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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-02-04, Page 6READY FOR A RUN -- Brussels Optiniists will be happy that they held their snowmobile poker rally a week ago Sunday and not this Sunday when the .beginnings of a blizzard would have thrown a wrench in the works. These kids stood around watching contestants get ready for their run into Grey Township for the rally. (Photo by Langlois) New Liberal leader says in Seaforth Food is number one issue A SPECIAL VISITOR ON. HIS. LAST DAY — .LOO' Flgatii left, retired Friday 43 years after ,he started work ;for IVICLeah Breit. publishers of the Brussels : Poet_ arid. the' H.urbh EXpbSitOr, On his last dOy on the job (almtiffiS 65th birthday) Mr, 'Hagan showed atoeotal visitor, bec Stuart Smith, new leader of the Otitai.O. Liberal 'Party. around the newepaber layout area. After a Mbilth'S holiday Mr, 'Hagan" will work . part tine gettirig out the Post and the. Expositor at the. Seaforth office. (Staff Photo) 6..-tHE OW86E:LS 008t„ PEBRUARY 4, 1616 s 4* At The NEW AMERICAN HOTEL BRUSSELS, ONT. *****44-****** Saturday Night only . The Alleyeats **'******************** Entertainment at * THE QUEEN'S HOTEL • BRUSSELS Friday & Saturday only ndown 4 4 4 4 * with Wally .D Shorty Sunday Menu: Ham tinner 44-11-4-4 11-40-41-4 2f:************ (Cot agricul. Peop educate farms a The av- a farme couple grain, that is If Ian use, compe says. townsh' develo one anc Leader they h• the sett so nnic make develoi "We high feels. Is Or too m alentine Greetings on Ice. presehted by BRUSSELS FIGURE SKATING CLUE Sat., Feb. 7th at 8 per. is ER' SSELS ARENA • Adoits.*IA0 Ch !e undo 12 • •Ati • • • • The new leader of the Ontario Liberal party says his understand- ing of the importance of agricul, ture and food to our future came from asking the siinple questions, although "people don't want to talk about them": Dr.. Stuart Smith in his pre vote speech to the Ontario Liberal convention that elected him leader said food and. enough land to produce food could be the crucialissues in Ontario's future. Dr. Smith in Seaforth Friday said his concern about agriculture at a time when few city people know or care much about food production is part of his character. "I anticipate things. I've always been a bit ahead of my time. It's the same in psychaitry," the Hamilton psychiatrist said. He says he decided that agriculture will be the question of the future when he asked some "obvious questions." "I know we flaye . to import oil. What are we going to export?" The answer he came up with is food and eventually he fears the province will have a real shortage of it. In home territory, the new leader says the Niagara Peninsula fruit trees are soon going to be gone. "When I arrived eight and a half years ago it was all blossoms." "Few things get me as upset as short sightedness," the new Liberal leader says. Dr.Smith realizes that his concern for agriculture is unusual in an urban poltiician. "I was the only candidate in a city riding who would • 'even talk about agriculture in last September's election", he says. "Are you crazy?" people would say until I'd tell them that our whole future depends on agriculture. Then they might say `Yeah, I never really thought about it.' "It's not just agriculture, that's important to our future, it's , population trends generally. Even' small town and. Oral people often, don't see the whole picture", Dr;. Smith says. . "How do we keep a viable economy in the -small villages?" he asks. And when rural ;people move into the cities, thr;,— cities have two alternatives, "neither any good". They can sprawl onto the adjacent agricultural area or they can increase population density in the city. The solutionS- all translate into ‘cmore money for food", according to Stuart Smith. That means more marketing boards, stabilization plans, agricultural scholarships and "more than the puny amount we spend now on (Continued on Page 7) People We Know Mrs. HaziewOod visited in Hamilton and Burlington last week while Dr. Hazlewood at- tended a meeting ,of Emmanuel College Ainmni in Toronto. Mrs. Jack Ritchie had the misfortune to fall last week breaking her right arm. Mrs. Ida Evans is a patient in Wingharn and District Hospital. Mrs. Ruth Pipe has broken ribs and other injuries as the result of a car-truck collision on Saturday. Smiles Clerk: • "No, madam, we haven't had any for a.long time." -Manager (overhearing): "Oh, . yes, we have it, madam. I will send to the warehouse and have some brought in for you." (Aside to clerk; "Never refuse anything. Send out for it." As the lady left the store, laughing, the manager demanded: "What did she want?" Clerk; "Want? She said we haven't had any rain lately." • DESSERT EUCHRE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9th I. 0. 0. F. HALL at 1:30 P.M. 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