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THE HURON EXPOS TOR, ,JUNE 7, 1979
ANOTHER FAMILY REUNION—When Mr,
and Mrs. Henry Klavers of R. R. #4, Clinton
celebrated
their 25thth wedding, anniversary
ar
y
recently they had a little help from Mrs.
Klavers' brothers and sisters who flew.! over
from Holland specially for the occasion. The
family members are (back row, left to right)
brother Bas of Huizen, Frans, of Baarn, ,Mrs.
Klavers' hometown, Bert of Groenekan{ and
.tack's Jottings
.Purchase
BY JACK RWDELL,.M,P.P.
This - week in the
Legislature 1 Introduced a:.
bill, The Agricultural Invest,
ment Disclosure Act, 1979.
The purpose of tho Bill is, to
establisha means Of
ascertaining thenature and
extent of non-resident
Ownership ' 'of• , agricultura.l
land. in Ontario. The Bill
requ fres every non-resident.
person, as defined in the Act,
to submit a report to the
Minister of Agriculture and
Food concerning each pur,•
chase of agricultural 'land;
Th Bill also. requires. land
1 q ,�,
reg •tsars in Ontario to
infooMinister a 'u
the 'abOut,
t
0
every' eyance of.
agricultural - land registered
by the, land registrar that
bears an affidavit indicating
that thetransferee is a
non-resident person. The
Minister must report to the
Legislative Assembly on an
annual basis concerning, the
nature and extent of non,
''resident ownership of.:
agricultural land and the
report is. then referred to a
standing committee of .. the
Assembly for consideration,
A White paper' outlining• .
sweeping changes in. the
-Planning Act would give the
Ontario Municipal. Board the.
final say in most planning
natters, and prevent appeals
to. the Cabinet except in
matters of wider provincial
interest. The paper released
by Housing Minister Claude
Bennett,. this week generally
would " • give. local`
• governments more power to.
' deal with their own planning.
But Ontario promised;•
detailed"regulations, policy
circulars and planning
guidelines which it will
• expect municipalities and the
OMB to use in bylaws .and
appeals. Under the changes.
the Housing Minister would
.(an, who lives on the hofie' place in. Baarn and'
,(front row) brother Rees of Emenes, Joop of
Biaricum, Cory and Henry Klavers, youngest
'et
sister' Marian oand Van
HilversumRiet n
Valkenboed; of Staffa, the onlyother member of
the; family who lives in Canada. In addition to
her relatives, Mrs, Klavera girlfriend also flew,
Over 'for the anniversary party held in the
Seaforth arena. (Expositor photo).
bill
decide .what appeals would
be allowed.
Th.e Opposition Parties
have tried for sometime td
obtain :the findings of polls
done by' ministries, cc hich
they fear the gO»,Lrning
Conservatives : will use at
election 'time to further the
party cause even though the
cost was borne by the public.
The •Ontario Government.
spent more than S434,000 in
public money last year to find
out what the public thinks of
some of its progrartts. In a
written answer tabled in the
Legislature thisweek, to a
question by Liberal Patrick
Reid (Rainy River), Manage-
ment Board Chairman
George McCague ,eof'used to
release results of the polls
that were done, He said they
are "workikig documents for'
the development ' of policy.,
and it is not the practice of
the Government to release
materials of this nature." He
did •however, say what polls.
•were done, and what they
cost taxpayers.
From April 1, 1978 until.
April .1, 1979, ,the• following
polis were takenfor internal
use of ministries:
Consumer and
Commercial Relations` paid
Market Facts of Canada Ltd.
545,000 to find out . public
attitudes to censorship,
gambling and .liquor policy,
all controversial issues
during the past year.
The Education Ministry
paid Canadian 'Gallup Poll
Ltd. $23.280 to study public
attitudes toward schools,
"including major concerns,
interest in adult education,,.
awareness of, and opinions
on. education 'finances.
Rstraint on school board.•
budgets.' has been a major
issuein education for several
years.
Gallup also. got 523,000
from the, Health Ministry to
t e A
in Area Churches
Firsts 'PRESBYTERIAN .Church
59 Goderich St., W. Seaforth
Minister:. Rev. T.A.A. Duke Organist: Mrs. D. Carter
. SUNDAY, JUNE 10
11;15' Worship Service and Church School
' Sacrament of Holy Comtmunlon
Nurseryprovideii•
YOU ARE INVITED ...
ST. THOMAS: Anglican. Church
Seaforth
Rev. James R.,Broadfoot B.A., 11t. Div.
SUNDAY JUNE 10
Pestival of the Holy Trinity
11:30 a.m. Holy Communion
Sermon: God was in Christ
NORTHSIDE United Church
54 Goderlch St. West. Seaforth
JUNE 10,1974'
10 a.m. - Senior Sunda '
111.'t0014M. -SERVICE AT prows RK
' ' PARK Fl)LLOWEV
BY A IPiCNIC
Rev. J.G. Vanslyke, M!Meter
Organist -Choir Director ' ti r Jr. Choir Leader
Margaret Whitmore Audrey McElwain
Area tongregation5 are invited to take advantage of
the church directoryto announte theirchurch sett/ices
each' week. Church directory allihouncetnents are.
available for a minimtlitt of 26 consteutive° weeks in'
:Mitt Of two column inchtt at 52 per unit. Changes in
Copy may be Made each 'Week but must be received
before noon on Tuesday,
introduced
look into '•t he awareness of
a ministry media campaign
whose topic, was the control
in lealth care costs." That
issue: from the
Government"sunsuccessful
attempt to close hospitals to
its „current campaign to.
eliminate hospital beds and
its almost yearly increases in
'health insurance plan pre-
miums, is perhaps the most
significant political issue in
current provincial politics.
The most expensive single
poll was done by Goldfarb
Consultants Ltd, for the
Treasury Ministry+ for
560,000, The ,pollsters were
to "establish current views
of the .people of Ontario on
such matters, as inflation,
employment, taxes and other
economic issues;- '
Transportation and
Communications paid Gallup
54,850 ' "to` obtain input to
policy formulation". • • by
askingpublic the ub is what it
thinks of various ways to pay
for telephone services, de-
mand for pay television.
multilingual • programs on
cable television and what
percentages., of its 'Monthly
phone expenses are for local
and"long distance calls.
Agriculture. and Food paid
the Creative Research Group
Ltd. S27,900 to look into. its,
Foodlands Ontario program,
designed to push domestic
produce, and find out about
"consumer awareness of its
symbol and current
environment for • the
program.
The Energy Ministry
asked Goldfarb to• survey
public opinion on Ontario's
oil and electricity supply and
paid the polling company
521,000. Oil and gas price's
and the province's depend
ence on nuclear energy have
been highly. controversial
politicalissues recently.
lntetgovertimental Affairs
paid Goldfarb 58,000 (with
another' 54.000 to come) to
study "public understanding
of, and attitudes toward,
Current issues related:. to
Canadian unity ' and; a;
renewed constitutuion for
Canada."
Natural Resourceseom
mission. Gallup to determine
public attitudes on 'the
development • of Ontario's
mineral, resources and
toward the direction and
nature of Government
programs which affect the
development_"
Cory and Henn oars.
R [f. fi4, Clutton have an
unique landmark on their
front lawn -a pine tree with
pairs of wooden shoes nailed
to the trunk. Corr Mayers
calls. it her "Dutc'h totem
pole.".
The shoes will be a• future
reminder of the 'Klavers
25th{ 'weddi" ...,, ,4..1rr
Ho lir; ;;;o
recently when the couple.
were serenaded by a special
song and wooden shoes
dance by Mrs. Klavers' eight
brothers and sisters -seven of
whom new over from Hol
land for the special :reunion,
This is the 'first time the
whole Kort family has been
together since the funerals of
their parents.
•
Cory Klavers, the eldest'.in
the Koot family of Baarn, left
Holland in 1954 when she
married Henry Klavers
and returned with him to
Canada,. A sister,, Riet Van
Yalkengoed of Staffa, also
moved to Huron County, ;taut
the rest of the family stayed
in Holland,
Mrs, Klavers' hometown
Sharon Docking is
crowned Miss. Perth
Sharon Docking, 18, daughter of Lyle
and Joy Docking of R.R,#2, Staffa is the
new Miss Perth County Junior. Farmer.
Although she has only been a member of
the club for six months. Miss Docking won
the honor recently at the Spring Fling,
Dauce held* at theMitshell .and Districtrice
Community Centre.
Nominated by her fellow club members,
Miss. Docking first competed in the
preliminary relimin finals at Listowel's .Kinsmen
Station, filling out a skill, testing;
questionnaire, Following this competition,
the contest was narrowed down to four
finalists who. included Miss Docking,
Dianne Schmidt of North Easthoge, Susan
Ball of Stratford and Janice Nind of
Listowel, '
Sharon Docking is aclerical-typing
student at the Stratford campus of
Conestoga College. She is also a former
4-H Club member and looks forward to her,
reign as Miss Perth County Junior Farmer,
Tinney ill,
For the first time in his 20
years with Huron County
Council, clerk treasurer Bill
Hanly had to have an interim
warden named by council on
Thursday to handle the
duties for Warden Jack.
Tinney.
Warden Tinney had taken
ill while at a health confer-
ence in Timmins; He had
suffered a gallbladder attack
there earlier in the week and
on Thursday was being flown
from Timmins to London's
of Baarn In central l olland
lust happens to be the home
of one of Holland's most
famous residents -Queen Jul-
iana,. .Although theKoot
family and the queen's fam-
ily share the same street in
Baarn, they live at opposite
ends of the town.
In addition to her sister
and brothers, a girlfriend
and neighbour also flew to
Canada to help the Klavers
Wlebrate their 25 years of
mafitad life The e anniver
sary date was officially Feb.
24th„ but the party was held
later se the Koot family could
attend the party and see
Some of the country at the
sante time.
When Mrs. Klavers' fami-
ly arrived in Toronto, they
rented a camper, and after
the anniversary celebrations
and; family reunion; travelled
•
through northern Ontario,
visited Ottawa and then
headed -south to. see New
York and Washington states.
Cory Klavers said- they
didn't find driving, here any
problem -"if you can drive in
Holland, you can drive any-
. where."
Elston fills In
University Hospital
Warden Tinney's sickness
couldn't have happened at a
more opportune _ time. He
was accompanied at the
conference by Dr. Brian
Lynch, Medical Officer of '•
Health of Huron County who
remained with the warden
until he was'. returned to this
area.
Former Warden Bill Elston
was appointed to take -.over
Tinney's duties. Hanly
reminded council that while
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ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Tinneyis absent,: Elston will
The anniversary celebra-
tions tions for, the Klavers started
have all the .powers of the with a dinner at the Seaforth
warden.
arena„ followed by a dance.
over .$0 people attended the
dinner. and there were 225
friends, neighbours and rela-
tives .at the party afterwards.
The Klavers' daughters, Mar
lame and Janice, had a
special; poem they read for
their parents, and Mrs.
Klavers' family presented a
song and dance which chron-
icled the, story of the nine
brothers, and sisters,.
Mrs. Klaver said songs
at
' aretradition
likeko this a
Dutch weddings and, anni-
versaries, and poems written.
by family members are often
included with St, Ntcholas
presents, at Christmas time.
Mrs. Klavers said her
family love Canada's wide
open spaces and their holi-
day here didn't cost them
any more than if they had
holidayed in Holland, where
restaurant prices and accom-
modationare
mads i
much more
expensive.
Friends of the Klavers
presented them with another
memento of their homeland
during the anniversary party -
a brightly painted red and
blue windmill that now sits
on the Klavers' front lawn.
The anniversary, all and
all, was undoubtedly a suc-
cess -"nobody can ever have
a party like we did!" :Mrs.
Klavers said 'happily.
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