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ARTHUR" W. REAP
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Pastor D. Buctel of First .Dystrophy,- Assn..; Cancer
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Logan Township will receive
$109,000 for Tile. Drain loans in,.
1977, *tOwnship council learned at
their last meeting in 1976.
Council passed : a bylaw
requiring ratepayers to pay their
assessment by January 15 1977,
for the Reidy Drain,
No app6als were received on
"' the revised assessment of the
Centre Branch of the Northwest
Drain so the Court of Revision
was diipensed with and the bylaw
finally passed.
An ancient narrow bridge over
the Thames River. on ConcesSion
4 and 5 of Logan-township will be'
replaced by a new bridge in 1977
if township council can work out
financial details, reeve-elect ,
Carl Nock said.
The Stovel-Sietrion bridge is
'about one-half mile west of
• Highway 23 i n the southwestern
-ortion of, the township.
Mr.,' Vock couldn't be precise
about the age of the bridge but
Logan Township has been aware
of •the need -for a replacement for
a long time, he said. The new
bridge may be built by summer.
"It's gettiag ill bad shape and
it'll have to be replaced. It's been
• On the go forthrde yeais and we're
hoping to' do it this year."
Only one car- can •cross the
bridge at'a time, and even then
it's with difficulty. "It's narrow.,
steel' bridge, about 121/2 feet
wide."
Logan to receive
909,000 'for drains
would be paid by -the ministry of
transportation and communica-
tions.
He said the ministry has as
much say as the township. "We
just don't know what they're-.•
going to come up
Farmers are differept
• The flu went through our house a few weeks back leaving
all of us gasping and weak as an hour-old colt.
Throughouts the" two days when I was down and unable
to do anything but sweat and shiver, I couldn't help but
think of what happens on the farms of this nation when farm-
ers get sick.
• I was forced to get out of. bed and stagger out to the barn
to .feed the horses. It 'didn't matter, that...I was-heaving and
retching at every step. It didn't matter that I could split
a shingle at 40 paces or that carrying those buckets
of water to those two beasts took• every ounce of strength I I.
could muster. Those horSes had to be fed- twice a day wheth- •
er I was Sick or net.
It's far worse on a modern farm. The fartnerlhas chores
to do and 'animals to feed',,and bed even if' he is next' to
death's door: If he .is incapable of getting up, other
members' of the' fainily are. forced to pitch° in. Which is
why, I ,fOr one, was happy to see legisiOtion making it man-
' datory that the cOntrihntion to the family farm made by
• wives is recognized by the courts. ,
You: just can't announce, to a herd of Holsteins that the
boss is sick and.they.have to producing. You can't tell
p feedlot full of beef steers to quit eating. You can't ask
. a barn full of hogs to'quit gaining. '
The entire situation pointed Out clearly a fact that a.
great many people fail.to realize: that farmers are a breed
apart and that the family farm will 'survive, It will survive
because of the great responsibilities accepted •*by farmers
' when they enter the occupation of raising.food.
No matter hciw many corporations take, over 'farms and
farming, no matter how huge those farms get, they will
simply not be abie. to replacethe family farm. I don't care
how automated they,_become, the family farm is an in-
stititAon in this and will survive.
It is almost impossible these days to hire competent help
on a farm. G.00d managers are few and far between. It's
Understandable, top.. They- jUst do not have as, much at
- Lutheran Church opened the 19.77
inaugur6I nieeting of ____:Logan
Township Council on Monday
with- a talk on leadership and
closed his Remarks with prayer.
Bill Jarvis, M.P. for Perth also
attended the opening and wished
the Council wisdom in their
deliberations ,and hoped they
_ ____would_enjoy their term of office.
The Oath of Office and the Oath
of Allegiance were subscribed 'to
by all members of Council.
Regular Council mejtings will
be held the first Moliday in, each
month, starting at 1:00-p.m. With
the exception. of May,,to-NOvern-
ber inclusiVe when -they will be
held in the evening at 8:00 p.m.
Appointments wqre made as
follows: Laverne Gordner - Vpper
--Thames Conservation Authority;
Edwin Milan - Maitland Anther-
Gordon- Mogk Ausable
Hayfield Conservation Authority;
Ivfitcheil & •-District Planning
Beard Robt. Davey 2 yrs; 'Dan
Connolly 1 yr; Perth Safety
Council - Jos. Waits; Monkten
Fire Area- 7,74os. Varidenberk;
Mitchell Fire Area - Laverne
Gordnei; Mitchell -Agricultural
Society - Carl Vock; Monkton
Community Centre Board.- EdWin
filman, Hy DeBlock, Alvin Ritz;
Committee of Adjustment - Tim
Nicholson to replace Jos.
Vandenberk who became a
member of Council.
Recreation Committee-„
Warren • McDougall,i, David
Linton; Ken Smith,, John'
VanHerk, Edwin • • filman, Joe
Vandenberk,• Carl' Bock; Library
: Carl Vock, Mrs. Keith-•. I •
McLigan, Mrs. Earl Oppen- IDRILLIN hauser, Mrs. Edwin Illman, Mrs. •
Ken Reartey. -I W.D .
Hopper I. Twelve.copies of the Municipal eincl Sons-
World are to be ordered for the - MODERN ROTARY Township Officials. I ” RIGS
' • Grants were made to: - Sick I
Children's 'Hospital, Toronto; a PHONE 'Neil S27.1737
War Metriorial Hospital, London; , • bud 52740828
Mental 'Health Assn.; St. iofin I . Jim 527-0775 I. Ambulance, -Mitchell; Muscular
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'Research; Heart Fund, Research,
arid' the Salvation Army.
The Treasurer was authorized
and instructed to continue=--the
collection of the outstanding
taxes. The reeve and clerk were
instructed and authorized to-sign
and submit the rePort to the
Kmistry of •Transportation and
Communications that $166,125..04
had been spent on Twp. roads in
1976 and request grant for-that
amount.
A Borrowing By Law for
$204,000 ,R was passed
empowering the • -Treasurer to
borrow up to that , amount if
required.
A Tile Drainage By-law for
$14,300. was passed.
Dawson & Johnson are to be
notified regarding the request for
a new culvert on the Logan Road-
drain on lot 15, Conc. 11 and
report' back to council..
Council have received an
inquiry regarding cutting down
trees on Township, property. They
decided that the Road:Superin-
tendent should-be- -contacted-
before any trees were removed.
Salaries -W7ere negotiated,witE-
1079 increases given, subject to
approval.
• Logan has been alloted
Smile
Wife' complaining to marriage
counselor: "It all started with him
wanting to..,obe in the wedding
khotOgraphs." . • ,
••••••••••• Mokrs
.Water Weill
hoW much can be allowed, General Accounts totalling-
considering the amounts of the $6,978.10. and Road Accounts of
- • $27,72.28 were ordered paid.
Mr. Vock wouldn't speculate on
-the coSt of the Project 'for fear of
tipping' off, .contractors who'll
eventually bid on the job.' The
Project would be debentured over
the next two years, but Logan is
still uncertain how much subsidy
p.m., due to the Rural Ivltiriicipa
lities Convention 'in Toronto Feb.
6-9.
iThiye,signation of Clerk-Treas.
RePtley:fic-id-Zeputy Clerk-
Treas. • Jeak.•/!12.ea,ney were
accepted, effective 'May 7, 1977,
Applications for the, pesition. of
Clerk7Treas. are to be, ,submitted
by Feb. 14. The next regular
meeting will be January 31 at 1:00 • -
eeting
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stake as the fariner himself.
Many years ago,' almost every person had some con-
nection with the. farm. 'Help was relatively easy to get.•
But how' many people are ,conversant with the modern,
teehnical-oriented farm of today? How many do you know
who could take over if a farmer is ill?
Not many.
1• read not long ago where a county agricultural office-
was it in Bruce?' - has Organized a registry of farm help.
The • farmer makes' arrangements for the help and .can
gee a few days off now and again. It's a terrific idea but I'll
wager the organization is having trouble getting a roster of
names able to do the jobs properly.
A year ago..4 talked to, a group pf •faritfers•pf a. marketing
seminar sponsored •by the Rural Learning Association. I
suggested that farmers have to be a little bit of everything: ,
geneticists, crop specialists, soil analysts, mechanics,• •
,welders, bookkeepers„-businessmen, even acconntants.,.....,
.1 said that•they also have to be their own public relations
managers, too. Gordon' Hill, the immediate past-president
of the 'Ontario Federation of Agriculture - he was presi-
dent then said that I.misSed_the_point. Farmers .are'all. •
of thOse, things They are, he said, 'different.
They have to be, treated differently, too, because what ap-
plies to other businesses cannot be applied in the same way
to farmers.
•"We're,different, that's all," he maintained.
He is'right.
HORT much different depends on where you're sitting.'
It certainly, struck hOrne to me when I was staggering out
to the' barn between shivers and sweats with the snow
blowing, down my back, plowing through three:foot snow-
drifts just, to feed two healthy hopSes•••• .
I sure s heck wouldn't have •heeit.'•C!apphltiot:;,$Periding,,:!,,
two..or three hours out thgre doing the necessary chores Ord
large, modern farm. • ' • • ' '• :
, Farmers are different and God bless them foi-A.
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accepted -until'' March 31,• after
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