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Page 10--Clinton News-Record—Thurs., Nov. 28, 1963
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Resort .Group
support
Plowing Match Site
But Also, Promise Support Na ade
To the Editor,
We woulal like .to exPress our
aPpreciatip4 of the concern
shown in Various Parts of the
county regarding the loss of
the 1966 International Plowing
Mate)) at Grand Bend Air Port
The executive of the Chamber
of Commerce has.discussed the
matter, and set up a three-man
committee to prepare this let-
ter.
The plowing match has been
a special project here since
1960. in 1961, permission to
use the Air Port for the match
was received through Elston
Cardiff, 34P for Huron. In early
1962, when a promise to Huron
County that the Match would
come to.Huron in 1966 was re-
ceived from the Ontario Plow-
men's Association, we were very
pleased,
The Air Port Site, we feel, is
the very best in the county for
this huge event. The Air Port
has 13/2 miles of paved runway
which would keep the tented
city drY and the exhibits clean.
There is water,.hydro and
sewage facilities.
As far as road access to the
site is concerned, our highways
are now being widened in the
village to a 4-lane width on
Highway 21. (running north and
south) and a 3-lane width on
Highway 31 (coming in from,
the east). By 1966 the Huron-
Middlesex boundary coming
from Highway 4 over to 21 Will
be paved. This will make a to-
tal of five paved roads leading
to the Grand Bend Air Port
site.
In addition, the township of
Stephen was prepared to put,
in a road to the rear of the
Air Port to provide other access
there,
Accommodation •here in Grand
Bend is the best in the area,
and we are expecting a large
$750,000 expansion on the lake
and at least one other on High-
way 21, •which increase
motel ageotrirngdatien.
We are deeply concerned tbat
the lack of accommodatiorinear
Seaforth will :Mean that the
County of Perth .(which
been in no way concerned with
this attempt to have the. Match
held in Huron) and the City of
Stratford especially, will bene-
fit from the 'influx of people
during and prior to the match,
We have no -objection to this
increase of business to Strat-
ford, but that fine Shakeopear,
eon city does not need it,
The business of Grand Bend
is geared to handle thousands
of both weekly and overnight
guests. This is managed very
well throughout the summer,
and in October there would be
no problem to find good living
quarters for the people who will
attend the Match,
It is unfortunate from our
viewpoint, that politics - has
apparently managed to "rear
its ugly head" in this matter.
As noted in the Grand Bend
Holiday on .July 1, 1961, Gordon
McGavin at that time was en-
thusiastic for the Grand Bend
Air Port site. As quoted from
the Holiday in the Clinton
News-Record on November 7,
McGavin said in 1961: "There
is no better farming area in the
Province." He also agreed that
the Air Port site would be a
"natural".
Who is McGavin? He's a past
member of the executive of the
Ontario Plowmen's Association,
a former world champion plow-
man, the unsuccessful Liberal
candidate in the February 1963
federal election, a quite success-
ful farm machinery dealer in
the north. of Huron, and a direc-
tor on the Ontario Plowmen's,
Association.
We are not so much concern-
ed with our financial loss in this.
matter, but we are very cons-
cious of the many hours of vol-
unteer work which went into
floats, displays and presenta-
tions at the plowing matches
of recent years. We believe
that this did much to guarantee
the Match for Huron in 1966.
More than anything, we re-
gret the evidence of unjust
practice, with which the local
committee, set up by the
County of Huron, has treated
our offering in their behalf.
Though Grand Bend is now le-
gally a part of Lambton, we
are deeply interested in Huron
County and feel a strong affilia-
tion with the people who live
and work there.
Our Chamber has a strong
membership from Huron Coun-
ty, and of course, as in other
Chambers, our thought is for
the whole area, not for the vil-
lage alone.
We note that one point Mr.
McGavin made in an interview
in the Exeter Times-Advocate .
was: "The OPA feels that the
immi smimmenne..rommonommommonowniti,
interest of agricultural organi-
-zations is more important than
that ,of Chambers of Corn-
r41-qe,"" Well, this may be so,
but the Chambers of Commerce
do not feel this way about agri-
cultural organizations,
For instance, i n •the village
of Brodhagen the Chamber is
made up mostly of farmers. We
here at Grand Bend have farm,,
The Editor„
Clinton News-Record,
Clinton, Ontario,
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your
editorial of. November 7th, 1963,
entitled "Odour In Air Needs
To Be cleared" which dealt
with the choice of a location in
Huron County for the 1966 In-
ternational Plowing Match.
As President of the Ontario
Plowmen's Association and a
member of the Committee that
visited Huron County on Octob-
er 29th, I would respectfully
point out the following:
1. The decision regarding the
location of the site was made
by a committee duly appointed
by the OPA Executive, The
members of that committee
were: Alvin Mark, Cameron,
President of the OPA; Russell
Morrison, Beaverton, Vice Pre-
sident; Clark Young, Unionville,
Treasurer; Alex McKinney,
Brampton, Vice President of
the World Ploughing Organiza-
tion and Director of the OPA;
Ken Bawden, St. Thomas,
Chairman of the Lands Com-
mittee and Director of the
OPA; Mr. Floyd Lashley, Sec-
retary-Manager of the OPA;
and Mr. Ron Bagg, Assistant
Secretary-Manager, OPA.
2. The above committee was
accompanied by the Site Com-
mittee of Huron County Plow-
men's Association; Mr. Doug
Miles, Clinton, Agricultural
Representative 1 o r Huron
County and representatives of
the Ontario Provincial Police,
Ontario Hydro and Bell Tele-
phone Company,
3. The above committee was
shown a total of five (suggest-
ed) sites in Huron County.
4, At no time prior to or dur-
ing the day of October 29, did
members of the Huron County
Plowmen's Association Site
Committee or members of the
Huron County Council, or Mr.
Gordon McGavin, Huron County
Director of the OPA, express a
preference for one site over an-
other, or exert any pressure to
influence the choice of one site
over another.
5. The committee in making
its selection gave consideration
to the location of each site in
relation to—access roads, suit-
ability of site for Tented City,
availabilitiy of essential services
and accommodations and avail-
ability of adjacent land for
plowing match purposes.
6, It was the unanimous de-
cision of the committee that the
Seaforth site was the most suit-
able one for the 1966 Match.
The Ontario Plowmen's As-
sociation resents the inference
that pressures, personalities or
prior commitments influenced
the above decision. You are as-
sured that this was not the
case.
The amount of money contri-
buted by the Grand Bend
Chamber of Commerce to the
Huron County Campaign to
bring the Match to Huron
County in 1966, or agreements
or understanding, if any, be-
or members, and most certainly
are concerned with the Well-
being of, the farming com-
munity.
)i'uture plans here include
an even greater participation
by the farm area surrounding
Grand Bend. Both Ontario and
Canadian Chambers have strong
Agriculture Committees.
It may be thought that the
tween the Huron County .Coup-
cil and the Grand Bend Chaim
her of Commerce or between
the .1-Inron - County plowmen's
Association and the Grand
Bend ,chamber of Commerce,
are factors outside the jurisdic-
tion. of the Ontario Plowmen's
Association.
Yours very truly,
Alvin Mark,
President.
Room 4508, East Block,
Parliament Buildings,
Toronto, Ontario,
Ontario Plowmen's Association
picks the site for these Matches
but we are firmly convinced
that the local committee dici
have considerable infinenCe
the tieetsion to stage it near
Sea for We suspect that even
now„ a change in site could be
arenged if the County of Huron
people aPiced fgr it, This would
be a major .step-latit we feeV
it would be in the best interests
of all,
if, on. the other hand, the
decision remains as it POW
stands,we will not withdraw
our support from the Match, •
If we .are welcome, the Grand
Bend area is ready to .offer
personnel to work on plans. for
1966, • Our previous contribution
financially, we estimate between
$550 and $600, This we gave
with the Air Port in mind in
Particular, but certainly with
Huron in mind as well.
The money we consider was
well spent. It helped bring the
Match to Huron. in 1966,
Our best wishes to the Huron
Plowmen's Association and the.
local committee of the -County
of Huron, in itheir task of .doing
what is best for the County of
Huron.
Grand Bend and Area
Chamber of Commerce.
Cubs, And Stouts
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Euchre Party
PAYFXM-fl? — The ladles
Auxiliary to Scouts and Cubs
held a carc1partY in, the parjsh. hall Friday
Mrs, Arnold Maitins welcom-
ed many friends and supervised
Seven tables of euchre and .two
tables of bridge,
The prize winners. are as fol,
lows; Euchre; high, ladies, Mrs..
B. Mcclinchey; .gents, Mr, L,
Elliott; low, ladies,. Mrs,
Smith; gents, Sgt.' Peterson.
Eridge; ladies, Mrs. J, How-
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The ladies served a tasty
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and "The Twylites"
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