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Clinton News-Record, 1948-02-26, Page 6AGE AIE CLINTON NEWS•BEOOlta3 NEWS OF BAYFIELD Representative: Miss Lucy. R. Woods Phone Clinton 631x31 William Robinson, Jr., London Was in the village on Saturday. Keith Brandon, Stratford, spent the weekend at his home In the village. Mr. and Mrs. George McLean and Harold Green spent the week end at Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Francis and two children spent the week -end ,in Thamesford. ' John Elliott, Waterloo, spent the Weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Elliott.' Herbert Kirkham, Aylmer, spent the weekend at ,the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emersn Heard, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Middleton and Bobby, Henson, visited Mrs. N. W. Woods on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson McConkey and son, John, North Bay, were, in the village on Saturday. Miss Gloria Westlake, London, spent the week -end with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter West- lake. • Mr. and Mrs, E. Sturgeon and Jerry spent the week -end in Clin- ton with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bisback. Mr. and Mrs. James Sturgeon, Clinton, visited the former's mo- ther; Mrs. William Sturgeon, on Sunday. Arnold Makins, Frank Thomp- son and Grant Stirling returned home on Saturday night after a motor trip to Florida. Don't forget the free moving pictures in the school on Friday evening, February 27. These are sponsored by the National Film Board and it is rumoured that Princess Elizabeth's wedding will be shown. George Bell returned to Kitch- ener on Monday afternoon after having visited with his •parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bell, Evelyn, , Joyce and Donald accompanied I him to Acton on Saturday where they spent the weekend with rela- tives. The. Minstrel Show given by the Girls' Club of Wesley -Willis Church, Clinton, which was ac- corded such acclaim in Clinton, will be presented in Bayfield Town Hall, March 5, under the auspices of Bayfield Agricultural Society. Harold Scotchmer, Department of Agriculture, Toronto, visited his brother, Lloyd Scotchmer, and Mrs. Scotchmer on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of last week while in Zurich and Clinton ,de- monstrating the grading of hot carcasses. Catches Fingers Miss Betty Lou Larson was not able to attend Collegiate on Mon- day as she had the misfortune to catch the fingers of her right hand in a car door on Saturday) evening and so is nursing a sore hand. Suffers Nasty Accident George Little had the misfor- tune to get his right hand, caught in the fan belt of his car on Friday last and as a result lost the tip of his third finger. He was having the fan belt adjusted at a garage in Clinton and was pointing out the trouble when the motor was accidentally start- ed. Trinity W.A. Meets The W.A. of Trinity Church met at the home of Mrs. N. W. Woods on Thursday last. The president, Mrs. E. Heard, led in the Litany and Members' Prayer. Mrs. George King read the Scrip- ture. Mrs. R. Larson gave the sec- retary's report and Miss Lucy Woods the treasurer's report. The afternoon was spent in quilting, after which the hostess served tea; Orange At Home The L.O,L. No. 24 held an At Home in the Town Hall on Tues- day evening of last week when the members and their wives and famiies entertained members of Varna and Clinton Lodges and their wives. The first part of the evening was spent in progressive euchre. Winners at cards were: Ladies' 1st, Mrs. F. C. Gemien- hard, consolation, Mrs. Malcolm Toms; men's 1st, Russel Consitt, ;consolation, Lindsay Smith. /The Welsh orchestra played ter the dancing which followed. William A. Hunt donated a large birthday cake, and other refreshments were served by the ladies. Girls' Auxiliary Meets The Girls' Auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. La Verne Morgan on February 18. The meeting .was opened by the singing of a hymn and the membership prayer in unison. Donna Sturgeon read St. Luke, chapter 15, verses 11-32. The minutes of the last meeting and the roll call were read by the secretary and the treasurer also gave her • report. Arrangements were made for the various mem- bers to make exhibits for the Fes- tival in March, as follows: Essay on "The Life of Moses", Barbara Bassett, Janet MacLeod; drawing of interior of Trinity Church, Bar- bara Brandon; knitted article for baby or small child, Phyllis Mack .nd Donna Sturgeon; photography, Barbara Brandon, Barbara Bas- sett, Phyllis Mack; apron, Beu- lah Parker, Margaret MacLeod; handicraft, Norma. Sturgeon, Bar- bara Brandon; weaving, Donna Sturgeon; poster, Joan McLeod; Donna Sturgeon and Barbara Brandon will' also sing solos at the Festival. Games were, played under the leadership of Margaret MacLeod and Barbara -Bassett. Mrs. Morgan closed the meeting and served lunch. Goderich Township Mr. and Mrs, Ken Merner apex Sunday with Mr. and. Mrs.,0 Holman, New Dundee. Mr, and Mrs. M. Falconer,MT• and Mrs. A. Hallam and family visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Adam Steep. Congratulations! Congratulations to Mrs. Harriet Ackersviller on the occasion of her 100th birthday, February 22, Community Club Hullett Township zt Social Evening' A very pleasant social evening ening was spent, when the "Farm For- ' urn" of S.S. No. 1, Hullett, met d at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Holland on Monday evening, Feb- ruary 23, with 19 present, It be- ing review night with no subject for discussion, the evening was spent in playing progressive euchre.' Prize winners were: Lad- . , Mrs, Wilfred Glazier; gents, Fred Pepper; ladies' consolation, Mrs. Noble Holland; gents, Noble Iioliand. Lunch was served, after which a few violin selections were rendered by Mr. Elgin Nott, ac- companied by Mrs. Bert Zrwin at the piano. Next meeting is to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Fred Pepper. The S.A. No. 4 Community Club held its February meeting at the home of Mrs. R. G Thompson with a good attendance. The meet- ing opened with the Lord's Prayer in unison, followed by the min- utes of the previous meeting, which were read and adopted. The roll call was answered with' number of pennies corresponding to no. of one's shoe, A gift do- nated by Mrs.McCartney was one by Mrs. R. Thompson. The ladies quilted during the afternoon, The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. C. Williams. Roll call to be answered by pen- nies corresponding to size of waist, .A very delicious lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. R. Thompson. The S.S. No. 4 Farm Forum meeting of February 16 was held a tthe home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Thompson, with an attendance of 14 members. There Was a good discussion on the radio topic and a recreation hour with Mrs. A. Hebden and Robin Thompson as leaders. Lunch was served by the ladies. The meeting this week, Febru- ary 23, was at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. A. Hebdep with 11 mem- bers present. It was review night, and the daylight saving plan was. also under discussion. The rural population of Canada appears to favour Standard • Time, and the members of S.S. No. 4 decided that it would be much more sat- isfactory to leave the clocks at Standard Time, if industry wishes the extra hour of leisure time in the evening, begin work one hour earlier in the morning and close one hour earlier in the evening. Prince Edward Island has pass- ed a law that Standard Time be official and daylight saving time must not be used in the province. Following the discussion, Robin Thompson gave a very interest- ing talk on the first lap of his trip to China (through UNNRA) last spring, viz., from Clinton to Vancouver. Robin is to give a description of the remainder of his trip at a later date. During the recreattion period with Mrs. Ira Merrill and Jim Lobb as leaders, contests were conducted. Lunch was served. The meeting next week will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Teb- butt, whet Miss Helen Crich and Robin Thompson as recreation committee. STATEMENT OF Respective Functions of The Hydro -Electric Power Commission of Ontario and the Municipal Hydro Commissions, with Particular Reference to the Present Emergency. In view of the apparent public misunderstanding of the respective functions of The Hydro -Electric Power Commission of the Province and the Municipal Hydro Commissions in the municipalities, this statement is made to clarify the situation. The function of the Provincial Commission is to generate or buy electric power and to sell electric pow,er to Municipal Commissions and direly to rural consumers and to certain industries. The function of each Municipal Commission is to sell to its consumers within the municipality the electric power purchased from the Provincial Commission. In practice, the Provincial Commission and the Municipal Commissions endeavour to co-operate with each other in the public interest. By reason of lack of rainfall last summer and autumn and by lack of thaws during the present winter, mere has been a substantial depletion of the storage of water necessary to maintain a high level of continuous genera- tion. The resulting loss of production of electric power has taken place in Ontario and elsewhere where power has been purchased both under contract and in excess of contract commitments by the Provincial Commission. This loss of production of electric energy has become so serious that certain of those who had contracts to supply the Provincial Commission with electric power have been compelled not only to withdraw the electric power they had been supplying in excess of contract commitments, but as well have been compelled to reduce delivery below con- tract requirements by a further reduction of 8,000,000 kilowatt-hours per week. As long ago as December 15th, the Provincial Commission notified the Municipal Commissions and indicated to its'direct consumers that, in addition to cuts already being applied to direct consumers, it was evident that, unless additional voluntary savings could be obtained; the Commission would be obliged to order the municipalities to reduce their loads from time to time by as much as 15 per cent or more. This notification was given for the ex- press purpose of obtaining greater conservation of power and to enable each Municipal Commission to plan in advance the most equitable allocation of power within the municipality. The Provincial Commission received notification that the most recent cut of power purchased under contract would be effective on Monday, February 16th. in order to make an equitable reduction of power delivery to all Municipal Commissions, if was necessary for the Provincial Commission to compute for each Municipal Commission the amount of reduction it would be called upon to absorb, after taking into account the amount of conservation already effected by each Municipal Commission since October, 1947. To enable the Provincial Commission to complete the necessary computations and to notify,the majority of Municipal Commissions of the amount of reduc- tion each would have to absorb by Wednesday, February 18th, h was necessary that a substantial reduction be placed in effect as of Monday, Februdry 16th, so that there would be no risk of an actual power stoppage in de- liveries by the Provincial Commission. To accomplish this, the Provincial Commission requested the Municipal Commissions of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Windsor and Peterborough to reduce their takings of electric power by specific amounts during specified times, and also requested these Municipal Commissions to, in the mean- time, treat the request confidentially and not to give it to the press prior to the notification to all municipalities on Monday. This was done to avoid statements appearing which might have the effect of creating quite erroneous impressions of the amount of reduction necessary in each particular municipality throughout the Province. in relation to the reduction of power, each Municipal Commission was faced with entirely different considera- tions as to how available power would be allocated within each municipality. For this reason, it was not feasible for the Provincial Commission by a general statement to indicate to the consumers in any particular municipality the allocation of available power that would be made by the Municipal Commissions. The Provincial Commission is delivering to the Municipal Commissions and to its direct consumers all the elec- tric power it is able to generate or buy. it is the function of each Municipal Commission to determine not only the allocation of power among its con. sumers, but also what public explanation may be desirable in relation thereto. THE HYDRO -ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO THURSDAY,. FEBRUARY 26, 19481, LONDESBORO ss ary Ellen Prest, Mitchell, spent the weekend at the home of he rparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Prest. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vodden and Mr. and Mrs, John Pipe vis- ited with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Doer, Auburn, on Sunday., Londesboro Wins A number of people from the village attended the hockey game in Brussels Friday night between VARNA • A number from here attended. the funeral of the late Tom War- den, Cromarty, on Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Watson Webster and Mrs. Anson Coleman spent the week- end in Toronto. Joe Foster attended the funeral of his brother in Strathroy on Saturday last. Died in Strathroy Word was received last week of the death of Rev. J. L. Foster, Strathroy, a former patsor of Varna' United Chucrh, Londesboro and Atwood, the Londesboro team being victorious, winning two straight games over Atwood:. Londesboro W.A. The W.A. held its February meeting orn Wednesday, .F.ebxuary. 18 at the home of Mrs. L., Pipe, with 30 , present. The meeting opened with Hymn No. 287, fol- lowed 15y LordiS Prayer..Ndtes,of appreciation were read from :Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ball, Mrs. Rud - dell, Mrs, Melville, Mr. and Mrs. R: Caldwell,, Mr. and Mrs. G. Moon, and Mr. William Ross. The program committee, for- March„ Mrs. Robert Townsend and Mrs. Tom Allen, with Mrs.. Lillie Web- ster offering her home for the March meeting. The program con- sisted of a reading by Mrs. Clar- ence Crawford, an instrumental by Mins. Tom Allen, a contest con- ducted by Mrs. Bert Shobbrook, The meeting closed with hymn and benediction. Luitch,was.serv-- ed by the hostesses, Mrs. Stanley Carter, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs... Bert Brunsdon, Mrs. Tom Millar_ A vote of thanks was given to.. Mrs. Pipe for the use of her home.. Help The Red Cross- !! LABA TEA Minstrel Show Presented by Girls'. Club of" Wesley -Willis Church, Clinton TOWN HALL, BAYFIELD FRIDAY, MARCH 5. at 8. p.nr. Sponsored by Bayfield Agricultural Society ;Complete full evening of fun, jokes, cross -fixe Chorus of 30 voices: ADMISSION: Adults 50c; Children 35c 91.1. TENDERS WANTED Township oE•'Tuckersmith Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to 3 p.m., MARCH 6, 1948, for the supply of approxi- mately 6,000 Yards of CRUSHED GRAVEL through % inch screen, to be laid on township roads: hi 1948. Contractor to supply all requirements including gravel, crushing, trucking, lalbor, etc.; work .to be colo- pleted by September 1, 1948. Work to be done under the direction and supervision of the township Road Superintendent. A bond of $200 in the form of a marked cheque must accompany each Tender, Tenders must state the price per cubic yard and envelopes must be plainly marked "Tender" and mailed to the I iierk. For further information. apply to Robert Dal- rymple, Road Superintendent, Egmondvi le, Ontario. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. E. P. CHESNEY, Clerk Township of Tuckersnzith, R.R. 4, Seaforth 7-8-9-b SHE'S SULLTALICING! SEEPING CONVERSATIONS BRIEF is just one of the ways of practicing the master rule for the best telephone ser- vice : .."Do unto others as you would like them to do to you—and do it first". e.. THIS YEAR ALONE We are spending $4,000,000 so that more farms may have tele- phones with fewer people on each line, FOR REST RESULTS FROM YOUR TELE#HOMEt 1. Keep, caHssb 1ef. 2. Space:your•ca1h. 3. Avoid "listening In". 4. Give right.of.way to emergencycoWs. THE BE'4L.,TELEPHONE COAIPANV°0'F'cANADA