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MAY 9, I973 PAGE I3 SCHREIBER TOWN TOPICS Mrs. Irene Robinson, of Burlington, and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Page of Thunder Bay North are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Whent-the Pages driving home with Mrs. Robinson. Leo Rajotte has gone to St. Boniface Man. to attend the funeral of his brother. The high whist prize, at the Ruby Rebekah card party, was won by Mrs. Jeanne Crook-the consolation by Mrs. Annie Niemi. Bridge prizes were won as follows: Ladies high - Mrs. Iris Lidkea; consolation - Mrs. Norah Mc- Guire; Men's high - W.T. Wallace; consolation - Bruce Lidkea. The trav- elling prize during the evening was eventually won by Mrs. Glorie Miller. The door prize, donated by Mrs. Eirene Harness, was won by Mrs. William Smart Cyril Sparkes drawing the ticket. Mrs. Glorie Miller, noble grand, welcomed the crowd, and lunch was ser- ved by Mesdames Lilian Christie, Annie Niemi, Winnie Clemens, Gladys Hamilton, and Shirley Brown. SHOWER HONOURS BRIDE-ELECT Miss Wendy Weaver, bride-elect of this month, was entertained by her friends at a shower-tea arranged in the United Church Hall on May 4th. Receiving with her were her mother, Mrs. William Weaver, her fiance's mother, Mrs. Ivan Martin and her sister Mrs. Jody Davis. The tea was poured by Mesdames Hubert Weaver, Mrs. Mable Martin of Thunder Bay South, Miss Irene Spicer and Mrs. Adolph Dekelver of Thunder Bay North. Mrs. Helen Wallace was table hostess and the servitors were Mesdames Betty St. Amand, Diane Lapworth, Bernice Courtemanche, Norma Gusul, Charlotte Miller, and Linda Figliomeni, Miss Lola Scott and Miss Linda Nesbitt. Miss Billie Weaver and Mrs. Brenda Harper attended the gift table and Miss Janis Martin the guest book. Replenishing was done by Mesdames Jackie Turner, Joy Riley, Frankie Caccamo, Peggy Small, Mavis Godin and Eva Gordon. TERRACE BAY NEWS --~ities ONTARIO HYDRO WANTS PARKS ON RIGHTS-OF-WAY ' In Hydro Hydro a new policy announced by Ontario Chairman George Gathercole, will make available to municipal- at $I a year land suitable for park purposes on rights-of-way pres- ently used as corridors for electrical transmission lines. The land will be leased for a spec- ific period of up to 25 years, Mr. Gathercole said. "In the event that Hydro requires the land - and these cases are likely to be exceptional ~- it will reimburse the municipality ful- ly for its capital expenditures on the park." Mr. Gathercole said, "We want to encourage more uses of power line. rights-of-way for a number of purposes and we consider their function as public parks and recreational facili- ties as particularly desirable." Previously, he said, the municipal- ities have failed to take advantage of the opportunity of developing these lands and integrating them into their park system because of the shorter term leases, the risk that their inves -tments on such parklands might be lost, and rental payments payable to Hydro equal to part of the taxes on the lands required under our former policies. Under the new policy, Ontario Hydro will ask no provision for relief of taxes or grants from the municipalit- ies. It will need, however, to main- tain routine access to the transmiss- ion line towers, provision for anti- climbing barriers and any other safety features as necessary. These will be built by Ontario Hydro at its own ex- pense. Mr. Gathercole said, "Many Hydro rights-of-way are now being used in Ontario areas for a variety or purpos- es other than transmitting power. Sev -eral are used as part of golf courses some as surface lines for subways at certain sections of their routes and some for bicycle paths and walkways. We also are considering setting aside some land for garden plots." One of the more unusual uses of the "Kiss 'n Ride," provision at the continued page I4