HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-11-05, Page 13I1969 WEDNESDAY, 'NOVEMBE t nth, 1964,
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Bruce Council
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Endosi.iSVIarning
.Lights On. Trains
A Grey, county resolution asking
that county•board of education be
disbanded, did; not receive :the
support of Bruce county council
/last week.
The, Bruce council, view, 'is
that. the county boards havenot
teen -in operation--lo>l enou, gh for
the system to fun.: on.properly,
Council did approve a resolution
9f .{Worn, Eld'erslie'•township council:
asking that dayliners.be painted' a
bright.,<'•luminousccolor and:that ••
locomotives have a rotating bea.-
• con attached to 'their front and
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There have been, four deaths in
this county so 'far this year as,a
result of ear -train crashes.
,County engineer Eldon 'Mundt
explained that the reconstruction
costs.of the.Chesley Lake: Road..,
have; soared to $240•,000 frorn `the
estimated` $180,000 because of,
unanticipated problems in the
c.onstruc.tion..' "
' M:QRE'GRAVEL USED'
which rnore. gravel than.;estimat-
ed:-was'-r.-equired-and prices -exceed-
ed original quotations As; a ;
result some other road 'Work
including. paving of part of the.
Tara Mainstreet will be deferred'
until '1970 ,
There a're56'fainil es in. Bruce
getting .,general 'welfare assistance;
Norman Porter, welfare ad'rninist-
•rator said: Ten other persons •
•are receiving` supplementary .aid..
There ha.s beena substantial.'
increase: ih the number of con'-
struction safety ;inspections this
year:;, inspector'Ronald-BradTey
'said . Much of this 'additional ,
V.` work wa:s generated by the
increasing amount=of building at •
• the bouglas .Point nuclear•.ptoject:
To" the• •end of September there,
w_erk-8.42_: i ns pections.;LN:o-f at al-
ities have occurred in construe.-'
tion' so far this year:
.' 508,' CASES MEASLES
°re Mr . Bradley, • also noted an incr-
2ebe f ea's'e in construction on •.fa:rms,
depen iparticularly of; silos and general
farm buildings.
•her ^� Two girls: were recommended
for county council scholarships, '
i7.
Audrey Cooper of .kincardine•'and
), 2 Alice Cumming.of Port•Elgin.
A
of.`rabies ; • from 84 to 75 ,,was
• noted by:Dr: p.A.'Alien;,medic
rm al officer' of health .: The doctor
OK, • said there is still cause for concern
Over this dis v- as '. ; y ix of
illiani k,` the cases: were among cattle.
ies• Among other 'animals the cases'
•• Were; •swine.six; horses two, cats,'
four; dogs, ,:two; foxes 17, :skunks
a res, 4
1'7 and raccoons, one
'The 508 cases of Gerrnan meas-
fohn .
des and 473 of chicken po7e.,in
rNlacrt Bruce both showed sharp'increases
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ond'uc °' over last year:. .However red,
alae measles showed, the beneficial`
e. Gt°A ea s .v.a c i.ne
program as this disease d copped to
11'cases from last year's 177.
The tnetlita1=a-nth-narsirig
division inspected 5,313 school
children,, gave 2,044 vision tests,
made 4,833 home visits and 201
to hospitals'.
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��•. LILY
THE LUCKNOW' SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
accident Victim
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LANGSIDE NEWS .
Wes Young; who was hospital-
ized in Wingham 'since he 'was in- •
jured in a car accident on October
22, was.able toreturn to'his home.
'Ori S unday. ,
ANNUAL CHURCH SUPPER .
The annual' Pot Luck Supper was
held at Langside Presbyterian
Church --ow Saturday evening :._.EokB
owing, this was the Sunday .School
Achievement,Night. Devotions
were lead by the superintendent
Elmer Scott. -.Each class presented'
a, number.,The teachers, Janice
Wall,. Carlyn MacGillivray, Mr's.
Jim Young, Mrs; George Young,
Mrs. Cliff Young and Gordon Wall
then presented prizes to.•their •
class members. Elrner Scott pres-
ented• seals diplomas and pins.
Mr. and; Mrs Bill Bates showedi.
pictures of trips to Eastern Canada
and 'Northern Ontario. These were
yery interesting. The programme.'
closed with a hymn and prayer.
Carolyn MacGillivray was organist
for'the'program:.•
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REPORTFRQN
QJEEN'S PARK
BY .MURRAY ,GAUNT ..
M.P.P. HURON,BRUCE
The .Ontario Health Depart-
ment's forthcoming drug price list-
ing' for doctors has started :lowering
drug prices eight months before its
pia nned.. release.,
One. official Of the Department :s
biological service .said this. week
tharone off the- Vor-'tr.-nquill zers ---
has';dropped ,15 07 in price sinceits
manufacturer•became aware of the.
The list to,, include five:`: major
categories of drugs encompassing
9.i :..Malof_prese.riptions_written_.by�''
Ontario doctors,. was firit announc-
ed in• the 196$' Throne Speech.' '•
It will show all comparable .
brand names for.each generic drug
inorder of their price,.,and there-
fore 'enable doctors to ,prescribe ;the
least .costly drug while being a!ssur-
ed its quality is equal to the most
expensive brand
Referral of the Agriculture Dep
artment'.s' 1969-7.0` estimates to the,
ure , one of the main; results of the;
hew rules ; Which went into effect
this week, triggered a ttery detail:.=
ed and thorough examination of
the spending by the : Opposition.
One of the programs that came
under the Sharpest attack was'th'e
crop insurance 'program.-
I pointed outthat there are
three main areas where the prog-
ra,m. needs to be , changed .
First of all, the Provincial Gov-
ern'ment shouldmatch the Federal
contribution of 25 50 towards the
pre nium'cost w:hrich;would` mean
Fi'a`t' thi'lotil
for :premium• assistance, would be
50 °Jo. The'province currently
pays
5-% for a total premium sub-
sidy of 30.0b The matching grant.
would encourage farmers to .join, ..
the program..
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and;
Betty
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;cott,
tha •
side
out-
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,ssisted
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is anti.
C?'..F-
ti,nrd
1`e
ton• •
Currently only 5 °lo of the farm-
ers' across the province make use
of the .plan and this means that'
the costs of'the plan are extreme-
ly highwith the pay -out in claims
always etceeding the amount col-
lected in premiums,
More• emphasis should be placed
• 1 •
individual farmer. :Prerrliums
should be reduced in successive
seasons if a man's losses are low*.
Thirdly, farmers should be corn
pensated. on the 'value of the crop
h i p
rathet than just on the eroentage
• ;PAGETHIRTEEN!.
•
A sig- s-arprise-for-Mr.-Staffo.r-d rig -hi out ofthe" blue Belvedere
•Cash;, Certificate . for $2,500': It ha ' ened to. Mr:'•S`taffordf, and.
you:..N)ext time you enjoy that mild ••Belvedere flavour., ou"coul'd
Certificate:worth $2•,500 or $.25000. Right,'out of'the :bane!
�In: order to w)n' -ou must ualil -'under the rulesa p p earrn
Y A Y PP. . 9.o the certilicate,;�•
pack.carne:an .Insfan
it could 'Happen for;
•find: an Instant. Cash..
(most people still\say'
"1 smoke them.beca'use I like them",
M It'Came`r h.t:out of'the.bi:ue for th►s'
lucky' Belvedere smoker Mrs H.. St Jean, too — an Instant
-Cash .Gert-r--ficate 7 for4257O80 You ou`Id be n -ext'- what-. _
d,o. you
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yield. This applies' particularly
to wheat where a farmer has a
wheat crop yielding well above
aver'age thereby disqualifying
him for insurance benefits but the
actual value of the crop is greatly
reduced because the wheat is
sproute:d''., lowering its milling
quality and sale value
Agriculture Minister, Wtllia n
:tewart; said he w.as interested'
in making crop insurance accept'
able to'farrners and he plans on
giving detailed study to the best. •
methods of achieving it.