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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-03-27, Page 8 (2)4 Page 8 Times -Advocate, March 27, 1975 By JACK RIDDELL M.P.P. This week in the Legislature, the Minister of Education an- nounced that the Government will raise ceilings on school board spending by $50.00 for each elementary and secgndary school pupil "because :of continued inflation." Boards will now be permitted to spend $926.00 :for each elementary school pupil and $1.441 for each high school tudent. This increase will add some $2t1 xtillion-to the province's 'share of education spending. which is about 60 percent of the total. Government grants to boards Up school board spending, of education will rise this year to nearly $1.5 billion from $1.33 billion last year. On the subject of teacher salaries, the Minister said "their salaries should reflect increases in inflation, together with other economic trends ill the com- munity ... but to withdraw services to support demands that are by any standard, exorbitant and unreasonable, is grossly. unfair to students.." The Minister of Colleges and Universities announced a new student loan program and the creation of a $500,000 special bursary fund to assist im- poverished part-time students. Maximum living alowances under the existing Ontario Student Assistance Program will increase next fall from 848.50 to $57.50 a week. The new Ontario Student Loans plan will enable a student to borrow at low interest up to $1,400 each academic year to a Maximum of $4.000. and 'Ministry officials estimate that up to 3,000 - students may benefit from the. plan. Applicants must be on w•elfari'. unemployed or have.a low family income. - Couple return from trip to Holy Land By MRS. ROBERT LAING CRdMARTY Mrs. John Miller opened the March meeting of the Marian Ritchie Evening Auxiliary with an Easter poem. "'rhe Crown of the Morning." "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was sung followed by the scripture. read by Mrs. Lloyd Miller. The roll call was answered by a verse on hope. A letter was read from Ruby Ronk of the Luampa. Mission • Leprosy, Settlement in Zambia, to whom each member had donated a new pillow case. last year: She told of treating a witch doctor in their hospital and of preparing a Braille code for a blind leprosy patient. Bandages are still the greatest need in the hospital. Mrs. Lorne Elliott gave the topig :-'.kiere's Nope." showing the dope tart cgmes from t4ge resurrection. Tlie Study Book on: City Living, prepared by Mrs. Larry Gardiner, was given by Mrs. F. Hamilton, Mrs. J. Carey. and Mrs. J. Templeman. It dealt with the problems that have to be overcome in Tyndale House. Montreal. The Korean Christian Centre in Osaka. Japan; Port Harcourt. Nigeria: Taiwan; and a north Toronto suburb where an inter -denominational church is being planned. • N \ • • The extra three hundred copies of the centennial cookbook which has proved so- popular, were distributed to the members to sell. A touch qt war. Mr. & Mrs. 'Malcolm Lamond returned -Thursday after a three- week trip to the Holy Land. They reported that it was a beautiful country. but they were disap- pointed to see that most of the sacred places had been so commercialized. They also ex- perienced a touch of war. their hotel being only a couple of blocks from where Israeli - Egyptian fighting erupted:shortly after their arrival. Buildings sold 'Ail -auction sale of the booth and the steel storage shed was held at the Cromarty Ball Park on Saturday morning. Men bowlers second Cromarty men's bowling team, consisting of Harvey Dow. Don Johns, Eldon Allen, Bob Laing, Poste Drost• EIS Dow and Norm Wilding, captured second place in their Monday night bowling league in Mitchell. The playoffs are now in progress. The final night of skating was held in Hensall arena Saturday night, Personals Debbie Hulley of Winthrop 'spent a few days with her aunt and uncle. Mr. & Mrs. Larry Gardiner. Mrs. Otto Walker has arrived home after spending several days in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Currie, Dorchester, visited Sunday with her parents. Mr. & Mrs. Otto Walker. its Registered Home Ownership Savings Plans Now availably,, j at Victoria and ret. 11 you do not own a hom Id ce in Canada acid y. 18 year . f age or over y . ay de . uct u to a $I000 dollars o , our t able iconic for 1974 by purch (R.H.O.S.P.) Plan. But, to q fy, 3vu must ct before IC g an April. I st 19 Fo furt r particulars ' ntact your . nea st VI tod G r office today. The Ontario Tr ci Company hc•'tnr ss9 VG VIC7Yi ' /A,neGREY TRUST CO PANY SINCE 1889 Kurt :owman, Manager . - Main St., Exeter 235 0530 I A spokesman for the Ontario Federation of Students has described the OSAP increases as inadequate to cover inflation, but welcomed the •special bursary fund as a "step in the right direction" in student assistance. Liberal Leader Robert Nixon continued his reply to the Speech from the Throne this week, strongly criticizing' the Govern- ment because in Ontario we are not i'pulling our weight: in the economy, in food production, in •house -building, in education, not even in urban transit. Despite our tremendous natural advantages, despite our rich resources of people. of land and of mineral wealth, the Davis Government has been unable to maintain Ontario's hard-earned position of strength and leadership." Mr. Nixon pointed out that' Ontario's unemployment rate is going up almost two-thirds faster than the national rate. Also the value of Canadian exports in- creased 58.6 percent between 1972 and 1974. but Ontario's exports went up by only 34.1 percent only three-fifths of the national rate. Consumer prices are . rising faster in Ontario than the national average: in Toronto, for example. house prices have been rising 18 percent faster than elsewhere. Meanwhile between 1972 and 1974 Canadian average wage rates have increased faster than 'in Ontario. Also, across Canada the pupil - teacher ratio in schools has been improving, but in Ontario class size has grown targe'-. Our argiculture industry is experiencing serious difficulties. and there were 127.000 fewer Ontario farms in operation in 1971 than a decade earlier. This decline is continuing. and our arable land is fast disappearing. There has been a fall in acreage for feed grains, tobacco, fruit and vegetables. The number of dairy cattle in Ontario has dropped steadily since 1956, from more than a million head to - 755,000 in 1971. For the past two fiscal years this province has actually un- derspent its housing budget. In 1973 and 197} the government underspent by a total of $103 million - $103 million which should have been spent on housing and was not. This past fiscal year. the rental housing budget was underspent by 820 million. . The Government has in- troduced legislation to increase the number of Ontario Ridings to 125 from 117. as recommended by the Report of the Independent Ontario Electoral Boundaries Commission. The change will be in effect for the next provincial election, according to the Premier. There rave been rninor change made to the Huron Hidin since I last reported to you on the interim repot is of the Commission.. The Riding will now be known as the Huron -Middlesex Elec- toral District and it will consist of the townships of Adelaide, Biddulph, East Williams, Goderich. Hay. McGillivray, Stanley. Stephen. Tuckersmith, Usborne and West Williams.. the towns of Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Parkhill and Seaforth, and the villages of Ailsa Craig, Bayfield. Hensall Lucan and Zurich. Lobo township and the town of Strathroy were re -aligned with the Middlesex Riding whereas Tuckersmith township and the town of Seaforth remain in the Huron -Middlesex Riding. The interim report removed Tuckersmith township and the town of Seaforth from Huron and included them with the Huron - Bruce Riding. Millet( and McKillop to►hrships now form a part of the Huron - Bruce Riding, otherwise the Huron portion of the new Riding remains as it was formerly. aIt < Ontario wants you to g_et your fair share of $375 million 1ixCndits. -Thou-sands--of Ontario residents will share in this year's Tax Credits. Make sure you yet your fair share. To apply. you must file body a Federal income Tax form (even if you don't pay income tax) and the Ontario Tx Credit form wlllch collies with it. Any questions? You may. free of charge, dial "0" a ( ask the operator for Zenith 8-2000. Residents within ti Metro Toronto local calling area should dial 965-8470, Ontario's William Davis. Premier Arthur Meen Minister of Re enue 3Pi trc 1:‘\ CRED11 51.611',\1 If you get the feeling good things are happening in Ontario wait you see what the new lottery does for us. It's like a kind of awakening. More and more of us are getting into things. Kids' baseball tourna- ments. The Hamilton Philharmonic. 'jogging clubs, folk dancing, art clas- ses, Bonspiels. It's happen- ing all over the Province and it's only the beginning. Now, we've got a new "Ministry" to help. The Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Its job is simply to help each of us get more out of life. At first it will co- ordinate things already under way. Like the Ontario Summer Games, the Science Centre, the Ontario Her- itage Foundation. But then it will start helping new programs. And ONTARIO LOTTERY CORPORATION. Har4ey McCulloch, Chairman Marshall Pollock. Managing Director there are literally hundreds of opportunities. Travelling theat groups. New hockey r ks. Support for women in e arts. New libraries, in p es where they don't even Because part of the idea 's give all of us an equal ch ce to participate, wherever live. How can we do it all? Well, there's the funds from the new Ontario Lottery, starting just a few weeks from now. • The Lottery is expected to provide many millions of dollars. And every dollar we then put into the various programs will be for just one reason. To help each dills get more out of life. So this is going to be one lottery,where all of us win. Ontario MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND RECREATION. Bob Welch, Minister Malcolm Rowan, Deputy Minister 1)) 44.