The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-01-02, Page 2•
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'41 There's a Thin ‘line between life and
, eath:It is called ice.
Event winter people drown. because
:•••they Crash through ice surfaces on
ponds, lakes and rivers. Tiny tots. ven-
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ture onto the first fragile glaze,radults
take . cars- and • snowmobiles far 4 from
shore; teenagers become impatient to•:
start- the skating season.
, Cross ater . Service
The :Red, 1N, , Safety
' - has'•••sorne .tihie.,ly'- tips for.- vyinter ice,
Safety. TaA them oyer with your family at
supper tonight. It's a discussion that .
could save a -lifer
„, =-Ice should:.beat least four- inches
ttiick,for skating and Bight inches thick
for snowinibt ting. 3 `
--Weather conditions',.with alternate
freezing and thawing weakens ice struc-
ture. Air bubbles. form v he ice :aftd..it
becomes "rptten'
Sun 'sh'ining through.:ic'e".ebto' sand is._
ref•I"ectedhback up, weakening the -under-
side.
• --If someone .breaks through, stay
back from the hole. - Lie down flat and ,
_use a' pose,. tree branch.; hockey stick,
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OOKiNO BARK"
ropeti-or windbreakerst tied together to
extead your reach tb 'helpti.m. Tell -hien
tA,
•}' to 041$11 out his arms'as-far over the
surface as he can and to kick hard witth'
• his feet to get 'his body . horizontal The
momentum pf the kicking will help inch
his body OU't of theThole and onto the ice
surface. You scan -pull him to safety-. Be
• ° sure he stays flat on the ice to distribute
• his weight.'Get hint vilarm as quickly as:
possible. Report the .,accident to the..
police in order to prevent the same thing
happening to other people.,..
.a --If. you are, alone when y u break
• through foilow'tlh•e same procedure. Stay-•'
as flat as you can while you ed e toward
g
stronger ice and don't stand, up until you
are sure it can bear, your weight.
--Be sure youyr_children understand the
hazards of frozen water surfaces in your
neighbourhood: Until you ,know the iceL.12
is strong enough, kk"now where they are
al,l,-the time. Ice is a. tremendous-
attrac-tion, especially to. youn9.'children.
Recd,. Gross hopes you enjoy the winter
sporting season' and reminds you ci play
safe.
Safe"Is Th Ice?
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1 'inch stay •oft -
2 inches one may •
3 inches small groups
4.4 inches O.K.
small town
We are indebted •-fo .wa St. Marys
re'afdent for these : interesting bits of
'trio:ught• about•a small town. We are sure
our readers,'Will find- some .appealing
thoughts-
._ little towns where .you' don't have
to_ •.guess who yourenemies are. Your
t. ill te'It
you.'.'
"A little is" ' w'her'e everybody
everybody els �- r' by sj,ght -
r1Ao _..
an also where and, where it' ,g'b�ea.a..
"A ittle town is wherelew, people
Bet's ••with lying-'about•the year. they
Y
'were .b . Too Many other peole can `o
*member. ,.
t• n -is• where people with
-various•ailmerit can"pair thern pio'perty-to,
sympathetic ears." '
"'A little' town is where; "where 'you get
e ` the' wrong number, .y u can talk, for ,15
' minutes anyhow." •'
"A little" town is .whe the .:ratio of
good,people to bad --people ' something
Like 100 to one. That'd nice to rerherrl=,
• ber F„
little _town 'is where it its hard for.,
any'bod'y toy- w•a�!•k---t-o--'w6 r -k =-�f�ar._.- er-s exc_i_a .'
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11'6a6ove-men'were9athered in St. Patrick's Park, Goderich,
in 1924,1pr the first Octegenatian Picnic--ever.held here. The
men are (front row frorn eft/ Alex Johnston, born .1842; James
Gordon; 1841; S. 'Andrews, 1843; J. Sproule, 1843; William
Johnston, 1837. i3enjamin Packwood, 1844; Robert Russell,
1843; J. Murray it840; J, .McIntosh, 1838;_Wiliam Campbell,'
1834 Charles Blackstone, 1842; James -McVicar, 1843; and
tir+a•gaaro
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` • •The' Grand Trwnk', Railwa, a •
Cor pang ahoulil see to..it 'that
i�,tter. accon)modation is given•
the •gene•ral publ'ie: No place Pop._
their system that we know of
k 'more urgently re`ginl'r-es an up
p l and, re
date de ot�, bette
prompt patisenger'
,^sedation and freight t ^sport r
` Athan Goderich. And- e. don't
- know of any bette paving .
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• • that this partial - r branch. The
people of God • ich have-.a..,Kigpt
,.. to, ask for h ter service,
„•.The oth r da' Albert Goode
'of '"Ben • tller was driving to
marke with a heavy load of
woo' , T tl`-e-sno which adtcirned
t ~' grekh.gra re1;on>,the Square
as too Tight to make 'slipping
easy. -The horses. 'pulled hard
and long hut nnf „much head- -
way ,,watt gained until A.M.,•
Polley *drove- up ,'behind with
the1iiij. Cautiouaty the pole of
the bus, was.,, headed up to" the
rear, of the road,• the horses
pulled up, and , the " big weight
moved ahead. There was then
nodifficulty getting to market. - -
.....-.Ls_i.Ltrue,that•the new council
will ' licit need to pass a cow
bylaw. We are told that as the
::.curfew bylaw says the boys are .
"to go home' at eight.ca'-c tell k and
the curfew bell eloe.;•: nirt ring '
uiitil nine, the tntentro?gis that
the hell ring'i,ng';•will he, made to
:apply to the cows; .who will be, -
expected ,to -keep off the streets,
and , go home at that hour, We -
shalt "vers',=
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AndreHed
wdle, 1830. (back row from left),Wi;lliam- Allen, 1840;
D. McMurchy, 1846; Robert Kerr, 1847; Thomas'Gau•lep, 1844
Charles McHardy, 1843,_,J. Currie, 1843;•. George McMil
.1841; :James MLClurepV35; J.C, - Laithwaite, 1842; Ge••~ rge .
Thompson, . • 1'841;•" -William- Wakefield, 1.84.3; and Allem
Stewart, .1.836.
rE AR :REA�E
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" Consumer•, „spen'ding 'in durable goods, because these
Canada has increased over one- represent deferable purchases. ,•
and=a=half times , since 1961.. • ' ' This group. incluie•s'
�his fact e •gds .in t most automobiles,' bile h es,
ecent editi of'the C n dia. • house t.ra'i,hera, Mf r -t,ure
r / ra househo d a lia�i s, rad'
Consume. ,,edit • F c oo i?p.. �
and V and a la n' ,ober
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th a ad's r"g
pu h l.i�' he��tf by e;
'Corisurne 'Loan. Ass c.ia is n'.. 0-t he f 7cyT ichi,.iisve .e long
and , the Federated ,Council .,cif: service life.' P
Sales Finance Companies,.. Expenditures'in this category,
' These:••=fi-^dings are based' on • rose from $3.4 pillion in 1961 to,
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spending 'practices between the $10.9-•-•hillion''in 1973. This, in -
years 1961 and 1973, They i"reatie' 'is' 1'77 percent vii_lume
show that ;the averageannual `9and only •16 • percent price,'
g•airi d-uring ^that 'perired• -because durable_ goods have'
amounted to eight 'percent.
Dur i n 8..49.7.2 -expend i til res - rcei;e
'by 1 1, % , with an even .,larger
been subjected' to a slower, rate
of price ,..inflation during' •the
Past decade than mo,�,t other
,'increase in 1973, partly hecaus.e' 'i nsume•r" '1"rams, '' enabli
of accelerating price rises. h11ye'rs� to. get Netter value
Of• course, the . p'rosperi•ty, their money.
associated`"w•ith---,•ming incomes ,The other area of p rsonal
and 'spending. has • been ,shrunk. .expenditure • is sem' durable
by price inflation, ' . a • goods: Sponging; in his sector,,
Prices. ruse by 4.5'percent in which includes
1969 .and .by .3. ' •percent ;:in rliithing, footwe x, .,.househol"d '
197p '`Ilhe.price rise.at 2.9 per,- ,;textile";, china nd silverware,, -
,_„.sent was more• moderate 'in amounted ti $9.4 billion •Th •
1971-. But `prices rose 4.43 per- -4973, -comp •red to .$3.7 billion'
i•ent,,a in 1972"hy 7,6 percent in in 1961. he $.5:4
1'973,' crease i "-the 12 years divides.
' '4; • In the facthook, pers ex." into',a
penditures ' are dividedinto' and
four major categories able
--goods, .. semi -durable ods,
non -durable goods a ser="-
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personal
due
tie
economic problems' , Mr. Bo le
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say~. '
difficulties, in.51 ding
lymited growth ad rising .
unernploy . nt re a' in the
first half f- i9'1 a: adia iT
-can 'Se' t fide ,. at the - un--
.d e
rlv in
atx
t of
our
`g
econoimy wil /See us through
until the r: • ` mption of growth •
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in, the gat sr-,,baOf the year:•
""Can .`d.a's relatively
favor., le prospects are based '
upci' .the continuation of rapid
gr th in business investment, •• „
major,, source of strength in .
recent years", :Mr'. Boyle "says.
'.'In addition, the recentex
liansionary federal budget has
or ' sought to. supplement., earlier
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In order of 5 pend•i•rig-
these are:
The largest cat'eg.ory of
sonal expenditure is 's
• w'hich% includes shelte
ta•irrirren•t, - comm
public transportat• )C
other purchases',
`Personal spend'
says the Fac
from $9,6
$2`6.:3 hillic
inert as
ectuival
nual a
because•it :takes tool ng to stop and.ex.
piain'to people in cars- who shop, honk,'
and 'rifler a ride,',
' YYrp nAAni„j„n: •
"A. Mae' town is' where city .folks say
there is nothing 4o d9, but those who live
there , don't have enough- nights" in the",
Week. ' to make all the meetings .'and '
social functions."
"A aliftle town is where everyone
becomes a "neighbor' in time 'of'need,"
alittle town isrWhere buSitiessmert
struggle fob survival against city stores
an, la ing centers."
little
' where those sane
A Lt e a ,
businessmen dig dee • times to.
,help with- ooyuriiiess.,_,f�und-r.',ssi,"
projects. -._
"A little towrt .is 'were' it's nice to. e
, when, rearing a rfarnilyt`,"
'A little town, is where many tee
sa• there's nothing to do and' t
y 9
surprised ,to learn that' their
peers are_ saying -the same
'"A. little town, when all
done,; is a nice -place to tve." -
gars
of
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By Shirle . Kellen
indexing. of 'tax ,brackets in or-.'
der • o,' -sustain a • reasonable
level of consumer demand and'
at' .the same time to off: el: so' me
of hh erosiim,', o! purchasin
p" ef•/ caused ;7by i natio,
r
c' also prirvided oma i
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es/to increase s Ings r( cY
ehcourage continuing,_,eitpan-
-''cion. and inod'ernization of
dustriat in-
�,itcapacity.- y, -' -
Mr, Boyle 'says.-the.watousrng •
industry should benefit :frci.m
anticipated general' -.easing it-
?interest rates '.arid from". the
•recent- lowering of federal taxes
on building materials.
"Canida's ' banks' • are , con-,
.tinuing their efforts to -sustain
househui•tding activity."
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9 percent volume gam .• •
.. t,. '•�Qrp,, on
the areas, of non -durable
a d semi du�rahle ''goods, ' one
-'"r"e'acit•Iv'see.•that- mucti of ..
the" spending increase has been
"•In •reading Dr. Michael
created'', by. the , 'inflationary W;att's letter .entitled ``Fuss-
climate which--- has existed I' ua? ss I agree it is a lot of fuss
41 percent -price• rise.
hunling
Dear Fditcir• '
Minters with Nazi war„ crimes is
bevel^ me r -e -a . recon v
one ..man , whose Godless
Philosophy .in - Germany ,Was
largely,..responsib.le•.• for setting
•the•stage forWorld:War 2, The
University inc•ident,.is+certainly.
regrettable hut don't blanie_the
hunters ;for this either. It iti star
per- during ,the time in ,question,
*to ••,make over the ` subject of
vices, Still, :the' fact emerges that'Minting.--The-...-su.bjec
• 60 YEARS A ci,.. -.
Theend' lick Company
p.
oecup' % t ,41)i hall the. fir.
three, ig ts. of last wee a' ,
-gave a better glass of.theatric'aT7
....performance. -better - 'way
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and 'with more ability; than is ••
• .usually•the,case with travelling-
companies..
ravellingcornpanies.. •
Early Saturday. Morning a,n
aeroplan, was seen • here
'coaling from the east and flying
high:-
given
igh: given by William I?ryne who,
- with others, saw the.. rnachiti-e,".
' and it turnedand flew ea`t-
ward., What its mission
this -part 'of the country on so
cold
ineda.-- morning was not
div
New. Yf'ar's -Eve was'
•- _celehr ted evening in.Goderich
• and several rurnour1:°- conce'r-
ningt overzealous celebrants,
„have been circiulating' throt ,h,
town,. 'One prominent town •
figure who no doubt _ would
„rather not have his name Men-
tioned Publicly had.•• c 1~oti,�,•.call
lvjth: the`rim Reaper, The .
wan' was walking down. by
waterfront and claims that t.o-
•com•hat the hcrnethilfing winrk,
he'was forced to draw his -coat
t of shoe= thejnfl er n •i'ip a•rca•.... .,.•.
enters'. Canadian consumers ar-e seen- tityn (w}tich' is race`f suicide)
ications, ding much inure - in ° all' might be.more relevant in to -
hi and • all categories of the_inarketplace, day s• society._ Hats off to the.
Intangibles. - * * * pro life group ,
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ig on services,' *The Canadian economy'' is • I, too, 'am opposed to anyone
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ocik 'has, risen relatively, strong when con killing for sport fiat the fact is
Ilion i,n 1961 eo pared, id those of ` either , in- - in the recent deer hunt it was
1 in 1973. This is an .dustria'lized, countries hut still •estimated that 390 deer in the
of 172 percent, faces the prospecf'`cif cfihfii-i tin district . czf_._whioh 100 ti~were-
nt oto an average an- slow growth through much of taken by hunters Some we're
in of t3.6 *percent. 1975, the' 'president of °the , taken in•vcither. ways, "One local,
pminister had one rain into' his
e secclnd largest category Garan n B•anke•rs'•Associa•tion•
personal ~pending is non- says. .4--
rabic. items `' food, alcoholic .I,_ Allan -Bstyle, exiecutive doing' 7laFriage-to his 'front f n -
is
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linthe deer and
r,..._ . .,, . ^evil, car killing
7 erageti tobecco'ntt• fuel`" -I:--:': `re •ident arid chief geneF 1,' , der.'Sonie.of our own" folk while
d f tin Toronto had a
vice p ,•
this section of the marketplace, manager of Toronto Dominion ,
riving r !had
we ex Brien ed ram ant deer run into ,the'side of their
• �A,,, p S p Bank,. predicts' in a yeaicend
inflation oi�"ta Dist several "car. killing the deer and causing
forecatit that real ,output will damage to the car.
y.ea e i
a istory. of -steady .; long-term a p�c•r n ,sig u ower
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res, These expend, were--ru e advance by only 3.5 .to four per. --
�I :.don't think' any of the so -
"`h' • I t `"cam la�,f g 1975 l' htl l
growth, based largely on expan-
• '- called brave and intelligent
than the tirt�al more than t6int --hunters h v • n
prising ._ - - . uence one p •so .•
exerts. , •
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manner he was notable to see
Madeline O'Hare, •modern clearty and.,quite accidental•1y, , '
on he• assures uti,, he walked off -the
atheist, is largely resp 'i,iibl.e
for the Bible~ 'being taken frim pier, an.d dropped. seven or eight_
feet to the icy tiurface-"of the -
U:S•. schools: A- cartoon at the<,,
water, 1?'ortunately 'the t,ce was
time Italy invaded• Ethiopia •
showed the 'war lanes-t;anl4s , thick enough to`bear his weight'•
" and guns .Of the Italian army hec'ause 'had he gone through •_ °
and' the bare footed EthiSipianc fie would not have,"been heard;
with spear~* running," The cap-'
of again. His cries•for help were -
tion • was `"Run, • hriys, heard ' however . by other,
;civilization is corning." ce`lehrants who were' -able to . ry
• The hunters are: notto blame resi'ue • the man despite their
inebriated`'-•cindition,
for Hallie Selassie ,being '.taken......
from_,his throne and, carried, in • 5 YEARS " ►GO .
• a jeep -to pend the remainder,,- ' The concern of three
of his•days in a.,uoncentrakion -. tt
Qoderich youth's • .• niay -have
',camp"..One of our bleat business
,nen on a recent trip `to Russia .4-
.0. prevented a Christmas disaster '
was shiiut�-a huge- star high •
at the Bedford Hotel last Thur-
over red, i�qua»r in Moscow
sday• Gary Doll,' Ralph Gilles `-
1¢
a e any g and . -Robert LaMerah were
en are din population and the fact t 19-7r"-•••••,....'„, driving- down South Street •
A t ehuman, element (If the?,? ;represented the five•continents
big.,c»Ity ^that fhey rover the purc•haceti of And he says---rnflation wilt��.
ld h and their aim' was.. to coneguer
a i some a e,b name as' nor- the world. Hunters, are not to as
Is. said and p erre of the windows
ga designs on wi'tbo the explanation that it p -
g. I 1 'pare•enduring'
•h
shout- slic• p.m. when. -they
" ease only ynarginallu"' withsou not a surprising .
Ing. � ' 'necessities siic�hw'•as 'foots. ,
f o
noticed 'ij t -they .thought w
`In 197:3', says the ���,cthook, rices likely rising by nearly' i l ' • - � •�N�, � - » a flame i <
T , vous as a long-felled"'rat,-a hl>�me for th.i,.s,'eithPr.^or for the of t e bete
'spending, on necessities amour-- percent, ,x.," h
'f I.1 kin chairs":i" trct.�ble in Belfast, Ireland One
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Exete
p
room u ofrocking 1, Closer inspection
ted to $2'?,6 billion, a gain crf. -.
T' d
14-5 'percent over'"••'..t-lie1961 • "
Their urs will `,robalily hang man aro�el5 'n to Ireland reveale'lo„Jh'at a candle in a cen.
At a tirne when many g' p tre•p"iece-•„-on one: -Zit t -he --tette ...,
Imes -A vocate u in un. racks for _a, year, .o. eeently was tii"1il• lt.e had
� heel" fallen
,-- figure ► $, :ht.l.licin, arici�a._ri�,e _ .�natrt>ns--f �_the.__..p.ryospect-.__ci€ .r.. g ar. or ►'setting t�ie _
two • until i)ttr cori-ritvr- courted -11"--t-o fear air, -;the; L11 ta"`hle
1' g•.... tp�tk, � 5..� ��''Ie"'�'i`tl'�"'-'t'h�t�zith�r' dee•r•a would•• -fie bra is-e>;�
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in.r.ri . o.u. ,_s a ,� The .hreea .___
a ' ° Blot ; ..on fire.
of $1�4 billion.. •' herprices
higher rates sof Unemployment - dashed into "37*e licit `}'• calling •
g g - p season would, he ire order, We were told in school ;years ,�
•haveduco•unted fo 4'4 O'er -call f)nd critical balance. Of for the owner. Mr: Curry."�I'heauw
c, .f -the lA-1 - 1973-5" "' Sofne. of the wild remarks put, .ago that When the British jails
z (}p, gin- pa4mentti prohlenr� broil' ,- , ..
e i.n
._ _ ._..-.._--Y,:�.�,,,�•w•�rne• >ir� mind of the young .became ';full the -inmates were
creases,
T1i'e ,T`acihnnk., says that the'.
e
Australia so there may haive
-i'iToit Changeati* component of fort in the fact that our nition
, , ."Wasn't that a loYelY sermon been „some regrettable incidents
personal spending is f'or
, , is unlikely to face sUch serious
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i, ' The picture of the-44Idest• mgh in. town which 'appeared in i
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i -were obtaimed frorn Pat Patterson and only four p ople N:vere^ ",
not identified since they Were visiting the picnic froth out of i
., .oldest men in ...town are ifront ' row from 'left) ' James (
t 1844; Mri Levkie;AdAtti fioster, 1849; FF. Lawrence, 1844. i
I.,• (The ntlfkr-four men cOuld not Ke named.) Front row 'from )
,:'t •;:left, unktio'W'n, diaries 'McHardy, .1843; •William Andre'vvs, , k
• 1843; upknownt John Mcclure, 1835i• William CamPhel:1;:, f
., ,1864; Williarh Allen, 'Me!, Charles Blackstone,- 1842; Alex (
en et111„,
led It
on matrimony?,", the -.young " trrke place, As far as. this sub -
"Itwish Iknew as'little.abont verse of scripture that knocks
it as he does," replied the old that. Acts•.17••:261.saYs 'And bath.,
four then ran U.) the-tahle, grah••
.bed the cloth: -and doused the
falmes the kitchen sink.
Constructiot otthe new Ben -
miller Bridge- has stopped -tor
ibe winter' months now -and
will re-cOminence itfthe spring.
'The bridge has, been completed
tfie Alb strticture and
made of- one btood all nations f's far .as
So cheey: up, follos,1 think the of men f'or to di.vell on. '&11 the
trend is toward' ski-doo-ing, face . of the earth and hath
he"ard one man'sav he believed de,ter.mined the times before an:
pointed and the botinds of ,heir
habitati9h." --
The .rnlor of a man's skin
makes him no less inferior or
less intelligent if giVvn equal
privileges.. pe'ople who ,delve
too deeply intlevolution don't
between a man and an animal.
There 'is a sense in WhIch we
are progressing or regressing.
This is especially true in. our
One news comiiiintatPr from
Primitive tribes -the trend is
Huntsville l'emarlied, "the bet.,"
ter her outfit t4te worse'N'he
every woman should' let her
..moose hunting, He woulti.hd
glad to get home he wOtald be
• satisfied all the reSt. of the`year.
So, ladies,. if you are*having
trouble ,with yourhasionii it
Plight be Worth a trylAftit dolt' t
go in, for egnensive -.equipment
as the chances are he Will not
see 'one, let•-alorie 'get a shot.
ontY the aecking and handrails
. need fitting to complete the
-project. Rstimated cost Is
$275,000.of_which $175,000 has
been xi:lent to date, The work is
being done ,by the Huron
County Erngineering Depart. .
ine,nt4 under County lErigine'er
Britnel[Tht project is the
cbunty crew.
..iepctrate". school, teachers ,,.
must retire' at age -65 •under
terms of a policy set' by the
hoard. 'Because some of the
Oa are oVer t 6 limit now'
the policy war' aite., place
1:,reatt:ally over the next three
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