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12 15, [1ln !rii i n il Defer cD-ecision OnNew Sidewalk, To Waverley Rd. The Town of Newcastle But the works director public works committee is stated -that right-of-way con- going to let next year's works tours would make it difficuit té comnmittee decide whether or build and maintain the con- plot it is a good idea to build a ventional kind of sidewalk. 'sidewalk from Highway two to I4stead, Mr. Dunham sug- Waverley Road. gested that the town consider ,The sidewalk would be built paving the south shoulder of alongside the existing road the road and marking off a and itis likely that children on four foot wide walkway. their way to school would use The works committee de- the walkway most often. cided last Thursday that if the .Works director Jack Dun- sidewalk to Waverley Road is ham said in a report to the considered, it should be ele- works Icommittee last week vated in order to separate the that it would cost an estimated pedestrians from the traffie. $1500 to provide a pedestrian Mayor Rickard said he walkway up the hili from wouldn't be in favor of just highway two and around the widening the street to make a corner to Waverley Road. sitlewalk. Furniture Lasts Longer If Humidity Level.Right Also, dîfferent types of wood react differently to changes in their moisture content. Most furniture may contain several different kinds of wood, including man-made compositions such as plywood and chipboard. There may be ýmany different forces working at once as each piece swells and shrinks in its own way, according to the changes in the relative humidity level. The most serious problems resuit when two different types. of wood are joined together. One may swell or shrink more than the other causinig warping, boWing or separations at corners. 1 Furniture manufacturers know how different pieces of wood will react in given situations and have developed various techniques for avoid- ing or minimîzing the effects of moisture-movement. They can construct the product to allow for a certain amount of leeway as the wood undergoes different movements. The furniture manufacturer has done his best to produce a trouble-free product, but the proud owner of that product can also do his part in maintaining a beautiful piece of furniture. Obviously everyone cannot keep his furniture in an environment of unchanging humidity and temperature levels the way museums do wi th valuable works of art, but the changes can be minimized with a portable humidifier to reduce the fluctuations be- tween 'high and low moisture Conditions. The simplest most effective way of doing this is to counteract the low humidity levels during the winter, brought on by dry heating systems.' A portable humidifier can maintain an adequate level of moisture in theair to maintaipi beautiful furnishings. One sure way to make furnishings last longer and look better, whether at home or in the office, is to maintain a proper level of humidifica- tion. The Portable Appliance Manufacturers Association (PAMA) says a portable humidifier can be an econom- icâl insurance. policy during cold, winter months. Wood, from which most furniture is constructed, is a hygroscopie substance, which means it is sensitive to changes in the moisture con- tent of the air around it, A piece of wood will seek to establish a balanced condition by either gaining, or losing mois ture. The problem lies in the fact that as wood picks up and gives off moisture, it also' swells and shrinks. The condi- tions created during this process, unfortunately, are not uniform. The wood can wrap, sometimes crack, and often pull loose at the joints. The degree of expansion and contraction also relates dir- ectly to the way the wood was cut from the tree. Thereis litle moistLure-movement along the grain, but consider- ably more across the grain. H AMPTON W.I. The Christmas meeting of the Hampton W.I. on Decem- ber 7th started wi th a pot luck luncheon with the ladies of the U.C.W. as our guests. After doing justice to the scrump- tious meal we adjourned to the Centennial Parlour and open- ed the remainder of our meeting by singing the Ode and repeating the Mary Stew- art Collect in unison. The Rol Caîl was a Christmas Poemn and a donation to the Golden Plough Lodge. Mrs. Macklin took the chair for the North Group and gave the Motto-Christmas Customs- reading two pieces-one on the Customn of Singing Carols and the other on the Christmas Tree. We were then favoured with two duets by Rev. and Mrs. Erb. These were most enjoyable. For the topic Mrs. Chant had a display of her handicrafts, explaining to us how she did a number of things. Mrs. Chant's work is lovely and she is to be commended on. putting her talents to work in such artistic ways. in the business part of the meeting it was decided, as we had $14 in donations, for the Golden Plough Lodge, to make it up to $20 from our funds. An invitation was received to join Nthe U.C.W. at their Christmas meeting on Dec. 13 atB8p.m. A $100 donation to the church was voted on,' carried. Mrs. Chant and Mrs. Clemens are to look after the buying of remembrances for the shut- mns at Christmas. The January meeting will be held on the, usual day, the first Tuesday of the month. The meeting closed by repeating the Lord's Pray- er in unison. Recreation Hockey Resuits Midget November 30, 1976 O.G. Construction - 2 - Keith Dennis, Bill Allen, Shut out to Mitch Morris. Canucks - 0. 1Royals - 3 - Jim Wilbourrne, Kelly W-annamaker, Chris Willoughby. Voyageur - 2 - Allin Clark, Mark Vanson. Novice Consimers Gas - 5 - Peter Raetscn 2, Bill Elder, Travis Martý n, Teddy Groves. Bon Rae - 2 - Andrew Oliver, Brad Sainw,bury. Cï ble T.V. - 2 - Kyle Virtue 2. Orange Crush - 2 - Cory Sweet, Kevin Nagel. Pee Wee Cable T.V. - 8 - Alan Mailey 4, Chris Mann 2, Kevin Anyan, Darryl Muller. Nichols Motors - 1 - Pat Burke. Rotary Kings - 5 - Scott Hillier 2, Glen Eeuwes 2, Trevor Martyn, Shut out to. Robert Lake. Hutton Trans- port - 0. Bob Beers Plumbing - il- Paul Brock 3, Russ Hogg,3, Jeff Logan, Robul, .McKay, Werner Geidlinger, Gary" Adair, Shut out to Rick Campbell. Goodyear Rang-, ers - 0. Franks Variety - 3 - Robbie *Johnson 2, John Klompmaker. Hires Root Beer - 2 - Jason Parks, Roy Brownell. Cable T.V. - 2 - Kevin Anyan, Alan Mailey, Shut out to Scott 'Neil. Hutton Transport - 0. Atom December 4, 1976 Kinsmen -1i- Scott Murdoch. Orange Crush - 1 - Greg Bell. Larry's Sports - 4 - Andrew Davey 2, Ed Bird, Stephen Coverly. Lime Crush - 1- Scott Barclay. Grahams I.G.A. - 3 - Chris Perkins, Jeff Knox, David, West. Franks Variety - 3 - Brian Greenwood, Bruce Cooke, Scott Hodgson. Dennison Mfg. - 4 -,Brian Grabko, Wayne Bragg, Ryan Brown, Mark Romard. Grape Crush - 1 - Glen Klompmaker. Bantam December 4, 1976 Kiwanis Huskies - 1. Lettner Flyers - 0. Franks Variety- 5 - Jeff Edmondson, Ted Wither- spoon, Tigi Sodhi, Randy ,Hanthorn, Bih ,Smit. Local 12219 - 2 - Marc Richards, Mîke Jansens. Attersley Tire - 5 - Darryl Jones, Perry Reitmuller, Al- bert Vandergaast, Paul Mar- ner. Brocks BP. - 3 - David Teixeira 2, Bradley Bel]. Novice December 7, 1976 Hires Root Beer - 4 - Dan Moriarity 3, David McCul- lough. Don and Clair - 3 - Greg Henning 2j Murray Hender- son. Pee Wee Nichols Motors - 4 - Hugli Francis, Brad Fraser, Tim Child 2. Lime Crush - 2 - Calvin Yeo, Darren Neil. Midget Voyageurs - 3 - Allin Clark, Rick Stacey, Trent Masters. O.G. Construction - 3 - David Doiron 2, Tom Eyeman. Royals -.5 - Keith Sheehan 2, Chris Willoughby, Trevor, Hamilton.* Canucks-i- Douglas Pickell.