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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-08-25, Page 3I,y Chi • 1 GODERICH SIGNe1ii. s'TAR, T • tl' a is ober 1 will. have, Meriarn said his men should' to occupy—their- be -able -to-change-the speed they've:.iigured- JJmit::sigs ` u:, iericJi,.,in_e. tnr .__ ` 1 :".,., _He: said e.te'rtYperatWft'. °°ooutrs the cond• phase of ---only.; signs :eeding.._changes flop starts at the are ' On the two highways hen coming. into Goderich, High- ways 8 and 21. He said there were 14 signs showing current limits of 45 mph. and 30 mph. and those would be changed to 70 kmh: and 50. kmh. respectively. • Meriarn explained that the change wassimply an overlay on the sign changing driving to wok ., Public works foreman Stan of the month w speeds and traffIc will be calculated, in s rather than mlles. angpoyer brings one step closer to o deadline the nt announced five when they decided e to the metric mil (litre) At that time few id any attention to c system but now over two years until icial, people are to wonder how r learn it. t big change was in er. People got up mg and it was 85 t and the next day wn to 29. Not only millimetres of rain during the night.. year later, most an calculate the ure, wind and on but still feel e to convert to it, miles per hour s before they know ike out. nge to the use of s on the roads result in a similar Speed limits in eities will remain the numbers and the mph. He said the stickers would cost $1,000. Town clerk Harold Walls said the two streets were connecting links for provincial highways and that the normal procedure for that is the town to foot the original bill and the province %sub- sidize half the cost. Speculation as to where the next change will be made has several businesses and services concerned in Goderich. Some feel the next change will be in weights and some are certain the foot, inch and yard will be next to fall by the wayside. A spokesman for a lumber company in Goderich is not enthused about the prospect of going metric in his tirade. He said he didn't know a thing about . any changes in the He said the children that ;started learning the con- ventipnal system are now bein8• .t i -SYslems,, -with"the intention -of -having -- them ntention•of-havingthem_ switch..completeJyiater in their schooling. He said the That may not .be too eon - fusing to. the patient since he already -knows his height ante. And ,•ne Y '""ba<t dime he went- to hospitAl`.tiut t e' 414421 -may be ;confused when he is told his wife just hada eff season illimetre somewhere :else'so I have to miles to Clinton, they will stock both --`for a while always_.dr-ive--50--miles--per anyhO�, ',� hour and a nice summer e..z Wt+wa+s2.;,u•..7 �A.,,Y.7„4,ZAtte!G.eC.+"+.:1-41A414,,- eNtaytyyte•"... 'Y'` r GE"I"THE OLD about 80 degrees. F. Bat then ,....The ,_1heery:_, behind the there were some who thought change is that when learning Henry Ford was weird for staying in, his garage until the mg -means milligram sciences did not suffer any great change since they have always been taught using the metric system. Smith said he felt he had "caught on" to the metric system and claimed that - when someone use d Fahrenheit temperatures he found himself converting to Celsius. He said he felt there would be problem using kilometres rather than miles adding that the children would be taught the kilometre this year. Ed Rowe, manager of the Maitland Golf Course, said baby that- weighed 3.6 kilograms, was 52 cen- timetres long and was born at 1900 hours. The hardware trade may have to ,rspend Some extra money to convert to metric according to Phil Main, operator of a ithrdware store. He ,said he felt the crunch would come in nuts and bolts when the metric system prevailed. Ile said the change would require him to stock both sizes , of nuts and bolts explaining that anything requiring a nut and bolt that was built after the change metric people are not to compare conventional weights and measures. The idea is that when someone says I'm 6 foot two inches you know he's 1.9 metres tall. That isn't the case however and most people try to compare a metric Measure to what they know and the cenfusion begins. Advertising agencies had a hayday with metric convertors with a firm's name printed on it and people are to use the handy pocket size convertors to master the metric system. That's not always the case kg means kilogram the course had not been converted to metric yet -but probably would be comOuted for -next season. He said he has played some larger courses around Toronto this year and that the holes are measured in both yards and metres and the tee signs have both measures on them. He said he,11 never understand "why the change was rricle" and when asked if the er hour and 50 miles will remain on the But instead of those speeds Will clip along at 50 s per hour in town e highway. lice departments he Goderrch W that it will be- all le. Constable Bill the Goderich 0.P.P. that he wasn't all liar with the metric ding that he and his officers would have to "bone up on reparation for the said that nothing issued by 0.P.P. y regarding the - t pointed out that s been plenty of 100 cm 1 trade but added tha't he is sure it will be coming soon. He said he felt the metric conversion was "a crazy mixed up mess" and con- ceded that he was "going to find it hard" to change. He said the bulk of the work "invOlVed in the'switeh would be thine by his firm 't" head " office estimating the costs to be between $10,000 and $20,000. He said the company would probably have to hire half a dozen extra people to convert to metric and to change lumber price books and have the new books printed. He assumed he would still be selling lumber by the piece and for the same price but didn't know what the measure would be on that piece. 111 Maitland had been switched replied "let me put it 'this Rowe said he had yet to see a course that had done away with the yard and was measured in metres alone. He said 18 holes at the Maitland were 5,87,,7 yards 'whicii next season will be 5,367 metres. The Sunset Golf Course also has no firm plans now to switch to metric and a spokesman for the course said she didn't know what the course would be , under the new system. The 18 hole course is 5,320 yards which will be 4,862 metres. I'M WHAT? Jack Hotchkiss, assistant administrator at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, 10 oFF 1 OF pur Yof 11/2 EIR m (metre) 1 km (kilometre) en to motorists.- He e radar sets would d over by the first nth and would be in kilometres. He ome problems may hen police are g distances and traffic accident He said the new ents may result in usion in court but that the problems mply have to be t. ybu have to learn you usually do," We have been told ar simpler to learn easure by simply ether than always g it, to inches, feet obably going. to be big headache," said Gerry Hilgendorf. orf, of the Goderich d he felt that the t dreamed up the The spokesman said the switch to metric would probably be easier for younger folks adding that when someone doe's something one way all their life it's hard to change. He said he knew what a board foot was but he didn't know what it will become under the metric systerh. Children learning weights and measures in primary Your toothpaste comes in millilitres (inl) schools are being given an. added advantage over their parents by being taught the metric way rather than the conventional method. Ralph Smith, principal of Robertson Memorial Public School, said there would be no great curriculum change this year in the schools to go metric adding that the switch has been made a gradual thing things that come in litres splash & spill naetrie should come ch and set things int no•th the metric dding that he will ve to "play it by orf also felt there c.omplications and In the courts over olations in cases accident occurred. he best he could do t the changeover ean In the Goderich ent would be guess nothing had been d. He did say the iis for speed checks be calibrated to s per hour for the deadliath over the past few years. He said mathematics is being taught inthe metric and while the numbers are the same the terminology is different, working with millimetres instead of inches. kg means kilogram mg means milligram Smith said OW teachers are being given supplemental material for courses and that as text books are replaced in the schOols they are being replaced with metric books. He said the expense involved with a wholesale change is too great and that the books are being eeplaced in the normal said the facility had already switched- to the metric systenn. He said all the drugs and medications were measured in metric adding that they always had been,. He said the biggest change was made in heights and weights of people and in the use of the 24 hour clock. He said the records the hospital keeps are in metric. adding that his professional staff had few problems with the conversion but, the patients were sometimes confused. . A patient six feet tall weighing 180 pounds entering the hospital at 3:00 in the afternoon becomes a patient 1.8 metres tall weighing 81 kilograms entering the hospital at 1500 hours. Kin give $43 million It was announced in Toronto on the occasion of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs Annual Convention that the Association provided $43,679,413.69, through their 563 Kinsmen Clubs from coast to coast. Wayne Boddy, National President of the Association stated: "At an average of over $69,000 per club, this is the highest air Association has ever taised in a 12 month period. In fact., I believe this is an- all time retord for any service club in the history of our country." was made would require a metric replacement but something huilt before that time would require a con- however and many of the handy, pocket size convertors require a Philadelphia lawyer to understand. To Metric — 98% of the world knows it — so it must be easy.. ventional replacement. "If someone comes in the store needing a half inch bolt to fill a half inch hole he has to have a half inch bolt," said Main. "If all I have is metric bolts then he may have to come as close as he can or go orn prices decline Declining corn prices have created much interest by Huron County farmers in corn stabilization plans, says, Mike Miller, associate ag. rep. for the county. For the 1976 crop, the Federal support price is $2.18 per bushel. This covers all corn sold between September 1, 1976 and August 31, 1977. It does NOT guarantee a producer $2.18 lor his corn, but is based on the average price for the year (September to August), which currently is close to $2.18. To date there is a possibility of a small payment - 6-10 cent to 1 cent per bushel, which would be available on any sale of corn, whether sold at $2.30 or $1.80. The final price and payment (if any) will be announced in October and producers would have to submit sales invoices along with the application. Maximum limitations have not been announced to date. For the 1977 crop the year- average - this will be above the $2.18 of the 1976 crop - but how much is not clear and it will not be an- nounced until well into 1978. It could be $2.25 - $2.30 range and in most other aspects would function like the 1976 Support price, with payment to be made in late fall of 1978. For 1977 Crop there are tentative plans for an Ontario Corn Stabilization Program. This program would 1) Require Enrolment forms ; have a fee of 3-4 cents per bushel (payment of fee deferred until plan pays out); add approximately 10 - 11 cents per bushel to the 1977 Federal 'Support Level; have the same Sept. 1, 1977 to August 31, 1978 date; Have a maximum payment of 30,000 bUshels per man. Producers are urged to watch for two further an- nouncements in September and October. -The first - enrolment forms and deadline for the Ontario Corn Stabilization Program for their 1977 Corn Crop. The second the possibility of application forms for 1976 Federal Corn Support Price if some the song five foot two, eyes of blue will always be but to others it 'will become 1.6 metres, eyes of... That --May be one of the major stumbling blocks with*" the conversion. To some people it will always be 12 wee hours of the morning. 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