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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 8, 1982 --Page 4
James Coulter marks 50 dears in livestock business
Mr. and Mrs. James Coulees hosted a dinner and dance for frlenda aid"patrons .marking the
SOth anniversary of Mr. Coolies' involvement with the livestock order buying and transport
business: The dinner and dance was held at the Lucknow District Community' Centre Friday,
August 27. ' [Wingham Advance -Times Photo]
Shelve tax reform
The. The Ontario Federation of Agricul-
ture (OFA) is displeased with . provincial
treasurer FrankMiller's decision to shelve
plans for reforming property. ' taxation of
farms, OFA president Ralph. Barrie' , said
today,
"The OFA spentna lot of time and effort
re -working the.government's proposals. We,
thought we'd come up with a suitable reform.
package. Now it looks like it's been cast
aside indefinitely:" In a letter to the OFA,
Miller said the plan would not be implem-
ented "at least for the 1983 taxation year."
Miller said ' the program was being
delayed because he was concerned about
additional costs to the province. "It's ironic
to hear that from the same man who stressed,
the importance of farm tax reform in his 1981
budget speech," Barrie said.
"The provincial government can't consid-
er agriculture too important, After. all; we
get only one percent of the province's total
budgetary expenditures," Barrie said.
"That's not a commitment. It's a damn
shame."
Miller said the proposals were shelved
because contention exists .over the level of
grossfarm production required for farmers
to qualify for tax rebates. The OFA's
position is that the province's proposed
gross production criterion (or 1983, $12,000,
is too high.
"Besides, after 1983, the government
wants that figure to be indexed to match
increases in the Farm Price .index • (FPI).
That makes the base figure totally unrealist-
ic'," Barrie said. OFA has suggested that the
tax reform begin with a much lower base of
$5,000. But Miller. said that "any move to
accomniodate the. OFA in this area would
increase the cost of the proposal to the
public."
"That's what I mean about theirlack of
commitment to farming. The change we're
suggesting would only cost an additional S8
million, ,That won't break the government,
but it'll give farmers a well deserved
break," Barrie said.
The OFA is urging Millerto reconsider his
decision.
Lucknow AVMS meet in September
The afternoon Auxiliary of
the Lucknow Presbyterian
Church W.M.S. met in the
church at 2,30 p.m., Sept-
ember 1, 1982 with a' good
attendance.
Mrs. Omar Brooks presid-
ed and opened the, meeting
with a poem, Little Things.
Mrs, William Stanley led
in prayer after which Mrs.
Ronald Forster gave the
Bible Study, A Woman of the'
Bible. 'Minutes wereread
and adopted; also corres-
pondence and business were
dealt with.
' Mrs. Vallate Wilson gave
a review of the Glad Tidings.
The roll call was answered by
a verse from the Bible.
Mission Study was taken
by Mrs. Morgan Henderson,
Mrs. William Rutherford fav-
oured with an instrumental.
Mrs. Brooks thanked all
the ladies that •,took part in
the meeting. The closing
prayer was given by Mrs.
Kenneth Laidlaw,
Nutty Naturalists make kites
The fifth meeting of the
Trinity Nutty Naturalists was
held at the home . of Mrs:
Hazel Hackett at 7.00 p.m.
,on August 26. The meeting
opened with the 4-H pledge,
followed by the minutes of
the last meeting, and taking
home activities up from
meeting 4. Roll Gail was
answered by six members.
We then read about weath-
er changes and then went on
to making our kites. The
members started making the
kite frame, adding the string
to the,frame, and then gluing
the garbage bags to the kite
frame. Alt that was 'left to do
was to add the tail' and the
kite reel to the kite,i This' was
done easily. After' our kites
were made a reveiw and
things to do were discussed.
The meeting closed with
sampling jams and Jellies the
members had made and ref=
refreshments supplied by
Mrs. Hackett 'and Suzanne
Alton brining cookies.
The Coultes name is synonymous in the
Belgrave area with buying and selling live-
stock. Friday evening, August 27, James.' R.
Coultes repaid his many friends and patrons
at a dinner and dance in Lucknow,
The occasion was the 50th anniversary of
Mr. Coultes' involvement in the livestock
order buying and transport business.
The business was started in 1926 or '27 by
Mr. Coultes' father Charlie. In fact, he said
his father had the first trucking license in,
Huron County.
A trip to Toronto in those days was a full
day affair. it meant getting up at four or five
o'clock in the morning and making a four
hour trip over bad roads ii\ a slow vehicle
and .then coming home to clean out the truck,
he said,
Farmers are concerned today about low
returns on their produce and livestock, but
Mr. Coultes said things were much worse
during the Depression. The price paid for
the beast wouldn't even pay for the trip to
market.
Mr. Coulees has sold the trucking busi-
ness, but is still active buying and selling
cattle, His pet peeve is the metric system
which 'would drive you crazy" trying to
figure out prices per pound or per kilo.
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