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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-12-17, Page 13I'. ii s. illfe cam( a - complete 1100of crOSS a sid.. 4 .. i -PirSkivo* 'Polaso II1Ift`s. SKATES far the. Whole family from the beginner to the`professional • H Young. Girls and. Boy's nit ac (with beginner,bladeS) Girl's" and Ladies' -Figure gSkates, Misses 28.95; Ladies 31.95 C *rocks' , *Super tacks. $139.00 $169.00 Canadian made for Collodion Sport *Junior Supreme 44) $49.95 *SKATE EXCHANGE* Outgrown your Skates? Trade them in at our skate exchange _ HOCKEY EQUIPMENT We handle a complete line of quality equipment for all ages. HOCKEY STICKS HELMETS by *Louisville *Victoriaville *Canadian *Titan *Cooper *Koho We also stock Black Helmets for Referees The Adjustable CCM pro standard CSA approved helmet Blue Children's Size 9.95 Stainton Hardware 184 ERIN SKINN had that Chrlshriaaaparkle In her eyes as she chatted with Santa Claus at *he WIngham Armoui*Igs; ,8turday afternoon. y j¢ Aggregate. P: Magett tion of O (APAO) filet Mo111' euantl ig at. Wt disci the ,:i sung its QualrilesControl ares mem, nder new i'MllatiOn.158 addiUonail tow ips, i� eluding those around W , will come ogler the provisions of the 4et Jan: 1;1941. • Prank DeWitt, president~of APO an41:L1� iAe' gates, said that `' members should know the liabilities andbenefits of the :tela OOP as it impacts their 3.inesses. Prier to the meeting, which included represen- tatives of Wingham Town Council, planning board and about 40'. aggregate Producers, kr, DeWitt ex- plained An. an inters ieww that. the Act forces producers to do three things ° To comply with its regulations producers must submit a Site plan,,show *mining, Plan, for the .lilfetime. of the pit, and consider rehabilitation of the • proPerty. • He said that although pit and quarry owners operated under health and safety regulations only, now they will be "obliged to treat ,the land in some logical fashion", and eventually turn it back into, a useful property. "We are not destroying the White b� ex ortrket .. :sh fto. R . . � is co u nt rr.es •• The export market for Ontario white beans has changed drastically during the past year. Manager Charles- Broad- well told producers at a recent annual meeting of the Ontario Bean . Producers Marketing Board in Hensall,. that exports to the ..United Kingdom have . /dropped substantially. Ontario exports about 80 per, cent of the entire wide: bean crop and last yeari8 per cent of that market Was for the U.K.. . Mr. Broadwell continued, "The U:K,,now ha$.contracts with the "United `.;Statosti and their high intehat slid ..iii= Elation rates have, Jolted them to go more:; to buying h and to More than half'the export beans this year are' going t� • • • Gay Lea Foods holds u zone meeting Jack Stafford of Wroxeter was elected as one of the voting delegates at the an- nual zone meeting of Gay Lea Foods Co-operative, held at Atwood Dec. 1. Edwin Miller of Exeter was reelected as a director of the. cooperative for a three-year term. Russell McCutcheon . of Owen Sound, president of the company, reported this year represented a positive turn- around from the previous one, with earnings again reacing levels achieved in the mid-1970s. Milk' volume at the plants increased slightly and increased ef- ficienc'y and -cost control in all area's assisted in the improvement. ' He also reported that members' equity over the cooperative's 22 years of operation has grown to nearly $8 million and assets now, stand at over $24 million. Out of this year's earnings the board of directors declared a dividend of $1.20 per com- mon share, plus a patronage dividend of eligible producer members of $253,000. Ear- nings returned to members from common share and ' patronage dividends totalled approximately $511,000. T. E. Brady, retiring chief executive officer, and P. A. McLinden, his successor as of Oct. 1, 1980, reviewed the past year's operations and reported an increase in sales of over 21 per cent from a year ago to $98,540,154 and net earnings of $1,066,932. It also was pointedout that the cash flow generated during the year permitted the cooperative to avoid high interest costs attached to short and long-term borrowing. commttupis, ountries, with 36 per cento.Bulgariaand 26 percent�toCuba. On these exports the board chairman, Gordon Hill, said, "Bulgaria xnd Yugoslavia are traditi , i a1 growers and di"stributorss of white beans' to Iron Cur countries. Their productioon�' s dropped, so they • from other producing' mac untrii; and bartering them' Tuff. far other goods." - Last year, Bulgaria bought 31 .:per 'cent of the Ontario export bean, . but' this year's purchase by Cuba is the. first by that country., Another " export sale, although smaller than some of the others is interesting. Ontario white beans _.-are. --going to Iraq:."..`".___.. Mr. Broadwell' said that country has tripled its order MMichigan, but picked up since indicating interest for another sale in ' Ireland the. the first time last summer. next day. We have to take He said, "They are now up our sales as they come." to eight per cent and they Gordon. Hill added, "We may buy even more as the want to ,service as many war with Iran continues." . markets as we can. A fan - So far, .755,:172 hum- tastic volume of canned dredweight bags of beans Of beans as a no -name brand a total crop estimated.at 1.5 has gone into Sweden. million bags has beensold. ° A former board director, Ontario beans are now Phil Durand of Zurich, agre- selling for $34 on the ed with the sales to the domestic market and export communist countries saying, sales are bringing $33. "We should not be concerned Mr. Broadwell said sales about selling to these opened early *this fall with countries if -we believe in 200,000 bags being offered at free enterprise." $30 to $31 and then jumped to John Hazlitt who was the $33 and $34 and have stayed , chairman for the meeting' there. said more beans were sold at The board lost one ex- the Royal Winter.. Fairthan petted -sale to oNew Zealand. at the Canadian National Mr. Broadwell explained, Exhibition. He added, "They "We lost that one to went bananas over beans." White beanproducers boyctt area deaier ' Huron white . bean producers at their recent annual meeting in Hensall voted to boycott the prem i f sof W. G. Thompson and Sons until present legal procedures are, brought to court. The motion proposed by John Hazlitt and:seconded by Bev Hill has led producers to refuse to deliver any beans to Thompson Mills until all discoveries in the litigation are completed. , Mr. Hazlitt said he hopes this move will bring the matter before the Courts: f It all stems from the' 1977 bean crop when four dealers including :Thompson's refused to cofnplete payment of beans they had received, from area producers. According to reports the other =thrde dealers, the Hensai'I District Co - Operative, Ontario Bean Growers ; Co -Op and Ferguson Bros. of St. Thomas, had completed their discoveries in court, but the Thompson discoveries had been delayed. A note in the financial statement resented at the meeting reads as follows: "The litigation is to decide where liability rests regarding undelivered beans that resulted froth advance sales that could not be satisfied due to the Por crop year. The board has named the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board as the third party to the dealer claims." 1n explaining the back- ground of the 1971 problem board Chairman Gordon Hill told the Exeter Times - Advocate, "With increased acreage and heavy yields predicted for the 1977 crop, the board and dealers agreed that advance sale would be a good idea. Extremely bad weather came along and the quality of product was not as expected. The dealer complaint was that the beans were of a lesser quality than they had agreed to purchase in ad- vance and they incurred con- siderable expense in trying to fulfill their sale com- mittments. " Mr. Hill said the only monies received by producers for the 1977 crop was the initial payment. The financial statement indicates the initial pay- ments amounted to $7,610,856 with sales of slightly more than $14 million. The balance in the 1977 pool as of Aug. 31, 1980 was $4,156,669. Legal expenses already paid by the board are $55,105. The 1977 pool of $4,156,199 includes $5,248,480 owing to the board. Clinton :hospital expansion approved The Clinton Public Hospital has received ap- proval from the Ontario Ministry of Health to start planning immediately for a new addition that will offer expanded ambulatory ser- vices, incldding out-patient treatment, emergency care and radiological services. Health Minister Dennis Timbrell said the project will support the •ministry's continuing emphasis on ambulatory care programs. As opposed to .: in-patient care, ambulatory care offers walk-in services for day surgery and out-patient treatment of an emergency or investigative nature. He said the Clinton project includes planning for the renovation of an older section of the hospital, to house the physiotherapy and medical records depart- ments, and upgrading the electrical system to ac- commodate the new ser- vices. Planning for the project is just getting underway and the cost is not yet known, a ministry spokesman said. However the ministry has agreed to finance two-thirds of the project, ' with the hospital picking up the remaining third. The Wit*liam and District Hospital recently received ministry approval for a similar project here. The health ministry has agreed to pay $318,000 of the estimated $500,000 project, with work to get underway early next year. The Wingham hospital currently is conducting a fundraising campaign among the municipalities it.__ serves in the hope of raising an additional $100,000 for the building and renovation project. It also has applied for grants from Huron and Bruce counties. 41004 i #e• pit :on, . . top sod; on .area#".. aggregate bat removed..Mthouglat som Ipso.. this tense will b! town? onto the tomer to p "Producers won't get it all buss e Added to,li rehabilitaitloa del eightcents per, t maximum of $100,0 .or per acre of the lieentied property.. , ably. vice to Mr. DeWitt.enplaithati He the' levy.. can be applied tof or . a g g r e rehabilitation purposes., and. initiate will stop' producers , fromi' Protect it walking: away, from •the pit over coh$ once the resource has been Centres removed.. •. $alt Although many area 414140%-.' producers feel�the- ct forthou)** toomuch expense on smaller ih operators. '. Mr. DeWitt etirtOreoft4.t maintained that -the southernOntarii a'. .4: King Gremlin,. a-Listoini " As a .response y to •'we central Ontario's emergence as the province's'leading agricultural growth area,; King Grain Limited iias announced plans for a major: distribution and ; research .centre near Listowel. .`,We have purchased a 50 - acre block of. landt'bn High way 23, Just south Of Listowel;" ; Paul, • King,., executive vice president of the. a:M*0y,.announced "Construction of 1.an <18,000 square ' foot warehousing • facility, will ..,begin : mediately• "The, land will provideour research department with,a valuable substation:..,. .,..for evaluation and demon- stration of:, crop varieties adapted to the: area. We will also use . this site to screen new Cereal varieties and to conduct advanced develop- nie,Pion,,... early' maturingr,,corn hybrids- and It is andel sLoPoap a perinanent•aI serve,,as ni and' distribution. King Grain crop alluding hybrii� Pt ct: slap oalt� menta` with processors t,. .package,seed''i vicinity. Ring Grain, :agribusiness fu offices in la, . _z Ontario, specializes develo,pment and maa ; nse r.,� M r �,.� bl maaorie�ts4rolees: BI uevaIe . Institute holds Christmas ', nile.tin! BLUEVALE — The Women's', Institute _ met.. December -10 aF the home of Mrs. Charles Mathers. President Mrs. Bert Garniss opened, .the meeting with a Christmas poem. It was decided to donate $50 to the Wingham , . and Area Day Centre for the Homebound. The leaders reported on the crewel embroidery course. All .teaching meetings have been held with, members now working Three Ms meet at Neill home The Three Ms of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church met Sunday evening at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Neill. All were" welcomed to the meeting by Mrs. Neill, who opened with prayer. A song service of Christmas carols was en- joyed, with Cora Robertson at the organ and Gordon Wall on violin. Mr. Neill read the scripture on the visit of, the magi. Eight members gave in- teresting Christmas poems or stories. Mrs. Alvin Mundell gate a. Christmas message in acrostic. She displayed many Christmas cards of the early 1900s and also a picture of the first Christmas card of 1843. Mrs. Neill thanked the speaker and presented her with a gift, closing this part of the meeting with prayer. Jack Currie conducted the business. Roll call was an- swered by 20 members and four visitors. Marjorie Wall read the minutes of the last two meetings and the committee in charge' -of the hot beef dinner was thanked. The offering was received and dedicated by Mr. Neill. Helen Currie and Doris Bushell were named to a committee for a project of Storage equipment for the nursery in the church. A nominating committee cif Gertie Tiffin, Jean and Alex Robertson and Merle Wilson was asked to bring in a slate of officers for ',1981. The meeting closed with a delicious lunch. on the projects of .their choice. A report -oirthe-'4--H. Achievement Day Was head, with all those" ab • tending agreeing it was an enjoyable morning.,> .. Attention was drawn ti► n ` ne, v program to be heard of i CKNX beginning on Januar' 3, concerning cooking fibs seniors. Cards were signed for several sick and shut& persons in the commtuuty Roll •Call .was answered'b3r members and five visitors 1t was interesting to...liear everyone's most„remora Christmas gift. ; f Mrs. Mathers read it r1oe entitled His Birthda� Special guests Mrs. low Townsend and ,Mi' -s. Grafi Campbell sang. several'' Christmas duets. They wer_•, accompanied by Mrs. HarOtd Johnston and thanked for stile" beautiful music by Mrs. Jack Nicholson. Mrs. Eve Payne itead..as short , report on Christtnks customs in other. count • and Mrs. Don Street playa&h carol from each country; Mrs. Wendell Stamper and Mrs. Robert Perry presented a short skit entitled 'The Tickets' and Mrs. Robert Fraser shared some facts about Christmas. Mrs. Perry read a paeitiht entitled 'Your Calendar'•:'a Life'. Mrs. William Peacock and Mrs. Harold Johii.Ston led the members in a singsong of favorite carols. This was followed by a gift exchange of items valued at 25 cents. • A delicious luitcti; ,df Chods giltlt servedristmas by thegohostieess nr> her daughters, lips.. end and Mrs. Cannpbell. ` eec.ee40004, ® LET THE Wingham Advance -Times HELP YOU PHONE 357-2320 s_eeiseeeleew�earsi i :ba • •