Clinton News-Record, 1977-03-31, Page 18r
PAGE 18—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1977
The warm spring weather of the last few days has lured
' the gardeners back outside to clean up after the worst
winter in 50 years, and prepare for a predicted hot, dry
summer. Here Garnet McGee of High Street unwraps a
cedar tree that was protected by burlap for the winter.
(News -Record photo)
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County may get some snow subsidy
Huron County Engineer
Jim Britnell told ,County
Council last Thursday that
Huron would qualify for ext,ra
subsidy on all winter control
costs over $283,448.93 in the
first four months of 1977.
"By adding to the actual
known costs in January and
February of $302,961.62 our
best estimate of the costs of
March of $50,000, we get a
total of $352,961.62 for March
31 and qualify for additional
glpbsidy under the formula
announced by the Ministry in
the amount of $51,467.79," he
explained.
Mr. Britnell did note,
however, that he felt "a fairer
way to have distributed the
extra money would have been
to base the extra subsidy on
Crop day hears wheat
The world price for wheat
has dropped about $2 per
bushel since 1974 and this
decrease will be reflected in
the price Ontario farmers
receive for their 1976 wheat
crop according to Chairman
of the Ontario Wheat
Producers' Marketing Board,
Irving Kleiman.
Mr. 'Kleiman made his
remarks to a large number of
area farmers attending an
agricultural day at Pineridge
Chalet recently sponsored by
Cook's.
The total price to Ontario.
producers for the 1974, crop
was $4.26 per bushel: for 1974
$4.35 per bushel and for 1975
$3.63 a/2 per bushel. Kr.
Kleiman informed those
present the situation . has
deteriorated even further for
the current crop year.
In explaining just how the
fa"'rmers were paid for 1976
wheat crops, Mr. Kleiman.
said the initial price paid to
producers during the 1976
crop was a basic $2 per bushel
paid by the agent to the
producer when wheat was
delivered. T boa d then
reimburs s the agent or the
money aid to the pr ducer
plus a agent ha dling
ch e. The wheat is then the
property of the board which is
responsible for the purchase
and sale of all 'wheat in the
province. The remainder of
the price per bushel is paid by
interim, payments to the
producer as the wheat is sold.
Mr. Kleiman said
producers have sold a little
more than 22.1 million
bushels of the 1976 crop to
date and that volume is an all
time high since the board was
established in 1958.
Out of this 22.1 million
bushels, about 7.5 million
bushels has been sold fdr
domestic human con-
sumption a record" 720,000
bushels for seed and about 11
niillion bushels has been sold
for export leaving just under
3 million bushels unsold at the
present time.
Mr. Kleiman says the board
recognizes the fact the export
market accounts for the
largest portion of the, crop,
and efforts are being made to
generate continued or new
interests overseas.
The estimates on seeded
acreage of wheat in Ontario
last fall show an increase of
about 20 percent over the
previous year for a total of
about 620,000 acres, with a
potential for a 29 to 30 million
bushel crop this year.
Mr. Kleinman informed the
meeting the board has em-
barked on a new export sales
promotion brochure and is
looking at possible ways to
increase domestic human
consumption as well.
Mr. Kleiman added the
Ontario board works closely
with the Canadian Wheat
Board,• but the Canadian
board does not contract ex=
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the average cost of the four
month period over the past
four years which in Huron's
case was $165,448.93."
Under the system laid down
by the Ministry, a
municipality must have
exceeded 120 per cent of the
highest expenditure over
January 1 to April 1 (the
period in question) in the past
four years.
Mr. Britnell also told the
cot,fhcillors that to qualify
for this extra money "we had
to spend more than 20 per
cent than we did in 1976 and if
this cost trend continues
through the rest of 1977, as it
did in 1976, our total ex-
penditures for snow plowing
could reach $600,000 or
$140,000 over our budget
estimate of $460,000."
In other business arising
from the Road Committee
report Council agreed that a
new land "purchase policy, in
connection with road
widenings, be implemented.
.Property owners will now
receive $500 per acre plus a
new fence or a cash
allowance of $12.00 per rod
(the approximate cost of the
fence).
The former Road com-
mittee policy for com-
pensation per acre was set
many years ago 'at $200 per
acre plus a naw fence or a
cash allowance if the owner
did not require a fence. That
fence allowance was in-
creased from $2.50 per rod to
$5.00 per rod last year.
Separate bd. nixes crossguard
guard bn Highway 8 at St.
James Separate School,
Seaforth. The Board advised,
that it is not prepared to pay
toward the cost of -a crossing
guard since crossing guards
fall under the jurisdiction of
the m=unicipality.
Carol Hubert was hired by
Seaforth Council as a guard
at St. James on February 14,
and Stanley Bray as a guard
at Seaforth Public School (on
Highway 8), at the request of
the principal at.the Seaforth
Public School, who was
concerned for the safety of his
. students • crossing the busy
highway. The guard program
By Wilma Oke
The Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board turned down a
request from the Town of
Seaforth that the board help
to pay the costs of a crossing
outlook
port sales of Ontario wheat
and recent sales that have
been announced by the
Canadian Wheat Board far
sale to China do not include
any Ontario wheat.
Mr. Kleiman was not the
only speaker on the agenda will start the first of Sep -
for the meeting at Pineridge. tember.
Dr. Ernie Rinebergs of the Vincent Young, chairman
University of Guelph spoke to of the personnel committee,
the farmers present con:— reported negotiations with
cerning malting barley and the 155 teachers "are going
Allan Magrath, Market very well and should be
Analyst of the Ontario Bean completed within a short
Producers Marketing Board period of time".
discussed the white bean Eleven of the 14- trustees
market. will attend the 47th annual
Following lunch, Sean conference of Ontario
Usher of Ridgetown College Separate School Trustees'
of Agricultural Technology Association to be held in
discussed the corn crop and Toronto at Royal York Hotel
representatives from several .NotMattend�ng 31
are Vincent
April 1.
fertilizer companies
discussed what's new --Young, Goderich; Ronald
chemicals. Murray, Dublin; and David
Teahen, Stratford.
Sister Elaine Dunn,
Resource Co-ordinator, and
Chris Asseff, Executive
Director, of the Ontario
Separate _ Schools' Trustees
Association, attended the
meeting to present `Focus on
Faith' and outline the
progress of the program
which was begun in 1974, and
originally designed for
trustees to spend a day in
reflection. The second phase,
named Phase 2B, will be held
13v Bertha MacGregor
Figure Skating
The Zurich -Grand Bend
Figure Skating Club held
their C.F.S.A. skating tests
for the year on Sunday,
March 27th. Those who
passed' their preliminary
dances were: Dutch Waltz:
Joanne McKinley, Sandra
Datars, Darren McKinley,
Kim Bedard, Sandra
Coleman; Canasta Tango:
Joanne McKinley, Sandra
Datars, Darren McKinley,
Kim Bedard, Sandra
Coleman; Junior Bronze.
Dances: Willow Waltz: Missy
Sandilands, Elizabeth
Datars; Ten Fox: Missy
Sandilands; First Figure
Test: Elizabeth Datars;
Bronze Free Style: Darlene
Oesch.
The judges were: Mel
Douglas, Grand Bend, Bea
Martin, St. Marys, Pat
Anstett, .Clinton, David Roe,
Watford. The Club
Professional is Pauline Bell.
Personals
Mr. Jim McDougall had the
misfortune to fall at his home
and is a patient in South
Huron Hospital, Exeter.
By Hilda M. Payne
At St. Paul's Anglican
Church., Holy Baptism was
administered by Rev. G.A.
Anderson to Michael James
and June Elizabeth Marie,
children of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Bennett Hughes. The
text of the sermon was taken
from the gospel of St. John,
chapter three. .
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Collins,
Sara and baby Jeffrey,
Kitchener visited on Wed-
nesday of last week with the
latter's mother, Mrs. Laird
Mickle.
during the next school term
and will be at the local school
board level - incorporating
trustees and spouses, ad-
ministrative staff and
spouses, principals and
spouses and parents
representing each school in
the Huron -Perth district. This
phase will be held on
November 20 providing
Bishop Emmett Carter is able
to attend or auxiliary Bishop
John Sherlock.
Three board members,
Arthur Haid, Listowel;
Ronald Marcy and Mickey
Vere, board chairman, both
of Stratford; along with three
teachers and Superintendent
Joseph Mills will form the
trustee -teacher liaison
committee for the "Focus on
Faith' program.
Farmstead
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Dobbs, 39 Riverside Drive,
:'35-11,30; Goderich, Bill and
Myra Henry, 166 Sunset
Drive, 524-2082; Seaforth,
Mrs. Brenda McIntosh, RR 3.,
Seaforth, 527-0358; Mrs.
Isabel Scott, Brucefield, 482-
135; Wingham, Miss Gwen
Norris, 103 Patrick East 357-
2055.
Villages: Blyth, Mrs. Viola
Haines, 523-9240; Brussels,
Jack and Esther McCut-
cheon, 887-6862 ;\ Hensall,
Doug and Kaen Shirray, 88'
King, 262- 2422; Zurich, Ron
and Marilyn Heimrich,
Zurich 236-4941
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Mr. Britnpll told the
meeting however that each
year it became more difficult
to purchase land under these
terms and after a recent
meeting with some land
owners affected by a road
widening project on. County
Road One the recommended
increases in rates was ,drawn
up.
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