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The Brussels Post, 1975-07-02, Page 5Brussels, Ont. Phone 887-6277 Everybody has the right to affordable housing. This is what Ontario is doing to help them obtain it. In recent months, the Ontario Government has introduced, or expanded, a number of measures aimed at putting home ownership within reach of greater numbers of people, That means doing two things-- making - more housing available and helping you to meet home ownership costs. Four Ontario Government programs are directed right at these objectives: 1, Home Ownership Made Easy (H.O.M.E.) brings home ownership within reach of many moderate-income earners. Houses are built on serviced lots which are then leased by Ontario Housing Corporation to new homeowners, who may buy the land after five years. This combination makes possible lower-than-normal down payments and carrying costs. 2. Ontario Home Renewal Program (01-11412) offers grants arid loans for horhe improve- meats through local municipalities to low and moderate incOrrie hOmeowners, This plan works to rehabilitate sub-standard dwellings— especially those with faulty structural and sanitary conditions—and to upgrade plumbing, heating and electrical systems. 3, Ontario Housing Actioh Program (OHAP) helps municipalities and developers to increase the supply of serviced land, thus lowering the cost of home ownership and rental accommodations. It also en- courages the building industry to more closely match the housing mix to the purchasing power of the majority of the population. 4. Ontario Home Buyers Grant provides a $1,500 grant in three instalments to any Ontario resident who is 18 or older and buying a first home. There are no price or income restrictions but the home must be the buyer's principal residence and acquired at fair market value. The pur- chase must be completed by December 31, 1975 and the buyer must be living in the home byJune 30, 1976. If you would like more information or free literature On these four housing programs, write to: Ministry of Housing Communications and Information Services 101 EilOor Street West Toronto, Ontario M5S 1P8 Ministry of Housing Donald Irvine, Minister Government of -Ontario William Davis, Premier MOBRUSSELS_0$0.00, JOLY_Z WO. Cranbrook ttend family reunion Correspondent Mrs. Mac Engel. Mrs. Mary Barr and Mr. and s, Bruce Cummins were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Stevenson, Both amities attended the Bird-Voison wedding at Varna on Saturday afternoon. Miss Anna Lee Stevenson eturned home after visiting in oronto with her grandmother for he past week. H Kids udge Unless a person is nowledgeable in the ways of the H Club, he may be surprised ow the annual Huron County ivestock and fieldp cro ompetition is run. The competition which was eld Saturday at the Seaforth trgrounds was less a test of the tops and livestock than a test of he 4-H members and junior armers who participated. In the morning, local farmers hawed their entires, and club embers ranked the four entries each class in the order of uality and wrote down their easons for that placing. Len MacGregor, extension fficer for the Ministry of riculture and Food, who rganizes 4-H activities said local titters who had purebred or uality livestock or crops were sked to participate. The Ministry of Agriculture ays their trucking, and farmers re happy to come, he said. While 4-H members judged the ntries, they in turn were also dged. All 4-H members must ttend, he said, but some clubs ent a representative because one of their fathers thought they eded their sons to h ay or work ound the farm, he said. He said he was pleased with he turnout and said there are 162 mpetitors, the highest number ey've had in the last ten years. Nancy Alton, 16, has been in e 4-H five years. The first uple of years y ou're kind of red, but you're less scared ith the more experience you get. lining more experience, that's point of it," she said. Highest scorers were Barry filer of Exeter, in the senior tion, C athyPeel, of Auburn in e intermediate, Brian rewattha of Clinton in the lor, Lynn Miller of Lucknow in e novice and Steve Sager of derich, in the pre-4.H section. Barry Miller won the atchford Feeds Ltd: Trophy and nn Miller, the Canadian ational Exhibition Shield for It high scores. Jim Fairies of rile won the CIL trophy for the ghest score in the swine class, Ruth Alton of Lucknow, got the ghest "Scott in the dairy class d won the Huron County Milk mintttee Award. The WinstonPoWell Award will to Rose Marie Flynn of Clinton her score in the horse section. Paul Dronnati, of Dungannon) n the Cyanatriid of Canada ard, for the highest score in -sheep Olass and Dave Whit neY, efLnekitow, won the roll, County ileef Imprevenient re- Award for the highest re in the beef class. he A lei 12 Pre-,-H class -ate kids who haVe joined the my 4-14 clubs, but are not wed to become provincial mbers, On Sunday morning, July 6 at eleven a.m. A special Centennial service will be held in Knox Presbyterian. Church, Monkton. This will be a joint service with the Cranbrook congregation going to. Monktort, The service in Cranbrook has been cancelled. Lunch will be served and a social time will follow this special service. Mrs. Lylle Gordon has received the news of the death of her sister, Mrs. Annie Beshey, Pasadena, California. Weekend visitors with Mrs. Glenn Huether were Mr. and Mrs. Bill McNair, London, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Huether and girls, Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs.Ed. La Barge, Belleville, visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. George Szarek. Mrs. Leon Hirzel, St. Clair Shores, Mich., spent a few days here last week.