The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-01-29, Page 1AW
Wingham, Ontario, Thursda January i9, 1976
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and expense of the treatment mined where closure is possible i a , e er on s a N
Hospitals in Huron, Perth, rt, this area," Mr. Miller ex ed closures, hospital closures,, '°` • x
Grey and Bruce counties won't pla ined. fie set the target for the
should always be kept at.the level by looking at hospitals with an b P ���: ti>• 3 �" j �a � <
Y that the consensus of professional or no reductions at all" at the
need to wonder "for whom the hos mals' share of the constraints n P alternate facility within reaspl.;
E judgment sees as -necessary — able travelling distance sled beginning of March. zA K
bell tolls" much longer - by at $,0 million, with a major part g While the "no reductions"y,
early March, they will know it , of this achieved through a reduc- and must not be governed by institutions where a building pro -`4 E xR
anent demands. clause may hold out -some hope �> y
p gram was essential for the ? £"
tolls for them. tbn ul; up to ;3,000 beds and for other institutions, it offers noy q� •';�,s<<, aX :.{,,
This was art of the irifornra, possibly 5,000 staff. The "policy of rationalization" continuation of its operation. )fji
P P y consolation to the two area hos i- 1 > `
tion presented at a meeting in littler areas affected by the was given more substance by many instances, the hospitals tats ahead specified for �r
Wingham last Wednesday when constraints will be laboratory Gary Chatfield, assistant deputy indentified for closure have occ4t- Y P'
Ontario Health Minister Prank and provincial psychiatric ser miTiister of institutional health pancyratesthatareconsiderably
closure: Chesley Hospital and the
services. Mr. Chatfield doeu- lower than their peers. Virtu IV
Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. f`
Miller spoke to about 150'repre- vices. ambulance services, P Representatives from both werev� r
septatives of hospital boards and public health units and drug mented the need for constraints all hospitals identified for clousee P M E
on hand in Wingham to dispute Vt.
municipalities from the four benefit programs. 'there will be and the specific areas For their have an average length of stay sr�
AF I
the decision. r n
counties. no approval for further nursing implementation, including the higher than comparable facilities -
The schedule for release of home beds, or any increase in Me -
methodology for realignment of Chesley Mayor William Mc-
gY g — a reflection of under utilize d`
information on the new ministry funds allocated fur research and active treatment beds, dollar tion." Clore told Mr. Miller that the y�>
targets For reduction of hospital Mr. `Chatfield also r hospital was running economic -a
policy was also the only piece of derr)on :tial ion models. Pro p esented a all He questioned the need for
novel information at the meeting, grams aimed at the prevention of staff (not yet released) and the schedule for the release; of y'
The balance of the presentation disease and the promotion of possibility of hospital closures. u detailed information on the closing it and the practicability of
Although no details on hospital' replacing the hospital with an
was, at best, nothing new. he>:,it.h �t ill be maintained, as will g P policy. A second budget letter t t> "
closures were forthcoming, Mr, emergency unit: .,it's still gonna
Mr. Miller characterized the cominunit� mental health pro- g, with detailed interpretation of �
new guidelines as "logical suture 'rams for both children and Chatfield indicated at least three federal inflation guidelines :iii cost money. Why not leave us
g g i with what we have?".
necessities". In a speech strongly adults. criteria in that area. We deter mid-February and a third, and
Mayor McClure later told re-tip.?��•;'�'
reminiscent of Ontario Treasurer Mi., M,Iler emphasized that oilers that he blames the advent ' $` `
p s I'�
Darr McKeou h's "no frills" thc,se measures, while they sound
Y g of OHIP for the present situation:
presentation a week earlier, Mr drastic, "are not likely to have an "The hospital is definitely closed. * ��
Miller called for restraints in adverse effect on life -and -death County Council committees set
almost ever field of health care situ;,tir,ns " It is not his right to close the ys"�
Y hospital. It' was built by the
no " In short, we shallstill be able Warden Jack McCutcheon has W. W. McBride.
spending. None. of us can ti people of Chesley. When OHIP - •
afford to maintain the previous to meet all ff�v needs, but not named the following committees Executive, A. Campbell, W. J. came in and we had to go in with
level of service," he insisted. necessarily all the wants, -of the of Huron. County Council: (first Elston, W. I. Morley, F. E. the scheme. Now theyffigurethey M125. D. S. MacNAUGHTON received an exquisite floral tribute Monday from Mrs.
c u >!c of"t.his province." named is chairman); Haberer, S. Profit, A. McKinle can close it," 9 g p g p y•
The greatest impact of the 1 1 P' �` Robert Ritter,.out oin resident of the Win ham and District Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs.
ministry's policy will be felt by �•he minister;~ "policy, of Roads, Joe Kerri R. McNichol, Social Services, R. M. William He was supported in this stand MacNaughton refired in December 1975 after 15 years service as cancer clinic volun
hospitals. "Because hospital rat.ionalizotion' speech con R. W. J. Lyons, C, K. Campbell, son, J. R. Honking, J. F. Mac
cost's account for more than half tai.ned an earnest appeal for "the J. Tinney. Donald, H. E. Wild, J. F. Flan by Carl Hawton, also of Chesley. Leer. She presented her final report to the auxiliary at the annual meeting Monday night.'
of the total health budget, major h;l;lrest degree of understanding. Huronview, H. McMichael, J. nary. "If this closure is carried outr''
reductions will have to be made .)n,ri uppurt" from. everyone A. Mair, T. W. Consitt, C. E. Land Division, C. Laithwaite, Mr. Hawton warned the minister,
wvol%cd n heedth care, andd-a Boyle, W.'G,'Zinn. R. Westcott, E.. Hayter, H. no municipality, e institution,
no service will be safe from In brief .
sl,cc:<,I apl,eal to physicians. Health, E.. W. Oddleifson, J. L. Robinson; G. Reed. political bumbling,"
141• 'Aliler asked the doctors to McCutcheon, W. J. Dale, D. A. "Save money by keeping smalls
p®Isle �° di,1r.'ut�ragc unnecessary office McNeil. J. M. Morrissey (pro -
Police i�it�, hnspifi)h,zation where not vincial representative). —Mrs. M. Blatchford returned communities alive," he urged. News of. the" N a t' o n" +
+► Mr. Miller explained that
absolutely necessary or unjusti- Library, T. D. MacMillan, M. to her home on Alfred Street after.
hit-Und-ruEm closures will be effected in other fieri tests "1 aria asking you to "Durst, lI. Lobb, E. Talbot. spending several weeks with Mr. Dr. Henry Morgentaler, Mont some of the reluctance to support A very powerful bomb explod-
;oit the )rescri )tion for our Pro ert , J. Baker, G.' Ginn, J. and Mrs. L. R. Eldrid e and areas, both rural and urban: ``I
1 f y p y g real,, was acquitted of -abortion the plan. ed in a car near a Montreal bus
think you could see it if it wasn't
The, Wingham P�lice Depart p {I,e nl , to tl,,t resources avail- Jewitt, S. P. Hallahan, R. J. family in Burlington. charges by the Quebec Court of 0-0-0 terminal, killing•twooccupants of
able. for appropriate in your community, he insisted. 1
ment reported three frit and,r;.rrr treatment Lawrie; 'E, Sillery. —Mr. and Mrs.. Clarence He extended no hope, • however; Appeal. The case has made legal Facing the same economic .the vehicle. A letter found in the
accidents investigated last we;'k, . . . 'o Lear in mind constantly Planning,, C. Desjardine, H. Ritchie of Kinloss, Mr. ai� Mrs.' YY history because the Crown sought problems that exist in Canada, debris proved the men intended .
for a review of the decision: I
On Jan: 24', Michael A. •iac- that the time -proven benefit of a Mulvey, G.,. H. Stirling, ,B. Clif-, Jim Johns`torl Carol Ann and have made the decision final. I to overturn a previous Jury trial, the U.S, approach is, not like our to plant the bomb inside the ' -
Donald of RR 2', Wingham good doctor -patient respon- ford, R' Gibson, J. Miller. Ruth Ann of Listowel visited have no use telling you there is an. acquittal. Morgentaler could face oven. President Ford announced building. They claimed to be pro -
repo . rted
ro-reported an estimated $200 s,bility to see 1,hat the arriount'of . Development,. F. Coote, D. S. Saturday ,with, Mrs. Gershom Glternative. Now, there fist,' -t." further charges. _ increases in defence spending testing conditions at St.� V•:yngent _
damage to his car inflicted fir, ,,r; tin...., ".ve.. ,,s thed• �e, tyre Eadie, C. W. Bray, E. Thompson, Johnston, Catherine Street.. 0 0 0 and cutbacks in funds for wel- de Paul prison.,
There was no alternative p �
unknown vehicle. That same day The Irving paper company, a fare He proposes to enlist an ad 0-0-0
Lorne Hamilton' of 385 i� ranee& -
k reported that his car wsis,
struck.by an unknown vehicle at
the Canadian Tire parking lot,
resulting in an, estirnatc�d $150
damage. Another hit-and-run v. as
reported Monday by llubert B.
Hodder of 389 Josephine St. wl,u
estimated damage at $-tet.
A two -car collision wzis 'e -
ported Saturday on Josephine
Street involving Gordon 11. Dtile
.of Blyth and Benjamin ;i lolr!c, .)I
RR 2, Wingham. Dam6)ge j•, ,
estimated at $600.
One. case of mischief i-: Mill
under investigation by U)=• do
partment. Herman tower ,0
Centralia reported last 1�4i-c!t e,
day that the motor' of Ir-:
snowmobile was damaged M*icir
someone poured anti freem into
the gas tank. The snowmoh,le
was on a truck parked nt 11r.
Gower's mother's residence- in
Wingham when the misch i oY
curred.
During the wee!<, the depart
ment also laid \or,e charge of
careless operation of . ,nog+
mobile, one charge of ;)ss,,ull.
two charges of causing ,, chsn,rl�
ance and one chorgc under rh+
Liquor C:o`ir trot Act.
The Royal Commission ON
Electric Power Plarn ort
wrapped up the first phase 4 0t
examination of the long-range
planning concepts of nntario
Hydro here last Thursday night
'In a'session lasting five hours.
three members of the com-
mission heard more than a dozen,
briefs, answered questions, for
neatly an hour and listened
politely while a predorninxnt,l,
rural audience told them their
commission was not, what they
thought it was.
A number of people expre�sed
disappointment when con)
mission chairman, Dr. Arthur
Porter said the terms of refer-
ence did not enable Uig corn
mission to act as an independen(
body to study the pros and con~ of
Hydro's proposed southern rouse
for the second 500 kV line frons
.Bruge enerating Stalion' to
1&chener.
While the Public lnquirtes Act
of 1971 does empower the corn
mission to report on a prinrit�
basis on the need for the line.
^ng othhY issues, r.^rd 1):
am., e
Porter, "We will not be recon)
mending that a particular
9
•<F,� 13 were their implications too ac- try, try again. ' The old adage
' i:•�� ceptable to Mr. Miller. "It's a .may well be true, but for Mr. and
i constant iFony, and at time more Mrs.Doug Foxton, the reverse is
than a little frustrating, that the also true and much more pro-
' public always has the feeling thatfitable.
k' i
constraints mean the govern- The friends and neighbors of
r ment is reluctant to spend its own Mr. and Mrs. Foxton were de'
THE 140NOURABLE FRANK MILLER, Ontariopinister of health, and Gary Chatfield, money," he told the audience. lighted, and slightly envious, last
dl, r:uty minister for institutional healt services, faced about 150 persons in "1 am acutely, aware of the year when a J ne draw in the
Wincj1har, hist Wednesday when they met with representatives of hospitals and municipa. political aspects .of this. My Olympics lottery. netted the
twr f ,im Hur on Bruce. Perth and Grey counties. Mr. Miller outlirred general guidelines future is not long. I'm putting my couple a $5,000 win. But as if once
t rr � -poli( o+ rationalization" for economic cutbacks in health services for 19M. job on the line." were not enough, the Foxtons
other $5,000 last week in the munity.
January Olympic draw. 0-0-0
Maple Leaf Mills and Lever
The lucky number for them this Bros. Ltd. have announced a joint
time was 1235704. venture to erect a $41.5 million oil
But some people are never seed processing plant in South -
satisfied. Asked to comment on western Ontario. Site of the mill
his good fortune, Constable, has not been announced. but it
Foxton admitted: "I feel good." will probably be .in or near the .
Then he added regretfully: Jt Lake Erie counties, where such
should have been more. Only orie crops as soya beans are grown in.
number difference:.." some quantity.
cnmmission isse wit -i ordanization of f
rw, ,11nL r,trrt nn go here or a well exercise it in the process of Another member of the com abie� phase of power planning Madame Solange Plourde Gag
w. here conducting its main inquiry mission, Robert E. Costello, fro the philosophy of the de- non, a journalist represent ing'the
I h, l)i ).+ line ern of the com- which will start 'in Toronto at the chairman of the commission's vision -making process to the consumer's viewpoint, and Dr.
,:,;cw t„• .;i;(1, is the long- end of March'. finance committee, promised Mr development of solar energy, and William Stevenson, a member of
:, gc i)la:,n,ui,- ,” t Ontario Hydro Commenting upon the . pre- Moore the new group 'should the possible effects of high power the Ontario Energy Board. did
for :hc• tier,;>ri im:i to 1993 in rela- liminary hearings as a whole, Dr. know within three weeks whether transmission lines on a•develop-
tum 'n }+ „ .nri;)I planning and in Porter said it .is very evident to or not its application for funding ing fetus, the dominant themd
tiv. 61 �-, ,;)l, rests of the people, the members of the commission has been approved. ,It was was that top agricultural land in '
Ile , dd,•d .if will he up to 'the that farmers in the province are reported the commission could Ontario must be protected at all
go\,w ,ncot to (r-c•ide whether or by far the.best organized of any have funds to assist perhaps "two cost. Farmers here made it clear
rn.)t• 11,E r cunu )coclatuu)s of the group when it comes to present- or three" public interest groups they are ready to accept govern-
. n!;
ttid) he Implemented ing their views regarding future Dr. Porter also said the. caro- ment legislation "locking in"
a :, i{ iln)
�ates it will take energy growth, mission hoped to have an "indr prime agricultural land if this is
11
0w clm) iIs,ion two years to Farmers Organize pendent legal counsel" available, what it takes to keep it in produc- -`
c onipict i• dicir u,)rk In fact, it was announced that to assist such groups in preparing tion. e,t
;,11 eetm in Listowel which farm groups, at the urging of the briefs. He further promised Mr Briefs were presented by: The
;!I1encled by appwoximately commission itself, will become Moore that transcripts of in Huron Power Plant Committee,
n+ pw lite marked the end of a evil more organized in order to formation provided by Ontario The Bruce County, South Plan
n• c ;f :i, preliminary meetings economize on research, etch Hydro during the main inquiry ning Board, the Grey County
h.)�. c been held over the Lloyd Moore of Listowel, chair- will be available to the public and Hydro Corridor Committee, the
t . o r)rilhs by the com- man of th•e C ncerned Farmers of that members of the Foodlands Huron, Perth and Wellington
;,•, :•:,,,r, the Util Townships, said Steering Committee will be per- Federations of Agriculture, the
Or 110171er said ;r printed report farmers from various groups milted to attend the main inquire Townships of Stephen (in Huron),
of In(, information received at the throughout. the province havii sessions. Officials of Ontario Elma and Wallace (in Perth), the
n)eetu)gs ,hou:d he available to ready formed a Foodlalids Steer- Hydro have been attending pre Perth Farm Safety Association,
the public by mid,N1arch.-4T-hr' }pg` Xo'f'ni,m.it'%er?"� idY fit?> '• to liminary meetings and six of the "Hurom- and Perth Junior
w tl i)h,): e of the examination receive funding from the ell them were piQdsent of the Listo Farmers, the Wallace Township
v 11 he tt e nia,n inquiry which mission for research. He said the wel meeting. However Hydro has Optimist Club and a number of „
mn•; inchiti,• meetings, work- committee plans to have Prof. not submitted a brief to the com- individuals.
o Alis, seminars or hearings. Norman Pearson of t Uni mission as yet. , Besides Dr. Porter and Mr.
,1, n evrr,iir)cg Iflit, chp,irman the versit'aiQii S of Western Ontario do its Pr Casteiio, Com, George McCague
i�aiifi
c(,tnt �sgion has been given research, on such topics as land- While the briefs presented : attended the meeting. Two other
power of subpoena and might use planning. dealt with almost every conceiv- 'membees of the commission,
not attend Royal Commission would give
Questjrons Raised the farmers the "independent
It was Coun. Eldon Vines of hearing'.' they were promised by
Wallace Township who raised the members of the Ontario Cabinet.
question ,of whether or not the Before presenting a brief pre-
-pared by Wallace Township
y s Council, Mr. Vines bluntly asked
ItZ:members of the commission if
fi they were the inddpendent body
` • lt,
tr;��� ,llrlr r,1Ki� �•which would take a look at the
corridor route for the second 500
kV .line from Bruce which will
take power into the Kitchener
area.
When he was told this con-
sideration did not fall within the
commission's terms of reference,
Mr. '.'fines replied, "i'm not try-
ing to downgrade you people;
3 you're 100 per cent, but we're not
"z> ^ getting what we thought we
.,
were.
Pat Daunt of RR 2, Gorrie, a
member of the Concerned
l:aers group, observed that
ale ions already made by Hydro.
E and by the Ontario Energy Board,
"pre-empted the terms of refer-
ence of the Royal Commission."
",13ruee Generating Station B
has "already been approved in
principle and you've got to give
Please turn to Page 10
HURON BRIEF --Adrian Vos of Blyth presented the brief
prepared by the Huron Power Plant Committee to the Royal
Commission on Electric Power Plapning last week in Lfsto
wel. ( Banner Photo)
proffered for the Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital, either. Mr.
New Brunswick firm, has defied
the Anti-inflation Board by
ditiohal 14,000 persons in the
P
Can-
Aseriesof meetings, sponsored
g , P -
Miller told Dr. Michael Lambert
pay-
American armed forces, In'
by Premier William Davis, will
sk-
of Goderich, president of the.
in its employees an increase in
g•
aria the armed forces allotment
be hgld.. next month to study the
K
1
Huron County Medical Society,
wages higher. than permitted by
has been further curtailed.
problems of teen-age -drinking.
that the .closure of the hospital
the board's guidelines. The situa-
0 — 0 — 0
An important aspect of the stud
P P y
served as a "positive example'
tion wpy lead to the first
probably ill
believe t m
Government sources elieve
will be the legal a for consult,
g g P-
t 4.
that 'he province is willing to cut
test case under the new regula-
that the price of • gasoline and
tion, which was reduced from 21
& a
a,
down on its hospitals just as they
tions which seek to control wages
g
and prices in Canada.
home heating oil ill increase b
g Y
8 to 15 cents a'gllon this sum
to 18 in 1971.
0-0-0
are askin ublic hos filets to do.
0 —0-0-
'
If the higher increase be
He admitted, however, that the
mer. g
'
l
I
n
in anilouncin the
g
The proposal to erect a $2..6
comes effective gasoline would
Prime Minister Trudeau's
t
w
procedure
P
closure was„wrong: was wrong
million recreation complex in
exceed $1.00 per gallon. The
recent musings about the future
in this one —personally wrong."
Goderich got a "lukewarm"
province of Alberta says it will
of Canadian economy have
�j
He said there is no of
reception last week when town
not price its petroleum products
"caused a hell of a lot of uncer-
.possibility:
a change in decision: "We can't•,
in com-
council called a public meeting
on the question. Current spending •
as high as the OPFC countries,
but will refuse to- subsidize the
tainty," according to Provincial
. Treasurer Darcy McKeough. Ad -
^
afford a facility every
munity. I can't let the pride an
restraints were responsible for
rest of Canada with low prices.
dressing the Toronto Society of
.
.of
individual institution dictate poli-
Financial Analysts, he claimed
l s liet
Trudeau's 'remarks about
_
ythat
Y
cies. If the inflexible terms of the
S e c o n d win in
1 o t t e r y
failure of .the free market system
new seemed unacceptable
otic
policy
have caused confusion, mistrust
to those at the meeting, neither
If you don't succeed at once,
)
have scored again, winning an-
and anger in the business com-
•<F,� 13 were their implications too ac- try, try again. ' The old adage
' i:•�� ceptable to Mr. Miller. "It's a .may well be true, but for Mr. and
i constant iFony, and at time more Mrs.Doug Foxton, the reverse is
than a little frustrating, that the also true and much more pro-
' public always has the feeling thatfitable.
k' i
constraints mean the govern- The friends and neighbors of
r ment is reluctant to spend its own Mr. and Mrs. Foxton were de'
THE 140NOURABLE FRANK MILLER, Ontariopinister of health, and Gary Chatfield, money," he told the audience. lighted, and slightly envious, last
dl, r:uty minister for institutional healt services, faced about 150 persons in "1 am acutely, aware of the year when a J ne draw in the
Wincj1har, hist Wednesday when they met with representatives of hospitals and municipa. political aspects .of this. My Olympics lottery. netted the
twr f ,im Hur on Bruce. Perth and Grey counties. Mr. Miller outlirred general guidelines future is not long. I'm putting my couple a $5,000 win. But as if once
t rr � -poli( o+ rationalization" for economic cutbacks in health services for 19M. job on the line." were not enough, the Foxtons
other $5,000 last week in the munity.
January Olympic draw. 0-0-0
Maple Leaf Mills and Lever
The lucky number for them this Bros. Ltd. have announced a joint
time was 1235704. venture to erect a $41.5 million oil
But some people are never seed processing plant in South -
satisfied. Asked to comment on western Ontario. Site of the mill
his good fortune, Constable, has not been announced. but it
Foxton admitted: "I feel good." will probably be .in or near the .
Then he added regretfully: Jt Lake Erie counties, where such
should have been more. Only orie crops as soya beans are grown in.
number difference:.." some quantity.
cnmmission isse wit -i ordanization of f
rw, ,11nL r,trrt nn go here or a well exercise it in the process of Another member of the com abie� phase of power planning Madame Solange Plourde Gag
w. here conducting its main inquiry mission, Robert E. Costello, fro the philosophy of the de- non, a journalist represent ing'the
I h, l)i ).+ line ern of the com- which will start 'in Toronto at the chairman of the commission's vision -making process to the consumer's viewpoint, and Dr.
,:,;cw t„• .;i;(1, is the long- end of March'. finance committee, promised Mr development of solar energy, and William Stevenson, a member of
:, gc i)la:,n,ui,- ,” t Ontario Hydro Commenting upon the . pre- Moore the new group 'should the possible effects of high power the Ontario Energy Board. did
for :hc• tier,;>ri im:i to 1993 in rela- liminary hearings as a whole, Dr. know within three weeks whether transmission lines on a•develop-
tum 'n }+ „ .nri;)I planning and in Porter said it .is very evident to or not its application for funding ing fetus, the dominant themd
tiv. 61 �-, ,;)l, rests of the people, the members of the commission has been approved. ,It was was that top agricultural land in '
Ile , dd,•d .if will he up to 'the that farmers in the province are reported the commission could Ontario must be protected at all
go\,w ,ncot to (r-c•ide whether or by far the.best organized of any have funds to assist perhaps "two cost. Farmers here made it clear
rn.)t• 11,E r cunu )coclatuu)s of the group when it comes to present- or three" public interest groups they are ready to accept govern-
. n!;
ttid) he Implemented ing their views regarding future Dr. Porter also said the. caro- ment legislation "locking in"
a :, i{ iln)
�ates it will take energy growth, mission hoped to have an "indr prime agricultural land if this is
11
0w clm) iIs,ion two years to Farmers Organize pendent legal counsel" available, what it takes to keep it in produc- -`
c onipict i• dicir u,)rk In fact, it was announced that to assist such groups in preparing tion. e,t
;,11 eetm in Listowel which farm groups, at the urging of the briefs. He further promised Mr Briefs were presented by: The
;!I1encled by appwoximately commission itself, will become Moore that transcripts of in Huron Power Plant Committee,
n+ pw lite marked the end of a evil more organized in order to formation provided by Ontario The Bruce County, South Plan
n• c ;f :i, preliminary meetings economize on research, etch Hydro during the main inquiry ning Board, the Grey County
h.)�. c been held over the Lloyd Moore of Listowel, chair- will be available to the public and Hydro Corridor Committee, the
t . o r)rilhs by the com- man of th•e C ncerned Farmers of that members of the Foodlands Huron, Perth and Wellington
;,•, :•:,,,r, the Util Townships, said Steering Committee will be per- Federations of Agriculture, the
Or 110171er said ;r printed report farmers from various groups milted to attend the main inquire Townships of Stephen (in Huron),
of In(, information received at the throughout. the province havii sessions. Officials of Ontario Elma and Wallace (in Perth), the
n)eetu)gs ,hou:d he available to ready formed a Foodlalids Steer- Hydro have been attending pre Perth Farm Safety Association,
the public by mid,N1arch.-4T-hr' }pg` Xo'f'ni,m.it'%er?"� idY fit?> '• to liminary meetings and six of the "Hurom- and Perth Junior
w tl i)h,): e of the examination receive funding from the ell them were piQdsent of the Listo Farmers, the Wallace Township
v 11 he tt e nia,n inquiry which mission for research. He said the wel meeting. However Hydro has Optimist Club and a number of „
mn•; inchiti,• meetings, work- committee plans to have Prof. not submitted a brief to the com- individuals.
o Alis, seminars or hearings. Norman Pearson of t Uni mission as yet. , Besides Dr. Porter and Mr.
,1, n evrr,iir)cg Iflit, chp,irman the versit'aiQii S of Western Ontario do its Pr Casteiio, Com, George McCague
i�aiifi
c(,tnt �sgion has been given research, on such topics as land- While the briefs presented : attended the meeting. Two other
power of subpoena and might use planning. dealt with almost every conceiv- 'membees of the commission,
not attend Royal Commission would give
Questjrons Raised the farmers the "independent
It was Coun. Eldon Vines of hearing'.' they were promised by
Wallace Township who raised the members of the Ontario Cabinet.
question ,of whether or not the Before presenting a brief pre-
-pared by Wallace Township
y s Council, Mr. Vines bluntly asked
ItZ:members of the commission if
fi they were the inddpendent body
` • lt,
tr;��� ,llrlr r,1Ki� �•which would take a look at the
corridor route for the second 500
kV .line from Bruce which will
take power into the Kitchener
area.
When he was told this con-
sideration did not fall within the
commission's terms of reference,
Mr. '.'fines replied, "i'm not try-
ing to downgrade you people;
3 you're 100 per cent, but we're not
"z> ^ getting what we thought we
.,
were.
Pat Daunt of RR 2, Gorrie, a
member of the Concerned
l:aers group, observed that
ale ions already made by Hydro.
E and by the Ontario Energy Board,
"pre-empted the terms of refer-
ence of the Royal Commission."
",13ruee Generating Station B
has "already been approved in
principle and you've got to give
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HURON BRIEF --Adrian Vos of Blyth presented the brief
prepared by the Huron Power Plant Committee to the Royal
Commission on Electric Power Plapning last week in Lfsto
wel. ( Banner Photo)