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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-11-09, Page 1414-'TICE HURON EXPOSITOR, November 9, 1994 Community LEAVING HIS SHARE: Carl McNeill, who lived to 100 -years -old in Fullarton Township, decided to leave his share of the national debt (plus someone else's), so his longtime friends Walter and Marian MacDougald (centre) made the trip to Ottawa to do just that iast Monday, Oct. 31. Accepting the $37,634.61 cheque was Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin (left), while John Richardson, Perth -Wellington -Waterloo MP looks on. Man leaves money for debt BY MICHELE GREENE for The Huron Expositor Carl McNeill has paid his share of the national debt, as well as someone else's. The 100 -year-old Fullarton bach- elor passed away on Feb. 25, 1994. In his will, he designated $37,634.61 to pay off his share of the national debt. Walter and Marian MacDougald went to Ottawa to meet with Paul Martin, minister of finance, who was to be receive the cheque. MacDougald and McNeill had a long friendship. MacDougald's great-grandparents and McNeill's grandparents were neighbors in Fullarton. McNeill's parents bought a house in the village in 1926. MacDougald remembers meeting McNeill and his father walking out to their farm at Lot 14 Concession 9 to work as he and the other children walked to school. The two families have always kept in contact. McNeill spent many Christmas Days with the McDougalds. Beginning in 1970, MacDougald began to help McNeill file his income tax. In later years, McNeill appointed MacDougald as the executor of his estate. In this official capacity, MacDougald was delivering the cheque to Martin. McNeill was keenly interested in politics and current events, said MacDougald. Until his death, he read The Mitchell Advocate, Seaforth Huron Expositor, the St. Marys Journal Argus, and the Stratford Beacon -Herald. "He remembered going to Mitchell in 1911 to hear Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier speak. He and his father and a few others went in the horse and buggy." In the last few years, McNeill became more and more concerned about the growing national debt. MacDougald said every Canadian would have to pay the government about $18,000 in order to pay off the national debt. McNeill's contri- bution should help cover some one else's share, as well as his own. "It had better not go into the general reserves. It had better go to pay down the debt," said MacDouglad, adding that Martin was also to receive a copy of McNeill's will. Besides paying off his share of the debt, McNeill also wanted to make a donation to University Hospital in London. MacDougald. said the hospital took care of McNeill's heart and heart pacer. For this help, McNeill left $119,000 to the hospital. McNeill was always a very healthy and active man who never spent a day in the hospital until his heart needed attention. Living to 100 years was his goal. Until he was 97 -years -old he grew white beans in his backyard. He worked the soil himself until his early 90s when he had someone else do the heavy work. The bachelor also walked to Thamesview United Church every Sunday for the service. Once a week, he went to Mitchell and caught the bus to one of many destinations. He often went to Kitchener to visit a cousin. When MacDougald thinks about his old friend, he thinks of his prowess with a deck of cards. He was an astute card and crokinole player. "He comes to mind a number of times, especially when I have a question." In the last few months of his life, McNeill lived at the Hillside Nurs- ing Home where he celebrated his 100th birthday. When he passed away, he was survived by a number of cousins. • Reprinted from Mitchell; Advo- cate. Hullett township council race on continued from page five He is a Cub and Scout leader, Assistant Program Director and bowling coach with the Clin- ton YBC, and has been a youth baseball coach for the last three years. He wrotc that he is running because he, "Would like to contribute to the future of our community; our taxes are one of the lowest in the county and our services are just as good as anyone else's. I'd like to see them stay that way. There is a new building being built by the township for our township offices. I would like to see it placed in the best location and make sure it is functional." Bruce Bergsma BRUCE BERGSMA Bergsma, 51, of Londesboro, is a farmer along with his wife, Marie. He has nine children. He is the past president of the Hullett Federation of Agriculture, the Ontario Pork Congress and the Huron County Pork Producers. Bergsma wrote that he is run- ning for council because he wants "To serve the people of Hullett Township and also to keep a lid on higher taxes." OUCHI OUCHI Ah them" • rock. In VP. •t my w.t.r? l',�'r • What's MO Why d... this wets,. bac. II .m.0 awful? ECOWATER SYSTEMS somm • HAS THE ANSWER, 1-800-367-9617 Suncoast Mali Bayfield, Rd. Goderich Doug Hugill DOUG HUGILL Hugill, 52, of RR 2 Scaforth, has been a hog and cash crop farmer for 35 years. He and his wife Gail, a housewife, have three children, Doug Jr., Jonathon and Jason. Hugill is a five-year board mem- ber of the Scaforth and District Community Centre and a 10 -year trustee on the Maitland Bank Cemetery Board. As for his reasons for running, he wrote, "I do not have any election promises but will do my best to serve the residents of Hullett and will strive to hold the line on tax dollars with sensible spending." r WE PAY THE TAXES FREE INSTALLATION ECOWATER ECOWATER CREDIT CARD REVOLVING CREDIT UNITS AS LOW AS S8%5.00 For Information call: Ian Keuls 1 J Robert Szusz ROBERT SZUSZ Szusz, 37, of Londesboro, is self-employed, along with his wife Marsha. They have two children, Kerrie and Jcnnifcr. Hc previously served on Hullett Township Council for five years, ending in 1991. Szusz wrote that he is running because he has an i'interest in the township...to help keep taxes in line...and to try to keep the township moving forward instead of backwards." Bready Bunch meets BY AMANDA RYAN The fourth meeting of the `Bready Bunch' was held in the St. Columban Church Hall. After say- ing the 4-H pledge club members went to the kitchen to make some white bread. They each took part in making the bread and left it to rise. They picked a title page and looked through their books. They decided what they would do for achieve- ment night, and then judged our baked bread. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 in the St. Columban Church Hall. .Federation holds annual meeting continued from front page The unpopularity of the Ontario New Democratic Party government wasn't particularly in evidence on Friday as various speakers praised Buchanan's support for 'stable funding.' "Stable funding is a great oppor- tunity for this organization to have the resources to do the job that needs to be done," said outgoing President Bill Wallace. "With that opportunity comes a great responsi- bility." In Ontario the stable funding plan will provide the Ontario Federation of Agriculture with $5.4 million and 38,000 members this year. In the previous year tfie OFA had 19,800 members and $3.2 million. Another speaker said Buchanan would go down in history as "one of our best agriculture ministers." The Agri -Food industry is helping to lead Ontario's economy, accord- ing to Buchanan. In his talk to a crowded hall at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, Buchanan said government doesn't have all the answers or the money to solve problems in agriculture. He did say, however, that he favours a mechanism like the Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) for farmers. "I share the view held by many Canadian farm leaders and agricul- tural organizations that a compre- hensive, national income protection program is needed for all Canadian farmers." Rural initiatives in this area include $1 million in jobsOntario funds for the Huronview redevel- opment project as well as $10,300 for a local Jersey producers' mar- keting project, he said. The Huron County Federation of Agriculture has to decide how to properly spend the increased resources it now has due to Stable Funding legislation. Membership has risen from 1,400 to more than 2,000. Outgoing President Bill Wallace said the increased membership will • mean tnore work for the federation's secretary. One member of the audience warned that the federation would have to be careful not to inflate its expenses. Former Federation President Doug Garniss, of RR 4 Wingham, said the Federation must be careful not to be seen to be looking for ways to spend money. He said the Feder- ation should stress communication with its members. Garniss cautioned against large spending increases. He said, how- ever, that the president should receive some payment for serving the Federation. A one-time per diem of between $500 and $1,000 for the President was felt to be agreeable by the members at Friday's meeting. A representative of the Huron County Federation responded that the organization would not start paying large per diems to directors. Ken Kelly, Executive Member of the Ontario Federation of Agricul- ture, told the group that with stable funding, "this is the first time in history the OFA has been able to help the local federations." In looking back on his two-year term, outgoing Federation president Bill Wallace said the approval of 'stable funding' legislation was the big highlight. "It's going to give us the funds to communicate better," he said. "I would hope we could be more proactive than reactive." One of the disappointments, said Wallace, was the lack of involve- ment of some members. The Past President foresees the Federation becoming very involved in such issues as the county manure bylaw. Wallace told farmers at the meet- ing they should look into environ- mental farm plans for themselves, saying "if we don't do it they will do it for us." Public has few questions for Hibbert candidates BY ANDY BADER Advocate Editor Voters must be content with the happenings in Hibbert Township, because few questions were directed towards the four town councillor candidates --or the four seeking two public board of education trustee seats --last Tuesday night at the Staffa WI hall. More than 70 people were in attendance for the 90 -minute even- ing, held to hear the election par- ticipants introduce themselves and ask for the electorate's support on election day. Much like the all -candidates even- ing held in Fullarton on Oct. 27th, a few questions about road paving and the landfill site were not directed to the councillor candi- dates, but steered towards acclaimed Reeve Walter McKenzie. McKenzie, a 14 -year veteran of municipal council and completing his first three-year term as reeve, explained the township's program to build-up their concession roads, mentioned the continued success with blue box and mandatory recycling in an attempt to save the landfill site, and touched on future events such as the township's sesquicentennial which takes place in August of 1996. Also given time to address the crowd were acclaimed Deputy- Reeve Robert I. Norris, who moves up after serving six years as coun- cillor; Police Village of Dublin trustees Jerry Murray and new- comer Larry Parsons; and Dennis O'Reilly, a Hibbert native who was uncontested in his bid to represent Hibbert, Logan and Mitchell on the Huron -Perth Separate School Board. O'Reilly, who now resides in Mitchell, is also beginning his initial three-year term. Incumbent councillors Fran Lannin and Barb MacLean are seeking re-election, and are being joined by Lou Maloney, of Dublin, and Cinth Vogels, of RR 2 Staffa. Only three of the four .will sit on the next council. Lannin, who said "achievements are like trousers, they were out if you sit on them too long" listed her participation in council affairs over the past six years, as did MacLean, who is completing her first three- year term. Newcomers Maloney, who said he had no axe to grind in seeking a seat on council, and Vogels were brief in their speeches, but both felt they would bring to the council table the concerns of the constitu- ents. Maloney, who has political experience thanks to his service as a trustee with both the Huron -Perth Separate School Board and the Police Village of Dublin, said he has the time necessary to play a role in serving the municipality. Vogels hoped for the support 'of the constituents, adding he wouldn't make promises because he was afraid he couldn't keep them. "You wouldn't be happy with that, either," he said. The question and answer segment of the evening, as mentioned, involved direct questions to Reeve McKenzie about future paving plans of the concession roads, when the sideroads would be built up, and the smoothly -running blue box recycl- ing program, which has eased the flow of garbage into the landfill. Reeve McKenzie admitted that the concession roads have been built up fust, due mainly to heavier traffic, and added that sideroads will not be overlooked, especially is the sideroads have to be plowed in the winter. On the same token, he said, "people don't want an increase in taxes, so our options are limited." Joost Drost asked the candidates if any future landfill sites were looked at before the township started their blue box and manda- tory recycling program, and was told that Hibbert would never have their own landfill once this expires because of the exorbitant cost a new one would involve. "We know we can't afford it," said MacLean, who added the cur- rent council did look at possible landfill sites in the municipality. Lannin added that in all likeli- hood, a countywide landfill would be the next step, with all the municipalities sharing in the cost. "It's gotten past the point where individual municipalities can have their own," she said. Reeve McKenzie added that in the past three years, only five landfill sites have been approved in the entire province. He added that when he started his political life on council, he was told that the landfill only had an expect- ant life of another 10 years. Today, 14 years later, the landfill has at least that much life, maybe twice as much, due to the recycling efforts. The only question directed towards the public school trustee candidates revolved around the possibility of amalgamated, or confederated, school boards. The four candidates --Rita Christie, Kathy. Edighoffer, Maurice Finnie and D'eb Strathdee--said it would be a great idea in principle in an attempt to curb costs, but wasn't sure of the practicality of it ever coming about. "I don't think it'll happen," said Finnie, a Hibbert resident. "[Pre- mier] Bill Davis pretty much did it to us." Christie, also a resident of Hibbert, admitted that school boards, who locally have worked well in the past, "have to seriously think about this....it cannot go on the way it has." "It's a good idea," commented Edighoffer, "and is a good way to save money. I would love to see that start to happen." "It's an interesting goal to keep in mind," said Strathdee, "and one which will require a lot of work and a lot of co-operation." • Grads shut out Raiders in men's broomball play MEN'S BROOMBALL NOVEMBER 3, 1994 GRADS 8 - RAIDERS 0 The Raiders tried to score goals but came up empty handed every time. Unfortunately the Grads had no problem scoring goals, as MacOncll, Al Wynja, Dana Bean captured a couple of goals each, singles go out too Tony Van Den Huevca, and Chris Goris. In the back ground are Craig Smith, Mar- tin Mynja, John Goris, and Gary Verhoog. It was an unbalanced game. EASY RIDERS 7 - KNIGHTS 1 The Knights finally get on the score board as 'T' Bar gets the rebound and pops the ball into the top corner of the net, and excellent pass from Paul Nycnhuis. It just wasn't the Knights game. Is this really the Riders? Wow! What a ON THE FAST TRACK - Steve McNall, 17, of 11 Main St. in Seaforth won 15 races, 11 in heats and four features, this summer at the Varney Speedway in his 1978 Monte Carlo, with 350 hp under the hood. The focal racer took up the chase three years ago. That's Steve's parents, Carol and Cedl McNall, to the right posing with their son. score - that -dog goals by 'ECK' (Stephen Eckert Jr.). Doubles to Robert {hulking, singles to Laurence Vink - defenceman Terry Morey and Mr. Butson. Keen pass by hot dogs other brother Darrel E., Chris Poland, Jeff AIIcn and Gary Souch. DUMPERS 1 - WINTHROP 0 Dumpers take to the scoreboard with only three minutes left in the last half. Goal by Brett Finlayson, assisted by Gary Dill and Mike Maloney. Winthrop, its' hard to play against the team plus the refs! Oh, well, that's life, good luck next week. In men's broomball on November 10, 1994 at 9 p.m. - Royals vs Easy Riders; 9:50 p.m. - Raiders vs Winthrop; and at 10:40 - Knights vs Parr Line. Tion Bennett has high Single, Triple Thirty-seven Seniors turned out to bowl on Friday, Nov. 4. Ron Bennett has taken over both high single and triple with scores of 311 and 696. Ann Wood had both high single 195 and triple 523 for the women. Other reputable scores were John Van Loon 233-584; Campbell Wcy 195-546 and once again Fred Munnings had a very good day 224-535. John Aubin had one good game 190. Also Art Finlayson's 180 should have been reported last week. The girls are starting to come through with some good scores also, Beryl Reid (181); Maxine Marks (180); Betty Hulley (174);_ �Bettyy Lconhardt (173); and Olavc Li (171). Catherine Staples and Bob llarris bowled well over thcir averages.