HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-10-19, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1988.
Annual Meeting
Chris Palmer acclaimed
1988-89 HFA president
An East Wawanosh Farmer,
Chris Palmer was acclaimed as
president of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture at a
dinner meeting and dance held
Friday in Blyth.
Mr. Palmer, who had been the
first vice-president of the Federa
tion succeeds Paul Klopp of
Zurich. He has been farming at RR
5, Wing ham for five years a nd is
married with two daughters.
He said governments must
continue to subsidize Ontario
farmers as long as they face unfair
competition from U.S. companies
that farm for tax breaks, from
subsidies in the European Econo
mic Community and from provin
ces in Canada determined to
stimulate self-sufficiency in food.
“I don’t think I’ve ever believed
in something as strongly as I do in
the Federation of Agriculture, ’ ’ he
told the group. “When I hear an
individual say *1 don’t need OFA’ it
makes my blood boil.’’
He stressed the need for im
proved crop insurance and a
compulsory checkoff on farm tax
rebates to fund general farm
organizations. Agriculture Mini
ster Jack Riddell keeps saying
there are problems with the
checkoff, Mr. Palmer said, but it’s
time he found solutions as they
have in Manitoba where a recent
program was announced.
Bob Harrison, a Grey township
farmer was named as first vice-
president in a second nomination
process after the four people
originally nominated for the posi
tion all declined. Hank Binnendyk
of Tuckersmith township is the
second vice-president while James
Armstrong, Bob Down of Hensail,
Ralph Scott of East Wawanosh,
Nico Peters of Tuckersmith, John
Gaunt of East Wawanosh and
Larry Plaetzer of Auburn were
named directors at large.
Gordon Miller, parliamentary
assistant to Agriculture Minister
Jack Riddell presented Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Centennial Medals to Delores
Shapton of Crediton and Gordon
Hill of Varna, among the 100
Ontario residents chosen from
among 400 nominations for the
honour.
As well as sharing operation of
their 200-acre farm, Mrs. Shapton
has served in various offices
including president of the ladies
division of the Exeter Fair, presi
dent of the Homecraft Division of
the Ontario Association of Agricul
tural Societies (in which capacity
she has attended 105 fairs across
the province) was named a life
member of the Crediton Women’s
Institute and received a district life
membership for Huron South
District Women’s Institutes in
1987 while she was serving as
president.
Mr. Hill was president of the
Ontario Farmer’s Union from 1957
to 1960 and was among those who
led the fight to a General Farm
Organization. When the vote was
lost he was drafted in 1969 as the
president of the restructured
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
and served in the position for seven
years. During that time the OFA
won property tax rebates, removal
of sales tax on farm fuels, reduced
rural hydro rates as an exemption
on capital gains on farm assets. He
later served as chairman of the
Ontario Bean Growers Marketing
Board and was apointed chairman
of the Ontario Crop Insurance
Commission in 1987'. ‘
The Huron Federation’s award
for Outstanding Contribution to
Agriculture was jointly presented
to Gerry and Doug Fortune of
Wingham. Both have been past
presidents of the Federation, as
well as being involved in other
community activities including
several years on Turnberry town
ship council for Doug.
There was irony in the presenta
tion since it was the Fortunes who
initiated the award in 1976 as a way
of rewarding those who had made a
Continued on page 17
Gerry and Doug Fortune [centre and left] were joint winners of the Huron Federation of Agriculture’s
award for Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture in the county when the Federation held its annual
meeting in Blyth Friday night. The Fortunes, both of whom have served as president of the Federation,
originated the award back in 1976.
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