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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-03-11, Page 50-4 We Service e Install We Sell . • . * Ranges * Central Airconditioning * Refrigerators • Airconditioners * Freezers * Electronic Air Cleaners * Dishwashers * Towers * Washers * Antennae * Dryers * Rotors * Televisions * Boosters * Stereos * CB Antenna Systems "Service comes easy at Max's" MAX'S TV & APPLIANCES REFRIGERATION SALES & SERVICE GRAND BEND 238-2493 SHARE YOUR GOOD HEALTH Why you should let H&R Block worry about your income taxes. H&R Block is a full-time, year-round income tax preparation firm. We don't disappear after April 30th. Offices are open all year to help you with tax problems. 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Potato chip companies aren't the only ones who ore feeling the crunch. * * * One small-car advantage they never seem to mention in the ads: it's so much easier to turn around - and swat the kids. * * Adolescence is when boys discover girls, and girls discover they've been discovered. * * Why not discover the good buy you can get on 'a chainsaw at JACK'S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR 107 Queen St., Hensall 262-2103 Your Homelite centre for South Huron. March 11, 1976 Page 5 r:01 REDI-MIX CONCRETE All Types of Concrete Work McCann Const, Ltd. DASHWOOD Phone 237 -3381 (free estimates) vasaanaiSsaatsg exeLer frozen foods GROCERIES • FRE•H PRODUCE FRESH E. CURED MEATS MtiniegMARKET = 5 35-'04430 FmaalmaillagamilltaliaainflofilionlinfloannOaftiailamanii 11-.• stiontmattititittil, Tuckersmith Council is willing to issue $100,000 in debentures Tuckersmith Township Council is willing to issue debentures for $100,000 to provide money to the Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone Systems in 1977 so that the telephone system can be expanded, Commissioner Vern Alderdice of Kippen and manager Mel Graham of 13rucefield attended the council session Tuesday night • requesting the debentures. Mr. — Continued from Page 4 beer in his room was kicked out of residence. In the girls' residences, things were even tougher. They had to be in by 9:30 or some early hour, and sign in under the grim supervision of a house mother. They got to stay out until mid- night once a week, and had a "late pass" — until 1 a.m., once a month. Nobody — but nobody — going to university was married, in- cluding most of the younger professors. Entertainment consisted of an occasional well supervised dance, totally dry, and the odd movie. It was a fairly sterile, far from murky life, not exactly bohemia, but we were so naive we thought we were happy. Today, university life is so different you'd think you were living in a different era, a dif- ferent civilization. Almost every campus has at least one pub, some of them half a dozen. Drinking in residence is tolerated, if not encouraged. Some campuses hav-e co-ed residences, where you can live in an apartment, or in sin, or in anything else tha t's the current fad. Smoking in classrooms is commonplace. And there are thousands of married students. Babies eyorywhere, despite the Pill. The Lord knows what they live on, in theseinfla ted times — grants and loans and love, I suppose. Somehow, I can't get too in- censed over the new freedoom, In fact, occasionally I find myself thinking wistfully that I was born a generation too soon. In my day, the universities produced some fine graduates, Alderdice said the system requires the money by the fall of 1977 and listed where the money was needed: Bayfield telephone office is full and requires $20,000 for more equipment and $17,305 for cable; $25,000 for cable for line from Clinton to Bayfield; $19,126 for cable in Egmondville and area; and $18,569 for cable for line from Hensall to Kippen. Mr. Graham reported there is a heavy demand for private telephones which cannot be supplied until expansion takes place, Approval by Tuckersrnith Council is only the first step, the Ontario Municipal Board, the telephone subscribers and the Ontario Telephone Commission must all give approval as well. Requests for building permits were granted to Charles Pergel but on the whole, they were a dull bunch of sticks, narrow, self- righteous and with a sense of superiority because of their degrees. Then, the universities were basically elitist, whatever you may hear about people working their way through college. From the small towns, the sons and daughters of the local doctors and lawyers and teachers might go to college. The children of the so- called working class hadn't a chance, Today's mixed bag is -a refreshing change. Anyone with the intelligence is able to go to university. There are gaping breaches in the rigid walls of the old, hide-bound university traditions. Standards in the universities have been lowered, but I think their end-product, the graduate, is just as bright, a whole lot more sensitive, a good deal more tolerant, and far more articulate (even though badly spoken), than the large majority of my con- temporaries. Today's students are not as polite, but they are far more honest. They are not as "moral", but they are far less inhibited. They are not as steady, but they are far less afraid. They are not as couth, but they are far less prejudiced. They are more likely to kick over the traces, but not as likely to be led by the nose. Perhaps that's why about 80 percent of the male population of Canadian universities vanished into the armed forces after the war began. It was like getting out of prison. • Courses were excellent, but narrow. Most professors were pompous and few were teachers. Students were, for the most part, not taught to think, but only to regurgitate. It was a rather shallow and snobbish inworld, out of the main stream of life. Not so these days. Rigidity has been shattered, channels have been widened, and ex- perimentation is welcomed, perhaps too much so. There are fresh winds blowing. And one of the freshest is the new status Of women on campus. In my day, the females were, with few exceptions, grinds grimly headed for a spinster's life in a classrooms or rich girls there to have fun and get a husband, Not so today. There are thousands of young womenof all colors, shapes and sizes heading with determination for the bench, or the operating room, or the newspaper offices, or whatever, but heading for a freedom to be a person. I'm glad my daughter wasn't a mother of two 30 years ago. She'd be stuck at home, "keeping house" and bringing up the children, instead of swaggering off to lectures gallantly, baby on back. who helps small businesses help themselves. PEDEPAL PUS/NESS DEVELOP/0MT SANK and George Keddy of Zurich; a new house in Egmondviile.,. Dennis Smith, RR 4, Clinton, milking parlour; and Howard James, EgMonclville a new house. Larry McAuley's request to convert part of the "Country Market" store at Vanastra to an apartment for his living quarters was held over for further in- vestigation as it does not conform to the township zoning by-law. Court of Revision was held on the Sinclair Drain estimated to cost about $25,000. Tenders will be called, to be in by April 1, Construction to take place after September 1 at the request of the ratepayers affected who want the crops harvested. Engineer' E,11, Uderstadt of Orangeville will be asked to bring in a report for imporvement of B branch of the Layton Drain as requested by John Haverkamp, RR 1, Brucefield. Sandy Contracting Co, Ltd. of Goderich will haul and spread gravel on township roads at a cost of $25,500 this year. The Sandy tender was the lowest of two submitted. Fred Harburn's tender for weed spraying of township roadsides for $5.75 per mile was accepted. Passed for payment were road accounts of $12,590.77, Vanastra Recreation hills of $13,656.25, By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex At the beginning of February the Ontario Energy Board sub- mitted to the Provincial Minister of Energy a report on Ontario Hydro's bulk power rates for . 1976. The Board wants Ontario Hydro to reconsider their habitual growth ethic, because this "traditional approach to power system planning is no longer appropriate in North America". This report is actually the second of two parts of the Board's submission to the Province on Hydro's request for rate in- creases this year. The first part, released last fall, said that Hydro needed a 27 percent increase in rates this year to maintain its position. However, this proposed increase was subsequently cut to 22 percent. In the second report the Energy Board discusses in some depth Hydro's procedures and policies, drawing attention to the fact that although development plans have been reduced, future service to customers has not been jeopardized in any way. Further cuts and deferments have been announced since the Energy Board prepared this report, however, although possible ef- fects on future customer service have not been assessed. North American electric utilities have in the past assumed that all electrical demands must be met, and generous reserves maintained, in order to prevent possible interruption of service. To date they have been able to raise capital easily and pass on all their costs, while lower unit general accounts $11,541,79 and Day Care bills of $2,346.24 for a total of $40435,05. The mill rate for 1976 was set at 20 mills for farm and residential and 24 mills for commercial — tflinnersaymeaersra:es as set for the past Sender VanDorp of RR 5, Clinton, reported 164 dog tags had been sold to date for $1,035.00. Each house in the township will be visited. Any homeowner refusing to buy a licence for dogs in the home will be prosecuted. The ministry of community and social services paid balance of the capital grant for the con- struction of the Day Care Centre at Vanastra amounting to $59,956.56 The total cost was $93,866.56. Pasd Passed for payment was the levy to the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority for 1976 amounting to $6,957 for Tuckersmith, 6,42 percent of the total levy of $108,424 shared by all the municipalities in the watershed, Council passed a motion to support the board of the Clinton Public Hospital in its fight against closure. Letters will be sent to the Ontario premier, leaders of the oppositon parties, minister of health and Jack Riddell, Huron MPP. Meeting na edsjoduaryned at 12:50 a.m. Wed- costs for larger projects have favoured building over-capacity. However, the economic situation has changed; galloping inflation, high interest rates, rising fuel costs and the need to switch to costly nuclear generation have all been contributing factors to this change, The Energy Board states categorically that Hydro's plan to spend more than $14 billion on capital development from 1975 to 1980 is too much for Ontario consumers to accept. During that period the cost of new generating capacity would more than double to something like $742 a kilowatt after two decades of stable costs. The Board called Hydro's margin of reliability in generating capacity excessive. Two years ago it had urged that Hydro reduce its reserves and depend more on other utilities' reserves and now reiterates this statement. The Board considers Hydro should develop a pattern of wholesale rates "to minimize wasteful uses of energy". It should also ensure that customers who create the need for additional generating capacity should pay their full share of the costs. At present, Hydro has one rate for demand — the peak rate at which the customer draws power — and one for energy — the volume of power drawn over the year. Adjust- ments are made to reflect the needs of individual wholesale Production costs will be forced upwards for all Ontario manufacturers, and severe demands will be placed on capital markets, with the resultant escalation of interest rates. The competitive position of our manufacturing industries which are specifically geared to the export market will be forced to cut back operations, which would further increase unemployment in the Province. JAMS Kelloggs RICE KRISPIES Gold Seal TUNA FLAKES Roses Sweet MIXED PICKLES Zest BATH SOAP Del Monte FRUIT CUP 26 oz. COCA COLA Facelle Royale TOWELS McCain Bacon & Mushrooms PIZZA CELERY CABBAGE BANANAS Temperature Controlled Macintosh APPLES customers. The Board considers that Hydro should set a range of wholesale rates and stop ap- parently giving some customers special treatment, The Energy Board has not recommended another Task Force Hydro inquiry, nor has it recommended an examination of future electricity needs for the Province, as this responsibility has been given to the Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning. The Board does recommend a series ofpublic hearings by itself and any ap- propriate inquiries by other agencies, which will examine, among other matters, the ef- ficiency and productivity of the organization, the validity of medium-term system expansion plans in terms of realistically required reserves and economic investment choices the financial policy in general and pricing pOlicy in particular; the economic and social role Ontario Hydro does and should play in the Province and the environmental impact and social costs of Ontario Hydro. Recently Ontario Hydro an- nounced that it intends to trim some $5 billion from its ten-year expansion programme, which will involve cancellation of large capital intensive projects, although this reduction is, for the most part, a question of deferrals. However, this $5 billion only represents ]'7th of Hydro's planned expansion programme of $35 billion, based on their own demand projections into the 1980s. The proposed expansion programme would generate a reserve capacity of 39 percent in 1976 and a reserve capacity of some 30 percent by 1981. The Ontario Energy Board has stated that the "reserve margins at least to 1981. The Ontario Energy Board has stated that the "reserve margins at least to 1981, happen to be unusually high", and have recommended that Ontario Hydro take "immediate steps to reduce its generating reserve margin". A Select Committee of the Legislature has been studying Hydro's proposed rate in- creases, which would have ac- tually doubled prices to the consumer in the next three years. These increases cannot be regarded as the inevitable result of rising costs or inflation, and are, for the most part, ncessary to finance Hydra's expansion programme, the magnitude of which is incompatible with recent studies in the United States which indicate that projections of future demands can be very sub- stantially reduced by a sensible programme of conservation, without affecting our standard of living. While domestic consumers will be seriously affected by Hydro's excessive rate increases, the inflationary effects will un- doubtedly seriously damage the economy of the entire Province. programs may suit your needs with the appropriate offices. for Your Area Call W,J, Reynolds at 271-S6S0 {Stratford) or write to; Federal Business Development Bank 1016 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario NSA 623 .anommil Talk with our FBDB Management Services Officer If you're wondering whether there's a federal government program that can assist your business, contact our Management ServiCes Officer who will tell you what federal and put you in touch VI, .2 1 SERVICES GOING TO THE DOGS is all part of the hobby of Mrs. W.F, Lenk, William St. Exeter. Twenty years after she received her first chino dog as a gift from a friend, her collection now exceeds over 200, Many of her dogs have been given to her by other friends while she has purchased a number herself on travels across Canada and in England. 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