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•V'W ■ ,4- Orono Weekly Times, February 25, 1976 system, announced by the V * S, ■ ■ * ■ * ___/ ■ _ -- §-■ province, include giving wel- V\/û If 3 |*û r lai IT1 S I 03 C n fare officials power to refuse WVUilOl V ' assistance to people 18 years ' ' ,• and under leaving home and 3 high 111 Durham collecting assistance because of a dispute at home. Welfare figures for January show more people receiving general welfare assistance during the first month of 1976 than at any other time since the formation of the region of Durham. Social Services Commis- sioner Doug Johns told regional regional council members Wednes- , day that slightly more than ' 5,000 people received general welfare during the month. "That's the highest figure we've ever had," he said. The previous high was in Monuments and Family Memorials Our quality and service leaves nothing to be desired Ask the person who bought from us, a neigh hour, friend or relative The Rutter Granite Company 73 Ontario Street PORT HOPE Phone collect V.W. RUTTER Office-885-5216 Homé - 885-5522 February, 1975, when 4,546 people were on the welfare rolls. Figures for January 1975, followed closely when 4,542 collected assistance.' NOT A VICTIM Fielding a question from one member of council, Mr. Johns said the region has not been victimized by a large' influx of welfare cases from other parts of the country. "the majority of welfare cases come from our own region," the commissioner said. The announcement of January's January's figures prompted Coun. Jim Potticary (Oshawa) to ask if the region will be following the austerity program program that may be implemented implemented by the province regarding welfare cases. The province has proposed that able bodied recipients should be forced to take jobs that have been offered to them-or lose their benefits. NO INSTRUCTIONS "We have not received any instructions as yet* from the province," Mr. Johns replied. However, he noted his department department had already been sticking sticking to this theory. "If someone in our area is able to work and refuses to take a job, we cut off his benefits," the social services commissioner said. The changes in the welfare Up and down the bookstacks -4 - Thursday, Feb. 26th, 1976 ADULT Fischler's Hockey Encyclopedia Encyclopedia by Stan and Shirley Fischler Clothing Liberation by Laura torbet (update your clothes with applique, tie-dyeing etc.) Father Power by Henry Miller (a book just for fathers on child raising) Can You Positively Identify This Man? by Peter Cole & Peter Pringle (a true story of a man mistakingly inden- tified as the murderer) Night of the Shooting Star by Don Vipond (novel of suspense) suspense) 'Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (detective) JUNIOR Whose Eye Am I? by Vila (photographs of animals) A World Explorer : Marco Polo- by Charles Graves All Kinds of Cats by Walter Chandoha Wait for Me Michael by Mary Stolz EASY READING & PICTURE BOOKS Ten Little Elephants by Robert Leydenfrost Keep Your Mouth Closed, Dear by Aliki Madeleine Hadley Scouter Ryan Sutcliffe of the Orono Scouts was presented presented with his Bronze Chain on Saturday evening by his scout master Mr. George Charland at the annual Father and Son Banquet. The Bronze chain is an achievement award and is the first of three awards ranging from Bronze to Silver to Gold. Eastern breeders annual meeting On Tuesday, February 17th, the Eastern Breeders Incorporated Incorporated held their Annua' Meeting for Durham Count} at the Agricultural Office in Bowmanville. Mr. John Ferguson Ferguson of Port Hope - director of Eastern Breeders for Durham County - was chairman for the meeting and in his remarks, -. outlined some of the work that has been done at the Unit at , Kemptville during the past yeçir, including an addition to the existing barns to briflg capacity up ' to 112 bulls. Carloç Tamblyn of Orono, the Holstein representative for Think One of tfie fastest ways you can save money is with a "SMART" Retirement Savings Plan. Promise. But there are two. more reasons why you should open a SMART Plan today. The earlier in your life you open a Plan, the more money you'll have later. The difference 'is in the length of time you give your, savings to collect interest. If, for instance, yon started saving $50 a month at'age 25 instead of $100 per month at age 45, and your investment earned ffllART retirement savings plan 7% net interest, your retirement savings could be $128,000, instead of $51,000_at age 65.* The second reason is an .even more immediate one. If you open a SMART Plan by March 1st, you can deduct your SMART contributions from your 1975 taxable income., Save Money And Reduce Taxes by March 1st. Get SMART at any Commerce branch near you. *The difference is the compounding effect of net interest paid semi-annually over 40 years or 20 years. , <j> : j CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE J Durham County outlined the bull buying and testing program program for non-proven young sires in the Unit. It was pointed out that a number of young bulls were brought into the Unit during the year, and these will be going into a testing program shortly. It was also pointed out that a number of bulls were culled out during the year for a number of reasons, main; taining the high level om- quality that exists at the Unit in Kemptville. Dr. Merlin Wilson, Assistant Assistant Manager of the Unit, briefly went over the report, indicating that number of services during the year of 1975 dropped by 2,975. It was pointed out that dairy services services were up but beef services were down, owing in large part to the - depressed beef , prices during the past year , and a half. By breed, Hol- stèins still ranks as the largest number with a total of 102,598 services during 1975)^ This is an increase of 1,700 during the year. The biggest drop . took place in the Hereford services with a drop' of 2,300 during 1975. Dr. Bob Smiley, Manager of the Unit at Kemptville, discussed discussed the bulls that are available to breeders through Eastern Breeders, and one f^act that should be of interest to all breeders was that in 1975, 82 per cent of the Holstein bred in the EBI an were bred to double plus si res' - ,- which' is the highest rating available to breeding bulls. The annual meeting of Eastern Breeders for the whole area will be held on ' Thursday, March 18th at ^Kemptville. There is a possibility possibility that a bus will start in the western edge of the area, either at Newcastle or Welcome Welcome and anyone who is interested in going down for the Annual Meeting and taking a look at the bulls at hand, should contact Mr.John Ferguson, R. Ft. 3, Port Hope; Phone:885-4415. In the elect- , ion <5f officers for the upcoming upcoming year, John Ferguson was returned as director for Durham County and Carlos Tamblyn wàs returned as Holstein representative. Voting Voting ■ delegates to the Annual Meeting for, 1976 are: Pier Sikma, Don Welsh, Gordon Barrie, Clarence Nichols and . Bill Tamblyn.