HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-06-09, Page 16PAGE SIXTEEN
THE LUCKNOW ' SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, , ONTARIO
By' Mrs,. John Austro •
•
Members from 4ocal 335. of the:
National Farmers Union helped:to.
pieket, the• Ontario Pork Producers
ivlarketing Board in Stratford on
Tuesday June •1st . This was
to draw attention to the low price
beingvaid to the farmer,for hogs.
Points discussed. with the''prod
uc ers_ as' they -brought' their hogs- -
'to market, were 1. Th'e farmer
R• •suffers`,, but' not, the vertical integ,
rated feed and packing companies;
by low prices., They still snake
money on feed., while the indep-
endent .farmer loses on dollars per
hog. 2. The N. F. U policy plat'
form calls. for legislation that will''
eliminate feed companies, pack
ing plants; chain .stores. or other; :4
• agri -business• firms from livestock '
production.3.. The price.
spread 'between the producer and
Summer Craft
Executive Meet
By Mrs..:
•McCharles
Luck'now Summer ,Cra.ft.'Festi.val
,;xecutive and cbnir iittee heads
Moriday evening of last' week
in the 'Unit'ed Church. Parlour , •
Luc know::
retail price is far too great -
some cuts often over 100%4 '
4.. Since 42.210 of the Canadian
economy directly' dependent•
on.riculV
g
a ure, the whole econ!•
•
otny, is short changed when farm-
ers
arm-ers accept depression pr1,ce.,This
has been gradually happening for
Here the plans were ii de fp
—rhe •Festival which,`has°' grown by.'.
leaps and bounds. All. the: space
ha's been sold .4/nd: there are sever,
'al standbys who' would gladly 'share
a corner. • •
Public reception has been,tretn.,
• endous and the Festival seems .to
'be catching on farand. near: Local
papers and .broadcasters have: b'eeen .. •
doing. a marvellous .p_ublicity part_:.)
in. the carrying of reports., •
•Write .ups have. appeared :in sev
eral publications; the Ontario
Events publication the Canadian
Events the' Antique Collectors
Magazine...A letter from the Can 4+
adian Travel Bureau assures the '. _ 1'
'group of publicity, on many. radio
arid` T. V,. stations across the na -
tion
.Already many requests
Jeffs have been.received
:Mr. •and -Mrs.. Oliver McCharles .
have been asked toattend .many..
functions .to prornote the Festival
As -4 seems to havecaught the
attention of many organizations..
The:Department.of'Education :.
have offered to. send Crafts, that
should they be considered., would
require 250 square feet of display.
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years and * w-the'full impact. is
being felt. 5. The'.Ontario Pock
Producers Marketing Board has:
the power to'set prices, for hogs -.
N. F. U. is demanding that they
use it. R., While farmers are
-accepting-low prices, imports
ofhogs are still allowed-.
Reaction of producers ranged, -
from surprise syrnpathy co-ops
.eration and a few to anger, Sev,
eral trucks did not unloa"d.' Some
uloaded a hog in the naive of
the N.F.U. ,. •and With this be-
carne ,a inern1, e ,
Bev McNay, President of Local;,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th, 1971'•
335, will attend a Meeting on'
Wednesday,, June 9th with the
Ontario' Pork Producers Marketing
Board in ronto.,. of.
the 7` h., FTo. U PresideRevnts who
signed an ultimatum to .he. i;o:ard
de Tan increacP irx rhe
price of pork to 28 • .
SEtON
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Among•. these. are Indian Craft •
Jewellery', . Stitchery , Contempor
--ar-y- No- 1 and Perhaps €or this
- . year, 'only ;one Of .these will .be'
accepted' as the, space has: `been
sb,.,,ld out_t _CiaftsmPn frnm,acros s-
Ontario.
The Bruce County -Historical
Society would:welcome any news
items 'from the ata pertaining ,to
any of the Crafts
A Scrap Book of items .from
each of the Craft participants in
the' Lucknow .Craft Festival it
.. ,.•_ -
s,
Each commitree was represent,
ed and presented their plans.
• People are'needed to man the Pep
si.•mobile unit for the, two days
it would be •appreciated if some.-
one would volunteer• fa, ts', " i9
Of the festival•
The iuckrrow .ygricultu;ra1 Soc`-
e•
iety ar'workirii r�andr'iY hard '
.with the Eesti:va1 .'The
arena wilt. be mad-eread)::by the
Agricultural Society and Wexten-
sion Cords provided for li,h;lt,g.w
The Kcal Wornen'�s th titute
groups. ar:e preparing to serve
Ideals to'the crafters.ih the aren.a.
At various' booths:
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