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The Huron Expositor, 1975-03-20, Page 5B U.ILDINGS We. ti "POLE BARN SPECIALISTS" . We are pletssed to announce the appointment to our Sales Staff of George Vivian Staffa 519 - 345-2196 HEA D OFFICE 16'0 MAIN STREET DRESDEN TELEPHON E 683-4415 247 J. D. Baler 273 New Holland Baler 3 Pt. Backhoe 250, 275 & 414 I.H.tractors 65 M.F. 351 Grinder Mixer 17" Weber Feed Maker Mixer 100, 130, 173, 350 Bushel PTO Spreaders 4 DM& 10/60 Nuffields 384 Leyland W/New Cab DON 'fl' FORGET... Order Your ••• Seed Grains before the Spring Rush We hove your requirements1 SEAFORTH FARMERS 4 Phone 527-0770 Seaforth DO YOU YOU HAVE A BEEF? IF SO Plan to Attend the Beef Meeting Londesboro Hall Londesboro, Ont. Wed.March 26, 1975- 1:30 P.M. This meeting is to endeavour to find the solution to problems facing beef farmers today . Mii=iat:MMTM. gittigAWM gati.AWS We are renovating and need more space to work! ALL Snowmobile Cloding & Accessories —Sold at Cost-- This Includes Snowsuits, Jackets,H elmets & Mitts New 1974 ELAN Electric '650 Special - 1975 TNT Free Air '1295 WARD'S FARM EQUIPMENT MITCHELL " ri-not I eS .; For free • • , EXPOSITOR, MARCH 20 coat° ing &Deluxe ve* *gm' fly QUARTER and S • itillil4 day MONDAY.* WIEDNESDAT •fot Huron County was featured in a policy statement which was adopted by the NDP in Toronto last weekend. Paul Carroll of ...Goderich, a teacher at Seaforth Public School made the policy. 'presentation. Mr.Carroll's statethent read: "Regional government was • introduced by the Tories as a response tb demands for local government reform that emerged in the 1960's. Local governments established in the 19thCentury were —unable-•• to deliver 20th Century services ,/ efficiently. There were so m any fragmented jurisdictions that rational land use planning was impossible. • Unfortunately, the cure offered by the Tories has been worse than • "the disease. The financial and planning problems of the 1960's that prompted the shift to Regional Government are still with us. But they have been joined by other problems -- access to local government, autonomy - of local decision-making, effectiveness of • local government s a political' institution, duplication and high cost of services -- all of, which have been made worse by regional government. Costs have gone up and people want to know why. Has the service improved or is the system merely inefficient? Are new services things people want, or are they just the plans of politicians and bureaucrats who can . hide in an inaccessible tleovernment. Larger lower tier and regional governments have` become insensitive to grass roots wishes. ey have proven incapable of sponding to the rapidly .developing concern of Ontario residents for local issues. Regional'', governments were sl imposed not to enhance the power and effectiveness of • local government but to enhance the ' efficiency of the provincial administrative apparatus and to provide a political shield between truly local government and the Province. In many cases, regional governments have been used as scapegoats , for provincial planning failurei.-For example, Regional. Niagara is being blamed for the Province's failure to protect the fruitlands. • Despite the government's protestation§ to the contrary, its policy on regional government has not changed. Secret plans in Queen's Park have been replaced by "locally-initiated" studies according to Provincial guidelines. Imposition from 111 Toronto has been replaced by • A • Noliki3Onforip NPD cites Huron in 1. regional policy . plan F. of A asks for beefmen have been asking the Federation to do something about the low prices 'they receive for their product. In this meeting the beefmen will be asked what they want the organization to do. If the cattlemen can agree on Some action that should be taken, the OFA ' directors will take the proposals to the mopthly directors.... America and we will have trouble grain moving. No skills needed meeting in T ortinto for action. Cattlemen are urged to attend so that no action will be taken.with which they do n of agree. • Vanastra Hall open for St. Pat's dance Hullett plat?s spray program appointment of John Gordon Fisher as head chef for Heather Gardens, Vanastra. At one time Mr. Fisher was sergeant cook at the Officer's Mess. He instructed the -first class at the school in Food Services for the Air Force and continued as instructor for seven years. From 195 8 to 1962 he worked with NATO. After his retirement from the Air Force he was employed as head chef at the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital for eight yew's. Mr ,. Fisher began in food services in 1943, enlisted in the Air Force in 1948 and came to the Clinton area in 1954. He returns •to the same facilities to „ begin duties March 17. p is civ (n' Aciria:n V00), Minister Otto Lang .of the ief grain shetdd hu cleated latt, Canadian Wheat Orsard has been ;nobody is willing to pay-for jt AO urging The Western farmer to la test* the, North America, grow all the wheat he can,. 'farmer will have to pay let the American counterpart has been storage and at the same time his saying the same thtng. Some storage will be' used against him farmers haven't forgotten lessons to depress his price. from the past when And if there is a market, the over production caused'prices to docks will be idle for two Month., slump to such an extent that the every year because of strikes, not farmer Was stuck with a loss for to mention the slow work actions every bushel he grew. This in between. The western resulted in cheap food for the longshoremen want an increase in-- Canadian consumer and the annual wages from $17,200 to consumer in the buying countries, $22,000,by the end of 1976. And while the countries that needed this for mainly unskilled labourer the food still went hungry work, because they couldn't even pay How long are we going to stand for the transportation of the for this? Because it is in my view grain, let alone the grain itself. an essential industry to feed the Nothing has changed. Food aid world, strikes should be banned is given in dollars, not in bushels, and any unlawful' strike so with inflation the poor get less. prosecnted, with the army One bumper crop in North moving in if necessary to keep the storing the wheat while the except for maintenance. Most sit Indians and peOple of Bangla- on their backside watching the desh still starve. augers and suction-hoses Everyone agrees that a buffer ahyway. lunch of breads, salads, meats,' cheese, pickles And coffee was served. Thanks to Edna Jeffry, Peg Hammond, Lori Jutzi, Mrs. Thurlow, Mrs. Fulcher, Steve and Frank Fulcher, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Briere, Mr. and JMrs. Jerry Salton, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Gates and Rene Brochu. The inside of the complex is almost complete and when weather 'permits the outside of the complex will receive a face lift. Don't forget the 'jitney at the " curling, facilities March 27. Speaking of curling, what happened 'at Ilderton fellows? Mrs. Haskett of Heather Gar- dens Incorporated announced the -was accepted. The spraying price Warbicide at .75 cents per pound • was set - at 35 cents a head or • minimum charge of $5.00 1 and $1.25 per pound for powder. The Ditch Commissioner will be sent to the Drainage Commis- sioners' School and registration paid if he' wishes to go. Severance for Wilfred Scott, Con. 7, Lot 1 and 2 was approved. At the regular meeting, March 3, James Schneider was present to inquire about procedure on severances. Building permits were issued to Mantred Losereit, Lot 6, MB, House; Oliver Wright, Lot 2, Con. 3, Garage bn House; Tom Whyte, Lot 2, Con. 5, Garage to house Generator; sub- ject to Township By-Laws and County Health Unit. Tenders were called on the closed portion, LOBA winners Euchre winners at the LOBA on March 17 th wer Ladies High - Miss Mae Smith; Ladies Lone - Annie McNichol; Ladies' Low - Mrs. Harvey Dolmage; Men's. High - John Tremeer; Men's Lone - Norman Rhiel; Men's Low - Secord McBrine; Lucky Tally - Harvey Dolmage; Lucky Prize' Mrs. Ross McGregor. • • official Ontario road map is now and 'Comptupicatiens latest The Ministry of Transportation avgable. And it embodies several design changes and a restructuring of part of the map face to make it more easy to follow as a guide for the travelling public. The mileage triange, showing distarices between larger cities and towns in the province, has been given a new and more readable look. Individual city • enlargement§ have been more accurately pieced to present a more recognizable picture of trans-urlean highway rates. A major innovation is the inclusion of the list of CBC low power radio transmitters spott& in the northeastern and north- - western regions of the province. These stations, with an average range of 15 miles, are designed to bring CBC programs to specific localities not reached by other radio stations. Frogrammiiig includes road and weather infor- mation provided by the Ministry of Transportation and Communi- cations. Copies of the map may be obtained, free of charge, from the Ontario Government Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, Toronto; the Map "financial incentives" to "restructured counties": But in their basic form the new re- tructured counties will be the clame as the politically discredited regional governments. The Tory "policy change" does not address the basic problems of local government in. general or of regional government in. particular. If 'Huron County might be used as an example, the area represents the geography and the sparcity of population which does not fit the provincial plan. The desire . for reform is, in fact, present. Witness the facts: Huron County, on its own initiative, developed the first County Official Plan, (It has been used by our NDP study committee as one frame of reference) It has reached_ agreement with the local governinents on an' integrated, County-operated, social services system. It has had the foresight to, coordinate its Development activities in Tourism and Industry on a County-wide basis. In the near future,- it may well examine the need for regional police services. The point I am trying to make is that there are areas Province of Ontario where progress is being made and the whole ,,question of the most efficient ways to deliver ,services at the local level is being examined. And yet, in many ways, it is being,. hindered by the present position of the Tory governmeht at Queen's Park. The so-called financial ihentives to "restructured counties" have been a stumbling block rather than an aid to reform: The Huron County H ealth. Committee has had difficulty in expanding , its level of services because the Government criteria does not fit our population base, To facilitate .the locally initiated desire•for reform, as exhibited in areas, like Huron County, the government's approach to local government reform must permit the kind of flexibility that is, necessary if local governments are to respond to changing local needs. It should respect the need for local residents to decide for themselves the kind of municipal -government they want. It would respect the desices of local residents to keep services delivery and responsibility as close to the local level as possible. And it shOuld enact specific changes on a provincial level that would improve the functioning of local government in general. I would urge this Party to Office, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Dewnsvieii and all Ministry offices through- out the province; the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, Parliament, Buildings, Toronto; , Ontario The Huron Federation of Agriculture will hold a special meeting for beef producers in the Londesboro.. Hall on Wednesday March 26th.` Doug Fortune of - Wingham, the president said that suppOrt and endorse the following principles: I. Stop the1/4 establishment of further regional-type governments until a thorough review can be made of financial and political problems of the . regions now in existence. 2. Revise the guidelines for "county restructuring" studies to permit more flexibility in the kind of reform to be recommended and pay enriched "regional"- grants to any restructured municipality. As it now st ands, the terms of reference of restructuring studies virtually_ guarantpe a traditional "regional government" recommendation; and, the special grants are available only to restructured counties that • are virtually identical with the existing' regions. 3. Proceed with local government reform only with local initiative and direction. '4. Establish 6 procedure whereby the existing regional governments and • any local government could review their own structure and function at regular intervals; this would permit changes both• to correct past mistakes and respond to changing local circumstances. 5 Formulate a Provincial ' economic plan which would provide a context within which local Municipalities could plan land use without the fear that unexpected Provincial schemes (eg. Ontario Hydro) will over-rule local , plans or ' make them irrelevatit. 6. linpleinent the NDP's Foundation Plan for Municipal Finance which would equalize fully the tax burden required to provide an adequate .level of services. 7. Relinquish ,for municipal purposes one-to-two points of the income tax to further reduce the burden on the property tax base. The result , • of the implementation of the above policy would be a municipal government system that truly reflected the needs of local citizens in an efficient and serviceable way. It would provide the variety and flexibility required to suit the wide-ranging differences in geographical distribution, population variations, , and life-style variations across - the entire Province." Government Tourist Reception Centres littnrder crossing points; and Service Centres on Highways .400 and 40t• -(the MacDonald- Cartier Freeway). "beefs" Correspondent Mrs. Karen Lehnen The banquet and dance facilities were open March 15 for a St. Patrick's Dance in the Vanastra Recreation Complex. - Many Irish numbers were played by the Lincoln Green. Over 200 enjoyed the evening of dancing and the capacity of the hall could handle a larger group. The foyer is decorated in orange and ironstone with snack bar and coat check in rustic pine and cedar shake. The ladies' washroom is two shades of soft green and the men's room in yellow-melon shades. After the evening of dancing a The Warble Spray Program was finalized at a, special meeting of Hullett Council last week. The tender of James Leishman for spraying warbles at the rate of 20 cents per head or a minimum charge of $5.00 per call on lots of less than 25 cattle, was accepted. Hugh Flynn was hired for Warble 'Fly Inspector at $3.25 per hour and.15 cents per mile; The Tender •of Cyanamid Farm Supply Centre for 705 lbs. of. • Funeral MRS. ANDREW FOOTE Mrs. Andrew Foote 'died in Clinton Public Hospital ono, Saturday, March 8, 1975. The former Xnnie Elgie of , Clinton, she was in her 87th year. She was the beloved wife of'the late Andrew Foote and was predeceased by her first ti usband Samuel Johnston. She is survived by a daughter Miss Olive Johnston, Clinton and several nieces and nephews. The funeral was held from the Beattie Funeral Home, Clinton on Monday, march 10th commencing at 2:30 p.M. Int erment followed in • Bairds Cemetery, Stanley Township. of the Beane Drains #1 and #2, with the recommendation that this work be done in July or August. Tenders to be in the Clerk's hands by 5:00 p.m., April 4, 1975. The proposed budget of the Recreation Committee of $4,000. was approved. The Engineer and several affected owners were present and a lengthy discussion ensued on the Wallace Drainage Works. While the general feeling was that the'proposed drain would be satisfactory there was some dis- sention about the diVision 'of the costs involved. An open ditch was mentioned, to replace part of the proposed tile and lower the cost, but this was not definitely decided. The final indication was that the report on the construction, would not be changed. Assess- Ment will be discussed ,at the next meeting. the Road Superintendent will advertise for tenders for a fiVe ton truck. Tenders to be in the hands of the Road Superintendent by April 4th at 5:00 p.m. The Road Superintendet will also call tenders for 18,000 yards of 5/8 gravel to be spread on Township roads to the satisfaction- of the Road Superintendent. Farm Show Bargains! Included In the long list of machinerYpurchnsedrat the WESTERN FARM SHOW HIGH PRESSURE WASHERS * ALTERNATORS FERTILIZER AUGERS * GRAVITY BOXES TRACTOR CABS * FERTILIZER SPRp\DERS 3 PT. BACKHOES Complete line of BRADY, GLENCOE & KONGSKILDE CULTIVATORS KRAUSE & KEWANEE DISCS GEORGE WHITE & CALSA SPRAYERS A- DIAMOND CHAIN & MIDWEST FOLLOWING HARROWS Port of Our Large Used Equipment Stock McGAVIN FARM EQUIPMENT Phone 527-0245 -WALTON , . .... . .. . . . ..