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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-11-25, Page 141• PAI FouRTIEEN' THE IUCKNOWW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER 25th, 1974; „STILL. FAVOUR WITHHOLDING National Farmers Union News The 150 delegates at the Reg • ,ional Convention of the National. Farmer's Union in Toronto 'on November 9th and 10th voted. overWhelmingly in favor of con tinuing withholding taxes, Only 5 opposed the resolution. The, vote was taken after Hon..Darcy McKeoughaddressed thegather, ing and; a, lengthy discussion took` place on FarmEducation Tax. Mr. McKeough said that the .25 a%. .rebate .which the Ontario Provin- cial Government is giving to far- mers is a -.step- forward ; bu-t-nota. final solution; that reassessing farm land will go forward -slowly York and Peel Counties are already completed. ' It has al- ways been the policy, of Govern- ment to tax property' for ' Educa- tion duca-tion purposes., and this would Continue , although the total tax". burden has beenreduced by 25.010. Mr, McKeough also pointed out that 80' million dollars is being spent -on municipal roads in Ont- ario a-nd--this 1s°a service -to =land. Issue was taken by members on many remarks made by Mr. Mc Keough. ' When would the next. step be? A handout and sympathy of 'the urban people is not the; , ' answer farmers want justice.' Mr. Roberts admitted that real prop- erty tax, is regressive, and since: farmers are :the greatest holders Of property ,. they are 'the greatest .. victims of this regressiveness.' As sc oo ave c tinge . , rom .one •room, to tow/nsh'ip ; to county units, the system: of taxation has not changed, .and the 25 % rebate. Hear 1'r.vi,.I�gu.e. At W.I. Supper'. WHITECHURCH NEWS On Tuesday .evening November 10 '.Whitechurch ' Women's Institute held their regular Family Night and Pot. Luck Supppr at, 7 p.m. The hostesses• for the evening' were the members living in Wing- ham. Around ninety had supper. The supper and, tables were quick- ly cleared away and the hall set up for, the programme R , • 'The president Mrs. Dan Tiffin has 'been virtually wipedout by increased costs.. Farm buildings and land should be removed from paying education' tax;, without buildings many dairy farmers and tobacco farmers would be out of,business. ' Many farmers have not enough; income to pay tar on, yet they pay e duration tax.. The people' who benefit from education should; pay the,greatest part of ed- ucation tax. The reason for not taxing income for educationMr.: McKeough said , was that the,.Fed- eral,Government would get.a. . large 'share .of this. Mr. Atkinson N.F.U. President felt sure this could ,be workedout' between the. Provincial and 'Federal Govern - mens... 'Farmers at this meeting . seethed'convinced that excuses were not acceptable to them: The .25 To rebate of the total . bill will be mailed to all farmers beginning around December 15th, lvlr. McKeoug said ; Whethe'r taxes were paid ornot;for this year.. presided, and extended a warm w'elcom'e to the guests and mem- bers and conducted: the opening exercises, Mrs. Russel McGuire gave the treasurer's' statement and read, the correspondence , an invitation was extended by Bruce County Home Economist Miss Judith Reasbeck to the, W.I. meinbers,to attend the 4. -Hi Achievement .Day. in their local- ity.. The roll call, was to be °. answered by the men - should we. have a woman on the Council Board and why?. The majority answered present. A report of Grey -Bruce Area • Convention held at Southampton September 14 'and 15. was prepared by Mrs. Albert Cotiltes ,; dele ag^tL to the Convention, and read' by Mrs. Victor Emerson, Mrs. Geor- 'ge Fisher gave' readings In 1+landers'Field and The Answer. She also had a display of •a cross 'with poppies :and a' suitable write up on 'Remembering. beneath, the Cross. This made an attractive display. very .easily remembered. Miss Joyce Coultes danced the Charleston accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Sidney Thompson. She also favoredtith an encore Miss Mary'Hehri gave a reading The Delinquent': • Garnet',Farrier gave western and scotch numbers 'on the saxaphone •accompanied by Mrs, Farrier on ;they -piano : --Mrs—Ezra c-holtthen- introduced the guest speakers Mr. and Mrs. 'Elwell Webster of Wing - ham. Mrs..Webster told of their cond cted tourr which took 240 pa sengers 30,000 miles 'to Honolulu , w • Zealand where•they travelled by bus. and plane. ' Then to `syd ney , Australia ; 'where• they spent ASI....FII,.'.LD The Church School Concert will be held on December 11th.. Tammy MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,. Lorne MacDon- ald , acDon-ald., received' a cut on her fore- , head and bruises when she,fell. from her bicycle. Former residents here who are ill in Kincardine Hospital are Mrs. Elwood Drennan and Mrs.. Roy Martyn. • PRINTED GUMMED. LABELS_ an inexpensive Christmas gift, 300 for $1.75, order now. The Lucknow' Sentinel, 528=2822. PRINTED � � GIFTS - - serviettes' playing cards, coasters, matches, etc., inexpensive and different, low prices: The Lucknow Sentinel, 520- 2822. / twio weeks. From -here to'Hong • Kong, and to the border of Red. China , to Tokyo, Japan, the larg- est city. They were on. the fast- est train inythe world going, 125. .mile per hour. Mr. a,nd Mrs. ,Webster were thanked by, Mrs. Russel McGuire' and, presented with a gift. ' Mrs. Dan Tiffin; president , thanked all who.had helped with. the prog'ramme. ,' the hostesses for their work, in preparing. and -supeiV-icing-the-supper he - who had helped in remodelling . the hall and to. W. I. members for providing dinner for these men... The meeting closed with the sing- ing of .the . Queen. • T- hro u gh Dint -the -even -i were rraany articles.on 'display, for, sale among which were many, .used' books. ZION Mt. and Mrs, Druce Raynarcf and family visited last .Thursday in London with Nelson Raynard, who had surgery in 'Victoria Hos-. pital the previous Monday. Mrs, Nelson Raynard has been staying with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Raynard in London while visiting her hus band in hospital. Mr.: and Mrs. ,Douglas Raynard Were guests on Saturday in Goder ich at the..Lassaline-McKenzie wedding.. Mr,. 'and. Mrs. 'Frank Ritchie . spent the week end at Milton and Acton,` where they visited Mrs., Mary McAuley and Miss.-Riiby Clark, • 4-H Achievement pay for North Huron wiU•be held in Wingham on Sa,turday.featuring ':Focus on Fitness'. The ZipPy Trinettes from here will take part. Mr.', and Mrs. Harvey Ritchie ,. Brian and Mel visited on Sunday, with. Mr. and Allis., Bert Wylie of Forwich . , Mrs. Alex Hackett and Mrs. Wrri. G. Hunter spent three days in Toronto 'last week, while there they visited:Mr. and Mrs. 'Fred Best and David, Mr. and Mrs.'„ Gordon Cooper and their daughter Ivjrs. Pritchard of Nassau. The ladies accompanied Mr; and Mrs Wm. Wharry and Mr,. and. Mrs. 'Keith Kilpatrick. of Lucknow who attended' the. ice -cream con- -venti-on-a t-the=Ro. Toronto. • ' Mr, ai.,.1 Mrs.' Gordon. Kirkland motored: to Kingsville on Satur- day , , where they visit;ed'•Mr., ; and Mrs. Donald Kirkland and Lana , • Larry Hunter .cd Oshawa' spent. Sunday with Mr. and 'Mrs. Wm. G. Hunter.. ' LUCKNOW .PHONE 52840 3