HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-09, Page 1West
Wawanosh
reeve dies
These. grade 8 ' girls made.
this colourful °quilt to raffle.
hi a . draW this spring to
raise money for.their trip to
Ottawa In June. The girls
are menthers of June
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class at •Lucknow Central
Pubk SelloOL: Shown Bath,
ered arotind the quilt 009
left to right, Wendy for:
rester, Debbie flauffmartf
Debbie Hedley, IViegiwT
Godiven, Heather Moulton,
Cathy Stanley, Nanny;. Ly
ons, lVlonica Hartemitilt,
lOsalea Cameron,-Kim Me,
Arthur, LenniPs,
Debbie Stanley,. Cututin
I,antingy Sherry Carter,.
Helen
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IllacIrityre and Vac- ,
cDottagh. -
[Sentinel Staff Photo]
at Blytli,
There are—rafe—occasions—when
learning can be fun, The conceit of
Maple Sugar May 7 at Blyth Memorial
Hall is one of those.
Maple-Sugar is a group of musicians
who haVe gathered together to pres-
erve the rich Canadian heritage of
folk songs, fiddle tunes and step-
dances. For young and old, country
fans and concert goers-JMaple Sugar
celebrates Canada with upbeat step-
dancing, folk songs and music that
grew as our country grew, and fiddle
tunes' representing styles froth all
parts of Canada. ,
The Canadian Magazine called
Maple Sugar "Canadian soul music" -
the unique spirit and, sound of
Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Acadia,
Quebec, the Ottawa Valley, rural
Ontario and the Canadian west. Those
attending a Maple Sugar concert can
hear the distinctive blending of our
founding cultures -- Indian, Metis,
French, English, American, Scottish,
Irish, Ukranian -- the coming together
of all the, peoples who•made Canada a
nation.
Featured with the group for the
Blyth concert will be Eleanor Town-
- send, Canadian fiddle champion and
no stranger to the area, Eleanor grew
up at Lucknow.
Elaine Townsend
Grey-Brace farmers are planning a tractor
demonstration at Queen's Park in Toronto on
Thursday protest -high interest -rates :ane
the damaging effect they are having on the
,farm industry in the province:
The reeve of West Wawanosh died
Thursday when the tractor he was driving
flipped over in a ditch pinning him beneath
it.
Leo Foran, 57, was driving the tractor
along Bruce County Road'16, just east of the
Culross-Kinloss Township line, when 'the
tractor left' the road for no apparent reason
and flipped over in the north ditch pinning
Mr. Foran beneath the steering wheel.
Coroner J. Cj. McKitit pronounced Mr. Foran
dead at the scene and an autopsy in Stratford
later, detelmined the cause Of death 'as
suffocation. •
Mr. Foran had served Oraly 15 months of
his first term as reeve of West Wawanosh.
He had been a councillor for nine years.
Mr. Foran'S death came less than two
weeks after the death of his brother, Joe, on
March 22.
Mr. Foran is survived by his brothers,
John and Gordon, both of West. Wawanosh,
and two sisters, Sister .Mary Cornelius of
London and Sister Eileen of Seaforth. He
was predeceased by his parents, Con Foran
and Mary Keane, twin brothers, Elmer and
Norman,* and his brother, Joseph.
The late Leo Fortin rested at the
MacKenzie and McCreath Futietal Horne in.
Lucknow until IA Monday when
retnotral was made to St. Augustine Roman
Catholic Church for Mass of the Christian
burial. Interment is in $t. Augustine
Cemetery.
ere8t rates:_:
are the only farmers in Canada not being
subsidized." All other provinces in Canada
have programs in place -which -subsidize
faimerS who have to pay high interest rates
on the money.they have borrowed to operate
their farms or buy additional land.
" lf we don't get help within the next two
months,' there will 'be a lot of farmers on
unemployment," warns Clark.
According to Clark, it is the farmers 35
years of age and under who cannot cope with
the high interest rates.. They are just starting
out and have bought land at high prices arid
have borrowed a fair amount of money.
"It is these farmers we're losing and they
are the ones we want to keep," states Clark.
There are probably many farmers over the
age of 45 who are wondering what all the
fuss is about, but they can, manage to hang
on through this crisis. It is a "desperate
situation" for the younger farmer he adds.
A rally to organize the, tractor demonstra-
tion _ .was_ being__heid in the Chesley
Community Centre Tuesday night. Organ-
izers feel they must have the commitment of
Turn to page 2
seeding season at the time of the meeting
with Whelan.
The cost of the flight will be $9O and any
area farmer, wishing to show his support by
going to Ottawa, can contact Merle Gunby,
president of the Huron Federation of
Agriculture, 529-7610 or Tony McQuail,
president of the West Wawanosh Federation
of jAgriculture 528-6542.
Anyone wishing to show support for the
Huron Federation delegation, wlib is unable
to go to Ottawa, can make a financial
donation to help defray OFA expenses, by
contacting either of the above.
Local federation members are looking for
keen support- from area farmers because
interest rates are affecting all farmers.
Christian Fanners
meeting
Christian Farmers Federation of
Ontario executive director Elbert van
Donkersgoed will speak on the topic,
Free Enterprise or Planned Enter.
prise,: What :Choice for Christian
Farmers, at the Lucknow Town‘Hall on
Friday night at 8 p.m, Details op page
2. •
The protest is to coincide with MPP
Robert McKessock's bill in the legislature
--,-;VbiLlrailts--the-antario govern-Mein tb-lake
immediate steps to see that the province's
farmers are given the same, competitive
opportunity as other Canadian farmers.
Ontario farmers are the only farmers in
Canada who are not being subsidized by
their provincial government to offset the
crippling high interest rates.
McKessock's bill asks the government to
reduce hydro rates, reduce interest ,rates,
increase drainage loans, stop the urban
encroachment on farmland and stop the
foreign ownership of Ontario farmland.
According to Tom Clark, a Chesley area
farmer, who is organizing the tractor demon.;
strafion, the movement is grass roots
organization and is not affiliated with any
farmers organization in the province.
Farmers are getting "panicky" says
Clark. Some are dumping cattle and selling
all their machinery while others are waiting
for the home bell to ring. -
"It is time for farmers to solidify their
position," claims Clark, "Ontario farmers
Huron federation to join
OFA delegation in Ottawa
The Huron County Federation of Agricul-
ture will be sending a delegation of farmers
to Ottawa on' April 24 to show support for the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture's presen-
tation when they meet with federal agri-
culture minister, Eugene Whelan.
The OFA meeting with Whelan is to
protest high interest rates which are
seriously affecting iarmers in this province.
Tie OFA is approaching the federal minister
bcause the country's fiscal policy .is set in
Ottawa and the decisions to increase interest
rates are a federal matter. Farm Credit
Corporation is also financed through Ottawa.
The Huron delegation will leave London
by plane on April 24 to make it a one day
trip, because farmers will be into the