The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-23, Page 16tl Ingham Advance -Times, November 23, 1977 PLOWING MATCH—Executive members of the Ontario Plowmen's Association met with members of the Interna- tional Plowing Match '78 executive on Tuesday to work out details of the upcoming match. Standing are Pat Telfer of Brant County, first vice president of the OPA; OPA Presi- dent Max Steadman from Lambton County; OPA Sec- retary -manager Ed Starr from Toronto; and Jim BY MURRAY GAUNT, MPP (HURON -BRUCE) Armstrong of RR 4, Wingham, second vice president of the OPA and a host farmer for the match. Seated are: Don Pullen, secretary to the local plowing match committee and county agricultural representative; Howard Deters, chairman of the local committee; Roy Pattison, vice chairman of the local committee; and Earl Hilderley, treasurer for the local committee. Report from Queen's Park The average cost per person for health care under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan for the 1976-77 fiscal year was $95.93, a 6.6 per cent increase over the previous year. Total payments for the 52.8 million claims sub- mitted for 1976-77 were $784 mil- lion. This represented six claims per person insured under the plan. Government legislation to pro- tect private land owners from legal action arising from injuries or deaths of recreation trail users is likely in Ontario, according to Frank Willer, minister of Natural Resources. Mr. Miller said the broadened protection is necessary to en- courage more land owners to co- operate in opening up new trails and to prevent many miles of existing trails being closed to the public. • On another' matter, Mr. Miller indicated that the Ontario government has allocated $2,775,000 for a five-year research program to improve the ac- curacy of predicting mineral dis- coveries. The program will pro- vide $550,000 a year for research at Ontario Universities. Mr. Miller indicated he hopes to devise methods of predicting the location of mineral resources in order to aid and simplify the exploration process. The provincial Social Services Ministry is prepared to help family court judges find places where troubled youngsters can receive care. The Children's Services Divi- sion of the ministry is prepared on an ad hoc basis to assist judges or any social agency to find suit- able treatment centres for diffi- cult to place children. Minister of Agriculture and Food, William Newman, has. an- nounced a program called "Foodland Ontario Program", which is designed to encourage the people of Ontario to purchase the products grown on Ontario farms. Gross value of agricultural products at the farm gate amounts to 2.7 million dollars an- nually. Twenty per cent of On- tario's population derives its livelihood from the agricultural industry in the province. In excess of 200 commodities are grown or produced com- mercially in Ontario. No other province produces such a wide range. Ontario accounts for close to 30 per cent of the value of the total Canadian agricultural produc- tion. ; The Howick Grapevine REPORT CARDS Report ,Dards from grades Kindergarten to 6 will be distri- buted on Friday, November 25. This card tells parents and stu- dents bow successful or un- successful they have been in their school work. Reporting pupil pro- gress is a very important school duty. We sincerely hope the re- ports paint a clear picture of each child's progress during the fall term. I'm sure everyone in the school hopes their Report Card is satisfactory and that mom and dad will be proud of their ac- complishments during the first term of the 1977-78 school year. —By Caroline Mulvey SKATING Since the Howick Community Centre has installed the ice, classes from Howick Central have .been taking advantage of the opportunity offered. Again this year Howick Central has rented the ice surface on Thurs- days and Fridays. Money paying for the pupils' enjoyment is raised by the selling of chocolate bars sponsored by the Students' Council. Each class in turn every Thursday or Friday brings their skates and during their double period of physical education go to the centre and enjoy skating skills taught by Mr. Livermore. Howick hopes to . continue this program as long as possible. —By Leisa Garniss HOWICK WINTER RULES The first snow has come and gone but already snowball fights NOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE! 0 Y� 5 YEARS ANNUAL F TEREST "FIXED TERM" 3/74 5 YEARS ANNUAL PrTERFSr "REDEEMABLE" YOU'RE VOT LOCAtD IN) GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES FOR F1 LL DETAILS CALI YOUR LOCAL G 1 C REPRESENTATIVE OR MAIL IN THE COUPON BELOW EiTI CONTINENTAL TRUST TORONTO MONTREAL VANCOUVER MFMBFR CANADA DEPOSIT INSI RANCE CORPORATION To receive more information mail today to: CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY. 145 King Street West. Toronto. Ontano NAME ADDRESS have started. Rules and bound- aries have been laid so that badly thrown snowballs don't break windows. Last Year there were only one or two windows broken which the person responsible paid for. The boundaries have helped lessen these accidents quite a bit. The rules are who you throw at also counts. If the person is by the school he can't be thrown at but if he is in the boundaries and has a snowball, he is a target. These rules help to save win- dows from being broken and pos- sibly people being injured. —By David McCaughan U.S. speaker for Ontario Federation meet Federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan will address the annual convention of the Qn- tario Federation of Agriculture, at the banquet on Tuesday eve- ning, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. (Tickets for the banquet must be obtained before 1:00 p.m. on the 29th) . OFA's annual convention is being held at the Holiday Inn In \downtown Hamilton, from, 9:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28 to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. The convention will also fea- ture a "Meet the Ministers" breakfast on Wednesday morn- ing, Nov. 30, at 8:00 a.m. (Tickets for the breakfast must be ob- tained before 5:00 p.m. on the 29th). Guest speaker at the conven- tion this year will be Tony Dechant, United States National Farmers' Union. Mr. Dechant will be speaking at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening. (No tickets are required to attend Mr. Dechant's address.) The first-ever Great Klondike International Outhouse Race will be run round Dawson City, September 4 as .part of Home- coming celebrations for Daw- son's Diamond Jubilee. Annual Belgr�ve Co-op Banquet and Dance 7 p.m,, Friday, Nov. 25 Dance to the music of the Moran Brothers in the Women's Institute Hall, Belgrave Tickets: Adults $400 Children $200 Available from directors or at the store. Bush jacket with zipper or button front closing • 9 • Pick the style you prefer' Both jackets have warm acrylic body lining and quilt - tined sleeves Button cuffs. Slash pockets with trim Sizes 36 to 46 Button front 'Shown) ...546-955 Zipper front (Not Shown) ........546-954 7,---(41,1111t, Country Coble Ltd. 1-800®265-6321 (No Charge to Dialing Party) Buy your home, life, boat, and auto insurance from a friend The Co -Operators your credit union sponsored insurance company Co-operation among Co -Ops. Located in the Credit Union Building. g Alfred St., [corner of Josephine St.] Wingham, Ont. North Huron Credit Union 357-2311 The Co-operators 357-3739 Town & Country Ch ristmas Sale Deluxe nylon parka Warm nylon parka with matching Sherpa -like pile body lining and' quilted sleeve lining. Has storm cuffs and dome flap closing over front zipper. Detachable draw- string hood. Blue. Sizes S,M,L•XL. 546-907 Quitted vest Give Dad this Fortrel' polyester -filled vest to take the chill off outdoor work. Has knit collar and side inserts. Extra long back for kidney protection Black Sizes 546-910 AM/FM tractor. radio 129esch Swivel base mounts on any surface, at any angle! Operates on 6 or 12 volt DC source. Headphone jack incl. Red: 572-227 Green: 572-230 Super 'YardMaster 14" gas chainsaw Cuts trees up to 28" thick. 1.9 cubic inch engine with chrome -plated cylinder. Automatic chain oiling. Hi - impact nylon glass -filled 12 pc. t/2.. drive socket set 2999 Includes .9 sockets from 766" to 15116" plus ratchet, extension bar and box. 550-149 AM/FM, AC/DC cassette recorder Has digital counter; record level/battery meter; radio sleep timer; pause control. Has condenser mic plus fa- . cility for hand mic. 541-543 110! housing won't rust, chip, crack or peel. Low -tone spark arresting muffler. 524-055 Power lantern 444 each Ideal for sportsmen, cam- pers, motorists. Bright Yellow lantern is highly visible. 6 volt battery included. 575-286 Prices in effect until December 24,1977 LJ c cj. UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO 357-2711 BELGRAVE BRANCH 887-6453 FINAy i AVAR ABLE THROUGH