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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-09, Page 9Achievement Day Huron 4-H Sheep Club The Huron County 4-H Sheep Club, sponsored by Huron Cen­ tral . Agricultural, Society,* held its Ac^hievement * Day fin ■ con­ junction With the society’s Chh- ton Spring -Fajr,- on Saturday,. June-4. The club ha? a total of 15 member's and all members' completed the \ project. Club leaders are: Ken Black, RR lp Relgrave; Ti>ick Etherington, RR 1, Hensail, rand Don.■‘Lobb, RR 2, Clintop. • Hugh Tpdd, RR 2; Lucknow, was . the principal winner in the duh competition,He placed first fn the project award and was judged the best showman hi the dub. Duncan Etherington, RR '1, Hensall, exhibited the best fleece of wool; Bob McNaugh­ ton, RR 3- Kippen, placed sec­ ond; Margery Smith, RR 1, Bel­ grave, third, and David Mar­ shall, RR 1, Kirkton, fourth. " Wayne Todd, RR 2, LuclmoW placed second jn showmanship, Gerald Smith, RR 2, Brussels Shd Duncan Etherington were tied for third place, arid David Marshall was fourth,' Project Placing' the Southdown yeariinjg medium wool class Hugh Thursday, June9, 1966~-C|inton NpwHlcwd^Fm 9 FINGER-TIP START ” One pf18 advantages that make LAWN-BOY the most convenient power mower money can buy., Have You Any Wool?... One Bag Full Four members of Huron County 4-H Sheep Club display a bag of wool - taken from their animals and entered for judging as a part of Achievement Day held during Clinton Spring Fair. The members, left to right are: David Mar­ shall, Wayne Todd, Hugh Todd and Rick Etherington. London Man ' Elected Head Of Ontario C of C Kenneth J.' Shea, Londbn, was elected president of • the Ontario Chamber -of. Commerce at the Chamber’s 54th annual meeting .in North Bay last week. Mr. Shea, 61, a past president of the London Chamber, - is vice-president amid general man­ ager of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing of Canadh Lim­ ited. Other officers elected for the Chamber’s coming year are: F. H,. Howard, Toronto, first vice- president; J: R. Meakes, second vice-president and honourary treasurer; W. E. Gunn, Leam­ ington, executive director; and J. E. Nutter, Ottawa, executive director; ' Immediate Past President Lee D. Dougan, Sarnia. -----------o----------- is Top 4-H Showman Hugh Todd, RR 2, Lucknow, shows his prize­ winning Southdown yearling ewe at Achievement Day. Hugh was judged top showman and also won the dub project award. (News-Record Photos) Today’s agricultural1 chemi- cals are made to -provide a maximum of safety both to growers and' to consumers. Like all tools, however, care must be used in handling them, says the Canadian Agricultural Qhemic-ais ’Association. These simple rules are pub­ lished in the interests of maxi­ mum safety in the use of spfays and dusts for the control of agricultural pests. 1, Always read the label be­ fore using'sprays or dusts. Note warnings and .cautions each time before opening the con­ tainer, 2. Keep sprays and dusts out of the reach, of children, pets and irresponsible people. They should be stored outside II II*TV F in -ewe, .........................................„ Todd placed first. and Wayne Todd was second. ■ Dayld Marshall was first in the, yearling ewe medium wool class, followed by Debbie Eth*- erington and Ribk Etherington.. In the ewe and lamb, long Wool class, Gerald Smith Was first and Margery Smith, sec­ ond. The ewe/and lamb,, medium wool, cross-bred class was top­ ped by Donald Watson, follow­ ed by Tom Riley and Boh Mc­ Naughton, Paul Buchanan headed the ewe and lamb,. medium w'ooi- class, followed by Duncan Eth­ erington, second; Grant -Coult- es, third'; Harvey Black, fourth and Bryan Blade, fifth. > The 4-H sheep club awards are based on points given for the animal, project .reports, ex­ amination, attendance at rrre'et- ings, care and feeding methods, judging competition and' show­ manship. Prize money, which will be awarded on Achieve­ ment'Night in December, is do­ nated by Huron Central Agri­ cultural Society, the Production Service of the Department of Agriculture, and the Ontario*' Department of Agriculture. z Come in and see the other 17, Few other makes have half of them. No other mower made has them qIK off the home, away from food and feed, and under jock and key, 3. Always store sprays and dusts in original containers and keep them tightly closed. Never keep them in anything but the original container. 4. Never smoke ’while spray­ ing or dusting, 5. Avoid inhaling sprays or dusts. When directed on the label, wear protective clothing and masks-. ... ' , 6. Do. not spill sprays or dusts on 'the skin or clothing. If they are spilled, remove con­ taminated clothing immediately and wash thoroughly. 7. Wash hands and face and change to clean clothing ■ after' spraying or dusting. Also wash clothing each day’ before reuse. 8. Cover’ food and water con­ tainers when treating around livestock or pet areas. Do not contaminate fish ponds., ’ 9. Use separate equipment' for applying hormone -.type her­ bicides in order to avoid accfiP dental injury to susceptible plants. 10. Always dispose of empty containers so that they pose no hazard to humans, animals or valuable plants. 11. Observe label directions and cautions’ to keep* residues on edible portions of plants within 'the limits permitted by law. 12: If symptoms of illness occur during or shortly after staying <k dusting, ca'13. a pii^sffician or get the patient to a hospital immediately. Wells Auto Electric Your LAWN-BOY Dealer King St. — CLINTON — Phone 482-3851 TRAIN TO /SR* TORONTO >7o° Askabout convenient departurd •oa/e vi Recently a Toronto television columnist commented about the CBC placing the P. G. Wode-. house series at 6 p.m. on Wed­ nesdays. “What adult in his right mind watches TV at 6:00? he wrote. In a subsequent column he blasted away at the CBC again . . . ‘‘but have sche­ duled1,ft at,.this rotten hour,—, the cocktail .hour in civilized homes’’. Pipbably the Toronto col­ umnist was being humorous when he said people have cock­ tails at 6 p.m. He can’t be serious, In a city with over one million papulation (it's almost two million) I doubt if you* could find 2,000 households sip­ ping cocktails nightly between 6 and 7 p.m. I reside in an area with a population of aver 100,000 people and I’m certain that it would be difficult to find 100 households 'mdulging every evening at the hour of six. * * * The columnist, Dennis Braith­ waite of the Globe & Mail, writes a brilliant column, ing 'the readers well informed about the. broadcasting industry and making suggestions to the various networks, the Board off Broadcast Governors 'and the government. But hold it! There was an­ other recent column which sur­ prised me. It was the review oRthe “Festival” appearance of GlOnn Gould and Yehudi Men­ uhin. Pte began this column by reviewing what he had .written (all* good) about Gould months before and then apologized for saying it. He wrote “ . , . the program was really terrible”. Among the remarks' about Gould- u ; to .flop his mouth open and shut like a beached based. /' ■ • And to me, it was the end when he wrote about their aje pare! which went like this . ? . “letting bath Gould and Men­ uhin appear on camera not in tails or even tpxes, but wear-, ing drab, unpressed business suits . . ✓ I saw .the program. The music 'was superbly performed. It wasn’t a fashion show, but who cares? and return times • \ For Information, phone-the local CN Passenger Sales Office < Way Zurich Merchant On C of C Board Gerald Gingerich, a Zurich appliance dealer, who also has a store in Clinton, was elected last week to the Board of Di­ rectors of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s annual meet­ ing was" held in North Bay where over 300 delegates assem­ bled from 240 municipalities with boards of trade, and cham- vbers. 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