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. •
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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.. '
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