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The eight locks of the Welland
Canal’s 28 mile length lift or lower
Ships a total of 325 feet as they ply
between Port Weller and Port Col-
borne,
buPEHTESl
WINGHAM COMMUNITY PLAYERS
present
Life With Father"Hl •
A play in three acts.
Wingham Town Hall
THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd
FRIDAY, JUNE 24th
Curtain time 8.30 p.m. •
Tickets 50c, on sale at Advance-Times Office and
Sherbondy’s.
Reserved Seats 10c extra at McKibbons Drug Store.
Produced with permission of Dramatists Play Service, New York.
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RjEPORT from .
* PARLIAMENT. HILL ft
By W. Marvin Howe, M. P.
Wellington-Huron
I am not in favour very often of
dragging ideas that have been ex
pounded during election campaigns
into Parliamentary debates but this
one is still just as important as it
was on August the 10th, 1953, at the
time of the last Federal election. This
was brought to the fore by an amend
ment moved by Mr, Drew which read
as follows;
"That this House is of the opinion
that consideration should be given to
the appointment of a Commission of
DEPENDABLE
(service)
AS YOU LINE IT
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call . . . Expert In restoring
your set to peak perform
ance . . . Reasonable in cost
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Radio & Television
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Enquiry under Part II of the Enquir
ies Act, with powers to examine into
and report upon the organizations of
the various Departments of the Can
adian Government with a view to as
certaining and making recommenda
tions respecting
(a) economics and improved ser
vices which would be effected by. re
organization and elimination of dupli
cation; (b) the status and functions
of Crown Corporations and other
Government Agencies and their effect
on our free enterprise economic sys
tem.”
As one peruses the great list of
estimates under which it is proposed
that .Government expenditures will
amount to over 4 billion of dollars, one
cannot help but think that through
the medium Of a Commission of En
quiry as proposed by this amend
ment, some means could be found to
reduce many of these amazing gov
ernment expenditures. Yes, I still be
lieve that over half a million dollars
could be saved for the Canadian Tax
Payers. For example,, in the year
1938-39 the expenditures in the De
partment of National Defence for
travel and removal expenses amount
ed to $1,101,000. The amount in the
estimates this year is $46,108,300.
Some one has made the comment that
the slogan of this Government should
be “Join the Department of National
Defence and see the world.” Or it
might be well if all Government De
partments could adopt the slogan so
often seen in the railroad stations of
Britain during the war which read
“Is your trip really necessary?” This
is only one item in that Department
which does not particularly refer to
expenditure for arms for the men to
perform their ■ military duties or ex
penditures to produce weapons and
military requirements generally.
Then, let us look at the non-De-
fense Departments and examine one
or two of the items which in a busi
ness world come under the strictest
supervision. For instance we have
telephones, telegrams and other com-
REPORT QUICK RESULTS
FROM A-T WANT ADS
Mrs, James Sell, who placed an
imJ recently in The Advance-Times
want ads to rent a small ground
floor apartment, didn’t have to
wait long for results, Mrs. Soli re
ports she had “umpteen’ calls for
the apartment, with two or three
people waiting for the line at the
same time, The apartment was
rented that afternoon,
Mrs, Ken Kerr, who advertised
furniture for sale, had the same
experience. All the furniture ad
vertised was sold by Wednesday
night, she told the Advance-Times
and three linoleum rugs were sold
on Thursday,
If you are “in the market” to
buy, sell, rent or hire, try Advance-
Times want ads first. You’ll be
surprised at the quick results and
the low, low price. Phone 34 for
help with YOUR want ad.
The Wingham Advance-Times, Wednesday, June W, 1958
Easter Seals Bring
Total of $1,005,05
The final results of the Easter Seal
Fund for Crippled Children have been
compiled, showing total receipts of
$1,055.05 from 409 contributions and
ranging in amounts from 5c to $100.00.
This campaign is sponsored by the
Lions Club of Wingham, under the
convenership of Mr, F. E. Madill and
includes the towns of Wingham, Luck
now, Belgrave, Bluevale, Whitechurch
and Glenannan.
A total of $301.80 was spent for
children within the district requiring
treatment,
and other
$624.11 was
Society for
ronto.
the highways committee and was eup*
ported by 24 reeyes from the county.
The Elora road is one of the heavieet
travelled by the tourist trade and han
been a controversial subject for soma
time.
•s.
After deducting postage
expenses, the balance of
forwarded to the Ontario
Crippled Children in To-
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The
ANNUAL RECITAL
of pupils of
Harold Victor Pym
will be held in
St. Andrew’s
Presbyterian
Church
Friday, June 24
at 8.15 pjn.
Everyone Welcome
Silver collection.
URGE PROVINCE
ASSUME ROAD
Bruce County Council endorsed a
recommendation that the province be
urged to assume the Elora road from
Gliptz’s Corners to Southampton as a
provincial' highway.
The recommendation came through
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munications. In the year before the
war the amount was $689,000. You can
do a lot of telephoning and sending of
telegrams for that amount of money.
Now let us see what the item
amounts to. Even with the advantage
of quick efficient air mail service
such as we have today, the amount
for this year is $7,356,469, and so it
goes throughout the picture. Publicity
is $7,663,790. On publication and de
partmental reports and other material
many of which go into the waste bas
kets of most people, and before the
war not a cent was spent in this De
partment, for this year the amount in
the estimates is* $4,484,645.
Then there is the item designated
as professional and specialized ser
vices which even though this Govern
ment employs a host of specially
trained people, amounts to the huge
sum of $32,014,774. These figures would
suggest to anyone who has a sense of
business responsibility that there
should be an examination to see what
can be done to increase the efficiency,
to improve the services and to co-or
dinate some of these activities which
have sprung up so rapidly under the
pressure of war and the immediate
postwar period. There is one way that
this can be done and that-is by imit
ating the example of the United
States Government in the appoint
ment of the Hoover Commission which
has rendered such great service to
that country, in suggesting ways and
means of reducing Government extra
vagances. In Canada this could be
done by the suggested Commission
under the Public Enquiries Act with
full power to examine this subject and
report to the Government. Thus could
further inflationary trends be stop
ped; trends that have made it so dif
ficult for so many of our senior citi
zens living on Old Age pensions, our
veterans living n War Veterans Al
lowances, Railroad pensioners or so
many of our people l^ing in the in
terest from a lifetime of frugality, to
even subsist.
On Sunday, June the 5th, I was in
Palmerston attending a parade and
church service organized by the
Maitland District o£ the Boy Scouts
Organization. I would like to commend
the Committee, the Ministerial As
sociation of Palmerston, the Girl
Guides and Brownies, the Boy Scouts
and Cubs on their very fine parade
and program. In fact I would like to
commend all associated with this
great organization and particularly
the leaders who give so unselfishly of
their time and talents to the guidance
of the future citizens of Canada.
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When Glasses Are Not Needed
. . . Hamiltons will tell you so.
If glasses are needed you are sure of top quality
and expert service.
W. ft. HAMILTON, R.O.
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There’s nothing
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PORK
the Maitland
PHONE 78
WE DELIVER
actually did walk the last half
through the fields to the river.
Pocock arrived later on his
and the boys in the “advance
unanimously
passed his
Wilf
would have made it
it was
he had
iaclodlnf Federal T«xe* Phu deposit 2c per bottle
LB.
.. 45c
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SCOUT CORNER
Members of the Wingham Scout
troop held their second hike on Satur
day—or at least they started
with that intention. However,
weather being hot and humid, and
boys not too proficient in first
as yet, the Scoutmaster decided to
take them in the car, rather than risk
heat prostration,
Destination was the locality com
monly known as London Bridge,
south of Wingham Junction, and the
boys
mile
Wilf
bike
party” had a great time laying a
Scout trail for him to follow,
said he never
otherwise, and
decided that
tracking test.
Following a swim in
the boys got down to work on some
of the Second Class tests, learning
quite a lot about trees that they
never knew before. A game in which
they had to find and identify tree
leaves livened up the proceedings
considerably.
Cooking tests were passed at supper
time, one of the stipulations being
that each Scout had to eat at least
part of what he cooked. Most of
them managed both the cooking and
eating without too much trouble.
After the customary hour Of grace
after a meal, the boys had another
swim before hitting the trail for home,
arriving back about 8.30.
A full line of Gordon Mackay
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SPECIALLY SELECTED - BLUE BRAND BEEF
ROUND STEAK OR ROAST...........................65c
SWIFT’S PREMIUM ” LB.
PICNIC SHOULDERS (fully cooked) .............. 55c
SWIFT’S % LB. CELLO
PREMIUM BACON .................................... 39c
SWIFTS BROOKFIELD
PURE PORK SAUSAGE (skinless) . .
FRESH SLICED
PORK LIVER................... . ...................
LB.
23c
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CLARK’S
BEANS WITH
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OGILVIE
WHITE CAKE MIX...............
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KRAFT DINNER (regular) ..
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LB.
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17 OZ.
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6 OZ.
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