Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Summer 1962, page 12

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similar to butter; that the Red Ensign be chosen as the distinctive Canadian flag; that the Attorney-General be requested to make mandatory, the “breathalizer” and blood tests where there is occasion to determine sobriety or "impairment" of a driver of a motor vehicle; and that. because minimum penalties for drivâ€" ing while under the influence of liquor are not sufficient to be a deterrent, these penalties be reviewed with a view to increasing minimum fines and jail terms. A resolution asking the Government to ex- tend Hospitalization benefits to all nursing homes. so that citizens requiring nursing care will not have to go to designated nursing homes at some distance to receive the benefits of their paid up hospital insurances A resolution requesting the Government not to relax the laws regulating Sunday sports. since "any relaxation of these laWS would lead to further relaxatiOn with a detrimental effect on the moral life of the country as a whole and of young people in particular.” Resolutions requesting the Ontario Depart- ment of Health to revise the Hospital Insurance Plan to continue coverage of children still financially dependent on the parent; requesting the Department of Education to introduce a course in conversational French in the elemen- tary schools of the province in an early grade; resolving that “on the death of a husband or the separation of a husband and wife, the furâ€" nishirigs of the home be deemed to be the property of the wife"; resolving that Whereas in supermarkets packages of soap, and foods are marked so many “cents off” without stating the regular price so that the customer does not know the true value, “therefore the regular price should be clearly marked as well as the reduced price". resolving that it be made comâ€" pulsory that all minor league hockey players wear helmets; that when materials on the mar- ket for clothing and draperies have a design printed off grain, the manufacturer be com- pelled to have such material stamped “Off Grain". The Board supported two resolutions from the Women‘s Committee of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture, which had been passed at the l96l annual meeting of the O.F.A. The first of these resolutions expressed ap- precintlon to the Ontario Government for ex- isting legislation prohibiting the manufacture and sale of butter substitute coloured to reâ€" semble butter. and requested that this legisla- tion be retained and enforced. The second resolution on Estate Tax and Succession Duties reads: “Whereas in establish- ing Succession Duties and Estate Taxes, valu- ators of farm property frequently arrive at an amount beyond that which can be obtained on the current market; and whereas farm estates 12 may have to be sold at prices below the true value to provide funds with which to meet the cost of Succession Duties and Estate Tum within the prescibed time for payment; there; fore be it resolved that the Federal and Pym, in. cial Governments be requested to amend ihQ legislation concerning Succession Duties rm} Estate Taxes to provide: (a) An extensiow iii time in which payment must be made so .f'lni sacrifice sales will not be necessary. (b) Reign], by Governments to the Estate of the differin-t-L- between the tax on the value which the . i- ator placed on the property, when it has m necessary to sell a farm property to pp, up funds with which to pay Succession Dutie. n Estate Taxes. (c) That values placed on . m property by Succession Duties and Estate n valuators bear a closer relationship to i-_ A." by other Government Depts. Entertainment The retiring Board Directors entertain. . an evening party Which, in keeping Mr is 65th Anniversary Year, featured the . it- entertainment popular at the turn of the \l- tury. Eight lively square dancers perfc It with great agility and the various cute 1]- merits and contests were most enjoyable. Fifteen members of the Board comp their term of oflice this Spring. Miss Flo ,t Porter, retiring Junior Board Member. 7 pressed her pleasure in having had the bi tunity to serve in this capacity on the Prov Board; and on behalf of the retiring meni s. Mrs. E. S. Brown spoke of the privilege i. pleasure of having served as a Board Dire ' To the retiring members, Mrs. Lymburne pressed her pleasure in the association she I enjoyed with them during her term of oil It was moved that letters of appreciatit sent to Dr. MacLachlan and the college sonnel responsible for providing aCCOlTlIIlI - tion for F.W.I.O. to hold its Board Mei .- at the O.A.C. * k 'k PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any (16 I’d rather you would walk with me than rnx show the way; i I The eye's a better pupil and more Willing the ear; Fine counsel is confusing but example's alvi clear. ‘ I soon can learn to do it if you let me see it (3' I can watch your hands in action but you [on too fast may run. The lectures you deliver may be very wise and ti - . But I'd rather get my lessons by observmg “ you do; I may not always understand the high Hd\ “ you give, ‘ But there's no misunderstanding how you act .4- ‘- how you live. i * 'A' HOME AND COIJNI'RY

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