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Scout Building
In spite of the fact that __
Exeter Lions Club have raised
only half of the necessary funds
fpr the pew Roy Scout House the
building committee, at a meeting
of the club Friday evening, were
authorized to go ahead and com
plete the construction, including
the installation of a new heating
system. Arrangements were made
for borrowing the money to com
plete the project.
Assistant Scout Commissioner
for Huron, Stan. Carroll, was
present and addressed the meet
ing. He expressed appreciation
for what the Lions are doing
to aid the Boy Scout movement
in Exeter,
Secretary Harold Kelson re
ported that the bingoes and sale
of tickets for the car draw had
netted the club a little oyei'
$3,000, A $50 contribution from
a London firm was acknowledged.
Morley Wilkins and Jim Mills,
representing the' London North
Lions Club, were present .and ex
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bers to visit their club on the oc
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anniversary.
The zone rally will be held at
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By WINSTON SHAPTON
First Vice-President, Huron
F Of A
It was my privilege to attend
the Ontario Federation of Agri-
cuture annual meeting in Tor
onto from October 31 to Novem
ber 3 representing Huron County
as. one of five delegates. Our
county federation shares some pf
our expenses so in return I
thought I should report to as
many as possible, a little of what
occurred at that meeting.
I hesitated to do this sort of
thing because nothing is further
removed from my line. However,
upon arriving home I read the
article in this paper about the
“Hog Co-op on the Run” and I
decided to write what I could.
■It seems as if even you, Mr.
Editor, had taken sides and it
is too bad that this issue has .to
develop to the point where people
are taking sides and it seems
mostly farmers against a few
farmers, few shippers and some
packing plants.
Mr. Claude Jordoin, president
of the Trades and Labour Con
gress of 'Canada even encouraged
and wished us luck in our ad
venture. He represents over 600,-
000 union members which are
also consumers of agriculture
products.
I shall not spend more time
on what has already been in the
press .such as Mr. Parker’s ac
cusation and Frank Perkins’ de
nial. On this issue, Mr. Perkins
(who is chairman of the 'Farm
Products Marketing Board) made
a special visit to the convention
to explain .that Mr. Parker -had
twisted everything he had said
so that they soundted directly
posite.
Will Get What Is Needed
Mr. H. E. Harris, Q.iC., is
listing the achievements of Q.F-A.,
C.F.A. and I.F.A.P. Mr. Ferguson
was one of the Canadian, dele
gates to IF.AAP. meeting in Rome,
Italy, and also a North American
regional’ meeting in Washington.
What went on at these meetings
does not create enough local in
terest to deal with them here.
There were numerous
ports and I shall
the ones I believe
interesting. First,
director of field
that they were
the niiddle of
meetings with
flip charts and .
Farm Forums, etc. The Federa
tion lias hired a new man, Hunt-
ley McKay, to direct publicity
and information. He asked briefly
that we, who make the news, send
it to him so that they can see
that it gets out to the correct
places.
Ken Betzber, president of C.I.A,
(Co-Operative Insurance Associa
tion reported that they had the
largest volume of any one year
other re
touch QU
the most
Hergott,
reported
solid to
only
to be
Roy
staff,
booked
December with
the Federation
with promoting
this past year. They reduced
rates to the tune of $100,(100 in
automobile insurance and as a
result they sold 10,400 new
policies, They have also estab
lished a claims and sales office
in Windsor and Essex .County and
surrounding district. If this
proves successful more offices
will be opened in the future.
On Trade Conutiission
•Dr. E. Hope, economist for
C.F.A,, gave, a report on what
C.F.A. was doing.. One interest
ing item I thought was that
C.F.A. was in on (he Royal Com
mission on costal .trade. It seems
that certain interests wanted all
boats trading on the Great Lakes
to be Canadian boats, built in
Canada. This was to be in effect
after the St. Lawrence Seaway
was built. C.F.A. took the stand
that Canada should, for example,
be interested in British boats to
get British dollars and to com
pete as far as possible in order to
secure the cheapest shipping
rates possible for farm products.
(To be continued)
Need 50 Youngsters
To, Raise Club Calves
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the
lawyer for the O.F.A. and will
likely represent the Hog Co-op
if there is any prosecution. He
spoke -to the convention, report
ing that he had gone with a del
egation to the federal govern
ment to get amendments which
he had drafted for the federal
.marketing act. He was turned
down because they ;
were the -only ones asking for
this. Afterwards at a provincial
agriculture ministers meeting,
Ontario again brought this mat
ter up and this was passed by
most of the ministers. So again
Mr. Harris went, to. Ottawa and
this time was told that' the act
should be tested in provincial
courts first to find .what is need
ed and he was assured whatever
was necessary would be granted.
The point of legality 'is that if
levying fees on agricultural prod
ucts can be regarded as a tax
then the federal marketing act
wouldn’t be sufficient. Mr. Har
ris said the legality of the hog
co-op and all the other market
ing groups levying fees ’ is the
only point over which there may
be some dispute.
However, he, said in view of
what the federal gov’t has told
him he felt sure that if there
was any .prosecution 'no matter
by whom or what side, no judge
would hand down a judgement;
he would simply .reserve judge
ment until the supreme court
ruled and, as Mr. Harris said, he
was given assurance that what
ever was needed, he would like
ly be given.
Convention Sidelight
An interesting sidelight- to the
convention happened to me, Herb
Aribuckle, assistant secretary
manager, was a class-.mate’ of
mine at Guelph and we were out
side the convention hall talking
over more or less old times. I
asked him if he didn’t think the
hog . producers and the co-op
would look a little foolish col
lecting their fe'es when hogs hit
the floor price and they surely
will with the heavy production
we are. experiencing now.
He agreed that it might be on
the surface but when -the,packers
were buying the hogs they listed
it as an expense of 47 cents a
hog and of course we indirectly
paid for all the costs of the hog
for no large packer operates at
a loss.
I saw Herb a half-hour later
and he told <me a representative
of a large packing plant overheard
our conversation and he immed
iately telephoned his -plant to
find out if 47 cents was the fig
ure, They of course denied it and
he hopped right on to Arbuckle
for spreading that sort of stuff
around. Herb asked wha^ the
costs were and the answer was
that they weren’t that high but
Herb said 47' cents was a pub
lished fact at one time.
However, the important point
to me was that the packing plant
thought it was important enough
to have a high-salaried spotter
at a farmers’ convention. To be
that .important it must be hurting
them to some extent and there
fore it must be bdnefitting us.
That’s Dne good reason why I,
saw we should at least give the
hog co-op a chance to operate
for awhile. I think the co-op will
at least give us the highest that
supply and demand Will allow,
something we have not always
enjoyed in the past.
I have dealt with the hog
situation first as it is the most
Controversial but at the conven
tion it took up only a small part
of the program,
Twenty Achievements
V. S. Milburn, secretary
manager o”f O.F.A., gave a re
port on the activities s0f the Pro
vincial office, listing some. 20
odd achievements. Jack Ferguson
hah quite a lengthy report, also
GOntario)
WANTED—50 girls and boys
under 21 to feed a calf for the
winter. Good opportunity to learn
feeding, care and management-.
Might even make some nice
pocket money. No cash outlay.
Apply Hensall Feeder Calf Club.
With only half of theii’ 100
calves gone, officials of the Hen
sail Feeder Calf Clulb are looking
for 50 more youngsters in South
Huron to take advantage of their
offer.
■Membership of the province’s
largest calf club has dwindled
this year because the feeders
weren’t able to make much money
last year because of the market
price. But the officials point out
that the club isn’t organized to
make members money—it’s to
give them the experience and op
portunity of raising .their own
calves.
Even so, officials believe the
price .they have bought the calves
at this year is exceptionally good.
They paid $20.85 a hundred,
western weight, for hand-picked
animals. Average weight is 4'25.
Seven Members Girls
Fifty youngsters from the sur
rounding townships received their
calves on Saturday. Seven of the
members were girls, including
Marion Lamport, of Usborne, who...
won reserve championship for
finish last year.
Club president -Jack Kinsmen
and secretary Jim McGregor were
in charge of. the distribution, as
sisted by towhship directors Lor-
ne Hay, secretary of the South
Huron Agricultural Society which
backs tHe calf club.
The members will feed the
calves until the Hensall .Spring
Fair when they will be judged
for finish and gain and the mem
bers will vie for showmanship
honors.
Some of the youngsters had a
tough struggle to halter the
calves and get them to a truck.
Most of the animals were frisky
and some just plain ornery.
Township directors for the
club include; John Pym, Usbor
ne; Wally Becker, Stephen; Carl
Wiliert, Hay; John Moffat, Stan
ley; Bob Parson, Hibbert; and
Lloyd Cooper, Tuckersmith.
Fifth Year
This will be the fifth year of
operation for the club Which
started out with 46 members and
grew to 100 last year.
Boys and girls who received
calves on Saturday include:
From Usiborne township: Al
lan Taylor, John Etherington,
Jim Etherington, Bill Ethering-
ton, Lome Hern, Tom Hern,
Marion Lamport, Glen Lamport.
From Hay: Harvey Adams,
Carol Kading, Gerald Kading,
Nancy Fahner, Wayne Fahner.
From Btephen: Ivan Luther,
Gordon Brown, Keith Gill.
From Tujckersmith: Don Tre-
m.eer, Bill Strong, Margaret Jean
feoadfopt and John Moddejange.
‘From Stanley: Gary Triebner,
Ralph Triebner, Floyd Turner,
John Consitt, Ronald-,Smith, Jim
Consitt, Don Bell, Joyce Bell,
Robert Turner, Ruther Turner,
David Turner.
From Hibbert: Reg Chappel,
Kenneth Vivian, Hugh iScott, Eric
Ross, David Scott, Jim Mitchell,
John Scott.
MeGilli-
donated
parkhill
for the
its final
McGillivray Grant
Aids Parkhill Fair
At a recent meeting,
vray Township council
a grant of $25,00 to
Fall Fair,
The by-law providing
Brinsley drain was given
reading.
Council authorized purchase of
$18,000 insurance on the town
ship grader with the Frank
Cowan Co. with a premium of
$180.
Among the accounts were $4.5.
to William Lee for sheep damage
and $430.0'0' to Assessor West
Watson for his
ces.
(Reeve Fred
and councillors
man Mollard and Arthur Hodgins
were present.
salary and expen-
Heaman presided
Earl Dixon, Nor-
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Mrs. Millie Simpson of Moores
ville is spending .some time with
her sister, Mrs, iCecil Ellwood.
Mrs. Bertha Hodgins of Green
way is at present visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Aaron .Scott,
Mr, and 'Mrs. Earl .Dixon enter
tained a number of friends to a
dinner on Sunday evening in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Dixon’s wedding anniversary,
Mr, and Mrs. Lin Craven spent
Thursday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Ellwood.
'Mrs, Arthur Hodgson enter
tained a number of ladies to a
Stanley demonstration on Thurs
day evening last.
^Several people from, the com
munity attended the fowl supper
held at Thedford United .Church
on Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Watson,
Eddie, and Bonnie spent Sunday
evening with
Craven.
'Mrs. Earl
Simpson, and
attended the funeral of
cousin at St. Marys on Friday
afternoon.
W.A. and W.M.S.
The ladies of the W.A..
W.M.S. of Brinsley United
Church held their November
meeting in the basement of the
church on Wednesday afternoon
last.
It
zaar
was
the Centenary W.'MjS. to attend
their meeting in Parkhill United
Church on Wednesday November
9.
'A solo was rendered by IMrs.
Craven. Scripture readings, .were
.given ’by Mrs. Fraser {Dixon, Mrs.
Ken Sholdice, and Mrs. Karl
Pickering..
Mrs. Earl Morley reviewed the
.Study Book and Mrs. Earl Lewis
gave a reading. A social half
hour was spent at the close.
M.r. and Mrs. Jack Trevethick
and family spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Trevethick
of St. Thomas.
Mrs Stanley Steeper, and Mrs.
Earl Lewis spent Friday afternoon
with IMr. and Mrs. Russell 'Glenn
of Arkona.
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in the spring. An invitation
extended to the ladies, by
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