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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-10-14, Page 3bus tri Cancer Society volunteers Alice Reid, left, and Bob Spittal with Bob Montgomery Local volunteers honoure Iwo Seaford' people. were Preterite[i with Certificates of Service iron"' the 'Canadian Cancer Society at the Huron Unit's annual meeting in Holmesville last week. ' "Talk about volunteers and how impor- tant they' are to the Canadian Cancer Society,' said Bob Turnbull of London. southwestern Ontario district president. Alice Reid, as a volunteer driver for the Seaforth Branch made her first trip with a -patient on Feb. 14th, 1961 and has been the only driver this Branch has had until she retired this year, 1981, and they had to find a new one. "Although Alice has been active with . ,cite Hospital Auxiliary in her town, With the ladies. Aid of First Presbyterian Church, an active, member of the curling club and numerous other, things, -we think nothing compares to the 290 round trips to London covering some 22,500 miles, she made on behalf of the -Society and the cancer ,... patients she served: While Alice was asked why she did it, her reply tells us the type of person she is..."I've been very fortunate, I've had good health and I wanted to share this blessing with others." Bless you Alice." The other Seaforth Certificate of Service honoree was Robt. $pittaL His Citation read: "Bob Spittatearne to Canada in 1923 and his chosen field of Work, banking, has taken him to many parts of Ontario i:e. Toronto, Brampton, Brautford, Windsor, Wingham etc. Before he came to Seaforth his banking career was interrupted by World War II., He reached the rank of Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery and served overseas at Nor- mandy. Bob was manager of the Seaforth Branch of the Toronto-DominiOn Bank when he reached retirement and he has been an asset to the town ever since his arrival there. He is the choirmaster at St. Thomas Anglican churth and his hobbies include gardening as well at music. Bob has served the Cancer Society lathe SeafOrth Branch for 21 years as the Campaign Chairman, and that is quite a record. His wife of 50 years, Inez, his workedwith him on this committee and we trust he will share this Certificate of • Service with her. Your accomplishments have been achieved through yonr energetic and responsible manner and we thank you and,congratulate you on this occasion. We will no-doubt be:calling on your expertise for a few years yet. Thank You Bob." Bob Montgomery of the Canadian Cancer Society presented both awards. PUMPKIN PIE' — they say that a picture:- is worth-a thotAand words, well some of the words to describe this picture might be scrumptious, mouth watering . . iPhoto by Hook) OPTIMIST OFFICERS The Seaforth, Optimist Club elected a new executive kiddy Thursday and included in the group are (Frdnt left) Ken Miller, 1st Vice President, Bill Campbell,- pre, siddlit, Dave. Reidn2nd-vice- ' presideritiback row) Bill McGrath, Lt.-Gov. of Zone 10, Harry Arts, Past President and Bill Henderson, secretary-treasurer. (Photo? by Ellis) THANKSGIVING FEAST — There was a lot to .be ipankful for on Monday at supper time when many people sat down to a delicious turkey like this one. (Photo by Hook) Marketing board criticism Continued from page 2 took seven years to get, thrpugh the normal five. y one problem. She saved enough money while teaching up North to keep her going fora few months, but she needs a job. There's little chance of her getting one in Hull, where you must speak French. She got 54 in French in high school, and what she learned there would barely-enable her to order a meal unless it was "un chien hot" or "des •poissOn.set french frieds." That's 'Where the old man comes in. Danged if I'll buy her a new car. Danged if pay her rent, although she can stay here,. free, as long as she wants. Danger! if I'll • send her money when she can go on welfare. But I do have some old friends in Ottawa; -How would shelike to be the receptionistot • Dr. Noi-inan Lightford, a dental surgeon? Or should I start right at the top? My old friend, Robert Cameron, late Canadian Ambassador to Poland, might need a girl to , bring coffee during his morning breaks. To the editor: Dave Mcintosh, a Canadian Presslournal- ist for more years than he cares to mental, might find her a job as a rel-'catsistant. He is now a successfut author, and might want to find outwhere he was born, and who his girl-friend was in Grade 1, for the new book he's writing. Kim can even type better than Dave does. How about. Jennie Meisel, as we used to know him at Varsity, before he became a professor at Queen's and more recently, head of the CRTC? 'Surely he'd have a spot for a girl who is unilingual, unisexual, and has a couple of kids who know something of the Cree Indian tongue? I can see that 'I'm going to have to spend a long, time on the typewriter, knocking off letters to people who say, when their `secretaries bring in the mail, marked "Personal", "Bill who?" 1 . But Paul Gormley will find a spot foi her. He worked in Public Relations for half the agencies in Ottitiva, loves music, and has a soft spot for my wife. No problem, Kim. Do merchants, shoppers want a BIA? R14, T' IMI;`17.43. hee0Md, erele10;40 eMt.bffitherr: rbtrxr • oufrutt.:(ttTeltns n ( 4ctwaotnintpl sort destioitioe. that) all Meals but Saturday I thought of the remark on lunch and Sunday dinner, the, weekend, when we went " ferry ride to -and from the ona bus trip. And though I'm island, a buggy ride tour of rapidly approaching middle the island (there are no • age and senior status is a bit motorized vehicles except .of a way off yet, it's a great snowmobiles allowed and it Way to go. Without this job wasn't that cold...yet), bike and a few other minor respon- rental On the island (It was sibilities I'd be right there drizzling and we walked in- with them, signing up for day _stead) just about all tourist trips, excursions and every attractions and a few other organization that regularly odds and ends. takes to the road. There were probably 31 All my life I've wdiidered ' cameras all lifildatnongst the whatever 'motivates people to 29 participants and "candid get up at 5 a.m. and board camera" was a popular some dumb bus with a, bunch game. We have to get tedetb- 'of strangers. My personal er with those people again experience was limited to a some time soon...I want to few trips in elementary see their photos. school, and I don't even Conversation wis. fatcinat- remember where we went. ing with a heavy emphasis on No w I understand: it's sports, about which normally tut. -We-joined-an-American I know nothing, But I told my friend -on a trip to Mackinac Colleaguedregoriii the nett' Island and points in Nefthern office that I'm eternaly grate- Michigan on the' weekend. fulforhis presence these last But first we had to join the few weeks. Thanks to him I club she belongs to to take knew a bit about the baseball advantage of the cheap fare. series currently in play (he's a (It shall remain nameless diehard Yankee fati if you've because I'd hate like heck for been wondering about that it to get too popular.) baseball cap he'sbeen sport- From the time we boarded ing recently) and could al the bus in a Detroit-area most act as if I knew what parking lot at 6:30 Friday people were talking about. night until We disembarked at The Michigan U of M football the same place' late 'Sunday game other assorted college night, 29 people) of assorted football and even a horsersee ages and' backgrounds (two somewhere left me complete- tsoegxeterh. had a 'lovely time ly in the dark but thanks to , Gregor I knew a bit about the • SKI RACING? Yankees and'the Expos. _ ing) from 55 tn20„puttiog us Canadians on the bus in about the Middle ground: Were the objects-of --Kropp -to-Blue-Mott Ages ranged (I'm -guess- Aitthe Expos. As the only we. , P cat pot by aoodlonginsh:_ant‘Tharye People ranged from a pliar- curiosity, and pity: "you owe at macist who's in .charge of , a dollar, that't $1.2.5 in and there's w good chance another club activity, down- your money". a fellow travel- *tea' be two CsAildikns hilLsktracing, (He signed up ler told me. Since the friend standing by the roadside to the better half who hasn't who accompanied us is a get picked up on' route some- skiied in five years for the Twists native, the catchyu where. And as we were about team) to a young man who phrase "eh, 'eau" was pop- to say goodbye to our friend lives, in a commune and is ulat in our section of the bus. late' Sunday night we heard working with a group dedi- • As well as our folio* there's a trip Planned to the cated to eliminating world travellers, Troy the bus driver KeLentuvmu, ckyl Eftasrbyein Kentucky May. . hunger, (admirable but I'm from Toledo, made the trip still reading his literature). speeial. He wentway beyond friderebnyd sicreallsbere we come! e elthe The price of about 1100 US the call•of duty, making extra - THE HURON EXPOSITOR, 01,4‘f. takbfg:.bik*, cvCrYtkingF-itrausporatien. ,over, the Plate- TItey'yO only motet (foOkloicroolojko,thut: a meeting I was at AD lately somethini wealsaid Sometning to'say about fen* citizens. 41,/h lot of them are hard to ..get dogrlof," 4 participant p*cd • "bY'S44San White• up, "Although, f know Where ' Brost of-them are. ',They're oft perVer4441 plaid for 14Mulf. Ines town Of St. stayer f Overnight WinM434166" are pretty for the best SlIttlitlaY eight lireintrtivinfl us..to'011 club he discovnted; all on his own tiraa.,Oace there he even sang a solo, what` else- 'It's Hard to be Humble". to the accompaniment of the lounge organ player. The spotlight the musicianshined on our glamourous driver was, be- . lieve it or not, a nice big portable flashlight: Here too people were friendly and pricesreasonable: around for five for under SS. TIDYPARKS We- saw gorgeous fall colours, wandered beside waterfalls in tidY, beautiful state parks and had, time to get used to _the clamp of horses' hooves on Mackinac. We even saw Michigan gov- ernor, William Milliken, hav- ing a chat-outside- the-Macin. ac• Island Post Office. His summer home's on the island and it appeared he's strolled down for his mail. It was tough. let me tell you, getting hick to reality on Sunk night. Four of Us who sat together concluded we hadn't laughed so much in months. And that feels good. We at leatt had Thanksgiv- ing Day 'to look fOrward to. The Americans. except' the Odd goverment and bank employee who had Columbus Day off, were headed back to work Monday'. But that wasn't our last bus Sugar and spice Jack's Jottings BY JACK RIDDELL MPP It is rather 'unfortunate that-Marketing Boards have been subjected to criticism from an organization such as the Economic Council of Canada, which according to my understanding, used er- roneous and unrealistic com- parisons and gave Canadian consumers the impression that they -have been poorly served by the agriculture, industry. ' The message Marketing Boards must convey to Can- adians is that the price of food is the lowest in Canada compared to any country in the world and the quality of the food is the highest. Part of the credit for this high quality food at reasonable prices, compared to food in . other countries, must go to the Marketing Beards. Farming is a unique in- dustry. While most basic industries are dominated by a relatively small numbei of large producers, farming is conducted by thousands 'g of individual entrepreneurs. However, the number of buyers for farm products has continued to decline as retail- ing and processing have become more centralized. This has brought about' a major distortion in the mark- et place as the small number of buyers can force unreal- istically low prices on the large number of farms. Thus, Marketing Boards were established, some to re-establish some balance in the marketplace, others to standardize terms of sale, pooling returns equitably among all producers, and correcting widespread ir- • regularities and manipinat, ion of markets. The Marketing boards are supervised' by the Farm Products Marketing board and the Milk Commission of Ontario. In, addition, the Farm Products Appeal Tri. bunal, composed of farmers, civil servants and consunt. ers. has the power to,nver- turn decisions of the Mark- eting -Boards. Appeals may also be made to the Courts. The• Marketing Board's greatest contribution ' has been to help preserve op- portunities for the family-run farm. Although Marketing Boards .do not assure the farmer a reasonable income as most prices are still governed by the weather and world prices, they have brought farmers better in- comes, an increased ability to plan, and confidence in having some influence in the marketplace. Farm incomes are expect- ed to drop dramatically this year. Without Marketing Boards, however, the situat- ion would be even worse. The Marketing Boards have also improved the sit- uation by developing new or retaining existing markets - something the individual farmer could not do by himself. Most of the controversy concerning marketing boards centres around the issue of supply management. Supply management is a well established practice in nearly every industry. Bus. Mess, whether large or small has available several met- hods by which they can help tailor supply to equal de- mand. In periods of reduced sales businessmen have sev- eral options such as reduced hours, lay-offs or cutting inventories to help survive during periods of reduced demand. No one expects business to needlessly erode their financial position by producing goods for which there is no demand. In the long run, this benefits both the economy and the public. Central to any method of tailoring supply to meet demand in industry is the lay-off option. This option, however. is not available to' the, farmer. Chickens and cows Must be fed and they cannot be left to live off their savings or unemployment insurance until they 'are needed once again. WORK TOGETHER • The only way that farmers can tailor their supply to meet demand it by working together through some agency. such as a Marketing Board. Without some central body to co-ordinate decision Making, the hundred or 'ffionsands of producers in a given commodity could never be expected to all make the right decisions at the right time. „ The five commodities in Ontario, which have supply management - chickens, tur- keys, eggs, milk, and tobacco • tailor supply to demand through the use 'of mobs. The Marketing Board. through an analysis of mar- keting trends, will determine the total demand for the 'i product and then adjust the ndividualn producer's quota Far front accordingly. o discouraging ef- ficiency. cost of production formulas encourage it. Be- cause the formula is based on the average cost of product- ion, there is a great incentive for the individual to increase his productivity and hence his profit. The inefficient producer will be forced to either improve his product- ivity or endure lower profits (or losses) indefinitely, us- ually resulting in a decision to change to another type of farming. As this happens, the average cost of product- ion falls This trend is readily evident ;n the pro- duction statistics of •he last five years. Fewer atom now produce more milk, and chickens each now My sever- al dozen more eggs each year. Consumers have thus benefitted from a constant supply of quality products at reasonable prices. (Continued next week) Seaforth's BIA (Business Improvement Area) is official. Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. a meeting/was called to discuss what direction our nes+ BIA Would take and to form a committeottOganize the activities of the area. You Would expect a large attendance of all business within the area anxious to discuss how ,we can attract , more business, to downtown Seaforth. Only five people representing four businesses showed [ IV. Are Seaforth businessmen so apathetic they don't care or are they doing so much businets that they can't handle any more? If you talked to the businessmen individually I think you would find they all have some great ideas which would tend 'to suggest they have though about the problem and do care. I have not heard any tumors of anyone doing more business than they can handle. Then o tif 'why can't We , et organized? The red tape. has been el hated. Several the towns around us have organiteian Seem to be meeting with some success. Each event they organito attracts a certain number of shoppers from the Seafotth shopping area. Each dellsrapent in these other towns is a dollar taken out of drculation in Seaford'. It's only natural for someone to shop wheritetty think they on save tiontemoney ce w they can make shopping an enioyable outing. What are we doing in Seafoith to bring these dollars back to this area? The Seaforth arena is going to be dossed this winter. This is going to take a fair amount of traffic away from Seaforth and therefore take shopping dollars with it. Although I've heard several merchants voice their Concern they have not had a meeting to discuss it jointly. The BIA could organize such a meeting. The next few years should -AA, a trend for rural people to shop in the nearby small towns instead of treldng to the cities. The high price of gas and the high price of goods, dye to overhand, in the city ahOuld indicate this. Ate people going to Shop Seaford', 'Clinton, Exeter, Goderich or Mitchell? We shotdd he winning these peoples'support now, Alone a businels may not ['eye the advertising dollars available to bring these people in a igreup we can Create a much larger iinpekt•• ' ShOpper, yOu can help. Express your feelings itkr ugh. the Huron ExPolitor or to the tuerchliets themselves. We, the W. ... need tO knoW what you want In. Seatorth. Let's 'put our Meta and create a shopping centre in 'Seder* we all can ,be a part of, There will be another try *at , orgini*Ing the 81-A Tikwitto Oct, 20 it 7:30 p.tri. in the Town Hell, COOnell Chambers. Be sure to attend. Jerry HetheringSan • SOStarth: 4 .1,