars and Cents. The system will, of course, Inot . interfere with ' •the normal ,method of settling accounts b:tween 'Merchants which Will continuo to be paid by oash, bank cheques; "etc B. Unwin, Administrator of Consumer Rationing for the War- time Prices' and Trade Board stated that the arrangement is one where- ., • 1.ty eousiderable additions to the Ration Administrators staff will be 'averted and the details of handling coupons by certain retailers, whole - "sate houses and suppliers will begreatly simplified, "Coupon Ration Banking" Mr, Unwin said "will go a long way towards solving the prob.. leins of siphoning off, ,accurately accounting for and preventing dangerous .accumulations • of con- pima" on•ponsHe said the plan hal been endorsed by the Minister of Winance and that Donald Gordon, Chairman of, the Wartime Prices , and Trade. Board, had written to Charles St. Pierre, President of . the. Canadian Banks' Association, expressing appreciation of- the - banks' co- operation in working out, a -practic- able method and undertaking to put it ' into operation. "Title," Mr. Unwin. said, "Is a-substantia.1 public service. -Every one of the 3,200 Branch banks "across Canada will share • in the work, 'The "plap Tapresents a . considerable Cash saving • to the comity, as contrasted ,with' the only alternative, namely, for -the Board to establish its own separate coupon banking ,system acs'oss Canada." The system which went into effect on Monday, was the outcome of a series of conferences between War- time Prices and Trade . Board's rationing officers and a committee of .technical allure named lit the chartered banki,c.which had,,, offered to undertake the task, involved In ration coupon banking, Outlining the systemd Mr Unwin remarked ;w "Soon it will not ,,,fen be novel fora merchant to write - a ration cheque for the coupon eluiva lent of 1,000 pounds of butter or sugar, tea or coffee, and hay. , it charged against his 'Ration ' Coupon Account' for that commodity, "Every retailer, wholesaler and producer or distributer of r i.tionoi commodities' 1s affected 1Te'e is how It works. The retailer will stick down en gun -lined sheet,;: pre- viderl him the coupons he receives from his customers, Depending on whether his turnover In toads 10 Wednesday, Marell 3rd a If we all cut out only one non.essentiial call u day 04' tot nearly HALF A MILLION We would make way L WAR CALLS ADDITIONAL Br_mn �i� War calls must come first .. which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. 4 Please remember that the wasteful use or telephone time can hold up war business —and that every second yousave counts. 4l'VXG'VF 1 O - . Gk dPc7c44. urs %Molds Sewcce ,i � ` large, medium or . small - tic will deposit these coupons in: :a 'Ratlou Coupon - Bunk Account,' :exctanga them for a 'Bank Transfer Voucher' or send them direct to his supplier with his order for a fresh stork of the commodity represented, "The large retailer, ,the whole- saler, manufacturer and tither supplier dealing in rationed com- modities will have a separate 'Ration Coupon Account' on the books of his bank for each com- modity, which will he esp'essed in coupons instead of dollars, To . these accounts he will, deposit all coupons, ration cheques and ether ration documents received from con-. sumers of dealers. When it is neces- sary for him to replenish his stook of a rationed conimodity, instead ' of - ha.ving to .send . his supplier an immense - number of coupons and other ration documents be will simply issue a chequ', on his Ration Coupon Account ;'or the number of coupons his order repre- sents. ' The simplicity and opt- venienoe of this method for both ;purchaser and supplier will be apparent, "in due Couras, after cite,xlcing end -inspection, the coupons de- posited . at the banks will be destroy- ed :stroy-ed in the presence of official witnesses. - "In addition to those who sell rationed goods against the surrender of. coupons there are - the hotels, restaurants, hospitals and the like who serve meals , which irelucie rationed goods. These counons' Operate on ,a quota and are known as 'Quota Users' and for them and their suppliers the system evolved by, the; banks will be particularly helpful': In the past the • xivata user was given a monthly quote of; -tea, coffee, -butter -or sugar and was Med to one specific dealer with whom his "pante and quota were registered. , The dealer had to keep trackof the•requtiition•s- Maned by the quota user,. There .are thous; l ands of these people scattered- all over •the . country, It was an immense task to see that the •tuotas and advices tp• dealers were 1; sued simultaneously. If there was any lag or the advice failed to reach titer deader, • confusion and • irritation I naturally resulted.. "Under Ration Banking all this is eliminated.'' The quota -user gets his quota, it is set up in a ration account in his bank and 1[e; draws ration cheques ;against it Witn these instead: of being ,tied to :one registered dealer he can obtain his supplies from any dealer—and he may not over -shoot his quota as it is illegal to overdraw a coupon account at the bank. • "Whenever further commodities require to be rationed; more accounts will require to be opened, but it would certainly seem that the system worked out will operate smoothly. it involves a great detail work for the banks and their staffs and is a wartime service of consider- able importance." 'Commenting on Mr. Unwin's state- ment, Charles ,Sit. Pierre, President of the Canadian Bankers' Associa- Bonn, said: "The chartered'. Banks are glad to make this wartime service and organisation available to the government and to their business customers." Gasoline rationing is not - Stcluded in the system of Ration Coupon Banking. Notice To Subscribers Due to the rationing of newsprint it has become necessary to discon- tinue all papers that are 3 years or more in arrears. We -ask subscrib- ers 'to ubscribers'to co-operate with us in this matter. If your label bears the date 1940, or earlier date, wo- ask that you make at least a partial • payment so it will not be necessary to remove your name from the mailing list, _ Applications Wanted. Applications will be;'redetde l for the position of County Constable for Western Ontario County. Temporary' 'entploymmentfor site months with ' possibility of •Permanent -appoint•. ment ,at the end of that time. - Applications to be submitted, on • or, before 12 o'clock noon, March 10. „I; Apply to Employment and Selec- tive Service Office, ,Goderieh,.-..On- tarte, SWEET CAPORAL TOBACCO CAN FORM IN WHICH D. Help The Red Cross LADA TSA