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We are shocked by the + attitude
displayed at Huron County Council's
most recent session by the Huron Cpurity
--Pork Producers- who have requested irr~a
written brief to. have their news managed
by county officials. -
It seems that rather than run the risk
,af any adverse comment concerning their,
petitions, ,to the county body, the Huron
County, Pork Producers would penalize all
ratepayers in the county and request that
all news releases from county council
•.'originate with county officials.
The firsf part of a somewhat confusing
brief submitted by the Huron County
Pork Producers and signed by James
McGregor,, President, states:
"We believe _that the residents of
Huron County shoul.fte be'tter-informed ,
and have more available knowledge of
what the different county committees are
performing for them in programs, policies. --
and decisions within their elected year.
These reports of county activities should
' be performed :by someo.nel` within the
county office and sent to the press, radio
etc. and, therefore the public would not be
confused with unrealistic quotations and
personal opinions within county business
that we are subject to now." '
It is understood that the pork
producers ' of Huron • are grieved by a
.couple of remarks made in council by two
members from rural municipalties and
quoted or--(a-s- the pork producers seem to
hope).. misquoted in the county weekly
newspapers.
-•-The-matter which has,raised the' ire of
the pork producers here is the reference in
county council ka rn'onth or so ago to a"
petitio,n'to call a halt to the importing'of
beef into Canada. County council' did not
concur with the resolution, partly because
0111 Elston, Reeve of Morris, spoke in
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favor ,of maintaini.pg the -import-export
balance and partly because the Reeve of
Tuckersmith, Elgin Thompson indicated
rather strongly that the -beef farmers -were —
doing quite :well these days despite beef
imports.
We recall , the song "The Happy
Farmer"' and note that in today's farming
__population there are very few of the jovial
breed of farmer to be found. All the
public ever hears from the rural dwellers is
the tense tale of their dire plight—high
interest, low prices for produce, rising
costs of production.
Seldom is there any mention Of the
"good life" which used to be a part -of
farming. Rarely, is there any indication
that the farmer ---joys... . many
..:campensationsomhichxannot..be• measured -
in dollars and cents .... or is there any
explanation .of how many, many farmers.
.......•-•eontinue to" "spe'n'd, spend, Wspend for new
cars, new equipment, more land,, bigger
barns. -
And now it appears that while the
Huron County Pork Producers may have a
legitimate concern for the rock bottom
prices they are receiving for their bogs, we
must not only listen to their complaints
and sit in fear that they, along with other
farmers,' will go on strike and cut off all
food supplies for as long a period'—as
possible, °vie must also watch . patiently,
without protest, whine they petition
county government to shut off our
democratic' rights to leernr from usually
unbiased and fairly accurate reporters
concerning the .perforrrmance Of
... our
elected officials: •
We can only suggest that Huron
County Council inform the Huron,County
"Pork Producers that their latest petition is
out of order, completely in conflict with ,
• the concept'of freedom in Canada. -
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Pollution crackdown hits cottages
Ontario hopes to double its inspections the most popular areas . notably in
of cot • - I pnpu later' FaStPrn Canaria
Stephen Duncan reports in The Financial`
Post. While there is some doubt that the
,target' will be -met; it .clearly indicates the
growing vacation crackdown 'on ,the
man-made pollution of .recreational areas.
Canada's most popular vacation, spots
are being threatened by water pollution,
ironically by the cottegers who., in most _.
instances, were first attracted to country
living by the ',sparkling clear waters of
wi erness lakes and rivers.
dustrial pollution has taken its toll,
too --notably from mercury discharges m
into 'rivers in Northern Ontario, Manitoba
,and Saskatchewan: But the big threat in
comes from cottage septic systems.
-Ts year, The Financial. Post points
out, hlany cottages could—find—themselves
cast in the same light as urban industrial
polluters. P-rovincialand municipal.
authorities supported by citizen's groups
are taking a hard look at cottage pollution
and are beginning to put pressure on
Offenders. . .
The cottage -owning exectitive may sigh
wearily at the news. - Chances are he
spends hours during the week` being
bombarded' by 'environmental authorities
and ami -pollution activists. There will be
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little escape on weekends.
How job hunt looks to grads
For this year's crop of graduates with'
degrees", in law, business administration
engineering, it's' been a disillusioning
6... sDrtng, Paul Henry reports in The
Financial Post.
According ,to' one myth that died hard,
these were the graduates who were
remaining exceptions to the general
°tendency . for job -hunting to get tougher
and tougher' for people 'with lots of
education and little practical experience.
The Financial Post says that specialized
business and professional. graduates still
have better chances of finding work than
general degree holders., 40 percent to 50
percent of whom remain unemployed.
But the specialists aren't finding quite
the cushy jobs they have been expecting..
They had been conditioned by tales of the
golden `'mid-1960s, when any business
administration graduate could
(supposedly) walk out of college and into
a high -status, high -salaried job.
New graduates who insist on looking
for jobs of. that calibre may go on looking
for a " long time, placement services
officials told The Financial Post.
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TRAPPERS FOLLOWED, THE - BEAVER,'
PUSHING DEEPER INTO THE NORTH AMERICAN
TRAILS BLAZED BY TWESE, ADVENTURERS,
BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO THE REMOTE CORNERS
05 NEW FRANCE TOGETHER WITH THE TRADER'S,
FARMERS AND SETTLERS, THEY HELPED BUILD
AN EMPIRE.
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Huron Bd. of Ed.
seeking space
in Clinton area
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The Huron County .Board of
Education is only about two and
half years old and already;. -there
are ' accommodation problems
,looming. •
H was learned .aLlast..Tuesday.
a! .. vanirses,•; boaret edncatlti
meeting inr Clinton that space at
the former nurses' residence in
Clinton is not sufficient to house
Me presentboard of education
satisfactory to the Clinton
Public Hospital board but the
rent has been increased from
$2700 per annum to $3600 per
annum. And after the first of
July, the boar .of education. will
notice before moving out.
Director of education Da J.
Cochrane` outlined steps Whitt
have been aken to' locate
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too long, additional
accommodation will be required
to house the newly engaged
psychologist; .. psychometrist,
possibly three others to he
affiliated- ----with the ' special
education program for Huron, as
well as possible additional
clerical staff„
The board of Clinton Public
Hospital advised the board of
education for , Huron that it is
not, interested in evicting other
tenents presently. occupying
office . space in the building,
building an addition to the
premises or selling it. -
To, add even more urgency to.
the quest for new quarters, the
board of 'education's lease is up
in the former .nurses' residence
July 1, 1971. A month to month
rental arrangement ' will be
Looking across_ Huron _County.w�kly newspapers
There will be tours this
summer . of the .Bruce Nuclear -.-
Power Development says the
Wingham Advance -Times;
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The Information Centre- at
the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development will open its doors
for another season on Saturday.
The centre will be open to ,the
public seven days a week from
10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and for
the first time, feature guidedrbus
tours of the complex on
weekends -and • holidays.
Visitors rare invited to take in
the continuous program at the
Information Centre, discover the
wonders of the atom• through
films, models, and displays, view
construction progress' from an
observation bridge, and take a,
conducted bus tour df the
development..
The Bruce Nuclear Power
i veloprnent;:- which is a .joirlt
project of Ontario Hydro and
"Atomic Energy of Canada
is located between
Kincardine and Port Elgin on
Lake Huron with access- from
Highway .21,. To get there, travel
west from Highway_ 21 for'.5
miles on the Douglas. Point
access road; 'then follow the
signs marked Information
Centre.
Groups are also welcome and
may 'arrange special programs by
writing or calling the Public'
Relations Department, Bruce
Nuclear Power Development.
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There's a possible
amalgamation of ' • United
Churches., in Clinton says
News -Record:
Rev. H. W. Wonfor, minister
of Ontario Street United Church
for . the past two years, has
accepted a call to a three point
charge in - Maidstone, Essex
County. •
Mr. Wonfor announced. his
decision on Sunday t� his
parishioners, staing that he felt
strongly that Clinton no longer
had either the )resources of
leadership or the finances to
support two Unite • Churches.
"My departur-," he said,
"will leave .the ay . open for
amalgamation w ich I feel
would be a good t ng."
The future of t e church will
be decided by the l� hurch board
• following a c i ngregational
Meeting when the decision of
whether . to call for a new
minister or amal; : mate with
Wesley -Willis Unite. Church will
be made.
Mr. Wonfor said - his
resignation was e.ff . tive July
' 31.
other similar items were
substituted so that there was no
apparent shortage on the shelves.
Mr. Hart, who is active in
bottle and glass , 'wilectors
organizations said that Glasfax, a
central Organization • serving
collectors"•' across Canada. had
been notified of the thefts.
Glasfax, in turn notifies .other
collectors so that the items,
which have been stolen would be
recognized if an effort was made
to dispose of them.
Seaforth police and the • OPP
are investigating -the thefts.
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Grand Bend is off to a flying
start this season notes the Exeter
Tir_ries-Advocate:
• Record crowds flocked to
Grand Bend for the first official
-holiday of the .summer season.
Sgt. Cecil Hawke in charge of
the Grand Bend Ontario Police
detachment said several of his
officers 'that have been on GB
duty in previous years said the
Saturday and Sunday crowds
were the largest they,'Thad seen
on any' Victoria Day'holiday.
The rain showers of Monday
slowed the flow of .tourists. and
early Monday afternoon, all,
highways 'leaving Grand Bend
were crowded with youthful
hitchhikers.
One Grand. Bend Merchant
. said his business over the
weekend was the second best. he
had experienced in more than
four years. *
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The Zurich Citizens -News
reports on the. new Legion
executive members at Hensal:.
.'Victor Stan ' was installed
' Saturday as 1971 president of
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
486, Hensall. He succeeds Paul
Neilands. '
Vice-presidents are Murray
Traquair 'and'' Jim Chalmer . W;
H. Bell is sergeant -at -arms and
Sam Rannie secretary -treasurer°.
Also on the `executive are:
Wilmer Dalrymple, Jim Stan;
Grant McClinchey, Stan Kochan,
Larry Uyl, Garnet' Allan, E.R.
Davis and Jim Smale:. Fred Beer
was installed as ,service bureau
officer., ,
In the same ceremony, M.S.
E. R. Davis was' installed, as
president of the ladies -auxiliary.
She succeeds Mrs. Garnet 'Allan.
Mrs. Mildred Chalmers. and.
Mrs. Beatrice U. 1 are "letters of complaint" to R. E.
vice=presidents:' S�ecretry is Mrs.— •
McKi.nle3i ..MP_ andC. S:
W. I -I. Bell and teeasure Mrs. MacNaughton.
Grant Bisback.. Sergeant -at -arms
is Mrs. Clarence Reid, who was
also 'installed as sports officer.
Mrs. Ed Munn 'was named
auxiliary pianist.
Also on the executive are
Mrs.. Howard Smale, Mrs..
William Smale, • Mrs. Mary
Taylor, Mrs. John Skew and Mrs.
.Paul Neilands, •
a erna e accommo ation in the
Clinton area. Spence Cummings; ,
the county development officer
at CFB Clinton was contacted
Concerning possible space at the
former air force base and a letter
was subsequently received 'from
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton
suggesting that facilities at CFB
Clinton would • very likely, be
available to the board. The
Ontario Development
Corporation officials even agreed
to arrange for a tour of the base
to see ' the accommodation
available before the
announcement of the federal
government's decision to put a
hold on the closure of CFB
Clinton was made.
"Maybe we were too small a
deal," :reportect" ..-Cla"r"ence
McDonal,' Exeter, chairman of
the committee in charge of
office accommodation who also•-••
advised that between ten and
twelve thousand square feet, of
'space was needed.
"The- government works
slowly but Ontario Hydro is in
there now and, I think the door
iS open," continued McDonald..
" I'think we should push .a little
harder in Toronto and Ottawa.,"
"If 10,000 square feet is too
°small it..would indicate they're
not too anxious to find
tenants," stated Chairman Bob
Elliott `We, may be insignificant
but we spend as . much money as
anybody in this county."
On the' suggestion of Mrs.
Marilyn Kunder, Seaforth,.
recision was reached to forward
Reserved for public opinion
APPRECIATES ELLIOTT
Dear Mr. Editor:
have enclosed my cheque
for renewal of subscription.
I take this opportunity 'to
express my n appreciation of the
° interesting articles appearing in
your paper by Mr. W. E. Eliot. I
am sure these fine articles are
enjoyed' by . many of your
readers and especially by those
of us who grew up in the area.
Yours truly,
Colin M. Young
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A bottle thief in aforth?
That's what the 'f-iuron-
Expositor reports:
A number of valuable bottles,
jars arid jugs have been stolen
recently from the extensive
collection owned by Wm. M.
Hart, Seaforth..
The thieves . carefully
reanouftaged the thefts- .and it
was not tibeit last Week that the
loss was discovered.
Dear,Sir,
Again I take pen in hand in
an effort to explain to the urban
dwellers some of. the problems
of farmers. '
• The reason• we have, to
establish a rural -urban alliance is
because we as farmers are only
9%'of the total poptiiation sowe
have very little political power.
Unless we get our message tothe
people in the' urban areas, the
Government • and Corporations.
who control the Mass Media
(TV, radio, Newspapers) will use
this mass.. media to discredit
what we do.
-As long as the urban people
are kept uninformed about what
is happening to the rural
communities, the Government
can simply go • ahead and
implement the Agricultural
policies .they have outlined —
disregarding farmers.
Did you know that out of the
total money set aside. for
Agricultural" research ii1 Canada
only 0.3% is put into
investigating markets and prices
and 90% is spent on figuring ciut
Now we can produce more? In
any cases, we don't' need to
pp►duce more, we need more for
what we produce.
control imports on commodities
in which we already have a
su'rplus.'
Did you know that .as late as
April 21, 1971, Mr. Olson
invited our National Executive
to a meeting in Ottawa to
discuss, tris proposals as to How
To Remove Farmers Off the
Land? His proposal consists of
settiup, offices across this nation,
staffed with experts, counsellors,
advisors etc., to help the farmers
off the land and,another battery
of experts to council and advise
farmers remaining on the land
and a third gang with money
from the Agricultural budget to
help farmers that are pushed off
the land ,with their "social
problems".
This is a highly sophisticated
organized effort to eliminate the
independent family -type farm as
the major prod' car of food in
Canada.. Consequently it will
° In the meantime, Mrs. J. , W.
Wallace, Goderich, had' another
idea for consideration of board
members,
k "The lot that the old Victor
Lauriston school - stood on. in
Goderich has,a For Sale sign on
it," offered Mrs. Wallace.
Announcement was also
made of the South Huron
District.. High School's Outer's
Club canoe trip, .0 Algoncjurn-„
Park with the cost 'to be borne.
by. the students. Two staff
members ., who have been
.working all year with the club
' vii ervise_themutin_g
take a well -organized , effort to..
change the current trends.
Again. we urge our urban
dwellers to write to members of
parliament and newspapers
complaining about Government
Agricultural Policies.
• Yours truly,
Mrs. Charles Wilkins,
Sec. Local 335
National Farmers Union
respdnsible was well informed
concerning : the collection and
had knowledge of the various
bottles. In most cases the most
desirable and valuable items
were. taken. To delay detection
Agriculture the.power to
determine , what Shall be
produced, blit in no way does it
allow the farmer to put a price
on his product to get , „ profit
baolt iri faarning? Nor does it
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