Zurich Citizens News, 1974-01-24, Page 5THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1974
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Bayfield concerned about curves
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DAS/IW000 and OISTRICT NEWS
Correspondent: Mrs, iErvin Rader
UNITED CHURCH WOMEN
The United Church Women
of Calvary United Church held
their January meeting Tuesday,
January 15, with the Executive
in charge. Vice-president, Mrs.
Don Gaiser, was in charge with
the theme "Prayer." Mrs. Ken
McCrae was pianist, Mrs. •
William Chandler gave a prayer
and Mrs. Eben Weignad read
the scripture. Mrs. Jack Gaiser
gave a poem prayer - "Prayer of
Penitence." Mrs. Ken McCrae
and Mrs. Jack Gaiser sang a
duet, "Just Keep on Praying."
Annual reports of' all commit-
tees were read and accepted.
Twenty-six people attended
the meeting. The Sunshine
Committee is Mrs. Ralph Web-
er and Mrs. Cora Gaiser.
Rev. Bruce Guy introduced
Rev. Glen Wright and Rev.
Cecil Widdick who had a prog-
ram on Evangelism in which
everyone participated and
shared. Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Snell sang four selections
which were most inspiring.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Tie -
man attended the furniture show
in Toronto last week.
Garnet WIllert has returned
home from Victoria Hospital,
London.
Brenda, Charlotte, and Karen
Miller, Zion, were house guests
of Mr. and Mrs, Irvin Rader
Sunday night while their parents
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller
waited out an overnight hydro
interruption due to the sleet
storm. Although many of our
trees are deformed by the storm
and Sunday supper was a cold
affair, Dashwood was very fort-
unate that the hydro breaks
weren't longer.
The Ratepayers meeting of
Dashwood will be held Tuesday,
January 29, at 8 p. m. in the
Community Centre.
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A father says his teen-age son'
took a job -aptitude test; he was
found to be suited for retirement.
(by Milvena Erickson)
Bayfield council met in reg-
ular session Monday evening,
and through correspondence,
received a letter from John
Berry, secretary of the Huron
County Library Board, request-
ing an itemized statement of
expenses incurred in 1973 for
the Village Library. A letter was
received from Dry Dock Marine
pertaining to the old Clinton
Road, and a letter from the
Ministry of Community and
Social Services with an enclos-
ure re - 1974 community centre
grants structure.
Another letter was received
from the Ministry stating W.O.
Herold's objection, by Blue
Anchor, to the Secondary Plan.
Correspondence from the Min-
istry of Labour regarding empl-
oyment standards for 1974-75,
contained information on min-
imum wage standards, vacation
pay and compulsory statuatory
holidays.
Council discussed letters to
be sent to the proper authorities,
requesting an interim waterlot
licence, 40' x 1400' on the
south side of the Bayfield River;
west from the old bridge abut-
ment to the easterly end of the
government wall; sent a request
to Ausable-Bayfield River Auth-
ority requesting them to do an
engineering study on erosion
control in the village. Council
agreed to send a letter to the
Ministry of Transportations and
Communications requesting
the signing of a dangerous curve
on Highway 21 in the village --
a large warning sign, complete
with two red flashing lights;
and asked that early considerat-
ion be given the request,
(continued on page 11)
TODAY
There is only today between you and tomorrow
Which is why Canada Pension Plan benefits
will be increased today and will be kept in line
with the cost increases of tomorrow
What this means to you as a beneficiary
From January 1st 1974, Canada Pension Plan benefit payments
will be adjusted to reach ... then maintain a level in line with
the actual cost of living.
If you are receiving monthly benefits that began during the
period 1967 to 1973, your benefits have been recalculated so
that the amount you receive in 1974 is related to the actual
increase in the cost of living over the years your benefits have
been paid. When you receive your January 1974 benefit cheque,
you will see that it has been increased. The increase in your
payment will vary from 8% to 20% and will depend on the year
in which your benefit first became payable.
In future years, if living costs continue to rise, you can expect
further increases in your benefits based on current cost of
living data.
What this means to you as a contributor
Asa contributor to the Canada Pension Plan, you are building
a basic and portable retirement plan for the future and at the
same time,providing current protection for yourself and your
dependents against the possibility of severe disability or early
death.
In order to protect the value of your eventual benefits, the
Canadian Parliament has passed legislation which ensures that
the contributions you make today will give benefits that
maintain the purchasing power of today's wages twenty, thirty
o'r even fifty years from now ... when you need it!
To achieve this, the Government plans to have the earnings
ceiling — the maximum amount on which contributions are paid
and on which benefits are calculated — increased each year
so that it will reach, and then keep even with the average
earnings of Canadian industrial workers. This ceiling will be
raised from $5,600.00 in 1973, to $6,600.00 in 1974 and
$7,400.00 in 1975.
This new earnings ceiling means thatthe.year's basic exemp-
tion -- the initial amount on which you do not pay contributions
— is changed from $600.00 in 1973 to $700.00 for 1974.
These changes also mean that the maximum employee con-
tributions will increase from $90.00 a year in 1973 to $106.20
in 1974. Your contribution is matched by your employer.
In the case of self-employed persons, the maximum annual
contribution is increased to $212.40 for 1974 as against $180.00
last year. For earnings of less than $5,700,00, there will be no
increase in contributions.
The change in the earnings ceiling means that the maximum
retirement pension will rise from $90.71 for pensions effective
in December 1973 to $134.97 for those whose pensions will
begin in December 1975. As the maximum earnings levels for
the years after 1975 continue to rise, so will the maximum
retirement pensions in those years. There will also be increases
in the maximum values each year for disability and survivors'
benefits.
if you have any questions or would like further Informa-
tion, please write:
Canada Pension Plan,
Department of National Health and Welfare,
Place Vanier, Tower "A",
Ottawa, Ontario,
K1 A 01.1.
Your contributions today ensure your protection
tomorrow..
1*
Department of National
Health and Welfare
Ministere de la Sante nationale
et du Bien -etre social
Marc Lalonde, Minister,