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CANADIAN. PLOWING TEAM
Wiih Our Farming Friends
Officers Elected at
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LONDON, England:--We never
dreamed that crossing the Atlan-
tic could,. be se enjoyable and so
brief as it was by air, In. fact, by
the time we had tucked away our
second meal, Montreal was so far
behind us that the plane was cir-
cling this eity to come in for a
landing , ..ten and a half hours
to span the ocean! ."
Before I go any further I feel
I should •.go baelt.to the beginning
and explain what this is all about.
We are members of the Canadian'
team, tbat will compete at the 4th
annual World Plowing Match at
sbillingforcl, near OXford, England
as guests of Imperial Oil. By we,
I mean Robert . (Bob) Timbers of.
Stouffville, Ont., who won the 1955
Canadian plowing championship at
the International Plowing Match
at BlYtheswood, near Leamington;
Edwin (Mickey) Demrnan of Par-
tage la Prairie, Man,, who placed
third but qualified, for the trip be-
cause under championship rules no,
two contestants from any one pro-
vince can make up the team; Jerry.
Ferguson. of Croton, Ont., was the
runner-up to Bob Timbers.
There you have the ,two Cana-
dian contenders. Then'there is mY-
self, Russell Beilhartz of Bruce
BeilliarFt
I-1E. (Mickey) Dcommap
Station, Ont, While I'm not a
competing plowman, I've been close
to the plow 'nearly all my working'
life and at one time was president
Of the Ontario Plowmen's Associ-
ation, the organization that spon-
sors the big International matches,
I was appointed rn'anager of the
team and one.of the conditiona •of
My appointment was that I act
as a sort of historian.Accompany-
ing us on this trip is • my good
w. ifea For three.of us,. Mickey, my wife
and myself, this is the first over-
seas trip. For Bob Timbers, it is
hiS third. In 1953 he was runner=
up to Am Eccles of Brampton at
the first world match held at Co-
haiirg and the following year tra-
velled to the Republic of Ireland
for the world match there.'In 1949
he toured the United. Kingdom as
a result of winning the. Esso.
Trans-Atlantic class the year pre-
vlotis, Bob, you may, agree, has be-
come a Trans-Atlantic commuter,
For weeks we had been prepar-
ing for this trip. There was much
correspondence, There were con-
ferences with Imperial and with
our good friend Floyd Lashley,
who is secretary of both the On-
tario Plowmen's Association and
the Canadian Council of Plowing
Associations:, Finally, with an the
details worked out, we were ready
to' lealie, fhe'faina 'at Bruce Station
which is near Sadlte Ste. Marie,
on Saturday, September 29. • We
wanted t be in Toronto for Sun-
day when` Mickey would arrive
from the. West and Bob would be
on hand for the Monday send-off
breakfast.
Well, you might have known it,
After feverishly rushing around at
the farm to be at the station on
time we made it, but only to find
that the train was running two
hours late! However, we used those
two hours to good purpose, for
many friends were on hand to greet
us off and we were able to greet
them all without the usual mad
rush There was also lots of help in
getting our luggage aboard the
train, including three big white
Stetson hats that were donated to
members of the team. I was wear-
ing my "tin gallon" headgear when
I held the coach door open for a
woman passenger. She smiled and
remarked, "Real Western cour-
tesy". Little did she know.that she
was mistaking an Ontario farmer
for a Weston' rancher, but far be
it from me; to change ;a lady's
mind. .;
Sunday we ,spent quietly in To-
ronto. We attended church and
generally rested np for what might
Ire ahead.
If Sunday was a; quiet day then.
Monday was just the opposite. Im-
perial had arranged a send-off
breakfast in a private dining room
of the hotel. It was attended by
Ontario's new minister of agrieul.
ISTIUTECITMCK-The annual
meeting of the East WaWaneSh
Pederation of Agricullthre Was held
in the Metnerial on Thursday
evening, when the Institute ladies
provided a turkey banquet fOr over
One hundred and fifty, Among
those Present et the head table
Were Rev. A. NIMM9, 14, E, .cart-.
(14 X.P.t John
Warden John Fischer, Past Presi-
dent Jena Curriet Roger RellWaSs,
:assistant farm editer, at CKNX and
Gordon Greig, Federation secre-
tary., The meeting was in charge
of the President, OW, Robinson,
Mrs. Harold Currie contributed
Several Whistling numbers,
The special speaker for the even:
ing was lk.fr. SchwasS, who spoke
on 'Farm Outlook for Families'.,
Saying that each family of four
children, three would have to leave
the farm to make their living in
the urban centres, and that coun-
try children should be given special
education to meet this change in
their manner, of livelihood. Re
praised, the work ('A the 4-H Clubs,
jr. Farmers and other leaders in
eonamunitees of these adolescent
groups. He stressed the great, need
of higher education for farm boys
and girls.
Gordon Greig told how the
of Agriculture was sponsor-
ing Focus on the . Farm, over
CKNX-TV and gave a splendid ,re-
port of• several County meetings
that had been held, which were of
interest in thilt community. Simon
Manahan gave the financial report,
and Reeve Orval Taylor was in
charge of the election of efficers,,
with the following result: S.S. Na,
8, Wilfred Walker; No. 9, Elmer
Ireland; No, 10, Orval McGowan;
Na, 11, Roy Pattison; ,No. 3; Earl
Caldwell; No, 5, Wilfred Sander-
son; No. 6, John Buchanan; No. 7;
Clarence Chainney; No. 12, Donald
Dow; No, 13, Jack Taylor; No. 14,
Archie Purdon; No, 17, George
Johnston; No. 1.1, Bruce Falconer.
Mr. Taylor, announced that a
plaque„ would be unveiled 'in the
council room, at Belgrave Com,
munity Centre on nomination day,
With the names of all the. reeves
who had served in East Wawanosh
Township and Robert Coultes, the
oldest living reeve, was to have the
honour of unveiling the plaque.
tore, Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, our
old friend Jack Carroll, foriner.as-
Sistant deputy minister of agricul-
thre and ,first president 'of the
World Plowing Organization, the
UnitedKingdern Trade Commis-
sinner in A Toronto representatives
of the Ontario Plowmen's ASsocia-
tion, the governinent, and many
other organizations. Charlie Rob-
inson, an Imperial. Oil marketing
executive was chairman. The vari-
ous •speakers wished us well and
brought home to us the great
honor that was ours, of represent-
ing Canada at the 'Plowmen's
Olympics", as the world match is
sometimes called.
During the breakfast I received
two silk Canadian flags, to fly at
the match and a block Of polished
Laurentian marble with.the name
Canada engraved On it. It was to
be placed in a Cairn at, the' site of
the match. The cairn is surMoUnt-
ed by a three400t replica of the
"Golden Plow", the Esso trophy
for world Sup'remaey in plowing.
Each of the 14 competing coun-
tries has contributed a block of
native stone for the monument,
which is called a ."peace cairn"
because pn the tablet is the in-
seriPtion,!' "Let Peace CultiVate the
Fields". Two cairns have already
been erected, one at Cobourg and
the other at Upsala, Sweden, where
last year's world match took place.
We had been told that the Duke
of Gloueester, uncle of Queen
Elizabeth, would unveil this year's
cairn.
After•the breakfast the news re-
porters and photographers had a
go at us and before we knew it
we were out of the hotel and into
cars that whisked us out to Malton
airport Where other good friends
were waiting to see us off. These
included Bob's wife and two chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. James Eccles,
(Jim, who comes from Brampton,
Was the first World champion
plowman), Ivan 1VIcLauglin from
Stouffville (Sob's neighbor and one
of last year's world contestants)'
and Mrs. MoLauglin.
But it wasn't long before we
had to climb aboard a TCA Vis-
count for Dorval, Que, At Dorval
we changed to a BOAC Strata=
cruiser Speedbird, Here again the
Stetson bats attracted •attention
and we were fortunate in having
in Mickey Demlnan al least, one
real Vireaterribr in the groupt
The sky was slightly , oVercast
When, We took Off froth Dorval
and headed eastward to the. At-
lantic, We flew for a time 'at 164000
feet and then rose to 21,0430 feet
at a speed , of 300 Milet an hour.
it Was a wonderful experience for
all of us and especially Mickey,
for the 1611.610' front Portage la
Prairie to Torontd was his first
train.trip, !thrilled as he WAS with
the.train, Mickey said he enjoyed
flying even more,
Alma 5,30 p.m, we Were served
supper and what a meal! All
agreed none could be better, even
if we Were eating high aboVe the
clouds, Shortly after tilcy "bedded
us dove for the night ,byteat.
ins the *eats. •It• war% brribithbf'
Bola! In Forum'
Met Monday
XIEW AVE BQ4min Farm
Forum net at the home of 14r, and
Mrs„ Carl Procter With an attend.-
We -of 2Q -0.13141t45 and Six children.
VW. listening to the radio bread-
OW na the topie, "What about
Farm Manageneentr this group
&Wed, that they fire An need of
Sonic Sort tif County representative
of farm deorgardes that the fariTh,
ere could come to Or advice an Soil
improvement, ,drainage, etc., that
the government should pay the foil
Cost.
Mr, nobt. Proeter was chairman
for the evening, A' Committee of
Mrs, Leslie Bolt, Mrs.- Cora McGill
and Mrs. Clarence Tuill Were
named to look fter the program
on the, fourth night when there is
no radio Topic..;
Recreation took the fern?. Of pre
gressive -euchre with high. prizes
going to. MO, Stanley Cook and
Ric .hard Procter, Consolation Prizes
went to Mrs. Leslie Bolt and Ro/A.
Procter. The next meeting is to be
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Stanley Cook,
Mounties Appear at
Chicago Exposition
,Star feature of. the international .
Horse Shpw at the International
Live Stock Exposition in Chicago
from November 22 to. December 1,
will be the world-famous Royal'
Canadian Mounted Police Musical
Ride.
Scheduled for 14 performances,•
there will be 36 riders in scarlet
Oats on 'matehing ,black, horses.
It will: be the• first time this
famous precision riding 'event has
ever appeared..in Chicago.
Armoured Tank
Some remarkable facts about •the
elephant are given in the Book of
knowledge which says that its
trunk is made up n of a mass of
muscles estimated to number about
forty thousand. An elephant's hide
varies in thickneas from one'quar-'
ter of an inch to one and a half
inches-really an armour of skin-
and the tusks of the African ele-
phant may reach a weight of about
two hundred pounds each. Amongst
the huge tusks on record' is one
that measures' rather more than
eleven feet, nearly twice the height
of the average man.
• good idea as we were not able to
move around anyway.
By one a.m, the sun was coming
up, The !'early" sunrise was due
to the time difference, for London
was still on daylight saving time
making a six hour difference be-
tween Montreal and. London times.
Shertly after one a.m, Canadian
time we were having breakfast and
it tombared equally with the sup-
per: Then we were told we were
approaching London, our destina-
tion. It had been a lovely crossing,
not 'a quiver or a bump.
We put down at London airport
at 8 'a.m. London time and 2 a.m.
Eastern Canadian Standard Time.
The ,two United States plowmen
were there, haying arrived earlier.
We were told that the plows for
the boys had arrived by boat from
Canada and' were on their way to
Shillingford.
While we waited around the air-
port planes landed every little
While and then another group of
plowmen would be added to the
party. By 3• p.m. the party had
grown •quite large, We were then
told that the countries not then
present would come in late that
night or early the next day, so
there Was no need for us to wait,
While having lunch at the air-
port along with the two United
States contestants the head waiter
aSked us, "Who will win the world
title?" The answer he - got came
from Eugene Holmes of Waldorf,
Minnesota. "The four at this table
will be tops," he said, and then
after a pause added, "We hope!"
We left for Oxford and the site
of the world match.
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