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HENSALL
Survey to determine
need for housing
The Ontario Housing Corpora-
tion (O.H.C.) on behalf of the
Ministry of Housing will conduct
a survey to determine the need
and demand for senior citizen
housing in the Village of Hensall
and the Townships of Usborne
and Hay.
A research analyst will esti-
mate the number of senior citi-
zens living in the community
whose housing is inadequate or
who are spending more than they
can afford on accomodation.
The demand in the area for
such Ontario Housing Corpora-
tion accommodation on a rent -
geared -to -income basis will be
determined from information
gathered through advertising,
direct mail questionnaires, inter-
views and applications on file
with the local housing managers.
The study, which will begin
soon, was requested by the
Municipal Council of the Village
of Hensall.
It will include an assessment
of economic trends, growth
factors and current and future
housing needs in the municipali-
ty.
Letters 'outlining O.H.C.'s
senior citizen rental housing pro-
gram will be mailed to senior
citizens, asking them if they wish
to participate. If an interested
senior citizen does not receive a
questionnaire by mail, he or she
may obtain one from The Clerk's
Office, Village of. Hensall, Hen-
sall,:,Ontario, NOM 1X0.
A typical senior citizen apart-
ment consists of a bedroom,
living room, bathroom and a
kitchen which is equipped with
a stove and refrigerator. In
larger cities senior citizen accom-
modation may he provided in
high-rise buildings, but in most
communities the typical senior
citizen development is a one or
two-storey building.
After it receives the result of
the survey, the municipality
can initiate the development
process by adopting a resolution
asking O.H.C. to provide the
required accommodation.
Senior citizen housing is erect-
ed at no capital cost to the Munic-
ipality. The Federal Govern-
ment, through Central Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, lends
O.H.C. 90 per cent of the capital
cost and the province lends
O.H.C. the balance. Both
governments are repaid by
O.H.C. with interest.
O.H.C. makes an annual grant
to the municipality to cover
normal municipal taxes. - The
Federal Government pays
hall' the cost of rent subsidies,
the Provincial Government pays
42 1, 2 per cent, and the Muni-
cipality 7 1; 2 per cent.
Minor changes
for arena
Hensall council is planning
structural changes for the arena
to comply with saftey regulations.
However, as a good deal of work
was done on the arena last year,
the changes remaining will not
be drastic.
Last year $35,000 was spent in
fixing the arena. The money
used last year was from taxation,
but Hensall clerk Bob Heil says
council wants to do as much as
possible • with donations this
year to take advantage Of as many
grants as possible. No cost esti-
mates on the work to be done
have been carried out. and coun-
cil has not bugeted for.' the
further construction necessary.
A fund-raising committee and
chairman will likely he appointed
at the next regular meeting of
the Hensall council.
GRAND FINALE—Saturday evenings Fiddling Jamboree in Hensall closed the weekend's competitions
with the Grand Finale. All of the finalists that competed on the last day participated in this event.
TA Photo
Fiddlers converged on
Hensall for competition
Kathy Reed is eight: years: old
and. already a veteran. Kathy,
from Sudbury, was the youngest
competitor to compete in the sixth
annual Ontario Fiddler's Contest
held in Hensall June 18 and 19.
This is the fourth year in a row
that she has played, each year
being the youngest competitor.
At the other .end of the scale
were Henry Adkins, Hensall,
and Albert Romphe of Parkhill,
who were the oldest competitors
in the event; both playing at the
auc of 83.
All three were part of a group
of 81 people who cane from as far
away as the Northwest Territor-
ies and California to compete in
.the contest that drew just under
3,000 people and handed out
$3,000 in prize money. ,
Many of the spectators took
advantage of the camping facilit-
ies, provided by the 'organizers
although a low point on the
weekend was the poor turnout
for the movie "American Gra-
fitti" sponsored by. the Kinettes
and shown Saturday afternoon.
Ed Gvurki, a Woodstock native,
took top honours in the open class
beating out Ron Reed of Sudbury
and Eleanor Townsend of Fergus.
Gyurki is a former All Canadian
and Ontario champion fiddler.
There were seven fiddle classes
and three step -dancing categor-
ies. Winners in various cate-
gories are as follows:
35 to 55 years: George Mitche-
ll, St. Catharines; Ken Majaury,
Kitchener; Walter Munn, Hamil-
ton.
Women's Open: Kathy Fer-
guson, Kitchener; Alice Urecks,
Toronto; Karen Campbell, Bel-
mont.
20 and under: Kevin Regicr,
Elmira; Jim Campbell, Belmont;
Glen MacDonald, Aylmer. ,
50 to 70: Viggo' Sorensen,
Atwood; Eugene Builbeault, Bel-
le River, Quebec; Nelson Howc,
Staffa.
12 and under: Robert Reed,
Sudbury; Rick Young, Tillson-
burg; Kathy Reed, Sudbury.
70 and over: Ernie Adair,
Parkhill; Robert Rennie, Shake-
speare; Albert Romphe, Parkhill.
Novelty class: Rocky Nash,
Scarborough; George Mitchell,
St. Catharines, Kevin Regier,
Elmira.
Step dancing -12 and under:
Lucy Goffett, Almonte; Cindy
Willoughby, Watford; Ann Marie
McQuaid, Seaforth.
13 to 25: Nancy Chessel,
Mitchell; Brenda Cowan, Alnion-
te; Susan Watty, Kinburn.
25 and over: Jing Petrie, At-
wood; Henry Adkins, Hensall.
. . . Can be your down payment on a
big car or the full price of the AUSTIN
MINI. But, if you can't fill your present
tank up on $5.00 at the gas pumps,
think of what you're missirig!
You can have a
lot of fun on
the money
left over.
FIDDLING AND STEPDANCING—Stepdancing was also a part of
the Fiddlers Jamboree in Hensall last weekend and one winner in
this competition was Lucy Goffet of Almonte. She won first out of
18 contestants in Class I which included children 12 years old and
tinder. Citizens News Photo
Helen J. Blackwell, daughter of
Mr. David Blackwell and the
late Mrs. Lillie K. (Miller)
Blackwell, Fl .R. #2, Hensall,
graduated on June 18th at the
Convocation of Fanshawe Coll-
ege, London, from the Medical
Secretarial Programme. Helen
is also a graduate of South
Huron District High School,
Exeter.
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