HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-12-06, Page 1616 — THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 6, 1978
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BRUSSELS NEW COUNCIL — Some of the
faces were familiar but there were also some
new members on Brussels council when the
members held their inaugural meeting on
Monday night. In the front row from left are
Brussels clerk-treasurer William King, Reeve
Cal Kreuter, and secretary to the clerk Ruth.
Sauve. In the back row are councillors, Malcolm
Jacobs, Gordon Workman, Elizabeth Graber,
George Cousins and PUC Commissioner Henry
Exel. Absent from the picture was the other
PUC Commissioner Harold Bridge.
(Brussels Post Photo)
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Hannam
By Adrian Vos
In a rare display of angry
emotion, 450 Ontario farmers
got to their feet in support of
Peter Hannam, the 'OFA
,president when a news-
paper article was read that
said that Mr. Hannam's
neighbours want him to shut
down his corn dryer because
they object to the noise of the
drying fans. Mr. Hannam
emphatically declared that
he was not going 'to let a
value of $3,500 spoil and if
the Ontario Provincial Police
try to shut it off: "Woe
betide them".
He was not the only farmer
with problems of this nature,
for Russel. Yngblut of
Niagara said that urbanites
who moved into his area have
effectively stopped viable
hog operations. The Fort Erie
area can only accomodate
operations of a maximum 50
hogs. Mr. Yungblut said that
no one can make a living
feeding 100 hogs, but
politicians don't seem to
know or care.
Earlier, a resolution from
Durham Region also dealt
with the problem by asking
legal protection from rural
residents so they woudln't
have the right to "obstruct
farmers pursuing their
normal operations"
Ag minister switches
Will allow
agrominiums
MORRIS COUNCIL'S INAUGURAL MEETING
— There was only one new face on Morris
Council this year that of Clare Van Camp
(second in the back row). In the front row from
left are clerk Nancy Michie, Reeve Bill Elston
and treasurer George Michie. In the back row
are Bob Grasby, Deputy Reeve Tom Miller
(beside Clare) and .Ross Procter.
Ontario's minister of Agri-
culture changed his mind on
the contentious issue of
agrominiums. Under
questioning on the subject at
the breakfast meeting of the
Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture last week. Wm. New-
man admitted that he has
agreed to 'a licence for a pilot
project.
Farmers in Simcoe County
have gtrenously objected to
an agrominium in West
Gwillembury Township.
They claim that it is just a
disguise for urban develop-
ment. The O.F.A. has sup-
ported their position.
An agrominium is a sort of
commune where a developer
divides a hundred acre farm
into ten acre lots, and puts
ten houses on it. The owners
supposedly will continue to
farm the remaining 90 acres
and from the profit pay the
mortgage.
The farmers see the future
as ten lots with some' horses
or weeds, and many
complaints about the normal
farming operations of the
regular farmer.
Mr. Newman said at the
breakfast meeting that , the
licence would not be given in
the originally intended
Simcoe Township.
OFA fee increase .
By Sheila Gunby
The yearly fee for ISM
membership (Individual
Service Membership) will be
increased to $50.00 with a
$5.00 reduction for those on
automatic renewal. This re-
solution was given strong
support at the O.F.A. con-
vention in Hamilton.
This fee increase will be-
come effective in January
1979.
LOCAL DELEGATES—Bill Pullen, Morris Twp.; John VanBeers, Hullet
Twp.; John Benjamins, Hullet Twp.; Mery Smith, McKillop Twp. were
delegates to the annual convention of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture held in Hamilton, Nov. 27-29. Over 450 elected delegates
from all over Ontario attended the 3-day Convention
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McKILLOP COUNCIL — At its first meeting Monday are McKillop
councillors, front, I to r, Clerk Marion McClure, Reeve Allan Campbell,
Deputy Reeve Harvey Craig. Back row, Road Superintendent William
Campbell; Councillors Arthur Anderson, William Leeming and Marie
Hicknell.
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