The Brussels Post, 1974-03-13, Page 14The Huron-Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate School
. Board meeting in Seaforth
'Monday night supported the
position of Hugh A. .Crothers,
Toronto', who is seeking public
support and support of-members
of parliament in the .introduction
of a bill amending the inconsis-
tencies in the Highway Traffic
Act.
The Highway Traffic Act
requires (a) School buses must
have flashing lights/ operating
when children are being loaded or
unloaded. (b) School buses must
have a sign or lettering,
indicating "Do not pass when
signals flashing". (c) Motorists--
approaching from. either, direction,.
must come to a full stop until the
flashing lights stop.
' Mr. Crothers pointed out that
these regulations are not required
in areas where speed limits are
not more than 35 miles per hour,
He said the Traffic Act allows the
Council, of any city to exempl
highways under its jurisdiction
where speed limits may be moo
than 35 miles pet —hour.
Mr. Crothers said fit was as
ex'traordinarily dangerous
situation and that the protection
provided a child in a 36 mile per
hour or over zone, is' just as vital
to a child in a 35 mile or under
zone, noting that being hit by
car at any speed could cost the Ilk
of a yeungster.
The Board will write Mr,
Crothers that its position is that
all vehicles should stop when
school bus is taking on or letting
off passengers in all speed zones
GRA INS FEEDS TS *1 5
SEE US NOW FOR
SEED OATS and BARLEY
CONTRACTS
also MALTING BARLEY
and WHITE BEAN CONTRACTS
•
THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE OF
SEED GRAINS THIS YEAR
ORDER YOUR NEEDS NOW
WE HAVE
ALFALFA, FORAGE MIXTURES and SEED GRAIN in STOCK.
CoRN We Have NK, UNITED, HIGHLAND HYBRID
and WARWICK SEED CORN. ,
HPRC board names committee
Patrick Carty of Stratford was
named to the Convention
Committee to replace Joseph
booby Who is away on a holiday:
Others on the. ,c9thinittee are
Vincent Young ,of Oodetich;
Donald Crowley and the Acting
Superintendent of Education,
Joseph TOW: The toinfilittee Will
decide heti, many trustees are to
attend the various
held AO Conferences held for trustees
id 1974 and will report at the next
Meeting of the Board.
Nine trtiSteeS Will attend the
Ontario Separate School
Trustees" Council Convention in
Orotite on April 3* 4 grid,S, They
4.1it .Bitut8Ei.s POST, MARCH 104
are Michael Connolly, Kippen;
Francis Hicknell, Seaforth; Don
Crowley, Gadshill; P.J.Vere,
David Teahen, Howard Shantz
and Patrick Carty, all of Stratford;.
Ted Geoffrey; Zurich and Arthur
Haid,,Littowel.
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HURON IN '78- The Huron County delegation at the recent Ontario
Plowmen's Association annual meeting in Toronto successfully
lobbied to have the International Plowing Match in Huron County in
1978. Members of the Huron group, with some of the members. of
the Seaforth District High School Girls Trumpet Band posed for the
photographer at the Royal York. Seaforth hosted the last
International match which was held in Huron in 1966.
(Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Photo)
Board wants law changed
Marc
April
Report from
Queens Park
It was the usual pomp and
ceremony as the Fourth Session
of the 29th Ontario Legislature
opened this week.
The Thfone Speech was read by
Lieutenant--Governor Ross Mac-
Donald, his last because of his
scheduled retirement in April.
Essentially the speech outlined
the Government's proposed Le-
gislative program for the coming
Session, the main features of
which are:
I
Family law will be rewritten to
qrengthen the rights of married
women, particularly the right to
property.
Measures designed to aid
Northern development, including
expanded air service, electric
power extensions to Northern
Communities, and Government
involvement in a project to bring
natural gas from the Arctic
Islands.
A major assault on housing
problems designed to hold prices
down and keep Ontario on. the
path to a million new dwellings
within a decade.
Ontario will take the lead in
North America by making seat
belt wearing compulsory.
The Province's elderly and
disabled were promised an
income support program.
The Throne Speech also an-
nounced plans for a prescription
drug, plan for senior citizens and a
variety of other social programs in
the fields of day care, services to
handicapped children and the
disabled.
Liberal Leader Robert Nixon
demanded that the Government
apply its new environmental
review agency to two big hydro
projects before allowing them to
be built. Nixon said the review
program, announced Tpesday in
the Throne Speech, means
nothing unless the Premier orders
its use before allowing Hydro to
go ahead With the Arnprior Dam
and the power line corridor from
Douglas Point to Georgetown and
from the Point to Seaforth,
Mr. Davis called the review
process, which would call for
hearings on the environmental
impact of a project before it could
be built, "pioneering", but would
not undertake to order an
environmental review of projects
already under way.
Under pressure from Nixon,
Mr, Davis did undertake to
discuss the power line project
with Energy Minister Darcy
McKeough to see if further
review of the hydro line route is
needed.
Farmers have been opposing
the hydro route for the line on the
basis that it would cut through
80% of prime agricultural land,
I asked the Minister of Energy,
Mr. Darcy McKeough if he Would
talk to Ontario Hydro with respect
to the rate of compensation for
farmers in the hydro line corridor,
particularly in view of the fact
that Ontario Hydro has been
offering rates which are 50-75%
of current market prices, as
opposed to the rates being offered
by the pipeline, which are, I
understand, approx. 150% of
current market value prices.
Mr. McKeough 'replied that if
farmers, or other property
owners, felt aggrieved by the
prices being offered under the .
Expropriations Act. they have the
option of subjnitting the matter to
the land Compensation Board
which is required to deal
adequately and fairly with these
matters of compensation.'
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