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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1986-07-30, Page 13PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986. Scottish visitor surprised at size of Huron farms East Wawanosh native dies at Wingham BY KATHLEEN CARTER “We don’tbreed green-eyed sheep in Scotland, honest!’’, says Mary Dunn, explaining that it must have been the flash on her camera that changed the eye colour of the sheep in her pasture. Mary, a native of Scotland, came to Ontario on May 30, and has been touring various farming counties since that time, as part of an international exchange program for Junior Farmers/Young Farm ers all over the world. On Saturday, July 19, Mary made her way into Huron County and stayed at Hullett Township Reeve Tom Cunningham’s home until July 26. The 25-year-old recently presen ted a slide show to friends of the Cunningham family, and explain ed how her family operates their farm which consists of sheep breeding, some cattle and growing timothy seed hay. The Dunn farm is located in the central area of Scotland and the farm is closest to Gargunnock, a village consisting of about 500 people. She says that last year, Scotland was hit with enormous amounts of rain which caused farmers a great deal of difficulty because the land was “very heavy. ’’ From slides shown, freshly-plowed soil looked more like huge clumps of wet clay, andthismadeitvery difficultto plow due to the soil’s weight. Because of the rain, the Dunns were only able to do one cut of hay, “which was practically rubbished anyway,’’ by the time baling was completed. She says she was surprised to see the different sizes in farms in Ontario, stressing that dairy farms were much more up-to-date and larger than those in Scotland. During her tour of Ontario farms, Mary has visited Northum berland, Frontenac, Peterbor ough, Dufferin, Haldimandand Huron counties and Toronto and will end her three-month excursion with Middlesex and Guelph. When asked if farmers in Scotland were facing financial difficulties similar to some farmers in Ontario, Mary wasted no time in answering yes. “Financial crisis is very similar.’’ Along with being a Young Farmer, Mary is also a “Primary 1 ’ ’ school teacher, and says she can’t believe how much more teachers make in Ontario compar ed to Scotland. * ‘The pay is double here to what we make in Scotland. ’ ’ During the summer months, she helps with the family farming duties, and jokes when she says if she wasn’t in Canada, she “would be driving the tractor” for baling hay. Thesheepthatarebred atthe Dunn farm are clipped in June. Other slides that were shown consisted of the Gargunnock Post Office. She joked about the service she’s heard of in Ontario, where it can “ take a week to go five miles, ’ ’ whereas in Scotland, it takes two days to travel through the different regions. She says that if she wasn’t so busy, she would probably miss home, but since she arrived she says she has learned quite a lot about the Canadian farms, and will take it back to Scotland and educate MARY DUNN her family and Young Farmers in Scotland about her tour. Mary will finish her tour in the second week of August, and says she will visit with her aunt in Toronto for a few days and then head home. She will get a two-day rest when she gets there and then begin teaching on August 18. A veteran of World War I, James Hilton Currie, MM, MSM, of 276 Centre Street, Wingham, passed away Monday, July 14, at Hender son General Hospital, Hamilton, at the age of 90 years. A native of East Wawanosh Township, born March 11, 1986, Mr. Currie was a son of the late John T. Currie and Margaret J. Higgins. He was also predeceased by five sisters and three brothers. Mr. Currie served with the 161st Huron Battalion, the 10th Cana dian Machine Gun Company and the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Battalion. He returned from the war to farm in East Wawanosh Township. Surviving is one sister, Mrs. T. ranbrook Church resumes The regular morning service in Knox Presbyterian Church will be held on August 3 at the usual time of 9:45 a.m. Rev. Don and Mrs. McInnis, and family have been on holidays in Alberta for the month of July. Garnet Starr of Wallaceburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Cotton recently. Tim Goodland spent two weeks at Forest Cliff Camp, Forest. Peter Hagadoorn, Toronto, has been on holidays at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wick and son John left on Thursday for their home in Marathon, following a month visiting relatives in this area. Mr. and Mrs. Robin Clay, Jason K. (Rea) Bibb of Colchester. Mr. Currie was the last surviving charter member of Branch 180, Royal Canadian Legion, Wing ham, and several members of the present branch attended a memor ial service in the funeral home on Thursday evening to pay respect to their comrade. Funeral service was conducted at The McBurney Fun eral Home at 1:30 Friday, by Rev. John G. Roberts of Calvin Brick United Church where the deceased had remained a member. Final resting place is Wingham Ceme tery. Pallbearers were JohnL. Currie, John A. Currie. James A. Currie, Grant Currie, Alex Robertson and David Crothers. and Kevin, and Mrs. Sid Barnes, all of London, visited Mrs. Ida Gordon on Saturday. Area children are enjoying ball playing at the Jeschke ball park on Monday and Wednesday even ings. Many also make good use of thenewswimmingpoolin Brus sels. Many changes have taken place around here in recent months. The barn on the Charles Terpstrafarm, formerly Cameron’s, and the house and barn on the McNabb- MacDonald property have been torn down. A number of homes have changed ownership, with people moving. It is quiet at present with several families on holidays. LIFEf^ENERAL 1 887-6408 R. John Elliott 519-523-4323 J. 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