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Absentee owners worry...
• from page 12 farms in Riddell's area
spread pretty thinly in might be available. The
the opposition parties". - realtor was representing
Murray Gaunt said he' German money, he said.
had heard land in many The member of
parts of Germany was parliament said some -
now selling for $6,000 an farmers don't see the
acre, so German buyers foreign ownership
are purchasing land in question as a bad thing.
Canada as an investment. They say that the only
Jack Riddell told the way younger farmers can
federation members he get ptarted today is to
had recently been visited rent land from foreign
by a London realtor who owners.
wanted to know which Gerry Fortune
Ausabie-Bayfield...
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mittees. .
Each nominated person
was asked if they were
willing to stand for
election and in all in-
stances but one, an
election was necessary.
Five names were
nominated for chairman
of the Community
Relations board. One,
Leone Rowatt of Seaforth
declined but added, "I
would be interested in the
,.vice-c•h'airman' s
position."
When all nominating
ballots for the vice-
chairman were gathered,
Mrs. Rowatt's was the
only name received and
she was elected by ac-
clamation.
Don Lithgow of
Bosanquet was named
chairman of the Con-
servation Areas board
while John Whitmore of
Ailsa Craig is vice-
chairman. Other
members are William
Dowding, Fred Dobbs
Sr., Joseph Gibson,
Gordon Mogk, Bill
Schlegel, Fred Lewis,
Ernest Brown, John
Duncan and Douglas
Gilpin.
Paul Steckle of Stanley
and Bill Thirlwall of Lobo
Township will head the
Water Management
board. Other members
are Charles Corbett; Judy
Uniak, Cecil Desj-ardine,
Gordon Johnson, Erwin
Sillery, Henry Harburn,
Harry Klungel, Fred
Dobbs Jr. and Allan
Roder.
The Community
Relations committee will
be chaired by Frank
McFadden of Bayfield
with Leone Rowatt of
Seaforth as vice-
chairman. Others on the
board are Eldrid 'Sim-
mons, John McKichan,
John Tinney, Fred
Haberer, George Pedlar,
Bill Amos, Jake Reder
and Allan Campbell.
The financial report
indicated that $271,771.76
was spent on capital
projects in 1978 making
the grand total to date
$4,961,844.86.
Resources
manager
Bill Mungall brought
members up to date on
development of a number
of conservation areas.
These included
realigning ' roads to the
gate house, landscaping
and management of
several tracts of trees in
the Parkhill area;
completing a washroom
complex at Rock Glenn;
new entrance to the
Clinton Conservation
area; modifying of
washrooms at Port
Blake, a new entrance to
serve the pavilion at
Morrison Dam and a
picnic pavilion •at the
Zurich area.
Five retiring board
members who have
served five or more years
were presented with
plaques by Jim Anderson
of the Ontario Ministry.
These included
Freeman Hodgins of
Parkhill, who was a
charter member when
the Authority was
organized in 1946; Elgin
Thompson of Tucker -
smith who served 19
years, Wilson Hodgins,
Biddulph and Joe
Dietrich, Stephen each
seven years and Leroy
Thiel, Zurich Six years.
The newrepresen-
tatives replacing the
honoured retirees are
George Pedlar? Parkhill;
Ervin- Sillery, Tucker -
smith; Fred Dobbs Jr.,
Biddulph; Cecil
Desjardine, Stephen and
Fred Haberer, Zurich.
The sixth new member is
Judy Uniak, Grand Bend
replacing Bob Simpson.
Resources manager
Mungall said an
operation Review Study
of the Parkhill Dam will -
be undertaken this year.
He said it is expected, to
suggest modifications of
operation of the dam
during flood times to
overcome the ongoing
flooding problem in the
Klondyke area.
Continuation of a
Canada Works project is
expected to upgrade trail
conditions in the Hay
Swamp, Morrison Dam -
Exeter and Parkhill
areas.
Two new staff mem-
bers have been added
under Canada Works
programs. They are John
Small who will be
preparing a master plan
for the Parkhill Con-
servation area and Barb
Borrowman, who will be
preparing outdoor
education kits for area
elementary schools.
responded to Riddell's
comment about his
party's research
department but saying,
"If you've ever seen our
(the OFA's) research
department, you'll know
what stretched is..."
Rev. Brown of Bluevale.
a federation director,
asked if the provincial
government is looking at
what provinces like
Saskatchewan are doing
to limit foreign owner-
ship.
Riddell said again that
the provincial minister of
agriculture didn't seem
to think the issue was a
serious problem.
Ms. Brown responded,
"Would it make a dif-
ference if we could prove
it was?"
Gerry Fortune said she
understood the province
Of Quebec was also
discussing the foreign
ownership issue. She
added, "You either do
something now when you
have the chance or you
admit you're willing to
allow our natural
resources to be sold."
DIFFERENT THING
Frank Falconer, of
Tuckersmith Township,
one of the guests at the
dinner, said he objected
to the foreign ownership
issue "since half the
farmers here in Huron
County are foreigners."
Mrs. Fortune explained
the federation wasn't
concerned about people
living in the county, but
rather about foreign
investors buying the land
and becoming absentee
landlords.
Frank Wall, a member
of the OFA executive,
said the result of foreign
investment is "increased
land prices for all of us
who are here."
He said farmers have
to increase their prices -to
compete with the large
blocs of foreign money
and this eventually will
mean increased prices to
the consumer.
He said the federation
doesn't'mi t'd farm people
coming ` fti 'from other
countries and ''arming
the land since "all of us
were imports at one
time."
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979—PAGE 13
Huron County 4-H leaders attended the Provincial
4-H Leaders' Conference at Toronto recently. From
left are Ken Mewhinney, RR1 Lucknow; Michael
Rogers, RR5 Goderich; Gordon Lobb, RR3 Clinton;
Sandy Bunker, associate agricultural represen-
tative, Lambton County; Robert Hern, RR1
Woodham; and Allan Haugh, RR1 Brucefield.
,(Photo Courtesy Ministry of Agriculture and Food)
news farm news
Map le Keys area gets grant
A $24,000 Ontario grant
will be used by the
Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority to
further assist develop-
ment of the 40 -hectare
(100 -acre) Maple Keys
Sugar Bush Conservation
Area.
he conservation area
is within a 24 -kilometre
(15 -mile) radious of
Listowel and the villages
of Ethel, Molesworth,
Brussels and Atwood,
In approving the
project, Natural
Resources Minister
James A.C..Auld said the
conservation,, area's
excellent wood1ot
provides a good op-
portunity to demonstrate
maple syrup production
.and other resource
management practices.
A wildlife management
program will also be
undertaken to improve
habitat in the less
productive forest areas.
Other improvements will
include an extensive trail
system
A BEAUTIFUL
NEW KITCHEN
AIEA ISN'T
OUR ONLY
BRIGHT IDEA.
McKillop Insurance
has large surplus
Gains in the amount of
insurance at risk were
reported to the annual
meeting of the McKillop
Mutual Fire Insurance on
Friday afternoon in the
Town Hall. At the same
time, reserves have
grown in proportion to
increased insurance in
force, while the com-
company's surplus in- •
creased from $790,554.00
to $946,311.
President Ken Car-
nochan reviewed
highlights of the annual
report with
policyholders. He warned
that increased uses of
woodstoves could con-
tribute to increased risks
unless special care taken.
During the year, losses
paid totalled $162,318.00
of which $49,695.00 was
recovered through
reinsurance.
The meeting re-elected
Donald McKercher
Lavern Godkin, Ross
Leonhardt and John
Taylor to the board and at
a subsequent meeting,
the board named Donald
McKercher, RR 1, Dublin
as president and John H.
McEwing, RR 1 Blyth as
vice-president.
Other directors of- the
103 year old company
are, Ken G. Carnochan,
Ross Leonhardt, Stanley
Mcllwain, John A.
Taylor, J.N. Trewartha
and 'Stuart Wilson. Mrs.
Margaret Sharp is
secretary -treasurer.
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