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PAGE 6 TERRACE BAY NEWS AUGUST 29, I973 Health Meeting - continued from page 4 The tentative date for the Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Rossport area is Monday, September 17, 1973. Dr. Pickersgill will be contacting the municipalities regarding the time and pla- ce. Announcements will also be placed in the newspaper and exerpts from Dr. Baldwin's for- mal talk may also be made available to the public. STOKES QUESTIONS GASOLINE PRICING ; The following is a letter by Jack Stokes, MPP, Thunder Bay, written to The Hon. John Clement, Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations. "Dear Mr. Minister, I read with interest your expressed intention to monitor price increases in the cost of con- sumer items. The price of many of these items is depen- dent on supply and demand, floods, hurricanes, draught and transportation charges. However, when one examines the cost of gasoline through out the province, it is impossible to compre- hend the pricing practices of these huge multi- national companies. This week the cost of No. 2 gasoline in the city of Thunder Bay was 53¢; at Pass Lake, 24 miles east, it was 5I¢; at Nipigon, 70 miles east of Thunder Bay, it was 6I¢; at Gurney, 95 miles east of Thunder Bay, it was 60¢; whi- le at Schreiber, I27 miles east, it was 64¢. This means that there is an II¢ difference be- tween Pass Lake and Schreiber. I am advised that the cost of Crane oriatio: is less than I¢ per gallon and yet we are for- ced to live with these wide disparities in gas -oline prices. There is no shortage of oil in Canada and yet government sits wringing its hands while these large companies continue to rip off and gouge the consumer. I urge you to set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into the pricing of gasoline in north- western Ontario so that oil companies will be forced to justify a I3¢ price spread over a distance of I00 miles. Your interest and concern will be apprecia- ted. Yours Sincerely, Jack Stokes, MPP. Thunder Bay. Aurel J. Gauthier, Schreiber's assistant town clerk, has just successfully completed a course in Municipal Administration taken from Queen's University. HOMES FOR THE AGED BOARD MEETING The regular meeting of the Board of Manage- ment of the District of Thunder Bay Homes ¥or the Aged was held on Thursday, August 23, I973 at I p.m. at Pinewood Court. Present were James Symington, Chairman, Joseph Morgan, Gor- don Waghorn, Alex Daneff, Margaret Sideen, Mil=- ton Vibert, Secretary-Treasurer, and Verna Peltonen. Mr. Lawrence Crawford Director, and Brad Gee\from the Department were also in atten- dance. Following a short meeting that delt with the monthly business, Mr. Crawford informed the Board about the new legislation in relation to the new appointments. The new Board will like- ly follow the District Welfare setup with two members appointed by the Provincial Minister and five members from the sixteen participating municipalities. Mr. Crawford informed the Board that no new appointments were being made to District Boards until the new regulations have been approved. The existing Board members will carry on until possibly sometime in 1974. The meeting then went into a detailed discus=- sion on the Birchwood Terrace project. After , approximately six months of negotiations the agreement between the province and the Board was signed. The Secretary-Treasurer was instructed i to draft agreements that will be negotiated be- tween McCausland Hospital and Terrace Bay Coun- cil for the heating of the Recreation Centre : and the Hospital. The Project Manager Barnett- McQueen will be instructed to sign a contract : with the Hacio Bros. in relation to the heating project. Further work to be done in the Home i will be out for tender during the first part of September. The project manager was authorized to accept the tender of Otis Elevator Company with delivery date of November 1973. N A Mr. and Mrs. John Ross and baby son Cary Michael are in Schreiber from Sault Ste. Marie visiting proud grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ross and Mr. and Mrs. «Charlie Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Rene Lamoureaux and family have returned from the ir vacation visiting in Prince George and Dun- can B.C. with relationg enjoying sightseeing generally in the Prov- ince. Mrs. Allan Small of Toronto is visiting hen son Lloyd Small & fam. WANTED MALE OR FEMALE MAKE EASY $$$ Easy to sell pantyhose. Also socks for the entire family, briefs or bikini panties, tights, etc. Free instruc- tions and color catalogue. Write today: HOSIERY LTD: . 10,383 Hebert Street w---68 Montreal North 459, Quebec