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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-11-09, Page 2Visitors last week with Mr.. and Mrs,. Gershon Johnston of Wingham were Mr. and Mrs. Ross McMichael, Linda and Bruce of Seaforth and Mr. and Mrs, Harry Miller of Teeswater, On Saturday Mr. and Mrs, Jim Johnston and family of Listowel visited with them. On Monday Mrs, Gershon Johnston received word that her sister, Mrs. Chester Longman of Windsor, had passed away and that the funeral was to be Wednesday, This community extends sympathy to Mrs. Johns- ton. Miss Lyla Humphrey of St, Helens spent the week-end. with her sister. Mrs. George Walker and Mr. Walker, M. Frani:. Moo: of %Crow- ter visited Friday with his bro- ther Walter Moore, Mrs. Meore and family, Jack c.,7oulres, Leo Roberts and Ralph Houo:on of Dresden and Ken Carter of Wingham were hunting deer in Mo:ris Twp, in the vicinity of Blue- vale on Monday when Leo Ro- berts suffered heart attack in Let Lis SHOW You How to Keith McLaughlin Josephine St., Phone 3574472 WINGHAM SHUR-GAIN 13% FEEDLOT STARTER PELLETS Now you can get cattle on full feed of corn silage or grain in 16 days or less with SHUR-GAIN 13% Feedlot Starter Pellets for Cattle. Highly fortified with antibiotics, this palatable, low energy feed is especially used to help over- come the stress placed on cattle when moved into a feedlot. Drop in soon and learn how SHUR- ' GAIN Feedlot Starter Pellets can get your cattle on full feed sooner ensuring maximum gains during the entire feed- ing period. (444:4411,..CAltro feed service Wingham Feed Mill WINGHAM, ONT. 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R. 3, Lucknow LLOYD MONTGOMERY, Wingham BERT IRWIN, It R. 2, Seaforth BERT KLOPP, Zurich KENNETH JOHNS, Exeter GORDON RICHARDSON, R. R. I, Btutetield ART WRIGHT, Seaforth PETER RON, Clinton ROBERT McMILLAN, R. R. 2, Seaford' HUGH It SMITH, R. R. 2, Listowel RUSSELL KNIGHT, R. R. 2, Brussels 946,2Sli Par g Wingham AcIvainmatmes, Thursday, Nov, 9„ 6`? Personal 'Notes from Whitechurch a field and had to be taken to Wingham and District .Hospital, Leo Roberts, Ralph Houston and Jack Coultas were staying with Jack's parents., Mr, and Mrs. Albert coultes. This commun- ity wishes Leo Roberts a speedy recovery. Whitechureh 4-H Club, the Woollees, held a work meeting Monday evening with one per- son absent. Mrs, Samuel Reid of Luck- now and Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacDonald of St. Helens were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Garnet Farrier and family. Spending the week-end with their parents were George Conn, Muriel Conn, Janette Janston, Jim Robertson and Edna Wall , all of London. Mr. Lloyd Gollan has ob- tained a position in Woodstock General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moss of Plattsville, accompanied by Lloyd Gollan of Woodstock, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl McClenaghan and Mr, and Mrs. Ben McClenagh- an. On the return trip Ben ac- companied them to visit for a week. Mr. Paul Geiger of Waterloo is spending a few days with Mr. Carl McClenaghan. OTTAWA-- A federal-pro- vincial ARDA contribution of 50 percent of the cost of finan- cing Ontario's $850, 000 Farm Pond Assistance Program over the next two years has been approved. Federal forestry and rural development minister Maurice Sauve and provincial agricul- ture and food minister Wm. A. Stewart have announced an equal cost-sharing of the $425- 000 expenditure by the two go- vernments. The purpose of the program is to improve the efficiency of agriculture operations in Ont- ario by providing farmers with financial assistance for the pro- vision of an adequate supply of water for livestock, spraying and irrigation through the con- struction of properly designed ponds, Under the Ontario Farm Pond Dear Editors: The enclosed reproduction of the artistry of Mr. R. R. Sallows with a camera -- ap- pearing in your paper a few weeks ago, stirred up a lot of memories of my teen-age youth in the 1890's. Mr. Sallows was for me, an almost daily experience during my first year in high school in Goderich in 1901. He served the Goderich comm unity, the same way the Wingham Advance-Times photo service ministers to the Wingham community in the presentation of local news, But a photograph, however intriguing as a part of local events, can never probe below the surface, My memory of that "Simple old Instrument" of leg, arm and eye torture, leads me to exclaim, in the words of the Queen of Sheba, -- "The half has not been told me!" I invite ANY of the budding "new math" wizards to draw a diagram to show how many jabs of the planter (the least number) required to plant a single acre of corn, arranged in rows, checker-board pattern, in rows spaced wide enough to permit cultivation with a horse-drawn cultivator -- in two directions at right angles. And, when the acre gets plant- ed, reflect that that is just the merest start, A whole summer of battle with millions of fox- tails, burdocks, thistles, and or just mere grass lies ahead-- provided, of course, that the corn sprouts, and gets big enough to be cultivated.- That benevolent old man that Mr. Sallows recorded in his photo- graph could just as well have been my Grandpa Wightmari, or any of his sons, including my father, or even ME, before I had my first shave I According to my mathemat4 ics; I, The least number of plants for an acre is in a per- fect square; 2, The square has each side 12,65 rods in length; Miss Florice Leaver visited on. Thursday with Miss Amelea Leaver, of London. Huron Juniors receive letter from India The Huron county Junior Farmers met in the agricultural board rooms at Clinton with 15 members present. Murray Hoover was in charge of the meeting with Jamison Ribey reading the minutes, The trea- surer's report was read by Mur- ray as Don Pullen was not able to attend. The Juniors will hold a ban- quet in Belgrave and tickets must be purchased by Novem - ber 14. There is also a draw ticket sale and the draw will be made at the banquet. The Huron Juniors received their first letter from the child they adopted. The child is male, 13 years old and lives in India. He will be supported by the organization one year. It was decided to hold the curling competition the last Saturday in January. The coun- ty will also have another hock- ey competition this year. policy, a grant of 50 per cent is provided for farmers who under- take the construction of an ap- proved farm pond; the maxi- mum grant being $500 for any one pond per 100 acres of land or fraction thereof. The assistance includes the cost of drilling test holes, ex- cavation, levelling and fencing and is exclusive of the owner's labour, machinery or material. To qualify under the pro - gram, which is supervised by the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture and Food, a farm pond must have a minimum of 6,000 square feet of water sur- face and 1,500 square feet of water to a depth of 10 feet. In addition the farmer must own the land on which the pond is to be located and during the pre- vious year he must have realiz- ed an income of at least $3, 000 from his farming operations. 3. A rod is 198 inches; 4, One can plant 5 plants per rod at a spacing of 39.6 inches bet- ween plants; 5. A square 12. 65 rods to a side takes 63 plants per row; 6. the complete acre takes 63 times 63 plants which in my arithmetic comes to 3,969 plants, which is a lot of jabs with that"simple old tool" ! Yes -- Mr. Sallows was an artist of whom Goderich and Huron County may well be proud. But his art with a cam- era could never record the pure grit it required to get Old Mother Earth to grow in her abundance the sustenance re- quired for a mere handful of animals to survive the 180 or more days of an average East Wawanosh Winter. The farmers of 1967 can well be thankful that the old corn planter that Mr. Sallows photographed had but a brief day in East Wawanosh. The speedy methods now in current use in seeding, cultivating and harvesting the crops for either seed or forage are all the result of the eternal means of knowledge since the days of Adam. The method of "trial and error"! And even the school drop-outs are a part -- the error part of that natural way of getting knowledge. I hardly expected the pic4 tune of that benevolent old veteran to evoke such a flood of personal remonstrance against that clanking old tool that ruined so many of the sunny hours of my long-long ago July afternoons, Very truly yours. Gordon E. Wightman Since writing the above, I have been reading avidly the book East Wawanosh 186741961. I find the description of corn harvesting and silo=filling as set forth on page 55 a story that pOints up My retiarks abOut what learning by trial and er- tor involved in the closing days Of the Nineteenth century G.E.W. HURON CO-OPERATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDES A COMPLETELY COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN for INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIBERS IF YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE YOU DO NOT PAY THROUGH A GROUP, WHY NOT CONTACT HURON CO-OPERATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES RIGHT AWAY. THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THEIR POLICY BENEFITS, AND YOU CAN OBTAIN COVERAGE EFFECTIVE THE FIRST OF ANY MONTH. IF YOU TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER COMPANY THERE WILL BE NO WAITING PERIODS ON YOUR NEW POLICY. Don't Risk Financial Ruin Caused By Crippling Medical Expenses Obtain First Dollar Coverage For... Ministers announce cost sharing on pond program z