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Jack Riddell, Hum, MPP'
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The fourth session of, the
29th Ontario Legislature was
officially opened on Tuesday of
last week with Lieutenant-'
Governor *. Ross MacDonald ''N
reading the last Speech frO
the Throne before he retires,
• Pauline• McGibbon, Chan-'
cellor of the University of
Toronto, who takes over as the
22nd Lieutenant Governor of
Ontario was not present at the
Opening of the ceremony as she
believed it was to be Mr.
MacDonald's show. At 10 a.m.
Mr. MacDonald prorogued theh'
third session of the 29t
Parliament and at 2 p.m. he
left the Royal York Hotel in an '
open a, Landau and'' rode to °
Queen's /ark accompanied by
State. trumpeters, lancers and a
travelling escort of the Gover-
nor General's Horse Guards. A
15 gun'salute • by a specially
assembled Honour Guard
marked . his arrival at Queen's;
Park. After inspecting theguard+Mr. MacDonald perfor-
med the ceremonial opening*
the Legislature at• wVhich ti e
he read the.. Speech from the
Throne, prepared by,_Pr ler
Williaia Davis,` which s out
the • Government's legi lative
program for the current ession.
Mr. MacDonald then left the
Chamber. an_d_ _the. L gislature
, began its btlisiness: S 'ortly after
his exit, the Legislat re was ad=
journed for. the ay ,and the
" members and ests ' had a
chance to meet r. MacDonald
and the Premie during •a two
hour • reeept ori in -.Mr.
MacDonald's uite. •.
The Thr ne • Speech was •
bereft of s bstance and con-
tained n . thing' significant •
about controls on inflation and
the soar' g costo of living. The
Gover ent's ' thrust as
in the Throne Speech
represents quite an opening to nicotine an man en rng
the North. The Government, drugs. The program will also
Plans for the North include in- encourage the public to make
creased activity on a number of better use' of the Province's
fronts. A road to James `Bay health care system. The Throne
through Moosenee and a deep „Speech pledged establishment
water port on Hudson or. James of a formal review mechanism
Bay, if feasible would facilitate.- ' for payment claims by non-
development of Northern On- medical practitioners such as'
tario and high Arctic energy chiropractors, similar to the one
and mineral deposits. Four in existence for claims by doc-
more northern communities tors,
will receive air services from The speech confirmed that
the,` Government airline, Legislation dealing,, with con-
NorO'ntai'r and there will be tract negotiations between On-
e
ports, The ' ,rebuilding •.and " boards will be brought before
widening of 186 miles of high- the " current session of ' the
way' 17 • between Sudbury, and Legislature. Bill 275 a draft '
the/Sault, a persistent Northern form of the > proposed
`de� and has been given high Legislation was placed before •
priority. Electric power lines the House in November, The.
are to be extended to Northern: Thfcane Speech , gave , no
communities currently without suggestion as to the form of the
money to improve north ern air- tario teachers and achool
them, firstanfong them new Bill but Education
Moosenee.\ The Province Minister Thomas Wells said a
together with the Federal number- of changes will be
Government and industry will - made in the original draft. A
seek reliable telephone and consol-idation of all Eegislation
other communications systems governing Elementary and
for. northern 'communities. Secondary education was
Those .communities which are promised. ,
currently unorganized will The . Ontario, Government
have the chance to set up their will launch a wide range of
own councils to handle fire programs and approaches in
protection, water, roads and housing developments and
'similar services. Culture will be community 'planning, in the
brough to remote areas through' coming months. The Speech
° the Ontario" Council for the said the new programs will be
Arts. • implemented through a new
An income support r program planning act, changes in -the'
was promised the elderly and-; Condominium Act and an eriac-
disabled,. but the speech gave trnent of an -Ontario -Building.
tario-.Building.
no .details 'of the ,program only Code. They would all be
to • say that the . proposed characterized by a closer part -
program will assist in achieving nership ' with other ° levels of
a greater measure of security Government, the private, sector
for Ontario's older citizens and and citizens' groups. The
the disabled. 30 private sector in consultation
A health education program
will be launched to inform On-
tario's citizens of the
.debilitating effects of alcohol,
ymphony concert.
lacked lustre
BY AL MU,I.LIN
The London -Symphony 'Orchestra played ,to.'an almost
capacity audience last•Saturday evening at Goderich District
Collegiate: The "Spring concert was presented -by, the
Rotary Club by means of the sponsorship of the Sully Foun-
dation. °
Billed as a "Family Pops•Concert", the orchestra provided
just that, an evening of orchestral• music aimed to please
everyone. in the family.
The first item "vas "Anniversary Overture" . by John
Cowell. It. was commissionedl'or last year's anniversary of
the Toronto Symphony. Orchestra. In the tradition of the
''overture; the composition was bright and happy, and had •
several -.catchy themes which•bounced about in various keys
from section to section of the orchestra. It was a spirited
opening which unfortunately, wasn't continued in the rest of
the concert.
In 'iesponse to requests following previous concerts, Mr.
Evens dipped into .the standard orchestral repertoire and
presented thefirst movementEof Beethoven's Symphony No:
5, in C minor. • •
Haopefully in its regular series of concerts the orchestra
plays better. Saturday's performance was somewhat
lacklustre and gave the impression of becoming slower and
slower. The opening and oft-repeatedfour note the was
often ragged and imprecise', but that may have been due, im-
part, to the accoustics of the gymnasium.
There were several brighter moments, however: One was
the -superb oboe solo by Laura Jaeger. , '
. "Meditation" from the opera• "Thais" by the Romantic`
French composer Jules Massenet was -performed ver$' ably by
Concertmaster (or is • it "mistress") Gwen Thompson, and
was accompanied by the -orchestra.
The next composition was the "Intermezzo" from the or-
- chestral suite, :.'Harry Janos" by Zoltan. Kodaly. The folk
themes of Hungary,- were quite evident attd ' the intricate
rhythms 'made the performance the best of the evening.
Returning to the "Pops" element, the orchestra played
"Roses. 'from the South" by Johann Strauss. The com-
position is .made up of several waltzes and most ,were ob-
viously,fatn.il'iar to the audience. After the intermission, the
orchestra performed "Irish Suite" by Leroy Anderson, an
American composer who is well known for his npvelty num-
bers such as "Sandpaper Ballet" and "The Typewriter
Song". Elements of these compositions were• appar"ent-In all
df the six folk tunes which comprise the suite. "The Irish
Washerwoman", "the Minstrel Boy", "The Rakes of
Mallow", "-The Wearing of the Green", "The Last Rose of
'Summer" and "The Girl I Left Behind' Me" were played
with 'enthusiasm and the Audience enjoyed the familiar
tunes. In fact, they were so enjoyable that the audience
.,could . not refrain from a"pplaud'ing between sections of the
suite •despite Mr. Evens efforts to continue.
The arrangements gave plenty of opportunity for virtuoso
pizzicato'playing, tricky rhythmic bits in the -percussion se -
tion and sentimental string solos which became rather ove
dramatic in "The Girl I Left Behind Me". But that's Ander-
son and it's enjoyable iq its 'way, -
, As" the° elosi-hg number, selections from "Fiddler on the
Roof" were 'performed, The familiar tunes ,included "If I
Were a Rich Man" which featured a trumpet duet by Jim -
Ford and JimWhite, "Sunrise, Sunset" which featured some
ragged ensemble playing and "`Tradition" which finally
brought the piece together. • .
The,-audie'nce ierzr'anded an encore and Mr, Evens cdtn-
3ietwith Hrahms' "Hungar.ian Dance No. 5" This rousing
gypsy` dance made a fine show for the end of the concert.
Typical of this type of dance is the use of "rubato", or a
pulling of the rhythm, which creates tension and'suspense. It
is easyt-tooverdo ikend difficult to stay together sometimes.
-Some things must be forgiven of‘ an orchestra which has
played five concerts in five halls (vet a six night period.
Hopefully the orchestra's financial problems have been
overcome and Goderich will be able to have'i'nore symphony
concerts next year.
with local and regional govern-
ment.ds to be encouraged to in;
crease the supply of service lots
. and to work towards
stabilization of lands and
housing: ' -prices. The Ontario
Govex Cireent is to launch • a
major assault ort' housing
problems- designed to hold
- prices down' and to keep On, •
tario on the path to a million
- new dwellings within a decade.
Family Law will be rewritten
to strengthen the, rights of
married women particularly
the right to property.
The Throne Speech also an-
nounced plans for a prescrip-
tion drug • plan for senior
citizens and . a variety of other
social programs in the fields of
day-care, services to handi,Cap-'
ped children and the disabled.
The Speech also- indicated
the Government's,intention to
make the wearing of seatbelts
compulsory for the drivers and
passengers, for automobiles.
The most obvious problem will
be the enforcement of a belt
law.
vv
During the question and an-
swer period in the Legislature °
the day. after its opening,
Liberal Leader,Robert Nixon
demanded tht the Govern-
ment apply its new Environ-
mental Review Agency to two
big Hydro ojects before
allowing them to be built.
Nixon said the review program
announced Tuesday in. the
Throne Speech means nothing
unless' the Premier orders its
use before allowing Hydro to go
ahead with the Arnprior Dam
'and the - power line corridor
from DouglasPoint to,„
Georgetown and from :the
nuclear ;plants to Seaforth. Mr.
Davis called the review process
which would, call for hearings
on the environmental impact of
a project before it could be
built "pioneering'' but would
not undertake to order -an. en= '
vironmental review of projects
already; underway. Under
pressure from Mr. NixonyDavis
did undertake to� discuss the
powerline project- with Energy
Minister •Darcy McKeough to
see if 'further yreview of the
Hydro line route is needed.
Farmers have been apposing
the hydro route for.the line on
the' basis that it would cut
through- 80 per cent of prime
agrpultural land. Mr.
McKeough,,Minister -of Energy
was asked if he -would talk to
Ontario Hydro with respect to
the rate of compensation for
farmers in the Hydroline
corridor,. particularly in view of
the fact that Ontario Hydro has,
been offering rates which are 50
to 75- per cent of current market
prices as opposed to the rates,'
being offered by the pipeline,
which are approximately. 150
per cent of current .market
value prices. Mr. McKeough •
replied that if farmers' of other.
property owners felt aggrieved
by the prices being Offered un-
der the Expropriation's Act,
theyhhave the option of submit--
ting , the _,matter .to 'the;; Land
Compensation "Board, which is
required to deal'' adequately
and fairly with these matters of
compensation, • ,
Since its opening, a number,
of bills have been introduced to
the Legislative -Assembly' and`
two ` or three members 'have
debated. the Speech from the
Throne.. These debates- will
continue next week.
,I1"Mlklnlnin
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GEORGE GOULD
Local wrestler
off. to Regina
George Gould of Elgin Avenue in Goderich is heading for
Regina this ,weekend to compete in the Canadian Open
Wrestling Championships, He will be wrestling in the 125
pound division against the best -from the country.
Last weekend -George was -ins Ottawa -in the Proviri>rrai
Championships where • lie .placed .second, losing one of his
four hod tg..The winner- cif: the provincial- competition is a
member of the, :University of Waterloo wrestling team.
. The 'games held in Ottawa saw .loan from a1Lover tit
province competing but the majority were from Sout
Ontario. There were about 100 wrestlers entered in all
classes together with ight in the 125 lb, class. There are two•
.winners, from each- class that travel • to Regina for the
Canadian Championship' all expenses paid by the federal
government. The, whole structure is •an Amateur Athletic.°
program sponsored by the federal government,
_ In the finals in Regina each province will be represented
by ti•o wrestlers, there will be two from the University finals
-and any independent, wrestlers who wish- to-corinpete.
1,n the finals in Regina there will be two wrestlers in each
Hass from the University' finals, two froth each province and
any independent competitors.'.•
George has, been to :the Canadian Open before but he ipst
• his first twct,bouts and was eliniinated in the early going.
He wrestled with the Goderich Collegiate team in his high
school, days•:'and ,placed second i,n the Ontario high school
finals in 197.6..M. that time he was wre tiing. in the 106
.pound class: In'Univ eity be placed third in the finals Yin .the
134 lb. class. ,
When he watt in ,university `George was a member°of the
university" team but ,since -they " did not have a formal
prcigra'm the^team waged combat at the Kitchener Y_M,C.,A.
"I wa' pleased with My performance in the provincial
championships" said George, "and I have been working out
wit,. the University team in Waterloo to get ready for -the
'Open this weekend''
for IegiSkItIC.
The _Han. John White mads"' •land-use'policies began in 1946.
some interesting'Xremarks on with the passing of The Plan -
Ontario's Land Use legislation ning Act. That, Act was con -
at a recent lecture in 'Toronto. sidered . a , piece of model
Some of these remarks are of P legi'"slatiSn in its day, because of
particular interest to Goderich the way it provided provincial
and area citizens.
Y HON, JOHN WHITE •
r input into the -local' planning
• process.
'During the past eight years
there have' been other
',Ontario's. s. land use policies significant developments in
are -based on a fundamental that evolutionary process wich
perhaps are not as well remem-
bered.,
"Beginning in ' 1966, the
future requirements of • the province began work on a
province in- regard to social,— program called Design " for
economic and governmental Development, involving com-
development'and to encourage mitments in three broad) in -
and assist the glanning of such terrelated areas: -
R premise: That it is the respon-
sibility of the Ontario govern-
ment to 'assess the present and
development,
1. Provincial -regional social
;'It is axiomatic that in the and economic. planning; 2.
planning of . social and. Local government reform Un-
economic , development, land. " eluding the, establishment, of
use is• crucial. regional governments); . and 3.
"It must be evident also that Provincial -Municipal- ° fiscal -
certain• 'traditional principles reform.
relating -to the private owner "Although it was not couched
-
•ship of land have been
modified' progressively - for a
generation or more to•accom-
modate society's desire' to
in terins of land use, the Design
for. Development program :had
enormous implications for land
-- its planning and develop-
-develop communities that ment, its. administration and
p._.,.contrU andits taxation as a
mental ,,alit : ,,,source municipal.
rovid.e_a..highle�l, of ,.env;„ on -
q. ' y � �� revenue.
"These changes in com- . In 1966 and -again in 1968,
munity priorities have accorri- statements by ministers of,;
panied the following trends: Municipal Affairs established '
--Rapidly - increasing provini'ial policy regarding ur; '• ,
population and resultant urban ban .development in • rural -
congestion. 'areas. The objective of this -
-- Declining agricultural policy was - and,is - to prevent
population. ' -, urban growth in rural areas
-- Increased personal til rural municipalities have of-
mobility, - co-upled by the need ficial plans preparedand ap-
to develop transportation in a '• proved and have the capacity to -
manner calculated to conserve handle urban problems. This
our energy resources. policy still prevails.
-- Substantial migration from "Perhaps it would be useful
city .°,...countryside. , for me to digress from my
-- Accelerated • demand for chronological summary for just
recreational space in rural a moment to •explain how this.
areas (Vacation cottages, ski ' policy is being carried out.
chalets, retirement "homes, • "As many of you will know,
hobby farms, other recreational we have been using, ministerial
needs). , orders -- often referred to .as
-" Growing concern with the 'zoning orders' -- -to • halt
'environment of large cities. proposed developments in rural
Outcries from the, public townships. In the ,most widely
about the general state of the publicized applications of supl
environment, • - • orders, we have prevented con-
-- Discrediting of the old • struction of shopping centres in
municipal practice of planning rural townships' adjacent to ur-
for assessment, ban centres..
• "The evolution of Ontario's "But mjnisterial - orders are .
' only stopgap measures. And
their effectiveness. depends on -
"°tar knowing about a proposed'
development' before a building
• permit has been ,granted. •Often,
by- the time we ;learn ,of al.
proposed devel.opnieti€, it is too
late. A's a long -run solution,. We
are pressing , these
municipalities to have official
plans created and approved,
might point out as well
that with, 'our Program of
strengthening local govern-
ment, .many municipalities are
acquiring broader , tax bases,, .
thereby losing the incentive to
-encourage undesirable develop-.
ment "for the sake 'of increased
assessment: •
'Another -step in the
evolution of Ontario'sland-use •
policy was taken in 1970; when'
The Planning Act was ammen- -
ded to establish universal sub-
division control. This measure,
ias'many of 'you »il-1 remember,,
prevented .developers from
using various devices ,that the
government considered to be;
contrary to the public interest --
devices such as reference plans,
simultaneous conveyancing, 0
deeds"' as to use, and checker -
boarding. • •
"In 1971, Lapd -Divisiion
Committees -were established at
regional, district and ... county
levels to deal with land
severance •applications which
the ministe of municipal" af-
fairs hed'dealt with"until then.
"June, 1973 saw passage of
the three pieces of land—use'
legislation -- The Ontario Plan-
ning and Development Act, The
Parkway Belt Planning and
Development Act, -and • The
Niagara Escarpment Planning
and Development Act. ° ,
-° "Not everyone' will 'agree
'with the philosophy we hold in
'regard -to land .use, but tinder
the -provisions of these ' three
acts, 'no one will have cause to
complaib •of 'any . decisions
-having been taken without am-
ple notice and public
discussion: . - ' "The Ment recent land -use
legisfhtion was bill. 264 -- The
Planning Amendment Act,
1973, and th+s rest' on January 9 ")
of this year. •
"Sections of this act empower
muniei•palitiee - to edor'
(contihuad On Pogo
One of the biggest spiritual'",
happenings in a long time : is
scheduled for Goderich March
29 to April 7. It is the In-
vitation
n-vitation to ,Live Crusade to be
held at Knox Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Marney Pat-
` terson as the speaker.
Local organizers have" been
working hard for many months
taw to'be ready when -Mr. Pat-
terson brings his Crusade team
to town,,
"I'm_very pleased with the
way things • acre - going com-
mented Crusade general chair •
-
.man, Rev. M. H. McWhinnie,
First /Baptist Church.
All churches in Goderich
with the exc'ep't ore, -of one, ac-
cording
scording to Mr. McWhinnie, are
involved in, the Crusade plans. •
In fact, most churches across
the whole of Hur"on County are
involved i.n some way with the
Crusade here,
Last Sunday, for instance,
Crusade music director Bill -
McCaul was in town to direct
the first 'choir practice with the
volunteer group of singers.
About 70 willing voices from
Clinton, Blyth and Goderich'
were on hand to rho through
the Crusade music selections.
- All kinds of things are hap-
, pening in connection with the
Crusade which, offers evening
services every day. ' ' ,
Several luncheons and break-
fasts` are planned throughout
the area. In . Goderich, a
women',s luncheon is,planned
for Victoria . Street United
Church on Tuesday, 4pril 2
froth' 12:30 to 2:00 • pan. '- A
mess breakfastlis;,, scheduled
for St. George's Anglican
Church Wednesday, April 3
from 7:15 to 8:30 a.lm, and a
men's luncheoh is set fo;r" Vic= `
Rev. Marney Patters
toria Street United Church
Friday, April 5 from 12:30 to.
1:30 p,ih
Tickets for these events are
available from anyone involved
in preparations for the Crusade
or through your local church.
On, Saturday, April 6 a
workshop for laymen is plan-
ned for North Street `United
Church from 900 a.m. to 12:30
pan.
Throughout the Crusade, Mr.
Patterson will be speaking to
school childrenin the county.
In Goderich, he will be at
Robertson Memorial School
and Goderich District,
Collegiate Institute, He will
0
n
• 'i f •
• Crusade .speaker
also be ajpearing at Colborne
Central School. '
The county's elderly will
have the privilege to hear Mr.
Patterson at Huronview where
he will be speaking.
As , well as these ' efforts,
household fellowship and
prayer ,sessions will be 'held
throughout the community for
the duration of the Crusade.
According to ,Mr. McWhin-
Mie, money for the Crusade ex-
penses is beginning to come in.
Donations are welcomed from
individuals as ; Well as from
churches, service clubs,
business and industry.
Prior to the Crusade, a
united prayer meeting is to be
held in First Baptist Church
March 19.
Also, Mr. McWhinnie "and
Rev, Robert, Raymont will, be
appearing on Sing Time Sun-
day, March 23, 'Channel ' 8
CKNX.
in addition .to Chairman
McWhinnie, other Crusade of-
ficers are vice-chairman Rev,'
G. L. Royal; secretary Beatrice
Campbell; ands -treasurers Don
MacEwan and Lyle Zurbrigg,
• The prayer committee con-
sists,of Mrs,.D. Rolston, Rev, L.
Warr,' Wm, Hoy, Frances'Clark
and Mrs. Grace Sale,
Rev. Peter St. Don, chairman
M1 w
,'.1_""4
of the 'Goderich Ministerial
Association ` is • in charge of
special arrangements,•
Counsellors include ',Rev, R: .
C. McCallum; Don McMillan, ,,:
Gladys ,Hutchins,„,harles
'Breckow and Mrs.. Robert
Raymont. Follow-up commit-
tee .is comprised of Clayton
Mizen -and Rev -Ross _ Nichols.
The youth committee is
chaired by B'rend.a Glazier and.
consists of Kathy 'Adams,
Brenda . Br,aisette, Joanne
Walters 'and Brian Hamilton.
Finance Chairman is David
Zurbrigg with. Jack Freeman;
Howard Morris, -• Ralph.
Harrison- and: Dorothy Chase.
R. G. Shrier is in charge of
publicity assisted; by Eleanor
Bradnock-
Chairman Thomas Eadie is
taking rare of , arrangements
with Douglas Bundy and Dave
Lassaline. ,
Music Chairman is Ed Stiles
.working with Frank •Bissett,
Mrs. L. Warr,Jean Knight,
Shirley McMillan and. Mollu
Manz.
Program Chairman is Mrs.
Irene Clark.assisted by Mrs.
Jean Knight, Mrs, Ethel
McAllister, Mrs. Howard John-
ston and Clark Teal. -
Chairman of ' Household
Fellowship is Mrs. Edith
Argyle. Committee members
are Mrs. Mary Morris,' Mts.
Treble, -Bill McNaughton, Joan
Perrott and Sue Gower.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mun-
nings, Clinton, are, in charge of
literature.
• Chairmanof ushers is Arnold
McConnell. Others on that
committee are Wm. Mew, Wm.
Chase, John Gower, Fordyce
Clark. - -
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