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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 $168 F'or CanA_dians Initpacrtanc
alae ri it will alae stressed
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mf1liori ~� osa Y c Y
tris scheme on, the Volta River from February 6 to 12 during
in Ghana. Five -more are en- National Electrical Week. This
gaged on the 520,000 -kilowatt year's focal point is Winnipeg,
Dez River project in Iran. Other where Ontario Hydro's general
Hydro personnel returned re- manager, Dr. J. M. Hambley
Gently from Brazil, Pakistan and will address representatives of
Nigeria. i the electrical industry at a
luncheon February10.
Their efforts will help to
boost lagging agricultural and, Theme of the celebrations:
industrial production, for sur- electricity makes a world of dif-
veys shrewd that power consump- ference.
tion ,and economic standards go —�
hand in hand. SPICY ,DREAMS
Every man, woman and child An English girl of Shake -
in North America uses 5,200 speare's time, used to pin bay -
kilowatt hours of enregy a year leaves to her pillow on St. Val-
compared with _1,923 kilowatt entinei Eve, convinced that if
hours in Western Europe, 149 she dreamed of her sweetheart,
in the Middle 'Vast and only 55 she would be married before
in Southeast Asia, excluding the year was out.
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Bugged- By Burned mut. Bulbs
There 'is probably nothing higher costs for °both bulb$ 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
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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. , ..
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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:
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LIVING BETTS
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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.
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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:
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