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»» FL IE he J a LY 8 H. L. Fair, agricultural representative for Kingdom. Ontario County, has been selected to accompany four Ontario Junior Farmers, winners of Over- seas Scholarships. on a visit to the United achievements. The junior farmers, two boys and two girls, were selcted on the basis of their --Ontario Department of Agriculture Photo wv. LAS 2 LAr 3 . ' x ' p a $ * A LA . F PSR CSIR EAR TEARS WEATORY. "SF EERERSCIN SND STSE EWS 3 SRR RYE SESSTIEE SE SEES EE LY BL PRE RY PORT PERRY STAR, LQ 2d Thursday, March 31, 1966-13 Tomorrow Wi Friday, April 1st this year will be no "April Fool" day as far as Mr. and Mrs. John Con- sumer are concerned, For April Ist is the official date for the increase from 3% to 6% for the Provincial Retail Sales Tax. Everything from shog leather to new cars will increase 2% at | the buyers's expense. To off-' set the feeling of grudging re- signation, the public is condi- | tioned for the bump by advance | publicity about the high cost of education; welfare and pension payments and a medley of other provincial expenditures. To the man on the street-- and the woman in the shopping plaza, this increased tax of 2c. out of every spendable dollar, is just another burden to be borne. | For the couple with only 2%! children (which is the figure | : PE used to arrive at an "average Canadian family" )--perhaps the 2% tax increase won't be too shattering, But for the family with four, five or six children, clothing and footwear costs are bound to increase. Il Cost More or a new automobile the savings possible have been well worth while, The revenue gathered in by th Government by way of this increased taxation is necessary, we are told, to meet the tre- mendous expenditures which are being made for education, medi- care, welfare and a hundred other avenues of public benefit. With the increasing threat of run-away inflation, some econo- mists are advocating higher and higher taxes to lessen the spending power of the nation. No doubt this is a sound theory --but if the good old pay en- velope gets much thinner, the ordinary worker won't be guilty of contributing to inflation-- he'll be smothered by taxes and other incidental "deductions at the source." Mr, Louis Rasminsky, Gov- ernor of th Bank of Canada, has come out with a warning not too soon. Canada is importing more goods than it is exporting, the consumer price index is ris- ing rapidly and consumer prices - i in Canada are significantly 3 s Scout Mothers ) For weeks and weeks adver- | higher than in the United | ario esi en S eno tisers of consumer goods have | States. Inflation is very, very y A uxi | iar y been urging householders to| difficult to contain, short of Entitled To Med. Coverage TORONTO -- About 300,000 Ontario residents will be en titled to coverage when the first stage of the Ontario Me- dical Services Insurance Plan starts on April 1, Health Min- ister Dr. Matthew B. Dymond announced recently. have been mailed out to some 113,000 Ontario citizens who re- ceive Provincial social assist ance benefits and who have been enrolled automatically, said the Minister. This group includes those ir receipt of Blind Persons' Al- This month's meeting of the Scout Mothers' Auxiliary was held on March 21st at the home of Mrs. John Jefford. There are approximately ninety Mo- thers of Scouts and Cubs yet only ten could spare the even- ing to help out with the work of the Scout movement in Port Perry. The next meeting, Mon- day, April 18th, at 8 p.m., will be held in the Scout Hall and "beat the tax. Buy now!" On a major household appliance, putting everyone on a starva- tion diet. ' he sd ssid aiaaduds PORT PERRY AREA 160 - ACRE FARM -- Workable land plus large bush -- 100-year old fieldstone house thoroughly re-modelled plus new appropriate addition -- 6 bedroom, 3": baths. Barns on property with pond, These are people in receipt of | 0,105 Disabled Persons' Al | will be followed by a Pot Luck || stream, good well. Price $159,500.00 by appoint- Woy social assistance together with | |g ances, Rehabilitation Ser | Luncheon. It is hoped that|| ment only. Reply Box #18, Port Perry, Ont. Baie their eligible dependents, vices, Mothers' Allowances and | more Mothers will try and come i ' ' : FRE The second stage of the me-| (Qld Age Assistance, out to help for the betterment AN I's dical care insurance Plan be- gins on July 1 when insurance coverage to help pay the cost of doctors' services will be ex- tended to those residents of Ontario who apply for enrol- ment in OMSIP prior to May 1. OMSIP registration cards Panel Registration cards for per- sons on municipal welfare rolls have been sent to welfare ad- ministrators in Ontario for dis- tribution. Persons in these two groups, together with their dependents, will be entitled to full OMSIP coverage as from April 1. Dr. Dymond also announced of the organization. A report was presented on the successful Theatre Party to Toronto and the Committee in charge appreciated the wonder- ful response, It was decided to have a Des- sert Luncheon and Court Whist on Friday, April 1st, at 1.30. Appreciation was extended to Mrs. Grant McDermott and Mrs. Gordon Goode for the ex- a that some 40,000 applications | cellent reports they gave on the have been received since the Provincial Advisory Committee's two - month open enrolment | Conference in Toronto, which i period began on March 1. Discussion "We consider this initial res- | proved to be very helpful in the work as well as enjoyable to (Continued) | ponse quite good," said the the five Mothers who attended. ) in 3 Minister The meeting closed with tho Mr. Walter Famme, Ontario vin a rovinces | Scout Mizpah. A social half- | County Campaign chairman, 31 © b hour was enjoyed by everyone Oshawa, was the moderator for the evening. The interest and enthusiasm of the audience in submitting pertinent questions on different types of Cancer -- especially Leukemia,--Services to patients, Re-gsearch, ete. insured an infor- mative evening, and the ques- tions wre skilfully handled by the panel, Mrs. S. Cawker, Campaign Chairman of the local Branch, spoke briefly about the cam- paign, and announced April 4, as the date for the canvass in Port Perry and the rural volun- teers will have the entire month of April. The panel was thanked by Mrs. Dymond, and it was felt by everyone present, that they had not only enjoyed, but had found real benefit in this gath- ering together of a group of in- terested people, anxious to learn about the prevention and treat- ment of Cancer,--so important to all, It was a very fine endeavour | by the small group of dedicated people in the Port Perry Branch. Thanks to all for assistance. Tea and refreshments were served by the Society members.' and other plans, he said, has shown that up to 80 per cent of | applications have come in dur- ing the final 10 days of an open | enrolment period. The exact number of persons covered by the applications re- | ceived tq date cannot be deter- | mined until all applications wave been processed. A single application may include many | members of an individual fam- ily. Dr. Dymond said the number of applications coming in to the Medical Services Insurance Di- | vision of the Department of Health is increasing steadily | and is now running at a rate in excess of 5,000 a day. The Ontario "Government es- tablished OMSIP so that ade- quate insurance against the cost | of doctors' services is available to all Ontario residents without regard to age, state of health, financial means or occupation. Persons receiving social as- sistance or who have low in- comes will have their OMSIP premiums paid, either wholly | or in part, by the Ontario Government. present. Assisting the hostess | were Mrs, Charles Reesor, Mrs. Grant McDermott and Mrs. George Hall. FISH HUT REMOVAL Anglers in the Lake Simcoe | Forest District are reminded | that all fish huts must be off the ice by midnigh. March 31st, | 1966. This is supported by | Ontario Regulation 13/65 which | also states that no person shall | place or attempt to place of} occupy any hut used for fishing | on the ice of Lake Simcoe or | Lake Couchiching unless it | bears on the outside in numerals not less than 2%" in height the number assigned to the owner | by an officer of the Department | of Lands and Forests. Last spring it was necessary { for the Department to seize a number of huts which were left | on the ice in this area and over | 30 charges were laid. Fishermen are requested to cooperate in removing their huts | from the ice before the deadline | midnight March 31. Tuts left on the ice during breakup are a menace to navigation when | the ice goes out, wi McDonnell, recently won three who just gold medals in the North American Gymnastic Chanipionships Canada's Susan in Montreal, in a scene from the National Film Board pro- duction "Springboard To The Sun". This half-hour film, shot at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, shows young Canadian gymnasts in competition with the best from the United States and South America. NTE SATA LY Te Te -