Clinton News-Record, 1978-05-11, Page 26PAGE 8A--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1978
Tuckersmith asked for clean-up
By Wilma Oke
Five Egmondville residents
attended the Tuckersmith
Township council session
Tuesday night to ask for the
clean-up of the former
Egmondville United Church
shed.
The building collapsed 15
months ago under a heavy
snowload.
Only part of the building
and the land on which the part
stood belongs to the church,
the remainder of the land and
building belong to an estate.
When the building
collapsed, some of the heavy
cement walls fell on to
property owned by Mrs.
Gordon Muir; as well as other
debris.
The church members and
Mrs. Muir cleaned up their
properties soon after the fall
of the building, except for the
large cement pieces on the
Muir lawn.
The delegates were: Lloyd
Eisler who was the
spokesman for them; Rev.
Robert Roberts, George
Earle, Miss Florence Elford
and Mrs. Muir.
In his address to council,
Mr. Eisler expressed the
concern of the 69 petitioners,
who signed the petition he
presented to council. They
feel there is a very real
danger to the children who
constantly play in the piled -
up ruins.
Miss Elford said three
children were playing in the
debris today. I know they
should not be playing there,
she said, but "kids will be
kids".
Mrs. Muir said very little of
the machinery stored in the
shed has been removed ex-
cept for one trailer load of
planks taken out by a
relative. However, others
said they thought more than
one load was taken.
Reeve Ervin Sillery ex-
plained that council has been
working on the problem and
many letters have been sent
asking for a clean-up of the
property.
Deputy reeve Robert Bell
said, "We've certainly
written enough letters about
it."
Clerk Jack McLachlan said
council was working through
the Health Department that
the property was a danger to
the public, and he felt it was
only a matter of time.
Mr..Eisler said, "I think we
have the answer we came
here for. The council has it in
hand and has to get in a legal
condition to act."
Mrs. Muir worried about
keeping the children out in
the meantime. She was told
that would be difficult but if
anything happened the owner
would be liable.
Mies Elford said, "Patience
has its place but there is a
limit."
Mr. Roberts expressed
concern that the council had
the necessary by-laws to take
action and he was assured
council had passed them.
Mrs. Muir was told that as
the cement was on her
property she had the right to
make the owner remove it or
take him to court.
On a motion by Councillor
Frank Falconer, the Ministry
of transportation and com-
munications will be requested
to replace the McLean Bridge
with a new one in the present
location.
"We need a new bridge,"
Mr. Falconer said.
The following requests for
building permits were ap-
proved: Vernon Alderdice,
Lot 8, concession 11, Huron
Road Survey, silo; Robert
Brodfoot, Lot 31, concession
3, London Road Survey, shed
and house alterations; Ken
Jackson, part lot 11, con-
cession 3 H.R.S. driving shed;
Eldon O'Brien, lot 36, con-
cession 2, H.R.S., chimney;
Jim Broadfoot, Lot 104 Plan
22, Vanastra, garage; Jacob
Thalen, lot 31, plan 23,
Vanastra, alterations to
existing building; William R.
Wallace, lot 1, concession 5,
H.R.S., silo; Ron Gonie, lot
21, plan 22, Vanastra, house
alterations; Kenneth Larone,
Mill Road, house; McIntosh
Poultry Farms, barn ; George
Romaniuk, Heritage Park,
three mobile homes.
A demolition permit was
granted to Bill Martin,
Vanastra, to tear 4down a
building on Lot 26.
Approved for payment
were expenses: Vanastra
Day Care Centre, $3,265.84;
general accounts, $10,241.58;
Vanastra Recreation Centre,
$13,812.14; roads, $9,141.77 for
a total of $36,461.33.
Council discussed the
proposed amendments by the
Town of Seaforth to change
zoning from industrial to
residential for the low-cost
housing development and
from industrial to com-
mercial in the industrial park
for some buildings to be
erected, and decided they
would have no objection to the
changes.
Council will hold a meeting
May 23 at 9 p.m. to discuss the
engineer's report ori the
Gibbings drainage works.
The drain is estimated to cost
$5,625 of which $4,800 is
assessed to Tuckersmith and
$750 to Hullett Township.
Council agreed with a
request from the Ministry of
transportation and com-
munications that the speed
limit on highway 8 east of
Clinton in the township area
should .Jiave the present 70
kilometer section eliminated
as it is inefficient. The traffic
would go from 80 kilometers
to 50 kilometers.
Council will take no action
on the request from Larry
Brideau of Vanastra to
reduce his water bill because
of the variations in the last
three bills. He considered one
high account must be in-
correct but council said
meters that were defective
showed up with lower rates,
not higher rates.
Council again turned down
a request from Seaforth for
assistance with the Com-
munity Centre based on the
number of Tuckersmith
residents using it. Tucker -
Smith's share of the total
$76,34Q.66 budget is $1,365.
Previously Seaforth turned
down an offer of $500 from
Tuckersmith saying it would
not be fair for Tuckersmith
not to give its full share as the
other surrounding townships
do — Hullett, Hibbert and
McKillop.
Council approved payment
of its 30 per cent share of the
Seaforth Dump operating
expenses amounting to $1,409,
up from $1,324 last year. The
reason for the increase was
ministry of environment
demands for different
management of the dump.
Clerk McLachlan was
authorized to attend the zone
meeting in St. Marys on May
18 of the Association of
Municipal Clerks and
Treasurers.
Council learned that Amoco
is doing seismic testing in the
township again this summer
for oil. The meeting was
adjourned about midnight.
The Turner family, Bonnie, left, Barry, and dad George,
were among the entries at the talent night at Brucefield
Centennial School last Friday night. The show was held
to raise funds for the new playground to be built in the
school grounds. (Expositor photo)
Hensall: auaciliary o
By Bertha
MacGregor
Mrs. Edgar Munn returned
home after spending a week
with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Gooding and Dale in Parkhill.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Sangster and Bradley were
recent visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Hollandb Gwen
and Michael in Clinton.
Legion ladies'
elect officers
Mrs. Beatrice Uyl presided
at the May meeting of the
Ladies' Legion Auxiliary on
Monday evening in the Legion
Hall. The following officers
were elected for the year:
president, Mrs. Beatrice Uyl;
first vice-president, Mrs.
Margaret Vanstone; second
vice-president, Mrs. Alice
Neilands; treasurer, Mrs.
Mona Campbell; secretary,
Mrs. Donna Allen; sgt. at
arms, Mrs. Iva Reid; sports
convener, Mrs. Iva Reid;
executive, Mrs. Joan
Beierling; Vera Smale,
Wanda McClinchey; Jean
Munn, Mildred Chalmers.
The annual penny sale will
be on June 9. Tickets are
available from the members.
Plans were made to cater to
weddings.
The attendance prize was
battle sell using new video tape system
By Keith Roulston
Television has become the
newest weapon used by
farmers to seek a better deal
for themselves in the
marketing of cattle.
Video tape recordings of
market cattle are now being
used by the Ontario Beef
Exchange, a marketing
company set up by six Bruce
county beef producers.
Harvey Davis, head of the
exchange (OBEX) told
members of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture Thursday night
in Belgrave that the tapes
give cattlemen a chance to
sell the way any other seller
does, on his own property. In
the past he said, the farmer
has been at a disadvantage
because he has had to load up
his cattle and take them to a
community auction or ship
them to Toronto at con-
siderable expense and with
resulting stress on the cattle.
If he didn't like the price
offered, he had little choice
but to sell.
But OBEX's video tape
system allows a farmer to
keep his cattle on the farm
while buyers in Toronto bid
on them. If he likes the offer
he can sell. If he doesn't, he
can wait until the next week.
Mr. Davis explained that a
farmer wanting to sell cattle
through OBEX would list the
cattle with the exchange at
the end of one week, the truck
with video tape facilities
would be sent out to
photograph the cattle from
front, side, rear and an
overall shot then the tapes
are taken back to Toronto
where they are on view to
buyers from all packing
houses. On the Thursday of
the second week OBEX
telephones the farmer with
the top bid and the farmer
either accepts the bid, or
holds the cattle over for offer
again the next week. If he
accepts the bid, the cattle are
then shipped to their
destination where OBEX will
have them weighed before
being processed at the
packing house. The cattle can
be listed by live weight,
carcass weight and grade and
yield.
There can be up to 11 bids
on the cattle, Mr. Davis said,
and OBEX usually gets at
least five. About 95 per cent of
the 35,000 head' sold in the
first nine months of operation
have been sold on the first
listing.
Because of the danger of
bankruptcy on the part of a
packing house, Mr. Davis
says, OBEX is bonded and
guarantees payment to the
farmer within 48 hours.
OBEX started out making a
charge of $3.75 per animal, he
said, but now with the use of
expensive videotape
equipment, has increased the
charge to $4 for heifers and
$4.50 for steers. This is still
very competitive or lower
than other methods of
marketing, Mr. Davis
claimed. Because of the
expense of the videotape
truck's travel, small lots of
cattle a considerable distance
from Toronto are not taped
but are listed and sold by
dressed weight.
He said the concept of
videotaping the cattle has
been received well by buyers
and some packers are setting
up their own playback units to
use the OBEX tapes in their
own plants. -
Mr. Davis said that while
the success of OBEX has been
encouraging, the six partners
must get more listings to
make it a viable operation.
"If we can get to the point
where we handle a minimal
part of the cattle trade in
Ontario then there will be a
spinoff effect in the entire
industry," he said.
In other business, the
Huron Federation passed a
resolution that would ask that
a deposit of 50 per cent of the
,value of the product be placed
on the glass container for any
soft drink or liquor sold in
glass bottles. It was noted
that the damage done on
farms by broken glass is a
major problem to farmers. It
was hoped that a high deposit
would make people think
twice before hurling bottles
out the windows of speeding
cars into ditches or farmers'
fields.
Another resolution passed
called for farm implement
manufacturers to be com-
pelled to put a second point of
attachment on farm equip-
ment. Farmers complained
that while the law says they
Ontario has reformed its family laws.
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The purpose of the new legislation is to
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the family by bringing outmoded and
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covered are:
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• Support— the mutual obligation of
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• Domestic contracts—what they are
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• Abolition of the status of
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• Marriages—age of consent and civil
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• Succession rights — the rules for
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The Ministry of the Attorney General
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Family Law
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18 Kinh Street East
Toronto, Ontario
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William Davis, Premier
Province of Ontario
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must have a second method of
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piece of farm equipment,
there is often no place to
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Paul Ross was present
representing the Clinton
merchant$ to urge farmers to
take advantage of the op-
portunities to sell produce
through the Clinton Farmers
market. Tony McQuail said
there will also be a farmers
market in Lucknow this
summer.
Smile
Raising a family is the
process of finding out what
kind of parents your kids
would have preferred.
won by Mrs. Marg Vanstone
and the mystery and guessing
prize was won by Mrs.
Mildred Chalmers. A social
hour followed the Meeting.
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Mrs. Bertha MacGregor,
cers
District Deputy President of
the Rebekah assembly for
Horan District 23, attended
the District church service in
the Presbyterian Church
Brussels on Sunday. Mrs.
Ruby Bell P.D.D.P. and Mrs.
Alice Ferg accompanied the
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