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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-27, Page 2Page —4Atelbsow Sentinel, Wednesday, Septeuiber 27, 1978 4 Grant Chisholm, Lucknow, Leo chairman for District A-9 was awarded the Presidential Award for Leo Extension by District Governor, Ron Finlay, Orangeville at a Leo Seminar in Lucknow on Saturday. The award was presented to Mr. Chisholm for his work in the creation of four new Leo clubs in the district during the past year. The four new clubs are Palmerston, Port Elgin, Arthur and Harriston. [Sentinel staff photo] 4 LOOKS OF • • • istinction 40, \`W .W,, . <AM '' al r9/,l l/Alt //,x\'`1111 \\`gel/A11Y/1 Hanna's Mens and Boys Wear Welcomes Visitors To Wingham and the International Plowing Match With super low prices on fine looking clothing Suits in Classic Form 20%O off young 'men's or executive styling Palm Beach three piece ' vested suits 25% off Boy's three piece vested suits Sizes 7 - 20 � Coats ...for ..Fall &ilVinte_Fi Men's all weather coats 25% Off Men's and boy's blue denim cords 20% 25% Off Men's dresspants off Allshort sleeve shirts /2 price Agent for EREEm 111 FORMAL REflTAIiS Nearly every item in our store is 25% off Hanna's Men's and Boy's bear JOSEPHINE ST., WINGHAM Agricniture's showcase on at gingham.... CONTINUED FROM P. ,1 performs in the field. PLENTY OF PLOWING TOO Though .many people who visit the International Plowing Match don't get past the huge tented city, there is plenty to be seen beyond. Plowing competitions are held daily, featuring both horse -powered plows and tractor drawn ,plowing classes. Special plowing classes in this year's match feature Queen of the Furrow contestants, mayors of Ontario municipalit- ies., wardens and regional chairmen of municipalities, and members' of the media. A list of the plowing classes and the plowing location is posted each morning in front of the IPM Headquarters Building along Headquarters Avenue at the- west edge of the tented city. Winners of the plowing competitions and the Queen of the Furrow contest will be announced Friday night atthe prize presentation banquet at the Howick Community Centre between Gorrie and Harriston. Plowing champions will display their talents Saturday at' 10.30 a.m. in a special plowing demonstration. It is the third time in the 65 -year history of the International Plowing Match that it has been held Huron County and the first time it has been held in the Wingham area. The tented city site is located one mile east of Wingham on Highway 86. Routes to the match and parking areas will be to the • west and north of the tented city, with special parking for buses and bicycles. Anyone who wants to see the whole tented city should take more than one day to visit the farm implement displays, the feed, seed and fertilizer company exhibits, silo and fee,d handling shpws, the ladies programs, household. displays and all the other attractions. The finesse displayed by experienced plowmen takes some time to appreciate as well, as competitors from all over the world compete in the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show, agriculture's largest showcase. Rural planning threatens small family BY JEFF SEDDON farms Some members of Huron County council feel that • rural planning, designed to protect agricultural land from urban development, has gone overboard and is threatening small family farms. Council met Friday with Harold Flaming a field officer with the food .division of the provincial, ministry of agriculture and food, and got some insight .into the province's philosophy on rural planning. Flaming explained to 'council the reasoning behind the province's rural planning decisions and the government's desire to protect good farmland in Ontario and yet still give the agricultural community some flexibility, Flaming said the province wanted to prevent farmland from being fragmented through . land severances to the point that individual plots of land are divided up into tiny ,parcels that can't support a viable farm operation. He said small parcels, if they ,are under the ownership of a farmer working a large amount of land, can be part of a viable farm operation but on their own they cannot be self sufficient farm units. The ministry worker said the province wanted to keep land units in rural farm areas large enough to permit flexibility. He said the province was not restricting plot sizes arbitrarily but rather was trying to look at each severance application on its own merit to determine if the results of the severance leave lots that can be farmed by an individual or bought by someone wanting to start farming. "There's no way someone today can buy a 20 acre plot and start farming but if that 'lot was 80 or 100 acres he may be able to," said Flaming. Morris township reeve Bill Elston' told council that he felt the planning practices had resulted in many family farms being taken over by huge operations and the farm buildings left to decay. Elston said planners had refused severances to elderly farmers wfinting to sell land to another farmer and stay in the house and retire. But he said in many cases the severance was turned down and 'the farmer left with the option to sell his land and move off the farm or lease the land and attempt to look after the buildings himself. The Morris reeve said in many cases the farms were absorbed by huge cash crop operations and the farmland was put under crop, by an absentee landlord. The result, he said, was many farm buildings abandoned and left to decay. Warden Gerry Ginn told council he felt that as long as rural planning was under the control of the ministry of housing it is going to be a "farce". The warden said rural planning is done with agriculture in mind and . should be handled by the ministry of agriculture and until it is "we're wasting our cotton picking time". Ginn said planning is designed to protect farmland from urban development pointing out that the province has a great deal of, land of lesser. quality than Huron County that could be used for urban development with no threat to the province's agricultural base. He said he recently drove to Huron County from Ottawa and" "never did see any farmland until I got within ,100 miles of Duron County" . "There's all kinds of places :in the province for this kind of development (urban)," said Ginn. ;`Everyone is moving to the country like tomorrow is the last day they can and there is a lot of land being wasted," said Elston. Hire arena manager The Lucknow arena board accepted the tender of Al Hamilton, Lucknow, for the position of arena manager at the Lucknow arena for the.1978-79 season. Hamilton will be paid $360 a week and must pay his assistants from.; that amount. The app}icatipn signed by the Minor Hockey mothers was accepted to operate the food booth at the arena during this`" season. They will pay the arena board $60 to run the" concession booth. and starts new season After two months holidays the Lucknow Band is back at Tuesday night practices for another year. Mr. Cayley has lots of new music to provide a challenge' for band members this year and igreater variety for their concert. Pat Murray proved to be a hard-working dedicated president last year and has been re-elected as president this year. Kevin Clark is new vice-president. Margaret MacIntyre is the secretary. Jill Murray will be collecting the dues every month. This year the dues will be three dollars per member or six dollars per family. This money is used to help pay for the band's tour and to sendsome members to Band Camp for a week in the summer. The Band is planning a trip to Michigan next May. Mr. Cayley has been busy making arrangements for the tour. Plan to attend the band concert on 'May 12, 1979 in the Lucknow Community Centre.