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The Huron Expositor, 1961-01-05, Page 11 • t 102nd Year Whole No. 4847 <a- SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961 — 8 PAGES $2.50 a Year in A4;yance Single Copies, la (+lento. Odds Are long As Fisherman Catches Mates The odds were pretty ,.big, but when it comes to fishing this doesn't mean very much. In any event, a prominent Seaforth fish- erman has proved there is no prob- lem to catching two fish tagged and released 150 miles away in Michigan nearly two years ago. In the early spring of 1959 the Institute For Fisheries Research of the Michigan Department of Conservation, released 141,000 tag- ged rainbow trout at the mouths of various streams in Michigan. The purpose was to . determine if hatchery reared trout could be us- ed to supplement natural runs of "steelheads" from the Great Lakes. Two of the fish were released at Ocqueoc River, Presque Isle Coun- ty, Michigan. The first weighed six ounces and measured 9.7 inch- • es, while the other, weighed 4% ounces and was nine inches lin length. Later that year—in October—Al- bert Hildebrand caught fistit No: 59282 while fishing along Lake Hur- on. It weighed 1 lb. 6 oz. and measured 15 inches in length. The • point where the fish was caught was 165 miles by water from the place of release., In the months since being released, it had gained one pound in weight and 5.3 inches in length'. A year later—on November 20 last—Mr. Hildebrand again was' fishing along Lake Huron when he caught fish No. 59790, the second of those released early in 1959 at Ocqueoc River. It weighed 7 lbs. and measured 251/2 inches. Number 59790 had travelled 150 miles, and during the period it was free had gained 6 lbs. 111/2 oz. in weight and 161/2 inches in length. The Institute for Fisheries Re- search has written Mr. Hildebrand, thanking him for his co-operation in reporting the fish. His anion aids the institute in assessing the value of its program. Curlers Compete in raw Year's 'Spiel Curling competitions, held an- nually between the Presidents and Vice -Presidents of the Seaforth Club,took New place on w Year's • morning at the club. Winners of the bonspiel were: Presidents, 38: William Campbell, 11; John Long - staff, 8; Dr. P. L. Brady, 7; Frank Kling,, 12; Vice -Presidents, 37: Willia•rn. Leyburn, 12; Rev. D. J. Lane, 10; E. C. Boswell, 10, and J. L. Slattery, 5. • FLYING OFFICER LLOYD PARKER demonstrates the uses L. 'P. Plumsteel, Principal of Sea forth District High School, W. G. members of the Grade XIII Alge bra .Class, when students of the s ecentl .The visitors watched a demonstration of the computer a on its uses. (For other news of S DHS, see Page 7). r y and capabilities of a computer to Nediger, Mathematics teacher and chool visited RCAF Station Clinton t work and heard a brief lecture Grocery Threatened Fire Loss Is .$7000 Prompt, efficient action by Sea - forth volunteer firemen averted a disastrous fire Sunday morning. As it was, fire and dense black smoke caused about $7,000 dam- age to the McGonigle grocery store at Main and Goderich Streets, about 9 a.m. Sunday, and forced four women from their second floor apartments. Gordon McGonigle, owner of the store, discovered the blaze in the basement of his establishment while making a routine Sunday morning check. Mr. McGonigle had checked ov- er the furnace and returned to the main floor only minutes be- fore the fire was. noticed. He im- mediately summoned the Seaforth brigade. Dense smoxe which was pouring from the back entrance to the. 'store when firemen arrived, ham- pered their action, Two of the firemen donned masks and entered the basement before it was pos- sible to determine the exact loca- tion of the fire. . - The fire, which is believed to have started in the vicinity of the furnace, was confined to that area and the lower part of a wooden stairwell leading to the main floor. Office records, which, were stored above the stairwell, were unharm- ed by the flames. At the height of the blaze, occu- pants of the three upstair apart- WINTHROP FAILS TO OVERCOME LEAD AS MONKTON DRIVES HOME WIN Winthrop Warriors put on a sus- tained third period drive, but fell • two goals short as Monkton held on for a 7-5 victory, in a game at Seaforth Thursday night. Monkton led 3-1 at the end of the first per- iod on goals by Howes, Jacobs and McEwen. Bill Kerr scored for Win- throp, In the second period, Monkton • again outscored Winthrop 3-1, with Illman, Davidson and Kerr scor- ing. Bob Elliott scored for the Warriors. In the third period Ron McClure fired two goals and Jack Crozier one for Winthrop, but Mc- • • Viewing Future, Forum Sees Trend To Larger Farms • Fireside Farm Forum met Mon- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Anderson with 15 present. In the next 10 years, about half the group thought they would like to be farming; the older ones would like to remain on the farms. Changes in the next 10 years will probably be a trend to larger farms, farmers raising.. their own beef, growing better crops on same acreage, also improved corn crops, the group thought. A very small number of farmers can afford to hire help. The group' would like to see farmers financing their farms with- out bovrowing so much. Owners of larger farms would be all right, provided they had plenty of help, but would prefer to own smaller ones if they could make a living. and have close neighbors. This forum agreed we have plenty of technical assistance if we would make use of it, they said. Some management assistance is very poor. There are some prac- tical farmers who know your land and would be able to give you bet- ter advice. Co-operative use of machinery would be all right, but land co-operation wouldn't. be a success, they felt. Mrs. Robert Jamieson invited the forum for the next meeting. Winners at cards were: games, high, Mrs. Don Buchanan and Jas. Howatt; lone hands, Mrs. James Howatt and Don Buchanan; con- solation, Mrs. Alex Riley and Laurence Taylor. Ewen counted his second goal of the night to give Monkton the game, 7-5. There were 10 minor penalties called, with five going to each team. Winthrop's next home game is on Tuesday, January 10, with Listowel supplying. the opposition. Beavers 12, Blyth 2 One of the roughest games wit- nessed this season was played Monday night when the Seaforth Beavers played host to Blyth. The game was well in the )Sands of the Beavers from the drop of the puck in the first period. Bob -Beutenmiller was the big gun for Seaforth with four goals, followed by R. Scoins with 3, Doig 2, and singles going to R. Dale, J. Varley and B. Dinsmore. The two markers for Blyth were scor- ed by Levrie. Eleven penalties in all were handed out by Referee C. Geddes, ranging from tripping to fighting and game misconducts. The next home scheduled game will be played at Seaforth Mon- day, January 9, when the winning Beavers hope a large crowd will be on hand. HURON COUNTY COUNCIL, 1961 Ashfield—Andrew Ritchie Colborne—Ralph Jewell Goderich Twp.—W. J. Forbes (Deputy), Grant H. Stirling Grey—Clifford Dunbar Hay—V. L. Becker (Deputy), Karl Haberer Howick—Arthur Gibson (Deputy), Ivan Haskins Hullett—Tom Leiper McKillop—Daniel Beuermann Morris—Stewart Proctor Stanley—Harvey Coleman (Deputy), Alvin Rau Stephen—Glenn Webb (Deputy), James Hayter Tuckersmith—Ivan Forsyth TurnberrY—A. D. Smith Usborne--Clayton- A: -Smith E. Wawanosh—C. W. Hanna W. Wawanosh—Harvey Culbert Blyth—Scott Fairservice Clinton—Mel Crich (Deputy), Morgan J. Agnew Brussels—George McCutcheon Exeter—William McKenzie (Deputy), Glenn Fisher Goderich—W. Frank Walkom (Deputy), James A. Bisset Hensall—John Henderson Seaforth—W. N. Ball Wingham—J. Roy Adair Zurich—>L,loyd°O BserienKerr ments, Miss Jennie Campbell, Miss Isabel Anderson, Miss Minnie Hab- kirk and Mrs. Harold Dale, were forced'to leave the building when thick smoke seeped into their quar- ters. The apartments were other- wise undamaged and the women were later able to return. Smoke also seeped into Crown Hardware, located immediately south. Smoke damage was slight in the building, although actual loss will not be known for some days when inventory will be com- pleted, according to the owner, Mervin Nott. Staff of -the grocery store are also busy counting the goods dam- aged by the smoke, and actual loss will not be known until it is finished, but damage has been tentatively set at about $7,000 by Fire Chief John F. Scott. F. C. J. SILLS, who was re- elected as Chairman of the Board of Seaforth District High School on Tuesday. The board reappointed its officers and standing committees. Install Officers Of Hensall Legion AndAnd Auxiliary Beuermann Wins McKillop �ginsi4thas Reeve • McKillop `voters on Monday re- turned Reeve Dan Beuermann for his fourteenth term in an election over two opponents. Widespread interest in the election was indi- THE VOTE IN McKILLOP Hensall Legion Branch 468 and Legion Ladies,' Auxiliary 1961 'offi- cers were installed in a joint in- stallation ceremony at the Legion Hall Wednesday,'Jan. 4, with Exe- ter Legion installing, team in charge. Legion officers are: President, Jim Clark; vice-presidents, Wil- mer Dalrymple and John Skea; sergeant -at -arms, E. R. Davis; executive, W. O. Goodwin, Bob Sangster, Byran Kyle and Jack Simmons. Ladies' Auxiliary: President, Mrs. Gordon Munn; vice-presi; dents, Mrs.. William Smale and Mrs. Howard Smale; secretary, Mrs. E. R. Davis; treasurer, Mrs. Don Haven; sergeant -at -arms, Mrs. Harry Horton; executive, Mrs. Cecil Kipfer, Mrs. Garnet Allan, Mrs. John Henderson, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Ron Mock; pianists, Mrs. Ed. Munn and Mrs. William Brown. Lunch was served by Legion members. FOR REEVE Total Name Poll 1 Poll -2 Poll 3 Poll 4 Vote D. Beuermann 135 45 77 45 302 J. Doerr 37 61 70 13 181 H. Williamson 21 54 49 113 237 Name Winners In Christmas Contest Winners in contests conducted by Gingerich's Sales and Service Ltd., Seaforth branch, during the Christ- mas shopping season were: Puzzle Contest—lst, Mrs. Jessie E. Coch- rane, Seaforth; 2nd, No' Winner; 3rd, Mrs. W. J. Leeming, RR 2, Walton; 4th, Mrs. Marjorie Mc - Nall, RR 4, Clinton; 5th, Mrs. Or- ville Dale, Seaforth; 6th, Mrs. Bop Tyndall, RR 4, Seaforth; 7th, Mrs. James Barron, Seaforth; 8th, Mrs. William R. Pepper, Seaforth. Mixer Mixer draw: Mrs. John Pryce, North Main St., Seaforth. This draw was made by Mayor Ed. Daly. FOR COUNCIL Allan t✓ampbell .. 68 94 194 110 406 Arnold Campbell 39 88 54 64 245 William Dennis 100 117 177 154 548 Ralph McNichol 29 81 105 132 347 , William Ryan 146 51 59 24 280 Ken Stewart 140 105 162 95 502 ],Names on List . 238 251 260 213 962 Per cent voting . 81.09 63.75 75.38 80.28 74.84 Ticket Seller: "All seats are gone for the Christmas concert, but I can let you have standing room for $1.60," Maclntosh: "Could nae ye make it 80 cents? I've got.only one leg." Teen Town Proceeds Provide Area Aid Seaforth-Teen Town has complet- ed an active year, reports prepared by officers, indicate. Highlight of the program has been the series of Saturday night gatherings which provided supervised entertainment for Seaforth area teenagers. Plans for the new season are - being discussed and organization for 1961 will get under way next week, according to Chief Elmer Hutchinson, who sponsors the in organizing it in 1958. . group and 'who was instrumental Officers are: .President, Denis Jewitt; vice - president, Phyllis Bryans; secretary, Dorothy Boyes; treasurer, Janet Rowcliffe; assist- ant ,secretary, Pam Stapleton; as- sistant treasurer, Emily Elliott; advertising, Ann Troutbeck; music and entertainment, Wm. Bates and Garry Williams; Separate School representative, Star Jessome; Pub- lic School, representative, Gail Ford. In her report, the secretary, Dorothy Boyes, says; "The Sea - forth Teen Town, since it began.. in 1958,1 when Chief Hutchinson first -hel'd a meeting in the Town Hall, with his help has grown to a membership of over 300 mem- bers. An average of 200 teenagers meet in the Arena every Saturday night. The highlights of this year ''ere the two main dances, held and,,.the end of December. The Cotton Ball in June, held at the SDHS, gave the parents an opportunity to see how their teen- agers work in this organization. Nineteen sixty was surely a pros- perous year and we tried to share our finances with such good caus- es as the Junior 'B' hockey team and the Body Building Club at the school. "Sending cards to the sick and small gifts to the newly-weds, kept the Teen Town in touch with its members. Christmas brought joy both to the executive who made them up, and those who received -the boxes of food and clothing which were sent out for the fes- tive season. This has become an annual procedure. Much of the credit for our success in the year 1960 goes to Chief Hutchinson for his untiring efforts on behalf of the Teen Town," During the year Teen Town paid rents totalling $815,00 to Seaforth Community Centre, the report of the treasurer, Janet Rowcliffe, re- veals. The organization had a bank balance of $1,063.88 at January 1, up $310,67.from the previous year. Receipts included: Dances, $3,- 221.93; rent for record player, $17; interest on loans, $4.15; interest at bank, $21.90; discount on bills, $3.62; loan repaid, '$150; cash on hand, $38.38 Expenses were made up of the following items and totalled $3,- 075.34: Rent to Arena, $815; orch- estras, $669.50; disc jockey, $74; records, $86.60; cleaning, $44; re- pairs to record player, $14.60; bak- eries, $16.20; loan, $400; insurance, $10 on record player; donations, $105.00, including: $10 Refugee Fund; $50 Hockey Club; $5.00 Can- cer Fund; $35 SDHS and Town Bands; $5.00 Blind; Christmas Welfare, $186.49; hardware, $13.09; Esb.eco Ltd., $54.34; flowers (Mr. Christie), $8; Huron Wholesale, $21.90;" booth (summer), $31.13; Expositor and News, $24.15; priz- es, $40.79; wedding gifts, $11.10; Stedman's, $3.11; Larone's, $35.27; painting old Legion Hall, . $95; weight lifting equipment, $77,42; Frank Kling, coat racks, repairs, $41.55; Hanover Transport Ltd., $3.12; caterers, parents' night, $150; miscellaneous, $43.95. Huron M.O.H. Warns Against Virus Infection As is common at this time of year, an increase in gastro-intes- tinal disorders has been noted. Two infant deaths were reported in the past month from this cause. Although often blamed on rich holiday lido • diet, manyof these ill- nesses are il- ctually infectious, Dr. R. M. Aldis, Medical Officer of Health for Huron, points out in a statement issued this week. The common symptoms are malaise, nauseau, vomiting and usually some diarrhea, As many of these cases are viral in origin, they do not respond readily to the usual forms of treatment. If the illness strikes the very young or the aged, it is most im- portant to get early medical atten- tion, Dr. Aldis advises, Adults with any degree of intestinal complaint may act as carriers and should avoid visiting homes in which there are young children or any individual In weakened health. Un- der no circumstances should such a person visit a patient in the hos- pital, Dr, Aldis warned. Bride: "The two things I cook best arc meat loaf and peach cob- bler." Groom: "Well, which is this?" REEVE DAN BEUERMANN Elected in McKillop Monday cated by a turnout of 74$4 per cent of the eligible voters. If Reeve Beuermann completes his term he will have equalled the record set by the late J. M. Gov- enlock early in the century. Reeve Govenlock began his term as soave in 1906, retiring after 14 years, 7vhen he was elected to the Ontario Legislature. At the same time as the electors chose the experienced Dan Beuer- mann, they selected an entirely new council. Heading the polls with 548 votes was William Dennis, Ken Stewart was in second place with 502. Third and fourth places went to Allan Campbell, with 406, and Ralph McNichol, 347. All were newcomers in their first election, Veteran observers of. the McKil- lop scene can't recall a previous occasion when all four councillors were without previous experience. Clerk J. M. Eckert, who first serv- ed on the council in 1927; says as far as Ile knows a similar. -situa- tion never arose before. Interest in the election was high- est in No. 1 Poll, where 81,09 per cent of those eligible voted. In No. 2 Poll but 63.75 per cent voted. Voting was steady throughout the day, and results were announc- ed by returning officer J. M. Eck- ert shortly before 8 o'clock. 1960 Reports Reveal Brodhagen Activity The annual meeting of St. Peter's Lutheran Church was held last Wednesday evening with 65 mem- bers attending, with Rev. Erich Schultz in charge. During the past year 15 children were baptized, eight children were confirmed and two adults; nine were dismissed to other congregations; three •cou- ples were married and nine fun- erals; 345 members communed at least once during the year. The church council are August Scherbarth, Rudolph Bauer, Har- old Wurdell, Wilbur Hoegy, Roy Siemon, John Henderson and Ross Leonhardt. The retiring church council members are: Oscar Young, Kenneth Smith and Wm. Hinz. Miss Audrey Priestap, of Mitchell, has been reappointed as organist; also Reuben Buuck as caretaker. a, An electric console for the organ is being installed at a cost of $4,- 100. Bequests have been received from the late Rudolph h of p $200 and Mrs. Louise Hillebrecht, of Kitchener, of $1,000. It was de- cided to have the Communion Set re -silvered. The Church Council are to get a pastor for.Lenten,ser- Jices. The Church Council viere installed during the Sunday New Year's service by Rev. Erich Schultz. The annual school meeting was held last week and the school" board are Wilbur Hoegy, Harvey Ahrens and Edwin Bach. Harold Rock is the retiring school trustee, but is the secretary. Reuben Buuck was re appointed as caretaker, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold. Rock were -again appointed to be on the Monkton Fair Board. A good crowd attended both New Year dances on Friday and Sat- urday evenings at the Community Hall here, Desjardine's orchestra played on Friday evening and Lorne Mueller's played on Satur- day. Stewards of the Christian Home F of A Group Presses MP's (Contributed) Taking advantage of the holi- day week and the seasonal recess of governments at both provincial and federal level, leaders of the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture last week invited repres- entatives of the area in both hous- es to attend a noon luncheon in Hotel Clinton. Reports were given by each of the commodity groups, and questions were fired both 'at the government men, and by them at the farm leaders. This -meeting is fairly unusual,. in that Huron is one of the few counties in the Province of On, tario to conduct such an event. However, it has become an an- nual custom for Huron, with both farmers and government men ap- preciating the opportunity to in- quire into various aspects of farm lIfe,i and, law. Possibly the subject which arous- ed the most interest was that out- lined by Alf. Warner, RR 1, Bay- field secretary of the Huron Wog Producers' Association, who said, "The producers are in a pretty hot spot." Mr. Warner dongratulated the federal government on changing the hog premiums, after, the pro- ducers had asked for it for ten years.. However, when he ap- proached the provincial represent- ative, Charles • S. MacNaughton, Mr. Warner did not have compli- mentary things to say. Mr. Warner was concerned that the Ontario Hog Producers Board, which is composed of 11 men elected by the hog producers, bad been ordered by the Department of Agriculture to change the meth- od of . sale of hogs, and have ' a proposal In' the' hands- of the 'goy, ernment by January 16. "That board can't do a thing without the O.K. of the delegates,".. stated Mr. Warner. "In the county, we feel we could work something out if some concrete program is put for- ward, but in April, Mr. Goodfel- low (Minister of Agriculture) told me he did not know what the Farm Products Marketing Board want- ed in the way of change of method of sale, and apparently he still doesn't know." Mr. Warner also worried that $75,000 .had to be returned by the Hog Producers Association to the Hog Producers Marketing Board, for he said that only through part of the 40 -cent deduction per hog could the Association get money with which to operate. Without this money, the Association and the Co- operative "will have to fold up." Mr. Warner said he felt it had been a mistake to exclude the press from meetings through the years. "I believe they should have been at all of the meetings." He felt that the Attorney General's Department should have stopped the sale of FAME debentures soon- er, but that the halting of sale would probably be a gool hipg. "x. tfiinit the sale will go on' stronger than before." Charles MacNaughton,' Exeter, the MLA for Huron, reported on discussing matters with the Mini- ster 'Of Agriculture, the Hon. W. A, Goodfellow, that morning. He said the minister and his assist- ants feel that the sale of hogs, should be more in the open and allow for sale to the first -offer of the highest bid. Mr. MacNaughton said, "1 can't eoncelve of the min- ister saying he doesn't know what he 'Wits, 'for Ain. • htfit as h --- does." "Whatever is done is being done to save the present plan," went on Mr. MacNaughton. "The gov- ernment fears that pressures now being applied may bring on a vote, and that a vote may wreck the plan. The • government is asking for an improved plan, but is leav- ing the details up to the Ontario Hog Producers." Carl Hemingway said that the only thing that allows Mr. Mac- Naughton's statement (that sale is not always made to the first offer of the highest bid), to be true, is that hogs offered in Windsor may be bid at $30 by someone in Peter- borough; but it made More sense to sell to a London buyer at $29.75. Transportation enters into the prac- tical aspects of sale. Mr. Hemingway also suggested that if there were doubts, why not put all sales on a tape recorder, with bidders to state name, place and amount bid. The government order that all buyers be assemb- led in one place in Toronto places a hardship upon the small packer some distance from Toronto, who would have to resort to a broker sexy ee. to make his bids. Mr. Herningway indicated his concern for this method of sale when all bidders were within sight of each other. Mr. McNaughton said he was sincere in hoping for the selling plan fo work, but if there were "flies in' the ointment" it was up to the producers to sit down with the FPMB and work with them. Mr. MacNaughton noted that there was $260,000 transferred from one hog group to another so far this year, not just $75,000. "There ars a lot of pe pie coming to ut With Problems in dissatisfaction with the plan." Mr. MacNaughton said that the government expected that the so- licitor for the Hog Producers would have directed the arrangements to sell debentures properly, A de- benture is nart of a mortgage, and must be backed up by securities. The government believes in the co-operative movement, and that it is the best way to set up a com- petitive situation. Rut within the law FAME was not set up at a co-operative." Mr. Warner felt there would be poor voting on zone directors, since a special day was sot aside for the vote, separate from the annual meeting. Mr. MacNaughton felt, "Well, with all the controversy over hogs now, if people don't come out to vote, I wouldn't like to hear corn - plaints from them later." Later, when the poultry plan was being discussed, Mr. Hemingway noted that there should be more polling booths. A farmer is not expected to go farther than about six miles to vote for the munici- pal, provincial or federal govern- ments, but for the last poultry vote only one booth the set up r County. and for the hogs, only one per township. In the case of the last hog vote, Mr. Gordon Greig, first vice-presi- dent of the county federation (for- mer fieldman) noted that the gov- ernment set up one polling booth in the county, and the Federation set up one per toQwnship, paying for booths and mafnning them, as well as paying transportation to take the ballots to a central place. Mr, Hemingway said that "if the government sets up the voting on the basis of More polling booths, of St. Peter's Lutheran Church held their Christmas meeting with ' Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hinz, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Hodgert and Mrs. Ralph Hicks in charge of devotions, lunch and recreation. They chose as their topic, "Babes in a Manger," and how the song, "Silent, Holy Night," came to be written. Progressive crokinole was played with prizes going to Mrs. R. Sholdice, Mervyn Hodgert, Mrs. Harold Mogk and Ronald Rio?. Mrs. Lorne McKinnon and baby have returned -from the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Peel, of To- ronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eickmeir. Mr., and Mrs. George Jacob, of" Kitchener, with Mr. and Mrs. Chris 'Leonhardt. Master Alvin Hicks spent Christ- mas holiday week in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Newton, Diane and Craig, of Toronto, with Mr.and Mrs. Lew Hicks. Mrs. Robert Gibb and daughters, of Glencoe, spent last week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smyth. Mr. Harold Smyth spent a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Gibb, Glencoe. • Mr. and Mrs. Ford Dickison and Glenda and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smyth spent New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibb, Glen- coe. Mr. and Mrs. George Jarmuth accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wassman to Mexico and Califor- nia. Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe apd Mr, and Mrs. Dick Watson and sons spent New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. John Hinz in Kit- bhener. Master Marcel Wolfe, of Kit- chener, spent a few days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. La- vern Wolfe. Mrs. Albert Querengesser, Joyce and All, accompanied Mr3'and Mrs. Ivan. Querengesser, of Seaforth, and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff oodward and daughters, of Toronto, to spend Christmas with Rev. and Mrs. J. Arbuckle, Walkerton. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Simmons, of Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Wrti. S. Riehl for New Year's weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ahrens - spent Friday and Saturday in Hamilton and Toronto. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. R. Sholdice for New Year's Day were: Mr. and Mrs. Gary Shol- dice and Paul, of London, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Diegel, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Querengesser and family, Miss Barbara McPherson and Miss Sandra Wilson, all of Mitchell; Bradley, of Woodstock; Mr. Ron Goebel, of Stratford, and Mrs. W. L. Querengesser. Mrs. Norman Ahrens returned home from Stratford Hospital. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Dal- ton Hinz were: Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brickman and Barry, of Bramp- ton; Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Adams and family, of Mitchell; Miss Lena Thompson, Mr. Thompson Murray and Miss Fanny Murray, of Seb- ringville. I believe the people would man the booth for nothing. There should be a better accommodation fpr people wishing to vote, before we complain about the percentage of people voting." Elston Cardiff said, "It's a mat- ter of why is to pay for it. The government is you, the people, and an election costs a lot of money." Mr. Hemingway raised a chuckle when he replied, "Yes, but we don't go out electioneering." tVarren Zurbrigg, president of 'he Federation, noted that the per- centage of farmers was steadily decreasing, with the prediction that by 1970 farmers would make up only eight per cent of the peo- ple of Canada. "Farmers have be- come very efficient. This has ben- efitted the consumer a great deal, but sometimes we have not been paid for our increased efficiency. Surpluses which we, must have to feed the world, are used as a wea- pon by big business." Lorne Rodges, representing con- centrated milk producers, noted that they felt the Department of Agriculture was acting ynwisely to advise some farmers to- expand, and for others to leave farms when un"empfoYment was so filth. "Tile cost of putting in' bulk milk tanks, rte., is high, and a burden on farm% erg! They have too much invested and must live a lifetime to get the money out again. Besides, I believe these bulk tanks have con- tributed to surpluses. The fluid milk surplus is; growing all the time, making the trade very inde- pendent when we bargain with them, Hobby farmers also increase the harmful surpluses. We believe the difference in cost between but - (Continued on 'Page 4) Plan Ceremony At County Home Arrangements halve been made for a datestone ceremony to take place at the Huron County Home, Clinton, on Saturday, January 7, at 3 p.m. Warden John Durnin will lay the datestone of the new addition, and Will be assisted by the Chairman of the Huron County Home Com- mittee, William Morrittt The architects and contractor, together with members of the 1958, 1959 and 1980 comfnitteesj will be dpresent, mid the ,Public