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JACK'S JOT INGS
FROM QUEEN'S PARK
.10W01..1,,,40.1 rod. •
°Plans , for the Proposed ,curling, golf, skating, hotaebaek
1V1aple Mountain Development„, riding, boating, fishing,
confidential and withheld from snowmobilipg, hiking and ten-
' the Legislature until the end of nis with day care facilities and
this -week, had previously been instruction offered.
shown .to ,a� ,select group of , A self contained village
businessmen! The development - would be built beside Handle
was/proposed as a way of injec- Lake at the base of the.' mown.,
ting money into Northeastern tain and stores, hotels and con -
Ontario by building a year dorn.iniums are::planned. In the
round recreation centre to at- first stage of a- two part
"-tract tourist -dollars. Maple development $25 million in
Mountain, the proposed sitesis public fund's would be spent in
350 miles no'rth ofToronto=and , four years, on the resort intra
rises 1,000 ft Above nearby structure and about 80% of -the
land, making it one . of On- recreation" facilities,. The
tario's highest ridges, Federal and Provincial Gywern-
An old logging road is all rnents would be asked to share
that leads into the wilderness the cost equally and private in -
site but with '$26 million in vesto.rs would provide another
---1-973;---eos-ts"of publ-ic money--t-he... $,53...mi.11itzn,
Government hopes 'td t,4}.trn the The Minister of Industry and
' wilderness into a year round Tourism Claude Bennett, came
resort capable ,c1f entertaining under beayv fire in ' the
Alp tb 8,000 visitors at a time; Legislature, over the
A complete range of general justification of his approach to
recreation activities is planned the businessmen.. before MPh's
including ',skiing, swimming, and taxpayers knew the con -
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New northern recreation
tents of the consultants' He was thinking .of the
reports. Opposition Members 27,000 acres of class 7 land at
branded,. the practice a total the Canadian Forces. base
provides for lay people to sit on
the councils of the Colleges,
governing the professions. The
contempt for the Legislative Carpp Bor'cdeh. Mr. Nixon said, . first six parts of the act given
process. Studies to -dare for the Premier 'Davis could stop the „ firstreading this week, cover
proposed project .;have cost • airport with .a 'five minute medicine, dentistry, nursing,
$247,000 and the Minister in- phone "call to the Federal optometry and pharmacy.' The
dicated there is a strong „ Government saving that we°do act would replace existing
possibility the Province will or- not want or need it. Mr• Davis legi. nation Such as the Medical
dermore studies ,,,on the maintains that the decision to ''Act. Laren further parts of the
proposal for the $95 million establish the airport is a Act will lie' introduced until
resort at Maple Mountain in Federal -on 'one. Mr, Ni, ;regulatian has been revised for
Northeastern Ontario. The charged that Mr.:., Davis' all the I health disciplines.
, Minister repeated p, ,e^viona neutral stand in the affair was Workers vet to he covered in,
assurances that 'the re'fra'cts will ridiculous:` Aeeording to Mr. elude Chiropractors, oc-
be made public when the lixon,. he Premier speaking for cupatinnal and other
Cabinet's decision is announ•n
�� the people of Ontario, ought to therapist,, technicians and'
ced. present an . opinion about, podiatrists.
The Ontario Liberal Caucus whether there should bean air -
made a policy decision this port or not in Pickering, .
week to fight the Federal Health Minister' Frank
Liberal Government's decision Miller, introduced new
to build ani International Air- legislation into Vthe Legislature
port "at Pickering. Pickering .yesterday which~• r ill permit
area has some of the best far- lay' people to play a 'substan-
mland i°n the Province. Liberal'' tiai role in governing doctors,..
Leader . Robert Nixon said] it dentists and-- other health
wauld.b.e. w.rang ta.haY.e-__ao air- �y pr_nfessimwa, _
Mr': Miller said the major im-
portance of the new Bill is'that
it' defines the scope of practice
of ,:many of tire health
professions as well as providing
for the regulation and co-
ordination of their activities,
The Health Disciplines Bill has
a - duty to regulate • and co-
ordinate the rhealth disciplines
port there. • Mr. Nixon said •.. The proposedHeal , to •the puhlic interest to make
Mallon should be able to han- Disciplines Act will set up 'a 'sure they develop and 'maintain
standard~ of practice and to en •,
sure individuals. receiving their
services, ,Due to these things it
would authorize the Minister of
Health ,,to. scrutinize what 'the,
dle Toronto's airline traffic for board 'of 5 to • 7 lay people to
the foreseeable future •after review coumplaints by the public
which time planner's could look or from members of the
north for less productive land ,profession who feel themselves
near Barrie,.,_ w
treated unjustly. It also
One of the best. meter men ip the business retired from the Goderich PUC last week after -35 --
years of service. J.W. Woods was widely recongnized for his achievements -in his field. Here
he receives a gift from his felloW employee presented by W.J. Mills (right). (staff photo)
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR,' THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 197 1?AG►A 3
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eveiopment
governing , councils, , of the
professions are doing and "to
ask them to change 'regulations
if necessary.. If a Council fails
to make the required- change
within 60 days the ' Act allows
the, Cabinet to make , a new
regulation.
A report tabled in the
Legislature by the.Ontario Law
Reform x Commission recom-
mends compulsory No Fault In-
surance for autoincibile owners
and the abolition of Tort Ac-
tion -going to Court to establish
blame. . The Commission's.
recommendations , ifRapproved
in Law wOuli bring startling
relief to Civil Courts: 40% of
Civil trial time in the „Supreme
and County Courts_is taken up
. with determining -motor vehicle
• negligence claims.
The report refrains from
recommending takeover ' of
automobile insurance by the
Province, but it calls for careful
'consideration of whether in-
surance;,should.be underwritten
by the Province, Private com-
panies or both. It also avoided
saving whei'her a compulsory,
No -Fault "scheme will cause the
cost of insurance premiums to
PUC employees
d
Last ' Friday evening em- •
plovees, retired 'employees,
commissioners and wives, • of
tt ,Goderich Public Utilities
Commission, assembled • at the
Bedford Hotel, Goderich, to
honor retiring long service em.:
-,plovee' John Wood ' and
resigning office' clerk Mrs. Paul'
Betties. •.
.Prior to leaving the utility
Mr: Wood was the recipient. Of
gift presented by Wilson (Bud)
retirement
McCreath on --behalf of _ h.is
fellow employees. Mrs. Betties
likewise received a -.gift, presen-
ted by Manager Dave Rolston,
on behalf of her Utility
associates.
Mr• Wood's retirement con-
cludes :35 -, vears in utility ser
vice. - His,' -career commenced
with Norwich Public. U't'ilities
in- 19:39. Mr. Wood joined'the
Goderich P,ihlic Utilities as
in February
meter inspectoh'
Eniertairrnent is, a must at any retirement banquet and these friends and fellow emplcsyees of
Mr. Woods. Playing '�riolin is Mr'• Francis Schram, Mr. Bruce Ryan and Mrs. Dave Ralston •play
guitar and Ms. Ron, Curl plays the xylophone, (staff photo)
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Behind every good man is a woman Mrs. Woods wit, also
• .`presented a' gift from the PU employees for putting' up
with Woody all,these years; Mr, W. (Bud) McCreath presen-
ted
ted the gift to her at, the retirement banquet. (staff photo)
TO THESE FdREWEII
MRS. FRED PRICE
Mrs, -.Fred R: (Steve) Price,
o9 Waterloo Street 5., died 'in
University Hospital Sundav,
April 7 following a lengthy
illness•
The former Mary ;Jane
(Jea,nne) Johnstone, she. was
-,born at Lucknow to the late
William and Isobel -(McN'av)
Johnstone. -
Surviving are her husband;
one son, Jack R. Price,
Youngstown, Ohio; one grand-
child„ Stephen Rees Price;' one
sister, Mrs. Leonard- (Isobel)
Lindsay, London, 'and two
btlithers, Peter M. Johnstone,
Lufknow and Jack .Johnstone,
Elmira.
Funeral service was Wed-
nesday, April'r10 at McCallum
Y'ro though I^whlii through•Jhe valley.
r th, shadow of death 1 sholl (Gar no
r•w) for Thou ort with me
—2.1rd Psalm
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go up or•1down, It does seem to
suggest that aspects of a new
scheme that would tend to in-
crease costs ,would be balanced
by those that tend to reduce
cost
Since the new system would
make it compulsory fir
automobile owners to carr•' in-
surance, the ,,Commission
recommends establishment of a
motor -vehicle accident compen-
sation board. The report
proposes that the Province, un-
der the new system, would be
under • an increased obligation
to supervise and regulate the
provision of insurance and to
determine that rates are fair
and, based on appropriate
rating factors and to ensure
that no one is improperly
refused insurance• -
„
The '`CQmmission said ,that
collision coverage should con-
t4,ttue to be optional. it is
called a measurable, limited in-
terest of the vehicle owner
alone. However, ii should be
made ab dantly clear to
'owners th t they .can look to no
one for otnpensation if they
choose not to carry collision
coverage. The important
elements of the recornmen-'
dations are for a compulsory
scheme and.for the elimination.
of Court actions to determine
negligence and blame.
Edycation Minister Thomas
Wells announced "in— the
Legislature; increased grants
and aid to Ontario School
Boards that could total as
much as $55 million. He told
the Legislature, that the in-
crease, coming on top of 'last
The insurance would be first August's 7,9%. increase over
party rather 'than third - party, t"the 1973 ceilings, was to cope,'
liability and would insure all - •with inflation. Mr. Wells said' •
accident victims against that this did -not mean that thee"'-
pecuniary loss „arising out of
personal injury, deprivation of
support to dependents through
death or, injury and damage to
tangible property, including
motor vehicles. -
1949 at the,request of the late
Elmer Weaver, then Manage,'
of the Goderich Utility. .t
Commissioner William Mills,
in Making a presentation on
behalf , of the Commission,
made reference to the quiet,
and effeicient manner in 'which
Mr, Wood carried out 'his
duties while gaining the respect
of his fellow employees.
Manager ft.olston remarked
that as a result of Mr. Wood's
initiative• and creative mind .the
Goderich Utility was quite of -
...ten first. among t'he Medium to
small ,,s.ize._.a.tttilities with • a
variety of innovations. ,
Mrs. Wood was presented
with a gift by Bud McCreath on
behalf of her • hushand's •
colleagues.
The couple's daughter, Mrs/
•James. (Carolvn.l;..'Uolhorn of
'London, was present. Mr:and
Mrs. 'Wood's. son' Murray was
.stationed Lagos, - Nigeria, early
in March of this year by his em-
ployer, Plessey Canada
,Limited; where he is engaged in
"training native personnel in
"'maintaining "the government
telephone system. Mr. and
Mrs. Wood ..will continue to
reside on Anglese,a Street in
Goderich.
Mrs. Beitles j:uir)ed t -he
`"titilitv's clerical staff in
February, 1967, as typist :and
billing machine operator, „and
recently became t.he_: proud
mut her of a- son.
In making a presentation on
behalf of the Comrn,ission, Vice -
Chairman George Filsinger
remarked 'the,, utility's
customers and employees alike
will greatly miss her jovial
manner: Mr. and Mrs. Betties i',rulers frtrslrctled
and son reside on -tones Street -
in Gutferich.Dear Editor:
W
Mr. Tod and +Mrs• Bettles",, About 100 National Farmers
,expressed their appreciation to Union members from ,the Coun-
the Commission, Management' `ties of, Huron, Perth and Ox -
and employees for the kindness - - ford (District 5) met in Mitchell
extended to there, 'for the town hall on Tuesdaj{, April 2
evening held in their honor, as and Voiced their frustration's
well as- the good wishes and over the price of farm products.
The „group were about equally .
gifts -received.
Entertainment was provided 1 divid,ed4 into producers of beef,
by Francis Schram 'ion violin , pork and dairy. n
and Ornmitti�;ion Chairman Figures show „that it costs
Funeral Horne with C.L.
Royal officiating.
Interment was in Maitland
-Cemetery,' s- Pallbearerwere
Don MacEwan, -Jack Hotchkiss,
• Tony Bedard, Isadore Bedard'-•
•John ' Kane and l ,alph
Kingswell. ,
RON-ALD CRANE .
Ronald .,Crane, of • Sarnia,
died April 8 at 1„jniversit,v'
Hospital, London. He was '28.
lie is -survived by his „.wife
Marie and son Marcus, his
parents, Mr. _and Mrs. Harry
*Crane, Goderich: 'and .,a sister
Mrs. William (Marilyn)
Wilson, Huron Park.
Funeral services will •be held
today 'Thursday, April 11, ,at
11:00 a.m. at St. Michael's
Church, London. Irlternient
he at Ingersoll Cemetery.
original .ceilings were '
unrealistic „but it is an ad-
mission that they were very
flexible and coknizant of .
changing conditioris in the ,
economy.
Ever wonderhet your meter man does white you are at
'work? This is not what you think. -George Filsing;er is
merely con'gratu'lating Mrs. Lorraine Betties on the recent a
addition to her farnily- and on her` retirement. Mrs. Betties
left the PUC after seven years service to'become a fulltime
mother
Bruce %van on guitar. Mrs.
David Rolston and daughter,
Mrs: Ron C,t•I, sang a.tluet in
addition to playing guitar and
v,ibraharp,
Identity
4,M
of old
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picture
Last week's oldrpicture of Dr.
Whitley_ and his family was
given to the Signal -Star by Mrs,
Daer of Bavfi•eld 9Rd. in
Goderich. Dr. Whitley was horn
in Goderich Township and
practiced medicine for 54 vears,
50 of them in Goderich. He
died in 19,37 at the age of 81.
He was a member of the Town
Council while in town. He
bought the hokisie in 1905 and
lived in it until his death. The
house is now owned by Jim
Donnelly.
Gn
$11.05 to produce 100 lbs of •
milk, and the recetlt increase in •
the price of" industrial milk
used in the' .manufacture of
cheese, will give the farmer
about $855 per 100 lbs, •
Farmers don't have a chance
to accept or "rettTht decisions
handed down by the Ontario
Milk Marketing Board This
board is financed totally 'hv
producers.
The Ohtario Milk Cum -
mission is 'the overall provin-
cial authority for the milk in-
dustry and can veto decisions
, spade by the hoard. The Com-
mission ,is influenced in , its
decisions by the econoniiic: and
political*,power of, processors:.
Kraft ttomiriates the cheese
market in North America, and
so in turn effects the price paid
til the shippers of industrial
• milk•
The control of the price of
milk does not extend to the
, later stages of processing• and
distribution. About 120 dairy
dl fanners art, leaving the in-
dustry per month in Ontario.
Last vear , 7 creameries closed
also•
From this meeting a motion
was passed to withhold Win
products in 21 days if prices did
,not improve:'„ This was sent to
the • National Board . in
Saskatoon where it will be
dealt with. A meeting of all
Locals in.Region 3 (Ontario) is
being -held in.tbe Avion Motel,
Mallon on April 8,
G.. Austin
7'h11tak.1•t►u
Dear Editor`
On behalf of the Goderich
Lions Club and the .Young
Canada Committee I would
like to express my gratitude to
the residents of Goderich both
fortheir assistance in providing
billet:- for the players and their
support by attendance at the
games. res,
1 would also like to thank the
Signal -Star for the excellent
daily publication during the
tournament:
It's the support of the local
fans and participating
businesses ghat 'allows the tour-
nament to carry on from vear.
to vear and provide -the ex-
cellent competition to our
future, leaders.
Also a hardy thanks to the
members of • the Lion'? Club;
their wives; the " arena
management including the girls
in the canteen; St. John Am-
bulance; Goderich Police; and
the fine young men who kept
scores., announced, and kept
time•
Yours sincerely
Don 'Shortreed, Chairman
'Goderich Lions-Y.ourtg Canada`
Committee