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St. Paul's Hosts St. Patrick' s Day Celebration Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 28, 1979 3 Samat Queen 's Park St. Paul's Sunday School Room was filled on Friday, March 16th for an en- tertaining St. Patrick's Day program of songs, dances, special prize awards and other items including jokes and banter by Master of Ceremonies Rev. N.E. Schamerhòrn, in a green top hat. This picture shows, from left to right, Ollie Harding, Jean Welsh, Lois Yellowlees and Peg Milliken during one of their numbers. With happy leprechauns in the background, Rev. Ed Schamerhorn distributed quite a few novelty awards to audience members, including this oversized $100 bill to Pearl Leach. These young ladies were also on stage at St. Paul's St. Pat's night, from left to right, Joy Brooks, An- drea Dalrymple, Carole Milliken, Sheryl Schamerhorn, Jill Coombes and Cheryl Alldread. Kathleen Eyman dropped in to contribute a couple of enjoyable songs, with Doug Dewell at the piano. And later in the evening Tommy Cinnamon entertained on the banjo. TYRONE NEWS Nineteen-and-a-half tables card game on Friday evening, of euchre were in play at the with the following results: 1st PADDY'S MARKET New and Used Furniture and Appliances Trade-Ins Accepted on Appliances - Easy Credit Terms Available - Telephone 263-2241 Hampton Marie Brooks, 2nd Wilma Goyne, 3rd Gordon Moffatt, 4th Clarence Bell, 5th Edith Clemens, 6th Dorothy Branch. Ladies low Ethel Gibbs, mens low Don Brooks. 50-50 Draw Ann Phillips. The 4H Homemaking Club met in the C.E. Wing on Tuesday, March 13, 1979, under the leadership of Mrs. W. Elliott and Mrs. P. Wheeler. "Gloves" was the accessory under discussion, both leaders explaining the different types of gloves suitable for various occasions and costumes. Attendance at a fashion show was discussed as a possible future outing. The skit for achievement day was planned. Achievement Day will be held at Clarke High School, Friday evening, May 4, 1979. As area church residents welcome Spring, a reminder to everyone that the annual Spring Canvass is under way. Proposed Darlington Subdivision Has 43 Lots A proposed subdivision in Darlington was presented to the town's planning and develooment committee Monday, March 19th and sub- sequently referred to staff for comments. Steve Leonardi representing Braemor Gardens asked the committee to approve in principle a 43-lot subdivision, on 92 acres situated on part of lots 27 and 28 Concession 3 in former Darlington township. The property is bounded on the west by Courtice Road and on the north by an extension of Rossland Road. It is currently designated as major open space in the Durham and Darlington Official Plans and is zoned agriculture. The lots, said Leonardi, would be estate-residential and their average size would be 112 acres. The subdivision would house approximately 150 people. An old gravel pit on the site would be rehabilitat- ed. One idea would be to create a park with a small lake on that location. Services would consist of drilled wells and individual septic systems. Mayor Garnet Rickard said, "I would look at this more as another subdivision rather than estate-residential. There is a tendency to call single family dwellings on septic services in the country as estate." He added that his impression of an estate g an gt residential subdivision is one that contains high class homes in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $500,000. Director of Planning Leslie Kristof said the average lot size should be two acres and said the character of the subdivision "does not fit in with Regional policies." Ontario is the coun- try's Most in dustrialized province. However, ap- proximately 80 per cent of the energy used is imported, most of which is in the form of fossil fuels which are non- renewable, depleting resources. Further, since Canada also im- ports substantial quan- tities of crude oil, our province also becomes vulnerable to disrup- tions of supplies due to events such as the current Iranian situation. Luckily for Ontario, one of her greatest assets in attracting new industry has been the availability of cheap electrical power. Though the cost has in- creased in recent years, electricity in Ontario is still one of the best bargains available in North America. For example, based on 1978 rates, the bill for 1,000 kilowatt hours is $26. in Ontario, in New York it's $88., Boston $49., Vancouver $33., Fredericton $37. and Charlettown $55. As consumers we have come to expect On- tario Hydro to keep pace with the demand for electricity. Lately however, Ontario Hydro has been the target of considerable criticism because of its inac- curate load forecasts which have resulted in a surplus of electricity. I really think it's un- fair to point a finger at Hydro's load forecasters for being wrong six years ago when they estimated an annual growth rate of about 7 per cent in elec- tricity use rather than the 4.7 per cent growth rate presently forecast until 1990. By the same token, who would have anticipated back then that oil prices would more than quadruple by today. Given the present un- certain energy situation, and bearing in mind that it takes bet- ween 10 and 15 years to plan and build a new energy generating station, a surplus in energy is a definite plus DIRK SRINKMAN - -- Bowmanvlie 623-3621 N JN State Farm Fire and casualty Company in competing for new industries and sustaining economie growth. Without a large enough surplus to meet peak demands, we would very well be faced with brownouts or blackouts. I am sure if this situation would have happened, those same critics would charge Ontario Hydro with failing to meet the needs of the province. This electrical security will cost us about $100 million a year or about 3 cents a day for the typical residential user. To some that may still sound expensive but compare that figure to the $300 million it costs Ontario Consumers each time the price of crude oil is increased by $1 a barrel. Since 1977 alone, there have been three such increases and two more are plan- ned by the Federal Government this year. These factors together with the growing awareness among consumers of the need to conserve elec- tricity, will assist in keeping Ontario com- petitive industrially and safeguarding sufficient resources to meet our future needs. I write these comments in the light of my support of the construction of the Darlington Generating Station. Further, with regard to another kind of plan- ning, there has been an ongoing analysis of the Pineridge Training School and I anticipate the Minister of Com- munity and Social Ser- vices, Keith Norton, will be making known the results of the analysis in the near future. I would like to add my congratulations to Harry Irwin, Liz Currie and the other members of the Community Telephone Rate Payers Association on their presentation to the On- tario Telephone Com- mission. However, I am surprised that our Mayor had to Work with an Oshawa Councillor to propose a resolution to the Region. I would have thought that the Regional Councillors who represent the community telephone area Mrs. Cowman and Mr. Clarke would have been approached by the Mayor for the promotion of a resolution. Readh7 s. ·s Ontario's good summer crops of vegetables and fruits are in the stores now. Many are fresh - cabbage, carrots, apples, potatoes, parsnips, rutabagas and more. Others are canned or frozen. 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