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by .R OY SHAVER Fast posmoot
ONTARIO
PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Each year,. it is the custom 9f
the '0.P.A. to select a tearn,rnen-
ager to accompany the plowmen,
In addition to acting as _manager.,
he also is the group's official
chronicler and reptirter, I consid-
er it a great honor to have been
chosen, I am a director and past
president of the 0,P.A., and have
been a lifelong dairy farmer at
Finch in Ontario's Stormont
County.
You are probably wondering
why we did not write while we
were overseas. There are two
reasons,
It has been the practice in past
years for the winning plowmen to
make their overseas visit in Jan-
uary and February, in time to
participate in the Northern Ire-
land International Match at Bel-
fast. This time the O.P.A. direc-
tors decided we should make our
trip' almost immediately after the
International match and compete
instead in the British National
Ploughing match at Falkirk, Scot-
,land. During the match there was
to be a trial of a set or rules that
had been ,proposed for internat-
ional plowing competitions. The
O.P.A. was anxious for Canadian
plowmen to take part in this trial.
Leaving at that time also allow-
ed me to sit in with J. D. Thomas,
of Toronto, the O.P.A.'s special
delegate, at the 11-nation, confer-
ence at Stirling, Scotland, which
decided to hold the first world
plowing match in Canada this fall.
However, the early November
departure meant there was little
time for preparation of many
things, among them arrangements
with Weekly editors for publication
of 'our letters to you: A quick
poll taken among editors of our
acquaintance showed they thought
it would be better if we related
our experiences after our return
, for publication after the Christmas
' rush,
So for the next few weeks we
will try to recall for you the things
that impressed us most and some
of the wonderful people we met
during the trip,
I think I can say without hesi-
tation that the one thing that im-
pressed us most, and certainly the
thing that will live in my memory
for a long time, was the amazing
spirit of the people of England.
Reading newspaper accounts and
predictions of approaching nation-
al bankruptcy, scarcity of food and
high taxes, we had expected to
meet gloomy, disgruntled people.
Though bomb damage still scars
acres of London (we saw only one fell in the two world wars would
new building), the people we met stand comparison with the finest
never once mentioned the war, the parks in the world. No monument
.. -•. of the annual Meeting of Huron
Presbyterial held in Clinton last
Week.
Editor's Note: Roy Shaver of
Finch, Ont., past president of
Ontario Plowmen's Association,
Accompanied Douglas S. Reid of
,
Brampton, Ont., and Algie ,Wal-
lace of Nort Gower, Ont., Can-
ada's champion plowmen, on
their trip to the British Isles,..
Eire and France. This is the
first of a series of five weekly
articles he has written as team
manager about their experience
ces and impressions.
By Roy Shaver
It hardly seems possible that
this is 1953 and it is two months
since. the three of ,is took off by
air to start another Canadian
plowmen's tour of the British Is-
tee and to compete ' against Eur-
opean plowmen.
By the time, we returned we had
experienced our first "pea-souper"
—the worst fog in London's recent
history — visited Canadian war
graved ' France, seen some of
the finest agricultural land in the
world, and rubbed shoulders with,
and spoken •tcS,. representatives of
almost every nationality you can
think of.
However, before I tell you more
about the trip, I had better tell
you, something about us, and how
we came to make the journey,
For the past' seven years the
grand prize of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association annual Inter-
national Plowing Match has been
a gold medal and a trip to Europe
for the champion horse and tract-
or plowmen, with all expenses
paid by Imperial Oil. The prizes
are offered for the winners of a
special class known as the Esso
Trans-Atlantic class.
The winners at last October's
match held at Carp, near Ottawa,
were 26-year-old Douglas S. Reid,
of Brampton, Ont., in the tractor
class, and 35-year-old Algie Wal-
lace, of North Gower, Ont., in the
horse class.
Algie's win was a matter of
great pride in eastern Ontario. He
was the first plowman to bring a
championship to the eastern coun-
ties in the 39-year history of the
•
Pauglas S. Reid Aieie Wallace
high taxes which . are even now
still paying for that war, or the
i Stringent rationing which s anoth-
er holdover from those bleak
years. Had we not known better
we could have concluded there
never had been a war or rationing.
It is easy to be generous when
pne has plenty, but it is quite a
different Matter to be generous
on the meagre rations which Brit-
ons have put up with, for the past
13 years. I can remember sitting
down to tea in the dining room of
a ' quaint oak-beamed house 400
years old.. On the table were hot
scones dripping with butter. The
butter represented some two
weeks' rations for our hosts, but
that was a, subject that was never
discussed.
Don't misunderstand me, It
isn't a mood of resignation. It is
rather a spirit of "There's no use
whining about all this. We went
'into it with our eyes open, so
we'll see it through."
When we remember some of the
complaining and grousing that
goes on over here, I think we all
felt a little ashamed.
'Together with this wonderful
spirit was an extreme politeness
on the part of the English, We
me it ;through England. After the
raring, tearing, "let's get there in
a hurry" rudeness that, it seems
to me, is so •general here, it was
as refreshing as a summer rain.
On the platform of London's St.
Pancras station our tall, white
western-style hats, decorated with
a maple leaf, revealed us as
strangers. Within.: as many min-
utes six people approached us,
smilingly said "Hallo", and asked
if there, was anything they could
do for us. That sort of thing hap-
pened to us wherever we went.
Another thing that made a
strong impression was the breath-
taking beauty of the war graves I
visited during a two-day trip we
made to France. The cemeteries
and graveyards of our soldiers who
HENSAILL
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(Intended for last week)
ItiPpea got WI Euchre Rally
The euchre and dance held in
Hensall Town Hallo Friday, Jan-
nary 16, eponeored by Kipper' East
WI, was largely attended with 31'
tables M play.
Euchre winners were as follows:
ladies, Mrs, Lorne Wilson, Bruce-
field; Mrs. R. McLaughlin, Kippen;
Mrs, ROY Censitt, Kippen; gents,
Tom Kyle, Hensall; Morley Coop-
er, Kippen; H. Bennedyke, Kippen.
Lucky lunch ticket, Mrs. Ken Mc-
Kay, Kipper',
Music for the dance was sup-
plied by Mrs, Ross Broadfoot's
orchestra,
The annuals congregational and
vestry meeting of St. Paul's Ang-
lican church, Hensall, was hqd
Monday, January 19 with a fair
attendance. Supper proceeded the
business ,portion of the meeting,
Chairman for the evening was
the rector, Rev. C. L. Langford,
who opened with prayer. The re-
ports of the various committees
were very favourable, and the bal-
ance on hand was gratifying. Fol-
lowing officers for 1953 are: Side-
smell, Jack Lavender, Jack Hend-
erson, Bill and Tom Lavender;
select vestry, Tom Lavender, W.
0. Goodwin, John Henderson, Wil-
liam Riley and Frank Forrest;
Mesdames Aldwinkle, Middleton,
Clark, Henderson, Goodwin; yes-
ry clerk, R. H. Middleton; minist-
er's warden, W. F. Riley; people's
warden, John Henderson; lay del-
egate to synod, T. Lavender, sub-
stitute, Frank Forrest; auditors,
R. II. Middleton, Mrs. Lavender,
Presbyterian 'VMS
Rev. J. B. Fox installed Mrs.
George Walker as president of the
Women's Missionary Society of
Carmel Presbyterian Church, at
the January meeting held Friday,
January 16, in the church school-
room. Mrs. Walker will replace
the late Mrs. C. H. Hudson who
held the office for a long term of
years.
• Mrs. S. Dougall was installed as
vice president. Mrs. Walker pre-
sided for the meeting and arran-
ged the program. Mrs. William
Bell read the scripture lesson and
Mrs. Walker offered prayer.
Roll call was answered with the
text word "Trust," 18 visits to
sick and shut-ins were reported,
and thank-you cards were read for
flowers and Christmas treats.'
Mrs. J. B. Fox, guest speaker,
gave a full and interesting report
could better show our gratitude
than these acres of green grass,
beautiful flowers and simple
white crosses, that reveal tile most
loving and tender care.
I am afraid I have rambled a
little in this first letter, but in
those that follow I will trace our
path through the British Isles and
hope that you will get as much
enjoyment from the telling as we
did from the doing, •
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!Legion Ladies' .4mdik4r3r
Hensall Legion Auxiliary enter-
tabled their husbands and male
friends, Legion members and their
wives or lady friends to a social
evening in the Legion Hall, on
Monday, January 10. Progressive
euchre and erokinole were the
highlights of the evening with the
winners as follows:
aehre, ladies, Mrs. T. Kyle,
Mrs. A. roster; gents, Fred Beer,
Ron Mock; lone hands, ladies',
Mrs. A. Clark; gents, T. Butt.
Crokinole, ladies', Mrs. Frank
Bean; gents, Frank Bean.
A sing-song was featured and a
dance with piano music furnished
by Dr`.". D, IVIcKelvie. Refresh-
ments were served.
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