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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2002. PAGE 19.
Congregants celebrate rural life
FROM LONDESBORO
UCW
hears
area
family's
history
Daryl Ball, a direct descendent of
early settlers, who today lives in one
of the early homesteads, spoke about
his family history to the ladies of
Londesboro UCW on Monday, April
22.
The earliest Ball family settlers in
Canada left Devonshire, England in
1845. They lived for a short time in
the Maritimes before making their
way to Huron County and
establishing themselves on the
Baseline, south of Auburn.
Daryl related stories about his
family that showed connections to
many families and events of the area
known to many of the ladies present
that evening. He spoke of how the
early members of his family built
homes, farm buildings and a church
with adjacent cemetery. He passed
around a number of old photographs
of interest.
An interesting story concerned the
construction ,of the historic Ball's
Bridge. It seems the builder of the
Saltford bridge married a Ball
daughter and constructed the bridge
for the convenience of her mother
taking items to market in Goderich.
Workmen for the bridge lived with
the Ball family which was the basis
for a number of other interesting
stories.
The Ball church has now been
declared an historical site and is
being restored to its original form.
Stones from the riverbank just south
of Ball's bridge were used for the
foundation of the Londesboro
United Church.
Daryl's relaxed manner and
obvious enjoyment of his family's
history certainly made it a pleasant
evening.
A short devotional time was
conducted by Helen Lee, Mary East
and Marie Bromley.
During the business portion of the
evening, the ladies were invited to
tie quilts (the date to be announced),
make blankets or afghans for cancer
patients and knit clothes for hospital
dolls. Help was requested for
preparing the cabin at camp and for
the upcoming London Conference
UCW Annual meeting in Stratford.
It was decided to recarpet the front
steps of the church. The blue quilt in
the quilt cabinet in the narthex was
tied at the workday and is offered for
sale. It is a single bed size. Interested
persons can contact one of the
quilters regarding price.
Londesboro United Church
celebrated Rural Life Sunday on
April 28. As the boys and girls
pulled a variety of farm implements
and animals from Rev. Paul Ross's
storybag they talked about farmers
and their production of food. It was
pointed out that people need to thank
God for farmers who take care of
His creation.
Remind Me, Remind Me was the
senior choir anthem.
Rev. Ross published the Banns of
Marriage between Richard Murray
Cook and Jennifer Brenda Konarski.
Objections must be stated by May
25.
The Old Testament scripture
reading from Jeremiah 32: 6-15 is
the story of Jeremiah buying a new
field. This account is a window into
the political and economic situation
the Israelites were facing at the time.
The Londesboro Happy Gang
Seniors Group met for their meeting
at the Londesboro Community Hall
on Wednesday, April 24.
Guest speaker, Susan Hay, spoke
about the Maitland Watershed
Partnerships Project (MWP) with
which she has been involved for
three years. The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority facilitated
the creation of MWP more than a
year before the Walkerton tragedy to
study watershed issues.
The MWP is attempting to find
funding to enable landowners to
undertake - best management
practices to reduce surface water
runoff, retain soil moisture and
improve shallow groundwater
recharge. These practices include
vegetated buffer strips along
watercourses, restricting livestock
access to waterways, fixing faulty
Farmers everywhere in Ontario
should expect major changes to their
industry over the next few years,
according to Roger George, chair of
the Agricultural Odyssey Group. The
group was established more than a
year ago to take stock of what exists
in Ontario agriculture now, and what
will be needed to thrive in the future.
George spoke to the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture board of
directors' April meeting to provide
an update on what the Odyssey
Group has found as it met with farm
organizations.
"Change can be a terrifying thing,"
he said, especially for those who live
and work away from areas where
change is ongoing. He said Ontario
agriculture "is in excellent shape" in
terms of the environment, and great
progress is being made in the area of
food safety.
"Governments are failing to
commit public funding to agriculture
in areas where consumers aye
demanding major changes," he said.
"Most of the changes being
demanded have a cost, and it should
be government that picks up these
costs. We cannot do this alone."
The Odyssey Group report is due
for delivery in August, he said, and
what farmers and their organizations
do with the findings in the report will
be very critical. "It will take a lot of
farm leader skills to make this
(process) successful." George said
some of the recommendations "may
not be too palatable, but a lot of
tough decisions will have to be
made."
Farm organizations have
responded to the need for change
The Babylonian army was about
to enter Jerusalem and send the
Israelites into exile. It seemed
nonsense to purchase new property
at that time.
However, this was a symbolic act
by Jeremiah; he wanted to tell the
nation of Israel that they would arise
again as a nation of people and an
Israelite would own that piece of
land again.
The New Testament scripture
reading was a parable told by Jesus
in Matthew 13: 24-30. After a farmer
had sown good wheat seed in his
field, an enemy came at night and
sowed weed seeds. It seemed like
nonsense to his neighbours not to
pull those weed plants before they
crowded out his wheat. The point of
the parable was that the righteous
and unrighteous live side by side and
that judgement is God's.
septic systems and reforesting land
in headwater areas.
Hay stated that land use in
headwater areas of our watershed is
critical to the health of the
watershed. Because so much land is
under intensive use and much of the
watershed has been deforested and
tile drained, water rarely sits around
for long.
Water tends to run off the land
instead of infiltrating the ground to
recharge the aquafirs. In summer
months, streams and rivers need this
discharge of water to keep them
flowing. Withdrawal of water, dry
summers and reduced snowfall puts
the health of our rivers and streams
in jeopardy.
Planting trees, shrubs and grasses
along waterways large and small as
buffer strips can filter out most of
the nutrients and sediment, prevent
successfully in the past, he said,
predicting it can happen again.
On the topic of food safety and
consumer confidence in the . food
supply, George said Ontario farmers
are well ahead of their European
counterparts. He said it will take
millions of dollars to carry out the
necessary communication with
consumers in Ontario, but he said the
key to the success of Ontario
agriculture is good communications
with consumers.
George urged the farming
community to work together. "We
have to start a process where we take
control," he said, and that will
include making sure government
does the right things for agriculture.
. Following his presentation, Ken
Porteous from the Ontario Tender
Fruit Producers' Marketing Board,
told the meeting "the future of
agriculture is in the hands of farmers
and their organizations. Until we get
a plan and stick to it and go forward,
we're not going to go anywhere."
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The Nonsense of Farming was the
title of Rev. Ross's message that
morning based on the definition that
"nonsense" is any plan or suggestion
that seems foolish.
Given today's economy, the
question was asked, "Why does a
farmer farm?" Even in today's world
of agri-business it seems farmers
farm for the enjoyment and because
they are eternal optimists with a
conviction that farming makes
sense. Farmers are stewards of the
planet, fully aware that land is their
livelihood.
The congregation will observe
Camping Sunday next week. Barb
Knox, chairperson of the board of
directors for Camp Menesetung will
share in the service. People are
encouraged to bring Canadian Tire
money to donate to the camp that
day.
bank erosion, provide wildlife
habitats and improve water quality.
These buffer strips are a most
important initiative for farmers to
undertake.
The benefit to them is a significant
reduction in ditch maintenance. In
addition to improving water quality,
trees grown along watercourses
reduce greenhouse gases.
Many in our area are familiar with
Blyth's work in recent years to
restore the Blyth Brook. Group
members did streambed restoration,
planted bank vegetation, started a
butterfly garden and an arboretum
and installed a fitness trail. This is
an example of the public being good
stewards of the watershed.
Hay summarized with the slogan.
"Take care of the land and the land
will take care of the water."
Bill Mailloux, vice-president of
the .0FA, said he "hopes Ontario
farmers can unite behind the
recommendations and work to
improve the industry."
Cofte, juice and muffins will he
served prior to the service next
Sunday as well.
Senior choir members are
reminded of practice next week at 10
a.m. There is to be a men's choir for
Family Sunday and Barb Bosman
will be making calls for singers for
that morning.
The session and board of stewards
are called to meet on Tuesday, May
14 at 7:30 p.m. The official board
will convene at 8:30 p.m. that same
evening.
Hullett Central Public School
pupils will be concentrating on
humility as their virtue for the week
of April 29 to May 3. The supporting
quote from Rabendath Tagore states
that "We come nearest to the great
when we are great in humility."
Our eldest son and his wife
received a pleasant surprise this
week when the folks of the village
recognized their marriage of last
October with a monetary gift of
congratulations. They have asked me
to thank the folk of the village and
the village committee for their
thoughtfulness. The gift will be used
for a specific project in the
renovations to their home.
A part .of Rob's heart will always
be here in Londesboro.
Coincidentally, Rob and Joa live in a
village north of Bowmanville which,
until recent years when the city
began to encroach, was not unlike
Londesboro in makeup with its
United Church, community hall and
general store/post office, etc.
The Londesboro-area Food Grains
Bark is looking for help with this
year's project by the Co-op
elevators. If you could/would help
contact Carmen Drost.
Gang's speaker talks about 111WP
Odyssey chair talks of change