The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-10-14, Page 1Single +copy, :3!
NVed neaday, . ff etober 14, ,1981 'ublished:.each Wedne
at ' ucknow, Ontario.
24 Pages
Agriculture wants financial relief that is "bract ea
Federal, Agriculture Minister Eugene
lan says he will resign n unless beef and
Whelan
pork farmers are given some relief from high
interest rates and low prices.
`I won't stay on as .your minister of
agriculture . if something isn't done in the
next few short weeks to bring relief to
farmers that is practical and workable," he
told about 450 farmers who attended a Port
Elgin protest meeting last Thursday night.
Farmers who attended the meeting with.
their wives said 500 farms in Bruce and Grey
County will: go out of : business in the next
four months, if they don't receive immediate
financial aid.
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Amid choruses of "Old MacDonald. Had .:a
Farmbut the Bank Has it Now", Whelan
told the farmers Ottawa must find more
sources of aidto hard hit farmers. H a ,sug-
gested loans from foreign countries and long
term morgagesat low rates . of interest .and,.
the first .fewears 'bein interest free.
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"With a breatherperiod being provided
farmers could get themselves organized into
a marketing board structure guaranteeing a
fairreturn. We need all .of.ou and your
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children to provide us with food for the
future," said Whelan.
The agriculture minister also said he was
unhappy about Thursday's . announced in
crease in the federal, government's Farm .
Credit Corporation loanrate to 16,75 per
4,4
cent from 14 per • cent.
Whelan promised help is on the way
saying, "We're working on ways to find
solutions to the farmer's plight."
spoke •to .. the meeting
Friesen th
making a special plea to be allowed to stay in
his home an extra two weeks.
Last September Friesen was forced to
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declare personal bankruptcy when the Bank.
of ,Montreal took over their hog farm. They
had run up a. debt of about $300,000 to build
a barn.
Last Thursday they received a notice from
the bank that they must vacate the farm by
October 13.
"That doesn't . give us a week to get
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packed and out," said his wife, Edelgrird
who added, "They'll have to forcibly drag us
out."
' We have aP lace to live, but only after
November 1 and neither the bank nor the
sheriff will let us stay : until .then," said
Friesen.
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A Chesley area farmer who ,organized a o
tractor demonstration at Queen's Park last
year, spoke at a tractor demonstration on a
main street corner in Owen Sound on
Thursday. The tractors entered the city
before dawn and paraded toa cornerwhere
four banks are situated and demanded the
bank managers meet with them.
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' A 20 -year-old Dearborn woman was found
murdered . September 29 . by a Milford
teenager while walking ' along General
Motors Road, near. Camp Dearborn Park.
The partially clad body of Ann Marie
Doroghazi was found near . the park where
she had worked as asur. mertime workerfor
the past three years
Miss Doroghazi is the ;granddaughter+ of
Grace (Cameron) Lindley who was born and
raised in the Lucknow 1rea..
Miss Doroghazi enjoyed • living in her
camper on • the pare grounds with about 10
other young workers who live on the grounds
of the 626 acre park,operated by the city of
Dearborn for Dearborn residents.,
Robbery apparently was not a motive for
the murder, police said: Her purse and
wallet with money it it were .found near her
body.
According to friends, Miss . Doroghazi
planned to move, to Colorado with a girl
friend when, she was laid offin October.
She was last seen around her trailer early
Saturday evening priorto the discovery of
the body, It was not unusual, said police,
that she would not be reported missingrover
the weekend, as she often went to her
mother's home in Dearborn.
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The dry weather on the weekend permitted farmers to cunNnae the
harvest delayed by wet weather for the past several weeks. Many
farmers have been unable to complete the white bean harvest and
'took the opportunity to salvage fire crop. The combine shown here
was working on the farm of Stuart Alton, Ashfield Township Monday
afternaon.•Cern sileage was siso harvested on the weekend which Is
unusual' at this &le of year, when the dry corn crop is siso ready to
harvest. (Senitinel Staff Photo)
Farmers "vocal" about their plight
BY STEPHANIE LE'VF,SQUE
HENSALL - "We're all in this together",
past president of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture told the Huron Federation's
annual meeting here recently.
Peter Pannam,'the guest speaker for the
annual event, was talkang about the cur-
rent economic situation. He commended
the Huron Federation as it is the most ac-
tive and vocal federation in the province.
But he said not to let the good production in
Huron County lull the members into a false
sense of security.
Hamm said he had a "fear" of defla-
tion, pause a "collapse" as was ex-
perienced in 1929 is determined by the rate
of speed from inflation to deflation.. He
compared the current inflation rate to that
of a steamroller, and the higher inflation
goes, he wonders how soon and how severe
the deflation will be.
He said that as more farmers go out of
business, there is more of an impact on the
city market and more chance of a
collapse. He recommended an orderly
change, with government policy slowing
down the possibility of deflation,
Hannam said it isn't true that the price
of farm land has been going up steadily.
He suggested if the farmers looked back
over the past 200. years, they would find
land prices have gene up and down. He
again emphasized hos fear of deflation and
what it would do to the price of farn>1atnd.
Ile said the hardship would be far greater
than that being experienced now.
Hanauer spoke at the meeting on the
grain industry, and related how appalled
he was at his own lack of knowledge on the
subject when he joined the Canadian
Livestock Feed Board, Hannam is clirrent
ly chairman of the board, , .
He advised barley producers to not gear
up production for the world market, rather
he said, there is a more positive market in
Canada. Hannam said the federal freight
assistance program for transportation to
the Maritime provinces assists Canadian
producers selling to Canadian markets.
•He , said he would hate to see French
barley (from. France) arrive in Canada to
feed Maritime livestock.
A low price at harvest twine because of
• poor weather is just a symptom, said Han-
nam, The real issue is the global grain
market.
He explained the differencebetween a
shortage and a surplus is about one per-
cent of the global grain productionand' the
difference ` between a glut on the market
antra critical sho ge is about three. per-
• d
cent.
He said there was a critical shortage of
grain last year, and in anticipation of this
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sports
equipment
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equipment sa
Articles can still lie consigned. to the
Minor Sports Equipment Sale, sponsored by
the Lucknow Figure Skating, Club. There is a
good demand for shoulder ' and knee pads
and any articles can be consigned this Friday
' from 1 - 3 p.m. at the Town ball
Among the. articles available in the sale
whichcontinues this Saturday from 1 - 5
p.m.. at the Town Hall are skates - all sizes;
girls' figure skates,. figure skating dresses,
skirt andsweatshirts; hockey pants. hel-
mets, elbow, shoulder 'land knee pads;
football . cleats and ski equipment.
Please Register
Parents are also asked to please register
their children for figure skating and hockey
this Saturday afternoon 1 - 5 p.m: at the
Town Hall. Registration is tieces:.ary prior to
the beginning of the season so that the arena
schedule can be set up and the skating
program can be finalized.
Correction
Lucknow will have a WOAA Interniedia e
D , hockey team this year not an OI4:A
Intermediate I1 team as stated in the
Lucknow Sentinel last week. We ' apologize
for any inconvenience this error may have
caused, -
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