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FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1977
Rural -urban night
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Zurich Chamber told they -re a dying breed
The Zurich Chamber of
Commerce was told it is a
declining breed at the Chambers
rural urban night last Thursday
evening. Guest speaker Gordon
Hill, past president of the
Federation of Agriculture and
Stanley township farmer in-
formed the 35 members and
guests at the meeting the number
'of Canadians who own their own
businesses or farms is rapidly
declining,
Mr. Hill said only one-third as
many people own their own
business now compared with
1945, Part of the reason for this
decline, says Mr. Hill is the lack
of interest the government pays
to the small businessman
WINNING HOCKEY TEAM — The St Boniface senior hockey team cond row, Robert Grenier, David Smith,Doug Volland,Dwayne Laporte
won the Knights of Columbus "A" trophy at a tournament Cast and Pat Masse; front, Dennis Masse, Tony Vandenboomer and Peter
weekend against four other schools. Left to right are, back, Mike Risi, Bedard. Absent is Brian Van Aaken. Photo by McKinley
Pat Cyr, Phil Masse, John Bilcke, Devin Geoffrey and Kris Bedard; se-
rheffs, fires keep Exeter OPP busy
Exeter OPP investigated a
number of thefts again this week.
Rope valued at $100 was taken
from the Huron County roads
departmentshednear Zurich and
the Zurich Citizens News was
also entered over the weekend
and $120 in cash was reported
missing.
A pickup truck owned by Larry
Snider Motors in Exeter was
stolen Saturday arid recovered on
the same day in Clinton. •
Police are attempting to
determine if some of the vehicle
thefts were among those per-
petrated by a group of Wingham
area residents who had been
charged with a series of
automobile and parts thefts.
A 1971 model car stolen earlier
from the Exeter dealer is still
missing.
Constable Jim Rogers and Dale
Lamont recovered a pickup
stolen this week from a Goderich
dealer. Three occupants of the
vehicle have been charged with
possession of stolen property.
An eight -track tape player
valued at $100 was stolen from a
tractor owned by Harry Knip, RR
1, Clandeboye. The machine had
been parked at Huron Tractor
awaiting repairs.
One case ofvandalismwas also
reported this week. A large plate
glass window in a storage shed at
Don Taylor Motors was smashed.
The incident was reported
Saturday afternoon.
Damage has been set at $5,000
total in two fires which occurred
at Huron Park during the past
week.
On Monday at 10:35 p.m., a car
owned by Eldon McCutcheon
sustained damage of $2,000. The
vehicle had been left with the
motor running in a lanewdy and
for some unexplained. reason
caught fire.
The Stephen Township fire
brigade responded to the call.
On Tuesday, an unoccupied
house at 101 Columbia Drive was
damaged to the extent of $3,000
by a fire, which was also brought
under control by the brigade.
Fire chief Jesse Reed reported
that the fire apparently started
by spontaneous combustion., The
floors in the home were being
stripped and refinished prior to
the fire.
The blaze burned a large
section of the floor.
Zurich man charged, fined
A Zurich man was fined $400 or
14 days after pleading guilty to a
charge of driving with an alcohol
content over 80 mgs when he
appeared beforeJudgeMarshman
in Exeter court, Tuesday.
' Waldo R. Horn had been
charged on October 23 when he
was stopped by police. A part
bottle of Vodka was found under
the front seat of his vehicle and a
breathalizer test gave a reading
of 160 mgs.
In addition to the fine,Horn had
his licence suspended for six
months. He was given six weeks
in which to pay the fine.
The court was told he had a
previous conviction on the same
type of offence.
Glen Rhode, Exeter, was fined
$150 or seven days on a charge of
causing a disturbance at Les
Pines • Hotel in Exeter on
December 5. The court learned
that the accused was fighting and
using obscene language and did
about $10 to $15 damage to
glassware and another $25 to $50
damage to a door,
He was given 15 days in which
to pay the fine.
In the only other case disposed
of on Tuesday, Harold Wallace
Ivaney, London, was fined $50 or
seven days on a charge of wilful
damage.
The court learned that he
kicked•at a car and shouted ob-
scenities at the female driver
after she pulled into a laneway
behind his parked car on May 24
of last year.
The accused admitted he had
been drinking excessively prior
to the incident which occurred at
a cottage area near Grand Bend.
TO THE VICTORS — Captain Aaron Bullock and assistant captain,
Steve Consitt are all smiles as they receive their trophy for the "A
championship in the Grand Bend novice tournament played in Zurich,
Friday. The Zurich squad whipped Goderich 5-3 to win the title after
defeating Grand Bend in their opener. Presenting the trophy is
Ruthanne Boogemans of the`Bluewa.ter Motel in Grand Bend.
Staff .photo
whether rural or urban.
"All the advantages have gone
to big operators, whether far-
mers or businessmen," claims
Mr. Hill, "and it is going to be
increasing difficult for small
businessmen to operate in the
years ahead.
Mr. Hill urged the farmers and
businessmen to "recognize the
interdependence of farmers and
small businesses within a small
community."
"Nowadays a farmer can't
function without the banker, the
farm supplier, the farm
machinery dealer, it's not like it
used to be."
The farmer, says Mr. Hill, is
equally important to the economy
of the country. In 1975, says Mr.
Hill, Canadian farmers spent $4.6
billion on goods and services.
Most of this money wound up as
income to workers, in taxes, or in
profits for many other
businesses. In addition the far-
mers paid $179 million in
property taxes.
"Farmers and businessmen
are partners, one can't function
without the other." says Mr. Hill.
"It will be to our mutual ad-
vantage to try and have a better
understanding of the problems
faced by each other."
Mr. Hill went on to explain
some of the problems faced by
farmers as he sees them.
Mr. Hill explained that with
most products the supplier simply
figures out how much the item
costs to produce and then adds on
a profit for himself and sells at
that price. In the farm market
this is only possible through
control of the quantityof products
produced which is the reason
marketing boards with supply
management authority or a quota
system.
"If we want to sell our goods at
a certain price, then we must be
ableto controlthe supplyand have
the selling done through one body
only," he added.
Mr. Hill went on to say, "In
Ontario six companies handle 95
percent of the food business. This
concentration of power is not
good for the farmer or for the
small businessman who is trying
to compete."
Marketing boards are the
answer, says Mr. Hill, although
there are still a lot ofproblemsto
be worked out he added, For a
marketing board to work it has to
have a large percentage of
support from the supplier of the
commodity it is marketing, and
farmers tend to be the last of the
"rugged free enterprisers"
particularly in the beef industry.
Zurich
school activities
Officially, the week of April 18 -
23 is Education Week in Ontario
schools. The theme adopted by
the Ministry of Education is
"Growing with Dignity",
We have planned a number of
activities at the Zurich Public
school for the month of April. We
would like to extend an invitation
to parents and friends to par-
ticipate in the following activities
which will occur at our school.
On Tuesday, April 19, at 813.M.
Hon 141eKay, principal of kieiisall
Public School will present a slide
presentation on his trip to Russia.
Everyone is welcome.
On Thursday, April 21, we are
inviting parents to visit our
schooland observe classes in
operation. Please feel free to
make yourselves at home.
On Thursday, April 28, we are
planning to present the musical
operetta "Oliver