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TOP GRADE 7 AND — Top grade 7 and 8 speakers at BPS are, from left, Kathy
Wierenga, Janice Sommers, Jackie Robertson, Cathy Sholdice, Paul. Nichol and Jim
Scott. (Photo by Langlois)
Junior Agriculturalist
Chance to learn farming
Huronview has
family night
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Luther, of Hensall, led the Sunday
evening song service sponsored by the Christian Womens
Club. Glenn Slade, a nephew of the Luthers, assisted with
instrumental numbers.
The Huronview orchestra provided old tyme music for
Monday's activities in the Normal Care Sitting room followed
by a sing-a-long.
The musical program for "Family Night" was provided by
the Pepper sisters of Hensall, Watson Webster, of Clinton
and the Huronview Orchestra. Brenda, Joe Ann, Laurie and
Marilyn Pepper sang several Country and Western numbers
as well as two sacred songs and helped to lead the sing song.
Watson Webster entertained with mouth organ selections and
joined the Huronview Orchestra for some Old Tyme and Irish
tunes. Morgan Dalton sang a favourite "When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling" and Miss Ellis thanked the guest on behalf of the
residents.
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mental condition in order to
withstand the vigorous physical
effort. Selection will be based in
part on their reasons for being
interested in agriculture, and
their plans for further education
and a career.
All Junior Agriculturalists will
be required to participate in an
orientation program to help
prepare them for their farm stay.
This program will be held about
mid June and on farm assignment
will be for a nine week period,
commencing on June 20 and
ending August 20.
A Junior Agriculturalist will be
assigned, wherever possible, to a
farm with the type of
enterprise(s) in which he/she is
most interested. The duties
involved will vary considerably
depending on the individual farm
operation, the demonstrated
ability of the Junior
Agriculturalist and the kind of
enterprises found on 4-lie farm.
The interested host faimers are
Garden Seeds
Potting Soil
Peat Moss
Fertilizer
to be commercial farms, with the
operator engaged in farming full
time. They must be interested in
helping inexperienced ." young
people 'develop the skills required
on a farm and are expected to
have the ability to work well with.
and supervise young people. Host
farmers must also provide
suitable accommodation for the.
Junior Agriculturalist during
hiS/her stay on the farm.
Each Junior Agriculturalist will
receive a training allowance of
$16.00 per day on a six day week.
$6.00 of this will be provided by
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture & Food; the host farm
wil provide $5.00 per day in cash,
as well as supplying room and
b!iard worth $5.00 per day.
persons interested in participa-
ting in this program as either a
host farmer or Junior Agricul-
turalist should' contact Len
MacGregor at 482-3428 or long
distance Zenith:7-2800, or write to
the Ontario Ministry of Agricul-
ture & Food, Box 159, Clinton.
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payments to hourly and salaried
workers," Bey Brown, of the
HFA executive told the members
of parliament in her brief on the
farm income stabilization plan,
A brief presented by Elmer
Harding, president of the Huron
County Pork Producers, asked for
more consultation on code of
practise legislation, among other
things.
The Huron Federation's land
use policy was outlined in a brief
presented by Merle Gunby, HFA
director. Other members of the
HFA's land use and tariff policy
committee are Gordon Blanchard,
Charlie Thomas, George
Underwood, Douglas Cameron
and John,Oke.
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This year the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture & Food will once
again be sponsoring the Junior
Agriculturalist Program during
the summer of 1977. The program
is designed to provide a practical
learning experience for young
people from non-farm homes who
have a serious interest in
agriculture, and who have had no
experience working on a farm.
As a Junior Agriculturalist, a
person will be placed on a
selected commercial farm, where
he/she will perform regular
activities relative to that farm
operation. In' addition, a Junior
' Agriculturalist, will have an
• opportunity to develop an
appreciation of rural life through
living with a farm family, and
through participating in the local
4-H and Jilnior Farmer programs
and in other rural activities. ,
The prospective • Junior
Agriculturalists will be either
boys or girls 16 to '17 years of age
and must be in good physical and
(Continued from Page 13.)
included ,a brief on pollutants
from Glen Miller, OFA director, a
review of the activities of the
Huron County 4H club leaders,
presented' by association
president Bob Hern, a brief of
trade and tariffs presented by
HFA director Gerry Fortune and a
report from the Huron Soil and
Crop. Improvement Association,
calling for more research funding,
presented by president Stan
McLlwain •
Doug Trewarth a,
Secretary-treasurer of the. Huron.
County Milk Committee, gave a
summary of recommendations of
the Dairy Farmers of Canada on
a national dairy policy. Farm
Income Stablization payments
available to farmers who lose
money should "compete
fayourably with the
Unemployment . Insurance
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