Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1960, page 14

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Simcoe Area: I Asking the Provincial Government to use “its influence to promote the production of Canadian made souvenirs. Grey Bruce Area: I That members of the F.W.I.O. express apprecta- tion to the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. A. Goodfellow; Director of Extension Services, T. R. Hilliard and the Director of Home Economics Servâ€" ice, Extension Branch, Miss Helen McKercher, for the courses provided by this Department of the Ontario Government which have been of so much value to many thousands of women and girls in Ontario, Also a request be made to the Minister to continue these Extension Services. Guelph Area: Asking the Provincial Government to prevent the sale of beer from any additional outlets, London Area: Asking the Provincial Government to enact legis- lation to fix the dates for the change from Standard to Daylight Saving Time so that all municipalities in Ontario using Daylight Saving Time will be identi- cal. (Five resolutions were received from all over Ontario asking for abolition or partial abolition of Daylight Saving. These were grouped together and ‘ discussed but were not sustained) Asking C.A.C. to request manufacturers to use more substantial material than is being used now for lining belts of ready-toâ€"wear dresses. Asking the Department of Highways to use greater caution in removing trees and to institute a definite and sustained programme of tree planting, post planting inspection and maintenance of saplings. Southwestern Area: A resolution asking the Department of National Revenue to amend the Income Tax Act to provide adequate recognition and allowance for the contri- bution by the farmer's wife toward income tax which is payable by her husband, Six resolutions were received from all over Ontario in regard to the matter of “gifts” or “pre- miunis" in packages of food, soap, et‘ cetera, asking that C.A.C. request manufacturers of these products to omit these articles from packages and reduce the cost of the package accordingly. An amendment to the Highway Traffic Act was asked for to aid in the prevention of unnecessary accidents in connection with the transport of children in school buses. It contained several requests for safety measures and asked that copies of the resoluâ€" tion be sent to the Minister of Highways, Legislature Assembly, Department of Education and various councils. and to the Ontario Municipal Association Convention for their endorsement. Hamilton Area: A resolution asking that" appropriate steps be taken to eliminate November 11th as a school holi- day and to return to Remembrance Day ceremonies held during school hours. As there are few known openings for young negro graduates of secondary schools, to obtain employ- ment in business or professional life, a resolution was sustained asking that this be brought to the attention of the Senior Chamber of Commerce, St. Catharines, so that they may bring it to the atten- tion of local organizations within the Chamber of Commerce, and also that a copy be sent to the 14 Provincial Chamber of Commerce to he hmlhh to the attention of organizations within the Protii‘nI cial Chamber of Commerce. ' As shrubs on the median of the Queen lilizghflb Highway conceal many intersections and mm,” correct decisions being made as to when il‘ proceed across the highway safely, and as accident: hm resulted from this, a resolution was pfeStil’llt l ,tiin, that the Ontario Department of Highway. mi Highway Safety Branch remove any shim L . , '- ilOi‘r than seventy-five feet to any IDlEFSECtiAM‘ WE: kept trimmed to eye level of a vehicle tirit ‘ A resolution was sustained asking that . “pm school for the mentally retarded be hit in the Niagara Peninsula. A great deal of inform presented in connection with this. The Jmmn asked that the Federated Women‘s Inn m on record as supporting a petition in this i ruin" being circulated by the Welland District [or ,â€" mm to v.3; Children and other affiliated associations i Hm! the Ontario Government to construct such i Mi Central Area: A resolution was sustained asking that ..5 m be removed from acreage and placed o=‘ :11“ and land not to exceed more than one acii nun; school taxes into proportion with thos: ._t h; village, town and city dwellers, and that \ iii. bring the matter to the attention of ii- up“ authorities. A resolution asking that better and mi rung material be used in the making of Chlldii hoes. Kingston Area: A resolution requesting that companies :cmg fire extinguishers print on the outside of ill. «inn- er a list of the contents and definite iii .tions as to the type of fire which can be ext what without endangering human lives. Accord» the resolution all types of fires do not respoi it the same type of fire extinguisher. Feeling that the agricultural industry trilli- tion‘s greatest victim and that it will be Jr will forced to assume added cost' of inflation . i this year, without being able to pass it along in pure of its produce, a resolution was sustained l amp the Provincial Government to face the w l«hiss of the situation, bringing it to the notice 0' pill“ lic, and to do everything in its power to hoi : liUE of inflation. Ottawa Area was supported in resolutiw Asking manufacturers to allow more Skip illou» ancc and shorter stitches at armholes and \ can“ on ready made dresses. Asking that calves that have been i inmfll against brucellosis be given a more p i-intm means of identification than the metal 1' [8115 used now. Tags become lost and the anii ‘ lOSES it's identification and therefore cannot b: “will to the United States. , That CBC censor plays and films or- i\ kind radio in regard to the use of liquor. , That C.A.C, contact manufacturers of :ldrcnR clothing to fill the need of Clothes for iii huhlll’ child. ' Because the greater number of pupils :“cnd'”? rural schools come from small properties Mi l0“ assessment, and the bulk of school taxes Cc HO higher assessed. larger properties, a resolti.;nn We” presented asking that school taxes be eqll- Elm “i from HOME AND (WNW

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