HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-09-02, Page 15RADAR STALLED-A new weather radar \ being
installed 14 miles south east of Seaforth has been
stalled because of technical flaws. Ministry of
Environment officials hope to have the radar in
operation this fall. They say radar should improve
weather forecasting fEtri_ttdron.. (Staff Photo)
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Within the next few weeks
committee personnel for the '78
International will be identifiable
by their • official garb - maroon
blazers or squall jackets high-
lighted by the official crest of the
match, powder blue trousers and
blue shirts and ties.
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TIME: 10:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
DATE: Wednesday, SepteMber 8 a •
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Who is the fairest on the land
Will be the question answered at
the Qun
Competition, held lathceonjuFnucttrioown
with the Huron County Plowing
Match on September 18 at
Kenneth Duncan's farm, R.R.1,
Kirkton.
,,Nominees must be 16 years of
age and net have reached their
25th birthday. by ,November 1,
1976. They can be married or
single but must be residing on a
farm in Huron. No entry fee will
be required but you must place
your entry, age and other-
information with the secretary on
the day of the plowing match.
All contestants must make a
strike out and plow two retied& on
their land.lf contestants require a
tractor and plow, notify the
committee:-
Ail contestants will be 'expected
to wear either a areas or skirt and
top to the interview and luncheon
and speeches. Slacks may be
worn for plowing.
Contestants will be expected on
the site by 10 a.m. firplow.. A
luncheon will be held for the girls,
compliments of Jack Riddell, °
MPP for Huron.
Judges will award competitors
as follows: an interview, 100
points; all contestants must give a
3-5 minute speech on. "Agri-
culture" or the "International
Plowing Match", 150 points;
plowing ability, 100 points;
AND STO E
MAKES SENSE...
Here's why
you should
plo w down
phosphate
and potash
now.
for p
from BelOto•O'S Original Old Mill
ill Blyth and $2Qk •#.0111 the
Association, plus $10 OvvAirs1 expenses to -Om Xll*national.
Plowing Match. All other voiltesi_
tapts. will •te4(AY0 sp..otigus i‘• giftr.
Questions? Phone
Howard :Dome NON./
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GP4Prich,
Urges Quebec to separate
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• Regular readers of this column are a ware•tha t the writer the Francophones."
spent a vacationin northern. Quebec this year. - Maybe the same thing happens to Francophonesin the rest
It was the: second trip in three years and probably the of Canada. Maybe 'they feel. the same way about 'Toronto,
last. for instance. All the more reason why" Quebec Should be
Isn't it about time the TeirTAanada urged Quebec to allowed to separate, even encouraged. And I say this realiz-
separa te ,'set them free to 'go their own way? ing fully the great men. of French Canada who helped make
By "them," I mean the whole province because it is now this country a wonderfl place in which to live. I have ad-
a case of them and us. Just spend a few days outside of Mon- mired their history, their culture, their great deeds, their
treal and you will find that it is a case of them and us and valor, their vision. '
the choice is theirs, not mine. Perhaps it, is just the backlash from my visit to Quebec
I went. both times with what I -felt was an open mindrreadr • -buel-think ;- probably in a perverse way, that the Quebec ter-
to try to understand-their probleins•-but •gotnnbelp...in..un- rorists oftinCriveratinply'rnOre honest than ahost ofrother—
derstanding frojartherre My pitiful 'attempts -2-- ana1 readily Preridespeakingpolitieiana'ivho have battered away aecon!:
admit •the attempts were pitiful -1"- to ConVerse in my high federatiOn for 109 years.
school Fligch were met with blank stares and even hostil- I can think of no other culture which was allowed to de-
ity. velop after.a conquest the way 4he Habitants were allowed
The question 'is not whether Quebec should be permitted after the Plains of Abraham.
to separate from- Canada but whether Canada shouldn't cone
And. how would the Maritime Provinces survive, separat- ' Sider kicking Quebec out of confederation. . ed from the rest of the country? The same as Hawaii does, For 109 years, the rest of this, country has 'patiently put . • • •- • • . ah- • • - a sthte separated from mainland U.S.' by Vlore th thou-
up with various forms of political blackmail. ' sand miles of water. -The same as Si. Pierre and Miquelon, When, Robert Bourassa ,took over-the goverernent of Que- • off theoast of Newfoundland which belong to Franee. bee, I thought a sensible man had finally come to power to
refute the muddled concepts, of Daniel Johnson and:Rene- Maybe it's my own WASPish prejudices showing. .Maybe
Levesque and the rest of the politicians in a long line of I'm getting old and jaded, too tired to hold my chins — both
of them — up while trying to understand just what it is that corruption. But his language bill•just fills me with disgust.
I have made it a point la talk to a number of people who F
irerhaps, too, it's all the fooferaw about the Olympics
Lund
Canada desires of me.
' have moved out of Quebec. They, especially the females,
that has me defensive these days and Jean Drapeau's Preg- ftund the situation intolerable. They 'were isolated from
society, nancy.• He did say, didn't he, that it would be easier for a
things that
ot just by language but because of all the other
at would be accepted in most parts of'this country. man to get pregnant than for the Montreal Olympics to have
4 , "I honestly tried to learn French," said one young mother a deficit? I hear he's been on the phone recently to Dr. Mor-
I. met recently. "I took lessons and tried very hard to con-' gen thaler. .
verse„But simply because I was an Apglo-Saxon Protestant, Maybe next week I'll feel better but right now, 'Quebec
I. was rebuffed, ev.en sneered at, and sometimes jeered, by can go its own way and I, for one,, wish them well.
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Getting ready for International
Preparations for the 1978
International. Plowing Match have
been underway for some time.
Although the Huron Inter-
national is still more than two
years distant, practically all the
.committees have been and
are busy with their ans. The
1978 match will be held on the
Jim Armstrong farm a mile east
of Wingham and on those Of his
nearer neighbors.
One committee which has to
make an early start is the group
* which takes charge of publicity
and- promotion, headed by Ray
Scotchmer of Bayfield as
ehairMan.
At a meeting in Clinton last
• week the P & PR committee '
handled'much of the planning for
the- Huron plowmen's' exhibit at
• the forthcoming International to
be held near Walkerton at the end
of SepteMber this year. The
exhibit is essential to publicize
the forthcoming match in Huron.
A similar or even greater effort
wilt bye required next year, when
die International will be held near
Kingston.
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Rabies test
takes 3 hour
It takes only three hours for
Agriculture Canada's Health of
Animals Branch laboratories to do
a highly accurate test oknnitnals
it inspected-of having 'rabies.
Rabies testing is done at the
department's Animal Pathology
Division labs in Ottawa,
Lethbridge, Alta., and Sackville,
I& the test is positive, the
digtrict veterinarian is telephoned
immediately so that people in
contact with the.animal can begin"—
A,
treatment.' Because 'of the
' vigilance of the Health of Animals
Branch, Very few Canadians have
died of the virus disease which is
transmitted by the bite of alit
infected animal.
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Craft tent
• featured• at
plowing match
The International Plowing
Match to be held near Walkerton
in Bruce County September - 28
through October 2 has' a great
deal to offer people front all walks
of life.
The largest tented city in the
world will have features for ladies
more than ever before in the
history of plowing Matches.
There will be one tent devoted
entirely to crafts which include
quilts, rugs, macrame, canning,
baskeAry, pottery, ceramics, china
painting, knitting, crocheting,
weavtng leathereraft-;--
"'•-• bottle- ---ixecyCling, •
plastercraft, copper craft, hand
crafted furniture, Indian craft,
'petit point, jewelart and stained
glass, to"mention a few.
In yet another tent will take
place flower arranging, fashion
shows, cooking schools, meat
caiiing and cutting plus varied
programmes each "day.
The third tent geared to the
interest of the ladies will contain
memories of the past in a
ecimpletely furnished house with
Canadian furniture, dishes and
utensils.
Primarily an agricultural show
the Country Fair* atmosphere
reigns and there will be some-
thing for everyone even to the
Wintario draw to be held in
-WalkertOn September 30.
CatiVener of crafts Mrs. Oliver
McCharles; convener of program
for the ladies is Mrs. Percy
Pletch. •
— price could go up by spring — fields are dry.
— you have more time in the fall.
Remember what last spring was like?
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Low Prices for Bagged Fertilizer are in, effect
and guaranteed until Sept. 4
SEED WHEAT available NOW!.
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— product is, more readily available — take advantage of a guaranteed
now price differential.
— application equipment is available — crops get the extra plant food
when you want it. required for healthy growth.
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