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TERRACE BAY NEWS or - Yol. 16. No. 38 September 26, I973 IZ¢ Per Copy BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING The Lake Superior Board of Education held its regular meeting in Marathon High School on Thursday, September I3th. . The Minutes of Meeting No. 8/73 held August I6th, I973 were declared adopted and the Minut- es of Meeting No. 34 of the Trainable Retarded Children's Advisory Committee were acknowledg- ed as received. The Board approved the re-hiring of Mrs. E. Stoddard as an assistant to Mrs. A. Deol at the Caroline McMorland School, at a rate of $2.40 per hour, effective September 3rd, I973. The Advisory Committee for the Caroline McMorland School is to draft, for purposes of tender, specifications and design for signs for the new 'school location. Disbursements for the period ending July 3I, I973 totaled $I4I,I48.36. The Board accepted the following resigna- tions with regret: Mrs. B. Schermann, secretary, Manitouwadge High School, effective August 3I, I973. Mrs. P. Kohtala, half-time secretary, Manitouwadge High School, effective July 20, 1973. The following appointments, were approved with salary according to schedule: Miss P. Longstreet, secretary, Manitouwadge High School, effective August 28, I973. Mrs. V. Armstrong, half-time secretary, Manitouwa- dge High School, effective August I3, 1973. Mr. H. Kohtala, custodian, Manitouwadge High School, effective August 30, I973. As Principals for Evening Courses of Study for 1973-74 - Mr. R.A. Bailey-Manitouwadge High School; Mr. L. Fraser-Lake Superior High Sch- ool. The Board approved the appointment of Mrs. continued page 2 FIRST REPORT This is the first Report of the Food Prices Review Board, appointed by the Government of Canada on May 28th. : Our Board held an organizational meeting on June I8th and then put in progress certain in- vestigations into the nature and causes of re- cent price increases in Canada. During the past two days the Board has been meeting in Ottawa. On the second day, senior representa- tives of nine major food retailers were pres- ent. We have held discussions with producers as to how the supplies of Canadian products can be increased and stabilized; we have arran -ged meetings with processors and food manufac -turers. It is our hope to be able to allay the fear -s and restore the confidence of all Canadians in the food industry, to be able to assure them that an efficient system of production and distribution will ensure adequate supplies of food in markets at prices reasonable for producers, processors, distributors and consu- mers. The Board is particularly concerned with the impact of rising food prices on fixed and limited income families and has, at the out- set, been directing its attention to a number of staple products whose retail prices have, in most instances, been rising and, more ser- ious still, whose prices appear certain to rise sharply in the immediate future unless action is taken to hold them in check. : The price of bread has risen by a relatively modest 4 per cent over the past I2 months. How- ever, preliminary results of a study we are conducting in depth indicate that, unless pre- sent policies of the Canadian Wheat Board are continued page 4 .....J 5.