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your pocketbook --not to the :corn!" •
Ivan Armstrong grows about 215 acres of corn, He has been
,twice winner of the Cash Crop Farming. Corn Award et the
n ' Western Ontario Seed Fair, •
Atrazine ,is used post emergently. as an overall application.
• 'Results are excellent7.he says, "On one rented field the Weeds.
were 'so thick it .looked like . sod. Oneapplication. of 4 abs;
Atrazine and.1 'gallon of oil 'completely Wiped,, out the' weeds;
and grasses," • :
Atraiine,controls weeds when they are small, before they rob
the•corn plants of moisture and nourishment and it controls
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Sen�in�i Guest`4# Publicity.Commttee
0� Plowing Matt6, Hear Their P�dns
The Sentinel was one,of a grou
of Huron County, newspapers who.
were guests of the''Publicity Cote-
rnittee of the International. !lbw-
ing Match at a dinner andtour.'.of
theplowing:match• site last Fri-
day, The'•International will•;be..`
held in. Huron County this. year ,
October.11th to 14th,,
• Represented were: newspapers
ftoni Zurich , Clinton; .Wingham
Exeter, Seaforth, Lucknow .as
well as CKNX in Wingham and
the .public'relations: officer of the
RCAF in Huron. Together with
the head of'•the publicity comm-
ittee,. Don 'Stephenson of Sea-
forth, and members Of the,1ocal.
committee of the plowing Match,
a tour was made of the plowing
match site.'
The international'event will be
'ased on a 700 acre site in Mc- •
•lllop Township,. adjacent:to.
•eaforth, with headquarters :.entred,on the farms of James M.
,Ott. • Here the Tented City,
ith more than 20.0 exhibitors,
i11 be located on a 100•acre
rea, Nearby will be 250 to 300
cies •of sod and stubble ready to
•st the.skill of.pldwmen from
TOSS Canada and. Europe.
I Following the tour of the site, '
egroup of newsmen, and comm
tee members were guests at a.`
'nner at the Seaforth Curling Club
Remarks were heard from ward-
Ken Stewart of Huron, and the
ess of the county were introduced
ayor John Flannery of Seaforth
oke a few words to the meeting
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Those called on to bringthe
eting up" to date 'on the progress
the match were
F. A.Lashley.'
'secretary Manager of.
e Ontario Plowmen's Association;
'rman Barber of Owen Sound,:
esident of the'0ntario• Plowmen's
sociatton, •
The local.committee is'headed •
by :cochairman: Gordon: McGavin.
of Walton and Larry Snider of
Exeter;
Roy Adair ;of Wingharn,'comm-
ented on the ' Hvran exhibits :de
parttnent which he is; looking after
A. 400 seat auditorium has been •
secured'. by the ladies' department,
in charge 'of Anna MacDonald of
Wingham, and this building:will
house events to please the ladies,
a floor show`, cooking demonstra=.
tion", fashion show and, the appear-
ance of TV personalities. An.
agricultural tent hasbeen taken
over by the Federation of Agric-
PAW! >lsl111'I10N`
Local Commi •C
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ulture• and Will show. farrii produce
• from the•'county. W arden'Ken ;•
Stewart s in charge•of the live '
stock display which will feature
livestock .from all parts of the
county, .
Gordon McGavin explained that
a banquet would beheld in the
Seaforth arena with the Walton
ladies catering.
Larry' Snider reported on tract-
ors and stated that Mac. IeBeau
of Seaforth is in charge of •round-,
ing up tractors to be used. $10.
will be paid to any farmer whose
tractor is .used in the match.
Doug• Miles of Clinton is sec
•retary and Bill Hanley of Goder
ich treasu'rer.. Each reported from.
their department.' .lames 'Scott
of Seaforth is' in charge of the
tented city,
Don MacKenzie of Ashfield
Township has a big :job' on, his
hands. 'Don reported on traffic,
tickets and parking: of which he
is chairman.. The .committee •
plan three entrances' into. the
grounds that will handle up to
2000 cars per hour: Signs will
direct motorists' tothe proper
: areas., Goderich and Clinton
Kinsinert and Exeter lions'will. be.
in charge of tickets and .admiss-
ions. About 145 acres has been
set aside for parking.
Orval. Wasserman of Grand
• Bend'reported for the billeting
committee and said he wished.
tri make it known ; that Trurr►otir of
billets being hard to obtain' were
not true. We can :billet as far
away as 28' miles which is°no
problem in a rural: area, he said;
Walter Forbes reported on wagon.
tours, which will•'be the means of:.
transporting people around: the
grounds. . Simon Hallahan of Blyth
reported on special events :and
Arthur .Bolion'of Seaforth on dem
onstrations. ' Tom, Leiper outlined ..
. plans•`for' :secu ing .horses' an&Elston.
Cardiff on the `historical part of the'
match. Mr. Cardiff. said he had
been secretary -treasurer of the.
Huron Plowmen's Association for
'42 years and the match had only
been rained out on two. occasions,
Bands an: parades were'in charge
of Russell Bolton who stated that
the Seaforth. District. High School
girlsband would be.there all four
days of the match. He •said plans
were In progress for 'securing sev-
eral pipe bands from the county....
Bill Dennis reported land leased
from 10 different farmers;
It was reported that the govern-
or -general had been approached to
.open the match but that no word
hadbeen received on this as yet.
A budget of .$45,500' has been.
set /for the match which.will be
held October l lth to 14th, • • It is
.broken down as follows:.. Publicity,
$4, 000; TentedCity 7,500; lands.
3,500; Tickets and'. Parking,5000
Air rides, 1001 Wagon tours, 1;000
•Health and . sanitation, 2,000;
Bands and parades;. 500; Teams
and horse' show; 500;: Tractors,
.2..500; Public. relations, :800; Bill-
eting,` 500, ;Ladies prograrn 1,590;-
Historical,
,500;-Historical, 1,500; County Ex=
hibits (Livestock, Commodity
groups, ,etc.) 3,600; Special: even-
is and. demonstrations,, 1,500;
Farmstead :improvement, 500;,
:Banquet: and. lunches, 5•,000, Local
committee and stationery, 2.,000,
contingencies,. 2', 000 : .
Cancer is the name given to the
uncontrolled growth of body cells.
Often' this growth can be complete..
ly 'stopped if caught in t.ime..
Fight cancer•with a check=up and
a cheque.. .
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NaionaIDirector
The. regular :meeting of Saugeen
Life Underwriter's Association was
held at the 4 Aces Restaurant in "..' ' '
Clifford, ,on April 22nd, with mein
bars present from Dura ai ., Hanov-'.
er, Walkerton, Lucknow and' Wing -
ham
Membership chairman Gordon
Raeburn reported'an increase in
membership. Gordon' Watt,: Direc-` :
tor, of FIeid'Services of the;Nation
al Life Underwriter's Association
Of Canada, was introduced by Wiil•
Jam K naban of Lucknow „as' guest ,
'speaker of the day.
He Informed the meeting that
membership in the National' Assoc-
iation .ndw exceeded 13,000 mem=:,
bers, representing more than 4010,
ofall full time .1 ife. Underwriters'
inCanada. '
The National Association 'is st:i
striving to have regulations en.forc
ed,whereby', all underwriters would`
be required to pass, a qualifying
exami<pation before"receiving a
license. `. At thePresent time Brit-
ish Columbia is tlie::only province
in Canada; that has, such a regular
amp force. It is the general
concensus .of opinion that such a
regulation would help ensure more
'competent. service to purchasers of
life :insurances
It was approved by notion that.
Saugeen Association support the r
Central Ontario Sales; Congress to
beheld .in October' 1966..
0 Arrangements weremade to :meet.
'with Owen. Sound' Association'.on
May 13 on,' invitation..from Owen
Sound Association who have secures
an outstanding speaker for the day.
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