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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-10-07, Page 2Page The Wingham Adv ee:limes, October 7, 1981 West earned East Wawanos new bankin • arrange . g. East Wawanosh Township will enter a special banking arrangement for municipal- ities with. the Canadian Im- Canadian 'Imperial Bank of Commerce in Wingham. The new arrangement will pay the township primerate minus three per cent interest on money in its bank ac- counts as compared to the three per cent the bank is paying at the present timey' Doug Bishop, manager of the bank, attended Monday evening's meeting of council to discuss the proposal with members. He told council the new arrangement would net the township con- siderably more in interest paid each month. Mr. Bishop said an analysis of the township's financial status over the past year was done in May and it was found the township had a monthly average of $45,000 in the bank. Clerk -Treasurer„ Winona Thompson was quick to question, the figure, saying that it was ridiculous because the township could not possibly havesuch a high monthly average. She said she realized the $11,000 renovation fund was in- cluded in the sum, but said the figure should be more iit the neighborhood of $25,000 a month. Mr. Bishop told council members if the township entered the agreement, the bank would subtract $3,000 each month for general banking services such as processing cheques and keeping a working float. He said, for example, if the township did have $45,000 in the bank ode month, the bank would subtract $3,000 whish would leave $42,000. If the prime rate were 17 per cent, the bank would pay prime rate minus three or 14 per cent, which would mean $5,860 in interest paid to the township as compared to $1,350 at the present three per cent. Council agreed to enter the arrangement because it said it felt it made good business sense. Mrs. Thompson is to notify the bank of council's intentions. In other business, council discussed the possibly of going to two tax payments next year, but nothing concrete was decided. Mrs. Thompson told councillors that they have a month to think about the matter, but that a decision must be made at next month's meeting on Nov. 3.. Several ratepayers have had their tax bills readjusted Still opHmislk X1'111 equipment sales lover than predicted Having completed three- quarters of the 1981 selling year; the farm equipment industry in Canada is still showing optimism for a general recovery in sales over 1980, in spite , of the negative effect of highin- terest rates. Continuing high "interest rates have created a severe dampening of demand for equipment all across Can - Ida, and this, coupled" with low ,prices for beef and hogs. `and corn' in •the East,.. has'r"esltedin1Ower salesof farm equipment in general. In spite of all this, sales of farm equipment in Canada this year still are predicted to be higher than 1980 figures. Some bright lights in equipment salesthus far in 1981 are provided, by the significant upswing in sales of self-propelled combines, running 52 per cent ahead of 1980. Four-wheel-drive tractor sales in the West also are running ,'ahead of last year. Tractor sales.,,in the: two- wheel-dr,ve utility range (up to 80 horsepower•) • are- not meeting earlier predictions, tj reflecting the difficulties Eastern farmers are ex- periencing with low commo- dity prices and ac- companying high input costs. Sales of farm tractors during the first eight months of 1981 were 18,094, up two per cent over the same period last year. However, sales of mower -conditioners were down by 2.1 per cent and hay baler sales were down by almost 16 per cent, according to figures released by the Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment In- stitute. Whitechurch Personals Rev. and Mrs. John Bell attended Autumn Color Week for seniors, at Cruff Hills Resbyterian Con- ference \\Centre last 'week from Tuesday to Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer King of . Cardinal visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson and others in the village. Mr. King resided at one time in the house across from the Whitechurch 'Community Memorial Hall and did a great deal of repair work on that house. Visitors during the weekend with M. and Mrs. Herman deBruyn were Mrs. Ross Hawkins and friends of Elgin, Mr. and Mrs. John. deBruyn, Lucknow, Jacob deBruyn andfriends of Brampton, Mrs. Don Rintoul and girls, Kincardine. Among those from this area attending the In- ternational Plowing Match near Barrie were Bill Purdon, Wilfred and John Clipperton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tiffin visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Porteous of Lucknow. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Irwin attended the Friday evening wedding of Bill Glover and Mary Lou Milligan - in St. Andrew's Church, Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan are parents of, the bride, Mrs. Falconer and Mrs. Irwin are sisters. Visitors Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Emerson were Mr. and Mrs. Herman deBruyn and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Uuldriks. A baby shower was held in the community hall on Sunday afternoon, hosted by Nancy and Kathy England for their sister, Mrs. Wendy Sallows. About 25 gathered and were entertained with games ' and prizes. Many lovely gifts were opened by Mrs. gallows, assisted by Nancy and Kathy. Mr. and Mrs. Bellmore attended the funeral of a relative in Detroit on the weekend. Shaun stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Craig1 and family. f Murray Gibb left on Saturday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. • John Gibb and Ryan and from there he will leave by plane for Brandon, Manitoba, to resume work. Mr., and Mrs. E. W. Beecroft attended the Grantham-Sinnamon wedding. on Saturday with dinner and a reception held at the Delaware Community Centre. Mrs. Agnes Elliott of Wingham spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and .Karen. Mrs. Garnet Farrier at- tended the wedding at a United Church in Toronto on Saturday at which Joel Hawley and Carol Elaine Farrier were united in marriage. Carol is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carman Farrier. - Mr. and Mrs. Herman deBruyn have sold their faWM on Highway 86 and will move to Wingham November i. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rintoul visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Oberholtzer, Jeffery and Julie of Waterloo. Mrs. Irvin Jackson of Redbridge, Ontario, was in the village recently, seeking information about the late David and Jane Farrier and daughter, Elizabeth. Mrs. Eileen Parker of Exeter spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Mary McClenaghan, and with Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Alan McIntyre of Chatham on the birth of a daughter, Tara, in the General Hospital, Chatham. She is a great granddaughter for • Mrs. Mary Mc- Clenaghan. Mrs. Dolmage of Walton was a Sunday visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rintoul and Kevin of East Wawanosh. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rintoul were Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Speiran of Brussels who also visited Mrs. Hazel Purdon of Lucknow and Paul Curran of St. Helens. Present at the home of Mr. because of buildings being demolished or lost to fire. Those with reduced tax bilis are: William Fenton, Lottie Scott, James Ross, Waltex Leo Glavin and Neil Vincent. .`Road. Superintendent Ralph phell reported the township has. spef►t $175,925.32 of roads so far this yeal and there is ap-.. proximateiGy'. 29,000 left over for there 1i-iuder,off 1981. and Mrs: Angus Falconer on Sunday, to . help . Kevin Falconer celebrate his birth- day, were Mrs. Robert Mowbray, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin, Mrs. George , Tiffin, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Falconer, Tim, Tony and Amy. The Agriculture and Canadian Industries meeting of Whitechurch Women's Institute will be held in the hall October 14 at 8 p.m. Hostess is Mrs. Tom Met- calfe; roll call, bring an article for the Green Thumb table for exchange; motto, "If we all worked like in- dustrial ants, there would be no walkouts at industrial plants", Mrs. Elgin John-, ston; speaker, "Landscape Gardening", Steve Caslick; lunch, Miss. Merle Wilson, Mrs. John A. Currie, Mrs. Lorne Durnin. Mabel Scott and Margaret McQueen sang a duet at the Sunday morning service. The choir sang the anthem, "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say". Exeter young people held a service Sunday after- noon and , that evening, a hymn sing was held. The Huron Strings en- tertained at Old Tyme Music Monda37'ry afternoon. Marie Flynn was accompanied by Lorne Lawson, Warren Whitmore, Stan Hillen and Wilson McCartney. Also accompanying the mus- icians was our own Jim Ruddock playing his ac- cordion. CHEERY CLUCKER CLAN Our 4-1 meeting was an exciting event for all those present last Thursday, Oct.. 1. This was due in part to the good food we made. The meeting opened with Anita reading the minutes. Marie, our vice president, Moved that the minutes be adopted; it was seconded by Tracey. After splitting info our separate groups, we started making rice pilaf, an egg omelette and a delicious chicken soup. While these were cooking, we decided on our club picture. Marie's picture was chosen as the best one; we will be tracing this picture onto our booklets at the next meeting. Doreen McCormick and her mother Grace went to the plowing match and gathered information on eggs and chickens to bring back to us. After a delicious lunch, our leader adjourned the meeting. We then went home to lay our heads on the pillows with our tummies full and our faces set with a tim+l, A very successful fall bazaar teas held Wednesday afternoof; We thank all who supported Huronview and the Huronview Auxiliary by attending. Bible study was held in the Chapel Thursday afternoon. Huronview welcomes Charles "Wilson from Goderich, ' Verna Mc- Laughlin from Wingham and Dominique Hendricks from Clinton. On Oct. 18 Huronview will be holding an open house for the official opening of the new wing. All are invited to attend. - Illblas Canada Postes r Post Canada ?P Reprints us; Centennial published in the Wingham Advance -Tim and the Listowel Bann= can be obtained at - Its been st almost a 5" x 7" prints now on display Place your order before Oct. 23,:1981 for delivery early November. $395 each in advance. \ ars. • • We can't stretch it any further: You don't need reminding that almost everything costs a lot more now than it did almost 3 years ago — the time of the last postal increase. But, can you imagine how much operat- ing costs have risen for the postal system that serves the second largest country in the world? The cost of operating and fueling our vast -transportation network, the cost of essen- tial equipment and the cost of our work force have all risen substantially. In spite of our best efforts, the combined effects of these increased operating.costs have brought Canada Post to the point where It does not have the financial resources necessary to follow through ,ty on important steps being taken to improve service. Some of the steps we want to take are: Introduce more extensive quality control aiming at a consistent mail service within Canada. Ca Implement a new service -monitoring process which will improve reliability. Expand letter carrier delivery within many communities to provide more complete service. _ Increase the availability of specialized mail services such as Priority Post, Special Delivery and Electronic Mail. Taking positive action. By soon becoming a public corporation, Canada Post will have the freedom to operate as a more responsive and efficient business, and eventually stop being a sub- sidized arm of government with its resulting burden on the taxpayer. But no business can be healthy or effi- cient if it fails to recognize and adapt to the economic realities in which it must function. And the present reality is that the existing postal rates do not reflect the costs involved in running Canada's mail service the way it should be run. It is for this reason that Canada Post plans the implementation of new postal rates early next year. Some of these planned rates can be seen in the following table: 1st Class letter in Canada 0-30 gm 30$ 1st Class letter to U.S.A. 0-30 gm 351; Parcel Post same city 1 kilo $1.10 1st Class Parcel e.g. Montreal to Vancouver 1 kilo $3.35 Special Delivery $1 plus 1st Class Postage Canada Post has a national responsibility to provide the most reliable and complete mail service possible. The Implementation of these new rates is necessary if revenues are to be brought more in line with operat- ing expenses... necessary to ease the burden of a deficit on the taxpayer. And most important of all, necessary to allow Canada Post to become, through improved service, one of the best mail systems in the world. post setting things straight for the future. Canada • • 1', . .