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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-10-10, Page 13N9•o-. +4.4.., rt. tr 3� Dec1 9 7 6 5 4 Public Library, 52 -Montreal St,, ,WeriChl Oat. MA 2G4 d fitien mee t. again after 54 years apart In 1920 Miss Lillian Bien- Lillian learned of Allecia's trip chard left her home and her to Toronto. , P' best friend' in England and "She told me :i that she was came to Canada to start a new coming, to Canada to visit her life. Fifty-four years later she daughter and I knew that I just has still not seen her old home had to get - down to visit her,"�° but was finally reunited with u ',said Lillian. her friend. Last ;month Lillian P • went to Terpnto to spend some . The two women have a great time with her life-long absentee deal in common including their friend, Mrs. Allecia Drury. age. Allecia will be 81 in ° November and Lillian will be The two women met during 80 in' December. World War One when they were both . Involved in . , England's Civil Defenoe - But their first years together Program, Lillian and Allecia during the war were very much , worked in .a munitions factory alike: Both women suffered the in England making high, ex- tragedy of the death of a loved plosive armaments for the war one. Allecia lost her only Y effort. brother to the war and Lillian's 17 -year-old brother was killed in action in Europe. 6i The strong bond of friend- ship that developed between the two has lasted over half a' century and their reunion was a thing of joy: for Lillian. "We met during some dif- ficult times, when everyone stack together and we just stayed together throughout the years," said Lillian. When Lillian left England in 1920 she promised to keep in touch with Allecia and since then the two have written hun- dreds of letters to each. other. It was in one of these letters that An Immedi'attly after the death oLher brother Lillian began to suffer from the' effects of her emo•trions. She harbored a hatred for the enemy that affec- ted her deeply enough to make her health fail. A dear friend explained to her that she 'had to face reality and go on living her life in her natural manner. Realizing the wisdom in her friend's advice, Lillian began to look for thegodd in people. She felt a strong sense of respon sibility towards helping .less fortunate humans and thus em- barked an a, l,png life of missionary work. Her first work' in this field Was for than armed forces. 'She began to send gifts of cakes, candies •'and socks' to the soldiers in Europe to make them feel wanted and give them . a reminder of home. When she first arrived in this :country she was working, as a nurse. She was not financially able to continue to send gifts to missionary workers :so she `began to send love in a letter.. She wrote hundreds of letters to her Salvation Army counter- parts working in She far` corners of the world. People, began to °vdonate things to her to sendoverseas. Articles of clothing and other useful commodities. were given to her to send on to • the missionary workers. "There is a °tot less given to me now than there used to be," she said, "but I've still got the cards." dies and mails them to placer, she has never `seen. She sends them with a great. deal of love for her fellow humans and hopes that they will, make 'someone, somewhere, happy. As Missionary Convener for the Salvation Army Horne League, Lillian receives some' money for postage from a mon-- this, offering. The remainder comes from her earnings as a c'reetint' card and small gift saleswoman." Taken together, these proceeds pay the postage, for her 'bundles of mercy. "The kiddies can• read and the cards are used in Sunday Schools,''' she said, When asked why she still worked so bard. in her • cause she replied, 91 "I' m 80. When II think'ofall the things the ford has done for me I just love to.. do 'these things ° fir Greeting cards, hundreds cif them, are sent to the -- missionary ..workers to be„ distributed _.among the less for tunate. Lillian gathers new and. used greeting cards into' bun - Special feature by Jeff Seddon resident lambastes tot Gordon Hill,. president of the tario Egg Board from the Ontario Federation . of beginning. •° ., Agriculture a was , the .guest 4. Now they see a chance and speaker at last week's meeting want to reduce the Ontario of the Huron Federation• of Board to a promotion agency, - Agriculture in the Hensall he said. they have circulated a Public ,Schnell, He commented document . to egg producers for that the Huron federation is those changes. ' . • one of the strongest, . both- in 'These people want a riiold on membership and in represen- the. industry, Mr. Hill stated, talion, in Ontario.....and any producer' who signs The Ontario Federation is this document .signs for, the greatly concerned about the digging of his own grave. public attitude to ' farmers and Farmers have to be• very farming, he stated. They don't careful about suggestions •for realize. the greatly 'increased changes he warned. They all• cost of farming, he felt., say they are not •against the fat - ,For instance', the cost of some mer until the farmer insists on r�fertilizers, is up by 300%, the right price for his product, machinery up by .30%, cost of Mr. Hill said. Then they are money, labor and building not for the farmer anymore. material are all up, but .sale Of "Professor Forbes, who' was • prices are not keeping pace. commissioned by .the Con - Livestock men are hardest hit, . sumers Council of Canada to_ especially .cow -calf and sow study marketing 'boards, Mr. operators.' Steers . are selling -Hill said that, Mr. ' Forbes now for .less money in some in- before' he started his study stances than , was paid for 'the stated what it was going to. he. stocker calf, so the fanner loses He said Mr. Forbes has been a all his cast .for feed, 'lifelort' foe• of marketing The 'press fufere about boards. .marketing boards are symp- .- Mrs. Plumtre of the .Food tams of thep ublic's attitude, he Prices Review Board is being said. Farrners can expect more'm used by the anti -marketing for; .attacks on farming .in the . ces, Mr. Hill claimed. When she - future, he commented. • , found chain stores 'were As an example he cited the profiteering, she said that, they >attacks on Canadian Egg ' -wouldn't do it again, and.she Marketing Association., No one , defended' • processors,. saying " said 'anything- about the lower . ,that they made no undue profit. prices the ' Mr -isomer; enjoyed Mr. Hill, himself a„ bean „ last year compared with U.S. producer, said that bean prices prices, Mr. contended. No to the farmer are 27c a pound. one said anything that the eggs Another 48e -is added between that spoited were for sale or the .• farmer and (consul .ter. The' far failure ,of the government to mer has to plow,cultivate; ap- buy eggs for welfare people or ply fertilizer and herbicide,. f ,r the world, he argued. planta harvest and deliver for 1 No' one . said that ' the eggs —27c. the' consumer pays an ad - were offered ' to the breaker ditional 48c for washing, sor- trade and no one said anything ting,, packing and retailing. positive about CEMA, only the "'When Mrs. • Plumtre" finds negative, he charged. out, what will she do?" Mr. Mr. Hill said CEMA was Hill asked: •, blamed for the shipment of'eggs. 'The big city press attacked • from Newfoundland to British farmers as a whole, because 'of Columbia,. but nobody said . a few isolated cases of. farm anything about the railroads,. labor abuse,, the speaker who took. seven weeks to ship charged. - . them across the country and' on Marketing boards are in real • the way found it necessary to jeopardy, 'Mr.. Hill said. Huron reload them -into another bol County has always been ' a kat -and none too gently, for�tche strong supporter of marketing eggs weme broken inside the car- boards because people .• here tons. >, realized that without them'' Mr.• Hill , cited this' as proof there is no means to put a price that a deliberate onslaught is' upon products. made in farm arid ' farmers. "If we ate caught in lower Now' a Committee to Reform price"s and spiralling costs, we Egg• Marketing „has been for- know what happens," Mr. Hill med. This committee formed said. The farmer'is the only one.by the same' tntegratorirand egg (continued on page. 6A) , graders who opposed the On .. • Lillian Blanchard, left, was reunited with her best and oldest frierr.'d, Allecia ' Drury, after 54. years apart. The two Met in Toronto at Mrs. Qrury's daughters home for the first time since 1920 when Lillian. emigrated to Canada from •Enland. - . Lillian Blanchard has, not had her missionary efforts, go unrewarded. The; Goderich woman has a• collection of dolls from all over the world that have been, sent to her by grateful receivers of her gifts. She keeps the' -dolls on a. shelf in a , prominent place in her living room, Her,favoriteis third from the left, bottom 'shelf. (staff -photo) • Just prior to her leaving. England Lillian Blanchard was part of her best•friend's bridal party. 'Lillian, seated, was serving with her friend Allecia Drury in .England's Civil Defence Program at the time. The- Ministry of Housing's Ontario Horne Renewal Program is now under study by Goderich Town Council. The program, details.of which were announced by, the Hon. Donald R. Ir- vine, Acting Minister of Housing, is applicable in every nTunicipality in On- tario, both urban and rural: ••• A • total of $1) million • has been allocated by the provincial. . governm°ant for the 1974-75 fiscal year operation of the OHRP ,,program, and in com- bination with existing reneawai funds cdvailable under the • federal Residential Rehabilitation nAssistance Program it is expected over 3,700 older residen- tial dwellings can be be_neJiciatly affected. The OHRP programis specifically designed to aid homeowner - occupants of older housing stock whose an- nual income is ncf''greater `' than. $12,500. - The foltowing ..is the first of a two part series describing the pian. A ONTARIO HOME RENEWAL PROGRAM PART ONE every municipality in Ontario, .and is specifically aimed„;at low arid moderate -income families. The , funds, - available to municipalities which have or will adopt a minimum stan- dard of housing and occupancy, provides loans up to $7,500 to homeowners who wish to firing their principal residence, up to these standards.. The • program extends con- - siderably -the oppot'tunity for home renewal where previously, funds were only available in desigrfated areas under the Neigh - Provincial funding for a " fe,deral.provincial Neigh - major program of home repairs borhood Irraprovement� Program and the - federal Residential and rehabilitation was annouri- y{ehabilitation Assistance ced September 19 as part of the Program. All municipalities Ontario Ministry of Housing's ,meeting the" by-law program to ensure adequate requirements are eligible for' housing for all citizens of On- tario. OHRP' funds 'I Where no " organized local government exists, the Ministry of ,Housing will adthti1t , terms the program.' The new program, called On- .. tario Home Renewal Program, makes funding available to OHM' ,uuuw arta attired , directly at the 'needs of homeowners With a maximum annual ,incotne of $12,500 an- nually. A portion of the loan is "forgiveable", that is, not paid _back after a .pre -determined, period of continuous occupancy in the repaired home. Interest rates on the portion of the loan to be paid hack are geared to the homeowner's in- come, and 'range from 'no in- terest at all to a maximum of eight per cent per' year. ' , ' The OHRP program is ad- rninisteted •directly by the par- ticipating municipality which, once it has been granted funds, handles applications, inspec- tion, terms and amount of the loan, and repayment. • .OHRP is designed to provide loans for essential . housing repairs; such as structural and Sanitary improvements and the upgrading' ° of .plunih1ng, ht'at itig, and electrical sysic ins, Non-essential repairs, or work such as, additions to a home, a second bathroom or garage, or beyond -minimum -standards work is not eligible for lrrahs. All ' work done must he designed to bring the home up to the minimum standards set° by the - municipality. These- standards must be approved by the Ministry of 1 -lousing. In announcing details of the new program in an address to a Municipal Housing Workshop in London, -on September 19, the Hon. Donald R. Irvine, Ac ting Minister, said new housing alone cannot meet the .needy of all Ontario's residents, andeit is a 'false economy to adopt the wholesale destruction of older neighborhoods to accommodate new buildings, "We ccmcluded' there are areas which are just as mach in need of geoverntn('nt aid inthe renewal of their homes ts°those covered by the NIP and R12AP )perations.' ' Mr. Irvine gsaid. 'We decided .to :move heyorld the confines of these two programs and introduce. OHRP.'' • Mr. Irvine said the provincial -government has set astclt' $10 million foe the operation of OHRP in fiscal 197.1-1975, and has set target figures of over 3,700 units*of older housing to he henefically affected .by the repewal programs. it is Opec- ted the $10 million allocation will he repeated for the next twn,. years. "Ontario' has approximately mtllioti residential dwellings and at any time about five pet lent or 100,000 • of these homes are i,ff need of structural repair." Mr Irvine said 4 `''his 1(10,000 figure t` r•orighly equal Id an average full year's ,prodtk tion of ot°w hotisJttt; i11 0 Ontario. �'fttlttrt ;r program to maintain these houses Ontario would be'm danger'of'losing as xnanY units -,'f housipg as are brought on Stream annually,, - the Minister said. a Much of`,this older housing. stock was built at a time when materials and labor costs were substantially lower, and the O°HRP progf'am is. designed to ensure this- housing is kept in 'good --repair and will provide many more years of use. Actual processing of municipal requeststto take ad- vantage of the OHRP program are to he handled by the Com- munity Renewal Branch of the Ministry. . The branch also will work with municipalities wishing to institute the required minimum .standards of maintenance and • occupancy by-law ii or 'building • maintenance and health, safety :Ind sanitary standarcjs. The Community Renewal Branch is- also operating seminars' and ° workshop training sessions"for municipal ernploYees, whose rq,e as. building inspectors will take on greater importance under the OHRP program. Pull details of the program will be available to interested, homeowners from the municipal clerk or building..in= spector's department in par- ticipating municipalities. For homeowners in • unorganized municipalities, this information can' be ob- tained - from the Community Renewal Branch,, Ministry of Housing, 801 Bay Street,' Toronto:. Part two of this series will outline the specific steps a homeowner should take to ap- ply for ala OHRP 1paiCand will provide typical examples of cases'in which 'the prram can be applied. `"