Clinton News-Record, 1977-12-08, Page 34
Pcople in Profile
Legion stands for service not booze
By Shelley McPhee
Prior to eaeh meeting of the Legion,
the president opens the session with
these words.:...let us pause for a few
moments to think reverently of those of
our comrades who by sea, by land and in,
the air, laid down their lives for their
40 Sovereign and Country. Their sacrifice
will ever inspire us to labour on, to the
end that those who survive and need our
aid may be assured of assistance and
that the country in which we live and for
which they died may ever be worthy of
the sacrifice they made."
"For years the Legion has been
renowned as a good place to drink but
it's not a.social slub, it's a service club,"
according to Zone Commander George
Campbell of Clinton.
"Drinking is not the basis of the
Legion, the Legion stands for service,"
he explained.
As zone commander for the area of
zone CI, Mr: Campbell is involved in
many of the activities amongst the
various branches which include
Wingham, Lucknow, Ripley, Kin-
cardine, Wroxeter, Blyth, Brussels,
Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter, Hensall and
Goderich.
"I'm the link between the provincial
command and the branches in my zone. I
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act as a liaison between the district and
the province," he explained.
His two year • position involves the
handling of problems, giving out new
information, dealing with correspon-
dence, seminars, banquets, presen-
tatio s and unofficial as well as official
visitsarious branches.
"I could spend an hour a night on
Legion work," Mr. Campbell noted.
Mr. Campbell finds that there is active
involvement in most clubs but only 10
per cent of the members are active and
90 per cent are not.
"The Legion has so much room for
expansion in membership alone and in
many other fields as well," he said.
One of the main membership drives at
the time is to allow associate members,
sons and daughters of veterans the right
to vote. It will be up to the ,associate
members in the future to keep the
Legion an active organization.
Mr. Campbell explained, "The only
way they can get a new crop in otherwise
is to have another war and who wants
that."
Some of the old World War. I
veterans still like to tell their tales of the
war but Mr. Campbell noted, "The vets.
don't talk about it often, it's not very nice
conversation."
Regarding Mr. Campb.ell's service in
World War II, he mentioned that he
trained men for service in Canada but
never got to go overseas himself since he
was wounded, put him in a cast for a
year.. ,
"I had a few bitter tastes for a while
but you get over it," he noted.
"I would not like to see another war hi—
my
nmy lifetime or in yours. It deprives
people of too much," he concluded on a
somber note.
However he eagerly explained that
Legions are involved. in maq ways to
aidk the community as well 'as war
veterans and their families. The vets are
aided though pensions and the Legion
itself offers thein an opportunity to get
involved with others.
Community -wise, Mr. Campbell noted
that the Legion is involved in minor
sports, sponsors Girl Guides and
Brownies, has the annual Poppy Drive,
puts on weekly bingos and now many
branches have ACTION. •
ACTION stands for a commitment to
improve our nation. The Wingham
branch of he Legion has organized such
Bean board de ba tes contract filling
The responsibility of the Ontario Bean
Producers' Marketing Board in fulfilling
obligations on bean sales generated
considerable discussion at Friday's
annual meeting for Huron growers at the
Pineridge Chalet at Hensall.
Manager Charles Broadwell said the
board had made forward sales of 815,300
hundred weight of 1977 crop white beans
by August 31 and another sales
agreement for 38,000 hundred weight
were made with Ontario bean dealers.
In turn bean dealers made sales to
brokers and processors on the expected
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receive!rom $14,950 to $19,750 after. four
years. Category B receive from $20,500
t1b to $25,400 after four years. Categories A-
1 and A-2 receive from .$26,250 to $31,050
after four years and Categories A-3 and
A-4 receive from $27,100 to $31,900 after
four years.'
Cochrane said most of the 'county
elementary school principals are in the
top 'two pay categories while " the
majority of teachers are in Category B,
A-2 and A-3. The contract is for one year
and is retroactive to -the beginning of
September. Cochrane said the set-
tlement is within the amount the board
speculated on when it struck the costs
for teacher_salaries in its 1977-78 budget.
The county secondary school teachers
are still negotiating their contract with
the board. Those talks are also being
handledby a mediator.
crop and are now unable to fill the or-
ders.
'Due to the wet fall' weather, the bean
harvest was badly curtailed. Broadwell
said only 819,000 hundred weight had
been delivered by Ontario growers,
creating. a shortage of. 34,000 hun-
dredweight.
Broadwell said the board has received
legal opinion that they are not "legally
liable for commitments to forward sales
made."
Grower Ed Krauter suggested the
producers and the board accept ,the
moral liability and supply the beans to
"bail the dealers out".
He said, "If we fail to come through in
this crisis it will hurt the bean industry
for years."
Ed Dearing of Perth county agreed
that the board had a moral obligation.
Broadwell countered, "we could
possibly be held responsible if we had
the beans,but, we don't".
Crediton area. grower John Govers
said the problem of 'scarcity of beans
was due to the producer who "sold beans
to Michigan and others who are holding
,beans_in their barns.
In reply Broadwell said the board had,,
no idea how many beans were still on the
farms He added, "the amount could vary
from 20,000 to 200,000 bags'."
In answer to several accusations about
bean deliveries to Michigan and a bonus
possibly being paid for top grade beans,
Broadwell replied "you tell us who these
people are and we will prosecute." •
Later in the meeting a.motion to have
the shortage responsibility accepted by
the board was soundly defeated.
Chairman of the meeting Gordon Hill
told, the press Monday, "one of the points
brought out in considerable discussion
was the share of financial responsibility
which should fall on the grower who was
not able to harvest his crop and was paid
by crop insurance.
In addition Hill said, "all four Huron
directors are in favour of a grading
system but one point not brought up was
the need for a different pool for every
grade."
Directors and manager Broadwell
were concerned with the lack of suitable
beans needed for 1978 planting.
Broadwell said he thought ,only about
one-half of the necessary seed is now
available.,J4e added, "again it depends
on the amount and quality of beans still
on the farms.
Insurance Claims Paid
Helmut Loewede of the Ontario Crop
Insurance Commission said more than 7
million dollars has been paid to date for
white bean claims.
Helmut said, about two thirds of white
bean farmers were covered by in-
surance paying premiums of seven
million dbllars. The same amount is paid
by the government.
• The insurance man said he expected ,.
that all claims would be completed in the
next three weeks and should reach close
to 10 million. He added, "the amount of
claims tells, us what kind of year you
had."
He said insurance premiums could be
up by about 25 per cent for 1978 crops.
The premium this past year was in the
range of $5.50 per acre depending on the
price option.
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a committee who are involved in the
Block Parent plan, Mr. Campbell ex-
plained.
Locally, such ventures as the Poppy
Drive are used for Christmas baskets,
charity, needy students and wheels
chairs at Huronview.
,It's called the people's money not Legion
money," he noted, "and it's such a
pleasure to go out to Huronview and
donate a wheel chair. It makes you feel
good to do that."
.Mr. Campbell will be performing his
duties as zone commander until the
spring of 1978, but he is unsure of his next
job in the Legion.
In the past 32 years that he has been
involved with the Clinton Legion, Mr.
Campbell has been on the executive,
Sergeant at Arms, public relations of-
ficer and past president.
His next upwards position could see
him as a district officer or he can step
"down and take a position in the zone.
Whatever, the choice, Mr. Campbell
said, "I'm going to do the best I can. If
they want me to go on, then I will."
"Legion is getting bigger," he noted,
as a service to the veterans as well as the
community.
"They shall not grow old, as we that
are left to grow old;
Age shall not weary them nor the
years condemn.
• At the going down of the sun and in the
morning
We will remember them." (Ritual and
Procedure for the Royal Canadian
Legion Ceremonies.)
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977 -,-PAGE 3
Between his job at Beattie's Furniture Store and spending time with his family,
George Campbell of Clinton also gives his time to Legion branches througheut the
area with,his active position as Zone Commander. -(News -Record photo)
Stin1ey hires building inspector
Herman Van Wieren of Exeter will be
engaged by Stanley Township as by-law
enforcement officer, building inspector
and Ontario Home Renewal Plan in-
spector, Stanley Township ' council
decided on Monday.
Van Wieren also works with
Tuckersmith Township, H'ensall and
Seaforth.
In other business, the council endorsed
a resolution from the Township of
Sandwich West which is asking for
changes in the Highway Traffic Act.
The proposed change would state that
vehicle owners should be fined for
illegally passing a school bus without the
actual identity of the driver being
established.
, According to the..present laws the bus
driver must be able to identify the
vehicle driver and have the license plate
number before charges can be laid.
In other correspondence, Stanley
concurred with the proposal from Huron
County which would establish a county
wide residency rule for senior citizens'
housing.
Under this plan the county would pick
up .the seven -and -one-half per cent.
deficit in one year and in turn be ap-
portioned to each municipality. The;
municipalities would then wave their
senior citizen requirements for county-
wide rule.
Stanley Clerk Mel Graham noted that
the township already has an agreement
with Bayfield and Zurich regarding the
senior citizen's housing.
Stanley Township has made an ap-
plication to join.' . the International
Institute of Municipal Clerks.
"I think there would be some good
information from that," Clerk Graham
explained of the world-wide
organization.
Payments to the Board of Education at
the Separate School Board were set with
two payments due on June 30 `and
December 15 of 1978 and in subsequent
years.
A membership fee of $25 was sent to
the Farm Drainage Association by the
township forheir renewal.
Also under the topic of drainage, a
bylaw was passed to raise $600,000 for
tile drainage works. °
"When people want to borrow for tile
drainage, then we'll borrow on that
bylaw,"Clerk Graham explained. ,
A ,grant of $400 was given to the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture and a
grant of $100 was given to the National
Farmer's Union by the council.
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