The Rural Voice, 1992-09, Page 78People
A long goodbye for Bean Board's Broadwell
After 25 ycars of being synonymous
with the Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board, Charlie Broadwell
is stepping down. There will be
plenty of opportunity to get used to
the idea of Broadwell not being
around forever, however, because
he'll take a year of training his
successor before retiring August 31,
1993.
Broadwell was hired as the first
general manager of the Bean Board at
its formation 25 ycars ago. He
announced his pending retirement to
the Bean Board's directors in July.
Over the years Broadwell has
supervised a tremendous expansion of
board activities. Today the Board
does $50 million a year of business
with a staff of four people serving
3000 producers. The Board deals with
six export dealers and 64 elevators
servicing thc white bean industry in
Canada and around the world.
Broadwell was honoured by the
Bean Board at the Board's 25th
anniversary celebration at its London
headquarters in June when he was
presented with a framed portrait of
Charlie Broadwell (left) who has been "Mr. Bean Board" since the formation of
the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board 25 years ago, received a portrait
from OBPMB's John Walls as part of the Boards anniversary celebration.
himself.
The Bean Board has started a search
for a successor, looking for someone
with both agricultural and marketing
experience, someone with a minimum
of a university education.0
Long-time Bruce farm leader dies
A man who "knew everybody who
was anybody in agriculture" died in
Walkerton on July 29.
That tribute was paid to Andy
McTavish after his death by retired
Bruce County Ag Rep Mac Bolton
who said McTavish was one of the
first people he met after he took over
the Brucc County Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food (OMAF) office
in thc early 1970s.
McTavish, 80, had been, at various
times, president of the Canadian Seed
Growers Association, president of the
forerunner of the Canadian Cattle-
men's Association, and president of
the Ontario Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association.
After working in London and St.
Thomas he returned to the family farm
in Greenock township in 1937, work-
ing in partnership with his father. He
and his late wife Grace, a nurse, later
worked in partnership with their late
son lan prior to selling the farm.
His major interest was in soils and
crops, particularly in new seed
varieties. He always had demonstra-
tion plots on his farm for new
varieties.
Bruce County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association nominated
him for the OMAF Centennial Award
he received in 1988, pointing to his 60
years of contribution to agriculture.
"His knowledge of agriculture in
Canada was phenomenal," Bolton adds.
McTavish was also involved in
church work with Knox Presbyterian
Church in Walkerton and was chair-
man of the fundraising committee that
raised 580,000 for the Walkerton
Library Building Project several years
ago.0
New voice
ofhelp with
Queen's Bush
A new friendly voice will be
answering phones for Queen's
Bush Rural Ministry with the
addition of Judy Trimble of
Desboro to the staff.
Trimble is known for her
willingness to help individuals
and small groups solve problems
and concerns. She gained
experience with Ontario Hydro
Consolidated Hearings Boards,
public hearings in her township,
and counselling children and
parents through the schools. In
managing a small farm, she is no
stranger to the many hats rural
people wear. Anyone feeling
the stress of too many hats can
contact the Ministry at (519)
392-6090.0