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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-02-10, Page 11,Electric a ower Plgys Vital Role In Economa Electric= Dower is playing a Japan. vital role in .the economy of the Average incomes in these world's Wider:developed 'caun- countries fall into . the same true. sliding seals; Asian, -African and Latin Am- - An article published in Eng ericannations. have long since land by the Electrical Research passed the $2,000 rillibn mark Association says: "Although it in loans from the World Batik might Well be .argued that pros - to finance vast power projects. parous People buy more energy Countries on both sides of the to improve their living condi- Iron Curtat'i have also provided tions, it is more .likely that in - millions more- in aid and tech- creased energy consumption is incal assistance. the cause, of .prosperity rather. Ontario Hydro " alone has 10 :hat the effect." r personnel working on 'the $168 F'or CanA_dians Initpacrtanc alae ri it will alae stressed m`bo t d mf1liori ~� osa Y c Y tris scheme on, the Volta River from February 6 to 12 during in Ghana. Five -more are en- National Electrical Week. This gaged on the 520,000 -kilowatt year's focal point is Winnipeg, Dez River project in Iran. Other where Ontario Hydro's general Hydro personnel returned re- manager, Dr. J. M. Hambley Gently from Brazil, Pakistan and will address representatives of Nigeria. i the electrical industry at a luncheon February10. Their efforts will help to boost lagging agricultural and, Theme of the celebrations: industrial production, for sur- electricity makes a world of dif- veys shrewd that power consump- ference. tion ,and economic standards go —� hand in hand. SPICY ,DREAMS Every man, woman and child An English girl of Shake - in North America uses 5,200 speare's time, used to pin bay - kilowatt hours of enregy a year leaves to her pillow on St. Val- compared with _1,923 kilowatt entinei Eve, convinced that if hours in Western Europe, 149 she dreamed of her sweetheart, in the Middle 'Vast and only 55 she would be married before in Southeast Asia, excluding the year was out. W. 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MacDONALD ELECTRIC _axe HEAT LOSS CONSULTANTS We are fully qualified heat loss consultants Heat loss estimates and recommendations will be given free of cha'•e':-,...—. R K, Va4. MacDonald Electric Co. Ltd." 524-7851 .�a !0N LECTRICA.L..wEEK.• .-•. , ,,,..-.. � ..., �-....,.,.... .. f-._.. m a,. �.. .... ,... .- Sall .. ..T . .:.. .... .. ..... Bugged- By Burned mut. Bulbs There 'is probably nothing higher costs for °both bulb$ and hotter the filament is and the more irritating than walking in- to ,a, dark roomsw .. o- t.clx on "a t i.. light and finding that the bulli has burned oulr. • electricity to provide the -sante amount •of light. - The design of the, bulb and, its hot -burning filament are core- The ,average householder int- full?. controlled in the ..rnanu- mediately : begins. 'gr'umbling facturing process to give the about the 'bulb manufacturer. customer the most light for his and` "planed obsolescence." . He beefs about the cost of 'bulbs, hove long they, last, 'and the bother of ` replacing them; in hard -.to -reach 1peationa . But what is the actual cost? How long 'should a Wight bulb air( Electric light -ti'ulbs are prob. Or if the tiny coils of the fila - ably one of the most economic- ment were not exactly spaced, al essential commodities on the lamp life eould suffer -by 20 market today. They are .pur- per cent. posely designed to give the A light bulb is not like a tire most economical light for the or a pair of shoes that you Want combined cost of (bulbs and to get all the possible "mileage" electricity E' You might say the out of; , It is merely a device manufacturer 'tries to strike a for changing electricity into happy medium between bulbs light, A 100 -watt bplb uses that burn out too soon and bulbs about $1.85 worth - of current that give too little light for the in its lifetime, so the measure current they consume. of its worth is how much light The cost of»_ electricity con- it will provide for that $1.85. sumed by a 100 Natt General Bulbs these days are burning Electric bulb during its life- out more frequently in the aver - time, for example, averages age Canadian home Ibecausee about seven times the cast of more people are using light, the bulb itself. ° That bulb is have more bulbs in their homes designed to provide steady light and leave them lighted longer for at least 750 hours. than •t -hey used to. The manufacturer can" easily With a regular household snake a 100 -watt bulb that will bulb it is impossible to have last mueh longer than the kind both high efficiency and long you buy in the store. But it life. This is inherent in the would provide much less light, way a tungsten filament oper- thus forcing you to use more ates.' light bulbs, with ' consegtxently The brighter a bplb burns, the • money. In a 60 -watt bulb, the fila- ment is only 18f iQQ0U0ths of an inch in diameter. But if it Was only :one per cent thinner' i one spot ,the life ' of the bulb could bei reduee 1 -+by--25-= per cent. sooner the bulb (urn:.s . ieposub�+t- , At lower tcneratnres, ... isroduced and the bulb lasts longer. , .. rt To comn1emgrate Thomas Edi - son's 100th birthday, General Electric engineers designed and made a 100 -watt bulb that they predict last for ad century.. But the ,,`amount' of light com- ing from that bulb is far below' .normal household standards. •. -To get the same amount of light-prailiiiced by ` 1 0•wattbulb,You, Would ultdaneed 10 "106 -year" bulbs, and elec- tricity would cost $18.50 every 750 hours Instead of the normal $]•8. The lamp manufacturer strives to make -bulbs that have the best balance between/good effic iency and reasonably, long life. The -hest "balance" rests on two factors- that concern every cus- tomer: the lowest cost of light yet the utmost 'efficiency v Mrs, Q. • b, f Florence ;May) 'PlVil oe 'Gocterich. ;has been named Huron County chairman of the. Women's Centennial Ac- tivities Committee. The appointtnegt was an- nounced by. the Hon. James A. C. Auld, Minister of Tourism and Information and chairman of the Ontario Cabinet Centen- nial Committee. ' She will work to encourage Centennial planning, assist in the co-ordination of area cele; orations and activities schedul- ed for 1967 and aid in other regards women's groups con- cerned with Centennial observ- ances. Mrs, Mooney will be one of four county chairmen, working with Mrs. J. Clark Cha'fnbers, Owen Sound, regional chairman of the committee. A graduate of 'Queen's. Uni- versity and former school teach- er, Mrs. Mooney maintains a keen interest in educational mat- ters. Active in community and .municipal organizations, she is a former mayor of Goderich. Mrs. Mooney holds member- ship in the Huron County His- torical Society and,is a descend- ant of a pioneer family which' traces its origins to the United Empire Loyalists and early, 19th century Irish settlers in On- tario, - FOR THE BIRDS While February 14—the day for remembering friends and lovers—is still mid -winter for many countries, in old Roman time it was considered the be- ginning of Sprjng and •the time of the mating of birds. Even Shakespeare, in Mid - slimmer Night's Dream, says "Birds choose their mates on Saint • Valentine's Day." And Drayton, a poet o,f Shakespeare's time wrote: HIJU$EWOBK'$ AS FA$Y AS WHEN YOU'BE. SLE: -1' LIVING BETTS ALLY. ►e -God 'e Signals -Star„ y, Z'ebtattr L�cal ;Farmer New 4-H Presi CLINTON. — John Clark of R.R,: 5, Goderich,„ Was elected president of the ' Enron, County' 4-1f Club Leaders'&ioeiation a :iw s ur ' is g �y ('llintd . t t +ons �C�t-�M '7M 44c Re. .succee.ds: Ken Baker of Z.R.t2, D°ashwood., Other` officers: Vice-presidents, Maurice Love of R.R. 3, Exeter, Ind Robert Fotheringham of R.lt. 3, `Seaforth; secretary -treas- urer, 1Vlalurice .Ilallahan of R.It. 4eliraye: Directors; Andrew Gaunt of R.R. 2, Lucknow; Bar. ry Glenwalden of .Lucknow; Al. lan lfauilt of U lt. t, Brucelield; Donald, Lobb of XII. 2, Clinton.; Mr• j othering hang, and Uoss Eedy of Dungannon, More than .50,, nclub leaders 'were guests at the dinner given by the Ontario Ddepartment a agriculture. Guests included Muton Coling Warden' Ken Stewart; reeve .of Mee illop 'township, .and'a .form- +er 4-U Club: leader htxns$$f; altd Reeve Ernest Talbot of Stanley Township, Chairman of the agri- cultural =committee of Ituiron Holmesville H0LMESVILLL• - Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Tebbutt and Mar- ilyn spent last Sunday at Font - hill, the guest, of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Tebbutt and family. Christopher and Sd'san Teb- butt of Wooastock visited re- cently with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carman Tebbutt. Barrie Walters is making sat- isfactory progress in Vtctttria Hospital. Obituary ALEXANDER WALLACE MILLER- , The death of Alexander Wal- lace Miller occurred in Wing - ham and District Hospital on Monday, January 17th. Wallace, as he was familiarly known, was the son of John Miller and Barbara Wallace. He was born in .West Wawanosh Township, in the St. Helens. district, where he lived his en- fire life: He would have been 82 years of age on Friday, January 21st. Although not enjoying the best of health for the last few years, he vas hospitalized for only the past two and a -half weeks. On April 3rd, 1918, he mar- ried Christina Miller of St. Helens. They took up residence at the Miller farm. Mrs. Miller passed away 'very ,st1ddenly on October 9th, 1960. Mr. Miller was a devoted and faithful member of Calvin Un- ited 'Chureh, St. Helens. He served for twelve years on the West "Wawai,osh. Township School Board, was a life mem- ber of the Lucknow, Bowling Club, a past president ?If the Lucknow Agricultural Society and also served as a member of West Wawanosh Council. Funeral service was Conducted at MacKenzie Memorial Chapel - on Thursday, January 20th by Rev. A. E. Willis and assisted by Rev. B. F. Green. .Mrs. G ; r - don Montgomery was organist and accompanied _ Mrs, Andrew Gaunt, who .,sang The 23rd Psalm., He issurvived by one daugh- ter, Mrs. Frank (Laurine). Mc- Quillin and one son Allan, both of West Wawanosh; four ;grand- children: two ` sisters and one brother, N4rs. Edward (Rose- mary) Thom of Lucknow; Mrs. William (Margaret) Golloher of Norwood; Albert, .of Woodstock. Ife was predeceased by his wife, three brothers, John of Toronto; Elliott of Lucknow; Ray in in- fancy, ani a sister Mamie at the age of ‘17 years. Pallbearers were Andrew Gaunt, Wm. Forster, Gordon Mc- Pherson, la': ed McQuillin, Char- les McQuillin, Ren Cameron, with temporary entombment' in South Kinloss Mausoleum. Final resting. place will be Greenhill cemetery. FloWerbearers ' were DeWitt Miller, Morro; Gaunt, Tom Todd and Bill McPherson. ' Plant TO Cost 1 $ 900,000 Here Goderich Town - Council has learned that the final p'ots..,'of the sewage treatment plant, now under construction, will amount to. $900,000, `_ At 1aa "Thursda' ''s .meeting of council, Mayor Frank, Walkom and town clerk Sherman Blake were . authorized to:. borrow a sum "not in excess of $900,000" for the project. A thtal of $560,000 will be raised in a loan -from the Cen- tral 1Vlortgage and Housing' Cor- poration repayable _ over a 20 year period. The additional $340,000 will be raised by town debenture issue. • Estimated life of the work is 30 years. County ,council. Don Pullen, assistant agricul- tural ,representative, who directs they ; II Club program in Iurou, tnnoun6bd ord nYeo of RB 3, Clinton and Margaret Stewart: of 11.11, 1, Clinton, were winners in the sat:• sign Join test It t hard Mare of Urondon, was guest speaker: "Mite is farm roan- ,; agement •specialist with. the 0n,- . tario agriculture department for nine-cpunties: th Soiithwest-. ern Ontario. 4` The°..leade>r set December 2 qrt nnna '4= {'a tevem nt night: Other business conducted elud,ed' plans to c0ntinuowit x 411Club "demnnstratbns; to again . sponsor a . 4-H gate 'sign. competition; to conduct a 4-11 bus ' trip to the University of Guelph, and• to give moire" ad- vanced work on an o,ganized , basis to the senior 4-11 club members. Mr. Pullen reported the or, ganizational meetings for the 1966 club will start during the Easter Holidays- Lady- Foresters install Officers The 1966 officers, of Court Fascination. No. 14901, C.O.F. ` were installed by D.D:HJC.R. Dudrey Kernighan. and • H.M. • Jean Ginn' at their regular Jan- uary meeting. • - Mrs. Enid Jewell was pre- sent d -with her past president's pin. The 1965 perfect attendance awards Were given to: Phyllis - Bogie, Eleanor Fisher, . Phyllis Harrison, Enid Jewell, . Ijermie McCabe, Bernice Moore• and and , ;Betty 'Moore. The monthly draw was won by Enid Jewell. A large number attended the progressive. "500". card party in the Forester's Hall, Benmil- ler,, ,Saturday evening.. High " prizes were won by Mrs. -Char- lie Mills and Mr. Harold Young.• Consolation prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Grant MaoPhee. Winner of the lucky -ticket on a bushel of apples was Mr. Carl. Worsal. AI)other party is planned for the end of February. • ELECTRICITY Nations. ROGRESS Electric Week February 43. �.. L�: tiatU''7R3t Daat Ft , t4A&Its# W 4.,«- Kt!� s¢� �•3w.�f ?fl ; f'S',/.3 6 f��� ��•'•• lk.-i ,�. Itrk a itia.tw t14 , . tttt.micA4 (4.3yt1;f.cioN • • . u ..• , ' r' 3' Your electric dryer, your vacuum cleaner and your elec.-laic range provide speedy and efficient service. These are just some of the many benefits you enjoy when you put electricity to work.iri ydur'home. More -and more people every day discover the value of electricity's low-cost versatility. In the past few decades -it has helped us take charge of our chores . reduced housework to something that's almost enjoyable and helped raise our living standards to a new,high. In the FO's electricity will do even more iVo help fill outworking days with pleasure and help turn spare hours to leisure: GODERICH PUBLIC UT1UTIESCOMMISS!ON National Electrical Week Feb. 7th --.1.a3th ELECTRIC PO UR BUSNESS YNQUIRE, ABOUT CLEAN, CAREFREE CONVECTION Chromalox Electric HOME HEATING There are three types of convection heaters. TY%re is the type that is particularly sOitable for use in en- trance -ways, lobbies, corridors, motels, eA., Made of heavy gauge metal with no moving parts. There is the Natural Convection Neater that is port- able and can be taken from room to room.. The third is the' Chromalox Floor -Drop -In Heater. Floor to ceiling window areas are hard to heat and this drop-in typethat is supplied in' lengths for be- tween joists and parallel to joist installations will fit perfectly into any area. FORCED AII _Chromalox Fan -Driven 'well insert heaters provide maximum heat output, need .only minimum wall - space.' Ideal for recreation rooms finished attics or added -on rooms — or For supplementary heating. Made of heavy gauge steel, it extends only 1W' inTo room;''Built-in thermostat, fine mesh safety grille. • RADIANT Chromalox Radiant -Wall Panels give gentle which bathes the entire room in pleasant Stv Illy construction features. Mounts on two which are screwed to wall. - FULLY QUALIFIED HEAT LOSS CONSULTANTS CALL US AND HAVE IIS CHECK YOUR HOME FOR HEAT LOSS warmth, comfort, brackets GODERICH ELECTR-IC 189 SOUTH 'STREET DIAL 524-9512 0