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ICH 'SIGNAL -STA'
. THURSDAY, N0 ',EMBER
Dr.
.M. Hadwen of the
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'university of -Guelph who has
direetW an Interdisciplinary
Idy s HUron County in 1'971-
t2 ata cost of $21,000 was not
unfamiliar with Huron County
before the study began.
But Dr. Hadwen has ' learned
some surprising things . about
Huron County .and admits this
county may well be uLiique in
many respects.
For instance,, Huron County
citizens like Marton County the
way it is, they would prefer to
change jobs rather, than move
from Huron County and many,
many present Huron ° County
citizens have proven their
loyalty to this county by
revealling they've been born
and raised here and haven' t
even .considered" moving away.
viewing . 535• heads
households.
of
1. There is, a strong positive
identification with Huron
County on. the .part of most
people interviewed, although
many-identifymore-closely -with.
a town or village area than with
the county as a whole. Over half
the respondents did not wish to,
see the county change in any
way, although about one fifth
expressed a desire for industrial
growth.
2. The hest features of Huron
County are seen as its, good farm
land, its friendly people and its
pleasant scenery. Its least .at-
tractive features are. thought to
be hard winters and a lack of •
sufficient. job opportunities.
3. The attachment to Huron
•,
wef)-.,:Dry I;adwen Canty .... amongst..... those
discovered that the county's
weekly newspapers are not only
appreciated and respected, they
are the most trusted source of
news and advertising infor-
mation Huron residents have.
Of course, the people which
Dr. Hadwen and his workers in-
terviewed were heads of
households — in other words,
older citizens. Just for the
records, Dr. Hadwen, has
already conducted a similar sur-
vey among Grade 12 students in
the county's five high' schools,
• and preliminary tabulations in-
dicate that Huron's young
citizens Tay not vary all that
much frolrn their older county -
mates in their outlook about the
..part of the ,province .in which
they reside.
And Dr. Hadwen is still not
finished with Huron. His next
move is to obtain the permission
of Huron County councillors to
interview them about them-
selves as councillors and heir
reasons for being there
There were 10 interviewers at
work in Huron for the duration
of the project,'T''Twp other per-
sons — the late George Ellis
and James Kinkead, both of
Goderich also contributed time
and knowledge to the
endeavour.
Hadwen said that while there
would never be established "a
comprehensive picture of Huron
County", there are some in-
dications .of its makeup in the
following discoveries after inter -
questioned is strong4enough that
two thirds . of them say they
would stay in the area, even if it
meant they lad to change their
occupation.
4. Over three quarters of county
heads of household have always
lived in Huron, Except for those
who have always lived at their
present address, there has been - .
a tendency to move from a rural
to an urban location within the
county. The one quarter who
' have moved into Huron come
mainly from Ontario, especially
other parts of rural Ontario and
have been attracted by a job or
farming opportunity or by
friends and relatives. •
5.'Withrespect to Ghost s'erviees,
respondents were 'at least fairly
well satisfied with what Huron -
County has to offer; not,
however, in the: case of 'public
transportation which many felt
inadequate. Recreation and
health facilities on the other
hand are seen as superior by
almost half those questioned.,
Lakeshore at least once a month
for recreation, although only
about 5% own a cottage there.
A majority, though not a strong
one, would like`; to see the
Lakeshore further, developed;
mainly by adding more public
beaches and campgrounds.
Tourists are thought by most to
Health services are seen to have
Unproved during the past five
years by many, in that more
doctors and treatment centres
are thought to be in the area
now. A small minority hold the
opposite opinion, stating that
doctors are less available to
patients than they were.
6. over half the sample go to the
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be very important to the
economy of the county, bet those
questioned tended to be less en-
thusiastic about the presence of
-tourists than about the revenue
they produce.
7. There is still a clear am-
bivalence in county household
Subject of jail not up
for county discussion
Huron County Council neatly
sidestepped any public
discussion in October of the
decision of the future of the
Huron County -jail. ' 4^
..... .••tee'.
The • P�rape�rty----aornrntt
report given by Ken F,
McMichael said the "matter
was under study" and would be
discussed with county council
"as soon as possible." He added
that members were "agreed"
that not too much should be
said about the project at the
present time. •
Present calculations are that
there will be seven additional
deputy -reeves in county council
next year due to the increase in
new voters in certain
municipalities. Plans are made
to provide for seating of these
new members in the already
small council chambers.
The Social Services Ad-
ministrator, J:A. MacKinnon
told council that costs in his
department 'fluctuate from' time`
to time.
"During the June 1972
• session, a report was presented
to you comparing gross social
assistance costs from January 1
to April 30 between 1971 and
1972 showing an increase from
$107,097.69 in 1971 to
$109,332.51 in 1972." 'said
MacKinnon. "The gross costs
for the period January 1 to Sep-
tember 30 shows a decrease
from $211,836.63 in 1971 to
$181,270.82 In 1972. This
decrease comes as a result of the
Province of Ontario taking over
the majority of Nursing Home
costs through the Extended Care
Program provided by the On-
tario Health Insurance Plan."
Council learned that the cir-
culation of adult books from the
Huron County Library shows an
encouraging increase of 19,000
offset by a decline in juvenile
reading to give a net rise of
12,44 , and a total 197.2 cir-
culation to the end of September
of 256,833 ' (244,61r in 1971).
"As in previous reports, cir-
culation of our juvenile books
on deposit in elementary schools
is not recorded so ...that the
decrease shown is hardly
41 significant," said .county
librarian Miss Ethel Dewar.
Miss Dewar was given a
rousing hand of applause in
recognition for her great efforts
on behalf of the county library ' •
system.
Considerable time was spent •
on the executive committee in
which a Victorian Order Nurses'
request for a grant of $2,000 was
discussed and finally turned
down, The vote was 29 against
the grant and eight in. favor.
The next "meeting-of—council-is- --
set for the first Thursday in
December. Reeve :Jai& Alexan-
der who was 1971 warden,.
council he will not return next
year as a representative from .
Wingham.
. o pt)
heads regarding the establish-
ment of central schools and a
consolidated , school board.
Opinion is almost evenly
"divided en this issue, with 85%.
holding to the same view they
had when the issue • first came
up. The chief .argumet1tTattvan-
ced�1 a
ar 'ncreased costs by the
opponents of centralization 'and
higher quality education by its
advocates,
& Three quarters of the respon-.
dents feel that people now have
less control over decisions that
affect them than they used to
have. This development,
described as a very bad thing by
most, is seen as most noticeable
in education policy, farm
•
marketing and county and
:municipal government.
However, only 13% can claim to
have made any effort them-
selves to influence a policy
decision in the last twelve mon-
ths.
9. Two-thirds of those inter-
viewed noteddan-increase lir-the
number of families not farming
in the county. opinion was split
as to whether this is a healthy or
unhealthy development.
Similarly, • while almost
everyone thought agriculture
would remain, Huron County's
main industry, only about half
the sample said they would be
unhappy if that were not the
way things turned out.
10. Much of the county's history
can be seen._ in the fact that
while 65% of the sample had .
had fanner fathers, only 33%
are now fanning.A part of the
future may be seem in that over
a third of those classed' as far-
mers are now working ata part-
time job off their own farms. Of
these, almost -half -are -engaged
in such work steadily. Most of
those working part-time plan to
continue, and are wising the
money toincrease family income
rather than to improve the farm.
11. Television is the medium
preferred for entertainment by
the sample, but newspapers are
ranked ahead of it as the source
_of-new_and opinion which has
the greatest effect on people's
thinking,
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BED SHEETS
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SIZE
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WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES TO NORMAL FAMILY REQUIREMENTS
SPECIALS EFFECTIVE 'TIL SUNDAY, 6 P.M. ,
DISCOUNT FOODS
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE ARE '-
THURS.-9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. MON.—CLOSED
.OPEN 4 FRI.— 9..A.M. TO 9 P.M. TUE.— 9 'A.M. TO 6 P.M.
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PRIME RIB BEEF
HOFFMAN'S
BOLOGNA
SALMON
73c�
LEAN BEEF - LB.
FRITO LAY,
69c BAG—SAVE 20c
POTATO
CHIPS
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TABLE -TRIM BEEF ROASTS
SWISS STEAKS
SUPER' VALUE .
BACON
LIBBY'S• 14 oz.
NEW PEAS IN TOMATO SAUCE
A playful. Cat sized and
powered just for riders
from 5 to 10. Smooth molded
• hood, rubber track and ski tips
make Cattin' around safe kid's
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KELLOGG'S 12 Oz.
CORN FLAKES 37c
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