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BUSY AT MORRISON — Despite extremely cold weather Sunday
afternoon, the slopes at Morrison Dam were busy with sliders. Shown
ready to go are Shane Wicks and Corey Sargeant. T -A photo
Birthday party for Jesus
among special Varna services
By Mary Chessell
On the Wednesday before
Christmas, Rev. Wilena Brown enter-
tained the people of this area who live
alone at a buffet luncheon at her
home. Although the weather was
blustery, 12 people had a lovely time
together. Some of them are in their
late eighties or older.
Bill and Shirley Elliott and their
children Robert and Shannon of West
Bay in Manitoulin Island spent
Christmas week with his mother
Margaret Elliott, and Shirley's
parents, John and Mary McCowan.
Les and Jacqueline Hohner and
family of Welland were home for
Christmas with Harold and Gladys
Peck, and in Exeter with Les's
family.
June and Bob Webster and girls
hosted a family gathering of the Tin-
neys on the Sunday before Christmas.
On Christmas Day, June's father was
admitted to Exeter hospital after suf-
fering a heart attack. He is now mak-
ing a good recovery in St. Joseph's
Hospital.
Mervyn and Margaret Hayter were
guests of Gerald and Lois McFalls of
Exeter on Christmas Day. On Boxing
Day they hosted the Glenn family.
gathering. Present were Margaret's
mother, Gerald and Ardys of the Hen-
sall area and their son Randall of
Windsor, Bruce and Jessie and sons
Mark and Scott of Toronto, and Glenn
and Lois and family.
Varna was in the area that was out
of power on Boxing Day. A few
turkeys were quickly moved to the
ovens of relatives whose power comes
from Vanastra or Zurich. We were
grateful for our wood stove in the
recreation room where we finished
cooking breakfast and started.' the
turkey for our holiday dinner.
A "Birthday Party for Jesus" was
held in Varna church on Monday
evening. The children enjoyed mak-
ing cards for their parents while the
adults sang Carols. Miss Brown told
the old familiar story of "The Old
Shoemaker", then everyone enjoyed
delicious birthday cakes served by
the children. Helen Taylor and
Margaret McClymont made the
cakes and beverages. This is always
a lovely party, but the attendance this
year was disappointing.
Special music by the choir added to
the celebration of Christmas at Var-
na church. Julie and Nancy Webster
also contributed with organ and piano
duets. Bill McAsh and his grandson
Darryn lit the Advent candle. Rev.
Don Lobb
wins award
The alumni of the Ridgetown Col-
lege of Agricultural Technology
(R.C.A.T.) held a banquet and reu-
nion recently for former graduates of
years 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975 and
1980. During the evening, Don Lobb of
RR 2 Clinton was honored as the 1985
recipient of the R.C.A.T. West Ag
Alumni Humanitarian Award.
This award is given annually to an
R.C.A.T. graduate in acknowledge-
ment of his voluntary contributions of
time and talent for community
bettermt;'nt.
Lobb, who was a West Ag graduate
of year 1960, has a long and varied list
of community interests. During his
teens, he was active in 4-11 Dairy and
Swine Clubs and as a senior member.
he received the Huron County 4-11
Citizenship Award. Ile carried on to
become a 4-11 leader in later years.
While a student at R.C.A.T., then
the Western Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Lobb served on the year book
committee, was a member of (he per-
manent year executive and was a
member of the college judging team.
Since returning to farm in Goderich
Township, Lobb has been an active
church member, serving for many
years as an elder. For five years he
was a coach in the local minor hockey
system and he was the founder of the
lake Huron Regional Snowmobile
Association.
His involvement in the farming
community has included being ii
strumental in the formation of Quali-
ty -Swine and being a founding direc-
tor and foremost leader of the Huron
Soil and Water Conservation District.
This group is deeply involved in a co-
operative conservation program
which is the first of its kind in Ontario.
In conjunction with his work in no -
till soil conservation cropping prac-
tises, he works closely with the
University of Guelph regarding insect
and disease research and is also in-
volved in the modification of equip-
ment to carry on this work. Due to his
pioneering in soil tillage conservation
Lobb is sought after as a speaker
throughout Canada. Ile and his wife,
Allison, have a family of five children.
Wilena Brown gave a meditation on
the "The Old, Old Story".
This past Sunday, Rev. Gordon
Pickell of Goderich led the services
in Varna and Goshen while. Rev.
Brown is on a study leave. Mildred
and Krista McAsh played piano duets
during the prelude to the worship ser-
vice. Holy Communion will be observ-
ed next Sunday.
On 'Thursday, January 9, the
U.C.W. meeting will be held at
Margaret Hayter's home. Carol
Simons will speak on the Indian peo-
ple, particularly the ones she worked
among a number of years ago.
Cattlemen
endorse
CIvk Ieador's-outlin� olijeetives
It's time to put away the ora
paper and for some, take ' n
the Christmas tree, but the spirit of
the season remains.
At this time of year, thoughts turn
to New Years' Eve and the ushering
in of a brand new year. It's also a time
for making new years' resolutions.
The Bluewater Regional
Newspaper Network, of which this
newspaper is a member, recently
undertook its annual task of discover-
ing the resolutions of prominent peo-
ple in the two counties of Huron and
Perth.
Some of those interviewed hedged,
because as a rule they don't mace
resolutions. However, after some
• careful thought, these people in-
dividually came up with resolutions
they hope to keep in their various
roles.
Ron Denham
This Blanshard Township Reeve
was elected as warden of Perth coun-
ty earlier this month.
"I don't want any regression with
the city (Stratford), the school board
or the town of St. Marys. I'll do
everything in my power to keep rela-
tions smooth," said Denham.
The Perth warden also indicated
that be would perform in a "steady
and constant" manner to keep the
county coming.David Hammond
The chairman of the Perth County
board of education is starting his se-
cond term as the head of the board.
Hammond would like to see theques-
tion of full funding to Catholic secon-
dary schools resolved and "be to
everyone's satisfaction".
The trustee from the townships of
South Easthope and Downie, Mr.
Hammond expressed concern for
young people getting a full education
in today's society.
"I'd like to see education help
everyone succeed in what their life's
ambition is," said Hammond.
fie added,"I hope everyone will see
the steed to gain as much education as
they possibly can."
Dave Smith
This Sebringville area farmer is the
president of the Perth County federa-
tion of agriculture. Firstly, he went
over what has happened in the farm -
community in 1985.
"More and more farmers are
aware of how the situation is- the loss
of equity in the farmland," he said ad-
ding that governments have also
The Board of Directors of the On-
tario Cattlemen's Association has en-
dorsed a proposal developed by the
joint industry Task Force for a com-
prehensive cattle market information
program. The proposal was
developed by a Subcommittee of the
Task Force during the past year.
The Task Force whic has on it
representatives from the Ontario Cat-
tlemen's Association, the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the
Ontario Livestock Auction Markets
Association, the Meat Packers Coun-
cil and the Ontario Freezer Meat
Association was put into place in ear-
ly 1985 through a joint agreement bet-
ween the Association and the Hon.
Dennis Timbrell, then Minister of
Agriculture and Food.
. Edgar Wideman, Chairman of the
Task Force Subcommittee and a vice
president of the Association stated
"Buying and selling decisions are the
most important decisions cattlemen
make. The most common demand we
hear from cattlemen, is for more ac-
curate and timely information on
which to make these decisions."
The proposal has a goal of captur-
ing information on 80 percent of cat-
Qle transactions in the province with
regional representation. The proposal
will extend the program began in ear-
ly 1985 of collecting and reporting
prices on private treaty sales to
packers and will move into the elec-
tronic age by capturing cattle prices
and trade volumes from computer ac-
counting systems in major livestock
auction markets in the province.
An incentive using funds from the
Red Meat Program is being propos-
ed to encourage livestock auction
market operators to install com-
puter equipment to conduct sale in-
voicing. The market information
component will be extracted from the
computer data and transmitted to the
Ontario Cattlemen's Association. A
new market information division of
the Association will be created to
compile the information into standard
format and co-operate with the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food and Agriculture Canada in
distribution.
The Board of Directors of the On-
tario Cattlemen's Association has en-
dorsed Canada's undertaking to con-
duct negotiations with the United
States aimed at establishing a
bilateral trade agreement. It is also
their view that the red meat industry
should be a part of those negotiations.
During the past six years, Canada's
net merchandise trade surplus has in-
creased from a balance of zero to over
$15 billion. Twenty percent of gross
national production or one job in five
is accounted for by exports to the
United States. The United States
market accounts for 75% in value of
all exports from Canada.
While Canada has a net deficit in
trade of agricultural products with
the United States, the red meat in-
dustry in Canada accounts for ap-
proximately 50% in value of all
agricultural exports to the United
States. During the last five years, red
meat exports from Canada to the
United States have increased to
represent, in 1984, 20% of farm cash
receipts from the red meat sector.
Gerhard Schickedanz, President of
the Ontario Cattlemen's Association
stated, "Our goal in bilateral trade
negotiations with the United States
must be to secure the market penetra-
tion which has already been gained.
Failure to do so through a fair trading
bilateral agreement exposes, not on-
ly your industry but any export
oriented industry, to continuing risk
and uncertainty.
A -SKIING WE WILL GO — Jeremy Brock and Mark McDonald were
trying out their skis near Morrison Dam, Sunday afternoon.T-A photo
Special se
staged at
By MRS. E. SUMMERS
Granton
At the Granton United Church the
Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of
the service for the first Sunday after
Christmas and entitled his message,
"The best days of 1985". Get rid of
your frustrations. If you are going to
pat yourself on the back for getting
out of a bad situation, you should also
kick yourself lower down for getting
into the mess in the first place.
In the children's story the Rev.
Pierce told them how important it
was to have love in their family and
By ALICE DICKENS
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Neil attended
the Baker -Millar wedding Saturday at
Wellington St. United Church, London
followed by a reception at the
Berkshire Club.
Black succeeds
Down at the top
John S. Black of Markdale was
elected president of United Co-
operatives of Ontario (UCO) on
December 18, at the Board meeting
held in Toronto immediately after
UCO's 39th annual meeting. Black
has been on the UCO Board for nine
years, serving four of them as first
vice-president and two as second vice-
president. He succeeds Bob Down,
who remains on the board.
Murray J. Allen of Vanleek Hill,
was elected first vice-president at the
same meeting. Allen was first elected
to the UCO Board in 1979 and has
served three years as second vice-
president.
On his election, Black emphasized
his belief in the "co-operative ap-
proach to agribusiness, We need UCO
and our member co-operatives to be
strong and keep a balance in the in-
dustry. With this last fiscal year
under our belt. I believe that UCO is
now poised to fulfill its role in pro-
viding leadership and expertise to the
agricultural industry. I certainly
pledge myself towards that goal, to
working with our delegates, and our
staff, to serve our members and
customers as they need and want."
Two new directors were elected,
because of retirements, to complete
UCO's 15 -person Board of Directors.
Eugene Lammerding of Grand Valley
was elected to represent zone 6 which
consists of Muskoka, Simcoe, Duf-
ferin and part of Wellington. Jim Pur-
dy of Norfolk was elected to represent
zone 9 which consists of the county of
Oxford and parts of Middlesex, Elgin,
Brant, Lambton and Haldimand-
Norfolk counties.
Retiring directors were Bob
Coulthard of Glencoe and Boyden
Bloomfield of,_,}Iderton. Each had
served four consecutive three-year
terms and were not therefore eligible
for re-election.
The UCO Board consists of 15
members. Twelve are elected accor-
ding to geographical representation
and three are directors -at -large,
elected by all delegates. At this an-
nual meeting a new representative
structure was implemented.
Previously nine of the 12
geographically elected directors
represented zones and three
represented groups which were a
combination of three zones. Now, the
province has been divided into 12
zones and one director represents
each zone.
The directors are elected for three
year terms, and they may serve a
ma'kimum of four consecutive terms.
rvices
Granton
one way of showing love was to hug
each other.
The Rev. Peter Derrick was the
celebrant for the holy Eucharist at the
Christmas Eve candlelight service at
St. Thomas Anglican Church. The
lighting of the four'candles in the Ad-
vent Wreath was performed by
Jamie, Gary and Joanne Hoar also
Susan Acres assisted by her brother
Paul. -
Mrs. Jim Hodgins favored with two
solos. The first lesson was read by
Sylvia Bentson and the Holy Gospel
by the rector.
'In the children's focus, they
(children) gathered around the tiny
manger while Rev. Derrick explain-
ed the Christmas story.
A parish family service was held at
St. Thomas Anglican Church with the
Rev. Peter Derrick in charge. A song
entitled Only A Shadow was sung by
the choir and congregation with
Kaylene Roloson at the piano, also a
song entitled "Jesus, Wonder of God's
Creation" was also sung with Mrs.
Norman Hodgins at the organ.
In the children's focus, Rev. Der-
rick explained the meanings of dif-
ferent names especially the name of
Jesus.
The Anglican Church Women will
hold their meeting on January 2 at the
home of Mrs. Percy Hodgins.
Personal
Christmas guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins and Mrs. Lois
Herbert were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Hall and son Jason of Newbury, Miss
Helen Herbert and Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Waugh of London also Mr. John
Herbert of Waterloo. John is also
spending his Christmas vacation with
the family.
fastarted to.
recognise the difficulty in
rming
$mlth praised the federal govern-
ment's program called Farmers in
transition and the provincial govern-
ment's Ontario family farm interest
reduction rebate (fFFIRR)
program.
"I can't see any real great improve-
ment in the coming year," said the
federation president, "the recession
in farming is hot over. Land prices
will decline more before the farming
economy levels out."
"There will have to be a discussion
on free trade and the GAAT (General
Agreement on Tariff and Trade)
agreement. These are areas where
there will be a lot to talk about in the
coming year," said Smith.
Ron Marcy
The chairman of the Huron -Perth
Roman Catholic separate school
board was re-elected to this post
earlier in the month. He made four
resolutions.
"To keep the needs of the students
in the school as the main priority.
To continue the positive relation-
ship which has developed over the
years between the board and all of its
employees.
To maintain the co-operative at-
titude of the trustees.
And to obtain funds for St. Boniface
school in Zurich."
The school board plans to put on an
addition at the Zurich school to ac-
commodate students from Ecole Ste.
Marie which is closing in June of 1987.
Leona Armstrong
The reeve of Grey Township was
elected as Huron County's first female
warden earlier this month.
"As warden of Huron County, my
new years' resolution is to continue to
serve, with God's help, my comunity
and county to the best of my ability.
I resolve to work in a spirit of co-
operation on every board and com-
mittee I am a member of.
I resolve to work in the best in-
terests of all our Huron County
residents on our varied projects.
I resolve to use every oppurtunity
to promote the economy of
agriculture and to attract industry
and tourism for the betterment of our
county.
I resolve to stand tall and proud that
I reside in the banner county of the
province."
Art Clark
The Wingham trustee on the Huron
County board of education was nam-
ed board chairman after having serv-
ed as vice-chairman for two years.
He made two resolutions for his
first term as chairman. Clark wants
to keep in the back of his mind "if not
in front" that the children are the
main recipient of the board's deci-
sions. He wants to remember that
when discussing various issues over
the coming year.
"Secondly, hopefully the board and
myself will use common sense in
every issue we deal with in 1986," said
Clark. •
Doug Garniss
This Wingham area farmer was
renamed as chairman of the Huron
County federation of agriculture
earlier this fall.
"We'll continue looking for solu-
tions," said Garniss.
The solutions will be for what he
calls the "the big problem of farm
economics." Ideas presented by the
Farm Credit Corporation and the idea
of a moratorium on farm credit will
have to be looked at over the coming
year.
He said the local federation will
have to look at several issues this
coming year, including the Ontario
Hydro transmission line proposal, soil
conservation and environmental
pollution along with spills bill.
"For the Huron County federation
of agriculture the big thing will be to
increase membership. We haven't
been able to do that for the past three
or fours years. We'llalso have to im-
prove the effectiveness of our com-
mittees," said Garniss.
Area reeves get
Chairman postings
Huron County council set its com-
mittees for the coming year at a re-
cent meeting.
Tuckersmith Township Reeve Bob
Bell was named as chairman of the
road committee. Its members are
Colborne Reeve Russell Kernighan,
Reeve William Bennett of Seaforth,
McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell and
Wingham Reeve Bruce Machan.
James Aitchison, Reeve of West
Wawanosh Township was named as
head of the board of management for
Huronview, home for the aged. Com-
mittee members, are Stanley
Township Reev>rilarence Rau,
Brussels Reeve Hank Ten Pas and
Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller.
The chairmanship for the board of
health goes to Turnberry Township
Reeve Brian McBurney. Members
are Warden Leona Armstrong, East
Wawanash Reeve Ernest Snell, Clin-
ton Reeve Bea Cooke and provincial
representative William Morley of
Usborne Township.
Hullett Township Reeve Tom Cun-
ningham has been named chairman
of the library board. County council
members are Hensall Reeve Jim
Robinson, Howick Township Gerald
D'Arcy and Warden Leona Arm-
strong. From the general public, the
members are Janis Bisback, Robert
Rittor and Martina Schneiker.
• Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle has been
named chairman of the agriculture
and property committee. The
members are Goderich Township
Reeve Grant Stirling, Blyth Reeve
Albert Wasson and Hay Deputy
Reeve Clare Deichert
Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder was nam-
ed chairman of the planning and
development committee. The
members of this comittee are
Usborne Township Reeve Gerry Pro-
ut, Goderich Deputy Reeve John
Doherty and Stephen Township Reeve
Thomas Tomes.
Zurich Reeve Robert Fisher was
named as chairman of the social ser-
vices committee. The members are
Morris Township Reeve Doug Fraser,
Ashfield Township Reeve Allan Gib-
son and Goderich Township Deputy
Reeve Laurie Cox.
Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston was
made chairman of the Huron County
Pioneer Museum committee. This
new committee is made up of
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell,
Hullet Reeve Tom Cunningham and
Stephen Township Deputy Reeve Ken
McCann.
The executive committee is made
up of the chairman of all the commit-
tees with Warden Armstrong the
chairman.
BLOWING IT AWAY — Claire Martenwas busy Saturday morning
clearing away snow in Crediton East. T -A photo
A new year dawns and what does
the future look like for agriculture?
Pretty bleak. Farming as we know
it may go the way of the dinosaur. The
futurists are predicting now that the
family farm is dying. They are say-
ing that opportunities in farming will
be so few and the challenges so great
that the family farm will not be able
to cope. Farmers should be steering
their children into other areas of
endeavor.
David Douglas, head of the school
of rural planning and development in
Guelph, says there simply will not be
as many farmers in the next 10 to 20
years. There will be far more large,
commercial farms and more part-
time farmers whose income will be
mostly from a city job.
Sounds ominous, doesn't it? The
farms in the middle -- between the
part-timers and the commercial
farms -- make up the hulk of today's
family farms. They will he squeezed
the hardest. ;v.
It seems to me that farmers will be
so few they will have no clout at all.
They will be forced into becoming just
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municipal affairs many years before
moving to agriculture. Granted, his
has been the life of a bureaucrat but
he is retired now and has no axe to
grind.
I have always found him to be an
honest, straight forward man. His
words are to be heeded.
About the only answer he can't give
is what to do about the cost of quotas
in supply-managment marketing
boards. It is a genuine problem and
farmers should be looking for
answers.
It's a bleak way to start the year,
isn't it? I mean, predicting the end of
the family farm, trying to stop the
politicians from ruining Canadian
agriculture and asking for a solution
to the thorny problem of the price of
quotas makes it all sound disastrous.
We are talking about people here,
people who have chosen a way of life
on the farm, who will be uprooted,
their hopes dashed and their dreams
a nightmare.
That's tough to take but hope
springs eternal in the human breast
so may the fires of hope burn bright-
ly in the new year for everybody.
one cog in the food -chain wheel. They
will have to work hand in hand with
processors and retailers. If they don't,
their lobbying will be ignored.
I agree whole-heartedly with
Everett Biggs, now retired from his
post as deputy minister of agriculture
for Ontario. Mr. Biggs was with the
ministry in the days of Bill SteWart.
Ile has seen the growth of farm
marketing boards right from their in-
fancy. He told the annual meeting of
the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
that the farming community here
would be slaughtered by the United
States if the Mulroney government
makes a free trade deal.
Amen, I say. Farmers should be
screaming at the people who think
free trade is a free ride to bigger
markets. Biggs also defended
marketing boards. Unorganized
marketing is not the way to better
prices and incomes, he stressed.
We need a few more veterans like
Everett Biggs to keep reminding Ot-
tawa that agriculture should not be a
part of any discussion on free trade.
He was an outspoken deputy minister
when he was in the ministry of
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