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The Huron Expositor, 1978-12-14, Page 17GREETING THE GUEST -- Larry Wesenberg, president of the Seaforth Optimist Club, shakes hands with Bruce Swartzentruber, lieutenant- governor of Zone 28 of the Optimists, who was a guest of the local club at last Thursday night's meeting. , (Expositor Photo) peared that only about one percent of the Ontario real estate was owned by, non- nationals, the \ government VOlunteers wanted Big Brothers looking for4ielp has not seen fit to monitor the trend since. However, due to general knowledge of xp:ossiroo, 1),ce „,,,...„. .5 Hullett feels county was taken At their inauguarl meeting on Monday, December 4, Hullett Township Council decided to have the clerk send a letter to the road committee of Huron County. The letter was to point out that council felt the county ....eas taken in by the. advice offered by a 'So-called unbiased engineer"when he called the Youngblut Drain unfair assessment. The problem arose when the county felt they had been, overassessed on the drain and were going to appeal. They decided to consult an engineer other than their own to 'get an opinion on the drain. A report from the county engineer indicated that the costs of appealing the assessment were goingto offset any benefit from a new report. Council also felt that some of the remarks made in the report of the second engineer were not worth $25. ' Council, also instructed the eleette send a letter to Keith Tyndal thaniderg him for his effort in the recent canvass of Hullett Townsip for the Clinton Arena Floor fund. Norman Alexander was appointed to the Maitland V alley Conservation Authority and Joe Gibson was appointed to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. Council approved the 0.H.R.P. Loan Application of J. Bonnstoppel and, building permits were approved for J. McEwing to move cattle shed; John Van Den Elzen for barn addition; Conrad De Cort, addition to present house; S. Schneyderberg to change from residence to mobil home with earlier restrictions to apply; Bob McCool for implement shed and Tony Van Dorp for sow barn, subject to Township by-laws and Public ,Health Unit regulations where applicable. The garbage contract with Bud Chamnery for the Village of Londesboro was renewediat the sum of $2400 per annum for a two year term. The application for a tile drain loan for K. Dystra was • accepted subject to the availability of funs and severance applications for Ho and and Marjorie Cartv$Fight and Elliott app were approved with council recommending written agreement on line fences. Council instructed the clerk to use a comp uter to Take up tax bills for the year 1979 with this to be a trail period for 1979 and council decided to consider the report on Murry-Lamb Drain on January 24 at 1:30 p.m. Report from Queen's Park Tuesday is Shipping Day Prom Dublin e CALL DUBLIN 348.2656 '211111at 236-4088 CHRISTMAS • GIFT SUGGESTIONS. . . 6'' SNOWMOBILES • SNOW BLOWERS • CHAIN SAWS • LAWN MOWERS • FARM TOYS • TOOL-BOXES •GREASE GUNS • HAND toots • OAS CANS • BATTERY CABLE • JOKETS • HATS Ut;746&C! FARM EQUIPMENT LTI:C., lb SEOORTH 527.0120 auts.cla RVIEnr114ING st.i-ren OOP elAnNihl 4•Fmnism innliMMIMMINWINIMIR1 BY JACK RWDELL NM I asked the Minister of Agriculture and Food in the Legislature this week if he was aware of the concern that has been expressed over recent purchases of blocks of agricultural land in the Counties of Bruce, Huron. Kent and Lambton, byforeign interest and if he could ten us -how widespread this practice is. I also askad if the Minister would knmediately under- take a survey of current foreign ownership of rural lands in Ontario and monitor all new land transfers to private or corporate foreign ownership, as was recom- mended by the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture at its We liko to luano ow cuitomors byname! • recent annual meeting. 'It was at this meeting that wag able to observe spfbiked intense.concern among some farmers at what appears to be a new fierry of Ontario land purchases by non-Can- adians. The purchases seem to be concentrated in the counties mentioned but since raising the question, I have been, informed that such purchases have been taking place all across Ontario. However, this hie been a continuous concern for at least five years with periods of more 'intense buying act- ivity from time to time. Few farmers feel comfort- able in arguing that non- , nationals should be prohibited absolutelSi from owning Can- adian real estate or farmland. What causes' wonjes is that large amounts of foreign investment frequently con- centrated in sizable blocks of holdings raise questions ab-rt future control of Canadia resources and communities. Naturally such purchases by outsiders push up land prices for local farmers wishing to buy. Also much of the concerns stem from .a lack of knowledge about the extent With the Christmas spirit of goodwill in the air, the Seaforth Big Brothers Assoc. is actively recruiting volunt- eers to act as big brothers to fatherless boys... The newly-formed Seaforth • association is an agency that uses volunteer.men in reg- ular assignments with father- less boys on a one to one basis. The volunteers are asked to spend a few hours each week with the boys and to do the things a father and son generally do, like go fishing, playing ball or hockey, etc. • Big Brothers was origin- ally formed in Canada as single parent families be- came a more common phen- omenon and many s were growing up without a her figure in the home. Larry Dillon, of R R 1, Clinton, is the chairman of the Seaforth Big Brothers' group screening and match- ing committee. After inter- viewing a boy who wants a Big Brother and talking to the boy's mother, the com- mittee matches the boy with the right volunteer - someone who shares the boy's, interest and understands his needs. The Seaforth group hasn't made any matches to date, They are asking the vol- unteers who would be willing to act as a big brother or the mothers of boys who could' benefit from the service to contact the • Seaforth Big clEtrather Association, P.O. Box 73, Seaforth. The local board members1 are Dr; R.J. Whitman, chair- man of Seaforth; Rev. R.J. Roberts, vice-chairman, of Egmondville; Jan Dickson of Seaforth, secretary; John Horsup, R R 1, Brucefield, treasurer; Joanne Maloney of Seaforth, program co- ordinator and Bill Martin, publicity co-ordinator, of Seaforth: Other • members of ' the executive are Dave Dale of Seaforth, June Martene of R R 4i Seaforth and Bob Watson of Egmondville. much purchasIng of Ontario real estate, including farms, in 1974, the Government did amend the land Transfer Tax Act to increase this tax on purchases of land by non- residentS of Canadia to 20% of the purchase price. In fact this titc is easily dodged as a local agent for the purchaser ran register as an. Ontario company, Registration can be accomplished-without list- ing foreign based principals and the purchase is registered as to a,, domestic company. It is interesting to note that Prince Edward Island and the three Prairie Provinces have each taken legislative measures to restrict owner- ship of farmland by ton-Can- adian residents and I am surprised and disappointed that the Minister of Agricult- ure and Food for Ontario, has such a lackadaisical attitude about, the foreign' purchases of farmland. Beginning in January, single elderly people in this Province who receive guar- anteed income supplements will get $20 more a month. The_Minister. of Revenee also told the Legislature that elderly married couples who receive the supplement will receive $10.00 extra a month. The increase in the guaran- teed income level ensures that Ontario residents who are 65 .oe older will benefit fully from recently announced federal payments. With effect January 1st, the guaranteed income level will be $343 a month for single people and $666 a month for married couples, if both spouses qualify for the guaranteed income supplement! These increases will '-ht about 244,000 elderly residents of Ontario, Some 45000 addit- ional senior citizens who do not qualify for thee 'federal pension and supplement will receive a monthly increase equivalent to the' federal increase. The Minister said this will cost Ontario about $600,000 a year. This week the Provincial Treasurer told the Le,gIp, lature that unemployment Iii this Province rose marginally from 6,1% to 6.6% of the labour force between Oct. and Nov. Latest unemploy- ment figures show an overall increase, bringing the total unemployed to 312,00, This is despite the fact that Ontario was the only prov- ince to increase its work force during the period in questibn. The Treasurer described the rise in the number Of unemployed as "regrettable" but entirely due to the increase in tic work force, Some. 154,000 new jobs were created in Ontario between Nov. '77 and last month, but due to the large number of people entering the work force, the . seasonally adjusted un- employed rate is now at 7.3% up .3% over the Previotis month. The Treas- urer said he expected to sign an agreement with Ottawa in the near future, which would cover heavily hit areas of Eastern Ontario and' he promised a "complete pack- age" of job creation measures to combat unemployment. Jacks flings Riddell of foreign ownerships in an area, the source and nature of such large amounts• of ready cash, the long term intent of foreign purchases regarding theuse of land aed the lack of any effective controls over such pur- chases. • The Ontario Government seems to have exact knowledge about this phen- omenan as of the last five years. Its latest systematic survey of the problem was in 1973 by the Select Commit- tee on Economic and cultural Nationalism. As it then ap- ToxbrodkS-.- for paper Buy or Rent LOG SPLITTERS r • 527-077.0 BY MURRAY GAUNT Ontario Treasurer Frank Miller said this week that he strongly favours a report calling for massive grants and tax breaks to entice pulp and paper companies to modernize their mills and Members of "Alpha Huron" have been making a survey of handicapped per- sons who must rely on elevators to reach the second story of a.building. • Elaine 'Townshend, Pre- sident of Alpha. found that Community and Social Ser- vices at Wingham have 50 and 36 persons in South and North Huron respectively, who have this need. Added to this are 25 to 30 who suffer from heart ailments that make stair -climbing hazardous. This includes only people who are re- gistered with C & S Services. Dean Mellway, of the March of Dimes at Kitchener, said that 2.8% of the population of Ontario has some disability. • Mr. Mellway attended a' recent meeting of "4lpha Huron" -(awareness .League SHIPPER to UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT , TORONTO Ship your livestock with MIKE DOYLE live up to pollution control orders often ignored in the past. The report recommends giving out more than $100 million in.public money over five years to the industry, which is said is unable to compete with U.S. for Ph3t,sically Handicapped Adults) to acquaint the members with the involve- ments of an. Awareness ,Day program. The Kitchener branch of the March of Dimes hopes to• hold such a day in Goderich early in the new year. Officers for 1979 are: Pre- sident Pat Watson, Vice-Pre- sident Bruce Scott, Treasurer Elaine Townshend, Lunch convener Bessie Townshend and Secretary Phyllis Cox. "Alpha Huron" meets next at 8 p.m.. J'anuary 23 in Clinton Public School. • companies except when 'the Canadian ' dollar is at a low level, as it is now, The Treasurer this week told the Legislature that unemployment in the Province rose marginally. froin 6.1% to' 6.6% of the , labour farce between October and November. Latest unemployment figures show an overall increase, bringing the . total un- employed. to 312,000. This is despite the fact that Ontario was the only province to increase its Aim* force during the period in question. The Treasurer des- cribed the rise in the number of unemployed as "regret- table", but entirely due to the increase in work force. ,_Ssurre 154,000 new jobs were created in 'Ontario between blovruber 1977 and last month, but due to the large number of people entering the work force, the seasonal- ly adjusted unemployed rate is now at 7.3%, up .3% over the previous 'month. The Treasurer said he expected to sign an agreement with Ottawa in the near future, which would cover heavily hit areas„of Eastern Ontoario, and he promised a "complete package" of job creation measurers to combat un- employment. . Beginning in January, single viderly people in this Province who receive „guaranteed income' supple- ments will get $20 more a month. The Minister of Re- venue 'also told the ,Legislature that elderly mar- ried couples who receive the- supplement will receive $10 extra a month. The increase in the guaranteed income level en-' sures that Ontario residents who are 65 or older will : benefit fully from recently announced federal pay- ments. With effect January 1st, the guaranteed income level be $343 a month for single people, and $666 a month for married couples, if both Spouses qualify for the guaranteed income supple- ment. These increases will affect about 244,000 elderly 'residents of Ontario. Some 2,500 additional senior citizens who do not • qualify for the federal pension and supplement will receive a monthly increase equivalent 41111i to the federal increase. The Minister said • this will cost Ontario about $600,000 a year. Liberal Leader Stuart Smith has' stated that the fluctuating foreign exchange rate could cost Ontario Hydro cirstomers an unexpected $1 billion for money borrowed abroad. He indicated that Hydro has been force& to borrow: in foreign markets becatise available provincial uension funds have been sed up to pay for years of provincial deficits. Dr. Smith cited figures\ contained, in Hydro's November. 15 pro- spectus, which show that the corporatien owes $617 mil- lion to the end of June an its foreign bonds and notes be- cause of the lower value of the Canadian dollar. Trans- lated at the September 30th• exchinee 'rate (84.43 cents U.S.) the liability would have been increased by $315 mil- ion, for a total of $932 million. At June 30th, Hydro had $9.7 billion in out- standing bonds and notes, Alpha inds • 8.6 :cap -tjet. to second stories THIS IS IT ! THAT'S IIIHNT YOU'LL SOY LURED YOU SEE THE BERG HYDRO-111R11 trauma Pump It forces the manure fPorn the barn, through an underground pipe to the storage area. As the manure enters sforaOs area from below, the outside surface forms a crust, which retains the important nitrogen and potassium inside +he pile and also reduces the odor and fly problems. And the manure is ready for spreading, when you want it. For details call , Keith Slemon Plumbing-w- Firm Equipment Walbm, Ofitaulo Phone 34S-2734 Using 8" "I" Beam — 24" x 4" Cylinder. — 175 Own control value Mounts on 3 pt. Hitch of nYy tractor —115 Own Control Value Also making self powered units For the convenience of our customers the followin is our LUKE'S MACHINE SHOP 107 Main-St. S. 519-527-1080 Bus. Seaforth, Ont. 519-482-3322 Res. 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Dee. 31, Jen. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4 Savings of 'up to $340, per Couple Coll 'us of 347-2983 Collect volt INHIRMATION AND BO(iKING Seaforth 527.0910 - Clinton 482-3405 Hensall 262-2418 Saturday, December 23—closed Monday, December 25 - Christmas— dosed Tuesday, December 26 - Boxing Day—closed Wednesday, December 27—OPEN ThursdaY, December 28—closed for inventory Friday, December 29—closed-- for inventory Saturday, Dedember 30 —OPEN 8 a.m. to 12 noon • ' s Monday January-1 New V'ears—cliised Tuesday, Jarivary 2—OPEN - back to business as usual Have A Happy Holiday Season O