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The Huron Expositor, 1977-04-07, Page 27uron egg:pro.ducers want graders . off THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRiV7, 1977 -47A el re) a 0 rns u ricanU nd you'll save 20C a gallons NAME ADDRESS Now is the time to save on this special-offer, You'll save as much as 200 a gallon on current farm prices. You know the high quality and performance you can expect from, our big names... Havoline, Ursa, Rando and Texaco TDH . . and now you know you can buy , them at the best possible price. Farm Services Free Write for our free brochure "Your Guide to the Care and Maintenance of Farm Equipment" to: (Dealers name and • • address) •• • 4.. Robert E. Dinsmore - - - Serving CLINTON SEAFORTH MITCHELL ' Phone : 527-1224 • dffer expires. June 15 ' •••••'4•.? „ 1.-periMe :.t There won't be as many producer-graders on the Ontario- egg marketing board If a Huron County • resolution gains provincial approval. Local egg producers voted Thursday night at a special meeting in Clinton to disqualify any producer from becoming a director on -the board if the producer had a controlling interest in a registered grading station licence. An exception was made for registered stations that grade products from five or less producers. The meeting was ,,called after the Gay T ea Co-onerativP egg grannie station in Jeaforth last a The new monthly total at the single rate for persons receiving both the basic Old Age Security pension and maximum Guaranteed Income Supplement will be $244.08. For a married Couple, both pensioners, the combination of the basic pension and maximum supplement will provide' a Payment of $465.62 for the couple monthly . The basic Old Age Security penSiOn will rise in April to $143.46 from the present $141.34. The Guaranteed income Supplement is paid to pensionerS whose income, apart from the Old Age Security pension, is limited. The amount of the supplement varies in relation to the amount of six million dozen eggs a year contract withikiilaws when two or three big producer-graders undercut their price by three quarter cents a dozen, reportedly at a loss. One ,,,of the producer-graders who got the Loblaw's business, Joseph Hudson of •Lyti in Eastern Ontario, is a member of the egg marketing bo,ard. Gay Lea's Seaforth man ager Tom Young told the Expositor at the time if the situation continued the Seaforth plant might be forced to close. At the meeting Thursday night in Clinton Ed. Brady, general manager of Gay Lea, qualified the income. The maximum Guaranteed Income Supplement for a single person, or a married person whose spouse is not a pensioner , and is not receiving a Spouse's Allowance, will go u p in April to $100.62 from its current $99.13. The maximum supplement for a married. couple, both-pensioners, will increase to $89.35 'each from $88.03. Added to the basic pension, this will give each married pensioner $232.81 monthly, or a total of $465.62 for the couple. The Spouse's Allowance is paid to persons between 60 and ' years of age who are married to Old Age Security pensioners and meet residence requirements. Entitlement to a Spouse's Allowance, and amount paid, is based on yearly income. The maximum Spouse's Allovvance will increase to $232.81 frem $229.37. The maximum Spouse's Allowance is made up of an amount eauivalent to the bask Old Age Security pension and the maximum Guaranteed Income. Supplement at the married rate. earlier statement saying the Seaforth plant would not close in the forseeable future. "We lost some egg business to large integrators. It happens every day in the business world," he said. However, Mr. Brady said he was concerned if the trend antinued and the business was controlled by three or four lar ge processors. "What will h appen to the family flocks in the futuret" he asked. Gay Lea was not worried about losing business _as they gain markets too, he said, "but _how we lose it is a concern." ,Mr. Brady said the present make , up of the Board made it impossible for Gay Lea to go to the board to discuss problems because they would be talking to their competitiors. "It would be an advantage if the producer board was made up of producers and we 'could go to them," he said. Bill Mickle, director of the egg board for Huron, told the meeting that barring producer graders from the board would not stop integration. • "Regardless of whatever A special meeting of Logan Township Council was held on March 28 to consider the revised report of the August Bauer Municipal Drain. The revised report was provisionally adopted and the clerk was instructed to prepare a bylaw with a five year debenture, $100. and under assessments to be .paid in cash and to apply for the subsidy. Court of Revision is set for May 2 at 8:30 p.m, Tenders are to be called for the work on the Bode, the Centre, branch of the North- west and the August , Bauer Drains, to be opened at the May 2 happens there is "stilla battle in the marketplace," he said. The resolution salting for an end to producer-graders on the boardpassed by a 15 to 1 vote. The resolution will be presented at the_ annual meeting of the Ontario „Marketing Board in Toronto, April 13' - 14. Mr. Mickle said in a -later interview that other areas of the province may ,not support the Huron resolution because more producers are involved in processing. "Huron is unique because there are no cities in the county. Therefore there are not any small producer-graders. What we have is 'a grading service here, while 'Other areas have their own grading units. It will be very interesting when the resolution is brought Ilefore the rest of the province," he said. Mr. Mickle pointed out that the' resolution only isolates processors from being on the board while parts of the egg industry are integrated with feed companies. "It is very difficult to . draw'n line because the egg industry is so highly integrated in all meeting. Rates for owners of stray dogs seized by, the Animal Control Officer were set at $10. plus $3.00 per day for board and .17c per mile travelled by him. Any owner of a dog will be required to have or to purchase a dog tag before' it is released. A second meeting was • held March•30 to consider the Keillor,. the Kerr and the Northwest Drains. These drains were provi- sionally adopted, and the clerk instructed to prepare bylaws for each drain with a five year debenture and apply for subsidy, • directions," he said. Mr. Mickle agreed that the Huron resolution if accepted still does not prevent producer- graders from sitting on the egg marketing, board. It just eliminates those who grade eggs from more than five producers, he said. - Mr. Mickle 'said he didn't believe having producer-proces- sorS on the board had had any detrimental effect up to now. At the meeting Thursday night, Mr. Brady of Gay Lea suggested that if an advisory committee of producers or producer-graders was set up within the board then "if we had a problem we could go to the committee and talk about it and leave the board to be producers only, but with competitors on the board now we cannot do this."' Bill Scott of Seaforth said he felt that advisory boards were never called 'on most of the time. Ube man suggested an--appeals board. 'Mrs. Mae Govenlock of Seaforth said after being involved with an appeal board with Ontario Hydro, she didn't want to get involved with any other appeal board ,again. rates $100.00 assessments and under to be paid in cash. Court of Revision of Kehler Drain was set for May 2 at 8:45 p.m.; the Kerr Drain 9:00 p.m.; and the Northwest Drain ' 9:15'p.m. Four tenders for the renting of the workable portion of the land fill site were received and the highest tender of Laurie Siemon for $480. was accepted. Council, having received a •-petition from the owner of lot 18, conc. 12, stating that the Ritz Drain was out of -repair and requesting it be repaired and taken to a proper outlet—referred the report of Dawson and Johnson dated March 9, 1977 back for a further report to include the repair and improvement of the `Main Ritz: Drain including the bridge previously -repotted on. The reeve and clerk, were instructed to sign the necessary papers to apply for the' supple- mentary siiftsidy for extra snow removal for this winter. 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