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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-07, Page 3A-. . 4w r PEAR EDITOR� 4 (continued, from page 2) reduce the amount of fertilizer that we must apply to our. lawns and gardens each year. Do people not..realize thatoit is against the law to burn leave,? Under the Paws established by the Ministry of • the Environment with respect to air pollution, a person can be fined for burning leaves and causing air pollution. Think about the problems you they cause before you light the next 'match. Show that' you are an intelligent, knowledgeable and thoughtful -resident of Goderich. Yours truly, Mr. J.C. Lusted Candidates' night Dear Editor: As election time draws near we.must be careful not to lose sight of the fact that the people whom we decide to represent our interests inthe town will be in fact, directors of a million dollar corporate business. We are shareholders in this business and the qualifications of those who seek office must be carefully scrutinized in the' light of the 'responsibilities that • must be assumed. . As citizens it its our respon- sibility to knos the candidates, not -only by. 'name, .but "also, by attitude. One way in which this °' can be ` accomplished isby. urging the organization to .. which you belong to sponsor a Candidates' Night. ,Personally, I would ap- preciate the opportunity of speaking with any, group of people who are concerned about the direction of our corn munity affairs. Please feel free to call me at 524-9924 if you would like me, to ,,help you arrange a coffee meeting with your group or neighbours. filled with delightful coloured pictures. We carefully. cradled our chinas; `teapot on top of a teapot to bring it safely back. It was an interesting ex- perience to be approached by young boys seeking chewing gum to trade for various Russian pins. To get rid of the boys you would say "He T" (pronounced Nyeht) which is • the Russian word for "no". We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. We were particularly im- pressed with the friendliness of the Russian people. For exam- ple, the "taxi" we ailed tur- ned- out to be a Ru tan citizen with a 'Gar like a t xi who took us all our many miles across the city of Mo cow for the payment ,' of o e Canadian dollar: Although we ould not like ',to live in Russ' and were glad to get back o Canadian soil, our trip was a interesting and eye;opening xperience. If you have. an ad entilcesome spirit, a sense of umor and lots of patience, g and visit the Union of Soviet ocialist Republics.. Norm n• and Nancy Nickell Yours. truly,: Joan Van den ' Broeck Liked Russia. DEAR Editor;. Having just returned from Russia, it was with great disap- pointment that we'read the ar- ticle,, entitled "Huron County visitors in Russia say Moscow like city at War." Our wariness of . Russian Customs was unwarranted for they whisked us through in just• an hour. Our hotel of 3,000 rooms was comfortable and clean. It even had a three -station radio which played beautiful stereo music. We even heard a -Simon and Garfunkel album on one of the stations. If silence:was desired you turned the button to zero. It seemed strange to see a whole city with' nothing' but ,apartment buildings and nu single houses. However, housing is inexpensive. The average ° salary is „i26 rubles and rent is 9 rubles.. . While souvenir shopping was a little difficult in that it takes • a long time to . buy an item using the Russian method -(You line up to•see the item, line up to pay for it and line up to pick it up) -we were very pleased with our purchases.' Wooden figures , are quite reasonable' and skilfully carved: Our two beautiful children's books in English (translated• from Russian) are well written and ere were parents Dear' Editor: Like 'many concerned citizens'' Ip was appalled when I heard albut the events of the Hallowe'en night and saw some of the results of this vandalism next morning on the Square. I heard eyewitness reports of the many forms of provocation to which members of our Police Force were subjected and I was deeply disappointed that our young people do not have sense enough to appreciate the quality and 'spirit of our Police ',under Chief King. The obvious question in many minds is — where were the parents? I understand that the majority of the destructive mob was quite young', even pre - teenage youngsters. There is no element of fun in such a Hallowe'en and there is no resemblance to "manliness" in any behaviour, resorting to van- dalism, destruction Arid abuse.. A monkey can use an iron bar to break glass and throw ob- jects. • I have no doubt that the majority of young people -has a more advanced' and construc tive sense of values and I hope that the more mature and sen- sible young people themselves will find a way to influence in a morepositive way those whose minds are not yet developed to funct'on in a civilized manner. I see Constable Hills'.picture on the front page and the whole case saddens me deeply. I feel. o• 0 (;(1)Elllr1I SIGNAL. -STAR, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ?, 1974 -PAGE; 3 Trudy„ Holmes •of Wingham was elected as a director of the Huron -Middlesex Liberal Association at their annual meexing in Zurich on Wednesday. With her are John Lyndon, past candidate, Charlie Thomas, executive vice-president and Graeme Craig, District vice- president, Walton T -A photo JACK'S JOTTINGS FROM QUEEN'S PARK Jock Riddell, How MPP Liberal Leader Robert Nixon's non -confidence motion debated in the 1 -louse this week and which dealt with the Government's failure to bring forward effective programmes to° moderate the inflationary pressures on the cost of living, especially in the areas of food,. rent and fuel, was received with some adverse criticism.:. There seem to be a general lack of understanding as to the non-co.nfide,nce motion. This is e means 'of getting `serious 'debate on the floor of the House. The Liberal Party s Attend annual Liberal meeting as sorry_ _ ! the pictures of those who, l*a oked him could not be displayed beside him,"with the full description of their part in the episode. Is it a "fun thing" to abuse and provoke those who work to protect us? At the same time 'I am moat - favourably impressed by Chief King's' swift and cleancut ac- tion in doing clearly and visibly h, what was necessary. Again I must say — somehow I had ex- pected . that particularly our young ,people can sufficiently appreciate the quality of being fair, open, firm and just. • I have nothing but respect for" our Police Force. Subjecting it to abuse of any kind is doing a disservice to all of us. Perhaps it is •time- to examine our at- titudes. A Police Officer is not our adversary, but our protec- • tor. We take the protection for The • Huro'n-Middlesex Liberal Association named four honorary presidents to act as advisors to --the association at their annual dinner -meeting last' week. Pictured from left to right are, past president, Colin Campbell, honorary presidents Gordon McGavin, A.Y. MacLean, and George Inglis, and past. candidate, John Lyndon. Missing is Mr. Elston. T -A photo the Official Opposition is whether there was any infor- allowed two nonconfidence =don ,available about. the motions a year whereas the assembly of 10,000 acres, more New Democratic Party as the or less of land in the Edward. third party, is allowed one non sburgh, Township.. Mr. Irvine confidence' motion during cine � ' insisted that he did not know" session.. In fact the Liberals for what purpose the land is were criticized for not making assembled •or who is acquiring use of this device. option on the farmland, He The Liberal Party when in- said it remained to be seen troducing the non -confidence —whether it would be a Govern - motion, as a minority party, did ment undertaking. not expect to win the vote in • In reply to Opposition this context but was only affor- questioning, as to' whether any ding the opportunity to discuss priority is given to children of inflation in the area' where it is residents of the Province of On: of utmost concern to the people. tario to attend,, professional During the debate these vital universities of this Province, issues were discussed and by The Minister of,'Colleges and way of specific proposals, Mr: Nixon strongly. urged that a commitment for a balanced cr surplus budget in 19751976, must come from the Premier, that a price review, procedure must be established by the Province and that a municipal rent review procedure be established, whereby a Board shquld have powers to call wit- nesses and compel evidence as arbitrators in landlord -tenant rent disputes. Mr. 'Nixon said that expan- Universities • Mr.. James' Auld, indicated to the Legislature that individual universities get admission policies and throughout the Providree about 84 percent of the first year ' students are.Canadian citizens. For the 582 first ;year'positions available at the five medical schools in the Province there was a total of 8,733 ap- plications. Ontario ‘Health Minister Frank Miller 'has indicated that there would be -no increase ,in ded powers should be given to OHIP premiums in the -next the Ontario Energy Board, so fiscal. year. that all fuel prices, as well as There has been reports that energy prices could come under ceilings on hospital spending its jurisdiction. Ontario's will be removed, However, the position in negotiating with the Minister has pointed out that a federal government irk, this Provincial "Ceiling does exist. regard should be predicated on. This is the fixed sum which will the policy that -price increases , be available to the Ministry. for Canadian resources must The sum • total of fund's"°' serve all 'Canadians and not requested by hospitals must be just those in the Province of capable of being' contained origin. within the funds available. It Mr. Stephen Lewis, Leader of vas°agreefl that the percentage' the New Democratic Party, in impact of 'existing inflationary support of the Non -confidence factors ' would vary from one motion said that the New hospital to another. The 1075 Democratic, Party understood budgetary procedure for 1975 the international realities of in- was accepted in advance by the flation, they understood the Ontario Hospital Association. continental realities, and that they accepted the Premier.'" Mr. Albert Roy, Liberal „contention that inflation and Member for Ottawa East, the pressures on the cost of asked, Mrs. Margaret Birch, living generally°are very much Secretary for Social Develop - a national • phenomenon and ment, about the pamphlets that it is, therefore, difficult for • being distributed by the Con - a province to intercede. servative Party Of Ontario, .urr'- He felt, however; that there • der the title • "Body Politic". are ways for the Province of The pamphlets were sent to all Ontario to intrude itself in the Librarians of schools'across defence of the consumer, and the Province under a tetter that there has been a total ab- signed by Duncan,Green, which diction of responsibility on the indicated` that the staff -as well part 'of the Government - in as.the students of high schools fact, a kind of surrendering of would find this information the right to govern - by 'not in- helpful and should prove useful truding .on behalf of the con- in the Canadian ' studies of sumer and protecting the con- courses at the schools. The kit sumer in a situation quite so contained a picture of Premier desperate and so savage as this Davis, ' pamphlets titled, A is, particularly for low and Profile of the Davis Govern - fixed income earners. ' • 'rnent, The Priorities of the During the question and an- .Davis Government, The swer period, Robert Nixon wan- Progressive Conservative ted to know from .the Minister Tradition in Ontario, and also of Housing, ' Donald Irvine descriptions of Government programs. Mrs. Brich indicated that she was not aware, that these had,been distributed and that she would ,look •into the matter. Executive members from the south east portion of the Huron - Middlesex riding were elected at the annual dinner meeting bf the Liberal Association meeting last week. From left to . right are Ivan Kalbfleisch, treasurer; Howard .Aitken, district vice- president for Goderich;'Wilson Hodgins, district vice-president for Ailsa Craig, Lucan McGillvray and " Biddulph; Dave granted, let us also start to take the dignity andmerit of the job for, granted. Too many people talk too ,much about their "rights" and not enough about the responsibilities of. being part of a civilized community. I have a lot of understanding for young .people, in all kinds of situat°ions. I have defended them on many occasions in the past and 'I shall do it again; But I see absolutely no excuse for violence, destruction and vandalism. Even if you have a point, you cannot really make it by throwing Molotov cocktails or red paint; you have .a mach better chance by using your head — your wit as well as the verbal power. a . Yours) sincerely, Elsa Haydon. Bay :b Beef Sides (Average Gross Weight 175-200 lbs.) Sides of Lean Pork CUT FREE (Save 20c Ib.) SPECIALS LB. w�lb. Ground - Extra rean. Chuck Steak /Fresh Pork Live Fresh - no backs Legs &Breosts Shod .Rib.: Roasts (Save 30c Ib. Centre SirIoin & T -Bone Steaks (Guaranteed tender). 79c 69( 89c 49c lti. 89c L. 98c LB 51.69 ti • ins MARKET LIMITED 1 06 THE SCARE 4-8551 5 McClure, district vice-president for . Exeter, Stephen and Usborne; Paul St-0eckle, district vice-president for Hay, Hensall, Stanley, Zurich . and Bayfield; Graeme Craig, district vice president for •'Walton and Tuckersrnith; and Don Kay, district Vice-president for Clinton, Goderich township, Nutlet and Vanastra.' T -A photo. . At the annual meeting of the Huron -Middlesex Liberal association the following members. were. elected to the 'executive representing the north section of the riding. From left to right (front row) are Howard Aitken, Goderich• district Three fixes, two cows, one pony vice-president; Jean Adams, director; Beryl Harper; John Horn, secretary, (back row) .Joon Lyndon, past candidate, Bruce Williams,. director; Arnoldtinnisson, assistant secretary; and Don Kay district vice-president, Clinton area. Surge of rabies cases causes no surprise An increase 'in. incidents of rabid animals in Huron County has not caused alarm in the Health of Animals Branch of Agriculture Canada but the Seaforth based office has had six cases brought to their Mtn - tion in the 'past three' weeks. Doctor W.J. Thompson, District Veterinarian 'for 'the Health of •Anitnais branch 'reported that from January to the end of August there were;n° rabies reported but the last three 'weeks have changed that. The six cases brought to the attention of Doctor. Thompson have not surprised him since the disease is one 'that spawns slowly and can develop anytime. "Rabid animals can carry the disease for great lengths of time before they are affected and it becomes contagious through a bite," he' said. The infected animals have been isolated in the northern' portion of the county. Two cows, one pony and two foxes have 's red in been discovered e d cw Howick and Turnliry Town- ships as well as' one fox- in Stanley. The office of Health of Animals depends On the public ` ..f:. r People that discover animals acting strangely or veterinarians treating animals they suspect of rabies report the cases Co the federal office. The Ministry of Natural Resources office in Wingham is - also concerned with rabies but,_ have had no positive cases reported to them. One Ministry spokesman said that a rabid fox was reported hut no animal' was fonts'. to substantii'ate the claim. When an animal is suspected , of carrying the disease it—is destroyed and its heat) sent to the University of Guelph for sirt:ilvr;r 1{ chi+, tr+cta, MVP positive the office that sent in the specimen is notified so, that any, other animals' may be kept out of danger by concerned owner Dr. 'Thompson said that no extra effort is being made :to wipe out the present proble'frt but the government is Spon, soring research to 'develop a vaccine against rabies. The occurrence of the disease sat this time of year is unusual 'but the cycle of rabies is Such that it could become evident iti quantity at any time, although it is most common in the spring: �K- The Minister of Housing, Mr, Donald Irvine, . announced yesterday the signing of agreements to construct 3,033 subsidizI'.Units under the On- tario Housing Action Program. The 'Province promised to produce 12,000 units for the year 1974. It is hoPed that the housing starts for this Province will be up to 90,000 units, a considerable drop from ''last year which was approximately 110,000 units. Of the 3,033 subsidized units under the Ontario Housing -Ac- tion Program :only 1:167 units (-Ir 38% of the subsidized units will be priced for the HOME program income range of below $14,500, The income group below $8,000, which represents a significant number of families . in this Province, has not been mentioned. • One of my constituents wrote to me, unfortunately omitting her address making it difficult to respond, and raised a matter which I am sure concerns many. senior citizens. She was under 'the misapprehension that the new " Drug Benefit Program required her to obtain a prescription each time she needed a refill. Senior citizens ate given four drug cards at a time, and doc- tors, may authorize a supply of drugs upt.to' six months. If a senior citizen wants more than ,one month's. supply of drugs,' all he or she' has to do is deposit the corresponding num. be!. of cards,. with one phar- , tnacist. This is the procedure which can be followed by ::+enior citizens patrt eularly those who have transportation difficulties or those who wish td spend a holiday away Trona home for \any length of time.