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Ask for this booklet from our representative
Norris Peever
who will be at
The Wingham. Motel, Wingham,
on Monday, June 10th, 1974,
from 1 to 4 p.m. — Tel: 357-1342
If you require financing to start, modernize,
or expand your business, and are unable to
obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and
conditions, perhaps 1DB can help you.
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WEEKLY SALE
BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD.
EVERY FRIDAY
AT 12 NOON
PHONE 887-6461 BRUSSELS, ONT.
mtlissmis rit3gr, JUNE 5), 1914
and there a gaping knot-hole
provides a nest for the bluebird in,
spring. In fancy's ear you may
still hear the drumming of the
woodpecker as he beats out his
tattoo and pensively searches for
the elusive worm,
Time passed. Many barns and
houses were torn down but the
orchards survived. Those old
trees are dying. Withered and
blighted. They have lived their
13y W,G. Strong
Along peaceful country roads,
here and there, one can still see,
occasionally, abandoned ;houses -
their windows gone, their doors
askew, their roof-line sagging. In
these log or frame buildings, once
dwelt men and women, boys and
girls, who subdued a wilderness
and laid the solid foundation for a
nation's future. From these crude
structures farm families once
travelled to the blacksmith shop;
the grist mill, the village store,
the rural church at the
cross-roads. Now, too often, only
stone foundations and gaunt
chimneys rising from blackened,
open fire-places, stand
monuments to their courage and
dreams, memorials to those
pioneers who fought a good fight.
Grass and weeds occupy the
dooryards. Beside the stone
doorstep an old, scraggly lilac
bush may still put forth a few
fragrant blossoms in springtime.
That hole in the ground framed
with white-washed field stones
was once the proverbial cellar
where the thrifty farmer and his
prudent wife stored fruits and
vegetables against wint er's crab'
frosts. Now that repository is but
a tangled mass of wild blackberry
bushes, prickly thistles and
colourful sumacs.
He who is sensitive to the
history of his community knows
quite well that the orchard near
that man-made hole tells a
meaningful story. It may have
been years ago when a man and
his young bride set out those
Macintoshes, Northern Spies,
Russets and• Greenings. They
tended those growing trees
faithfully and lovingly. How they
delighted to stroll, from time to
time, through the orchard aisles
in springtime when buds pouted
for the light or later when the
petals like pink cascades drifted
earthward. Giant bouquets they
were with their pleasing
fragrance and tantalizing promise
of an abundant yield. Bees
droned from blossom to blossom
carrying the yellow pollen that
insured fruition. In autumn's
glory, it was good to set the
ladder among the branches and
work leisurely and rhythmically,
It was good, too, to pause for a
moment to savour the
lusciousness of the juicy fruit.
Sons and daughters helped pick
their share,, their laughter and
childish voices falling pleasantly
on the ear. At day's close the
hampers and baskets and barrels
were stored in the earth-floored
cellar certain in the knowledge of
juicy pies or apple sauce as
dessert on a long winter's eve
served from the kitchen table
adjacent to the kitchen stove.
There is something appealing
about a neglected apple orchard
oh a hillside near tottering farm
buildings where they drowse
through the cycling seasons.
They stand there gaunt and
scraggly with a few tall limbs
amid the upper branches
struggling for life and light.
These time-ravaged trees are
filled with suckers and stubs of
dead branches, the haunt of
chickadees in winter. Some of the
trunks are hollowed with age and
weather-induced decay. Here
span. A man long gone to his
fathers planted those trees but
life goes on,
`,Ah! Scattered trees where once
had orchard been,
Most fitting types of frail and
withered age,
Your work is done, yet linger on
the scene,
To pity move or sober thought
engage."
Customers, should have a voice in
the pricing and selling of the Free
Press.' After all, what is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the gander.
* * * * *
Farmers never had it so good,
has been stated and generally
that is true. However, the
average income of the Ontario
farmer in 1972 was $5000. This
then means that even if he never
had it so good, his average
income is still only half of that of
organized labour. Labour has
practically no investment, while
farm investment is a minimum of
$100,000. Why do we do it? A
variety of reasons, from liking the
way of country life, to that we are
inveterate gamblers.
** ** *
Do you have trouble with flies?
Give them beer. Saskatchewan's
department of Agriculture
recommends to mix one bottle
with a gallon of water, 5 lbs. of
brown sugar and 2 ounces of
vapona (dichlorvos). Flies are
attracted by the beer, they say,
eat the sugar and are killed by the
insecticide. Paint on plywood and
hang upside down, high enough
so your animals can't reach it.
Campbell, Donald Kernaghan,
Susan Langlois, Carol Raymond,
Bradley Smith and Gail White. By
transfer were Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Whit field, and Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Crocker.
Next Sunday, a group of over
30 'Sweet Adelines' from Listowel
will provide special music.
Morning Star
Ribekcihs
elect officers
Members of Morning Star
Rebekah Lodge met last Tuesday
evening in the Lodge. Ball.
The election of officers was
held for the term 1974-75. Noble
Grand - Sis. Leona Connelly; Vice
Grand - Sis. Je ;nnie Turnbull;
Treasurer - Sis, Janet
McCutcheon; Recording
Secretary - Sis. Mary Lowe;
Financial Secretary - Sis. Mary
Davidson.
During the business, a
beautiful afghan, knitted and
presented by Sister Florence
Webb, was displayed. Tickets are
now on sale from any Rebekah.,
The afghan will be displayed in
Ray and Helen's store window.
The draw will be made later this
year.
Following the meeting court
whist was played. The winners,
lst. Aletha Rann, 2nd. Dorothea
Ritchie and low Barb
McCutcheon. Sister Lois
McCutcheon won the lucky cup
prize and Sister Joan Exel the 5c
ticket draw. The committee in
charge served a light snack.
Trading Partners
The U.S. is Jamaica's major
trading, partner. Last year more
than 65 percent of the island's
$880-million in international trade
was with the United States.
FOR 5 YEARS
Member Canada Deposit
Insurance Corporation
VICTORIA
VG GREY
TRUST COMPANY SINCE. IN
W. W. dousfriS, Manager
Ltistowel, Ontario
For those consumers who think
that the pork producer will be
paid $37.50 by the Canadian
taxpayer for each hog marketed,
and who resent this, I have some
news. From this amount of money
will be subtracted the cost of a
weaner pig and the cost of feed,
leaving the pork producer with a
loss of between $10 and $15 per
hog. The stabilization plan is
good in this sense, that for the
first time a stabilization plan
takes some of the input costs in
consideration. All it does now is
assure the producer that he won't
lose more than the amount
mentioned above per hog
shipped. It doesn't seem likely
that any payment will be made to
anyone. The manner in which it
was announced left the public
with the impression that the
producer is guaranteed a profit,
but he is only guaranteed a
maximum to his losses. "
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The editor of the London Free
Press joined the Consumers
Associations, Mrs. Marion
Brechin in asking that farmers let
consumers sit on their selling
organizations. If that is the case,
then we, as newspaper
The Teen Choir of Brussels.
United Church sang a special
number, accompanied by Carl
Graber Jr. on his guitar, on
Sunday. A quartette consisting of
Carol Raymond, Joan Mair,
Peggy Gibson, and Julie Camp-
bell also sang.
Those being received into the
fellowship of the Church by
Confirmation were: Wayne and
Sharon Bell, Gwen Bernard, Julie
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