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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-08-07, Page 15Toronto dinner guests This a poem taken from the July issue 01 Farm Woman: Family Picnic , Oh, here they come, unloading cats With hampers full of pickle jars and pies And beans fresh baked and rolls of ham. I wonder, will I remember them, My 42 cousins, my uncles and aunts? I give each one a passing glance As to the tables stretchedthey lumber. Heavens! What a growing number! Am P related to everyone? The eldest t� the youngest son? Hurry now - the tables spread Its time, dear ones, to bow your head and then dig in. But what a din As story telling feats relate The passing of the greatest `Great' ! Of pioneers. The homestead years, The droughts, and plagues. The jokes and laughter. Tears. And all the ever after.... Too soon the hampers, ligher now, Are hoisted. Little ?nes in tow, They straggle to the waiting cars. Dirty dishes. Empty jars. Fond farewells. Rowdy toots, .Roots / Stir anew at times like these. Leaves stay attached to family trees. This poem was written by Barbara Boyd of St: Catharines, Ontario. Wellington Webster and . his sister W innifred Gammie of Wclmow have been in Whitby for a few days to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law, Elliot. Fells, who passed away on Sunday after a lengthy Wclulow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 7, 1985—Page 15 illness. Mr. Fells is survived by, his wife Myrtle, the former Myrtle Webster, one. son Roy and his wife Carrol of Scarborough and a sister Isabella (Fairy) Dailey. of Barrie. He was predeceased by a brother, Oliver. �, Mr. Fells taught for a number of years in Whitechurch, Smooth. Rock Falls and in Whitby, where he still lived after his retire- ment a number of years ago. Sympathy goes to the Fells family. Visiting with Charles and Mayme Wilk- ins on Monday was Allan and Kevin Irwin of Oshawa. Dinner, guests were Laura and Mabel Campbell of Toronto. • Cecil and Jim Webster were in Richfield, Ohio for a few days visiting with their. sister, brother-in-law and niece, Atlee, Jean and Tricia Wise.. Weekend visitors with Charles , and Mayme, Wilkins were Barbara Wilkins of Paris, Janet' Wilkins and Allan Peck of Chatham. Elizabeth Wilkins has . also returned home•after spending three weeks at Five Oakes as a music co-ordinator for • the senior camps. Gayle Payne of Dorchester, a niece of Betty Jones, spent a week visiting with Barry and Betty Jones. • Mrs. Carol Miller of St. Marys visited for a couple of days with Barry and Betty Jones to help Betty get ready for the" Lucknow Craft Festival. MPP's committee review. Brue _agriculture study On July 30, 1985 the Bruce County Agricultural Study Committee met with the Honourable Jack Riddell, Minister of Agriculture, and Food, the 'Honourable Murray • Elston, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture.and five members of the provincial staff. . • The committee reviewed the highlights from the recently completed Bruce County Agriculture Study and reviewed as well some statistics from a beef•operation and a cash. crop .operation in the • county whit i showed the serious effect that the interest rates'and markets have on the•'viability of these farming operations: .The committee demonstrated the short- coming of the liquidation clause in the • Ontario Farm Financial Assistance Pro- gram which has represented, the ultimate, destruction of .many fain ore�atrons in the county and the province. The minister was quite sympathetic to the concerns expressed by the committee and indicated that within 'several weeks a new government initiative. would be announced to 'help offset some of these financial problems. • The minister appearedlake warm with respect to the committee's suggestion concerning the establishment of some form of debt review tribunals. He indicated that the federal government was considering. alternatives to the debt review tribunal proposal. The committee did receive some assur- ance .that 'if the federal tri -partied red meat proposal was not successful, the province would introduce a bi-partied proposal for Ontario producers. A supply management scheme for provincial red meat producers does not appear to be feasible without federal participation. The committee is presently attempting to set up meetings with the provincial and federal agricultural critics in order to review the county proposal. The committee as well will be reviewing the responses to the Bruce County Agricultural Study that. have beenreceived from various financial and credit institutions. Canada Day sale is success Visual Arts Kincardine met :July • 17 for their annual dinner meeting in Southamp- ton. It was noted that the Art Show & Sale on the Canada Day weekend was a great suc- cess with several sales being made The . group has started a scrapbook. • Anyone ,With photographs -6k newspaper clippings4 paste'vehts are requested to br- ing them to the next meeting. ' Marlene Black , from D & A Country Waterbeds has approached the group about displaying artwork in the store. Anyone in- terested in showing their work please con- - tact Marlene at 396-7847. The Tom Thomson Gallery has four open- ings' left to the Picasso exhibit in Montreal, Oct, 1 - 4. Anyone interested in the trip should contact the/gallery. It is also worth noting thatthere will be, a Renoir exhibit in Boston from Oct: 9 - Jan. 5. This is the only North American city the ex- hibit will Visit. The Kincardine Chamber of Commerce is holding its Sixth Annual Show & Sale on September 27, 28 and 29. Entry formsmay be obtained from the Tourist Information Centre at the intersection. of Highways 9 and 21. " Philippa Faulkner's. Acrylic/Watercolour workshop will take place Sept. 13, 14, and 15 at the Kincardine Town Hall. Philippa will put on a slide presentation of her work on the Friday evening in the Town Hall Council Chambers at 8:00 p.m.' The public is welcome to attend. Anyone wishing more in- formation regarding the workshop or registration should contact Norma Hod- dinott at 395-5857. The final day for registra- tion is Aug. 3L Membership to Visual Arts Kincardine is open to all amateur and practising artists in the area and surrounding communities, as well as perso/i$ who simply have an interest in the arts. For more information please contact Norma Hoddinott at 395-5857. You'll Discover that .the Best Bargains Anywhere Can • Be Found Right in .Your Own n' Backyard and Here's Why.. , You're more than a customer To local merchants, you're also a valued friend and neighbor. You'share community interest. It's good for the economy; too Much of the money you spend locally is recycled back in- to the community thru taxes. Service Is Very Important, Too Your satisfaction is the #1 concern of local merchants. Should problems arise with a productyou have purchased, you can counton local 'mer- chants to "stand behind" what they sell. They want to keep you as a good customer! Whatever You y:Need, Find It Locally Save time, gas and money, by buying close to your home. Your needs and the needs of your fam- ily am- ily are easily met by local merchants so there's no rea- son to, go out. of town. Foods to Fashions...it's all right here. Quality products you can count on from local merchants. nd everybody benefits! The LUCKNOW SENTINEL 528-2822