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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-09-21, Page 10HELP US CELEBRATE C1.011014 COMIsitUt4111 CREDIT 11141014 9Lotr2, A 1. 0 Sattircla/, October 28M, 972 1 Clinton Legionria il KoiArkscSet9r:eotv.o. SIPPER 7:00 P.M. SuPP Guest Speaker: Dr. V. G. Stewart, Kitchener Dan LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE CREDIT UNION Clinton Community Credit Union 70 Ontario St. 482-3467 401W.S4351 itH CLUB Model C3710 THE RIDGEWAY COLOR T V AL, RON & KEN McGEE Cordially Invite The Public To Attend Their Showing Of The ALL NEW '73 MODELS • • • BRAND NEW ON DISPLAY AT THE DEALERSHIP Thursday & Friday, September 21&22 OPEN TILL 1 0 P.M. FREE DRAW 1 year parts & labour warranty will be honoured by Chisholm TV, 311 Mary St., Goderich EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ATTENDING IS ELIGIBLE DRAW TO BE MADE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1972 BY POLICE CHIEF FRED MINSHALL McGEE Pontiac- Buick- Cadillac " SERVING ooDERICA AND AREA MOTORISTS FOR OVER 43 YEARS " WAIT! Till you see the new GM Bumpers YOU'LL FLIP! When you view the all new intermediates New Models New Names GRAND AM CENTURY LUXUS REGAL MARVEL At the new PILLARED Hardtops ON DISPLAY The largest stock of show cars that we ever had this early in the .model year. See the Oldest and the Newest on the showroom floor. You'll see 73 Cadillacs displayed with an all- original 1904 one - cylinder chain driven Cadillac! Under the canopy is a big beautiful T3 Pontiac Grandville sedan displayed with a restored 1927 Pon- tiac Landan sedan with 14,000 actual miles. COMPLIMENTARY Enjoy a cup of coffee and delicious doughnuts "wow 17"PORTABLE with a picture that outcolors, outbrightens, outdetails and outperforms every other color portable its size! •.'-`-•••' • News,Re.cord,Imlay,. September. 21, 1972 Ministry of Labor to outline tabor Act The Ontario Ministry of Labor will be in Clinton on Thursday and Friday, Septem, ber 21 and 22 to outline the Em- ployment Standards Act The officials will discuss the Act and then answer any questions that. mar a" from the floor. Members of the public may go to the Clinton Council Cham- bers between the hours of 9 a,m, and 4 p.m, on either day. There will be private interviews as well. A matter of principle ummanimmeammsamo BY J. CARL HEMINGWAY I have been getting 'considerable mail lately explaining the' new grading regulations for beef carcasses, It seems fairly complicated but it is something that has been long overdue. For many years I have argued that we cattle producers are trying to convince ourselves that we should develop an effective method of selling cattle, and so we should - for feeder cattle, Why do we insist on kidding ourselves that we can effectively sell finished • cattle when we must know that the buyer is only in- terested in buying ."beef"? When a pen of fat steers enters the sales ring, the buyer has two important variables ,to consider and very little time to make a decision, The first is dressing percentage, in other words, "how much meat is each steer in the package carrying around with him"? A packer buyer told me today that "fill" can mean two cents a pound less than a steer off feed for 24 hours. This means $20 to $25 a steer. When we play a guessing game, we try hard to guess in the right direction. The second variable is' "grade". With the new finer grading regulations, this is quite a chore on the "hoof", At a recent sale it was apparent that the buyers were not buying with much confidence and were playing it "cozy". I have felt for years that the only time farmers profited by selling "live" was due to buyer error and buyers that are at it five or six days a week seldom make a mistake in the wrong direction. In spite of this, I have only sold finished cattle twice on a dressed weight basis. Once to a drover on the bagis of his estimated grade and I got thoroughly trimmed, when he mailed me the returns, on the grade, which was either packer or drover. The second time was during the brief time when "Fame" was operating the Fearman plant. The only expense I had was 25cents per cwt. trucking which isn't much different from the charge to the local sales barn and when I got the returns back I found I had gained over a dollar a hundred on the live weight over the current live weight selling price. This time' is was government grade. It seems to me that the reluctance of cattle feeders to sell on a dressed weight basis is very largely due to the lack of an accurate griding basis and the fact that farmers are not paid on a com- pulsory governnient rail grade as we are with hogs. I wasn't much interested in the selling method of hogs when the drover used to come around and buy the hogs at the farm but I do remember that there was a lot of controversy when the Government rail grading came into effect. I can find a fair number of farmers who have complaints about our present grading and selling method but I think I would be hard pressed to find one hog producer who would prefer to sell his market hogs, live, through the local sales barn. The first step, and one that we beef producers should take is to request the Government to make it compulsory that all cattle sold on a dressed weight basis shall be paid for on government grade to the producer. With an election coming up it might be an opportune time to make the request. Miss Evelyn Wood of Van- couver B.C., Mrs. Frank Sims of New Westminster, B.C., and Mr. John Turner of Tuckersmith visited on Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Lawson, John and Elizabeth. Rhonda, Jeff and Scott McMichael of Goderich spent Saturday with their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Thompson and Jo'an. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dale visited on Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Snell, Shane and Shannon of Blyth. Mr. Larry Jewitt returned home the past Wednesday from Prince George, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dillon of Clinton visited on Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator, Diane and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van der Voyageur No. 2 rests on its four-foot cushion of air before moving out on a test run at Grand Bend Airport, Grand Bend, Ontario. Developed and built by Bell Aerospace Canada Division of Textron Canada Ltd. at Grand Bend, the 40-gross-ton air cushion vehicle has been ship- ped to Toronto, Ontario for overwater trials on Lake Ontario. The craft has been purchased by the Canadian Ministry of Transport and will be operated by Northern Transportation Co. Ltd. BY MARY MCILWAIN Con Sta nCe n<-01t,~x-e>. Molan, Paul, Mark and Margie of Oakville were weekend visitors with Mrs. W.L. Whyte, Tom and Bill. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Storey visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Houghton of Holmesville. Mr. and Mrs. Harold John- stone of Goderich visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Mcllwain visited on Sunday with her father, Mr. Walter Kingswell of Huronview. Sunday visitors with Mrs. Ella Jewitt and boys were Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jewitt, Kathy and David of Clinton and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Preszcator, Billy and Debbie. Mr. and Mrs. George Turner, Barry and Bonnie and Mr. John Turner, all of Tuckersmith were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Lawson, John and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sanders, Jennifer and Jeffery of Brussels visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bos, Steven, Sharon and Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Riley, San- dra and Lorna visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Riehl, Kim, Shelley and Jackie of Huron Park. Mrs. Jim Sproat of Kipling, Sask., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alex and family of Guelph were Sunday visitors with the John Thompson family. Mrs. Irene Grimoldby retur- ned home on Monday from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fleming of Seaforth. Miss Margie Whyte who spent the summer in the Philippines with Operation Crossroads, is now in Australia. She hopes to work there for several months, then travel to India on her way home to Canada. BY MARIANNE KLAVER Club-IV We started our meeting with the 4-H Pledge and then discussing the name of our club nickname, Brenda Gibbings read the minutes of the last meeting, Then we made garlic bread and shishkabobs. The meeting was on Monday, September II at Isobel Gibson's home at 7 p.m. We waited till our shishkabobs were ready which everyone thought were delicious. After we ate them, our meeting was dismissed. BEGINNERS WELCOME Coach in attendance. Come out and try the game. Special student rates. Running shoes only equipment necessary for the first few nights. BADMINTON FOR CITIZENS OF Clinton & District WEDNESDAY NITES 7 -11 For information CALL 482-7774 or 482-7261 CHSS GYM STARTING SEPTEMBER 20th IN THE 37, 38