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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-03-09, Page 9annual meeting of the Hay Township nold McCann and agents Glenn Webb and Elgin Hendrick. Front, director Ian McAllister, president Carl Turnbull, secretary-manager John Consitt, past president Howard Datars, retiring director Leonard Erb and vice-president Herb Beierling. Absent was Elmore McBride. Staff photo HAY n _______ _____ _____o ,_z ______r Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held recently. The board of directors and agents are shown above. Back, left, agents Hugh Hendrick and Ja<;k Scotchmer, directors Robert Glen, Cecil Desjardine, Don Campbell and Ar- MUTUAL DIRECTORS • —-H Farmers wasting fertilizer, jeopardizing lake system March 9, 1978 Page 9—~,—— Call For Professional LAND CLEARING insurance firm to build A new office building for the Hay Township Farmers C.H. LEWIS LUCAN LTD. Licensed Insured Livestock Hauler Inquire about our new 24' Rack LUCAN Call Larry 227-4935 or 227-4406 Mutual Fire Insurance Com­ pany will become a reality sometime this summer. At the annual meeting of the 103 year old company held Wednesday at the Hay township hall in Zurich president Howard Datars reported that the board of directors had unanimously decided to proceed with plans for a new building on the present site at the in­ tersection of Highway 84 and Goshen street in Zurich. Datars said the new facili­ ty is a necessity because of increased business in recent years and the proposed ex­ pansion of services in the future. Future possible expansion includes the introduction of auto insurance. Of the 53 member companies in the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, 13 companies branched out to include auto insurance during 1977 r~ FRIENDLY SERVICE QUALITY CARPETS, VINYLS AND CUSTOM DRAPERIES and so far this year. It is ex­ pected the remaining com­ panies will follow suit with in the next two years. Also, legislative restric­ tions are in -the process of being removed which will enable farm mutual com­ panies to expand into in­ suring small commercial risks. President Datars con­ tinued, “Contrary to our usual loss experience our major losses during the year occurred in rural dwellings. This is of prime concern to all as it involves not only financial and material loss but additional risk to human life, “As you the policy holders are the company, I am sure you are well aware of the necessity of taking every precaution against such losses for the benefit of all concerned. In conclusion Datars remarked, “Upon reflection of the company’s 103 year history, I am again remind­ ed of the fact that our com­ pany remains as vital and vigorous as ever and that we have not radically changed during that period. Nor have we lost confidence in ourselves. Though we cannot clearly discern what the future holds in store for us, we can continue to build on the solid foundations of the past which will not abandon us in the years that lie ahead.’’ At a directors meeting following the open annual session, Carl Turnbull, RR 1, Dashwood was named president of the board of directors. Elected Vice- president was Herb Beierl­ ing, Zurich. In view of the company growth and anticipated future expansion, a new agent was appointed in the northern territory effective January 1,1978 in the person of HughHendrickof Kippen. Other agents are Elgin Hen­ drick and Glenn Webb, Dashwood and Jack Scotchmer, Bayfield. Other directors are Elmore McBride, Exeter; Robert Glen, Clinton; Donald Campbell, Bayfield; Arnold McCann, Dashwood; Cecil Desjardine, Grand Bend and Ian McAllister, Zurich. McAllister was nam­ ed to replace retiring direc­ tor Leonard Erb, Hensail. The net insurance in effect at December 31, 1977 amounted to $154,442,259. This is an increase of more than 22 million dollars from the previous year. ♦Premiums written also in­ creased from $495,750 to $563,790. Hay Mutual’s secretary­ manager John Consitt is currently president of the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association and will preside at the annual convention be­ ing held at the Sheraton Cen­ tre in Toronto later this month. Profit for the year 1977 amounted to $125,844 as compared to $140,841 in 1976. This increased the current surplus for the protection of policy holders to $973,287. T. Johnston of Touche Ross and Company presented the auditors report and commented on the financial statement. Students tell board about their concern WILLINGNESS TO HELP AND GOOD AFTER SALE SERVICE That’s how we compete with the big “discount” carpet chains with all their fantastic claims. No fancy footwork; just honest to goodness carpet value for your hard earned money and the assurance that you’re getting the best in floor­ covering and draperies. We think you’ll like shopping with us. Try it; you’ll agree. HAMSTRA FLOORING A group of Goderich Grade 13 students attended Monday’s Huron County Board of Education meeting to gain some insight into the secondary school teachers strike. The effort was futile according to the students who claimed they learned nothing from questions ask­ ed of board trustees. Abby Champ asked ’the board in public session why it had refused to go to ar­ bitration to settle the strike. She said she understood the board took its lockout action as a matter of principle. Champ added if it was a principle that-was keeping her out of school she would like to know what it is. Cayley Hill, Goderich trustee and chairman of the board’s negotiating team, told Champ that the board felt that asking a third party to come into the negotiations and try to make a decision was not the proper move. Students suffering Champ argued that students were suffering as a result of the strike. She said some students had borderline marks at Christ­ mas and badly needed ex­ aminations and class time now to improve their marks to be sent to university for enrolment consideration. She said the time being mis­ sed was “crucial” to some students. Hill said the board wanted the students to be able to go to school and was trying to allow them to go, but added that he was in no position to debate the matter at the board meeting. He said the board was trying to do what was best for students and the ratepayers, adding that that was the best “he could do now”. Champ pointed out that the efforts were not good enough. Board chairman John Elliot told the student that the board could not permit debate on the matter. He said the board had allowed the student to speak as a delegation and as such she was permitted only to pre­ sent her brief. After the board meeting and after a private session with Hill, the students said they were not satisifed with the arguments presented to them. Karen Donnelly said she wasn’t exactly happy with the meeting but con­ ceded that she knew more about the strike now than she did prior to the meeting. Brain washing Donnelly said she felt both the board and the teachers were trying to brainwash students. She said the teachers blamed the problem on the board and vice versa. She said she felt that neither trustees nor teachers knew what the problem was. She said the only people who know for sure were the negotiating teams for both parties. A farce Donnelly said the com­ ments by both sides that they were concerned for the students was a “farce”. She said if the parties were all that concerned they would be back in the classrooms or at least talking about the strike problems. Donnelly said she favored the teachers in the strike because she could see the advantage of smaller classes. She pointed out that her thinking and that of the students was for the present and had no concern for the future. Donnelly added that as far as she was concerned neither party was evaluating the entire situation. ------——. JIM SIDDALL &SON LICENSED & INSURED TRUCKER • LIVESTOCK • GRAIN • FERTILIZER • FARM SUPPLIES KIRKTON 229-6439 V - J Best Interest * Q ¥2 % We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed Investment Certificates. * Subject to change Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Agency Inc. Exeter Office Grand Bend Office Good farm management is the key both to preventing erosion problems on farms and reducing farm originated pollution of the Great Lakes water basin, Dr. Dick Franks of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Foods Pesticide Lab told the monthly meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture in Hensail, Thursday night. Dr. Franks was speaking on the subject of the Pollution from Land Use Activities Reference Group (PLUARG) which was formed under the auspices of the International Joint Commission to look into pollution problems in the Great Lakes. He warned the farmers present that if we don’t do something to im­ prove the quality of water in the Great Lakes basin, we may survive, but future generations won’t. Once the Great Lakes get in bad shape, he said, it will take a long time to bring them back. It’s better to stop pollution before it gets into the water system. During the speech Dr. Franks was generally very sympathetic to the concerns and problems of farmers but he said that while farmers like to be independent they have to remember that we are all dependent on each other. He is often criticized, he said, by farmers who have the feeling that steps to curb pollution and erosion will cost the farmers more money. “But if we don’t do something about it” he said, “farmers won’t be able to make any money because many won’t have any land.” Erosion, he said, is a rapidly growing problem in southern Ontario and said that on a recent airplane trip over Huron County he could see where the snow had turned brown because of wind erosion. He blamed modern cropping practices for many erosion problems and said government has been as much to blame as anyone urging farmers “to grow corn, corn, corn.” He said in Wellington county he has seen many farms that were very good before they went into corn that now have tremendous erosion problems from corn being planted year after year on side hills. Most of the erosion losses, he said, are in a two to four week period in the spring during run off. During the rest of the year there is crop cover. The first year corn is planted on land the erosion may not be great because there is a good soil structure but as corn crop after corn crop is planted, the amount of vegetable matter in the solid deceases making it easier to wash away in heavy run off. Although erosion is a major problem in itself, it also increases water pollution by carrying fer­ tilizer residues in these soils into the water system. The problem of most concern to the Intaernational Joint Commission is phosphorus which promotes plant growth in the water and changes the chemical balance, killing off fish crops such as trout in favour of poorer quality fish like carp and smelt which can thrive in the new water conditions. In connection with phosphorus, he said, studies showed that farmers were, on average, putting on two and a half times as much phosphorus as needed for the growth of their crops and in some cases up to 17 times the amount of phosphorus recommended by the soil test was applied to crops. He told farmers that they are throwing their money away putting on fertilizers they don’t need. “I get the impression that in some areas there are a lot of gullible farmers” who are being sold fertilizer by fast­ talking salesmen, he said. Still, he said, the amount of soil from erosion getting into the Great Lakes System from erosion isn’t as big a problem for the water system as it is for the far­ mers. He warned farmers that we could eventually face the problems of the Mediterranean sea basin which went through many of the same erosion and pollution problems much earlier in history. Now farmers in Cyprus and Greece, he said, are actually farming on the subsoil and aren’t getting nearly the yield our farmers get off their rich land. We don’t want to be peasant farmers like those in the Medi­ terranean, he said. Pollution from livestock operations is not as big a problem as it often appears, Dr. Franks said. Livestock pollution is very visible and thus causes concern. 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