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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-03-17, Page 1'LOCAL MERCHANTS SASHES FIL R. F. Greenfield F/S K. L. Robertson .4011.; 11)At $i ‘I.G/IVIE(0/1 Beans still .q problem The week of press conferences Counting the ballots FS F.J. Koch and LAC P.G. Maxted, acting as election scrutineers, watch S/L A.F. Meurling, Chief returning Officer and Sgt L.A. Larmon, Deputy returning Officer, tabulate the votes of the Huron Park Council election held Monday, March 14. Department of Agriculture Minister of Agriculture Wil- Ham Stewart and Deputy Minister Biggs opened the minutes of the former Bean. Marketing Board as well as presenting other docu- ments to support the actions of the FPMB in taking over the Board at a press conference in Toronto Monday. Mr. Stewart also presented a statement of pol- icy of the government as it applied to all marketing boards. Mr. Stewart backed the action of the FPMB because an agree- ment for the separation of the Bean Marketing Board from the Bean Company was merely tabled last year. He added he had not learned of this until after he had agreed to allow a vote of growers in regards to expanding facilities. Mr. Stewart pointed to the min- utes of the Board of November 25 which read, "On motion duly made by Bob Allan and seconded by Fergus Turnbull it was re- solved that Ontario Bean Grow- ers' Marketing Board approves the agreement with the Farm Products Marketing Board as amended". The next motion: "On motion duly made by Duncan Ferguson and seconded by Charles Rau it time Minister of Agriculture Wil- liam Stewart and Deputy Minister Biggs outlined the reasons be- hind the recent takeover of the Bean Board and company and the replacement with temporary Boards of directors. Mr. Allan told reporters he believed that Mr. Stewart had made a mistake intaking over the Board and Company and was now attempting to justify this, He charged the minister hat; not been using facts as a basis of argu- ment but rather has been making these up as he goes along, "He has made repeated statements to make us look bad", be said. Mr. Allan praised former sec- retary manager Archie McMur- chie for his work in boosting ex- port sales since 1962 and point- ed out that in the past 10 years the company's exports have risen from 61,000 bags to 543,000 bags. Answering the government plan to increase the export sale of beans Mr. Allan charged that no more beans could be exported unless more beans were pro- duced. "We've got rid of all that were produced", he said. In regards to charges that the Bean Board did not give growers adequate advice last fall Mr. Allan produced a letter sent to — Please turn to page 3 Former Bean Board "it didn't mean what it seemed to mean, but we can't prove that now." This was the way former chairman of the Bean Marketing Board, Robert Allan described a motion made by the Bean Board on November 25, tabling an agreement between the Bea Board and the Farm Products Marketing Board. At a press conference in London Tuesday evening Mr. Allan indicated the Board had agreed with all but one point in the agreement and this was what was tabled. He added this was done because elections were coming up and new members might have different thoughts on this. Mr. Allan charged that Mr. Arbuckle of the FPMB knew the Board intended to agree to all points and separate the company and stated all it would have taken was a telephone call from Tor- onto to clarify the motion. All but two Of the former bean board were present for the hour and a half conference which saw charges such as the Government had acted to give large dealers a break. The conference was in direct rebuttal of a press conference held in Toronto Monday at which in the market than it should have. He said also the board did not exploit potential export markets to the United Kingdom and the United States when it has dollar and tariff advantages. Mr. Stewart said he was not in favor of compulsory collec- tion of licence fee money for construction of facilities operat- ed by commodity boards to com- pete with co-operatives and oth- ers in the trade. He said that at the time he allowed a vote on increasing fees for more stor- age he was under the impression that the separation of board and company was going to be ad- hered to. The bean board's appointment of a Michigan bean dealer to sit on a committee to study recommendations of the Price Waterhouse report was ques- tioned by Mr. Biggs. He said he found it hard to understand why the board appointed the dealer who he called a direct competitor of the Ontario bean industry, Mr. Stewart said legal tech- nicalities involved in returning the company back to the growers' are now being worked out. He could not say however when the company would be turned back or when administration of the bean board would be returned. was resolved that, "the above motion be tabled." These minutes were received December 20 by the FPMB, Mr. Stewart stated that had he known the agreement was tabled he would not have allowed the vote which was later turned down. Herbert Arbuckle, chairman of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board, said his board has "labored for years to obtain the co-operation of the white bean hoard." Mr, Arbuckle said that after the government received the re- port of Price Waterhouse and Company, which conducted an in- vestigation in the affairs of the bean board last year, negotia- tions to obtain an agreement moved rapidly. "We thought that real prog- ress was being made and that a common ground had been found," he said. "To our amaze- ment we discovered the agree- ment between our two boards had been tabled on Nov. 25, after many months of serious negotia- tions, without prior consulta- tions. Our board was shocked with this turn of events." Mr, Stewart said the former bean board placed more emphas- is on its company as a factor Elect F/L R.F. Greenfield mayor of Huron Park Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 17, 1966 Price Per Copy 10 Cents WARD 6 Cpl P. P. Campbell, SWO of- fice Stn Headquarters, married to councillor Mrs. Campbell, 3 children, interested in wood working and plastic craft. Mrs. P. P. Campbell, of Col- lins Bay, Ont, wife of councillor Campbell, Formerly with RCN as Cipher Clerk, interested in bowl- ing and home crafts. The election results were tabu- lated by the Chief Returning Of- ficer, S/L A. F. Meurling and his deputy Sgt L. A. Larmon. Seven hundred and thirty-two ballots were distributed and 537 were cast for a 73% participation. The new council will take over its duties on April 1 and will remain in office for a period of one year. 300 attend first Ag. Conference Huron Park elected their Com- munity Council Monday and the 14 newly elected council members will take office April 1. The position of Mayor was won by F/L R. F. Greenfield and the duties of deputy Mayor fell upon the shoulders of FS K. L. Ro- bertson. Twelve councillors were also chosen, 2 from each ward, equal- ly divided between male and fe- male candidates. WARD 1 F/L S. H. Knight, pilot atCen- tral Officers' School Standards Section, married, 2 children, connected with Centralia Flying Club. Mrs. R. W. Patey, of Halifax, mother of 2 children, interested in Curling. Struck by car woman killed OPP investigate WRIMASIRIMERIAMOmeNENTMEP oSqtr).**AMe area theft WARD 2 Mr. D. Hilton, teacher at the JAD McCurdy School, avid read- er. Mrs. J. F. Savard of St. Johns Nfld, Qualified home economist, mother of 4, interested in art. Mrs. Nettie Harvey, about 70, of RR 2 Zurich, was killed on her way to St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Thursday even- ing when struck by a car on Highway 21, between Drysdale and St. Joseph. The body was taken to the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, after the woman was pronounced dead by Dr. J. C. Goddard, Hen- sall coroner. Provincial Constable William Glassford, of the Exeter detach- ment, said the woman lived about 300 feet from the church. Driver of the car was Sher- man Harold Williams, 40, of RR 8, Watford. They're back again. We refer of course to that perennial problem of repairmen who show up in the spring and offer to repair roofs, eavestrough and chimney and charge about four times what they are worth. This year don't be one of the suckers! As the old saying goes, "keep your cheque book in your pocket and your money in the bank." Members of the Exeter Detachment of the OPP are already investigating one charge of alleged fraud and undoubtedly there will be others as a group from London is working Exeter and area. True your roof or chimney may need repairs following the hard winter but don't be talked into it by a fast talking con artist. There are reputable men in Exeter and district who will look after your repairs and charge you what the job is worth. Over the years many residents of the area have lost money because of this type of promoter. This year let's keep it to a minimum and just possibly these people will get tired of getting all "no" answers and move to greener pastures. These people generally prey on elderly people who can ill afford the money it costs. They are neither needed or wanted in the community. Silli"NasSIEVMSgtaibtOWWMAMMUU2WV They're back again corn although their methods vary. Assistant Agricultural Repr e- sentative Don Pullen moderated the panel. A discussion on drainage also proved popular. A great deal of tile drainage has already been in- stalled in the county while many farmers are still considering the advantages of this. Loans are available to assist with projects of this type. Sessions on the Canada Pension Plan, Workmen's compensation and farm account books outlined changes and gave farmers a better working understanding of these matters. By holding seminars in both the morning and afternoon farmers were able to attend more than one course and so benefit from the day. It also proved beneficial to those who could only attend for a half a day. Farmers from the northern end of the county were probably particularly pleased with this as icy roads prevented many from attending the morning sessions. Ontario Provincial Police Of- ficers are investigating two thefts in the area which occurred during the past week. About 22 gallons of gas was stolen from Harold Fin- ley in Hay Township the night of March 12. Of this 15 gallons was in a tractor and seven in a car. The theft of two wheels and tires to fit a 1958 Cadillac has been reported from a house on Algonquin Drive, Huron Park. The theft took place some time between March 10 and 13 and was reported March 14. They are valued at $15. WARD 3 F/L C. K. Crutch, instructor of management at Central of- ficers School. Married, 4 child- ren, Interested in car racing and golf, Mrs. C. R. Bartley of Drum- heller, Alberta, Mother of 2 children, active in the Officers' Wives Club. Area merchants offer value and savings WARD 4 Sgt M. L. Titmarsh, member Air Force Police, married 2 children, interested in hockey, baseball, and football. Mrs. R. L. Person of Saska- toon Sask, mother of 1 child, former public school teacher, interested in handicraft, bowl- ing and fastball. Around the town . New activity for Board of Trade WARD 5 Sgt F. W. Moores, member Air Force Police, married to coun- cillor Mrs. F. W. Moores, 1 child, interested in curling and bowling. Mrs. F. W. Moores, of Steven- ville Nfld, employed in Station Orderly Room, wife of councillor F. W, Moores, interested in swimming and curling. munity Credit Union; Exeter Dis- trict Co-operative; Exeter Elec- tric; C. A. MacDowell Ltd.; H. L. Hodgson Ltd.; Hopper Hockey Furniture; Huron Tractor; Gould & Jory; Milt's Mower and Cycle; N. T. Monteith Ltd.; Newby Tire and Battery Service; Smith Jeweller. elude John Eedy of the St. Marys Journal Argus, Wils Harrison, Midland Free Press, Ted Crand- on, Delhi News Record and Cecil Bond of New Liskeard, * Members of the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club met Monday even- ing for their election of officers. Whether arena activities con- tinue past April 1 will depend on the success of the Junior Hawks. If the Hawks lose their series other programs will be completed and the ice taken out. * * * * Gordon Baynham, Alvin Will- ert, Ron Bogart and Lloyd Cush- man will be delegates to the On- tario Recreation Conference at Deep River in May. * * * * Stephen Township council will meet during the evening for the months April to October during 1966 rather than during the day as has been the practice. The meetings will be held the first Tuesday evening of the month at 7:00 pm. * * * Exeter Teen Town will again look after sponsoring an Easter Parade in co-operation with lo- cal merchants. Teen Town mem- bers met Monday evening to dis- cuss this project. * * * * Spring must be on the way. Workmen were busy Tuesday afternoon taking down the snow fence along the west side of Highway 4, north of Exeter. * * * * Another sign of spring is the half loading which is in effect on Township roads during March and April. Most of the roads in Hay Township have been grad- ed and are in good condition this week. * * * * At a meeting of Class A Com- munity Newspapers for Ontario in Toronto last Friday, Kenneth Kerr, editor of the T-A was elected as director. Newspapers represented in the group must have a paid circulation of at least 2,200. Other directors in- Minor Bowling will be com- pleted by the end of April. The southern zone tournament is scheduled for Goderich April 22 and the northern zone for Kin- cardine on the same date. Final playoffs will be held at Walker- ton April 30. * * * * Exeter Teen Town will be as- sisting the Exeter Lions Cluh with their Red Cross canvass sche- duled for March 24, This is an annual drive sponsored by the Exeter Lions Club. A period of new activity has started for the Exeter Board of Trade and it is hoped to expand membership to at least 100 within the. next two weeks. At an executive meeting Tues- day members decided to continue with the proposed plan of asking all types of business, industry and professional people to be- come members in an effort to promote Exeter. Members are anxious to obtain as wide a re- presentation as possible in order to make the Board of Trade a voice for the complete town rath- er than just for the business peo- ple. Dues this year have been set at $10 and this money will be used strictly for overall town promotion. Local merchants will have a committee within the Board of Trade and participating merchants will pay for retail promotions through an assess- ment basis. The list of the aims and ob- jectives of the Board of Trade will be completed this week and the proposals outlined to some 150 prospective members by let- ter. These people will then be contacted by present members to further explain this project. Over 300 farmers from Huron County were presented a broad educational program at the first annual Agricultural Conference held at the South Huron District High School in Exeter Saturday. Changes taking place in methods of feeding corn as well as semin- ars explaining recent changes in workmen's compensation as it affects the farmer and the new style farm record books drew a large turnout for the morning sessions while the afternoon ses- sions drew almost double the number. Mayor Jack D e lb r id g e and chairman of the SHDHS Board Ken Johns welcomed the dele- gates to Exeter prior to the after- noon seminars and both stressed the need for more education to keep up with the changes taking place in agriculture. Mayor Del- bridge pointed out that while agriculture is often stressed as the most important industry in the area or in the province in reality this is the most important in the world. Charles Thomas, head of the Huron County Federation of Ag- riculture also brought greetings to the group. Ian McAllister of Zurich, pre- sident of the Huron County Soil and Crop improvement Associa- tion which sponsored the confer- ence jointly with the Huron County Federation of Agriculture out- lined part of the program of the Association for the coming year. The Association will hold a corn day on the first day of the International Plowing Match at Seaforth this fall. It will continue the test plots of white beans which has been part of the program for some years. G. S. Moggach of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, extension branch cautioned farmers against putting too much faith in the re- sults of research carried out last year. He classed these as ques- tionable as these projects are faced with the same problems as the farmer and these include nature. The bad weather of last year affected these projects just the same as they did every farmer he said. One of the most popular ses- sions of the day was the panel discussion on storing and feeding high moisture corn. Mr. Moggach outlined methods of drying corn and barley prior to the panel dis- cussion. The panel members, Joe Dauphin, Jim McGregor, Ian McAllister and Anson McKinley all store and feed high moisture Dashwood V. L. Becker & Sons, farm equipment; Dashwood Locker & Food Market; Vernon Schatz. Local merchants displaying "Bazaar of Values" posters have joined together to make this week the greatest selling event in the history of our area. You can read of and listen to the big city sales attractions but none of them will compare with the values to be found here this week. No single merchant could or would undertake such a tremend- ous sales event as those mer- chants displaying "Bazaar of Va- lues" posters are conducting. Check the "Bazaar of Values" pages in today's edition of The Exeter Times-Advocate and you will find many useful items that you need and would like to have at unbelievable prices. These merchants are not at- tempting to dispose of distress merchandise. They are offering you outlandish values on merch- andise for the home, automobile and for personal use. Study the items advertised on the "Bazaar of Values" pages for all your family needs. Shop these stores for the merchandise you want and need but heretofore thought you couldn't afford. The values and quality of the merchandise described on the "Bazaar of Values" pages should excite the imagination of the most discriminating buyer. Come and see for yourself, While the merchant is sacri- ficing his profit, you stretch your budget by shopping locally this week. Take advantage of these outstanding values. If you don't have the ready cash to buy the items you want, use your charge account or their easy lay-away plan. As an added bonus to assist advertisers in drawing even more shoppers to their home town The Times-Advocate is publishing an extra 780 issues each week for the next 10 weeks to boost cir- culation to 5,400, These papers will be distributed throughout rural areas free of charge to residents who do not normally receive the T-A, It will pay you to shop locally this week, All merchandise is guaranteed as advertised by the following firms; RAP gets explanation PUC rate structure The Recreation, Arena and Parks Committee will continue to pay the same rate for water and hydro as they have in the past. Committee member Gordon Baynham expressed the thought at past meetings that RAP might be paying too much for these services and suggested that members of the PUC and their manager appear before RAP and explain the rates charged. A survey of the charges as presented in the PUC brief point- ed out that not only were RAP receiving favorable treatment there were some items the PUC donated to RAP free of charge. Chairman Ted Dooley, Murray Greene and manager Hugh Davis appeared before RAP represent- ing the PUC. The mayor is an ex- officio member of both commit- tees. The RAP committee gets a special rate on water at the arena as the majority of th is water is purchased at a time when the PUC has a surplus. The rear section of the arena, (toilets, showers, washrooms and com- pressor are billed through a water meter at 13 cents gross per 1,000 gallons less 10 per- cent discount. Normal monthly rates are 44 cents for first 30,- 000 gallons, 28 cents for the next 54,000 gallons and 20 cents on the remainder. Members were told it cost the PUC 34.99 cents to produce water in 1965 and the water was billed to RAP far be- Grand Bend Ethel's Beauty Salon; MacLar- en's Pharmacy; N e w in a nShar- ren, realtors. low the commission's cost. In addition to this the PUC does not make any charge for the tap at the ball diamond, grand stand and sheep barn, tap at Riverview Park, water fountain at Riverview Park and water for the fountain at Victoria Park. There is also no charge for the summer program office east of the arena. Hensall Hyde Bros., farm implements; W. J. Clement, farm implements; Hensall Motors. Charity campaign is completed Lucan Hall & Urbshott, insurance; C. Haskett & Son, furniture; Langford Lumber & Builders Supply Ltd.; Scott's Elevator Ltd.; Don Smith, Sunoco; Wraith- Storey, hardware; Nu-Way Mot- ors. RCAF Stn Centralia "Com- bined Charities" Campaigning concluded Tuesday with the ex- pected 60 percent service par- ticipation. A total of over $2,500 was collected or pledged from the service and civilian personnel of the unit. Of this total 85 per- dent will be dispersed to the 10 Charitable organizations repre- sented by the "Combined Chari- ties", and 15 percent will be retained for local charitable work. The chairman of the "Com- bined Charities", F/L M, E, Pett, stated he was very pleased with the results. "The first year is always the hardest", he Said ; '"after that the organization grows on its merit. The non participants rea- lize they have Missed a good thing and are ready to join in and share the responsibility", $500 damage in area accident Exeter Beavers Hardware; Beaver Lumber; Brady Cleaners; Earl Campbell, Jeweller; Cann's Conklin Building Supplies; Cana- dian Tire; Dales Sunoco Service; Dinney Furniture; Exeter Com- High moisture corn —new trend High moisture corn was the"topic under discussion by these four South ietrOtt District. High School, Don Pullen, assistant agricultural growers Saturday at the first annual Agricultural conference at the repro.. litative seated center was moderator for the panel, (T- A photo) An accident Saturday afternoon on Highway 83 near Exeter ceme- tery caused damage estimated at $500. Police reports indicate a car driven by Carl Schendera, RR 3 Exeter was proceeding east and passing a car when it was in collision with a car driven by Ruth Mattucci, Hay POSt Office which was proceeding west. It was foggy at the time of the accident and visibility poor, ".