The Citizen, 1986-01-15, Page 1Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull of Brussels celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in Brussels on
January 9. The couple were married in 1918 and spent more than 50 years on their Grey township farm
raising purebred stock, before moving to Brussels. -- photo by Pat Langlois
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1986 VOL. 2 No. 3 40 CENTS
Funding issue should be raised, chairman says
BY RHEA HAMILTON SEEGER
Extension of funding to separate
schools will not be an issue for the
Huron County Board of Education
unless it chooses to deal with the
matter, said incoming board chair-
man Art Clark.
In his inagural remarks on
Monday, Clark addressed the
issue of extension funding to
Roman Catholic separate schools
as much more than funding.
Couple
wed
68 years
In a day when marriages melt
faster than the snow, few couples
can match the success of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull of Brussels.
The war-weary world was still
longing for the end of World War I
when the couple was married on
January 9, 1918 at the home of the
bride's father, John McGavin, in
McKillop township.
The couple farmed at lot 11, the
15th concession of Grey township
for more than 50 years before
moving to Brussels where, Mr.
Turnbull says with a smile, they
"didn't intend to stay so long".
The couple built a proud record
of success breeding purebred stock
on their farm, first shorthorn
cattle, then pigs. In the basement
of their Thomas St. West home is a
display of prize ribbons and awards
that spills over from one wall to
take up parts of two more. In the
livingroom is a Certificate of Merit
from the Ontario government for
the Bicentennial for Mr. Turn-
bull's contribution to agriculture,
an honorary membership from the
Ontario Lacombe Breeders Assoc-
iation in 1971, an award of merit
from the Ontario Swing Breeders
Association and another plaque
awarding an honorary member-
ship in the Ontario Swine Breeders
Association.
The couple didn't have a large
celebration for their 68th anniver-
sary. After celebrating 25th, 40th,
60th and 65th, Mrs. Turnbull says,
there wasn't a lot of celebrating left
to do.
The couple had two daughters
and two sons: Helen Habkirk of
Ingersoll; Dorothy Lawless of
Burlington; John, who was a
veterinarian for many years in
Seaforth and Bill of Brussels,
well-known for his own agricul-
tural achievements.
They also have 10 grandchildren
and 20 great-grandchildren and
the first arrival of the fifth
generation, a great-great-grand-
child.
Drawing upon personal experi-
ence Clark said, "thatthe expo-
sure to and the sharing of
experiences with people of diffe-
rent backgrounds leads to trust,
cooperation, understanding and
tolerance that this society so
desperately needs." Clark grew up
in an area that had both seperate,
elementary and secondary
schools.
A supporter of pro-public educa-
tion, Clark stressed that adjust-
ments and accommodations would
have to be made to keep various
groups in Public Education. Dis-
cussions with everyone in the
system from students and parents,
to teachers, staff and administra-
tion must be initiated he said.
It is time to advertise the good
things Public Education is doing
said Clark. He issued the challenge
to the board to take whatever
actions are necessary to ensure
that all children of Huron have that
same opportunity for personal
enrichment.
East
Wawanosh
sets wage
increases
BY GARY WALDEN
Wages and salaries were the
main issues discussed at the
Jan. 7 meeting of East Wawanosh
township council held at the
municipal building.
The wages of the grader opera-
tor were increased by 5.5 per cent
from $9.90 an hour to $10.44 an
hour. The same wage rate as the
county road grader operators
receive. The wages of any experi-
enced part-time grader or snow
plow operators were also raised to
$10.44 per hour with $500.00 per
month guaranteed between Dec.
15 and Mar. 15. Councillor Ray
Hallahan felt the part-timers de-
served the same wage as the
full-time operators, as the working
conditions on plowing snow were
the same for all workers. The
wages for casual labourers was
raised to $6.24 per hour. The
motion to increase these wages
was made by Ray Hallahan and
seconded by Fred Meier. The
discussions on the wages of the
road superintendent resulted in an
increase of five per cent from
$10.40/ hour to $10.95 per hour,
which compared favourably with
the wages paid to road superinten-
dents of surrounding townships.
It was noted that last year, the
road superintendent received
$24,000.00 in wages plus benefits
so an effort should be made to keep
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Morris supports farm foreclosure moratoriam
BY DOROTHY FOXTON
There was a great deal of
discussion and interest shown at
the first meeting of Morris Town-
ship for 1986, concerning a letter
about a resolution from the County
of_ Huron to put through a
moratorium to hold off on farm
foreclosures until a debt review
board can be put in place in the fall
legislation.
Councillor Bob Grasby said that
the way things are going it's just
going to make it that banks aren't
going to lend money at all. Reeve
Doug Fraser said, "If banks only
want us if we are a good risk, maybe
we should get a different banking
system". Reeve Fraser also said,
"If the government took over all
the land and gave the young farmer
$20,000 a year for running it maybe
we would all be better off." Council
endorsed the resolution for a
moratorium until fall of 1986 but
were not in favor of a lengthy
moratorium after that date.
Clerk Nancy Michie told council
that there will be an Open House on
January 20 and 21st of 1986 at
Morris Township Hall. An asses-
sor will be there to review anyone's
assessment. The new assessments
will go out before that.
Council voted to order dog tags
for 1986. Applications will be
accepted for someone to count
dogs, issue tags and collect fees.
Ralph Geisel from Kitchener is
purchasing the old Clarence Han-
nah Hotel in Belgrave. He wishes
to convert it into walk-up apart-
ment units. Mr. Geisel hopes to
rent to Blyth theatre workers for
short-term in summer and hope-
fully long-term after that. Mr.
Geisel is asking for municipal
review comments. Reeve Fraser
said that remodelling would make
the building worth more than it is
now. Councillor Burt Elliott said
this would also bring in more tax
dollars. Council agreed to support
this proposal in principle.
Council decided to purchase a
Media Photo Copier from Town
and Country Business Machines.
Salaries for Morris Township for
1986 were set under Bylaw No. 1.
Nancy Michie will receive a yearly
salary of $21,500 instead of an
hourly salary as before. She will
receive three weeks holidays and
22 cents a kilometre on township
business. Casual labour went up
from $6.65 per hour in 1985 to $7.00
per hour in 1986 plus 22 cents a
kilometre mileage.
Tile Drainage Inspector, Ken
Shortreed will receive $16 per
inspection plus 22 cents mileage.
Waste Disposal site operator
Adam Smith will receive $7.00 per
hour.
Reeve Fraser will receive $1,300
per year up from $1,260. Deputy
Reeve Clem McClellan will receive
$1,150 per year up from $1,100 last
year.
Councillors will receive $1,150
up from $1,100 last year.
Special meeting fees will be
Reeve Fraser $35 a meeting up
from $30 last year. Deputy Reeve
and councillors $30 per meeting up
from $25 per meeting last year.
Councillors, Clerk and Road Su-
perintendent will receive one
convention a year at $35 a day plus
expenses.
Pound Keepers for 1986 are:
Keith Johnston, Clarence Goll,
Ross Turvey, Harvey Edgar,
Wayne Hopper, Frank Proctor,
David Marks, Lloyd Michie, Fred
Stute, Ronald Gordon, William
Craig, George Blake and Ray
Huether.
Fence Viewers for 1986 are:
North West part of the township -
John Nixon, Doug Garniss, Harold
Johnston; North East part - John
Cardiff, William Peacock and Jim
Bowman; Southwest part- William
Souch, John Brown, John Nesbitt;
Southeast part - Ken McDonald,
George Blake and Clarence Mc-
Cutcheon.
Fence viewers will receive $8.75
per hour plus .22 cents mileage.
Livestock Valuers will be: South-
side of township, Carmen Craig;
Northside, Glen Casemore. Valu-
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