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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-01-31, Page 17QODEBICH SIONAL-STArt THURSDAY, JA IARY Si, 1974-.4 '. • . The report' of.the county auditor "has' been received by Huron County's Executive Committee _ _.ee. and was.'> 're _ ._ .. 'Presented to ,coons' F ' a�„ last. rid,a� show,�g�. an operatr`hg deficit in the general account .for the year 1973 ofi$188,548 and a.surlilus in the highways account of -$-1;02;09' making a net.deficit theyear for of $86,451. "In preparing •the 1973 budget, it was•anlicipated that the general account would have a deficit of $207,464," said Executive Committee Chair- Some of the main reasons for department expects to ".ho ld man "Reeve Dong. McNeil this surplus acror�itg to the line" and predicted no in, Colborne Township. "In McNeil, resulted froni,the fact crease .over 1973 in the• county' it re A.lwe __.y, however, _r, as 1 dlcatPd the county wad unable. .. -share- of the --874 budget _there - ,__ w _.aATi-iLot$l, 8 6448�-.._..,sfehicipaJixtd,.__ ther__maC'erta 'Fhb co nt share •has not in Thereto e,,,although operating that -had been ordered. ,; ..• creased. since 1970. on a `deficit finance basis, ao- `'It should be ointed� not asyet been ad- .. '� We. have tuatly we had a profit of $18,916 over' our estimated budget." The highways account had' antic �jaated ,a break even operation for 1973, but due to unfbreseen-e`l3re4iiil nces a sur- plus..has • been accumulated. that we Oct have' 'a working', wised' of .our 1974 allotment of, capital 'fundi-af�,$250100 which provincial fupds,'' said assists in current operations Dietrich. "We estimate our and reduces bank borrowit g," %� allotinent' for,1974 will be tip - said Reeve McNeil. ` proximately , $1,402,000 plus. County Road Committee -1-20,000 as the Ministry of . Chairman, Reeve Joe Dietrich Transportation. and Corn - ..of Stephen Township, -said his munications 80'percent share of pence The Bluewater Shrine Club Jerry Moffat of Kippen, first in an area from Grand Bend on -elected Noble Spence Cum- ` vice-president; Bryan Ainslie of the. south to ‘Witrgham on the mings of Clinton as their new Goder'ich,second ce- north and easterly to Seaforth, •president for the coming year president; Lawrie WSlade of,. including Goderich and Exeter,__ when they. had. their meeting- Clinton, third vice-president; also named area directors to last4dnesda'.. (January 23)'at, Walter Newcombe fof Clinton, the executive. They„ are: Grand the S inset Golf and Country treasurer; and William 'John= Bend, Harry Hamilton; )Club in Goderich.- - ston of Goderich, secretary. Seaforth, , Alex Chesney; Other elected officers were: The Shrine Club, which takes Goderich, John McKeown; Hospital Auxiliary annual meeting a the boundary bridge at Bluevale for a total allotment of $1,222,000.", Total , roadConstruction.in - .1 17. arnounte d•ato.. 9' $T4 4�,$86:'1�- while brid e• construction reached $24,989.28, Corhstruc- •,tion of bridges .on -boundary roads cost $109,.696.57.. Road maintenance 'for the year cost $685,466.52; Open winter iii 1973 resulted in win- ter maintenance costing less Mae budgeted.'•- Salting and sanding, estimated at $90,000 actually 'cost $78 461.48 while in Brucefield,.. Ross Scott.; Parkhill, Art Hodgins; -Clinton, Lawrie Slade; Brussels, Bill _Turnbull; Hensall Bob, Drysdale; Watford, Orville Wallis; Exeter, Harry Strang; Lucknow, Ron, Forster;.' Wingham, George Cameron; and London, Gord Kent. Gift Shop, curt money makers. There was a good attendance at the annual meeting when the members of the Women's. Auxiliary of Alexandra Marine and General Hospital reviewed the year's- work. __ _._m The Gift Shop, locates! inside, of the main door to the hospital,, and the Gift Cart, which is taken to' the patients on _the floors, continue to be a good source of revenue. Calen- da-rs-were--sold-in the fall. - The annual Penny Sale and Tea were .held in May. The Auxiliary; appreciates,. the sup- port of the citizens of Goderich and.district in these projects, ; the proceeds of Which enabled, The Auxiliary spOnsors the • OTICE To all interested Citjzins. • of the Towkot 9424erich Council would be pleased to receive applications for ippointniente to the following Boards: Please submit to the undersigneds on or -before- -- 12:00 noon February 5th, 1974; ToWn of .Goderich 57 West Street teenage girls who do volunteer members .of the hospital staff • service in the hospital. A tea who prepare refreshments for . was held in their honor and the meetings and 'to the awards:. were presented for Goderich Signal -Star staff for hours' of service. Two Can- coverage and pictures of special dystrkpers who chos:nursing as events. a. ccareer received • engraved' - surgical scissors. Under the leadership of the The Auxiliary sponsored a president, Mrs. John Berry, the display of paintings by J.W. Auxiliary has had a successful and rewarding year. McLaren of Benmiller. As a result of this showing the The 1974 officers ant con - Auxiliary received a substan- veners. are as follows: past tial dnation. president, Mrs. ,,J." Berry; Vice - conferences, and assisted at the president, Mrs: R.W. H4ghes; secretary, Mrs. G. 'MacEwarf;', -graduation exercises of , the • • treasurer, Mrs. J.W. McLaren; Perth -Huron School of Nursing histOrian, Mrs. L. Vincent; in Stratford. Speakers,,Jboth en- tertaining -and educational, . sewing, Mrs: Cutt; Gift Shop ' convener, Mrs, C. Worselk were heard „at rnOrithly aesistarit con.vener, Mrs. ,M. Leeking; treasurer, . Mrs. R. A group of ,worne,n_sew and McCallun,,,,,Sr.; personnel, Mrs. , mend for the hospital andtheir • 'Ale, Auxiliary grateful to gckinier• "Ibe telephone con- vener is' MA.• A. Holmes and nori-meinhers who assist 'with corresponding secretary is 'Mrs. thie 'project. --Special:thanks is extended to Cyril Murray. 'Eggln.cing obiection • Peter Eisenbach of Grand Bend was picked as hctngrary director. Ken Flett of Clinton was named auditor . and Bob Drysdale of Hensa•llwas picked as the director of draws. Named.ras heads of standing committees were: entertain rnent, Lawrie Slade, John McKeown.. -and Frank Pyke;• publicity, Howard'Aitken; sick 'and shut-ins,-- Bill Mills, benevolent, all ambassadors appoin$d from Mocha Temple; bulletin, Bill Johnston; ,.mem- -bership -,committee, Gerry Holmes of Clinton, and each -director' and 'ambassador. The new slate was installed by Harold Nichols. of, Kit- chener, -CE-T4 Robban • of ' the Mocha: Temple of London. He • ,is also a charter member. of 'the Bluewater-' Club; The Bluewater Shrine Club' is made .up of members of the • Mocha Temple of London and was' formed „in September of 1959. They. are part of a 16p. Shrine Temples in ;North America that voluntarily• and monetarily support the' Burns Institute •..in Montreal and ., Chicago • and 17,_ 8.hriners Hospitals in Canada and the. U.S.A. m • The Burns Institutes a'Ye. special' care.' hospitals for the severely ''burned. The Shriuer'.s Hospitals .provide special treatment for crippled children who_ other- wise would nevei' receive the help or t.'ould not afford it. The local Shrine Club volunteers both time and money. tntl this end and provides both t.ran- sportaticin and • expense money to these special: cases. Guest speaker -,,at the Bluewater installation service •was Floyd Kyte of Tillsonbr'g, who spoke, on ,"Why the children. of Isreal are,xeturning to Palestine." ° "There are gross errors in the nothing artificial ahounhe way Report on. Egg Pricing released ;Ontario egg" prices are set," , yestertlay by the Food Prices He explained that egg prices Review" Boa•rd," sayta Gordon „to' the farmer are based on president, Ontario three factors: -the ,.cO,st of, ''.Fecle'ration of .,Agriculture. proriction, supply, and the egg These errors stem- from the price paid to U.S. farmers. „ Board's reluctance to checii the "Ontazio fahmers compete on accuracrof the report with the a Very competitive North Marketing Board, prior to Therefore, it is foolhardy to ac - release. "Such co-operation cuse'the 9ntario egg producere would have omitted the errOrs setting,artificially high prices and avoided, the report being :when OntatiOlprices.have been publicly discussed- in an air 'of consistenily ,fiv.e : cents to 12 conflic,t. \Con:nit-tiers should centa a dozen below the U.S. resent a government agengy " price. In the U.S.., egg,prices are stirring Up more confusion •over not regulate& They are' deter- - food prices." „ • mined by suPply and demand," Hill, a Varna livestock and claims Hill. - cash creitlIariner,,,4asks: "What does the Food Pricei 'Review Otr,January 8, 1974 U.S: far- Aoard,, rhean by accusing the rnefs we're beino paid 72 'to -74 milts a dozen for' Grade Alarge egg ,board of maintaining egg' .• prices at an 'artificially' high ceegngs.ts,, Ontario farmers got 63 0" level? 'There is 'absolutely OPEN SATURDAYS WITCHCRAFT WON'T WORK oti yoqr tn Mtn In 061411g gatin SyStentJ 4, But WE Toxes are tlicky business', but -out yeat. of experience have piovii:led. us with all tke' magic forinulas. Avoid and Irouble. ,Let BLOCK - brew Up your tax r.eturnl It's a good place fir) place, your confidence. COMPLETE RETuqNs * Businesses up 1, we ineke,,,ate tr... in the preparation rd. your IAA return thst ptitits yOu Anyt in,preit Or penalty on additttintat tat., doe, whtle we do not Assorhe the hattilltlY tor thy addtttonal taxes, we Yell pay that tot.erest and penaley 4. 1E11 4121C .C,anada's Largdst Tix gery.ice With NO 6000 Officii in North AmeOca. 19 VICIORIA GODERICH PHONE 524-8658 NO APPOINTMENT. NECESSARY • - 'Feeders bleepers - Stabling - Liquid' Manure EgdipMent Hog Equirent FARMATIC snow ploughing estimated at „$89,QOQ cost about half .that amount at $45,443.76. Maintenance `of -bridges- and- salver c}"$3.4,17:93.,. The total amount .spentoon� • the road system, including •those items not for•subsidy, was $2,028,973.10. The 4973 RoadN'eedsrStudy- Update, "tabled On Friday by the. Road 'Cornrnittee outlined" • the "now" construction which has reached an estimated $5,742,000. Dietrich explained that to bring present deficient roads and "ledges in Huron up to top condition would cost'in excess of five million dollars. Due to financial restraints by the �prov.ihce, ,'counties. are limited each year t6 a subsidy representing their share of one- fifth of 45 percent of ,construc- tion needs. • "The one-fifth, is used because the'.Minist'ry of Tran- spbrtation and Com- munications, feel that this backlog of , work should be scheduled over .a five year period- and then found they could only provide their share to all counties of less•than half of this amount 45 percent,'',., reported Dietruieh, "As you can seer it will be impossible to eliminate all our deficiencies: in even 20 .years if we, continue to•fx budget; for only nine percent of , our deficiencies each year (20 percent of 45 percent) because each year as we improve some projects, other sections of road 'u .-..become-deficient due too normal wear - or changing traffic 'pat- terns." HUron. u Engineer for the date shows a projection of fixed 'county, Jim Britnell concurred posts nasii as rnainter an e, with this viewpoint and `'said overhead"and new :equipment, the iiiij t will contribute a Engineer Britnel.l..said then set amount to the' road systertt creasing rade fh io teWjer= in Huron'' but that ''Huron cent' provides. 'on'ly for' -ins . . citizens may choose to spend flationary ,trends and not for �. considerably more which would any imnrovoment in services. have to be paid totally out of county fu.n,de, .. -"We should begin to think of this, in terms •of a _gram rather than a 'percentage, of total road costs in the county," said Brit- nell. • Fixed costs for 'roads in Huron total more <than one million dollars_per„year, and it is increasing at a rate of about five or ten percent according to 'the''” Mad Committee Chair- man. The Road Needs Study" Up - YES WE ,000-$50,000 2nd - 3rd rntges: We, are now making Loans on all typesaot,propertiee in your area. Call diPect cottegt - Prompt -1n- vestment`Corp., 330 Say'Stri et, Toronto, 366-9586 evgs. 231- 8146. Low cost, any purpose, Ontario wide service. LI New Mattresses Galore WHERE THE PRICES 1.1 Reeve. ~=EDe-b ShewfeIt., Goderich, c'gmmented /*-that countyresidents may soon be forced to accept' a greater share in, the cost ofroads if,they want-- ,thetn up 'to standard h across ARE RIGHT WE TAKE TRADE-INS ` (andE Furniture 1�2 fi111LE .SO.UTH OF' GODERIC• . THE. BIG RED BARN DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOURSELF SPECIAL ALL PERM WAVES -$35 Perm Wave—$30.00 $39 Perm Weve—S25.00. $25 Porn' Wave—$20:00 $20 -Perm Wave -417:00 JAN. 15 - MAR. 15 HEATHER BEAUTY SALON 10B LIGtITHOUSE " 524-7461 BASE FACTORY OUTLET NEW STORE HOURS FOR JAN. FEB. & MAR. MON. THROUGH THURS 11 A.M TO 6 P.M FRIDAYS 11 A.M TO 10 P.M KINCARDINE, ONT. 395-5286 WESTEEL - ROSCO - Mills -ACORN - Cleaners Heateti Waterers Granaries - Bulk Tank and -Pipeline, Cleaning - Uddersan ZERO ' kICES AS MARKED AT BATH MA1S-AND BRAIDED, ORIGINAL PRICE PRICE PAN'TS $„.97 NOW $3.97 TUBULAR COTTON KNIT ORIGINAL PRICE S2.57 PER . YD. 7 PER NO, W 5- c yD. - Pipeline & Parlor equipment U$ED, EQUIPMENT. IN, .STOCK MO gal. a 'R., Bulk Milk Cooler good condition - Patz chain lxink feeder for 80' bunk -NEVV-EQUIPMENT 600 gal. Zerci Vicuurn 'Milk 'Cooler with bdilt-in autOmatIc wash - 1 set of Cattleor Hog Scales (pasSage type) reasonable price " We have &Vail& loadef olay Silo Unloadeis coming, earnest. still available. Due to the steel' situation, we may 'haw trouble getting Mote later. If you are building a. olio be-eure and call We have bilen informed that Webfoot - Rose° pro making 001Y - one rim of grain IbIns this War. Bo sure to let us knew your requirernerits early. - SIMULATED ORIGINAL VALUE NOW MrCrHUEINSWESIMNANG E 4;' WE REPAIR • YOUR ,PRESIENT SEWING .MACHINE OUR RATES.ARE' AEASONABLE ,ANO A 'YEAR WARRANTY FUR HATS REGULAR VALUE $7.97 • POLYESTER CORDUROYS PLAINS' & PLAIDS 1.0 ALL OTHER-MEAoHANDISE Wirt WHITE 'ads — 'AT • THE CHECIGOUT COUNTER DURING OUR JANUARY OFF PRE4NyENTORY SALE.' MR. SERSCHT OUR 110/1140 MACHINE DISIONSTRATOR AND INSTELletoit WI AT PANE (andE Furniture 1�2 fi111LE .SO.UTH OF' GODERIC• . THE. BIG RED BARN DO SOMETHING NICE FOR YOURSELF SPECIAL ALL PERM WAVES -$35 Perm Wave—$30.00 $39 Perm Weve—S25.00. $25 Porn' Wave—$20:00 $20 -Perm Wave -417:00 JAN. 15 - MAR. 15 HEATHER BEAUTY SALON 10B LIGtITHOUSE " 524-7461 BASE FACTORY OUTLET NEW STORE HOURS FOR JAN. FEB. & MAR. MON. THROUGH THURS 11 A.M TO 6 P.M FRIDAYS 11 A.M TO 10 P.M KINCARDINE, ONT. 395-5286 WESTEEL - ROSCO - Mills -ACORN - Cleaners Heateti Waterers Granaries - Bulk Tank and -Pipeline, Cleaning - Uddersan ZERO ' kICES AS MARKED AT BATH MA1S-AND BRAIDED, ORIGINAL PRICE PRICE PAN'TS $„.97 NOW $3.97 TUBULAR COTTON KNIT ORIGINAL PRICE S2.57 PER . YD. 7 PER NO, W 5- c yD. - Pipeline & Parlor equipment U$ED, EQUIPMENT. IN, .STOCK MO gal. a 'R., Bulk Milk Cooler good condition - Patz chain lxink feeder for 80' bunk -NEVV-EQUIPMENT 600 gal. Zerci Vicuurn 'Milk 'Cooler with bdilt-in autOmatIc wash - 1 set of Cattleor Hog Scales (pasSage type) reasonable price " We have &Vail& loadef olay Silo Unloadeis coming, earnest. still available. Due to the steel' situation, we may 'haw trouble getting Mote later. If you are building a. olio be-eure and call We have bilen informed that Webfoot - Rose° pro making 001Y - one rim of grain IbIns this War. Bo sure to let us knew your requirernerits early. - SIMULATED ORIGINAL VALUE NOW MrCrHUEINSWESIMNANG E 4;' WE REPAIR • YOUR ,PRESIENT SEWING .MACHINE OUR RATES.ARE' AEASONABLE ,ANO A 'YEAR WARRANTY FUR HATS REGULAR VALUE $7.97 • POLYESTER CORDUROYS PLAINS' & PLAIDS 1.0 ALL OTHER-MEAoHANDISE Wirt WHITE 'ads — 'AT • THE CHECIGOUT COUNTER DURING OUR JANUARY OFF PRE4NyENTORY SALE.' MR. SERSCHT OUR 110/1140 MACHINE DISIONSTRATOR AND INSTELletoit WI AT PANE