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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-05-01, Page 10dvancTimea, `iters fay, May 11, 1975 echurch News and Mafia Wayne Farrier, mllerley of Guel icy visitors with his Mr. ail Mrs. Garnet of ",, 11,1 Mrs. Carman Whytock 04 Jack visited with Mr. and Earner Parker on Thursday w e tenIng. Mx'. and Mrs. Tom Miller of -foistewel were Sunday visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coultes. Whitechurch W. L team cap- tain, Mrs. Victor Emerson, reports the collection this year for the Cancer Society was $238.86, an increase over last year of $21.86. Whitechurch WI wish to thank all those who con- tributed to the cause. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Schultz and their grandson, Elwin Schultz, arrived home on Monday .from a trip to Chatham, New Brusnwick, by plane to visit Lieu- tenant-Colonel Sid Pophan, Mrs. Pophan, their daughter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore and family ,of Wroxeter were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore and family. - - Mr. and -Mrs- •Gerdon Campbell of Scarborough spent the week- end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul. Mr. and Mrs. Relison Falconer and Lynn of Sarnia spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mowbray and her mother, Mrs. Stacey of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. George Tiffin and Mr. and Mrs. Les Purvis of Luck - now were Sunday evening visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Glen of Lucknow were Sunday evening Visitors with Mr: and Mrs. Angus Falconer. Mrs. Bill Parker and Mrs. Murray Grandille of Exeter were Sunday visitors with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mc- Clenaghan. Mr. and Mrs. George Ross and Cheryl of Owen Sound spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Robert Ross. Mrs. Leroy Rintoul, Carol, •$iinberley and Debbie of Totten- ' ham spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rintoul and family and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Black of Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wilken and family of Listowel were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilken and family. Communion service was held -at the United Church on Sunday with Rev. Lebrew of Brussels in charge. Communion service was held in Chalmers Presbyterian Church with Rev. Gt a nn Noble in charge. Miss Jnyee Tiffin of Toronto spentthe weekend at her home here and visited with her mother, a patient at Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital. She was accom- panied home by her friend, Miss Janet Sleightholm. The United Church Women -will hold their Thankoffering meeting May 7 in the evening at the church with guest speaker, Mrs. Bert Alton, showing slides on her trip to Australia. Mr. and' Mrs. Russel Ross and her another, Mrs. Earl Caslick, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ross and family of Kitchener where they were cele- brating Jim's birthday. Word has been received that Mr. and Mrs. Mark Armstrong have moved to White City, Saskatchewan, near Regina. This move is much better for Dr. Arm- strong as her work will be in the clinic and for Mr. Armstrong as he will be near his headquarters 1 1 1 '1 1 r r c in Regina. Miss Nancy de . oer completed her course for this year at Cen- tralia College. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Durnin and Miss Annie Kennedy of Wingham were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Qurnin and family of St. Helens. On Tuesday evening a kitchen- ware party was held at the home of Mrs. Ivy Smith with Mrs. Kaye Duncan of ;: russels demon- strator. The "Swingers" held a social evening in Whitechurch Com- munity Memorial Hall dn Tues- day evening. Mrs. Bev Kay and Wendy were at Guelph on Saturday and visited with Mrs. Kay Sr. at the hospital and with Mr. and Mrs. Kay and family. Whitechurch is trying to or- ganize a ball team of boys aged 12 to 16 years to enter the Bush League. If interested please phone George Lubbers 357-3457 or Bill Gibson 357-3587 any evening as soon as possible. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Evans were in London on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn were- Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Scott of Ripley. library news Man Kind? by Cleveland Amory One of the country's best- known spokesmen for animals describes man playing God for his own self-serving purposes. His book is both humorous and satirical especially the saga of the Hunt -the -Hunters Hunt Club. A Nun In The Closet, by D. Gilman A couple of nuns are the latest 'sleuths to come from the creator of Mrs. Pollifax. Improbable though they may seem, the sisters prove to be A match even for the Mafia. UFO's—A Scientific Debate by C. Sagan Brought together here are many of the divergent views on unidentified flying objects and the editors try to apply the tradi- tional scientific method to them all. The Edge of Next Year by Mary Stolz In a subtle weaving of past and present,"the author explores the complex feelings of a young boy facing the death of his mother in a car accident. A Woman and Her Car by P. de Roulf A comprehensive manual for every car -driving woman with everything she needs to know about buying, maintaining and repairing her own car. BELGRA VE Harold Wightman of Welland spent a couple of days with Ivan Wightmans and enjoyed the maple syrup making on the home farm where his father was born and farmed for many years. Miss Eva Wightnian and Clar- ence Wightman returned to their home, La Riviere, Manitoba, on April 17 after a month's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wightman and James Brigham. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Jamieson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Randy White of Kitchener. Mrs. John Brigham of Sarnia, Mr. and Mrs. John Button (Anita Brigham) and their daughter Carrie Lynn of Sarnia visited on Sunday with Mrs. Borden Scott and boys, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wightman, James Brigham and other relatives. THEY WEREN'T too interested in the registration procedures—that was for mother to figure out—but Barry Schaefer, 4, and his sister Rhonda, 3, had no end of fun playing during kindergarten registration last Wednesday at the Wingham Sacred\\1Heart School. Huron, Perth agree. to joint health comm. The Huron County Board of Health received permission at last Thursday's general meeting of county council to make ap- pointments to a Huron -Perth Steering Committee, the first step toward a Huron -Perth Dis- trict Health Council. The possibility of a joint health council has been under discussion for sometime between Huron and Perth. On the steering committee from,Huron County will be the chairan of the Health Unit Board, one representative of the medical society, one representa- tive of the Hospital Planning Council, one representative of a consumer or voluntary organiza- tion and one other representa- tive. Perth County will have the ame number of representatives.. The warden and the medical officers of health from both' counties will be ex -officio mem- bers of the, steering committee. "This is an important aspect of promotion of health in Huron," -said, Reeve E. W. Oddleifson, chairman of the Huron County Board of Health. Reeve Oddleif- son said Huron has met twice with Perth County to discuss the possibility of a health council. He said that while the appointment of a steering committee doesn't "commit this county to any- thing", the Minister of Health for Ontario is "very favorably in- clined" toward some agreement between Huron and Perth where health matters are concerned. MOH Dr. Frank Mills said that after the steering committee has met with both Huron and Perth KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION ip a hassle for mothers but a golden opportunity for the children to inspect their new st rroundings and their new classmates. Murray Foxton, Billy Kinahan, Barry Shaw, Tammy Kieffer and Dennis Henry wasted no time in getting I .arti to know each other as they played happily in the corner at the Sacred Heart School kin- dergarten. ' klealth Units, names , would be submitted to the minister of health for membership on a joint District Health Council. The minister of health reserves the right to either accept or reject the recommendation of the steering committee as to the composition of f the Health Council. "It is an important step to get people to sit down and talk about health care services," said Dr. Mills. He mentioned.it would be the committee's duty t� make recommendations or proposals for improvinghealth services in Huron and Perth, and about such things as costly duplication of services. Some skepticism was evident in the council chambers. Warden Anson McKinley warned this was an untried venture. "We. do not know what authority the ministry will give to these health coun- cils," said the warden. "We're going into what is an unknown. I only hope it doesn't start the bureaucratic structure of the Mustard Report." Warden McKinley told council it is safe to assume that the health council would cover a much wider area of health ser- vices than the present county health units. Reeve Stan Profit of Goderich said his greatest fear is that the ministry of health would not accept the persons recommended by the steering committee to a health council for Huron and Perth. He expressed further apprehension by reviewing some of the points in. the controversial Bustard Report,, adding that alth councils could' be the first step toward implementing . the Mustard Report. Dr. Mills indicated that by studying the possibility of a Health Council for the district, there was no reason to assume the rest of the Mustard Report Would also be implemented. In fact, Dr. Milts said that the con- cept of a Health Council for Huron -Perth was envisioned by Huron's county representatives prior to the Mustard Report. Dr. Milts said it is still not clear how members of future health councils would be named, but he suggested their representatives could be elected. He said Health Councils could function similarly to county school boards, for in- stance. BY MURRAY GAUNT, MPP HURON -BRUCE fl .oa.rd Ontario Hydro recently sub- milted a proposal to the Minister of Energy for an increase in wholesale power rates for 1976. The proposal will be reviewed by the Ontario Energy Board at pub- lic hearings to start in Toronto early in June. In a letter to Energy Minister Dennis Timbrell, Hydro Chair- man Robert Taylor said the pro- posed changes would mean an average increase of about 29.7 per cent to the 353 municipal utilities who buy in bulk and in turn supply the majority of the two and a half minion users in Ontario. For some 99 large industrial users, served directly by Ontario Hydro, proposed rate increases would be about 29.9 per cent. This is based on estimated demand and energy consumption. Rate changes for 700,000 retail customers, largely rural, also served directly by Ontario Hydro will be announced later. The effect of the proposed in- ereases in wholesale rates for residential customers, while dif- fering because . of local con- ditions, could range from $3 to $4 LAKELET Mrs. Arnold Gadke, returned home Sunday from the hospital. Harvey, Ezra and Jim Demer- ling.and Herby Miller of Waterloo motored to Redbank, N.B., where they spent a week helping to build a new hofne for Mr. and Mrs. Tozer and family, to replace the one that burnednin March. Mr: and Mrs. Kurt Krumland visited last weekend with Mrs. Harvey Demerling. Mrs. Krum - land spent last week with Mrs. Demerling. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg visited in Kitchener on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hibberd of Belgrave spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg. Mr. and Mrs. Derril Hallman and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Murray Douglas and family of Harriston. - SU ' ER SEWERS BELGRADE — The fifth meet- ing of the Belgrave III Club was held Monday, April 21 ip the com- munity centre. The meeting began with the 4-H -pledge and motto. Brenda Nethery Ied the roll call. Janice Coultes read minutes of the last meeting. The girls dis- cussed their exhibit and Fashion Show for Achievement Day. Mrs. Robert Gordon discussed grain and stay stitching. Cathy Bakelaar showed how to form a bias. Mrs. James Bakelaar talked about fitting a blouse. The girls read an talked about how to make buttonholes. Mrs. Bakelaar and some (if the girls practised mak- ing buttonholes. Mrs. Gordon and the remainder , of the group Practised Stay stitching on ma- terial. Report from Queen's Park The Ontario Government has on file a 425 -page, $17,000 study dealing with sex and violence in films that it commissioned in 1971, but was not tabled in the Legislature. Education Minister Tom Wells was asked why it was not made public, especially when the government has set up a royal commission to study violence on television under former Federal BELMORE Mr. and Mrs. Brian Carroll and family of London spent Sunday - with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ren- wick. Former neighbors from St. Marys visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rae and family on Sunday. Sympathy of the community is extended to the David McKee family on the death. of Mrs. McKee's father, Edward Powell. of Walkerton. Roy Haskins has been trans- ferred from the Bank in Mount Forest to the Grimsby Bank. Return to good health is wished to. Mrs. Carl Fitch who is a patient in the Wingham Hospital after undergoing surgery. Jack Harkness, who left the Guelph police force a year and a half ago after 10 years of duty, has returned to duty for the Guelph City Police. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Douglas and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Horton spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Campbell and with Mr. and Mrs. Don Schatte of Ridgetown. Liberal Cabinet Minister Judy La Marsh, who will be paid $250 a sitting. Consumer and Commercial Relations Minister Sidney Handleman, who now looksafter the Theatres Branch, and whose • ministry now has the report, said it was in internal study done for guidance to assist the govern- ment in developing . policy. He said he would look at the report and decide whether to release it or snot. (It has since been tabled.) Ontario Health Insurance Plan payments for April, May, June and July of 1974 were almost $30 million higher than the same period the previous year. Pay- ments to medical and other prac- titioners totalled $210.2 million compared ,with $180.6 million for the same period in 1973, an in- crease of 16.4 per cent. Last week the Legislature was dealing with the tax bills an- nounced in the budget. The Sales Tax Amendment received exten- sive comment, particularly the GORRIE The executive of the Gorrie Women's Institute met on Thurs- day afternoon of last week at the home of the president, Mrs. Wil- liam Thornton, to plan a most in- . teresting set of meetings for the coming year. Following the busi- ness, Mrs. Thornton served lunch. Members of the Institute welcome any ladies of the coo- munity who wish to join. They meet the third Wednesday even- ing of each month. provision related to the cut-off date of December 31st, 1975, In addition, the Amendment to the Succession Duty Act and the Amendment to the Gift Tax Act were also debated. The Gift Tax Act provides for an increase from $50,000 to $70,000 in the exemption for gifts in farming assets for use in farming. It also provides for an increase from $2,000 to $5,000 in the annual exemption for gifts made by a donor to any one indi- vidual, and an increase from $10,000 to $25,000 in the aggregate of such annual exemptions that a donor is entitled to claim in a year. New Ont. lottery opposed by church An Ontario lottery for social and cultural purposes is an insult to the people of Ontario according to an editorial in The United Church Observer. "Lotteries are anti -social and sub -cultural," the editoral said. "Usually th a who can least af- ford it pag the bills. Such schemes have long been the marks of backward or decadent societies and civilizations on their way down." But, The Observer adds, it is aware that officials and mem- bers of the United Church are "apt to be as busy buying and selling tickets as non-members'', even though by so doing "they help to create the very problems their charitable and other worthy causes are meant to alleviate". for increa • foriustorers whose monthly bill is close to the provincial average of $14.25. Mr. Taylor 'said the Ontario Hydro Board was "acutely aware" that any increases hi the price of electricity is "regret- table" in this period of inflation. While percentage figures are large, it should be remembered that electricity accounts for a relatively small portion of the budget of the residential consurn- er and most industrial and com- mercial users, he said. The proposed rates for 1976 would provide Ontario Hydro with estimated" additional reve- nues of approximately $208 mil- lion from municipal utilities and approximately $54 million from direct industrial customers, totalling $262 million. Despite this addition, forecast revenues will fall short of forecast expenses by $86 million, Hydro Chairman Taylor said. "Any further increase in this deficit could seriously undermine the financial- stability- of- - the organization and create more serious problems in the future. "The cost of generating and transmitting electric power is be- ing pushed higher by increases in the price of fuels, materials and manpower. Already, estimated costs for 1975 have exceeded those forecasts in our proposal of last year when 1975 rates were established," he said. The largest single contributor to higher costs is the continuing increase in the price of fossil fuels, which account for about 25 per cent of Ontario Hydro's total revenue needs for 1976. Hydro's growing dependence *on fossil IAPA elects new officers Twenty industries from Huron and Perth counties were. rep- resented at the annual meeting last Thursday of the Huron -Perth Section of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association. The an- nual dinner -meeting was held at the Wingham Legion Hall and was attended by over 100 mem- bers and guests. Western Ontario Division chairman Herb Monck was pres- ent at the meeting to convey greetings from the division and to oversee the election of new of- ficers for 1975-1976. The new ex- ecutive are: past chairman, Bill Hanula of Wingham; chairman, Frank Argyle of Stratford; first vice-chairman, Jack Swan of Stratford; second vice-chairman, Duncan Waters of Stratford; sec- retary, Wayne Cousins of St. ,Marys. fuels (45 per cent :of Hydro's generatipgeopacity is coal-fired) makes it particularly vulnerable to changes in world and domestic prices for coal, oil and natural gas, The cost of'coal is expected to increase by 57 per cent in. 1975 and by a further 21 per cent in 1976. Hydro elcpects its fuel PI to rise to $436 million in 1976, corn- pared with an estimated $277 mil- lion this year. Mr. Taylor.said Hydro is carry- ing on'a tnajor program to en- courage the conservation of elec- tribity. But even if the province's broad goal of a one-third reduc- tion in the growth rate of total energy consumption is success- ful, a widely held opinion is that electricity will be required to supply a larger proportion of the total energy market. "As fossil fuels become .scarcer and more expensive, the use of electricity could increase more rapidly than in the past:" Reflecting the conflicting fac- tor -a -sof -the--economic- r-ecce-ssion, conservation and changing pat- terns of energy consumption, Hydro has lowered its forecasts for power demands for 1975 and 1976. But, "our judgement, based on the best evidence we can find, is that growth in electric power de- mand, will remain close to the long-term average of seven per cent. Our capital construction program to provide power stations and transmission sys- tems is based on this forecast of need." In support of Government policy to take all possible mea- . sures to bring inflation under control, the Hydro Board of Directors examined a number of alternatives in an effort toreduce the size of the rate increases for 1976. The possibility of deferring or cancelling the Wesleyville power station near Port Hope was examined in detail, but made no significant difference in finan- cial requirements for 1976 and 1977. Cancellation would have seriously jeopardized customer service. To ease the effect on cus- tomers, the Board implemented a policy of smoothing rate in- creases and recovering deficits over a three-year period which reduces the size of the rate in- creases required for4976. "The rate changes proposed for 1976 reflect financial problems that confront not only Ontario Hydro, but all electric utilities in Canada and the United States. Ontario has traditionally enjoyed lower electric rates than most other places and faces this period of rising costs from a lower bast than most." 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