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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-01-27, Page 3Find out more about your future with the R.C.M.P. Ask at your nearest R.C.M.P. office or write to: The Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police Ottawa 7, Ontario CONKLIN'S SPECIAL SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED! FOLDING DOORS A real space saver for any home. These low priced doors come in 3 different types and can fill any open- ing up to 32" x 80". Complete with all hardware. Quick and easy to assemble. Soft vinyl Beige only Rigid vinyl. Checkerboard pattern. 2 tone beige. Rigid vinyl, Beige gray or chocolate brown each each each $3 9 5 $ 8 25 $ 4 5 Medallion Paneling Pre-finished, multi coloured luxury paneling on sale for 2 weeks only Regular Now Beauty Mark Birch Sapele Colonial Birch Knotty Pine Knotty Cedar Makari American Cherry American Walnut $ 9.95 9.95 11.95 13.25 13.25 14.75 17.95 18.95 $11.95 11.95 13.95 15.95 15.95 17.95 20.95 22.95 WAWA COMPANY 111AIIED EXETER 131 Thames Road W. Phone 235-1422 giRka A Gas Flame... Why You Should Join THE EXETER COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION BECAUSE . . . It's owned and run as a non-profit corporation by its own mem- bers. Only members can put in or borrow money, elect officers, manage its affairs, enjoy its benefits. It's safe because it is chartered and governed by law, and inspec- ted regularly by government examiners. Helps people save and pays good dividends with no risks. Many members have never saved before, it's easy to get the thrift ha- bit you can save any amount conveniently and build security. Encourages wise borrowing at low rates for worthwhile purposes. Helps you finance the things you need within your family budget. Maximum interest rate is I% a month on unpaid balance. AND THE PROOF Your Exeter Community Credit Union has demonstrated a vigorous growth during the past 13 years with assets climbing past the $350,000 mark this month. Annual Meeting Wednesday, February 9 At The Trivitt Memorial Church Hall. IT PAYS TO BE A MEMBER OF YOUR OWN EXETER COMMUNITY Devon Building • Harold Patterson, Manager CREDIT UNION Meeting not called but over 100 attend Times-Aclyocate, January 27, 1966 Page 3 Daniel G. Saunders Daniel Garfield Saunders, 81, of Carman, Manitoba, and a na- tive of Exeter, died in Carman Memorial Hospital, Thursday, January 13. He is Survived by his wife, Lucy Saunders, one son, Donald, of California, one daughter Bon- nie, at home, and one brother Sidney of Exeter. The funeral service was held at Carman United Church with Rev. Dr. J. A. Stephen officiat- ing on Monday, January 17 with interment in Greenwood ceme- tery, Carman, imps =3. Dowspn James Benson (Ben) Dawson, 62, London, formerly 9f Exeter, died in Victoria Hospital, Satur- day, January 22,, Mr. Dawson was with the rural hydro in Exeter for many years before going to the London rural hydro office. Surviving are his wife, the former Edith Dick of the Ilensall community, and Judith, Deanne and Gregory all at home, and one brother J. Lorne Dawson of Cal- gary, A Masonic memorial service was held Sunday evening in charge of Lebanon Forest Lodge AF & AM Exeter at the Wortley Road chapel of the A. Millard George funeral home, London, where the funeral service was held Tues- day, January 25 with interment in Woodland cemetery. 11•111MINIMO.......1111•11•1•11•1111.! physically fit? intelligent? Grade 11? over 5ft.8in.? between 18 & 30? single? excellent character? now see if you can make the Guest speaker Air Commadore DB Biggs CD, Commandant of the Air Force College, Toronto, signs the guest book in the Officers' Mess, while G/C G. F. Ockenden, CO of RCAF Station Centralia looks on. Around town Council is still asking for the co-operation of motorists to re- frain from parking on any streets overnight in order Mayor Jack Deibridge has re- turned home from the sunny south. He announced his arrival by immediately calling a special meeting of council. * * * * Fire last Thursday afternoon caused little damage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Sissons, Andrew Street. The fire was lo- cated in the chimney, Gerald Godbolt has been named district committee chairman in the campaign to raise funds for the new Blue Water Rest Home near Zurich. A committee has been formed in Exeter and it is expected a drive for funds will be carried out in the near future. Those dismal brown envelopes have started to arrive again. Those personalized income tax forms we mean. As usual those who feel they have a rebate coming will be filing early while others will wait till the deadline of April 30, R.C.M.P. Complex military systems require professionalism The Royal Canadian Mounted Police isn't every man's cup of tea. It's a tough outfit, one of the world's four top notch police forces. Not everyone who applies makes the grade. But the men who do start out find careers that are any- thing but dull, everything a real man would want in life. Good career, good pay, good people to work with. Beef producers elect officers Elmer Robertson of RR 5God- erich was re-elected president of the Huron County Beef Pro- ducers' Association at a meet- ing in Clinton Tuesday afternoon. Harry Montgomery, of RR 2 Goderich, was elected vice-pre- sident, and D. H. Miles, of Clin- ton is the appointed secretary- treasurer. Directors are Winston Shap- ton, RR 1, Exeter; Harry Doug- all, RR 3, Exeter; Bob McGregor, RR 2, Kippen; Russell Faber, Kippen; Wallace Wilson, RR 2, Auburn; Carmen Craig, Blyth; Bob Campbell, RR 1, Dublin; Jack Willetts, Wingham; Watt Reid, Blyth; Herb Klopp, RR 3, Zurich; Albert Bieman, Belgrave; Ross Knight, RR 2, Brussels; Robert Connell, Fordwich; Ivan Rivett, RR 1, Dungannon. The Guest of Honour and After Dinner Speaker last Friday even- ing at RCAF Station Centralia's Officers' Mess was Air Commo- dore D. B. Biggs, C.D., Com- mandant of the Air Force Col- lege in Toronto. Air Commodore Biggs was born at Regina, Sask., in 1921. He joined the RCAF as an airman in April, 1941, and was commissioned as a radar officer in September of that year. From 1942 to 1945 he was at- tached to the RAF as a radar officer in Britain and India. On his return to Canada in April 1945, Air Commodore Biggs left the RCAF to enter the University of Saskatchewan. After obtaining would have to supply seed, fer- tilizer and many other items which the Co-op supplies. As most members are already mem- bers of the Co-op they would be competing against themselves he said, Mr. Hill suggested that grow- ers would have an advantage if they agreed to let the Co-op pro- vide the facilities, "but they would not be on as grand a scale as the bean board would want". He reasoned that the Co-op would wish to make a profit from this operation while the bean board does not want or is not planning on making any profit. lie stated the Co-op could provide the fa- cilities much easier and more economical than the Bean Board could. A hot question and answer per- iod followed Mr. Hill's address. Unanswered questions in the minds of growers included, c‘how can they build a plant with more than double the present facilities for $400,000 when the present plant built in 1952 cost $480,000? "Will the Federal government allow the Bean Board to use this 77 cent levy from year to year? Will the bean growers of Kent County want the same facilities next year and will this be fi- nanced through the '77 cent levy as well?" "What will happen if $400,000 is needed from the sta- bilization fund for the export money when this is tied up in financing the new building?" On the farm storage was sug- gested as one of the solutions to the lack of storage. A grower pointed out that this can be pro- curred at a cost of 20 cents per bushel and added that grow- ers in the United States have faced up to this problem. He suggested that although many U.S. farmers now have on-farm stor- age 95 percent of the farmers in Huron County are still crying for terminal storage at the rail- way. He pointed out that this costs the growers more money and suggested a program of edu- cation in order to convince grow- ers of the advantages of owning their own storage. Bill Hocking of Hibbert Town- ship threatened legal action if the vote in February is approved. In stating his feelings to the meet- ing he stated the vote is undemo- cratic in that a grower with one acre of beans has the same voice as one who grows 200-300 acres. In general growers classed the plan as socialistic and suggested the board is proposing to con- struct a plant which will only operate for six weeks out of the year. They likened this to a man having one tractor to cultivate his crop and another to spread the fertilizer. In supporting the local dealers in Hensall it was cited that the three dealers are in close competition and so the grower gets as good a dealer as possible. The success of the dealers was attributed to the fact that they handle many other pro- ducts than just beans and so keep their plants operating for a long- er period of time. Storage project — Continued from front page competition with local co-ops if the new facilities are built in order to make efficient use of their staff and investment. He suggested the Board would be forced to supply fertilizer and chemicals needed in the industry which would be in competition with the co-ops, As the growers would be the owners of both businesses they would be in com- petition with themselves. He add- ed this would be to the growers disadvantage. Mr. Hill also questioned wheth- er the new facilities could be operated efficiently and suggest- ed this would have to be sub- sidized. "The Bean Board says the new facilities will help the price, This is a fallacy". Mr. Hill told the growers and added a list of other groups across Canada who have discovered they cannot influence price unless they have control of over 90 percent of the product. He also stressed the need of better relations between the Bean Marketing Board, the dealers and the growers. don't suggest the growers give up any of their bargaining powers", he said but suggested the Board needs to get back the confidence of the deal- ers and of the trade. Answering some of Mr. Hill's comments and suggestions, Mr. Allan agreed that the Bean Mar- keting Board, "possibly didn't do as good a job as it should have this fall", in giving advice to growers in regards to the market conditions for beans. He stated the Board hoped to have the plant work in co-operation with the Co-ops rather than in competi- tion with them. Questioned on the manner of financing Mr. Allan explained that the Bean Marketing Board would rent the building to the Bean Growers of Ontario Ltd. and this money would be used to pay the interest while the $400,000 capital cost would be paid for in 10 years by using the increased revenue received from licence fees. Growers questioned the feas- ibility of this plan as the present plant in London cost $483,000 and it is proposed to build a plant of more than twice the size for only $400,000. The London plant was constructed in 1952. Mr. Allan explained that a lot of the cost of the London plant was for electric eye equipment which will not be included at the new plant. When questioned as to what would happen if the new plant failed to show a profit, and wheth- er the growers would be assessed a further raise in licence fees, Mr. Allan explained it is not legal for the Board to subsidize the losses of facilities. "If we lose money, we'll just have to get a new manager, or be more careful in our operation, or pay you less for your beans the following year", he said. When asked whether the Board was in favor of compulsory in- vestment Mr. Allan replied they were as they felt this plant would be for the good of the entire industry and all growers should share the cost of this. Mr. Allan added the Board has no definite plans if the vote fails to get the required per- centage. Over 100 bean growers from southern Huron County attended a meeting Thursday afternoon in liensall which nobody called. The word of the meeting was passed by word of, mouth, and the response was terrific, but no one would admit to organizing the gathering. The growers who gathered all had one purpose, however, and this was to voice their displeasure with the pro- posals of the Ontario Bean Mar- keting Board in regards to build- ing new storage and processing facilities in this area. Allan Haugh of Brucefield act- ed as temporary chairman of the Meeting with the main interest centered on guest speaker Gord- on Hill, a former member of the Ontario farm products marketing board who resigned in protest to the actions of the Bean Mar- keting Board. Before presenting a case for those opposed to the new fa- cilities Mr. Hill stressed the fact that he favored marketing boards as such but felt that their future lay in other areas rather than in owning their own facili- ties. He also stated he was neith- er carrying the torch for any dealer or group of dealers or for any political reason. He charged that the opposition party is as much to blame for this situation as is the present gov- ernment. Speaking with a firm conviction Mr. Hill told the group, "anyone who thinks that by owning fa- cilities the Bean Marketing Board will increase its bargaining pow- er is being misled. There are no examples in any area, and studies have proven that this is not the case." He cited a study which was made of the marketing board of British Columbia Fruit Growers. This group felt that after controlling 40 percent of the market they would not in- fluence prices unless they had control of the complete market. This has also been tried in the west with wheat, he said, and growers ended by voting to give this up in favor of the Canadian Wheat Board. Another example of this, he said, is the Hog Market- ing Board which has indicated it must have 100 percent control of the market if it is to have an in- fluence on price. Mr. Hill suggested that the Bean Board should change its program and added that he has attempted to advise them of this but the advice fell on deaf ears. He charged the board with fail- ing to set a realistic price and added the board has not taken into consideration the advantage of the exchange difference with the U.S. or the preferential trade position with England when setting the prices. On the positive side he told members new facilities will help get the crop into export position earlier and will make deliveries in the fall easier for growers but stated the disadvantages would put the grower into a po- sition whereby he would be com- peting with himself. The new facilities would put the board in a position where it would be in competition with the local Co-ops he said, and added this would mean that the board first non-flying list Commandant to be assigned to that position. In his talk to the officers and guests, he said that Profession- alism was a requirement in the complex military systems of to- day and compared the profes- sional trades of our civilian counterpart to the professional trades of the military. Air Commodore Biggs said that Centralia and the Air Force College were part of the same educational system. Here at Cen- tralia, we start the new officer on his way, motivate him, and give him the basic requirements to fulfil more demanding situations. We train the specialist officers in their chosen trades and send them into the field for that pre- requisite of a good professional experience. Later in his career, he will attend the Staff School, and then Staff College which is the door to greater responsibil- ity. The largest white diamond, the Cullinan (3,106 carats), was found in South Africa. the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering (Physics), he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England, where he obtained his master's degree, Rejoining the RCAF in 1950 as a telecommunications of f i c e r, Air Commodore Biggs was em- ployed on radar duties at several units before joining the Canadian Joint Staff headquarters, in Lon- don, England, in December 1958. While in Britain he attended the Royal Air Force Staff College. In January 1960, he was trans- ferred to the staff of the Director of Radar and Data Processing at Air Force Headquarters, a n d when integration of the Armed Forces was established, he was made Commander of Communi- cations for the Armed Forces at the new Canadian Forces Head- quarters. He took over the po- sition of Commandant of the Air Force College in 1965 and is the Clinton liberals review election More than sixty members of the Clinton Liberal Association reviewed the November elec- tion and discussed future plans at a dinner meeting in Hotel Clinton Wednesday evening. Malt Edgar, of Clinton, the Liberal candidate in Huron in the election, recalled campaign highlights and expressed ap- preciation for the support given him by the association. During the evening a short musical program, arranged by Robert Mann and Clarence Den- nome, was featured. Mr. Den- nome was chairman for the pro- ceedings. Guests included Murray Gaunt, MPP, Huron-Bruce; Wm. Elston, Wingham, president Huron Lib- eral Association; Gordon Mc- Gavin, Walton; Howard Aitken, Goderich, and A. Y. McLean, Seaforth. ,ipotor-eacestee/te We wish to inform the public, that as of February I, 1966, Mr. Arnold Lindenfield will operate the Hardware part of the former Lindenfields Ltd., and will in future be known as Lindenfield Hardware. Mr. Mervyn Cudmore will operate the Heating and Sheet Metal part of the former Lindenfields Ltd. His busi- ness will be known as Cudmore Heating. These businesses will still be carried on at 373 Main St., Exeter but will be separate one from the other. We will endeavor to maintain the fine relationship with our many customers, which we have enjoyed for the past 17 years. Mervyn R. Cudmore Arnold M. Lindenfield Hotson Propane 238-2005 GRAND BEND . . . does the job better! You can de- pend on gas all-purpose fuel for clean heat, flexible cooking, fast water- heating and silent refrigeration. Low cost operation. Dependable service guaranteed.