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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-08-21, Page 7The Ontario Federation of Agriculture will begin preparations immediately for a province-wide direct service membership drive. This decision was accepted unanimously in Toronto yesterday during the regular OFA monthly members' meeting. The decision followed a presentation by the federation executive of proposals for the future of the organization. The most significant of these was the decision to change to a direct service membership base. "It is time to consider whether we shall begin speaking only for those who come forward to purchase memberships and pay for services," stated federation president Charles G. Munro of Embro. Mr. Munro went on to say that the federation will not simply be selling membership cards in the organization. He stressed that the federation membership will include definite services available to the individual farmer on a contract basis. The federation has voted to change from a spokesman for all the province's farmers to an interest group representing only those who want to join. Just how this will be done is being worked out by the OFA executive, and president Charles Munro-of "Embro says the new program will be ready to take to the farmers by the beginning of next month. The decision was taken at the monthly meeting in Toronto of representatives of the OFA's 80-odd member organizations, after Mr, Munro told them he "can't sit around and talk forever and I don't intend to." Mr. Munro presented a lengthy proposal from the OFA executive for changing the structure and financial base of the organization, developed in the aftermath of defeat in June of a proposal for a new general organization for Ontario. The new general organization had the support of the OFA. The report said the OFA should give up trying to represent everyone, and should help only the farmers who are willing to pay a membership fee out of their pockets. "It would be better to have 10,000 - dedicated, informed farmers as members, who are interested• in what is going on than 50,000 farmers who don't give a damn about anything." The report said farmers in Ontario are expecting change in their organizations, but these must be in the form or evolution, rather than revolution. "There is unanimous agreement that whatever transitions are necessary must be made without the vacuum, which would result from an OFA collapse. The federation must sustain' itself and its program." At present, the OFA is financed by dues from its member organizations. County STRONG HEALTHY PULLET rip roarin' and ready to lay The best way to grow a strong healthy pullet is through a SHUR-GAIN Feeding Program , Get your pullets into top laying condition Uy 22 weeks by using SHUR -GAIN Proven Feeds and Feeding Methods that have been farm tested at the SHUR-GAIN Research Farm. Now is the time to start to make a winning team out of your replacement flock. Drop in today so we -Can discuss the SHUR-GAIN Pullet Feeding Program that will do the best job for you. CLINTON FEED MILL OUR TEMPORARY WAREHOUSE IS AI the WEARWELL 1-1081811Y BLDG. doN',r01\r 4p;304 Poultry feeds Beach at Bayfield is just a narrow band beneath the bluffs this year as a result of high water levels which have increased erosion -- a problem worrying the Pioneer Park Association which has decided to put funds aside for erosion control—Photo by Bellchamber. OFA plans direct membership Let's clear up the confusion about "savings" interest rates. Competition for your savings dollar is het and heavy. (You've seen all the different advertisements lately telling you your savings earn 61/2 % interest, 73/4 % and so on). And that's all to the good . for you. You're the one who benefits . or you can benefit if you can figure out what's involved in all the different accounts. To clear up the confusion, here are the various types of savings facilities the Bank of Montreal offers, the rates of interest, and how interest is calculated: 73/ % 4 Term Deposit Receipts Here your minimum deposit must be $1,000 and remain untouched for more than two years to earn full interest. Interest is calculated and credited to your ac- count semi-annually. For shorter terms your deposit earns 7% per annum. For under one year. minimum deposit required is $6,000. 71/4% Income Deposit Certificates Minimum is $1,000 but you can place higher amounts in multiples of $100. Interest is paid quar- terly at a basic 61/4% rate plus bonuses to give you an annual yield of 71/4 % over five years, av% up/2 True Savings Account This is strictly for saving, Nio cheques, but you can withdraw your money at any time and, On your instrdctions, the Bank will make transfers to your chequing account at no cost. Interest is based on your minimum monthly balance and credited to your account twice a year. 2 Chequable Savings Account This is a savings account oh which you can write cheques. Interest is based on your minimum half- yearly balance and credited semi- annually, True Chequing Account This is the perfect partner' to savings Of any kind, It does not pay interest but allows you to pay bills by cheque — the most economical way possible. You are provided monthly with an itemized statement of your account and your cancelled cheques which ate your receipts. So choose a savings programme that will give you ,the most for your Morley . . . and now More than eSir you owe it to yourself to save. Our people will be glad to help you make your selection, OA B• aim ank of Montreal CtitiOddg PirSt tank Clinton trancht K, d. narer Manager, 003 Clinton (Sub- ancy)t OPert bbtilir Londesborough (Sub gency) Mon. & CONTEST $300 FRIGIDAIRE HOME Air Conditioner ENDS SEPTEMBER 30, 1969 with Skill Testing Question ' 1 Ticket for each $100.00 on the purchase of New or Used Cars Check it G'th jiliht04A /40.4 527-1750 • SEAFORTH Our name is your GUARANTEE Our price is your VALUE LABOUR DAY DANCE Saturday, August 30 Q.QPP31c1-1 ARENA Dancing 9 ,1 To The Rk.V.FTONE.S. SMORGASBORD LUNCH EVERYONE WELCOME — Tickets $4.00 Couple — For Ticket Information CO 524-7202 Sponsored by Goderich .& District Labour Council Rambling with Lucy I BY LOGY R. WiDPIDS Callers at The Hut this summer have given Lucy much Pleasure, peclally those known in her yqunger days coining back to the old qrnetown. She was particularly glad to welcome Mrs. H. Wise and Mrs. Ian MOW of LendoP and their cousin, NM A. B, Madill, who occupied Bishop Townshencra cottage for a few days the,Tirst week in August. Mrs. Madill, the former Annie Ross, was en route from Boston, Mass,, to Edmonton, Alta„ and stopped in London to visit the grandchildren of Mr, and Mrs, William Whiddon. Annie Roes came to Bayfield in 108 With Annie Elliott Who had been to Bostpn undergo surgery. Her parents had died and she came to make her home with her aunt, Mrs. William Whiddon. She wished to see the old home so they called on Mrs. Colin Campbell who occupies the house. It was changed considerably by Miss Martha Rathweli. A cellar was dug under the frame house and the exterior veneered with cement blocks. The large kitchen and back kitchen had gone and a smaller summer kitchen with cellar entrance had been built. Gone also was the stone milk house and the old Methodist Church which was next door. And Mrs. Madill lociked in vain for a very large maple tree at the back of the house. Lucy asked James A. Cameron if he recalled Annie Ross and he replied: "Yes, that rings a bell. She was raised in the city and she'd never seen a cow before she came to Bayfield." Asked about school and teachers here, Mrs. Madill recalled that Miss Anna Whiddon had been her teacher but she couldn't name the others, only that she had been cracked over the knuckles with a pointer for raising her left hand. She recalled St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Her uncle, John Whiddon, was superintendent of the Sunday School. Mrs. William Whiddon taught in the Sunday School. She was Jessie MacKenzie's (Mrs. S. Keyes) first teacher and she remembers her as a very nice lady with a bonnet, And Mrs. Madill remembers Sir Ernest MacMillan playing the organ in St. Andrew's Church when be could hardly reach the pedals. It was the Hallelujah chorus. The Christmas tree concerts in Town Hall were quite an event. She still has a little ribbon China plate which she received off the Sunday School Christmas tree. She was so disappointed that it wasn't a doll that her uncle William bought her one. It didn't last like the plate, but salved her disappointment at the time. At that time, her cousin, Jack Whiddon, was attending school in Clinton. His mother liked to have a trout for him when he came home on Friday nights. And so Annie would be sent by her aunt to the river about the time the fish boats came in and she would buy a fine, big trout from Murdock Ross for 25 cents. She also mentioned that eggs were 10 cents a dozen. Sunday School picnics were held at Sam Houston's (now the subdivision south of Huron Church Camp on the Bluewater Highway in Stanley Township). "Those who had the conveyance rode in hayracks," she recalls. Among those who were her special friends were Amy McNeil and the Ross girls. She remembered Nora Ferguson. Lucy mentioned going to the Presbyterian Church with her parents Sunday night when she was a very small girl and seeing Mrs. McNeil and the girls following• one after the other to one of the front pews. Mrs. Madill smiled and said: "Yes, and you never needed to look around to see who was coming as their shoes all squeaked." Lucy's eyes opened wide with astonishment when Mrs. Madill said that she remembered her as a girl with long white curls. "Oh, no!" she exclaimed, "I never had curls unless my mother put my hair up in rags for some special occasion." "That was it," replied the lady, "I saw your picture in the photographer's window in Goderich." "Would you like to see it again?" asked Lucy, explaining that after a family group had been taken, Mr. Brophey asked to take one of Lucy for himself. She was between five and six years of age at the time and such a time as he had to get Lucy to smile. She recalls being set up on a pedastal and all the photographer's tricks of birdies and such were used in vain. After some time, he finally took one, enlarged and tinted it. When mother , saw „the, picture, ;she;bought it ,and sent. it to• grandmother Buchanan in Durham and she brought it with her when she came to live with Lucy's parents. The expression always looks to Lucy as if she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The big, gold frame is pretty anyway and it is rather nice to have it remembered. The Rev. John McNeil owned and occupied the present home of Mrs. Fred McEwen during his ministry in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Having come from Baddeck, Cape Breton, he returned there. Mrs. John Whiddon was a niece of Mrs. William Whiddon. Both ladies were natives of Baddeck. Their 'husbands had emigrated from Devonshire, England. William Whiddon was a shoemaker and carpenter. His shop was west of a store owned by his brother, John, on Main Street (now the Red Pump Restaurant). In 1903, the William Whiddon family moved to Goderich and on Aug. 15, 1912, they left to make their home in Edmonton. Annie Ross continued to live with them. She married in Edmonton in 1917. Mrs. William Whiddon died May 24, 1925, and her husband five years later, One of their children, Mrs, Thomas Stinson, 89, still lives in Edmonton. • Obituary 1.1)iyiAN Miss Elizabeth; &Bessie) K. 'Sloman, a native of Clinton, died at liklrehiriew last Saturday, five days after her 90th birthday.. She Was j1.1 for many years. She was born on Aug,11, 1879., a daughter of the late William and Clara Sloman, and had 11 brothers and _sisters, all of whom predeceased. her. Miss Sipe-gm left Clinton at the age of 1$ and trained as a nurse at New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, N.Y. and worked there more than 50 years. After retirement, she returned to Clinton and lived on Joseph Street prior to moving to liuronview. She was a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Clinton, No members of her immediate family survive, but Miss Sloman was great-aunt of Fred and Henry Sloman of Clinton, Mrs, Ab Robinson, Mildred and Norton Sloman all of London, and Mrs. Joseph Silcock of Clinton. Funeral arrangements were groups get their finances from made by Ball Funeral Home in county council grants and from Clinton and the service was held levies on the farmers; marketing at 2 p.m. Monday in St. Paul's boards get their money from a Church with the Rev. E. J. B. check off on all farm Products Harrison officiating. Burial was sol. in Clinton Cemetery. Under the new plan, there Pallbearers were Roy Wheeler, would be two classes of Doug Morgan, Robert Kerr, members, individual and John Hartley, Harry Thompson corporate. The individual and Ab Robinson. members would be farmers; the corporate members would be ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT marketing boards, co-operatives, Ontario's labor force rose 3.5 and farm interest groups. per cent from 2,834,000 to Implied by this division is the 2,934,000 in 4988, while disappearance of the country employment rose from federations of agriculture, but 2,745,000 to 2,830,000, states ho-, this would happen was not the annual report of the spelled out in the plan. provincial Department of Trade It was stated, however, that and Development. The established county federations in unemployment rate increased some areas would continue, and from 3.1 per cent in 1967 to 3,5 would be corporate members, per cent. The young and but the status of their members generally untrained 14.19 year relative to the provincial age group bore the brunt of organization was not clear. increased unemployment. Please turn to Page 10 ANNOUNCEMENT BY BAYFIELD COUNCIL There Will Be A Public Meeting on Zoning To Be Held At The BAYFIELD TOWN HALL at 8 o'clock" Friday Evening ••• AUGUST 22, 1969 33, 34b Clinton News-Rppord, Thursday, August 21,1909 7 BELL LINES by W.W.HAYSOM your telephone manager Many stores and businesses in Quebec and Ontario have a special 5-digit telephone number that lets you call them from out-of-town without Long Distance charge to you. It's called Zenith service and it's a handy thing to know about — especially during the summer months when so many of us are visiting away from our home base. If a company has Zenith; service in a particular place you'll find their special Zenith number in their local ad or listed in the local telephone directory — just as though the company had a store or office right there in town. All you do is call the Long Distance Operator and give her the Zenith number; she'll connect you directly to the distant company. The company with the Zenith service will be billed for your call. It's like reversing the charges on a Long Distance call but it saves you the bother of making the arrangements with the Operator. If you want to conduct some business with a firm that isn't located here in Clinton, check the London-Goderich telephone directory. You may find the company has Zenith service here in town. * * * If you're writing to us about your telephone service would you be sure to include your telephone number with your correspondence? Also, if for some reason you are unable to include your payment card and account with your payment, would you jot your telephone number down on your cheque or money order? This will help ensure that your payment is reflected accurately in the proper records. Often times we have difficulty establishing the identity of a customer who has mailed an item about his service to us. With the telephone number marked on the correspondence this problem is eliminated. * a a Did you know that the Canadian telephone industry requires about $6 million worth of plastic Materials and that most of this is furnished by Canadian sources? Furthermore; by the year 2000 — only 31 years away — this figure will reach $20 million. :14