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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-04-05, Page 8The Clinton and Area office of Ontario Hydro have gone nine and a half years without losing a day to an accident and the office was presented with a safety achievement award last Friday at their banquet in Clinton. Len Arnstin, right,of the Clinton office accepts the award from Al Per- tula of the London branch. (News-Record photo) Give to Easter Seals. Lettering and Designing Dane By Trained Craftsmen At Our Plant In Exeter 1 I I 1 1 111110.01111111000110 T. 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Aitken PHONE 524-8331 SIGNAL-STAR PUBLISHING LTD. 31 WEST ST. GODERICH I I BY KEITH HOULETON A brief palling for com- prehensive land-Use planning on a province-wide basis and compensation for farmers affec- ted was presented to local Members of Parliament when they met for their annual meeting with Huron county farm organizations Saturday in in Clinton, The dinner and conference, sponsored by the Huron Federation of Agriculture, brought together represen- tatives of various commodity groups to meet Robert McKinley, M.P., Murray Gaunt, M,P,P. for Huron- Bruce and Jack Riddell, M,P.P, for Huron, The brief, presented by Doug Fortune, second vice-president of the Federation of Agriculture said 43 acres of good farm land is being lost every hour to urban develop- ment. Between 1961 and 1966 the rate had been only three acres per hour. But while something must be done to stop this trend, the brief said something must also be done to help the farmer in areas of high growth who has been forced to pay high taxes for years because of the poten- tial worth of his property for development. If the farmer can not count on receiving a high price for his land when he sells it he should have some kind of compensation for the taxes, the brief said. "British Columbia has already promised this compen- sation and land use planning will not get the full support of Ontario farmers without it," the brief said. Mr. Gaunt said the govern- ment has taken the first step in its speech from the throne, promising land-use controls to Police report Clinton police bad, an active mr 1,71 e,' . weekend,' as , ,sever41 Mor e Liquor Control Act charges were laid as area youths con- tinue to use their cars as por- table bars. Police also investigated several accidents during the past week. In one, a car driven by Ronald Maines of Goderich was in collision with a car driven by John Moore of RR 4, Goderich. Charges are pending. On March 28, a truck driven by Cale Doucette of Clinton was in collision with a car driven Thomas O'Connell of Clinton. About $1,500 worth damage was done. About $50 worth of pastry was stolen .but of the truck of Alan Hutchings of Clinton on Sunday and the pop machine at Randy Glew's Sunoco was forced open Satur- day night and a small quanity of money stolen, protect farmland. He agreed that the second step should now be taken to protect far, niers. lie urged farm organizations such as the Federation to really start pushing for compensation and said it would become a really big issue in the years to come, "There has got to be some form of compensation," he said, , "Otherwise the farmer will be sacrificed on the altar of land-use planning." Mr. McKinley noted , that planning people aren't very popular these days, but too of- ten they are right, He said it is easy to talk about planning but hard to implement it because if elected people do it, they won't be elected very long. Don Pullen, Agricultural Representative for Huron from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food noted that after the recent land-use conference held in Clinton it appeared the people of Huron were "tuned in" on land,use planning. The brief also called for utility corridors, "We all recognize,- it said, "the need for more services as our population continues to 'rise, These services must be placed in well-planned, multiple-use corridors to con- sume as little prime farmland as possible." A government-appointed board to investigate all odour and pollution complaints in- volving farms was also recom- mended. Another request was for government action to force recycling urban garbage rather than using land-fill sites in rural areas. "Urban people must assume the cost of disposing of the garbage they create, rather than defiling and polluting farm land with it" the brief said. Complaints about a long form used by Ontario Hydro at Public meetings called, to discuss the future sites of power corridors were also laid before the members. Mr. Fortune told of lengthy forms which people were given only 12.15 minutes to fill in. The answers, he said, reflected more emotion than reason on the part of those an- swering the questionnaire. The problem of declining membership was dealt with when Faye Ribey of RIM, Goderich , president of the Huron County Junior Farmers presented a brief, She stated that though membership this year was about even with last year in Huron it was nearly a third lower than in 1971. She said there are now only two clubs in Huron where once there had been five. She cited lack of interest of young people in returning to the farm as a major reason for the decline. Higher salaries and shorter work weeks were too inviting to most people to be bothered staying on the farm, she said. Although mem- bership is down in Huron, it is up in. Ontario with over '7,000 members, The increase is par- tly due to growing interest in Northern Ontario and in several urban clubs. Mr. Pullen noted that junior farmers make so many oppor- tunities available to the mem- bers that it is a shame more people don't join, organization is Washington D.C. and Osceola, Iowa and spreads over Canada, Puerto Rico and parts of Europe. Mrs. Greenshields will be speaking Friday April 6 in the Clinton Town Hall at 8 p.m. Admission charges will be WrlitW and 75 cents for children to cover costs of renting the hall. One of the subjects to be discussed is E.S.P. "Out of the next 12 drivers you encounter, chances are that one will not have a driver's licence." The Ontario Safety League quotes this from a U.S. insurance magazine. It adds: "There are about 120 million drivers in the U.S. and about 10 million of them are driving without having qualified for a licence, or after having had their licence suspended or revoked. "Our need is for stricter laws. It is for more effective im- plementation of the laws we now have. The driver's licence remains ou r most neglected safety device." Middleton Even the most wintry moribund can no longer ignore signs of Spring, In the mood of the season, a number of volun- teers from the St, James Mid- dleton congregation descended on the church basement last Tuesday and had a painting "bee". As usual, the Rector, the Rev. George Youmatoff was there to lend a helping hand. The A.C.W. of St. James will meet Thursday evening April 12, at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jack Cale for the Thankoffering meeting. PERSONALS Mrs. Donald Middleton is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital - London. She is missed in many circles. Mr,, and Mrs. Hugh - Mid alefore,„ef,„ 1y144.4i4:0,•: visited various area relatives weekend. Wedding hells will soon be ringing again in St. James,Church. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welsh and Mrs. Nellie Welsh of Lon- don have returned home after a delightful three weeks holiday in Florida. They spent a week at Homestead. Among the highlights were Disney' World and visiting friends in Haines City. They called on Mr. and Mrs. R.S, Atkey of Daytona Beach and enjoyed a swim in the ocean there. They barely missed a tornado raging by. They found the roads in Florida "crawling" with cars from Ontario, Michigan and Ohio. The Welsh's were happy to miss the winters only big snowstorm, NEws-Rgvog.p, 'THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 197:1 Federation wants better planning In these days of rush, strife and lack of understanding, more people are hunting for a way to a more creative and fulfilling life. Mrs. Elsie Greenshields of St. Catharines believes she has found what most people are seeking it h theInnerfV,Peac'e.:10 Movement. "The name in itself has nothing to do with the peace movement against war. It is a self-development program to make people develop leadership in their lives," she says. It is a series of lectures presented to describe man's relationship to science, religion and society and how to develop a balance within this framework. "The program started over seven years ago, is non-profit and not affiliated with any church or religion," Mrs. Greenshields points out. "The principal goal of the Inner Peace Movement, is to assist people in becoming masters of their own situations and better leaders by learning to under- stand themselves and their goals." Headquarters of the Peace movement lecture to be held