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The Huron Expositor, 1978-05-11, Page 10binet-Ors meet in McKillop By Francine Visser The 2nd meeting of the McKillop 11 Uncanny Canners was held Tuesday, April 25 at Carolyn Thompson's house. The meeting started off right with everyone walking down to the garden where the ' proper techniques in garden planting were exhibited. Carrots, beets :.-and s potatoeS were •planted. The discussion consisted of the methods of preparing the soil for ',planting, how to properly plant your garden, how to take care of it after it's been planted and what the three numbers on fertilizer ' bags mean. How and when 'to properly plant annual flowers was also discussed. Atterwgrds, each of the members told everyone the svgetable they were planting that is new to their family. Some of the strange vegetables mentioned were zucchini. purple and white turnips, endive and eggplant. • ••o n • The May 3rd St.- John Ambulance meeting had a very small attendance so the.meeting was short. Book inspection for the secretary May 7 in Stratford was attended by Betty Glanville. May 11 at Mitchell High School is dress inspection with . hopes that most members with family and friends will attend. It starts between 7:30-8 p.m.-lunch follows. No duty hours were handed out and the meeting was brought to a close. Next meeting is May 17. For demonstrations or group activity coverage call Ken Holmes. Jim Palin, Heather Brodhagen, Betty Glanville. • Hensall • (Continued from Page 1) to endorse a resolution regarding the removal of certain books from the curriculum of the Huron County board of education. Hensall-couticil made the same de,cision at last month's meeting when they received a similar --request from St. Joseph's Catholic Women's League. Council members approved a $150 'grant request from the Hensall-South Huron Agricultural Society. • - Council members acknowledge a letter from Premier William Davis declaring the month of May, Family Unit Month across the province. , Councillor Harry Klunge asked, "Is he (Premier. Davis) saying parents should try and get more children because the schools are running dry?" Susan Thompson, an Exeter resident and Conestoga College student, will be workipg with HenSall council for the summer, as part of the Ministry of the Treasury and Economics program in Municipal adthinistratioii. Help mother be a millionaire. Buy the Provincial or Loto Canada tickets BOB & BETTY'S Variety and Gifts Main Street, Seaforth 527-1680 a a AIR CONDITIONER OWNERS , Call To-day- 527-0636 Pre-Season Service Special makes $22. Pa d D ek -UeP1 lye*, 18 mi. radius] $12•50 sahto Price Includes . complete check-up .labour .cleaning .lubrication (Offer Expires June 30, 1978) Any additional parts and labour extra HORNE'S Maior,, Appliance Repair and Service Seaforth, Ontario • •I 10 THE1 HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 11, 18 S Huron . F of A votes (*we). FA tax reform. iby Keitil Roolatent Despite emotional appeals that the Huron, County Fedeption of Agriculture support the Ontario Federation's stand on land tax reform, members voted strongly against the 0.F.A. proposal for farm tax reform Thursday night. , About110 attended the meeting in Belgrave, many saying they, had come to the monthly 'meeting of the Federation only because they • hod heard a vote would be taken on the proposal. They wanted no part of the O.F.A. s proposal that food producing land be tax ecempt and farmers only pay' taxes on their farm homes' nd a minimal acreage around the house. Speaker after speaker doubted the 'government's motives in the proposal to ease the burden on land tax by paying the taxes for farmers on all but their homes. In supporting the motion against the policy of O.F.A. and the proposal of the provincial government, Jim McIntosh, director for East Central' Huron said that a large majority of -4" farmers in Huron are not willing to have the government pay tax on all but the farm house. There is nothing wrong with the market value assessment which • the province will be • adopting, he said, if all properties are justly assessed. As a former clerk-treasurer for Tuckersmith township, he said, he didn't like the farm tax proposal. He said theOFA should sick, to ita original proposal of people taxes paying fen.. services-to people-and .-property . taxes. paying fee services to property. Debate stopped at this• point when. Merle Gu n-by - v-i c-e - president of the Huron Federation and cirector, from north west Huron to moved a tabling, motion which was defeated. Mr. Gunby claimed that the time for .opposition to the O.F.A. policy was earlier and that now that the policy had been accepted by O.F.A. the county should stand behind the provincial decision. • - After. the tabling motion's defeat, Jim ArmstrOng of Wingham said he felt that the government's' proposal was port of the government's cheap food policy. He noted a meeting of 'consumer groups and labour unions some time ago in which both groups called for public ownership of food producing land as a way of keeping food prices down. He wondered what would happen if he didn't pay the taxes on his house for three years therefore-making-it--liable-for tax sale. Who mould then -get the land on the farm; he wondered, Land taxes make up only about one per cent -cifTn-put costs, he said, and weren't that serious a problem for farmers. Defended Maurice Bean, director for central west Huron defended the 0.F.A. Policy. He said that farmers seemed to be happy with the. 50 per cent rebate on taxes that the 0.F..,4s.. won to offset education taxes so what was the' fuss over 100 per cent. If farmers feel so strongly about paying their share of taxes; he said, then why did farmers want exemptions from sales tax on, items they buy? George Underwood of Wingham said that he was concerned that many Of the O.F.A. cfirectors from across the province who approved-the policy don't really know what's going on. He said that at an information • meeting held earlier 'in Clinton the O.F.A. executive didn't seem to get the message that farmers didn't like the policy. Maybe now they'd listen, he said, Ernie Ackert, a visit ng member of the Brace..,. Federation; related the story, of a number of lakes on. farms in Bruce county where, during the depression the owners had asked that they be relieved of paying taxes on the water portion of the lake since 'it was non-productive farmland. Later these owners discovered that ___they..badlostownershipof,thelakeportioas_of____ their farm' on their deeds and the lakes were now owned by government. • ' Paul Ross, a Clinton lawyer, said that before coming to Clinton he had worked for a time at the Ministry of Revenue and felt that they themselves didn't seem to know "where they were going with land tax reform. "Why take chances with your own land?" he wondered. Gordon Hill. past president of OFA came to the defence of the O.F.A, policy saying he believed the .governMent was sincere in its proposal. As far back as 1948, he said, the Federation had been asking for tax relief. Under a great deal of stress, the government did come up with the education tax rebate in '1970, he said. He said the government's task in reform was complicated by the pledge of • • farmer agriculture minister Bill Stewart that any new taxation system would not be harder at the farmer than the old system. With the education tax rebate and the fact that .The .whole tax assessment could be claimedas an ex pense it meant that farmers were only paying about 10 per cent of their assessed taxes, he said. People Taxes A.s for the O.F. A. policy of people taxes for, people services and . land- taxes for land services, he said, the problem was just what were the services to land. The land dtself didn't need any services if there weren't any; people around. . Without tax reform, he said, how could Ontario farmers compete with farmers in Alberta or New Brunswick who don't have to pay property tax? He said the new policy for farm tax reform was a good one because he 'thought the government was going to "raise a lot more money from land taxes in the future than they had in the past. The ..O.F.A. had two options, he said. It could continue to say it would go .along with the old policy, or it could say "we've tried; but now• it's time to make a deal." Survey Jim Hallahan, R. R. #3, Blyth termed Mr. Hill's arguments "a lot of bull". He said he • had recently taken part in a survey of faimers -in -East. Wawanciih town ship 'and- many were irate about the 0.F .A. Tetley. He said that .if O.F.A. went through with the policy it would lose half its membership in Huron County. Frank Wall of the O.F.A. executive was at the meeting and said t,hat the report of the committee studying land tax reform recognizes the-rights of the farmer to his land' even if he doesn't pay taxes on the land. Others supporting the O.F.A. policy said that the owrfership of the land depends not on who pays the taxes but on who owns the deed. But Mr. !bass argued that just because you have the deed to prcperty doesn't mean you own it. Another speaker warned that if the gov ernment is looking ahead with this policy, it's looking ahead to a cheap food 43.0.1ic.,y. The policy will be a great incentive to farmers to buy. up more farms, wipe out the farm houses to keep down the taxes'and just work the land. it will make the countryside look barren, he argued,- Mr. Gunby then returned'with an emotional speech in support of the O.F.A:. policy refuting many of the earlier arguments against the policy. , - He claimed that a move by Huron 'county to oppose an O.F.A. policy would weaken the position of,O.F.A. and make it look ridiculous. He said that the new proposal wouldn't mean that farmers weren't paying their fair share of .,taxes--because it- likely Wouldn't mean any difference in the amount of tax. they paid. He said that if the government really did want to get control of farmland then it could find much easier wa. ys than under the new tax proposals. He argued that farmers shouldn't be against seeking a better break for themselves because industry is always taking government tax eoncessions. Mr. Gunby said that he hadn't seen the figures •of what market value assessment would mean to tax bills in Huron,, but in Halton region• it would mean an increase of four times the present taxes and farmers couldn't afford a bill like that. He said the O.F.A. stand was approved by about 90 per cent of the directors from across the province at the March Meeting in Toronto.•• A• procedural hassle then arose since the meeting had run past the 11 p.m. deadline set by... the Federation- for completion of the monthly meeting.SeveraTpeeple insiSte-difiat a vote be taken on the , motion. Mr. Gunby tried to block the vote by moving another motion to table because he said the motion was not properly directed as to who it should be referred to. This was shouted down. Finally Gordon Hill suggested the motion be sent to the O.F.A . as the policy of the Huron Federation. The vote was-taken and -showed strongly in favour of the motion, • opposing O.F.A. policy. Mr. Gunby said he could not argue in favour of the motion in • Toronto and offered his resignation. Mr. Hill said that wasn't necessary saying the motion can simply be stated as policy of the Huron group without having to be supported by Mr. Gunby or any of the other Huron directors. • Correspondent Mrs. Lavern-Wolfe 345-2757 Flowers beautified St. P eters Lutheran Church Sutday morning in memory of Wilfred Wolfe who pasied away six years ago. They were placed there by his wife •PorothY and family. -There were yellow mit= .in.-the fierier. stands .,in memory' of Mrs. J. L. Bennewies-who-also 'passed away- six years ago. They were placed there--try--her family. - Mrs. Edith Bauer 'and Mrs. Rose Robertson attended the Canada Synodical -Unit biennial convention for the Lutheran Church Women at Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo on the weekend. Miss Kathryn Leonardt who has been attending the Mohawk Colleg, in Hamilton "enjoyed a couple Of weeks of holidays at her parent's home in Brodhagen. She, is now employed as a. science computer• operator in Ottawa where she will spend the summer months. Friends, neighbour's and, relatives of Mrs, Henry Rose will be pleased to hear she —has returned to her home where she lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Carol, and Ronald Getlike. Mrs, Rose was a patient in the General Hospital Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ahrens enjoyed the weekend with' the former's aunt, -Mrs. LouiSa Carlton in Niagara Falls,, New York. Mr. and .Mrs. Clarence Regele sponsored the bulletin .0f St. Peter's Lutheran -Church for' the - month of April in Thankfulness for their . 45th wedding anniver- sary. Guests visitng Mrs.' Edgar Elligsen over the Weekend were .John , Elligsen 'of . Sebringville; Miss Joanne, Ross, Fullarton; Mr. • and Mrs. Victor Dietrich of Zurich and Margaret Dietrich of Kitchener. Friends of Mr: 'Ed. Byers. will be sorry to hear he is a patient in the General Hospital Stratford, where he is undergoing- hip - Surgery; Members of L,C.W, were QUEBEC "JOURNALISTES" VISIT EXPOSITOR—Three journalism students tram Laval University, 'toured The' Huron Expositor laseweek to' learn something about the weekly newspaper business in Ontario. The students were.Gisselle Labrecque, Christiane Lussier and Carole Regimbald. They're on an exchange visit to the U.W.O. journalism school and will visit the London Free Press and the Globe and Mail and Ine_Q8Cin Toronto. (ExpoSitor Photo) — • Brodhagen P eople visit • guests of the ladies at Zion Lutheran Church, Stratford. _Visiting -with David Buck was Barry Buck of S,ebringville. Ruth Seimon was among members of the Emmanuel Bible College Choir of Kitchener who enjoyed a. bus tour to Northern Ontario and Manitoulin Island for two weeks.. (Continued from Page school $33,513 for a total of $203.447. compared to a total education levy last year of $193,412. The total 1977 assessment hi 1978 traxation is $3,118,774. A delegation of 5 members front. the McKillop ,Federation of Agriculture attended the council session to discuss the recent survey made by the 'Federation when 20 questions were asked of local farmers on suggestions that could improve the township. - , The delegates were Gordon B lanchard, president,' Leon Maloney; Francis Hicknell, Jim Maloney and. Don Moylan. They, reported one of the main concerns in the township was old gravel pits with dangerous holes, filled with deep water. They said there were two that were especially hazardous. Another' concern, was , roads. The farmers, of McKillop wanted better roadS,.411164f the sugges- tions was'to put calcium chloride on the concessions one year' and on the sideroads the other. • Reeve Allan Campbell said that the roads would have to be maintained as now with the calcium put on each year but consideration could be given to' doing the sideroads. but it would have to be every year, not every other. He was told,"..Crops are as valifable on the sideroads as on the concessions' The delegates said crops along the road suffered from the heavy dust. One said the only time a person should cut hay was after a rain. Deputy reeve McNichol asked pay- --- the cost? LeonMaloney said, "Ye You' never hem- about high taxes--- just poor roads." The other, Federation represen- tative confirmed this viewpoint, and said they thought the, extra tax would be no problem. Don Moylan Said he often went" for a drive and'after seeing other roads, "McKillop has the finest roads in Ontario. However, there is always room for improve- ment." .lim Maloney asked if con- sideration had ever been given to buying a second grader for the township and Reeve Allan Campbell replied that council was in the process of considering one for another year. He said one ,would cost about-$68,000. • /Vicki-flop 0,j,1,•••1•1,4110M Plymouth Seaforth' M 0 T..ORS DodgeTrucks 527-167O 69/40 Slit Front Seat, 318 Engine; Automatic; Power Steering; Power Brakes; Radio; White Wall Tires; Wheel 'Covers; Black vinyl side MIDG; Electric rear window. Weekly Special with License Serial I1WH41G6A125714 4 Dr. Sedan • , R.P.P.15 • • • • • • • • • • We, • ..•••• • %,"• . 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