The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-18, Page 3i.'
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The Honourable -John White,
Provincial Treasurer brought
down they Budget in the
Legislature this week-,
Some 641,000 people who .
receive federal guaranteed in;
come supplements, family
benefits and welfare paymertts
will be given assistance with '
drug costs commencing Septem-
ber lst. Also pensioners and
those who are disabled will be
paid the highest guaranteed an-
nual income in Canada,- as
from July 1st - $2,600 for
singles arid $5,200 for couples.
The new income supplements
are $25.61 a month for single
pensianeics and $68.84 for
couples. When these amounts
are added to the federal old age
security and guaranteed income
•
supplement a single pena.ioner
Would receive a.minimum mon-
thly income of $216.67 and a
married couple a minimum of
$4,`33.31
The retail sale:t tax has been
rernoved from a wide range of
husehord cleaning materials
and personal items such as
tpothpaste, soap and shaving
creams, as well as shoes, skates
and athletic footwear ,costing
less than $30,00.
People in the middle-income
group earning more than
$1:13,90q are again penalized un-
der th----Ontario Tax• Credit
programme; and those earning
less than this amount will
receive an increase in tax
credits. .
A small business tax credit is
Predicts possible
energy crisis
for Canadians
eanada 'could'be caught in
the centre of the energy crisis
even though she has- succeeded
in cushioning the blow in.the
mean.t.iairy-. Higgins.
economist and load production
supervisor at Ontario Hydro's
Toronto office, said in Clinton,
last Wednesday,' night (April
10).
- Mr. Higgins was speaking'.to
about 100 .contractors, builders,
and electricians. from ..Huron,
Perth, and Lambton;`Counties
who had gathered- -for the
special information and equip-
ment display night ptit on by
the 'Clinton Region of Ontario
Hydro at the Clinton Legion.
M -, Higgins said the energy
crunch would be felt in the next
• ten years or so when demand,
especially in the United States,
would far outstrip supplies. Oil
and gas reserves would be low
for the United States in 198,5
and could be low ins Canada at
that time, depending on, how
much 'of her supplies Canada
sells to the U.S.
Mr. Higgins told the contrac-
tors that much of the short fall
would be met with electrical.
power, which would come
either from coal or nuclear
powered generators. Canada
he said has a. Large source of
uranium tot power her nuclear
power .plants if jt "doesn't 'do
something stupid. and sell it
all," he said.
There could come the .day,
Mr, Higgins said, when the use.
of gas and oil 'as primary -
`energy sources could be banned
by law because they, would be
more valuable in the 'petro-
chemical industry. He cited the
case of.._natur.al gas, which is a
'prime ingredient in fertilizers.
He also said •that the energy
i crisis was still a very serious
thing, even though the media
and the public had passed over
• it like a fad. The energy crisis,
he said, could be even. more
serious in the -next ten years or
so.
'He said that Canada ,and 'the
U.S. have had totally opposite'"
oil policies. He said the U.S.
has been obsessed with con-
sidering national security,
while the Canadian policy has'
shown a total lack of regard for,
national Security. -
"The Canadian West sold to
the .U.S. market, while the East
' was importing it from the Mid-
dle East."
However, . he praised the
Canadian government• for im-
posing an export tax on oil sent
,,to _thy_ U.S He said that
Canadian reserves of -oil and
gas were sufficient for
Canadian •_ needs until the
199r^, but only of Canada
does `t: embark:c -a-greater enc--_
port policy. -
Walter Palmer, Ontario
Hydro's Clinton area manager
told the contractors that Hydro
is facing shortages of steel,
aluminium, copper, plastic and
even western cedar for hydro
poles. „ ••�_
He said the shortages have
delayed and will continue to
delay new services from On-
tario Hydro. He asked the con-
tractors to give Hydro` power
estimates as far in advance'` as
possible.' J
He said Hydro was trying to
cope ,wit.h the situation by .fin-
ding alternate' sources of sup-
ply, obtaining long-range com-
mitments from suppliers and
changing designs to use alter-,
native materials where
possible.
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GODE'.RICH SiOiNA14-STAR, THURSDAY. ARP1L 18, 1974—PAGE' 3
Discusses Huron's proposed �uclear plernt
to be introduced and there are dvstrial and residential pur- • Minister§ and other officials on
plans to„es,tablish a Venture In- poses, and the existing land Monday of this -week to express
vestment Qorporation to help transfer tats has been increased, their concern over the much
finance small businesses. This to 19 percent for non-residpnta., talked about expansion • of
iS, . designed 'to, encourage the ,._- There will alsw„be increased „nuclear' ; development plants .
growth of active Canadian con- grants to pnuii�eipalities to en- , along the . shores "'of •'Lake
trolled private corporations • coura� water .and sewerage Huron. `; a..
which will be entitled -to an in.- projects, to make ..available„ I questioned the Minister (')i
come "tax credit equal to 5 per- ',more serviced lots for residen- Agriculture lie following day
cent of the increase in their tial development, but these 'as to what steps he'intended to
capital •• in Ontario, to a grants are only to -'%e given to take to meet the concerns of the
maximum of $3,000' annually: restructured governments. Board.
The Treasurer, has imposed . Some fime ago Jphn Spence, 'l he Minister•'s ,reply s as
stiff new taxes on land and ' Liberal member for Kent, follows; ` "First of all Mr.
property speculators, ' amours- asked the Minister if the power • Speaker, there is, no proposed
ting to a 50 percent tax -on land to grant consent is to be .retur- nuclear power plants south of
or house sale profits which the tied to those municipalities Goderich. There are ex-
Province- considers -to be in ex- whose official plans have been ploratory power plants south of
cess of real 'value, However, " approved, and he has now .Goderich. There are •ex -
there does not appear to be any stated in the House thatc,there ,,ploratory 'considerationsgoing
provision made by the Govern- is 'a program to return .this on by Ontario Hydro. I know
merit to prevent this t4 from power to regions and restruc- that location hasbeen
being passed of to the home-, tured counties, .but not to other
suggested.' Several sites Have
buyer. municipalities, been under consideration but to
Ab Ontario. Land Cor- • Representative or the On- ; my .knowledge there is no site'
poration is to be established to tario BeanPrbducers '" chosen- and to my knowledge
stimulate acquisition and Marketing Board . met .. with there has been no decision
development of land for in-' Resource Development madewhether it would be a
nuclear plant or a fossil fuel
plant. No one- has any idea
about that as yet.
A supplementary question to'
the Minister of Agruculture, by
Mr. Lewis, Leader of the NDP
was as follows: .a•,. t J
"Why and you playing that.
game with th!e Legislature?
Yon know that Ontario Hydro
indiscreetly made the jnistake
of letting.it be known tl>at they
are looking for a site in that
immediate area and; therefore,
is it not now legitimate to in-
dicate what you a.re going to do
with the groups of residents
who are extremely concerned
about radio active waste, about
tnverHuron Park happening
elsewhere, 'about all.. of the
things that are generated when
you set un,. a nuclear plant."
Mr. Stew`art's reply to the
supplementary question was as.
follows:
•"Mr. Spea er, I am - not
pretending .they on't exist. Ob -
Signing up fo,r.seasoll,
Baseball season is almost ready to start in Goderich. The
minor leagues began signing up'players Tuesday night., Tom
Thompson, left, watches as two'Goderich boys, Danny Maillet
Huron County Board of Education
BY WILMA 'OKE
The budget report will be
presented to the Huron County
board of education for con-
sideration, at an open meeting
on . Monday, April 22. The
meeting will begin ar.7:30 p.m.
when the board will meet•tr in
.committee -of -the -whole for the
first hour, following which the
press will be allowed to "sit in
on the meeting.
D.J. Cochrane,, director of
ed'uc'ation, said at the .regular
board meeting in Clinton last , a�ut.hporize -trips that do not cost
}"°' ve 4az ee,�.tain amount or that
Monday that trustees would be• are short trips, and it is not copies of the budget no necessary to ask the board for
later than Thursday so , that permission. In this- way," he
each will be able to stuav it said; many schools are sending
and _ be prepared 'to accept' or their students On . field - trips
reject it next Monday. •
Mr. Cochrane asked the obout' which the board mem-
trustees what their reaction • tiers ` are not informed. Mr.
would be to hayinga commit Cochrane said, "That would
come out of this , study"• •
tee of trustees, administration,
principals and teachers making
some recommendations on field
trips, putting field trips .under
the microscope, because "field
trips seem to be a topic that we
are getting hung up on".
Wilfred. Shortreed, vice-
chairtnan ,of . the board, said
"some schools seem to
coming with more requests
than others for field tr,ils".
Mr•„,Cochrane said, '`In world
affairs. I guess we are talking
about a royal cbmm'ission nr a
task force."
J.P. Alexander said that
believed it was a matter
communications; that, when
things come to the surface it is.
notwhat it seems. He said that
after, looking into the matter, t'I
am satisfied". • 'He' said he
found out that principals can
viously a statement had been
made that there "`was con,
sideration being given. After
meeting with the people of
Huron yesterday and with the
officials of Ontario Hydro, 'it
was made abundantly clear to •
us that there has been no such
decision. It is, Purely in an ex-
ploratory state. Consideration'
has-been given as to where suf-
ficient power -would be
developed that would meet the
requirements 10 to ,15 years
hence and there is no positive
statement at all so I am not in
any way misleading or playing
any games with the House. I
am as much concerned as
anyone would be "`with any ill
effects that might emanate
from any. ' such generating
station whatever the type might
be. But until there is some in-
dication that there is going to
be such a plant' -'then I think it
is presumptions that there will
be as was included in the
question of my friend from
Huron. We are concerned lad 1,
can assure you that our
Ministry will be having major
irtiput into any decisions that
are being made regarding any
possible ill effects that would -
emanate to the farm corny
rr,unity from such a plant."
In a colorful and traditional
ceremony in the Legislature
this week, Mrs. Pauline McGib-
bon was installed as the new
Lieutenant Governor of On-
tario. Mrs. McGibbon' is
President of the Canadian Con-
fere'nce:.of the Arts as well as
Chairman •of the Board of
Women's College Hospital in
Toronto,. and for the. past •fotir
years has been Chancellor of
the Uniyersity of Toronto. She
is the first woman to be appoin=
ted to a .vice regal position in
Canada. -
Hydro off
after :storm.
Complete -•hydro service was nesday_from Hamilton to assist
restored to. Huron County on in the repairs.
Wednesday morning after a It is nearly seven years this
temporary by-pass hydro' line. month since a tornado' cut a -
was „constructed around the swath of destruction from Hen -
five 130 -foot hydro towers that call to Dublin,. only "a short
were knocked down or distance from the path of last
"damaged" ""after a tornado ,-. Sunday's. tornado.-
touched down last Sunday af-
,,ternoon in. Pert County, just u,
one mile from`the Tuckeramith- ` PNG Club
Hibbert Townline, and one • ' ea•
'
mite south of St.. Coiumban. ,
About 50 Ontario Hydro men = plays cards -
from . Clinton London, and The past Noble ,Grarnds Club
Toronto Worked 16 hours each of Goderich • Rebekah Lodge
day on Mondavi and Tuesday in held their April meeting at the
an attempt to restore service to home of,, Mrs. Pearl Lawrence,
the 230,000 volt line. ' RR 5 ,Goderich on Tuesday
Power vas off to Clinton, evening, April 9. •
'•Goderich, Blyth, Stratford, Twenty=two members an; ~
'`Seaforth, 13avfield,' Brussels, s"wered the roll call;. Several
Mitchell and - parts of Exeter members were reported in the
• and Henson,,:. anywhere .from hospital.but improving nicely.
three hours to nine hours last Mrs. Amcts. Osbaldeston• of
Sunday as Hydro crews fered her home for the June
rerouted the power to the area meeting. The members then -
through a smaller '115,000 volt enjoyed a game of 500 with
line -that could only carry about Mrs.' Elsie Moore and Mrs.
half the load. in Huron County. • Elizabeth Sitter winners, Mrs.
The tornado struck the area Aileen •Fritzley ,with the lucky
'during 'a violent thunderstorm ` birthday gift.
that sweO't through the area on A sincere vote of thanks was
Sunday afters otn, dumping up extended to Mrs. Lawrence and
to an inch of. rain on some her daughter Mrs. Jack Wilson
for such a lovely party in their
beautiful new home.
andDennis Donnelly fill in the required forms, at the Goderich
arena. (staff photo)
•
et meeting Mon
.be
he
of
all
The -question of whether all
schools are participating to the
full extent of • the money
allowed them for field trips has
been raised at • the last two
board meetings _by . John Hen-.
derson and Mr's• IVliollie Kunder
both of Seaforth, and by both of
them at other previous
meetings along • with Mr.
Alexander of Wingham.
,Ari contest among pupils at-
tending. schools' under the
board's .jurisd'icti'on will be
sponsored for the design of an
"official Board - Crest", and;;
'prizes awarded to the winning
• cirntestants as follows:, first
prize, $20; second, $15;' third,
$10; and fourth prize, $5. ' D••J.
Cochrane, director of
education, is to appoint judges
and arrange the details'•of the
,contest. ' •
-
The - request . for the board
,crest was made - by George
Hildebrand, director of , the
Seaforth District High School
Band, who would like •to have
the crest for use on a flag;,and
on the blazers of the band ,
members. '
Mr. Turkheim • reported a
presentation on technical
programs in Huron Secondary
Schools was given. fit , the
education committee meeting
by the following Technical
Directors -Walter Fydenchuck,
South Huron; Ed -Beard, F.E.
Madill; Murray • McGill,
Goderich Collegiate, and Bill
Craig, - Central •Huron--Stitt1ff
dary at Clinton. -They ex-
plained the • background and
philosophy of ,technical
education; the effects 'of the
credit system on technical
education in this area and the -
future of the course.
The board approved tRe
management committee recom-
mendation that the services of
a competentmason be retained
to carry out the masonry
repairs on all county schools on
a cost plus basis, the name and
the conditions of the agreement
to , he submitted to the Board
..for its approval:
The second recommendation
• •present.d by C. McDonald,
vice-chairman of management
dnf)mittee, was approved that
further ,investigation would be
carried (tit with respect to the
Minding and condition of the
playing • field at Goderich
District Collegiate pending the
finalization of the construction
of the new storm sewer facility
on Bennett Street,
The hoard approved a s)ib-
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di�•isiori,
Village of'Zuricii, but the,board school.
representative from the, area, Mr. Turkheim said if Hydro
Herhert Turkl,eim and• Charles. #wilds a nuclear powered
Rau• and the senior ad ,generating station in the. area,
ministration will be directed to �'*as- rumours indicate, it would'
consult with the- County Plan- not he for"five years and the in-
creased, accommodations.
needed would he studied' .to
p.•epare for that occurrence at a
later time.
It was suggested thaf the The board will -go along ,with
plan for 38 lots not be approved a task force' to gather data on
but Mr: Turkeim said there was the phenomenon of. students
a critical need for homes in leaving secondary school before
Zurich and this',would hold up completing„their programs
the start on the. subdivision: which is c ue;ing .continuing
The area is situated about aconcern 'to the ministry of
half mile from the present •education. Dr.. C Watson of
'public school in Zurich and will the Ontario Institute for
be adjacent to St. Boniface. Studies in E ucation, will, be.
Roman, Catholic School. the principal investigator• The
Talking about the number of work will be carried out
pupils who might be expected throughout the school year,
from the new subdivision, Mr.. .1974-75 with the secondary
Turkheim said there might be schools .inviilved to studv..the
about 76 pupils, with a fifty-` characteristics, incidence and
fifty split, half for the public destination of dropouts.,---
plan
ropouts.,ro,-
plan proposed for the and
ha
f
for
th
e separate
ning Director, ,p•Gary Davidson,
with regard tcfuture provision
for school accommodation.
parts of the area. as well as
hail: -
No one. was seriously injured
inthe area where the tornado
touched dawn, but tett persons
escaped. near death w en a 50 -
foot -house trailer, be ringing to
Ted Doyle of Hibbert Township now underway,
was rolled over twice about
2:45 p.m. as the tornado passed
. and' the $12,000 trailer was
completely demolished. -A near -
Cancer campaign,
It causes one death- out of
every six in Canada, It will af-
fect about 65,000 Canadiansfor
• by barn was completely • flat- the first time this year It wilt
tened and the debris scattered. cause ; almost •100,000
for half a' mile. Canadians to be under.,Medical
Several other barns in the rare in - 1974• It can strike
Area were, damaped'including a anyone at any°age.. It can be
barn '`t)n the 'arm of Joe beaten.
O'Reilly which contained 32 It is cancer.
cattle, which were not injured: -To combat this disease, the
Walter Palmer, the Clinton Canadian -..cancer Society (CCS)
•area manager for Ontario campaigns for funds in April to
Hydro, said it w q uld take to the 'prdvide_' research, education,
end of the mond to.put up the service to patients, lodges -and.
five new 130-fobstowers in the
area; "if everything goes well.”
• He said that new top sections
_ would have to beifabricated,for
three of •the towters, while •the
other ,~two doutned towers
would have to EV completely
replaced. Cost is e,stimated to
• be around'$500,000• A 100 -ton
crane was brought in Wed -
administration.
The campaign started this
year, March 31. Officially '
called Daffodil Sunday, the day
began a one-month drive to
raise $8,500,000 nationally and ,
$28,000 in Huron County.
Les Pitblado and Harold
Chase are the local campaign
chairmen.
tornado damage
TedDoyle, far right, talks to reporters and neighbours on Sunday beside his 5040*t traiter•theat
was demolished when a tornado went through Hibbert Township Sunday aafternogn, Ten other
,people who were visiting Mr Doyle at the time escaped serious;1nlury, The twister also
knocked out five hydro transmission towers serving Hurdn County, causing an estimated
$500,000 damage (News -Record photo)
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