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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1965-06-24, Page 10Page 2'.Wingltatn Advance -Tunes, Thursday, June 24, 1JG5 Ag, Rep. Reports Increase In White Bean Acreage c;ODER1C1 I -There bas been :3:310 increase in white bean acreage in Iluron, and a cor- responding increase in the num- ber of growers, Agricultural Representative Douglas Miles reported to county council. "Beans are moving into al- most every township except 1lowick and Tnrnberry. They are au important cash crop, and our fanners are reaching out lur $ante dollars to carry on their operations. Most growers of white beans, 1 think, have been pretty happy, but think some improvement can he made. " While the weather is quite dry, we in Iluron are fortunate, compared to Eastern Ontario. Some of the ag, reps. in Guelph last week said they had not had a good rain since 1963. Pro- bably the only crops hurt here at the moment are spring grain and some white beans. "Prices of livestock are pret- SHOP CANADIAN So much more eating pleasure BUTTER ty fair --for hogs the highest in eight years, Good cattle are in demand." In preparation for the inter- national plowing match to be held near Seaforth in 1ft10,100 acres have been seeded with a grass mixture. The minister has announced a centennial farmstead im- pro+emertt competition, and Iluron could get a grant up to a maximum of $1.800 for prize money. Reeve Leiper,1 lullett, re- ported corn attacked by some kind of grub. Mr. Miles said 70 acres had been found hit by wire worst that morning, but he did not think the general situation was serious. Mr. Leiper mentioned that a neighbor had to sow five times on account of wire worth. Weed Inspector Alex Ches- ney urged greater care in the use of herbicides and pesticides Huron F.O.A. Worship Service Held Sunday BELGRAVE-Huron County Federation of Agriculture's annual worship service was held at the Salvation Army Camp on Sunday. The doxo- logy was followed by prayer and the hymn, "The Church's One Foundation". Scripture reading was followed by a vo- cal number by the Sparks fam- ily. The offering was received by Warren Surbrigg and Robert McGregor. The Sparks family sang again and a solo was sung by Miss Sparks. The message was given by Rev. Bodenham of Kippen. Lunch was served by the la- dies. Do you need to borrow mo- ney? Don't hesitate to shop around for credit to find the right terms, rate of interest, and agency to suit you. Cream, Eggs ant! Milk Pickup OR DELIVER TO BLUEVALE CREAMERY Phones: WINGHAM 357-1639; Wroxeter 15J1 D. A. ROBERTSON. w rrb {/�+lrj•:.r::ii:;::7:....: % j%iii'S...y::!<:!;i`'•.,'•i4:y!f.•:'. :..YI ..ra4./. FARM EQV1P You Can Shelter Your Equipment Investment BY KEEPING ALL OF YOUR MACHINERY IN A GOOD STATE OF REPAIR. YOU CAN DEPEND ON US. CHAS. HODGINS Massey- Ferguson Sales & Service PHONE 357.1440 by Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. Report from Queen's Park The anxiously -awaited Goldenberg report on Metro- politan Toronto was tabled in the Legislature on Thursday. Mr. Goldenberg recommended that 9 of the 13 municipalities of Metro Toronto disappear to form the 4 cities of Toronto, North York, Etohicoke and Scarboro. The next question is whether the Provincial Govern- ment will see fit to implement the recommendations contain- ed in the report. The Medicare 13111 received third reading in the Legislature this week but only after a de- tailed, clause by clause study, which in many cases provoked bitter exchanges between the opposition parties and the gov- ernment. The debate in com- mittee of the whole House last- ed about 20 hours, over a per- iod of six legislative sitting days. The Bill will come into effect on June 1, 1966. The health estimates came before the House this week. It was pointed out during the esti- mates that re -admission per- centages for six of the largest Ontario mental hospitals in March ranged from 40-60% and averaged 46% compared to a provincial average of 38% in 1960. The current session of the Legislature, already a record 96 sitting days long, may fall just short of reaching the 100 day mark. Most members feel the present session will wind up in the next two or three days. The largest previous session, 1922 lasted 81 sitting days. The length of the current session will undoubtedly in- crease the pressure for a fall session although Premier Ro- barts is opposed to the idea. Many Decisions Are Made In Session GODERICII-Iluron County Council, in a busy three-day session, trade sotne important t decisions and deferred several on new or controversial mat- ters. A study of the county as- sessment commissioner plan will he made by the warden's and personnel committee for re- port in September. Though the senior officer of the Labor De- partment's construction safety branch declared that"the mo- ment of truth has come, "coun- cil again gave a three -months hoist to the appointment of a construction safety inspector. The same committee will re- port in September. "The longer we put it off, the later we start to pay the salary," remarked Reeve Clif- ford Dunbar, of Grey. Council heard from assessor Alex Alexander that county as- sessment is up $1,210,646 over last year, and at 15.5 mills will produce $18,765 ad- ditional taxes. From EMO co- ordinator Stuart Forbes was heard an opinion that remunera, tion should be provided for aux- iliary police. From Inspector Kinkead it was learned that there is an uprecedented scar- city of teachers. A special committee was set up to study the implica- tions of proposed regional gov- ernment. It comprises Reeve. Reg. Jewell, Goderich; Reeve Calvin Krauter, Brussels; Reeve Robert Gibson, Howick; Reeve Donald McKenzie, Ashfield; Reeve A. Etherington, Usborne and the warden. Council was informed by clerk -treasurer John Berry that 5, 000 copies of the forthcom- ing Huron history --as yet with- out a title --will be printed. The book will be offered at $5.00. Council heard from its members that much illegal deer hunting is going on in certain parts of the county. Reeve Lorne Durnin said people are shooting "without a season; they have all the deer shot be- fore the time." The agricultural and refor- estation committee, of which Reeve T. Leiper of Hullett is chairman, brought in a report concurring in a request from Huron Fish and Game Associa- tion for an open seapan. This had been recommended earlier in the session by an officer of the lands and forests depart - COUNTY ENGINEER TO ATTEND CONVENTION GODERICH-County Engineer James Britnell will represent Huron at the Canadian Good Roads Convention in Saskatoon next September, all by him- self. Council on Wednesday adopted a recommendation from the roads committee that Mr. Britnell "be authorized to attend," On Monday it struck out a recommendation from the same committee that the en- gineer and road committee chairman attend, with the war- den as altemative. Reeve Grant Stirling, Goderich township, is roads chairman. FARM SOLD BLUEVALE-Mr. Jack Thomp- son Sr. has sold his home to Mr. Will Fraser, of Wingham. and has begun building a house on the street opposite the Unit- ed Church. ment. Dissent was voiced at once. "The department is looking to the revenue," said deputy reeve D. Geiger, of Hay, "but the farmers object to the hunt- ers. " "If open at the same time as in the north country, it would be mainly local hunters in this area," said the warden. "The season is going to be open in Wellington, Waterloo, Bruce, Perth, Grey and Oxford." "Deer have increased in our locality this past year," report- ed Reeve Stewart Procter of Morris. "I have been approach- ed by several for an open sea- son." "It seems to me," remark- ed Reeve Clifford Dunbar, "sometimes we follow the lead of other counties too much. We have thoughtful and intelligent people here. I don't like the idea of an open season for deer. The authorities are trying to conserve wild life, and deer are wild life." The vote: Yeas, 11; nays, 26. W.M.Jelly, from the Lon- don assessment branch of the department of municipal af- fairs, gave a concise and in- formative review of the new legislation regarding a county assessment commission. "Subject to approval of the minister," he explained,"coun- cil may by bylaw provide for the appointment of a county assessment commissioner. Ap- pointment of a commissioner would be effective December 31, He does the work for all the municipalities, and so must hire sufficient staff, over which he has full control. The county must adopt his valua- tions for the purpose of county rates, which are deemed to be the equalized assessment. This simplifies county equalization, and will make for better feel- ing in high and public school areas. County council sets up the courts of revision for ap- peals. The minister may pro- vide for grants: (1) a stated sum per annum for each county; (2) 50% of the cost of new equipment, not including of- fice furniture; (3) $2, 500 per year toward the rental of ma- chines." Four training schools have been held so far, Mr.Jelly said. Twelve counties have commit- ted themselved including Wa- terloo, Bruce, Kent, Middlesex and Lambton and several cities intend to assess on the new manual. "Values in the old manual," Mr.Jelly declared. "are almost a quarter-century out of date. The new one is for present-day values. The main reasons ap- pear to be changes in construc- tion and the cost of materials cannot be accurately valued. This may cost more, but we be- lieve the results will more than offset extra cost." Answering a question by Reeve Clift, Bayfield, about ef- fect on the mill rate, Mr.Jelly 'said: "The immediate effect is to update the yardstick of valuing property. It is the in- tention to keep this current, not let it get badly out of date. If counties adopt this new sys- tem, and with efficient opera- tion, 25 years from now there should be no need for reassess- ment. It will actually reduce the mill rate, because if it goes up three times, and a municipality requires the same money, one-third of the pres- ent mill rate would do." County Building Is Visited by Elmer Farrish GODIiRICII-Ebner J. Farrish, a former reeve of Howick, re- visited last Tuesday the county building which council in his time arranged to build, and for which it provided most of the funds. Invited by Warden Glenn Webb to address council, Mr. Farrish recalled that lie had served four years on that body in the old chamber, with ex- terior windows on both sides inviting the wintry gales off Lake Iluron. Ile had sometimes gone up to the courthouse attic "built like a barn," and doubt- ed if the timbers used in eon- struction of that building could have been replaced in Iluron,. had it been necessary, "In 1940-40," he recalled, "council made arrangements to have this building erected. We were raising money each year, with interest adding to it, and before this building was erected there was almost enough to pay the entire cost, so I feel we have an interest in this building as well as the old. "I moved the resolution that the chapel on the train floor he built as a memorial to the boys who served overseas in the South African War and the last two." 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