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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-05-09, Page 9• WEDNESDAY, MAY' 9th, 1962 THE LUCRNOW'' :SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO BEAU FOR THE SI1TL.,..TI1ELKtL:J11UU'F Know :Ontario better... it's all " •.O ntaiio• Oepartinent of Travel Travel and.Publicfy Hon. Bryan:L. Cathcart, Minister ONTARIO TRAVEL LITERATURE' Mail to: Ontario Travel, A705 Parliament Bldgs:, Toronto, Ontario NAME . ;IP . • . (pl.ase print) . • . ... . • AD:DRESS.: • 'TO. BUILD NEW ."ONTARIO•; HOSPITAL AT PALMERSTON' Public . Works Minister. Ray -. Connell has ;announced the :con- tract for thefirst=stage construc- tion of the new mentalhospital at Palmerston .• had been`' awarded . to Aglin-Norcross . (Ontario) Ltd.,, • Toronto,_ ose=bill . oL4490,0O0- 'was the lowestof 10, firms -bidd-_ int. for the • job.. 'The first -stage comprises the power, trades and: garage buildings. . Tenders ;for the remainder .of This 'spring,; I . was confronted by a. difficult decision..'It involv- ed making. a ,choice between two.. 'ways „ of life. 1 wonder , what you'd have , decided?. 'Oh, it wasn.'t a world-shaking decision, like giving up .srnoking or drirkiing, or entering a mon- astery, Or anything as serious as that. But it did' require much mullingover, and T'd wager that the Old 'Girl• and I got through about ;400 •cups of; . tea in the process ,of making. up 'o.ur minds. It carne' about like this. An,old acquaintance, and .',a very descent chap,' had: offered' me -an extremely ' interesting job The. salary was a big improvement over' my .present one. The holi- days and fringe junk were as. good.. My training' and back ground fitted me . for.. .the . 'job, whish was ' a' challenging 'one. Green :light all the ,way. Very attractive, even. exciting. • 7k• * * • Why didn't: I ' grab it? 1Well, it' was, a matter of piling ,items on the, scales . — an ' advantage here, a : disadvantage there., and in" the process, my 'wife and I llearned a lot: 413(44 . what • we wanted • out of life, 'for : ourselves and 'our . children. • should mention that taking -0 the. jab meant moving to a large city. It 'meant the second major dislocation ..,of our 'children ':at school within two years., It meant .saying good-ibye to new:' friends we • had. 'made:; and .' starting .the 'process all '- Over ':again. These ,were some' of the things that took • a . little of the ..;,shine off the proposition. •But ..there , were :mank itema. the job be .called this' fall; ,and /w.hen.'completed this' 300- bed hospital • project will cost close to •.$5,000,009. . The, T new h-ospit:a1 •w -ill. be—built...a/boil four. • miles from • Palmerston on Highway 33; ,between :Paline•r- ston ' and.- Listowe•1::. •• Au.4wtro T y' ITS A LANTERN,• •preadinti a tright light evenly' • over q"carpe' area. . IT'S A SEARCHLIGHT with a, powertut, long range beam. • IT'S A;SAFETY BEACON' with a red flashing; tight • for emergencles...! ' MIN psi Whether :you're at. home or in the field, .on the road,on the. trail or in a boat, you'll find "the Atlas: all-purpose' safety -lantern the handiest, Most useful lantern you've ever seen. This,`offer-- - offer` ¢ is for a limited,time only so make sure: you get '. your.Atlas all-purpose safetylantern soon i ,.:� YOURS NOW, .. (including the Atlas:' FOR ONLY Heavy Duty 'battery) MUCH BELOW ITS ACTUAL RETAIL VALUE (Nus sales laic where appllkfble) ' ,AYAILApL,i..ONIY FROM THE IMPERIAL ESSQ AGENT WHO$E NAME APPEARS BELOW - GRANT CHISHOLM_., LUCKNO'1 ALWAYS LOOKTo IMPERIAL FOR THE BEST 7' • and SPIC y Bill Smiley. a Outlines—Broke - County EMO `Bole The past week the co-ordinator 'for Bruce County EMO, Mr, Lloyd 'J'asper attended a two day course at Toronto with respect. too Emergency Measures Organ- ization dealing with, what • can be expected and the . precautions that .should be taken if a .nuclear War should occur and what role' , 'each department-- (fire, poli . , feeding, rescue) .would• .take. for the otherside of the ,stales. Canada has .sixteen cities that I have nothing against large are•• considered targe areas. Six cities, and My ' wife likes them. of these cities are in the Province , They have cultural advantages of Ontario. No large urban area. the srnaller , centre 'cannot pro is free of this threat. In Bruce, vide. There is. a • certain ,excite- 'Grey • and Huron: county the 'main inent in the city, with its good purpose is too take care of the restaurants, • its theatres, ' its con- evacuees: from the target. area Certs, " its major, sporting events. centres, • There is 'a definite ,feeling how- The maximum warning receiv- ever little' ,it may be justified, ed would be three hours, ' and of :,being at the . centre of things. the minimum, `15 minutes. :lit Taking the jab meant saving:'' nuclear war 'one 5 megaton ,bomb money.. It. won't ,be . long until could wipe out any .large city. the kids are ready for univer- However, 'the people outside of ' • sity. Think ,of what we'd 'save these cities• are the people •that' •' - if they could liveat home while .would be• corning to the county attending'college., Right • now;; it for food and shelter. They are would 'save me albout . $7 a week,N the people, that we must 'be pre- which it costs to' get my ''son. to pared to accommodate, the •city for a music :lessors. every .This' planning must be done Saturday; in peace tine: ` The municipal . • * , *: ' * + levelis one, Of.the mast impor- tant levels ; in acomplishing this; • • Taking the job meant higher The County Council of Bruce expenses.. Parking, lunches, • gar, has set up: a committee,, namely., age, public transportation, , pre- Chairman, Irwin , Lobsinger; ' War ;lunch martinis, More. costly en den,..John `Ma�cKerizie and' • Gavin �tertainrnent all 'these. would Semple . to .direct the. work "of easily neutralize those' ..'vast. , the EMO for :..the County of sums We saved in the: • last. para.. .Bruce. •They pass along. •the• a{u- graph, • • thority to • the` co-ordinator of ' Accepting•the position ' meant the..County for setting up, the moving from •. a house we ;like different : departments and . chiefs very. much, `set in a huge. lot Of these'departments. Firstof all currently . • festooned • with ;tulipsr'help is . solicited from: the. organ - and daffodils,: shaded by, huge; ization.that .exists in .the County'' spreading oaks. We shuddered •— militia, firerien, police, ladies. at the memory of all those dread' ,groups . and "'many other ': groups ful, little; suburban brickboxes in the County: • jammed in• ro'.ws; • with just room ' Some of these groups . have to park' a car between each pair. 'been contact Those who have not been 'will'be in the near ,fu • I •.'seriously. .considere:d, with i ture.. One thing .that was ' pointed ;