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Hospitals help to fight Christmas loneliness The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec many having the day off She explained however that all the staff work cither Christ mas or New Year If they worked Christmas last year they will have It off this year Michael Douglas wain big enough to go see Santa by him self so enlisted the aid of his mother to take him Santa visited the Legion Sunday afternoon to take part In the an Legion Christmas party child received a gift The 111 have not been left out of Christmas festivities at least not the ill In Guelph s two hospitals which service Acton residents St Joseph continuing care unit have had a busy month with a different vlty happening almost every day Patients have been busy being entertained by such groups as the Concert band and other musical groups In the City Some people were taken to see the dress rehearsal of the play The Messiah while others enjoyed a tour of the city to see the Christmas lights The Rotary Club the Salvation Army and the Brownies have been carolling in the hospital halls and the Knights of Columbus have helped brighten Christmas up A tree trimming was held recently and the nurses hospital recreation depart men and volunteers decor the halls and the doors Christmas day a special dinner will be served Each patient will be allowed one guest courtesy of the At General hospital doctors attempt to send home all the patients they can to enjoy Christmas at home Those who are bedridden on Monday will get a chance visit with Santa They also will get a special turkey dinner with one relative also being invited to slay In be weeks leading up to Christmas the Salvation Army brought baskets of candles and nuts in to each patient The Young People from Owen Sound Council changes A change in the committee structure of llnlton Hills council eliminates the two separate committee meetings and establishes one general committee of the whole council which meets every other Monday lie ween regular council The chairmanship of the committee will change every month operating on an alphabetical basis treated the children the day of the Guelph Santa parade and Beardmore of Acton brightened the children Christmas also by their wilt School children from have gone carolling in the halls Director of Nursing Evelyn Curtis told The Acton Free Press staff is treated as if it were a weekend with Accountants Goebelle Wagner Ma Street H lit L7G 877 5155 if you own van dont take ctunc I superior muffler I en ihMlplp ittw lor h awn tavicix or I RICHS Service Centra Ltd R ACTON PHONE Flliu wa Sunday she decided tc was me of many children who attended the legion afternoon Santa el aura toy anil I bum gave Santa a big thank Leather industries heel m m m Continued from Pago J of Canada annual meeting recently the country tanners still have production capacity We generally can make deliveries within five to eight weeks Tins compares to an eight to ten week lead time needed by many S tan ners said Mr Dunham Mr Dunham is also president of the Tanners Association of Canada and is therefore in a position to speak from an industry point of view He assured shoe manufacturers most tanners can handle more orders Mr Dunham in an inter view with this newspaper said most tanneries were running at about per cent Now we vc met demands he said In the first quarter of this year for example deliveries were up one per eent In the second quarter they went up IS per cent and in the third quarter the fipuro reached per Within the industry there is still about per cent capacity said tanner association president Behind the figures of in creased leather production there are changes in the method of buying and selling on the way Some of the traditional timetables for shoe manufacturers lo order from tanners are being pushed ahead According to the outgoing chairman of the board of the Shoe Manufacturer Association of Canada Don MacLeod manufacturers normally meet in mid February to plan the next falls back lines Instead they will meet in the first week of January The large orders or those shoes were placed with tanners in November instead of the traditional December As a consequence tan ncnes such as in are going lo have to stock irgc amounts of finished leathers and finish them as soon as lurers know what they want We said MacLeod will have to keep feeding them tanners information on a constant basis improving not only the quality of in formation exchanged and the timing must be realistic The closer connections between the leather and shoe manufacturers is one result or the import quotas imposed by Ottawa last year The federal government in an attempt to breath more life into the Industries restricted the number of shoes coming into Canada from foreign manufacturers In effect Ottawa created a demand for domestically made shoes For the next two years imports will be held at 5 million pairs or shoes In 1977 the number was million shoe imports without the restriction Domestic shoe manufacturers hope to boost sales by million per year Longer production runs of shoes have lessened the sting of higher prices for leather to shoe manufacturers but the tanner is still feeling the effects of pressures especially from Japan Japanese North America and put down more dollars than the going rale for leathers thereby removing them from the local market said Mr Dunham Meanwhile some South governments in bids to improve their domestic shoe turers also removed much of their leatiicrs from the market These two steps combined with the devaluation of the Canadian dollar drove up the price for tanners However Mr Dunham said during the past decade the cost of shoes in he Cost of Living Index has been in line But over the last three years prices have increased because of the cent to cent per pound of hide in crease he said Those figures are in US cents so one must add about If per cent for the Canadian in crease manufacturers have been to absorb some of cost of leather with longer For the shoe buyer porters and retailers afret there are no serious problems which can be levelled on the quotas When Ottawa slapped on the quotas last year they were to come off in three years However efforts are being made within the in dustry to extend the life on restrictions on a specific According to MacLeod the industry will be after Ottawa to maintain quantitative restrictions on Imports from nations which because of low cost arc very com in inada nations including met it Brussels in Sep tember The Brussels meeting was hosted by the European Economic Communily gathering there was a resolution for the respective National Associations of outwear Manufacturers to their governments to make the restrictions more selective Such a step would decrease the need for quoins which are worked into current trade and tariff The effect of such i selective quota could mean lover prices for hides skins cPope fi Co Mounts in view Road S Suits 304 OTT GEORGETOWN well House 10 Jar INSTA COFFEE Saco 10 Tin MANDARIN ORANGES E D 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