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Dear Read. rs
COntiotted ,from. *pogo, 2
farm. operators in 10 years,
Where did they go? There is a
common, belief that rhile the
number of farm' operator's
decreased, `the site of the farm
operations increased. In other
words, there were fewer farmers
but they had larger farnn%
We've seen that happening in
this county, of course:A young
Leiters
(Continued front page 2)
on soft drink containers actually
being imposed
We hope that any interested
people will make their views
known to their council or to out
group.
Yours truly,
Douglas H. Harding MD.
President
Pollution Probe Oakville
373 Ninth Line,, Oakville.
Slumps please
Dear Editor,
Especially at Christmas -time,
I think of all the cancelled
postage stamps that are
needlessly discarded. These
seemingly worthless articles,
from any country, are sold in
bulk, to stamp dealers, by the
Scarboro Fathers, to help
finance mission projects ih many
parts of the world.
Ib 10 months I have received
over 120 lbs. of cancelled
postage stamps in small quan-
tifies, ina°very large quantities,
from banks, schools, service
clubs, companies, individuals,
etc. They add up quickly if
w' r„,everyone collects them for me.
It hardly takes a second to rip
the cancelled postage stamps off
of an envelope leaving a bit of
paper around it.
Thank you, everyone, for all
the cancelled postage stamps
you've sent me. Sorry I cannot
answer each note individually
because of time and return
postage involved.
Pleasesend(by "Third Class"
mail) or bring -all cancelled
postage stamps, anytime of the
year to:
Mrs. R.M. Chmay
230 Jarvis Street
Fort Erie, Ontario.
•
arnbitiotis new fanner buys a
full tine of equipment as well' as
ti the farm next door and the farm
across the concession. He's well
in debt but he's,got substantial
holdings, It happens all the
time.
Or• a father ar l son
oobanatiun .will ;buy up as
much land around them as they
can handle together and make it
a Limited Company agreement.
Just two farmers ,.., but enough,.
land between them to keep six
farmers going ten years ago,
,The most 4interesting set of
statistics is the .next set: In 1961
in Huron, there were 765,135
acres of farmland; in 1906,
752,043 acres; and in 4971
742,965 acres.
Somequick mathematics
shows that .Huron has lost
22,170 acres of farmland in 10
years.
The article states, "The con-
cern of many people in the
region, both rural and urban
dwellers, centres on the fact that
some of the most productive
.agricultural land in the province
is being swallowed ° up by urban
sprawl. The protection of prime
agricultural „land is becoming a
real concern of many people."
And , here's another tidbit
which may Ate pf interest to
some. Statistics show. that in-
come from sales of agricultural
products ' in the counties of
Huron, Perth, Waterloo and
Wellington increased by nearly
58 million dollars between 1961
and 1966. Figure for the fiver
year period ending in 1971 will
not be available until near the
end of this year.
There's no indication
however, of the variance in in-
vestment costs, marketing costs
'and Operating costs to the
farmers. That would make a
most -interesting . com.parative .
• point. a's we
.The article concrudes: "The
farmer cannot escape the
changing scene in Midwestern
Ontario. There are fewer farms
and bigger farms. ,Tlie farmer
today is a businessman
operating one of the most essen-
tial industries in the 'country.
Whatever happens to
agriculture and agricultural
land in the coming years all
depends on the farmer."
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On Monday, Kenneth Elmer Wettlaufer, 20, of Goderich,
was engaged in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, as a Third .Class
Constable andhas been posted to "Depot" Division,
Regina• .Saskatchewan for recruit 'training. Constable
Wettlaufer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wettlaufer of
205 Warren Street in Goderich but has been employed
since December of 1971 as a Civilian Guard at the R.C.M.P.
detachment in Yellowknife. Swearing-in ceremonies were
conducted by Inspector Hugh A. Feagan, Officer
Commanding the Yellowknife Sub -Division, R.C.M.P., who
is also a native of Goderich and a 22 -year veteran of the
force . His parents, . Mr. and Mrs. Chester Feagan, reside.at
128 Palmerston` htreef:' (R:C:Nf;P: ritioto'j
Colborfle :mtmg • • •
continued from page 1
Area, warranted the additional
expense.
Durst said it might cost as
much as $150 per mile.
"With '50 percent subsidized
by the 'government," added the
ratepayer.
The new deputy -reeve Roy
Allin dealt with the financial
,report, He painted a .somewhat
gloomy picture, stating, that
come on assessment` isn t rising
but costs are all up".
Councillor' Grant McPhee
told themeeting.council is still
looking for a new dump site -
and is "negotiating"at the
present time.
McPhee said he was' not in
favor .of • a joint dumping
agreement at a landfill site out-
side of Colborne. He said that
Colborne is presently a clean
township and • he feels that
maintaining a township dump
contributes to the clean)iness of
the municipality.
For dumping services at
Holmesville, it was learned that
Colborne ratepayers would have
to pay $2 per capita per year as
well as trucking costs.
No cost estimate has been
received from Ashfield.
Vince Young, candidate for
the Huron -Perth Separate
School Board, was on hand for
the evening. On the matter of
Education Minister Torp Wells'
directive that there be greater
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co-operation between school
boards where bus transportation
is concerned, Young stated such
co-operation has been in effect
in some areas for "years and
years".
Young,, did point out that it
could have been advantageous if
county school boards would
have come into effect before the
school building boom when so
many new central schools were
established. • He suggested i
' woui2l' lien. have been'simples tQ
work out co -opo •att've tfanspor..
)ation routes.
The three candidates for
Huron County Board of
Education for Colborne and
Goderic"li .Townships, spoke to
the assembly.
The first speaker, R. J. Carter,
'a former ' school teacher at
• GDCI,said education was "big
business" these days. He
outlined his business abilities as
well as his first-hand knowledge
of the farming industry. and
• claimed his experience would be
valuable to the ratepayers of
Colborne.
Carter said he was concerned
about the influence or the lack
of it - that the school had on the
students.
He added that he would
tolerate "nothing that.smacks of
atheism" and said that he was
vitally interested in the types of
books the students studied from
in the schools. .
John Westbrook, the father
of four children - two in
Holmesville ..PS,one at GDCI
and one in University - said he
was a successfulfarmer who
had a "common bond" with the
ratepayers of the area.
Bob Swartmah, a, Goderich
.., businesspari who is the father of
two cfi'ldren at Colborne Cen-
tral School, said he would be
"available to'residents" if elec-
ted. He said Colborne School
needed a library and promised
to bring "a businessman's ap-
proach" to education in Huron.
Hugh Hill, the veteran
o< y :Ql1 QI ne_ ' PW.,nObiP •..4'0'10ent _
who has been chairman of the
annual meetings in that town-
ship for many years, spoke
'briefly at the close of the
evening.
He said he was pleased to see
that two women had attended
the meeting and added that in
his opinion, More women should
become involved in municipal
affairs;- particularly school
board.
He criticised the new system
of nominations introduced this
-year and said itwould not en-
courage mare people to par-
ticipate.
"People have enough in-
telligence , to attend a
nomonntion - meeting to select
their candidates," stated Hill.
"That's a far better system than
being buttonholed for a
signature by someone who
wants the office."
Hill said that, present boards
and council were dealing with
many varied problems today.
"They have more problems
than we old fellows ever
dreamed of," concluded Hill, -
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Logion irach l09
ERICA
The November meeting of
Legion Branch 109 was held in
the Green Boom on Tuesday,
November 21, The minutes of
,the October, meeting, theQreport
of the executive and the treas-
urer; s report were approved by
thefloor.
From the property chairman,
Comrade G.. Chainbers, the
members.Jearned that the reno-
vations
enovations of the front verandah
are complete and a new fan has
been installed in the lower
lounge.
Four new applicants, R. Cor-
nish, A, C. Brandon, S. E.
Thompson and E. Van den-
Broek were accepted as mem-
bers of Branch 109. Comrade H.
Johnston stated that 141 mem-
bers have paid their 1973 dues
under the early -bird plan. The
meeting annro ori n plan to
indicate on the mimbershp
board a member's service in
either Army, Navy or Air Force.
The Sick and Welfare Chair-
man, Comrade D. MCMillnn
reported the following in hospi-
tal: in. Westminster, J. Dodkin
and Wnl. McGill; and in. the lo-
cal hQspitai, Comrades Ed.,
Dain, Wm. McKay and Frank
Young.
A special thanks was extend=
ed to Comrade McMillan for the
part he played in the success of
the reunion of World War I vet-
erans in Brussels.
In Legion sports, the mem-
bers were informed that the
Legion Rifle Club will stage its
first weekly shoot on Monday,
Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Colle-
giate range. ,
A report of activities sched-
uled for the Green Room in
December is as follows: Legion
Christmas Draw on Dec. 13;
Children's Christmas Pally on.
Dec. 18, Legion -Christmas
Dance on Dee , and, the ..Le—
gion New Year's Dance on t*c�
31.
The Branch apprpvedfdonww
tions to the C.N.t.B,, the Lake.
town Dand and the Goderich
Minor Hockey .Association, The
floor also passed a motion• that
the Branch engage the Seaforth
Girls Trumpet ,Band t4 p ay in.
the Santa Claus Parade:
Appreciation was expressed
to those members of the'Branch
who supported the Poppy Cam-
paign arid the Church and Cen-
otaph. Parade. A full .report on
the suceess of ..the Poppy Cam-
, paign is to be presented by the
Poppy Chairman at the General
Meeting in December.
VOLLEYBALL GIRLS --Mrs.
l)owds our gym teacher has
decided to choose some individ-
uals to play against the St:
Marys volleyball team.
They will play St. Marys some
time in the future. The names.
of the volleyball. team are Bren-
da. Lougheed . Sandy'-°M'erram,
Teresa Streeter, Dawn Oke,
Nadine Mackay, Joni Thomp-
son, Barb •Shetton, Debbie El-
sorn, Ann Robertson. Judy Lan-
gridge, Kathy Fielder, Shelly
Hill, Claudia Hill and ,,Cathy
It leek.
VOLLEYBALL BOYS—The
boys volleyball has begun. It
wil1' be played class against
class. We would like to thank
Mr. Leggatt for all the sports he
has arranged for us, to partici-
pate in. • •
RFD CROSS—This Year Mrs.
Shaddick's Red Cross is taking
- in 10 cents a month from each
student. At' the end of the
school year they, should have
$33, plus other money doing
other things,,
R.E:C.-.-Robertson Exercise
club •(R.E.C.) is in full swing.
"R:E;C s ifiad - ti'p_of bays =snow .
girls ,from grades 3, to 3. The
club was formed this year with
the idea of letting the students
,use school equipment under
supervision after 4:00 p.m. by
Mr. Leggatt.
The schedule is presently Sr.
Girls Monday; Sr. Boys Tuesday,
Jr. Girls Wednesday, and Jr.
Boys Thursday, from • 4:00 tq •
4:30.
A few of the activities are vol-
leyball, basketball, gymnastics,
rope climbing and trumbling.
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