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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-07-28, Page 7Auburn and District MRS. WES BRADNOCK—Correspondent—-Phone 526-7595* Matter of Principle Master Paul Haggitt, Zurich, visited last week with h!ii& grandparents, Mr. .and Mrs. Tom Haggitt and Stephen. Miss Gwen McDowell left on Monday for the work camp at Chajbougaman, Quebec, where she will work for the summer under the Canadian -Council of ‘ Churches for six weeks. Mrs. Robert Arthur and dau­ ghter, Jayne are visiting at Granton with her sister, Mrs, Wilda Clatworthy and her mother, Mrs. Fred Taylor. Recent guests With Mr. and Mrs. Nopman McDowell were Mr. 'and Mrs. Ellwood Stack* house, London, arid Misses Kim- betrely and Patti McDowell, Westfield. Recent guests with 'Mr. and Mi'S..Oliver Anders'qnr and fam­ ily and Mrs. Edgar Lawson Were Mr. and Mrs. William Kjruge and Elizabeth oif Kitch­ ener and, Mr, and Maps. Louis Hornberger of Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Bean, Dana and Yvonne are holiday- tog at the East Coast. , Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cunning- Rambling With Lucy (Lucy R. Woods.) Lucy Reminisces About Ireland; All Countries Have Droughts In Bayfield we’ve arrived at the point where the brown grass breaks off under one’s foot, Arid should you empty out some water on it, it would run over the hard surface to a crack in the soil. It reminds Lucy of a recent dream. The rains came and instead of soaking into the ground the water drained off. And the. parched soil cracked and peeled off like a painted ceil­ ing when the roof springs a leak. ' , Of course on some lawns where the water supply is plenti-' ful, the .sward is green. But for the most part, the grass roots are awaiting a long gentle rain to bring them to life again. / ‘ . The small fruit crops have, suffered, and the birds as well as humans are going short of favourite food. This is a real bld Ontario drought. Nearly every summer . during the years Lucy resided on Mato Street, there came a - time when the grass on the tennis lawn crackled when step­ ped on — only weeds had to be cut. It, therefore amused her greatly to hear her aunt to Grey­ stones, Co. Wicklow, Eire, talked of the drought in 1934. There to Greystones, 17 miles south of Dublin, where the clouds ■ swept down off the mountains,, and' the mist came in off the • sea, Lucy saw more beautiful tea roses, climbing roses and geraniums on the walls than it had been her good fortune to view previously. They flourished, despite the drought for there was moisture in the air, "even if it .didn’t fall! But Lucy’s Aunt Lucy looked at a small brown patch about a foot to diameter on the lawn and almost wept over the drought. Lucy tried ito console her by describing the tennis lawn at " home, but Aunt Lucy would not be comforted. She had a just cause for complaint against the Irish weatherman! At the beautiful country .estate of Sir Henry .and Lady Sophie Grattan Bellows, Enniskerry, Lucy was taken by their daughters to sea ,the gardens. In the charming rose garden, the old rose which inspired Thomas Moore (1779-1852), a house guest, to write: “’Tis the last . Rose of Summer” was still blooming on the wall. Neither it, nor the formal gardens in which ’grew palms seemed to be suffering from the drought. And trained to the roof of the glass porch over the entrance to the house were the most colourful climbing geraniums, laden with bloom. These, too, had been there for some years. If Lucy remembers correctly, she was told that in one very severe winter they had been nipped with frost. It must ibe remembered that some semi-tropical flora is seen in Wicklow ’County owing to the tempering’of the cli­ mate by the Gulf Stream which flows close to this part of Ireland.. Elsewhere in Ireland, Lucy enjoyed the flowers. Every­ thing seemed iso green to her. One particular spot on the coast which she visited with -her aunt had been a bungalow erected by President E. de Valera on the hillside to give the boys of Dublin a holiday. Apparently, the iboys of Dublin didn’t ap­ preciate it too much and funds ran low, so it was sol’d. A Miss Hunter acquired it and made it a bower of beauty. She built terraced flower beds into the rock, doing all the labour herself. It must have taken hours of back-breaking work but this charming woman made a veritable gem'out of what had been otherwise, barren ground 'surrounding this cottage at Killiney. Also in Ireland, Lucy was intrigued by the thatched cot­ tages, nearly all of which sported window boxes full of flow­ ers. One day, driving through a little hamlet, she was taken back to tales of Paddy and his pig. In the centre of a square was the water supply, an old-fashioned wooden pump, with a big iron pot under the spout; and there as if standing guard stood a very large' pig. The cottages surrounding this “green” all had half-doors, over which the women of the houses leaned—and no doubt ' gossiped with their neighbours. The approach of a motor car, on the road running right past their doors was evidently a subject for discussion. As we came closer, first one head and then another withdrew from the half-door. Lucy wondered what their comments would be concerning toe occupants of the slow-movtog vehicle. But what delighted her Were the bright flowers in every ‘window box on these white washed, thatched cottages. All the water must have been carried from the central well. . ’ Later on when Lucy went to London, England, for a few days, she did not see the fountains playing in Trafalgar Square. They had been turned off to conserve water. It was the year of the drought!/■ li.nn! ...i....L ,,|...L , L . ,w|| ham Jeft last Monday iby plane for a Visit with relatives in Western Canada, Mri and Mi's. Torn Anderson and four children, Dayton, Ohio, visaed last week With Mr. and Mrs. William Straughan. Larne Popp, RR 1, Auburn, is SfiR confined to bed after a four week’s illness. Miss Vera Wilkins, Goderich, is Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Norman McDowell this week. Mri and Mirs. Carl Govier and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chimney Spent a few days last week at Montreal and the Thousand Is­ lands. Clifton McDonald visited this week at Siault Ste. Marie with Mr and Mrs. Duncan MacKay, Miss Margaret Haines and Mr. Ed Haines arrived home by plane from a two week’s visit with relatives in Winnipeg. Mir. and Mrs. George Mc­ Donald, London, spent the weekend With his father, Clif­ ton McDonald and Peter. ■ Mr, and Mrs. Duncan Mac­ Kay left last week for Sault Ste. Marie for ten days and while there Mr. and Mrs. John Weir of London will be their guests. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNall, .Sit. Catharines, visited last Sat­ urday With Mr. and1 Mrs, Robert J, Phillips. ' Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Mac- Lam land daughter Mary and friend D. McKinn'in, Fergus, visited last Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mills and other friends in the village, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Popko, London, visited last Saturday .with Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Phillips. Mrs. Laura Hoge and grand­ son -Mark Hales of Saskatoon, left on Saturday for Chatham, (New Brunswick, to visit her son, Alan Hoge, Mrs. Hoge and five sons after a week spent wlith. her aunt, - Mrs. Charles Straughan and other relatives. Mrs.'Mary Johnston,. Gode­ rich, visited last week with her brother, Mr. Frank Riaithby and Mrs. Raithby. -----------o----------- Maitland Con. & MRS. BILL LOBB Phone 482-3263 Misses Connie -and Catherine Forbes, • Dianne Tyndall and Marion Thompson are spending thlis week at camp north of Goderich. Ian Hulley spent a few days with Wayne Tebbutt last week. ' Friends and neighbours Will be pleased to know Mrs. Jesslie Jones has returned home from Sit. 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Perhaps there are many other ways that the fed­ eration has proved a benefit but at best it has pnly gained “fringe benefits”. The Objective of the Federa­ tion of Agriculture to improve farm income has not been achieved, In fact, farm income related to w'hait the farmer buys or related to the income of other occupations, has actually dropped. Presently farmers are parad­ ing tractors op fire highways in order ito ’get $4.00 per cwt. for their milk. This is ridiculous! I’m getting between $10.80 and $12.00 per cwt. tor milk. Of course I only milk one cow, and’ she’s a poor imiilker. I only get enough mlilk to supply oiur own household. Then, too I really don’t get $12 per cwt.,- I only save paying consumer price for it. • - Can -the federation be very proud of its accomplishments j*-—■ j . "'■■■ r'jj : ' ■ Last week Hwtrn County Federation of Agriculture cele­ brated its 25fh anniversary with a dinner at the Belgrave Com­ munity Centre. About 400 in­ terested and active (members attended and heard Gordon Bennett, assistant dleputy min­ ister of agriculture, Review some of the 'ppoibjems pf the farmer and the federation dur­ ing past years, He mentioned many accomp­ lishments, particularly the building of many commun­ ity centres. He spoke at length o ftlTie 'advancement that has been made by farmers ip efficiency in production point­ ing out that one farmer now supplies food for 33 .people rather than just 11 a few years ago. He stressed the1 need for greater and1 greater co-oper­ ation of the Federation of Agri­ culture, the government, and the trade, in order that the (increas­ ing -population may be fed. It was a good speech- and fol­ lowed the lines that a guest speaker from outside 'the organ­ ization must recognize.. but I thipk we wh'O' belong ito this or­ ganization must view the past 25 years a little more realisti­ cally. The Federation of Agricul­ ture was bom because farmers faced real difficulties'. The trag­ edy of the “thirties” Was well remembered 'by farmers. The Stress of war and coiling prices was on. It was ta battle for sur­ vival. The 'cry was for one voice tor farmers. Bult why! The real purpose of the formation of the Federation of Agriculture was to provide an equitable income for farmers. The measure of farm income therefore becomes the yardstick by which the suc­ cess of the Federation of Agri­ culture must be Tneasurted. What Ms been accomplished over the years? As Mir. Bennett mentioned, there are many community cen­ tres throughout . ’ Ontario and these have been good for the rural areas. During and after the war the Federation of Agriculture was able to gain some assistance from government for farmers by way of subsidies. I suppose we can say that toe federation had something to do with getting farm improvement loans at lower interest rates, BAYFIELD When the producers return on a product has dropped from one-half of*the consumers dol­ lar to one-third? The federation aimed at to< creasing farm income but some­ how got on the side track of ■’’fringe benefits’’ and no doubt was given a great deal of as­ sistance by those forces that stood,’ to benefit but it’s high time that 'tTris farm organiz­ ation got back on the main line, It isn’t fair to be too critical of the organization. Farmers have done 'the same thing, , After stll, the farmer’s main objective is to prbyide a good income for his household. He has allowed himself to be led into a program, of maximum production and efficiency. Ho He has been led to believe that, tocome will then take care of' itself. Twenty years ago when I was milking a number of cows, a herd 'that averaged 9,000 lbs, was very good.. Today a herd would have to‘produce 15,000 per cow to have the same pres­ tige. Yet I am quite sure that this increased prodlu'ction. and efficiency is giving the farmer a- lower real income. If ouir organization is to suc­ cessfully return to its main ob­ jective, we, as 'individual farm­ ers will have to do the same. - .... ...... . ...... . ..........\ 25c a Pair Substandards by the box of 6 pair LADIES and MISSES , Dress Sheer, Walking Sheer, Sfrefchies Thurs., July 28, 1 ^66-r—Clir>for» News-Record—-Page 7 14 Birthdays At Huronview Huronview birthday party for the month was held on July 20. The Catholic Women’s League of Sit, Joseph’s. Church, Kings­ bridge, was iq charge, accom­ panied by th oh’ parish priest and a visiting priest from Malta. Mrs. Reiglin-g was chair lady for the program of vacal selections by the school child­ ren and bagpipe selection by D\ A. McLennan. Birthday gifts zw®re presented to Hance Cummings, lyiiijsis Me- Murohy, Ida Cunningham, John Buchanan, John Albrecht, Reg­ inald Hobbs, James Hulley, Clarence Holzman, Mrs, Ethel Thompson, Miss McBurney, Lome Taylor, Orville Cann, William Doubleday and Miss Gertie Reid. 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