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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1954-03-24, Page 9New Officers Elected at W. I. Meeting on Thursday The March meeting of the Women’s Institute was in the council chamber on Thursday, 18th, with Mrs. H. Ait- (pFchison presiding. The minutes of the February meet­ ing were read and correspondence and business taken care of. It was decided to give a donation of $25.00 to the Wingham Hospital, and $10.00 to the Widow’s Self Help which Is the pro­ ject of the F.W.I.O. for 1954, to pro­ vide looms and sewing machines, for Korea. Mrs. R. C. Campbell gave a humor­ ous reading on "Reducing." Mrs. Ait­ chison sang a solo, “I’ll Take You Home again Kathleen." On March 31st.,-from 1.30 to 4 p.m. In the council chamber there will be a course on "Physchology and You” •T' £> given by Miss Irene McBride, who is supervisor of extension work on psy­ chology on the staff of the Women’s Institute Branch. Miss McBride stud­ ied in the Netherlands on a scholarship from the ’ Canadian Government. Everyone is welcome to come and hear this clever young Canadian. A silver collection wUl be taken and tea will be served, The nominating committee brought in the following slate of officers for the coming year. Hon. president, Mrs. W. J. Henderson; past president, Mrs. H. Aitchison; president, Mrs. N. T. McLaughlin; 1st. vice-president, Mrs. R. Mowbray; 2nd. vice-president, Mrs, A. Green; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. W. Henry; branch directors, Mrs. W. J. Henderson, Mrs. G. Gannett, Mrs. H. Aitchison; district director, Mrs. W. Ford; pianist, Mrs, W. Ford; auditors, Mrs. G. Gannett, Mrs. C. Hopper. Conveners of standing committees are; agriculture and Canadian indus­ tries, Mrg. A. R, PuVal and Mrs. R. Campbell; home economics and health, Mrs. 8. Bateson and Mrs. J. Henry; citizenship and education, Mrs. H. Burrell and Mrs. N. Gowdy; historical research and current events, Mrs. N. Keating and Mrs. A. Coutts; commun­ ity activities and public relations, Mrs. J. Halliday,* Mrs. O. Haselgrove, Mrs. R. Mundy, Mrs. G. Hastie, Mrs. G. Deyell, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Fuller; good cheer, Mrs. F, Edgar. The extension service sheets which were given out at the last meeting are to be returned at the April meet­ ing. Please mark all subjects you are interested in. The meeting closed with community 'singing and lunch. Through Town £ ARMITAGE’S IIIMUHMIMliUllllllKMItllHHimillllHINW MBMBIR Men’s Wear' Ready Made Clothing PHONE 172 Ladies’ Hosiery WINGHAM IIIHIHHIitUlliniMIllMIIUIMIIIIIMtKIHIMIIUtailllHaiHIHIHIiaiaHIIHKIMIIIfKUtlltlHIHUIMMHIIKIIHIIIKUitUIIIUtHMl FORDWICH 'United Church W. M. S. The regular monthly meeting of the’ W.M.S. was held at the home of Mrs. Emma Williamson on Thursday after­ Moon. Mrs. Tristram, president, presided for the meeting. The topic for worship and Btudy, "The Church in Their House and Our Own Backyard", was conducted by Mrs. John Craig assisted by Mrs. W. Harrifield, Mrs. J. Winters, Mrs. A. Wallace, Mrs. L. Holst, Mrs. W. Zur- brigg. '(==1 z" There's No x 7 lowest priced car of the low-priced field! Because Chevrolet out-produces and out-sells every other car line in Canada, your Chevrolet can be produced at lower cost, and the savings are passed on to you. Yes; Chevrolet brings you year after year the finest quality at the lowest prices — at Chevrolet prices, the lowest of all ! Chevrolet dependability is unsurpassed by any carl Nothing beats famous Chev­ rolet dependability. Many large companies choose Chevrolets for their entire sales force because Chevrolet’s reputation for reliability assures them these cars will be faithfully on the road all day every day. , L&cal Boys Make Good The Wingham Midgets paid a visit to the big city the other day. Or so it seemed. They went down to Burlington to play the highly-touted Port Nelson Hill the Mover Midgets, who up until that time had had the reputation of moving all their opposition into the sidelines. It wasn’t the big city, really but it must have looked like it to the Midgets. \ Actually Port Nelson is a small, town with a population of about 900. But it's right across the street from Burlington (population 6,000), which in turn is practically across the street from Hamilton. And to the inex­ perienced eye it’s hard to see where one begins and the other leaves off. We wouldn’t be suggesting that some of the Port Nelson players hail­ ed from Burlington, but there did seem to be a bit of confusion as to how big an area the town of Port Nelson embraced. Up in these parts they go by rural routes. Anybody from R.R. Wingham is eligible to play on the Wingham team. Anybody from R. R Walker­ ton playing on the Wingham team would automatically put it in a higher classification. Down in Port Nelson they don’t seem to have, that trouble. Port Nel­ son hasn’t even got a post office, let X 88 •z IWfc, pen Ire! 1 gi< 'Highest trade-in value in the low-priced field! Yes, actual used-car figures show* that Chevrolet consistently commands a higher proportion of its original price upon re-sale than any other car — a fact you can verify for yourself by checking used-car prices in your newspaper. This is but one more indication of Chevrolet’s superior value! , alone rural routes. Tliey get thSllT i mad in Burlington. 1 ” ft« Q - ft Beautiful Big Arena Burlington has a beautiful, 'big, new arena-—the kind that’s lit up on the outside and bears a slight resem­ blance to a modern movie house, It hasa foyer type of thing where you can stand between periods and talk in more or less hushed tones about the type of hockey that’s being played. The seats "aren’t cushioned, but you have the idea they might have been, if the community had had just a bit more money. Unfortunately rates are rather high in the Burlington arena. They said it cost $60 per night for the ice, and even at that they weren’t going to flood between the second and third period. What got us was when they tried to stop the scorekeeper from walking across the ice. $60 a night and you can’t walk across the ice. However, we must admit it was a very nice arena and a credit to any community. Even if only a smatter­ ing of a crowd patronized it for mid­ get games. 0-0-0 -The Bigger They Are What probably impressed our mid­ gets more than the size of the arena, was the size of the fellows playing midget hockey. There are a couple of good-sied players on the Wingham team, but the Port Nelson fellows seemed to be all big. Manager Bill Conron scrutinized each player’s card very carefully, but was unable to find any discrepancies. In fact he found that some of the players were actual­ ly bantams. They must feed their hockey players some special kind of breakfast food down there. A few discreet inquiries disclosed the fact that the Port Nelson club was a whiz bang outfit, Not only were they big, but they’d won a lot of games. Talk of 18-1 and 20-2 scores were bandied about while the Wing­ ham fans began to feel a bit uneasy. Nobody said so directly, but we did hear some mention about the sticks, and it was clear from their attitude that members of the team had never heard of Wingham. 0-0-0 Not Exactly Worried As they sat in the dressing room be- for the game, the Wingham kids weren’t exactly worried. But it didn’t seem to us that they were quite as talkative' as usual. You could see that they were mentally calculating their chances in the coming battle with the juggernaut, and just a bit nervous of the outcome* Wingham fans were saying that if they could just hold Port Nelson to a tie, things would be better at the second game back- home. As they faced off on the ice for the first time, the local boys looked just a little nervous. But then they usually do at the start of any game.' The Port Nelson fans that were on hand were yelling their heads off, implor­ ing their favorite players to murder these bums,’ and perhaps the Wing­ ham boys were momentarily homesick for the old Wingham arena. But it didn’t last for long, whistle blew, the puck was dropped and from there on they were too busy to do much worrying. The play had only been going a couple of minutes when we heard a youthful Port Nelson partisan say, in a rather surprised tone, These guys aren’t going to be easy as I thought!” The ■v ffce Winghsm Advance-Times, WsihMoW,r- •;rp«a mJ Wingham District High School Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year eniW 31 December, 1953. RECEIPTS Government Grant? ......................... Less : Superannuation Deducted Municipal Levies—Village of Teeswater Town of Wingham ... Township of Culross ViHage of Brussels ... * Township of Township of Township of Township of Township of Township of Township of Turnberry .......... East Wawanosh Morris ....... .... Kinloss ................ Grey ................... Howick ................ West Wawanosh Tuition Paid by Outside Boards— Goderich District CoHegiate Institute Listowel District High School ............ Walkerton District High School Cadet Grant ................................... County of Huron - Agriculture Bank Loans .................................. . Miscellaneous .... ...................... PAYMENTS Bank Overdraft - 31 December, 1952 .............. Night Classes - Tuition ...................................... Teachers’ Salaries ............................................... Less : Superannuation Deducted ............ Instructional Supplies— Library and Students’ Supplies Shop Work .................................... Home Economics ....................... Agriculture ................................ 7‘ Transportation ........................................................... Officers* Salaries —.................................................... Bank Charges, Interest and Exchange ................... Insurance ..................................................................... General Expense ........................................................ Telephone ..................................................................... Caretaker’s Salaries .................................................... Caretaker’s Supplies .................................................... Fuel and Utilities ......................................................... Repairs and Replacements ......................................... Cadets ............................................................................ Physical Education ...................................................... Bank Loans ................................................................. Furniture and Equipment ......................................... Tuition Paid—Outside Schools - Goderich District Collegiate Institute London Board of Education .............. Listowel District High School ............. , Walkerton District High School ....... Share of Expenses Paid— Teeswater Public School Board . Brussels Public School Board .... Debenture Paid ....................... ..................... Hot Lunches .................................................... Options on Sites .............................................. Unemployment Insurance ..........................* ■’***<*^,s J. C. Currie Scholarship - to Bodie Craig Bank Balance — 31 December, 1953 $ 74,092.71 3,771.84 2,659.49 13,166.01 9,113.94 3,835.97 11,025.93 7,617.29 14,760,45 1,056.74 2,873.28 12,464.30 449.46 $ 262.20 1,389.33 409.48 $ 62,264.56 3,680.64 $ $ $ 70,320JT 79,022M $2,061.01 182.00 500.00 97,000.00 205.95 $249,292M $3,863.87 512.00 58,583.991 1,473.57 984.43 258.06 1,022.24 3,738JO 547.66 2,807.08 516.61 88.83 669.67 97,000.00 2,401.31 42,259.65 1,049.95 1,623.77 563.14 2,423.41 186.75 3,620.48 582.65 156.46 998.95 296.32 2,034.38 $ 1,173.03 834.45 2,007.48 6,457.41 913.50 250.00 64.08 100.00 $ 234,283.21 15,009.48 Chevrolet's maintenance cost is natu­ rally lower! When it comes to down-to- earth dollars and cents maintenance .costs, you save on service when you drive Chev­ rolet. And when it comes to convenience, remember that no other car can match the service facilities of the huge Chevrolet Dealer network, ready to serve you wher- • ever you are, from coast to coast. Chevrolet offers unmatched economy of operation I Your high-compressiori Chev­ rolet engine — highest in its field — squeezes extra miles out of every gallon of gasoline you buy. On top of that, Chev­ rolet gives you the extra efficiency of over­ head-valve design, pioneered by Chevrolet and exclusive in the lowest-priced field. Chevrolet's engineering excellence pro­ vides the sound basis of Chevrolet’s popularity. Chevrolet’s dependability wins new friends year after year. Last year, consumer preference for Chevrolet gave this car a huge margin of 20,000 units over the nearest competitor. This is indicative of Chevrolet’s extra value, when you buy, when you drive and when you trade! “Say! as Like <<**ok°r ***»<>< •To OF EXCC^*" kc> There's no car like Chevrolet when it comes to sales leadership! And that's because Canadians realize that there's no economy like Chevrolet economy, when it comes to owning a fine car. Chevrolet gives you all the best for much less than any other low-priced Canadian car! It gives you tried and true economy . .. economy of buying, driving and trading , . . economy that is unmatched. And Chevrolet gives you power, comfort and safety that you can't find anywhere else in Chevrolet's field. Before you buy, see and drive a brilliant new 1954 Chevrolet.. . your best buy by far for '54! Economy I s. C-IS54B Telephone 139 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO HIGHWAY ACT An amendment to the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario introduced in a Bill proposed by Hon. George H. Doucett, Minister of Highways, serves notice on manufacturers of high-bod- ied motor trucks and trailers that rear bumpers may soon be required on all such vehicles. Hitherto, no sat­ isfactory method has been developed for attaching rear bumpers to vehicles having the bottoms of their bodies at a considerable distance from the ground. The Minister has been advis­ ed, however, that one manufacturer has devised a suitable method of at­ taching rear bumpers on such vehicles. Stiffer penalties are provided in the traffic measure amendments for fail­ ure to remain at the scene of an ac­ cident, which is termed a "most des­ picable offence”. The new wording, if approved, will give magistrates wider discretion in imposing the severer penalties if offences justify such action. For the first offence, in this regard, the fine is increased to range between $25 and $100 vzith imprison­ ment of not more than 30 days. For subsequent offences, the convicted hit-and-run driver may be fined from $100 up to $500, jailed up to six months, and have license suspended for one year. The present maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour in cities, towns, villages and police villages may be decreased to 25 miles per hour or increased through by-laws approved by the Department of Highways, in another amendment. Another amendment asks that farm tractors hauling wagons or imple­ ments on highways have two separate means of attachment to prevent the possibility of accidents. This has been required only for motor cars hauling trailers, etc., in the past. Prohibiting of throwing rubbish of any kind on highways other than in receptacles provided for the pur­ pose is included in another proposed amendment. This amendment is aim­ ed at people who throw refuse from moving vehicles, or who purposely leave parcels of garbage or other rub­ bish on or along highways. The amendment is due to the interest of the Women’s Institute branches of Ontario, who have given considerable publicity to the problem. $ 249,292.69 CERTIFICATE — We have examined the books and records of the Wing­ ham District High School Board for the year ended 31 December, 1953 and in our opinion the above Statement of Receipts and Disbursements is correct, according to the books and records and information furnished. LONDON, ONTARIO, PEARSON EDWARDS & CO. 10 MARCH, 1954. Accountants and Auditors JAS S. ARMSTRONG, Chairman W. A. GALBRAITH, Sec.-Treas. HEALTH INSURANCE ... how millions of Canadians are voluntarily protecting themselves and their families against the cost of illness and accidents » While giant strides have been made by medical science in the past half-centnry, the cost of serious illness remained a very real problem for many Canadian families until quite recently. The most generally satisfac­ tory method of meeting this problem—health insurance — has been in existence for many years. But few people had this protec­ tion until 1940. Since then, their numbers have increased at a truly amazing rate. Today, 5% million Canadians have voluntary insurance against the burden of hospital costs. Nearly 4 million enjoy protec­ tion against surgical expense. And about 3 million have ths newest form of protection: med­ ical expense insurance. Most of these people have acquired this protection in the last ten years! Where did all these people obtain this much-needed help? Mostly from insurance com­ panies, Bine Cross plans, and medical care plans which are sponsored by the medical pro­ fession. Others acquired protec­ tion from insurance co-opera­ tives, fraternal benefit societies, employee benefit associations. Keen competition among the various insuring agencies lias brought a steady broadening of benefits and greater protection for an ever-increasing number of Canadians. Thus today most of the hazards of illness and acci­ dental injury may be covered through voluntary insurance plans offered by one or more of these agencies. This striking record of achievement proves two facts: It proves that Canadians have foresight and initiative in help­ ing themselves to meet the un­ predictable costs of accidents and illness. 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