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The Huron Expositor, 1985-07-10, Page 14W e all know tornadoes cause havoc. So too, do " economic tornadoes". This year 40 farms in Wellington County were damaged by. the May31 tornado - some were destroyed. There were also quite a few more damaged by money problems (economic tornadoes) and some will be destroyed, Probably more farms will be lost to the economic tornado than the one in May. How do you react to a tornado? If you were involved directly on May31, the shock will still be with you and the "What should [do now?" questions still float in your head and probably will for some time to come. If you were one of the hundreds of neighbors who lent assistance, you probably feel compassion and are helping in the best way you,can. Its hard to know what to do - but you do what you can. What about the economic tornado that threatens to blow you off your farrn (or your neighbor off his)? The feelings, to a large extent, must be similar to the real thing - with one exception - guilt. The one involved feels it is his fault (and possibly-probably it is) and so do•rnany of his neighbors. A lot orcompassion is lost if one feels blame can be laid. • DUBLIN FEED MILL LTD IS READY TO RECEIVE YOUR 1985 WHEAT CROP ATTENTION: VI/ALTON and AREA FARMERS PLAN TO ATTEND COOKS DIVISION OF GERBRO INC. GRAND OPENING Friday, J 19 In attendance will b: Ontario's Minister of Agriculture as well as other industry offi' als. For details ple se look for our advertisement in next week's paper. COOKS DIVISION OF GERBRO WALTON, ONTA I PURINA RALSTON OUR ELEVATORS ARE READY TO RECEIVE YOUR 1985 WHEAT CROP 2 Receiving legs , 8000 buihour unloading capacity CUSTOM COMBINING TRUCKING AVAILABLE Be THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 10, 1985 FARM Original play cast ,members. reassemble Thirteen years ago a group of actors and Ted had relatiires in the area, Goderich group of. actors and actresses had three knew who was who," she said. actresses came to Goderich Township with Township area and Paul took him up on his children under the age of two-years-old and During a performance of the play in the idea of producing a play about the local suggestion to see what life was like in the since they were rehearsing in the barn Toronto, Mrs. Lobb made an interesting residents. They not only reached their township. adjacent to the house, Paul claims that the observation. objective but turned the Farm Show into a "We originally considered boarding...but best piece of acting was done each morning "The pftple laughed at certain things huge success and made people sit up and then we decided to look at the old Bird farm. when they left the children with the here (Goderich Townstup) and when we saw take notice of Canadian theatre. It was just what city people think of country babysitter. it in Toronto, the audience laughed at The Farm Show will be revived July 11-19 living, overlooking the Maitland River, and " "Everyone would wave goodbye and head different things." with the majority of original cast members in our opinion, it was still useable. So we got outthe door. Then we would look to see if After the play was finished in Goderich • returning for the reunion, being held as part the Birds" okay," stated Paul., theY were still watching and make a run for Township, it was taken to Toronto where it of the township's sesquicentennial helebre- The director's next step was to get the the barn," he laughed. opened the Passe Muraille fall season. In the thins. actors and actresses together. Paul gathered The play (veiled in August of 1972 with spring of 1973 it was made into a film and the cast from acquaintances. David Fax had very few ps and no music, But tlie--0-Ey then went on a • southern Ontario tour, "It's a command performance," said wanted to try his hand at acting; Miles had one ma* asset - a natural setting. playing in Myth, Brussels, Iistowel, Mount original director-manager Paul Thompson. Potter had worked with Paul in a previous "The audience sat on bales of hay and all Fbm: t and the main stage of the Stratford "We were invited by the people the story play entitled Buffalo Jump; Janet Amox, the local people, the people that were in the Festival. From there they played in was originally written about," knew Paul's wife Anne Anglin and Paul had play, were there," said theatre buff Aileen _Kincardine, Port Elgin, and in August of The Farm Show, put on by Toronto's been trying to get Janet for other plays; and, . Craig of Clinton. "It was innovative and 1 1973, played the National Arts Centre in Playing the Centre in Ottawa was significant because it was the first time original Canadian material was performed there during the summer months. Farm Show then toured Saskatchewan and in 1976 played in Vancouver and . in 1979, toured England and/Wales for five weeks. The film on the Farm Show was made by Michael Ondaatje. Paul feels that this film is far superior to the radio and television version. "The TV show brought the audience down with them so it just wasn't the same," he commented. As for the upcoming performances in the Goderich Township Shed, Paul does not see There is life after farming -specialist However, there is one fact of life. life must What am I driving at? First - there is life go on regardless. People who leave the farm after farming. Second - If you did not fail at still live and breathe and contribute to something, you would be perfect. Since none society. of us is perfect we should expect some Most people have a 'much harder time failures, Third - You could have failed just as emotionally and financially just before easily as your neighbor in his circumstances. leaving than iminediatelYafterwards. 'tallied Fourth - The person hit by the economic to a person who had been involved with a tornado needs more emotional and spiritual large number of bankruptcies and his help than those hit on May 31 because they comment was the majority had a better life have guilt to deal with also. Lastly - W e can aftetleavieg the farm than before -- based on help these people. They need our help at this observation,. My On observation 'is the time. If we enjoyed'their company before we struggle to keep lit afloat is hard on all knew they were in trouble, we should be able members df the family and can destroy some to do so afterwards, After all, we are all families,,taut the relief, after the decision to people trying to be neighbors. quit has been,made, is so evident you would By: Bill Grexton, think they had been given new life -- they Farm Management Specialist, have! Wellington County. 'Fed up" farmers set to hold rally Thh Ontario! Federation of Agriculture agriculture off in its budget. We're going to agriculture to attend as well, Mr. Pelissero (OFA) is holding', a .rally at Queen's Park encourage the new provincial government said, "This is their opportunity to show today, OFA president, Harry Pelissero, said„ not to make the same mistake." support and solidarity for agriculture." the rally, hich includes visits to federal He said politicians must recognize that Three separate events occurred simultan- eously today. Farmers visited the federal government offices, constituency offices and MPPs at the same time. Then they all met at Queen's Park at 11:30. 0 • "We were at a bar and we met this guy who had seen a Russian film about a man who was in love with his tractor," explained Paul. "At that point I said, 'I think we could make a fanning play.' rf Ottawa. Passe Muraille theatre 0anyany, (theatre Paul had seen Fine Macdonnell pe orm m exciting. They had three props which were a without walls), made its debut in 1972 with Winnipeg wash machine, a whiskey barrel and bales of actors David Fox, Miles Potter, Paul The reason for the play's huge success in hay." Thompson, and actresses Anne Anglin, Fine this area: could be contributed to the Jim Fitzgerald, editor of the Clinton Macdonnell and Janet Amos. The only thoroug. h 'research done by the writers. News-Record during, the play's debut, was member of the original cast not returning for Instead of watching from the distance, they equally impressed with the Farm Show. the performance is Janet, went right into the homes of the people they It was a collective (own songs and own wrote about, and in some cases, used tape 'music) with all the sound effects done by the when Pai The original idea for the show came about recorders so the expressions • and accents actors. When they needed a tractor, the d originally could be kept for rehearsal purposes. of Seaforth, were sitting in a bar in St ,,,he t • , People acted-the-part and made the sound The expressions you get are better than effects." Catharines. anyone could 'ever write," said Paul,- who • Jean Lobb of Goderich Township has seen explained. it took six weeks to get their the play "so many times rue lost track" and material' together. However, as many Passes has seen it presented different ways. Muraille performances seldom do; the script "It's a novel way to depict personalities in was not written down until 1973. their own setting. No one was introduced in An interesting item to note is that the that first show, but we in the community " • government offices, constituency offices of federal cabinet ministers and the offices of members ,of the provincial parliament (MPPs), was called to show politicians farmers are `fed up." "For the last few years, politicians and farm leaders have been saying agriculture is at a crossroads. That statement is no longer true," Mr. Pelissero`said. "We've passed the crossroads, and fanners don't like the direction we're headed." Agriculture is a joint federal-provincial responsibility. The federal government wrote failure to invest in farmers and farming has a negative impact on job creation. "The agri-food sector affects nearly three million jobs in Canada. That includes everyone from steel workers to grocery store clerks, These figures can't be ignored and neither can the primary producers. W e've' had enough rhetoric, we need action," Mr. Pelissero said. Farmers from all over Ontario were invited to attend the rally. County federations of agriculture have been busy talking to farmers, and were encouraged to invite people whose businesses depended on many changes. "The show itself has a special magic. People talk about how life has changed over the years, but the enduring qualities never change." The Farm Show will be presented in the Goderich Township Shed from July 11-19 at It p.m. Matinees will be held July 14 and 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets for adults are $8 at the door, and $7 in advance. Children's tickets are $3. Tickets are available from the Blyth Festival • beat office and mail orders can be sent to Box 730, Clinton., Other ticket outlets are - Holmesville Store; Bob and Betty's Variety, Seaforth; Cainpbell's Men's Wear, Clinton; Phil Main Dominion Hardware, Goderich; Village Market, sBayfield. Walton man is award winner A Walton man is' among the winners of the annual scholarships awarded by United Co-operatives of Ontario (UCO). Six awards, one for each agricultural • college in the province, are presented by UCO to outstanding graduates in recognition of their "excellence in 'leadership and responsibility". Each award winner receives a cheque for $175,00. Bert Reinink of W anon, 21, has completed a two-year course in agricultural business management at Centralia College. His parents own two cash crop farms. Mr. Reinink, who is starting his own sow operation on the family farm, has a part-time job as a salesman for a crop consulting company. He plans to be married in November and take uia residence on one of the farms. During his junior year at college, Reinink received a trophy for the highest participation in intramural sports. Reinink's award was presented to him by Bob Coulthard, UCO director, group 3. UCO is the largest farm supply and marketing co-operative in Ontario, with sales 'last fiscal year of $537 million. It provides a complete hne of farm inputs, including feed, seed, fertilizer, petroleum and hardware through about 100 Co-op Sales and Service Centres across the province. It also markets livestock and grain. UCO is owned by48,600 individual members and 45 member co-ops representing another 39,000 members. Diary (Continued from page 131 We often chatted about our common history, after all that was the purpose of the visit. Mary's grandfather, Matthew Murray was the brother of my father John Murray. From my history book on the " M urray-Eckert Story," !found that Matt left Canada with his wife and four children to go and settle in Solis. Iowa in 1889. Once settled. Matthew farmed, growing corn and he acted as a cattle drover too. As well, four more American Murray children were born. Mary's father, Leo, born in Canada, stayed in Sali x. Iowa and worked, married and raised a family of four - Mary being the youngest. I was able to give Mary many pictures and souvenirs of her forefather's history to take home Each day sped by. and Mary and 1 grew very dose in that short week together. She was learned and, always interesting to listen to, especially with her Irish wit. Everyone enjoyed her once shiridness. Mary was one you could love immediately. Needless to say farewell. was a sad departing, Mary had met her "cousins-by- the dozens." She loved Canada and Mary said she would never forget this wonderful meeting. As she left on Stine 10 for her 7'10 a.m. flight out of London to Texas, presented her with a bouquet of yellow roses to commemorate our stay together. A fter all. she was "My Yellow Rose from Texas " After hugs and tears, she was gone and I was alone to think about the events of the past week. As I gazed at the beauty of my gardens I was happy I had shared so much with my American cousin, And in her thoughtful way she called me that night to say she was home safe and sound and happier because of me Was it fair? f only wanted her to feel special and Mary ended pp doing that for me. We may never see each other again. but we shall communicate forever through mail and telephone. It was a visit that shall never be forgotten. KEN R. CAMPBELL FARMSR.R.1 DUBLIN 527-0249