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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-10-31, Page 9Report from Queens Park By Murray Gaunt ,•M P.P. Allan McCall aL koffe ring servkt Preshyterfnl day evening wh ey :g was glieS SPea! tifc Donald, nurse, oodstock nospiki nd at the homeot and Mrs. Alvin as of the t.j.c.k 'ch attended ills ervice on wed. in the Brusse4 when Mrs. showed pictures :ndia and she told living conditions Ividso to UC The dispersai saie oiModern- crest Holsteins, owned by Wit liam Gerrits, Clinton, totalled $92,195.00 for 130 head, an aver- , age of $'709.10.. The purebred portion of the herd, numbering 101 head, sold for $74;630.00 or an average of $738.91. Top price of the day was .$2,000,00 paid by Gino Da Re, Downsview, for Moderncrest Re- tainer Jean. Born September, :1969, she has a record at three years of age of 17,354 lbs. milk, (1,878 kgs.) testing 3.19% or 554 lbs. fat (251 lgs.) in 329 days. she was sired by Divident Clippe r ;:and her dam is rated Good Plus 'tor type with a record at twelve years of age of 18,888 lbs. milk (8,575 kgs.) testing 3.61% for 681 fat (309 kgs.) in 314 days. Other high sales included $1,850.00 paid by VVhitecairn ispersal sale brings ood prices in Clinton Farm, Woodstock, fOr a,milking female; $1,500.00 paid by Lionel Jacques, Lennoxville, Que., for a bred heifer; $1,400.00 paid by Rene Ruel, waterville, Que., for a bred heifer, and $1,400.00 paid by Pless Hodges, Dob§on, North Carolina, for a bred heifer. Ken M. Howatt, Blyth, Ont., paid $1,500.00 for a milking female. A total of seventeen animals rang up four4igure sales. Buy- ers from United States, England and Barbados were represented. at the sale. The following is a report of the purebred averages: 46 milk- ing females averaged $844.00; 21 bred heifers. averaged $871.90; 21 open yearlings averaged $484.05; 13 heifer calves averaged $526.54 and one baby sold for $475.00. .enson, president ,s. U.C.W. wet; ladies fromsis. I neighboring*, nkoff ering evening octobeg‘ parlour. las chaired the. ens is ted of Bible ers and hymns, Betty Campbell, arah Stephenson stcheon, ac ont., Bryans, pianist; aple of numbers,' ay introduced the ane Davidson of • had lived in ndli Mrs. Davidson and in a capable often amusing tted on the work ier involvement eople. vented with a gift ' :hanked by Barb .LE 111111111111 ......„ ..... , . DONALD ' INSURANCE -----Auto Commercial BOX 129, BRUSSELS Business.Direciory M. — Farm — PH: AGENCY LAURIE ' Residential 887-9221 . J. E. LONGSTAFF. . —OPTOMETRIST— SEAFORTH — 527.1240 BY APPOINTMENT: . CLINTON) fMorplay Only) — 482.7010 ANSTETT JEWELLERS LTD. 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BRUSSELS WINGI-1A1V1 8874453 357,2111 As many as 40,000 vehicles issued certifiOates of mechani cal fitness last year could be unsafe because they were never checked by Mechanics, .Trans- portation Minister Gordon Carton told the Legislature this week. In answering a question by Opposition Leader Robert Nixon, Mr. Carton said he was planning legislation to reduce the number of fraudulent certificates and the black marketing of thesecertifi- cates for a direct charge. Mr. carton said be hopes to I have the. Bill require all garages, car deale,rships, and mechanics allowed to perform the tests be given a Ministry licence, which could be revoked for issuing a fraudulent certificate. Jack McNie, Minister of Colleges and Universities indi- eaten that there will be a total of 138,245 students enrolled in Provincially assisted degree granting institutions as of the 1st December this year, an ex- cess of 3% over the '133,330 registered last year. He said he I s pleased to see the figures. levelling out. . Ontario Hydro does not have a policy of building ,generating plants to provide electricity for export, but does have a policy of maintaining a reserve and thiS reserve may be exported. Hydro's generating reserve is approximately 22% More than actual power needs. Darcy • Mckeongh, Ontario's Energy Minister, said he. didn't See any-!' thing wrong with exporting this power. Ontario Hydro has an applii- , cation to export 'power- to the U.S. befoit the National Energy Board at the moment. Hydro has said that if they are not allowed to do so the uA, may retaliate bypre, Venting coal shipments t o this country. . P UNCH LINE OF THE WEEK j .,'READ and.,,USE POST CLASSIFIED,: DIAL DIRECT • Norma Riley, Winthrop, holds her German Shepherd while Dr. Stan Alkemade Administers a .rabies shot. The annual rabies clinic, held at the Seaforth arena under the auspices of the Department of AgricultUre, Health of Animals Branch, was well attended. L A VACAI1bN 14 bi‘t:-•VN't1-1. P[.-46 • HE ititUttSELS. 'POSt 600fitit.