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MAY I, I974 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 3 TERRACE BAY NEWS Ad PUBLISHERS FRANCIS & DEBORAH HELMINK PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY at the News Print- ing Plant, Post Office Building, Terrace Bay OFFICE HOURS - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon. -- Fri. DEADLINE - for all advertisements and news material is NOON Monday for publication in that week's issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $5.00 per year (local) $6.00 per year (out-of-town) Second class mail Registration yorker 0867. A. WHITNEY APPOINTED REGIONAL MANAGER The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has announced the appoint -ment of Arnott Allen Whitney to the posi- tion of Northwestern Regional Manager, Driver and Vehicles. Mr. Whitney, a resident of Thunder Bay since I945, join- ed the Ministry in 1958 following a professional hockey career that included playing for the' Her- shey Bears, The Quebec Aces and the Victoria Cougars. He has been with the Highway Carrier Sec--- tion of the Ministry working in Thunder Bay, Kenora, Oshawa, and Torontc and was appointed Chief Inspector of the Northern Region in I969 The new Northwestern Region takes in the area from the Manitoba border easterly to White River and covers over 212,000 Square miles. Mr. Whitney will be working with a approximately 40, including a team of cial vehicle inspectors, that will be the safety related mechanical fitness of trucks in the region, on a day-to-day basis. Two district supervisors, one in Kenora and one in Thunder Bay, will be appointed shortly to oversee driver examinations and the regula- tions affecting the highway carriers. 'The Ministry of Transportation and Commun- ications has the responsibility for the regu- lation and licensing of drivers and vehicles and safety standards on the provincial high- ways. staff of commer- checking NOTICE TO VENDORS-RETAIL SALES TAX This notice advises all vendors collecting tax under the Retail Sales Tax Act that chan- ges in Retail Sales Tax, proposed in the On- tario Budget on April 9, I974 and outlined in tax bulletin No. 74-I, are effective to sales made on and after April 29, I974. Exemptions on personal hygiene and house- hold cleaning items are listed below. They do not apply to sales to industrial, commerc- ial and institutional organizations. Exempt personal hygiene items: Babies' skin care preparations; facial tissue; personal deo- dorants; sanitary pads and tampons: shaving soaps and creams; toilet soap and hand clean- ing preparations; toilet tissue; toothpaste; tooth powder; denture cleaners; denture adhe~ sives; non-electric toothbrushes; dental floss. Exempt household cleaning items: Dust and spot removers; laundry bleaches; starch; blue- ing; pre-soaks; rinses; fabric softeners; bor- ax and all other preparations for laundering clothes; polishes; waxes and conditioners for floors and furniture; powders and liquids for cleaning walls, floors, tiles, glass, metal, cooking utensils, ovens, sinks, rugs, uphols- tery, toilet bowls, drains and septic tanks. continued page 4 ae eevee 00 STRAND THEATRE TERRACE BAY PHONE 825-3771 SHOW TIMES MONDAY - THURSDAY 8:00 P.M. FRIDAY - SATURDAY 7:00 & 9:00 P.M. "aA CHARTOFF-! WINKLER/CARLINO PRODUCTION in AMICHAEL WINNER Film "THE MECHANIC" FIRST ARTISTS PRESENTS. ® Sidney Poitier i AWA December ae FIRST ARTISTS FILM 3 plverind GENEL TURE RELEASE Yoo J wed. 8 [ol \ LNENNIYLERLND LT0OY