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Kitchener next to Fairview Park Mail THE ELDORADO is Having A YOUR DREAMS FOR LEISURE LIVING, COME TRUE PIPES for all your needs By Mary Johnston * Wateriloo Regional Heritâ€" age Foundation voted Thursâ€" day to support in principle the restoration of the John Because of the poor atâ€" tendance, no viceâ€"president was elected but the position likely will be filled and a constitution considered at a meeting planned for New Dundee April 9. Zimmer heads Tories A further meeting has been scheduled for April 16 to select a party candidate for the riding, which covers the portion of Kitchener south and east of the Conâ€" estoga Parkway and all of Wilmot Township. Welfare spending in Waâ€" terloo Region tojalled $497,â€" 502.71 in February as the number of people receiving assistance climbed to 5,937, compared with 4,101 a year ago. Of the total 2,493 were conâ€" sidered employable. There were 5,901 on welâ€" fare in January. Of welfare costs in Februâ€" ary, $94,394.59 must be paid by the Region. The remainâ€" der is subsidized by the fedâ€" eral and provincial governâ€" ments. David Rayner, Kitchener, was named secretaryâ€"treasâ€" urer and directors are Alan Barron, Colin O‘Brian, Alex Kobelak and Bill Kinnaly, all of Kitchener; Ralph Davis, New Dundee and Casper Fleet, John Schaub and Horace Zehr, all of New Hamburg. Welfare claims continue to hike Dave Zimmer of New Hamburg was elected presiâ€" derit of the new provincial riding of the Progressive Conservative Association at the . association‘s ‘first ofâ€" ficial meeting recently. But contribution in abeyvance 407 HESPELER RD R. M. (Bob) Josstin HESPEL ER RDS.‘“ I', P O Box 908 24 â€" 1 m S of 401 CAMBRIDGE, ONT (Bob) Josstin o .'sacaomfiE AND SEE US TODAY "OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT" Brubacher farmhouse gets Heritage support Leisureland President Bob Josslin says "If you got a car The motion, on his recomâ€" mendation, will be passed on to the Association of Onâ€" tario Boards of Health for consideration at its conâ€" vention in London. Raise smoke over advertising of cigarettes A _ resolution â€" deploring the amount of cigarette advertising in family pubâ€" lications such as Weekâ€" end Magazine will be forâ€" warded by the regional board of health to all Onâ€" tario boards for discussion at their annual meeting next month. Dr. Gerard Evans, mediâ€" cal officer of health, told the board the March 15 issuee of Weekend Magaâ€" zine contained 6% pages of _ cigarette â€" advertising in a 28â€"page edition. E. ©~Brubacher farmhouse located on the north side 6f University of _ Waterloo campus. § Foundation members turnâ€" ed down a request for $40,000 to complete the project from Dr. Winfield Fretz, chairâ€" man of the Mennonite House on Campus Committee, but promised to allocate some money to the project at their budgetary meeting next planning commissioner, urgâ€" ed the foundation to check out provincial sources of funds before they decided how much they would contriâ€" bute to the project. **We might as a foundation support this in principle. Between now and next meetâ€" ing we could contact the Ontario ministry and feel them out as to how much money&hey could coritribute to the project,"‘ he said. Dr. Fretz said the project had been ‘‘in the state of incubation since 1968‘ when a university committee deâ€" cided to preserve the house. He assured the foundation that the university was willâ€" ing to pay maintenance costs Bill Thomson, regional of the building and grounds, insurance coverage, utility charges and maintenanc~e costs of the driveway if the building were restored. But he questioned a VON request for $45,000 to covâ€" er a budget deficit beâ€" cause the agency didn‘t want to raise fees to paying clients. Mr. Young _ expressed concern several times durâ€" ing grant hearings at a growing trend for agencies to look first to government to pay for services. Instead they should look to private fundâ€"raising first or to increasing fees to those who use the serâ€" vices, he said. A â€" Victorian Qrder_ of Nurses (VON) request for municipal help to pay part of the bills for feeâ€"paying patients was questioned Thursday by _ Regional Chairman Jack _ Young. It makes sense for Waâ€" terloo Region to continue paying extensive grants for welfare patients, Mr. Young said during a fiâ€" nance committee hearing on agency grant requests. The university would reâ€" tain ownership of the farmâ€" Under the 1975 agreement. salaries for 23 public health nurses will range from $12,095 to $14,495; for 17 nurses with bachelor of science. degrees, $12,465 to $14,865; and for five registered nurses, $11,175 to $13,575. â€" > Nurses get ~ _ pay increases Contracts have been ratiâ€" fied for staff at the Waterloo Region health unit that will give public health nurses and inspectors pay increasâ€" es ranging from â€" 21.2 per cent to 28.89 per cent over one year. Nine public health inspecâ€" tors will earn from $11,800 to $14,750. Larry Lewis, the Region‘s personnel â€" director, . said the increases had to be substantial if the health unit is to compete with hosâ€" pitals. The â€" settlements . were ratified Wednesday by the board of health in a closed meeting. VON request questioned Watertoo Chronicle, Wednesday,March 26. TOTS5 â€" Briefs EVINRUDE OUTBOARDS O.M.C. STERN DRIVE CRESTLINES and CREW BOATS Sales and Service SUNSHINE MARINE NV A£ 40159 Erd St. W. â€">â€"=*" _ Waterioo 5719â€"0260 maximum to $8 was reâ€" jected. Dayâ€"care payment up to $7.50 house but would open it to the public for tours, public meetings, workshops and seminars. The Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario has promâ€" ised to pay the estimated $5,000 to $10,000 cost of furnâ€" ishings to restore the second floor in the style of a nineâ€" teenth century Mennonite farmhouse. a reversal of the commitâ€" tee‘s position two weeks ago, when a request from the operators to lift the Several spokesmen â€" for private centres from which the Region purchases dayâ€" care _ service _ criticized what they considered _ a stingy approach and told the committee Wednesday they might drop the burâ€" den of providing day care entirely on the Region if they weren‘t paid enough to meet expenses. The 125 year old Mennoâ€" nite farmhouse is situated on a scenic knoll overlooking Lake Columbia. It is conâ€" sidered to be the most auâ€" thentic stoneâ€" Mennonite home in the Waterloo area. The maximum daily rate the Region pays private centres for day care of subâ€" sidized children will be raised to $2.50 while a comâ€" mittee looks into all aspects of the service, including suggestions that the subâ€" sidies are being abused. The vote to increase the maximum from $6.50 â€"was Restoration plans have recently been changed to inâ€" corporate a _ custodian‘s apartment and a possible guest suite for visiting digniâ€" taries on the third floor. Although Dr. Fretz reâ€" quest was for $40,000 he cauâ€" tioned the foundation that inflation _ and _ planning changes could push renovaâ€" tion costs past the original estimate. ‘‘We néed a careful reâ€" estimate in the light of new plans,"" he said. The Region has an agreeâ€" ment with 20 centres to proâ€" vide space for about 200 children whose parents do not earn enough to pay the full cost of day care.