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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-07-06, Page 23McGILLIVRAY CENTRAL GRADUATES -- Graduation ceremonies for the grade eight class at McGillivray Central School were held Wednesday night. Back, left, teacher Wendy Anderson, Cindy Heaman, Paul Dixon, Arlene Thompson, Wayne McLeod, Julie Wright, Dale Steeper, Kim Amos, Michael Keech and teacher Lillian Stefanik. Third row, teachers Bob Mason and Alice Lingord, Debbie Hudson, Mathew Heffernan, Laurie Rowe, William Phipps, Kim MacGregor, Bill Whiting, Rick Hamilton, secretary Shirley Noyes and teacher Ted Brbwn. Second row, Cindy Grant, Dale Alien, Troy Robinson, Joe Mawson, Mike McCallum, tyle Scarborough and teacher Julie Bronson. Front, teacher JiII Freer, Meegan Henry, Robert Rees, Janet Lewis,, Heather Hodgins, Carey Sutherland, Cheryl Thompson, Sylvia Deweerd and principal Eva Brophey. T -A photo. Farm and Home news Agri ews working on Huron County farms Agricrew has begun their program working on Huron County farms. The program is designed to provide sum- mer employment for students as well as provide help for area farmers. There are three crews working in Huron County this summer. Two of the crews are based in Clinton and.the third•is based in Belgrave. This year's foremen are Tim - McGregor of Clinton. Fraser Abbott of Clinton anti Eric Taylor of Belgrave. Along with those foremen they each have three other crew members that are all eager to serve the farmers of Huron County. We also have alternates to provide back up for these crews. All of them will leave no stone unturned. • weed unpulled or a fence un- painted along with various other jobs. S� far. farmer response has been very good. The crews have been booked up to the • 21st of July, but we are taking names in case of a cancellation. The program finishes August 19, so there is still time to get unfinished jobs done. For hooking an Agricrew or just gaining more information on the pro- Saintsbury By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Miss Patti Dobbs is spen- ding the month of July on staff at Huron Church Camp near Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis were Saturday dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simpson and family, London and Sunday dinner guests with Mrs. Mary Davis. Lucan. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cunn- ingham and April, of Mar visited•her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tindall, Friday. They and Marylou Tindall at- tended the Medway Band reu- nion. The Curningham's returned home Saturday ac- companied by Robert Tindall. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs. Exeter and Doug Jackson, London were guests Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Mac- Donald. Lucan and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs, Exeter call- ed on Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll. Mrs. Carroll is recuperating at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Car- roll and Ryan and Mr. Harry Carroll attended a family reu- nion in Sarnia. Sunday. Lisa and ,Julie have been holiday- ing with their grandmother llrs. Shirley Dyer in Sarnia and returned home with their parents. Mrs. Vera Greenlee, Mrs. Alexia Atkinson. Mrs. Mary Davis and Miss Jane Phillips were dinner guests recently with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greenlee. Mrs. Vera Greenlee spent the weekend with her sister Mrs. Alma Watson Ailsa Craig. Morning prayer was held at St. Patrick's Church Sunday w•ilh Rev. Peter Derrick in charge. Robbie Gee and Mrs. Mary Davis were readers. Service for the remainder of July will beat 9:30 a. m. ;o give all a chance to enjoy the summer with their families. There will not be services during August. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Davis and' Crystal were guests Sunday with ' Mrs. Dorothy Dietrich and Lennie. Dashwood. gram, contact Steve Horn at the O.M.A.F. office in Clinton - 482-3428 or for long distance. Zenith 7-3040. , Steve i torn Agricrew Co-ordinator Huron County Soil & Crop Im- provement Association twilight tour - Huron County farmers nave always been innovators and leaders in adapting new advances in crop production. In 1983 many new techniques are being demonstrated in this area. In order to keep Huron farmers well informed on these advancements, the Huron Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association is presen- ting a Twilight Tour on these projects on July 12. There are a lot of projects to see - so the tour starts ear ly - • 6:30 p.m. at Bruce Shill- inglaw's east of Londesboro. Projects to be viewed are: gowth regulators and fungicides on cereals, triazine resistant canola, red clover in corn, wheat. flown into soy- beans, solid seeded white beans, no -till corn and soy- beans and ridging. new winter wheat varieties, new post emergent herbicides - in- cluding Poast, Fusilade. You'll be driving your own vehicle from site to site - where a short explanation will be given of the project. Plan on attending for insight into future. John Heard Farm Management Specialist PIK acreages Everyone is an analyst of the American PiK program and many different opinions exist. I have my own opinion which i'll keep, but I'll share an observation. Last week i visited Purdue University in Indiana. Travelling west across the State, we kept track of the cropland use. Of 274 fields, 40% was corn, 35% soybeans, 10% wheat and 15% non crop- ped. One of the PIK re- quirements was that enrolled acreages must be planted to a cover crop. Seedling clovers could be found under a canopy of waist high weeds - obviously weed control is not a requirement of PIK. As in Huron County, some corn and soybean crops are yycry good along with poor and tmeven stands. Their winter wheat crop has turned and standing very wellIn'general, our crops are two weeks behind theirs, but we've got one advantage. Fortunately. Huron does not have the weed -problems of the south - velvetleaf, giant ragweed and giant foxtail. John Heard Farm Management Specialist Corn heat units The hot weather we've seen over the last couple of weeks has brought us closer to nor- mal heat unit accumulation. As of June 24 Cent,Falia Col - Happy Gang celebrates By MRS. E. SUMMERS Granton At .St. Thomas Anglican Church, the Rev. Peter A. Derrick. Rector of St. Thomas was in charge of the morning prayer service. The Scripture readers were Sylvia Beatson and the Rector. The Rev. Derrick preached his sermon from the sixth chapter of Galations verses 7-18. This was on the works of the flesh and God's Holy • Spirit. One who sows from the Spirit will reap Eternal Life. '1'he Granton United Church Bible Study "Telling My Story. Sharing My Faith". concluded with a pot luck lunch on Tuesday. The members of Unit 5. Granton UCW and invited friends journeyed to London to visit a Synagogue on Huron SI. on June 28. This proved very • educa- tional. A member of the Shalom Synagogue in the . absence of the Rabbi, gave a talk on the history of the Jews, the difference between the orthodox Jews and the Modern. Ile also explained the meaning of kosher and told how the Jews kept their Sabbath. Following a question and answer period, the group returned to the home of Mrs. Florence Bryan for lunch. Happy Gang Chicken Dinner The Happy Gang wound up their meetings until September with a Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner. with cake and ice cream for dessert. Birthday Greetings were sung for Etta Carson and Mabel MacNaughton who had birthdays in June. Following the meal. pro- gressive euchre was enjoyed. ' Prize winners were, for the ladies. high score. Inez McRobert; Ione hands, Jackie Pierce; low score, Lois Herbert. For the men, high score. Percy Rhame; lone hands, Eileen Summers play- ing as a main; low score, Elmer Harlton. Youth (;roup news On Sunday. June 26 the Youth Group "The W.H 0." wound up their meetings for the sum- mer with a pool party at the home of Christine Jones. Personals A very successful Bake Sale sponsored by Court Valantine Lady Foresters was held in Windmill Park Campgrounds on Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kerr, Carolyn and Robert of Mississauga, also Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Eadie of Marlow. Epgland, spent Saturday with Mrs. James Kerr. OFF TO QUEBEC EXCHANGE — Seven students from South Huron District High School left Thursday morning on a 12 doy exchange in the province of Quebec. Back, left, Andrea Pearce and Michele Aunger. Front, Sarah Patterson, Pauline Regier nod Brian Watson. Missing when the picture was token were Drew Hasselllack and Jeff frown. They will be visiting Chicoutimi, Sorel and Sherbrooke. lege reported 785 Corn Heat Units accumulated for this year. At the same date last year wehad 904. The six year average for June 24 is 851 C.H.U. At this time of year we nor- mally accumulate about 143 C.H.U. per week. That means we're about six days behind last year or about three days behind the average of the last six years. At the beginning of June we were about 250 C.H.U. less than "normal". We've gained some good growing weather during June. Continued good growing weather over the next 2'= months will greatly improve crop prospects. Take -all in winterwheal Winter wheat acreage in this area has shown a big in-' crease over recent years. This year we've also noticed an increase in the incidence of Foot Rot and Take -All. Take -All is "post obvious near heading. Diseased plants appear to ripen prematurally, are often taller than adjacent plants and have few tillers. The heads will be pale and may contain shrivelled grain or be barren. The stems and roots will be brittle and weak. Later in the season, loding and stem breakage wilt be a problem. Many plants" will have infections that started later in the spring and these plants will generally have less damage which is more confin- ed to the roots and "foot" of the plant. There are no varieties that are resistant to Take -All, but you can reduce the incidence of the disease. Infertile. com- pacted and poorly drained fields favour the disease. I'd suggest fertilizing your wheat fields according to a Guelph soil test. Avoid traffic such as manure spreaders or tillage equipment on wheat fields when the soil is dapip. Crop rotations will help to improve soil structure and good structure will reduce the likelihood of infection. On'the other hand. Take -All will be severe on wheat following wheat Mr.d sometimes follow- ing alfalfa, grass crops or even soybeans. Your best bet is to have three or four years between wheat cropshave the wheat follow a crop such as oats or white beans - par- ticularly if you have had a high incidence of Take-AII. Twitch grass is a host for the Take -All disease. Em- phasis on cleaning up twitch grass in your rotation should iniprove your chances of reducing Take -Ali Problems. Art Lawson Farm Management Specialist, Perth County John Ileard Farm Management Specialist. Huron County • Woodham By MISS JEAN COPELAND Miss Ellen Copeland spent several days the past week with Miss Laurie De Grace in Smith Falls. Rev. John Vardy was in- ducted as Minister of the Kirkton-Woodham Pastoral charge Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Vardy come from Rodney. A number from the com- munity attended the Decora- tion Service at the Union Cemetery Sunday evening. Rev. • John Cooke, Thamesford and Mrs. Olive Cooke, Ingersoll visited Sun- day evening with Mrs. George Wheeler. Meeting inconclusive Times•Advocate, July 6, 1983 Page 19 Ecole Ste. Marie future in air' By Stephaple Levesque The future of Ecole Ste. Marie separate school in south Huron remains up in the air as the Huron -Perth Separate School Board ended its June 28 meeting at 20 minutes to midnight without reaching a conclusion. The board was discussing the pros and cons of closing the school which has about 40 students. At 11 p.m. the board approved continuing the discussion until 11:30 p.mas is required by its bylaws. At 11:30 p.m., chairman Ron Murray was about to call for a vote to close the school when another motion to con- tinue past 11:30 was introduc- ed. Requiring an unanimous vote, the meeting automatically adjourned as several trustees didn't vote in favor of continuing. The board was dealing with recommendations from its own accommodation review committee which suggested leaving the school open or twinning it with St. Boniface separate school in Zurich. Chairman Ron Murray sug- gested a "notion to keep the school open be submitted. but director of education William Eckert said that would be leaving the school as it presently is. He stated if a motion was presented to close the school there would be discussion on the subject. Trustee Ron Marcy of Stratford, chairman of the ac- commodation review com- mittee said if a motion to close the school was defeated the community served by Ecole Ste. Marie would have a concrete decision from the board. "The community needs an answer, but by the board tak- ing no action it's not definite," said Marcy. Goderich area trustee Michael Moriarty wanted the whole matter postponed. for one year, but that idea was turned down. "I'm not happy, I'd like to be given more time," said Moriarty, who indicated he is concerned about sending the students to St. Boniface .vhich would necessitate portable classrooms. Marcy said enough time had been spent as the process with the accommodation review committee had started last June. A com- munity accommodation review committee had been started earlier this year and concluded that ' the school should remain open. "The community wants answers. They have been through a year of uncertain- ty and don't want another year of uncertainty." said Marcy. Eckert said closing the WMS meets at Cromarty "Verily I say unto you; in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren ye have don. it unto Me," t Matt. 25:40) was the theme of the June Conference of the Stratford I'resbyterial, Women's Missionary Society, held at Cromarty Church June 28 al 8:00 p.m. A welcome to the 70 in at- tendance Game from Mrs. Robert J. McTavish of Strat- ford, lst Vice President. Hymn 458, "Be Thou My Vi- sion," was sung. Devotions were led by members of Exeter Caven Church P.C.W., Mrs Edna Simmons, Mrs. Blanche Dougall. Mrs: Sara Laing and Mrs. H.H.G. Strang. Their scripture was from John 12:46-50 and the words of llymn 455. "When Voices are Confusing" were read in unison. Mrs. T. L. Scott, Cromarty. led in a hymn sing which in- cluded "Women Working Together" written for 1983 Synodical held al Owen Sound April 19 and 20, based on the aim and purpose of the W.M.S. Mrs. .lean Corey. Cromar ly, introduced the speaker Rev L. G. Stairs from Brampton, Regional Director Leprosy Mission: Ile read from Mark 1:39-42. explained the work of the world mission and showed slides from three areas; Papua. New Guinea where Margaret Stewart has been working; Indonesia and India. The offering of $131.50 was presented to Mr: Stairs for the Leprosy Mission. A delicious lunch and time of fellowship was enjoyed downstairs rid. Over 80` club Mrs, Hose Kraft of 500 Gor- don Avenue, London and formerly of Dashwood celebrates her 95th birthday on July 6. school would result in a $104,000 a year savings through reduced costs. He suggested the savings could go into curriculum programs throughout the system. Chairman Murray disagreed. He suggest( 1 the savings would be more in the neighbourhood of 68,000 and not worth -closing the school. Referring to the collection of taxes four times a year, which was to have resulted in savings, the chairman said . "not one nickel" has gone in- to new programs. Each trustee was given the opportunity to speak on the subject when a motion to close the school, conditional on the construction of an ad- dition to St. Boniface, was introduced. Those opposed to closing the school spoke of the social, spiritual and family aspects of the separate school. Mur- ray also said the board wouldn't be acting respon- sibly if it transferred the Ste. Marie students from a "perfectly good building" to portables. The director said the French oriented community should have requested that Ecole Ste. Marie become a French school or a French Immersion school. The school presently has 70 minutes of French per day, More than the usual 20 to 40 minutes per day in other Huron -Perth separate schools. For $104,000 we could put 70 minutes of French per day in the whole system," said Eckert. Most trustees spoke in favor of keeping the school open; but Trustee Ernest Vanderschot of the St. Marys area recited figures in- dicating the cost of running the school is about $3,200 per pupil, much higher than the system average of $2,200 ner pupil. "Those figures don't lie. I'm for closing the school with the hope that well soon build on an addition) at Zurich," said Mr. Vanderschot. Mentioned several times was the statement by some parents from the Ecole Ste. Marie area that they would change to public school sup- port if Ecole Ste. Marie was closed. "What kind of Catholics are they?" asked Vanderschot, suggesting the quality ' of education would be t,e►ter if the two schools merged. Trustee Dave Durand, who serves the area in question. suggested increased develop- ment in the area will result in more students at Eeole Ste. Marie. Although twinning was not discussed in relation to the two schools, it is in the background for considera- tion. The board heard from Paul Carroll, the principal of Seaforth and Walton Public School, twinned schools in Huron County. Carroll said the two schools have just completed their se- cond successful year as a twinned unit. He indicated Walton, a kindergarten to Grade 3 school, has benefitted by being able to take,advan- tage of special education. music, physical education and library services from the larger Seaforth school. The Seaforth principal said there has been no negative parent reaction. "One of the results of twin- ning is that it has allayed fears of the possibility of clos- ing the school," commented Carroll. The board will again con- sider the future of Ecole Ste. Marie at its July 11 meeting. The pressure against supply -management marketing boards is building up again. Suggestions are coming from across Canada to get rid of them. The egg, chicken and turkey agencies are under,- specific nderspecific attack and the latest diatribe is in the form of a study by two Western Cana- dian economists. The report, by George Lermer of the University of Lethbridge and W.T. Stan - bury - an old opponent of na- tional marketing boards - of the University of British Col- umbia, suggests that Cana- dians are paying a billion dollars a year too much for eggs, turkey and chicken. They urge the federal govern- ment to abolish the boards for production quotas. I am not for a moment doubting the statistics in the report. They maintain Cana- dian farmers get 17 cents a pound more for broiler chickens than American broiler producers. They say turkey farmers get 18 cents a pound more and egg producers 32 cents a dozen more than farmers in the U.S. • Stanbury acknowledged some farmers would be out of business if lower prices resulted when national agen- cies were dismantled. Bet that appears inconsequential to Fin►. In addition, they claim the price of quotas has been built in to prices or cost -of - production formulas. i do not know much about turkey agency but members of pi ovincial egg and chicken marketing boards and of both the national agencies have, Garage sale at Centralia By MRS. TOM KOOY Don't forget the garage and bake sale at the United Church next Saturday morn- ing commencing al 10 a m. Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Hodgins attended the • Hodgins' family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ken McAlpine of Ailsa Craig, Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Ron Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Overholt and David of Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayter of Dashwood were Sunday din- ner guests with Mrs. Von Overholt. They helped Pauline celebrate her birthday. Master Ben Riley spent the weekend with his aunt and un- cle Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Riehl of Kirkton. Mr. and Mrs. John Raine were visited on the holiday weekend_by their daughter and son-in-law Rita and Ray- mond Young and their two daughters. They journeyed from Ottawa Thursday night. Saturday their son and his fiancee joined the family for an afternoon at the Water- works Beach Grand Bend for a family supper. Mrs. Clara Cunnington was a dinneruest Sunday at the home of h'r son Mr. and Mrs. Howard- Cunnington and family, Thames Road. Randy and Darlene McKin- non and girls, Toronto were weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Borden Smyth. furrow' bre v �t.N•, dot eowtc.tte' o, /oo 1.o,,,. .e•4 3d EI,..+t 0..1 N33 2C a time and again, denied and tried to prove that quota costs have nothing to do.with pro- duction costs. Consumers associations have tried to pro- ve the same charge but have been shot down in flames. There is not evidence to pro- ve that the poultry industry has inflated cost,of- production formulae to in- clude quotas; at least, not to my knowledge. GRADUATES — Robert Gabriel Van Kerrebroeck graduated in the June 8 spring convocation from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Ad- ministration and Commer- tiol Studies. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andre Von Kerrebroeck, RR 2 Lucan and a graduate of North Middlesex District High School, Parkhill and a former student of South Huron District High Schoo!, Exeter. He has ac- cepted a position with County Heritage Forest Products Ltd. of London. All three of these national agencies have made mistakes in the past. They have been, if you'll pardon the expres- sion, roasted or fried on numerous occasions for many things such as internal bicker- ing. failure to prevent bootlegging of chicken across provincial borders and for allowing eggs to. rot in storage. But I believe they are primarily concerned with keeping farmers in business and getting quality products to (he market at a price Cana- dians can afford. To go back to the chaos of the egg. industry of a decade ago would sound the deathknell for the orderly marketing or farm products in Canada. To go back to the free market system now would ef- fectively say to Canadian farmers: Okay, guys. Sink or swim. We don't care if the Yanks out -pi aduce you. We'll buy from them and you chaps can go on welfare. We don't care if three more Canadian industries are lost. All we want is to buy eggs .and turkeys and chickens as cheap as dirt. And if the Amuurican farmers run into a bad pro- duction year, they'll serve their domestic market first and Canadians can, well, go suck eggs. 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