Zurich Citizens News, 1981-03-05, Page 1/mother good year for Hay Mutual
The year 1980 saw a
premium rowth of 18.5
percent for Hay township
Farmer's Mutual Fire
Insurance Company.
Chairman and 1980
president Ian McAllister,
told the 106th annual meeting
Saturday, the company now
has about $1.68 million in-
vested at an average yield of
10 percent.
McAllister said there was
a small increase in claims
for 1980 up to about $447,000
from $411,000 in 1979. The
balance sheet presented to
the .meetingshowed a sur-
plus increase of about
$220,000 for 1980.
It was proposed for 1981. to
increase the auto insurance
premium retention- to 30
percent.
Secretary -manager John
Consitt explained the
company reinsures with
other firms, and for 1981 will
retain 30 percent of the risk.
McAllister said the auto
insurance has been good for
the company, mainly due to
the past two good winters.
Some "fender -benders" this
year have cut into the
profits, he said.
Howard Datars, Ian
McAllister and Carl Turnbull
were qualified and accepted
for another term as company
directors.
Agents Don Campbell and
Glenn Webb addressed the
meeting.
Campbell said he believed
the auto insurance "is falling
into place", and said it will
become a major part of the
business.
Webb said it was vital that
policy holders review their must policy holders be
insurance to keep all 'their aware of their coverage,
equipment insured at the they must be aware of
proper amounts. He said !Wards to keep losses down.
some people are often Consitt told the meeting
shocked when they finally that directors and agents can
review their coverage. do claims adjusting for
McAllister said not only property and minor liability
HAY FARMER'S MUTUAL -- The officers and directors of the Hay Township
1981 are: (Back row from the left) president lan McAllister; secretory -monger
Turnbull, Elmer Hayter; agent Donald Campbell; and,Director Howard Datars
dine, Herb Beierling; vice-president Robert Glenn; director Stefan Pertschy;
agents Elgin Hendrick apd Hugh Hendrick.
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Former's Mutual Fire Insurance Company for
John Consitt; directors Arnold McCann, Carl
. (Front row from left) Directors Cecil Desjar-
and agent Glenn Webb. Not present were
claims, but a licenced ad-
justing firm does the
automobile adjusting, and
the more involved liability
cases.
In other business, the
meeting voted to increase
the mileage allowance for
directors on company
business to 25 cents per
kilometer.
The meeting discussed
over -insurance of older
unused barns in various
states of repair. They again
stressed policy holders be
aware of their own coverage.
McAllister said the old
barns are slowly aging ani
some claims for damage are
for the wear of several
years.
Howard Datars, on ac-
cepting his re -appointment
as director, said some policy
holders forget that "this is
their own company, and try
to get more."
At a meeting of directors
following the annual
meeting Robert Glenn was
named president for the
coming year with Elmer
Hayter as vice-president.
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SS board names committee for closure policy
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The Huron -Perth Roman
Catholicarate School
Board (HPRCSS) members
elected an adhoe committee
at Monday night's board
Meeting to recommend a
seboal closure policy for the
board. The school 'closure
policy must be established
Jane 30, at the request of
the Ministry of Education.
Board members named to
the committee were chair-
man Ron Murray, John
O'Leary and Ernest
Vanderschot, the same
members who served on the
declining enrolment com-
mittee last year.
All school boards in the
province have been re-
quested to establish policies
relating to the closing of
schools. which will allow
ratepayers to comment on a
proposed school closure
before a board makes any
final decision.
Board members are also
asked to establish a
minimum time period
between the identification of
a school as a candidate for
closure and the final deci-
sion of the board. Also to be
determined is how the board
can hear. in a session open to
the public, the effects a
school closure might have on
comity activities of a
social,. cultural and
recreational nature which
take place on the school
'premises.
Other provisions on the
use of school buildings and
sites included in the
memorandum from the
provincial government dealt
with mothballing school
buildings until they are need-
ed again. the surrender of a
school building to another
board and alternative uses
for surplus schools.
The HPRCSS board
doesn't presently have any
schogjs within its' system
scheduled for closure in the
near future.
The board learned James
Snow. Ministry of Transport
and Communications, has
turned down a board request
Hay debates water line
Napoleon • Cantin,
representing the Cantin
subdivision, spoke to' Hay
township council at their
March meeting, Monday.
Cantin was questioning
council about water and
drainage to be installed in
the proposed St. Joseph's
subdivision. Cantin told
council the township
engineer B.M. Ross told him
a new pump house for the
existing well would cost
$40,00010 $46,000 to build.
A representative for the
engineering firm, Steve
Burns, said if his company
had supplied the figure it
was for the pump station and
the water mains, or in error.
Council agreed the figure
was high for the pump house
alone.
Cantin and the township
were refused ministry of the
environment grants to help
extend awaterpipe-line from
Grand Bend to the sub-
division area.
Deputy -reeve Lionel
Wilder said the ministry
should be reminded that they
told council the water along
the lake was unhealthy to
drink, and that's why the
pipeline was originally
started.' He suggested that
council re -apply for the
grants.
Cantin said Ross reported
an existing eight inch con-
crete drain be replaced with
a 12 inch drain. Steve Burns
said the company could
check the necessity of the
larger drain.
Reeve • Lloyd Mouaseau
reminded council Burns
Ross was working in the best
interests of the council, in
the long term. He said it is
not really council's concern
what is done in the sub-
division or how much it
costs, as long as it meets the
township's engineering
requirements.
The agreement between
the subdivider and the
township says the township
will not issue building per-
mits until the water, roads
and utilities are installed and
up to township
requirements.
It was suggested Cantin
break the subdivision
development up into phases,
to ease the expense of in-
stalling all the services
throughout the entire sub-
division, before any houses
can be built and sold.
About 40 houses are
proposed.
Council was told two land
severance applications
which council had approved,
were turned down.
A property owned by
Benjamin Masse was to be
sold for cemetery use. The
property on concession 13,
would not conform to Hay's
secondary plan, as it would
be used to create a new
cemetery, not expand the
existing United Cemetery.
A piece of farmland behind
the Bayview Golf Course is
not to be used for farming.
There is an easement to the
land, and it is being used for
farmland now.
Councillor Tony Bedard
suggested a member of
council be sent to any
hearings to explain council's
position.
Council must wait until the
property owners appeal the
decisions.
Township council ap-
proved the budget of the
Hay -Hen s al l -Tuc kers m i t h
Fire Area board. The budget
share for Hay is $4,978.
The coat includes a 25
percent share of new radios
to be purchased for the fire
trucks.
Wilder said with the
radios, firemen could easily
call for medical or man-
power assistance as
required.
The budget also proposed
new protective equipment
for the firemen.
Council will consider a
rezoning of agricultural land
owned by Mike Miller north
of St. Joseph's.
The re -zoning will permit a
co:nmercial nursery store
for fertilizers and other
garden items to be sold.
In other business, council:
Accepted a tender of
$92,580 for 32,000 tons of
gravel from Jennison
Construction of Grand Bend.
Will call for a tenders on
15,000 cubic yards of sand,
and will advertise for a
building inspector.
Council put off insulating
the township office building
till next fall. Any economic
benefits would not be
realized this year.
Anyone renting the
township hall will now be
responsible for removing
any garbage created. Steve
Meidinger, who does
maintenance at the building
told council a railing was
needed at the back stair to
the basement, and new light
was required at the front
doors. He also said a new
floor was needed in the
downstairs washroom.
for a stoplight at the Dublin
intersection. The board has
requested a-stoplightdue to
the number .of fatal .ac-
cidents- at the corner and
because several school buses
tratel through the intersec-
tion daily.
Mr. Snow said he'd
reiterate.thesamestatement
he made to Hibbert
Township clerk Charles
Friend when the township
council requested a light at
the intersection. The
minister said, "it appears
driver inattention, drinking
drivers and failure to drive
according to prevailing road
conditions have been the
major cause of these ac-
cidents."
Mr. Snow added, "ad-
ditional traffic control
devices will havelittle effect
on this driver action." In
refusing lights at the corner,
Mr. Snow said his depart-
ment would continue to
monitor the location for any
deterioration in traffic
operations.
Also discussed at Mon-
day's meeting was the ques-
tion of sending delegates to
three upcoming education
conferences. The two con-
ventions which trustees can
attend are the Canadian
Catholic School Trustees can
attend are the Canadian
Catholic School Trustees
Association convention , to
be held in Saskatoon early in
June and the Canadian
School Trustees Association
educational Showcase, in
Calgary later that month.
Trustee Ron Marcy of
Stratford said the
Calgary convention would
cost $200 for registration,
hotel fees would be about
$200 for four nights, and the
air fare would be $305
charter or $462 economy. He
said when a delegate's
meals were added to that, it
could cost almost $1,000 per
delegate to attend the
Western conference.
Mr. Marcy said he didn't
think "the convention is
worth that kind of money in
the present economic
situation." He added costs of
sending delegates to
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TRIBUTE TO A COACH — Debbie Bedard, one of the junior
coaches of the Zurich -Grand Bend figure skating club receives
a floral tribute from Aimee Gelinas at Sundays carnival.
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