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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-08-29, Page 2The Lambton County Board of Education SCHOOL OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT. 1974 - 75 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: Forest Central, Woodside, Aberarder, Errol Public, Kinnaird, Grand Bend, Bosanquet Central. Elementary pupils will commence school at 9:00 a.m. on September 3, 1974 and will complete a half-day session. All classes will be dismissed at noon on September 3. Kindergarten students will commence and attend according to the schedule arranged with the school principal, The afternoon has been designated for professional activities for the teachers in the elementary schools and schools for the trainable retarded, For further information, parents may contact the local school' principal during the week of August 26 to August 30. Kindergarten to Grade 4 pupils will enrol at Central Public School, Forest and Grades 5 to 8 at Woodside Public School. Kindergarten and grades 7 and 8 students from Errol will attend Aberarder Public. Bus transportation to Kinnaird and Bosanquet Central will follow the usual routes with necessary adjustments in the first week of school. Students living north and east of the Pinery en- trance will attend Grand Bend Public School. SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Secondary schools will operate a regular school program on September 3 beginning at 9:30 a.m. and dismissing at the end of classes in the after- noon. Buses will run one-half hour later in the morning on September 3 only. Pre-registration for students who plan to attend Lambton Central Vocational Institute at Petrolia will take place on Tuesday, August 27, Wednes- day, August 28 and Thursday, August 29, Mr. G. L, Edwards N. L. Cheeseman Chairman Director of Education It looks like we will be paying an extra $300 million this year for hospital services, Hospitals across the province have recently completed wage settlements with nurses and other hospital workers which will cost about $400 to $500 million extra per year according to the Ontario Hospital Association, When the financial estimates for the Ministry of Health were introduced in April, the figure required for operations of hospitals was about $1.2 billion. Since the government operates on a fiscal year which starts April 1 and ends March 31, it will not have to ask for the whole $400 to HANGING Is OUT!. No more need to hang out your clothes in the cold weather KetviiracztoAre WASHER SPECIAL & DRYER Washer $33900 Dryer '209" COLOR EXTRA '10 PER UNIT THE While They Last • Lots of Free and Easy Parking • Open Wednesdays 9 to 5 YES . . We Have CHARGEX 176 Victoria St. W. EXETER 235-0680 Desperate Don and Doubtful Donna Zeeetet4 Pevr% By JACK RIDDELL M.P.P. Dr. Potter imposed a freeze on capital construction of hospitals, he granted only a 5 percent in- crease to the operating budgets of hospitals and closed down 1,500 active-treatment beds. Obviously these measures were unsuccessful in keeping down the cost of what Dr, Potter described as a "Frankenstein monster"— our provincial health bill, There has never been a co-ordinated approach in the Ministry of Health to really try to apply some financial contraints on all sectors of the health care delivery system. First the Ministry of Health re- organized itself, then it decided to appoint a task force on health planning—it's rather like putting the chicken before the egg. The government knew several months ago that there were going to be some labour problems in hospitals so rather than dealing with them, they appointed a committee to look into the problems back in January. The committee still has not reported and all the wage settlements are long since passed. I wonder what the cost will be to the taxpayer for the committee whose recommendations will now seem after the fact? If the health bill continues to increase at it's present rate it will bankrupt the Province by the year 2,000, This is becoming obvious when just 4 months after the start of the fiscal year the government is already $300 million short. Did you know that the target date for total conversion to the metric system is 1980? The federal government first started moving in that direction in 1970 after the publication of the "White Paper on Metric Con- version in Canada". Although this is federal responsibility, it will require the co-operation of all levels of government. On highways around Ontario you can already see the beginnings of conversion as some road signs show distances in kilometers. The provincial Liberal caucus held a thinkers conference in Hamilton last weekend where ideas were discussed which could form Liberal policy for the up- coming election. There were twenty papers published ranging from Women's Rights to Agriculture. Experts in various fields of interest were present as resource people and participated in the various discussions. With an election probably no more than a year away, the party is gearing up for a good fight. A serious shortage of housing is developing very rapidly in Ontario. The latest Central Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration (CMHC) figures show that the number of loans from approved lenders for the first seven months in 1974 was 9,291, this is down from 26,902 for the same period last year. The total number of CMHC loans for the first seven months in 1974 was 14,660. This is down from 32,046 for the same period last year, which is more than a 50 percent drop in one year. When Lord Bessborough died some years ago, the London Times published in error the obituary of Lord Desborough. Somewhat taken aback, Desborough telephoned the Times to report that he had just read his own obituary. A grand voice replied, "I see, 'sir. And where are you speaking from?" 44, . LOTS OF SEATING — If there's one thing Exeter Rodeo needs plenty of, it's seating. But that situation will soon be remedied as work crews start getting the grounds ready for the performances on Labour Day weekend. Putting together bleachers are Gernot Dauber, Keith Brittain and Brad Scott. T-A photo CUT BACKS CUT TOP FRESH OR FRYING FRESHLY CHICKEN CHICKEN BREASTS BLADE MIRACLE FROZEN VISKING APPROXIMATE GROUND SMOKED THURINGER SUMMER HEART, SCHNEIDERS, ...L% ... , UP CUT FROM VALU BY KILLED MACARONI ATTACHED BUTTER THE THE 6 Food CHICKEN FROM BEEF . _ ,..- BEEF CHUCK BASTED PIECE FAT CONTENT DA OZ. PACKAGE s . THE CHICKEN STEAKS LIVER, WINGS LEGS BEEF ., . 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Assorted Colours White Swan PAPER TOWELS 5 2 roll 73$ pkg. lb. king Powdered TIDE DETERGENT $199 size box Non Returnable Carlton SOFT DRINKS 4 2,6,tios.z' Club Bottles 884 Mountain case of CANNED Dew, or Pepsi Cola POP 24 x 10 I" Diet Pepsi oz. tins . Top Value - Sliced 'HAMBURG OR HOT DOG BUNS pkgs. $ of 8 1 Twin Pack MIR LIQUID DETERGENT 2 x 24 oz. plastic 89t cants, Frozen Concentrate Top Valu ORANGE JUICE 5 %no:, 9 Elm Grove DAIRY SPREAD 1 lb. pkg. 65' Frozen Regular Cut Valley Farm FRENCH FRIES 2 lb. bag 49' Top 1 lb. Value SOFT MARGARINE 491 tub Regular - Jacks POTATO CHIPS 55' 694 8 oz, foil pkg. Choice Quality Aylmer GREEN PEAS A 1 imp tins I 14 oz, $ South African OUTSPAN ORANGES good size 641/P do z. Beef, Chicken, Turkey Savarin FROZEN PIES 8p pies $ 1 MEALTIME BREAD 3/$1°° ,Page 2 Iimes.Advocato, A4995129, 1974: • $500 million, as our fiscal year is already one-third over. I predict that when the legislature resumes sitting in the fall, Health Minister Frank Miller will have to ask for about $300 million in supplementary estimates in order to pay for all the recent wage settlements, A couple of years ago, former Health Minister Richard Potter decided to do something about the high cost of hospitals. He instructed hospitals to close down beds and cut back services. This measure was supposed to save us some money, but I have yet to see any savings.Instead the health bill just gets larger and larger every year. At the time of the cutbacks, Dr. Potter said we would be moving away from expensive treatment in hospitals wherever possible, and toward treatment in less expensive extended care facilities such as nursing homes.