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The Brussels Post, 1973-10-10, Page 1102 nd Year -- Issue No. 41 Wednesday, October 10, 1973 BRUSSELS• 'ONTARIO Prices will rise, Whelan tells tells .FolA "It :e tbles rig. ter Bewley o visit their sonR.N. of spent last ome of her :rs. Gerald ding the 's Institute is Agricul- lay from the Mrs, Bill :eith Rock, Mrs. Ernie .ether, Mrs, .7eorge Mc. on and Mrs. 3a11 Team ith Rostock tight battle the grand . Id Watson. run for the "111.11111 • Us. grains just as much as it holds true for the dairy farmer, the beef feedlot operator, the pork producer and all other farmers in Canada. The price of feed grains is certainly high today-- I won't argue, about 'that. If you are going to stay in the livestock business over the long haul, you're going to need a steady, adequate supply of feed grains, and the only way you can guar- antee that' supply is to pay a decent price so farmers will produce the' volume and quality you demand." Mr.. Whelan spoke of a pro- posed new policy on which he would like to get a reaction because he wanted to know if'it would work. He said p.'1 of his ,:proposal was to encourage feed grain production in the areas where the grain is used. In the case of Huron Count3r that means right here where you have live- stock, he said. His proposal was that the federal people would sit' down with the provinces .to,,,take a look at the potent to grow feed grains locally and offer help such as cash advances, storage , handling, processing and marketing: Mr. Whelan spoke of a meet- ing last , week with all the pro- (Continued from. Page 13) SYLVESTER FOX Native of Henfryn is 90 Sylvester C. FoX celebrated his 90th birthday on' TUeSday, October 9th. • Mr. Fok was born in Hen- fryn and grew up in the' c ran, brook and Brussels areas. He Was a teamster for many years for the late Phillip Ament until the' factory ClOSed. At that Unit he bought the'., custom ploughing and sawing business from the -late Lou Williamson.' He won first prize, in 1926 •rbt his plough= ing at the , first Huron COUnty ploughing: Match, and in 1927 when the Mateh WaS held north of WrOketer he Won the Canadian Bank .Of Commerce trephYfOr the best plOughed. land crown and finish: He alSo delivered express for the .C.N.R. until his retire merit in 1963. Mr. Fox was married to the POMO Matilda 'mdCiitcheon predeceas e d him in 1044 They had fiVe Child,reni Russell, Viola, (Mrs Ratty towlet) of Ltendon; Ethel loefitthvery, Vet* (Mrs. pavo Raoings) and Miry (Mrs. Jack LO *6) all ttustels., He-has a brother Art of Brussels, two sisters, Mrs.. Mina MCdritiC,. ken of bluevaie and Mrs. gatet Adams of :wrosettit , Two Sider* one brother and his-SeC,i. and wife, , the .fottner MrS. liar. ROWleS, prededetted hint. Mr. Fox alSo has seven grin& Children and eight gtekt,grarid, childten. Re is presently residing of the dallander Kursing Home in l3rUSSeit is in fairly good .3ry. 350 590 690 65 i22 ry klive 39 ..#00] ' Gray skies that threatened NG 430 630 290 , ; Joy the day's activities. - ' ! rain did not keep peoph. away ' he • and four thousand attended tosen- ' ly at 12 noon, when one of the , reds of elementary school stu- ' .Park to the Fairgrounds. ,Hund- 'their teachers, marched to the „ral, and Walton schools, with dents from Brussels, Grey Cent- from the 112th Fall Fair of the irnated crowd of between three best Fall Fair parades in some . years proceeded from Victoria. Brussels Agricultural Society. The Things got underway prompt- rain stayed away. An est- tDS R music of'Seaforth District High School Trumpet 'Band and the Brussels Royal Canadian Legion pipe Band. With flying flags and banners, attractive-floats; decor- ated bicycles, team 'and wagon, chuckwagon, .ponies and horses with riders, many in costume, even ; a cow, made the ;parade colorful and interesting. The fair was officially opened by Murray Gaunt, M.P.P., Gerald Smith, President of the Society, welcomed those in attendance and introduced Mr. Gaunt. Reeve J. L. McCUteheon of Brussels, Reeve Wm. ElstOn of Morris and By Evelyn Kennedy Hallows enprankster's applied a heavy Coat of -parrafiri wax to the cement steps at the Brussels tibtarY, Perhaps they did not realize the hazard this would present, particularly ,to older people who could SILO and fall breaking .their limbs or even suffer a latai injury were they• to hit their head on the cement' steps: Wax on cement is extremely; ditfionit to remove; It IS htiped that in the fat the Will abstain from Stich potentially dingeroug. Arlit The Spirit. Orneighborly help- fulness ie still alive and. thriving' (Centintied On Page 4) In the Crystal Palace, there beautiful. The needieWork;crafts ex='and artS, and the large schoOl ex view' of the early frost, were, abundant than was antici pated in was some decline in the baking sectiOn, The flowers, much more hibits, displayed attractive and excellent work. A number of commercial displays also' made - The Palace an interesting place ViSit. • The 1013 fair activities con- Chided. • With, a danCe„ Thursday' evening, in the Royal Canadian Legion Hall. Winners Of the'Brussels Ag tioniti.ital Fair draw were 1st ROSS McCall', 1847,. Regers Sit VerWare, $80;00 value, 2nd Ron portable 8: track stereo,. $66.00 value. A much enjoyed program, arranged by Mrs. Ross Bennett, Was presented at the Crystal PaIA.6e oti Wednesday evening to a large aUdiendei The Variety program included' instrumental mlinberS,, singing; dancing and baton twirling. Those WhO tontribtite .the on Page The Hon. Eugene F. Whelan; Federal Minister of Agriculture, said Thursday in Goderich that Japan is interested in signing a food marketing contract with Canada that would guarantee pro- ducers prices that would rise to keep pace with increases in pro- duction costs. Speaking to the 400 guests at the annual meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agri”- culture, Mr. Whelan said he had met with the Agriculture Minister of Japan earlier that day in Ottawa and would return to Ottawa following his talk to meet with him again Friday. He said the contract would likely involve most foodstuffs produced in Canada, especially pork, of which Japan is a main consumer. "Japan wasn't interested two years ago, but they are now." He added that no agreement would be made with Japan without con- sulting the provinces. Mr. Whelan then progressed to his prepared speech following this introduction to it which ..in- eluded an offer to work with Bob McKinley (MP for Huron) who sat in a front seat, to help fix up the Goderich airport. He said jokingly he was able to fly in to Goderich but could not .fly out after dark, and would have to drive to London to catch an air- plane for his return to Ottawa. "I think that everyone re- cognizes that farmers need a decent price for their products., he said " or they will simply quit producing. That holds true for the farmer who produces feed Brussels will lose tax money more than.$1,000 in tax revenue Brussels will lose • a' little this year as a result of changes in the manner in which telephone taxes are calculated. In 1972-.Maitland Teleseryices Ltd. paid $2806 in taxes. This year the amount is $1803. While Brussels revenue is down , all other area munici- palities will receive larger amounts. In total the company will pay out more than double he amount paidin 1972. t it The change, legislated by the Ontario Government, means m.T.g, will pay $9,253 this year, compared to $4,227 in 197.2. Gross receipts taxes are a form of municipal tax levied against telephone and telegraph companies in Ontario communi- ties. These' utilities pay the taxes in addition to real esta4 and bUsiness taxes paid by all businesses. Under the forMer system, M.T.S. paid to each community in which it operated a tax cal- pulated-by Applying the local mill rate to the gross receipts taken in by the company. • The new legislation repre- seritS a brand new fermula.. The tax is calculated by figuring the number of phones the corn-. pally has in service in a com- munity_ at each year's end, Multiplying the total: by five per cent of the company's gross Ceipts in. Ontario, and then dividing this by the total intlinber Of phones Ma T.8. hat in Ontario. These are the mounts tax to be paid this year as Cern-, pared with last year. jviiiniCipality paid in To pay 1972 in 1973: Thlyth,Viilage BrusSeis, Village 2,806 Hullett;Tvip. GreY) TWO.; MorriS,T*p. tewaWanOSho 475 \Twp. 59 awitno sh; 108 GbderiCh Twp. Mckillop• T'wp. Iiitnbetty 'as." i; r• G t ' 1 1. • 4 t 4 1 • 0 6 wit r Mrs. Sharon Dalton of R.1:0') 4a.fOrth was the winner of the 4'ee draw at the HritSselS • Fair aiienSored by the World 1:4O4. pillderalt of Canada Ltd. * * * * The LaWn tOwling Club . is well nriderWay for next season. •The'greens at the lair grotindS have' been prepared and fended. 111'interested in becom, :.rnegttaenieniber and jolhint in,this Who haVenOt recently contacted by the embers* oanniittee' should, 6t in tOUCli now with 'Prank. art6t Of BrUSSelS. * * 80116 thoughtless petii. hort hots The weather co,-operated. this year as crowds gathered at the BrusselS Fall Fair on Thursday. h a large midway and other attractions, children and adults had no tronble amusing themselves. rowds came, rain didn't at Fall' Fair Reeve Charles Thomas of Grey all spoke briefly. Robert Mc- Kinley also spoke later in the day. The Saugeen AmusementS Midway was the centre of at- traction for the youngster's, and the young-at-heart, with rides, games-of-chance and booths. Children swarmed over the area' clutching candy floss, candy ap- ples, trophieS Won at the booth and balloons. The' regional ShOw of the Perth-Huron Shorthorn Club at- tracted a good deal of. attention as did the livestock classes and the horse ShOw And races. 1,042 41 19 250 4451 2,053 1,514 1,803 1,637 48 1 1.9 46 •