Zurich Citizens News, 1972-07-27, Page 5THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Bayfield Lions
hold frolic
(by Milvena Erickson)
Bayfield Lions Club Annual
Parade and Frolic held Friday
evening July 21, was termed
another tremendous success.
Due to the excellent co-oper-
ation of the weatherman; the
residents both permanent and
summer; and the efforts of the
Lions members a very enjoyable
evening results.
The Parade, led by an Army
Band from Camp Ipperwash,
under the direction of Major
Moise rendered some very fine
numbers. This Band was arrang-
ed for through the very kind
efforts of Brigadier Fred Clift.
The remainder of the parade
included floats, gaily decorated
bicycles, children attired in
costumes made from newspapers
to garbage bags, and even an
old-fashioned steam engine
owned by Mr. Fred Mote; who
every year delights the people
who line the parade route with
his whistle tooting and his cont-
inuous stoking of the fire -pot.
Hot dogs, pop and candy-
floss, games of chance, share -
the wealth bingo, a merry-go-
round and a group of boys who
provided the music for the
evening were much enjoyed.
These young musicians are a
group of boys who recently got
to-gether to form a little band
and include Bill Latimer, Tor-
onto, Rick Sholtanuk, London,
and Bud Sturgeon and John
Graham, of Bayfield. Another
highlight of the evening was the
"Dunking Tank, " and two very
good sports, Miss Barbara Grah-
am and his father Lion Pat
Graham delighted the audience,
young and old, each time they
dropped into the water tank.
"The expressions on the faces
of the Grahams was priceless
and could neither be recorded
(continued on page 9)
No settlement in hydro strike
The strike by Local 1000 of
the Canadian Unionof Public
Employees against Ontario
Hydro this week became the
longest labour dispute outside
the construction sector, the
utility has experienced, said
Walter Palmer, Manager of
Hydro's Clinton Area.
"In 1969 CUPE Local 1000
staged a series of rotating strikes
over a period of five weeks, but
on Wednesday we surpassed that, '
said Mr. Palmer. "The Union's
actions this time can hardly be
termed rotational; for most of
the strike, more than three quart•
ers of the 12, 000 union members
have been kept off the job by
the Union's strike director. "
Unfortunately, said Mr. Pal-
mer, this strike action now mean
that in some areas of hydro's op-
erations neglect of routine work
has created a back -log which
probably won't be cleaned up
until the strike comes to an end.
In other parts of hydro the strike
action has resulted in no work
being available for groups of
employees.
"Supervisory staff have been
successful in maintaining the
vast power system across the
entire province. In addition,
by working exceptionally long
hours they have restored service
to thousands of homes following
severe storm damage in just
about every section of Ontario, "
he said.
"However, along with other
management people I am con-
cerned about the inconvenience
to about 2, 000 new home owner;
whose residences are ready for
electrical service, but can't
be connected to the system
because of the strike. There
seems little hope of very many
of them being connected until
personnel in our area offices
return, " said Mr. Palmer .
Workers in the Clinton area
have worked one day since
June 29.
Mr. Palmer said that on
many picket lines across the
province workers have stopped
using signs pledging "The Union
Will Maintain Your power. "
He said the signs began dissap-
pearing after union stewards
had refused to respond to request
for assistance during restoration
Hydro strike
affects farmers
The strike by Ontario Hydro
workers is costing farmers thous-
ands of dollars. Some rural
areas have suffered power cuts
of up to 48 hours. Hundreds of
chickens suffocated when elect-
ric fans failed. Dairy cows
stood unmilked for hours as
farmers waited for power.
Ontario Hydro, sole supplier
of electricity in Ontario, is
coming under increasing crit-
icism from farmers as the strike
continues.
Gordon Hill, president of the
Ontario Federation of Agricult-
ure, calls the situation " a dis-
grace."
"Ontario Hydro has no right
to treat farmers like pawns, "
he said in Toronto this week.
"We must be guaranteed a dep-
endable supply of power. This
responsibility must take priority
over labour squabbles."
0
ANGLERS - when checking your
fishing equipment, make sure
a pair of safety goggles is sit-
ting in that tackle box. With-
out them on, a rocking boat
or a careless cast can send a
fish hook or the tip of a rod
into your eye, warns the
Canadian National Institute
for the Blind.
The rewart
of Self -Defence.
Too many men and women
get hurt at work, just because
they don't look after themselves.
The secret is to work
defensively.
Here's one way to improve
your self-defence—talk safety.
Accidents are less likely to
happen when everyone is alert.
The sure
way to
safety is
Self -Defence.
Your Work
en's Copensation Board
and The S fety Associ tions, Ontario
of power following storms during
the last two weeks.
"Before the strike and during
it's early days, CUPE Local
1000 officials said the Union
was committed to maintaining
power and promised that the
public would not suffer hardship
because of the strike, only
hydro management people, "
he said.
"Now the public is being told
by Union stewards that being
without electrical power for up
to 30 hours isn't a hardship or
an emergency, only an inconv-
enience."
Mr. Palmer said that although
hydro management has repeat-
edly expressed the desire to ret-
urn to the bargaining table to
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resolve the issues keeping the
workers on strike, talks have
not been held since June 20.
"As a matter of fact, hydro
has yet to get an across -the -
table reply to its wage and
benefits offer made early in
May. Individual Union members
in increasing numbers are cont-
inuing to ask their executive
why they aren't at the bargain-
ing table, " he said.
The Hydro offer would mean
an average increase in wages
for CUPE members of about 11
percent over two years, plus an
extra three percent increase'in
the second year of the contract
if the consumer price index
rose three percent. Improve-
ments to the pension plan and
introduction of a long-term
disability plan would also be
introduced.
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