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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1966-12-01, Page 64HE HUROW4XPOPTOrk. SEAFORTH, ONTTPEc. 1, '1 F, t C914nty Counoll flitirort Ag. Rep. OutIines Ag.ricultural Picture Moron Agricultural Repre- sentative Doug Miles present. "ed his annual report ;,t the November meeting of Hurun County council. I am very pleased to once again have this opportunity of presenting a formal report of the year's activities of the Ex- tension Branch of 'the Depart- ment of Agriculture and Food for Huron County. I will only present the highlights and some of our observations as your Clerk -Treasurer receives a de- tailed report of our year's ac- tivities in April. Again there have been a few changes in the Extension Branch staff in our office. We have with usa new Home Economist, Miss Sharon Carroll. • She has replaced Miss Diane Liddiard who left our office In July. Mr. Don Pullen, Associate Agricul- tural Representative will re- port to you on the 4-H and Jun- ior Farmer activities of the year. Our Agricultural Engin- eer, Mr. Bert Moggach, is tak- ing a big part in Extension and at present is working in both Huron and' Perth. Also in our office, we have. Mr. Russ Brad" ford, with the Dairy Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Food, who is striving to help. the farmer produce a qual- ity milk product. Another addi- tion to our staff this past year is Mr. David Inglis working as an Extension Assistant.. We al- so have a very capable assistant BENEFIT DANCE Mr. and Mrs. Laverne (Pork) Wallace who had their barn burned. .Staffs Hall. :Friday, Dec, 9th Music By HOHNER ORCHESTRA • RECEPTION Mr. and Mrs, Gerald Williamson (nee Barbara Nott) 'Friday Dec 2nd Walton Community Hall IORRI-S--STST-RA- Ladies Please Bring Lunch LOL EUCHRE ORANGE HALL Friday, Dec., 9th „8:30 p.m: Lunch Served EVERYONE WELCOME CASH BINGO Friday Dec. 2nd 8:15 "p.m. • Legion Hall, Seaforth 15 Regular Games for $10.00 One $50.00 Jackpot to go Three $25.00 Specials (Children under 16 not permitted) ADMISSION $1.00 Extra Cards 25c,'eir 7 for $1.00 Auspices Seaforth Branch 156 Canadian Legion ' PROCEEDS FOR WELFARE WORK ' • BETHEL BIBLE CHURCH (Services at Orange Hall) Rev. Floyd Shantz, Pastor Sunday, Dec. 4th, 1966 Family Bible 'School 10 a.m. ' Classes for all ages Morning Worship - 11:00' a.m. Message: "Jesus, The Armor of God" Happy Hour: 2:30 p.m. Evening Service: 7:30 p.m. Message: "Strength For the Battle" Next Sunday, Dec 11th, the Spclfresmrmatt •Qtatertett Of Kitchen., err Otytariel Will be if •Bethel. Bibie Church -Co? the evening servicer. PLAN NOW 'to .AT: TEND. Remember, ..You, Are. Always Welcome At ' Bethel to the Engineer, Mr. Don Holmes Our clerical work has been handled very capably by Mrs. Ethel Ball, Miss Carol Taylor and Mrs Maxine Aiken. There appears to be an in- crease in the production of crops in Huron, and not sur- prising because Huron is one of the most specialized Agricul- tural Areas in the Province. As in the past few years, Huron still remains as one of the top producers in the Prov- ince. This is shown in the 1965 Agricultural Statistics for On- tario. For example Huron stood first with total cattle at 207,- 170 head. Again Huron was first in poultry with 1,896,400 birds. In field crops, Huron was first with a total acreage of 386,730. As for value of these crops, Huron was third with a value of $24,408,910.00. Huron also stood first in dry bean acreage and first in barley acreage. These figures show us how far and how fast Huron is advanc- ing agriculturally. Agriculture in Huron County is booming and more farmers are becoming aware that edu- cation,is essential. This is shown by their eagerness to participate in the Farm Management Courses. This season, 1966-67, there are three locations for these courses: Fordwich, Clin- ton and Wingham. The enrol- ment totals just over one hun- dred. Every farmer today requires training in order to make the best use of his income, to make decisions, and to advance in his profession. One of the biggest events in Huron County this year, has been the International Plowing Match. This' was the second match in Huron, as' we' had one twenty years ,ago in 1946 at Port Albert. Although the wea- ther was against us this year, I feel it was a success. There seemed to be some inward force that drew the people out even though the weather .was bad. ' The farmers' ib Huron County and all those concerned should be congratulated for all the work they did in connection with the Plowing Match. The Centennial Farmstead Imptove- ment Competition was held in connection with the Plowing Match. There Were 123 entries from farmers in the various townships of Huron County. This -was a very keen competi- tion. and created' a=great'de- of interest among the home owners of Huron County. Con - Every week more. people dis- cover what' mighty • jobs are accomplished by low cost Ex- positor. Want Ads, Dial 527-0240. McKillop Federation Annus[ Meeting and Banquet Winthrop United' Church f Tues., Dec. 6th +° 1 , ratulations should go to the winner Mr. Bill Gerritts, RR 1, Clinton, • in Goderich- Township for the excellent job le did' in Farmstead Improvement. All the contestants deserve a word of congratulations for the work they did to make Huron County a more picturesque farming community. Economically, this past year has been a fairly bright one for our farm people. Beef prices have remained steady and there seems to be an—increasing de- mand for choice cattle,. The prices at the beginning of the year looked promising. and have held up quite well to date. The average price for choice steers is approximately $1.00 per hundred weight more this year than last. Milk flow in Huron County has remained normal to a slight increase. It 'obits like the farmer is becoming quality milk conscious, and this is as it should be. Due to certain hap- penings on the farm front, the price of milk has gone up for manufactured milk. This should give the dairy farmer more in- come and encourage hime " to stay in this enterprise. The swine industry in Huron looks very- promising with the prices remaining quite high over the year. Huron County has increased considerably in 'the number of hogs on farms and also increased in the number of sow farrowing. The Yorkshire herd of W. E. Turnbull and Son of RR 2, Brussels, should be commended for being. - the first hard in Ontario to qualify under the Elite Herd Policy for swine. This policy is designed to encourage swine breeders to establish and maintain herds that have achieved high stan- dards in respect to performance, type and herd health. Again this year, we• would like to congratulate Bob • Foth- eringham for winning the World Hay Championship, the second year in a row, and the World White Bean Championship at the Royal Winter Fair. It• is, in- teresting to note that Huron has won the Hay Championship six out of nine times and again Huron can be declared the top hay county in the world, • Crops in the County yielded well. It seemed that some crops did exceptionally well and others were slightly lower than evious-y carsr- This ly due to the dry weather con- ditions of July and a heavy ram in early June: For exam- ple, white bean yields were down on those acres planted early, and up to normal on those planted late. Spring grain yields were slightly 'down due' the dry .weather of July. A crop that did do quite well was corn, both shelled and in - silage corn. -'Shelled corn yields in most cases, were up but this may be due to the ideal weath- er conditions for harvesting: Fodder corn was a good level but yields varied -from field to ield'Huron produced an excel- ent crop of hay with outstand- ng yields and quality, although near the ehd of the summer, pastures suffered considerably. n this past year; we have seen greater trend toward haylage production. Farmers in Huron are eager to try new ideas and new ways. You can't help notice few innovations in Huron and this is a good thing. There has also been an increase in the storing of high moisture corn, The farmers of Huron are realiz- ing that in order to go ahead, they must try these new ways. I would like to say, on be- half of myself and everyone in the office, it has been a plea- sure ' to w,erk with the people of Huron County. The co-opera- tion from all concerned, espec- ially your Warden, your County Clerk and his Assistant, is very much appreciated. • Again, we would Iike to ex- press our thanks to the mem- hers of •,i-Iuron County Council for the financial support they give to the many organizations, This is the. kind ,of thing that will build agriculture in Huron and make our farmers strive for higher' ideals. We would like to thank the press, the radio, and T.V. for their interest and support in the work that we do by promo.- ing our educational programs and in trail—Still—Wit agricultural news. It has been a great pleasure for all our office staff to serve the farm people of Huron Coun- ty.. May the Centennial year of 1667 he the greatest year for Huron County" Agriculture. Speaker, Rev, B. Daynard, of''`I Staffa a President, J. Moylan - Secretary, A. Dodds For tickets contact your line director a • at, tti'r•• • A Personal Call For You No One Else Can Aswer,.to God For YoU i . . You Alone Are Responsible For Accepting His Salvation, and Attending His Church. WORSHIP WITH US THIS SUNDAY IN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN •CHURCH 11:00 a.m. CHRISTMAS CONCERT Pupils of Mel illop T.S.A. dt IN SEAPORT!! DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Friday Decerrnbq 9th Adliniss ` Adults 50e; Students 25c Songs* , Skits - Drills - Etc. in Tuckersmjtb.. (Celninued from. i*pge 1, Gregor said there were >"etynests for more ditches and more tile drainage this year but that it is bar .to get people to tender on them. Ile said there was more pressure to get drains cleaned out. The Broadfoat drain had presented many prob- lems but these were mostly settled now. Mr. McGregor ex- plained that the lowest tender was always accepted for this work and that the -council tried to get the most for the rate- payers' money. There should be more equal- ized assessment between the rural and the urban People, and that the farmers are carrying the larger load for education costs. He would be willing to let his name stand. Councillor Sillery commend- ed Reeve Thompson for the fine leadership he gives the council and the amount of time he gives to carry out this work. He said the present council bas not been a "Yes" group but that they were able to work out a solution each time. Mr. Sillery asked the rate- payers present whether they preferred an afternoon or an evening nomination meeting and a show of hands indicated the preference for the evening meeting. Mr. Sillery said he regretted that all the drain work was not done but the council had been unable to get men to do th work. A new grader had bee bought and now with two gra ors and hiring snot. ern front rHeard's any mem rabIents Mild be Managed: He would be willing to stand again. Couneillae Ross !orrest said it was a privilege to serve .but also it was a,gn'eat•reavonsibiiitlr. He commended Reeve "Thopip- son too, the Clerk -Treasurer Mr. McIntosh, and the 'Road Superintendent, Mr. Nicholson, for the heavy.. workload they carry. He would let his name stand again. Councillgr Cleave Coombs in a brief speech indicated hit willingness to allow his name to stand again, Mr. Andrew Crozier, nomin- ated for Reeve, said that as a Warble Fly Inspector he is in contact with many farmers and that many of them have com- plained about drains not com- pleted and gave as an example Mr. Roger Andrews, who had requested work , ona_ditch and n had received o reply. The school question too should have been voted on, and not pushed on the ratepayers. He would let his name stand. G. R. Hulley, nominated for council said etch of the coun- cillors had reported how busy the council work had kept them, but he questioned this with the complaint that the drain• in front of his home' had not been cleaned out. Mr. Hul- ley thanked the men who had e nominated him but declined to n i let his name stand. d- Reeve Thompson then reques- SEAFORTH ELECTORS CROWD • (Continued from Page 1) had not decided but he expect ed that he would qualify. , Robert Dinsmore, who had completed his first year on council, said that he had found -the experience most helpful He was particularly happy to know that moves had been made to establish a recreational com mittee. Most people don't real ize the work there is in devel oping sports and he felt tha a recreation committee would make a definite contribution. Reporting for the Public Lib- rary, Mrs, Joseph McConnell said that there were 1380 mem- bers, the largest on •record, and that the library had an • ex- cellent book ..circulation. She would be satisfied that the -pro- posed county -library system would permit an even better service to be given the com- munity. R. S. Box chairman of the Public Utility Commission, re- viewed the, work which the commission had carried out during...the--..past year. Twenty- , wenty, en new ---hydro -services--had- been installed as well as twen- ty•four new street lights. A -urvey- of all transformers in the town had indicated that e:e,en were overloaded, twelve were up to capacity and this had been corrected. Major repairs had been car- ried .out to the water stand pipe at a cost of $5,304. Daily average . water consumption ,is '294000 gallons. The chairman said he could anticipate there. would be an • increase• in the hydro rates in 1967 since the cost of the pow- er being. purchased will be in- creased by 3.66 per cent. effec- tive January lst. Previous rate increases on the wholesale rate of power. had been absorbed' ed whether the proposed cash .1 I payment of sewer charges would cover the first sewer project. She was told that the privilege of paying cash extended only to the 1963 project. • There is no reason why the, tax bill,, doesn't show the mill rates applicable to different - items as used to, be the case, the chairman said in answer to - a further, question from Mrs. t Butt. It was a decision of coun- cil as to whether the rates "would be broken down to a greater degree. without rate 'adjustment. Re- cords indicated the 'hydro load is increasing at the rate of six per cent, per year but that sub- stations were operating at ap- proximately 55 per cent. Of cap- acity, which would suggest there would not be requirement for additional ssubstation cap- acity apiacity in the near future. Mr. Box said that in' future work contemplated in the water works system would include ov- erhaul of certain of the pumps and wells as well as moderniz- ing the • water main on South Main Street prior to pavement being laid. The chairman of the SDHS Board, John A. Cardno, told Vie meeting that construction is well advanced, at 'the school and &was hoped to occupy the first stage of the project around Easter."' Reporting for the public school board, the chairman, Wil- liam Hodgert said considerable maintenance work was carried out during - the past year in- cluding painting and the in- stallation of additional paving. He said discussions had been held with McKillop area board, which it was hoped -could lead to the formation of a school area to --serve .both municipali- ties. • John Lafifihk, ' chairman of the St. James' Separate School board said there were 240 chil- dren at the school and an addi- tional two classrooms were re- quired but that there was a shortage of Iand. The chairman of the Seaforth Community Centre Board, Ro- bert Read referred to the Cen- tennial .project in progress in- volving a new entrance to the arena and said that a new ser- vice had been cotnpleted at a nominal, cost. While there had been some diffieulitles In ob- taining concession and manage- ment staff, he felt this would be solved in, the near future, Clerk Ernie, "Williams who chaired the meeting, aitk d" whether there were any quoin tions and Mrs. ivy Butt ingttir• ,Reporting for the Community Hospital Board, Rev. D. 0. Fry, who represents the town on the board, said the hospital was providing a needed -facility --to a wide area surrounding Sea - forth. While there had been some problems as a result of the move to the new building, these were being corrected. A former member of coun- cil, Walter Murray, spoke at some length' and discussed the school construction project. He -emphasized the need--of-increas— r service- in the town. Mrs. Jean Henderson of Sea - forth Manor inquired concern- ing back taxes and was told that at the end of October the total was about $31,000, rough- ly the same as in the previous year. Debentures outstanding. and eha'rged against the'munici- pality total $370,710. In addi- tion to this there was approxi- mately $180,000 owing the OWRC covering the last sewer project. Answering a query as to ad-. ditional sewer work the chair- man said a meeting was taking place this week with representa- tives of. the OWRC, ):t had been indicated the comrnissibn would be prepared to provide trunk lines and additional disposal facilities and this could be'rent- ed by the municipality. Mayor Flannery added it had not been possible to get a satisfactory es- timate of cost and it had been his feeling that such an arrange- ment should be approached very slowly. Others who had been nomin- ated for positions spoke briefly. • Frank Kling who had been nom- inated for Mayor said the at- tendance at the meeting indica- ted a broad interest and if he decided to qualify he could as- sure the meeting that he would do his best to serve the inter- ests of the community. Dr. J. C. McLennan, nominat-' ed for council, said he had been nine years on the school beard acid .he thought that he would allow his name to stand. Alvin W. Sillery, also nomin- ated for council, saki that he had served on the hospital board and on the school board and on the council for two years and that he was, prepared to assist in any way to help the town. D'Orlean Sills nominated for PUC, told the meeting he thought that he had been on fair a long time but since he held office un the AMETT and OMEA he felt he would stand. He enjoyed the work and while much had been accomplished there was much more to do. Mrs, Molly Minder, nominat- ed for school Tigard, said that she Would. do the best she could as a member of the board and Mrs. Jean Henderson, nom- inated for council told the meeting, while she had a job that occupied her full time, she 'felt it was the duty of ev- ery citizen to take part in and to advance the -interests of the community in which they resid- ed. John 'Lansink' said that it was doubtful he would aceept tt , nont fetation for counciil. since he already was the- chairman of the gr., James Separate School Ci#il e Oke told the meeting hat he was not a candidate for lac. A. t REEVE ELGiN THOMPSON ted permission to speak in reply to Mr. Crozier. He reported that; the County Engineer had in- spected the Moore, drain but could not recommend that the work be done. To the school problem Mr. Thompson said that the ratepayers had given their decision by the men they had voted in last year and that it was not one person's decision. Bring Greetings The chairman invited Mayor John Flannery of Seaforth to speak. Mayor Flannery said he sympathized with the council on the amount of work that has to be done, and he thanked them for the friendly relation- ship and co-operatjon :that ex- isted between the municipali- ties. - Seaforth Reeve Carl Dalton said he was a small ratepayer in Tuckersmith but ,was glad the meeting was held in the evening making it possible for him to attend. "He expressed 'concern at the problem at the dump with snow plowing as the Town's equip- ment was not satisfactory for •this but hoped that some solu- tion could be worked out. Con- cerning the Silver Creek Drain he was dissappointed that the en- gineer was taking so long to get the report out. Councillor. Allan Campbell of McKillop brought, greetings from McKillop. He reported that McKillop was processing 22 municipal drains. tad Superin.ten tient,- Allan Nicholson expressed his apprec- iation to the farmers• on the second concession for their co- operation during the construc- tion work and for other co-op- eration he had received across the township, Verne Alderdiee, chairman of the Tuckersmith School Board said -the new- sehoal is coming -along- nicely and it- is hoped the. children will be able .oto start 'there after Christmas. He said the board had been questioned about the bus contract being given to a man at Ailsa Craig; outside of the . school district but the tender had been:lowest. The headquarters for the buses will be at Lobbs in, Brucefield. He°""sai:d the Board has tendered for supplies and there will be a saving to the ratepayers by having the supplies delivered to one school 'rather than the several schools as now. He re- ported two custodians with ex- perience had been hired • for the• new schoai an41 that the .4.0-wpri>nciP41 for the school and the law Inspector in the dist, ..tet 'worn:_ ,ver n *Oa— t board; 34 Ire Alderd ce' said; h4 blind it bard to 'tti idexstaud how the amouoft of a grant is decided hut hoped to- have this explained at a meeting in the near future... He was Willing to stand for another terra. W. D. Wilson of the sehpof beard said he was • letting his name stand. He reported on the Progress being made in the new school. Brig. G. L. M: Smith, Bay- -field School Trustee, reported that in the beginning' he was against the new school but that now it has- been decided all mustgget on with the work. He congratulated Mr. Ald'erdice on giving good leadership. Jack Taylor and Bruce Keyes, School Trustees from Stanley, each spoke briefly. School Reports John Broadfoot, Tuckersmith representative on the SDHS board, reported on progress on the new wing of the high. school explaining that the first stage of a two-stage program is to be finished in March and the hope is that the students will be able to use it by Eastertime. Mr. Broadfoat said the old part will be demolished and the second stage will be started and they hope it will be ready by the' first of September, 1967. He said tits iigs. ,conflract 1z>ur' been let to .Legs. AOl irlk wbo?ae equip, anent anal »rice are the best the Province enc be wss .pleas• ed with the bus se> vice prevld• ed by the. flans. George Falconer, Tueke*sillitit representative en the Oljntpn School, svgs not able to be pre. sent but sent a brief report, and said the new addition there. is progressing satisfactorily. Victor Lee, Tuckersxnith rep-. resentative on Seaforth Com- munity Hospital Board, was re- ported to be ill and unable to attend meeting. Tony DeJong • questioned the grant to the Ontario Farm Union and Reeve Thompson advised him that an application for In- crease should be made at the September meeting. With no further questions to be asked Mr. McIntosh declared the meeting adjourned. DANCE WALTON HALL, Friday, 'Dec. 9th DESJARDINE'S ORCHESTRA Sponsored -by Walton W.I. A Lunch Booth EVERYONE WELCOME Learn to Play and Have F}un in the GUITAR BAND For Beginners qr Advanced Students. No Enrollment Fee Use you own guitar or buy one wholesale (A good starting guitar costs $14.80) Training costs $1.50 per week, paid four weeks in advance. Learn to play Folk, Pop, Western, Standard, etc. Bands are trained for public appearances, talent program competitions, etc. PHONE 482-7166, OR 'COME IN AND SEE HENRY PULSIFER Over McGonigle s Grocery every Tuesday, 4 to 9 p.m. All This Week The: Country •Playboys AT THE UEEN'S HOTEL Seaforth DINING ROOM SPECIAL This Weekend Pigtails, Spareribs and Sauerkraut SEAFORTH TEEN TWENTY PRESENTS The Tech - Niques ON SATURDAY DEC. 3 AT THE SEAFORTH ARENA NOTICE Beginning 'this Saturday, Teen Twenty Dances will be semi- formal and will continue ;to be for the remainder of the season. Boys must wear a tie and Girls will be refused admittance wearing slacks. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE -ADMISSION '0 0 REGARDING:THE BANQUET The Banquet will be held on Decelber l.Oth, at 6:45, at the Legion Hail, ,Seaforth. Admission to the .Banquet and Dance is FREE to those attending both. All interested persons must register, at the door it Teen Twenty this week, to. be elegible. _ _ -