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Times-Advocate, January 10, 1979 Page 7
By JOY SCHEIFELE
AILSA CRAIG
In 1937 Nell Wilkie
graduated from the school of
hairdressing in London and
began her career in Ailsa
Craig. Little dreaming that
her career would extend
over the next forty years in
the same location, she began
working for Lyle Stokes of
Ailsa Craig who at the same
timehadjust graduated from
the school of barbering.
A shop on the south side of
Main Street was purchased
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by Lyle Stokes from a Mrs.
Brown and a combination
barber shop beauty salon
was opened. In the beginning
only a curtain separated the
two establishments and the
ladies of the community
came to Nell Wilkie at the
back half for her skillful care
of their hair.
“It was different in those
days” reminisced NU1. “We
used to have the hot perms
then which were done on the
machines. Then the cold
waves came in and you had
to learn the new
techniques”.
“I remember when you
used to be able to have a
really good perm for $2.50”,
she smiled.
Over the years Nell has
made many close friends
from among her customers,
and has seen the village
change and grow at first
hand.
“I feel more at home in
Ailsa Craig than in Parkhill
really”, she explained. “I’ve
spent much more time
there”.
At closing time on
December 30,1978 she closed
the doors of the Wavette
Beauty Salon for the last
time. She will now retire and
care for her aging mother in
Parkhill.
Born in Regina she came
east with her family as a
young girl. For several years
she commuted back and
forth from Ailsa Craig to
London before taking up
residence in Ailsa Craig to be
closer to her business.
Clandeboye
Lome Derbyshire, a long
time resident of Clandeboye,
passed away suddenly
Friday at the Komoka
Nursing Home where he had
been a patient for the past
three years. He was in his
90th year.
□ Mr.Derbyshirewas born in
Wheately and moved to
Clandeboye in 1936. He was
predeceased by his first
wife, Flossie Collison in 1949.
He remarried in 1966 and is
survived by his wife Lena,
three daughters, Mrs.
Dorothy Joyce of Windsor,
Mrs. Rupert Williams of
Clandeboye and Mrs. George
Lee of Brinsley. Five
grandchildren and twelve
gre'’ t-grandchildren.
Persona Is
Mr. & Mrs. Loyal Carless
of Yale, Michigan, visited
with their cousin, Mrs.
Rupert Williams, Sunday.
Mrs. Lena Derbyshire and
her daughter Mrs. B.
Cowling, Napanee are
visiting with friends 'and
relatives after attending the
funeral of the late Lome
Derbyshire.
Mrs. Florence Simpson is
a patient in St. Joseph’s
Hospital where she had
surgery last week.
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Elgie
were Sunday visitors with
Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer Scott,
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Gebel
returned Saturday from a
two week holiday in Run
Away Bay, Jamaica. Their
daughter, Susan, joined
them for the first week.
WINTER FUN AT MORRISON — Sunday was ideal for tobogganing at Morrison Dam. From the left are Bridgette, John and
Michael Wraight, Susan Birmingham and Angela Wraight. j-A photo
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron-Middlesex
Improvement is needed
Home from Jamaica
By GORDON MORLEY
BRINSLEY
Alan and Norma Wright
returned Saturday from a
trip to Jamaica.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hodgins
and Andrea, Strathroy, Miss
Ruth, Viola, Elmer and Rae
Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. Fred
Lewis and Mike Horner with
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Lewis
and Carolyn, New Years
day.
Sympathy is extended to
Mr. & Mrs. George Lee in the
death of her father Lome
Derbyshire, formerly of
Clandeboye, who passed
away Friday at the Komoka
Nursing Home. The funeral
was held Monday frorh the C.
Haskett & Son Funeral
Home, Lucan.
St. Mary’s Anglican Guild
meeting was held Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs.
Jim Wright. Mrs. Irene Scott
and Mrs. Wright were the
hostesses. The program for
the year was made out. It
was decided to quilt a quilt
and to not have a pancake
supper this year.
Congratulations to Mr. &
Mrs. Ronald Scott on the
arrival of their baby girl.
Brinsley United service
was cancelled Sunday due to
the illness of Mr. Peter Snell.
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene
Thompson and Arlene and
Leslie Thompson were
visitors Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Violet Allison and
Kathleen Morley.
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The 1978/79 Provincial
Budget, brought down on the
7th March, ‘78 estimated
that the deficit would be
$1,055 billion, with expen
ditures of $14,555 billion and
overall revenues of $13.5
billion. At that time, we
learned, that net debt had •
reached 9.5% of Cross
Provincial Product, and
72.1%. of annual revenues.
Interest payments of $1.2
billion were taking 8.5% of
the budget. Interest charges
amounted to about $3 million
a day.
However, in the latter
part of the year the
Treasurer, the Honourable
Frank Miller, disclosed that
the Government’s spending
deficit had climbed to $1.48
billion - almost 41% higher
than the budget forecast. He
abandoned the promise
made by former Treasurer,
Darcy McKeough in 1977, to
balance the budget by 1981.
Also abandoned during the
year was the revenue
sharing formula known as
the Edmonton Commitment
and the controversial land
speculation tax.
In June, it was announced
that the government would
not bring in legislation this
year to establish market
value assessment and other
aspects of property tax
reform. No . revised
timetable was disclosed,
and ministry officials ad
mitted that the program had
been “killed” for the
foreseeable future.
A Revenue Ministry
spokesman stated that the
Government would have
saved up to $25 million if it
had brought in property tax
reform in 1970, instead of
spending enormous amounts
of money to study the idea
for eight years and then
shelving it indefinitely. •
In the Provincial budget,
it was announced that OHIP
premiums were to be raised
by 37.5%, making a total in
crease of 100% over two
years. However, the com
bined Opposition Parties
forced the Government to
back down on this proposal.
The Liberal party propos
ed a comprehensive plan to
draw the $271 million to
revenue which would have
resulted from such an in
crease from six areas: a 6%
increase; lottery, funds;
streamlining the Ministry of
Health’s operations; forcing
the Government to imple
ment its 4% limit on salary
and wage settlements; a
saving in public relations
and consultation fees; a
small increase in corporate
income tax. Subsequently,
the Government, bowing to
Opposition pressure, reduc
ed the premium increase by
50 percent 18.75 percent and
proposed other measures to
raise the necessary revenue.
Environmental issues
have been very much in the
news during 1978. In August,
Stuart Smith called upon the
Premier to reconvene the
Legislature as soon as possi
ble to discuss the total
breakdown in the
Government’s handling of
environmental matters.
He cited the absence of a
provincial policy for toxic
liquid industrial waste dis
posal, withdrawal in March
of the ban on non-refillable
pop bottles; government
mishandling of the $35
million suit against Dow
Chemical for mercury pollu
tion of Lake St. Clair, failure
to make the Environmental
Assessment • Act effective
and meaningful, also,
failure in Metro Toronto,
and failure to act on
problems of lake' acidifica
tion in the cottage country
as well as the inability of
Ontario to comply with com-
mitments to the Inter
national Joint Committee on
the Great Lakes cleanup.
The Minister of Housing,
the Honourable Claude
Bennett, was in hot,water
over his decision to override
the decision of the Niagara
Escarpment Commission to
refuse to issue a develop
ment permit to Cantrakon
Limited for an executive
hotel and conference centre
at Caledon. Opposition Par
ties prevailed upon the
Government to “en
courage” Contrakon to look
for alternative sites.
Of course, the overriding
concern throughout the year
was the state of the
economy and high un
employment. Despite the
Government’s own predic
tions that unemployment
would continue at current
appalling levels, there is lit
tle evidence of constructive
action in this connection.
Hopefully, the situation
will improve in the New
Year, though most
observers are far from op
timistic.
Thames Road
By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE
Mr. and Mrs. Brian
Garner, Woodstock were
Sunday guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Hargreaves.
Ed Coward is a patient in
University Hospital, Lon
don. Get well wishes are ex
tended.
The flowers in the church
Sunday were placed there by
the family of the late Roy
Coward. Sympathy of the
community is extended to
the family.
The regular church ser
vice was held Sunday in the
church basement. Mr. Ross
Hargreaves had as his ser
mon “Whats New With
You?”
Rev. Bert Daynard of
Staffa was in charge of the
Communion service. The
choir rendered a very nice
anthem “Come and Dine”
accompanied by the pianist
Miss Agnes Bray and under
the leadership of the choir
leader Mrs. Rick Parker.
The Messenger meeting
will be held, Wednesday
evening, January 10 at Elim-
ville Church at 7 p.m. and
Tyros will meet the same
evening at Elimville hall at
7:30 p.m.
Kirkton
By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS
Mrs. Olive Langtree and
Norman, Kitchener and
Mrs. Mabel Sherman, Lon
don visited last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Switzer.
Miss Shirley Switzer,
R.N., Edmonton is visiting
with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Switzer.
Misses Lana Marshall and
Shelley Fletcher were Toc-
Alpha delegates at the
Prince Hotel, Toronto.
David Burgin spent a
week attending the Teen
conference at 5 Oakes in
Paris.
Bill Elliott, of Toronto
spent the holidays with his
mother Mrs. Reverend
Elliott.
Mrs. George Davis, Mrs.
Jas. Kirkland and Mr.
Oliver McCurdy, Exeter and
Mrs. Rev. Mills were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Davis and Mr.
Miller McCurdy.
Steve Blackler, Sault Ste.
Marie spent the past couple
of weeks with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Garth
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