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Terrace Bay News, 8 Dec 1960, p. 1

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_ a "TERRACE Bay News I Circulation Terrace Bay & Schreiber REEVE FERRIER AGAIN HEADS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL errace Bay citizens turned out to the Polls on Monday and marked their ballots with the following results:- J.P,Heenan - 386, D,H.Evans-Smith - 361, D.J, Gillis - 320, J.Duncan - 288, Mrs. M,Bouchard - 260, A.H.Farrow - 143, Wm, Baillie - 130, - Reeve J,A.Ferrier, returned by acclama- tion, wil) therefore head a Council composed. of J,P,Hcenan, D,H,Evans-Smith, D.J,Gillis and J.,Duncan, Five hundred and sixteen votes were cast-- | 69.448% of those eligible to vote. Public School supporters re-elected J, Beddard by acclamation at a poorly attended ueeting held in the Recreation Gentre.on | Thursday, December lst. Other Board members are A, Pattison and J.Shivas. PRE-ELECTION MEETING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT Approximately forty interested citizens attended the meeting sponsored by the Com- merce Committee last Thursday when candidates for Council were given an opportunity to speak, Chairman of the Commerce Committee, F,0, Soughton, welcomed those present and outlined the procedure to be followed during the | evening, Each candidate was allowed five , minutes to speak and numbered cards drawn by them indicated their order of appearance, In the absence of Reeve Ferrier, a text, _ Prepared by him, was read by C.E, Paget, In it Reeve Ferrier outlined Council activi- ' ties during the past one and one-half years _and thanked all those who supported him and | Council members and Municipal Staft for | their co-operation, Incumbent Couricillors Heenan, Bouchard and Evans-Smith outlined work carried on during their tenure in office and projects the various committees headed by them have on the planning Board, Nominees Farrow and B aillie mentioned their association with other groups and asked for support, An interesting and lively question and _ answer period elicited information on-- | speed control on the Highway; Terrace Bay | Band; Recreation Committee appointments and |deficits, etc., - restriction on types of ; businesses; time of Council meetings; Cham- | ber of Commerce; Crosswalks on Highway; and ' encouraging new industry to the town, \ | HYDRO INTAKE STRUCTURE BADLY DAMAGED | The following news release has been re- , ceived from the Terrace Bay Area Office of (the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of | Intario. "Ontario Hydro's Aguasabon G.S, was shut _ down on December lst' due to ice damage at ~ _the Intake Structure, . Although damage is considerable, one unit 'vas returned to service for voltage control ; on the evening of December 2nd, There were no Ontario Hydro customers Vol.3, No, 49 _help assessthe damage was greatly appreciated. Authorized as 2nd Class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa December 8, 1960 | effected as a result of this damage. Assistance from Kimberly-Clark Corpora- tion in providing a boat and bulldozer to SCHREIBER VOTERS TO POLLS NEXT MONDAY Schreiber residents are reminded that next Monday, December 12th is election day. Running for Reeve are W.E,D'Arcy and E, (Gino) Caccamo, For Council, six were nominated and three are to be elected, Running are F,V.Harness, J.McGrath, J,P.Guina, Mrs,Inez McCuaig, Leonard A,Hiller and Donald Beno. Seeking election to the Hydro Commission are J.D,Phillips, Joseph S,Caccamo and John E,Stokes, MARATHON MERCURIES HERE THURSDAY This Thursday, December 8th, marks the next home game for the Terrace Bay Superiors. This will be the first game of a two-game, total point series for the Soughton Trophy, The second game will be played in Marathon, The first League Game will be played in Terrace Bay on Sunday, December 11th at 1:30 P.M, when the Nipigon Flyers meet the Superiors. Season ticket holders will have until 6 P.M. on Thursday to claim their tickets for the Superior-Mercuries game. ; Don't forget that no season tickets will be sold after December llth, The only way you can assure yourself of a reserved seat for league and playoff games is by purchasing a season ticket, Contact the Recreation Office NOW! HUMAN RIGHTS WEEK - DECEMBER 4TH TO 11TH Ontario's six hundred secondary schools-- public and private--have been asked by ~ Minister of Education John P, Robarts, Q.C., to observe the period of December 4 - 11 as Human Rights Week. In a special message to all principals, Mr.Robarts: suggested the holding of special assemblies and class-room discussion with the aim of impressing upon the pupils the importance of hunan rights. "The youth of our Province," said the Minister of Education, "should be led to recognize the fact that racial and religious prejudice, intolerance and discrimination are alien to our Canadian tradition. "In recent years, Ontario has been privi- leged to welcome great numbers of people from other lands who, with, their skills and creative talents, have added their own special contributions to our national life. We must leave no doubt in the minds of these new members of our Ontario family that their life with us will be free from discrimina- tion. It has been said that a civilization is judged by the way in which it cares for its weakest members - GIVE THRU! KIMBERLY-CLARK EMPLOYEES*t CHARITY FUND.

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