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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-03-13, Page 121 b g ti f Times, Thursday, Mares Ilii, 1975 is kept at ladies meeting 11 i. I -Promise to is keep the Scout Law MOM to,pive up to their promiseWimthe pledge that beg.an tbk:01 March meeting of the 1144014101 triet Committee -for Sit La les' Auxiliaries. Meeting in the Palmerston �$it liall, those present repre- sented Fordwich, Listowel and Ptlston. Each group contributed, to the Saturday evening dinner that the committee had catered in the COUrSe of a 15 -hour leaders' traln- il g program held last December, it was announced. Thirty people participated in this course. The treasurer, Mrs. William Brears reported a balance of $119.27 to members. The role of the district com- mittee in the Trees for Canada project was discussed. It is likely that hot dogs will be served to the 240 boys expected to plant trees in May. Four boys and one leader have been chosen to represent Mait- land District at the World Jam- boree in Norway this summer. The chairman, Mrs. George Stevenson said that, "Perhaps the district committee would like to feel that it has helped these people in some way." Conse- quently a Jamboree Dance was suggested with the proceeds to be used for this purpose. The tickets Two mishaps investigated Wingham Town Police investi- gated two car accidents last week and three criminal occurrences. An accident occurred last Wednesday near the corner of Willis and Patrick Streets when car driven by Kerry A. Kueh of RR 3, Wingham, lost contr 1 when turning a corner and s d into a parked car owned by Wayne F. Todd of RR 2, Luck - now. Police estimated damage at $275. On Saturday a collision oc- curred at the curve on Minnie St. at the overhead bridge when a car driven by John B. Vincent of RR 1, Londesboro, struck a car driven by Corinne Irwin, Jose- phine St., Wingham. Damage was estimated at $750, and police report that charges are pending. ST. HELENS Eight tables enjoyed the shoot party on Thursday night. High prizes went to C. W. Hanna and Bob Jefferson with second going to Mrs. Ted Robinson and "Pete" Jefferson. Lucky score card was won by Ruby. Hanna and the travelling shoot was won by Bill Purdon. The next party is on March 20. Douglas Shaw is hospitalized in London where he underwent surgery this past week. The com- munity wishes both Mr. and Mrs. Shaw improved health. Mrs. Fred McQuillin spent ten days with her grandchildren, Jill .and Scott McQuillin in Oshawa while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barry McQuillin enjoyed .a holi- day, in Rome. ' Congratulations to. Cairns Aitchison of Winghaand :for- inerly of this m community on his 90thbirthday on March 10. On- Sunday nSunday he was guest of honor at a birthday party in the St. Helens Hall. THE COTTON CUTIES WINGHAM — Esther Nethery was elected president of the Wingham I Club when the 'first meeting was held. Marilyn Mac- Intyre is secretary. Other members are Corinne Mont- gomery, Kim Foxton, Gail Del - mage, Diane Dennis, Tini Mac- Donald, Tammy Stacey, Julie Stacey and Michelle Rintoul. Leader is Mrs. Les Jacklin and assistant is Mrs. Carol Strong. Miss Jane Pengilley is the home economist. The meeting was held at Mrs. Jacklin's home. Theterm project is "What Shall I Wear?" and each girl is making a, blouse. Achievement Day will be held June 14. The Wingham I Club chose to name their group The Cotton Cuties. TO RELIEVE STOMACH ACID... trust the dual -action Di-Gel formula DI -Gel is en effective antacid, designed to neutralize the excess stomach acid that causes heartburn. But DI-Oel does even more because it's WO medicines In one. Its dual -action tablet contains e unique silicone ingredient to help break up gas bubbles that distend the stomach, cause that bloated, too -full feeling. With gas gdne, ant - adds can work even faster, 01-0et, in lin- f' . ck uid or tablets w v� EL will soon be available 'a the various groups for the April U event at Wallace Public School, Gowanstown. David Demer ; of Fordwich, one of the representatives passed on to the committee information about the Jamboree. Fifteen hundred boys from Canada alone will attend. Trading badges and finding souvenirs is a popular activity, the committee was told. Evidently the Canadian flag is one of the most sought-after treasures, he said. Mrs. Melvin Penny from the Fordwich area was a guest. She demonstrated her skills to show some Easter crafts. Easter bunnies, using a small brandy snifter as a base, were Made by adding a styrofoam ball for the head and trimming it with felt. Among other crafts, she showed perky Easter chicks dressed up with feathers and flowers, all ready to hop into someone's Easter basket. Mrs Penny pointed out that these ana many other items would be avail able at the Fordwich Guide and Brownies Bazaar to be held on March 22. —About 60 friends attended the 90th birthday party held at St. Helens Hall in honor of Cairns Aitchison of Minnie Street. Mr. Aitchison, a former resident of the St. Helens area, has resided in Wingham since 196'Z. Cake and ice cream were served to the guests attending the party which was held Sunday afternoon. Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron - Bruce, prested Mr. Aitchison with a plaque on behalf of the Ontario government. Women join' in prayer service The World Day of Prayer ser- vice for Fordwich and the sur- rounding area was held in the Fordwich United Church on Fri- day afternoon. . • Those participating in the service were Mrs. Scott Clark- son, president of Fordwich U.C.W., Mrs. Peter Daunt of Trinity Anglican Church, Mrs. Earl Cober and Mrs. Gordon Steckley of the Brethren in Christ Churgh attd Mrs, Edgar Gedelte and Mrs. Everett Zurbrigg of Kurtzville United Church. Mrs. : Kenneth Graham pre- sided at the organ and Mrs. Ron Livermore was the soloist singing the theme song on the program, "Become Perfectly One". The speaker was Mts. William Wilson of Fordwich, basing her remarks on the theme, "Become Perfectly One". This theme and program were prepared by Christian Women of the Arab Re- public of Egypt. Mrs. Wilson stressed the power of faith, justice and love and especially love. She used the symbols on the United Church crest to point out unity and the Latin words around the crest, meaning "That all may be one". We all should have a goal and our goal should be that of the Arab women, to he united in spirit, bound together in the bond of love, the speaker said. IF MISERY LOVES COMPANY, the "Metrics Made Easy" course at F. E. Madill's evening school is a perfect solution for students who want to learn the. new metric system. Over 20 adults are enrolled in the Wednesday night class. C member reports on Toronto convention Four representatives from the Wingham Public Utilities Com mission attended the 66th Annual Meeting of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association and the As sociation of Municipal Electrical Utilities in Toronto March 2-5. PUC Chairman Roy Bennett, Commissioner Rod Wraith, Mayor Jack Reavie, PUC Superintendent Ken Saxton took active part in the meetings of the OMEA-AMEU and participated in committee activities. Rod Wraith reported on some of the results and ideas arising from the annual meeting: "Although the greatest benefit which accrues to local repre- sentatives attending come 'from a chance to discuss problems with other representatives in other communities throughout the province, other benefits result from information sessions which are held throughout the course of the three day conven- tion. Some of the topics discussed this year by recognized experts, for example, included "Genera- tion and Distribution of Elec- tricity 1975", "Labor Relations in the Private Sector" and "Things You Should Know About the Human Rights Code". "In addition, there are, of course, the committee reports on Such items as Government Legistation,,1V�arkein,g,. Raoyer Costing, the Ontario Electrical League and many others. "A few of the many resolutions adopted by the OMJ A which have a direct effect on the Wing - ham PUC operations included, in summary, resolutions: that OMEA urge that PVC's be exempted from Federal Sales Tax on municipally owned `°elec- -- trical distribution materials; that OMEA support as an objective for Ontario Hydro and the muni- cipal utilities that they continue to supply power at cost to their customers; that OMEA evaluate needs and implement programs to ensure tltdt the necessary competent staff is attracted to our industry. "One of the resolutions which our commission spoke against, and which was defeated, was one to petition . appropriate' govern- ment departments to produce a legislation to require manu- facturers of. refrigerators and freezers to express on the name- plate of the appliance the energy consumption in "average kilo- watt hours". While we too are concerned with the conservation of energy, we felt that placing a unit such as this, which would vary depending on a multitude of What's new at Huronview? The residents were very happy on Wednesday to hear the an- nouncement ' that- since the flu epidemic was clearing up at the Home and surrounding area the visiting ban was lifted. Ed Stiles, of Goderich, played organ music in the chapel on Thursday afternoon and ac- companied Mrs. Betty Rogers with several vocal solos. There was a' real lgood attend- ance at the World Day of Prayer service in the chapel conducted by ladies from Ontario Street United Church, Clinton. Mrs.. George Wright led the service, assisted by Mrs. Cecil Elliott and Mrs. Edna, Wheeler. Mrs. Elsie Henderson was organist and the offering was received by Gladys Stanlake and Annie Scott. • ,441t4poi, w" Social club euchre winners WROXETER — Thee Social Citizens' Club held its March euchre on Monday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wheeler, Mrs. Evelyn Hart and Mrs. Har- vey Coupland were in charge. . High scorers were Mrs. Margaret Adams and James Wilson. A birthday prize went to `Mrs. Roy Sanderson. The next regular meeting will be held March 17 at 8:30 with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McGee and Mrs. Margaret Adams in charge of entertainment and refreshments. William Wade is ill and Harvey Coupland is undergoing- tests in London. Both are members of the Social Citizens' Club. Howick planning meetings Continued'` from front page) to conduct a survey to determine the demand for this type of hous- ing. FORDWICH Most agreed that Fordwich would remain a residential village due to its pleasant loca- tion and nature. Many, it was pointed out, choose to live here and commute to their jobs. Com- merce, it was felt would not grow, only to serve essential services. Some did say however, that Fordwich needed a better em- ployment base. "What about my children? Where will they work? I hope they don't have to leave the area to; find work." Another said, ''It's unlikely we could, attract industry and jobs to Fordwich because we 'have not get a skilled labor pool, freight connection or services. Besides, if an industry were thinking of locating in Fordwich, where would people live?" Most participants voiced the opinion that cleaning up and rebuilding some parts of the dayn should be a priority. The new park to the west of the new bridge proved how pleasant river en- virons could be landscaped for public use. Lack of lots for building was a problem mentioned although Harold Madgett of RR 1, Ford- wich answered this by describing his plan to subdivide in the near future. It was generally agreed that the Fordwich Plan shouldn't limit growth to certain areas but allow growth anywhere in the pre- scribed land -use designations. WROXETER Participants in this workshop voiced the feeling that the village shouldn't change much, that improvements not development be implemented. Lack of new lots was a problem expressed which was attributed to the unwillingness of residents to sell land. Mr. Hill suggested residents look into the possibility of sub -di- vision development. Reeve Robert Gibson com- mented, "Scattered development is expensive. You sometimes haA to put in street lighting, and maintain and snow plow a road for just one house at the end." Too few jobs in the village, a common rural problem, was dis- cussed. It was considered im- perative that jobs be provided es- pecially for the younger genera- tion. "Most people in the village work outside. Let's get something in the village for people to work at." The possibility of an agri- culturally -oriented industrial park to serve the three villages of Howick was mentioned as a way of attracting more jobs to the vil- lage. The decline of the commercial core area was mentioned, "1 remember when every store along the main street was filled. Now most of them are empty." One practical resident said, "If the village grows, then we will have more stores. But let's be practical. Wroxeter is not grow- ing much, and business ,will only grow with demand. Quite prob- ably we will not see very much growth in the commercial core area." Residents voiced disapproval of the condition of the river around the, village and suggested a general clean-up. Counc. . Hyndnn said that efforts on behalf of the Maitland Conservation Authority had been made to deal with the owner of the flood plain land. "The owner had not been co-operative with the MVCA who were considering putting the pressure on." Counc. Hyndman added that an agree- ment should be reached in the near future. The state of the downtown core was criticized. "Downtown stores are an eye- sore. People should be obligated to keep buildings up." "It seems that right now any- one can do what they Want. Until we get more controls it's no good." , Mr. Hill agreed with these comments. He said the proposed plan for the village should develop strategies to improve the appearance of these buildings. Some participants expressed their desire to have the Huron County Highways Garage more presentable. It is located in the village. Used car lots were also mentioned as another eyesore. factors such as the ambient room temperature, the amount of load- ing in the appliance, etc. would simply be misleading to the public. "We also listened to an 18 page address by Robert B. Taylor, chairman of the new Ontario Hydro Corporation. Some points mentioned by Mr. Taylor which might be of interest to Wingham area residents include his reference to "Energy Probe's" suggestion that if everyone exer- cises conservation, we might cut our energy consumption by 50 per cent. Mr. Taylor pointed out, however, that the only way this "ideal" might be realized would be if government regulated how much energy we can use. If, at the same time, we recognize that 75 per cent of Ontario's electric power goes to industry. and com- merce and that by pushing the government into making such regulations we would, in effect, be. encouraging the government to regulate many of our jobs out of existence. "Mr. Taylor explained further that with fossil fuels becoming increasingly scarce and expen- sive and many energy users being forced to convert to elec- tricity as an energy source, elec- trical energy demands will stead- ily increase. We are fortunate here in •Ontario .to I aye lar e „uranium deposits, but in order to be able to utilize this-new'source of energy, more and more nu- clear power plants will have to be built. He mentioned that Ontario Hydro has asked the Ontario government to approve two major nuclear stations, one at Bruce and a new Darlington plant near Bowmanville. In addition, Ontario Hydro Is also asking to for GIS applications A age number of old' age po- d' -4~ l in Ontario will not be get- ting ,zwoper Guaranteed income Supplement cheques - some none at all - if they don't get their applications in by the March sI deadline, accord .to Health and Welfare Canada of- ficials in Toronto. W. Wright, regional director for Old Age Security and Guaran- teed Income Supplement in °On- tario said that some 92,000 pos- build a fourth heavy water plant at Bruce as well as two thermal generating plants—one at Thunder Bay and another near Atikokan in northwestern • On- tario. The estimated cost for these five projects is $7.5 billion. "Mr. Taylor said that the total sum required by Hydro between 1974 and 1982 has been pushed by inflation from the $16.7 billion estimated last year to $23.8 billion. This, of course, means the rates for electrical energy will be increasing for quite a few years to come. "Mr. Taylor referred also to the fact that delays resulting from the public approval's process have already reduced re- serves in electrical energy below proposed levels (the second Bruce plant is nine months behind target date) and the in- ference is that, with inflation, delays are extremely expensive. "One of our delegates attended a steering committee informa- tion session based on a report by the Hon. Dennis R. Timbrell, Minister of Energy, concerning the restructuring of Public Utili- ties within regionalized area. In the ensuing discussions with members of utilities., in areas such as Whitby (new Region of Durham), Vaughan (North York), Niagara Falls (Niagara), ewe became very aware of„threw fantastic problems confronting utilities in areas where regionalization has taken place. It was very evident from these discussions that costs have risen dramatically and that- equaliza- tion of rates has simply meant an increase in all rates. We felt very - fortunate to be in an area where such restructuring has not taken place." Miss LLucas hosts meeting BRUSSELS — The ladies of the afternoon unit of the United Church Women were entertained by Miss Laura Lucas on Tuesday afternoon of last week. Sixteen members answered the roll call with a verse containing the word 'cross'. There were 14 visitations recorded. Mrs. Steffler used a verse from the hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" as a call to worship and all joined in singing a hymn. Mrs. V. Hupfer continued the devotions with "Further Thoughts on Lent". She empha- sized that Lent is a time of preparation for Easter. "If fast- ing and making trivial sacrifices aid penitence, that is good,"she said, "but if they become substi= tutes for the daily practice of the Christian life and a continuing display of Christian principles, they become dangerous. They may blind us to the real values in life." She quoted the scripture passage, "Seek ye first the king- dom of God and His righteous- ness and all these things shall be added unto you." The scripture, from the sixth chapter of Matthew's Gospel, was read by Mrs. Crocker and Mrs.. Smith conducted a Bible qwz �•, Some highlights of the Presby- terial held -in Listowel were given by Mrs. W. Miller and Mrs. Smith. The general meeting of the UCW will be held March 18 in the church school. Mrs. Steffler closed -the meet- ing with prayer ' and an Irish blessing. Ole eligible applicants have yet to file applications, to far. we .have heard from nearly 250,000 people," 10. Wright said. `there are about 02,000 who are eligible but have yet to file applications," According to Mir. Wright the GIS program requires annual re- application by recipients beratese of the possible change in incoMe. Recipients hose WOW hes dropped will receive larger GIS payments while recipients whose in come has increased, will re- ceive a reduced rate, Mr. Wright pointed out. Consequently, some people will receive larger amounts begin- ning this April; others win re- ceive leas. Re -applications fore Guar- anteed Income Supplement were mailed to all recipients of GIS in December, 1974. This ha been followed up by one reminder. "We urge that thoee persons who have not yet filed their ap- plications do so as quickly a pos- sible so that they will continue to receive the GIS payments to which they are entitled," Mr. Wright said. 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