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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-01-04, Page 3Huron and Perth RON EXPOSITOR, JANUARY 4 1984 -® A3 dais make resolutions for '8 As the eve of Dec. 31 passes, it's Time for mentation of the changes made for second. the age old ritual of making new year's ary schools. resolutions. - He would like to see good. communica- A few of the pedge who head local tions, both internally and externally, con- government 'bodies in Huron and Perth tinue in 1984. Started by his ptedecesSor Counties .were recently asked what they Dorothy Wallace „Mr. Frayne would like be would like to see happen in 1984. see communications expanded, .especially TOM CUNNINGHAM between the board and Huron County The Reeve of Hullett Township was council. recently elected as the warden of Huron HOWARD SHANTZ: , County. The warden said he hopes county Mr. Shantz is the chairman' of the Perth council will continue to work harmoniously . County Board of Education: He too is while agreeing to disagree. concerned about restraint. Museum in 1984, but his long term goal is to - He said salary negotiations will,be "very, see industrial development play a larger role very important" this year and he hopes the in Huron. As a parent and as an elected end results will be within ,the five per cent official, it bothers him that the county's guidelines. Young people have to leave the area to get In the coming year he would like to see )obs. constru tion started on the board's admini- Mr. Cunningham would like to see industry that reflects the agricultural richness of Huron, brought into the county. GLYNN COGHLIN Recently elected warden of Perth County, Mr. Coghlin is also the reeve of Elma Township. He doesn't want to see any more -of-a-fmaneial--load-on .;the county -taxpayers ty council can hold ry minimum". restraint -conscious for the past few year and they're not looking for projects to ,end money." The county i concerned about its roads, but he said th public has to be educated to realize that . nstruction and maintenance of these roa.: depends on the availability of funds. 1 ho and will be happy if co tax increases to a " "Council has bee he economy keeps improving to give people without jobs some hope - especially youth, either urban or rural youth." EUGENE FRAYNE Mr. Frayne, of RR3 Goderich, is chairman of the Huron County Board of -Education. His main concern for 1984 is restraint. "Inflation is going down and I can't see why people need Targe salary increases." . Two big projects the board will be working Mr. Murray wants to see the board on in 1984 is the further implementation of continue with the same programs now special education (Bill 82) and the imple- offered in the separate school system and he stration crowde the add centre addition in Stratfdrd,, The conditions in the board office make [tion necessary, said the chairman. Mr. Shantz said he looks forward to director of education Paul Sherratt's second year in that position. "He has made some changes and he will be-reC-ommending-more,-different changes." RON MURRAIN Mr. Murray of RRI.- D blin is again chairman of the Huron -Perth Separate School Board. His biggest resolution for 1984 is to see that the building program started this fall by the board is continued, hopefully to 1986 and 1987. The board's biggest problem is getting funds, said Mr. Murray. "We're not getting any through the Ministry of Education so we have to go elsewhere." The board rgce'ntly received funds t trough a federal and pro'vincial go ernment-spon- sored program . a med t getting the unemployed back o wo The board's involvement in the rogram is enabling the construction of an addition at Sacred Heart Separate School in Wingham. would like to, see them kept up to date. TONY McQUAIL Mr. McQuail of RR1 Lucknow is president of the Hpron County Federation of Agricul- "ture. Fipaneial difficulties contipue to face the farm comntunity and Mr. McQuail said the federation has to deal with this problem in a long team way. He said that at the beginning of the year it is hard to know what the year will bring, but he doesn't think it 'is time for the farm• community to relax. Mr. McQu said there is a growing . r, consensus in farin.community that no one else is g. to look after the farmer and that f • er ave to solve the economic: problems- o their industry themselves. - "1 feet ngly that in difficult times like these we, things that are easiest. In difficult f es like this we have never had a greater n ed for democratic organizations to come to cps with the problem." "It isn t mpg.to be easy." RON CHRISTiE Mr: Christie, of RR2 Staffa, is the president of the Perth Federation yr0 Agriculture: He said there has .been some proft4, realized in the past year, particularly to cash crop fa rs, but he cautions these farmeree for '98,. "I urge everyone to use profit to reduce debts, not for new capital expenditures. We have to stop working for the machinery companies and the banks and start working for ourselves." A year ago, Mr. Christie said the country was definitely in a depression and this year he said he is not convinced that the economic upswing is real. He satdthe farm community has to make sure it never gets caught again as it did with the spending boom 1960s and early 1970s followed Closely by high interest rates and - Iow commodity prices. But the mist important thing Mr. Christie would like .to•see.emphasized in 1984 is that, despite Canadians' constant gripes and complaints, "we live in one of the most prosperousand free countries in the world." Van Egmond mill ruined by fire JANUARY 4, 1884 - James Graham has sold his farm on th ourth concession of McKillop to his nei hbor;-Mr. John Hogg for $6,600. The farm contains 100 acres and Mr. Hogg now has a magni nt estate of 225 acres, On Frida forenoon last the alarm of fire was sound • and it was soon discovered that the oollen mill of Mr. A.G. Van Egmond, adjoining this town was on fire. The fire originated in the mill office. a wooden structure attached to the main building. which was brick. The firemen were soon on the spot. but it Was found that the hydrant was frozen. in little more than three-quarters of an hour from when the alarm wilS.Eflrfif ,giveniy tf[e whole place was in ruins: Mr: Villeternitindd"s loss will be in the neighborhood of S30.000. The suspension of the works will be much felt in town as employment was given to a large number of operatives. many of whom' can ill afford to be thrown out of employment at this inclement season of year. JANUARY 1, 1909 Mr. George 'Farquhar of the fifth concession of Hullett had two horses. a yearling and a two-year-old killed by a freight train the other day. He had gone back on his farm. through which the railroad runs. and in someway the horses got out and ran down the track. Christmas Dayassed over quietly but pleasantly in Seaforth. The weathct was fl n ly me vi©U t.'J APPROXIMATELY 50 neighbours and rela- tives assisted in cleaning up a collapsed barn roof on the farm of Bill VanNes, Ethel on Thuibday. After cleaning up the roof, workers spent most of the day closing in two open walls using steel salvaged from the roof. Mrs. VanNes estimates damage will exceed $30,000, most of which Is not coveted by insurance. (Wassink photo) both teams playing a steady but cautious game. It is worth seeing the New Hamburg team in action and a large turn out will be on hand when they play the return game here. With the crack of dawn on the first working day of the New Year, Public Utility Commission men stripped the large com- fairly agreeable and gave people a chance to mutiny Christmas tree at the corner of Main` move about. In the morning/the owners of and Goderich Streets, of its bright array of fast horses were out in force and there were colored lights. cut the guy wires and shoved(' some exciting spurts along main street. over the tree. Main street has again resumed There was also curling and skating at the its staid dignity. rink. JANUARY 2, 1959 Christmas Day passed pleasantly in The Watson and Reid insurance company Hensall with fair sleighing and fine weather. was purchased this week by John A. Cardno A large crowd attended the Christmas tree from the estate of the late. M.A, Reid. r. epteit nt grain the Methodist • church t C',rdnv7''who"hilldtbeeii"taesbeciil`ted wit Y r w ere ail xeellbnt progra mewtigs Carried' s Reid for, somme prior fe KS—death:- is a out, principally by the children who acquitted themselves most creditably. while thc church orchestra surpassed their usually fine efforts. JANUARY 5, 1934 John D. Buchanan. son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Buchanan of near Hensall was honored recently by his election to the presidency of thc London Board of trade. He is a graduate of Seaforth Collegiate Institute and Univers- ity of Toronto. Today he is actuary of the London Life Insurance Company. The Seaforth Beavers hockey team played its fust game at New Hamburg on Tuesday evening and were defeated 5-2. it was a clean hard game all the way through with member of a pioneer Seaforth family widely known in the area. McKillop electors showed favor with the manner in which township affairs had been run during the past year by acclaiming the council and reeve for another term at the nomination at Winthrop Hall on Monday. Daniel Beuermann will head the council as reeve for his twelfth term. Reeve Ivan Forsyth of Tuckersmith was returned by acclamation for his third term as a result of nominations held in Seaforth Monday afternoon. About 50 ratepayers were in the hall during the hour in which Clerk E.P. Chesney received nominations. and for the public meeting that followed. Family savings often too high BY HARRY L. MAROON spending A mistake people often make tvhen they ad hoc draw up a family spending -plan for the year which s to set too high a savings target. That can lead to disenuragement if the savings plan starts to falter. and that may cause a family td abandon its entire plan. system is a recipe The family may lapse into an of handling its finances. for trouble. Professional financial «planners usually avoid recommending any set amount of money families should put aside as savings. MVCA budget slightly under 1983 budget Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's Oproposed 1984 budget of more than S1.5 ton is slightly under its 1983 budget of just under Si.6 million. The preliminary budget was presented at MVCA s general meeting Nov. 23 and will be refined and approved at its annual meeting in February. The largest spendmg area suggested is The capital program with the Listowel conduit project taking the largest portion of capital funding. Based an a preliminary engineer's report. MVCA has budges 3495,000 for construct- ion and engineering of part of phase five of the candudd project, Phase five involves improvements to the buildings located over the Maitland River wwlinch flows through downtown Listowel. Included in the capitel proe for 1984 are surveys end studies far flood damage t'eduettotr and the Lueknow special policy area. The Harristonproj is esti- mated at S25,000 and the In project project is estimated at 515,000. The Ministry of Natnrai Resources pays 85 cent of capital projects with they ing 15 per municipality paying the remain- cent. proposed 1984 budget calls for a share of 51.163:960 and the at,l. ... remaining amount of S370,490 to be paid by MVCA's member municipalities. Water and related land management. ander which capital programs are listed, takes up the largest portion of the budget. The administration of this section is proposed at $336.200. Included in the conservation services budget are the Upper Middle Maitland rural stormwater management study at S25,000 and the Blyth Creek -Murray Lamb drain improvement project. at S16,000 which were not part of the 1983 budges- The general administration budget is up from the 1983 budget of $223,200 to $251,300. This includes personnel services at S148,600, op from S138.200 in the 1983 budget. Conservation and recreation land man- agement has been budgeted at S63,250. Administration of this area is expected to cost S27,000 up from S21,700 this past year. Development at the conservation areas is budgeted at $31,750. General maint_ ante is expected to cost S125.200, up from $118,800 this past year. MVCA secretary -treasurer Marlene Shiell said that when the level of funding from the province is known, the budget will be'reftned for approval at the February meeting. LIFE/ FROM PAGE TWO "Like us ail, Ivy „was not without her impesfe.etioea, abo faosnings — the same qquaftaes that made her unique, presented IIengefzthat most ofusare spared. But the fought and conquered of them. "Ivy brought the same love and passion to her music which absorbed so mach of her creative life and which she insfled so s'uticy in Hugh and Kim. One of the joys of her life was teaching music. Ivy would be thrilled to know of the music scholarship established in her name Bill, I know, is grateful for this We are here toshare in the mourning and grieving of BM and fancily for the loss they and all of us feel. But after today, when we think of Ivy iiwill not be of death we think, but of life, for she had it in great abundance and she gave each one of us a little more of it." Their one firm recommendation is that the savings be siphoned off first, before the other essential family expenditures are made. The reason why there can be no hard-and-fast rule about what percentage of income should be allocated to savings is that each individual - and family - has unique qualities of character. needs, circumstances and ambitions. In other words, there is no such thing as an "average" family except in the vocabulary of a government statistician. Each family should determine what level of voluntary savings it wants to maintain, keeping in mind that the main breadwinner may already have quite a,lot of involuntary savings being deducted from income at source. Involuntary savings consist of such items as Canada Pension Plan payments and contributions to a company pension plan. Voluntary savings come out of your monthly net income, sometimes described as monthly disposable income. Some people faithfully set aside 10 per cent of their net income as voluntary samgs. Others save considerably more, in percentage terms. Still others. because of their income brackets, save only five per cent or even less of their net income. A family's,i.ncorre level, combined with unavoidable fired living expenses, has a large bearing on the amount of money that can be put aside as savings. The lower your income, the less money there is available for stvingt But every family with an income above th'e poverty line can save some money. People very often find that saving money in the fust place isn't all that difficult. The problem lies in keeping the money saved, especially when some tempting buy oppor- tunity presents itself. Those who find temptations hard to resist should put away their savings in a manner where it is difficult, or costly, to retrieve the niohey. There is quite a range of savings and irav estment vehicles in the marketplace which provide disincentives to impulsively depleting one's savings. These vehicles are particularly good for begiarier-savers, people who haven't yet fully adjusted to a savings habit. Of course, a certain amount of your savings dollars ould be readily• available for an emergency such as loss of employ- ment or a sudden severe iciness. Savings for these possibilities should be placed in a true saviinrs account in a bank or similar deposit -taking institution. Ideally you should have at least three month's disposable net income saved in such a way that the money is available immediately, or at short notice. (Mr. Mardon is .manager of corporate communication fora The lnvestbts Group, the Winnipeg -based financial planning services company.) Beef producers need subsidies Unless the Ontario government matches other provinces' subsidy programs, the future of Ontario beef producers' is in jeopardy, said Rdn Christie, third term president of the Perth Federation of Agriakittire- Mr. Christie of RR2 Staffa was re -named bead of the Federation at its 39th armual meeting held in Mitchell on Nov. 21. The problem facing Ontario beef pro- ducers, said Mr. Christie, is they are being out -bid at the market place by beef producers from other provinces, particularly Housing for the disabled researched Quebec. Adding to that problem is the decline of beef consumption. Beef is becoming a luxury meat. The farm community likes it..." 'Tut the urban consumer only has so many dollars," he said, adding that many of these dollars are Tent on other commodities such as pork and thicken. A committee of local citizens chaired by Stratford Ald Delmere Smythe is working on plans for some wheelchair acceessible apart- ments and home support servides following a successful student research project last year. Members of the committee have been attending seminars and conferences to gather ideas and information from other communities where such facilities are already available. TheOntario March of Dimes is also providing expertise to get the project launched. Several locations are now being considered fer renovation or construction for suitable apartments, designed fol the convenience of stmeeotie confined to a wheelchair or otherwise disabled. If there is enough demand for such accommodation,negotia- tions will be made with the Ministry of Coaitmunity and Social Services to provide funding for attendants who will give the tenants help in dressing andnal care. This servicerwould be availabl le on request 24 hours a day. It may be possible to also provide an port services to people still in their own r ... e5. Anyone interested in these housing and support service • • ions should contact Kathy Cowden at 273-2 t 7 between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. The Federation has to work to support this commodity group and Mr. Christie called upon members to voice their concerns. Other executive members named at the annual meeting were first vice-president Dave Smith of BRI Sebringvil]e and second vice-president hill Denham of RR1 St. Marys. C©1 MITrY CadIEfIDAR Sunday, January 8 Wednesday, January 4 8 p.m? Competitive curling at Curling Club . 1:30-4:30 p.m. Senior Citizen shuffle- board at arena 1-3 p.m. Parents and Tots skating at arena 8:15 p.m. Jr. Farriers vs. Perth 9:10 p.m. CCAT vs Parr Line 10:00 p.m. (lireens vs Chiselhnrst Thursday, January 5 rs 7:15 p.m. Hawks vs Jr. Farmers 7 & 9 p.m. Mixed Curling at Curling Club 8:05 p.m. Chiselhurst vs CCAT 8:55 p.m. Bendix vs Grads 9:45 p.m. Egmondville vs Easy Riders 10:35 p.m. Slabtown vs Parr Line 11:25 p.m, Dumpers vs Winthrop Friday, January 6 8 p.m. Mixed Curling at Curling Club Saturday, January 7 7:35 a.m. Nordiques vs North Stars 8:30 a.m. Canadians vs Bruins 9:35 Oilers vs Kings 10:30 a.m. Penguins vs Jets 11:35 a.m. Leafs vs Flames 1:30-3 p.m. Public Skating 1:30-2:30 p.m. Story Hour at Library. 4 p.m. - Clinton vs Novice 6:30 p.m. Mitchell vs Pee Wees 1:30-3 pen. Public Skating 3:30 p.m. Hensall vs Pee Wee 42 4:50 p.m. Stratford vs Tweens 5:50 p.m. Stratford vs Belles 7 p.m. Hawks vs 8:30 Canadians vs Brains 10 p.m. Flyers vs Penguins Mon, January9 e) 3:45-8:30 p.m. Figure Skating 4-6 p.m. Junioj Curling at Curling Club 7 & 9 p.m. Mens curling at Curling Club Tuesday, January 10 7 p.m. Ladies curling at Curling Club 9 p.m. Industrial Curling at Curling Club 6:30 p.m. Brussels vs Pee Wee 42 8:30 p.m. Exeter vs Centenaires 8 p.m. Hospital Auxiliary meeting in the board room at Seaforth Hospital. BIA meeting is cancelled. Members will be contacted about next meeting: The Seaforth Women's institute will meet at the home of Mrs. R.M. Scott. Mrs. A. Finlayson will be the speaker.e if you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation -office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box o; Seaforth, Ontario NOK MO well In advance of the scheduled date. Space far the Coinrrrunity Calendar Is donated ' by The Huron ExpozOter.