Loading...
The Huron Expositor, 1975-02-20, Page 109 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY to, 1970. 1..I 4aCk'S iottingi AAPP's plan to cut election spending Don't Miss The Savings! - In The Ford Motor '--' Company of Canada Customer Cash Rebate Program Hurry . . . Program Ends Soon For customers purchasing the following car lines, Ford Motor Co. will, re-imborse DIRECTLY TO THE CUSTOMER: . 1.975 F-.1,00 §uper.Ca 1975 Pintos $200 1975 Mavericks '200 1975 Mustang 0 2 Dr. Hts. $390 1975 Mustang 112 + 2 $300 1975 Ghias $500 1975 Mustang Ii Mach I $500 Program Period: January 17 - February 28, 1975 inclusive You'll Like The Savings • On These Used Cars Too! 1974 FORD CUSTOM5 00 4-door sedan. V-8, $ 3495 . automatic, power steering, power brakes. 1973 MERCURY MARQUIS Deluxe 2-door hardtop, fully equipped. Licence JFN734 1972 MAVERICK GRABBER 250 c.i.d., 2-V engine, automatic transmission, radio. Licence DD0734 $3495 s2695 automatic, transmission. Your choice of 2 in stock. 1972 PINTO WAGON — 4 cylinder engine, 2395 automatie, power steering, power brakes. Licence DDP535 1970 CHEVROLET 4-door sedan, V-8, $ 1295 ar 1973 FORD LTD BROUGHAM 2-door hardtop, fully equipped including air conditioning, AM/FM stereo, radio, etc. Licence DFU781 1971 CHEV BELAIR 2-door hardtop, V-8, automatic, p;wer steering, power brakes, radio, Licence DFW154 '1972 AUSTIN MARINA 4 cylinder, 4-speed. Licence DH1694 1972 FORD LTD BROUGHAM 4-door hardtop, V-8, automatic, power steering, power brmkes, air conditioping, power windows, Licence CZW967 1972 FORD CUSTOM sedan, V-8, automatic, power steering, power brakes. Licence CWV22-1 1971 BUICK OPEL, two-door sedan, completely reconditioned and ready to go, Licence HKN 173 1969 METEOR RIDEAU, four 'door sedan. Licence DHA229 1969 T-BIRD LANDEAU, 4-door, V-8, auto, power steering, power bakes, radio, etc. Licence JFN641 '3795 1795 1795 '3195 $2195 1195 895 $2495 Licence DHP256. 86fOkin.ipection, 8, automatic, power steering, power brakes, 4 7 1967 FORD GALAXIE 500 2-door hardtop, V. 55 TRUCKS Larry Snider Motors LIMITED EXETER 235-1640 LONDON 227-4191 Open Wtradays Until 9:00 Saturday! Until 6:00 se appearance are $3.50 each. They are available in Blyth from the Blyth Standard or Blvth printing. McKillop people home from Flowciii. in Clinton at the News-Record or by mail order from the Blyth Standard. Fresh SMRE RIBS lb .98 Sirloin, T-bone or Round STEAK or ROAST th1.75 Store Sliced Side BACON' Th1.09 Fresh Ground CHUCK Th.85 Sliced MINCED HAM lb .79 =FREEZER SPECIALS-i CHOICE LOCAL BEEF and PORK Ph. 262-2017 or 262-2041 Fully P Side of. BEEF roce sea , _ Fully Processed Loin of BEiP Side of PORK 10 lb BEEF PATTIES x.89 ll1:19 6.79 8.50 AL'S FMA'RKET ON.TAR • • Professional theatre comes to refurbished Blyth Memorial Hall • The 4th Session of the 29th Legislature ended this week and Premier William Davis has indi- cated that the spring session will begin fairly early in March- . Winding up the debate on the current session, Mr. Davis expressed the view that inflation is 'still the number one concern and if there are not very real constraints both in terms of prices and wages over the next two years, inflation in 1976 or 1977 • could be far more significant than we are experiencing at the present time. On the last day of the current session, three Bills received third and final reading. Acts to amend the Mining Tax Act, the Condo- minium Act and the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act amendments provide for Lan Arbitration Board to settle dis- putes to be composed of a member appointed by each of the parties, and a Chairman appointed by the two members, rather than as at present by the Govfiinment. The long awaited bill on election expenses has'been tabled in the Legislature'" Limits are to be imposed on the amount of money spent by political parties, riding associations_and candi- dates on campaign advertising in future provincial elections in Ontario. All donations of more than $10 are to be discleeedee and nam and addresses of all donors of ver = $100 must 6e stated, The B also tablishes a formula for the p financing of candidate expenses, paying about $6,100 tá each candidate in average sized ridings, while candidates in -the four large Northern Ridings will receive a further 2,500. Absolute ,spending limits were imposed on parties and candi- dates in the area of advertising, ./ • and restrictions contained in the Bill also limit donations by individuals, corporations and trade unions to $4,000 to any one party and its riding organizations • each year, or a total of $20,000 in a four year period, including an election. • When introducing the Bill in the Legislature Premier Davis said that this Bill ,will regulate political party finapcing, election . campaign ,contributions and expenditures, and represents , substantial reform of , long- standing ...practices and customs . which have governed this area of political activity. Mr Davis said it can be said it Is the most progressive and enlightened and toughest legislation of• its .kind in Canada. The Minister of Labour, John IviacBeth, informed the Legis- latirre this week of new amend-, meetts to the regulations under the Employment Standards Act which will give Agricultural workers in the Provinre of Ontario, engaged in harvesting of fruit, field eegetables and tobacco protection and benefits in the areas of minimum wage, vacation pay and public holidays with pay. ' The new amendments will l?,,e effective as of May 1, 1975. Minimum Wage An adult engaged ' in the harvesting of fruit, field vege- tables and tobacco, under normal harvesting conditions must be paid the hourly provincial mini- mum wage of $2.40. The usual offsetting allowances for room and board will be permitted. Serviced and rinserviced houses will be offset at the rate of $40.00 and $30.00 per week, respec- tively. The workers if they are employed for more than three months will be covered by the vacation pay provisions of the Employment Standards Act. They will be entitled to holidays V114 with pay on' New, Year's Day, Good Friday, Labour Day; Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Beginning in 1977 and thereafter they witl also be , entitled to holidays with pay on Victoria Day and 'Dominion Day. The new regulations specify that wage records must be kept including the name and addresseg of the worker, the hours worked each week, wage rates and actual earnings. en reply to a question by Mr. Robert Nixon, Leader of the Opposition as to whether the Solicitor Gener al was going to respond in the affirmative to the requests from municipal officials for a task force or review of the efficiency and cost of ueroviding fire protection across the Province Mr. George Kerr, said that it was a very general request from a municipal , group and did not indicate whether permanent fire departments or permanent fire brigades were requiredein every part of the Province. Mr. Kerr said that the Government hope- fully intend to provide fire protection in unorganized terre tories in the north where they have no protection whatsoever now. He said there is the question of volunteer fire fighting. Many of the foresters want to continue the program where a small part of their ,feee,eeemare permanent And, the force is supplemented with volun- teer help. He had requested his ministry to look into this and that it would not necessarily be on any type of share cost basis. Most fire protection provisions and equip- ment is paid locally. He was not aware of any substantial grants from the government to help municipalities from the southern part of the province for fire protection. • Mr. Kerr said that they hope to take over many of the functions now performed by the Liquor Control Board and the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Employ Students Mr. Darcy McKeough, Ontario Treasurer, announced this week that the Government has renewed a program known as Involvement in Menicipal Administration (IMA). This program is open to students enrolled in public or business administration or urban or regional planning courses at universities or community colleges. The program will run from April to See ember. To encourage municipalities to employ students under the IMA program, the Ontario Govern- ment is, offering to reimburse municipalities up to 80 per-cent of the students' salaries, for a maxinium subsidy of $100 per week per student. Mr. leecKeough said the students participating in this program are not only provided with an opportunity to gain practical experience and to develop his or her academic training but can also assess the advantages of pursuing a career ' in local government. At the same time municipality officials will be able to undertake studies, ser- vices and other projects which probably would not otherwise be possible. This year's program is intended to provide 250 positions - 125 for planning students and 125 for public or business administration students. The Treasurer indicated that these figures are .flexible and "will be altered if the demand so indi- cates." Eligible students are invited to enquire about IMA at the employment offices of their colleges or universities. The 1975 Ontario Summer Games will be held in London over the Labour Day weekend, Mr. Kobert Welch, Minister of Culture and & creation, announced in the Legislature. More than 1,800 atletes . from all parts of Ontario are expected to enter the various competitions which will include swimming, lawn bowling, cricket, rugby, soccer, track and field, • water skiing, canoeing, lacrosse, shooting, field hockey, golf, rowing and netball. M V,CA The Minister of Natural Resources and Murray Gaunt,, ,M.P.P. have 'announced the approval of a provincial grant of $13,100.00 to the MaitlandeValley Conservation Authority for the Fails Reserve Conservation Area. This area comprises some 229 acres of land in the Township of Colborne; Gountyl of Huron. Development work carried out since the Area was purchased in 1964 included the provision of camping, picnicking and fishing facilities and development of nature trails. During 1975 the .Authority In addition to the sport events the Ministry will co-ordinate a program of cultural activities, eacitities of the Parks and Recreation Branch of London, the University of Western Ontario and the London Board of Educa- tion will be used for competition sites, athletes accommodation and administrative support services. proposes to expand the camping area to meet increased demand, equip the recently constructed maintenance building, develop an interpretive facility and under- take general development such as 'tree planting, games field development and various other improvements. • A' preliminary engineering study of possible Swimming facilities and other general planning services will be carried out also. All member municipalities will bear the Authority's share of the cost. which the 'authority will provide. up to $500 for property owners to fight erosion, a $90,000 property acquisition program, and an erosion control study of lance near the mouth of the Maitland and along Lake Huron south of Goderich. The authority will acquire 100 acres of ;swampland in Colborne Township for a wildlife preserve. Cost of the property near Benmiller is $22,200. In addition," another 100 acres in the Saratoga Swamp in West Wawanosh Township just south of Lucknow will be acquired for about $22,000.. Resource manager Ian Deslauriers— said thd erosion control assistance program would mat cover lands along the authority's recently-added seven miles of Lake Huron shoreline south 'of Goderich. ' ' He said overlap jurisdiction between federal and Until recently, live professional theatre was just not available to local audiences. Then Theatre Passe Muraille re-introduced huron County to theatre. Now, the re-opening of one local theatre brings hope of a good deal more professional theatre in the future. Blyth Memorial Hall, a half- century old theatre building will host its first professional theatre production since its recent reno- vation when well-known come- dian Dave Broadfoot brings his Take A Beaver to Lunch to the theatre on February 27. Take a Beaver to Lunch, a comedy revue starring Broadfoot and comedienne Carol' Robinson was a smash hit playing for seven months in the cabaret theatre, Old Angelo's. The show -was•such a hit that Bradfoot asked his old friend, producer-manager- publicist, Robert Johnston to return, to the theatrical scene in Ontario and arrange a tour of Ontario. The result was a tour that takes the show from Timmins and Sudbury to the north': to Trenton, Brockville and Kingston in the East, to Kingsville in the south and Blyth in the west. The show will make one other western Ontario appearance, at Listowel on March 1. The appearance in Myth comes by way of a coincidence. Mr. Johnston happened to be travelling through Clinton when he picked up a newspaper that contained an article on their renovation program at the 53-year old hall. , His interest was whetted so he wrote to the Blyth village council 'asking if they would be interested 'in him bringing' the show to the theatre. They passed the matter along to the, president of the Blyth Little Theatre Niaio helped arrange the details. Mr. Johnston recently. visited the Blyth theatre and was quite impressed, although there are still some technical problems with lighting and dressing rooms which can mean inconvenience for the performers. The accous- tics of the old Hall and the sight eines, however, make it a great place for the audience. But Mr. Broadfoot and Miss, Robinson are the real attraction. Mrs Broadfoot has a long line of credits behind him from the nine years in the famous revue, Spring Thaw, to the Ed Sullivan Show; from entertaining the troops in the.: Middle East with the U.N. trops to the C.N.E. grandstand"fo television commercials. He 'mixes characters like his Member of Parliament from Kicking Horse Pass and his frenetic disc jockey with other' hilarious gags and Miss Robinson presents the perfect partner. The reviewers loved it. Tickets for the Blvth Sunday Feb ruary 23, will mark' the 61st , Annual Mariners' Service to be held in 'Knoe Presbyterian Church, Goderich, in memory of those sailors who lost their lives during the greatest marine disaster ever rec orded in the history of the Great Lakes. It was on Sunday, November 9th „1913, that 71 ships and 254 sailors were lost during the raging storm. In Lake Huron 24 ships were lost, 8 of them went down in the Goderich area. They were in Wexford, 17 lost; tee Regina, 1.5 lost; the John A. McGean, .23 lost; the James A. Carruthers, 19 lost; 28 seamen were lost when the, Isaac M. Scott sank; the Hydrus lost 24 seamen; the Charles S. Prince lost 28 and the Argus went down with 24 men. - lost. The most appalling tribute to the Great Storms' power was the toll in human lilfe ---254 mew and women-lost their lives; 181 of the 254 whose lives were lost in the Great Storm were lost in the ' rugged Lake Huron in the' Goderich" area. Probably one of the strangest facts of the Great Storm is the fact that apparently all ships which sank in Lake Huron went down at the same time. i Sailors from different ships whose bodies were washed ashore at widely separated points, whe4carried watches, when notes were compared, it was declared that all watches had stopped althe same time --1:25. The Rev.' G.L.Royal, moderator of Knox Presbyterian Church, will conduct the service. Harbouraires, the ever popular and well known all male choir which has presented many PRECIOUS TOPAZ "I have topazes as yellow as the eyes of tigers, topazes as pink as the eyes of wood pigeons, and green topazes that are as the eyes of cats." Thus does Oscar Wilde picture part of the offering of gemstones made by Herod to Salome attempt to persuade 'to withdraw her request for the head of John the Baptist. To the colours mentioned by Wilde must -be added blue, brown, red 'and colourless, to complete the list of known .varieties of topaz. Yellow is the colour most often associated with this gem „ mineral, since all yellow stones were once called topaz. • 0 The name Topaz is believed to be derived from the Sanskirt word "topes", meaning fire. Perhaps no other gem has had more varied or ' • preposterous powers ascribed to it. When worn as an amulet, it was said to drive away sadness, strengthen the intellect and bestow courage. It was considered the stone of fruitfulness and faithfulness, conferring• .cheerfulnegs on the wearer, calming passions and preventing bad dreams. Topaz has long been used as the birthstone for November. The alterna choice is citrine quartz, which is much more commonly sold for this purpose. Unfortunately, the name topaz has been applied so indiscriminately to citrine that the beauty of true topaz is all but unknown to most persons. In fact, very little of the so-called topaz, is genuine or precious topaz. The most important variety is referred to as sherry topaz, due to its brownish-yellow or yellow-brown colour. Fine topaz has a very soft and velvety quality found in no other gem mineral. Topaz is mined in Ceylon and Burma with the *rose important source being Brazil. David Anstett Graduate Gemologist (GIA) Clinton, Ontario Lorrespondent Mrs. Ed-Regele • Mr. Paul and Ron McCallum, Mr. Kenneth Dalton, Mr. Murray McCall and have returned" to their home after spending two weeks ,in Hawaii. Mrs. Joseph Thornton is a patient in Seaforth Community programmes throughout Western Ontario will take part in the service of worship. The choir, which has taken • part in the ifOspital. We wish her a speedy recoviery. Mi. and Mrs. Orval Beuerman are holidaying in Florida, Mr...itand Mrs. Ed Regele visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dennis Sunday. afternoon. Miss Joy Hey spenethe week- end in Peterborough. annual Mdriners' Service on 20 occasions, will be under the direction of Mr. George Buchanan. A. USED DATSUNS NOW WITH NEW CAR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY For 12 Months or 12,000 Miles at MD'S DAUM LTD. GoopucH STREET`sgmow SEAFORTH Two acres will be added to the conservation area in Brussels owned, by the -`Maitland Vlley Conservation Authority, it was revealed at-the MVCA's annual meeting here on Friday. The enlargement will cost about $6,800. "I' Jack W. • Graul of R.R .2, Gadshill, was acclaimed 1975 -cleairrnan of the Authority. He told authority members his fourth year as chairman would be his last. Lorne Murray, of Moorefield, reeve of Maryborough Township, was acclaimed vice-chairman. The authority adopted a 1975 budget calling for expenditures of $397,950 and which will require a per-capita levy for member municipalities of $1.77. Mr. Graul said, the levy represents •a 15-per-cent increase over that for 1974's $284,354 budget. The chairman said the per-capita levy is still one of the lowest charged by any conservation authority in the province. The levy will raise about $78,000 from the e44,339 person in the 29 member municipalities within the 1;000-square-mile authority. • The remainder of the budget will be raised by provincial government grants, donations and special -levies. Major projects the authority plans for 1975 include an erosion control assistance program under gets grant MVCA adds 2 acres to Brussels area ncial, municipal governments f such lands will have to be -ared up before the authority ill begin a program to -h thoreline erosion. Instead, he said, the authority will look into the establishment of an erosion study in so-operation with the Ontario ministry of , natural resources to determine the extent of: existing erosion, He said it "could be a -long time" before the authority woyild be able to implement any recommendations the study might produce. Walton IV dub Waleon IV began their 4-F1 Spring Club with six members --answering the roll call. Leaders are Mrs. Dianne McNichol and Jenny Reinink. Officers are: President - Marlene Glanville; V. Pres. - Linda Axtmann; Sec. - floating; Press Reporter - Jane Sch ade. , The group discussed the needs for• the sewing boil, the home assignment and planning the wardrobe. Then the • girls ' measured themselves and looked at pattern envelopes, and types of material. ariners Service is set • s .