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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-02-27, Page 2• -advance-Times, February 27, 1 t ave, Personal Notes.. Mrs. Richard Balli spent the weekend d parents., Mr. and Hose Anderzon. and Erin Johnston of 4lerton returned home on Sunday with their parents after spreading 10 days with their, grandparents, Mr. and. Mrs. Rout Granby while their parents, Mr rind Mrs. George Jo sten: - Oe, vacdL: :..n Jaaaaaa: t. Fri ,ads are plea, e ; hear that !Losse Campbell ads a to rret'i r to his!name last w,' - after being a patient in licit Wmgham and District Hos- Mr . George Mammae re- turned last Thursday after spending a week witb her daughter and son. -in-law; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Tetirigay, 1 Piton, of POPO, ltlberta. Mr. and MS. Rod Ansley, Kevin and Carrie of Blyth visited on Sunday with their awit, Mrs. Olive. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Glyn Wide, Kimberly, Jennifer and Trevor of Monist Hope spent the weekend with her parents, Mr . and Mrs. - Garner Nichol- son Intended for last week) ° is Robert Procter and .-s . Howard Zettier of Blyth sated cie 'ug last week With Dennis Easels of Sarnia and all travelled to Grand Bead and other points of in- tez , Mrs. Procter and Mrs. Zettler also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mayberry arid family of Londesboro the same day. The Sunday morning wor- shippers had a special treat when Gale and Harry Lear joined in the,aervice. Harry sang In the Garden', accomp- anied by Gale at the organ. Mr. Lear also sang `Somebody The Huronview Auxiliary came to Huronview on Monday afternoon to help celebrate with all residents whose birthdays are in Febru- ary. Mrs. Radford started the program off by playing several musical pieces on the piano. Mrs McCall entertained the residents by playing waltzes he composed himself. He was accompanied by Ruby Phillips at the. piano. Mr. Fled tuned up .his violin and played some toe tapping music. Mrs.: Lockhart, who vas enicee,for the afternoon,9. gave a speehilareading. The p$grnni was otmded off with a,?Singsong tied by Mr. Flett. Jira . Ruddock thanked the entertainers and an iliary. Cupcakes and tea wereservecf after the birthday gifts were distributed. Mrs. Bean, Mrs. L. Cart- wright, Mrs. D. Waghorn, Miss M. Van Camp and Mr. O. Jervis have been busy each morning painting ceramics. Believe it or not orders for Christmas trees are still being filled out. Rev. Keith Gonyou conduct- ed Bible Study on Thursday afternoon. We would like to welcome Tom Yearly, who is a new resident. Mr. Yearly is from Exeter and is a brother of Jennie Lawson. Ella Elder of seaferth is also a new, resident. She_,. is a sister of Rossie Sholdice and a cousin of Mrs. G. Peck. Also we would like to welcome Albert Earnest Townshend, who is originally from Goderich Township. Sympathy is extended to the families of Sybill Courtice and Jane McGregor: Home News AERIAL FARM PHOTOS What does , your 'farm look like from the air? There's an easy way to find out that most people don't . knew about. Every couple of years, aerial photos are taken of sections of the province. These black and white photos show a lot of de- tail and are available in several sizes and enlarge- ments. What are :.the advantages of having your own air photo? The most popular use is simply the satisfaction of looking over your farm and seeing things from a different viewpoint. Instances between buildings and sizes of fields can be scaled off the prints. Recently -completed drainage works show up fairly well making the photo a good re- cord of tile locations. Some farmers trace their fields on a • plastic overlay and keep re- cords of cropping practices over the years. The good part about it is the price. A 40' in. by 40 in. print with a scale of 208 feet to the inch costs just under $10. The same area in a 10 in. by 10 in. print costs about $2.50. This covers . an area: of about 2% square miles. Photos of Huron County were last taken in 1978. These are available from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Clinton and Ministry of Natural Resources in Wing - ham. Ron Fleming, Agricultural Engineer your used or unwanted furniture, SELL appliances and other items through a classified ad in The Wingham Advance -Times The Classified Ad Section brings the market- place right into your home. Coll today. 357.2320 • East Wawenosh Township Council has agreed to have a property tax study prepared as the fust step toward ironing out inequalities hi assessment in the township: The study will give council a clearer idea of the effects of having the township reassessed under Section 86 of the Assessment Act. R will then have the chance to decide whether to carry on with re- assessment, or to leave things as they are. Councillors heard about the reasons for going with a reassessment under Section 86 during a special meeting last week with Ken Fagan and Brian Allen of the regional assessment office, Goderich. Mr. Fagan described how such a reassessment of property values would be carried out and what it would accomplish. He added that so far 18 of the 28 municipalities in Huron County have taken the first step toward reassess- ment, and said he, hopes the other 10 will have done the same by the end, of this year. In simple terms the effect of reassessment under Section is to even out the existing inequalities in assessment of properties within each of the three general classes: resi- dential, commercial ; and farm, he said. It would not increase the total assessment in the town- ship, nor would it shift the balance of taxes from one class of property to another. Total assessment in the town- ship would remain the same after reassessment as before, and each class of property W0.414 loley thlt shone f wofhe total taxes,' Howeverwithin each classit- Hestina) .some properties woul,�d ', paying more tint ei , e others would pay ides • . `Fagan illustrated Ms eXPilaWito#k. by showing the councillors statistics front their' own township asc well as from a tae~ study done for another a tatinicipality. Of the 355 farm properties in East Waw.amsh, 108 (30 per Gent) Ire currently over assessed, and constequentl.- paying mote than .their f# share of taxes, while: 101 f29 per cent) are under assessed acrd paying less than their share, he slid. Of the :`82 residential properties; oa the assessment roll, 31 are over assessed and 28 are under assessed, while of L�werfarm interest rates urged at federation meet "The present level of ex- cessively high interest rates, besides adding to the current inflationary spiral, is getting a stranglehold on many farm 'businesses," said Jim McIntosh, executive director for the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. In one of 11 briefs presented to MPPs Jack Riddell and Murray Gaunt and newly elected MP Murray Cardiff during an . HFA meeting in Clinton Saturday, he suggested that interest rates on some term loans for agriculture should be lowered toeight per cent, as they are in Quebec. "Many provinces in Canada operate their own farm loan program or offer an interest subsidy on specified existing loan programs to qualifying farmers. Ontario may be the only province whichAni* not Offer any incentive r toOneg; fara&rs borrowmg;.$e,1arge... sums of money necessary to get established in agriculture," he said. While insisting that a Junior Farmer Loan Program should be established in Ontario, Mr. McIntosh cited several examples why young farmers find it difficult to compete. He "The recent rapid increase in interest rates from 10 to 15 per cent has added six cents per quart to the cost of inilk, 39 cents per pound of beef at the - retail level and 27 cents per bushel of corn." He added that a $100,000 loan, repaid over a 20 -year period, actually costs the borrower $381,455 if borrowed at a 15 per cent interest rate. He insisted that the high rates are unnecessary. because they at least should be set according to Canadian inflationary pressures,'. not those of the United States which are currently about three per cent higher than Canada's. In another brief Paul Klopp, a member of the agriculture energy committee, stated, "Farmers must be kept in the number one priority in regards to fuel supply," and added that supply should be available at affordable prices. Mr. Klapp suggested that although more fuel is a must for fanners, due to larger equipment and more acres. cultivated, they.have been and always will be energy con- servers. "During the years 1965-1977 non-farm gasoline use rose by 84 per cent, while farm con- sumption increased by only 21 per cent. Also non-farm diesel fuel consumption more than doubled in the same time period, from 1031 million gallons in 1965 to 2406 million gallons in 1977. Farm con- sumption on the other hand increased bnly 58 per cent, despite the major shift from gasoline powered equipment to diesel power."_ Mrs.. Gerry Fortune, first vice-president and the federation's regional director for Northeast Huron was enthused that the Petty. Trespass Act is seemingly well on its way to being passed, but insisted that the government's response to the problem of absentee foreign ownership of farmland, "has been haphazard and inadequate". In his defense MPP Jack Riddell stated that he sub- mitted a bill on foreign ownership over a year ago, but so far it has not been dealt with. "I don't know what more we can do but keep in- troducing bills and hope that someday the government will see fit to do something," he said. The farm drainage loan program was also up for discussion as Bill McGregor suggested, "at the whim of the present agricultural minister the program has been changed to one of complete inefficiency." To date a farmer may borrow up to 75 per cent of tile and installation costs at an interest rate sof six per cent. The proposed .program states that he may borrow up to $10,000 per . year for drainage, with a i,maximurn ac- cumulative amount totalling, $40,000 outstanding. "The inefficiency built into such a system is that a farmer must schedule his drainage program over four years, rather than completing the job in one year. The problems associated with having part of a field detained and part not draiped should be .obvious, even tO Mi. Henderson " Otherbriefs submitted dealt with the fear that Saturday mail delivery may be cut off from farmers, further ad- vertising of. butter despite the federal goy.teent'sdetision to no longer help ftind the program ;=and the proposed - financial e eeteetion: plea for Huron ca emen. Thelnernbers of.parly4'ai nerit listened ` to 'and asked questions about many of the briefs. For the most part they simply suggested that a closer look would be given to each to see what could be done about the farmers' concerns. BELGRAVE H The second meeting of the "Bedside Knotters" was held on Feb: 18. ' The members opened the meeting with the 4-H Pledge. Each described a piece of macrame they had seen. They filled in a chart on their likes and dislikes to . learn more about them . They also learned their color personalities. The next meeting will be held Monday, Feb.. 25 at the East Wawanosh Public School. 10 commercial protertlea, . ;Weever aaaeased and fear are tinder The t car led Cut .a the whole county heritth ues le ese wo�uld`ptonlrobabl used as die base for re atael- • :,with the H �P' butting the tax in; moire Qf Educt oe J fairly. tit as'possrt le Hush' market yalues'r fight this year; but Mr. Fa he would prefer to keep the. whop cow–4y en the ael.rae balsa,) From then on reaese ments would be carried out eatery. Several years, he said. He explained the. current inequalities in taxes arose, because assessments were frozen for so many years, during which time the market value of properties' changed in relation to each other. Reeve Simon Hallahan told Mr. Fagan he had given the clearest explanation of Sec- tion 86 he bad ever heard. He noted some people fear reassessment would raise farm taxes considerably, but he was assured that isn't the case with reassessment under Section 86. Mr. Fagan also promised council that no one loses bis right of appeal in the process. If the township goes ahead there ' will be open -house meetings to discuss assess- ments and hear complaints, and a person would still have the right to appeal his assess- ment at three separate levels. Councillor John Currie said he thinks it would be a good thing to get taxes leveled out, and the others agreed with him. The tax study, which -is the next step in the process, is done by the assessment office at no direct cost to the, township. In other business at the meeting council passed a bylaw applying for an : ad- ditional $15,100 from the province in tile drainage loans for 1979: The money will be divided among a number of farmers who received only a small percentage of tie cost of til drainage in loans last •.., Council also signed^ an agreement with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority regarding the Wawanosh. Municipal Park along the river: The agreement turns the park over to the authority, with the provision that it is to revert to the township if it ever stops being operated as a park. And an agreement was family signed with Morris Township covering the storm sewer which cuts across the Humphrey subdivision . in Belgrave. Bill Stevenson attended the 0111111M1111111911111611111111I11u1101111111' 1 u11Ui111181111SMI uwnuul WIRlhain :Many :far your We W Monday and Saturday Service Special. OIL CHANGE Up to 5 litres of 10W30 or 10W40 Super OiI 1 Motor Master OiI Filter By Appointment Please $888 James F. 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