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Super Q--sign of a Growing Man Cast your vote Hay Twp. Elections Monday December 5 On December 5 for progressive action in council To the electors of Hay Township • = • 1 a i••••...==a. • If it is the desire of Hay Township ratepayers at the December 5 election to re•eleot me to the council after four years of experience on it, I can promise to continuously serve them to the best of my ability, Lloyd Hendrick To The Electors of Hay Township Having been nominated for the office of councillor I am willing to serve the rate- payers in their best interests to the best of my ability. I am unable to see all before the election but your support at the polls on December 5 will be greatly appreciated. Harold Campbell After four years on the council I again solicit your support at the polls and if re-elected promise to work to the best of my ability in the interest of Hay Town• ship ratepayers. John Tinney Hay official sees lower school tax, councillors predict high gravel cost Although Hay Township voters will go to the polls, Monday, the annual nomination meeting failed to generate much excitement for the 00 ratepayers on hand. One of the candidates failed to show up and the sitting members of council had no particular plat- forms to present, Charles Burgess, one of two newcomer s seeking a council seat, told the ratepayers that costs for municipal services would not decrease and so it was time that a new look was taken at the mounting tax costs. He said the answer may well lie in the idea of having more people in the township to share the costs. "We must develop our lake- shore and bring in more people," he stated. "We need development and planning and we must think of the future." The St, Joseph store operator also noted that township resi- dents were spending large sums to educate children, but because there were no jobs, these people moved away from the municipal- ity and other places got the bene- fits, None of the other candidates presented any platform at the meeting, which dealt mainly with a review of the past year's work of council and various other boards. The most welcome news came from Hay Township School Area board chairman, Ian McAllister, who reported that it was expected that the tax rate for public school purposes would be reduced con- siderably" next year. A financial statement showed the board would probably end this year with a surplus of some $30,000, and he said this would help reduce the rate which jump- ed considerably this year due to construction at both the town- ships' schools at Hensall and Zurich. McAllister said the board also hoped to get a larger government grant next year which would help reduce the cost to local tax- payers. He told the meeting that the surplus had been the result of the township receiving a larger grant this year than had been expected. The budget had been drawn up before the department of education announced the grant. Ttoal school enrolment in the township is 516 and this year some students were transferred from Hensall to Zurich in an attempt to keep the classroom average about the same. How- ever, McAllister said the board would try to keep such switches at a minimum. He reported that old records from township schools dating back to 1860 had been turned over to the University of Western Ontario, but they would be avail- able to any resident at any time. The board chairman said they were now in a safe place and were actually more available than they were when housed in the tower at the Zurich school. SAYS UNFAIR Earlier in the meeting, Coun- cillor Lloyd Hendrick had dis- cussed education costs to an extent when he cited as unfair the amount of assessment placed on rural folk in comparison with those in towns and villages. He said farmers were assessed on both their lands and build- HOOPER rence Grasby, Debbie and Linda of London were Sunday evening guests of Mr. & Mrs. Claire Sisson. McGillivray — Continued from page 5 education are becoming more common." The township representative on the North Middlesex High School board, Kelly Robinson brought a brief report. He indicated 103 township students were attending secondary school in Parkhill. The board is operating two buses in the area to transport the students. ings and he said he felt there Shouldn't be a tax for school purposes on land. "We shouldn't pay school tax on our land, but I don't suppose there will ever be anything done about it," he said, noting that the subject had been discussed by many groups in the past. Similar to other council mem- bers, Hendrick also reported on the township's gravel supply. He termed the situation "not good", while Councillor Joe Hoffman described it as "serious", Ratepayers were told the supply of gravel in the township was practically nil and it was cost- ing considerable amount of money to bring gravel in from other places. Hendrick predicted the cost for gravel would soon reach $2.00 per cubic yard. He also said some of the roads appeared to be wearing out faster than they could be built up. Reeve John Corbett, who faces Hoffman in Monday's election, also expressed concern over the roads, noting that increased travel by buses and milk trucks was hard on them. He reported investigation was now under way for a new gravel source. In pointing to increased costs, Councillor Hendrick explained that the cost of a bridge built in his area in 1917 or 1918 would probably only meet the engineer's fees of the one recently erected to replace it. Both he and Councillor John Tinney were critical of county council for having turned back several miles of roads to the townships, and at the same time increasing the county rate by two mills. "It seems like a backward step," Tinney commented, pre- dicting it would increase the township's expenditures. BUILD SHED In his remarks, Deputy-Reeve Delbert Geiger said that Huron County's road department would be establishing a shed in the vicinity of the township's shed on the Blind Line. He said this was being done because it was felt too much time was being taken by mem- bers of the county road crew to drive from their sheds at Auburn and Wroxeter to places in the southern part of the county. Geiger reported that some crews travel from 40 to 50 miles to work sites and they are paid for this travelling time. "We feel it should work out," he said, in reference to the decision to build a shed near Zurich. John Soldan, township repres- entative on the Ausable River Conservation Authority, report- ed there was no word of when work would progress on the Park- hill Dam, although he Indicated word was expected by the first of the year. He said the ARCA had not given approval to a request that they consider building a. dam- bridge in connection with the By MRS. KEN McKELLAR CROMARTY Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Miller opened their home for the Nov- ember meeting of the Senior Citizens Club. Mrs. Cecil Bowman presided in the absence of the president Mr. Darrell Parker, The roll call topic "Your most import- ant event of the year," was an- swered by seventeen members. The next meeting will be held December 13 with a pot luck dinner at 12:30 noon with Miss Olive Speare and Mrs. R. Dodds convening and Wilbur Miller and Lindsay M c Kellar to arrange program. Community singing fol- lowed with Mrs. McCaughey at the piano. A vote of thanks was extend- ed to Mr. & Mrs. Miller for their hospitality. Euchre was played; Lunch was served by the com- mittee in charge assisted by the hostess. THEME WAS REMEMBRANCE The November meeting of the Marian Ritchie Evening was held in the basement of the church. Mrs. Gerald Carey presided and led in devotions assisted by Mrs. Lloyd Miller. The topic "ThouShallRemem- ber" was presented by Mrs. Lorne Elliott. Eleven members answered the roll call with a thought on "Remembrance". A portion of the study book "Woman in the Early Church" was reviewed by Mrs. John Mil- ler. An article "Words from a Cenotaph" was read by Miss Olive Speare. PERSONALS Saturday visitors with Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gardiner were Mr. & Mrs. Ken Moorehead and Chris of Brampton and Mr. & Mrs. Ed Knechtel, and Mr. Henry Eg- gert of Rostock. planned changes on Highway 4 north of Lucan where the road crosses the Little Ausable. Soldan made reference to the fact that increased drainage by farmers was adding to stream erosion, but CouncillorJohn Tin- ney disagreed with this conten- tion. "I can't see where drainage causes erosion," Tinney said. "If drains are doing harm, we're Mr. & Mrs. T. L, Scott are spending this week with friends in Chicago, Mr. Scott is attend- ing the International Fat Stock Show, While in the city they are guests of Mr. & Mrs. J. Brebner. Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gardiner visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Wm, Alles and tam ily of Gadshill. Mr. & Mrs. Otto Walker visit- ed at Dorchester Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Currie and family. Mr. & Mrs. Percy Miller, St. Marys, visited Sunday with Mrs. Frank Allen and Mr. Will Wor- den. ELMER POWE spending a lot of money we shouldn't." Soldan rose to reply that the ARCA was not opposed to drain- age. He said it was just the fact it was increasing water in streams and thereby increasing erosion. The only question asked by Bose in attendance came from. Wilfred Hoffman, secretary of the Hay Federation of Agriculture. He wanted to know what hap- pened to the F of A request to have new concession signs placed in the township. He was told that the matter was being considered and the project would be financed by the department of highways. Chairman for the meeting was Clerk-treasurer W. H. Broken- shire, Elmer Powe, RR 2 Centralia, Was elected president of the Huron County Soil and Crop Im- provement Association at the an- nual banquet, Wednesday, in Bel- grave. He succeeds Ian McAllister, Zurich. Bob Gra.Sby, RR 4 Brussels, was named first vice-president and Jim Knight, RR 2 Brussels, was chosen second vice-presi- dent. Howard Deters has been named as Hay's director and Don Lobb becomes the new dir- ector for Goderich Township. All others remain the same. Peter Lewington, Ilderton, As- sociate Editor of the Country Guide, explained to the 190 pres- ent the responsibilities of the agricultural press in reporting the news as it pertains to farm- ers and stated the press has to keep pace with the many changes in reporting as does the farmer in his profession. Bringing greetings to the As- sociation were: Murray Gaunt, Huron-Bruce MPP, Warden Ken Stewart; Ernie Talbot, chairman of the agriculture committee. Representing the Ontario Crop Improvement Assoc iatio n was Jim Barrie, Galt. Alfred Brunton, Tara and Ewart Crago, St. Marys, brought greetings from the Bruce and Perth As- sociations respectively. A five-year old boy was fish- ing in his front yard when a passerby stopped and asked, with a twinkle in his eye: "How many have you caught, young fellow?" '.You're the third," answered the boy. Times-Advocate, December 1966 Page 7 Centralia farmer heads soils group By MRS. G. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Thacker and girls visited Sunday after- noon with Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Hartwick and girls of Ebenezer. Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vanexan and Lisa of Waterloo spent Sun- day with Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Thacker. Mrs, Jack Morgan and Ralph of Guelph visited Satur- day evening. Miss Veryl Hooper of Toronto spent a few days with Mr. & Mrs. Gladwyn Hooper, Clare and Jeanette. Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Thacker visited Friday evening with Mr. Orville Langford of Centralia. Rev. & Mrs. Lyle Bennett and Tom of Kirkton, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Petch of Strathroy, Mrs. Law- Cromarty seniors planning pot luck Dear neighbours and friends: I would like very much to have your support in the coming election on Monday, December 5. I have four years experience in County Council and feel I can be of some help to the Township and County in 1967 and will try my best to serve you as in the past, Thanking you for your kind support in the past and wishing you the best for 1967. Yours very truly, John H. Corbett