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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1972-12-07, Page 1cr VIT.) No. 49 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1972 ELECT FOUR DIRECTORS - Four men were elected as directors of the Ontario Bean Producer's Marketing Board for Huron when the annual meeting was held in Zurich on Tuesday. Left to right are Joe Miller, Robert Allan, Phil Durand, who has been serving as chairman of the board, and John Hazlitt. Big challen One of the biggest challenges facing the Ontario Bean Prod- ucers Marketing Board in the next few months will be the sale of more than 20 million pounds (200, 000 bags) of dis- colored beans that will not make top grade, Huron County producers were told Tuesday. Board Manager Charles Broad- well said, however, Japan may be interested in the discolored beans that are grading No 2 and No 3. The large quantity of off-color beans was the result of wet weather during harvesting which still isn't complete. Mr. Broadwell said samples of the beans have been sent to Japan and there is a good chance the Japanese "could come back and take the whole lot," He said Japan grinds the beans and the color would make no diff- erence. The board is hoping to sell the beans in 100 -pound bags at between 25 and 65 cents per hundredweight less than market prices, depending on grade. So far, the board has sold 382, 075 bags of No. 1 beans on the domestic market from the 1972 crop and another 592, 400 bags in the export market. The 1972 crop is estimated at 1.8 million bags, a 2-5 million increase over the 1971 record of 15.5 million. Mr. Broadwell said prices received so far indicate growers Huron MP picked as deputy whip Huron MP Robert E. McKin- ley was picked as the deputy whip of the Progressive Conser- vative caucus on Tuesday, when chairmen of various committees and house officials were named, The Huron MP has been the deputy whip of the party since 1970. Under a minority govern- ment, the responsibility of both the whip and the deputy whip will be greatly increased, e faces could end up with an over -a11 average price of more than $9 per bag. But he cautioned this was hypothetical and it was really too early to assess what the over- all average return to growers would be. Last year, growers had a rec- ord average return of $10.53 per bag. They won't know what their final return will be on this year's crop until late next sum- mer, Under the board's agency marketing system, growers re- ceive an initial payment of $5.76 per bag on delivery, then oard an interim payment about April and a final payment when the. entire crop is sold. Mr. Broadwell said another immediate concern of the board is the Michigan situation where production is expected to be up 1.5 million bags from last year. Michigan is Ontario's major competitor in the export field and this year both Ontario and Michigan are faced with moving increased production. Ontario production totalled 126,100 acres in 1972 but about 10 per cent of this was wiped (continued on page 15) Hensall council hear report (by Rena Caldwell) Hensall council met on Sat- urday, December 2, because the elections were being held December 4. Andy Imanse was present from Boise Cascade, regarding drainage outlet for the new buildings. Council decided to ask the engineer to investig- ate the situation. E, R, Davis stated he had ask- ed C, E, Reid to plow the streets and the reeve had spoken to Murray Bell and found he could plow the dump for the same as last year. Council agreed to have C. E. Reid plow streets for the same money as last year. Leonard Erb, of the street committee, quoted some prices he had procured from Avilla Ducharme to remove several trees. It was understood the provincial government were going to have a winter works program, and council agreed wait and see, Reeve Baker reported on the purchase of a tractor for the arena and pointed out that the Hensall Kinnettes and Kinsmen had purchased the tractor and are paying for the same. Regarding the Land Division committee, the clerk was inst- ructed to attend the hearing and council would not agree to change the road allowance. The P.U.C. manager will also be asked to attend. Building permits were issued to Murray Baird to make renov- ations and John Beer to build a new house. Clerk Campbell will attend the tax sale on the Passmore property. Bills and accounts amounting to $62, 952.24 were ordered paid. This amount included the county levy and the school levy. 0 JOSEPH HOFFMAN Hay Township Reeve 100 PER COPY Hoffman returned as Hay Township reeve Joseph Hoffman, reeve of Hay Township for the last five years, was re-elected for another two-year term on Monday, when he came through with a narrow margin of 27 votes over his opponent, Lloyd Hendrick. Hoffman polled 440 votes while Hendrick picked up a total of 413. Mr, Hendrick has served as deputy -reeve of the municipality for the past five years. Harold [Campbell came through with an easy victory over his opponent, John Corbett, for the office of deputy -reeve of Hay Township. He polled 531 votes compared to 291 for Corbett. In the balloting for three councillors, incumbent Lionel Wilder headed the polls. He picked up a total of 575 votes. In second place was another incumbent, John Tinney, with 549 votes, while the third man to be elected to the council was newcomer Joe Miller, who picked up a total of 416 votes. Fourth man in the race was Tony Bedard, with 363, There were six polls located at various places throughout the Township. All polls were open from 11 a,m, to 8 p.m, in the evening, Of a possible 2039 votes in Hay Township, only about 850 persons cast their ballot, but it must be remembered that approximately 700 votes are summer residents only, along the lake. Three new faces on Zurich village council Three new members, along with one incumbent, were elected to the council of the Village of Zurich in Monday's municipal elections. A newcomer to municipal politics, Fred Haberer headed the polls with a• total of 286 votes. In second place was George Haggitt, a member of the council for the past four years. He picked up 271 votes. Next was Leroy Thiel, a veteran of municipal life who returned to the council with 247 votes. The fourth man to be elected to the council in Zurich was another newcomer to the municipal scene, Isidore Laporte, who polled 227 votes. In previous years Mr. Thiel has served the village as both reeve and councillor. The other two candidates for positions on council were Albert Deichert with 171 votes and Louis Schilbe with 154. Jack Turkheim was elected to the position of reeve of Zur- ich by acclamation at the November nominations, Close to 335 voters made the trip to the polls in Zurich on Monday, despite cold and miserable weather conditions. Turkheim wins ballot for Huron of E Herb Turkheim, publisher of the Zurich Citizens News, was elected to the Huron County Board of Education in Monday's municipal elections throughout the area. He will represent the Township of Hay, Villages of Hensall and Zurich, and the ndrth half of Dashwood, on the board, In the three municipalities involved, Turkheim picked up a total of 584 votes, compared to 370 for his opponent, Delbert Geiger, a Hay Township farmer. He had majorities in all three municipalities, and lost out in only two polling stations, numbo one and four of Hay. Jack Riddell, a former high school teacher at South Huron, was elected to the same Huron Board of Education representing the Townships of Stephen, Usborne and the town of Exeter. The other representative elected for the same three municipalities was Clarence McDonald, of Exeter. Two new trustees elected in Dashwood Two new candidates were elected to the office of trustees in the police village of Dashwood in the municipal elections on Monday, along with one incumbent who was returned, George Tiernan headed the polis in Dashwood with a total of 185 votes, while Doug Riddell placed second with 143, Harold Schroeder, a veteran of many years service in the municipality, was the third man to be elected, with 133 votes. Defeated in the balloting was Clifford Salmon, with 93 votes. Salmon had also been a trustee for many years. An extremely heavy turnout of voters in Dashwood kept the election officials busy for several hours after the polls closed, especially on the Hay Township side where voters had the privilege of using five different ballots: