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Two area men were named last
Thursday night to the executive of
the largest farm organization in
Huron County.
Adrian Vos of Blyth was named
president of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture.
Elected second vice-president of
the 2,200 member organization
was Maurice' Bean of R.R.1,
Auburn.
Mr. Vos, who was first vice-
president this past year,defeated
Vince Austin of Dungannon in an
election for the top post. Mr.
Bean, who lost out in a three way
vote for first vice won a three way
fight for the second vice-presi-
dential position. Alan Walper of
R.R.3, Parkhill was named first
vice-president. Elected directors
at large were Wayne Millian,
Beverley Brown and past
president, Doug Fortune.
Mr. Vos, and several of the
other speakers at the meeting
pointed to a growing crisis in the
organization. He pointed to the
fact that at the organization's
year end on August 3i it had $400
in the bank, but nearly $2,000 in
debts, including per diem and
mileage for county' directors for
the past year.
The Huron Federation
program, Mr. Vos said, has been
one of the most extensive in the
province. This, he said, probably
accounted for the fact that Huron
has the highest O.F.A.
membership in the province.
However, he said, because of
the decline of revenue particu-
larly from township levies. and
grants, the Huron Federation is in
danger of having to curtail its
ograms. Mr. Vos called on all
n..nnbers to go to their township
councils to seek continuation or
re-institution of the levy or grant
system.
Doug Fortune, in his remarks
as past president of the organi-
n.tion urged members to think
about "what we'll lose if we lose
this organization."
He pointed to the fact that
Individual Service Members. in
Huron receive the Farm and
Country and Rural Voice
newspapers free of charge; that
the county has the highest
number of I.S.M. directors in
Ontario; that the president of
O.F.A. and many of the provincial
commodity board representatives
such as for beans and for pork,
come froth, Huron.
He pointed out that the O.F.A.
convention in Hamiltonlater this
month will have some 20
delegates from the Huron
Federation and several more from
commodity groups.
It's a disgrace, he said, that a
top agricultural county in Ontario
can't support its own farm
organization.
Also hitting on the same
subject was another former
president, Mason Bailey of Blyth.
Mr. Bailey in saying that he was
withdrawing from active role in
the Federation because he was no
longer farming, said the `O.F.A.
can't stop where it is, that it must
keep going. He asked those
present to do a faVour for 0.FIA.
president Gordon Hill and others
who had worked so hard to build
the organization, and to try to
recruit new members.
He said the 'situation in Huron
is serious, that the income of the
county federation is half of what it
used to be when the dollar was
worth twice what it is today. The
organization, he said, can't live
without money.
One of the best attended
annual meetings of the Huron-
Perth Agricultural Societies to be
held in a number of years was
held in the Milverton Legion Hall
last Wednesday with 140
members attending.
Mrs. Judy Ball, Milverton was
the guest speaker and greetings
were brought from Perth County
Warden George Wilson, Reeve
Maurice Bain, Milverton, N.W.T.
Ashton Perth County Ag. Rep.,
and A.J.Peppin of the Toronto
Branch of the Ontario Association
of Agricultural Societies who
introduced the Queen of the
Fairs. ,
Attending were: Gwen Kahle,
Mitchell; Karen Dawson,
Stratford; Naricy Castle, Clinton;
Nancy Dietz, Seaforth; and
Elizabeth Armstrong,Witigham.
Director Murray Scott,
Belgrave acted as chairman for
the evening and Mrs. Jean
Reaney, Mitchell, conducted the
Women's Section. District 8 is
comprised of all the fair boards in
Huron & Perth counties and
reports were heard from all 16
societies.
Next year's annual meeting will
be held in Clinton in late October.
During the evening the 1976
executive was introduced as: past
director - Murray Scott, Belgrave,
director - William Westman,
Milverton, Associate Director, -
Robert Gibbings, Clinton,
secretary-treasurer, Donald M.
Young,Auburn, Women's section
- remains • the same with Mrs.
Jean. Reaney , Mitchell as
director, Mrs. Verna Seeley, St.
Marys, secretary; associate
director - Mrs William Schaeffer ,
Kirkton and associate secretary,
Mrs. Allan Eveleigh Kirkton.
Appreciation was expressed to
secretary Don and his wife M
for the extensive amount of m
they Contribute in planning t
annual meeting and helping t
various societies throughout .t
year.
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