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2-Orono Weekly Times, Thursday, January 3rd, 1980 Orono Weekly Times THE GAME OF PREDICTIONS ' ■ ; The most popular game around the country at this time of year and with the dawn of a new century is that of , predicting the future. Anyone can really play the game and the. choice ,of subject can certainly be to anyone's liking. " One. does not have to be a specialist nor highly . knqwieSgeable in the particular subject for in most cases even thé experts disagree. A recent review of predictions . made at the turn of the seventies even by experts has shown 'that you have a fifty percent chance of being right and of ' course an equal percentage chance of being wrong. With this background we can swing away with our predictions having some hope that a few thoughts may come true and then who will remember some ten years down the lane. -The Town of Newcastle will not develop a special gravel, truck route, nor will they establish municipal offices at the Pine Ridge School - both too costly and especially so during a period of turndown. , -The Orono Plaza will strengthen business, in Orono even for core enterprises. -Highway 115 proposals will proceed on target. -Federalism throughout Cangda will strengthen with some realization that a strong federal government is a requirement for a sound and functional nation. -Liberals form slim majority government in February?? Conservatives drop, NDP static. • , -Gasoline rationing in the early ,80s as producing countries cut back on oil exports to extend economic stability from a depleting resource. LETS HAVE ANOTHER STORY Ontario Hydro has hired Décima Research Ltd, of Toronto to find out what people are likely to demand of their electrical utility in the 1980s and whether the Three Mile Island mishap has had a lasting effect on the public's feelings towards Hydro. Its rather difficult to determine the benefits of such a study for Hydro other than they will have another document to file. This of course is typical of Ontario Hydro for it was not so long ago that a large sum of hundreds of thousands of dollars were placed aside for a public relations program. If the current television commercial presentation is an indicator of the program, one could say it was rather fussy and truly a waste of money. Ontario Hydro has done a terrific job in providing the province with a reasonably priced source of energy. However they became caught up in an economy that settled back and with all their studies likely filed away out of sight, failed to realize what was happening in the country and they over produced. Their image has tarnished and it is hard for the consumer to feel that the current commercial on T. V. is that forthright when he is faced with annual increases from 6, 8 percent up to 20 percent. A good operation needs no Jiundreds of thousands to be spent in public relations. The story is told in the service provided. DISPELLING MYTHS , People are not totally reasonable. Those who like to perpetuate the semi-rationalist notion that people will change their behavior if shown the fact, would do well to look at those who serve the dictator Tobacco. No major medical or health agency questions the fact that each year 30,000 Canadians die prematurely from the effects of smoking. If some new food additive, automobile defect or drug - except alcohol, of course - could be linked to emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer arid heart disease as closely as has cigarette smoking, a public outcry would explode and perhaps even the government would be sparked into actjon. But still the dollars turn into cigarettes which turn into smoke. Please, don't confuse the facts. In the late 1960s and early 1970s smoking rates began to drop, except for teenagers, especially those in their early teens. Not yet old enough to sense their mortality, those who straddle childhood and adulthood sqem immune to the endless stream of scientific evidence, while being supersensitive to peer influence. The litany of chemical substances associated with cigarette smoking - nicotine, tars, carbon monoxide, cadmium, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulphide - fail to dispell the compelling power of those heroes who suck smoldering' leaves. Tobaccoland has succeeded in creating an image - that hot smoke is cool, macho yet super-feminine. Nonsense! That image is distorted! Smoking should be linked to disability and death, to ugliness, rasping coughs, dragon breath, dried skin, squinting eyes, yellowed teeth and finger and blackened lungs. But the counter-offensive is underway. Tired of being lost in a bleary-eyed haze, many non-smokers are becoming downright aggressive, puncturing myths and demanding their right to breathe clean air. As the puffers wheeze and rasp their way towards the back of the bus, perhaps those short on height and years will get the point and prove that they at least are not short on braiq.. by The Office of Church in Society, The United Church of Canada. Old Age Security payments rise Increases in the Old Age Security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse's Allowance, effective in January 1980, were announced announced today by Health and Welfare Minister David Crombie. The basic Old Age Security pension will rise to $182.42 from the present $179.02. The maximum Guaranteed Income Supplement for a single person, or a married person whose spouse is not a 1 pensioner and is not receiving a Spouse's Allowance, will increase to $149.76 from its current; $146.97. Added to the basic pension, this gives a person receiving both the OAS and the maximum GIS a monthly total of $332.18. The maximum Guaranteed Income Supplement for a married couple, both pensioners, pensioners, will increase to $124.52 each from $122.20. Added to the basic pension this will give each married pensioner receiving the maximum GIS a total of $306.94, or $613.88 for the couple. The Guaranteed Income Supplement is paid to pensioners pensioners whose income, apart from the Old Age Security pension, is limited. The amount of the supplement varies in relation to income. The maximum Spouse's Allowance will increase to $306.94 from $301.22. The maximum Spouse's Allowance Allowance is made up of an amount equivalent to the basic Old Age Security pension and the maximum GIS at the married rate and is paid to persons between 60 and 65 years of age who are married to OAS pensioners and meet residence residence requirements. Entitlement Entitlement to a Spouse's Allowance and the amount paid, is based on yearly income. Where the pensioners spouse dies the surviving spouse may be eligible for the continuation of the allowance to age 65 or remarriage if the person has no income or a limited amount of income, Increases in Old Age Security Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement payments payments are increased quarterly quarterly based on the cost of living. Notice of enumeration More than 15 million "Notice "Notice of Enumeration" cards will be mailed by January 11th to notify Canadians they are on the preliminary list of voters for the February 18th Federal General Election. The notices - in the form of cards - will be mailed no later than January 11th to everyone everyone whose name appeared on the final, official voters' list that was used in the last general election on May 22, 1979. , There will be no enumeration enumeration of voters, by door-to-door canvass, for the upcoming election. The preliminary voters' list foç this election will be based op the final list of last May. Receipt of the card - called a "Notice of Enumeration" will confirm to a voter that his or her name is on the preliminary preliminary list. "With this exception to the normal process, other procedures procedures for preparing for the February election are essentially essentially unchanged," said Jean- Marc Hamel, Chief Electoral Officer. "However, there will be an extended period for revising the preliminary list; more effort and resources will be employed in revision, and we will increase our information program so that all eligible voters will be able to take advantage of the revision process in order to get their names on the final, official voters' list." The notice of enumeration card, to be mailed, will identify the voter's electoral district, polling division number, number, location of, the polling station and the date and hours of voting. f Here's What to do if you do not receive a card but are eligible to vote: 1 You should contact the Returning Officer of your- electoral district for information information and guidance regarding regarding revision. This should be done after January 15, but no later than February 4. The telephone numbers of Returning Officers will be carried in Elections Canada advertisements in local newspaper, newspaper, or, you can obtain the appropriate number through telephone directory assistance. assistance. The revising period is between January 7th and 30th inclusive in rùral areas and January 25 and February 4 (Sundays excepted) in urban areas. Once your name has been added to the revised list you are eligible to vote. To be eligible to vote, you must be 18 years of age by polling day, a Canadian! citizen, and residing in Canada Canada on December 31, 1979. • Kendal News A new commandment give I unto you, That ye love one another. December 1978 will be remembered as the year with the "rainy" Christmas and following Christmas day came the "Green" New Year. What wonderful weather we have had since Christmas day! However we are without snow for the new skis and skates. ' ! On Sunday morning the day was perfect and there was a good attendance at the morning morning service. Mrs. R. Frank had the service well planned. Mr. R. Frank read the Call to Worship followed • by the Invocation Prayer. The childrens childrens story was told by Mrs. R. Frank. The scripture redding was Psalm 72 read by Mrs. Eleanor Foster. Pamella and Patricia Frank sang a duet erititled, "The Little Shepherds", Shepherds", accompanied by Mrs. Fern Foster at the piano. The message was entitled, "How we got our hymns. This was given by Mrs. G. Cath- cart. How hymns came into use in our church, how the praise of God began to be sung in oür English language is an interesting story. The story begins with Wm. Kethe's "All people that on earth do dwell", Written in 1561, and set to the tune of • "Old Hundred", by John Knox's, choir leader. Fascinating Fascinating stories cling to many great hymn writers that followed •• Wm. Kethe and Isaac Watt. OUr church has cpme singing down the ages. Some Of these stories Mrs. Cathcart tried to tell on Sunday morning, Next Suqday morning January January 6th we are^ having Mr. Danzil Dale of Oshawa who always brings a fine message. Let your nèw year's resolution resolution be, "I will attend church each Sunday 'in the New Year". Our sympathy goes out to Mr. and M#s. John Bailey and family. Their eldest son, Mr. Rush Bailey was killed in a car accident. The funeral was from the Maccoubrey Funeral Funeral Parlours in Cobourg on Monday, December 31st, 1979. He and his wife had a tobacco farm in Quebec. Hq,was in his 32 year. He grew up on the sixth line and attended the sixth line school. His-parents owned the tobacco farm on .the sixth,line before moving to Castleton. Some from this area attended the funeral on Monday. Our minister Rev. A. Tiz- zard expects to be moved to Oshawa General Hospital this week for therapy. His son and family came up from Nova Scotia to Visit this past weekend. Mrs. A. Swarbrick and Mrs. J. Jackson have both had surgery and are now recovering. We wish them, and all the people who are ill good health in the coming year. Don't forget to serve baked apples. Take out the core. Fill the centre of each apple with brown sugar and a little cinnamon. Just the thing after a turkey dinner. J Time for fitness is tipie on Your Side. paRmmacmn 4f !cnon^to St. Saviours ANGLICAN CHURCH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service- 10:00 a.m. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th. UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge Minister Rev. B.E. Long B.Th. Organist and Choir Director David Gray Sunday, January 6,1980 ORONO UNITED CHURCH Sunday Cljurch School 10 a.m. Morning Worship 11:15 KIRBY UNITE!) CHURCH Sunday Church School 9:45 Morning Worship 9:45 JSev Floral Creations, " f H "FLOWERS WITH FEELINGS" FOR ANY OCCASION ' 1 FRESH & DRIED FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS' - for 1 WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, HOSPITAL AND HOME lelepnone 623-337' rev kerr 162 King St. East Bowmanville Booming our wishes lôud and clear, for a better than ever spectacular year! .Sincere thanks.